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SHORTWAVE AIRINGS of WORLD OF RADIO 1852, November 17-23, 2016
Thu 1230 WRMI 9955 [confirmed]
Thu 2130 WRMI 13695 [confirmed]
Fri 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed]
Sat 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [not confirmed]
Sat 0630 HLR 6190-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Sat 1531 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio [not confirmed]
Sat 2030v WA0RCR 1860-AM
Sat 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed]
Sun 0410v WA0RCR 1860-AM [confirmed from 0414]
Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB
Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v-AM Area 51
Mon 0430 WRMI 9955
Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 [has been temporarily off the air]
Tue 1200 WRMI 9955
Tue 2130 WRMI 15770
Wed 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v
Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB
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** ALBANIA [and non]. At present TWR relay Fllake was used on 1394.911
kHz yesterday Nov 6th, also in the morning at 09.01 to 10.00 UTC as
Radio Tirana Albanian language Balkan service too. And on 1394.905 kHz
at 0953 UT on Nov 8, S=9+10dB in Ancona, central Italy remote SDR
unit.
Seabreeze Radio AM (Friesland) from northern Holland was on exact
1395.008 kHz yesterday, - powerful heard on remotes near
Schiermonnikoog, Groningen, Leeuwarden. 73 (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx,
Nov 8, BCDX 10 Nov via DXLD)
I was listening this afternoon and around 3 pm [EST = 20 UT] heard the
first traces of TAs on the waterfall. One came up on 1394.9 which
would be Tirana, Albania. There was some audio around 3:30 pm EST and
at 3:45 pm [2045 UT] I heard the interval signal for TWR. I haven't
heard this station in a couple of years. One year when I heard it, it
was really strong at 3:30. This reception wasn't quite that strong. I
love hearing stuff like this (Mike Bugaj, Enfield, CT, Nov 14, WTFDA
MWDX gg via DXLD)
Concerning the cancellation of the 1395 kHz transmissions, sources at
TWR Europe indeed give "a very bad shape of the old Soviet
transmitter" as reason. "Soviet" is of course a misunderstanding,
resulting from the circumstance that the Fllaka transmitters are
obviously copies of a USSR design from the sixties. (Ironically, the
999 and 1548 kHz replacements are run with such "Buran" equipment as
well, although heavily modified and upgraded in the meantime.)
At the end of this year, the current 10-year transmission contract
runs out, and it will for the quoted reason not be renewed. What has
not been clearly stated at Vienna is who cancelled: Tirana to them, or
was it their own decision?
I lean to the latter version, i.e. TWR cancelled, presumably prompted
by laments about the shape of the equipment. I think it had been
mentioned before that Radio Tirana hoped for the Chinese or TWR
assisting in the purchase of new solid-state transmitters. If this was
the goal of telling TWR about a dire situation of the old gear, it of
course has backfired now.
Now it remains to be seen what will become of own AM transmissions
from Radio Tirana, in particular since it appears that the shape of
the Shijak shortwave equipment (transmitters as well as antennas) can
be described with a single word: Scrap (Kai Ludwig, Nov 11, dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
1395, Fllake, 500 kW, TWR Europe, Nov 11, 2116 - Very strong reception
in listed Serbian, with a certain amount of splatter from adjacent
channels. Clearly religious in nature. Clean audio. No cochannel
interference at all. Measured on slightly off frequency of 1394.950
(Walt Salmaniw, Murray Harbour PEI DX-Pedition, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** ALBANIA. SW transmitter sites now visible with Street View: Nice
close view of the Shijak site; also medium/distant views of the two
Cërrik sites (Ian [SW Sites YG], Nov 10 via DXLD)
7475-, Nov 11 at 0054, JBA carrier slightly on the low side,
presumably R. Tirana about to finish Albanian hour allegedly to North
America.
7475-, Nov 13 at 0235, JBA carrier from presumed R. Tirana in English.
We have yet to get a listenable signal in the B-16 season from Shijak,
quite aside from the modulation problems (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Reception of Radio Tirana with distorted audio on Nov 13:
0800-1000 on 7390 SHI 100 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Albanian Home Sce 1
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/reception-of-radio-tirana-with.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7474.96 - R. Tirana, Shijak,Albania, 0232 16 Nov. - tune in to very
poor signal, S5/6, with lots of background noise. I can barely make
out any audio; only briefly at peaks. Audio is very muffled but the
loud buzz that had been there before seems to be missing. Nearly
impossible listening. I can tell that they are here but save for a
word or two here and there, no program can be heard (Stephen C Wood,
Harwich, Mass., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7389.976 kHz RT Shijak Albanian language, at 0950 UT on November 16
7389.976, fair S=9+20dB signal, BUT BUZZY AUDIO SIGNAL as usual, at
0950 UT on Nov 16. Scratchy audio noise like visible on Perseus
software screen: 18 x 100 Hertz distance apart of carrier, plus 50,
150, 250, 450 Hertz peaks too; either sideband. Listen to included
recording mp3 audio file attachment.
Radio Tirana morning service to Balkan neighbouring states heard
v1394.905 kHz [neither on 1458] was NOT on air in 0945-0959 UT slot
today. 73 wolfy
PS: compare Vatican Radio in 41mb: 7250 kHz S=9+45dB strength, and CRI
Romanian language via Cerrik Albania 7285 kHz non-directional antenna
on S=9+35dB level (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ALBANIA [non]. La Rosa de Tokio para este fin de semana: Radio
Tirana y la radio albanesa
La Rosa de Tokio es un programa dedicado a difundir el apasionante
mundo de la radio y del diexismo que se transmite semanalmente desde
los estudios de LS11 Radio Provincia de Buenos Aires.
En este programa historiaremos sobre RADIO TIRANA DE ALBANIA, con una
larga entrevista a uno de los integrantes del servicio en español:
José Catalán Deus, todo acompañado de ejemplos sonoros de las
emisiones en varios idiomas y la participación de Rubén Guillermo
Margenet.
No se pierdan los archivos de audio históricos con los cuales se
"ilustra" cada programa.
La Rosa de Tokio puede ser escuchada los días sábados de 2300 a 2400
Tiempo Universal Coordinado (20:00 a 21:00 hora LU) por los 1270 kHz y
en Internet por
http://www.amprovincia.com.ar
Además, una extensa red de emisoras de frecuencia modulada de toda la
República Argentina retransmite en forma semanal nuestro programa en
diferentes días y horarios.
La Rosa de Tokio también sale por onda corta gracias a las facilidades
brindadas por WRMI Radio Miami Internacional
http://www.wrmi.net
También puede ser escuchada en cualquier momento entrando en la página
ProgramasDX y haciendo "click" en
http://programasdx.com/larosadetokio.htm
Desde este vínculo también podrán acceder al archivo que recaba
ediciones anteriores del programa. La Rosa de Tokio es producida y
conducida por Omar José Somma y Arnaldo Leonel Slaen y cuenta con la
colaboración habitual de Rubén Guillermo Margenet, desde Rosario y
Alejandro Daniel Alvarez, desde Neuquen (Arnaldo eSlaen, Nov 12,
dxldyg via DXLD)
LRT publicity really should specify all the current and accurate times
and frequencies for broadcast on WRMI, since that is where most could
hear it. But there is an audio archive of this and others (gh, DXLD)
** ANGUILLA. 11775, Nov 11 at 1859, distorted University Network, not
even sure PMS is speaking English, but surely unless she has lapsed
into Aramaic, Hebrew, Greek as a Biblical Authority (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ANTARCTICA. 15476.0, LRA36 Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel,
Base Esperanza, 1959-2005, 10-11, male and female comments in Spanish,
songs. Very weak. 14321.
Also 2047-2100*, 11-11, Spanish, comments and songs. Very weak. 14321.
(Manuel Méndez, Lugo, España, Log in Playa Banca, Lanzarote, Canary
Islands, Tecsun PL-880, cable antenna, 6 meters, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** ARMENIA. Special broadcast of SatZentrale Das Radio via
Shortwaveservice, Nov 13:
2000-2100 on 6145 ERV 100 kW / 305 deg to WeEu German via NORATUS
Yerevan-Gavar:
Videos will be uploaded later today after end of this broadcast
The next special broadcast via Shortwaveservice will be on Nov. 27 -
Radio MiAmigo
1900-2100 on 6145 ERV 100 kW / 305 deg to WeEu English via NORATUS
Yerevan-Gavar
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/special-broadcast-of-satzentrale-das.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ARMENIA. Trans World Radio India on wrong frequency, Nov 14
from 1345 9910*ERV 300 kW / 100 deg SoAs Maithili, instead of 9920
from 1349 9920 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg SoAs Maithili as scheduled B16
*strong co-ch 9910 TWR 100 kW / 320 deg to EaAs Korean KTWR Asia
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/trans-world-radio-india-on-wrong.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DXLD)
** AUSTRALIA. Unique Radio off air due to a relocation from a new site
Hi Guys, Shortwave (3210 kHz) from Halls Creek NSW broadcasts have
been suspended from November 13 2016 due to a QTH relocation soon to
be advised. The new QTH / transmission point might be from a site
either north or southwest of the current transmission site. This will
depend from where the owner ends up, location wise! Will advise when
Unique Radio is back up and running. 73 (Tim Gaynor, Owner / manager,
Unique Radio, Halls Creek NSW, Australia, Nov 13, dxldyg via WORLD OF
RADIO 1852, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA. 4835, Nov 14 at 1335, S9-S6 of dead air, which I am
supremely confident is VL8A rather than Sikkim (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRIA [and non]. 15440, Nov 16 at 1402, checking for WRMI on what
has been a problematic transmitter; not on, instead a weak signal with
S Asian song, which is AWR in Urdu, 300 kW due east from Moosbrunn at
1400-1430 only; WRMI cuts on late at *1404.5 joining Brother Scare in
regress during an ancient Paul Harvey clip with some dire warning,
overriding AWR but still audible under (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** AZORES. 828, Antena 1 Azores, Monte das Cruces, Flores, 0646-0705,
07-11, Portuguese, news, the weather in Azores. 24322. Also, 0653-
0706, 12-11, Portuguese songs, at 0700; "Sete horas, noticias...",
news. 24322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Playa Blanca,
Lanzorete, Canary Islands, Tecsun PL-880 and cable antenna, 8 meters,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BHUTAN. Hi Glenn, My only interesting item this morning:
6035, BBS Nov 11 noted 1215-1247*. Running well past their usual sign
off time; 1215-1217 with indigenous instrumental music; 1217-1229 with
indigenous music/chanting/singing; 1229-1247* announcer in vernacular.
PBS Yunnan already off the air by 1215. My brief audio attached of
indigenous instrumental music (Ron Howard, California, Nov 11, dxldyg
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BIAFRA [non]. Reception of Radio Biafra via SPL Secretbrod, Nov 9
1800-1808 on 15325 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to WeAf English, open carrier
1808-1830 on 15325 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to WeAf English tx is off air
1820-2100 on 15325 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to WeAf English, live program
From 1847 again wrong frequency announcement: 15600, instead of 15325
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/reception-of-radio-biafra-via-spl.html
(DX RE MIX NEWS #978 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, November 14,
2016 via DXLD)
SECRETLAND, Radio Biafra via SPL Secretbrod:
Nov 11:
1800-2100 on 15325 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to WeAf English no signal
Nov 12:
1800-2100 on 15325 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to WeAf English is on air
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/radio-biafra-via-spl-secretbrod-on.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BOLIVIA. 6105.34, Nov 11 at 0111, S8 signal in Spanish, sounds like
enthusiastic fútbol coverage, including a gooooooooal at 0116,
frequent breaks for ads. Why isn`t there a Spanish word for such an
important concept?? Some splatter from 6115 WWCR, so LSB tuning helps.
Surely it`s R. Panamericana, La Paz, in one of its rare reactivations
for significant silly ballgames. I last logged it March 4 at 0153 on
6105.33, and Bob Wilkner reported this:
``6105.3, Radio Panamericana, La Paz seems active occasionally when
relaying Bolivian sports events. in the local evenings 2300+ (Robert
Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony
2010XA, circa March 26, cumbredx yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1852, DXLD)``
Can`t be sure on this weak signal but maybe a tournament or
championship involving Brasil and Argentina, as I soon find more game
coverage, maybe same one, on 6134.8 RSC, R. Rebelde, and RNA, see
BRAZIL and CUBA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1852, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Log with pennant illo:
https://playdxblog.blogspot.it/2016/11/ascolti-americani-riascoltata-radio.html
6105.34, 11/11 0100 Radio Panamericana, Bolivia, football live, fair
(Giampiero Bernardini, Italy, Playdx blog via WORLD OF RADIO 1852,
DXLD)
6105.3, Nov 12 at 0105, no signal, unlike 24 hours ago from R.
Panamericana when there was a stupid ballgame. Their other programming
obviously isn`t worth broadcasting on SW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF
RADIO 1852, DX LISTENING DIGEST) About the game: See USA: VOA
** BOLIVIA. 6134.8, Nov 11 at 0121, Spanish game coverage, could even
be // 6105.34 Panamericana? Goooooals are yelled a few seconds apart,
so likely same football game if not same coverage (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WORLD OF RADIO 1852, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 6040.738, ZYJ200 RB2 Curitiba PR,
very poor signal S=4 or -96dBm. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz
RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Buschel, Log of remote SDR access in
Detroit-MI-USA, on Nov 13, at 0315 to 0420 UT, BC-DX TopNews via
dxldyg via DXLD) Yes, drifted further up than when clashed with Mighty
KBC on 6040.0 last spring (gh)
** BRAZIL. 6119.958, Nov 11 at 0722, very poor signal with flutter,
music, where I normally hear nothing. Presumed Super Rádio Deus é
Amor, São Paulo, which may not run overnight, but would be on after 5
am local. Also may be very irregular. Brazilian DXers have been
complaining about it lately producing spurs all over the 49m band, but
far too weak here to hear any of those. Searching my archive on 6119.
I have to go back 33 months to find a log closely matching this off-
frequency to the low side:
``6119.980, R. Globo/Super R. Deus é Amor, B, 22-02-14, 0654, Port.
Speech by male about Brazil, ID Deus é Amor, 33222, São Paulo (Maurits
van Driessche, Belgium, HCDX``
6120-, Nov 12 at 0722, JBA carrier again from presumed SRDA São Paulo.
6119.96, Nov 13 at 0224, JBA carrier with trace of modulation. Since
no major ISWBC stations are interested in 6120 North American
evenings, they don`t have to worry about a het and SRDA has a clear
shot (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
6119.959, ZYE969 "Super Rádio Deus é Amor", São Paulo, at 0414 UT on
Nov 13. S=5 or -95dBm tiny poor. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz
RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Buschel, Log of remote SDR access in
Detroit-MI-USA, on Nov 13, at 0315 to 0420 UT, BC-DX TopNews via
dxldyg via DXLD)
[and non]. 6120.0, Nov 14 at 0333, poor signal in Farsi, i.e. AWR via
AUSTRIA, this semi-hour only: and also a het on low side from SRDA.
Per HFCC other competitors are CNR Urumqi in Uighur at 2330-0300, and
TWR Swaziland at 0501-0700 in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 6180, Nov 11 at 0128, RNA with coverage of Brasil/Argentina
game altho also mentions Venezuela; as already hearing via BOLIVIA
6105.34 & 6134.8, Cuba 5025 & 1180 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO
1852, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. Rádio Voz Missionária --- 9665, Nov 13 at 2235 to 2300.
Enthusiastic Portuguese preaching, with the same high energy one hears
during futebol broadcasts - many "hallelujahs". Strong signal that
started to fade down by 2300 (Jim Barrett - Elmira, NY - ANAN 10E with
PowerSDR 3.3.9SDR. 120 foot dipole, tuned with MFJ 989D; Propagation
indices: SFI 78, A 23, K4, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. I got a QSL-cards from Observatório Nacional Time Station.
09.10.16 / 04h40min / 10000 kHz. Also sent a letter and the booklet
"100 years of Brazilian Legal Time". WEB:
http://www.horalegalbrasil.mct.on.br
E-mail: carvalho @ on.br - Ricardo José de Carvalho
fittipaldi @ on.br - Mario Noto Fittipaldi
hssantos @ on.br - Hamile S.I. Coda Santos --- View card here -
http://rusdx.blogspot.ru/2016/11/blog-post_51.html
(Anatoly Klepov, RusDX 13 Nov via DXLD)
** BRAZIL. Ràdio Senado --- 11780, 0909 14 NOV - RÀDIO SENADO(BRAZIL).
SINPO = 35433. Portuguese, news anchored by male announcer. “Donald
Trump” mentioned many times. QSB=slow-to-moderate rate, modulation on
noisy carrier mostly well above the noise floor with occasional fades
to mixing with or just above it. sf78.5, a21, k3, geomag: unsettled.
250kw, Omni, bearing 116 . Sangean ATS505 w/MFJ-1020C active antenna
and MFJ-901B tuner used to preselect 75’ of 26-gauge wire loosely
thrown over the roof above single story building. Received at Las
Vegas, United States, 9063KM from transmitter at Brasilia, Parque do
Rodeador, DF. Local time: 0109 (--Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
?? R. Senado is an alternative program/service EBC which was briefly
on SW itself, 5990; did you really hear any ID for it on 11780 instead
of Radio Nacional Amazônia, or Brasília? (gh, DXLD)
** BRAZIL. LISTA DE RÁDIO QUE VÃO MIGRAR PARA O FM
http://tudoradio.com/projetos/listamigracao.pdf
(Sérgio Ricardo, 13 Nov, radioescutas yg via DXLD)
Olá Sérgio, Essa é a lista publicada em abril de 2014 das 1400
emissoras que pediram migração. Entretanto, todavia, contudo, das 999
emissoras incluídas no primeiro lote, apenas 244 concluíram o
processo. As outras 755 não quiseram ou não conseguiram ($$$)
finalizar a migração. E entre as 400 rádios do segundo lote, aquelas
que serão alocadas no eFM e dependem do desligamento da TV analógica,
já confirmei que, por exemplo, Gaúcha e Guaíba, não vão abandonar o
AM, apesar de terem pedido a migração.
Portanto, a não ser que se abram novos prazos para dar mais tempo
àquelas emissoras que ficaram pelo meio do caminho (a maioria), a
migração terá sido um fiasco. Não que eu torça para isso. É apenas uma
constatação em cima dos números. 73 (Lúcio Haeser, Brasília, ibid.)
Prezados, Qual seria o destino dos canais de ondas médias caso migrem
para o FM? O que fariam com esses canais? Atenciosamente, (Leonardo
Ivo Neves da Silva, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, ibid.)
Que eu saiba, quando uma emissora de rádio migra de uma canal para
outro, o canal que ficou vago volta para a União, que é a legítima
proprietária de todo o espectro radioelétrico no território
brasileiro. Como vc sabe, uma emissora de rádio é uma concessão da
União para a entidade concessionária, isto é, aquela porção do
espectro é emprestada a ela para seu uso exclusivo durante o período
da concessão. Cessada a concessão, por qualquer motivo, aquela parte
do espectro volta para a União (Alexandre, ibid.)
Com o andar da carruagem, calculo que entre 50% a 70% das rádios vão
PERMANECER nas ondas médias (Lúcio Haeser, ibid.)
** BULGARIA. SECRETLAND, No signal of Brother HySTAIRical via SPL
Secretbrod, Nov 16
2000-2200 on 9800 SCB 050 kW / 306 deg to WeEu English, nothing from
Nov 13:
On same freq. 9800 TIN 250 kW / 329 deg to EaAs Korean Voice of
America -2100
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/no-signal-of-brother-hystairical-via.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DXLD)
** CANADA. PROPOSED NEW STATIONS PENDING CRTC STUDY
1190, ON Brampton, Commercial. 10,000 watts (fulltime). Multilingual.
Antione Karam. The CRTC will study market capacity before accepting
this application or issuing a call for competing applications.
1190, ON Brampton, Commercial. 1,500 watts (days)/68 watts (nights).
Multilingual. Priya Datta. The CRTC will study market capacity before
accepting this application or issuing a call for competing
applications.
1630, ON Ottawa, Commercial. 10,000 watts (days)/1,000 watts (nights).
Multilingual. Antione Karam. The CRTC will study market capacity
before accepting this application or issuing a call for competing
applications.
PROPOSED AM TO FM CONVERSIONS
610, AB Pease River, CKYL, Move to 94.9 where existing nested repeater
CKYL-1 operates. Increase power from 2,500 to 62,000 watts (2,500 to
100,000 watts Max. ERP). Raise antenna height. Change radiation
pattern from non-directional to directional. Relocate transmitter.
1210, NL St John’s, VOAR, Move to 96.7 with 100,000 watts.
1230, NL Port Aux Basques, CFGN, Move to 96.7 with 1,240 watts.
Via Jon Pearkins:
600, QC Montreal, no call, TTP Media has applied for an extension to
their CP which expired Nov 9.
1630, ON Ottawa, CHYW, 99 watt Airport information. Will be forced to
move if new ethnic station [above] approved (Dan Sys, Canadian Radio
News, IRCA DX Monitor Nov 19 via DXLD)
** CANADA. CFNV, 940, Montréal testing --- CFNV 940 in Montréal QC is
now testing with music and test message in French. Will be French talk
at 50 kW. Curious if you fellows can catch the test after dark (Charly
Gauthier, Brossard, QC, 1943 UT Nov 16, WTFDA mwdx gg via DXLD)
940, CFNV, QC Montreal, 11/17 0314 EST, Fair to good signals with
French and English music and man giving full ID as testing on the
frequency. The full audio tests started on Nov 16. If you want a
sample of the ID and more info see:
http://blog.fagstein.com/2016/11/16/cfnv-940-am-begins-on-air-testing/
(Shawn Axelrod VE4DX1SMA, Winnipeg MB Canada, NRC-AM via DXLD)
See also the replies (gh)
20db over S9 at 4:30 pm EST [2130 UT] on my E-W flag with null to the
west. I think it's going to be another CBM, as far as signal is
concerned (Mike Bugaj, Enfield, CT, WTFDA MWDX gg Nov 16 via DXLD)
This station is operated by TTP Media. They are using the Kahnawake
facilities (ex-CINW). They also plan to operate a new English talk
station on the "old" 600 frequency in the future. They have just asked
the CRTC for an extension for this one (Charly, Gauthier, Brossard,
QC, ibid.)
** CANADA. 2598-USB, Nov 13 at 0210, YL with weather in English, seems
some noise in background, and fades. Canadian CG sked shows this is:
0207, 2598, VOJ, Port Aux Basques, from Stephenville NL site.
2748.98-USB, Nov 13 at 0208, YL in French, mentions geo coordinates in
apparent notices to mariners about obstruxions, etc. Altho it started
almost a semi-hour ago, this one is listed as:
0140, 2749, VCS, Halifax, from Cheboque NS site
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 6070, CFRX, Nov 6/2016, 1900z, “Newstalk 1010”. With
someone talking over the station with sarcastic remarks about the news
stories! Great listening! Seems is that if you take an SSB transmitter
and zero beat it with an AM broadcast station, listeners in AM mode
will receive the SSB modulation in the clear. Being that CFRX is only
a 1 kW transmitter, it doesn’t take much of an SSB signal to compete
with it! Sparky adds "I didn't do it!" (SparkyBlueFox, MI, MARE
Tipsheet 11 Nov via DXLD)
** CANADA. Re 16-46, USA [non], CBC US elexion coverage:
Is there really a reason for this rather complacent opinion about the
CBC? Are there no signs of the phenomenon for which meanwhile the
terms "filter bubble" and "echo chamber" have been coined? Would,
frankly, be a surprise to me (Kai Ludwig, Germany, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Not sure I understand your comment. Exactly what are you alluding to?
Do you think the CBC is doing a good job or a bad job? Can you be
explicit? Thanks (-- Richard Langley, NB, ibid.)
As bad as the CBC is to some, one needs only to watch the other
channels (TVOntario excepted), to realize it would be much worse
without the CBC. I'm not saying we are getting all the 'bang for the
buck' we should, but I can live with it for now. As for CBC radio, I
think it does a good job. The other stations don't even register on my
'radar', they are fine for DXing, but that's about it. Regards,
(Vince, Ottawa, ON, ibid.)
** CANADA [non]. Sunday - 2300 UTC - WRMI - 7570 kHz
Canadian Film maker, artist and documentarian Amanda Christie has
always been a fan of shortwave radio - The 38 year old Moncton, New
Brunswick, Canada resident grew up in the shadows of the RCI antenna
towers and observed their influence on the community. In her 35MM film
documentary "Spectres of Shortwave" she reveals the impact and demise
of the RCI transmitter site on the people of Sackville.
The documentary, currently in circulation at Film festivals will be
shown this weekend at a festival and will be simulcast on WRMI.
In my opinion, this is the single most important film about shortwave
radio ever made - and comes at turning point in society where we
abandon economic and reliable mediums of broadcasting and news
dissemination and adopt a user pay medium for getting our information.
Many thanks to Jeff White of WRMI for making this simulcast happen!
Tune in - 2300 UTC on Sunday - November 13th until 0100 UTC November
14th - WRMI - 7570 Khz - Amanda Christies - Spectres of Shortwave
- Audio documentary
--
(Colin Newell - Editor and creator *of *Coffeecrew.com
and DXer.ca -
VA7WWV | Twitter @CoffeeCrew | Victoria - Canada
Hard-Core-DX mailing list Nov 11 via DXLD)
Although Glenn mentioned it during this week's broadcast, I don't
think it has been noted here. Details:
http://swling.com/blog/2016/11/spectres-of-shortwave-sound-track-broadcast-via-wrmi/
(Richard Langley, Nov 12, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Spectres of Shortwave - Today on WRMI - Canadian film maker, Amanda
Christie, is releasing a film on the demise of Radio Canada as an
international broadcaster and the demolition of the RCI broadcast site
in Sackville, NB, Canada.
http://www.amandadawnchristie.ca/spectres-of-shortwave/
She will likely attend SWL-fest in 2018 with her new film. In my
opinion, this is one of the most important films about SW Listening
ever made - all shot on a 35MM film camera. Many thanks goes out to
Jeff White of WRMI for comping us the transmitter time and the time
slot.
Shortwave listeners! *Tune in today (Nov. 13) from 23:00 - 01:00 UTC
to listen to Spectres of Shortwave on 7570 khz*, being transmitted by
WRMI, Radio Miami International, from the Okeechobee, Florida
transmission site. Transmission should cover much of North America
with a very clear signal. This transmission is a simulcast and will be
transmitted at exactly the same time as the film screens at the FICFA
in Moncton, NB. - at the Dieppe CINEPLEX (Colin Newell, Nov 13, ibid.)
WRMI 7570 kHz Nov 13 2016 --- Great signal on 7570 KHz -
Radio Canada International documentary...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nUflBX9xb8
(Colin Newell, VA7WWV - Victoria - BC, 2328 UT Nov 13, ibid.)
That`s a 1-minute clip as heard on WRMI (gh, DXLD)
7570, Nov 13 at 2300, dead air for two minutes, then leisurely-paced
interviews with people who worked for RCI Sackville, and residents who
could hear it coming out of their faucets and other appliances. It`s
the publicized audio track of ``Spectres of Shortwave`` the new film
about the demise of RCI, a special on WRMI. One woman tells a story
about her dreams of climbing an antenna tower and confronting a human-
sized spider, and premonition of someone falling off. Lots of long
pauses, presumably when the video is carrying the story; and the
initial dead air may have been the opening titles. Never hear any
music, nor even any clips of RCI to illustrate. Some participants
speak French, of course, as NB is a bilingual province, but the
subtitles if any are invisible. The sound stops at 0023 --- is the 2-
hour film really over? Or another WRMI automation crash. Still dead
air at 0040 Nov 14 when I quit. I do look forward to seeing as well as
hearing all of it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Amanda`s website keeps saying film is still in post-produxion, i.e.,
unfinished, so that would explain some of the strangeness: still
trying to raise funds for it (gh, DXLD)
"at 2300, dead air for two minutes" and "The sound stops at 0023 ---
is the 2-hour film really over? Or another WRMI automation crash.
Still dead air at 0040 Nov 14 when I quit."
There was a bit of a problem at the beginning of the transmission.
There was a slight delay and then the first audio was heard at about
2300:36 UTC when a second or so of a couple of preachers was heard.
It was like they were trying to get the right feed. But a few seconds
after that the film sound track began with a tower crash and very
subdued audio until the woman's voice at 2301:54 saying "Well it was
quite exciting." Note that in the complete sound track (I have a near
studio quality copy), Amanda recites the credits, which takes up about
4 minutes, and then there is a cacophony of sounds (overlapping audio
excerpts) until the tower crash. Perhaps Amanda submitted a version
that was truncated at the beginning or there was a problem at WRMI.
As for the sound stopping at 0023, I lost audio in my recording at
0021 UT. The full sound track lasts 1 hour and 56 minutes, so
something happened with the playout. The last 20 minutes or so of the
soundtrack has no voice audio, just drone sounds as one by one the
towers fall and then silence. I presume you had a strong carrier,
Glenn, just no modulation? I only had a fair signal being off the beam
direction, so couldn't tell from my recording if the audio just ceased
or the signal simply deteriorated due to propagation problems (Richard
Langley, NB, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Yes, strong dead carrier remained, certainly not fadeout (gh, ibid.)
Re: ``Amanda`s website keeps saying film is still in post-produxion,
i.e., unfinished, so that would explain some of the strangeness: still
trying to raise funds for it (gh, DXLD)``
Looks like a page not updated during the last weeks. This one says the
film premiered on Sep 22 and will be next shown on Nov 28 at Sackville
itself:
http://spectresofshortwave.net/upcoming-events/
(Kai Ludwig, ibid.)
Thanks, Glenn, I'll personally let her know. Looks like it was indeed
another screw-up at WRMI unless the supplied audio file was corrupt.
As far as I know, the film is finished. Her website is not up to date.
the spectresofshortwave Facebook site is more current. The full
roughly two-hour film has already been screened twice in competitions:
at FICFA in Moncton on 13 November and before that at the Atlantic
Film Festival in Halifax on 22 September. For the AFF showing, the
sound track was "simulcast" on Wave Farm Radio in New York State. It
was from the on-line streaming from that station that I got my
pristine copy of the sound track and so I can vouch for the proper
length. The next showing of the film will be in Sackville, NB, on 28
November. There will likely be another associated radio broadcast,
perhaps from Dawson City, Yukon (which I had the pleasure of visiting
years ago). Still to be confirmed (-- Richard Langley, ibid.)
Well, apparently there are clips of RCI and even the relay clients,
but in the kind of way I'm never really happy with, because it can
only serve to establish the notion that this is an unusable
distribution platform:
https://vimeo.com/63005991
And seeing all of it could turn out to be a challenge. I would not
expect more than a handful of arthouse screenings. So one can only
wait for a possible DVD/BD release.
On the other hand it does not appear that a cinema projection is a
must in this case, judging from the now apparent, rather serious
compromises in the production. The aspect ratio is announced as 2.35:1
but it's obviously no real Cinemascope (as mentioned on the project
website), i.e. anamorphotic footage, but just spherical images cropped
down and telecined into the Digital Cinema equivalent of the 1080p
video format. So no last hurrah of 35mm film in the end (Kai Ludwig,
ibid.)
I used to Live in Moncton, N.B., and drove past the RCI site most
everyday. Not only was the site of Interest to SWers, but it is
located in one on the great ANOMOLIES on Nature.
It is tucked into the Isthmus in Chignecto, an 18 mile wide strip of
land that seperates one of the lowest tidal areas in the world, from
the HIGHEST TIDES in the world. The Northumberand Strait, between N.B.
& P.E.I. has tides of about 3 - 4 feet, and 18 miles west, the tides
are 52 feet high, and about 2 1/2-3 hours later. It takes the tidal
swell that long to round all of Nova scotia, and push up the Bay of
Fundy, & swell the Cumberland basin to the Brim.
I wish that I would have known a lot of the facts presented in the
Film Before/When I lived in The Moncton AREA. Shediac was the actual
town were I lived. Could explain all the Ghost stories that people
tell about the strange occurances; Voices, & St. Elmo's Fire on Sail
Boats, and bicycles that glow in the dark, birds with NO LEGS, Atomic
Spiders [ with super-powers of coarse ] !! Living there was like a
'Ghost 2 Ghost' late night show with George Noori, every evening !!
The Talking refrigerators, I heard that Many, Many times, and just
thought that the Maritimers were drinking SKREECH, fermented behind
the stove in the five gallon bucket. This is the first time that I've
ever heard an actual Explaination, and until today, thought it was
bogus, until an Hour AGO !!
It could also explain why, on the main street into AMHERST, Nova
Scotia, [ just a couple miles south, across the border ], most of the
houses are made out of 3 foot thick quarried Rock!! I HAD thought that
they were all 200-300 years old, but maybe they were a result of the
Sackville Ghost Broadcaster !! THX (Rick Wald, BC, ptsw yg via DXLD)
[sic]
Hi ALL: After listening to the 'Film on the AirWaves' on Sunday on
7570, I did a little digging for some Facts about "The DEMISE of Radio
Canada International.
Shocked, Discusted, and Peeved, are words that Do NOT adequately
discribe my feelings.
In 2012, the Conservative Govenment That I VOTED for, reduced RCI's
operating budget from $12.3 million per year, to Just $2.3 million /
yr --- saving 10 million /yr !!
Understand these numbers: 35,000,000 people in Canada. 12.3 million
budget, means that RCI's budget had been allotting JUST 35 CENTS PER
PERSON PER YEAR, to "Wave our Flag on the airWaves"
35 cents per person per year does not seem like a great deal of money.
They "SAVED" 10 million per year, or a savings of only 28.5 cents per
person per year by stopping the international broadcasts.
They allotted JUST 2.3 million per year per person, or a whopping
expenditure of JUST 6.5 cents per person per year, for us to " Wave
our flag on the 'waves "
Canada now has a budget of 6.5 Cents per person per YEAR, to
"Broadcast on the INTERNET" !
The real losers were all the LISTENERS, and all the other Nations that
were using the Sackville Broadcast Site to beam signals to Africa,
Europe, & N. & S. America, and where-ever!!
A couple years Ago, Canada stopped using the penny, and now ALL
purchases are rounded off to the nearest Nickle. At the check-out
counters of most stores, there were little jars for people to put
their Pennies. Some stores took in Thousands of Pennies in the first
week that Pennies were Obsolete !!
I personally tossed in Hundreds !! If EVERY Canadian did the same,
then Radio Canada International COULD HAVE OPERATED FOR YEARS with
just the "CRAP" that the Average 'Joe Six-Pack' tossed out as being
USELESS !! :-( :-(
QUESTION for everyone: How do WE as SW enthusiests, LOBBY BROADCASTERS
that are reducing or Elimenating Services ?? THX RW (Rich Wald, Nov
15, ptsw yg via DXLD) sic
SORRY TO ALL FOR THE MANY SPELLING ERRORS & UN-NESSASSARY "PER YEAR"
IN THIS E-MAIL !! I WAS HAVING TROUBLE SEEING THE SCREEN THROUGH MY
TEARS !! THX (RW, ptsw, ibid.)
** CANARY ISLANDS. ON MEDIUM WAVE:
576, Radio 1 Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, 1216-1225, 10-11, program
"Canarias mediodía". // 621. 45444.
621, Radio 1 Tenerife, 1215-1228, 10-11, regional program "Canarias
mediodía", Canary Islands comments and news. //576. 55555.
720, Radio 5 Todo Noticias, Tenerife, 1525-1540, 09-11, Spanish, news
and comments, at 1525 identification: "Radio 5 Todo Noticias
Canarias". 55555
747, Radio 5 Todo Noticias Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, 1527-1545, 09-11,
the weather in Canary Islands, identification: "Radio 5 Todo Noticias
Canarias", news and coments. 45444.
837, COPE LAS PALMAS, Gran Canaria, 1555-1615, 08-11, Local program,
identification: "99.1 FM..., 837 en la onda media, COPE Gran Canaria",
commercial advertisements. One year ago out of air because
transmission failure, now on air but with very low power. 14321.
882, COPE TENERIFE, Tenerife, 1518-1555, 09-11, Spanish comments,
program "La Tarde con Expósito", at 1550 local commercial
advertisements. 34433.
1008, ES Radio Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, 1505-1520, 09-11, Spanish,
comments, identification: "Radio Las Palmas ES Radio, en el 1008 de la
onda media". 55555.
1179, Radio Club Tenerife, Cadena SER, Tenerife, 1830-1845, 09-11,
Tenerife commercial advertisements, identification: "Radio Club
Tenerife", comments. 44444 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Playa
Blanca, Lanzorete, Canary Islands, Tecsun PL-880 and cable antenna, 8
meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
REFLEXIÓN SOBRE EL ACTUAL SERVICIO QUE PRESTA LA RADIO
Una reflexión sobre el actual servicio que presta la radio y de quién
es la culpa de que cierren cada vez más emisoras.
Radio Ecca, como todos sabéis, es una red de emisoras de carácter
educativo con gran implantación, desde hace muchos años en las Islas
Canarias. Prestó y debería seguir prestando un muy buen servicio en la
formación de una parte de la población de las Islas que vive en zonas
aisladas, o no aisladas pero por el motivo que sea, quieren hacer
cursos o bachillerato no presencial y a distancia. Además, tiene
buenos programas musicales, culturales y de información.
Hace años, tenía en Gran Canaria un transmisor de onda media, que
emitía en 1269 kHz y cubría todo el archipiélago, y a mayores, la red
de transmisores en FM. La onda media tenía mucha importancia debido a
la especial orografía de las Islas, que hace que la frecuencia
modulada no llegue a sitios muy montañosos.
La frecuencia de 1269 kHz está fuera del aire desde hace unos cuatro
años. El año pasado me puso [sic] en contacto con la emisora y me
dijeron que dicha frecuencia habia sido abandonada definitivamente.
Actualmente, para dar servicio al sur de Lanzarote y gran parte de
Fuerteventura, se utiliza la frecuencia de 93.0 MHz FM. Durante mi
estancia en Playa Blanca, sur de Lanzarote la pasada semana, pude
observar que dicha frecuencia estuvo la mayor parte del tiempo fuera
del aire, días enteros sin emitir, y sólo esporádicamente se
escuchaba, para cortarse de nuevo a los pocos minutos, incluso al
minuto de emitir. Sólo se notaba un zumbido, señal de que el
transmisor estaba en el aire, pero no emitía audio.
El sábado 12, último día de mi estancia allí, decidí enviar un mail a
la emisora, para comunicarles que el transmisor que da servicio al sur
de Lanzarote y buena parte de Fuerteventura está averiado, y que
durante toda una semana prácticamente no había emitido.
Hoy lunes me contestaron, dándome las gracias por avisarlos, y que así
podrían ponerlo en conocimiento "del departamento correspondiente", y
me remiten a que siga sus emisiones por internet.
Es decir, durante toda una semana, una amplia zona de población no
tuvo servicio de Radio Ecca en parte de Lanzarote y Fuerteventura, y
nadie lo notó en falta ni lo comunicó a la emisora excepto yo, que
estaba de paso por allí, además, pienso que estos cortes o fallos son
frecuentes y quién sabe el tiempo que llevan así.
Y visto todo esto, me pregunto si la culpa de que cierren emisoras es
de los responsables de las mismas o de que no hay oyentes que las
escuchen y que no merezca la pena tenerlas en funcionamiento. Un
saludo a todos (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, España, Nov 14, noticiasdx yg via
DXLD)
¿Y QUIÉN LES HACE ENTENDER ESO A LAS EMISORAS? Yo he observado lo
mismo en lugares no siempre habituales y donde BBC/VOA/DW por ejemplo
explotaban determinadas frecuencias de FM. ¡Ni idea de lo que sucede y
la mayoría de las veces no sólo nadie escucha esas bandas,
limitadísimas en muchos casos, sino que al ser esporádicas, quedan
ignoradas! Seguramente es una forma de "gastar" con determinados
objetivos y justificaciones pero no para favorecer el buen uso de la
radio, demostrado, en OM/OC. CORDIALES SALUDOS / GOOD LUCK / (JUAN
FRANCO CRESPO * STAMP JOURNALIST (AIPET), SÀLVIA 8 (MAS CLARIANA)
E-43800 VALLS-TARRAGONA (ESPAÑA-SPAIN-ESPAGNE-SPANIEN), ibid.)
** CHINA. 7410, Nov 10 at 1357, nothing but CRI in Japanese audible.
Is Sea Breeze still here at 13-14, including English on Thursday?
Should not be (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. CNR1 program noted in New Delhi remote SDR post, as well as
all over Europe SDR posts in 01-03 UT time slot on Nov 10 on even 7488
kHz. Against SOH program from TWN ? 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
So CNR1 jammers can operate on a split if they want to (gh, DXLD)
** CHINA. 11640, Nov 12 at 0717, conversation in Cantonese, fairly
good. HFCC and Aoki shows it`s CRI, 500 kW, 59 degrees from Jinhua 831
site at 07-08. Tho intended only for Asia, this beam on many
transmissions carries on well to North America. Its boresight misses
NAm, around Clipperton and on to cross South America. Also 08-09 in
Mandarin. Jinhua is the most southerly/easterly CRI site, near
Shanghai and thus best for trans-Pacific coverage, which CRI does not
intentionally attempt (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COLOMBIA. 6010.11, Nov 11 at 0106, Spanish talk about oración, and
frequency is wobbling as I listen with BFO, i.e. The Voice of Thy
Conscience.
5910.0, Nov 11 at 0107, sibling station Alcaraván Radio with tropical
music, well under Romania in Romanian, and making fast SAH with it,
i.e. maybe only 15-20 Hz apart (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
[and non]. 5910.032, HJDH Alcaraván Radio, Puerto Lleras, nice Latin
American music, S=6-7 or -86dBm at 0358 UT on Nov 13. Station ID
logged at 0400:06 UT, another one at 0400:37 UT.
6010.031, BRA + CLM. As usual terrible two signals mixture.
6010.105 wandered down x.099 up to x.107 kHz. BRA ZYE521 R.
Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte MG, and CLM HJDH Voz de tu Conciencia,
side-by-side at S=6 or -91dBm signal, at 0407 UT. [selected SDR
options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Buschel, Log of
remote SDR access in Detroit-MI-USA, on Nov 13, at 0315 to 0420 UT,
BC-DX TopNews via dxldyg via DXLD)
** CUBA: [Re 16-45] ``770, Nov 3 2016 at 0856 UT, distinctive Radio
Reloj ticks & time-pips heard well under WABC whilst plundering a
remote SDR in NW Ohio. New home for Fidel's newser; watch for other
possible changes among Cuban MW outlets (GREG HARDISON, CA, WORLD OF
RADIO 1852, DX LISTENING DIGEST)``
It is Artemisa plugging into Reloj overnight. Why, only Arnie C. knows
(Terry Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 5025, Nov 11 at 0117, R. Rebelde is covering
fútbol/futebol, Argentina v Brasil; not // but suspect same champ game
as heard first on Bolivia 6105.34. Also het audible on low side of
5025-, no doubt R. Quillabamba, Perú. RR // 1180 at 0137, but
interestingly, 5025 is running 3 words ahead of 1180 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1852, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
6075, Nov 11 at 0110, JBA carrier instead of Habana, which HFCC shows
as CRI English at 00-02, 100 kW, 174 degrees from Kashgar, EAST
TURKISTAN.
11760, Nov 11 at 1853, RHC still on here in Spanish, VG and nothing on
15140. By 1857, 11760 is off and 15140 is on closing Spanish
transmission with titulares. As it`s impossible to coordinate
programming with transmitter/frequency changes. 15140 still on
sometime after 2000 during English, not 11670 as in a previous winter,
but RHC may not have made its final B-16 changes yet (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5040, CUBA-non, RHC Bauta, NOT ON AIR at 0338 UT Nov 13
6060, RHC Bauta, Spanish program - but DISTORTED tube output audio
signal at 0412 UT on Nov 13. SCRATCHY spoken by presenter. Ultra 15.6
kHz WIDEBAND signal. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3
Hertz] (Wolfgang Buschel, Log of remote SDR access in Detroit-MI-USA,
on Nov 13, at 0315 to 0420 UT, BC-DX TopNews via dxldyg via DXLD)
9330, Nov 13 at 0702, S7 AM carrier, then a trace of numbers in
Spanish, reminding us of a regular HM01 spy transmission, when WBCQ
better not dream of expanding 9330 despite 24-hour registration
access.
9330-AM, Wed Nov 16 at *0653, S9 open carrier, i.e. Spy Numbers
warming up on a transmitter shared with RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
9820, Nov 13 at 1412, RHC Spanish on reactivated frequency, // 9710,
9640, 11760 in mailbag, mostly from within Cuba. 9820 has been used
previously but not in A-16. At this hour there`s no het audible from
off-frequency Brazilian.
17750, Nov 13 at 1521, RHC is just barely modulated, much less than //
17730, while 17580 is off.
By now, two weeks after B-16 began for everyone else, and one week
after DST ended in USA and its running dog Cuba, surely RHC is about
ready to implement its full frequency schedule for winter.
Don`t go by this one my computer remembers:
http://www.radiohc.cu/interesantes/estaticas/frecuencias
since it`s TWO YEARS OLD.
Current one should be here:
http://www.radiohc.cu/interesantes/frecuencias
But it`s still the previous one expiring in November 2016.
Like before, they may change the link language, so start over from the
Interesantes drop-down at homepage
http://www.radiohc.cu
I assume Arnie will distribute new schedules when he`s good & ready.
6000, Nov 14 at 0708, RHC is still on here and switched to Spanish
after English.
9820, Nov 14 at 1332, RHC has reactivated this as in past seasons but
not A-16, // much stronger 9850; not sure ex-what. By 1409, 9850 is
off but 9820 is still on. 17750 is on too and as usual way
undermodulated. By 1534: 17750 is still undermodulating, 17730 is open
carrier/dead air, and 17580 is off. As of Nov 15, the RHC website
transmission schedule still hasn`t been updated for B-16 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 5988.0, Nov 14 at 0709, R. Martí is here! instead
of 5980 where wall-of-noise jamming remains, none on 5988, and // 6030
which is under the WON jamming there. Suspect this was a mispunch of a
Greenville keypad, rather than a deliberate anti-jamming move, but it
works (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1852, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5980, Nov 16 at 0707, R. Martí back on frequency to match the jamming
after a jump to 5988, 24 hours earlier, keypad mispunch which they
should manage more often (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** DENMARK [non]. Special DSWCI broadcasts under preparation
In Kalundborg [the final AGM], Robert Kipp made recordings to special
DSWCI broadcasts, which now are under preparation.
Two one hour broadcasts via SLBC, Trincomalee, managed by Victor
Goonetilleke:
Saturday December 03 at 1930-2030 UT 9715 kHz at 350 degrees with 125
kW to Europe.
Sunday December 04 (or Saturday December 03) at 1000-1100 UT to Japan,
Asia and Australia on 11835 kHz.
Ten 30 minute broadcasts via WRMI, Okeechobee, Florida, managed by
Jeff White:
PART ONE
2300 Sat, Dec 03 5850 to North America (especially Central and West)
2330 Sat, Dec 03 11580 to Eastern North America (and Europe)
2030 Sun, Dec 04 11580 to Europe (and Eastern North America)
2300 Sun, Dec 04 5850 to North America (especially Central and West)
0230 Mon, Dec 05 9955 to the Caribbean, North and South America
---------------------------------------
PART TWO
2300 Sat, Dec 10 5850 to North America (especially Central and West)
2330 Sat, Dec 10 11580 to Eastern North America (and Europe)
2030 Sun, Dec 11 11580 to Europe (and Eastern North America)
2300 Sun, Dec 11 5850 to North America (especially Central and West)
0230 Mon, Dec 12 9955 to the Caribbean, North and South America
--------
Note that the Monday transmissions on 9955 kHz are actually Sunday
evening in the Americas. I will publish the final times and
frequencies in DX-Window no. 569 and on our website (Anker Petersen,
Ed., DSWCI DX Window Nov 16 via DXLD)
** EAST TURKISTAN. China ---------- Transfer China Radio International
(CRI) in Russian on SW [sic] frequency 1521 kHz from Urumqi resumed on
1 November 2016, after a long silence. In the 70s, when the frequency
was 1520 kHz (?), In a number of international spravochnkah indicated
that the transmitter power was poryakdka in 4000 (four thousand) kW,
and in some HH bulletins, sources associated with tehnsluzhbami even
8000 kW. Anyway, this transmitter has been and will remain the most by
the greatest power on all civilian radio waves in history (Rumen
Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, RusDX 13 Nov via WORLD OF RADIO 1852, DXLD)
Good reception of China Radio International 1521 kHz noted from tune
in at 1445 UT. 73's (John, Faversham Kent UK, Hoad, JRC NRD-525 +
Wellbrook ALA1530LF, Nov 15, DXC-UK yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1852, DXLD)
** EAST TURKISTAN. 5060, 4980, 4850, 4500, Nov 11 at 0131, JBA
carriers, checking the others once hearing 5060, as these are the
reactivated winter morning domestic frequencies of Xinjiang PBS,
Urumqi, each in a different language. It would be too great a
coincidence for this quartet to be anything else (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WORLD OF RADIO 1852, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. 9325. November 10, 2016. 1851-1857, Radio Cairo, Abis, in
Hausa. Man annnouncer talks; A very short music. Broadcasting with
fair to good signal and very distorted audio, 35431.
12005. November 12, 2016. 2254-2300, Radio Cairo, Abis, in Portuguese.
Open carrier and no modulation or unlistenable. (DXer: José Ronaldo
Xavier (JRX).Location: Cabedelo-PB, Brazil (UTC-3). RX (s): Degen
DE1103 & Sony ICF-SW100S. Antenna: Portable Telescopic. Hard-Core-DX
mailing list via DXLD)
Radio Cairo --- 9900(v) Nov 13 at 2115 to 2155. English service to
Europe. (Barely) caught ID at 2115 sign-on. Carrier slowly drifting
downwards from 9900.220 at sign on to 9900.178 at 2146, then back up
to 9900.216 at 2152. Signal strength fair to moderate at S9 (-70 to -
65 dBm). OM/YL voice modulation very weak, at about 10 percent. Music
interludes better, hitting 20 to 30 percent. Modulation clean - just
very weak (Jim Barrett - Elmira, NY - ANAN 10E with PowerSDR 3.3.9SDR.
120 foot dipole, tuned with MFJ 989D; Propagation indices: SFI 78, A
23, K4, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA – 5005, Radio Nacional de Guinea; 0519-0525/0533-
0540; OM in Spanish; Music; IS at 0536. 21111 (QRM from WWV; listened
in ISB). (HF-1000A). LOGGINGS OF (ED SYLVESTER, FALLBROOK, CA (SAN
DIEGO COUNTY), Equipment: WJ-8711A/Harris RF-590A, Antennas: 150’ Inv
Vee @ 100’ and Pixel Loop, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ERITREA. 7146.505, Nov 10 at 1359, JBA carrier vs QRhAM, presumed
VOBME, by long path on characteristic off-frequency. Ron Howard in
California has been hearing this:
``7146.55, VOBME (presumed), 1407-1429, Nov 8. Stronger than 7175;
with HOA music/singing; not // 7175. My audio of HOA music/singing at
http://goo.gl/RWsoht
Recently noted both 7146.55 & ex: 7185 were hit with strong white
noise digital jamming (DRM noise?), consistently at 1501, as if on a
timer``
Nothing here on 7175 or 7185, the other VOBME frequency. Asmara sunset
today: 1452 UT; Enid sunrise: 1304 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
[and non]. Nov 14 around 0400, no signals from VOBME on 7146+,
7175/7185, and no jamming either, but Sudan carrier was making it on
7205 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ERITREA [non]. Again no signal of R. Adal via MBR Issoudun, Nov 12
1500-1531 on 17580 ISS 100 kW / 125 deg to EaAf Arabic Wed/Sat
1531-1558 on 17580 ISS 100 kW / 125 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Wed/Sat
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/again-no-signal-of-radio-adal-via-mbr.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ETHIOPIA [and non]. Jamming VoA Tigrigna on Nov 14 at 1900-1930 UT
ETHIOPIA - JAMMING against VoA Amharic, Oromo, and Tigrigna languages.
The Ethiopians bought exact 6 x BBEF Beijing Made in China TX units
some 8 years ago, which may possible switch to broadband DRM digital
mode transmission too, most modern tx units on very stable frequency
alignment.
VoA Tigrigna Monday through Friday
1900-1930 UT:
9485_WOF(ex15630)
9755_SMG
11900_UAE(ex13860, ex15785)
11955_SAO
12040_UDO(ex11720)
12130_LAM - no signal heard at 19.25 UT
12140_KWT
13775_UDO(ex13860_UAE)
15690_LAM
Checked Ethiopian jamming against VoA Ethiopian languages, VoA
schedule, now just 4 weeks after appearence on October 14. Not been
jammed noted today on 11955_SAO, 12140_KWT, and 15690_LAM kHz.
Jamming WHITE NOISE visible on screen:
9485 broad wide signal 9466 - 9501 kHz width. S=9+10dB
9755 broad wide signal 9740 - 9768 kHz width.
11900 broad wide signal 11896 - 11904 kHz width.
12040 broad wide signal 12036 - 12044 kHz width.
13775 broad wide signal 13770 - 13780 kHz width.
(Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews November 14, dxldyg via
WORLD OF RADIO 1852, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ETHIOPIA [non]. FRANCE, Again no signal of Oromo Voice Radio via
TDF Issoudun, Nov 14
1600-1615 on 17850 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Afar Oromo Mon
1615-1630 on 17850 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf English Mon
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/again-no-signal-of-oromo-voice-radio.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DXLD)
** ETHIOPIA [non]. SECRETLAND, BaBcoCk Dimtse Radio Erena via SPL
Secretbrod, Nov 11
1700-1730 on 11965 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Afar Oromo Dly
1730-1800 on 11965 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Arabic Mon-Sat
1730-1800 on 11965 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Afar Oromo Sun
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/babcock-dimtse-radio-erena-via-spl.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE. 162 kHz, Allouis, 2000/1000 kW, France Inter, Nov 10 2316 -
Superb reception with American blues program. Hear they're closing at
the end of the year. Too bad, as it puts out a great signal! (Walt
Salmaniw, Murray Harbour PEI DX-Pedition, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** FRANCE. FRANCE RFI SW schedule
RFI has posted an updated SW transmission schedule for the period
October 30 through February 11, 2017. It appears to include a new
half-hour broadcast in French towards the Caribbean at 1300 on 21650,
a new frequency. The hour in English at 0600 moves from 13725 to 9675,
which is also a new frequency.
Zone 4 = Afrique de l'Ouest axe Dakar,
Zone 5 = Afrique de l'Ouest axe Abidjan
Zone 6 = Afrique Centrale
Debut Fin freq. (kHz) bande (m) Zone Region
Haoussa
0600 0630 9805 31 Zone 5 Afrq. Ouest
0600 0630 7295 41 Zone 5 Afrq. Ouest
0700 0730 13685 22 Zone 5 Afrq. Ouest
0700 0730 15315 19 Zone 5 Afrq. Ouest
1600 1700 17615 16 Zone 5 Afrq. Ouest
2000 2030 9540 31 Zone 5 Afrq. Ouest
Portugais
1700 1730 17685 16 Zone 6 Afrq. centrale
1900 1930 15360 19 Zone 6 Afrq. centrale
Swahili
0430 0500 9665 31 Zone 6 Afrq. de l'Est
0530 0600 9670 31 Zone 6 Afrq. de l'Est
1500 1600 21690 13 Zone 6 Afrq. de l'Est
French
0400 0500 7390 41 Zone 6 Afrq. de l'Est
0400 0500 9790 31 Zone 6 Afrq. de l'Est
0500 0600 7390 41 Zone 6 Afrq. centrale
0500 0600 9790 31 Zone 6 Afrq. centrale
0500 0600 11700 25 Zone 6 Afrq. centrale
0600 0700 5925 49 Zone 4 Afrq. Ouest
0600 0700 7390 41 Zone 4 Afrq. Ouest
0600 0700 13695 22 Zone 6 Afrq. centrale
0600 0700 15300 19 Zone 6 Afrq. centrale
0700 0800 17850 16 Zone 6 Afrq. centrale
0700 0800 15300 19 Zone 5 Afrq. centrale
0700 0800 13695 22 Zone 4 Afrq. Ouest
0700 0800 11700 25 Zone 4 Afrq. Ouest
0700 0800 9790 31 Zone 4 Afrq. Ouest
0800 0900 13695 22 Zone 4 Afrq. Ouest
0800 0900 15300 19 Zone 4 Afrq. Ouest
0800 0900 17850 16 Zone 5 Afrq. centrale
0800 0900 21580 13 Zone 6 Afrq. centrale
1200 1300 21690 13 Zone 6 Afrq. centrale
1200 1300 17620 16 Zone 4 Afrq. Ouest
1200 1300 17660 16 Zone 4 Afrq. Ouest
1200 1300 21580 13 Zone 6 Afrq. centrale
1300 1330 21650 13 Haiti Caraibes
1700 1800 15300 19 Zone 4 Afrq. Ouest
1700 1800 13740 22 Zone 5 Afrq. Ouest
1700 1800 17620 16 Zone 5 Afrq. centrale
1700 1800 17850 16 Zone 6 Afrq. centrale
1800 1900 9810 31 Zone 4 Afrq. Ouest
1800 1900 11995 25 Zone 4 Afrq. Ouest
1800 1900 11765 25 Zone 5 Afrq. centrale
1800 1900 17850 16 Zone 6 Afrq. centrale
1900 2000 9790 31 Zone 4 Afrq. Ouest
1900 2000 13740 22 Zone 6 Afrq. centrale
1900 2000 11995 25 Zone 5 Afrq. Ouest
1900 2000 15300 19 Zone 6 Afrq. centrale
2000 2100 7205 41 Zone 4 Afrq. Ouest
2000 2100 9790 31 Zone 4 Afrq. Ouest
2100 2200 7205 41 Zone 4 Afrq. Ouest
2100 2200 9790 31 Zone 4 Afrq. Ouest
Anglais
0600 0700 9675 31 Zone 5 Afrq. Ouest
Mandingue
800 0830 15455 19 Zone 4 Afrq. Ouest
1200 1230 21620 13 Zone 4 Afrq. Ouest
Vietnamien
1300 1400 9690 31 Vietnam Asie sud-est (dimanche) (via Mike
Cooper, GA, Nov 10, WORLD OF RADIO 1852, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Were any transmissions of RFI to the western hemisphere left since
yearend 2011, when the old transmission contract with TDF run out
after 20 years? I think they had cancelled anything back then.
This new 21650 kHz transmission now is of course, as explicitly shown
in the schedule itself, for Haiti. It contains a programme called "Le
rendez-vous des Amériques et d’Haïti", with a short (two minute)
insertion in Haitian language on workdays. Short apparently because,
as they state, this is part of their world service, thus does not end
up on any other shortwave frequency but presumably also on FM in
Africa and Berlin.
http://www.rfi.fr/com/20161013-rfi-mobilise-sinistres-haiti
(Kai Ludwig, Nov 16, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1852, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** FRANCE [and non] Additional B-16 transmissions of Radio France
International
1300-1330 21650 ISS 500 kW / 271 deg to CARR French, in HFCC 1330-1430
1300-1400 9690 PAO 100 kW / 250 deg to SEAs Vietnamese Sun plus co-ch
from 1330 9690 BGL 500 kW / 090 deg to SEAs English All India Radio!!
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/additional-b-16-transmissions-of-radio.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY [non]. Re: DW B-16: English cuts? No one seems to have
noticed so far: It's not just a scheduling change, it's a changed
concept.
"Radio remains very popular in Africa while social media – especially
Facebook – continue to attract scores of new users. DW Africa has
relaunched the AfricaLink radio program to reflect these shifting
trends. The result is a show that is younger, more dynamic, more
conversational and more connected to its African audience."
http://www.dw.com/en/africalink-new-format-time-and-frequencies/a-36190505
And less puffy, remarkably lashing out at missionaries and other media
outlets:
http://www.dw.com/en/dw-social-radio-africalink-meets-facebook/a-36212747
(Kai Ludwig, Nov 13, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1852, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Deutsche Welle: Social Radio for Africa | Press Releases | DW.COM |
02.11.2016
On October 31, Deutsche Welle unveiled the new format for its
AfricaLink radio program. The show was relaunched as "social radio."
http://dw.com/p/2S0wW
(via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, DXLD)
RESS RELEASES --- “The Migration Dilemma:” DW launches multi-media
project for West Africa
DW’s new multi-media project “The Migration Dilemma” traces the
dangerous journey to Europe undertaken by West African refugees. . .
http://www.dw.com/en/the-migration-dilemma-dw-launches-multi-media-project-for-west-africa/a-36397144
(via Hj Biener, Nov 16, DXLD)
** GERMANY [non]. Hi All, The Shortwave Service have another special
broadcast from Armenia again on Sunday, this will be in the German
language I assume, as their Channel 292 broadcast usually are:
"On Sunday, 13.11.2016 we will send SATzentrale-Das Radio at 20 UT on
6145 kHz with 100 kW to Europe" (Alan Gale, Nov 12, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Webcaster SatZentrale is also a WORLD OF RADIO affiliate (gh, DXLD)
** GREECE. Voice of Greece on 9420/9935/11645 kHz, Nov 10-11
from 1930 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek tx#3
from 1930 on 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek tx#1
from 0700 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek*tx#3
from 0700 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek*tx#1
* including Serbian at 0702, Arabic at 0805 & off at 0858 UT
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/voice-of-greece-on-9420993511645-khz.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
[and non]. 9420, Nov 12 at 1911, BST-1 caradio stops here for music,
but also CCI making a fast SAH! That`s because R. Cairo is attempting
Russian here this hour only, and ERT couldn`t be bothered to register
their long-time, potentially 24-hour frequency, with HFCC, so how was
ERTU supposed to know about it? Aoki shows CNR13 Uyghur service also
on 9420 around 11-18.
9420, Nov 13 at 0704, Greek Orthodox chanting, S9-S4, // weaker 9935
at S5-S2, the Sunday morning service violating Separation of Church
and State, but nice music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Voice of Greece on 9420 kHz and 9935 kHz, Nov 13:
0700&0800 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek#tx#3
0700&0800 on 9935*AVL 100 kW / 323 deg to ENAm Greek#tx#1
* instead of 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek tx#1
# Voice of Greece relay Sunday Liturgy. Off around 0805 UT.
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/voice-of-greece-on-9420-khz-and-9935_13.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUAM. Very poor signal of KTWR Trans World Radio Asia, Nov 10:
1527-1600 on 12120 TWR 100 kW / 293 deg to SEAs English Mon-Sat
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/very-poor-signal-of-ktwr-trans-world.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Reception of KTWR Trans World Radio Asia, Nov 11:
1015-1100 on 11750 TWR 200 kW / 305 deg to EaAs Chinese Mon-Sat
1032-1112 on 11965 TWR 100 kW / 263 deg to SEAs English Mon-Fri
1100-1200 on 12120 TWR 200 kW / 315 deg to EaAs Chinese
1100-1300 on 9910 TWR 200 kW / 305 deg to EaAs Chinese Mon-Fri
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/reception-of-ktwr-trans-world-radio.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUINEA, 9650, Radio Guinea, Conakry, 0633-0701, Nov 13. In French;
mostly fair; several IDs ("Radio Guinée"); 0659 seemed to be light QRM
from the start of assume R. Sonder Grense (South Africa) (Ron Howard,
Calif., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Radio Guinée, 9650, Nov 13 at 2300 to 2315. Excellent signals at S9
+10. French ID at 2300. Plenty of bouncy African music (Jim Barrett -
Elmira, NY - ANAN 10E with PowerSDR 3.3.9SDR. 120 foot dipole, tuned
with MFJ 989D; Propagation indices: SFI 78, A 23, K4, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Radio Guinea --- Has been strong and clear here the past few nites as
it is now 2350z 11/15, 9650 via Conakry (Rich, Near Chicago, Ray, Ten
Tec RX340 and Wellbrook 330s at 30', dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ICELAND. 189 kHz, Gufuskalar, 300 kW, RUV Ras 1, Nov 10 2323 - Live
transmission of a rock concert. 'Come to our show tonight. Come again
tomorrow night. This was our first record'. Not // to 207 (or at least
not heard). Continued to 0000 (John Fogerty concert). Finished with
Rolling by the River. Back into Icelandic programming (Walt Salmaniw,
Murray Harbour PEI DX-Pedition, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. GO FM WAY, DIGITAL DRM TOO EXPENSIVE, AIR TOLD
DNA November 11, 2016 By Amrita Nayak Dutta
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-go-fm-way-digital-drm-too-expensive-air-told-2272264
Laying out an action plan for AIR, an IIT-Bombay report says short
wave and medium wave services have few takers and must be scrapped
AIR should phase out short wave and medium wave services, accessed
through the once ubiquitous transistors and radio sets, and focus on
FM instead, recommends an IIT-Bombay report while giving a thumbs down
to the digital DRM technology that the public broadcaster is pushing.
With most people accessing radio on their mobiles or car stereos, only
a small fraction of listeners in urban areas use the difficult-to-buy
transistors and radio sets, says the technical audit report on All
India Radio's short wave and medium wave services.
Barely 10 per cent of people, mostly the elderly, in urban localities
listen to short wave or medium wave services, Girish Kumar, professor
in IIT-B’s electrical engineering department who headed the team
conducting the audit for AIR’s parent body Prasar Bharati, told DNA.
Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) receivers, pegged by AIR as a technology
replacement for Soviet-era worn-out short and medium wave
transmitters, are just too expensive, the report says. Though a DRM
transmitter can give higher range than others, installing a larger
number of FM transmitters can help cover the entire country.
However, AIR continues to replace short and medium wave transmitters
in the country with DRM transmitters even though the technology has
few takers in India, sources disclosed.
“During the audit, I visited prominent electronic stores of Mumbai to
buy a transistor. However, no transistor, radio set or even a DRM
receiver was available there. They are available only in some online
sites. But some people in rural areas are still using decade-old radio
sets or handheld transistors," Kumar said.
“That is why our report had strongly recommended shutting down short
wave and medium wave services for AIR and augment the number of FM
towers instead.” This would help in rural areas too where mobile
phones with FM services are increasing.
DRM transmitters, Kumar explained, can offer good range but listeners
have to buy a receiver that could be as expensive as Rs.15,000. “Why
would people buy a DRM receiver to listen to radio when they can do
the same on their mobile phones or their cars?” he asked.
“Even for the newly installed DRM transmitter in Malad, there are
barely any takers, both because of expensive receivers and lack of
awareness about it,” he said.
In the 11th Plan, Rs.9.29 billion has been earmarked for AIR to go
digital.
The new channel, AIR Maitree, that broadcasts programmes to Bangladesh
is transmitted through a digital transmitter even though most people
in Bangladesh avail FM radio services on their phones and hardly use
DRM receivers. There is no feedback gathering mechanism to check if
AIR Maitree programmes are being heard in Bangladesh at all, sources
admitted.
Audit details:
The audit included field measurements at more than 13,000 locations
and above 9,000 people surveys. Most people do not have a good medium
wave, short wave radio receivers and the quality of medium wave
reception is not as good as FM radio.
In fact, most people interviewed are unaware of AIR’s outdated short
wave and medium wave services, the report states.
Barring hilly and border areas, medium wave services should be shut in
metro and all major cities and the number of FM transmitters should be
increased, it says and suggests important programmes on medium wave
and short wave services be broadcast via FM radio.
At present, 145 medium wave and 48 short wave transmitters are located
in 125 cities of India. Being from the Soviet era, most of the
equipment is now worn out. Non-availability of spare parts has added
to the problem. As a result, there is poor transmission of signals in
most parts of the country.
Posted by: (Mike Terry, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1852, DXLD)
** INDIA. AIR Vividh Bharati on old 9870 kHz and on new 9865, Nov 7:
0900-1100 on 9870 BGL 500 kW / 035 deg to SoAs Hindi, instead of 9865
1100-1200 on 9865 BGL 500 kW / 035 deg to SoAs Hindi as scheduled B16
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/india-air-vividh-bharati-on-old-9870.html
(DX RE MIX NEWS #978 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, November 14,
2016 via DXLD)
** INDIA. AIR External Services latest changes
0830-1130 Urdu 9950 (ex 9940)
1215-1315 Burmese 9950 (ex 9940)
Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur
Radio, Hyderabad, India, Nov 10, dx_india yg via DXLD)
AIR External Services latest changes
Delete 11620 0830-1130 Urdu
Delete 13695 1215-1245 Telugu
Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, Nov 11, ibid.)
** INDONESIA. 4869.89, RRI Wamena, 1235-1305, Nov 10 (Thursday). Start
of the Thursday only edition of KGI (Kang Guru Indonesia); in English,
but not very readable; "My name is Greg"; a few pop songs; ID jingles;
better reception than normal (Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. Voice of Indonesia ONLY with English program on Nov 11:
1600-1700 on 9525.9 JAK 250 kW / 290 deg to N/ME, instead of Arabic
1700-1800 on 9525.9 JAK 250 kW / 290 deg to WeEu, instead of Spanish
1800-1900 on 9525.9 JAK 250 kW / 290 deg to WeEu, instead of German
1900-2000 on 9525.9*JAK 250 kW / 290 deg to WeEu English as scheduled
2000-2100 on 9525.9*JAK 250 kW / 290 deg to WeEu, instead of French
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/voice-of-indonesia-only-with-english.html
Voice of Indonesia with its normal schedule, Nov 12:
1300-1400 on 9525.9*JAK 250 kW / 010 deg to EaAs English
1400-1500 on 9525.9*JAK 250 kW / 010 deg to EaAs Indonesian
1500-1600 on 9525.9 JAK 250 kW / 010 deg to EaAs Chinese
1600-1700 on 9525.9 JAK 250 kW / 290 deg to N/ME Arabic
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/voice-of-indonesia-with-its-normal.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
What does * mean here?? (gh)
** INTERNATIONAL WATERS. 1650, November 11 at 0138 UT, I am finally
hearing the ND beacon ``SAC``, barely against Spanish from Denver and
other broadcast stuff. I copy the ID at 12 times per minute, or every
5 seconds. Tried passband tuning and narrow bandwidth and notching,
but most audible just with normal bandwidth on the NRD-545.
This was first reported by Tim Tromp in Michigan on October 28.
Unlisted, led to lots of speculation in a very long thread via DXLD
16-44. SAC is the test ID used by a Beaumont TX company which makes
beacons, Southern Avionics Company, but which denied they were
transmitting on 1650. I suspect it is one of their beacons which
hasn`t been reprogrammed with ID of the new owner, likely from an
offshore oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico. But the broadcast X-band
ought to be off-limits to these. Terry Krueger, Clearwater FL,
reported via WORLD OF RADIO 1850 and DXLD:
``Coordinated bearings taken by myself, David Potter and Gerry Bishop
-- all from separate locations between coastal central, NW and north
central Florida -- would appear to put this north of Pt. St Joe to
west of Panama City`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Previously filed under UNIDENTIFIED
** IRAN [and non]. 1467, Qom, 100 kW, IRIB Radio, Qom, Nov 10 0114 -
Way off channel, but still dominating. Measured tonight on 1467.370
compared to on-channel 1467.000 for the other station (?Saudi Arabia).
Fair copy.
1476, Marivan, 20 kW, IRIB Radio, Kordestan, Nov 10 0119 - Another way
off channel. Measuring tonight on 1476.267 compared to another
cochannel on 1476.000. Snippets of what sounds like Quran chants, but
I think that is coming from Egypt (Al-Quran al-Karim) listed with 10
kW (2 sites). (Walt Salmaniw, Murray Harbour PEI DX-Pedition, dxldyg
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN [non]. Weak signal of Sedoye Bahar via BaBcoCk Grigoriopol on
Nov 10
1900-1930 7510 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg WeAs Farsi Thu/Fri Voice of Spring
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/weak-signal-of-sedoye-bahar-via-babcock.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRELAND [and non]. while I was in the southern part of Ireland a
couple weeks ago, you could here that new Algerian transmitter on 252
underneath the RTE co-frequency at night, and Co. Tipp isn't all that
far from the RTE xmtr location. Regards, (Chuck Albertson, Seattle,
Nov 16, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ISLE OF MAN. 1368, ISLAND OF MAN, Douglas, 20 kW, Manx Radio, Nov 9
0200 - 'Broadcasting from the Isle of Man, this is Manx Radio'. Good
reception if not for the static crashes here.
1368, ISLE OF MAN, Douglas, 20 kW, Manx Radio, Nov 10 0019 - Good
reception playing, 'Party Like a Russian' (Walt Salmaniw, Murray
Harbour PEI DX-Pedition, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ISRAEL [and non]. Israel/Palestine changes/updates
Hi Glenn, was in the Holy Land to deliver a lecture on the Polish 2nd
Corps at Birzeit University, Stayed in Ramallah for the 1st night and
made extensive notes but then as a surprise I was moved to Jerusalem
for my final night by the Polish Consul apparently they always do this
to give their guests chance to sightsee; anyway, in my hurried
packing, I left my notes in Ramallah.
Tons of Jerusalem tropo logs to type up but I just did a memory dump
of the Pira P175 RDS analyser so I can reuse it for London pirates
next week, fyi:
http://pira.cz/fm_broadcast_analyzer/p175-brochure.pdf
First thing, Radio all for Peace on 107.2 from Ramallah is gone; the
channel was totally free and the Gaza relay of Ajyal FM was audible
along with an unlisted Israeli unID on 107.1
The Polish Embassy's driver said it had been gone for some time (it
used to relay Polish radio)
All these logged/stored in Ramallah
88.4 Holy Quran R, _88.4fm_ AF: 88.1,88.2, 88.4, 96.9
82EE PTY:00 S
RT: Holy_Quran_Radio_-Nablus_96.9fm_88.4fm_&88.2fm_tel_09_2331010
88.6 unid Palestinian, weak in Ramallah, stronger in Jerusalem but by
then I had no batteries for the Pira
__MO__HR pi:1357 PTY 00 S
90.7 FALASTIN TP A555 PTY:00M
91.7 Najah_FM FA22 PTY:00 M AF
91.9 ISR, unlisted relay of Gal Galatz PI: 42E9 PTY:10 S
92.1 unlisted (on fmlist) Israeli pi: 4416 PTY 00 S partial PS
KOL-???? logged in Ramallah
92.3 _ANGHAM_ pi:8205 PTY 01 S
RT: ANGHAMFM
93.6 (not in WRTH) Mawtiny , dynamic ps: captured as "wtny-F-F" AF
pi:4250 PTY09 M
low audio, logged in Ramallah
RT ??????????????????????????7???????????_??_??_??????
[was that in Hebrew? gh]
94.2 Radio Sawa, _Radio__ AF PI:3D44 PTY:03 M
RT: www.radiosawa.com
94.6 R monte Carlo Doualia, _CARLO__ E654 PTY:00 M
RT: NEWS_FROM_PARIS
97.288 unid Palestinian stn in AA, no RDS, blank carrier overnight
measured using Isr 96.6 as freq reference
97.9 Radio 24 97.9____ TP AF pi:5418 PTY 01 M
99.0 Eco FM, Isr new PI 430B PTY 10 M
RT www.eco99.fm_Best_music???1?????????ng
101.9 new Ramallah stn, RDS still in factory default!
Dynamic PI: TESTED_AND_____WORKING______OK F000 PTY: 00 S
RT:FLASH-FM_RADIOTEXT_64_CHARACTERS_DYNAMIC_RDS_ENCODER_V2_RT_MODE_
102.3 FALASTIN A555 TA AF PTY 00M unlisted site, poor in Ramallah, not
noted In Jerusalem //90.7
AF:90.7, 99.4, 100.1
102.8 A7LA_FM_ AF F2FF PTY:01 M
103.4 AJYAL_FM TP AF 8202 PTY 01 S
AF: 92.8, 93.8, 95.7, 100.4, 103.4,105.8, 106.6, 106.9, 107.2
104.2 unid Palestinian stn in AA ps: AB?????? ppi: F201 PTY 03 M, id
sounded like "al borj" weak right channel in stereo
104.5 Alhorya Radio dynamic PS 104.5_FM PI:0009 PTY 00 M
106.3 Radio Bethlehem 2000, PI: 04C7 relays BBC Arabic many times
including overnight
106.9 as 103.4 except PTY 01 M
107.2 as 103.4 except PTY 01 M
I did some listening in the airplane. As well as the BBC's Wrotham TX
the following were strong enough to produce RDS inside the plane
98.1 HRT-2, HRV
95.3 RTS, Belgrade
105.3 R Osijek, HRV
93.8 unid Turkish PI code 3201
101.6 TRT TURKU
-- (Tim Bucknall, Congleton, UK, UK Director @KresySiberia, dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Tim, could you confirm whether Reshet Beth on 1206 is current? 73,
(Walt Salmaniw, ibid.)
1206, Haifa 10 kW IBA Reshet Bet, Nov 9 2249 - A tough copy due to
splatter from 1215, but identifiable with their webstream at:
http://www.iba.org.il/bet/
(Walt Salmaniw, Murray Harbour PEI DX-Pedition, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** ISRAEL [and non]. 1206 ? GREECE, Athens, Radio Babis (tentative),
Nov 12 0233 - Highly tentative. We battled with this frequency all
evening. Never very strong, but would occasionally rise. Mostly non-
stop music, but with occasional speech, including a very brief mention
a few minutes ago. The style to me of broadcasting is very much Greek
pirate, but have no idea to be honest. I'll post the brief audio clip
at RealDX and see if anyone has any ideas. I tried the UTwente SDR but
nothing heard there on repeated attempts, and apparently also not
heard on an Italian SDR site. A mystery! (Walt Salmaniw, Murray
Harbour PEI DX-Pedition, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
The only station that I hear in the NW of England on 1206 is Reshet
Bet from Israel. The WRTH listings on page 523 show its location as
Acca (Acre) with 50 kW. Conditions and side-splash permitting, it can
sometimes be well heard at good strength. The only language I've heard
has been Hebrew which, under less than good conditions, could sound
like Greek ??? But then a pirate station may not be on air all of the
time. 73 (Noel R. Green, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ITALY. Unscheduled test broadcast of Marconi Radio International on
Nov 12: 1500-1655 on 15070 unknown 100 watts tx to WeEu
English/Italian/Spanish USB
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/unscheduled-test-broadcast-of-marconi_11.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH. 3276.9 (AM), V28 ("The Parrot"), 1327-1339*, Nov 10.
Tuned in to find open carrier already on the air; 1330-1339 with
Korean numbers; poor (Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. JAPAN vs. CHINA, Shiokaze Sea Breeze vs CRI on
Nov 10:
1300-1400 on 7410*YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs English Thu
1600-1700 on 6180 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs English Thu
*co-ch CRI on 7410 JIN 500 kW / 059 deg to EaAs Japanese Daily
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/shiokaze-sea-breeze-vscri-on-nov10.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA SOUTH. Hi Glenn, Nov 9, on 7215, at 1410, did in fact hear
KBS news, followed by "Wednesday Corners"; all in English; many "KBS"
IDs; fair (Ron Howard, California, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
From
http://www.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=B16&broadc=KBS
Here are all the registered English broadcasts, many of which are
multi-hour! No way from this to tell which portions are imaginary. Is
the 7215 broadcast confirmed really two hours, or one?
0000-0100 11785, 11895
0100-0400 11725
0200-0300 9690
0300-0400 9580
0700-0900 9570
0700-1100 13670, 15210
1000-1200 11725
1100-1200 11850
1230-1330 6095
1300-1400 9570, 15575
1330-1500 13670
1400-1600 7215
1400-1500 9640
1600-1700 9515, 9640
1600-2200 15575
1800-2300 7275
2000-2400 15155
2100-2400 11715
2200-2300 13705
2200-2330 11810
2300-2400 15575
Site for all is Kimjae, Korea South, daily. This excludes a weekly DRM
via WOF. There is one more broadcast via a relay, SPC/SOFIA: 1900-2000
on 5885 & 5935, both or neither? (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1852,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
I`ve also noticed in HFCC that ``Eng`` tends to be a default language
for wooden entries, including where extremely unlikely such as
Indonesian regionals (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1852, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
"KBS World Radio" heard on Nov 15. 9570, with an hour of English; 1301
"KBS World Radio News"; Tuesday edition of "Seoul Calling" (making
Kimchi for the cold months, museum in Seoul displaying pictures of the
1956 Hungarian Revolution, etc.); varying amounts of QRM from CRI,
also in English. Last checked at 1358.
7215, at 1358 with IS and ID (English and Korean - "This is KBS World
Radio coming from Seoul, the Republic of Korea"); 1400-1500 repeat
programming as heard earlier (1301+) on 9570; 1500 KBS continued with
KBS pop music show; after 1500 QRM from CRI. Assume KBS went through
to 1600. My audio IS/ID/news -
http://goo.gl/AmV48t
(Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1852, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** KYRGYZSTAN. Early Christian Radio "Voice of Life", more familiar as
the Voice of Zindagi, once again in the air; it is noted from 1600 to
around 1735 UT on 5130 kHz frequency in the language, allegedly Dari
November 7 (Monday). Unfortunately, very often it turns out the
confusion with the third harmonic of the Greek pirate radio very
loudly sounding for 1700 kHz, with songs that sound like those in the
Arabic language (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, RusDX 13 Nov via DXLD)
You mean 1710 kHz? That would be x 3 on 5130 (gh)
** LIBYA. 677, Benghazi 100 kW Libya Al Wataniya, Nov 9 0204 - Thanks
to Wolfgang Bueschel for the reminder about Libya. Yes, we have been
hearing them. Tonight on measured 677.496 at good/very good level but
with significant static crashes tonight. We also see 1053.1 mixing
with a UK station. I note that the MW List gives a schedule of 0500-
2350. Perhaps on late for the US elections ;-). (Walt Salmaniw, Murray
Harbour PEI DX-Pedition, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** LUXEMBOURG [non]. Re 16-45: LUXEMBOURG non "Dutch free radio
station on longwave" ---
If you call it a "station" when someone messes around with a flea
power transmitter at or near the Enschede university campus to create
a sensation amongst the users of the popular SDR system there.
Recently he fired up his few watts on 162 kHz, prompting a debate what
is being heard over/under Allouis now. I consider this guy a mere
troll (Kai Ludwig, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MADAGASCAR. Reception of KNLS Madagascar World Voice in 1800-2200
UT slot on Nov 10, all 100 kW:
1800-1900 9570 MWV 355 deg EaEu Russian tx#1 KNLS, New Life Station
1800-1900 17640*MWV 310 deg WeAf English tx#2 African Pathways Radio
1900-2000 9495 MWV 355 deg EaEu Russian tx#2 KNLS, New Life Station
1900-2000 11945 MWV 355 deg N/ME Arabic tx#1 Radio Feda, very poor
2000-2100 13710 MWV 355 deg N/ME Arabic tx#1 Radio Feda, very poor
2000-2100 17640*MWV 295 deg CeAf English tx#2 African Pathways Radio
2100-2200 11610 MWV 325 deg WeEu Chinese tx#1, strong signal, videos
* confirmed via SDR Twente, but no signal here in Sofia
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/reception-of-knls-madagascar-world.html
73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
11825, African Pathways Radio, tentative at 0402 with instrumental
music to 0405:20, then in English with talk and music bridges that
sounded like A.P.R. programs I’ve heard in the past. - Very poor and
soon lost to noise Nov 11 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia,
listening in my car, by the lake, with the CommRadio CR-1a and 50 ft
wire antenna. Editor of World English Survey and Target Listening,
available at http://www.odxa.on.ca dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
17640, Nov 11 at 1844, VG signal with African music, then asserting
``To God be the Glory`` (must be a very self-centred deity, constantly
craving glorification from underlings? Projexion of one of the less
noble human traits). 1855 some nice African music until cut off
without announcement at 1856.6*.
So Madagascar World Voice is back on the air. I had not checked the 18
UT English hour the past couple days, but JRX in Paraíba was reporting
subsequent transmissions on November 9. The MWV signal, which is the
second most antipodal from here (only Talata is a bit further), is
amazingly very good, equivalent to 17775 KVOH at one tenth the
distance, sharing SSOB honors (and much stronger than 17790 WRMI aimed
away from us). Too bad MWV is so unreliable: if one countenanced their
one-sided evangelism attempting to deprive Africans of their native
religions, lecturing them about Christian family-values.
17640, Nov 11 at 2001, JBA carrier, maybe the exciter, until *2001:10
S9+10 open carrier on late until 2002:18* and resuming *2002:45,
finally fading up some music at 2003:20; 2005:30 opening African
Pathways Radio with sked for three broadcasts, 0400 on 11825, 1800 &
now repeated at 2000 on 17640, into discussion of family planning,
surely not including abortion as an option. Still good signal but more
fading than before 1900 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
11790, World Christian Broadcasting at 2159 in listed Egyptian Arabic
with IS and a man and woman with talk from 2200 to 2219 and a brief
musical interlude then talk about singer Marc Anthony and playing
snippets of his recordings – Very Good Nov 11 (Mark Coady, ON, ODXA
YRX via DXLD)
Greetings from Nevada! The conditions here have been fair-to-good with
the Solar Flux in the mid-70s and the Geomagnetic activity averaging
Quiet to Unsettled but with a brief minor storm level. I don't get to
DX in the late afternoon much these days but today I had a bit of a
surprise with MWV Radio Feda at ~2240z on 11790kHz. Very strong and if
I knew Arabic it would be a very easy for casual listening. I seem to
remember R. RSA having an afternoon broadcast on 25m in the mid 70s
that I could pick up even on a burnt-out old 3 tube regenerative
receiver I got at a garage sale (with a hunk of wire thrown out the
window as an antenna). This signal definitely reminded me of that
(which was my introduction to SW radio as a kid), it was difficult to
believe that a signal that sounds so local could have been coming from
the other side of the planet.
MWV Radio Feda --- 11790, 2242 11 NOV - MWV RADIO FEDA (MADAGASCAR).
SINPO = 55545. Arabic, male and female announcers alternating dialogue
as in some sort of dramatization. 2254z female announcer gives web
address for ‘radio feda’. s/off at 2257z. QSB=only occasional brief
slight fades of very strong signal on strong modulation with just a
hint of 60Hz hum on fades. sf78.4, a17, k2, geomag: quiet. 100kw,
beamAz 325 , bearing 46 . Sangean ATS505 w/MFJ-1020C active antenna
and MFJ-901B tuner used to preselect 75’ of 26-gauge wire loosely
thrown over the roof above single story building. Transmitting from
Talata-Volonondry 3, Lat: 18 43’S Long: 047 37'E, Distance: 17442km.
Received at Las Vegas, United States. Local time: 1442 (Rodney
Johnson, NV, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1852, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
17640, Nov 12 at 1800, African Pathways starts on time today, with
Franklin TN address, preview of music this hour to be Dolly Parton,
banjoist Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, then right into his song
introed as ``Sinister Minister`` !! Apparently no lyrix, but looks
like MWV do have a sense of humor. Or does that refer to a political
minister? Also 17640 Nov 13 at 1834, VG about facing problems (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1852, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
11790. November 12, 2016. 2235-2240, Radio Feda, Mahajanga, in Arabic.
This MWV in Arabic presents a radiotheater program, with many people
participation, including children. Station with good signal and fair
modulation, 45433 (DXer: José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX).Location: Cabedelo-
PB, Brazil (UTC-3). RX (s): Degen DE1103 & Sony ICF-SW100S. Antenna:
Portable Telescopic. Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
7390, Nov 13 at 0228, new B-16 frequency for MWV in Spanish is finally
on and confirmed, S8-S9 with farmacia advice, choir, 0231 La Voz
Alegre ID with English accent, lavozalegre.com with PO Box in Fort
Lauderdale and another address in Habana. This might normally get
blasted away by 7385 WHRI but not tonight, only S7. The next hour 03-
04 in Spanish is also scheduled on 7390 with slight beam shift from
250 to 265 degrees, which should boost it a bit here (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1852, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Greetings from Nevada! The conditions here have been fair-to-good with
the Solar Flux in the mid-70s and the Geomagnetic activity ranging
from Active to Very Quiet. On Sunday afternoon (local, 13 Nov ~2230z)
I again heard MWV Radio Feda on 11790 kHz with surprisingly strong and
clear signal (is this really coming from Madagascar? Must be, because
why would they beam Egyptian Arabic to the western NA via a USA
relay?).
MWV Radio Feda --- 11790, 2211 13 NOV - MWV RADIO FEDA (MADAGASCAR).
SINPO = 55545. Arabic, many different characters, male and female, in
some sort of radio drama with musical interludes. sf77.8, a23, k4,
geomag: active. 100kw, beamAz 325 , bearing 46 . Sangean ATS505 w/MFJ-
1020C active antenna and MFJ-901B tuner used to preselect 75’ of 26-
gauge wire loosely thrown over the roof above single story building.
Transmitting from Talata-Volonondry 3, Lat: 18 43’S Long: 047 37'E,
Distance: 17442km. Received at Las Vegas, United States. Local time:
1411 (--Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MADEIRA. 1530, Posto Emisor do Funchal, Poiso, 0632-0710, 08-11,
identification song: "Posto Emissor do Funchal, a sua companhia dia a
dia", commercial advertisements, Portuguese songs, at 0700: "Sete
horas, Posto Emisor do Funchal", news, "Posto Emisor do Funchal, a sua
rádio regional". 34433 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Playa
Blanca, Lanzorete, Canary Islands, Tecsun PL-880 and cable antenna, 8
meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. [Re 16-45:] ``730, Nov 6 at 0108, heavy promotion for Grupo
Radiorama, Estéreo Viva, 107.1, `Qué Buena Mañana` show, i.e. XEHB,
Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua. I caution against assuming a Mexican on
730 is XEX, as XEHB really gets out, better to here as a rule, in fact
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)``
XHEHB is apparently known as Estéreo Fiesta now. That's a bit of a
surprise to me. There's no Estéreo Vida in Parral (the other stations
in the cluster are @FM, Romántica and La Mexicana). Also the Parral RR
cluster has a website
http://radioramaparral.mx
That is unusual for Radiorama (Raymie Humbert, AZ, Nov 10, WTFDA Forum
via DXLD)
** MEXICO. 0500 UTC, NOV 7 2016 --- 940, Seems to be last night's
Latin UNID again. At 0500 I heard the Mexican National Anthem, so
likely XEQ. But I am mystified that the anthem would be played at
11:00 PM Mexico Time instead of midnight. Is Mexico still on daylight
time? A web search says return to standard time was OCT 30, so I guess
the anthem happens at 11 pm there. At 0508 "en La Ciudad de México",
so even more likely XEQ. The slogan I am having trouble hearing is
probably "Que Buena".
[later:] Now I am hearing the Mexican National Anthem at 0600 UT,
after having already heard it at 0500. There's also a second Spanish
station, and the two stations are in long fades together of over 10
minutes. XEQ seems to be playing salsa. The second station has more
talk (Jim Renfrew, Clarendon NY, IRCA via DXLD)
Jim, On a Sunday night only, some stations play the NA at 11 pm local
after La Hora Nacional, instead of midnight. Most of Mexico went off
DST Oct 30 (like USA used to do), but the border cities force
themselves to prolong it to the USA date a week later. (I`ve always
wondered how far beyond the border that extends --- city limits?)
On 940 the only border station in the Central zone is Reynosa, XERKS.
However, even there DST would be over early Sunday morning, and this
was Sunday night/early Monday. 73, (Glenn Hauser, Nov 13, ibid.)
Thanks, Glenn. I saw that Mexico shifted on October 30. So your Sunday
night 11 pm anthem explains it. Thanks! Yours was the only response.
(Jim Renfrew, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 1030, Nov 12 at 0114 tune-in just as they ID ``Grupo
Fórmula Juárez, 10-30 AM, abriendo la conversación``. XEYC, allegedly
1/1 kW yet dominant (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. RAYMIE`S MEXICO BEAT this week --- including DTV
Meanwhile, back in Mexico, this Proceso piece on Radio Educación
http://www.proceso.com.mx/461953/radio-educacion-en-linea
caught my eye because it describes their plans for FM expansion.
Namely, they targeted Hermosillo and Morelia as stations for potential
expansion alongside Mérida, though they never got a concession for the
other two (Raymie Humbert, Phœnix AZ, Nov 10, WTFDA Forum via DXLD)
WOO WOO AWOOOOOOooooo! That sound you hear is a wolf! WOO WOO
AWOOOOOOooooo! And it's not just any wolf, it's a social wolf!
It's Comunidad, Educación y Valores, A.C., part of the Veracruz Social
Wolfpack,
http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?9113-OPMA-is-changing&p=41730#post41730
which has increased its concession count to two with a station in Tres
Valles!
The news comes as part of an IFT meeting on October 27 that had dozens
of broadcasting-related matters, primarily new concessions, but that
sort of stuff doesn't really matter as much as a good new station.
Tres Valles, if you're wondering, is 10 miles from Tuxtepec, Oaxaca,
about 25 from Cosamaloapan, and 65 from the port of Veracruz. It's
also 82 miles from Acayucan (Raymie, Nov 11, ibid.)
The story of our Veracruz social wolves only gets deeper. And now this
story can be traced to...the outgoing state government, which is most
definitely not a paragon of excellence.
It starts with this February 2015 piece.
http://imagendelgolfo.mx/resumen.php?id=41049848
It is titled "Gina Domínguez bought radio stations with money from the
state government". The stations? 90.7 Álamo, 90.3 Papantla, 93.7
Tlacotalpan. (Hmmm...what does that sound like to you?) According to
our Imagen del Golfo report, Domínguez had bought the stations from
Roberto Altieri for 15 million pesos which were to be paid in two
installments. The first installment of 10 million pesos, it seems,
came from the state treasury. The article also ties her to Radio
Capital (Capital owns XHZL-FM 103.3 Xalapa) and mentions she owned
some restaurants and was the head of the Veracruz state branch of the
Fundación Colosio — which, I might add, is a PRI organization.
Gina Domínguez, it turns out, was the former press secretary of former
governor Javier Duarte until she was terminated in March 2014.
http://www.sinembargo.mx/20-02-2014/909966
Some reports said she was trying to sell XHPAPA-XHALAM-XHTLAC.
And here's where the problems should get worse. We're talking at least
two attempts of station sales for permit stations. Why? Because it
takes one reading of the original permit to find that a sale of a
permit station without IFT approval, or probably for a financial sum,
is not kosher.
Clause 28 of the XHTLAC-FM permit states the "Causes for Revocation",
and the seventh and final is "Transfer the permit without [IFT]
authorization, going against what is stated in Clause 9."
Permit stations are almost never transferred in Mexico, except in some
rare cases — namely, government reorganization (as with the
disappearance of the INI in 2003, or most likely the creation of the
Secretariat of Culture for Radio Educación), potentially the death of
an individual permitholder, or in the recent case of XHJP-FM, because
obtaining an indigenous concession required the existing station to be
transferred from ownership by a civil association to direct community
ownership. Their sale is probably banned, especially given that the
actual concessions are held by civil associations, which are nonprofit
by nature.
Then again, the outgoing Veracruz state government and legality have
never gone hand in hand.
EDIT: Well I've found a little more on Domínguez.
A company called Servicios Especializados de Comunicación e Imagen
produces
https://veracruz.quadratin.com.mx/Conexion-Veracruz-amplia-sus-espacios-para-llevarle-mas-y-mejor-informac/
Conexión Veracruz, the newscast of the Social Wolfpack that also airs
on some Radiorama stations in Veracruz.
Guess who runs SECI. Oh, none other than Gina Domínguez.
https://veracruz.quadratin.com.mx/Firman-acuerdo-Comunicacion-e-Imagen-y-Telenews-nace-NDMX-Veracruz/
Suspiciously, the Conexión Veracruz site no longer exists...
Last edited by Raymie; 11-12-2016 at 08:19 PM. (Raymie, Nov 12, ibid.)
While looking at some AMs in the FCC database, I discovered something
really odd. New, Mexican stations with calls I've never seen that were
recently added.
It started on 1050 when I was searching for XEBCS and instead found a
1.5 kW "XEBVSS-AM", for Buena Vista Segunda Sección, Tabasco. (I at
first saw "TA" for Tamaulipas, but the only state with unusual
sections like that is Tabasco.) I then realized there had to be more.
There are. Try searching for facility IDs in the 198/199000 range on
AM. Many new Mexicans. Most seem to be placeholders, of which some are
actually up for grabs between the IFT-4 bidding process, the 2016
PABF, and the 2017 PABF that dropped on Tuesday. Notably...
Three stations are supplied in IFT-4: XECDO-730 Concepción del Oro
Zac., XEJAZ-720 Juan Aldama Zac., and XEVAZ-1060 Valle de Zaragoza
Chih.
The 2016 PABF includes some of the multiple stations drawn up for El
Arenal, Jalisco, as well as one station in Aguascalientes. Two
Aguascalientes stations are provided for: XEAGSA 860 and XEAGSB 1170.
(Many of the calls are six letters, and where multiple stations are
being considered, they are lettered A, B, etc. Acámbaro has four
stations in there, and that means there's an XEACAD!).
The 2017 PABF includes even more: two stations for Xalapa-Enríquez,
Veracruz (or just Xalapa), one each at Morelia, Matehuala, the Buena
Vista 2da station, a 250-watter for Cuernavaca, plus a station at
Villa de Ramos, San Luis Potosí.
Some auths are strange. Most reflect their locality, with the
conspicuous exception of XECHAP 1130 Texcoco Edomex. There is a reason
that our 1130 chap would be a chap: Texcoco is home to the Universidad
Autónoma Chapingo, whose existing radio station is X-bander XEUACH
1610. There's also XEFNDH 1290 at San Mateo Yoloxochitlán, Oaxaca (no
idea how those calls got there). Other notable areas with stations:
Pátzcuaro, Nogales, Guadalajara (1510 AM XEGCC), Ensenada (where
"XEENSE" is used for new stations recycling old frequencies),
Apatzingán (x2), Piedras Negras (x2), Caborca, and Mexicali (x2).
But this is a lot of baffling activity on the AM band. Some of it
seems to be in preparation for new social and commercial radio
stations. Others, who knows.
don't normally use the FCC AM database for Mexico because it is a
graveyard of calls I've never seen anywhere else (XECUS Macuspana,
Tabasco, for instance), stations that have migrated, and even XEUAG
shows up, both on its current 840 and its initial 880. (Oh, it's only
Mexico's oldest pirate!) (Raymie, Nov 12, ibid.)
Shadow Hunting: Frecuencia Modulada
So something today made me think about one of the bigger remaining
mysteries. There are 13 FM shadow channels in Mexico. We know three of
them. But the 10 in the IFT tables that predate serious recordkeeping
have eluded me.
The three known shadows are XETIA and XEAD at Ajijic, Jalisco, and
XHRRR Tecolula, Veracruz. But there are seven more in Quintana Roo,
another in Sonora and a pair in Zacatecas.
There might be a clue to our QR shadows. It was in plain sight. In
fact, it was in this thread, posted in June 2015, and I missed
Gargadon...
``Quintana Roo state is like a black hole if we talk about IFT laws.
Last year, in Google Maps, I found a Radio Turquesa antenna in Felipe
Carrillo Puerto, and the bulding has a wall which listed at least 5
frequencies, like a relayer of Radio Turquesa in 99.7 MHz for Playa
del Carmen. None of that relayers are listed in IFT or former Cofetel
listings.``
Radio Turquesa's site helpfully lists ALL the frequencies:
"Cancún 105.1 – Tulum 100.1 – Cozumel 93.9 – Playa del Carmen 99.7
Chetumal 100.1 – Nuevo X-can 104.5 – F. Carrillo Puerto 99.7"
Worth noting is that these cannot be FM shadows that are current
because they are required to be on-channel. None of them are! Some are
so far out that it's amazing they're even allowed. These xmtrs
basically convert Turquesa into a statewide network, combining the 100
kW XHNUC-FM with transmitters between 40 and 200 miles away. (Chetumal
is the furthest out, with FCP at 130 miles and the rest within 100
miles.)
Their website says these repeaters were launched in 1995 and has a
helpful Google map,
http://105.radioturquesa.fm/acerca-de/
also listing a seventh repeater at Kantunilkín 100.1
https://www.google.com/maps/@21.0961162,-87.4883619,3a,75y,245.95h,108.89t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sbHgJuHhHwx4hb4meJnV9gA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
(but saying Cozumel is 93.1).
There is, however, one catch. A DX catch. In 2010, Fred Nordquist
bagged a 93.9 relaying XHROO 95.3 Chetumal. Makes you wonder.
EDIT: I also found an article mentioning these repeaters in a totally
different context.
Gastón Alegre López, the owner of Radio Turquesa, ran for governor in
1999 under the PRD. The SCT apparently, in an act of repression,
shuttered the repeaters during the campaign, and a court ordered them
reopened late the next year.
http://archivo.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/19210.html
EDIT 2: I am placing as much info as I can about the XHNUC shadows.
KANTUNILKÍN 100.1 - 21 05'45.9"N 87 29'18.7"W
TULÚM 100.1 - 20 12'22.2"N 87 28'05.7"W. Critical clues to finding
this station were revealed in an article from Punto de Vista Tulúm,
https://www.facebook.com/puntodevistatulum/posts/625405200948970
mentioning that the repeater is near the municipal cemetery.
NUEVO X-CAN 104.5 - 20 52'18.7"N 87 35'28.3"W
CHETUMAL 100.1 - 18 32'38.7"N 88 16'15.0"W
FELIPE CARRILLO PUERTO 99.7 - 19 35'47.5"N 88 02'02.6"W. This
one's an interesting view in Street View if you go back to 2008
because their older sign managed to misspell the XHNUC calls as XHHUC.
PLAYA DEL CARMEN 99.7 - 20 37'53.4"N 87 04'14.5"W. This one's
interesting too, because there's no sign of Grupo Turquesa here, but
they do indeed have offices on Calle 20 Norte in Quintas del Carmen.
And lo and behold, I went to the area and saw an FM tower on a four-
story building!
COZUMEL 93.9 - Probably 20 29'15.0"N 86 55'12.8"W.
Cozumel has five FM sticks for three stations: XHRB from its AM
site (further east on the same road) and its backup at the studios,
XHZCM, this site that looks a lot like the above FCP transmitter, and
a mysteriously large mast near the Televisa Cozumel tower with a far
larger transmitter building. Based on the similarities between the
transmitter buildings and the size of the tower, I believe it is
shadow XHNUC at the site above.
The other site is near the cruise ship terminal — Street View
cycles between 2009 and 2014
https://www.google.com/maps/@20.4759618,-86.9732666,3a,75y,96.46h,94.22t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sWcByfHlNBaaEakDvDvIYYQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
with a lot of development in the area in the five years since. It's
rather large.
Last edited by Raymie; 11-15-2016 at 09:58 PM. (Raymie, originally Nov
13, ibid.)
While hunting Turquesa shadows, I came across something else that's
interesting: a shuttered Azteca transmitter facility on Cozumel!
https://www.google.com/maps/@20.4908387,-86.9595786,3a,75y,177.06h,98.34t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s9621Jf1F-KA5DHKnjqLvWw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
If you compare 2009 and 2014, you can see that the top part of the
tower was dismantled and the Azteca logo painted over. As I was trying
to find any towers, seeing that purple-white-yellow-gray paint scheme
certainly caught my eye! (Raymie, Nov 14, ibid.)
It has been months since the IFT tables were updated. The most recent
update is dated March 31 but was released April 26. So it's nice to
see anything new, such as this table of all social concessions
http://www.ift.org.mx/sites/default/files/contenidogeneral/industria/concesionessocialesoct2016.pdf
(non-typed). Someone tell me: Why is XHLNC's power listed as N.D.?
There are also community and indigenous tables. A new station is
revealed by the former, XHDCP-FM 88.3 Ario de Rosales Mich. (De
Corazón Purépecha, A.C.). It's just the third station on the frequency
nationwide! (Raymie, Nov 15, ibid.)
Quote Originally Posted by Raymie
Someone tell me: Why is XHLNC's power listed as N.D.?
Hmmmm.....
I can tell you one thing - it doesn't mean Neil Diamond or Naughty
Dog, but then we have to remember this is Spanish, so the perro is
out; and yes, I am your "secuestrador del tema"
http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/ND
(Jim Thomas, Springfield, MO, ibid.)
There was a time when you could get a permit from the FCC contingent
on submitting acceptable technical parameters. Mind you, I'm pretty
sure that ended before I was born, and I'm not exactly a young'un
(and then there's the fact that XHLNC has been on the air for years).
(Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, http://www.w9wi.com Nov 15,
ibid.)
That's still done with some social radio stations. You'll get
reference coordinates but no full parameters. Like, the community
concession for XHLUV only contains reference coordinates.
What is clear here is that the Unidad de Concesiones y Servicios is
slacking on those tables. It might be time to email someone there. I'm
particularly intrigued to see if updated TV tables have the
coordinates for some of the new Imagen transmitters.
——— Elsewhere...
Another municipality found out the hard way that you need a concession
to have a radio station. Today's victim is Tekax, Yucatán,
http://radionotas.com/posibilidades-de-recuperar-radio-municipal-en-yucatan/
in the southern region of the state. Radio Tekax broadcast on 90.5
MHz.
http://yucatan.com.mx/yucatan/gestionara-permisos-radio
There's immediate interest in getting a station properly awarded.
Mayor Josué Manancé Couoh Tzec was apparently completely unaware that
the station was a pirate (Raymie, Nov 15, ibid.)
The IFT's recently released Guidelines for AM-FM Migration, for the
remaining stations, will likely result in additional HD Radio
stations.
This is because, although we don't have the full text, the agenda
mentions that Commissioner Adolfo Cuevas Teja voted against two
specific articles while generally approving the guidelines:
Manifestó voto en contra del Artículo 9 de los Lineamientos, por hacer
obligatorio el uso del estándar IBOC; así como del Artículo 10, por lo
que hace a la parte en la que se señala la obligación de transmitir en
forma simultánea la señal híbrida de la banda de Frecuencia Modulada.
Articles 9 and 10, it can be assumed, require new migrants to use HD
Radio and to broadcast their analog FM signal as their HD1. It may be
surprising, but Monterrey has one HD FM and Guadalajara zero (though
one is authorized, XHLC). (Raymie, Nov 16, ibid.)
It's not every day you get to see a new type of IFT authorization...
RPC Auth #013926 - Virtual Channel - XHCVP-TDT
http://rpc.ift.org.mx/rpc/pdfs/37822_161109194354_1003.pdf
This appeared along with their transition to a social concession.
(It's rather boring.)
Este programa es público, ajeno a cualquier partido político. Queda
prohibido el uso para fines distintos a los establecidos en el
programa. [tagline]
Read the Mexico Beat | VC-Day is October 27. Follow all the new
virtual channel assignments
http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?10958-Mexican-virtual-channel-assignments-after-VC-Day
(Raymie, Nov 17, ibid.)
** MYANMAR. New frequency of 5986.03v. First noted at 1228, Nov 10;
by 1345 seemed exact 5986.00; in vernacular with indigenous music;
ex 5985.00; mostly fair.
Audio feed testing via Youtube, from Japan, at
http://goo.gl/yHo8Hb
of the new frequency of 5986.00. Currently he is testing with
different SDR radios (Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
New 5986.03v. My audio at
http://goo.gl/zA3Bjp
(Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1852, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Myanmar Radio Yangoon seemingly +1000 Hertz, heterodyne whistle heard,
exact on 5986.000 kHz, S=7 or -85dBm signal, hit CRI Swahili service
5985.000 at 1610 UT on Nov 10. Maybe a keyboard glitch of the
technician? Wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.)
Myanmar back to normal today on 5985.00 kHz (Ron Howard, California,
Nov 11, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
[and non]. 5985.0, Myanmar Radio, 1155-1223*, Nov 14. Live sports
coverage; preempted regular shows; possibly a TV audio feed as a
minimum of commentary; loud sound of the crowd in the background;
suddenly off. Was off the air for about 20 minutes and then back with
regular programming.
Had to listen to this in LSB, due to anomaly QRM from Radio Martí on
new 5988.0. This was also noted today by Dave Valko at 1157. Hope
Marti is only here for one day! (Ron Howard, San Francisco, Calif.,
dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1852, DX LISTENING DIGEST) and by me (gh)
** NEW ZEALAND. Tsunami warning su Radio New Zealand
https://playdxblog.blogspot.it/2016/11/tsunami-warning-su-radio-new-zealand.html
Un forte terremoto di magnitudo 7.5 si è verificato stamani in Nuova
Zelanda. Subito è scattato l'allarme tsunami. La popolazione della
costa est, in particolare nell'isola meridionale, è stata invitata a
lasciare le proprie abitazioni per rifugiarsi in aree giudicate
sicure. Ho potuto seguire la lunga tramissione di Radio New Zealand
International dedicata a questo avvenimento su 11610 kHz prima e su
7355 kHz dopo... alle 14.50 locali la copertura dell'emergenza tsunami
va ancora avanti. RNZI ha anche una pagina di informazioni continue
sul proprio web.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/318002/live-tsunami-generated-after-earthquake-rocks-country
(via Giampiero Bernardini, 1357 UT Nov 13, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO
1852, DXLD)
7355, Radio New Zealand International – Rangitiki, 1418, 11/13/16.
Coverage of the earthquake before the tsunami hit. Woman anchor
taking reports and warnings from a variety of emergency officials and
eyewitnesses with reports of damage to bridges and roads, warnings to
stay away from beaches, damage to buildings, preparations for tsunami,
etc. Interesting to hear an event unfold as it happens. Good (Mark
Taylor, Madison, Wisconsin, Perseus, SDRPlay, RTL2832 V3 dongle for
SDR’s; Eton e1, Grunding Satellit 800, Tecsun PL 660, and various
other portables for physical radios; 40 meters dipole, 100’ long wire,
Mini whip, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD)
** NORTH AMERICA. 4020 USB, PIRATE (No. Am.), Wolverine Radio, 0218,
11/13/16. ID, “Testing 1 2 3” IS, ID into “Ukulele Lady,” “Don’t put
the bang on me” (which starts with a prominent “lady” reference), ID,
“This lady is a tramp,” ID into a repeat of the earlier “lady” themed
program on 6955 USB. 0322 started a second program after SSTV from
first. Good here (Mark Taylor, Madison, Wisconsin, Perseus, SDRPlay,
RTL2832 V3 dongle for SDR’s; Eton e1, Grunding Satellit 800, Tecsun PL
660, and various other portables for physical radios; 40 meters
dipole, 100’ long wire, Mini whip, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) Viz.:
4020.110 ??? UNIDentified like Pirate station program, in USB-mode !
S=9+20dB. Old style English fox music of the 20ties last century
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang
Bueschel, Log of remote SDR access in Detroit-MI-USA, on Nov 13, at
0315 to 0420 UT, BC-DX TopNews via dxldyg via DXLD)
** OKLAHOMA. 10000, Nov 14 at 0337, open carrier at S6, no timesignals
from anywhere. Maybe WWVH lost modulation? WWV on 5000 is weakened in
propagation disturbance, but we still have 2500. Then I check the
others and also find carriers on 15000, 20000 at S9! And JBA on 25000.
Obviously it`s the NRD-545 which I suppose is also doing this in the
daytime when real SW signals override the internals (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. It`s been a chilly night, but bright sun by 1518 UT Nov
10, provoking some tropo enhancement. Here`s something new on RF 42:
a 7-program multiplex, mostly decoding with some lapses, so I quickly
tune thru them. PSIP ID for all of them is KBZC-LD, DTV 42-1 thru -7.
42-1, has an E/I docu, Animal Rescues
42-2, with ads, apparently infomercial
42-3, more ads, soon BUZZR in LR, games
42-4, Country bug in LR, music videos
42-5, QVC
42-6, a different QVC, Q bugs in LL
42-7, LCH (?) bug in LR, shopping
So where is this? W9WI.com shows Oklahoma City, 7.2 kW horizontal
only, but no subchannel info. Then to rabbitears.info ---
City of license is shown as Enid! But coverage map shows site really
in the northern OKC antenna farm:
http://rabbitears.info/contour.php?appid=2003342&map=Y
and does not reach anywhere near Enid. {Antenna height only 292 feet
(AAT?), distance approx. 105 km or 65 miles.}
It`s one of those proliferating DTV America outlets; lineup details:
http://rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KBZC-LD
42-1 42.1 480i DD2.0 Bounce TV
42-2 42.2 480i DD2.0 Laff
42-3 42.3 480i DD2.0 BUZZR
42-4 42.4 480i DD2.0 The Country Network
42-5 42.5 480i DD2.0 QVC
42-6 42.6 480i DD2.0 QVC Plus
42-7 42.7 480i DD2.0 Liquidation Channel
Lost by 1530 UT. Tho from nearest major market OKC, I have *never*
seen this before on either of my antennas aimed toward OKC. Hepburn`s
tropo maps show marginal enhancement east of Oklahoma City and Enid,
but not directly between us. Nothing on 36 from another OKC LD, KUOK-
CD, I have seen before, 7.3 kW, so must be a very selective duct. I
was also getting insufficient signals on various channels correlating
with Tulsa/Muskogee market such as 11, 20, 28, notwithstanding the 900
kW Tulsa station on RF 42! (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. During Tropo DTVDX from RF 44, KSHV-TV Shreveport, see
USA, other decodes in this opening Nov 16, UT:
RF 31 at 1533, DTV 3-1 OETA-DT, i.e. KOET Eufaula OK, seldom seen here
RF 28 at 1534, Ion as on 44-1, i.e. KTPX Okmulgee OK
RF 24 at 1535, OKC local KOKH 25 is not decoding due to some DX CCI
RF 20 at 1536, KQCW-HD as 19-1, i.e. Muskogee OK [also 45 below!]
RF 17 at 1537, local Enid multi-channel 3ABN Adventist translator is
not decoding due to DX CCI
RF 45 at 1552, as 6.2 KQCW-SD: this is really KOTV Tulsa transmitter
as on 6.1 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. PERÚ, 4774.9, 2315-2330, 07-11, Spanish, comments. 14321.
Also 2327-2346, 09-11, Spanish, sport comments, identification: "Radio
Tarma", commercial advertisements. 14321. Also heard 2316-2339, 10-
11, Spanish, program "Antena Deportiva, soccer comments, live, match
between Peru and Paraguay, commercial advertisements: "Caja Huancayo".
24322. Also 2327-2340, 11-11, Spanish, comments, commercial
advertisements. 14321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Playa
Blanca, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Tecsun PL-880, cable antenna, 6
meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. [Fwd A-DX:] Am 13.11.2016 um 01:17 schrieb Roger:
> Am 13.11.2016 um 00:20 schrieb Christoph Ratzer:
Wenn Quillbamba 100 oder 200 Hz weiter unten wäre könnte das was
werden, aber so ist das Signal von Kuba viel zu stark.
VLC ok:
rtmp://184.154.28.210:1935/radioquillabamba/_definst_/default.stream
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http://www.radioquillabamba.com/inicio/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/10292146_471480342982714_4110256423016687687_n-1.jpg
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RADIO QUILLABAMBA INAUGURA MUSEO Y MUESTRA FOTOGRÁFICA
"......Noviembre, 03.2016 Continuando con la celebración por los 50
años de Radio Quillabamba, la emisora inaugura hoy su muestra
fotográfica y museo donde da cuenta de la historia de la radio desde
sus inicios...." http://www.radioquillabamba.com/inicio/?p=3304
http://www.radioquillabamba.com/inicio/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/DSC_1416.jpg
http://www.radioquillabamba.com/inicio/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/DSC_1418.jpg
Gerade eben, zu 19.06 LT/Lokalzeit Peru bzw. 01.06 MEZ hat der
Moderator die 3 Frequenzen durchgesagt: FM 91.1 OM 1210 kHz + OC 5025
kHz Audio klingt ganz ok, es sind 64 kbps aac+sbr, stereo roger
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hier die letzte 5 Minuten kurz vor Sendeschluss "20.55" Peruanischer
Zeit: ca. 3 MB, Original aac-Stream
https://app.box.com/s/oebf4mlai14gw71in6azmc4uucgw763n
Angesagt werden OAX7Q 5025 kHz OC 60m / OAX7M 1210 kHz OM 90 m (???)
und O67E (???) für 91.1 MHz FM (Santa Ana) "Cusco"
Programm von 05 Uhr Morgens bis 9 Uhr Abends, also 05.00-21.00 LT =
also 1000-0200 UT, falls ich mich nicht verrechnet habe. Am Ende noch
ein Spruch in Quechua.
Am 12. Oktober 1966 gegründet, deshalb sieht man auch aktuelle "50
años" - Bilder auf deren Seiten.
https://www.facebook.com/radioquillabamba/
(via Roger, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Radio Quillabamba, 5025-: Their website is:
http://www.fullradios.com/2016/06/radioquillabamba.html
(Erik Køie, Holte, Denmark, DSWCI DX Window Nov 16 via DXLD)
That is not the radio station`s own website, but one of numerous
proliferating streaming aggregators. This and many of them even do
display a station logo (gh, DXLD)
** PERU. 5980, Nov 11 at 0104, JBA carrier from R. Chaski with
increased splash from 5985 WRMIBS, instead of Cuban jamming for a
change, until autocutoff at 0104:31*, which is 19 seconds later than
last check 3 nights ago, Nov 8 until 0104:12*, averaging 6.33 seconds
per (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PHILIPPINES. 15190, Nov 11 at 1852, Tagalog talk with some English
thrown in to confuse us, mentions Filipino, website www.pbs.gov.ph,
poor signal. Seems to have some CCI from a weaker station making a
fast SAH. Don`t know what else that could be besides R. Inconfidência,
Brasil, previously further off-frequency. As for English bits, if
Duterte really wants to divorce the Phils from American influence, he
should ban any English words on pain of summary execution (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PHILIPPINES [and non]. Streetview for Tinang Philippines --- I
first noted the appearance of Tinang SW TX site, Philippines in
September 2015 with rather distant views. It appears that more recent
imagery dated November, 2015 has now appeared around the SW TX site,
perhaps some closer or clearer, but definitely better views than I
recall from Sept 2015. Additionally I believe Google have rolled out
further imagery of the Philippines in more locations.
Folks interested in TX sites via spectrum other than SW BCB might be
interested to know that SV imagery has just been deployed in
Montenegro. Regards (Ian [AUS], Nov 10, shortwavesites yg via DXLD)
** PHILIPPINES. FEBC Radio, Radio Teos in Russian/Buryatian, Nov 10
1500-1600 on 11650 BOC 100 kW / 323 deg to CeAs Russian/Buryatian:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/febc-radio-radio-teos-in.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PHILIPPINES [non]. 15620, Nov 13 at 1522, S9+20 signal in presumed
Tagalog, since Aoki confirms this is R. Veritas Asia, 1500-1553, 250
kW, 107 degrees relayed via VATICAN --- yet another example of the
fine coverage SMG is capable of providing off the back of its
antennas, if not accidentally mis-aimed off the front. Is this the
rotatable curtain? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA [and non]. 7335, Nov 11 at 0055, scheduled RRI Spanish
frequency remains unoccupied, instead colliding with Vietnam also in
Spanish via WHRI on 7315, but this time VOV is way atop, Commies vs
ex-Commies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Dia miercoles a las 8:50 PM hora de Venezuela, 0050 UT, dos emisiones
en español al mismo tiempo en la frecuencia 7315, Radio Rumania Int y
La Voz de Vietnam (José Elías Díaz Gómez, Venezuela, Condiglista yg
Nov 10 via DXLD)
** ROMANIA. R Romania (long path?) With the change back to standard
time this week I've noticed RRI in Arabic on 9610 with 300 kW at 142
degrees from 1300 to 1330z (which is just after sunrise here in
central Texas). Reception was fair on a Grundig YB 550E using the 24
inch whip during my morning walk on suburban streets. The signal drops
into the noise after 1330 when RRI switches the beam to 67 degrees.
I doubt that that this is via a 6000 mile all daylight path on 31m.
The short path bearing from Tsiganeshti is 314 degrees so the 18,000
mile long path bearing would be 134 degrees, only 8 degrees off RRI's
beam (Jlenamon, Waco, Texas, Nov 11, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. Pirate station Comintern Radio again on shortwave on Nov 13
1200-1500 NF 6209.9 VOR 001 kW / non-dir to EaEu Russian, ex 6989.9
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/pirate-station-comintern-radio-again-on.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1852, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA [and non]. NVK Sakha, Yakutian program, window 7295
scheduled 03-05 UT, noted also weaker 7345 kHz from 04 UT.
I couldn't monitor both Yakutsk program in \\. Seemingly 7345 kHz
program is different, or their is a huge time delay in between. Much
stronger signal into Germany on 7295 kHz, seemingly now on 310 degrees
azimuth antenna on air instead of former 45 degrees lesser signal
strength on 7345 kHz. Window is the morning path via Arctic far
northern Siberia dark area towards central Europe.
7295 kHz as S=8 or -80dBm at 0332 UT on Nov 15.
7345 kHz channel is covered by RRI Galbeni in Spanish as powerhouse
S=9+40dB strength towards Latin America til 0357 UT.
From 0400 UT onwards 7345 kHz in the clear, but only S=6-7 signal
strength into Europe, i.e. 7295 kHz is remarkable stronger in
strength. Time pips a little late, last pip noted 0400:11 UT, and
followed by stn ID in Yakutian language at 0400:40 UT. 73 wb
[later:] CHINA/RUSSIA Excuse, - that was my fault:
7295 kHz as S=8 or -80dBm at 0332 UT on Nov 15. Seemingly CNR PBS
Xinjiang Urumqi Kirgiz language service, not Yakutian.
According to new B-16 season database requested in 0330-0530 UT slot.
> last pip noted 0400:11 UT, and followed by stn ID in
> Yakutian{sic, rather Kirgiz? } language at 0400:40 UT.
7295 and 7345 kHz channels need more monitoring after 0357 UT, when
RRI Galbeni ROU leave 7345 channel. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel,
dxldyg via DXLD)
Winter B-16 shortwave schedule of NVK/NBC Radio Sakha, Yakutsk:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/winter-b-16-shortwave-schedule-of.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.:
2100-2200 7295 IAK 250 kW / 050 deg FERu Russian/Yakutian Mon-Fri
2100-2200 7345 IAK 100 kW / 300 deg FERu Russian/Yakutian Mon-Fri
2200-0300 7295 IAK 250 kW / 050 deg FERu Russian/Yakutian Daily
2200-0300 7345 IAK 100 kW / 300 deg FERu Russian/Yakutian Daily
0300-0500 7295 IAK 250 kW / 050 deg FERu Russian/Yakutian Sat/Sun
0300-0500 7345 IAK 100 kW / 300 deg FERu Russian/Yakutian Sat/Sun
0900-1200 7295 IAK 250 kW / 050 deg FERu Russian/Yakutian Daily
0900-1200 7345 IAK 100 kW / 300 deg FERu Russian/Yakutian Daily
1200-1400 7295 IAK 250 kW / 050 deg FERu Russian/Yakutian Mon-Fri
1200-1400 7345 IAK 100 kW / 300 deg FERu Russian/Yakutian Mon-Fri
(Bulgarian DX Blog, 11:54 AM Nov 16 via DXLD)
** RWANDA [non]. Radio Inyabutatu on 17870 kHz --- See below.
Betreff: Request for reception reports
Datum: 2016-11-11T13:23:48+0100
Von: "Pütz, Michael"
An: "FMB QSL-Shortwave"
Dear Sir or Madam, we got a request from one of our customers to
receive reception reports for their broadcasted transmission.
Therefore I would kindly like to ask you if you will be able to listen
to the signal next Saturday or any Saturday beyond and send us a
report to “QSL-Shortwave@media-broadcast.com”
Transmission parameters are:
17870 kHz (16 meter band) via Issoudun to Central Africa from 1700-
1800 UTC with 100 kW each Saturday. Next broadcast will be on November
12th, 2016.
We can’t guarantee that we will be able to reply to your report with
an eQSL card. But it would be of help if you have time to listen and
to send us your feedback regarding this transmission. Thank you very
much in advance for your support in this matter. Best regards,
Michael Puetz
Sales Consultant, Business Unit Radio
MEDIA BROADCAST GmbH
Michael.Puetz@media-broadcast.com
http://www.media-broadcast.com
---------------------------------
Please send your answer and reception reports to
QSL-Shortwave@media-broadcast.com
You can find the active MEDIA BROADCAST (MBR) schedule at:
http://www.media-broadcast.com/en/startpage/services/radio/short-wave-networks/
(under section “From Germany to the world – Global radio transmission
via short wave”)
---------------------------------
ENABLING MEDIA INNOVATION
Supervisory board: Christoph Vilanek (Chairman)
Executive board: Wolfgang Breuer (CEO), Wolfgang Kniese
Commercial register: District court Cologne, HRB 81139, Registered
office: Cologne
Certified according ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004 and ISO 27001:2013
(via Kai Ludwig, dxldyg via DXLD)
That's obviously Radio Inyabutatu, on a so far not reported frequency,
in use instead of the earlier planned 15180 kHz.
Such a request for reception reports indicates that the programmer
considers cancelling shortwave due to lack of response. I have in my
files that the shortwave transmissions of Radio Inyabutatu had already
been suspended at least once, exactly a year ago.
For background see
http://inyabutatu.org (crappy sounding live stream autolaunches) and
http://murengerantwari.unblog.fr/2011/01/29/the-rwandese-protocol-to-return-the-kingdom-rprks-political-agenda/
(Kai Ludwig, Nov 12, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1852, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
17870, Sat Nov 12 at 1737, JBA carrier, checking out the reactivated
R. Inyabutatu clandestine, scheduled Saturday only 1700-1800 on 17870,
as reported by Kai Ludwig, instead of earlier planned 15180 in
Kinyarwanda via FRANCE, so presumably this is too. Michael Puetz of
Media Broadcast GmbH was asking for reception reports this or
subsequent Saturdays, but could not promise an e-QSL. Well, this
report would be of no help anyway if station was reëvaluating whether
to use SW. Last reports we had of Inyabutatu were in May 2016 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1852, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
17870: Fair signal at 1700 s/on with string music followed by opening
ID’s by om into taped comments / interview by om several mentions of
Rwanda. This all in vernacular language (Stephen Wood, Harwich, MA,
Nov 12, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1852, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Radio Inyabutatu again on shortwave via MBR Issoudun, Nov 12:
1700-1800 17870 ISS 100 kW / 144 deg CeAf Kinyarwanda Sat, poor signal
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/radio-inyabutatu-again-on-shortwave-via.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1852, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAO TOME. [Re 16-45, another log:] 1530, SAO TOME E PRINCIPE,
Pinheira, 600 kW VOA, Nov 11 2051 - Excellent reception with their
English to Africa feed, confirmed on-line. Within a minute, faded down
to be briefly replaced with Romania with the Poland/Romania soccer
elimination match (Walt Salmaniw, Murray Harbour PEI DX-Pedition,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 1512, Jeddah, 1000 kW, SBC, Idha'at ul-Nedaa al-
Islam, Nov 10 0147 - Undermodulated, with Quranic chants. Some 1510
splatter, but otherwise pretty strong.
1521, Duba, 2000 kW, SBC, Radio Riyadh, Nov 10 0100 - After an absence
for a while, they are definitely back with news in Arabic. Not
overwhelming, though, so wonder if on with a standby lower power
transmitter? (Walt Salmaniw, Murray Harbour PEI DX-Pedition, dxldyg
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SIKKIM. 4835, AIR Gangtok (presumed), 1316-1328, Nov 10. ABC Alice
Springs NT off the air; heard open carrier with faint traces of audio.
By 1343, ABC was back on the air blocking Gangtok reception (Ron
Howard, Calif., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SLOVENIA. 918, SLOVENIJA, Ljubljana, 50 kW, Radio Slovenija 1, Nov
9 2026 - Very strong reception of RS 1. EZL talk. I see that they list
English at 2130. I'll have to see if that happens! Checked back at
2130. Before was a lovely rendition from Zemphir. English started
about 30 seconds late, but good reception, although cochannel now with
Radio Inter, 50 kW from Madrid. Still, Slovenia dominates. Also a het
from the Nigerian on 917. Weather at 2135, with highs between 3 and 8
deg C. Into German (Walt Salmaniw, Murray Harbour PEI DX-Pedition,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 9545, SIBC on Nov 13 (Sunday), special extended
broadcast, long past their usual sign off time; often fair reception.
Highlights:
0432-0556: Congratulations to Solomon Islands for the win over Tahiti
at the World Cup Qualifications match held at Lawson Tama Stadium,
Honiara; live coverage in Pijin; half time break filled with Christian
religious songs ("I Will Follow You," etc.).
0600-0630: Christian religious songs ("I Forgive You," etc.).
0622: Tonight's upcoming program schedule; in Pijin.
0630: Christian religious program for "boys and girls"; low
modulation. My audio of some of the excitement
http://goo.gl/9nTU9J
(Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1852, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** SOUTH AFRICA. 828 kHz, Klipheuwel, 25 kW, Magic 828, Nov 11 2138 -
Thanks to Nick Hall-Patch for alerting all of us to Celine Dion
singing, and sure enough, // to the internet feed, and followed by Dan
Hill's Sometimes When We Touch. A difficult copy, but the songs are
readilly copyable. I tried very hard yesterday to hear this one, and
thought at one point that I might have had them, but not conclusively.
Here's the proof! Thanks again, Nick! By 21:45 faded down to be
replaced by UK's Smooth Radio (Walt Salmaniw, Murray Harbour PEI DX-
Pedition, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1852, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH AFRICA. 17770.071, Nov 10 at 1506, JBA carrier with traces of
modulation. HFCC shows it`s Channel Africa in Swahili this hour, 250
kW, 19 degrees from Meyerton. SENTECH isn`t very technically adept,
achieving such offness more and more (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [and non]. MARE SparkyBlueFox comments that he
checked Nov 6, 2016, at 1830z and found Brother Stair on no less than
8 separate frequencies! 9840 and 9980 kHz being the best into the
Detroit area. He concludes: "Holy tamolies!"
[It is argued that BS has done more to keep the private SW
Broadcasters in the US 'alive' than anyone or anything else. This is
undeniably true, but seriously, rational minds need to ask WHY? -kvz]
(Kenneth Vito Zichi, MARE Tipsheet 11 Nov via DXLD)
5890, Nov 14 at 0711, S9+30 of dead air from WWCR instead of TOM. 5765
WRMI is modulating with someone other than BS at the moment (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN. 1677, La Coruña, La Coruña Coast Guard Radio, Nov 11, 2311 -
Just signing off in Spanish at good/very good level with maritime
weather. I believe there is an error in the MWList, as it only list
Cabo de Penas Radio, but clearly the ID was for La Coruña, and
verified by some on-line marine radio guides checked.
1704 kHz, Tarifa, EAC, Tarifa Radio, Nov 10 2005 - In bilingual
Spanish/English. Tarifa is located to the southwest of Gibraltar. Very
strong reception.
1755 kHz, Palma (Mallorca), EAO, Palma Radio, Nov 10 1942 - In
bilingual Spanish and English. Latter ID at 1943. Good reception.
1767 kHz, Cabo de Gata, EAO, Cabo de Gata Radio, Nov 10 1937 - Fair
reception in Spanish. Weather report. Located on the south coast of
Spain (Walt Salmaniw, Murray Harbour PEI DX-Pedition, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST) Should be different call than on 1755? (gh, DXLD)
** SUDAN SOUTH [and non]. South Sudan - Eye Radio is closed --- Hello
Friends, The Reuters news agency reported that Eye Radio is closed in
South Sudan. Interestingly the article hadn't mentioned what was/is
the situation with the United Nation's Mission in South Sudan
(UNMISS)-backed radiostation based in Juba. Formerly Radio Miraya
broadcasted on shortwave and FM (+satellite), then later it became an
FM-only radiostation in South Sudan while its website were closed by
the UNMISS (Tibor Gaal, Budapest, Hungary, dxldyg via DXLD)
And now, the article:
http://www.reuters.com
SOUTH SUDAN AUTHORITIES SHUT DOWN POPULAR RADIO STATION
Fri Nov 11, 2016 | 5:47am EST By Denis Dumo | JUBA
JUBA - A popular South Sudanese radio station set up with U.S. backing
was shut down on Friday by security officials, a journalist said, the
latest media outlet to face pressure from the authorities.
Nichola Mandil, a senior journalist at Eye Radio in Juba, which many
listeners rely on for news, told Reuters that security officials
stopped broadcasts without giving a reason.
"Eye Radio has been officially shut down by the National Security
indefinitely," he said, adding that three security officers "shut down
the radio station, locked the three studios and took the keys with
them."
"They ordered all the journalists to leave the station immediately and
we are now in the process of going home," he said, adding that the
radio's chief executive was going to meet the director-general of
National Security for an explanation.
There was no immediate comment from government officials. One senior
official contacted said he was not aware of the incident.
Although radio broadcasts had stopped, the website www.eyeradio.org
showed stories posted on Nov. 11.
Journalists in South Sudan have often complained of harassment by the
authorities during the civil conflict that erupted in December 2013
between troops loyal to President Salva Kiir and those backing his
former deputy Riek Machar.
A peace deal signed in 2015 failed to stick and fighting in Juba
flared up in July, prompting Machar to flee after returning to the
capital just a few weeks earlier.
In September, the authorities shut the Nation Mirror newspaper,
without giving a reason although it followed coverage of a report by a
U.S.-based group alleging misuse of state funds by the nation's
leaders. It remains closed.
Another newspaper, the Juba Monitor, has also been closed temporarily
on several occasions.
Eye Radio, which usually operates 24/7 and is expanding its reach
across the country, delivers broadcasts in English, Arabic and other
local languages.
It first broadcast in 2003, before South Sudan's independence in 2011
from Sudan, as a project backed with funds from the U.S. Agency for
International Development. It now calls itself a "self-sustaining
independent radio station." (Writing by Edmund Blair) (via Tibor Gaal,
Hungary, Nov 11, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1852, DXLD)
South Sudan: "Press release: Eye Radio shut down
admin | November 11, 2016 | 4:21 pm
The Senior Management of Eye Radio is informing the general public
that Eye Radio was shut down by the authorities this afternoon.
Eye Radio, formerly known as the Sudan Radio Service, is an
independent, popular, locally run nonprofit South Sudanese FM Radio
station and the leading source of news and information in South Sudan.
At the moment, the senior management of Eye Radio is following up with
authorities with the view to immediately resolve this matter. We will
continue to update our listeners and the general public if new
information becomes available or when the station resumes broadcast.
http://www.eyeradio.org/official-statement-eye-radio-shuts/
You will remember that the station which grew out of the Sudan Radio
Service resumed short wave transmissions in April 2016.
(via Dr Hansjoerg Biener 11 November 2016, WORLD OF RADIO 1852, DXLD)
What's remarkable here is the scan of a stamped print-out. Obviously
it has been attached to provide proof of authenticity, but to me it
only raises the question under which circumstances this has been put
together and published.
"A spokesman for the security service declined to give an explanation
for the shutdown":
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/11/11/world/africa/ap-af-south-sudan-genocide-warning.html
At a first glance I'm uncertain whether this writing in broken English
contains wild conspiracy theories or a profound assessment of the
situation:
http://www.innercitypress.com/ssudan173unaccountable111116.html
(Kai Ludwig, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Actually the ambassador denies that the station has been closed,
saying he was told it was just "for one day" due to the "mistake" Eye
Radio made. It's really worth to listen to his full statements, maybe
even making a transcript for later reference (Kai Ludwig, Germany,
WORLD OF RADIO 1852, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Obviously Eye could and should continue on SW from outside, and
perhaps they are, from further posts (gh, DXLD)
A carrier came up on 17730 kHz just before the scheduled 1600 to 1700
UT broadcast from Issoudun as monitored using the U. Twente receiver
but audio is too weak to tell if it is really them. Can't even make
out language. We'll see if there's any improvement during the hour.
Reception did not improve; signal still buried in the noise even
towards the end of the broadcast but carrier remained visible. Off
just after 1659. Measured frequency to be 17729.64 kHz. Reasonable for
Issoudun? Presumably the signal was so weak, if from Issoudun, due to
being in the shadow zone (Richard Langley, NB, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
P.S. Radio Habana Cuba put in a good signal in Spanish on the
frequency, if a bit distorted, in the previous hour. Nice Cuban music.
They signed off at about 1559:10 UT Nov 11.
"Thus 17730 kHz tonight presumably just remained an open carrier as
well."
No, there was weak modulation visible on the waterfall and very faint
audio. As we have noted in the past, the Issoudun transmissions
weren't live. They could easily have been transmitting a canned
program from earlier. Let's have a listen to see what happens tomorrow
on 7250 kHz at 0400 UT. I think that's their other Issoudun
transmission (-- Richard Langley, NB, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1852,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Eye Radio is still on the air at 0400 on 7250! (Jean-Michel Aubier
(France), Nov 12, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1852, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Confirming Jean-Michel's observation. An 0400 UT sign-on is past my
bedtime so I set up my automated tuning and recording procedure for
the U. Twente receiver. Fair reception on 7250 kHz. Short English
segment began just after 0415 with "Welcome to the Sundown Show" and
"broadcasting live from Juba" -- well, not in this case. As with all
of the Issoudon relays, I believe they are recorded. The English
segment was about the teachers' strike in Jonglei State. The
indigenous language segment was about Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton
and so was presumably about the election and its aftermath. I don't
think there was any mention of the closure of the station in any of
the language segments. So, this broadcast must have used program
material from earlier in the week (Richard Langley, NB, dxldyg via
WORLD OF RADIO 1852, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
And also on 17730 at 1600, just after RHC. Good signal here (Jean-
Michel Aubier, France, Nov 12, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1852, DXLD)
7250, FRANCE, Eye Radio in Arabic language, male presenter 0430 UT,
noted via TDF Issoudun relay, S=9+5 or -66dBm on both receiving posts
in Moscow and on Zakynthos island in Greece. [selected SDR options,
span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Buschel, Log of remote SDR
access in Moscow Russia, on Nov 13, at 0420 to 0440 UT, BC-DX TopNews
via dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1852, DXLD)
** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. Log for 10.11.2016: 1422 UT, 13800 kHz, Radio
Tamazuj, in Arabic, good signal -- 73! (Ivan Lebedevsky, QTH: Vyritsa,
Russia, RX: Grundig YB 80 with 5 m long wire. Web: http://worlddx.ml/
Facebook: http://facebook.com/iworlddx dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Not supposed to start until 1430: maybe he was really hearing R.
Puntland, contrary to the controversy last time (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
15540, Nov 13 at 1524, music at S6, R. Tamazuj here instead of
originally planned 15550, via VATICAN. Also // 13800 via MADAGASCAR is
no better, probably not synch. Both are weaker by 1530 when R. Dabanga
succeeds.
7315, Nov 14 at 0355, bad mixture at about equal levels between
Overcomer via WHRI (// a few words behind 7570 WRMI), and Arabish
music and talk, i.e. R. Tamazuj via VATICAN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN. Reception of Suab Xaa Moo Zoo/Voice of Hope, Nov 11
1130-1200 on 11570 TSH 100 kW / 250 deg to SEAs Hmong, weak/fair:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/reception-of-suab-xaa-moo-zoovoice-of_11.html
73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hmong speakers are found in China, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand. This
station is not listed under any of those countries in WRTH 2016 Target
Broadcasters section. However, in the religious broadcasters cross-
reference on page 516 it can be found under S pointing us to USA, page
502 since this thing originates in Thornton, Colorado. Now how many SW
stations does that make calling themselves ``Voice of Hope``? Not any
called ``Voice of Predestination`` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAJIKISTAN. Weak signal of Voice of Tajik, Nov 10
1300-1400 on 7245 DB 100 kW / non-dir to CeAs English
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/weak-signal-of-voice-of-tajik-nov10.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TIBET [and non]. CHINA vs. CHINA, Voice of Jinling vs. PBS Xizang,
Nov 10
1230-1500 on 6200 NJG 100 kW / 161 deg to EaAs Chinese Voice of
Jinling
* co-ch same 6200 LHA 100 kW / 085 deg to EaAs Tibetan PBS Xizang
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/china-vschina-voice-of-jinling-vspbs.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 9650, Nov 13 at 0242, poor S6 signal with ME music, 0243 La
Voz de Turquía ID. Unchecked // is 9410 despite BBCWS English from
Oman during same 02-03 hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7240.005, V of Turkey Emirler, in English 0400-0456 UT, at proper
signal at 0430 UT, S=9+25 or -50dBm in Moscow. [selected SDR options,
span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Buschel, Log of remote SDR
access in Moscow Russia, on Nov 13, at 0420 to 0440 UT, BC-DX TopNews
via dxldyg via DXLD)
Voice of Turkey: 9610, Nov 13 at 2200 to 2230 English service for
South Asia. S7 to S9 Clean signal with (mostly) music. EiBi B16
schedule indicates a 2230 sign-off, but they remained on, and shifted
to another language at 2230. Sounded like Turkish, but perhaps not
(Jim Barrett - Elmira, NY - ANAN 10E with PowerSDR 3.3.9SDR. 120 foot
dipole, tuned with MFJ 989D; Propagation indices: SFI 78, A 23, K4, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
[non]. 6080, Nov 14 at 0403, ``VOA News`` at S7, and really can`t
detect any VOT even as a SAH to São Tomé, on its so-called North
American service with 500 kW from Emirler. Propagation is poor, but
300 kW from RRI Galbeni in English manages a readable S9 signal on
6020. As expected, nothing audible either on 7240, the VOT // for Asia
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1852, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
V of Turkey heard signing off its English broadcast at 2323 UT on
5960 kHz on 15 November. Also back-announced the transmission as being
the 1330 transmission. At 2330 the Italian programme was aired (still
on 5960 kHz). Seems like a bit of a mix up in playout of programmes.
At 0000 UT (16 Nov) the English transmission started (and continuing
still at 0010). There are no VoT transmitters scheduled on air 0000-
0100, so I guess that the transmitter will be cut before too long
(Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1852, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
RÁDIO VOZ DA TURQUIA - TRANSMISSÃO EM PORTUGUÊS
9410 - 15/11/2016 - 0203 UT
E-mail: portuguese@trt.net.tr
Transmitindo um boletim de notícias. SINPO: 45444
-- (Francisco Jackson PY1PDF/PY1056SWL, Secretário Geral - LABRE-RJ,
Rio de Janeiro - Brasil, radioescutas yg via DXLD)
!! It`s supposed to be in Spanish, and has been whenever I`ve heard
it. There was no Portuguese service anytime in WRTH 2016. So a recent
change? No doubt the PY1 can tell the difference (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
12035, Nov 16 at 1408, VOT with songs at S9-S7 as this English
transmission is improving; for W Europe but we`re directly beyond
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** UGANDA [non]. 15240, Sat Nov 12 at 1818 on the BST-1 caradio,
here`s WWRB with R. Munansi in presumed Luganda talk, prolonged into
B-16 and non-DST season, but exact hours not confirmed, weekends only.
15240, again Sunday Nov 13 at 1834, in lo-fi webfeed English about
forced labor, and now it`s extremely strong and splattering at least
50 kHz above and below! Must be sporadic-E enhancement, also boosting
15825 WWCR neighbor. Still on at 1921 check Nov 13, now in Luganda ---
so may have shifted transmission one hour later to 17-20 UT, despite
the lack of any DST/non-DST in Uganda. And is there any evidence the
signal reaches there sufficiently? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U K. BBC WORLD SERVICE ANNOUNCES BIGGEST EXPANSION SINCE 1940S
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2016/world-service-expansion
My vision is of a confident, outward-looking BBC which brings the best
of our independent, impartial journalism and world-class entertainment
to half a billion people around the world. Tony Hall, Director-General
Date: 16.11.2016 Last updated: 16.11.2016 at 07.15
The BBC World Service today announced its biggest expansion since the
1940s, in a move designed to bring its independent journalism to
millions more people around the world, including in places where media
freedom is under threat.
The BBC World Service will also expand its digital services to offer
more mobile and video content, a greater social media presence, and
new ways of reaching its audience around the globe.
The BBC World Service will launch 11 new services in the following
languages: Afaan Oromo, Amharic, Gujarati, Igbo, Korean, Marathi,
Pidgin, Punjabi, Telugu, Tigrinya, and Yoruba. This means the BBC
World Service will be available in 40 languages including English. The
expansion will also mean more journalists on the ground in locations
across the world.
The BBC also goes live today with a full digital service in Thai,
following the success of the Facebook-only ‘pop-up’ service launched
in 2014. The expansion includes plans for the BBC to:
Produce extended news bulletins in Russian, with regionalised
versions for surrounding countries, a relaunched website, new digital
formats and more journalists on the ground
Enhance its television services across Africa, including over 30
new TV programmes for partner broadcasters across sub-Saharan Africa
Enhance the BBC Arabic offer by delivering new regional
programming across the Arab world
Broadcast short-wave and medium-wave radio programmes aimed at
audiences in the Korean peninsula, supplemented by digital content
online and on social media
Invest in World Service English, with new programmes, more
original journalism, and a broader agenda
Continue with the digital transformation of the BBC World Service,
including new TV news bulletins, so that all 40 languages will
eventually have a video offer
Use its global presence to provide an even greater focus on
analysis and explanation, or ‘slow news’, helping audiences to make
sense of the world by explaining the ‘why’ as well as the ‘what’.
Tony Hall, Director-General of the BBC, says: “This is a historic day
for the BBC, as we announce the biggest expansion of the World Service
since the 1940s. The BBC World Service is a jewel in the crown - for
the BBC and for Britain.
“As we move towards our centenary, my vision is of a confident,
outward-looking BBC which brings the best of our independent,
impartial journalism and world-class entertainment to half a billion
people around the world. Today is a key step towards that aim.”
Francesca Unsworth, BBC World Service Director, says: “Through war,
revolution and global change, people around the world have relied on
the World Service for independent, trusted, impartial news. As an
independent broadcaster, we remain as relevant as ever in the 21st
century, when in many places there is not more free expression, but
less.
“Today’s announcement is about transforming the World Service by
investing for the future. We must follow our audience, who consume the
news in changing ways; an increasing number of people are watching the
World Service on TV, and many services are now digital-only. We will
be able to speed up our digital transformation, especially for younger
audiences, and we will continue to invest in video news bulletins.
What will not change is our commitment to independent, impartial
journalism.”
The BBC World Service will focus particularly on increasing audience
reach with younger people and women.
The BBC’s Director-General has set a target for the BBC to reach 500m
people worldwide by its centenary in 2022. This expansion is a result
of the funding boost for the BBC World Service announced by the UK
Government last year. Further details of the new services will be
announced in due course. The first new services are expected to launch
in 2017.
Notes to Editors
1. Today’s announcement follows the funding boost of £289m until
2019/20 for the World Service from the UK Government, announced last
year.
2. The BBC Trust and the Foreign Secretary have approved the new
language services, in accordance with the Broadcasting Agreement.
3. The BBC World Service currently broadcasts around the world in 29
languages to 246m people weekly. In total the BBC reaches a weekly
global audience of 348m people.
Charlotte Morgan/Kayley Rogers
(via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, 16 November 2016, DXLD)
** U K. According to the BBC News website, more languages will be
added in 2017: BBC World Service announces biggest expansion 'since
the 1940s' - BBC News
The BBC World Service launches 11 new language services in its biggest
expansion "since the 1940s".
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-37990220
Only mention of SW is the already announced service in Korean. We'll
have to wait to see if there is any other expansion on SW or whether
the new emphasis is on digital and social media (Stephen Luce,
Houston, Texas, Nov 15, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.:
BBC WORLD SERVICE ANNOUNCES BIGGEST EXPANSION 'SINCE THE 1940S'
16 November 2016 From the section Entertainment & Arts
Image caption
The World Service has been called the jewel in the BBC crown
The BBC World Service will launch 11 new language services as part of
its biggest expansion "since the 1940s", the corporation has
announced. The expansion is a result of the funding boost announced by
the UK government last year.
The new languages will be Afaan Oromo, Amharic, Gujarati, Igbo,
Korean, Marathi, Pidgin, Punjabi, Telugu, Tigrinya, and Yoruba.
The first new services are expected to launch in 2017.
African languages:
Afaan Oromo: Language of Ethiopia's biggest ethnic group
Amharic: Ethiopia's official language
Tigrinya: The main working language of Eritrea, along with Arabic.
Also spoken in Ethiopia
Igbo: An official Nigerian language. Also spoken in Equatorial
Guinea
Yoruba: Spoken in south-western Nigeria and some other parts of
West Africa, especially Benin and Togo
Pidgin: A creole version of English widely spoken in southern
Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea
Pidgin - West African lingua franca
Asian languages:
Gujarati: Native to the Indian state of Gujarat but found around
the Indian subcontinent and the world
Marathi: From the Indian state of Maharashtra, including India's
commercial capital Mumbai
Telugu: Huge numbers of speakers, like many Indian languages,
primarily in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
Punjabi: One of the world's most populous languages, it is widely-
spoken in Pakistan and parts of India
Korean: Spoken in North and South though the dialects have
diverged. Pop culture slang and foreign loan words are notably more
common in the South
"This is a historic day for the BBC, as we announce the biggest
expansion of the World Service since the 1940s," said BBC director
general Tony Hall.
"The BBC World Service is a jewel in the crown - for the BBC and for
Britain.
"As we move towards our centenary, my vision is of a confident,
outward-looking BBC which brings the best of our independent,
impartial journalism and world-class entertainment to half a billion
people around the world.
"Today is a key step towards that aim."
'Relevant as ever'
The plans include the expansion of digital services to offer more
mobile and video content and a greater social media presence.
On Wednesday the BBC launches a full digital service in Thai,
following the success of a Facebook-only "pop-up" service launched in
2014.
Other expansion plans include:
extended news bulletins in Russian, with regionalised versions for
surrounding countries
enhanced television services across Africa, including more then 30
new TV programmes for partner broadcasters across sub-Saharan Africa
new regional programming from BBC Arabic
short-wave and medium-wave radio programmes aimed at audiences in
the Korean peninsula, plus online and social media content
investment in World Service English, with new programmes, more
original journalism, and a broader agenda
BBC World Service expansion
£289m investment
11 new languages
12 new or expanded daily TV and digital bulletins
40 languages covered after expansion
500m people reached by 2022 - double the current number
1,300 new jobs, mostly non-UK
Source: BBC Getty Images
Fran Unsworth, the BBC's World Service director, said: "Through war,
revolution and global change, people around the world have relied on
the World Service for independent, trusted, impartial news.
"As an independent broadcaster, we remain as relevant as ever in the
21st Century, when in many places there is not more free expression,
but less.
"Today's announcement is about transforming the World Service by
investing for the future.
"We must follow our audience, who consume the news in changing ways;
an increasing number of people are watching the World Service on TV,
and many services are now digital-only.
"We will be able to speed up our digital transformation, especially
for younger audiences, and we will continue to invest in video news
bulletins.
"What will not change is our commitment to independent, impartial
journalism."
The new language services mean the BBC World Service will be available
in 40 languages, including English.
Lord Hall has set a target for the BBC to reach 500 million people
worldwide by its centenary in 2022 (also via Hansjoerg Biener, Drita
Çiço, Rumen Pankov, Chuck Albertson, and Terry Krueger, DXLD; Tony
Ashar, Indonesia, dxldyg via DXLD)
They could as well call it BBC PR. Looks like written by the press
office but not by a journalist. The other version, officially
published as press release:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2016/world-service-expansion
Particularly nice is the mention that "the BBC launches a full digital
service in Thai, following the success of a Facebook-only "pop-up"
service launched in 2014": Thai was amongst the bunch of language
services the BBC had sacrificed in 2005/2006 in favour of Arabic TV.
And with the exception of Croatian and Kazakh all these language
services had been launched with the 1940s expansion they now refer to.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4374130.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4375652.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4550102.stm
Note also the mention of mediumwave in regard to Korean. This makes it
obvious that Babcock secured the Choibalsan transmitter indeed for
this purpose (Kai Ludwig, Germany, dxldyg via DXLD)
BBC World Service expands with 11 new Asian and African languages
http://www.reuters.com/assets/print?aid=USL8N1DH1CS
(via Mike Cooper, DXLD)
** U K. BBC TO LAUNCH SHORTWAVE RADIO SERVICE TARGETING N. KOREA IN
APRIL
KBS World Write : 2016-11-16 14:46:27 Update : 2016-11-16 15:31:19
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) will launch a regular
shortwave radio service into North Korea in April next year.
Aired by the public broadcaster’s World Service network, the broadcast
in the Korean language will offer news updates from the Korean
Peninsula and around the world. An English conversation lecture will
also be part of the program.
As the program targets audiences in the North, the BBC will create a
broadcasting crew with North Korean defectors who are familiar with
North Korea's culture and accent. Currently, the broadcaster is known
to be training five North Korean escapees living in Britain.
A BBC insider said that the British broadcaster will be able to help
promote the opening of North Korea through the radio service, as its
programs played a important role in the demise of communist Eastern
Europe.
The North's communist regime has been opposing the BBC’s plan through
various channels. Analysts say that the delayed launch of the service
may be related to Pyongyang’s opposition. The radio service was
initially scheduled to begin this fall.
http://world.kbs.co.kr/english/news/
Posted by: (Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)
** U K [and non]. BBC Thai adds website to digital offer
16 November 2016. The BBC’s Thai language service launched today the
website - bbcthai.com - to expand on its presence in social media and
further strengthen BBC’s news and current-affairs offer to Thai-
speaking audience, in Thailand and around the world.
BBC Thai was created in July 2014 as a Facebook service in response to
the military coup in Thailand, and is now is in the unique position of
moving from being a social only offer to engaging with users directly
on a BBC platform.
Via its social-media and new online presence, BBC Thai aims at
attracting a digitally savvy and young audience, while continuing to
be a source of impartial and independent news for a country were the
media still faces restrictions.
The development is a result of the funding boost for the BBC World
Service announced by the UK Government last year and is part of the
World Service’s biggest expansion since the 1940s. Along with
national, regional and international politics, bbcthai.com will cover
business, culture, health, technology, science and entertainment - as
well as women’s issues and social affairs. It offers free content from
BBC Learning English.
During the past two years BBC Thai Facebook page has generated over
1.3 million interactions a month and has 1.65 million fans (November
2016), mostly in Thailand. BBC Thai also uses Facebook Live, Google
Hangouts, YouTube and other social media to reach its audience.
BBC Thai has expanded its team in London and its Bangkok office, to
enhance its ability to produce original digital content. Its newly
appointed Editor, veteran Thai journalist and broadcaster Nopporn
Wong-Anan, will lead the teams. He said:
“I am excited and proud to be part of the digital transformation of
BBC Thai as it has moved from being a social-only service to its own
new platform, bbcthai.com. Via this new, mobile-first website we will
serve Thai-speakers looking for independent, accurate and balanced
news, information and analysis, for which the BBC is known. BBC Thai’s
presence on the social-media scene will continue to expand.”
The service will also bring innovative formats to engage its audience
and has partnered up with BBC’s task-forces that drive the
organisation’s digital innovation - BBC Connected Studio and BBC News
Labs. The team explored themes of participation and interaction with
the local Thai creative industry in Bangkok and Chiang Mai this
summer.
BBC Thai is part of BBC World Service. Ends//
For more information, please contact:
BBC World Service Group Communications - Lala Najafova
lala.najafova@bbc.co.uk
Notes to editors:
BBC Thai Editor, Nopporn Wong-Anan, has over two decades of experience
in international news agencies and Thai newspapers. Prior to his
appointment to this position in London, he spent nearly four years,
running the newsroom at Thailand’s largest English-language daily, the
Bangkok Post, and founding the Thai-language monthly international
business magazine, Forbes Thailand. He also hosted a morning current-
affairs radio show on an FM station in Bangkok. With over 25 years of
news reporting under his belt, Nopporn has worked in Bangkok,
Washington and Singapore for The Wall Street Journal, Far Eastern
Economic Review and Reuters. He graduated from journalism at Thammasat
University, Bangkok, and holds a Masters in International Public
Policy at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International
Studies, Washington DC.
BBC World Service delivers news content around the world, on radio, TV
and digital, reaching a weekly audience of 246 million. As part of BBC
World Service, BBC Learning English teaches English to global
audiences. The BBC attracts a weekly global news audience of 320
million people to its international news services including BBC World
Service, BBC World News television channel and bbc.com/news.
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will signify your consent to this (BBC PR Nov 16 via DXLD) Shhh!
It`s a press release, so how can it be confidential??? (gh, DXLD)
** U K. RADIO 2 BUILDING RENAMED IN HONOUR OF BROADCASTING LEGEND SIR
TERRY WOGAN -- Press Association Last updated: 16 November 2016, 12:30
GMT
Sir Terry Wogan has been honoured at the location where he spent so
many "happy years" hosting his Radio 2 show - with the building now
named after him. BBC Western House in central London, home to Radio 2,
has been renamed BBC Wogan House.
His family attended the inauguration of Wogan House, where the new
architectural signage was unveiled.
BBC deputy director-general Anne Bulford and director of radio Bob
Shennan were also at the event, which honoured the life and career of
the broadcasting star.
The Wogan family described the move as a "wonderful gesture". "BBC
Radio 2 was such an important part of Terry's life," they said. "He
spent so many happy years there doing what he loved - chatting and
laughing with the listeners from his studio in BBC Western House every
weekday morning.
"We are so proud that the building is being renamed Wogan House in his
honour, the whole family are extremely touched by such a wonderful
gesture."
Mr Shennan said: "Terry was a much-loved Radio 2 personality and it is
right we honour him in this way. "Each time we all walk through the
doors of Wogan House we will be forever reminded of him - his warmth,
wit and endless charm."
Sir Terry died in January, surrounded by his family, after a battle
with cancer. He hosted his Radio 2 breakfast show from the studios at
BBC Wogan House from 1972 to 1984 and from 1993 to 2009, when he
signed off for the final time by telling his loyal listeners: "Thank-
you for being my friend."
Sir Terry, known for his velvety voice on radio and television,
enjoyed a career spanning more than 50 years at the BBC. As well as
his long-running Radio 2 breakfast show, he was also known for his
chat shows, Children In Need and his often blistering commentary on
the Eurovision Song Contest.
In September, the biggest names in broadcasting paid tribute to him at
a packed service at Westminster Abbey. Fellow broadcaster Chris Evans
led the tributes, saying: "He will always be the best."
Lady Wogan told the Press Association her late husband would be
delighted that the building has been renamed in his honour. "He'd be
excited and very, very happy because he loved this building, doing his
morning programme here for so many years," she said. "It's
just wonderful."
She added: "He came here full of the joys of spring every morning. "I
can't think of a nicer tribute than changing the name to Wogan House."
Lady Wogan said the family have been overwhelmed by the tributes paid
to the star since his death. "It's just been amazing, amazing. I never
thought it would be like this but it has been overwhelming and
fantastic," she said. "We are very proud as a family of him" (via Mike
Cooper, DXLD)
** U S A. 6993, November 11 at 0100, S7 open carrier, about time I
logged it again for the record since April 16, as often audible
evenings; explained in DXLD 16-16, it`s WH2XWF, an experimental 164-
watt transmitter with several locations in Florida, to study
ionospheric disturbances (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 13564-CW, Nov 11 at 1902, HIFER beacon GNK from Madison WI
is weak as always, but sufficient to copy even on the PL-880 with
reelout (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENIND DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. B-16 of Voice of America in Amharic/Oromo/Tigrigna:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/winter-b-16-of-voice-of-america-in.html
73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, Nov 15-16, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
B-16 of Voice of America in Amharic/Oromo/Tigrigna:
1630-1700 on 11955 SAO 100 kW / 076 deg to EaAf Amharic Mon-Fri
1630-1700 on 15580 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg to EaAf Amharic Mon-Fri
1730-1800 on 9485 SMG 250 kW / 139 deg to EaAf Oromo Mon-Fri
1730-1800 on 9755 UDO 250 kW / 272 deg to EaAf Oromo Mon-Fri
1730-1800 on 11900 MEY 100 kW / 020 deg to EaAf Oromo Mon-Fri
1730-1800 on 11955 SMG 250 kW / 139 deg to EaAf Oromo Mon-Fri
1730-1800 on 12040 UDO 250 kW / 276 deg to EaAf Oromo Mon-Fri
1730-1800 on 12130 LAM 100 kW / 132 deg to EaAf Oromo Mon-Fri
1730-1800 on 12140 KWT 250 kW / 200 deg to EaAf Oromo Mon-Fri
1730-1800 on 13775 UDO 250 kW / 276 deg to EaAf Oromo Mon-Fri
1730-1800 on 15690 LAM 100 kW / 132 deg to EaAf Oromo Mon-Fri
1800-1900 on 9485 WOF 300 kW / 126 deg to EaAf Amharic
1800-1900 on 9755 SMG 250 kW / 139 deg to EaAf Amharic
1800-1900 on 11900 MEY 100 kW / 020 deg to EaAf Amharic
1800-1900 on 11955 UDO 250 kW / 272 deg to EaAf Amharic
1800-1900 on 12040 UDO 250 kW / 276 deg to EaAf Amharic
1800-1900 on 12130 LAM 100 kW / 132 deg to EaAf Amharic
1800-1900 on 12140 KWT 250 kW / 200 deg to EaAf Amharic
1800-1900 on 13775 UDO 250 kW / 276 deg to EaAf Amharic
1800-1900 on 15690 LAM 100 kW / 132 deg to EaAf Amharic
1900-1930 on 9485 WOF 300 kW / 128 deg to EaAf Tigrigna
1900-1930 on 9755 SMG 250 kW / 139 deg to EaAf Tigrigna
1900-1930 on 11900 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Tigrigna
1900-1930 on 11955 SAO 100 kW / 100 deg to EaAf Tigrigna
1900-1930 on 12040 UDO 250 kW / 276 deg to EaAf Tigrigna
1900-1930 on 12130 LAM 100 kW / 132 deg to EaAf Tigrigna
1900-1930 on 12140 KWT 250 kW / 200 deg to EaAf Tigrigna
1900-1930 on 13775 UDO 250 kW / 276 deg to EaAf Tigrigna
1900-1930 on 15690 LAM 100 kW / 132 deg to EaAf Tigrigna
(Bulgarian DX Blog via DXLD)
So Tigrigna is not also Mon-Fri only?? (gh, DXLD)
** U S A [and non]. 11695, Nov 11 at 1416 tune-in to VOA jingle, talk
in Khmer, poor. It`s 1330-1430, 250 kW due west from Tinang,
PHILIPPINES
17895, Nov 11 at 1619, `African News Tonight` from VOA, giving SW
frequencies 15580 and 6080, but not this one! Yet another disconnect
between frequency management and programming departments. Not all the
stories are strictly about Africa. 1630 into sports reports, including
South American World Cup Qualifying, Brazil vs Argentina, which I was
hearing last night from Bolivia, Brazil and Cuba (but online searching
did not lead to a game on that date). This is on the BST-1 caradio,
which fortunately still has 17895 programmed into its memory bank,
altho not of much use as I`m seldom driving at this time, but signal
obviously good enough to stop on a memory scan hit. Another remnant
Greenville transmission? No! HFCC shows it`s via VATICAN at 16-18, 250
kW, 144 degrees. Another violation of Separation of Church and State,
but from a purely technical standpoint, such a relay is a winner, as
SMG signals are not narrowly confined to one target area, one azimuth,
but plenty radiation off the back. At 1700 check on the R75, 17895 is
JBA carrier.
17895 is also in VOA English at 15-16, 100 kW, 100 degrees via São
Tomé, and searching HFCC B-16, the ONLY English via Greenville are
(besides 4 x 30 minutes on weekends of beepish Radiograms): 2100-2200
daily on 15580; 1600-1630 Sat on 17580. As of Nov 10, HFCC B-16 still
fails to include the 2000-2030 on 15220 & 11720 as reconfirmed below!
15580, Nov 11 at 1849 check, the VOA sports show heard two hours
earlier on 17895, is repeating via BOTSWANA. Is it only on Fridays?
Hope so.
15220, Fri Nov 11 at 1953, VOA GB open carrier, 1959 s/on with YDD,
2000 VOA One, news in English, // weaker 11720. So once again, no
Creole, which was the purpose of this post-hurricane service.
15580, Fri Nov 11 at 2105, VOA `Music Time in Africa`, now with VG
reception tnx to Greenville site off the back for one hour only.
17895, Sat Nov 12 at 1735, VOA is sufficient S4-S7, discussion of
Trump`s possible foreign policy with someone from GWU. It`s `Press
Conference USA`, but not a roomful of reporters shouting questions,
rather two VOA staffers in a studio interview. As discovered
yesterday, this frequency is VOSOCAS, via VATICAN until off promptly
at 1800*.
17654.98, Nov 12 at 1738, VOA with song in English, despite Portuguese
service, VG at S9+10, 1749 a Portuguese song, slightly off frequency
despite Greenville source, scheduled daily 1700-1800, M-F extended to
1830.
15600, Nov 14 at 1413, VG S9+20 signal in a Turkic? language with
ümlauts, brief English clip about Obamacare, ID as ``Washington, Radio
Denge Amerika``, so it`s VOA Kurdish as scheduled, via Woofferton, UK.
15220, Nov 16 at 2054 tune-in I hear one word of French or Kriyol,
back to open carrier, likewise on slightly weaker 11720; no VOA YDD
sign-on but at 2100 switch to one word in English, ``Creole``, and
into Kriyol, welcoming ``téléviseurs`` --- which I thought meant
viewers, but Google says both in French and Haitian Creole it means TV
sets. Maybe I misunderstood. Follows a long interview with a senator,
2113 bit of music and another interview. Anyhow, altho not checked at
20 today, this shows that VOA has retimed the Haitian one hour later,
since as of Nov 11 it was still at 20 and in English instead of Kriyol
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1852, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. UNPRECEDENTED INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCE GROWTH TO 278 MILLION
NOVEMBER 15, 2016
Alhurra reporter along the Jordanian border, reporting on Syrian
refugees [caption]
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Broadcasting Board of Governors today released
its annual impact numbers which show the agency had its largest ever
increase in its weekly worldwide audience to 278 million people, up
from 226 million in 2015. These increases occurred across all
platforms with digital platforms seeing the largest percentage growth,
followed by radio and television.
"The unprecedented growth we've seen this year further illustrates the
need for U.S. international media particularly in parts of the world
where access to balanced, impartial news is severely limited or non-
existent," said BBG CEO and Director John Lansing. "In media markets
increasingly dominated by disinformation and propaganda, more and more
people are turning to BBG networks for fair, accurate, fact-based
reporting."
The increases include gains in highly competitive media markets that
are of strategic importance to the United States. Digital audiences
increased from 32 million to 45 million while those for radio rose by
27% to 130 million. Television audience also grew, increasing 23% to
174 million.
In addition to weekly audience size, the BBG measures its impact using
quantitative, qualitative, digital and anecdotal data on a wide range
of factors including program quality and credibility, engagement with
the news process, and audience understanding of current events. Key
accomplishments include:
MBN's Raise Your Voice-Iraq developed new television programs
encouraging Iraqis to share their thoughts and opinions on extremism
and the underlying causes of terrorism. This programming provides
firsthand accounts of the realities of life under ISIL, including the
pain and suffering of families and communities.
RFE/RL and VOA actively engaged online in providing alternatives
to Russian disinformation. In FY 2016, RFE/RL's DIGIM, the social
media arm of Current Time, received 120,000 average weekly engagement
actions on Facebook and VOA Russian averaged 45,000 per week.
VOA and RFA increased their social media outreach in Southeast
Asia with huge gains in video viewing and engagement on Facebook and
YouTube. VOA Vietnamese averaged 2.7 million video views weekly on
YouTube, and RFA averaged over 600,000.
OCB hosted a two-day conference on internet freedom in Cuba. The
event convened a broad spectrum of digital innovators and independent
journalists from Cuba and elsewhere to exchange ideas and provide
important information about the state of the internet in Cuba.
To learn more about the BBG's performance measures, the 2016
Performance and Accountability Report, along with the BBG's 2016
audience overview and explanation of research methodology are
available here (via Hansjoerg Biener, WORLD OF RADIO 1852, DXLD)
A RECORD FOR VOICE OF AMERICA'S GLOBAL AUDIENCE GROWTH
VOA Serbian's Bratislav Djordjevic (L) and VOA Spanish's Lina Correa
(R) reporting from the DNC. [caption]
WASHINGTON D.C., November 16, 2016 -- Voice of America's global weekly
audience hit a record in 2016, surpassing every projection and growing
by nearly 50 million - the largest jump ever in a single year. Now
236.6 million people around the world consume VOA's programs, compared
to 187.7 million in 2015, according to new figures released November
15 by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the federal entity
that oversees all U.S. civilian international media, including the
Voice of America.
The audience increase was recorded across all VOA platforms - TV,
radio and mobile. Latest research collected by Gallup and other
research firms shows that every week 154 million people are watching
VOA television programs, 108 million people are listening to VOA on
the radio and 34.5 million are reached through digital platforms. A
quarter of this audience consumes VOA programs on all three platforms.
"I am really proud of the exponential audience growth since last year.
This is a clear indication of VOA's impact around the world every
single day," said Voice of America Director, Amanda Bennett.
"Providing objective, insightful news and information is invaluable to
our audiences worldwide and we are here doing just that."
The largest audience increases were recorded in Indonesia (16.4
million), Mexico (6.2 million), Argentina (4.3 million), Colombia (4.2
million) and Peru (4.2 million). Major audience gains were also
recorded in Tanzania (3.8 million), Burundi (2.9 million), South
Africa (2.6 million) and Nigeria (2.6 million). In most cases, these
increases were the result of VOA's successful partnerships with
important local broadcast outlets, which are some of the largest and
most respected stations in many markets that carry Voice of America's
programs.
Thanks to the large increase in audiences throughout Latin America,
VOA now reaches more people in Spanish than in any other language -
59.4 million. Indonesian comes second with 47.5 million and English
third with 39.2 million.
VOA also increased its social media outreach around the world,
especially in Southeast Asia with huge gains in video viewing and
engagement on Facebook and YouTube. For example, VOA Khmer's Facebook
page is the second most popular in Cambodia, with 4.6 million fans,
second only to the page of the Cambodian Prime Minister.
In addition to weekly audience size, VOA measures its impact using
quantitative and qualitative data on a wide range of factors including
program quality and credibility. Overall 86% of the weekly audience
finds VOA's programming "trustworthy". The same percentage also
reports that VOA's broadcasts have increased their understanding of
current events.
BBG's performance measures, the 2016 Performance and Accountability
Report, along with the BBG's 2016 audience overview and explanation of
research methodology are available here.
https://www.bbg.gov/strategy-and-performance/performance-accountability/
VOA reaches a global weekly audience of more than 236 million people
in over 45 languages. VOA programs are delivered on satellite, cable,
shortwave, FM, medium wave, streaming audio and video and more than
2,350 media outlets worldwide. It is funded by the U.S. Congress
through the Broadcasting Board of Governors (via Hansjorg Biener,
DXLD)
** U S A [and non] WORLD OF RADIO 1851 monitoring: confirmed Thursday
November 10 at 2130, on WRMI 13695, S9+35. The UT Fri Nov 11 at 0030
on WBCQ, 9330v-CUSB not confirmed on the R75 or PL880 at 0035, despite
9265 WINB being sufficient; and 7490 WBCQ with BSR is too. At 0051 I
try the NRD-545, and now I can barely detect me on WBCQ, 9329.87v-
CUSB, and reduced carrier is audibly varying as I try to measure it.
Next:
Fri 0830 Unique Radio NSW 3210 ND
Sat 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sat 0730 HLR 6190-CUSB to SW
Sat 0800 Unique Radio NSW 3210 ND
Sat 1200 Unique Radio NSW 3210 ND
Sat 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW
Sat 2030v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sat 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sun 0410v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sun 0830 Unique Radio NSW 3210 ND
Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW [but frequency absent lately]
Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE
Wed 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 1415.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Full updated schedule including satellite, webcasts, AM & FM:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
WORLD OF RADIO 1851 monitoring: NOT confirmed UT Saturday Nov 12 at
0043 on WBCQ 9330v-CUSB: No signal at all, while 9265 WINB is
S9+25/30. Next:
Sat 0730 HLR 6190-CUSB to SW
Sat 0800 Unique Radio NSW 3210 ND
Sat 1200 Unique Radio NSW 3210 ND
Sat 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW
Sat 2030v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sat 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sun 0410v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sun 0830 Unique Radio NSW 3210 ND
Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW [but frequency absent lately]
Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE
Wed 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 1415.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
WORLD OF RADIO 1851 monitoring: checking UTwente SDR, Sat Nov 12
several times after 1530, no trace of WOR on HLR, 7265-CUSB, rather
CRI Hindi via East Turkistan vs presumed Azad Kashmir Radio from
Pakistan. HLR needs to change time and/or frequency to be clear!
WORLD OF RADIO 1851 monitoring: NOT confirmed Sat Nov 12 at 2330 on
WBCQ, 9330v-CUSB: no signal at all on the R75 or PL880, altho 7490
WBCQ and 9265 WINB are both S9+20; nor at recheck 2358. Confirmed UT
Sunday Nov 13 at 0425 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, good about 8 minutes in, so
started circa 0417. (Tim Gaynor of Unique Radio, 3210, NSW advises his
station is off air tfn for a transmitter site relocation.) Next:
Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW [transmitter has been down temporarily]
Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE
Wed 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 1415.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
WORLD OF RADIO 1851 monitoring: NOT confirmed UT Monday Nov 14 at 0030
on WBCQ 9330v-CUSB, since there is no signal; maybe on at low power
and/or not propagating. Both WOR and following The Full Gospel Hour at
01 remain on the schedule. 7490 WBCQ is weaker at S9. Confirmed UT
Monday Nov 14 from 0402 on Area 51 via WBCQ 5130.06-AM but barely
audible S7. Also confirmed after 0430 Monday Nov 14 on webcast of WRMI
9955. Next:
Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW [transmitter has been down temporarily]
Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE
Wed 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 1415.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UT Tuesday Nov 15 at 0030, not checked 9330 WBCQ nor 7730 WRMI, but at
0633, 7730 is still off. Next:
Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE
Wed 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 1415.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE [apparently canceled, all BS after 1400]
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
WORLD OF RADIO 1851 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday November 15 at 2130
on WRMI 15770, fair. Not confirmed UT Wed Nov 16 at 0030 on WBCQ
9330v-CUSB: trace of a JBA carrier, so maybe is on but barely
propagating. Confirmed NOT on Wed Nov 16 at 1415.5 on WRMI 9955, since
that continues to switch to Brother HyStairical at 1400. Confirmed Wed
Nov 16 at 2200 on WBCQ 7490v, good. Not confirmed UT Thu Nov 17 at
0030 on WBCQ 9330, no signal, but 9265 WINB is but a JBA carrier, so
WBCQ could be on and not propagating.
WORLD OF RADIO 1852 monitoring: confirmed first SW broadcast of
Thursday November 17 at 1230 on WRMI 9955, when checked at 1256, good
S8 fading to S5. Next:
Thu 2130 WRMI 13695 to NW
Fri 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sat 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sat 0730 HLR 6190-CUSB to SW
Sat 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW
Sat 2030v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sat 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sun 0410v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW [off Nov 8 and 15 pending repair]
Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE
Wed 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Full updated schedule including satellite, webcasts, AM & FM:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
[non] I have discovered that some other entities have stolen our WORLD
OF RADIO Name, such as
https://www.facebook.com/WorldofRadioUK/
But which is titled merely World of Radio. Strangely enough, it`s
mostly about domestic radio in the UK. There is also someone in South
America using the World of Radio name. You might also come up with a
marketer in China. I trust it will soon be obvious that none of these
have any connexion whatsoever with the REAL, WORLD OF RADIO (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5950, Nov 10 at 0700, WRMI with `Viva Miami` mailbag, VG //
5850 as earlier. Not sure whether a new or old episode, but the first
three acknowledgements are from Woodstock IL, Chennai, India, and
Atlanta, Georgia. Again unexpected for these two to be //, and 7730 is
still off. Skedgrid does not account for any of this. 7730 shows World
Music this hour; 5950 Overcomer; 5850 Worship in your Home on Sundays
with rest of week unspecified.
All other WRMI frequencies audible after 0700 are in Brother Scare:
5015, 5765, 6855, 7570, 7780, 9955, 11530, 11580 (and 9395 as always
with unTruNews). Next check at 1353, 5850 & 5950 are still BSing.
7730, Nov 11 at 0053, this WRMI frequency is still off, while 7780
remains on.
5950, Nov 11 at 0055, this WRMI is still very strong, S9+45 peaks,
like 5850, which is closing R. Slovakia International in English and
// 11580 at only S9+25; on 5950, something in Spanish talking about
North Korea, cut off incomplete at 0059.5 for ID, 0100 switch to
Brother Scare on both. The 0030 UT Friday on 5950 is scheduled as
Antena DX.
9955, Nov 11 at 1410, Brother Scare is already running on this WRMI;
had been starting at 1500 (1400 during DST tho). I failed to check Wed
Nov 9 at 1415.5 to confirm WORLD OF RADIO: did anyone hear it? Or is
BS now starting at 1400 across the board?
11580, Fri Nov 11 at 1411, World Music anyway is still confirmed
during this hour on this WRMI.
7730, Nov 12 at 0130 check, this WRMI is still off, while 5950 is
still as strong as 5850, both with BS, mentioning that it is
``Saturday 8th of October 2016 in the radio room``, etc. I do NOT
listen deliberately to this egomaniac, but in random bandscanning I
often run across segments I have heard before. So much of his 24/7
stuff is repeated over and over, not just the same day or week but
even a month later. I guess his psychophants never tire of it.
Finally on November 11 I asked Jeff White about these anomalies, and
he replies:
``Glenn: We had some capacitors die on transmitter 14, so we are
jockeying some things back and forth with number 13 at the moment in
order to keep 5950 on the air, even though on 285 degrees. This is
just temporary until #14 is operational again sometime next week.
We will adjust program times on transmitter 10 next Monday. By the
way, I am tentatively planning to leave everything on the same UTC
time on number 10 from now on instead of staying on the same local
time year round. So now all transmitters and programming will be on
the same UTC time all year. Jeff, Sent from my iPhone`` (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1852, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7570, 7780, 5765, 5015, 6855, 9955 at S9+20, and probably very poor
11580 & 11530, Nov 12 at 0714, all these Brother Scare frequencies of
WRMI are in dead air. By 0719 next check, BS has resumed.
9955, Nov 12 at 1451, even on Sat, WRMI is again with The Overcomer
before previous start time of 1500; ditto Sun Nov 13 at 1410 check.
Unclear, but all 9955 programming may have been moved up an hour, or
in effect stayed on DST scheduling, such as WOR at 0330 instead of
0430 UT Monday, 1315.5 instead of 1415.5 Thursday?
11580, Sat Nov 12 at 1451, `World Music` confirmed playing this hour
on WRMI.
15560, Nov 13 at 1522, Brother Scare is here at S9 --- As we
eventually found from a previous appearance, this is WRMI erroneously
tuned up on the second harmonic instead of 7780 where nothing is
heard. And confirmed 15560 is WRMI since it`s synchro with 11565. But
this #3 transmitter should have switched at 1200 from 7780 to 15770,
which I did not check at first. 15560 is still going with BS at 1835
and 1921 Nov 13, and now causing mutual interference with 15555-USB
WJHR! 15770 at 1835 seems to remain off but there is JBA algo, maybe
just overload on the PL-880. [WORLD OF RADIO 1852]
15440, Nov 13 at 1526, WRMIBS is missing here now. It`s the #13
transmitter, which has also been missing for several nights from 7730,
supposed to switch to 15440 at 1400. At 1835, 15440 is still off.
21675, Nov 13 at 1836, this WRMI is again with BS, as more and more
random time on Radio Africa Network is defaulted to Him (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15560, WRMI at 2141 with Flmsg digital tones (like Kim Andrew Elliot's
test messages on the Mighty KBC) with no announcements to 2159 and
sci-fi tones then an announcement that they were calling several
cities culminating in a “This is WRMI” ID and into brief religious
programming and off at 2200 – Good Nov 13. According to Dan Ferguson's
compilation of HFCC, Eibi, and Aoki lists, WRMI is not scheduled on
this frequency. Was this them or a pirate relay? - ed (Mark Coady, ON,
ODXA YRX via DXLD)
If Mark had kept up with my reports and DXLD, he would have known the
answer; and again just above this (gh)
9955, Nov 14 at 1325, fill music by R. Prague English, 1330 into
Slovakia in Spanish as per winter shifted scheduling, ex 1200-1300.
Yet after 1400, 9955 is consistently Brother Scare, including today at
1401 check, so the switch time is now 1400 ex-1500 and the worthwhile
programming which had been during that hour (or 13-14 in summer), is
gone, including expected WORLD OF RADIO which would have been at
1415.5 Wednesday, following FG Radio from Cyprus. As of Nov 15, the
9955 schedule ``effective Nov 6`` still hasn`t been updated to show
this (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1852, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5850 // 5950, Wed Nov 16 at 0701, these WRMIs remain // and now
starting a `World Music` concert hour, both VG on W or NW antennas,
while 7730 remains absent.
15440, Nov 16 at *1404.5, WRMI cuts on late with BS, overriding AWR
Austria in Urdu; 15440 has been a problematic transmitter and it`s off
again at 2055 check; while 15770 is on and undermodulated (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5130.043, UNSTABLE frequency transmission, WBCQ Monticello-
ME, nice singer program, at 0348 UT on Nov 13. S=7-8 -83dBm, but
wideband 12.4 kHz signal. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW
15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Buschel, Log of remote SDR access in Detroit-MI-
USA, on Nov 13, at 0315 to 0420 UT, BC-DX TopNews via dxldyg via DXLD)
Hi Glenn, I've done some work on the WBCQ schedule web page,
http://schedule.wbcq.com/
The database that drives this page has the program date and times in
US eastern time, and the web page did not list the proper matching UTC
day of week which is often different. This was confusing to many, so I
fixed that anomaly. Then, I streamlined the user interface to make the
full schedule display as the default. Individual programs are
selectable, as before,
http://schedule.wbcq.com/index.php?fn=p&id=18
but the interface is simpler. The schedule is not quite up to date but
I'm working with the board operators to get it current. Comments,
etc., always welcome. Regards, Lw (Larry Will, MD, Nov 15, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15700-15720, Nov 10 at 2117, WHRIBS is splattering out to at
least 10 kHz above and below 15710, bothering much weaker 15720 Radio
New Zealand International; much like ex-17765 did even worse (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 12050, Nov 10 at 2124, WEWN Spanish with praise music in
English! Maybe default filler; very strong but not splattering, not //
much weaker 15610 English talk (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 17775, Nov 11 at 1900, it`s sign-off time at KVOH, English
ID, but continues in Spanish, opening `Frecuencia al Día` in an
unscheduled repeat. Despite program title implying it`s all about the
latest frequency info, starts with an historical item about R.
Bucharest. Is this a new show, or last week`s? New, per Dino`s latest
publicity circular. KVOH frequency is wobbling as usual vs my stable
BFO as verified by comparing to many other signals (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 13845, Nov 12 at 0048, PMS via WWCR is still S9+25; usually
it`s very weak by now after dark. After 0100, inbooming on night
frequency 5935. 12105 WTWW neighbor also in well, so maybe off-season
sporadic-E enhancement (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WWCR-1 with awful modulation on 15795 kHz, Nov 14
till 1300 on 15795 WCR 100 kW / 046 deg to WeEu English
from 1300 on 15825 WCR 100 kW / 046 deg to WeEu English
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/wwcr-1-with-awful-modulation-on-15795.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DXLD)
** U S A. 12105-, Nov 12 at 0049, WTWW-3 is S9+30 but dead air instead
of Bibling; ho hum, another failure. Still so at 0122, S9+10. Often a
JBA carrier by now if on at all. 13845 WWCR neighbor also in well, so
maybe off-season sporadic-E enhancement.
9930, Sat Nov 12 at 1912, WTWW-2 with ``Moon River`` on theatre organ,
marred by some transmission distortion, so the Bob Heil show has
shifted one UT hour later, ending at 1932, thus started less than 5
minutes late this week. Quick WTWW ID and into rock, ``Just an
American Band``. Recheck at 2035, 9930 is off again, so probably on
for just one hour 19-20.
5085, Nov 13 at 0213, the organ show is playing again, one UT hour
later than before, so approx. 0200-0230 UT Sundays. Propagation of K-
index 4 but ``no storms`` reduces this normally monster signal to only
S9+25, fading to S9, inaudiblizing the parasitic spurs 12.9 kHz above
and below (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1852, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5049.996, WWRB Morrison TN, not religious BS TOM, instead
nice sounding Jazz soul singer mx program, at 0342 UT. S=7 or -89dBm
signal level [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(Wolfgang Buschel, Log of remote SDR access in Detroit-MI-USA, on Nov
13, at 0315 to 0420 UT, BC-DX TopNews via dxldyg via DXLD)
5050, UT Monday Nov 14 at 0040, WWRB is off, on a night when it is
normally on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [moved to 3195]
** U S A. 7505.007, Probably WRNO New Orleans, LA, heard surprisingly
late schedule at 0440 UT. Nice music program of 50ties / 60ties style,
S=9+5dB or -67dBm in Moscow and Zakynthos Greece. Prolonged time
schedule on Nov 13? [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3
Hertz] (Wolfgang Buschel, Log of remote SDR access in Moscow Russia,
on Nov 13, at 0420 to 0440 UT, BC-DX TopNews via dxldyg via DXLD)
Hi Wolfy, Yes, have also noted WRNO running well past ex: 0400*. Nov
11, at 0407, start of the “Maranatha Radio” program with Pastor Ray
Bentley preaching; still on at 0438; almost fair (Ron Howard,
California, ibid.) This is not running late. The normal sked for WRNO
in winter is 0200-0500 (gh, DXLD)
7505.208 huge wandering frequency span, - up to 7505.226 kHz WRNO 0310
UT co-ch QRM AIR Delhi 7505 even (Wolfgang Büschel, Nov 15, dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST) I would call 18 Hz significant but not huge (gh)
** U S A. 1200, Nov 13 at 0250 UT, WOAI, San Antonio, the original
``Clear Channel`` station, is attempting to broadcast a BKB game in
English, but heavy QRM in Spanish with a SAH of ~6 Hz from another
game involving a pelota. Hard to null either as they are roughly
opposite, surely WRTO Chicago, which normally does not QRM WOAI here
at night. Sometimes WRTO even overrides WOAI; obviously on 20 kW day
power and pattern with null toward SE but broadly plenty to the SW ---
instead of 4 kW night beamed northward only! At first I thought it
might be something else, even Cuban, but not // 1180 and later
mentions of Chicago and canasta, so also BKB. Listed as Univisión
América affiliate, but that does not preclude local SBGs (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. UNIDENTIFIED. 1540, re the ESPN Deportes station I heard,
KZMP University Park TX has supposedly flipped to ranchera. Trying
again Nov 11 at 0145 UT, there`s a discussion in Spanish, maybe
religious, 0149 UT some Tex-Mex music which may or may not be same
station, but now likely KEDA San Antonio. Parked here, I happen to
notice that there is no longer a het from the third 1540 Texan, KGBC
Galveston, which for months was audibly off frequency on the high
side. Wayne Heinen, Aurora Colorado, of NRC AM Log replies:
```Glenn, Can’t find anything on ESPN Deportes on 1540 but the fact
that KZMP has dropped it is reiterated here, from Radio Insight:
``Deportes Media has lost its LMAs of three of the four stations it
operates with ESPN Deportes Radio programming. The company lost its
LMA of Liberman Broadcasting’s 1540 KZMP University Park/Dallas in
September and that station flipped to a simulcast of “La Ranchera
106.7” KZZA. Deportes Media had moved its San Francisco LMA from 860
KTRB to iHeartMedia’s 910 KKSF in July, but the format there is now
being operated by iHeart directly. In Miami, Actualidad Radio’s 990
WMYM Miami has replaced Deportes Media’s LMA of Multicultural
Broadcasting’s 1210 WNMA Miami Springs FL as the local affiliate.
Deportes Media continues to operate Entravision’s 1180 KGOL
Humble/Houston TX. The websites for the other three stationssimply
state the stations are off the air and a Dallas phone number for their
accounting department. Deportes Media filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
in December 2015 and agreed to merge with CornerWorld Corporation in
March. The merger had to close by September 30, 2016 or would
automatically terminate. No filing or proof of closing can be found``
Also I logged KZMP with that programing and slogan 11/7 in overnight
taping. 73, Wayne, N0POH, DM79op```
1540, Nov 12 at 1342 UT, again a long string of ESPN Deportes promos,
but nothing local, fading by 1350 UT. DFing it, possibly a bit CCW
from KZMP The Metroplex, but maybe skewed by need to avoid local noise
source. I notified Wayne Heinen of NRC AM Log:
``It seems to me there may be 3 possibilities:
KZMP is still running ESPND at least part-time. Bearing may be
slightly CCW from The Metroplex: The Gretna LA station is already
listed as Spanish (Tropical) so that may be a start. There aren`t any
1540s to the N/NNW, except McPherson KS, which AFAIK is still English
talk. Ideas? Glenn``. He replies:
``Glenn, That might be. Terry Krueger had a friend check on WNMA-1210
near Miami and they are still running ESPN-D part time, supposed to be
under a new brokerage agreement. The rest of the time is EE/SS AC.
This in a report from Radio Insight; read it right after I answered
your last email. A check of my log explains my logging of KZMP. It was
overnight SDR tape from 10/9 that was actually reviewed on 11/7 and
the date didn't get modified in my Access MW logger software. SDR is
great but takes me two days to review one night`s taping! 73 Wayne
Heinen, Editor AM Radio Log``
Which is one reason I will never go SDR --- I don`t have enough time,
already.
1540, Nov 13 circa 1340 UT, not a hint of ESPND 24 hours later – just
deleted Elder Jacob O Meyer (DEJOM) on KXEL instead of WMLK.
1540, Nov 14 at 1330 UT I am only getting KXEL IA, but at 1346 UT, now
it`s the ESPN Deportes station again with a long string of promos,
each specifying times only in Eastern and Pacific. WHAT ABOUT THE
GREAT CENTER OF AMERICA, whence this signal surely emanate? 1347 UT
mixing KXEL with usual SAH; conversation about fútbol via an 800
number; 1355 UT outro as `Recorrido deportivo`, apparent program
title. Then ads/promos including one for ``Estrella TV en canal 29``.
Now we have something local to go on!
W9WI.com shows three Estrellas on RF 29: Our own KTUZ (as virtual 48);
K29AZ in Newport OR as virtual 8.3 along with KGW; and KNKC-LD, 4 kW
in Lubbock TX, the only one as matching with virtual 29.1. But there
is no 1540 in Lubbock. All along I have strongly suspected this is
really KZMP in The Metroplex, so is there a virtual 29 there? W9WI is
filed by RF channels, not virtuals, so on RF 29 we find megawatt KTXA
Fort Worth as virtual 21, INDependent in English, and 21.2 MeTV. So to
http://rabbitears.info/networkgrid.php?group=lang&alt=&suppress=&sort=
where we hover over the various markets in the Estrella TV column. DFW
shows it IS on KMPX 29-1, so I now consider that a definite ID for
KZMP. I check all the other markets, and the only other ``29`` is
Lubbock. Back to W9WI.com to track down KMPX: its RF channel is 30,
with a megawatt, including on virtual 29.1: Estrella, bingo. At 1400
UT, the 1540 station does seem to run a very quick legal ID, but I
cannot copy it!
1540, Nov 15 at 1345 UT I`m checking again. KXEL with far-right local
commentator, but no Spanish QRM today; still a SAH of 44/minute = 0.73
Hz, and today it`s in English with rock music, no ID at ToH when KXEL
is still audible with Fox ``news``. 1345 UT is not the official KZMP
sunrise: in November it`s 1300 UT; December and January, 1330 UT
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WRCR-1700 moving programming online, leasing AM to "Radio
India" --- Story:
https://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/109140/wrcr-to-move-programming-online/
(via Tim Hall, Nov 14, ABDX via DXLD)
WRCR To Move Programming Online
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By Lance Venta on November 14, 2016 No Comments
1700 WRCR Ramapo Rockland Radio India Alexander Broadcasting is
leasing 1700 WRCR Rampao NY to Radio India and moving its locally
originated programming to the internet.
Radio India has signed a one-year LMA with WRCR starting Tuesday,
November 15. Among the programming to remain online are the station’s
Steve & Jordan morning show, “The Bigger Picture,” “Live Song Radio
with Brian Muni,” and “Who Wants to Be a Volunteer?”. WRCR currently
carries a mix of AC music and syndicated Liberal Talk around its
locally originated programming.
WRCR serves the New York City suburbs of Rockland and Westchester
County NY and Bergen County NJ.
WRCR AM 1700 (www.WRCR.com), majority owned and operated by Alexander
Broadcasting, Inc., is making its most popular local programs,
including “The Steve & Jordan Show,” exclusive to the Internet and
mobile apps starting Tuesday, November 15th. Additional original,
locally-produced programming, including “The Bigger Picture,” “Live
Song Radio with Brian Muni,” “Who Wants to Be a Volunteer?” and
others, currently heard on WRCR AM 1700, will be available exclusively
as a web-stream from WRCR’s website and via mobile apps, also
available through WRCR’s website.
Local weather and up-to-the-minute traffic reports will still be
available from WRCR, along with the ABC News Radio network, America’s
largest commercial radio news network, offering national and
international news from at the top of the hour. The owners of
Alexander Broadcasting, Inc. have decided that the best way to use
WRCR’s AM broadcast facility, 1700 on the AM radio dial, is to air
Indian-language programming from Radio India for the next 12 months.
“Just as newspapers, magazines, music and other forms of communication
have been moving to digital delivery formats, we see the future of
radio moving in that direction as well. While the golden age of
analog, over-the-air radio had an exciting and memorable past, the
future of regional talk and conversation is currently just as robust
and as easily accessible via the Internet and mobile apps and will
continue to get even better in the future,” said Dr. Alexander
Medakovich, President of Alexander Broadcasting Inc. “We look forward
to serving our current audience and future listeners with great local,
general interest and niche-specific programming,” Dr. Medakovich added
(via DXLD)
And it might be easier for DXers to notice when they are coming in.
Indian music has a way of cutting through the noise. 73 (Tim Hall,
ABDX via DXLD)
I noticed they are now IBOC free, too. They are a local station to me.
(Karl Zuk near NYC, ibid.)
** U S A. LPFM in Columbus 102.1 FM
Glenn, I think you may find this of interest as much as I do. The City
of Columbus, Ohio is kicking off the two time shared LPFMs on 102.1 FM
off the air. Now, WCRS-LP talked the city of Columbus to go on its
tower on the east water plant side of Columbus in the year 2000,
before 911. Now, the city says they both have to go. WCRS made
announcements months ago that the new mayor, as of March wants the
stations off its tower. I have posted here on this thread under
gabigley1:
https://radioinsight.com/community/topic/lpfms-coming-soon/page/4/
ANY thoughts, please?? (Artie Bigley, Nov 15, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Morning of November 16, lots of Bad signals on most UHF
channels, with tropo enhancement, but a Good one breaking thru at 1529
UT on both my antennas:
RF44, PSIP immediately shows 45-1 KSHV-TV. It`s 500 kW ERP in
Shreveport LA per W9WI.com with MyTV on 45.1, but ads at the moment. I
am also getting a 45.2 with super ID at lower left: KSHV-TV,45.2
Shreveport (but no 45.3 or 45.4). [and sic, there is no space after -
TV, comma]. At 1547 the program on 45.1 is `Crime Watch` as IDed at
lower-left; while 45-2 says John Simms, and soon more aptly `Forensic
Files` on the ESCAPE network (bug LR: the P elevated so it`s half
visible, get it?). At 1559 break, 45-1 with Weather Focus, Louisiana
map; and 45-2 again supers KSHV-TV ID at LL. These hold up until
finally about 1620 starting to fade and break up.
W9WI.com shows KSHV only with My on 45.1, no 45.2. But rabbitears.info
also has Escape on 45-2.
Shreveport by tropo used to be not too rare in analog era on 3 and 12
(and 6 with Texarkana). City to city distance is 574 km = 356 statute
miles. Other decodes during this opening, from OKLAHOMA, q.v. (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) DTV
** U S A. The end is here! ...For MundoMax.
http://www.mediamoves.com/2016/11/mundomax-shut-estrella-tv-takes-affiliates.html
It looks to be going off the air at the end of this month. It's
negotiating exits with its remaining affiliates, while Estrella TV is
scooping up some of the affected stations (Raymie Humbert, Phœnix AZ,
Nov 10, Raymie`s Mexico Beat, WTFDA Forum via DXLD)
** VATICAN. Special broadcast of Vatican Radio on unscheduled
frequency, Nov 13
from 0850 NF 17760*SMG 250 kW / 210 deg to NWAf French, ex 21570 kHz
in HFCC!
from 0850 on 21550 SMG 250 kW / 145 deg to CeAf English, as scheduled
in B-16
from 0850 on 21560 SMG 250 kW / 165 deg to SoAf Portuguese, as
scheduled B-16
* co-ch same 17760 MEY 250 kW / 019 deg to EaAf Sun South African
Radio League
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/special-broadcast-of-vatican-radio-on.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
21560. November 13, 2016. 1015-1030, Radio Vaticana, Santa Maria de
Galeria, in Portuguese. RV presents "Jubileu dos Excluídos", 3rd of
religious commemorations, from Basilica of Saint Peter. Choral chants
and instrumental sacred music. Very good signal and modulation, 45544.
21560. November 13, 2016. 1049-1113, Radio Vaticana, Santa Maria di
Galeria, in Italian and other languages (Portuguese, French, English,
etc). IS; ID. Start a religious program "Angelus". Pope Francisco
makes a prayer about Gospel of Jesus and following, The Papal Blessing
"Urbe et Orbis"; Applauses. Very good signal and modulation, 45544
(DXer: José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX).Location: Cabedelo-PB, Brazil (UTC-
3). RX (s): Degen DE1103 & Sony ICF-SW100S. Antenna: Portable
Telescopic. Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
** VENEZUELA. 1250, Radio Latina, Puerto Ordaz (presumed), 0650-0712,
07-11, Venezuelan and Latin American songs, Spanish comments:
"Seguimos con nuestra programación especial, un nuevo despertar con el
hombre decisivo de la radio...", commercial advertisements: "tome una
capsula de reumodrón...". 14321.
1280 MW, Radio Trujillo, Trujillo, 0645-0657, 06-11, Spanish comments,
Venezuelan songs. 14321.
1290 MW, Radio Puerto Cabello, Puerto Cabello, 0629-0645, 06-11,
Venezuelan songs, identification: "Las 2 y 30 minutos, Radio Puerto
Cabello, en el hogar en primer lugar...", "Radio Puerto Cabello 1290
(doce noventa), en primer lugar, desde Puerto Cabello, Carabobo, en
primer lugar de sintonía". 34433. Heard all days in Playa Blanca at
dawn (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Playa Blanca, Lanzorete,
Canary Islands, Tecsun PL-880 and cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
1380 MW, Radio Ondas del Mar, Puerto Cabello, 0637-0649, 06-11,
Venezuelan songs, identification: "Ondas del Mar, Puerto Cabello, 1380
AM". 14321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Playa Blanca,
Lanzorete, Canary Islands, Tecsun PL-880 and cable antenna, 8 meters,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** WESTERN SAHARA. 711, Radio El Aaiun, El Aaiun, 1757-1610, 07-11,
Arabic songs, at 1600 time signals and news, Arabic. 44444 (Manuel
Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Playa Blanca, Lanzorete, Canary Islands,
Tecsun PL-880 and cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** YEMEN [non]. Rep. Yemen Radio Sanaa (Saudi Arabia Relay?) 11860,
1420 9 NOV - REP.YEMEN RADIO SANAA (YEMEN). SINPO = 35222. Arabic,
male announcer, music. QSB=rapid-to-ff rate, fluttery modulation
mostly just above the noise floor with frequent fades to mixing with
it. sf76.8, a3, k2, geomag: quiet. 50kw?, Omni?, bearing 17 ?. Sangean
ATS505 w/MFJ-1020C active antenna and MFJ-901B tuner used to preselect
75’ of 26-gauge wire loosely thrown over the roof above single story
building. Received at Las Vegas, United States, 13039KM? from
transmitter at Riyadh?. Local time: 0620.
11860, 1412 10 NOV - REP.YEMEN RADIO SANAA (YEMEN). SINPO = 15421.
?Arabic?, female announcer. QSB=rapid-to-ff rate, only occasionally
discernable modulation on noisy carrier mostly mixing with the noise
floor with frequent fades to below it for short durations. sf79.3, a7,
k3, geomag: unsettled. 50kw?, Omni?, bearing 17 ?. Sangean ATS505
w/MFJ-1020C active antenna and MFJ-901B tuner used to preselect 75’ of
26-gauge wire loosely thrown over the roof above single story
building. Received at Las Vegas, United States, 13039KM? from
transmitter at Riyadh?. Local time: 0612.
11860, 1505 11 NOV - REP.YEMEN RADIO SANAA (YEMEN). SINPO = 45323.
Arabic, music, male DJ. QSB=rapid-to-ff rate, fluttery modulation
mostly well above the noise floor with occasional fades to just above
it for short durations. sf79.6, a14, k2, geomag: quiet. 50kw?, Omni?,
bearing 17 ?. Sangean ATS505 w/MFJ-1020C active antenna and MFJ-901B
tuner used to preselect 75’ of 26-gauge wire loosely thrown over the
roof above single story building. Received at Las Vegas, United
States, 13039KM? from transmitter at Riyadh?. Local time: 0705.
Also this morning (16 nov ~1500z) had particularly quiet noise levels
here and I heard Rep. Yemen Radio, Sana`a at is strongest so far this
season. I'm still having difficulty believing this is long path (as R.
Australia on 9580 kHz was very weak today, was it off?) as I heard AWR
relayed from Moosbrunn (on 11955) and R. Romania Int. (on 11975) at
around the same time with similar fading characteristics. Seeing as 25
meters favors a darkness path, certainly all of these are coming over
the north pole rather than the south? Heard over last several days:
11860, 1503 14 NOV - SINPO = 25222. Arabic, male announcer. QSB=rapid-
to-ff rate, modulation on noisy carrier mostly mixing with the noise
floor with occasional peaks just above it. sf78.5, a21, k3, geomag:
unsettled. 50kw?, Omni?, bearing 17 ?. Sangean ATS505 w/MFJ-1020C
active antenna and MFJ-901B tuner used to preselect 75’ of 26-gauge
wire loosely thrown over the roof above single story building.
Received at Las Vegas, United States, 13039KM? from transmitter at
Riyadh?. Local time: 0703.
11860, 1508 15 NOV - REP.YEMEN RADIO SANAA (YEMEN). SINPO = 35323.
Arabic, female announcer interviewing male over the phone. QSB=rapid-
to-ff rate, fluttery modulation mostly well above the noise floor with
occasional fades to just above it for short durations. sf77.1, a11,
k2, geomag: quiet. 50kw?, Omni?, bearing 17 ?. Sangean ATS505 w/MFJ-
1020C active antenna and MFJ-901B tuner used to preselect 75’ of 26-
gauge wire loosely thrown over the roof above single story building.
Received at Las Vegas, United States, 13039KM? from transmitter at
Riyadh?. Local time: 0708.
11860, 1454 16 NOV - REP.YEMEN RADIO SANAA (YEMEN). SINPO = 55434.
Arabic, music, male and female announcers alternating. QSB=rapid-to-ff
rate, fluttery modulation mostly well above the noise floor with
frequent short fades. sf76.3, a7, k1, geomag: very quiet. 50kw?,
Omni?, bearing 17 ?. Sangean ATS505 w/MFJ-1020C active antenna and
MFJ-901B tuner used to preselect 75’ of 26-gauge wire loosely thrown
over the roof above single story building. Received at Las Vegas,
United States, 13039KM from transmitter at Riyadh. Local time: 0654.
(--Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** YEMEN [non]. Frequency change of Voice of America VOA Radio Ashna
1430-1500 NF 11940 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Pashto, ex 11860* in HFCC
1500-1630 NF 11940 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Dari, ex 11860* in HFCC
*to avoid on 11860 unknown tx / unknown N/ME Arabic Rep.of Yemen Radio
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/11/frequency-change-of-voice-of-america.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, Nov 11, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ZAMBIA [and non]. 5914.992, Probably Zambia NBC Radio, probably
Bemba language program, according to Aoki Nagoya frequency database
list. S=6 or -84dBm heard in Detroit-MI. 0355 UT. Heavy QRM by
adjacent 5920 kHz WHRI Cypress Creek SC, Lester Sumrall? prayer
program. Zambian program heard in lsb-mode switch on SDR, due of 11
kHz wide S=9+40dB powerhouse signal of WHRI. [selected SDR options,
span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Buschel, Log of remote SDR
access in Detroit-MI-USA, on Nov 13, at 0315 to 0420 UT, BC-DX TopNews
via dxldyg via DXLD)
5915, ZNBC/Radio One, 0403*, Nov 13. Suddenly off during the news in
vernacular; they are still on a very abbreviated schedule due to
limited national power supply (Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, UT Nov 14,
prompted by Ben Dangerfield in Wallingford PA who reported, ``Best TA
night of this season with 42 signals so far. Lots of Spain, the
best being 585, 684 729, 774 and 855 but more in the 1100s. I've had a
busy day so quitting at 2130 EST``
Scanning the entire MW band from bottom to top in offset 9 kHz steps
on the DX-398, I get these carriers looping generally NE, or more like
50 degrees:
At 0321, 585 and 774
At 0324, 1044
At 0325, 1053+ --- definitely off to the plus-side compared to 1044,
must be the widely reported Tripoli, Libya which Mark Connelly in MA
put 22 Hz high on October 14, altho it sounds like more than that now.
But in July, Wolfgang Büschel mentioned not hearing it on 1053.016
Then I try the NRD-545 and ALA-330S, without a complete bandscan:
At 0328, 1044, but not 1053
At 0329, 774
At 0407, 774 and 1044
At 0410, 783
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1540, ESPN Deportes: See USA: KZMP
UNIDENTIFIED 5858.0-USB, Nov 14 at 0335, Spanish 2 way with heavy
splash from 5850 WRMI; deliberately so close to impede overhearing?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 7480, Nov 12 at 0119, S6 signal of hum/whine only.
Scheduled is IBB Uighur, 200 kW, 60 degrees via DB, TAJIKISTAN. Out of
order, or jamming, or?? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 7597.40, Nov 12 at 0057, S9+25 open carrier, what? Much
like the ones heard previously on 5100 and 5125. At 0120, still open
carrier S9+25, and again at 0602 check. I don`t think it`s local.
7597.43, Nov 13 at 0237, S9+25 open carrier, but fading to S9, so not
from a local device; yet propagation is poor weakening all the US SWBC
stations on 7 MHz band, even WRMI 7570. Just to be sure, I need to
check for this at midday. Which I do at 1945 UT Nov 13 as my final
task before launching this report: Nothing there.
7597.4, Nov 14 at 0042, big open carrier is here again, S9+30 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9315, UNKNOWN, 1528, 11/13/16. Man announcer taking a
series of what seemed like call-ins from two men and a woman. Fair,
then started to fade to poor after 1545. 1550 fanfare, announcement,
fill music, man with announcement to a female over music, change to
Sahel style singer, return to woman, man over music, off 1559.
Different sections were in French and Arabic or a related language.
Even after listening to the recording a number of times, I was not
able to get an ID. Nothing listed at this time in HFCC, Aoki, EiBi,
and no references to 9315 found in recent DX Listening Digests. Any
ideas? (Mark Taylor, Madison, Wisconsin, Perseus, SDRPlay, RTL2832 V3
dongle for SDR’s; Eton e1, Grunding Satellit 800, Tecsun PL 660, and
various other portables for physical radios; 40 meters dipole, 100’
long wire, Mini whip, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD)
UNIDENTIFIED. 11515-11530, Nov 11 at 1412, OTH radar clicking. An
article in German describing the various types of it and their impact
only on hambands as if nothing else matters appears in Radio Equipment
Forum of DX Listening Digest 16-44. None specified as 15 kHz bandwidth
but Russia`s is 13 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15300, Nov 15 at 1434, S8 open carrier/dead air, still
past 1430 and 1453 now S9 fading to S6; 1518 recheck still on but now
some weak CCI undertalk, 1559 both off. VOA São Tomé is scheduled at
14-15 in Kinyarwanda, but Sat & Sun only and this is Tue. 15300 is a
major RFI frequency, but it`s not scheduled either after 1000 or
before 1600.
15300, the open carrier of Nov 15 is gone again, Nov 16 at 1406 check;
and also Nov 17 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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SITE ABBRS.
Glenn: You referenced "SMG signals" about a VOA transmission in your
latest Yahoo update. What does SMG mean? Thanks (Charlie Harlich, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Charlie, Santa Maria di Galeria == the Vatican Radio SW transmitter
site, extra-territorial really in Italy. These abbrs are all
referenced in the www.HFCC.org zip file, if you unzip the site.txt
file under B-16 info. Also on pp 660-662 of the World Radio TV
Handbook 2016 (Glenn to Charlie, via DXLD)
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Murray Harbour PEI DX-Pedition --- PEI #3 report:
After a disappointing afternoon and evening of the 8th November,
static levels dropped on the 9th producing a huge number of MW
loggings, many of which were lower power UK stations. A great deal of
fun, going from frequency to frequency, IDing each one, only to find
another station or two on the same channel fading in. Here's my list
up to 09:00 this morning the 10th Nov 2016 [in full in the dxldyg,
excerpts in this issue]. Nick moved his DKAZ to 30 degrees and
shortened somewhat to 140 feet or so, with the intention of nulling
some of the static on the backside. Well it worked fine for me! 73,
(Walt Salmaniw, Murray Harbour PEI DX-Pedition, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Murray Harbour North, PEI DXpedition report # 4
Yesterday afternoon started with a bang, but deteriorated into the
evening as a CME disrupted the earth's ionosphere. Couple that with
some antenna issues, led to an early cessation of DXing. Nonetheless,
I enjoyed DXing the X-band for Europirates and some of the marine
services as well as a quick look at the LW band. Here are my results.
73, from PEI (Walt Salmaniw, Murray Harbour PEI DX-Pedition, dxldyg
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Well, things are winding down. This afternoon and evening, we DX'd
using solely the remaining Superloop antenna, which, despite it's
small dimensions, still provided some really interesting DX. Here are
my final loggings for the trip, as we all return to our homes
tomorrow. 73, (Walt Salmaniw, Murray Harbour PEI DX-Pedition, Nov 11,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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ANOTER DTV CONVERSION TO ATSC 3.0 SOON
This was just posted this month on the ATSC website:
http://atsc.org/newsletter/atsc-allied-organizations-explore-atsc-3-0-conformance-testing/
The ATSC group is pushing for major market deployment by early 2018
(less than 2 years away). They are anticipating nationwide transition
by 2020.
I have read a ton of articles on TVNewsCheck that ALL of the major
broadcasters are looking forward to it, as it will give broadcasters
avenues for additional revenue. I have noted that many of the major
broadcast organizations have scoffed at the FCC's forward motion with
the spectrum auction (almost ignoring it), all the while making plans
for the ATSC 3.0 transition and the additional programming sources
that will become available. Even several of the multi-cast sources,
such as ME TV, Antenna TV, etc., have said that smaller markets will
open up for them because ATSC 3.0 allows for more programming sources.
I am a little curious if we will have a NEW ATSC 3.0 converter box
option on a coupon program for those that don't want to shell out
money for a brand new ATSC 3.0 television?? Once again, LG Electronics
is one of the major promoters and developers of ATSC 3.0 (as they were
at the beginning with ATSC 1.0). They've hinted they will participate
in a converter box program if the FCC introduces one. Right now they
are saying the ATSC 3.0 World Series test in Cleveland was a home-run:
http://atsc.org/newsletter/atsc-3-0-world-series-broadcast-home-run/
I can't help but wonder how this is going to affect ALL ATSC
broadcasters in the United States, the full power stations down to the
digital translators. I'm not a television broadcast engineer, so I'm
not certain what type of equipment will be required for the broadcast
transition. How much does it cost? And they say OTA television is once
again making money, even the multi-cast sources (Ex. Me TV, Antenna
TV, etc). And then, you have to wonder how the spectrum auction plays
into the ATSC 3.0 transition.
At any rate, we transitioned from NTSC to ATSC; now we're being asked
to transition from one platform of ATSC to another. It will happen
whether we like it or not. There will be FM and TV dx, whether you
like the dx or not. We have a new President, whether you like it or
not. There is always another day, whether you like it or not. :-)
(Jim Thomas, Springfield, MO, Nov 11, WTFDA Forum via DXLD)
Do note that sites like TVNewsCheck frequently "print" press releases.
Many of which contain considerable optimism on the part of suppliers
who stand to make $$ as ATSC 3.0 is adopted
ATSC 3.0 offers a wider "pipe" -- more bits per second -- and by using
HEVC coding each program requires less of that pipe. So yes, you can
get more programs into your bandwidth.
I'm sure we'll have ATSC 3 converter boxes but I will be VERY
surprised if there's a coupon program. It has to be paid for somehow.
If the idea had come up before the incentive auction began, the cost
of the coupons could have been considered in the auction program.
(actually, the idea *did* come up but was almost immediately shot
down) Now, the auction is in progress and I don't see there being any
money in there to cover coupons.
At a minimum, switching to ATSC 3.0 will require:
HEVC video encoder, replacing the existing MPEG-2 unit. It will also
handle the audio (I don't think ATSC has settled on an audio standard
yet).
COFDM exciter, replacing the existing 8VSB unit.
onitoring receiver, so the station knows whether it's on the air
I don't have a good handle on cost but I'd estimate $200,000 for this
package of gear.
This minimum list assumes the station's existing transmitter can
handle a new exciter, and that the station is happy with broadcast its
existing program stream(s) in their existing format(s). (that the
station doesn't plan to add programs or upgrade to 4K and/or HDR)
Some other things that may be necessary even in the case of a station
being happy with the existing program stream(s):
Transmitter. The existing transmitter might not support replacement of
the exciter. The existing transmitter might not be able to handle the
additional peak power requirement of ATSC 3.0. (see below)
Feedline, the cable connecting the transmitter to the antenna may not
be able to handle the additional peak power requirement.
Antenna, the existing antenna may not be able to handle the additional
peak power requirement.
Tower, if a heavier antenna and/or feedline are required, the existing
tower might not be strong enough to support them.
TV signals are amplitude-modulated, whether they're analog, ATSC 1, or
ATSC 3. This means the transmitted power is continuously changing. The
ratio of peak transmitted power to average transmitted power depends
on the modulation mode. The ratio is higher for COFDM modulation --
for a given average power level, the highest power ever radiated is
higher with COFDM/ATSC 3. This means the transmitter must be capable
of delivering more power for brief periods. It also means the voltage
on the feedline and antenna is higher at peaks - which means more
insulation is necessary to avoid arcs.
There are so many variables with these four items I'm not going to
make any estimate of cost. I will say it could very easily get into
the millions of dollars.
That said, there are two reasons stations might be changing
transmitters anyway:
Repacking, if the station's channel is changed far enough from the
existing channel it may not be possible to use the old transmitter.
(or, the amount of time necessary to retune it might exceed the period
the station is willing to be off the air)
Transmitter is old!, digital TV deployment began in the USA in 1998.
Stations have transmitters as much as 18 years old. It may be simply
time to replace them before critical parts wear out.
BTW, since you mentioned a new president, I will say that I know of
nothing in either candidate's platforms or comments that would suggest
this week's election will have any effect on the technical parameters
of television. (or radio) (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66
http://www.w9wi.com ibid.)
Quote Originally Posted by w9wi ``HEVC video encoder, replacing the
existing MPEG-2 unit. It will also handle the audio. (I don't think
ATSC has settled on an audio standard yet)``
Dolby AC-4 in the US,
http://www.tvnewscheck.com/playout/2016/03/atsc-audio-group-recommends-dolby-ac-4-for-u-s/
while MPEG-H is also part of the standard and will be used in the
South Korean deployment.
http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/94121/fraunhofer-retunes-mpegh-30-audio-efforts
Countries will basically get to choose (Raymie Humbert, ibid.)
Jim, Thanks for posting. This sounds good: "Results show how ATSC 3.0
can deliver 4K Ultra HD content, excellent robust mobile reception,
deep indoor reception by fixed receivers and unparalleled spectrum
efficiency." (Steve Rich, Indianapolis, WTFDA gg via DXLD)
Does ATSC 3.0 have progressive/incremental strength decode, rather
than the current “all or nothing”? I recall reading somewhere (here?),
way back when, of a future generation allowing for weaker signal
decoding with reduced resolution.
For example, rather than just a full HD resolution of “840×2160” (the
new max HD standard), for weaker signals does it have a, say, “84×216”
mid resolution, and for real poor signals, something like a “21×54”
resolution, instead of just choppy, “freeze-frame” pixelation, as is
the case now? Or was that just a Dx-er's pipe dream/wish list? P=)
Also, what about a much more sensitive decode for just the
PSIP/station ID info? (~Kaimbridge~, ibid.)
Definitely yes on what's called "Hierarchical modulation".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchical_modulation
I'm wanting to say they've defined three levels of signal. That's not
as robust as analog but it's better than what we have right now.
And yes, there's a method for easier decoding of metadata necessary to
decode any stream. Whether that metadata includes enough to positively
ID the station I don't know == (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN
EM66, Nov 12, ibid.)
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http://www.rtl-sdr.com/the-titus-ii-complete-sdr-solution/
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CAR RADIOS
I too have a noisy AM band on my 2007 Hyundai. And, the radio abruptly
went almost deaf a few years ago. Now it is good only for strong
locals.
The noise is caused by the car's computer creating wide band hash
right on my favorite news channel, "News radio 780" making 780khz
unusable. This hash starts out low, just below 780 and drifts upward
as the computer warms up ending up right on top of 780.
After the radio went deaf I can now hear ignition noise that varies
with engine speed. Suspect a loose or corroded ground some where. I
would have to pull the bottom of dashboard apart to get to the wiring.
The hash could probably be eliminated with a choke and a few
capacitors in the 12v line as close to radio as possible. And the
deafness probably due to a bad ground or perhaps an antenna lead in
issue.
In the mid 1980's I owned a Chevy Celebrity with a high quality Delco
digital AM/FM set. AM stopped at 1610 kHz, but the set had excellent
sound and good sensitivity and selectivity. If I had the time I would
rip out the piece of junk that I have now and put in the Delco set I
saved when I junked the Celebrity.
Most newer cars have low quality, poorly designed electrical systems
with no filtering that interferes with the crappy AM radios (Tom
Jasinski, Joliet, IL, NRC-AM via DXLD)
1340 KHZ [NON] UNEXPECTED BROTHER STAIR INTRUSION ON MW
Hi Glenn, I am a "long time listener, first time caller" so to speak.
I have been a shortwave / MW listener and licensed amateur radio
operator for many years, and also work professionally in the field of
radio communications - currently in aircraft avionics, but I spent 13
years as a broadcast engineer for WENY AM/FM/TV in Elmira, NY.
I own a new Jeep Wrangler, which is equipped the Chrysler model "130"
radio. This unit is also known as the "RES", (which is Chrysler's
sales code for this particular unit). The 130 is the base audio
entertainment option for new Chrysler vehicles, consisting of the
standard AM/FM radio tuner, CD player plus Sirius/XM satellite radio.
I have only owned the Jeep for a short time, and decided to do a quick
band scan on medium wave to check out the radio's sensitivity and
selectivity. I was quite pleased to discover that the AM performance
is surprisingly good in general.
As it happens, I was performing this band scan at approximately 1630Z
(1130 EST), Friday, November 11th, at my home in Elmira, NY. I had
initially tuned to 1330 kHz to listen to WEBO, in Owego, NY (about 45
miles distant), which, at 5 kW, was coming in well. My next intended
air check was WCBA in Corning, NY, which is a local station on 1350
kHz. In the process, I stopped for a moment on 1340.
Knowing that 1340 is a graveyard channel, with no stations on that
frequency closer than 65 miles, I did not expect to hear anything.
Imagine my surprise to be greeted by the unmistakable raspy voice of
good ol' Brother Scare, sounding almost like a local station! Now, I
know that BS does buy time on a handful of medium wave outlets in
addition to his omnipresent saturation on shortwave - but none that I
am aware of on 1340.
I went into the house, and checked 1340 on my Drake R8B, which is
connected to a long-wire antenna. No sign of BS - just a weak mix of
WNDR in Auburn, NY and WWPA in Williamsport, PA - each about 65 miles
distant, and exactly what I would expect on this frequency, at this
location, in the middle of the day.
It seemed a safe bet to assume that this was an image of one of
Ralphie's shortwave broadcasts. Despite the risk to my sanity and
hearing, I went back to the vehicle to continue monitoring 1340,
waiting for an ID at the top of the hour. Sure enough, just before
noon: "WHRI".
I was pretty sure that it was probably the WHRI 500 kW flamethrower on
9840 KHz, which indeed carries BS at this time. Though the transmitter
is located over 800 miles south of here, it typically puts in an S9
+50 signal on the Drake, since the northeastern US is right in the
center of the beam directed to Europe.
I have a digital RF signal generator at my shop, so I brought it home
yesterday, set it up next to my Jeep's whip antenna, and radiated an
AM modulated signal on 9840 kHz. Sure enough, it came through the car
radio (when tuned to 1340), loud and clear. After checking other AM
channels while sweeping the signal generator, (and doing some quick
math on my calculator), I discovered that the Chrysler 130/RES car
radio is subject to HF images across its entire 530 to 1700 KHz tuning
range. The image "math" is consistent: tuned frequency, multiplied by
7 + 460.
In the case of 1340, this is: 1340 x 7, which equals 9380. Adding 460
gives 9840.
I then tuned the radio to 530 kHz. Per the formula I would expect to
hear an image at (530 x 7) + 460 = 4170 KHz, and indeed, when I set
the signal generator to radiate on 4170, it came through the radio
like a local station. This image formula holds true across the entire
AM band.
The 460 offset would seem to indicate that the Chrysler 130 radio
might use a 460 kHz IF on medium wave, which could be interacting with
the 7th harmonic of the local oscillator - but I'm not convinced that
is what is actually going on. I do know that modern automotive radios
have very few discrete RF components. Typically all of the radio
functionality is embedded in a single integrated circuit. Some of
these "all in one" radio IC chips internally use a conventional
superheterodyne tuning scheme, though many are now using SDR/DSP
technology. In any case, the Chrysler 130 radio, in AM mode, evidently
has little-to-no front-end bandpass filtering to block signals that
might intrude from above the medium wave band. My curiosity is
definitely piqued, and this bears further research.
Perhaps my particular radio is defective, but I tend to think that
this is a basic design defect. If so, when someone purchases a
Chrysler vehicle with a 130/RES entertainment system, they not only
get an AM/FM radio, but a shortwave receiver too - whether they want
it or not!
I imagine that in most places, a local station would probably override
the image completely, but I'd wager that anyone driving within a
hundred miles or so north of the WHRI facility in South Carolina,
might not be able to hear anything on 1340 BUT Brother Scare (or
whatever else happens to be on 9840).
(I've been away from the radio hobby for quite some time, but am
getting back into it. I shall endeavor to report to DXLD on a regular
basis going forward)! (Jim Barrett - Elmira, NY - Drake R8B, Anan 10E
SDR, Nov 13, DX LISTENNG DIGEST)
MARCONI: THE MAN WHO NETWORKED THE WORLD
Southgate November 13, 2016
CBC radio podcast about Guglielmo Marconi who on July 2, 1897, at the
age of 23, was granted a UK patent for 'improvements in transmitting
electrical impulses and signals and in apparatus therefor.'
Our phones, our laptops, even our cars communicate invisibly through
the air. Our wireless world owes thanks to an Italian teenager who
went on to win the Nobel Prize. McGill professor Marc Raboy has just
published a major biography of Marconi and he takes IDEAS producer
David Gutnick on a tour of Marconi's influences in Montreal.
Listen to the show at
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/marconi-the-man-who-networked-the-world-1.3845164
CBC The Best of Ideas podcasts
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcasts/documentaries/the-best-of-ideas/
Posted by: (Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)
PROPAGATION
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:Issued: 2016 Nov 14 0648 UTC
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# Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
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Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 07 - 13 November 2016
Solar activity was very low through the period with only a few
low-level B-class flares observed from Regions 2605 (N07, L=191,
class/area Cro/030 on 31 October), 2607 (S17, L=143, class/area
Dai/100 on 11 November), and 2610 (N15, L=022, class/area Cro/030 on
12 November). No Earth-directed coronal mass ejections (CME) were
observed in available satellite imagery during the reporting period.
No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at
normal to moderate levels on 09, and 11-12 November and high levels
on 07-08, 10, and 13 November. The maximum flux of 10,253 pfu was
observed at 13/1825 UTC.
Geomagnetic field activity was at quiet to active levels with an
isolated period of G1 (Minor) storming reported during the
11/0000-0300 UTC synoptic period in response to a negative polarity
coronal hole high speed stream. Solar wind speed increased steadily
from background levels near 300 km/s to a peak of 767 km/s towards
the end of the period. Total field ranged between 3 and 16 nT while
the Bz component reached a maximum southward deviation of -11 nT.
The geomagnetic field was at mostly quiet levels on 07-09 November,
quiet to active levels on 10 and 12-13 November, and quiet to G1
(Minor) levels on 11 November.
FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 14 NOV - 10 DEC 2016
Solar activity is expected to be at very low levels with a slight
chance for C-class flares over the forecast period.
No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is
expected to be at normal to moderate levels with high levels likely
on 14-19, 22 November - 05 December, 07 and 10 December due to
recurrent CH HSS influence.
Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at unsettled to active
levels on 14-15, 19-29 November, and 07-10 December with G1 (Minor)
geomagnetic storm levels likely on 21-23 and 25 November, G2
(Moderate) levels likely on 21-22 November, and G3 (Strong) levels
likely on 21 November due to recurrent CH HSS effects.
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# Issued 2016-11-14
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# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2016 Nov 14 75 15 4
2016 Nov 15 75 10 3
2016 Nov 16 75 5 2
2016 Nov 17 75 5 2
2016 Nov 18 75 5 2
2016 Nov 19 75 10 3
2016 Nov 20 75 15 4
2016 Nov 21 75 55 7
2016 Nov 22 75 45 6
2016 Nov 23 75 25 5
2016 Nov 24 75 18 4
2016 Nov 25 78 25 5
2016 Nov 26 78 18 4
2016 Nov 27 80 12 4
2016 Nov 28 82 10 3
2016 Nov 29 82 8 3
2016 Nov 30 82 5 2
2016 Dec 01 82 5 2
2016 Dec 02 84 5 2
2016 Dec 03 82 5 2
2016 Dec 04 82 5 2
2016 Dec 05 82 5 2
2016 Dec 06 82 5 2
2016 Dec 07 82 15 4
2016 Dec 08 80 12 4
2016 Dec 09 80 18 4
2016 Dec 10 78 20 4
(SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1852, DXLD)
GLENN`S PROPAGATION OUTLOOK FOR MEDIA NETWORK PLUS AS OF NOV 17, 2016
Keith, from IPS in Australia, the global HF propagation forecast thru
November 19: normal at lo and mid latitudes, normal to fair at hi
latitudes.
From Spaceweather South Africa thru November 19: magnetic conditions
quiet to unsettled; shortwave fadeouts unlikely; MUF unstable.
From Met Office UK, thru November 21, Solar activity very low.
Geomagnetic activity expected to increase on November 19 and 20 as
Earth comes under the influence of positive coronal hole 33. Active
periods are possible.
From F K Janda in Prague of the Czech Propagation Interest Group:
the Geomagnetic field will be:
quiet to unsettled on November 18, 26 - 27, December 5
mostly quiet on November 19, 28, December 7
quiet to active on November 20, 24, 29 - 30, December 6
active to disturbed on November 21 - 22, (23, 25)
quiet on December 1 - 4
RSGB says: You can get an initial positive propagation phase when
solar plasma first hits, so watch the HF bands as the K index first
starts to rise.
From SWPC in Boulder. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at
unsettled to active levels on November 19-29 and December 7-10.
Peaking with G3 (Strong) levels likely on November 21, with A and K
indices peaking at 55 and 7, November 22 at 45 and 6; not descending
to 5 and 2 until November 30 thru December 6. Solar flux 75 thru
November 24, then climbing to a peak of 84 on December 2.
William Hepburn`s VHF UHF Microwave DX maps show extreme tropospheric
ducting along the coast of Perú into Chile November 18 and 19; along
the coasts of Angola and Namibia November 18 to 22; along the
northwest coast of Australia all week (via DXLD) ###