DX LISTENING DIGEST 17-17, April 26, 2017 Incorporating REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING edited by Glenn Hauser, http://www.worldofradio.com Items from DXLD may be reproduced and re-reproduced only if full credit be maintained at all stages and we be provided exchange copies. DXLD may not be reposted in its entirety without permission. Materials taken from Arctic or originating from Olle Alm and not having a commercial copyright are exempt from all restrictions of noncommercial, noncopyrighted reusage except for full credits For restrixions and searchable 2017 contents archive see http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html [also linx to previous years] NOTE: If you are a regular reader of DXLD, and a source of DX news but have not been sending it directly to us, please consider yourself obligated to do so. Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1875 CONTENTS: *DX and station news about: Alaska, Albania non, Argentina, Australia, Cuba, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Iran non, Kurdistan non, Laos, Liberia, Myanmar, Netherlands non, New Zealand, Nigeria non, North America, Perú, Philippines, Russia, Tibet non, USA SHORTWAVE AIRINGS of WORLD OF RADIO 1875, April 27-May 3, 2017 Thu 2130 WRMI 11580 [confirmed] Thu 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed] Fri 2230 WRMI 5950 11580 [confirmed] Fri 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed] Sat 0630 HLR 6190-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 1431 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM Sun 1030 HLR 9485-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v-AM Area 51 Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 [? Pre-empted last two weeks] Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 9455? Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 9455 Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB Wed 1030 WRMI 5850 9455? Wed 1315 WRMI 9955 Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB Latest edition of this schedule version, including AM, FM, satellite and webcasts with hotlinks to station sites and audio, is at: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html or http://schedule.worldofradio.org or http://sked.worldofradio.org For updates see our Anomaly Alert page: http://www.worldofradio.com/anomaly.html WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS: Tnx to Dr Harald Gabler and the Rhein-Main Radio Club. http://www.rmrc.de/index.php/rmrc-audio-plattform/podcast/glenn-hauser-wor ALTERNATIVE PODCASTS, tnx Stephen Cooper: http://shortwave.am/wor.xml ANOTHER PODCAST ALTERNATIVE, tnx to Keith Weston: http://feeds.feedburner.com/GlennHausersWorldOfRadio NOW tnx to Keith Weston, also Podcasts via iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/glenn-hausers-world-of-radio/id1123369861 AND via Google Play Music: http://bit.ly/worldofradio OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO: http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html or http://wor.worldofradio.org DAY-BY-DAY ARCHIVE OF GLENN HAUSER`S LOG REPORTS: Unedited, uncondensed, unchanged from original version, many of them too complex, minutely researched, multi-frequency, opinionated, inconsequential, off-topic, or lengthy for some log editors to manage; and also ahead of their availability in these weekly issues: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser NOTE: I have *resolved* to make DXLD leaner, more selective, as I seriously need to reduce my workload, much of which has been merely editing gobs of material into presentable form. This makes it even more important to be a member of the DXLD yg for additional material which may not make it into weekly issues (gh) DXLD YAHOOGROUP: Why wait for DXLD? A lot more info, not all of it appearing in DXLD later, is posted at our yg without delay. When applying, please identify yourself with your real name and location, and say something about why you want to join. Those who do not, unless I recognize them, will be prompted once to do so and no action will be taken otherwise. Here`s where to sign up: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dxld/ ** ALASKA. USCG DRM TRANSMISSIONS FROM KODIAK AK I'd like to acknowledge reception our your experimental DRM broadcasts from Kodiak, AK. I'm located in Victoria, BC, Canada. Although I have received the data transmissions here, they were much better received while I was at my cottage located outside of Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC located off the north west coast of my province of British Columbia, and about 75 km due south of Ketchikan, AK. My equipment included a Perseus Software Defined Radio, DREAM software, and an array of antennas to choose from including a 750' Beverage on ground, aimed to the NW, a 450' Beverage antenna aimed due north, and a large diameter magnetic loop (Wellbrook ALA 100LN) aimed NE/SW. I've attached several screen captures of the images: [Inline image 1 Inline image 3 Inline image 2] These images happen to be from 5200 at 0133 UT on January 14, 2017, 2450 at 0431 and 0410 on January 10th, 2017. More recently, I noted it in Masset on 2450 kHz at 0500 UTC on March 30, 2017, as well. I'd love to hear from you, and perhaps receive a QSL to my email address, or by hard copy to: [redacted] Here's an interesting email I received from the USCG concerning the DRM test broadcasts from Kodiak. I note that the transmissions were changed a bit from earlier this month. Let's see what that will do with the reception. 73 (Walt Salmaniw, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Dr. Walter Salmaniw, Thank you for taking the time to respond and provide feedback to USCG. Your feedback is greatly appreciated. The Next Generation Arctic Navigational Safety Information System (ANSIS) project is an ongoing U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Research and Development Center (RDC) project that is attempting to meet the challenge of disseminating Maritime Safety Information in the Arctic. We selected DRM over HF as a means to disseminate this information. Using DRM allows a data rate that supports detailed weather, ice edge and maps, and notice to mariner's information, as well as electronic chart updates. A one year field test is being conducted in Alaska. We completed installation of the DRM transmitter equipment during the Week of Oct 23, 2016. We have been working with RFMondial and Fraunhofer. We are transmitting (at around 800 watts) from Kodiak and our receive equipment is in Cordova (shore side – using a loop antenna; and aboard the buoy tender – using a vertical whip). Next week we are moving the shipboard receive equipment to the CGC Healy for the summer. We have 10 authorized frequencies to use between 2.45 and 29.9. But have reduced them to the 6 lowest frequencies. Initial research indicates that lower frequencies are best at least in the winter months, so we developed the attached schedule for transmissions. During the first six months of the test we transmitted on a TCI 530 (high take off angle and horizontally polarized) and have shifted to TCI 550 (lower take off angle and vertically polarized) on April 7. Test will end in Oct 2017. The goal of the effort is for the CG to gain some experience with DRM. This experience will be combined with several other projects working on Iridium satellite, ALE, and other HF testing. The ultimate goal is to develop a network combining Iridium and HF to improve interoperability and compatibility between CG assets and Arctic mariners for sharing maritime safety information. Eventually, we would like to use the results of this work to be included in an “Arctic Communications” annex to the ITU-R M.1789 document. The 2nd channel data is AIS data. We are working with the Marine Exchange Alaska (MXAK) to transmit AIS weather data via their network of AIS transmitters using message 8 application specific message (ASM). This data is also being transmitted via DRM/HF to extend reception range and to demonstrate DRM capability to modulate a variety of formats. The 3rd channel is test data. Again thank you for taking the time to report your receipt of the DRM signal. Your write-up and screen captures will be very useful for our final report. If you have any other thoughts, comments or questions, please feel free to contact me. Hopefully this email works for a QSL! Thanks. Reguards, Irene Irene M. Gonin 1-860-271-2694 USCG R&D Center 1 Chelsea Street New London, CT 06320 email to: Irene.M.Gonin@uscg.mil http://www.uscg.mil/acquisition/rdc Posted by: (Volodya Salmaniw, BC, April 25, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DXLD) [remaining schedule: ALL times starting at 1600 UT, length not given; despite Walt having logged this between 0130 and 0500 UT! as above] 4/26/2017 6850 4/28/2017 5200 5/1/2017 8000 5/3/2017 2450 5/5/2017 9900 5/8/2017 12100 5/10/2017 2450 5/12/2017 6850 5/15/2017 5200 5/17/2017 8000 5/19/2017 2450 5/22/2017 9900 5/24/2017 5200 5/26/2017 12100 5/29/2017 2450 5/31/2017 6850 6/2/2017 5200 6/5/2017 8000 6/7/2017 2450 6/9/2017 9900 6/12/2017 12100 6/14/2017 2450 6/16/2017 6850 6/19/2017 5200 6/21/2017 8000 6/23/2017 2450 6/26/2017 9900 6/28/2017 5200 6/30/2017 12100 7/3/2017 2450 7/5/2017 6850 7/7/2017 5200 7/10/2017 8000 7/12/2017 2450 7/14/2017 9900 7/17/2017 12100 7/19/2017 2450 7/21/2017 6850 7/24/2017 5200 7/26/2017 8000 7/28/2017 2450 7/31/2017 9900 8/2/2017 5200 8/4/2017 12100 8/7/2017 2450 8/9/2017 6850 8/11/2017 5200 8/14/2017 8000 8/16/2017 2450 8/18/2017 9900 8/21/2017 12100 8/23/2017 2450 8/25/2017 6850 8/28/2017 5200 8/30/2017 8000 9/1/2017 2450 9/4/2017 9900 9/6/2017 5200 9/8/2017 12100 9/11/2017 2450 9/13/2017 6850 9/15/2017 5200 9/18/2017 8000 9/20/2017 2450 9/22/2017 9900 9/25/2017 12100 9/27/2017 2450 9/29/2017 6850 10/2/2017 5200 10/4/2017 8000 10/6/2017 2450 10/9/2017 9900 10/11/2017 5200 10/13/2017 12100 10/16/2017 2450 10/18/2017 6850 10/20/2017 5200 10/23/2017 8000 10/25/2017 2450 10/27/2017 9900 10/30/2017 12100 (via Walt Salmaniw, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DXLD) Note there is some pattern here in the order of frequency usage, but not absolute. All the dates are M/W/F. I have put a space between each week (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ALBANIA [non]. Radio Tirana in English and French: from Monday on also on SW from Kall: French 1830-1900 UT on 6005 kHz English 1900-1930 UT on 6005 kHz German 1930-2000 UT on 6005 and 3985 kHz Posted by: (Christian Milling, April 22, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Welcome back to R Tirana English on shortwave It was good to hear R Tirana back on shortwave in English at 1900 UT on 6005 kHz via the transmitter at Kall. Many thanks to shortwaveservice for making this happen! Reception was only fair (at best) due to heavy QRM from Brother Stair via Bulgaria on 6000 kHz. It's slightly unfortunate that shortwaveservice has scheduled both Slovakia and Tirana in French at the same time of 1830 UT on 3985 kHz and 6005 kHz respectively, and then Slovakia and Tirana in English at the same time of 1900 UT on 3985 and 6005 respectively. Would be much better if Slovakia was in English whilst Tirana was in French at one half hour slot, and then vice-versa for the second half hour slot (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, April 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Reception started out poor to fair using the U. Twente SDR receiver for the three language broadcasts but improved some minutes into the English broadcast. Using USB helped a bit to avoid the QRM from 6000 kHz. Nice to hear the Radio Tirana interval signal once again. – (Richard Langley, ibid.) Anyone know the English to North America schedule? (Chris Lobdell, MA, Sent from my iPhone, NASWA yg via DXLD) Sorry Chris - the 1900 UT airing for Europe (via Kall) is the only transmission at present (Alan Roe, ibid.) Too bad, hopefully they will transmissions to North America soon! (- Chris Lobdell, ibid.) Dear Drita and Laura, I am writing this message (translated into Italian so it could also be understood by Laura of the Italian section) to inform you that Christian Milling of shortwaveservice.com accepted my proposal of relaying, via their Kall Krekel shortwave transmitter site, the Italian programme of Radio Tirana, at 1800 UT on 6005 kHz. Best regards, Antonello Napolitano, Editor of DX Fanzine Buongiorno Signora Laura, Scrivo questo messaggio (anche in inglese) per informarla che Christian Milling, di shortwaveservice.com (Azienda privata tedesca che possiede una stazione ad onde corte) ha accolto la mia proposta di ritrasmettere tramite la loro stazione di Kall Krekel in Germania, il programma italiano di Radio Tirana, alle 1800 UT (Le 2000 in Italia) su 6005 kHz. Cordiali saluti, Antonello Napolitano, Redattore responsabile di DX Fanzine (via Drita Çiço, RTSH, April 26, WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DXLD) So the expanded schedule is: On 6005: 1800 Italian, 1830 French, 1900 English, 1930 German. 1930 also on 3985 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn, Thanks for putting Christian in touch re Tirana. We have worked out the technical details. Do you think 2300 UTC on 5850 would be good? (Jeff White, WRMI, April 26, WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Jeff, If you can confirm a time and start date (daily except Sundays?), I can mention it on upcoming WOR. So that would replace the AWR Cuba broadcast? 5850 should be good as far as here, but that early in the summer, 7570 would reach further across the continent. I assume we are talking about Tirana`s English broadcast only (Glenn to Jeff, via DXLD) Well, we could start with 5850 at 2300 and then see what becomes available. Yes, it would replace AWR Cuba at that hour. I don't know which day we will start yet, but I will coordinate this with Christian. Maybe May 1. Yes, English only, Monday-Saturday (Jeff White, WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Since R. Tirana can no longer broadcast on SW direct from Albania, glad that a relay via WRMI is being arranged, something I have been advocating since last year (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WRMI TO BEGIN RELAY OF RADIO TIRANA Recently Radio Tirana in Albania ended its broadcasts on shortwave. Radio Tirana's programs were legendary during the years of the Cold War, when it was one of the strongest signals on the shortwave bands. Its programming is entirely different now in a free Albania, but the signal was quite poor in recent years, at least in the Americas. Now, WRMI will be relaying Radio Tirana's daily English program Monday-Saturday at 2300 UTC on 5850 kHz to North America, beginning today, April 27, 2017 (WRMI fb via gh, DXLD) Oops, a no-show on that date, mostly dead air or World Music fill. Problem with mp2 file. OK next day except late *2301.5 (gh, DXLD) ** ALBANIA. ALL FREQUENCIES OF CHINA RADIO VIA ALBANIA CONFIRMED In contrast to the HFCC entries for the relay station of China Radio International in Mali, all CRI frequencies via Cerrik are on the air as scheduled and registered. 0000-0400: 6020 9570 (300 kW, 305 ) English. 0200 Chinese 0500-0700: 5985 (150 kW, 240 ) 9590 (150 kW, 140 ) 11775 (150 kW, 240 ) Arabic 0500-0700: 11710 (150 kW, 140 ) English (170415) 0700-0900: 11855 (150 kW, 310 ) Chinese 0700-0900: 13710 (150 kW, 310 ) English 0900-1000: 7285 9460 (150 kW, nd) Romanian 1100-1300: 13665 (150 kW, 310 ) English 1100-1200: 7220 (150 kW, nd) Bulgarian 1200-1300: 7345 (150 kW, nd) Serbian 1400-1600: 11920 13670 (150 kW, 240 ) French 1500-1600: 7345 9565 (150 kW, nd) Turkish 1600-1800: 5970 7380 (150 kW, 330 ) German 1600-1800: 9555 (150 kW, 140 ) 11725 (150 kW, 240 ) Arabic 1800-2000: 5970 (150 kW, 330 ) 6055 (150 kW, 240 ) 9480 (150 kW, 310 ) 11695 (150 kW, 240 ) French 2000-2200: 5960 7285 (150 kW, 310 ) English 2000-2200: 6185 (150 kW, 193 ) 7215 (150 kW, 140 ) Arabic 2200-2400: 6175 (150 kW, 280 ) Portuguese. 2300 Spanish 2200-2400: 7210 (150 kW, 280 ) Spanish Reception at http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/ was no problem (Dr. Hansjoerg Biener, 25 April 2017, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANDORRA. Christoph Ratzer says: "Only 36 years after listening, here the picture from my AWR Andorra QSL, the story in A-DX". The story is also here [below]. For those of you not familiar with the German language, use Google for translation. We hope he soon will manage to get a verification for country no. 200. Keep on ===== (R e d a k t i o n: Thomas Nilsson, SW Bulletin Apr 23 via DXLD) Viz.: Christoph Ratzer (via A-DX): Eine kleine DX-Geschichte… Im Februar 1981 kaufte ich mir vom ersten selbst verdienten Geld den ersten „großen“ Kurzwellenempfänger. Lange Zeit hatte ich die beliebte FRG Reihe im Auge, eigentlich wäre der FGR 7 doch genau das Richtige - doch dann kam allerdings die neue „Funk“ mit einem Testbericht von Nils Schiffhauer über den R-1000 von Kenwood. Dieser Empfänger wurde nach sorgfältiger Abwägung bei der Firma Böck in Graz bestellt und war Anfang Februar in Salzburg. Damit startete mein DX Hobby. Ich hörte in den ersten Wochen „Tag & Nacht“, ein Logbuch mußte natürlich auch sofort geführt werden und vieles wurde mit dem ITT Rekorder aufgenommen. Immer nur kurze Mitschnitte zur vollen Stunde, getrennt durch das Weckersignal meiner Weltzeituhr. Klappe ausgezeichnet. Die Jahre gingen ins Land, die Stationen wurden damals ja nicht weniger, die Zeit fürs Hobby durch Ausbildung, Bundesheer und Reisen allerdings oft zu knapp, was ich ja „später“ mal aufholen wollte, das ja grundsätzlich gut funktioniert hat. Irgendwann stellt man fest dass die eigene QSL-Sammlung ja schon sehr stattlich ist, knapp über 180 Länder (nur BC!) bestätigt, aber die 200 Länder, wie sie mancher „Top-DXer“ hat, ja die wird man wohl nicht mehr erreichen können. Doch durch die Mittelwelle taten sich hier viele neue Möglichkeiten auf, und so waren es in wenigen Jahren nun 195. Aber wie die 200 erreichen… Natürlich war El Salvador letzten November eine Großtat für mich, dazu ebenso unerwartet Angola, die dem Austrianer nie gesinnt waren, also nun 197! Und dann hörte ich im von mir recht geschätzten DX-Programm von AWR über eine „Last-QSL“ Aktion des unermüdlichen Adrian M. Peterson von AWR. Dieser hatte im Rahmen des „Grand Finale DX Contest“ für nur wenige Wochen eine Postfachadresse veröffentlicht an die man seine „unbestätigten“ Berichte schicken kann. Gute Idee, da sollte ich doch mal wirklich alles was ich von AWR zwar mitgeschrieben oder aufgenommen aber nie berichtet habe einschicken, der gute Mann freut sich sicher darüber. Und erst der DXer! Zufällig gleichzeitig hatte ich angefangen meine nicht zu überblickende Anzahl an DXKassetten zu digitalisieren. Und natürlich mit den ersten Aufnahmen begonnen. Und dort fand ich eine Aufnahme „Andorra, 6220, 23.3.81“ stand am Beiblatt mit Bleistift hingezeichnet, gerade so groß wie die Zeilengröße, also heute praktisch unlesbar klein. Aber da hatte ich doch schon mein Logbuch…. Nach nur wenigen Tagen hatte ich dieses gefunden und tatsächlich, Eintrag Nr. 8 „AWR Andorra, 23.3.81, 19.00, 6220, 53453, relig. Programm, D, Bericht ab 30.3. QSL an —„ Und den Mitschnitt hatte ich auch, da könnte man doch einen Bericht mitschicken! Dazu in den nächsten Tagen alle Artikel aus meinem wwh Archiv gesucht, damit war klar warum auch keine Antwort aus Andorra kam, der Sender wurde ja wenige Tage später wohl aus politischen Gründen abgeschaltet. Die Artikel auch alle kopiert, dazu eine CD des Mitschnitts, und so ging ein dickes Paket im September auf die Reise nach Indiana. Und heute lag ein noch dickeres Paket in meinem Postfach! Darin wunderschöne QSL Karten, detailreich ausgefüllt, mit den schönen AWR Marken versehen, alles was mein Herz erfreut, KSDA-Guam, Nauen, Madagaskar, Moosbrunn, Sri Lanka, Südafrika und, ja die Bestätigung von Andorra aus 1981! Diese Karte ist eine ganz besondere Erinnerung an meine Anfangszeit als DXer und ein großartiger Beweis von DX-Freundschaft wie Adrian Peterson sie mit seinen Hörern pflegt. Und dazu ganz nebenbei mein 198. Radioland. Wann wird wohl Nr. 200 in meinem Logbuch stehen? Die Karte gibt es auf ratzer.at und unserer Facebookseite zu sehen. 73 (Christoph http://ratzer.at http://remotedx.wordpress.com ibid.) [Google translation, improved by gh:] Christoph Ratzer (via A-DX): A little DX story ... In February 1981, I bought the first "big" shortwave receiver from my first self-earned money. For a long time I had the popular FRG series in mind, actually the FRG 7 would be just the right thing - but then came the new "Funk" with one Test report by Nils Schiffhauer about the R-1000 from Kenwood. This receiver was ordered from the Böck firm in Graz after careful consideration and was in Salzburg at the beginning of February. So started my DX hobby. In the first few weeks I listened "Day & Night"; a logbook had to be made immediately and many things were recorded with the ITT recorder, always only short recordings on the full hour, separated by the alarm signal of my world time clock. The years went by in the country, the stations were then no less, the time for the hobby due to training, the army and travels, however, was often too tight, what I wanted to catch up at "later" times, which basically worked well. At some point, you realize that your own QSL collection is already very handsome, just over 180 countries (only BC!) confirmed, but 200 countries, as some "Top-DXer" has, you will probably not reach any more. But on medium wave many new possibilities arose, and so it was in a few years now 195. But how to reach the 200 ... Of course El Salvador last November was a big thing for me, as well as unexpectedly Angola, who were never known to Austrians, 197 now! And then I heard in the AWR's highly respected DX program about a "Last-QSL" action by the tireless Adrian M. Peterson of AWR, who had published a mailbox address for only a few weeks as part of the "Grand Final DX Contest" But I'm not sure if it's a good idea, whether to send an original report or a follow-up. By coincidence at the same time, I had started to digitize my number of DX cassettes. And of course started with the first recordings. And there I found a recording "Andorra, 6220, 23.3.81" stood on the supplement with pencil, just as large as the line size, thus today practically unreadably small. But since I had already my logbook .... After only a few days I had found this and indeed, entry no. 8 "AWR Andorra, 23.3.81, 19.00, 6220, 53453, religious. Program, D, Report from 30.3. QSL - " And I had the recording, too, so I could send a report! In the next days, all the articles from my WWH archives were searched, so that was clear why no reply came from Andorra, the transmitter was shut off only a few days later, for political reasons. The articles were also all copied, plus a CD of the recording, and so went a fat package in September on the trip to Indiana. And today there was an even thicker package in my mailbox! In it, beautiful QSL cards, fully detailed, with the beautiful AWR brands, everything my heart pleased, KSDA-Guam, Nauen, Madagascar, Moosbrunn, Sri Lanka, South Africa and, yes the confirmation of Andorra from 1981! This card is a very special reminder of my early days as a DXer and a great proof of DX friendship that Adrian Peterson cultivates with his listeners. And by the way my 198th Radioland. When is the number 200 in my logbook? Cards are available on ratzer.at and our Facebook page. 73 (Christoph http://ratzer.at http://remotedx.wordpress.com ibid. via WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DXLD) ** ANGOLA. 4949.75, Radio Nacional, Mulenvos, 1857-1930, 21-04, African songs, at 1900 time signals, ID "Rádio Nacional de Angola, Portuguese, news, comments. 14321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante and Lugo, Tecsun PL-880, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANTARCTICA. 15476, LRA 36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, Base Esperanza, 1918-1940, 21-04, female, Spanish, comments, songs. Very weak, barely audible, best on USB. 14321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante and Lugo, Tecsun PL-880, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ARGENTINA. 1710, 4.3 0027, L… AM 1710 Selva, Buenos Aires. (1709.820) Kommer fortfarande igenom (AN, (Arctic Radio Club mv-eko 13 March, 2017, via DXLD) 1710 kHz, 21.3 0506, R Selva, Partido de la Matanza, Buenos Aires. Varierar lite i split, denna gång (1709.805) (Fredrik Dourén, Arctic Radio Club mv-eko 10 April via DXLD) 1710, 25.3 0431 L.., R Selva, Buenos Aires. ID:ar nu med ”Radio Selva AM 1710” (1709.814). Har gått förunderligt ofta, t.o.m. på min 300 gr antenn (AN, Arctic Radio Club mv-eko 27 March via WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DXLD) I start or end my MW bandscans on 1710 as there are a few TIS or pirates there, but nothing yet, nor this, which is probably a pirate too. But it pays to keep checking this `open` channel (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DXLD) ** ARGENTINA [non]. WRMI TO BEGIN RELAYS OF RAE ARGENTINA --- As of May 2, 2017, WRMI is pleased to begin relaying the daily programs in English and Spanish from RAE (Radiodifusión Argentina al Exterior, Argentina to the World) Monday-Friday. RAE is the foreign service of Argentine National Radio from Buenos Aires. Relay schedule will be: SPANISH: Monday to Friday 2200 to 2300 UT on 5950 kHz **Vía WRMI ENGLISH: Tuesday to Saturday UT 0100 to 0200 UT on 9395 **Vía WRMI ATTENTION: Reception reports for these transmissions that are sent to RAE via postal mail will be confirmed with a special numbered QSL card. WRMI Radio Miami International (WRMI FB April 27 via DXLD) ** ARMENIA. 4810, Armenian Public Radio, Gavar, 1830-1845, 23-04, Armenian songs, Arabic comments. 24322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante and Lugo, Tecsun PL-880, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ASCENSION. RESULTS OF A MONITORING PROJECT ASCENSION / BBC WORLD SERVICE IN ENGLISH dates: 17 to 23 April, schedule: according to HFCC equipment: http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/ The first point of interest: Compared with the winter schedule 2016/17 the power used was decreased from 250 to 125 kW. Only three frequencies (marked by an asterisk) still have 250 kW. 0500-0700: 6005 (*250 kW, 27 ) 0500-0600: 5875 (125 kW, 65 ) 5925 (125 kW, 114 ) 0600-0700: 7445 (125 kW, 65 ) 0700-0800: 9915 (125 kW, 27 ) 11770 (125 kW, 55 ) 12095 (125 kW, 65 ) 1600-1800: 17830 (125 kW, 85 , 1700 65 ) 1600-1700: 17640 (125 kW, 115 ) 1700-2000: 15400 (125 kW, 27 ) 1700-1800: 17780 (125 kW, 65 ) 1800-2200: 11810 (125 kW, 65 , 2100 *250 kW), Sa Su to 2100 1800-1900: 13660 (125 kW, 55 ) 1900-2000: 17745 (*250 kW, 70 ) 2000-2200: 12095 (125 kW, 27 ), Sa Su to 2100 2100-2200: 9915 (125 kW, 65 ) Mo-Fr (unchecked) All checked frequencies were confirmed except 17745 kHz (1900-2000). It seemed that the transmitter on 13660 kHz (1800-1900) had technical problems. In the morning, 6005 kHz (0500-0700) proved to be the best frequency both in strength and reliability. At least one of the three frequencies at 0700 h was audible with fair strength. In the afternoon and evening, 15400 kHz (1700-2000) and 12095 kHz (2000-2200) were the most reliable frequencies. Some of the others were also audible with up to fair strength. In summa: Compared to a similar project one year ago, the direction of the transmission (27 ) now matters more. As a general rule, you would still find an Ascension frequency for the World Service audible, but there is a decreasing availability of the BBC World Service on shortwave in Europe (Dr Hansjoerg Biener, 23 April 2017, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also UK Woofferton; UAE ** AUSTRALIA. Re: Coming Soon 5055 kHz Innisfail-Qld., who`s Stefano? Hi Mauno, Sorry for the delay in replying. In my message dated April 12th under the same subject heading I provided this news: QUOTE: b) A new potential player on the field with SW registrations for 2368.5 & 5045 kHz from Stefano Mollo from his home in Perth, WA. END QUOTE This was from research & observations within the ACMA radio frequency database. Stefano is also an Amateur Radio operator. Only other HPON observations/news I have is that I noted on April 12th that many/all(?) of the previous SW HPON licences that were held by the owner of 1620 kHz Radio 2Moro (if memory serves me correctly?) have disappeared (licence lapsed). These were the licences that were sold by Craig Allen (OzyRadio) (Ian, Apr 22, shortwavesites yg via DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. A DUMB OZ DECISION IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC --- 24 Apr 2017| Graeme Dobell The Strategist, Australian Strategic Policy Insitute https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/dumb-oz-decision-south-pacific/ The decision of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to end shortwave broadcasts to the South Pacific is a serious blunder, based on a shrinking, insular view of ABC responsibilities. The ABC should be embarrassed that 31 January marked the end of eight decades of Australian shortwave to the Islands. Overturning that lousy policy call — with an annual price tag of only $2 to $3 million — should provide the opportunity for the ABC to halt its exit from the South Pacific and start rebuilding. It would be a chance to recognise that the broad policy trend is wrong. A rebuild should dictate more communications muscle of all sorts— shortwave, FM and digital in all its cascading dimensions — plus lots more ABC reporting staff and much more work to re-engage with media across the Islands. The ABC should return to the centre of the South Pacific media landscape, not shrink towards the exit. And the rebuild should have a special focus on Papua New Guinea. The ABC killed shortwave based on a penny-pinching false dichotomy between shortwave or FM. The chant was ‘shortwave old, FM new’. The choice is dumb because it misunderstands the central role radio still plays in the South Pacific. Only an organisation that’s spent the last decade withdrawing resources from the South Pacific would’ve been trapped into choosing between shortwave and FM transmitters. Shortwave speaks to a whole country while FM’s more limited reach means it covers the capital or a region. Both services are essential in the South Pacific because radio is vital to the life of the Islands. The extent of the ABC’s error is detailed by submissions to the Senate Inquiry, aimed at forcing the ABC to resume shortwave transmission. Note the letter from the Prime Minister of Vanuatu, Charlot Salwai, on this ‘strange’ ABC decision that could cost many lives in the South Pacific: ‘Our experience during Cyclone Pam [in 2015] is that some of the most reliable and comprehensive early warnings and post-disaster information came from Radio Australia’s shortwave service. Australian shortwave assisted communities to prepare for, survive and recover from a terrible natural disaster. For us it is not outdated technology at all. It is appropriate and ‘fit-for-purpose’ and an important means to inform and safeguard Ni-Vanuatu people. Vanuatu values its close association with Australia at so many levels yet this strange decision by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to end shortwave services to our region seems at odds with the recently strongly-stated goals of the Australian Government to help improve disaster preparedness and risk management in our region.’ The Foreign Minister, Julie Bishop, was right to point to Pacific ‘concern’. Her ‘please explain’ to the ABC was too polite, given the damage the ABC is inflicting on Oz interests. The decision on shortwave isn’t an ABC aberration, but a logical step in the Corporation’s shredding of its important place in the life of the South Pacific. The ABC is casting off Australia’s central media responsibility in the Islands and destroying an important instrument of Oz assistance, influence and soft power. For the past decade, the ABC has been hacking away at its international service, Radio Australia (RA) — particularly the important job RA does as a daily journal of record for the whole South Pacific. Why has the ABC been cutting lose from its historic role in the South Pacific? Partly, because the Islands and Islanders — obviously — aren’t a domestic Oz constituency. Indeed, the Senate inquiry got going because killing shortwave hurt Australians in remote parts of Oz. There’s no big domestic constituency for good foreign policy — but the nation pays for bad foreign policy. That’s why phrases as varied as ‘national interest’ and ‘good international citizen’ should be more than just slogans for the Oz polity. On this one, the ABC Board — an important part of the polity — lost sight of Oz interests in its own region. Embracing the future, the ABC is busy jumping on all sorts of platforms to deliver content to multiple audiences (radio is old school, audio pumps out on everything). By all means, give the South Pacific what it needs on lots of platforms. But shortwave is still a platform that matters in the Islands (and across northern Australia) however much it might seem to be a legacy system in the cities of Oz. The Senate inquiry offers the ABC Board and ABC Management the chance to rethink. This isn’t about ABC independence. It’s about changing a bad decision. Just as you should never let a good crisis go to waste, so a policy U-turn is the moment to rethink and redo poor policy. Beyond a U-turn on shortwave, the ABC needs a fresh, bigger vision of what it must do in the South Pacific. Ever ready to help, the next column will offer some views on that vision. Author Grame [sic] Dobell is the ASPI journalist fellow (via Bruce MacGibbon, WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DXLD) ** BANGLADESH. Reception of Radio Bangladesh Betar on April 20 1515-1545 on 15505 DKA 250 kW / 305 deg to SoAs Hindi, weak: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/reception-of-radio-bangladesh-betar-on.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BERMUDA. Re: 07-26-2009, 09:46 PM #1 Location Pembroke Pines, FL ZBM 89.1: My voice as DX --- Well it was suggested that I post this, now that I have Total Recorder (thanx to all who egged me on --- this is much easier than I thought it would be). For your entertainment & amusement, here is my phone call to ZBM 89.1 Bermuda's afternoon call- in show. cd`` 04-24-2017, 09:28 AM #5 Location Pembroke Pines, FL, USA After waiting so long, I uploaded the clip to YouTube. It is in more "detail" than the original clip, although audio not as good, due to smartphone. Forward to 7:00 if you wish not to listen to all of it. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jRaFvTao8V0 cd (Chris Dunne, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) ** BOTSWANA. Results of a monitoring project Moepeng Hill/VoA English dates: 21 to 25 April schedule: according to HFCC equipment: http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/ In late April I checked the audibility of VoA English in Europe. I used the data of the HFCC, because the schedule on the VoA website http://www.voanews.com/p/6212.html still dates back to 3 November 2015. The main result is that the VoA Botswana relay is faithfully providing reception in Europe as it has done since going on the air in 1991. 0300-0700: 15580 (100 kW, 350 ) improving 0300-0600: 4930 (100 kW, 20 ) unheard 0300-0400: 6080 (100 kW, 350 ) reliable 1400-2200: 15580 (100 kW, 350 ) reliable, starting to fade at around 1900 h, includes 1630-1700 Mo-Fr Amharic 1400-1700: 4930 (100 kW, 20 ) unheard 1400-1600: 6080 (100 kW, 350 ) dominated by R. Mi Amigo 6085 kHz 1500-1600: 17530 (100 kW, 10 ) reliable 1630-1700: 6080 (100 kW, 350 ) dominated by R. Mi Amigo 6085 kHz 1830-2100: 4930 (100 kW, 20 ) Sa So starting at 1800, variable 2000-2200: 6195 (100 kW, 10 ) reliable (Dr Hansjoerg Biener, 25 April 2017, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. Rádio Bandeirantes SP --- Acredito que os transmissores da Rádio Bandeirantes emudeceram [have been silenced] para sempre ("Luiz Chaine Neto", April 26, radioescutas yg via DXLD) 6090v, 9645v, 11925v ** BRAZIL. Concerning the absence of 6180/11780 kHz it might be of interest that the facility has also a 600 kW mediumwave transmitter, acc. to the latest announcement of details, made years ago, run at night with 230 kW on 980 kHz. However, already then they used during daytime another site for this frequency. So an observation that 980 kHz is unaffected still does not say much. And in 2010 there had been reports about a planned modernization of the whole facility. But obviously this led to nothing, at least for shortwave (Kai Ludwig, April 23, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Ondas curtas da Rádio Nacional da Amazônia --- Mais uma emissora de ondas curtas sai do ar definitivamente. A Rádio Nacional da Amazônia desativou as ondas curtas de 49m 6180 kHz e de 25m 11780 kHz para economizar energia, segundo diretoria da EBC. Triste e lamentável porque serviam muitos ouvintes no meio da mata amazônica. É o que há por hoje (Luiz Chaine Neto, Limeira SP, 22-4-2017, radioescutas yg via DXLD) Foi criada lá pela década de 70 para ser instrumento de integração nacional. Muita coisa mudou, porém nos rincões a internet não chegou ainda, e deve demorar pois se não há retorno financeiro, não há interesse. Isso vale para as emissoras privadas, mas não deveria ser parâmetro para a estatal. O sertanejo isolado, o pescador a beira do igarapé. Esses não terão mais importância ao seu país!!! (rozek, ibid.) Boa tarde a todos os amigos Radioescutas, Isto é um absurdo! Vamos agora deixar que os Brasileiros da Amazônia fiquem sabendo do que acontece no Brasil, apenas via emissoras de Ondas Curtas de outros países? Recomendo a todos que façam o que eu acabei de escrever --- entrem no setor de mensagens do Facebook da Presidência da República do Brasil, e deixem o seu comentário contra a medida. https://www.facebook.com/Presid%C3%AAncia-da-Republica-do-Brasil-327962690628020/ Um abraço a todos, 73`s (Wilson Siqueira, Jacareí, SP, ibid.) Olá, Luiz e demais amigos, De onde vc obteve a informação de que tiraram a RNA do ar para economia de energia? Pesquisando no Google achei aqui. Raios atingiram subestação que abastece transmissores: http://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/geral/noticia/2017-03/radio-nacional-da-amazonia-esta-fora-do-ar-apos-problema-em-subestacao Abraço (Lucio Haeser, Brasília, ibid.) Boa noite, o que sei segundo o eng da EBC lá do Rodeador --- o governo não pagou a conta de energia, nada foi desativado, pois se trata de um servico de interesse nacional, abcs (Ariovaldo Lobrito, Apr 23, ibid.) Estimado Luiz Chaine. Em um log passado, eu fazia uma digressão sobre um diálogo entre a RNA-RNB com a RAE Argentina, em que a 1a. dizia para a 2a.: "Eu sou você amanhã!" Outras seguirão o mesmo caminho. Boas escutas, (José Ronaldo Xavier, PB, ibid.) Interessante que se pesquise antes de postarem informações errôneas acerca da RNA. O que na realidade aconteceu foi problema na subestação de energia elétrica que alimenta os TX de OC da RNA. Vejam o link: Rádio Nacional da Amazônia está fora do ar após problema em subestação ("João Ricardo Bergamini", PY4TW, ibid.) Prezados, Consegui sintonizar a RNA aqui na beira da baia de Osaka na antena telescópica do Icom ICR 20; este ano tentei, mais não consegui, agora só no inverno que vem em novembro. Pra um escutador de rádio, não tem sensação melhor escutar alguns minutos da programação aqui no Japao. Sds (Geraldo, Osaka periferia, ibid.) Caro João, Inicialmente foi a economia de energia sobre o silêncio das ondas curtas; depois foi o governo que não pagou a conta. Agora fico sabendo que são os raios que atingiram a subestação. O que acho interessante é que os raios não atingem os transmissores de ondas médias, nem o de frequência modulada. Em todo caso, vamos esperar a volta delas, pois sou ouvinte assíduo no noticioso da emissora. Menos mal. Forte 73 (Luiz Chaine Neto, Limeira SP, 24-4-2017, ibid.) ** BRAZIL. 15190.1, R. Inconfidência, Belo Horizonte MG, 2216-..., 21/4, canções; 35443. Desde que o sinal deslizou de 15190 para 15190.1, a sua intensidade aumentou, excluindo os momentos em que há QRM, e a estação é captada durante quase todo o dia (Carlos Gonçalves, SW Coast of Portugal, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BULGARIA. NETHERLANDS [non]. SECRETLAND, Powerful signal of Mighty KBC Radio via SPL Secretbrod on April 22 1500-1600 on 9400 SCB 100 kW / 306 deg to WeEu The Giant Jukebox, plus 2nd harmonic 18800 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/powerful-signal-of-mighty-kbc-radio-via_23.html Powerful signal of From the Isle of Music via SPL, April 23 1500-1600 on 9400 SCB 100 kW / 030 deg to EaEu English plus 2nd harmonic on 18800: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/powerful-signal-of-from-isle-of-music_23.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BULGARIA. HFCC lists two transmissions from Kostinbrod for the BBC. Ivo Ivanov confirms my monitoring, that the English programme is not on the air: 0230-0330: 7325 (100 kW, 90 ) Farsi (until 20. September) 1800-1900: 11685 (200 kW, 156 ) no BBC World Service in Englisch (Ivo Ivanov, Dr Hansjoerg Biener, 25 April 2017, DX LISTENING DIGEST) SECRETLAND, Unscheduled broadcast of Brother HySTAIRical via SPL on April 25 1145-1157 on 9400 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs strong open carrier/dead air & hum 1157-1205 on 9400 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs English BS/TOM + 2nd harmonic 18800 kHz, 1205-1215 on 9400 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs strong open carrier/dead air & off * co-ch same 9400 IBA 100 kW / 330 deg to EaAs Chinese FEBC Radio very, very weak http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/unscheduled-broadcast-of-brother.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. CBC BROADCASTER REX LORING HAS DIED AT AGE 91 Legendary host was best known for his work on World Report CBC News Posted: Apr 21, 2017 9:06 PM ET Last Updated: Apr 21, 2017 10:17 PM ET http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/rex-loring-obit-1.4081053 (via Gerald T Pollard, NC, DXLD Obit, viz.: Legendary CBC broadcaster Rex Loring, best known for his work on World Report, has died. He was 91. "We are saddened to announce the passing this morning of our father, Rex Loring," his daughters Carrie and Elaine Loring said in a statement on Facebook confirmed by CBC News. Loring was a founding host of CBC Radio's World Report and stayed with the show for 20 years. Before that, he was a fixture on CBC Television. "He was the master of the cold read," Elaine Loring told CBC News by email. "While reading the news live, he would be slipped a story from a newsroom writer, in the middle of reading live on-air ... then read it, never having seen it before, perfectly. I've been told this time and time again by those who worked with him." Loring retired in 1990. His daughters said he had led a full life to the end. "Dad made it to 91 still in his own apartment, master of his own life," the Facebook statement said. The statement said Loring continued to enjoy driving, cooking, going to the pub, listening to music and watching classic movies. Loring also enjoyed cheering for the Blue Jays and busied himself doing chores and errands for others, refurbishing garage sale finds and puttering in his home studio. He was fond of "sipping on a good scotch, telling jokes and, of course, keeping up with the daily news," the statement said. Originally from the U.K. Loring was born in England in the town of Totton, Southampton, on November 25, 1925. Elaine Loring told CBC News her father was a glider pilot for the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. He was 17 when he enlisted. "He studied architecture, but his career took a different turn when he became interested in broadcasting," said Elaine. He decided to come to Canada in 1947 to pursue work opportunities, "never dreaming he would spend the bulk of his career at CBC on radio and television." Loring worked in private radio from 1949 to 1955 before joining CBC later that year. He worked on shows like Mr. Fix- It, Close-up and Tabloid. He became a Canadian citizen in 1953. Lasting legacy When he retired, Loring reflected on some of the most significant news events of his career, which included the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, early space missions and Quebec's October Crisis. Both his children worked in broadcast. Elaine became a news reporter and newscaster for CFTR Radio (now 680 News), CFRB (now NewsTalk 1010) and then to Global TV as entertainment reporter/anchor for 18 years. Carrie is a professional singer and was co-host of The Polka Dot Door for many years. Loring is also survived by three grandchildren: Kate, 25, Max, 22, and Lee, 21 (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) ** CANADA. 6070, CFRX Toronto ON (presumed); 2205, 15-Apr; Program “How it all began”; focus on human origins & creation; said that the average human has up to 7% Neanderthal DNA; also that it’s been 13.8 billion years since creation. (This is at odds with Bro. HyStairical’s claim that it’s only been 6000 years.) S9 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' & 60' RW + 125' bow-tie, ----- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! -----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHILE. 5825, R. TRIUNFAL EVANGELICA. Abril 22. 2335-2350 UT. Espacio con música evangélica pentecostal ochentera. SINPO: 45454. (Claudio Galaz, RX: TECSUN PL 660; ANT: Hilo de 40 metros de largo, QTH: Ovalle, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** CHINA. 5979, April 20 at 1227, JBA carrier indicating 15 kW PBS Gannan is still on this strange frequency instead of original 5970 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 9505, Voice of Strait (Minnan language service), 1300, April 26. Off just after the time pips; switched to 4900, which started up a matter of seconds later. 6115 also switched over to 4940 ("Voice of Taiwan Strait News Radio," as IDed on Saturdays after "Focus on China" English program [1500-1530]), which started audio at 1301. After almost three months of being on 4900, guess we can call this a permanent change of frequency (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 11635, China National Radio, 2247-2307 Apr 22, apparent jammer to Radio Taiwan International including woman announcer with Chinese talk, several audio clips of men speaking all with Chinese radio flair/style. Wasn’t sure who this was until ran into another outlet on 9685 at 2320 on Apr 24 // 11635. Fair signal (Rich D'Angelo, Wyomissing PA, Ten-Tec RX-340, Drake R-8B, Eton E1, Eton E5, Alpha Delta DX Sloper, RF Systems Mini-Windom, Datong FL3, JPS ANC-4, NASWA Flashsheet April 23 via DXLD) ** CHINA. Manutenzione Radio Cina Internazionale --- Cari amici ascoltatori, per il motivo di manutenzione, saranno sospese tra il 16 maggio e il 23 maggio prossimi le trasmissioni sulla frequenza 7265 kHz. Cordiali saluti (Sezione Italiana, Radio Cina Internazionale, April 20, via Roberto Scaglione, Sicilia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) ** CHINA [and non]. U.K.(non) From April 17 BBC Uzbek Sce is Mon-Fri, ex Daily: All frequencies jammed by CNR1, Firedrake & Chinese opera http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/from-april-17-bbc-uzbek-sce-is-mon-fri.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. > see my China mainland jamming report of >CHINESE 2320-0020 Reminds me of the big fuss made four years ago about China jamming programming in English as well. Have there been any further comments or other follow-ups on this in the meantime? It is my impression that no one cares for such matters anymore. Another example is BBC Uzbek, which just came to attention again by cutting back its radio service to Mon-Fri only: Still heavily jammed (see Ivo's Youtube uploads), just in case anything in regard to Xinjiang could be said (although at a glance that service indeed appears to strictly limit itself to a target audience in Uzbekistan). Any comment from anyone at BBC on this?? (Kai Ludwig, Germany, April 23, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [and non] /MARIANA ISL [Tinian]/PHILIPPINES 21505, RFA Chinese sce from Tinian MRA, S=9+10dB, but equal covered by wideband CNR1 program signal jammer of 20 kHz. 0455 UT April 21. 21649.996, VoA Tinang-PHL relay of Tibetan, Friday 'hopping fq', til 0500 UT stop px on April 21. CHN white noise scratching jamming still on air behind 0500 UT, 12 kHz wideband. 21660, VoA Tibetan from Tinang-PHL hopped from 21650 kHz and settled here from 0500 UT, S=9+10dB in eastern Thailand remote SDR unit. And CNR1 talk jammer followed ON AIR after 3 minutes! 21690, RFA Chinese from Tinian-MRA totally covered by China mainland scratching white noise jamming os S=9, and accompanied by CNR1 talk px at 0520 UT, 20 kHz wideband. Posted by: (Wolfgang Bueschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CONGO. 6115, Radio Congo, Brazaville, 1815-1826, 17-04, French, comments. Very weak, best on LSB. 14321. Also 1806-1823, 22-04, French, news and comments, female and male. 14321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante and Lugo, Tecsun PL-880, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [and non]. 6100, April 20 at 1229, RHC Spanish with FE CCI, presumably CRI Russian, 500 kW, 55 degrees from Beijing site during this hour. Maybe not such a good idea for RHC to activate the same frequency previously on at 0500-0700 only in English; also new on // 6060, old 6000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 5040, April 21 at 0101, RHC making evening Spanish frequency announcement, so I copy it sic in typical Soviet-style reverse disorder: 15230, 13740, 11670, 11840, 9535, 9710, 6060, and at 03-07 5040; until 0400 11760. It`s wrong/outdated! The studionix are not SWLs, even of their own station, or they would know better. 9710 is reconfirmed off (audiblizing CRI Portuguese via Kashgar), replaced by 7340, and I`m hearing this on 5040 which they think won`t be running until 0300! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) "in typical Soviet-style reverse disorder". This also used to be the traditional BBCMS house style (higher frequencies to lower). I assumed that it was because it was in ascending order of wavelength (Chris Greenway, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Chris, Maybe, but it`s not just that. Within each band in downward frequency order, the channels are given in ascending order (Glenn to Chris, ibid.) 6000 & 6145, April 23 at 0544 check of the Cuban Five RHC English frequencies: these two are just barely modulated; 6100 is fair, 5040 loud, 6060 louder with American protest/folk song (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15730. RHC. Abril 22. 2250-2300 UT. Mujer habla en francés y luego presenta una canción de Salsa. SINPO: 45343. 15730. RHC. Abril 23 [domingo]. 2230-2300 UT. ¿Servicio en esperanto? Solamente se escucha de modo leve, una portadora al aire que se entrecorta por periodos largos y se encuentra activa desde las 2242 en adelante. Desde las 2251, se escucha unos murmullos y desde las 2254 ¿un tema musical? (Claudio Galaz, RX: TECSUN PL 660; ANT: Hilo de 40 metros de largo, QTH: Ovalle, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) 5040, UT Monday April 24 at 0003, RHC is in Kriyol here, not Esperanto; did not have a chance to check at 2230 or 2300 on this or other frequencies, none of which had it a week ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [and non]. Correxion: I must withdraw my ``kudos`` to Arnie for avoiding collision with The Mighty KBC, the first UT Sunday after he moved RHC from 6165 to 6145. I so wanted to say something nice about him. You will recall that April 16 at 0100 I found that RHC had gone back to 6165, leaving 6145 to KBC. I did not listen to the rest of the hour, assuming that was a deliberate move to avoid interference until 0200. But a delayed report from Ken Zichi in the MARE Tipsheet shows that RHC was back on 6145 already by 0125: ``GERMANY: 6145 The Mighty KBC w/Uncle Eric's Giant Juke Box about equal with R Havana Cuba which made it pretty unpleasant to listen to, but the digital mode made it through pretty OK: Arrangement in the dining room of the Dutch ambassador's residence in Washington for Dutch Tuåp [Tulip] Days. (Sic. as received) Inline image 2, 4+353+2 kinda fluttery & serious co-channel QRM from Cuba, in EE 0125-0135 16/Apr SB-310 + randomwire--Zichi MI`` The following week on April 23, as I reported last time, RHC stayed on 6145, carrier from before 0100, for me underneath KBC modulation but atop its signal level. It was much worse for Kraig Krist in VA, who does a segment on The Giant Jukebox himself: ``6145 - Mighty KBC. 0000 UT "Dave Mason Show". S6 with static and fading. 0012 signal "improves" to S9 at times, but Dave's voice, what he is saying is difficult to understand. It's easier understanding the songs. 0034 signal S9 +10dB at times. 0053 KBC audio weakens. The signal is still S9 +10dB but something is "stepping" on the audio. At 0054 I hear singing on 6145 kHz. It's not from the Mighty KBC! 0055 the Mighty KBC is getting crushed. At 0100 I discover the cause of the interference. It's Radio Habana Cuba with their English program on 6145 kHz. From 0100 the Mighty KBC is useless on 6145! 73, (Kraig, KG4LAC, Krist, April 24, dxldyg via DXLD)`` So QSY to 9925 cannot come soon enough, but supposed to be one more week on 6145 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see NETHERLANDS [non]! ** CUBA [and non]. ENTREVISTA A MALENA NEGRÍN Y MANOLO DE LA ROSA Programa Vivir en Rusia de Radio Spuknik: "Una nueva cita con Malena y Manolo se produjo al cabo de 25 años de su partida de Moscú y se debió a una visita a La Habana del periodista de la Redacción Española (Radio Sputnik) Víctor Sújov, invitado por la Unión de Periodistas de Cuba. La pareja cubana se acuerda con nostalgia y cariño de aquellos años vividos en Moscú junto a sus dos hijos y también comparte su opinión de la vida en la Cuba contemporánea." https://mundo.sputniknews.com/radio_vivir_en_rusia/201704101068255892-matrimonio-cubano-diez-anos-vivimos-en-moscu-radio-moscu/ Saludos, (J. Carlos Mena, 73's, 25 April, noticiasdx yg via DXLD) Has slide show of three stills of them, and a play button for 21:35 http://ria.ru/aurora/flv/file.aspx?ID=49823102&type=mp3 Nothing in the text about whether they have completely retired from RHC. I then listened to the whole interview and nothing about that either, but they were really homesick, wistful for Moscú where they lived for a decade, resulting in their children being semi-Russian (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CYPRUS. Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2015 16:57:49 +0300 Subject: Cyprus Radio Scene. 2015. Dear Klaus, As promised here is some news about the radio scene on the island of Cyprus for the DSWCI magazine which I hope will be of interest to all. Here is some news about the scene of Radio on the island of Cyprus. We have had a big increase of radio stations on the FM bands since we joined the EEC. The main broadcaster is the state one. Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation/CYBC/PIK. All the towns are served on FM and Medium Wave. We have channel 1 in Greek, Channel 2 Mutli lingual station in Greek, Turkish, and Armenian. Channel 4 in Greek. There is no more the short wave service via the BBC over the week ends since 2011. Also Radio Bayrak from Northern Cyprus are off short wave 6150 khz for some time too. There are many stations on FM catering for all tastes of music and news. Such as Antenna FM, Energy FM, Kanali 6, Kiss FM, Klik FM, Orthodox Church Radio, Radio Athina, Radio Proto, Russian Wave, Sports FM, Super FM etc. So BBC medium Wave station 1323 kHz from Zygi is no longer on the air since March 24 th 2015. Zygi near Limassol. In addition we have Radio Sawa in Arabic from Cape Greco near Larnaca on 990 kHz. Beaming to the Arab world, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon etc. A powerful signal. Also strong is Radio Monte Carlo in French and Arabic 1232 kHz from Cape Greco too. From 0200 to 2115 UT. 600 kW of power. British Forces Services Known as BFBS with also relays of the BBC Radio 1 shows, in all the main towns serving British personal on the island and UN peace forces. From Northern Cyprus there is also a big increase of broadcasting on all bands. Radio Bayrak, the national and international carrier. I have contact with esteemed tech director of the station, Mr Mustafa Tosun a keen radio amateur and SWL. Programmes are in Turkish, Greek, Arabic and German for their 3 services on FM. They issue fantastic QSL cards on their FM stations. Om Simon - Peter Liehr, Germany and DSWCI member has a few and also paid a visit to the Radio Bayrak radio station as early as February 2015. So this is the scene of radio broadcasting on the island of Cyprus. Regards, 73,s (Costa Constantinides, Limassol, Cyprus, via Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD) ** DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 1640, 1.3 0200, HIC80 R Juventus Don Bosco, Santo Domingo med rel mx, gick ganska bra en stund. (1639,991). TN [See also USA: 1640] 1670 1.3 0201 HIC81 LV de Yuna, Bonao med ID. (1669,993) TN (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, Arctic Radio Club mv-eko 13 March, 2017, via DXLD) ** EAST TURKISTAN. 5060, 4980, 4850, 4500, April 20 at 1224, JBA carriers, all correlating with the four domestic language services of PBS Xinjiang, Urumqi. 4850 is a bit stronger, rather than Chinese 5060. All barely detectable vs S9+10 local line noise level on 59-66m. These run November-April only, per WRTH, replaced May-October by frequencies in the 7, 9 and 11 MHz bands (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ECUADOR. 6050. DER NEUE KURZWELLENSENDER IN QUITO. Liebe Freunde der Andenstimme, nachdem am 31. Dezember 2016 unsere deutschsprachigen Sendungen aus Quito verstummten, sind wir Mitarbeiter immer noch gut beschaeftigt und koennen uns ueber Langeweile nicht beklagen! Wie im letzten Infobrief vom Maerz versprochen, moechte ich einige Zeilen ueber unseren neuen Kurzwellensender schreiben. Unser alter Kurzwellensender wurde immer anfaelliger. Erschwerend kam hinzu, dass es immer schwieriger wurde, Ersatzteile zu bekommen. Ingenieur Tim Zook, der den Sender am besten kennt, hat die Troedelmaerkte im Internet durchforstet, um das eine oder andere Ersatzteil zu ergattern. Daher habe ich mich schon seit Jahren nach einem neuen Sender umgeschaut. Die Ergebnisse waren ernuechternd: die Preise lagen im Rahmen des Kaufpreises eines grosszuegigen Einfamilienhauses. Der neue Sender - von HCJB Ingenieuren entwickelt ... Die US-amerikanische Missionsorganisation SonSet (das fruehere Technologiezentrum von Radio HCJB) stellt auch Sender her und hatte uns ein Angebot gemacht, das in unserem finanziellen Rahmen lag. Die grosse Frage war: wird dieser Sender mit nur einem Kilowatt Sendeleistung die Region Ecuador, Peru und Kolumbien abdecken? Aber wie heisst es so schoen: lieber den Spatz in der Hand, als die Taube auf dem Dach. Mitte Januar haben wir uns entschieden, den Sender zu ordern. Am Abend des 22. Februar landete Tim Zook mit mehreren Koffern in Quito, worin sich die einzelnen Komponenten des Senders befanden. Schon am naechsten Tag wurde er ausgepackt und gemeinsam bestaunt und geschaut, ob er die Reise gut ueberstanden hat. GOTT hat den Ueberblick ... Im Januar 2017 kam Ingenieur Hartmut Goller aus Deutschland, um im technischen Bereich bei Radio HCJB zu helfen. Er hatte sich bei dem DMG 50+ Programm beworben, das Ruhestaendler in weltweite Missionseinsaetze vermittelt. Zu der Zeit hatten wir noch nicht vor, den Sender zu bestellen. Aber GOTT hat es so gefuehrt, dass der gebuertige Schwabe gerade hier war, als der Sender auf Quitos Hausberg, dem Pichincha installiert wurde. Hartmut hatte es durch seine langjaehrige Berufserfahrung in der Hochfrequenztechnik geschafft, den neuen Sender auf 4000 Hoehenmeter zu trimmen. Feinabstimmung - und: er laeuft zuverlaessig! Nach dem der Sender einige Tagen im 24-Stunden Testbetrieb einwandfrei lief, konnte Ingenieur Tim Zook beruhigt wieder nach Hause fliegen. Sogar aus Europa bekamen wir Empfangsberichte von Kurzwellenhoerern. In nur zwei Wochen war alles installiert und wir als Team sind GOTT aeusserst dankbar, dass er das Gelingen, den perfekt abgestimmten Zeitplan und die Mitarbeiter zur rechten Zeit geschenkt hat. Danken moechte ich insbesondere den Ingenieuren Milton Pumisacho, Tim Zook, Geoff Kooistra und Hartmut Goller. Beteiligen Sie sich an diesem Projekt! Der Sender wurde der Andenstimme nicht geschenkt, sondern die Mission "Reach Beyond", frueher HCJB, hat ihn fuer uns vorfinanziert. Daher moechten wir zu Spenden fuer das Indianerradio aufrufen. Sie finden in der Fusszeile die Bankverbindungen, wo Sie ihre Spende einzahlen koennen. Selbstverstaendlich stellt die DMG eine Spendenbescheinigung aus. Wir danken herzlich im Voraus. GOTT segne Sie fuer Ihre Spende! Aus Quito gruesst Sie im Namen des Andens mmenteam, Ihr Horst Rosiak. [...] Die Spendenkontoverbindung war in der Mail nicht erkennbar, vielleicht kann das nochmals genannt werden. Unsere Arbeit finanziert sich nur ueber freiwillige Spenden. Wir erhalten keine Unterstuetzung von einer Kirche oder Regierung. Deshalb sind wir fuer jeden Euro, Franken, Dollar, Pesos, Reais oder Pfund dankbar. Weiterhin koennen Sie uns mit Ihrer Spende ueber die DMG finanziell unterstuetzen. Selbstverstaendlich erhalten Sie fuer das Finanzamt eine Spendenbescheinigung aus Deutschland, dafuer braucht die DMG Ihre komplette Adresse. Danke, wenn Sie uns helfen, das Wort Gottes ueber Radio zu verkuenden. Von Quito aus in Spanisch und verschiedenen Indianersprachen! Gott segne Ihre Gabe! Ihr Team aus Quito von der Andenstimme [...] Danke fuer eure Beobachtungen! Hallo Listenteilnehmer! Vielen Dank fuer euer Feedback ueber den Empfang unseres Signals auf 6050 kHz. Danke Christoph, dass du unsere Zeilen vom Infobrief der Liste zugaenglich gemacht hast! Die naechsten Tage werde ich weiteres Fotomaterial ueber die Installation des Senders auf unsere Webpage veroeffentlichen. Freitag, 14. und Samstag, 15. April konnte man wirklich das Zeitzeichen hoeren, da der CPU, der fuer den 6050 kHz Stream eingesetzt wird, keine Internetverbindung hatte. Mir fehlte fuer den "Master Control" der Schluessel (habe ich aber seit heute) und so wurde automatisch auf das Signal von FM umgelegt, sodass u.a. das Zeitzeichen ausstrahlt wurde. Dieses Jahr werden wir noch keine Extraprogramme fuer Europa auflegen koennen. Iris Rauscher ist in Deutschland und wir (meine Frau Sigrid & ich) werden ihr Ende Juni 2017 fuer unseren Reisedienst unserer Missionsorganisation folgen. Nach unserer Rueckkehr in Quito, im Fruehjahr 2018 haben wir den Wunsch, ein Extraprogramm fuer Europa um ca. 04 - 05 UTC auf der 6050 kHz zu senden. Herzlichen Gruss aus dem ungemuetlichen Quito. Ostersonntag hatten wir ein heftiges Unwetter und wir verbrachten den Nachmittag damit, das Wasser aus dem Keller zu saugen. Unser Aufnahmestudio wurde, Gott sei Dank, nicht betroffen. Es fehlte noch ein halber Meter bis zur Studiotuer. Herzlichen Gruss, Horst (Horst Rosiak-EQA 'Reach Beyond', via Christoph Ratzer-AUSTRIA, A-DX April 16 via BCDX 21 April via DXLD) [Google translation, somewhat improved by gh:] ** ECUADOR. 6050. THE NEW SHORT-CIRCULAR [sic!] IN QUITO. Dear friends of Voice of the Andes, after our German-language programs from Quito fell silent on December 31, 2016, we are still very busy and can not complain about boredom! As promised in the last Infobrief of March, I would like to write a few lines about our new short wave transmitter. Our old short wave transmitter became more and more accursed. In addition, it became increasingly difficult to get spare parts. Engineer Tim Zook, who knows the station best, has searched the Troedelmaerkte on the Internet, in order to get some spare parts. So I've been looking for a new station for years. The results were scary: the prices were within the scope of the purchase price of a large single-family house. The new transmitter - developed by HCJB engineers ... The US-American mission organization SonSet (the former Technology center of Radio HCJB) also produced transmitters and made an offer that was within our financial framework. The big question was: will this station cover the Ecuador, Perú and Colombia region with just one kilowatt of transmission power? But how is it so beautiful: prefer the sparrow in the hand, or the dove on the roof. In the middle of January we decided to order the station. On the evening of February 22, Tim Zook landed with several suitcases in Quito, where the individual components of the sender were. Already the next day he was unpacked and wondered together, whether he had the trip well over. GOD has the overview ... In January 2017, engineer Hartmut Goller from Germany came to the Technical area at Radio HCJB. He had joined the DMG 50+ program, which provides retired people to worldwide mission programs. At the time we did not plan to order the transmitter. But GOD led it so that the born Swabian was just here, when the transmitter was installed on Quito's home peak, the Pichincha. Hartmut, through his long-standing professional experience in high- frequency technology, had succeeded in trimming the new transmitter for 4000 meter heights. Fine-tuning - and: it runs reliably! After the transmitter was flawless for some days in 24-hour test operation, Engineer Tim Zook could calmly fly back home. Even from Europe we received reception reports from shortwave listeners. In just two weeks, everything was installed and we as a team are extremely grateful to GOD for giving the success, the perfectly timed schedule and the employees at the right time. I would especially like to thank the engineers Milton Pumisacho, Tim Zook, Geoff Kooistra and Hartmut Goller. Participate in this project! The transmitter was not given to the Andean voice, but the mission "Reach Beyond", formerly HCJB, pre-financed it for us. Therefore We would like to call for donations for the Indian radio. You will find in the footer the bank connections where you can deposit your donation. Of course, the DMG issues a donation certificate. We thank you in advance. GOD bless you for your donation! From Quito greets you in the name of the Anden mmenteam [sic], your Horst Rosiak. [...] The donation contest was not recognizable in the mail, Perhaps this can be called again. Our work is funded only through voluntary donations. We receive no support from a church or government. That is why we are grateful for every euro, franc, dollar, pesos, reais or pounds. Furthermore you can support us with your donation via the DMG financially. Obviously, you will receive for the Donation certificate from Germany, for this the DMG needs your complete address. Thank you for helping us to announce the Word of God on radio. From Quito in Spanish and different Indian languages! God bless your gift! Your team from Quito from the Andean http://andenstimme.org/unterstuetzung> [...] Thanks for your observations! Hello List Participant! Thank you for your feedback about the reception of our signal at 6050 kHz. Thank you Christoph, that you have made our lines of the Infobrief of the list available! The next days I will add more photo material about the installation of the sender on our webpage Published Friday, 14th and Saturday, 15th April, you could really hear the clock because the CPU, which is used for the 6050 kHz stream, had no Internet connection. I missed for the "Master Control" the key (but I have since today) and so was automatically transferred to the signal from FM, so that among other things. The time signal was radiated. This year we will not have any extra programs for Europe. Iris Rauscher is in Germany and we (my wife Sigrid & I will be at the end of June 2017 for our travel service Mission organization). After our return to Quito, in the spring of 2018, we want to have an extra program for Europe to send about 04-05 UT on the 6050 kHz. Kind regards from the uncomfortable Quito. Easter Sunday we had a violent storm and we spent the afternoon sucking the water out of the cellar. Our recording studio was not affected, thank God. It was only half a meter into the studios (Horst Rosiak-EQA 'Reach Beyond', via Christoph Ratzer-AUSTRIA, A-DX April 16 via BCDX April 21 via DXLD) ** ECUADOR. Pennants of interest that were sold on Ebay. Glenn, If you go here and scroll down, you can see the ones that were sold: http://www.ebay.com/csc/collectecuador/m.html?LH_Complete=1&_ipg=200&_since=15&_sop=13&_rdc=1 (via Artie Bigley, OH, DXLD) may enlarge images individually ** EGYPT. Radio Cairo, much irregularly schedule EGYPT Complete A-17 schedule for Radio Cairo as registered with HFCC: [and annotated by Wolfgang Büschel] 0045-0200 AM Spanish 9745 12005alt 0400-0600 EaAF Swahili 15530 1300-1600 CeAF Arabic 15535 {nothing on air Apr 19 / 20} 1300-1400 ME Dari 15630 {15630.034 kHz Apr 19, S=7 very low modulation} 1330-1530 ME Farsi 13580 {nothing on air Apr 19 / 20} 1400-1600 ME Pushto 15800 {15800.035 kHz 1450 UT Apr 20} 1500-1600 ME Albania 9830 {9829.613 kHz Apr 19/20 very low modulation} 1500-1600 CeAS Uzbek 13770 {nothing on air Apr 19 / 20} 1600-1800 CeAF English 11800, 12085alt {nothing on air Apr 19 / 20} 1600-1800 AS Urdu 13820 {nothing on air Apr 19 / 20} 1600-1700 EaAF Afar 15450 {weak string visible at 1640 UT Apr 20} 1600-1800 EaAF Swahili 15530 {nothing on air Apr 19 / 20} 1700-1900 ME Turkish 9800 S=9+30 very low modulation Apr 20 {9799.613 kHz on April 7 / 20} 1700-1900 EaAF SomAmh 15285 S=4 poor signal sidelobe into Europe {15285even, at 1733 and 1830 UT Apr 20} 1800-2100 WeAF Hausa 9325 S=9+20 very low modulation Apr 20 {9325.020 kHz on April 19 / 20} 1800-1900 EUR Italian 9490 S=9+20 very low modulation Apr 20 {9489.998 kHz on April 19 / 20} 1845-2000 WeAF Fulfulde 15710 {nothing on air Apr 20} 1900-2000 EUR German 9570 S=9+25 Apr 20, 6 x 300 Hertz buzz peaks {9569.997 kHz on April 20} 1900-2000 EUR Russian 9685 S=9+30 Apr 20, 8 x 300 Hertz buzz peaks {9684.618 kHz on April 20} 1900-2030 WeAF English 15290 S=4-5 poor and tiny in Germany. {15290even on April 20} 2000-2115 EUR French 9895 {9894.609 kHz Apr 19 S=9+40dB fair modulation} 2100-2300 WeAF French 13580, 15400alt. {nothing on air Apr 19 / 20} 2115-2245 EUR English 9800 {started late at 21.27:15 UT 9799.614 kHz Apr 19 S=9+35dB l o w modulation} 2215-2330 SoAM Portuguese 12005 S=7 in southern Germany, 2302 Apr 20 {12005.027 kHz on Apr 20} 2330-0045 SoAM Arabic 12005 (HFCC database, via April BrDXC-UK "Communication" magazine via dxld via WB, dxldyg [English: WORLD OF RADIO 1875], DX LISTENING DIGEST) R Cairo Swahili came on air late, many transmission breaks ... EGYPT Complete A-17 schedule for Radio Cairo as registered with HFCC: 0400-0600 EaAF Swahili 15530 {came on air late 0417:05 UT on Apr 21} {15530.035 kHz distorted audio, hardly to understand, S=9 in Bavaria remote SDR unit post after break 0417:58 UT} 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DXLD) 9744.60, April 21 at 0040, S7-S9 open AM carrier and off just after tune-in. Uplooked later, seems like it would be from R. Cairo in Spanish at 0045-0200; A-17 alternate being 12005. I was of course hoping for some sign of Bahrain on 9745-CUSB. 9745, April 22 at 0045, no signal from R. Cairo Spanish, checking since there was a sufficient one on 9744.60, 24 hours and 5 minutes earlier but which soon went off. Maybe same behavior tonight? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9799.6, Radio Cairo – Abis, 2152-2221 Apr 23, noted with local instrumental music followed by a woman announcer with talk in the English language. More local vocals followed by bells at 2204 before ID and woman announcer opening next feature. Later back to musical programming. Good signal but low audio and off frequency too (Rich D'Angelo, Wyomissing PA, Ten-Tec RX-340, Drake R-8B, Eton E1, Eton E5, Alpha Delta DX Sloper, RF Systems Mini-Windom, Datong FL3, JPS ANC-4, NASWA Flashsheet April 23 via WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DXLD) ** ERITREA [non]. Reception of Radio Voice of Adal via MBR Issoudun, April 22 1500-1530 15205 ISS 100 kW / 125 deg EaAf Arabic Wed/Sat, poor signal 1530-1558 15205 ISS 100 kW / 125 deg EaAf Tigrinya Wed/Sat, very good http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/reception-of-radio-voice-of-adal-via_23.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA [and non]. GERMANY, Voice of Oromo Liberation via MBR Nauen, April 26 1700-1730 on 15420 NAU 100 kW / 139 deg to EaAf Afan Oromo Wed 1730-1800 on 15420 NAU 100 kW / 139 deg to EaAf Amharic Wed Plus strong Ethiopian with white noise digital jamming http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/reception-of-voice-of-oromo-liberation_26.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FRANCE. RFI DRM on 3965 -- Reception of this low-power transmission was very good here in Verwood, 10 miles north of Bournemouth between 1845 and 1900 UT this evening. I was still getting stretches of well decoded audio just now at 2130. As the speech consisted of French election coverage, perhaps they turned the wick up a little (Ian Brooks, BDXC2504, Airspy Mini dongle, upconverter and Mini-Whip antenna, April 23, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) ** FRANCE. RFI'S "PARIS LIVE" THIS MORNING --- Mostly good reception of Radio France International's one-hour English program "Paris Live" this morning at 0600 UT on 11905 kHz using the U. Twente SDR receiver. Beamed to Africa, this is the sole RFI program in English on shortwave. The whole program today was devoted to the first round of the French presidential election, which was held yesterday. The transmitter signed off at 0658 cutting off the last bit of the program. I suppose the transmitter might have been needed for something else. Also tried recording the program here in NB overnight but the battery in my recorder ran down. C'est dommage (Richard Langley, April 24, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. Weak signal of DWD Deutscher Wetterdienst on April 24 1201-1230 on 6180 PIN 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu German AM mode: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/weak-signal-of-dwd-deutscher.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY [and non]. 6145, The Mighty KBC with Uncle Eric's Giant Juke Box about equal with R Havana Cuba which made it pretty unpleasant to listen to, but the digital mode made it through pretty OK: Arrangement in the dining room of the Dutch ambassador's residence in Washington for Dutch Tuåp Days (sic. as received) Inline image 2, 4+353+2 kinda fluttery & serious co-channel QRM from Cuba, in English, 0125-0135 16/Apr, SB-310 + randomwire (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Williamston MI, MARE Tipsheet April 23 via DXLD) ** GERMANY. Radio Gloria International – Alternative Music Radio RGI schedule summer Sundays April 23, May 28, June 25, July 23, Aug. 27, Sept. 24 http://laut.fm/jukebox Sunday 17-19 (15-17 UT) Wedn. 20-22 (18-20 UT Satd. 13-15 (11-13 UT) http://satzentrale.de every Tuesday 23-24 (21-22 UT) http://coloradio.org Sunday 17-19 (15-17 UT) SW 7310 parallel http://shortwaveservice.com Sunday 11-12 (09-10 UT) for SW-listeners: http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901 Good reception! (via Manuel Méndez, Spain, April 22, dxldyg via DXLD) ** GREECE. Reception of Voice of Greece on 9420 & 9935 kHz, April 25 0645-0705 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek*tx#3 & off 0645-0705 on 9935 AVL 100 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek*tx#1 & off * including 8 mins news bulletin in Arabic/Serbian 0652-0700 UT. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/reception-of-voice-of-greece-on-9420_25.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUAM. Reception of Adventist World Radio KSDA Asia/Pacific Apr 25: 1030-1100 on 15500 SDA 100 kW / 315 deg to EaAs Mongolian, fair signal http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/reception-of-adventist-world-radio-ksda.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUAM. Fair/good signal of KTWR Trans World Radio Asia, April 24 1430-1500 on 9975 TWR 200 kW / 285 deg to SoAs English Mon-Sat: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/fairgood-signal-of-ktwr-trans-world.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. AIR Thiruvanthapuram 5010, 7290 noted back on air from yesterday 19 April 2017 after one week`s absence. Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India Mobile: +91 94416 96043, http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos dx_india yg via DXLD) 5009.995 measured on remote Perseus net unit in Eastern Thailand, on April 20 at 1355 UT, AIR Hindi program at S=9 straight -71dBm signal. 73 wb df5sx wwdxc germany, (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) ** INDIA. 9690, April 22 at 1327, pop music playing, must be runup to AIR, perhaps from preceding Tibetan service feed intended for other frequencies. 1330 GOS sign-on in English, think she mentions 9690 & 13710 only, but 9690 too poor at S4-S6, and 13710 inaudible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 17670. Apr 24 at 1814, All India Radio, Bengaluru-INDIA, in English. Woman and man announcers talk, ID and start a long Indian song; 1830 Man talks, ID and a song. AIR with a very good signal and modulation in this frequency, 45544. DXer: (José Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo-PB, Brazil, Sony ICF-SW100S, Antenna: Longwire, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DXLD) Note that is around midnight in India. Unusual for a station to emit on 17 MHz band in the nightmiddle, except maybe at midsummer across polar or at least temperate paths with plenty of insolation. But apparently it works. Latest HFCC of April 24 shows this is Delhi instead, 250 kW, 245 degrees at 1730-1945 to CIRAF 48SW & 53W = Kenya, Uganda & Tanzania (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. ALL INDIA RADIO ENTERS PHASE II OF DRM IN INDIA RadioandMusic.com - 49 minutes ago http://www.radioandmusic.com/biz/radio/air/170425-all-india-radio-enters-phase-ii-drm-india NEW DELHI: All India Radio has received kudos from Information and Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu for successfully completed phase-I of the national DRM digital radio roll-out. This involved the installation of 37 DRM transmitters, now operational, throughout the country. Of these, 35 are medium wave and two are shortwave transmitters. Both SW transmitters are for international service and are broadcasting in pure DRM. Out of the 35 MW transmitters, two are broadcasting in pure DRM, carrying two audio services in digital; the other 33 transmitters are working in simulcast mode. Out of these, 25 MW transmitters are working for 1 hour in pure DRM every day (Monday to Saturday). The transmission powers of these 35 transmitters are: 1000 kW (two), 300 kW (six), 200 kW (10), 100 kW (11) and 20 kW (six); two SW transmitters are 500 kW and 250 kW each. As part of Phase II of the DRM introduction in the country, AIR is demonstrating the full complement of services which are part of the DRM standard. Phase-II of the DRM project by offering full features/services from these DRM transmitters and improves service quality. With the finalization of Phase-II, the full-featured DRM services will finally be available to listeners. Also, a public information campaign will be initiated to inform the Indian citizens of the completely new and future oriented DRM radio platform and its many benefits. The first steps of Phase II of the digital radio roll-out project are already visible and audible to listeners in Delhi. The DRM transmissions from Delhi/Nangli now provide excellent audio quality based on DRM’s xHE-AAC audio codec. It also includes DRM text messages and Journaline. The advanced text service Journaline provides detailed news of various topics to listeners – accessible on the radio set screen – free of charge, without requiring Internet access. During Phase-II, most transmitters will carry a new DRM signal while still maintaining the analog AM transmission to support existing analog receivers (the ‘simulcast’ mode of DRM) – with all-digital transmissions available during certain times of the day. This is made available in the simulcast configuration and with the most robust DRM transmission configuration, enabling increased in-door coverage. Twenty-one DRM transmitters are now operating in pure DRM for one hour everyday, in addition to simulcast operation. The feedback received by AIR about the reception quality of DRM signals is very good. AIR is planning to enhance the DRM service from Chennai, Pune and Bengaluru very shortly. Phase-III, as presented by AIR, will eventually culminate in the complete transition of radio services to the digital DRM platform, improving the number and quality of radio services and extra features for the listeners, while also saving tremendous amounts of transmission power every year. The Hyderabad-based Mobis Technical Center of India (MTCI) joined hands with NXP India, a global automotive semiconductor maker, to develop the digital radio broadcasting receiver that can cover the entire country for the first time in India. Hyundai Mobis were in charge of receiver development and vehicle testing, and NXP took charge of semiconductor chip development. This product drastically improved radio broadcasting in India where only 40 per cent of the country is able to receive FM signals. It was highly recognized by the Indian Digital Radio Broadcasting Association. In her message, DRM Consortium Chair Ruxandra Obreja has said: “According to the latest reports about AIR, DRM is stronger and better heard than ever, with some extra features that give the DRM the upper hand over analogue.” (via Artie Bigley, DXLD) Above reads like a puff press release directly out of DRM Consortium tho not attributed at such. Here`s another, somewhat rewritten, condensed (gh, DXLD) AIR SET FOR SECOND PHASE OF DRM ROLLOUT Asia Radio Today-19 hours ago Tuesday 25 April, 2017 http://www.asiaradiotoday.com/news/air-set-second-phase-drm-rollout India’s public broadcaster, All India Radio (AIR) has completed phase I of the national DRM digital radio roll-out in India. According to DRM news, 37 DRM transmitters have been installed by AIR throughout the country, and all are now operational. 35 of there are medium wave, out of which two are broadcasting in pure DRM, carrying two audio services in digital; while the other 33 transmitters are working in simulcast mode. Out of these, 25 MW transmitters are working for 1 hour in pure DRM Monday to Saturday. The transmission powers of these 35 transmitters are: 1000 kW (two), 300 kW (six), 200 kW (10), 100 kW (11) and 20 kW (six); two SW transmitters are 500 kW and 250 kW each. There are two shortwave transmitters, both of which are for international service and are broadcasting in pure DRM. AIR is now in the process of launching phase-II of the DRM project, which will offer full features and services from these DRM transmitters and further improve service quality. During phase-II, most transmitters will offer a simulcast mode, where they will carry the new DRM signal while still maintaining the analog AM transmission to support existing analog receivers. It will be followed by Phase-III, which will culminate in the complete transition of radio services to the digital DRM platform. This will further improve the number and quality of radio services, while offering extra features to the listeners, and also saving tremendous amounts of transmission power every year (via Artie Bigley, DXLD) AIR DEMONSTRATES FULL CAPABILITIES OF DIGITAL RADIO (DRM) New Delhi, India April 25, 2017 As part of Phase II of the DRM introduction in the country, AIR is demonstrating the full complement of services which are part of the DRM standard. Recently AIR was congratulated by Hon’ble Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Shri Venkaiah Naidu for having successfully completed phase-I of the national DRM digital radio roll- out – the installation of 37 DRM transmitters, now operational, throughout the country. AIR is in the process of launching phase-II of the DRM project by offering full features/services from these DRM transmitters and further improving service quality. With the finalization of phase-II, the fullfeatured DRM services will finally be available to the audience and a public information campaign will be initiated to inform the Indian citizens of the completely new and future oriented DRM radio platform and its many benefits. The first steps of phase-II of the digital radio roll-out project are already visible and audible to the audience in Delhi. The DRM transmissions from Delhi/Nangli now provide excellent audio quality based on DRM’s xHE-AAC audio codec. It also includes DRM text messages and Journaline. The advanced text service Journaline provides detailed news of various topics to listeners – accessible on their radio set screen – free of charge, without requiring Internet access. All this is available in the simulcast configuration and with the most robust DRM transmission configuration, enabling increased in-door coverage. 21 DRM transmitters are now operating in pure DRM for one hour everyday, in addition to simulcast operation. Excellent feedback is being received by AIR about of the reception quality of DRM signals. AIR is planning to enhance the DRM service from Chennai, Pune and Bangalore very shortly. (AIR PR viaTwitter) Posted by: (Mike Terry, April 26, dxldyg via DXLD) ** INDONESIA. Weak to good signal of Voice of Indonesia, April 21 1300-1400 on 9524.9 JAK 250 kW / 010 deg to EaAs English http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/weak-to-good-signal-of-voice-of_21.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9525-, April 22 at 1328, no signal at all from VOI amid scheduled English hour. What does Atsunori say? Agrees it`s missing today, after logs every day previously this month for a triweek. 9525-, April 24 at 1423 check, VOI absent again today, no carrier detectable (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 1000-2100 on 9524.9 various languages no signal of Voice of Indonesia today April 24 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/radio-medi-1-was-back-on-shortwave.html Voice of Indonesia again on shortwave after day of absence, April 25 1301-1401 on 9524.9 JAK 250 kW / 010 deg to EaAs English, weak/fair in progress http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/voice-of-indonesia-again-on-shortwave.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL INTERNET. FCC MAY UNVEIL SOFTER NET NEUTRALITY RULES THIS WEEK === Don't expect the FCC to give net neutrality advocates what they want. Jon Fingas https://www.engadget.com/2017/04/24/fcc-unveiling-net-neutrality-plans-soon/ Like it or not, the FCC may be close to divulging its plans for relaxing net neutrality rules. Recode contacts claim that Chairman Ajit Pai may talk about the softer regulation as soon as April 26th, when he speaks at a conservative group's event. There's no word on what the plan looks like now that Pai has talked to both internet companies and telecoms. However, the current belief is that Pai will only pay lip service to the net neutrality order he's planning to replace. Reportedly, Pai wants a system where internet providers merely promise that they won't block or slow competing traffic, rather than subjecting them to strict regulation. Disputes would go to the FTC rather than the FCC, potentially because the FTC's comparative lack of technical expertise would be more likely to favor telecoms over internet services and customers. Net neutrality wouldn't completely disappear, but it would be easier for providers to engage in questionable practices (say, zero rating) without being punished. Source: Recode, Reuters (via Artie Bigley, DXLD) ** IRAN. Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2017 Subject: Nuove frequenze VOIRI Caro/a amico/a, Le nostre programmazioni giornaliere vengono trasmesse in onde corte secondo la seguente tabella (applicabile dal 26.03.2017) Orario (UT) Frequenza 1920-1950 SW: 5945 KHz, 49m SW: 7235 KHz, 41m [local time] 0920-1020 13:50-14:50 Tehran FM: 99.5MHz 0620-0720 10:50-11:50 Solo Eutelsat3B, Hotbird13E, sito Internet e app per smartphone 0920-1020 13:50 - 14:50 1150-1250 16:20 - 17:20 1920-1950 23:50 - 00:20 Con amicizia ti salutiamo dall'Iran, Il responsabile della corrispondenza di Radio Italia, Ali Azizmohammadi (via bclnews.it via Wolfgang Bueschel, DXLD) Frequency change of PARS TODAY VIRI IRIB in Italian 1923-1950 NF 7205 SIR 500 kW / 300 deg to SEEu, ex 7235 [sic] // frequency 5945 SIR 500 kW / 295 deg to SEEu unchanged http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/frequency-change-of-pars-today-viri.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Frequency change, the other way around - instead. Italian DXers announced this week: border channel spill-over of Sirjan Iran Italian service signal from requested 7205 kHz border channel into ham-band range, into 7192 to 7200 kHz fq part, is over, IRIB Tehran Sirjan will use 7235 kHz now instead. Tonight heard from 1920 UT new 7235.005 kHz broadcast, powerhouse signal here in Germany S=9+40dB signal (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7205 kHz Nutzung durch Sirjan, Iran anfangs April 2017. Gab es da einen Protest der Bundesnetzagentur an die iranischen Behörden? Heute gecheckt, Tehran IRIB aus Sirjan, in Italienisch um 1920 bis 1950z hat den Grenzkanal 7205 kHz geräumt. Anstatt nunmehr 30 kHz höher auf dem Kanal: 7235.005 kHz und 5945.005 kHz, beide S=9+30dB Signal hier in Süddeutschland. Der Kanal 7205even wird durch ein schwach moduliertes Signal von Sudan Radio Omdurman benutzt. Aber kein weiteres Spill-over unterhalb 7200.000 kHz im Ham Band zu bemerken. vy73 (Wolfgang df5sx, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN. My recent monitoring of IRIB Tehran Iran in A-17 season, on Uwe's remote Perseus in Eastern Thailand, direct in Doha Qatar, and diverse Perseus SDR Remote access stations in Europe, like the south-north azimuth from Iran towards Mauno's place in Finland, others in Greece, Italy, Hungary, Bavaria, Austria, and the higher 13 mb also in western England, Thailand, Brisbane Queensland and Japan/ Korea remote units. Monitored A-17 summer season shortwave schedule for The Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran (VIRI / IRIB / PARS Today). But PROGRAMS still be distributed via web and satellite services. ALBANIAN 1820-1920 5950.001 sir 7235.005 sir ARABIC South Arabian peninsula target 0130-0530 9880.007 sir 0530-0830 13780.008 sir 0930-1130 13780.009 sir 1130-1430 13785.009 sir 1430-1730 9790.008 sir ARABIC Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Turkey, Iraq, Syria, -west Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan target. 0230-0530 11865.003 zah Al-Quds TV audio relay 0530-1430 13610.003 zah 1430-1730 9650.003 zah 1730-0230 7425.003 zah ARMENIAN 1620-1720 7230.002 sir 9480.002 sir BENGALI 1420-1520 11825.007 sir 1620-1650 9820.004 sir BOSNIAN 1720-1820 7350.001 sir [Serbo-Croatian language] CHINESE 1150-1250 17869.998 sir 21520.011 sir no Jamming noted on these channels. 2320-0020 7360.005 sir 13715 sir - 20 kHz wide CHN scratch jamming! jamming S=9+20dB in SoKorea and Tokyo Japan! No Sirjan 13715 carrier could be 'seen' under the jammer audio block. This jamming signals of former western English, 'IS LEFT OVER' of previous jamming season. DARI 0550-0820 13740.022 ahw 0920-1150 13740.022 ahw ENGLISH 1520-1620 11830.007 sir/11829.974 sir 1920-2020 9800.008 sir 9810.000 sir FRENCH 1820-1920 9710.000 sir GERMAN 1720-1820 7300.003 sir 9849.998 sir/9850.007 sir HAUSA 0550-0650 15625.008 sir 1820-1920 9860.008 sir HEBREW 0420-0450 12030.009 sir 13770.004 sir 1150-1220 13685.006 sir HINDI 1420-1520 11955.003/11954.973 sir 13830.000 sir ITALIAN 1920-1950 5945.003 sir 7235.005 sir JAPANESE 1050-1150 17630.012 sir 2050-2150 7355.007 sir 9765.006 sir KAZAKH 0920-1020 15715.007 sir 17634.998 sir KURDISH 0320-0420 only MW 612 and 639 kHz Sorrani dialect. 1320-1620 7410.003 sir Kirmanji dialect. MALAY/INDONESIAN 1220-1320 17670.002 sir 21730.017 sir 2220-2320 7360.005 sir 9719.998 sir PASHTO 0220-0320 6175.005 sir 9700.011 ahw ITU/HFCC sic0820-1420 13840 ahw irregular, shorter transmission: 1220-1320 13840.023 ahw - only, IS theme at 1320:15 UT. TX off at 1322 UT. 1620-1720 5925.005 ahw RUSSIAN 1320-1420 11640.007 sir WeRUS Moscow, St.P. SPANISH 0020-0320 9550.005 sir 0720-0820 17530.012 sir 17815.000 sir 2020-2120 9809.999 sir SWAHILI 0450-0550 13750.002 sir 15630.009 sir TAJIK 0050-0220 5950.004 sir 7280 sir TURKISH 0420-0550 13710.009/13710.000 sir 1550-1720 9850.000 sir URDU 1250-1420 13795.000 sir 1520-1620 9810.006 sir UZBEK 1450-1550 9465.002 sir 11880.020 ahw Saut Falestin "Voice of Islamic Palestinian Revolution" ARABIC 0320-0420 12025.002 sir {power breaks at 0328 UT Apr 24} (IRIB A-17 schedule, checked by wb wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 21-24, via DXLD) So, the HFCC registrations in time order: 9550 0020 0320 6S,7S,8S, SIR 500 295 0 211 Spa 13067 SPANISH 5950 0050 0220 30SE,31SW SIR 500 53 -30 218 Tgk 13064 TAJIKKI 7280 0050 0220 30SE,31SW SIR 500 46 30 218 Tgk 13065 TAJIKKI 9880 0130 0530 39 SIR 500 211 15 216 Ara 12538 ARBIC-S 6175 0220 0320 40E,41W SIR 500 53 -30 218 Pus 1446 PUSHTOO 9700 0220 0320 40E,41W AHW 500 84 0 145 Pus 13035 PUSHTOO 11865 0230 0530 38,39 ZAH 500 289 0 145 Ara 5343 ARBIC-W 12025 0320 0420 38E,39W SIR 500 282 0 146 Ara 11141 SSS-FFF 12030 0420 0450 38E,39W SIR 500 293 30 218 Heb 1493 EBRIIII 13770 0420 0450 38E,39W SIR 500 282 0 146 Heb 1503 EBRIIII 13710 0420 0550 29S,39N SIR 500 310 0 211 Tur 13534 TURK-ES 13750 0450 0550 39S,47,48 SIR 500 216 0 216 Swa 1502 SWAHILI 15630 0450 0550 39S,47,48 SIR 500 223 -30 218 Swa 13076 SWAHILI 13780 0530 0830 39 SIR 500 198 0 146 Ara 13535 ARBIC-S 13610 0530 1430 38,39 ZAH 500 289 0 145 Ara 13078 ARBIC-W 15625 0550 0650 46,47 SIR 500 263 0 218 Hau 13032 HAUSAA- 13740 0550 0820 30S,31S,4 AHW 500 84 0 145 Prs 12540 DARIIII 17530 0720 0820 27S,28S,3 SIR 500 300 30 218 Spa 1518 SPANISH 17815 0720 0820 27S,28S,3 SIR 500 295 0 211 Spa 1522 SPANISH 13840 0820 1420 30S,31S,4 AHW 250 84 0 145 Pus 1510 PUSHTOO irreg. rather heard limited at 1220-1320 UT slot only. 15715 0920 1020 30,31 SIR 500 18 0 146 Kaz 1516 KAZAKHI 17635 0920 1020 30,31 SIR 500 17 0 218 Kaz 1520 KAZAKHI 13740 0920 1150 30S,31S,4 AHW 500 84 0 145 Prs 12541 DARIIII 13780 0930 1130 39 SIR 500 216 0 216 Ara 1505 ARBIC-S 17630 1050 1150 45 SIR 500 60 -30 218 Jpn 13033 JAPANES 13785 1130 1430 39 SIR 500 216 0 216 Ara 1507 ARBIC-S 13685 1150 1220 38E,39W SIR 500 295 0 156 Heb 1497 EBRIIII 17870 1150 1250 42-44 SIR 500 53 -30 218 Cmn 1523 CHINAA- 21520 1150 1250 42-44 SIR 500 65 -15 156 Cmn 1524 CHINAA- 17670 1220 1320 49,54 SIR 500 115 0 218 Ind 1521 MELLAU- 21730 1220 1320 49,54 SIR 500 107 0 216 Ind 13514 MELLAU- 13795 1250 1420 40E,41N SIR 500 80 0 156 Urd 1508 UURDUU- 7410 1320 1420 39 SIR 500 298 -15 218 Kur 1457 KURD-SH 11640 1320 1420 28E,29,30 SIR 500 336 0 146 Rus 13069 RUSSIAN 11825 1420 1520 41NE SIR 500 90 0 218 Ben 12539 BENGALI 11955 1420 1520 41 SIR 500 102 0 146 Hin 1489 HINNDI- 13830 1420 1520 41 SIR 500 95 15 156 Hin 13007 HINNDI- 9650 1430 1600 37,38,39 ZAH 500 289 0 145 Ara 12535 ARBIC-W 9790 1430 1730 39 SIR 500 198 0 146 Ara 1476 ARBIC-S 9465 1450 1550 30S,31S,4 SIR 500 18 0 146 Uzb 1461 UZBEKKI 11880 1450 1550 30S,31S,4 AHW 250 84 0 145 Uzb 13515 UZBEKKI 9810 1520 1620 40E,41N SIR 500 90 0 145 Urd 13077 UURDUU- 11830 1520 1620 41,49,54 SIR 500 102 0 146 Eng 13006 ENGLISH 9850 1550 1720 29S,39N SIR 500 310 0 211 Tur 13072 TURK-ES 9650 1600 1730 37,38,39 ZAH 500 289 0 145 Ara 12536 ARBIC-W 9820 1620 1650 41NE SIR 500 90 0 145 Ben 12537 BENGALI 5925 1620 1720 40E,41W AHW 250 84 0 145 Pus 13063 PUSHTOO 7230 1620 1720 29SE,39NE SIR 500 320 25 156 Axm 5003 ARMENIA 9480 1620 1720 29SE,39NE SIR 500 320 0 146 Axm 5337 ARMENIA 7300 1720 1820 27,28 SIR 500 320 25 156 Deu 11127 GERMANY 7350 1720 1820 28S SIR 500 298 -15 156 Bos 13003 BOSNIAN 9850 1720 1820 27,28 SIR 500 317 30 218 Deu 5341 GERMANY 7425 1730 0230 37-39 ZAH 500 289 0 145 Ara 13531 ARBIC-W 5950 1820 1920 28S SIR 500 298 -15 218 Sqi 1445 ALBANIA 7235 1820 1920 28S SIR 500 295 0 156 Sqi 1450 ALBANIA 9710 1820 1920 27,28 SIR 500 310 0 211 Fra 13004 FRENCH- 9860 1820 1920 46,47 SIR 500 263 0 218 Hau 13031 HAUSAA- 5945 1920 1950 28S SIR 500 295 0 156 Ita 1443 ITALIAN 7235 1920 1950 28S SIR 500 300 0 218 Ita 13026 ITALIAN 9800 1920 2020 52,53,57 SIR 500 216 0 216 Eng 13532 ENGLISH 9810 1920 2020 27,28 SIR 500 313 0 218 Eng 5340 ENGLISH 9810 2020 2120 27S,28S,3 SIR 500 313 0 218 Spa 13533 SPANISH 7355 2050 2150 45 SIR 500 60 0 211 Jpn 13028 JAPANES 9765 2050 2150 45 SIR 500 65 -15 156 Jpn 13030 JAPANES 7360 2220 2320 49,54 SIR 500 113 30 218 Ind 13034 MELLAU- 9720 2220 2320 49,54 SIR 500 115 0 218 Ind 1471 MELLAU- 7360 2320 0020 42-44 SIR 500 65 -15 156 Cmn 5335 CHINAA- 13715 2320 0020 42-44 SIR 500 53 -30 218 Cmn 1499 CHINAA- (via Büschel, DXLD) ** IRAN [non]. Good signal of Radio Sedoye Mardo via BaBcoCk Grigoriopol on April 20 1635-1700 on 7530 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs test tone & open carrier/dead air 1700-1730 on 7530 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Farsi Thu/Fri overmodulated audio http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/good-signal-of-radio-sedoye-mardo-via.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Concerning the former Sedaye Bahar see the reports from last year: Was supposed to be on shortwave only temporarily and then continue via social media, thus "Voice of Spring". Broadcasts targeting Iran from California are nothing new, see at the bottom of this page: http://tvignaud.pagesperso-orange.fr/am/rfi/e1991-2001.htm I proceed from the assumption that all these operations are "regime change" stuff, running from State Department money (Kai Ludwig, Apr 23, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Pridnestrovie --- Received eQSL for receiving BAB / Farsi. Took the station "Sedoye Mardo" April 14, 2017 / 1659-1729 UT / 7530 kHz / Farsi. You can see the confirmation here: http://rusdx.blogspot.ru/2017/04/blog-post_18.html The chief engineer of the radio center said: "Thank you for the letter with the report on the reception. As far as we know, Radio Sedaye Mardom is an online radio in the US. We are broadcasting programs of the company VAV (air force mediator). In the schedule, we designate BAB / Farsi. Perhaps VAV includes in its programs broadcasts from Radio Sedaye Mardom, but we have no relation to the formation of programs. Yours faithfully, S. Omelchenko ". Apparently, this station was relayed in its program Radio Sedaye Bahar (Anatoly Klepov, RusDX April 23 via WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DXLD) ** IRAN [non]. Radio Ranginkaman/Rainbow via BaBcoCk Grigoriopol Apr10 1600-1630 7575 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg WeAs Farsi Mon/Fri very good: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/radio-ranginkamanrainbow-via-babcock.html Radio Ranginkaman/Radio Rainbow via BaBcoCk Grigoriopol, April 24 1600-1630 7575 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg WeAs Farsi Mon/Fri, good signal: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/radio-ranginkamanradio-rainbow-via.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ISRAEL. VOICE OF HOPE MIDDLE EAST – 1287 KHZ Mail to Mauno Ritola 15.3.2017 Hi, Mauno, I have just returned from a trip to Israel, and thought I would update you on our project there. Several of our team members are still in country, working to get Voice of Hope - Middle East on the air by about the end of March/early April. Attached are some photos from the AM tx site at She'ar Yashuv, the SW tx site at Yavne, and our studios at Bet Gabriel. The studio photos were taken before the audio equipment was installed - that is now all in place. Both tx sites are operated by Bezeq. Strategic Communications Group owns both the new Nautel 50 kW AM tx, and the antenna triplexer. These are not leased from Bezeq; Bezeq will operate them for us under contract. In the foreground of the self-radiating antenna mast is a container holding a brand new 550 kVA genset that has just been installed. At Yavne, we had hoped to be able to use an existing Continental transmitter, which we thought was a model 418E. On closer inspection it turned out to be a much older 418D, which does not have a solid state final modulation phase. It instead uses very large power amp vacuum tubes that would very likely have to be rebuilt, dried out capacitors replaced, etc. Our engineers estimated six months of work and a not insignificant investment in order to make it operational again, and even then it would be inefficient and expensive to operate, and would require knowledgeable engineers to maintain it. Bezeq no longer has people with that expertise on their payroll - they have all retired. So, if we were to take them up on their offer to use the SW facility, it would have to be with a new solid state tx which we would supply. We are currently considering this option. Outside, there was the massive pole-mounted log periodic antenna (in good condition), and the masts that previously supported the curtain antennas. The antennas themselves were taken down some years ago, but the masts still remain. Right now, we are expecting to be able to launch programming on 1287 kHz AM, mostly in Arabic, in about 2-3 weeks time. When that happens, we will issue a press release, which I will send to you. With regard to the entry on pages 475-476 of WRTH 2017, can I please request the following changes for the next issue? E: mail@voiceofhope.com (not mail@kvoh.net) "KVOH" are just the call letters that apply to our station in California - it is not relevant to use them in connection with our other stations. L.P: Jacob Dayan (VP, Voice of Hope, Ltd.), Gary Hull (General Manager) MW: She'ar Yashuv: 50kW, 1287 kHz, 24h in Arabic and English Ann: Arabic: "Saout al Amal" English: "From the shores of the Sea of Galilee, this is the Voice of Hope." Notes: Voice of Hope was previously operated by High Adventure Ministries in South Lebanon from 1979 to 2000. In 2017 the station was re-launched and is now operated by Strategic Communications Group (SCG). Programming is produced by Voice of Hope, Ltd., part of SCG, USA (see under USA for parent station KVOH), in studios at Bet Gabriel, Galilee. Transmitting station owned by Bezeq; equipment owned by SCG and operated by Bezeq under contract. FPl: SW in Arabic and Farsi. Many thanks! Ray Robinson, Vice President, Global Operations Strategic Communications Group - Voice of Hope Los Angeles, Lusaka and Galilee, +1-661-645-2973 (Arctic Radio Club mv-eko 27 March via DXLD) ** ITALY. Challenger Radio 846 kHz --- Suspect they are a bit off frequency at the moment (2205 UT 26/4) US YL with news in English on approx 845.7 kHz. 73s (Nick. Buxton. Rank, UK, Sent from Samsung Mobile on O2, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Does this ever carry WORLD OF RADIO, or fragments of it, from IRRS? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ITALY [non]. 7730, UT Sunday April 23 at 0040, Italian Shortwave Panorama, some rather routine SWBC logs, 0043 IBC Radio ID, schedule including this broadcast on WRMI, then ham DX news from I2MQP Mario or Gabriel. VG signal as usual on this QRG (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN. Portuguese on the NHK2 Network After 1540 UT --- For those who are not in the Yahoo Real DX group, watch out for an exotic- sounding language on the Japanese NHK2 network after its usual sign off time around 1540 (a warning which probably only applies to DXers in the Alaska and Hawaii areas, or salt water area DXers on the west coast). Craig Barnes (currently in Princeville, Kauai) recorded a strong, unusual signal on 693 kHz around 1551 UTC yesterday morning on his Tecsun PL-310 and "Frequent Flyer" FSL, which was posted to the Yahoo Real DX group (the video is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHQ9Trh7wSI Because the NHK2 network (693-JOAB) should have signed off by that time, the station's identity puzzled all the TP-DXers on the list. Even the language seemed like a mystery. Finally some European language experts on the list identified the language as Portuguese, and upon investigation, it was determined that the NHK2 network has a new Portuguese language program on the network at this unusual time. As for who would listen to Portuguese in Japan at 1 AM local time, that part wasn't entirely clear. What is pretty clear is that as long as this strange NHK2 program continues, the chances of Hawaii DXpeditioners hearing anything exotic on 693 around sunrise are about the same as Portuguese speakers tuning into this NHK2 program in Japan (Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA), 25 April, IRCA via DXLD) ** JAPAN [non]. 9490, GERMANY. NHK World from Japan via Nauen, April 17, 2017, 0418–0432, in Japanese. M & F commentators in humorous discussion, much laughter. Heavy QRN, slight QSB, very good audio and highly listenable. Humor interspersed with music, instrumentals, and a format change at 0430. News and commentary with M & F anchors after 0430 (Vince Henley, Anacortes WA, Equipment currently in use: Tecsun PL-380, JRC NRD-525, Drake R8B, Sony ICF-2010, Ten-Tec RX-340. Antennas are half-meter whip on PL-380, 1.2 meter whip on ICF-2010, and Alpha-Delta DX-Ultra installed broadside east-west, NASWA Flashsheet Apr 23 via DXLD) This one is at 03-05, 140 degrees, should be // 6105 Issoudun at 290 degrees. That means R. República relay via ISS also on 9490 better be finished by 0300. But HFCC shows a collision; note the two sites are really both run by MBR, but registrations bypassing them?: 9490 0200 0500 11 ISS 150 285 0 216 1234567 260317 281017 D 8500 Spa F RMI TDF 12014 9490 0300 0500 38-40 NAU 250 140 0 216 1234567 260317 281017 D Jpn D NHK NHK 5328 We know that Radio República is really running earlier, but HFCC does not expect that to happen until 3 September!: 9490 0000 0059 11 ISS 150 285 0 216 1234567 030917 291017 D 8500 Spa F RMI TDF 11129 D 9490 0100 0259 11 ISS 150 285 0 216 1234567 030917 281017 D 8500 Spa F RMI TDF 11130 D (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN [non]. 11985, April 24 at 2029, S9-S6 open carrier, 2030 NHK World R. Japon opening in French via MADAGASCAR. At least something is making it thru with rather dismal propagation conditions, marred further here by my line noise problem. Unfortunately, no IS prélude (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH. All measured on remote Perseus units in Japan, Apr 18. 1130-1227 3250 PYO 100 kW non-dir NoEaAS Japanese 1130-1227 6070 KNG 250 kW 109 deg JPN Japanese via Kanggye site? 1130-1227 7220 KUJ 200 kW non-dir NoEaAS Chinese 1130-1227 9445 KUJ 200 kW non-dir NoEaAS Chinese 1130-1227 9650 KUJ 200 kW 109 deg JPN Japanese 1130-1227 11710 KUJ 200 kW 028 deg CeSoAM French 1130-1227 11735 KUJ 200 kW 238 deg SoEaAS French 1130-1227 11865 KUJ 200 kW 109 deg JPN Japanese 1130-1227 13650 KUJ 200 kW 238 deg SoEaAS French 1130-1227 15180 KUJ 200 kW 028 deg CeSoAM French 1230-1327 3250 PYO 100 kW non-dir NoEaAS Japanese 1230-1327 6070 KNG 250 kW 109 deg JPN Japanese via Kanggye site? 1230-1327 9650 KUJ 200 kW 109 deg JPN Japanese 1230-1327 11710 KUJ 200 kW 028 deg CeSoAM Korean KCBS 1230-1327 11735 KUJ 200 kW 238 deg SoEaAS Korean KCBS 1230-1327 11865 KUJ 200 kW 109 deg JPN Japanese 1230-1327 13650 KUJ 200 kW 238 deg SoEaAS Korean KCBS 1230-1327 15180 KUJ 200 kW 028 deg CeSoAM Korean KCBS 3250.001 ... varying x.003 kHz, at 1202 UT, April 20, S=9+35dB signal in Seoul, S=9+10dB in Tokyo remote unit. 6070even S=9 in Seoul, S=9+20dB in Tokyo, at 1208 UT. 9650even rather poor S=7-8 at 1227 UT. 11709.985 S=6 poor in Tokyo 1234 UT, co-ch CNR Chinese 11710 even. 11735even poor on short skip zone in Tokyo at 1237 UT. S=9+15dB in Eastern Thailand at 1254 UT. 11865even S=8-9 in Tokyo at 1220 UT, same in EaThailand 1253 UT. 13650.003 poor on short skip zone in Tokyo at 1223 UT. S=9+20dB in eastern Thailand at 1250 UT. 15179.972 poor on short skip zone at Tokyo at 1214 UT, S=9+30dB in eastern Thailand at 1240 UT. all measured on remote Perseus units in South Korea, Tokyo Japan, and at remote unit in Eastern Thailand on April 20. 11680.002 kHz at 1524 UT Apr 20 KCBS Pyongyang from Kanggye site, S=9+20dB signal in Eastern Thailand remote site. 1530-1627 9425 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg EaEUR Russian 1530-1627 9435 KUJ 200 kW 028 deg NoAM English 1530-1627 9890 KUJ 200 kW 296 deg NE/ME Arabic 1530-1627 11645 KUJ 200 kW 296 deg NE/ME Arabic 1530-1627 11710 KUJ 200 kW 028 deg NoAM English, and Arabic mixture 1530-1627 12015 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg EaEUR Russian 1530-1627 13760 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg WeEUR English 1530-1627 15245 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg WeEUR English 9425even, S=7-8 at 1540 UT. 9435even, at 1538 UT, but also co-channel CRI Urdu Kashgar 1500-1557 9890even at 1537 UT, audio mixed up with White Noise jamming at Kujang, S=7-8 signal in Delhi India. 11645.002 poor S=6-7 in Delhi India, at 1535 UT 11709.998 at 1630 UT, but co-ch CRI Chinese Beijing on 11710 kHz 12015.003 but nearby V of Mongolia site on odd 12014.878 kHz. ??13760.002 at 1513 UT, and at 1600 UT in southern Germany totally covered by CRI English from Kashgar site. all measured on remote Perseus units in Eastern Thailand, at Delhi India, Poland and southern Germany, on April 20. 13650, Voice of Korea French service from Pyongyang Kujang broadcast center, scheduled 0430-0527 UT noted at 0525 UT. Only S=7-8 signal into remote Tokyo Japan unit. Very bad three program audio mixture, V of Korea's French and English, as well as and scratching noise jamming sound too. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, April 15/18, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, 21 April via DXLD) KOREA D.P.R. outlet observed also at this hour: 1930-2027 7210 KUJ 200 kW 271 deg SoAF English 7209.998 1930-2027 9425 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg WeEUR German 9424.999 1930-2027 9875 KUJ 200 kW 296 deg NE/ME English 9874.998 1930-2027 11635 KUJ 200 kW 296 deg NE/ME English even 1930-2027 11910 KUJ 200 kW 271 deg SoAF English 11910.002 1930-2027 12015 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg WeEUR German 12015.002 1930-2027 13760 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg WeEUR Spanish 13760.003 1930-2027 15245 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg WeEUR Spanish 15244.971 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, April 22, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) FYI re my recent monitoring of PRK D.P.R., on Uwe's remote Perseus in Eastern Thailand, direct in South Korea SDR, and diverse Perseus SDR Remote access in Japan. 73 wolfie KOREA D.P.R Voice of Korea, A-17 schedule 0330-0427 11735 KUJ 200 kW 028 deg CeSoAM Spanish 11735.002 0330-0427 13650 KUJ 200 kW 238 deg SoEaAS Chinese 13650.003 0330-0427 13760 KUJ 200 kW 028 deg CeSoAM Spanish even 0330-0427 15105 KUJ 200 kW 238 deg SoEaAS Chinese 15104.972 0330-0427 15180 KUJ 200 kW 028 deg CeSoAM Spanish 15179.982 power break at 0438-0442 UT on April 23: 0430-0527 7220 KUJ 200 kW non-dir NoEaAS English even 0430-0527 9445 KUJ 200 kW non-dir NoEaAS English even 0430-0527 9730 KUJ 200 kW non-dir NoEaAS English 9730.002 0430-0527 11735 KUJ 200 kW 028 deg CeSoAM English 11735.002 0430-0527 13650 KUJ 200 kW 238 deg SoEaAS French 13650.003 0430-0527 13760 KUJ 200 kW 028 deg CeSoAM English even 0430-0527 15105 KUJ 200 kW 238 deg SoEaAS French 15104.972 0430-0527 15180 KUJ 200 kW 028 deg CeSoAM English 15179.982 0530-0627 7220 KUJ 200 kW non-dir NoEaAS Chinese even 0530-0627 9445 KUJ 200 kW non-dir NoEaAS Chinese even 0530-0627 9730 KUJ 200 kW non-dir NoEaAS Chinese 9730.002 0530-0627 11735 KUJ 200 kW 028 deg CeSoAM Spanish 11735.002 0530-0627 13650 KUJ 200 kW 238 deg SoEaAS English 13650.003 0530-0627 13760 KUJ 200 kW 028 deg CeSoAM Spanish even 0530-0627 15105 KUJ 200 kW 238 deg SoEaAS English 15104.972 0530-0627 15180 KUJ 200 kW 028 deg CeSoAM Spanish 15179.982 0630-0727 7220 KUJ 200 kW non-dir NoEaAS English even 0630-0727 9445 KUJ 200 kW non-dir NoEaAS English even 0630-0727 9730 KUJ 200 kW non-dir NoEaAS English 9730.002 0630-0727 11735 KUJ 200 kW 028 deg CESOAM French 11735.002 0630-0727 13650 KUJ 200 kW 238 deg SoEaAS Chinese 13650.003 0630-0727 13760 KUJ 200 kW 028 deg CESOAM French even 0630-0727 15105 KUJ 200 kW 238 deg SoEaAS Chinese 15104.972 0630-0727 15180 KUJ 200 kW 028 deg CESOAM French 15179.982 0730-0827 3250 PYO 100 kW non-dir NoEaAS Japanese even 0730-0827 9650 KUJ 200 kW 109 deg JPN Japanese 9650.001 0730-0827 9875 KUJ 200 kW 028 deg FE RUS Russian 9875.002 0730-0827 11735 KUJ 200 kW 028 deg FE RUS Russian 11735.002 0730-0827 11865 KUJ 200 kW 109 deg JPN Japanese 11865.002 0730-0827 13760 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg EaEUR Russian even 0730-0827 15245 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg EaEUR Russian 15244.970 0830-0927 3250 PYO 100 kW non-dir NoEaAS Japanese even 0830-0927 7220 KUJ 200 kW non-dir NoEaAS Chinese 7220.001 0830-0927 9445 KUJ 200 kW non-dir NoEaAS Chinese even 0830-0927 9650 KUJ 200 kW 109 deg JPN Japanese 9650.001 0830-0927 9875 KUJ 200 kW 028 deg FE RUS Russian 9875.002 0830-0927 11735 KUJ 200 kW 028 deg FE RUS Russian 11735.002 0830-0927 11865 KUJ 200 kW 109 deg JPN Japanese 11865.002 0830-0927 13760 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg EaEUR Russian even 0830-0927 15245 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg EaEUR Russian 15244.970 0930-1027 3250 PYO 100 kW non-dir NoEaAS Japanese even 0930-1027 6070 KNG 250 kW 109 deg JPN Japanese even 0930-1027 7220 KUJ 200 kW non-dir NoEaAS Kor KCBS 7220.001 0930-1027 9445 KUJ 200 kW non-dir NoEaAS Kor KCBS even 0930-1027 9650 KUJ 200 kW 109 deg JPN Japanese 9650.001 0930-1027 11865 KUJ 200 kW 109 deg JPN Japanese 11865.002 1030-1127 3250 PYO 100 kW non-dir NoEaAS Japanese even 1030-1127 6070 KNG 250 kW 109 deg JPN Japanese even 1030-1127 9650 KUJ 200 kW 109 deg JPN Japanese 9650.001 1030-1127 11710 KUJ 200 kW 028 deg CeSoAM English 11709.982 1030-1127 11735 KUJ 200 kW 238 deg SoEaAS English 11734.998 1030-1127 11865 KUJ 200 kW 109 deg JPN Japanese 11865.002 1030-1127 13650 KUJ 200 kW 238 deg SoEaAS English 13650.003 1030-1127 15180 KUJ 200 kW 028 deg CeSoAM English 15179.982 1130-1227 3250 PYO 100 kW non-dir NoEaAS Japanese even 1130-1227 6070 KNG 250 kW 109 deg JPN Japanese even 1130-1227 7220 KUJ 200 kW non-dir NoEaAS Chinese 7220.001 1130-1227 9445 KUJ 200 kW non-dir NoEaAS Chinese even 1130-1227 9650 KUJ 200 kW 109 deg JPN Japanese 9650.001 1130-1227 11710 KUJ 200 kW 028 deg CeSoAM French 11709.982 1130-1227 11735 KUJ 200 kW 238 deg SoEaAS French 11734.998 1130-1227 11865 KUJ 200 kW 109 deg JPN Japanese 11865.002 1130-1227 13650 KUJ 200 kW 238 deg SoEaAS French 13650.003 1130-1227 15180 KUJ 200 kW 028 deg CeSoAM French 15179.972 1230-1327 3250 PYO 100 kW non-dir NoEaAS Japanese even 1230-1327 6070 KNG 250 kW 109 deg JPN Japanese even 1230-1327 9650 KUJ 200 kW 109 deg JPN Japanese 9650.001 1230-1327 11710 KUJ 200 kW 028 deg CESOAM Kor KCBS 11709.982 1230-1327 11735 KUJ 200 kW 238 deg SoEaAS Kor KCBS 11734.998 1230-1327 11865 KUJ 200 kW 109 deg JPN Japanese 11865.002 1230-1327 13650 KUJ 200 kW 238 deg SoEaAS Kor KCBS 13650.003 1230-1327 15180 KUJ 200 kW 028 deg CESOAM Kor KCBS 15179.972 1330-1427 9435 KUJ 200 kW 028 deg NoAM English 1330-1427 11710 KUJ 200 kW 028 deg NoAM English 11709.982 1330-1427 11735 KUJ 200 kW 238 deg SoEaAS Chinese 11734.999 1330-1427 13650 KUJ 200 kW 238 deg SoEaAS Chinese even 1330-1427 13760 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg WeEUR English 13760.002 1330-1427 15245 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg WeEUR English 15244.971 1430-1527 9425 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg EaEUR Russian 9424.998 1430-1527 9435 KUJ 200 kW 028 deg NoAM French even 1430-1527 11710 KUJ 200 kW 028 deg NoAM French even 1400-1457 11735 KUJ 200 kW 238 deg SoEaAS Kor KCBS 11734.999 1430-1527 12015 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg EaEUR Russian 12015.002 1400-1457 13650 KUJ 200 kW 238 deg SoEaAS Kor KCBS 13650.003 1430-1527 13760 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg WeEUR French 13760.002 1430-1527 15245 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg WeEUR French 15244.971 1530-1627 9425 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg EaEUR Russian 9424.998 1530-1627 9435 KUJ 200 kW 028 deg NoAM English 9434.998 1530-1627 9890 KUJ 200 kW 296 deg NE/ME Arabic even 1530-1627 11645 KUJ 200 kW 296 deg NE/ME Arabic 11645.002 1530-1627 11710 KUJ 200 kW 028 deg NoAM English even 1530-1627 12015 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg EaEUR Russian 12015.002 1530-1627 13760 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg WeEUR English 13760.002 1530-1627 15245 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg WeEUR English 15244.971 1630-1727 9425 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg WeEUR German 9424.998 1630-1727 9435 KUJ 200 kW 028 deg NoAM French 9434.998 1630-1727 9890 KUJ 200 kW 296 deg NE/ME English even 1630-1727 11645 KUJ 200 kW 296 deg NE/ME English 11645.002 1630-1727 11710 KUJ 200 kW 028 deg NoAM French even 1630-1727 12015 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg WeEUR German 12015.002 1630-1727 13760 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg WeEUR French 13760.002 1630-1727 15245 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg WeEUR French 15244.971 1730-1827 9425 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg EaEUR Russian 9424.999 1730-1827 9435 KUJ 200 kW 028 deg NoAM Kor KCBS 9434.998 1730-1827 9890 KUJ 200 kW 296 deg NE/ME Arabic even 1730-1827 11645 KUJ 200 kW 296 deg NE/ME Arabic 11645.002 1730-1827 11710 KUJ 200 kW 028 deg NoAM Kor KCBS even 1730-1827 12015 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg EaEUR Russian 12015.002 1730-1827 13760 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg WeEUR Kor KCBS 13760.002 1730-1827 15245 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg WeEUR Kor KCBS 15244.971 1830-1927 7210 KUJ 200 kW 271 deg SoAF French 7209.998 1830-1927 9425 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg WeEUR German 9424.999 1830-1927 9875 KUJ 200 kW 296 deg NE/ME French 9874.998 1830-1927 11635 KUJ 200 kW 296 deg NE/ME French even 1830-1927 11910 KUJ 200 kW 271 deg SoAF French 11910.002 1830-1927 12015 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg WeEUR German 12015.002 1830-1927 13760 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg WeEUR English 13760.003 1830-1927 15245 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg WeEUR English 15244.971 1930-2027 7210 KUJ 200 kW 271 deg SoAF English 7209.998 1930-2027 9425 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg WeEUR German 9424.999 1930-2027 9875 KUJ 200 kW 296 deg NE/ME English 9874.998 1930-2027 11635 KUJ 200 kW 296 deg NE/ME English even 1930-2027 11910 KUJ 200 kW 271 deg SoAF English 11910.002 1930-2027 12015 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg WeEUR German 12015.002 1930-2027 13760 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg WeEUR Spanish 13760.003 1930-2027 15245 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg WeEUR Spanish 15244.971 2030-2127 7210 KUJ 200 kW 271 deg SoAF Kor KCBS 7209.998 2030-2127 9425 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg WeEUR Kor KCBS 9424.999 2030-2127 9875 KUJ 200 kW 296 deg NE/ME Kor KCBS 9875.002 2030-2127 11635 KUJ 200 kW 296 deg NE/ME Kor KCBS even 2030-2127 11910 KUJ 200 kW 271 deg SoAF Kor KCBS 11910.002 2030-2127 12015 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg WeEUR Kor KCBS 12015.002 2030-2127 13760 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg WeEUR French 13760.003 2030-2127 15245 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg WeEUR French 15244.971 2130-2227 3250 PYO 100 kW non-dir NoEaAS Japanese even 2130-2227 7235 KUJ 200 kW non-dir NoEaAS Chinese even 2130-2227 9445 KUJ 200 kW non-dir NoEaAS Chinese even 2130-2227 9650 KUJ 200 kW 109 deg JPN Japanese 9650.002 2130-2227 9875 KUJ 200 kW 271 deg CHN Chinese 9875.003 2130-2227 11635 KUJ 200 kW 271 deg CHN Chinese even 2130-2227 11865 KUJ 200 kW 109 deg JPN Japanese 11865.002 2130-2227 13760 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg WeEUR English 13760.003 2130-2227 15245 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg WeEUR English 15244.971 2230-2327 3250 PYO 100 kW non-dir NoEaAS Japanese even 2230-2327 7235 KUJ 200 kW non-dir NoEaAS Chinese even 2230-2327 9445 KUJ 200 kW non-dir NoEaAS Chinese even 2230-2327 9650 KUJ 200 kW 109 deg JPN Japanese 9650.002 2230-2327 9875 KUJ 200 kW 271 deg CHN Chinese 9875.003 2230-2327 11635 KUJ 200 kW 271 deg CHN Chinese even 2230-2327 11865 KUJ 200 kW 109 deg JPN Japanese 11865.002 2230-2327 13760 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg WeEUR Spanish 13760.003 2230-2327 15245 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg WeEUR Spanish 15244.971 2330-0027 3250 PYO 100 kW non-dir NoEaAS Japanese even 2330-0027 7235 KUJ 200 kW non-dir NoEaAS Kor KCBS even 2330-0027 9445 KUJ 200 kW non-dir NoEaAS Kor KCBS 2330-0027 9650 KUJ 200 kW 109 deg JPN Japanese 9650.002 2330-0027 9875 KUJ 200 kW 271 deg CHN Kor KCBS 9875.003 2330-0027 11635 KUJ 200 kW 271 deg CHN Kor KCBS even 2330-0027 11865 KUJ 200 kW 109 deg JPN Japanese 11865.002 2330-0027 13760 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg WeEUR Kor KCBS 13760.003 2330-0027 15245 KUJ 200 kW 325 deg WeEUR Kor KCBS 15244.971 (updated A-15 into A-17, by wb acc monitoring, April 21-23, 2017, april 23, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. MONITORING PROJECT ON SOME CHRISTIAN PROGRAMMES TO NORTH KOREA (APRIL 2017) In the DX press, the following programmes aimed at secret Christians in North Korea are often counted as "clandestine" programmes: 1330-1530: 7615 (Tashkent UZ 100 kW, 70 ) Voice in the Wilderness 1530-1700: 7510 (Tashkent UZ 100 kW, 76 ) Voice of the Martyrs 1530-1630: 9650 (Palauig PH?) Tu-Th Living Water It should be remembered that there are more Christian shortwave programmes in Korean that are not labelled this way because they are broadcast by better known stations like Trans World Radio. During a listening project http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/ at the end of April, the programs from Uzbekistan were only barely audible. I would not have tried to compile "programme details" for a regular reception report. On the other hand, the second programme also featured segments in simple English with Christian reflections being translated sentence by sentence into Korean. The reception of Living Water Ministry is blocked by co-channel interference from the Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran, broadcasting in Arabic from 1430 to 1730. Living Water Ministry rents its broadcasting time via Alyx & Yeyi, which makes a secret about the location of the transmitters and thus makes this programme look like a conspirational/clandestine venture. Following the example of other human rights indices, Christan advocacy group Open Doors regularly publishes a world index of persecution. For the 15th time in a row, North Korea was ranked as top persecutor of Christians (Dr Hansjoerg Biener, 24 April 2017, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [and non]. TOKYO REPORT: KIN SHOW SUPPORT FOR N. KOREAN ABDUCTION VICTIMS BY RADIO -- A Jiji Press report dated April 24, 2017 Tokyo, April 24 (Jiji Press) -- Radio programs to encourage Japanese citizens abducted by North Korean agents have continued for more than a decade despite obstacles including jamming by the reclusive state. In October 2005, the Investigation Commission on Missing Japanese Probably Related to North Korea, or COMJAN, a citizens' group working for the return of Japanese abductees from North Korea, launched a shortwave radio broadcast called "Shiokaze" (sea breeze) to provide the latest reports on North Korea and send messages to abduction victims from their families that they will be rescued. Financed by contributions from individuals and proceeds from the sale of goods made by COMJAN, the program has continued despite chronic financial difficulties. The Japanese government started a shortwave radio program itself with the same aim under the name "Furusato no Kaze" (hometown wind) roughly two years after the launch of Shiokaze. The program airs messages from abductees' families, popular Japanese songs and other content. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications detected jamming signals thought to be coming from North Korea about six months after the Shiokaze program started. It informed the International Telecommunication Union of the interference as an infringement on its regulations. But jamming activities have continued, prompting the ministry to make reports to the ITU more than 50 times since fiscal 2006. COMJAN has increased the number of frequencies for Shiokaze to three to avoid North Korean interference and changed them whenever the broadcast is jammed. The government has also added a frequency for the Furusato no Kaze program. In addition, it launched a high-power broadcast and a medium-wave program in cooperation with foreign radio broadcasters such as the Voice of America. [??? What`s this? gh] The government has set aside a budget of 144 million yen for radio programs directed at North Korea in fiscal 2017, an increase of 49 million yen from fiscal 2016, which ended in March. COMJAN started medium-wave broadcasts in October last year due to the reported popularization of radios in North Korea but discontinued it due to financial difficulties. A medium-wave broadcast costs eight times more than a shortwave broadcast, a member of the commission said. But North Korea "is believed to feel threatened by the medium-wave broadcast" because it used new jamming signals, the member said. COMJAN is thus calling for financial support for a resumption of the broadcasts. In view of falls in the length and frequency of interference, shortages of energy and electricity are "likely to have become increasing acute" in North Korea," the COMJAN member added. A large number of Japanese citizens were abducted to North Korea during the 1970s and 1980s. Five of the 17 people officially recognized by the government as abduction victims returned to Japan in 2002. The National Police Agency puts the number of missing Japanese categorized as possible victims of North Korean abduction at 883. "We didn't expect to continue our broadcasts for such a long time," Tatsuru Murao, executive director of COMJAN, said, testifying to the difficulty of settling the abduction issue. Messages should reach the abductees in some way as long as the broadcasts continue, Murao said. "We hope this will be a ray of hope for them." (via Mike Cooper, GA, Apr 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KURDISTAN [non]. Denge Kurdistan via Grigoriopol and Secretbrod, April 18 till 1400 11600 KCH 300 kW / 130 deg to WeAs Kurdish, weak+SCB carrier 1400-1600 11600 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish, very good signal http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/denge-kurdistan-via-grigoriopol-and.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #1004 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, April 24, 2017 via DXLD) FRANCE, Frequency change of Denge Kurdistan via TDF Issoudun from April 20: 0230-0500 NF 7350 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish, ex 11600 via Alyx & Yeyi http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/frequency-change-of-denge-kurdistan-via.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KUWAIT. Reception of Radio Kuwait in Urdu and English on April 15: 1755-1800 on 15540 KBD 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Urdu, before English 1800-2100 on 15540 KBD 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu English, weak & good http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/reception-of-radio-kuwait-in-urdu-and.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #1004 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, April 24, 2017 via DXLD) 15540, R Kuwait in English with thumpity & EZL English pop music with no announcements. English News & Sports news by OM at 2045. 2+5433, 2015-2050 16/Apr using the ccskywave with whip antenna as I enjoyed the fire in my chimney as I recuperated from eating too much Easter dinner! Probably would have been more in-wanking with a real antenna, but it was good enough so long as I held the radio in just the right spot! (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Williamston MI, MARE Tipsheet April 23 via DXLD) 15540, Radio Kuwait at 1804 with a man and woman with a program Mohammed’s love for children then pop music at 1823 re-check – Excellent Apr 21 (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten- Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA yg via DXLD) 15540, April 26 at 1821, presumed R. Kuwait in English, VP S6 signal vs line noise level of S4-S5 on this band. I`m keeping after the electric company to fix it, and in fact they are back here working on it circa 1530 April 27 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LAOS. 6130, Lao National Radio, 1404, April 26. In Chinese till 1424 indigenous music; 1430 switched over to English; “This is the Lao National Radio"; news; 1450-1500 a different segment in English; 1501 French; poor; not very readable, but able to confirm languages (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LIBERIA. VOICE OF TRUTH GETS 250-KILOWATT TRANSMITTER 26 April 2017 The New Dawn Liberia - Voice of Truth gets 250-kilowatt transmitter http://www.thenewdawnliberia.com/politics/13467-voice-of-truth-gets-250-kilowatt-transmitter Voice of Truth, a community based radio station in Pleebo City, Maryland County has received a 250 kilowatt transmitter. The American-built transmitter was donated by Mr. Eric Giko, a Marylander based in the United States. According to Eric, the gesture is aimed at helping to upgrading the station's capacity to extend its s coverage in the county. He says he has been encouraged to do more for the station based on handling of prior donations by the management there. Eric Giko told this paper in Pleebo that in the past, he provided a 20 kilowatt FM transmitter, which the Voice of Truth is using presently. A former representative aspirant of Pleebo Sodoken Statutory District, he says the donation has no political string attached. "I am not a political material in the upcoming elections, but will let my people know if a decision is reached to venture into politics", Eric notes. Meanwhile, he promised that during his next visit to Liberia in October, he would provide another 250 kilowatts transmitter to the Board of Radio Harper to get the station back on the air. Radio Harper, the county's premier community station, has been off air for over a year as a result of technical fault, but critics attribute the situation to poor management. Eric is admonishing the management of the Voice of Truth to use the transmitter for its intended purpose, and calls on community dwellers and county authorities to provide financial support to the station. Receiving the transmitter, the manager of the station appreciated Eric for the donation and promised that it will be used for the intended purpose. Mr. Dioh Wah however calls on other well-meaning Marylanders to emulate the good example of Eric. By George K. Momo/ Maryland (via Mike Cooper, WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DXLD) ??? Story consistently calls it 250 kilowatts! That`s an awful lot for an FM station, even by ERP, but not explicit about whether it`s for MW, VHF or HF! Neither station is listed in the WRTH 2017, but there is a Truth FM in Monrovia on 96.1 (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LITHUANIA. Sitkunai 1386 kHz Final Sign-Off [1 Attachment] Occurred this morning at about 0501 UT as monitored/recorded using the U. Twente SDR receiver. A bit noisy as propagation is starting to deteriorate as the sun comes up. Is that the Radio Baltic Waves International interval signal that was played a few times just before s/off? Recording attached. Where does that music come from? Name of tune? According to Rimantas Pleikys, the first broadcast from Viešintos on 1386 kHz, 75 kW, 120 m tower will begin today at 1630 UT Attachment(s) from lang@unb.ca [dxld] | [available on the DXLD yg] 1 of 1 File(s) radio_baltic_waves_int_sitkunai_last_s-off.mp3 (Richard Langley, NB, April 21, dxldyg via DX LISTENNG DIGEST) LTU Viesintos 1386 kHz, 75 kW, 120 m tower, 2017-Apr-21 1630 hrs G.C. 55 41 39.80 N 24 58 56.68 E - 73 (Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD) ** LITHUANIA [non]. Re: Bye bye, Bye bye, Sitkunai Am 18.04.2017 um 12:06 schrieb christian.milling@shortwaveservice.com [dxld]: > The 11580 kHz was used additionally, or instead of the 5950 kHz, no idea. The 11580 kHz was used additionally. I heard both frequencies. Unfortunately I didn't know myself that the QRG will be used before. Best regards, Christian Presently again, as a repetition, on the WRMI System D - Stream. (22.20z) (roger, germany, Sat April 22, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. New log - XEETCH-700 (and interesting anthem on 660 kHz) Tim Hall, Chula Vista CA (between San Diego and Tijuana) Perseus SDR-IQ, 560 ft unterminated mini-BOG aimed SSE(/NNW) Reviewing my recordings from the last 3-4 weeks... Dates/Times UT. 700, XEETCH, Etchojoa SON. 3/28 1300 - Noted Mexican national anthem very faintly under KALL and KMBX in local XEWW-690 slop. At 1302:59 it faded up nicely for ID "XEETCH. .. Sistema de Radiodifusoras Culturales Indigenistas. .. de Sonora." NEW. I also had a Mexican anthem on 660 kHz at 1300 UT. Usually this is just a false image of XESURF-540 mixing with KOGO-600, but this time it was not // XESURF. Maybe this means XESJC in San Jose del Cabo BCS has not moved to FM yet? Unfortunately the anthem was a long version, and my recording stopped before they had a chance to ID. 73 (Tim Hall, San Diego CA, April 22, ABDX via DXLD) ** MEXICO. New log - XEGDL-730 Tim Hall, Chula Vista CA (between San Diego and Tijuana) Perseus SDR-IQ, 560 ft unterminated mini-BOG aimed SSE(/NNW) Reviewing my recordings from the last 3-4 weeks... Dates/Times UT. 730, XEGDL, Zapotlanejo-Guadalajara JAL - 3/27 0559 - Had a second station underneath XESOS (which had been running the Mexican National Hour, something I didn't think they normally did, but very conspicuous as it runs an hour later in GMT-7 time zone). I almost assumed the station underneath XESOS was XEHB, until I heard a couple PSAs for the Estado de Jalisco. They ran the Mexican national anthem at 0601 UT, almost two full minutes later than XESOS. NEW, although I think I'll keep chasing it for a solid ID, or see if I can catch their regular programming // their web stream. This antenna is aimed right at Jalisco. I've re-logged most of the Jalisco stations I logged 25 years ago, plus a few new ones. 73 (Tim Hall, CA, ABDX via DXLD) ** MEXICO. 800, April 20 at 1303 UT, after Mex NA, sign-on by a station with address in Ciudad Juárez, seems to mention FM 102.7 [sic]. As usual, a struggle to copy weak signal, no borderblaster, with near-local KQCV OKC nulled as much as possible. XEROK, Radio Cañón is not known to have an FM, but adding that is certainly the trend on both sides of la frontera. Wikipedia gives website as http://calibre800.com/ but that`s the newscast it carries, not the station per se, and no sign of an FM mentioned there. 102.7 may be wrong, as there is a K-love translator on that in nearby Anthony TX, altho as such would be subject to bumping by a US non- translator, and presumably Mexican (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) XEROK couldn't migrate if it wanted to — no migration frequencies were made available for Juárez. The only 102.7 allotments the FCC has in Chihuahua are in Ciudad Guerrero, which is west of Cuauhtémoc, and a "locality" (seemingly a few houses) called Cajoncitos, which is in the middle of nowhere on the international border. I'm trying to figure out where in the world this came from and nothing is making sense (Raymie Humbert, AZ, April 21, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) 800, April 27 at 1200 UT, XEROK with choral NA, near-local KQCV OKC nulled as much as possible. This time I can copy enough of the full ID which follows at 1202 to tell that Radio Cañón with street address is *not* mentioning an FM frequency with a seven in it, but instead after 800, they say ``Grupo 7`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. XECT Contacto, Monterrey – 1190 kHz --- Estimado Jan, tienes muy buen equipo; mi nombre es Roberto Galicia y soy el Jefe de Ingenieros de la estación XECT la cual pertenece a un grupo de estaciones conocido como NRM Comunicaciones. La estación XECT opera diplexada con otra estación que es la XEG-AM en 1050 kHz en la misma torre y transmite desde los suburbios de Monterrey. La XECT-AM opera con 10 kW. Te envío algunas fotografías de la estación y del personal técnico. En la foto soy el último a la derecha. Nos da mucho gusto saber que nos escuchas a tanta distancia y te enviamos desde estas tierras saludos y fuerte abrazo desde Monterrey, México! Roberto G. Cuauhtémoc 725 Nte Zona Centro Monterrey, N.L. México (QSL via job, Arctic Radio Club mv-eko 27 March via DXLD) ** MEXICO. 1650, 6.3 0530, XEARZ R ZER, México med ID vid en kort öppning mot México. (1649,985) TN (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, Arctic Radio Club mv-eko 13 March, 2017, via DXLD) ** MEXICO. 6185, April 26 at 1832, JBA carrier but the SSOB vs even weaker 6070 CFRX carrier exactly at local mean noon here. Detectable despite line noise level, and have previously found it later in afternoon. Presumed XEPPM, Radio Educación, México DF at some 1180 miles, which supposedly does not sign on until 2300. It`s definitely not on circa sunrise when never heard tho better propagable, so when do they turn it on and is it just carrier or with programming // MW 1060? Someone in the RGV might be able to tell which (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MOROCCO. 9575, MOROCCO (Spanish [once upon a time]) Radio Medi Un – Nador, 2332-0000 Apr 18, rare appearance for this one with decent signal today with Arabic language discussion. Woman announcer with station ID and announcements at 2358 followed by a man with news. China Radio International from Albania opened on 9570 at 0000 covering channel with slop (Rich D'Angelo, Wyomissing PA, Ten-Tec RX-340, Drake R-8B, Eton E1, Eton E5, Alpha Delta DX Sloper, RF Systems Mini-Windom, Datong FL3, JPS ANC-4, NASWA Flashsheet April 23 via DXLD) Again no signal of Radio Medi 1 on 9575 kHz, April 20 0000-2400 on 9575 NAD 250 kW / 110 deg to NoAf Arabic/French http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/again-no-signal-of-radio-medi-1-on-9575.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Medi 1, heard today from 0529 to 0542 UT on 9575 kHz with news in French entirely devoted to French Presidential election. At 0540 into Arabic Good signal but with a hum (Antonello Napolitano, Taranto (South of) Italy, April 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Medi 1 back on shortwave after several days absence 0000-2400 on 9575 NAD 250 kW / 110 deg to NoAf Arabic/French, fair/good on April 24 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MYANMAR. 5985, Myanmar Radio, 1328, April 26. Usual BoH (their local ToH) format of singing ID, giving three different "kilohertz" frequencies, followed by chimes; in vernacular; almost good. My local sunrise was at 1319 UT and their local sunset was at 1223 UT (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. 6145, UT Sunday April 23 at 0013, Mighty KBC music, poor at S9 vs S8 line noise level. By 0054 it`s S9+25 --- or rather, now the RHC open carrier is on, seeming to boost signal of understation, at least quietening it. They are virtually zero-beat so not obvious what is happening. I keep checking 6165 whether RHC repeats last week`s switch back there avoiding KBC, but never shows, so maybe it was a fluke, and at 0104 KBC has changed program to `The Giant Jukebox`. Only at 0105 is there enough undermodulation also from RHC English to detect on 6145 as // much louder 6000. But KBC music modulation is still atop 6145 while its signal must be way under the Cuban strength. One more week of this collision before KBC via GERMANY is planned from May 7 to ascend to 9925 for summer (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also CUBA 6145 - Mighty KBC. 0000 UT "Dave Mason Show". S6 with static and fading. 0012 signal "improves" to S9 at times, but Dave's voice, what he is saying is difficult to understand. It's easier understanding the songs. 0034 signal S9 +10dB at times. 0053 KBC audio weakens. The signal is still S9 +10dB but something is "stepping" on the audio. At 0054 I hear singing on 6145 kHz. It's not from the Mighty KBC! 0055 the Mighty KBC is getting crushed. At 0100 I discover the cause of the interference. It's Radio Habana Cuba with their English program on 6145 kHz. From 0100 the Mighty KBC is useless on 6145! 73, (Kraig, KG4LAC, Krist, April 24, dxldyg via DXLD)`` Mighty KBC switch --- Only for the April 30, 2017 broadcast on 6145 kHz the Mighty KBC switches from 0000-0200 UT to 2300 UT (April 29) to 0100 UT (April 30). Done to, hopefully, avoid RHC QRM. May 7, 2017 broadcast is 0000-0200 UTC on 9925 kHz. 73, (Kraig, KG4LAC, Krist, April 24, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. Re: Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep former staff April 15 broadcast via Shortwave Service --- Archived here: https://shortwavearchive.com/archive/radio-nederland-wereldomroep-70th-anniversary-broadcast-april-15-2017 and here: https://archive.org/details/RNWviaShortwaveService6.005MHz15April20170900UTC (-- Richard Langley, NB, April 22, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEW ZEALAND. Frequency changes of Radio New Zealand International in DRM mode from April 19 1651-1745 NF 6115 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg English to Cook/Tonga/Samoa Sun-Fri, ex 5975 1746-1835 NF 6115 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg English to Cook/Tonga/Samoa Sun-Fri, ex 7285 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/frequency-changes-of-radio-new-zealand.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #1004 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, April 24, 2017 via DXLD) 11725, April 20 at 0555, RNZI inbooming at S9+20, 0600 news, while the rest of 25 and even 31m are virtually dead. Location3! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Just for information - I noticed that the home page and other pages of the RNZ international service now brands itself as "RNZ Pacific" (although remnants of RNZI branding still appears). I checked some on- air announcements (recent on-demand programmes) and find that the on- air ID currently remains as "RNZI/Radio New Zealand International" (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, April 26, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DX LISTENING DIGEST) To the extent that public broadcasting budgets are under some degree of siege (and they are), branding becomes an important factor in explaining to those not necessarily knowledgeable about such things (meaning the politicians who approve and disapprove budget items) just what this enterprise is about. Rebranding RNZI (Radio New Zealand International) to RNZ Pacific (to go with RNZ National and RNZ Concert) more clearly defines the mission of that service by succinctly emphasizing its principal and, at the same time, anticipates the real potential for casual misunderstanding that today can spell the difference between continued tolerance for its existence and an unceremonial demise. (Witness Radio Australia.) (John Figliozzi, Halfmoon, NY, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DX LISTENNG DIGEST) ** NIGERIA [non]. U.K.(non) Evening transmission of Radio Dandal Kura Int via new transmitters: 1800-1900 12050 DHA 250 kW / 270 deg WeAf Kanuri, ex ASC 250 kW / 065 1900-2100 12050 WOF 300 kW / 152 deg WeAf Kanuri, ex ASC 250 kW / 065 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/evening-transmission-of-radio-dandal.html (Ivo Ivanov, April 26, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DXLD) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6924.95-AM, April 21 at 0055, repetitive music at S7-S8, measured at 0124 seeming talk and music at same time. A few logs here include a Liquid Radio ID heard at 0057: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,34311.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6930-AM, April 22 at 0005, JBA carrier under local spurblob from a DTV box or something. Logs here say it was Radio Illuminati until sign-off 0006: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,34338.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6955-USB, April 22 at 0008, pirate hard rock music at S8. XLR8 per these logs: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,34346.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6940-USB, April 22 at 0007, pirate music at S8; recheck at 0041 catch a Radio Free, What-ever, ID. Many more logs: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,34343.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6924.98-AM, April 22 at 0015, S9 signal but JBM music. These say it was Liquid Radio: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,34348.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6940-USB, April 23 at 0021, pirate music mixing with CW and SSTV. 0028 retune to hear some fast CW and off. Logs here think there were really two stations, the SSTV one IDing as Pee Wee: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,34380.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6880-AM, April 23 at 0023, lo-fi music at S9+5, 0024 announcement twice by M synth voice as ``--- something Radio Network`` with hotmail address, and then same by YL synth. 0050 still tinny music, long pauses. Another unreadable canned ID at 0102. These logs https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,34367.0.html say it was Unknown Name Radio Network, heard by many from 2310, and by one with carrier test(?) as early as 1630 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6900.01-AM, April 24 at 0010, C&W music at S8, 0012 talk over music; some QRM from Spanish peskies on LSB (normal inhabitants here so avoided by pirates), evitable by USB tuning. 0033 S7, lo-fi and somewhat distorted music, no announcements heard. 0040 wild SFX mixing with mx and now up to S9; 0045 more LSB peskies. These logs say it was Unknown Name Radio Network again: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,34416.0.html as previously heard on 6880 and other frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6912.5-AM, April 24 at 0037, very weak music at S4, unID pirate, also unID per these logs of electronic dance music: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,34417.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. YHWH: 4/13, 0231-0242+, 7615/AM; Yahweh dude with only peaks above QRN till 0237 when suddenly better at SIO=2+52+ peaks 4/17, 0301-0309+, 7615/AM; Yahweh dude talking about the People of Yahweh & the Spirit of Yahweh. SIO=252+ (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' & 60' RW + 125' bow-tie, ----- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! -----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) YHWH, 7615 at 0400 --- Particularly strong tonight with a powerful signal, but lousy modulation, as always. I checked various Perseus SDR sites. Only heard well via Don Moman's Alberta SDRs. The several checked in Eastern USA barely registered a carrier, and nothing at all checking several UK receivers. Here in Victoria, S9+ signal. Too bad he doesn't send e QSLs! 73 (Walt Salmaniw, BC, UT April 20, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) YHWH 7615 heads up --- The Yahweh pirate guy is back at the moment (0430) on 7615 / usual "telephone quality" sound. Hearing with S-9 signal in the Sonoran Desert. 73, (Rick in AZ Barton, 0440 UT April 20, ibid.) Yes, even audible in New Zealand until closing abruptly at 0518:30 UTC. Second day in a row that 7615 has made it across the Pacific - presumably there's no way to let the operator know this? (Bryan Clark, Mangawhai - NZ, April 21, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DX LISTENNG DIGEST) And tonight he was really strong at around 0200. No, I've never seen any email addresses, or expressions of any interest to hear from listeners (Walt Salmaniw, UT Apr 22, ibid.) I received this strange unsolicited email in 2015 - I think it was related to my posts of YHWH on hfunderground but who knows and who knows if it was a hoax. Here it is: > From: supersecret@use.startmail.com > Date: April 25, 2015, 21:42:09 GMT > To: > Subject: Radio YHWH's spot > Hey, psst. Double pssst. Its Radio YHWH's secret spot: > skyline.JPG > the lair.JPG (Rich near Chicago Ray, ibid.) Rich, the images were scrubbed. Not sure whether from my end or yahoogroups end (Walt, ibid.) Not received here either (gh, ibid.) Monitoring YHWH in AZ right now --- 7615, USA [sic] (Pirate), YHWH, 4/26, 0325. OC heard on the SW-2000629 and shortwire, weak, no modulation at all. I confirmed the AM carrier with SSB and clarifier knob. After a few minutes, music heard - MUSIC! (I was not aware this guy broadcast anything but his voice). Going inside, turning on Grundig and 100' wire, still not hearing any modulation until I switched to SSB mode. The usual guy, his Yah-weh or the highway lecture. At this posting, lecture still going on at 0355. 73 from the Sonoran desert and Good Listening....! (Rick Barton, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 596 kHz, April 22 at 1838 UT check, high noon, still JBA carrier which I traced months ago to a spur out of 1640 KZLS, east of Hennessey (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGESET) ** OKLAHOMA. 1390, April 20 at 0609 UT, local KCRC is open carrier / dead air. STILL so at next check 1211 UT --- I bet it was thus all night, no one caring or noticing at station which lost plugin from a sports network. Sibling 107.1 KNID is still alive at 1221 UT check, you bet! That`s what matters. By next check 1345 UT, KCRC has resumed stupid sportstalk. Lack of splatter made DXing 1380 and 1400 easier, but nothing definite; two SS on 1380, probably Houston and Tulsa (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 90.9 FM, April 20 at 1925 UT I notice that KOKF OKC is in a far-right anti-Obama talkshow, while adjacent 91.1 KKRD Enid is in usual praise music. Normally until now these two were always in // with Air One; you couldn`t even hear a break tuning between them. WTFDA Database still shows them both with that, ``Christian CHR/Rock``: KOKF 90.9 EDMOND OK USA 7.8 7.8 451.0 451.0 35-33-37 97-29-06 3601 Air 1 Air 1 AIR ONE CHRISTIAN CHR/ROCK KKRD 91.1 ENID OK USA 0.2 0.2 97.0 97.0 36-23-48 97-52-38 2C25 1073KKRD - AIR ONE CHRISTIAN CHR/ROCK So apparently KOKF has changed to another program source, at least part of the time; does Air One also have a talk channel? Since I find them both so disgusting, it may be a while before I can figure out from monitoring what`s going on. At 1720 UT check April 21, 90.9 is back to praise music but 91.1 is off! We`ve just had storms blow thru, so a quick check of other frequencies: 88.3 Family Radio translator is off (altho not unusual), other translators: 89.1 is in dead air, 105.5 is off. OKC had much worse storms and many more power outages than Enid, flooding and power poles snapped along May Avenue; cursory check does not find any OKC FM stations AWOL (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 92.1 FM, April 20 at 1926 UT check, KAMG-LP Enid is still off, might as well be permanently as it was nothing but a satellator for a Spanish gospel-huxter network (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 91.1 FM, April 24 at 1717 UT check, KKRD Enid, 200-watt station, is still off the air as first noted three days ago following a storm. Still off April 25. Its antenna is on the Broadway Tower in downtown Enid. Once a respected office building, new owners got it for a song and were trying to convert it into a hotel, but now it`s decrepit, with both elevators padlocked! Maybe no one wants to climb the stairs (14? floors) to restart the transmitter? Part of the external facing cracked off last year, and just recently there was a fire in a transformer just outside the building. This opens 91.1 for 100 kW stations in Wichita KS, KCFN, with AFR, and in Lawton OK, KJRF, another gospel huxter, but not heard yet, both in 100+ mile range. And much to be preferred, 100 kW High Plains Public Radio, KANZ Garden City KS, but just too far on internal antennas. 90.9, KOKF, Edmond OK is still on with Air One contemporary Christian music, rather than the talk show I logged before, 1717 UT April 24. 89.1, K206CA, Enid, Oasis Network translator of 90.5 KNYD (or really 88.1 KMSI??) has been restored after running dead air at last check. 92.1, KAMG-LP, Enid remains off the air as of April 25. Last heard carrier on March 10, no modulation for a long time before then. WTFDA DB now shows its horizontal and vertical powers both as 0.0 kW, certainly appropriate. 104.7, KQSN, Ponca City, April 24 at 1903 UT, ID as ``KQSN, Ponca City, Sunny 104.7`` and *one* minute of Fox News until 1904 resuming music. 105.5, K288FX, North Enid, K-love translator of KYLV 88.9, is still off the air April 25, as first noticed April 21 after storms (it`s really in East Enid). 105.7, KRDR Alva, 50 kW now easily heard with 105.5 local off, is no longer ESPN, but hard rock/rap, April 24 at 1900 UT, ``We are The Pulse. . .`` and K-calls not copied. April 25 at 1546 UT: ``The Pulse, 105.7 FM`` WTFDA DB identifies it with sibling? station: ``COYOTE COUNTRY 98.3 KQZQ``. Radio-locator shows: ``KRDR-FM 105.7 MHz Alva, Oklahoma "ESPN Radio 105.7" Format: Sports Website: none`` But google search leads to this: http://espn1057.com/krdr/ which has nothing but current sports news on it Also to this FB, but nothing new since June 2016: https://www.facebook.com/KRDR1057/ We would much prefer to hear on 105.7, KROU Spencer, public radio relay of KGOU Norman, but it`s only 1.6 kW, and can`t overcome KRDR until about Kingfisher on US 81 (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OMAN. According to HFCC, the BBC World Service has the following schedule in English (2200-0500 and 1300-2000 h via A'Seela): 0000-0200: 5970 (250 kW, 63 ) 0200-0300: 9410 (250 kW, 63 ) 0300-0500: 12095 (250 kW, 10 , 0400 320 ) 0300-0400: 9440 (250 kW, 320 ) 0400-0500: 13580 (250 kW, 10 ) 1300-1500: 15310 (250 kW, 63 ) 1500-1700: 5970 (250 kW, 10 ) after 1600 blocked by CRI in German, 9410 (250 kW, 320 ) 1700-1900: 6195 (250 kW, 320 ) 1900-2000: 9820 (250 kW, 240 ) blocked by KNLS/Madagascar World Voice in Russian 2200-2300: 5950 (250 kW, 240 ) 9890 (250 kW, 63 ) 2300-2400: 7370 (250 kW, 85 ) The results of a longer monitoring project about the audibility in Europe --- via http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/ --- were disappointing. Most frequencies were not heard regularly or in a quality worth listening to. There are programme alternatives to Asia but I was not able to establish a monitored schedule (Dr Hansjoerg Biener, 25 April 2017, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 4774.9, Radio Tarma, Tarma, 1039-1043. Man talking in Spanish, forcefully delivered as in a lecture or sermon. Weak to moderate signal with fading, heavy static from approaching storms, and some minor CODAR interference. 4/17/2017 (Jim Evans, Germantown TN, IC-R75, Perseus, Various Portables, Random Wire, Eavesdropper Dipole, W6LVP Loop, Wellbrook Loops, NASWA Flashsheet April 23 via DXLD) ** PERU. 5980. R. CHASKI. Abril 18. 2345-2358 UT. Música serrana, al parecer es Radio Chaski sin conexión con Red Radio Integridad. SINPO: 32433 5980. R.CHASKI. Abril 20. 2340-2350 UT. Al parecer no hay transmisión en aquella frecuencia o el ruido ambiental la tapa de modo completo. (Claudio Galaz, RX: TECSUN PL 660; ANT: Hilo de 40 metros de largo, QTH: Ovalle, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) 5980, April 22 at 0049, not even a JBA carrier from R. Chaski, apparently off. Perhaps Claudio Galaz, Chile, the only other DXer who ever logs it, will confirm whether it`s also totally off during the previous bihour (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5980. R.CHASKI. Abril 22. 1155-1205 UTC. Avisos de Red Radio Integridad y devocional. SINPO: 42432 con mucho QRM de otras emisoras aledañas. (Claudio Galaz, RX: TECSUN PL 660; ANT: Hilo de 40 metros de largo, QTH: Ovalle, Chile, condiglista yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DXLD) 5980, April 23 at 0016 and 0050, still not even a JBA carrier from R. Chaski, missing (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PHILIPPINES. 15355, Radio Veritas Asia, religious broadcaster in Tagalog, April 9, 2017, 2310–2328. M anchor in group conversation, frequent mention of Jesus Christ. Modest but listenable signal, with heavy QRN and slow QSB. Mention of Holy Week in English. F announcer with music and English program announcement. Positive ID with web address at 2326. ID and some announcements in English. F anchor and then switch to Vietnamese on 9670 at 2327, but was unreadable on that frequency (Vince Henley, Anacortes WA, Equipment currently in use: Tecsun PL-380, JRC NRD-525, Drake R8B, Sony ICF-2010, Ten-Tec RX-340. Antennas are half-meter whip on PL-380, 1.2 meter whip on ICF-2010, and Alpha-Delta DX-Ultra installed broadside east-west, NASWA Flashsheet Apr 23 via DXLD) ** PHILIPPINES. Poor & weak signal of Radio Teos via FEBC Radio Apr 21 1500-1600 11650 BOC 100 kW / 323 deg to CeAs Russian today 1455-1555 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/poor-and-weak-signal-of-radio-teos-via.html Reception of Radio Teos via FEBC Radio, April 24 1500-1600 on 11650 BOC 100 kW / 323 deg to CeAs Russian, fair: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/reception-of-radio-teos-via-febc-radio.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) What ilk is Teos? Orthodox? Catholic? Surely more like Protestant if FEBC carries it. It`s not in the religious broadcaster cross-reference in WRTH page 518 --- bookmark that to help find stuff; merely as the only Russian hour from FEBC, and no sect info about FEBC Corporate itself, under USA, merely Rlg., which we may safely assume means nothing but Christian (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DXLD) ** ROMANIA. RRI's Galbeni transmitters off tomorrow --- Hi All, Radio Romania mentioned that the Galbeni transmitters would be undergoing work tomorrow Thursday, and below is the notice about this from their website: "The Galbeni short-wave transmitters relaying Radio Romania International broadcasts are undergoing technical revision on Thursday, April 27, between 09.00 and 17.00 hours, Bucharest time (06.00-14.00 GMT), according to schedule. In the aforementioned time span, you can listen to our broadcasts relayed by the Tiganesti transmitters on short-wave, online at www.rri.ro, or on mobile apps that can be downloaded from Google Play and App Store, as well as on your fixed and mobile phone (in Romania, the US Italy, Spain, France and Great Britain)." Posted by: (Alan Gale, April 26, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. 7345, Radio Sakha, via Yakutsk, 1226-1240, April 26. Doing fairly well, but mixing with CNR1; traditional songs; after 1230 started to also hear R. Thazin (Myanmar) underneath; Russia lost out to the other two stations about 1240. Unable to hear // 7295 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA [and non]. THE STATE DUMA ANNOUNCED THE INFLUENCE OF "VOICE OF AMERICA", "RADIO LIBERTY" AND CNN ON THE ELECTIONS IN RUSSIA http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__65288/ The Russian services of Voice of America, Radio Liberty and CNN channel are conductors of US pressure on the situation in Russia, the head of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, Information Technologies and Communications Leonid Levin said. "We need to understand the specific cases of impact on the elections in Russia, but I would like to remind you that the structures we are discussing are part of a larger American system of pressure on our country, using a variety of instruments with respect to Russia, In the Russian electoral process, but also in the affairs of our country as a whole, "Levin said at an extended meeting of the committee on Tuesday, where the instruction of the State Duma on March 17 to review the elnosti Russian service "Voice of America", "Radio Liberty" and CNN TV channel. As Levin specified earlier, journalists are expected to discuss whether the mentioned media respected Russian election legislation and whether they influenced the electoral processes in Russia. As explained by the head of the committee, "pressure system" includes "various foundations, NGOs, grants and much more." Levin recalled several ongoing investigations into the United States with regard to Russia, which is accused of meddling in the US presidential election. "According to the US media, the special department at the FBI headquarters in Washington will begin work next month to coordinate all the investigations that are being conducted in the US, including the investigation of the intelligence committee in Congress, in the Senate," - the deputy noted. Currently, he continued, "there is legislative support for these events - the US Senate is considering a bill that grants the Ministry of Justice, of which the FBI is a part, additional powers to investigate potential violations of US law by the Russia Today-America television channel, and similar claims Sounded to the agency "Sputnik" and other Russian media. " They continue to be accused of trying to influence the presidential elections in America, as well as in attempts to undermine confidence in the voting procedure itself, Levin noted. He added that the Duma committee is ready to listen to the representatives of the mentioned American media, "representatives of CNN and" Voice of America "were invited as a participant." However, according to him, none of them responded to the proposal. Interfax.ru (via RusDX 23 April via WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DXLD) ** RUSSIA [and non]. RADIO SPUTNIK LAUNCHES NEW POLITICAL TALK SHOW IN THE US http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__65291/ Radio Sputnik launched a new political talk show "Between the Two Lights: Nixon and Stranahan", which discusses the most topical issues and acute political issues. The leaders of the new radio program were two experienced American observers with opposite political views: Lee Stranahan, a conservative Republican and former head of the Breitbart News investigative journalism department, and Garland Nixon, a progressive Democrat and a member of the American Council of the American Civil Liberties Union. The new program is recorded in the Washington studio Sputnik and is available on the agency's website, as well as on the wave of 103.5 FM on HD2-radio in the District of Columbia. The broadcast goes daily on weekdays ... "Between the two fires" - a new project on the air of American radio Sputnik. The radio station also features other shows created by American producers: The Bradcast, Trendstorm, and Thom Hartmann Program. Sputnik is a news agency and radio with multimedia information hubs in dozens of countries. Sputnik includes sites in more than 30 languages, analog and digital broadcasting, mobile applications and social networking sites. News tapes Sputnik go around the clock in English, Arabic, Spanish and Chinese. Ria.ru (via RusDX 23 April via DXLD) ** SAO TOME. São Tomé - According to HFCC, the Voice of America has this schedule in English from São Tomé: 0400-0500: 4960 (100 kW, 30 ) 0400-0700: 6080 (100 kW, 138 ) 0500-0700: 17530 (100 kW, 100 ) 1600-1630: 6080 (100 kW, 138 ) 1730-1800: 6080 (100 kW, 138 ) blocked by CNR-1 2030-2100: 4960 (100 kW, 30 ) Sa Su The results of a longer monitoring project about the audibility in Europe --- via http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/ --- were disappointing. Most frequencies were not heard regularly or in a quality worth listening to (Dr Hansjoerg Biener, 25 April 2017, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, Apr 17 1900, Solomon Island Broadcasting Corp., Honiara. Auch Mitte April ist die Morgensendung von den Solomon Inseln noch in Europa auf 5020 kHz zu hören. Nun gegen 1915 UT die religiöse Sendung, die Signalstärke mit S5 gar nicht schlecht (Christoph Ratzer, Austria, SW Bulletin April 23 via DXLD) ** SOMALIA [and non]. MONITORING PROJECT ON SOME PROGRAMMES FOR SOMALIA (April 2017) Since the fall of the Siad Barre regime in 1991, Somalia has become the prime example of a failed state. Somalia is still one of the major target areas of Western foreign services such as BBC London and Voice of America, while DXers prefer listening out for hard to hear Somali stations. The internal problems were soon reflected by several short wave stations of the different fractions. A last echo of this are the three short wave transmitters, which were only rarely or not reported at all in 2017: 7120 kHz Radio Hargeysa (Somaliland), 7750 kHz Warsan Radio Baidoa and 13800 kHz Puntland Radio Garowe (Puntland). Radio Hargeysa broadcasts in the exclusive amateur radio band. Therefore, an interesting alternative to http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/ is http://www.websdr.in/40.html In the monitoring period in the late afternoon the station could be received much better and with less amateur radio interference. Puntland Radio was also active in April. Radio ERGO is an international echo of a number of programmes on behalf of the UN. The programme sponsored by a Danish NGO is broadcast via al-Dhabayya (United Arab Emirates): 1200-1300: 17845 (AE 250 kW, 225 ) The transmitter comes on the air at 1155 h, but the reception quality was weak and the audio was barely heard (Dr Hansjoerg Biener, 24 April 2017, DX LISTENING DIGEIST)) ** SOUTH AFRICA. RESULTS OF A MONITORING PROJECT MEYERTON / BBC WORLD SERVICE IN ENGLISH dates: 17 to 24 April schedule: according to HFCC equipment: http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/ The BBC World Service has registered the following schedule for the summer season 2017: 0400-0500: 7445 (Meyerton 100 kW, 20 ) quite reliable 0500-0600: 3255 (100 kW, nd) 0500-0800: 6190 (100 kW, 15 , 0600 nd) 0500-0600: 12095 (250 kW, 19 ) 0600-0800: 7445 (100 kW, 15 ) 0700-0800: 17830 (250 kW, 328 ) 1500-1700: 12095 (100 kW, 19 ) quite reliable 1600-2000: 3255 (100 kW, nd) 6190 (100 kW, 15 ) 1800-2000: 7375 (100 kW, 2 , 1900 250 kW, 19 ) In the rather extensive broadcasting time 0400-0800 and 1500-2000 there is only a reduced (secondary) coverage of Europe. The best frequencies were 7455 kHz during the first morning transmission and 12095 kHz in the afternoon. The other frequencies were confirmed, but reception was generally not useable. The frequencies 3255 and 6190 kHz destined for South Africa were of course not audible, but it was interesting to note PBS Xinjiang on 6190 kHz. Bill Bingham of South Africa recently reported that Radio Today (1485 kHz, http://1485.org.za/listenlive/ dropped the BBC World Service as their night programme. Their website 1485.org.za still lists the BBC World Service, but on the internet stream only music was heard (Dr Hansjoerg Biener, 24 April 2017, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. SECRETLAND, Additional transmission of Brother HySTAIRical via SPL 2100-0300 on 5900 SCB 050 kW / 306 deg to ENAm English http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/additional-transmission-of-brother.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, April 19-20, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SWEDEN. Arctic Radio Jönköping 1593 kHz on 6-7 May Hej! Please find ARC´s pressrelease. Best regards/ Bengt Arctic Radio Club in Sweden celebrates the 2017 Convention in Jönköping, Sweden May 6 & 7th. Our radiostation (the radiovan above [looks like a humvee in camo – gh]) will be on the air with many different type of programs, mostly in Swedish. The transmitter will have a power of 250 W (ERP) on 1593 kHz and the antenna is located on a high hill near lake Vättern. In the evening of May 5th we will start tests. There will be station identifications in English, too. The official start will be May 6th at 1900 UT and the programs will be running until 1100 on Sunday noon On the 7th there will be a program dedicated to the local SR P4 Radio Jönköping that celebrates its 40th year of broadcasting. this year. This program starts at 1000 UT and will be in Swedish. Until the station signs off at 1100. Reception reports are appreciated and a special QSL-card is issued, if you enclose return postage in your letter. Reception reports by e-mail will be answered by an e-QSL. Address: Ronny Forslund, Arctic Radio 1593, Vita Huset, SE-17995 Svartsjö, SWEDEN. E-mail: info@rock.x.se (via BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Also see it here: https://playdxblog.blogspot.it/2017/04/artic-radio-club-trasmissioni-speciali.html (via Giampiero Bernardini, dxldyg via DXLD) ** TAIWAN. Hi Glenn, TAIWAN SOH fq list, in our TopNews #1296 of today, taken on remote SDR units, 90% in eastern Thailand, 10% in South Korea. 73 –(Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: TAIWAN/CHINA. To mention also the chaine of SOH Sound of Hope outlets in Chinese language, to be heard from Taiwan island into remote Tokyo facility: [evidently hardly any ChiCom jamming was heard against these?? gh] 12980.108 S=5-6 at 0408 UT on Apr 18. 13130.189 S=4-5 13199.805 S=4-5 13229.989 S=7-8 at 0412 UT stronger signal 13530.215 S=5-6 at 0341 UT 13639.863 S=4-5 13680.189 S=4-5 13774.993 S=4 13820.200 S=6-7 13889.869 S=4 13919.921 S=7 the strongest [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 18) SOH tiny outlets in Chinese language, but also two music SOH's on 16680.331 and 16770.042 kHz at 0527 UT on Friday April 21. 21799.858 SOH, the highest fq ever noted on SOH Taiwan outlets. S=4 signal at 05.08 UT Apr 21. 18869.781 S=6-7 0515 UT, wandered ... unstable 18869.795 kHz at 1036 17440.134 S=8-9 17399.940 S=4-5 17200.324 S=7-8 17169.909 S=6-7 16979.932 S=7 16770.042 S=8-9 music program 0527 UT, spoken program at 0540 UT 16680.331 S=6-7 music program, spoken program at 0538 UT 16599.921 S=8-9, S=9+10dB at 1045 UT 16299.963 S=5-6 16250.093 S=8-9 16160.077 S=6-7 fluttery signal, unstable 16160.083 fq at 1048 UT 16100.226 S=5-6 15969.875 S=7-8 some music played at 0554 UT 15939.969 S=7-8 followed by some girl singer music played at 0555 UT 15919.965 S=6-7 girl singer music played at 0557 UT 15869.928 S=6-7 girl singer music played at 0558 UT 15840.001 S=4-5 spoken program 0600 UT 15799.752 S=8-9 15775.093 S=8-9 15294.963 S=4 poor 15070.196 S=8-9 14980.176 S=8 small band audio, different talk by male/female 0609 UT rough harsh modulation, S=9+10dB at 0954 UT 14919.826 S=6-7, S=9+20dB at 0953 UT 14849.864 S=5-6 14820.193 S=5-6 14774.873 S=9 14600.214 S=5 14499.881 S=8-9 chimes and music program at 0635 UT 14430.058 S=7-8 spoken SOH 14370.028 S=9+5dB 13979.968 S=3 very poor 13919.920 S=7-8 music part at 0640 UT 13889.864 S=9+5dB, short piece of music at 0642 UT 13820.199 S=6-7 at 0947 UT 13774.992 S=6-7 13680.178 S=8-9 13639.862 S=7-8 13530.213 S=6-7 13229.987 S=8-9 some more broader band audio; S=9+10dB at 0942 UT 13199.805 S=6-7 fluttery 0654 UT 13130.189 S=5-6, S=9+10dB at 0941 UT 12980.107 S=6-7, S=9+10dB at 0940 UT 12910.212 S=6-7 12800.131 S=5-6 12500.206 S=6-7, S=9+10dB at 0938 UT 12369.961 S=6-7 12230.031 S=6-7 12189.895 S=7-8 strong modulated, 0705 UT 12149.877 S=6 11969.991 S=6-7 11890.567 S=6-7 at 0745 UT 11775.055 S=8-9 11765.133 S=5-6 11715.072 S=4-5 11600.228 S=7-8 rough harsh modulation 11579.988 S=8 RFA program at 0755 UT 11499.848 S=5-6 11459.932 S=7-8 11440.007 S=8 11300.087 S=4-5 poor 11150.153 S=5-6 11100.116 S=7 RFA program at 0808 UT 11070.063 S=7-8 10959.860 S=8 10920.104 S=4-5 poor 10869.971 S=6-7 10819.989 S=4-5 9970.097 S=5-6 9920.122 S=7 9849.965 S=7-8, PBS CHN Tibetan on 9850even. 9729.903 underneath Myanmar Radio 9729.995 kHz, latter S=9+10dB 0829 9634.873 underneath VoVietnam, Son Tay 9635.005,latter S=9+10dB 0838 9539.966 S=6-7 9319.933 S=6-7 RFA program at 0841 UT, rough harsh modulation 9300.003 ? SOH or spur ? S=4-5 at 1110 UT 9279.844 S=6-7 music program at 0845 UT 9254.952 S=3-4 poor at 1105 UT. 9230.035 S=6-7 spoken SOH 9200.174 S=6-7 9180.160 S=6-7 9155.010 S=6 9099.952 S=6-7 7800.082 S=3-4 very poor 7729.959 S=4-5 poor at 0905 UT. 6900.029 S=6-7 6729.925 S=7-8 at 1056 UT. 6369.927 S=6 at 1054 UT. 6279.920 S=5-6 6229.963 S=7 at 1050 UT, April 21. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 21 via DXLD) ** TIBET [and non]. 13805, UT Friday April 21 at 0037, JBA wobbly carrier is here, with hardly anything else on 22mb except 13740 Cuba. HFCC on 13805 shows only two imaginary registrations for R. Rossii via Irkutsk due south at 12-13 & 13-14. Aoki has the answer: nothing but VOA Tibetan via THAILAND, at 0000-0100 only on Fridays and of course *jammed by the ChiCom. It`s one of those broadcasts on a different frequency every day of the week, just to keep the jamming controllers busy, and confuse would-be listeners. Aoki shows current 00-01 lineup: Sun 13810, Mon 13640, Tue 13630, Wed 13670, Thu 13690, Fri 13805, Sat 13760 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 13760, April 22 at 0032, wobbly JBA carrier, i.e. VOA Tibetan via THAILAND on its Saturday-only frequency, sounds about the same as 24 hours earlier on Friday`s 13805; and more likely to be the CNR1 jamming. 13770, April 22 at 0033 accompanying the above is very poor talk in Vietnamese, i.e. CRI hour southward from Xi`an (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U A E. According to HFCC, BBC World Service has this schedule in English from al-Dhabayya: 0000-0200: 6005 (250 kW, 100 ) 0400-0500: 11945 (250 kW, 225 ) 0600-0800: 13580 (250 kW, 220 ) 1700-2000: 9410 (250 kW, 215 , 1800 220 ) 1800-1900: 9820 (250 kW, 225 ) 2200-2300: 7205 (250 kW, 105 ) The results of a longer monitoring project about the audibility in Europe --- via http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/ --- were disappointing. Most frequencies were not heard regularly or in a quality worth listening to (Dr Hansjoerg Biener, 25 April 2017, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K. RESULTS OF A MONITORING PROJECT WOOFFERTON / BBC WORLD SERVICE IN ENGLISH dates: 17 to 21 April, schedule: according to HFCC equipment: http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/ 0459-0600: 3955 (100 kW, 114 ) DRM 0500-0600: 7345 (250 kW, 182 ) 0600-0700: 15400 (250 kW, 158 ) 1900-2000: 13660 (250 kW, 165 ) 2000-2100: 9915 (250 kW, 170 ) All frequencies were confirmed with up to fair strength. There still is a DRM transmission in the morning. This is considerably less than several years ago. On the other hand, about two years ago a European DXer wrote, that all BBC DRM to Europe was gone. (There is still another DRM transmission from Singapore.) (Dr Hansjoerg Biener, 23 April 2017, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also ASCENSION, OMAN, SOUTH AFRICA, U A E ** U K [non]. Iran/UK - It seems that the BBC plans to expand their Farsi service from 1 May 2017. According to HFCC there will be two additional hours: 0230-0330: 5985 (Dhabayya 250 kW, 35 ) 0230-0330: 9480 (Kichinev 300 kW, 116 ) 0230-0330: 7325 (Sofia 250 kW, 100 ) 0230-0330: 11875 (Tashkent 100 kW, 236 ) 0330-0430: 11875 (A'Seela 250 kW, 340 ) 0330-0430: 7305 (Dhabayya 250 kW, 35 ) 0330-0430: 13825 (Tashkent 100 kW, 236 ) 0430-0530: 11875 (A'Seela 250 kW, 340 ) 01-May-2017 0430-0530: 9480 (Dhabayya 250 kW, 45 ) 01-May-2017 0430-0530: 13825 (Tashkent 100 kW, 236 ) 01-May-2017 1500-1600: 6195 (A'Seela 250 kW, 335 ) 1500-1600: 5875 (Tashkent 100 kW, 236 ) 1600-1700: 6195 (A'Seela 250 kW, 335 ) 01-May-2017 1600-1700: 5875 (Tashkent 100 kW, 236 ) 01-May-2017 (HFCC, Dr Hansjoerg Biener 25 April 2017, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K. CAR SHARE’S FOREVER FM GOES ON MANCHESTER DAB http://radiotoday.co.uk/2017/04/car-shares-forever-fm-goes-on-manchester-dab/ (via Mike Terry, April 25, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Forever FM on DAB - now closed after objection http://radiotoday.co.uk/2017/04/steve-penk-pulls-forever-fm-after-objection/ (via Alan Pennington, ibid.) ** U K [non?]. Ukip's Arron Banks to set up pirate radio station on fishing trawler off the Essex coast if he is selected as Clacton candidate http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/21/ukips-arron-banks-set-pirate-radio-station-fishing-trawler-essex/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_em Posted by: (Dave Thorpe, April 24, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Well, it won’t last long, will it, under current law! (Gareth Foster, ibid.) Aaron Banks is not standing as MP for Clacton now, or perhaps the local UKIP party prefer someone else. http://news.sky.com/story/former-ukip-donor-arron-banks-says-he-wont-run-as-mp-for-clacton-10849663 Posted by: (barraclough.mike, ibid.) ** U S A. 4630-USB, UT Fri April 21 at 0104, Manatee 91 contacting weaker NCS which sounds like Roskot(?) 92. I figure this is CAP, from Florida? Does anyone have a handy table of CAP tactical callsigns for each state? 4627-USB, UT Fri Apr 21 at 0105, another net 3 kHz below the CAP, probably more of same from different region in favorite evening timeslot. Main station makes a beep at end of each transmission. 4041-USB, UT Fri April 21 at 0108, Army MARS net A7A, one specific call being AAR7JO. 4027-USB, UT Fri April 21 at 0108, another Army MARS net, A4A. At 0110 this one is making a digital racket. 4017-USB, UT Fri April 21 at 0110, yet another weak net, probably MARS. Seems everyone likes to gather circa 8 or 9 pm local, a peak time for T-storms this yearpart (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7195-LSB, April 21 at 0051, W8P special event station in Michigan making quick contacts, 0053 finally explained as for the 100th anniversary of MI State Police. W8P searched on qrz.com says: ``Join the Livingston Amateur Radio Klub (W8LRK) April 15th through April 30th 2017 as we celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Michigan State Police Department. By making contact with W8P you'll be able to receive a Special Event QSL card. Look for us around 3.85 LSB, 7.185 [sic] LSB, 14.226 USB, and 21.3 USB as well as the CW band and JT-65 frequencies. W8P on the HF bands now April 15th 2017! We wish thank the men and women of the Michigan State Police by honoring them with an On-Air celebration of the 100th Anniversary. QSL cards will be sent only via the following method. . .`` and nothing about SWLs being considered (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [non]. Frequency changes of IBB 0030-0130 17830 TIN 250 kW / 287 deg SEAs Burmese R Free Asia ex 12115 0100-0300 9840 DHA 250 kW / 045 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio, ex 11780 0300-0400 9840 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio, ex 11780 0300-0330 7235 SAO 100 kW / 052 deg SDN Arabic Afia Darfur, ex 9470 0330-0400 7260 SMG 250 kW / 146 deg EaAf Somali V of America ex 11750 1000-1100 21550 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg CeAs Tibetan Mon RFAsia, ex 21465 1000-1100 21560 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg CeAs Tibetan Tue RFAsia, ex 21455 1000-1100 21565 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg CeAs Tibetan Thu RFAsia, ex 21505 1030-1100 17775 SMG 250 kW / 130 deg EaAf Somali V of America ex 13680 1230-1330 13630 DHA 250 kW / 085 deg SEAs Burmese RFree Asia, ex 13820 1400-1500 15730 LAM 100 kW / 077 deg CeAs Tibetan V ofAmerica ex 17580 1600-1700 11630 LAM 100 kW / 075 deg CeAs Tibetan V ofAmerica ex 15505 1700-1900 9990 TIN 250 kW / 329 deg EaAs Korean R Free Asia ex 9975 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/frequency-changes-of-ibb.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #1004 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, April 24, 2017 via DXLD) ** U S A. 17530, April 22 at 1826, VOA in African English, good at S9 vs S5 local line noise level, must be Greenville, not Vatican, as SSOB and virtually OSOB: 17855 Spain JBA carrier, 17640 Madagascar MWV zilch. A report about a diabetes study at McMaster University; but I am apprehensive as it keeps going, too close to closing time for this frequency, and sure enough, she is cut off at 1829:50 for DA and standard YDD sign-off, totally uncalled for. BTW, 19m is also dead except for 15140 RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. VOA Radiogram, 22-23 April --- VOA Radiogram this weekend is all MFSK32, with four images, and includes two items about international broadcasting ... http://voaradiogram.net/post/159826218472/voa-radiogram-22-23-april-2017-official-show-of Decode the text and images using Fldigi for PCs and TIVAR or AndFlmsg for Android. Posted by: kimelli (Kim Elliott, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1874 monitoring: confirmed first SW airing Thursday April 20 at 2130 on WRMI 11580, fair. First airing on WBCQ also confirmed Thu Apr 20 at 2330 on 9330.0v-CUSB, good S9+10. Next: Fri 2230 WRMI 11580 to NE, 5950 to S Fri 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sat 0630 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW Sat 1431 HLR 7265-CUSB to WSW Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sun 1030 HLR 9485-CUSB to WSW Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to SSE Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 to SSE, 9455? to WNW Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE, 9455? to WNW Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Wed 1030 WRMI 5850 to NW, 9455? to WNW Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Note: 9455 is still not activated as of April 21, and when it is, unclear whether will still be // 9955, 15770 and 5850 at above WOR times like former 6855 was. WORLD OF RADIO 1874 monitoring: confirmed Friday April 21 at 2230 on WRMI 11580, good S9 to S9+10. Should still be // 5950 but too weak to tell, JBA carrier. Also confirmed Fri Apr 21 at 2330 on WBCQ 9329.87v- CUSB, good S9+10/20. Next: Sat 0630 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW Sat 1431 HLR 7265-CUSB to WSW Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sun 1030 HLR 9485-CUSB to WSW Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to SSE Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 to SSE, 9455? to WNW Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE, 9455? to WNW Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Wed 1030 WRMI 5850 to NW, 9455? to WNW Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Note: 9455 is still not activated as of April 21, and when it is, unclear whether will still be // 9955, 15770 and 5850 at above WOR times like former 6855 was. WORLD OF RADIO 1874 monitoring: NOT confirmed Sat Apr 22 at 1431 on HLR 7265-CUSB: on UTwente SDR all I can hear now and rechecking during the semihour are BA South Asian songs, i.e. CRI Sinhala via EAST TURKISTAN; and at 1500 CRI IS. HLR was supposed to resume this weekend after maintenance break, and may well have, but still not propagating over the daytime Germany-Holland path. WOR 1874 confirmed Sat April 22 at 2230 on WBCQ, 9330.0-CUSB, fair. Next: Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sun 1030 HLR 9485-CUSB to WSW Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to SSE Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 to SSE, 9455? to WNW Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE, 9455? to WNW Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Wed 1030 WRMI 5850 to NW, 9455? to WNW Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Note: 9455 is still not activated as of April 21, and when it is, unclear whether will still be // 9955, 15770 and 5850 at above WOR times like former 6855 was. WORLD OF RADIO 1874 monitoring: confirmed UT Sunday April 23 at 0328 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO, fair, about 3 minutes in so started circa 0325. Also confirmed Sunday April 23 after 2330 on WBCQ 9330.0v-CUSB, fair. Also confirmed UT Monday April 24 after 0300 on Area 51 webcast; and very poor in noise level at 0325 check on WBCQ 5130v. Not confirmed Monday April 24 at 0330 on WRMI 9955, because another repeat of the `Bye, Bye Sitkunai` hour special has been playing since 0300 like exactly one week ago; as I suspected might happen [WORLD OF RADIO 1875], Next: Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 to SSE, 9455? to WNW Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE, 9455? to WNW Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Wed 1030 WRMI 5850 to NW, 9455? to WNW Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Note: 9455 is still not activated as of April 23, and when it is, unclear whether will still be // 9955, 15770 and 5850 at above WOR times like former 6855 was (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) GERMANY, 9485, HLR, Ghoren, 1030-1100, 23-04, Glenn Hauser's program "World of Radio". 24322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante and Lugo, Tecsun PL-880, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) WORLD OF RADIO 1874 monitoring: confirmed Monday April 24 at 2330 on WBCQ 9330.35v-CUSB, good. Also confirmed UT Tuesday April 25 at 0030 on WRMI, 7730, VG S9+20. Also barely confirmed Tuesday April 25 at 1114 the 1100 broadcast on WRMI 9955; at least it sounds like me, mixed with equally weak pulse jamming. Still no 9455. Next: Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE, 9455? to WNW Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Wed 1030 WRMI 5850 to NW, 9455? to WNW Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Note: 9455 is still not activated as of April 25, and when it is, unclear whether will still be // 9955, 15770 and 5850 at above WOR times like former 6855 was (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15770, WRMI Radio Miami Int’l; 2123-2159+, 25-Apr [Tue]; AWR Wavescan hosted by Jeff White to 2129+ WRMI spot by Rudy Espinal. 2130 Glenn Hauser’s World of Radio #1874; mentioned Ken Zichi’s MARE DXpedition log of VoIRI & an item from the MARE Tip Sheet by Paul Dobosz. 4KZ in Australia may be coming on 5055 with 1 kW (the 2 MHz Aussies were 50 kW). WRMI is no longer on 6855 & adding 9455. SIO=3+53+ to BoH, then 4+54 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' & 60' RW + 125' bow-tie, ----- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! -- --- DX LISTENING DIGEST) WORLD OF RADIO 1874 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday April 25 at 2130 on WRMI 15770, and NOW, 9455 is finally on the air and during this hour at least, // 15770, both fair-good. Also confirmed Wednesday April 26 at 1315.5 on WRMI 9955, very poor. Also confirmed Wed Apr 25 at 2100 on WBCQ 7490 webcast. Also confirmed Wed Apr 25 at 2330 on WBCQ 9330.0v-CUSB, good. WORLD OF RADIO 1875 ready for first airings April 27: Thu 2130 WRMI 11580 to NE Thu 2330 WBCQ 93300v-CUSB to WSW Fri 2230 WRMI 11580 to NE, 5950 to S Fri 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sat 0630 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW Sat 1431 HLR 7265-CUSB to WSW Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sun 1030 HLR 9485-CUSB to WSW Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to SSE [? pre-empted last two weeks] Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 to SSE, 9455? to WNW Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE, 9455 to WNW Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Wed 1030 WRMI 5850 to NW, 9455? to WNW Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 11580, Thursday April 20 at 1304, poor signal from WRMI, surprised to hear Keith Perron interviewing Mark Fahey about his adventures in Korea North; not a time previously known for any PCJ programming on WRMI --- oh, it`s part of `Viva Miami` this week, as outroed by Jeff at 1313. VM has been running during this slot for weeks, tho never appearing on the schedule grid and now I can`t get it to finish loading for another check. 9395, UT Sun April 23 at 0032, WRMI-6 with a song by Bing Crosby about the holy child and the littlest angel of all, Xmas carol I am not familiar with, but sorta sacred for a change, as Xmas Radio is daily(?) this hour. Whew, overlapping next tune is jazzy version of `Santa Claus Is Coming To Town`. 11580, Sat April 22 at 2227, WRMI is replaying `Bye, bye, Sitkunai`, hour not ending, but amid so must have started at 2200. Tnx to tip from roger, germany who was listening to System D. Looks like additional unscheduled playbacks are coming, like so often happens with special bookings. 9455, April 24 at 1424 check, still no signal from WRMI-5, supposed to reactivate here ex-6855, altho we are well past ``next week``. 9455, April 25 at 2132, WRMI-5 is finally activated as predicted for more than a week, replacing 6855 whence WRMI was ordered to vacate. // 15770 during this hour, and check the transmission skedgrid at http://tinyurl.com/WRMIfqs for the rest of the 24 hours, seemingly initially at least, on the same // pattern as 6855 was. At 0552 UT April 26, 9455 is S9+20 and about the same strength as // 9395 with the Oldies service, and slightly stronger than 9955 with BS at S9+10. Strength of all 9 MHz WRMI channels varies widely in the nightmiddle depending on MUF. At 1315 April 26, again with Oldies, both good on 9455 // 9395. The azimuths are 285 and 355 respectively, so we are about halfway between them circa 315. April 26 at 1718 check, 9455 at midday is a JBA carrier, weaker than 9395 with Oldies, and 9955 with BS. I`m still fighting a 24h line noise level. April 27 at 1055, 9455 is JBA carrier when during this hour only it`s scheduled // 5850 on System F with variety of programming, 5850 with `Voice of the Report of the Week` at 1000 on Thursdays (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. UZBEKISTAN, Additional weekly broadcast of VORW Radio International: 1200-1300 9875 TAC 100 kW / 070 deg EaAs English Thu via RED Telecom Other broadcasts of VORW Radio International are via USPrivate rlg stations 2000-2100 11580 YFR 100 kW / 044 deg WeEu English Thu Okeechobee tx#9 0000-0100 7490 BCQ 050 kW / 245 deg ENAm English Fri WBCQ The Planet 0000-0100 9395 YFR 100 kW / 355 deg ENAm English Fri Okeechobee tx#6 0000-0100 9455 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg WNAm English Fri Okeechobee tx#5 unkn time 5850 YFR 100 kW / 315 deg WNAm English Fri Okeechobee tx12 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/additional-weekly-broadcast-of-vorw.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #1004 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, April 24, 2017 via DXLD) Voice of The Report of The Week Radio International April 20 1200-1300 9875 TAC 100 kW / 070 deg EaAs English Thu via RED Telecom, fair http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/voice-of-report-of-week-radio.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #1004 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, April 24, 2017 via DXLD) ** U S A. 7490, WBCQ with Bill Tilford's "Uncle Bill's Melting Pot" including Cuban influenced African Pops, some Cuban pops & a Minnesota polka band with classics In Heaven There Is No Beer & I am my own Grandpa! (You just don't hear stuff like this on the radio any more, and we're all a little poorer because of this! Then [2330] "Camp Constitution Radio" pretending to be on Monday, dissing things like "common core" & ranting about conspiracy theories. He's a big believer in "Agenda 21" & how the world is going to hell in a hand-basket because we no longer believe anyone can do anything with their property even if it hurts someone else because of 'private property'! He WAS a lot calmer than Alex Jones, and his 'lean' is right-wing but 'different'. He's *approaching* industrial strength wack-a-doodle. Not quite there yet, but we'll have to give him time! :) 4+554+4+ 2300-2400 20/Apr SB-310 + ANC-4 +25'wire (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Williamston MI, MARE Tipsheet April 23 via DXLD) 7490, Thu April 20 at 2300, WBCQ with `Uncle Bill`s Melting Pot`, which he describes as ``a clandestine musical variety program that features everything from everywhere EXCEPT songs that you are probably familiar with``, as usual fun to hear. Followed at 2330 by repeat of `Camp Constitution Radio` which originally airs exactly three days earlier, and the Monday time only is announced (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. FROM THE ISLE OF MUSIC, WEEK OF APRIL 24-29, 2017 For the benefit of our new listeners, we share one of our earliest episodes from last year with modern Cuban concert music (Piñera Concertante), Timba (El Niño y La Verdad), Danzón (Ethiel Failde, who is also our special guest), and some rare Cuban Jazz Fusion (Estado de Animo) Four possibilities to listen via shortwave: 1. For Eastern Europe but audible well beyond the target area in all directions with 100 kW, Sunday 1500-1600 UT on SpaceLine, 9400, from Kostinbrod, Bulgaria (1800-1900 MSK) 2. For the Americas and parts of Europe, Tuesday 0000-0100 UT on WBCQ, 7490 from Monticello, ME, USA (Monday 8-9 PM EDT in the US) 3 & 4. For Europe and sometimes beyond, Tuesday 1900-2000 UT and Saturday 1200-1300 on Channel 292, 6070 from Rohrbach, Germany. Episode 9 of Uncle Bill's Melting Pot, a clandestine musical variety program that features everything from everywhere EXCEPT music that you are probably familiar with, will air on WBCQ the Planet, 7490, Thursday, April 27 from 2300-2330 UT (7-7:30 pm EDT in the Americas). Brought to you by Tilford Productions, which also brings you From the Isle of Music. (The WBCQ website keeps us Top Secret, but we'll be on, and propagation has been great lately....) (William "Bill" Tilford, Owner/Producer Tilford Productions, LLC 5713 N. St. Louis Av Chicago IL 60659-4405 email: bill@tilfordproductions.com phone: 773.267.6548 website: www.tilfordproductions.com DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7490.06, UT Sat April 22 at 0004, WBCQ with C&W, bluegrass music instead of `Allan Weiner Worldwide`; 0009 Allan interjects something, 0010 says digital cluster---- is over, Tom to the rescue. Allan is still in Fla, leaving it to the great crew in Monticello but must have been asleep at the switch. Soon a call from Ramsey, and then a long monologue by AW about how he enjoys restoring classic cars. Also on 5129.8 much weaker and delayed a good many seconds. Mentions that he has not talked about politix lately, hmmm, but continues to make Christian references (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) First seven minutes of tonight's show was scrambled music then thirty seconds of dead air going back to scrambled music till a voice over by Allan Weiner at nine minutes after the hour going into AWWW at ten minutes after the hour. Once again internet problems. One would think that by now they could take a hint and divorce internet and radio. TimTron is in the hospital with a virus of some sort. No program information this edition. No politics this edition. Old electric cars seemed to be the topic of the evening, including one that he just received and is restoring. Did announce that he will be heading to Maine in two weeks. Off air at 0135 (John Carver, Mid-North Indiana, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn, I've now been able to confirm the current span for WBCQ on 5130 is from 2200 to 1000, having heard both the start and sign-off recently using various remote receivers. 73s (Dave Kenny, UK, April 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7490.068, April 26 at 0557, WBCQ at S9+10 with music, not BS until joined in progress and without any ID, from 0600. Yet 23 hours later, April 27 at 0516, 7490.1 is already in BS for this hour, his current monomania being pentecost. BS on 7490 supposedly runs only until 0700* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. From The Isle of Music, April 30-May 6 April is Jazz Appreciation Month, and April 30 is International Jazz Day. In honor of this, we dedicate this week to the new generation of Jazz musicians in Cuba and to a wonderful series of recordings in Cuba, the Jazz Young Spirit. Our special guest is Gloria Ochoa, one of the most important figures in Cuba's music and recording industry today and, among many other things, the Producer of many of the albums in that series. Four possibilities to listen via shortwave: 1. For Eastern Europe but audible well beyond the target area in all directions with 100 kW, Sunday 1500-1600 UT on SpaceLine, 9400, from Kostinbrod, Bulgaria (1800-1900 MSK) 2. For the Americas and parts of Europe, Tuesday 0000-0100 UT on WBCQ, 7490 from Monticello, ME, USA (Monday 8-9 PM EDT in the US) 3 & 4. For Europe and sometimes beyond, Tuesday 1900-2000 UT and Saturday 1200-1300 on Channel 292, 6070 from Rohrbach, Germany. Episode 10 of Uncle Bill's Melting Pot, a clandestine musical variety program that features everything from everywhere EXCEPT music that you are probably familiar with, ,will air on WBCQ the Planet, 7490 KHz, Thursday, May 4 from 2300-2330 UT (7:00-7:30 PM EDT in the Americas). Brought to you by Tilford Productions, which also brings you From the Isle of Music (William "Bill" Tilford, Owner/Producer, Tilford Productions, LLC, April 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 17775, April 20 at 1919, once again KVOH is on later than scheduled 1900*; must be quite flexible, and we continue to wonder if extensions are caused by late starts after *1400 when we never hear it any more, but maybe just because the MUF can`t build up that high that soon after sunrise. Now amid supplications, a very public prayer performance by the #1 Spanish gospel huxter heard on station, replete with keywords, like ``padre`` every few seconds, etc., etc., believing that his god as projected, must be utterly craving of constant praise, and maybe with that will come thru with what the preacher thinx he merits (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. 7375-7395, April 22 at 0012, bigsig from 7385 WHRI music splashing out 10 kHz above and below; and the ultrasidebands sound something like DRM. QRMs 7375 Romania in English, mostly evitable by LSB tuning but should not have to (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Wrong A-17 schedule of WINB (in winter time) dated April 16 on . Here updated A-17 schedule http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/reception-of-winb-red-lion-april-20.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9265, Sat April 22 at 1328 on bandscan, I happen to hit WINB playing Star Spangled Banner --- I periodically lament that no US SW station ever plays it at s/on or s/off --- and this still doesn`t count, and in fact it`s worse, as WINB merely uses it as background music, talking over it with sign-on. A little more plays on, and I can tell the music is wowing --- probably from a very old cartridge. Talking over our NA is tantamount to flag desecration (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9930 & associated parasites, 9917.1 and 9942.9, Saturday April 22 at 1808, WTWW with `Theater Organ from the Ozarx` in progress with Bob Heil ``tonight``, but cuts off air at 1812 as I am listening in the yard on the PL-880. Back on a few minutes later when rechecked. Runs until 1839 canned ID, into Amateur Radio Newsline #2060. 9930 & 5085, UT Sunday April 23 at 0012, neither WTWW-2 frequency is on, unlike a week ago with 9930 past 0030. Still neither at 0050 check nor by 0107 when `Theater Organ from the Ozarx` should have been airing when it`s really night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 3215, April 23 at 0547, no signal from WWCR. Must be off; higher frequencies from Tennessee about one megameter away are reduced to very poor level: not unusual on 49m, but very unusual on 60: 5085 WTWW, 4840 WWCR, so figured 3215 would still be inbooming if on. WWV reported: ``Geophysical Alert Message Solar-terrestrial indices for 22 April follow. Solar flux 84 and estimated planetary A-index 54. The estimated planetary K-index at 0600 UTC on 23 April was 4. Space weather for the past 24 hours has been moderate. Geomagnetic storms reaching the G2 level occurred. Space weather for the next 24 hours is predicted to be moderate. Geomagnetic storms reaching the G2 level are expected`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5980, April 24 at 0006, weak signal with DGS // 5935 WWCR-2. It`s the leapfrog mixing product normally not radiating until much later, because WWCR-4 transmitter is running S9+40 of dead air on 5890; at 45 kHz separations. #4 does not start 5890 until 0200 weekdays, later on weekends, and per program schedule is off the air between 4 and 10 pm CT Sundays, still with wrong UT conversion at right margin as ``22-04``! This would have blocked R. Chaski, Perú, if it were still on the 5980 air until 0103v*. Claudio Galaz in Chile found that missing before 2400 UT April 20, last heard on April 18 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5050, April 24 at 0002, WWRB is already on tonight with anti-Democratic political huxter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 15555-USB, April 26 at 1822, WJHR with usual gospel huxter, at S5 about the same as the line noise level. Many other times during the day it`s inaudible, hard to be sure if on air or not, but it`s no 50 kW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 770, April 23 at 1214 UT, steady signal mentions crawfordbroadcasting.com and loops N/S. Surely it`s my nearest at that angle after sunrise here, KAAM Garland (Metroplex) TX. But that station is not licensed to Crawford, and the website shows their only 770 is KCBC San Francisco (Manteca) CA, certainly not what I am hearing with its lobes into the Pacific, even if on 50 kW cardioid day pattern. KAAM program schedule http://www.kaamradio.com/schedule/ states merely `public affairs`` for 7-7:30 am Sundays. Apparently they carry some Crawford program (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WNYC, 820, New York, verified with its EKKO stamp! Along with a handwritten verie statement, ``To Jan Oscarsson, Confirmation of you report 7 November 2016 1:00 am EST, 0600 GMT/UTC for 820 kHz AM, Andy Lausit (??sp??) for WNYC - New York`` (gh, from Arctic Radio Club mv-eko 13 March, 2017, via WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DXLD) Illustrated, can`t tell whether a real stamp rather than an e-stamp image? (gh, WORLD OF RADIO 1875) ** U S A. 1030, April 23 at 1221 UT, IDs as ``Real Country 1030 AM, KCWJ`, i.e. Blue Springs (Independence) MO (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1140, April 23 at 1223 UT, jazz show with classic performances from 1948, 1949; 1241 UT Miles and the Nonet. Tight DF for NE/SW, atop some SS QRM from AR or NL, 1258 UT finally YL talkover mentions Kansas City, so KCXL Liberty MO, now on 4 kW non-direxional day power. Name of show in passing sounded like ``Neon Jazz``, but program schedule http://www.kcxl.com/shows.html lists `Neon Beat` at 6-8 am CT and all afternoons Saturdays & Sundays, otherwise far-right extremist talk shows (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1200, FLORIDA, WJUA, Pine Island Center. 1950 April 21, 2017. Heavily accented English male canned duo ID for WJUA and WNPL at 2005. Nice tropical Latin vocals, replacing the more Spanish AC format "Juan" format. Commercial blocks for cell phones, stores, a Venezuelan restaurant etc. No trace of 1460 at this hour. Website shows slogan as "97.7 Orgullo Latino" but definitely not using that slogan, instead sounds like "La Nueva Rumbero" or similar, with mentions of 97.7 (which is WLTQ-FM, Punta Rassa). Thanks Wayne Heinen for tip-off on quasi format, and slogan change, when asking me to monitor to confirm. 1460, FLORIDA, WNPL Golden Gate. 0820 April 22, 2017. Latin tropical vocals, same canned WJUA/WNPL ID as heard the previous day on 1200 WJUA simulcast, and mentions of 97.7 FM. Fair-poor in co-channel mix. Also at 1101 with ID, and WJUA just barely audible through dominant WOAI, prior to pattern/power change from WJUA. 1460, FLORIDA, WZEP, DeFuniak Springs. 0757 April 23, 2017. Dolly Parton "Jolene" and more classic Country by Toby Keith, The Judds, Linda Ronstadt. Glenn Campbell voiced testimonial for WZEP, male canned "You're listening to WZEP, AM 14-60" into Campbell song. Male canned ID 0900 "Celebrating 60 years... WZEP, DeFuniak Springs, Florida" into unidentified net news. Obviously on day power of 10,000 watts vs. the should-be 186 watts. Good on peaks, with occasional WNPL co-channel 1580, FLORIDA, WNTF, Bithlo. 2241 April 24, 2017. Thanks D. Crawford tip that this one has reactivated and with a new format (though maybe stunting). Male canned reverb "You're listening to the Classic Gold Music Network... Central Florida..." Mostly Soul Oldies, i.e. NU Shooz "Told you So", Gladys Knight "You're Number One (In My Book)", The Emotions "Best of My Love" and PSA's for letsmove.gov, Florida Education Association and a Classic Gold Music promo. No actual commercials heard. Not quite legal ID by male canned "WNTF, AM 15-80, Bithlo, Florida." Huge, nearly local level signal on pre-grayline. They're D3 10,000 watts, and the bulk of the signal is wasted into the Atlantic, north of Grand Bahama. Ex-Gospel/brokered prior to silence. (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater FL, WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1700, 20.3 0402, KKLF Richardson TX. “Banda 13”. FD /Tnx fräsig logga Fredrik –tl/ (Fredrik Dourén, Arctic Radio Club mv-eko 10 April via DXLD) With a graphic logo reading: ``Radio Banda13 -- Música Deportes 1700AM`` Had been Super Estelar as of 2016-2017 NRC AM Log (gh, DXLD) 1700, 20.3 0602, KKLF Richardson TX gick kanon med massor av häftiga ”Banda 13”-ID men även ett hastigt KKLF. 1700 nämndes några gånger liksom hemsida och Facebook-sida (BOS, Arctic Radio Club mv-eko 27 March via DXLD) ** U S A. NPR'S ROBERT SIEGEL SET TO LEAVE `ALL THINGS CONSIDERED' By Helena Andrews-Dyer April 25 at 12:42 PM https://www.washingtonpost.com/pb/news/reliable-source/wp/2017/04/25/nprs-robert-siegel-set-to-leave-all-things-considered/ Robert Siegel, the host of NPR's "All Things Considered," is seen in 2004. (Steve Barrett) [caption] Robert Siegel, a distinctive voice at NPR since 1976 and the host of its signature evening program, "All Things Considered," since 1987, is stepping down, according to an announcement released by the network. But fans of Siegel's dulcet tones will have nearly a year to adjust their ears to the new normal. Siegel, 69, won't sign off until January. "This is a decision long in the making and not an easy one. I've had the greatest job I can think of, working with the finest colleagues anyone could ask for, for as long a stretch as I could imagine," Siegel said in a statement. "But, looking ahead to my 70s (which start all too soon) I feel that it is time for me to begin a new phase of life. Over the next few months, I hope to figure out what that will be." NPR praised the veteran broadcaster as "a model of how to be fully engaged in the world, our work, and with his colleagues." The network also pointed to Siegel's signature pop culture moment -- he appeared in an episode of "The Simpsons." Describing Siegel as "not someone who seeks the spotlight," NPR said that it's planningcelebrations for the newscaster in the coming months. In 2014, Siegel received the W.M. Kiplinger Distinguished Contributions to Journalism Award from the National Press Foundation. At the awards ceremony in Washington, the voice of "All Things Considered" joked that listeners who meet him in person are often surprised -- "you don't look anything like what I thought you'd look like. I thought you'd all be taller and have a lot more hair than you do." Siegel's successor has not been found and, according to the release, NPR plans to "conduct a national search -- looking inside NPR and across the media landscape -- for the next voice of `All Things Considered.' " (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) ** U S A. O'RIELLY SEES LEANER FCC, FEWER REGS AHEAD TV News Check - 18 hours ago http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/103523/orielly-sees-leaner-fcc-fewer-regs-ahead FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly had tough words for his agency’s regulatory history and high praise for its new leadership on Monday. He sees an update of current media ownership rules forthcoming under the Trump administration, along with intense scrutiny of the agency’s entire regulatory regime. By Michael Depp TVNewsCheck, April 24, 2017 6:54 PM EDT The FCC’s entire regulatory structure will be under the microscope with a new chairman and general disdain for “discriminatory” regulation, FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly told an audience at the NAB Show in Las Vegas on Monday. O’Rielly didn’t mince words in his harsh criticism of the commission, which he charged with incompetence even in its original task of properly regulating the radio spectrum. “The commission is not sufficiently able or willing to properly police radio spectrum to ensure licensees are protected,” he said. The harm from that failure — and the proliferation of pirate broadcasters — will expand beyond radio and “devalue spectrum licenses for wireless communications, eliminate or narrow access to capital for such networks and wreak havoc for the development of a flexible ATSC 3.0 standard,” he said. In newly-appointed Chairman Ajit Pai, however, O’Rielly sees a new era in broadcast regulation dawning. “Chairman Pai brings with him a love of broadcasting and a love of small businesses,” he said. “His selection may prove the catalyst for a regulatory golden age of our nation’s broadcasters.” O’Rielly sees the current commission as poised to reduce broadcast regulations. “The commission is open to review every burden imposed on broadcasters to determine if each regulation is necessary in the 21st century,” he said, adding that includes the media crossownership rule and the duopoly ban. “Those rules that don’t survive scrutiny should be junked,” O’Rielly said. “The result will be a leaner regulatory structure that has reduced compliance costs, thereby providing additional savings to reinvest elsewhere.” Kicking off a debate on whether the agency should be scuttled, O’Rielly said that under Pai, the new executive and legislative branches, “the agency can address many of its flaws on its own.” To see all of TVNewsCheck’s 2017 NAB Show coverage, click here. http://www.tvnewscheck.com/tag/nab-2017 (via Artie Bigley, DXLD) ** UZBEKISTAN. Voice of The Report of The Week Radio International on April 20 1200-1300 on 9875 TAC 100 kW / 070 deg to EaAs English Thu via RED Telecom, fair http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/voice-of-report-of-week-radio.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZANZIBAR. TANZANIA: 11735, Radio Tanzania-Zanzibar (presumed); 2043-2100:56*, 27-Apr; Continuous poppish music; M talkover 2050-52 & 2059 but too buried to guess at language. SIO=2+52, improved slightly toward ToH (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' & 60' RW + 125' bow-tie, ----- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! ----- DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. JAMMING CHANNEL STATIONS?? Bubble jamming neard at 19-20 UT on April 14. Dear Alan [Davies?], when checked on two remote Perseus units in Japan tonight April 14 at 19-20 UT time range, in order to look out for coming BBC Korean foreign sce from Mongolia this summer, on new mediumwave location {exUS_RFA used in 2008 to Dec 2010} Choybalsan Dornod province location unit, in Mongolia as tested in 2016 year: on MW 1431 kHz {or older 1350 kHz} channel, 500 kW, ... I came across of two strong BUBBLE jammers noted in Tokyo remote post on 1584 and 1467 kHz. Do you know the origin of these jammer? Happy Easter holiday 73 (wolfie, df5sx wwdxc germany (April 14), via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 5972.2-USB, April 21 at 0058, 2-way in Spanish INTRUDERS, very poor. Noticed while unsuccessfully seeking Chaski on 5980 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 6935-LSB, April 23 at 0022, 2-way in Brazuguese amid the NAm pirates. Must be running considerable power to make it here, unlike some S American broadcast pirates. 6950-USB also with some 2- way in Spanish(?) at 0027 April 23 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 7200-LSB, April 21 at 0048, favorite spot for jhamming consisting of music loop reminiscent of Firedragon, intermittent, then more like bluegrass; meanwhile, otherhams try to ignore and talk thru it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 9350, April 23 at 0035, very poor music, goes off, then similar heard on 9355, it goes off, then 9350 back on with JBA carrier. Same station, pirate experimenting? Nothing scheduled on either at this hour per Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Scheduled is DB Yangi Yul TJK at 01-02 in Uighur. Could be the usual procedure {at DB and any other broadcast center} to switch to new frequency from the previous TX outlet {formerly end at 0030/0031 UT ?} ... and go then on air with any available program content for few minutes (Since decades used also at Woofferton, Biblis and Lampertheim). Maybe 9350 and 9355 channels are also subject of various 2-3 CNR and other jamming, who come on air a quarter of hour before the target program starts. wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. EGYPT, Unidentified station with Egyptian music, Apr 20 1015-1020 on 9550 unknown tx / unknown to UNID, very weak http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/unidentified-station-with-egyptian_20.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 15151.50-USB, April 25, 2017 at 1338, 2-way in Spanish INTRUDERS. Previously logged on 15151.0-USB: at 1455 UT Dec 5, 2014; at 0045 UT Sept 26, 2014; at 1426 UT Oct 30, 2013; at 1458 UT Oct 19, 2009; and at 1519 UT October 23, 2006 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 15430.6-USB, April 22 at 0036, 2-way in colloquial Spanish INTRUDERS referring to putas, etc. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 26975 AM, 4-22-17 1954Z. Bizarre reception. Continuous loop of banjo music that has been going on for hours. Audible fine in AM, but nothing heard if radio is changed to USB or LSB (no carrier, no audio). It isn't FM either. Also the same thing weaker on 26965 and 26985. A "primary" also on 27375, with weaker reception on 27365 and 27385. Note that when I say this, I don't mean it is broadbanded. Tuning from 26975 down, the signal disappears then is heard again at 26965 (for example). Another listener several miles away is reporting the exact same thing. Could be some kind of spur or mixing product. 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Sie kann von allen DXern für den persönlichen Gebrauch ko tenlos heruntergeladen werden: http://www.dswci.org/dbs (Beste 73, Rolf Wernli via A-DX via SW Bulletin April 23 via WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DXLD) Un año más por estas fechas, y ahora gratis para todo el mundo al haberse extinguido el Danish Short Wave Club International, Anker Petersen publica una nueva edición de Domestic Broadcasting Survey, concretamenta la número 19. Esta publicación, única en su género, contiene 17 páginas en formato PDF con todas las emisoras domésticas y tropicales que emiten en la onda corta. Indispensable para todos los que escuchamos este tipo de emisoras. Puede descargase en el siguiente enlace: http://www.dswci.org/dbs/ (Manuel Méndez, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DXLD) Direct link is: http://www.dswci.org/dbs/dbs/dbs19.pdf Thanks to Anker for continuing to produce this very useful reference. I notice that he omits mixing products such as the widely heard Cubans on 5010 & 5055, Tsk2 (Glenn Hauser, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) WELCOME AT FENU-RADIO Here you will find information, presentations of equipment, audio examples, comparisons and much more aboout analog and digital shortwave receivers and their accessories. Also about Software Defined Radio, “SDR”, is information available. I wish you lots of fun on my website. Fenu Radio also has a setup for a KiwiISDR, see this link: http://fenu-radio.ddns.net:8073/ This website is filled with useful information and I recommend all of you to vist this website. You can choose English language also. (Thomas Nilsson, SW Bulletin April 23 via DXLD) But home URL?? (gh) M.A.R.E. World HQ Staff: Budget Director, Titus Helle Titus’ assistant, Nicole Anne Dyme Dues Administrator, Yuneeda Paymore Bill Payer, Dasha Chechov Complaint Dept. Head, Viola Fuss Viola’s assistants, Kurt Reply & Billy Aiken Computer Maintenance, Sy Burnett Board Chair, Lotta B. Essen Abbreviation List Keeper, Norman Clature IRS Liaison, Candace B. Rittenoff & Heidi Ductible Warehouse Foreman, Wayne DeBacke Suggestion Box Reviewer, Xavier Breath Xavier’s assistants, Fred Knott, Donnie von Thinkit & Wendy Pigsfly Receptionist, Levon Holde Legal Consultants, Cody Fendant & Gil T. Azelle Purchasing Agent, Lois Bidder Arbitrator, Eileen Yourway Hamfest Coordinator, Selma Junkoff Office Administrator, Russell Papers Russell’s assistant, Luke Bizzy Logician, Sven Diagramme Harassment Counselors, Natasha Diaz & Manny Bumsfeldt File clerks, Zeke & Yul Find Tip Sheet Editor, Kenny Loggings Treasurer, Phil Mapockets Credit Consultant, Max Stout Equipment Manager, Yuneeda Alice Crappe Morale Officers, Hugo Gurl & Judah Mann Sensitivity Trainer, Tucci Pheely Help Line, Dan DiFino DXpedition scheduler, Gail Storm Security consultant, Lauren Order M.A.R.E. DXpedition Staff: Antenna Erection Specialists; Ariel N. DeTrees & Guy Wire Beans & Weenies Taster; Fanny Backphyre C&W Music Identifiers; Randall Opry, Hyman Oldcowhand Annex Inspectors; Portia Lynn Commode & Willie Makit Latin Music Identifier, Bob Aloo National Anthem Identifier, Jose Canusee Equipment Checkers, R.F. Burns & Ossie Lator Religion Identifier, Ed Ventist CW Interpreter, Morris Cody Winter Clothing Consultant; Don Moore Layers Cabin Air Quality Monitor, Carmine Dioxide Head Cook, Russell Upsomegrub Ground Rod Installer, Anita Hammer Oldies Identifiers, Amahl Shookup & Bruce Wade Hughes Log Checkers, Candace B. True & Errin Spelling Opera Music Identifier, Donna E. Mobilay Photographer, F. Stop Fitzgerald Beverage Antenna Erector, Lawson D. Woods Heater Attendant, Frasier Tushoff Pop Music Identifier, Carlos Antenna Listlog Checkers, Holly Unlikely & Hugh Lyon Sack Chinese Interpreter, Rick Shaw Hindi Interpreter, Vishnu Verhere French Interpreter April Lynn Parris Brazuguese Interpreter, Amy Zonas Japanese Interpreters, Nicky Hosai & Benny Honda Swahili Interpreter, Maurice Tania Arabic Interpreter; Mohamed Dunn Toldme German Interpreters, Don Kashane & Alf Wiedersehen Spanish Interpreter, Noah Comprenday Italian Interpreter, Vinnie V. Divici (MARE Tipsheet April 21 via DXLD) DX-PEDITIONS ++++++++++++ KONG SDR The Arctic DX Experience. Listen to the world from the Kongsfjord DX- pedition site at 71N, 29E with the the KiwaSDR connected to a large- aperture Wellbrook loop. Site for the upcoming KONG KiwiSDR (late summer 2017) [no link] If things work out well, a KiwiSDR will be available from the KONG DX- pedition site in Kongsfjord, Arctic Norway, from late summer. Read all about here: http://kongsdr.blogspot.no/ (Bjarne Mjelde, Facebook, DX-Listener's Club via Thomas Nilsson, Arctic Radio Club mv-eko 10 April via DXLD) APRIL 2017 KONA, HAWAII DXPEDITION LOGGINGS AND MP3'S (Part One) From April 9 to 12, a Mini-DXpedition was conducted on a 6th floor oceanfront room at the Royal Kona Resort Motel in Kona, Hawaii. This was the first of many long-range DXing trips based upon the performance boost provided by a medium gain FSL antenna -- which was specifically designed to easily pass through airport TSA security checkpoints. A new-design 5 inch (127mm) "Frequent Flyer" FSL antenna was packed inside a matched-size plastic tote within a hand-carry suitcase-- and breezed through TSA security screening in both the Seattle and Kona airports (without even a single question ever being asked). This FSL antenna has inductive couple gain roughly similar to that of a 4' air core box loop (but with a lower noise reception advantage), and was used to boost DX station gain on a 7.5" loopstick C.Crane "Skywave" Ultralight radio. This combination was effective enough to track down many exotic Pacific Island stations (540, 621, 1440, etc.) at S9 levels during transmitter-site sunset skip propagation into Kona, as well as Asian TP-DX of varying strength around local sunrise. This Kona trip was primarily designed as an anniversary celebration with my wife, so before we took off I had (somewhat reluctantly) agreed that DXing would have a secondary priority to sightseeing over the four days. Because of this there were many frequencies that could not be investigated in Kona, but I knew very well which Pacific island stations were tough challenges in both North America and Japan -- and I was determined to go after them with a vengeance. 540, 621 and 1440 would all receive serious attention in Kona-- not because they were great challenges in Hawaii, but because most DXers in both North America and Japan needed all possible information about them if they were to have any chance of reception at all. Besides this I was eager to try my long-range luck chasing exotic Asians around local sunrise with the innovative FSL antenna, but I knew that east-west propagation was almost totally dependent upon solar activity -- and as it turned out both the A and K indexes shot up after our arrival. Overall the Kona MW propagation to the Pacific islands was exceptional around local midnight (as expected), but the sunrise propagation was somewhat challenging for long range Asians Perhaps the biggest success of this entire trip was the interest and excitement that the "Frequent Flyer" FSL antenna series (the major experimental project here this past winter) has inspired among DXers who routinely travel to foreign countries and other faraway venues. As I write this Craig Barnes of Wheat Ridge, Colorado is preparing his own 5 inch "Frequent Flyer" FSL-based DXpedition to Hawaii -- and he already has some experience TP-DXing with one of these models at both Kalaloch, Washington and Rockaway Beach, Oregon. Good luck, Craig! 531, 6DL? Dalwallinu, Australia. Presumably the one with the same- sounding announcer and program as the one on 630-4QN at the time (at 1547 on 4-9; see MP3 for 630-4QN), but it didn't seem to be exactly parallel (maybe a time zone delay?) https://app.box.com/s/7bg1hruxrufccuys5axc4yzumexr3q36 540, 2AP Apia, Western Samoa. This station features a lot of Samoan music (with both male and female announcers), and dominates the frequency in Kona at night as long as it transmits. Unfortunately it doesn't follow the listed PAL sign off time of 1000, but runs past this time routinely, making it tough to track down an exact sign off time during my limited sessions. My guess is that it signs off sometime between 1030 and 1100. The following MP3 is of S9+ level Samoan Christian worship music at 0931 on 4-9. This overwhelming signal was one of the most awesome recorded during the entire DXpedition https://app.box.com/s/8ejvx8s7udh5ibtqymtxs5ew65mquqcl Energetic Samoan music at 0956 on 4-12. This is typical of the station's music format https://app.box.com/s/tbo84s7gb2jci6gfxkawo7rsqpmpkyp3 More typical Samoan choral music at 0835 on 4-11 -- a staple of programming in the station's format https://app.box.com/s/z8ecbvx14fyqx0tpjtw2ahy2r7omhst4 The usual male announcer in Samoan at 0845 on 4-11 https://app.box.com/s/zirqxu76dj7bywxyk1jynoushnw0zyv6 The usual female announcer in Samoan at 0856 on 4-11 https://app.box.com/s/6rkd8ckcd1005fyc5itupxowaf6jqhex 558, Radio Fiji One, Suva, Fiji. Somewhat of an underperformer considering its South Pacific location and (nominal) 10 kW power level. My guess is that the station has some transmitter and/ or antenna issues. Here is some fair level male speech with island music at 1001 on 4-9, which the strongest signal it managed during the entire trip https://app.box.com/s/ly0u5y34rg85e1aotimyjjj1bksunsd3 558, UnID-TP Once again, this weak signal sounded a lot like the 630- 4QN program at the time (1548 on 4-11), so my guess is that 6WA in Wagin, Australia is the most likely possibility https://app.box.com/s/10plmz0gumpjk7ymwi6ay44oqzo67ong 603, HLSA, Namyang, S. Korea. One of the common Asians which ran the gauntlet of dicey solar activity. It was fairly good at 1521 on 4-12, but was MIA during a couple of days https://app.box.com/s/9s3g67w2j5ge9ggsj31kwuwnqmfdiyh9 621, 3RN, Melbourne, Australia. This LR network station would start to fade in just when Radio Tuvalu was about to sign off (around 1000), although it never provided any serious competition for the exotic station. This MP3 was made just after Tuvalu's sign off at 1006 on 4-9 https://app.box.com/s/x0k4bnu3jmytorhzjphz5a6nqyet4h5r 621, Radio Tuvalu, Funafuti, Tuvalu. A very tough station to track down on the mainland, but certainly a "piece of cake" in Kona. Routinely has sign off at 1003 UT, preceded by island choral music and the national anthem (sung by the same choral group). Around 0950 a female announcer begins the routine by giving a monolog news broadcast about 5 minutes long, typically followed by an island music song right before the fixed 5-minute sign off routine. The latter two features are included in the following 8 minute recording (at near S9 strength) made at 0955 on April 10 https://app.box.com/s/3z2ql91i5afhhi6kmjsnvos4p9q2j56y The usual female announcer with her 5 minute news broadcast at near S9 strength at 0955 prior to the sign off routine on April 11. The lady giving the correct pronunciation for "Tuvalu" is at the 11 second point https://app.box.com/s/knpjrxdb40p7hfe9xx7djlwyz3fzf8j3 Around five minutes of typical Island choral music at good-level strength at 0921 on 4-9 https://app.box.com/s/0vouj030pvoxy96o7xtvg45zq0uxed1n Here is a different recording of the female-announced news broadcast just prior to the sign off routine at 0956 on 4-9 (at very good strength) https://app.box.com/s/u0rg1xlye0le5jth12x8wccw6nc5sv99 630, 4QN, Townsville, Australia. This 50 kW station was far and away the strongest Australian signal heard throughout the trip. Unfortunately it wasn't in the same time zone as fellow LR network stations on 531 and 558 in Western Australia, making parallel checks seem dubious. Here is a typical signal at 1543 on 4-9 https://app.box.com/s/j82og05m8v4umqacm78e41cs1xht21to 657, Pyongyang BS, Pyongyang, N. Korea. This bizarre station was far and away the strongest Asian heard during the trip-- almost like it was a South Pacific semi-local. When solar activity cooled off it could blast in with serious power, such as at 1555 on 4-9 https://app.box.com/s/9exi01zvab4y2fjemxbqhz6ma1q3gv8o For those who really don't mind wacky-sounding music (this is your final warning), the 3 minute long version of this signal is posted at https://app.box.com/s/m69fuqcxrjul7y06wu5f5ge63bap3cka 693, UnID-TP. This mystery signal showed up at 1604 on 4-9, after NHK2 (JOAB) sign off. Obviously there is male speech and some kind of backup music at various times, but I'm totally unfamiliar with stations on this frequency (except for JOAB). Any hints or suggestions? This station only showed up on 4-9; rising solar activity brought in only 690-Honolulu splatter on the other three days https://app.box.com/s/8yabwqs7llyac52tsfv4taannfuggedq (The rest of this Kona DXpedition report will be posted later) 73 and Good DX, (Gary DeBock (DXing in Kona, Hawaii), 7.5" loopstick C.Crane Skywave Ultralight + 5 inch "Frequent Flyer" FSL antenna --- a new combo photo, including the sleep-deprived DXer, is posted at https://app.box.com/s/9hx4t2zdykclvh6ma9xotmp5bthp91ee April 21, IRCA via DXLD) WORLD OF HOROLOGY +++++++++++++++++ EAST ASIAN PIP PATTERNS Re: [IRCA] April 2017 Kona DXpedition Loggings and MP3's (Conclusion) I'm on a different planet. Japan and Korea have always been 3+1 and most Chinese stations have 5+1 pips (Chuck Hutton, 23 April, IRCA via DXLD) Good catch, Chuck. I'm on the same planet as you, though my head is merely a balloon floating somewhere in the atmosphere. I misspoke on that point with the mindset that many Chinese stations have an extra time pip as compared to the Korean standard, but I took the 5+1 and subtracted 1 from it without thinking, when in fact, I should have taken the 4 and subtracted one for the correct 3+1. But really, they have 2 extra pips. I always knew it was a lot longer, but always thought it was just one extra!! So, you're correct. Most stations are 3+1, while some Chinese stations have that extra two and are 5+1. Actually, I never really counted in much detail but just listened to a lot of my audio and see some of the following examples, with plenty more where this came from: In China: *CNR-1 is 5+1. *Zhejiang News R. is 5+1 *CBN Radio (1422 Shanghai) is 5+1 *Anhui Story Radio (1395) is a more unique 3 long + 1 short *801 Yantai Private Car Radio has a single tone *Shenyang News Radio is 5+1 *Shandong People's Radio (918, 1548) is 5+1 *Jiangsu Story Radio (1206) replaces time pips with a little rising tone similar to what you'd hear in an elevator or airplane *I oddly never recorded a TOH on 1206 Yanbian despite it being my 200 kW local (perhaps I'll listen on the online stream) *... though 810 Voice of Zhejiang has a unique higher-pitched 2+1 time pip at their half-hour ID In Taiwan: *1557 RTI I Love Music is 3+1 In Korea: *Pyongyang is 3+1 *KBS 1R is 3+1 *KBS 2R is 1 tone *KBS 3R is 3+1 *KCBS is 3+1 *SBS Love is 1 tone *FEBC Jeju is 3+1 *KBS Hanminjok 1R & 2R are 3+1 *Echo of Unification (1080 Haeju & 684 Kaesong, both defunct, now SW and FM only) is 1 tone at sign-on only In Japan:. *1242 Tokyo substitutes their time pips with a cuckoo clock. *NHK-2 at sign-on is 3+1 Otherwise, Japan has no standard. It's all over the place and even hearing time pips is really rare for many stations. I recorded 40 hours of AM audio from the region. I should know my time pips, but in all honesty, when you hear them every day, you don't really stop and think much about them. (Chris Kadlec, Seoul AM Radio Listening Guide http://www.beaglebass.com/dx/seoul/ ibid.) It's worth mentioning that the very common 3+1 pips are different in Japan and South Korea. The long +1 pip in Japan has a gradual decay over a 3 second period. The long +1 pip in South Korea has 5 cycles of going from full level to zero and back in 2 seconds, then a gradual decay. Since pips penetrate so well, this can be a way to let you know whether something needs to be chased or not (Chuck Hutton, ibid.) 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(no spaces) --- (via Lynn Hollerman, Lafayette, LA, IRCA via DXLD) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See ALASKA!, INDIA!, NEW ZEALAND, UK, USA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ WHRIish DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DAB See UK ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV See also NORTH AMERICA incidental pirate ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Phase 4 The date when Phase 4 begins and ends? (Roy Barstow - Cape Cod, April 24, WTFDA gg via DXLD) Phase 4 is June 22 - August 2, 2019. All phase 4 stations that have to change channels must do it in that time frame. Stations leaving the air must do so within 3 months of being paid, the date of which will vary by station, but generally these stations will be going off this summer, but can go off sooner with 30 days notice. If a station is turning off their xmtr (sold their spectrum) but pairing up with another station to share their channel, they have 6 months after getting paid to leave the air (this fall). (Chris Lucas - Poughkeepsie, NY - FN31bs, April 24, WTFDA gg viaDXLD) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ CANADA MAY BE THE BEST PLACE FOR HAMS TO EXPERIENCE THE SOLAR ECLIPSE Alex Schwarz, VE7DXW, who developed the online Scanning RF Seismograph http://users.skynet.be/myspace/mdsr/ to determine which bands are open, is among the many looking forward to the solar eclipse on August 21, 2017. Although the path of totality will move over Oregon then southeastward toward South Carolina, he believes radio amateurs north of the border can take advantage of this "very exciting celestial event," as those in the US will be doing, and may have an edge of sorts. Members of the Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation, HamSCI http://hamsci.org/ in the US will sponsor a Solar Eclipse QSO Party --- SEQP http://hamsci.org/basic-project/2017-total-solar-eclipse to conduct their own research. "This will be spectacular when viewed with our eyes," Schwarz said. "The effects of the solar radiation on the propagation of radio waves will be equally or more exciting." Schwarz said it may appear that Canada won't be a part of the solar eclipse, but British Columbia (BC) will have up to 95% coverage, he pointed out. "As the solar eclipse is moving over the planet, it is leaving a canyon of de-ionized gas on the ionosphere in altitudes of about 100 to 300 kilometers," Schwarz said. "This puts Canada -- and especially Ontario -- in a very good position to get really long signal paths to the horizon toward the south. Southern Ontario will be in the best location to make contacts into the southern and western US and Central America. In southern BC, we can aim our antennas right down the length of the propagation anomaly and reach the Caribbean and southeastern US." Schwarz said timing is important, because the gas will ionize again after the solar shadow has passed. The entire passage across North America will be approximately 90 minutes. Schwarz said that during the 1999 solar eclipse in Europe, radio amateurs recorded long-distance contacts on 160 and 80 meters. "We want to inform all amateurs about the opportunity of experiencing the solar eclipse on a totally different level by operating radios in their shacks," he said. Schwarz encouraged all ham radio clubs to participate in the opportunity, not only to view the eclipse but to experience its effects on radio propagation. NASA offers much more information https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/2017-total-solar-eclipse-across-america about the 2017 solar eclipse. Add a comment about this article! Source: The ARRL Letter Via eHam http://www.eham.net/articles/39062 Posted by: (Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) AURORA PHOTOGRAPHERS FIND NEW NIGHT SKY LIGHTS AND CALL THEM STEVE 23 April 2017 From the section US & Canada Image copyright ESA [be sure to take a look! gh] http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39686055 A group of aurora enthusiasts have found a new type of light in the night sky and named it Steve. Eric Donovan from the University of Calgary in Canada spotted the feature in photos shared on a Facebook group. He did not recognise it as a catalogued phenomenon and although the group were calling it a proton arc, he knew proton auroras were not visible. Testing showed it appeared to be a hot stream of fast-flowing gas in the higher reaches of the atmosphere. The European Space Agency (ESA) sent electric field instruments to measure it 300km (190 miles) above the surface of the Earth and found the temperature of the air was 3,000C (5,400F) hotter inside the gas stream than outside it. Inside, the 25km-wide ribbon of gas was flowing at 6 km/s (13,000mph), 600 times faster than the air on either side. Relatively little else is known about the big purple light as yet but it appears it is not an aurora as it does not stem from the interaction of solar particles with the Earth's magnetic field. There are reports that the group called it Steve in homage to a 2006 children's film, Over the Hedge, where the characters give the name to a creature they have not seen before. Roger Haagmans of the ESA said: "It is amazing how a beautiful natural phenomenon, seen by observant citizens, can trigger scientists' curiosity. "It turns out that Steve is actually remarkably common, but we hadn't noticed it before. "It's thanks to ground-based observations, satellites, today's explosion of access to data and an army of citizen scientists joining forces to document it." (via Gerald T Pollard, NC, DXLD) :Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts :Issued: 2017 Apr 24 0153 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # Product description and SWPC contact on the Web # http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/weekly.html # # Weekly Highlights and Forecasts # Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 17 - 23 April 2017 Solar activity reached low levels on 17-18 Apr due to isolated C-class flare activity from Region 2651 (N12, L=070, class/area=Cso/150 on 23 Apr), but solar activity was at very low levels through the remainder of the period (19-23 Apr). The largest event of the period, a long-duration C5/Sf flare at 18/2010 UTC with both Type-II and IV radio emissions, had an associated CME that was observed in C2 coronagraph imagery beginning at 18/1948 UTC. CME analysis and WSA-Enlil modelling suggested that this event did not have an Earth-directed component, however, it is likely that this event reached Earth late on 21 Apr. No other Earth-directed CMEs were observed. No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit reached high levels on 17-18, 21-23 Apr, moderate levels on 20 Apr, and normal levels on 19 Apr. Geomagnetic field activity was quiet on 17 Apr and quiet to unsettled on 18 Apr under a nominal solar wind regime. The influence of a recurrent, positive polarity CH HSS caused periods of G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm conditions on 19 Apr and G1-G2 (Minor-Moderate) storm conditions on 20 Apr. The likely arrival of a CME (from 18 Apr) combined with the onset of a CIR caused G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm levels late on 21 Apr. The influence of a recurrent, negative polarity CH HSS began early on 22 Apr and caused G1-G2 (Minor-Moderate) geomagnetic storms on 22-23 Apr. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 24 APRIL - 20 MAY 2017 Solar activity is expected to be very low with a chance for C-class flare activity throughout the outlook period (24 Apr-20 May). No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is likely to reach very high levels on 29-30 Apr with high levels likely on 24-28 Apr and 06-12, 17-20 May. Normal to moderate flux levels are expected for the remainder of the period. Geomagnetic field activity is likely to reach G2 (Moderate) geomagnetic storm levels on 19-20 May with G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storms likely on 24-27 Apr and 01, 17-18 May due to the influence of multiple, recurrent CH HSSs. Active conditions are likely on 28 Apr and 05-06, 16 May with quiet or quiet to unsettled field activity expected for the remainder of the period. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2017 Apr 24 0153 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # Product description and SWPC contact on the Web # http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wwire.html # # 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table # Issued 2017-04-24 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2017 Apr 24 84 30 5 2017 Apr 25 84 20 5 2017 Apr 26 84 20 5 2017 Apr 27 84 20 5 2017 Apr 28 84 15 4 2017 Apr 29 84 8 3 2017 Apr 30 84 5 2 2017 May 01 80 20 5 2017 May 02 75 10 3 2017 May 03 75 10 3 2017 May 04 75 10 3 2017 May 05 75 15 4 2017 May 06 75 15 4 2017 May 07 75 8 3 2017 May 08 75 8 3 2017 May 09 75 5 2 2017 May 10 75 5 2 2017 May 11 75 5 2 2017 May 12 75 5 2 2017 May 13 75 5 2 2017 May 14 75 5 2 2017 May 15 80 8 3 2017 May 16 80 15 4 2017 May 17 80 30 5 2017 May 18 80 25 5 2017 May 19 85 45 6 2017 May 20 85 50 6 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1875, DXLD) GLENN`S PROPAGATION OUTLOOK FOR MEDIA NETWORK PLUS AS OF APRIL 27 2017 Keith, From IPS in Australia, the Global HF Propagation Forecast thru April 29: normal at low and middle latitudes; normal to fair at high latitudes. From Spaceweather South Africa thru April 29: magnetic conditions unsettled, to quiet to unsettled; shortwave fadeouts unlikely; MUF unstable. From Franz K Janda in Prague, the Geomagnetic field will be: quiet to active on April 28, May 1 - 2, 4 - 5, 8, 16 mostly quiet on April 29, May 8 quiet on April 30, May 13 quiet to unsettled May 3, 7, 10 - 12, 14 - 15 active to disturbed on May 6, 17 From Met Office UK thru April 30: Solar Activity: Low or very low. Generally Quiet to Unsettled geomagnetic activity, a chance of Active to G1 Minor Geomagnetic storm intervals on April 28. From SWPC in Boulder: G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storms likely on May 1, with A and K indices of 20 and 5. Likely to reach G2 (Moderate) geomagnetic storm levels on May 19, up to 50 and 6 on May 20; already 30 and 5 on May 17. Solar flux dropping from 84 April 20 to 75 May 2- 14, back up to 85 by May 19. William Hepburn`s VHF UHF DX maps show extreme tropospheric ducting from Texas and Tamaulipas across the Gulf to Florida April 28 and 29, and all week along the west coast of Mexico. Off the northern coast of Chile, April 29 to May 1. Off the west coast of Africa around Cabo Verde all week thru May 2. Along the coasts of Angola and Namibia, April 28 to May 2. Across the Red Sea, south of Arabia, and especially between Oman and India, and between India and Myanmar, all week. But wait, there is more! RSGB says We are getting very close to the start of the sporadic E season, and a check of the beacon bands on 10m and 6m could pay dividends, especially in the late morning and late afternoon/early evening (via DXLD) TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING ++++++++++++++++++++++++ PROTECT MY PUBLIC MEDIA --- Testify like Fred Rogers Glenn - Nearly 48 years ago, Mister Rogers went to Washington to save public media funding. At the time, the President proposed cutting funding in half. Fred Rogers's heartfelt congressional testimony not only stopped the proposal but led to future increases in funding. Fred Rogers's testimony proved that when we stand up for what we believe in, we can create positive change. Today, the President's budget recommends eliminating all public media funding. Congress hasn't made funding decisions for public media yet, giving us an opportunity to voice our support and save funding. On May 5, 2017, join us in honoring Fred Rogers's legacy and tell lawmakers that public media funding matters to you. Before or on May 5, 2017: Pick out a Fred Rogers-style sweater or cardigan from your closet - any color will do! Take a photo of yourself in your sweater or cardigan. Go to http://protectmypublicmedia.org/beautiful-day-upload/ to post your photo and share your story. You can also post your photos on our Facebook wall https://www.facebook.com/ProtectMyPublicMedia/ or Twitter with the hashtag #ItsABeautifulDay. Let's make May 5, 2017 a beautiful day to remind our neighbors that we support public media funding. Sincerely, Cait Beroza & the Protect My Public Media Team http://protectmypublicmedia.org/ (April 27 via gh, DXLD) ###