DX LISTENING DIGEST 17-41, October 10, 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 1899 contents: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Cuba, Egypt, Ethiopia and non, France, Germany, Indonesia, Israel, Korea North non, Kurdistan non, México, New Zealand, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Sa`udi Arabia, Somaliland, Syria, Tannu Tuva, Ukraine, UK, USA, Zanzibar, unidentified 26005, and the propagation outlook SHORTWAVE AIRINGS of WORLD OF RADIO 1899, October 10-17, 2017 Tue 2130 WRMI 9455 [confirmed]; 15770 [off the air, post-Irma] Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed] Wed 1030 WRMI 5850 9455 [both confirmed] Wed 1315 WRMI 9955 [confirmed] Wed 2030 WRMI 9955 [already deleted] Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v [confirmed] Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed] Thu 2230 WRMI 5850 [on sked, but not aired!] Thu 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed] Fri 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed] Sat 0630 HLR 6190-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio [confirmed in Bulgaria from 0629] Sat 1431 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio [not confirmed] Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM Sat 2130 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed] Sat 2300 WRMI 11580 [confirmed] Sun 0200 WRMI 11580 Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM [confirmed from 0311] Sun 1030 HLR 9485-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v-AM Area 51 Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 Tue 2030 WRMI 9455 11580 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/ ** ABKHAZIA. The last time I listened to the Abkhaz radio in April and May 2017. On October 1, 2017, I heard them again at NE [sic?] 1350 kHz (presumably the transmitter power was not current) from 1550 until the end of the transfer at 1558, then a break and switched on Avtoradio from Moscow, The name of the radio and the motto of the station "Move Forward", then songs. The frequency is suppressed by the transmitters of Hungary and the Greek pirate (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Rus-DX Oct 8 via DXLD) ** AFGHANISTAN. Reception of Radio Afghanistan External Service, Oct 9 from 1533 6100 YAK 100 kW / 125 deg to SoAs English from 1604 6100 YAK 100 kW / 125 deg to SoAs Urdu & no signal at 1616 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/reception-of-radio-afghanistan-external.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, October 9, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ALASKA. Listened from 1245 to 1430 UT. Asian signals dominated until 30 minutes before sunrise when the DU's took over. Exception was JOUB 774 with good signal at 141. 529, ALASKA, KQA-59, Level Island, 10/06 1323 weak with aviation weather forecast (Dennis Vroom, WA, Oct 6, IRCA via DXLD) I was up last night at 0530 [PDT?] checking band conditions and Alaska KQA-59 was at its level best this season on 529 kHz with Aero weather. Usually a good sign for favorable TP reception. JRC - NRD525 and DRAKE R8 W/NW FLAG, ALA100, VACTROL - controller (Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA, IRCA via DXLD) Where is Level Island? AK is a rather large state. There is a Big Level and adjacent Small Level. I guess it`s the Big one, with a radio tower shown here: http://alaska.guide/Archipelago/1423282/Level-Islands Level Islands Archipelago Location: 56 27' 58" N, 133 5' 45" W Borough: Petersburg (CA) Elevation: 10 ft / 3 m Petersburg Borough means in the SE panhandle between Juneau and Ketchikan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ALASKA. HAM HOPING TO CROWDFUND EXPERIMENTAL TIME AT HAARP FACILITY Another Luxembourg Effect experiment could take place at Alaska's High-Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) facility during its September research campaign. Jeff Dumps, KL4IU -- a self-described construction worker, electronics technician, and radio enthusiast -- wants to purchase 12 minutes at the HAARP controls to carry out his investigation, which he's hoping to fund with donations. Dumps told ARRL that if he doesn't meet his funding goal, he'll donate whatever money has been contributed to the Arctic Amateur Radio Club (KL7KC) and HAARP. "My experiment will attempt to answer some questions about how audio frequencies transfer between radio stations during the Luxembourg Effect (Ionospheric Cross Modulation)," Dumps explained in describing his proposed experiment. The super-power ionosphere research facility is owned and operated by the University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geophysical Institute. The HAARP site includes a huge array of transmitting antennas, transmitters and amplifiers, and computerized controls. In the past, it has been used for experiments that involve ionospheric heating. Dumps concedes that his is an amateur's approach to a science experiment. "It may not be in a typical fashion one would see from a physics student or a scientist," he said. "Even if my experiment doesn't provide any insightful information, as happens quite often in real scientific experiments, it will be a great opportunity to test a hypothesis." Dumps said he hopes his experiment will inspire and motivate others to pursue their own scientific interests. UAF Space Physics Group Assistant Research Professor Chris Fallen, KL3WX, who conducted is own Luxembourg Effect experiment earlier this year, said he wishes Dumps well in his efforts. Fallen transmitted some music during his own Luxembourg Effect experiments last February. In addition to tones, he transmitted a dance track, an arrangement of Pachelbel's Canon, and a variation of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat." Dumps composed some of the music, and he arranged and performed all of it. "Generally, any scientist with funds can conduct experiments with HAARP, provided the experiment conforms with technical limitations of the facility and with federal regulations," Fallen told ARRL. "I think it is exciting to see public citizen-scientist interest in performing -- and funding -- HAARP experiments. There are many new science opportunities when the collective creativity, knowledge, and resources of radio enthusiasts are unleashed." Fallen said UAF's Geophysical Institute is operating HAARP with a "user fee model," in which fees paid for HAARP time by scientists -- typically with federal grant support -- fund the operations and maintenance of the facility. Currently, that fee is $5,000 per hour, to cover such expenses as generator fuel, compensation of year-round support staff, and heating the facility throughout the winter. "Short experiments consisting of a few hours or less are typically bundled together in 'experiment campaigns' for cost efficiency," Fallen explained. If the crowdfunding campaign is successful, Fallen said he plans to help Dumps in constructing an experiment they can perform. (cr- ARRL) (via Arctic & Antarctic DX, Oct CIDX Messenger via DXLD) ** ALGERIA. Nothing heard on test yet from RTA Algeria new Bechar and Quargla 300 kW SW relays; I guess just before Christmas 2017 the RTA test will start then (Wolfgang Büschel, OCT 7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) It` OURGLA, not Quargla: 10-JUN-2010: add: ORG Ourgla, ALG 31N55 005E04 10-JUN-2010: add: BEC Bechar, ALG 31N34 002W21 (2017 HFCC site list updates via DXLD) ** ANGUILLA [non]. 5935, WWCR Nashville TN (presumed); 0041, 10/3; Rev. Barbie robustly baring her ritcheous [sic] blathers. S20+ Nothing on 6090 since Irma (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, 48642- 3156, Drake R8B + 185' & 60' RW + 125' bow-tie, ----- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! -----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ARGENTINA [and non]. WRMI SYSTEM B - 2nd // stream Saturday, October 7, 2017 10:15 PM Neben dem bekannten Stream: http://wrmi.listen.creek.fm/stream or: http://138.197.11.163:8000/stream gibt es noch einen via: http://167.114.172.18:9988/ Current Stream Information Server Status: Server is currently up and private. Stream Status: Stream is up at 128 kbps with 4 of 500 listeners (3 unique) Listener Peak: 99 Average Listen Time: 8h 43m 27s Stream Title: WRMI RAE <========== Content Type: audio/mpeg Stream Genre: International geo-ip: Region: Quebec Stadt: Montréal whois-Abfrage zur IP: Admin Street: av cordoba 1235 Admin City: Buenos Aires Admin State/Province: Admin Postal Code: 1132 Admin Country: AR Deshalb ist es nicht weiter verwunderlich, dass über diesen kanadischen Server jede Menge Stationen aus Argentinien zu hören sind.. http://167.114.172.18:9312 Stream-Name: Radio Mirador Córdoba http://167.114.172.18:9848 Stream-Name: Radio Sur 90.1 (Ciudad de Córdoba, Argentinia) http://167.114.172.18:9882 Stream-Name: FM Elit 97.uno! http://167.114.172.18:9884 Stream-Name: RADIO UNO CHABAS - FM 99.1 http://167.114.172.18:9888 Stream-Name: FM Oeste 97.9 Mhz. Tres Isletas http://167.114.172.18:9954 Stream-Name: Radio Impacto (Radio IMPACTO FM 103.1 Cachari) etc., etc. (roger, germany, Oct 7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ARMENIA. Tests of Armenian Public Radio on 9410 kHz Yerevan, Oct 6 0740 & 0810 on 9410 ERV 300 kW / 192 deg to CeAs Armenian, very good On air twice 0740-0744 & 0810-0814 UT and nothing more on 9410 kHz http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/test-broadcast-of-armenian-public-radio.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, October 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ASCENSION. 6005, Oct 6 at 0607, BBCWS hummy transmitter is back here. Too late to check whether 5960 Dandal Kura was hummy before 0600*. 15490, Oct 6 at 2003, African language mentions Nigeria and BBC World, S5-S9 with HUM --- I`ll bet it`s that English Bay transmitter again, as heard on 6005, 5960, and others. Yes: HFCC shows Hausa, 65 degrees with 250 kW at 1930-2000 is extended until 2030 on Fridays only, since May 20 (but the daily broadcast preceding only started on 15490 August 19) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. Last evening 522 kHz was noted for the first time with strong ABC News Radio from the 630 2PB Sydney transmitter. The same also radiates a strong spurious signal on 774 kHz. This is genuine external spurious radiation that has been noted over many parts of Sydney. The 522 kHz spur doesn't likely have any competition, so may be received via evening skywave within roughly 1,000 km of Sydney. Especially for DXers located within 600 km of Sydney, there should be at least a fading carrier on 522. A few weeks ago I tested to see if my PVC loop could tune down to 522 kHz on the Sangean PR-D15. The 522 peak was strong, but confined to QRM and QRN. The loop peaked at 522 kHz greatly outperforms outdoor un-tuned random 100 ft wires. Hence the fault has developed recently (Todd Emslie, ICDX, 20 Sept via DXWW II, IRCA DX Monitor Oct 14, published Oct 10, via DXLD) Patrick Martin heard this spur in Oregon many years ago, so another reception in N America is possible (Bruce Portzer, ed., ibid.) 10 kW on 630 (WRTH) ** AUSTRALIA. OZY MUSIC RADIO on 5045 kHz was on air for 2 weeks testing and playing all Australian music/songs. Now Craig our member has a few things to take care of but hopefully soon back on air! 5055, our man Al Kirton in FNQ Innisfail hopefully will start shortly and we have another Aussie station on air (John Wright, Oct Australian DX News via DXLD) The Status of a couple [sic] of Australian low-power operations: Ozy Radio, last heard on 5045, is off currently but plans to get back on air “soon” after a few problems are fixed. (Direct) 4KZ, 5055. Might be a bit of a wait for 5055 to appear on SW from Innisfail yet. Al Kirton says their tech has priorities with mast replacements to 4AM & 4KZ, yet to be started (Ian Baxter) Unique Radio, 3210. Last word was that the transmitter was to be moved from Halls Gap to near Gunnedah in order to improve the signal. Appears to be silent & the webpage goes nowhere (October 2017 Australian DX News via DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. From the Telstra HF Transmitter at Ningi in Queensland See below for a list of frequencies in use from the site including VIRGIN Australia: Frequency Client 294 kHz Australian Maritime Safety Authority (316698) 3.1945 MHz VIRGIN AUSTRALIA AIRLINES PTY LTD (1412657) 3.4474 MHz Telstra Corporation Limited (1144312) 4.6884 MHz Telstra Corporation Limited (1144312) 5.1615 MHz VIRGIN AUSTRALIA AIRLINES PTY LTD (1412657) 5.6054 MHz Telstra Corporation Limited (1144312) 6.6384 MHz Telstra Corporation Limited (1144312) 8.1415 MHz VIRGIN AUSTRALIA AIRLINES PTY LTD (1412657) 8.8564 MHz Telstra Corporation Limited (1144312) 8.9224 MHz Telstra Corporation Limited (1144312) 9.0415 MHz VIRGIN AUSTRALIA AIRLINES PTY LTD (1412657) 10.0464 MHz Telstra Corporation Limited (1144312) 10.0794 MHz Telstra Corporation Limited (1144312) 11.1335 MHz VIRGIN AUSTRALIA AIRLINES PTY LTD (1412657) 11.3 MHz BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY (265992) [000 ?] 11.3614 MHz Telstra Corporation Limited (1144312) 13.3434 MHz Telstra Corporation Limited (1144312) 17.4415 MHz VIRGIN AUSTRALIA AIRLINES PTY LTD (1412657) 17.9234 MHz Telstra Corporation Limited (1144312) 20.1615 MHz VIRGIN AUSTRALIA AIRLINES PTY LTD (1412657) 21.9504 MHz Telstra Corporation Limited (1144312) Until next time good DX to you all. 73, (John Volpato, ed., Utility DX Report, Oct Australian DX News via DXLD) In the original, each entry was listed twice, so I have eliminated one; also with hotlinx to somewhere. Since these are in MHz, will be unsearchable as kHz in the DXLD archive. I could quickly delete all the MHz decimals, but then I would have to insert one point individually into each before last digit to make them kHz. This is why everyone is encouraged to report in kHz (on LF, MF, HF, not VHF)! (gh, DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. Senator Nick Xenophon is giving up his Senate seat Sunday, October 8, 2017 11:11 AM Senator Nick Xenophon, the main advocate for the reintroduction of Radio Australia and ABC Northern Territory shortwave services, has quit Federal Parliament to run for election in his home state of South Australia. See attached article link below: http://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/nick-xenophon-quits-federal-parliament-to-run-in-south-australia/news-story/354bbca54d4bfe080e27f9e869effec9#sharehash Yet another nail in the coffin in the hopes of RA/ABC returning to shortwave. Regards, (Brian Powell (VK2FBAJ), Sydney, Australia, Sent from my iPhone, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1899, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 5935, Oct 5 at 2333, not even a JBA carrier from presumed R. Yura, but there is one by 2356 just before WWCR blasts on. It will take a schedule change, a WWCR breakdown, and/or a very auroral situation to pump it into here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 4885, Rádio Clube do Pará, 0645 UT Oct 2 tune in, in Portuguese with nice tunes including some with English lyrics. Full station ID at 0659 UT. Very Good, slightly over modulated and CODAR (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, Alberta, RX: Perseus SDR, ANT: Wellbrook ALA 100 loop antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. Re: Super R Deus é Amor, Curitiba, PR, This one is not on 6060.00 kHz, but consistently about 6059.82 kHz (Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx and dxld Oct 3) On Oct 7 at 1027 UT on 6059.837 kHz. 73 wolfie (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 9664.11, Oct 8 at 0043, Brazuguese praying and singing, so R. Voz Missionária has drifted down to here. 9665.95v, Oct 9 at 0026, poor signal in Portuguese, as Voz Missionária continues to wander around. By 0536 next check it`s audibly wavering BFOly but still circa 9665.95v (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [tracking the variations of this one:] 9665.9, 2234, R Voz Missionária, Brazil. OM anns in PP, ID, freqs fr/gd 31/08 RAD* (Richard A D`Angelo, PA, overseas, Oct BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) 9666.9v, 0158, R Voz Missionaria, Brazil. IDs, jingle, talk, songs good 21/09 (Giampiero Bernardini, Italy, ibid.) 9664.7, 0006, R Voz Missionaria, Brazil. Excited OM in PP, rel talk pr/fr 24/09 (D`Angelo, ibid.) ** BRAZIL. [Re 17-40:] EBC HAS UNTIL DECEMBER TO REINSTATE RADIO NACIONAL DA AMAZONIA SHORTWAVE SERVICE TO AVOID LOSING SHORTWAVE LICENSE As reported previously on this blog, Rádio Nacional da Amazônia went silent on shortwave in March due to electricity supply issues. The station hasn't been heard since (at the time of writing, a quick YouTube search for 6180 kHz or 11780 kHz does not return any matching reception videos newer than March 2017). Recently I came across two online articles from Brazil that help to clarify the ongoing situation. I have used Google Translate to reproduce parts of both below (and tidied up the translations manually in a few places to improve legibility). In short, after a widespread regional outcry, EBC (the broadcaster currently using Rádio Nacional da Amazônia's transmitter facilities) has until December to reinstate the full service to avoid losing its shortwave broadcasting license. See full blog here --- Rádio Nacional da Amazônia outage: updates from the Brazilian blogosphere The last recording I made of Rádio Nacional da Amazônia, extracted from a 60-41 meter band spectrum recording ca... http://blog.londonshortwave.com/2017/09/radio-nacional-da-amazonia-updates-from.html Posted by: (Mike Terry, dxlddyg via DXLD) Viz.: Ribeirinhos and indigenous people reject the deactivation of the Rádio Nacional da Amazônia: [...] Rádio Nacional da Amazônia has been suffering from maintenance problems for many years, mainly with their short-wave transmitters on the frequencies of 6180 and 11780 kHz, on 49 and 25 meter bands, respectively. The full 250 kW capacity of each channel was already reduced to 180 kW a long time ago. Often, one channel would be off the air, but at least the other one was in operation. However, the situation has never been as serious as it is now. On March 20 of this year, more than five months ago, a lightning struck the substation that supplies electricity to Rodeador Park, 50 kilometers from the center of Brasília, where the antennas are located in the North [sic] Region of the country. So far, no practical action has been taken to repair the damage. The transmission has since been maintained only on the internet and via satellite, for those who own a satellite dish. But the people in the heart of the Amazon [listen] via old battery radios. The listeners, feeling abandoned, started complaining on live shows over the phone. In May, a statement of repudiation of the deactivation of the station was sent by 15 riverine and indigenous leaderships to the EBC directorate, with copies to the Social Communication Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic and to the radio team. However, EBC's direction remains mute on the subject. Check the list of entities whose leaders signed the letter to EBC: Association of Residents of Riozinho do Anfrísio Extractive Reserve Association of Residents of the Rio Iriri Extractive Reserve Council of the Ribeirinho de Belo Monte - Altamira Indigenous Association Pyjahyry Xipaya Tukaya Indigenous Association of Xypaya Forest Seeds Association Arara People of the Cachoeira Seca Xikrin People of Bacajá Kuruaya people Parakanã of the Apyterewa Indigenous Land Remaining Quilombola Association of Oriximiná Association for the Development of Family Agriculture of the Upper Xingu Joint Alternative Cooperative of Small Producers of the Alto Xingu Forestry and Agricultural Management and Certification Institute Kabu Institute (Kayapó Mekrangnoti People) Protected Forest Association (Kayapó People Kayapó Indigenous Land) EBC may lose Rádio Nacional da Amazônia's license after going off the air. Rádio Nacional da Amazônia has been completely off the air and Rádio Nacional de Brasilia (AM) does not have sufficient power to reach states beyond the Federal District during the night. The accident completely altered the routine of thousands of people from the Amazon, who have since contacted EBC, pleading for the return of the only station that can be tuned into where they live. [...] This does not happen by chance. Since its creation, Rádio Nacional da Amazônia has played a fundamental role in guaranteeing citizenship to the inhabitants of the northern region of the country, through access to information. But this feeling of belonging is lost every time an Amazonian tries to tune into the station and is faced with the inhuman silence coming from their radio device. Isolated communities in rural, riverside, indigenous and border areas, located in places where access to the Internet and other communication channels is difficult, are the ones that benefit most from the public information services carried by the station, which broadcasts to such communities, in addition to information, tips on how to seek solutions to basic health problems, domestic violence and how to take documents. It is also through the radio that the listeners communicate with relatives, pass and return messages and reunite with missing relatives and friends. It is no wonder that the station has earned the folklore nickname "Amazon's payphone." Historical programs like “Eu de Cá, Você de Lá”; "Frankly speaking"; "Meeting point"; "Live nature"; "Viva Maria"; "Our land"; "Brazilian Amazonia"; "National Evening"; "Mosaic"; "Em Conta" and "Amazon Reporter" simply stopped reaching their audience, cutting off a decades-long relationship with the forest peoples. [...] Not only does [the station] violate the right to information of thousands of people living in the Brazilian states that make up the Legal Amazon (Amazonas, Acre, Amapá, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Rondônia, Pará, Roraima and Tocantins), [they run] the risk of losing the radio license. This is because the sole paragraph of Article 55 of Decree 52795/1963 states that in case the interruption of the broadcasting service is more than 30 (thirty) consecutive days, "except for reasons of unforeseeable circumstances duly proven and recognized by CONTEL, permission shall be revoked, without the licensee being entitled to any indemnity. " [...] Now EBC has until December to reinstate the provision of the Shortwave service of Rádio Nacional da Amazônia, after authorization of the extension of the legal term granted by the Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovation and Communications (MCTIC). MCTIC also gave a period of 120 days for the reestablishment of the Medium Wave service for the return of the normal operation of Rádio Nacional AM of Brasília (via WORLD OF RADIO 1899, DXLD) The problems with RNA go beyond the technical side. I recently read an article on Bloomberg about the general economic situation in Brazil, and it mentioned that government austerity measures were affecting many state institutions and employees, including the public broadcaster. The government may have no desire to spend any more money on RNA shortwave. We shall see (Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1899, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 15190. Sat, Oct 7 at 1713-1728, Radio Inconfidência, Contagem-MG, in Portuguese. Program "Sala Cronista" presented by Silva Neto and other announcer participation: Talks about picturesque sporting facts in 1970 year and follows; ID; Commercial announcements. Station with good signal and fair modulation, 45433 (DXer: José Ronaldo Xavier, Location: Cabedelo-PB, Brazil (UTC-3), RX (s): Degen DE1103, Antenna: Longwire, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. APA B17 --- The program called in Portuguese “Com A Mãe Aparecida” ( Together With Mother Apparition) of Rádio Aparecida from October 15, 2017 starting at 0200 UT will be on the air as follows: From 2200 to 0500 daily (?on Saturdays till 0530?) on Rádio Aparecida on 5035, 6135, 9630, 11855; From 2200 to 0500 daily on Rádio Nove de Julho on 9819/9820; Sundays from 2200 to 2305, Saturdays from 2205 to 2305, daily from 2305 to 0445, Mon to Sat 0445 to 0500 & (?on Saturdays 0500-0530?) via Rádio Caiari, Porto Velho on 4765 [sic] kHz. And their MW frequencies also (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Oct 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I.e. taking into account DST shifts in Brasil, UT-2 instead of -3 in the East/Southeast, but should not change in the North/West without DST. Is Caiari active? Not reported lately. Frequency is wrong, should be 4785, as in DXLD 17-23 from Daniel Wyllyans: ``4765 kHz Rádio Integração FM-Cruzeiro do Sul | AC: Very irregular in 2017. In my opinion their audio is the lowest around the world in the tropical bands. Web: http://radioetvintegracao.com.br/ 4785 kHz Rádio Caiari-Porto Velho | RO 10.000 Watts ZYG790 RO 0900- 0300: Very irregular in 2017. Web: http://www.radiocaiari.com/ `` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BULGARIA [and non]. Shortwave Radiogram 7-8 October 2017 Shortwave Radiogram this weekend is mostly in the usual MFSK32, but one news item is in Thor22, with text and an image. Details and schedule: http://swradiogram.net/post/166116856627/shortwave-radiogram-7-8-october-2017-special (Kim Elliott, Oct 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Am 06.10.2017 um 19:18 schrieb Shortwave Radiogram: ``Hello friends, I have received requests to try some of the “new and exotic” modes on Shortwave Radiogram. Accordingly, this weekend, we will transmit one news item in Thor 22. Thor 22 is not an especially new mode, but its ability to send and receive images is new. You will need a newer version of Fldigi -- I used 3.23.30. .............................. Using TIVAR on an Android device, the Thor 22 text will decode if Thor 22 is added to the mode list. Unfortunately, TIVAR cannot, in its present version, decode Thor 22 images.`` At first glance, I cannot see any significant differences in the reception quality of both modes. But, the possibility of a phase correction is a useful feature in the case of THOR22. The pattern looks like an 18-tone MFSK method. Perhaps there are advantages with weaker signals or with Doppler disturbances. The future will show it, hopefully. "Lesson 16" with a new digital mode, which means: big picture to count the audio tracks. ;-) http://www.rhci-online.net/radiogram/SW_Radiogram_2017-10-07.htm#SWRGroger ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ https://sourceforge.net/projects/fldigi/files/latest/download =====> fldigi-4.0.11.5_setup.exe alpha 4.0.11.5 PSK filter * Implement PskCore fir filter - set as default PulseAudio Start * Add code to force playback recognition of fldigi when program starts. etc..... Posted by: (roger, germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CAMBODIA {non]. Voice of Khmer M'Chas Srok via BaBcoCk Tashkent on Oct 8 1130-1200 on 17860 TAC 100 kW / 122 deg to SEAs Khmer Thu/Sun, weak: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/voice-of-khmer-mchas-srok-via-babcock_8.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, October 8, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CAMEROON [non]. 15315, Voice of Linjilia via Issoudun. Fulfulde on 13/9 at 1856 with voices of cows, cocks, sheep etc., giving the address in Cameroon, close/down at 1900. Similar voices were used in the past as IS of Radio Botswana (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF2001D, Folded Marconi ant), Oct Australian DX News via DXLD) ** CANADA. 750, Oct 9 at 0558 UT thru hourtop, classic rock in null of WSB, so roughly N/S, 0603 UT Geo ad, 0604 UT ID as `CK 750 Classic Hits``, i.e. CKJH, Melfort, Saskatchewan, 25/25 kW U4 (and in stereo per NRC AM Log). ND day, but the late Paul Swearingen`s NRC Pattern Book shows at night is supposed to be almost circular to north with a notch toward Atlanta (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. New log CKMX Calgary --- Heard again last night on the SRF. This time enough for me to count. 1060, CKMX, AB, Calgary 10/5 9:20 PM PDT [0420 UT Oct 6] tuned in to "Calgary; s ... 10-60 ... comedy". Into short comedy acts from Jonathan Winters, Larry the Cable Guy and others I have never heard before. Several mentions of Calgary and slogan but mostly unintelligible. Tough null of 1070 KNX iboc and 1060 Tempe AZ with sports talk. Only my 6th Canadian in the log and 3rd from Calgary. Need to work on this one to get a reception report (Martin Foltz, Mission Viejo CA, ABDX via DXLD) I will be very interested to see if they do, considering they do not switch to to DA at night (Todd Skaine, Bloomington MN, ibid.) Back in the days when they were top 40 and known as "AM 106", they definitely did. This isn't the first time I've heard they don't switch to their night pattern anymore. They're supposed to cut all signal to the southeast and east to protect KYW (Justin Nielsen, ibid.) // 6030 ** CANADA. it was 26 years ago today [10/1] I started doing the QSL service for CFRB and CFRX. Not a lot of reports coming in these days but I still enjoy doing it when they do arrive. An update: in 2018, they plan to make a new transmitter building further back on the property, closer to the large antenna system. They will also purchase two brand new AM transmitters. I'm not sure if they will transplant the CFRX vertical or build a new one for the new location. I'm hoping a new one. The purpose for this move is to sell a large chunk of land along Royal Windsor Drive for commercial use. I'll keep you posted (Steve Canney to Ontario DX Association via Niel Wolfish, MARE Tipsheet 6 Oct via WORLD OF RADIO 1899, DXLD) ** CANADA. I’m settled back in Alberta after being away for most of the summer doing my Canada 150 tour, visiting as many provinces as possible. So far the count is at eight. Newfoundland & Labrador will have to wait until next summer. We’ll see about British Columbia shortly. During my trek out east, besides being able to attend the CIDX BBQ in August, and a trip to see the CHU transmitter site nestled amongst the corn fields south of Ottawa, I was also able to visit other radio related historic sites. During my trip along the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec. I stopped at Pointe-à-la-Renommée, the site of Marconi’s first maritime wireless telegraph station. Further on to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia I stopped at the Marconi National Historic Site of Canada in Glace Bay where Marconi made his first Trans-Atlantic broadcasts. This site is where amateur radio station VE1VAS has occasional special event broadcasts. One other stop was made in New Brunswick at the former site of Radio Canada International’s Sackville transmitting station. There is very little left at the site as the towers are all gone now and they are currently disassembling the transmitter building itself. Not one person I spoke with in the Sackville area was very pleased that this station was decommissioned. Very sad indeed and all the locals have their stories about the “towers” (Mickey Delmage, ed., Verie Interesting, Oct CIDX Messenger via DXLD) ** CHINA. Hi Everyone, I caught this around local sunrise here in Central Iowa this morning, Approximately 1150 UT. My GUESS (and I can't emphasize the word quess enough) is that this is the 1000 kW transmitter from CNR, as the signal was definitely the strongest with the SAL-30 oriented to the Northwest. Unfortunately this is all the audio I could capture before it dipped below the noise floor for the last time. I didn't think about checking the CNR parallel frequencies either, so this will probably remain conjecture, but I am interested in your opinions. Here's a link to the clip on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2rGzREgl4I (Tim, Luther, Iowa, Rahto, Oct 9, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1899, DX LISTENING DIGEST) That is a very narrow filter width and consecutive deep audio you use, but yes, at least this is exactly the type of music that CNR11 Tibetan Service plays, also fits fine with the greyline at Golmud. Hth, (Mauno Ritola, Finland, ibid.) ** CHINA [and non]. 6060, Sichuan PBS-2, 1220, Oct 5. Heard underneath a strong Cuba; PBS // 7225. Yesterday with unusual anomaly here; jamming that sounded to be from North Korea, but only here for one day; jamming also heard at 0945, by Hiroyuki Komatsubara, in Japan. Why would N. Korea be jamming here, even for one day? 7470, Firedragon (musical jamming) & CNR1 (program jamming), 1309, Oct 5. Against who? Aoki Nagoya indicates CNR1 jamming, but no indication as to who is intended to be blocked (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7470, Firedragon music jammer at 1300. I have RFA using this frequency (a likely target for the jamming) - but no on this sked. (!) VG, Oct 7 (Rick Barton, Sun City/Peoria AZ, Assume English unless otherwise stated. Logged with RS SW-2000629 or Grundig Satellit 750 and various outdoor wires. 73 and Good Listening......! dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) in A-17 season only Tuesdays 2200-2300z RFA Tibetan Kuwait site 7470 2200 2300 42,43W KWT 250 78 0 146 3 260317 281017 Bod KWT IBB but China mainland 24hrs jamming. 22-23 .MT..F. RFA TIBE 7505 DB S..WT.S RFA TIBE 7505 DB S..W... RFA TIBE 7520 KWT .M..... RFA TIBE 7460 KWT ..T.... RFA TIBE 7470 KWT .....F. RFA TIBE 7465 KWT ....T.S RFA TIBE 9370 KWT In B-17: HFCC registration RFA in Tibetan via Orzu Tajikistan 22-24 UT 7470 2200-2400 42,43W DB 250 110 0 218 1234567 291017 240318 Bod TJK IBB. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) 7500, Oct 7 at 1330, 1332, Chinese talk and music mixing: this hour only, IBB Chinese via THAILAND, which Must Be Jammed, CNR1. 7600, Oct 4 at 1257 choral music, emphatic Chinese talk, 5+1 accurate timesignal to 1300*. Must be CNR1 jammer, as Aoki/NDXC shows nothing but jammed 0.1 kW Sound of Hope between 07 and 01 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) EAST JAMMERSTAN: 9920, Crash & Bang music jammer; 1411, 10/3; VoA in Tibetan via Kuwait listed; no vox heard (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, 48642-3156, Drake R8B + 185' & 60' RW + 125' bow-tie, ----- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! -----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 17560, CRI (via multiple sites ? - and used as a jammer) at 0030. Man in Chinese, ID, to W in Chinese. Voice of America via Tinang site should be here. Oct 3 (Rick Barton, Sun City/Peoria AZ, Assume English unless otherwise stated. Logged with RS SW-2000629 or Grundig Satellit 750 and various outdoor wires. 73 and Good Listening......! dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [and non]. 6180, CNR1 at 1100 in Mandarin jamming RTI in Mandarin with a man and woman with excited talk – Fair Oct 7 Coady-ON 9680, CNR1 at 1108 // 6180 in Mandarin jamming RTI in Mandarin with a man with talk – Poor Oct 7 Coady-ON 13830, CNR1 at 1245 in Mandarin jamming RFA in Tibetan via Tajikistan with a man and a woman with excited talk – Fair Oct 7 Coady-ON 15040, CNR1 at 1255 // 13830 in Mandarin jamming AIR in Mandarin with a man with excited talk to 1257 and female pop vocals and a number of promos from 1259 to 5+1 time pips at 1300 – Fair to Good Oct 7 15110, CNR1 at 1300 // 15040 in Mandarin jamming VOA in Mandarin via Thailand with a fanfare and a man with excited talk – Good Oct 7 15110, THAILAND, VOA at 1302 in Mandarin with a woman with apparent news – Weak under CNR1 jammer Oct 7 15275, CNR1 at 1307 in Mandarin jamming RFA in Tibetan via Tajikistan with a woman with excited talk and a number of promos – Fair to Good Oct 7 (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA yg via DXLD) ** CHINA [and non]. 11560, Firedrake at 1816 with the usual cacaphony of woodwind and percussion instrumentals jamming RFA in Mandarin via the Northern Marianas – Fair to Good Oct 8 (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA yg via DXLD) 13690, CNR1 at 1308 in Mandarin jamming the VOA in Mandarin via the Northern Marianas with pop vocals and a man with brief talk and more vocals – Fair to Good Oct 8 (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA yg via DXLD) ** CHINA [and non]. 11640, CNR1 at 1334 in Mandarin jamming RTI in Mandarin with a man with excited talk – Fair to Good Oct 9 11640, TAIWAN RTI at 1336 in Mandarin with a man with talk and an English phrase “We are the people” - Poor under CNR1 jammer Oct 9 11785, CNR1 at 1344 in Mandarin jamming the VOA in Mandarin via Thailand with a man with excited talk – Fair Oct 9 11785, THAILAND VOA at 1346 in Mandarin with a man conducting an interview of another man – Fair mixing with CNR1 jammer Oct 9 (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA yg via DXLD) ** CONGO. 6115, Radio Congo, 1748-1833*, 04-10, French, comments, news, female, male, ID Radio Congo, at 1830 songs. 14321. Also 1737- 1855, 08-10, French, live sport comments, African songs, more sport comments. 24322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Lugo, Tecsun S- 8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** COOK ISLANDS [and non]. Subject: Re: NZ DX Times & ADXN Hallo Wolfgang, Danke für die Publikationen von "Down Under". Auf meinem PC lief gestern über mein 1&1-Player der Stream von Radio Cook Island in Studioqualität mit Südseeklänge, ab und zu eine ID und QRG-Ansage 630 kHz. Im vorigen Jahrhundert sendete es auch auf Kurzwelle u.a. auf 9695 kHz, ab 1981 sogar auf 11760 kHz, später dann nur im Tropenband bis dann in einem Brand des Rundfunkgebäudes im Mai 1993 auch der Kurzwellensender zerstört wurde. Leider ist es mir zur gegeben Zeit nie gelungen diesen Sender auf Kurzwelle zu empfangen. Wie ich in letzten Bulletins von ADXN und DXT sah war von einem Empfang selbst in der Region von der 630 kHz nichts erwähnt. vy 73s Erich Bergmann, Germany (Oct 6 via Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD) see VANUATU ** CUBA. 670, CMHW Doblevé, Santa Clara et al. SEP 24 0956 - Oldies music program ending with an instrumental Beatles song, full ID as normally heard on 840 (but only R. Revolución was heard on 840 at this time), several mentions of "Doblevé" and an "ocho-cuarenta AM." Could hear R. Rebelde and WWFE in Spanish under Doblevé. At one point they were in echo, so must have been on multiple transmitters. Also heard at 0700. Suspect feed error, but will watch for them here in the future (Brett Saylor, Raleigh NC; Perseus SDR and 18 x 40-ft SuperLoop at 180 , NRC IDXD Oct 6 via WORLD OF RADIO 1899, DXLD) SEP 29 0000 - Rebelde and Doblevé Cubans fighting it out, ID's for each.{A}(Mark Connelly, WA1ION, South Yarmouth MA; Microtelecom Perseus, cardioid-pattern SuperLoop 10m vert. by 11m horiz. (peak 165 , null 345 ), cardioid-pattern SuperLoop 9m vert. by 20m horiz. (peak 90 , null 270 ), {A} in entry indicates that audio can be accessed from link at http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/doc1/audio_2017.htm ibid.) SEP 30 0900 - Fair, over/under R. Rebelde; canned ID, "Ésta es Doblevé, desde Santa Clara, en el centro de Cuba." Likely using R. Rebelde facilities in Santa Clara (listed 50 kW) and perhaps other co- channel sites due to hurricane damage at the 840 transmitter site (Bruce Conti, WPC1CAT, Nashua NH; WiNRADiO Excalibur, MWDX-5, variable termination Super/Ewe antennas 15 x 23-m 60 northeast and 180 south, ibid.) 670, CMHW Dobleve, Santa Clara, Villa Clara. 1030 October 7, 2017. Very poor and only when pointing more easterly to try to escape the wrath of Rebelde's Arroyo Arenas powerhouse. Moved here post-Hurricane Irma after 840 kc/s was knocked off the air, as per Bruce Conti (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, NRD-535, IC-R75, longwires, active loop, WORLD OF RADIO 1899, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. Border Inn UNID-790 with ascending doorbell tones MP3 193 KB 20171001_0400_790kHz_UNID_doorbells.mp3 This is an UNID from my Border Inn recordings, 10/1 0400 UT on 790 kHz. This was on my EESE wire, which was doing a wonderful job bringing in Cubans and Venezuelans. After a top-of-hour tone (which may or may not be from the same station), there is a series of doorbell signals that goes on for at least 40 seconds. 3 ascending tones followed by 4 (maybe 3) ascending tones in the same arpeggio, over and over again. In the key of F it would be C - F - A (C?) - F - A - C Surely someone on the east coast will recognize this? Thanks for the help. 73 (Tim Hall, Oct 5, ABDX via DXLD) [Later:] Never mind - it must be something weird happening on Radio Reloj. I'm getting traces of the same thing on 570 and 870. 73 (Tim Hall, ibid.) Barely audible on clip, but is probably the sounder Reloj changes to on Sundays only (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** CUBA. Luego del ensamblaje de los treinta tramos que conformarán la nueva torre del Centro Transmisor de Onda Media Tagarro de Camagüey, los trabajadores granmenses de Radio Cuba continúan sus labores para restablecer la emisión de esas señales. “Aunque se han montado solo 90 metros, es probable que deba aumentarse hasta los 120, en dependencia de los resultados que arrojen las mediciones”, explicó a Adelante, Yunior Blanco Arias, director de la División Territorial de la Empresa de Radiocomunicaciones y Difusión en la provincia de Granma. Blanco Arias agregó que fue posible aprovechar la base del tramo inicial de la antigua torre – derribada por los vientos del huracán Irma -, cuya altura rondaba los 160 metros. La red de sintonía en amplitud modulada de Radio Cadena Agramonte y Radio Rebelde, con una potencia [sic] de 25 kilohertz [sic] para cada emisora, funcionará de igual manera cuando se ejecute el montaje de la torre, previsto para los próximos días, aseguró el especialista. Antes de esa fase se realizarán pruebas para determinar la correcta unión de los tramos y el buen estado de los cables que garantizan la transmisión, añadió Blanco Arias http://lademajagua.cu/69655-2/ (Conexión Digital via DXLD) ** CUBA. 6145, Oct 4 at 0600, this RHC English transmitter is missing again, still on 6100, 6060, 6000. How early is it missing? Supposed to start at 0100. 6100, Oct 5 at 0603 check, RHC English is S9+10 of open carrier/dead air here, while 6000 & 6060 are OK; and 6145 is OFF. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 6133 approx., Oct 5 at 0605, pulse jamming at the rate of 4 per second against nothing, Cuban style. Same sound but two jammers are running on 5980 an hour ahead of R. Martí usage, slightly out of synch so the pulses do not align. 17730, Oct 5 at 1432, RHC Spanish is instead dead air at S9+10. Sometime before 1400 I was not hearing 17730 at all when 17580 was in well; and now 17580 is off. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 11950, Oct 5 at 2342, S9+45 of dead air from RHC instead of `Mesa Redonda` TV soundtrack simulcast, which however remains modulated on its only other frequency 6000, also S9+45 but some hum. 11950 still dead at 2357. ¡Despiértese, RadioCuba! 11670, Oct 5 at 2344, RHC mainstream Spanish is undermodulated compared to // 11840 during musical mailbag, requests. 6145, Oct 6 at 0606, no signal from RHC English here, remaining on 6100, 6060, 6000. Somethings are always wrong at RHC and: 5025, Oct 6 at 0609, S9+10 of dead air from Radio Rebelde. 11840, Oct 8 at 0047, RHC is S9+25 of dead air; while 11760 is modulating somewhat under; there`s always something wrong at RHC. 11840, Oct 8 at 2125, RHC is S9 of dead air again, and also detectable on the parasitical 11830 & 11850 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9570, CRI at 1249 in Cantonese (Yui Chinese) with a woman with talk – Good signal but very low level audio Oct 8. Rather than fix this particular studio-transmitter set up RHC seems to shuffle it around between CRI and themselves (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA yg via DXLD) ** CUBA. Reception of Radio Habana Cuba & Radio Rebelde on Oct 10 Radio Habana Cuba 0500-0600 on 5040 BAU 100 kW / 083&263 to Cuba English 0500-0600 on 6000 QVC 250 kW / 010 deg to ENAm English 0530 UT is OFF 0500-0600 on 6060 BAU 100 kW / 010 deg to ENAm English 0500-0600 on 6100 BAU 100 kW / 310 deg to WNAm English 0500-0600 on 6145 BAU 100 kW / 340 deg to WNAm English, is OFF TODAY Radio Rebelde 0502&0550 on 5025 BAU 050 kW / non-dir to Cuba Spanish http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/reception-of-radio-habana-cuba-radio.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, October 9-10, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CYPRUS [non]. 9955, Wed Oct 4 at 1306, WRMI with FG Radio, which continues to default to their `travel gazette` sexion, playing music fill between brief items about European low-cost airlines, plans for direct flights between Kenya and US. Publicity for Famagusta website http://www.travel-gazette.com has several seemingly real story linx, but top of page pimps fake news clickbait to questionable advertising (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EAST TURKISTAN. 15245, Oct 6 at 1508, CRI S8 to S9+10 with flutter in English, about two words ahead of 13740 via CUBA. 15245 is one of the ubiquitous 308 degree beams toward Europe from Kashgar. No sign of VOK which otherwise owns 15245 including French at this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ECUADOR [non]. 5920, HCJB, Weenermoor. German preaching at 2025 and beamed to CEu. ID and news at 2100. A weak signal but not too bad considering its 10-kW output. The clear channel helps! The signal finally dissolved in the morning sunlight by 2115. 22/9. (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, VIC (Yaesu FTDX 3000, Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Kenwood R5000, Tecsun PL-680, Horizontal Loop antenna, Double Bazooka antennas for 80, 40 and 20 metres, Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital Noise Eliminating Module, MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling Module, ATU), Oct Australian DX News via DXLD) ** EGYPT. From DXLD 17-40: "...there may have been a time in the eighties or seventies when they had their crap together..." Don't really recall about anything after 1970, but I DO recall late '60s-- specifically 1969, into '70, when Cairo had a most distinctive, clear sound on SW, especially during daytime hours here in NAmer. Day signal was rather enormous on the East Coast, and still quite listenable after moving to California, with multi-freqs in the 25, 19 and 16 meter bands, also a couple in the 13mb, if I recall correctly. Programming was heavy with fascinating Egyptian/Arabic music, which oft-times I would just set the dial on, leaving Cairo as background while I went off doing whatever-else. I found myself looking forward each day to Cairo's offerings, particularly in late-Summer/early-Fall of that year. It's a shame to see what they've become since--but that sentiment is certainly not limited to Cairo's SW operation. :^/> (Greg Hardison, CA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I think Radio Cairo has 9800 kHz on early, ahead of its 2215 UT English Sign On. This the French service that should be on 9895 kHz but isn’t. And the Audio is utter distorted trash. GARBAGE even by Radio Cairo’s standards and that says a lot. Radio Cairo could bung up a one car funeral without much effort (Paul Walker, PA, 2107 UT Oct 7, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) Your favorite Radio Cairo Outdid itself today. English continued on 9895 instead of switching after french to 9800. They finally shut 9895 off and turned 9800 on around 2145, half an hour late (Walker, Oct 8, ODXA yg via DXLD) 9719.6, Radio Cairo – Abis, 2202-2249*, Oct 6. Woman announcer with the news in the English language. Station ID at 2206 followed by nice Egyptian music program and other features. Carrier later cut during music selection without any announcements. Nice signal but somewhat muddy audio (Rich D'Angelo, 2216 Burkey Drive, Wyomissing, PA 19610, U.S.A. Equipment: Ten-Tec RX-340, Drake R-8B, Eton E1, Eton E5, Alpha Delta DX Sloper, RF Systems Mini-Windom, Datong FL3, JPS ANC-4, NASWA Flashsheet via WORLD OF RADIO 1899, DXLD) Later, I wonder: Could frequency be an error, by the station, or by the monitor? for the usual 9799.6? (gh, DXLD) 9800, Radio Cairo at 2225 with a woman with talk then brief Middle Eastern instrumentals and a man with “This is Islam” at 2227 - Usual great signal and muffled audio Oct 7. Radio Cairo is fully aware of their crappy audio and choose not to do anything about it. Paul Walker, on the ODXA Yahoo Group, mentioned that a French engineer corrected the audio problems so time ago and Radio Cairo’s own engineers set it back to crap. They must just hire morons to run their equipment (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA yg via DXLD) 15535.040, Oct 7 at 1434, Very poor humming carrier, trace of modulation. R. Cairo in Arabic scheduled on nearby 15535 at 13-16 to W Africa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, Radio Nacional, Bata, 0515-0522, 05-10, Extremely weak, only carrier audible today (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Lugo, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ERITREA. 7140.02, VOBM 1, Caught OC with 1.014 kHz tone from 0247. At tune-in, VA7LTX, Richmond, BC, Canada was calling CQ on 7142 and requested the person tuning up with continuous signal on 7140 give him a call not realizing it was VOBM!! After a few minutes, he moved up to 7143 and got in a QSO with Ham in KS but was still causing a lot of QRM to VOBM. 0257 ended tone and began guitar IS. A minute later, carrier came on 7140.0 causing a low het, apparently the white noise jammer that was noted later at 0320 check. 0300 M announcer, instrumental music bridge, then different M, and HoA music. Very little audio noted because of the jammer at 0320. 4 Oct 7180.02, VOBM 2, Like 7140.02, heard the OC with 1.027 kHz tone from 0247. Odd that both frequencies were 22 hertz off (yes, I had calibrated the Perseus). However, the tone here was slightly higher than on 7140.02. 0300 end of tone, then very low level music (maybe the IS), then stronger audio with instrumental HoA music with apparent s/on ID announcement. Like 7140.02, very little audio making it through the white noise jammer at 0320, but did hear vocal singing. 4 Oct, 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus with 151 foot Delta Loop, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** ERITREA [non]. 7233, Voice of Peace & Democracy of Eritrea. 13/9 at 0354 w s/on – drums as IS & ID in vernacular, same program is repeated from 1801 on approx. 7237. Mon, Wed, Fri only *0354-0428* & *1801- 1835* from Ethiopia (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF2001D, Folded Marconi ant), Oct Australian DX News via DXLD). ** ESTONIA. At the "Russian Radio Estonia" sounded "Russian Radio REP" and "Russian ROCK Radio". http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__67003/ On October 2 at 6:00 the listeners of "Russian Radio Estonia" were presented with a new composition of the leading morning program "Full forward!". Oleg Fedorov joined Elena Golovenko and Maria Stepchenko. "On the "Russian Radio Estonia" the updated morning program "Full Forward" was broadcast and we also launched two Internet stations that have no analogues in Estonia - "Russian Radio REP" and "Russian Radio ROCK", - said the program director of the station Natalia Shustrova. According to Shustrova, Oleg Fedorov - a man whose unconditional professionalism in the field of radio, life experience, seasoned with worldly wisdom, natural charm and an amazing sense of humor, we hope very soon win the sympathy of radio listeners. According to the latest research conducted by Kantar Emor, "Full ahead!" Is the most heard morning program among commercial Russian- language stations in Estonia. "Russian Radio Estonia" presented two new Internet stations at once, which you can listen to on the official website http://www.russkoeradio.fm "Russian ROCK Radio" - this is the first round-the-clock station in Estonia, on which 100% of Russian rock sounds. "Here all the Soviet and post-Soviet rock stars are collected. The playlist of the station is made up of the most famous and popular songs of such bands and performers as "Kino", "Time Machine", "DDT", "Alice", "Nautilus Pompilius", "Chi-F", Garik Sukachev, "Chizh & Co, King and Jester, Agatha Christie, Leningrad, Zemfira, BI-2, Spleen, Mumiy Troll, Dancing Minus and many others, Shustrova explained. "Russian Radio REP" is marked 16 + and gives the opportunity to hear all the most notable commercial and underground rappers. The tracks that make up the playlist of "Russian Radio REP" are reproduced in original author versions without censorship restrictions. The sound design for the station was made by Dmitry "DMS" Laytenberg from Tallinn. Basta, Timati, Guf, LSP, Oxxxymiron, MiyaGi & Endgame, Scriptonite, Jigan, ATL, Caste, L'One, Caspian cargo, St1m, Scrooge, Pharaoh, Husky, Peak, Yanix, Bread, Face is a partial list of those , whose work is represented on the "Russian Radio REP," - said Shustrova. Both Internet stations also feature the songs of the best local rock and rap musicians (Rus-DX Oct 8 via DXLD) ** ETHIOPIA. Dave Kernick reported that the Ethiopian regional government broadcaster Oromo Radio & TV Organisation has a new website at http://www.orto.et The site is trilingual in English, Amharic and Oromo, but there are no live audio streams though. Radio Oromiya was observed signing-off at 2000 UT on 6030 kHz, finishing with a choral version of what I assumed to be their regional anthem (Webwatch, Oct BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) 6090, Radio Amhara, Addis Ababa: Sep 27, 2017 Wednesday. 0335-0340. Nothing heard, only a very weak carrier which might be them. Very poor. Jo'burg sunrise 0352. Oct 1, 2017 Sunday. 1640-1740. OM's talking, can't make out the language. HoA music at 1738. Very poor. Jo'burg sunset 1607. Oct 2, 2017 Monday. 0250-0315. Nothing heard, only a very weak carrier which might be them. Very poor. Jo'burg sunrise 0347. Oct 5, 2017 Thursday. 0255-0322. Music faded in at about 0308 but didn't improve. Very poor. Jo'burg sunrise 0343. 6110, Radio Fana. Addis Ababa. Oct 2, 2017 Monday. 0253-0304. IS then talk by OM. Missed ID if there was one. Unreadable. Poor. Jo'burg sunrise 0347. Posted by: (Bill Bingham, RSA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6090, Radio Amhara/Radio Fana/Radio Oromiya? (tentative) No clear ID heard, but Rev. Barbi was off & SOMETHING in Arabicish was in. Reports are that Fana &/or Oromiya have been heard here & Radio Amhara is listed here, but I haven’t a real clue WHAT this was & I couldn’t find a //. They had both instrumental & vocal music in an Arabicish language into OM talx at 0327. Talking continued to 0400, when they went into something that sounded like news but again, no obvious ID or IS. 3+4+3+43 with INTERMITTENT splatter from 6105 [NHK Japanese via France]. 0305-0405 2/Oct SPR-4 + randomwire (Ken Zichi, Port Hope MI2, MARE Tipsheet 6 Oct via DXLD) 6090, Amhara State R. Barely audible at 0255 tune-in with what sounded like music. 0258 two and a half reps of the haunting echoey IS at better audio level, dead air, then M announcer suddenly at 0300 and lively HoA instrumental music. Not that bad of a signal but massive slop QRM from 6105 Japan when they started at 0258. 4 Oct, 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus with 151 foot Delta Loop, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) 6090, Oct 4 at 0256, carrier on here but not Anguilla, very poor S5- S7, 0258:20 IS starts playing briefly and can`t copy any talk to 0300. Amhara State Radio is the one on 6090, but Ron Howard with help from David Kernick has been hearing ISes of different stations each day, on 6090, the ones also supposed to be on 6030 and 6110. He says on UT Oct 3 it was really R. Amhara IS, but Oct 1 it was R. Oromiya, and on Sept 29, R. Fana, respectively; however the first clip is labeled UTC Oct 2, all in heavy storm noise levels: http://goo.gl/9yN12V http://goo.gl/wjZFN3 http://goo.gl/3e1MXn Recalling my unrecorded log, seems more like the first one, than the second one and certainly not the third one I heard. All the regional stations are transmitted from Addis Ababa, so a mixup could easily happen at the site if not the studios. Even the private station R. Fana, 6110 transmits from the AA/Geja site, same as R. Oromiya, 6030, government station. WRTH does not specify Geja, however, for Amhara SR. It should be interesting to monitor 6110 and if possible 6030 at the same time just before 0300 to ascertain which ISes they are playing. Then there`s 5950, V. of Tigray Revolution, which also transmits on SW from AA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ``however the first clip is labeled UTC Oct 2 [now corrected to Oct 3 - thanks Glenn for noting this - Ron], Glenn - Thanks for the correction! I was also on 6090, on Oct 4. Carrier on at 0253; for about 33 seconds played the Amhara State Radio IS (not on for the usual full 5 minutes!); after 0300 HOA music till audio dropped to nothing 0304-0308 (dead air); again with QRN (static). My audio (IS & HOA music) http://goo.gl/z1ZRwg (Ron Howard, CA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) HI Ron, Tried for 6030, 6090 and 6110 again this morning, October 5. around 0300. Found only a very weak carrier on 6090 initially, although there was some HOA music there at 0308 but very weak and not worth recording - also not improving as of 0318. Only extremely weak carriers on the other two, no modulation on either. Zanzibar 6015 also missing. Our sunrise roday is at 0343, but by now (0315) it is already daylight in Ethiopia. So greyline isn't much help to me either! (Bill Bingham, Oct 4 via Ron Howard, ibid.) Bill - Thanks for checking !! 6090: Oct 5, carrier already on at 0247; carrier cutting on and off. Just like yesterday, abbreviated Amhara State Radio IS at 0258 (not on for the usual full 5 minutes!); 0300-0301 HOA music, then dead air (only carrier heard) till audio popped up at 0304; audio off again at 0305, but after 0306 the audio level was steady with non-stop EZL HOA instrumental music. My brief audio clip attached of EZL HOA music. (Ron, California, ibid.) Thanks Bill, for your comments. It always seems strange to me that my reception of some Africans can actually be better than you have over there in RSA. You are so much closer than I am :) (Ron, ibid.) Hi Ron, Yes, I remain convinced that part of the problem is African stations that have to cross the equator to reach me. But that doesn't account for Angola! As I mentioned once before, I have read that we have such severe lightning here because of the large quantities of minerals in the ground (no idea if its true!) so I sometimes wonder if that can also affect HF radio reception. Maybe being right by the ocean is beneficial for you. Having said that, my tweaked antenna seems to have helped a bit. This morning I could actually hear modulation on 6090 and 6030, but still not satisfactory. However, it (or something else) has worked wonders on Radio Fana (6110), recording attached. 6090 Ethiopia, Radio Amhara, Addis Ababa. Oct 6, 2017 Friday. *0255- 0303. IS at *0255. Talk at 0300, into HOA music. Unreadable. Poor. Jo'burg sunrise 0342. 6030 Ethiopia, Radio Oromiya, Addis Ababa. Oct 6, 2017 Friday. 0303- 0310. Oromo. OM and YL talking. Poor. Jo'burg sunrise 0342. 6110 Ethiopia, Radio Fana. Addis Ababa. Oct 6, 2017 Friday. 0308-0322. Amharic. OM talking, into music..Carrier dropout at 0310, back after a few seconds. Fair. Jo'burg sunrise 0342. At about the same time, Angola not heard, nor ZNBC1 or ZBC. Oh dear! (Bill Bingham, RSA, Oct 6 via Ron Howard, ibid.) Hi Bill, Very nice R. Fana reception! Yes, your adjustment of your antenna did a great job with their reception. Thanks for your interesting comments regarding your African reception. To me it seems you do have unusual listening conditions for some reason. Yes, there is no doubt that my oceanside reception is very much improved by my listening at the beach. It is very quiet there, with little background noise. Thanks again for your observations! (Ron, ibid.) ** ETHIOPIA. Ethiopian Somali Regional State Radio back on/zurück auf 5940 --- It's African Reactivation Week on Short Wave! After Zanzibar (Saturday) and Kaduna (yesterday, presumed) it's now (2029+) Radio Deegaanka Soomaalida Itoobiya / Ethiopian Somali Regional State Radio on 5940, after about six weeks of absence (presumed). Tomorrow we'll present you ...? Btw.: Voice of Nigeria again absent. ------ Hallo zusammen, auf 5940 kHz ist sehr wahrscheinlich der äthiopische Sender aus Jijigwa wieder zu hören (ab 2029 beobachtet), noch nachzutragen ist ein vermutliches Kaduna (gestern schon vermutungsweise von Dave Valko gehört) auf 6089.9. Der Sender war ab 1726 auf freier Frequenz mit starkem Signal und stark verzerrt zu hören, aber schon gegen 1740 wieder off-air (Der Sender von Amhara National Regional State Radio auf 6090.0 war dann wohl wie üblich zum Stören des Oromo-Dienstes der VoA abkommandiert). Der Sender aus Sansibar sendet die letzten Tage stabil und mit einigermaßen Qualität wieder auf 11735. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, WORLD OF RADIO 1899, as a `this just in` last-minute item, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Before 1800 UT the 6090 kHz channel was empty tonight Oct 10. Next check at 1926 UT: CRI Urumqi in Romanian on even 6090 kHz powerhouse, but also HoA mx - so probably Amhara on odd 6090.0265 to x.027 kHz S=6 or -84dBm. Also Ethiopian Somali Regional State Radio Jijigwa Somali-ETH, 5940 even at 1940 UT S=6 or -84dBm signal. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) Now a proper Log: 5940, Oct. 10, 1829-2001* UT, Ethiopian Somali Regional State Radio, fair signal, playing its usual station tune at 1901, followed by news headlines and ID. Mostly Horn of Africa music for the rest of the broadcast. No ID/anthem or similar before closedown. Not reported for almost six weeks. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Münster, Germany, http://www.muenster.org/uwz/ms-alt/africalist ibid.) Hi Wolfie, There was HOA music on 6090 at 1637 October 10, poor but presumed Amhara (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. 15360, CLANDESTINE, Voice of Amara presumed the one at 1756 in Amharic with a woman with talk with definite mentions of “Amara” and off at 1759 - Fair in peaks with heavy fading Oct 7 – I can find no information of the host broadcaster for this one but their gofundme https://www.gofundme.com/amaramediacenter website mentions that they are serving the Amara people in Ethiopia and area (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1899, DXLD) New unknown BRB clandestine via MBR Issoudun, Oct 7 1700-1800 on 15360 ISS 250 kW / 120 deg to EaAf Amharic Mon/Wed/Sat Announcement is like a "Amara or Yamara Dimtse Radio", please help! Transmission is jammed by Ethiopia with white noise digital jamming http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/new-unknown-brb-clandestine-via-mbr.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, October 7, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Amhara. This very slot had for some months, starting in last November, been used for broadcasts called something like "Voice of Amhara". So it seems that this stuff has returned. All I have in my files about this is the "Amhara" program name, referring to the core of Ethiopia. I have not seen any details about the originators of these broadcasts, which presumably do not come from the usual Oromia or Somali circles (Kai Ludwig, Oct 7, dxldyg via DX LISTENNG DIGEST) Voice of Amara Radio: WRTH 2017 page 511. 73, (Jari Savolainen, Finland, ibid.) Clandestine/target sexion: Viz., I retype it all: (gh) ``VOICE OF AMARA RADIO (VAR/VOAR) P O Box 55321, Wahington DC 20040-5321, USA phone +1 202 677-0094 http://www.faceboook.com/www.moreshwegenie.org [sic] Webcast: D 8221 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring MD 20919-5727, USA (MWAO) http://www.moreshwegenie.org (MWAO) kHz: 15360 WInter Schedule 2016/2017 Amharic 1700-1800 Mon/Wed/Sat to ETH 15360-iss Ann: Amharic: ``Yeh Amara Dimtse Radio`` Notes: On the air since 1 October 2016. Produced by the charitable NGO Moresh Wegene Amara Organizaiton, Inc (MWAO)`` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Good signal of Voice of Amara via MBR Issoudun on Oct 8 1600-1658 15360 ISS 250 kW / 120 deg to EaAf Amharic Sun, ex 1600-1630 1700-1800 15360 ISS 250 kW / 120 deg to EaAf Amharic Mon/Wed/Sat Transmission is jammed by Ethiopia with white noise digital jamming http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/good-signal-of-voice-of-amara-via-mbr.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, October 8, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1899, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Reception of Radio Voice of Amara via MBR Issoudun, Oct 9: 1700-1800 15360 ISS 250 kW / 120 deg to EaAf Amharic Mon/Wed/Sat, fair Transmission is jammed by Ethiopia with white noise digital jamming http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/reception-of-radio-voice-of-amara-via.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, October 9, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. GERMANY, Voice of Oromo Liberation via MBR Nauen on Oct 6: 1700-1730 on 15420 NAU 100 kW / 139 deg to EaAf Oromo Wed/Fri/Sun Transmission is jammed by Ethiopia with white noise digital jamming http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/good-signal-of-voice-of-oromo_7.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, October 6-7, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EUROPE. 6205.01, PIRATE, Laser Hot Hits 0334 quite audible with song off the Bee Gees “Spirits Having Flown” LP. Incredible peak at 0336:30. 0338 song announcement, 0339 into next pop song with laser shooting SFX. 0342 ad for “Off Shore Echos” magazine. Never seemed to peak during announcements though. Audio can be heard at: https://app.box.com/s/dx1edig0qvd77px6y2my4l91stl5s2nk 4 Oct, 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus with 151 foot Delta Loop, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** FAROE ISLANDS. FAROE ISLANDS LAUNCH LIVE TRANSLATION SERVICE By News from Elsewhere... ...as found by BBC Monitoring 6 October 2017 http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-41524790 Image copyright Faroe Islands Translate Image caption Prime Minister Aksel Vilhelmsson Johannesen is one of the service's talking heads The Faroe Islands have started their own online translation service in a bid to have their native Germanic language, Faroese, featured on Google Translate. The Faroe Islands Translate service has been set up by the Visit Faroes tourism organisation, which - instead of providing instant machine translation - passes your request onto a volunteer, who then provides a live or pre-recorded video translation. Even Prime Minister and former footballer Aksel Vilhelmsson Johannesen is helping out, offering a welcome to visitors in Faroese. The language, which derives from Old Norse, is spoken by some 66,000 people, approximately two thirds of whom reside on the Faroe Islands. Services are available for English speakers and speakers of 13 other languages including Russian, Japanese, Chinese and Portuguese. Sheep View success Faroe Islands Translate Project Manager Levi Hanssen says that the service fills a gap left by Google Translate and preserves local language and culture. "We're taking matters into our own hands and enlisting a whole host of local Faroese people to allow us to help those who want to learn a little Faroese. In doing so, we also build up a video database that visually and audibly logs the Faroese language, something that's never been done before," he says. It's the second time that the Faroes have had a playful dig at Google over a perceived lack of services for its residents. Frustrated that the archipelago had been overlooked by the US company's Street View mapping service, Visit Faroes set up Sheep View last year to create an ovine tour of the islands. Within weeks, Google sent vehicles to map the island "officially", the tourism organisation said (via Gerald T Pollard, NC, DXLD) Re: Mauno Ritola kirjoitti 23.7.2017 klo 18:04: Yes, they are on, but just with 10 kW. Mauno James Renfrew kirjoitti 20.7.2017 klo 20:00: Faroes 531 was loud and clear during the day in NW Scotland in June, 2017 (IRCA) Sorry for the typo, should have been 1 kW. Thanks to Bernd Trutenau for the correction (Mauno Ritola, ibid.) This week`s POV on PBS is about the Faroes: dilemma of depending on whale meat and fish, mercury levels rising in children, adults. It really gives you a feel for what it`s like living in these islands, and plenty of captioned Faroese as ``a Nordic language``. Also a brief scene in the radio station studio (Glenn Hauser, Oct 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FINLAND. Scandinavian Weekend Radio edition#212 will be on Oct 6/7 Live broadcasts on Saturday, Oct.7: 0700-2100 UT via Radioverkko.fi https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7692811410620821336#allposts (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, October 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) SWR Finland is audible on 11720 at 0709 UT tune in with its monthly broadcast, currently playing songs from Rick Nelson. Lots of fading on a noisy band. SIO 332 (Russ Cummings, AOR7030+, 18m long wire, North Ferriby, East Yorkshire, UK, Sat Oct 7, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Scandinavian Weekend Radio --- Quite good signal at the moment (1455 UT, October 7th) on 11689.86 kHz in Central Poland. Best Regards, (Wojtek Zaremba, Legionowo, Poland, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) 11720, 7/10 0940, Scandinavian Weekend R. - Virrat, Finlandese ID e MX, suff (Roberto Pavanello, Vercelli / Italia shortwave yg via DXLD) 11690, Scandinavian Weekend Radio, Virrat, 1406-1428, 07-10, English, Finish, comments, pop songs. 15321. (Méndez) 11720, Scandinavian Weekend Radio, Virrat, 0834-0926, 07-10, pop songs, Finnish comments, pop songs in English. Interference from China with Chinese program on the same frequency. 13221 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Lugo, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) SWR is on first Saturday of month only, local time, so next opportunity will be 2200 UT Friday November 3 to 2200 Saturday November 4. Rarely if ever heard in North America (gh, DXLD) ** FRANCE. 15300. Fri, Oct 6 at 1845-1855, Radio France International, Issoudun, in French. A piece of song and next, man announcer makes a interview with a man; News; ID. RFI has a very good transmission at this frequency, 45544 (DXer: José Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo-PB, Brazil, Tecsun S-2000, Longwire, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) 15299.853, Oct 5 at 1824 S4-S6 with flutter music and talk. Only thing scheduled is RFI, 500 kW from Issoudun, long hours on a variety of azimuths but this hour is 200 degrees. You`d think MBR/TDF could do much better with frequency accuracy. 15373.941, Oct 5 at 1826, another way off-frequency, VP S3 and flutter with music, lest I dismiss it as a birdie. NDXC/Aoki`s only 15375 entry is for Radio Taiwan International, 250 kW at 185 degrees, this hour only in French, but only on Sundays while this is Thursday. Latest HFCC agrees 500 kW Sundays only at 1800-1900 but as RFI itself at 500 kW. It also has a presumably wooden entry on 15375 for RS Oman at 1400-1800 daily. Searching on that odd frequency 15373 I get this from 2013 year: ``TAIWAN [and non]. 9410/9773.973/15373, Fu Hsing BS from Kuanyin is seemingly not on air today May 4. But heard a strange two-tone signal on 15373.225/15373.345 kHz, on remote SDR unit in Tokyo. Only CNR5 program heard on 9410 kHz in Tokyo at S=9+15dB level, \\ 5925 and 7410 kHz (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 4, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1668, DXLD)`` Nothing recently reported in my archives on 15374 or 15375 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1899, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GEORGIA. Re: [A-DX] ORF: ----- Original Message ----- From: "Herbert Meixner" Sent: Monday, October 09, 2017 12:50 PM [A-DX] ORF: Radiostation Nummer 5 - ein georgisches Dorf ohne Namen Nach einem Hinweis von OM Paul Gager hier http://oe1.orf.at/player/20171006/492159 Auf der Abspielskala ab "18.38" noch einige Tage zum Nachhoeren: "Radiostation Nummer 5 - ein georgisches Dorf ohne Namen" Während des Kalten Krieges wurde zwischen dem Westen und der Sowjetunion ein heißer Informationskampf ausgefochten. Die Sowjetunion störten die Radio-Sendungen der feindlichen westlichen Staaten, die auf Russisch bzw. in den Sprachen der vielen Völker der Sowjetunion übertragen wurden: "BBC", "The Voice of America", "Radio Liberty", "Radio Free Europe", "Deutsche Welle", "Die Stimme Vatikans" und einige andere. Für diese Stör-Arbeit hat der Kreml kolossale Geldsummen ausgegeben. Auf dem Gebiet der UdSSR wurden ganze Siedlungen gebaut, die nur dem Zwecke dienten, die "westliche Propaganda" die Ohren der Sowjetbürger nicht erreichen zu lassen. Eine dieser geheimen Siedlungen, die so genannte Radiostation Nummer 5, hat Tatjana Montik in Georgien ausfindig gemacht. -------------------- Dazu aehnlich passend von 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) [translation] Re: [A-DX] ORF: Radiostation number 5 - a Georgian village without name Thanks Paul and Herbert, see pictures and texts https://chai-khana.org/en/georgias-secret-radio-station "I still remember my very first day at work. It was September 9, 1955. ... Bazaleti, - in the west ran the station always under the location Dusheti a village northeast, Once there was radio on the transmitter ground, 4875 kHz 60 mb, LW 189, MW 1215 kHz, as well as short wave over 34 high antennas. Move the slider to Google Earth on Nov. 3, 2003, since you can see the whole technique superb before the scrapping in 2006/2007. and also the YouTube video film from 2010 is very revealing, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvOSRfRp6PU also shows much of the once greatness of communist dictatorship, such as the scrap atomic submarines in Murmansk also .... 73 wb [A-DX] ORF: Radiostation number 5 - a Georgian village without name According to a note from OM Paul Gager here http://oe1.orf.at/player/20171006/492159 on the playing scale from "18.38" still a few days to listen: "Radiostation number 5 - a Georgian village without names" During the Cold War was between the West and the Soviet Union a hot information campaign. The Soviet Union disturbed the Radio broadcasts of the hostile western states, in the languages ??of the many peoples of the Soviet Union: "BBC", "The Voice of America", "Radio Liberty", "Radio Free Europe", "Deutsche Welle", "The Voice of Vatican" and some others. For this Sturgeon work, the Kremlin has issued colossal money sums. In the area of the USSR, whole settlements were built which served only the purpose of the "Western propaganda" does not reach the ears of the Soviet citizens to leave. One of these secret settlements, the so-called Radiostation Number 5, Tatyana Montik found in Georgia. As shown in Fig. Similar to this from https://deutsch.rt.com/russland/55731-the-buzzer-russlands-geheimnisvollste-radiostation/ "There has been a mysterious mystery in Russia for more than 40 years Radiostation transmitting a white noise. But sometimes additional puzzling signals - numbers, names and words whose Purpose nobody understands. What could it do with it? ..... " With regards, Herbert (via DXLD) ** GERMANY. 3975.001 kHz, test of new 1 kW music station probably from Winsen Aller location in Germany GERMANY [tentatively] 3975.001 Music test program heard at 2135 UT Oct 5. S=8 or -78dBm signal noted here in central Europe like on remote SDR units in southern Germany, West Hungary, Ancona Italy, and Genua Riviera Italy. But S=6-7 or -87dBm in Belgium and Liverpool England. Continuously fast pop music played, but small modulation of 2 x 1.4 kHz wide. Announcement of test program schedule, 12-14, 16-18, and 20- 22 UT. 73 wb (Büschel, dxldyg via DXLD) Yesterday 20-22 UT heard tests on 3975.001 kHz of new hobby 1 kW music station from Winsen Aller Germany registration location, now at daytime Fri Oct 6th nothing on air. Schedule 6160 kHz Monday to Saturday 1000-1200 1400-1600 1800-2000 UTC 3975 kHz Monday to Saturday 1200-1400 1600-1800 2000-2200 UTC 3975even fq, music test program 16-18 UT, heard at 1715 UT Oct 6. S=7 or -83dBm signal noted here in central Europe like on remote SDR units in southern Germany, Belgium , eastern Austria, West Hungary, Ancona Italy, and Genua Riviera Italy. But S=5-6 or -90dBm in Liverpool England. Continously fast pop mx played, but small modulation of 2 x 1.4 kHz wide. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1899, DXLD) 3975 kHz test --- The station previously heard testing 6160 and IDing as Europe’s New Voice on Shortwave is audible on 3975 kHz this evening from tune-in at 2105 UT. But signal very weak and noisy here in Reading, though copied the 6160@shortwaveradio.de email previously announced. And a lot weaker than 3995 (Weenermoor), 3985 (Kall) and 3905 (Borderhunter). 73, (Alan Pennington, AOR 7030plus, longwire, Caversham, UK, 2151 UT Oct 7, BDXC_UK yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1899, DXLD) Reception of New Shortwave Radio to Europe on Oct 7 1800-2000 6160 WIS 001 kW / non-dir to NWEu English Mon-Sat, fair/good 2000-2200 3975 WIS 001 kW / non-dir to NWEu very weak signal, no video http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/reception-of-new-shortwave-radio-to.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, October 7-8, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. 15390, Oct 9 at 1405, very poor signal in unID language, but it can`t be REE, which starts at 1800, and weekends from 1400 uses 21620 instead. HFCC shows multilingual somethings, 250 kW, 85 degrees from MBR Nauen at 1330-1530 daily. NDXC Aoki reveals it`s GFA = Gospel for Asia, a.k.a. Athmeeya Yatra Radio; so exactly what occupies Monday at 1400-1415? Halam, also Tuesday. EiBi rosters the language thus: ``C-F Chin-Falam / Halam: Myanmar-Chin, Bangladesh, India (0.1m) [cfm]`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DXL ISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. 15449.885, Oct 4 at 1429, still way off-frequency is Biblis scheduled in R. Liberty Tajik service. See also TURKEY for another off-frequency 15450 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. 15605, Oct 6 at 1510, YL in S Asian language, S5-S9, a frequency normally vacant. It`s AWR via Nauen in Punjabi, this semihour only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. 17810, Sunday Oct 8 at 1320, weak talk in unID language; HFCC shows AWR, 250 kW, 70 degrees from Nauen, at 1300-1330 weekends in Uighur, weekdays in Mandarin Chinese (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY EAST. CIA - DDR Jamming 1955 --- Wolfgang Büschel enclosed in a mail a map of DDR jamming in 1955. I ran a Google check for more information and found the CIA information reports associated with this map. Interesting reading. https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-00810A006600130005-3.pdf Wolfgang, thanks for this information (SW Bulletin October 8 via DXLD) ** GREECE. 9420, Oct 5 at 2350, VOG is on with music at S9+30 and now 9935 is off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Reception of Voice of Greece on 9420 & 9935 kHz, Oct 7-8: 1805-0700 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek tx#3 and off 1805-0702 on 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek tx#1 and off * 0500-0700 ERT Voice of Greece relay live Sunday Orthodox Liturgy http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/reception-of-voice-of-greece-on-9420.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, October 7-8, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of Greece with 4 foreign languages services, Oct 10: 0510-1005 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek*tx#3, and off 0510-1004 on 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek*tx#1, and off *news Arabic 0654, Serbian 0657, Spanish 0803, Russian 0904. From 0708 VOG frequency announcement [language?]: 9420/9935 kHz to WeEu/ENAm and 11645 kHz to NoAf, but last frequency is inactive in A-17 sked. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/voice-of-greece-with-4-foreign.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, October 9-10, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUINEA. 9650, Radio Guinée (presumed); 2043-2104+, 10/1; French roundtable discussion with lotsa speechifying to 2058 announcements + bird call, cow moo, horse whiney & monkey screams (reminiscent of the old Radio Botswana IS!); 2059+ Afro-pop tune to French commentary 2102. Never heard any mention of Guinée or Conakry. SIO=343 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, 48642-3156, Drake R8B + 185' & 60' RW + 125' bow-tie, ----- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! -- ---, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9650, Radio Guinea, Conakry, 0720-0735, 05-10, African songs, French, comments, ID “Radio Guinée, 24 heures sur 24”. 34433. Also 0730-0806, 08-10, French, Sunday religious program “Le Jour du Seigneur” (0730- 0800), ID “Radio Guinée, la grande maison, Radio Guinée, l'information...”. 34433 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Lugo, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** HONG KONG. HONG KONG SCRAPS 24-HOUR BBC WORLD SERVICE RADIO CHANNEL DESPITE CRITICISM --- via Reuters – September 4, 2017 by James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong’s public broadcaster RTHK dropped a 24-hour BBC World Service channel from its airwaves on Monday, replacing it with state radio from China in what critics say is a sign of encroaching Chinese control in the former British colony. Tensions between Hong Kong and Beijing’s ruling Communist Party leaders have grown in recent years, particularly over the “Occupy” civil disobedience movement in 2014 when tens of thousands of protesters blocked roads for 79 days demanding full democracy. Hong Kong returned from British to Chinese rule in 1997 with the promise of wide-ranging autonomy under a “one country, two systems” formula. An online petition, titled “RTHK: Give us back our BBC World Service”, had been signed by nearly 1,000 people in a bid to keep the British broadcaster’s round-the-clock programming, saying the switch would make Hong Kong “feel more parochial and inward-looking”. However, Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK), the city’s main public broadcaster, went ahead with scrapping the exclusive BBC channel at midnight on Sunday. Instead, China National Radio - a state-run outlet carrying no sensitive or critical reporting on China - would be broadcast on its own RTHK channel. The broadcasts are mostly in Mandarin, rather than the city’s main Cantonese dialect. Amen Ng, a spokeswoman for RTHK, told Reuters earlier there were no political considerations in the decision and said the Chinese broadcaster would enhance cultural exchanges. She said there would still be BBC World Service broadcasts, although only overnight from 11 pm to 7 a.m. and occasionally on weekends. Other RTHK staff said the move had been forced through without broader consultation. “Nobody knew anything about it. We were told in a meeting just before it was announced,” said a senior RTHK editorial employee who declined to be identified because he wasn’t authorized to speak to the media. “People see it as a negative thing. The BBC is generally regarded as independent, and (Chinese) state media is not,” he said. Some listeners said the move could hurt RTHK’s trusted place in the public eye with its self-professed mission for editorial independence, not unlike the BBC after which it was modeled. “I‘m quite disappointed. It’s a shame but I don’t know what we can do, seriously,” said Dorothy Tang, an IT consultant. Others said the move was in line with a gradual “mainlandization” of Hong Kong that has seen Beijing’s creeping influence in many sectors, including local government, law enforcement, politics, education, the judiciary, and the media. Gladys Chiu, the head of RTHK’s program staff union, said there had been several recent incidents that had challenged RTHK’s editorial independence, including staff being heckled by pro-Beijing voices on radio talk-shows and at public forums. “Sometimes the pressure is very direct,” Chiu said. (via Oct CIDX Messenger via DXLD) ** INDIA. 9445, AIR GOS Bengaluru 2115 UT Oct 3 in English with commentary, ID's and Modern Indian music. 2200 ID and News followed by Artist of the Day at 2210. Sign off announcements at 2229. Fair to Good (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, Alberta, RX: Perseus SDR, ANT: Wellbrook ALA 100 loop antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) All India Radio on wrong 9455 kHz, Instead of 9445, Oct 9 2045-2230 NF 9455 BGL 500 kW / 325 deg to WeEu English, ex 9445 A-17 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/all-india-radio-on-wrong-9455-khz.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, October 9-10, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Thus colliding with HFCC Chairman Jeff White`s WRMI (gh) 15410, AIR, Panaji (Goa). Thai service to SEAs at 2120 with a long talk/commentary. A fair signal but with a strange variable electronic whistling/warbling sound. Transmitter fault or an attempt at jamming? 24/9 (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, VIC (Yaesu FTDX 3000, Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Kenwood R5000, Tecsun PL-680, Horizontal Loop antenna, Double Bazooka antennas for 80, 40 and 20 metres, Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital Noise Eliminating Module, MFJ- 1026 Noise Cancelling Module, ATU), Oct Australian DX News via DXLD) Fault, as well-known from Goa (gh) All India Radio in Deutsch? Das hört sich ja spannend an: All India Radio to expand global services; To cover Japan, Germany, Canada. The AIR is planning to launch new services for several countries, including Japan, Germany and some in the Com-monwealth of Independent States, with an aim to supplement the government's diplomatic efforts and outreach pro-grammes to the Indian diaspora, an official said. Weiterlesen: http://www.financialexpress.com/industry/all-india-radio-to-expand-global-services-to-cover-japan-germany-canada/877501/ 73 (Christoph Ratzer via A-DX via SW Bulletin October 8 via DXLD) ** INDIA [non]. 9410, TWR India, via Yerevan, 1248-1300, Oct 5. Non- stop IS; into religious singing; poor. Thanks go to Ivo, who on Oct 2 recorded the same IS as I heard today and also thanks to Dave Valko! My audio of the IS at http://goo.gl/HigvEa (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 3325, RRI Palangkaraya 1404 UTC Oct 8 in Indonesian with presumed news. Several mentions of Palangkaraya and possible ads. Excellent (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, Alberta, RX: Perseus SDR, ANT: Wellbrook ALA 100 loop antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3325, Oct 6 at 1251, RRI with songs at S9=S7, thru hourtop, 1301 clear R-R-I (air-air-eee) Palangkaraya ID, finally 5-pip timesignal ending at 1301:34.5! Then Palangkaraya mentioned a few times more, 1303 promo for berita but no news now, 1305 back to songs. 9525.942, Oct 6 at 1306, VOI has much inferior signal to 3325! Can`t even confirm it`s in English as scheduled (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1899, DX LISTENING DIGEST) In B-17 season from Oct 29 - March 25, 2018 9525 1000 1100 55,58,59 JAK 250 135 216 INS RRI RRI 9525 1100 1400 33,34,44,45,50 JAK 250 10 217 INS RRI RRI 9525 1400 1600 41 KIM 250 264 101 KOR KBS KBS 9525 1500 1600 27-29,37NW KAS 500 308 288 CHN CRI RTC 9525 1600 1900 38,39,47E,48N JAK 250 290 217 INS RRI RRI 9525 2200 2400 43S,44S KIM 250 225 156 KOR KBS KBS (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) If I remember correctly, RRI has 2 X 100 kW transmitters, but only one is in use. Maybe the other has been used for spares. All of the 250 kW disappeared a long time ago. The erratic operation suggests that the one they have left is not in very good order either (Noel Green, NW England, WORLD OF RADIO 1899, ibid.) A decade ago they had left 3 x 100 kW units ready on service at Cimanggis Jakarta, (also 9680 kHz domestic RRI relay), but now "other has been used for spares" all used to fit still a single transmitter on air these days. 73 wolfie (Büschel, WORLD OF RADIO 1899, ibid.) Not so sure about that, as they periodically jump ~1 kHz up or down as if changing transmitters (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) ** INTERNATIONAL. AM X-BAND GUIDE FOR 2017-18 DX SEASON This is a current list of stations in the Americas using the extended AM band between 1610-1700 kHz. Transmitter powers for US stations are generally around 10 kW, with many of the stations listed required to reduce power at night, often to around 1 kW. Because this part of the AM band is relatively clear in Europe, apart from occasional pirates, it is possible to hear some of these stations here in the British Isles at night when conditions are suitable. ITU Call Station name Location kW Language/format 1610 AIA Caribbean Beacon The Valley 50 University Network ARG Radio Guabiyú Greg de Laferrere BA 1 Spanish ARG Radio Comunitaria Regional Laboulaye CO 0.5 Spanish ARG Radio Fósil Rosario SF 0.2 Spanish CAN CHHA Radio Voces Latinas Toronto ON 6.25 Multilingual CAN CHRN Radio Humsafar Montréal QC 1 South Asian MEX XEUACH Radio Chapingo Texcoco MX 0.25 Spanish PRU OAU6O Radio Flor de los Andes Paucarpata AQ 0.5 Spanish PRU Radio Inka Acora PU Spanish 1620 ARG Radio Italia Villa Martelli BA Spanish ARG Radio Sentires Parque San Martín BA Spanish ARG Radio Vida Monte Grande BA 2 Spanish CUB CMBA Radio Bayamo Bayamo GR Spanish, synchronised network CUB CMBA Radio Rebelde El Sapo CH Spanish, synchronised netw. CUB CMBA Radio Rebelde Guantánamo GU 1 Spanish, synchronised netw. CUB CMBA Radio Rebelde El Coco HO Spanish, synchronised netw. CUB CMBA Radio Rebelde Amancio LT Spanish, synchronised netw. DOM HIC79 Radio Taina/Radio Planeta San Pedro Macorís PM Spanish USA KSMH Immaculate Heart Radio Auburn CA 10/1 Religion USA WNRP News R. 92.3 FM, 16-20 AM Gulf Breeze FL 10/1 News/Talk USA WDND America's Best Music South Bend IN 10/1 Adult Standards USA KOZN 16-20 The Zone Bellevue NE 10/1 Sports USA WTAW News Talk 16-20 College Station TX 10/1 News/Talk USA KYIZ The Z Twins Renton WA 10/1 Urban Contemporary VIR WDHP Powerhouse of the Caribbean Frederiksted VI 10/1 News/Talk/BBCWS 1630 ARG Radio Restauración William C Morris BA 1 Spanish ARG Radio Unidad Almirante Brown BA Spanish ARG Radio Melody San José ER 1/0.25 Spanish ARG Radio Nueva Bolivia Ciudad Madero CF 2 Spanish MEX XEUT Radio UABC Tijuana BC 10/1 Spanish USA WRDW ESPN Augusta 16-30 Augusta GA 10/1 Sports USA KCJJ The Mighty 16-30 Iowa City IA 10/1 News/Talk/AC USA KKGM His Truth, Our Hope Fort Worth TX 10/1 Religion USA KRND La Jota Mexicana Fox Farm WY 10/1 Spanish/Regional Mexican 1640 ARG Radio Hosanna Argentina Isidro Casanova BA 1 Spanish DOM HIC80 Radio Juventus Don Bosco Santo Domingo NC 1/0.5 Spanish PRU Radio Kalikanto Chamaca CU Spanish USA KDIA The Light for San Francisco Vallejo CA 10/1 Religion USA WTNI 14-90/16-40 The Champ Biloxi MS 10/1 Sports USA KZLS 16-40 The Eagle Enid OK 10/1 News/Talk USA KDZR Talk 16-40 Lake Oswego OR 10/1 News/Talk USA KBJA K-Talk 16-40 Sandy UT 10/1 News/Talk USA WSJP Relevant Radio Sussex WI 10/1 Religion/Catholic 1650 ARG Radio El Mensajero Rafael Castillo BA Spanish CAN CINA Cina Radio Mississauga ON 5/0.68 South Asian CAN CKZW Le son Gospel du Québec Montréal QC 1 Religion/French/some EE MEX XEAZR Radio ZER México DF 5 Spanish USA KFSW Life 98.7 Fort Smith AR 10/1 Contemporary Christian USA KFOX Radio Seoul Torrance CA 10/0.49 Korean USA KBJD Radio Luz Denver CO 10/1 Spanish/Religion USA KCNZ 16-50 The Fan Cedar Falls IA 10/1 Sports USA KSVE ESPN Deportes 16-50 El Paso TX 8.5/0.85 Spanish/Sports USA WHKT 16-50 The Answer Portsmouth VA 10/1 Talk 1660 ARG Radio Revivir Gregorio de Laferrére BA 1 Spanish ARG Radio Ciudad de Nogoyá Nogoyá ER Spanish PTR WGIT Faro de Santidad Canóvanas PR 10/1 Spanish/Religion USA KBRE 105.7 The Bear Merced CA 10/1 Album Rock USA WCNZ Relevant Radio Marco Island FL 10/1 Religion/Catholic USA KWOD 16-60 The Score Kansa City KS 10/1 Sports USA WQLR 16-60 The Fan Kalamazoo MI 10/1 Sports USA WBCN 94.7 Smoke Charlotte NC 10/1 Southern Rock USA KQWB Bison 16-60 West Fargo ND 10/1 Sports USA WWRU Radio Korea Jersey City NJ 10/1 Korean USA KRZI 16-60 ESPN Central Texas Waco TX 10/1 Sports 1670 DOM HIC81 La Voz del Yuna Bonao MN 3 Spanish CAN CJEU Radio Jeunesse Gatineau QC 1 French/Kids MEX XEANAH Radio Anáhuac Huixquilucan MX 1 Spanish USA KHPY Radio Católica El Sembrador Moreno Valley CA 10/9 Spanish/Religion USA KQMS News Talk 16-70 & 105.7 Redding CA 1 News/Talk/C2C USA WMGE Fox Sports 16-70 Dry Branch GA 10/1 Sports USA WOZN The Zone 16-70 & 106.7 Madison WI 10/1 Sports 1680 ARG Radio Santa Fé Canning BA Spanish DOM HIC82 Radio Senda 16-80 AM San Pedro Macorís PM 1 Spanish USA KGED AM 16-80 The Answer Fresno CA 10/1 News/Talk USA WOKB WOKB Radio 16-80 Winter Garden FL 10/1 Religion USA KRJO 99.7 My FM Monroe LA 10/1 Classic Hits USA WPRR Public Reality Radio Ada MI 10/0.68 News/Talk USA WTTM La Unika Lindenwold NJ 10/1 Spanish/Regional Mexican USA KNTS Radio Luz Seattle WA 10/1 Spanish/Religion 1690 ARG Radio Cristo La Solución San Justo BA 1 Spanish/Religion CAN CHTO Multicultural Radio Toronto ON 6/1 Greek/Multicultural CAN CJLO Concordia's Underground R. Montréal QC 1 Student USA KFSG Radio Bamdad Roseville CA 10/1 Ethnic USA KDMT Denver's Money Talk 16-90 Arvada CO 10/1 Business Talk USA WMLB The Voice of the Arts Avondale Estates GA 10/1 Eclectic USA WVON The Talk of Chicago Berwyn IL 10/1 Urban News/Talk USA WPTX America's Best Music Lexington Park MD 10/1 Adult Standards VIR WIGT WGOD Radio 97.9 FM Charlotte Amalie VI 0.92 Religion 1700 DOM Radio Eternidad Santo Domingo NC 5/1 Spanish MEX XEPE ESPN 1700 San Diego Tijuana BC 10 English/Sports USA WEUP Huntsville's Heritage Station Huntsville AL 10/1 Religion USA WJCC Radio Mega 1700 Miami Springs FL 10/1 Haitian USA KBGG Big 1700 Des Moines IA 10/1 News/Talk/Sports USA WRCR Radio India Ramapo NY 10/1 Asian; temp power 2.5/0.25 USA KKLF Banda 13 Richardson TX 5/1 Spanish/Music/Inf/Sports USA KVNS Fox Sports Radio 1700 Brownsville TX 8.8/0.88 Sports The following three stations were off air at the time of editing but are expected to be back soon: 1610, Caribbean Beacon was put off air by Hurricane Irma on 6 September 2017 and according to "Wavescan", the AM tower on Anguilla was knocked down, while the shortwave towers are still up but the curtain antenna between them was severely damaged. The owners of the station plan on getting them back up and running in perhaps as little as three weeks. (Richard Langley, 18 September 2017, dxldyg via DXLD) 1680, WOKB Winter Garden FL was reported to be silent on 10 September 2017 due to damage caused by Hurricane Irma. (IRCA DX Monitor / NRC DX News) 1700, WRCR Ramapo NY notified the FCC that it had been silent since 7 August 2017 due to the loss of its transmitter site but has since been granted Special Temporary Authority to operate with 2.5/0.25 from a cell phone tower in Monsey NY. It is expected to be back in 30-60 days. (via NRC DX News); so hopefully back on air sometime in October 2017 although with lower power. Note: Argentinean stations change frequency and status quite often in the range 1610-1710 kHz. Those listed in this guide are believed to be active at the time of editing, although there may be others on-air and some may have closed or moved away. We'll bring you details of any changes as soon as information is available. Many low-power Travelers Information Stations (TIS) also operate on the AM band in the range 1610-1710. IRCA has list of TIS/HAR stations available through its website and the latest edition from 2016 is free to download at http://www.ircaonline.org/editor_upload/File/TIS_2016.pdf Compiled by Tony Rogers, 28 September 2017. Please send corrections and updates to tony@bdxc.org.uk (Oct BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. Fwd: Topband list: Interplanetary DX >True of False - there is an 80 meter half wave dipole orbiting Mars? http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/~dag/publications/2009_TheMarsExpressMARSISSounderInstrument_PSS.pdf Wonder if anyone on Earth could detect the signal - but I suspect with 5 watts ERP - that it would be impossible. Tree N6TR Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband (interestingly, this also starts its sweeps in the MW band; whether any signal could find its way through Earth's ionosphere seems unlikely though) [sorry, lost credit source --- gh] Frequency range is 1.3 to 5.5 MHz with 5 watts; one more exact frequency mentioned is 2.8 MHz --- don`t confuse with terrestrial HAARP. Note this publication is from 2009y (CE Earth years), so things may have changed by now (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST0 ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. 60 years in space today! In October 1957, amateur radio operators monitored the first signal from a spacefaring civilization —— and it was us. Sputnik 1, the first satellite to orbit the Earth, launched on Oct. 4 of that year from a site in Kazakhstan, then a part of the USSR. That site is now the Baikonur Cosmodrome; at the time it was site 1/5 at the Tyuratam range. Article here: Sputnik's Beeping Legacy: Satellite's Simplicity Made It Iconic 60 Years Ago50 years in space today! https://www.space.com/38357-sputnik-launch-60th-anniversary-space-age.html?utm_source=notification (via Mike Terry, Oct 4, dxldyg via DXLD) WTFK!?!?!?!? Altho headline about the beeping, the article never mentions the frequency! Nor in the linked slide show of Fun Facts. https://www.space.com/38331-sputnik-satellite-fun-facts.html IIRC it was just below 20 MHz, next to WWV, like 19995 (and also second harmonic below 40 MHz). Furthermore, it was heard by SWLs. An amateur radio license is NOT REQUIRED TO HEAR THINGS; in fact a transmitter is irrelevant in DXing something you cannot make two-way contact with; Duh (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, Probably not the same in all countries! Here in RSA I believe it is illegal to even possess a radio capable of monitoring the airbands, unless one is a licenced amateur. I have read of a horrendous fine handed out to someone convicted of using a scanner near O.R.Tambo (ex Jo'burg International) airport. From my days in the radio trade, I also recall a colleague telling me of one company that had to modify a range of consumer shortwave radios imported from a large European company to render them incapable of receiving airband (I don't recall if that was for HF or VHF). Although this is a historical anecdote, I am not aware that the situation has changed. This is probably why shortwave radios are scarce in consumer- type shops here; one can spend days shopping and not see one. AM and FM, no problem. SW, difficult. SW with SSB, forget it. Does anyone know better? (Bill Bingham, RSA, dxldyg via DXLD) Does anyone in South Africa need a professional SW receiver? Can hardly imagine (the fewer) ones. For what? Listening voices from afar? Why? Barbed wire and SW just ain`t compatible. sorry :)))) (Leo Barmaleo, Moldova, ibid.) What do you mean by that? (gh) It may have been some of the later ones on the lower side of WWV, as further replies say it was just above WWV (gh) Just ABOVE 20 and 40 MHz. Wikipedia says 20.005 and 40.002 MHz but I'd like to confirm those with original references that I must have in my office somewhere (-- Richard Langley, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) That makes sense, if I read that correctly, they transmitted CW pulses so if you were tuned to 20 or 40 MHz, you would hear het tones (5 and 2 kHz, respectively). That must have been something; it happened long before I was even a twinkle in my parents' eyes, but would have been a QRP challenge as it was only transmitting one watt, but hey, altitude and line of sight go a long ways for that, I would suppose. Another thing entirely would be hearing the Doppler effect. My guess is a 50 Hz difference on a 5 kHz tone would be difficult to discern, especially since it would be gradual. It would be fun if some model Rocketeer with a CB would replicate the experiment (Rodney Johnson, Plymouth MN, ibid.) If you're content with the anniversary clip Roskosmos has made: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OozqfR5JVfo The shortwave frequency became 20006 for voice from Gagarin and the following Vostok flights. It reappeared for telemetry from the Soyuz spacecraft as 20008 where it remained in use up to Soyuz-T / Salyut-7 after which no shortwave systems have been used anymore. http://www.svengrahn.pp.se/radioind/mirradio/mirradio.htm (Btw, 50 years ago was the Soyuz-1 tragedy.) (Kai Ludwig, ex-East Germany, ibid.) Thanks, Kai. Neat video. My couple of years of grad school Russian allowed me to even read some of the text. ;-) Won't get to the office until Tuesday (Thanksgiving Day long weekend here) but a search of the Internet provides various authoritative documents confirming the two frequencies. Also found a paper by someone from the BBC Engineering Measurement and Receiving Station at Tatsfield in the Proceedings of the Royal Society (doi: 10.1098/rspa.1958.0217) on monitoring the signals. First page of the paper is attached (-- Richard Langley, NB, ibid.) [including:] Some preliminary deductions on radio propagation have been made from the Doppler measurements in the 'distant approach' and 'distant recession' parts of the orbits, and by comparison of the frequency shift/time difference exhibited by the two transmissions on 20.005 and 40.002 Mc/s. The observed signal characteristics are discussed and are illustrated by pen-chart recordings. An exceptional condition, when the 40 Mc/s signal had a triple rhythm of small repeated frequency changes, is also described. It is pointed out that more normally, the only alterations in the signal characteristics during the period when the carrier waves were pulsed took the form of changes in the mark-to- space ratio and the repetition frequency of the pulses (via DXLD) Why just the first page? where can one find the whole report? royalties, eh, keeping you from posting the whole of it? (Leo Barmaleo, Moldova, ibid.) https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1957/10/05/84769354.html?pageNumber=1 https://web.archive.org/web/20090210052952/http://www.arrl.org:80/news/features/2007/09/28/03/?nc=1 ".......The meaning of the D-200 designation is unclear and our research thus far has failed to produce a schematic of this transmitter, but Tikhonravov, in a presentation before the 24th International Astronautical Congress in 1973, characterized the transmitters as “vacuum valve-type” with a power of 1 watt...." ".....One transmitter operated on a frequency of 20.005 MHz and the other on 40.002 MHz. The choice of these frequencies not only allowed reception by amateurs using existing equipment but also enabled a receiver set at exactly 20 or 40 MHz to produce an audio tone plus or minus the Doppler shift without ever going through zero Hz. This insured that the telemetry was audible throughout an entire pass without additional tuning of the receiver. "..... WWV’s Role Radio Station WWV also played a role in early space flight. There are numerous recollections among ham operators who were active in 1957 that radio station WWV suspended its 20 MHz time signal transmissions during some night-time passes of the satellite in order to avoid interference with the 20.005 MHz telemetry signal. Roy Welch, W0SL (then W5SLL) recalls this to be the case on October 7 when he recorded the Sputnik I signal during a pass over the North America. This recording can be heard at the AMSAT link listed at the end of this article. An exact record of how many times and for how long the WWV may have turned off its 20 MHz broadcast while Sputnik I was in orbit has been difficult to document. According to Michael Lombardi, KB0VOI, a time and frequency metrologist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and a WWV historian, the log books for WWV operations during 1957 no longer exist making it difficult to verify that the 20 MHz broadcasts were stopped. However, Lombardi notes that during the Sputnik era, the WWV schedule included a silent period during which transmissions were interrupted every hour for approximately four minutes. These periods began about 45 minutes past the hour. Also well-documented is that during many passes, the WWV signal remained on and was recorded in tandem with the Sputnik telemetry beacon. This provided a stable time reference from which the Doppler shift of the satellite’s signal and its orbital parameters could be calculated. ...." http://sjhrc.org/beeps.html "Play the Sputnik Audio Clip and Hear the Doppler Shift! This audio clip is about 94 seconds long with a pronounced downward change in pitch at 47 seconds demonstrating the "Doppler Shift" that occurs just as it passed over. Make sure to be watching a clock with a "second hand" as you listen! ...." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Based on this 60 year old audio recording I detected a Doppler-Shift of about 60 Hz. In a wave editor you can see the cycle of about 2 beeps per second. So in STUDIO1 the 20005 kHz signal would have been seen - in 1957. Back in time: http://www.rhci-online.net/radiogram/SW_Radiogram_2017-09-30.htm#Sputnik (roger, germany, dxldyg via DXLD) The world’s first satellite, Sputnik 1, was launched on October 4, 1957, by the then Soviet Union that heralded it as a national triumph, and started the space race. When launched it had four external antennas to transmit on 20.005 and 40.002 MHz at about 1 watt heard throughout the world by radio amateurs including those in Australia. The signals continued for 21 days until the life of three silver-zinc batteries, two for the transmitters and the other for ventilation, ended 26 October. Sputnik burnt up and re-entered earth’s atmosphere on 4 January 1958. To commemorate Sputnik 1, special callsign R60SAT will be on air from October 1 to 8. For further information including the awards available, please visit the qrz.com website. Some information (in Russian) including the circuit diagram: ftp://ftp.radio.ru/pub/2013/04/55.pdf Regards. Posted by: (Gareth Foster, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. 4 October. MOSCOW, Oct. 4 (Itar-Tass) - RIA Novosti. Exactly 60 years ago, the USSR opened the space age of the development of mankind, successfully launching the first ever artificial earth satellite, PS-1 (Simplest satellite-1). It was a sphere 58 centimeters in diameter, weighed 83.6 kilograms, it was equipped with four antennas and battery-operated transmitters. A small ball with antenna whiskers: how the first satellite was created. The spacecraft successfully flew 92 days, until January 4, 1958, having made 1 thousand 440 revolutions around the Earth (approximately 60 million kilometers), and its callsign "Beep! Beep!" were taken by millions of radio amateurs around the world ... RIA Novosti https://ria.ru/science/20171004/1506149914.html (via Rus-DX Oct 8 via DXLD) ** IRAN. 9880, Voice of the Islamic Republic, Sirjan. Sep 27, 2017 Wednesday. 0327-0330. Arabic. YL talking, backed by flute music. Into song by OM at 0330. Poor, to Middle East (EiBi). Jo'burg sunrise 0352. Posted by: (Bill Bingham, RSA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN [non]. On Sept 18th at 0421 UT on MW 585 kHz checking the frequency except of Iran was on the air one more program in Farsi and at 0421 UT ID was "Radio Farda"- the program was \\ to same on SW. Mistaken frequency or something from near Saudi Arabia? (Rumen Pankov- BUL, DXplorer via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 23) (via BC-DX 3 Oct via DXLD) Take a look at the 585 kHz listings in WRTH 2017, page 520: in Iran there is a Radio Farhang with 600 kW from Tehran. Could you have misunderstood that as ``Farda``?? Not if it was really // known R. Farda SW frequencies! Saudi Arabia has SBC 1200 kW from Riyadh, the main Radio Riyadh program in Arabic, which would be hard to overlook (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** ISRAEL. USA/Israel - "REACHING IRAN FROM ISRAEL: (VOICE OF HOPE – IRAN) We have said, “YES” to a powerful shortwave radio station Israel has offered to us. The new VOICE OF HOPE –IRAN will allow us to reach an additional population of 300+ million people living in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. We must first replace the 30 year-old transmitter with a new 100,000-Watt shortwave transmitter available for purchase in Germany. We have already built and equipped the Farsi broadcast studio. We are raising a project budget of $1.1 million to purchase this transmitter, ship and install and operate it in 2018. Iran Project Budget Need: $1.1 million" Strategic Communications Newsletter September 2017 http://www.voiceofhope.com/newsletters/Strategic%20Communications%20Group%20Newsletter%20-%20September%202017.pdf (via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, WORLD OF RADIO 1899, DXLD) Haven`t the Iranians (and the other three ancillaries) got enough problems without being hounded to become Christians? Let`s Crusade! ``PIERCING THE IRON VEIL OF ISLAM`` as if Moslems don`t already know Jesus and respect him. AND, as if they are not already plenty of Christian SW broadcasts into the area. Every one of them wants gullible followers to think they will be the first and only. This is only one glaring example of deception, dishonesty and deceit in the missionary biz (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) > a new 100,000-Watt shortwave transmitter available for purchase in Germany. I asked Ray Robinson about this, and he replied within seconds with the statement that they can not provide further details at this stage (Kai Ludwig, Germany, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ITALY. Qualche ascolto in onde corte a Bocca di Magra. Da notare che gli Amici di Italcable erano on air solo sui 15000 kHz. I 10000 kHz risultavano spenti. 73, Giampiero 15000 3/10 2035 Italcable, Viareggio, Toscana, Italy, mx, bips, time, Italian, fair NO on 10 MHz! RX: Icom r71E -Winradio Excalibur Pro ANT: Wellbrook ALA1530LNP https://playdxblog.blogspot.it/2017/10/italcable-solo-su-15000-khz-log-onde.html (Pubblicato da Giampiero Bernardini a ottobre 06, 2017, dxldyg via DXLD) ** JAPAN. Thanks to Tomoaki Wagai in Japan (BDXC 2507) for confirming Radio Nikkei 1’s programme “Let’s Read the Nikkei in English” is now scheduled Tuesday 0235-0255 UT and Thursday 1330-1350 on 3925 kHz (also 6055 and 9595 kHz). Radio Nikkei 1’s current daily schedules are online at http://www.radionikkei.jp/timetable/sw1/ (Oct BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) ** JAPAN. 13720, NHK World/R Japan, at 1720. Jazz piano music, complete with lounge lizardess vocalist and barfly applause between songs. To my surprise, woman singer began speaking to audience in Japanese to laughter, so not an old recording. Pips at ToH to M in Japanese, "NHK News". With just SW-2000629 and 9' vertical antenna - Excellent, Oct 6 (Rick Barton, Sun City/Peoria AZ, Assume English unless otherwise stated. 73 and Good Listening......! dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN [non]. 17540, Oct 4 at 2137, NHK World Rádio Japão in Portuguese via WHRI to South America, S9+20 making it the SSOB and almost the OSOB except for the JBA carriers from Spain on 17715 & 17855. Standard denounce of NHK for using a USA relay to reach elsewhere, but refusing to broadcast any English TO North America. News about 1.2 million Nissans being recalled --- what, again, more?? https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2017/10/02/nissan-recalls-1-2-million-japan-vehicles-re-inspections/722375001/ ``The problem does not affect Nissan vehicles sold outside Japan`` --- whew (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KASHMIR. 4950, Oct 6 at 1256, JBA carrier, presumably the only Asian listee, AIR Srinagar, 50 kW ND. Several other AIR frequencies also JBACs: 5050, 5040, 5010, etc. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. MAKING WAVES --- THE AIR AROUND NORTH KOREA IS GETTING CROWDED At least ten foreign radio stations are aiming their broadcasts at the nuclear dictatorship Print edition | Asia Oct 5th 2017 | SEOUL https://www.economist.com/news/asia/21730005-least-ten-foreign-radio-stations-are-aiming-their-broadcasts-nuclear-dictatorship-air “DO YOU want to be pretty?” asks a teasing male voice. “Do you want to lose weight?” Such is the enticing introduction to a recent radio show aimed at North Koreans, “Let’s Learn Market Economics”. After a jaunty jingle and a skit about how falling in love will make the listener healthier and leaner, the remaining half-hour is devoted to a worthy, but rather less gripping, profile of a successful South Korean businessman. Competition for North Koreans’ attention is increasing. The country’s approved media are crammed with fawning reports about the latest “field guidance” from its dictator, Kim Jong Un — indispensable tips on topics such as growing juicy apples or perfecting a nuclear weapon. But those who buy illicit short-wave radios can pick up at least ten foreign stations targeting North Koreans. The latest, BBC News Korean, went on air on September 25th. The broadcasters’ motives vary, as does their quality. Some are staffed by defectors who hope to encourage others to flee. Voice of America sometimes plays K-pop, the cheesy tunes that are ubiquitous in the South but sound fresh to northern ears. Free North Korea Radio hardly bothers to mask its agenda. One show, “The Dictator’s Doom”, recounts the messy fates of totalitarian rulers. (The regime counters with its own station, Voice of Korea, which is beamed to the South.) [sic] The BBC says it will provide neutral coverage, not foment revolution. Its half-hour broadcasts, which are also available in the South, include a news bulletin, a weather forecast and an English lesson. Sokeel Park of Liberty in North Korea, a group that works with defectors, reckons it is more likely to be seen as impartial than American or South Korean stations. “The UK is not really framed as an enemy,” he says. Measuring the audience is impossible. “We’re not going to send anyone with a clipboard there,” says one station boss. Yet a survey of defectors and other North Koreans abroad by the Broadcasting Board of Governors, which oversees Voice of America, found 29% had listened to foreign broadcasts before leaving. Their true reach is probably greater, since news picked up on the radio soon spreads by word of mouth. North Koreans can watch foreign dramas on smuggled flash drives and over 3m of them have mobile-phone subscriptions. But radio remains a rare source of up-to-the-minute news from outside. Mr Kim’s propagandists do not welcome rivals. Most stations broadcast late at night so that listeners can tune in at home in secret. Those who are caught risk being sent to a prison camp if they cannot bribe their way out of trouble. The regime tries to jam foreign networks by playing loud music [sic] on the same frequencies. But the external broadcasters do not believe it can block every foreign station all the time. The BBC, for one, is confident that some of its broadcasts are audible. Stay tuned. This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline "Making waves" Copyright © The Economist Newspaper Limited 2017. All rights reserved (via David Cole, OK; Artie Bigley, OH; Gerald T Pollard, NC, DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. 6040, JAPAN, Sea Breeze station, at 1330. Strong clear English ID by woman and explanation of the broadcast. Good, Oct 5 [Thu] 6040, JAPAN, Sea Breeze/Shiokaze station at 1318. A relog of station, but noticing presence of a jammer this morning. VG, Oct 7 (Rick Barton, Sun City/Peoria AZ, Assume English unless otherwise stated. Logged with RS SW-2000629 or Grundig Satellit 750 and various outdoor wires. 73 and Good Listening......! dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) JAPAN, Frequency changes of Shiokaze Sea Breeze/Furusato no Kaze Oct 7 1300-1400 NF 6040 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs, ex 5965 as follows 1300-1330 Chinese Mon; Japanese Tue/Sat; Korean Wed/Fri/Sun; English Thu 1330-1400 Korean Mon/Wed/Fri/Sat; Japanese Tue/Sun; English Thu 1405-1435 NF 6165 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs, ex 7295 Japanese Furusato no Kaze 1600-1700 NF 6090 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs, ex 6165 as follows 1600-1630 Chinese Mon; Japanese Tue/Sat; Korean Wed/Fri/Sun; English Thu 1630-1700 Korean Mon/Wed/Fri/Sat; Japanese Tue/Sun; English Thu http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/frequency-changes-of-shiokaze-sea.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, October 8, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1899, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. 7500, North Korea Reform R., Tashkent. S/on at exactly 2030 with its usual Haydn Trumpet Concerto theme music and ID. Good signal but with occasional deep fades. Video shows some tonal controls employed over the audio. https://youtu.be/l1vVMRctFdQ (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, VIC (Yaesu FTDX 3000, Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Kenwood R5000, Tecsun PL-680, Horizontal Loop antenna, Double Bazooka antennas for 80, 40 and 20 metres, Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital Noise Eliminating Module, MFJ- 1026 Noise Cancelling Module, ATU), Oct Australian DX News via DXLD) ** KOREA SOUTH. 4885, VOA. In Korean on 17/9 at 1920, at 1926 IS & ID in English “VOA World News” followed by program in Korean. It replacing Voice/Echo of Hope program maybe? (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF2001D, Folded Marconi ant), Oct Australian DX News via DXLD) It`s the standard programming on this frequency, as reported in DXLD, about other stations that broadcast to Korea, VOA among them (gh) ** KOREA SOUTH. Listening Post with Alan Roe listeningpost@bdxc.org.uk KBS World Radio On September 4th KBS World Radio introduced a new revamped programme schedule. First, here are the details of the new schedule. 0800-1030 UT: English transmission 1 (to Southeast Asia on 9770 kHz) • 0800-0810: Mon-Sat: KBS World Radio News; Sun: Hot Issue of the Week • 0810-1010: Mon-Fri: One Fine Day with Lena Park; Sat-Sun: Weekend Playlist 1 • 1010-1030: Mon: Business Watch; Tue: The Korea Travel Log; Wed: Sounds of Korea; Thu: Korea, Today & Tomorrow; Fri: Happy Cooking & Healthy Eating; Sat: The Korea Travel Log; Sun: Happy Cooking & Healthy Eating 1400-1700 UT: English transmission 2 (to India on 9785 kHz) • 1400-1410: Mon-Fri: KBS World Radio News • 1410-1610: Mon-Fri: K-POP Connection 1400-1600: Sat-Sun: Weekend Playlist 1 • 1610-1700: Mon-Fri: Korea 24 1600-1700: Sat-Sun: Weekend Playlist 2 1500-1700 UT: English transmission 3 (to Europe on 9515 kHz) • 1500-1700: Mon-Fri: K-POP Connection; 1500-1700: Sat-Sun: Weekend Playlist 1 1300, 1600, 2200, 0200* English transmission 4 (1 hour programmes) (* = next UT day) • xx00-xx10: Mon-Fri: KBS World Radio News • xx10-xx60: Mon-Fri: Korea 24 xx00-xx60: Sat-Sun: Weekend Playlist 2 Note that at 1600-1700, KBS World Radio will be on three frequencies and all three will be carrying different programming! The full frequency schedule was in last month’s DX News. The transmission from 0800 to 1030 UT is the new two and a half hour broadcast to south-east Asia and showcases the new programme One Fine Day with Lena Park, which is aired live from 0810 to 1010. Lena is an American singer-songwriter now living in South Korea and (as I understand) this is her first time as a DJ/presenter. The transmission does not make it through to Europe (at least not to my listening post), so I listened to some of the first programme (Monday 4th) via the KBS Listen Again link on their website, and some of the second programme (Tuesday 5th) via live stream. The Listen Again link provides the programme with the music excluded – due, I assume, to music rights issues. No such problem with the live stream. Right: Lena Park. (Source: KBS World Radio webpage) [caption] I had presumed that the show would be a high energy programme with a fast talking presenter, jingles and loud pop music. Not so! It turned out to be a rather relaxing show with gentle chat (without one of those annoying background music beds the whole time). Lena has various segments through the show encouraging listeners to get in touch and were acknowledged live. There were many listeners mentioned, although it seemed to me that these were predominantly ex- pats in Korea and ex-pat Koreans living abroad. Also it seems that there will be phone calls out to listeners – on Monday she called live a listener in the US (it was 3 am at the listener’s location, but fortunately was awake listening to the show), and on Tuesday to a listener in Vietnam – and there are plans for guests to come in to the studio in future shows. The music played was mostly “easy-listening” K-Pop. The programme style would not have been out of place on BBC Radio 2, and is actually quite enjoyable. If it had been hearable at my listening post I maybe would have listened, if not regularly, at least from time to time. No mention was made as to what platform the listeners who got in touch were hearing the programme on, but l my impression was that it was mostly via an internet live stream or mobile app. I found it very interesting to note that none of the names that I heard mentioned were familiar to me – i.e. none of the usual names that one sees in DX magazines, or the Facebook and Yahoo DX/shortwave hobby group, or indeed which routinely get heard mentioned in DX mailbag/listeners' letterbox programmes. Similarly, the KBS World Radio English Service Facebook page has well over 17,000 people following it, and very few of the active posts are by familiar names. This programme is clearly aimed squarely at those radio listeners who probably do not regularly scan around for different stations to listen to. I can only assume that the shortwave broadcasts of programmes like K-Pop Connection have generated enough feedback to convince KBS World to continue. At 1010 on Mondays to Fridays, following One Fine Day, is the only remaining shortwave transmission of some of the feature programming previously carried in their old schedule in all transmissions, with Saturday and Sunday programming comprising repeats of a couple of weekday features. The transmission from 1400 to 1700 UT is an extended three hour broadcast to India featuring a new 2 hour edition of the K-Pop Connection at 1410-1610 on Mondays to Fridays and introducing a new presenter, Australian Peter Hyun from the South Korean group One Way (presenting alongside previous host Angie). The format is pretty much as before: K-Pop music and music/celebrity chat. This programme also forms the whole of the transmission to Europe on Mondays to Fridays at 1500-1700 UT. This programme is followed at 1610-1700 by the KBS` new flagship news and current affairs programme, Korea 24, presented by Henry Shinn and assisted by various commentators on specific news/current affairs items. The edition on Tuesday 5th September, again heard via the live web stream, led with a long item on North Korea and the H-Bomb detonations, followed by a feature about internet-only banks including on-the-street comments by the public, and then a segment covering what`s Web Trending in Korea, i.e. what Koreans are searching for online, then a studio guest and ending the programme with a preview of the next day’s newspapers. The programme is also aired at 1310, 2210 and 0210 UT. It was a well presented and quite informative programme analysing the big news stories and covering news items that is currently attracting the attention of Koreans. Weekend programming seems to be pretty much abandoned, relying either on a programme called Weekend Playlist in all transmissions, or (at 1010 on Saturdays and Sundays) on repeats of a couple of weekday features. The only exception is KBS World Radio News on Saturdays and Hot Issue of the Week on Sundays at 0800. At time of writing, I have not heard Weekend Playlist, but I have a sneaking suspicion that it probably comprises little more than back-to-back K-POP. Notably, and sadly, Listeners Lounge has been cancelled from the schedule. This programme tended to feature all the familiar names that I referred to above. I think that this cancellation, along with the new programmes of One Fine Day and an extended KPop Connection, is a confirmation that the KBS World Radio target audience policy has now shifted completely to a younger audience. Perhaps this is not such a bad thing – although whether this is attracting new listeners to shortwave is unclear. 73’s until next time (Alan Roe, Oct BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) ** KOREA SOUTH. 15575.04, KBS World Radio; 1350-1401+, 10/3; 2M / English interview to ToH KBSWR ID into LL, listed Korean. SIO=2+52+ (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, 48642-3156, Drake R8B + 185' & 60' RW + 125' bow-tie, ----- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! -----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KURDISTAN [non]. Re: Radio Dengê Kurdistanê programme via CJSC Yerevan Gavar Armenia. ARMENIA [to all Kurdistan, in Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran target https://guncelgercek.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/kurdistanharitasinirlarla.jpg RDK broadcast via CJSC Yerevan Gavar Armenia relay site. (ex via Radiotelecentr (PRTC) transmitter Grigoriopol Maiac Moldova Pridnestrovie) yes, featured by Kai Ludwig (and Ivo Ivanov-BUL), in RDK - Radio Dengê Kurdistanê programme, produced by "Stiftelsen Kurdisk Media“ in Nacka near Stockholm, Sweden; via broadcasting house at 'Globe Show Center' in Denderleeuw near Bruxelles, Belgium. Checked both RDK channels on Eutelsat Hotbird 13C, 13degr satellite today transponder 11296 H 27500, Audio ID 3027 transponder 11373 H 27500, Audio ID 3008 RDK program feed on satellite is 1/10 second ahead of remote SDR reception on shortwave on Oct 5 at 1315 UT. Note, mainlobe direction is 192 degrees southwards. 7320 kHz S=6 in southern Germany, S=6 in eastern Finland, 7520 kHz S=3 in southern Germany, S=5 in eastern Finland. Nothing so far on 6155 nor 9580 kHz at this hour. Nothing heard anymore on 11600 kHz from former relay Radiotelecentr (PRTC) transmitter in Grigoriopol Maiac in Moldova Pridnestrovie (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 3)(Büschel, dxldyg via DXLD) ARMENIA, Updated schedule of Denge Kurdistan, now only via Yerevan 0230-0500 6155#ERV 100 kW / 192 deg to WeAs Kurdish 0500-1800 7320 ERV 300 kW / 192 deg to WeAs Kurdish, added 1230-1500 0500-1800 7520*ERV 100 kW / 192 deg to WeAs Kurdish 1400-1600 11600 KCH 300 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Kurdish >>>>>> cancelled 1800-2100 6155 ERV 100 kW / 192 deg to WeAs Kurdish 1800-2100 7320 ERV 300 kW / 192 deg to WeAs Kurdish #strong co-ch 6155 NAU 100 kW / 220 deg to NoAf French AWR 0430-0500 *& weak co-ch 7520 TIN 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Khmer RFA 1430-1500 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/updated-schedule-of-denge-kurdistan-now.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, October 8, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1899, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ARMENIA, 7320, Denge Kurdistan program from Brussels, via CJSC Yerevan Gavar on Oct 8 at 1927 UT in Europe totally disturbed audio quality, OVERMODULATED signal. But in Middle East remote SDR in Doha Qatar disappointing poor and tiny S=5 or -94dBm signal, I don't believe a 300 kW tx power signal; nearby compare signals on 7325 1900-1930 VoPeople Somaliland via Talata relay S=9+25dB 7295 CRI Urumqi in English, S=9+25dB. 6155, Denge Kurdistan program from Brussels, via CJSC Yerevan Gavar much better signal in Middle East target. At 1929 UT better and stronger in 49mb, S=9+10dB or -67dBm. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) The new Denge Kurdistane transmissions via Armenia have been registered with HFCC by Bundesnetzagentur, an agency of the German federal government. That's quite interesting, because in 2008 that very federal government banned Roj TV, the operator of this station in its former incarnation as Denge Mezopotamya. Note also that Newroz TV, the new parent station of Denge Kurdistane, is gone. They had been shut down by Eutelsat last October, then successfully sued Eutelsat and returned on Eutelsat 7 West A (which, however, was hardly suitable for their purpose). But now no longer seen in frequency lists, and http://www.newroz.tv has been stripped of all content. Really a developing story (WORLD OF RADIO 1899, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7320 at 1950 weak/poor signal with persistent, heavy static. Middle Eastern/Turkish style music. No announcements heard up to 1958. Tests from Armenian Public R. have been listed here but nothing definite as of yet. Music continued past top of hour, 2000. Announcements heard approx. 2000:35. OM heard but too much static to pull out much, including language but definitely not Arabic (Stephen Wood, Harwich, Mass., Perseus SDR, 25 x 50 superloop antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7320 is Denge Kurdistan // at same time on 6155, both via Yerevan, Armenia -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, ibid.) ** KUWAIT. 15540, Radio Kuwait at 1610 in Urdu with a man with talk then a woman interviewing another woman from 1614 – Fair Oct 8 – Perfectly clear audio versus the DRM hash they will inflict us for their English service from 1800 to 2100. 11630, Radio Kuwait at 1314 in Arabic with a man with talk – Fair Oct 9 – Another example of an analogue transmission from Kuwait instead of DRM digital hash (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten- Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA yg via DXLD) ** KYRGYZSTAN. 4010.21, Oct 9 at 0020, JBA carrier, presumed Bishkek, along grayline, always off-frequency but less than before circa .23 or .22 as last month; could it be drifting steadily downward on the way to .00? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LAOS. 6130, Lao National Radio. 1430, tent. No verifiable ID. Looking for sked English program 1430-1500. China PBS listed here too! 25/9 (Rob Shepherd, Toowoomba QLD (JRC NRD-535D, EWE, Longwire), Oct Australian DX News via DXLD) ?EZL song 1155, TS 1200, familiar chimes for 7 o’clock local, anthem & then into news. OK strength, but run-down audio as usual, 30/9 (Craig Seager, VK2HBT, Bathurst NSW (Perseus SDR, JRC NRD-545, Tecsun PL-880, DX Engineering Preamp, Wellbrook feeder isolator, Icom IC-746, Loop Skywire, Home-made Loop with LZ1AQ amplifier), ibid.) ** LIBERIA. 6050, ELWA at 0533, heard weak music, 0535 sounded like a shouting preacher, then more music, just bits and pieces of audio; checked again at 0604 and a bit better, definitely a hymn, followed by a male speaker. - Very poor, Oct 4 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, listening in my car, parked near a lake, using a CommRadio CR-1a and a Sony AN-1 active antenna. Editor of World English Survey and Target Listening, available at http://www.odxa.on.ca dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MADAGASCAR. 6190, MWV, La Voz Alegre, Mahajanga. Sep 27, 2017 Wednesday. 0217-0222. Spanish, OM talking. ID “La Voz Alegre” at 0219, into music by stringed instrument then YL announcer. Good. Fair at later check, 0345. Jo'burg sunrise 0352. Posted by: (Bill Bingham, RSA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9570, KNLS via Madagascar. Russian on 22/9 at 1800 s/on, re-activated after damage of aerials of one of their transmitters. The program is repeated from 1900 on 9820, both with excellent signal. The address for QSL card is the well-known in Anchor Point Alaska (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF2001D, Folded Marconi ant), Oct Australian DX News via DXLD) ** MALAYSIA. 9835, Sarawak FM – Kajang (Tentative), 0033, 10/7/17. Male announcer, musical bridge of female singer, announcer talk into short radio play with man and woman actors, problem with actors throughout play into Malay music with continuing problems, abruptly off mid song at 0045. Fair with noisy conditions (Mark Taylor, Lake Farm Park Mini DXpedition, 10/6, 2200 – 10/7, 0130/17 in the rain outside, but dry in the shelter house with Bill Dvorak and Carlie Forsyth. Equipment: Tecsun PL 880; Kaito K34 antenna, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) ** MEXICO. 630, XEOPE Exa FM, Mazatlán, Sinaloa. 1121 October 7, 2017. Surprised to catch this one, given that it's on the Pacific side of Mexico. Briefly fading up and peaking with slogan between ballads, quick fade. 630, MEXICO unidentified. 1118 October 8, 2017. Spanish pop-ish vocals, several mentions of Grupo Radio Centro and one female mentioning the same and México, between Spanish vocals. Googling radiocentro.com, there's two affiliates on 630 kc/s: XEFB La FB, Monterrey, Nuevo León at 10 kW when on alleged day power, and puny 500 watts XECCQ La Z, Cancún, Quintana Roo. The former is listed as sports format, which this clearly wasn't at this hour. 630, MEXICO, unidentified (two). 1059 October 8, 2017. Weak with anthem from 1059, then another even weaker with anthem from 1104 (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, NRD-535, IC-R75, longwires, active loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 690, XERG, Monterrey, NL, SEP 28 1100 - National anthem, followed by ID at 1102: "Ésta es XERG-AM, RG La Deportiva..." as well as address, frequency, power (10 kW), and mention of 103.7 HD2; also "...una emisora de Multimedios"; a ranchera-style song followed, with both "Monterrey" and Nuevo León" in the lyrics; chat followed with the program "Amanecer Deportivo," during which the announcer proudly proclaimed XERG to be "La major [sic; mayor, or mejor?] estación del mundo." Fair signal and on top for a short while (John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge CO; Drake R8, 4-foot box loop, NRC IDXD Oct 6 via DXLD) ** MEXICO. Great catch from the Border Inn - XETLA-930 Tlaxiaco OAX! I'm reviewing my recordings from my annual Border Inn DXpedition (US 6/50 at the Nevada-Utah border). On my last morning there (10/2) the conditions to Mexico finally improved. At 1101:40 UT on 930 kHz, mixing with KIUP, KAFF, and an unidentified Spanish station (most likely KAPR), I heard a very unusual version of the Mexican national anthem, sung by little children accompanied by a school band. I eventually realized they were singing in a native language. This turns out to be the indigenous station XETLA-930 in Santa María Asunción Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, a 5kW daytimer. I got up at 4 am this morning to listen to XETLA's webstream, and sure enough, there was the anthem I heard. This might be the first time I have heard Oaxaca from anywhere. I think others may be able to hear this station, so I'm attaching a long audio clip from their webstream. Note this morning they turned the transmitter on around 1058 (based on OC sound suddenly appearing on webstream) but didn't get around to signing on until just after 1104 UT. This is not unusual for Mexican stations. This presumably would have been even easier if KIUP-CO hadn't recently returned to the air. BTW I'm fairly confident that XETLA is the only Mexican station left on 930 that hasn't migrated to FM. Webstream URL: http://www.cdi.gob.mx/ecosgobmx/xetla.php (Tim Hall, Oct 6, ABDX via DXLD) ** MEXICO. UNID Mexican on 1080 kHz, Possible XEAX Oaxaca?? From the 0700 EDT ELAD Recording today. Didn't hear any call letters to ID this, but this is what I think it is. Has anyone heard this station or know if they play BOTH the Mexican and Oaxaca Anthems??? 1080, XEAX Radio Fórmula (PRESUMED), Oaxaca, MEXICO, Oct/04/17, 0659 EDT [sic = 1059 UT] SS, FAIR. NO ID heard on this one, but it all seems to fit both the format and the local state anthem. Female with English pop/rock music at 0659-0702 EDT. Into Mexican anthem with Vocals at 0702-0703. Then into the Oaxaca STATE Anthem with Vocals at 0703-0705 EDT. I checked the Oaxaca State Anthem online and it matches up. Faded after anthem so no talk or calls heard. Does anyone receive this station with enough regularity to confirm they play the Oaxaca State Anthem after the Mexican Anthem??? UNID for now. But looks like it could be them. 73 ROB VA3SW (Robert S. Ross, London, Ontario CANADA, NRC-AM via DXLD) Rob, Since you`re sure it was the Oax anthem, and there is only one Oax on 1080, how could you imagine it being played by any other station? I would accept your claiming this as a definite. 73, (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) [Later:] Obviously I replied to this before seeing your follow-up; never mind (gh, ibid.) UNID 1080 Mexican is XETUL Tultitlan [sic] Mexico!! I listened to my recording a few more times and did some digging on the net and found a posting from my pal SAUL CHERNOS of Toronto that IDs this station for me!!! I listened to the 2nd anthem on my recording and it is NOT the OAXACA Anthem, even though they sound quite similar. So, what I heard this morning is 1080 XETUL Radio Mexiquense Tultitlan, MEXICO. I'm glad I did more detective work on this and found Saul's earlier posting. Cleared this up immediately!! 73 ROB VA3SW (Robert S. Ross, London, Ontario CANADA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: ``MEXICO. 1080 unID Mexico - mystery second anthem --- Have a clip from 1080 at 0659 EST [1159 UT] from Dec 22. I know it's from Mexico because I was working my way up the dial checking for anthems which I believe run at 0600 local time in Mexico (as well as 0000 local time). What's striking is there's a second piece of military march style music immediately afterwards, and I think it's the same station as one ends, there's a second of silence, and the next one begins. My hunch is the second anthem is a state anthem from Mexico, or perhaps (less likely IMO) even a municipality or perhaps even a second national musical score. I've cut the Mexican anthem to the last bit - enough to make it identifiable as an anthem. About 8-10 seconds in is the start of what I believe is the second anthem. A second clip has some talk I heard, with rooster crowing, moments after the second anthem ended. Any ideas on this one? It's my first ever from Mexico here on 1080! Attached Files File Type: mp3 1080 unID Mexico 22DC15 0659.mp3 (1.32 MB, 2 views) File Type: mp3 1080 unID Likely More Mexico 22DC15 0706.mp3 (496.4 KB, 2 views) (Saul Chernos, Burnt River ON, Jan 1, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) I've never heard this anthem piece, but I think it's this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-FtQSIpyCU You have, without a doubt, XETUL-AM Tultitlán Edomex, barely not in Mexico City! (Raymie Humbert, AZ, ibid.)`` (via Ross, ibid.) Cantú did not even mention this town, placing it in México DF with 5000/250 watts. IRCA Log spelt it ``Tuitlan``. WRTH agrees it`s Tultitlán in Valle de México (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. Status of Mexican FM migration Here is where I stand on checking the status of all XE stations: Total stations in my list 965* Stations I'm confident have moved to FM 241 (25.0%) Stations believed to have moved to FM but not confirmed 175 (18.1%) Stations whose status is unknown 217 (22.5%) Stations believed still active on AM but not confirmed 61 (6.3%) Stations I'm confident are still active on AM = ***271 (28.1%) *This number may shrink slightly as I clean up my records (I'm trying to avoid double-counting stations that have changed frequency on AM over the years). ***Includes 25 stations that have been told to keep their AM active, and 3 Radio Centro / Radio Mexico stations in Mexico City that are currently silent. All the information I gather is being immediately shared with Neil Kazaross for inclusion in the next edition of the IRCA Mexican Log (Tim Hall, CA, Oct 9,2017, ABDX via WORLD OF RADIO 1899, DXLD) [and non]. Re: Status of Mexican FM migration --- Looking at Canada, Australia, and Mexico, plus most European countries, anybody who is paying attention can easily see that AM is well on the way out and most stations are moving to FM. Why is it that the US remains in denial and is lagging behind the rest of the world, as seems to be the case in so many things? I am old enough to remember when the US led the world in technology and innovation, but for so many years it has barely even been a follower. 73, (Kit W5KAT, CO, ABDX via DXLD) ** MEXICO. MEXICAN RADIO HOST'S RESIGNATION HIGHLIGHTS TIES BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND MEDIA https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/07/world/americas/mexico-radio-leonardo-curzio.html?ref=todayspaper By AZAM AHMED and PAULINA VILLEGAS OCT. 7, 2017 Photo: The radio host Leonardo Curzio during a lecture at the Universidad del Valle de Mexico in February. Mr. Curzio quit in protest over demands to fire his colleagues. Credit Lucia Godinez/Associated Press MEXICO CITY -- Last Thursday, as it has for nearly a dozen years, Leonardo Curzio's radio show delivered lively debate. This time around, his team of analysts harshly criticized a pair of policy initiatives floated in recent weeks by, among others, the political party of Mexico's president, Enrique Pena [sic] Nieto. The timing of the proposals -- one to route public campaign funds to the victims of last month's earthquake and the other to eliminate party-appointed representatives in Congress -- seemed suspect to them. The measures "are absurd, populist and cheap, and they demonstrate their eagerness to gain an easy round of social applause," said Maria Amparo Casar, a co-host of the show and a respected political scientist, taking aim at a battery of initiatives, including those proposed by the president's party, the Institutional Revolutionary Party, which is expected to face a tough fight in next year's presidential election. Ricardo Raphael, Mr. Curzio's other co-host, was even more direct, a risky approach in a country where the media depends on advertising bought by the government. "I think it is vile that apropos of the national emergency, they are trying to get ahead politically," he said. The response came quickly. The next day, Mr. Curzio was called before his radio station's president, Edilberto Huesca, who demanded that Ms. Casar and Mr. Raphael be fired. The reasons given for the termination by NRM Communications, which owns the station, were low ratings and budget cuts. But Mr. Curzio, who developed a reputation as an esteemed newsman during his 18 years at the company, scoffed at that explanation. He suspected the real reason was the denouncing of the government by his co-hosts, an accusation the government has denied. Mr. Curzio refused to fire his colleagues, and then took an exceptional step in Mexico's troubled media landscape: He quit in protest. "I don't have any evidence that the government asked for their firing or to end the show, but I was deeply surprised that they would ask me to stop broadcasting a political panel that enjoys wide approval in terms of ratings during an election year," he said on Friday. "It's like being asked to get rid of a sports show during the World Cup." Mr. Curzio's resignation has roiled Mexico's media and political class, and he and his co-hosts denounced the government's influence over the media in the country in interviews this week. In Mexico, the government accounted for 38 percent of the spending on TV advertising in 2016, and more than 16 percent of radio advertising, leaving many media companies highly dependent on official money. Advertisements in the nation's media paid for by federal, state and local authorities totaled about $2 billion from 2013 to 2016, the first three full years of Mr. Pena Nieto's administration, according to data provided by the government. This money, say critics, is one of the most severe restrictions on the media's freedom of expression here, often subjecting reporters and editors to government influence, with overtly critical journalists fired, negative stories censored and investigative reporting thwarted. "The ties between government and media is like diabetes: It's a disease that stops you from leading a normal life," Mr. Curzio added. "It generates such an alarming feeling that that this is how the establishment works." The government denies wielding such control. "The federal government fully respects and values the freedom of expression that characterizes Mexican democracy and, for that reason, does not intervene in any way in the labor relations or editorial policies of the media," according to a statement from the president's office. The statement noted that the office of social communication and the spokesman of the president valued the professional contributions of Mr. Curzio, Ms. Casar and Mr. Raphael, and welcomed their critical viewpoints in various media, including on a state-owned channel where they all continue to contribute. Mr. Raphael, for his part, says the reasons for the ouster do not make sense. He and Mrs. Casar made just $1,500 a month for their contribution to the show, not the kind of money that would make a difference for a large radio station. According to data compiled by Fundar, a nonprofit research group, NRM Communications received about $7 million in government spending on advertisements in 2016. "This was a message to every other analyst," said Mr. Raphael, a well-known journalist and writer, who described the former show as being politically centrist. All three of the former employees said they had no hard evidence the government was behind the cancellation of the show. But it is not the first time their work has run afoul of the government. Ms. Casar, for instance, is the co-founder of Mexicans Against Corruption and Impunity, a nonprofit group that has taken aim at government misconduct in many forms. The president himself has tried to pressure her co-founder, Claudio X. Gonzalez, to ease off the criticism. The government has also initiated a half-dozen audits of various nonprofits and organizations that Mr. Gonzalez is associated with, including Mexicans Against Corruption and Impunity. The president's office rejected assertions that it had tried to intimidate the Gonzalez family, or any critics in Mexico. While Ms. Casar emphasized that she could not prove there had been coercion or pressure from the federal government, she added that "it does sound like censorship." "The whole issue has to do with the unbalanced relationship between power and the media in Mexico, where most media depends and lives off of official publicity," she said. "We are a nation that has failed to cultivate the virtues of democracy, which are freedom of expression, debate and public deliberation." A version of this article appears in print on October 8, 2017, on Page A14 of the New York edition with the headline: Radio Host's Resignation Shows Ties Linking Mexican Media to Government (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) ** MEXICO. RAYMIE`S MEXICO BEAT this week --- [including some DTV] Re: What is permissible with regard to advertising on public stations in Mexico? The rules in the USA allow material that sounds a lot like an ad. There are of course some limits but they're looser than many people think (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, http://www.w9wi.com Oct 6, via DXLD) Article 88 of the LFTR lists the acceptable sources of income for public stations. Besides public financing (from the budget), stations may receive funds from: -Donations from Mexican citizens or from international institutions -The sale of previously broadcast programs or services, but not advertising -Sponsorships -Financing projects and co-investment to produce and broadcast programming "matching the objectives of the service" -Co-investment projects with other local, state and federal agencies. Article 89 lists the acceptable funding sources for social stations: -Donations, as well as contributions from the communities the station serves -The sale of previously broadcast programs or services, but not advertising -Resources from public entities to produce noncommercial programs -Renting studios or providing services, such as recording, editing and post-production -Co-investment projects with other social broadcast media ("social media" but not in the Facebook sense) There is one additional source (Article 89, item VII) that is unique to social community and social indigenous stations. Federal public entities are required to (and state and local agencies may) direct 1% of their annual advertising budget to these stations. Compliance with the 1% rule has been particularly slow. http://www.elnorte.com/aplicacioneslibre/articulo/default.aspx?id=1209273&md5=b3545b5286483bc89b17317a5d3f21ec&ta=0dfdbac11765226904c16cb9ad1b2efe (Also, despite being the image in the article, XEJMN is public and not eligible for the 1% rule.) (Raymie Humbert, Phœnix AZ, Oct 6, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) Generally similar to US regulation, depending on exactly what they mean by "sponsorships" Here, a "sponsorship" can sound an awful lot like an ad, as long as it doesn't contain a call to action ("stop in today!") or a comparison to competing providers. ("freshest produce in town"). ("Joe's Furniture has Acme office chairs in all colors. Their store at 123 Main Street can repair Lenovo and Dell computers. 212- 555-1212.") would be legal (Doug Smith W9WI, Oct 7, ibid.) The announcement that XEFAJ, S.A. de C.V., the concessionaire of XEINFO-AM, has made its payment to move to FM spurred several articles, and with them, an unusual reply from the concessionaire that ran in El Financiero. I've translated it here: "With regard to the column written by Raymundo Riva Palacio [yesterday] in this newspaper, we make the following observations: Since we bought 100 percent of the station from Infored and José Gutiérrez Vivó in September of 2007 (authorized by Cofetel in December), XEFAJ, S.A. de C.V., has had as its sole proprietors the brothers Eduardo and Guillermo Henkel, as well as Eduardo Henkel Rojas. As such, we categorically reject the accusations made by Riva Palacio claiming that third parties have had any shares in the station. Since September 2007, the absolute control of XEFAJ has always been exercised by the Henkel family, in full compliance with the law, and with the knowledge of regulators, its signal was radiated from land owned by Grupo Radio México [should be Grupo Radio Centro -RH], as XEFAJ's own transmission equipment was located there, as is common in the world of AM radio, in order to keep the station viable in Mexico City. It was because of this economic and technical convenience that we began leasing XEINFO. 105.3 FM will be a new and independent station with new programming, and we will add a dynamic FM station to the dial as audiences have demanded. -Eduardo Henkel and Pérez Castro Legal representative, XEFAJ" I want XHINFO-FM to be a new station. They have a tremendous opportunity ahead of them. So far, however, GRC has taken all programming control since 2008. It is worth noting that the brief use of 1560 to carry Quiéreme (instead of 1440) ended on October 2 (Raymie, Oct 6, ibid.) So 1560 is silent? cd (Chris Dunne, FL, ibid.) It appears so. It will be silent for *good* soon. As a migrant, it must simulcast on AM and FM for one year. Migrants can re-apply for their former AM frequencies, but Radio Educación is probably the only one that will. I could see the 1560 frequency eventually being used to relocate one of a couple stations in the AM expanded band (which is the Article 90 reserved band on AM — no such stations have been assigned to it yet). While it's not possible to do so with most of the FMs between 106 and 108, some IFT commissioners have been strident in not voting for the renewals of grandfathered FM stations, and they are getting renewed only because no other stations of equivalent class are available. As such, XEANAH and XEARZ could very well move. XEUACH is an odd case — the Universidad Autónoma Chapingo was awarded a new station on a new concession for some reason (XECHAP-AM 1130). (Raymie, Oct 7, ibid.) Since September 2007, the absolute control of XEFAJ has always been exercised by the Henkel family, in full compliance with the law, and with the knowledge of regulators, its signal was radiated from land owned by Grupo Radio México [should be Grupo Radio Centro -RH],2. I think it was actually "Grupo Radio México" which was Francisco Aguirre's own company and which briefly operated 1560 after Gutiérrez Vivó was "evicted". Eventually, GRM and GRC merged, as Francisco consolidated his control of GRC (David Eduardo [Gleason], Oct 8, La Quinta CA, ibid.) They used a GRC ID. Also, GRM never operated in Mexico City, basically to protect GRC. So that's why I was skeptical. Meanwhile, do you want to broadcast to Chignahuapan, Puebla? Sak Telecom, S.A. de C.V., didn't, do Mario Óscar Beteta Vallejo gets another chance to add his portfolio —*after he passed on yet another station, at San José del Cabo. Perhaps the low price tag for his bid will entice him? For the record, that makes three bidders that declined. Producciones Detochomorocho was the original bidder. Corporación Sonitel came in second. Sak Telecom came in third (Raymie, ibid.) 1560, when it was doing the all-mariachi format, was run by Francisco Aguirre Gómez independent of GRC. This caused considerable annoyance with the rest of the family, particularly Carlos --- who regaled me with the story of his irritation over lunch some years ago. It seems that the Aguirre family members had been bound by a "promise" to never compete in Mexico City, and Carlos' operation of 1560 was a violation of this accord. I would imagine that the fact that the station was an AM on 1560 made it less of an issue, although it bore the initials of the founder of the original ORC, Francisco Aguirre Jiménez. What's interesting is that I do not see the name of Francisco Aguirre Kranz on any of the documents recently; he had been running his father's stations in northern Mexico under the GRM banner and always impressed me as being a good broadcaster. He is the son of Francisco and singer Emily Kranz, who had some Top 40 hits that ORC played in the 60's on XERC and XEJP (David Eduardo G., ibid.) Wow. That explains a lot (and it could recur again with Francisco Aguirre Gómez having the TV concession in his name). XEINFO during the 2011-12 period did mention GRC in its IDs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Khc9_OmBhDg but did not play PSAs or INE spots, a potential cause for revocation of its concession. Of course, Carlos left GRC in 2013 and participated on his own in IFT- 4, where he benefited from rollover of stations. He passed on a station in San José del Cabo but will set up shop in Puerto Morelos. (Raymie, ibid.) Quote Originally Posted by Raymie: ``A particular difficulty will be finding a way to get into Ciudad Juárez, which is one of the country's most spectrum-saturated cities`` Pretty sure there's room on high-VHF (- Trip Ericson, Alexandria VA, ibid.) That's true. A high-V would be a very likely frequency assignment in any event, as the IFT prefers high-Vs for new social and public stations except in international coordination cases. (While it puts them at a disadvantage, it also ensures that the high-VHF spectrum is at least used.) All the high-Vs except 13 (KCOS) would be available for use in Juárez. ——— One item of note in today's news: La Crónica de Hoy http://www.cronica.com.mx/notas/2017/1046962.html obtained documents via a transparency request from the SCT. These documents are non-binding opinions on radio station bidders in IFT-4. While Tecnoradio did not get one, two previously unreported parties to the auction did: Fórmula Radiofónica and Compañía Periodística Criterios. These concessionaires own some of the Radio Fórmula stations and XHAJ in Saltillo, respectively (Raymie, ibid.) The IFT had yet another meeting (on October 4), http://www.ift.org.mx/conocenos/pleno/sesiones/xl-ordinaria-del-pleno-4-de-octubre-de-2017 primarily consisting of: -Three resolutions to banish Proyecto 40 from the books and replace it with ADN 40. It took this long, for some reason. -The unanimous denial of a station concession to Shuta Yoma, A.C. (I believe it was seeking the same frequency as the other Oaxaca applicant: see below. Shuta Yoma apparently also has ties to a recently revived state political party, which could be part of the reason.) -The award of social community stations to: Ojtakuarhu, A.C. (Chilchota, Mich.), Pátzcuaro en Comunidad, A.C. (Pátzcuaro, Mich.), Esperanza, Destino e Identidad Global, A.C. (Oaxaca City and other localities). -Some permit to concession transfers, including one oddball: XHITT, which (as it is now apparently owned by a foundation for the technological institute) is actually a social station. -10 FM station technical changes (Raymie, Oct 9, ibid.) I went hunting through Infomex to look for transparency requests fulfilled by the IFT that had to do with broadcasting and topics of interest in this space. I found a few worth discussing. Public Station Applications One transparency request asked the IFT about requests for public broadcast stations. Here are a few of the noteworthy hitters: Centro Estatal de Prevención Social del Delito y Participación Ciudadana de Yucatán (3 stations) - Also known as CEPREDEY (still a mouthful), this is a state agency of Yucatán. This agency apparently conducts anti-crime campaigns. Yucatán has never had a state radio service. Consejo para el Desarrollo Integral del Municipio de Tierra Blanca Guanajuato y sus Comunidades Indígenas, A.C. (1 station) - You can probably figure out where this one would be. The request for a *public* station from a civil association is rather baffling. Several municipalities: The municipalities of Tepic, Guadalajara, and Sahuaripa (Sonora) placed a request each. SPR (34 stations) - The SPR, as might be expected, has brought a lot of proposals in recent years. Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro (1 station) - Anyone want to take bets on what this is? If you've been reading me a while, you should know. Universidad de Occidente (2 stations) - One was probably their bid for a Culiacán TV station that the IFT had to turn down because the SPR had priority for the only available allocation. I suspect the other is for a radio station there. The U de O currently only broadcasts to Los Mochis. Universidad Pedagógica del Estado de Sinaloa (1) - This is a new name for radio watchers. This is an educational university (as its name implies, it primarily exists for teacher formation). They already have an online station. The UPES operates in all three major cities in Sinaloa, so it's unclear where they are looking for a station. Universidad Tecnológica de la Región Norte de Guerrero (1) - Permit discontinuity much? Universidad Autónoma del Carmen (1) - Either they want in TV, or they want to expand to Sabancuy with their radio service. They did file for a station there once. Requests for Social Community and Indigenous Stations This one was a list of names and localities applied for. Some have gotten the IFT green light (as recently as last week), while others still await word from the Pleno. A few of the intriguing applicants are... Grupo Radio Huejúcar, A.C. - Huejucar, Jal. Fundación Guish Bac, Abriendo Los Cielos, A.C. - Tlacolula de Matamoros, Oax. Labaa Centro de Desarrollo Comunitario, S.C. - Teotitlán del Valle and a boatload of other small towns (this is Oaxaca after all) Wenceslao Monroy Arias - Tenango del Valle, Edomex Radio KD, A.C. - Cadereyta de Montes and Tequisquiapan, Qro. (one of a few dual-station applicants) Grupo Radioasta, A.C. - Ensenada, BC Maja de la Jornada, A.C. - San Mateo Atenco, Edomex (in the Toluca metro) Difución Para La Cultura Y Ayuda Social, A.C. - Tecamac, Edomex (north of Mexico City, name is [sic]) One applicant, Digital con Sentido Social 106.3, A.C. (Chilpancingo, Gro.), is immediately recognizable as a pirate forced off the air a year ago. http://suracapulco.mx/grafico/desmantela-la-pgr-estacion-de-radio-en-chilpancingo/ The XHDCC and XHHCC permitholders also appear here, likely to resolve permit discontinuities. Shuta Yoma, who had the door shut-a (couldn't resist) on them last week, had applied for stations in San Juan Bautista Cuicatlán, Villa de Zaachila and other localities, and Huautla de Jiménez. A few names I recognized on the list from their membership in ORC, which also, as has been noted before, applied for its own station to serve the Colima metropolitan area. RCBC Comunicación, A.C. -*Many more stations than you'd think. They applied for quite a few. Those were some of the 113 community requests. 18 indigenous stations were also applied for, some by ACs, including that Tierra Blanca grupo (which evidently goes by COMUDI). Most of the proposed stations would broadcast to Michoacán, Oaxaca and Puebla. BCS Broadcasters-to-Be? One request for information asked for information on all the noncommercial radio stations applied for in Baja California Sur since 2014. Here's that list: 2014: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, TDT 2015: Seven stations were applied for in 2015 from four bidders. Three sought untyped social stations, and each one of them wanted both La Paz 95.1 and San José del Cabo 91.5. Fundación Radiodifusoras Capital Jalisco, Luis Roberto Márquez Pizano, and Asociación Cultural Fronteriza, A.C. ACF has applied for stations in Baja California in the past, as has a similarly named group with the same legal representative, who also services Media Sports de México (concessionaire for several BC stations owned by Jaime Bonilla). Márquez Pizano evidently has a history in Mexican radio programming, with programming efforts at Radioactivo, Best FM and Pirata FM among others. The first one is nominally a new entrant, but it is clearly a social wolf for Capital Media. Fundación Radiodifusoras Capital, A.C. (no Jalisco) owns XHORE-FM Morelia. XHOLP-FM is also in this batch. 2016: Three groups want to set up Article 90 reserved band community stations in La Paz: Radio Paceñita, A.C. Corazón de las Californias, A.C. Autonomía Comunicacional, A.C. (there's also a reference to this party having applied for a station in Guerrero Negro, and I don't blame 'em...given the state of radio there, BCS sorely needs "communicational autonomy") All in all, it's table scraps, but some are interesting, and others are kind of baffling. [Tagline:] Este programa es público, ajeno a cualquier partido político. Queda prohibido el uso para fines distintos a los establecidos en el programa (Raymie, Oct 11, ibid.) ** MEXICO. Info from Tetsuya Hirahara, visiting México City September 2017: 690, XEN R Centro y El Fonógrafo, 100 kW. [with logo grafix] 1110, XERED R RED y Formato 21 mention two different output power, 100 and 200 kW in a consecutive ID. All Grupo Fórmula stations identify only with the callsigns. Other news: The following Grupo Radio Centro is still off the air: 790 XERC, 1030 XEQR and 1150 XEJP. It seems that soon they will return but GRC has not given a date (Héctor García Bojorge via Mauno Ritola) 1440, XEEST México City on the air from October 2, 2017 (Héctor García Bojorge via Mauno Ritola) 1560, XEINFO Mexico City back on the air after 8 years. Grupo 7 has apparently bought the long-silent XEINFO-1560 and moved the XEEST-1440 "Quiéreme" format to 1560. (Tim Hall via DXLD) – Héctor García Bojorge reports on October 2, 2017 that XEINFO is off the air (CENTRAL AMERICAN [sic] NEWS DESK 9/10 2017, Tore Larsson, ARC mv-eko 9 Oktober via DXLD) ** MONGOLIA. MNB MONGOLIA CELEBRATES ITS 50th ANNIVERSARY Mongolian National Broadcaster MNB celebrated its 50th service to the public in Mongolia. As the national public service broadcaster, MNB has been educating, informing and entertaining public in Mongolia for the past 5 decades. To mark this historical event, MNB aired a 2- hours live television show on 27th September highlighting the history of the establishment of the MNB and its development and progress over the past 50 years. This fascinating show was also an opportunity to thank and appreciate contributions of several distinguished broadcasters, radio and tv producers, presenters, directors, engineers and artists who have contributed to the growth of MNB. Broadcasters from the old generation in Mongolia together with the young talented MNB anchors, presenters, commentators and directors, participated in a colourful entertaining tv show demonstrating the success of the main national public broadcaster of Mongolia in servicing the public since its inception 50 years ago. On this occasion, MNB also hosted an international Forum with the theme “Development Trends of Public Service Broadcaster” on 27th September. The Forum received encouraging and supporting messages from the President, Speaker of the Parliament and Prime Minister of Mongolia. Mrs Ninjjamts Luvsandash, Director – General, Mr Enkhmandakh Baldan, Chairman of the National Council of MNB and Dr Javad Mottaghi, Secretary – General of the ABU addressed the opening ceremony of the Forum. Some 15 distinguished speakers from Asia and Europe joined the forum and anniversary celebration including NHK- Japan, CCTV- China, TRT- Turkey, BBC- UK, DW- Germany, Ukraine and Russia (ABU via Oct Australian DX News via DXLD) ** MYANMAR. 5985, Myanmar Radio. The Wednesday (Oct 4) edition of "Say It In English" ended at 1257; this weeks adventures (dialogue) of "Tom," had him stuck in a "lift" with some angry people; very readable. Oct 5, on 5985, with live coverage of the Myanmar vs Thailand soccer/ football match held in Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay (Myanmar); sound of the crowd in the background; 1204 to past 1306+; not // to Myanmar Radio on 5915, nor // to Thazin Radio on 7345 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5985, Radio Myanmar 1525 UT Oct 8 in local language. Usual fanfare and sign on in English at 1530. Fair but soft spoken women news announcers are very difficult to understand (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, Alberta, RX: Perseus SDR, ANT: Wellbrook ALA 100 loop antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9730, Myanma R. Surprised to get some audio on this at 1125 with same W announcer as heard in the past. Apparent news by W and M after 1130. Signal off at 1133:50. Very weak with slop QRM from 9725 CRI. 4 Oct, 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus with 151 foot Delta Loop, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** NEW ZEALAND [and non]. 9630, Oct 5 at 0614, RNZI is missing: another sked change? Audiblizing weak Portuguese, i.e. 24-hour Rádio Aparecida, Brasil which gets totally blocked by NZ when on. I hurriedly check other RNZI frequencies; not on 11725, nor 7425, nor 9765, nor 9700 (but Romania in stilted German is now coming thru well at S9+10 to S6 fades). RNZI pops back on 9630 at *0620, JIP news/discussion. Some outage or attributable to their Thursday maintenance breaks? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1899, DX LISTENING DIGEST) No, about to drop 9630 totally; as below 11725, Sat Oct 7 at 0549, RNZP still on this frequency, and surprised to hear a song in German, in fact Marlene Dietrich with ``You Are in My heart``. So the nostalgia request show is already underway? No, `Saturday Night` not officially until 0608 under new DST scheduling when has switched to 9630. In another month when we go off DST, it will become a more waking hour CST: 12:08 am. 6170, Oct 8 at *1259, RNZP still heard here, after 7425 to 1258*. This contradicts recent HFCC registrations for new 5980, at 1300-1645, even more strangely, effective 1 Oct on the half-power 50 kW beam at 35 degrees, but not effective until 8 Oct for the other 50 kW at 325 degrees. We can only assume these were wooden alternatives but which still might go into effect at any time. I don`t know of any problem with staying on 6170, which also remains on the How To Listen sked (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Reception of Radio New Zealand Pacific on 11725 & 7425 kHz Oct 7: 0359-0558 on 11725 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg to All Pacific English as scheduled A17 0559-0658 on 11725 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg to All Pacific English, instead of 9630 0659-0758 on 7425 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg to All Pacific English, instead of 9630 0759-1058 on 7425 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg to All Pacific English as scheduled A17 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/radio-new-zealand-pacific-on-117257425.html (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DXLD) Updated A-17 schedule of Radio New Zealand Pacific from Oct 5: AM mode Daily 2051-2258 13840 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg All Pacific English 2259-0358 15720 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg All Pacific English 0359-0758*11725 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg All Pacific English, ex 0359-0558 0759-1058 7425 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg All Pacific English 1059-1258 7425 RAN 100 kW / 325 deg NoWePac/PNG English 1259-1650 6170 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg All Pacific English *0559-0758 9630 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg All Pacific deleted AM mode Saturday 1651-1758 6170 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg All Pacific English, ex 1651-1858 1759-1858 9700 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg All Pacific English, ex 1859-1958 1859-2050 11725 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg All Pacific English, ex 1959-2050 DRM mode Sun-Fri 1651-1750 6115 RAN 035 kW / 035 deg Tonga/Samoa English 1751-1850 9760 RAN 035 kW / 035 deg Tonga/Samoa English, ex 1751-1950 1851-2050 11690 RAN 035 kW / 035 deg Tonga/Samoa English, ex 1950-2050 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/updated-17-schedule-of-radio-new_9.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, October 9, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1899, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Not 100% English as implied here (gh) [and non]. 11725, Oct 10 at 0616, RNZI is still on here instead of 9630, at poor level, yet the SSOB on 25m. It may not work so well for us now as in our summer. 9630 has a very poor signal as R. Aparecida has been re-uncovered. RNZI has made yet another schedule shakeup, eliminating 9630: 0359-0758 11725, 0759-1258 7425 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA. Thanks to a tip of Dave Valko in PA-US on Oct 9 at 20 UT noted [probably] FRCN Kaduna Nigeria here in remote units at Germany and Belgium on 6089.909 kHz S=5 at 2049 UT -94dBm tiny level, but totally covered by Amhara ETH on 6090.001 kHz, Kaduna transmission switch-off at 2130 UT on Oct 9. From 2105 UT I checked remotes in Liverpool, Greece, Qatar, and various in Japan, and noted ahead CNR2 program from Geermu site 6090.002 kHz, in \\ Beijing 6065 kHz. Heard between 0525 and 0550 UT here in southern Germany: a recording of 0548 UT on Oct 10 made. Distorted audio though. Should be African FRCN Kaduna radio program. Frequency wandered from 6089.915 kHz at 0525 UT S=6 or -86dBm on diverse Perseus units here in Europe, to 6089.913 kHz at 0550 UT. Grayline fade-out time signal around 0610 UT on Oct 10, S=5 or -98dBm decreased signal strength. 73 wolfie df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DXLD) ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Monday, October 09, 2017 10:18 PM Subject: 6089.905 Kaduna?? Checking for 6090 Amhara at 2000, I found a het there. Zooming in, there's another signal on 6089.905. Noticed on other web receivers in Europe, including the Canary Islands. I can't get any definite audio on any receiver though. Just Amhara. Could this be Kaduna back on??? Only Amhara was here yesterday. 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus with 151 foot Delta Loop, via wb, dxldyg WORLD OF RADIO 1899, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, very likely Kaduna. From 1726 in the clear and quite strong, as Amhara National Regional State Radio then closing down for evil - as usual -, but presumed Kaduna terribly distorted. It might have been a traditional string instrument at 1730 followed by "Nigeria" a few times. By 1742 the transmitter was already switched off again. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Germany, 1747 UT Oct 10, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1899, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA [non]. 5960, ASCENSION, Dandal Kura Radio (broadcasting to Lake Chad Basin area according to Google search) at 0513, in presumed Kanuri language, woman with talk to 0517, heard “international” possibly a “Dandal Kura Radio International” ID as some have reported, 0518 English “You’re listening to your local radio.” then man in language, mentions of Cameroon. - Very good, Oct 4 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, listening in my car, parked near a lake, using a CommRadio CR-1a and a Sony AN-1 active antenna. Editor of World English Survey and Target Listening, available at http://www.odxa.on.ca dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Dandal Kura Int via BaBcoCk Ascension & Woofferton, Oct 6 0500-0600 on 5960 ASC 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAf Kanuri 0600-0700 on 7415 ASC 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAf Kanuri 0700-0800 on 13810 WOF 250 kW / 165 deg to WeAf Kanuri http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/radio-dandal-kura-int-via-babcock.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, October 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6770, Oct 9 at 0010, JBA carrier, presumed the old- time-radio museum, while there is no activity in the 6.9+/- pirate band. If you missed it, see DXLD 17-37 for background on this, not including location (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. Channel Z Radio. Saturday, September 30, 2017, 1833, 6925 am. Rock music with excellent sound and signal, s7. Channel Z ID at 1839 (Will-MD) Flashback AM Radio. Saturday, September 30, 2017, 2141, 6940 usb. Sirens into AC/DC, "Highway to Hell." Good signal, s9. (Will-MD) Unid. Saturday, September 30, 2017, 2141, 6928.7 am. Mellow rock music, fair signal, good sound, s5. Off at 2147. (Will-MD) Old time radio. Tuesday, October 3, 2017, 2310, 6770 am. Old time radio programming, very good signal, s7, bothered by utility and talk splatter on the lower side bands. (Will-MD) The Crystal Ship. Wednesday, October 4, 2017, 0043, 6876 am. Music by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. s9, very good, some fading. (Will-MD) Unid. Thursday, October 5, 2017, 0033, 6925 am. A novelty tune ending with "if you think this is dirty you can can go *bleep* yourself." s5/s7 very good, interference from "fishermen" on the sidebands (Larry Will, Mount Airy MD, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6950-USB, Oct 8 at 0019, S9+10 commentary that communists (as in Italy, Hungary, Latin American Marxist movements) have more connexion with Catholix than with Atheists, so give them a break, don`t lump Atheists in with commies. Lists some great Americans who were/are Atheists. Another announcer comes on and disagrees with a few of those named, but plugs Dial-an-Atheist, Austin TX, 512-458- 5731, and clip of Madalyn Murray O`Hair herself. If a station ID, missed it, but address as P O Box 5074, Hilo HI 96720 (was that John T Arthur`s??). Others report it`s Tangerine Radio with Raunchy Rick. 0025 SSTV, 0027 resumes with wild music, stops at 0033, but 0051 it or something is back on same frequency with some ute blaaps QRMing the music. See: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,37818.0.html This all seemed rather dated; several copied the SSTV, such as: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=37818.0;attach=14399 which says ``it was Tangerine Radio from March 1985, relaxing with Pee`` Wee. So a relay now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6930-USB, Oct 8 at 0023, rock music at S6-S7, 0037, and 0050 when cut abruptly and off. These say it was Moonlight Radio: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,37821.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6925-AM, Oct 8 at 0020, S6-S7 pirate music, too weak as I mainly attend other SSB frequencies. These say it was Radio Paisano, a perennial on Columbus Day weekend: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,37817.0.html Should try again with better transmitter Oct 9-12 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6935-USB, Oct 8 at 0052, ``Ladies & gentlemen, you are listening to New York`s progressive giant, where the music is, WQLB`` and some singing IDs of same. Or WQLD, which everyone else thinx it is altho no one quotes that ``full ID``: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,37822.0.html WQLB is a real 15 kW station on 103.3 in Tawas City, Michigan, but FCC AM/FM/TV queries find no WQLD (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 7470 YHWH: Thanks to Ron Howard for pointing out how strong YHWH was last night, and it's similar tonight into Victoria, BC at 0214 tune-in. Local noise on frequency mars an otherwise excellent signal. 73 (Walt Salmaniw, BC, Oct 4, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) After hearing Josiah at great level earlier in the evening, he's back at poor to fair reception at this late hour 0510. Distinctly recognize his voice. He was most definitely not on for a couple of hours at least. I wonder if he has any kind of schedule? 73, (Walt, ibid.) 7470, USA [sic] (Pirate), YHWH at 0215. Caught in progress with Josiah. Fair. Oct 4 (Rick Barton, Sun City/Peoria AZ, Assume English unless otherwise stated. Logged with RS SW-2000629 or Grundig Satellit 750 and various outdoor wires. 73 and Good Listening......! dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7470, Oct 4 at 0245, JBA speech from Station YHWH, 0249 seems off, 0254 seems on. Next check at 0603, surprised to find him still/again on, very late, and much better at S9+10, now can understand his diatribe including: was former Christian for 40 years, 53-page document, tens of millions of Christians have been fooled into believing in that so-called god, Jesus. 0606 playing his notorious ``creepy tune, Days of Hard Life``, but cut at 0608 for undermodulated closing, ID as YHWH, hello to someone in California, I love you, and pulls plug immediately (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Another excellent night for YHWH, and listening between after 0200 and still going at 0248. Really political stuff tonight, encouraging flag burning, etc. Pretty heavy duty stuff. "Don't be stupid, war heroes". "New World Order" stuff. One world dictatorship, etc., etc. 73, (Walt Salmaniw, BC, Oct 5, ibid.) 7470, USA [sic] (Pirate), YHWH at 0200. Caught in progress with Josiah/Yahweh lecture. Everything just dropped out after 20 minutes. My BFO told me there was still an AM carrier there. Heard again faintly at 0245. In the beginning, Solid S-9 signal. Oct 5 (Rick Barton, Sun City/Peoria AZ, Assume English unless otherwise stated. Logged with RS SW-2000629 or Grundig Satellit 750 and various outdoor wires. 73 and Good Listening......! dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) YHWH, 10/6, 7470, Up abruptly in mid sentence at 0157z with typical banter about new world order & strict obedience to Yahweh. S5 but noisy here tonite (Rich Near Chicago Ray, ibid.) ** OKLAHOMA. 1340, KJMU, Sand Springs – Silent Sept. 10, loss of programming source (David Yocis, AM Switch, NRC DX News Oct 16, published Oct 9, via DXLD) That`s no excuse? (gh) ** OKLAHOMA. 1590, KWEY, Weatherford – Format to C&W (ex-SPT); nets to A/Ok/Oa, drop slogan (2017 NRC AM Log updates, NRC DX News Oct 16, published Oct 9, via DXLD) ** OKLAHOMA. RF channel A-13 and virtual 13-2, Oct 4 at 2106 UT, OETA OKLA via KETA OKC, during `BBC World News America` goes to black; eventually OETA puts up its ``Technical Difficulties`` neat design slide à la classic test pattern with rings. BBC WNA finally pops back on at 2111. The audio comes back a bit before the video. I suspect this was a solar transit outage, which happen this time of year (and in March) when satellite network feeder passes directly in front of Sun, overcoming puny satellite signal with inevitable solar noise. These are entirely predictable, just like eclipses, for those who bother. Stations should be prepared with a slide or even a video explaining what`s happening, but few (none?) bother. Let alone work around them with alternate feed routing or pre-recording. I remember the good old days of analog satellite feeds, when one would see the video gradually fade dynamically into visible noise level, and then back out to clear, but with digital it`s all-or-nothing. It so happens that KETA repeats the BBC news one hour later on 13-1, so I`m watching then to see the 5 minutes missed or whether it`s a playback with the gap. No, no problem on this one, and altho some of the stories are the same, others seem to be different, so maybe it was really an updated cast on a different new feed. The 2200 UT airing used to be on one-hour delay, as was painfully obvious when during Breaking News. We`ll try to see what happen 24 hours later {nothing: no LOS}. Or, it could have been something else totally unrelated to STOs. I think OKC was getting heavy rain and flooding. One station, radio, which warns listeners about STOs because it also feeds its own relays via satellite, is KNAU in Flagstaff AZ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: Fall Solar Interference Returns [quoted very last item from DXLD 17-40] ** OKLAHOMA. Nature without narration! Mark & Rick, I am watching Nature at 2 pm Sat [CDT = 1900 UT Oct 7] --- great stereo sound on antenna, and still mono on Suddenlink --- but on BOTH, we are only hearing the background music track, and NO NARRATION!!!! You must be sending it out that way. The narr is showing up on the closed captioning. It`s always something --- Maybe we can hear the entire audio track on Sunday morning?? [later:] I hear it restored at 2:49 [1949 UT]. Seems strange that you would have partial soundtracks even available, rather than the final mix. Or was this problem originating at the PBS level? (I never know whether you are taking a direct PBS feed on the reruns, or local playback). Regards, (Glenn Hauser, Enid, Oct 7 to Mark Norman, and Richard Ladd, OETA via DXLD) This was the episode about Naledi, orphaned elephant calf, a very touching story. I also noticed that most, but not all of the natural elephant sounds were missing from the deficient soundtrack. Maybe something to do with post-produxion foley fraud (gh, DXLD) It was our new server or the PBS server feed. We are looking into it. Hope it won’t happen again (Mark Norman, Interim Executive Director, Oklahoma Educational Television Authority, 2012 UT Oct 7 to gh, via DXLD) [Later:] Glenn, The program audio comes to OETA on various channels. It then is broadcast out to viewers and if all goes as planned the audio channels are combined by your television set or by the cable company that received the signal. In this case OETA server did not play out the audio channel but only the background channel on this particular recording. The program aired fine live from PBS earlier in the week because my wife and I watched it. But the narration was not there when you called. Our engineering staff it trying to determine why it was missing from the recorded program. This does not happen very often so we are checking to see what happened. Next time this program airs on the elephants the audio should be corrected as we did have an SD version which had audio. That is what you heard return at 10 minutes before the program ended. We do our best and hope this will not happen again. Mark (Mark Norman, Interim Executive Director, Oklahoma Educational Television Authority, Office 405-841-9250 Cell 580-620-1200 via DXLD) ** OKLAHOMA. RF 42, Oct 8 around 1500 UT, KBZC-LD OKC is decoding with some regional tropo enhancement; also analog 48, KOCY-LP (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) DTV, also OETA above of course ** OMAN. 15140, Fri, Oct 6 at 1920-1930, Radio Sultanate of Oman, Thumrait, in Arabic. Man announcer presents News, presumably; 1927 Woman and man talk. RSO with a rare good signal and modulation in my location, 45544 (in rare moments, 44544). Note: RHC is audible, but with insignificant signal and interference! (José Ronaldo Xavier, PB, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) RSO’a modulation has been pretty good lately, I haven’t noticed any problems except during English language stuff when the 90.4 Oman FM announcers voice can be a bit low (Paul Walker, PA, ibid.) 15140, Sat Oct 7 at 1432, presumed RSO playing music instead of news in English, poor (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 5024.92, R. Quillabamba, Quillabamba, Cusco. Heard under a very much reduced audio output from co-channel R. Rebelde (Cuba) at 1102 with slow music programming and chat. Rebelde had a reasonably strong carrier but the audio was pitifully weak. This enabled the Peruvian to be heard with its characteristic slightly off-frequency operation. 24/9 (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, VIC (Yaesu FTDX 3000, Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Kenwood R5000, Tecsun PL-680, Horizontal Loop antenna, Double Bazooka antennas for 80, 40 and 20 metres, Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital Noise Eliminating Module, MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling Module, ATU), Oct Australian DX News via DXLD) ** PERU. 5980. R. CHASKI. OCT 5. 2305-2318 UT. Devocional, luego música instrumental. A las 2310 identificación de la emisora como: “Red Radio Integridad”, luego espacio de himnos y coros protestantes, i.e.: Steve Green - Tienen que saber. Luego devocional. SINPO: 35333, desde las 2318 aumenta la estática e impide la escucha (Claudio Galaz; RX: TECSUN PL 660; ANT: Hilo de 40 metros de largo; QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) 5980, Oct 5 at 2329, JBA carrier from Red Radio Integridad via Radio Chaski, Urubamba, until autocutoff at 2330:58.5*. That is sliding 20.5 seconds later than last catch October 2 until 2330:38*, or averaging 6.83 seconds later per (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PHILIPPINES. FILIPINO INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S RADIO GOES ON AIR A new community radio, Radyo Lumad began broadcasting in the Philippines last week. The community radio station was set up with the support of the European Union (EU) and under WACC’s programme on communication for social change. [...] Programmes will air every day in the province of Bukidnon and nearby areas, featuring stories from the Lumad communities of Northern Mindanao and Caraga regions. “Radyo Lumad 1575 AM is the expression of the struggles of the Lumad who have been marginalized, discriminated, and oppressed. The radio is the voice of the Lumad in Mindanao that seeks to be heard. Through the radio, the Lumads can impart their own culture, said Ailene Villarosa of the EU’s “Healing the Hurt’ Project”. [...] The new station’s programming will be solely dedicated to Lumad stories, news reports, alternative music and advocacy songs produced by Mindanao musicians, and the traditional music of the Lumad communities. [...] Radyo Lumad aims to communicate with listeners from the urban and rural poor communities, who use radio both as entertainment and a source of information. They include those with deep-rooted socio- political prejudices and religious biases against Indigenous Peoples from stories they have heard in the mainstream media. Radyo Lumad will present alternative stories about this grouping of non-Muslim indigenous peoples who have lived in the southern Philippines for centuries. [...] http://www.signis.net/news/media/22-09-2017/filipino-indigenous-peoples-radio-goes-on-air (via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, Oct 10, DXLD) ** PHILIPPINES. Anyone have any idea why many (short-wave info, shortwaveschedules.com, EiBi and others) continue to indicate the 1730 to 1930 UT broadcast of Radyo Pilipinas as an English broadcast. I have monitored this station for many years and other than some station ID's and the odd English words used during interviews, etc., this broadcast is in the Filipino language, mostly Tagalog. Today all 3 frequencies are coming in with various levels of reception and interference on 9910 (noisy) 12120 (Good with CODAR) and 15190 VG at times with some intermittent interference when I started monitoring at 1757 and now through 1842 UT. 73 (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA 100 antenna, Oct 7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) What`s listed as English is Tagalog/Filipino and what`s listed as Filipino/Tagalog is English, on some schedule websites. And why they use such high band frequencies when their target at night is Europe is beyond me (Paul Walker, ibid.) WRTH lists 1730-1930 Filipino and 0200-0330 English, the same on their web site http://pbs.gov.ph/dzrp/ without times though. Target Middle East. 73, (Mauno Ritola, HCDX via DXLD) Hi, Some weeks ago, after a reception report sent to the station, I received an answer promising a QSL and the next information: Thank you very much for your reception report. We are also inviting you to listen to our English Broadcast daily at UTC+02:00. Frequencies for our English Broadcast are at *15.640 MHz, *17.820 MHz and *12.010 MHz *frequencies may change from time to time. The programme I listened and reported was in Pilipino, as Mick states, at 1730 UT. That's why they suggested me to listen to their English programme. Greetings! (Artur Fernández Llorella, My DX blog: http://maresmedx.blogspot.com.es/ HCDX via DXLD) Mick, Can you please not complain about things that aren't true. If you check the EiBi website, you will find that the broadcast in question is in fact listed as Tagalog, NOT English. 1730 1930 PHL Radyo Pilipinas TAG ME 9910t 12120t 15190t Admittedly, it used to be erroneously listed as English, but that was several years (!) ago. If some third party continues to cite a very old version, please point your justified criticism at that third party. 73 (Eike Bierwirth, Wiesbaden, Germany http://www.eibispace.de/ ibid.) No problem. Perhaps my EiBi on my Perseus is outdated some what as I believe I was have trouble installing a recent version properly. I will check into that. Perhaps from a third party site as you mentioned. Sorry. I will check your site. Thanks for your excellent work. 73 (Mick Delmage, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 12120, Radyo Pilipinas, 1757 UT Oct 7 in Tagalog with IDs and contact info. Very Good with CODAR // 9910 kHz noisy and 15190 kHz Very Good. Sign Off in English and National Anthem at 1919 (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, Alberta, RX: Perseus SDR, ANT: Wellbrook ALA 100 loop antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** POLAND. Polska regeringen försöker ta kontroll över oberoende medieföretag --- Michael Winiarski, DN 25.9.2017 [translation below] Den polska regeringen ligger i startgroparna för att ytterligare ta över kontrollen över landets massmedier. Efter public service, de statsägda radio- och tv-bolagen, blir det snart dags för de oberoende och privata medieföretagen att bli strypta. För att ta över Polens allmännyttiga tv och radio krävdes inga komplicerade ingrepp eller lagändringar; det räckte att den nationalkonservativa regeringen bytte ut bolagens styrelser, avskedade alla politiskt icke pålitliga redaktörer och journalister på ledande poster, och satte in en lojal partimedlem som ny direktör. Den operationen genomfördes i början av 2016, bara månader efter att det partiet Lag och rättvisa (PIS) hade vunnit valet och bildat regering. Nu har turen kommit till de övriga, från staten självständiga, medieföretagen. De är en nagel i ögat på PIS-ledaren Jaroslaw Kaczynski, eftersom de uppfattas som att de är redaktionellt kritiska mot den högernationalistiska regeringen och att de stödjer oppositionen. Nästa president – och parlamentsval – som är utsatt till 2019 närmar sig snabbt. Inför den hårda kampen om väljarna som väntar har PIS intresse av att ha största möjliga inflytande över opinionsbildningen. Men att komma åt de privata medierna har visat sig vara en betydligt svårare nöt att knäcka än att överta de statsägda medierna. I det här fallet förutsätter ett ingripande en lagändring. Dessutom skulle det leda till en ytterligare vidgad klyfta mellan Warszawa och Bryssel, som redan tidigare har anklagat Polen för att bryta mot en rad EU- principer för en demokratisk rättsstat. Först tog regeringen kontroll över den tidigare oberoende författningsdomstolen. Sedan gjordes ett försök att även göra högsta domstolen till ett lydigt redskap för PIS- regeringen, men det stoppades tills vidare av att presidenten Andrzej Duda lade insitt veto. Följden har blivit att Polen – det största östeuropeiska EU-landet – inte bara framstår som isolerat i den europeiska gemenskapen, utan också att EU-kommissionen för första gången har startat en utredning om huruvida ett medlemsland är på väg att lämna den demokratiska vägen. Men hittills har varken det interna motståndet i Polen eller kritiken från EU fått PIS-regeringen att tänka om. Enligt uppgifter från Warszawa kommer regeringen att redan före årsskiftet försöka driva igenom ny lagstiftning som kommer att slå mot de icke-statliga medierna. Deras ömma punkt är att de är till stor del utlandsägda, och PIS har därmed kunna spela på nationalistiska stämningar. Ursprungligen förordade Kaczynski och det polska kulturministeriet en ”repolonisering” av medielandskapet, det vill säga att polska medieaktörer skulle ta majoritetskontroll över publikationer och etermediakanaler som nu ägs av utlänningar. På den polska ickestatliga mediemarknaden är det utländska ägandet påtagligt. Enligt en beräkning kontrollerar de tyska bolagen Bauer, Ringier Axel Springer och Verlagsgruppe Passau omkring 76 procent av dagspressupplagan i Polen. Men det visade sig att begreppet ”repolonisering” är problematiskt. Det var uppenbart att Kaczynski inte hade en aning om den inre EU- marknadens grundläggande princip att det råder fri rörlighet för människor, idéer, tjänster och kapital. I Ryssland antogs en liknande lag 2014, som införde ett tak på 20 procent för utländskt ägande av ett medieföretag. Följden blev att en rad utländska intressenter, däribland finländska Sanoma, drog sig ur och sålde sina ägarandelar av dagstidningen Vedomosti och engelskspråkiga Moscow Times. Ett försök till ”repolonisering” skulle inte passera lika motståndslöst, utan skulle få till följd att Polen bröt mot en av EU:s viktigaste grundvalar. Vice kulturminister Pawel Lewandowski, som samordnar arbetet med den nya lagen, har sagt att ”syftet är att öka mångfalden på opinionsmarknaden”. Men slagordet ändrades från ”repolonisering” till” dekoncentrering” och ska ske genom att regler införs som begränsar ägare från att få en ”dominerande” kontroll över medieplattformar och marknadsandelar. Utöver de utländska ägarna har liberala Gazeta Wyborcza anledning att oroa sig för den kommande lagen. Tidningen är Polens största, men dess moderbolag har också tv-kanaler, radiostationer och webbportaler. [google translation from Swedish:] THE POLISH GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO TAKE CONTROL OF INDEPENDENT MEDIA COMPANIES --- Michael Winiarski, DN [Denmark?] 25.9.2017 The Polish government is in the pitfalls to further take control of the country's mass media. After public service, state-owned broadcasting companies, it will soon be time for the independent and private media companies to be outraged. In order to take over Poland's public service television and radio, no complicated interference or legislative changes were required; It was enough for the national conservative government to replace the boards of directors, dismiss all politically unreliable editors and journalists on leading posts, and set up a loyal party member as new director. The operation was conducted in early 2016, just months after the party Law and Justice (PIS) had won the election and formed government. Now the trip has come to the rest, from the state independent, media companies. They are a nail in the eye of the PIS leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski, because they are perceived as being editorially critical of the High-Nationalist Government and that they support the opposition. The next presidential and parliamentary elections - which are postponed to 2019, are approaching rapidly. In the face of the tough struggle for voters waiting, PIS has an interest in having the greatest influence over opinion formation. But accessing the private media has proved to be a much harder nuts to crack than to take over state-owned media. In this case, an intervention requires a change of law. In addition, it would lead to a further widening gap between Warsaw and Brussels, which has already accused Poland of violating a number of EU principles for a democratic rule of law. First, the government took control of the former independent constitutional court. Then an attempt was made to make the supreme court an obedient tool for the PIS government, but it was halted by the fact that President Andrzej Duda put in veto. The result has been that Poland - the largest eastern European country - not only appears as isolated in the European Community but also that the EU Commission has for the first time started an investigation as to whether a member state is about to leave the democratic road. But so far, neither the internal resistance of Poland nor the criticism of the EU has prompted the PIS government to reconsider. According to information from Warsaw, the government will already try to push through new legislation that will hit the non-governmental media before the turn of the year. Their tender point is that they are largely foreign-owned, and PIS has thus been able to play nationalist moods. Originally, Kaczynski and the Polish Ministry of Culture proposed a "repolonization" of the media landscape, that is, Polish media actors would take majority control over publications and ethernet channels now owned by foreigners. In the Polish non-governmental media market, foreign ownership is significant. According to an estimate, the German companies Bauer, Ringier Axel Springer and Verlagsgruppe Passau control about 76 percent of the daily press release in Poland. But it turned out that the term "repolonization" is problematic. It was obvious that Kaczynski had no idea of ??the fundamental principle of the single EU market that freedom of movement for people, ideas, services and capital was available. In Russia, a similar law was adopted in 2014, which introduced a 20 percent ceiling for foreign ownership of a media company. As a consequence, a number of foreign stakeholders, including the Finnish Sanoma, pulled out and sold their shares of Vedomosti and the English- language Moscow Times. An attempt to "repolonize" would not pass as resolutely, but would result in Poland breaking one of the EU's most important foundations. Vice-Culture Minister Pawel Lewandowski, who coordinates the work on the new law, has said that "the aim is to increase the diversity of the opinion market". But the slogan changed from "repolonization" to "deconcentration" and should be introduced by introducing rules that restrict owners from gaining "dominant" control over media platforms and market shares. In addition to the foreign owners, Gazeta Wyborcza has reason to worry about the forthcoming law. The magazine is Poland's largest, but its parent company also has television channels, radio stations and web portals (via ARC mv-eko 9 Oktober via DXLD) ** PUERTO RICO. RADIO SPIRITS UP DESPITE BEING “SEVERELY HIT” Radio World - 4 hours ago As Puerto Rico continues to struggle with the aftermath of Hurricane Maria ... were severely hit,” he said in an email to Radio World Wednesday. http://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/0002/in-puerto-rico-radio-spirits-up-despite-being-severely-hit/340541 (via Artie Bigley, DXLD) HOW THE INDUSTRY IS HELPING BROADCASTING BRETHREN IN PUERTO RICO October 5, 2017 By Susan Ashworth As Puerto Rico continues to struggle with the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, broadcast organizations stateside have been reaching out to brethren in the U.S. territory hoping to help to bring stations back online. About a week after the storm, many radio stations across the island lack proper power generators or diesel, and others are still outright out of commission due to the effect of severe winds and heavy rain, according to Eduardo Rivero, vice president of the Puerto Rico Broadcasters Association. “As you may imagine, our radio stations were severely hit,” he said in an email to Radio World Wednesday. “Bottom line, I would say that less than 50% of the broadcasters are now on air or partially on air,” he said. “The major AM-FM networks have been able to get back on air their metro stations, some with limited power or coverage. Others are broadcasting over the web.” “But our spirit is up,” he said. The PRBA formed a steering committee to evaluate and handle offers of assistance after hearing from the National Association of Broadcasters, the Federal Communications Commission, the Society of Broadcast Engineers, the Association of Federal Communications Consulting Engineers and various suppliers and broadcasters in the continental United States. “It is important to feel that there are brothers and sisters that care about what has happened down here due to Hurricane María,” he said. Members of PRBA are at work on a field census to assess damages while a local attorney are handling official inquiries and assistance offers from government, institutional, volunteer and professional sources. Due to communications problems that still exist on the island, Rivero was hoping to set up a conference call each morning at 10 a.m. to answer messages and continue to coordinate efforts with the rest of the team. At one point, 95 percent of cell towers were out of service, according to the FCC’s Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS). In various online forums, U.S. broadcasters expressed concerns about the situation facing broadcasters in Puerto Rico nearly as soon as the storm hit. David Layer, vice president of advanced engineering at NAB, has been active in coordinating help. He has said the needs of stations include parts and components to make repairs to their facilities, including studio equipment and transmitters as well as engineering expertise to help get stations back on the air. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, who visited Texas and Florida to see the damage from Hurricane Harvey and Irma, wrote in a blog post on Oct. 4 that Hurricane Maria had a “catastrophic impact on communications networks” in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The FCC has assisting with repair and restoration, and the FCC has tapped its Universal Service Fund to help carriers. This fund typically provides federal subsidies to companies to make voice and Internet communications services more accessible and affordable in places where the cost of providing service is high. But the blog post did not make mention of any restoration assistance for radio and TV broadcasters. The FCC also released a document called the Hurricane Response Effort, read it here. The commission took steps to address one issue sure to affect broadcasters: bureaucratic red tape. Earlier this week, the Media Bureau extended a deadline for updating public file material from Oct. 10 to Nov. 13. This applies to those broadcasters in both Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands that were damaged by the storm. The commission also extended the filing dates for EAS participants affected by all three hurricanes — Harvey, Irma and Maria — to Monday, Nov. 13 (via WORLD OF RADIO 1899, DXLD) HURRICANE DAMAGE TO A MEDIUMWAVE STATION IN THE CARIBBEAN At the end of of our program last week, we announced the topics that would be included in Wavescan today. However, due to the recent onslaught of several hurricanes in the Caribbean, we present instead the story of what happened to a well known mediumwave station on a small island in the middle of a chain of islands in the Caribbean. Much of this information is found on the internet. People throughout the world have been appalled as they have viewed on their television screens the massive widespread devastation that several recent hurricanes have wrought upon so many of the islands in the Caribbean. Wind gusts as high as 225 miles an hour, and sustained wind speeds at 185 miles per hour, together with massive rainfalls measured in feet, not inches, have produced a devastation that is hard to believe, even when seen. The news media are stating that the large island of Puerto Rico is totally devastated, with virtually no electricity, no drinking water, very little food, very little gasoline, and almost total island wide damage and destruction to all private housing on the island. Other smaller islands are equally devastated, and some islands such as Barbuda, have been completely abandoned by their entire population; only temporarily we would hope. Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Jose, Katia, Lee and Maria have progressively stormed across the Caribbean islands and other nearby territories, wreaking apocalyptic damage during a period of some six weeks. This devastating row of hurricanes is now gone; they are no more than names now that multitudes of islanders would prefer to forget. But they have left behind them a scene of devastation that the islanders will never forget. So massive has been the destruction throughout much of the Caribbean that most of the local news media, television, radio, newspaper, have been no longer able to operate. But, some stories are beginning to come through. Back a month ago, we presented two stories here in Wavescan about radio stations on the two small islands off to the east of Puerto Rico, Vieques and Culebra. In our program today, we present the story of another important radio station in the same area, a station that was a thriving and popular station, though it is now badly damaged and silent. It is the story of mediumwave station WIVV, the West Indies Voice of Victory, with its tall mediumwave tower on the island of Vieques. It was back in the year 1952 that Don and Ruth Luttrell arrived on Vieques Island. Don Luttrell was born at Oakland City, Indiana in 1924 and he became involved in Christian ministry and service in various areas of Latin America. Four years after their arrival on Vieques Island, they launched a new Christian radio station, WIVV with 250 watts on 1370 kHz. The ultimate coverage areas for the new WIVV included not only Vieques Island itself and eastern Puerto Rico, but also the West Indies, the U. S. and British Virgin Islands and much of the Lesser Antilles. Their new radio station was one of the very early Christian radio stations in the Caribbean, preceded by just one other, 4VEH in Cap Haitien in Haiti six years earlier in 1950. In 2008, radio station WIVV was rebuilt, with a new studio building, a new transmitter, and a new transmission tower. The former studio building was converted into a storage garage. Up until the recent massive hurricane, station WIVV was on the air with 5 kW day and 1 kW at night on 1370 kHz. Radio WIVV is now part of the Rock Radio Network and most of their programming was in Spanish on relay from the network parent station WBMJ in San Juan Puerto Rico. There were however, local programming inserts from their own new studio on Vieques Island, as well as some programming in the English language mostly for the island audiences east of Puerto Rico. Two weeks ago, under the onslaught of Hurricane Maria, station WIVV was badly damaged. Their mediumwave tower was broken in three places, their microwave relay dish and tower were destroyed, and photographs show that there is apparently some damage to their new studio building. Station WIVV is now off the air, along with the other two stations in their network on nearby Puerto Rico; WBMJ in San Juan and WCGB in Juana Diaz. The network is hoping to rebuild their facility in Vieques, and also their two other stations on Puerto Rico, with financial aid from interested parties in the United States. Unfortunately, the WIVV story is not an isolated story; there are so many other radio stations in the Caribbean that could tell a similar story of damage and destruction from the onslaught of the recent slew of hurricanes in that part of the world (Adrian Peterson, IN, AWR Wavescan script for Oct 8 via DXLD) ** PUERTO RICO [and non]. [Excerpting only hurricane-related items:] STAs granted: 580, WKAQ PR San Juan – Granted STA, U1 10000/4500, better post-Maria coverage. 720, WRZN FL Hernando – Granted STA, reduced day power (using U2 5000/250), Hurricane Irma damage. 870, WQBS PR San Juan – Granted STA, U1 1250/1250, Hurricane Maria damage. 1230, WLNR NC Kinston – Granted STA with reduced power, off air due to flooding but will need to come back on the air with around U1 250/250. 1320, WDDV FL Venice – Granted STA with U4 5000/250, day pattern 24 hours, Irma damage. 1430, WTMN FL Gainesville – Granted STA with reduced day power (using U1 1000/45), Irma. Stations informing the FCC that they are silent: 1060, WIXC FL Titusville – Silent Sept. 25, had been on intermittently since Hurricane Irma damage Sept. 11. 1110, WVJP PR Caguas – Silent Sept. 20, facilities damaged in Hurricane Maria. 1450, WMFJ FL Daytona Beach – Silent Sept. 12, flooding from Irma. 1500, WKIZ FL Key West – Silent Sept. 10, damage from Hurricane Irma. 1520, WRSJ PR San Juan – Silent Sept. 20, facilities destroyed in Maria 1540, WIBS PR Guayama – Silent Sept. 20, facilities destroyed in Maria 1580, WVOZ PR Morovis – Silent Sept. 25, generator failed after Maria 1590, WPUL FL South Daytona – Silent Sept. 11, damage from Irma. 1660, WGIT PR Canovanas – Silent Sept. 20, facilities destroyed in Maria 1690, WIGT VI Charlotte Amalie – Silent Sept. 7, damage from Irma (David Yocis, AM Switch, NRC DX News Oct 16, published Oct 9, via DXLD) Exclamation! Hurricane Maria Destruction to AM WCGB 1060 Antenna Tower in Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico WCGB-AM 1060 'The Rock Radio Network' which is owned by the Calvary Evangelistic Mission, Inc (CEM) which teaches the Bible in the Caribbean both in English and Spanish since 1956. On Tuesday, September 19 at 10am the station interviewed Mayors of Santa Isabel and Juana Diaz before the passage of major Hurricane Maria. WCGB ran 5kW day, then 500 watts at night. Their sister stations are WIVV and WBMJ. The next day the station was flooded by the storm surge which severely damaged both inside and outside of the studio. Both transmitters are out-of-order. The parking lot along the west side of the station has two medium size trees knocked down to the ground near the rear. Two remain standing along the front end. The rooftop microwave tower located on the northeast corner creased in the middle with the lower section laying horizontal across the roof and the top section bend downward touching the ground. It appears that the dish mounting pipe mounting ring bolts snapped. Rooftop medium range UHF/VHF yagi antenna metal mast bend 40 degrees with the front end resting on the roof. The force of Maria's winds ripped up parts of the concrete roof. Buildings in the Campamento del Caribe are wrecked. Wooden power transmission towers, poles are down and roads blocked everywhere making transit difficult. 1060-AM 'La Roca' is now broadcasting live programming from a fixed location with a bunker type studio (main control) strapped to a high ground pickup truck. The bunker space fits three people. Believe it or not, but there is some humor to this. The FCC AM database has the religious station blown away on top of seamounts in the Gulf of Guinea, south of Accra, Ghana, Africa 4,680 miles east- southeast of Puerto Rico according to their groundwave contour maps. [this link leads to the images which follow:] http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?11618-Hurricane-Maria-Destruction-to-AM-WCGB-1060-Antenna-Tower-in-Juana-Diaz-Puerto-Rico&p=44737#post44737 (9) Images: Click image for larger version. 1. WCGB_1060_Juana_DiazPR5.jpg Views: 4 Size: 75.4 KB ID: 21044 2. WCGB_1060_Juana_DiazPR6.jpg Views: 4 Size: 72.8 KB ID: 21045 3. WCGB_1060_Juana_DiazPR7.jpg Views: 3 Size: 59.3 KB ID: 21046 4. WCGB_1060_Juana_DiazPR8.jpg Views: 3 Size: 47.9 KB ID: 21047 5. WCGB_1060_Juana_DiazPR9.jpg Views: 3 Size: 60.2 KB ID: 21048 6. WCGB_1060_Juana_DiazPR10.jpg Views: 3 Size: 14.4 KB ID: 21049 7. WCGB_1060_Juana_DiazPR11.jpg Views: 4 Size: 54.2 KB ID: 21050 8. WCGB_1060_Juana_DiazPR12.jpg Views: 3 Size: 90.7 KB ID: 21051 9. WCGB_1060_FCC_GoogleEarthPro.jpg : 6 Size: 71.9 KB ID: 21052 Links: Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCGB Website: https://rockradionetwork.org/ Listen online: https://rockradionetwork.org/listen-online/ [WCGB (Live M-F from 9 AM to 1 PM)] Donation Form: https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/weblink.aspx?name=E4908&id=2 (GACTVDX, Easton PA, Oct 11, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) Hate to see that destruction. I hope nobody was hurt. For some reason the FCC contour plot is plotting the antenna pattern at 0-0-0N/0-0-0W. It should be 17-59-28N/66-28-32W which does appear in the FCC records as the location of the WCGB tower (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, Oct 11, ibid.) Exclamation Communication Services Post Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico Twenty-three days after major hurricane Maria passed over Puerto Rico, only one television station remains on-the-air. - WKAQ-DT (RF: UHF-28/Virtual: 2) Telemundo in San Juan, P.R. [Transmitter tower located in the north-central 'Bosque Estatal de Cartie' mountain reserve, east of Cayey along road route PR-184] Puerto Rico has 17 districts that make up 78 counties; island wide only 24 percent of customers have their cell services restored. Wireline and cable service restoration is estimated to be near one percent. Later, two television stations were knocked out: 1. WIPR-DT (RF: UHF-43/Virtual: 6), Independent Public Stn, San Juan 2. WIPM-DT (RF: UHF-35/Virtual: 3), Independent Public Stn, Mayagüez Ten AM/FM radio stations are out-of-service: 1. 630 WUNO-AM, San Juan 2. 870 WQBS-AM, San Juan 3. 910 WPRP-AM, Ponce 4. 1430 WNEL-AM Caguas 5. 91.3 WIPR-FM, San Juan 6. 99.1 WPRM-FM, San Juan 7. 101.9 WZAR-FM, Ponce 8. 102.3 WMIO-FM, Cabo Rojo 9. 107.3 WCMN-FM, Arecibo 10. 107.7 WQBS-FM, Carolina Fourteen AM radio stations are operational: 1. 550 WPAB, Ponce 2. 580 WKAQ, San Juan 3. 610 WEXS, Patillas 4. 680 WAPA, San Juan 5. 840 WXEW, Yabucoa 6. 940 WIPR, San Juan 7. 1070 WMIA, Arecibo 8. 1240 WALO, Humacao 9. 1260 WISO, Ponce 10. 1300 WTIL, Mayagüez 11. 1320 WSKN, San Juan 12. 1470 WKUM, Orocovis 13. 1480 WMDD, Fajardo 14. 1490 WDEP, Ponce Eight FM radio stations are operational: 1. 91.3 WIPR, San Juan 2. 94.7 WODA, Bayamón 3. 95.7 WFID, Rio Piedras 4. 96.1 WAEL, Maricao 5. 97.7 WNVM, Cidra 6. 104.1 WERR, Vega Alta 7. 104.7 WKAQ, San Juan 8. 106.9 WMEG, Guayama (GACTVDX, Easton PA, Oct 13, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) ** PUERTO RICO [and non]. [translation follows] 580 2.10 0501 WKAQ San Juan PR. Kedjeanrop. FD 580 6.10 0300 WKAQ San Juan PR är i luften igen efter stormarna. Skiftade väldigt i hörbarhet. JE 580 7.10 0501 WKAQ San Juan PR, svag, med läget på PR. ODD. 680 30.9 0456 WAPA, San Juan med information. TN 940 27.9 0249 WIPR San Juan PR “9-40 AM WIPR, la senal.... publica” med “música familia”. (939,984). JE 940 27.9 0501 WIPR San Juan PR. FD 970 6.9 0158 WSTX St Croix ”AM 9-70 WSTX” BIH 1070 27.9 0200 WMIA Arecibo “Wapa-radio” pratade om vad stormen gjort i Puerto Rico och Dominikanska Republiken och annonserade “cobertura especial”. Måste väl ha rustat upp den här sändaren i samband med övertagandet? Gick bättre än moderstationen på 680 nu och har blivit dominant här. JE 1280 30.9 2258 WCMN NotiUno, Arecibo PR tillbaks större del av natten. Annonserade 2.10 ”cobertura especial área metro 95,7 99,1 och área norte 1280”. Nu har de dessutom lagt till 910 Ponce i anropen. FD 1280 2.10 0200 WCMN NotiUno, Arecibo nu åter i luften och med full effekt som det lät. PR också på 940 (sämre än vanligt) och 1070. JE 1390 20.9 0423 WISA, Noti Luz, Isabela med ID 0452. Kontaktade HK då jag uppfattade ID som något otydligt och här kommer hans kommentarer: ".... Radio WISA, 13-90 (...) 12:23 minutos, pues ya, de la madrugada. A ver si se encuentran bien, descansando, pese a que muchos mientras tanto sigan pendientes de este tiempo (...) continuando (...) Jag hoppas ni har det OK, och att ni kan vila trots att ni väntar på det här vädret... vi fortsätter.. Från nästa avsnitt hör jag bara tidsannonsen 12:51 och sen kommer gruppen Aventura med sin låt Dile al amor, med nästan 50 miljoner visningar på Youtube!! Detta var den 20 september, 4 timmar innan orkanen Maria drog in över Vieques. Vindar på upp till 200 km i timmen enligt olika rapporter. I dag saknar man fortfarande el på många ställen. Jag söker WISA på nätet och får in en kanal som spelar portoricansk musik non-stop. Jag lyssnade i 45 minuter men hörde inget anrop ens vid heltimmen. Musik: salsa, merengue, bachata och andra musikstilar, alla med kristet innehåll. Jag letar efter någon aktiv station (28 sept). WAPA, WIAC, WKAQ är inte igång. Däremot hörs WUNO (NotiUno 630) med krisrapportering och instruktioner till allmänheten, t ex till anställda på Toyota Credit Center, Puerto Rico ungefär så här: Alla anställda ombedes höra av sig eller visa upp sig den 27 eller 28 till kontoret. Verksamheten återupptas den 2 oktober. Henrik, stort tack för dessa kommentarer, intressanta efter den svåra orkanen som förstört så mycket på ön. (1389,997) TN 1480 20.9 0452 WMDD Fajardo med ID som "El 14-80" samt mycket PR prat. (1479,998) TN 1480 4.10 0516 WMDD Fajardo PR tillbaks. FD 1480 6.10 0300 WMDD El 14-80, Fajardo PR är också den igång igen. Har nämligen problem med elen och försvann helt stundtals. Stängde nog också tidigt. JE [google translation of the above:] 580 2.10 0501 WKAQ San Juan PR. Daisy chaining. FD 580 6.10 0300 WKAQ San Juan PR is in the air again after the storms. Changed very much in audibility. JE 580 7.10 0501 WKAQ San Juan PR, weak, with the mode of PR. ODD. 680 30.9 0456 WAPA San Juan with information. TN 940 27.9 0249 WIPR San Juan PR "9-40 AM WIPR, la senal .... publica" with "música familia". (939.984). JE 940 27.9 0501 WIPR San Juan PR. FD 970 6.9 0158 WSTX St. Croix "AM 9-70 WSTX" BIH 1070 27.9 0200 WMIA Arecibo "Wapa Radio" talked about what the storm was doing in Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic and announced "Cobertura Especial". Must have set up this transmitter in connection with the takeover? Went better than 680 now the mother station and has become dominant here. JE 1280 30.9 2258 WCMN NotiUno, Arecibo PR is back for a larger part of the night. Advertised 2.10 "Cobertura Especial Area Metro 95.7 99.1 and Área Norte 1280". Now they have added 910 Ponce in the calls. FD 1280 2.10 0200 WCMN NotiUno, Arecibo now back in the air and with full effect as it sounded. PR also at 940 (worse than usual) and 1070. JE 1390 20.9 0423 WISA, Noti Luz, Isabela with ID 0452. Contacted HK when I perceived ID as something unclear and here comes his comments: ".... Radio WISA, 13-90 (...) 12:23 minutos, pues ya, de la madrugada. A ver si se encuentran bien, descansando, pese a que muchos mientras tanto sig pendientes de este tiempo (...) continuando (...) I hope you are OK and that you can rest despite that you are waiting for this weather ... we continue .. From the next episode I only hear the time ad 12:51 and then the group Aventura with their song Dile al amor, with almost 50 million views on Youtube !! This was on September 20, 4 hours before Hurricane Mary drew in over Vieques. Winds up to 200 km per hour according to different reports. Today you miss still electricity in many places. I'm looking for WISA online and get into a channel that plays portistic music non-stop. I listened for 45 minutes but did not hear a call even at the helm. Music: salsa, merengue, bachata and other music styles, all with Christian content. I'm looking for an active station (28th September). WAPA, WIAC, WKAQ are not running. On the other hand, WUNO (NotiUno 630) is reporting crisis reporting and instructions to the public, for example, to employees at Toyota Credit Center, Puerto Rico, like this: All employees are advised to turn off or show up on 27 or 28 to the office. Operations resumed on October 2. Henrik, thank you very much for these comments, interesting for the hard hurricane that destroyed so much on the island. (1389,997) TN 1480 20.9 0452 WMDD Fajardo with ID as "El 14-80" and very PR talk. (1479,998) TN 1480 4.10 0516 WMDD Fajardo PR back. FD 1480 6.10 0300 WMDD El 14-80, Fajardo PR is also running again. Having problems with electricity and disappearing all the time. Closed too early. JE BIH = BERNT IVAN HOLMBERG, SALA, SVERIGE FD = FREDRIK DOURÉN, BORLÄNGE, SVERIGE JE = JAN EDH, HUDIKSVALL, SVERIGE ODD = ODD PÅG, STRÖMSTAD, SVERIGE TN = THOMAS NILSSON, ÄNGELHOLM, SVERIGE Henrik = probably Henrik Klemetz, BORÅS, SVERIGE (ARC mv-eko 9 Oktober via DXLD) A compilation of Puerto Rican stations heard in Sweden by our members Fredrik Dourén and Jan Edh after the hurricanes Irma and Maria follows: 580 WKAQ San Juan 1190 WBMJ San Juan 680 WAPA San Juan 1280 WCMN Arecibo 940 WIPR San Juan 1300 WBMJ San Juan 1070 WMIA Arecibo 1320 WSKN San Juan (irregular) 1120 WMSW Hatillo (probably) 1480 WMDD Fajardo (irregular) ------- 1590 WXRF Guayama, ex WGYA (MW News via Tore B Vik, ARC) (CENTRAL AMERICAN [sic] NEWS DESK 9/10 2017, Tore Larsson, ARC mv-eko 9 Oktober via DXLD) ** ROMANIA. 11850, RRI at 2027 with IS to opening music and a man with ID and a mention that this is a half-hour broadcast to Europe and Eastern North America then web platforms and a woman with news at 2031 – Very Good Oct 9 13660, RRI at 1708 with a man with a report on a proposed European Union Security Fund to support smaller and weaker members to implement appropriate security measures then a report on a Romanian tennis player’s success at the Beijing Open – Very Good Oct 9 (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA yg via DXLD) ** ROMANIA. Re B-17 I see the old Saftica entries in RadCom Romania the use also reduced 100 to 75 kW, and 40kW in DRM mode also, antenna type ITU #812 use a revolving log-periodic antenna at Saftica - old Comintern broadcast area of May 1955 year, seen on Google Maps / Earth images. 73 wolfie (Wolfgang Büschel, Oct 7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) RRI transmitter revision The shortwave transmitters in Tsiganeshti, near Bucharest, relaying Radio Romania International`s broadcasts, are to go into planned revision on Tuesday, October 10, between 08.00 and 16.00 local time (that's between 0500 and 1300 GMT). Between these hours, you can listen to our broadcasts relayed by the Galbeni 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 TuneIn and on your fixed and mobile phones in some states (RRI website via Robert Scaglione, Sicilia, Oct 9, shortwave yg via DXLD) Revision? That`s not the right word in English. What do they really mean? Restoration? Change of some sort? Do they mean some of the Tsig frequencies would be occupied by Galbeni transmitters instead, or only the Galbenis would be on air? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** SAN ANDRES. 910, HJMY, San Andrés Island, Colombia. Sept. 10, 2017, 0200 UT, With SS music and announcements // RCN La Radio webstream, clear at times during semi-au conditions. RECORDING: https://youtu.be/z2HVmXLaZEs ANTENNA: South DKAZ. 2131 miles, NEW LOG 73, (Tim Tromp, West Michigan, Perseus SDR + reversible BOG & DKAZ, IRCA via DXLD) ** SAO TOME. USA / São Tomé --- I received an electronic confirmation from IBB São Tomé Transmitting Station for Reception of "Voice of America" in English - 01.10.2017, 0400-0429 UT on frequency 6080 kHz (Transmitter 100 kW) The report was sent by e-mail: hmenezes @ bbg.gov. Received from Helena de Menezes Manager's Secretary IBB São Tomé Transmitting Station C.P. 522 Pinheira, São Tomé São Tomé e Principe Tel: (+239) 222-34-00 (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" via Rus-DX Oct 8 via DXLD) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 11745.4, Al'Asm Radio. New service of Saudi BC first noted at 0955. Arabic talks and occasional intro music snippets. Suddenly off at 1020 but then returned at 1023. Believed to be from the Jeddah site. Monitored via several remote SDRs in Greece and Uzbekistan at good level. Presumed to be the first day of broadcasting, 11/9. Current operating hours appear to be 0700-1700 UT and is aimed at the Saudi troops located in the southern part of Saudi Arabia. The ID announcement is clearly "Huna Al'Azm". The word Al'Azm means Determination. In addition to the shortwave outlet, the station can be found on 549 and 747 kHz mediumwave, and 94.9, 99.0, and 107.0 MHz FM. Also noted on 17/9 at Mount Evelyn around 0745 with a weak signal and female announcer chat (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, VIC (Yaesu FTDX 3000, Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Kenwood R5000, Tecsun PL-680, Horizontal Loop antenna, Double Bazooka antennas for 80, 40 and 20 metres, Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital Noise Eliminating Module, MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling Module, ATU), Oct Australian DX News via DXLD) Good signal of BSKSA Al-Azm Radio, Oct 6 0630-0700 on 11745 JED or RIY tx ??? kW to N/ME test tone 0700-1700 on 11745 JED or RIY tx ??? kW to N/ME Arabic: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/good-signal-of-bsksa-al-azm-radio-oct6.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, October 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 21505.028, Oct 4 at 1433, Arabic talk stronger than 21525 WRMI, but weaker than // 17705.005, i.e. BSKSA General first program. 21505 is 500 kW, 295 degrees from Riyadh. Nice to find 13m open from the ME, but too bad no one else is using it, not even Kuwait 15380.03v, Oct 5 at 1341, BSKSA in Arabic with big frying-sound buzz, just like old times; what audio can be heard matches // 17615. 15380 is also wobbling slightly at S9. This is 500 kW, 310 degrees from Riyadh for CIRAF 39-N only, which means Turkey, but overkill power blasts right on USward. 15380, Oct 9 at 1326, BSKSA with Qur`an, amid horrible frying buzzroar again, S9+10 and also suffering splat from 15370 Cuba; off at 1405 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1899, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15435, Oct 6 at 1510, BSKSA going from melodic Qur`an to Arabic talk, good modulation here, S9 with flutter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15345, 1658, R Neda, Arabic comm [commentary? communications? comments?], prayers, 444, 22/09 (Michael L Ford, Staffs., Oct BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) Radio Neda --- where did you get that? I can`t find that name in WRTH national or international sexions. However, google search on name leads to a station in Afghanistan in ``Persian`` on 90.9 and satellite https://www.facebook.com/Neda.90.9FM/ ``Listen Radio Neda 90.9 FM's friends and enthusiasts with beautiful programs with the Millennium Accents and Millennium Records. Frequency: 12015 Mhz Polarity: Horizontal Symbolrate: 27500 Fec: 3/4`` 15345 is also unlisted for BSKSA in HFCC, and in NDXC/Aoki which still shows the imaginary Argentina sked. Possibly typo for 15435? where BSKSA is scheduled at this time. This might also correlate with my UNID: 15344.076, Oct 2 at 1433, JBA carrier (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SEYCHELLES [non]. Reception of FEBA Radio via BaBcoCk Trincomalee on Oct 9 1400-1428 9775*TRM 125 kW / 345 deg to SoAs Kannada/English Mon, poor * co-ch 9775 BEI 150 kW / 270 deg to EaAs Chinese China Nat Radio-2 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/reception-of-feba-radio-via-babcock_9.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, October 9, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, Oct 3, 1900, Solomon Island Broadcasting Corp., Honiara, 1900 UT Oct 3. Und es ist wieder soweit: Radio Happi Isles, die Solomon Island Broadcasting Corp. aus dem Pazifik beginnt um 1905 UT sein Programm auf 5020 kHz mit der Hymne und einer Stationsansage. Das Signal mit S 3 noch schwach, aber hörbar (Christoph Ratzer via A-DX, via SW Bulletin October 8 via DXLD) ** SOMALILAND [and non]. 7162, 19.09.17 *0330-0345, SOM, R. Hargeisa, VV [vernacular = unknown language]: S/ON with intermodulated freq // 7120 & 32442, 7078, rumbling with mix from Sound of Hope & Beijing jammer type “siren” (Rumen Pankov, Sofia (Bulgaria). RX: Sony ICF2001D. ANT: Folded Marconi antenna own made, Sept DX Fanzine via WORLD OF RADIO 1899, DXLD) We would call 7162 & 7078 matching spurs out of the 7120 transmitter; nothing to do with mixing SOH and Beijing except as QRM. But SOH is not being reported elsewhere in this ham range (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) 7120, R. Hargeisa, Already on with anthem at 0329, barely audible M at 0330, different M introducing the Kor`an briefly at 0332, and into said morning prayers. Clear but they need to boost the audio. 4 Oct, 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus with 151 foot Delta Loop, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) 7120, Oct 7 at 1327, very poor S3 talk vs stronger CWQRM, presumably English segment from INTRUDER, R. Hargeisa, via longpath. BTW, Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria reports to DX Fanzine only, that on Sept 19 from *0330 he also had Hargeisa on plus/minus 42 kHz spurs, 7078 & 7162. We should look for those (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH AFRICA. 15460, Sunday October 8 at 1359, the BaBcoCk IS catches my ear, so what will this turn into? By 1359.5 it`s changed to the Vatican Radio IS. But at 1400 language opens mentioning Burundi, RadioAchow.com or something like that. In fact, neither BaBcoCk nor Vatican is involved in HFCC registrations for 1400-1500 on 15460, but instead IBB, 100 kW, 15 degrees from Meyerton on Sat & Sun only in Kin, which means Kinyarwanda. This is contradicted in NDXC/Aoki as VOA in Kirundi. Presumably SENTECH was all mixed up in its switching prior to 1400, but got the input right just in time. EiBi will make no distinxion between the two languages, as ``KNK`` = ``KinyaRwanda-KiRundi service of the Voice of America / BBC``. Are they really mixed together in transmissions? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 9370, WWRB Manchester TN (presumed); 1419- 1429+, 10/3; Alexander Scourby Bible reading interrupted by Bro. Stair bombastically blaring blather; interrupted himself for contact info including Pastor Rice in Henrietta OK, then back to gloom & doom about preparing for an attack by North Korea. S20 peaks. 9980, WWCR Nashville TN (presumed); 1921, 10/1; Alexander Scourby Bible reading interrupted by Bro. HyStairical who said, “In one hour, it will all be over.” Repeat reference to Bro. Rice in Henrietta OK. S20 11825, WRMI Radio Miami Int’l (presumed); 2107-2123+, 9/30; Brother Stair boldly spewing bombastic scripture; re warning horns blowing, unclean lips, dried fruit, fire & brimstone spewing mouths, God will melt America, casting silver into the streets (save your palladium & rhodium); 2123 abrupt segue to new tirade. S20 w/a few DAs (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, 5525 Whitehall St., Midland MI 48642-3156, Drake R8B + 185' & 60' RW + 125' bow-tie, ----- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! -----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SPAIN. RNE has a regional slot at 1910 Local Time [1710 UT summer, 1810 UT winter as keeping with DST and double-DST --- gh] In the morning the private networks have regional/local news slots 5- 10 minutes (depends on the network) before the full or the half hour with the first edition before 0700 Local Time. During the evening the private networks have some short slots with local IDs and ads with no regular times, but mostly around the full or half hour, or if the programme allows it (for example half time of live football matches). The mentioned RNE programs and private morning news broadcasts are Monday to Friday only. 73, (Patrick Robic, Austria, Oct 7, MWCircle yg via DXLD) RNE: New REG/LOCAL schedule from 04SEP2017 Mo-Fr: UT Summer (+1 in winter) R1-R5 05'45-06'00 R R5 06'30-07'00 L/R(*) R5 10'25-10'30 R R1-R5 11'10-12'00 R R5-R1 13'04-13'08 R R1-R5 17'10-17'30 R (*) Every region will decide what to do with this time. In Castilla y León will be local 06'30-06'50 and regional 06'50-0'700. In Extremadura all will be regional. Sa-Su: R5 07'05-07'15 R1-R5 11'30-12'00 73! (Mauricio Molano, Salamanca, ESPAÑA - SPAIN RX site: Aldea del Cano, Cáceres. LAT: 39º17'09.70 N LONG: 6º19'00 W RX: PERSEUS. ANT: WELLBROOK ALA1530S+ http://moladx.blogspot.com/ ibid.) ** SPAIN. Venerdì 6 ottobre 2017: Tutta la Spagna in 15 minuti (07.45- 08.00 locali): programmi regionali in MW. Enclave africana. RNE Melilla si ascolta sui 972 kHz. Il quarto d'ora che separa le 7.45 dalle 8 di mattina (ora locale di Madrid e Roma [UT +2]) è un momento magico per ascoltare le programmazioni locali / regionali della Spagna in onde medie, dal lunedì al venerdì. Le varie catene hanno uno spazio dedicato all'informazione e alla pubblicità locale, mentre il sole che sale ad oriente, ma è ancora basso a occidente, aiuta a ridurre le interferenze da est. Mentre restano forti quelle da nord-ovest (Olanda e UK in particolare) Con un po' di pazienza ho realizzato un monitoraggio da Bocca di Magra. Sotto trovate gli orari verificati e gli ascolti del 5 ottobre 2017. 73, Giampiero Orari dal lunedì al venerdì: RNE programmazione regionale: 0745-0800 ora locale Onda Cero programmazione locale: 0755-0800 ora locale SER programmazione regionale: 0750-0800 ora locale COPE programmazione regionale: 0756-0800 ora locale Ascolti: RNE Regionals at 0545 UT (dal lunedi al venerdi) 558 5/10 RNE Valencia, Spain, RNE Comunidad Valenciana, good 567 5/10 RNE Murcia, Spain, Regional RNE Murcia, good 576 5/10 RNE Barcelona, Regional RNE Catalunya, in Catalan, good 585 5/10 RNE Madrid, Spain, RNE Comunidad de Madrid, good 603 5/10 RNE Sevilla, Spain, RNE Andalucia, good 612 5/10 RNE Lleida, RNE Catalunya, fair 621 5/10 RNE Palma, RNE Baleares in Mallorquino, fair 648 5/10 RNE Badajoz, RNE Extremadura, fair 684 5/10 RNE Sevilla, RNE Andalucia, excellent 693 5/10 RNE Tortosa, RNE Catalunya, fair 729 5/10 RNE Cuenca, RNE Castilla y la Mancha, fair 738 5/10 RNE Barcelona, RNE Catalunya, excellent 747 5/10 RNE Cadiz, RNE Andalucia, fair/good 774 5/10 RNE Valencia, RNE Comunidad Valenciana, very good 801 5/10 RNE Girona, RNE Catalunya, fair 855 5/10 RNE Murcia, RNE Murcia, very good 864 5/10 RNE Socuellamos, RNE Castilla y la Mancha, weak/fair 936 5/10 RNE Valladolid, RNE Castilla y Leon, QRM RAI Belluno 972 5/10 RNE Melilla, RNE Melilla, fair 1017 5/10 RNE Malaga, RNE Andalucia, fair 1098 5/10 RNE Almeria, RNE Andalucia, fair 1107 5/10 RNE Ponferrada, RNE Castilla y Leon, fair QRM Rome 1125 5/10 RNE Castellon, RNE Comunidad Valenciana, weak QRM RTBF Vivacite' 1152 5/10 RNE Lleida, RNE Catalunya, weak 1305 5/10 RNE Ciudad Real, RNE Castilla y la Mancha, fair/good 1305 5/10 RNE Bilbao, RNE Euzkadi regional, at 0548 dominant for few minutes 1314 5/10 RNE Tarragona, RNE Catalunya, fair with some QRM Romania 1413 5/10 RNE Girona, RNE Catalunya, good Onda Cero 1341 5/10 0555 Onda Cero Radio Ciudad Real, local ID, commercial, fair 1341 5/10 0556 Onda Cero Almeria, local ID & commercials, poor QRM Ciudad Real SER 810 5/10 0550 SER Madrid, Hoy por hoy Madrid, news, commercials, weak/fair QRM Macedonia 873 5/10 0550 SER Zaragoza, Hoy por hoy Aragón, fair 1044 5/10 0550 SER Valladolid, Hoy por hoy Castilla y León, fair 1080 5/10 0550 SER Huesca, Hoy por hoy Aragón, fair 1116 5/10 0550 SER Pontevedra, Hoy por hoy Galicia, fair 1260 5/10 0550 SER Murcia, Hoy por hoy Región de Murcia, fair/good 1485 5/10 0550 SER Alcoy, Hoy por hoy Comunidad valenciana, fair COPE 711 5/10 0558 COPE Murcia, local ID with FM & AM frequencies, local commercials, fair/good 882 5/10 0556 COPE Alicante, local ID, provincial news & commercials, fair 1143 5/10 0556 COPE Jaen, local ID, news, meteo, fair 1224 5/10 0557 COPE 2 transmitters, ID COPE Andalucia, news, fair 1296 5/10 0557 COPE Valencia, Spain, local ID, news Valencia, fair Pubblicato da (Giampiero Bernardini a ottobre 6 2017, dxldyg via DXLD) ** SPAIN. 15520, Oct 4 at 2058, REE playing YL rock song in English. It would be a lot more helpful if they would broadcast some news in English! This is now the best frequency by far on the PL-880 with whip only, as 15390 is VP, and altho on the air, the 16m channels 17855 to us and 17715 are poor. By 2134 recheck, 15520 has become JBA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 17715, REE at 1859 UT Oct 4 in Spanish with Radio Nacional España IDs. Imaging to 1900 then into news about Catalunya. Very Good // 17855 kHz Very Good // 15390 Very Good with distortion // 15520 kHz Excellent (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, Alberta, RX: Perseus SDR, ANT: Wellbrook ALA 100 loop antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) When checked at 1900 UT again, all f o u r REE Noblejas on air tonight: 17855 S=9+10dB, 17715 S=9+5dB, 15520 S=9+5dB, 15390 S=8-9 fluttery 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, Friday Oct 6, ibid.) 17855, REE at 1824 // 15390, 15520, and 17715 in Spanish with two women with a news magazine with several sound bytes and a “Radio Cinco” ID then time pips at 1830 and a “Radio Exterior de España” ID – Very Good Oct 7 – There are several radio networks under the REE banner: Radio Nacional, Radio Classica [?], Radio 3, Radio 4, Radio 5, and Radio Exterior. Since this service is beamed to the Canary Islands programming can come from any of the above (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA yg via DXLD) Not beamed to Canary Islands, altho incidentally probably audible there; 17855 is for North America (gh, DXLD) 21620, Sunday Oct 8 at 1357, JBA carrier has just come on from presumed REE as scheduled weekends only before switching to 15390 at 1800. 15520, 17855 and 17715 have also just come on with IS and much better signals. 21620 transmitter too weak to tell whether it`s defective like it is on 15390 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) on Mon Oct 9 all f o u r REE Noblejas on air tonight: 17855 S=9+10dB, 17715 S=9+5dB, 15520 S=9+5dB, 15390 S=8-9 fluttery Sports news program, also football Argentina team mentioned (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 9, 2101 UT dxldyg via DXLD) ** SUDAN [non]. 15550, Radio Dabanga for South Sudan [sic] (Darfur) via SMG [VATICAN [Italy]. 1530, looking for Radio Tamazuj to South Sudan but came across this transmitter just at sign-on 1530 with catchy repeated jingle ID with singing as “Radio Dabanga ….. Radio Dabanga”. News reports from internal to the country and external in Sudanese (Dinka?) and Arabic. Sked. this day was *1530-1630* at excellent level, 25/9 (Rob Shepherd, Toowoomba QLD (JRC NRD-535D, EWE, Longwire), Oct Australian DX News via DXLD) ?? Darfur is NOT in South Sudan, but western part of plain Sudan (gh) 15550, VATICAN, Radio Dabanga at 1606 in Sudanese Arabic with a man with a telephone interview of another man with many mentions of “Sudan” then male folk vocals at 1609 and singing “Radio Dabanga” IDs at 1612 - Fair in peaks with deep fading Oct 7 – This is listed on from 1500 (or 1530) to 1600 so I assume they were on late or Vatican Radio did not shut down the transmitter (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre- fed dipoles, ODXA yg via DXLD) ** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. 15550, Oct 7 at 1437, urgent talk in African language, poor S3-S5. It`s R. Tamazuj, via VATICAN at 1430-1530 per EiBi, followed by R. Dabanga at 1530-1600. Aoki and EiBi show both of them in ``Sudanese Arabic``, but WRTH says Tamazuj (which means Blend) is in plain Arabic, for South Sudan and border areas of plain Sudan; while Dabanga is in Standard Arabic, Darfuri Arabic, Fur, Massalit and Zaghawa. It`s aimed at the Darfur area of western Sudan. On the contrary, Ivo schedules show ``Juba Arabic`` for both, which would be the dialect of Sudan South, not plain Sudan. I see other reports confusing which is for which Sudan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. BELGIUM(non), Reception of Eye Radio via Alyx&Yeyi TDF Issoudun on Oct 9 1600-1900 17730 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Arabic/English, very good http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/reception-of-eye-radio-via-alyx-tdf_9.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, October 9, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SYRIA. Damascus Radio foreign service was heard on 738 kHz [sic: you mean 783! --- gh] on 21 September in foreign languages: 1700-1800 Russian; 1800-1900 German; 1900-2000 French; 2000-2100 English; 2100-2200 Spanish; 2200 back to Arabic (Observations by Dave Kernick, Mauno Ritola / WRTH Facebook, Oct BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) When checked during the above times on subsequent evenings I have only heard Arabic, so this may have been a one-off relay of the foreign language services (Dave Kenny, ibid., WORLD OF RADIO 1899) Syrian Radio from the Adra transmitter site near Damascus has returned to the air with the General Service on 567 kHz and Sout Al Shabab FM (Voice of Youth) on 666 kHz (reports from Rawad Hamwi, Saudi Arabia, on WRTH Facebook group, 26 Aug and 6 Sep) Right now Damascus Radio announces three working MW frequencies 567, 783, and 936 kHz (Rawad Hamwi, WRTH Facebook group 16 Sep) Damascus Radio foreign service was heard on 738 kHz on 21 September in foreign languages: 1700-1800 Russian; 1800-1900 German; 1900-2000 French; 2000-2100 English; 2100-2200 Spanish; 2200 back to Arabic (Observations by Dave Kernick, Mauno Ritola / WRTH Facebook) When checked during the above times on subsequent evenings I have only heard Arabic so this may have been a one-off relay of the foreign language services (Dave Kenny, Oct BDXC-UK Communication via WORLD OF RADIO 1899, DXLD) 783, The foreign language transmissions were probably only a test as they ended after one or two days (Bengt Ericson, ARC 5.10.2017, ARC mv-eko 9 Oktober via DXLD) ** TAIWAN. 7445, RTI at 1130. Jade Bells & Bamboo Pipes program. VG, S-9 reception, Oct 4 (Rick Barton, Sun City/Peoria AZ, Assume English unless otherwise stated. Logged with RS SW-2000629 or Grundig Satellit 750 and various outdoor wires. 73 and Good Listening......! dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Audible, but not VG here (gh, OK) ** TAIWAN. what you mean of "Wo3men bu4 zhi1dao4 ;-)", you don't know it in chinese Pinying way? Re: Transmitting Site of Sound of Hope Wed Oct 4, 2017 8:02 am (PDT) . Posted by: "Bin Zhu" zhu.bin This place is ruled by mainland of china, I believe it is not the place of SOH transmitter site. Thu Oct 5, 2017 1:30 am (PDT) . Posted by: "Ian Shortwavesites" pacificfmdx Hi Bin Zhu, Correct, but rather 'we' rather than 'I' don't (officially) know, as the Pinyin suggests. Sorry had to use numbers rather than accent characters as Yahoo often doesn't encode these correctly for some users. RE SOH: Further to beliefs, it has been substantiated from a source in some instances that some broadcasts have (past tense) originated from people operating amateur radio equipment in a clandestine like manner for SOH broadcasts on SW. One could imagine multiple sites that move about from time to time, much like seagulls might move around. You could always try a email to SOH. Personally I think it would be a futile activity trying to locate the QTHs of these stations when freqs & locations may be in a constant state of flux & who would partake in such activity for our group? Is difficult enough locating domestic SW TX sites past/present. Hope this helps (Ian, ibid.) On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 1:57 AM, Bin Zhu wrote: ``This place is ruled by mainland of China`` Oh no it's not. Not sure what the PRC text books say today and I don't wish to offend but, please read the kink below: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsu_Islands Many people think that Taiwan territory is just the main island, but it has several territorial islands under its administration. Some islands are extremely close to Fujian province, China. Take the Kinmen Islands or as it was once known as Quemoy, under the administration of Taiwan, which was so close to China that the ROC (Taiwan) had at the time, the most powerful Broadcast Station in the World broadcasting into China on Kinmen. It wasn't a radio station but an audio broadcast station, with its mass of huge speakers. It was the most powerful AUDIO WAVE broadcast station beaming its propaganda into China. There's a huge amount of material on the Internet & Youtube about this broadcast station. Many people lost their lives there during the war between Taiwan & China. Today it's a significant tourist attraction based on its war history. I have met a Chinese person who spent time on this Island & was told several spine tingling ghost stories from the island from their own & other's experiences. Ian [Later:] Perhaps I should have read the Wikipedia article more carefully. Looks like the Matsu islands these days are considered more under self administration, perhaps closer politically to China. This differs from what I was told many years ago, even from RTI & even some political maps of today. I should do some further research :-) Regards Ian [Later2:] Confirmed with my Taiwanese gov. contact: Kinmen & Matsu islands still under ROC (Taiwan) administration, apologies for any confusion. Ian Thank you for your confirm. But the site (26 10N, 119 55E) is in the sea, near Matsu island. I looked up the island and found no antenna (Bin Zhu, all: shortwavesites yg via DXLD) ** TAJIKISTAN. Weak signal of Voice of Tajik on Oct 9 1300-1400 on 7245 DB 100 kW / non-dir to CeAs English http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/weak-signal-of-voice-of-tajik-on-oct9.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, October 9, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TANNU TUVA. One of the more obscure Russian shortwave stations in days gone by was Kyzyl Radio, broadcasting from the capital city of the Tuva Republic, situated in eastern Siberia on the Mongolian border. Most recently this was on 6100 kHz but the shortwave facility closed in 2013 and now mediumwave transmissions have also ceased. State Radio & TV Company "Tuva" broadcast their local services on 105.5 MHz (Radio Russia-Tuva) and 103.4 MHz (Radio Mayak-Tuva). They also have a website at http://www.gtrktuva.ru with no live streaming on offer but there's an on-demand archive of news bulletins in Tuvan and Russian from both radio services and the local Rossiya-1 TV equivalent. For UK viewers and anyone else with access to BBC TV you can get a flavour of this bleak and neglected outpost of the Russian Federation on 'Russia with Simon Reeve' which will be aired on BBC2 on Sunday 8 October at 7 pm UK time (David Kernick, Interval Signals Online, Oct 7, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1899, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I found something on my old 16mm films: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arwkQt-3pNY It’s only in the first 40 seconds, but anyway. Enjoy. Posted by: ("Christian Milling", dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** THAILAND. 15590, Radio Thailand at 0000 with a woman with ID of “Radio Thailand FM 88” then subcontinental fanfare and a man with “Live from the Public Relations Department of the Royal Thai Government this is Radio Thailand News” and a woman with news headlines at 0001 then an ad for Bangkok Airways and a man and woman with news in depth from 0002 – Good Oct 6 (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA yg via DXLD) 15590, Oct 8 at 0016, R. Thailand with world news, American-accented, apropos, via American relay station, fair S7-S5, better than usual here, virtually inaudible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TIBET [non]. 15517, Oct 4 at 1333, JBA carrier, no doubt V of Tibet via TAJIKISTAN on signature split frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TURKEY. 15450.04, Oct 4 at 1324, VOT closing with headline about Syria, sign-off, IS interspersed with Turkish? IDs, off just before 1330* but probably too late to get the transmitter retuned to 11880 for Kazakh to start on time at 1330. English from 1230 would have been sufficient for listening with some strain, so the marginal October propagation improvement is underway. Another off-frequency 15450: see GERMANY (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re: [dxld] Voice of Turkey "old" interval signal still in use Further observations suggest that the Voice of Turkey General Service (i.e. their Turkish-language external service, TSR/Turkiye'nin Sesi Radyosu) has now reverted to using their old "piano" IS. An interval signal seems to be used only once a day, which is at 0350 UT, ten minutes prior to the start of their broadcast day. It goes: 0350 interval signal; 0355 national anthem followed by sign-on announcement including frequency and contact details, then music filler till news at 0400. The General Service is online 24 hours a day and on various shortwave frequencies for 20 hours a day - their website at http://www.turkiyeninsesiradyosu.com has a very detailed frequency schedule. Thanks to Glenn Hauser for the clip of the multiple-version IS, I've uploaded that plus a clip of the General Service sign-on detailed above (for which I've eschewed the authentic shortwave experience in favour of the glory of stereo!) and a de-hummified version of the 2004 Foreign Service clip (David Kernick, Interval Signals Online, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UKRAINE. The National Council of Ukraine on Television and Radio Broadcasting suggests the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDCU) to build a system for jamming the body and radio signals from the annexed Crimea to the territory of the mainland Ukraine. A member of the national council, Sergei Kostinsky, commented on this in a commentary to the Crimean Reality. "To date, the strategy is to muffle the hostile signal, first of all, it concerns the ATU zone. The National Council has already sent a letter to the NSDC, where we informed about all the TV channels and radio stations that work from Crimea, from Krasnoperekopsk, which broadcast in the south of the Kherson region. We propose to the NSDC to build a system for jamming this signal," he said ... http://proradio.org.ua/news/2017oct.php (Rus-DX Oct 8 via WORLD OF RADIO 1899, DXLD) Crimea for several years, as part of Russia, and Ukraine still considers its territory. Many more years will pass before there are changes in the Crimea issue (Anatoly Klepov, editor, Moskva, ibid.) ** U A E. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. 12095. Fri, Oct 6 at 1855-1909, BBC, Dhabbaya-UAE, in Arabic. Woman announcer makes a interview with a man; 1859 ID; 1900 Big Ben audio, and next, a Newsletter by man and woman announcers. BBC with a good signal and a moderate buzz "aeroplane motor", 45333 (DXer: José Ronaldo Xavier, Location: Cabedelo-PB, Brazil, RX (s): Tecsun S-2000, Antenna: Longwire, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) 17744.990, Oct 9 at 1359, S1 talk but with BFO I can tell the carrier is wobbling at approx. rate of 10 x per second. HFCC shows it`s BBCWS in Somali via DHA, 250 kW, daily at 1400-1500, 250 kW, 225 degrees (but on Saturdays the span may run from 1130 to 1600). This site is frequently if not always off-frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K. SPECTRUM RADIO 558 KHZ FORMAT CHANGE APPROVED --- A request from the owner of Spectrum Radio Limited to change the Format of Spectrum Radio, a commercial radio service that broadcasts to Greater London on the AM (medium wave) band, has been approved by Ofcom. The previous ‘Character of Service’ contained in Spectrum Radio’s Format (which forms part of its broadcast licence) was as follows: A SPECIAL SPEECH, NEWS AND MUSIC STATION AIMED AT A MINIMUM OF SIX DIFFERENT, VARIED ETHNIC MINORITY COMMUNITIES IN LONDON, WHOSE FAMILY ORIGINS LIE OUTSIDE BRITAIN. Following the approval of the requested changes, the ‘Character of Service’ will now be as follows: A BROAD-BASED 24-HOUR SPEECH SERVICE FOR LONDONERS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS AND ORIGINS, FOCUSSING ON BUSINESS AND FINANCE, SPORT, ENTERTAINMENT, CURRENT AFFAIRS AND ESSENTIAL INFORMATION. (Ofcom 4th Oct) https://www.ofcom.org.uk/consultations-and-statements/category-3/spectrum-radio-request-to-change-format?utm_source=updates&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Spectrum-Radio-format-change Posted by: (Alan Pennington, Oct 4, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) ** U K. Radio Caroline 648 Statement on Facebook: Radio Caroline Radio Caroline AM. Many people are asking about the 648kHz AM service and where we stand. Thanks for your continued interest and support. Here's an update as of October 5th from Peter Moore... We know that people are as keen to see our new service commence, as are we. There was a romantic notion that we 'might just' get on air by August 14th and indeed, this was tried but it was not possible. It is a new situation for Caroline to have to consider matters like Fire Insurance, Health and Safety, Public Liability and all the regulations and certifications needed for handling heavy objects, working at height and the dangers of RF and high voltages. In simple terms we know exactly what we are doing but just need lots of paperwork to prove it. When this is achieved, the actual installation is a relatively easy task and we are keen to do this at the earliest opportunity (via Mike Terry, MWCircle yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1899, DXLD) Radio Caroline 648 --- Mike, thank you very much for this update. Let us hope that this is not the Excuse No. 1 in a row of future excuses. Unfortunately we know a lot of projects that fail after years of preparations, complaints etc. When they finally get a green light to go, their creators are suddenly surprised and caught out by the permission. But I wish this new project a full success. In fact we do not hurry here in the middle of Europe and we can wait because we have a strong transmitter from Slovenia on 648 kHz. Probably one part of a licence is a time limit when transmissions must start (6 months? one year?) so our time will surely come. Good Luck Radio Caroline! (Karel Honzík, Czechia, MWCircle yg via DXLD) Well, if it is just a matter of getting their QSL-card (assuming they issue one) we can wait until they come on and Slovenia goes off. And those who are interested in their programming can listen on the internet, where they can hear not only the main programme but also the alternative Radio Caroline Flashback, as well as the two Dutch avatars of the station, no to mention the monthly Radio Caroline North via Manx Radio. So why bother? Regards (Rémy Friess, France, Oct 6, ibid.) On the one hand Caroline is just QRM. On the other, usage of the MW band in Europe may prevent it from being ascribed to some other use which prevents us from hearing distant stations. I`m not sure which is better. 73 (/Andrew Brade, UK, ibid.) Well, if it is just a matter of getting their QSL-card (assuming they issue one) we can wait until they come on and Slovenia goes off. And those who are interested in their programming can listen on the internet, where they can hear not only the main programme but also the alternative Radio Caroline Flashback, as well as the two Dutch avatars of the station, no to mention the monthly Radio Caroline North via Manx Radio. So why bother? Regards, (Rémy, ibid.) To "some other use", yes, but what use? It's not just BC stations that are leaving the MW band. Maritime services for instance are leaving/have left these bands too. Really there is no other use for MW than old-fashioned radio. The real issue is not the band, it's the cost per listener. AM radio is expensive, and if there are too few listeners stations close. So don't worry about "some other" user. Rather worry about the few remaining stations. In my part of the world the band is already dead during daylight hours, and will probably remain so for the next one-hundred thousand years or so. 73, (Rémy, ibid.) Fortunately there is still a lot to DX on MW and as most strong European stations have closed, long distance MW DX will be very good for the coming minimum. Enjoy! 73, (Mauno Ritola, Finland, ibid.) ** U K. FRED SAXON, our regular correspondent from Toronto, Canada writes with some memories of listening to the BBC on short wave: “It is 50 years since BBC Radio 1 was born on 30 September 1967. Gillian Reynolds reviewed 50 years of her favourite BBC radio programmes a week ago on pages 8 / 9 of Review in the Saturday Telegraph on 26th August. I would like to add mine. They are ‘Letter from America’ by Alistair Cooke, ‘My Music’ and ‘My Word’. She liked Alistair Cooke's ‘Letter from America’. So do I. He was one of the early questionmasters in America in the Transatlantic Quiz that began in 1945. He started his weekly ‘Letter from America’ in 1946. He died in 2004 aged 95. I listened to his letters on the BBC World Service on short wave every week from the mid-1970s to 2004. I bought several box sets of the BBC radio collection CDs of Alistair Cooke. I liked ‘My Music’ on the BBC too. More than 500 episodes were broadcast from 1967, to 1994. The producer was Tony Shryane and the co-producer was Edward J Mason. The chairman was Steve Race. The team comprised of Ian Wallace, Denis Norden, Frank Muir and John Amis. John Amis replaced David Franklin who died in 1973. I bought a Harper CD box set of Denis Norden. I enjoyed listening to ‘My Word’ on the BBC radio also. This was produced by Edward J Mason and Tony Shryane. It was on the air from 1955 to 1990. The first chairman was John Arlott, followed by Michael O'Donnell at the end. The panellists were Frank Muir, Denis Norden, Dilys Powell and Antonia Fraser in 1990. Their programme was introduced by the sound of Vivian Ellis' ‘Alpine Pastures’, played by the Sidney Torch Orchestra. This tune is included in the five CD box set ‘On the Air - 100 Popular Light Orchestral British Radio & TV Themes’. £19.99 from http://www.duetoffers.com (Oct BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) ** U K. JAMES HARDING: BBC'S HEAD OF NEWS TO LEAVE http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-41572378 (via Gerald T Pollard, NC, DXLD) ** U K. TOUR OF BBC MONITORING CAVERSHAM PARK ---- By Jon Ryland On 1st September, Caroline, Ian Kelly and Jon Ryland were treated to a preview tour of BBC Monitoring at Caversham Park. Last year saw the grounds used for a recording of the BBC Antiques Roadshow programme, which was a great success, by all accounts. BBC Caversham park - house & grounds. The US government’s Open Source Enterprise (formerly Foreign Broadcast Information Service) occupies the top floor [caption] We were given a full two-hour tour of the premises and grounds which we found to be really fascinating in all respects. Capability Brown laid out the terraced gardens in the 1760s. The existing building which is inspired by Italian baroque palaces was built after a fire in 1850. During WWI part of the building was used as a convalescent home for wounded soldiers. In 1923 the house was bought by the Oratory School along with 300 acres of land. Later, with the onset of WWII, the Ministry of Health requisitioned the site, intending to convert it into a hospital. However, with government funding the BBC purchased the property in 1943 and moved its Monitoring Service from Wood Norton, Evesham, where it was originally set up at the start of WWII, purchasing Crowsley Park (three miles north of Caversham near Binfield Heath) at the same time for the short wave receiving aerials (these were removed in 2014 as little monitoring takes place on short wave these days). Chris explaining what the dishes do! The 10 metre dish, free to a good home! [caption] During the War the service employed about 1000 staff translating dozens of languages from stations around the world. The present-day staff level numbers about 220 of which some 100 are based at Caversham Park and the remaining 120 at 11 overseas offices (Cairo, Delhi, Istanbul, Jerusalem, Kabul, Kiev, Miami, Moscow, Nairobi, Tashkent, Tbilisi). Previously funded by the UK government, since 2013 BBC Monitoring has been funded from the BBC TV licence fee. The building and all 93 acres is being sold, with staff moving to the sixth floor of New Broadcasting House in London in 2018. A BDXC visit to Caversham Park will take place next spring, on 21 April 2018 - in the morning before the meeting of the Reading International Radio Club (Reading DX meeting). Numbers will have to be limited to a maximum of 20: look out for details of how to reserve a place nearer the time. Why not pop into the now famous Fox & Hounds pub on the way back into Reading for the meeting, for possibly the best real ale and pizzas in town? Many thanks to Chris Greenway for making our memorable visit possible (Oct BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) ** U S A. PAUL SWEARINGEN – National Radio Club - Publisher, DX News Paul Swearingen, Director and past chairman of the NRC Board of Directors, published the NRC's DX News, magazine for over 22 years, from 1988 to 2010, and has been an active DX'er since the middle '50's, when he started listening with a five-tube Radiola table-top radio. Paul was a secondary school teacher (English, journalism, Spanish, etc.) foyears [sic, something skipped] and was involved in radio during his college years and into the early '70's, doing everything for several stations in eastern Kansas but engineering - or making enough money to stay in broadcasting. His involvement with the NRC started in 1975, and in the late '70's he volunteered to edit "International DX Achievements" and the yearly DX News index. He took over Musings of the Members from the legendary Ernie Cooper in 1982 while living in California and eventually became editor and publisher of DX News. Other radio-related hobbies for Paul include collecting radio station mugs (at NRC conventions, which he's attended regularly since the '80's; he's known as "Mr. Coffee"), radio refrigerator magnets, selected air checks, and multi-band portables. In his spare time, he enjoyed writing young adult novels, doing garden and yard work, collecting old vinyl, reading and collecting books, and collected and worked on Macintoshes and other computers. Paul has also belonged to various community, service, and professional organizations like 4-H (county photography leader, re-established a local chapter), Jaycees (state officer), a Bi-Centennial committee (county chairman), and the Topeka chapter of the Kansas-National Educational Association (board member and secretary-treasurer). Paul, 72, passed away in Topeka, Kansas on Friday, September 22, 2017 after a courageous battle with cancer (source? via Oct CIDX Messenger via DXLD) obit PAUL SWEARINGEN’S OBITUARY (from facebook) Paul Lee Swearingen passed away too soon on September 22 2017, at Midland Hospice in Topeka, Kansas at 72 years of age. Paul was totally dedicated to his lifelong passion – teaching young people English, Spanish, photography and journalism, while acting as a counselor and adviser. Paul’s long, productive and rewarding career spanned from 1967 to 2010, when he retired. Paul rose from humble beginnings... [sic, thruout, not meaning omissions?] working on his parents’ farm until he enrolled in college. He was a fervent and dedicated scholar, garnishing [sic] the Salutatorian award at his graduation from junior college. Paul excelled in his studies at Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia, Kansas while working part-time as a radio station announcer. Committed to higher learning and determined to reach his full potential, he attended night and summer classes until he was awarded a Master’s Degree in English. Paul served as an advocate for students and fellow teachers alike. He was an active and vocal member of teachers’ unions throughout his career, often bringing to light unauthorized and unfair practices promulgated by school districts and administrators. During his lifetime, Paul pursued several interests... extensive and impressive stamp and coin collections, to name a couple. He was an avid photographer and over the years collected hundreds of vintage cameras. He was a connoisseur of fine art and possessed several original paintings and portraits, displaying them proudly in his home. Paul was an accomplished numismatist and was recognized in the trade as an expert judge of genuine and counterfeit coins. He served for many years as the publisher of National Radio Club's monthly magazine. He was an active member of Modern Woodmen of America and supported their activities wherever he lived. Paul struggled mightily against the bonds of cancer for five years before he finally succumbed. Never once did I hear a word of complaint from him during this painful, frustrating and prolonged battle. During his final years of life, Paul encouraged others to take this monster... cancer... seriously... and schedule precautionary tests regularly and frequently. Paul was simply not ready to leave this world... so many tasks unfinished and so many goals unrealized. May he now rest in peace for eternity (via IRCA DX Monitor Oct 7 via DXLD) ** U S A [and non]. 3925-LSB, Oct 7 at 1317, W5ZML (``zip my lip``, has had a brown recluse spider bite, QSO with WW5US, good ol` boys don`t mind the soft jazz musical background from JOZ on DSB. W5ZML is Richard K. Short in Pauls Valley OK; WW5US is Ronald D. Crowe in Lufkin TX (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. BANNON ALLY WANTS TO TURN BBG INTO `LEGACY` FOR BANNON http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/06/media/steve-bannon-ally-broadcasting-board-of-governors/index.html Sent from my iPhone (via David Cole, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1899, DXLD) Viz.: BANNON ALLY WANTS TO TURN GOVERNMENT MEDIA AGENCY INTO 'LEGACY' FOR FORMER TRUMP ADVISER by Hadas Gold @CNNMoney Oct 6, 2017: 7:32 PM ET Stephen Bannon has left the Trump administration. But he's still having an influence at a government agency many outside of Washington haven't heard of but wields influence around the world: the Broadcasting Board of Governors. The board controls U.S. government-funded media outlets like Voice of America and Radio Free Europe. Its aim is to counter propaganda from repressive regimes with independent news coverage and promote democracy to the rest of the world. An ally of Bannon, the former White House chief strategist who has returned to Breitbart, is expected to be nominated as BBG's next chief executive. But it's another man whose statements are raising concern internally. Jeffrey Scott Shapiro, a former investigative reporter who has ties to Bannon, was tapped by the White House for a position within the BBG over the summer. The BBG placed him in a job as a senior adviser to the Office of Cuba Broadcasting, a board division that runs Radio and TV Marti and other programs aimed at Cuba. Shapiro has told colleagues that his goal is to turn the entire Broadcasting Board of Governors into a "Bannon legacy," according to three sources within or familiar with the agency. He has also said he believes the Castros have infiltrated the Office of Cuba Broadcasting, the sources told CNN. The Office of Cuba Broadcasting, with an annual budget of $28 million and 125 employees, uses "satellite television, shortwave and AM radio, as well as ... flash drives, emails, DVDs, and SMS text [to bring] unbiased, objective information to all Cubans," according to its website. The Broadcasting Board of Governors is considered the U.S. government's largest public diplomacy program. It reaches an audience of 278 million in more than 100 countries and 61 languages. According to three sources, Shapiro has alarmed BBG employees, who see themselves as stewards of a free press and democracy to a people living under a repressive regime. "[Shapiro has] been known to tell people that he'd like to see the BBG turned into a Bannon legacy," said a BBG official who requested anonymity. "Jeff Shapiro came in telling everyone he bumps into that he's a Bannon guy, that he talks to Bannon every day, telling people 'Bannon had entered the BBG through me.'" Shapiro has a long and varied career. In addition to his work as a lawyer, he's written for Bannon at Breitbart. More recently he has worked as a Washington Times investigative journalist. After last year's election, Shapiro wrote an op-ed defending Bannon from claims that Bannon was anti-semitic and a white nationalist. Colleagues at the BBG pointed to some of Shapiro's writings that have pushed questionable theories. For example, in a 2011 column published in the Washington Times and Breitbart, Shapiro lamented that journalists had not investigated the authenticity of President Barack Obama's birth certificate "with the same investigative drive with which they did investigate Watergate, President Clinton's alleged indiscretions and the Bush administration's missteps in Iraq." Now, at the Office of Cuba Broadcasting, he has told people he is there to root out anyone who is not loyal to Trump and Bannon, according to the three sources. "He sees himself as the Bannon talker, the Bannon whisperer inside of the BBG to root out all Trump disloyalists," said a person with detailed knowledge of the board and its discussions. "He truly believes that the Office of Cuba Broadcasting is in the pocket of Castro. That it's full of Trump disloyalty and those kinds of things and it's his job to make sure it is a tool of the Trump administration." It's not clear whether Shapiro and Bannon actually talk on a regular basis. A spokesperson for Bannon did not respond to requests for comment. A spokesperson for the BBG declined to comment, saying they don't discuss personnel or personnel issues, and directed questions to Shapiro directly, who did not respond to emails seeking comment. The Trump administration placed two other advisers into positions at the BBG in January: Matthew Ciepielowski, New Hampshire state director for the Trump campaign, and Matthew Schuck, who was the campaign's Wisconsin communications director. Their roles were to act as liaisons between the Trump administration and the BBG headquarters. A BBG official said they have been constructive members of the team. At the moment, neither Shapiro, Ciepielowski nor Schuck have decision making power. But another Bannon-ally may soon be in charge of the entire operation and with more unilateral power than the current CEO because of forthcoming changes to the leadership structure. People within the BBG wonder what, if any positions Shapiro may have after the new CEO takes over. Michael Pack, a documentary film maker and former head of the conservative Claremont Institute, has been the White House's expected pick since early summer to serve as CEO of the Broadcasting Board of Governors. Pack, who at one point also served on the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, worked on two documentaries with Bannon. Pack also appeared on Bannon's radio show and wrote an op-ed praising Bannon as a pioneer conservative who can break through the "left-wing monopoly" on documentary films. While his nomination has not yet been sent to the Senate, Pack has been preparing for the move, stepping down as president of the Claremont Institute in California over the summer. Should Pack be confirmed, he'd have more unilateral power over the agency because of a provision enacted in the last weeks of the Obama administration that would disband the bipartisan board, which supporters saw as a firewall between the administration and the agency. Proponents though promoted the move as one to make the organization more efficient. A White House spokesperson said they had no announcement at the time regarding Pack. Pack declined to comment via a Claremont spokesperson who said in an email that "out of respect for the selection and nomination process, which is still ongoing, Mr. Pack would like to refrain from comment at this time." CNNMoney (New York) First published October 6, 2017: 7:32 PM ET (via Cole, DXLD) See also: https://www.thedailybeast.com/a-steve-bannon-ally-at-the-broadcasting-board-of-governors-believes-theres-a-massive-pro-cuba-conspiracy-at-foot (Kai Ludwig, Germany, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U S A. U.S. REPEALS BAN ON BROADCASTING VOICE OF AMERICA, OTHER GOVERNMENT-FUNDED NEWS FOR AMERICAN AUDIENCES By Daniel Guerra – Journalism in the Americas News programming produced by government-funded outlets such as Voice of America (VoA) and TV y Radio Martí will now be broadcasted to American audiences for the first time following the repeal of a law that had prohibited such content from being widely viewed [sic] within the United States. The move, which went into effect this month, comes after Congress repealed provisions of a law that had long restricted the domestic broadcast and dissemination of government-funded news programming intended for foreign audiences. Critics have often viewed VoA, founded during World War II and expanded during the Cold War, as propaganda aimed at creating pro- American sentiment with people in areas of strategic importance to the United States. TV y Radio Martí originally started as a radio broadcast in 1983 and is known for its editorial slant against the Castro regime in Cuba. The Cuban government has made efforts to jam the stations’ transmission, although it can also be picked up on signals as far as Central America. Congressional lawmakers in the past have argued that programming used to promote American interests abroad could amount to domestic propaganda if shown within the United States. Thus led to the decades- long restriction of domestic transmission of VoA and other related content. “The American taxpayer does not need or want his tax dollars used to support U.S. government propaganda direct at him or her,” said former U.S. Senator Edward Zorinsky during a 1985 debate on domestic dissemination of government-funded media activities. Although VoA content had already been accessible for Americans through its online news site, the new law states that any material produced can now be requested by broadcasters for domestic distribution and be made in broadcast quality form. This includes thousands of taxpayer- funded hours of news and information programs in 61 languages, including Spanish programming for Latin American audiences and Portuguese content for African listeners. The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) – the government agency in charge of producing outlets such as VoA, Radio y TV Marti, Radio Asia [sic] and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty – lauded the reform as an opportunity for émigré and refugee communities living in the U.S., often whom escaped areas of conflict, to receive news programming in their native language. Rep. Mac Thornberry, a Texas lawmaker and co-sponsor of the legislation that overturned the ban, said in a July article for Foreign Policy magazine that the government-funded media content would not propagandize American citizens and would add to transparency. “The idea that the State Department could be so effective as to impact domestic politics is just silly. This gives Americans the chance to see what the State Department is saying to people all over the world," Thornberry said. According to a recent report from the Government Accountability Office, VoA’s operating budget for the 2012 fiscal year was $206 million. TV/Radio Martí’s budget totaled to $28 million operating budget for the same time period. Former VoA journalist Ted Lipien, in a July 16 post for the online Digital Journal, states that the American public should now pay close attention to how the news organization is managed and demand full transparency and accountability. “I am not afraid of taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) news in the United States, but I'm afraid of government officials who may interfere with the news and mistreat journalists,” he said. (Oct CIDX Messenger via WORLD OF RADIO 1899, DXLD) ?? It`s my understanding that there has been no such ban for quite some time, as long as stations *initiate* the request. This issue, see USA: 1460, below (gh, DXLD) ** U S A [non]. Any idea who might be on 11720 kHz at 1735 UT in lang. Very good here in central Alberta at the moment. 73 (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, AB, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) [Later:] It appears to be VoA in Oromo // 15630 kHz. 11720 went off at 1758 UT mid sentence. No idea where the transmitter site is? 73 (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, DX LISTENING DIGEST) SOUTH AFRICA, VoA Oromo service, 1730-1800 UT Mon-Fri only, 11720 kHz SenTec Meyerton AFS-RSA site, S=9+20dB or -56dBm sidelobe into Germany, mentioned many times President Trump, "Doctor...", Ramadan, Boko Haram. + 20 kHz wideband noise scratching jamming from Gedja Ethiopia, till 1757 UT. 11720 kHz MEY off at 1758:15 UT. Others in \\ scheduled: 12110 Lampertheim GER, 12130 Udorn Thani THA, 15180 São Tomé 15630 Babcock Woofferton UK, 15700 Lampertheim GER, 15785 São Tomé. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) 11720 is probably ex 12140: 1730 Oromo Mon-Fri, 1800 Amharic Daily, 1900 Tigrinya Mon-Fri (Ivo Ivanov, ibid.) 11720 kHz Oromo is 1730 UT Mon-Fri via SenTec Meyerton, is 1800 UT daily Amharic via IBB-BBG Udorn Thani THA, is 1900-1930 UT Mon-Fri Tigre via IBB-BBG Lampertheim. 11720 kHz UDO 1800-1900 UT daily in Amharic language. Others in \\ scheduled 12110 IBB-BBG Kuwait, 12130 IBB-BBG Udorn Thani THA, 12140 IBB-BBG Udorn Thani THA, 15180 IBB-BBG Udorn Thani THA, 15630 Babcock Woofferton UK, 15700 IBB-BBG Lampertheim GER, 15785 Babcock Woofferton UK. 11720 kHz IBB-BBG Lampertheim GER, 1900-1930 UT Mon-Fri in Tigre language. Others in \\ scheduled 12110 IBB-BBG Botswana, 12130 IBB-BBG Udorn Thani THA, 15180 IBB-BBG Udorn Thani THA, 15630 Babcock Woofferton UK, 15700 IBB-BBG Lampertheim GER, 15785 Babcock Woofferton UK. wb (Bueschel, ibid.) Frequency change of Voice of America, Oct 6 1730-1800 NF 11720 MEY 100 kW / 015 deg EaAf Oromo Mon-Fri, ex 12140 1800-1900 NF 11720 UDO 250 kW / 276 deg EaAf Amharic Daily, ex 12140 1900-1930 NF 11720 UDO 250 kW / 276 deg EaAf Tigrinya Mo-Fr, ex 12140 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/frequency-change-of-voice-of-america.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, October 6-7, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [non]. 17530, Oct 8 at 1320 and still at 1343 check, unID language from somewhere. HFCC shows it`s VOA Somali, 250 kW, 139 degrees at 1300-1400 daily, via VATICAN violating Separation of Church and State (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [non]. Radio Free Asia The following mediumwave frequencies are currently listed on the RFA website, schedules updated on 5 September (transmitter sites and powers added by TR with reference to WRTH): 1098 kHz (Kouhu, Taiwan, 300 kW) in Mandarin: 1900-2000 // 9355 9745 2000-2100 // 6080 9355 9745 2100-2200 // 7435 9685 1188 kHz (HLXX, FEBC, Seoul, Korea, 100 kW) in Korean: 1500-1700 // 5830 7455 11850 1700-1800 // 9990 11985 1800-1900 // 9990 11830 1503 kHz (Fangliao, Taiwan, 600 kW) in Vietnamese: 1400-1430 // 9950 11850 (from http://www.rfa.org/about/info/frequencies.html via Tony Rogers, 22 September, Oct BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) And then there is RFA Korean via MONGOLIA on 1431 already in DXLD (gh) ** U S A [and non]. ALHURRA FIGHTS TERRORISM WITH COMEDY Alhurra Television is debuting an original documentary, Laughter in the Time of Terrorism, which tells the story of Arab satirists who are using humour to fight one of the most dangerous organisations in the world, so-called ISIS. The two-part documentary highlights comedic Arab hosts who view ISIS's ideology and barbarism through the lens of sarcasm and jest to expose the lies of the brutal organisation. The programme initially aired on Alhurra across its Middle East and North Africa broadcast region on 30 September. Read the full story here. http://aib.org.uk/alhurra-debuts-a-documentary-on-fighting-extremism-with-comedy/ (Oct AIB industry briefing via DXLD) ** U S A. 11580, WRMI Radio Miami Int’l; 2048-2102+, 10/3; Glenn Hauser’s World of Radio #1897, cutoff at 2059 before GH could tell me what I’m invited to; Bob Zanotti WRMI ID to ToH into Radio Argentina Exterior in German. SIO=454 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, 48642- 3156, Drake R8B + 185' & 60' RW + 125' bow-tie, ----- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! -----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) New! Tue 2030 on 11580 -- new time for WOR I was unaware of, but now on the skedgrid. Currently that will be just an hour too soon for the new edition to be ready, at 2130 on 9455. Checking the WRMI skedgrids, I find another new time for WOR Thu 2230 on 5850! [But no-show Oct 12] (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) 5850, WRMI at 1010. Wavescan; program about Al Jazeera news. World of Radio heard after the BoH [1030] Excellent reception, Oct 4 [Wed] (Rick Barton, Sun City/Peoria AZ, Assume English unless otherwise stated. Logged with RS SW-2000629 or Grundig Satellit 750 and various outdoor wires. 73 and Good Listening......! dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non] WORLD OF RADIO 1898 monitoring: woke up at 1100 Wed Oct 4, barely too late to confirm the 1030 airing on WRMIs 5850 & 9455. Confirmed Wed Oct 4 at 1315 on WRMI 9955, good S9+20, no jamming. Next: Wed 2030 WRMI 9955 to SSE [NEW] Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Thu 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW 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 2130 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW [ex-2230] Sat 2300 WRMI 11580 to NE Sun 0200 WRMI 11580 to NE Sun 0315v 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 WORLD OF RADIO 1898 monitoring: confirmed for second week at new secret time, Wednesday October 4 at 2030 on WRMI 9955, fair, no jamming yet. Also confirmed Wed Oct 4 at 2100 on WBCQ, 7490, poor but modulating this week (as usual, the ``Q`` of the WBCQ singing ID immediately preceding is only half-there, cut off by automation in the middle of the letter.) At 2128 I find it on 7490.04 at S8-S9. Also confirmed Wed Oct 4 at 2330 on WBCQ, 9330.066v-CUSB, good. Next: Thu 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW 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 2130 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW [ex-2230] Sat 2300 WRMI 11580 to NE Sun 0200 WRMI 11580 to NE Sun 0315v 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 WORLD OF RADIO 1898 monitoring: confirmed Thursday October 5 at 2332 the 2330 on WBCQ 9330.13v-CUSB, good S9+20. Next: 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 2130 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW [ex-2230] Sat 2300 WRMI 11580 to NE Sun 0200 WRMI 11580 to NE Sun 0315v 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 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) World of Radio via WRMI Reception Report Language: English Date: 7 Oct 2017 UTC time: 23.15-23.28 Freq: 11580 kHz SINPO: 45545 QSL card requested: Yes Note: logged via webSDR of K3FEF & W3TKP in Milford, Pennsylvania USA, and monitored in Jakarta Indonesia using Xiaomi Redmi 2 android smartphone. Programme details: Glenn talked about checking some radio station (Peru, USA, Ukraine, by radio dx Russia, BBC etc), radio schedules for this week. Technical remarks: Strong and stable signal strength with nearly nil problems. Only found a minor fading. From: Eddy Prabowo Jl. Tanjung Duren Utara 8 Gang 9 No. 742A. Grogol Petamburan. Jakarta 11470 INDONESIA [with four wav file clips of equeally good quality] Dikirim dari Yahoo Mail di Android, cc to WRMI, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Eddy, Thanks for your report. Glad you could hear WOR via the USA receivers. If you can ever hear it sufficiently direct on SW in Jakarta, please let me know details. I expect WRMI will be issuing you a World of Radio design QSL. Regards, Glenn (via DXLD) WORLD OF RADIO 1898 monitoring: confirmed Friday October 6 at 2330 on WBCQ 9330.14v-CUSB, fair. Not confirmed Saturday October 7 again this week on HLR 7265-CUSB between 1431 and 1500, via UTwente, just a weak station with some music, i.e. CRI Sinhala via East Turkistan. Confirmed Saturday October 7 at 2130 on WBCQ 9330v-CUSB, good on a portable in the park. I missed checking the 11580 airings on WRMI, Sat 2300 & UT Sun 0200. Confirmed UT Sunday Oct 8 at 0329 on WA0RCR, 1860- AM, MO, about 13 minutes in, so started circa 0316. Next: 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 WORLD OF RADIO 1898 monitoring: the Oct 7 Saturday 2300 on WRMI 11580 is confirmed by a reception report from Eddy Prabowo in Jakarta, Indonesia, using a remote in Pennsylvania into his smartphone. Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, reports: ``GERMANY, Reception of World of Radio via HLR 9485-CUSB, Oct 8 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/reception-of-world-of-radio-via-hlr.html 1031-1100 on 9485 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu English Sun, good 0631-0700 on 6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu no signal on Oct 7`` Next: Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to SSE Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW WORLD OF RADIO 1898 monitoring: confirmed Sunday Oct 8 after 2330 on WBCQ, 9330.000v!-CUSB, good. confirmed UT Monday October 9 at 0305 on Area 51 webcast underway and also on WBCQ 5130.30, S9+10 until 0329:49, so started circa only 49 seconds late. Next airing UT Monday Oct 9, 0330 on WRMI 9955: JBA carrier but confirmed on webcast. Next: Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW AND, as discovered last week by Harold Frodge, and now on the sked: Tue 2030 WRMI 11580 to NE, 9455 to WNW Maybe I will have new 1899 ready by then, maybe not AND, also added, by when 1899 will certainly be running this week: Thu 2230 WRMI 5850 to NW Thanks, Jeff! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1899, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WORLD OF RADIO 1898 monitoring: confirmed Monday October 9 at 2330 on WBCQ, 9329.985v-CUSB, fair. Also confirmed UT Tuesday October 10 at 0030 on WRMI, 7730, S9+20/30. Also confirmed NEW time Tuesday October 10 at 2030 on WRMI 11580 good, 9455 fair (I have paused during recording next #1899 just to check this; to get it done an hour earlier really cuts into my lunch hour). WORLD OF RADIO 1899 contents: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Cuba, Egypt, Ethiopia and non, France, Germany, Indonesia, Israel, Korea North non, Kurdistan non, México, New Zealand, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Sa`udi Arabia, Somaliland, Syria, Tannu Tuva, Ukraine, UK, USA, Zanzibar, unidentified 26005, and the propagation outlook WORLD OF RADIO 1899 monitoring: confirmed first SW broadcast completed only a few minutes before airtime: Tuesday October 10 at 2130 on WRMI 9455, fair. Also confirmed Tue Oct 10 at 2330 on WBCQ 9330.00v-CUSB, fair. Next: Wed 1030 WRMI 5850 to NW, 9455 to WNW Wed 1315 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 2030 WRMI 9955 to SSE [NEW] Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Thu 2230 WRMI 5850 to NW [NEW; but no-show Oct 12] Thu 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW 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 2130 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sat 2300 WRMI 11580 to NE Sun 0200 WRMI 11580 to NE Sun 0315v 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 2030 WRMI 11580 to NE, 9455 to WNW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. YouTube Video of the Month A Tour of the 1.4 MILLION watt Shortwave station WRMI Florida https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKlic5e47ek From Ham Radio Concepts, this 25-minute video takes us on a tour of the transmitter site of WRMI-Radio Miami International in Okeechobee, Florida. The station has shortwave transmitters totalling 1.4 million watts. The station was originally operated by Family Radio, using the callsign of WYFR. Radio Miami International suffered a fair amount of damage from Hurricane Irma earlier this year, but they are up and running again. They have become a major outlet for other international shortwave stations to relay their programming through a North American transmitter site (Oct CIDX Messenger via DXLD) I hate to quibble, but to add up to 1.4 MW, WRMI would have to have 14 x 100 kW transmitters operating at full power each, unlikely. WRTH gives them 12 x 100 and 1 x 50 = only 1.25 MW (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. 11580, WRMI with English “Wavescan” Jeff White talx re Al Jazeera TV visit, & Japanese DX report. ID at BoH [2330 Sunday] into SW Radiogram with digital text & photos as usual. Stories were about: US/Russian deep space gateway; Fifty radio amateurs deployed to Puerto Rico; BBC World Service launches Korean service; Highest-capacity transatlantic data cable completed; Anatoly Karpov (Soviet chess grandmaster) & his radio. Inline image 2: ^Route of new Trans-Atlantic cable Inline image 3: ^Anatoly Karpov The story on the BBC Korean service was interesting in that it mentioned it is “a daily 30-minute radio news programme broadcast at 1530 GMT on SW & 1630 GMT MW. The service will also feature a digital offer with written stories, videos & radio programmes which can be downloaded & shared.” It didn’t indicate if the digital content was MFSK or DRM -- if the later, one wonders how DRM radios would become available in the DPRK if we can’t even get them in the west!? 45444 with more static than usual. The text was in 97+% but the photos were a bit sketchy as shown! 2310-2400 1/Oct. SPR-4 + randomwire + FLDigi for decode (Ken Zichi, Port Hope MI2, MARE Tipsheet 6 Oct via DXLD) 7570, Oct 4 at 0246, this WRMI is off, so one less frequency from The Overkiller, sob! All other WRMIs, 5, 7, 9 and 11 MHz bands, are still on, so not a total power failure. However, 5985 is JBA carrier, so maybe not WRMI but always weak here, now supposed to start at 0230. Next check at 0601, 7570 is back on. 9395 // 9455, Oct 4 at 0612, WRMI with VOA news about expelling Cuban diplomats, etc., until 0617 ID and back to Oldies. 9395 // 9455, Oct 5 at 0609, WRMI S9+10 with VOA News relay about Catalunya, Togo, etc., ``the tiny West African nation`` --- TINY TRAP! Altho smaller than many African neighbors, Togo`s area is 21,000 square miles, about twice the size of Albania, or slightly smaller than West Virginia --- would either of those be called ``tiny`` by anyone Outside the tiny Beltway?? Well, yes, by plenty of ignorami. VOA News is chopped off incomplete at 0612 right after the word ``continued`` but not part of ``to be continued``; dead air, ID and back to Oldies. I`m wondering to what extent this Oldies service is automated to plug in the VOA News at odd times without intervention? 9955, Friday Oct 6 at 1345, WRMI with `Viva Miami`, as I finally have a chance to listen to the whole thing. Jeff is recording from Doha, Qatar, a stopover on his flight from Miami to Cape Town (not very direct! none available) for HFCC in August, admittedly recorded August 15, now almost a bimonth ago. A bit about Al Jazeera being a local TV station in Arabic, English; reading some stories from Gulf Times; about a new Urdu language station on FM 107 (with some singing from it); Big Ben silenced for four years; flood in Nepal. On another occasion I heard Jeff assure us that the locals pronounce it Catár, not ``Gutter`` as some American media make it. However, I assume the Arabic letter transformed to Q in English is not exactly the same phoneme as K (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Additional transmissions of WRMI Okeechobee http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/additional-transmissions-via-wrmi.html 0230-0300 5985 100 kW / 222 deg MEXI English Walking Power tx#02 Sun 0500-0600 5985 100 kW / 222 deg MEXI English Brother Stair tx#02 1200-1230 5950 100 kW / 181 deg Cuba English Brother Stair tx#14 2230-2300 5850 100 kW / 315 deg WNAm various WRMI programs tx#12 1200-2100 15770 100 kW / 044 deg WeEu Brother Stair not yet tx#03 2100-2200 15770 100 kW / 044 deg WeEu WRMI programs not yet tx#03 ??????????? ?? Observer ? 3:13 PM (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, October 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5130.33, WBCQ Monticello ME (presumed); 0008-0024+, 10/2l [sic] Old Dragnet episode. SIO=3+53 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, 48642-3156, Drake R8B + 185' & 60' RW + 125' bow-tie, ----- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! -----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Unreal. Date has got to be wrong, since this was sent Oct 5; I wonder what day of week it was (gh, DXLD) [WBCQ 7490] Tonight's AWWW --- Show started about thirty seconds early this evening. Phone call came in immediately after the opening music faded and asked why 3250 was not on this evening. Allan announced that the FCC had contacted him and said that 3250 was causing interference to a military station on 3245 and was asked to cease and desist broadcasting there. He's waiting till next week for a clearance on another frequency nearby and then TimTron will grind the crystal for the new frequency. Allan introduced his new girlfriend, Angela, to the audience. She's Canadian and unlike Pam, the previous girlfriend, is pro Trump. Lots of phone calls this week and some first time callers. Reading of emails started at 0102 and Allan started to read a couple of older emails about the FCC`s new pirate policy as a lead-in to his new free radio promotion and as usual got interrupted by a phone call or two and when the calls ended he started reading the current emails and never got back to the pirate promotion. Show was off the air at 0132 (John Carver, Mid-North Indiana, Oct 7, WORLD OF RADIO 1899, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WBCQ's 92 meter service on 3.250 MHz is moving to 3.265 MHz effective immediately. If the transmitter work is completed by the weekend, I expect that the Allan Weiner Worldwide will be broadcast at 0000 Saturday on the new frequency, in addition to 5.130 and 7.490 MHz. Regards, Lw (Larry WIll, MD, Oct 10 dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1899, DX LISTENING DIGEST) = 3265 kHz ** U S A [and non]. From the Isle of Music, Oct 15-21: This week, our special guest is William Borrego, whose debut solo album Acerca el Oido was awarded a Cubadisco in 2017 in the Conjuntos y Otros Formatos category as well as nominated for another one in the Opera Prima (best new artist) category, AND he sings in Leyendas.com, also nominated in Conjuntos y Otros Formatos. We will listen to a lot of music from that category as well as a couple of surprises. Four opportunities to listen on shortwave: 1. For Eastern Europe but audible well beyond the target area in most of the Eastern Hemisphere (including parts of East Asia and Oceania) with 100Kw, Sunday 1500-1600 UTC on SpaceLine, 9400 KHz, from Kostinbrod, Bulgaria (1800-1900 MSK) 2. For the Americas and parts of Europe, Tuesday 0000-0100 UTC on WBCQ, 7490 KHz from Monticello, ME, USA (Monday 8-9PM EDT in the US) 3 & 4. For Europe and sometimes beyond, Tuesday 1900-2000 UTC and Saturday 1200-1300 UTC on Channel 292, 6070 KHz from Rohrbach, Germany. Uncle Bill's Melting Pot, Oct 15 --- It's Greek Week! Episode 32 of Uncle Bill's Melting Pot will be mostly some absolutely sublime Greek music. If you listen to VOG even though you don't speak a word of Greek, this episode's for you. You bring the Ouzo, we'll bring the music. Sunday, October 15 at 2200-2230 UT (6:00-6:30pm EDT US) on WBCQ 7490 (William "Bill" Tilford, Owner/Producer, Tilford Productions, LLC, Oct 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7505, Oct 4 at 0246, WRNO is on and close to frequency, gospel huxter in English. Had been missing for a week or more whenever checked (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn - Oct 4, at 0311, heard WRNO, on 7505v. In Chinese; 0357 WRNO ID and contact info in Chinese, followed by same in English; followed by program ID ("Praise for Today"); filler preaching in English till 0406* cut off (Ron Howard, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 17775, Oct 5 at 1832, KVOH is poor, only S5-S7 peaks, while shortly after *1400 I had noticed it was VG. WWV reported at 1800 a K index of only 1, and no space weather storms past 24 hours nor predicted. 17775, Oct 6 at 2004, KVOH is still on with praise music in English, this extension past 1900 scheduled on Fridays only. S9+20 on very distorted center frequency and *splattering* out plus/minus 20 kHz, gradually diminishing but still audible at the edges to 17755/17795, and a few noise peaks within each 20 kHz span. I can`t divine how any self-respecting broadcaster would allow its signal to stay on the air under such circumstances. It also means they don`t respect any other broadcaster they may be blotting beyond legal bandwidth (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Even worse next Fri ** U S A. 9475-, Oct 5 at 1839, WTWW-1 is OFF; as always, so is 9930, WTWW-2; and even more so, 12105, WTWW-3 not heard for months. Next check at 2349, 9475- is back as PPPP is talking about his ``thumb trick`` promising to explain how he does it later. What has this to do with white identity? OT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. The first for me QSL card from WINB from the USA was received in response to the report for June 30, 2017. I made many attempts to make a good report, but the manager of the Hans station answered me that there were not enough details and he himself suggested to record through the remote receiver. I declined this offer. In the end, with the next attempt, the card was sent by Sally. The card is here http://freerutube.info/2017/10/02/qsl-winb-ssha-iyun-2017-goda/ (Dmitry Elagin, Saratovskaya oblast, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx", Rus-DX Oct 8 via DXLD) Hans would be Hans Johnson, founder of Jihad-DX, later renamed less politically incorrect as Cumbre DX, who has instead now been working for WINB for many years (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. BTW, I haven`t heard a trace of 15555-USB WJHR for a few weeks now (Glenn Hauser, OK, Oct 7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Till Oct 14 ** U S A. Hurricane affected MW stations: see PUERTO RICO [and non] ** U S A. 660, Oct 6 at 1234 UT, ``The Answer`` local weather, traffic break, and back to talk show, with hiccups/glitches every couple seconds in the modulation, not the carrier: KSKY, 20/0.7 kW U4 from Balch Springs TX, address in Irving, and long known as a Dallas station within The Metroplex. Must be claim to fame of ugly-named Balch Springs which is ESE of downtown Dallas next to Mesquite, but B.S. claims 24K inhabitants itself. With a neat call like KSKY, why downplay it for kooky slogan, also in some other markets, related far- right stations? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 730, Oct 9 at 0605 UT, Augusta ad with 855-tollfree number; KLOE 730 ID and extended weather forecast, 0606 UT ``730 KLOE``, into talk show with YL, `America Tonight`, or ``ATN`` for short, previewing various topix including football. Guess what: KLOE, Goodland, NW corner of KS, 1 kW daytime is supposed to run 20 watts at night; now it`s dominant over everything, including 100 kW(?) XEX (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Glenn Hauser's recent UNID on 860 kHz: MP3 59 KB KNAI_860_20171002_1100UT.mp3 --à http://www.w4uvh.net/KNAI_860_20171002_1100UT.mp3 (Sorry I don't have the original post to quote here). I recall Glenn Hauser recently posted an UNID on 860 kHz with a slogan sounding like "la campera." In my Border Inn recordings I found a pre-recorded ID for KNAI in which the word "campesina" in their normal slogan seems to get truncated to "campena' or something similar. Clip attached. Hope this helps. Note this ID also mentions a new(?) translator on 101.9 (K270BZ?). 73 (Tim Hall, CA, ABDX via DXLD) Thanks, Tim. Altho I don`t have a recording, that certainly fits with what I heard. Still wonder exactly what word that is (Glenn, ibid.) ** U S A. 870, KAAN MO Bethany – Format to FARM/SPT (ex-OLD); slogan to "Regional Radio ESPN 870 & 103.7," networks to A/Mo/AGt/Bf/ESPN. (GH) (2017 NRC AM Log updates, NRC DX News Oct 16, published Oct 9, via DXLD) ** U S A. Re: ``UNIDENTIFIED. 1010, Sunday October 1 around 1237 UT, preacher in Spanish with somewhat strange accent, but not exactly gringo. Loops E/W or slightly counterclockwise. #1 suspect is KXXT Tolleson AZ (Phœnix market), Family Values Radio, 15000/250 watts U5. Official FCC October sunrise is not until 1330 UT. Day pattern is circle tangent eastward, good for us. Schedule is overwhelmingly in English, but the daily lineup has lots of gaps including now: http://familyvaluesradio1010.com/programguidedaily/ There is a `Conexión Cristiana` at unknown time, and even a woman holding up a Brazilian flag, so could emit some Brazuguese too (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)`` This would explain my unID: I had thought of KTNZ, my nearest 1010 to the west, but could not find any update of format change for it from stupid ballgame talk on ESPN en inglés; from Neil Kazaross, IL, Oct 3, in IRCA, et al.: ``KTNZ 1010 Amarillo now Spanish Religion --- I've heard their calls followed by Radio Católica Mundial slogans the past couple days at sunrise. This is EWTN Spanish. 73 KAZ Barrington IL`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 1010, KTNZ TX Amarillo – Format to SS:REL (ex-SPT); networks to RCM; adds // K233CB-94.5; Delete Grp= ESPN for eastern New Mexico & the Panhandle. (KAZ) (2017 NRC AM Log updates, NRC DX News Oct 16, published Oct 9, via DXLD) RCM: Radio Católica Mundial = EWTN ** U S A. RADIO FREE ASIA 1460 MP3 Radio_Free_Asia_1460_10_7_0300_ELT.mp3 124KB Hi all, Here’s one from my taping last week; was in all of 10-6 & 10-7 Asian language mostly females with female vocal music. Caught the Radio Free Asia ID at ToH but nothing to discern who’s rebroadcasting it. My internet searches have come up empty handed. 73 (Wayne Heinen, Editor AM Radio Log, NRC-AM gg via DXLD) KCLE Burleson, TX? (Paul Walker, PA, ibid.) That was my guess yesterday and I just got this from Bill Hale – No longer C&W. Listened from 1055 to 1120 local . . . female in some SE Asian (??) language from 1055-1102 saying lots of "bye bye's" into high-energy music/vocal in same (?) language. 1107: slower-paced female vocal (same language ??). 1112: talking by male (heard "dot com") so must have been giving a web site address. Also heard "Puerto Rico" and (Hurricane?) "Maria". May have been news or request for donations(?). 1117: "West Side Moving" (ad?) by male and female. Then more by male including several "USA" mentions. 1120: tune out as that's all I could stand. NO ID heard in English (per FCC regs). Both their day and night patterns favor you at 325 degrees from here. So depending on what time you heard them and if they switched patterns (??), what you heard is most likely them. If you wish I can call the station, or contact a Vietnamese friend (a 'boat' person!) who lives in Arlington and speaks the language fluently to confirm. BILL (via Wayne Heinen, ibid.) ** U S A. KQQB reception report returned --- As I somewhat expected my letter to KQQB was returned by the PO. Address used was: 1211 W. Hein Rd. San Antonio, TX The 1520 station was advertising for air time but has no real web presence. Their Facebook page is old and searches didn't find much (Martin Foltz, Oct 5, ABDX via DXLD) How about this address from the FCC database? https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_det.pl?Facility_id=67285 (Dennis Gibson, Sent from my iPad, ibid.) Thanks, Dennis, That was going to be my next place to look. It's probably a corporate office with no actual station personnel but it's all I have to go with right now (Martin Foltz, ibid.) ** U S A. Applications for STAs received: 1520, KOLM, MN, Rochester – Applies for STA with U3 800/800 from night site; failure of underground cable at day site (David Yocis, AM Switch, NRC DX News Oct 16, published Oct 9, via DXLD) That should reduce its QRM to KOKC even here in OK. Was 10000/800 U8, obviously on day power at night (gh) ** U S A [and non]. Another X-band survey not only of US but rest of the Americas: See INTERNATIONAL ** U S A. 2017 MARCONI RADIO AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED Via Radio World The National Association of Broadcasters have announced the the 2017 Marconi Radio Award winners at the 28th annual NAB Marconi Radio Awards Dinner & Show. The event was held at the Radio Show in Austin and was sponsored by Xperi. Established in 1989 and named after inventor and Nobel Prize winner Guglielmo Marconi, the NAB Marconi Radio Awards are given to radio stations and on-air personalities to recognize excellence in radio. This year’s recipients are: Legendary Station of the Year: WCBS (AM), New York Major Market Station of the Year: WTOP (FM), Washington Large Market Station of the Year: WKRQ (FM), Cincinnati Medium Market Station of the Year: KRMG (FM), Tulsa, Okla. Small Market Station of the Year: KNDE (FM), College Station, Texas AC Station of the Year: WBEB (FM), Philadelphia CHR Station of the Year: KRBE (FM), Houston Classic Hits Station of the Year: WPBG (FM), Peoria, Ill. Country Station of the Year: KPLX (FM), Dallas News/Talk Station of the Year: WDBO (FM), Orlando, Fla. Non-commercial Station of the Year: WRHU (FM), Hempstead, N.Y. Religious Station of the Year: WLIB (AM), New York Rock Station of the Year: KSHE (FM), St. Louis Sports Station of the Year: KTCK (FM), Dallas Urban Station of the Year: WHQT (FM), Miami Network/Syndicated Personality of the Year: Rickey Smiley of Reach Media Inc. Major Market Personality of the Year: Funkmaster Flex, WQHT (FM), New York Large Market Personality of the Year: Linda Lee of WYCD (FM), Detroit Medium Market Personality of the Year: Steve McIntosh & Ted Woodward of KNSS (FM), Wichita, Kan. Small Market Personality of the Year: Ken Thomas of WJJY (FM), Brainerd, Minn (Oct CIDX Messenger via DXLD) It would be enlightening to know just what each station/personality did to deserve such recognition, and how they were selected: votes by thousands of their peers?? A small committee? Previous honorees only? The public? Did they have to apply or be nominated? (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. Our View: IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE MINNESOTA WITHOUT MPR | Our View | postbulletin.com http://www.postbulletin.com/opinion/our_view/our-view-it-s-hard-to-imagine-minnesota-without-mpr/article_5e139ad5-c01e-5bf1-9c81-b58267d2ed76.html Minnesota Public Radio was launched in 1967 by Bill Kling, right, and Colman Barry, president of St. John's University in Collegeville. Kling stepped down as president of MPR in 2011.* Courtesy of MPR For many of us, life in Minnesota is unthinkable without Minnesota Public Radio. Some of us have MPR on all day for classical music. Others depend on it for news from Minnesota and around the world. MPR's The Current channel has taken new, progressive pop music, often by Minnesota musicians, to all corners of the state. And as a leader in producing programming for public radio nationwide and internationally -- think "A Prairie Home Companion" -- MPR and its spin offs and partners have enriched listeners all over the globe. MPR was launched when KSJR-FM went on the air at St. John's University in Collegeville on Jan. 22, 1967, with a concert by the Cleveland Orchestra. Public broadcasting was a new concept then, and in the early days, listeners were introduced to the distinctive voices and wits of Garrison Keillor, Michael Barone and the late Leigh Kamman. Stations were added and sponsored by colleges around Minnesota and nearby states. New partnerships were forged with global media giants such as the BBC, bringing news to Minnesota that once was heard only on shortwave. Fifty years after that first broadcast, MPR now has 46 stations and 41 translators, carrying its news and music programming over the air to just about every radio in Minnesota, and 24/7 online. The member- supported nonprofit estimates that about 20 million people weekly tune in to programming by its national division, American Public Media. Rochester has all three MPR streams: KLSE-FM 90.7 (classical), KZSE-FM 91.7 (news) and KMSE-FM 88.7 (The Current). And at a time when newsrooms are shrinking and there are fewer reporters and photographers on the street, MPR News is a major player in Minnesota local news. The Post Bulletin has partnered with MPR News for years, sharing content online and publishing their reporting in our print edition. It's easy to take MPR for granted, but all it takes to correct that is to go elsewhere and turn on the radio. Wisconsin has an impressive public radio network, and other metro areas have more independent public radio options, but for quality, depth and innovation, MPR is in a league of its own. Not everyone's a fan. Commercial stations have long complained about how MPR's audience share has grown, subsidized in part by state dollars and now by public Legacy Fund dollars as well. Some people believe government shouldn't give a dime to public broadcasting, whether MPR, National Public Radio, PBS or whatever. Some say public broadcasting tilts politically to the left. But no other broadcaster in Minnesota aims to do what MPR has done for 50 years, which is to air incredibly rich and diverse arts and cultural programming, much of it by Minnesota artists, to all corners of the state. Commercial stations, which increasingly are programmed from a corporate headquarters far from here, aren't interested in that. And MPR News, with its range of local, national and international content, is irreplaceable. MPR will celebrate its 50th year with a block party Saturday in St. Paul, so it's a good time to cut the cake and appreciate what we -- through a modest amount of tax money but mostly through the generosity of tens of thousands of listeners and corporate givers -- have built (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) ** U S A. EMPIRE STATE BUILDING SUES WBAI OVER UNPAID RENT ... radioinsight.com The ongoing saga of the Pacifica Foundation and its station’s attempts for survival has taken another turn a http://radioinsight.com/headlines/116226/empire-state-building-sues-wbai-over-unpaid-rent/ (via Artie Bigley, DXLD) viz.: RadioInsight --- EMPIRE STATE BUILDING WINS SUMMARY JUDGMENT AGAINST WBAI IN RENT DISPUTE --- By Lance Venta on October 4, 2017 4 Comments 99.5 WBAI New York Empire State Building Rent Judge Gerald Lebovits has ruled with a summary judgment in favor of the Empire State Realty Trust in its lawsuit against Pacifica Foundation’s 99.5 WBAI New York for unpaid rent in the amount of $1,819,687.52. WBAI had sought to continue to pay the $12,000 a month as opposed to the nearly $45-$53,000 per month its lease was for on the argument that they had an oral agreement, but the judge ruled that there was no written agreement to go along with it. In a statement on WBAI.org, Pacifica lawyer Sam Himmelstein stated “This was about as bad a result as we could have expected.” Pacifica must pay the money due immediately. In an audio clip on WBAI’s page, General Manager Berthold Reimers made the argument that WBAI or any station should not have to pay any money for a tower lease because it is a publicly licensed operation. Pacifica states that it intends to use “Political Pressure” to get the judgment overturned. WBAI holds a Construction Permit to relocate to 4 Times Square with 10kW/282m, but is contractually bound to the Empire State lease for a few more years. Original Report 1/30: The ongoing saga of the Pacifica Foundation and its station’s attempts for survival has taken another turn as a lawsuit filed by the Empire State Building over unpaid tower rent by 99.5 WBAI New York has been made public. The ESB sued Pacifica in November 2016 for the $1,357,429.71 owed in rent and late fees plus interest, costs, disbursements, and attorney’s fees. WBAI’s lease runs contractually through 2020 with the station paying for tower and combiner space, backup antenna/combiner, and a transmitter room on the 81st floor. WBAI holds a Construction Permit to relocate to 4 Times Square should it be evicted from the Empire State Building that expires in July. But with the Pacifica Foundation struggling survive, a judge’s ruling to force payment could help expedite whatever the group needs to do to raise funds. The WBAI-NowThen blog has posted the full filing including the rent contract signed in 2005. 4 Comments joseph_gallant January 30, 2017, 6:27 pm The saga of Pacifica is probably the best radio soap opera (in a sordid but sarcastic way) since the cancellation of “Ma Perkins” in November, 1960. Theater of My Mind October 4, 2017, 3:41 pm What will most likely happen next if Pacifica doesn’t pay immediately? Nathan Obral October 4, 2017, 4:05 pm Good luck with that “political pressure” thing. Actually, Pacifica may be best served reading this piece by said Judge Gerald Lebovits on how people lose cases just like this one. (In all seriousness, it’s a really good read.) Eric Jon Magnuson October 5, 2017, 12:36 pm From the lead item in today’s Tom Taylor Now at http://us6.campaign-archive1.com/?u=78b390ff9f5b002e3f050238c&id=e6bf1ef1c3 “NOW has the memo to staff from Pacifica Executive Director Bill Crosier – ‘Here’s the news from court in NY – not good…I don’t want to scare away donors in our fund drives with the word bankruptcy, but people need to know what when/if we go into bankruptcy (more likely now), it will be Chapter 11 bankruptcy (look it up), in order to continue operating. It will NOT mean that we’d shut down.’ Crosier says ‘Chapter 11 brings with it additional problems but would stop collection efforts by ESRT and allow us to keep operating while we develop a plan to pay off the debts.'” (via DXLD) ** U S A. POPULAR PIRATE RADIO STATION FOR HAITIAN MUSIC IN MIAMI HIT BY HEFTY FCC FINE --- Miami Herald-6 hours ago http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/haiti/article177077711.html But Radio Touche Douce is a pirate radio station, an underground operation that the federal government is accusing of illegally broadcasting from a shed in a North Miami backyard (via Artie Bigley, Mike Cooper, DXLD) WTFK? Only in a second related story on same page do we get to that: 90.1 (gh, DXLD) HAITIAN MUSICIANS NEED TO HELP TOUCHE DOUCE PIRATE RADIO STATION, SAYS COMPAS FEST FOUNDER Sure, it's illegal. But this pirate radio station supported Haitian music ... Miami.com - 2 hours ago Founder of the biggest Haitian music festival outside of Haiti, Rodney Noel is calling on the Haitian Music Industry (HMI) to come to the rescue of one of its own. . . http://www.miami.com/miami-news/sure-its-illegal-but-this-pirate-radio-station-supported-haitian-music-for-years-now-it-needs-your-help-172829/ (via Artie Bigley, DXLD) ** U S A. WUSF TV ENDING OPERATIONS OCT. 15 By Mary Shedden & WUSF News Staff • Aug 11, 2017 http://wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/post/wusf-tv-ending-operations-oct-15 WUSF TV broadcasts from the University of South Florida campus in Tampa [caption of building with call letters on it] After 51 years of providing educational television for the Tampa Bay area, WUSF TV will be going off the air Oct. 15th. Earlier this year, the University of South Florida - which holds the station's license - agreed to sell the television signal as part of the Federal Communication Commission's nationwide Spectrum auction. WUSF's two radio stations - WUSF 89.7 and Classical WSMR - will not be affected at all by the sale. USF Trustees have not made a decision on how they will use the sale proceeds of $18.7 million. Officials have said it will go toward initiatives at the university. WUSF General Manager JoAnn Urofsky says the radio stations' operations will continue to depend on listener support for its local and NPR programming. WEDU Television is planning to offer the Create and PBS Kids channels. They will also be broadcasting some of the other programs currently aired on WUSF TV. The Tampa campus studios of WUSF TV will continue to be used for student education and other video productions. People seeking more information are being directed to a website created by WUSF. This is a developing story. Stay tuned here and to WUSF 89.7 for updates (via Terry Krueger, Clearwater, DXLD) ** VANUATU [continued from COOK ISLANDS] Ein anderer Sender aus der Südsee dessen Live-Streaming ich herein bekomme ist Radio Vanuatu. So um 1845 UT beim Wechsel vom Nachtprogramm zur Morgenstartsendung kommt hier zumeist eine komplette ID mit Frequenzansagen. Es werden beide Kurzwellen angesagt 3945 und 7260 kHz. Ob beide Frequenzen gleichzeitig benützt werden weiß ich nicht. vy 73s Erich Bergmann, Germany (Oct 6 via Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD) ** VANUATU. ... but in 41mb R Vanuatu, Port Vila, on air Live Player is at least 30 to 40 seconds behind SW signal which heard in remote SDR at Australia. https://www.vbtc.vu/radio-vanuatu 41 mb heard still at 1245 UT Oct 6, despite of wrong Aoki database 07- 1015 UT 3945 kHz, WRTH 2017 has 04-22 UT nighttime schedule though ... in SDR in Brisbane Queensland 7259.9595 kHz S=9+5dB at Australia. When the music end pause, and during female presenter voice, a deep BUZZ tone of 50, 100 and 150 Hertz heard, - via the Port Vila sw tx. Another frequency stn of lower signal level is on 7259.990 kHz is usually PBS Xinjiang Urumqi China. 73 (wolfgang df5sx, DXLD) ** VATICAN. Good signal of Vatican Radio Holy Mass on Oct 6 1130-1200 on 15595 SMG 100 kW / 107 deg to N/ME English Fri 1130-1200 on 17590 SMG 100 kW / 112 deg to N/ME English Fri http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/good-signal-of-vatican-radio-holy-mass.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, October 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15595, Vatican Radio at 1617 with a woman with news with several correspondent reports and news ending at 1628 with “From Vatican Radio we wish you a very good evening” and off at 1629 – Good with some fading Oct 7 (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA yg via DXLD) ** VIETNAM [non]. PALAU, Reception of Radio Que Me via T8WH Angel 3 on Oct 6 1200-1230 on 9930 HBN 100 kW / 318 deg to EaAs Vietnamese Fri, strong http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/reception-of-radio-que-me-via-t8wh.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, October 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZAMBIA. 4965, Voice of Hope, // 6065, Lusaka. Oct 2, 2017 Monday. 1646-1650. Religious song. Good. Jo'burg sunset 1608. 6065, Voice of Hope // 4965, Lusaka. Oct 2, 2017 Monday. 1646-1650. Religious song. Poor, West Africa Stream. Jo'burg sunset 1608. Posted by: (Bill Bingham, RSA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZAMBIA [and non]. A good African LP opening on 60 meters this morning with my highlight being Zambia on 4965 with the IS and ID for the Voice of Hope Africa at 1558 at fair level. VOA Botswana was at good level a few minutes earlier. Then after the DX there’s a walk on the empty beach! 73 (Walt in Masset, BC, Salmaniw, Oct 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZANZIBAR. 11735 kHz is back on the air. Noted at 1855 with good signal. Man and woman in presumed Swahili. Just before TOH, woman with ID for “Zed-B-C.” 5+1 time beeps (a bit early) and into the news. 10/7/17 (Art Delibert, North Bethesda, MD, JRC NRD-93, Pennant antenna with DX Engineering pre-amp, HCDX via DXLD) Signal is OK here, S8 ish or so, but a little noisy and low-ish modulation (Paul Walker, PA, 1912 UT Oct 7, ibid.) 11735, TANZANIA-ZANZIBAR, ZBC Radio presumed the one at 1933 in Swahili with a man with talk and East African folk and pop vocals and instrumentals – Poor Oct 7 (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA yg via DXLD) After putting up a new Wellbrook loop Saturday afternoon (7 October), I was surprised to find a rather strong signal on 11735 kHz at 1955 UT. This had rather Middle Eastern-inflected music with a female announcer in what certainly sounded to me like Swahili. There were very odd time pips at 2000 but no discernible ID. The music program continued until what turned out to be closing announcements until cut off when the carrier dropped at 2059. The program and abrupt sign-off strongly suggest this was Dole back after some months of silence. Hopefully it was. It might be well to check 6015 kHz at 0300 UT also (that's pretty hopeless here, though). 73, (Andy Robins, Kalamazoo, Michigan USA, Tecsun PL-880 and Wellbrook ALA1530LN loop, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, that would be Zanzibar - copied regularly here with Wellbrook 330s and Drake R8 until around 2100-2200z when they will sign off abruptly, with no fanfare, and at no particular time. Nice catch, (Rich near Chicago Ray, ibid.) Zanzibar, 11735 kHz -- As in its past incarnations, ZBC has English news beginning at 1800. Fair signal; about half the words are readable, enough to get the sense of the stories (Art Delibert, Maryland, 10/8/17, HCDX via DXLD) TANZANIA, 11735, Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation, Dole, 1735-18123 [sic], 08-10, vernacular comments, African songs, at 1800 time signals, English female: “It’s nine o’clock, Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation, the news, at 1809, “the main points again”, at 1810: “The end of the news from Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation, thank you for listening”, more vernacular comments, songs. 34433 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Lugo, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, they are back. Noted yesterday but not yet reported. Off today promptly at 2100. 73, (Walt in Masset BC, Oct 9, ibid.) I'm hearing them very strong right now (~1700z) on 11734.998 kHz from http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/ (Rodney Johnson, MN, Oct 9, ibid.) 11735, Oct 9 at 2016, typical Ungujan music as ZBC is reactivated after some weeks, as per numerous reports since October 7. Here it`s only S4 with deep fades to nothing. Has news in English some days at 1800-1810. Normal sign-off is 2100v, altho one report said as late as 2200. Look out for R. Transmundial, Brasil also on 11735 until 2100v (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) State-run Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation now streams its ZBC Radio service from their website at http://zbc.co.tz It was observed with a news bulletin in English at 1800-1810 UT today (9 Oct 2017) which was heard in parallel on 11735 kHz shortwave, giving fair reception via a web SDR in Kaustinen, Finland (David Kernick, Interval Signals Online, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Zanzibar BC - 11735 - tuned in at 2009, music with tympani or boom-ing drums, racheting QRM on 11736 occasionally but overall a pretty good copy. OM in Swahili (presumed) 2021, first time I`ve logged this, nice to get a new one! (Chris KC5IIE Krug, Tulsa, OK, Anan 10Esdr, 40m loop, ibid.) Reception of Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation on Oct 9 1500-2100 on 11735 DOL 050 kW / non-dir to CeAf Swahili, including 1800-1810 on 11735 DOL 050 kW / non-dir to CeAf English, fair/good http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/reception-of-zanzibar-broadcasting.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, October 9, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1899, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11735 heard on 10/9 at 2028 tune with Arabic vocal with SINPO 54555 (QRM 1-2 second pulsing noise at infrequent intervals) from VE6JY Perseus site near Edmonton AB. Also heard here in SoCal with SINPO 35333 and from KiwiSDR site in Bay of Islands NZ with SINPO 44444 and what sounded like weak co-ch QRM (R Transmundial??). Brazilians are usually audible from NZ in this time slot (Bruce Churchill, 2491 Palo Vista Rd, Fallbrook, CA 92028-9690, Mobile: +1 (760) 803-2181, E-Mail: brucechurchill61@gmail.com Shortwave Listener since 1952, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, October 6 at 1226- 1231 UT: 828 (2 carriers?), 882, 1035, 1512 from WSW; 1098 west; 1566- NW. Sunrise here: 1231 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Oct 9 at 0035- 0038, as DXers further east are reporting a good opening: 783-east (likely Mauritania), 756-seems southeast? (maybe 100 kW Nigeria, more like east), rest Europish: 1044-ENE, 1053-NE (2 carriers beating), 1215-NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 1620, Radio Villa --- I heard a soft spoken female speaking maybe Spanish and mention Radio Villa on 1620 Friday at 11 pm edst [0300 UT Oct 7] Does anyone know where that station is from? (Jim in Springfield MA, WA1EDN, Oct 9, ABDX via DXLD Maybe another Cuban shuffle, something from Villa Clara province? But WRTH shows no AM or FM stations by that name. From the BDXC-UK X-band list, a couple of long-shot Argentines with that or similar names: ARG Radio Italia, Villa Martelli BA Spanish ARG Radio Vida, Monte Grande BA 2 Spanish Or, maybe a pirate nearby. Strange how so many hams dispense with their surnames: Bagge per ARRL lookup (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 5838.00-USB, Oct 5 at 2355, 2-way in colloquial Spanish (before WTWW comes up on 5830), INTRUDERS if we claim broadcasting down to 5800, or 5745 as with ex-Greenville (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 6008.7-USB, Oct 5 at 2335, 2-way in Spanish but mostly pauses. Big het from 6009.7-AM presumably HJDH but which I can notch, leaving a little het from something closer to 6010.0, presumably ZYE521. Anyhow, not a good frequency choice for the INTRUDERS unless they hoped to go more unnoticed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 6965-LSB, Oct 8 at 0018, pileup of Brazuguese talkovers, QSOs, and some bits of music. Various NAm pirates elsewhere on band but this really seems unlike any of them would (re-)transmit. Still going at 0027, 0054 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDentified. Greek MW? pirate with non-stop music again on air, Oct 7 from 1245 on 7514.9 unknown tx site, strong QRM on 7520 kHz & 7515 kHz at same time 7520 ERV 100 kW / 192 deg WeAs Kurdish Denge Kurdistan from 1318 on 7510 TWR 100 kW / 320 deg EaAs English/Korean KTWR Asia http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/unidentified-greek-mw-pirate-with-non.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, October 7, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) MW Greek pirate (1503x5=7515) with non-stop music, Oct 9 from 1145 on 7515 unknown tx site, strong QRM on 7520 kHz and 7510 kHz at same time 7520 ERV 100 kW / 192 deg to WeAs Kurdish Denge Kurdistan from 1345 on 7510 TWR 100 kW / 320 deg to EaAs Korean KTWR / TWR Asia: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/10/unidentified-mw-greek-pirate-1503x57515.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, October 9, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Is that a guess it`s a fifth harmonic, or confirmed? (gh) UNIDENTIFIED. 7581.1-USB, Oct 5 at 2353, 2-way in Spanish, whistling (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Re 7700: Thorsten Hallmann thh@free.de [dxld] kirjoitti 11.9.2017 klo 19:29: ``I don't believe the transmitter I heard was the one of Warsan Radio neither the one of Puntland Radio One as suggested by others before, as it was straight AM. 73 Thorsten`` It seems to be an Al-Shabaab station, but no info yet about name or location. 73, (Mauno Ritola, Finland, Oct 8, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) But don`t forget, Euro-pirates have used 7700 (gh, DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 9410, Fu Hsing?? Found on a couple web receivers around 1150 with usual weak signal going off and on. Decided to try it here for the heck of it and was shocked to see it in the display mimicking the on/off times on the web receivers, finally going off for good sometime around 1156. No hope for any audio here of course. 4 Oct, 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus with 151 foot Delta Loop, Hard- Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 16540-USB, Oct 8 at 0007, 2-way in English, weak. Klingenfuss listed this as a worldwide simplex ship frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 17620-USB, Oct 5 at 1335, INTRUDERS, very poor 2-way in Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 17900-USB, Oct 9 at 2018, 2-way in Spanish, one loud & clear, the other really broken up with squeaks & squeals (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 21310-USB, Oct 6 at 1420, looking for anysignals on 14m, one here extremely weak S2 about equal to noise level, and slightly off-frequency low, requiring precision tuning for best sound, but all I can make out is `OD5V`, fonetikally, which looks like Lebanon but no such call in QRZ.com, and so poor I can`t tell if it`s the caller or callee. About to declare this the OSOB, I then find one other equally poor on 21285-USB, calling North America. At 1428 I think he spells his name as M-I-L, as short for Milton? Anyhow, 21505 BSKSA is fairly audible, so band is almost open from that area (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 26005, at 1351 with pop vocals but too weak to discern any talk – Barely audible in peaks with deep fades Oct 8 – Outside of utes and some studio transmitter links this is the first activity on 11 meters that I have noticed in a long, long time. This is worth monitoring over time (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1899, DXLD) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 1899: Thanks to Tim Hendel, Huntsville AL, for a check in the mail, US funds on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED FUTURELY: Glenn, A small donation long overdue. Thank you for many hours of good broadcasts. 73, (Joe Caberlin, Chester NS, VE1EJ ex-VE3ABG, with a contribution to P O Box 1684, Enid OK 72702) One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ BRITISH DX CLUB PUBLICATIONS Thanks to Tony Rogers for his regular updates on the website to the following seven guides: Africa on MW & SW http://bdxc.org.uk/africa.pdf Broadcasting in Afghanistan http://bdxc.org.uk/afghan.pdf External Services on MW http://bdxc.org.uk/mwext.pdf UK LPAM/RSL/Community Radio MW log http://bdxc.org.uk/lpam.pdf Middle East & Caucasus on MW & SW http://bdxc.org.uk/mideast.pdf South Asia on MW and SW http://bdxc.org.uk/southasia.pdf UK on SW http://bdxc.org.uk/uksw.pdf Finally the DX and Media programme day by day frequency guide has also been updated at: http://bdxc.org.uk/dxprog.htm There are many more articles online at: http://bdxc.org.uk/articles.html Remember to bookmark the website homepage! http://bdxc.org.uk (Oct BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) SHADOWS OF THE STATE London, UK Photobooks The Cold War ended in 1991, but echoes of it can still be heard today. One example of this are numbers stations, short wave radio broadcasts of coded messages, believed to be intended for undercover agents in enemy states. Despite originating in the darkest days of the last century these transmissions continue today, with broadcasts occurring daily from countries including Russia, Cuba, and North Korea. Shadows of the State is a photographic project by Lewis Bush which investigates these mysterious broadcasts and attempts to locate the likely transmitter sites of thirty of these stations. These sites are then mapped using high resolution satellite imagery and displayed alongside radio spectrograms, audio recordings, and extensive information about each station. The result of this is a 192-page photobook, Shadows of the State, which contains information, imagery and audio from thirty of these stations. The dummy was designed by Lewis Bush and the final version by Tom Mrazauskas. Tom is an award winning designer and founder of Berlin based photobook publisher Brave Books http://bravebooks.berlin/ who will publish the book in an edition of 700 copies. Alongside the physical book, a dedicated website will house additional recordings, information about the stations, and an explanation of some of the research methods used to produce the book. https://tipi-bookshop.be/shop/shadow-state-lewis-bush/ (Oct Australian DX News via DXLD) CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES +++++++++++++++++++++++++ EDXC CONFERENCE IN TAMPERE IN FINLAND IN AUGUST Alan Pennington's excellent article (which was featured in last month's Communication) has now been added to the club’s website and includes some extra colour photos that were not in Communication. http://bdxc.org.uk/edxc17.pdf (Oct BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) DX-PEDITIONS ++++++++++++ TIM HALL`S ANNUAL NV/UT BORDER INN DX-PEDIDTION Just once a year, for 4 nights. It takes me 3 months to prepare for the trip and 4 months to review all the recordings afterward! This year I was better prepared than ever, and put up 8 wires by the second night; but there was a huge aurora again this year, and almost no long skip at all the first 3 nights, except for my Texas/Cuba/Venezuela wire which was fantastic all 4 nights. I could hardly even hear any Mexicans the first 3 nights. On the 4th night, the aurora eased a bit (regular northern catches like KLOH-1050 and KTOE-1420 reappeared) and skip to Mexico started to come back. So for all that work, so far all my new catches have come from 2 wires. I've found 35 new catches so far, to bring my totals to 1325 stations, only 80 shy of my 1405 from San Diego. Not bad for 19 nights of DXing! 73 (Tim, Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone, Hall, CA, ABDX via DXLD) EUROTRIP 2017 - PART 1 My wife, my DX-398, one of Gary DeBock`s FSL antennas and I all hopped on the MS Rotterdam out of Boston on August 2 for a 38 day excursion. Ports visited were Bar Harbor ME, Sydney NS, Corner Brook & Red Bay NL, Qaqortoq Greenland, Reykjavik Iceland, Aalesund, Bergen & Eidfjord Norway, Rotterdam Netherlands, Dublin Ireland, Liverpool England, Isle of Man, Isle of Skye, Djupivogur, Akureyri & Isafjord Iceland, Nanortalik Greenland, St. Anthony & St. John`s NL and Halifax NS and then back to Boston, where we stayed in Woburn. Considerations: (1) our cabin was on the port side so that was helpful for about half the trip; (2) most DXing was done daytime up to 10:30 LT at night. When you are losing an hour frequently, when your wife gets sick and when you are tired from a lot of tours, you are not prone to get up at 4 to DX - the point being, when we were east of Greenland, I wasn`t up to catch U.S. TAs. Also, some nights it was just too cold, windy and wet to DX outside; (3) the FSL is a marvelous piece of equipment. However, it is indeed directional, and since I was surrounded by metal on three sides, I couldn`t always use it to best advantage. What I needed to do was sit on the stern with a Lazy Susan; and (4) there is not a lot of exciting DX in here. That`s because anyone at the same location would receive the same stations I did; there were no skips and no distance records were set. I have purposely omitted the non-real DX regularly heard megastations, Spaniards, BBC, Talksport and Absolute biggies because they are obvious. However, it was fun, and that`s what hobbies are all about. Loggings are split because of size. This is Part 1: IN NORTH AMERICA (EDT) 549 - AA teletalk, leaving St. John`s NL, 570 - Nuuk only fair 7p 8/8 as we entered Qaqortoq, Greenland 590 - VOCM St. John`s. VOCM heard promoting its return to a heavy new coverage around the province. Its newscasts were heard at one time or another on 570 590 620 650 710 740 870 (1010 (probably an image) 1230 1240. These are not reported separately below but were all heard. 600 - CBNA St. Anthony NL. I thought this was a low power CBC repeater in Red Bay because it faded out fairly quickly when we headed north. I then looked at a map? 720 - Simiutaq, Greenland semilocal in Nanotalik 9/2 8a, //95.0. (NOTE: 650 never heard) 729/738 - RNE R. Nacional, //, 7p 8/8 approaching Qaqortoq (RNE) 900 - AA 9/5 7:05p leaving St. John?s NL 980 - WCAP (oldies) w/very strong het (Algiers presuming) nearly NF, 8p 9/5 981 - AA teletalk, entering Qaqortoq 9:40p 8/8 (Algiers presumed) 1089 - TalkSport on top of WBAL 8/8 9p approaching Qaqortoq 1100 - WHLI Hempstead even w/WTAM 9/12 8:25p from Woburn. On a little late? 1110 - SS even with WBT in Red Bay NL, 10p 8/6. Presumed Venezuela 1110 - SS, what sounded like R. Cinco, 6:50p 9/5, leaving St. John`s NL 1160 - WVNJ Oakland NJ (local talk) and UNID NH station (c&w) even many nights in Woburn 9/9-12. 1200 - WXKS Newton MA (Bloomberg) // WRCA-1330 Watertown. Nothing like a little signal overlap (noted in Woburn 9/12) 1210 - VOAR Mt. Pearl, NL still here but not for long from what I understand. This was heard last year on another cruise about 150 miles south of Bermuda. 1220 - UNID, `The Legend,` 6 hrs out of Boston 9/8 1015. 1341 - BBC Ulster wiping out 1340s, 8pm 8/5 off of Sydney NS and 9p 9/5 leaving St. John`s (continued from Part 1 which specifies locations DXed from) IN EUROPE (GMT) 207 - RUV Eidar weak in Isafjord, 8/30 1400 252 - RTE1 Summerhill still on despite discussions to take it off (8/23 from Dublin) 351 - “ROT” CW in Rotterdam 360 - “ASK” CW in Bergen (probably my code misreading) 531 - Torshavn, Faroes. Weak days in Bergen, unlike when I heard it blasting in here 10 years ago and also weak in Douglas, I-O-M 8/26 1700. 531 - pulsating squelch in Rotterdam. Probably has something to do with the port 540 - loud tone, then carrier off 8/23 2000 from Dublin 549 - Spirit Radio, Carrickroe only fair in Dublin 8/23 1430//89.9 (or 92.2? Lousy notes…) 558 - AA heard in Rotterdam. Presume Spectrum Radio, London 576 - RNE5 Barcelona and Vidin, Bulg. even, leaving Rotterdam 1910 8/21 585 - UNID, weak in Bergen 8/17 1400 585 - BBC R. Scotland, Dumfries, fair in Liverpool 8/24 0805 603 - Smooth Radio, Littlebourne, presumed; fair in Rotterdam 8/20 (although it sounded like Newsradio to me) 630 - R. Cornwall, Redruth strong rounding So. Eng. 8/22 1240, //657 Bodmin 657 - BBC R. Wales, Wrexham, fair in Liverpool 8/24 0810 666 - RUV Reykjavik is indeed on the air. //88.1. 684 - RNE Sevilla & UNID AA even, 1900 8/21 in Rotterdam 711 - AA 2345 entering Qaqortoq 8/8 711 - R. Romania Actualitati. Nice clean ID w/pips & news 8/21 2100 as we left Rotterdam 720 - BBC4 Lisnagarvey (presumed) good in Rotterdam, 8/20 1845 (don’t know where the 2 other 720 low power sins. are) 729 - BBC Essex, Manningtree (//765) OK Rotterdam 1900 8/20 756 - BBC R4 Redruth fair, Dublin, 8/23 2015 (//720) 765 - BBC Essex, Chelmsford (//729) OK Rotterdam about 1900 8/20 783 - AA 8/18 1930 leaving Eidfjord & 1900 8/21 leaving Rotterdam (Syria?) 819 - UNID AA 1920 8/21 leaving Rotterdam (Egypt?) 828 - Wereldstad, Rotterdam, local 8/21 837 - R. Cumbria, Barrow, semilocal in Dublin, 8/23 1635 846 - UNID US English, 8/21 1915 leaving Rotterdam. Presumed R. North, Redcastle 855 - R. Norfolk, Postwick, OK in Rotterdam 8/21 1230 855 - UNID RNE R. Nacional strong rounding So. Eng. 8/22 1245 873 - R. Norfolk, West Lynn, OK in Rotterdam 8/21 12:30p //855 900 - RAI fair 1935 8/18 leaving Eidfjord & 1925 8/21 leaving Rotterdam 954 - Brno, Czechia very good 1935 boat 8/18 leaving Eidfjord 1062 - squelch sound noted in Rotterdam (harmonic of 531) 1062 - RAI syncs fair in Dublin 8/23 2025 1125 - BRTF Wavre strong in FF 8/18 leaving Eidfjord. I think I heard it in Flemish at other times 1368 - R. Manx celebrating its 50th anniversary. Fair in Liverpool 8/24 0815 1377 - UNID AA 8/21 2015 leaving Rotterdam 1413 - British EE, 1950 8/8, leaving Eidfjord 1440 - OC, 8/18 1950, leaving Eidfjord. Weak stn. under 1485 - BBC R. Merseyside, Wallasey, local in Liverpool 8/24 0845 1485 - SS 8/22 1240 btw. England/Ireland 1521 - Flame Radio, Wirral, local in Liverpool 8/24 0910 1530 - VOA Sao Tome/Principe s/off 10pm boat time, 7hrs from Reykjavik 1530 - Pulse 2, Huddersfield, fair 8/23 2030 from Dublin 1566 - Vahon Hindustani, local in Rotterdam. Gets out well. 1575 - buzz jamming, 1955 8/18, leaving Eidfjord & 8/23 2105 from Dublin 1593 - UNID FF, rounding So. Eng. 8/22 1250. WRTH says Bretagne 5 is inactive. 1611 - OC in Bergen, 8/17 1400 1629 - UNID w/s/off 1935 Leaving Rotterdam 1647 - UNID leaving Rotterdam 8/21 1940 1656 - UNID leaving Rotterdam 8/21 1942 (Pete Taylor, Tacoma, WA, 12225w 4719n, HQ180 & ICF2010, Gary DeBock FSL antenna, Kiwa aircore & Palomar loops, DX398, SRF-59 & M37V, Eton E100 + Tecsun PL-300/380, NRC-AM via DXLD) Pete, good to see some logs pertinent to this side of the country. My comments are prefaced by *** and are inserted below. [this is rather confusing to copy, so better look at his Part 1 reply this way: and then part 2, altho appearing below without Pete`s logs repeated] https://www.mail-archive.com/irca@hard-core-dx.com/msg84700.html https://www.mail-archive.com/irca@hard-core-dx.com/msg84711.html (Mark Connelly, WA1ION, South Yarmouth, MA, IRCA via DXLD) Here are a few observations on the Part 2 report based on what I receive here on Cape Cod as well as what has been heard on numerous coastal DXpeditions in the New England states and Atlantic provinces. The idea here is to put the loggings in a context of what you were hearing "close up" versus which things have the "oomph" to make it across the pond. Pete, what did you log on that previous trip near Bermuda? That would be very interesting as one of my antennas is beamed right into that area. 1280 seems the only active Bermuda now (heard here a few days ago). Both the TA and LA scenes must be interesting there. Re your Euro logs, part 2, and what I get: 252 Algeria buries the RTE station consistently. No contest. 531 Faroes used to show up in the winter around 0700 UT after the dominants (Algeria, Spain) hit daylight. Not noted for several years now. 540 Could be Hungary? No 540 TA's here in a long time. CBT is right in the way on the east antenna. If anything can make it, Spain seems most likely. 549 Ireland heard at Granite Pier (Rockport, MA) many years ago. Seldom much else on channel than huge Algeria now. Saudi occasional. 558 is typically Spain here amidst a lot of slop-over from 560 WGAN. 576 Spain // Canaries RNE fairly common. Bulgaria to here is a much lossier path. 585 Always Spain on top. "Stuff" under occasionally is probably Tunisia. 603 Spain here, little competition since France went away. 630 Tunisia most common TA. Wailing cuts through the WUNO/WPRO co- channel talk at beach sites (e.g. Orleans) at sunset. Portugal also on the channel, rare. Southwest UK should have a decent chance. PEI or Newfie DXpedition guys will get it with CFCY long gone. 657 is Spain / Italy shoot-out. 666 nothing strong here, Portugal on channel and Iran a bit off. 684 Spain is loud at times and can power through the WRKO slop. Several possibilities for the Arabic. 711 is most likely Western Sahara (occupied by Morocco), frequently huge carrier level but rather anemic modulation (like the 595 and 612 Moroccans). Dominant station since France went off. Sometimes close to 711.0 nominal, sometime off as much as 711.11. 720 only TA that makes it here is Canary Islands RNE. Used to get Portugal and Greenland once in a while. 729 only Spain. 756 usually Romania, not particularly strong. 765 very little on this channel here, I think that a Saudi or Iranian is the only thing in past 5-10 years. Used to have Senegal and Switzerland monsters - both gone now. 819 Egypt for sure, can be good here, almost as good as the 864 Egyptian. Spain rare and Morocco seems to have left the party. 828 not much here thanks to WCRN slop, worse since the station went to music at night. 837 typically Canaries // Spain COPE. Often good. 846 nothing here but I'm sure that Ireland is what you received. Not much power on that. Has been logged in PEI and NL and tentatively at Granite Pier with a tight phase null screwed down on 850 WEEI. 855 Spain is one of the loudest TA's here. 873 usually Spain SER // 1044 et al. Occasionally something Mideast sounding behind. 900 RAI Italy logged well at a former family house East Harwich, MA. Saudi also heard on channel a couple of places in MA. Spain there too. Not too much interference (mostly just WCME Brunswick, ME) at local sunset with CKDH gone. 954 is 90% Spain, 5% Qatar, 5% Czech here, more or less. 1062 RAI Italy fairly common. Iran also in the mix. Listening on USB to dodge 1060 WQOM / KYW splash can sometimes get you into a blob of IBOC from 1080 WTIC. Safe-cracker-like phasing unit adjustment can sometimes salvage the reception. 1125 is 90% Spain, 10% Belgium. 1368 Manx Radio bagged a few times at MA beach sites. WDEA slop can be problematic. I enjoyed the station a lot on my 1977 trip to Ireland. 1377 little heard here since France said "adieu." PEI and NL DXpeditions have had Tanzania. Your Arabic might be an ethnic UK local or something actually in the Middle East or North Africa. 1413 Spain and Moldova the usuals. I should try early winter UK dawn when those others are hitting daylight. 1440 Saudi the usual now that Luxembourg is gone. Wailing // 1521 gets through the WRED / WVEI co-channel muck at sunset, at least at the beach. 1485 All SER Spain, fairly common if not particularly loud. 1521 Saudi when it's on, SER Spain the rest of the time. 1520 WWKB easy enough to null. Would like to pull up China, as heard in NL (and here in the old 1525 days). 1530 São Tomé VOA (as in https://app.box.com/s/atzv8ez47cheifj4dul8tafld4uu1utg and sometimes Romania. 1566 TWR Benin occasional. Huge slop from 1560 WFME NYC, 1570 WCCM MA & CJLV QC. 1575 Iran with jamming targeting UAE, I suppose. Sometimes Spain and Italy are other 1575 players here. 1593 Romania here more than anything else. Not that strong. Occasionally Kuwait. Not sure of status of the low power French station. 1611 has low power Norway, not heard here. DXpeditions might find it. 1620 and up has numerous Dutch pirates that the NL DXpedition guys occasionally get. There are also some Greek pirates. You could always tune around on one of the European online receivers to gather more information, especially about those low power pirates. http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/ http://sdr.hu/ (Mark Connelly, WA1ION, South Yarmouth, MA, IRCA via DXLD) REPORT ON THE NOVEMBER 2016 DXPEDITION TO SHEIGRA IN NORTH-WEST SCOTLAND: http://bdxc.org.uk/sheigra16.pdf (Oct BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) READY TO DX VERY SOON IN THE FINNISH LAPLAND? Here's a unique once-in-a-lifetime offer to foreign AM DXers. Are you interested in DXing in the Arctic DX paradise of Aihkiniemi in the Finnish Lapland with some local help? Can you leave for a week of DXing at a short notice? If so, read on. DXing in an entirely new location can be very challenging, because it is difficult to know what antennas to use (we have 13 1-km-long Beverage antennas), when to listen to which directions and how to interpret the changing propagation conditions. Learning it all is sooo much easier if you go there with someone who is already experienced in the Arctic conditions. Now there is a possibility that one of you could join me for a week in Aihkiniemi from October 28 to November 4. I would be able to personally guide you to the secrets of Arctic DXing, and I can promise you an unforgettable DXing experience, whatever the space weather happens to be. I'm one of the founding members of Aihkiniemi, which was built in 2010. This is the first time in these seven years that anyone of us is making an offer like this, although the cabin is and has been open to foreign DXers to rent and to explore the AM band on their own, and many have taken advantage of that opportunity. Here's the thing. I'm going to Aihkiniemi already on October 21 for two weeks of intensive AM DXing. Fellow DXer Jim Solatie will join me, but it looks like he needs to leave before the first week is over. In that case there would be room for another DXer for one week. I will be traveling back to southern Finland on November 4, arriving by train in Helsinki in the morning of November 5, so that's when the fun will be over. These dates are fixed. So how much would it cost? You would be paying: - half of the weekly cabin fee (250 out of 500 euros) plus expenses when we go for shower in nearby premises - half of our return trip costs by car and rail from Aihkiniemi to Helsinki - your own groceries, meals and other personal expenses - your travel to and from Finland, naturally ;) What kind of a place is it? You can find out everything here: http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/aihkiniemi_dx_cabin_for_rent.dx Aihkiniemi has the antennas, but you would need to bring your own receiver(s), hard drive(s), earphones, an antenna splitter and the necessary cables, all-weather clothing, bedsheets and other personal items. Consider seizing the opportunity if you: - already have several years of AM DXing experience - are healthy and fit enough to walk for miles in the Arctic terrain, checking the antennas - don't have a major snoring problem (the cabin is small and we are sharing one bedroom) - are flexible and fast in making your travel arrangements - your equipment don't cause RFI (electrical interference) You would need to fly to Inari/Ivalo in Finland or to Kirkenes in Norway on October 28. I would pick you up at the airport, and after the DXpedition, you would be departing from Helsinki on or after November 5. If this sounds great, then please be in touch with me, and depending on how many interested DXers there are, you could be the lucky one. Don't make any firm plans or reservations before a confirmation from me. I just returned from my previous DXpedition to Aihkiniemi last weekend, and here's my report: http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/aih72rep.htm - might be useful to know what to expect. I need to point out that I already have thousands of verified AM stations from both east and west so that if you have less, you can count on getting numerous new stations no matter what the propagation conditions will be. Expect the temperatures to range from +10 C to -15 C. DXing in Lapland has never been as easy as this. Interested? :) I'm not following these mailing lists regularly, so email me directly (and not on mailing lists) to express interest or to ask questions. (Don't share this publicly, but you can share this info with a limited circle of fellow DXers in your country/club.) 73 Mika Makelainen, Finland, http://www.dxing.info I`m not sure what Mika means by ``publicly`` (broadcast?) but he has circulated this to many other DX lists, some with more members than ours such as radioescutas in Brasil, so here it is. Yet his e-mail doesn`t always show up, so I seek it out; you`re welcome: mika@makelainen.com (Glenn Hauser, DXLD yg via DXLD) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See KUWAIT; NEW ZEALAND; ROMANIA; WRMI ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV See MEXICO; OKLAHOMA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- IBOC See CANADA; DX-PEDITIONS, incidentally +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ TDOA TRANSMITTER LOCALIZATION WITH RTL-SDRS Looking for a smart way to determine transmitter locations? Transmitter localization is a both interesting and challenging task. Besides applying triangulation in combination with some type of direction finding receivers (using e.g. directional antennas, pseudo Doppler or the interferometer principle), the Time-Difference-of- arrival (TDOA) method is widely used. In TDOA three or more (non- directional) receivers at different locations capture the unknown transmitted signal. Then it evaluates the differences in arrival time of the signals to calculate the transmitter’s position. The below website first provides a short introduction to localization with TDOA. Second, it presents a simple experimental localization system based on three receivers, each consisting of a RTL-SDR USB- Stick and a Raspberry PI. [see diagram] http://www.panoradio-sdr.de/tdoa-transmitter-localization-with-rtl-sdrs/ (Oct Australian DX News via DXLD) ANTENNA OF TWENTE SDR RECEIVER DAMAGED The antenna was damaged yesterday during a storm. As posted on the WebSDR website: "The antenna currently is not working properly. After a preliminary repair of rain/storm damage on October 5, it seems reception has faded away again during the night. We'll try to fix this soon, weather and spare-time manpower permitting." (Richard Langley, Oct 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) It has been fixed. Receiver operational again (Richard Langley, 1217 UT Oct 7, ibid.) HURRICANES HIGHLIGHT NEED FOR RADIO-ENABLED SMARTPHONES | Opinion Saturday, October 7, 2017 8:58 PM http://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/commentary/fl-op-viewpoint-radio-enabled-smartphones-20171006-story.html (via Artie Bigley, DXLD) viz.: Hurricanes highlight need for radio-enabled smartphones | Opinion Mega 99.5 FM President - owner Victor Martinez updates his listeners during a broadcast update on the path of Hurricane Irma from his Allentown studio --- Craig Fugate [caption] During my career in emergency management — including nearly eight years as head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency — I consistently witnessed local broadcasting’s public safety role during times of emergency. As demonstrated during Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, local governments and public safety officials rely on broadcast radio and TV to let the public know what is happening on the ground during a disaster. Even in today’s connected world, local radio and TV provide the best source of information in a crisis. That is why I am puzzled by the debate over Apple’s reluctance to equip its iPhones with FM radio reception capability. Recently, this newspaper called on Apple to activate FM chips in iPhones in the wake of Hurricane Irma. That call was echoed by, among others, Federal Communications Chairman Ajit Pai and Florida Sen. Bill Nelson. Yet, Apple’s response is baffling. It said that the iPhone 7 and 8 models do not include FM chips, while citing emergency weather alerts and access Medical ID card information as evidence of its appreciation for public safety. However, though these services are noble, they do not offer lifeline emergency information when cellular networks go down. Apple responds, says radio chip stripped from iPhones | Editorial http://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/fl-op-editorial-apple-radio-followup-20171004-story.html While there is evidence the communications chips in iPhone 7 and 8s do, in fact, include potential FM radio capability, it is curious that Apple would even claim to have taken out FM radio chips from its newer models. After years of resistance, Apple’s brethren in the wireless industry, including Samsung, LG and HTC, have lit up the radio chips already in their devices in the U.S. Public safety officials advise Americans to have a battery-operated radio handy in order to tune into local radio during an emergency. Radio-enabled mobile devices can provide this function and allow users to listen to potentially lifesaving information from local radio stations. This feature also consumes little battery power — a plus when phone charging is at a premium — and is not reliant on the wireless networks that often fail or become congested during an emergency. Radio-enabled smartphones can also work hand-in-hand with wireless emergency alerts sent during a crisis, which often direct recipients to turn to local media for more information. Radio capability on mobile devices allows people to easily switch to broadcast radio to stay safe. As Hurricane Irma struck South Florida, many residents turned to their radio-enabled smartphones to receive critical information about the storm. According to Tagstation, which runs the NextRadio app that allows radio listenership on smartphones, listener counts for the app were up 850 percent in Miami from the previous Sunday. In the Fort Myers region, listener counts were even higher, up 1,127 percent from the previous week. As Americans face devastating natural disasters from hurricanes to wildfires to tornadoes, it is irresponsible for Apple to continue resisting this straightforward, common sense approach to public safety. It is time for Apple to do the right thing and equip smartphones with FM radio capability. Lives depend on it. Craig Fugate served as President Barack Obama’s FEMA administrator from May 2009 to January 2017. Previously, he served as Florida Gov. Jeb Bush’s Emergency Management Director from 2001 to 2009. Copyright © 2017, Sun Sentinel (via DXLD) These disasters also should make people realize that instead of cell- tower and AC power-dependent walkie-talkies, what they really need and no one but some hams possess, are portable HF transceivers, capable of continuing communication direct, potentially worldwide (gh, DXLD) MFJ ENTERPRISES CELEBRATES 45 YEARS SARAH RAINES, Staff Writer, Sunday, October 1, 2017, STARKVILLE, MS Hundreds of people were at McKee Park on Saturday to celebrate the 45th anniversary of a local business. MFJ Enterprises is named after its founder and president, Martin F. Jue, who founded the company in 1972. It has grown from selling one product - a filtering device for radios - to making more pieces of ham radio equipment than any other radio company in the world. "The whole idea here is for us to say thank you to all of our radio operators and just let them have a good time and find out about Starkville and what we have here to offer," Jue said. To celebrate, the company hosted two days of events, with tours of its factory buildings, a fried chicken lunch on Saturday, prizes, guest speakers, product demonstrations and FCC license exams. "We had an international short-wave broadcasting station broadcasting live from our community and he reaches audiences all over the world," Jue said. "The mayor came down and was given a tour and interviewed on that short-wave radio station, so people from all over the world know about Starkville, now." [??? What SW radio station?? On Sept 30, Saturday. No publicity, the first we have heard of this -- gh] Ham radios are used primarily as a hobby, but president of the American Radio Relay League Rick Roderick said the league helps with emergency relief efforts after a disaster shuts down communications in an area. "We have been working with the Red Cross and FEMA in deploying radio operators in teams to Puerto Rico to have an emergency communications relief there," Roderick said. "We have used MFJ products there and I personally have about 30 of MFJ's products in my station back home." In a speech, Mayor Lynn Spruill commemorated the AARL for its emergency relief efforts in times of crisis, and also shared her own experience touring MFJ Enterprises. "As the mayor of Starkville, a lot of times you don't know about your hidden treasures to the extent that you should," Spruill said. "I had no idea how involved he is in vertical integration. From the ground up, he does all of it." MFJ Enterprises is located at 300 Industrial Park Rd. The company has acquired many other manufacturing companies — including antenna manufacturers and an amplifier company — since it was established in 1972 and brings the businesses to Starkville where 90 percent of the products are manufactured. The company is currently in the process of buying two more companies that it would bring to Starkville (Starkville Daily News via Oct Australian DX News via DXLD) Re: CAR ANTENNA HELP Well guys, I don’t know how to explain it but it’s working fine now. I pulled in tonight and lo and behold there was AM. I didn’t change a thing. Just like having a normal car radio that does pretty good on AM. Stations or the usual mixing on just about every frequency. Like the amp is doing its job. And pretty damn good for a rear window antenna. I honestly can’t complain. Even got some HD indicator flickers on a few. I am really not sure what was going on the other night when it was so deaf. Ron, I wonder if yours may also have an antenna amp and maybe it’s not working. Apparently this is something the manufacturers are doing to compensate for the shitty rear window antennas. Just a thought. My girlfriend has a 2004 Santa Fe and her aftermarket JVC is deaf as a post on AM. I think her system, which has a factory external amp, may also use an antenna amp and it`s not getting the signal to turn on from the aftermarket JVC. This seems to be a problem that the installers don’t realize. You have to hook up the power antenna wire from the stereo to the vehicle’s power antenna wire. They usually don’t because the vehicle doesn’t have a power antenna. That sends the signal to the vehicle’s antenna amp to turn on. That was exactly the problem with my eclipse and I am thinking it is also the problem in her Santa Fe; just haven’t had a minute to check hers yet. Will let you guys know if that’s the case (Michael J Richard, WY, Oct 4, ABDX via DXLD) Okay, more FYI. I found out what I did to improve the FM reception. There is a setting in the tuner settings (for FM) that chooses the IF Bandwidth. It's either "wide" or "auto". On the auto setting it blends and quiets the signal automatically based on signal level. On the "wide" setting, it does not. It just opens up and lets it be what it is, which is what I want. So there ya go. Nothing to do with the antenna amp. Even though Kenwood's documentation does not mention anything about it, I have a feeling this also affects the AM side too which is why now the AM side functions like it should, especially at night. I can hear everything. So I think that's what improved everything. Sometimes "Auto" isn't a good option in today's electronics! (Michael n Wyo, Oct 5, ibid.) CC SKYWAVE SSB C. Crane publishes pre-order page with pricing, availability and features --- C. Crane has published a full pre-order page for their latest travel portable: the CC Skywave SSB. The price is $169.99 US – they’ve noted an expected ship date of sometime after November 3, 2017. We’ve been testing a pilot run CC Skywave SSB and recently posted photos. Once we have an production unit, we’ll post comparison videos and review notes. Click this link to view the information at CCrane: https://www.ccrane.com/item/rad_ccradio_skywssb/sky/cc_skywave_ssb_am_fm_sw_wx__aviation_and_ssb_bands Full story at The SWLing Post at: https://swling.com/blog/2017/10/cc-skywave-ssb-c-crane-publishes-pre-order-page-with-pricing-availability-and-features/ (Thomas Nilsson, SW Bulletin October 8 via DXLD) TECSUN S-8800 AM/LW/SW/FM FIELD RADIO WITH REMOTE https://radiojayallen.com/tecsun-s-8800-amlwswfm-field-radio-with-remote/ (via Dennis Gibson, Sent from my iPad, IRCA via DXLD) Viz.: New post on *radiojayallen* Tecsun S-8800 AM/LW/FM/SW/SSB Radio With Remote The long wait is over – the new Tecsun has hit the streets and will no doubt garner lots of attention among radio listeners everywhere. In an age where manufacturers seem to be producing increasing numbers of inexpensive radios of every conceivable description this new Tecsun clearly takes aim at what has become the high end of the portable radio segment. The inclusion of a remote control sets makes it unique but at prices near $300 delivered purchasers will be expecting top performance. This report will describe exactly how well Tecsun did! Read the Tecsun S-8800 Review: https://radiojayallen.com/tecsun-s-8800-amlwswfm-field-radio-with-remote/ (via Jordan Dobrikin, ptsw yg via DXLD) This article certainly leads to many questions, which, due to the newness of the radio, probably no one here can answer, but that doesn`t stop me from posting them. I have a Tecsun CR-1100 which has some quirks --- some I love and some that I wish didn`t exist, and I`d love to know how the 8800 performs in these areas. Unlike many radios, the CR-1100 makes no attempt to filter out FM HD noise on adjacent channels. Although audible blocks of white noise don?t sound too appealing on the surface, they allow me to know when I have nulled an HD signal as much as possible. I love this about the 1100; I doubt that the 8800 performs this way, but I`d love it if it did. On the minus side, the 1100 has an annoying characteristic on FM: apparently as a battery conservation measure, if there`s a weak signal or white noise on a frequency, the unit shuts off after 5 minutes. I can think of many reasons why this feature is undesirable, and none that favor it. In fact, it does this with fully audible non-full- quieting signals, and if there`s a way to defeat it, I haven`t discovered it yet. I hope the 8800 doesn`t have this undesirable feature. I`d love to know what the battery life is when the output or headphone jack is patched into another source and the speaker is deactivated. Being blind, I can`t see any pictures associated with this article. Thus, I wonder if direct frequencies can be entered on the radio itself or just on the remote. Radio is preferred. I`m glad there`s no soft muting or audio dropouts while tuning. But I`d love to know how the 8800`s FM reception compares to the two Sonys most commonly used by FM DXers, as well as the 1100. This may have been answered by the article, but if so, I didn`t catch it. The Tecsun 1100 has memory scan on FM which can be triggered by pressing the tuning dial in. (Unfortunately, the memory scan times out after an hour.) I wonder if the 8800 has this memory scan, and if the annoying timeout exists on the 8800. As you can see, FM is top priority for me. I have enough interference here that AM is generally something that I recall listening to, not something I enjoy much these days. However, good enough AM performance might get me more interested in going further afield where interference is less of a problem. But FM is the real ticket. I`m always looking for better FM than I have with the Sony XD-S3Hd and the Tecsun CR-1100 (Rick Lucas, IRCA via DXLD) I have the SONY HD table radio and it beats my many DSP portables on FM. I use a one wave length home made loop about 30 inches square. I like it better than a FM-6 [element] conventional directional FM antenna. Lower noise and a wider pattern so less pointing it in a different direction. That loop works on most DSP portables with antenna jacks for FM. Often DSP portables do nearly as well on their whip, and by moving it around you may hear other stations on the same FM frequency. I have two Tecsun CR-1100 since the first one turned it self on and the second one also has a mind of its own shutting off or turning on from time to time. Most FM DSP radios are very good. Jay has an excellent comparison of FM portables, and another article rating AM performance. If you aren't planning to use an external FM antenna, Sangean makes a bunch of very good portables. I can't say which is the very best on FM. One with less buttons and features to operate without vision is the PR-D7 and the PR-D14 is good too but they are very different radios inside. I hope Jay reviews them both soon. I think I paid $50 for one and $60 for the other, or maybe a little more. They both appear way better made than the Tecsun CR 1100. The PR-D7 is smaller and lighter with about a 2.25 inch speaker and runs on 6 AA cells which it can recharge when the power unit is plugged in. There is a tiny switch to select rechargeable cells under the battery cover. Mono FM even to headphones is better for DXing in my experience. The PR-D14 has a 3 inch speaker and should run for a very long time on 4 D cells. It has more push buttons, and screen with a menu to read. On my weakest favorite FM station, both got it the same off the whip, so they are very close at least on 95.9 here. Did you notice the price of the S-8800? You could buy many FM radios just as good for the money - (FARMERIK, ibid.) Thanks for your reply. I don’t mind paying the price if the radio is a good performer and made to last. I don’t mind a lot of buttons on a radio or a remote if they’re laid out in some kind of logical pattern, but often on remotes they’re not. Button placement on radios themselves are usually better thought out by manufacturers. I can often figure things out, but clock, alarm, and timer features are the hardest, especially when online manuals often rely on pictures without providing explanatory text. Generally, I don’t care about these features, but want to avoid accidentally activating them. (Unwittingly setting an alarm, for example, means you need to know how to turn it off.) Jay’s reviews are interesting, but seldom answer the questions I have, which in this case I posted yesterday with the hopes that someone who eventually gets this radio can answer them (Rick Lewis, ibid.) CHECK OUT THIS RESOURCE ON RECEIVING ANTENNAS (Thanks to ARRL Contest Update): https://www.w8ji.com/receiving.htm (QST de W1AW, Propagation Forecast Bulletin 40 ARLP040, From Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, WA October 6, 2017, To all radio amateurs via DXLD) THE RESONANT CAVITY MAGNETRON AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF RADAR http://www.bbc.com/news/business-41188464 (via Gerald T Pollard, NC, Oct 10, DXLD) BBC REPORTER DISCOVERS RADIO TUNING HAS BECOME A LOST ART via The SWLing Post Many thanks to SWLing Post contributors, Michael Taniwha and Mark Hirst, who share this link to a video at the BBC where a reporter quickly discovers that many can’t find BBC Radio 1 or even tune a radio. Click here to view. It’s hard for a radio enthusiast to believe, but there is little reason for a millennial, for example, to ever tune a portable radio. Many have only ever connected with radio via their smart phone, computer, or other Internet appliance. Tuning, in a sense, is a foreign concept. And the irony is, me for, tuning is the fun part! http://www.bbc.com/news/video_and_audio/must_see/41437574/radio-1-at-50-but-where-is-it (Oct CIDX Messenger via DXLD) POWERLINE COMMUNICATIONS [last time this sexion appeared was 17-04] ++++++++++++++++++++++++ BIGGEST THREAT TO OUR RADIO SPECTRUM EVER MIKE TRODD of the UKQRM group continues to battle against electrical interference on behalf of radio enthusiasts and has sent us this very important update of their activities: “You may have seen my various posts about UKQRM, a group set up to combat the roll-out of BT Vision streamed via Comtrend powerline networking. By and large BT were very responsible after the event and sat about hardwiring customers and removing the PLT where reports were submitted to Ofcom. UKQRM continued on as a source of information for other radio interference issues and as a pressure group against more power line networking. We now face the biggest threat to our radio spectrum ever. This time it is from Sky Q which also uses powerline networking as part of its ‘mesh’ system. So far, installations have been randomly using PLT but Sky clearly plans to use this PLT as the default for streaming, enabling all the PLT systems out there. We are most likely looking at millions and millions of houses up and down the country being turned into wide band radio jamming stations. The range of Sky Q interference that I have encountered is at least 300 feet. Sky are very well aware of the issue as their own help forum shows, but they are sticking to the very lame claim that they comply with the essential requirements. It is highly irresponsible in my opinion for Sky to be rolling out this flawed system. The RSGB may think it`s sitting pretty as Sky Q seems to employ notches on most amateur bands but the noise floor is clearly raised within and what do you suppose will happen when users discover that the only useable spectrum for HF is within the amateur bands? Exactly - they will fill up with out of band transmissions.” To conclude, Mike asks if we are going to allow ourselves to be squashed by Sky and its dreadful box of interference, or are we going to stand up and be counted? See https://youtu.be/i6KAS67MjBc (Oct BDXC-UK Communication via WORLD OF RADIO 1899, DXLD) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ HISAKO KOYAMA, OBSERVER OF SUNSPOT CYCLES, et al. Fascinating story about previously unknown Hisako Koyama, female Japanese solar observer who helped fill in the long term record of sunspot cycles: http://bit.ly/2xNEXqR This link has the best image of Koyama: http://bit.ly/2xjGkf0 She was born in Tokyo in 1916, retired in 1981 and died in 1997. Not sure, but I think this may be the latest video from Dr. Tamitha Skov: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eav7fDO3vfc Academic paper on the ratio of the number of sunspots to the number of sunspot groups: http://bit.ly/2hQf6uG Excellent article from Earth and Space Science News from the American Geophysical Union on short-term funding priorities vs. the long-term record keeping needed for understanding solar cycles: http://bit.ly/2xYoOzb How an upcoming solar probe will approach the Sun closer than any other spacecraft: http://bit.ly/2hQnBWk W3LPL and K9LA discuss propagation for the upcoming contest season and predictions for the rest of the current sunspot cycle and the next one too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPydjVi6qLw (QST de W1AW, Propagation Forecast Bulletin 40 ARLP040, From Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, WA October 6, 2017, To all radio amateurs via DXLD) SOLAR CYCLE 24 The historically weak Solar Cycle 24 continues to transition away towards the next solar minimum. There have already been 11 spotless days during 2017, and this follows 32 spotless days that occurred during the latter part of 2016. The next solar minimum will probably to be reached in late 2019 or 2020. The current solar cycle is the third weakest since record keeping began in 1755 and it continues a weakening trend since solar cycle 21 peaked in 1980. http://bit.ly/2xMNwnt Live Usable HF frequency information is available at: A 4 day space weather forecast can be found at the UK Met. Office website: http://bit.ly/2fX7zX1 (Propagation Report with James Welsh, Oct BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) GEOMAGNETIC INDICES – Compiled by: Phil Bytheway E-mail: phil_tekno@yahoo.com Geomagnetic Summary September 1 2017 through September 30 2017 Tabulated from status daily (K @ 0000 UTC). Flux A K Space Wx 1 93 19 4 no storms 2 100 26 3 minor, G1 3 120 9 2 no storms 4 183 18 5 moderate, G1, R2 5 121 12 2 moderate, R1, S2 6 133 11 4 strong, R3, S2 7 129 38 8 severe, G4, R3, S2 8 117 96 5 severe, G4, R2, S2 9 107 6 1 minor, R1 10 100 7 4 strong, R3, S3 11 80 11 3 strong, S3 12 76 18 5 moderate, G1, S2 13 75 15 0 minor, S1 14 74 25 4 moderate, G2, S1 15 73 36 5 minor, G1 16 72 30 4 moderate, G2 17 72 17 2 no storms 18 72 22 3 minor, G1 19 71 8 3 no storms 20 74 10 1 no storms 21 73 7 2 no storms 22 78 5 2 no storms 23 81 5 2 no storms 24 87 6 3 no storms 25 90 5 1 no storms 26 91 4 2 no storms 27 91 37 6 moderate, G2 28 91 55 5 strong, G3 29 90 12 2 no storms 30 89 16 3 no storms Gx – Geomagnetic Storm Level Rx – Radio Blackouts Level Sx – Solar Radiation Storm Level (IRCA DX Monitor Oct 7 via DXLD) 9/6. MAJOR X-CLASS SOLAR FLARE: On Sept. 6th at 1202 UT, sunspot AR2673 unleashed a major X9.3-class solar flare – the strongest solar flare in more than a decade. X-rays and UV radiation from the blast ionized the top of Earth's atmosphere, causing a strong shortwave radio blackout over Europe, Africa and the Atlantic Ocean: 9/10. X8.2 (R3-Strong) X-Ray Event Observed at 10/1606 UTC. Published: Monday, September 11 2017 1958 UTC. An X8.2 X-Ray flare (R3-Strong radio blackout) occurred on 10 September at 1606 UTC (12:06 ET). The source region was Region 2673, now located just around the visible disk. This R3 event produced a rapid increase in relativistic proton levels which are currently above the S3 (strong) threshold. There was also an associated CME from this event. While a fast event, the CME was off the Sun-Earth line and is not expected to produce notable geoeffective impacts (IRCA DX Monitor Oct 7 via DXLD) :Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts :Issued: 2017 Oct 09 0306 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # Product description and SWPC contact on the Web # http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/weekly.html # # Weekly Highlights and Forecasts # Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 02 - 08 October 2017 Solar activity was at low levels. Region 2683 (N13, L=111, class/area Cko/330 on 03 Oct) produced the strongest flare of the period, a C1 at 05/1341 UTC. All regions remained relatively simple as they rotated off the visible disk, leaving no sunspots groups by the end of the reporting period. No Earth-directed CMEs were observed in available coronagraph imagery. No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit ranged from moderate to high levels. High levels were observed from 02-05 Oct while moderate levels were observed from 06-08 Oct. High levels were associated with activity from a positive polarity CH HSS. Geomagnetic field activity was at quiet to active levels. A single active period was observed on 02 Oct from the influence of a positive polarity CH HSS. Quiet to unsettled levels were observed from 03-06 Oct while only quiet conditions were observed for the remainder of the reporting period. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 09 OCTOBER-04 NOVEMBER 2017 Solar activity is expected to be at very low levels throughout the outlook period. No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to range from normal background to very high levels. Very high levels are expected on 27 Oct; high levels are expected on 12-21 Oct, 25-26 Oct and 28 Oct - 01 Nov; moderate levels on 09-11 Oct, 23-24 Oct and 02-04 Nov. Normal levels are expected on 22 Oct. All enhancements in electron flux are anticipated from multiple, recurrent CH HSSs. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to range from quiet to G2 (Moderate) geomagnetic storm levels. G2 (Moderate) conditions are likely on 13 Oct and 24-25 Oct; G1 (Minor) conditions on 11-12 Oct and 14 Oct; active levels on 15 Oct and 26-27 Oct; unsettled conditions on 10 Oct, 16 Oct, 28-29 Oct and 01-02 Nov. All enhancements in geomagnetic activity is anticipated in response to multiple, recurrent CH HSSs. The remainder of the outlook period is expected to be at quiet levels under a nominal solar wind environment. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2017 Oct 09 0306 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 2017-10-09 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2017 Oct 09 76 5 2 2017 Oct 10 74 8 3 2017 Oct 11 74 25 5 2017 Oct 12 74 30 5 2017 Oct 13 74 36 6 2017 Oct 14 74 28 5 2017 Oct 15 74 16 4 2017 Oct 16 74 8 3 2017 Oct 17 74 5 2 2017 Oct 18 74 5 2 2017 Oct 19 76 5 2 2017 Oct 20 80 5 2 2017 Oct 21 80 5 2 2017 Oct 22 80 5 2 2017 Oct 23 80 5 2 2017 Oct 24 80 35 6 2017 Oct 25 80 45 6 2017 Oct 26 80 15 4 2017 Oct 27 80 15 4 2017 Oct 28 80 10 3 2017 Oct 29 80 8 3 2017 Oct 30 80 5 2 2017 Oct 31 80 5 2 2017 Nov 01 76 8 3 2017 Nov 02 76 10 3 2017 Nov 03 76 5 2 2017 Nov 04 76 5 2 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1899, DXLD) GLENN`S PROPAGATION OUTLOOK FOR MEDIA NETWORK PLUS AS OF OCT 12, 2017 Keith, From Space Weather Services Australia, the global HF propagation forecast, thru October 14, normal to fair at all latitude bands. From Spaceweather South Africa, thru October 14, magnetic conditions minor storm to active to minor storm; shortwave fadeouts unlikely; MUF unstable. From Met Office UK, Solar activity: very low. Geomagnetic Activity: The chance of minor storm intervals decreases on October 14 and 15, largely unsettled as solar winds slowly decline. From F K Janda in Prague, the geomagnetic field will be: quiet to active on October 13 - 14, 20, 24, 27 quiet to unsettled October 15 - 16, 28, 31, November 1 mostly quiet on October 17 - 19, 21, 29 quiet on October 22 - 23, 30 active to disturbed on October 25 - 26 From the Space Environment Predixion Center, China: the planetary A index is predicted to peak at 31 on October 13, another peak to 27 on October 24; and another of 30 on November 7. Solar flux rising from 65 October 13 to a peak of 101 on October 30, down to 81 by November 7. But the US Space Weather Prediction Center in Boulder foresees Solar flux 74 until October 18, then rising to 80 on October 20 to 31. Geomagnetic field activity likely reaching G2 (Moderate) storm levels on Oct 13 with A and K indices of 36 and 6; and again October 25 at 45 and 6. Lowest A`s and K`s of 5 and 2 on October 17 to 23 (via DXLD) ###