DX LISTENING DIGEST 18-03, January 16, 2018
Incorporating REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING
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WORLD OF RADIO 1913 contents: Antarctica, Argentina non, Bahrain,
Botswana, Brasil, Chile, China, Cuba, Denmark, Eritrea non [add credit
for second item: Rich D`Angelo], Guam, Guinea-Bissau, India,
Indonesia, International Internet & Vacuum, Korea North & South,
Madagascar, Myanmar, New Zealand, Nigeria non, Papua New Guinea, Perú,
Romania, Russia, South Carolina non, Sri Lanka, Suriname, USA, Vatican
non [WTFK? 7305!], Vietnam non, Zambia; and the propagation outlook
SHORTWAVE AIRINGS of WORLD OF RADIO 1913, January 16-24, 2018
Tue 2030 WRMI 9455 7780 [1912 replayed]
Tue 2130 WRMI 9455 [confirmed]
Wed 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [not confirmed: inaudible]
Wed 1030 WRMI 9455
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v
Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [not confirmed: inaudible]
Thu 2230 WRMI 5850 [confirmed]
Fri 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB
Sat 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB
Sat 0730 HLR 6190-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Sat 1531 HLR 6190-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Sat 2030v WA0RCR 1860-AM
Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB
Sat 2300 WRMI 7780
Sun 0200 WRMI 7780
Sun 0410v WA0RCR 1860-AM
Sun 1130 HLR 9485-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB
Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v-AM Area 51
Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 9455
Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730
Tue 2030 WRMI 9455, 7780 [or #1914?]
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DAY-BY-DAY ARCHIVE OF GLENN HAUSER`S LOG REPORTS:
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them too complex, minutely researched, multi-frequency, opinionated,
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** AFGHANISTAN [and non]. 6100 kHz, RA confirmed on Jan 8th with ID
and program in Arabic at 1631 UT on 6100 kHz, QRM KCBS, but blocked
from 1657 UT with carrier; program in English of CRI and the program
of RA from 1702 UT seems to be in Russian under CRI signal (Rumen
Pankov, Bulgaria, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 13, BCDX 16 Jan via DXLD)
** ALASKA. 7560, KNLS, Huge signal at 1307 with religious pop song
going on and on and on. Closing with M in Chinese at 1358, then theme
music. Dead air, IS start at 1400, and Chinese opening ID at 1401, 11
Jan. 73 (Dave Valko, near Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR on micro-DXpedition,
used a 315 foot BOG at 320 degrees, changed to 20 degrees, Hard-Core-
DX mailing list via DXLD)
** ALASKA [and non]. World Christian Broadcasting's President retires
National Association of Shortwave Broadcasters January 9 at 11:15pm
RETIREMENT ANNOUNCEMENT
As Chaucer said over 600 years ago, “All good things must come to an
end.” So it is that Charles Caudill, president of World Christian
Broadcasting for the past 24 years, and his wife, Kathy, his
Administrative Assistant, are retiring December 31, 2017.
When Charles began his leadership, World Christian Broadcasting was in
a precarious situation financially. Some thought it was time to let go
of this dream. Others—including Charles—knew that this work was too
important to fail. As Charles steps down from his post, the ministry
is in a sound position financially.. If anyone asks Charles how that
transformation has happened, he will point his index finger to the sky
and say, “It was God.”
During the time Charles has been President, the Alaska station (KNLS)
has doubled its capacity and an entirely new station has been built in
the island nation of Madagascar. Between the two stations with their
four transmitters and five antennas, the message of Jesus Christ is
now broadcast to the entire world in six languages.
When Charles and Kathy made their announcement to the staff, Charles
said, “I want you to know that where we are today is the result of
God’s grace to this ministry. I do not take the credit. Only God could
foresee and lead us to where we are today. And only God could put
together a staff like you. Your hard work and your persistence have
brought us to where we are today. . . .”
Eighteen years ago Andy Baker, currently Vice President of
Development, was selected to be ready to assume the presidency when
Charles stepped down. With his crisscrossing the US constantly to talk
with individuals and churches, Andy has become the voice and the face
of World Christian Broadcasting to thousands of people. Charles said,
“Andy will make a great President/CEO. He is the best fundraiser I
have ever known and we don’t need to lose that!”
Charles Caudill will remain President Emeritus with an emphasis on
Newsletters and Appeals, with help from Kathy in helping with the
Newsletter and arranging dinners and other social events. They have
been—and will continue to be—incredible gifts from God to World
Christian Broadcasting! (Facebook via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)
** ALBANIA [non]. 5850, USA, WRMI at 2316 with Latin American salsa
music – Good Jan 12 – This was listed as Radio Tirana on a number of
sites. Perhaps it was filler due to a failure of program delivery?
(Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II
and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA iogroup via DXLD)
5850, Jan 16 at 2300.5, Brazilian song music fill, no show of Radio
Tirana relay. At 2306 playing the Bahamas promotional song in English.
Checking since Mark Coady also noticed Tirana absent on Jan 12. I`ve
notified Jeff White about this. A Spanish ID by Dino ran at 2300.0,
following some music, following a gospel huxtress in English poorly
recorded on amateur equipment (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
same situation Jan 17 and 18 (gh)
** ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS. 4760, ANDAMAN ISLANDS, AIR Port Blair??
Just a carrier here at 1155. Getting blasted by a ute on the low side
and strong CODAR on top 11 Jan. 73 (Dave Valko, near Dunlo, PA,
Perseus SDR on micro-DXpedition, used a 315 foot BOG at 320 degrees,
changed to 20 degrees, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
** ANGOLA. 4849.7, RNA-Canal "A", Mulenvos, 1743-1837, 05/1, programa
Constelações, com música, texto, ..., canções.«; 35332. Nada a dizer
quanto à modulação ou nível de áudio que chega ao tx, situação que já
dura há alguns meses e que talvez não seja uma coincidência. 73
("Carlos L R de Assunção Gonçalves", SW coast of Portugal obs. 04-10
Jan., DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ANGOLA. RÁDIO ECCLÉSIA NATIONWIDE COVERAGE
http://www.signis.net/news/media/16-01-2018/in-angola-radio-ecclesia-can-now-be-broadcast-all-over-the-country
Angola - original news --- In Angola, Radio Ecclésia can now be
broadcast all over the country
Luanda, January 16th, 2018 (RFI). In Angola, the Church welcomes
President Lourenço's decision to allow Radio Ecclésia, a catholic
radio station, to broadcast nationwide. For now, Radio Ecclésia could
only be captured in the Angolan capital. This decision marks a
rapprochement between Luanda and the Church, which has sometimes been
opposed to the power in place.
This was a message that pleased Catholics at João Lourenço's first
press conference earlier this week in Luanda. Radio Ecclésia will be
authorized everywhere in Angola, and not only in the capital. "This is
the radio of a Church that we consider serious," he said. Broadening
the diffusion will help us, perhaps, to curb the proliferation of
sects that have appeared in our country in recent years."
For the spokesman of the Episcopal Conference of Angola, Bishop José
Manuel Imbaba, it is the end of a "great injustice". "I welcome the
decision of the President of the Republic and congratulate him for his
political courage," he said. Now it's up to us to roll up our sleeves
and do the right thing for the voice of the Church to be heard across
the country."
The green light given to Radio Ecclésia is all the more significant as
the Church has sometimes been critical of the power. The bishops have
already supported, in a pastoral letter, that Angolans could only
"dream", 40 years after independence, of a country "prosperous,
democratic and without corruption".
(via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, 16 January 2018, DXLD)
additional info: This seems to end a long dispute between the
government and the Catholic church about additional FM outlets outside
of the capital. In the years 2000-2002 and 2002-2004, Rádio Ecclésia
used short wave from Juelich (Germany) and Meyerton (South Africa) to
achieve nationwide coverage. However in a goodwill gesture, the Roman
Catholic church promised not to use short wave any longer. See also
http://www.evrel.ewf.uni-erlangen.de/pesc/peaceradio-ANG.html
(Dr Hansjoerg Biener 16 January 2018, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ANTARCTICA. Captaciones de Antonio Paredes, desde Argentina:
El verano austral es obviamente la mejor época para escuchar
comunicaciones antárticas. Aunque es cada vez más difícil, con
paciencia y perseverancia podemos todavía tener alguna sorpresa:
7775-USB, Base antártica Rothera de la British Antarctic Survey (BAS)
en comunicación con "SKY BLUE" y VP-FAZ
7775 usb BAS Rothera Sky Blue VP FAZ 03jan18 2250z YOUTUBE.COM
[VP-FAZ is probably an aircraft callsign, rather than someone`s
initials as I first guessed --- gh]
Antonio Javier Paredes M - Escucha complementaria de diciembre de 2008
https://soundcloud.com/.../7775u-bas-rothera-sky-blue...
7775U - BAS - Rothera - Sky Blue - VPFAZ - 27dic08 - 2028z
Guardar SOUNDCLOUD.COM (via Conexión Digital via DXLD)
Note that is from nine years ago! Above truncated URL won`t work, so I
search for it at 404 page and get it here:
https://soundcloud.com/search?q=u-bas-rothera-sky-blue
It`s 39:34 long (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1913, DXLD)
** ARGENTINA. 6973 kHz Radio Lupo - Argentina Con musicas Argentina a
las 0039 UT, Dia 31 deciembre 2017, SINPO 34233, Llegou con el som
mediano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMRQCtY5SXU
RX: Yaesu FRG 8800. Antena: Beverage simples. DXer: (Daniel Wyllyans -
Sítio: Estrela do Araguia [sic] - Nova Xavantina - Mato Grosso -
Brasil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) See also SOUTH AMERICA
** ARGENTINA [non]. /USA, RAE Argentina to the World via WRMI: New
schedule, die neuen Frequenzen sind ja wieder anders als erwartet.
Stehen so jetzt auch auf der RAE-Website
Mal sehen, was sonst noch bei WRMI geaendert wird. Da hast Du recht,
dass Du mit dem Update noch wartest (Michael Bethge-D WWDXC, via wb
df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 8, BCDX 16 Jan via DXLD)
[google translate:] The new frequencies are again different than
expected. Stand now on the RAE website
Let's see what else is changed at WRMI. There you are right, that you
still wait for the update (Michael Bethge, D, WWDXC, via wb df5sx, BC-
DX TopNews Jan 8, BCDX 16 Jan via DXLD) Alluding to no 9395 at 19?
9395, Jan 11 at 1915, RAE German relay is again AWOL for the fourth
day, instead apparently World Music default fill, and not // 9455 in
Oldies as evidenced by Bob Biermann announcement there. Both poor
signals here at midday. Another check at 2005, when 9395 is supposed
to be RAE in Italian: NO, the Cayman Islands promotional song is
playing from the World Music loop! And now 9455 is VORW.
9395, Fri Jan 12 at 1900, WRMI with song in Spanish? 1902 segué to
another, Japanese or Korean? Anyhow, it is certainly not RAE auf die
Welt, as scheduled since Jan 8 in German but yet to appear. Presumably
Italian also absent at 20 on same, tho not checked today. I posted a
reply Jan 11 on the GRA blog to the alleged new schedule, correcting
it, but as of Jan 13 it still awaits ``moderation``; only I can see
this:
``Guillermo Glenn Hauser dice:
Tu comentario todavía no se ha moderado.
11/01/2018 en 2:19
Lástima que hasta el 10 de enero no aparecen el alemán ni italiano en
9395. El portugués a las 12 emite también en 9455. El japonés y chino
no se emitieron el lunes; tal vez de martes a sábados.``
https://gruporadioescuchaargentino.wordpress.com/2018/01/09/rae-argentina-al-mundo-presenta-su-nuevo-esquema-de-transmisiones-via-wrmi/#respondo
Yet some newer entries have been posted on that blog. Info from
Argentina itself has never been 100% correct about the relays (Glenn
Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ARGENTINA [non]. 9395, USA, RAE (via WRMI) presumed the one at 2038
with non-stop Italian pop and folk vocals and instrumentals to Keith
Perron with WRMI ID at 2059 – Very Good Jan 14 – Nothing else was
listed so this could have been filler but it is interesting to note
Argentinians of Italian descent make up 45% of the population. Both my
Italian father-in-law and mother-in-law had several relatives move to
Argentina after WWII. Pope Francis is the son of Italian immigrants to
Argentina. (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec
Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA iogroup
via DXLD)
That was Sunday, when Italian RAE is *not* scheduled. It is scheduled
on weekdays since Jan 8, but yet to show up (gh, DXLD)
9395, Jan 15 at 1929, WRMI S9+20 playing that neat Greek tune which is
a well-worn part of the World Music default loop, i.e. for the second
week, still no relay of RAE in German as now scheduled. Well, at least
at 1945 any disappointed Germans are able to hear that jaunty beer-
hall song in German. By 1958 the Qur`an ``song`` with reverb is
playing from World Music, and it runs right thru hourtop past 2002, as
RAE Italian is also AWOL (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1913, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) Still missing Jan 17 and 18 and 19 (gh)
** ASCENSION. 17830, BBC/WS at 1710 hours with current events program.
Monitored on Grundig satellit and outdoor Slinky, Good, Jan. 15 (Rick
Barton, AZ, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) extended an hour to 1800
** AUSTRALIA. AUSTRÁLIA, 5045 Ozy R, Newcastle, N.ª Gales do Sul,
1823-1940, 06/1, inglês, música pop', noticiário (p); 25331. 73
("Carlos L R de Assunção Gonçalves", SW coast of Portugal obs. 04-10
Jan., DX LISTENING DIGEST)
No luck with the Aussies 5045 Ozy R. or 5055 4KZ. They were both
there, just not strong enough to get any audio. Had a very weak signal
on 3260 [PNG], but what was most likely Palangkaraya on 3325, 11 Jan.
73 (Dave Valko, near Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR on micro-DXpedition, used
a 315 foot BOG at 320 degrees, changed to 20 degrees, Hard-Core-DX
mailing list via DXLD)
[and non-log]. 5055, Radio 4KZ, brief check at 1452, on Jan 13, found
off the air; no carrier at all, while Ozy Radio (5045) was on the air
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long
wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Ron, I was listening at the exact same time and also noted 5045 only
fair but no trace of 5055. My first thought was - "what did Ron note?
I'd better let him know!" 73 (Don Moman, AB, ibid.)
Hi Don, Jan 14 - Seems that Al Kirton (general manager of Radio 4KZ)
has started some type of an abbreviated schedule. Today heard at 1136,
but clearly off the air at 1307 check (Ron Howard, ibid.)
Hi Don, Yes, 4KZ is in fact on a new schedule. This per Al, on Jan 14
(2320 UT):
"We are running from 7 am to 10 pm Queensland time. That’s 2100 to
1200 GMT I think. We are happy to extend hours if there is a call for
it. Cheers, Al" So 5055 kHz. is currently on from 2100 to 1200 UT (Ron
Howard, ibid.)
5045, Ozy Radio, on Jan 15, at 1215. Sounded like a PSA, along with
ID; pop songs; Australian folk group The Seekers, with "A World of Our
Own," etc.; best in LSB.
5055, Radio 4KZ. Best in USB; 1144-1205*, Jan 15. Checking for the new
sign off time; did go off the air, so tuned away, assuming they were
really off for good, but not so; a 1223 check, found them back on the
air again; still broadcasting 1357+; mostly pop songs ("I Want to Know
What Love Is" by Foreigner, etc.). Ozy Radio (5045) better today than
4KZ (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long
wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5045 & 5055, Jan 15 at 1354, JBA carriers presumably from Ozy Radio
and 4KZ. Hours for these are quite flexible; concerning yesterday, Ron
Howard in California reported (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5055, 4KZ (presumed) 1259-1310 getting bits of M talk a few times and
music on very short peaks of a no more than 1.5 seconds. Fading. Still
barely visible in the Perseus display at 1438. Wish I would have been
on frequency earlier at my local sunrise, 15 Jan. 73 (Dave Valko,
Dunlo, PA, Perseus with Wellbrook ALA1530S loop antenna, Hard-Core-DX
mailing list via DXLD)
Hi Glenn, Jan 16, at 0437 UT, received this updated schedule from Al
Kirton:
"4KZ shortwave 5055 kHz Innisfail’s new operating time from today is
0555 to 0006 local QLD time. Reports most welcome." So that would make
it 1955 to 1406 UT? (Ron Howard, ibid.)
Ron, yes that is correct. QLD is UT +10 year-round. Regards, (Brian
Powell (VK2FBAJ), ibid.)
Hi Glenn, Happened to check this morning and 4KZ was in this morning
with a fair signal from tune in at 1402 to past 1430, so the hours do
indeed seem flexible. Regards, (Nigel Pimblett, Dunmore, AB, Canada,
Jan 15, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Thanks, Brian! Jan 16 - Noted 4KZ (5055) went off the air at 1405*
today. Also heard at the same time (1405:17*), on the East Coast by
Dave Valko. Poor conditions, as both Radio 4KZ and Ozy Radio (5045)
with below threshold level audio, unlike yesterday`s receptions in
which I could ID some of the songs (Ron Howard, ibid.)
5045even fq, Ozy Radio by John Wright from Sydney reported by
Razorback location, again with hard rock program at 1245 UT Jan 16,
S=9 or -72dBm power, a lot of FM / telecom masts seen on the Razorback
peak. Zoom in and out
5054.999 fq Radio 4KZ, 1 Edith Street, Innisfail, Queensland 4860.
S=5 or -92dBm strength at 1256 UT on Jan 16 in Brisbane remote SDR.
RR to website
(Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc TopNews Jan 16, BCDX 16 Jan via DXLD)
** AUSTRALIA. AUSTRÁLIA, 6230-BLS, Estação Meteorológica VMW, Wiluna,
Austrália Ocidental, 1702-1704*, 09/1, avisos meteorológicos; 25442.
12365-BLS, Estação Meteorológica VMC, Charleville, QLD, 1305-...,
05/1, avisos meteorológicos; 15341. 73 ("Carlos L R de Assunção
Gonçalves", SW coast of Portugal obs. 04-10 Jan., DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA. DAB+ in Australien: A Technical Look at Digital Radio in
Australia - What Is DAB+ and How Does It Work?
(via Hubert Kubiak-AUT, via Herbert Meixner-AUT, A-DX ng Jan 8 via
BCDX 16 Jan via DXLD)
** AUSTRIA. 11955, Jan 11 at 1514, S9+10 of YL in uncertain language,
during some glitches on the carrier. HFCC shows it`s AWR Turkish, 300
kW via Moosbrunn, this semihour daily (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** BAHRAIN. 9745, Programme change on 9745 kHz confirmed in period
5-12 Jan 2018: instead of previous General Program in Arabic, now is
already Shabab (= Youth) Programme in Arabic featuring mainly rap-
disco-techno songs in Arabic.
Noted IDs, on Jan 5th at 0135 UT; on Jan 6th at 0517 UT as "ninety
eight point four Shabab eF eM"; at 1518 UT a jingle "Shabab ef em",
same also on the next days and nights. Usually ID is around 15th
minute of the hour (Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan
13, BCDX 16 Jan via WORLD OF RADIO 1913, DXLD)
** BANGLADESH. 4750, Bangladesh Betar. Nice subcontinental music at
1153. W announcer at 1155, followed by more subcont. music. On top of
China which was on 4749.99, 11 Jan. 73 (Dave Valko, near Dunlo, PA,
Perseus SDR on micro-DXpedition, used a 315 foot BOG at 320 degrees,
changed to 20 degrees, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
** BHUTAN. 6035, BBS Surprised to find it on this morning mixing with
Yunnan at 1200 (Yunnan in usual music and BBS with talk by M), then
clear of Yunnan once it went off at 1201:43. 1202 indigenous music
briefly, then soft-spoken M with apparent news. More local music on
stringed instrumental at 1213, M once again, and local string music
continued at 1216 for about 45 seconds, then different deep-voice M
announcer to 1218. Music briefly again then canned announcement by
alternating M and W followed by the same deep-voiced M, and more local
music with M subtle M vocal until suddenly going off at 1224:51. The
incessant Cuban jammer on 6030 always causes slop QRM for 6035; 10
Jan. 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR with Wellbrook ALA1530S
loop antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
6035, no sign of Bhutan. Only Yunnan here today going off at 1200:56.
11 Jan. 73 (Dave Valko, near Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR on micro-
DXpedition, used a 315 foot BOG at 320 degrees, changed to 20 degrees,
Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
** BIAFRA [non]. (9955, 11530), Jan 15 at 0520 check, the main WRMI
webcast labeled RAE, after 9955 is off with no BS to fill it, is again
carrying R. Biafra during this semihour, music, then YL in Igbo with
schedule announcement, numbers in English, mentioning 7240 (via
France) and ``1153``, stumbling over 11530, ex-frequency via WRMI.
Probably webcast every night at this time, but no longer on any WRMI
SW frequency. Maybe feed to France? Is that still on air? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BOLIVIA. 3310, R. Mosoj Chaski, 0959 Quechua talk by M announcer
including a nice ID, then into instrumental Andean music. 1001 W
announcer briefly more CP vocal music. Fair signal, 14 Jan. 73 (Dave
Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus with Wellbrook ALA1530S loop antenna, Hard-
Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
** BOLIVIA [and non]. BOLIVIA/USA [Slovakia], Noted a strong
heterodyne whistle tone, when checked remote Perseus SDR in Edmonton,
Alberta:
5950 even, WRMI Okeechobee tx #14 at 181degr southwards, RSI Radio
Slovakia International in Spanish at 0045 UT, station ID at 0051 UT on
Jan 12, S=8 signal in Alberta, but interfering whistle tone from
Bolivia Radio Pio XII radio program on S=7 level on odd frequency
5952.430 kHz. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Buschel, dxldyg via DXLD)
** BOTSWANA. 4930, VOA, continuing with their expanded schedule;
Jan 13 at 0042; first time I have ever heard indigenous African music
here, usually only hearing Western style pop songs (The hit - VOA 1,
English language music network). Program called "African Music Mix";
this from their website:
"From North to South and East to West, African Music Mix plays only
the best. Tune in and enjoy the non-stop dance-party with your
favorite African artists. Drawing from an archive of over 15,000
African selections of dance music styles such as N'dombolo, Benga,
Hip-Life, Couper-Decaler, Fuji, Mbalax, Rai, Kwaito, Hip Hop, and
Desert Blues. Join the party and listen to African Music Mix, the best
variety of African dance music."
http://www.voanews.com/z/1437/about
Later, after 0105, carried "The hit - VOA 1" music show (Ron Howard,
Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via
WORLD OF RADIO 1913, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. Escutas DX Brasil 60 e 90 metros bandas
BRASIL
4845, Rádio Cultura do Amazonas passando o jornal a Voz do Brasil
falando sobre a soja brasileira, SINPO 33333, às 2315 UT, Dia 10 de
Janeiro 2018
4862, Rádio Alvorada de Londrina - Londrina - Paraná, locutor com
comentários sobre crê em Deus pai e filho Jesus Cristo, SINPO 34233,
às 2319 UT, Dia 10 de Janeiro 2018
4885, Rádio Clube do Pará - Belém - Pará. Locutor fala sobre o futebol
paraenses do Payasandu da série B, SINPO 43444, QRM da Rádio Difusora
Acreana, 2325 UT, Dia 10 de Janeiro 2018
4885, Rádio Difusora Acreana - Rio Branco - Acre. Passando música
sertaneja, depois locutor com comentários, SINPO 32222, às 2327 UT,
Dia 10 de Janeiro 2018
4905, Rádio Relógio - Rio de Janeiro / RJ. Passando comentários Gospel
e oração para tirar alegria no joelho por R. R Soares, SINPO 32222,
QRM de emissora da China às 2332 UT, Dia 10 de Janeiro 2017
4925, Rádio Educação Rural de Tefé - Tefé / Amazonas, passando
comerciais sobre energia e cadastramento de sorteio de uma loja, SINPO
34333 às 2336 UT, Dia 10 de Janeiro 2018
4965, Rádio Alvorada de Parintins - Parintins - Amazonas. Locutor e
locutora falando sobre debate de política; depois locutor falou "Aqui
na Clube", SINPO 44333 às 1029 UT, Dia 11 de Janeiro 2018
4985, Rádio Brasil Central é OFF, hoje dia 11 de Janeiro de 2018 às
1032 UT
3375, Rádio Municipal. Chegando aqui há semanas, ela é OFF nesse
início de 2018 »» Rechecando às 1036 UT de 11 de Janeiro 2018, OFF
4895, »Carrier» Portadora da Rádio Novo Tempo de Campo Grande - Mato
Grosso do Sul, sòmente o carrier com o áudio OFF [fora], 2307 UT,
SINPO 34333, Day 10 January 2018
»»»Rechecando agora de manhã às 1022, sòmente a portadora ou carrier;
novamente o áudio está OFF. Dia 11 de Janeiro 2018, SINPO do carrier
44333
4895, Rechecando novamente, aqui continua sòmente a portadora da Rádio
Novo Tempo de Campo Grande / MS, o áudio está OFF, desligado, 1620 UT,
Dia 11 de Janeiro 2018
RX: Yaesu FRG 8800, Antena: Beverage simples. DXer: (Daniel Wyllyans,
Sítio Estrela do Araguaia - Nova Xavantina - Mato Grosso - Brasil,
Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
** BRAZIL. RÁDIO CASA 8000 kHz - Amparo - São Paulo - Brasil (Pirata)
Grupo Radioescutas e Dexismo no Watsapp:
https://chat.whatsapp.com/BOPEXnLnaS25uE4XXD4m83
Daniel Wyllyans
NOVA EMISSORA NO AR 8000 KHZ RÁDIO CASA do Brasil cidade ainda não
identificada, 2320 UT
Áudio : *********
[12/1 20:22] ?Jairo Barbosa: Interior de São Paulo
[12/1 20:23] Daniel Wyllyans & Elizia: Sabe a cidade exata?
[12/1 20:23] Daniel Wyllyans & Elizia: O estado ja me ajudou obrigado.
[12/1 20:24] ?Jairo Barbosa: Paulo Labastie sabe
[12/1 20:24] ?Jairo Barbosa: Tem até o zap dela
[12/1 20:25] Daniel Wyllyans & Elizia: 2324 UT Rádio Casa com músicas,
agora tenho QRM de radioamadores [sic] 8000 kHz.
[12/1 20:34] ?Paulo Michelon: Radio.amadores em 8000 impossivel deve
ser aviacao ou marinha interferindo valmet
[12/1 20:47] Cássio Santos: Radioamadores eu não digo. Mas, pescadores
e camioneiros ou piratas já ouvi em tudo quanto é freqüência. Até em
10.000kHz já ouvi pescadores falando...
[12/1 21:02] Daniel Wyllyans & Elizia: Realmente oficial esses
radioamadores não são em 8000 kHz. Esqueci de colocar o termo
radioamador clandestino pelos comentários deles é de Barco de pesca.
Agora às 0001 UT
Eles sumiram de 8000 kHz, sòmente está a Rádio Casa no ar com músicas.
[12/1 21:07] Cássio Santos: CONTATO WATSAPP RÁDIO CASA =» +55 19
99945-6585
[12/1 21:10] Cássio Santos: Eu reportei pra ele quanto eu sintonizei.
Ela fica no ar todos os dias das 11:00 as 23:00h
========================================================
Informe de recepção enviado pelo watsapp da Rádio Casa:»
+55 19 99945-6585
Olá, estou ouvindo vocês aqui no Sítio Estrela do Araguaia em Nova
Xavantina / MT; de qual cidade vocês são? Gostaria de receber um e-
Qsl. Segue meu informe de hoje 12 de Janeiro 2018 às 2302 UT, Música
de Vitor e Leo "Seu Jardim sou eu".
2324 UT Rádio Casa com músicas e agora tenho QRM De radioamadores
8000 khz.
2329 UT Agora música sòmente.
2332 UT Locutor fala "Sua Rádio Casa".
2337 UT Tocam música no idioma inglês
2344 UT Locutor fala vários slogans: "Rádio Casa".
2352 UT Música de MPB. [popular Brazilian music]
Resposta recebida da Rádio Casa 8000 kHz:
[12/1 21:36] Rádio Casa: Obrigado pela sua escuta. A estação é de
Amparo no estado de São Paulo
[12/1 21:37] Rádio Casa: Ainda somos novos, estamos começando em ondas
curtas
[12/1 21:38] Rádio Casa: Em breve emitiremos QSL (all via Daniel
Wyllyans, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via WORLD OF RADIO 1913, DXLD)
8000 kHz Rádio Casa - Amparo / SP - Brasil com música. SINPO 34232 as
2335 UT, Dia 12 de Janeiro 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1rhKS5MHo8
RX: Yaesu FRG 8800, Antena: Beverage simples, DXer: (Daniel Wyllyans -
Sítio Estrela do Araguaia - Nova Xavantina - Mato Grosso - Brasil,
Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
I have been picking up a carrier from Radio Casa here in the USA on
7999.72 the last few evenings. No audio yet, but still trying.
(Chris Smolinski, Westminster, MD USA, Black Cat Systems
http://www.blackcatsystems.com
0204 ut Jan 14, HCDX via WORLD OF RADIO 1913, DXLD)
** BRAZIL. BRASIL. 4875. Jan 13, 2018. 0300-0310, Rádio Difusora de
Roraima, Boa Vista-RR, em Português. Neste horário, RDR apresenta um
programa religioso da igreja Assembléia de Deus: Pastor faz sua
pregação; 0303 Uma música gospel. Hoje à noite, Rádio Roraima
apresenta sinal e modulação satisfatórios, não usual, aquí em minha
área, 35433.
4885. Jan 13, 2018. 0250-0300, Rádio Clube do Pará, Belém-PA, em
Português. Locutor fala e comenta sobre o futebol paraense e regional.
Esta noite, RCP com sinal e modulação satisfatórios, o que não é usual
em minha área, 35433 (DXer: Jose Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo-PB, Brasil,
Sony 7600GR & Tecsun S-2000, Antena: Longwire, Hard-Core-DX mailing
list via DXLD)
** BRAZIL. 6180, Rádio Nacional da Amazônia at 0048 in Portuguese with
a woman then a man with talk with mentions of “Brasil” and “Brasília”
– Poor and noisy Jan 11 Coady-ON [rare to be heard even at night - gh]
11780, BRAZIL, Rádio Nacional da Amazônia at 2103 in Portuguese with a
man and a woman with a telephone interview of another man then a brief
“Radiobrás” ID at 2107 and back to the interview – Fair to Good with
frequent brief transmitter breaks Jan 11 (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario,
Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-
fed dipoles, ODXA iogroup via DXLD)
** BRAZIL. 9550.05, Super R. Boa Vontade, Portuguese talk by W at
0940, // 6160.02 which was very poor. This frequency better. I believe
this was the first time I’ve been able to // these frequencies, 13
Jan. 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus with Wellbrook ALA1530S loop
antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
** BRAZIL. 9665.004, Jan 16 at 0714, Voz Missionária hugging the
nominal, S9-S5 and well audible with some nice lively songs, for wake-
up time after 5 am local. Much better than 9675- or any other ZY on
the band (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 10000 kHz, Observatório Nacional - Rio de Janeiro / RJ.
Locutora fala "Observatório nacional 15 horas 17 minutos 40 segundos
Dia 09 Janeiro 2018, 1717 UT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4hDNq_wITs
RX: Yaesu FRG 8800. Antena: Beverage simples. DXer: (Daniel Wyllyans,
Sítio Estrela do Araguaia - Nova Xavantina - Mato Grosso - Brasil,
Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
** BRAZIL. 11895.06, Super R. Boa Vontade, 1012-1032 religious talk by
W program host in Portuguese with ID at 1016. Mentions of Gloria,
Jesus, Jesus Cristo, espirito Santo, amor. 1027 canned announcement by
M and W with mention of “Bible ??” and contact info. 1029 W with
mention of “oficial do Brasil” and São Paulo. Then religious vocal
song 1029-1033. 1035 ID by little girl and then by same W. M announcer
continued the program then to at least 1045, but was fading badly
then. Seemed to peak around 1020-1025. No //’s found. Nothing on any
of the frequencies on any web receivers from Brazil either. This
frequency best heard in a while, 14 Jan. 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA,
Perseus with Wellbrook ALA1530S loop antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing
list via DXLD)
** BRAZIL. BRASIL, 4845, R. Cultura do Amazonas, Manaus AM, 2231-2241,
08/1, canções; 35332.
4862.5, R. Alvorada, Londrina PR, 2205-2214, 09/1, texto,
aparentemente, propaganda religiosa; 25321.
4875.3, R. Roraima, Boa Vista RR, 2317-2327, 04/1, noticiário nacional
A Voz do Brasil; 45343.
4875.3, idem, 2232-..., 08/1, canções, portadora vazia, 2237-2240,
após o que o áudio ficou mais débil; 35332.
4885, R. Dif.ª Acreana, Rio Branco AC, 2236-2245, 05/1, canções,
texto; 33431, QRM do Brasil.
4925, R. Educação Rural, Tefé AM, 2319-2329, 04/1, propag. relig.;
25331.
4985, R. Brasil Central, Goiânia GO, 2239-..., 05/1, canções; 32441,
QRM de teletipo.
5035, R. Aparecida, Aparecida SP, 2241-2251, 05/1, texto; 25331.
Melhor sinal em 09/1, pelas 2200.
5939.8, R. Voz Missionária, Camboriú SC, 2243-2253, 05/1, propag.
relig.; 35433.
6040.7, R. Evangelizar, Curitiba PR, 2328-2338, 04/1, prgr. de propag.
relig. Direito à Vida; 45433.
6080, R. Marumby, Curitiba PR, 2325-2335, 04/1, prgr. Musical
Evangélico; 35343.
9515, R. Marumby, Curitiba PR, 1932-1943, 06/1, propag. relig.; 25432.
9550, R. Boa Vontade, Pt.º Alegre RS, 1934-1945, 06/1, propag. relig.;
24431, QRM adjacente. // 11895.1 com SINPO 24432.
9564.9, SRDA, Curitiba PR, 1907-1918, 04/1, propag. relig.; 33442, QRM
adjacente. Melhor sinal em 05/1, pelas 1740.
9665, R. Voz Missionária, Camboriú SC, 1903-1915, 04/1, canções;
35433.
9674.9, R.Canção Nova, Cachoeira Paulista SP, 1735-1753, 06/1, texto,
música pop'; 25442, em ascensão.
9674.9, idem, 2300-2312, 08/1, prgr. de propag. relig. apresentado
pelo Pe. P.H.; 35443, alguma distorção.
9725.4, R. Evangelizar, Curitiba PR, 1738-1754, 06/1, canções; 35443,
em ascensão.
9819.1, R. 9 de Julho, São Paulo SP, 1905-1917, 04/1, missa; 35332.
11735, R. Transmundial, St.ª M.ª RS, 1235-1303, 05/1, propa. relig.,
noticiário, às 1258; 35443.
11735, idem, 1715-1733, 09/1, propag. relig., música; 34443, QRM da
TZA.
11815, R. Brasil Central, Goiânia GO, 1228-1304, 05/1, Prgr. Fala
Goiás, incl. Agenda Cultural e Momento Agro-Pecuário, entre outras
rubricas; 25432.
11815 idem, 1730-1755, 09/1, canções, noticiário das 1730, tudo no
âmbito do prgr. Show da Tarde; 35433.
11854.8, R. Aparecida, Aparecida SP, 1728-1752, 09/1, canções,
concurso, dedicatórias musicais; 34432, QRM adj., mas sinal em
ascensão.
11854.9, idem, 1220-1315, 06/1, canções, informações, noticiário das
1300; 24432, QRM adjacente.
11895.1, R. Boa Vontade, Pt.º Alegre RS, 1231-1258, 05/1, canções e
propag. relig.; 15431, QRM adj., a partir das 1300.
11895.2, idem, 1725-1745, 09/1, propag. relig.; 35432, QRM adj., após
as 1730.
11915, R. Gaúcha, Pt.º Alegre RS, 1720-1754, 09/1, entrevista,
anúncios comerciais, informações várias; 25432.
11934.9, R. Evangelizar, Curitiba PR, 1301-1325, 06/1, propag. relig.;
244432, QRM adjacente,
11935 idem, 1910-1920, 04/1, propag. relig., chamadas de ouvintes;
24432, QRM adjacente.
15190, R. Inconfidência (?), Belo Horizonte MG, 2220-..., 06/1, texto;
15321.
15190, R. Inconfidência, 1244-1320, 09/1, prgr. Diário da Rádio,
canções; 15441. Voltamos a encontrar uma incongruência linguística,
pois o programa é anunciado como "Diário do Rádio". 73 ("Carlos L R de
Assunção Gonçalves", SW coast of Portugal obs. 04-10 Jan., DX
LISTENING DIGEST) i.e., wrong gender for this meaning (gh)
** BRAZIL. Jan 11:
5910v nothing, HJDH Alcavarán Radio, Puerto Lleras,
6010v nothing, HJDH La Voz de tu Conciencia Puerto Lleras.
but co-channel Brazilian ZYE21, R Inconfidência Belo Horizonte MG,
0612 UT, 6011.777 kHz very odd fq this morning, but stronger signal
now, extreme!
5939.805, chorus Greensleeves, til 0614 UT, S=7-8 in Alberta CAN
6040.675, R Evangelizar Curitiba at 0621 UT, noisy tiny S=4-5.
6059.832, SRDA at 0624 UT Jan 11, S=5 only [selected SDR options, span
12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX Topnews
Jan 11, dxldyg via DXLD)
** BULGARIA. New entries SPC-NURTS Sofia Kostinbrod
15100 kHz 0800-2100 UT.
15110 kHz 1600-1700 UT 100kW 190degr
via ITU shortwave antenna type #618. to zones 57, 47, 48, 52, 53,
whole Africa, but zone 46 of West Africa target missed in this list?
Mainlobe 190degr towards Libya, Tchad, CFA [CAR?], Angola, +/-
30degrees sidelobes. Owerri Biafra location is approx. 206degrees
direction from Kostinbrod. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, Jan 9,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) See NIGERIA [non]
** BULGARIA [and non]. Shortwave Radiogram, 13-14 Jan
Shortwave Radiogram this weekend is mostly in the usual MFSK32, but
one item is in Thor 22, including an avatar and an image.
Details and schedule:
http://swradiogram.net/post/169620946087/shortwave-radiogram-13-14-january-2018-fun-with
(Kim Elliott, VA, Jan 12, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Once again, I turned to THOR Micro and did a comparison test versus
MFSK8, a frequent winner in terms of pure noise (as part of the
radiograms). I am really impressed with the absolutely clear results
in favor of THOR Micro. This, apparently for the weakest groundwaves
(LF) designed digital mode, plays in another league of noise-breakers.
Far beyond the readability of an RSID or single MFSK8 letters, THOR
Micro convinced with 100% decoding. The signal is no longer audible in
the noise, only a clear trace in the spectral frequency view can be
seen. Here is the link to my test wave file, which you can listen to
and decode: (THOR Micro @ 1500 Hz, adjust manually)
http://www.rhci-online.net/radiogram/SW_Radiogram_2018-01-06.htm#THORmicroTEST
(roger, ibid.)
** CHILE. Nuevas frecuencias de Radio Compañía Worldwide.
Estimados amigos #SWL
comunicamos a ustedes que desde hoy nuestra pequeña estación de Onda
Corta comenz[ar]á pruebas en la banda de 49 metros. Las frecuencias
son 5900 - 6092 - 6155 kHz, sin olvidar la usual 6925. (Una a la vez)
Estas pruebas son para afrontar de mejor manera la baja actividad
solar que es desfavorable en frecuencias más altas. Estaremos por 5900
(5899.55 kHz) hasta las 0335 UT. Saludos cordiales desde San Francisco
- Chile. Fuente:
https://www.facebook.com/rcwradio/posts/1789543654397349
(via Claudio Galaz, Chile, 0325 UT Jan 15, condiglista yg via WORLD OF
RADIO 1913, DXLD)
** CHILE. Arrow Chile TV Received in Australia
http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?11743-Chile-TV-Received-in-Australia&p=45335#post45335
Todd from Sydney, Australia received Santiago, Chile NTSC TV channel
two on the morning of January 13, 2018 starting at 10:44 to 11:09 am
(AEDT). [2344-2409 UT]
It is believed he heard the video carrier from Telecanal using call
sign XRF-449a running 10 kW from their tower-antenna on the hill of
Cerro San Cristóbal.
The tower site is 3.75 miles (6 km) northeast of Santiago University.
West of the Sheraton Santiago Hotel & Convention Center.
If you use Google Earth, enter traditional coordinate 33.25.16S
70.37.52W or GPS coordinate -33.421241 -70.631340. From this point you
will see three massive antenna towers on Manual [sic] Foster road,
northeast of the Observatory north of Cerro San Cristóbal Park.
For those who don't use the Google Earth app, here are five images.
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Elevation of the second tower base on the hill is 2,854 feet (870
meters); 62 miles (100 km) east of the Pacific Ocean coastal town of
Punta de Traica.
NTSC channel two video carrier on odd-ball plus ++ (55.274.00 MHz) USB
mode with his Icom R8500 and Hills DL4 12 element wideband VHF Yagi.
At the time of reception the antenna was aimed north towards Asia and
not at 145 degrees azimuth towards Santiago, Chile, South America.
This is a 7,500 miles (11,343 km) distance Es multi-path. The mid-
point path was over the Southern Ocean. [sic; see below]
Chile will shut down their analog stations in late 2019 or early 2020.
Telecanal website: http://www.telecanal.cl/
Telecanal Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/telecanal
Last edited by GACTVDX; 01-18-2018 at 05:27 PM. Reason: Five Image
Uploads (via GACTVDX, Easton PA, WTFDA Forum via DXLD)
I would have to think, there ought to be *some* link to a photo,
video, or audio about this. I sure wouldn't keep something like this a
secret. I assume that what was heard was buzz on 55.25?
BTW those attachments won't open for me. I guess I have to download
Google Earth. I'd be happy just to see a photo or something about the
DX. Are there any news stories online? c d (Chris Dunne, FL, ibid.)
DISTANCE! 11,359 km or 7,058 statute miles, approx., city-to-city, on
distancefromto.net. The two are almost at the same south latitude. So
the GC path goes pretty far south, tangent about 63 degrees.
What about the propagation mode? Sporadic E would have to be at least
5 hops! F2 MUF to 56 MHz would be more likely even under current
conditions, maybe 3 hops. The path is almost all illuminated (Glenn
Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 4790, Already had an OC here at 1240, presumably getting the
CNR1 jammer ready for BBC’s transmission at 1300. 11 Jan. 73 (Dave
Valko, near Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR on micro-DXpedition, used a 315
foot BOG at 320 degrees, changed to 20 degrees, Hard-Core-DX mailing
list via DXLD)
** CHINA. 5050, Beibu Bay Radio. More and more I'm recently hearing
segments after 1500+ that are in English, as well as the normal
Chinese. Jan 13, at 1512, in English explaining about some pop song;
into a comedy skit that also had some English, but mostly in Chinese.
More monitoring is needed to determine just how prevalent this English
is (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long
wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Glenn, Jan 14 - Indeed BBR definitely has an English segment
between the Chinese programming; today's 1516-1521 segment was the
audio feed from the Jan 3 "Jimmy Kimmel Live" ABC TV show, with
interview of actress Jessica Chastain; fair and readable. My recorded
audio at
http://goo.gl/VDSeqz
Youtube video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RYZEOZqWGk
(Ron Howard, CA, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1913, DXLD)
** CHINA [and non]. 7445, CNR1 at 2200 in Mandarin jamming the VOA in
Mandarin via Thailand with a man and a woman with excited talk – Fair
but noisy Jan 15 (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-
Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA
iogroup via DXLD)
** CHINA. 7475. Jan 16, 2018. 1915-1925, Radio Nacional da China 1, em
Chinês. Violinos muito agudos, estridentes, "nervosos" e tambores
fazem o chamado "Firedragon"(*) desta transmissão, com a finalidade de
bloquear, neste horário e até as 2100utc, as transmissões da Radio
Free Asia. Não existe intervalo, a música é continua ! (*) Também
conhecido como Jammer/Firedrake (DXer: José Ronaldo Xavier, Local da
escuta: Cabedelo-PB, Brasil, Receptor (es): Sony 7600GR, Antena:
Longwire, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
** CHINA. 11765, CNR1 at 1500 in Mandarin jamming RFA in Mandarin via
Kuwait with a fanfare and promos and into a woman with excited talk –
Fair Jan 11 (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec
Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA iogroup
via DXLD)
** CHINA [and non]. 17525even, Mixed CNR1 Mandarin spoken jamming S=9
strength, against:
17524.993 MRA RFA Tinian relay in Tibetan language. 0243 UT Jan 14.
15340: three broadcasts terrible mixture here:
15340even CHN CNR1 Mandarin jamming against
15340.030 MRA RFA Mandarin program via Agignan Point Saipan, S=6 0314
15340 fq odd signal of SOH Sound of Hope from Taiwan. Log of Jan 14,
0230-0330 UT, remote access to Brisbane, Queensland unit [selected SDR
options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc
BC-DX TopNews Jan 14 via DXLD)
** COLOMBIA. 6060, LV de tu Conciencia, 1118 lively Tropical music,
then what sounded like a Johnny Cash song, 1123 canned ID by W, and
back to music. Whenever the signal is up in this area, it’s
horrendously distorted. Had to use FM mode to get any kind of readable
audio. Nothing else worked. And even with the FM mode, it was unusable
most of the time. At 1125:38, it suddenly jumped back down to 6009.90
and the audio was perfectly fine. End of song then another canned
announcement by W, but the signal there went off at 1126:24 while the
W was speaking. 11 January. 73 (Dave Valko, near Dunlo, PA, Perseus
SDR on micro-DXpedition, used a 315 foot BOG at 320 degrees, changed
to 20 degrees, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
** CONGO-Brazzaville. 6115, R. Congo, Brazzaville, 1832-1851, 05/1,
francês, prgr. de propag. relig.; 43432, modulação com algum ruído. 73
("Carlos L R de Assunção Gonçalves", SW coast of Portugal obs. 04-10
Jan., DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 1210, Radio Reloj, unidentified site. 1139 January 15, 2018.
Mostly poor under Radio Sancti Spíritus and WPHT. First observed on
March 10, 2016 and either not heard since or no log entries of mine
bothered since. Still there until around 1235, so obviously from the
western half of the island. Is it the Rebelde transmitter, which has
been heard often including recently, or a third on the channel?
1310, Radio Enciclopedia, Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud. 1157
January 14, 2018. Fade up briefly to fair, parallel 530 kc/s (Terry L.
Krueger, Clearwater FL, All times/dates GMT, IC-R75, NRD-535,
longwires, active loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 11635, unidentified number station at 1800. Very strong open
carrier (OC) before the hour. Numbers started on the hour followed by
digital data tones. Silent period beginning at 1820. Numbers were 5
digit number blocks by stilted mechanical female voice in Spanish.
(This is typical of hm01 hybrid mode number station type). Number
groups resume at 1826 with digital data tones resuming at 1830.
Entered another silent period at 1848; that open carrier ended at 1852
(or just before noon local time). Monitored on SW-2000629 and 9'
"tomato stake" antenna, Very Good, Jan. 15 (Rick Barton, AZ, dxldyg
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. Morning Cuban radio on 60 mb, something always wrong:
5025even frequency, R Rebelde Bauta site, VERY LOW only 10%
modulation, at 0611 UT S=9+15dB though in nearby Florida remote
location, on Jan 11 [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3
Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX Topnews Jan 11, dxldyg
via DXLD)
5025, Jan 11 at 0724, R. Rebelde is JBM with hum. Wiggle that
patchcord! Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba.
5025, Jan 12 at 0700, R. Rebelde is just barely modulated, their
jingle cutting thru better than anything. Something`s always wrong at
RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. Some awful mixing products from Cuba this morning. My Ten-Tec
Argonaut II does not do these kinds of internal mixing so it must be a
problem with RHC. Time for Arnie and his friends to get to work.
15300, RHC at 1510 // 15230 and 15370 in Spanish with salsa music and
an awful howl on this and 15230 and not as strong a howl on 15370 Jan
11 – Obviously some mixing products between the two primary
transmitters ending up on 15300. No other station in North America was
causing anything like this at the time so I can only assume the
problem is in Cuba not at my QTH.
[NO, 15230 transmitter is a victim and has nothing to do with these
spurs, all out of the 15370 transmitter, as I have been reporting
repeatedly, as below further. Strictly speaking, not mixing products
with another transmitter --- gh]
15437, RHC at 1524 // 15230, 15300, and 15300 in Spanish with salsa
music and an awful howl on this one – Poor Jan 11 – More mixing
products from Cuba.
15502, RHC at 1524 // 15230, 15300, 15370, and 1547 in Spanish with
salsa music and an awful howl on this one – Poor Jan 11 -- Even more
mixing products from Cuba (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S
or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles,
ODXA iogroup via DXLD)
15506, 15438, 15303, 15235 approx., Jan 11 at 1521, the primary four
dirty distorted spurblobs from RHC 15370, this time about 67-68 kHz
spaced, and again providing much more readable audio if tuned in FM
mode, still with some crackle & whine. Something`s always wrong at RHC
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 15400, Jan 11 at 1522, while checking out the spurblobs from
15370, surprised to find CRI English relay here instead of 15700!
Someone hit the wrong number on the keypad, and didn`t notice. The
dumb transmitter said, ``OK, if that`s what you really want`` (in
Chinese). As usual undermodulated almost suptorted. Something`s always
wrong at RadioCuba.
15700, Jan 12 at 1422, CRI English relay fails to land on the wrong
frequency today, 15400, like yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF
RADIO 1913, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 15500-15510, 15432-15443, Jan 12 at 1424, forget SSB or AM, I
start tuning RHC-FM and find I get a clear Spanish signal anywhere
across these wide frequency ranges, almost as if AFC were engaged,
only problem being a continuous whine; much better than the extremely
distorted filthy blobs when tuned in AM.
More of the same emanating from 15370 transmitter circa 15303, 15235,
15033 vs CHR, 14899. When someone else logged these including on
15230, he concluded intentional 15230 and 15370 were mixing to produce
the others, but NOT in this case. Something`s always wrong at RHC.
15508, 15439, 15301, 15232, 15163, 15094, approx., Jan 13 at 1520,
RHC-FM as much as S9+20 out of 15370-AM transmitter. Spanish
programming can be heard clearly ~5 kHz above and below these
frequencies when R-75 is tuning in FM mode. It`s somewhat
undermodulated but not distorted, and accompanied by a constant whine.
When tuned in AM or SSB modes, a horrible distorted mess of spurblobs.
Beyond there, calculated 69 kHz intervals would be: 15025, 14956,
14887, 14818, 14749, 14680 and on upper side 15577, 15646, 15715; but
traces of whine are instead audible more circa: 15033, 14964, 14895,
14826, 14757, 14688; and on hi side 15577, 15646-not, 15727? The
separations may have shifted while I was doing this, but I did not
start over from the closer ones. Something`s always wrong at RHC
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 5025, Jan 14 at 0144, R. Rebelde is S9+20 but JBM. Still same
at 0702, with hum. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba. And I
currently confront an S9 noise level around 5 MHz.
4765, Jan 14 at 0144, R. Progreso is S9+20, undermodulated but much
better than 5025; CODAR QRM on both sides (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
4765even, Radio Progreso Bejucal site, very 'sweet' vocal duo
performed. S=9+20dB in FL-US state SDR unit. 20 kHz wideband signal.
rhytmo alegría desde La Habana at 0330 UT Jan 14. But slight
disturbtion of CODAR outlets at same time slot on
4438-4628, 4737-4762, 4801-4836, and 4884-4916 kHz.
5025even, Radio Rebelde, Bauta, VERY LOW modulated, though even
S=9+35dB strong carrier at 0335 UT. Big orchestra mx, 20 kHz wideband.
5040even, RHC Bauta, much better modulated than 5025 kHz, feature on
Israel boicot de la economía agrícola, UN Ginebra Suiza', S=9+40dB,
fair modulation, at 0338 UT on Jan 14, 20 kHz wideband signal block
visible.
5055even, Probably intermodulation at Bauta, S=4 signal in Florida.
0340 UT. Log of Jan 14 at 0330 to 0345 UT, remote access to Florida US
state [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang
Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 14 via DXLD)
** CUBA. 15572-15578, 15504-15513, 15431-15445, 15299-15308, 15231-
15237, 15163-15167, Jan 14 at 1447, RHC-FM can be heard without
breakup over these approx. ranges, spurs out of the 15370-AM
transmitter. It`s different today, as low modulation Spanish
programming can also be heard in AM mode amid the spurs, rather than
garbage, but always with whine. More weak whine around 15096.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
From the looks of it Cuba could use some help in their filtering
department (John Spicer, ibid.)
14625, 14690, 14755, 14830, 14895, 14960, 15030, 15095, 15165, 15235,
15305, 15438, VERY approx., Jan 15 at 1427-1432, blobs from RHC 15370
at 65-70 kHz intervals. This time I am tuning 5-kHz steps in the FM
mode, listening for the same-pitch whine which all of them emit, the
lowest being 14625 which is of the eleventh order! Fortunately they
miss CHU. Hardly any on the plus side of 15370; normally there are a
few but always more on the minus side. Only the closer ones provide
readable modulation, 15032 and up, clearly on 15305. Something`s
always (VERY!) wrong at RHC. 15370 and its constellation are all gone
by 1554 check, while separate weaker fundamental 15230 remains on
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1913, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
[and non]. 5040, Jan 16 at 0027, S9+35, RHC almost open carrier with
some crackles, which seem like talk modulation spike peaks trying to
break thru, but // 9720 is S9+15 in undermodulated music at the
moment. Wiggle that patchcord! Same at 0041, when 9720 is in soft-
spoken Valverde talk. Something`s always wrong at RHC. Meanwhile 5025
Rebelde exhibits OK modulation to the contrary. 9720 also has some
CCCCCCI, i.e. CNR2 as scheduled (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO
1913, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15580, 15509, 15440, 15300, 15230, 15162, 15093, 15032, Jan 16 at
1519, cursory check for the RHC FM/whine blobs today, frequencies very
approximate and not much modulation, out of the 15370-AM transmitter,
nothing to do with the other one intentionally on 15230. Something`s
always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [non]. FRANCE: 9490, Radio República via Issoudun with Spanish
OM Talx mostly over jamming. ID at 0255 mentioning both R República &
"Cubana", as well as the SW & MW frequencies & another ID at ToH over
music & continuing on with News (they are on longer than sked on
MONDAYS? Or is this considered 'Sunday' since it is aimed at Cuba?
43+543 with both my local noise & jammer fighting against the
otherwise clear signal. 0245-0303 8/Jan (Kenneth Vito Zichi,
Williamston MI, MARE Tipsheet 12 Jan via DXLD)
?? What MW frequencies? (gh, DXLD)
** CZECHIA. Czech Radio - special music programme
15 January 2018
http://www.radio.cz/en/section/hit-of-century/1923-mr-bandleader-play-me-mine
On May 18th 1923, regular radio broadcasting was launched in
Czechoslovakia.. Its operator was Radiojournal. Czechoslovakia has
thus become the second country in Europe to have a regular radio
program after the UK (BBC).
In the early 1920's, after the stormy post-war boom, the cabaret
business began to take hold in Czechoslovakia. One subsequent
disadvantage was the combination of cabaret and restaurants. For
example, admission to see the renowned Red Seven cabaret, which we
have already talked about in past broadcasts, was not expensive; what
was expensive was the wine and the food. The owner of Hotel Central on
Hybernská Street in Prague, who rented out a room to the cabaret,
blatantly profited from this. Things were not going well even in the
wine cellar of the Prague Municipal House. The partnership eventually
collapsed. In 1923, one of the last songs by the founder of the Red
Seven cabaret group, Jirí Cervený, was penned: Mr. Bandleader, Play Me
Mine! It became not only a hit, but also a sort of representation of
the life of the cabaretteer, who is eventually left with nothing but a
track and the world of austere paragraphs. Photo: Radioservis
[hook accents over the r of Jiri and the C of Cerveny have vanished]
Here we also hear a sigh from Jirí Cervený who says "that all human
life is just a game". A popular song, which is still played
successfully in the Czech Republic at folk dances and balls, sung to
us by Oldrich Kovár. Posted by: (Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)
** DENMARK. PIRATAS [sic]: 5840, World Music R_?, 1836-..., 09/1,
música pop'; 35332. ID via imprensa DX. 73 ("Carlos L R de Assunção
Gonçalves", SW coast of Portugal obs. 04-10 Jan., DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Reception of World Music Radio Denmark, Jan 14
from 0824 on 5840 Karup-Jutland-Denmark 7 kW, weak/fair:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/01/reception-of-world-music-radio-denmark.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, January 14, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Reception of World Music Radio Denmark on Jan 15
0605 & 0807 on 5840 Karup-Jutland-Denmark 7 kW, weak to fair
World Music Radio will be soon MW 927 kHz and SW 15805 kHz
Another station from Denmark-Radio 208 will be on air soon
on the following frequencies: MW 1440 kHz and SW 11440 kHz
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/01/reception-of-world-music-radio-denmark_15.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, January 14-15, dxldyg via WORLD OF
RADIO 1913, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ERITREA. ERITREIA, 7140, Voz das Massas, Selai Dairo, 1554-1621,
07/1, língua local, texto, canções noticiário (?), às 1600, música
pop'; 34443, QRM de estações de amador. 73 ("Carlos L R de Assunção
Gonçalves", SW coast of Portugal obs. 04-10 Jan., DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7181.56, Voice of Broad Masses 2 Signal with 1 kHz tone at 0258.
Switched from the tone to HoA music at 0301:24. W announcer mixing
with the music. Then into HoA song at 0302. Poor signal with ham QRM.
Unusual to find this at 0300 now 4 Jan. 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA,
Perseus SDR with Wellbrook ALA1530S loop antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing
list via DXLD)
7181.553, Jan 14 at 1441, JBA carrier measured here, no doubt VOBME
longpath. No jamming noise audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Good signal of VOBME 2 Dimtsi Hafash on Jan 14:
from 1736 on 7181.5 ASM 100 kW / non-dir to EaAf Amharic
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/01/good-signal-of-vobme-2-dimtsi-hafash-on.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, January 14-15, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** ERITREA [non]. 9720, OPPOSITION. Dimtse Radio Erena – Kostinbrod,
BULGARIA, 1711, 1/12/18, in Tigrinya. End of a Horn of Africa song,
male announcer briefly into longer woman announcer, ID by Male
announcer into woman and man alternating. Poor–fair (Mark Taylor,
Madison, Wisconsin, Perseus, Airspy HF+, SDRPlay RSP1; Eton E1, ICOM
R75, Tecsun PL 880, and various other portables; 42 meters dipole,
100’ long wire, W6LVP loop, NASWA Flashsheet Jan 14 via WORLD OF RADIO
1913, DXLD)
9720, CLANDESTINE, Radio Erena – Sofia, 1756-1800* Jan 8, man
announcer with talk in the Arabic language followed by station ID and
apparent closing announcements. Instrumental music until carrier
terminated. Poor to fair (Rich D'Angelo, Wyomissing, PA 19610, Ten-Tec
RX-340, Drake R-8B, Eton E1, Eton E5, Alpha Delta DX Sloper, RF
Systems Mini-Windom, Datong FL3, JPS ANC-4, ibid.)
Inadvertently omitted credit to him about this on WOR 1913. Erena
scheduled 17-18 via B`lgaria now, 1700 Tigrinya, 1730 Arabic, ex-11965
(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ETHIOPIA. Weak/fair signal of Radio Ethiopia on Jan 13:
0700-0800 on 7234.7 GDR 100 kW / non-dir to EaAf Somali
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/01/weakfair-signal-of-radio-ethiopia-on.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, January 13, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** ETHIOPIA [non]. Reception of Radio Xoriyo Ogaden via MBR Issoudun
on Jan 9
1600-1630 11970 ISS 500 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Somali Tue/Sat, very poor
Transmission is jammed by Ethiopia with strong white noise digital
jamming
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/01/reception-of-radio-xoriyo-ogaden-via_10.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, January 9-10, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** FINLAND. SCIENTISTS HAVE SAVED THE WORLD'S ONLY RADIO, BROADCASTING
IN LATIN
Thanks to the Belgian professor of classical philology, the only radio
in the world that has been broadcasting its programs in Latin - Nuntii
Latini - has been preserved for over 30 years.
This is reported by RMF.FM with reference to The Washington Post.
Nuntii Latini is a branch of Finnish public radio, which wanted to
close a unique radio station, because of its "unprofitability".
Since 1989, Nuntii Latini has broadcast important information in
classical Latin, similar to the language used by the ancient Romans.
On the Internet radio page, Latin news is duplicated in modern
languages, for example, English or German.
Radio is also unusual because it unites fans of classical culture and
Latin - 10,000 people around the world who live on almost all
continents. They began to send letters and petitions to avoid closing
the Nuntii Latini. One of the listeners wrote that thanks to the radio
he began to teach Latin to his children.
Two Belgian professors - Christian Laus of Antwerp University and Dirk
Sacre of the University of Leuven also expressed their support for the
radio. They published an open letter in the Finnish press calling for
the support of radio, which was signed by 3,000 people.
Belgian professors stressed that they often worked with their students
on the texts of radio Nuntia Latini. Thanks to the action, organized
by scientists, the radio received funding from the Finnish public
broadcaster for the next year. zik.ua
http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__68021/
(via Rus-DX Jan 14, published early Jan 10, via DXLD)
** FRANCE [non]. USA, 9265, Atlantic 2000 International via WINB, Red
Lion, *2100-2115, 14-01, tuning music, ID in English "You are
listening to Atlantic 2000 International", ID in various languages,
French, ID, pop songs, comments. 24322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) See USA for more
** GERMANY. Answer from Shortwaveradio from Germany.
Vasiliy, thanks for your report on the admission and for the selection
of our test gearbox [sic]. We regret the delay in sending the cards.
However, our main task is to create a translation site and include two
senders. We have a good reason, which is still in the test
transmission mode regarding the sender of automation and audio
control. shortwaveradio.de hopes to achieve the best signal-to-sound
ratio for the listener's pleasure.
///////// ((((We are primarily here for broadcasting, not to be a QSL
factory.))))) ))))))))))))) [sic: does that mean emphasis added?? gh]
QSLs will be sent in the following weeks: the first report, the first
QSL! In any case, due to the fact that you have suffered in recent
months. We appreciated each report here and were particularly pleased
at the comments of our sound quality. It seems that we are on the
right track. Continue to listen to 3975 and 6160 kHz (Vasily Lazarev,
Samarskaya oblast, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx", QSL World, Rus-DX Jan
14, published early Jan 10, via DXLD)
** GERMANY. Reception of SuperClan Radio via Channel 292 on Jan 13:
0700-0800 on 6070 ROB 025 kW / non-dir to CeEu English Sat, very good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/01/reception-of-superclan-radio-via.html
Radio Waves International via Channel 292 on Jan 13:
0800-0900 on 6070 ROB 025 kW / non-dir to CeEu English Sat, very good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/01/reception-of-radio-waves-international_13.html
From the Isle of Music via Channel 292 on Jan 13:
1200-1300 on 6070 ROB 025 kW / non-dir to CeEu Eng/Spa Sat, good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/01/reception-of-from-isle-of-music-via.html
Reception of IBC Radio via Channel 292 on Jan 13:
1300-1400 on 6070 ROB 025 kW / non-dir to CeEu Italian Sat, good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/01/reception-of-ibc-radio-via-channel-292.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, January 13, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** GERMANY [and non]. NDR eQSL received for the XMas Eve 2017
broadcasts in 12 days from Michael Puetz of Media Broadcast.
Most of the broadcast was in German. However, there were some brief
English sentences. In addition, even sung in German, some of the
Christmas songs were recognized. 73, (Kraig, KG4LAC, Krist, Jan 12,
dxldyg via DXLD) How many sites and countries concerning this eQSL?
** GERMANY [and non]. Reception of DWD Deutscher Wetterdienst Jan 14
1200-1230 on 5905*PIN 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu German, weak
1200-1230 on 6180#PIN 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu German, fair
* co-ch weak 5905 KAS 100 kW / non-dir to CeAs Russian CRI
# co-ch fair 6180 LIN 100 kW / 286 deg to EaAs Kazakh CNR-17
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/01/reception-of-dwd-deutscher-wetterdienst_14.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, January 14, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** GOA. 11828.3v, INDIA, AIR Panaji. Already on at 1326 with what
sounded like northern India music. Deadair 1329, M announcer (too weak
to copy), then into subcontinental music. Drifting up faster than
usual today, about 100 Hz per minute crossing RFE/RL on 11830 at 1336.
Was a faulty transmitter of 11620 but has since been fixed; 2 Jan. 73
(Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR with Wellbrook ALA1530S loop
antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
** GREECE. Reception of Voice of Greece on 9420 kHz on Jan.9
0605-0803 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek*tx#3
NO SIGNAL on 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek tx#1
* nx in Arabic/Serbian at 0750-0800UT & off air at 0803UT!
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/01/reception-of-voice-of-greece-on-9420.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, January 8-9, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
GRÉCIA, 9420. Jan 13, 2018. 0226-0248, Voz da Grécia, Avlis-GRC, em
Grego. Locutor apresenta um programa musical com canções gragas
tradicionais. VOG retorna sua programação, após três dias ausente em
minha área, com sinal e modulação satisfatórios, 35433. (DXer: Jose
Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo-PB, Brasil, Sony 7600GR & Tecsun S-2000,
Antena: Longwire, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
Reception of Voice of Greece on 9420 & 9935 kHz, Jan 13
0545&0745 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek tx#3, good
0545&0745 on 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek tx#1, fair
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/01/reception-of-voice-of-greece-on-9420_13.html
(DX RE MIX NEWS #1052 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov. Jan. 14, 2018
via DXLD)
** GREECE. Voice of Greece This Afternoon --- Putting in a good signal
on 9420 kHz this afternoon (13 January) into NB. Nice Greek music,
songs with bouzouki, etc. Parallel to 9935 kHz! So, this frequency is
back but a weaker signal here in NB compared to 9420 kHz.
By the way, I had used the term "fake news" in reference to someone
reporting that 9420 kHz had been off the air for weeks. Glenn rightly
chastised me for that. Mea culpa. Wikipedia defines "fake news" as
"... a type of yellow journalism or propaganda that consists of
deliberate misinformation or hoaxes spread via traditional print and
broadcast news media or online social media."
I'm sure the DXer/SWL who reported that VoG had been off the air for
weeks was not intentionally spreading false information. But we should
all be careful about jumping to conclusions and making blanket
statements when we have not done a thorough analysis. Professor's hat
now off. ;-) (-- Richard Langley 2038 UT Jan 13, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Reception of Voice of Greece only on 9935 kHz on Jan 14
0910-0940 on 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek tx#1 & off
NO SIGNAL on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek tx#3
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/01/reception-of-voice-of-greece-only-on.html
(DX RE MIX NEWS #1052 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov. Jan. 14, 2018
via DXLD)
** GUAM. DRM Test by KTWR, Guam
Date : 17-19 January, 2018
Freq : 17530 kHz
Time : 0815-0845 UT
Power : 90 kW
Target : India
Audio : Mono
Lang : English
Data : None, other than ID and contact info --- Regards, (via
Alokesh Gupta, Jan 16, WORLD OF RADIO 1913, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUATEMALA. 4055, R Verdad at 0420. Interesting mix of music
including Guatemalan marimba. Good ID by M, more Guatemalan music
until after the half, when they reverted to the oft heard church organ
music. Steady signal with RS SW-2000629 on picnic table and shortwire
ant out to backyard grapefruit tree. Good-Jan. 9. Listening from
middle Arizona. 73 and Good Listening......! -rb (Rick Barton, dxldyg
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
4055, Jan 13 at 0629, R. Verdad still on with hymn solo in Spanish
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
[non]. The beatification of Rev. Stanley Rother, martyred ex-manager
of La Voz de Atitlán, 2390 kHz, continues to get big press coverage in
his native Oklahoma, even the Enid News & Eagle ---- altho Catholix
are quite a minority here, we can only conclude they dominate
newspaper editorial decisions, and/or Okies have stars in their eyes
at the prospect of one of their own possibly being declared an RCC
saint. The main RC church in Enid, St Francis X, has had this sign on
the street for several weeks:
http://www.w4uvh.net/Rothersign.jpg
So even if you are in heaven, you still have to pray, rather than
engage in more direct influence upon a deity?? ``Pray for us`` ---
about what? Could they be a little more specific?
OETA has a half-hour docu on Rother which they have been running over
and over; maybe also available via website?
``Back In Time --- Oklahoma Martyr #703
Thursday, January 18, 07:30 pm on OETA-HD
Duration: 0:28:47
View Addiitonal Airings [CST = UT -6]
01/20/18, 4:30 am OETA OKLA
01/20/18, 9:30 pm OETA OKLA
01/28/18, 11:30 am OETA-HD
Description: In the 1950's, no one would have guessed that a farm boy
from Okarche might someday be named a Catholic Saint. Stanley Rother
entered the priesthood and found his life's calling at a mission in
Guatemala`` (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUINEA-BISSAU. The government broadcaster in the tiny West African
republic of Guinea-Bissau can now be heard live online from its new
website at [ignoring any G-B domain of its own?? gh]
http://www.rdngbissau.com
Radiodifusao Nacional [RDN] broadcasts 0555-2400 UT daily in
Portuguese, Crioulo and local languages, according to the detailed
programme guides available on the site.
Nowadays RDN only transmits terrestrially on FM, though it used to
broadcast on 5475 kHz shortwave (last WRTH entry in 1987 edition) and
1034 kHz mediumwave (last WRTH entry in 2001 edition). I couldn't hear
the latter from neighbouring Senegal when I visited that country in
early 1999; however there was a civil war underway in G-B at the time!
The only Guinea-Bissau station I could hear from Dakar - fleetingly on
FM - was Voz da Militar Junta [sic}, which I now know was using the
facilities of private station Radio Bombolom (David Kernick, Interval
Signals Online, Jan 16, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1913, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** HAWAII [and non]. USA (Hawaii) - In a recent DX Listening Digest,
Dr Adrian Peterson reported on the VoA relay station Honolulu.
Knowledgeable as always. He suspects that the transmitters were
scrapped, but this is seemingly not the case. According to the
magazine "Rundfunk und Fernsehen" (radio and television) of the Hand-
Bredow-Institut Hamburg (1972, p. 518), the transmitters were sold in
1972 to be used in the Philippines by the protestant Far East
Broadcasting Company. http://www.swcountry.be/phl.html indeed lists a
100 kW Gates transmitter for FEBC Manila signing on in 1976. Maybe
someone can look through Sweden Calling DXers or any other publication
of those years to find that information. My own collection of SCDX
only dates back to 1977 when I joined the short wave listening
community (Dr Hansjoerg Biener, 14 January 2018, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** HONDURAS. Speaking of studio-transmitter links: Jim Thomas
forwarded a copy of the decision licensing a new station in Honduras.
The station plans to use a rather out-of-the-way link. Programming
will be sent by optical fiber to a satellite uplink -- in Miami --
from where it will be uplinked for reception at the four transmitters.
(including the one a few miles away in Tegucigalpa) (Doug Smith W9WI,
Pleasant View, TN EM66, http://www.w9wi.com Jan 14, WTFDA Forum via
DXLD)
** INDIA. 4970, AIR Shillong, at 1542, Jan 13, sports item in English
about today's South Africa vs India cricket match (see Jeypore); news
headlines - helicopter crash off Mumbai coast, etc.
5040, AIR Jeypore, 1431-1450, Jan 13. Live coverage from South Africa
of the India vs RSA cricket match; in English & Hindi; AIR promo to
contact them via email at cricket @ allindiaradio.com; "South Africa 5
wickets down," etc. Thanks very much to Dave Valko for the early alert
that this was on! (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1,
antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Glenn, Jan 14 - The second day of live commentary and coverage of
the India vs RSA cricket match being held in South Africa; again on
5040 (AIR Jeypore); 1421-1437, in English & Hindi.
As it's Sunday, AIR Shillong (4970) carried their usual "Country
Roads" C&W music show; "I Love A Rainy Night" by Eddie Rabbitt,
"Always On My Mind" by Willie Nelson, etc.; mostly fair at 1245 (Ron
Howard, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5040, AIR Jeypore, 1126, Jan 15. Third day of live coverage from South
Africa of the India vs RSA cricket match; in English & Hindi; asking
listeners to contact them at cricket @ allindiaradio.?; later back to
regular programming (subcontinent music/singing), as rain interrupted
the South Africa match (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1,
antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1913, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** INDIA. RE: ``7505.47 kHz, off frequency AIR, via New Delhi
Kingsway, at 0216 UT on Jan 5. Nice subcontinent music; my local
sunset was at 0105 UT, while Delhi sunrise was at 0145 UT. Of course
this reception possible with the absence of WRNO (USA). Last Jan also
noted AIR here, but was on 7505.0 kHz and again with WRNO silent back
then (Ron Howard-CA-USA, DXplorer via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 5)``
Log in Delhi India, Jan 10: 7505.535, measured at 0118 UT on Jan 10,
direct in Delhi remote SDR unit. Kingsway signal, 5 x 100 Hertz apart
distance peaks either side. S=9+20dB strength, carrier already on air,
no modulation. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 10 via WORLD OF
RADIO 1913, DXLD)
7380.054, rather lower S=7 signal - very low modulation tonight - in
Sindhi from Kingsway site? at 0140 UT [selected SDR options, span 12.5
kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan
10 via WORLD OF RADIO 1913, DXLD)
7555.596, AIR in Tibetan, Nepali odd fq, carrier 1208 UT Jan 10, test
tone S=9+25dB opened at 1209 UT. 12.13:10 UT AIR Interval Signal.
11560, AIR Bangalore in Russian, 1600-1715 UT, 500kW 325 degr (ex
15140 kHz to free Oman co-channel activity, and due winter season
sunspots). 73 wb df5sx Jan 9.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc
BC-DX TopNews Jan 9 / 10) (BCDX 16 Jan via DXLD)
** INDIA. AIR Special programs today
Sat Dec 30, 2017 9:44 pm (PST)
AIR special frequencies noted now from 0525 UT Sunday 31 Dec 2017 with
Mann Ki Baat program by Hon'ble Prime Minister of India Shri. Narendra
Modi on 7520 9380 9865 9940 11730 and on all other AIR stations on MW
SW FM till 0600 UT. Please see:
http://www.narendramodi.in/mann-ki-baat
Most stations of AIR will have special programs on MW/SW/FM to usher
in the new year tonight. Hence they will have extended broadcasts till
past 1830 UT (0000 hrs IST). The following SW channels are of interest
4760 Port Blair
4800 Hyderabad
4835 Gangtok
4870 Shillong
4920 Chennai
4950 Srinagar
5010 Trivandrum
5050 Jeypore
also
9380 Aligarh (National Channel)
Happy New Year to all DX India members, readers & SWLs! Yours
sincerely, (Jose Jacob & Alokesh Gupta, dx_india yg via DXLD)
It seems the dx_india yg digest waits two weeks for info to accumulate
before dispatching, this one not out until Jan 14 (gh, DXLD)
** INDIA. AIR Chennai SW Tx trouble: For the last few days severe hum
was noted on AIR Chennai SW channels 4920, 7380 (50 kW). Now the hum
has intensified that no audio is heard at all. Sked:
4920: 0015-0245 1200-1739
7380: 0300-0930 (Sun 1130)
Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur
Radio, Hyderabad, India Mobile: +91 94416 96043,
http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos
(Jose Jacob, Jan 6, VU2JOS, dx_india yg digest Jan 14 via DXLD)
Re: AIR Chennai; Mon Jan 8, 2018 8:15 pm (PST)
AIR Chennai is heard with normal signals on 4920 & 7380 during the
last few days (after it was affected by sever hum). Yours sincerely,
(Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, dx_india yg digest Jan 14 via DXLD)
** INDIA. HFCC Jan 6: 11560, AIR Bangalore in Russian, 1600-1715 UT,
500kW 325 kW (ex 15140 kHz to free Oman co-channel activity, and due
winterseason sunspots). 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, Jan 9, dxldyg
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. On Sunday, January 14, 2018, 12:41:46 PM GMT+5:30, Arun
Kumar Narasimhan wrote:
``Dear Sir, Is there any mobile app for iPhone to check schedules of
SW radio stations. Request help from group members.———— N. Arun Kumar,
Sent from my iPhone``
Please see Download DXInida app in left side top,
http://www.qsl.net//vu2jos
AIR Schedules available. Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, ibid.)
Sir, Is it available for iPhone, as I see only the android version in
website. Thanks and Regards (N. Arun Kumar, Sent from my iPhone,
ibid.)
** INDONESIA. Indonesian pirates on 7 MHz
Southgate January 9, 2018
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2018/january/indonesian-pirates-on-7-mhz.htm
The new IARU Region 1 Monitoring System free newsletter reports many
Indonesian pirates were heard on December 30 in 7000-7040 kHz USB/LSB
They were active in 5 kHz increments, laughing, singing and talking.
The signals were rather strong in Europe.
The International Amateur Radio Union Monitoring System (IARUMS)
Region 1 December 2017 newsletter can be read at
http://www.iarums-r1.org/iarums/news2017/news1712.pdf
Reports of Amateur Band intruders can be logged on the IARU Region 1
Monitoring System Logger at
http://peditio.net/intruder/bluechat.cgi
Monitor the short wave bands on-line with a web based SDR receiver at
http://www.websdr.org/
IARU Monitoring System (IARUMS)
http://www.iarums-r1.org/
(via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)
Just like what we hear, not lately, in the 11.4-11.5 MHz strip (gh)
** INDONESIA. Hi Glenn, Following info posted to WRTH Facebook page on
Jan 10. Ron
Shaikh Jawahar, Indonesia:
VOI has been suffering transmitter problem on its 9525 KHz
[last heard on 9525.95 kHz. - Ron] according to Sri Unun of VOI.
Mauno Ritola: Is it over now?
Ron Howard: Mauno - No, continues silent through 1304 UTC, Jan 10.
Mauno Ritola: Thanks, Ron. Shaikh, please ask Sri Unun, if there is
any hope, that they will return.
Ron Howard: Believe VOI has been off the air since about mid-December?
Mauno Ritola: Yes, I think so, too.
Posted by: (Ron Howard, Jan 11, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1913, DXLD)
[and non-log]. 3325, Pro 1 RRI Palangkaraya, 1539, Jan 13. Another day
with this being the only active SW Indonesian station.
9525.95, VOI, on Jan 13, still off the air; no carrier at all; at 1539
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long
wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9525.95, VOI, on Jan 14, still off the air; no
carrier at all at 1324. Jan 15, no carrier at 1138, 1307 & 1359
checking.
So 3325 (Pro 1 RRI Palangkaraya) remains the only active SW Indonesian
station (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100'
long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1913, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INTERNATIONAL INTERNET & VACUUM. World Radio Network has a new web
site. The former wrn.org now redirects to
http://babcock.media/world-radio-network/
Schedules for the various streams can now be found at
http://babcock.media/world-radio-network/networks/
Here is the English for North America schedule for B17.
UT EST PST (Days are UT days, not always same as local)
00:00 7:00PM 4:00PM NHK World Radio Japan
00:30 7:30PM 4:30PM Israel Radio
01:00 8:00PM 5:00PM Radio Prague
01:30 8:30PM 5:30PM Radio Slovakia
02:00 9:00PM 6:00PM RNZealand International: Korero Pacifica
(Tue-Sat)
R N Zealand International: Dateline Pacific (Sun)
Radio Guangdong: Guangdong Today (Mon)
02:15 9:15PM 6:15PM Vatican Radio World News (Tue - Sat)
02:30 9:30PM 6:30PM NHK World Radio Japan (Tue-Sat)
PCJ Asia Focus (Sun)
Glenn Hauser`s World of Radio (Mon) *********
03:00 10:00PM 7:00PM KBS World Radio from Seoul, Korea
04:00 11:00PM 8:00PM Polish Radio
05:00 12:00AM 9:00PM Israel Radio â?? News at 8
06:00 1:00AM 10:00PM Radio France International
07:00 2:00AM 11:00PM Deutsche Welle from Germany
08:00 3:00AM 12:00AM Polish Radio
09:00 4:00AM 1:00AM Vatican Radio World News (Tue-Sat),
Weekly Review (Sun and Mon)
09:15 4:15AM 1:15AM R NZ International: Korero Pacifica (Tue-Sat)
09:30 4:30AM 1:30AM Radio Prague
10:00 5:00AM 2:00AM Radio France International
11:00 6:00AM 3:00AM Deutsche Welle from Germany
12:00 7:00AM 4:00AM NHK World Radio Japan
12:30 7:30AM 4:30AM Radio Slovakia International
13:00 8:00AM 5:00AM KBS World Radio from Seoul, Korea
14:00 9:00AM 6:00AM Radio Telefis Eireann from Ireland (Tue-Sat)
This Way Out (Sun)
PCJ - Media Network (Mon)
14:30 9:30AM 6:30AM Radio Prague
15:00 10:00AM 7:00AM NHK World Radio Japan (Mon-Fri)
RNZealand International: Dateline Pacific (Sat)
Radio Guangdong: Guangdong Today (Sat [Sun??])
15:30 10:30AM 7:30AM Radio Prague
16:00 11:00AM 8:00AM Radio France International
17:00 12:00PM 9:00AM RNZealand International: Korero Pacifica (M-F)
Glenn Hauser`s World of Radio (Sat) *********
PCJ - Media Network Plus (Sun)
17:15 12:15PM 9:15AM Vatican Radio World News live (Mon-Fri)
17:30 12:30PM 9:30AM Radio Prague (Mon-Fri)
Radio Guangdong : Guangdong Today (Sat)
Copenhagen Calling from Banns Rinternational(Sun)
18:00 1:00PM 10:00AM Israel Radio live news at 8
19:00 2:00PM 11:00AM Polish Radio
20:00 3:00PM 12:00PM Radio Slovakia International
20:30 3:30PM 12:30PM Radio Telefis Eireann from Ireland (Mon-Fri)
Copenhagen Calling from Banns RInternational(Sat)
This Way Out (Sun)
21:00 4:00PM 1:00PM KBS World Radio from Seoul, Korea
22:00 5:00PM 2:00PM Deutsche Welle from Germany
23:00 6:00PM 3:00PM Polish Radio
(via Mike Cooper, GA, Jan 13, WORLD OF RADIO 1913, DXLD)
** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. PicSat to launch Friday
The PicSat 3U CubeSat
https://twitter.com/IamPicSat
carrying an amateur radio 145/435 MHz FM transponder is planned to
launch into Earth orbit on January 12, 2018.
Anybody who owns a minimum radio receiving equipment can listen to and
receive PicSat’s transmissions on 435.525 MHz. The PicSat team invites
radio amateurs from all over the world to collaborate in following the
satellite, receiving its data and relaying them to the PicSat data
base via the Internet. Those interested can register on the PicSat
website to follow the updates and, if they so wish, become part of the
radio network, see http://PicSat.obspm.fr/
Watch the launch at http://webcast.gov.in/live/
Full details here:
https://amsat-uk.org/2018/01/10/picsat/
Posted by: (Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)
Launch success:
https://amsat-uk.org/2018/01/13/ham-radio-cubesat-launch-success/
(Jan 13 via gh, ibid.)
Three CubeSats carrying amateur radio payloads were successfully
launched on January 12 at 0358 UT on an Indian ISRO PSLV rocket. In
total 31 satellites were deployed on this launch
Two of the CubeSats, Fox-1D and PicSat, carry amateur radio FM
transponders while CNUSail-1 has a telemetry downlink on 437.100 MHz.
CNUSail-1 was built by students at the Chungnam National University in
Korea. The students have requested the help of radio amateurs in
receiving the beacon, further information is available at
https://sites.google.com/view/cnuusg
Shankar A65CR/VU2SWG reported coping the Fox-1D satellite voice beacon
on the morning pass at 30 deg elevation in Dubai using a TH-F7 with
standard rubber duck. YL voice with satellite identifier. Very short
burst with fluctuating carrier.
Madhu A65DE also copied Fox-1D from Fujairah, North of Dubai.
AMSAT North America has issued a statement formally designating Fox-1D
as AO-92:
Fox-1D, a 1U CubeSat, is the third of AMSAT’s five Fox-1 CubeSats to
reach orbit, being preceded by AO-85 (Fox-1A) and AO-91 (RadFxSat /
Fox-1B). Fox-1D carries the Fox-1 U/v FM transponder, with an uplink
of 435.350 MHz (67.0 Hz CTCSS) and a downlink of 145.880 MHz. In
addition, Fox-1D carries several university experiments, including a
MEMS gyro from Pennsylvania State University – Erie, a camera from
Virginia Tech, and the University of Iowa’s HERCI (High Energy
Radiation CubeSat Instrument) radiation mapping experiment. Fox-1D
also carries the AMSAT L-Band Downshifter experiment which enables the
FM transponder to be switched to utilize an uplink of 1267.350 MHz
(67.0 Hz CTCSS).
Fox-1D was sent aloft as a secondary payload on the Indian Space
Research Organisation (ISRO)’s PSLV-XL rocket as part of the PSLV-C40
mission. Fox-1D was one of thirty-one satellites successfully deployed
on this launch.
Since Fox-1D has met all of the qualifications necessary to receive an
OSCAR number, I, by the authority vested in me by the AMSAT President,
do hereby confer on this satellite the designation AMSAT-OSCAR 92 or
AO-92. I join amateur radio operators in the U.S. and around the world
in wishing AO-92 a long and successful life in both its amateur and
scientific missions.
I, along with the rest of the amateur community, congratulate all of
the volunteers who worked so diligently to construct, test and prepare
for launch the newest amateur radio satellite.
William A. (Bill) Tynan, W3XO
AMSAT-NA OSCAR Number Administrator
Further information on the Fox-1D launch, deployment and designation:
https://www.amsat.org/fox-1d-launched-designated-amsat-oscar-92/
(via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)
** IRAN. 5920, VOIRI, (Tent.) at 1425, prayer chanting for a few
minutes, then a woman in an identified language. Tentatively calling
this Iran, as no one else listed for this frequency at this time seems
to fit. Jan. 9, Unless noted otherwise, equipment was Satellit 750 and
outdoor Slinky, RS SW-2000629 and various outdoor wires. Listening
from middle Arizona. 73 and Good Listening......! -rb (Rick Barton,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, but since Jan 12, V. of Freedom
clandestine from South to North Korea is back here per Ron & Aoki (gh)
** IRAN. VOA NEWS --- One Difference Between 2009 vs 2018 Iran
Protests? 48 Million Smartphones --- Michelle Quinn 3 January 2018
SAN FRANCISCO - In 2009, the world watched as Iranians marching
in the streets turned to social media sites like Twitter and
Facebook to organize and share information.
The technology-assisted protests were dubbed the first "Twitter
revolution." Flash forward to 2018 and technology again is playing a
role in demonstrations sweeping cities across Iran.
But much has changed in the intervening years when it comes to
the communication tools used by Iranian citizens for organizing
and publicizing protests. Here are some of the main changes:
https://www.voanews.com/a/difference-between-2009-and-2018-iran-protests-is-48-million-smartphones-/4190712.html
(SW Radiogram via roger, dxldyg via DXLD)
** ITALY [non]. 5950, USA, IBC (via WRMI), 0131 M announcer in
accented English with mention of upcoming features, mention of
www.dxfanzine.com, DX program of MW and SW loggings 0133-0142, IBC
singing jingle, Spanish ID by M, then 425 DX News segment past 0148.
Good signal with some QSB, 13 Jan. 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus
with Wellbrook ALA1530S loop antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via
DXLD)
** KASHMIR. I am really pleased with the presumed logging of AIR
Srinagar. It certainly made my Sunday. 4950, AIR (Srinagar) presumed
the one at 1156 with subcontinental vocals – Barely audible Jan 14 – I
was quite happy to log this one as I had not heard Kashmir in a long
time. While part of present day India this is a separate radio country
according to the NASWA list (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood
TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed
dipoles, ODXA iogroup via DXLD)
** KASHMIR. AIR on 4761 kHz --- Thu Jan 11, 2018 6:05 pm (PST)
Today Jan 12, 2018 while checking at 0130, noted AIR on 4761 strong
signal with hum, airing indraprastha channel Hindi programs. I presume
it`s from AIR, Leh (C K Raman, dx_india yg via DXLD)
at 1416 UT noted on remote New Delhi SDR: rather AIR Pt. Blair, on
4759.999 kHz, 1415z. Nothing on 4761 kHz. 73 wb df5sx wwdxc germany
(Wolfgang Büschel, Jan 14, ibid.)
** KIRITIMATI. 846, Jan 11 at 0655, JBA carrier detectable from R.
Kiribati.
846, Jan 12 at 0648, JBA but steady carrier from presumed R. Kiribati
846, Jan 14 at 0644 check, JBA carrier from R. Kiribati
846, Jan 16 at 0729, JBA carrier from R. Kiribati
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH. 2850, KCBS Pyongyang. Fair signal at 1058 with end
of the usual opera-like music. Filler music to 1100, then M in Korean,
continuous music, and more talk. Voice audio muffled. More opera-like
music at 1315. Was still able to get audio on this with M announcer in
Korean at 1330. Almost an hour after sunrise 11 Jan. 73 (Dave Valko,
near Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR on micro-DXpedition, used a 315 foot BOG
at 320 degrees, changed to 20 degrees, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via
DXLD)
** KOREA NORTH. 3250.00, Pyongyang Broadcasting Station, Pyongyang,
2205-2235, 7.1. (NOT VOICE OF KOREA in Japanese, as scheduled!) Korean
talk, songs by choir, 2230 timesignal, news. 25232 // 3320 (34333
CWQRM) and 6400 (35343). (Anker Petersen, Skovlunde, Denmark, AOR
AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, NASWA Flashsheet Jan 14 via
DXLD)
** KOREA NORTH. On Jan 14, at 1148, noted no jamming at all on
3910, 3930, 3985, 5995, 6015, 6135, etc. Again on Jan 15, at 1252,
all N. Korea jamming off the air on same frequencies. A daily event?
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long
wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1913, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH. 15179.998, Voice of Korea from Kujang, maybe parked
here already 0321, 1000 Hertz test tone heard from 0322 UT, S=6-7 in
Brisbane. From 0330 UT VoK Spanish service scheduled, 28degrees
azimuth via Alaska, NW Canada, midwest US, to Cuba.
15105.005, VoK Kujang, TX already early on air, warm-up, S=7 at 0326
UT modulation transmit some station JAMMING SCRATCHING audio. From
0330 UT VoK Chinese service scheduled. Log of Jan 14, 0230-0330 UT,
remote access to Brisbane, Queensland unit [selected SDR options, span
12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews
Jan 14 via DXLD)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. [Re 18-02:] SHIOKAZE WITH SPECIAL PROGRAMS
Hi Glenn, Jan 11 (Thursday) - Shiokaze (6085), at 1334, with a repeat
of my Jan 7 reception. Annually they hold a end-of-the-year
international symposium in Tokyo, regarding abduction issues. At that
time, both Shiokaze and Furusato no Kaze sponsor a musical concert,
which this year was held on Dec 16. Today was that concert and
announcers all in Japanese.
With the annual symposium, Shiokaze's schedule is in a state of flux,
due to these special re-broadcasts. Probably later in the month things
will get back to normal again, with English on Thursdays (Ron Howard,
CA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
6085, JAPAN, Shiokaze Sea Breeze. Signal on at 1259, then usual soft
piano music and opening announcement by M, but it sounded like
Japanese. When heard in the past on Thursdays, they signed on with W
announcer in English. Poor signal. Tnx Ron Howard, says this was a
repeat of the special 7 Jan. joint broadcast between Shiokaze and
Furusato no Kaze in Japanese. 11 Jan. 73 (Dave Valko, near Dunlo, PA,
Perseus SDR on micro-DXpedition, used a 315 foot BOG at 320 degrees,
changed to 20 degrees, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
JAPAN, JSR Shiokaze Sea Breeze anomaly, again not in English on Thu,
Jan 11
1300-1300 6085*YAM 300 kW / 280 deg NEAs Japanese, instead of English
1330-1400 6085*YAM 300 kW / 280 deg NEAs Korean, instead of English
* co-same 6085 KLL 001 kW / 120&300 CeEu English Radio MiAmigo Int.
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/01/jsr-shiokaze-sea-breeze-anomaly-again.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, January 11-12, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
6085, JAPAN, Shiokaze (Sea Breeze) at 1345. Long monologue with M,
then W, jailbreak alarm sound. (Listed by my ref as Korean, but
sounded much more like Japanese). Somewhat muddy audio. (A recent
post by Ron Howard explains that their language schedules will be
topsy turvy temporarily). Jan. 13, Unless noted otherwise, equipment
was Satellit 750 and outdoor Slinky, RS SW-2000629 and various outdoor
wires. Listening from middle Arizona. 73 and Good Listening......! -rb
(Rick Barton, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH/SOUTH. 6250, on Jan 15, at 1257, with a rare event;
instead of the normal heavy jamming from N. Korea, was able to hear
two stations mixing together with no jamming; from the south with the
much weaker Echo of Hope - Voice of Hope (10 kW) and from the north
with Echo of Unification (100 kW); 1259 clear "V O H" ID underneath
EOU. Usually the jamming is so strong here it's impossible to tell
what is going on. My audio at
http://goo.gl/sQQwKu
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long
wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [and non]. 5840, MARIANA ISLANDS, VoA (via Tinian) at
1420. Somebody's rendition of "Love Potion Number 9", then Tucson's
native girl Linda Ronstadt. Went to (sounded like) VoA editorial
segment just before the ToH. All over a high-pitched jammer, typical
of those used by the DPRK censors. Good Jan. 13. Unless noted
otherwise, equipment was Satellit 750 and outdoor Slinky, RS SW-
2000629 and various outdoor wires. Listening from middle Arizona. 73
and Good Listening......! -rb (Rick Barton, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 7530, CLANDESTINE (TAJIKISTAN). National Unity
R. (via Dushanbe) OC already on at 1156. Fanfare and W with apparent
opening announcements in Korean at 1200, and continuous fanfare music.
1201 music and announcement by W, then alternating talk by same W and
M. Fair signal. Still readable at 1310 but not quite as strong 11 Jan.
73 (Dave Valko, near Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR on micro-DXpedition, used
a 315 foot BOG at 320 degrees, changed to 20 degrees, Hard-Core-DX
mailing list via DXLD)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. Reception of BRB Living Water Ministry
Broadcasting, Jan 9
1500-1600 7280 PUG 250 kW / 000 deg to NEAs Korean Tue-Thu, good/fair
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/01/reception-of-brb-living-water-ministry.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, January 9-10, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. Radio Free North Korea via BaBcoCk Tashkent on
Jan 12:
1200-1300 on 9345 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean, good signal
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/01/reception-of-radio-free-north-korea-via.html
National Unity Radio UBS via BaBcoCk Dushanbe on Jan 12:
1200-1500 on 7530 DB 100 kW / 071 deg to NEAs Korean, weak to fair
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/01/reception-of-national-unity-radio-ubs.html
North Korea Reform Radio via BaBcoCk Tashkent on Jan 12
1430-1530 on 7590 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean, good signal
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/01/reception-of-north-korea-reform-radio.html
UNIDentified station, probably clandestine, was noted on Jan 12:
1200-1259 on 9565 unknown kW / unknown to NEAs Korean, weak/fair
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/01/unidentified-station-probably-korean.html
Voice of Wilderness via BaBcoCk Tashkent on Jan 12:
1330-1530 on 7625 TAC 100 kW / 070 deg to NEAs Korean, fair/good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/01/reception-of-voice-of-wilderness-via.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, January 11-12, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
7625, UZBEKISTAN, Voice of the Wilderness. Easy music on a wind
instrument and Korean talk by W over the music at 1357 continuing to
1401 tune-out. 11 Jan. 73 (Dave Valko, near Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR on
micro-DXpedition, used a 315 foot BOG at 320 degrees, changed to 20
degrees, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
** KOREA SOUTH. 6045, CLANDESTINE (SOUTH KOREA), Voice of Freedom.
Came here at 1402 and found CNR1 off and this in the clear with a
Korean version of the Kenny Rogers song “Coward of the County” 11 Jan.
73 (Dave Valko, near Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR on micro-DXpedition, used
a 315 foot BOG at 320 degrees, changed to 20 degrees, Hard-Core-DX
mailing list via DXLD)
Back to former 5920, Voice of Freedom, at 1248, on Jan 12. Sounded
like a long version of VOF's station jingle? Good signal, with N.
Korean jamming still up on ex: 6045. My audio at
http://goo.gl/TyMCr9
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long
wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1913, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA SOUTH. 4885, CLANDESTINE (SOUTH KOREA), Echo of Hope. Still
barely getting just a bit of audio with talk by W at 1405. The last
thing audible on the band, 11 Jan. 73 (Dave Valko, near Dunlo, PA,
Perseus SDR on micro-DXpedition, used a 315 foot BOG at 320 degrees,
changed to 20 degrees, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
Echo of Hope - Voice of Hope (VOH). Thanks very much to Hiroyuki
Komatsubara, who recently noted that VOH has dropped their third
program ("Hope plaza of my brothers" or "Hope Plaza of my brothers who
have been defeated"), which had been exclusively on 6350.
Heard Jan 14, at 1131:
4885 - "Radio Broadcasting Guide" (not // to the other frequencies).
This one hour program is repeated every hour. Never jammed.
3985 // 5995 // 6250 // 6350 // 9100 - The main VOH program; all
jammed except for 9100 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1,
antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA SOUTH. Bad winter frequency selection, KBS World Radio, Jan 9
1355-1400 on 9630 KIM 250 kW / 264 deg to SoAs KBS WR Interval Signal
1400-1700 on 9630 KIM 250 kW / 264 deg to SoAs English and with co-ch
same time on 9630 LIN 100 kW / 298 deg to EaAs Kazakh CNR-17, strong:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/01/bad-frequency-selection-of-kbs-world.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, January 8-9, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** KUWAIT vs. JAPAN. MOI R. Kuwait GS vs. R. Japan NHK World on Jan 9:
1059-1326 9749.8 KBD 250 kW / 286 deg NEAf Arabic R.Kuwait GS & co-ch
same time 9750.0 YAM 300 kW / 290 deg EaAs Japanese R.Japan NHK World
From 1300 9745.0 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg SoAs QRM Trans World Radio India
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/01/moi-radio-kuwait-gs-vs-radio-japan-nhk.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, January 8-9, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
9749.81, R. Kuwait, Arabic pop-like music with M vocal 1324. Suddenly
went off about 1326 and didn’t return. Good signal 11 Jan. 73 (Dave
Valko, near Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR on micro-DXpedition, used a 315
foot BOG at 320 degrees, changed to 20 degrees, Hard-Core-DX mailing
list via DXLD)
** KUWAIT. 15110, Radio Kuwait at 1232 in DRM mode in listed Arabic
taking up 12 to 14 kHz of bandwidth Jan 13 – Who’s listening to these
turkeys on DRM? I doubt Radio Kuwait is using DRM as point-to-point
relay to feed FM transmitters like Radio New Zealand International
does (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut
II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA iogroup via DXLD)
** KYRGYZSTAN. Radio Kyrkygistan Birinich 1 was logged on 4010 from
0100 UT during November 2017. A reception report with the audiofiles
were emailed to montecristoyanni@gmail.com I never thought that I
would get reply. But to my surprise, I received this e QSL letter from
Cholpon Temirbekhova, the International Relations Officer, Kyrkygistan
radio (Shaikh Jawahar, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia /
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1080049528677701/
QSL World, Rus-DX Jan 14, published early Jan 10, via DXLD)
** LIBERIA. 6049.98, ELWA, 2150 local religious talk/phone-in program
in English. 2200 M with simply short “This is ELWA” ID, then into next
English religious program from World Christian ??, and blasted by 6040
WHRI slop QRM. 2230 live M announcer with another ID “You’re listening
to ELWA…transmission…night…”, instrumental NA, and off at 2232:07.
Getting QRM from HCJB as well by s/off. 13 Jan. 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo,
PA, Perseus with Wellbrook ALA1530S loop antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing
list via DXLD)
** MADAGASCAR. MADAGÁSCAR, 5009.9, R. TV Madagasikara, Ambohidrano,
1901-1910, 04/1, texto, música; 25331. 73 ("Carlos L R de Assunção
Gonçalves", SW coast of Portugal obs. 04-10 Jan., DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MADAGASCAR. 17640, Jan 12 at 1800, MWV opening `African Pathways
Radio`, first by African-accented host, then joined by American-
accented (and I bet he`s white), co-host. VG S9+10/20, the SSOB way
above VOA S7-S9 on 17655, which is Greenville in Portuguese. Only
other trace of signal is JBA carrier on 17775 --- can that really be
KVOH?
APR opens with the shortest Ladysmith song from a new album, before
getting down to conversion business. Altho the programming is off-
putting, slick and contrarian, I continue to be impressed by how well
Mahajanga gets into deep North America, far better than anything else
on this band, despite being about as far away as possible toward the
antipodes further in the Indian Ocean. It must be satisfying at WCB HQ
in Franklin TN to be able to hear their own output, if they try to
there, also no doubt far better than they could hear KNLS (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1913, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MADAGASCAR. 15420, Jan 12 at 1806, averaging S9, the SSOB on 19m is
also from Madagascar, like MWV on 16m, but from the other site; unID
African talk with strumming, mentions Rwanda? Can it be R. Itahuka?
But this is Friday, not Saturday-only for it. Aoki does show a Friday-
only transmission at 1800-1830 on exactly same parameters, 250 kW, 320
degrees from Talata-Volonondry 1 at 1800-1830, but it`s from Bible
Voice, language field blank. EiBi shows it as Kirundi, so looks like
BVB is trying to ride the coattails of Itahuka (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MADAGASCAR [and non]. 13800, Jan 13 at 1528, R. Dabanga with an
echo, 1529 clearer, 1530 Dabanga themesong, as sked, 250 kW, 340
degrees from Talata to Sudan. Maybe trace of a second carrier, or this
one is unstable by propagation. Checking since Mark Coady, Ontario,
suspected he was hearing R. Puntland, Somalia, underneath. Aoki/NDXC
does list that on 13800 at 0330-0600 & 1000-1600 daily, 20 kW, ND from
Garowe but x for not active. WRTH 2018 shows same hours as variable,
but 10 kW, AM/USB, irregular. R. Tamazuj occupies the previous hour
from 1430, same parameters via Madagascar. Barring a transmission
failure from Talata, we must seek Puntland before 1430 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MALI. 5995, R. Mali, Kati, 1940-..., 06/1, texto; 43443, áudio
extremamente débil.
9635 idem, 1218-1302, 07/1, francês, música local, ..., ID da estação,
noticiário; 45444, áudio débil.
Por vezes, falamos aqui em "modulação baixa", o que pode suceder, e é
uma situação em que o sinal que chega dos estúdios é arruinado à
chegada ao transmissor, mas julgo que as oscilações de áudio durante
um dado espaço de tempo ficam mais a dever ao tratamento nos estúdios,
e se for assim, não há nada que o centro emissor possa fazer. No caso
da R. Mali, estou convencido de que o problema é oriundo da central
técnica/estúdios, não do transmissor. 73 ("Carlos L R de Assunção
Gonçalves", SW coast of Portugal obs. 04-10 Jan., DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Lots of XE logs in NRC IDXD this time, other than mine:
540, XEHS La Mejor, Los Mochis, Sin. DEC 22 1358 - AM/FM ID by male
announcer. Still uses slogan "la mejor, aquí nomás." This is one of
several syndicated "formats" which appear to be more of a marketing /
branding service (pre-recorded ID's, standard look and feel for
website, etc.) as opposed to a 24-hour feed of network programming.
Soon lost to Mexican anthem presumably from XESURF. [Hall-CA1]
560, XESRD La Tremenda, Santiago Papasquiaro, Dgo. JAN 5 1202 -
Appeared suddenly in the middle of instrumental (orchestral) anthem,
as if they had just gone to day power. Still uses "la tremenda"
slogan. [Hall-CA]
560, unID JAN 5 1200 - Mexican anthem played by brass band. At
1202:20, right after the anthem had finished, a male announcer said
"Buenos dias, a____" and was immediately clobbered by XESRD. Checked
the web streams of other stations to see who has the brass band
version of the anthem. So far, I have heard no morning anthem on
XEOC's web stream, nor on XEMZA's (and I suspect they have finished
moving to FM). XEGIK runs a choral version of the anthem. That only
leaves unneeded XEYO, which should run the anthem an hour later. Need
to keep monitoring XEOC and XEMZA web streams. [Hall-CA]
580, XEMU Piedras Negras, Coah. JAN 3 1241 - Gal with weather,
temperatures in both Celsius and Fahrenheit; then into ranchera music
and "La Rancherita del Aire" slogans; ads noted later at 1254.
Generally fair in WIBW null with typical fading. [Wilkins-CO]
630, unID JAN 5 1200 - High choral version of Mexican anthem. Had
noted classical music a few minutes earlier, so this is almost
certainly unneeded XEPBGL. Have been trying to catch parallel 1080
XEPBPV as logged at the Border Inn a year or two ago, but 1080 is a
difficult channel here due to 1070 KNX IBOC and 50 kW local 1090 XEPRS
slop. [Hall-CA]
660unID JAN 5 1200 - Station way under KTNN seemed to be using "Ke
Buena" slogan. That's a previous slogan for XEWX, but I've been
monitoring their web stream and they do not appear to still be using
that slogan. XEEY is the station I would usually expect to hear under
KTNN. [Hall-CA]
690, XEMA Fresnillo, Zac. DEC 29 0430 - Spanish language Mexican style
music, XEMA ID, and more music. Fair at times over CKGM to very poor.
Hearing WQNO here as well tonight. Parallel to Tune In stream.
[Snider-ON]
700, unID JAN 5 1200 - High choral version of Mexican anthem, followed
by male announcer. This is almost certainly needed XEDKR, but I
couldn't pull up any useful details. [Hall-CA]
710, XEDP La Ranchera de Cuauhtemoc, Cuauhtemoc, Chih. JAN 5 1200 -
Usual long version of Mexican anthem (about 4 minutes 40 seconds),
timpani, and new version of recorded ID which only mentions XHDP-FM.
All my recordings in 2017 had an AM/FM ID. I wonder if this could mean
that the AM might be turned off sometime soon? [Hall-CA]
730, XEHB Hidalgo del Parral, Chih. JAN 2 1310 - National anthem and
then norteño music. Frequent announcements with the FM (107.1) and AM
frequencies. "Estereo Fiesta" slogan also heard. Part of Grupo
Radiorama. [Vance-TX]
730, XESOS Agua Prieta, Son. JAN 2 1323 - Noted with "La Ranchera"
slogan and FM (97.3) mentioned. [Vance-TX]
740, unID JAN 5 1159 - High choral version of Mexican anthem. Probably
unneeded XEVAY. [Hall-CA]
750, XECSI Romántica, Culiacán, Sin. JAN 5 1159 - ID by male
announcer, mentioned 1 kW, Grupo Radiorama Sinaloa. Rare here (and at
the Border Inn) because KOAL and KAMA have such big signals. [Hall-CA]
770, XEACH Guadalupe, NL JAN 6 1319 - Noted with call letter ID
through KABQ interference but faded soon after. [Vance-TX]
790, XENT R.Fórmula, La Paz, BCS JAN 5 1200 - Mexican anthem (from
national network feed), back to network programming. At 6 a.m. local
time (1300 UTC in winter) they abruptly break from the national feed
and insert another anthem. (The network feed also gives a full ID for
flagship station 970 XERFR, a 50 kW station which almost no one ever
logs anymore, around 1300 UTC.) There is also a tiny R.Fórmula station
in Guadalajara, right on the main beam of my antenna, but XENT has a
huge signal so I suspect I may never log the Guadalajara station. XENT
does air a few local ads, mostly for a local Nissan dealer. [Hall-CA]
800, XEROK Cd. Juárez, Chih. JAN 11 1300 - National anthem, followed
by ID and ads and/or PSA's. Still on greatly reduced power, so tough
copy and real DX now. [Wilkins-CO]
810, XERSV R.Alegría, Cd. Obregón, Son. JAN 5 1301 - Presumed with big
signal running national anthem. Recording stopped before the ID, but
they are a regular catch if I happen to be listening at this hour.
[Hall-CA]
820, XEBA La Consentida, Guadalajara, Jal. JAN 5 1200 - All alone on
channel (my south/southeast wire really gets rid of 820 WBAP and 850
KOA) with choral version of Mexican anthem, full ID mentioning 10 kW,
"La Consentida" slogan and studio/office address. Unneeded but haven't
heard them so clear and alone in a long time. [Hall-CA]
850, XEMIA 850 Noticias/La 850 AM, San Pedro Tlaquepaque, Jal. JAN 7
1200 - All alone on channel with overnight program of very light music
(for people who leave the radio on all night?), "La 850 AM" between
songs. Parallel web stream. New, Jalisco #21, Mexico #295, station
#1408. [Hall-CA]
880, unID JAN 5 1201 - High choral version of Mexican anthem. This is
surely unneeded XEAAA, right on the main beam of this antenna. XEAAA
is probably the only Mexican station left on 880 at this point. [Hall-
CA]
940, XEMMM Mexicali, BC DEC 30 1119 - U.S. pop oldies, with between
songs announcement, "Nueve cuarenta; oldies, but goodies." (Last part
in English with accent.) Matched this up with the internet stream.
[Vance-TX]
950, XEMEX Cd. Guzman, Jal. JAN 2 1200 - National anthem into full ID
and then baladas. 104.9 FM and "La Mexicana" slogans. [Vance-TX]
980, XEFQ La FQ, La Voz de la Ciuded del Cobre, Cananea, Son. JAN 5
1159 - Long version of Mexican anthem (about 4 minutes 40 seconds) as
used on other IMER stations, ID. Note this is an hour earlier than a
Sonora station would normally run the anthem. [Hall-CA]
1010, XEPA Santa María Coronango, Pue. JAN 2 0600 - Fair to good
signal; ID, male with "La Ke Buena diez-diez, XEPA AM... mil wats...
Puebla, la Ke Buena diez diez," then into national anthem. New.
[Niven-TX]
1050, XEBCS La Radio de Surcalifornia, La Paz, BCS JAN 5 1201 - On top
of channel with ID and mention of 99.1 FM. [Hall-CA]
1060, unID JAN 5 1200 - High choral version of Mexican anthem. Soon
faded. Probably unneeded XEEP. [Hall-CA]
1150, XEAD Metrópoli, Guadalajara, Jal. JAN 5 1201 - Faded up under
KEIB with weather for Guadalajara. [Hall-CA]
1160, XEQIN San Quintin, BC JAN 2 1403 - National anthem, followed by
rooster crowing and probable ID at 1405 UTC. Rough copy with blowtorch
KSL not completely nullable. [Wilkins-CO]
1190, XEWK, W Radio, Guadalajara, Jal. JAN 5 1200 - Male announcer,
"1190 AM, W Radio." [Hall-CA]
1260, unID JAN 5 1200 - Choral version of Mexican anthem, male
announcer seemed to be giving a slogan that included "zeta." This (and
the ranchera music I had noted a few minutes earlier) would seem to
indicate XEMW, but this would be two hours early for them to be
running the anthem. (XEMW and 1080 XEDY had both been simulcasting
107.1 XHDY, whose ID on their web stream only mentions FM 107.1.)
[Hall-CA]
1270, XEGL La Verdad Radio, Navojoa, Son. JAN 5 1200 - Full ID through
local XEAZ open carrier. [Hall-CA]
1270, unID JAN 6 1201 - Fast choral anthem mixing with KBZZ and KTFI
under local XEAZ open carrier. Faded before any useful details were
noted. I had heard a bit of adult contemporary/grupera music before
the top of the hour. [Hall-CA]
1280, XEAW Monterrey, NL JAN 5 1210 - News and talk by man and woman,
CTS time checks, block of ads at bottom of hour. "AW Radio" and "AW"
slogans were used. [Vance-TX]
1310, XEHIT Puebla, Pue. JAN 4 0600 - Noted with full ID given by
female, then into national anthem; fair signal mixed with another
Mexican station with national anthem underneath. Relog. [Niven-TX]
JAN 7 1233 - Full ID by woman, "Radio Poblana" slogan. [Vance-TX]
1310, XEC R.Enciso/Mil AM, Tijuana, BCN JAN 7 1200 - Surprised to hear
an anthem on my local station at 4 a.m. Even more surprised to find
out they are now relaying 1000 XEOY and ID'ing as "Mil AM." [Hall-CA]
1370, unID JAN 5 1159 - Mexican anthem and right back to R.Fórmula
network feed. Could be XEMON or XEHF. [Hall-CA]
1380, XECO Romántica, México, DF JAN 5 1158 - Mexican anthem and ID.
[Hall-CA]
1650, XEARZ Zer Radio, México, DF JAN 2 0559 - Noted Spanish talk at
tune in, then male and female come on with XEARZ ID; fair signal. New.
[Niven-TX] JAN 5 1200 - Choral version of Mexican anthem under KSVE.
Interesting that 1610 XEUACH, which used to be audible on a car radio
here in winter, has not been heard for some time, and has never been
logged from the Border Inn. [Hall-CA]
Tim Hall, Chula Vista CA; Perseus, SDR-IQ, 560-ft unterminated mini-
BOG aimed south/southeast, unterminated 750-ft mini-BOG aimed
north/northwest.
Tim Hall, Cambria CA [Hall-CA1]; Perseus, SDR-IQ, Sony ICF-2010, Radio
West Loop, 70-ft long wire running west, 660 and 840-ft unterminated
mini-BOG's aimed north/northwest.
James Niven, Cedar Creek TX; Elad S2, Drake R8, DKaz antennas 140 x
23-ft high east and south, Ewe antennas 100 x 15-ft east and west,
150-ft long wire.
Paul Snider, Welland ON; Elad FDM-S2, Pixel Pro 1B loop, MFJ-1020C as
tuner.
Robert Vance; El Paso TX; WiNRADiO G33DDC, various indoor and outdoor
loop antennas.
John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge CO; Drake R8, 4-foot box loop.
(NRC IDXD Jan 12 via DXLD)
** MEXICO. RAYMIE`S MEXICO BEAT this week --- [TDT/DTV marginally]
An absolute blizzard of radio station award activity has hit the IFT.
In fact, in two meetings in December, a number of stations were
awarded. On December 13, these were approved...
-In Actopan, Hidalgo, the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de
Hidalgo will build its fifth radio station and fourth in the last
couple of years.
-Previously reported, but now confirmed: community concessions to
Radio Erandi, A.C. (Tangancícuaro, Mich.), Grupo Cultural
Tangancícuaro (Tangancícuaro, Mich.), and Comunicadores de Tancítaro,
A.C. (Tancítaro, Mich.)
-Also new: untyped social stations to Ageo Hernández Hernández
(Álamo Temapache, Ver.); Jorge Luis Salazar Mandujano
https://twitter.com/yorch_sm
(Bochil, Chis.); Ciencia, Comunicación y Tecnología de Irapuato, A.C.
(Dolores Hidalgo Cuna de la Independencia Nacional, Gto.); Rate
Cultural y Educativa de México, A.C. (Puerto Vallarta, Jal.);
Frecuencias Sociales, A.C. (Tuxpan and Tomatlán, Jal.); La Voz de la
Sierra Tarahumara, A.C. (Urique and Bocoyna, Chih.); Identidad
Cultural en Tulum, A.C. (Tulum, Q. Roo); Felipe de Jesus de los Santos
Cigarroa (Tonalá, Chis.).
-An additional social station was chosen from among two applicants
for one allotment at Puerto Vallarta.
Six days later, the IFT resolved an avalanche of applications
resulting from old permit filings under the LFRTV.
Many of these were choices from among mutually exclusive
applicants, and it's not clear from the agendas what actually
happened. The numbers signal how many permit applications were ruled
on in each location.
-Zacatecas (5): Among the applicants were Fomento Educativo y
Cultural Francisco de Ibarra, A.C., the legal name of the Universidad
Autónoma de Durango private university (XHUAD-FM-TDT, XHLUAD and
XHTLAN), which appears to have won. Losers were Fundación Tiempo de
Comunicar, A.C.; Fundación Cultural por Zacatecas, A.C. (NTR); and
Impulso a la Música Mexicana, A.C. There appears to be a fifth party,
which won a station.
-Los Mochis (4): Sinaloa, Arte y Gloria, A.C.; Fomento Educativo y
Cultural Francisco de Ibarra, A.C.; and Universidad Autónoma de
Sinaloa. Sinaloa, Arte y Gloria is a social wolf operating XHGVE-FM
"La Interesante de Guasave". The Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa has
never operated a broadcast station outside of Culiacán, where it owns
an AM-FM combo.
-Hermosillo (4): Fomento Educativo y Cultural Francisco de Ibarra,
A.C.; Democracia y Deliberación Desértica, A.C.; Organiden, A.C.;
Secretaría de Cultura. Somehow this logjam came out with all four
stations winning. Organiden owns the unbuilt XHGYM-FM in Guaymas. The
Secretaría de Cultura station is a long-tied up proposed repeater of
Radio Educación, similar to XHYRE in Mérida. As to DDD, there is no
information, but it smells like a potential community station.
-Cancún (10): Holy mackerel! We only know the eight losers: La Voz
del Padre Pío, A.C.; Universidad Tecnológica del Sur, S.C.;
Comunicadores con Principios y Valores, A.C.; Comunicación Para el
Desarrollo Humano, A.C.; Fundación Ecoforestal, A.C.; Cultura y
Desarrollo Social de Quintana Roo, A.C.; TV Turismo y Salud, A.C.; y
La Verdad Radio y TV, A.C.
There was also an indigenous station added to complete the
picture. This station will be owned by the Mixteca indigenous
community in the municipality of Santa María Yucuhiti, Oaxaca. It
appears to be the legalization of station "Eco de la Montaña - Radio
Yucuhiti 92.5 FM".
https://www.facebook.com/Ecodelamontana/
In all, the IFT awarded 14 stations in a single meeting!
-There were also a series of station sales, as XHCV-FM is sold by
Rafael Castro Torres to René Castro Echeverría; Radio y Televisión de
Colima transfers XHTTT-FM in Colima to Telecomunicaciones CH, S.A. de
C.V. (also a unit of CapitalMedia).
Last edited by Raymie; 01-12-2018 at 06:04 PM (Raymie Humbert, Phœnix
AZ, Jan 12, WTFDA Forum via DXLD)
Analysis: Clearing the Blizzard
If I'm reading the IFT meeting notes correctly, in a week the IFT
awarded 27 public, social, social community and social indigenous
station concessions. Some of these are applications that have been
hanging on for years.
Winner: People who like university radio. It was a good day to be the
private Universidad Autónoma de Durango, which has doubled the size of
its radio station footprint. The station at Zacatecas is noteworthy as
the first ever university radio station on FM in the entire state,
while Mochis and Hermosillo are also part of their expansion. (They
did apply for Chihuahua Capital, but I can't see more stations being
inserted there.)
Winner: People who like university radio in Los Mochis. With the
aforementioned UAD expansion and the second ever radio station for the
Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, the number of university stations
either on air, under construction or freshly awarded is now 4,
including XHMFS in El Fuerte (Universidad Autónoma Intercultural de
Sinaloa).
Winners: Tangancícuaro, Tancítaro, Santa María Yucuhiti, Tuxpan in
Jalisco, Bochil, Urique, Bocoyna and Tulum. The awarded stations are
the first radio service in each of these localities, with the
exception of Tulum, for which this is the first noncommercial station
to be set up, and Tangancícuaro, where a permit discontinuity accounts
for one of the stations. It is definitely feasible in the two towns in
Chihuahua that there have never been reliable FM radio transmissions —
Urique in particular is uniquely remote, and the closest FM station is
nearly 100 km away at Guachochi (before September, it was 115 km away
at El Fuerte, Sinaloa).
It is worth noting that La Voz de la Sierra Tarahumara can't have
anything to do with XETAR radio in Guachochi.
Loser: People who like university radio in Cancún. The private
Universidad Tecnológica del Sur lost out. It remains to be seen who
actually won there, and also at one station at Zacatecas.
Loser: Ambitious, large station count social wolves. Sorry, Fundación
Ecoforestal and Impulso a la Música Mexicana, but you did not make it.
(Rate Cultural y Educativa now has its third station, with awards
having already been made for Guadalupe-Zacatecas and Manzanillo.)
(Raymie, Jan 12, ibid.)
In Mexico City radio, nothing is forever, and now, nothing is Siempre.
Grupo ACIR has restored the name 88.9 Noticias and its longtime slogan
Información que Sirve, which were first used between 2003 and 2013, to
XHM-FM, which had been known for the past four and a half years as
Siempre 88.9.
https://889noticias.mx/
The revamped 88.9 Noticias still retains a lot of music programming
outside of peak hours and actually has no programming changes at all,
but the return of the 88.9 Noticias brand was completely unexpected
from a company that maintains few news/talk stations as it is, two of
them future AM-FM migrants that appear headed for format changes, plus
XHM and XHVILL in Villahermosa (Raymie, Jan 13, ibid.)
Some IFT meeting notes on news from November...
-The Estéreo Peñasquito station at Mazapil, Zacatecas, is indeed
being run by the mining companies there. This caused a bit of
confusion at the Pleno, not in the least because the station would be
entirely in the hands of Goldcorp management. With fewer than 800
people, Mazapil's new station will have one of the least populated
service areas in the entire country.
In fact, the Radio La Filosita station is related. Goldcorp owned
the mine there and sold it to Leagold, another Canadian mining
company.
-Grupo Radio Fiesta Sierreña's station is more like a cluster of
four stations. While Moctezuma was known, they had also applied for
stations at three other small Sonoran towns: Bacerac, Bacadehuachi,
and Divisaderos.
———
Elsewhere...
New broadcast stations mean more employees in the industry, and
the STIRTT wants to represent them.
https://www.elsoldepuebla.com.mx/local/busca-stirtt-representar-a-empleados-de-nuevas-televisoras-y-radiodifusoras-de-puebla
The Puebla chapter is looking to represent an additional 100 people
this year due to the launch of five new radio stations and the two TV
stations from IFT-6. The national organization has begun talks with
Multimedios and Telsusa to represent their employees, as well.
And one new IFT-4 radio station owner might have politics on the
brain again. The principal of Mezkla FM (San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz)
is Rafael Fararoni Mortera, who made his money in the beer
distribution business (one article I found called him the Beer Czar of
the Tuxtlas) and was at one point the mayor of San Andrés Tuxtla. One
report has him looking for the PAN-PRD-MC stamp of approval to run for
the Chamber of Deputies.
https://www.eldictamen.mx/2018/01/lo-que-se-dice/miguel-miguel/
(Raymie, Jan 15, ibid.)
While anonymous edits to Wikipedia always deserve a grain of salt,
this one might explain the long game in the unusual station move-in
being conducted by Grupo ORO, the new owners of XHEV-FM.
XEEV-AM 1330 had gone on the air in 1982 and for more than 30 years
broadcast to the people of Izúcar de Matamoros. In its last Izúcar-
focused incarnation, it was Capital Máxima for the area, having become
XHEV-FM 99.9.
It caught my attention when XHEV was relaunched by ORO as La
Romántica, La Flor de Atlixco. Even just moving the studios the 35
kilometers between Izúcar and Atlixco is an unusual move by Mexican
standards. But there might be a second hop, or at least this hop comes
with a transmitter move that enables the second at some point.
The anonymous Wikipedia edit put the transmitter at a Cerro Cristo Rey
in San Bernardino. Given the area, it's likely the San Bernardino in
question is not Tlaxcalancingo, which is to the northwest (and on the
IFT books as the home of XHSBE-FM and XEZAR-AM), but rather San
Bernardino Chalchihuapan, which is to the northeast. More importantly,
from a radio standpoint, it's also halfway between Atlixco and the
Puebla metropolitan area.
Cerro Cristo Rey includes a ridge where telecommunications equipment
is already located, though no broadcasting uses. There is also an
Iglesia Cristo Rey atop the mountain, and it's a popular site for
hang-gliding.
The potential benefits of this site are captured by this set of images
from atop the mountain.
Here's the gorgeous view to the northeast, showing Chalchihuapan in
the foreground but with all the urban development of Puebla in the
background.
https://www.google.com/maps/@18.9641159,-98.3398978,3a,75y,41.92h,90t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipMz4XqbHcSa3_6L4mRiJQuSUJGth6TGRo-wjmkB!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipMz4XqbHcSa3_6L4mRiJQuSUJGth6TGRo-wjmkB%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-2.9999962-ya189.5-ro0-fo100!7i7680!8i3840
The opposite direction features an unobstructed view of Atlixco.
https://www.google.com/maps/@18.9635573,-98.3429305,3a,61.1y,239.98h,85.83t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1syXP2J-Lx8tzXFrA2H41aVA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
The ridges on the other side of Chalchihuapan mean that as a Puebla
station, XHEV would be a rimshot and may actually miss parts of the
metro in the 60 dBu contour. It's also worth noting that the HAAT of
the site, even with no stick, is somewhere around 260 meters, so the
station could not operate at 6 kW ERP without a change in station
class. Additionally, the signal would not be very listenable in
Izúcar. Last edited by Raymie; 01-18-2018 at 07:43 PM. Reason: oops
(Raymie, originally Jan 16, ibid.)
Correction to an earlier item:
Acustik Michoacán went on the air yesterday, but without its eight
radio stations, which they're hoping to be able to get on air before
the end of February.
https://twitter.com/rdromundo/status/953417945161654273
(Raymie, Jan 16, ibid.)
Put a new station on the board.
When IFT commissioners can't make their meetings, they'll often leave
written explanations of their votes, and Adriana Labardini's
explanation for a vote on a Puerto Vallarta station gave us two items.
We first off know who that station is going to: Frecuencias Sociales,
A.C., making it their third station. It will not go to the other
applicant, Carlos Martínez Macías.
We also know the callsign and frequency: XHPVT-FM 97.5. In fact, we
know other callsigns and frequencies for the same reason, but
unfortunately not all of them from the meeting:
Frecuencias Sociales will be operating XHTOJ 91.5 in Tomatlán and
XHTUJ 90.1 in Tuxpan, both also in Jalisco.
XHICT-FM 104.7 will be operated by Identidad Cultural en Tulum, which
of course is in Tulum, Quintana Roo.
Felipe de Jesús de los Santos Cigarroa gets his initials in a
callsign: XHFJSC-FM 102.5, which will broadcast to the people of
Tonalá, Chiapas.
Comunicadores de Tancítaro goes on air to that town in Michoacán on
XHTNC-FM 105.1.
This was instantaneous, at least in IFT years! (Raymie, Jan 17, ibid.)
File this in the crumb drawer:
November 12, 2016: There's also XEFNDH 1290 at San Mateo
Yoloxochitlán, Oaxaca (no idea how those calls got there).
Now I have an idea, thanks to some buried transparency filings. This
was (almost certainly) to have been an indigenous station to be
awarded to the Fraternidad Nacional de Organizaciones de Derechos
Humanos.
An FM application from this group for the same locality was thrown out
by the IFT, with the given reason being "Application dismissed for
failure to respond to a written request".
[tagline] Este programa es público, ajeno a cualquier partido
político. Queda prohibido el uso para fines distintos a los
establecidos en el programa (Raymie, Jan 18, ibid.)
** MEXICO. 6185, UNID. Just as I tuned in at 1311, someone with fairly
strong signal playing Classical music suddenly went off. R.
Educacion?? 2 Jan. 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR with
Wellbrook ALA1530S loop antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
** MYANMAR. 5985, Myanmar R. Burmese talk by W announcer 1331-1333+.
Came back later at 1402 and heard M announcer still audible but
getting some slop QRM from a huge 5970 WEWN 11 Jan. 73 (Dave Valko,
near Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR on micro-DXpedition, used a 315 foot BOG
at 320 degrees, changed to 20 degrees, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via
DXLD) Note the credit lines: some are home, some on DX-pedition
7200, Myanmar R. (presumed) Surprised to find a signal here at 1140
with program of Asian Pops and M announcer hosting. 1153-1158
familiar-sounding W announcer perhaps a news bulletin. M announcer
again and back to music. Came back at 1227 and found improved signal
with more music, M and W announcers at 1229, brief music intro 1230
then W with apparent news going all the way to 1259. Peaking around
our sunrise at 1240 but then a lot of ham QRM after that 10 Jan. 73
(Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR with Wellbrook ALA1530S loop
antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
7200, Myanmar R. Poor signal at 1134 with Asian pop-like music, before
changing the BOG antenna direction, then better at 1143 with talk by
W. Decent signal at 1200 with M and W program hosts. Still going with
music at 1228, then same M and W again. Both in unison briefly at
1229. 1230 soft music and different W host with mention of Myanmar and
then bit of English words counting off apparent important points once
mentioning “Three, historically … abnormal behavior…”. Really tough to
copy due to signal and announcers` accent. Tnx to Ron Howard, he
states this was the Distance Learning Service. Signal gone by 1342
check, and indeed Ron’s said they went off at 1332 11 Jan. 73 (Dave
Valko, near Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR on micro-DXpedition, used a 315
foot BOG at 320 degrees, changed to 20 degrees, Hard-Core-DX mailing
list via DXLD)
Original Message
From: "Ralph Meissner"
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 12:17 PM
Subject: [INTRUDER ALERT] Radio Myanmar on 7200 kHz
By occasion I receive Radio Myanmar today on 7200 kHz here in Phuket
with 5/9+30dB from 10:50 UTC up (Ralph, HS0ZFL, DK3GH, Meissner, Jan
10, INTRUDERALERT mailing list
INTRUDERALERT@iaru-r1.org
http://iaru-r1.org/mailman/listinfo/intruderalert_iaru-r1.org
via Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD)
7200 kHz Yegu Yangoon 0030-0530z Myanmar Radio: 7200 kHz til SIGN OFF
switched exact at 0530:10z. Jan 11, S=9+25dB signal strength in
eastern Thailand location. 73 wolfie df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.)
** MYANMAR/BURMA. 7200.0, Myanmar Radio, 1230, Jan 11. Theme music to
begin non-stop lectures for their Distance Learning Service, in
vernacular and some English; first lecture about abnormal psychology,
with many words in English, as well as definition of abnormal
psychology in English and also the "historical prospective on abnormal
behavior." My audio at
http://goo.gl/Q1rLhF
Yesterday the transmitter went off at 1358, while today it went off at
1332, with the audio ending today at 1330, after the usual ending
theme music.
It was back in 2010, that I first heard these distance learning
lectures via Myanmar Radio. They were of interest to me, as they often
had words and/or phrases in English, as well as algebra(?) lessons ("x
plus . . equals . . minus," etc.).
"In principle, distance-education is a very good system. It tends to
be an inclusive education system for all students who live in rural
areas of the country. In other words, the country could nurture
effective degree holders efficiently." http://goo.gl/wojXhD
Colleges like Yangon Univ. of Distance Education and Mandalay Univ.
of Distance Education
http://www.mude.edu.mm/
provide students with an opportunity to get an education even if they
live in remote areas of Myanmar and are unable to attend the urban
campuses.
7200.0, Myanmar Radio, 1230, Jan 12. Theme music to begin series of
lectures via Distance Learning Service, in vernacular and English;
"natural science" lecture dealing with "the law of uniformity of
nature," using a lot of English; lecture on "Western philosophy"
(quantum theory, everything is relative and giving seven
characteristics of Western philosophy, etc.), also with a lot of
English; 1355*, after ending theme music; fairly readable.
So far there has not been any consistent sign off time during the
three days they have returned to this frequency!
5915, Myanmar Radio, 1327, on Jan 15. Anomaly of CRI being off the
air; very rare; able to hear indigenous music/singing, but strong QRM
from 5920, with the N. Korea jamming of the Voice of Freedom from S.
Korea, so best in LSB.
7200.0, Myanmar Radio, 1230, Jan 14. Start of the lectures via
Distance Learning Service; mostly in vernacular; mentioned in English
"long vowels" and "short vowels"; fair. My frequency reference of .0,
is due to the fact that in past years this was often off frequency
(7200.1), via a different transmitter. Jan 15, off the air at 1341*,
after theme music (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1,
antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1913, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. 6150, GERMANY, The Mighty KBC 0019 talk about
writing of “Telstar”, then ID singing jingle, M with song
announcement, and into “You Can Drive My Car” by The Beatles. Very
strong and clear of course. 14 Jan. 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus
with Wellbrook ALA1530S loop antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via
DXLD)
** NEW ZEALAND. Frequency change of Radio New Zealand Pacific from Jan
13:
1059-1258 NF 9890*RAN 100 kW / 325 deg NWPac/PNG/As English, ex 11610
*strong co-ch 9890 LIN 100 kW / 286 deg EaAs Uyghur CNR-13, bad choice
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/01/frequency-change-of-radio-new-zealand.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, January 13, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO
1913, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NICARAGUA. QSL letter from V. of Nicaragua, 1983, which has been
purchased by Artie Bigley:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/QSL-letter-The-Voice-of-Nicaragua-1983-/152867482772?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=H59%252FeftwhsYerHtw2Ksan398FEc%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc
(via Artie, DXLD)
Addressed to someone named Neil, in Ontario K2V 5B8; Carleton? The
name is only partially blocked, last letters look like that (gh, DXLD)
** NICARAGUA. NICARÁGUA, 8989-BLS, El Pescador Predicador, QTH?, 2223-
..., 06/1, bênçãos; 25342. 73 ("Carlos L R de Assunção Gonçalves", SW
coast of Portugal obs. 04-10 Jan., DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA [and non]. Fair to good signal of Voice of Nigeria Jan 13
0700-0800 on 7254.9 AJA 250 kW / 248 deg to WCAf French/Fulfulde
0800-0900 on 7254.9 AJA 250 kW / 248 deg to WCAf English, weak + QRM
same time on 7254.8 KBD 250 kW / non-dir to WeAs Farsi Radio Kuwait:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/01/fair-to-good-signal-of-voice-of-nigeria.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, January 13, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** NIGERIA [non]. 11530, Jan 11 at 1924, WRMI is S9 to S9+10 of open
carrier, prior to R. Herwa International, which at 1936 recheck is in
Hausa about Boko Haram.
As of 2053 Jan 11, there is not a word (literally) about this on the
WRMI programming page, http://wrmi.net/index.php/programming/ altho it
was belatedly entered onto the frequency skedgrid,
http://www.tinyurl.com/WRMIfqs
as the only usage of XMTR 10, at 1930-2000 & 0700-0730, but altho
still labeled South America, the azimuth has now been corrected from
160 to 87 degrees as appropriate for Africa. Nor is there anything
about Herwa, searching WRMI FB. AFAIK, the only info to the SW
community about this service is what I searched out when originally
discovered. See DXLD 17-48.
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1748.txt
Let`s take another look at the websites I found:
http://www.international-alert.org/partner/herwa-community-development-initiative
http://herwacdi.com.ng/
It was not 100% certain these are related to the SW broadcasts, as
nothing was said about them. STILL nothing; own website, the second
one, has not been updated for 11 months. Unfortunately, this service
emerged just a little too late to make an entry into the WRTH 2018.
BTW, except for the original Radio Africa service outlier way up on
21525, 11530 is now the highest WRMI frequency in use. Daytime
listeners in North America would be best served on the 13 or 15 MHz
bands (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Radio Herwa International via WRMI and TDF, Jan 15:
0700-0730 on 11530 YFR 100 kW / 087 deg to WeAf Hausa/Kanuri, fair
0700-0730 on 13710*ISS 100 kW / 170 deg to WeAf Hausa/Kanuri, good
* co-ch same 13710 unscheduled transmission on China National Radio
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/01/reception-of-radio-herwa-international_15.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, January 14-15, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
11530, Jan 15 at 1929, WRMI clear with prélude of IS and Biermann IDs
prior to programming ``resuming at the top of the hour``, 1930 into
Radio Herwa International, music and talk, but rather distorted.
Apparently from their audio file rather than a transmitter problem
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA [non]. SECRETLAND, Radio Nigeria IPOB via SPL Secretbrod on
Jan 8
1600-1700 on 15110 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to WeAf Hausa, very poor
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/01/reception-of-radio-nigeria-ipob-via-spl.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, January 8-9, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
SECRETLAND, Radio Nigeria IPOB via SPL Secretbrod on Jan 9
1600-1700 on 15110 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to WeAf Hausa, very poor
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/01/reception-of-radio-nigeria-ipob-via-spl_10.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, January 9-10, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
[Radio Nigeria, 15110 via BULGARIA:] Detectable audio today for the
full half-hour after TWR sign-off. Mostly readable. A lot of mentions
of Boko Haram. Audio cut-off in mid-sentence at about 1700:00 UT.
Transmitter off at 1700:45 UT. No noticeable sign-off announcement. We
might have decent reception on the weekend when TWR is off and be able
to copy the sign-on announcement, if any (-- Richard Langley, Jan 11,
dxldyg via DXLD) On 15105 kHz till 1627UT is TWR in Kirundi (Ivo)
[non] Sorry, I was not at home to get SW signals there, after 1620 UT.
SWAZILAND 15104.964 TWR Manzini S=9+25dB signal here in southern
Germany. At 1611 UT religious song heard 1612 to 1614 UT.
But nothing noted on 15110 kHz in 1600-1620 UT when tuned-in, from
planned/requested SPC-NURTS Sofia Kostinbrod relay transmission.
73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.)
Stronger signal today using the U. Twente SDR receiver right from
before program start. Could hear the musical sign-on even with the
splash from TWR using USB mode. Strong enough to understand if one
spoke Hausa. Looking forward to Saturday and Sunday when we might get
TWR-interference-free reception.
Audio abruptly quit at about 1647. Carrier stayed on but then
transmitter off by about 1657 UT. So, this appears to be a live feed
and not fed from an mp3 file. (?) (Richard Langley, Jan 12, ibid.)
15110, Sat Jan 13 at 1600, since I have UTwente SDR running for World
of Radio on 6190, I retune to here for the new ``Radio Nigeria``
service of IPOB via BULGARIA. Quite sufficient reception, thumb-piano
music and song, soon talk in presumed Hausa, maybe mentions Radio
Nigeria; 1616 another bit of such music, more talk. Since UTwente eats
up so much RAM, I bail out at 1630, but 1658 recheck, now even
stronger with music, thumb piano and singing until 1701, open carrier,
off by 1702 (times with internet delay). (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF
RADIO 1913, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
No QRM today and signal at fair strength but with fades using the U.
Twente SDR receiver. Indigenous sign-on music followed by announcement
that included "As-salamu `alaykum" I believe. So perhaps this is a
Muslim-oriented station and/or one intended principally for northern
Nigeria. More later when I have time to listen to the recording if
reception holds up. My recording of the whole one-hour broadcast,
using the U. Twente SDR receiver, is here:
http://www2.unb.ca/gge/test/SWL/IPOB_Radio_Nigeria_15.110MHz_13January2018_1600UTC.mp3
The transmitter came up a few minutes early with the program beginning
within a second or so of 1600:00 UT. The transmitter went off around
1642:30 but came back about two-and-a-half minutes later. Program
ended within a second or so of 1700:00 and the transmitter was
switched off about 10 seconds later. Reception improved during the
hour with quite a good signal at the end.
The presenter talks about "Radio Naga-see-ya." Is this the name of the
station? I don't think it's a different pronunciation of Nigeria, but
I could be wrong. One clearly hears "Nigeria" during the program. I'll
try to find a Hausa-speaking student to see if he can help with the
correct identification of the station (-- Richard Langley, 1851 UT Jan
13, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15110 Bulgaria ? IPOB Location ??? Jan 13, 2018 Satuday. 1640-1642*
After reading Richard’s post, I tried to listen again at 1640. Still
not readable at my location in Jo'burg, and it seemed to go off air at
1642, almost immediately after I tuned in. Very poor. Jo’burg sunset
1705.
In contrast to unreadable IPOB from Bulgaria half an hour ago, NHK
Radio Japan via France on 11945 is coming in well at 1720.
11945, France NHK Radio Japan, Issoudun. Jan 13, 2018 Saturday. 1718-
1725. To Southern Africa. Good, in presumed Japanese. Jo’burg sunset
1705 (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
[15110 at 1655 Jan 13] I managed to record the attached audio via a
Dutch remote receiver (Mauno Ritola, dxldyg via DXLD)
Great recording, Mauno. Infinitely better reception than I am getting
in the supposed target area, albeit at the Southern edge of it! (Bill,
RSA, ibid.)
I don`t see why they should care to cover southern Africa, where Hausa
is a foreign language (gh, DXLD)
During the broadcast yesterday (15 January), I clearly heard "Radio
Nigeria Hausa." On the Radio Biafra Facebook page (owned by IPOB) we
find the station name as "Radio Nigeria Hausa Service."
Also, a few days ago they posted two images on FB, one in Hausa and
one in English, about the station (with the incorrect time of the
broadcast). Google (rough) translation of the Hausa text (similar to
the English) has:
Friends of the North
You are listening to the Radio of Nigeria
True Voice
15110 kHz meters
The program starts from 7 to 8 o'clock in the afternoon to be healthy
But there seems to be a conflict going on with these external
broadcasts to Nigeria and who is actually behind them. On the Radio
Biafra Facebook page, we find this comment (in caps) from someone
posted two days ago:
"RADIO NIGERIA HAUSA SERVICE BY IPOB IS FAKE AND WAS GENERATED BY
NIGERIA DSS AND IT IS LOCATED IN FLORIDA USA. REAL RADIO BIAFRA IS IN
LONDON. RADIO BIAFRA HAUSA WILL COME UP NEXT WEEK ON SHORTWAVE AND FM.
DONT BE DECIEVED." (-- Richard Langley, Jan 16, dxldyg via WORLD OF
RADIO 1913, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Just heard back from one of our students whose brother has a friend
who speaks Hausa. It appears they use "Radio Nagaskiya" or "Radio Na
Gagaskiya" to identify themselves in the broadcasts sometimes. This
means "Radio of Truth" or perhaps just "Radio Truth." For the Saturday
program that I archived on our website, here is what the Hausa speaker
had to say:
"The name of the radio station is NAGASKIYA radio from Nasarawa state.
Tone of the talk is between northern Hausa and Fulani people. The
reason Fulani's are travelling to other northern states to feed their
cows and Buhari's agenda since becoming the president of Nigeria. He
only focuses on his enemies, not actually fighting corruption.
Politicians like Atiku abubakar and others haven’t been investigated
by the EFCC. People are dying of hunger, poverty has improved [[gotten
worse?]], no money, unemployment." (-- Richard Langley, Jan 16, not in
time for WOR 1913, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1230, Jan 15 at 1955 UT, WBBZ Ponca City VG by groundwave
but dead air during Rush Limbaugh; within a minute, a casino ad fires;
followed by a PSA (while 740 KRMG has Rush himself endorsing algo);
1958 UT ``News Talk 1230, WBBZ``, more dead air, 1959 UT local ad,
2000 UT CBS News (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. Applications to extend existing STAs received: 1520, KOKC
OK Oklahoma City – Applies to extend STA, U1 10000/10000, temporary
tower (AM Switch, NRC DX News Jan 22, published Jan 14, via DXLD
** OKLAHOMA. MWDX from this state abroad continues to be quite rare.
I`ve searched for OK in the entire latest issues of MW News from the
UK, and mv-eko from Sweden, and out of hundreds of logs of American MW
stations, including many graveyarders, there are only a handful of
KOKC 1520 reports, and one QSL for KEBC 1560. That`s it, nothing else,
no other OK stations making it out of the continent, not even KZLS
1640. Did not search for KFSW 1650 ``AR``, really in OK (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OMAN. 15140, Radio Sultanate of Oman at 1400 with OC to a fanfare
at 1401 and a woman with “That was the headlines. Now the news in
detail” and local news to 1405 then international news to 1408 and the
headlines repeated and into an interview with the Pakistani Trade
Minister on trade and relations between Pakistan and Oman - Fair to
Good Jan 16 (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec
Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA iogroup
via DXLD)
** PAKISTAN. In remote SDR unit installation at Delhi India heard
Pakistani Radio Peshawar III on very odd frequency:
1170.193 kHz measured at 1318z, S=9+10dB signal. 25 kilometers east of
Peshawar, 3 km east of Pabbi registered 540 / 1170 / 1377 kHz 300 /
100 / 10 kW. 73 wb df5sx
Location 34 00 20.68 N 71 50 02.00 E
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang
Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 10, BCDX 16 Jan via DXLD)
** PANAMA. An E-skip fish in the sea has grown larger
Here is an update to HORDC-2. Once again, HORDC-2 was given the green
light in December 2017 to increase their power. They are now
officially broadcasting with 178,567 watts ERP. And just for kicks I
attached their technical info (jpeg image) from the ASEP website.
Maybe someone in the US will have an even better chance to catch them
during a Central American E-skip opening. But I should warn you, they
are using a highly directional vertical signal, which probably runs
East and West. So it may not be as easy as it sounds.
Attached Images Attached Images
File Type: jpg HORDC-2 96.7 EL VALLE PNR.JPG (318.1 KB, 2 views)
(Jim Thomas, Springfield, MO, Jan 14, WTFDA Forum via DXLD)
** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, NBC Madang, 1201-1228*, Jan 14. Poor
reception during their normal Sunday religious music program.
BTW - NBC Bougainville (3325) continues silent through Jan 15 (Ron
Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire,
dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1913, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. [4747+], OAZ5B, R. Huanta 2000, Huanta fair on 14 Jan from
2252 tune from KiwiSDR SW England; non-stop Peruvian Huayno music with
Spanish announcements/commercial by man ("Huanta" mentioned) at 2301
and back into non-stop music program. SINPO 34433 with CODAR QRM at
barely audible level and some splash from 4750 (Bruce Churchill, CA,
dxlddyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
4747.58, R. Huanta 2000 (presumed) 2350 sounded like an ad block, OA
campesina music. What sounded like a mention of Huanta (twice) and
Peru in the first canned announcement in an ad/promo block 0004-0007.
Back to campesina music. Went off abruptly in mid-song at 0009:44.
Horrendous CODAR QRM. Almost certain I could have IDed it if not for
the CODAR. First heard here on the 12th. 14-15 Jan.
4747.58, R. Huanta 2000. This is indeed the one here. Noted at 2310
with campesina music but went off around 2315. Found back on 2330.
Was able to // their webstream with ad/promo block from 2336 to 2342.
Mentions of Huanta. 2 announcements had long list of presumed network
stns. Live M announcer came back with announcement including ID at
2342. Caught a full canned ID by M at 0005. Peaked around 2335 and
faded some. Of course horrible CODAR QRM. 15-16 Jan. 73 (Dave Valko,
Dunlo, PA, Perseus with Wellbrook ALA1530S loop antenna, Hard-Core-DX
mailing list via WORLD OF RADIO 1913, DXLD)
R. Huanta 2000 At 2330 UT on Jan 16, S=6 or -91dBm noted in central
Florida location, Perseus SDR, on 4747.580 exact - 73 wb df5sx
(Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 4955, R. Cultural Amauta, Huanta, 2235-2245, 08/1, quíchua,
propag. relig., conteúdo que deu para perceber, pelas palavras
emprestadas do castelhano; 35332.
5025, R. Quillabamba, Quillabamba, 2205-2212, 06/1, castelhano,
anúncios comerciais; 32431, QRM de CUBA.
5980, R. Chaski, Cuzco, 2208-2217, 09/1, castelhano, texto, canções;
23431, QRM adjacente. 73 ("Carlos L R de Assunção Gonçalves", SW coast
of Portugal obs. 04-10 Jan., DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5025.02, R. Quillabamba --- Rebelde off and this heard weakly
at 1122 with M announcer in Spanish. OA flute music at 1123 briefly
and different M announcer. Got to the frequency too late. Wonder if
Rebelde was off at 1000 sign on time 6 Jan. 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA,
Perseus SDR with Wellbrook ALA1530S loop antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing
list via DXLD)
** PHILIPPINES. 9925 kHz, Radyo Pilipinas, OM talk, News, SINPO 34333,
in 1753 UT Day 12 January 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMsO5IhHxZ0
RX: Yaesu FRG 8800. Antena: Beverage simples. DXer: (Daniel Wyllyans,
Sítio Estrela do Araguaia - Nova Xavantina - Mato Grosso - Brasil, _
Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
17820.002, Radio Pilipinas, Tinang-PHL, English/Tagalog program to
NE/ME foreign workers, S=6-7, 0200-0330 UT on Jan 14, at 0230 UT.
17700.002, Radio Pilipinas, Tinang-PHL, En/Tagalog program to NE/ME
foreign workers, S=4-5 much fluttery, Jan 14 at 0240 UT.
15640.002, Radio Pilipinas, Tinang-PHL, English/Tagalog program to
NE/ME foreign workers, tiny S=4-5, Jan 14 at 0255 UT. Log of Jan 14,
0230-0330 UT, remote access to Brisbane, Queensland unit [selected SDR
options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc
BC-DX TopNews Jan 14 via DXLD)
** PORTUGAL. Relativamente ao tema constante no programa acessível em
https://www.rtp.pt/play/p3388/e314739/em-nome-do-ouvinte-o-programa-do-provedor-do-ouvinte-v-serie
creio que está tudo dito quanto às mentes que cozinharam tal decisão.
73 ("Carlos L R de Assunção Gonçalves", SW coast of Portugal obs. 04-
10 Jan., DX LISTENING DIGEST) Something about the ombudsperson (gh)
** ROMANIA. 6170, RRI at 2127 // 7310 and 7375 with IS to opening
music at 2130 and a man and a woman with ”Radio Romania International
Encyclopedia” then a man and woman with “Travel Romania” at 2137 –
Very Good Jan 15 – A bit of a programming screw up here as they
normally start at 2130 giving ID, target area, web platforms, and then
news before any features (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S
or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles,
ODXA iogroup via DXLD)
[and non]. 7345.500, Jan 11 at 0715, RRI in German, S9+10/20 --- on
split frequency! Finger must have slipped on their keypad, striking 5
twice. Must have been a terrible hit/het against BBC Ascension 7345.00
before 0700 when both are in English.
7345.00, Jan 12 at 0654, RRI English is back on-frequency, clashing
equally with BBCWS English via Ascension; after having shifted to
7345.500 last night; whew, but with open frequencies all over the
place, there is no need whatsoever for these two to collide (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1913, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. No signal of GTRK Radiocompany Adygeyan Radio, Jan 8 [Mon]
1800-1900 on 6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Ad/Ar/Tu Mon
1800-1900 on 6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Adygeyan Fri
1900-2000 on 6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Adygeyan Sun
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/01/no-signal-of-gtrk-radiocompany-adygeyan.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, January 8-9, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 7345, Radio Sakha, via Yakutsk, on Jan 12, carrier already
on at 0258; ToH 3+1 time pips (again without any IS); ID and news;
later some nice ballads, along with a call in show; 7295 still not
used as a // frequency.
7345, Radio Sakha, via Yakutsk. Jan 13 (Saturday), at 0200, with time
pips and ID; weekend schedule 0000-0500, while weekdays is 0300-0500;
again being heard at ToH without their distinctive Jew's harp (khomus)
IS (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long
wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1913, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 9996, Jan 14 at 1421, binary code at S1, no doubt from RWM
Taldom (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA [and non]. RUSSIAN TV STATION REJECTS U.S. ACCUSATIONS OF
INTERFERENCE
http://plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=23009&SEO=russian-tv-station-rejects-u.s.-accusations-of-interference
Moscow, Jan 8 (Prensa Latina) The chief editor of the TV station
Russia Today (RT), Margarita Simonian, today rejected accusations of
Russia's alleged interference and, least of all, by that media
organization in the internal affairs of the United States.
When commenting on stories that the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI) is looking for information about Russia's alleged interference
in the 2016 presidential election, Simonian asked the U.S. TV channel
CBS if they believed that themselves.
Yes, because you believed and published that Iraq had weapons of mass
destruction, the main justification to attack that country in March
2003, without approval by the United Nations Security Council, she
stressed.
You can hold the belief that Russia interfered in the 2016
presidential election, but in about five years it will be made public
that it never happened, pointed out the RT chief editor, who was
quoted here by local television.
The United States admitted, more than a decade later, that it followed
little reliable information to say that Iraq still had weapons of mass
destruction, although it tried to justify its military presence with
the need to impose democracy there.
Simonian strongly denied RT's alleged influence on the victory of
Republican President Donald Trump. We should have bet and supported
Hillary Clinton, she said jokingly.
At the same time, she charged that several French and British media
organizations joined in some extent U.S. media in their open support
for Clinton, without being accused of interfering in internal affairs.
jg/tgj/to/gdc (PreLA [CUBA, as if objective news could come from
there], via Mike Cooper, DXLD)
** RUSSIA [and non]. FOREIGN SPIES ARE WATCHING — AND PROBABLY
TARGETING — FOX NEWS CHANNEL
By Aki Peritz January 10 Follow @akiperitz
Aki Peritz is a former CIA counterterrorism analyst and coauthor of
"Find, Fix, Finish: Inside the Counterterrorism Campaigns that Killed
bin Laden and Devastated Al Qaeda."
President Trump watches Fox News constantly. Which means foreign spies
probably do, too. (Rebecca Cook/Reuters) [caption]
The Associated Press recently reported that Russian intelligence has
been aggressively and actively trying to compromise journalists across
the globe. Media personalities were the third-largest group on the
list of people Russian operatives tried to hack, after diplomatic
personnel and Democrats, according to the cybersecurity firm
Secureworks.
Penetrating media circles seems to be worth the effort for certain
nations. Such intelligence-focused efforts are amoral — operatives go
where the relevant data is. Foreign services are working every day to
better understand America’s next moves. Others are trying to covertly
influence U.S. foreign policy.
But resources are finite. More personnel on one target means fewer on
another. So if I were a spymaster in the employ of a hostile foreign
service, I’d devote some significant effort to penetrating one
specific private institution: Fox News Channel. . .
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/01/10/foreign-spies-watching-and-probably-targeting-fox-news-channel/
another excerpt:
. . .For Russian intelligence, a systematic effort to threaten, coerce
and co-opt journalists is a decades-old practice. Former KGB general
Oleg Kalugin mentioned in his memoirs how his service had “several
good agents” at the U.S. government-funded news service that broadcast
to the Soviet Union, Radio Liberty, including the head of its Russian
service, Oleg Tumanov . . . (via David Cole, OK, DXLD)
** SAO TOME. Recent recording (UT 0259 / 15 JAN) of 1530 VOA São Tomé
at sign-on. Man with announcement "This is the Voice of America,
Washington, DC, signing on." then Yankee Doodle music; mostly over
WCKY.
https://app.box.com/s/3h5ykp9zxyqd9ta3xkdou8385yemqqvi
A couple of days earlier I had the other end of VOA 1530's broadcast
day. WJDM (NJ) sign-off announcement in English, mention of Cantico
Nuevo program. VOA São Tomé then is audible with its sign-off
announcement right after. 13 JAN at 2200 UT / 5 p.m. EST.
https://app.box.com/s/x4orxy5sh633244vn0otgnmdz35ggjky
Receiver: Microtelecom Perseus
See http://microtelecom.it/perseus/
Antenna: Cardioid-pattern SuperLoop: 9m vert. by 20m horiz. (peak 90
deg., null 270 deg.) See
http://www.bamlog.com/superloop.htm
for similar antenna type (Mark Connelly, WA1ION, South Yarmouth, Cape
Cod, MA, USA, (GC= 41.6931 N / 70.1912 W) (= 41 41.59' N / 70 11.47'
W) (grid FN41vq), nrc-am gg via DXLD)
I get a kick out of those announcements. The guy who recorded them
LONG ago is no longer with us - Frank Oliver. The U. S. Information
Service is long gone as are 'cultural centers.' And the zip on the
address given - 20547 - hasn't been used in decades. Oh well, it's not
like anybody's actually listening ... except us DXers. ;-) (Bill
Whitacre, IBB Monitoring, Washington, DC, ibid.)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 9695.027, Jan 16 at 1441, OK modulation with music
and talk, S6-S4, so it seems BSKSA has finally fixed the transmitter
which had been blasting nothing but humbuzz for a long time; in fact,
I think I ran across that yesterday or ante-yesterday but didn`t relog
it. It`s the listed Pashtu service which I did log as humbuzz on Dec
29 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
11745, Al-Azm Radio at 1458 in Arabic with a man with talk and Middle
Eastern music bridge at 1459 and a man with a mention of “Al-Azm” and
a man with brief excited talk to 1500 and a man with possible news –
Fair Jan 11 (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec
Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA iogroup
via DXLD)
17615.066, Jan 11 at 1526, BSKSA with Qur`an, fair signal is the OSOB
--- no RHC, no KVOH, and nothing on the other two Saudi frequencies,
17705, 17895, so hard to believe those two are really on the air. O,
they aren`t supposed to be on after 1500, while 17615+ lasts until
1600; before 15 the trio are common (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
15380, BSKSA at 1258 in Arabic with Middle Eastern male vocals – Good
signal but awful hum on audio Jan 14 (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario,
Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-
fed dipoles, ODXA iogroup via DXLD)
** SLOVAKIA. Radio Slovakia International about new QSL cards
In the "Feedback" section they told what topics in 2018 "International
Radio of Slovakia" plans to issue QSL-cards. So, in the coming year,
the republic will note several important dates, which will be devoted
to verification cards.
"2018 will be special for us. 25 years of independence of the Slovak
Republic, 25 years of broadcasting to Radio Slovakia International, 50
years to the Prague Spring and the 100th anniversary of the founding
of Czechoslovakia in 1918. On this occasion, new cards will be issued
for DXs, "the leading RSI reported on the air, answering my question.
The signal Radio Slovakia International was first heard on January 4,
1993. In March, broadcasting services were created in English, German,
French and Russian, and then in Spanish.
On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the creation of Radio
Slovakia International, a number of new materials, interviews and
reports will be broadcast on the air, said Josefina Mikleova, editor-
in-chief of RSI ...
"International Radio of Slovakia" broadcasts daily on medium waves in
Moscow and the Moscow region at a frequency of 738 kHz. The rubric on
the letters of listeners "Feedback" goes on Sundays. (IR [initials not
keyed], Rus-DX Jan 14, published early Jan 10, via DXLD)
** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, Jan 11 at 0725, SIBC is JBA at S6; JBM from
5025 Cuba helps a bit.
5020, Jan 14 at 1446, presumed SIBC at S6-S8, maybe trace of
modulation. Seems they leave carrier on at least, all night, despite
budget problems (Glenn Hauser, oK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Glenn, Jan 14 - Today with modulation problems! Noted 1154 with
decent level carrier, but no trace of any audio; random checking up
till 1326 found the same; 1334-1418 noted with audio, playing mostly
Pacific Islands pop songs, along with a few hit songs in English;
believe was not the Wantok FM relay, as clearly there were no frequent
IDs, plus the fact it was Sunday and in the past Wantok FM normally
would play mostly religious songs; so I conclude this was SIBC's own
programming running well past their normal 1200* sign off; checked
again at 1525 and found the audio was again totally silent, but with a
decent level carrier still on. As you indicate - strange behavior in
light of their budget concerns (Ron Howard, CA, dxldyg via DXLD)
5020, Jan 15 at 1353, no signal today from SIBC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOMALILAND. SOMÁLIA, 7120, R. Hargueisa, Hargueisa, Somalilândia,
1623-1649, 07/1, árabe, texto, canções; 24442. 73 ("Carlos L R de
Assunção Gonçalves", SW coast of Portugal obs. 04-10 Jan., DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
7120, R. Hargeisa. M announcer here very weakly at 1342. HoA music
briefly and continuous talk. Some CW QRM on the high side. Checked at
1325 for English news but it was too weak and severe ham QRM. 11 Jan.
73 (Dave Valko, near Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR on micro-DXpedition, used
a 315 foot BOG at 320 degrees, changed to 20 degrees, Hard-Core-DX
mailing list via DXLD)
** SOUTH AFRICA. ÁFRICA DO SUL, 3320 SAUK/R.Sonder Grense, Meyerton,
*1758-1828, 05/1, africânder, música pop', ..., texto; 45444 (!).
9650 idem, 1727-1756*, 05/1, africânder, conto infantil, texto,
entrevistas, música pop'; 45444. Nem traço da R. Guiné. 73 ("Carlos L
R de Assunção Gonçalves", SW coast of Portugal obs. 04-10 Jan., DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH AFRICA. 17800, Jan 15 at 1932, African drumming and chanting,
1933 announcement; Fulani as sked this semihour from AWR, 250 kW due
northwest from Meyerton, S9 making it the SSOB by far, above the only
other signal on band, 17775-, KVOH at S5 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH AMERICA. NÃO IDENTIFICADAS --- 6973, 2246-..., 08/1,
castelhano argentino, texto, tangos; 15331. 73 ("Carlos L R de
Assunção Gonçalves", SW coast of Portugal obs. 04-10 Jan., DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH AMERICA. Hi Glenn, There is yet another Latin American pirate
being heard here in NAm, this one is on 6934.9 AM, some peaks to S6 at
2345 UTC here in MD. No ID on this one yet.
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,39850.0.html
We've also been (faintly) hearing Radio Casa from Brazil evenings on
7999.7 AM. Glad I created the Latin American Pirate forum on the HFU
now :) (Chris Smolinski, Black Cat Systems, Westminster, MD USA
http://www.blackcatsystems.com
2349 UT Jan 15, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also ARGENTINA
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 3215, WWCR at 0815. Vintage Stair? I had a
tough time deciding whether this was a very early recording of Stair,
or another "huxter". A lot of ranting and raving in any event. Signal
good steady on Satellit 750 and indoor wire. (Word to the wise: never
ASSUME anything).
There was some lightning with a local storm last night, but I told my
XYL Arizona winter storms always have could to cloud lightning, not
the dangerous cloud to ground. On cue, there was a very close cloud-
ground strike, promoting my tossing of feedlines left and right out
the window. Jan. 10, Unless noted otherwise, equipment was Satellit
750 and outdoor Slinky, RS SW-2000629 and various outdoor wires.
Listening from middle Arizona. 73 and Good Listening......! -rb (Rick
Barton, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5890, Jan 13 at 0636, WWCR still running TOM (are they getting
paid??), and after appeal for $$, synthom introduces ``testimony`` of
Allan Weiner about BS, the same extended excerpt from WBCQ`s `Allan
Weiner Worldwide` we ran across once before on 5890 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WORLD OF RADIO 1913, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN. 15390, Sat Jan 13 at 1518, REE is still very distorted here,
and at times sounds like cross-talk from something else too; // weaker
and clear 15500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Silly ball game live REE --- 15390 yes, much distorted audio quality,
this EUR nighttime dark, and 15500 kHz more 'clean' audio, live
coverage of Spanish soccer football game, both S=9+10dB in Detroit
Michigan remote, 1655 UT onwards. 73 de (wolfie 1704 UT Jan 13, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
15390, REE at 1505 // 15500 (Fair to Good at best) in Spanish with an
excited male with sports talk and a “Radio Nacional de España” network
ID and into two men discussing football at 1506 – Excellent Jan 14
(Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II
and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA iogroup via DXLD)
15390, Jan 15 at 1937, REE distorted as usual // 15500 which is weaker
but not distorted. I have to wonder about occasional logs of 15390 not
mentioning any distortion (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SRI LANKA. Dear Glenn, FEBA via SLBC Trincomalle noted back on air
from yesterday at 1330-1400 on 9775. The faulty tx was repaired. Yours
sincerely, (Jose Jacob, India, Jan 13, WORLD OF RADIO 1913, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN. SUDÃO, 7205, C.ª Sudanesa de Rádio e TV, Al Aitahab, 1605-
1624, 07/1, árabe, noticiário, texto; 34433, períodos em que o áudio
esteve francamente baixo, QRM do mesmo canal. 73 ("Carlos L R de
Assunção Gonçalves", SW coast of Portugal obs. 04-10 Jan., DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN SOUTH [non] & SUDAN [non].
Reception of Radio Tamazuj on Jan 15
1429-1527 on 13800 MDC 250 kW / 340 deg to EaAf Juba Arabic
1429-1527 on 15550 SMG 250 kW / 150 deg to EaAf OC/dead air
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/01/reception-of-radio-tamazuj-on-jan15.html
Reception of Radio Dabanga on Jan 15
1527-1626 on 13800 MDC 250 kW / 340 deg to EaAf Juba Arabic
1527-1626 on 15550 SMG 250 kW / 150 deg to EaAf Juba Arabic
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/01/reception-of-radio-dabanga-on-jan15.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, January 14-15, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SURINAME. 4990 kHz Radio Apintie - Paramaribo / Suriname OM
locution News from local Suriname, SINPO 24222, Day 20 December 2017
in 1007 UT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hogiFlkzuo4
RX: Yaesu FRG 8800; Antenna: Beverage simples; DXer: (Daniel Wyllyans
- Sítio Estrela do Araguaia - Nova Xavantina - Mato Grosso - Brazil,
Hard-Core-DX mailing list via WORLD OF RADIO 1913, DXLD)
4990, R. Apintie, Paramaribo, 2322-2333, 04/1, holandês, texto; 25342.
73 ("Carlos L R de Assunção Gonçalves", SW coast of Portugal obs. 04-
10 Jan., WORLD OF RADIO 1913, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
4989.98, R. Apintie, 0949 M talk in Sranan Tongo with mentions of
September and Pakistani. Nice peaks at 0950:10 and 0950:50. Into
canned announcements/ads at 0952, 1 with M shouting, and ID by M at
0953:05. 0954 people singing/shouting in unison like girls jumping
rope. Faded and was very weak but got a “R. Apintie, the happy
station” ID by W at 0955. 1004 apparent news sponsor ad, then M with
news. Still had some audio at 1050 recheck, 13 Jan. 73 (Dave Valko,
Dunlo, PA, Perseus with Wellbrook ALA1530S loop antenna, Hard-Core-DX
mailing list via WORLD OF RADIO 1913, DXLD)
** TAIWAN. 7445, RTI at 1130. Checking the frequency, recognizing
familiar voices of a couple of the announcers (Ellen Chu, Andrew
Ryan), not able to follow a lot due to signal level. Fair-Jan. 13,
Unless noted otherwise, equipment was Satellit 750 and outdoor Slinky,
RS SW-2000629 and various outdoor wires. Listening from middle
Arizona. 73 and Good Listening......! -rb (Rick Barton, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN. 9625, Jan 15 at 2250, fair signal of open carrier, from
what? CBC NQ reactivated? Ha2. I keep listening and finally at 2300
timesignal several seconds late, ID for RTI and opening 2-hour Thai
broadcast. Aoki shows 100 kW, 225 degrees from Paochung; backward
would be 45 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAJIKISTAN. Weak/fair signal of Voice of Tajik, Jan 10
1300-1400 on 7245 DB 100 kW / non-dir to CeAs English
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/01/weak-to-fair-signal-of-voice-of-tajik.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, January 9-10, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Reception of Voice of Tajik in English on Jan 15
1300-1400 on 7245 DB 100 kW / non-dir to CeAs English, good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/01/reception-of-voice-of-tajik-in-english.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, January 14-15, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAJIKISTAN. 4765, R. Tajikistan. Did a quick check and found W
speaking in the apparent Tajik language at 1256. Wouldn’t have been
that bad of a signal if not for the awful CODAR 11 Jan. 73 (Dave
Valko, near Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR on micro-DXpedition, used a 315
foot BOG at 320 degrees, changed to 20 degrees, Hard-Core-DX mailing
list via DXLD)
** TAJIKISTAN. 4790, BBC. Signal already on at 1256. 1258 M with
English with short 20 second ID and website announcement over music,
and repeated about every 35 seconds. Apparent Uzbek program start at
1300. Didn’t seem jammed by 1303 tune-out. But just getting hammered
by CODAR 11 Jan. 73 (Dave Valko, near Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR on micro-
DXpedition, used a 315 foot BOG at 320 degrees, changed to 20 degrees,
Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) See also CHINA
** TAJIKISTAN [and non]. 7480even, Dushanbe Yangi Yul TJK RFA in
Uighur and later on heavy China mainland buzz jamming against RFA, at
0121 UT on Jan 10, S=9+30dB powerhouse, but like in December
monitoring too: 14 x 100 Hertz apart distance visible BUZZ audio
strings [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 10 via DXLD)
I often notice this buzz, weak here (gh, OK, DXLD)
** TIBET [non]. TAJIKISTAN, Frequency change of Voice of Tibet, Jan 10
1300-1308 NF 11627 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 11633
1308-1315 NF 11633 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 11627
1315-1330 on 11627 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese no change
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/01/frequency-change-of-voice-of-tibet-jan10.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, January 9-10, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** UKRAINE [non]. 7780, USA, Radio Ukraine International (via WRMI) at
0200 with a woman with “This is Ukrainian Radio” and a man with ID and
news – Fair Jan 11 – New frequency ex-11580 (Mark Coady, Selwyn,
Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off
centre-fed dipoles, ODXA iogroup via DXLD)
** U A E. KBS World Radio via BaBcoCk Al Dhabayya on Jan 10:
2000-2100 on 9840.1 DHA 250 kW / 285 deg to NEAf Arabic, fair
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/01/reception-of-kbs-world-radio-via_5.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, January 10-11, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K. Auntie`s War: the BBC during WWII - now online
Now online A War Footing, Auntie's War, Book of the Week - BBC Radio 4
(1 of 5 episodes)
A War Footing, Auntie's War, Book of the Week - BBC Radio 4
Ed Stourton describes how the BBC adapted to being on a war footing.
Book of the Week, Auntie's War Episode 1 of 5
The BBC is a British institution unlike any other, and its story
during the Second World War is also the story of Britain's people.
Writer and presenter Edward Stourton is a sharp-eyed and affectionate
companion on the BBC's wartime journey, investigating archives,
diaries, letters and memoirs to examine what the BBC was and what it
stood for.
In this first episode, Ed describes how the BBC adapted to being on a
war footing, the boredom of the Phoney War and the experiences of
reporters sent to France.
These were the years when Auntie (the BBC's enduring nickname) earned
a reputation for bossiness. It was also a period of remarkable voices
- Churchill's fighting speeches de Gaulle's broadcasts from exile,
George Orwell, Ed Murrow, Richard Dimbleby and Vera Lynn.
During these extraordinary times, eyewitness testimonies gave a voice
to everyone, securing the BBC's reputation as a reliable purveyor of
the truth.
Auntie's War is more than a portrait of an institution at a critical
time, it is also a portrayal of the British in wartime and an insight
into why we have our broadcast culture today.
Read by Edward Stourton
Abridged by Anna Magnusson
Produced by Pippa Vaughan
A Loftus production for BBC Radio 4.
All 5 episodes in a 1hr 10min omnibus edition at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09m5wdm
Posted by: (Mike Terry, Jan 15, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)
** U K [non]. 7445, Jan 15 at 1947, very poor algo with yelling, then
calmer talk, maybe a sporting report from BBCWS as sked 1600-2000, 250
kW due northwest from Talata-Volonondry, MADAGASCAR; and per Aoki/NDXC
*jammed by the ChiCom way off from the azimuth and target area, but no
jamming audible here. One of the earliest overseas signals to appear
on this band at 1315 LMT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
17830, ASCENSION ISLAND, BBC/WS at 1710 hours with current events
program. Monitored on Grundig Satellit and outdoor Slinky, Good, Jan.
15, (Rick Barton, AZ, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
ASCENSION ISL BBC London English as extended period 31 Dec to 25 March
to Africa 17830 kHz 16-18 UT. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, Jan 9,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
1600-1700 on 17830 ASC 125 kW / 085 deg to CeAf English as scheduled
1700-1800 on 17830 ASC 125 kW / 085 deg to CeAf English, from Dec.31
(Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DXLD)
** U K [and non]. HFCC database additional requests / prolongation
read in Jan 6 file --- Wednesday, January 10, 2018 9:56 AM
OMAN, BBC two Al Seela [sic] OMA broadcasts towards Iran
6195 16-17 UT Persian; 7405 15-17 UT English to West and Central Asia.
AUSTRIA/BULGARIA/MOLDOVA/U.K. - prolongation: More Persian service of
BBC London was requested from Dec 1st, but now requested again, as
extended period 01 Febr to 25 March, 0230-0330:
5930MOS ORS Moosbrunn,
6010SOF SPC-NURTS Sofia Kostinbrod,
6095WOF Babcock Woofferton,
7485GRI Radiotelecentr (PRTC) transmitter Grigoriopol Maiac.
73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, Jan 9, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
WRTH spells it A`Seela avoiding whether it`s Al Seela or As Seela (gh)
Additional frequencies of BBC WS via A'Seela & Ascension
1500-1600 on 7405 SLA 250 kW / 010 deg to CeAs English as scheduled
1600-1700 on 7405 SLA 250 kW / 010 deg to CeAs English, from Dec.25
1600-1700 on 17830 ASC 125 kW / 085 deg to CeAf English as scheduled
1700-1800 on 17830 ASC 125 kW / 085 deg to CeAf English, from Dec.31
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/01/additional-frequencies-of-bbc-world.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, January 10-11, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
OMAN/UZBEKISTAN - prolongation: More Persian service of BBC London as
extended period 01 Febr to 25 March
1500-1600 5875 TAC RRTM RED Telecom Tashkent Uzbekistan
6195 OMA Babcock Al Seela.
(Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 10, BCDX 16 Jan via DXLD)
** U S A. 1790-CW, Jan 14 at 0645, deep fades, but VVV heard on a
peak, and various other letters and numbers, including a complete
well-known ham call, K2ORS. Checked since Eric Loy, IL, had just
reported hearing this ex-WOR affiliate:
``Hi Glenn! At 0213 GMT 1-14-18, while tuning Web SDR at Sea Girt, NJ
http://k2sdr.homelinux.com:8073/
I decoded the CW broadcast of station WH2XDE/3 on 1790 kHz. It was a
loop mentioning the e-mail contact and the city of Wayland, MA, 70
watts and an Inverted L. Google shows this as an experimental station
that has been around for a while`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
QSL: MARYLAND, WH2XDE, 1790 kc/s, full-data K2ORS color cartoon
caricature card with five experimental calls listed on back, this one
checked, and power stated at 70 watts, CW mode and signed by Wayne for
email report with request for a real QSL. Received in five days (Terry
L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, All times/dates GMT, IC-R75, NRD-535,
longwires, active loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Terry, Another report I had said this was in Wayland MA
(Massachusetts). Is your card specific about the current 1790
location? I assume the /3 does not necessarily refer to the ham call
area of that number. I did hear it too and should go for QSL (Glenn to
Terry, via DXLD)
Card doesn't axually state the site. That's self-based on the FCC dB
with my initial log. I have no idea what the /3 represents appended to
the WH2XDE in some references. It's not appended to the calls on the
checked-off box. Friendly and prompt response from "Wayne" and I'm
sure he would appreciate a reception report from Okie.
I don't do e-QSLs though am happy to report reception via email to
anyone if it helps in determining their signal reach. In fact if I get
one snail mail QSL a year these days it's rare despite hundreds
archived from the old days of listening (early 70's-early 90's when I
mostly stopped). The other calls on the card, that can be checked,
are: WD2XGJ, WD2XSH/23, WE2XEB/2, WE2XGR/1. WX2XDE is added on via an
affixed label maker (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, All times/dates
GMT, IC-R75, NRD-535, longwires, active loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 13354-USB, Jan 15 at 1450, New York ATC YL contacting
numerous TA flights, referring to secondary/backup 11396, and for some
referring to Santa Maria (Açores) frequencies. ``Sel-call coming up``,
she says to many of them, then two tones. I assume the exact pitches
of these tones denote each particular aircraft/flight. Are they not
permanently in effect, reassigned on the fly? Still no New York Radio
VOLMET on 13270-USB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 13565, Jan 15 at 1438, 1.8-milliwatt K6FRC HIFER beacon in
California is JBA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15740, Jan 11 at 1921, S9+20 of dead air is the SSOB, i.e.
VOA GB warming up to jump and take over 15730 in French from 1930.
Which has news with an echo, backscatter or longpath? Only other 19mb
signal to rival it is 15140 RHC choking on Arabic.
15580, Fri Jan 12 around 2115, VOA `Music Time in Africa` VG with
something from Cameroon. I`m on the caradio, and don`t confirm the
frequency, but surely it`s this only one from the memory. Yet later in
the hour, I`m not hearing it, and at home on the R75, 15580 is a JBA
carrier by 2145. Did this only 15580 hour from Greenville cut off the
air early, or propagation drop out? An announcement as usual had
failed to mention this very transmission of the show, which is by far
our best chance to hear it, when it work (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1912 monitoring: a reminder that the first
opportunity for SWLs to hear this new edition is Thursday January 11
at 2230.5 on WRMI 5850.
WORLD OF RADIO 1912 monitoring: confirmed this week`s first SW
broadcast, Thursday January 11 at 2230.5 on WRMI, 5850; good with some
fading. For once, I decide to listen to the whole thing; how will it
go? Modulation OK except briefly at 2244-2245 some slight distortion,
presumably a transmission problem. Signal is not so strong that all
editing glitches can be heard. The guy sounds a bit better than usual,
less of a ``monotone``. Probably because his larynx has been
``improved`` by phlegm. NOT confirmed UT Fri Jan 12 at 0030 on 9330v-
CUSB, again no signal detectable from WBCQ. Next:
Sat 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sat 0729 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW
Sat 1531 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW
Sat 2030v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sat 2300 WRMI 7780 to NE
Sun 0200 WRMI 7780 to NE
Sun 0410v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sun 1130 HLR 9485-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 to SSE, 9455 to WNW
Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW
Tue 2030 WRMI 7780 to NE, 9455 to WNW [or #1913?]
Tue 2130 WRMI 9455 to WNW [or #1913?]
Wed 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 1030 WRMI 9455 to NW [or #1913?]
Full WOR schedule via all media, podcast access:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. Thanks to Mike Cooper, for noting new schedules
for World Radio Network, via
http://babcock.media/world-radio-network/networks/
which show that WORLD OF RADIO is no longer carried at 1830 Saturdays
to North America. Instead, 1700 Saturdays on all three streams. In
addition, Sat 1000 to Europe only; UT Mon 0230 to all except Europe. I
was too late to check it before 1730 this week. But indeed at 1830,
the North American stream is amid the now Israeli hour. Access:
http://babcock.media/world-radio-network/how-to-listen/
WORLD OF RADIO 1912 monitoring: not confirmed UT Saturday December 13
at 0045, the 0030 on WBCQ 9330v-CUSB: no signal. Sat Dec 13 from 1531
via Hamburger Lokalradio, 6190-CUSB: tune in UTwente at 1540 and hear
only two other languages mixing, Vietnamese from CRI Beijing site
atop, and the other must be CNR8 Mongolian via Urumqi, East Turkistan.
However, recheck at 1545, now I can hear me in the mix at the midpoint
of WOR 1912; by 1556 WOR is even atop the others. Off at 1600 when
some heavy ACI appears. Next:
Sat 2030v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sat 2300 WRMI 7780 to NE [ex-11580!]
Sun 0200 WRMI 7780 to NE [ex-11580!]
Sun 0410v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sun 1130 HLR 9485-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 to SSE, 9455 to WNW
Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW
Tue 2030 WRMI 7780 to NE, 9455 to WNW [or #1913?]
Tue 2130 WRMI 9455 to WNW [or #1913?]
Wed 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 1030 WRMI 9455 to NW [or #1913?]
WORLD OF RADIO 1912 monitoring: Alan Gale, England, also heard the Sat
Jan 13 1531 on HLR 6190-CUSB, but opposite to the best reception at
UTwente I already reported: ``Hi Glenn, A much stronger signal from
HLR today, though the QRM from the other stations did start to come up
a lot towards the end, and there was also some fading, but a definite
improvement on recent weeks. I've attached a .mp3 file so you can hear
how it sounded, this was in AM and not CUSB, which didn't sound any
better on this occasion. 73, Alan``
Confirmed Saturday Jan 13 at 2257 check, the 2230 on WBCQ 9330v-CUSB,
fair --- as I took a break from the MLK celebration in downtown Enid,
to check the PL-880 by the car. Did not stay out to confirm the Sat
2300 on WRMI 7780 replacing 11580, but 7780 was still in with fair
signal at 2355. Confirmed UT Sunday Jan 14 at 0200 on WRMI 7780 ex-
11580, S9 to S9+10. (R. Prague follows at 0230, now S9+20.) This
frequency tends to have blob QRM from some local device, like a cable
box, but that`s only my problem. (It would be less of a problem if
WRMI were on a 315 degree antenna with a much stronger signal on a 7
MHz channel.) Also confirmed UT Sun Jan 14 at 0429 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM,
Wentzville MO as I am talking about XEETCH which is 12 minutes in, so
started circa 0417. Fair-good, and earlier check of 1860 at 0257
during ham news rated S9+20/30.
Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, reports: ``GERMANY, Reception of World of Radio
via HLR on 9485 CUSB, Jan 14:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/01/reception-of-world-of-radio-via-hlr-on.html
1131-1200 9485 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu English Sun, weak signal``
Next:
Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 to SSE, 9455 to WNW
Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW
Tue 2030 WRMI 7780 to NE, 9455 to WNW [or #1913?]
Tue 2130 WRMI 9455 to WNW [or #1913?]
Wed 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 1030 WRMI 9455 to NW [or #1913?]
WORLD OF RADIO 1912 monitoring: confirmed, JBA, UT Monday January 15
after 0030 on WBCQ, 9329.973-CUSB. Confirmed, UT Mon Jan 15 from 0403
on Area 15 webcast, and presumably at 0413 on WBCQ 5129.82 JBA
carrier. Also confirmed UT Mon Jan 15 at 0430 on WRMI 9955 and 9455,
both good. 9455 to WNW now duplicates 9955 to SSE at 0430-0500 among
certain other slots. Next:
Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW
Tue 2030 WRMI 7780 to NE, 9455 to WNW [or #1913?]
Tue 2130 WRMI 9455 to WNW [or #1913?]
Wed 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 1030 WRMI 9455 to WNW [or #1913?]
WORLD OF RADIO 1912 monitoring: confirmed UT Tue Jan 16 at 0030 on
WRMI, 7730, S9+40, but somewhat distorted, not enough to tune out.
Distortion also applied to Rudy ID before 0030, and to `Wavescan`
before then, so this time I think WRMI transmitter has a problem.
WOR 1912 almost confirmed UT Tue Jan 16 at 0030 on WBCQ, 9329.96v-
CUSB, JBA carrier not enough to be sure it`s I. Next:
Tue 2030 WRMI 7780 to NE, 9455 to WNW [or #1913?]
Tue 2130 WRMI 9455 to WNW [or #1913?]
Wed 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW [or #1913?]
Wed 1030 WRMI 9455 to NW [or #1913?]
WORLD OF RADIO 1912 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday January 16 at 2030
on WRMI, very poor 7780, fair 9455. As I am finishing up the next WOR
in time to start an hour later.
WORLD OF RADIO 1913 contents: Antarctica, Argentina non, Bahrain,
Botswana, Brasil, Chile, China, Cuba, Denmark, Eritrea non [add credit
for second item: Rich D`Angelo], Guam, Guinea-Bissau, India,
Indonesia, International Internet & Vacuum, Korea North & South,
Madagascar, Myanmar, New Zealand, Nigeria non, Papua New Guinea, Perú,
Romania, Russia, South Carolina non, Sri Lanka, Suriname, USA, Vatican
non [WTFK? 7305!], Vietnam non, Zambia; and the propagation outlook
WORLD OF RADIO 1913 monitoring: confirmed first SW broadcast Tuesday
January 16 at 2130 on WRMI, 9455, good, less than 10 minutes after
completed. Not confirmed UT Wed Jan 17 at 0030 on WBCQ, no signal
audible on 9330v-CUSB. Next:
Wed 1030 WRMI 9455 to WNW
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Thu 2230.5 WRMI 5850 to NW
Fri 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sat 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sat 0729 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW
Sat 1531 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW
Sat 2030v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sat 2300 WRMI 7780 to NE
Sun 0200 WRMI 7780 to NE
Sun 0410v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sun 1130 HLR 9485-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 to SSE, 9455 to WNW
Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW
Tue 2030 WRMI 7780 to NE, 9455 to WNW [or #1914?]
Full WOR schedule via all media, podcast access:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Reminder that the Sat 2300 & Sun 0200 WORs on WRMI are now on 7780
instead of 11580; should be much better propagation especially for the
later one. UT Monday 0430 not only on 9955 to SSE but also 9455 to WNW
(Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1913, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5130, WBCQ with English "Lumpy Gravy Radio Show" OM
Announcer and playing such classic hits as Tie Me Kangaroo Down &
There's a fungus among us (Classics both!) etc. Also mention of
TimTron Worldwide & other 'strange' chatter, but in a good way! WBCQ
ID at ToH. Mention of the First Amendment Radio Transmitting Society
(Spell it out; it’s an AWFULLY good "Backronym" if you ask me!) Lots
of strangeness but kind of like a car crash requiring extended
listening! :)
Into Radio Free Euphoria at 0300. "Area 51" is always entertaining ;)
44544 with local noise. 0150-0310 7/Jan (Kenneth Vito Zichi,
Williamston MI, MARE Tipsheet 12 Jan via DXLD)
9329.661, exact measured in CUSB mode, WBCQ S=6 in Florida post, 0556
UT [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang
Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX Topnews Jan 11, dxldyg via DXLD)
9329.648v-CUSB, Jan 11 at 0656, WBCQ with rock music, S4-S5 and no CCI
from Cuban numbers station, one of its alternating nights off; no ToH
ID, 0703 segué.
9329.648-CUSB, Jan 11 at 1440, WBCQ playing ``William Tell Overture``,
which means a back-episode of `Allan Weiner Worldwide` is starting.
The Timtron is substituting this week, has found the microphonium, and
conveniently announces the date as Sept. 1, 2017.
This frequency remeasured independently and got exactly the same Hz as
8 hours earlier. In case the replay is only one hour, recheck at 1540:
``WTO`` is playing again, which means another `AWW` episode is
starting as the theme is only for openings. Try again at 1639, but too
much local noise now to hear it. 9329.68 approx., Jan 11 at 1917, WBCQ
is still on, but JBA.
9330v-CUSB, Jan 12 at 1800, still no signal from WBCQ test. Presumably
it`s finished as implied by Allan on AWWW, see below.
7490-, UT Sat Jan 13 at 0045 check, poor signal from WBCQ but sounds
like Allan Weiner, i.e. replay of last week`s `Worldwide` since `Fred
Flintstone` has been canceled. I miss the first quarter of this week`s
`Allan Weiner Worldwide`, which I have to listen to on webcast,
starting about 0115. He has a bad cold, and frequently has to push the
cough button. Welcomes a new show on station, ``FKB``, whatever that
be and whenever that be (not on the website sked, always slow to catch
up). 0122 gives date as 12th of December, YOOL 2018, oops. Says he has
not been able to reach anyone who would know the current status of
Brother Stair, hopes to have news by next week. Recommends certain
Radio Shack SW receivers as durable, etc., good to have in case of EMP
ruining everything. Reads from a long article Kim Elliott sent about
the EMP threat.
Refers to 9330 experiments the past week as propagation test with
carrier reduced to 25% (I think he said). Was pleased to hear it in
FLA day and night. Impression I get is that the experiment is
finished, and it is no longer being heard here. One of the projects to
be completed this summer is a 125-kW backup generator. Running out of
time at 0158, he allows his benedixion to be interrupted by a phone
call from Bermuda, and cut off by 0201.
Here`s John Carver`s version of the hour as heard in mid-North
Indiana:
``No copy on 7490 this evening. Poor copy on 5130 this evening. Show
started almost a minute late with Angela and Allan in the studio in
FLA. Talk of a special tube he had to purchase to finish a project he
was working on, then a talk about radios in general including the
R390-A. Then talk, inspired by an email from Kim Andrew Elliot, about
the possibility of an attack by North Korea and whether it would be a
conventional warhead or an EMP blast and whether or not the
transmitters at the station would survive such an attack. Then said he
would try to find out what's going on with Brother Stair by next
week's show. Says the state of the station is good and welcomes new
programmers. Mentioned the round the clock experiments with 9330.
First phone call at 0135 is from Mr. Transistor, Norm, with news of a
local hamfest tomorrow. Noise comes up at 0137 making it more
difficult to copy. Allan is suffering from a bad cold and is making
liberal use of the cough button. Another talk with Norm about portable
radios and which ones might work after an EMP attack which is probably
a moot point. Norm is off the phone at 0159 as Allan attempts to close
out the show. Another phone call which is John from Bermuda but he
doesn't get a chance to talk at all and transmitter cuts off at 0200
in the middle of a sentence of Allan's closing prayer`` (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Listening to TimTron on 5130 at the moment. Signal is only an S7 but
is surprisingly loud and clear and a very good copy (John Carver, Mid-
North Indiana, 0013 UT Jan 14, DX LISTENNG DIGEST)
9330.10v-CUSB, UT Sun Jan 14 at 0135, WBCQ is S5 with Blalock the
Blaster. This is his daily hour, usually inaudible. Unusually, this is
stronger than 9395 & 9455 WRMI, but weaker than 9265 WINB. In addition
on Saturdays he`s heard at 23-24, yet to appear on the program
schedule (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5129.839, WBCQ unstable fq, hopping 3 Hertz up and down, S=6-7
fluttery noted in Florida at 0345 UT Jan 14. Log of Jan 14 at 0330 to
0345 UT, remote access to Florida US state [selected SDR options, span
12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews
Jan 14 via DXLD)
** U S A. 9395 // 9455, Jan 12 at 0651, WRMI Oldies channels ending 5-
minute VOA news relay which must have started at 0646.
7780, Jan 12 at 1900, WRMI on JBA carrier: now scheduled as a third
frequency mid-day for Oldies along with 9395 before 1900, and 9455
before 2000 {not 2200 as in original post}. Any WRMI service at midday
to America ought to be on 13 or 15 MHz; 13695 and 15440 once used for
TOM would blast in here. By 2300, 7780 is carrying `Viva Miami`, ex-
11580 scheduling (and 24 hours later should be World of Radio).
5850, Jan 12 at 2233, WRMI is not on yet, supposed to start at 2230,
with a gospel huxter on Fridays; is on by next check 2259 in time for
Tirana.
9395 & 9455, Fri Jan 12 at 2302, opening `Your Weekend Show`, this
time axually at the start of a weekend. This scheduling cannot be
found on the WRMI skedgrids, merely `Oldies` during this hour, without
specifying otherstuff depending on day of week. Anyhow, Bob Biermann
gets to divert to his soft-sell evangelism hour numerous times within.
9955, Fri Jan 12 at 2302, WRMI with the expanded `Noches con Mirka`
show we`ve heard at least previous two weeks, lots of Cuban-American
chat and some music, bumping PCJ Radio International which has been
scheduled 23-24 Fridays for a longtime. Presumably that start at 2330,
unchecked this week, and still for its full hour?
9455, Jan 13 at 1949, VOA news via Oldies channel of WRMI. Should also
be on // 7780 now. 9395 has World Music fill instead of Argentina in
German; 11530 African music, i.e. R Herwa International.
9395 // 7780, Sun Jan 14 at 1420, WRMI with `AWR Wavescan`, the secret
airing now on this pair, since at 11-15, 9455 now duplicates 9955.
DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS has been updated about this and a few others:
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html
7780, fair Jan 15 at 2302, I find Allan Weiner now on WRMI --- the
current `Viva Miami` has him as guest, virtually a monolog of Planet
promotion, but Jeff interjects a few questions. Seems to be in
person, as AW is visiting Okeechobee, maybe to round up some spare
parts to repair his transmitter? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) See also ARGENTINA [non]; NIGERIA [non]; WOR Monitoring
9455 // 9955, Tue Jan 16 at 1438, WRMI is replaying `Viva Miami`
interview with Allan Weiner. (Mon/Wed/Thu/Sat it`s scheduled at 1445,
only on Tue at 1430.) At the question of what he thinx of DRM? Maybe
it will catch on in 5 years. Think he said a WBCQ unit is DRM-capable.
I continue to be amazed that not a single SW station inside the USA
will even test DRM, or run it half an hour a week as a token. But
Alokesh Gupta forwards news that KTWR GUAM is testing DRM toward India
on Jan 17-18-19 at 0815-0845 on 17530, which means we won`t be hearing
it in North America (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1913, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Allen Weiner talks about the transmitter fire on WRMI
I caught the end of this interview just after noon today. Allen Weiner
was on WRMI being interviewed by the man who does the WRMI ID's (I
think):
The transmitter that burned was the original WBCQ transmitter, a
Harris, which was converted from MW use. A plastic assembly burned,
fanned by the blowers. It spanned two assemblies. Because of being
fanned by the blowers, the fire was incredibly hot. The problem was
not with replacing the plastic parts, but with irreplaceable aluminum
parts which melted due to the heat of the plastic fire. Finals
tripped, saving them, but fire alarm never went off Happened early
Sunday morning when unattended. Weiner discovered it and shut it down.
(Which raises the possibility that he entered a room filled with
hydrogen cyanide gas from the burning plastic). Sounds like the fire
company was never called. Weiner put out the fire with a CO2
extinguisher. Some bits -- diode stacks -- were still burning when he
wandered in. Things in the transmitter building are covered with black
smoke debris and this is being cleaned. Power supplies are okay. I did
not get a chance to record the interview (Ron Hunsicker, 1834 UT Jan
15, NASWA yg via DXLD)
No time or frequency. Obviously the current `Viva Miami` episode with
Jeff White. AW has already told this story several times on WBCQ
itself. VM will air multiple times more as in the schedule:
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html
I listened again to it Jan 17 at 1445 on 9955; among other things he
says that WBCQ tells its listeners ``everything`` (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST) WRMI: see also ALBANIA [non]; ARGENTINA [non];
NIGERIA [non]; SLOVAKIA [non]
** U S A. 5830, Jan 11 at 0719, no signal from WTWW-1, nor on 9475
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9475, Jan 14 at 0140, WTWW-1 is VP here, still on day frequency, not
yet on 5830 night frequency. Stations *really* concerned about getting
their signals heard, especially with flexible QSY times, would monitor
current propagation conditions and act accordingly --- FAR too much
trouble (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 17775-, Jan 11 at 1920, not even a JBA carrier from KVOH
which is supposed to be on past 1900 today. In fact, the entire 16m
band is dead. Only 17640 MWV Madagascar might have been making it
before 19 and after 20.
17775, Fri Jan 12 at 1800 and still at 1900, JBA carrier, which I
suppose must be KVOH.
17774.891v, Jan 15 at 1550, KVOH up from usual 17774.888, S7-S9 poor
signal, but much better than JBA carrier sometimes (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Atlantic 2000 via WINB imminent
[to the dxldyg, repeating an earlier post, at 2046 UT January 14]:
Atlantic 2000 International
10 de enero de 2018 11:22:38 a. m.
Special broadcast this Sunday --- Atlantic 2000 will be on the air
this Sunday 14th of January, with a special broadcast transmitted from
Red Lion in the USA via WINB. We will be on the air from 2100 to 2200
UT on 9265 kHz with a power of 50 kW. Our webstream will be active at
the same time:
http://radioatlantic2000.free.fr
Reports to : atlantic2000international@gmail.com
Good listening ! -- Visit our website :
http://radioatlantic2000.free.fr
(via Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1912, DXLD)
Manuel and I want to make sure everyone be reminded of this.
WINB also has a Listen Live player of its own on homepage
http://winb.com/
But so far is playing silently, altho 9265 is poorly audible (Glenn,
2052 UT, ibid.)
WINB player remained silent, but A2000`s own player worked fine, so I
listen there for a few minutes, multilingual announcements in main
European languages only, starting with French. First a nice ``Happy
New Year`` song in English, then various pop tunes of the 70s/80s
apparently. Not clear to me how special all these are? (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Barely detectable audio here at 2100. nothing much to hear right now.
Guinea on 9650 is putting in a very good signal this afternoon.
(Stephen C Wood, Harwich, Mass., Perseus SDR, 20 x 40 terminated
superloop antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9265 in French doing well here at 2100. English ID at 2106. Log
periodic and Perseus, near Lamont Alberta CANADA (Don Moman, ibid.)
WINB has an acceptable signal (55 dBµ) in SW Michigan for the Atlantic
2000 broadcast with some short fades. Listening with the Tecsun PL880
with a Wellbrook ALA1530LN loop. 73, (Andy Robins, Kalamazoo, Michigan
USA, 2109 UT, ibid.)
Fair signal with deep fades at times here in New Brunswick with an
Eton Grundig Edition Field BT with just its whip antenna indoors. WINB
was better earlier in the afternoon (Richard Langley, 2130 UT, ibid.)
WINB & Atlantic 2000 at 85 dbu here in Fallbrook; fair signal but
tough to follow announcements. Even my "Shazam" App on iPhone cannot
ID the music due to fading and weak signal ?? (Bruce Churchill, CA,
2203 UT, ibid.)
Recheck here at 2234 shows them to be fairly good on the log but
considerably weaker on the Wellbrook. Religious program now. The log
periodic was in use somewhere else during the last 45 minutes but is
now back on the 8023 Perseus remote (Don Moman, ibid.)
Re: [dxld] Atlantic 2000 via WINB imminent [att for DXLD yg members]
1 Files 4 MB MP3
RadioAtlantique2000International-9.265MHz-14January2017-2100UTC-
clip.mp3
Overall, reception of the program in NB (on the backside of the
antenna beam) turned out to be marginal. The signal was frequently at
listenable levels (and strong enough to hear the transmitter hum at
times) but dropped into the noise for minutes on end. The program of
nostalgic "oldies" was accompanied by music introductions in French
and there were a few announcements in English and German as well.
Attached is a clip from my recording towards the end of the program
for those getting individual postings (Richard Langley, Jan 16, dxldyg
via DXLD) See also FRANCE [non]
** U S A. 5970, Jan 15 at 1349, WEWN, Radio Católica Mundial with dead
air except for rustling, coughing, during live morning mass in
English, while the only axion is visual, not good for radio; finally
says something in English, interrupted by voice-over in Spanish, but
it`s *not* a translation of what was just said; out of synch,
automated, or not paying attention, own agenda for order of the mass?
Soon switches to studio Spanish only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 3215, Tue Jan 16 at 0021 and 0042 chex, no signal from WWRB
when it used to be on UT Sun-Mon-Tue. Besides turning off 9370 & 3185
to be rid of Brother Scare, seems the other transmitter is also
silent, 3215 before WWCR comes on there at 0200 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WORLD OF RADIO 1913, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15555/USB, (FL - Milton), WJHR at 2030. Man with religious
lecture, Fair - Good on peaks, Jan. 14 (Rick Barton, AZ, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST) Seldom detected on routine bandscans here;
irregular? (gh, OK, DXLD)
** U S A. WMFN 640 update --- Since coming on the air on Oct 17th of
last year, with the exception of the first few days of various flavors
of music, it has been non stop Mexican music. ID's were four times per
hour.
I have been spot checking their programming and today noticed a big
change. They are airing WMJH 95.3 FM and 810 AM. Noted several spots
for businesses in Michigan. All in Spanish.
English ID's, WMFN AM 640, Peotone/Chicago are still mentioned along
with "...we have a few good hours of air time available...". So,
finally after almost 2 1/2 months of non-stop music now there is news
and ads (Tom Jasinski, Joliet, IL - 20 miles from their Xmtr site, Jan
10, IRCA via DXLD)
** U S A. WNYC CHIEF PUSHED GROWTH AT THE COST OF STATION’S CULTURE
By DAVID W. CHENDEC. 22, 2017
Photo: Laura Walker, the president and chief executive of New York
Public Radio, has built a public radio powerhouse, with a $100 million
annual budget. Credit Chester Higgins Jr./The New York Times
When Laura R. Walker, the president and chief executive of New York
Public Radio, addressed the crowd at an open WNYC board meeting last
week, she said she was “profoundly pained and sorry” about
management’s handling of alleged inappropriate conduct by several on-
air stars.
“For the last several years, I think we’ve prioritized growth, and
content and programming, over investment in some of the processes and
people,” she said.
To the many employees in the room, the “we” was clear: Ms. Walker, who
for more than 20 years has been the public face of the station, and
Dean Cappello, her little-known deputy and WNYC’s chief content
officer.
“The two of them are like Siamese twins — they have been doing this,
united, for a long time,” said Bob Hennelly, a former WNYC reporter,
who recently wrote about his frustrations with the station’s
management. “If you got Laura alone, she’d say, what does Dean think?
And if you got Dean alone, he’d say, what did Laura say?”
Together, they have transformed a beloved local treasure into a
national radio and podcasting colossus. But in recent weeks,
accusations of harassment and bullying were leveled at three of the
station’s stars, including John Hockenberry, who retired in August as
the host of “The Takeaway.”
Longtime hosts Leonard Lopate and Jonathan Schwartz were fired on
Thursday after an investigation found they had violated standards of
workplace conduct. The station has hired a law firm and a consultant
to review hiring and diversity practices, while numerous employees
have aired grievances at recent meetings, and are speculating that
either Ms. Walker or Mr. Cappello, or both, could also lose their
jobs. . .
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/22/nyregion/wnyc-chief-laura-walker-firing-hosts-misconduct.html
(via Mike Cooper, DXLD)
** U S A. 840, Jan 12 at 1400 UT, KTIC ID with temp minus 4, and
``Classic Country 98.3`` with translator call I don`t copy; NRC AM Log
had it as K252EG West Point NE and slogan as ``Rural Radio``. The
latter applies to a bunch of Nebraska stations including KRVN 880
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 980, KICA, Clovis, NM, now silent (Broadcasting Information,
IRCA DX Monitor Jan 20 published Jan 16 via DXLD)
** U S A. WCAZ-990 --- Here`s what`s on the WCAZ web site:
``Welcome To the Former WCAZ AM 990 Website. You can still reach the
Stream of high school sports now overseen by Thesportsyex
WCAZ AM 990 Is Now off the air !!!! It signed off on December 31st
2017. You will still be able to hear live streamed sports C/O
TheSportsyex on this site at various times !!!!!``
(via Pete Taylor, Tacoma, WA, Jan 13, IRCA via DXLD)
** U S A. 1020, WHDD, Sharon, CT, was silent, now National Public
Radio, news/talk and classic[al?], adds slogan: “Robin Hood Radio”
(Broadcasting Information, IRCA DX Monitor Jan 20 published Jan 16 via
DXLD)
** U S A. 1090, KMXA, CO, Aurora – Format to SS:MEX (ex - SS:CHR);
slogan to "La Suavecita," adds // KJMN - 92.1 (AM Log update, NRC DX
News Jan 22, published Jan 14, via DXLD
** U S A. Re 1160 WCXI Fenton MI: I did a quick AM query in the FCC
database and it looks like WCXI is also about to move. They have a
construction permit to move to a site a couple miles North of I-96 in
Oakland county about half way between Milford and Wixom roads. There
is currently an open field at that location with a county park
adjacent. Since the photo is old I suspect there are towers there at
the moment.
Upon moving, WCXI would go to 15 kW daytime power (using 3 towers of a
4 tower array with the major lobe ENE from the transmitter site) and
215 W nighttime power (2 towers driven with a squashed lobe covering a
wide azimuth centered approximately East with lobes to the North and
South. Looks like the target audience for the station will be Northern
Oakland County (Bloomfield Hills).
Birach was denied a full renewal of their WCXI licence by the FCC in
May of 2016 due to numerous violations of FCC rules. They were given a
2 year extension that expires in May of this year (2018). Several of
the issues had to do with the maintenance and security of their
transmitter site in Fenton. It appears that they intend to remedy the
problem by moving the transmitter to the vicinity of Wixom MI and
diplex another troubled AM they own (WPON) into a common group of
towers.
The text of their renewal stated: (FCC is not exactly fans of Birach)
The record here further indicates that Birach's willful and repeated
violations at the Station, when considered together, constitutes a
pattern of abuse over a period of years by Birach at the Station.
'However, we find that Birach's violations of the Act and the Rules do
not rise to such a level that designation for evidentiary hearing on
the issue of whether to deny renewal for the Station is warranted.
Importantly, Birach has represented in its amended application that
the station now complies with the Rules [end FCC quotation here???]
Subsequently to their renewal, Birach filed for a construction permit
to move the WCXI the site in Wixom MI where they already had a CP to
move WPON with a power increase and day/night directional pattern. It
was requested in November 2016 and granted in February 2017. This is
further complicated by the fact that two years earlier Birach applied
to move WPON 1460 currently located near Pontiac to the same site.
They plan to diplex the two transmitters into a 4 tower array using
some towers for both stations and others energized with only WPON or
WCXI. The WPON CP was issued in may of 2015 and expires this coming
May. WPON in recent times has been silent for several extended periods
of time.
It would appear that Birach is approaching a "crunch point" with both
stations --- Either sh*t or get off the pot. The technical challenge
of integrating the two transmitters without any InterMmodulation (IM
mixing products) products that could cause harmful interference to
other stations or out of band is not trivial. Any corroded joint or
poor ground or tower section connection could become an un-intentional
mixer causing Passive InterModulation (PIM) products.
Based on what is going on with Birach, I suspect they are nearing
completion with the WPON move and are doing testing running the WCXI
signal from the new site during the day or possibly moving the
transmitter if they plan to re-use it.
As I said, Birach has a checkered history with the FCC, so this is not
surprising (Paul Dobosz, MARE Tipsheet 12 Jan via DXLD)
[WCXI heard running oldies 1/9.] {by whom??}
Larry Russell: WPON Walled Lake MI “Update”;
http://www.mibuzzboard.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=45407
(via MARE Tipsheet 12 Jan via DXLD
** U S A. 1210, Jan 12 at 1405 UT, Huron ads following ABC News, i.e.
KOKK in SD; temps -5 F, windchill -24. Over KGYN OK easily nulled
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1240.105, GEORGIA, WPAX, Thomasville. 1229 January 15, 2018.
Tuning across, male ",,, right here in beautiful downtown
Thomasville..." into CBS News at 1230, then choral "America the
Beautiful" 1233-1236, brief inspirational words, ID, into 40's era
Nostalgia vocals. Way off frequency. (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL,
All times/dates GMT, IC-R75, NRD-535, longwires, active loop, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Thread: What’s going on with KYND? [1520 Cypress/Houston TX]
https://www.radiodiscussions.com/showthread.php?707148-What%92s-going-on-with-KYND
12-30-2017, 08:43 PM #1 Mediafrog+
Noiticed at several checks today and yesterday that KYND is
transmitting dead air. Late in the afternoon I could hear KOKC
underneath the open carrier. Wonder if they are any closer to finding
someone to lease time?
12-31-2017, 12:22 PM #2 Mediafrog+
KYND is still dead air as of Sunday morning.
01-01-2018, 01:01 PM #3 Mediafrog+
Monday: Dead air earlier this morning, completely off the air at 11 am
01-01-2018, 06:33 PM #4 AnyHuman
Finding a renter, I guess; Let's wait for Bill Turner to update though
01-10-2018, 04:31 PM #5 nash
What`s the problem with KYND --- why won't the station owners make
that station work for themselves? What`s their problem? If they are
not interested broadcasters, sell the station to someone that is
interested in making the station what it was intended in the first
place --- "entertain" the public, play good music. If they need a
programer, let me know. I have a killer bilingual Spanish music
program ready to go on the air now 14/7 [sic], nothing like what the
monopoly stations play. This is Texas. Let`s entertain Texans,
"Tejanos". Hope Mr. Turner will read this post; together we'll make
this a station worth listening.
Last edited by nash; 01-10-2018 at 04:52 PM.
01-10-2018, 05:22 PM #6 b-turner
Well, Nash, call me. I'll lease you the station. If you've got
something, based on your comments, you've heard the 90 second loop and
if you heard the loop 5 minutes, the phone number in stuck in your
head. The best way to answer your questions is to call. I'm waiting by
the phone.
01-10-2018, 11:35 PM #7 LDM
You have to put up the cash. Everyone has the magic format that could
make so much money. Good luck to KYND.
01-11-2018, 01:28 AM #8 BamaTX
Not that I'm a player for purchase, but out of curiosity, would you
ever consider selling the station or are you just leasing?
01-11-2018, 01:44 AM #9 BamaTX
Seeing how Houston has lost two Spanish language formats in 2017, this
is a risk. Tejano seems to have died off in the late 90s. It could
become a strong niche if done right. Not a ratings killer, but with
the right salespeople you could be on to something.
01-11-2018, 02:24 AM #10 b-turner Location Houston, Texas
Let me address a few things...
Our 'silence' issue, we think, was power spikes shutting off the
audio. It wouldn't reset, so somebody had to drive out and manually do
this. It was so frustrating that you'd drive out, restart it and by
the time you got back home, it was off again. It's resolved. At least
we weren't having a client we had to credit for lost airtime! We
believe we nipped that on in the bud. At least it hasn't happened
again.
I'm on now 8 to 4:30 [1400-2230 UT]. By cutting 1.5 hours, we save
around $300+ in electricity.
What's our problem? Try no income since September. Compare that
personally to yourself: Imagine no job, no income for months on end
but all of the ordinary monthly bills like rent, car, food,
electricity, etc. coming month after month. Running the 90 second plea
is akin to job hunting. Running a format is like deciding to play
video games all day instead of looking for a job. What would you be
doing?
Why don't we make the station work for us? Not sure what that means. I
field calls every day. Nobody has signed on the dotted line yet. It
will work for us once we find that next qualified client.
``If we're not interested broadcasters, sell the station``. You have
no clue. I took your comment to be rather mean spirited and written by
someone who does not understand our situation. If you did, I doubt you
would have written that. It usually takes a couple of years to sell a
station from the time the decision is made to sell it. That's not
always the case. It could be less time or more time. I've known of
stations selling in months and some that have been trying to find a
buyer for years.
We were intended to 'entertain' the public? What? To quote a friend,
"Are you high?" There's no rule a station has to entertain. The FCC
makes no rules about programming in general. Not every station is an
entertainment station.
I'm still waiting for you call to lease the station to you so you can
run the format that will make us worth listening to. Just pick up the
phone. I suspect since you posted this you might not have your ducks
in a row to sign a contract. The person that typically does says
nothing about their plans publicly, fearing someone might one-up them
but calls the station they want to lease. Confidentiality is part of
what I do, so I won't say what's coming or who I'm talking to. I could
be very wrong about you. Nobody is doing a Texas oriented format in
Houston. I've wondered why.
So, if you'd been sustaining a radio station for about 5 months,
watching the bank account bleed dry, just what investment would you
make with the remaining few dollars? A format, additional payroll and
a good 2 or 3 years more of losing money before you can break even? Or
would you keep saying you are for lease and fielding calls spending as
little as you can? We run through the average Houston annual per
capita income in about 4 weeks. And that's bare bones. Imagine how
much fun that is.
01-11-2018, 08:41 AM #11 ChuckTiller
KYND has a great signal, with its 25KW which covers Houston and its
surrounding areas, very well. If you have the means, it would be money
well spent. Remember, if you do, you have to promote it. It takes more
than the rent to make it successful. Rent it and promote it. How?
Billboards come to mind, a Facebook page, cable TV ads if you can
afford it. Of course, it goes without saying, you need an aggressive
sales person.
Operations Manager, Salem Radio Houston: AM1070, THE ANSWER KNTH,
Business 1110 KTEK and; 100.7 The Word KKHT, Houston.
01-11-2018, 02:32 PM #12 b-turner
Thank you for the kind words, Chuck. I believe we do have a good
signal, nice facility and best of all, a low overhead.
When a station like ours is available, it is almost as if the stars
have to align to find the next client. A group looking for a Houston
signal is part of a very small number nationwide. This small group is
typically not saying they need a station. Typically you find the
client through a broker or via an introduction. Unlike advertising
sales where you can target the business and visit them, a client
leasing a station is not known. In addition, if they were looking 6
months ago, they're likely not looking today. It can take a long time
for everything to fall together. In fact, even once you find that
client, you still might be 60 to 90 days out while they prepare to
enter the market.
If you do it right, you find that sweet spot or win-win situation
where the client and station become like a cohesive team for the
client's success. A true pro knows the station wants the client's
success because that success means the station's success. Likewise the
station knows creating the environment or situation where the client
flourishes is the goal. It's certainly not an us and them but an us
and us (radiodiscussions.com via Artie Bigley, DXLD)
** U S A. 1600, FLORIDA, WNTF, Winter Garden. 2140 January 14, 2018.
"I Want To Be Wanted (Per Tutta la Vita)" by Brenda Lee, "A Million To
One" by Jimmy Charles, Mickey & Sylvia "Love Is Strange", Lee Andrews
& the Hearts "Lonely Lonely Nights" and other Oldies and Doo-wop,
several commercials for Orlando stores. Co-channel presumed WPOM in
Haitian kreyol, WAOS in Mexi-Spanish. Calls recently flipped with WLAA
on 1580 kc/s which remains Mexi-Spanish. Parallel station's website
stream. Website states slogan is Urban Talk Radio 1600. (Terry L.
Krueger, Clearwater FL, All times/dates GMT, IC-R75, NRD-535,
longwires, active loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1710 kHz, Jan 12 at 0706 UT, soft strumming guitar music,
some pirate other than Bâton Rouge LA? 0710 UT announcement sounds
like Spanish, and I hear a ``siete`` mentioned, perhaps referring to
their FM frequency (not really busted and off?). By 0718 UT voice
changes to something more strident, which would be the usual gospel
huxter from Radio Retén lo que Tienes. Certainly holding on to what
they`ve got, legal or not (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1913, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Re: UNID-1710 from the Border Inn --- I totally forgot that
there is a TIS on 1710 at Bandelier National Monument near Los Alamos,
NM. I bet that's who this is. Time to listen to some more recordings.
73 (Tim Hall, CA, Jan 9, ABDX via DXLD)
I didn't know about this. Hopefully it can make it here to IL (Neil
Kazaross, ibid.)
Confirmed the existence of this station on the park's FB page.
Probably a full 10w TIS? Search on "AM 1710" here:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/BandelierNPS/posts/
Now I just need to find an ID on my recordings. Thankfully I recorded
a lot on that wire (Tim, Jan 9, ibid.)
Got it! The attached recording is a loop of the announcer saying
"historic Bandelier National Monument." I set the Perseus to repeat a
few seconds over and over. I bet other DXers in the west will be able
to hear this. 73 (Tim Hall, ibid., WORLD OF RADIO 1913, DXLD)
** U S A. 1790 kHz. See top of U S A department as it`s utility
** U S A. PASSPORT RADIO: 1810/AM, 0021-0031+, 1/11; Oldies, “Passport
Radio on 14-90 & 93.5”. SIO=343 w/CW splash; audio very skippy.
Apparently a relay of WKYW Frankfort KY. Tnx to Jtart tip on the Free
Radio Net (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, Drake R8B + 185’ RW (& no
computer! [sic], MARE Tipsheet 12 Jan via DXLD)
Forwarded conversation --- Subject: Topband: WKYW on 1810 kc
[Don Moman forwarded this thread from the Topband reflector, Jan 10]
Is anyone copying a AMBC stn around 1810kc. They are 30db over S9
here. The sig was cutting in and out but for last few minutes. has
been on full time. Did hear them mention '1490' and Frankfort KY. Web
info comes back to WKYW. Heard them yesterday as well. Tnx de Bill
K4JYS Stewart, Near Smithfield, NC
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Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_ topband
Just heard them ID as WKYW (Stewart, a few minutes later, ibid.)
Yes, hearing them at my QTH on my SE Beverage, carrier running 15 to
25 dB above my noise floor (Lloyd - N9LB near Madison, WI grid
EN52HV, ibid.)
Yep. Cyclic there and not there. Then solid for a bit, then
intermittent again. Definitely got something “loose” going on there.
Omni R/T antenna. 10 to 20 over. tnx (Mike / W5JR, Alpharetta GA (near
Atlanta), sent via my HP95LX, ibid.)
S9+10 here in SW MO, on my NE Beverage. Signal pulsing on and off,
mostly. What frequency are they supposed to be on? I want to see what
they sound like on their assigned carrier freq. As I send this, it's
not pulsing. 73, (Mike Waters, http://www.w0btu.com ibid.)
I just sent them an email. Maybe others can also. Boy, whatever
problem they have results in a good 160m signal. Tnx all for replies.
(Bill K4JYS Stewart, ibid.)
S9+10 here in SW MO, on my NE Beverage. Signal pulsing on and off,
mostly. What frequency are they supposed to be on? I want to see what
they sound like on their assigned carrier freq. As I send this, it's
not pulsing. 73, Mike Waters, [ http://www.w0btu.com/ | www.w0btu.com
] ibid.) 1490 khz in Frankfort KY (Mike Waters,
Somebody needs to give them a phone call. 73, (Mike, ibid.)
Yeah but, do they QSL? (Wes Stewart, N7WS, ibid.)
Let`s light up those phones...
WKYW-AM 1490 kHz Frankfort, Kentucky
"Passport Radio 1490" Station Format: Oldies
Phone: 502-875-1130 (Lloyd, ibid.)
S 5 or so here in Georgia (Hal/WB4AEG Dale, ibid.)
James Brown doing "Please, Please, Please, Please". S-9 to 10 db over
about 30 miles south of Wheeling WV. 73, (Dave K8MN Heil, Cameron, WV,
ibid.)
Topband, I have been hearing the same thing on my BOG pointing at
Bouvet. I'm in semi Northern Iowa I can hear the most of the day since
I put the antenna up. Oldies on 1.810 with a hiccup every couple of
seconds (Stephen Hawkins NG0G ng0g@arrl.net 73 49 111 01001001, ibid.)
No answer after 1 or 2 minutes. What's the FCC's phone number? (Just
joking ;-) (Lloyd N9LB, ibid.)
The pulsing might be a high-SWR-cutout safety circuit from an antenna
or feedline issue. 73, (Mike ibid.)
30 miles west of NYC, their carrier is S9 plus 25 dB with music
faintly audible. This on an inverted L (Charles, W2SH, Moizeau, ibid.)
(all via Don Moman, Jan 10, DXLD) And now the IRCA thread on it:
Subject: [IRCA] WKYW, 1490 Khz
IRCA or anyone, Does anyone know the engineer at WKYW, 1490 kHz. They
are loud on 1.810 and should not be. They are being reported from all
over (Stephen Hawkins NG0G, 0046 UT Jan 11, IRCA via DXLD)
Been listening for the last 5 minutes on a remote SDR based about a
half hour south of Indianapolis, where this thing on 1810 should
easily be audible if it was on. Not hearing a thing, so my surmise is
that the engineer got to the station and fixed it sometime within the
past 90 minutes. 73, (Rick Dau, on the Edinburgh, Indiana SDR, 0235 UT
Jan 11, ibid.)
IRCA, A fellow 160m DX chaser was able to contact the station owner
and they got the problem fixed during the night. Signal is gone this
morning. They appear to be a nice oldies station. Just did not want to
hear them on 160m (Steve Hawkins, NG0G, Jan 11, IRCA via DXLD)
WKYW 1810 matter summarized briefly on WORLD OF RADIO 1913 (gh)
** U S A. 101.1 MHz, FLORIDA W266CW, Tampa. 2210 January 13, 2018.
Back on after about a year off during WTIS 1110 kc/s silent period,
and translator relocated from St Petersburg to downtown Tampa though
probably still listed as St Petersburg in the FCC dB, as COL on
translators don't often seem to move when the translators do for some
reason. Noted a promo for "... now on 101.1. and 1110... call us at
813-321-7850..." and indeed audible even from the Clearwater house.
The 1110 kc/s pulled the plug at 2301 (daytime-only operation) while
the translator continued. Is a translator permitted to remain active
when the primary is off?
https://sites.google.com/site/floridadxn/florida-low-power-radio-stations
(Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, All times/dates GMT, IC-R75, NRD-
535, longwires, active loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION HAS PLAYED CAT-AND-
MOUSE WITH BOULDER COUNTY'S RADIO PIRATES FOR YEARS.
An online FCC database lists 32 enforcement actions against unlicensed
radio operators in Colorado since 2005. Twenty of those occurred in
Boulder alone. But they all were notices of unauthorized operation —
basically written warnings telling unlicensed broadcasters to knock it
off. Things get far more serious when the FCC pursues forfeiture
orders against repeat offenders; those carry a $10,000 base penalty
that can increase by $19,639 a day, up to $147,290, for ongoing
violations. An extensive article here:
PIRATE RADIO RAISES ITS FLAG IN LONGMONT — AND DRAWS HIGH-LEVEL FCC
ATTENTION --- FCC commissioner scolds online news site for 'tacit
support' of unlicensed signal
By Matt Sebastian Staff Writer
Posted: 01/11/2018 11:46:10 AM MST | Updated: 2 days ago
http://www.timescall.com/ci_31586244/longmont-pirate-radio-fcc-response
[excerpt mentioning some station names, calls --- what`s with these K-
calls, how unimaginative ---gh]
'New pirate in town'
It's not clear when KROC first joined Longmont's airwaves, though it
drew notice on Reddit on Dec. 3 via a post from someone identifying
himself as monkkbfr, the founder of the area's most famous pirate
station, Boulder Free Radio. "There's a new pirate in town (not me!)
at 106.5fm," he wrote.
The Longmont pirates were simulcasting Boulder's Green Light Radio, a
long-running underground — and very free-form — station that
broadcasts all variety of music online and over the air at KGLR 93.1
FM.
KGLR is part of the Colorado Community Radio Network, an umbrella
organization formed in 2013 that included three other unlicensed
signals in Boulder County: Nederland's KNED 93.1 FM, Ward's KWHR 90.5
FM and Boulder Free Radio, KBFR 95.3 FM. The network allows the under-
the-radar broadcasters to support each other and share programming...
(via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)
** U S A. Where's the (W)FUN in this?! Here is a screenshot of WFUN-LD
48 that has been like this continuously I would say for 1 month now.
[Good DTV signal level indicated, but black screen only]
I emailed parent AmericaTeVe (owner also of WJAN 41) weeks ago, to ask
them to shut this thing off. If they don't care for DXers, at least
they can save on their own electric bill, n'est-ce pas?
This reminds me --- if the cartoon character Pepe le Pew saw this, he
would say something like, "pitiful, is it not?", and to the TV DXer,
just like Pepe, this stinks. cd
Attached Thumbnails Click image for larger version. Name: image.jpg
Views: 26 Size: 1.22 MB ID: 21263 (Chris Dunne, Pembroke Pines FL,
Jan 14, WTFDA Forum via DXLD)
Looks like the link between their studio & transmitter isn't working.
Be grateful it's just a month: we had a LP here in Nashville that
broadcast nothing but unID color bars for at least two years (Doug
Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, http://www.w9wi.com Jan 14, WTFDA
Forum via DXLD)
OK, well there is always a reason. WFUN serves the areas in Miami &
South Broward that WJAN cannot reach down south. I just wonder how
many complaints AmericaTeVe has received. I drive by their studios in
Hialeah Gardens on the way to my work. c d (Chris Dunne, ibid.)
Probably just yours. :/ The TVs at home simply ignore stations without
subchannels, or delete them if they were earlier scanned in. The
muggles never know a station is there, just us DXers.
FL Power & Light is certainly having (W)FUN billing them. Of course
I'm sure the owners would tell you all about how broke they are, even
as they blatantly throw money away. I don't have a business degree, so
I don't know why that's smart. Even if it's to keep the license they'd
only need to flip on the transmitter for one day a year. There was an
-LP in NY in the 90s that did that (Ryan Grabow, Fort Myers, ibid.)
Hmm; FWIW, 48 might be returning. Tonight I see a similar image on
screen to what's in the OP, with two exceptions:
(1) PSIP on 48-1 "ATV" hath returned;
(2) the 48-2 channel, also with black screen, is back with PSIP "TVEO"
All that being said, playing with the Insignia remote, going back to
Channel Edit from the 48's, even though the "48" on the box was in
black, meaning it should now be stored, neither 48-1 nor -2 show on
the list! It goes back to 45-5 "SALSA". I must be doing something
wrong. Not that I care much.... cd (Dunne, ibid.)
** VATICAN. Vatican News in English is well here most days at 1715-
1730 on 9700 kHz. Also Vatican Radio English to Africa at 1630-1700 on
11625 via Madagascar (Dave Kenny, Jan BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD)
9645, Vatican R. 0940-1030* special program for Orthodox Christmas
with MOR religious-sounding music and M with short announcements in
Ukrainian after about every third song, once at 1006. Went off at 1030
with out any announcements. Thought it might be Bandeirantes returning
at first. Tnx Wolfgang Bueschel and Ivo Ivanov 7 Jan. 73 (Dave Valko,
Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR with Wellbrook ALA1530S loop antenna, Hard-
Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
[non]. 9600, PHILIPPINES, Vatican Radio at 2330 with woman in
monologue listed in Vietnamese. Familiar Vatican tuning signal at
2357, then off (note: there was a reported name change to Vatican
News, but I have not yet heard the new ID over the air). Very Good
Jan. 13. Unless noted otherwise, equipment was Satellit 750 and
outdoor Slinky, RS SW-2000629 and various outdoor wires. Listening
from middle Arizona. 73 and Good Listening......! -rb (Rick Barton,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Which site? Aoki shows 2315-2400 Viet is via RVA Palauig-Zambales; but
9600 at 2200-2230 in Chinese is violating Separation of Church and
State, via USG`s Tinang relay (gh, DXLD)
PHILIPPINES, Vatican Radio via IBB Tinang, Jan 15
1230-1300 on 7330 PHT 250 kW / 332 deg to FERu Russian
1230-1300 on 9695 PHT 250 kW / 332 deg to FERu Russian
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/01/reception-of-vatican-radio-via-ibb.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, January 14-15, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
7305, Jan 14 at 0138, S9+30 open carrier, i.e. Greenville warming up
for the Vatican relay in Spanish at 0145-0230 --- but recheck at 0202,
it`s off; what happened? No longer violating Separation of Church and
State? Need also to check the 1230-1300 on 9610.
7305, Jan 15 at 0157, no signal from Greenville B, which had been
relaying VR in Spanish at 0145-0230 (and carrier on as early as 0130,
which is all I heard last night). So have VR via IBB relays been
canceled? What about 1230-1300 on 9610 via GB?
There were also more via Philippines, etc., and considerable exchange
relays of VOA via SMG site, which is allegedly being closed down. At
least this will finally get the USG out of violating Separation of
Church and State, altho obviously not the reason and of no concern to
the ptb when initiating such a deal in the first place.
7305, Jan 16 at 0144, S9+30 open carrier from IBB Greenville becomes
at 0145 the Vatican theme once, and opening Spanish, but I don`t catch
exactly how it IDs, into papal news preview; so VR is still being
relayed, violating Separation of Church and State, altho missing for a
couple nights, feed input problem? However, at 0218 recheck it`s off,
so maybe phasing out, shortened from the previous half-sesquihour
until 0230? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1913, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) Next two nights: chops off abruptly at 0200* (gh)
** VENEZUELA [and non]. COLOMBIA/VENEZUELA --- Con hachas y machetes,
cerca de 60 personas ingresaron hasta la planta transmisora de Radio
Fe Y Alegría, ubicada en la población fronteriza de Paraguaipoa, en el
estado Zulia, para derribar la antena de 120 metros y obtener recursos
vendiéndola como chatarra del lado colombiano. Así lo aseguró Saylin
Fernandez, coordinadora de la emisora:
“Cortaron las guayas de acero produciendo que se derribara la torre y
una vez en el piso, las personas responsables de manera violenta
comenzaron a picar la torre y las guayas”, indicó Fernández.
La también comunicadora social agregó que entiende “la crítica
situación de hambre y enfermedades que padecemos, pero de ninguna
manera se puede avalar actos delictivos contra la propiedad nuestra ni
de nadie”.
La emisora es reconocida por transmitir contenidos indígenas desde
hace 19 años y se lograba escuchar en varios municipios del norte del
departamento de La Guajira (Caracol.com via Conexion Digital 14 Jan
via DXLD)
** VIETNAM. 7906-USB, Was able to get varying strengths of audible
signals from Hai Phong R. at 1213, Vung Tau R. at 1225, Da Nang R. at
1235, Ben Thuy R. at 1250, Ho Chi Minh R. at 1305, but none of the
subsequent others past 1400. Hai Phong and Ho Chi Minh were about
equal and the best; 11 Jan. 73 (Dave Valko, near Dunlo, PA, Perseus
SDR on micro-DXpedition, used a 315 foot BOG at 320 degrees, changed
to 20 degrees, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
** VIETNAM [non]. 7315, Jan 14 at 0138, S9+30 of dead air except for
some slight pulsing noise, instead of Voice of Vietnam Spanish relay
via WHRI. Presumably a SNAFU. By 0202, 7315 modulating news from some
domestic far-right network.
7315, Jan 16 at 0147, S9+20 including noise level, amounts to
insufficient signal from VOV relay via WHRI --- except I am hearing
rock music, probably praise, with VOV Spanish feed lost again. After a
few years of this arrangement, you`d think all parties would have
their act together, including backup routing (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD
OF RADIO 1913, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** YEMEN [non]. Reception of Republic of Yemen Radio, Jan 15
till 0657 on 11860 JED 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic,
0657-0856 on 11860 no signal of Republic of Yemen Radio
from 0856 on 11860 unknown tx / unknown to N/ME Arabic:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2018/01/reception-of-republic-of-yemen-radio.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, January 14-15, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** ZAMBIA. Is that Zambia back on 5915? I'm hearing talk in presumed
African language on 5915, 11 Jan 2018, 1955 UT. SINPO 44333 with CW
QRM. 73 (Eike Bierwirth, Wiesbaden, Germany, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO
1913, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Only fair signal with U. Twente SDR receiver. Use LSB to avoid CW QRM.
(-- Richard Langley, 2002 UT, ibid.)
Hi Eike, YES! Must be newly back, they weren't there earlier this
week.
5915 Zambia, ZNBC1, Lusaka. Jan 12, 2018 Friday. 0241-0338. Fish
eagles at tune in, anthem at 0251 by brass band, no vocals. Drums at
0253 then OM talking . At 0254, 2 audio cutouts but the carrier
remained, back at 0255 into more talk by OM. Mentioned “zero 8 hours”
and “zero 5 hours”, then a dove-sound and into more music and song.
Nice cheerful music, nice to have them back. Good at first, but
deteriorated to poor as our daylight arrived. Jo’burg sunrise 0327
(Bill Bingham, RSA, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1913, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
5915, R. One/ZNBC. After being off the air for over six months, heard
again Jan 12. Thanks very much to the original alert from Eike
Bierwirth (Germany) and the follow up reports by Richard Langley
(Canada) and Bill Bingham (RSA). Wonderful to have them back again!
Highlights:
0230: Test tone already on; mixing with CRI (China), in Russian.
0240: Test tone off; start of the distinctive call of the African Fish
Eagle (national bird of Zambia) IS, till Anthem at 0251; still mixing
with CRI.
0306+: African pop music/singing; CRI already gone.
0344-0354: intro & exit music certainly sounded religious (Christian),
with assume preaching in vernacular; followed by repetitive African
drums and singing.
0359: Call of the African Fish Eagle, along with music.
0400-0404: News in vernacular, followed by rooster crowing & ads(?).
0406+: Two announcers chatting and laughing; gave phone number and
started taking on air calls.
0422-0426: just a carrier (dead air), with no audio.
0426: Back with normal audio and phone calls.
My audio at
http://goo.gl/Fo3j3C
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long
wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1913, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5915, ZNBC/R. One. Per Ron Howard`s tip, found back on with OC at
0238, then start of Fish Eagle cry IS past 0245. Very poor and
had to tune in LSB to avoid tremendous slop QRM from 5920 WHRI. Will
have to try later when WHRI is off. Tnx Ron, and Eike Bierwirth,
Richard Langley and Bill Bingham in DXLD. 12 Jan. 73 (Dave Valko,
Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR with Wellbrook ALA1530S loop antenna, Hard-
Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
Hi Ron, I'm still hearing them at 0610, but very poor now. Not much
above imagination level, but definitely drums and music (Bill Bingham,
Jan 12, ibid.)
5915, Zambia Broadcasting Corporation, Lusaka (presumed), 1940-2005,
12-01, Vernacular comments, African songs. 14321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo,
Spain, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
[and non]. 5915, ZNBC1, Lusaka. Jan 13, 2018 Saturday. 0240-0302.
Unusually, QRM from CRI Russian via Kashi was affecting today’s
reception on 5915. For the past few months there has been nothing
heard on this frequency, but today at 0240 tune in there was a
moderate SAH affecting what sounded like a 1 kHz sine wave from
Lusaka, all superimposed on what sounded like children singing. At
0241 the sine wave stopped and fish eagles started. The kids carried
on singing, but now partly suppressed.
The Zambian anthem began at 0252, replaced by drums and a song at
0255, at which point I noticed that the QRM had gone (EiBi says China
goes off at 0300, so that fits). There was then an OM talking, with
some crowd applause. ID at 0258 “Zambia National Broadcasting
Corporation … ZNBC Radio One”. Repeated again at 0258. Singing at 0300
then more talk and another ID followed by another song and more talk.
Tuned out at 0302. Still there at a later check, 0529-0538. with
surprisingly good reception for time of day 2 hours after our local
sunrise. Obviously good propagation, hence presumably the CRI problem
earlier. Jo’burg sunrise 0328 (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake
R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
I assume he means by a ``1 kHz sine wave`` a transmitted tuning tone
rather than interference (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DGIEST)
Hi Bill, Jan 13 - Had similar reception in California. CRI noted at
0218, in Russian, on 5915. At 0233, carrier/test tone on from Zambia;
0241 start of their IS. CRI was many times stronger than Zambia.
Yesterday's reception was the reverse, with the IS stronger than
the much weaker CRI, per yesterday's recording.
Jan 13 - Also similar situation with Zanzibar (6015) [q.v.] So Jan 13,
certainly had unusual propagation! (Ron Howard, CA, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
5915, Zambia NBC, Lusaka, 1750-1817, 13-01, vernacular comments,
African songs, at 1800 English comments, more vernacular comments and
African songs. Very weak. 14321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, ibid.)
5915. Jan 14, 2018. 0300-0310, Zâmbia NBC, Lusaka-ZMB, em Vernacular.
Locutora apresenta um programa musical com música local e faz
comentário antes de cada canção; 0310 Locutor e locutora falam e
conversam entre si. Transmissão muito pobre e, às vezes, quase
inaudível, 25332 para 25331 (DXer: Jose Ronaldo Xavier, Local da
escuta: Cabedelo-PB, Brasil (UTC-3), Receptor (es): Sony 7600GR,
Antena: Longwire, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
5914.99, ZNBC/R. One, 0338- live studio M and W program hosts with
chatter and taking phone calls. 0359 marvelous Fish Eagle mixed with
fanfare, then quick ID by W and presumed news. 0403 Rooster crowing
(which may have been the actual start of the next song) and into Afro
Pop music. More of the talk show at 0405 to at least 0419. Not that
bad of a signal and nice of 5920 WHRI to stay off, 14 Jan. 73 (Dave
Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus with Wellbrook ALA1530S loop antenna, Hard-
Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
5915, Zambia Radio NBC Radio 1, Lusaka, 2020-2035, 14-01, Vernacular
comments, African songs. 14321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ZAMBIA. 6165, NBC Radio - Lusaka (Tentative), 1/13, 0430 0438 in
English. One OM announcer. Heard but not clearly. Another OM begins
music at 0433. SIO 212 (Ronald Sives, South Plainfield, NJ, ETON field
radio and 66 ft. random wire, NASWA Flashsheet Jan 14 via DXLD)
Since ZNBC recently reactivated 5915, why not their other frequency
6165? Trouble is, RHC in English is already on 6165. Zambia has been
off 6165 so long that in WRTH 2018 it`s not even listed as
``inactive`` like 5915 was at time of publication. Where did he even
get 6165 as a Zam frequency? Aoki/NDXC, of course, which just won`t
let go of long-outdated entries, or even mark them as such, in the
unlikely event they ever come back. RHC hardly has 6165 to itself; at
this very time, 0430, there is also NHK via Germany, but it`s in
Russian (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ZAMBIA. Zambia 6065 on air longer --- Yet another Zambian surprise,
the Voice of Hope extended their broadcast today (12 Jan 2018) to 1930
UT, on both 6065 (strong signal here) and 4965 (weak, with ute noise
on the USB). English language program about the source of
Christianity, prayer, then Voice of Hope ID at 1930, 1 kHz test tone
until c/d at 1931. The schedule on their website has been updated 10
January and still says closedown is at 1900. 73 (Eike Bierwirth,
Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
V of Hope - I just caught the Voice of Hope Africa closing down on
6065 kHz at 1930 UT (16 January) in English as per schedule dated 12
January at
http://voiceofhope.com/schedule/voh-africa_program_grid.pdf
0500-0800 mo-fr 9680, 11680
1600-1930 mo-fr 4965, 6065
1200-1700 sa-su 9680, 13680
1700-1730 su only 9680 13680
(Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, ibid.)
Actually, Alan, 1700-1730 isn't just Sunday only, it's also 9680 only.
The Mon-Fri extension to 1930 is a temporary change for six weeks.
After Feb 16th, closedown will revert to 1900 (Ray Robinson, Voice of
Hope, CA, ibid.)
Thanks, Ray - I missed the reference to "9680-only" for the 1700. So,
is the 1700-1730 slot also on Saturdays(?), as the programme schedule
is showing 1700 closedown on that day (Alan, ibid.)
Alan - the schedule is correct. 1700-1730 is only on Sundays and only
on 9680 kHz (Ray, ibid.)
** ZANZIBAR. [Continued from ZAMBIA] Jan 13 - Also similar situation
with Zanzibar (6015). PBS Xinjiang (northwest China), in Kazakh; heard
stronger than normal at 0245; at *0257 Zanzibar started with pop music
(Spice FM?) and the two were mixing at about equal strength; 0301
Zanzibar with reciting from the Qur'an and still mixing badly with
China. So Jan 13, certainly had unusual propagation! (Ron Howard, CA,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
TANZÂNIA. 6015. Jan 13, 2018. 0350-0400, Zanzibar BC, Dole-TZA, em
Suaíli. Locutor e locutora falam; 0357 Uma música local; 0400 Time
pips e locutora fala: ID. ZBC com bom sinal e modulação satisfatória,
45433 (DXer: Jose Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo-PB, Brasil, Sony 7600GR &
Tecsun S-2000, Antena: Longwire, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
11735, ZBC, 1805-1905 live coverage of the Mapinduzi Cup final between
URA from Uganda and AZAM FC from Tanzania with M announcer doing the
play-by-play and screaming on occasion when the action got intense.
There were a few breaks when they cut into Afro Pop music. AZAM FC won
4-3; 13 Jan. 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus with Wellbrook
ALA1530S loop antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
TANZANIA, 11735, Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation, Dole, 1750-1810,
14-01, Swahili, comments about soccer, English Premier League,
mentioned Liverpool vs Manchester City, at 1800 time signals, English,
news, "it's nine o'clock, the news from Zanzibar Broadcasting
Corporation", "The main points again", 1809: "This is the end of the
news from Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporatino, thank you for listening",
Swahili comments. 44444 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** ZIMBABWE [non]. 15580, Jan 15 at 1934, announcement in language
says ``VOA Shona`` and times 6 am, 2 pm, 7 pm (but now it`s 9:34 pm),
1935 into news in English about Zimbabwe, status of foreign currency,
etc. Aoki shows at 1930-2000 this VOA via Botswana is for ``Learning
English``, while merely English before and after, not the
Zimbabwe/Shona service per se, which is on 15460 and 13860, via São
Tomé and 4930 Botswana on a complicated earlier schedule mixed with
Ndebele and English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1710, Jan 16 at 0046 UT, normal sounding talk; ECSS
helps a little, but not enough to be sure it`s in English; also a SAH.
Besides the Spanish-screaming RLQT pirate in Louisiana, there`s also a
new TIS station at Bandelier National Monument near Los Álamos NM,
discovered by Tim Hall from his NV/UT Border Inn recordings. To be
sought further (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 4920, Jan 16 at 0029, het of rapidly varying pitch, I
think meaning that Chennai and/or Lhasa employ an unstable
transmitter. It`s AIR which was acting up lately with a buzz,
supposedly repaired (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 5558, 1811, Jammer with possible clandestine station
under? Heard here in December several times. Not sure if station
there. 222 28/12 (Kevin O'Daly, Rickmansworth, Herts., Icom R71E, Sony
2001D, 50ft longwire, Jan BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD)
What kind of ``jammer``??? There are so many different ways, and non-
jammer noises. Any report about jamming must describe it (gh, DXLD)
UNIDENTIFIED. 5839-5860, UNKNOWN, UN-ID at 1110. Utility station I
have dubbed "The Jackhammer". LOUD-! (This is most likely a type of
OTHR system). Jan. 11, Unless noted otherwise, equipment was Satellit
750 and outdoor Slinky, RS SW-2000629 and various outdoor wires.
Listening from middle Arizona. 73 and Good Listening......! -rb (Rick
Barton, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 5900-, Jan 16 at 0018, JBA carrier, a smidgin on the low
side perhaps. Claudio Galaz, Chile, forwarded news that Chilean pirate
Radio Compañía Worldwide would be testing some new frequencies, one at
a time, including 5899.55 last night until 0335, so I am checking this
as well as 6925, 6155 and 6092. At 0033 recheck no signal here. As
Chris Smolinski points out, however, 5900 is already occupied at 0000-
0030 by IBRA radio in Bengali via Uzbekistan. I was also checking for
more S American pirates Chris tipped about 6935 and 8000 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1913, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9743.62, UNID. Found a fairly strong OC here at 1323
with QRM from a strong TWR India 11 Jan. 73 (Dave Valko, near Dunlo,
PA, Perseus SDR on micro-DXpedition, used a 315 foot BOG at 320
degrees, changed to 20 degrees, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
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UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS
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I hear that my last couple of reports got multiplied into up to a
dozen copies some people received. Assuredly I sent out only one each,
as usual, but yahoo thinx that`s not enough. Please don`t blame me. I
myself received back no more than three from the DXLD yg (Glenn
Hauser, Jan 12, dxldyg via DXLD)
No worries, Glenn. Just keep sending them. Enjoy the read and your
ability to make it a interesting read. Thanks again (John Spicer,
ibid.)
And it keeps happening. I have no idea why only with my log reports,
not other posts and not via other lists (gh, DXLD)
ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 1913:
Tnx to Ron Howard, Monterey CA, for a check with 2018 wishes to P O
Box 1684, Enid OK, 73702
Ron, Many thanks for the check. And even more for the continuing flow
of your editor-friendly top-notch reports. 73, (Glenn to Ron)
Glenn, It's I who am always grateful for all you do for our hobby!
Speaking of "editor-friendly" postings, I still miss the many good
reports of Brian Alexander. Is now five years since his passing (Dec.
26, 2012). Doesn't seem possible that so much time has passed since
then (Ron Howard, CA)
TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED FUTURELY:
Thanks for always providing exceptional details and shortwave info
every week! (Mark Brandau, with contribution via PayPal)
Thanks to Will Martin, St Louis MO, for a generous check (and
subscriptions) to P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702
CQ Glenn. Again, thank you for all of your dedicated SWL works; also
to your other supporters. You make SWL more fun and always
informative. Tnx n 73 fer now Bob HNJ (Robert Zerilli with a
contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com) Tnx --- (Glenn)
You're welcome, Glenn! An extra detail of praise that I really should
have included was that you also make AM DX and SW more relative to
keeping SWL competitive as a true media tool. I hope SWLs stay updated
by you, and continue to realize what a real-world utility it is,
support it, and continue to spread the word.
As much as I'd like to go beyond this topic, I have used my being a
NYPD Police Officer, ham, CBer, FRS and GMRS'r while interacting with
many people of all nationalities to "plug" SWL for many great reasons.
Until they write to you or others alike, we'll never know if those
many seeds have grown. Glenn, Tnx agn n 73 -fer-nw- (Bob Zerilli)
PUBLICATIONS
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DO SHORTWAVE ‘NUMBERS STATIONS’ REALLY INSTRUCT SPIES?
http://www.radioworld..com/news-and-business/0002/do-shortwave-numbers-stations-really-instruct-spies/341024
(via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)
This link doesn’t work. Here is the correct link.
http://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/0002/do-shortwave-numbers-stations-really-instruct-spies/341024
(Richard Gedye, ibid.)
Notice the extra dot before the .com in the first one, as pulled out
from underlain. Why does this keep happening? (gh, DXLD)
READING MEETING REPORT
[-] Since then, we've been growing up both as broadcasting (currently
24 hours a day), as well as radio, program diversification, team
value, notoriety and audience.”
“Broadcasting to an Audience”, told how Charles Herrold’s regular
Wednesday night “Little Hams” radio broadcast to an audience in San
Jose, California and further afield between 1912 and 1917 made him the
father of radio broadcasting, ten years before KDKA came on the air.
A 7-minute extract is on YouTube at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QItA2_HJRZA
This is an extract from this 57-minute 1995 PBS documentary,
“Broadcasting’s Forgotten Father: the Charles Herrold Story”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nIVv_2cGaQ
A San Diego Union newspaper report from July 22nd 1912 describes how
Herrold’s two-hour broadcast of phonograph music was heard by an
audience of “amateur wireless telegraph operators” within a 100-mile
radius of San José:
https://tinyurl.com/y7p8ozvm
What was claimed to be the world’s most expensive radio set featured
in the next film: the 1936 Crosley WLW radio (right). It had 37 tubes
(valves) and a 12-inch dial and only 10 or 12 sets were made. One
fully restored working set exists today. It cost $1,500, more than the
cost of two cars back in 1936. Powel Crosley’s company made this set
to outdo the Zenith Stratosphere set of the day, which cost $750 and
also features in the film:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DueG7yzfn4
There were 350 Zenith Stratosphere’s made, and about fifty remain
today.
A 2004 Nuts & Volts magazine article, “The Colossus of Radio” about
the Crosley WLW set (and also mentioning the Zenith Stratosphere) can
be read at:
http://www.nutsvolts.com/magazine/article/the-colossus-of-radio
Crosley also made much more affordable sets, such as the Crosley Pup,
advertised at under $10 in 1925:
https://www.radiomuseum.org/forumdata/users/24/file/Crosley_September_1925_Popular_Science_page1.jpg
An article on Powel Crosley, who also founded, WLW 700 AM, Cincinnati
is online at:
http://wvxu.org/post/powel-crosley-jr-andnations-radio-station#stream/0
The first commercially made transistor radio, the 1954 Regency TR-1,
is featured in this short film:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3fjihb6MKk
It was manufactured in the USA and has a dedicated memorabilia site:
http://www.regencytr1.com/
and Regency TR1 adverts from the time showed it cost a massive $49.95:
https://tinyurl.com/RegencyTR-1ad
Musician Roger McGuinn (of the Byrds fame) has a TR-1 amongst the many
transistor radios in his collection and it appears in his interview on
YouTube at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_z7fFB5yl0
The first transistor radio from Japan, the Sony TR-55 is described in
this 3-minute film:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEkQuofT6x8
An early 1960s American advert for Remco Transistor Radio Kits “from
your favorite toy store”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CrTIE6iLYQ
(“oh boy, we’re radio engineers!”).
And for 1950’s adults (including “radio for a king”) the Zenith 9-band
Trans-Oceanic (and over 100 other Zenith models) are advertised in:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO5d63WpNa8
BBC Local Radio’s first station, BBC Radio Leicester, launched fifty
years ago in November 1967 and back in 2007, Nation on Film looked
back at the start of the BBC’s first “home town radio” stations.
Narrated by Michael Buerk, we saw an extract from the full film at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLQPIslTfAc
The film was uploaded by Andy Walmsley in November 2017 to coincide
with the anniversary and his ‘Random Radio Jottings’ blogspot also had
a post:
http://andywalmsley.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/the-peoples-radio.html
To close, some films and recordings from “Jonny’s” YouTube channel:
these and more at:
https://www.youtube.com/user/emmthreejonny
Radio Prague in 1968 during the Warsaw Pact invasion of
Czechoslovakia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy50YIU4P8E
Radio Werewolf in occupied Germany in 1945:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP6iiyN6xYo
Freedom Radio, Budapest’s final broadcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOKJkjYMzN8
and Free Kossuth Radio, Budapest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYv1iCRusis
(both 1956);
Radio Bucharest, Romania at the time of the Romanian Revolution that
overthrew the communistregime in 1989:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL-uGto_WLM
and finally Radio Free Donbass (Eastern Ukraine, 2015)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXs4_glzpak
Thanks to Mike for compiling a varied and entertaining selection of
radio film clips which as usual generated some discussion in the
meeting, and afterwards at the “Great Expectations”. And thanks to all
those who came along to the meeting on a winter’s afternoon, including
some new faces! The next meeting is on Saturday February 3rd - hope to
see you there! (Alan Pennington, Reading Meeting Report, Jan BDXC-UK
Communication via DXLD)
SHORTWAVE MUSIC
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MUSIC ON SHORTWAVE B-17 V2.0
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a
file has been uploaded to the Files area of the dxld group.
File : /Music on Shortwave B-17 v2.0.pdf
Uploaded by : alandroe
Description : I have uploaded an updated "Music Programmes on
Shortwave" for the B17 season to the files section of this Yahoo
group. I hope that you find it of interest. As always, I appreciate
any updates or corrections. Alan Roe, Teddington, UK
You can access this file at the URL [if you are a member]:
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/dxld/files/Music%20on%20Shortwave%20B-17%20v2.0.pdf
Regards, (alandroe, Jan 10, dxldyg via DXLD)
LISTENING POST WITH ALAN ROE
listeningpost@bdxc.org.uk
On occasions, I would just like some music to play as background
whilst I do other things – such as write this article. On those
occasions, I have several “go-to” stations to try.
Number one choice on shortwave in the evenings or overnight (if I am
having a sleepless night) is Voice of Greece on either 9420 or 9935
kHz. One or other of these frequencies can often be heard from around
1900 to 0800 UT with a wide range of music played. However, at present
transmissions are somewhat irregular, frequently with either an
earlier or later start or finish, or simply missing completely.
My number two choice is the Turkish service of the Voice of Turkey. In
the mornings, 15350 is a good option between 0700-1400 and 5980 or
6120 in the evenings between 1700-2200. This station plays a fine
selection of Turkish songs much of the time, although there are speech
programmes and sport (football in the evenings) during some of these
periods.
My number three choice in the afternoons is currently All India Radio
on 11560 in the afternoons, which is providing a great signal for its
Dari service 1330 to 1415 UT and Pashto from 1415 to 1530. Both
services consist predominantly of Hindi music (with some news
programmes included), and I have been enjoying these programmes for
the last few weeks.
Of course, there are also programmes at specific times/days that I try
to make a point of listening, and I must mention here the weekends at
1500 on 9400 via Bulgaria, where I enjoy some great classic oldies
with The Giant Jukebox on The Mighty KBC on Saturdays, and From The
Isle of Music with a fantastic variety of Cuban music, including jazz,
disco and classical music.
I have compiled a list of music programmes in a variety of languages
(an extension of the selection in English programming which appeared
in last month’s Broadcasts in English companion to Communication). I
have uploaded the extended list as a PDF file to the files section of
the BDXC Yahoo Group. If you do not subscribe to that list, then I can
send you a copy by email – just send me a request to
listeningpost@bdxc.org.uk
However, aside from shortwave, there are a couple of stations down on
the Long and Medium wave bands that I will often spend some time with,
especially in the evenings or overnight.
The first choice is Radio Romania Antena Satelor on 153 kHz longwave
which plays a great selection of Romanian traditional and folk tunes –
the same as heard in Truly Romanian segment twice a week in the
shortwave English service, or in Zi-le D-Alead-Ale Noastre in the
shortwave Romanian service.
As described on the RRI website: “Radio Antena Satelor is the only
radio station specializing in Romanian village issues, which emits 24
hours a day, 7 days a week. In its 80-year history, Radio Romania has
always had contact with the world of villages, but the idea of a
fully-fledged rural post came after the 1989 changes. Officially, our
post was born (began broadcasting) in 1991, on a day full of
significance, on December 25, broadcasting 5 hours a day news from the
area of rural interest and popular folk music, from the folk music
library of the Radio, the richest and most valuable sound archive of
the Romanian musical folklore (Alan Roe, Listening Post, January BDXC-
UK Communication via DXLD)
CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES
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TENTATIVE 2018 WINTER SWL FEST PROGRAM AND FORUMS SCHEDULE
This is to notify that the TENTATIVE 2018 Winter SWL Fest Program and
Forums Schedule, to be held 1-3 March 2018, has been published on the
Fest’s official web site:
http://www.swlfest.com
(Richard Cuff, John Figliozzi, 2018 NASWA Winter SWL Fest Co-Chairs,
Jan 13, dxld yg via DXLD)
DX-PEDITIONS
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LA DX to HI
<< Richard E Wood also had lots of Latin American MWDX from his
location inland on the eastern side of BIHI, near Hilo I believe. I
see zero mention of LA DX among current visitors. 73, Glenn Hauser >>
I had the same thought. Beyond obvious Mexicans, Richard had quite a
few South Americans in the book including Pacific Coast ones from
Chile et al. - ones seldom logged in the east - as well as some of the
ones more common on this side of the country (e.g. Brazil, Venezuela,
Colombia) that don't seem to have much traction on the US / Canada
Mountain and Pacific time zones.
Going another direction, Richard also had a lot of interior Asian DX
from India, a bunch of "-stan" countries, and even a scattering of
stations from Europe and Africa: difficult routes.
Of course being there all the time has an advantage over vacation
visiting. Full size Beverage antennas near the shore didn't hurt
either.
His old reports could point to times when looking for far-flung DX
such as Argentina, India, and Saudi Arabia may have at least a slight
chance of reception.
Serious US / Canada domestic DX would be another worthwhile activity.
Of course KFI, KNBR, etc. are the barn-burners but how far east can
you go -- on the clears, the regionals, and the graveyard frequencies?
There could be some surprises. Newfoundland to Hawaii ... who knows?
<< When I was in Hilo last, there was Spanish all across the dial - I
always thought: how hard would it be to hear South America in Hawaii?
I think because we hear so little SA DX in WCNA, we don?t know what to
listen for. Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - >>
Two things need to happen.
(1) Read Richard's old reports and filter for what stations are still
actually active. Splits, of course, are all gone, though there are
some stations (like Venezuela 1039.62) far enough off frequency to be
"sort of" split. Dates / times of receptions are still useful,
especially if you can research what was going on geomagnetically then.
This is even true for "dead" station logs since the reports still can
point to propagation viability into specific areas at certain times of
year / hours of the day.
(2) Capture the band with SDR technology at a variety of times from an
hour before sunset onwards. Water in the right directions will
definitely help. There are plenty of Latin American experts on the
RealDX Yahoogroup and elsewhere to sort out your unIDs. East Coast and
Europe based Latin American log reports (from FL, NC, NJ, MA, ME, PEI,
NL, UK, Finland, etc.) will highlight a lot of the "usuals" along with
network affiliations / parallel MW & SW freq's, slogans,
characteristic pips / chimes, music or talk format, and other tidbits
of possibly-useful information (advertisers, local politicians /
issues, churches, pop culture, and so on).
The fact that "usuals" heard in Europe or NE USA / E Canada aren't all
going to be the same as what you get in HI still puts an element of
challenge and discovery into the mix. You will hear more South America
than on the US West Coast just as more is heard in Newfoundland than
on the US East Coast. Big separation from co-channel domestic pests
and mostly over-water routes do matter (Mark Connelly, WA1ION, South
Yarmouth, MA, Jan 11, IRCA via DXLD)
We were on the south coast of Kauai in Sept.-Oct. 1984 and picked up
LT2-1230 Rosario (9/29) and LR1-1070 Buenos Aires (10/4) and got
veries from both. I don?t recall hearing any other Spanish-language
stations - but of course that was 34 years ago? Receiver? I think it
was the ICF 2001. I also had a loop. That helped (Pete Taylor, Tacoma,
WA, ibid.)
This is an excellent discussion. The use of SRD technology from Hawaii
definitely sounds intriguing, but the logistics of an appropriate
broad band antenna remain a bit sticky. I wish I could have made the
trip to Grayland more than once! Last year I tried in vain to identify
a VRBO on the Oregon coast that would allow a reasonable and
reasonably transported (via airline) broad band antenna. I had
originally planned to take a flag/corner fed loop with an FLG100 and
couple of telescoping fishing poles. That plan fell through once the
actual owners were contacted a second time when I asked the rental
agency for verification that the temporary antenna was permissible.
While a couple of 500' spools of small gauge wire are transportable,
scouting for ideal beverage locations from afar can be a bit of a
challenge. I resorted to TP DXing from Kalaloch, WA equipped with one
of Gary's excellent FSLs. Fortunately, Gary DeBock has the interest
and ability to design and construct his "airport friendly" FSLs, which
as Colin has demonstrated can be easily transported away from local
QRM sources. I will be back at Kalaloch this March with one of Gary's
FSLs. Even though the FSLs are frequency specific, these FSLs are
difference makers. I successfully used mine with a stock Tecsun PL-
310, which is also easily transportable. Best of DX, (Craig Barnes,
Wheat Ridge, CO, ibid.)
I really believe that it comes down to knowledge and confidence.
I bought a copy of (I think) Communications World in 1973 or 1974 that
had a feature on TA DX --- hearing Europe from America on medium wave
and I went, ?wait... what??
And then a sample IRCA bulletin in 1974 where I saw someone hear
Okinawa on 1178 kHz on the West Coast; granted, it was a megawatt.
I met Nick Hall-Patch because of this same sample IRCA bulletin.
?Another DXER in my town? Ya kidding me!?
When I first tuned 1178 VOA Japan in (and I still have the cassette
recordings) I just about peed myself with giddiness. It was one of
those magic hobby moments where your mind is blown for all time.
Hearing the UK, Germany and Russia on medium wave in 1976 was also one
of those moments.
My point being: you can hear anything, anywhere if you are willing to
put in the time with the right knowledge, equipment and timing (Colin
Newell - Kona, Hawaii, ibid.)
Mark and All, Like Craig says, the logistics of setting up large
broadband antennas during temporary Hawaii trips will be a major
challenge. Most of the major motels forbid large external antennas,
and it would probably take a lengthy search to find a private house
owner that would allow one. This challenge would be in addition to the
hassle of carrying any large poles or other loop components through
airports.
The topography of the Big Island pretty much determines which
transoceanic DX areas will be favored at any given location, with the
west side having enhanced TP and DU-DX, and the east side far better
for North and South American DX. The large volcanoes running through
the middle of the island greatly reduce transoceanic signals from the
opposite directions. Because of this if a DXer wants to be competitive
in all directions, he had better be in a location like the southern
tip of the island, which has no major obstructions like those
described above. Hawaii also has major transoceanic propagation
changes from season to season, so a visitor would need to choose a
time and location suitable for his DXing goals.
"Hit and run" DXers with Ultralights and FSL's can sample transoceanic
DX almost anywhere on the islands, so although we can't record
spectrum we can be pretty competitive on frequencies of choice,
especially with the freedom to easily set up on beaches favoring our
desired type of transoceanic DX (Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA),
ibid.)
MUSEA
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THE BBC AT WAR, BBC TWO, review: 'intriguing' - Telegraph
Glenn: If you receive the BBC World News television channel, you will
be able to view part one of a two part documentary on the BBC during
World War Two this weekend. The second part airs next weekend.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/tv-and-radio-reviews/11671926/The-BBC-at-War-BBC-Two-review-intriguing.html
Best (Charles Harlich, Jan 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
RADIO DAYS OUT IN LONDON
By David Harris davidharris@bdxc.org.uk
Happy New Year to all members of BDXC. If you are looking for an easy
to fulfil New Year’s resolution why not try to visit some radio
museums this year? Since retiring in 2014 I have been making an effort
to see more of London’s museums, particularly those that have some
radio related exhibits. If you live in or near London or perhaps are
planning a short break to the capital, here is my choice of three
central London museums with good radio collections.
Science Museum. Exhibition Road, London SW7 2DD Open: 1000 – 1800
daily. Admission free (donation requested)
http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk
This museum in one of London’s largest and most popular visitor
attractions. A map of the museum is obtainable from reception and is
essential to enable one to navigate the five floors and galleries.
The main area devoted to communications is the Information Age
gallery, which opened in October 2014. This has six linked areas
covering the main developments in telecommunications:
Cable, Broadcast, Exchange, Constellation, Web and Cell. Cable covers
areas such as electric telegraph signalling, Morse Code and
transatlantic cables. Broadcast looks at Marconi’s experiments, radio
at sea and the early days of the BBC. There are is some old radio
equipment including early transmitters and a massive Aerial tuning
inductor from GBR Rugby. There is a lot about telephones and a good
display about satellites including a replica of Telstar which heralded
the age of global broadcasting. There are also comprehensive displays
about the history of computing and the development of the mobile phone
and GPS.
The Making of the Modern World gallery on the ground floor has a fine
display of radios from the 1920’s and 1930’s. The basement houses the
Secret Life of the Home with many post war TVs, radios and a display
about in-car entertainment. There is a Flight Gallery on the Third
floor which covers air traffic control communications.
There are five cafes in the museum. I recommend spending the whole day
here and slowly working your way around the various galleries. Even if
you think that you are not that interested in science, everything is
so well displayed and explained that you do leave the museum with a
real sense of learning.
Design Museum. 224-238 Kensington High Street, London W8 6AG Open
10:00 – 18:00 daily. Admission free to main gallery only. Charges
apply to exhibitions in other galleries.
https://designmuseum.org
This is one of London’s newest museums, which opened in November 2016.
The museum has replaced the original Design Museum which opened in
1989 near Tower Bridge, London. It is housed in the radically
renovated Commonwealth Institute building. The core collection
(Designer, Maker, User gallery) is actually quite modest is size but
radios are well represented in two major displays. This is a very
modern museum which does not have display cases with every possible
model of radio and TV on show. The curators have chosen a rather arty
approach by displaying radios and TVs on a wall. The displays include
models by Bush, Keracolor, Saba, Phillips, Murphy, B & O, Brionvega
and Roberts.
The second display is a gallery sponsored by Sony and Braun which
illustrates how those companies had put design at the forefront of
product development. Sony have always been associated with innovate
TVs. Amongst their displays are: Sony Trinitron Colour TV (1988),
Sony TV 110 portable b&w TV (1972) and a very early example of a CD
player, Sony CDP 101 (1982).
Braun may not be one of the best known names in radio but they were
certainly very stylish. The display includes: Braun RT20 tabletop
radio, (1961), Braun Ski portable radio (1955), Braun Regie 550 Stereo
Hi-fi receiver (1976) and the incredible Braun T 1000 World Band radio
(1962)
Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising.
111-117 Lancaster Rd, London W11 1QT Open: 1000 -1800 Tuesday –
Saturday, 1100 – 1700 Sunday. Closed Mondays (except Bank Holidays)
Admission: Adults £9, over 60s £7. (NT members get 50% reduction). No
photography.
http://www.museumofbrands.com
This private museum first opened in 1984 in Gloucester Docks to house
a collection formed by consumer historian Robert Opie. It relocated to
Notting Hill, London in 2005 and in 2016 moved to larger premises in
Ladbroke Grove, London. Whilst the museum is primarily a display of
food and drink packaging and advertisements it also has a good
collection of old radios. The museum has a huge display cabinet which
takes up a whole wall and houses over 250 examples of mainly post-war
domestic radio receivers. I am sure you will be able to recognise some
radios that you and your family owned.
The main exhibition area is the Time Tunnel. This is a long gallery
which commences in the early C19 with newspaper advertisements and
then advances decade by decade until we arrive in the 1990’s. The
focus of the museum is on the types of consumer goods that were bought
by ordinary British people. This is not a museum of technological
progress or cutting edge design.
It is a feast of pure nostalgia focusing on the ordinary and the
mundane. Each section of the Tunnel from 1920’s to 1990’s features a
small number of domestic radios and other electrical appliances.
A comprehensive list of British museums with radio collections can be
found on the BDXC website:
http://bdxc.org.uk/museums.html
(Jan BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD)
DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See GUAM; KUWAIT; USA: WRMI/WBCQ
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DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DAB See AUSTRALIA
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DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- IBOC See MEXICO: 630 re 1070 USA
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DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV See also MEXICO; USA: WFUN
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OTA DIGITAL TV (ATSC) IN THE US AND USE OF THE SPECTRUM
And the question is - why haven't any quality multi-cast choices
SURFACED for OTA television broadcasters? Such as 24/7 national news,
24/7 sports programming, women's interest programming, and so on. And
then there is PBS's Create TV. Maybe someone could learn something
from that.
Frankly, I'm puzzled by the use of the DTV spectrum or bandwidth of
licensed TV broadcasters in the United States. Specifically, I'm
talking about how the local TV broadcaster, which is in most cases a
network affiliate, splits up their bandwidth to accommodate the use of
additional programming sources. This is commonly known as multi-
casting (the source is known as a bit-caster). Its possible the way
the US OTA television broadcasters are offering multiple program
choices, its giving OTA television a bad wrap [sic] (or bad name?).
I can't understand why there can now be a plethora of RE-RUN TV
channels. I don't have to name them. You know them. They sign one year
or multi-year contracts to syndication to show the same shows over and
over. The contract runs out, then another channel out bids them for
the same programs and here we go again for another year or two. Yeah,
I know that kind of programming is el cheapo, but how much of the US
population wants to watch that kind of programming over and over and
over and.......
A couple years ago ESPN, which is co-owned by Disney Entertainment &
Hearst Corporation, had assembled an OTA 24/7 sports news channel they
were prepared to offer to local broadcasters as a sub-channel. It was
suppose to be a similar platform to local news, where the broadcaster
could insert local sports news at certain times of the day, as well as
select LOCAL sports (baseball, basketball, football). ESPN's intention
was that the channel would be used as a teaser for programming being
offered on the subscription channels. They started getting all kinds
of negative feedback from the cable providers that such a channel
would dilute the value of the subscription channels. ESPN execs said
they couldn't understand where that idea was coming from, but Disney
went ahead and squashed the channel before it happened.
I'm also surprised there isn't a reputable 24/7 national news channel
that has surfaced, similar to the Weather Nation (WN) outlet for
weather. I understand that WN is actually making money now. Yeah I
know that on cable/sat there is MSNBC, CNN, Fox News and a few others?
But I would think advertisers would support a FREE OTA 24/7 national
news source. The local affiliate could plug in a news break hourly for
a 24/7 national news channel. There are a lot of news junkies out
there and many of them are the ones that won't pay for TV.
When ATSC 3 comes around, the understanding is that the local
broadcaster can offer EVEN MORE multi-cast choices, without
compromising the HD content of the primary program sources. Offer more
what??? More re-run TV? Hoo-boy, I can hardly wait (Jim Thomas,
Springfield, MO, Ozark Mountain DTV dxing Daredevil, Jan 18, WTFDA
Forum via DXLD)
I don't believe that there is sufficient demand for such channels via
OTA right now. And I'm not sure there ever will be. Cable has multiple
news only channels already. So too sports channels. If someone else
tried to go where ESPN was considering going, I think the result would
be the same.
Yes, there are more people today using OTA and fewer cable, but not by
big enough numbers to justify national OTA services. And that doesn't
take into account competition from internet services.
Something major would have to change in order for OTA to again gain
enough relevance/viewership to support anything additional (Russ
Edmunds, 15 mi NW Philadelphia, PA, WB2BJH -- Grid FN20id, ibid.)
Good thread idea. As a cord cutter since 1993, I have some things to
say. [If this isn't my longest post of my 4,000+, I'd be shocked.]
There *are* those out there like myself, who flat-out cannot stand
current scripted TV. Those classic TV channels are a blessing.
I believe it was 1995 when Nickelodeon started TV Land out of its Nick
@ Nite programming. Somewhere in my mess of DVD/VHS I have part of the
first week of it, thru a tape trader in IL. TV Land was really a great
idea, and they even had "retromercials" during breaks. They knew what
the older folk wanted. Now --- what happened??? Today, not much
further back than 1995? -- and doing their own shows sometimes. How
often can someone watch "Raymond" or Geo. López??
So these OTA deals like MeTV (who also knows their stuff) came to the
rescue --- and, it's FREE! (I have a relative who shocked some
young'uns once, telling them that TV can be free. Woulda loved to see
their reaction.)
Sure, often, these stations run the same stuff over and over, and/or
lose rights to another channel; but they do gradually make a teeny
tweak here and there, to keep things fresh. AntennaTV added some long-
unseen stuff like Head of the Class & Hogan Family; but they also got
ahold of "Alice" reruns. It's also a sort of "history lesson," to show
what the social morés were like. Imagine --- no computers, no
smartphones --- ppl actually talked to each other then!! (Many plots
back then centered around a person missing; a millennial will watch
and say, "why didn't they just get out their phone and call?" )
I have watched AntennaTV reruns of The George Burns & Gracie Allen
Show. I admit, even *I* who was born in 1959 don't get some of the old
pop culture jokes. (Monte Woolley? --- oh well, all I have to do now
is Google who he was! True, likely the joke wouldn't be much
funnier...)
Also with classic TV I can view in good ole 4:3 which my TV is,
anyway! It is true, I might miss an entire phone number or name of a
website, in a commercial that might interest me. However, my Insignia
CECB remote has options for that. If I wanna watch a live sporting
event, I simply view as letterboxed, but not much during the week.
I agree though, it is time to get into 2018 and add other types of
channels. Here at home, all we have for weather is the Weathernation
channel, and that isn't even in Miami. (W Palm Beach) I thought I read
somewhere that someone wanted to try a news subchannel. I'd love to
see that, but that'll cost billions with a B. And the ROI? Vegas
wouldn't touch those odds.
I think another good idea would be to run commercial stuff from other
countries, as long as there are subtitles, if not in EE. A travel
channel might work too.
A new sub this year will be called Quest --- a sort of Discovery or
Nat'l Geographic for the tightwads --- like me.
A big gamble IMO is the "TBD" sub, trying to reach that crowd my
relative talked to, above! I saw some of it (seems to be a lot of
stuff about video games). I can only view it out of a -CD in West Palm
Beach, so tropo has to be good.
The Decades channel, a joint venture from CBS & Weigel (the MeTV ppl),
is the best idea in years (or decades?). Combining history (using CBS
News archives) & entertainment. I do think Decades does get too
political* for my liking, but free speech. They can also cut down on
the incessant Dick Cavett Show reruns (which may have been a response
to AntennaTV's blockbuster package deal getting Johnny Carson) and
also reruns (twice weeknights!) of Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, with
terribly dated political jokes (again, possibly a history lesson), but
still a hit-and-miss with their humor.
Although I don't watch, and I am not in their demo, Bounce TV is doing
fairly well, I understand. And I think, like TV Land, they intro'd a
scripted sitcom. I wonder how much its actors get paid.
The biggest downside of all these channels, I guess, are some of the
ads, which I guarantee you will not see in the upcoming SB LII.
I could add more, but my creative juices are clotting right now.
[* Speaking of political --- one thing I love about these subchannels
is, almost NO political ads, even approaching elections. I think I can
decide for myself.] :P
Y'all still awake? Hahahahaha cd (Chris Dunne, Pembroke Pines FL,
WTFDA Forum via DXLD)
Although I'm as fond of National Geographic and similar as you are,
I'm 180 degrees in the opposite direction about the proliferation of
"Classic TV" channels. I can't see why anyone would watch them, and I
would dispute the idea that those were any lest formula/scripted than
today's.
(Disclaimer: Since my college degree is in TV & Radio Production, I
probably have a somewhat slanted viewpoint because of that in that I
tend to view a lot of the TV from the 1950's and early 1960's as being
primitive, not just in terms of the technology but also in terms of
the sophistication of the actual programs.)
I've never personally subscribed to cable for purely reasons of having
to overpay for a majority of channels I don't want and won't watch.
But again that's just me.
I might be able to come up with one or two programs from the late
1960's, early 1970's period which I might want to see again if I tried
hard enough, but that again would be personal preference (Russ
Edmunds, 15 mi NW Philadelphia, PA, Jan 19, ibid.)
RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM
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For 50 years now we can enjoy a color picture on TV. Behind this
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of the two political regimes - communism and capitalism. How did
manufacturers and developers defend their systems, and with what
problems did they face? Who tested and made the decisions? You will
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The time now is 5:17 AM.
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(Rus-DX Jan 14, published early Jan 10, via DXLD)
RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE
The IARU Watches WPT Developments:
Posted: 11 Jan 2018 04:06 PM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/40680
Widespread interest continues in Wireless Power Transfer (WPT)
technology, reflecting the considerable concern about its potential to
cause radio frequency interference. Studies continue ahead of the
World Radiocommunications Conference 2019 with its Agenda item 9.1.6 -
Wireless Power Transmission (WPT) for electric vehicles. WPT
applications are expanding to mobile and portable devices, home
appliances and office equipment. The automotive industry looks to it
for electric vehicle applications in the near future. Power levels
range from milliwatts to hundreds of kilowatts and typical
transmission ranges are up about 30 centimetres. Posted by: (Mike
Terry, Jan 13, dxldyg via DXLD)
QUESTION ABOUT THE USE OF RDS IN CENTRAL AMERICA & CARIBBEAN ISLANDS
Does anyone have any ideas how a person goes about *connecting* with
radio enthusiasts/hobbyists that live in the larger cities that are
located in Central America and the Caribbean islands?
I am the editor for the Central American and Caribbean FM listings in
the WTFDA FM database. I would like to improve the information for the
use of RDS in those areas. I'm not certain its possible. I am certain
Central American radio stations in Cd. Guatemala, Tegucigalpa, San
José, Managua, Cd. Panamá use RDS, but its hard to confirm unless a
dxer has a good Es opening to one of those areas. Likewise for
Caribbean islands. And I know there has got to be radio listeners in
those areas that are interested in the use of RDS. But I haven't
figured out how to find them.
I read information recently from the CIA's latest World Fact Book
(2016) about current internet usage in Central America. I think access
to the internet is a key to locating someone that is interested in the
use of FM RDS/RDBS and their willingness to share their city or
location band-scan information.
This is the percentage of current internet usage in Central American
countries, as of 2016:
Belize 44.6% (157,735 users)
Costa Rica 66% (3,217,277)
El Salvador 29% (1,785,254)
Guatemala 34.5% (5,241,952)
Honduras 30% (2,667,978)
Nicaragua 24.6% (1,466,152)
Panamá 54% (2,000,833)
...and select Caribbean locations:
Cuba 38.8% (4,334,022)
Dominican Republic 61.3% (6,504,998)
Haiti 12.2% (1,282,686)
Jamaica 45% (1,336,653)
Any ideas on how to locate radio hobbyists in those areas? Last edited
by Jim Thomas; 01-16-2018 at 01:34 PM. Reason: Corrected, updated
information (Jim Thomas, Springfield, MO, Jan 16, WTFDA Forum via
DXLD)
PROPAGATION
+++++++++++
PROPAGATION REPORT FROM SOUTH AFRICA
Saturday, January 13, 2018 11:37 AM
Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to
be at low levels. There is no threat of solar flares. In 2017 there
were a total of 104 days without sunspots. If you want to do your own
frequency predictions, the expected effective sunspot number for the
week will be around one. The 15 to 30 metre bands will provide lots of
DX fun. Please visit the website
http://spaceweather.sansa.org.za
for further information (via Mike Terry, Jan 13, dxldyg via DXLD)
:Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2018 Jan 15 0519 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 08 - 14 January 2018
Solar activity was very low throughout the summary period. Regions
2694 (S32, L=244, class/area=Axx/10 on 10 Jan) and 2695 (S08, L=260,
class/area=Bxo/10 on 11 Jan) briefly contained sunspots and simple
magnetic signatures early this period, but both regions were
generally quiet and unproductive. No Earth-directed CMEs were
observed.
No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit
remained at normal flux levels throughout the summary period.
Geomagnetic field activity reached G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm
levels early on 14 Jan with isolated active periods observed on 08,
09 and 14 Jan due to the influences of multiple positive polarity CH
HSSs. Generally quiet and quiet to unsettled geomagnetic field
activity was observed throughout the remainder of the summary
period.
FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 15 JANUARY-10 FEBRUARY 2018
Solar activity is expected to prevail 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 reach high levels on 15-19 and 23-25 Jan and moderate
levels are expected on 20-22 and 26-28 Jan. Normal flux levels are
expected to prevail through the remainder of the outlook period.
Geomagnetic field activity is expected to reach G1 (Minor)
geomagnetic storm levels on 19-20 Jan with active levels expected on
21 Jan due to the influence of a recurrent, negative polarity CH
HSS. Generally quiet and quiet to unsettled conditions are expected
throughout the remainder of the outlook period.
:Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2018 Jan 15 0519 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 2018-01-15
#
# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2018 Jan 15 70 10 3
2018 Jan 16 70 5 2
2018 Jan 17 70 5 2
2018 Jan 18 70 5 2
2018 Jan 19 70 18 5
2018 Jan 20 70 18 5
2018 Jan 21 70 15 4
2018 Jan 22 72 10 3
2018 Jan 23 72 5 2
2018 Jan 24 72 5 2
2018 Jan 25 72 5 2
2018 Jan 26 72 5 2
2018 Jan 27 72 5 2
2018 Jan 28 70 10 3
2018 Jan 29 70 5 2
2018 Jan 30 70 5 2
2018 Jan 31 70 5 2
2018 Feb 01 70 5 2
2018 Feb 02 70 5 2
2018 Feb 03 70 5 2
2018 Feb 04 70 8 3
2018 Feb 05 70 8 3
2018 Feb 06 70 5 2
2018 Feb 07 70 5 2
2018 Feb 08 70 5 2
2018 Feb 09 70 8 3
2018 Feb 10 70 12 3
(SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1913, DXLD) ###