DX LISTENING DIGEST 19-22, May 30, 2019
Incorporating REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING
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WORLD OF RADIO 1984 contents: Alaska, Antarctica, Bangladesh, Belgium
non, Benin, Bougainville, Congo, Cuba and non, Egypt, Eritrea non,
France, Germany, Gibraltar, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Korea North,
Korea South, Kuwait, North America, Oklahoma, Papua New Guinea,
Solomon Islands, Sudan, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, USA, Vietnam non,
Zanzibar; ICF 2010 repairperson arrested; and the propagation outlook
Completed by 2255 UT May 30, ready for first airings Friday May 31:
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The shortwave broadcasts should be:
0930 UT Friday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [1983]
1000 UT Friday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW
2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 [confirmed]
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 [confirmed]
0629 UT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany
1000 UT Saturday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [June 8, alt weeks]
1130 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 [confirmed]
1431 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2100 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 [confirmed]
0130 UT Sunday WRMI 5850 [NEW; confirmed]
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315][confirmed]
1030 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany [confirmed Bulgaria]
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 [confirmed]
0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395 [confirmed]
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 [confirmed]
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 [confirmed from 0309]
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [confirmed]
0930 UT Monday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW
1815 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780
0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [2 editions]
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v [and/or 2130]
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780
[it appears we will now be running on a Friday-to-Thursday
cycle, so freshest new airings are on weekends]
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** ALASKA [and non]. S. AZ TPs, Sunday 5/26 --- Ndblist's monthly CLE
(coordinated listening event) is this weekend. I got up early past two
mornings to try to get some Pacific beacons but conditions have been
very poor.
Since the 530 Adak Alaska NDB (ADK ident) came back on about a month
ago after years of being off, it's a good signal when conditions are
decent. I haven't heard it yet this weekend, but did get two TP MW
AMBC briefly this morning. 774 Japan occasional very poor talk 1145
UT; 828 Japan with a brief fadeup with woman talking, poor level, 1149
UT. 657 and 1135 with good hets (Steve AA7U Ratzlaff, near Sahuarita,
AZ, R75; 140' west DKAZ + FLG100 preamp, May 26, IRCA iog via WORLD OF
RADIO 1984, DXLD)
** ALGERIA [non]. FRANCE, TDA Telediffusion d'Algerie via TDF Issoudun
on May 23: [not including morning broadcasts]
1800-1859 on 13820 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf Arabic Holy Quran px*
1900-1959 on 11985 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf Arabic Holy Quran px*
1900-1959 on 12060 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf Arabic Holy Quran px*
2000-2059 on 9510 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf Arabic Holy Quran px
2000-2059 on 9655 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf Arabic Holy Quran px
2100-2159 on 5930 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf Arabic Holy Quran px
2100-2159 on 9655 ISS 500 kW / 160 deg to CEAf Arabic Holy Quran px
2200-2259 on 5930 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf Arabic Holy Quran px*
*xx03-xx13 news in French
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/reception-of-tda-telediffusion-dalgerie.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 23-24, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Reception of TDA Telediffusion d'Algerie via TDF Issoudun, May 29
0400-0459 6050 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg CEAf Arabic Holy Quran, fair/good
0500-0559 6125 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg NWAf Arabic Holy Quran* fair/good
0500-0559 9535 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg CEAf Arabic Holy Quran* fair/good
0600-0659 9620 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg NWAf Arabic Holy Quran, fair/good
*xx03-xx10 news in French
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/reception-of-tda-telediffusion-dalgerie_29.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 28-29, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ALGERIA [non]. 6050, May 24 at 0435, fair ME songs and then Arabic
announcement, i.e. TDA via FRANCE as scheduled this hour only. But
certainly not the Qur`an service as listed.
6050, HCJB is quite weak here until 0230, but extends two nights a
week to 0500 when there will be a collision --- or rather Issoudun
will wipe out Pico Pichincha. HFCC says days 6 & 7 which mean Friday
and Saturday, but no sign of it now, so really UT Saturday and Sunday?
WRTH shows no such extension beyond 0230/0235 anynight, degraded to
only 1 kW. Nor does Aoki/NDXC, reminding us that Tibet is also on
6050 thruout, but it`s daytime there. EiBi does show HCJB at 0233-
0500 Fri & Sat only, in Spanish, not Kichwa. Need to check whether
HCJBe there just before 0400 on which nights. UT Saturday May 25 on
6050 I do have a JBA carrier 0232-0237+; kept thinking it cut off,
but merely fading to nothing and back up. Still there at 0328 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS. 4760 kHz - tentative Port Blair extended
--- May, 24. 4760 kHz - very faint signal. 1700 UT - no sign off,
continued. 1730 - cut off. Tentative Port Blair extended broadcast for
half an hour. 73, (Eduard Korsakov, Moskva, WOR iog via DXLD) The
other possibility being the other co-channel AIR, Leh, Kashmir (gh)
** ANTARCTICA. LRA-36 --- Pleased to hear LRA-36 at good level on
15476v using the Brazilian Kiwi SDR at Pardinho. Level almost as good
as other receptions in the last 3 years which also used Pardinho as
the most capable reception site. USB mode with vocal music noted at
1605 tune in. Significant atmospheric noise and some deep fades but
mostly quite good (Dan Robinson, Maryland, Friday May 24, WOR iog via
WORLD OF RADIO 1984, DXLD)
So that is currently now on Friday or are you referring to Thursday or
Tuesday-only? activity. Note that per Aoki they do have some
competition on 15475 daily at 15-16, but should be quite dissimilar.
``15475 1500-1600 D * R.FREE ASIA Chi Biblis 1-7``
Was it on 15475.972 or so? (Glenn, ibid.)
Listening right now as I write this at 1650 UT -- level getting even
better as the afternoon goes on. Straight music, only one ID heard
(Dan Robinson, May 24, ibid.)
Correcting frequency as reported by others, is 15475.97 USB -- and
there is some sort of ute or other transmission on or near the
frequency with buzzing every few minutes (Dan, 1654 UT, ibid.)
[Edited Message Follows] Pleased to hear LRA-36 on Friday May 24 at
good level on 15476v using the Brazilian Kiwi SDR at Pardinho. Level
almost as good as other receptions in the last 3 years which also used
Paradinho as the most capable reception site. USB mode with vocal
music noted at 1605 tune in. Significant atmospheric noise and some
deep fades but mostly quite good (Dan, ibid.)
I have the faintest of carriers locally using my netSDR and 670 ft sky
loop antenna. No usable audio (Chris Smolinski, Black Cat Systems,
Westminster, MD USA, 1701 UT, ibid.)
[Edited Message Follows] Pleased to hear LRA-36 on Friday May 24 at
good level on 15476v using the Brazilian Kiwi SDR at Pardinho. Level
almost as good as other receptions in the last 3 years which also used
Paradinho as the most capable reception site. USB mode with vocal
music noted at 1605 tune in. Significant atmospheric noise and some
deep fades but mostly quite good. It is interesting how this
particular Brazilian Kiwi site is always the best for hearing the
station -- I tried the other two Brazilian sites that are active today
and no signal was detected or noise was too high (Dan Robinson,
ibid.)
Yes, I am also hearing it on 15475.90 via Pardinho after 1710 May 24,
continuous music, best in AM-narrow (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)
I see you're on one of the Pardinho nodes -- signal level getting even
better if that is possible as we go toward 1730. I'm afraid I will be
kicked off the SDR at the 2 hour mark (Dan Robinson, 1725 UT, to gh,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Try the Iceland KiwiSDR (TF4-011) for LRA-36 – I have had good luck
and a QSL from there in the past month. An all-water Arctic to
Antarctic path! On a good day you can get decent reception up there
(Bruce Churchill, CA, ibid.)
AM is useless here -- USB the only way -- frequency again is an exact
15475.97 (Dan Robinson, ibid.)
15475.97, May 24 at 1710-1815, tnx to tip from Dan Robinson to the WOR
iogroup, LRA36 on the air Friday and heard via Pardinho SP SDR in
Brasil, which seems to be the best one for this.
The entire hour+ was music, no IDs or any announcements: a tragic loss
of opportunity to diffuse Antarctic culture, politix, native music,
history, scientific achievements, etc. Also could discourage QSL
seeking with no significant program content to report. Bruce Churchill
also recommends the much further SDR in Iceland, a total-water path
like SP (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1984, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
[Edited Message Follows] Huge level from LRA-36 on Tuesday 28 May with
Spanish language vocals -- some deep fades, but signal mostly holding
in well at 1625 UT. Frequency measured as 15475.98 and clearest
audibility is with USB, though station can be heard with AM. This was
via Pardinho, which continues to be superior to any other Kiwi site
for hearing LRA-36, but station was audible also at
http://px2a.homeip.net:8073/
Not a single ID heard from 1625 through to nearly 1700. At or around
1712 there was a complete dropout, or silence with no music or any
announcer heard and this continued for several minutes (Dan Robinson,
MD, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1984, DXLD)
** AUSTRALIA. 5045-USB, May 24 at 0954, I happen to awaken so a rare
chance to check for WORLD OF RADIO on Unique Radio, now scheduled at
both 0930 & 1000 Fridays. Not surprisingly I get no trace of the low
-power signal here; but I do have a JBA carrier on 5055 from presumed
4KZ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BANGLADESH. 4750, Bangladesh Betar (External Service), 1238, on May
24. For the first time heard with semi-readable news in English,
cutting through the QRM from CNR1; long item about PM Modi's landslide
re-election in India; Bangladesh government sent their congratulations
to Modi; the crowds in New Delhi waiting for the PM to speak had to
endure heavy rain; normally CNR1 is just too strong, but not today.
Still no trace of VOI/Makassar here (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach,
CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1984,
DXLD)
** BELGIUM [non]. Radio Mi Amigo - 30 May to 2 June - special
broadcast --- In Europe - 6085 kHz (09:00 - 19:00 local time)
On many AM, FM and DAB channels in The Netherlands. Full details here:
https://miamigo40.be/nl/
(via Mike Terry, May 27, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1984, DXLD)
Updated information about a forthcoming special broadcast from MV
Castor to celebrate the 45th anniversary of R Mi Amigo. This will be
from midnight Thursday 30 May to Midnight Sunday 2 June (local time -
i.e.: Wednesday 29 May at 2200 UT through to Sunday 2 June at 2200 UT)
on 6085 kHz via Kall. More details below and full schedule at
http://www.radiomiamigo.international/english/miamigo45.html.
(Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1984, DXLD)
Website
https://miamigo40.be/nl/
indicates the times, presumably in CEST would be only 07-17 UT: I`ve
my doubts that they mean 6085 will be on 24 hours. Their normal
schedule is a complex mix of languages, days of week between 07 and 17
UT only per EiBi. Note that 7310 is also scheduled on Sat and Sun at
12-16 [10-14 UT presumably].
``Van donderdag 30 mei tem zondag 2 juni is het eindelijk zover!
27th, mei, 2019 --- Mi Amigo 45 luisteren doe je werkelijk overal,
alvast een overzicht: Europa – Radio Mi Amigo Internationaal – KG 6085
kHz (09:00 – 19:00)`` (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)
You are probably right, Glenn. But
http://www.radiomiamigo.international/english/miamigo45.html
is misleading. For Thursday and Friday, the schedule from 00:00 is
headed "Shortwave 49m band 6085 kHz and online." For Saturday and
Sunday, when it's also going to be on 7310 kHz some of the time, they
explicitly say "[12:00-16:00]" for that frequency.
Anyway, they were certainly on 6085 kHz by about 0700 UT or so. From
an automated audio recording starting at 0655 using the U.Twente SDR
receiver, very weak audio was first noticed at about 0715. Got slowly
better after that. But still only a fair signal at best. Fades out
completely for tens of minutes at times.
Also, when audible, at times there is rapid periodic fading (a couple
of times per second) as might be caused by multipath reception (can we
also call this a subaudible heterodyne where a station interferes with
itself?). Skywave vs. ground wave or multiple skywaves? Is there a
good discussion somewhere about SW (or BCB) multipath reception?
Reception perhaps better elsewhere in Europe?
As usual, an oldies format with live commentary mostly in Dutch but
with English ads for items about the history of pirate radio. Hourly
time pips appeared to be consistently about 27 seconds late (if
recording timing is correct). (-- Richard Langley, May 30, WOR iog
via WORLD OF RADIO 1984, DXLD)
** BENIN [and non]. 1566 TA carrier --- With the solar wind blasting
away at 550km/hr, a 1566 carrier has made an appearance in Victoria,
BC just after 0400 UT. Parakou tuning up? best wishes, (Nick
Hall-Patch, Victoria, BC, Canada, 0423 UT May 30, IRCA iog via WORLD
OF RADIO 1984, DXLD)
Interesting. Not threatening audio, but certainly a substantive
carrier. Must be a sign of summer! 73, (Nigel Pimblett, Alberta, 0433
UT, ibid.)
Certainly a decent carrier up here too, on the Perseus and Af
beverage. Easily visible on the Kiwi and Wellbrook too
http://192.168.0.109:8174/?f=1566.00lsbz12
(Don Moman, Lamont, AB, 0435 UT, ibid.)
Man, I remember when I lived in Alaska 2015-2017, 1566 would pound
into my radio like a local almost daily (Paul B Walker Jr, WY, 0437
UT, ibid.)
And the tropical sunrise wiped it out pretty smartly at 0530 UT here.
As Nigel said, must be summer (Nick Hall-Patch, 0542 UT, ibid.)
1566 can be quite the frequency. Tonight it's Africa; if I'm lucky,
someday I'll hear audio like Nigel has done. It would be a real coup
to then hear HLAZ at this time of year on the following morning. Not
impossible, but surely very unlikely. best wishes, (Nick Hall-Patch,
0545 UT, ibid.)
I'd imagine that Benin would be out of reach in Alaska mid-May to
mid-July due to the "midnight sun" being on at least part of the
route. But the rest of the time, yes it should get there especially
when there is so little in the way of 1560 and 1570 slop. It is
interesting that 1566 is so regular in the west and it's only a bit
player here compared to other North Africans from Morocco. Algeria,
Egypt, Sao Tome, Canary Islands etc. I think that it's because the
channel is a big slop fest here with 1560 NY and 1570 QC inflicting
major damage.
1566 was more interesting here when Switzerland, Malta, Tunisia,
India, Iran, and UK were all in contention. Azores too maybe?
Especially with Malta and Tunisia, we in the east sometimes had usable
audio an hour before sunset when 1560/1570 splash hadn't built up to
nasty (Mark Connelly, WA1ION, South Yarmouth, MA, May 30 or 31,
ibid.)
It's interesting that 1566 is pretty well the only evidence of any TA
activity in the west during the summer months, and for a couple of
years after first hearing the carrier, I wasn't certain that it wasn't
some cleverly disguised form of local spur (like 576.000 kHz which is
often quite strong here, and has nothing to do with South Africa).
The generally diffused 1566 carrier, and its disappearance around
Parakou sunrise seem to be its identifying characteristics.
But, 1566 rarely delivers any carrier during the winter months here.
Careful searching has yielded occasional summer carriers also on 783
([Mauritania] now apparently gone) and 936 (Agadir?)). But that is
pretty much speculative territory. best wishes, (Nick Hall-Patch,
ibid.)
1566 Benin might be shoving more power due north than WNW towards me.
531, 549, 981, and 1422 Algeria are among the bigger "horses" out of
North Africa. Pretty much year round. 612 and 936 Morocco are fairly
consistent; oddball 595 is also there sometimes though audio is feeble
and splash from 590 WEZE/VOCM is huge. 1530 Sao Tome VOA "Yankee
Doodle" sign-on at 0259 UT is there most nights competing with WCKY.
It might make it out west depending on what the 1530 domestic
interference situation looks like. Canary Islands 621 gets out well
all over the East Coast. Often the best TA from Delmarva down to Key
West. Former flamethrowers from Mauritania (783), Senegal (765), and
Guinea (1386/1404) are long gone and aren't likely to be back (Mark
Connelly, WA1ION, South Yarmouth, MA, ibid.)
Benin to Boston: 312 degs; Benin to Victoria: 326 degs. To me, it is
doubtful that there is a significant power difference with only 14
degs difference (Chuck Hutton, ibid.)
Makes sense, Chuck. The mediocre reception here probably has more to
do with heavy adjacent domestic channel interference than anything
else. That's where a really directional antenna would help (Mark,
ibid.)
621 has been heard and identified on the west coast during the normal
winter TA season, Mark. Given that it has a similar bearing to
Victoria as Parakou, it might therefore be a summer target, so thanks
for the suggestion. It's not a channel that normally gets checked.
best wishes, (Nick Hall-Patch, ibid.)
Just got home a few minutes before Parakou sunrise, with another
audible carrier on 1566. This time, it's well defined, not the usual
spread over a couple of Hertz, though it is dropping out as 0530 UT
approaches. best wishes, (Nick Hall-Patch, Victoria, BC, Canada, 0531
UT May 31, ibid.)
The direct GC path from Parakou to Victoria enters North America near
the northern tip of Labrador, across Hudson Bay peaking 57 or 58
degrees North latitude, re-enters mainland at York Factory, Manitoba.
About the same as from 936 kHz Agadir, Morocco, as it departs Africa,
so still well south of anything from Europe (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
** BHUTAN. 6035, BBS, nice to daily hear this one with no PBS Yunnan
(relay of FM99), so now just bothered here by the spur from the N.
Korea jamming of 6045 (National Unity Radio); BBS always with the same
format; cut off time varies.
May 18: from 1139+ with no BBS; *1153, start of jamming spur.
May 20: from 1103-1157*; BBS & jamming spur already on.
May 21: from 1120-1157*; BBS & jamming spur already on.
May 23: from 1132-1201*; nice indigenous music at 1200, after the pop
music show; *1141 jamming spur started (Ron Howard, Asilomar State
Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD)
** BOUGAINVILLE [non-log]. 3325, NBC Bougainville, through May 23
(0956+) remains off the air. Have emailed an inquiry to the station,
but no reply yet (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1,
antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1984, DXLD) see
INDONESIA
** CANADA. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2019-180, Ottawa, 28 May 2019
The Commission approves the application by Maritime Broadcasting
System Limited to change the authorized night-time contours of the
English-language commercial radio programming undertaking CJCB Sydney
[1270 kHz], Nova Scotia by decreasing the night-time transmitter power
from 10,000 to 1,350 watts. All other technical parameters will remain
unchanged. The Commission did not receive any interventions regarding
this application.
According to the licensee, due to an antenna system failure, CJCB has
been forced to operate from a single transmission tower and,
consequently, must reduce its night-time transmitter power. The
licensee added that the requested technical change will not affect the
station’s ability to continue serving the local Sydney radio market as
it has in the past, and will allow operational costs to be kept to a
minimum.
Pursuant to section 22(1) of the Broadcasting Act, this authority will
only be effective when the Department of Industry notifies the
Commission that its technical requirements have been met and that a
broadcasting certificate will be issued.
The licensee must implement the technical change by no later than 28
May 2021. To request an extension, the licensee must submit a written
request to the Commission at least 60 days before that date, using the
form available on the Commission’s website. Secretary General
https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2019/2019-180.htm
(via Dr Hansjoerg Biener 30 May 2019, DXLD)
** CANADA. CJLO Montréal, Quebec [1690 kHz]
Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2019-155. Ottawa, 16 May 2019
The Commission renews the broadcasting licences for the campus and
community radio programming undertakings listed below from 1 September
2019 to 31 August 2026. The terms and conditions of licence for these
stations are set out in the appendix to this decision. [...]
Concordia Student Broadcasting Corporation, CJLO Montréal, Quebec
[1690 kHz] [...]
https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2019/2019-155.htm
(via Dr Hansjoerg Biener 30 May, DXLD)
** CANADA. 15034-USB, May 28 at 1445, Trenton Military, CHR ``no
report received`` from Halifax, Gander, Greenwood, Shearwater; but
has heard from Bagotville as of 1400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CHINA. 5318-USB, VC01, at 1220, May 20. Chinese Military numbers
station; fair reception; recently heard here on most days.
6105, Firedragon & CNR1, 1116, on May 21. Jamming of RTI (Taiwan),
which was unheard.
7210 [non-log], PBS Yunnan, just like 6035, this station is currently
off the air while checking through May 23, from 1040+.
7345-USB, V26, 1223, on May 18. Numbers given in Chinese; mixing badly
with CNR1 on frequency. May 20, at 1218; again CNR1 QRM (Ron Howard,
Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog
via DXLD)
** CHINA. 9355. CNR1 Jammer-Firedrake. xx-CHN.
2019-05-24_19'45'46'UTC. Blocking RFA. Tecsun S-2000.
9525. CRI. Beijing-Matoucun-CHN, in Russian. 2019-05-23_19'30'58'UTC.
Very good reception. Tecsun S-2000.
9560. CRI. Urumqi-CHN, in Hungarian. 2019-05-23_18'59'45'UTC. Very
good reception. Tecsun S-2000.
9720. CNR1 Jammer-Firedrake. xx-CHN. 2019-05-24_19'07'24'. Good
reception. Tecsun S-2000 (JRX_Jose Ronaldo Xavier, SWARL Callsign
PR7036SWL, Cabedelo, Brazil, Antenna: Longwire, WOR iog via DXLD)
** CHINA. 9215, CNR 1 at 1430 Likely only here to jam Sound of Hope
via Taiwan, M in Chinese dialect. ID and time pips at the ToH, then
off - Very Good May 25
9180, CNR 1 at 1130. Broadcast used as jammer (over Sound of Hope). M
and W in lively Chinese banter - Excellent May 24 (Rick Barton,
Arizona SW Logs, Hammarlund HQ-180A, Grundig Satellit 205(T.5000), RS
SW-2000629 with various outdoor wires. 73 and Good Listening....! -rb,
WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 9660, CNR 1 domestic broadcast, May 24, 2019, 1508 – 1518 in
CC. SIO 232. Poor signal. OMs in talk. Weak signal, slow QSB, moderate
QRN. Audio is near JBA. Not listenable except at QSB peaks. Possible
RTI heard underneath the CNR 1 signal. YL joins conversation at 1516
(Vince Henley, Anacortes, WA, U. S. A. Equipment in use: WiNRADiO
G39DDCe SDR, ICOM IC-R8600, Ten-Tec RX-340, Drake R8B, SDRPLAY RSP
Duo, TECSUN PL-880. Antennas: whip on PL-880 and Alpha-Delta DX-Ultra
installed broadside east west at 30 feet for all others, NASWA
Flashsheet via DXLD)
** CHINA. 11120, May 27 at 1430, CNR1 jammer, poor S2-4
11460, May 27 at 1431, CNR1 jammer, S3-S4
12500, May 27 at 1433, CNR1 jammer, poor S3-S5,and // 11120.
All of these fit the timespan in Aoki/NDXC for such jammers against
Sound of Hope, Miaoli, Taiwan. Never the same set on from one day to
the next. Then bandscan 8.9-15.0 MHz found no more WOOB jammers by
1438 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Checked CNR1 jamming stations at 10 - 11 UT on May 28:
11460, 12190, 12870, 13850, 14430, 14775, 15340, and 16300 kHz.
Checked on remote SDR units in Seoul_KOR, and various JAP units in
Hiroshima, Nagoya and Tokyo area. 73 wb (Wolfgang Bueschel, WOR iog
via DXLD)
** CHINA [and non]. 15165, THAILAND, VOA at 1327 in Mandarin with a
telephone interview between two men – Good over CNR jammer May 28
15165, CHINA, CNR1 at 1327 // 15275 and 15470 in Mandarin jamming the
VOA in Mandarin via Thailand with a man and woman with excited news
reporting – Fair under the VOA May 28
15470, CNR1 at 1316 // 15275 (Fair) in Mandarin jamming RFA in Tibetan
via Tajikistan with a man and a woman with excited news reporting and
interviews – Weak but audible May 28 – I guess it was just a matter of
time before the CNR jammers showed up! (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario,
Kenwood TS440S, Drake SPR-4, or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 80 and 40
meter off centre-fed dipoles (OCFD), Alpha Delta DX-LB inverted vee
dipole, and a rotatable dipole made from two OPEK HVT-600 HF mobile
antennas, ODXA iog via DXLD)
** CHINA. Of the traced 65 x CNR1 jamming channels from mainland
China, latter observed on April 6th; here a selection of Wednesday May
29 at 09-10 UT: 9180, 11440, 11460, 11500, 12150, 12190, 13130, 13850,
13890, 14775, 14900, 15920, 15940, 15970, and 16100 kHz. Checked on
remote SDR units in Seoul_KOR, and various JAP units in Hiroshima,
Nagoya and Tokyo area. 73 wb (Wolfgang Bueschel, WOR iog via DXLD)
** CHINA. Of the traced 65 x CNR1 jamming channels from mainland
China, latter observed on April 6th; here a selection of Wednesday May
30 at 06-07 UT:
noted surprisingly 35 x CHN mainland jammers on air!
10960, 11120, 11895, 11970, 12150, 12950, 13160, 13530, 13790,
13820(hit also adjacent 13825DRM CNR1 Beijing), 13870, 13890, 13980,
14430, 14640, 14850, 14900, 14920, 15340, 15720, 15800, 15920, 15940,
15970, 16300, 17170, 17440, 17670, 17690, 17750, 17780, 17810, 18180,
21690 Firedrake music instead!, and 21800 kHz.
Checked on remote SDR units in Seoul_KOR, and various JAP units
in Hiroshima, Nagoya and Tokyo area. 73 wb (Wolfgang Bueschel, WOR iog
via DXLD)
** CHINA [and non]. 15800, May 30 at 1335, CNR1 talk jammer is JBA
along with a second carrier beating, // 11785. Aoki/NDXC shows this
is a jammed Sound of Hope frequency. Then I hunt for others WOOB.
14920, May 30 at 1339, CNR1 is JBA, another SOH* as listed
13150, May 30 at 1340, JBA carrier, but not a listed SOH* frequency
between 13130 and 13160. Aha, that would be local mix KCRC 1390 + RHC
11760.
12100, May 30 at 1343, CNR1 JBA: but no jammee or jammer listed
11150, May 30 at 1345, JBA carrier, SOH frequency listed by EiBi but
not Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Reception of China National Radio-1 in DRM, May 24
0100-0900 on 15580 DOF 030 kW / 016 deg to EaAs Chinese
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/reception-of-china-national-radio-1-in.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 23-24, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CONGO. 6115, Radio Congo (presumed), recently noted with fairly
consistent starting time (program already in progress); daily the
propagation is different; sometimes favoring Japan, sometimes favoring
Congo.
May 19, at *0534, underneath Japan (RN2); a mess. May 22, at *0535, in
French, with no QRM from Japan; fading down by 0550, so rather a short
opening (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100'
long wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1984, DXLD)
** CUBA. 9570, May 24 at 1332, CRI relay S9 but just barely
modulated; much softer than 9640 RHC. Something`s always wrong at
RadioCuba.
12200, May 26 at 0606, RHC English S7-S9 but undermodulated, 2 x 6100
harmonic becoming reliable. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Checked the 22 meterband this May 28th at 1310 UT: Both Cuban RHC on
even fq again: 13740 and 13700 kHz,
13740.003 S=8-9 in Detroit Michigan,
13700.000 S=9+20dB.
13604.989 odd fq USA IBB BBG Radio Marti Greenville NC in Spanish, S=9
at 1322 UT. Some 3 scratch signals, variabel wandered around 13641,
13730, and 13845 - 13847 kHz. 73 wb (Wolfgang Bueschel, WOR iog via
DXLD)
15369.25, May 28 at 2122, JBA carrier; must be the RHC transmitter
previously caught knocked off a similar amount below 13740 and 7380
upon occasion. 15370 is the European service scheduled 1930-2300 per
EiBi. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF
RADIO 1984, DX LISTENING DIGEST) more below
11760, May 28 at 2126 RHC Spanish is S9 but suptorted; wiggle that
patchcord. While 11850 is undermodulated but not distorted.
Something`s always wrong at RHC.
5040, UT Wed May 29 at 0538, this RHC English frequency, S9+30/20, is
the only listenable one with normal modulation level, altho somewhat
rough during `DXers Unlimited` as Arnie runs lickety-split and slurred
with something about a 52-cm antenna, soon finishing. I had already
checked: 6000 JBM/suptorted at S9+10/20; 6060 OFF; 6100 JBM S9+30;
6165 JJBBM S9+10. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15369.24, May 29 at 2030, again today RHC way off-frequency, this time
with Arabic audible, VP S4-S6. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1984, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [non]. Fallece Salvador Lew, ex director de Radio y TV Martí y
uno de los pioneros de la radio en Miami
por Redacción el Nuevo Herald, 27 de mayo de 2019 04:34 PM
El abogado Salvador Lew en una imagen de archivo.
https://www.elnuevoherald.com/noticias/sur-de-la-florida/article230879964.html
El abogado cubano Salvador Lew, reconocido como uno de los pioneros de
la radio en español en el sur de la Florida, falleció el sábado en
Miami a los 90 años. Lew es recordado por su trabajo al frente de las
emisoras Radio y TV Martí.
Lew nació en Camajuaní, Villa Clara, el 6 de marzo de 1929. Opuesto a
toda forma de dictadura, se exilió de la isla en 1957 por su
animadversión al régimen de Fulgencio Batista. Tras instaurarse la
dictadura de Fidel Castro, Lew se convirtió en un férreo opositor al
comunismo, lo que lo llevó a denunciar públicamente al régimen y
regresar al exilio en Miami en 1960.
Desde su llegada a esta ciudad se vinculó con la radio. Es reconocido
como el fundador de La Voz del Pueblo, en la emisora WMIE, la
antecesora de La Cubanísima, WQBA. También estuvo entre los fundadores
de la WRHC-Cadena Azul, la primera emisora cuyos dueños eran exiliados
cubanos.
Lew ejerció como abogado en un bufete habanero junto a Armando Hart
Dávalos, quien posteriormente se convirtió en uno de los intelectuales
más cercano al régimen de los Castro.
“Fue uno de los principales dirigentes de la Juventud del Partido
Ortodoxo, justamente en las filas en las que creció Fidel Castro junto
a Eduardo Chibás (…) pero muy temprano en la revolución el Dr.
Salvador Lew fue uno de los primeros que denunció el comunismo,
pudiendo haber sido un jerarca”, dijo el director de Radio y TV Martí,
Tomás Regalado.
“Acompañó a través de toda la América Latina y el Caribe, y en Europa,
a la señora Juanita Castro —hermana de Fidel y Raúl Castro— cuando
ésta denunció a sus hermanos y llegó al exilio. Era como su guía y la
presentaba ante todos los congresos y la prensa”, agregó.
Lew fue nombrado por el ex presidente George W. Bush en 2001
comodirector de Radio y TV Martí, y estuvo al frente de ambas emisoras
hasta 2003 cuando le sucedió el abogado e historiador Pedro Roig.
“Fue un hombre comprometido con la causa democrática cubana. Su
incursión en la radio estaba siempre marcada por su compromiso con la
libertad e independencia de los cubanos”, dijo el periodista Pedro
Corzo en declaraciones a Radio Martí.
A Salvador Lew lo sobreviven su esposa, Patricia, y su hija, Esther
María Lew. Será sepultado este martes 28 de mayo a las 11 de la mañana
en el Cementerio Judío Mount Neb Memorial Gardens en 5505 NW 3rd St.,
Miami, FL 33126 (via Juan Franco Crespo, Spanien, WORLD OF RADIO 1984,
DXLD)
** DENMARK. 15805, World Music Radio, Randers, 1510-1530, 25-05, pop
songs in English, Latin American songs, song “Dos Gardenias” by
Antonio Machin, ID “WMR, World Music Radio”. 25322. Also 1050-1120,
26-05, pop songs and Brazilian songs, ID “World Music Radio. 25332
(Manuel Méndez, Lugo? Spain, WOR iog via DXLD)
World Music Radio (WMR) on 5840 - right now at 0200 UT - very strong
in USA on 5840:
Also good in Iceland:
And WMR on 15805 also propagating very well right now at 0200 UT short
skips in Europe: Switzerland:
Austria:
Ireland:
UK:
Best 73's [sic] (Stig Hartvig Nielsen, WMR - http://www.wmr.radio, UT
Sun May 26, HCDX via DXLD)
** ECUADOR. 6050, HCJB, Pichincha, 0219-0225, 26-05, flute music,
Quechua, comments. 24322. Also 0347-0500*, 26-05, Spanish, religious
comments and songs. Strong QRM from Algeria on the same frequency from
0400 to 0500. 21321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo? Spain, WOR iog via DXLD)
See ALGERIA [non]!
** EGYPT. 9900.175V, (meaning varying slightly, audible in real time)
May 24 at 2147, JBA talk by YL, 2153 ME music, 2201 talk; S5-S7 on
inside longwire due to storm; quick attach of outside LW boosts to
S8-S9 but still far too much storm noise. Surely the R. Cairo English
broadcast scheduled on 9900 at 2115-2245 but has been inactive as x-
ed in Aoki. HFCC shows 125 kW at 325 degrees from Abis to W Europe;
and the closest thing to a North American service by extension. I
don`t recall any previous reports of it so far off-frequency but
certainly a Cairo capability.
9900.175 & 9895v, May 25 at 2059, 2120 and 2209 chex, no signals at
all from R. Cairo unlike yesterday. Richard Langley, NB, to the WOR
iog provides 100% confirmation of the precise frequency I logged
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1984, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.:
I started listening to Radio Cairo on nominal 9895 kHz yesterday (24
May) around 2040 UT using a Field BT portable with just its whip
antenna indoors. This is just before Glenn's report of yesterday. The
signal was good but heavily distorted as usual. It was difficult to
tell that accented French was being spoken. Music seemed slightly less
distorted. There was also a persistent whine (600 Hz). Checked using
the U. Twente SDR receiver where the signal was stronger but equally
distorted and the AMSync frequency was 9895.175 kHz. Audio (except
whine) was cut between about 2100:05 and 2108:47 UT and then returned.
Time pips (quite clear) at 2115 and then start of English program but
hard to tell at times it was English. The transmitter stayed on this
frequency until about 2131 when it switched within some seconds to
9900.175 kHz. Should have been on this frequency since the start of
the English program, I believe. English program continued to about
2245. Transmitter stayed on without audio (except whine) until about
2323! (-- Richard Langley, NB, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1984, DXLD)
NOT every day, but checked a few times since, I`ve heard no trace of
either frequency (Glenn Hauser, May 29, ibid.)
** EGYPT. Could several DXers in Europe get bearings on the “mystery
Egyptian music station”? I would love to know if it’s coming from
Egypt or somewhere else. Sent from my iPhone (Arthur Delibert, MD, May
24, HCDX via DXLD)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, Radio Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial, Bata,
*0503-0525, 26-05, open with songs. Very weak today, at 0525 extremely
weak, barely audible. 15311 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo? Spain, WOR iog via
DXLD)
** ERITREA. 7140, Voice of Broad Masses, Asmara, 1642-1651, 25-05,
vernacular, comments. Ham interference. 22332. (Méndez)
7180, Voice of Broad Masses, Asmara, 1639-1650, 25-05, East African
songs, vernacular, comments. Ham interference. 23332 (Manuel Méndez,
Lugo? Spain, WOR iog via DXLD)
** ERITREA [non]. Reception of Voice of Eritrean Lowlands via MBR
Issoudun, May 25:
1700-1730 on 15390 ISS 100 kW / 123 deg to EaAf Arabic Mon/Sat,
fair/good signal
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/reception-of-voice-of-eritrean-lowlands_25.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 24-25, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Reception of Voice of Eritrean Lowlands via MBR Issoudun, May 27:
1700-1730 on 15390 ISS 100 kW / 123 deg to EaAf Arabic Mon/Sat, very
good signal
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/reception-of-voice-of-eritrean-lowlands_27.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 26-27, WORLD OF RADIO 1984, DXLD)
** ETHIOPIA. 5950, Voice of Tigray Revolution, Addis Ababa, 1720-1728,
25-05, vernacular, comments. 14321. (Méndez)
6090, Voice of Amhara State, Addis Ababa, 1710-1723, 25-05, vernacular
comments. 34433. (Méndez)
6110, Radio Fana, Addis Ababa, 1735-1815, 25-05, East African songs,
vernacular, comments. 24332 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo? Spain, WOR iog via
DXLD)
** FRANCE. Frequency changes of Radio France International from June 2
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/frequency-changes-of-radio-france.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY. Shortwave Radio website (update May 17th) shows sign-off
one hour later on 3975 at 2300 UT. So schedule is 1600-2200 on 6160
but 1600-2300 on 3975. Confirmed 6160 closed at 2200 tonight (25 May)
with 3975 is still on air past 2200. 73, (Alan Pennington, Caversham,
UK, bdxc-news iog via DXLD)
New schedule of Shortwave Radio for Europe via Winsen from May 17
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/new-schedule-of-shortwave-radio-for.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY. 3995, 0200-0205 26.5, Life FM via HCJB, Weenermoor,
English ID, ann, hymns, 35242 (Anker Petersen, Denmark, what I heard
in Skovlunde on the AOR AR7030PLUS with a 28 metres longwire, wbradio
yg via DXLD)
** GERMANY. 7440, 1420-1425 26.5, Channel 292, Rohrbach, English ann,
pop music, 35333 - not // 6070. Best 73, (Anker Petersen, Denmark,
what I heard in Skovlunde on the AOR AR7030PLUS with a 28 metres
longwire, wbradio yg via DXLD)
** GERMANY [non]. Again unscheduled Deutsche Welle DWL Interval Signal
via MBR Issoudun:
1400-1530 on 15195 ISS 500 kW / 170 deg to WeAf non-stop IS, fair/good
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/pan-american-broadcasting-pab-via-mbr.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY [non]. ROMANIA, Reception of Radio Rasant via RADIOCOM
Saftica, May 25:
0800-0900 on 9510 SAF 100 kW / 300 deg to WeEu English Sat, fair/good
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/reception-of-radio-rasant-via-radiocom.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 24-25, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY. Hi All, The Channel 292 skedgrid is showing the German
really oldies station 'Radio Ohne Nahmen' as having a 3 hour 'live'
broadcast today Thursday 30th from 1500 to 1800 UT on 6070 kHz.
Don't worry if you miss it, though, as they'll be live again for
another 3 hours on Saturday, 1st of June from 1300 to 1600 UT.
This is always an interesting and enjoyable station to listen to,
mainly because you just don't hear this sort of music anywhere else
these days (Alan Gale, 1320 UT May 30, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO
1984, DXLD)
** GIBRALTAR [non]. Re 19-21 and WOR 1983, RAF VOLMET 5450-USB, St.
Eval location listed is in Cornwall, England, not Gibraltar (Glenn
Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1984, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
The abbr. GBR in dxinfocentre.com stands for GREAT BRITAIN, not
Gibraltar, which is GIB, Bill Hepburn explains, so a misunderstanding
(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** HUNGARY. On May 21, we observed some spurious signals, and reported
in German - /rather Austrian newsgroup A-DX:
spurious power signal mixtures in Kiwi SDR Szekesfehervar Maroshegy on
333, 738, 1008, and 1413 kHz.
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel"
Cc: "Horst Mehrlich"
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2019
Subject: Re: [A-DX] Log: 1008 kHz Station?? UTC 0700, O=0-2
21.05.2019
MW Band in KiwiSDR unit, Szekesfehervar Maroshegy Hungary
Program Hungary #4 on 873 kHz Lakihegy sender, S=9+45dB or -28dBm
tremendous fundamental signal in KiwiSDR unit. Has two Spurious of
same strength, on 738 and 1008 kHz, +/- 135 kHz, klickt's of LW/MW
Dxer:
longwave 135 kHz EFR Budapest Lakihegy HGA22 Hungary mixture.
Same program content also on 1188 and Gyoer 1350 kHz.
And two other mixtures on KiwiSDR unit 2000 kW Mega power signal Solt
540 kHz mixture and local 873 kHz Szekesfehervar Maroshegy Kiwi rx
signal, two Mixtures listened on LW 333 and MW 1413 kHz, also -/+540
kHz apart distance. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Bueschel, harmonics yg via
WORLD OF RADIO 1984, DXLD)
The 333 and 1413 mixes could be result of receiver overloading; the
738 & 1008 seem more like really transmitted spurs (gh, ibid.)
** INDIA. Latest List of Private FM stations as on 17 May 2019 is now
available in the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Govt. of
India website as follows:
https://mib.gov.in/…/380%20Private%20FM%20Radio%20Channels%…
Now there are 380 different stations (Channels). Yours sincerely,
(Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad,
India, dx_india yg via DXLD) Per capita tiny compared to USA (gh)
** INDIA. AIR Trivandrum is noted back on 7290 kHz after some months
from 23 May 2019. Regular schedule is 0230-0932(Sat, Sun 1030) UT.
http://www.airtvm.com/
Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur
Radio, Hyderabad, India, May 29, dx_india yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1984,
DXLD)
** INDIA. The redesigned website of All India Radio is now available
in the following link:
http://www.allindiaradio.gov.in
&
http://164.100.77.43/
Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur
Radio, Hyderabad, India, dx_india yg via DXLD)
** INDONESIA. Japanese DXer Hiroyuki Okamura reports a new Radio
Republik Indonesia outlet at Ranai in the Riau Islands [located
between the Malaysian mainland and Borneo. BC] heard on 1467 at 1800
on 10 February.
Research by Jari Savolainen has uncovered a report that Indonesian
telecommunications company Catur Mitra Adhikara completed the
transmitter installation on RRI Ranai in 2018. RRI Ranai is located on
Natuna Island. The transmitter installed by CMA for RRI Ranai is the
Gatesair transmitter for AM of 10 KW and Gates for FM for 10 KW. The
installation is also equipped with Orban audio processor. The Orban
Optimod 9300 is used for AM and Orban Optimod 5700 for FM.
The 10 KW Gatesair AM transmitter provides unmatched audio
performance, better coverage, simple operation, lowest operating costs
and the highest reliability from any medium-wave transmitter
(DXing.info via NZDXRL via DXWW II, IRCA DX Monitor June 1, published
May 28 via DXLD)
** INDONESIA. On 24 February we had propagation to Western Australia,
Indonesia and Thailand. That Indonesian on 1584.7 could be Radio Suara
Kemal, but I have heard them already with proper ID much under nominal
frequency 1584. Also, under 1152 and above 1476 (more) Indonesian
stations (Martti Karimies via DXing.info via DXWW II, IRCA DX Monitor
June 1, published May 28 via DXLD)
Alan Davies responds: “1575 Cempaka Suara” is the ID in your
recording, Martti. That station in Rempoa near Jakarta has been heard
previously around 1575 and 1566 but I haven’t noticed it before on
1584. Listening in Jakarta itself, 1584 tends to be dominated by a
strong harmonic of Radio As Syafi’iyah 792 (via DXing.info, ibid.)
** INDONESIA. 3325, Voice of Indonesia, via RRI Palangkaraya.
May 18, with *1103, carrier with no audio thru checking till 1226.
May 21, with *1054, carrier with no audio thru checking till 1125.
May 23, very late starting today; carrier not heard 0956 thru 1215,
but VOI carrier was noted at 1242, but no audio (Ron Howard, Asilomar
State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via WORLD
OF RADIO 1984, DXLD) see also BOUGAINVILLE
3325, Voice of Indonesia, via RRI Palangkaraya, 1133, May 24. Clear
audio in Chinese, but later (1209-1232) found carrier with no audio at
all. May 25, started about 1057; today no audio (only carrier) with
random checking through 1315 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA,
Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1984,
DXLD)
INDONÉSIA (?), 3325 RRI, Palangue Karaya, 2101-2110, 11/5. Texto;
15341.
3345, RRI, Ternate, 2103-2113, 11/5. Texto; 15331. 73, (Carlos
Gonçalves, SW coast or Portugal, DX WORLD OF RADIO 1983, LISTENING
DIGEST)
Ternate is rarely active. That was in their morning; for our benefit,
hope it`s also on in evening (gh, ibid.)
Carlos previously reported it presumed this March:
``3345 RRI (p), Ternate, 1849-1856, 12/3. Texto; 15331.``
For his DBS, Anker Petersen said it was ``only sporadic``, last logged
in October 2018. Until he himself reported later in December:
``3345, 2235-2240 13.12, RRI, Ternate (p), Bahasa Indonesia talk -
best in USB, 13131 AP-DNK``
My last report was Oct 6, 2018 circa 1233: ``Propagation is certainly
OK, as I again detect the JBA off-frequency carrier just below 3345
from RRI Ternate, which BTW is in the Maluku Islands of eastern
Indonesia``. There were definite logs of it on 3344.86, Sept 19, 2018
as in DXLD 18-39. Carlos and all should check for this precise
frequency (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1984, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Glenn, May 27 - Have been checking Ternate almost daily, including
today, as it is the one RRI station most likely to reactivate for
Ramadan, as they have done a number of times in past years, but no
results so far during my morning monitoring. Today at 1118+, was
checking 3325 for VOI (heard in Chinese, with faint audio) and also
checked for Ternate, but nothing there. Will keep checking. You are
certainly correct, a good sign that it is them is the off frequency
(3344.86 kHz.). (Ron Howard, California, ibid.)
** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM [and non]. Meteorologists fear 5G network
could take forecasting back to the 1980s
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/5g-network-could-interfere-with-weather-forecasting-scientists/
The 2019 hurricane season officially starts tomorrow. Government
forecasters predict nine to 15 named storms. Two to four could become
major hurricanes. That's a category three or higher.
But the ability to predict those monster storms may be threatened by
the next generation of cell phones. On one side of the debate,
scientists worry that future 5G networks will hurt satellite data they
rely on. On the other side, federal regulators and cell phone
companies are racing to deploy 5G technology, which will deliver
information up to 100 times faster than today's mobile networks.
"This is a huge concern because we fear that advances in weather
forecasting are at risk," Marshall Shepherd, Director of the
University of Georgia's Atmospheric Sciences Program, said.
Meteorologists are concerned because some of the frequencies the
Federal Communications Commission plans to use for 5G are located next
to the only frequency where weather satellites can detect water vapor,
a critical component for accurate forecasting. They worry the new 5G
transmission will interfere with their weather data collection, making
it less accurate.
"The data is essential," Shepherd said. "90% of data going into
forecast models these days comes from weather satellites. If you
remove a good portion of that satellite data, you're crippling our
ability to make accurate weather forecasts."
That could mean less time to prepare for major storms.
"If 5G were in place during Hurricane Sandy, and we had the
interference that many of us expect, we might not have seen nine days
out that the storm was going to make a left," Shepherd said. "We might
have only known three days out that the storm was going to make a hard
left into New York and New Jersey."
The FCC declined an on-camera interview, but a group representing the
wireless industry calls the meteorologists' concerns an "absurd claim
with no science." They say the weather sensor currently deployed is
"much less susceptible to interference" than meteorologists claim.
Shepherd said he wants to take more time to look into the issue.
"I'm certainly in support of 5G and advanced telecommunications,"
Shepherd said. "But let's have a conversation to make sure we're not
setting weather forecasts back several decades."
There is still time for a compromise before networks roll out 5G later
this year.
"We don't want to move backward, we want to move forward with our
weather prediction capabilities because lives, property and even our
national security depend on it," Shepherd said.
NOAA says accurate weather data will provide the U.S. economy with $13
billion, but the wireless industry says 5G will add $274 billion.
Meteorologists say losing some of this critical information could take
us back to the 1980s in terms of forecasting (CBS News May 31, 2019,
8:23 AM via DXLD)
WTFK? (gh, DXLD)
No, 5G Won't Interfere With Weather Satellites. Here's Why |
https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/5g-weather-satellite-interference/
There are fears that 5G's use of mmWave -- the spectrum required for
higher bandwidth -- will interfere with weather satellites, setting
back ..
Now Reading: Ignore the scaremongers. 5G won’t interfere with weather
satellites. Here’s why By Ed Oswald — Posted May 29, 2019 1:00AM PST
5g weather satellite interference goes
5G will completely change the way we use our mobile phones, offering
super high speeds that won’t just mean downloading your favorite shows
faster. But 5G comes with a host of concerns, from limited range and
poor building penetration to worries of adverse health effects.
But now there’s a new issue: weather satellites. An April article in
Nature set the meteorological community into an uproar, as it detailed
the potential fallout of a recent auction from the Federal
Communications Commission of 24.25 to 24.45 and 24.75 to 25.25
gigahertz (GHz) spectrum. There’s one problem: that’s close to the
frequency meteorologists use to detect water vapor in the air.
Disrupting the weather?
Water vapor emits a weak radio signal at a frequency of 23.8 GHz,
which satellites detect. Water vapor imagery has become a crucial part
of forecasting the weather, as it helps meteorologists better
understand movement in the atmosphere, and provides computer models
with crucial data to better forecast the development of storms.
“The fears are realistic, as a reduction in the ability to detect
water vapor is estimated to return our forecast accuracy to levels
last seen around 1980,” Kevin McMahon, executive director of mobile
and emerging technologies at Chicago-based digital consultancy SPR,
told Digital Trends. “We’re bumping up against nature. There are
consequential trade offs to consider.”
5g weather satellite interference water vapor image --- Water vapor
imagery of the United States from Friday May 24, 2019. (NOAA)
The apparent assault on remote sensing of weather isn’t over, either.
Future planned auctions may affect the detection of precipitation (36
to 37 GHz), temperature (50.2 to 50.4 GHz), and even the traditional
cloud sensing of weather satellites (80 to 90 GHz).
But is all of this fear and loathing just a high-tech version of
Chicken Little? Probably, and here’s why.
It’s all about propagation
To understand why, we first need to know the science behind how radio
frequency works, most importantly in how it propagates. Perhaps the
best way to understand this is to use the radios in our homes and cars
as an example.
At very low frequencies, radio waves travel farther because they have
longer wavelengths. They also can travel through objects easily. Think
of a shortwave radio: broadcasts can travel around the world at night
using relatively little power (it’s also in a propagatory ‘sweet spot’
too). Similarly, AM radio broadcasts, which have frequencies just
below that of shortwave, can also travel long distances at night, but
not as far as shortwave.
Now compare this to an FM signal, which uses much higher frequency.
With a much shorter wavelength, FM radio signals rarely travel more
than 100 miles or so at best. To transmit over a substantial distance,
your power needs are much higher than the shortwave or AM bands.
Verizon 5G node. Julian Chokkattu/Digital Trends [another caption]
Traditional mobile phones operate on frequencies well above FM radio.
As you’d guess, the wavelengths are much shorter so the range is
reduced even further, and its ability to deal with obstructions is far
less robust. This is why early next-generation wireless networks in
the U.S. were so poor: operating at frequencies of 1700 and 2100MHz,
the range of towers was significantly less, and indoor reception was
spotty.
It has gotten immensely better, but only thanks to an expansive (and
rather closely spaced) network of cellular towers. But that’s not
possible everywhere, and wireless companies — T-Mobile most notably —
have hoarded lower frequency spectrum as it becomes available. But
even there, it’s not clear quite yet how to get the super high speeds
that 5G is expected to provide — since bandwidth is still tight.
So why use gigahertz spectrum in 5G, then?
A simple reason: congestion. Frequency spectrum on the lower bands are
shared by dozens if not hundreds of uses. As a result, small portions
of spectrum serve a whole lot of devices. As you get into the
multi-GHz portion of the radio spectrum, there are far less people
using it. So little, that the small hoses of bandwidth of lower band
wireless become large pipes at these super high frequencies, or
millimeter wave (mmWave).
mmWave covers frequencies roughly 30 to 300GHz, although frequencies
as low as 24GHz are considered mmWave too. The amount of bandwidth
available in mmWave is immense: experts believe mmWave has the
potential to boost download speeds up to as much as 10Gbps — making
all kinds of applications possible including live virtual and
augmented reality, smart autonomous vehicles, and more. Any of these
applications require massive amounts of bandwidth, and the spectrum
just isn’t there across the lower bands to do it.
galaxy s10 5g speed test --- Julian Chokkattu/Digital Trends
But let’s return to the discussion on propagation. Already at
frequencies of 1700 and 2100 MHz where most current networks operate,
there are reception issues indoors and heavily obstructed areas. This
is compounded as you go even higher in frequency.
“[5G] relies upon the millimeter-wave spectrum to deliver its top
speeds, and it is a hard fact of physics that these higher frequencies
degrade more easily, and cannot propagate as well as lower ones,”
BroadbandNow policy expert Tyler Cooper explained to Digital Trends.
“This means that 5G’s greatest potential will most likely be relegated
to extremely dense urban ‘pockets.'”
Verizon’s finding this out as it rolls out its 5G network across the
U.S. To cover cities, the company is forced to place a mini-tower on
literally every corner of every block, as we found out in April
testing the Verizon 5G network and again in May using the Galaxy S10
5G. Walk a block away from a transmitter and you’re back on the LTE
network.
Satellites are safe
The realities of mmWave, and good old fashioned physics, are the
reasons why weather satellites and any other potential user of
multi-GHz frequencies are likely safe for the foreseeable future. No
new technology is going to change this. While auctions may have opened
up for the frequencies close to where these satellites operate, the
frequencies sold are of questionable value to wireless carriers given
their poor propagation performance.
Furthermore, it is not entirely clear that a wireless carrier would
either need or want to use the small portion of the bands recently
sold that might interfere with satellite imagery. Spectrum licensees
are expected to keep interference to a minimum as a condition of their
license. For the most part, carriers have been good stewards of their
networks, and there’s really no reason to expect they wouldn’t be
now.
Could there be problems down the road? Sure. But we may be years if
not decades off from that — and by then we may have moved on to yet
another next-generation technology. But for now, your meteorologist
has nothing to fear (via DXLD) are we convinced?
** ISRAEL [and non]. Israel / Greece / Northern Macedonia / Malta /
Ukraine -------------------------------------------------- --------
On May 18, the 64th Eurovision Song Contest finals took place in Tel
Aviv. The first three places were taken by performers from Holland,
Italy and Russia, and the good song of Lazarev reminded the style of
the legendary Bee Gees. Like last year, I searched on the scale of
radio stations that broadcast the results of the competition. And so
from 1900, I listened to SW Greece at 9420 kHz, Israel at MW 657 and
1206 kHz in Hebrew, and 1080 kHz in Arabic, Radio Skopje in Macedonia
[North] at 810 kHz, Radio Malta in the local language at 999 kHz and
Ukraine at 549 kHz, although Ukraine did not participate in the
competition (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, RusDX 26 May via DXLD)
** KOREA NORTH. 2850, KCBS at 1150. Very strong signal, and noted that
both marine/tropical band and higher SW bands, hot this morning at
local daybreak. Dramatic sounding instrumental music, then operatic
music to ToH, where they went to M and W in Korean dialogue - Very
Good May 25 (Rick Barton, Arizona SW Logs, Hammarlund HQ-180A, Grundig
Satellit 205(T.5000), RS SW-2000629 with various outdoor wires. 73 and
Good Listening....! -rb, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1984, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
2850, KCBS-Pyongyang had a very strong (better than "normal")
dawn-time signal between 1220 and until around 1300z then faded slowly
away at sunrise... I like the below-5 MHz stuff the best... 73 -
(Steve McGreevy (rx.: Benmar Nav. 555A and its DFing
shielded-loopstick)
-- N6NKS - www.auroralchorus.com May 25, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO
1984, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. Communist North Korea is about to get hit with a
massive new radio signal carrying the message of Christ's love like
never before. "It's an AM station, 250,000 watts, which will clearly
cover North Korea," said Ed Cannon, president of Far East Broadcasting
Company, also known as FEBC.
For over 75 years, FEBC has been using radio signals to send the
message of Jesus Christ around the world. Cannon says this new "super
station" will be erected close to the border of North and South
Korea.
"We've secured a location on the western coast of South Korea just a
few miles south of the Demilitarized Zone," Cannon told CBN News.
"It's a perfect location because the signal goes across the ocean for
a few miles and then goes right into North Korea."
FEBC's president says the radio signal will launch in a few months and
will carry gospel programs produced from neighboring South Korea. "The
strategy of our organization is to use indigenous people in their
native language to produce programming," Cannon said. "We have a large
segment of South Korean people broadcasting and we also have a number
of escapees, refugees from North Korea, who've come to our
organization."
Cannon claims the signal will be "unblockable" by North Korea's regime
and will "reach far past the northern boundary of North Korea covering
the entire country with the message of Jesus Christ."
According to its website, FEBC's broadcasts can be heard in 107
languages and 49 countries from 149 stations and transmitters.
"Our goal in North Korea is the same as it is in all of our other
countries: to share the gospel through radio so that people will be
inspired to follow Jesus Christ as their Savior," Cannon told CBN News
in an earlier interview.
North Korea is the most dangerous country in the world for Christians.
Cannon says anyone caught listening to FEBC programs faces severe
consequences. "The {North Korean} refugees themselves say 'pray for
courage, pray for perseverance' because the Christians are reaching
out in ways to gather together in the Name of Christ, to pray
together, to listen to the radio together, and they are willing to
endure severe persecution," Cannon told CBN News.
Each year, Open Doors USA releases their World Watch List, a ranking
of the 50 countries where Christians face the most persecution. North
Korea has taken the top spot for 18 years in a row.
"If Christians are discovered, not only are they deported to labor
camps as political criminals or even killed on the spot, their
families will share their fate as well," Open Doors asserted on their
website. "Christians do not even have the slightest space in society,
on the contrary, they are publicly warned against." (CBN
News 5-9-19
http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/2019/may/massive-super-station-radio-signal-carrying-message-of-jesus-christ-to-blanket-north-korea
(via Jon Pearkins, DXWW II, IRCA DX Monitor June 1, published May 28
via DXLD)
Interesting. The new station doesn’t appear to be a replacement for
HLAZ-1566, but an additional station intended solely for North Korean
audiences (Bruce Portzer, ed., ibid.) WTFK?????
** KOREA NORTH [non]. UZBEKISTAN, Radio Free North Korea via RRTM
Telecom Tashkent, May 29:
1200-1300 11510 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg NEAs Korean, fair/good,
starting with 100 sec[onds of] 11510 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Min
Nan AWR // 12105 via TAC!
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/radio-free-north-korea-via-rrtm-telecom_30.html
UZBEKISTAN, Voice of Wilderness via RRTM Telecom Tashkent, May 29:
1330-1530 on 7615 TAC 100 kW / 070 deg to NEAs Korean, fair signal
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/voice-of-wilderness-via-rrtm-telecom.html
UZBEKISTAN, North Korea Reform Radio via RRTM Telecom Tashkent, May 29
1430-1530 11565 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg NEAs Korean, good signal plus QRM
same time 11560 BGL 500 kW / 325 deg WeAs Pashto All India R. -strong
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/orth-korea-reform-radio-via-rrtm.html
UZBEKISTAN, Voice of Martyrs via RRTM Telecom Tashkent, May 29
1530-1600 on 7530 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean, weak signal:
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/voice-of-martyrs-via-rrtm-telecom.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 29-30, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA SOUTH. 4885, Echo of Hope - VOH, Change of program schedule?
On May 20 & 21, found that the usual "Easy English" language lesson
(1240-1300) was not carried; instead a music show and in Korean. May
21 - there was no 9100 heard at all. Others heard as usual with 3985
// 5995 // 6250 // 6350. May 23, noted 9100 back on the air. Was "Easy
English" dropped from the schedule or was it re-scheduled to a
different time?
5920, Voice of Freedom, 1213, on May 23. Has been on this frequency
for a long time now, unlike their past changing frequencies to escape
the N. Korea jamming; pop songs in Korean, cutting thru the jamming
fairly well (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna:
100' long wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1984, DXLD)
5920, Voice of Freedom, 1300, May 25. A very rare event to find no N.
Korean jamming here; only some very light adjacent QRM; earlier
certainly had the normal heavy pulsating noise jamming; yesterday at
the same time also no jamming. Needs more monitoring to find out just
when the jamming is being turned off and will it be a regular daily
event? My six minute audio at
http://bit.ly/2EyBelF
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long
wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1984, DXLD)
Hello Ron and WOR: A few days ago (I think I reported it here) I found
the same for 4450 (V. of the People or whatever they call themselves
from day to day...) fully in the clear until 1240z than a blast of
jamming thereafter - and I got it in a recording! My guess is KRE is
having power problems as usual, and I figure if KOR just overwhelms
them with a multitude of signals then KRE cannot keep up with all of
the frequencies to jam (lacking AC power and the Pyongyang blackouts
too).
This morning (25 May) at about 1230z, 3480 //6600 (etc.) had again
just ineffectual "beeping jamming" on their USB side but otherwise
very clear Korean - maybe just localized jamming in Pyongyang but not
the blasting-hash on 4450 etc.!
2850 KCBS-Pyongyang had a very strong (better than "normal") dawn-time
signal between 1220 and until around 1300z then faded slowly away at
sunrise... I like the below-5 MHz stuff the best. 73 - (Steve
McGreevy (rx.: Benmar Nav. 555A and its DFing shielded-loopstick) --
N6NKS - www.auroralchorus.com, WOR iog via DXLD)
May 26, a third day with jamming going off the air. Jamming closed
down sometime after hearing it at 1306 today; checking at 1321, found
the jamming gone and good VOF reception. My audio at
http://bit.ly/2wmBC2m
(Ron Howard, California, ibid.)
** KOREA SOUTH. Reception of KBS World Radio via Kimjae on May 28
2200-2300 on 11810 KIM 250 kW / 305 deg to WeEu English
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/reception-of-kbs-world-radio-via-kimjae.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 28-29, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15575, KBS World Radio at 1313 with an interview between two men –
Barely audible May 28 (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S,
Drake SPR-4, or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 80 and 40 meter off centre-fed
dipoles (OCFD), Alpha Delta DX-LB inverted vee dipole, and a rotatable
dipole made from two OPEK HVT-600 HF mobile antennas, ODXA iog via
DXLD) So-called NAm service, direct
** KOREA SOUTH [non]. Re 19-21, KBS in Russian, sked shown as 6:00 to
19:00 UT: Really? 13 hours straight in the daytime? Or starting at
16:00? (gh, DXLD) No, 6:00 was pm not am: (gh)
Dear Glenn, The Google machine translated it to the correct text, but
due to my illness I could not completely check. I apologize to the
author Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria. Real text:
Korea, Republic / United Kingdom: Although very early, but it was
reported that KBS in Russian from October 27, 2019 will be on the air
from 1800 to 1900 UT at 6040 kHz through a transmitter on Woofferton
and from 1300 to 1400 on 9645 kHz from Kimzhe, Republic of Korea
(Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Rus-DX May 19 not published until May
25, via DXLD) 73! (Anatoly Klepov, Rus-DX editor, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. MOI Radio Kuwait in English on 2 frequencies in // May 23:
0500-0800 15529.8 KBD 250 kW / 310 deg WeEu English, as scheduled A-19
0500-0800 15515.0 KBD 250 kW / 059 deg EaAs English, instead of Arabic
0800-0900 15515.0 KBD 250 kW / 059 deg EaAs Persian, instead of Arabic
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/moi-radio-kuwait-in-english-on-2.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 23-24, WORLD OF RADIO 1984, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) = Ministry Of Information
** KUWAIT [and non]. Radio Kuwait e AIR DRM --- Ciao a tutti. Segnale
perfetto di Radio Kuwait in modo DRM il 24 maggio 2019 dalle 1000 alle
1030 UTC sulla frequenza di 15110 kHz. Condizioni di lavoro: Yaesu
FRG-7000 e antenna dipolo. Convertitore 455/12 kHz autocostruito.
Radio Kuwait finestra di dialogo DRM --- Ciao. Nella mail precedente
ho dimenticato di comunicare che la ricezione di AIR in DRM su 7550
kHz nelle ore serali da un paio di giorni è difficile a causa di una
leggera interferenza che pregiudica la corretta demodulazione del
segnale. A completare invece l'osservazione del potente e perfetto
segnale di Radio Kuwait in DRM su 15110 kHz, accludo la finestra di
dialogo del segnale DRM dalla quale si evincono la corretta forma
d'onda e il sostanzioso segnale (Giovanni Lorenzi, ITALIAN AMATEUR
RADIO STATION I T 9 T Z Z, ESCLUSIVAMENTE IN TELEGRAFIA [sic], May 24.
bclnews.it yg via DXLD)
** KUWAIT. Reception of MOI Radio Kuwait in 19mb/16mb AM mode May 24:
1600-1800 on 15540.0 KBD 250 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Urdu, fair to good &
2000-2400 on 17549.8 KBD 250 kW / 350 deg to ENAm Arabic GS, fair/good
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/reception-of-moi-radio-kuwait-in.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 24-25, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
17550.02v, May 25 at 2117, R. Kuwait JBA carrier is the OSOB, in its
foolish doomed Arabic transmission for C&W NAm. Previously was on the
minus side (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MALAYSIA. Very weak signal of RTM Wai/Limbang FM, May 23
from 0815 on 11665 KAJ 100 kW / 093 deg to SEAs Malaysian
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/very-weak-signal-of-rtm-wailimbang-fm.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 23-24, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Fair/good signal of RTM Wai/Limbang FM, May 28
1300&1330 on 11665 KAJ 100 kW / 093 deg to SEAs Malaysian
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/fairgood-signal-of-rtm-wailimbang-fm.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 28-29, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MALI. 5995, Radio Mali, Bamako, *0553-0757*, 26-05, open with
African songs, at 0559 tuning music, id. in French “Vous ecoutez
l’Office de Radiodiffusion Television du Mali emettant de Bamako...”,
Arabic songs, vernacular comments, African songs. 35433. (Méndez)
9635, Radio Mali, Bamako, *0757-0915, 26-05, vernacular comments, at
1000 tuning music, French ID “Vous Ecoutez l’Office de Radiodiffusion
Television du Mali emettant de Bamako...”, vernacular, religious
program, mentioned in French “L'église protestante d'Europe”, at 0901
news in French. 44444 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo? Spain, WOR iog via DXLD)
** MEXICO [and non]. RAYMIE`S MEXICO BEAT this week
One story from Thursday that I forgot to mention comes from Darío
Celis's column
https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/opinion/dario-celis/dejan-sola-a-la-sectur
(we've been hearing a lot about him lately), and it has to do with
Radio Centro.
It's an update from the court battle between Francisco and Carlos
Aguirre, and so far Carlos is getting the upper hand. A judge has
ordered Francisco to pay nearly $7 million in the form of 28,394,890
Radio Centro shares, plus potential interest. Since Pancho has not
paid up, the Fifth District Civil Judge in Mexico City is set to order
the auction of 11.11 percent of his shares in Radio Centro (Raymie
Humbert, Phœnix AZ, May 25, WTFDA Forum via DXLD)
One of the benefits of the whole concesión única deal is that, if you
are a broadcaster, you can expand into telecommunications easily.
Proof of that comes in two authorizations under concesiones únicas
with FER keys that have nothing to do with broadcasting. They are both
for subsidiaries of Promomedios (#034744 Service Expansion —*GPM Grupo
Promomedios Culiacán to Tayoltita, Mpio. de San Dimas, Dgo.
http://rpc.ift.org.mx/rpc/pdfs/93742_190527121155_3783.pdf
and #034743 Service Expansion — GPM Grupo Promomedios Mazatlán to San
Ignacio, Sin.).
http://rpc.ift.org.mx/rpc/pdfs/93767_190527121229_1169.pdf
Promomedios will provide cable service to the two localities through
subsidiaries which each won stations in IFT-4.
A clause in the concesión única explains why this is happening:
"7.4 SOCIAL, POPULATION, PUBLIC SITE AND UNIVERSAL COVERAGE PROGRAMS.
With the goal of protecting universal access to telecommunications
services, the IFT shall be able to organize the execution of programs
to provide social, population and public site coverage that will be
obligatory for the Concessionaire, in response to the demand for the
public services that it offers and considering the proposals made
annually by the Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes." (Raymie,
May 27, ibid.)
We have a sale price for KXOS: $35 million. $1 million goes to Grupo
Radio Centro LA for intellectual property and the remaining $34
million to the 93.9 Holdings licensee for the rest of the stick.
(Still not enough to beat back more than a billion pesos in debt to
the SAT...) (Ramie, May 28, ibid.)
Budget cuts are coming to the Instituto Mexicano de la Radio.
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/columna/ricardo-raphael/nacion/pemex-no-se-merece-tanto?page=1
The IMER cuts are deep and will require the company to lay off 220
personnel. The agency is also pulling its news and talk programs from
XEB (they will continue to air on XHIMR-FM) and shuttering its
Chiquihuite auxiliary facilities and emergency generators in order to
achieve a 30 percent reduction in fuel and electricity costs.
Most particularly impacted will be XHLAC and XHFQ, which will also
stop carrying IMER Noticias programs.
https://twitter.com/eliabaltazar/status/1133848153571102722
Arturo Farela, meanwhile, says the Secretaría de Gobernación has
failed to meet its deadline to provide a response
https://www.jornada.com.mx/2019/05/30/politica/009n3pol
to evangelicals about religious radio stations, a period of two and a
half months laid out by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in their
March 13 meeting.
There are also rumblings of more media consolidation. While Carlos
Mota
https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/opinion/reacomodo-en-medios-de-comunicacion/
spends time talking about potential bad news on the horizon for
regional newspapers dealing with government advertising cutbacks, in
the radio industry it seems something is coming. Speculation not only
includes more Radio Centro downsizing, but even MVS is being batted
about as a name. A knowledgeable source tells Mota that "now is the
time to buy cheap".
But, hey, at least you're not the security crew at the Chamber of
Deputies parking facility who failed to recognize IFT president
Gabriel Contreras and left him waiting to get in for 10 minutes...
https://www.milenio.com/opinion/editoriales/trascendio-nacional/trascendio_438
[tagline} Este programa es público, ajeno a cualquier partido
político. Queda prohibido el uso para fines distintos a los
establecidos en el programa (Raymie, May 30, ibid.)
** MYANMAR. 5985, Myanmar Radio, 1306-1312, on May 24 (Friday). An
edition of "Learning English with BBC, Burmese," in English and
Burmese; "Invasion of personal space ... being tolerant"; 1309,
closing "Learning English with BBC, Burmese" ID. Still do not know
what the full schedule is for this language lesson (Ron Howard,
Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog
via DXLD)
** NEW ZEALAND. Radio Reading Service on 1602 went off the air on
Saturday morning 23rd February after a last-ditch plea to the
Broadcasting minister failed. In a final attempt to save the service’s
funding, Radio Reading Service founder Allen Little wrote to
Broadcasting Minister Kris Faafoi, in an appeal to change NZ On Air’s
decision to cut the station’s funding of $110,348 a year. The
Levin-based station provided news and entertainment to the
print-disabled community.
In a letter to Little, Faafoi said he was unable to intervene in NZ On
Air’s funding decisions. The letter explained NZ On Air fund a number
of services available for the disabled community, including access
radio stations and audio descriptions of screen content. The service
has not been able to secure another significant source of funding. NZ
On Air spokeswoman Allanah Kalafatelis said there are now a wider
range of accessibility services available to the disabled community,
and the Radio Reading Service’s small audience made justifying funding
difficult.
Levin’s Radio Reading Service has been providing news and
entertainment for the “print disabled” since 1987. A print-disabled
person is anyone who cannot see, hold, understand or access printed
literature. NZ On Air stopped its funding of $110,348 last June after
giving notice in June 2016 (Media reports and NZRDXL Facebook page 25
Feb 19, via DXWW II, IRCA DX Monitor June 1, published May 28 via
DXLD)
1602 was 2XA. This story fails to note that the Levin station was also
on SW for a while: 3935 kHz, ZLXA, 1 kW, as in WRTH 1991. I don`t
believe I ever heard it. I think was also on 7 MHz band (gh, DXLD)
** NEW ZEALAND. Update on Henderson (Auckland) Transmission Masts:
To keep RNZ on-air, a massive amount of work is regularly being done
behind the scenes by a small transmission team. The recent re-guying
work on the masts at the Henderson AM site is a notable major project.
Henderson is one of the six high power AM sites serving a population
of more than 1,400,000. It has 13 co-siters. There are two masts at
the Henderson AM transmission site: 153m mast, built in 1950 and 122m
mast, built in 1955. Both RNZ National and Parliament are transmitted
from the 153m mast. Services on the 153m aerial mast were closed down
for up to 7 hours last week (25-27 February) to allow rigging and
maintenance work to be carried out to ensure we maintain 100%
compliance and capacity of the structure. The work involved adding new
guy attachment steelwork to the 153m mast at all levels. It was a
major undertaking and very time pressured. The downtime was
significant to RNZ and our co-site clients (and cricket season was
starting Thursday). Steve White, Transmission Engineering Specialist,
the Kordia team and their sub-contractors did a brilliant job, and
safely. Work on the 122m mast will start shortly (RNZ Soundbytes
1Mar19 via NZDXRL via DXWW II, IRCA DX Monitor June 1, published May
28 via DXLD)
** NIGERIA. Nigeria new Fulani station on 720 kHz planned
https://www.ripplesnigeria.com/nigerian-govt-to-create-radio-station-for-herdsmen/
https://www.ripplesnigeria.com/nigeria-needs-restructuring-not-herdsmen-radio-station-sen-sani/
(Steve Whitt, MWN Editor, MWCircle yg May 26 via DXLD)
** NIGERIA. 7254.940, May 25 at 0550, VON is back after a few days
away, so I remeasure, about where it always parx, and on earlier than
usual with a prélude of African choral music at S9/+10.
7255-, May 26 at 0600, VON AWOL again, no signal altho it
was there 24 hours earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. 11689.9, 19.05.19 1715, V of Nigeria, Ikorudu, EE: ID+TK.
F (MG, May DX Fanzine via DXLD)
A very strange log entry; we know that VON should be on 9689.9, not
11689.9. Who made the mistake? The editor? MG? Who`s MG ---- not in
the contributor list! Or even the station accidentally punching in a
frequency exactly 2000.0 kHz higher than should have? Only the last
would be worthy of note (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6770, PIRATE (No. Am.) “Old Time Radio,” 0139,
5/24/19. Some audio from an old time radio program comprehensible on
peaks. Too poor to tell what the program was. Not often heard at all
here. (This is known to be audio from a radio museum whose in house LP
AM transmitter [770 kHz?] is inadvertently transmitting on this
frequency via the museum’s wiring.) (Mark Taylor, Madison, Wisconsin.
Equipment: Perseus, Elad FDM-S2, Airspy HF+, ICOM R75, Tecsun PL 880,
and various other portables; 42 meters dipole, 100’ long wire, W6LVP
loop, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD)
** NORTH AMERICA. 7480-AM, YHWH (religious pirate). Yes, he is back
again! May 28, from tune in at 0256 till tuned out at 0315; QRN
(static); started out fair, but went downhill till finally unusable by
0315. Delivering his usual recorded diatribe. My local sunset was at
0317. My audio at
http://bit.ly/2MatUTB
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long
wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1984, DXLD)
Thanks, Ron! He's now on 7495 at fair/good reception on 7495 kHz, so
clearly testing different frequencies (at 0504 UT). PS: Just dropped
the frequency a few minutes ago after 0500 UT. 73, (Walt Salmaniw,
Victoria, BC, 0513 May 28, ibid.)
Tonight, no sign of YHWH on 7480 checking between 0258 and 0600 UT
(Walt Salmaniw, May 29, ibid.)
Just got home and noted YHWH on the air at stronger level then a few
days ago. Obviously live, with a local time check for 10:20 PM, and
the usual "I love you" and off the air at 0521 UT. Didn't notice him
last night. 73 (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, May 30, WOR iog via WORLD
OF RADIO 1984, DXLD) WTFK this time? 7480? (gh)
Thanks for the interesting observations. Completely different 7480 kHz
reception down here in California; mostly unreadable the whole time
(0302-0521*); tuned into UNID station (extremely weak); by 0310, was
fairly sure it was him and by 0340, positive was YHWH; at 0405, the
usual strange sounding song ("Days of Hard Life"), which was played
again before going off the air (0517-0520).
BTW - Some might wonder how I could spend several hours listening to
an unreadable signal? Was curious as to how long he would be on the
air and if he would change frequency. All the while when listening to
YHWH in my car at the beach, I was re-reading a good novel ("The
Jewel In The Crown"), so the time went by rather pleasantly (Ron
Howard, CA, ibid.)
** NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. 13690.050, May 25 at 1338, JBA carrier,
confronting splash from 13700 Cuba; off at 1358. Scheduled is only
VOA Chinese via SAIPAN, this hour only. Likely also jammed, but even
before the typhoon, this site was known for offfrequenciness (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 88.1 WBFM, May 29 at 1923 UT, manipulating the PL-880
telescopic, I get NPR via KWOU Woodward as preferred, but in a
different position, carrier with dead air, which must be the station
it always confronts depending on which has a slight tropo advantage,
KMSI Moore OK. No significant tornadoes in Moore AFAIK this time. In
WTFDA Database, I see that KMSI is 50 kW Vertical polarization only,
while KWOU is 23.5 kW H&V and somewhat further. There are three Oasis
Network gospel-huxters in OK on 88.1, KMSI, KDIM 100/100 kW Coweta
and a translator in Miamuh (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 90.1 WBFM, UT Sun May 26 at 0300-0400 UT, KUCO-FM with
`Weekend Radio`, comedy stuff from WCLV we listen to every week now
if not an hour earlier via WCLV itself webcast. Should have, as
ruined on KUCO, interrupted 5 or 6 times this hour for tornado
warnings, with those horrible tones, and instead of clear talk, a
pileup of multiple echoes as different stations --- nodes? in the
chain are all coming in at once! Isn`t it about time the EAS got
their act together?!?! Not necessarily blaming KUCO for this
situation altho did not check how they were coming across other
stations. This was the hour when the tornado hit El Reno. I`ve yet to
hear any newscast utter the *names* of the motel or trailer park. Is
this info being deliberately suppressed? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 92.1 WBFM, May 24 circa 2030 UT and earlier, later chex,
KAMG-LP Enid in open carrier only. That was quick: As in previous
report, I had just found it reactivated after 21 months on May 22 as
``Radio Vivir``.
Suspect another cynical example of going on the air *only* to
preserve a license, but not interested enough to keep broadcasting,
yet preventing anyone else from getting the frequency. At FCC FM
Query, I do find that the original KAMG-LP was granted a license to
cover on February 27, 2007. and clicking on the pdf Authorization,
``This license expires 3:00 a.m. local time, June 01, 2013``. Another
six years would be a week from now! So at least the licensee is
paying attention to the calendar. [more below]
While I am at it, a quick check of other area FM stations with dead
air:
88.3, K202BY, Family Radio translator has been open carrier for many
many months, meanwhile getting an STA to be *off* the air, which is
not the same thing as on the air transmitting nothing! Perhaps they
can`t tell the difference back at KEBR-FM HQ in California?
89.1, K206CA, Oasis Network translator of KNYD(FM); often dead air
and this time has been for a few days at least. [see below]
90.3, KHEV Fairview, relay of KHYM seems on but dead air now. Maybe
caused by recent/current storms. With 490 watts, gets into west side
of Enid best.
101.5, KOCD Okeene, satellite of KWDW-LP 93.9 OKC is still out of air
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENINIG DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 89.1, K206CA, Oasis translator in Enid is back on, not
only carrier but modulation, May 25 circa 2030; the other absentees in
last report remain so (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 92.1, May 29 at 1923 UT check, KAMG-LP Enid is still on
with dead air and may remain so for months until something fails.
It`s beyond me why anystation will do this, paying the electricity
bill while it could be accomplishing something by resuming modulation
at virtually no additional cost; as it did for one day when it first
came back last week (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. See USA: AM & FM midday bandscans including some OKies
** OKLAHOMA. 1230, May 28 at 2115 UT and May 29 at 1333, WBBZ Ponca
City still completely off the air, probably due to flooding. This is
supposedly the website, with nothing about it, forwarded here after
clicking on a 1230 link! https://www.poncapost.com/sunny-104-7
See also UNIDENTIFIED
1230, May 30 circa 2225 UT, WBBZ Ponca City is still off the air; due
to flooding? (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WORLD OF RADIO 1984, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1580, May 28 circa 1400 UT, KOKB Blackwell is still dead
air on open carrier. At least it is on the air, altho accomplishing
nothing. In previous report under USA daytime bandscan, I called it
KLTR! It`s really been KOKB since --- 3/20/84, 35 years ago. Oops.
Fixed:
1580, KOKB Blackwell OK, now it`s 1909 UT, dead air, while sibling
1020 KOKP Perry OK is nominal. There has been flooding in Blackwell.
But why? Somehow the program feed from Stillwater studio has been
cut. Why not turn off the transmitter in the meantime? Maybe site is
inaccessible by flooding, and/or there is no funxional remote control
--- now or never?
Still on with dead air at 2115 UT check May 28, and at 1333 UT May
29. Nothing about this found on the website
https://www.eteamradio.com/
Flooding in Blackwell is still reported May 29.
1580, May 29 at 1925 UT, shortly after my previous report, KOKB
Blackwell has finally resumed modulating // 1020 KOKP Perry, with
Stillwater ad, whence both of them originate. Flooding may be abating
now if that was the cause of modulation loss, tho carrier always
stayed on (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WORLD OF RADIO 1984, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** OMAN. Reception of Radio Sultanate of Oman/Oman FM 90.3MHz, May 27
from 1359 on 9620 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu English Ramadan px
from 1456 on 9620 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu Arabic, very good:
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/reception-of-radio-sultanate-of_27.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 26-27, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
So they spent an hour explaining, or celebrating? Ramadan in English?
(gh, DXLD)
** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, NBC Madang, (Maus Blong Garamut - Voice of
Indigenous Drums), May 21. Currently this is the only PNG that I can
hear; Wantok Radio Light (7325) is so low lowered that I can only hear
a faint carrier and for awhile now NBC Bougainville (3325) has been
off the air during my normal monitoring times. Madang, 1203-1213 with
news in English (unreadable) and pop songs; cut off in mid-song (Ron
Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire,
WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1984, DXLD)
** ROMANIA. 7420, UT Mon May 20 at 0027, Romanian folk music S9+25,
while // 5980, presumed still there under wall-of-noise Cuban jamming
against no TV Martí on weekends. Alan Roe`s ``Music on Shortwave``
schedule shows this hour contains ``Zi-le D-Alead-Ale Noastre (Folk
Skippy mx) (Glenn Hauser, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD)
! My original report did NOT have the word ``Skippy`` in it! I have no
idea why the editor? inserted it: original:
Alan Roe`s ``Music on Shortwave`` schedule shows this hour contains
``Zi-le D-Alead-Ale Noastre (Folk mx)``; ex-9790 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
HI Glenn, I'm laughing at myself. I was listening to the pirate
Skippy Radio while I was editing and must have inserted it into the
log instead of my log sheet! I'll put a note in (Mark Taylor, WI,
NASWA Flashsheet editor, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. In Russia, they proposed to create a special radio station
for polar explorers, a signal which can be received by all residents
of the Arctic zone of the country.
----------------------------------
It is assumed that its format will be presented informational and
musical broadcasting with a ratio of news and music in the proportion
of 40 to 60 percent. To date, state broadcasting covers less than
three percent of the mainland of the Arctic zone of Russia. And after
all the transmitters of fashionable radio broadcasting in the KV, SA
and DV bands (radio stations were transferred to the FM band) were
disconnected throughout 2015, residents of remote areas found
themselves in a situation of informational hunger.
“Currently, there is not a single Russian radio station in the Far
North. This problem is especially acute for those who work at polar
stations, military bases, rotational camps, and finally - in the chums
of indigenous peoples,” said Olga Stepanova, one of the initiators of
the “polar radio” idea at the meeting of the Interregional Public
Organization“ Association of Polar Explorers ”. .
She told colleagues that the vacated frequencies in the Russian North
captured the radio stations of other states, primarily China. “All of
Siberia is covered by Chinese broadcasting. Even Madagascar can be
found in the Arctic Circle, but Russian radio cannot be found,
”Stepanova said.
She appealed to the leadership of the association to support the idea
of the organization. According to the ideas of the authors of the
initiative, it is planned to create programs on life in the region,
the work of polar explorers and the history of the region’s
development on the Arctic radio station.
“Our task is not only to eliminate digital inequality, but also to
provide residents of the arctic region with quality content. We want
to raise the spirit of the Russian North, so that people feel involved
in the great cause, that their work is important and necessary for our
whole country,” said Stepanova.
The association’s chairman, Artur Chilingarov, suggested that the
authors submit their ideas to the Ministry for the Development of the
Far East and the Arctic in order to create a consortium and implement
an Arctic radio station project based on a public-private partnership.
Fidel Agumava, pnp.ru
http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__73527/
(via RusDX 26 May via DXLD)
Above might involve re-reactivating SW [KV] for remote Arctic coverage
(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAO TOME. 9830, May 28 at 0642, poor signal in African language.
HFCC Shows Deutsche Welle in Hausa this semihour only, 100 kW at 0
degrees, i.e. north toward Nigeria rather than non-direxional? Just
like another broadcast on same at 1800-1900 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SEYCHELLES. To mention a few technical details about our station,
our programmes are now relayed by VHF link from our studio in the
hills of Mahe, to the transmitter site on the coast, north of
Victoria, a total distance of 4 miles. From there it is broadcast by a
30 KW short wave transmitter, operating at present into an aerial
array erected on the beach just outside the transmitter building. Our
future plans include a complete aerial system on the coral barrier
reef about 3/4 mile out to sea.
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/IBIAAOSwze9cn2u-/s-l1600.jpg
Yours sincerely [illegibly signed], QSL Secretary, FEBA, Sept 8, 1970,
reply to Mr J. Rasmusson, Malmoe, Sweden, (retyped by gh from image of
a letter sold on ebay via Artie Bigley, DXLD)
Aerial system on a reef? That could not be good for the coral. Could
it be restored after FEBA`s demise? Or was reef already dead? (Glenn
Hauser, DXLD)
** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, SIBC - the Voice of the Nation, on May 20,
anomaly; still on the air 1322+, instead of 1200*; again with no audio
detected (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100'
long wire, WOR iog via DXLD)
5020, SIBC - the Voice of the Nation. On May 27, at 0925 UT, Solomon
Islands had an earthquake. So SIBC increased the audio level today and
extended their broadcasting time well past 1200; from 1154 to 1201,
with the usual "Evening Devotional," closing ID in English and
National Anthem; 1201-1316+, over an hour of non-stop pop songs in
English, with never any announcements or ID, so assume this was not a
Wantok FM relay, which in the past was noted with frequent IDs between
the songs, whenever running past the normal sign off time (1200*). All
I usually hear is a carrier, with no trace of any audio, so today was
a treat for me! Earthquake info -
http://bit.ly/2YOqUO7
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long
wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1984, DXLD)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 15825, May 30 at 1751, WWCR-1 with Brother
Scare, as the creep creeps onto more and more frequencies. EiBi shows
him already M-F at 1700-1800. Now it`s // 13845, but at 1806, 15825
has split to some other g.h.., while 13845 prolongs TOMBS (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN. Radio Exterior de España in English/French/Portuguese May 24
2200-2230 on 9690 NOB 200 kW / 290 deg to ENAm English Mon/Wed/Fri
2200-2230 on 11670 NOB 200 kW / 161 deg to WCAf English Mon/Wed/Fri
2200-2230 on 11940 NOB 200 kW / 230 deg to SoAm English Mon/Wed/Fri
2200-2230 on 12030 NOB 200 kW / 110 deg to N/ME English Mon/Wed/Fri
2230-2300 on 9690 NOB 200 kW / 290 deg to ENAm French Mon-Fri
2230-2300 on 11670 NOB 200 kW / 161 deg to WCAf French Mon-Fri
2230-2300 on 11940 NOB 200 kW / 230 deg to SoAm French Mon-Fri
2230-2300 on 12030 NOB 200 kW / 110 deg to N/ME French Mon-Fri
2300-2330 on 9690 NOB 200 kW / 290 deg to ENAm Portuguese Mon-Fri
2300-2330 on 11940 NOB 200 kW / 230 deg to SoAm Portuguese Mon-Fri
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/radio-exterior-de-espana-in.html
Reception of Radio Exterior de España REE in Spanish, May 25:
1400-2200 on 9690 NOB 200 kW / 290 deg to ENAm Spanish Sat/Sun, weak
1400-2200 on 11670 NOB 200 kW / 161 deg to WCAf Spanish Sat/Sun, good
1400-2200 on 11940 NOB 200 kW / 230 deg to SoAm Spanish Sat/Sun, good
1400-2200 on 12030 NOB 200 kW / 110 deg to N/ME Spanish Sat/Sun, fair
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/reception-of-radio-exterior-de-espana.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 24-25, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9690, Friday May 24 at 2202, REE`s Justin Coe introducing a 4-movement
serious music piece, sounded like ``In Memory of Tonal Music`` by
Strauss, but that does not compute. Podcast archive is running a week
behind, but per WOR Hitlist, should eventually show at:
http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/emision-en-ingles/
S9+10 but vs heavy storm noise.
12030, May 28 at 2128 REE in music but not // 9690 & 11940, altho all
are scheduled in Spanish, 12030 being the odd one with ME target, even
tho it`s always better here off the back, than 11940 for South
America. At 2130, 12030 5+1 TS, into Arabic, ``Huna Madrid`` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN. ---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "'Jurgen Bartels'
Date: Wed, 29 May 2019 00:39:49 +0200
Subject: [vhfskip] 67.9675 MHz Radio-Alginet
To: vhfskip@yahoogroups.com
This evening I found a weak Spanish radio on 67.9675, first with
nonstop Spanish music. The background had a constant (digital)
noise. At 1900 (my time) this ID came followed by news:
http://dx.3sdesign.de/temp/67967.5-E-Radio-Alginet-190528a.mp3
I asked Mauricio about it and he answered fast that this might be
http://www.alginet.es/radio-alginet
His answer came short before the signal entirely faded. The stream
matched. This seems to be some kind of intermod product with some
other equipment at the same site, and not an intended transmission.
Mauricio, many thanks for your assistance!
Jurgen Bartels Suellwarden, N. Germany
Ant. hor: 29-45MHz 7-el, 45-87MHz 11-el, FM 15.11, Band-3:13-el,
UHF:48-el
TV: Winradio G305 / Fly2000 + video noise filter & variable IF BW
FM: Downconverter + Perseus + Speclab as WFM demod.
27-1000MHz: Airspy with HDSDR
MW: 30 x 4m EWE 320° with JB-terminator, Winradio & Perseus
http://zeiterfassung.3sdesign.de/station_list.htm StationList
http://zeiterfassung.3sdesign.de/stationlist-m.htm StationList-M for
Android
http://dx.3sdesign.de/tv_offset_list.htm
(via Tim Bucknall, Kresy-Siberia Foundation, M +44 7976160965,
Congleton, UK, Tim.Bucknall@Kresy-Siberia.org
http://www.Kresy-Siberia.org
"Established to inspire, promote and support research, remembrance and
recognition of Polish citizens' struggles in the Eastern Borderlands
and in Exile during World War 2." harmonics yg via DXLD)
Radio Alginet is in Valencia, and its website is in Catalan, not
Castilian. Or, ``Valencian is technically classified as a dialect of
the modern Catalan language``. Now can someone figure out how it
landed on that frequency? Website shows it on 107.4 FM, only? That is
39.4325 MHz away. Halfway between them would be 87.68375. Is there an
87.7 MHz station in Valencia? Not in WRTH 2019, admittedly incomplete
(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN. 7205, Sudan Radio, Al Aitahab, 1615-1637*, 25-05, Arabic
comments and Arabic songs, at 1530 Voice of Africa in French, ID “La
Voix de L’Afrique”, at 1637 signal cut off abruptly and at 1650 Voice
of Africa heard on 9505. 24432. (Méndez)
9505, Voice of Africa, Al Aitahab, 1650-1705 , 25-05, French,
comments. 24322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo? Spain, WOR iog via WORLD OF
RADIO 1984, DXLD)
** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. VOA "South Sudan in Focus" via three different
transmitters on May 28
1630-1700 11910 SAO 100 kW / 138 deg English SoSudan M-F, fair/good
1630-1700 13750 DHA 250 kW / 255 deg English SoSudan M-F, very weak
1630-1700 15180 LAM 100 kW / 132 deg English SoSudan M-F, very good
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/voa-south-sudan-in-focus-via-three.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 28-29, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SWEDEN. Info from Germany - 1512 kHz mediumwave beacon based in
Kinna/Sweden
1 Files 196KB M4A
190524 2050 1512 kHz Kinna beacon.m4a 196KB Save
Dear Glenn, I am a short and medium wave listener from Hamburg,
Germany, and a big fan of your weekly show. I have some information on
a medium wave station in Sweden that might be interesting for one of
the next episodes:
In Kinna, Sweden, Swedish radio amateur Gunnar Ivarsson (SM6BGP) runs
a medium wave beacon on 1512 kHz with a power of 10 Watts that can be
heard in Central Europe when propagation conditions are good.
Technical details, transmission schedules and photographs of the
station and the antenna setup can be found on
https://www.500khz.se/kinna1512.php
The page also provides a list of loggings based on reports sent to
Gunnar Ivarsson. Reception reports via e-mail are answered with an
eQSL.
The beacon was on the air last weekend from 24 May until 26 May and
was audible at my place in Hamburg, Germany.
I attach a short audio recording I made at 2050 UT using a Tecsun
PL-660 receiver and a Tecsun AN-200 magnetic loop antenna for medium
wave. You can hear a sequence of eight tones, repeated approximately
every ten seconds. Best regards from Germany and 73, (Nils Grohmann,
May 28, WORLD OF RADIO 1984, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Pronounced Shinna
** TAIWAN [and non]. 6870.11, Sound of Hope (tentative), Miaoli, in
Chinese 05.13.2019 1810-1822 man/woman unclear talk, slow music and
man unclear announcement, woman/man unclear talk with Chinese
intonation; better in usb, with Nir 12, lite fast qsb, severe qrn,
from 1821 qrm strong jamming for about half minute; poor/very
poor/barely audible and no audio at times.
12190, Sound of Hope, Miaoli, in Chinese 05.18.2019 1213-1228
woman/man talk, from 1221 talking over Chinese music (firedrake heard
clearly till 1225, since then barely audible up and down); better in
usb, moderate qsb, severe qrn rustle, poor/almost fair; in // 13870
very poor/barely audible just over qrn threshold (Gianni Serra -
Roma-Italy (DST: UTC +2), Equipment: JRC NRD 525 receiver; Alpha Delta
DX-SWL Sloper-S antenna; RG 8 mini coaxial cable; JPS NIR 12 Noise &
Interference Reducer-Dual DSP outboard audio filter; JRC NVA 319
external loudspeaker unit; Yaesu YH-77 STA stereo headphones; Oregon
Scientific RM912 radio controlled clock; All times in UTC (Coordinated
Universal Time); date in month/day format, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TIBET. CHINA, Weak/fair signal, PBS Xizang Holy [sic] Tibet, May 23
0700-0800 on 9580 LHA 100 kW / 290 deg to EaAs English
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/weakfair-signal-of-pbs-xizang-holy_24.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 23-24, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TIBET [non]. TAJIKISTAN, Frequency changes of Voice of Tibet May 24
2304-2338 NF 7486 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 7484
2338-2400 NF 7466 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 7491
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/frequency-changes-of-voice-of-tibet-on_25.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 24-25, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
TAJIKISTAN, New frequency of Voice of Tibet May 26
1230-1235 on 11661 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan unchanged
1235-1300 NF 11665 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 11661
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/new-frequency-of-voice-of-tibet-in-25mb.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TIBET [non]. India / UAE ------------------- Received QSL on a
postcard from Gaweylon Tibetan Radio for receiving - 04/04/2019,
1200-1230 UT at the frequency 15215 kHz (via the transmitter Dhabbaya,
UAE 250 kW). The report sent Email: gaweylon @ gmail.com. Confirmation
received from India, by Anil R. Alfred (Director). Confirmation
stated: Celebrating 29 Years Broadcasting 1990-2019. Mailing Address:
Gaweylon Tibetan Radio Program, 26/2 Old Rajpur, P.O. Rajpur, Dehradun
248009, India (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / “deneb-radio-dx”, QSL
World, RusDX 26 May via DXLD)
** TURKEY. 9830, TURKEY. VOT, 2321, 5-17-19. Man in German with long
talk joined by another man. Brief soulful vocal by man followed by
more talk. At 2348, Multilingual ID's including English. SIO444
[+ same] 2259, 5-24-19. Instrumentals and into 5+1 TP"S at 2300 and
ID. Man into German with "guten tag" and talk in German. SIO444. (Ed
Cichorek, NJ, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD)
The spurious German hour when English is not turned off before 2300.
Note both these were on Friday. Perhaps a pattern I had not noticed
(gh, DXLD)
Voice of Turkey in wrong language Urdu on 13760 kHz, May 24
1130-1200 13760 EMR 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu German as scheduled A19
1200-1225 13760 EMR 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Urdu, instead of German
1200-1255 13710 EMR 500 kW / 095 deg to SoAs Urdu, as scheduled A-19
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/voice-of-turkey-in-wrong-language-urdu.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 24-25, WORLD OF RADIO 1984, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Voice of Turkey in wrong language Kazakh on 11965 kHz, May 24:
1300-1330 11965 EMR 500 kW / 020 deg to EaEu Russian as scheduled A19
1330-1355 11965 EMR 500 kW / 020 deg to EaEu Kazakh, instead Russian
1330-1355 11825 EMR 500 kW / 072 deg to CeAs Kazakh, as scheduled A19
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/voice-of-turkey-in-wrong-language.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 24-25, WORLD OF RADIO 1984, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Unscheduled broadcast of Voice of Turkey, Japanese May 26:
1121-1126 on 13760 EMR 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Japanese, very good
signal &
1126-1225 on 13760 EMR 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu German, as scheduled
in A-19
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/unscheduled-broadcast-of-voice-of.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
TRT Voice of Turkey in Turkish, May 27 from 0600 on wrong 13685,
instead of 13635 -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1984,
DXLD)
Voice of Turkey's Turkish service being heard 27 May from 0745 UT
tune-in on 13685 kHz - likely a punch-up error for scheduled 13635
(Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, 0755 UT May 27, ibid.)
TRT Voice of Turkey on wrong frequency 13685 on May 27:
0600-1255 13685 EMR 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Turkish, instead of 13635
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/trt-voice-of-turkey-on-wrong-frequency.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 26-27, WORLD OF RADIO 1984, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Voice of Turkey 0500-0555 on 6040 in wrong language, May 28
0500-0555 6040 EMR 500 kW / 138 deg N/ME Hausa, instead of Turkish!
// frequ 13765 EMR 500 kW / 210 deg to CEAf Hausa, as scheduled A19
0600-0655 13765 EMR 500 kW / 210 deg CEAf Swahili, as scheduled A-19
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/voice-of-turkey-0500-0555-on-6040-khz.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 28, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
TRT Voice of Turkey in Georgian on very odd frequency 9655.7, May 29
1000-1055 9655.7 EMR 500 kW / 072 deg CeAs Georgian,
instead of 9655.7 May 28 [sic; must mean it had been correct 9655.0]
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/voice-of-turkey-in-georgian-on-very-odd.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 29-30, WORLD OF RADIO 1984, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
TRT Voice of Turkey in Turkish on very odd frequency 13635.7, May 30
0600-0820 13635.7 EMR 500 kW / 310 deg WeEu Turkish,
instead of 13635.0 May 29
from 0824 13635.0 EMR 500 kW / 310 deg WeEu Turkish,
instead of 13635.7 earlier
0641-0646 9840.0 EMR 500 kW / 310 deg WeEu Turkish
on unscheduled frequency
1300-1600 9840.0 EMR 500 kW / 310 deg WeEu Turkish
TRT in A19 HFCC Database
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/voice-of-turkey-in-turkish-on-very-odd_30.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 29-30, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** UKRAINE. via skywaves dx by AMDXHUN » Wed May 29, 2019 10:05 am
At 28.05.2019 I heard and seen this on 614v khz:
https://youtu.be/xvt2C5RbRDs
Drifting signal with religious choir music, at 2300 suddenly went off
air. Any idea for this? The QTH is Székesfehérvár, Hungary (via Tim
Bucknall, harmonics yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1984, DXLD)
Mykolaiv 549 kHz spur (Mauno Ritola, Finland, ibid.)
Thanks, I’ll let him know (Tim Bucknall, ibid.)
re Kiwi SDR Szekesfehervar Maroshegy Hungary: see spurs 482.5 and 614
kHz symmetrically from Mykolaiev Luch Ukraine 549 kHz again. 1840 May
29. 73 wolfie (Wolfgang Bueschel, ibid.) see also HUNGARY
** U K. The Shortwave Station in England that Refused to Die: The
Woofferton Story - 2
In our opening feature in Wavescan today, we pick up Part 2 in our
mini-series on the story of the Woofferton Shortwave Station in
England. Just two week back, we covered the first three eras in the
Woofferton story, and today we begin with the Fourth Era, commencing
back during the year 1961.
In fact, on March 26, 1961, the BBC dropped all of its programming via
the Woofferton Shortwave Station, thus leaving the Voice of America as
the sole user of this important shortwave facility. Once again, at
that stage, the Voice of America came to the rescue.
4. Woofferton Shortwave Station: Fourth Era
Because of the Cold War standoff between Russia and the West, and the
accompanying Berlin Blockade with the building of the Berlin Wall, the
Woofferton station once again assumed its importance in the shortwave
radio world. Suddenly, on September 13, 1961, the Woofferton Shortwave
Station was again on the air full time 24 hours a day with a program
relay from both the BBC in London and the Voice of America in
Washington DC.
However, the old original 50 kW RCA transmitters were now ailing,
their usefulness was ended, and they needed to be replaced. In
addition, much higher power was now needed in order to cover the
desired target areas with an adequate shortwave signal.
The Voice of America funded the installation of 6 new Marconi
transmitters at 250 kW each, Model No BD272, and they scrapped all of
the old RCA transmitters, though two were retained for spare parts,
S85 and S86. The first of the new 250 kW transmitters was taken into
service on September 30, 1963, and all 6 were in regular service just
18 months later, with now an antenna field of 35 antenna systems,
mostly curtains. However, by that stage, the BBC had withdrawn its
programming from the station, thus leaving once again just the VOA on
the air from the Woofferton Shortwave Station.
Interestingly, a 100 kW Marconi transmitter Model B6123 was
temporarily installed at Woofferton, in the space previously occupied
by the silent 50 kW RCA S85. This new transmitter, listed as Sender
107, was destined for installation at the BBC Relay Station near
Tebrau in Malaysia and it underwent an era of testing at Woofferton
beginning on March 29, 1971. Programming for these unpublicized test
transmissions was a relay of the BBC World Service in English.
Programming from VOA in Washington DC continued on air from Woofferton
during this Fourth Era, up until the year 1980, when VOA implemented
another modernization plan.
That was the conclusion of the Fourth Era at the BBC-VOA shortwave
station at Woofferton.
5. Woofferton Shortwave Station: Fifth Era
The Fifth Era at the Woofferton Shortwave station began in the year
1980, with another spate of development and modernization by the Voice
of America. Final remains of the original 50 kW RCA transmitters were
removed, leaving just the 6 Marconi made 250 kW units, Model BD272 in
place.
In this 1980 renovation and upgrade, 4 additional new Senders were
installed at Woofferton by VOA, and these were Marconi transmitters
rated at 300 kW each, Model B6124. In addition, the 3 power generators
were also removed. Full power was applied to all four new transmitters
in December 1980, and they were taken into regular broadcast service
in September of the following year (1981).
Give nearly 16 more years, and the Woofferton Shortwave station was
sold off to a management company, Merlin, in April 1997.
That was the conclusion of the Fifth Era at the BBC-VOA shortwave
station at Woofferton.
6. BBC Shortwave Transmitting Station Woofferton: Sixth Era
The Sixth and current Era at the Woofferton Shortwave Station began in
April 1997 when Merlin took over the station as a private commercial
enterprise; the station was no longer owned and operated as a BBC
shortwave station nor as a VOA shortwave station. Two remarkable
endeavors were implemented at the Woofferton Shortwave Station under
the ownership and management of Merlin (and the subsequent owner
organizations) during this past quarter century of privatization.
These two endeavors were another upgrade of shortwave transmitters,
and the surprising number of other broadcasting entities that sought
international shortwave coverage from this large station.
During the years 2006 - 2008, four new high power shortwave
transmitters were installed at Woofferton, all made by RIZ in Zagreb
Croatia. These analog transmitters are also DRM compatible and they
are rated at 250 kW and 500 kW.
The current deployment of transmitters at the Woofferton Shortwave
Station is as follows:-
Marconi 2 250 kW 1963
Marconi 4 300 kW 1980
RIZ DRM also 1 500 kW 2006
RIZ DRM also 3 250 kW 2007 - 2008
During the past quarter century, more than 25 different radio
organizations have been on the air from the Woofferton Shortwave
Station, in addition to the BBC itself and also the Voice of America.
Christian religious organizations have included HCJB Quito Ecuador,
IBRA Radio, TWR Africa and Family Radio in Oakland California.
Among the various government operated shortwave stations, the
following have provided programming for broadcast from the Woofferton
Shortwave Station: Radio Australia, Deutsche Welle Germany, Radio
Taiwan International, KBS South Korea, Radio Polonia Warsaw Poland,
Voice of Vietnam, NHK Tokyo, Radio Canada International and Radio
Wales.
Unknown at the time, Radio Netherlands in Holland has on occasions
transferred its shortwave programming from its home based shortwave
stations to Woofferton during times of maintenance and development;
and likewise the United Arab Emirates has also transferred its
schedule of international programming to Woofferton in times of
outages at its large shortwave station at Al Dhabbaya.
Although the BBC has never regularly issued specific QSL cards for its
broadcasts from Woofferton, most of the other stations have done so,
including Deutsche Welle, Radio Australia, Radio Canada International,
and a host of other stations.
That has been the two part story of the Woofferton Shortwave station,
the Station that Refused to Die (Adrian Peterson, IN, script for AWR
Wavescan May 26 via DXLD)
** U K. 12015, May 26 at 0614, BBCWS interview in English, S8-S9,
matched with // 9440. HFCC shows both as Woofferton but 9440 supposed
to be in French. Accurate language info in HFCC is not assured (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K. [Re DXLD 18-27, more on the Carrie Gracie story:]
How the BBC women are working toward equal pay
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/07/23/how-the-bbc-women-are-working-toward-equal-pay
(via gh, DXLD) beware of limitation on free articles per month
** U S A. Ohio ARES Active in Wake of Tornadoes that Badly Damaged
Hara Arena --- 05/28/2019
http://www.arrl.org/news/ohio-ares-active-in-wake-of-tornadoes-that-badly-damaged-hara-arena
Hara Arena, in Trotwood, Ohio, which served as the home for Dayton
Hamvention® for more than six decades, was among the structures
damaged when tornadoes swept through the Dayton area on Memorial Day.
According to a report from WHIO TV, Hara Arena suffered extensive
damage. Drone video showed that the roof and side of the structure had
been blown off in several places. Hamvention relocated to the Greene
County Fairgrounds and Exhibition Center in 2017, after Hara Arena
shut down the previous year.
The Hara Arena damage apparently resulted from what CBS News called “a
large and dangerous tornado” that struck Trotwood. Ohio Section
Emergency Coordinator Stan Broadway, N8BHL, said ARES counties and
districts activated last evening after nearly 40 tornado warnings were
issued across the state.
“Our state EOC Auxcomm station has been on the air since early last
evening,” Broadway told ARRL. “We are still active, and it look like
ARES will be active for several days during the recovery. The
situation is rapidly changing.” As of Tuesday morning, state and local
emergency management agencies are handling damage issues. “Because of
lack of power, the entire Montgomery County (Dayton area) water system
faces depressurization,” Broadway said. “Dayton Children’s Hospital is
on complete generator power.”
Ohio ARES remains active on HF (SSB and digital modes), as well as on
DMR and VHF repeaters.
“This appears to be a long-term activation while different areas begin
the recovery process,” Broadway said. “Counties and districts involved
are urged to maintain liaison with the state through one of these
nets.”
The severe weather caused widespread damage in and around Dayton and
elsewhere in the Miami Valley. The National Weather Service (NWS) has
said it will take several days to survey the damage. The tornadoes
struck after dark, and damage assessment is still under way. Multiple
injuries and one fatality have been reported.
It appears that at least two tornadoes were responsible for most of
the devastation, which has been termed “catastrophic.” Some residents
were trapped under debris. Residents of the City of Dayton are being
advised to conserve water and to boil it before consuming. Electrical
power is out in several areas, and water pumping stations are relying
on emergency generators. The NWS office in Wilmington, Ohio, estimated
that at one point, storms and tornadoes left some 5 million people
without electrical power.
Snow plows were being repurposed to remove debris from Interstate
Route 75, and the American Red Cross has set up shelters to
accommodate displaced residents (via Artie Bigley, WORLD OF RADIO
1984, DXLD)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1983 monitoring: [see also
AUSTRALIA]. Confirmed first NAm SWBC, Friday May 24 at 2200 on WRMI
9955, poor in storm noise but I listen to the whole thing until 2229
to be sure it`s intact with no transmitter failures.
Also confirmed UT Saturday May 25 starting at 0130 on WRMI 7780, fair
S9/+10 but still too much storm noise. Followed familiar bit of World
Music fill at 0129 and Ian McFarland ID at 0129.5, no WOR upcut.
Next:
0629 UT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany, to WSW
1000 UT Saturday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [May 25, alt weeks], ND
1130 UT Saturday WRMI 9955, to SSE
1431 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany, to WSW
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM, ND
2100 UT Saturday WRMI 9955, to SSE
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315], ND
1030 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany, to WSW
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780, to NE
0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395, to NNW
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780, to NE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51, to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955, to SSE
0930 UT Monday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW, ND
1815 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania, ND
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780, to NE
0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [2 editions], ND
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955, to SSE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v [and/or 2130], to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780, to NE
WORLD OF RADIO 1983 monitoring: via UTwente SDR, confirmed Saturday
May 25 from 1431 on Hamburger Lokalradio, 9485-CUSB, so propagating,
sporadic E short-skip boost? But with horrific splash from Romania
9490. Still has not flipped to LSB as I proposed, which would have
helped somewhat. HLR is dedicated to staying on 6190 & 7265 no matter
what, since those are legacy W German regional frequencies, SFB and
SWF, but that does not apply to 9485, so they could move completely,
e.g. 9480. Was also audible at first check 1415 during MN+. Alan Gale,
England, reports on his direct reception:
``Hi Glenn, I can confirm that World of Radio was on 9485 kHz on HLR
today, though thanks to the splatter from the station on 9490 it was
only possible to hear the odd word now and then. It was definitely
you though, and I did hear your 'Glenn Hauser concluding' message at
1459 UT when the other station went quiet. As you said, it would
definitely help if they were on the lower sideband, but at least the
IRRS broadcast [Monday 1815v] on 7290 kHz is very strong here at the
moment so I will continue to listen to that one instead. Alan``
WOR 1983 also confirmed Saturday May 25 at 2100 on WRMI 9955 after ID
& IS loop, but joining WOR 5.5 words late, upcut ``rld of Radio 1983
---``. I keep half an ear on it for the rest, hoping it stay on
unlike Wednesday. No, cuts off the air at 2111*, back on at 2119 or
maybe a minute earlier. Meanwhile 9395 kept going, and there were no
storms in Florida at this time. Next:
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315], ND
1030 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany, to WSW
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780, to NE
0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395, to NNW
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780, to NE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51, to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955, to SSE
0930 UT Monday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW, ND
1815 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania, ND
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780, to NE
0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [2 editions], ND
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955, to SSE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v [and/or 2130], to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780, to NE
WORLD OF RADIO 1983 monitoring: confirmed UT Sun May 26 at 0330 in
progress on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO. Far too much storm noise to detect
just where in the show this was, just recognize my own voice.
Also confirmed by ``Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun
S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters: 7265, Hamburger LokalRadio, Göhren,
*0900-1120, 26-05, 0900 German, at 1000 English, ID “This is
Hamburger LokalRadio”, “Media Nework Plus” and Glenn Hausers’s
program “World of Radio, at 1100 Spanish, “Radio Tropical”,
“Mundofonías”. 25322`` Next:
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780, to NE
0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395, to NNW
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780, to NE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51, to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955, to SSE
0930 UT Monday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW, ND
1815 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania, ND
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780, to NE
0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [2 editions], ND
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955, to SSE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v [and/or 2130], to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780, to NE
WORLD OF RADIO 1983 monitoring: confirmed Sunday
May 26 at 2145 the 2130 on WRMI 7780, JBA vs high noise level.
Also confirmed UT Monday May 27 on WRMI 9395, S9+10, fair vs noise.
Also confirmed UT Monday May 27 on WRMI 7780, very poor
Also confirmed UT Monday May 27 on Area 51 webcast; and at 0328 on
WBCQ 5130.4 vs HNL
Also confirmed UT Monday May 27 at 0330 on WRMI 9955, VG S9+10, a few
seconds overlap by preceding Czech song fill
I am often lunching during the following, but thanks to Alan Roe,
Teddington UK, for checking May 27: ``World of Radio 1983 heard
Monday 1815-1845 UT with strong signal on 7290 kHz via IRRS via
Romania.``
Next:
0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [2 editions], ND
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955, to SSE [fingers crossed to stay on air]
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v [and/or 2130], to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780, to NE
WORLD OF RADIO 1983 monitoring: what will happen Wednesday
May 29 at 2100? Will WRMI come on 9955 and stay on? Will WBCQ play
1982 or 1983 on 7490+v at 2100 and/or 2130? More predictable will be
UT Thursday May 30 at 0100 on WRMI 7780.
WORLD OF RADIO 1983 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday May 29 at 2100 on
WRMI 9955, after 2.5 minutes of IS & ID loop rating S7 with deep fades
to S2; but WOR upcut more than usual, missing my entire first phrase,
``This is Glenn Hauser, with WORLD OF RADIO 19-83``; I keep an ear on
it, and this week transmitter stays on until at least 2129. On WBCQ
7490.2v, WOR is back to 2100 plus a few seconds behind WRMI, but much
weaker. at 2130 can barely make out the late Goddess Irena I back to
her old slot.
WOR 1983 also confirmed UT Thursday May 30 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, fair
S9 vs storm noise.
WORLD OF RADIO 1984 contents: Alaska, Antarctica, Bangladesh, Belgium
non, Benin, Bougainville, Congo, Cuba and non, Egypt, Eritrea non,
France, Germany, Gibraltar, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Korea North,
Korea South, Kuwait, North America, Oklahoma, Papua New Guinea,
Solomon Islands, Sudan, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, USA, Vietnam non,
Zanzibar; ICF 2010 repairperson arrested; and the propagation outlook
Completed by 2255 UT May 30, ready for first airings Friday May 31:
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1984.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1984.mp3
Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
Also linx to podcast services.
The shortwave broadcasts should be:
0930 UT Friday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [1983]
1000 UT Friday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW
2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 7780
0629 UT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany
1000 UT Saturday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [June 8, alt weeks]
1130 UT Saturday WRMI 9955
1431 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2100 UT Saturday WRMI 9955
0130 UT Sunday WRMI 5850 [NEW]
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315]
1030 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780
0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955
0930 UT Monday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW
1815 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780
0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [2 editions]
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v [and/or 2130]
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780
[it appears we will now be running on a Friday-to-Thursday cycle, so
freshest new airings are on weekends]
Full updated schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite,
podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.htm
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
NOTE NEW TIME for WOR on WRMI: UT Sunday 0130 on 5850. This is now the
only broadcast on a 315-degree beam Northwest from Florida, right
across the middle of USA; all the others are SSE, NE or NNW (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1984, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI:
** U S A. WRMI Hypocrisy --- They don't like it when Hal Turner uses 4
letter words but, in their music rotation, they play Pink Floyd's
MONEY. There is a line in the song: "Don't give me that do goody good
bullshit." (Lou KF4RCA Johnson, May 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
OK, but what is your source for their not liking Hal Turner, etc.?
(Glenn to Lou, via DXLD)
Hal Turner mentioned it on his Wed. 9PM (ET) show once (Lou Johnson,
ibid.)
9455 on WRMI. And WRMI don`t not like him enough to take him off the
air (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
[and non] But when Dr Wong says 4 letter words on WINB or WWCR, their
response is "I'm praying for you." (Lou Johnson, May 28, ibid.)
Who`s Dr Wong? Lou axually listens to this stuff. Per program skeds,
hear him swear! WWCR: Sun 0230 3215, Tue 2330 6115, Wed 2000 9350, Thu
2030 9350; WINB 9265V: Sun 2200, Tue 2230, Sat 1900 (gh, DXLD)
7780, WRMI: From my recording last Sunday evening, 26-27 May UT
(again, mostly weak to fair signal for the first few hours or so;
reception improved significantly later as dusk approaches):
1900 Brother Stair
2000 His Prayer for You
2015 Viva Miami (from Miami Beach about the cruise ship conference
SeatradeCruiseGlobal; repeat)
2030 Reserve Military Retirement
2100 Wavescan (#535)
2130 World of Radio (#1983)
2200 Bob Biermann's Your Weekend Show
2300 Full Gospel Broadcast (again, tape bleed through on screams)
2330 Shortwave Radiogram (#101)
0000 Radio Slovakia International in Slovak
0030 Radio Slovakia International in English
0100 Wavescan (#535)
0130 Through the Cross Ministry with Pastor Chuck
0200 Radio Prague in English
(-- Richard Langley, NB, WOR iog via DXLD) 0230: WORLD OF RADIO
Oldies on WRMI 15770 kHz? Yes and no. Listening to 15770 kHz today (27
May) after 1200 UT, one might think that it's the "Oldies" feature
presented by Bob Biermann often heard on 9395 kHz and other WRMI
frequencies. But, no. It's APS Radio, a new feature. It was announced
yesterday on the WRMI Facebook page:
"APS Radio begins on WRMI tomorrow, May 27, from 1200-1300 UTC
Monday-Friday on 15770 kHz to Europe, and from 1900-2100 UTC
Monday-Friday on 9455 kHz to North America.
APS Radio is internet radio which features five music channels and a
news & commentary channel. APS Radio is not only internet radio; it is
radio streaming, online radio internet broadcasting, music online and
online music.
It is internet radio & radio streaming with no commercials. APS Radio
is an internet radio consisting of aggregated channels. APS Radio is
online radio, internet broadcasting, internet radio, music online and
online music. APS Radio is music online, a radio streaming service, a
radio stream & streaming radio.
Internet radio has the capacity to span the world; internet radio and
radio streaming and online radio and internet broadcasting that can be
heard anywhere. APS Radio is an internet radio & radio streaming that
can be heard anywhere.
This is internet radio & radio streaming, commercial free. Internet
radio is free and worldwide. Internet radio and radio streaming can be
accessed from anyplace, commercial free.
APS Radio is an internet radio service that consists of music channels
and a news & commentary channel. Please enjoy the rich sounds of
Internet radio commercial free.
http://www.apsradio.com/home.html"
Heard this morning using the U. Twente SDR receiver. 15770.001 kHz
came up at about 1157 UT with "top-of hour" sign-on announcement.
Fairly good signal into Europe, averaging about S9. Almost non-stop
vintage pop music with occasional IDs. First ID heard at 1232 (--
Richard Langley, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1984, DXLD)
9455, May 29 at 2037, long mostly-dormant WRMI frequency is back on,
sounds like Oldies stream, S8-S9 (while 9395 music is different, from
SMTV); 2045 ``On Broadway``, segués, no announcements; 2055-2057
several off/on transmitter breaks, seems stronger after the last one,
S9+20; 2059 WRMI ID by BB, 2100* off and stays off.
It`s not Oldies, but a new programming source, as explained by
Richard Langley, to the WOR io group [as above]:
[OK already, we get it, redundant redundant redundant --- gh]
But who owns it, finances it, where is it and what does APS stand
for? Only this is found on website under Trademarks:
``The name APS Radio was created and registered as a trademark by the
owner of APS Radio. APS Radio is an acronym standing for Atlantic
Pacific Systems. APS Radio and Radio Orenovscotia are registered
trademarks.``
Where is it? ``45N`` appears all over the website; is that a
latitude? That happens to be the parallel across Nova Scotia, north
of Halifax!
Classical Track has a current playlist in EDT, another clew, not ADT.
But which of their multi streams will be on these 15 hours a week of
SW? Another obscure ``station`` on the web is taking the SW plunge.
Are there ever any APS Radio IDs?
Confirming APS Radio on the WRMI skedgrid,
http://tinyurl.com/WRMIfqs
I see another new one: ``Radio for Peace International``, Fridays only
at 2000-2100 on 15770 extended an hour. That would be the new European
program, no connexion with the original and much-lamented RFPI Costa
Rica (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1984, DXLD) Dead air that hour
May 31! (gh)
9455, WRMI Radio Miami Int’l; 2035-2100:01*, 5/28; Continuous oldies;
2047+ “? Oldies K??O”. 2059:35 WRMI spot & off. Not listed for this
time slot. S20 peaks
+++ [another log on same, another date?] oldies; 2040 “Oldies &
classic oldies, APS Radio” S9 peaks (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA,
Drake R8B + 185' RW, ---- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in
real time. ----, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9455 kHz providing only a fair signal into NB this afternoon (30 May)
at 2035 UT with APS Radio. 9455 kHz is never great here (-- Richard
Langley, WOR iog via DXLD)
** U S A. TIAMS#015 -- Unattended IQ recording via Ontario, subsequent
demodulation with STUDIO1, data SNR MFSK64-txt between 10 and 15 dB:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rjv4g5kvml2vev9/2019-05-30_TIAMS015_WRMI.png?dl=0
(roger thauer, germany, May 30, WOR iog via DXLD)
WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ:
** U S A. 7490.16v, UT Sat May 25 at 0000, WBCQ William Tell Overture
introducing `AAAWWW`; heavy storm noise so I copy only bits, not
necessarily correctly. 9330+ is a bit better for a while: crazy,
crazy country; the $15 special deal on 5130 is over; could get $200
an hour. Recheck 0048 with a caller discussing Iran; now down to
7490.14v. Thales has mailed out something today. Water and big tubes
don`t mix. That`s why there have been no tests the past week.
Everything is under warranty. Prayer, etc., runs over a bit to end of
AAAWWW at 0103. John Carver`s computer was out last week, but fills
in details this week:
``Tonight's show started a few seconds early on 7490 after a bit of
fill music. Allan and Angela in the studio. Tom is there also working
on the computers. Allan seems to be in a better mood this evening.
Allan begins with a strange musing on Memorial Day and wonders why we
need war and memorial days anymore. This quickly morphs into a one
sided dialog with god. Allan then stated that Angela had gotten a
Maine driver's license and is working on her US citizenship.
Said that there had been some setbacks with the transmitter for the
superstation and they were waiting on parts and a crew from the
transmitter manufacturer to install them. They had a water leak in
the water cooling system and the PA tube and its socket were damaged.
Tom mentioned that it would take four men to move the tube. Allan
said he wasn't impressed with the design of the new transmitter.
[WORLD OF RADIO 1984]
Phone call at 0045 from a woman with a reception report and it turned
out she had recently been in Iran so that was discussed for awhile.
Reading of emails began at 0056. Closing prayer at at 0100. Show was
off the air at 0103. Some dead air for a few seconds and then some
music. 7490 was off the air at 0107. John, Mid-North Indiana`` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1984, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7490.16, WBCQ Monticello ME; 2110-2119+, 5/28; Allen Weiner adopting
the Bro. Stair School of B’casting style lamenting on how bad
everything is & mentioned B.S., “Our beloved Brother Stair.” S6 peaks
& very fady (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ----
All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time. ----, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. From the Isle of Music, June 2-8: No interviews
this week, instead we feature the music of Grupo Afrocuba, one of the
best Jazz/Fusion bands in Cuba in the 1970s and 1980s
The broadcasts take place:
1. For Eastern Europe but audible well beyond the target area in most
of the Eastern Hemisphere (including parts of East Asia and Oceania)
with 100Kw, Sunday 1500-1600 UTC on SpaceLine, 9400 KHz, from Sofia,
Bulgaria (1800-1900 MSK) Station website: www.spaceline.bg
2. For the Americas and parts of Europe, Tuesday 0000-0100 UTC (New
UTC) on WBCQ, 7490 KHz from Monticello, ME, USA (Monday 8-9PM EST
[sic] in the US). Station website: www.wbcq.com
3 & 4. For Europe and sometimes beyond, Tuesday 1900-2000 UTC and
Saturday 1200-1300 UTC on Channel 292, 6070 KHz from Rohrbach,
Germany. Station website: www.channel292.de
Uncle Bill's Melting Pot, June 2 and June 4, 2019:
Episode 115 helps return Classical music to the short waves with the
demented works of PDQ Bach. The transmissions take place:
1. Sundays 2200-2230 UTC (6:00PM -6:30PM Eastern US) on WBCQ The
Planet 7490 KHz from the US to the Americas and parts of Europe
2. Tuesdays 2000-2030 UTC on Channel 292, 6070 KHz from Rohrbach,
Germany for Europe.
Thanks for all you do for radio! (William "Bill" Tilford,
Owner/Producer, Tilford Productions, LLC, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHER:
** U S A. 9265V, UT Fri May 24 at 0400 tune-in to wobbly WINB playing
the Star Spangled Banner at S9+10/20, as if signing off; not quite:
then starts playing another version of SSB but talking over the first
part of it with sign-off message in anthem desecration. Plays to end
but at 0402: Dan Curtis wishes good day and wants to save me. ``Don`t
you want to go? I`m goin` to heaven ---`` and *then* cuts off the
air. Bye!! Seemed late hour for WINB, had been closing earlier, but
they are very flexible with schedule span depending on airtime sales.
Website shows now: daily except UT Sunday from 0300 is `Worship At
Home`, which we now know must be a full hour long. I think that`s
also on WRMI. Final WINB show UT Sunday starts at 0230, so probably
finishes an hour earlier at 0300. Annoyingly, WINB never publishes
its sign-off times, let alone true duration of programs. As for Dan
Curtis, he is not on the list at
http://winb.com/bypgmsch.htm
but he did not give any other title for his minis-try. Poor Dan! Or
was it Don. Off to heaven before he can even get started (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7505v, May 25 at 0554, NO signal at all from the very
undependable WRNO. Are the Chinese and other ministries paying for
lost airtime? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9475, May 25 at 2103, WTWW is AWOL, and also absent from
all other possible frequencies: 5085, 5830, 9930, 15810, even 12105.
Not a storm in TN at this time, and neighbor WWCR remains nominal on
15825, 13845, 9350. 5085 is on at 2311, in time for `Theatre Organ in
the Ozarx` [non?] nominal 2330-
5085, Sat May 25 at 2329 tune-in, WTWW-2 has already started `Theater
Organ in the Ozarx`, so I listen on webcast. Unseems stereo this time;
lots of familiar tunes making one wonder how limited the repertoire be
of TOITO. May be playing old recordings originally mono. Also
unusually no announcements by Bob Heil until 2357.
And by 0159 UT May 26, WTWW-1 is OFF both 9475 and 5830 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5830, May 29 at 0533, S9+30/40 of dead air from SFAW via WTWW-1, still
so at 0545 check. Coincidentally, 5935, WWCR-2 also dead air of
S9+20/30 at 0537, but resumed PMS by 0545. At least 5890 dead air is
not on now. BTW, WWCR skeds at
http://www.wwcr.com/transmitter-sched.html
expire May 31. From June 1 there could be some adjustments in
timespans, which in this version are complete as if 24 hours on each,
even tho program skeds admit much less usage, especially of WWCR-4
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1984, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 13845, WWCR with English talx re medical stuff with a quack
selling vitamins. He claimed that Fluoride "causes the fats in the
brain to go rancid." Yeah, right! WWCR ID at ToH, into Brother
spare-a-dime introducing his show. 454+54 but the audio was 'breaking
up' a bit at first as if the digital feed was jittery. 1350-1400
22/May. CCrane Skywave +4m clip on randomwire and whip clipped to the
window of our room at the Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island MI, MARE
Tipsheet 24 May via DXLD)
9350, WWCR Nashville TN; 2145-2204+, 5/29; Classic Radio Theater with
Milton Berle Show to 2146 recap & PSAs; 2151 Johnny & Friends
religibit; 2155 USA Radio News; 2200 ID into B.S., “This year, they
are planning on offering up an animal sacrifice.” Not clear who “they”
are. S20+ peaks; // 9330 via WBCQ(presumed), S9 peaks (Harold Frodge,
Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ---- All logged by my ears, on
my receiver, in real time. ----, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 13700, May 25 at 2109, gospel huxter in English, rather
weak and not domestic? VP at tune in, then surges S7 to max S9. About
Absalom vs Amnon who raped his sister, whew! At first sounds a bit
like a younger DGS, but no, and not // 13845 PMS. HFCC shows it`s
really WHRI on a NF since May 5, 2000-2200, 250 kW at 47 degrees, on
Day 1=Sunday only, but this is Saturday! So also or instead of on
Sunday? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
[reply to gh log of WHRI on new 13700:] WHRI Angel 1
2100-2200 11750 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg to WeEu English Sat till May 4
2100-2200 13700 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg to WeEu English Sat May 5-Sept.1
2100-2200 11750 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg to WeEu English Sat from Sept.2
WHRI Angel 2
2000-2100 11750 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg to WeEu English Sun till May 4
2000-2100 13700 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg to WeEu English Sun May 5-Sept.1
2000-2100 11750 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg to WeEu English Sun from Sept.2
(Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, WOR iog via DXLD)
So two different Angels are involved at adjacent two different hours
on Saturday vs Sunday, other parameters the same? Or is it really the
same transmitter with different Angelic program Systems? (gh, DXLD)
** U S A. Indy 500 --- Anyone know of any commentary on shortwave?
(Mike Terry, UK, 1542 UT May 26, WOR iog via DXLD)
WHRI has always carried it. Last year was on 15760, and it`s
registered all day now, 250 kW aimed NW from SC, but I don`t think has
been in regular use much, if any. Not hearing it yet (Glenn Hauser,
1603 UT, ibid.)
Back in the great days of shortwave, AFRTS broadcast the race
worldwide to our military troops. Last year, I believe WHRI broadcast
live coverage of the race. Just scanned the SWBC bands and nothing
heard here at 1600 and we are just minutes from the start of this
year's event. Maybe someone will come across it this afternoon. I'll
be watching on NBC as I am a native Hoosier and won't miss it for
anything!!!! 73, (Don Hosmer, MI, 1609, WOR iog via DXLD)
EiBi shows 15760 for "May 26" from 1400-2200 for WHRI Indy 500 to WNa.
Nothing detected as yet on 15760, not even a carrier. WHRI's 9840
transmission was received well till their 1659*. Guess it's a no go
for this year (Don Hosmer, 1707 UT, ibid.)
15760, May 26 after 1600 and 1700, no signal from WHRI. Figured, as
did EiBi, that the Indy 500 carace, a dangerous exercise in futility,
would be carried again this year, especially since 15760 is A-19
registered available to WHRI all day, 250 kW at 315 degrees, but I
think has not been in daily use. Still not (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Hey Glenn, your posts are read for radio reception reports, etc, NOT
for your little dig(s) at auto racing. A LOT more people view
listening to the radio all day a really big waste of time (Bill [no
more name], DX LISTENING DIGEST)
O, sorry; I promise not to do it for at least 12 months (gh, DXLD)
** U S A. [WOR] radiograms & sonograms
".....This week's show starts off with tribute to beloved Toronto DJ
Dave "Bookie" Bookman who passed away on May 21, 2019."
http://www.rhci-online.net/radiogram/SW_Radiogram_2019-05-25.htm#TIAMS
===>
https://indie88.com/dave-bookie-bookman-may-30-1960-may-21-2019/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/dave-bookie-bookman-indie88-obituary-toronto-radio-personality-1.5143280
http://exclaim.ca/music/article/r_i_p_toronto_radio_legend_dave_bookie_bookman
"...Prior to working as an on-air personality at Indie88, Bookman was
a distinct voice on Toronto's 102.1 The Edge for two decades.
Bookman was the longtime host of the "Indie Hour" on The Edge and also
hosted weekly live music showcase Nu Music Night at the Horseshoe
Tavern."
http://www.rhci-online.net/radiogram/SW_Radiogram_2019-05-25.htm#SWRG
===>
http://www.rhci-online.net/radiogram/SW_Radiogram_2019-05-25.htm#Greenville
"....At the US Agency for Global Media (VOA) transmitting station near
Greenville, North Carolina, Edgardo Macaso works on the installation
of a Continental 419F transmitter brought over from a closed relay
station. Photo by Thomas Witherspoon,
bit.ly/2HvxRxI ... "
http://www.rhci-online.net/radiogram/SW_Radiogram_2019-05-25.htm#KBC
"...An artist's rendering of the new Polar Security Cutter, the first
expected to launch in 2024, replacing the US Coast Guard's
decades-old icebreakers ..."
http://www.rhci-online.net/radiogram/SW_Radiogram_2019-05-25.htm#rasant
====>
https://schedules-radiorasant.blogspot.com/2019/02/our-next-transmission-will-be-done-very.html
last repetition: Thursday 30th May 17.00 - 18.00 CEST [=1500-1600z]
via Laut.FM https://laut.fm/jukebox
https://jukebox.stream.laut.fm/jukebox
(at the moment a program of Radio Gloria International, on this
stream) (roger, May 26, WOR iog via DXLD)
SHORTWAVE RADIOGRAM: Reception tonight was excellent at this prime
time Friday night/UT Saturday at 0230 via WINB [9265V]. Most other
weeks, reception has been poor to non-existent into Victoria, BC, but
I'm very happy to report reception as good as the overnight via WRMI
broadcasts, and the old ones via VOA Greenville. Lots of nice images
tonight. No issues with the MFSK 64, and the usual MFSK 32 mode
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ID before 0300 for WINB, and into vocal hymn. 73 from the west coast
of North America! (Walt Salmaniw, WOR iog via DXLD)
Yes, that looks pretty good. Nevertheless, a small fine tuning hint
from me: Necessary slant correction of (estimated) -50 RXppm in FLDIGI
(roger, ibid.)
Thanks, Roger. Will do that! Walt. [later:] Roger, your suggestion of
-50 RXppm worked perfectly. Thanks! (Walt Salmaniw, BC, ibid.)
After 6 years practice in decoding radiograms I have a good view for
such things. ;-) I thank Kim Andrew Elliott for that.
Transferring data via digital patterns, piggybacking via AM audio, is
one of the most effective uses of shortwave.
- You can adjust the robustness to the conditions and destinations
- You can install a good error protection
- Digital data are more distinct than a spoken word
- The language barrier for texts is much lower than for a pure voice
but you can also generate voice from texts, with good pronunciation,
nowadays (roger thauer, germany, ibid.)
** U S A. 12050, WEWN, AL, 1448 May 23, [SIO:] 423, AM, SS YL talking,
distorted audio, USB splatter +75 kHz (Jack Amelar, Lowell MI (back
from the Dayton Hamvention), Kenwood TS-480SAT long wire antenna, MARE
Tipsheet 24 May via DXLD)
** U S A. May 27 starting at 1900 UT, less than one semihour after
local mean noon, bandscans on caradio from central Enid at a fairly
quiet parking lot, at least so at the long end of MW/low end of MF.
No storm noise now, but increasing line noise higher in the AM band.
I skip over many frequencies, only some notable items:
530, `K530AM`, Vance AFB is still off and maybe gone forever, rather
than inane loops of Ad Council PSAs, interspersed with occasional
imaginary IDs and never heard with any traffic or emergency info. As
in DXLD 18-30, it had been ``off the air again for a few days`` as of
July 18, 2018 --- and never heard since despite regular chex. If it
does resume, I shall be sure to report it.
560, fast SAH, maybe 20 Hz, presumably KWTO MO and KLZ CO at the
limits of their groundwaves 300+ and 400+ miles. But MWOffsets has
KLZ at .0000 and KWTO only 0.3 Hz away at .9997 --- nothing anywhere
near 20 Hz away
630, JBA talk, presumably KHOW Denver with far better Ogallala
Aquifer conductivity than KYFI St Louis beyond the Ozarx
650, JBA talk, presumably KGAB Orchard Valley WY (Cheyenne) as
previously under optimum GW conditions, like the Denverites
670, ``Call to Freedom`` program with Denver address: KLTT Commerce
City CO (Denver), a regular at the margins with 50 kW; no WSCR today
1070-, KFTI Wichita KS, country, is OFF! Very unusual; Memorial
holiday break? Hope they are fixing their off-frequency-minus
transmitter; yeah, sure. KNX beware. But this allows weak 1080 KRLD
Dallas to be heard without splash. KFTI still off at 1948 check [more
below]
1090, weak religious talk, no doubt 10 kW KEXS Excelsior Springs MO
(Kansas City); highest frequency daytime GW from that area, 300+
miles, continues to amaze me
1130, KLEY Wellington KS, still OFF as has been for some weeks now
1190, medium SAH, presumably our two closest but also too far: KVSV
Beloit KS, and KFXR Dallas TX
1230, WBBZ Ponca City OK, is OFF! Very unusual for this semi-local
which has not been noted with any techdiffs. Another holidayer? Still
off at 1949 recheck. Nothing else audible, like the only other Okie,
which I *need*, KADA, where else but, Ada?
1460, KZUE El Reno OK, still on unlike offknocked by previous
tornado. Spanish talk, and PSA in Spanish for ``The Marines``! So not
plugged into Mexico City yet.
Re the name of the hmotel in El Reno hit by tornado, I finally got a
glimpse on KFOR of their sign still standing, American Budget Inn, I
think. Then reporter verbalized it: American Value Budget Inn, or
Budget Value per the grafix. Confusing.
1580, KLTR [sic] Blackwell OK, now it`s 1909 UT, dead air, while
sibling 1020 KOKP Perry OK is nominal. I think there has been flooding
in Blackwell
88.3 and 92.1 Enid are still open carrier/dead air; nearby 89.3 &
90.3 are nominal.
93.5, rock?, fading in and out, Es? 1927 ``My Country 93-5``, so the
only hit on the WTFDA Database is KKDT Burdett KS, 95 kW H&V, 304.8
meters. Why should a town of 247 have such a big radio station? Maybe
because it`s midway between Jetmore and Larned. Wherever there
happens to be a kilofoot tower available? Burdett is 248 km = 154
stmi NW from Enid. Tropo from KS is slightly enhanced
101.5, Spanish but not gospel huxter KOCD nearby Okeene, still off.
Not to be faked out by ``La Mexicana``, fading 1918 ads and ID for
101.5 and 92.9, i.e. 100 kW KSMM Liberal KS way out by Guymon in the
OK Panhandle, relaying 92.9 KMML Cimarrón KS (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1070-, May 28 at 2115 UT, and May 29 at 1333 UT, KFTI
Wichita KS is still off the air. Nothing about this at website
https://www.classiccountry1070.com/
which even still refers to its old call KFDI!
1069.977, May 29 at 1925, shortly after my last report, I find that
KFTI Wichita KS has come back on air after several days; why off,
storm damage or flooding? ``Classic Country 10-70`` [sic]. Meanwhile
did nothing to correct its off-frequency, re-measured as above at 1535
UT May 30. MWOffsets had it:
1070 1069.9793 USA KFTI (Wichita, KS) [-1070.0045 range] 2018-01-02
which means an annoying 21.2 Hz SAH or LAH against KNX:
1070 1070.0005 USA KNX (Los Angeles/El Nido, CA) 2017-10-31 i IBOC
when both are audible, tho KFTI nightpower cuts from 10 kW to 1
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1984, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WAHT, 1560, a daytimer in Clemson, SC, with critical hours,
has been granted a change of city of license by the FCC and operating
parameters. The new city is Cowpens, SC, which is near Spartanburg.
The parameter changes are from 1,000, watts with 500 watts critical
hours in Clemson to 15,000 watts and 870 watts critical hours in
Cowpens, both non-directional. This change was done as "a minor change
to a licensed facility".
If I live to be a hundred, and that's not but thirty more years, I
will never understand the arcane rules of the Commission. Change of
city and parameters seems like more than a minor change to me, but
what do I know? I know of an AM station in the upstate of South
Carolina that received a CP for a translator. A full power station in
North Carolina wrote them a letter with concerns that their full power
signal might be harmed, so the AM station filed a request to change
the CP of the translator to another frequency. To change the frequency
of the translator CP was considered a major change, but even with a
request for a waiver to a minor change, the FCC accepted that
application for filing, and there it has sat for almost a year now
with no action, and I predict that there will never be any action on
it. Go figure!
The president and manager of that AM station is a good friend of mine,
but evidently this translator thing is a sour point with him, so I
don't dare talk to him about it. I would be told right quick that it
was none of my business and I know it's not, but my point is why is
the FCC so hard to deal with? (Bob Smoak, Bamberg, SC, May 25, ABDX yg
via DXLD)
Hi Bob, The FCC rules are arcane, but not arbitrary. The important
thing to know is that "minor" and "major" changes have a specific
statutory definition that hinges on whether the proposed change is
mutually exclusive to the existing facility. And as a result, "major"
and "minor" are really designations that tell the FCC "the law
requires you to handle this application in a certain way that's either
easy to process or more complicated."
If the proposal you're making could be licensed as a brand-new signal
without interfering with your existing station, it's major. In this
case, the AM interference rules would not allow for a new 15 kW
daytimer on 1560 at Cowpens to coexist with the licensed WAHT facility
at Clemson.
(You can see the exact FCC rule, 73.3571(a)(1) here:)
https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/47/73.3571
In general, because of the way the interference rules work, any change
of more than three AM channels is major. If WAHT wanted to move to
1520 or 1600, it's a major change, because in theory anyone else could
also apply for a new signal on 1520 or 1600 without interfering with
the licensed WAHT 1560 at Clemson.
Because of the provisions of section 307 of the Communications Act
("fair and equitable distribution" of broadcast facilities), a "major"
change has to be treated the same way you'd apply for a new AM
facility. These days, that means an application window (the last one
of those for AM radio was back in 2004) and eventually an auction if
there are conflicting applications.
But a "minor" change doesn't open up any possibility for someone else
to file a competing application. Nobody else can file for 1560 in
Cowpens because it doesn't fit against 1560 in Clemson, and so the
only way anyone can apply for 1560 in Cowpens is if they're moving the
existing 1560 from Clemson. Hence it becomes a "minor" change that the
FCC can process more easily under the rules of 73.3571.
There are still a lot of showings an applicant like WAHT had to make,
and you can see them all at this link:
https://licensing.fcc.gov/cdbs/CDBS_Attachment/getattachment.jsp?appn=101755335&qnum=5120©num=1&exhcnum=1
They have to show, obviously, that their proposed signal will fit at
Cowpens without interfering with any other licensed or permitted AM
and that the proposed tower will pass FAA muster. They also have to
show that moving from Clemson to Cowpens creates an allotment scenario
that's "preferred" under Section 307, and there are a lot of pages in
their showing devoted to that.
The FCC makes a distinction these days between communities that are
within Census-defined "urbanized areas" and those that are not.
Clemson is part of the Greenville urbanized area, and Cowpens is part
of the Spartanburg urbanized area, and it happens that there are a lot
more stations licensed within the Greenville UA than Spartanburg, so
moving WAHT from Greenville to Spartanburg helps to balance that out.
(If moving from Clemson to Cowpens created any "white" or "gray" areas
that receive no or only one city-grade signals on AM or FM, this move
would have been denied.)
Circling back to when I said these rules are arcane but not arbitrary:
because they're all laid out as part of Federal code in part 47 of the
Code of Federal Regulations, the FCC cannot change them or ignore them
at will. Changing them requires a rulemaking process that includes
public input - which brings us around to the translator situation you
mentioned.
As with AM, FM "minor" changes are defined as anything that's mutually
exclusive with the existing facility. You can go up or down three
channels or to an IF channel 10.6 or 10.8 MHz away - so if you're on
92.7, you can make a minor change to 92.1, 92.3, 92.5, 92.9, 93.1,
93.3, 103.3 or 103.5. Everything else is "major" because you're moving
to a channel that someone else could use without interfering with your
existing signal.
That's why that translator application has been held up: if the AM
station wants to move the translator from, say, 92.7 to 101.5, it's
going to a channel that someone else could also use, and so Section
307 comes back into play and the FCC is bound by statute to consider
whether that new channel should be opened up in a filing window or
auction process.
But - there was a rulemaking process recently to give translators
additional flexibility to change channels, and after hearing public
input (including from yours truly), the FCC is altering one of the
provisions in federal code --- 47 CFR 74.1233, to be exact -
https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/47/74.1233
Once that rule change is complete later this year, that AM station can
file a new application to move its translator to any other channel so
long as it can show it will reduce overall interference, and it will
be processed as a "minor" change.
This is long and complex, I know. But the gist is that as complicated
as these rules are, they actually lay out fairly clear paths for FCC
staff to either grant or deny an application. As long as you make your
case that what you're requesting complies with all the rules (as WAHT
did - they used one of the best engineering firms in the business),
the FCC *will* grant it. If your application doesn't comply with the
rules, it *will* be denied or delayed.
I have never had an application that I've filed get denied, and only
once or twice have I had FCC staff come back to me asking for
something to be clarified or modified slightly to make sure it's
compliant with the rules as they interpret them. I've also never had
the opportunity to file something that would be a major change.
Any questions? I'm around and ready to try to answer them...
s (Scott Fybush, Rochester NY, May 26, ibid.)
** U S A. The preachers getting rich from poor Americans
By Vicky Baker BBC News in Texas and Alabama 29 May 2019
Image caption Larry and Darcy Fardette donated to many televangelists
Televangelist Todd Coontz has a well-worn routine: he dresses in a
suit, pulls out a Bible and urges viewers to pledge a very specific
amount of money. "Don't delay, don't delay," he urges, calmly but
emphatically.
It sounds simple, absurdly so, but Coontz knows his audience extremely
well. He broadcasts on Christian cable channels, often late into the
night, drawing in viewers who lack financial literacy and are
desperate for change.
"I understand the laws that govern insurance, stocks and bonds and all
that is involved with Wall Street," he once said, looking directly
into the camera. "God has called me… as a financial deliverer."
Crucially, he always refers to the money as a "seed" - a $273 seed, a
$333 seed, a "turnaround" seed, depending on the broadcast. If viewers
"plant" one, the amount will come back to them, multiplied, he says.
It is an investment in their faith and their future.
In 2011, one of those desperate viewers was Larry Fardette, then based
in California. Larry watched a lot of similar televangelists, known as
prosperity preachers, who explicitly link wealth and religion. But he
found Coontz particularly compelling. He assured quick returns. He
seemed like a results man.
And Larry needed some fast results.
The Fardette family was going through a tough time. Larry's daughter
was seriously ill and he had health problems of his own. His
construction business was struggling, and to make matters worse both
his van and his car broke down irreparably within the same week. When
a local junkyard offered him $600 for the van, he thumbed the bills
thoughtfully and remembered Coontz's rousing speech.
Maybe he should invest the sum as a "seed"?
He instantly recalled the specific number that Coontz had repeated
again and again: $273. It was a figure the preacher often used. "God
gave me the single greatest miracle of my lifetime in one day, and the
numbers two, seven and three were involved," he once said. It is also
- perhaps not coincidentally - the number of Coontz's $1.38m condo in
South Carolina, paid for by his church, Rockwealth, according to local
TV channel WSOC-TV.
Larry has now come to realise there was no foundation to Coontz's
promises that donated cash would multiply, but at the time the
stirring speeches gave him hope. He did not see any other way out.
He sent off two cheques: one for $273 and another for $333, as
requested. Then he waited for his miracle. . .[much more, illustrated]
https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-47675301
(via Gerald T Pollard, NC, DXLD)
A damning story, tho it does not cover our familiar SW gospel huxters
(gh, DXLD)
** U S A. Dear Glenn, Congress is picking up the pace on legislation
that funds public media, and we need your help. Early next month, a
Senate subcommittee is expected to debate federal funding for public
media as part of their spending bill. Also, the House of
Representatives will likely vote on their legislation that contains
public media funding.
You can ensure federal funding for public media is included in both
bills by emailing your lawmakers.
https://protectmypublicmedia.org/advance-public-media-funding/?utm_source=advocate&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=June-2019
Email Your Members of Congress --- As these bills are considered,
amendments can be offered to cut funding. By contacting your lawmakers
today, you can help protect public media funding from potential
attacks. We are only a few steps away from securing federal funding
for public media.
Glenn, we have come too far to stop now. Your action today will help
us reach our goal of protecting essential funding for local public
radio and television stations. Thanks for all that you do,
(Anne Standley & the Protect My Public Media Team, DXLD)
** VIETNAM [non]. TAIWAN, Weak signal of Radio Dap Loi Song Nui Radio
DLSN via Paochung, May 29
1230-1300 on 9670 PAO 100 kW / 205 deg to SEAs Vietnamese Vietnam
Democracy Radio
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/weak-signal-of-radio-dap-loi-song-nui.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 29-30, WORLD OF RADIO 1984, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
9670, Radio Dap Loi Song Nui (Vietnam Democracy Radio) (presumed).
Still being heard daily (May 18+). Always with siren jamming (assume
from Vietnam) starting just before their sign on at *1230; OM & YL in
Vietnamese and some songs.
Two months ago sent off reports (one in English & one in Google
Vietnamese) to , which I assume is located
in San Jose, Calif., but no reply yet. BTW - "lien lac" is Vietnamese
for "to contact/communication." Sometime when I'm in San Jose, I
need to stop by their office (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA,
Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1984,
DXLD)
** ZAMBIA. 5915, R. One/ZNBC1, 0253-0300, May 19, with IS and African
drums; in vernacular; 0409+ call-in show; 0500 ad; almost a minute
late with the news in English (unreadable).
9680 // 11680, Voice of Hope Africa, 0456, on May 22, with test tone;
0457 IS and IDs in English; songs and segment "Our Daily Bread"; 11680
with much better reception; asking for donation for their station in
Israel (VOH Middle East) (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón
E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD)
** ZAMBIA. Voice of Hope Africa expanding its weekend schedule from
May 25:
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/voice-of-hope-africa-expanding-its.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 24-25, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.:
1700-1900 4965 LUV 100 kW / 000 deg to SoAf English Sat/Sun tx#1, new
1700-1900 6065 LUV 100 kW / 315 deg to WeAf English Sat/Sun tx#2, new
1700-1730 9680 LUV 100 kW / 000 deg to SoAf English Sun tx#1, deleted
1700-1730 13680 LUV 100 kW / 315 deg to WeAf English Sun tx#2, deleted
??????????? ?? Observer ? 10:09 PM (via DXLD)
** ZANZIBAR. 6015, ZBC Radio. Clearly no longer ex: *0300 sign on
(which actually was a sign on); instead always suddenly on about 0330,
with program already in progress. May 19, on at *0329; usual format
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long
wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1984, DXLD)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1230, trying to get some DX while semi-local WBBZ Ponca
City is off; at least KADA. Best times will be circa SR/SS for nearby
skywave but not full of graveyard QRM. May 28 at 1408 UT is really
too late, but I do detect two or three JBA carriers. May 29 at 0058,
vs storm noise from SE OK, have some music looping NW/SE as Ada would
be; NRC AM Log says format is rock as ``Pirate Radio 102.3``; at 0102
end Fox News theme from N/S. Guess what, there is not a single 1230
in Kansas. Two in Nebraska, neither listed as Fox. Texas? Ten, of
which two are SS, and the only TX Fox in the Log is KWTX Waco, but
that`s hardly enough to go on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Searching for ELWA Radio, on 6050, at 0530 today 26-05,
no trace of ELWA, but a for me unknown station with program in German,
seems to be a religious program, comments and some religious songs,
one time mentioned "Madagascar" and some music that looks something
like Ecuadorian music. At 0600 this station close down and no other
station heard on 6050. Perhaps HCJB or Madagascar? HCJB close down at
0500 its Spanish program [UT Sunday extension], I heard it with strong
QRM from Algeria on the same frequency. Algeria also close down at
0500 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, WOR iog via DXLD)
The HCJB Ecuador operation has strong connexions with the one in
Germany, so added an hour in German direct from Ecuador? (gh, DXLD)
UNIDENTIFIED. 7840, May 26 at 0602, JBA carrier. Matches another on
3920, maybe a ham and her harmonic (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9200, May 25 at 0556, mystery open carrier at S7-S3;
also May 25 at 2105 JBA carrier.
9200, May 29 at 0548, mystery open carrier at S8; it`s the second SSOB
as 31m is almost dead except for good 9700 NZ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 12124.50-USB, May 30 at 1410, 2-way JBA in colloquial
Spanish; not exactly intruders (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
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UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS
++++++++++++++++++++++++
ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 1984:
I've enjoyed listening to World of Radio for many years. I get the
podcast these days. Keep up the good work! (Scott Walker, New
Cumberland PA, with a contribution via PayPal to woradio at
yahoo.com)
TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED FUTURELY:
Thanks to Joe Caberlin (pronounced KAYBURLYNN), VE1EJ, Port Colborne,
Ont., (ex-Chester NS) for a ``small donation toward your shortwave
news``, to Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA (with three
commemorative stamps on an aeronautical theme, but no denominations
--- is Canada Post doing ``forever`` postage too?) Yes
I've been enjoying World Of Radio for many years, off and on, and now
have the podcast. Thanks, from (Flor Lynch in Ireland with a
contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com)
Great thanks to David Cole, OK/LA, for a very generous contribution
delivered in person (gh)
A bit of help to keep the DXLD-kitty more full for the WORockin' that
you have done for all of us, Glenn! 73 and Best Regards, (Steve
McGreevy, CA, with a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com)
Steve, Tnx for another PP contribution. And always enjoy your posts
(Glenn to Steve, via DXLD)
Hi Glenn, You're most welcome, good sir! I think your work is
priceless. I just simply cannot join any radio club - being most seem
way too conservative to me - and cliquish; but WOR is diverse with
folks globally, so it rocks way beyond others. More coming when more
comes in... :-) (Steve McGreevy, CA, www.auroralchorus.com
Natural VLF Radio and Travel, ibid.)
Here is another "DX Tithe" for your fab. "cause" Mr. Glenn. You
pleasantly amaze me with your energies and enthusiasm in your WOR/DXLD
endeavors, and so this is another "shot" as you are like no others! A
"Bay Boy" too - as a Canadian customs agent in MB said once! Thank you
Sir! (Steve McGreevy with another contribution via PayPal)
PUBLICATIONS
++++++++++++
Radio News magazine
Southgate May 24 2019
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2019/may/radio-news-magazine.htm
WN.com reports Radio News was an American monthly technology magazine
published from 1919 to 1971
In 1904 Hugo Gernsback established Electro Importing Company to sell
radio components and electrical supplies by mail order. The catalogs
had detailed instructions on projects like a wireless telegraph outfit
and were the predecessor of his first magazine, (April 1908). In May
1913 he started another magazine, The Electrical Experimenter. The
magazines would have Gernsback's bold predictions of the future as
well as fiction. In 1926 he started the magazine Amazing Stories and
coined the term "scientifiction" which became science fiction.
Gernsback was an enthusiastic supporter of amateur radio. During the
First World War the US government placed a ban on amateur radio and
Gernsback led the campaign to lift it. Gernsback started a magazine
devoted to radio, Radio Amateur News (July 1919.) The title was
shortened to Radio News in July 1920.
Read the full story at
https://wn.com/radio_news_1/wikipedia
Download PDFs of Radio News from
https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Radio_News_Master_
Page_Guide.htm
(via Mike Terry, May 27, WOR iog via DXLD)
LANGUAGE LESSONS
++++++++++++++++
LIKE, I MEAN; YOU KNOW
These verbal crutches are epidemic. Otherwise intelligent, mature and
well-spoken people use them, and they drive me up the wall, I mean,
you know? Prime example is Christiane Amanpour now doing interview
show on PBS, `Amanpour & Company`, successor to the disgraced Charlie
Rose, who, I think, nevertheless, was not so crutch-bound. We would
far rather hear ``uhhh``, or silence when one be at a momentary
wordloss. If one brought this to her attention, would or could she
suppress them?
BTW, you never know, you know, whether she will be originating in,
like, London or New York; I mean, she must spend half her life in TA
transit (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See CHINA; KUWAIT; UK
++++++++++++++++++++
DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DAB mentioned at BELGIUM [non]
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- IBOC mentioned at USA: KFTI/KNX
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM
+++++++++++++++++++++
SONY 2010 REPAIR
Only of peripheral interest to the group, Rodney Wallberg, the go-to
guy for 2010 has been arrested. Google Rodney Wallberg Ishpeming for
details. Looks like he'll be out of the repair business for a while
(Richard Larson, May 27, Minnesota DX Club yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1984,
DXLD)
Re THE SECRET WEAPON THAT WON WORLD WAR II, DXLD 19-21:
Hi Glenn, I remember my father once telling me that - inevitably - the
early experimental magnetrons had poor or non-existent RF shielding
and the boffins would warm their lunches up by placing them on top to
get excited (Brice Avery, Scotland, May 27, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
PROPAGATION
+++++++++++
:Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2019 May 27 0149 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction
Center
# Product description and SWPC contact on the Web
# https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/content/subscription-services
#
# Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
#
Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
20 - 26 May 2019
Solar activity was very low. No sunspots were observed on the solar
disk and no Earth-directed CMEs were observed in available
coronagraph imagery.
No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at
normal levels on 20-21 May and normal to moderate levels on 22-26
May.
Geomagnetic field activity was at quiet to unsettled on 20 May and
26 May. The remainder of the reporting period was quiet.
Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
27 May - 22 June 2019
Solar activity is expected to be very low throughout the outlook
period.
No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is
expected to range from normal to high levels. High levels are
expected on 29 May - 02 Jun and moderate levels are expected on
03-12 Jun. Enhancements in electron flux are due to the anticipated
influence of multiple CH HSSs. The remainder of the outlook period
is expected to be at normal background levels.
Geomagnetic field activity is expected to range from quiet to active
levels. Early on 27 May, unsettled to active levels are possible due
to weak enhancements in the solar wind. Negative polarity CH HSS
influence is expected to produce unsettled to active conditions from
28-30 May and quiet to unsettled conditions from 31 May-02 Jun. The
remainder of the outlook period is expected to be mostly quiet under
nominal solar wind conditions.
:Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2019 May 27 0149 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction
Center
# Product description and SWPC contact on the Web
# https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/content/subscription-services
#
# 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
# Issued 2019-05-27
#
# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2019 May 27 67 5 2
2019 May 28 67 12 4
2019 May 29 67 18 4
2019 May 30 67 15 4
2019 May 31 68 10 3
2019 Jun 01 70 10 3
2019 Jun 02 72 8 3
2019 Jun 03 72 5 2
2019 Jun 04 72 5 2
2019 Jun 05 72 5 2
2019 Jun 06 72 5 2
2019 Jun 07 72 5 2
2019 Jun 08 72 5 2
2019 Jun 09 72 5 2
2019 Jun 10 72 5 2
2019 Jun 11 72 5 2
2019 Jun 12 72 5 2
2019 Jun 13 72 5 2
2019 Jun 14 70 5 2
2019 Jun 15 68 5 2
2019 Jun 16 67 5 2
2019 Jun 17 67 5 2
2019 Jun 18 67 5 2
2019 Jun 19 67 5 2
2019 Jun 20 67 5 2
2019 Jun 21 67 5 2
2019 Jun 22 67 5 2
(SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1984, DXLD) ###