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Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1985 contents: Antarctica, Australia, Bhutan, Brasil, Canada, China, Congo DR, Cook Islands, Cuba, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Grenada, Guinea, India, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, North America, Puerto Rico, Romania, USA; and the propagation outlook Completed June 6, ready for first airings Friday June 7: (mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1985.m3u mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1985.mp3 Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html Also linx to podcast services. The shortwave broadcasts should be: 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 [confirmed] 1000 UT Saturday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW 1130 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 1430 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany [confirmed] 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 2100 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 [confirmed] 0130 UT Sunday WRMI 5850 [confirmed] 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; confirmed] 1030 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany [confirmed] 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] 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [confirmed] 0930 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW 1815 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania [confirmed] 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 [confirmed] 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 0930 UT Friday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [it appears we will now be running on a Friday-to-Thursday cycle, so freshest new airings are on weekends] Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS: Tnx to Dr Harald Gabler and the Rhein-Main Radio Club. http://www.rmrc.de/index.php/rmrc-audio-plattform/podcast/glenn-hauser-wor MORE PODCAST ALTERNATIVES, tnx to Keith Weston: https://blog.keithweston.com/2018/11/22/world-of-radio-podcast/ feedburner: http://feeds.feedburner.com/GlennHausersWorldOfRadio tunein.com: http://bit.ly/tuneinwor itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/glenn-hausers-world-of-radio/id1123369861 Google Play Music: http://bit.ly/worldofradio OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO: http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html or http://wor.worldofradio.org DAY-BY-DAY ARCHIVE OF GLENN HAUSER`S LOG REPORTS: Unedited, uncondensed, unchanged from original version, many of them too complex, minutely researched, multi-frequency, opinionated, inconsequential, off-topic, or lengthy for some log editors to manage; and also ahead of their availability in these weekly issues: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser IMPORTANT NOTICE!!!! 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A lot more info, not all of it appearing in DXLD later, is posted at our io group without delay. ** ALASKA. 9685, June 3 at 1037, Chinese talk about the Bible: KNLS scheduled 1000-1200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9685, KNLS – Anchor Point (Presumed), 1252, 5/27/19, in Mandarin. “Canon in D,” woman; 1256 well known hymn sung in English. KNLS is listed as on 9680 at this time, however nothing there, so this must have been it. Presumed a punch up error at the transmitter site (Mark Taylor, Lake Farm County Park near Madison, WI, Mini DXpedition 1200–1430, 5/27/19. Equipment: Eton e1; 80’ random wire. Annual Memorial Day mini DXpedition with Bill Dvorak and Carlie Forsythe, NASWA Flashsheet June 2 via DXLD) On 9685 preceding hours, as above (gh) ** ALBANIA [and non]. ALBANIA - rather via GERMANY/USA [MESZ = UT +2] Sendungen in Deutsch: Montag bis Samstag 21.30-22.00 Uhr MESZ/CEST auf 3985 kHz (Kurzwelle Kall/Eifel) Sendungen in anderen Sprachen: Kurzwelle: Englisch fuer Europa: Montag-Samstag um 14.30-15.00 MESZ/CEST ueber Kall/Eifel auf 6005 kHz Franzoesisch fuer Europa: Taeglich um 17.00-17.30 MESZ/CEST ueber Kall/Eifel auf 3985 kHz Italienisch fuer Europa: Montag-Samstag um 22.00-22.30 MESZ/CEST ueber Kall/Eifel auf 3985 kHz Englisch fuer Nordamerika: Dienstag-Sonntag um 03.30-04.00 MESZ/CEST auf 9395 kHz und Samstag von 00.00 bis 00.30 MESZ/CEST auf 5850 kHz ueber WRMI Okeechobee, FL_USA) Internet-Stream und ueber Satellit Eutelsat 16 degr Ost auf 12640 MHz (Polarisation H, Symbolrate 10832): Sprache Zeit (MESZ/CEST, UTC +2 hrs) Tage Albanisch 01.00-02.00 taeglich 04.00-05.30 09.00-10.00 16.00-17.30 Deutsch 18.30-19.00 Montag-Samstag 20.00-20.30 21.30-22.00 05.30-06.00 [Dienstag-Sonntag?] 07.30-08.00 11.00-11.30 14.00-14.30 Englisch 18.00-18.30 Montag-Samstag 22.00-22.30 00.00-00.30 [Dienstag-Sonntag?, usw. unten:] 03.30-04.00 08.00-08.30 10.30-11.00 13.30-14.00 Franzoesisch 19.30-20.00 Montag-Samstag 23.00-00.00 03.00-03.30 07.00-07.30 12.00-12.30 15.00-15.30 Griechisch 17.45-18.00 Montag-Samstag 22.45-23.00 02.00-02.15 10.15-10.30 13.15-13.30 Italienisch 19.00-19.30 Montag-Samstag 21.00-21.30 23.00-23.30 02.30-03.00 06.30-07.00 11.30-12.00 14.30-15.00 Serbisch 17.30-17.45 Montag-Samstag 22.30-22.45 02.15-02.30 10.00-10.15 13.00-13.15 Tuerkisch 20.30-21.00 Montag-Samstag 00.30-01.00 06.00-06.30 08.30-09.00 12.30-13.00 15.30-16.00 Neue QSL-Serie ab Juni verfuegbar. Nachdem es bis 2014 fast jedes Jahr eine neue QSL-Serie und dann 2016 nochmals eine neue Einzelkarte gab, mussten sich die QSL-Sammler unter den Hoerern des albanischen Auslandsrundfunks zuletzt mit Nachdrucken aelterer Karten troesten. Nun aber ist es endlich soweit, eine vollstaendig neue QSL Karten Serie mit diesmal acht Motiven geht in den naechsten Tagen in den Druck und wird in Tirana ab etwa Mitte Juni fuer Bestaetigungen neuer Hoerberichte zur Verfuegung stehen. Die Serie "Impressionen aus Tirana" zeigt aktuelle Bilder der Hauptstadt, die Foto Aufnahmen hat wieder Astrit Ibro zur Verfuegung gestellt. (Deutschsprachiger Hoererklub von RADIO TIRANA; Mitgliederrundbrief Nr. 71 - Mai 2019, via Werner Schubert-D, May 30, BC-DX 31 May via DXLD) ** ALGERIA [non]. 6050, Qur'an Radio Algeria, via France, *0359, on May 30. Choral National Anthem; time pips; several clear multi-language IDs, including English ("Qur'an Radio Algeria"); Islamic programming in Arabic (reciting from the Qur'an, etc.); fair reception (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD) ** ANTARCTICA. Wie ueblich Dienstags in der Luft: http://py1eme.homeip.net:8073/ gehört am Ozean-Ufer bei Rio de Janeiro, Brasilien, LRA36, 15476 kHz Kiwi Schaetzeisen, AMN mode, AGC off, click naechste Zeile AGC links off, ziehe den Regler haendisch nach rechts auf 104 dB, = S=3 -110dBm Sendersignal um 17.14 UT, oder 14.14 Lokalzeit. 73 wb (Wolfgang Bueschel, Tue June 4, WORLD OF RADIO 1985, DXLD) 15476, LRA 36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, Base Esperanza, heard at 1355 and now at 1834, 05-06. On air today Wednesday, here in Reinante only weak carrier detected at the moment but via SDR Kiwi remote receiver in Pardinho, near Sao Paulo, Latin American songs and music can be heard with weak signal, on 15475.97. Via SDR Kiwi remote receiver in Plymouth, UK, weak carrier on 15475.97 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1985, DXLD) ** ARMENIA On May 19, a program sounded on MW 1350 kHz from 1818 to 1840 UT - one voice reads the expression from the Holy Bible in English, and the other immediately translated into Turkish. Similar programs, but in English and Persian sound on Thursdays and Fridays from 1805 UT on 1377 kHz (Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria; via RUSdx #1030 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 26, BC-DX 31 May via DXLD) ** ASIA [non]. Additional frequencies of Radio Free Asia: 0030-0130 on 15110 BIB 100 kW / 075 deg to SEAs Burmese 0030-0130 on 17845 TIN 250 kW / 289 deg to SEAs Burmese 1230-1330 on 12140 TIN 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Khmer 1330-1430 on 12140 TIN 250 kW / 289 deg to SEAs Burmese 1430-1500 on 9355 TIN 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Khmer 2100-2200 on 11985 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg to EaAs Korean 2230-2330 on 13740 KWT 250 kW / 094 deg to SEAs Khmer (Публикувано от Observer в 1:37 PM June 6 via DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. 3210-USB, Unique Radio, Gunnedah. Just there 1200, 31/5. Tim Gaynor has been asking for reports (Phil Ireland, June Australian DX News via WORLD OF RADIO 1985, DXLD) ¤ The dulcet tones of Glenn Hauser 0955, ID and frequency 0958, then ARDXC segment. Very good, despite a bit of lightning static, 3/6 (Craig Seager, Blayney NSW with W6LVP Loop & Airspy, June Australian DX News via WORLD OF RADIO 1985, DXLD) Unique Radio brings back an old frequency Hi everyone, There have been some changes with frequency at Unique Radio domestic service New South Wales Australia. Monday, Friday nights and alternate Saturdays are now on 3210 USB. Tuesday nights are still on 5045 but late night on 3210 USB More additional transmissions are in the works (Local mornings) For updated changes please visit : https://www.uniqueradio.biz Thanks for your continued support. Best regards (Tim Gaynor, Unique Radio, Gunnedah NSW, Australia, June 3, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1985, DXLD) Unique Radio has activated new night frequency 3210 and made some schedule changes. From http://www.uniqueradio.biz as of June 4: The Current Schedule for Mondays & Fridays is: NEW 5045 - Monday afternoon from 15:00 AEST (3PM) Sounds of your life - NON STOP (0500 UT) Frequency: 3210 KHz from June 3. NB The transmitter may operate past the closing time. 17:30 AEST Aussie Tim 'Sounds of your life' - Tim takes you through a plethora of great tunes from the 50's through to the 80's and some beyond that (0730 UT) OR 'Non stop 'Sounds of your life' The soundtrack of tunes of the past 18:30 AEST - 0830 UT, International Radio Report with Sheldon Harvey, David Asselin & Gilles Letourneau as heard via CKUT 90.3 FM Montreal Canada 19:00 AEST 0900 UT OLD TIME SCI FI Episode 19:30 AEST (0930 UT) World of Radio with Glenn Hauser 20:00 AEST Every Monday ARDXC Presents 'World at your Fingertips' ​(1000 UT). Enquiries to ARDXC and ​Reports for verification to dxer1234@gmail.com (Must include program details) 20:15 AEST Monday only, Close of Transmission 1015 UT) or may change to 3210 for further programming till 11:00 AEST or 1300 UT 20:00 Friday only World of Radio - Glenn Hauser (The latest episode) (1000 UT) 20:30 AEST - Friday only, Hobart radio International with Bob Wise. An alternative program produced in Hobart, Tasmania. (1030 UT) Tuesday 1700 AEST (0700 UT) NB The transmitter may operate past the closing time. Frequency 5045 Khz Aussie Tim 'Sounds of your life' - Tim takes you through a plethora of great tunes from the 50's through to the 80's and some beyond that. 18:00 AEST or (0800 UT) World of Radio - Glenn Hauser (Double Episode) 19:00 AEST (0900 UT) Clearing the Static - Radio Kid & Bob Cavanagh present this great show about North American media movements, primarily, radio in North America (USA) 20:00 AEST Upstate Radio Theatre from Quality Radio productions hosted by Jake Longwell (1000 UT) 21:00 AEST Hobart radio International with Bob Wise (1100 UT) 21:30 AEST may change to 3210 with further programming till 00:00 AEST or 1400 UT NOTE: following indicates consecutive not altlernate Saturdays (gh) ​Saturdays June 8th & June 15th, ​​Frequency 3210 kHz ​19:00 AEST (0900 UT Aussie Tim 'Sounds of your life' - Tim takes you through the golden ages of great tunes from the 50's through to the 80's and some beyond that. ​ 20:00 AEST - World of Radio with Glenn Hauser (1000 UT) ​20:30 AEST - International Radio Report with Sheldon Harvey, David Asselin and Gilles Letourneau as heard via CKUT 90.3FM Montreal Canada (1030 UT) 21:00 AEST - Hobart Radio International with Bob Wise​ (1100 UT) 21:30 may change to 3210 with further programming till 00:00 AEST or 1400 UT Overseas relays on WINB 9265 KHz continue as usual. **** NB Another overseas relay is being assessed, possibly to be directed to Australia and the Pacific (Unique Radio website June 4, via gh, WORLD OF RADIO 1985, DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. Moreover, watch out for more cuts to ABC domestic services as well. Unless you’re running a commercial outlet, and overtly expressing LNP sympathies, expect some tough love for the next four years -cs (Craig Seager, Bathurst NSW, ed., June Australian DX News via DXLD) ** AUSTRIA. 5930Even, BBC London Dari service to eastern Persia and Afghanistan target. S=9+25dB strength in Delhi at 0030 UT. Like a radioplay heard till 0035 UT when tuned-in. Broadcast via ORS Moosbrunn Austria relay site. Two 100 Hertz spur strings visible on the Perseus browser software display, visible either sideband. Log 0030-0100 UT on June 1st traced and heard from SDR unit in Delhi India. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 1, WOR iog via DXLD) ** BANGLADESH. 4750, Bangladesh Betar, Shavar. Test tone between 1900 and 1914. S/on 1915 with time pips and ID in Bangla and news. Good signal and overpowered the co-channel VoI-Makassar by this time. 21/5 (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, VIC (Yaesu FTDX 3000, Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Kenwood R5000, Tecsun PL-680, Horizontal Sky Loop, Double Bazooka antennas for 80, 40 and 20 metres, Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital Noise Eliminating Module, MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling Module, ATU, June Australian DX News via DXLD) ** BHUTAN. 6035, BBS, on both May 29 and 30, at 1125*, noted closing down somewhat earlier than usual; unfortunate they went off so early, as there was no QRM from the N. Korea jamming spur (6045 - see KOREA); for me the best BBS reception is about 1150, when they actually run that late; always the same format; at times almost readable in English. 6035, BBS, 1150-1158*, May 31. N. Korean jamming spur already on the air; FM99 (PBS Yunnan) still silent (both frequencies [7210] down for maintenance?); in English; DJ playing pop songs till suddenly off (Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - "Against the Wind," etc.). Any day I'm able to actually ID their songs, is a good day for me! 6035, BBS, 1104-1115*, June 2. Better than average reception; no N. Korea jamming spur yet; 1104-1111, news in English (unreadable), into pop music till suddenly off; wish they had stayed on longer, as it was a good day for BBS; cut off time varies a lot between 1100 and 1200 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1985, DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. La radio Kawsachum Coca nació tres meses después de que Evo Morales asumiera la Presidencia. La emisora comenzó con tres trabajadores, una pequeña consola, un par de micrófonos y en ambientes prestados. [only illustration shows frequencies: 99.7, 760, 6075 --- SW has been gone for many years --- gh] Hoy sus instalaciones ocupan media hectárea, cuenta con 26 trabajadores. Además, se adjudicó publicidad de YPFB y el Gobierno le pagó el servicio de señal satelital. La predecesora de Kawsachum Coca fue Soberanía, que en los 90 que emitió señal sólo en el territorio de los sindicatos cocaleros, de los que el mandatario es su máximo ejecutivo. Cuando Morales llegó a la Presidencia, en enero de 2006, los cocaleros de las Seis Federaciones del Trópico de Cochabamba crearon Kawsachum Coca, con la idea de que su señal traspase sus fronteras y llegue a otras regiones del país. “Entonces cada afiliado aportó un boliviano para comprar equipos. Primero se compró un terreno en Shinahota, que es más de media hectárea, para que funcione la radio”, informó Andrónico Rodríguez, vicepresidente de las Seis Federaciones del Trópico de Cochabamba. El líder afirmó que hasta la fecha los aportes “son sagrados para que funcione la radio, pese a que hay autosostenibilidad con publicidad”. “Nosotros queremos mantener como un medio privado de las Seis Federaciones”, agregó. La emisora tiene un portal en internet y un semanario que lleva el mismo nombre. En la portada de ese periódico se puede observar que cuenta con publicidad de la Empresa de Luz y Fuerza Eléctrica Cochabamba (ELFEC), una firma de la estatal ENDE Corporación. En los primeros años de la radio, los programas eran conducidos por “comunicadores alternativos”, quienes en muchos casos trabajaban ad honorem. “Entre 2007 y 2008 se consolidó. Hemos contratado un director profesional. Ahora tenemos alrededor de 18 trabajadores de planta y hay ocho que son compañeros contratados de manera temporal”, relató Rodríguez. El dirigente expresó que la señal de la radio se expandió y que aquello le permitió suscribir contratos de publicidad con entidades del Estado y privadas. Este año, Kawsachum Coca, constituida como una asociación civil, se adjudicó un contrato de YPFB para la difusión publicitaria, según el Sistema de Contrataciones Estatales. El 26 de febrero de 2019, la estatal petrolera adjudicó, mediante la modalidad de contratación directa, a Kawsachum Coca el contrato para difusión de jingles y transmisión radial, de lunes a domingo. “El presupuesto total para la presente contratación es de hasta 300 mil bolivianos” y la ejecución del servicio “será desde la firma del contrato hasta el 31 de diciembre de 2019 a la ejecución completa del presupuesto asignado previa suscripción del contrato”, se lee en la nota expresa de adjudicación YPFB-GCC-DCO-NE-58/19. Rodríguez reconoció la adjudicación, pero dijo que “aún no se suscribió” el contrato con YPFB. El líder agregó: “Ahora tenemos contratos de publicidad con algunas empresas públicas del Estado, ministerios, en algunos casos con entidades privadas”. La emisora, que emite su señal desde Lauca Ñ, en el municipio de Shinahota (Cochabamba), también recibió apoyo del Ministerio de Comunicación. Según la resolución administrativa RPCD 003/2015, del 28 de octubre de 2015, el ministerio de Comunicación pagó el servicio satelital “para el fortalecimiento” de Kawsachum Coca, para su difusión en Frecuencia Modulada (FM). La resolución de adjudicación señala que el Decreto Supremo 2548, del 14 de octubre de 2015, autoriza a Comunicación la contratación directa de hasta tres millones de bolivianos para la adquisición e instalación de sistemas de transmisión en FM, con potencia nominal de 5 Kw. Ese monto - se lee en el documento - es para la implementación del proyecto “reducción de las desigualdades de acceso a los servicios de información en áreas rurales de los departamentos de Cochabamba, Santa Cruz y Beni, a través del Fortalecimiento de la Radio Kawsachum Coca de las RPOs para su difusión en FM”. Amparado en esa norma, el ministerio de Comunicación adjudicó a la estatal Entel hasta 144.976 bolivianos, monto que fue para cubrir el servicio de señal satelital. El 31 de octubre de 2015, la Agencia Boliviana de Información reportó que el presidente Morales inauguró “la sede ampliada de las Seis Federaciones del Trópico de Cochabamba y las emisiones amplificadas de Radio Kawsachun Coca hacia el oriente del país”. Rodríguez reconoció que esa iniciativa permitió a la emisora crear una cadena nacional para transmitir información. “Éste es el proyecto de RPO Radios Comunitarias. El ministerio no sólo apoyó a Kawsachum. En este momento hay varias radios comunitarias que dependen de algún servicio de telecomunicaciones”, indicó (via Conexión Digital 02 June via DXLD) ** BOUGAINVILLE [and non]. 3325, PNG/IND info. for time period 1120 to 1135z, 02 June (and others) --- At a brief check of 3325 at 1120 UT and for the next 15 minutes thereafter this early morning local time in the CA desert, I found a low-het (hum/rumble) upon a moderately strong open-carrier. Perhaps PNG under the ever-OCing VOI Indonesia again? Whatever is going on, no more PNG Bougainville in English with great programming over the VOI before 12z as in March, and then VOI English. 13 to 14z. I could not detect any modulation on either! Any info from closer in? Being out in the radio room, I have not yet tried some remote SDR nearer to either (in Asia). RX.: Benmar Navigator 555A and DFing loopstick. (02 June 2019) 73 – SpM - N6NKS - www.auroralchorus.com (Steve McGreevy, CA, WOR iog via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 4925, June 3 at 1018, M&W talk eventually recognized as Brazilian intonation on a frequency normally unheard in the evenings. EiBi shows Rádio Educação Rural, Tefé, but not until *1103. Logs this hour are during a surprise power failure I first noted awakening at 1002; no telling how long it had been off. The entire neighborhood was dark before dawn`s earliest light. There were no storms around here to explain it. Notified OG&E ASAP and it came back on at 1056. Meanwhile caused computer and other problems. The breakfast table DX- 390 would no longer turn on, nor my main computer. Using the DX-398 on batteries with indoor reel-out antenna. No QRM from local devices, but still some ``line noise`` detectable from somewhere, especially on lower bands (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 4940, May 29, Radio Brasil Central?? Checking the possible reactivation of Radio San Antonio [PERU] according to information from Karel Honzik via RealDX at BCLNews. I find to my surprise that it is the frequency of Radio Brasil Central from Goiânia. I do not have any records of this station operating on this frequency since the Brazilian stations in tropical band transmit with a spacing of 5 KHz (e.g. 4885, 4895, 4845 Khz, etc). Despite the low audio, songs and talks in Portuguese and mentioning the ABC Agencia Brasil Central and with TC UTC-3 (Rafael Rodriguez via WRTH FB via SW Bulletin, WORLD OF RADIO 1985, DXLD) So maybe a spur, mistuning, or escaping the RTTY on its proper frequency 4985? (gh, ibid.) ** BRAZIL. 11856.763, May 31 at 0619, VP S4-S5 music, as R. Aparecida has varied way up to here, not only above nominal 11855, but above 11856 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11855.707 kHz noted on June 3 at 1113 UT, wb (Wolfgang Bueschel, WOR iog via DXLD) ``Normally`` around there but I made absolutely sure and clear that when I had it, was about 1 kHz even higher; as has happened before (gh, DXLD) ** BULGARIA [and non]. Unlike Europe, Bulgarians Believes [sic] mostly Television and least the Print Press Society | June 2, 2019, Sunday // 15:46| Views: | Comments: 0 https://www.novinite.com/articles/197565/Unlike+Europe%2C+Bulgarians+Believes+mostly+Television+and+least+the+Print+Press Bulgarians believe mostly what is being said on television and at least the print media, unlike other European peoples, who are skeptical mostly to social networks. This shows a year-by-year study of the European Union of Electronic Media, which collected data from 33 countries in Europe, reports Dnevnik. Bulgarians put their trust in television compared to radio and the Internet. Almost all other European countries have the highest confidence in the radio. Exceptions are made by Turkey, Northern Macedonia, Albania and Montenegro, who also prefer television, as well as Greece, Hungary and Serbia, which rely mostly on the Internet. Bulgaria is the only country in the EU that is most skeptical of the print media than social networks and television. The same opinion is in Northern Macedonia and Serbia. Everyone else (without Greece) believes at least to social networks, while Athens - to television. A total of 59% of Europeans say they believe the news on the radio (45% in Bulgaria), 50% on television (56% in Bulgaria) and 19% on social networking information. So the radio keeps its authoritative position, which it maintains since 2013. For this time, the difference is that the trust in the print media is rising, while the Internet and social networks fall sharply. The report is based on an annual Eurocommunity opinion poll and the Reuters Digital News, Eurobarometer, the Net Trust Index. Bulgaria is one of the countries where public service media are first in authority, together with Portugal and the countries of Central and Northern Europe. Public service media are among the top 5 in trust across Europe. Only Poland, Hungary, Spain, Turkey and Greece are exceptions. The authors of the study also found a positive correlation between trust in public media and the satisfaction of democracy. Not surprisingly, the Scandinavian countries also record best benchmarks against other criteria - low political pressures on public media and confidence in news for the state. Bulgaria is among the countries with "moderate" political pressures (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) ** CANADA. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2019-149, Ottawa, 14 May 2019 CHAK Inuvik – New transmitter in Aklavik The Commission approves the application by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) to amend the broadcasting licence for the English-language AM radio programming undertaking CHAK Inuvik [860 kHz], Northwest Territories in order to operate a low-power FM transmitter in Aklavik to rebroadcast the programming of CHAK. The Commission did not receive any interventions regarding this application. According to the CBC, in order to ensure continued service to an underserved remote northern community following an unforeseen failing of CHAK’s low-power AM rebroadcasting transmitter CBAK Aklavik [1210 kHz], it needs to replace the low-power AM transmitter with a low-power FM transmitter. The licensee stated that the new transmitter, which will operate under the call sign CBAK-FM Aklavik, will also improve the quality of the Radio One signal to residents of Aklavik. The new transmitter will operate at 97.7 MHz (channel 249LP) with an effective radiated power of 50 watts (non-directional antenna with an effective height of antenna above average terrain of 7.7 metres). It will operate from the current transmitter site for CBAK. Pursuant to section 22(1) of the Broadcasting Act, this authority will only be effective when the Department of Industry (the Department) notifies the Commission that its technical requirements have been met and that a broadcasting certificate will be issued. The Department’s BPR-3: Application Procedures and Rules for FM Broadcasting Undertakings specifies that a low-power FM rebroadcasting transmitter is considered a secondary assignment operating on an unprotected channel. Should an FM station or transmitter with protected status be granted a frequency that is incompatible with that used by the low-power transmitter considered in this decision, the licensee may need to cease the operation of that low-power transmitter or file an application to change its frequency and/or technical parameters. The transmitter must be in operation by no later than 14 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.nSecretary General https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2019/2019-149.htm via Dr Hansjoerg Biener 30 May 2019 CBAK was the last AM relay of CHAK (Dr Hansjoerg Biener, DX LISTENING DIGEST) CBA+ would previously have applied to Moncton NB area (gh) ** CANADA. QC, MONTREAL, 1650, CJRS. Becomes CKZW (station has been branded as CKZW for several years. Now it becomes official) (June CIDX Messenger via WORLD OF RADIO 1985, DXLD) ** CANADA. Anna Maria Tremonti leaves CBC's The Current after 17 seasons Simon Houpt, Published May 27, 2019 Updated May 28, 2019 https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/article-anna-maria-tremonti-leaves-cbcs-the-current-after-17-seasons/ Founding host of CBC One's The Current, Anna Maria Tremonti. HO/The Canadian Press [caption] Anna Maria Tremonti established herself as a tenacious journalist with a strong point of view during 35 years at the CBC, but she insisted in an interview that she will not offer her opinion on one thing: The future direction of The Current, CBC Radio One's daily current affairs interview show. The public broadcaster announced on Monday that Tremonti will leave the show on June 20, after 17 seasons as the founding and only full-time host, for a move into podcasting. "It's not my place [to comment on The Current]" she said in an interview with The Globe and Mail. "Once I decide to step away from it, I don't take ownership of it. If they want to change it, that's their business, and I will support that. "Same with who gets the job. I'm not weighing in, privately even, on that. Because I don't think it's my place, and I don't think it's helpful. There are people who I admire, but I don't think it's my place." The announcement kicked off a parlour game on who might replace her. On Twitter, former CBC Ontario host Robert Fisher and others advocated for Matt Galloway, the host of CBC Toronto's Metro Morning. Some others floated Piya Chattopadhyay, an occasional Current guest host who has helmed Out in the Open, an intimate exploration of personal and political issues, for three years. But if Tremonti's move leaves a high-profile vacancy in legacy media, it also is a significant vote of confidence in Canadian podcasting, the journalist and podcaster Ryan McMahon noted on Twitter. Tremonti will produce and host two podcasts for CBC: a one-on-one long-form interview show that she will host, and another, still in the early stages of development, that will be "a serialized story," on which she may be just one of several voices. Asked to name some of her favourite podcasts, Tremonti cited CBC's Uncover: Escaping NXIVM and Finding Cleo. She also said she admired S-Town, the blockbuster 2017 podcast from the creators of This American Life and Serial that began as an investigation into an alleged murder in a small town in Alabama and evolved into an empathetic exploration of the hidden life of one of its residents. "What they did with S-Town I loved," she said. "They went to find a story that didn't exist, [which] they found when they got there, and turned it into an incredible story. They showed what you could do with podcasting, in terms of storytelling, and right away it caught my attention, on lots of different levels." Tremonti said that neither of the shows she is developing would likely turn up on radio, unlike some other CBC podcasts. "I pitched it as something to do in the digital space. That's what interests me right now." Of the thousands of interviews she has done on The Current, a few stand out, including one in 2008 with Monique Lepine, the mother of the Ecole Polytechnique murderer. Tremonti recalled that she was initially dismissive of the interview. "I said, `She's the mother of a killer, why would I want to talk to her?' I actually thought that." During the interview, though, Tremonti connected with Ms. Lepine, making for a gruelling, compelling encounter. "She talked about how she blamed herself for what her son became, for the death [by overdose] of her daughter. It was a very emotional interview. I just remember feeling so ashamed, because I did what we in the media do so often - not everyone in the media, but I and some others. We link the relatives of someone who does something to that crime, and it was such a lesson for me." "You learn a lot. It's very humbling to ask people questions with an open mic," she said. "It's just interesting to me how many people are willing to - and need to - talk about the things that have happened to them. They need to share those experiences, and I guess the quest is to have that conversation with respect and still be able to learn something from them." Tremonti doesn't yet know much about the future, except this: She currently has three wake-up alarms on her phone - 4:30 a.m., 4:40 a.m., and 4:45 a.m. On June 20, she'll turn them all off (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) ** CHINA. 6887 LSB, VC01 (Chinese military #s station), 1300+, 20 May & 1243+, 23 May. Echoey Chinese # groups // 5318 USB (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA Executive Satellit/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [and non]. 21690, CNR1, Transmitter unknown. Jamming over the top RFA which could be heard easily underneath. Chinese. 19/5, 0623. 21800, CNR1, Transmitter unknown. Very strong. Jamming over SoH of which there was no sign underneath so perhaps they had vacated the frequency. Chinese. 0636. 19/5 (Phil Brennan, VK8WVA, Darwin NT (JRC NRD 515, Icom IC R75, Afedri SDR rev.6, SDR Play RSP1, BHI NEIM1031, Noise eliminating module, Wellbrook ALA1530 LNPro, PAR EF SWL wire), June Australian DX News via DXLD) [non?]. 11895, May 31 at 0617, poor signal, talk in Chinese? HFCC, Aoki/NDXC and EiBi agree that during this hour we have CRI in English via Kashgar, East Turkistan, 209 degrees for Pakistan; and RFA in Mandarin, 78 degrees via Kuwait for C&E China; and except for HFCC, which Sees No Evil, therefore jamming, which EiBi labels as CNR1 or Firedrake. Anyhow, something from over there is midnightly propagating solsticeally (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6105, Firedragon & CNR1 (// 6125), at 1126, June 1. Double jamming of RTI, which was not heard. Is there a specific type of news event that triggers them using the double jamming? Normally just CNR1 jamming (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD) 11610, CNR 1 at 1630. M in Chinese, soft vocal music (also Chinese). Pips at ToH and off. Sadly, the station was likely only here to jam Radio Free Asia Chinese service listed here in my schedules - Fair/Good June 1 (Rick Barton, Arizona SW Logs, Hammarlund HQ-140X & HQ-180A, Grundig Satellit 205(T.5000), RS SW-2000629 with various outdoor wires. 73 and Good Listening....! -rb, WOR iog via DXLD) 15340, June 1 at 1244, soft song at S3-S6 with flutter, 1246 Chinese talk. Aoki/NDXC shows jammed SOH relay of RFA. 9230, June 1 at 1319, Chinese and music // 11785, CNR1 jammer against Sound of Hope. EiBi shows SOH on 9230.1 but not a jammer. Aoki/NDXC shows both on 9230. No het audible here. 15165, June 1 at 1335, very heavy CCI in Chinese, i.e. VOA via THAILAND this hour only, vs CNR1 jamming. The latter goes off at 1400* when VOA has already quit (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) China National Radio-1 Jamming vs All India Radio on June 1 1200-1330 on 9425 unknown kW / unknown to EaAs Chinese CNR-1, good 1215-1330 on 9425 BGL 500 kW / 038 deg to CeAs Tibetan AIR - weak: https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/china-national-radio-1-jamming-vs-all.html (SWLDXBulgaria News June 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST) CNR-1 Jammer vs Sound of Hope Xi Wang Zhi Sheng in 25mb on June 2 from 1230 11580 unknown kW / unknown EaAs Chinese, very good signal Very bad information for the new time of FEBA Radio India via KTWR Agana: 1245-1315 11580 TRM 200 kW / 290 deg SoAs various langs(x1315-1345) Same time 11570 TRM 200 kW / 290 deg SoAs is empty channel for FEBA https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/cnr-1-jammer-vs-sound-of-hope-xi-wang.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 1-2, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 13870, June 2 at 1349, CNR1 jammer with modern Western classical music, `cello during the usual Sunday evening concert hour, // reliable 11785 jammer. Then before 1400, I bandscan and find a whole bunch more WOOB: 13890 fair; 14640; 14980, 12870 strong S9; 11120 JBA and 11100 stronger; JBA on 14700; JBA carrier on 10960. Consulting Aoki/NDXC and Aoki I then find the above are known jammed Sound of Hope frequencies, EXCEPT: the strongest, only EiBi has as SOH on 12870.2; 10960 is SOH relaying RFA, per Aoki; EiBi says 10959.8 but nothing about RFA. 14700 not listed. At 1358 I settle on 12870 where now there are super-hype voice actor announcements, commercials? 5+1 timesignal and OFF at 1400* [I also had to sort out some carriers mostly JBA which turned out to be local KCRC overload mixtures with strong SW frequencies: 10490+1390 = 11880 CRI via Cuba; 10370+1390 = 11760 RHC; 8880-1390 = 7490 WWCR] 9180, June 3 at 1041, CNR1 jammer // 6125 on a Sound of Hope frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Of the traced 65 x CNR1 jamming channels from mainland China, observed recently on April 6th-8th: here a selection of Monday June 3rd at 13 - 15 UT: Checked CNR1 +20 kHz wide scratching jamming stns at 13 - 15 UT on June 3: 6075CNR1_echo, 6110CNR1_echo, 6145, 6180, 7210, 9180scratching 20kHz wide, 9215+CNR1_echo, 9470, 9660+scratching 20kHz wide, 9920+scratching 20kHz wide, 10960+scratching 20kHz wide, 11900, 11970+scratching 20kHz wide, 12880scratching 20kHz wide, 13640, 13690, 13835, 14430+scratching 20kHz wide, 14900+scratching 20kHz wide, 15165, 15275+scratching 20kHz wide, 15340+scratching 20kHz wide, 15470+scratching 20kHz wide, 16300, and 17860 kHz+scratching 20kHz wide. Checked on remote SDR units in Seoul_KOR, and various JAP units in Hiroshima, Nagoya and Tokyo area (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 3, WOR iog via DXLD) Hi Wolfie, June 3, on 6105, noted at 1126, the double jamming again, with Firedragon & CNR1 together, so impossible to make out any RTI (Ron Howard, California, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST) CNR-1 Jamming vs Sound of Hope Xi Wang Zhi Sheng on June 4 from 0930 on 13870 Maoli 1 kW / non-dir to EaAs Chinese, very good from 0930 on 13890 Maoli 1 kW / non-dir to EaAs Chinese, fair/good https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/cnr-1-jamming-vs-sound-of-hope-xi-wang.html CNR-1 Jamming vs Radio Taiwan International on June 4 1000-1030 on 15270 URU 100 kW / 128 deg to EaAs Chinese CNR-1 1000-1030 on 15270 PAO 100 kW / 225 deg to SEAs Cantonese RTI https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/cnr-1-jamming-vs-radio-taiwan.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 3-4, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9720, the Firedragon Station at 1930. Usual crashing and banging, complete with the "OM" wind instruments. Monitored on ATS-909X and whip. Broadcast jamming, intended to censor programming from Chinese lang. Radio Free Asia (via Kuwait), scheduled here at this time. Went off at 2000 - Good June 4 (Rick Barton, Arizona SW Logs, 73 and Good Listening....! -rb, WOR iog via DXLD) 9720. Jun 6, 2019. 1930-1942, China National Radio 1, Jammer / Firedrake blocking RFA transmission at this time. Very good reception, 45544. COLLISION: 9355. Jun 6, 2019. 1845-1853, China National Radio 1, Jammer/Firedrake and RFA in Chinese relay Kuwait (JRX_Jose Ronaldo Xavier, SWARL Callsign PR7036SWL, Cabedelo, Brazil, Receiver (s): Degen DE1103 & Tecsun S-2000, Antenna (s): Longwire & Sony AN-71 Compact Antenna, WOR iog via DXLD) CNR-1 Jammer vs Sound of Hope Xi Wang Zhi Sheng, June 6 from 0828 on 11775 unknown kW / unknown to EaAs Chinese, good signal: https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/cnr-1-jammer-vs-sound-of-hope-xi-wang_6.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 5-6, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 4990, PBS Hunan, 1235, on June 1. Better than average signal; in Chinese.(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD) ** CHINA. 5975, June 3 at 1028, Korean here without jamming. Because it is CNR-8 scheduled 0600-1500 per EiBi. Is that for Korean minorities in China, and/or North and/or South? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 6155, CNR2 (China Business Radio), 1201, on May 30. The usual good reception of the comedy/variety show "Haiyang Live," in Chinese; program is often heard on CNR2. 6155, CNR2 (China Business Radio), 1202, June 3. Start of the daily one hour show; starting ID in English; "Ladies and gentlemen, Haiyang Live show, . . . Ladies and gentlemen"; otherwise in Chinese, with variety show (comedy, singing, etc.); good reception. My audio at http://bit.ly/2WI9SUC (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1985, DXLD) ** CHINA/TIBET. 6200, Xizang PBS via Lhasa. Tibet heard in the clear till the usual double start up of Voice of Jinling (*1232* & *1233+); with program already in progress; VOJ with Perry Como singing "And I Love You So," which was much stronger signal than PBS. Am hearing VOJ daily with a good reception. My audio today with second VOJ start up http://bit.ly/2KtI1Rh (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD) ** CHINA [and non]. CIDX member Alan Roe of Teddington, UK, supplies us with a copy of the complete 24/7 program schedule for China Radio International. Here is the complete China Radio International English Schedule, as monitored during May 2019. The CRI broadcast day runs from 1600 UT, so programs from 0000-1600UT are heard one UT day later than 1600-2400 UT. All programs are daily, unless otherwise indicated; all times and days UT. 1600-05: Hourly News 1605-30: Chinese Theatre 1630-55: Alight on Literature 1655-59: Chinese Studio 1700-05: Hourly News 1705-59: Roundtable 1800-05: Hourly News 1805-30: Selfie (Sun-Wed, Fri) My China Story (Thu) Beijing Calling (Sat) 1830-55: Takeaway Chinese 1855-59: Chinese Studio 1900-05: Hourly News 1905-59: The World Today 2000-05: Hourly News 2005-30: Chinese Theatre 2030-55: Alight on Literature 2055-59: Chinese Studio 2100-05: Hourly News 2105-59: Roundtable 2200-05: Hourly News 2205-30: Takeaway Chinese 2230-55: Chinese Theatre 2255-59: Chinese Studio 2300-05: Hourly News 2305-59: The World Today 0000-05: Hourly News 0005-30: Selfie(Mon-Thu, Sat) My China Story (Fri) Beijing Calling (Sun) 0030-55: Alight on Literature 0055-59: Chinese Studio 0100-55: The Beijing Hour 0155-59: Chinese Studio 0200-05: Hourly News 0205-59: Studio Plus (Hour 1) 0300-05: Hourly News 0305-59: Studio Plus (Hour 2) 0400-05: Hourly News 0405-30: Selfie(Mon-Thu, Sat) My China Story (Fri) Beijing Calling (Sun) 0430-55: Language Cafe 0455-59: Chinese Studio 0500-55: The Beijing Hour 0555-59: Chinese Studio 0600-05: Hourly News 0605-30: Selfie(Mon-Thu, Sat) My China Story (Fri) Beijing Calling (Sun) 0630-55: Language Cafe 0655-59: Chinese Studio 0700-55: The Beijing Hour 0755-59: Chinese Studio 0800-05: Hourly News 0805-30: Selfie(Mon-Thu, Sat) My China Story (Fri) Beijing Calling (Sun) 0830-55: Language Cafe 0855-59: Chinese Studio 0900-05: Hourly News 0905-59: Roundtable 1000-05: Hourly News 1005-59: Studio Plus (Hour 1) 1100-05: Hourly News 1105-59: Studio Plus (Hour 2) 1200-05: Hourly News 1205-30: Selfie(Mon-Thu, Sat) My China Story (Fri) Beijing Calling (Sun) 1230-55: Takeaway Chinese 1255-59: Chinese Studio 1300-05: Hourly News 1305-30: Chinese Theatre 1330-55: Alight on Literature 1355-59: Chinese Studio 1400-05: Hourly News 1405-59: Roundtable 1500-05: Hourly News 1505-59: The World Today (June CIDX Messenger via DXLD) ** CONGO [non-log]. 6115, Radio Congo. After recently enjoying their consistent start up time of about *0535, on May 30 found no Congo signal, checking 0533-0548; weak signal from Japan (RN2), but slowly improved (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD) ** CONGO DR. 6210.2, Radio Kahuzi, Bukavu, irregular at closing time (1730-1803*). At this time can be heard here when propagation condition are good. Some days out of air and others on. I have contacted with the station, via email and here is the reply about electricity problems. [local time UT+1] "Thank you for your questions and monitoring! We have been on the air most mornings, but city-wide problems have limited most zones to one or two hours during the day and similarly the nights! And we were on the air yesterday morning (8h35 to 9h50) and evening the 28 May 2019 -- however, the SNEL cut the current for Bukavu after we relayed the News, after about half an hour at about 18h45. Today we were on SW 6210 KHz 8h26 to 10h00 and lacked current until the evening when it was cut several times until about 19h20 until a cut-off by SNEL at 19h45. We hope conditions were good enough for you to pick up our signal again. The main problem seems to be that reconnections of city cables are made without proper use of tape and protection of supply aluminum cables from the rains and short circuits. You can imagine how difficult it is to be on the air and protect equipment from current swings to 180 Volts or 380 Volts, when there are short circuits in local cabinets where the transformers are. Keep Looking UP!" (via Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Sat, 1 Jun 2019, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1985, DXLD) ** COOK ISLANDS. Hi Glenn, Re your DX Listening digest 19-21 May 2019 item about Radio Cook Islands dismantling AM 630 kHz. I have tried to get information direct from Radio Cook Islands, but haven’t had any official confirmation about AM 630 kHz going. I emailed an ham operator and this was his reply today 05 June. ``Hi, I can confirm the Matavera Mast is still being used on 630. There is no sign of activity around the mast and nothing in the local news about the mast coming down or closing down of the AM service. Parliament is being transmitted on it today. The Takitimu school which is beneath the mast has been evacuated and the children have been sent to 3 other locations. The mast is very corroded and I would say quite dangerous in its present state. The Parafill stays [guy wires?] are fine and in good order. The mast was a gift from New Zealand in 1965 when the Cook Islands became self-governing. I arrived in 1970. The transmitter was a 10 kW Marconi said to be one of only two of that model in the southern hemisphere, so it was a bit of an orphan and very expensive to replace parts. At that time it was on 600 kHz. Around the late 70,s it was changed to 630. I did the change; it was just a simple matter of changing the crystal. There is a standby transmitter at Black Rock on the NW side of the island where the golf course is, but it is loaded into a very poor antenna; a good Marconi T antenna could be set up there quite easily with some of the existing unused masts and a good ground plane is already in existence. We had in the late 70’s to around 1985 a parallel transmission on 11760 if my memory serves me correct. The transmitter was a very old 500 W Collier and Beale but it went well. Hope this info has been helpful. Regards, Bob Walker, E51BQ, Rarotonga`` So it appears “Island time” applies in the dismantling of the mast of 630 kHz. I am sure it will happen but it is a matter of when. There was also this report on Radio Cook Islands facebook page: ``Radio Cook Islands - The Voice of the Nation May 25 at 11:22 AM · It`s been an interesting week for the students of Apii Takitumu, who have relocated to three different locations on the island, making space for relevant agencies to carry out work in removing the 100m radio transmitter mast that towers over the school. School Principal Carly Ave says the transition has so far been very good, and appreciates the teachers for their planning and smooth transition. After paying a visit to all three locations this week, she is happy to report that ... everything is fine and is business as usual. This week has been all about getting the children familiar with their new environment and putting them in a routine. A meeting with staff is scheduled to see how things are going, but Ave is confident that this is an opportunity for good attitude, stressing how important it is to always look at the positive side of things. Ave says this is the first time for one of their teachers who has been with the school for 40 years [to?] move out! The junior syndicate is currently at the Holy Spirit Revival Church, the ECE class has joined the Titikaveka ECE and the senior syndicate is at the Matavera Sunday school hall.`` Best regards (Chris Rogers, Melbourne, Australia, WORLD OF RADIO 1985, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, Further to my email yesterday. I finally got a reply from Radio Cook Islands when I enquired about 630 kHz going off the air. This is a copy of their email. ``Kia orana, Chris, Thank you for contacting us. We honestly don't know. We are not really part of the decision making for this - the Government and the network operator Bluesky made the decision without our consideration. There was supposed to be a 5 week period from when they moved the school children out to when they take it down. But they don't actually have a plan of how to take it down. The mast is 108 meters. The biggest crane on the island can only go up to 50 meters. I understand that they will be strengthening the mast sections in the middle where it has rusted before they send someone up to dismantle it. Problem is that it has been raining quite a bit since the kids were moved out so it's quite risky to work on the mast. I also don't think we have professional riggers on the island. One of the big problems is that the Government and Bluesky have not done much maintenance to the mast since it was last maintained in the early 1990s. So it has deteriorated. Our service reach is going to be compromised quite a bit when they do dismantle the AM mast. Bluesky seem to be keen to get rid of the AM service. There is a backup AM transmitter at Blackrock (20-30m mast) and I have asked if we can keep the service going via that transmitter - they have said no. We are currently doing a survey of our reach into the 13/15 inhabited islands of the Cook Islands on their radio usage patterns but I am still waiting for that information from the staff. I will send an email to Bluesky and CIIC (Cook Islands Investment Corporation). Meitaki Jeane (via Chris Rogers, Australia, June 6, ibid.) ** CUBA. 6165, May 31 at 0211, RHC English is OFF, leaving only 6000 which is S9+10/20 but as usually, undermodulated. 6060 Spanish is also OFF. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 12200, May 31 at 0612, RHC English good at S8-S9, just as readable as its fundamental 6100, S9+10/20, a nice indicator that the MUF is up, despite no RHC or WRMI fundamentals on 25m. Back on 49m, 6000 & 6060 are still AWOL, while 6165 is JBM at S9-S7. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1985, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11860, May 31 at 0618, weak S1 residual noise jamming audible, on a Radio Martí frequency active only in the daytime. Something`s always excessive at the DentroCuban Jamming Command. 6165, June 1 at 0438, RHC English is about S9 of dead air, or maybe JBM? 6000 likewise but slightly audible; 6060 Spanish is OFF. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 4765, June 1 at 0440, surprised to find R. Progreso carrier still on, after nominal 0400*; maybe a trace of modulation? Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 9640, June 1 at 0448, RHC Spanish is S8 of dead air or maybe JBM. Still on and the same at 0547, but S5-S7. Supposed to quit at 0400 per Aoki/NDXC, and nothing else scheduled afterwards. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 15230, June 1 at 1335, RHC S9 but very undermodulated; much louder on S9+20 15140. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 9640, June 1 at 2113, RHC dead Spanish air at tune-in, then cuts on modulation. Had it been silent since *2100? Something`s always wrong at RHC. 6060, June 2 at 0518, RHC English is OFF; same has also been missing earlier for several nights when scheduled in Spanish. That leaves: 6000, 6100 and 6165 in English, all JBM = just barely modulated; and well-modulated 5040 is still in Spanish instead of English this hour. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 12200, June 2 a 1341, RHC Spanish is S9+20/30! While it`s 2x6100, this time the transmitter has got to be tuned up on 12200 instead, to be this strong, rather than ``accidental`` harmonic leakage. On 6100 all I have is a JBA carrier, maybe Urumqi eastward from the concentration camps in Mongolian. // 6000 is still on and audible at S7-8, but producing no 12000 harmonic. 12200 is equal to fundamental 11760 at S9+20/30. Meanwhile, 13700 is off, but 13740.0 is on. At 1400 recheck, 12200 has gone off. 6100 was supposedly sked only until 1300. Something`s always wrong at RHC. Now something`s also wrong about the programming. Arnie`s Spanish DX program `En Contacto` is supposed to run at 1335-1350 Sundays, but at 1340 I am hearing slanted news. At 1346 starts `El Mundo de la Filatélia` for the next 18 minutes. Per own sked http://www.radiohc.cu/interesantes/programacion that`s supposed to be at 7:10 & 10:10 am Sundays hora de Cuba, misconverted as plus 5 for UTC = 1210 & 1510, rather than current plus 4, 1110 and 1410 UT. So they are running either 2:36 late or 0:24 early! At 1422 on 11760, `Somos Jóvenes` is wrapping up. Only morning time for it on above schedule is 1155-1215, UT conversion corrected. So now it`s 2:07 late (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1985, WORLD OF RADIO 1985, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11700, Radio Habana Cuba, 2250-2255Z. Brazilian Portuguese comments and distinctly Cuban music. Transmitter overmodulated and somewhat hissy, as is usual. SIO 444 (Carlie Forsythe, KD9CZG, Received just now with a dependable little Tecsun PL-660 and whip antenna, logs for 06/02 on the isthmus at Madison, WI, USA, glad to be back among ODXA friends! June 2, ODXA iog via DXLD) 11760, June 3 at 2059, RHC opening the tarde transmission with frequency list, in typical Soviet-style disorder: 15370, 13740, 11760, 11850, 9535, 9640, 5040 plus the 4 FMs. All are then audible except 13740, which has been imaginary this season; only in the mornings as in EiBi; but Aoki/NDXC does not show it even then. 11850 dead air until JIP a minute later. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 9535, June 5 at 0001, RHC frequency announcement, not the whole SW list but just 6060 plus the 4 FM frequencies. What does she know? NOT that 6060 is NOT coming on now and never does, totally absent all evening both in Spanish and English. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 6000, June 5 at 0002, RHC is S9/S9+30 but JBM in English; while 6165, the only possible parallel, is off. Since CRI in Spanish is also on 5990, S9+20/40 but very undermodulated, those two account for the weak carrier on 6010, leapfrog mixing product. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 11760, June 5 at 0012, music on RHC is splattering out at least plus/minus 15 kHz. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 6165 & 6000, June 5 at 0348, both RHC English frequencies are now on but both are JBM. 6060 Spanish is still OFF. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 11980, June 5 at 2312 weak open carrier, presumnably second harmonic of 5990 where CRI relay is JBM. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba. 9570, June 6 at 1351, CRI relay in music, distorted. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EAST TURKISTAN. CHINA, China Radio International vs PBS Xinjiang on 13670 kHz, May 31: 1300-1357 13670 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu English China Radio Int 1300-1400 13670 URU 050 kW / 230 deg to EaAs Uyghur PBS Xinjiang https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/china-radio-international-vs-pbs.html (SWLDXBulgaria News May 30-31, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ECUADOR. "Anden Voice" in German, new hobby DX program on 6050 kHz new DX program by Horst Wiese via HCJB Quito 6050 kHz, only Sats at 0300-0400 UT, started already on Saturday June 18 and 25, July 1. 73 wb df5sx [sic; must mean May 18 & 25, June 1 --- gh] Viz.: ----- Original Message ----- From: "Die Andenstimme" Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2019 10:49 PM Subject: AW: [A-DX] DX Sendung mit Horst Wiese via HCJB 6050 kHz Hallo OM Wolfgang, ich hatte schon vorletztes Wochenende Testballons gestartet und Rolf aus Chemnitz hatte mir mit dem Monitoring geholfen. Mit https://sdr.hu steht zudem ein gutes Netzwerk zur Verfügung. Herzlichen Gruß aus Quito, Horst -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Wolfgang Bueschel <> Gesendet: Samstag, 1. Juni 2019 03:17 An: Die Andenstimme Betreff: Re: [A-DX] DX Sendung mit Horst Wiese via HCJB 6050 kHz Hallo nach Quito, re HCJB 6050 kHz. war der Auftakt mit dieser 3-4 UT Sendung schon vergangenen Samstag? Ich habe in irgend einer Newsgroup schon ein Log gelesen, dass man sich über eine DX Sendung auf HCJB 'gewundert' hat. 73 wolfgang df5sx wwdxc http://www.wwdxc.de/topnews.shtml ----- Original Message ----- From: Die Andenstimme Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2019 5:51 AM Subject: [A-DX] DX Sendung mit Horst Wiese via HCJB 6050 kHz Liebe Freunde, wir senden die nächsten Monate testweise das DX-Programm mit Horst Wiese jeweils am Samstag zwischen 0300-0400utc. TWR Bonaire wäre eine Möglichkeit, um mal reinzuhören, falls der Empfang in Europa nicht möglich ist: http://bonaire.twrmon.net:8073/ Herzlichen Gruß aus Quito, Horst (via Wolfgang Bueschel, DXLD) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, RNGE/R. Bata, on May 30, from 0522+, with nice pop African music/singing; one of their better days (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD) 5005, Radio Nacional, Bata, irregular at open time, at about 0510, more days on, but some days off air. Yesterday, May 31 open at about 0590 [sic; 0509?] with songs, but today June 1 out of air (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, June 1, WOR iog via DXLD) ** ETHIOPIA. 5950, VOTigray Revolution. 21/5 at 0257 – all four different ISes were heard from ETH on 5950, 6030, 6090, 6110. The strongest signal was on 5950 (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF2001D, Folded Marconi ant), June Australian DX News via DXLD) 5950, Voice of Tigray Revolution, Addis Ababa, 1730-1743, 04-06, East African songs. 24322. (Mendez) 6090, Voice of Amhara State, Addis Ababa, 1746-1757, 04-06, East African songs. 24322. (Méndez) 6110, Radio Fana, Addis Ababa, 1831-1840, 03-06, East African songs, vernacular comments. 24322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) ** EUROPE. PIRATE, 5140, Radio Charleston International, 1840-1933, 03-06, Charleston music and other old songs, ID at 1924: “This is Radio Charleston International”. 25322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) Charleston radio non QSL email --- message received in about 5 days: ``Hello dear Zacharias. I thank you very much for your reception report. From the beginning until now I send no QSL cards. I hope I can do that all in future, cause I have no internet program for preparing the QSL cards yet. But I have good news for the listeners in Greece. Today is the first day that Charleston Radio International transmit also 78 gramophone discs in Greece language. You can hear a few Greece 78 songs tonight in my program`` (via Zacharias Liangas, June 3, WOR iog via DXLD) presumably 5140 (gh) ** FINLAND. Scandinavian Weekend Radio, Virrat, on air this weekend from Friday June 7 2200 UT to Saturday June 8 2200 UT, on 11720, 11690, 6170 and 5980 kHz http://www.swradio.net/schedule.htm (Manuel Méndez, Spain, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1985, DXLD) During summer time of UT+3 in Finland, local midnight is 2100 UT for start and finish of this (gh, ibid.) ** FRANCE. Radio France must cut spending by 60 million Euros in the next three years, according to a report entitled "Radio France 2022," presented on Monday by Sibyle Veil, the head of Radio France since last year, according to a report by L'Express magazine. Speaking of a "transformation" in all sectors, including digitalization, the report says state funding will decline while salary obligations increase. And 20 of the 60 million Euros will be used for digitalization. "25 million Euros in cuts will come from employee salaries," Valeria Emanuele, of the Syndicat National des Journalists, told L'Express. Journalists account for 57 percent of the public radio budget. The SNJ tweeted that the reduction could mean 285 positions could be eliminated. The 39-page "Radio France 2022" report doesn't mention job cuts, but says "certain people may wish to leave voluntarily." (Mike Cooper, GA, June 4, WORLD OF RADIO 1985, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FRANCE. R. France Internationale, Issoudun, 9620, Jun 1 (believe freq/time (0400-0500) effective this date), French man and woman at 0434 with "politique" news and discussion, sports at 0450 with believed reports on upcoming matches for French Men's National team, ID at 0457 "Vous écoutez Radio France Internationale", off at 0458; 34333 (Robert Butterfield, Columbia, MD, USA, Equipment: SDRplay RSPduo; 28m longwire with 9:1 Balun, WOR iog via DXLD) ** GERMANY. Re: [WOR] Radio Ohne Nahmen - 3 hours live this afternoon on 6070 kHz. Good to excellent signal on 6070 and 7440, but with multiple pauses, so apparent studio link difficulties; multiple IDs, phone interview with a caller discussing shortwave. Email address radio.on@gmx.net bounces. Correct one is radio.on@gmx.de (thanks for message from Terry on this) (Dan Robinson, MD, May 30, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Dan, It should be radio.on@gmx.de --- The 6070 signal isn't coming into northern England too well at the moment so I've had to listen on the Twente WebSDR instead (Alan Gale, 1632 UT, ibid.) ** GERMANY. SKYLINE RADIO GERMANY STRIKES BACK! PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD! After our GREAT success 7 weeks ago - LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE AGAIN! Shortwaveradio.de kindly gave us another possibility to be on air with some brandnew shows via their transmitters in Northern Germany. If you would like to try to catch our programmes, 6 hours on June 8th, 2019, Saturday before Whitsun, 1700-2300 UT would be a good time to give us a listen again. Try the 75 metre band shortwave on 3975 kHz! Let's keep fingers crossed that propagation is good again! We received more than 30 reception reports in April and we hope we can beat this result! So don't hesitate to write in again. It might be a good chance for you to catch another special eQSL-card. We look forward to your reception reports and comments to: SKYLINE RADIO GERMANY, P.O.Box 2702, 6049 ZG Herten, The Netherlands or via e-mail to: skylineradiogermany@web.de Have a great time with us and Good DX, (DJ Jan-Hendrik, WORLD OF RADIO 1985, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. 9370, June 1 at 0443, music and talk in uncertain language, VP S2-S5 vs storm noise from TX; where I have not noticed anything before. HFCC shows 0430-0630 IBB Lampertheim in Fas, i.e. Radio Farda, in Farsi as confirmed by Aoki/NDXC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GIBRALTAR [non!] 5450-USB --- Re this from Jose. As Glenn points out, Saint Eval is in Cornwall (south-west England), and surely GBR means Great Britain. MKL is also a UK call. Frequency 5450 is strong at my location in NW England - I don't think Gibraltar would be at 1000 UT. The // channel 11253 is only just audible due skip or poor propagation (Noel R Green, June 1, WOR iog via DXLD) So all this results from misinterpreting what GBR means in the dxinfocentre listing. Bill Hepburn confirms: (gh) GBR is Great Britain. I replace 1-letter ITU codes (G) with 3-letter ISO codes (GBR). Gibraltar ITU code is GIB. ITU Monitoring Service reports it as being in Great Britain /wrh/ (Bill Hepburn, dxinfocentre.com, WORLD OF RADIO 1985, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GOA. INDIA, 15769.974 kHz AIR English - whistle covered heterodyne signal - from Goa Panaji site. (old BBC Made in Switzerland TX units of 1992 year?) 1001 UT S=7-8 in Qatar ME. 73 wb [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 5, WOR iog via DXLD) ** GREECE. 9420, ERT1, Avlis. Greek on 18/5 from 1900 with direct reportage of the 64th Euro Song Contest, held in Tel Aviv, Israel. The winner was D. Laurence from HOL, the Australian presenter miss Kate Miller Heidke (the name sounded rather as German) with a song Zero Gravity was on 9th place (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF2001D, Folded Marconi ant), June Australian DX News via DXLD) Voice of Greece, 9420, May 31, Greek at 0150 with nice vocal music introduced by male, ID at 0157, followed by one song sung in English, "Dance Me to the End of Love", into interview and music segment, 0257 repeated English ID "This is Athens, You are listening to the Voice of Greece" followed by ID in Greek, time pips at 0300, then news; 44333 (Robert Butterfield, Columbia, MD, USA, Equipment: SDRplay RSPduo; 28m longwire with 9:1 Balun, WOR iog via DXLD) ** GRENADA. Harbour Light of the Windwards, 1400 kHz "The Harbour Light of the Windwards is a non-profit, non-commercial, Christian radio facility located at Tarleton Point on the Northeastern slope of Carriacou. [...] We are presently using a 100% solid state Nautel XR-12 AM transmitter. Our audio processor is a CRL system with the NRSC pre-emphasis. The antenna is a quarter-wave, series-fed, monopole 55 meters in height with an above-ground tuned radial (raised radial) ground system that uses only 4 wires 55 meters in length perpendicular to each other and raised 5 meters above the ground for our frequency of 1400 Khz. The computer models show that it is as good or slightly better than the conventional ground system with 120 radials buried in a circle around the tower. Our tests have proved this also. The beauty of this system is its ease of installation, maintenance and low cost. We use a standard “tee” matched ATU (antenna tuning unit) for matching the tower to the transmitter. We went on the air on 1 December 1991. Our present schedule for our AM broadcast is: 5:00 AM to midnight (local time) 0800 to 0400 UT Our primary coverage (0.5mv/m) area includes a 300 km (250 mi [sic]) radius. We've received signal reports from all the Islands in our coverage area, South America, and Europe. Our FM transmitters are 250 watt Crown, which are on 24 hours daily (94.5, 92.3 MHz), and cover primarily Grenada, Carriacou & the Grenadines. Our programmes are primarily Bible preaching and teaching in nature; however, we have science programmes, drama programmes, programmes on the family and home, daily classical music programmes, weather, and world news from the BBC. We were the only radio station in Grenada to remain on the air during Hurricanes Ivan & Emily on September 7, 2004 and July 16, 2005. For more than 27 years, we used a Nautel ND5 5 kW solid state transmitter - pictured in the gallery below - with the control rack on the left. It was installed new in October of 1991 and was in operation until April 27, 2019. It operated nearly flawlessly for ten years before we had our first real trouble. [...] On April 27, 2019, we installed a slightly used Nautel XR-12 which we purchased from the former government station in Grenada. Our engineer converted it to our operating frequency and re-commissioned it at 5 kW for our AM service. Since this transmitter is capable of 10 kW, we are considering increasing power sometime in the future, Lord willing." http://www.harbourlightradio.org/page25.html (via Dr Hansjoerg Biener 5 June 2019, WORLD OF RADIO 1985, DXLD) With hundreds of US stations on this graveyard channel, 1400, HLOTW is virtually impossible to DX in NAm, but often reported from Europe (gh, ibid.) ** GUATEMALA. TGVE, Radio Vea, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala captada en la ciudad de Mérida, Yucatán el 02 de junio de 2019 a las 0355 UT (01 de junio 2255, hora local de verano) en un radio Radio Sony ICF-C414. Moderada interferencia de XERF de Coahuila, México. TGVE (1570 KHz) Radio VEA captada en Mérida, Yucatán (fragmentos). https://youtu.be/x1na0Vy0PRU Atte.: (Ing. Israel González Ahumada, M.I. Da Texas, [?], DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUINEA. 9650, Radio Guinea, Conakry, this station seems to be out of air for about a week. Only Saudi Arabia heard on 9650 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, June 1, WOR iog via DXLD) Radio Guinea not on air since Monday May 27 (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, June 1, ibid.) 9650, Radio Guinea, Conakry, 1550-1606, 03-06, on air again after a week off. Vernacular comments, African songs, ID at 1601, "Radio Guinée en langue français et en langues nationales", "Radio Guinée". 44444 (Manuel Méndez, Spain, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1985, DXLD) ** INDIA. 6140.021, AIR probably Aligarh site, heard in Urdu language at 0050 UT, S=9+15dB strength in Delhi too. Log 0030-0100 UT on June 1st traced and heard from SDR unit in Delhi India. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 1, WOR iog via DXLD) see also GOA 9445 - No sign of AIR GOS here today at 2144 continuing. Propagation or transmission failure? Nothing on 7550 either. (No DRM signature detected.) (John Figliozzi, NY, June 3, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1985, DXLD) No signal on 9445 khz for a long period of time (LI MENG | 李萌 aka l.enffant lee, China https://www.facebook.com/lenffant ibid.) I find that when 9445 leaves the air, it is gone for months. Then it’s back (Andy Reid, Ont., June 5, ibid.) All India Radio on 7550 DRM --- Hi all, Has anyone managed to decode All India Radio's DRM transmission lately on 41 meters 7550 or 7545 kHz? Last month I could decode them with both my IC-7300 and SDRplay RSP1A. Now it seems that when I use the RSP1A with HDSDR and Dream, I must put the frequency on 7545 to center the DRM signal in the passband but I get no decode despite of seeing more than 15dB SNR. When I use my IC-7300 with Dream, I must QSY to 7550 if I want the signal to be centered in my radio's passband but still no decode. I use 10 kHz bandwidth on the IC-7300, the maximum it allows on AM and 10, 11 even 12 kHz with HDSDR and RSP1A. It seems as if they transmit an extra data carrier at the high end of the signal, on the high end of the 10 kHz wide DRM signal, and I have a suspicion that they have changed mode? Very rarely I can hear that the program produces some sound briefly, but that is all. I am enclosing some screenshots of the HDSDR+RSP1A+Dream, so you can see what I mean! 73 de (Demetre M0SUY/SV1UY, June 6, bdxc-uk iog via DXLD) 13695, All India Radio. GOS in English 27/5 at *1435-1444* with mailbag “Faithfully Yours” – whether there is another // frequency, like previous 9690? (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF2001D, Folded Marconi ant), June Australian DX News via DXLD) ** INDONESIA. 4750, VoI, Makassar. German service at 1845, into Dutch at 1900. Some QRM from the co-channel Bangladesh Betar but otherwise a fair signal. 21/5 (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, VIC (Yaesu FTDX 3000, Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Kenwood R5000, Tecsun PL-680, Horizontal Sky Loop, Double Bazooka antennas for 80, 40 and 20 metres, Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital Noise Eliminating Module, MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling Module, ATU, June Australian DX News via DXLD) 3325, Voice of Indonesia, via RRI Palangkaraya, 1105, June 1. Already on the air in Chinese; checked at 1225, to hear Japanese; 1300, into English with the news (less than semi-readable, but better than normal audio); 1310* cut off, back again *1315 (off the air for "Today In History"). Today is Pancasila Day, a public holiday that celebrates the birthday of Pancasila, the state ideology of Indonesia. Was the audio at above average levels today due to holiday? 3325, Voice of Indonesia, via RRI Palangkaraya, *1052, on June 2. No national holiday today, unlike yesterday, so no hint of any audio from their strong carrier. June 3, at *1058, another day of no audio at all, checking till 1212 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD) ** JAPAN [non]. NHK World/Radio Japan via Nauen, Germany. 9490, Jun 1, Japanese at 0338 to Middle East & W. Africa with two young ladies discussing Tokyo happenings, J-Pop music; 34333 (Robert Butterfield, Columbia, MD, USA, Equipment: SDRplay RSPduo; 28m longwire with 9:1 Balun, WOR iog via DXLD) 9860, June 2 at 0525 something VP in English; O, it`s NHK`s 0500 broadcast via VATICAN southward. Also on 5975 via Austria, 11970 via France (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH. 5995, 6003, 6015, June 3 at 1029 heavy noise jamming: against Echo of Hope, nothing, and KBS respectively per Aoki; EiBi does not show it on 6003 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. 6045, National Unity Radio, *1200, on May 29. The N. Korea jamming started at *1158; strong jamming. My audio at http://bit.ly/2MkPkO3 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD) ** KOREA SOUTH. 5150, V24 (SK #s station), *1400-1405+, 25 May. Carrier on by at least 1351, opens TOH with "Thursday Night" K-pop song, followed by Korean # groups. Thanks for the tip to XYZ on the radio.chobi site & the song title from sat_dxer on radio.chobi, as well 5715, V24 (SK #s station), *1500-1508*, 26 May. Carrier on by at least 1456, opening at TOH with "Sandaneun Geon" K-pop song then Korean # groups. Thanks to sat_dxer on the radio.chobi site for the song title (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA Executive Satellit/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KURDISTAN [non]. 11530, Dengê Welat, Issoudun. Kurdish to ME, 27/5 at 1803-1845 with program in Turkish (not Kurdish) - sounded like a sound from TV program (same is at 0300-0500 on 9525; 0500-0645 on 11530 when the program is in only Turkish). All these are from Mondays to Fridays only (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF2001D, Folded Marconi ant), June Australian DX News via DXLD) Radyo Denge Welat via Issoudun, France, 9525, Jun 1, Kurdish with ID by woman at 0400 "Radyo Denge Welat" into man talking with brief interludes of woman singing in English, ID by man at 0430; 34333 (Robert Butterfield, Columbia, MD, USA, Equipment: SDRplay RSPduo; 28m longwire with 9:1 Balun, WOR iog via DXLD) ** KUWAIT. Reception of MOI Radio Kuwait in DRM mode, May 30 0945-1325 on 15109.8 KBD 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Arabic GS 1800-2100 on 15539.8 KBD 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu English https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/reception-of-moi-radio-kuwait-in-drm.html (SWLDXBulgaria News May 30-31, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 17549.638, June 1 at 2102, R. Kuwait, S1-S3 but best heard yet this year, Arabic talk, and the OSOB = Only signal/station on Band! That`s more like it, typically knocked way off-frequency, rather than just a few Hz above or below 17550. The incredible yearound 20-24 UT broadcast to C & W North America propagable only around summer solstice. 15535-15540-15545, June 1 at 2105, DRM noise at S2-S3. Got to be R. Kuwait, English to W Europe and USward scheduled only 1800-2100 but late turning off. Sigh; remember when it used to be AM? OSOB except for 15370.0 Cuba and 15825 JBA carrier trace of WWCR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1985, DX LISTENING DIGEST) MOI Radio Kuwait in English on 2 frequencies, June 2: 0500-0800 on 15529.8 KBD 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu English, as scheduled in A-19 0500-0800 on 17760.0 KBD 250 kW / 084 deg to SEAs English unscheduled frequency 1000-1200 on 17760.0 KBD 250 kW / 084 deg to SEAs Filipino as scheduled in A-19 https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/radio-kuwait-in-english-on-2.html MOI Radio Kuwait in Filipino on 2 frequencies in 16mb & 31mb, June 2: 1000-1200 on 17760.0 KBD 250 kW / 084 deg to SEAs Filipino as scheduled in A19 1055-1200 on 9749.8 KBD 250 kW / 286 deg to NEAf Filipino, instead Arabic GS& from 1200 on 9749.8 KBD 250 kW / 286 deg to NEAf Arabic GS, as scheduled A19: https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/moi-radio-kuwait-in-filipino-on-2.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 1-2, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 17550.0, June 3 at 2052, R. Kuwait, Arabic talk S0-S2, bold C&W NAm service, not the OSOB now since 17815 WHRI is on as the SSOB, with a sporadic E boost (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) MOI Radio Kuwait in English on 2 frequencies in AM mode on June 4: 0500-0800 11969.8 KBD 250 kW / 100 deg SoAs English, instead of DRM & 0500-0800 15529.8 KBD 250 kW / 310 deg WeEu English, as scheduled A19 https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/radio-kuwait-in-english-on-2_4.html Unscheduled broadcasts of MOI Radio Kuwait in Persian and Arabic, June 4: 0800-0821 on 11969.8 KBD 250 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Farsi AM mode, instead of 7249.8 0815-0850 on 15109.8 KBD 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Arabic General Service DRM & off 0950-1325 on 15109.8 KBD 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Arabic GS DRM, as scheduled A-19 https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/unscheduled-broadcasts-of-radio-kuwait.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 3-4, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re: ``0950-1325 on 15109.8 KBD 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Arabic GS DRM, as scheduled A-19`` Checked on remote Doha Qatar SDR unit: At 1010 UT on June 5, R Kuwait DRM mode signal, rather on 15110.2 kHz center, DRM data block measured 15104.87 to 15114.57 kHz. 9.7 kHz wideband. 73 wb [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 5, WOR iog via DXLD) 17550.22 approx., June 5 at 2308, JBA carrier from R. Kuwait`s Arabic to C&W N America (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LAOS. 6129.984 kHz string visible at 2351 UT on June 3, when checked 49 mb on remote SDR unit at Moscow Russia. Probably South East Asian Lao National Radio Vientiane, S=6 or -87dBm weak signal. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 3, WOR iog via DXLD) ** MADAGASCAR [and non]. 5009.931, May 31 at 0332, JBA carrier, presumed RNM on signature off-frequency; checking after Zanzibar 6015; then I tune 5915 for Zambia but nothing there (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MADAGASCAR. 6195, La Voz Alegre (Mahajanga), 0411-0430*, 25 May. Nice to hear their Spanish program with inspirational chat, story, closing announcements with ID/sked & thanks for listening (well, "gracias por sintonizando" or close).(Dan Sheedy, Encinitas, CA Executive Satellit/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALAYSIA. 11665, Wai FM via Kajang (on the west coast of the Malaysia peninsular), 1230-1317, on May 31. In vernacular; mostly phone calls and a few pop songs; 1300-1309, news (Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad, meet in Tokyo today to improve trade relations between Tokyo and Kuala Lumpur, etc.); several "Wai FM" IDs. Finally the reception here today and also June 1, heard at levels similar to those noted a few years ago; respectable signal, with some adjacent QRM (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1985, DXLD) ** MALI. Reception of China Radio International via Bamako, June 3 1400-1557 on 13685 BKO 100 kW / 111 deg to SoAf English, QRM NHK/CRI* 1400-1557 on 17630 BKO 100 kW / 085 deg to CeAf English, good signal 1600-1657 on 15125 BKO 100 kW / 085 deg to CEAf Arabic, not on air 1601-1603 on 17880 BKO 100 kW / 020 deg to NEAf Arabic, good signal from 1603 on 17880 BKO 100 kW / 020 deg to NEAf no signal-tx is off *1430-15 QRM 13680 ISS 500 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Persian NHK R.Japan &15-1557 QRM 13680 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu Chinese China R.Int All other transmissions of CRI via Bamako are inactive today June 3 https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/reception-of-china-radio-international.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 3-4, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO [and non]. If you're an AM DXer, it's time to bid your final farewells to two Mexicali radio stations. At midnight Sunday night (at the end of tomorrow), XECL [990] and XED [1050] will cease operations after 81 and 72 years of broadcasting. The reason for the closure of the two Radiorama (Pergom) Mexicali AM stations is unclear. XECL and XED were the third and fourth stations on the air in Mexicali, going on the air in 1938 and 1947. They were not historically together (XECL was with XEZF and XED with XESU and XEHG), but a Radiorama cluster split essentially traded XECL for XEHG. This RR cluster's other AM station is XESU-AM 790, one half of a Combo of '94. Radiorama chose to renew both XESU and XHSU-FM/BC when the concession came up for renewal in 2016 (Raymie Humbert, AZ, June 1, Raymie`s Mexico Beat, WTFDA Forum via WOR iog June 2 via WORLD OF RADIO 1985, DXLD) THANK YOU for the head's up. I remember when 1050 XED was a day-timer in the late 70s and my friend and I at ages +/- 15 in Marin County loved hearing them with their 'shouting ID' at sunset after local 1050 day-timer in San Mateo signed-off. Those were the days when MW was so empty; now reverting so. Bummer, I really like these two. Now Monday 03 June at 00.08 PDT / 0708 UT and 1050 XED still playing lively Mexican pop. music of the traditional XE kind, and the ~10 Hz (or so) flutter SAH from 990 XECL vs. Sta. Barbara was still going after the "children choir" Mexican Nat. Anthem at TOH on 990. Hmmm, I thought maybe they'd (both) would go off at 00.00 PDT just past, but unchanged so far. 990 KTMS(?) Sta. Barbara with Coast to Coast show began and the XECL US/UK pop music format still ongoing. I have to get to bed now, so dunno what will happen by sunrise later, or sunset fade-ins tomorrow, Glenn. Maybe staying on later just for a final-final... (?) (more:) I plan on getting up at local CA desert-dawn 03 June to check on both again, now that I know that 990 has the flutter (10 Hz or so) SAH as always, and the big 1050 XED dominates the channel anyway. In any case, I recorded ~2.5 hours of them together in stereo pre-local midnight, with 990 on right and 1050 on left ch. (or VV depending on the player/etc.). Thank you Glenn and Raymie for this (Steve McGreevy -- N6NKS - www.auroralchorus.com, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1985, DXLD) Makes me sad. Years back, I had 990 (XECL) set on my car radio. Not only did "Rockola 990" play great oldies classics from the 50s and 60s, they played Mexican covers of them that were in Spanish! Wild Thing, See Ya Later Alligator, Jailhouse Rock - es todo en Espanol. ay; ¿Qué puedo hacer? Like my friends from Philly and NJ say, "what are ya gonna do?"... xS It is what it is (Rick Barton, AZ, ibid.) Yes, me too, Rick. I just edited and uploaded a long file of their (final?) night with some comments to direct proper channel and what is what: https://archive.org/details/AuroralChorusVSfericsAnthology/990_XECL_and_1050_XED_final_night_03June2019-0545-0708z_stereo_recin_Inyo_co_Calif_SPMcGreevy.mp3 (McGreevy, ibid.) Haven't had a chance to check the radio yet, but I'm observing on my morning walk that their web pages appear to be down and their web streams are unresponsive this morning. I bet a lot of western DXers, who didn't realize how easy it was to hear XEBCS-1050, will easily log that station now. At the Border Inn XED was usually in the mix with KTBL, XEBCS, XEG and CJNB. At home I typically get XED, XEBCS, KTCT, and occasionally XEG and KCAA. As for 990, at home I usually got XECL and KTMS, with occasional bits of‎ KATD. At the Border Inn I would usually get XECL, KTMS, KFCD and CBW. XECL was the most recent home for Calexico Bulldogs high school football (in English), which has a large following on both sides of the border. It will be interesting to see if that coverage switches to Internet only (as the nearby Brawley Wildcats did when KROP-1300 went dark), or whether they find another new radio home (the games used to be on XEMX-1120). (Tim Hall, CA, Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone, June 3, ABDX yg via DXLD) For 20 years KTCT has been operating at night under an increased power STA due to what the FCC calls “unauthorized operation” of XED. It allows KTCT to use it’s 50 kW day power at night instead of the licensed 10 kW. The STA was recently decreased to 35 kW. A number of stations in Florida have increased power STAs due to unauthorized operation of stations in Cuba. Sent from my iPad (Dennis Gibson, CA, ibid.) Never had KTCT here in IL. I think in spite of their high power, the pattern isn't favorable to the east? 73 KAZ (Neil Kazaross, ibid.) Day and night pattern both mostly aimed out to sea. KTCT is not a big pest at the Border Inn (Tim Hall, ibid.) Missed the announcement until it was too late. Actually heard XECL last night, in pretty strong. I hear pretty much the same stuff that Tim hears. 990 might have more DX possibilities now. Never sent these guys reception reports due to low return rate of Mexican stations. I think I have a recording of XECL but not sure about XED. Will miss them (Martin Foltz, CA, ibid.) ** MEXICO. On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 4:57 AM Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote: Who on earth on 1120 is playing English language oldies/rock music? It's not WVLZ, WSME, WVLZ, KANN or KCRN. I've heard this before and never ID'd it. I don't think its KZSJ, because whenever I'd heard them before, it was all Asian language music any time they played anything. Who am I missing? I also checked the Mexican AM list from IRCA and based upon format listed, I didn't see a match, but I didn't hunt down streams. Whenever I have one of these UN'ID signals, it always seems to be a head smacking "Duh, I can't imagine I missed that one" Paul Walker, Laramie, Wyoming My mystery 1120 signal has finally been solved. Despite being listed as news talk, XEMX 1120 Mexicali apparently runs several hours of oldies/AC music in the late night/early morning time. I finally got a decent enough bit of reception from them with a liner included and thanks to Tim Hall, he picked out the ID (My Spanish is beyond miserable) 400 W Day, 100 W night non directional from about 800 miles (Paul Walker, Laramie WY, June 3, nrc-am gg via DXLD) ** MEXICO. 1230, June 3 at 1059, as I am hoping to ID something domestic just before our sunrise 1115 UT [almost to earliest 1113 in a week], instead I definitely hear in the graveyard jumble the choral strains of the Mexican NA, looping roughly south. IRCA Mexican log lists only 6 on 1230, uncertain status for some (vs 13 on 1240 which don`t have to protect clear channel 1220). The closest and most likely, especially if on 10 kW day power, is XEIZ, Radio Fórmula, Monterrey NL, also in the UT-5 zone where a NA would be expected at 6 am CDT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) While WBBZ Ponca City OK was off ** MEXICO. Estimado Sr. Hauser: XERF, La Poderosa, Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila, México captada en la ciudad de Mérida, Yucatán el 02 de junio de 2019 a las 0350 UTC (01 de junio 2250, hora local de verano) en un radio Radio Sony ICF-C414. Moderada interferencia de TGVE de Guatemala [q.v.]. XERF (1570 KHz) La Poderosa captada en Mérida, Yucatán (fragmentos). https://youtu.be/JtwT7TuynCk XERF, La Poderosa, Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila, México captada en la ciudad de Mérida, Yucatán el 02 de junio de 2019. Atte.: (Ing. Israel González Ahumada, M.I. Da Texas, [?], DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. IMER CONFIA EN LIBERAR RECURSOS PARA OPERAR [11 megapesos] https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/cartera/finanzas/imer-confia-en-liberar-recursos-para-operar ``...De momento, los programas de la XEB 1220 AM se transmitiran por otras frecuencias y algunos saldran del aire. ``Estamos tratando de llevar los programas a algunas otras emisoras o ponerlas en Radio Mexico Internacional``, pero la audiencia en Michoacan, Oaxaca o Coahuila quedara sin acceso, ya que no se transmite la senal FM del IMER y no tienen acceso a internet...``` (via Carlos J. V., Mexico via Juan Franco Crespo, Spain, DXLD) ** MEXICO. 6185, May 31 at 0251, XEPPM with good modulation for a change in a song, S9/+10. This season there is no Vatican or anything else to collide all evening here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) XEPPM Radio Educación --- Fairly good signal here in NB last night (0200 UT, 3 June) on nominal 6185 with good modulation. Should try an all-night recording to capture current sign-on and sign-off times (-- Richard Langley, WOR iog via DXLD) Hi Richard, On June 5, noted 6185, from 0435 to 0458, with non-stop classical piano music; 0458-0500, in Spanish; 0500-0507*, classical solo guitar music; no sign off announcement nor National Anthem (Ron Howard, California, ibid.) ** MEXICO. Radio Educación y el IMER colaboran en nuevos proyectos 03/06/2019 Radio Educación, en colaboración con Grupo IMER, celebró la conferencia Regulación de medios de comunicación, en la que participaron la Mtra. [Maestra = teacher] Aleida Calleja, Directora General del Instituto Mexicano de la Radio (Grupo IMER); la Mtra. Beatriz Solís Leree, Defensora de las Audiencias del Sistema Público de Radiodifusión del Estado Mexicano (SPR) y el Mtro. Gabriel Sosa Plata, Director General de Radio Educación. Con esta actividad, dirigida a personal de ambas casas radiofónicas, así como al público en general, se marca el inicio, de manera simbólica, del trabajo colaborativo entre las instituciones que representan a las dos radios públicas más importantes del país. En la conferencia, la Mtra. Aleida Calleja señaló la necesidad de tener un sistema de medios plural para ejercer la libertad de expresión y beneficiar a la sociedad para el ejercicio del derecho a la información. Habló también sobre las condiciones de las emisoras comunitarias o de uso social en México, con respecto al resto del mundo. Por su parte, el Mtro. Sosa Plata habló de la dificultad de impulsar cambios fundamentales en los medios públicos cuando no se cuenta con un marco regulatorio adecuado, pero que aún con ello se realizan, por ejemplo, a través de convenios como el que se firma con el IMER. La Mtra. Beatriz Solís habló de la importancia de reconocer que la radiodifusión y las telecomunicaciones son un servicio público garantizado por el Estado, porque satisfacen una necesidad social de comunicación; así como de algunos pendientes regulatorios como la posibilidad de comercializar publicidad, de manera acotada, pero que sea una fuente de recursos necesarios para operar para los medios de uso social y público. Al final de la conferencia, ambas instituciones formalizaron un convenio de amplio alcance, que permitirá desde el apoyo mutuo en cuanto a investigación, difusión y coproducción de contenidos radiofónicos, culturales y educativos, hasta tareas de capacitación e intercambio, así como difusión cruzada de eventos, colaboraciones en coberturas periodísticas y la donación de refacciones, entre otras. Sobre la naciente colaboración entre ambas instituciones, el Mtro. Gabriel Sosa Plata, Director General de Radio Educación, afirmó: “Esta alianza nos fortalece, nos permite ofrecer más y mejores contenidos a nuestras audiencias, bajo los principios irrenunciables de los medios públicos y sin afectar en ningún sentido los derechos de quienes laboramos en ambas instituciones. Es un convenio histórico que fortalece los derechos de expresión e información y que se suma a los esfuerzos conjuntos que se desarrollan en la coordinación entre los medios públicos”. Por su parte, la Mtra. Aleida Calleja, Directora General del Grupo IMER, declaró que “La firma de este convenio de colaboración forma parte de las acciones que reflejan la coordinación -que en su momento se anunció- entre los medios públicos: se trata de aprovechar las potencialidades y las características específicas de cada medio público para poder hacer sinergias en cuanto a producciones, recursos humanos, económicos, entre otros, y es una manera, también de que los medios públicos hagan un trabajo coordinado para el servicio público”. Las trayectorias, de Radio Educación e IMER, como medios de comunicación de servicio público dedicados a la información, educación y difusión de la cultura, representan un paradigma, que tras la firma del convenio, pretende renovarse y reforzar sus objetivos, consolidando nuevos proyectos en busca de nuevas y mayores audiencias. Radio Educación, que coordina actualmente cuatro emisoras al aire y fue ideada por el abogado, político, escritor y filósofo José Vasconcelos, cumplirá en noviembre de este año, su aniversario número 95. Por su parte, el Grupo IMER, con más de tres décadas de permanencia en el cuadrante, opera en total 17 estaciones, de las cuales siete se ubican en la Ciudad de México y 10 más en diferentes estados de la República (source??? via GRA blog June 3 via DXLD) ** MEXICO [non]. Radio Centro vende la 93.9 de Los Ángeles para sanear deudas y no descarta la venta de otras estaciones 23/05/2019 El dato más reciente disponible de Grupo Radio Centro sobre la 93.9 FM indica que la estación reportó 158 millones de pesos de enero a septiembre de 2018, cuando en el mismo tramo de 2017 esta cifra fue de 179.56 millones de pesos. El comprador es el grupo Meruelo Media, que entre otras cosas creará un noticiero en español a través de un canal digital. Grupo Radio Centro decidió vender la estación KXOS-FM 93.9 de Los Ángeles para levantar liquidez con el que pueda empezar a sanear sus cargas financieras y con lo que además estaría saliendo del mercado californiano de la radiodifusión. El grupo radiodifusor dijo además que no descarta el desprendimiento de otros activos no esenciales para sus operaciones. “Radio Centro hace del conocimiento del público inversionista, que con el objeto de incrementar su liquidez, así como mejorar su perfil de deuda, suscribió la monetización de sus activos en Los Ángeles (…) GRC anuncia que con el mismo objetivo monetizará otros activos no estratégicos”, dijo la radiodifusora en un comunicado enviado a la Bolsa Mexicana de Valores esta tarde. El anuncio de venta se produce días después de la salida de Francisco Aguirre Gómez de la dirección general de Grupo Radio Centro, para heredar el imperio radiofónico con sede en la Ciudad de México a su hijo Juan Aguirre Abdó. El comprador es el grupo Meruelo Media, que con esta operación llega a tres emisoras en la plaza, con la señal conocida como “Power 106” que compró en 2017 a Emmis Communications y la 95.5 FM que recién compró a Cumulus Media por 43 millones de dólares. En una comunicación por separado, Meruelo Media celebró el acuerdo con Radio Centro y sostuvo que se concretará en el tercer trimestre de 2019, conforme los reguladores de Estados Unidos avalen la operación. Meruelo indicó que el acuerdo con GRC prevé la creación de un noticiero en español, posiblemente nutrido por Radio Centro, a través de un canal digital de la 93.9 de Los Ángeles. Grupo Radio Centro no ha podido alcanzar la rentabilidad de la 93.9 de Los Ángeles, aun con el hecho de haber contratado a locutores populares para la comunidad de habla hispana en California, pues, de acuerdo con notas periodísticas de esa ciudad que citan a la firma de mediciones de audiencias Nielsen, la estación tendría entre 0.8 y 1.0% de la audiencia en la plaza. En 2015, Grupo Radio Centro reportó una pérdida neta de 115.6 millones de pesos para la 93.9 FM de Los Ángeles y ésta se profundizó en 2016, hasta los 128.6 millones de pesos, pero se atenuó un poco en 2017, cuando las pérdidas sumaron 24.8 millones de pesos. De enero a septiembre de 2018, las pérdidas netas de la estación KXOS-FM sumaban 37.5 millones de pesos. GRC no ha presentado su reporte anual de 2018 y tampoco sus estados financieros al primer trimestre de 2019, por lo que se desconocen los números actuales de esa estación. El último dato disponible sobre los ingresos de la estación indica que la 93.9 FM reportó 158 millones de pesos de enero a septiembre de 2018, cuando en el mismo tramo de 2017 esta cifra fue de 179.56 millones de pesos. Grupo Radio Centro reportó una pérdida neta de 183.2 millones de pesos para todo su ejercicio de 2018, según números preliminares. La cifra significa una profundización de 28.8% en sus pérdidas, frente a las de 2017 — de 142.2 millones de pesos — y en esta ocasión presionada además por las dificultades financieras y de audiencia que enfrenta la filial californiana conocida como GRC LA, que a su vez opera la frecuencia KXOS-FM de Los Ángeles con la marca comercial “Radio Centro 93.9 FM” de música regional mexicana. GRC informa en uno de sus reportes anuales, que la operación de 2012 para conseguir la administración y la licencia de transmisión de la KXOS-FM de Los Ángeles le significó al grupo y a sus subsidiarias 93.9 Holdings, Inc. y 93.9 Investment, LLC, una inversión de 85 millones de dólares, una cifra importante ante el hecho de que la compañía escribió en otro reporte financiero que sus activos tangibles de la Ciudad de México — plaza que le reportó en enero de 2019 una audiencia del 66% en el segmento musical y el mayor volumen de sus ingresos totales —, tenían en 2012 un valor de 31 millones de dólares. La historia de Radio Centro con la 93.9 de Los Ángeles inició originalmente en 2009, tras la conformación de un contrato que habilitaba al grupo mexicano a comercializar los tiempos de la estación. Desde entonces, la frecuencia ha llevado el nombre de “MOViN 93.9”, “Éxitos 93.9 FM” y desde el 19 de enero de 2014 difunde el concepto “Radio Centro 93.9”, que intenta arrebatar oyentes a KSCA-FM 101.9 de Univisión y KLAX-FM La Raza 97.9 (El Economista via GRA blog via DXLD) ** MEXICO. Interesante panorama radiofónico en México --- 29/04/2019 https://gruporadioescuchaargentino.wordpress.com/2019/04/29/interesante-panorama-radiofonico-en-mexico/ Con la adjudicación de la señal XHSCCG-FM 99.7 MHz y el consiguiente agotamiento de los espacios en la banda de FM, sólo quedan disponibles las frecuencias de los 1610, 1630 y 1690 KHz de AM, que tomarán mayor valor para la industria y potenciales concesionarios para hacerse con ellas. En la Ciudad de México y su área conurbada se acabaron oficialmente el 1 de marzo los espacios para la creación de nuevas estaciones de radio en el cuadrante de frecuencia modulada (FM) y la única alternativa disponible para ingresar ahora a este mercado es por compraventa o por renta de una frecuencia ya existente. La otra vía sería que el Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones (IFT) ejecute un nuevo plan de “acortamiento” para las separaciones entre estación y estación, pero eso no ocurrirá en el corto plazo por el rechazo de la industria y sobretodo porque existe el riesgo perjudicial reconocido de que las interferencias técnicas pueden afectar a toda la banda. El IFT entregó formalmente el lunes 1 de marzo de 2019 la frecuencia XHSCCG-FM 99.7 MHz, con cobertura directa en Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, pero con alcance en la CDMX hasta en un rango de diez kilómetros, con lo que la banda de FM aquí se saturó y no hay más disponibilidad de espectro radioeléctrico para crear estaciones comerciales, públicas, sociales o comunitarias por la vía licitatoria o por migración de AM a la FM. Las últimas concesiones de radio entregadas en la capital previas al caso de la 99.7 ocurrieron en 2017 y fueron para Radio Educación y Violeta Radio como medios públicos y comunitarios, y para Aire Libre https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/empresas/La-radio-FM-de-la-Ciudad-de-Mexico-tendra-nuevo-concesionario-en-el-105.3-20170821-0074.html como radio comercial; y en dos de los casos, esas señales fueron entregadas gracias a la migración de la AM a la FM y todas, resultado de la evolución tecnológica que permitió al IFT abrir más espacios en frecuencia modulada a una diversidad nueva de voces. La 99.7 FM de Neza fue entregada a la organización “Radial Humanamente Positiva A.C.”, que desde el 27 de noviembre de 2015 intentó quedarse con esa señal, pero que fue hasta el 23 de enero pasado que logró hacerse con ella, cuando el pleno del IFT votó a su favor el acuerdo P/IFT/230119/36 para darle a esa entidad un título de concesión que le permite explotar la señal y entonces comenzaron a correr los 60 días hábiles contados desde que recibió su permiso, el 1 de marzo, para presentar al regulador el estudio sobre el área de cobertura y el plano de ubicación de su antena y una vez que el IFT apruebe ambos, Radial Humanamente Positiva tendrá 180 días hábiles para echar al aire su estación de clase A para radio social comunitaria sin fines de lucro. En la Ciudad de México y su área metropolitana sólo quedaba disponible la frecuencia de los 99.7 MHz, pues en noviembre de 2016, la Unidad de Espectro Radioeléctrico (UER) del Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones determinó que en la zona de cobertura de la CDMX y sus cercanías –para esa ocasión con limite en Tlalnepantla y Tultitlán por el norte y hasta Chalco y Los Reyes Acaquilpan en el sur– había cabida para seis nuevas estaciones de radio que ya se dieron a concesionarios que migraban de la banda de AM y a grupos sociales, https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/empresas/Quien-peleara-por-la-99.7-y-la-104.5-aun-libres-en-la-radio-FM-de-la-CDMX-20180711-0059.html comunitarios y a agentes públicos como universidades con interés también en ir a la FM capitalina. La señal 99.7 también fue peleada por las organizaciones Promoviendo México AC, Fundación Ecoforestal AC y Comunicadores Comunitarios del Arte y la Cultura AC; incluso, en el gobierno central hubo interés porque la frecuencia se entregara a un grupo que la explotara en transmisiones en lengua náhuatl. Con la adjudicación de la señal XHSCCG-FM 99.7 MHz y el consiguiente agotamiento de los espacios en la banda de FM, quedan disponibles las frecuencias de los 1610, 1630 y 1690 KHz de AM, que posiblemente tomarán mayor valor e interés de parte la industria y potenciales concesionarios para hacerse con ellas. En otro caso se encuentran las señales de los 790, 1030, 1110 y 1150 AM propiedad de Grupo Radio Centro, varias de ellas con hace 23 meses que se mantienen fuera del aire por complicaciones técnicas. https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/empresas/GRC-desconecta-a-Radio-Red-AM-y-liga-20-meses-con-El-Fonografo-y-Radio-Centro-fuera-del-aire-20190121-0089.html El otro caso es la 1320 KHz, propiedad un día del periodista José Gutiérrez Vivó y todas como posibilidades para sus actuales e interesados para entrar o mantenerse de manera comercial, pública o social en la radio de la Ciudad de México, porque representa un mercado de 25 millones de personas y más del 35% del negocio nacional. https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/empresas/Que-fue-de-las-estaciones-que-GRC-dio-a-Gutierrez-Vivo-por-Monitor-20161010-0107.html (El Economista via GRA blog 29 April via DXLD) ** MEXICO [and non]. 27015 (Ch. 5), UniD multiple stations. All via DX and in Spanish. This is the Mexican equivalent of "Channel 19", i.e., big rig truck drivers Channel for Mexican Truckers, including NAFTA Mexican truckers operating in the USA. I have forgotten most of the slang except for "Palomas", which are the highway patrol Troopers in Texas, Arizona, and California (presumably due to their uniform color). Channel very busy this afternoon with strong 11 meter condx - June 4 (Rick Barton, Arizona SW Logs, Hammarlund HQ-140X & HQ-180A, RS SW-2000629, with various outdoor wires. 73 and Good Listening....! -rb, WOR iog via DXLD) ** MEXICO. RAYMIE`S MEXICO BEAT this week --- including DTV = TDT First on the Mexico Beat: 50 to Go: The Remaining Social Applications of the 2017 PABF In 2017, a transparency request from ORC led to the first ever list of pending radio station applications at the IFT, work I have since expanded with my filings for a full list of pending permit applications, public stations from the 2015-18 PABFs, and the 2018 PABF for social stations. However, due to time constraints and missing materials (namely, type of service and date — critical in discerning MX groups), I filed again last month for the 2015-17 PABFs. The IFT says that they no longer have any pending social applications from 2015 or 2016, but there are 50 left from 2017's batch of applications. Among the notable omissions: Fundación Ecoforestal for channel 13 Mexico City, which became a moot point when Multimedios won in IFT-6. 15 of the 50 pending applications belong to the same filer: Instituto Michoacano de Radiodifusión, A.C. which has none of the station filings actually in Michoacán. The serial filer sought the following: AM: Ensenada, San Quintín, Cuernavaca, San Nicolás de las Garza NL*, Buena Vista Segunda Sección Tab. (Villahermosa), Xalapa FM: Manzanillo*, Acapulco, Ixtapa Vallarta Jal., Salina Cruz, Mazatlán, Ciudad Obregón*, Tampico* TDT: Victoria de Durango, Cárdenas-Villahermosa-Macuspana Tab.* Five of their applications are in MX groups, but 10 are not. These are the MX groups, listed in order of filing date. Manzanillo FM - Radio Educación y Cultura, Fundación Educacional de Medios, Instituto Michoacano de Radiodifusión Purépero Mich. TDT - Echais 88, A.C. (community); Radio Comunicación Purépecha San Nicolás de los Garza NL AM - Instituto Michoacano de Radiodifusión; Educacion y Cultura Ascendente, S.C. Ciudad Obregón FM - Francisco Elmer Santacruz Germán, Instituto Michoacano de Radiodifusión Cárdenas-Villahermosa-Macuspana TDT - Red Cultural de Comunicaciones (community), Instituto Michoacano de Radiodifusión Tampico FM - Elsa María Esther Cuéllar Armenta, Instituto Michoacano de Radiodifusión I wanna mention a couple of the applicants in that list specifically. Red Cultural de Comunicaciones, A.C., is a religious broadcaster. Here's a 2014 article about them getting on a pirate cable system (!) and exacerbating religious conflict in another part of Tabasco. Apparently the channel in question is "Sion TV". Also, Elsa María Esther Cuéllar Armenta is almost certainly the mother of Arlene Jasmine Elsie and Michael Jonathan Cuéllar Alvarado, the same one whose name was mentioned in connection with an odd misrepresentation case in Laredo years ago. http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?9113-The-Mexico-Beat&p=47586#post47586 The remaining applications are listed below: Chiapas Coalición de Organizaciones Indígenas, Campesinas y Sindicatos de Obreros del Estado de Chiapas, A.C. (community FM) - San Fernando; San Ricardo Altamirano; San José Pacayal; El Triunfo; Benito Juárez; El Copalar; 16 de Septiembre; Emiliano Zapata; El Carmelo (Mpo. San Fernando); Berriosabal (Mpo. Berriosabal) y Suchiapa (Mpo. Suchiapa) Ciudad de México Comunicadores Comunitarios del Arte y la Cultura, A.C. (community FM) Where's this one gonna go??? Coahuila Asociación Amiga, A.C. (community FM) — Heracles, Mpio. Sierra Mojada (ex-XHHCC-FM) Estado de México Acolhuacan Macehualtepenechicolitzli, A.C. (indigenous FM) — Mpio. de Texcoco Radio Comunitaria Tenancingo, A.C. (community FM) — Tenancingo Guerrero RCBC Comunicación, A.C. (community TDT) — Taxco de Alarcón Hidalgo Desarrollo Comunitario y Cultural Ma Nguhe, A.C. (community FM) — San Ildefonso (Mpo. Tepeji del Río de Ocampo) A footnote in the 2017 PABF specifically states that this allotment is subject to the renewal status of permit station XHDCC-FM 97.3, which is owned by this applicant. Michoacán La Tarasca de Maravatío, A.C. (community FM) — 169 localities in Maravatío Radio Aguerrida, A.C. (community FM) — Álvaro Obregón Radio Comunicación Purépecha, A.C. (social TDT) — Cherán/Paracho Comunidad Acachuen (indigenous AM) — Morelia Centro de Estudios de la Comunicación y la Cultura Indígena, A.C. (community TDT) — Paracho Comunidad Ajuno (indigenous AM) — Pátzcuaro Comunidad Tarecuato (indigenous AM) — Zamora de Hidalgo Oaxaca Por el Oaxaca que Todos Queremos, A.C. (community FM) — 22 unnamed municipalities. I believe this is for the city of Oaxaca. Puebla The only filer in Puebla is Radio Lacustre, A.C., which has filed for a TDT in Puebla; AM and TDT stations in Tehuacán; and an AM in Teziutlán. San Luis Potosí Fundación Cielos Abiertos, A.C. (social FM) — Granjas de la Florida/San Luis Potosí This is a religious broadcaster with a pirate in Ciudad Valles. https://www.facebook.com/pg/CielosAbiertos102.1FM/about/ The pirate, which uses the fake "XHACR" calls, is on 102.1 and is an ex-103.5 and 89.7. It moved to 89.1 on February 19, 2018 — the very day XHIR moved to first-adjacent 103.7 — and three weeks later moved up the dial 102.1. Radio Metro Misión Potosina (all social) — AM and FM at Matehuala (FM listed twice, potential mistake); FM at Río Verde; AMs at San Luis Potosí and Tamazunchale Sonora Tohono O'tham (indigenous FM) — Caborca and Pitiquito ——— A couple crumbs: XHPTUX-FM 101.3 (AA) signed on today at 11am, http://www.tvbus.tv/web/2019/06/02/inicia-operaciones-nueva-estacion-radio-en-tuxtepec-se-acaba-monopolio/?fbclid=IwAR3tWXyMFj8b5HBzmpJ9Q_DiAaZwcIzy6i0kcDlssuKBSJRgGj6VJXcT8QY ending a commercial radio monopoly in Tuxtepec. The new station is Exa FM for Tuxtepec and is part of Grupo Rojaz/Radio Casandoo. XHTAM-FM in Ciudad Victoria is now a romantic station known as Romántica, leaving Ke Buena. It also now carries the Central FM newscast. We know a bit more about the IMER AM problem now, too. https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/arteseideas/En-IMER-AM-la-noticia-es-que-no-hay-noticia-20190602-0117.html It actually has to do with a STIRTT union obligation known as cartas de tránsito. Every single host on an AM station needs one of these, and IMER can't pony up for the costs, so it can't air any talk programs on the AMs. I am a bit confused why XHLAC and XHFQ (which aren't actually continuity obligated but keep their AMs up) are affected but not XHRF or XHEMIT, which do actually have these obligations (Raymie Humbert, Phœnix AZ, June 3, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) First on the Mexico Beat: Three More Clears Identified Through a transparency request, three more Article 90 clears have been identified. They are XHEHB (107.1 -> 104.7) in Parral, XHGS (106.1 -> 104.7) in Guasave, and Durango's XHOH (107.7 -> 99.7). The reply didn't include much information about planned moves or decisions on feasibility for many social stations (Raymie, June 3, ibid.) To say we had more news yesterday was an understatement. The IFT dropped a VC list update that included three different stories. First off, XHZAE finally has a VC assigned: 8. Is Grupo ZER close to building its TV station (which will be called TeleZER)? Secondly, the SPR's fifth-wave transmitters are starting to appear in the VC list. Durango and Culiacán were authed for VC 14. But where's the fourth wave? But the real surprise comes out of Nayarit. It's a change in call letters. XHRTTS is now XHNTV-TDT —*according to my records, the first change in call letters for a Mexican commercial TV station since XHRAE became XHTRES on October 23, 2008. ——— Aleida Calleja explained more about these cartas de tránsito and why they only apply to some IMER stations: the IMER is split across two unions and only the STIRTT demands this. https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/empresas/Cartas-de-transito-para-el-sindicato-cuestan-mas-de-3-millones-de-pesos-al-Imer-Aleida-Calleja-20190603-0086.html The union under which the Mexico City FMs and most of the interior stations (with the notable exceptions of XHLAC and XHFQ, stations affected by the loss of programming) are organized is an IMER-specific union known as SNTIMER (National Syndicate of IMER Workers). The two unions are regulated by different sections of Article 123 of the Constitution, the STIRTT and most other unions by Apartado A and the SNTIMER and other unions of federal employees by Apartado B (thus why Aleida Calleja calls them "Sindicato A" and "Sindicato B"). The cost of these payments for non-STIRTT union voices on the air on STIRTT-organized IMER stations is about 3 million pesos a year, and it's largest for the newscasts because every reporter that appears is non-STIRTT and requires the payment of a carta. The fact that IMER workers are split across two unions has come up before. Look at page 232 https://www.imer.mx/wp-content/uploads/sites/36/evaluacion_imer_2014-2015_reporte_de_resultados.pdf of this external audit of the IMER from 2015. Someone describes how STIRTT obligations on the AM create problems for even having a show simulcast on Mexico City AM and FM because you end up needing two separate people: "Es un punto importante para que puedas entender los procesos, no es lo mismo que yo vaya con Roberto y le diga: “Entra esta cápsula”, a que vaya con el productor de la B y le diga “Entra esta cápsula”. Son cosas bien distintas, a partir de ahí ya te imaginaras todos los conflictos que llegamos a tener para ponernos de acuerdo, de entrada en la misma planeación. Si yo tengo un programa que va a salir en Opus y en la B Grande, yo lo obvio sería mi locutora hace todas mis rúbricas y ta pero no, tengo que conseguir a una locutora del apartado A, entonces acabas haciendo 2 programas. Uno con apartado A con su voz y otro con apartado B con su voz, entonces los procesos de planeación se vuelven caóticos desde que ya estás ahí.” (Raymie, June 4, ibid.) Last week, XHAP and XHOBS disappeared from the Grupo Larsa Comunicaciones website. Now we know where they've gone: to a company new to the broadcasting business. That company is ISA Corporativo, https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/cartera/isa-corporativo-anuncia-operaciones-radiofonicas-en-sonora which is now operating the pair. XHOBS has flipped to Ke Buena and XHAP remains romantic. ISA is primarily in the outdoor advertising business. It controls advertising on the metros of Mexico City, Monterrey and Guadalajara and in Mexico City's international airport. Both stations will also have a new news service powered by the Diario del Yaqui and Diario del Mayo papers. ——— Trading in shares of Grupo Radio Centro ground to a halt yesterday as the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores moved to suspend GRC's trading for failing to present its 2018 annual report on time. The reason GRC cites for not presenting the report to the BMV in a timely manner is that it failed to gain quorum for its first attempt at its annual meeting of shareholders. They'll try again June 18 (Raymie, June 5, ibid.) The IFT meeting notes from May 22 are headlined by a pair of new TV stations and the denial of a permit renewal for a Jalisco FM. Morelia, Here's Looking at You Both new TV stations will set up shop in Morelia, and both are pre-LFTR social wolf applications. Flavio René Acevedo had filed in 2012 for a station, which now is the second to be under the Medios Radiofónicos Michoacán banner. The other is yet-unbuilt XHLAZ-TDT 7 in Lázaro Cárdenas. In Morelia, MRM's lone presence is social wolf XHMOM-FM "Clasics 99.1". Sistema de Comunicación de Michoacán filed in 2013. Being reported first here, it is CB Televisión, a cable channel in Michoacán. When they filed with the now-defunct Cofeco for an economic competition opinion (a formality at the time for all noncommercial broadcast services), the legal representative was Isllali Belmonte Rosales, who is the President of CB. https://cbtelevision.com.mx/contacto/ CB owns XHKW-FM 89.3 in Morelia. A third Morelia TV application was not acted on but is also a wolf. Juntos Vamos a Crecer, A.C., filed in June 2014. That application was not ruled on and perhaps is no longer around. Notably, this same AC was thrown out of the Morelia FM permit forest on economic competition grounds, suggesting it has ties to some or other existing broadcaster in Morelia. Ta-Ta, Tomatlán The IFT has determined that XHFCT-FM Tomatlán, Jalisco (Comité Pro-fomento de la Cultura de Tomatlán, A.C.) will not have its permit renewed or transitioned to community status, as the committee had sought. XHFCT "La Tropi-Costa" went on the air in 2000 and was the successor to a pirate that operated in the mid-90s. My guess is a late renewal of some sort. Other News • Televisa's move of Foro TV to Las Estrellas subchannels continues apace. XHBD, XHDI, XHLGT and XHX will take over from XHAGU, XHDUH, XHLEJ, and XHMOY/XHSTC, respectively. As a result of the Aguascalientes change, since XHBD is actually in Zacatecas, Zacatecas will get Foro for the first time. The last transmitters to need a move: Ciudad Juárez (where Las Estrellas already has a sub) and Puebla and Cuernavaca (XHTM). • Something is returning to the spot left behind by CJ Grand. XHTV, XEWO and XHCNL were all approved for new subchannels, probably of the same thing. • Renewals were issued to XHZAZ, XHGEO, XHPQ, XHCCU-TDT, an unidentified commercial station owned by Arnoldo Rodríguez Zermeño, and three other unidentified stations. • XHBO and XHFX were fined for noncompliance with a reporting obligation as part of the AEP in broadcasting. [tagline:] Este programa es público, ajeno a cualquier partido político. Queda prohibido el uso para fines distintos a los establecidos en el programa (Raymie, June 6, ibid.) ** MONGOLIA. Re: ``12085 kHz, on May 31 at 1022-1035 UT. Voice of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, in Chinese and Japanese. Female and male voices in Chinese language; A song. At 1030 UT: IS and start program in Japanese; Male announcer talks with backgrounds. Very poor reception here, 25422 (Jota Xavier-BRA, hcdx May 31)`` 12084.876 kHz in Mongolian, at 0938 UT June 4 (Wolfgang Bueschel, WOR iog via DXLD) ** MYANMAR. 5985, Myanmar Radio, on May 30, at 1141. Live coverage (TV audio feed), in vernacular, of the football/soccer match between Myanmar (under 22) and Korean Pohang Steelers, with "International Friendly Game," being held at Thuwunna Stadium, in Yangon; preempted regular programming; fair. Youtube full coverage - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7Usmf5e-aQ (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. Glenn, On UT 5/26 and 6/2, 9925 kHz, definite solid carrier noted, on at 0000, and off at 0200, as scheduled for Mighty KBC. However, no readable audio here on the West Coast. 73, (Art Peterson, Richmond, CA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) The Mighty KBC via Nauen, Germany, 9925, Jun 2, English with ID at 0125 "You are listening to the Mighty KBC", oldies, Digital Text Mode with Dr. Kim Elliot at bottom of hour, off at 0200, S9+20; 54444 (Robert Butterfield, Columbia, MD, USA, Equipment: SDRplay RSPduo; 28m longwire with 9:1 Balun, WOR iog via DXLD) ** NEW ZEALAND [and non]. 11725, June 1 at 2108, RNZI in English, S4 -S1 and with a fast SAH, sure sign of co-channel QRM, which could well be a more severe collision elsewhere. That could only be, per HFCC, NHK in Japanese at 2000-2330, 300 kW due west from Yamata; not a good share (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA. 7255-, June 3 at 0611, VON is gone again (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 7440-7615, May 31 at 0335 and later, nothing from Station YHWH, which Ron Howard and Walt Salmaniw have heard reactivated after many months on 7480, 7495 sporadically around this time last few nights. I remember he once used 7615 too (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Taped 7480 all evening tonight, and no sign of YHWH for UTC Friday 31st 2019 (Walt Salmaniw, BC, 0624 UT, WOR iog via DXLD) 7480, June 5 at 0352, S7-S9 but JBA vs noise level, soon hit by huge S9+10 ute buzz for several seconds. Can`t copy at first, but sounds like the insistent intonations of Josiah on Station YHWH. Peaks stronger at 0358 and no doubt it`s YHWH with usual screed. Still going at 0413 recheck, but off at 0423. I had notified the WOR iogroup ASAP, which got this response from Walt Salmanniw: ``Thanks, Glenn! That indeed is YHWH, but at a very poor level into Victoria, BC, unlike a few days ago. Very low modulation. Interesting, that remote Perseus SDR in Aberdeen, NJ is about as strong or better than my reception. Don Moman's SDR is occupied. Whatever happened to the 3 SDRs there? Now down to one only for a few weeks now. Playing the "Satanic" sounding song at 0418. And gone at 0422. 73, Walt`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1985, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6930-USB, June 2 at 0117, unID pirate with rock music, SFX; 0124 seems off or faded out; 0136 beepery so SSTV? Also unID by these loggers, altho at 2345 June 1 it had been Pee Wee. Someone thought the SSTV looked like something seen previously on Skippy Radio https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,54576.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. Presumed pirate station Old Time Radio heard on 13560 AM 1445 UT today 5 June 2019 --- Excellent propagation on the higher bands such as 11 meters, which probably explains the reception. OTR was first logged on 13560 (I think by you, GH, in fact) in 2014. It's on 6770 overnight now, perhaps it has always been lurking on 13560 but the poor propagation on higher frequencies has made it less obvious? Not much local reception but a better signal on a KiwiSDR on the CT/MA border. Much weaker now at 1535 UT, just a little audio when using LSB mode. HFU Log: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,54687.0.html (Chris Smolinski, Black Cat Systems Westminster, MD USA, WORLD OF RADIO 1985, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: OTR 13560 AM 1445 UTC 5 Jun 2019 « on: June 05, 2019, 1450 UTC » 1445 Presumed to be OTR, sounds like an old radio show, weak carrier here but SIO 322 on CommSigma's CT/MA SDR, he first noted it. FYI - OTR was first logged by Glenn Hauser on 13560 back on 18 April 2014. « Last Edit: June 05, 2019, 1532 UTC by ChrisSmolinski » Logged Chris Smolinski Westminster, MD eQSLs appreciated! csmolinski@blackcatsystems.com NRD 545 / netSDR / AFE822x / AirSpy HF+ / KiwiSDR / 670 ft horizontal loop / 500 ft northeast beverage / 270 ft west-south-west beverage / 300 ft south beverage / 43m / 20m / 10m dipoles / Crossed Parallel Loop (via DXLD) Here`s my original log from *2014*: ``UNIDENTIFIED. 13560.7-AM approx., April 18 at 0520 I encounter some kind of broadcast with unreadable talk, not sure if English, and some music fading in and out; very poor signal and also vs CODAR. First I check to be sure it`s not // local KCRC 1390 somehow overloading or mixing; 0528 a little better with ``Columbia Broadcasting System`` ID for some program ``every Sunday night``, so it`s old-time-radio, ad for something about Adam? 0532 for Adler`s Elevator Shoes, making a man seem two inches taller, as he has every right to appear! 0533 ``The 1920`s Radio Network presents: `The Inner Sanctum``` and into that classic show. By 0535 it`s a little stronger. Meanwhile I am figuring out possible fundamentals if this be an harmonic: Not heard on 6780, 4520 or 3390. No longer heard a bit before next check 0600. So anyhow, appears to be a pirate, probably in North America, tho legit signals from Europe to Australia are propagating on the 22m band. Searching freeradiocafe and hfunderground gets zero hits on 13560; nor do I find any recent logs on that frequency in DXLD archives (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)`` Also see DXLD 16-02: John Davis in SE Kansas heard it on 13560.5. 3.5 years later, at my location, 13560 area is now *always* occupied by noises, day and night, e.g. RF ID or some industrial use in this band, about the worst place for a pirate unless they want to be hidden (Glenn Hauser, June 8, 2019, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. USA: OK, I don’t think I’d ever say this but I think I can now. The time has come that if you want to be a shortwave pirate in the USA, you can now do so with very little chance, if any, of being busted. . . (Chris Lobdell, The Free Radio Scene, June CIDX Messenger via WORLD OF RADIO 1985, DXLD) Full text at U S A ** NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. 11985.039, One of the recently repaired IBB-BBG Saipan TX units in the Marianas. IBB-BBG RFA Korean service, scheduled 15-19 UT, S=5-6 signal fair in Alberta CAN, at 1632 UT June 1st. Heard from SDR unit in Edmonton Alberta Canada. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 1, WOR iog via DXLD) ** OKLAHOMA. 1640, June 5 at 0520 UT, KZLS ``Enid``, really east of Hennessey to put more signal into OKC with its NNW/SSE direxional pattern, unusual for an inland X-bander, in dead air. So I try nulling it for access to WTNI or anything else, but still too much KZLS, which makes me wonder if it`s still on 10 kW instead of 1, while WTNI may be on 1 kW instead of 10! By 0540 UT KZLS has resumed talkmod (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. On 5/24/19 11:15 PM, Glenn Hauser wrote: ```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.`` FWIW, the need to operate briefly to preserve a license is not tied to the license renewal/expiration date. Best I can tell, KAMG-LP filed for renewal of their initial license on Jan. 15, 2013, and that renewal was granted on September 12th. Which means the KAMG-LP license is valid until 2021. HOWEVER --- there is a separate provision in the Communications Act, as amended. If a station remains off the air for more than a year, the license expires, regardless of the expiration date printed on that license. (I do think the Communications Act allowed a rather large loophole by not specifying how long a station must operate to "reset the clock" on the "off-over-a-year" rule. If I were a Commissioner, I'd ask for the authority to require compliance with the minimum operating schedule regulations for at least four contiguous weeks every year.) What could be problematic for KAMG --- is that I don't see any sign they've notified the FCC of any downtime. Most stations, if they are unable to comply with the minimum operating schedule specified in the rules, must notify the FCC if the silent period lasts more than ten days and must obtain Special Temporary Authority if the silent period exceeds 30 days. It is not entirely clear that this regulation applies to LPFM (or to non-commercial AM and TV stations). The 30-day STAs appear in the CDBS database as "BLSTA". Best I can tell KAMG has *never* filed a BLSTA. Again, I am not certain it's required for a LPFM. However, another LPFM which had a lengthy silent period (WIDE-LP Madison) has filed BLSTAs (and the FCC granted them). ``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.`` The 30-day and ten-day regulations absolutely apply to FM translators. Indeed, they seem to be more strict for translators than they are for the full-license stations they relay! Documentation requirements are more explicit. And, 74.1263 says if an FM translator remains off for 30 days or more without filing a STA, the FCC may at its discretion cancel the license. Of course, transmitting dead air and being off the air are not entirely the same thing. That said, in a 2009 case the Commission ruled an Alabama TV station license had expired under the "off-over-a-year" rule. The station had been on the air -- but had only broadcast color bars. If a test pattern isn't "operating", then certainly dead air isn't! (Doug Smith, TN, May 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 92.1 WBFM, June 4 around 1430 UT, this frequency occupied by KFXI Marlow, talking about stuff concerning its county, Stephens. It`s due south of Enid on US 81 betwwen Chickasha and Duncan. 100 kW but not normally audible, even when KAMG-LP was off. Now with some tropo it overcomes the KAMG dead air easily (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. Ever since OETA without notice abruptly terminated its OKLA subchannel-2 at the end of 2018y, replacing it with the yellowish WORLD channel from PBS, I have been looking for a recording of its blue ID slide for posterity, since I don`t think I ever captured it before. Finally found one on an old tape: http://www.w4uvh.net/OETAOKLA.JPG While we`re at it, some more DTV pixillated art. These are from KWTV -25 breakup on rabbit ears/UHF loop antenna; not sharp due to camera focusing problem and hand-held, but adding? to mystique: http://www.w4uvh.net/HauserDTVPixArt2.jpg http://www.w4uvh.net/HauserDTVPixArt3.jpg (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. RF 17, June 4 at 1440 UT, K17JN-D, the 3ABN satellator in Enid, is off the air. The best it could do for some months was subchannels 1, 3 and 5, while 2, 4, and 6 were black/blank, while originally all six were funxional. June 5 at 2250 UT I find the carrier(s) on but with weaker than normal signal bar, still no program transmissions (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. RF 42, KBZC-LD is still unrepacked. With some regional tropo enhancement, barely decoding June 4 at 1445 UT. Believe I saw a Get TV bug on -3; while -5, -6 and -7 are all some kind of shopping. Don`t you believe this is in Enid as licensed, really in OKC. RF 20, KQCW is the only DX decoding; there is also a Bad signal on RF 45, probably either KOTV Tulsa or KSNW Wichita, altho it could be the 15 kW KOHC-CD in OKC itself which I think I have never IDed (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OMAN. 13600, R.S. of Oman. 22/5 from 0300 with ID; Muslim program in Arabic (not in English!), starting with ”Idaatu Soltanate Oman” (Radio Sultanate of Oman). Checking several days on 9540, 9620; 15335 but there are not broadcasts (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF2001D, Folded Marconi ant), June Australian DX News via DXLD) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, NBC Madang, (Maus Blong Garamut - Voice of Indigenous Drums), May 31, from 1201 till suddenly cut off at 1210*, NBC news in English (unreadable); 1209, drums and Pacific Islands pop song. June 1, Madang clearly off the air, which is fairly rare for them. BTW - Through June 1, NBC Bougainville (3325) continues off the air. 3260, NBC Madang, on June 2, yet another day with no signal; second day silent. June 3, back on the air again (1044, but with an early cut off time, as found them gone by 1144 check, normally cuts off just after 1200) (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD) ** PERU. 4747.61, R. Huanta Dos Mil, Huanta, Ayacucho. LA pop songs and announcer chat at 1130, fair to poor signal until f/out at 1205, QRM from VoI Makassar’s Mandarin service on 4750, so listening to the Peruvian was best in LSB. 19/5 (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, VIC (Yaesu FTDX 3000, Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Kenwood R5000, Tecsun PL-680, Horizontal Sky Loop, Double Bazooka antennas for 80, 40 and 20 metres, Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital Noise Eliminating Module, MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling Module, ATU, June Australian DX News via DXLD) Correct PRU 4747.602 kHz of tonight. 4747.602 kHz nothing read in Aoki Nagoya list, Andean? Station, TBS #21 says R. Huanta Dos Mil, Huanta, Ayacucho PRU, S=5-6 -96dBm signal strength, at 0028 UT on June 5. But Rob Wagner VK3BVW in AUS says also R. Huanta Dos Mil, Huanta, Ayacucho ex 4764 kHz. 73 wb (Wolfgang Bueschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ??? have never known it to be away from 4747 (gh, DXLD) ** PERU. 4774.9, R. Tarma, Tarma, Junín. Mainly Spanish discussion programming at 1145 with occasional music interludes. The usual CODAR QRM a few hertz up on 4775 spoilt my listening, but tuning in LSB helped somewhat. F/out around 1210 on 19/5 (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, VIC (Yaesu FTDX 3000, Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Kenwood R5000, Tecsun PL-680, Horizontal Sky Loop, Double Bazooka antennas for 80, 40 and 20 metres, Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital Noise Eliminating Module, MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling Module, ATU, June Australian DX News via DXLD) ** PERU. New station activated / reactivated. OAW-7M, Radio Sur Andina, 4930 kHz. Recibida en Lima-Sur, Perú, 17 Mayo 2019. Nueva Estación Short Wave Activada Banda Tropical de 60 Metros. “1er Día de Transmisión“. Idioma: Castellano. ID Locutor: __ Banda: Tropical de 60 Metros. QRG: 4930 kiloHertz. TX: Sicuani - Cuzco - Perú. Power: 1 KW? Date: 17 de Mayo 2019, Hora UTC: 0042 minutos. Hora Local: 1942 minutos. Comentarios: Radio Sur Andina de Sicuani. Nueva Estación de Cuzco, Recientemente Activa en Onda Corta. (SW). Registro del Primer Día de Transmisión (Via YouTube item, Radionaut 1), June NZ DX Times via DXLD) ** PERU. 4939.964, May 22, 2224, R San Antonio, Atalaya, quiet religious songs and music, weak signal. You can listen to Karel Honzik’s recording here: http://dx-kh.cz/2019/05/15/radio-san-antonio-4940-khz-peru/ (Thomas Nilsson, Ängelholm, Sweden, SW Bulletin June 2 via DXLD) ** PERU. 4954.992, May 22, 2250, R Cultural Amauta seems to be quite regular here (Thomas Nilsson, Ängelholm, Sweden, SW Bulletin June 2 via DXLD) ** PERU [and non]. 5025.003, May 22, 2255, R Quillabamba struggling with a stronger R Rebelde on 5024.997 (Thomas Nilsson, Ängelholm, Sweden, SW Bulletin June 2 via DXLD) ** PUERTO RICO. Here is source of heavy QRM amid broadcasters (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1985, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7455, Puerto Rico. NAU, stanag 4481 50/850 encryption, 0637 12 may 12120, Puerto Rico, NAU, stanag 4481 50/850 encryption, 0629 12 May (Eddy Waters, South Australia, Watkins Johnson HF1000A, TEN TEC RX 340, Drake R8, NRD 525. Decoder Hoka Code 300 Version 4.047 Extended version Antenna 8 element log periodic array covering 5-25 MHz inclusive, June Australian DX News via WORLD OF RADIO 1985, DXLD) ** ROMANIA. Re 7420, 19-22: Hahaha (Editor laughing at himself) … that’s what happens when the editor is listening to a pirate, wondering if it is Skippy Radio, while editing the Flashsheet. I wrote “Skippy” in the Flashsheet entry instead of my log. I guess that shows a pirate can pop up almost anywhere. Sorry, Glenn. – Ed. (Mark Taylor, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I finally made it back! Bless Mark for listening to me rant about annoying e-mail. I owe any number of logs, and here are the first. Received just now with a dependable little Tecsun PL-660 and whip antenna. 11990, Radio Romania, 2300-2310Z. Spanish service sign-on with signature music, including web address, and into news. Lead story mentioned Pope Francis, an event that has not happened since John Paul II, and a person being an example of faith and love for their people - is someone being made a saint? Into an almost reggae song, then a feature about the flora and fauna of Romania, specifically looking at the country as a vacation destination. Signal fair, // 9700 strong and 9760 slightly less so. SIO 433 (Carlie Forsythe, KD9CZG, Received just now with a dependable little Tecsun PL-660 and whip antenna, logs for 06/02 on the isthmus at Madison, WI, USA, glad to be back among ODXA friends! June 2, ODXA iog via DXLD) Congrats, Carlie! Now you can have access to my loggings on a almost daily basis along with those of other famous DXers like Harold Sellers and Glenn Hauser. BTW, for those of you who don't know, Carlie Forsythe is a beautiful young lady - almost sort of like a far-away daughter to me - who is a white caner. I've been sending her weekly reports for several years of loggings culled from the ODXA Shortwave Loggings Facebook group (Mark Coady VE3LJQ/VA3MYC, 829 Fife Bay Marina, Selwyn, ON K9J 0C6, ibid.) 11990, June 5 at 2313, RRI in Spanish ID, surprised to find here, // 11800, and I think still on 11700 under RHC where it`s been colliding. I thought 11700 & 11800 were the only two frequencies. EiBi does not show 11990, but Aoki/NDXC does. However, HFCC A-19 shows four frequencies for Spanish at 2300, not including 11990! --- 9700, 9760, 11700 and 11800, all for the full A-19 season, altho half of them might have been alternates, with two matching azimuths. EiBi, however, does show 11990 as an RRI frequency Sundays only at 0800-0900 in Romanian (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1985, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. Moscow -- The Novosibirsk DX Site has received unconfirmed information that the World Radio Network is planning to return to the air in Moscow and the Moscow Region in the near future at a new frequency of 1017 kHz through a 20 kW transmitter in Noginsk (Igor Yaremenko, Novosibirsk, Russia / “deneb-radio-dx” via Rus-DX June 2, via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. Radio Zazerkalya (Radio Looking Glass). W: https://zazeradio.com/ Radio "Through the Looking Glass" created by the forces of people with mental illness. We really see the world not as the majority sees it. And we do not want to convince you otherwise. According to statistics, about eight million people in Russia annually seek psychiatric care. Nevertheless, we remain outcasts in a "healthy" world. We are tired of being ashamed of our illnesses in everyday life, so here we are talking about them frankly. We create materials about life, art and medicine. Among us are philologists, architects, art historians, philosophers, musicians. We only talk about what we understand, and only in the way we want. In The Looking Glass, we are free from hospital walls, social stereotypes and other restrictions. Our stories are not always a tragedy. Of course, the disease takes a lot, but in return gives something. If you want to hear our world, join the Looking Glass. The radio project “Through the Looking Glass” was created with the support of the Regional Public Organization “Psychiatrists' Club” and the Dobry Vek Charitable Foundation. The Radio Through the Looking Glass online radio station is a very special project with programs about contemporary art, music, philosophy and literature. Among the authors are architects, philosophers, poets, art historians, philologists, artists. There is no censorship, except that politics and religion are not discussed on the air. And the main feature of the radio station is that all programs create mentally ill people with great talent. Only the editor-in-chief, the sound engineer and the editor-in-chief do not have any “references”. Radio was created in 2014 as a way to talk about the adaptation of man to the world in general and the problems of mentally ill people in particular. This is a kind of manifesto of freedom from stereotypes and victory over their own diseases, which opens up a new world to the listener. To give a rough idea of the spectrum of the issues under consideration, we present only a few topics of the programs: “What is fate and rock?”, “What are mental crises?”, “Why do we laugh?”, “What is hippo?”, “There is Is the crime gene? ”,“ Is there a link between genetics and psychology? ” This is not the only radio station in the world, which was created by psychologists and mentally ill people, there is also “Nicosia” in Barcelona and “La Colifata” in Argentina. Radio Zazerkalye was created with the support of the Regional Public Organization “Psychiatrists' Club” and the Dobry Vekh Charitable Foundation, and broadcasts from the studio in the territory of the Alekseev Hospital No. 1, live broadcasts are from the medical rehabilitation department. The radio station team worked a lot during the launch - none of those who recorded the programs worked at the microphone before. But the project participants quickly learned from their own mistakes, and now some programs are being broadcast live. Guests of the programs are often popular musicians, artists, writers, poets. All podcasts are available on Radio Zazerkalya (Rus-DX June 2, via DXLD) ** SAO TOME. 1530, VOA São Tomé to good peak UT 5 JUN at 0259 – sign-on with Yankee Doodle march and announcement "This is the Voice of America, Washington, DC signing on." Generally over WCKY-OH. https://app.box.com/s/akswzn14gia5dgcfueopbxg5raeqre15 (Mark Connelly, WA1ION, South Yarmouth, MA, nrc-am gg via DXLD) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 17760, after s-off ARS SBA via MOCI Riyadh in French at 1600 UT, noted some technical checks co-channel on air from Riyadh. Noted SBA Riyadh in Arabic program on 17760.121 kHz odd fq at 1605, switched on and off, and settled down 17760.002 kHz at 1611 UT on June 1st. \\ 1st program and HQ programs on 15205.062, 15225.021, 15434.990, 13710.020 kHz at 1617 UT, also 11745even fq of army program Al-Azm Radio heard in Arabic too. Log 1600-1700 UT on June 1st traced and heard from SDR unit in Edmonton Alberta Canada. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 1, WOR iog via DXLD) Hi Glenn, I have a shortwave QSL question, which I normally wouldn’t bother you with, but I can’t find the answer on the internet, and I don’t know anyone locally who listens to shortwave. I live in Massachusetts, where I’m getting a good signal for Radio Saudi on 11915 at 2150 UT. How do I QSL this station when I don’t know any Arabic? Of course, the program details are the most difficult part. Should I write the report in English, or send the station an audiotape of the transmission? Your reply is greatly appreciated. Best wishes, (Nina Allen, Cambridge, MA, June 4, via DXLD) Hi Nina, I don`t recall seeing reports of QSLs from there; and I see in the WRTH 2019 that they do not verify. As for language, they do broadcast in English altho not on SW, so Arabic should not be necessary; but it looks like you would not get a response for a recording either. BTW they are also on 11820 in the afternoons, which is a bit better out here in OK (Glenn to Nina, ibid.) ** SIKKIM. 4835, AIR, Gangtok. Pleased to hear this one at 1155 when it is still well into daylight hours at the transmitter site (5:25 pm Gangtok time). A fair to poor signal but still noted past 1240. Programming was a selection of chants accompanied by an Indian stringed instrument, interspersed with long talks. It was difficult to ID the language but it certainly wasn’t Hindi. Perhaps Nepali or another local language? 19/5. NOTE: Thanks to Partha Sarathi Goswami VU3WPS who lives at Siliguri, about 115 km south-west of Gangtok in West Bengal who got back to me with further information: It is Indo-Tibetan, I will try to find the exact name to inform you, but here they mostly refer as Tibetan. AIR Gangtok air this programming regularly in the local evening. Otherwise, they transmit in Nepali. Thanks, Partha! (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, VIC (Yaesu FTDX 3000, Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Kenwood R5000, Tecsun PL-680, Horizontal Sky Loop, Double Bazooka antennas for 80, 40 and 20 metres, Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital Noise Eliminating Module, MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling Module, ATU, June Australian DX News via DXLD) ** SINGAPORE. 9900, June 3 at 1035, discussion of sexual harassment of women in the UK. BBCWS at 1000-1200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH AMERICA. RADIO PIRANA INTERNATIONAL [all sic:] After landing in the South American country with 19 kg off radio gears in the baggage, and after a few days preparation begun for getting the station on air again from South America. If my wife know that I had so much of radio things with me, she would have got even more mad than she was. She knew I had much with me, but not that it was so much! I have placed things around in her and my own baggage in between the clothes to protect it. Amongst the things was an Inovonics 222 AM audio processor, SWR meter, a lot of pieces for a new shortwave transmitter, connector etc. At the QTH we already had the 10 watt Lulu transmitter we had so success with last time we was on vacation. This was now broken. I planned to use this for CW beacon services now. I repaired it, but did had to work hard to get it in order, as a lot of things had been damaged. Also the PCB was quite in bad shape. Well I did get it on air, but after two days of CW beacon transmissions, it broken again. Then I give it up for this time, and begun to concentrate on to assemble the new transmitter. After a few days it was ready. Previously I have got made locally, a metal case for it. I did not finish it all how I wanted it and had planed, this due to lack of time.., as I have made holes for switches, indicator lamps etc. This I have to continue the next time! But I got it so I could use it. It worked nicely. The transmitter can do 130 watts, but we decided to use it at 100 watts, as we wanted to use continuously many hours of broadcast at a time, and thus don’t wanted to use it at max as a prevention. All worked fine and we instantly could hear our transmitter via various SDR’s in the region with quite good signal. Had to mention that our antenna also had to be repaired, but it was minor things... I did take it down was take down from the 24 meter high tower, and then when it was ready got it up again. We made a lot of transmissions. Some was live, but mostly, and all the time during the late night through in to the morning was “boxed”. We also had some programs from other station aired, As radio Cochiguaz, Radio Enterhaken, and also programs from our Moscow friend Artiom, a friend since the 90’s with Artiom’s World Music program. Some technical data at our South American QTH: A small live studio with Behringer XENYX Q802USB USB Mixer 1 Microphone. 1 Personal computer. 2 small MP3 players AMM-SD1 Amplitude Modulation Monitor Inovonics 222 Am Broadcast Processor 130 Watts AM class D (high efficiency) Transmitter (used at 100 watts) Inverted V dipole for 43 meters. Tower 24 meters high. ( Via Jorge Garcia. Radio Pirana International) [Reported in NZ Early March 2019 Editor] WTFK? (gh) ** SPAIN. R. Exterior de España, Noblejas, 9690, May 30, Spanish at 2353 with political talk round-table on world events, REE ID at 2359, time pips on the hour, ID again; 54444 (Robert Butterfield, Columbia, MD, USA, Equipment: SDRplay RSPduo; 28m longwire with 9:1 Balun, WOR iog via DXLD) ** SRI LANKA [and non]. GUAM [sic], New time of FEBA Radio India via KTWR Trans World Radio Asia from July 1245-1315 11580*TRM 200 kW / 290 deg SoAs various langs, ex 1315-1345 1245-1300 Telugu Mon/Tue; 1245-1300 Malayalam Wed-Sat; 1245-1300 Kannada Sun; 1300-1315 English Mon; 1300-1315 Tamil Tue/Wed and 1300-1315 Kannada Thu-Sun. * very bad frequency selection, on this frequency are also SOH & CNR-1 jammer 2100-1600 11580 Maoli 1 kW / non-dir Chinese SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng plus also 11580 unknown kW / unknown Chinese China National Radio1 https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/new-time-of-feba-radio-india-via-ktwr.html (SWLDXBulgaria News June 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN & SUDAN SOUTH [nons]. 11650, Radio Tamazuj (Talata-Volonondry, MADAGASCAR), 0401-0430*, 25 May. Poor-fair in Sudanese Arabic with news items, commentary, closing announcements with ID & contact info ( www.radiotamazuj.org ) followed by R. Dabanga's *0430 with that nifty singing jingle, into news/reports/commentary (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas, CA Executive Satellit/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SURINAME. 4989.984, May 25, 2203, R Apintie ”The Happy Station” on the hour. Dutch. Weak but clear signal (Thomas Nilsson, Ängelholm, Sweden, SW Bulletin June 2 via DXLD) ** THAILAND. On the evening of Friday 17 May, I once again made a full recording using my SDR radio set to record a band spread from 3850 to 9950 kHz continuously from 1800 to 2400 UT. Some of this, later in the evening, I heard live, however having the recording has allowed me to more thoroughly review what was broadcast that evening. I’m still to review much of the recording, so here are a few highlights for the 1800-2000 UT slot. Radio Thailand World Service usually puts in a good signal on 9920 kHz in Thai, English and German from 1800 to 2115 (except for a 15-minute slot from 2015-2030). I start at 1800 with a one-hour programme in Thai comprising mostly modern Thai, with some Western, music and a little chat by two female co-presenters. I guess most of the Thai songs are current chart hits. It’s a pleasant enough way to pass an hour until 1900 when there is a one-hour programme in English. This programme is a replay of the news hour broadcast earlier on local (I think) FM frequencies. News includes an announcement that the Thai Forest Conservation Party (who have two seats in parliament) has decided to join a political alliance led by the Palang Pracharath Party in a bid to form a coalition government. This was followed by a news item reporting that the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) will be “purchasing another 200,000 metric tonnes of palm oil for electricity generation in a bid to alleviate the price of palm oil”, by which I assume the purpose is to push the prices of palm oil up. At a time when the use of palm oil is in the news because of the effect on the eco-system of the clearance of large areas of tropical forests, I wonder what the Thai Forest Conservation Party’s view is on this development. A few minutes later, the conservation theme continues with an announcement that various national parks will be closed until September or October to allow them to recover from damage caused by visitors. After a couple of local adverts is a Global news segment. At twenty minutes into the programme are two promos from the PTT extolling the benefits of renewable and sustainable energies: “! we promise [that] we will protect the forests together for our life and the future. [!] with fossil fuels becoming a non-renewable resource and becoming more scarce every day, it is important to discuss renewable energy for the future. [Renewable energies] are often lower in cost, wastefree and can be harvested without harm to nature. [!] PTT: sustainable growth for all.” Hmm – I’m not sure how the purchase of palm oil fits into that. Continuing this theme, a few minutes later is a report on the 2019 International Conference on Bio-Diversity about to be held in Bangkok. An interesting hour of news and comment from Thailand aimed at a local, rather than international, audience. (The transmission continues with German 2000-2015, English news 2030-2045 and Thai news 2045-2115). (Listening Post with Alan Roe, June BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) ** TIBET [non]. 17735, 0340, CHINA, CNR1 excellent with M/F in Mandarin, Firedrake blocking VOA to Tibet with both stations evident (Tentative), 25/4 (Ken Baird, Wainuiomata, NZRDXL SDR 1, June NZ DX Times via DXLD) ** TURKEY. utes: 8812, R Istanbul, 1805 Turkish meteo talks, 1808 in English (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, blog, More in house logs (QTH : R75+ 2x16 m inV), June 1, WOR iog via DXLD) SSB? ** TURKEY. TRT Voice of Turkey, EMR 500 kW in Da/Pa/Uz on very odd frequency 11765.7 kHz, May 30 1500-1625 11765.7 / 100 deg WeAs Dari/Pashto/Uzbek, instead of 11765 https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/voice-of-turkey-in-dapauz-on-very-odd.html Unscheduled program of Voice of Turkey in Bosnian on SW, May 31: 0759-0819 on 11730 EMR 500 kW / 072 deg to CeAs Bosnian, very good 0822-0825 on 11795 EMR 500 kW / 105 deg to WeAs Bosnian, very good https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/unscheduled-program-of-voice-of-turkey.html (SWLDXBulgaria News May 30-31, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of Turkey on wrong frequency, June 1 from 0600 on 6040, instead of 11675 // 11750, 13635 -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, WOR iog via DXLD) 9515, Voice of Turkey at 0252 on early with the end of their Turkish service with folk vocals and a man with closing announcements at 0253 and into IS and ID loop to time pips at 0256 and a man with ID and opening announcements then program highlights and into news at 0257 – Very Good May 31 – So, the Voice of Turkey has solved their transmission and audio problems only to screw up when their English program should actually start. Just like with Radio Havana Cuba, there's always something going wrong with the Voice of Turkey's English service (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) Voice of Turkey on wrong frequency 6040 after 0600 June 1 0400-0600 6040 EMR 500 kW / 138 deg N/ME Turkish A-19 as scheduled 0600-0800 6040 EMR 500 kW / 138 deg N/ME Turkish, instead of 11675 from 0800 11675 EMR 500 kW / 150 deg WeAs Turkish A-19 as scheduled https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/voice-of-turkey-on-wrong-frequency-6040.html (SWLDXBulgaria News June 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of Turkey in Georgian on wrong 11795 & odd 9655.7 kHz, June 1 0958-1002 11795.0 EMR 500 kW / 105 deg WeAs Georgian, instead of 9655 1002-1055 9655.7 EMR 500 kW / 072 deg CeAs Georgian, instead nominal https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/voice-of-turkey-in-georgian-on-wrong.html (SWLDXBulgaria News June 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of Turkey on very odd 13765.7/11795.7 kHz, June 5: 0500-0655 13765.7 500 kW / 210 deg CEAf Hau/Swa, instead of 13765.0 0830-0955 11795.7 500 kW / 105 deg WeAs Persian, instead of 11795.0 0956-1002 11795.7 500 kW / 105 deg WeAs Tatar, instead of sked 9855 1012-1025 9855.0 500 kW / 032 deg CeAs Tatar, as scheduled in A-19 https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/voice-of-turkey-on-very-odd-freqs.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 5-6, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9830, June 5 at 2305, VOT still on S7 and in German, spurious transmission since English was not turned off before 2300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U A E. 1539 --- I haven’t seen it reported so will mention that in reviewing Lubec wav files I have noticed that the UAE station on 1539 kHz is now IDing as ‘1-5-3-9 AM’ http://realmonitor.com/qh13/190528/0100/uae-1539.wav Last November it was IDing as Asianet Radio http://realmonitor.com/qh12/181113/qh35/2000/uae-1539.wav Before that I guess it was Sawa. Good DX! (Bill Whitacre, Alexandria, VA, June 7, IRCA iog via DXLD) See DX-PEDITIONS Yes, Pravasi Bharathi is using this frequency while relocating their 810 kHz transmitter (Mauno Ritola, ibid.) Hello. Sounds like a MHz call with 1.539 AM, Best wishes & 73s (Barry :-) Davies, Carlisle UK. Lat. 55.0119N Lon. 2.9668W, IRCA iog via DXLD) ** U A E. 11655.114, much odd frequency, IBRA Media / Radio Ibrahim from Limassol Cyprus origin, Afar language via Al Dhabbaya relay site in UAE of ENC – Encompass Digital Media Services, replaced Babcock. 1600-1630 UT scheduled, noted as S=5 or -97dBm in Alberta Canada.[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 1, WOR iog via DXLD) ** U A E. 21690, R. Free Asia via Al Dhabbaya. Mainly weak and noisy but a few clear patches. Heard with a Tibetan talk at 0638 on 12/5 (Dennis Allen, Milperra NSW (Icom IC-R75, Realistic DX160, Longwires), June Australian DX News via DXLD) no jamming? ** U S A. I am an avid user of SDRs, and use the ``mystery`` signal on 2097.3 kHz as a way to test the sensitivity of SDRs through http://sdr.hu --- It`s a hobby of mine to help pass the time. I am 85 years old and have some unfortunate health issues. It would be good to know if the exact location in AZ for the letter ``A`` station becomes known. I have received it at VE6JY SDR in northern Alberta, as the distance record, only when conditions permit (Joe Caberlin, Port Colborne Ont., VE1EJ, 28 May, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Bahamas and Caribbean Weather center broadcasts WCY is a different kind of weather station on shortwave, concentrated on the Bahamas and Caribbean area. It transmits from Florida in the USA and is helpful for ships information and weather across the area. Station WCY Lakeland, Florida, USA, in UT 4045 kHz USB broadcasts 1000-1030 towards Caribbean 4045 kHz USB broadcasts 1030-1100 towards Bahamas 4045 kHz USB broadcasts 1100-1125 towards Caribbean 4045 kHz USB broadcasts 1130-1155 towards east Coast of North America 8137 kHz USB broadcasts 1000-1030 towards Caribbean 8137 kHz USB broadcasts 1030-1100 towards Bahamas 8137 kHz USB broadcasts 1130-1200 towards East Coast North America 8137 kHz USB broadcasts 1230-1300 towards Caribbean 8137 kHz USB broadcasts 1300-1339 towards Central America 12350 kHz USB broadcasts 1130-1200 towards East Coast North America 12350 kHz USB broadcasts 1230-1300 towards Caribbean 12350 kHz USB broadcasts 1300-1330 towards Central America (The World of Utilities, Editor: Gilles Letourneau, Montreal, Quebec, June CIDX Messenger via DXLD) WCY is not just broadcasts, but 2-way contacts with paying yacht clients, customized forecasts (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. I.M.H.O. The occasional rantings and ravings of your somewhat crazed editor. The opinions expressed here are mine and mine only. OK, I don’t think I’d ever say this but I think I can now. The time has come that if you want to be a shortwave pirate in the USA, you can now do so with very little chance, if any, of being busted. OK, Chris why do you say this? Well. The current legislation in congress specifies the FM and AM bands only, there is no mention of shortwave so the concentration is there. The only concern I do have is with those in the jurisdiction of the Detroit office. One of the field officers is a DXer who was responsible for busting Radio Ronin and The Crystal Ship several years ago. No sure what is happening there so you might need to be careful. So, as long as you don’t live next door to an FCC office, interfere with any other legitimate radio services, and do not broadcast excessively, so go ahead fire up that pirate transmitter and have some fun! (Chris Lobdell, The Free Radio Scene, June CIDX Messenger via WORLD OF RADIO 1985, DXLD) ** U S A. On Sundays at 2030 UT, VOA has Learning English in its French service to Africa scheduled on 9490, 11900, 15185, and 15730 kHz. Both the French and English are simplified and although it`s intended for French speakers to learn English, I can follow the French for the most part and learn some new vocabulary. 15185 and 15730 kHz are from Greenville and provide reasonable signals here in NB (Richiard Langley, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1985, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [non]. 7375, BOTSWANA, VoA at 0430, in depth news analysis, current events, correspondents reports. Wondering AtM why I don't have this on every night. Heard while roaming the band in search of the elusive YHWH - Very Good June 3 (Rick Barton, Arizona SW Logs, Hammarlund HQ-140X & HQ-180A, Grundig Satellit 205(T.5000), RS SW-2000629 with various outdoor wires. 73 and Good Listening....! -rb, WOR iog via DXLD) [non]. 12140, UNKNOWN. Radio Free Asia, 1332, 5/27/19, in Khmer. Man and woman alternating. This took some time to figure out since the only listing we could find was Radio Azadi in Pashto, which was clearly not right (Mark Taylor, Lake Farm County Park near Madison, WI, Mini DXpedition 1200–1430, 5/27/19. Equipment: Eton e1; 80’ random wire. Annual Memorial Day mini DXpedition with Bill Dvorak and Carlie Forsythe, NASWA Flashsheet June 2 via DXLD) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1984 monitoring: confirmed first US SW broadcast, Friday May 31 at 2207 the 2200 on WRMI 9955 --- very poor on portable, but at 2225 good S9+10 to S8 on the R75. Also confirmed UT Sat June 1 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, S9/+10 but poor vs storm noise level. Also confirmed Sat June 1 at 1145 the 1130 on WRMI 9955, fair-good. Not confirmed Sat June 1 from 1431 on HLR 9485-CUSB; via UTwente not a trace of even the reduced carrier vs huge splash from 9490 Romania; nor when tried with LSB tuning as I have called for. Next: 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 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) GERMANY, Reception of World of Radio via HLR on 6190 CUSB, June 1: 0629-0658 on 6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu English Sat, weak to fair https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/reception-of-world-of-radio-via-hlr-on.html (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, DX LISTENING DIGEST) No sign of HLR today --- Hi Glenn, I checked 9485 kHz this afternoon, but not so much as a squeak was heard here from HLR, so I'm afraid I can't confirm if World of Radio was on or not. There seemed to be plenty of other activity on 9 MHz, so it may just have been that the skip was a bit too long for this location (Alan Gale, England, Sat June 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WORLD OF RADIO 1984 monitoring: confirmed Saturday June 1 at 2100 on WRMI 9955; after IS & ID loop at 2059, S8 -S6, but again WOR playback is upcut, JIP in theme after my first eleven words (if 19-84 count as three); still on at 2109 when it`s S9. Also confirmed at NEW time of UT Sunday June 2 at 0130 on WRMI 5850, S9+30/20 yet with considerable fading and not enough to totally override storm noise level; on NW beam same as 7570 with TOMBS, same S reading but rock solid. Also confirmed UT Sunday June 2 at 0327 on WA0RCR, MO, 1860-AM, S9+20/30 including storm noise level which makes me JBA but can tell it`s at end of mid-break, then Indonesia, so started circa 0313. Ivo Ivanov, Observer, Bulgaria, reports: ``GERMANY, Reception of World of Radio via HLR on 7265 CUSB, June 2 https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/reception-of-world-of-radio-via-hlr-on_2.html 1029-1058 7265 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu English Sun, very weak`` Next: 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 WORLD OF RADIO 1984 monitoring: confirmed Sunday June 2 at 2130 on WRMI 7780, JBA. Also confirmed UT Monday June 3 at 0130 on WRMI 9395, S9+10/20. Also confirmed UT Monday June 3 at 0230 on WRMI 7780, S9/+10 but heavy storm noise. Also confirmed UT Monday June 3 starting late from 0309 on Area 51 webcast; at 0328 check on WBCQ 5130.37, S9+10 with heavy storm noise. Also confirmed UT Monday June 3 at 0330 on WRMI 9955 S9/+10 with less storm noise, and not upcut but brief overlap with preceding fill music. Also confirmed UT Tuesday June 4 after 0100 on WRMI 7780, fair in noise. Next: 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 WORLD OF RADIO 1984 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday June 5 at 2100 on WRMI 9955; after IS & ID loop, less upcut than usual, just missing ``This is Glenn Hau----``; good signal still there at 2127 wrapup. But simultaneous schedule on WBCQ 7490+v unconfirmable on a JBA carrier both at start and finish, now in the summer noise doldrums. Missed checking the 0100 UT June 6 airing on WRMI 7780. Note that 1985 may be delayed as I am in process of getting a new computer, and way behind in processing info (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) it wasn`t ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1985 contents: Antarctica, Australia, Bhutan, Brasil, Canada, China, Congo DR, Cook Islands, Cuba, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Grenada, Guinea, India, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, North America, Puerto Rico, Romania, USA; and the propagation outlook The shortwave broadcasts should be: 0930 UT Friday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [1984] 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 3210-USB NSW 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 3210-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 schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html WORLD OF RADIO 1985 monitoring: confirmed first US SWBC, Friday June 7 at 2200 on WRMI 9955, S4-S8; tsk, I myself intuned a few seconds too late to evaluate any upcut. Also confirmed UT Saturday June 8 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, S9/+10 vs storm/noise level, fair, no upcut following Ian ID (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ: ** U S A. 9330, 0130, WBCQ Monticello good testing new 500 kW transmitter with Brother Stair. Brief ident across the hour. Very good by 0300 and excellent at 0400 10/5. Quick QSL response advised that power was up to 135 kW. Frequency was 9330.002. Do not confuse with alternate WBCQ transmitter heard at 0500 on 9330.166 (Bryan Clark, Mangawhai, Northland, North Island, New Zealand, G33DDC Excalibur Pro & AOR7030+ with EWEs to North, Central & South America, June NZ DX Times via DXLD) WBCQ, Monticello, ME, 7490, May 31, English at 0050, with repeat Allan Weiner program from 17 Aug 2018 with far ranging discussions led by Allan about the "new super-station and antenna", impact of northern Maine weather on broadcasting there, WWV funding, along with several mentions of GH's WOR. (Wx talk brought back memories of when I lived in northern Maine a couple of years – long ago. I actually even worked a fill-in shift a few times at the small Monticello Border Station) 44334 (Robert Butterfield, Columbia, MD, USA, Equipment: SDRplay RSPduo; 28m longwire with 9:1 Balun, WOR iog via DXLD) 7490+, UT Sat June 1, at 0000 sharp, WBCQ starts playing ``William Tell Overture`` theme to `Allan and Angela Wiener Worldwide`, but without any interjexions, intact complete until 0003, a bad sign that something may be wrong. Then dead air, while I recheck 9330+ to find that one still BSing instead of // 7490+. At 0006:40, WTO starts all over! This time AW comments, ``no more repeats, we`re here from Monticello, Maine`` and fades down theme before it complete again. Hard to copy anything due to weak signal vs nearby storm noise level. Not rechecked until 0043, when now it`s Pirate Joe, J P Ferraro instead of AW but with similar voice and accent; so I don`t know what happened in the meantime, and haven`t heard yet from John Carver. Can anyone else infill us? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Delayed in the e-mail, here`s John Carver`s report on WBCQ`s `Allan and Angela Wiener WorldWide` for UT June 1 at 0000: ``Tonight's show started on time on 7490 this evening after some fill music. Dead air after theme song. Checked 9330 and it has Brother Stair yammering away. Back to dead air on 7490. Theme song starts again at 0007. Allan, Angela and Tom in the studio. Dead air again at 0011 and then some music fill. I have the feeling that this will be a repeat episode. Pirate Joe breaks into the music with the WHVW call sign so I guess we're listening to one of his shows. A break at 0027 with Pirate Joe saying that the feeds have been crossed. Then he starts begging for funds to keep 3265 on the air and tells people about the PayPal link on the station's website. Says he doesn't know how the AAWW theme got into his feed. Then he starts reading an article from a magazine. Program was over at 0100 and 7490 was off the air. John Mid-North Indiana`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Revised schedule of WBCQ-6 on 9330 kHz via new 500 kW transmitter, registered for World's Last Chance WLC Radio: 0300-0700 on 9330 BCQ 500 kW / 280 deg to WNAm English 0700-0800 on 9330*BCQ 500 kW / 047 deg to WeEu English 0800-1500 on 9330 BCQ 500 kW / 060 deg to N/ME Arabic 1500-2300 on 9330 BCQ 500 kW / 090 deg to NoAf Arabic 2300-0300 on 9330 BCQ 500 kW / 255 deg to MEXI English * co-ch HM01 9330 BEJ 050 kW / Spanish Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri All other WBCQ registrations on 9330 kHz are cancelled: https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/revised-schedule-of-wbcq-6-on-9330-khz.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 5-6, DX LISTENING DIGEST) The AWR show on the WBCQ super station is here: https://awr.org/program/engmi_wav-2/ (Artie Bigley, June 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) The 02/06 edition? WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI: ** U S A. 15770, May 31 at 2000, WRMI-9 is S6-S7 but dead air, still so at 2019. This was when, Fridays only, a new hour broadcast of `Radio for Peace International` was supposed to appear. As always, poor signal here off the side of its 44-degree NE beam back toward Europe. 9455, meanwhile, Fri May 31 at 2019, this WRMI-8 with music from the also new APS Radio, M-F only 19-21; at 2051 modulation if not carrier cuts off and on and off and on, hard to tell which on non-BFO receiver. Only fair signal on 355 degree antenna, same as 9395 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WRMI 7780: From my recording last Sunday evening, 2-3 June 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 (#536) 2130 World of Radio (#1984) 2200 Bob Biermann's Your Weekend Show 2300 Full Gospel Broadcast (again, tape bleed through on screams) 2330 Shortwave Radiogram (#102) 0000 Radio Slovakia International in Slovak 0030 Radio Slovakia International in English 0100 Wavescan (#536) 0130 Through the Cross Ministry with Pastor Chuck 0200 Radio Prague in English [and 0230: WORLD OF RADIO! gh] (-- Richard Langley, WOR iog via DXLD) 5800, June 3 at 1025, Oldies and soon WRMI ID on unlisted frequency we have heard them testing(?) before, but what are the details? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1985, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Jeff, Heard 5800 again this morning with Oldies, ID at 1025 UT. I still don`t see this on your schedule grid, so please fill us in on: XMTR #, antenna azimuth, power, hours, System(s), any other programming? Tnx, (Glenn to Jeff White, WRMI, June 3, via DXLD) No reply received WRMI 5800: June 5th at 0000 to 0045 UT, heard remotedly on SDR in Cape Canaveral, Florida US state. 5800.017 USA UNID, - jazz at 0005 UT S=7 or -86dBm \\ 5950 kHz WRMI Okeechobee. Warm Up procedure WRMI transmitter unit parked here? wb (Wolfgang Bueschel, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1985, DXLD) 21525, June 3 at 2054, WRMI Radio Africa is in strangely-accented evangelical French, S8 but deep fades to S1, best heard in a long time thanks to sporadic E opening also into the FM band (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See report on that below OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHER: ** U S A. 7505, June 2 at 0116, WRNO is OFF; seems it has been whenever checked for a few days now; you never know, then it will be back there as if nothing had happened (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5970, June 5 at 0351, no signal from RCM, WEWN Spanish. Had been reliable here at night and 12050 at day (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5890, June 6 at 0415, WWCR is S9+10 of dead air except for some hum, about same level as modulated 5935; at 0453, 5890 is off and 5935 has declined to VP level (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 17774.995, KVOH Voice of Hope, Rancho Simi, CA, S=4 or -106dBm tiny. 1602 UT on June 1st. English sermon. Log 1600-1700 UT on June 1st traced and heard from SDR unit in Edmonton Alberta Canada. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 1, WOR iog via DXLD) ** U S A. Good signal of World Harvest Radio International WHRI Angel 1, June 1 2100-2200 13700 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg WeEu English Sat May 5-Aug.31 2100-2200 11750 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg WeEu English Sat from Sept.1 2200-2400 11750 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg WeEu English Sat/Sun May 5-Aug.3 2200-2400 9505 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg WeEu English Sat/Sun from Aug.4 Wrong frequency announcement at 2100 on 11750 kHz, instead of 13700 Wrong frequency announcement at 2200 on 9505, instead of 11750 kHz https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/good-signal-of-world-harvest-radio-int.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 1-2, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5050, May 12, 0020, WWRB Morrison, TN, some really awful brokered religious programming with terrible Biblical interpretations and total denial of climate change. If this is what is on, it is good no one listens to SW anymore (XM, Cedar Key, Florida, via Bob Wilkner, SW Bulletin June 2 via DXLD) ** U S A. 810, WMJH, Rockford MI, 0929 May 25, 5--, AM, 120 Hz hum like from a loose cable that lost ground. 810, WMJH, Rockford MI, 0137 May 28, 5--, AM, Still 120 Hz hum obliterating any audio. Sent fax about the issue. 810, WMJH, Rockford MI, 1720 May 30, 5--, AM, Decided to call their phone as listed with radio-locator.com (616)451-0551. Got a Spanish speaking YL (this station plays “Regional Mexican”) ESL who transferred me to an OM ESL. A Grand Rapids # but no telling where I’m speaking to. They are aware of the problem and are sending an engineer to the station on Monday (this is Thursday). 4 days from now? Go figure. I spot checked them last night about 11 PM EDT, carrier and hum still on. This is listed as a daytime only (Jack Amelar, Lowell MI, Kenwood TS-480 +Long wire antenna, MARE Tip Sheet May 31 via DXLD) But remember, big far away corporate ownership of stations is not a problem according to the FCC --- Right. --kvz]. (Kenneth Vito Zichi, ed., ibid.) ** U S A [and non]. AM 580 & 1150 --- On my car radio on the way home tonight I was getting loud Spanish contemporary Christian music on 1150 fighting with KEIB. ID as "la nueva Kasa AM 5-80" and it was indeed // 580. So KSAZ-580 [Marana AZ] and KCKY-1150 [Coolidge AZ] have apparently restarted the format that used to run on KCKY-1150 and KASA-1540. Don't know if there have been any call changes. Also on 1150 I'm getting classical music which is almost certainly a rare visit from XEUAS. Hard to identify (they hardly ID all night) but they should be easily matched to their web stream. 73 (Tim Hall, near San Diego, UT June 2, ABDX yg via DXLD) ** U S A. 1230, May 31 at 0155 UT, looking for DX in absence of WBBZ Ponca City, but now it`s after sunset when there is plenty of other QRM: briefly atop is a Rangers silly baseball game, 0156 break for ad, but if local cannot copy it. DF seems NNW/SSE. Texas Rangers provides map and station list on one page as of 5.21.19! https://content.mlb.com/documents/5/4/8/302771548/2019_Map_Rangers_Radio_Network_Coverage_Area.pdf On 1230, there are two: KSEY Haskell TX, near Wichita Falls, SSW of here, W of Arlington KSST Sulphur Springs, in NE TX, SE of here, E of Arlington (but in Waco not on KWTX), so KSST is more likely by DF. I am no station-counter so less than 100% certainty is no problem. It is what it is (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See UNIDENTIFIED ** U S A. 1240, June 2 at 1301 UT, Wichita, ``Sports Radio KFH, 1240 AM, 97.5 FM`` and join ESPN. 97.5 is a mere translator, K248CY, per NRC AM Log, yet misquotes ID as with 98.7 FM. WTFDA FM Database shows 98.7 as KNSS-FM, News/Talk, CoL Clearwater not Wichita, and not // with 1330 AM altho that is now KNSS, since 1330 & 1240 swapped calls several years ago. I slid up here after another attempt to ID anything on non-WBBZ 1230 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Licenses cancelled 5-21-19: KFKB-1490 Forks, Washington 5-29-19: KHRA-1460 Honolulu, Hawaii (via Dennis Gibson, June 1, IRCA iog via DXLD) KFKB has been a WOR affiliate in the NW tip of the conterminous USA; 1490 has been off the air for a few years, but programming was moved to an HD FM channel (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. It seems that the sporadic E DX season has been slow to start this year, with only one FM log in May, but as I am napping to Dvorak`s New World Symphony from 90.1 KUCO-FM, on the PL-880 some occasional interruptions at 2105 UT June 3, by NPR ATC --- could have been KHCC in KS, but more like sporadic E volatility. Since I am then getting only FL and GA, 90.1 could be WJUF Inverness FL. But more likely: WXVS, WAYCROSS GA, 79.0/77.6 kW, 280.0m, 31-13-17, 82-34-24, GEORGIA PUBLIC RADIO. Further chex don`t get any ID on this, but I start tuning around for more DX. 90.7, June 3 at 2105 UT, NPR ATC //90.1. This is one of few `open` frequencies here besides plenty of ACI above and below. Surely WMFE-FM Orlando. 100 kW at 223m. 90.7 soon overtaken by smooth jazz. Jazz is the format of another closer FL, WKGC-FM Panama City, 100 kW. 92.1, June 3 at 2112 UT, local KAMG-LP is still on with dead air, but manipulating the antenna can allow some other stations to capture. First, something in Spanish that is not KAMG! M&W conversation. 2120, another peak with a phone number starting 904-469. AC 904 is the NE corner of FL around Jacksonville. Another peak at 2131 discussing in Spanish préstamos – loans from FHA and USDA. WTFDA FM Database has three SS on 92.1 in FL, but this is the only one that fits: WJXR, 92.1, MACCLENNY FL, 25.0 kW H&V, 100.0m, 30-17-54, 82-00-55, Spanish, TROPICAL, LATINA 92.1 92.1, June 3 at 2113 UT, Spanish WJXR is replaced by English talk, 2118 ad for Guardian Bank, program promos on Talk 92.1, back to Ben Shapiro Show. Guardian Bank is in Valdosta GA, near Adel, and that slogan matches only this: WDDQ 92.1 ADEL GA 2.6 kW H&V, 154.1m, 31-08-15, 83-23-41, TALK, TALK 92.1, //WSFB 1490 93.3, June 3 at 2133 UT, ad for car dealers on ``Mile of Life`` (?), ``93.3 The Beat``. That leads to: WJBT, 93.3, CALLAHAN FL, 98.0 kW H&V, 302.0m, 30-16-51, 81-34-13, HD, 1C99 BOGUS KEUB, Rhythm and Blues, URBAN CONTEMPORARY, 93.3 THE BEAT The thing is, I was tuned to 93.1; on 93.3 itself there was nothing but CCI hash. BTW before 2130 I added the DX-398 with RDS capability, but none of the Es DX signals were strong or stable enough to display any. 99.5, Unidentified, June 3 at 2138 UT ad in Spanish by super-hype voice actor, fades for ID, mentions Guerrero. There are no 99.5s in that state. If I am still getting Florida, could be WLLY-FM in Palm Beach Gardens, 6 kW H&V, 100m; or a bit of KBIJ, Guymon OK groundwave, 100 kW, 82.0m (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. America's rural radio stations are vanishing – and taking the country's soul with them --- At a time when local newspapers are disappearing, the loss of a radio station leaves a community with another cultural and informational gap. . . by Debbie Weingarten in Willcox, Arizona https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/jun/06/radio-silence-how-the-disappearance-of-rural-stations-takes-americas-soul-with-them (via Benn Kobb, DXLD) Case study of KHIL 1250; recommended (gh) In my totally biased opinion, as someone who has worked professionally in radio broadcasting for four decades, deregulation was surely the worst thing that ever happened to the industry. And it's not just commercial radio. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting's policies have made it much easier for large, urban NPR stations to take over and homogenize smaller ones in the name of "efficiency." CPB and the Big Stations say this improves the "listener experience." It's a crock. 73, (Andy Robins, Kalamazoo, Michigan USA, WOR iog via DXLD) Has that happened to WMUK? (gh, DXLD) ** UZBEKISTAN [and non]. BBC correspondent is accredited in Uzbekistan Date: 05.06.2019 Last updated: 05.06.2019 at 16.08 The BBC’s presence in Uzbekistan has been boosted with the accreditation of Avaz Takhirov as the BBC’s correspondent based in Tashkent. At its launch in 1994, the BBC Uzbek Service announced two objectives: to bring Uzbekistan to the world, and the world to Uzbekistan. This accreditation ensures that news from the Uzbek-speaking world, now reinforced with direct reporting from Uzbekistan, will have an even greater impact and visibility across the full range of BBC News global platforms in more than 40 languages. In a move that has been welcomed by international organisations, the Uzbekistan authorities recently unblocked several websites including bbc.com/uzbek. Following the signing of a memorandum of understanding on editorial collaboration between the BBC and Uzbekistan’s popular TV channel Sevimli TV, BBC Uzbek journalists have been working with the channel on a number of projects. BBC News Uzbek offers content tailored for Uzbek-speakers in Uzbekistan as well as Afghanistan and the rest of the world, and is one of the largest international news providers in the region. In addition to the website bbc.com/uzbek, BBC News Uzbek connects with audiences via Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter and Odnoklassniki as well as Telegram. The BBC’s 10-minute TV news bulletin for Uzbek-speakers in Afghanistan has a weekly audience of 1.8 million. https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2019/avaz-takhirov-uzbekistan (via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, DXLD) but at what cost? ** VATICAN. Vatican Radio Special Liturgy Pope in Romania, June 2 0820-1020 7250 SMG 250 kW / 055 deg to EaEu Romanian Sun, very good 0820-1020 9645 SMG 250 kW / 060 deg to EaEu Romanian Sun, very good https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/vatican-radio-special-liturgy-pope.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 1-2, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VIETNAM. 610-Voice of the People of Ho Chi Minh City-- Weird! File review continues from April's Hong Kong Ultralight DXpedition, with quite a few bizarre surprises. This 610 kHz station (yes, that is its correct frequency) from ex-Saigon, Vietnam was pounding in at an S9 level on the Hong Kong waterfront at 1351 on 4-7, apparently oblivious to the fact that the rest of Asia has switched to the 9 kHz band plan. Darn it -- with that monster 2 kHz het, I thought I had a TP for sure :-) 610 Voice of the People of Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 200 kW Strange Viet program on a strange frequency; an elderly male speaker (war veteran?) apparently tries to keep old army memories alive. Completely dominant over the 612 kHz stations on the Hong Kong waterfront at 1350 on 4-7, and causing a huge 2 kHz het on the 612 frequency. Apparently not related to VoV. Maybe the holdout 610 frequency is part of the Vietnam War memory, and they don't want to change it? https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/seiicka9zarlfht3o7xlagiwm896psxn (Gary DeBock (DXing in Hong Kong from April 2-9), June 7, irca iog via DXLD) see DX-PEDITIONS Gary, I do remember from years ago in the WRTH that the Vietnamese did hold onto former South Vietnamese Saigon radio transmitters and continued to operate them on 10 kHz channels. Perhaps this is one of them? 73, (Walt Salmaniw, ibid.) Thanks Walt, I thought that there was some bizarre reason like that for the 610-Saigon (a.k.a. Ho Chi Minh City) transmitter! Being somewhat curious about this station and its programming, I tuned into 610 kHz a few times on the evenings after that and forced myself to listen to this elderly dude and his Vietnamese soliloquy. My guess is that this station is not a serious contender in the ratings competition, but that his Vietnam War ramblings will continue be broadcast throughout Southeast Asia indefinitely. 73, (Gary, ibid.) One would think the Finns would be able to find a 610 kHz Asian with the western hemisphere in daylight (Mark Connelly, MA, ibid.) Hi Mark, yes, it is heard here in the winter sometimes and it will be even easier now that Moscow 612 kHz is closed. Right now at 2100 with poor conditions just a carrier visible. Also a CNR transmitter has been reported on 610 kHz in Japan. Better in Nanning: http://nnsdr.proxy.kiwisdr.com:8073/?f=610.00amz10 (Mauno Ritola, June 8, ibid.) It can also be heard on the Hanoi and Jakarta KiwiSDR receivers. It's coming in reasonably well now (2151 UT) on the Jakarta receiver with Vietnamese male, separable from whatever is on 612. The receiver's owner actually labelled 610 as "CHM VN", presumably for Ho Chi Minh Vietnam (Bruce Portzer, WA, June 8, ibid.) Right. Still stronger in Nanning, though. Hanoi seems to have a poor antenna (Mauno, ibid.) ** VIETNAM. Home/Culture Stories of Ho Chi Minh trail told by VOV war correspondents Sunday, June 2, 2019 | 3:06:34 http://vovworld.vn/en-US/culture/stories-of-ho-chi-minh-trail-told-by-vov-war-correspondents-753887.vov (VOVWORLD) - The Ho Chi Minh trail, a military supply route running from North Vietnam through Laos and Cambodia to South Vietnam, was opened in 1959. Until the end of the Ho Chi Minh campaign that led to Vietnam’s reunification in 1975, VOV war correspondents accompanied soldiers along the trail, reporting the events they witnessed. Meanwhile, VOV radio broadcasts furnished the soldiers’ “food for thought” and connected them with the world outside the jungles during those years of hardship. Former VOV reporter Le Thong remembers the day he arrived at the Truong Son Trail in 1972. The two things that impressed him most were the dramatic atmosphere there with soldiers marching and supply trucks running day and night along the trail, and the soldiers’ iron will and endurance to overcome difficulties for national salvation. What kept the soldiers’ spirits up were their little pocket radios on which they listened to VOV broadcasts with music and news from home. One of the many moving stories Thong reported in his 3 years on Truong Son trail concerned a young volunteer who always kept his radio by his side. After he was killed, his body was located by his comrades thanks to his radio, which was still playing a VOV broadcast. [WTFK?] "The soldiers considered VOV their close friend and a lifeline connecting them with the world. VOV’s broadcasts brought them news and entertained them with music," said Thong. Tran Duc Nuoi, another VOV reporter, says 4 VOV war correspondents led by Mr. Vu Duong were among the first to traverse the Truong Son trail through Vietnam’s southeastern region. Nuoi arrived at Truong Son in October, 1974 and passed through some of the fiercest battlefields along the trail, including A Sau, A Luoi, and the western portions of Thua Thien Hue province. Stories of Ho Chi Minh trail told by VOV war correspondents - ảnh 1 Vietnamese soldiers on the Truong Son Trail. (Photo: VNA) "The Voice of Vietnam was the only communications channel at that time for on-duty soldiers. Newspapers were available but only once every month and were very hard to get. Broadcasts by VOV and Liberation Radio were the two most important sources of information for the soldiers, who faced numerous hardships, even death, while marching along the trail. Those broadcasts helped ease their homesickness and the pain of their wounds, cheered them up with music, and encouraged them to fulfill their mission to reunify the country," Nuoi told VOV. VOV sent many musicians to the combat zone to entertain the soldiers and volunteers working on the trail. Revolutionary songs like “The red leaves”, “East and West of Truong Son”, and “The Hanoi song”, unified the soldiers, fortified their spirits, eased the weariness of marching, and encouraged them to complete their tasks. People’s Artist Thanh Hoa performed for soldiers on the Truong Son trail in 1974. She said it was a privilege to sing for the soldiers. "The moment I arrived at the Truong Son trail, all I could think of was what I could do for national liberation and independence, even if I had to sacrifice my life. The trail was created with the blood and sweat of many, many soldiers with a strong will and desire to fight for freedom. The trail is a symbol of national patriotism and pride," singer Thanh Hoa recalled (via gh, DXLD) ** VIETNAM [and non]. 9730 CRI - VOV go on already 3rd “A” season, both in Russian at 1630-1657. Sometimes there is also a third station heard under CRI; VOV (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF2001D, Folded Marconi ant), June Australian DX News via DXLD) ** VIRGIN ISLANDS US. 1620, 0540, WDHP regular with contemporary vocals, frequent idents for “103.5 The Reef” and even “In Barbados they love 103.5” (which seems odd given that island is 800 km away!) 15/5. Frequency is 1619.988 which I can easily ‘see’ separate from Cubans (Bryan Clark, Mangawhai, Northland, North Island, New Zealand, G33DDC Excalibur Pro & AOR7030+ with EWEs to North, Central & South America, June NZ DX Times via DXLD) ** ZAMBIA. 11680, Voice of Hope (Lusaka), *0458+ 24 May. Weak but readable with IS/ID loop ("From Zambia to the World-----the Voice of Hope", followed by quick hymn & sked/freq. info (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas, CA Executive Satellit/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) New summer [sic] A19 sched of V of Hope Africa from June 4 1200-1300 on 9680 LUV 100 kW / 000 deg to SoAf English Sat/Sun tx#1 1200-1300 on 13680 LUV 100 kW / 315 deg to WeAf English Sat/Sun tx#2 1300-1600 on 9680 LUV 100 kW / 000 deg to SoAf English Daily tx#1 1300-1600 on 13680 LUV 100 kW / 315 deg to WeAf English Daily tx#2 1600-1900 on 4965 LUV 100 kW / 000 deg to SoAf English Daily tx#1 1600-1900 on 6065 LUV 100 kW / 315 deg to WeAf English Daily tx#2 Morning broadcasts of Voice of Hope Africa are cancelled from June 4 0500-0800 on 9680 LUV 100 kW / 000 deg to SoAf English Mon-Fri tx#1 0500-0800 on 11680 LUV 100 kW / 315 deg to WeAf English Mon-Fri tx#2 In new sched again strong co-channel from RTI+CNR-1/NHK/CRI/VIRI IRIB 1200-1400 9680 TSH 100 kW / 352 deg EaAs Chinese RTI+CNR-1 Jamming 1430-1500 13680 ISS 500 kW / 090 deg WeAs Persian NHK World R.Japan 1500-1600 13680 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg WeEu Chinese China Radio Inter 1623-1720 6065 ZAH 500 kW / non-dir WeAs Pashto VIRI IRIB PARS TODAY https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/new-summer-a19-schedule-of-voice-of.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 3-4, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZANZIBAR. 6015, May 31 at 0328:50 tune-in, presumed ZBC is already on, as I was hoping to catch its cut-on, which Ron Howard says is now around 0330, JIP programming after official sign-on at 0300. S9 but I can`t hear much modulation. Others report their other frequency 11735 active but weak; I used to hear it before 2100v* but not any more (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 1230, June 5 at 0017 UT, WBBZ Ponca City is still OFF, so I try again to ID some DX on this graveyard. At the moment there is a heavy 2.0 Hz SAH, between a music station, suspected my closest KADA Ada, and some talk station (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 1390, FLORIDA (PIRATE?) unidentified, 1051 UT May 31, 2019. Maybe the biggest mystery in my 48 years of DXing. While on the frequency with WAJD, Gainesville, FL (Smooth Jazz and branding slogan as "Gainesville's Smooth Jazz 98.9 FM") and weaker WFHT, Avon Park, FL (The Whispers, O'Jays), up fades "Rocket" by Def Leppard briefly, then back up at 1100 with ZZ Top "Sharp Dressed Man" into AC/DC "You Shook Me All Night Long" then male voiced "The new 98.9, WMMO, Orlando" into Joe Perry voice snip within promo for a contest to see Aerosmith in Las Vegas, into their "Sweet Emotion" and "98.9, WMMO, Orlando's Classic Hits"and commercials, female morning jock. Indeed, parallel Orlando's WMMO FM web stream, while WAJD and WFHT continued poorly in the mix and both parallel their web streams. There's only two Florida stations on 1390, WAJD and WFHT. Signal pointed roughly ENE in the direction of Lakeland, Orlando and Daytona. Signal either abruptly off around 1200 or a rapid fade, never to return on checks, nor heard subsequent days same time. Anything much beyond Florida to the NE has already faded by this time. Suspect someone between Clearwater and Orlando was testing a transmitter on 1390, but who and why? After alerting my fellow Florida DXers about my mystery 1390 relay of Orlando's WMMO 98.9 FM heard here on May 31, David Crawford in Titusville heard what is surely the same source this morning, June 4, relaying a different 98.9, WBZE-FM "Star 98.9", Tallahassee with AC format from 0530 ET [0930 UT] until signal lost. Working theory is that someone is rogue testing a transmitter somewhere in central/north central Florida, possibly a replacement or aux transmitter, using a 'vacant' channel while the licensed existing frequency/transmitter remains on air. That, or is's a blatant pirate. No CPs exist on 1390 or adjacent channel either side in Florida. There's no 1390 in the Tallahassee market (including across the border in south Georgia). (Terry L. Krueger, All times/dates GMT, Clearwater FL, IC-R75, NRD-535, ICF-SW7600GR, longwires, active loop, WORLD OF RADIO 1985, DX LISTENING DIGEST via WOR iog) Fascinating, Terry! Consider this: A VAST increase in the past few years in "pattern and power-cheating" (like big night signals from stations not going into -- usually reduced radiation -- "night-mode" -- and thus using their daytime powers and radiation patterns). I have noted MANY stations (seemingly and quite obviously) doing this in 2018/9: Now another new example: Brother Stair in the evenings here in the Mojave Desert blaring in via what I DF and ID as 1050 KORE Springfield, OR with Stair (a la WRMI/WBCQ, etc.) totally-dominating 1050 and mixing with 1050 XED a few nights ago while I was recording the reported "final night" of 1050 XED Mexicali (03 June). Certainly NOT the night 100 watt-level that KORE is licensed to at "night" -- I allege they now sound like 5 kW day-pattern. I attest the AM-BCB in the states has gone haywire with all of this pattern and power-cheating. I allege (but can neither confirm nor deny) that a low-band (MW) station in NE CA is running 15 kW via a 50 kW xmtr that should only run 5 kW daytimes. This from a visitor to them, and the CE himself - the station trying to reach a much larger market. As of last year(!). No mention, of course "who" they are but an example of (hundreds, no?) of cheaters. WHY? It is a mystery why the standards on the MW band in the USA (other nations?) have become a bit chaotic, it would seem (Steve McGreevy, CA, WORLD OF RADIO 1985, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 1450, June 5 at 2035 UT near Perry OK on I-35, two stations mixing, one of which is certainly closest KGFF Shawnee OK, making a SAH of about 190/minute or slightly over 3 Hz. In Enid it`s KGFF vs KSIW Woodward, but now we are out of range from Woodward, so what could it be? No 1450s in eastern OK, but the next closest must be KQYX Galena KS, named for the wonderful lead mines in this SE corner of Kansas, but address in nearby Joplin MO. IIRC, call KQYX used to apply to some genuine Joplin station (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 5980, June 5 at 0350, open carrier at S9/+10. Nothing at all is scheduled, but suspect it`s Greenville B left on the air between TV Marti ending at 0300 and Radio Marti starting at 0700. No jamming audible now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 6900-AM, June 1 at 0435, JBA carrier; could be a pirate where there is not normally a carrier; even YHWH? Which I still have not been able to detect on the 7 MHz band (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 7555-LSB, June 2 at 1312, Spanish 2-way, exchanging a lot of numbers; fishing poachers catch, or drug shipments? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Glenn has reported: "9200, May 21 at 0608, mystery open carrier still, S1-S3. No one else reports it, and might suspect local to here but it does exhibit propagational fading and lots of variation in strength from one log to the next. Who cares? The thing is, it might develop into something significant or interesting if we keep after it. 9200, May 21 at 1438, JBA carrier at S6-S3 also audible this time. Now could be CNR1 jammer/Sound of Hope, which Aoki spans 2151-1530, but propagationally surely not what I am getting in the nightmiddle (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)." May 29, during a quick check, found a decent level carrier at 0429, with no audio at all, on 9200 kHz., so Glenn's UNID is not local to just him (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD) 9200, June 3 at 0610, mystery open carrier is still around, S4-S6 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 10775, June 1 at 1316, open carrier as S1-S4 and then off. Thought it might be Sound of Hope/jamming, but not listed on this frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 11800, UTILITY - Intruder, 2000 Zulu. Station type often known as "the Foghorn" (over-the-horizon radar), blasting away for several minutes here - June 4 (Rick Barton, Arizona SW Logs, Hammarlund HQ-140X & HQ-180A, RS SW-2000629, with various outdoor wires. 73 and Good Listening....! -rb, WOR iog via DXLD) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 1985: I admire your ability and dedication, and relentless contribution to international shortwave! (Joe Caberlin (pronounced KAYBURLYNN), VE1EJ, Port Colborne, Ont., (ex-Chester NS) with 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 TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED FUTURELY: 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 ++++++++++++ WORLD OF RADIO HITLIST UPDATED by ALAN ROE http://www.w4uvh.net/hitlist.htm 1) Germany - Media Broadcast: Updated link to A19 broadcast schedule (Thanks to Alan Gale in swskeds io group) 2) Greece - V of Greece: Updated link to programme schedule (web page changed from http to https) 3) Spain - REE: Updated link to now navigate to A-19 freq schedule 4) Sudan - R Tamazuj: Updated links to frequency page and archived programmes page Unless there's a major change anywhere, the next update will be late June. Best wishes and 73 (Alan Roe, May 31, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WRTH A-19 UPDATE UPDATE http://www.wrth.com/_shop/wp-content/uploads/WRTH2019IntRadioSuppl2_A19Schedules_Rev1.pdf We never got a notification, waiting and waiting for a corrected version but one was posted May 28, including the correxions we provided immediately following the original version. Look for the blue (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) REVISED TIME PIPS SPREADSHEET A revised version of this document is now available at http://www.radiodxing.com/TimePipsCatalog20190510.xlsx The document is in Excel spreadsheet format, as that permits the inclusion of links to audio clips, and graphics, and make updating easier. An explanation of the changes is contained in the "Intro" tab (Russ Edmunds, WB2BJH, Blue Bell, PA, Grid FN20id, May 31, nrc-am gg via DXLD DX-PEDITIONS ++++++++++++ Lubec, Maine DXpedition - May 23 - 28, 2019 Last week I was in Lubec, Maine birding and DXing. I stayed at the usual Quoddy House and some of you were able to listen on the KiwiSDR I had hooked up temporarily. The KiwiSDR and my own Perseus were connected to a 160’ DKAZ at 105 deg. and the web page describing what I’ve pulled off wav files so far is here: http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_qh13.php Highlites so far are South Africa on 657, 702, 729 and 828 kHz, nearly 20 Brazilians, a half-dozen Argentines and Uruguay on 770. Also of interest to some perhaps is a video I made to show-and-tell a bit about the DKAZ as I construct it: https://youtu.be/BXuES8THr_M Enjoy and good DX! (Bill Whitacre, Alexandria, VA, June 2, nrc-am gg via DXLD) Thanks, Bill, for that great report, especially at this time of the year. Not enough other DXers in the east are gearing up for the sub-equatorial possibilities of spring and summer DX. After all, May/June in Argentina or South Africa is like November/December up here. Signals are down there getting launched. High latitude stuff is suppressed by long daylight to hold back much of the interference whether TA or domestic. Throw in some aurora and it even gets better. But those sub-equatorial signals are taking a long ride so you can't attack them with a feeble location, antenna, or receiver. Picking times without local T-storms is another challenge. If doing this was easy, it wouldn't be real DXing. Chuck, you're absolutely right in saying that Bill has the best antenna set-up in the US / Canada Atlantic Coast region at this time. PEI and Newfie DXpeditions may have been in a similar "ballpark" but those don't equate to recent activity. It's been a long time since either of those sites have been active within a couple of months of summer solstice. In terms of antennas on US soil, maybe the only set-up that got close on Africa and deep South America DX was what Neil Kazaross had in Ogunquit, ME (phased Bev's) way back in the '80s. Roy Barstow's mobile set-up has done about the best of anyone here in MA on this kind of DX though his SuperLoop doesn't have quite as wide a pest-rejection null as a DKAZ. That's about it. Certainly nothing else in online KiwiSDR's even gets close and that even includes others in the New England states and eastern Canada. The Lubec site configuration meets all three of the following "bullet points" necessary for quality DX: * Seashore location * Low electrical noise / few local pest stations * Excellent antenna directivity + gain / sensitivity A properly configured DKAZ comes quite close to what a Beverage can do. Those looking at the results will realize that 0000 UTC (closest TOH to local sunset) is "money" time for late May. This is when just going a little bit inland will kill the signals. It's that critical. Decent DX is still there at 0100 UTC dim-dusk but the domestic + Cuban interference levels have started to climb. Much later in the evening, foreign DX tends more towards just the big guns, not the rarities. Spring and summer DX does exist and Bill has proved it, just like those crazy Rockworks "cliff dwellers" out west (Mark Connelly, WA1ION, South Yarmouth, MA, June 2, IRCA iog via DXLD) APRIL 2019 HONG KONG ULTRALIGHT DXPEDITION -- 531-594 kHz Loggings & MP3's For traveling DXers looking to set up gain antennas on salt water beaches, Hong Kong is about as bad as it gets. Because of the highest population density on the planet most of its beaches are either privately owned, inaccessible or overcrowded, with dubious security. The additional quirks of having loud RFI in many areas, five local AM pests and prolific mainland Chinese stations from 531-1593 kHz add to its "worst case scenario" DXing reputation. In order to make any real progress in Hong Kong AM-DXing it was necessary to "think outside of the box," taking Ultralight radios on daytime DXing trips to Macau, and Hong Kong's Rockwork-like plunging cliff of Cape D'Aguilar (the previous British administration's chosen site for the territory's long range communications antennas). A wild and wacky harbor side sunset skip session was tried on April 7th, resulting in some awesome Vietnamese, Thai and Bangladesh signals on a 5 inch FSL antenna (as well as a pretty bizarre crowd of staring Chinese onlookers). Finally, after a complete lack of long range DX on the first five days, the desperate measure of shoving a souped-up Ultralight radio outside the security window of our 12th floor apartment building around sunrise resulted in four surprising signals from eastern Europe, Africa and the Middle East. DXing in Hong Kong was a crash course in overcoming RFI, ultra-crowded beaches, five Chinese dialects and six Southeast Asian languages, but after a serious assist from the Real DX language experts the results were definitely worth the effort. Multiple unusual stations from Taiwan, Vietnam and Thailand pounded in at serious strength, many of which have never shown up on our west coast. 585-LNR in Laos managed an S9 signal, along with good signals from 1413-Oman and (briefly) 1431-Djibouti. Several mysteries from Hawaii DXing were solved by this Hong Kong trip, and vice versa. For west coast DXers looking for a close range investigation of exotic Southeast Asian targets, Hong Kong has a lot to offer-- once you get outside of the RFI-saturated motels. 531 BED34 ("I Go 531") Tacheng, Taiwan 10 kW Good level with TOH routine during daytime DX at HK's Cape D'Aguilar at 0800 on 4-6, including multiple "I Go" ID's and mention of Taipei over a weak co-channel (probably DZBR) https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/r78bqvi1iqiibrs6eu75ziylomf2bu5n 531 DZBR Batangas, Philippines 10 kW All alone at good level with TOH routine and "DZBR, Bible Radio" ID at 38 seconds at 1200 on 4-2; this was the dominant 531 station in the HK apartment during the evening https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/3jbfza194lc4dejwtzj3nj8lid2gymwk 531 Radio Thailand Maha Sarakham, Thailand 25 kW Dominating the frequency over an UnID Chinese (apparently Zhejiang, not Taiwan) during sunset skip on the Hong Kong waterfront at 1308 on 4-7 (thanks to Ken Alexander of Thailand for language identification) https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/wruzkxfrmgn11dc12uf7gj1t0nydlmq1 531 Zhejiang RGD Synchros China Rapid-paced female Mandarin speech slowly losing out to Taiwan's music program at 1623 on 4-6; this lady's voice matches that of a 531 Chinese UnID recorded in Poipu, Hawaii under JOQG, pretty much solving the mystery https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/yky03ppbd1i7janb9ync2ga34npk4unh 540 CNR1 Danzhou, Hainan? Chinese opera // 639 mixing with female Thai from Bangkok at 1310 on 4-7; CNR1 is a daytimer at Hong Kong's Cape D'Aguilar, presumably from the 10 kW Hainan transmitter https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/i1m9bmnvlpae7bicn0j5zbk7il94hte4 540 DZWT Baguio, Philippines 10 kW Mixing with CNR1 during daytime DX at Hong Kong's Cape D'Aguilar at 0754 on 4-6, with a strong "DZWT" ID at 9 seconds; because of the overwhelming strength of CNR1, this was only received at Cape D'Aguilar https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/kt8r8aeoobpkcshgsb88sqnwuyipddi2 540 Yan Kraw Bangkok, Thailand 5 kW Thai female speech building up strength against CNR1 at 1310 on 4-7 (thanks to Jari Savolainen for language identification) https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/rvp67o0ezkjvuxzrgrodkwo3s6sxytv0 549 CNR5 Fujian, China 1200 kW Daytime DX signal with female speech in Chinese dialect into HK's Cape D'Aguilar at 0803 on 4-6; the weak co-channel was identified by Alan Davies as VOV-2 from My Hao, and as such was the only Vietnamese daytime DX station received in Hong Kong https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/eqcne7yrac1ovms9hrlphomnt7jb78hd 549 VOV-2 My Hao, Vietnam 200 kW Vietnamese opera and male Viet speech at overwhelming level on the Hong Kong waterfront at 1313 on 4-7; this station was the only Vietnam daytimer showing up at Hong Kong's Cape D'Aguilar. The weak co-channel at 1:08 was possibly the 1200 kW CNR5, also a daytimer at the Cape .Thanks to Jari Savolainen for Viet language identification https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/9b46fabrtb3ri8rwrzja5pl2nfaobrb9 567 RTHK-3 Golden Hill, Hong Kong 20 kW English format local station at overwhelming strength with 6-pip TOH routine at 0600 on 4-3 during a daytime DX trip to Macau (50 miles west of HK) https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/sa65kixhe4fi7ejutkhd145x5znyma9v The normally English local station was broadcasting a Nepali program at 1317 on 4-7, causing serious confusion during sunset skip DXing on the Hong Kong waterfront. Thanks to C.K. Raman, Jari Savolainen and Ken Alexander for sorting out the language and station identity of RTHK-3 in Nepali https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/v429uic14cwinjce8op1slh9wn7up3em 567 UnID From 25 seconds to 45 seconds in the above recording attempts were made to null out RTHK, resulting in a co-channel with a male voice, possibly from the 200 kW Lao station (although 567-LNR is not parallel with 585-LNR, so there was no way to be sure) https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/v429uic14cwinjce8op1slh9wn7up3em. 585 Lao National Radio Savannakhet, Laos 20 kW Distinctive female vocal music and Southeast Asian dialect received during sunset skip on the HK waterfront at 1329 on 4-7 was identified by the wife of Thailand's Ken Alexander (a native speaker) as being "Phu Thai," spoken only in the central border region of Laos and Thailand (where this LNR regional station is located), and not in the north and south parts of Thailand (where the two Thai stations on 585 are located). The distinctive multi-toned instrument in the music was also heard on 705 kHz in another recording, but 702-China was too strong to receive any other details at the time https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/yp6kjfbzb7b4510ln0b7657imo98p3ce 585 Southeast BC Fuzhou, China 200 kW Daytime DX signal into HK's Cape D'Aguilar at good strength at 0805 on 4-6; this Taiwan-directed station often features a female speaker with a soothing voice https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/iqi3nczbk8jucyljf87d1hvbr19vdlqo Female Chinese speech mixing with LNR's music at 1321 on 4-7, most likely from China Southeast BC in Fuzhou (a daytimer at HK's Cape D'Aguilar) https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/a3is6xznwxg1o3elviga7hi8tmudea7y 585 UnID-Chinese Two overlapping Chinese TOH routines received at good strength at 1700 on 4-6; according to PAL Southeast BC in Fuzhou signs off at 1650, so these two stations are a mystery-- any ID help? https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/w6p8dmhtge9yh1wl82mjn5ozo10myrsu 594 Fu Hsing BS (multiple Taiwan stations) Female Chinese speech at overwhelming level during daytime DX at HK's Cape D'Aguilar at 0807 on 4-6; the weak co-channel is possibly DZBB in Quezon City https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/9dmzar3h2typo4m8ifuf41xygagnyx6u The dominant station at the beginning of this Hong Kong waterfront recording at 1336 on 4-7 (over VoV's male monotone) was tough to figure out, but it's most likely a Chinese dialect from this Taiwan broadcaster, a daytimer at HK's Cape D'Aguilar-- especially considering that Babul Gupta says that this is not Burmese from Radio Myanma. There is also a music station in the three station mix, which could be the UnID Filipino station also showing up as a daytimer at HK's Cape D'Aguilar https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/epl64nxiw7fly2xyp7rwzgi9dtekhbjm 594 VOV-1 Danang, Vietnam 50 kW Opera and male Viet speech at overwhelming level at 1339 on 4-7; thanks to Mauno for language identification https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/d3s6l2ty9s69niien33tjvgmio75lbnh 594 UnID-Philippines Daytime DX co-channel under Taiwan's Fu Hsing BS at HK's Cape D'Aguilar at 0807 on 4-6; although no identity clues seem apparent, DZBB in Quezon City would follow the Filipino reception pattern at the Cape https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/9dmzar3h2typo4m8ifuf41xygagnyx6u (TO BE CONTINUED) (Gary DeBock, NRC-AM gg via DXLD) CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES +++++++++++++++++++++++++ EDXC ANDORRA Friday 6 - Monday 9 September If demand is high enough, there will be an EDXC coach leaving Toulouse on Thursday 5 September at around 1700 local time, to arrive in Andorra about 4 hours later. Email Chrissylb@hotmail.co.uk if you wish to reserve a place on the coach. There will be a visit to Radio Valira in Andorra on the morning of Friday 6 September. Conference registration will take place in the afternoon and the conference sessions will begin that evening. There will also be a visit to Radio Andorra on the Saturday. A coach will depart Andorra on Sunday afternoon for Toulouse and there will be a day of sightseeing in Toulouse on Monday 9 September. Updates and other information at https://edxcnews.wordpress.com For other events see the club website http://www.bdxc.org.uk and http://rsgb.org/main/news/rallies (June BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) With the EDXC conference being in Andorra, it reminded me of summer holidays I had in the south of France, with trips to Andorra thrown in. Andorra is a tiny Principality high up in the Pyrenees mountains between Spain and France. It is famous for its skiing and shops selling very cheap alcohol and clocks and watches! According to Wikipedia it has the seventh highest level of alcohol consumption in the world, with 13.8 litres per person. I have visited two or three times in the summer. The drive up is impressive but the place itself is basically one road and is fairly unimpressive. AWR at one stage had a shortwave transmitter there and I remember getting the QSL back. You go to Andorra if you want to cross a country off your list, buy some alcohol, fill the car up cheaply, or go skiing. Catalan is the language of the country and the local peseta is the currency (anon., June NZ DX Times via DXLD) MUSEA +++++ D-DAY AT CBS Paul W. White was head of CBS News on D-Day. In an out-of-print book he called "News On The Air" he takes us through his newsroom's preparation for the D-Day announcement. It's fascinating reading. http://www.durenberger.com/documents/CBSWHITEDDAY.pdf (via Mark Durenberger, June 4, nrc-am gg via DXLD) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See INDIA; KUWAIT ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV See MEXICO; OKLAHOMA; PROPAGATION ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ MORSE CODE REVOLUTIONIZED COMMUNICATIONS 175 YEARS AGO By Eddie King, https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/morse-code-revolutionized-communications-175-years-ago/2019/05/31/08f1a2c0-7cd1-11e9-8ede-f4abf521ef17_print.html?noredirect=on The first message sent by Morse code's dots and dashes across a long distance traveled from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore on Friday, May 24, 1844 -- 175 years ago. It signaled the first time in human history that complex thoughts could be communicated at long distances almost instantaneously. Until then, people had to have face-to-face conversations; send coded messages through drums, smoke signals and semaphore systems; or read printed words. Thanks to Samuel F.B. Morse, communication changed rapidly, and has been changing ever faster since. He invented the electric telegraph in 1832. It took six more years for him to standardize a code for communicating over telegraph wires. In 1843, Congress gave him $30,000 to string wires between the nation's capital and nearby Baltimore. When the line was completed, he conducted a public demonstration of long-distance communication. Morse wasn't the only one working to develop a means of communicating over the telegraph, but his is the one that has survived. The wires, magnets and keys used in the initial demonstration have given way to smartphones' on-screen keyboards, but Morse code has remained fundamentally the same, and is still -- perhaps surprisingly -- relevant in the 21st century. Although I have learned, and relearned, it many times as a Boy Scout, an amateur radio operator and a pilot, I continue to admire it and strive to master it. Morse's key insight in constructing the code was considering how frequently each letter is used in English. The most commonly used letters have shorter symbols: "E," which appears most often, is signified by a single "dot." By contrast, "Z," the least used letter in English, was signified by the much longer and more complex "dot-dot-dot (pause) dot." In 1865, the International Telecommunications Union changed the code to account for different character frequencies in other languages. There have been other tweaks since, but "E" is still "dot," though "Z" is now "dash-dash-dot-dot." The reference to letter frequency makes for extremely efficient communications: Simple words with common letters can be transmitted very quickly. Longer words can still be sent, but they take more time. The communications system that Morse code was designed for – analogue connections over metal wires that carried a lot of interference and needed a clear on-off type signal to be heard -- has evolved significantly. The first big change came just a few decades after Morse's demonstration. In the late 19th century, Guglielmo Marconi invented radiotelegraph equipment, which could send Morse code over radio waves, rather than wires. The shipping industry loved this new way to communicate with ships at sea, either from ship to ship or to shore-based stations. By 1910, U.S. law required many passenger ships in U.S. waters to carry wireless sets for sending and receiving messages. After the Titanic sank in 1912, an international agreement required some ships to assign a person to listen for radio distress signals at all times. That same agreement designated "SOS" -- "dot-dot-dot dash-dash-dash dot-dot-dot" -- as the international distress signal, not as an abbreviation for anything but because it was a simple pattern that was easy to remember and transmit. The Coast Guard discontinued monitoring in 1995. The requirement that ships monitor for distress signals was removed in 1999, though the U.S. Navy still teaches at least some sailors to read, send and receive Morse code. Aviators also use Morse code to identify automated navigational aids. These are radio beacons that help pilots follow routes, traveling from one transmitter to the next on aeronautical charts. They transmit their identifiers -- such as "BAL" for Baltimore -- in Morse code. Pilots often learn to recognize familiar-sounding patterns of beacons in areas they fly frequently. There is a thriving community of amateur radio operators who treasure Morse code, too. Among amateur radio operators, Morse code is a cherished tradition tracing back to the earliest days of radio. Some of them may have begun in the Boy Scouts, which has made learning Morse variably optional or required over the years. The Federal Communications Commission required all licensed amateur radio operators to demonstrate proficiency in Morse code until a rule change in December 2006. The FCC does still issue commercial licenses that require Morse proficiency, but no jobs require it anymore. Because its signals are so simple -- on or off, long or short – Morse code can also be used by flashing lights. Many navies around the world use blinker lights to communicate from ship to ship when they don't want to use radios or when radio equipment breaks down. The U.S. Navy is actually testing a system that would let a user type words and convert it to blinker light. A receiver would read the flashes and convert it back to text. Skills learned in the military helped an injured man communicate with his wife across a rocky beach using only his flashlight in 2017. Perhaps the most notable modern use of Morse code was by Navy pilot Jeremiah Denton, while he was a prisoner of war in Vietnam. In 1966, about one year into a nearly eight-year imprisonment, Denton was forced by his North Vietnamese captors to participate in a video interview about his treatment. While the camera focused on his face, he blinked the Morse code symbols for "torture," confirming for the first time U.S. fears about the treatment of service members held captive in North Vietnam. Blinking Morse code is slow, but has also helped people with medical conditions that prevent them from speaking or communicating in other ways. A number of devices -- including iPhones and Android smartphones -- can be set up to accept Morse code input from people with limited motor skills. There are still many ways people can learn Morse code, and practice using it, even online. In emergency situations, it can be the only mode of communications that will get through. Beyond that, there is an art to Morse code, a rhythmic, musical fluidity to the sound. Sending and receiving it can have a soothing or meditative feeling, too, as the person focuses on the flow of individual characters, words and sentences. Sometimes the simplest tool is all that's needed to accomplish the task. Eddie King is a PhD student in electrical engineering at the University of South Carolina. This report was originally published on theconversation.com (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) NEW DESIGN (2019) FSL ANTENNAS Five years after introduction by the U.K.'s Graham Maynard the Ferrite Sleeve Loop antenna suddenly got a new design mission-- shrink down in size and weight to become the ultimate overseas traveling companion. As such, the ocean cliff-dwelling gain monsters suddenly fell out of favor, and a new breed of compact, TSA-friendly beach thrillers was launched. A relentless A/B testing program has continued for 3 years, trying every possible trick to make the "Frequent Flyers" more sensitive, lightweight and compact. Last summer at the Rockwork cliff Craig Barnes played a major part in this effort by informing me that his 5" Bar FSL had apparently accumulated a few too many air travel miles, and couldn't tune down to 531 kHz. This resulted in an all-out search for a variable cap replacement-- ending up with the much more effective "384P" component from Oren Elliot Products (and Mike's Electronic Parts). Augmented by the new, razor-sharp tuning variable cap, Craig's 5" FSL was running circles around my own models in detailed A/B testing here in Puyallup. The obvious choice was to replace the variable caps in all the 5" Bar Frequent Flyer FSL's-- including one which would go to Poipu, Hawaii in November. The transformation changed the tiny FSL into a compact DXing firecracker, which ended up tracking down MW-DX from Oman, Egypt, Iran, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Cambodia, Bonaire and many other exotic locations on the Poipu beach. But what about the ferrite rod "Frequent Flyers?" What would the new "384P" variable caps do for them? It turns out that the transformation has been just as thrilling, and has resulted in a new, compact 3 inch "Baby FSL" design, which packs a huge amount of performance into the smallest, most lightweight "Frequent Flyer" antenna yet. The plan is to thoroughly demonstrate the new 3 inch "Baby FSL" model at the IRCA convention this September, along with the new 4 inch Bar FSL antenna (using 17 of the Russian surplus 100mm x 20mm x 3mm bars) and various "supercharged" Ultralights (and several XHDATA D-808's). See you there! 73 and Good DX, (Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA), June 5, IRCA iog via DXLD) Wow, 3 and 4” FSLs! Almost pocket sized! Just what the enthusiast needs! Thanks, Gary for your work. 73, Walt Salmaniw, ibid.) Thanks Walt, I'm just doing my part to support the Ukrainian economy. With so much ferrite being exported from Odessa and Kharkiv, the Soviet-era factories might need to start up another production run soon? Actually a pocket-sized FSL is being designed, inspired by the wacky DXing environment of Hong Kong. When you draw way too much attention by setting up a gain antenna on a PVC base, you need something surreptitious, with gain somewhere in between a "supercharged" Ultralight and a "Frequent Flyer" FSL. Necessity is the Mother of Invention :-) (Gary, ibid.) Totally agree, Gary! For me, I'd have a difficult time travelling with the base. I'd prefer to sit quietly and pull out a small package from my back pack along with the ULR! 73, (Walt, ibid.) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ TV E-SKIP ANALOGUE YESTERDAY AND DTV TODAY FROM SC PLUS TV AMP EVALUATION Yesterday ch 3 Cubavision CMEC-3 or CMKC-3 was in and out occasionally for over an hour. They simulcast Cubavision and are both Z offset so don't know how to separate them. Nothing on ch 2 broke through though I did see some signal build up on the ch 2 audio on 55.75 NBFM with my Air Spy Mini and 50 MHz beam pointed toward Cuba and DR. What's left on ch 2 down that way? Today my best DTV E-skip catch ever- CHAU-1 channel 3, Sainte-Marguerite-Marie , QC at 1195 miles. It reportedly runs 1.68 KW with an antenna 1819' ASL and about 650' AGL. It was decoded on this Rabbit Ears/HD Home Run scanning tuner with a 4 el ch 3 yagi at 80 feet aimed northeast. While the skip was in, i was up on the roof changing out some old RG-59 coax for some newer RG-6 coax to my chimney mounted .MXV-5000. I also bought a Radio Shack ONN "outdoor antenna amplifier" for $25.00 yesterday at Walmart. The ONN comes with no NF or gain information. I find no technical evaluations on the web. I did some A/B testing in the shack yesterday using both a TV and my Air Spy Mini on both VHF and UHF channels comparing the ONN with a recently acquired PCT-MA2-2P drop amplifier which is rated at 11 dB gain per port. The ONN and the PCP seem to have similar gain and NF [noise figure]. I wish someone would do a technical analysis. I did see some signal improvement with the ONN amplifier in line (only with filters also in line) compared without amplification, so the ONN amp seems to have a better NF than the HD Home Run tuner. On both VHF and UHF the ONN amplifier needed an LTE filter in order to work well. I live on a hill with two cell phone towers within 300 yards of me. An FM filter also may have helped a little on VHF though I got conflicting results in a number of tests. In any case, the ONN amplifier exceeded my low expectations. After changing out the coax, I added the ONN amp and a LTE filter to the MXV-5100 yagi so i have another potential E-skip antenna working (Doug Allen, K4LY, Inman, SC EM85wb, June 3, WTFDA gg via DXLD) CHANNEL 2 E-SKIP KHME AT 1283 MILES This morning I learned something. Old dog story! I have more gain on ch 2 off the back of my M2 5 el 6M beam than off the front! The first reflector is probably the right dimension for a director. Rotating the 6M beam and monitoring the pilot carrier shows about a 6 dB improvement in SS [signal strength?] off the back compared to the front. When I came in the shack around 8 AM local, my HD Home Run tuner, configured to scan ch 13-2 with Mike G's software, showed had just decoded KHME at 1283 miles, and there was still plenty of signal coming in on CH2, but no more decodes. In fact, there were two strong signals near the 54.310 pilot frequency, both about the same signal strength, so no decodes. This was easily seen on the Air Spy Mini and SDR Console software using an amplified PCT splitter to both the Air Spy and the HD Home Run. Since one signal has to be about 15 dB stronger than the noise floor or any other signal to decode on DTV, I moved the antenna back and forth, but the two SS remained similar, so the other signal may have been KNOP, North Platte, in the same direction. By leaving the 6M beam pointed SE over night (because there had been some ch 3 skip from the Caribbean last night), I actually improved my chances of decoding stations to the NW! And I would have had a much better chance to see IDs on the Caribbean ch 3 station if I had had the Ch 2 yagi pointing NNW. Why did it take me so long to realize that! My two other VHF-LO antennas were also pointed away from WNW, and there were no decodes with the ch 3 yagi scanning ch 2, 3, and 4 (again MikeG's software) which had decoded ch 3 CHAU-1 yesterday or the chimney mounted MTV-5100 left on Ch 2 with the TV. This was the third time I have decoded ch 2 KHME in 5 years of TV Dxing here. I've decoded ch 2 KNOP more often, but not this year so far. PS The E-skip continues here and now favors NE and Caribbean according to www.dxmaps and my Air Spy signal strengths, but no decodes so far (Doug K4LY Inman, SC EM85wb, June 5, WTFDA gg via DXLD) KHME = Rapid City SD, ex KOTA A3 --- no, Bing, it`s not KHMER! (gh) :Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts :Issued: 2019 Jun 03 0154 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 27 May - 02 June 2019 Solar activity was at very low levels. No sunspots were observed on the visible disk. The strongest flare of the period reached B2 at 01/1454 UTC and was from around the E. limb. 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 27-28 May, moderate levels on 29 May and moderate to high levels on 31 May - 02 Jun. The increase in electron flux was due to increased solar wind speeds from a negative polarity CH HSS. Geomagnetic field activity ranged from quiet to active levels. A weak, slow-moving transient was observed on 27 May, resulting in quiet to unsettled conditions. Total magnetic field strength reached a peak of 12 nT and no significant periods of southward Bz were observed. Solar wind speeds for the transient were between 320-380 km/s. Late on 28 May, an increase in solar winds to between 500-550 km/s was observed, producing unsettled conditions through 29 May, with an isolated period of active during the 29/0300-0600 synoptic period. The geomagnetic field returned to quiet levels after 30/0300 UTC as effects from the negative polarity CH HSS slowly waned. Quiet conditions were observed for the remainder of the reporting period. Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 03 June - 29 June 2019 Solar activity is expected to be at very low levels throughout the reporting 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 03-06 Jun, 09-10 Jun and 26-29 Jun; moderate levels are expected on 07-08 Jun, 11-22 Jun and on 25 Jun. Normal levels are expected for the remainder of the outlook period. All increases in electron flux are anticipated due to multiple, recurrent CH HSSs. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to remain below G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm levels. Active conditions are likely on 25 Jun; unsettled conditions are likely on 03-05 Jun, 08-09 Jun, 23-24 Jun and 26 Jun. Elevated levels of geomagnetic activity are anticipated due to multiple, recurrent CH HSSs. Quiet conditions are expected for the remainder of the outlook period. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2019 Jun 03 0154 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 2019-06-03 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2019 Jun 03 71 8 3 2019 Jun 04 72 8 3 2019 Jun 05 72 8 3 2019 Jun 06 72 5 2 2019 Jun 07 72 5 2 2019 Jun 08 72 8 3 2019 Jun 09 72 8 3 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 72 5 2 2019 Jun 15 72 5 2 2019 Jun 16 72 5 2 2019 Jun 17 71 5 2 2019 Jun 18 70 5 2 2019 Jun 19 70 5 2 2019 Jun 20 70 5 2 2019 Jun 21 70 5 2 2019 Jun 22 70 5 2 2019 Jun 23 70 8 3 2019 Jun 24 70 10 3 2019 Jun 25 70 12 4 2019 Jun 26 70 8 3 2019 Jun 27 70 5 2 2019 Jun 28 70 5 2 2019 Jun 29 70 5 2 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1985, DXLD) TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING ++++++++++++++++++++++++ CAN CHURCH AND STATE BE SEPARATE IN A MORE RELIGIOUSLY DIVERSE AMERICA? [with PLAY audio link below] June 11, 2019 Activists hold posters during a rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court to support separation of church and state, March 2, 2005, in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) [caption] With Sacha Pfeiffer Increasing numbers of Americans say they have no religious affiliation. They’re making their voices heard in the public square and at the Supreme Court. Guests Jay Wexler, professor at Boston University School of Law. Former lawyer at the U.S. Department of Justice. Author of "Our Non-Christian Nation: How Atheists, Satanists, Pagans, and Others Are Demanding Their Rightful Place in Public Life." (@SCOTUSHUMOR) Debbie Goddard, vice president of programs for American Atheists, a nonprofit dedicated to defending the civil liberties of atheists, and advocating for the complete separation of church and state. (@DebGod) From The Reading List Excerpt from "Our Non-Christian Nation" by Jay Wexler INTRODUCTION The residents of Belle Plaine, Minnesota, would probably like the world to think that the town’s population is 6,600 or 6,700, but according to the 2010 census (and as reported on the highway signs that mark the town borders), its actual population is 6,661. With a number like that, could it really be just a coincidence that this homey, homogeneous hamlet about forty minutes southwest of Minneapolis would have instigated a nationwide controversy over the First Amendment when it became the first city ever to authorize the erection of a Satanic monument on government property? Yes. Yes, of course it’s a coincidence. But kind of a funny one, you have to admit, right? It all started when the family of a veteran named Joe installed a small monument in Joe’s honor on the grounds of the peaceful Veterans Memorial Park a few blocks from what counts as downtown Belle Plaine. The monument is a black silhouette of a soldier kneeling before a cross. The whole thing is maybe two feet wide by two feet high, and if it hadn’t been for a resident of the town who had been harassed for her non-Christian beliefs in the past, the monument (which is widely known simply as “Joe”) would probably have gone unnoticed by anyone outside the town. This resident, however, was offended that the town had placed a cross on public property, so in August 2016 she contacted the Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF), an Atheist activist group working out of Madison, Wisconsin, that over the years has aggressively brought legal actions to enforce its strict view of the separation of church and state. . . https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2019/06/11/religion-christianity-atheism-public-square-supreme-court (via gh, DXLD) ###