DX LISTENING DIGEST 19-24, June 13, 2019
       Incorporating REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING
       edited by Glenn Hauser, http://www.worldofradio.com

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WORLD OF RADIO 1986 contents: Antarctica, Australia, Brasil, Denmark,
East Turkistan, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Japan non, Korea
North non, Madagascar, Mexico and non, Mongolia, Nigeria and non,
North America, Russia, Sudan South non, Thailand, Turkey, UK, USA and
non, Vatican, receiver news; and the propagation outlook.

Completed June 13, ready for first airings Friday June 14:
(mp3 stream)    http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1986.m3u
(mp3 download)  http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1986.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 [not confirmed]
1930vUT Saturday  WA0RCR 1860-AM
2030 UT Saturday  WRMI 15770 [NEW - confirmed]
2100 UT Saturday  WRMI 9955 [confirmed]
0130 UT Sunday    WRMI 5850 [confirmed]
0300vUT Sunday    WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315]
1030 UT Sunday    HLR 7265-CUSB Germany
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; also 9330 test]
0330 UT Monday    WRMI 9955 [confirmed]
0930 UT Monday    Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW
1816 UT Monday    IRRS 7290 Romania [confirmed]
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
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

AND via Google Play Music:
http://bit.ly/worldofradio

OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO:
http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
or http://wor.worldofradio.org

DAY-BY-DAY ARCHIVE OF GLENN HAUSER`S LOG REPORTS:
Unedited, uncondensed, unchanged from original version, many of
them too complex, minutely researched, multi-frequency, opinionated,
inconsequential, off-topic, or lengthy for some log editors to
manage; and also ahead of their availability in these weekly issues:
http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser

IMPORTANT NOTICE!!!! WOR IO GROUP: Effective Feb 4, 2018, DXLD yg 
archive and members have been migrated to this group: 
https://groups.io/g/WOR
[there was already an unrelated group at io named dxld!, so new name]
From now on, the io group is primary, where all posts should go. One 
may apply for membership, subscribe via the above site.

DXLD yahoogroup: remains in existence, and members are free to COPY 
same info to it, as backup, but no posts should go to it only. They 
may want to change delivery settings to no e-mail, and/or no digest. 
The change was necessary due to increasing outages, long delays in 
posts appearing, and search failures at the yg.

Why wait for DXLD issues? A lot more info, not all of it appearing in 
DXLD later, is posted at our io group without delay.

** AFGHANISTAN. Weak/fair signal of Radio Afghanistan External
Service, June 6
1530-1630 6100 YAK 100 kW / 125 deg SoAs English/Urdu as scheduled &
1630-1700 6100 YAK 100 kW / 125 deg SoAs Russian, instead of Arabic!
from 1700 6100 MAN 100 kW / 003 deg SoAf Yawo TWR Africa strong co-ch
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/weakfair-signal-of-radio-afghanistan.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 6-7, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ANGUILLA. 11775, University Network (presumed); 1308, 6/13;
Preachin’ Mama Pastor Melissa; S9 peaks with strong whine & audio
picket-fencing. 1st time heard here in over a week. Something’s
always wrong in Anguilla. Gone at 1846 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI,
USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ---- All logged by my ears, on my receiver,
in real time. ----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also USA: WWCR

** ANTARCTICA. 15476, LRA36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, Base
Esperanza, 1601-1624, Wed 12-06, Latin American songs. Extremely weak,
only audible on USB. Strong fading. At times audio and at times only
carrier detected. 

15475.98, LRA36, 1903-1908, 12-06 comments in Spanish by female can be
heard now here in Friol, only on USB. Extremely weak, barely audible.

15476, LRA 36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, Base Esperanza,
1601-2100*, 12-06, Latin American songs. Extremely weak, only audible
on USB. Strong fading. At times audio and at times only carrier
detected. At 1900 reception improved, comments can be heard, female,
male, Spanish, extremely weak, only audible on USB. Last hour of
transmission only carrier detected (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs
in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via WORLD OF
RADIO 1986, DXLD) Again on a WEDNESDAY; still on Tue & Thu too??

** ANTARCTICA [non]. DX Diary: FRIDAY 21 June: BBC World Service
annual mid-winter broadcast to British Antarctic Survey staff working
in Antarctica on midwinter's day in Antarctica. The schedule in 2018
was 2130-2200 UT on 5985-Woofferton(UK), 7360-Ascension,
9890-Woofferton (June BDXC-UK Communication via WORLD OF RADIO 1986,
DXLD)

2019: Supposedly on three of the four tested one week earlier: 7360
Ascension, 9455 & 5875 Woofferton, 5990 UAE (gh, DXLD)

** ANTIGUA. Caribbean Radio Lighthouse, Saint John's, Antigua and
Barbuda. 801 likes · 16 talking about this · 13 were here....
https://www.facebook.com/CaribbeanRadioLighthouse/

Hello & Thank you for your message. You can find more information at
our website: 
http://www.radiolighthouse.org
including the English & Spanish program guide (under the Broadcasts
tab). Unfortunately, we do not have QSL cards or much other
paraphernalia to send out.

Caribbean Radio Lighthouse :: Home Page

The Caribbean Radio Lighthouse is a fundamental, evangelical Christian
radio station which broadcasts to the Eastern Caribbean from Antigua
and Barbuda. Profile, programming, technical features, galleries, and
contact.

radiolighthouse.org

On Friday, February 1st, at 3:00-3:30pm local time, you should have
been hearing mostly music, as it is a time that our announcers choose
and play favorite songs.

We are a non-commercial, Christian broadcasting station located on the
beautiful island of Antigua (pronounced an-TEE-ga) in the Leeward
Islands of the West Indies. The Lighthouse is owned and operated by
Baptist International Missions, Inc. with headquarters in Harrison,
Tennessee, U.S.A. Our purpose is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ in
both message and music and to present the Gospel and principles of
God’s Word, the Bible, to the people of the Eastern Caribbean.

The Lighthouse began broadcasting on September 7, 1975. We use a
Nautel (AMPFET) ND10 (10 kW) transmitter and a 212 foot (64.6m) series
fed, omni-directional antenna, located remotely from the studio site
and linked by an UHF transmitter. [WTFK?? 1160 kHz]

If you know that Jesus Christ is your Lord and Saviour, and that you
have eternal life through Him, I would appreciate your prayers for
this ministry. If you have no assurance of eternal salvation, I
encourage you to listen to our broadcasts if you can, read the
enclosed information, and/or write to us for more information should
you need it.

We encourage you to listen to our broadcasts online at
http://www.radiolighthouse.org

CORDIALES SALUDOS / GOOD LUCK / (via JUAN FRANCO CRESPO * STAMP
JOURNALIST (AIPET), SÀLVIA 8 (MAS CLARIANA), E-43800 VALLS-TARRAGONA
(ESPAÑA-SPAIN-ESPAGNE-SPANIEN), DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** AUSTRALIA. Unique Radio Gunnedah NSW Australia --- Tuesday &
Thursday mornings (Local time) on 5045 from June 11th 2019, 07:00 AEST
(2100 UT Mon & Wed) Mornings with Tim A mix of news, community
announcements & music, 09:00 AEST (2300 UT) Close (Tim Gaynor, June 7,
WOR iog via DXLD)

** AUSTRALIA. 5055, Radio 4KZ, 1006-1110, June 10. For several months
this had well below threshold level audio and had been unable to ID
even one song, so amazed today to have summertime reception well above
threshold level and easy to ID almost all the songs (The Mamas & The
Papas - ''I Saw Her Again,'' John Denver - "Calypso," Chicago - "Does
Anybody Really Know What Time It Is," Lionel Richie - "Stuck On You,"
Billy Joel - "Just the Way You Are," Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet
Band - "Against the Wind," etc.); very nice selection of songs;
commercial announcements (not readable) and IDs; 1100, usual format of
news, ad, marine conditions (unreadable); more pop songs (The Pointer
Sisters - "I'm So Excited," etc.); noted cut off at 1256*; of course
heard with summertime QRN (static). Very pleased with today's
reception! My audio at 
http://bit.ly/2R63TDJ 
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long
wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1986, DXLD)  

** AUSTRALIA. Media freedom under threat - in Australia?

It's rare that police raids are live tweeted, step by step, over a
period of hours. Yet that's what happened when the Australian Federal
Police [AFP] raided the ABC newsroom in Sydney on 5 June.

John Lyons, the executive editor of ABC News and head of the
broadcaster's investigative journalism, reported the raid from the
moment AFP entered the ABC Ultimo headquarters until the last
investigators left the building.
https://twitter.com/TheLyonsDen

The raid was over a story on unlawful killings and misconduct by
Australian defence forces in Afghanistan that was based on hundreds of
pages of leaked Defence documents. Lyons says that the AFP took
possession of around 100 documents during the raid that lasted several
hours.

Journalists and legal professionals have labelled the AFP operation
"unprecedented" and "an attack on press freedom". The ABC chair, Ita
Buttrose, issued a condemnation of the raid, saying:

"The raid is unprecedented – both to the ABC and to me.

"In a frank conversation with the Minister for Communications, Cyber
Safety and the Arts, Paul Fletcher, yesterday, I said the raid, in its
very public form and in the sweeping nature of the information sought,
was clearly designed to intimidate.

"It is impossible to ignore the seismic nature of this week’s events:
raids on two separate media outfits on consecutive days is a blunt
signal of adverse consequences for news organisations who make life
uncomfortable for policy makers and regulators by shining lights in
dark corners and holding the powerful to account."

Read the full statement here.
https://aib.org.uk/abc-chair-statement-on-raid-and-media-freedom/
(AIB Media Industry Briefing | June 2019 via WORLD OF RADIO 1986,
DXLD)

Global Media Freedom campaign gathers pace

The key priority for the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office [FCO] in
2019 is promoting the notion of media freedom internationally.
On 10-11 July, it is bringing together foreign ministers, journalists,
executives, NGOs and others for an intergovernmental conference in
London at which key issues around media freedom will be discussed and
an action plan developed.

https://www.gov.uk/government/topical-events/global-conference-for-media-freedom-london-2019/about

The AIB has been working with the FCO on planning for this important
event, and the campaign beyond that will raise the profile of the need
for media freedom to be respected in every country on the planet. It's
part of a comprehensive work programme that the Association has
launched among its global membership on media freedom. We'll be
announcing more on this over the coming weeks.
(AIB Media Industry Briefing | June 2019 via DXLD)

** BHUTAN. 6035, BBS, 1112, on June 7. Just after the news in English,
start of pop music segment (Creedence Clearwater Revival -
"Have You Ever Seen The Rain," etc.); 1120-1136, talking about
students in English; 1136-1148*, more pop songs till suddenly cut off;
at *1139, the sudden start up of FM99 relay via PBS Yunnan, which
caused heavy QRM for BBS; today was clear of any N. Korea
jamming spur, which greatly helped reception (Ron Howard, Asilomar
State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD)    

** BOLIVIA. Bolivian Mining Radio --- By Martin Butera 
   martin_butera@yahoo.com.ar

Radio Mineras Bolivianas are unique in the world, because they
belonged to the unions of mining workers, and were created to defend
the interests and the struggle of the workers' movement. . .
http://www.bdxc.org.uk/bolivia.pdf
(via DXLD) Two excellent original articles, illustrated (gh)

** BRAZIL. 1280 kHz, Radio Tupi, Rio de Janeiro RJ, Portuguese, 01/06
1220. ID ‘Tupi FM, 96.5’, ads from Rio de Janeiro, male communication.
25542. 

Although the station does not inform clearly in its programming, it is
visible that the Radio Tupi Rio de Janeiro 1280 kHz could be in a
deactivation process on its MW frequency. It recently closed the daily
broadcasts at 0300 UT (before, they were 24 x 7, a strong signal for
listeners from all over Brazil). Yesterday, switched off the MW signal
at 2300 UT. At this time, 1310 UT, 1280 kHz is again active. Each day,
a different situation. 

There is a big migration process from medium-wave stations to FM
frequencies here in Brazil, but Tupi already has a local FM station
(96.5 MHz) in Rio de Janeiro. On their radio signal with video from
the studio (via Internet 'www.tupi.fm') there is no longer any
indication about the frequency of 1280 kHz on the screen, and in their
voice ID and jingles, just a mention to their FM frequency. 

Therefore, this can be an announced death from Tupi RJ MW signal
(after 85 years!) . A bad situation for Brazilian radio listeners, but
for MW-DXers, there are good news! With no signal from Tupi on 1280
kHz, several stations were heard on this frequency: Radio Tacuarembo
(Uruguay), Radio La Voz del Este (Paraguay), and a third station with
cumbia style music (Northern Argentina? Peru?). (Rudolf Grimm PY2-81502 
SWL, São Bernardo SP, BRAZIL, June 1, HCDX via WORLD OF RADIO 1986, 
DXLD) 

1280 kHz, Rádio Tupi, Rio de Janeiro RJ, Portuguese, 08/06 2140. Sport
News, 'Vasco da Gama FC, Fluminense, Botafogo,...'. TC by OM. 35553.
This time, 1280 kHz Tupi on-air from 0900 to 2300 UT. No more 24 x 7.
Also, no more ID as 1280 kHz, just 96.5 MHz (FM). (Rudolf Grimm,
RECEPTION IN SÃO BERNARDO SP, BRAZIL. Rx: KiwiSDR (PY2-81502 SWL, São
Bernardo) + PA0RDT Mini Whip, HCDX via WORLD OF RADIO 1986, DXLD)

** BRAZIL [and non]. Two stations co-channel each on 4775 kHz -
4774.905 stronger Peruvian R.Tarma, Tarma, Junin stn S=6-7,
4774.959 Brazilian stn ? at 00.34 UT

two Brazilian stations co-channel each on 4885 kHz -
4885.013 less strong stn S=5,
4885.024 Brazilian stn S=6-7 -88dBm, at 00.38 UT.

4924.978  BRA  Radio Educacao Rural, Tefe,
S=6 or -96dBm at 00.40 UT on June 5.

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang
Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 5, BC-DX 10 June via DXLD)

** BRAZIL. 9630.447, Radio Aparecida poor signal S=4 or -98dBm noted
at 0518 UT \\ 11855.710 kHz too, S=2-3 -114dBm at 0538 UT.

9664.192, R Voz Missionária, Camboriú SC, similar strength at 0520 UT
log June 9th, 0500-0630 UT, in Cape Canaveral FL state, and in
Belgium/Netherlands border and at eastern Switzerland remote SDR units
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang
Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 9, WOR iog via DXLD)

R Voz Missionária - 9665 / 9664.2 (1212 on 6/7, 0021 on 6/9), heard
very weak on the morning of 6/7 on 9665, could tell it was Portuguese
but it was really too weak to hear much content. Tuned in around 0015
on 6/9 (9664.2) and signal was pretty clear, OM in Portuguese followed
by easy listening music, ID 0059 (Chris KC5IIE Krug, Tulsa, OK, Icom
IC-7410, Yaesu FT-2000 and 1000mp Mk5, Ant: 40-6 OCF dipole, WOR iog
via DXLD)

** BRAZIL. R Brasil Central - 11815 (1320) 6/8, tuned in to an OM and
YL in Portuguese, talking and laughing and having a great time, cool
sound effect fills etc., very enjoyable (Chris KC5IIE Krug, Tulsa, OK,
Icom IC-7410, Yaesu FT-2000 and 1000mp Mk5, Ant: 40-6 OCF dipole, WOR
iog via DXLD)

** BULGARIA. SECRETLAND, Reception of AWR Wavescan via Secretbrod,
instead of IRRS SW Radio Warra Wangeelaa-ti in Afan Oromo on June 8:
1500-1530 on 15515 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to EaAf English Sat, fair
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/wavescan-via-secretbrod-instead-of.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 8-9, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA [and non]. Log: UNID, 6070 kHz, 0515 UT June 3. Da ich auf
der fq eben mx ohne Ansage mit O=2 hoere, hier ein Hinweis auf
<https:\\cfrx.webs.com/>

CFRX (6.070 MHz), began broadcasting at 7:30 am on February 11th,
1937. CFRX has always been co-sited with CFRB, but has used a separate
antenna system. The original antenna system consisted of two 50'
vertical towers, configured for a directional radiation pattern to the
north-west. The present CFRX array consists of one 50' vertical and
provides an omni-directional pattern.

The original CFRX transmitter was designed and built by CFRB technical
personnel at the first CFRB transmitter site in Aurora, Ontario. The
power output of CFRX has always been 1,000 watts, although in the
latter years with the old transmitter, that was difficult to maintain.
Problems continued to appear in the operation and maintenance of the
original homebuilt transmitter, with a resulting deterioration in
audio quality.

Early in 1983 the decision was made to purchase and install a new 1 kW
transmitter for CFRX. This transmitter was delivered in December of
1983 and was commissioned December 31. The new facility is located in
a room next to the CFRB transmitters. The transmitter was manufactured
by Elcom-Bauer of Sacramento, California. (You can see a picture of
the 'old' CFRX transmitter in the Photos section of this site). The
design is basically their Model 701B, with the tank circuit of the
final stage redesigned and an RF driver stage added after the standard
RF oscillator card. The transmitter is now designated a 701B-HF. It is
a classic plate-modulated design and is capable of producing high
levels of modulation continuously, as is required for a 24-hour-a-day
operation of CFRX.

The program material is derived from the same links as used for CFRB
and is processed at the CFRX audio rack, using CRL processors. The
programming is a simulcast of CFRB.

A new solid state shortwave transmitter made by Armstrong Transmitter
Corporation (see their web site in the Links section) replaced the
Elcom Bauer a few years ago. The transmitter is capable of a little
over 1,000 watts output but its been turned down to about 900 watts.
The new CFRX transmitter is actually a redesigned AM transmitter (via
Herbert Meixner, Austria, A-DX June 3, BC-DX 10 June via DXLD)

** CANADA [non]. 5900, presumed Bible Voice Dardasha-7, 0212Z with
Arabic programming - the accent sounded almost Emirati. Into brief
piano and Middle Eastern music, then the start of something
sermonlike. SIO 434 before suddenly off at 0214Z! Strong carrier, but
the audio went completely splat. What was that? The programming fits
Dardasha, but the time slot does not, at least per EiBi. I wonder if
someone realized they'd goofed and pulled the literal plug? Ker-plunk,
at least until 0300! Heh. No sign of Brother Mossyteeth (Carlie,
KD9CZG, swatting mosquitoes on the isthmus at Madison, WI, Forsythe,
ODXA iog via DXLD)

i.e. downtown? between Lakes Mendota & Monona. Aoki shows two BVB
Arabic broadcasts via BULGARIA at 0200-0215 & 0215-0230 daily, rather
than one hour later as in EiBi (gh, DXLD)

** CHINA. 7345-USB, V26, at 1237, on June 7. Numbers given in Chinese;
mixing badly with CNR1 on frequency.

17398-USB, Guangzhou Coast Radio Station (presumed), 1101-1109*, June
7. Assume marine weather; almost fair; one of their better receptions
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long
wire, WOR iog via DXLD)    

** CHINA [and non]. 11610, CNR 1 Domestic broadcast, May 30, 2019,
1614–1626 in Chinese. SIO 444. Pop music, YL announcer with long
monologue. More music with YL soloist. This broadcast is covering up
RFA from Tinian. I can hear the RFA signal underneath the CNR
broadcast but not well enough to consider it listenable. 

13810, CNR 1 domestic broadcast, June 1, 2019, 1517–1535 in Chinese.
SIO 444. OMs in Mandarin conversation. Good signal. YL joins the
commentary at 1522. Business oriented commentary and discussion of
technology. YL and OMs alternating with commentary after 1525. Listed
target is FE. This is probably covering up RFA on same frequency, but
I couldn’t detect RFA underneath the CNR signal. 

13810, CNR 1 domestic broadcast, June 6, 2019, 1527–1534 in Chinese.
SIO 544. This signal is probably intended to jam RFA on the same
frequency. Multiple OMs in talk / discussion. Slight QRN / QSB. I
cannot hear RFA under this signal at this location. Advertisements.
Listed language is Mandarin. Time pips at bottom of hour. Some news
items after time pips.

15475, CNR 1, June 6, 2019, 1539–1548 in Chinese. SIO 333. Music. YL
announcer with talk / interview with OM. Music in English. Domestic
broadcast. Same programming as at // 13810 (Vince Henley, Anacortes
WA, WiNRADiO G39DDCe SDR, ICOM IC-R8600, Ten-Tec RX-340, Drake R8B,
SDRPLAY RSP Duo, TECSUN PL-880. Antennas: whip on PL-880 and
Alpha-Delta DX-Ultra installed broadside east west at 30 feet for all
others, NASWA Flashsheet June 9 via DXLD)

This one is also really a jammer against RFA, also vs LRA36,
Antarctica`s only SW station, which don`t get no respect (gh, DXLD)

** CHINA. 9670, CNR 1. 1600 Z. While waiting for opening of Voice of
America via Thailand, pips, ID, and open of CNR1, obviously there to
jam China service of The Voice of America - Good signal June 7 (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)

** CHINA. CNR-1 Jammer vs Sound of Hope Xi Wang Zhi Sheng on June 8
from 0830 15800 unknown kW / unknown EaAs Chinese, very good signal

https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/cnr-1-jammer-vs-sound-of-hope-xi-wang_8.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 8, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 12500, June 8 at 1254, JBA signal, presumed CNR1 jammer vs
Sound of Hope as in Aoki/NDXC. No other WOOB ones noted now (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [and non]. Marvelous CNR-1 echoing on 9660 at 1530z (09 June)
--- I took one of my usual twice daily 2 to 3 km desert walks out from
Keeler (eastern Calif.) in the cool of the morning (no winds yet,
either) and punched-up 9665 KRE to "enjoy" their strange operatic
music (fair-to good sigs at 1520z) and I noted big splatter from a
crush of at least three wide-echoing CNR-1 transmitters on 9660 from
multiple originations in the PRC I think (jamming unknown station). I
noted at least three echoing delays (up to perhaps 300 mS) that
sounded just like 981/1035/810/etc. in China back in November 2013!
These stations go off at 1600z generally, leaving a fading-out 9665
KRE in the clear again.  Not very good PRC/KRE frequency cooperation
it seems. (rx. Sony ICF-SW7600GR and its telescoping whip out in a
quiet zone out of town).(Steve McGreevy, N6NKS - www.auroralchorus.com
WOR iog via DXLD)

** CHINA. 9965, The Firedragon at 1600. Usual crashing pots and pans
banging. Target: (likely) RFA via Germany. Still going at 1820, after
the rest of the band died - (signal) Very Good June 9

9355, The Firedragon at 1600. Usual crashing and banging, beating on
pots and pans (says my XYL). Likely target: RFA via Kuwait - (signal)
Good June 9

11610, CNR 1 at 1630, some pops, M in Chinese. Like using broadcast to
jam RFA listed on at this time here.Typical CNR1 pips & off at 1600 -
Excellent signal June 9 (Rick Barton, Arizona SW Logs, Hammarlund
HQ-140X, RS SW-2000629 with various outdoor wires. 73 and Good
Listening....! -rb, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 11640, Firedragon station at 1100. Crash boom bang, not R
Taiwan Intl. Chinese service at this time - Good June 10 (Rick Barton,
Arizona SW Logs, RS SW-2000629 with various outdoor wires, Grundig
Satellit 205 & shortwire, ATS-909X and 9' vertical, and stock World
Traveler battery portable. Use of portables noted where relevant for
perspective on signal strength comments. 73 and Good Listening....!
-rb, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 13530, June 11 at 1344 CNR1 jammer is JBA, but enough to
match // 11785. Also at 1351 stronger 13870 at S5-S7; 14900 at S7-S9;
and at 1352, 15970 at S3-S5. Aoki confirms all are SOH frequencies,
but 14900 SOH relaying RFA. No other WOOBs found 12-16 MHz (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 6035, PBS Yunnan, with FM99 relay, on June 10, starting up
at *1139 (already in progress) and mixing with BBS (Bhutan); no
jamming spur today, which started closer to 1200; BBS went off at
1145*, leaving FM99 in the clear (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach,
CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD)

** CHINA. Frequency change of China National Radio-1 from June 11
0100-0900 NF 17770 DOF 030 kW / 016 deg to EaAs Chinese DRM, ex 15580
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/frequency-change-of-china-national.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 9-10, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

17770drm mode from Dong Fang (Gancheng), Hainan Island group. Nothing
heard/seen/visible here in Europe on various SDR installations
(England, Netherlands, Sweden, Hungary, Switzerland, Moscow Russia).

Azimuth from Dongfang Hainan Island group, 3 x bc center in far south
of China, azimuth is true north of 16 degrees.

Data block visible in Korea and Japan units on
17774.86 to 17765.15 kHz mean 9.71 kHz wide data block. 0740 to 0815
UT on June 11,

at best in Seoul Rep KOR, S=9+15dB or -60dBm at 0802 UT
S=9+5dB or -67dBm in Akitakata City Japan
S=8     or -81dBm in Tokyo Japan.

new bc site A (probably also for jamming purpose) 11 curtains
https://goo.gl/maps/PdMiZ5mBGD5Et9hV6
https://binged.it/2KgrvFl

new bc site B (rather for CRI foreign services) 22 curtains
https://goo.gl/maps/nMGfmUnCzXDKJXg99
https://binged.it/2MG9diB

older CRI MW & SW site, 6 curtains MW 603 and 648  kHz, 600kW each
https://goo.gl/maps/wagBWmJQz83Uc89P9
https://binged.it/2MEUi8x

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang
Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 11, WOR iog via DXLD)

** CONGO DR. 6210.2, Radio Kahuzi, Bukavu, 1746-1820*, 08-06,
religious songs, comments in vernacular. Very weak, better in the last
minutes of transmission. Closing today later than its usual time
(1803). 14311 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun
S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

6210.2, Radio Kahuzi, Bukavu, 1747-1800*, 12-06, religious songs,
Vernacular comments. Extremely weak, barely audible (Manuel Méndez,
Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters,
WOR iog via DXLD)

** COOK ISLANDS. Cooks to end AM radio link to outer islands – From 
https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/391757/cooks-to-end-am-radio-link-to-outer-islands
(Stephen Michael Kellat, Ashtabula, June 12, WOR iog via DXLD) Viz.:

Cooks to end AM radio link to outer islands
2:40 pm on 11 June 2019

The Cook Islands Investment Corporation says there are no plans to
replace an AM radio mast that is to be dismantled on Rarotonga.
Radio

Photo: 123rf

The mast at Matavera, built with New Zealand aid money many years ago
to provide a signal to the outer islands, is rusted through in parts
and in danger of collapsing. Pupils from an adjacent school have been
moved to ensure their safety, while plans are made for the
dismantling.

In a statement the CIIC said with the rollout of FM radio and the
ability to stream events of national importance, the AM signal is no
longer required. But some concerns have been expressed about the loss
of the service and Radio Cook Islands is surveying its customers in
the outer islands about how they access the radio signal (via DXLD)

** CUBA. 770, June 7 at 0535, YL song in Spanish has just faded up
replacing WABC which faded out [see USA]. Immediately matched to 5025,
so it`s Radio Rebelde, 10 kW in Las Tunas-Victoria (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. One Progreso or two on 890? I see the radiocubana.cu web site 
http://www.radiocubana.cu/faqs-preguntas-mas-frecuentes/70-servicios-web/24610-emisoras-y-susfrecuencias-de-transmision-agrupadas-por-provincias-am
has reported the 630 Progreso outlet in Camagüey has moved to 890. At
one point in my Border Inn recordings, I seem to have a noticeable
echo on the Progreso outlet on 890. What do you guys think? Do I have
one Progreso outlet or 2 on this recording? (The recording loops
through the same ID a few times). 73 (Tim Hall, June 11, ABDX yg via
DXLD)

Am not sure. 73 KAZ (Neil Kazaross, WI/IL, ibid.)

** CUBA. 4765Even, ONLY CARRIER ON AIR, R Progreso from Bejucal
scheduled, noted at 0029-0031 UT. Audio feed failed this night.
S=9+20dB in Cape Canaveral_FL remote SDR unit.

5040even, Cuban ONLY CARRIER on air, French program audio feed failed
at 0030-0100 UT on June 5 on RHC Bauta Cuba transmission center.
S=9+30dB or -43dBm powerhouse in remote SDR at Cape Canaveral Florida
US state (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 5, BC-DX
10 June via DXLD)

On all channels EVEN exact frequencies like on 5025, 5040, 6000, 6060,
6100, 6165, 7380, 9535, 9640, 11670, 11700, 11760, 11850, 15140,
15370, 15730 kHz. Only Bauta TX #5 as always OFF - or irregularly on
air - nothing heard on 13740 kHz at 2100-0400 13740 BAU 100  160 SoAm
Spanish  Buenos Aires  tx Bauta #5 
Log June 8th, 2000-June 9th 0100 UT, in Cape Canaveral FL state
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang
Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 9, WOR iog via DXLD)

** CUBA. 6000, June 7 at 0559, RHC English is JBM/suptorted; 6060 is
off as usual; 6100 undermodulated but sufficient at S9+30; 6165 S9/+10
but JBM. 5040 had been VG S9+20/30 but just now to dead air and off;
12200 at 0601 is a JBA carrier, 2 x 6100.

5040, June 9 at 0550, RHC English with big hum during jazz song, yet
better than any of the 49m //s: 6165 S9+10 JBM; 6100 S9+20 JBM; 6060
off as always now; 6000 S9+20/10 undermodulated for a poor runner-up.
Something`s always wrong at RHC.

9640, June 10 at 2205, RHC is distorted and crackling. Something`s
always wrong at RHC.

6230, June 12 at 0608, JBA carrier detectable from the RHC leapfrog
mixing product of 6100 over 6165 another 65 kHz beyond. Both just
barely modulated, but enough signal for leaping, S9+20 and S9+10
respectively. Meanwhile, the other scheduled English frequencies, 6060
and 6000 are both OFF. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 12000, 12 June. RHC musical ID at 1330 UT. Presumed 2nd
harmonic of 6000 kHz transmitter. Modulation actually quite clean
compared to fundamental which was JBA here at this time in any case.
Fair to Good (Jim Barrett - Elmira, NY, KiwiSDR / Drake R8B -
Wellbrook ALA1530LN Loop, 1534 UT June 12, WOR iog via DXLD)

** CUBA. 15230, June 12 at 1409, this RHC sounds dead air, but by
straining, JBM; while // 15140 is OK. Something`s always wrong at RHC
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. UNIDENTIFIED. 9155, June 7 at 1051, another mystery open
carrier, S9+10/20. 9200 is audible too but a JBA carrier now, probably
the SOH/CNR1 radio war. I try to be sound asleep during this
unfamiliar daypart. O, Aoki shows:

``9155 0955-1050 CUB Cuban Spy Numbers Spa Bejucal 1246`` – days =
Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri and this is Friday. We know these transmissions
include dead air, and this one is on a minute overtime (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** CUBA [non]. Music on Radio Martí --- Came across one of the few
music programs on Radio Martí this evening (9 June UT) tuning in late
at 0251 UT [Sunday] to hear Post Moderno with the music of Gloria
Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine. Reception on 7335 kHz was
excellent here in NB (except for a bit of transmitter hum) even on the
Field BT with just its whip antenna indoors. Also on weaker 6030 and
7365 kHz (-- Richard Langley, WOR iog via DXLD)

** DENMARK. 5840, World Music Radio, Randers, 0445-0449, 09-06, pop
songs, ID “World Music Radio”. 25322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs
in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

Yesterday WMR was hit by a lightning strike and the signal put off.
Streaming is now back at http://www.wmr.radio :-)

But the shortwave signal on 5840 kHz remains off air. Hopefully the
transmitter can be repaired soon (World Music Radio (Denmark) on
Facebook, 13 June via Alan Pennington, bdxc-news iog via WORLD OF
RADIO 1986, DXLD) No mention of the other transmitter, 15805 (gh)

** EAST TURKISTAN. 9835 kHz, RTM-MLA Kajang not on air; but PBS
Xinjiang Urumqi-CHN instead, in Chinese on odd fq 9834.913 kHz exact
today June 10 at 0940 UT (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX
TopNews June 10 via WORLD OF RADIO 1986, DXLD)

** ECUADOR. My little Tecsun PL-660 comes through again! I'm quite
happy with the last of these logs in particular. Anyone know if HCJB
still QSLs with actual paper cards? Given a question like that, my age
might surprise you. :) 

6050, HCJB Voice of the Andes, 0130-0145Z 12 June. Tuned in to hymns
in Quechua, obvious in style but not in instruments; that's the first
time I've heard church music on an accordion since Rally Sundays as a
kid! Into what may have been readings, one by an older man, another by
an older child, and back to choral music at 0143Z. Signal variable,
weak at worst in high noise, surprisingly strong at its clearest. SIO
434 (Carlie Forsythe, KD9CZG, on the isthmus at Madison, WI, ODXA iog
via DXLD)

** ECUADOR [non]. R Akhbar Mufriha via Woofferton & Ascension, June 9
2100-2115 on  7300 WOF 250 kW / 170 deg to NoAf Tachelhit
2115-2145 on  7300 WOF 250 kW / 170 deg to NoAf Arabic
2145-2215 on  9530 ASC 250 kw / 027 deg to WeAf Hassiniya Thu-Tue
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/radio-akhbar-mufriha-via-woofferton.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 9-10, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EGYPT. TDOA und unbekannte Musikstation mit aegyptischen Saengern
{innen}.

The station seems to use the same transmitter site as Radio Cairo.
As a test transmission was heard using the same transmitter problems
as Radio Cairo. 
(see N&O Newsletter 222, E25 / E25a transmission 6140, 9450 kHz)

<http://www.numbersoddities.nl/newsletters.html>
<http://www.numbersoddities.nl/N&O-222.pdf>

PDF Seite 10:
"... Qsr711 reports that E25 uses Radio Cairo's Abu Zabal transmitter
site. You can hear that it is the same transmitter. Check the
recordings on the N&O website. We already knew that E25 also uses
Radio Cairo's Abis transmitter site. The logs are submitted by qsr711
and PW2..."

<http://www.numbersoddities.nl/Index.pdf>
#222 Picture E25 transmitter site at Abis
#222 Picture E25 transmitter site at Abu Zabal

<https:\\www.numbers-stations.com/ns/english/e25/>

"...First reported in 2000. Originally used live voices read by males,
then used a very unique automated woman. Errors are common in
transmissions, from computer tones, to hearing the operators playing a
computer game, to the transmission just screwing up in general (no
music intro, the transmission cutting out, or just not happening at
all). 

Music is usually from musician Umm Kulthum, but can vary. Needless to
say, E25 is in dire need of component, consistent operators (and
perhaps a better voice). Emits in AM and/or USB"

An Insight into E25 Transmissions by Manolis of Greece:
<http://www.signalshed.com/docs/E25report.pdf>
(via Roger Thauer-D, A-DX June 1 via BC-DX 10 June via DXLD)

These are the ones on 31m reported often by Ivo Ivanov, apparently
making them definitely out of Egypt (gh, DXLD)

** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, Radio Nacional, Bata, *0512-0605*, 08-06,
open with Afrop songs, at 0519 signal cut off abruptly, returning at
about 0530, Spanish, comments and news. Very weak. 15321. Also
*0504-0535, 09-06, pop and Afropop songs. Very weak. 15321 (Manuel
Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8
meters, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

5005, Radio Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial, Bata,
*0505-0610, 13-06, open with Spanish songs, also African songs, at
0527 ID “Una compañía segura con Radio Bata”, Spanish, program
“Panorama Nacional”, at 0602 “Boletín informativo”, clear signal
today. At 0600 the signal deteriorated due to daylight and minutes
later it became inaudible. 25322. Yesterday 12-06 out of air (Manuel
Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8
meters, WOR iog via DXLD)

** ERITREA. 7140, Voice of Broad Masses, Asmara, 0407-0420, 13-06,
East African songs, vernacular comments. 24322. Yesterday 12-06 out of
air during afternoon/evening time. (Méndez)

7180, Voice of Broad Masses, Asmara, 0408-0423, 13-06, vernacular
comments. 14321. Yesterday  12-06 out of air during afternoon/evening
time (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable
antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD)

** ERITREA [non]. Reception of clandestine Radio Sinit Eritrea via MBR
Nauen [sic], June 8
0500-0600 11660 ISS 250 kW / 123 deg Tigrinya/Arabic Sat, very good:
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/reception-of-clandestine-radio-sinit.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 8, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ERITREA [non]. Reception of Voice of Eritrean Lowlands via MBR
Issoudun, June 8:
1700-1730 15390 ISS 100 kW / 123 deg EaAf Arabic Mon/Sat, very good
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/eception-of-voice-of-eritrean-lowlands.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 8-9, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** FINLAND. Scandinavian Weekend Radio schedule includes, in local
time:
20-21 5980/11720 1602 94,90 SWR Live! Nopea Etana duo esiintyy
(via Manuel Mendez, WOR iog via DXLD) = 17-18 UT, so if correct, unID
I had on 6170 via UTwente would have been RNZI instead (gh, DXLD)

New schedule of Scandinavian Weekend Radio, June 7-8:
2100-1200 on  6170 VIR 0.1 kW / non-dir to WeEu Finnish/English
2100-1200 on 11690 VIR 0.1 kW / non-dir to WeEu Finnish/English
1200-1400 on  6170 VIR 0.1 kW / non-dir to WeEu Finnish/English
1200-1400 on 11720 VIR 0.1 kW / non-dir to WeEu Finnish/English
1400-1800 on  5980 VIR 0.1 kW / non-dir to WeEu Finnish/English
1400-1800 on 11720 VIR 0.1 kW / non-dir to WeEu Finnish/English
1800-1900 on  6170 VIR 0.1 kW / non-dir to WeEu Finnish/English
1800-1900 on 11720 VIR 0.1 kW / non-dir to WeEu Finnish/English
1900-2100 on  5980 VIR 0.1 kW / non-dir to WeEu Finnish/English
1900-2100 on 11720 VIR 0.1 kW / non-dir to WeEu Finnish/English
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/new-schedule-of-scandinavian-weekend.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 7-8, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

11689.9, Scandinavian Weekend Radio, Virrat, 1515-1545, 08-06, on air
on this frequency, despite according with its schedule, at this time
the frequency should be 11720. At about 1545 the signal disappeared.
Pop songs and comments. Very weak. 14311 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain,
Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** FINLAND. Weak signal of Scandinavian Weekend Radio on wrong 11690
kHz on June 8:
1800-2100 on 11690 VIR 0.1 kW / non-dir to WeEu Finnish/English,
instead of 11720
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/scandinavian-weekend-radio-on-wrong.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 8-9, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** FRANCE [and non]. Re 19-23: [WOR] Radio France budget cuts

Yes, "voluntarily". This trick is too familiar to me. I'm afraid they
will create a poisonous workplace environment in which talent will
feel the need to change a job even on the price to go to work at a
shopping mall like this happens here in Hungary in the public
administration. Or, "certain people" will be sent to pension then
afterward another state report will claim that the pension obligations
became too high to bear by the state's budget allocated for pensions.
I don't see if someone consulted with the people for whom the radio
exist: the listeners. 

When Hungary finished its foreign shortwave services nobody asked the
listeners and i think the case is the same here. It's true that France
is heavily indebted like a lot of euro-zone countries (like Belgium,
where mediumwave public broadcasting was finished not long ago).

France Bleu finished on mediumwave too, so, i don't know where Radio
France will carry out the austerity measures. At RFI? How? It is the
shadow of itself compared with the late-90s when i were able to listen
RFI English in my dormitory room in an electrical noisy environment in
daytime (Tibor Gaal, Budapest, Hungary, June 8, WOR iog via DXLD)

** FRANCE [and non]. Additional airings of Alameda Bible Fellowship
via TDF Issoudun, June 10
1930-2000 on 11860 ISS 500 kW / 180 deg to WeAf English Mon/Wed/Fri,
fair/good signal
& on same is 11860 JED or RIY / unknown to N/ME Arabic Republic of
Yemen Radio, fair:
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/additional-airings-of-alameda-bible.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 10-11-12, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
And also Cuban jamming and Radio Marti! (gh, DXLD) see also USA [non]

** GUINEA. 9650, Radio Guinea, Conakry, 0748-0830, 09-06, French,
religious catholic program “Le Jour du Seigneur”, “Special Dimanche de
la Pentecôte”, at 0815 ID “Radio Guinée, le plus grand du monde”,
African song, ID “Radio Guinée, La grande information à deux heures et
quarante-cinq, dix-neuf heures et quarante cinq et vingt-deux heures”,
French, comments. 43443 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol,
Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

R Guinea - 9650 (2144-2358), good copy, nice to have this one back,
signal has been poor or non-existent for weeks. African pop music with
OM in French, listened the whole time I was rearranging the shack
(Chris KC5IIE Krug, Tulsa, OK, Icom IC-7410, Yaesu FT-2000 and 1000mp
Mk5, Ant: 40-6 OCF dipole, June 7 or 8 or 9, WOR iog via DXLD)

9650. Jun 9, 2019. 2156-2230, Radio Guinee, Conakri, in French.
Guinean songs; Man talks, ID and short pieces of songs; 2202 Man and
woman announcers present "Le Journal": National news, mainly
government news; 2217 Man talks, ID and next a musical program. Very
good to excellent reception and programming, 45544 to 55555 (JRX_Jose
Ronaldo Xavier, SWARL Callsign PR7036SWL, Cabedelo, Brazil (UTC-3),
Receiver (s): Tecsun S-2000, Antenna (s): Longwire, WOR iog via DXLD)

** HUNGARY. DRM shortwave broadcasts in Budapest, Hungary
   Digital Radio Mondiale June 13, 2019

On June 1st the capital of Hungary, Budapest, started being covered by
DRM signals in shortwave. This is the culmination of a long
technological development of radio broadcasting in Hungary, which
started already in the early 1890s.

The DRM standard had just been ITU recommended in 2004 when the
Communications Authority of Hungary, in co-operation with the
Department of Broadband Infocommunications Systems of the Budapest
University of Technology, began to monitor DRM broadcasts in the
traditional AM bands. This service, though now operated jointly by the
Authority and an external company called SZOMEL Kft., is still live
and available here.

The next important milestone was in 2008 when Antenna Hungária,
Hungary’s national broadcasting company, transmitted the programme of
the Hungarian Catholic Radio using the DRM standard on medium wave for
a month.

A significant decision taken also by Antenna Hungária was the
installation of a new, state-of-the-art two megawatt high power AM
(medium wave) transmitter purchased from Nautel in 2017. It is also
DRM capable and for a few days during its installation DRM was on air
again in Hungary with an unprecedented transmission power. Its signal
reached as far as Malaysia.

The Budapest University of Technology joined the DRM effort in 2015.
“As specialists dealing with various broadcasting standards, we are
enthusiastic about the opportunities of DRM and we wanted to join the
professional activity of the DRM Consortium” ― explains Csaba
Szombathy, head of the broadcasting laboratory which started a 1-year
DRM broadcast on 1 June 2019.

The current short wave DRM transmission performed from the university
has two main objectives: partly to demonstrate the value-added
possibilities of DRM (xHE-AAC coding, slideshows and Journaline
advanced text services accompanying the audio content), and partly to
provide an opportunity for receiver manufacturers to test their
products in real life. Since this is not a public or commercial
service, the modulation parameters (transmission mode, SDC and MSC
constellations, interleaving depth, etc.) can be freely changed at any
time. 

Developers are, therefore, welcome to perform field tests with their
devices in Budapest working in close co-operation with the
broadcasting team of the Department of Broadband Infocommunications
Systems and Electromagnetic Theory of the Budapest University of
Technology. The landscape of the Hungarian capital is particularly
interesting because the town is partly built on a flat area, partly on
hills. The two sides are separated by the river Danube and are
exhibiting various interesting wave propagation phenomena.

The transmitted content is a 24-hour program, played out in a loop,
compiled by the media partner of the project, Radio Maria. Initially,
AAC coding is used, but the intention is to migrate to the most
advanced xHE-AAC codec and to add Journaline along with a slideshow.
The Fraunhofer Institute in Erlangen, Germany, provides substantial
support for this upgrade.

The technical parameters of the demonstration broadcast in Budapest,
Hungary, are as follows:
* Frequency: 26060 kHz
* EIRP: approximately 100 W
* Antenna: 5/8 l monopole
* Transmission time: 24/7

https://www.drm.org/drm-on-air-in-hungary-since-1st-june/
(via Mike Terry, June 13, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1986, DXLD)

There have also been some other DRMs on the 11 meter band intended not
for DX faraway but local groundwave coverage, low power like 1 kW;
altho with sporadic E help, DX is possible. The only ones in current
HFCC A-19, which is no proof that they are axually operative 24hours,
are in Berlin and Munich, NEW FNA 848 and 849:

26040 0000 2400 28 BLN 1 0 0 975 1234567 310319 271019 N 26100 Deu D 
26080 0000 2400 28 MUN 1 0 0 975 1234567 310319 271019 N 26100 Deu D
(Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1986, DXLD)

** INDIA. 9865, Vividh Bharati at 1610 UT June 6 in Hindi with tunes
from Lata Mangeshkar & Hemant Kumar. I generally get Very Good
reception of this broadcast almost daily and would miss it if planned
AIR cuts come to fruition. 73 (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, Alberta,
Rx: Perseus SDR, Ant: ALA 100 wellbrook loop, WOR iog via DXLD)

** INDIA. Re: AIR may have to power off short wave transmissions

There's a longer article about this in The Print, June 7.
https://theprint.in/india/prasar-bharati-wants-to-switch-off-air-short-wave-service-indias-voice-around-the-world/246696/
(Mike Barraclough, UK, June 8, WOR iog via DXLD) Viz.:

PRASAR BHARATI WANTS TO SWITCH OFF AIR SHORT-WAVE SERVICE, INDIA’S
VOICE AROUND THE WORLD

Prasar Bharati's decision might hurt India's reach, but public
broadcaster justifies move, saying 'short-wave transmissions hardly
have any impact anymore on global opinion-making'.

Amrita Nayak Dutta Updated: 7 June, 2019 9:54 am IST
Prasar Bharati House | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint

New Delhi: Prasar Bharati, the parent body of state-owned broadcasters
All India Radio (AIR) and Doordarshan, is on the verge of shutting
down AIR’s short-wave transmitters, a move that could affect the
country’s global outreach efforts in over 100 countries.

A Prasar Bharati-appointed committee, to look at rationalisation of
AIR’s short-wave transmitters, has recommended the closure of 45 of
the existing 48 such transmitters on the grounds that they are
expensive and do not have much of an audience, sources within Prasar
Bharati told ThePrint.

While many of them are used to reach a domestic audience, around 19 of
these transmitters cater exclusively to global broadcasts,
particularly in countries of strategic importance.

For these global AIR broadcasts, Prasar Bharati spends around Rs 60
crore annually. They include news bulletins and other programmes in 28
languages, including Balochi, Chinese, Dari, Saraiki (spoken in
Southern Pakistan Punjab), Burmese, Arabic and Swahili, among others.

They reach about 108 countries including immediate neighbours
Pakistan, China and Myanmar, and other countries such as Indonesia,
Germany, France, Ethiopia and Nigeria. 

Shutting down these transmitters will affect these external
broadcasts, which are at times used as a public diplomacy tool to
counter misinformation and anti-India narratives in countries with
which New Delhi usually has frosty ties.

For instance, AIR’s Urdu service is popular in Pakistan. It broadcasts
programmes such as Aaj Ki Baat, Fikr-o-Khayal and Manzar Pas Manzar
among others.

Aaj Ki Baat features discussions on topical issues, Fikr-o-Khayal
touches on issues such as internal conflicts and dissent within
Pakistan while Manzar pas Manzar analyses and counters Pakistani media
reports and also highlights global media reports on Pakistan.

Also read: Prasar Bharati to shut down All India Radio’s national
channel, five regional academies
Will not affect global outreach: Prasar Bharati CEO

Prasar Bharati CEO Shashi Shekhar Vempati, however, told ThePrint that
global outreach remains a priority for the public service broadcaster
and that short-wave transmission is only one part of it.

“When it comes to global outreach, digital is the way forward. We are
working to revamp our apps such as AIR World Service and news on AIR,”
he said. “We are also revamping DD India with a focus on international
content to put forth India’s perspective to a global audience.”

Grants from the I&B ministry would be utilised for this purpose, he
said.

“In terms of global opinion making, short-wave transmissions hardly
have any impact anymore,” Vempati added. “While we are not phasing
them out completely, the focus of external broadcasts will now shift
to digital from short waves.”

Asked if digital will have the same reach as short-wave transmitters,
Vempati said that while he doesn’t doubt the reach of the short-wave
transmitters and their strategic importance, most of India’s
short-wave transmitters are now defunct.

“There is no record on their listenership too. Instead, the FM
transmitters network will be further strengthened at sensitive borders
and also more medium wave transmitters will be installed,” he said.
“We are also exploring hiring airwaves of other countries for a
specific time duration for our broadcasts.”

MEA had opposed the move

While the discussions on doing away with short-wave transmitters have
been on for some time now, the then Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)
spokesperson Vikas Swarup had strongly objected to the idea of closing
them down in 2016.

In a letter to the Information and Broadcasting ministry, Swarup had
said that the MEA was concerned about reports of short-wave
transmitters being shut down, stating that the most important tool of
public diplomacy is airwaves as opposed to social media and other
mediums. He further wrote that feedback from Indian missions abroad
indicated that countries successful in their outreach had relied on
traditional short-wave radio broadcasts.

In his letter, Swarup cited the example of Voice of America, BBC World
Service, Deutsche Welle and Chinese Radio International as those that
have successfully achieved a large global footprint while broadcasting
on short wave.

Retired diplomat Gurjit Singh, who was the former envoy to Indonesia
and Germany, said if the AIR is not flush with funds, it needed to
focus on newer technologies and focus its short-wave transmissions in
areas where other modes of communication are infrequent and for
countries that are not friendly to India.

Reiterating that radio is an important tool of public diplomacy, Singh
said, “A cost-benefit analysis has to be done and at the same time it
needs to be seen how many people AIR is reaching with its current
short-wave transmissions.”

Also read: A social media ad policy, censor overhaul: What’s on the
cards as Javadekar returns to I&B
‘Short-wave best for long-distance broadcasts’

A number of officials who are experts in broadcast engineering in AIR
and DD told ThePrint that for any long-distance broadcast, there
cannot be a better alternative to short-wave transmitters.

“Radio signals from short-wave transmitters not only have greater
reach, particularly to areas of strategic interest to India where
internet penetration is low but are also relatively difficult to jam,
unlike Internet-based radio services,” said one of the officials.

With many of India’s short-wave transmitters being old and worn out,
however, there has been a search within Prasar Bharati for newer
technology with the same kind of qualities as the short-wave
transmitters to replace them.

Former I&B ministry officials who have handled this subject in their
earlier stints say international broadcasters take a mixed approach
when it comes to short-wave transmitters. “With the kind of reach
short-wave transmitters have, even in the remote locations
transcending hills and deserts, it is not at all a good idea to close
most of our short-wave transmitters,” a senior official who had served
in the ministry said.

“Moreover countries with whom India doesn’t have a cordial relation,
will not let allow transmitters such as FM. Short-wave transmitters
are the only option in such cases,” the official added (via WORLD OF
RADIO 1986, DXLD)

This is, of course, what DX'ers and SWLs have dreaded for decades --
the departure of a station that for so many of us has been a huge
reason to continue using our radios. Predictable, but depressing.  For
me, AIR was among the first group of Asian countries logged in my
early years of DX'ing in the late 1960's, usually on 9912 kHz which is
the frequency I recall from back then. There was nothing like turning
on the receivers and hearing that wonderful AIR interval signal. We
still have Bangladesh around on SW at least (Dan Robinson, June 9, WOR
iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1986, DXLD)

The digital "Beast" is taking over and quashing the analogue one. Yes,
I guess we have seen it all coming with regards to analogue EM
emissions and wonderful (goes everywhere!) ionospheric skip. I loved
AIR when I was living in Hawaii (esp. 4840 Bombay/Mumbai) - marvelous
traditional Sitar and Vedic-chanting, etc. - some of which was from
Mr. Shankar himself! They will k/o domestic SW and then in 10 years a
big CME crushes the global internet and no fall back --- dumb! --
(Steve McGreevy, CA, N6NKS - www.auroralchorus.com WOR iog via DXLD)

MODI GOVT EYES SHIFT TO SATELLITE RADIO: A DTH-LIKE MODEL FOR CLEARER
BROADCASTS

The Narendra Modi government is expected to get in touch with ISRO to
examine the feasibility of the shift to satellite radio. More at :
https://theprint.in/india/modi-govt-eyes-shift-to-satellite-radio-a-dth-like-model-for-clearer-broadcasts/248020/
(via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, dx_india yg via DXLD)

** INDIA. [Re 19-23:] All India Radio on 7550 DRM

I checked reception of AIR on 7550 last night around 2030 and found
similar results to your report. I tried with GQRX + Dream on Ubuntu
18.04.2 Linux and also Sodira 0.100 on Windows 7. Like you, I received
very short bursts of decoded audio, no longer than  a second or so and
the Evaluation screen in Dream appeared similar to your image. There
was no decoding at all with Sodira, but it gave similar results to
GQRX + Dream when tuned to RFI on 3965 kHz. Both signals were varying
between 10 and 16dB S/N. The decoding on RFI was about 30%. When using
Sodira you tune to the centre of the bandwidth, whereas with GQRX and
SDR Sharp I use USB and the frequency 5 kHz lower. I usually need
something over 17dB S/N for reliable decoding, but I'm using my
home-brew Mini-Whip at present as my RA0SMS one is faulty. (Probably
needs replacement MOSFET).

Having read another recent post, perhaps AIR's transmission will soon
cease. Regards, -- (Ian Brooks, Verwood, Dorset. 10 miles north of
Bournemouth, UK, June 7, bdxc-news iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1986, DXLD)

Thanks, Ian, 73 de (Demetre M0SUY/SV1UY, Gateshead, NorthEast England,
QTH Locator IO94ew, ibid.)

Hi, I will monitor it over the weekend. It is just possible that they
were using another version of the aac encoder that DReaM or Sodira
does not support. Regards, (Kevin Ryan, June 7, ibid.)

** INDONESIA. 3325, Voice of Indonesia, via RRI Palangkaraya, 1110+,
on June 7. A day with no trace of any audio at all; only a good
strength carrier heard. Still no NBC Bougainville here.

3325, Voice of Indonesia, via RRI Palangkaraya, on June 10. No signal
at 1003; checked at 1208 to find strong  carrier; another day with no
trace of any audio.

3325, Voice of Indonesia, via RRI Palangkaraya, a late start here on
June 11; from 1108 to 1140, no signal at all (therefor still no NBC
Bougainville), but at 1147, VOI clearly in Chinese and later (1214) in
Japanese; so today there was no special holiday, but audio above
threshold level. This on a day with less than normal overall
propagation (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna:
100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD)

** INTERNATIONAL INTERNET. Shout out to Gilles Letourneau for his
weekly Shortwave show on YouTube on Fridays (2000 UT I think), I
missed it on Friday (6/7) but usually make it a point to tune in to at
least an hour or so of the broadcast. It`s always a lot of fun. Gilles
often reflects on DXing in the 1980's (that`s when I became an SWL
too), nice trips down memory lane along with current SWL happenings. I
highly recommend it!

I'll try to be more regular posting logs; I do listen every day but
unfortunately SW tends to be in the background of everything else
going on around here, 73! (Chris KC5IIE Krug, Tulsa, OK, Icom IC-7410,
Yaesu FT-2000 and 1000mp Mk5, Ant: 40-6 OCF dipole, WOR iog via DXLD)

** INTERNATONAL VACUUM. GEO-GROUP FOR EARTH OBSERVATION  

GEO was formed in 2003 to enable amateur reception of the new
generation of weather and earth imaging satellites which are already
in orbit or planned for launch in the near future. This Group supports
amateur and educational users quite independently of any single
equipment manufacturer. Advice about equipment and software from a
range of sources will be available to members and construction
projects have been published. 
http://www.geo-web.org.uk/ 

HEAVENS ABOVE 

This comprehensive and informative site gives satellite/astronomy
predictions and charts, including those for ISS and Shuttle
missions. 
https://www.heavens-above.com/ 
(both via Sheldon Harvey, QC, June Radio HF Internet Newsletter via
DXLD)

** JAPAN. 3945, "RN2, Radio Nikkei." New schedule! June 11, signed off
at 1231* (ex: 1400*), just after "See you tomorrow" and sign off
announcement in Japanese; followed by singing "Radio Nikkei" jingle.
Assume this is just on weekdays, as I believe they do not use this
frequency on the weekend? (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón
E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD)

** JAPAN. NHK - 9750 (1231), 6/7 tuned to pop music followed by OM in
Japanese, though I can`t understand what`s being said, I enjoy
listening to music from all the NHK/Nikkei stations (Chris KC5IIE
Krug, Tulsa, OK, Icom IC-7410, Yaesu FT-2000 and 1000mp Mk5, Ant: 40-6
OCF dipole, WOR iog via DXLD)

[non]. 11695, SINGAPORE, NHK World/R Japan at 1100. W with English
news headlines, PM Shinzo Abe trying to talk Trump out of trade
tariffs, etc. Good today, but not up to the armchair reception
yesterday with Michelle Yamamoto language lesson program. Still worth
noting, if this frequency proves reliable thru hot summer months, this
will be great for casual listening of NHK broadcasts (sorely missed
here in AZ) - Good June 11 (Rick Barton, Arizona SW Logs, RS
SW-2000629 with various outdoor wires, Grundig Satellit 205 &
shortwire, ATS-909X and 9' vertical, and stock World Traveler battery
portable. Use of portables noted where relevant for perspective on
signal strength comments. 73 and Good Listening....! -rb, WOR iog via
WORLD OF RADIO 1986, DX LISTENING DIGEST) If you don`t mind listening
at 4 am local; when AZ is coolest (gh, ibid.)

** KOREA NORTH. 11710, Voice of Korea at 1630, heard with battery
portable and nine foot vertical. Holy jumpin' George, some of the
worst audio I've ever heard here. Scratching noises, muddy audio, and
audio mixing with nearby jamming transmitters. A mess, even though
signal and level of audio we're both strong. 1640 Tenor vocalist that
sounded more like something off the old Lawrence Welk Show than the
usual KCBS / Voice of Korea fare. Couldn't compare with // on 9435. It
was still audible on fading band, but too low to get a read on sound
quality - (signal) Very Good June 10 (Rick Barton, Arizona SW Logs, RS
SW-2000629 with various outdoor wires, Grundig Satellit 205 &
shortwire, ATS-909X and 9' vertical, and stock World Traveler battery
portable. Use of portables noted where relevant for perspective on
signal strength comments. 73 and Good Listening....! -rb, WOR iog via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH [non]. JAPAN, Frequency changes of JSR Shiokaze Sea
Breeze from June 6
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/frequency-changes-of-jsr-shiokaze-sea.html

Viz.:
1300-1400 NF  5935 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg, ex 5980 and 2nd freq.
same time NF  6070 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg, ex 6040 is as follows
1300-1330 Chinese Mon; Japanese Tue/Sat; Korean Wed/Fri/Sun; English
Thu; 1330-1400 Korean Mon/Wed/Fri/Sat; Japanese Tue/Sun; English Thu

1600-1700 NF  5920 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg, ex 5980 and 2nd freq.
same time NF  6165 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg, ex 6090 is as follows
1600-1630 Chinese Mon; Japanese Tue/Sat; Korean Wed/Fri/Sun; English
Thu; 1630-1700 Korean Mon/Wed/Fri/Sat; Japanese Tue/Sun; English Thu
Frequency change of Furusato no Kaze via Shiokaze Sea Breeze from June 6

1405-1435 NF  5980 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg Japanese Daily, ex 5920
1405-1435 NF  6070 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg Japanese Daily, ex 6165
Публикувано от Observer в 1:45 PM (via WORLD OF RADIO 1986, DXLD)

5935, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze, via Yamata, audio stared at 1300, on June
10. Transmitter on at 1259; another less than ideal frequency
assignment, at least for me here in Calif., as Shiokaze now totally
blocks reception of Tibet (PBS Xizang), which before Shiokaze signed
on was mostly fair. My audio of Tibet in the clear until hit with
Shiokaze carrier and sign on at 
http://bit.ly/2Zhpr32 
Noted // 6070 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna:
100' long wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1986, DXLD)

** KOREA NORTH [non]. UZBEKISTAN, Radio Free North Korea via RRTM
Telecom Tashkent, June 7:
1200-1300 on 11510 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean, fair to good
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/radio-free-north-korea-via-rrtm-telecom.html

Voice of Wilderness via RRTM Telecom Tashkent, June 7:
1330-1530 on  7615 TAC 100 kW / 070 deg to NEAs Korean, weak/fair
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/voice-of-wilderness-via-rrtm-telecom.html

North Korea Reform Radio via RRTM Telecom Tashkent, June 7:
1430-1530 11565 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg NEAs Korean, good signal, plus
QRM
same time 11560 BGL 500 kW / 325 deg WeAs Pashto All India Radio 
-strong
1432-1434 11560 BGL 500 kW / 325 deg WeAs Pashto All India is off
air!!
2030-2130  7505 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg NEAs Korean, weak/fair plus
jammer
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/north-korea-reform-radio-via-rrtm.html

Voice of Martyrs via RRTM Telecom Tashkent, June 7
1530-1600 on  7530 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean, weak to fair
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/voice-of-martyrs-via-rrtm-telecom.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 7-8, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA SOUTH. CLANDESTINE: 9100. Jun 9, 2019. 2113-2129, Echo of
Hope-VOH, Gyeonggi-do-KOR (16181 km), in Korean. Man announcer talks,
preaching, presumably; 2126 A song. Very poor to barely audible
reception, with noise and some fading, 25322 to 25311. Note: Power 10
kW only. Is she, really ?? (JRX_Jose Ronaldo Xavier, SWARL Callsign
PR7036SWL, Cabedelo, Brazil (UTC-3), Receiver (s): Tecsun S-2000,
Antenna (s): Longwire, WOR iog via DXLD)

** KUWAIT. 11964.948-11974.777 kHz, DRM signal block visible, measured
of Radio Kuwait at 0600 UT, S=5 or -104dBm in Europe. Log June 9th,
0500-0630 UT, in Cape Canaveral FL state, and in Belgium/Netherlands
border and at eastern Switzerland remote SDR units [selected SDR
options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx,
wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 9, WOR iog via DXLD)

17550.0, June 9 at 2103, R. Kuwait, Arabic from S0 to S3, just for us
in C&W USA.

17550, June 11 at 2028, R. Kuwait with woman in Arabic, music, S0-S3
on C&W Nam service at seasonal audibility peak.

17550, June 12 at 2058, R. Kuwait, music, best heard yet achieving S5,
fading to S2. We should log this every day while we can at midsummer,
since the other 10-11 months will be totally inaudible, hi (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

MOI Radio Kuwait General Service in DRM, June 12
0935-1325 on 15109.8 KBD 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Arabic:
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/reception-of-moi-radio-kuwait-general.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 12, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** LAOS. 6130, Lao National Radio, checking at 1200, on June 11. Yes,
clearly heard unique gong/bell being rung slowly; otherwise completely
unusable; very fortunate that 1200 is so distinctive as to confirm
it's them (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna:
100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD)  

** LIBERIA. 6050, ELWA Radio, Monrovia, 0603-0617, 09-06, religious
songs in English. 15311 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol,
Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** MALAYSIA. 11665, Wai FM via Kajang, 1109-1120, on June 8. Audio
problem here perhaps just over modulation? Call-in show with children
singing (no music); good signal strength. 9835 kHz remains long
standing silence. My two minute audio at 
http://bit.ly/2K72lZD 
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long
wire, WOR iog via DXLD) See also EAST TURKISTAN

** MALI. 5995, Radio Mali, Bamako, *0554-0635, 09-06, open with
African songs, at 0557 tuning music, anthem, tuning music, French, ID
“Vous ecoutez L’Office de Radiodiffusion Television du Mali emettant
de Bamako...” “ORTM, la passion du service publique”, African songs.
35433.

9635, Radio Mali, Bamako, *0801-, 09-06, tuning music, vernacular
comments, African songs. 35433 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in
Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

5995, June 12 at 0610, S9 of hilife music, as R. Mali is sufficiently
modulated and no RHC aside 6000 to bother it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

5995, Radio Mali, Bamako, *0604-0800*, 13-06, African songs, ID in
French at 0618 “Vous ecoutez la Radio National du Mali”, at 0700
French, “Le journal, la premIère édition de Radio Mali”, news in
French, at 0720 “Le temps”, weather report, African songs and
vernacular comments. At 0800 tuning music and close down. 35433.

9635, Radio Mali, Bamako, *0801-0820, 13-06, tuning music, French, id.
“Vous ecoutez L’Office de Radiodiffusion Television du Mali emettant
de Bamako”, African song, “La Radio National”, Vernacular comments.
44444 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable
antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD)

** MEXICO. 940, June 7 at 1112, tropical music from N/S, 1114 maybe ID
just at our earliest sunrise, but too much splash from local 960 KGWA.
There are no US SS along this axis, and very likely XERKS Reynosa,
Tamaulipas, 1/1 kW, with a romántica format. Some other 940s have left
for FM, per IRCA Mexican log, such as XEYJ in Coahuila, but not
including XEQ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO [and non]. 1050 kHz observations - 11 June at ~0430z ---
For the first time since I made a stereo recording of 1050 and 990 kHz
pre-local midnight (PDT) / 0545-0700z on 03 June (z), I noted
yesterday evening (11 June at about 0430 UT) that 1050 had a threesome
"dogfight" between XED Mexicali (still on!), KORE Springfield, OR with
BroStair, and KTCT San Mateo. XED overall has the strongest signal.
Evidently XED has not left the air per Glenn and Raymie's report on 02
June here in WOR. 

However, 990 KTMS Santa Barbara is the only station on 990 at my
listening time as above (by far way above anything co-channel), and I
hear no trace of the (now missed!) XECL - the latter is shown of a few
of my "Los Angeles" aeronautical sectionals. Does anyone have an
updated date of 1050 XED's last day (if so)? (Steve McGreevy
-- N6NKS - www.auroralchorus.com WORLD OF RADIO 1986, DXLD)

** MEXICO. 1310, June 7 at 1103, choral Mexican NA loops between S and
SSW; 1105 announcement by super-hype voice actor, probably full ID but
just too much QRM. From direxion, timezone and power, most likely is
XETIA in Guadalajara (as in tapatía), but lesser stations also in
Taxco, Monterrey and Puebla if not the CP in Querétaro. Then it`s
overcome by another SS from east/west, must be Unitedstatesian, i.e.
KZIP (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. XEPPM Radio Educación --- I recorded 6185 kHz from early
evening into overnight on 4/5 June UT here in NB starting around 2135
UT. There was a weak signal on the frequency initially, which was
probably CRI in Arabic, which went off at 21:57. Subsequently, there
was QRM splash from neighbouring frequencies, which precluded
detecting Radio Educación. Radio Educación is supposed to sign on at
2200. The QRM disappeared at 2357, revealing a faint station on 6185
kHz. Signal strength gradually increased so that one could tell that
avante-garde rock or jazz music was playing. 

And at about 0100 UT, there was a clear ID and introduction to the
program "Para un Diccionario de la Imaginación." By this time,
reception was fair with a somewhat noisy signal but spoken word
intelligible and music listenable with programming following the
schedule for Cultura México Señal Internacional on this page: 
https://radioeducacion.edu.mx/carta-programatica-del-mes

But splash QRM was present between about 0358 and 0456, likely from
RRI in Romanian on 6180 kHz. The recording includes when Ron was
listening with a piano concerto (Chopin?) in the scheduled "52 Tips
para Escuchar Música Clásica" program although I didn't catch the
announcement of the program start due to the QRM and the signal had
gotten a bit weaker. Announcement at the end of the program by both
male and female announcers at about 0458. ID just before the top of
the hour followed by guitar music as Ron noted. Audio ended at about
0507:40 and transmitter off at about 0508:56 UT. All timings derived
from the recording (CHU recorded at start). (-- Richard Langley, June
8, WOR iog via DXLD)

6185, presumed XEPPM Radio Educacóon now at 0220z (09 June) fairly
good S9 peaks on my R-1000 (and 20m end-fed wire) out in the
radio-room/shop building. I went out back out into the field from the
noise field in Keeler and have them fair on my Sony SW6700GR and its
whip.  Obvious XE type music - sounds like older Traditional Mexican
music in Spanish. Moderate storm-static making copy a bit hard but
great to hear XEPPM again! -- it is about 20 minutes from local-sunset
with the Sun low just above the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the WNW.
(And thanks Richard/Ron and others for this tip). Nothing on 6180 up
past 6200 either - fully in-the-clear here in the no. Mojave Desert.

A follow-up at 0230z: Full ID at ~0230z "Radio Educación" and "Grupo
(something" reaching now S9+20 peaks on the R-1000 and audio quite
above the ambient QRN levels here. Wonderful to hear! I am going just
to sit back and listen more.

Another follow-up at 0302Z (09 June): 6185 XEPPM continued to play
great traditional vocal music and after ID at 0300 TOH and some SS
talk went into what sounded like Santana (the Santana style organ in a
couple of the tunes).  S9+15 average on the R-1000 and 20m end-fed
wire. I noted a 5 kHz heterodyne began at 0255 and noted a far weaker
6180 signal with weak audio buried under the QRN (RNA Brazil?).

In my freshman HS (TLHS San Rafael) Spanish class (1978-79),
instructor Sr. Lozano - a really funny Mexican fellow, loved playing
us Santana - they were his favorite group and he had many of their
records (I have three LPs of their music too). He required us to
listen to the Spanish lyrics and attempt to comprehend some of the
basic words. The music on XEPPM after 0300z reminded me of that long
ago (Steve McGreevy - N6NKS - www.auroralchorus.com WOR iog via DXLD)

** MEXICO. RAYMIE`S MEXICO BEAT this week --- 

A bit back, I was talking with Natán de los Reyes, who runs Tampico's
Vida FM 107.9 (the pirate I suggested move 17 MHz to avoid any
problems with XHTPI-FM). I had suggested he look to file for a
community station and pointed him to ORC.

He told me ORC had no desire to take on a religious station, but he
had found a group who would: a bar of Christian lawyers. I immediately
recognized the group: the Barra Nacional de Abogados Cristianos, which
by way of Voz de Transformación, A.C., had just gotten three FMs
awarded and had two more in the hopper. They'll be filing in the
second social window for the 2019 PABF's Tampico Class A station.

But he also explained to me that Voz de Transformación was less a
cohesive national project and more a vehicle for different, locally
run Christian stations across the country.

Finally, a hint of one of them is turning up. XHCSAP-FM 101.5 got its
first mention by La Paz pastor Marco Barriguete in a May 18 Facebook
post:

"101.5 FM Radio La Paz. Jesucristo será exaltado con nuestras voces.
Reunión de lideres radiales en La Paz, B.C.S. Dr. Amado Barrón y Edgar
Alan Loubet"

Still no word on who will run 89.1 San Felipe BC and 104.3
Chilpancingo (Raymie Humbert, Phœnix AZ, June 6, WTFDA Forum via
DXLD)

Xalapa Actualization

We have information that, since the beginning of the past week XHWA
has turned into EXA FM 98.5. This change it seems to be accompanied by
an agreement between Grupo Avandradio and Grupo Radio Digital who have
taken control of many radio stations here in the state of Veracruz.

At the moment, the site of the main transmitter (shared with XHCTJA)
located in the Uruguay Street, and the actual studios are in the same
place till they get new ones. Any new information will be posted
(f_santosp, Veracruz, June 10, ibid.) 

I'm not terribly surprised by this development, actually! GRD has
shown a huge appetite in recent years for buying stations in Veracruz.
They bought in recent years XHPP/Orizaba, XHPR/Veracruz Puerto, and
XHTD in Coatzacoalcos. And I do mean bought—they're now the
concessionaire. A few months from now I'd start watching IFT meeting
notes to see if a known GRD concessionaire is acquiring XHWA's
concession. That's when you'll know it's a sale, not a lease.
XHWA's format had been on the chopping block at least since the start
of the year, too (Raymie, June 10, ibid.) 

Some of the headlines from early in the week so far:

On in Matehuala. We've waited three years, but XHUASM-FM 91.9 is
finally testing in Matehuala. It's a milestone in San Luis Potosí
broadcasting: there hadn't been a new station in Matehuala since XEIE
went on the air in the summer of 1976! It's the first public station
for Matehuala.

Not for XHTM. Turns out that XHTM almost went up for a Foro TV move on
May 22, but the UMCA requested the Pleno authorization be held back
because it needed to figure out information about shadows. (Which, if
you know XHTM's footprint, is a big matter.)

No wonder XHFCT's permit wasn't renewed. Turns out the reason the IFT
denied a permit renewal for XHFCT-FM wasn't an administrative reason
or late renewal. They filed a timely renewal application and a timely
concession transfer application.

As the Unidad de Concesiones y Servicios was reviewing the filing, the
UCS informed the IFT's Compliance Unit—its enforcement bureau—that it
had found evidence that the station was selling advertising time in
violation of its permit. Yup, that's a valid reason not to renew it.

Radio Centro gives the ax to the remnants of Radio Red. In this case,
that mostly means those two newscasts that were left marooned on 1110
AM and then forced to go web-only. Juan Francisco Castañeda and Jesús
Martín Mendoza will see their shows end on Friday.
https://twitter.com/RadioCentroMX/status/1138215906310598657
———

[and non] There's a curiosity developing on South Padre Island,
Texas.

Last year, KESO fell silent when the tower owner was forced to perform
an emergency demolition, leaving XHRR "La Ley 102.5" without a
simulcast partner.

KESO's back as of tonight, but not with XHRR, and not with programming
from R Communications. Instead it's running as Classic 92.7. And yes,
that's the Multimedios Classic, though MM isn't buying KESO...
(Raymie, June 12, ibid.)

A curious column yesterday from La Razón
https://www.razon.com.mx/opinion/el-tiempo-pasa-y-no-puedo-licitar/
suggests more big changes are in the offing for Grupo Radio Centro.

Some are to be expected: GRC dropping 92.1 FM (with Grupo Siete
reported to have a better offer on the table) and the sale of up to 10
radio stations (!). Others make less sense, like dropping all
streaming and podcasts for GRC stations. And the question of whether
GRC can actually follow through on TV remains to be seen.

———

First on the Mexico Beat: Another Religious Wolf in Nuevo Leon

Sometimes, you have to lead the horse to water. Sometimes, the water
comes to the horse.

I was perusing the ORC page yesterday when I saw ORC put up a post
about XHCSAG/La Visión de Dios, which unlike most of these religious
stations somehow managed to capture national media attention and get
written about in La Jornada and Reporte Índigo

https://www.reporteindigo.com/reporte/ift-concede-historicamente-senal-de-tv-a-grupo-evangelico-la-vision-de-dios/
(by people who saw the concesión única and saw their heads fill with
more ideas than La Visión de Dios actually has, unfortunately). There
was a comment by Armando de la Cruz who was unusually excited about
the idea (unlike ORC who doesn't like this one bit).

Armando de la Cruz... Where had I heard it before? Then I checked his
Facebook profile, and it all made sense. He's José Armando de la Cruz
Rodríguez—the winner of the Montemorelos permit forest (XHMTM-FM
91.3)!
https://www.facebook.com/josearmandodelacruz/posts/2870820626291293

And furthermore, he's already running a Christian station, "Radio
Libertad" 88.3!
http://www.radiolibertad.mx/

Seems like it's pretty clear what listeners can expect on the new 91.3
now — it'll be a relocation of the existing 88.3 pirate. 

[tagline] Este programa es público, ajeno a cualquier partido
político. Queda prohibido el uso para fines distintos a los
establecidos en el programa (Raymie, 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 on June 4. wb (Wolfgang
Bueschel, BC-DX 10 June via DXLD)

** MONGOLIA. 7260, Mongolian Radio P3 (FM100.9 relay), 1025-1038, on
June 9. Call-in show with both children and adults singing (no
[instrumental] music); poor reception. My audio at 
http://bit.ly/2Zm7y3j 

7260, Mongolian Radio P3 (FM100.9 relay), 1154+, on June 11. The usual
Tuesday "Radio Karaoke Entertainment" program (per their web site
schedule); in vernacular with phone call-in program with the callers
singing. This type of program seems to be popular in
Asia, as I have heard Bhutan, Malaysia, etc. with the same program
format (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100'
long wire, WOR iog via DXLD)

** MYANMAR. 5985, Myanmar Radio, 1255, on June 7. The start of two
consecutive shows of the Friday edition of "Learning English with 
BBC, Burmese"; fairly readable, but with some noise QRM. My local
sunrise was at 1249 UT and Yangon sunset at 1207 UT, which worked 
out very well for this reception. My six minute audio at 
http://bit.ly/2WmXFAc 
Just after listening to Myanmar, took a picture of my beach listening
post this morning - 
http://bit.ly/2EUiKw8 
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long
wire, WOR iog via DXLD)

** NETHERLANDS [non]. 9925, EAST GERMANY, The Mighty KBC (Nauen) at
0000 with opening music and a man with ID of “Rocking over the ocean
and all over Europe we are the Mighty KBC” then general silliness and
into DJ Dave Mason with oldies music and KBC Imports ads – Very Good
June 9 (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)

** NEW ZEALAND. 5945, RNZI at 1100 with time pips and a man with
barely audible “RNZ News” and into a somewhat more audible “Hymns for
a Sunday Morning” at 1103 - Useless June 9 

Being a church choir director, I truly love listening to “Hymns for a
Sunday Morning” but lately it's been a waste of time due to the poor
band conditions. At least during the previous solar minimum we still
had Radio Australia in our local mornings. Going further back to the
solar minimums in the 70s, 80s, and 90s we actually enjoyed better
reception on the tropical bands than during solar maximum but the
plethora of tropical bands stations we used to listen to is no more.
This particular solar minimum, however, is really getting me down and
is becoming too painful to bear. If it weren't for amateur radio and
the amount of fellow hams I can talk to I might consider getting right
out of the hobby (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)

13840, Radio New Zealand (presumed); 2321-2332+, 6/8; English
interview; thanks to QRN, splash from Dead Dr. Gene on 13845 via
WWCR(p) & pulse QRM, heard; “TV, Australian lawyer, environment”,
“there is something profoundly abnormal” & “Muhammad Ali”. I have no
doubt all these things are related. SIO=2+32+ Seems to be on 13840.04
(Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ---- All logged
by my ears, on my receiver, in real time. ----, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA. 7255-, June 8 at 0614, VON is S9+10/20, but just barely
modulating! About like competitor for the JBM crown, 6165 RHC.

7255-, June 9 at 0558, VON is S9 to S9+10, but again JBM during
drumming IS, which is great to hear when possible.

7255-, June 11 at 0612, VON is again/still OFF.

7255-, June 12 at 0606, VON is on at S9+10/20 but undermodulated; BTW,
24 hours earlier June 11, when I found it to be off, Ivo Ivanov had it
instead on 9689.9 where I did not check, but has happened before. Also
at this same time June 12, he reports the DRM transmitter was also
active with Hausa on 15119.9. Alan Roe suggests it was for a special
occasion, National Democracy Day (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) Viz.:

Voice of Nigeria on wrong frequency 9690v, instead of 7255v, June 11
0600-0800 9689.9 AJA 250 kW / 248 deg to WCAf Hausa/Fulfulde, weak
0800-1030 9689.9 AJA 250 kW / 248 deg to WCAf French, not in English!

https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/voice-of-nigeria-on-wrong-frequency.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 10-11-12, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Unscheduled broadcast of Voice of Nigeria in DRM, June 12
0600-0700 on 15119.9 AJA 250 kW / 007 deg to NoAf Hausa
0700-0800 on 15119.9 AJA 250 kW / 007 deg to NoAf Fulfulde
0800-1030 on 15119.9 AJA 250 kW / 007 deg to NoAf French [sic]
Videos will be added later today (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June
10-11-12, WORLD OF RADIO 1986, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

V of Nigeria now on-air in English - 12 June at 0800 UT on 15120 in
DRM mode. This broadcast may be in connection with National Democracy
Day, today in Nigeria. Thanks to Ivo for the tip.
(Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1986, DXLD)

Yes, from 0759 UT is on English, instead of French, not // on 7255v AM
mode in French (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, ibid.)

Special transmissions of Voice of Nigeria on shortwave
15120 kHz DRM, due to 2019 Democracy Day Celebration on June 12:
0600-0800 on 15119.9 AJA 250 kW / 007 deg to NoAf Hausa/Fulfulde
0800-1400 on 15119.9 AJA 250 kW / 007 deg to NoAf English, co-ch
0900-1200 on 15120.0 RIY 500 kW / 070 deg to SoAs Bengali BSKSA!
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/special-broadcasts-of-voice-of-nigeria.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 12, WORLD OF RADIO 1986, DXLD)

7254.9, Voice of Nigeria, Ikorodu, 0559-0610, 13-06, tuning music,
Hausa, comments, mentioned “Nigeria”. 35433 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo,
Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog
via DXLD)

** NORTH AMERICA. YHWH or the HWY heads up! Just FYI, YHWH right now
0412Z here in AZ, not heard on earlier rechecks, must have come on at
0400. 73 and Good Listening! (Rick Barton, Sun City, AZ, 0413 UT June
8, WOR iog via DXLD)

Thanks, Rick. Just barely audible in Victoria, BC at 0421 UT. He's
usually much stronger here, but so far, not so. Oops, I accidentally
had the attenuator at 30 dB. With it off, he's still just audible
(Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, ibid.)

I don’t want to post details here, but a Google search on “YHWH” “FCC”
links to an article on the ARRL web site detailing the FCC bust of the
station in 2014, including the operator’s name and location.

It’s curious that west-coast listeners are getting a poor signal when
YHWH is on. If it is indeed the same QTH as before, the “Token”
KiwiSDR located in the Mojave desert ought to get an extremely strong
signal, as it is just a few miles from the town where FCC field agents
tracked down the transmitter previously.

It brings up the question as to whether the current incarnation of
YHWH is the same operator as before, or someone else playing
recordings of the original broadcast. If it is indeed the same person,
he may be transmitting from a completely different location, or with
much lower power (Jim Barrett, Elmira, NY, June 8, WOR iog via DXLD)

Hi Jim,
FCC letter per info in DXLD 16-52 (or see
http://transition.fcc.gov/eb/FieldNotices/2003/DOC-331583A1.html )

In 2017, there was a rumor that he had moved out of California, but
then in May, 2018, during a live segment, I heard he say he was "8,000
feet up in the Sierras." (Ron Howard, California, WOR iog via DXLD)

Since the identity of the person previously busted by the FCC is a
matter of public record, we don`t need to beat around the bush about
his name. However, the two frequencies in the notice [6280, 11595] are
not typical ones we remember, nor is ``YHWH`` mentioned:

Martin K. Elliott - Inyokern, CA
NOTICE OF UNLICENSED OPERATION...
(Glenn Hauser, WOR iog via DXLD)

It's considered poor form in the community to DF pirate broadcasters,
leaving that to the federal professionals. Had to be said, I'm not
trying to stir up any beef, just laying out something I've come to
realize over the years (mcradioface, wor iog via DXLD)

7480, UNITED STATES (PIRATE), YHWH at 0410 (in progress at tune-in).
Josiah with usual Yahweh or the Hiway type lecture. Very strong
signal, heard at my bedroom aux. listening post. Overpowering my RS
SW-2000629 with longwire, so I attenuated by switching to the "window
frame antenna", and found it still lighting up the green tuning eye. 

Reported by Ron Howard, et al. previously, first time logged by me
this year. I noted that this did not appear to be the canned tape loop
stuff he had last year. S-9 (and greater on peaks). Unfortunately,
using my nightstand listening post was not a good idea, as I missed
the time the station closed (ZZZzzzzzz) - Excellent June 8 (Rick
Barton, Arizona SW Logs, 73 and Good Listening....! -rb, WOR iog via
WORLD OF RADIO 1986, DXLD)

Was very strong here. Glad you found it on the frequency he has been
using of late. For the record, it was on 7480 kHz. I needed to use my
attenuator here, but elected instead to just switch to a smaller
aperture antenna (Rick Barton, AZ, WOR iog via DXLD)

Hi Glenn and Walt, If YHWH is indeed still in California (still not
heard. here in Keeler - Inyo County - 100 km north of Inyokern, CA)
then I would think skip (F-layer - maybe some shorter Es when
happening) would be just too long on 7.4/7.8 or even lower nearer to
the main 43M pir8 frequencies around 6.8 to 6.9 MHz (or whatever they
are on at times lately) at local sunset and later, and as such there
would be little reception within a few hundred km unless within
groundwave range. Maybe that is why they do not come in here at all,
but I admit I have never tried much - enough to hear BroStair pounding
in on two ~39m frequencies from "back-East") and I'm kinda-not into
weird religious broadcasters, INMO). 

With that just written, you guys have me really interested NOW in
trying, so thank you for the reports! I scanned all of 7 MHz last
evening around evening-dusk, but just big QRN and a few sigs like 7330
R. Marti(?)/ BroStair on two freqs. loudly here (7730 or 7780 // 7570)
fine CHU signals on 7850 --- and litle else in a quick band-scan above
7.3 MHz (R-1000 and 20m wire). Sometimes I do park on Stair just to
"enjoy" the novelty and hoping he has his computer voice going too
(Steve McGreevy, WOR iog via DXLD)

I‘d love to ask you to make the drive and check things out! 73, (Walt
Salmaniw, BC, ibid.)

Walt, what freq(s) was YHWH on on 08 June(?) during your SDR
observations? - (Steve, ibid.)

Stephen, 7480 which is the usual frequency of late especially during
the 0400 UT hour (Walt, ibid.)

Oh yeah, bonk down US-395 to within groundwave of Inyokern/local
Sierra to the west? Yeah, tempting. Especially on a quieter
weekday-evening when the 395 rat-race is way down (you know - LA to
Mammoth craze). I avoid speeder-city 395 as much as possible, but if
YHWH is on, well, yeah... :-) - THANKS WALT!! Steve (also: tnx. for
7480 freq. Info.!) (Steve, -- N6NKS – www.auroralchorus.com, ibid.)

Only problem is that YHWH is not really regular enough to risk a 100
mi drive. If he was, it might be a no-brainer. Good luck, Steve! PS:
Watch out for all of the, "beware of dogs" signs! (Walt, ibid.)

Hey Walt, Hee hee! Yeah, actually I knew these sweet older couple
(both passed away, most sadly to me - (Bob liked casual AM DXing too!)
who were once from Marin County living on a houseboat near Sausalito
(I only met them in my area at gatherings first in 2002). Sweet
people! They lived in a home in the rural acreage area to the
north-north-west of Inyokern (town). Honestly, THAT area was spooky
with a lot of weird traffic. Keeler is quiet way more by comparison.
I would NOT live down there. They were near Brown Road. Good (maybe?)
pir8 country but nearby the USN base (China Lake) so maybe not a
really good place after all. 

I guess the thing to do is monitor 7480 (etc.) and see if I can hear
back-scatter or a mix of that and weak groundwave maybe. I would only
have to go maybe 60 km south to near "Little Lake" to have a full-view
of both the IYK area and the Sierra to the west. Hmmm... (note I like
to use metric being a global traveller and 30,000 km + all around
CANADA too; ELF-VLF natural radio field expeditions/aurora photography
too - 1993 to 2001). -- (Steve McGreevy, N6NKS –
http://www.auroralchorus.com ibid.)

Steve, please do keep us informed of your discoveries! Always a fun
part of the hobby. During my extensive travels, I've always kept my
eyes open for anything unusual radio-wise. Used to go by all the old
RFE/RL transmitter sites in Germany, for instance when I was stationed
there in the early 80s. Also all of the Wullenweber arrays I've come
across around the world. My very good friend Vlad Titarev and I
traveled around Ukraine, back in the days when it was much frowned
upon, geolocating radio transmitter sites. Great fun! 73, (Walt
Salmaniw, ibid.)

Walt, I think you must be one of the planet's top level traveling
radio nuts... Me... just a junior... -s- ;-)
-- 
And another thought and concern: if I DID hear them (him) well as a
semi-local signal near IYK, wouldn't I be a real big "heel" to report
anything? I really don't want to play the role of Charlie (or risk
anything). Let Charlie do the work. Not my way to report locations of
free-broadcasters, you know? (I would report in private to you Walt,
only). Truth (Steve, ibid.)

Steve, I just enjoy travelling, and make sure that I add a radio
component to anywhere I happen to be! I think Gary DeBock is up there
in the running for radio travelers, and let's not ever forget John
Bryant. He was pretty amazing --- Easter Island and all. Now, having
said that, no one comes close to the amazing exotic places that radio
amateurs go to. Someone posted a link recently to videos of
DX-peditions. I've watched a couple of amazing ones to the
Antarctic.   PS: Feel free to slip me information if you find out more
about YHWH!!! 73 (Walt, ibid.)

Hi Jim, FCC letter shown in full in DXLD 16-52. In 2017, there was a
rumor that he had moved out of California, but then in May, 2018,
during a live segment, I heard he say he was "8,000 feet up in the
Sierras." (Ron Howard, California, ibid.)

Our friend on 7480 is here again at 0406. Tonight much better than
last night, but not great, still. I'll try some SDRs and see what I
can find (Walt Salmaniw, BC, UT June 9, ibid.)

Spent the last 20 minutes tuning to various KIWI SDRs around the
country and western Canada, as well as the few North American Perseus
SDRs. Of course, not at all scientific, as the antenna systems are
highly variable, as are the noise floors, but still interesting. 

In order of strength and clarity, the strongest reception for YHWH
came from Ft Collins, CO and Sedona, AZ. Numerous SDRs were monitored
in CA, but nothing came from any of them there. Surprised me, for
sure. Reception here in Victoria, BC, as well as in Chilliwack, BC was
quite good as well. A place called Forney, TX was good as well, as was
Kingman, AB [AZ?]. Berthoud, CO was good. Nevada (2 stations) poor or
non-existent. Montana was non-existent. Salt Lake City:  nil. Kansas,
poor to fair. And Albuquerque, NM nil. Interesting, but not sure if
that really proves anything! 

He signed off with the usual, "Good night, folks. I love you" at
0444:30. The sound of the signal is identical to past transmissions,
so it's my view that it is the same transmitter as in the past, and
not a relay. As for QTH, who knows for sure! Interesting that I'm not
getting anything at all from the 10 or so California SDRs, so I'm
sceptical that he's still in the Sierra Madres. 73, (Walt Salmaniw,
0449 UT June 9, ibid.)

Based on the signal on various SDRs being good in the Pacific
Northwest, Alberta, Colorado and Arizona, but poor to non-existent in
California, I suspect he’s not in the Sierras - perhaps the Rockies?
(Jim Barrett, Elmira NY, ibid.)

7480, UNITED STATES (PIRATE), YHWH at 0345 (in progress at tune-in).
May have been on earlier during a check and i missed it due to noise.
I first detected the station only with BFO revealing the AM carrier.
Josiah with lecture buried in static, but later peaking a bit higher.
Ranged from Very Poor to Good, but always under static. Days of Hard
Life at 0440 and off 0444. Not sure how to call this one with SINPO -
Fair/Poor/Fair June 9 (Rick Barton, Arizona SW Logs, Hammarlund
HQ-140X, RS SW-2000629 with various outdoor wires. 73 and Good
Listening....! -rb, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1986, DXLD)

Pirate: YHWH: 7480/AM, 0428-0444:17*, 6/9; Familiar voice peaking in
the QRN; did hear “Yahweh” & “church”. Sounded like music about 0440 &
carrier disappeared at 0444:17. SSB better than AM (Harold Frodge,
Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ---- All logged by my ears, on
my receiver, in real time. ----, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

As of 0406 UT no sign of our favourite pirate. A digital ute came up
starting at 7481 a moment ago, but he's now gone. Centred around 7482.
Will continue to monitor tonight. He was quite well heard during this
hour last night (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, UT June 10, ibid.)

No sign up here either, lots of digital sounds on or near the channel.
Did decode the following ALE calls, Google says they are Dept of
Veteran Affairs

[2019-06-10 02:52:27] [NORMAL
MODE][TWS][6601][TWS][6601][TWS][6601][TWS][6601][TWS][6601][TWS][6601]
[TWS][6601][EOM]
[2019-06-10 03:42:20]
[2019-06-10 03:42:20] [NORMAL
MODE][TWS][204KNADVA][TWS][204KNADVA][TWS][204KNADVA][TWS][204KNADVA]
[TWS][204KNADVA][TWS][204KNADVA][TWS][204KNADVA][TWS][204KNADVA][TWS]
[204KNADVA][EOM] 
[. . . same repeated countless times . . .]
[2019-06-10 03:52:44]
[2019-06-10 03:52:44] [NORMAL
MODE][TWS][6601][TWS][6601][TWS][6601][TWS][6601][TWS][6601][TWS][6601]
[TWS][6601][EOM]
[2019-06-10 04:51:26]
[2019-06-10 04:51:26] [NORMAL
MODE][TWS][6601][TWS][6601][TWS][6601][TWS][6601][TWS][6601][TWS][6601]
[TWS][6601][EOM] (Don Moman, AB, ibid.)

A year or two back I had been posting YHWH logs on hfunderground - I
received an email with a picture of what appeared to be a
trailer/mobile home in the middle of the desert behind a fence with
mountains in the background. The email contained just the picture. I
can't figure out how to send the pic to the group though as I don't
think attachments are allowed (Rich Near Chicago Ray, ibid.)

Rich, no problems anymore sending photos. Just attach it. I'd love to
see it! 73, (Walt Salmaniw, ibid.)

Hi Ron, Curious! I just checked that FCC link and just got a "404" so
not at that link amazingly at 0349z (09 June). Inyokern area? About 60
miles south of me over the Coso Mountains, and there is a paved road
up into the Sierra to the west called "Kennedy Meadows Road" that
winds its way up way into the Sierra. I've never gone up it any, only
passed it multiple times on way south usually to SF Bay Area (Marin)
via CA-58/99/46/I-5 etc. 

If "he" was up Whitney Portal Rd. or Horseshoe Meadows Road locally,
the groundwave into Keeler here would be huge, it would seem. But I
have never heard YHWH as I tend to not listen to pirates much;
however back long ago around the Millennium, I was amazed at KIPM's
huge signal just on my portable radios as I took evening bike rides
way out of Keeler here. (Yes, I too live in a 1 1/2 wide metal (white)
mobile home behind a fence in Keeler, but a shop building out back too
where my radio room is. My antennas are visible once near the front of
my very treed-in QTH. One day several months ago, I was surprised at a
film-crew with a BIG camera in my yard outside my usually locked gate!
I just observed from my kitchen window. The LA media machine intrudes
and invades this town like a plague over the years. I have been in a
VICE-TV doc. called "Abandoned" a few years ago; now I regret it.

FOLLOW-UP: swiping your link added a "%20" after the "...html" (i.e.
...html%20) and so it bounced. I noticed that a tad ago and now have
the page here. (Spaces are often replaced by "%20" code in html links
and file names). OK! 73 - (Steve McGreevy, N6NKS, ibid.)

7480 just came on at ~0322, good signal in Alberta (Don Moman, June
11, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1986, DXLD)

YHWH right now (0322 Z), just came up, 7480 kHz. Solid S-9 + in
Arizona. 73 and good listening....! -rb (Rick Barton, ibid.)

Not too strong into Victoria, but LSS isn’t for another 30 minutes or
so, so I’m listening via an Arizona Kiwi SDR (Walt Salmaniw, 0348 UT,
ibid.)

I can see a weak carrier on 7480, 11 Jun 2019, 0410 UT, on my own SDR
and two others in the northeast, but not enough audio to identify. 

Western SDRs are another story. strong signal and good audio noted at
the “Radio Ranch” Kiwi near Pahrump, NV, also KPH SDR near San
Francisco, and one in north central Nevada.

YHWH was audible on the “Token” SDR near Inyokern, but not all that
loud compared to others farther north. The operator’s claim to be
“8000 feet up in the Sierras” may indeed be quite accurate.

Rechecked a few minutes ago at 0445, and the station is off.
(Jim Barrett, Elmira NY, ibid.)

June 11, noted on 7480 kHz, as others have also reported, *0322;
steady, fair reception through 0420, when started going downhill
till unusable by 0430; 0410, gave the usual ten commandments; 0421,
"shalom"; the usual anti-Christian/Catholic/Muslim/Mormon/
Jesus/etc. recording. My four minute audio at 
http://bit.ly/2EZe2gE 
(Ron Howard, California, ibid.)

7480, UNITED STATES (Pirate), YHWH at 0322. I had just tuned in the
channel when a strong open carrier came on, then Josiah in
mid-sentence, with the reading of a letter. This time, this DID sound
like the same canned programming I remember from last year. 0415, well
into "the Ten Commandments of Yahweh". ID of station and name given as
"Josiah Elias", time, sign off with "I love you" and off. A cupla open
carriers with modulated beeps, then all off at 0434        - Very Good
June 11 (Rick Barton, Arizona SW Logs, RS SW-2000629 with various
outdoor wires, Grundig Satellit 205 & shortwire, ATS-909X and 9'
vertical, and stock World Traveler battery portable. Use of portables
noted where relevant for perspective on signal strength comments. 73
and Good Listening....! -rb, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1986, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

YHWH MIA tonight --- No sign of YHWH tonight on 7480. Widely heard
yesterday, so his erratic appearances continue (and WRNO 7505 has not
been heard for several weeks)....All as of 0440 UT. 73, (Walt
Salmaniw, UT June 12, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1986, DXLD)

By the way, JoshuaYHWH is on 7584.5 right now at 0315. Relatively weak
here (Bob LaRose, San Diego, UT June 13, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO
1986, DXLD)

Re YHWH: At 0342, no sign of them up here in Victoria; back to WBCQ
for me! (Walt Salmaniw, BC, UT June 13, ibid.)

Yes I agree (r-m) in that I would check for only personal reasons only
- or for a couple of trusted insiders. I think I expressed that
further above. Anyway, I missed entirely YHWH's 10 June transmission
as I was outside on a walk about dusk and did go by 7480 and nothing
heard compared to BroStair (I always check him out for a spell) but I
was on foot out a ways and listened to other SWBC stations too. I
declare I would never disclose either an AM/SSB pir8 any "beacon" type
signal if found. Just report the presence such as frequency/time only.
I do agree "mcradioface" with you there, I do say!  (Steve McGreevy,
-- N6NKS – www.auroralchorus.com, WOR iog via DXLD)

WALT! Yeah I DFed everything I could - uhh, there was an S9+40 baby
monitor here in Keeler 10 years ago from a resident I knew. The two
boys as babies could be heard on 49.860 perfectly on my TS-480 and 6m
beam. I think, though, I maybe listened for half hour total and then
decided I felt guilty.

Back in the 90s when 10 cordless-phone channels (10 49-MHz and 10-46
MHz that is) in Marin County were filled with cordless phones (once
the bases moved-up from just above the top-end of the 1610 kHz BCB,
that was amazing too!) - I actually copied an order being made (just
heard I mean) and and located it 5 km from my hilltop location, the
person was on a cul-de-sac by my former "Terra Linda HS" where a
girlfriend had lived, but two houses away (that with 1/4 wave whip)
amongst hoards of hetrodyning narrow-band FM signals jamming each of
the channels. All sorts of stuff like that, but it was usually in
passing while I DXed F2 skip, etc. more seriously.

I know a lot of people who casually did this. ***Those who use what
they hear for bad purposes cross a line into truly unethical behavior,
and that sucks. And recall before cell phones went digital, images
from local towers could be heard in the UHF police-band (~450-460 MHz
and also on UHF TVs perfectly if nearby (such as UHF 80-83 on old
sets.)

Maybe it is truly good for all of that these personal comms are
digital now. These days I just DX FM and SW to LW, and really not too
much, the most on-foot while I walk into the nearby desert out of any
noise in-town. Truth (Steve McGreevy, -- N6NKS –
www.auroralchorus.com, WOR iog via DXLD)

One last thing re. YHWH and any presumed intent of mine to "find its
vicinity" -- at the time YHWH broadcasts - 0300-0400 UT or so, I am in
no shape (generally TIRED/SLEEPY by dusk) to drive 60 mi / 100 km
south near Inyokern/Ridgecrest.

Very frankly, I DO NOT like this region anymore and I intend to
re-locate by Summer's end up north (likely OR where I lived in
96-97).  I have no desire to drive down insane US-395 toward nasty So.
Calif. (INMNHO). My intent later IS to head WAY north of Modoc County,
CA to seek a much saner location. My N6NKS QRZ.com page suggests my
intended QTH-change this year, too! Es la verdad! SpM -- N6NKS -
www.auroralchorus.com WOR iog via DXLD) Modoc = NE corner of CA

** OKLAHOMA. 1230, June 7 at 0031 UT, music segués on strong signal,
must be semi-local WBBZ Ponca City reactivated, as of UT June 6 since
it was certainly not on the day before. First noted off May 27
following storms and flooding so that`s 11 days lost, during which I
did not gain much luck definitely DXing on this graveyard. Yes, at
0048 UT, ``Thanks for staying with us, Sunny 104.7 moved to 1230, with
Delilah on the air every evening`` – that  change happened quite a
while ago as I previously commented; while sibling station really on
104.7 is now something else. Continues with some PSAs (Glenn Hauser,
Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** OKLAHOMA. RF 17, June 8 at 1545 UT, K17JN-D, the 3ABN satellator
constituting Enid`s only local DTV signal, is on the air and back to
``normal``, i.e. active programming on -1, -3 and –5, black dead air
on -2, -4, and -6, which nevertheless display same full signal level
on the STB, yet ``NO SIGNAL`` (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. Enid, 36, KZMB-LD, Granted power increase to 15kw/8m,
37-34-38/97-21-44 (FCC TV News, June WTFDA VHF-UHF Digest via DXLD) 

[non] What?? Never seen or heard such a station. Rabbitears.info
reveals that it`s really west of Wellington KS, with a CP to move
right up to the south edge of Wichita. What has this to do with Enid,
100+ miles away??? In fact, rabbitears correctly places it in Wichita
market. It`s among a lot of speculative? Imaginary DTV
America-licensed stations, probably rented for home-shopping should
they ever appear  (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OMAN. Radio Sultanate of Oman in Arabic, instead of English June 6
1400-1500 on  9620 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu Arabic, not English
from 1500 on  9620 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu Arabic as scheduled
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/radio-sultanate-of-oman-in-arabic.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 6-7, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PHILIPPINES. 9794.976, June 7 at 1055, JBA off-frequency stands out
in a USB 1-kHz-step bandscan (my usual method). Soon recognize ``Jesus
Saves`` IS of FEBC, interspersed with IDs? unreadable maybe English;
1100 switch to other theme music and tonal language. Aoki/NDXC shows
it`s an hour in Vietnamese from the Iba site (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** PHILIPPINES. Reception of Radio Pilipinas PBS in 31/25mb on June 8
1730-1930 on  9910 PHT 250 kW / 283 deg to N&ME Filipino, weak/fair
1730-1930 on 12120 PHT 250 kW / 283 deg to N&ME Filipino, fair/good
1730-1930 on 15190 PHT 250 kW / 283 deg to N&ME Filipino, NO SIGNAL
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/reception-of-radio-pilipinas-pbs-in.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 8-9, DX LISTENING DIGEST) But:

15190, Radyo Pilipinas at 1729 UT June 9 with test tone to 1730 with
National Anthem and sign on of Filipino language broadcast. Fair. 73
(Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Rx: Perseus SDR, Ant: ALA 100
wellbrook loop, WOR iog via DXLD)

** RUSSIA. The long-wave transmitter with the call sign of PB-53
"Radio Center number 1" in the village. Olgino. Leningradskaya oblast.
------------------------------
Previously, such a call sign was worn by the legendary 100-kilowatt
radio station to them. SM Kirov, first broadcast from Kolpino in 1930,
continued broadcasting from a building of a Buddhist temple on
Primorsky Prospect during the war and blockade, and subsequently, from
the late 40s, from Olgino. The shooting date is May 19, 2017.
+ photo transmitter.
https://vk.com/club171176221?w=wall-171176221_5331
https://vk.com/club171176221 
(via Rus-DX 9 June via DXLD)

** RUSSIA. Far East and Chukotka --------------------- The ambitious
project is intended to be realized by the authorities of Chukotka and
the specialists of the Far Eastern Regional Center of the Russian
Television and Radio Broadcasting Network - short-wave digital
broadcasting to the whole of Chukotka. Governor Roman Kopin and
Director of the Far Eastern Distribution Center RTRS Branch Stanislav
Kuznetsov signed a Cooperation Agreement, which opens up prospects for
future joint projects in the region and is a continuation of the
effective cooperation of the parties on switching to digital
broadcasting in the district to which Chukotka is fully prepared.

As the Head of the region noted, the restoration of short-wave
broadcasting will allow to provide all of Chukotka with
communications, including geologists, miners, reindeer herders and
hunters - therefore the Government of Chukotka initiated such a
difficult but important project.

We constantly in such remote places there are two thousand residents
who must be provided with communication services. Subsoil user
projects are implemented outside the boundaries of settlements,
transport communications are provided in remote areas that are not
provided with communication facilities. The Northern Sea Route also
needs attention. These new solutions will remove restrictions and
provide communication where it is needed, the Governor of Chukotka
noted.

We are completing the preparation of technical means and this document
allows us to deal with issues by agreement with the Government of
Chukotka. Hopefully, by the end of June we will be able to go on the
air and get experiments - how much will our calculations be confirmed
on the effectiveness of closing the entire population of Chukotka with
broadcasting programs with an additional service. It should be noted
that this broadcasting will no longer be in the same (analog) format,
this broadcasting will be in a digital, state-of-the-art format, ”said
Stanislav Kuznetsov, director of the Far Eastern Distribution Center
RTRS branch.

At present, the preparation of transmitters, antennas, technical
systems and infrastructure of the radio center is being completed. It
is planned to start the first test cycle in the second half of the
year. Testing will be done in 2 standards: classic AM and digital DRM.
However, the main direction is the digital format. In addition to the
goals of communicating to the listeners of the radio program, the
project lays the foundations for creating a technological platform for
global one-way data transmission, similar to one-way Internet.

The use of DRM-platform for data transmission reveals a considerable
range of opportunities for additional services, in addition to simple
broadcasting. The most significant are CD-quality sound and the
ability to synchronously transfer a copy of the basic program in the
national language. In addition, targeted notification, as well as the
use of the platform for operational, duty, dispatch services and
projects on informatization of the Arctic territories, the waters of
the Northern Sea Route.
http: //чукотка.рф/press-tsentr/novosti/? ELEMENT_ID = 3498
https://vk.com/vcfm2014 (via Rus-DX June 2, via WORLD OF RADIO 1986,
DXLD)

** RUSSIA. ====== Far East and Chukotka
-------------------------------------
ON “NUMBER” AND SHORT WAVE. Maya Timchenko

Chukotka is completing the modernization of the equipment necessary to
provide broadcasting in the settlements in digital format, and
residents of remote areas, workers of reindeer brigades, fishermen,
hunters, geologists and prospectors will soon be able to listen to the
Purga radio broadcasts in the shortwave range through neighboring
Kamchatka.
...
"PURGA" TO THE COLOR

Do not forget the experts and the inhabitants of Chukotka, who are at
a distance, adjusting for them the scheme of broadcasting in the
shortwave range. In a short time, through the powerful radio center
located in Kamchatka Yelizovo, broadcasting of Radio “Purga” will be
distributed to practically the entire territory of our district. 

For us, the best option was to use the capabilities of the Kamchatka
radio center, equipped with a 100-kilowatt radio transmitter, thanks
to which residents of remote areas of Chukotka can receive the signal,
having the simplest radio receivers that receive short waves. Thus, it
will be possible to promptly deliver news and other programs to the
workers of the reindeer-breeding brigades, fishermen, hunters,
geologists and prospectors, said Nikolai Garanin. 

We have already checked the range of radio signal coverage from
Kamchatka, which is about 90% of the territory of Chukotka, which is a
lot. Specialists set up a diagrammatic field, and its focus on
Chukotka had to be regulated for almost four months in order to cover
the territory as much as possible. All technical moments are
coordinated with the center in Moscow. Information about the
frequencies at which it is supposed to broadcast, we will give
separately.
Socio-political newspaper of the Chukotka JSC "Far North".
http://www.ks87.ru/16/45/46/8463.html
(via Rus-DX 9 June via WORLD OF RADIO 1986, DXLD)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 13610.143, SBA via MOCI Riyadh in Swahili at 0613 UT,
S=4 or -104dBm poor and tiny signal -  non-directional to ME:  -

"ITU type #930  4-leg quadrant antenna, the simplest form of quadrant
antenna is represented by an arrangement of two horizontal end-fed
half-wave dipoles placed at right angles. Another form of quadrant
antenna consists of four dipole elements in the form of a square and
fed at opposite corners. Quadrant antennas may also be stacked to
achieve more directive vertical radiation pattern and consequently
higher directivity gain." Log June 9th, 0500-0630 UT, in Cape
Canaveral FL state, and in Belgium/Netherlands border and at eastern
Switzerland remote SDR units [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW
15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 9, WOR
iog via DXLD)

** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, SIBC, June 10, a day with unusually good
propagation (see Australia); at 1156, the usual format in English with
Evening Devotional, ID and National Anthem; today didn't turn off the
transmitter, but didn't play any music, so just dead air till past
1305+ 

5020, SIBC, June 11, another day they didn't turn off the transmitter
after 1200; still hearing a carrier 1240+; today with less than normal
propagation (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna:
100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. SECRETLAND, Brother HySTAIRical via SPL
Secretbrod, June 6
1400-1655 on 11600 SCB 100 kW / 306 deg to WeEu English
1500-1655 on  6000 SCB 050 kW / 030 deg to EaEu English
1600-1945 on  9400 SCB 100 kW / 126 deg to N/ME English

https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/reception-of-brother-hystairical-via.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 6-7, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

7570, WRMI, Radio Miami Int’l (presumed); 0242, 6/12; Boisterously
Spewing Bro. Stair blowing a gasket about being mocked & ridiculed;
“You people are always trying to  rationalize with your carnal minds.”
(Carnal Minds would be a good name for a punk rock band.) S20 peaks
with trill burst QRM at 0244:35; // 7730 via WRMI(p), S9+ peaks
(Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ---- All logged
by my ears, on my receiver, in real time. ----, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SUDAN [non]. Radio Dabanga via Santa Maria di Galeria & Issoudun,
June 11
1529-1557 13745 ISS 250 kW / 139 deg to EaAf Darfur Arabic, weak/fair
1529-1557 15550 SMG 250 kW / 150 deg to EaAf Darfur Arabic, very good

https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/radio-dabanga-via-santa-maria-di.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 10-11-12, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. As I noted in postings on 12 April here
(#107599, #107600, and #107603), Radio Tamazuj has switched to a
one-hour program. Not only does the WRTH supplement have the correct
schedule, it is confirmed by the HFCC registration:

15150 1500 1600 39SW,47E,48W MDC  250 340     -10 157 1234567 310319
261019 D 14584 Apd        MDG FPU FPU 14016 RT
15400 1500 1600 39SW,47E,48W ISS  250 139       0 217 1234567 310319
261019 D 17400 Apd        F   FPU FPU 16130 RT
And, as I have mentioned, there is an English segment in the second
half hour on Tuesdays and Fridays (-- Richard Langley, WOR iog via
DXLD)

The English news bulletins are carried on Radio Tamazuj, which
broadcasts to South Sudan, NOT on Radio Dabanga which broadcasts to
Darfur. Also note that Radio Dabanga would be in Darfuri Arabic rather
than Juba Arabic. As per WRTH. 73S (Dave Kenny, WOR iog via DXLD)

<https://www.freepressunlimited.org/en/search/site/Tamazuj>

57 minutes Evening broadcast example of June 9
<https://radiotamazuj.org/en/v1/broadcasts/broadcast-podcast/evening-
broadcast-09-june-1>
<https://www.freepressunlimited.org/en/stories/radio-tamazuj-part-of-the-solution>
<https://www.freepressunlimited.org/en/projects/radio-tamazuj-reliable-information-for-south-sudan>
<https://radiotamazuj.org/en>
(BC-DX 10 June via DXLD)

Extended transmissions of FPU Radio Tamazuj:
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/extended-transmissions-of-fpu-radio.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 9-10, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.:

0329-0427 on  7315 ISS 250 kW / 139 deg to EaAf Juba Arabic
0329-0427 on 11650 MDC 250 kW / 335 deg to EaAf Juba Arabic
1459-1557 on 15150 MDC 250 kW / 340 deg to EaAf Juba Arabic
1459-1557 on 15400 ISS 250 kW / 139 deg to EaAf Juba Arabic
English news: 1540-1550 UT Tue/Fri and 0410-0420 UT Wed/Sat
Публикувано от Observer в 1:48 PM (via WORLD OF RADIO 1986, DXLD)

Radio Tamazuj --- In an effort to see if there might be extended
discussion of the unrest in Sudan in the English News Bulletin of the
Radio Tamazuj broadcast directed to South Sudan, I recorded the 15-16
UT broadcast on 7 June on 15150 kHz from Madagascar using the U.
Twente SDR receiver. Transmitter s/on at about 1458 with first audio
about a minute later. The English news started at about 1541 and ended
at about 1552 UT. Transmitter s/off at about 1557. Only the last
(short) item in the news bulletin was about the unrest in Sudan with
no more details than what might be had from the BBC, for example. Note
that the English News Bulletin is only broadcast on Tuesdays and
Fridays (-- Richard Langley, June 9, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1986,
DXLD)

The schedule for Radio Tamazuj has changed. See, for example, page CR4
of the WRTH 2019 update for May 2019 (-- Richard Langley, ibid.)

Radio Tamazuj via Talata Volonondry and Issoudun, June 11:
1459-1557 15150 MDC 250 kW / 340 deg to EaAf Juba Arabic*, very good
1459-1557 15400 ISS 250 kW / 139 deg to EaAf Juba Arabic*, fair/good
* at 1545 15150 MDC 250 kW / 340 deg to EaAf English nx bulletin Tue
* at 1545 15400 ISS 250 kW / 139 deg to EaAf English nx bulletin Tue
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/radio-tamazuj-via-talata-volonondry-and.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 10-11-12, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** THAILAND. TAIWANESE MAN FACES THAI TRIAL FOR ALLOWING RADIO
BROADCASTS INTO CHINA --- Nontarat Phaicharoen, Bangkok, 2019-06-13

https://www.benarnews.org/english/news/thai/broadcaster-trial-06132019111914.html

Protesters gather in front of the Royal Thai Embassy in Washington to
call for charges to be dropped against Taiwanese citizen Chiang
Yung-hsin, Feb. 7, 2019. Courtesy of Sound of Hope [caption]

A Taiwanese businessman is scheduled to face trial in Thailand’s
northern Chiang Mai city next week on charges that he illegally hosted
a radio station that broadcast uncensored news to listeners in China,
amid claims that Beijing pressured Thai authorities to shut down the
station.

The June 19-20 hearing at the Chiang Mai provincial court comes more
than five months after Chiang Yung-hsin, 52, was indicted on charges
of setting up the station without a permit for Sound of Hope (SOH), a
San Francisco-based radio network that was founded by Falun Gong, a
religious movement banned in China, according to court documents.

Chiang, who could be jailed for up to five years if convicted, denies
the charges, saying the broadcasting facility was set up by his
tenants.

“I did not set up any radio station, but friends used the premises I
rented to set up transmitters,” Chiang told BenarNews in a brief
interview in Bangkok through an assistant while denying the charges
against him.

Chiang’s attorney was not available for comment. Prosecutors and
Chiang’s defense team are scheduled to present their cases over the
two-day hearing.

Sound of Hope Radio is a public network that broadcasts news to China
through shortwave radio signals in nearby countries, spokesman Frank
Lee said.

Lee alleged that the Thai government pressured Chiang, who was not
aided by a translator, to sign documents pleading guilty at the time
of his arrest. He also alleged that Thai officials were pressured by
the Chinese government.

“Giving in to the pressure from Beijing to suppress free press is not
good for Thailand and its people,” Lee told BenarNews.

“Mr. Chiang is a volunteer for SOH, he didn’t do this for his own
gain. We urge the Thai government to free Mr. Chiang so that he can
return to Taiwan to his wife and two children.”

But Thai officials flatly rejected the claims.

“Thai law enforcement arrested Chiang without any pressure from the
Chinese,” a Thai security official, speaking on condition of
anonymity, told BenarNews.

In August 2018, officials shut down the shortwave radio station
broadcasting from property that Chiang rented in Chiang Mai, and
arrested him on Nov. 22, 2018. He was released on bail three days
later but ordered to remain in Thailand.

Police filed the charges against Chiang alleging that he violated the
Radio Communications Act and the Broadcasting and Television Business
Act, both of which carry a sentence of up to five years if convicted
because he did not have the necessary permission or license to
operate, according to various sources.

“The Thai justice system is handling this case,” Busadee Santipitaks,
spokeswoman for the ministry of foreign affairs, told BenarNews when
asked for comment.

Protests against prosecution

In January, press freedom group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) spoke
out against Chiang’s arrest.

“This totally unjustified arrest deals a new blow to the freedom to
inform in Thailand and penalizes Chinese listeners who count on this
radio station for information that circumvents censorship,” RSF said
in a news release at the time.

“We call on the Thai authorities to stop abetting Beijing’s operations
against opposition media outlets and to drop charges against Chiang.”

RSF said it has learned that the Chinese government pressured the Thai
authorities to shut down the radio station.

Paris-based RSF said Thai officials took the action after receiving a
complaint from a “mysterious witness” who claimed to have seen a
30-meter (100-foot) antenna being erected at the site.

SOH insisted that no antenna was constructed because it is not needed
for shortwave broadcasting and denied any involvement in “illegal
broadcasting,” according to RSF.

U.S.-based Freedom House had also spoken out against Chiang’s arrest.
It said the Thai government took advantage of his limited knowledge of
the language and “deceived Chiang into what amounted to signing a
confession.”

“This is not the first time Beijing has pressured Asian governments to
crack down on SOH broadcasts,” Freedom House had said in a recent
update of press freedom news related to China published on its
website. “In 2011, two men in Vietnam were jailed for broadcasting
content into China, and Indonesian authorities attempted to shut down
SOH affiliate Radio Era-baru, which transmitted programming to local
Chinese communities in Southeast Asia.”

Lee said the SOH broadcasts were needed.

“SOH believes shortwave broadcasting to China is very critical to the
people in there to learn about truthful and accurate news in China and
around the world,” Lee said. “The Chinese communist regime constantly
censors news on its human rights violations, religious persecution and
objective news from around the world.”

Founded in 1992 in China’s northeast, the Falun Gong spiritual
movement gained increasing influence as the fastest growing religion
in the PRC and overseas over the next seven years. In 1999 the Chinese
government at the orders of then President Jiang Zemin began a harsh
and sometimes deadly crackdown on the sect, dragging practitioners
from their homes and sending them to detention centers.

Outside of China, the movement was considered harmless and continued
to flourish. It is often cited as an example of religious persecution
in China, with practitioners and allied religious freedom advocates
holding protests in major cities to bring attention to the situation
faced by Falun Gong believers in the PRC (via Artie Bigley, WORLD OF
RADIO 1986, DXLD)

** THAILAND. 15590, HSK9 with English broadcast at 0010z (09 June)
onwards --- I took a walk out of Keeler this local afternoon (Saturday
08 June - 09 June UT) and punched up 15590 at about 0010z (until about
0020) and listened to Radio Thailand World Service (HSK9) with
regional news about Thailand, the Philippine Islands, etc. Some
government PSA's too. Their signal was fair on peaks on my Sony
ICF-SW7600GR and its ~1m whip, but only occasionally lighting-up the
"TUNE" indicator, and weaker (substantially) compared to the strong
15000 WWVH/WWV mixture (WWV's strength indicated some Es there). I
noted a few skip signals on CB-19 (27185) also. 73 - (Steve McGreevy,
CA, -- N6NKS - www.auroralchorus.com WOR iog via DXLD)

** TURKEY. TRT Voice of Turkey on out of band frequency 9285 June 2:
1930-2025    9285 EMR 500 kW / 300 deg WeEu French minus 350 kHz from
fundamental  9635 EMR 500 kW / 300 deg WeEu French, very good signal!
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/trt-voice-of-turkey-on-out-of-band.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 2-3, WORLD OF RADIO 1986,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

The point is: a leapfrog mixing product, fulcrum being 9460, another
VOT transmitter halfway between them (gh, WORLD OF RADIO 1986, DXLD)

Reception of V of Turkey in Bulgarian & Chinese, June 7
1100-1108  7210 250 kW / 290 deg SEEu Chinese, instead of Bulgarian
1100-1108 15240 500 kW / 072 deg EaAs Bulgarian, instead of Chinese
1108-1125  7210 250 kW / 290 deg SEEu Bulgarian as scheduled in A19
1108-1155 15240 500 kW / 072 deg to EaAs Chinese, as scheduled A-19
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/voice-of-turkey-in-bulgarian-in-4119mb.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 6-7, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Voice of Turkey very odd unscheduled frequencies June 13
0600-0606  6040.0 EMR 500 kW / 138 deg N/ME Turkish till 0600UTC A-19
0600-0606 11980.0 EMR 500 kW / 310 deg WeEu Turkish till 0600UTC A-19
0500-0555 13765.7 EMR 500 kW / 210 deg CEAf Hausa, instead of 13765.0
0600-0655 13765.0 EMR 500 kW / 210 deg CEAf Swahili as scheduled A-19
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/trt-voice-of-turkey-on-very-odd.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 12-13, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U K. TRIBUTES TO BBC WORLD SERVICE BROADCASTER JOHN TIDMARSH
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-48498913
(via Gerald T Pollard, NC, June 3, DXLD) obit

John Tidmarsh obituary --- For more than three decades John Tidmarsh,
who has died aged 90, presented Outlook on the BBC World Service. The
news magazine programme was – and still is – hugely popular, with an
audience far larger than the corporation’s combined TV and radio
output in Britain. Thanks to his congenial personality Tidmarsh became
a “friend” to listeners all over the world. . .
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/may/31/john-tidmarsh-obituary
(via Kim Elliott, June 1, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1986, DXLD)

** U K. BBCWS on 7300 --- This frequency aimed 90 degrees from
Woofferton UK seems to be working quite well into ECNA the last few
nights from 0000 to 0100. Almost like old times (John Figliozzi,
Halfmoon, NY, June 7, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1986, DXLD)

I have been listening to this frequency since the start of A19; it`s
almost always great into Montréal, indeed reminds me of the good old
days of 5975 (Gilles Letourneau, Montréal, Québec, ibid.)

7300 at 0000 usually provides a listenable signal here in Houston,
often better than the West Africa beams later in the evening (Stephen
Luce, Houston, Texas, ibid.) I concur in OK (gh, ibid.)

** U K. 11215 spur of 12005 BBC in French. Maximum signal is only S3.
Checked also with 1103. Video: 
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TvTd-g0xsMo
(Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, blog, More in house logs
QTH: R75+ 2x16 m inV), June 1, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1986,DXLD)

Time? that appears only with the audio-video: 1822 UT. Here`s the
explanation: a leapfrog mixing product from Woofferton 12005 over
11610 another 395 kHz below, as registered in HFCC for BBC French over
fulcrum VOA Amharic:

12005 1800 1830 37 WOF 250 170 0 558 1234567 040419 271019 D 11850 Fra
G BBC ENC 16206 
11610 1800 1900 48 WOF 300 126 0 618 1234567 310319 261019 D 11888 Amh
G IBB IBB 12064                     
(Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1986, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U K. May `disappointed' at BBC decision to means-test TV licence
for over-75s | BT
http://tv.bt.com/tv/tv-news/may-disappointed-at-bbc-decision-to-means-test-tv-licence-for-over-75s-11364368835712

What do the TV licence fee changes mean for over-75s? | BT
http://tv.bt.com/tv/tv-news/what-do-the-tv-licence-fee-changes-mean-for-over-75s-11364368822654

Nail in the coffin: Pensioner speaks out about TV licence change | BT
http://home.bt.com/news/showbiz-news/nail-in-the-coffin-pensioner-speaks-out-about-tv-licence-change-11364368869294

Ben Fogle: Government should reverse `poor decision' over free TV
licences | BT
http://tv.bt.com/tv/tv-news/ben-fogle-government-should-reverse-poor-decision-over-free-tv-licences-11364369509003
(all via Mike Cooper, GA, DXLD)

** U S A [non]. 9320 // 12080, June 8 at 1238, ``A Whiter Shade Of
Pale`` by Procol Harum, as soon outroed in otherwise Korean
announcement. VOA Korean plays a lot of great music from The American
Songbook, to which K-Pop does not hold a candle. Both these are 250
kW, 21 degrees from Tinang, PHILIPPINES, carrying on well back to the
USA far beyond Koreas (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1986, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

PHILIPPINES: 12080, Voice of America (list log); 1311, 6/13; Tuned by
to Anne Murray ditty; brief announcement by M, into commentary by W in
Asian language; VoA in Korean listed. SIO=2+53 (Harold Frodge, Midland
MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ---- All logged by my ears, on my
receiver, in real time. ----, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 15730, June 13 at 1302-1304*, S9+10 open carrier, typical
Greenville-B morning day shift transmitter test on a frequency
scheduled much later (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENIING DIGEST)

** U S A. Vatican R (via N Carolina) – 7305 (1105), great copy in
Spanish, seems to be 2 audio streams going on, maybe a production
snafu?? 73 (Chris KC5IIE Krug, Tulsa, OK, FT-1000mpMk5, RSP1A,
ICF-2010, Ant: 40-6m ocf dipole, June 9 or 10, WOR iog via DXLD)

Chris, VR in Spanish via Greenville on 7305 is supposed to be at
1130-1145 only. Correct time? Maybe they were testing with Marti or
something? (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO: Hi Glenn, Here's a podcast link that works
for TuneIn users if you'd like to update your listing: 

https://tunein.com/podcasts/Technology-Podcasts/Glenn-Hausers-World-of-Radio-p1178712/  

-- (Keith Weston,
http://keithweston.com
http://www.facebook.com/keithweston
June 12, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1985 monitoring: Manuel Méndez,
Spain, reports: ``6190, Hamburger LokalRadio, Goehren, 0610-0700,
08-06, English, program “Media Network Plus”, at 0629 ID “Hamburger
LokalRadio...”, and  Glenn Hauser’s program “World of Radio”. 25322``

Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, reports: 
``GERMANY, Reception of World of Radio via HLR on 6190 CUSB, June 8:
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/reception-of-world-of-radio-via-hlr-on_8.html
0630-0659 6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg CeEu English Sat, weak to fair``

Barely confirmed, theme detected, Saturday June 8 at 1430 already
(instead of 1431-) on Hamburger Lokalradio, 9485-CUSB, via Utwente
SDR; as usual huge splash from 9490 Romania. I find best audibility is
in AM with 3 kHz bandwidth, rather than USB.

Confirmed Sat June 8 from *2101:29 on WRMI 9955, cutting on the air
late and JIP WOR at S5-S1; such are the risks of being the very first
program on a given transmission. Still on air at 2108, 2123 chex.

Also confirmed UT Sun June 9 at 0130 on WRMI 5850, VG but with some
deep fading.

Also confirmed UT Sun June 9 at 0327 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO, vs high
noise level, more line than storms, and can`t tell where I am in the
show to compute variable start time, but an inserted WA0RCR ID is
clearer. 

Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, reports:
``GERMANY, Reception of World of Radio via HLR on 7265 CUSB, June 9
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/reception-of-world-of-radio-via-hlr-on_9.html
1030-1059 on  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 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

WORLD OF RADIO 1985 monitoring: confirmed Sunday June 9 at 2130 on
WRMI 7780, very poor thru summer daytime absorption off side of the
beam

Also confirmed UT Monday June 10 at 0130 on WRMI 9395, fair & fadey

Also confirmed UT Monday June 10 at 0230 on WRMI 7780, fair & fadey

Also confirmed UT Monday June 10 from 0259 on Area 51 webcast; and at
0326 on WBCQ 5130.37, S9+10 but noisy

Also confirmed UT Monday June 10 at 0330 on WRMI 9955, S9 but noisy
and not upcut

Richard Langley reports: ``Good reception on Monday, 10 June, on 7290
kHz using the U. Twente SDR receiver. Some lightning QRN. Transmitter
s/on at about 1811:30 UT. Dead air for a few minutes and then random
audio for a minute or so and then the Aïda Triumphal March theme. WoR
1985 began at about 1816:30 with no "upcut." Ran the full show with
IRRS ID at the end and then into the news report -- Richard Langley`` 

Also confirmed UT Tuesday June 11 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, fair S9-S8.
Next:
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v [and/or 2130]
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

7490.11, WBCQ Monticello ME; 2125-2133+, 6/12; Glenn Hauser’s World of
Radio #1985? with Florida 1390 mystery station to 2129 music fill;
2130:03 WBCQ ID by Goddess Irina; 2130:44 EZL vocals opening with
Always Chasing Rainbows. SIO=453 peaks with QSB to near zilch. They
were on 7490.14 yesterday (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B +
185' RW, ---- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time.
----, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

WORLD OF RADIO 1985 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday June 12 at 2100 on
WRMI 9955, S8-S3, not cutting on late. Simulcast on WBCQ 7490+ is JBA
such that I can`t calculate how many seconds apart the playbax may be.

Also confirmed UT Thursday June 13 after 0100 on WRMI 7780, fair.

Also confirmed UT Thursday June 13 from 0205 on WBCQ Superstation test
on 9330.00, very good. Surprise airing thanks to Larry Will.

WORLD OF RADIO 1986 contents: Antarctica, Australia, Brasil, Denmark,
East Turkistan, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Japan non, Korea
North non, Madagascar, Mexico and non, Mongolia, Nigeria and non,
North America, Russia, Sudan South non, Thailand, Turkey, UK, USA and
non, Vatican, receiver news; and the propagation outlook.

WOR 1986 completed 2347 UT June 13, ready for first airings June 14:
The shortwave broadcasts should be:

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
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
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
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRWI WRMI:

** U S A. 9455, WRMI / APS Radio, 2030-2100, 6/3/2019. APS
Radio-Oldies program // simulcast with their APS Radio - Oldies online
stream. In answer to Glenn Hauser's log and question about this from
last week, I heard a "This is APS Radio" ID at 2040. At 2059 there was
the standard WRMI ID and request to share QSL reports before the
transmitter shut off at 2100. A Good signal here got even better
closer to 2100 with SINFO 55544 at sign off. 

[+] 9455, WRMI / APS Radio, 1856-2100, 6/4/2019. APS Radio-Oldies
program // simulcast with their APS Radio - Oldies online stream.
1856 transmitter sign on with generic "WRMI Okeechobee" ID's until the
top of the hour. At 1900 directly into oldies programming without any
comment or other announcement until 1938 when an "APS Radio" ID was
given - and again at 2040. WRMI ID at 2059 and transmitter shut down
at 2100. 55444. Seems like APS has signed up for a two hour SW block
of time with WRMI. No commentary or ads heard other than the ID's
described above (Bob Dodt, VA, ICOM-750, Alpha Delta SWL sloper, NASWA
Flashsheet June 9 via DXLD)

5800.017, WRMI TEST, pop music, S=7 in Cape Canaveral remote SDR unit
at 0030 UT on June 7. \\ same program 5950 kHz S=9+10dB, 9395 kHz
S=8-9 in FL (Wolfgang Bueschel, WOR iog via DXLD)

Monitored WRMI Sunday Evening / Monday Morning (UTC) 7780 Schedule:

From my recording last Sunday evening, 9-10 June UT (again, mostly
weak to fair signal for the first hour or so; reception improved
significantly later as dusk approaches):

2000 His Prayer for You
2015 Viva Miami (Tracy Wood reminiscing about good old days of SW)  
2030 Reserve Military Retirement
2100 Wavescan (#537) 
2130 World of Radio (#1985)
2200 Bob Biermann's Your Weekend Show
2300 Full Gospel Broadcast (again, tape bleed through on screams)
2330 Shortwave Radiogram (#103)
0000 Radio Slovakia International in Slovak
0030 Radio Slovakia International in English
0100 Wavescan (#537)
0130 Through the Cross Ministry with Pastor Chuck
0200 Radio Prague in English
[0230 WORLD OF RADIO!] 
(-- Richard Langley, NB, WOR iog via DXLD)

WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ:

** U S A. I missed checking most of `Allan and Angela Weiner
WorldWide`, UT Sat June 8 from 0000 on WBCQ 7490v et al.,
``quadri-casting``? allegedly on all four frequencies, but John Carver
reports:

``AAWW --- Tonight's show started on time on 7490 after a bit of fill
music. Allan and Angela in the studio. Talk about it finally warming
up in Maine and the black fly problem. Then into talk of the D Day
anniversary. Ramsey calls at 0020 and continues the discussion which
by now has morphed into the treatment of the Jews since the time of
the Romans. Some Trump talk and questions about what's wrong with the
Democrats in Congress. Another phone call at 0030 from a man who
visited Allan and Angela at the station last weekend.

Turning to the superstation, Allan says it should be on the air by
July 1. Parts for the transmitter have been received and the work on
the antenna is almost finished. All that's left on the antenna is to
tighten the reflector screen. Will be testing the last week of June.
Mentioned that the ERP of the antenna would be twenty megawatts.
WORLD OF RADIO 1986,

Phone call at 0047 from Mr. Transistor Norm. Reading of emails at 0056
and closing prayer at 0058. Program was off the air at 0100 and 7490
was off the air at 0104. John, Mid-North Indiana``

Meanwhile, WBCQ has registered with FCC and HFCC a much different
schedule for 9330 than the original imaginary one of a wide variety of
languages and targets for the 24 hours, one hour each; instead:

9330 0300 0700 3,4      BCQ 500 280 0 216 1234567 240519 271019 D Eng       
9330 0700 0800 27       BCQ 500  47 0 216 1234567 240519 271019 D Eng       
9330 0800 1500 38,39    BCQ 500  60 0 216 1234567 240519 271019 D Ara       
9330 1500 2300 37,38,46 BCQ 500  90 0 216 1234567 240519 271019 D Ara       
9330 2300 0300 10       BCQ 500 255 0 216 1234567 240519 271019 D Eng       
Note: I have all the columns lined up. I HATE wp programs which remove
intentional spaces (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

9330.120V, June 12 at 0145, WBCQ with dead air instead of Brother
HyStairical, still so at 0217. Slighty varying, measured at 0154.
First noticed on caradio scan. Offset frequency means NOT the
superstation, which it now seems won`t be on before July, maybe
testing late June. We can hardly wait for the flat-earthers to start
programming as the Super-stition.

5130.437, June 12 at 0157, WBCQ also on here, also dead air and still
at 0217 recheck; maybe modulated earlier for UT Wed ham show?

No signal on 7490v, normally off by now anyway; not a trace of 3265v
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

WBCQ Super Station on air now, 9330 kHz --- As of time of writing
(2225z) WBCQ is testing the Super Station on 9330 kHz. Playing rock
and roll (Ethan Best, Bloomington IN, June 12, WOR iog via WORLD OF
RADIO 1986, DX LISTENIING DIGEST)

Solid S9 + 40 (-34 dBm), here, and we are geographically too close to
Maine to get optimal reception of WBCQ in the 9 MHz band ordinarily.
Good clean audio.

Brother Scare is on adjacent 9350 [WWCR], and his signal pales by
comparison in the waterfall (Jim Barrett, Elmira, NY, KiwiSDR / Drake
R8B, Wellbrook ALA1530LN loop. 2246 UT June 12, ibid.)

A nice S9 with Jimi Hendrix on the Twente tuner at 2255 (Bill Mead,
June 12, ibid.)

Both 9330 and 9350 are S9 +20dB at my QTH in Los Angeles.  Nothing to
choose between them - both good clean signals (Ray Robinson, Grundig
Satellit 750 + external 60' longwire. 2308 UT June 12, ibid.)

I have 9330 testing here in central Maryland with an s40+ signal
playing "Bike" by Pink Floyd. I just spoke with Allan Weiner, who
tells me that they're running about 100 kW with the antenna at 250
degrees (pointed towards Mexico). He says they're doing a burn-in test
and plan to run it overnight (Larry Will, MD, 2349 UT June 12, ibid.)

S9+30 (-40dBm) here in Detroit at 8 PM EDT [0000 UT June 13], RSP2 /
SDRUno / Wellbrook active loop aimed east/west. Paul WA9PUL (Paul
Goelz, Rochester Hills, MI  USA, pgoelz@comcast.net,
http://www.pgoelz.com 2358 UT June 12, ibid.)

Lumpy Gravy Radio Show coming in S0+20 to S9+30 here in SW WI USA at
0132 UT (Mike Mayer, UT June 13, ibid.)

Here in NB at 0137 UTC on the backside of the beam just across the
border in the shadow zone signal is fair to good and not quite as
strong as WINB on 9265 kHz. It's also getting into Europe as noted
using the U. Twente SDR receiver. Peaking above S9 there and quite
listenable (-- Richard Langley, 0147 UT June 13, ibid.)

Hearing WBCQ in a hotel room in Farmington Hills MI using a Grundig
YB-400 and a 25 foot reel antenna. Solid S-9 + with Jerry Garcia
singing “The Wheel” (Mike Newland, 0156 UT, ibid.)

WOR on 9330 Superstation test --- Hello Glenn, WBCQ is testing the new
transmitter tonight on 9330, 100 kW with a 250 degree beam towards
Mexico. They are relaying the Area 51 webcast as of 0105 so I thought
it would be appropriate to drop World of Radio 1985 into the mix. It
should air at about 0206 UT after a WBCQ legal ID. Regards,
Lw (Larry Will, MD, 0118 UT June 13, ibid.)

Larry, Thanks! Just retuned in at 0209 and there I am. Much better
than an hour ago on 7780 (Glenn, WOR iog via DXLD)

9330 S9+40 in Los Angeles. GH is on now, 0209 UT Thursday, 13 June
(David Alpert, ibid.)

That previous report for NB reception was using a Field BT with its
whip antenna indoors. Using my JRC NRD-535D with an indoor W6LVP
magnetic loop antenna, the signal is peaking to S9+10dB. World of
Radio started at 0205 UT. Receiving location here is about 60 miles
from Monticello (-- Richard Langley, Fredricton NB, 0213 UT June 13,
ibid.)

And, finally, out on the WCNA  at 0302 UT with AWW booming in. Not
live, as it's a repeat of May 24th program with an S7 to S8 signal.
All great! 73 (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, UT June 13, ibid.)

Also strong in SoCal. About same strength as Cuba 9790 (Bob LaRose,
San Diego, 0321 UT June 13, ibid.)** U S A. WBCQ Super Station on air
now, 9330 kHz --- As of time of writing (2225z) WBCQ is testing the
Super Station on 9330 kHz. Playing rock and roll (Ethan Best,
Bloomington IN, June 12, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1986, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

Solid S9 + 40 (-34 dBm), here, and we are geographically too close to
Maine to get optimal reception of WBCQ in the 9 MHz band ordinarily.
Good clean audio.

Brother Scare is on adjacent 9350 [WWCR], and his signal pales by
comparison in the waterfall (Jim Barrett, Elmira, NY, KiwiSDR / Drake
R8B, Wellbrook ALA1530LN loop. 2246 UT June 12, ibid.)

A nice S9 with Jimi Hendrix on the Twente tuner at 2255 (Bill Mead,
June 12, ibid.)

Both 9330 and 9350 are S9 +20dB at my QTH in Los Angeles.  Nothing to
choose between them - both good clean signals (Ray Robinson, Grundig
Satellit 750 + external 60' longwire. 2308 UT June 12, ibid.)

I have 9330 testing here in central Maryland with an s40+ signal
playing "Bike" by Pink Floyd. I just spoke with Allan Weiner, who
tells me that they're running about 100 kW with the antenna at 250
degrees (pointed towards Mexico). He says they're doing a burn-in test
and plan to run it overnight (Larry Will, MD, 2349 UT June 12, ibid.)

S9+30 (-40dBm) here in Detroit at 8 PM EDT [0000 UT June 13], RSP2 /
SDRUno / Wellbrook active loop aimed east/west. Paul WA9PUL (Paul
Goelz, Rochester Hills, MI  USA, pgoelz@comcast.net,
http://www.pgoelz.com 2358 UT June 12, ibid.)

Lumpy Gravy Radio Show coming in S0+20 to S9+30 here in SW WI USA at
0132 UT (Mike Mayer, UT June 13, ibid.)

Here in NB at 0137 UTC on the backside of the beam just across the
border in the shadow zone signal is fair to good and not quite as
strong as WINB on 9265 kHz. It's also getting into Europe as noted
using the U. Twente SDR receiver. Peaking above S9 there and quite
listenable (-- Richard Langley, 0147 UT June 13, ibid.)

Hearing WBCQ in a hotel room in Farmington Hills MI using a Grundig
YB-400 and a 25 foot reel antenna. Solid S-9 + with Jerry Garcia
singing “The Wheel” (Mike Newland, 0156 UT, ibid.)

WOR on 9330 Superstation test --- Hello Glenn, WBCQ is testing the new
transmitter tonight on 9330, 100 kW with a 250 degree beam towards
Mexico. They are relaying the Area 51 webcast as of 0105 so I thought
it would be appropriate to drop World of Radio 1985 into the mix. It
should air at about 0206 UT after a WBCQ legal ID. Regards,
Lw (Larry Will, MD, 0118 UT June 13, ibid.)

Larry, Thanks! Just retuned in at 0209 and there I am. Much better
than an hour ago on 7780 (Glenn, WOR iog via DXLD)

9330 S9+40 in Los Angeles. GH is on now, 0209 UT Thursday, 13 June
(David Alpert, ibid.)

That previous report for NB reception was using a Field BT with its
whip antenna indoors. Using my JRC NRD-535D with an indoor W6LVP
magnetic loop antenna, the signal is peaking to S9+10dB. World of
Radio started at 0205 UT. Receiving location here is about 60 miles
from Monticello (-- Richard Langley, Fredricton NB, 0213 UT June 13,
ibid.)

And, finally, out on the WCNA  at 0302 UT with AWW booming in. Not
live, as it's a repeat of May 24th program with an S7 to S8 signal.
All great! 73 (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, UT June 13, ibid.)

Also strong in SoCal. About same strength as Cuba 9790 (Bob LaRose,
San Diego, 0321 UT June 13, ibid.)

Apparently WBCQ has the new transmitter up and running ---

9330, WBCQ with ID and various 60-70s pop music like Allman Brothers'
"Ramblin' Man", and Talking Heads' "Life During Wartime" and The Count
Five "Psychotic Reaction" etc. An interesting mix! Killer signal: A
full 36+ dB SNR and signal peaking at -35 dBm. 55555, S9+40+ signal,
no noticeable fading -- just like a local, and well modulated and
within a few Hz of being 'on channel'. This is likely the 'new'
transmitter, and has to be putting out some serious kilowatts if not
the full half megawatt. Opened up to 11 kHz bandwidth it sounded
really good! 2205-2235 12/Jun, SDRplay +SDRuno +randomwire-no noise
reduction needed! --Zichi MI

9330, WBCQ with AW and friends talking about the 'issues' with the new
transmitter (which obviously have been addressed!) including plumbing
nightmares, in GREAT detail. Best line so far: AW is describing the
new transmitter as 'very computerized' and he said "And that is OK.
Computers are fine until they don't work." It is HARD to argue with
that! ;)

STILL 55555, S9+40-50 and while there was 'fading' it didn't impact
the quality of the signal at all. Still within a few Hz of 'dead on'
and a nice wideband signal. Sounding really nice at 12 kHz bandwidth
DSB SAM. 0309-0 [sic] 13/Jun, SDRplay +SDRuno +randomwire-no noise
reduction needed! (Kenneth Vito Zichi. Williamstonn MI, 0321 UT June
13, WOR iog via DXLD)

Allan just emailed me stating that he's running 150 kW, and not beamed
my way to the west coast. Signal has improved a bit now to S8 to S9,
and spot on frequency (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, 0340 UT June 13,
ibid.)

Tweeted by Allan Weiner a couple of hours ago today (13 June):
"Testing at 150 kW last night on 9330 kHz. Heard everywhere. Thanks
for all the reports. More testing today. Don’t forget the other great
programming on 7490 and 5130 - classic WBCQ. Your worldwide free
speech station." (-- Richard Langley, 1507 UT June 13, WOR iog via
WORLD OF RADIO 1986, DXLD)

9329.999, June 12 at 2334, WBCQ superstation test is on-frequency,
maybe really 9330.000 within my margin of error, and very strong
S9+20/30 with rock music. Tnx to tip from Ethan Best who first
reported it to the WOR iog at 2225. Then it`s heard all over North
America with VG signals. Likewise at 0045 June 13 on our BST-1
caradio. Programming from Area 51 was being used for the test, so
Larry Will included WORLD OF RADIO 1985 at 0205, thanks! This
continued into the night with no loss of signal; 0511 check S9+20/30
with anti-fag comments, maybe a parody; 0614 an Allan Weiner Worldwide
playback. AW said power was 150 kW on antenna beam like the other
WBCQs, 250 degrees WSW toward TX and Mexico. The test was a surprise,
as on the latest AWWW he had foreseen testing not until last week of
June. And now planned to run it again the next day.

9330, however off the air when checked June 13 at 1255, and 2205, but
by 2240, 9330+ old transmitter on with Brother Scare. Sometime before
0100 switched TOMBS onto the big`un, as now it`s the VG on-frequency
signal continuing with Brother Scare past 0136 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WORLD OF RADIO 1986, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Test transmission of Super Station WBCQ-6 The Planet on June 13:
from 0500 9330 BCQ ??? kW / ??? deg to ???? English, weak to fair,
from 0530 9330 BCQ ??? kW / ??? deg to ???? open carrier/dead air,
from 0600 9330 BCQ ??? kW / ??? deg to ???? transmitter is off air

New schedule of WBCQ on 9330 kHz, according to HFCC Database:
0300-0700 9330 BCQ 500 kW / 280 deg to WNAm English
0700-0800 9330 BCQ 500 kW / 047 deg to WeEu English
0800-1500 9330 BCQ 500 kW / 060 deg to N/ME Arabic
1500-2300 9330 BCQ 500 kW / 090 deg to NoAf Arabic
2300-0300 9330 BCQ 500 kW / 255 deg to MEXI English

https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/test-transmission-of-super-station-wbcq.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 12-13, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHER:

** U S A. 5830, June 7 at 1045, WTWW-1 is S9+10/20 of dead air instead
of SFAW; for quite a while now it had been merely undermodulated.

5085, Saturday June 8, WTWW-2 `Theater Organ in [sic] the Ozarx` does
not start until 2340 when I immediately bring up the stereo webcast
instead. And it lasts 34 minutes until 2414 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) 

5830, WTWW Lebanon TN (presumed); 1320, 6/13; Palaverer of Perdition &
Permanently Passed Pastor Pete Peters Pontificating Ponderous Puffery.
S20 peaks (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ----
All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time. ----, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7505v, June 11 at 0612, WRNO is still OFF. Have not heard a
sign of it for over a week; not that I`ll miss it. Is there anything
about this at http://www.wrnoworldwide.com/ ? Of course not! But
webcast is running June 12 at 0440 in English, and headed by this
astounding claim: ``Today, one out of every six people in the world
owns a shortwave radio and another 40% have Internet access``. Sez
who? Ask six random people if they have SW and one will say yes? We
would need huge countries China & India to tip this ratio (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1986, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. EWTN major splatter 12050+ --- 10 June 2019 1429 UT. EWTN
Spanish. Their transmitter appears to be suffering from severe
asymmetrical modulation of their 12050 kHz carrier with very distorted
audio. The lower sideband rolls off 5 kHz below the carrier which is
well within limits, but the upper sideband is a splatter-filled mess,
extending all the way up to 12120 (Jim Barrett, Elmira, NY, WOR iog
via DXLD) 

In addition other transmitter of WEWN-1 is not on air on 11610 and
9470 kHz, only 15610 kHz is very rarely on air
0000-0900 on 11610#EWN 250 kW / 085 deg to WeAf English
0900-1300 on  9470*EWN 250 kW / 355 deg to SEAs English
1900-2400 on 15610 EWN 250 kW / 085 deg to WeAf English
# same time  11610 BEI 150 kW / 270 deg to EaAs Chinese CNR-2
* same time   9470 URU 100 kW / non-dir to EaAs Kazakh PBS Xinjian
(Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, ibid.)

Maybe you can`t hear them, but I heard 9470 a couple mornings ago, not
logged, and 15610 is usually on the air, one of few 19m signals here
afternoons. Have also heard 11610 recently. I`ve notified Glen Tapley
at WEWN about the 12050 problem (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)

[and non]. WEWN 12050 completely off frequency --- WEWN 12082 v 12085,
11 Jun 2019, 1400 to 2050 UT --- Since the 1400 scheduled sign-on of
WEWN Spanish service on 12050, the transmission has actually been
centered on (approximately) 12082 kHz. The audio is very distorted,
and demodulates best in NBFM mode on my KiwiSDR. No question that it
is WEWN. In listening I have heard many mentions of “Radio Catolica
Mundial”, and a dialog about Marian devotions.

In the meantime, 12050 is completely in the clear, and I believe I am
hearing Radio Ndarason International from Tchad. Pop music and dialogs
in what sounds very much like an African language. Being received well
at 2058, though scheduled 2100 sign-off is fast approaching (Jim
Barrett, Elmira, NY, WOR iog via DXLD)

No sign of WEWN Spanish service on 12050 at scheduled 1400 UT sign-on.
Hopefully, whatever technical problems that have been causing
off-frequency operation and distorted modulation over the past couple
of days are being addressed. If they remain off all day, it may
provide an opportunity later this afternoon to log Radio Ndarason
International from [for] Chad, which was well-heard yesterday just
prior to 2100 UT sign-off while WEWN was off-frequency (Jim Barrett -
Elmira, NY, KiwiSDR / Drake R8B - Wellbrook ALA1530LN Loop, 1534 UT
June 12, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1986, DXLD)

15610, June 11 at 2026, WEWN is S9-S7 in English, definitely on as
usual, tho Ivo said June 10 that it`s ``very rarely on the air``,
scheduled at 19-24 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 15825, June 11 at 2027, WWCR is S9+15/25, obvious sporadic E
boost above normal JBA signal; I keep an eye on the DXmaps MUF, but
remains way below 88 MHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

13845, WWCR, Nashville TN (presumed); 2053-2102+, 6/11; Radiantly
Racked & Robustly Behootered Rev. Barbie waxing about Thomas & faith;
you should attend services or listen regularly in case something comes
up that “goes to your heart”. “Too many people have discounted me &
this ministry.” “God may come to you when you’re sitting on the
bathroom throne.” No ToH ID break. SIO=4+53+; 11775 via Anguilla
[q.v.] not heard in at least a week (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA,
Drake R8B + 185' RW, ---- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in
real time. ----, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

4840, June 14 at 0556, WWCR with S9+20/30 of dead air; 3215 with
Brother Scare, and 5890 is off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. FRANCE vs. SAUDI ARABIA, Alameda Bible Fellowship vs
Rep. of Yemen Radio, June 12
1930-2000 on 11860 ISS 500 kW / 180 deg to WeAf English Mon/Wed/Fri
Alameda BF &
same time on 11860 JED or RIY / unknown to N/ME Arabic Daily Rep.of
Yemen Radio:
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/alameda-bible-fellowship-vs-repof-yemen.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 12-13, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

also vs R Marti and cuban jamming! (gh, DXLD)

** U S A. Patriotic Programming Schedule --- “Righteousness exalteth a
nation: but sin is a reproach to any people." Proverbs 14:34

Here’s a look at the patriotic programming we will be airing during
the Fourth of July holiday time period. Included in the schedule will
be the history of the writing of our National Anthem by Dr. David
Gibbs, Jr., “They Signed for Us”, a look at the men who signed the
Declaration of Independence and what became of them, and “This Is My
America”, a patriotic musical tribute from Bible Truth Music. We hope
you’ll make plans to tune in for these exciting programs. All times
are Eastern. [UT -4, 12-hour system]

June 30 - History of National Anthem - 12:05pm 
- They Signed for Us - 6:05pm
- This Is My America - 9:05pm 
July 1 - They Signed for Us  - 11:15am 
- History of National Anthem -  6:05pm
July 2 - They Signed for Us  -  6:05pm 
- History of National Anthem -  7:05pm 
July 3 - They Signed for Us  - 11:15am 
- History of National Anthem - 12:05pm  
July 4 - They Signed for Us  - 11:15am 
- History of National Anthem -  6:05pm
- This Is My America         -  7:05pm 

“Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he
hath chosen for his own inheritance.” Psalm 33:12
(FBN mailing list via DXLD)

Ex-SW WTJC & WBOH stations: see http://fbnradio.com
http://radio.securenetsystems.net/radio_player_large.cfm?stationCallSign=WOTJ
(gh, DXLD)

** U S A. 770, June 7 at 0533 UT, WABC ID in passing amid adstring.
Not often makes it here 1300+ miles from NYC, with the KKOB Santa Fe
230-watt filler more likely. WABC soon fades out completely as music
fades up, matched to Rebelde, Cuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** U S A. Snap crackle and break up --- What in the world is happening
to KRLD 1080? From time to time all radio stations have technical
problems. I've noticed since the beginning of the year KRLD 1080 has
been having more than their share of technical problems. I realize all
radio stations have technical problems such as radio Havana Cuba. But
a very large radio station in a very large metropolitan area shouldn't
have constant dropouts in their carrier. I keep waiting for somebody
to find it and fix it. But this is excessive. If you are in earshot of
1080 KC, it varies. If you can stand KRLD for one full hour, you will
here multiple dropouts of their carrier. As many as 20 of them a
second [a minute?]. Shouldn't CBS and Entercom find out about this and
do something about it? Perhaps somebody will hear about this and go
fix the transmitter. Breaking up can`t possibly be good for the
transmitter (Mark Sills, Dallas, Texas, 1322 UT June 11, WORLD OF
RADIO 1986, 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)

Here is a video I ran across on Facebook. It is about a radio station
in Willcox, Arizona, a town of about 3,500 that has lost just about
everything. It is a similar situation to our town of 3,500, Bamberg,
SC, as we have lost just about everything (Bob Smoak, Bamberg, SC,
ABDX yg via DXLD)

DISPATCHES FROM A COWBOY PAST: A ONE-ROOM CLASSIC COUNTRY RADIO
STATION (BARELY) HOLDS ON | Aeon Videos

Before KHIL was pulled off the air by its new owners in October 2018,
the radio station for Willcox in Arizona had been broadcasting classic
country music to the small town’s residents and passersby for more
than half a century. While much of the United States has moved on from
sparsely strummed songs of whiskey and heartbreak, such music still
very much defines this remote place: the singer and Western star Rex
Allen (1920-99) is Willcox’s most beloved native son, and the Rex
Allen Arizona Cowboy Museum and Willcox Cowboy Hall of Fame its most
notable attraction. 

In Lonesome Willcox, the US filmmakers Ryan Maxey and Zack Wright
profile Mark Lucke, KHIL’s unlikely lone employee in the station’s
waning days. Living and working from the studio, Lucke keeps the
classic country crooners alive for the town’s mainly elderly
population, who sense their heritage and way of life being buried
beneath the Arizona dust. But while Lucke finds satisfaction in
playing songs that lift the locals’ spirits, he has a complicated
relationship with the boozy, ne’er-do-well characters that populate
them, following his own abusive childhood.
Directors: Ryan Maxey, Zack Wright [12 minutes] . . .
https://aeon.co/videos/dispatches-from-a-cowboy-past-a-one-room-classic-country-radio-station-barely-holds-on
(via ABDX yg via DXLD)

For what it's worth, KHIL's ID is almost always a minute or so
after the top of the hour, and it's almost always followed by a
promo-ID recorded by Tanya Tucker many years ago. Format includes
some really old western music. No news, almost no ads. Sent from my
BlackBerry 10 smartphone (Tim Hall, CA, ibid.)

I note them in passing, but don`t usually make a "relog" in my books
about it. I do at times where the signal from there is unusually
strong, or something like that. I DID relog them as recently as Jan.
2019, and that is well past October. to wit:

1250, KHIL, AZ, Willcox, 1/26, 1945E, long stream of western music
songs, real cowboy music, "beautiful beautiful brown eyes", taped ID
"this is Tanya Tucker; you're listening to the station I listened to
as a child, AM 12-50 KHIL" just before the hour. heard on SW 2000629,
Terk loop. 73 to all, and Good Listening! (Rick Barton, Sun City, AZ,
ibid.)

** U S A. 1310, June 7 at 1106, noticias and La Caliente ID in
passing, looping E/W, just faded up over a real Mexican [q.v.]. NRC AM
Log shows it`s our closest to the west, KZIP Amarillo TX, U1
1000/88/500 watts psra, where they know how to spell hot (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1310, June 8 at 0631 UT, Colorado Broadcasters Association
PSA, guess who? 0632 UT refers to KFKA.com, and Colo. Army National
Guard PSA. Last logged presumably on October 18, 2011. It`s U2 5/1 kW,
i.e. ND day, tight slightly clockwise from N/S night pattern not good
for here to the SE of Greeley CO, making me suspect they are now on 5
kW ND day pattern (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Help advance public media funding --- In June, Congress will
make important decisions about federal funding for public media. This
week, the full House of Representatives will vote on a spending
package that contains public media funding. Soon, the Senate will meet
to determine the amount of public media funding to include in their
draft bill. Email your Members of Congress to help advance essential
public media funding.
https://protectmypublicmedia.org/advance-public-media-funding/?utm_source=advocate&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=June-2019
(PMPM via gh, June 10, DXLD)

** U S A. ESPN Deportes to close
https://awfulannouncing.com/espn/espn-deportes-radio-will-close-this-fall.html
Affects New York 1050 amongst others. 
73 (Steve Whitt, UK, June 11, MWCircle yg via DXLD) Viz.:

ESPN Deportes Radio will close this fall, with 10 full-time and 25
part-time employees laid off amidst shift to podcasts

ESPN Deportes Radio was launched in 2005 and had 44 current
terrestrial affiliates. ESPN is closing it this fall, instead
emphasizing podcasts and TV content from ESPN Deportes. 

By Andrew Bucholtz on 06/11/2019    

Following the late April news that ESPN is ending ESPN The Magazine
(with a final issue coming out in September), the company is also
closing another one of their long-time divisions. That would be ESPN
Deportes Radio, which was launched way back in 2005 and currently has
44 terrestrial radio affiliates in 15 states, plus a SiriusXM channel.
ESPN Deportes as a whole isn’t closing, but its focus will shift to TV
and digital after the September closure of their radio branch.

John Ourand of Sports Business Journal has more on that:
Playmakers 01:18/01:44

ESPN is shutting down its ESPN Deportes radio business on Sept. 8, a
move that will lead to layoffs for 10 full-time and 25 part-time
employees. ESPN will close Deportes Radio’s Coral Gables, Fla.,
offices; some of its N.Y.-based sales employees also will be affected.
ESPN: “Hispanic audience consumer habits are changing rapidly and this
requires ESPN to evolve as well. It’s no secret Hispanic fans skew
heavily on digital and social which is why we made the decision to
discontinue ESPN Deportes terrestrial radio in September.” 

Rather than focus on Spanish-language radio, ESPN will move deeper
into mobile and audio podcasts. Some ESPN Deportes radio programs will
be turned into podcasts, like “Jorge Ramos y Su Banda” — which will
also be on TV — and “Raza Deportiva.” ESPN Deportes will produce 10
other Spanish-language podcasts as well.

We have seen a larger emphasis on podcasts on the English-language
side of ESPN Audio as well recently, including efforts like the 2017
launch of podcasts from Bomani Jones, Jalen Rose and Dave Jacoby, and
Katie Nolan, Ryen Russillo’s shift from radio to an ESPN podcast in
December 2017 (and continuation of that podcast in 2018, in addition
to new podcasting work at The Ringer), and Russillo and Scott Van Pelt
bringing back their old SVP and Russillo radio show as a monthly
podcast.

There’s some appeal to podcasts versus radio, especially with big
names. The scheduling is more flexible, and podcasts are listened to
by people who are seeking out those specific voices, not just those
flipping on a radio station. However, while a lot of big ESPN names
have dove further into podcasts, ESPN’s kept its ESPN Radio side going
as well in English. So it’s interesting that they’ve decided just to
shut the Spanish radio side down, and that unfortunately comes with
quite a few job losses.

Another intriguing note in Ourand’s piece is “In the N.Y. market, the
company owns ESPN Deportes Radio 1050 AM, which will switch to an
English-language sports channel.” 

ESPN already has an English-language sports channel in that market
with WEPN-FM (98.7 ESPN New York), which again saw Michael Kay lose to
WFAN’s Mike Francesa in May (Kay will likely claim otherwise again,
considering that his terrestrial+streaming numbers edged Francesa’s
terrestrial-alone numbers, but he’s wrong). 

It’s possible that 1050 AM will become a simulcast of 98.7, which
might give Kay a little more reach and help him maybe post an actual
ratings win instead of a claimed one. Whatever winds up being done
with that frequency will be worth watching, especially considering
that there have also been rumblings of the Yankees exploring a YES
Radio concept (although that may be further down the line).

It’s also worth pondering if this ESPN Deportes Radio closure and the
end of ESPN The Magazine are both signs of ESPN abandoning some of its
less core properties, and if that’s going to be a trend under Jimmy
Pitaro (who took over as ESPN president last March). They’re not
really cutting back on content overall, especially given the amount
they’re spending on shows for ESPN+, but we’ve now seen two ESPN
properties that were around for decades suddenly going away. And that
raises questions about if those will be isolated incidents, or if
there’s going to be yet more pruning of ESPN operations.

[Sports Business Journal; ESPN Deportes Radio photo from Wikipedia]

Hello Steve, Thanks for the heads up on this one. I wonder if 1050
will revert back to WSKQ-FM 97.9 MHz, New York, New York, "Mega 97.9
el Vacilon" Best wishes & 73s (Barry :-)Carlisle UK.  Lat. 55.0119N
Lon. 2.9668W Davies, MWCircle yg via DXLD)

** U S A. FCC SETTLES WITH MASSACHUSETTS PIRATE BROADCASTER
   ARRL 06/12/2019

After filing a civil action and seeking an injunction to stop a
church-related pirate radio station from operating in Worcester,
Massachusetts, the US Attorney’s Office this week reached a settlement
with the station’s operators, Vasco Oburoni and Christian Praise
International Church. US Attorney Andrew E. Lelling and FCC
Enforcement Bureau Chief Rosemary Harold announced the settlement on
June 10. Oburoni and the church admitted that they had operated an FM
broadcast station without a license. According to a consent decree
filed on June 10 and subject to court approval, Oburoni and Christian
Praise International Church agree not to do so in the future. They
also agreed to surrender all of their broadcasting equipment.

“In the event the FCC reasonably suspects that they have violated the
Act, the FCC may inspect the premises and seize any broadcasting
equipment,” an FCC news release said. If the FCC determines that “the
defendants” have operated an unlicensed broadcasting station in
violation of the settlement, they will be subject to a $75,000 fine.
The FCC received complaints, including one from a licensed
broadcaster, that the pirate station was causing interference.

According to the signed consent decree, Vasco Oburoni and Christian
Praise International Church admitted that they operated a radio
broadcast station in Worcester, on 97.1 MHz, without an FCC license
and previously had operated an unlicensed radio station on 102.3 MHz.
The FCC had issued multiple warnings and issued a Forfeiture Order in
the amount of $15,000 against Oburoni. The FCC said Oburoni agreed to
a payment plan but later began broadcasting again without a license on
a different frequency. 

http://www.arrl.org/news/fcc-settles-with-massachusetts-pirate-broadcaster
(via Mike Terry, WOR iog via DXLD)

** VATICAN. LATIN MAKING A RESURGENCE ON AIR?

Vatican Radio has launched a weekly five-minute news bulletin – in
Latin. Harnessing the resources of the Vatican’s Latin Letters Office
– a department of the Secretariat of State where Church documents are
written in or translated into Latin – the programme is described by
Vatican Radio’s Editorial Director Andrea Tornielli as “a real,
informative news bulletin”

But the Vatican isn't the first broadcaster to use Latin. YLE launched
Nuntii Latini some years ago. Find out more here.
https://aib.org.uk/vatican-launches-latin-language-radio/
(AIB Media Industry Briefing | June 2019 via DXLD)

Often overlooked by the Mainstream? Media, WWCR for many years has
aired a Latin Mass, Sundays at 11-11:30 am CDT/CST = 1600 UT on 15825.
I haven`t reconfirmed it in ages; could be exactly the same recording
week after week. And what about WEWN? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** VATICAN. VATICAN RADIO LAUNCHES LATIN NEWS PROGRAM
   As noted at The SWLing Post:

"Starting on Saturday, 8 June, a 5-minute weekly news bulletin in
Latin will be broadcast to the world on Vatican Radio frequencies
through the Italian language audio channels. Of course you will also
be able to follow it on our web portal and listen to it on podcast,
and it will soon be available on the English-language audio
frequencies as well." More here:
https://swling.com/blog/2019/06/vatican-radio-launches-latin-news-program/

It's not clear if it will be on SW. Currently, there is only 10
minutes of Italian on SW (a newscast) at 0600 UT on 11930 kHz, Monday
through Saturday (-- Richard Langley, WOR iog via DXLD)

** YEMEN [non]. SAUDI ARABIA, Good signal of Republic of Yemen Radio
in 25mb, June 11
from 1005 11860 JED or RIY / unknown to N/ME Arabic & off at 1007 UT
from 1055 11860 JED or RIY / unknown to N/ME Arabic was back on air
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/good-signal-of-republic-of-yemen-radio.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 10-11-12, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ZANZIBAR. TANZANIA, 11735, Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation, Dole,
1752-1809, 07-06, African songs, vernacular comments, at 1959 tuning
music, 1800 time signals, English, ID “Zanzibar Broadcasting
Corporation, the news...”, news in English. 13321. 08-06 out of air.

11735, Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation, Dole, 1740-1805-, 12-06,
Swahili, comments, at 1759 tuning music, time signals at 1800,
English, news. Very weak. 13211 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in
Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6170, June 8 at 1711, JBA talk via Utwente SDR. I`m
hoping by elimination this will be the almost-monthly broadcast of
100-watt Scandinavian Weekend Radio, FINLAND. NZ is now on 6170 but
off at 1650 –-- except Saturdays to 1858! This is still well before
summer sunset in Europe, so who knows which it might be? Other SWR
frequencies 5980 and 11720 are empty, while 11690 is full of French,
i.e. CRI via East Turkistan. SWR is often found NOT to be adhering to
its own frequency schedule.

Let us NOTE what WRTH 2019 page 470 says about this: ``The station is
run as a series of temporary licences for 24h on the first Sat local
time for three consecutive months. No transmission in Jan, May, Sep as
required by law, before the club is entitled to a new series of
licences`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see FINLAND

UNIDENTIFIED. 7989.6-LSB, approx., early UT June 9 but forgot to note
the time, very poor intermittent talk, can`t really resolve into clear
USB or LSB. Suspect it`s second harmonic of 80m ham, but nothing
audible in 3994-3995 area, less propagable vs summer noise level
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Hearing OTH radar over 9395 WRMI --- Tuesday evening.
Pretty strong hear in Atlanta. About a 50/50 mix. Probably some
military thug screwing around who has no respect for legally licensed
broadcasters (Lou KF4RCA Johnson, 1519 UT Wed June 12, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9610-9630, June 7 at 0348, rapid clicking of OTH radar
right smack dab in the middle of the 31m broadcast band --- but
luckily(?) no broadcasters are audible in this range (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 17550, June 8 at 1811, JBA carrier with Doppler flutter
--- could Kuwait be on earlier than 2000? Nothing else is scheduled;
but with BFO I detect multiple carriers, and seems high-speed RTTY
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS
++++++++++++++++++++++++

ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 1986:

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)

TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED FUTURELY:

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)

As always the best program on radio, broadcasting and especially the
dynamic medium of shortwave. 73, (John Carson wb5q, Eagle Nest NM,
with a generous contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com)

Hi Glenn, Another donation to you and WOR/DXLD for yet another great
issue of 30 May, and truest Best Regards! (Steve McGreevy – N6NKS,
with a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com)

PUBLICATIONS
++++++++++++

WRTH A19 Bargraph Frequency Guide
Now Available - Buy your CD or Download today!

We are delighted to announce the availability of the new WRTH Bargraph
Frequency Guide for the A19 season. The CD contains the complete, and
monitored, A19 international broadcasts on LW, MW and SW, and fully
updated domestic shortwave, displayed as a pdf colour bargraph. There
are also other pdf and xls files to help you get the most out of the
Bargraph. All these files are also available on a downloadable Zip
file. 

If you have not yet got your copy of WRTH 2019 then why not buy one
now. Readers in the USA can also buy from Amazon.com or Universal
Radio Inc.

The CD and Download are only available from the WRTH site. Visit our
website to find out more and to order a copy.
http://www.wrth.com/_shop

I hope you enjoy using this new Frequency Guide (Nicholas Hardyman, 
Publisher, June 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

26TH EDITION OF THE "BROADCASTING IN RUSSIAN" HANDBOOK
published by the St. Petersburg DX Club, has been recently released. 
----------------------------------
The handbook is the most comprehensive guide to broadcasts in Russian
on long, medium and short waves. It features ALL radio stations
transmitting Russian language broadcasts at present, both from Russia
and abroad, that could be received in Russia, CIS and surrounding
countries (totally 52 stations from 33 countries and territories of
the world). Station listings include frequency and programme
schedules, transmitter location and power, target areas, postal
addresses, phone/fax numbers, Web sites, social network pages, e-mail
addresses as well as QSL policy info. The schedules are generally
valid until 26 October 2019 (during A19 broadcasting season).

The Handbook is exclusively in Russian and distributed as a hard copy
only. Its volume is 60 pages of A5 size. Please address your purchase
requests and questions to St. Petersburg DX Club: 

dxspb[at]nrec.spb.ru or by snail mail to c/o Alexander Beryozkin, Neva
Radio Electronic Co. Ltd., P.O. Box 13, St. Petersburg, 192007,
Russia. The price is 6 EUR or 7 USD (including delivery via registered
mail) by cash/PayPal/Skrill (Alexander Berezkin, Sankt-Petersburg,
Russia, Rus-DX 9 June via DXLD)

CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES
+++++++++++++++++++++++++

2019 IRCA/DecalcoMania Convention 

The 2019 IRCA Convention will be held on September 5, 6 and 7 at the
Courtyard by Marriott Seattle Southcenter, 400 Andover Park West,
Tukwila WA 98188. Registration is Free*. Banquet (TBA) will be paid
for individually by attendees. Guest room rate is $109 plus tax.
Guests are encouraged to share a room and save. Phone number(s) for
room reservations are 800-321-2211 or 206-575-2500. You must mention
International Radio Club of America Convention to get this rate. Hotel
is 2 miles east of Sea-Tac Airport. There is also an Amtrak station in
Tukwila just Northeast of the hotel. Parking at hotel is free. There
are many restaurants and stores nearby and inside the hotel. Other
amenities include business center, pool, free Wifi, etc.  

Visitor’s bureau is online at http://visitseattle.org

Your host for this event is Mike Sanburn: mikesanburn@hotmail.com

Non IRCA members will need to pay a convention registration fee of
$25. Folks can join IRCA for $5 ($0 for renewals). Here is the
reservation link your guests can use to make online reservations:
https://www.marriott.com/meeting-event-hotels/group-corporate-travel/groupCorp.mi?resLinkData=International%20Radio%20Club%20of%20%20America%5Eseasc%60IRCIRCA%60109%60USD%60false%603%609/5/19%609/8/19%608/15/19&app=resvlink&stop_mobi=yes

If you have questions or need help with the link, please do not
hesitate to ask. We appreciate your business and look forward to a
successful event. Individuals may also call toll free, 1-800-359-8233,
refer to group code "IRC". A website of interest to anyone planning to
attend the convention via Mike Sanburn:
http://www.seattlesouthside.com

From Mark Durenberger: IRCA Seattle is becoming a “must-attend” if
you’re interested in the latest DX practices and technologies
including hot-rodded portables and FSL antennas; Ultralights and
air-port friendly “super-signal-seekers.” An expanded session will
drill down into solid phasing methodologies. We’ll learn of tools for
prediction of “Over-the-Pole” reception and we’ll discover how they do
DX in Japan. We’ll share in the success of the Rockworks adventurers
and evaluate loops-on-the-ground as simple stealth antennas. And we’re
planning group discussions as well. Please plan to join us --- for
learning and sharing! 

From Bruce Portzer: As previously mentioned, Chuck Hutton and I are
organizing a DXpedition that will take place after the Seattle IRCA
convention. The DXpedition would take place at Grayland WA starting
September 8. There has been lots of interest – we've had about 10-12
responses so far, and planning is well underway. The motel is still
being remodeled but expects to be ready by mid-summer. In the
meantime, you can make reservations, etc with them. If you're
interested in joining us, let me know right away so we can keep you
apprised of planning and other details (IRCA DX Monitor June 15,
published June 11, via DXLD)

DX-PEDITIONS
++++++++++++

HONG KONG ULTRALIGHT DXPEDITION-- 603-648 kHz Loggings & MP3's

File review is continuing on recordings from a very interesting trip,
with 17 more Southeast Asian loggings from 603-648 kHz (for a total so
far of 34 stations recorded from 531-648 kHz). The diversity of
loggings was related to two daytime DX trips to Macau and Hong Kong's
Cape D'Aguilar, a waterfront DXing session featuring sunset skip
across Southeast Asia, and late evening apartment DXing by shoving a
souped-up Ultralight outside a 12th floor security window.

DXing in Hong Kong is turning out to be a bonanza to solve Hawaii
DXing mysteries, and vice versa. The excited female Chinese speaker in
a 648-BCC (N) Taiwan recording was matched to the same excited voice
in a Hawaii 630 kHz UnID recording, finally solving the identity
mystery. The same thing happened with a 531-Zhejiang RGD female
Mandarin recording, and a Tagalog-speaking lady on 666 kHz with an
identical voice to a Hawaii UnID on 954 kHz (Philippine Broadcasting
Service). With a lengthy list of exotic targets from Hong Kong DXing,
the November Poipu, Hawaii DXpedition should be ready to hit the
ground running!

603   CNR1   Shaoguan, China   10 kW   As the only Guangdong CNR1
transmitter on the frequency this was presumably the source of the
CNR1 identification under CRI's Vietnamese program at 13 seconds into
this recording at 1211 on 4-2
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/0n18sag6y5gvnoaepdzm733ygc5wr564

603  CRI   Dongfang, China   300 kW   Dominant on the frequency every
evening with its Vietnamese program, such as 1211 on 4-2 (over CNR1)
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/0n18sag6y5gvnoaepdzm733ygc5wr564

603  DZVV   Vigan, Philippines   5 kW   "Bombo Radio" all alone with
powerful strength as a Cape D'Aguilar cliff daytime DX signal at 0809
on 4-6; thanks to Jari L. for ID assistance
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/2jwzcor80g63evbe1760ge1sriinedvr

610  Voice of the People of Ho Chi Minh City   Ho Chi Minh City,
Vietnam   50 kW   Strange Viet program on a strange frequency; an
elderly male speaker (war veteran?) apparently tries to keep old
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. Maybe the holdout 610 kHz frequency is part of the
Vietnam War memory, and they don't want to change it?
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/seiicka9zarlfht3o7xlagiwm896psxn

612  Zhuhai Diantai   Zhuhai, China   (power unknown)   This Mandarin/
Cantonese format station is a semi-local next to Macau, where it was
at overwhelming strength at 0610 on 4-4 with various "High FM" ID's by
a Mandarin-speaking lady with a soft, whispering voice 
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/trqclqlz7ha4g2c06ehp38y616e0ax4y

612  UnID-China   Male Mandarin speech under Zhuhai Diantai's
Cantonese around the 1 minute point in this recording at 1216 on 4-2;
possibly Guangdong RGD in Chaozhou (closest to HK)
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/ssi0my9q7vww7kfs6aeg9uca6irz2hlk

612  UnID-Philippines   Weak daytime DX signal with non-Chinese
intonation and music under Zhuhai Diantai at HK's Cape D'Aguilar at
0810 on 4-6; no ID clues, but the pattern of daytime propagation to
the Cape would indicate DWSP
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/7k9hbpikvmv20cz4plxoo3sgxszq93w9

621  RTHK Mandarin   Golden Hill, Hong Kong   20 kW   Pesky local
station that defied all attempts to track down a co-channel. Its
typical strength was recorded at the Macau waterfront during daytime
DXing at 0614 on 4-4
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/0hq7e14r8sfoegythpplpaclhretfgzp

630  Taiwan BC   Sungling, Taiwan   10 kW   Always the dominant 630
kHz station in HK, this extended recording on the Macau waterfront
during daytime DXing at 0617 on 4-4 features a couple of Taiwan music
recordings and Chinese dialect speech
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/dhbfj60osxcirh21bet3fz5zjecowluy

630  CNR2   China Synchros   In an S9 mix under Taiwan BC at 1217 on
4-2, with male speech in Mandarin under Taiwan's female speech and
music in Mandarin. Not a daytime DX station-- most likely the 150 kW
Henan transmitter
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/0m9wpi7z80owry3pbmklc608g9g7cr04

630 UnID   Music station under Taiwan BC during sunset skip DXing on
the Hong Kong waterfront at 1355 on 4-7; with good propagation to
Bangladesh the musical style sounds like it could be the 100 kW
Bangladesh (B) station, but since it's not // 693 there was no way to
be sure
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/8nlh9b0m1ot2yiwc6ztamm925ljd8z82

639  CNR1   China Synchros   Dominant over an UnID music station on
the Hong Kong waterfront during sunset skip DXing at 1402 on 4-7
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/c43ndx6xwe5dv5qo1mlanpby4lzts4af

639  DZRL   Batac, Philippines   1 kW   Ideally positioned at the
northern tip of Luzon, this low powered Tagalog station managed a
pretty decent daytime DX signal across hundreds of miles to the Macau
waterfront at 0625 on 4-4
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/dpba9dxd311gds3t5eplr5dmmz6rkcs5

639  UnID   Music station under CNR1 on the Hong Kong waterfront
during sunset skip DXing at 1402 on 4-7; DZRL is possible but
unlikely, since its 1 kW signal was usually gone after local sunset
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/c43ndx6xwe5dv5qo1mlanpby4lzts4af

648  Guangdong Weixing Guangbo   Guangzhou, China   50 kW   Semi-local
with male speech format, this Mandarin blaster was usually dominant on
the frequency as at 1406 on 4-7 at the Hong Kong waterfront, but
occasionally had some competition
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/g6bo9lrlt4r2ai2zu01fmg7tloxbsdku

648  BCC (N)   Taipei, Taiwan   20 kW   A daytimer under Guangzhou at
Hong Kong's Cape D'Aguilar, occasionally this Chinese dialect station
would become dominant, such as at 1225 on 4-2. The lady's distinctive,
excited voice from 3 seconds to 18 seconds was matched to a Poipu,
Hawaii recording on 630, finally solving a long running identity
mystery
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/0tfd4h60un212zsswmoqgugtvnhmaviw

648  UnID-English   Guangdong Weixing Guangbo was nulled out on the
Hong Kong waterfront from 40 seconds to 60 seconds in this recording
at 1406 on 4-7, resulting in an English language station making
mention of South Africa. Unfortunately there wasn't enough detail for
identity clues. Maybe AFN Okinawa, or one of the Philippine stations?
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/g6bo9lrlt4r2ai2zu01fmg7tloxbsdku

(TO BE CONTINUED) (Gary DeBock, June 10, IRCA iog via DXLD)

Nice lists of DX, Gary, and no doubt quite useful for TP DXers back
here in North America. Before going to Hawaii in November, do you have
any summer / early autumn plans for a DU / South Pacific DX chasing
session at the Oregon coast cliffs?

From sites you've visited in east Asia, is there any propagation from
Australia or New Zealand? This would be like South Americans heard in
the US or Africans heard in the UK. Do North and South Americans ever
show up around local sunset on the Asian ultralight DX outings?
(Mark Connelly, WA1ION, South Yarmouth, MA, ibid.)

Thanks! Many of those Southeast Asian stations are pretty challenging
here on the west coast, though, where Japan, Korea and northern China
tend to dominate most of the frequencies. Fortunately, in Hong Kong
the Japanese and Korean stations were almost non-existent (with only a
single Korean logging of 657-Pyongyang BS, and a single Japanese
logging of 729-JOCK). For Asian DX we west coast DXers usually end up
with a constant diet of Japan, Korea and northern China, but in Hawaii
it's kind of a mix of that and the rest of Asia.

Yes, we plan our annual Rockwork Cliff DXpedition the first week of
August, and so far this year we have 3 guys lined up (Craig, Chris and
yours truly). Last summer we had a record-breaking 5 participants--
almost enough to cause some consternation among the "sleeping
squatters."

The Rockwork cliff is just like Roy Barstow's description of the Cape
beach hot spots, with small, compact loops scoring routine S9 signals
from New Zealand, Tonga and Fiji. But if you don't have a compact loop
the plunging cliff (and the Sleeping Squatters) will make you feel
very unwelcome, since there definitely isn't enough space for
traditional DXpedition antennas. Rockwork had its first FSL-based
DXpedition in August of 2011, and it's been growing in popularity
among the west coast DXing gang since then. 

Actually I've only visited one DXing site in east Asia (Hong Kong),
and the overwhelming presence of Chinese stations from 531-1593 kHz
make it very rough to investigate trans-Equatorial stations to the
south, especially since on that bearing the figure-8 ferrite antennas
can't null out the multitude of Chinese stations to the north. During
auroral conditions around sunrise there might be some hope for
trans-Equatorial Africans, though. I was able to track down
1431-Djibouti at good strength in Hong Kong with just the hot-rodded
Ultralight shoved outside the apartment window, so assuming that the
programming hours match up, the South African stations that show up on
the Cape coast, Lubec and Newfoundland for you, Roy, Bill and others
might be in play around sunrise in Hong Kong-- with a healthy dose of
luck and optimism! (Gary DeBock, ibid.)

Thanks for the perspective on this, Gary. I suppose "X band"
(1602-1710) stations from Australia would have a chance since they're
received at western US and Canada sites at greater distance.

You've show that African and Middle Eastern stations at Hong Kong
local dawn are feasible so I'd imagine North and South America at
local sunset would also be playable.

Good luck with that August Rockworks DXpedition. We are certainly
accustomed to space-limited DXpedition sites here in the east. That's
one reason highly-amplified cardioid-pattern car roof loops, as
recently discussed, have become popular. Roy Barstow, Bruce Conti,
Gary Thorburn, and I are among those who've had success with those.
The Wellbrook ALA1530LN and similar bidirectional loops are also
popular as are active whips such as MFJ-1024. All of these options
provide usable gain in antennas that fit on the roof of a vehicle.
(Mark Connelly, WA1ION, South Yarmouth, MA, ibid.)

Thanks Mark, While in Hong Kong, it was a crash course to sort out the
"wheat from the chaff" from 531-1593 kHz, so unfortunately there
wasn't time to investigate the X Band frequencies. But you are
probably correct that the Australian X-Banders would get through
fairly easily to Hong Kong, and possibly a few North American X Band
stations. Quite a few DXers in New Zealand specialize in tracking down
long range X-Banders from North America and the Caribbean around local
sunset, before the Oz stations fade in. The all-time Ultralight Radio
DX distance record is held by my Kiwi buddy Tony King of Greytown, NZ,
who tracked down 1690-CJLO (1 kW) in Montreal, QC at 9,053 miles
(14,569 km).

Just like the car-mounted Micro Superloops and Roy's portable
broadband loop have been so effective for T/E DXing right on the
Cape's slat water edge, the plunging Rockwork cliff has been a boon
for compact broadband loop experimentation here on the west coast.
Initial skepticism about an ocean cliff's ability to enhance
transoceanic DX has given way to passionate conviction, and despite
the limited space available, compact broadband loops at Rockwork hold
the all-time west coast record for New Zealand reception, as well as
the west coast record for South Pacific NDB reception.

Small, portable broadband loops will have a new mission this November,
Mark, as ex-BADXC member Chris Black and Craig Barnes attempt to set
up portable broadband loops for SDR reception on the beach at Poipu,
Hawaii. Although my own concentration will be on ensuring another
thrilling DXpedition with the Ultralight + FSL "business model," I've
always had interest in compact broadband loops, and look forward to
assisting them with exotic target lists, propagation tips and other
information. The potential of the mid-Pacific location seems awesome!
(Gary, ibid.)

RADIO PHILATELY
+++++++++++++++

[radiostamps] MOLDOVA 2019 - Vintage Radio Devices [2 Attachments]

Dear RADIO friends: On February 13th, 2019, Postal Administration of
MOLDOVA issued a series of 2 stamps depicting vintage radio devices:
Telefunken 1934 and Philips 1943. In the same date it was issued a
postmark for World Radio Day. More details at:

http://filatelia.md/en/news/schedule-philatelic-products-issues-february-2019
All the best. 73's. (Fabio Flosi, PU2KLM, Brasil, June 11, radiostamps
yg via DXLD)

MUSEA
+++++

WHA DIGITIZING EARLY RECORDINGS

91.7, KOSU, June 8 circa 1345 UT, NPR `Weekend Edition Saturday` with
3-minute feature; transcript and audio link:

WHA, the oldest public radio station in the country, is digitizing
recordings dating to the 1920s as part of a project called "Preserving
Rural and Women's Programming on Wisconsin Public Radio."
https://www.npr.org/2019/06/08/730898450/university-of-wisconsin-aims-to-preserve-nearly-century-old-public-radio
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Historically Speaking

BLAME IT ON WINKY DINK
By David Christy     News Editor    6 hrs ago    3 min to read
https://www.enidnews.com/opinion/columns/blame-it-on-winky-dink/article_ab41cb81-3b8a-5224-ad7c-2be9231e3665.html

Yep, I admit it. I was a Winky Dink kid oh those many years ago.

But, when I really sit down, slow down, stop spinning off into time
and a 50-hour work week, it doesn’t really feel all that long ago I
was sitting in front of our black-and-white Zenith TV and watching
Winky Dink, Howdy Doody, Buffalo Bob and Clarabell the Clown.

OK, I agree, these names sound pretty goofy in today’s vast expanse of
sophisticated TV entertainment, on digital media or whatever
Facebook/YouTube you may be watching.

Video games? Nope, didn’t have ‘em.

Snapchat? Again a big no.

FaceTime? Are you kidding me?

History to some sounds like a dirty word when you are in school.
Unless you are in love with it like I was — and still am — you didn’t
think that history was being made every moment of every single day you
were alive and growing up.

History is not just a chronicle of the rich and famous, great events,
great battles, or even the worst things you can imagine, like war and
famine and death wrought by nature.

What we do every day of our lives is our history.

How we were shaped to think and feel and act as we do today.

No, when I was a little kid growing up in Waukomis, my sister and I
would watch Winky Dink every Saturday morning — back when there were
just 3 TV channels — 4, 5 and 9.

I’m not even sure we had a Channel 13, because if the round dial we
used to change channels ever went to 13, it was by mistake.

I even remember when TV stations signed off the air at night and went
to the old test pattern.

Yep, back in the days before the Civil War — LOL!

Winky Dink, for the uninitiated, was a show well before its time. I
hadn’t thought of it being innovative, I just liked writing on the TV
screen.

What, you say? I wrote on the TV screen and I didn’t get my rear-end
busted?

Nope, this truly was innovative for the years 1953 to 1957, as I
transitioned from no school to first grade.

The show “Winky Dink and You” was a children’s TV show developed by
CBS, that aired on Saturday mornings here in our time zone at 9:30
a.m., and I don’t think I ever missed a show.

It was hosted by Jack Berry and featured the exploits of a male
cartoon character called Winky Dink, voiced by Mae Questel, along with
his dog Woofer.

I had to look all this up, but the show featured Barry and his
sidekick, the incompetent Mr. Bungle, voiced by actor Dayton Allen.
They introduced clips of Winky Dink, who was noted for wearing plaid
pants, tousled star-shaped hair and huge eyes.

Yeah, I know.

The central gimmick of the show, praised by Microsoft’s Bill Gates as
the first interactive TV show, was to use a magic drawing screen.

OK, it was just a piece of greenish really-thick vinyl plastic that
stuck to the TV screen with static electricity (a new concept for me
back in the 1950s).

Your parents had to buy you a kit containing the screen overlay and
Winky Dink crayons for 50 cents.

Yep, I know.

That kit would cost you $19.99 today.

So, I was a fan of interactive media, long, long before I had a clue
what the heck interactive media was.

To me, it was just Winky Dink and the fact I got to use big old
crayons on a TV screen.

Winky would appear in a short film clip that contained a
connect-the-dots picture that would be navigated by the viewers.

Winky Dink would then prompt us at home to complete the picture, and
the finished result would help him continue the story.

According to my Google research, examples of the story lines included
things like drawing a bridge over a river, using an axe to chop down a
tree and creating a cage to trap a dangerous lion,

I don’t remember those examples, because I was in it for just drawing
with a crayon on the TV screen.

I have a special friend who always says about me, I am easily
entertained.

The interactive (OK it was cheap vinyl) screen also was used to decode
messages, and not “drink your Ovaltine” a la Little Orphan Annie and
her decoder ring.

By today’s standards a grainy, out-of-focus object would display,
showing only vertical lines of letters in the secret message. Viewers
would then quickly trace onto their magic screen, and a second image
would display the horizontal lines, completing the text.

Don’t believe me? Google http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5TdRhNLOPk/

So, with this early-age background, how did I turn out?

Blame it on Winky Dink.

Christy is news editor at the Enid News & Eagle. Visit his column blog
at www.tinyurl.com/Column-Blog (via DXLD)

LOS ANGELES RADIO STATIONS AS OF MAY 15, 1922

All frequencies 360 meters (time sharing) unless noted.

[?? 360m is a wavelength, not a frequency; it is equivalent to 833+
kc/s using the 300/ conversion factor, or 828 using the 298/ ---  such
uncertainty being a very good reason for not expressing wavelengths
--- gh]

Earl C Anthony, KFI
Beacon Light CO., KNR
Bible Institute of LA, KJS
Braun Corp., KXS
Bullock's, KNN
City Dye Works and Laundry, KUS
Irving S Cooper, KZI
Electric Lighting Supply Co., KNX
Kieruiff & Co, C. R., KHJ
Arno A Kluge, KQL
Los Angeles Examiner, KWH
Leo J Meyberg Co., KYJ (360, 485)
Pomona Fixture & Wiring CO., KGF
Radio Supply Co., KNV
Standard Radio Co., KJC
Western Electric Radio Co., KOG

Some others of possible interest:
Westinghouse Electric Co., KDKA
Warner Brothers, KLS (Oakland CA)

I hope this was accurately typed, used my cellphone.
Enjoy. 73 de (Joe, KJ8O, Miller, IRCA at HCDX via DXLD)

SOME SOUTHERN CA BROADCAST HISTORY 

https://www.oldradio.com/archives/stations/LA/00-la-gbnf-1.htm 
Broadcast History FAQ
(Mike Sanburn, June 8, IRCA iog via DXLD)

RADIO PRESENTATIONS 

Last night I attended the monthly meeting of Associated Radio Amateurs
of Long Beach. There were many interesting topics that the speakers
were sharing, first and foremost about the upcoming field day events
happening on the weekend of June 21, 22, 23. We also had a thorough
presentation on FT8 digital communications mode. Finally to my
surprise, one man did a power point presentation on the very early
days of radio in Long Beach CA. We viewed articles from old
publications such as Popular Electricity Magazine and Radio Journal.
Much time was spent on early Long Beach AM station KSS (360 meters /
833 kc/s). They were in operation from 1922 to 1924 and owned by Prest
and Dean who had a radio store in the downtown area. Fascinating
stuff. 'Hope they have more such presentations in the future. Club
website is http://www.aralb.org (Mike Sanburn, June 8, ibid.)

MORE LA RADIO INFO

Unless I come up with something, really REALLY good, I promise this
will be the last of this subject from me for quite some time.

Alex Cosper has published a rather extensive history of Los Angeles
radio covering the 1920's to the 2000's, and I found it rather
fascinating. If interested, here is the URL:
https://www.playlistresearch.com/history/laradio1920s.htm

***  Avoid internet congestion, real radio uses airwaves.  ***
(Joe Miller, KJ8O/W6, Desert Hot Springs, CA, Locator DM13sw, IRCA iog
via DXLD)

Hi Joseph, While that site is interesting and contains much factual
information, there are plenty of errors and omissions, notable in more
recent decades which I’ve lived through and remember. It often raises
more questions than it answers.

For example, if KFVD was a 24-hour station, how did it become a
daytimer?

KRKD/KFSG did share time in the 1930s as stated, but that continued
through the 1960s.

In the 1989 list, KFAC appears on FM but may have been gone by then;
930 isn’t listed, and 1190 should have been 1150.

KFOX-FM was listed in 1971, but I saw no mention of what it became:
KIQQ, Drake’s next home after KHJ.

KGLA is in the 1958 list, but no mention of their brief foray into
al-advertising KADS, then shortly becoming KOST.

So yes, read and enjoy, but this could easily be a book rather than
paragraphs summarizing the decades. – (Rick Lewis, ibid.)

Great info, Rick. I have a White's Radio Log from 1969 (the one in
call sign order). Many of the Palm Springs stations changed call signs
at least once since then. Thanks again (Joe Miller, ibid.)

If you go to recnet.com and plug in the call letters (or city) of any
station of interest, you can get the call letter history rundown. If
they are in an area that ancient history has been dug up for (LA would
be one of those areas), you can get the histories back to when the
hills were formed. A lot of Federal Radio Commission info is becoming
available to the masses finally.

In the case of Palm Springs, there have been some frequency switches
as well. Those are a real problem to research, because the FRC/FCC
looks at stations not as stations, but as facilities. A station could
swap calls five times, and frequencies with one or more other stations
multiple times, but it is still only one facility unless they got a
new transmitter site. In that case, everything pertaining to the first
facility is archived and I'm not sure how accessible those records
are. The only way to research those is to track a city as a whole and
look for multiple call letter changes for multiple stations where the
frequencies appear to cross. In some cases, it becomes an excellent
reason to have a beer (or two or three). (Mike Hawkins, ibid.)

DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See CHINA; HUNGARY/GERMANY; INDIA; 
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ KUWAIT; NIGERIA

DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV see also OKLAHOMA
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

REPACK ROLLS INTO PHASE 3 DESPITE SOME DELAYS

https://tvnewscheck.com/article/234595/repack-rolling-along-despite-some-delays/

Phase 2 of the FCC’s 10-phase schedule to move stations to new
frequencies following the FCC’s incentive auction went fairly smoothly
according to both the FCC and vendors involved in getting the
necessary new equipment in place. Out of 115 stations slated to move
in Phase 2, only 13 missed the April 12 deadline and, of those, four
have since made the transition. The FCC grants of phase changes and
STAs are helping keep the repack on track, says Don Doty of tower firm
Stainless. “I have to compliment a government agency that said it was
going to be flexible and then followed through.”

by Harry A. Jessell and Glen Dickson May 2, 2019 11:57 EDT

The second phase of the FCC’s post-incentive-auction repack of the TV
band ended on April 12 with only minor slippage in the tight 10-phase
repack plan, according to Jean Kiddoo, head of the commission’s
Incentive Auction Task Force.

After some shuffling of stations of between phases, 115 stations were
slated to shift to new channels in Phase 2. Of those, Kiddoo said, 102
made the deadline and 13 others bought more time by getting FCC
approval to move into later phases — 12 into Phase 3 and one into
Phase 5.

Kiddoo downplayed the phase-shifting, saying the 13 stations’ moves to
their new channels were “virtually complete” when the deadline came.
“They were waiting for delivery of one thing or another just to finish
it off.”

In fact, she said, four the 13 have completed their moves since the
deadline, leaving only nine still behind the original schedule as of
yesterday.

The FCC has also greased the process by liberally granting Special
Temporary Authority to stations to broadcast on interim antennas if
they fall behind on the work on their permanent antennas. According to
an FCC spokesman, 18 STAs were granted in Phase 2.

The interim antennas usually degrade coverage, but they allow stations
to vacate their old channels and meet their phase deadlines. The FCC’s
principal goal is to vacate the old channels so they can clear the
wireless spectrum (via June WTFDA VHF-UHF Digest via DXLD)

RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM
+++++++++++++++++++++

BREAKING NEWS -- NEW ETON RECEIVER

https://swling.com/blog/2019/06/wow-check-out-the-new-eton-elite-satellit/#comments

Breaking news via Brent Levit, and update from Fred Osterman himself,
on this new Eton receiver which is basically an E1 but with
improvements, but without Sirius/XM. Fred notes that this is included
in the new print catalog from Universal Radio.

"Same form-factor as the E1, but correcting the problems of the E1
such as an unstable support frame for the large LCD, a tendency for
the cabinet to get "sticky" over time and issues with charging
batteries (on early production). Eton has assured me that these
concerns will be addressed and resolved. Further enhancements are
planned, including reception of HD radio, included case, etc.

Taking this info from Fred, we can speculate that the initial
receivers may not have HD standard, perhaps this will be a firmware
addition at a later time.

Resolution of the troublesome stickiness would be welcome. Would have
been nice to somehow have added DRM, but alas perhaps that is a more
complex issue.

More info as we receive it and be sure to check SWLing.com (Dan
Robinson, June 9, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1986, DXLD)

Thanks, Dan, for this very good news! My Eton E1 is now over 12 years
old and still doing a wonderful job of pulling in good DX (daily
checking on BBS/Bhutan [6035 kHz.], etc.). Have been worried recently
about what I would do when it finally breaks down and now I know I can
always buy this new receiver (Ron Howard, California, ibid.)

Interesting(!), and I can attest to seeing Ron's wonderful daily
catches from TP and all over that his well-worn/used E1 is a very fine
unit. Might get the new one in the future (Steve McGreevy, --  N6NKS -
www.auroralchorus.com ibid.)

RFI DATABASE? [radio frequency interference]

Greetings, Does anyone know of a database of various RFI sources,
catalogued by various characteristics? (Frequency range, bandwidth,
distance between RF spikes, if more than one, etc.)

I have something that is producing interference across the AM band,
occurring approx. every 34 kHz. It would be great to have a database
to search to narrow down the list of culprits.

A database like that might be more work than it's worth though. Once a
person finds the source of their RFI, how many would want to take the
time to enter in all that data? The RFI is gone; back to the dials!
:^) 

PS - It's nothing in my house. I cut the power and it's still there.
Have a few neighbors; will do a roving check with the Sony 2010.73,
(Mark Pettifor, Goshen, IN 46526, June 8, IRCA iog via DXLD)

Try 
http://www.arrl.org/sounds-of-rfi 
Mark. I think that if I trolled through my records, I would find more,
but this is a good start. best wishes, (Nick Hall-Patch, BC, ibid.)

Mark, Try this; may be what you are looking for 
http://www.on4ww.be/emi-rfi.html

and a little off what you are requesting but interesting though.
https://www.sigidwiki.com/wiki/Signal_Identification_Guide
(James Niven, ibid.)

Thanks for the links, everyone! I found the sigidwiki quite
interesting. I found out what that annoying signal is that interrupts
my listening to Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation on 11735: SuperDARN
(Super Dual Auroral Radar Network). Appropriately named! :^) (Mark
Pettifor, ibid.)

QUASI-FSL

Hi Walt, I see your other topic entry more recent with Don Moman (Don
used to have supurb cordless phone DX above 1630 kHz in the 80s! I did
that too, but did not report it. Heard skywave on FMing cordless
phones inter-mixing with hoards of fish-net beacons while in Hawaii
86-91, also (esp. autumn 1989).

Yesterday evening, I took time out and played with my "quasi-FSL" of
six 200mm X 10mm rods around a 50 mm diameter Folger's Inst. Coffee
jar I found in my collection of such items for cores or whatever. I
wound with thick Litz wire (46 wires in the mass) per the FSL groups
recommend eBay supplier in Union City, Calif. - the specs are outside
in my radio-shop - the loop is red-hot and very hi-Q using an old but
wonderful transmitting "Soviet var. cap." I bought via a Ukraine
seller also on eBay a few years ago (speaking of the Ukraine and your
neat travels there too). 

It has such a large induction field and very sharp, high-Q that it
totally out-performs a far-larger diamond-shape (or square, really) MW
loop I have that can mount on a stand with a pipe-base screw
(threaded) base-mount-plate and 10x heavier. 

What a gem! I put in a tap after 15 windings (total of about 45 turns
of the Litz wire) = (118 uH / 260 uH or the whole loop at about 380 uH
total). The Soviet var. cap. goes from 60 to 615 pF. As such, this
"quasi-FSL" tunes to 315 kHz as hoped for LF coverage when
DXpeditioning and tunes up to 1450 kHz or so. 

If I find a var. cap. with far less minimum pF the loop should go to
the top-end of MW. I prefer the lower-end (this unit is mainly
intended for LF (NDBs) and the lower portion of MW band below 1000
kHz), so I consider it a way great success for a prototype with just
under USD100 spent on it and maybe 6 hours of work. Lightweight too!
Big thanks to Gary's FSL io-Group where I posted my results and three
photos yesterday (evening).

OK, I need to take the day off from here and work on, well -- work
projects and do maint. on my 4Runner (top o'line Castrol oil/filter as
such). 73 Walt and all (Steve McGreevy, CA, June 11, WOR iog via
DXLD)

Steve, you and I do share something in common, and it's worth
repeating to all enthusiasts that lament that the hobby is dying. I
marvel, when in Masset, that there's virtually 24/7 things of interest
to do on the radio. This includes DXing exotica. Sure, I've had fun
way up on 28 and 29 MHz and above, DXing FM and AM, Beacon DXing, 10
watt TIS stations, NDB, Digital transmissions like SSTV, MFSK, RTTY,
NavTex, Weather Fax --- even the occasional ham radio operator. All
can be a lot of fun. 

Typically in Masset, once I've done with early AM MW DXing, and I'm
off for the day, I'll park the SDR on 14230 and watch/download SSTV
images; many come in from Japan, and all over the US and Canada and
beyond. There is always something to be heard/explored. I do remember
"DXing" baby monitors, cordless phones, and even talking houses. Good
stuff! 73, (Walt Salmaniw [a pediatrician], ibid.)

TRANSLATOR INTERFERENCE COMPLAINTS AND RESOLUTION 
RadioInsight May 9, 2019 Lance Venta 

The Federal Communications Commission today adopted a Report and Order
that streamlines and improves the FM translator interference complaint
and resolution process. FM translator stations rebroadcast the signal
of an AM or FM station. The increasing number of FM translator
stations, as well as their growing economic importance for AM and
digital FM stations, has led to industry interest in improving the
rules governing FM translator interference complaints. 

Currently, even one listener complaint, at any distance from the
desired FM station, can result in an FM translator station having to
cease operations. Moreover, there are often prolonged disputes over
the validity of the interference claim. Today’s Order provides
additional certainty and reduces the costs and burdens of the existing
interference claim and resolution process by: 

1. Allowing translator operators to change frequency to any available
same-band channel as a minor change in response to interference
issues 

2. Establishing a minimum number of listener complaints, proportionate
to the population the complaining station serves, that a station would
need to submit with any claim of interference 

3. Standardizing the contents of each listener complaint 

4. Establishing interference resolution procedures that permit, but do
not require, complaining listeners to cooperate with remediation
efforts, and implementing an alternative, technically-based process
for demonstrating that interference has been resolved 

5. Establishing an outer contour limit for actionable interference
complaints while allowing waivers of that limit for interference
complaints that meet specified criteria 

[!!!!!]
The Commission, by the way, put complaints from Dxers at the bottom of
the list and felt that interference reports against a translator from
Dxers with towers and fringe antennas to not be representative of
legitimate interference issues (via June WTFDA VHF-UHF Digest via
DXLD)

PROPAGATION
+++++++++++

SCIENTISTS REVEAL EXACT REASON BEHIND SOLAR MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM CYCLE
International Business Times By Nirmal Narayanan June 4, 2019 

A new study has suggested that the sun's 11-year solar cycle is
determined by the alignment of planets. The tidal forces of Jupiter,
Earth and Venus directly influence the solar magnetic field, thus
causing solar maximum and solar minimum. Experts believe that the new
research report will help to learn more about why the sun has a
regular solar cycle.

The tidal force exerted by these planets causes changes in plasma on
the surface of the sun. These forces will be higher when there is a
maximum alignment of the three planets and it usually happens every
11.07 years.

It should be noted that the sun goes through an 11-year solar cycle
regularly and at this moment, we are in the solar minimum part of the
cycle, where the solar activity will be the lowest.

However, during the solar maximum periods, coronal mass ejections will
take place, and these solar storms could create havoc on the earth by
malfunctioning technologies like the internet and GPS.

"There is an astonishingly high level of concordance. What we see is
complete parallelism with the planets over the course of 90 cycles.
Everything points to a clocked process," Frank Stefanie, a physicist
of Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf in Germany, and the lead
author of the study in a recent statement.

Even though these forces exerted by planets are too weak to create
drastic changes in the sun's interior, researchers believe that there
could be an indirect mechanism that connects planetary alignment and
the sun's solar cycle. As per scientists, a physical effect that could
change the behaviour of plasma, known as Tayler instability could be
responsible form solar cycles that happen at regular intervals.

"When we discovered the current-driven Tayler instability undergoing
helicity oscillations in our computer simulations. I asked myself:
What would happen if the plasma was impacted on by a small, tidal-like
perturbation? The result was phenomenal. The oscillation was really
excited and became synchronized with the timing of the external
perturbation," added Stefani.

Earlier, self-proclaimed seismic researcher Frank Hoogerbeets had
claimed that critical planetary alignments are causing earthquakes on
the earth. Hoogerbeets argues that he is using a sophisticated system
called SSGI (Solar System Geometry Index) to understand planetary
alignment, and it will help to predict potential tremors on the
planet. However, experts have dismissed Hoogerbeets' claims stating
that no technology is capable of predicting earthquakes with
precision.

This study was published in the journal Solar Physics.
https://www.ibtimes.sg/scientists-reveal-exact-reason-behind-solar-minimum-maximum-31112
(via Mike Terry, June 8, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1986, DXLD)

Tidal forces from planets is not exactly a new idea (gh, DXLD)

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Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
03 - 09 June 2019

Solar activity was at very low levels. No sunspots were observed on
the visible disk and there was an absence of significant flare
activity. A dissapearing solar filament (DSF), centered near S05E52,
was observed in GONG optical imagery at 03/0715 UTC but was not
observed in LASCO imagery. This CME was believed to have impacted
Earth midday on 08 June. An additional DSF, centered near S05E13,
was observed at 07/2145 UTC and is expected to have a possible
geoeffective component with an anticipated arrival of 12 June. 

No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit reached
high levels on 03 June and moderate levels on 04-08 June in response
to elevated wind speeds from a negative polarity, coronal hole
high-speed stream (CH HSS). The peak electron flux during the
reporting period was 2,270 pfu at 03/1755 UTC. 

Geomagnetic field activity reached G1 (Minor) storm levels on 08
June and unsettled levels on 09 June as a result of the
aforementioned 03 June CME. Quiet conditons were observed throughout
the remainder of the period. 

Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
10 June - 06 July 2019

Solar activity is expected to be at very low levels throughout the
outlook period. 

No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is
expected to reach high levels on 11-13 and 26-30 June, with moderate
levels expected on 10, 14-20, 25 June and 01-03 July in response to
elevated wind speeds associated with recurrent CH HSS activity. 

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to reach active levels on 12
and 25 June, unsettled levels on 10-11, 13, 24, 26 June and 06 July
due to CH HSS influence. Quiet conditions are expected throughout
the remainder of the outlook period.

:Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
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#      27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
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#   UTC      Radio Flux   Planetary   Largest
#  Date       10.7 cm      A Index    Kp Index

2019 Jun 10      68           8          3
2019 Jun 11      68          10          3
2019 Jun 12      68          15          4
2019 Jun 13      68           8          3
2019 Jun 14      68           5          2
2019 Jun 15      68           5          2
2019 Jun 16      68           5          2
2019 Jun 17      68           5          2
2019 Jun 18      68           5          2
2019 Jun 19      68           5          2
2019 Jun 20      68           5          2
2019 Jun 21      68           5          2
2019 Jun 22      68           5          2
2019 Jun 23      68           5          2
2019 Jun 24      68           8          3
2019 Jun 25      68          12          4
2019 Jun 26      68           8          3
2019 Jun 27      68           5          2
2019 Jun 28      68           5          2
2019 Jun 29      68           5          2
2019 Jun 30      68           5          2
2019 Jul 01      68           5          2
2019 Jul 02      68           5          2
2019 Jul 03      68           5          2
2019 Jul 04      68           5          2
2019 Jul 05      68           5          2
2019 Jul 06      68          10          3
(SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1986, DXLD) ###