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Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 2000 contents: Antarctica, Bahamas, Bermuda, Cuba, Denmark, France, Isle of Man and non, Myanmar, Norway, USA, Vietnam; an interview with me by Charles VanSant, WRRS Cincinnati; and the propagation outlook For broadcasts Friday September 13 to Thursday September 19 (mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2000.m3u (mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2000.mp3 Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html WORLD OF RADIO 2001 contents: Antarctica, Armenia, Brazil, Canada, Cuba, Hawaii, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, México, Myanmar, Norway, Oklahoma, Russia, Sikkim, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, USA, Vanuatu; and the propagation outlook. WOR 2001 is available as of 0330 UT Friday September 27 for broadcasts thru October 3: (mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2001.m3u (mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2001.mp3 Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html Also linx to podcast services. The shortwave broadcasts should be: 2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE, and NEW 5850 to NW, 5010 to S 0629vUT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany to WSW 1000 UT Saturday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [alt weeks, Sept 28] ND 1430 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany to WSW 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM ND 2100 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 [canceled] 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315] ND 1030 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany to WSW 2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE 0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395 to NNW, 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 6160v? to WSW 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE 0930 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW ND 1130 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW ND 1816 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania to WNW 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [2 episodes] ND 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE 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 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. [Ed. note: apology for lateness of this issue: I am struggling to keep up with the huge flow of info; finished ASAP! September 28] ** AFGHANISTAN. Weak/fair signal of Radio Afghanistan Ext.Sce, September 13 1530-1616 6100 YAK 100 kW / 125 deg to SoAs English/Urdu and off air: 1616-1730 6100 YAK 100 kW / 125 deg to SoAs Ur/Ara/Rus are not on air https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/09/weakfair-signal-of-radio-afghanistan.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 13-14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ALBANIA. Re: Fllake ant#1 8-mast 033degr, north-easterly Fllake ant#2 4-mast 330degr, north-westerly, Fllake ant#3 1215 kHz single mast, southwesterly, RT, VoA and DWL Fllake ant#4 8-mast 003degr, north-westerly, Fllake ant#5 1458 kHz single mast, southeasterly, RT, CRI and DWL [why aren't single masts non-direxional?? gh] Hi dear Glenn, misunderstanding, not expressed deliberately. Means not azimuth direction for transmission, mean only location direction on the local Fllake compound area: see enclosed picture, correction of 2016 action. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Bueschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANGOLA. 4949.7v, NOTHING FROM R Nacional Mulenvos Angola today Sept 13 (Wolfgang Bueschel, checked AIR outlets at 17-18 UT on Sept 13 on remote SDRs in Delhi India, Doha Qatar, and Akitakata Japan, WOR iog via DXLD) I'm hearing a het [carrier] this evening on 4949.73, so I believe Angola is on the air now (-- Art Delibert, N. Bethesda, Maryland, USA, 2314 UT Sept 13, HCDX via DXLD) Thanks. Yes Arthur, it's correct now when checked at 2345 UT Sept 13, 4949.732 kHz Angola little unstable 2 - 3 Hz hopping, weak and tiny S=3-4 on threshold signal level, could only trace some Portuguese typical spoke shred at 0008 UT on remote SDR in Athens Greece, Northern Italy, Switzerland and England units. Nothing heard otherwise on Doha Qatar nor in Delhi India units. KiwiNet http://kiwi.twrafrica.org:8073/ KiwiSDR at TWR Africa, South Africa, carrier visible, hardly heard nothing, even when AGC switch off, and manual gain set at 95dB going. 73 wb (Wolfgang Bueschel, ibid.) ** ANGUILLA. 11775, Caribbean Beacon/University Network at 1630. Not heard on earlier checks. PMS (Pastor Melissa Scott) monologue and some revival gospel music breaks. Strong signal, but odd whine in background that sounds like a teakettle whistle - Very Good Sept 8. 11775, the Caribbean Beacon at 1720. Not heard on earlier checks. PMS (Pastor Melissa Scott) lecture in progress. Filler music, then to Dr. Gene Scott (DGS) at 2019. Went on thru the 2100 hour, with the odd teapot whistling sound more pronounced - Very Good Sept 15 (Rick Barton, Arizona SW Logs, Unless otherwise stated, equipment is Grundig Satellit 205/T.5000, RS SW-2000629 with various outdoor wires & indoor shortwire. 73 and Good Listening.......! - rb, WOR iog via DXLD) Which I have been calling ``squeal`` as also on WWCR-1. Both of these logs were on Sundays (gh, DXLD) ** ANTARCTICA. 15476, LRA36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, Base Esperanza, 1620-1755, 13-09 [Friday], extremely weak audio, strong carrier, best on USB, songs. 15311 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) LRA-36 --- Huge signal from LRA-36 on [Tue] 17 September at 1715 with non-stop music, unlike other recent days, back to Argentine music rather than oldies R&R and Rolling Stones as heard the previous week via Pardinho SDR and measured today as 15475.98 (Dan Robinson, WOR iog via DXLD) [WOR] LRA36 special Sat Sept 21 LRA 36 RADIO NACIONAL ARCÁNGEL SAN GABRIEL Emisión especial Este sábado 21 de septiembre LRA 36 realizará una transmisión especial desde la Base Esperanza, Antártida Argentina. De 10 a 1115 hora argentina (13 a 1415 UTC) por 15476 khz banda de 19 metros. Los informes de recepción deben ser enviados a lra36@hotmail.com y, de ser correctos, serán verificados con una QSL electrónica especial. La llegada de la primavera es una muy buena razón, así como la cercanía de los 40 años de la emisora que se cumplen el próximo 20 de octubre. La transmisión especial estará a cargo de las locutoras de LRA36 para esta temporada: Sabrina Alanis, Beatriz Costilla y Karina Muñoz mientras que la operación técnica es de José Calpanchay. Agradecemos difundir este mensaje. Pueden enviar también al email sus saludos, comentarios y sugerencias para ser leídos durante el programa. Gracias! (Adrian Korol, RAE, Sept 17, WORLD OF RADIO 2000, DX LISTENING DIGEST) As news arrived of this September 21st broadcast, LRA-36 was again putting in excellent signals heard via Pardinho on 18 September. At about 1830 UT, I heard was sounded like a local ad but also multiple IDs, including one ID in English (never heard this before!). There followed an extended discussion program with two women in the studio discussing a range of topics about Argentina, and mention of Buenos Aires. Signal had the usual fading setting in by around 1845 UT (Dan Robinson, Sept 18, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 2000, DXLD) Re: ``I often check for trace of LRA36 here, and finally today for first time in a long time detected a JBA carrier on 15475.971 at 1811 UT. Glenn, Enid`` Clearly, either something at LRA 36 or the ionosphere has changed. 20 years ago, they were a relatively easy catch. I do remember a special broadcast to the Americas in our late afternoon/early evening one Saturday which was quite well heard here on the west coast. So what's changed? 73, (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria BC, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 2000, DXLD) Perhaps the power of the station is not the same. I believe that many domestic stations are on air with less power to reduce costs. Here the conditions for LRA 36 and other domestic and tropical stations were better years ago. This is my opinion. Best 73,s (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, ibid.) 15475.971, Sept 18 at 1811, JBA carrier measured from LRA36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, Base Esperanza. I frequently seek this but first detexion in a long time. Adrian Korol of RAE has notified me in Spanish that LRA36 will make a special broadcast, Sat Sept 21 at 1300-1415 UT for the first day of spring, and ahead of station`s 40th anniversary on Oct 20. Special e-QSLs are offered for correct reports to lra36@hotmail.com Also invites greetings, comments and suggestions to same address ahead of the program to be read during it. He does not mention remote receivers, so I guess those are acceptable (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2000, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Sondersendung von LRA36 Radio Nacional San Gabriel (aus der Antarktis) ----- Weitergeleitete Nachricht ----- Von: RAEDeutsch Gesendet: Donnerstag, 19. September 2019, 00:02:27 MESZ Liebe Freunde, am Samstag, den 21. September 2019 wird vom argentinischen Antarktisstützpunkt "Base Esperanza" aus eine Sondersendung von LRA36 Radio Nacional San Gabriel ausgestrahlt, und zwar von 13.00 bis 14.15 Uhr UTC auf 15476 kHz im 19 m Band. Empfangsberichte sind an lra36@hotmail.com zu senden. Die richtigen Empfangsberichte werden mit einer Sonder-E-QSL-Karte bestätigt. (Die Station begeht übrigens am 20. Oktober ihr 40-jähriges Jubiläum!) Für diese Sondersendung zuständig sind die Ansagerinnen von LRA36 Sabrina Alanis, Beatriz Costilla und Karina Muñoz, die José Calpanchay in der Technik unterstützen wird. 73+55 Rayén Braun Deutsche Redaktion (via Hansjoerg Biener, Germany, DXLD) ** ARGENTINA [non]. USA/ARGENTINA WRMI rebroadcast of RAE Buenos Aires services, ? new German QRG 9395 kHz, ex 7780 kHz ? at 2200 Mon-Fri UT days. RAE broadcasts via WRMI FL-USA at present. 0100-0130 9395 Tue-Sat English NoAM East Coast 0800-0900 5950 Tue-Sat Japanese NoAM West Coast, Asia Direction 0900-1000 5950 Tue-Sat Chinese NoAM West Coast, Asia 1100-1200 9955 Mon-Fri Portuguese Ce&SoAM (Latin America) ?1300-1330 15770 Mon-Wed French NoAM EaCoast, EUR, ME, NoAF? 2100-2200 9395 Mon-Fri Italian NoAM East Coast Direction 2200-2300 5010 Mon-Fri Spanish Ce&SoAM (Latin America) 2200-2300 9395 Mon-Fri German NoAMcan East Coast ex7780 2330-0000 7780 Mon-Fri French NoAM, European Direction. Bernd Seiser, Michael Bethge, and Y.T. wb, all from Germany, we checked these WRMI FL-USA channels 7780, 9395, and 9955 kHz on UT days Sept 12 and Sept 13 in 21-00 UT slot. Never heard RAE German re-transmission, correct: only Italian 9395 at 2100 UT, Spanish 5010 at 2200 UT, and French 7780 at 2330-0000 UT. on WRMI 7780 and 9395 kHz in 22-23 UT slot heard only English pop/rock music relay endless over and over again, mostly Beetles records. 7780 kHz 23 UT US pastor ROARER screeching madman with screech voice on Sept 13. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Bueschel, WOR iog via DXLD) Blalock ** ASCENSION. 17800, Sept 13 at 1358, JBA signal where I seldom hear anything on morning bandscans. Listed as DW in Hausa daily at 1300-1357; indeed off at 1424 recheck (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. 5055, 4KZ – Innisfail (Queensland) (Presumed), 1200, 9/14/19 in English. Contemporary music, 1201 male announcer with few English words audible into a number of what sounded like commercials, then more music, faded out to a het between 1204–1208. Just barely audible before (Mark Taylor, Madison, Wisconsin. Equipment: Perseus, Elad FDM-S2, Airspy HF+& HF+ Discovery, Tecsun PL 880, and various other portables; 42 meters dipole, 100’ long wire, W6LVP loop, NASWA Flashsheet Sept 15 via DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. Weak signal of Reach Beyond Australia in 25mb, Sept.16 1200-1230 on 11875 KNX 100 kW / 310 deg to SoAs English Daily and 1315-1330 on 11750 KNX 100 kW / 310 deg to SoAs English Mo/We/Fr https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/09/weak-signal-of-reach-beyond-australia.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 16-17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. AIB RESPONDS TO AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENTARY MEDIA FREEDOM ENQUIRY The Association for International Broadcasting has responded to the Australian parliamentary enquiry into law enforcement & intelligence powers on media freedom. Working with Doughty Street Chambers, the AIB has highlighted issues surrounding Australia’s legislation and the way it has been framed to potentially prevent or restrict journalists from covering stories of significant public interest. Following the raids on the ABC and on journalists working for NewsCorp publications and associated international outcry, the Australian Parliament has convened this inquiry. The AIB is also making a submission to the separate Australian Senate inquiry into press freedom. Read the PCJIS submission here. [from July, already seen?] https://aib.org.uk/Media-Freedom/AIB-submission-PJCIS-260719.pdf Separately, UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is holding a special meeting on media briefing during the United Nations General Assembly Ministerial Week, on Wednesday 25 September. The Association for International Broadcasting will be bringing its Members, and the wider industry, together on 7 November for an important media freedom meeting. The event, held with the support of Al Jazeera Media Network, will take place at Doughty Street Chambers in London. More information from the AIB Secretariat (AIB media industry briefing | September 2019 via DXLD) ** BAHAMAS. 810, ZNS[3], 0020 to 0023 om with marine warnings for boaters to remain in port. 13 September. First noted sporadic operation after the storm (4, 5, 6 Sept ?) at the time seemed very low power. This a local station on my car radio ……rlw (Bob Wilkner, Drake R8, 0042 UT 13 Sept, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NASWA iog via DXLD) ** BAHAMAS. Regarding WOR 1999, ZLS Stella Maris on 526 is, I believe, long ago silent. I've not heard it for several years from anywhere in Florida, nor have I seen any other Floridians log it. Have you seen recent logs from elsewhere? 810, ZNS3, Freeport - the report you received that it was off for "several days" (back on September 8) is incorrect. They actually returned to the air within 24 hours of Hurricane Dorian's passage, sometime on September 5th. Cockburn Town - pronounced Coh-burn by most locals. Like Bruce Cockburn, the Canadian folk/rock singer-songwriter (Terry Krueger, FL, WORLD OF RADIO 2000, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Terry, tnx for info. Wonder about the other beacons. A quick search finds nothing since this in 2013y! NRC IDXD: ``*** PAN-AMERICAN DX *** 526 | BAHAMAS | ZLS beacon, Stella Maris, MAR 22 0200 - ZLS code ID's. [Connelly*Y- MA]`` (Glenn to Terry, via DXLD) Glenn, Not sure about the other two BAH NDB channels. Some of the Cuba NDB channels continue, and as you heard, the Cayman NDBs are still active. I could hear these from the barrier islands DX sites (Ft. DeSoto and Honeymoon Island) when living in my former location. (Terry Krueger, ex-Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ZNS-1 and ZNS-3 --- I'm in Miami for the week and ZNS-3 (Freeport on Grand Bahama) on 810 kHz is coming in with a fair signal here this afternoon (15 September) at about 19:45 UTC on the PL-880 with its built-in ferrite loop in the hotel despite the RFI. They just had a public service announcement about making sure that appliances, etc. are turned off in preparation for being reconnected to the power grid and to make sure that any generators are not inadvertently connected to the grid -- which, of course, could electrocute linesmen when they are working on the lines Other than that, non-stop praise music. No ID or news at 2000 UT. Web streaming seems to be down, understandably. ZNS-1 (Nassau) on 1540 kHz is quite weak here in the hotel; not really listenable with the RFI at the moment. But it is streaming. Nothing heard on 1240 kHz where ZNS-2 should presumably be. More later (-- Richard Langley, Sept 15, WOR iog via DXLD) ** BAHAMAS. ZNS-1 Freeport and Hurricane Dorian --- After a few days of absence from the 810 kHz medium wave due to hurricane damage, as of this morning ZNS-1 is back on the air on 810 kHz. Heard with decent signal in Miami. They are relaying the national channel from Nassau 1540 kHz, local programming not restored yet (Ivan NO2CW Miami, Sept 8, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) If still Dorian-related, both 810 & 1540 will be parallel to http://www.znsbahamas.com Good to know 810 is back. There are three FM stations in Freeport, one co-owned but separate programming (Power 104.5); there's also Mix 102.1 & Dove 103.7. I was only able to hear three other 810's in ZNS3's absence (Radio Progreso, WGY, and new-to-me Radio Rey XERI Reynosa).Anything of emergency nature that Bahamas needs, will gladly be received! cd (Chris Dunne, Pembroke Pines, ibid.) ** BAHAMAS. Re: [WOR] ZNS-1 and ZNS-3 --- Monitored ZNS-3, "The Light," Freeport, Bahamas, yesterday (16 September) here in Miami starting at 1600 UT when they relayed the news program from ZNS-1, Radio Bahamas, for a few minutes (with a low modulation problem) before giving the "Mid-day Report" of local news (post-hurricane restoration news) for Grand Bahama, Bimini, other islands and Abaco. At about 1613, back to religious music. Various post-hurricane-related public service announcements between musical selections over the remainder of the hour. At 1700, ZNS-3 rejoined ZNS-1 for the "One O'Clock Report" news program. Better modulation for this airing. News was followed by sports, weather, and community announcements. At about 1718, back to ZNS-3's religious music. ZNS-3 also IDs as "ZNS-810-AM." (-- Richard Langley, FL, Sept 17, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 2000, DXLD) May I point out that the ZNS stations are per WRTH ``Government, Commercial`` --- therefore the very religious format on ZNS3 is a violation of Separation of Church and State. Yes, I know, but it ought to apply everywhere (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) ** BANGLADESH. 4750even, S=9+25dB but unclean audio modulation sound. 1710 UT OVERMODULATED distorted audio feed between broadcast house and transmission broadcast center at Dhaka? (Wolfgang Bueschel, checked AIR outlets at 17-18 UT on Sept 13 on remote SDRs in Delhi India, Doha Qatar, and Akitakata Japan, WOR iog via DXLD) ** BERMUDA. Glenn, SW club in Bermuda http://bernews.com/2019/09/local-shortwave-listeners-club-planned/ (Artie Bigley, WORLD OF RADIO 2000, DXLD) Viz.: LOCAL SHORTWAVE LISTENERS CLUB PLANNED September 17, 2019 | 0 Comments In this Internet era with its proliferation of online radio stations, you could be forgiven for perhaps thinking shortwave buffs had gone the way of fans of Morse telegraphy and rotary dial telephones. Nothing could be further from the truth. There’s still a thriving worldwide community of enthusiasts who listen to shortwave stations and private ham operators the old fashioned way — on radio sets. Because radio waves in the shortwave band can be bounced off the ionosphere, they can be be reflected back to Earth at great distances. By way of contrast radio waves of higher frequencies travel in straight lines, and are limited in terms of the distance they can be received by the visual horizon. Radios which picked up stations on the shortwave band went on sale in Bermuda decades before the first local commercial broadcaster signed on in 1946. The sets allowed listeners on this isolated island to open a window on the wider world for the very first time. And there are still Bermuda residents who enjoy sweeping the radio dial across the shortwave band to tune in far-flung stations and hams from around the world. In fact a Bermuda Radio Shortwave Listening Club is now in the planning stages. “The idea is to allow all those young and older listeners of the shortwave band to share information and experiences to keep this hobby alive,” said a spokesperson for club organisers. “Shortwave listening is still alive and well in Bermuda and there’s still lots of local activity on the bands.” For further information please contact wendan3001@gmail.com Related Stories Inter-Island Radio Clarifies Fees/Service Contract Two New Members Join Bermuda Media Council Media Council On Use Of Social Media Download Bernews Free Chrome Extension OBA & Government On Media Spending Contract Bermuda Broadcasting Scoops Tech Award (via WORLD OF RADIO 2000, DXLD) ** BHUTAN. 6035, BBS, 1133+, Sept 17. The Rolling Stones - "Miss You" and then playing mostly R&B songs (Boyz II Men - "Misty Blue," etc.); after 1140, mixing with FM99 (PBS Yunnan); later noted 1158* cut off. Any reception here in which I can ID some of the songs, I consider good reception! 6035, BBS, 1049-1140, Sept 18. Recently with unusually good reception; pop songs; news in English, but unreadable (1101-1109), with musical bridges of their often heard theme music; more pop songs (Elvis Presley - "Can't Help Falling In Love," Beatles - "Hey Jude," etc.); heard at a level making IDs easy; nice listening until QRM started at *1140, with the start up of FM99 relay, via PBS Yunnan. My audio of the Beatles song at http://bit.ly/2mosQix Certainly this reception was one of their best! (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 3310, Radio Mosoj Chaski, Cotapachi, Cochabamba, received email confirmation QSL letter in 19 days, for a reception report sent via email to: radiomosojchaski@hotmail.com (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, WOR iog via DXLD) ** BONAIRE. 800, Sept 15 at 0144, without really trying in tune-across, Spanish mention of rtm.org and Bible talk in strange accent, i.e. PJB, TWR. Dominant on the E-W longwire, where`s KQCV OKC? It still dominates on the DX-398 except when nulled (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I monitored TWR, Bonaire, 800 kHz, here in the hotel in Miami on 17 September at about 0200 UT with a good signal for their Spanish programming on their northern beam (-- Richard Langley, WOR iog via DXLD) ** BOUGAINVILLE [and non]. Hi Ron and Group. Here is a short audio clip from 1300 UT this morning of NBC PNG on 3325 kHz. Ron Howard is correct about the marble mouth announcer and bad audio. The Newscast began at 1301:30. The political program I heard at 1230 was understandable to at least know it was English. The signal was fading by 1320 UT here as the sun had been up for an hour by then. This should get better in October. 73 (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park AB, Rx Perseus SDR, Ant: Wellbrook ALA 100 loop, Sept 12, WOR iog via DXLD) Wow - thank you Mick and Ron, - this IS a very interesting frequency (3325) to take note of daily (wish I could but too sleepy a lot!). It looks like PNG is extending their time past 1300 UT now, or occasionally, if the VOI-OC permits, hi! I listened for a bit this morning (on my Benmar Navigator 555A) briefly to 3325 and 3320 at around 1215z (12 Sept.) and I could hear just barely audio on 3325 from "somebody." 3320 and 2850 KRE were not in so well, either, at dawn this morning here in Keeler, Calif. as compared to on "good" mornings. I'll have to make it a point to get up earlier as October approaches to see if propagation improves, as hoped. Thanks and 73- (Steve McGreevy -- N6NKS - www.auroralchorus.com WOR iog via DXLD) Some pretty good reception this past week. Must be getting close to Equinox! 3325, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, NBC at 1220 UT tune in Sept 12 with political talk in English. Into local music at 1253 and News Roundup at 1301:30. Good but fading after 1318 73 (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, AB, Rx: Perseus SDR, Ant: Wellbrook ALA 100 loop, WOR iog via DXLD) Hi Glenn, Sept 15, found NBC Bougainville (3325), has reverted back to their former schedule, so today no longer with the greatly extended broadcast; heard from 1040, with the usual Sunday religious programming of preaching (Pidgin) and songs; 1156, ID ("NBC Bougainville"); cut off at 1201*, leaving the frequency clear for reception of the VOI carrier (no audio), which was what you were hearing. Later after 1300, did hear very faint VOI audio, but unusable. BTW - NBC Madang (3260), cut off today at 1209*, just after "This is NBC" ID; heavy QRN (static) today. My audio (ID at 1:09) at http://bit.ly/2kBg4Nc (Ron Howard, California, WOR iog via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 6925-LSB. Sep 18, 2019. 2043-2110, Ham [sic] Radio- "Rodada Chapeu de Couro". Brazilian hams [sic] of many cities of Brazil, mainly northeast region, in nice conversation between them. Interesting to hear! Excellent reception, 55555 (JRX_Jose Ronaldo Xavier, SWARL Callsign PR7036SWL, Cabedelo, Brazil, Receiver (s)_ Tecsun S-2000, Antenna (s)_ Longwire, WOR iog via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. ``Under such circumstances, how do you know this is Pará instead of the other ZY on 4885, Rdif. Acreana? Pará is supposedly 24h per WRTH while Acreana is not? Glenn`` Recorded 4885 kHz overnight on 12/13 September here in NB. The signal started to fade in around 2140 UT with very faint audio. Comes up to a listenable (fair) level about an hour later. Stayed that way for most of the night. Was Radio Clube do Pará. No evidence of another co-channel station. Mostly talk programming. Full IDs heard about once per hour, but not every hour, and not right on the hour but typically a few (up to 10 or so) minutes later. The IDs mention the call signs and frequencies of all the stations in the Grupo RBA de Comunicação (Radio Clube do Pará, Radio Clube de Marabá, Radio Clube de Paragominas, Radio Clube de Maracanã, and Radio Clube do Tapajós (I think)). Started to fade out as sunrise approached and completely faded out by about 0800 UT. But faded back up to a listenable level around 0900 shortly before the recorder ran out its battery. ``Radio Clube do Tapajós (I think)`` Correction. This station is no longer mentioned in the IDs as it was at least a couple of years ago. So dropped from Grupo RBA? (-- Richard Langley, WOR iog via DXLD) 4885. Sep 17, 2019. 0116-0126, Radio Clube do Pará, Belém-PA, in Portuguese. Sport program with news and comments about football by man announcer; ID. Fair reception this night, 35433 (JRX_Jose Ronaldo Xavier, SWARL Callsign PR7036SWL, Cabedelo, Brazil, Receiver (s)_ XHDATA D-808, Antenna (s)_ Telescopic, WOR iog via DXLD) R. Clube do Pará: https://www.radioclubedopara.com.br/radio/ https://www.radioclubedopara.com.br/ \\ 4885.024 kHz at 0710 UT on Sept 15. S=5 in NJ-US eastern state remote SDR (Wolfgang Bueschel, WOR iog via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 4885, Radio Clube do Pará, Belém, 0410-0630, 17-09, Portuguese, soccer comments, Brazilian songs, other comments, ID “Radio Clube”. 35433. (Méndez) 4774.9, Radio Congonhas, Congonhas, 0359-0437, 17-09, Brazilian songs, Portuguese, comments. Very weak. At 0437 eclipsed by TWR Africa, Swaziland. 15321. (Méndez) 4905, Radio Relogio Federal, Rio de Janeiro, 0629-0640, 17-09, Portuguese, comments. Very weak. 15311. (Méndez) 4985, Radio Brasil Central, Goiania, 0402-4050, 17-09, Brazilian songs, Portuguese, comments. Strong teletype stations QRM. 21321. 6010, Radio Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte, 0445-0457, 17-09, Brazilian songs. Very weak. 15311. (Méndez) 9515, Radio Marumby, Curitiba, 1935-1950, 16-09, Portuguese, religious comments. 15321. 9550.1, Radio Boa Vontade, Porto Alegre, 2015-2028, 16-09, Portuguese, religious comments. // 11895.1. 13311. (Méndez) 9630.4, Radio Aparecida, Aparecida, 2024-2035, 16-09, Portuguese, religious comments, ID “Radio Aparecida”. 34433. (Méndez) 9664.9, Voz Missionaria, Camboriú, 1937-1950, 16-09, Portuguese, religious comments. 15321. (Méndez) 11815, Radio Brasil Central, Goiania, 2010-2018, 16-09, Brazilian songs, Portuguese, comments, ID “Radio Brasil Central”. 32432. QRM on 11810. (Méndez) 11895.1, Radio Boa Vontade, Porto Alegre, 2013-2021, 16-09, Portuguese, religious comments. 24322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 5939.6, Voz Missionária – Camboriú, 0046, 9/11/19 in Portuguese. Program of nice mellow Brasilian instrumental and vocal music with man announcer. Poor. // 9664.8, fair. Not often I hear both outlets at once (Mark Taylor, Madison, Wisconsin. Equipment: Perseus, Elad FDM-S2, Airspy HF+& HF+ Discovery, Tecsun PL 880, and various other portables; 42 meters dipole, 100’ long wire, W6LVP loop, NASWA Flashsheet Sept 15 via DXLD) ** BULGARIA. SECRETLAND, IRRS with unknown music program via SPL Secretbrod September 14 1500-1530 on 15515 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Music Sat, good signal instead of at same time 15515 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Oromo Sat Radio Warra Wangeelaati Something`s always wrong at SPL Secretbrod transmitting station, again wrong program https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/09/irrs-with-unknown-music-program-via-spl.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CAMBODIA [non]. UZBEKISTAN {not Tajikistan though, wb}, 12150 kHz, Not Heard, Voice of Khmer Chas Srok, via Dushanbe ? {wb. - rather RED FMO, RRTM Telecom Tashkent Uzbekistan broadcast center}. Re: Nothing heard between 1130 and 1200 UT on Sundays, as has been the case for a long time now. However, it still appears in the EiBi list and other frequency lists that source their data from Eibi. 11 Aug (Rob Wagner-Vic-AUS VK3BVW, Sept "ADXNews" magazine of ARDXC; direct and via dxld Sept 10, BC-DX 18 Sept via DXLD) ** CANADA [and non]. 300 kHz, Sept 16 at 0622 UT, dash and YIV, 500 watt ND beacon from Island Lake, Manitoba. Believe this be a new one for me. Wikipedia: ``Island Lake is a small community in east central Manitoba, Canada. The community is on several islands in Island Lake, which is the 6th largest lake in the province. The community is located 297 kilometers (185 mi) east from Thompson, Manitoba and 610 kilometers northeast of Winnipeg`` near the Ontario border. That makes it 1965 km = 1221 miles from me. Bill Hepburn had reported that this one was to be retained beyond 2026y rather than decommissioned. 218 kHz, Sept 16 at 0626 UT, dash and RL, 975 watt ND beacon from Red Lake, Ontario. 332 kHz, Sept 16 at 0628 UT, dash and QT, 1000 watt ND beacon from Thunder Bay, Ontario. Same time and frequency, IC, 400 watts from Wichita, Kansas, but different pitches. Also two more from USA, q.v. 346 kHz, Sept 16 at 0630 UT, dash and YXL, 500 watt ND beacon from Sioux Lookout, Ontario (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. Just to inform you that CJRS 1650, Montreal QC, changed format and call sign. It is now CKZW with a religious format Thanks again for maintaining such a great list. (glorenz FMlist.org via Sylvain Naud, Goldfarb mwmasts 1 Sep via Sept BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) ** CHAD [non]. GREAT BRITAIN. R. Ndarason International via Woofferton (Tent.), 12050, Sep 13, 1850, Believed R. Ndarason in Kanuri with man talking but with Gregorian chant music in background from WEWN EWTN Vandiver, AL USA, interesting juxtaposition as both can be distinctly heard, 32322. USA. WEWN, EWTN Vandiver, AL, 12050, Sep 13, 1850, SS with Gregorian chant, then man and woman talk mixing wth Radio Ndarason International via Woofferton Great Britain in Kanuri; interesting juxtaposition as both can be distinctly heard; 32323. Equipment used for these loggings: ***Icom R-75***, antenna 28m longwire with 9:1 Balun. 73, (Bob Butterfield, Columbia MD, WOR iog via DXLD) ** CHILE. 3495-AM. RCW - Radio Compañía Worldwide. Septiembre 17. 0230-0259 UT. Programa de humor, luego saludos a los oyentes y espacio de música del recuerdo. SINPO: 45444. 6985-AM. RCW - Radio Compañía Worldwide. Septiembre 16, 1740-1851 UT. Programa acerca de las emisiones de onda corta desde España y hacia España durante la Guerra Fría, especialmente del papel de Radio Exterior de España, el Centro de transmisiones en Pals usados por Radio Liberty y de las emisiones realizadas por el Partido Comunista de España. A las 1800, se emite el programa: “Frecuencia al Día”, luego el programa “En Contacto” de Radio Habana Cuba con informaciones diexistas. SINPO: 45444 (Claudio Galaz, Receptor: TIVDIO V-111; Antena: Hilo largo de 70 metros; Lugar de escucha: Barraza Bajo, 4° Región, Chile, HCDX via DXLD) ** CHINA [and non]. Excerpting CNR1 jammer logs and their targets: 6080, 2010 Chinese Firedrake jammer for R Free Asia (CC px) 444 24/08 FB 9180, 1635 Sound of Hope, Taiwan. Mandarin talk [Poss China jammer – ed] 151 21/08 AB 9215, 1727 Sound of Hope, Taiwan (pres). OM with CC talk [as above – ed] 322 04/08 WG 9255, 1723 Sound of Hope, Taiwan. OM with CC talk, CC [as above – ed] 444 14/08 WG 9355, 1745 Chinese Firedrake jammer for R Free Asia (CC px) 433 21/08 FB 11410, 0550 CNR 1 jammer, China. Jamming Sound of Hope 252 24/08 FB 11825, 1000 CNR 1 jammer, China. ID, jamming VOA Chinese px 242 30/07 FB 15555, 2337 CNR 1 jammer, China. Over R Free Asia, anns, ads, mx, CC 555 10/08 VEH* 15940, 0855 CNR 1 jammer, China. Jamming Sound of Hope // 16100 343 11/08 FB 16250, 0847 Sound of Hope. OM & YL with CC talk, CC [Poss jammer – ed] 322 26/08 WG 21690, 0620 CNR 1 jammer, China. Jamming R Free Asia (Tibetan px) 353 17/08 FB 21695, 0948 VO America. OM with CC anns, station jingle mx, YL anns CC 322 26/08 WG 21695, 1045 CNR 1, China. Multi-site? Jammer for VOA Philippines? 322 27/08 RJH AB Alexander Beryozkin, Ozertitzy, Leningradskaya obl, Russia FB Franck Baste, St Bonnet de Rochefort, France RJH John Hammett, Barnstable, Devon VEH* Vince Henley, Anacortes, WA, USA WG Will Grocott, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warks (Sept BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) 7270, CNR 1 in Chinese, Domestic broadcast, September 9, 2019, 1428–1436. SIO 545, OM announcer with various items, advertisements. Time pips at bottom of hour. Moderate QRN, slow QSB. This is likely intended to jam other broadcasts on this frequency including “Voice of China” clandestine broadcast. YL commentator follows and alternates with OM (Vince Henley, Anacortes, WA, Equipment in use: WiNRADiO G39DDCe SDR, ICOM IC-R8600, Ten-Tec RX-340, Drake R8B, SDRPLAY RSP Duo, TECSUN PL-880. Antennas: whip on PL-880 and Alpha-Delta DX-Ultra installed broadside east west at 30 feet for all others, NASWA Flashsheet Sept 15 via DXLD) 9680, CNR 1 1200. W in Chinese, and Firedragon can also be heard underneath. Somebody really doesn't want RTI via Tamsui District heard in the PRC - Very Good Sept 11 6105, Firedrake/Firedragon at 1130. Crash-boom-bang. RTI via the ROC should be broadcasting here now in Chinese - Very Good Sept 11 (Rick Barton, Arizona SW Logs, Unless otherwise stated, equipment is Grundig Satellit 205/T.5000, RS SW-2000629 with various outdoor wires & indoor shortwire. 73 and Good Listening.......! - rb, WOR iog via DXLD) 6180, CNR 1 in Chinese, September 13, 2019, 1506–1512. SIO 444. CNR in Mandarin domestic broadcast. OM and YL announcers / news readers. Advertisements. This broadcast is likely intended to cover-up or jam RTI on the same frequency. Standard CNR domestic format with talk, advertisements, MX clips, etc. News items include reports of the unrest in Hong Kong (Vince Henley, Anacortes, WA, Equipment in use: WiNRADiO G39DDCe SDR, ICOM IC-R8600, Ten-Tec RX-340, Drake R8B, SDRPLAY RSP Duo, TECSUN PL-880. Antennas: whip on PL-880 and Alpha-Delta DX-Ultra installed broadside east west at 30 feet for all others, NASWA Flashsheet Sept 15 via DXLD) 9215, Sept 14 at 1225, VP music and then Chinese // 11785, 9660 and best 9680, i.e. CNR1 jammers. Then I search out more WOOB: 10820, Sept 14 at 1230, JBA Chinese 10960, Sept 14 at 1231, JBA carrier 11170, Sept 14 at 1232, JBA Chinese 11440 & 11460 & 11540, Sept 14 at 1233, JBA carriers 13530, Sept 14 at 1237, JBA carrier with flutter; and no others in the 12s, 13s, 14s or higher. All the WOOB ones correlate with SOH/CNR1 jamming in Aoki/NDXC and EiBi, except unlisted 11170, new to both of them. Re my CNR1 jammer log on unlisted 11170, Wolfgang Bueschel reminds that he found Sound of Hope nearby during his exhaustive survey: ``my trace action of 05 - 12 July, 73 wb: 11170.091 S=6 1414 UT 2150-1700 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi 1-7 0607 UT<<<<<<`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hello Wolfie de SPMcGreevy: Between perhaps 1400 to 1600 UT, I hear here in the California Desert (northern Mojave Des.) a big mixture of perhaps 3 or 4 CNR-1 transmitters all on 9660 kHz (also splashing badly upon KRE 9665) with an amazing-sounding "multi-echo" of what I ascertain is at least three of four individual transmitters. I think they are jamming Taiwan. This has been daily in my local mornings here for the past three months-plus, as noted here in Keeler, California on my Drake SSR-1 receiver and also as I take walks out into the desert from the small town here out of the "noise zone" of the town's AC-grid. On my walks I carry my Sony ICF-SW7600GR portable receiver and its whip antenna monitoring this "amazing frequency, as such." All these multi CNR-1 signals on 9660 kHz are quite strong. I assume these multiple CNR-1 transmitters are attempting to mass-jam TAIWAN. Do you have any insight into this (or other SW-DXers?) 73 de (SPMcGreevy - Keeler, CA, USA. -- N6NKS - www.auroralchorus.com Sept 14, WOR iog via DXLD) 9155, Sept 17 at 1329, Chinese VP from CNR1 jammer; none audible in the 10s; 11460 & 11785 both JBA carriers at 1333; none in the 12s or 13s; but 13855 is S3 in Chinese at 1351, CRI in Chinese this hour only via Kashgar, East Turkistan, land of Uighur brainwashing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 13640, Sept 14 at 2237, JBA talk of interest only because hardly anything else is audible on band --- listed as CRI Japanese bihour from Jinhua site, so probably aimed thisaway beyond (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [non]. 9580, Sept 15 at 0120, CRI English via CUBA is splashing upon 9570, CRI English via ALBANIA, lessened by LSB tuning. Commies vs Commies vs Commies! Maybe not such a good idea to run them only 10 kHz apart, altho not synchronized with an extra satellite hop to reach Cuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [and non]. Log of Sept 19, checked some Asian target outlets at 0000-0130 UT range on remote SDRs in Hiroshima, Akitakata, Tokyo Japan. Highest fq of Taiwan SoH Chinese language 'veiled purpose' service today. 21799.693 TWN SOH at 23.50 UT Tuesday Sep 17, S=6 strength in Japan 21799.706 TWN SOH at 00.27 UT Thursdays [sic] Sep 17, S=8 strength in Japan 21800even CHN CNR jamming at S=8-9 strength noted from 01.00 UT. 14369.883 TWN SOH Chinese, S=8 at 00.30 UT. 14560even CHN CNR1 jamming signal of S=8 in JPN, against co-channel TWN SOH Chinese, at 00.31 UT. 14600.187 TWN SOH Chinese, poor S=4-5 at 00.41 UT. 14640.108 TWN SOH Chinese, S=7 at 00.33 UT. 14690.104 TWN SOH Chinese, S=7 at 00.34 UT. 14774.932 TWN SOH Chinese, underneath at 00.35 UT, hit of co-channel 14775even CHN CNR1 jamming signal of S=9+20dB in JPN, 8 kHz wideband 14799.892 TWN SOH Chinese, S=7-8 at 00.37 UT. 14850even CHN CNR1 jamming signal of S=9+20dB in JPN, many echo repeats heard and ahead of co-channel TWN SOH Chinese at 0038 UT. 14980even CHN CNR1 jamming signal of S=9+20dB in JPN, 20 kHz wideband, heard and ahead of co-channel TWN SOH Chinese at 00.44 UT. 15320even PHL VoA Chinese program via US IBB BBG relay facility on Tinang in Philippines. NOT JAMMED at this hour. S=9+10dB 00.47UT 15340even CHN CNR1 jamming signal of S=9+5dB in JPN, 8 kHz wideband, heard and ahead of co-channel 15340.003 TWN SOH Chinese at 00.49 UT. 15565even both signals on this channel 15565even THA US VoA Chinese program from SoEaAS US relay site at Udorn Thani in northeastern Thailand, but underneath - covered by co-channel at 00.54 UT on Sept 19 15565even CHN CNR1 jamming signal of S=9+25dB in JPN, 20 kHz wideband and next door adjacent 15570even CHN CNR11 in Tibetan language via CNR Baoji-Sifangshan #724 site at S=9+15dB channel on remote SDR's Japan. 15940even CHN CNR1 jamming signal against TWN SOH services, noted at 01.23 UT, S=8 signal strength. 15969.860 TWN SOH Chinese, poor tiny S=4-5 signal at 01.22 UT. 16100even CHN CNR jamming against TWN SOH services, noted at 01.21 UT 35.8 N 97.6 E seems likely coming from Golmud/Geermu #916 site. S=9+20dB at 20 kHz wide audioblock noted on SDRs in Japan. 16300even CHN CNR1 jamming signal against TWN SOH services, noted at 0120 UT seems likely coming from one of three sites close to Baoji Xinjiezhen #722 / Baoji Sifangshan #724 / or Xianyang #594 sites ? see direction finding comment below. S=9+20dB at 20 kHz wide audioblock noted on SDRs in Japan. 16680even CHN CNR1 jamming signal of S=8-9 in JPN, against co- channel TWN SOH Chinese at 01.16 UT. 10.4 kHz wideband audio block. 16789.848 TWN SOH Chinese, S=4 poor at 00.10 UT. unstable fq 5 Hz up+down 16979.926 TWN SOH Chinese, S=6-7 at 00.13 UT. 17150.021 TWN SOH Chinese, S=6-7 at 00.14 UT. 17440.242 TWN SOH Chinese, S=7 at 00.08 UT Sept 19. 17489.997 CHN CRI Beijing #572 Doudian site, Cantonese language sce, S=8 at 00.009 UT. 17550even CHN CNR1 Beijing #572 Doudian site, S=8 in Akitakata Japan, hit heavily at 00.16 UT on Sept 19 by 20 kHz wideband CNR jamming from 17560 kHz adjacent channel. 17560even CHN CNR1 jamming signal of S=9+15dB in JPN, against co- channe l7560 underneath, PHL VoA Tinang Chinese lower strength at 00.19 UT. 17625even CHN CNR2 Bussiness sce in Chinese, S=7-8 at 00.03 in Tokyo 17770 DRM mode from CHN CNR1 at Dongfang, Hainan Island bcast center. 3E8 call sign read, S=9+25dB level at 01.05 and 01.55 UT. 18180.319 TWN SOH Chinese, S=8-9 at 00.21 UT. 18899.685 TWN SOH Chinese, S=6-7 at 00.23 UT. Checked also on KiwiNet SW worldwide at Khabarovsk Siberia, Pakistan, Delhi India and Hong Kong SDR units and used TDoA Extension for directing finding service too. 16100even CHN CNR jamming against TWN SOH services, noted at 01.33 UT; 35.8 N 97.6 E seems likely coming from Golmud/Geermu #916 site. S=9+20dB at 20 kHz wide audioblock noted on SDRs in Japan. 16300even CHN CNR jamming against TWN SOH services, noted at 01.29 UT 33.6 N 103.2 E seems likely coming from one of three sites close to Baoji Xinjiezhen #722 / Baoji Sifangshan #724 / or Xianyang #594 sites ? S S=9+20dB at 20 kHz wide audioblock noted on SDRs in Japan. 17770 DRM mode from CHN Dongfang, Hainan Island bcast center. S=9+25dB Narrowed at TDoA Kiwi direction finding at 23.0 N 107.4 E location at 01.55 UT. TDoA Help. [see RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 19, DXLD) ** CHINA [non]. see ZAMBIA! ** COLOMBIA. Colombian AM networks --- Are there any members from Colombia here? Checking network streams, it looks to me that some of them have stopped regional programming altogether. For example W Radio has regional page like https://www.wradio.com.co/emisora/cucuta/informacion/1177.aspx but the audio is always from Bogotá. Or do I miss something? Thanks, (Mauno Ritola, Finland, Sept 11, condiglista yg via DXLD) No ans? ** CONGO DR. 6210.2, Radio Kahuzi, Bukavu, 1741-1759*, 16-09, vernacular comments. Very weak. 15311 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) ** CUBA. 11880, CRI (via - site) at 1500. News & commentary with M and W in English. Signal good, but the audio was undermodulated - Fair/Good Sept 3. 11880, China Radio International (via Quivican) 1500. Monitored on portable, stock whip. M, W in current events discussion. Very strong S-9+ carrier, but modulation way below where it should be for such a strong AM carrier - Very Good Sept 13 (Rick Barton, Arizona SW Logs, Unless otherwise stated, equipment is Grundig Satellit 205/T.5000, RS SW-2000629 with various outdoor wires & indoor shortwire. 73 and Good Listening.......! - rb, WOR iog via DXLD) ** CUBA. 11860.4, Sept 13 at 1323, lite Cuban noise jamming overlaid several times a minute by a very rapid series of beeps, all same pitch, too fast and too many to count, as heard tuned to 11860.0-USB, and then located frequency of beeper which is inaudible in AM mode, i.e. not modulated but just CW-like. Also at 1325 I hear exactly the same thing happening on 11930.4. Radio Martí does not start either frequency until 1400. Occasional beepery of different spans, combinations and speeds, has been heard previously out of Cuban jammers, intriguing; could Arnie explain? Ha. And is this something ``wrong`` or not? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. BCST spur --- IRCA, If anyone is near their radios listen on 14.050 to 14.060 in AM mode and tell me if you hear an extremely distorted AM BCST station. I think it is Radio Havana Cuba. Steve NG0G -- (Stephen Hawkins NG0G, 73 49 111 01001001, time? Sept 13, IRCA iog via DXLD) Steve, nothing on the west coast at 1433 UT, although the MUF stinks (Walt in Victoria BC Salmaninw, Sept 14, ibid.) Walt, I set the receive bandwidth on my radio to about 14k and I could understand them. It was Radio Havana Cuba. They are gone now. This is the 2nd time they have done this in the last couple of weeks. The first time the signal was very fat and I thought it was a local AM station with a problem (Steve, ibid.) As in my SW logs, RHC sporadically emits spurs out of the 13700 -AM transmitter, at multiples of 65-75 kHz. the closer ones can be very strong, quite weaker above 14 MHz. Most of the time they can be copied much more clearly in the FM mode than AM, and with a constant F# tone. 73, (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Viz.! 13554, 13485, 13630, 13775, 13840 approx., Sept 13 at 1327, strong FM spurblobs out of RHC 13700-AM transmitter, each about 10 kHz wide, at intervals of approx. 70-75 kHz which may vary slightly over time. AND yes, all with F# above middle C constant tone, just like original outbreak years ago, but tuned in FM mode, modulation is quite readable, while 13700 source sounds fine in AM. By 1348 I search for further outliers and detect at least the F# tone circa: 13990, 14060, 13844, 13410 - which was a trace around 13415 earlier. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2000, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15140, Sept 13 at 2013, RHC in Portuguese; and 15370 in French. Wires crossed? Supposed to be vice versa, per Aoki/NDXC and EiBi. RHC`s own website is still displaying B-18 schedule! http://www.radiohc.cu/fr/interesantes/frecuencias which does not include either language on either or any frequency during this semihour! Something`s always wrong at RHC. [more below] 6100, Sept 14 at 0525, RHC English is S9+20 of dead air; at least it is usually strongest now, while 6000 is JBM and 6165 JBA carrier. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 12000, Sept 14 at 1234, RHC fair here and better than // fundamental 6000. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 13700, Sept 14 at 1305, RHC fails to provide an F# FM service today, just this and 13740 on AM. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6100 kHz, RHC - NOT ON AIR -, scheduled Esperanto special on Sundays only 0700-0730 (Wolfgang Bueschel, Sept 15, WOR iog via DXLD) 13557, 13627, 13767, 13848 approx. centers, Sept 15 at 1333, barely detectable FM spurblobs with F# tone from RHC 13700-AM, as RHC fails to provide a useful FM service today; something`s always wrong at RHC. The one around 13627 is somewhat readable, and I notice that the F# tone is also JB audible on 13700-AM, but not on 13740-AM, at 1336 as `En Contacto` is underway. Hey Arnie, this would be a great topic for you to discuss/explain in English and/or Spanish, rather than boring QSLs-on-the-air, etc., of possible interest to only one listener. At 1426 recheck, traces of FM but no mod around 13771, 13629, as blobs shift. BTW, 13700 & FM constellation came on air late, still unthere at first check 1306 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 13557, 13629, 13770, 13841, trace 13912 approx., Sept 16 at 1358, FM spurblobs out of 13700-AM, RHC; but today these are rather weak, with F# tone but very little or no program modulation; and the one on 13629 produces more mod in AM than FM, as RHC fails again to provide decent FM service; roughly 70-73 kHz intervals above and below. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2000, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9630 & 9650, Sept 16 at 1410, buzzblobs equally on both sides of 9640 RHC, which I conclude is producing them; matching and above line- and other band noise levels. Something`s always wrong at RHC. Comparing the two RHC 19mb frequencies, Sept 16 at 2026: 15370 in Spanish song, not // 15140 in other music vamping. At 2030, 15140 goes into Portuguese but chops off at 2032.6* during This Day in History; and 15370 continues, in choking Arabic. The foreign languages don`t dare announce what times and frequencies they are on, since, you never know when and where they will upshow. 15140 was supposed to stop at 2030 after French, altho last check Sept 13 it was in Portuguese before 2030. Another check Sept 17 at 2008: 15140 OK in proper French; 15370 in proper Portuguese but undermodulated with crackle on the modulation and carrier. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 13566, 13632, 13768, weaker 13837 approx., Sept 18 at 1407, RHC-FM blobs with F# tone, multiples of about 66-69 kHz out of RHC-AM 13700, but weaker than usual; and next order beyond circa 13500 & 13900 not detected. Recheck at 1447, the tone is still audible about 13769. So far that makes Sept 15, 16, and 18 in play; none on Sept 14, 17; and 19 when 13700 itself was AWOL at 1358. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2000, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15140, Sept 18 at 1413, RHC is S9 but JBM, while 15230 with more modulation is only S3. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15370. Sep 18, 2019. 1959-2015, Radio Habana Cuba, Bauta, in Portuguese. IS; 2000 ID and website by man voice; September 18, "Date to Remember" by man; Woman voice; 2004 News by man announcer; 2006 Abrupt sign-off and no returns carrier and modulation till 2015, time of this log. Poor reception with fades, 35422 (JRX_Jose Ronaldo Xavier, SWARL Callsign PR7036SWL, Cabedelo, Brazil, Receiver (s)_ Tecsun S-2000, Antenna (s)_ Longwire, WOR iog via DXLD) ** CUBA. Unscheduled on 15120 kHz? Hearing what sounds like CRI on 15120? I`m not sure what language it`s in but it sounds like they`re doing language lessons. Could be Spanish and Chinese? Nothing on Eibi says something should be here at this hour (Paul Laramie, WY Walker, 0036 UT Sept 19, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) Cuban relay of CRI Spanish has been active at 00-01 UT on 15120, which had been scheduled in B-18 but continued; also on 5990 (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) 15120, Sept 20 at 0004, S5-S7 of dead air, no doubt the CRI Spanish relay as also on 5990 and even modulating. // 15120 was scheduled in B-18, and has kept showing up in A-19 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [non]. From the Isle of Music, September 22-28: This week we listen to a variety of new and recent releases. The broadcasts take place: 1. For Eastern Europe but audible well beyond the target area in most of the Eastern Hemisphere (including parts of East Asia and Oceania) with 100Kw, Sunday 1500-1600 UTC on SpaceLine, 9400 KHz, from Sofia, Bulgaria (1800-1900 MSK) If you don't have a shortwave radio or are out of range, you can listen live to an uplink from a listening radio in the Netherlands during the broadcast at http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/?tune=9400am 2. For the Americas and parts of Europe, Tuesday 0000-0100 UTC (New UTC) on WBCQ, 7490 KHz from Monticello, ME, USA (Monday 8-9PM EST in the US). If you don't have a shortwave or are out of range, you can listen to a live stream from the WBCQ website here (choose 7490) http://www.wbcq.com/?page_id=7 3 & 4. For Europe and sometimes beyond, Tuesday 1900-2000 UTC and Saturday 1200-1300 UTC on Channel 292, 6070 KHz from Rohrbach, Germany. If you don't have a shortwave radio or are out of range, you can listen live to an uplink from a listening radio in the Netherlands during the broadcast at http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/?tune=6070am Uncle Bill's Melting Pot, September 22 and 24: Episode 131, Adventures in Electronic Music, presents some great moments in the evolution of electronic music. The transmissions take place: 1. Sundays 2200-2230 UTC (6:00PM -6:30PM Eastern US) on WBCQ The Planet 7490 KHz from the US to the Americas and parts of Europe If you don't have a shortwave or are out of range, you can listen to a live stream from the WBCQ website here (choose 7490) http://www.wbcq.com/?page_id=7 2. Tuesdays 2000-2030 UTC on Channel 292, 6070 KHz from Rohrbach, Germany for Europe. If you don't have a shortwave radio or are out of range, you can listen live to an uplink from a listening radio in the Netherlands during the broadcast at http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/?tune=6070am Thanks for all you do for radio! (William "Bill" Tilford, Owner/Producer, Tilford Productions, LLC, DXLD via WOR iog) ** CZECHOSLOVAKIA. ACABO DE RECIBIR ESTE MENSAJE DE PRAGA; QUIZÁ LE INTERESE A SERGIO PÀMIES AL QUE RUEGO LE HAGAN LLEGAR EL MISMO Teresa Pàmies, la exiliada republicana que trabajó en Radio Praga en los años 50 | Radio Prague International En los años 50, una exiliada republicana de la Guerra Civil española estuvo viviendo en Checoslovaquia. Mucho de... https://www.radio.cz/es/rubrica/panorama/teresa-pamies-la-exiliada-republicana-que-trabajo-en-radio-praga-en-los-anos-50 CORDIALES SALUDOS / GOOD LUCK / (JUAN FRANCO CRESPO, Spain, DXLD) ** DENMARK. Last chance to hear WMR on 5840 and 15805 kHz --- In a completely unexpected move the Danish authorities has withdrawn the permission to use out of band frequencies (on a non interference basis) for World Music Radio (WMR). This means that WMR will be ceasing operations on 5840 and 15805 kHz tomorrow Sunday September 15th 2009 at 2200 UT. WMR may return to shortwave – using frequencies inside the official SW bands – but this may take several months. Meanwhile WMR continues being available via internet streaming at http://www.wmr.dk – and hopefully also soon on medium wave 927 kHz in Copenhagen. Reception reports may be sent to wmr@wmr.dk - or to World Music Radio, PO Box 112, DK-8960 Randers SØ, Denmark (please enclose return postage). Best 73s (Stig Hartvig Nielsen, Sept 14, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via WORLD OF RADIO 2000, DXLD) WMR today was received with 'good' signal on 1100 + of S1-7 maximum (-120 to -90 dbm over -130dBm noise level) sometimes with more than 1 minute of S7 levels. At 1200 with signals not more than S5 with possible stop of content at 1230 - some buzz only - that returned back to music around 1250 with nice music that varies between Afro and Arabic styles amongst other different kinds. Many IDs during the program . Listening for about hour with some gaps while processing some texts and doing house works (Zacharias Liangas https://www.facebook.com/zachliang https://del.icio.us/gr_greek1/ZAK (all pages), DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glen[n]: I received my first SWBC QSL in years via US mail today. World Music Radio verified a May 2004 report on 5815 kHz for a 7 kW transmission from Karup, Denmark. It was interestingly mailed from Andorra, site of the recent EDXC meeting. 73, (Dan Srebnick, Aberdeen, NJ, Sept 18, WORLD OF RADIO 2000, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Dan, I guess after a decade and a half, World Music Radio ("WMR") decided to empty out the "in" basket while traveling to the European DX Council Conference in Andorra. I received two date/frequency QSL verification cards from WMR today. One for a May 19, 2002 reception and the second card for a September 5, 2004 report. Fifteen plus years of waiting makes for perhaps my longest wait time from a reception report (no follow ups). Like Dan's QSL cards mine were also postmarked from Andorra. Recently, the station announced it had to close down its shortwave operations because the Danish authorities withdrew permission to use their current out-of-band frequencies of 5,840 kHz and 15,805 kHz. 73, (Rich D'Angelo, NASWA iog via WORLD OF RADIO 2000, DXLD) Re: Last chance to hear WMR on 5840 and 15805 kHz --- I just checked Radio Oz Viola's Facebook page but there's no announcement on there as yet but this is obviously going to affect them as well as they use 5825 kHz. Last post was on Sept 12: "Sorry 😧... We have no broadcast in the weekend '14 - 15/9 2019 ', due to family party, so we hope to 'see you' next weekend on the frequency." (Paul Watson, Sept 14, bdxc-news iog via WORLD OF RADIO 2000, DXLD) Radio OZ-Viola has updated his Facebook page. He said: "Unfortunately, our good friend and colleague had to stop his broadcasts on 5840 and 15805 kHz. since he cannot get his licenses renewed from the authorities. The same can happen for us when we try to renew ours in a few months." Jan who runs OZ-Viola said in the comments section that the Danish authorities had issued him and WMR with a temporary 'trial frequency' which had to be renewed annually. He usually operates on weekend afternoons and some weekday evenings. You can check his Facebook page for latest updates of when he will be on air. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1575652522537756/ (Paul Watson, Sept 16, ibid.) Radio OZ-Viola has a broadcast tomorrow ("Midnight Jazz"), Wednesday 18 September, on 5825 2000-2200 UT (2200-0000 CEST) according to Jan Sorenson on their Facebook group (Alan Pennington, Sept 17, bdxc-news iog via WORLD OF RADIO 2000, DXLD) Mauno Ritola: I don't understand this. Why can't those frequencies be used on NIB basis for your low power stations, if hundred times stronger stations can do it? (WRTH FB, WORLD OF RADIO 2000, ibid.) 5840, World Music Radio, Randers, 0501-0540, 14-09, pop songs in English, Latin American songs, identification: "WMR, World Music Radio". 25322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) Re: WMR off air. re: 5840 kHz --- Ja gut, in der heutigen Zeit gibt es ja genuegend freie / und nachbarlich freie Frequenzen wenn man flexibel arbeitet. Aber fuer einen kleinen Hobby-Bastler ist das keine kleine Uebung {und kostet auch Geld}, wie sehr leicht ein Fq-Wechsel bei einem Grosssender zu handhaben ist, den Sender und die Antenne wieder auf ein gutes Matching der Abstrahlung bei kleinster Leistung hinzubiegen. Wenn ich mir das so ueberlege, hat bestimmt die NATO Marine (in DEN gibt es auch ein Kommando und die Funkstation Stevnsfort, probably: eine Beschwerde bei der ITU oder daenische Funkverwaltung losgelassen, weil bei 5.6 bis 5.9 MHz (!) eine Menge STANAG* digitale Marine Funkstationen der NATO herum funken. Und ein Hobby Stationseindringling nicht geduldet wird. Die Militaers duerfen alles. * STANAG, SITOR, PACTOR modes, ALE USB. Aus dem March 2014 archive: ITU monitoring shows on their lists 5850 kHz STANAG #4285 G1D mode, 2400 Baud, originate located - probably - between Haslev and Copenhagen, Denmark. Digital data block covers 5848.5 to 5851.6 kHz today. DEN__NATO__Marine_Stevnsfort, STANAG radio 3 masts at 55 16 07.25 N 12 24 15.44 E --- more 12 masts destroyed already in April 2014, acc Google Earth image. Re: Danish Marine Service on 5850 kHz. WRMI is now using 5850 and 7455 at 23-11 UT. (Erik Koie-DEN, dxld March 9, 2014) Dear DX-friends, With the help from our utility expert Bent Nielsen, I am pretty sure, that the transmitter Noel and Wolfgang heard on 5850 kHz, is from Stevnsfort (the former Stevns Fortress during the Cold War). It is located at the coastline east of Haslev Denmark and built into the cliff with an excellent view towards all ships approaching from the Baltic Sea. Stevnsfort is now a "Cold War museum", which I visited last August together with Kaj Bredahl Jorgensen. But I noted, that there still are some shortwave antennas, so this may be the OVG relay in accordance to STANAG (Standard NATO Agreement) No. 4285 dealing with Characteristics of 1200/2400/3600 bit/s single tone MODEMs for HF radio links. No doubt used for contact with Danish marine vessels in the Baltic Sea. (Anker Petersen-DEN, March 6, 2014)(via BC-DX 18 Sept 2019 via DXLD) ** ECUADOR. 6050, HCJB, Pichincha, 0348-0500*, 14-09, Saturday’s German program, female, male, comments, at 0400 time signals and program in Spanish, religious and cultural comments, Andean music and other songs in Spanish, “Asi termina el programa de hoy, agredeciéndoles...”, anthem and close at 0500. 0400-0458 strong QRM from Algeria on the same frequency. 214321 [sic] (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) ** ECUADOR [non]. Russia / Germany --- Received QSL from Voice of the Andes for the reception on August 24th I want to say that the reception in Russian is disgusting, but in Chechen it’s wonderful (Alexander Golovikhin, Tolyatti, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" QSL World, Rus-DX Sept 15 via DXLD) ** EGYPT. JOURNALIST MAHMOUD HUSSEIN MARKS 1,000 DAYS IN EGYPTIAN JAIL 19 September marks the 1,000th day that Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein has spent behind bars after being detained by Egyptian authorities while visiting his family in December 2016. Al Jazeera Media Network has renewed its call for the immediate release of Mahmoud Hussein. On 23 May 2019, a court in Egypt rejected the appeal by the prosecutor for the continued detention of Mahmoud and ordered his release from prison. However, in defiance of the court order, the authorities opened a new investigation against him with unspecified charges. The Network strongly condemns the Egyptian authorities’ decision to return Mahmoud Hussein to Tora prison despite the court ruling that he should be released. Mahmoud is being detained by the Egyptian government in flagrant violation of international law and an infringement of his fundamental rights. The Association for International Broadcasting joins with Al Jazeera and other media organisations in calling on the Egyptian authorities to release Mahmoud Hussein immediately. More on this story here. https://aib.org.uk/journalist-mahmoud-hussein-marks-1000-days-in-egyptian-jail/ (AIB media industry briefing | September 2019 via DXLD) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, Radio Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial, Bata, 0550-0605, 17-09, songs, at 0601 Spanish, news. Very weak today. 15311 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) ** ERITREA [non]. SECRETLAND, Dimtse Radio Erena via SPL Secretbrod, September 13 1700-1730 9720 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Daily 1730-1800 9720 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Tigrinya, not Arabic Fri 1730-1800 9720 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Tue/Thu/Sat-Mon https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/09/reception-of-dimtse-radio-erena-via-spl.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 13-14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EUROPE. Spaceshuttle on air today 17th September --- Transmission starts on 9290 kHz perhaps around 14 or 15 UT today (+warming time)- rpts welcome…. spaceshuttleradio@yahoo.com Best greetings from Radio Spaceshuttle (Dick Spacewalker, 1351 UT Sept 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Zero signal at 1400 & 1430 UT, Sept 17 (Ivo Ivanov, ibid.) ** FRANCE. There will be a special transmission via TDF Issoudun for the sailing race Mini Transat between 22-29 September at 1500-1600 daily on the following frequencies: 13730 kHz AM & 15300 kHz DRM There will be a second leg in early November. https://www.minitransat.fr/en?fbclid=IwAR0qdngU8YJheUCo6KKA6tULpA4CeeeACoxg7ZQC9Y1JNI GfLMyn6QY6zk (Mauno Ritola, WRTH Facebook Page via Sept ADXN via WORLD OF RADIO 2000, DXLD) Did anyone hear this? (gh) ** FRANCE [non]. 17660.018, Sept 14 at 1253, French S9+10 and somewhat undermodulated, some deep fades to S6;; off-frequency makes me think of Sa`udi like just-logged 15380.059 Qur`an, and SRI/SBA do have French on 17660 --- but not until 1355. At 1200-1300 it`s RFI via MADAGASCAR, which explains the good signal being T-E rather than T-A. Fluent W&M conversation about African affairs, chopped off abruptly at 1300*. Only a trace of Saudi on 17705, making RFI the SSOB and virtually the OSOB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY 100 YEARS OF RADIO EVENTS IN GERMANY. 100 Years of Radio is a project by Foerderverein 'Sender Koenigs Wusterhausen' e.V. to commemorate the birth of German radio broadcasting in Rundfunkstadt Koenigs Wusterhausen'. 100 Years of Radio Events in 2020 Jan 5th - New Year Concert of the Town of Koenigs Wusterhausen. Feb 9th - World Radio Day - 'Listening to the radio like 100 years ago'. Mar 7th - 'Radio' Reading in the town library of Koenigs Wusterhausen Apr 4th - 35.000 m above Koenigs Wusterhausen - Project 'Stratosphere Flight'. May 8th - 75 Years reopening of the Transmission Station Tegel, Hour of Commemoration at the Senderhaus #2. Jun 7th - The Sound of Koenigs Wusterhausen - Premiere. Jul 6th - 10th - #radioferien - Event Week for Children on Holiday in the Region. Aug 7th - 8th - Bergfunk Openair - Radio from the festival in Koenigs Wusterhausen. Sep 5th - Town Festival Koenigs Wusterhausen. Sep 13th - Open monument day - 100 Jahre history of the Funkerberg. Oct 10th - Live Radio Play in the Senderhaus. Nov - Is there a Future for Radio Discussion at the Museum for Communication Berlin Dec 22th - Commemorative Event '100 Years of Radio Broadcasting from Koenigs Wusterhausen' The clock is ticking: countdown at this time: 110days02hours43minutes23sec 100 Years of Radio from Koenigs Wusterhausen. On December 22nd 1920, something remarkable happened in Koenigs Wusterhausen. For months, engineers have attempted to transmit speech and music using an arc converter in Senderhaus 1 of the Funkerberg (the Koenigs Wusterhausen radio tower). On that Wednesday, they finally succeeded - at 2 pm in the afternoon, the radio transmitter went online. "Hello, hello, this is Koenigs Wusterhausen on Wave 2700", those were the first words of the first radio broadcast from Germany. That broadcast is considered the dawn of radio in Germany. A hundred years later, remarkable events are taking place at the Funkerberg again. 100 years of broadcasting are celebrated for the duration of the year. A hundred years of broadcast can be experienced in the Sender- und Funktechnikmuseum (museum of radio and broadcasting technology). The museum's own radio station, welle370, demonstrates medium wave broadcasting on a monthly basis. And each month, the Funkerberg hosts a unique radio-themed event Much has changed in the last 100 years in radio broadcasting. But the fundamentals have remained the same: the transmission of speech and music for the listener. Everything else is left to the imagination of the audience - to this day, that is the magic of radio broadcasting. 'Radio from the birthplace of broadcasting' - with this motto, we are inviting stations from around the world to broadcast from the cradle of radio transmission. For this purpose, we will provide a small studio setup, to allow radio program production and transmission to the home studio via internet at any time. Recording can be done with a small amount of studio guests in the room showing the 250.000 watt medium wave transmitter, or with an audience of up to 120 people in the historic Kultursaal hall. The history of radio broadcasting is a history of communication. The Museum fuer Kommunikation Berlin (Berlin museum of communication) is honoring our theme of "100 years of broadcasting" with a special exhibition: The Museum for Communication Berlin will open the exhibition "100 years of radio broadcasting" in September 2020. The exhibition looks at the receivers (and under their hood), presents creators, significant locations of radio history and the radio content that people have been listening to since 1920. It documents a democratic medium and the fractures and disruption that it experienced and survived. The visitors are asked to participate: what does radio mean for you? In September 2021 the exhibition will be shown at the Museum for Communication Frankfurt (via Paul Gager-AUT, BrDXC-UK newsgroup Sept 11-12 via BC-DX 18 Sept via DXLD) ** GERMANY. Welcome to Listening Post for September 2019. This month I present a short survey of programming over a four-hour period from 1800 to 2200 UT on the evening of Tuesday 13 August. This time I have decided to look for a couple of programmes in each hour to highlight. I should add that this whole block was also recorded and reviewed in the days following, which allowed me to listen to more than one programme in each hour. 1800 UT I start with programmes being relayed via Channel 292 on 6070 kHz. In fact, I am a regular listener to the two and half hour block of programmes transmitted on Tuesdays from 1800 to 2030 which provides three great programmes back-to-back. Starting at 1800 was Here We Go! from Radio Ohne Namen, which was a re-run of episode 104 of this excellent programme of 1930s and 1940s German jazz and big band music. As I understand it, there are no new episodes of this programme currently being produced, but there are at least 130 episodes which have been produced (episode 130 was scheduled to first air at the end of October 2018). However, there are many reasons why I have not heard each episode (not least of which would be poor propagation at times, or just having non-radio things to do), and I’m sure this applies to other regular listeners also, so reruns of old programmes are welcome for that reason alone. Besides, it is great music which stands repeated listening. Various editions of Here We Go! are broadcast via Channel 292, 6070 kHz, on Tuesdays at 1800, and Mondays and Fridays at 1400. 1900 UT, Second up on the 6070 kHz block, at 1900, is the always enjoyable From the Isle of Music with Bill Tilford. In today’s programme there was an interview (in Spanish, as most interviews are in this programme) with Denis Martínez (leader of the Timba band Denis y su Swing, pictured right with Bill Tilford), along with, of course, some of the band’s great music. Another excellent programme, and don’t be put off by the Spanish interviews – there’s plenty of the fabulous Cuban music to be heard here. By-the-by, the episode on 20 August was non-stop Cuban music for the whole hour including an astonishing a cappella performance of Hotel California by a group called Vocal Sampling (check it out on You Tube!). The music played in this programme is not always that with which you would immediately associate with Cuba, but always well worth a listen. FTIOM is broadcast Sundays at 1500 UT on 9400 via Bulgaria, Tuesdays at 0000 on 7490 via WBCQ, and Tuesdays at 1900/Saturdays at 1200 on 6070 kHz via Rohrbach. 2000 UT --- Last in the 6070 block is Bill Tilford again with Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot, and a curious mix of songs featuring music with "Flat Earth" in their title, in honour of the new "Worlds Last Chance" programmes via WBCQ (over which UBMP is also heard). First up was a fantastic ten-minute jazz track by the group Fareed Haque & The Flat Earth Ensemble from the album Flat Planet, called Big Bhangra. A completely new group to me, and from their website at http://www.fareed.com I find this description of their music: “The musical mission of Flat Earth Ensemble is to incorporate the charismatic dance and folk music of his Punjabi roots in India and Pakistan with the traditions of American jazz and funk.” Bill finished the show with another great jazz track from Flat Planet called The Chant. It would have been so easy to have ridiculed or denigrated the organisation behind "Worlds Last Chance", but with UBMP being transmitted via WBCQ, Bill cleverly avoided that and found some great tracks to play. It must take a lot of work to seek out such a variety and diverse selection of music each week and astonishingly, we are now up to episode 125 of this series, i.e. it has been running for two years (although the early episodes were only via WBCQ and thus a little difficult to pick up here in UK), so my thanks go to Bill for this excellent programme. Although outside of my self-imposed parameters for this month’s column – I must also mention the previous week’s edition of UBMP (that I heard on 6 August) which featured a fantastic selection of music from Japan spanning over 80 years. The vintage Japanese recordings were especially enjoyable. Coincidentally, the Japanese service of NHK R Japan which I listened to from tune-in on 11 August at 1840 UT on 11945 via Issoudun were also playing similar vintage Japanese recordings, probably from the 1930s. UBMP is broadcast Sundays at 2200 UT on 7490 kHz via WBCQ and Tuesdays at 2000 UT on 6070 kHz via Rohrbach (Alan Roe, Listening Post, Sept BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) ** GERMANY. Crusader Radio on C292 6070 & 7440 kHz this weekend Hi All, I just noticed that German relay station Channel 292 have added a new station to their schedule, starting with a 2300-2400 UT broadcast on 7440 kHz this evening (Saturday 14th), and again tomorrow Sunday 15th from 1600 to 1700 UT on 6070 kHz. The station is called 'Crusader Radio'. I hadn't heard of this station before, but their website shows that it is a religious broadcaster, and will be on for the next four Sundays at 1600 UT. They will also QSL with 'proper' cards or e-reports, and details can be found here: http://www.crusaderradio.co.uk/qsl.htm Tonight's 7440 kHz broadcast is not shown for any other weeks (yet), but might at least offer some of the more distant listeners a chance to catch them. Their programmes all seem to be in English judging by their website details (Alan Gale, England, WOR iog via DXLD) ** GERMANY. New schedule of Shortwave Radio for Europe, September 16: 1400-2200 on 6160 WIS 001 kW / non-dir to NWEu English, ex 16-22 UT 1600-2300 on 3975 WIS 001 kW / non-dir to NWEu English, unchanged https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/09/new-schedule-of-shortwave-radio-for.html" (Ivo Ivanov, WOR iog via DXLD) It seems to me that this radio station tries to utilise that days are becoming shorter and nights are becoming longer here in Europe. I'm speculating if this schedule remains permanent or it will be modified when the B19 broadcasting season will start (Tibor Gaal. Budapest, Hungary, ibid.) ** GREECE. 9420, Sept 15 at 0130, great Greek music from ERT, S9+10/20. But it will be off 24 hours later on UT Mondays (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUAM. 17650.042, KSDA AWR Agat Guam in Chinese 00-01 UT, heard in Japan, S=9+15dB strength at 0006 UT (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 19, DXLD) ** HAWAII. License cancelled: 9-19-19: KKON-790 Kealakekua, Hawaii (Dennis Gibson, CA, Sept 20, IRCA iog via DXLD) Another one bites the dust! I am glad I heard & QSL'd this rarity years ago. It was one of my toughest Hawaiians both QSLing & hearing. 73, (Patrick Martin, Seaside OR, ibid.) KKON had been on [off??] the air for years if memory serves me. I'm sure somebody else will pick up the allocation soon. ms (Mike Sanburn, ibid.) You can’t just pick it up; you have to apply for it during the next open window. Who knows when that will be. And building an AM in Hawaii is troublesome. This frequency is gone (Paul B Walker, WY, ibid.) It was first licensed on February 13, 1970 with 1 kW. A license to increase to 5 kW was granted on April 11, 1973. http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=75498 (Dennis Gibson, Sept 20, ibid.) I recall back in 1986/1989/1990 when I was living in Hawaii (on the Hilo/Puna side) that 790 KKON had a very poor groundwave across the Big Island eastward due to the mountains and very low-ground conductivity - measured in Sept. 1986 in the area with Dean Manley (KH6B and CE for 1060 KAHU with 900 watts to a 1/5 wave tower) around the "new" 1060 KAHU at just 0.3 mmhos! Their skywave was quite good in Hilo at night but often clobbered by Mainland signals. I could NOT hear them at Point Reyes Bev. sites beginning back in 1982 to 1985 (at least 20 DXpeditions made there) when otherwise a lot of Oahu and outer island stations were easy with huge signals (like 830 KIKI/650 KORL/1040 KPOI, etc.) On Kauai and on the other islands KKON did have a remarkably good daytime signal across the water - even on Kauai on the sides of the Island facing KKON. Their sister 92.1 station (co-located on the 790 KKON tower) had a remarkable "tropo" signal also on Kauai back in '86 but slopped by the HNL 92.3 station. -- 73 - (Stephen P. McGreevy - N6NKS - www.auroralchorus.com ibid.) Actually, it was off the air for a few months last year but I don’t remember the details. I am not surprised (Pete Taylor, Tacoma, WA, ibid.) ** INDIA. All India Radio - QSL-card (9445 kHz / 2150 UT / 11-06-2019); QSL theme: cave drawing of a bull, Bhimbetka; Departure unknown (missed the postmark), arrival 12-09-2019; A month ago, I received a QSL card for the February report; two reports for April apparently remain unanswered (since confirmation came in June). I sent a letter to the Russian edition of AIR with a request to clarify this question - why did there happen such a break in the QSL mailing list this year? By the way, for the first time in four years, the card is filled in a different handwriting - did the employee change? ... Blog: http://qsl-review.blogspot.com/2017/06/all-india-radio.html (Konstantin Barsenokov, St. Petersburg, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx", QSL World, Rus-DX Sept 15 via DXLD) ** INDIA. Welcome to Listening Post for September 2019. This month I present a short survey of programming over a four-hour period from 1800 to 2200 UT on the evening of Tuesday 13 August. This time I have decided to look for a couple of programmes in each hour to highlight. I should add that this whole block was also recorded and reviewed in the days following, which allowed me to listen to more than one programme in each hour. 2100 UT: All India Radio has good reception at 2100 on 9445 with a short news bulletin and a commentary titled “Pakistan Faces Isolation”. Commentaries about, or against, Pakistan often feature in the AIR schedules. Today’s commentary, following the escalation in tensions between India and Pakistan, starts: “Pakistan’s efforts at internationalising the Kashmiri issue has run into rough weather. Even its steadfast friends China and Saudi Arabia have been lukewarm over Islamabad’s sudden move to get other countries on-board over Kashmir [#] both countries have asked Pakistan to exercise restraint.” It would have been good to hear Pakistan’s take on this, but unfortunately the shortwave broadcasts of the external service of Pakistan Broadcasting Corp have been missing for some time. This was followed by a feature on Indian Maestros, today featuring a profile of Carnatic classical vocalist Maharajapuram Santhanama in the series Great Maestros. I am sorry that this music is not really to my taste, so I fast forward to 2130 and special programme called Forgotten heroes of the Indian freedom struggle. From the All India Radio World Service facebook page, I find: “Professor Salil Mishra, Department of History Ambedkar University, Delhi recounts the story of those heroes and fighters of the Indian freedom struggle, who fought hard for it.... expecting nothing in return but their country's freedom. A humble tribute to these unsung heroes.” The ten-minute talk discusses three groups of people who contributed towards India’s freedom in 1947, starting with some 8000 Indian migrants to USA and Canada who returned to India during World War I with the aim of mobilising local people into an uprising against British rule whilst Britain was pre-occupied with the global war. However, the uprising failed as they underestimated the strength and capacity of British rule, and they failed to get enough people to follow the rebellion. Professor Salil Mishra summed up his talk as follows: “It is important for us to highlight that the struggle for Indian freedom was fought by an enormously large number of Indians: some of them fought from within India, some of them fought from outside of India, some fought while being in the British Army, some fought from outside, but all of them put up such pressure, and such heroic pressure that all this cumulatively resulted in India’s freedom in 1947.” An interesting programme presenting a side to the end of British rule in India that was unfamiliar to me. Finally in this hour was a folk music programme, Melange – 20 minutes of the latest film hit songs. I love the film music output from AIR, which features heavily in all language services, as well as in the Vividh Bharati service. I also had a fair signal lock (with occasional drop-outs) on 7550 kHz in DRM with two channels. Channel 1 is in parallel to 9445, whilst Channel 2 is relaying the Vividh Bharati service with film music throughout this hour. By the way, Great Maestros is currently being broadcast twice a week on Tuesdays at 1400, 1920, 2110 and 2340 and Fridays at 1415, 1815, 2130 and 2315 (with different programmes on Tuesdays and Fridays). Vividh Bharati is currently on 7550 kHz DRM Channel 2 at 1745-1945 and 2045-2230 UT. I’m always eager to hear from you if you have any comments about anything that you have listened to on the shortwaves – please write! Until next month, good SWL & DX - (Alan Roe, Listening Post, Sept BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) ** INDIA [and non]. Details of AIR SW TX shut down very recently (2). re https://qsl.net/vu2jos/sw/freq.htm checked AIR outlets at 17-18 UT on Sept 13 on remote SDRs in Delhi India, Doha Qatar, and Akitakata Japan. 4760even IND NOTHING ON AIR, at this hour. 1713 UT. 4799.998 1/2 IND AIR Hyderabad S=9+15dB at 1715 UT, and co-channel 4800even CHN QRM CNR1 program from Geermu site, equal on 4800even 4810.008 IND AIR Bhopal at 1716 UT, S=9+30dB, as usual best AIR India domestic transmission sound. Excellent technicians work. 4835even IND AIR Gangtok, NOT ON AIR at 1717 UT. 4910.004 IND AIR Jaipur, S=9+20dB at 17.19 UT. 4920 - two outlet strings visible on this channel. 18 Hertz apart distance at 1731 UT on Sept 13. 4919.982 CHN Lhasa Baiding Tibet in Tibetan {noted on this odd channel} at 1751 UT, when AIR Chennai is already OFF air, and 4920even IND AIR Chennai in Tamil language scheduled, equal signal power level, S=9+20dB at 1731 UT. 4949.996 IND AIR Srinagar Kashmir, S=9+5dB low modulation at 1733 5009.998 IND AIR Thiruvananthapuram. S=8 only, not as strong as usual, 1736 UT on Sept 13 in Delhi India. 5040.004 IND AIR Jeypore, S=9+15dB in Delhi, 1738 UT on Sept 13. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Bueschel, WOR iog via DXLD) Details of AIR SW TX shut down very recently (3) re https://qsl.net/vu2jos/sw/freq.htm Checked AIR outlets at 08-11 UT on Saturday Sept 14 on remote SDRs in Delhi India, Doha Qatar, Brisbane Queensland and Tokyo + Akitakata Japan. 17895 IND AIR Bangalore, not on air at 1014 UT on Sept 14. 17510.002 IND AIR Bangalore - at 0842 UT carrier already on air. South Asian flute+string instrument interval signal theme of AIR start at 0843:15 UT, S=8-9 signal in Doha Qatar SDR. Followed the scheduled Indonesian service at 0845-0945 UT. \\ on: 15769.969 IND AIR Goa Panaji, Indonesian, S=8-9 in Doha Qatar 0847 UT, S=6-7 in Tokyo at 10.0 UT English SE Asian service 10-11 UT. 15410DRM IND AIR Bangalore, DRM digital mode block visible to FE, S=7 strong in Tokyo and Hiroshima Japan. 13695.002 IND AIR Bangalore, at 1018 UT, S=6-7 in Brisbane Queensland and S=9+10dB in Tokyo Japan. 13605.002 IND AIR Bangalore, at 1036 UT, S=8 in Brisbane Queensland and S=9+5dB in Tokyo Japan. 9949.808 IND AIR Delhi Kingsway in Urdu, S=8 in Brisbane at 1029 UT, S=8-9 locally at SDR Delhi at 0910 UT. Nothing in Qatar. 9865.001 IND AIR Bangalore in Hindi, subcontinental typical mx program, 09.15 UT on Sept 14. S=7-8 in Doha Qatar SDR. S=9+10dB in Delhi and same at SDR in Brisbane Queensland-AUS. 9620v two stations co-channel and 12 Hertz apart distance at 0918 and 1040 UT on Sept 14. Bad audio mixture in Qatar, India, Japan and in Queensland Australia too. 9620.009 IND AIR Aligarh noted poor in Doha Qatar at 0918 UT, S=9+10dB in Delhi, 16 kHz wideband audio in peaks, and underneath CNR2 Beijing in Tokyo and Akitakata Japan. 9619.997 CHN CNR2 Beijing in Chinese, S=9+10dB level in Tokyo. 9380even IND AIR Aligarh, weak in Doha Qatar, S=7 in Brisbane Queensland-AUS at 1032 UT, S=4 poor and week in Japan. 7290, 7295, 6110, 6085 kHz AIR OFF air at 0925 UT. see table https://qsl.net/vu2jos/sw/freq.htm 7325.005 IND AIR Jaipur in Hindi, strong carrier, but low modulation though, S=9+15dB in Delhi at 0924 UT. 7380even IND AIR Chennai, Tamil sce, at 0920 UT in Delhi at S=9+10dB signal level. 7420v two stations co-channel and 18 Hertz apart distance at 0921 UT 7419.986 CHN PBS Nei Menggu, NMRB from tx site #839 at Hohhot, Chinese sce, at 0923 UT, and 7420.004 IND AIR Hyderabad in Telugu language at 0921 UT, on SDRunit in Delhi fair S=8-9 signal. 7430.001 IND AIR Bhopal, from that broadcast center as always excellent audio at 0922 UT Indian modern pop mx singer in Hindi? at S=9+25dB signal level. 6000.002 IND AIR Radio Kashmir, Leh Ladakh, noisy 49 mb at S=7 level in Delhi SDR unit. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Bueschel, WOR iog via DXLD) ** INDIA. 9620, AIR via Aligarh in Sindhi at 1400 UT Sept 15 with News followed by music and talk (very distorted). Very Good. 73 (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, AB, Rx: Perseus SDR, Ant: Wellbrook ALA 100 loop, WOR iog via DXLD) ** INDIA. Re DXLD 19-36: "Regional SW stations of All India Radio . . . . This means that time is running out for those who want to verify or just get the chance of listening to the AIR regional short wave stations. In this context, it becomes important to note, that DX experts like Ron Howard (USA) and Manuel Mendéz (Spain) reported extended transmissions of several AIR regional stations in August. AIR Bhopal (4810 kHz), Jaipur (4910 kHz) and Jeypore (5040 kHz) were observed with cricket well past midnight IST. Normal close down would have been about 1740 UT, but in August there was reception until past 1900. The program extensions were related to the "India tour of West Indies 2019" (3 August-3 September). Those who do not want to overlook such opportunities should keep an eye on https://www.icc-cricket.com/mens-schedule/calendar However, the next series of tests against South Africa (2-6, 10-14 and 19-23 October) and Bangladesh (14-18 and 22-26 November) will take place in India. So the cricket reports may fit better into their official transmission times (Dr Hansjoerg Biener. 4 September 2019, DX LISTENING DIGEST)" Hi Dr. Biener, Sept 15, on 5040, heard AIR Jeypore, at 1222, with indigenous chanting; 1230-1235, relay of the Delhi news in English; 1329-1345, announcers in anticipation of today's cricket match between India and South Africa to be held in Dharamsala (India), with discussion about cricket, but there was no actual coverage of the game, as it was not played due to rain; 1345-1355, usual news in Hindi; nice subcontinent music/singing. My local sunrise was at 1349 UT, while Jeypore's sunset was at 1232 UT, which worked out well for this reception, even with the QRN (static). Suddenly went off the air for about a minute at both 1346 & 1417. Yes, while I can, I'm enjoying the remaining AIR stations that are presently on SW! Who knows how long they will remain broadcasting? My brief audio at http://bit.ly/2kNVNnB (Ron Howard, California, WOR iog via DXLD) Re: [WOR] AIR Jeypore - no cricket match today due to rain in Dharamsala --- Hi Glenn, The next scheduled cricket match between India and South Africa, is set for Sept 18 (Wednesday) and coverage should start about 1330 UT, via AIR Jeypore (5040). Match to be held in Mohali (India), which has no rain in the forecast (Ron Howard, California, Sept 17, WOR iog via DXLD) 5040, AIR Jeypore, 1326-1355, Sept 18. "Namaste," followed by brief National Anthem; coverage in both English and Hindi of the India vs South Africa cricket match; news break in Hindi (1345-1355). My audio at http://bit.ly/2mllVXf (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD) ** INDIA. Live streaming of many All India Radio stations are now available State wise in the following official site. Click on Live Radio (on top right side) in http://prasarbharati.gov.in/ Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India, Sept 16, dx-india yg via DXLD) ** INDIA. HD RADIO TRIAL SET TO BEGIN IN INDIA --- DAVIDE MORO Joe D’Angelo, senior vice president of broadcast radio at Xperi, announced during the Xperi HD Radio market update held on the Nautel booth at IBC that HD Radio tests for FM will begin in New Delhi shortly. Joe D’Angelo announced plans for HD Radio tests in India during a speech on the Nautel booth at IBC. “We worked with Nautel to get the authorization required to install a test station in Delhi,” D’Angelo said. “We expect to start on-air trialing within a couple of weeks and continue into next year.” Full story at : https://www.radioworld.com/show-news/ibc/hd-radio-trial-set-to-begin-in-india (via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, Sept 19, dx_india yg via DXLD) WTFK? playing catch-up to DRM ? which is making inroads in India (gh) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. SSBC: See SUDAN SOUTH ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. CHINESE ASTRONOMERS SPOTTED MYSTERIOUS SIGNALS FROM THE DEPTHS OF SPACE Chinese astronomers working on the world's largest spherical radio telescope have recorded mysterious radio signals coming from a source 3 billion light-years distant from Earth. On Monday, September 9, according to Xinhua. It is noted that we are talking about repeated fast radio bursts. “The signals were received at the world's largest spherical radio telescope with a five-hundred-meter aperture, they were carefully checked and processed,” the agency quotes a statement by experts from the Chinese Astronomical Observatories at the PRC Academy of Sciences. Fast radio bursts are radio pulses lasting several milliseconds. Until now, scientists have no valid explanation of their nature. Earlier in September, specialists from the Sun's X-ray Astronomy Laboratory of the Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences reported that this summer there was not a single flash on the Sun that could have an impact on the Earth. https://iz.ru/919397/2019-09-09/astronomy-zafiksirovali-neizvestnyi-radiosignal-iz-kosmosa?utm_source=yxnews&utm_medium=desktop&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fyandex.ru%2Fnews (via Rus-DX Sept 15 via DXLD) WTFK??? ** IRAN. 11659.970, Sept 15 at 0124, VIRI IS, 0126 suptorted Spanish during trihour starting at 2350 from Sirjan. If Iran can`t keep its SW frequencies accurate, how can we expect them to enrich Uranium properly? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN [and non]. COLLISION: 7230. Sep 11, 2019. 0049-0102, Collision between CNR1, Xian-Xianyang-CHN, in Chinese and VOIRI-Pars Today, Sirjan-IRN, in Spanish (JRX_Jose Ronaldo Xavier, SWARL Callsign PR7036SWL, Receiver (s)_ Tecsun S-2000 & XHDATA D-808, Antenna (s)_ Longwire & Telescopic, Cabedelo, Brazil, WOR iog via DXLD) ** IRAN. 7230. IRIB. Septiembre 15. 0000-0015 UT. Servicio en español. Noticias de HispanTV, especialmente sobre Irán, Medio Oriente, España, América Latina destacando el acuerdo militar entre Israel y Ecuador. SINPO: 44444 con interferencia de una emisora china. 7230. IRIB. Septiembre 17. 0021-0100 UT. Noticiero de HispanTV con informaciones sobre Panamá y colaboración del gobierno de Ecuador con Israel. A las 0025 se emite el segmento: “La posición de la mujer en Occidente” acerca de las enfermedades sexuales y el aumento en las cantidades de abortos como consecuencias de la revolución sexual. Desde las 0038, se emite el programa: “Foro Abierto” acerca de la modificación de la Constitución de Perú debido a la duración de los cargos democráticos, conjuntamente a las discusiones sobre el tema. 7270. IRIB. Septiembre 18. 2320-2330 UT. Servicio en Francés. Presentación de la emisora, luego lectura del Sagrado Corán y luego noticias. SINPO: 33433 (Claudio Galaz, Receptor: TIVDIO V-111; Antena: Hilo largo de 70 metros; Lugar de escucha: Barraza Bajo, 4° Región, Chile, HCDX via DXLD) 11870. IRIB. Septiembre 13. 2100-2120 UT. Servicio en español.. Programa “Conversando con nuestros oyentes”, luego entrevista y a las 2118, avisos de la emisora. SINPO: 45444 (Claudio Galaz, Receptor: TECSUN PLL 660; Antena: Hilo largo de 30 metros; Lugar de escucha: Ovalle, Chile, HCDX via DXLD) 11870. IRIB. Septiembre 15. 2020-2120 UT. Servicio en español.. Presentación de la emisora, lectura del Sagrado Corán, Hora de Teheran, Noticias de HispanTV acerca de Irán, Israel, Ataque de los drones de Yemen a Arabia Saudí, Novedades acerca del movimiento Ansarolá de Yemen, Colombia, migrantes en Italia, entre otros. A las 2050, avisos de la emisora y luego entrevista. Desde las 2100, sección: “Claves para la vida” y a las 2108, se emite un estudio del Sagrado Corán. A las 2118, avisos de la emisora, junto a horarios y frecuencias del servicio. SINPO: 45343. 11870. IRIB. Septiembre 19. 2020-2120 UT. Servicio en español.. Presentación de la emisora, hora de Teheran, himno nacional y noticias de HispanTV sobre América Latina, especialmente de la censura en Honduras. A las 2050 programa sobre el cine iraní con tema en los inmigrantes afganos y filmes que tratan aquello. A las 2100 se emite un programa sobre los derechos humanos de los migrantes en Estados Unidos. Desde las 2115, se emite el programa: “Claves de la vida”, luego de avisos de frecuencias y horarios de la emisión en español. SINPO: 45444 (Claudio Galaz, Receptor: TIVDIO V-111; Antena: Hilo largo de 70 metros; Lugar de escucha: Barraza Bajo, 4° Región, Chile, HCDX via DXLD) ** IRELAND. Re: [WOR] RTÉ update --- see masts and tables: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longwave http://www.wabweb.net/radio/listen/LWMWeu78.pdf MW 23 Nov 1978 new plan start. 1979 Geneva World Administrative Radio Conference But LW fq channel spacing much later ITU channel spacing move 2 kHz downwards on longwave {in order to divide fq by 9 } happened in 3 steps between 1985 and 1987 73 wolfie (Wolfgang Bueschel, Sept 12, WOR iog via DXLD) --- But by then, most RTE listeners in the longwave area have long since gone from life expectancy to Internet reception and satellite reception. --- And what would be a good idea to speed up this migration (or just resignation)? Switching off the transmitter for as long as possible with maintenance being the official reason. Which, they apparently concluded, is a period of five weeks. By the way, it was in 2016 when RTÉ left shortwave. It really speaks volumes how they still announced it three years later (Kai Ludwig, ibid.) Re: [WOR] RTÉ update --- The "Atlantic 252" (Ireland) and Algeria clash has been ongoing for a VERY long time: I recorded this segment on a Sangean ATS-808 portable and a small loop antenna back in May 1996 when overseas in England (and I took a train and bus to Hastings for two nights, and I recorded this segment). I thought it was a poor frequency-choice of Atlantic 252 and (now RTE) to be on 252 kHz with this clash "problem!" https://archive.org/details/TheBestOfHawaiiMediumwaveamBroadcast-bandDx-86To91/252_Atlantic-252_IRL_over_Algeria_recin_Hastings_eSussex_UK_May96_SPMcG.mp3 And the 252 kHz LW Ireland/Algeria clash Feb. 1996 in Swansea, Wales: https://archive.org/details/TheBestOfHawaiiMediumwaveamBroadcast-bandDx-86To91/252_Atlantic_252_and_Algeria_mixing_recin_Swansea_Wales_16Feb96_SPMcGreevy.mp3 I hope they finally "fix" this... SpM 73 (Steve McGreevy -- N6NKS - www.auroralchorus.com Sept 12, WOR iog via DXLD0 A big RTÉ update: From 15:10 in this programme. https://www.rte.ie/player/series/prime-time/SI0000000825?epguid=IH000368215 At 35:30 therein also a short mention of longwave, one the "campaigners" will not like (someone from the ruling party, chattering about choices to be made by RTÉ, is being asked about some of his colleagues who "went bananas" over the plans to close this "obsolete transmitter"). This programme revealed a bombshell news: "Prime Time understands that RTÉ is considering the future of Lyric FM", their classic and fine arts station. A written quotation and some reaction here: https://www.thejournal.ie/lyric-fm-fears-rte-shakeup-4808894-Sep2019/ (Kai Ludwig, Sept 13, WOR iog via DXLD) ** ISLE OF MAN [and non]. http://radiocaroline.co.uk/#home.html We’re climbing 'aboard the Love Ship’ next weekend 21st/22nd September for another fabulous RADIO CAROLINE NORTH broadcast LIVE from Ross Revenge. Live from the River Blackwater --- Grant Benson We’ve got so many great hits from the 60s, 70s and 80s (with perhaps a cheeky nod to the 90s) - and we just can’t wait to play them for you! Special guest for this broadcast is former Caroline and Voice of Peace presenter Grant Benson. Our broadcast sponsor this month is the Speakeasy Bar Epping, Essex and our web shop competition is sponsored by Century Printing in Stalham, Norfolk. Listen on 648 AM in the South and South-East, on 1368 AM via Manx Radio in the North and North-West, online here, on your mobile, on smart speakers – so many ways to listen! We would love to hear from you – please send your emails direct to the Ross studios at memories@radiocaroline.co.uk during the broadcast (via Mike Terry, bdxc-news iog via WORLD OF RADIO 2000, DXLD) ** JAPAN. Typhoon No. 15 (Faxai) attacked Tokyo Bay area with 60 m/s severe wind on September 8 [= 134.2162 mph; conversion factor 2.237 --- gh]. Especially Chiba prefecture, at the eastern side of Tokyo Bay, was severely damaged. The transmission from Kisarazu transmitter site of Nippon Broadcasting System Inc. (1242 kHz 100 kW), located in Chiba prefecture, was influenced. The power supply from Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) to the site was stopped at around 1800 hrs on September 8. They suddenly switched on their own power plant and continued to transmit, but at around 2300 hrs [JST? = 1400 UT] the power plant broke down, and the transmission was interrupted for a while. They were obliged to use the reserve transmitter (1 kW) at Adachi transmitter site in Tokyo. 100 kW transmission was resumed at 1325 hrs on September 10, when they repaired their own power plant. The power supply from TEPCO was restored on September 12. FM transmission on 93.0 MHz from Tokyo Sky Tree was not affected. After the typhoon, Radio Nikkei announced they have been transmitting the 1st program (regularly 6055 kHz 50 kW) from Nagara transmitter site, also located in Chiba prefecture, with reduced power, due to the trouble of the transmitter. They do not announce whether the trouble was caused directly by the typhoon (Takahito Akabayashi, Tokyo, Japan, (via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 14 via WOR iog via DXLD) 6115, Radio Nikkei Program Two at 0930. Japanese pop music program, M announcer with IDs in English. Went off at 1000 as the 3945 transmitter came on - Very Good Sept 10 (Rick Barton, Arizona SW Logs, Unless otherwise stated, equipment is Grundig Satellit 205/T.5000, RS SW-2000629 with various outdoor wires & indoor shortwire. 73 and Good Listening.......! - rb, WOR iog via DXLD) ** JAPAN. 774, JOUB Akita quite fair audio on peaks and minimal 780 KKOH splash at 1325 Sept 15. Peaking to S4 on my DX-200 with Tecsun AN-200 loop. I found their xmtr. site single-mast with a small cap. hat (thanks to a spreadsheet sent to me from Wolfgang in Germany) located about 20 km at about 350 deg. azimuth from central Akita (39-57-02N/ 139-56-10E) on Google Earth next to an agriculture “polder” type area. NO wonder they get out so well - Japan’s #1 MW signal here. 774 JOUB "Akita" mast is ~350 deg. bearing in azimuth from central Akita (by ~20 km - near Northward). The coords posted above take you right to it. Nice to hear quite enhanced MW and low-SW TP conditions this morning! 73 - (Steve McGreevy - N6NKS, R-1000/Benmar Nav. 555A/DX-200 -- N6NKS - www.auroralchorus.com WOR iog via DXLD) Without investigating the topography around Akita, it seems odd that it should be our #1 NHK over here as it is on the *west* coast, not east, near the northern tip of Honshu (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH & SOUTH. [WOR] Korean Peninsula (KOR/KRE): Enhanced propagation at dawn this morning [and non] SOUTH KOREA (KOR): 972, HLCA Dangjin (KBS) fair audio on brief peaks between 1310-1325 (15 September) listening period with a lady speaking in Korean and brief bits of music, some nice flute type. 1566, HLAZ (Cheju Do Isl.) deep QSB in Japanese (on Japan pattern) - brief fade-ups to S4. A bit of nice Gregorian type singing! Some 1560 XEJPV splash but less than a few days ago. I put the DX-200 into USB-mode via its BFO and recorded HLAZ’s carrier past their ~1344 UT pattern change - it dropped by about 10dB but still in until tune-out at 1350. At 1346, 1560 KNZR Bakersfield popped up to strong signal atop XEJPV (Cd. Juarez, CHIH) upon day pattern switch just a couple of minutes after 1566 HLAZ’s pattern change. NORTH KOREA (KRE): 2850, KCBS with talk in Korean and then piano music - quite strong this morning at about 1310 on the Benmar Nav. 555 3320, KPBS also quite strong this morning - a tad weaker than 2850, with 5 kHz het from the presumed 3325 VOI open-carrier and no PNG noted - 1315. 4450: Jammer mixture including the interesting sounding semi-musical stepped-tone jamming of KOR’s V. of the People very strong at 1340 (near sunrise here). I tuned them in on my Kenwood R-1000 and recorded this with a wide-filter bandpass - S9+20 peaks on a 15m long end-fed wire (my “quiet wire”). Nice to hear quite enhanced MW and low-SW TP conditions this morning! 73 - (Steve McGreevy - N6NKS, R-1000/Benmar Nav. 555A/DX-200 -- N6NKS - www.auroralchorus.com Sept 15, WOR iog via DXLD) See also JAPAN ** KOREA NORTH [non]. 6070, (ex-6040), JAPAN, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze at 1300. Long monologue with W in Japanese and over piano music soundbed. All of the familiar sounds and piano music after 1300 and closing at 1400. (Reopening at 1405). We still are not hearing the DPRK beeper jammer here. Propagation? Or the No-Ko jammer engineers haven't caught up with them yet. I still recall a quip from Ron Howard once, suggesting the engineers were out for Summer vacation - HI - Good Sept 3 6070, JAPAN, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze at 1355. Verified on with man in Korean over soundbed of piano music (and still no jamming heard here) - Very Good Sept 8 6070, JAPAN, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze at 1300. Verified on with woman in Korean over soundbed of piano music (and still no jamming heard here) - Very Good September 11. Went on thru BoH with usual music and sounds. Note that we checked the channel a bit before the hour and heard no beeper jammer awaiting - Fair Sept 11 5980, JAPAN, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze at 1315 (in progress at tune-in). No CCI from below the Southern Cross. W in accented English, usual monologue, music, effects. Noted weaker // in progress on 6070 - Good Sept 12 (Rick Barton, Arizona SW Logs, Unless otherwise stated, equipment is Grundig Satellit 205/T.5000, RS SW-2000629 with various outdoor wires & indoor shortwire. 73 and Good Listening.......! - rb, WOR iog via DXLD) Ron, Thanks for the answer. "Also the jamming of 6135 is normally on all the time, even though there is no station there now to jam. It is a leftover from years ago, when Voice of Freedom was on 6135, but of course VOF left that frequency years ago. N. Korea for some reason never turned off the jamming there, but instead has other jamming transmitters now for VOF (5920 kHz.)." This is typical in socialist or other authoritarian countries where the state is dominating everything. Ineffectiveness is built into their systems and the above-quoted part of your report is a nice example to this. They install a new jamming station rather than retune one of theirs; this is really typical and reminds me of our former socialist system. These systems are concentrating not on the quality but the quantity side of something. It doesn't matter if this is telecommunication or the metallurgical industry. The ineffectiveness, and the belief in overcentralisation is coded into these systems. On one part there are a lot of goods/things in something but on the other part there are other goods/things which are not available at all or only available over the counter (this is one form of black market). The degree of ineffectiveness is changing from country to country and it is dependent upon the human factor too. In the case of North Korea this part of the system works relatively well while the Cubanese telecom system with its human factor deteriorated severely as we can read almost daily in the example of Radio Habana, Cuba (Tibor Gaal. Budapest, Hungary, Sept 18, WOR iog via DXLD) ** KOREA SOUTH. 15575. KBS. Septiembre 19. 0215-0300 UT. Via Kimjae. Programa “Corea a Diario” acerca de una niña que ganó un concurso de astronomía, luego se habla de youtubers que se encuentran en la tercera edad, reclamo de un pasante coreano en Polonia acerca de un producto que utiliza la bandera del sol naciente de Japón. Luego espacio musical y el espacio: “Literatura en Audio: Barí, la princesa abandonada” acerca de los sucesos acerca de la muerte de una de las hermanas de la protagonista. A las 0233, se vuelve al programa “Corea a diario” acerca de la llegada del primer piano llegado a una zona coreana, los tipos de entregas a domicilios y las aplicaciones móviles. Desde las 0239, se emite la canción: Cheer Up de TWICE. A las 0241, Programa: “Coreano en dramas” acerca de la frase: “estoy decepcionado” y desde las 0245: Programa “Al son de Corea” con canciones tradicionales acerca del Otoño y de alusiones a las estaciones del año. SINPO: 35343 (Claudio Galaz, Receptor: TIVDIO V-111; Antena: Hilo largo de 70 metros; Lugar de escucha: Barraza Bajo, 4° Región, Chile, HCDX via DXLD) ** KUWAIT. Unscheduled Radio Kuwait in Farsi on 17760, September 12: 0945-1000 17760 KBD 250 kW / 084 deg to SEAs Persian, unscheduled & 1000-1200 17760 KBD 250 kW / 084 deg to SEAs Filipino as scheduled. Something`s always wrong at Radio Kuwait Kabd Sulaibiyah station https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/09/unscheduled-radio-kuwait-in-farsi-on.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 12, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Unscheduled broadcast of MOI R Kuwait on 15530v, Sept 18 0500-0800 on 15529.7 KBD 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu English as scheduled in A-19 0800-0817 on 15529.7 KBD 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Farsi, unscheduled from 08UT Something`s always wrong at Radio Kuwait Kabd Sulaibiyah transmitting station! https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/09/unscheduled-broadscast-of-radio-kuwait.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 17-18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KYRGYZSTAN. 4010.219, Kyrgyz Birinchi Radio, Bishkek at 1712 UT, S=9+10dB (Wolfgang Bueschel, checked AIR outlets at 17-18 UT on Sept 13 on remote SDRs in Delhi India, Doha Qatar, and Akitakata Japan, WOR iog via DXLD) Heard at 0035 UT on Sept 14, 4010.184 kHz, Kyrgyz Radio from Bishkek, but reception suffer heavily by European thunderstorm scratch noise level tonight (Wolfgang Bueschel, WOR IOG via DXLD) ** LIBERIA. 6050, ELWA Radio, Monrovia, seems to be out of air the last days (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, Sept 17, WOR iog via DXLD) ** MADAGASCAR. 5009.926, Radio Madagasikara, Antananarivo, Malagasy, S=6 in Japan at 1742 UT (Wolfgang Bueschel, checked AIR outlets at 17-18 UT on Sept 13 on remote SDRs in Delhi India, Doha Qatar, and Akitakata Japan, WOR iog via DXLD) compared to [non] 5009.998, INDIA, AIR Thiruvananthapuram. S=8 only, not as strong as usual 1736 UT on Sept 13 in Delhi India. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 13 via BC-DX 18 Sept via DXLD) ** MADAGASCAR. 11965, Sept 16 at 2024 tuning across MWV hour in English, I hear two words: ``vomiting, diarrhea`` ---- and keep right on tuning! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALAYSIA. RTM Wai FM --- A new e-QSL card was received from RTM Wai FM for the report of September 11, 2019. Moreover, as I understood from the answer of the P&K Team, Radio Televisyen Malaysia will no longer send paper originals of QSL cards. http://freerutube.info/2019/09/13/e-qsl-rtm-wai-fm-malajziya-sentyabr-2019-goda/ (Dmitry Elagin, Saratov, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx", QSL World, Rus-DX Sept 15 via DXLD) ** MALAYSIA. Hi Glenn, Tomorrow, Sept 16, is "Malaysia Day" (commemorating the establishment of the Malaysian federation on the same date in 1963), so for the fun of it, I will be looking for any new activity. Probably a waste of time, but hope springs eternal! Will be checking ex: 5965 (Radio Klasik, formerly Klasik Nasional), 6050 (Asyik FM), 7295 (Traxx FM) and 9835 (Sarawak FM). The only active station that I'm aware of is Wai FM, on 11665, so will of course give a listen there for anything special. Long gone are the days that RTM had a nice selection of active stations on SW. Sept 16 - RTM with a perfect score today for Malaysia Day. Zero stations on SW. Yes, even the often heard Wai FM (11665) was off the air for this their national holiday. From 1101+, nothing on 5965 nor 7295. PBS Xinjiang heard on 9835 till 1157, after that, nothing heard and Tibet as usual on 6050. Had hoped Wai FM would be on, but no such luck (Ron Howard, California, WOR iog via DXLD) ** MALI. 9635, Radio Mali, Bamako, back after three or four days out of air, 1530, 13-09, French, comments, id. "Radio Mali", African songs. 44444 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Log in Friol, WOR iog via DXLD) 5995, Radio Mali, Bamako, back after three or four days out of air, *1800-1840, 13-09, tuning music, French, ID “Vous ecoutez L’Office de Radiodifusion Television du Mali emettant de Bamako...”, Vernacular comments, African songs. 34433. (Méndez) 9635, Radio Mali, Bamako, back after three or four days out of air, 1530-1550, 13-09, French, comments, ID "Radio Mali", African songs. 44444 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) Huge signal today from Mali 5995 kHz noted from 2200 through 2330 when they remained on, Sunday night, with what sounded like some sort of drama play. USB with narrow bandwidth helped when 6000 [CUBA] became active but Mali was still going strong as of 2334. Nice to hear this with what seemed like perfect modulation (Dan Robinson, Sept 15, WOR iog via DXLD) ** MEXICO [and non]. Reading Meeting Report --- A lucky thirteen members met on 27th July at Reading International Solidarity Centre (RISC): Mike Barraclough, Chris Gibbs, Chris Greenway, Ian Kelly, Keith Knight, Dave Kenny, Chris Morgan, Mark Palmer, Alan Pennington, Alan Roe, Jon Ryland, Edwin Southwell & Klaus Werner. MEXICAN “BORDER BLASTERS” was Mike’s first topic - these licensed high power Mexican medium wave stations transmitted from close to the Mexican / US border, targeting a US audience. They first appeared in the early 1930s and flourished for half a century. Mike bought along the book “Border Radio” by Gene Fowler and Bill Crawford (first published in 1987). Hardback editions of the book included a flexi-disc. A map from the book showed two groups of “border blasters” in Mexico: one group near the border with Texas, and a group close to the border with California. In the USA the Radio Act of 1927 and the more far-reaching 1934 Communications Act, which included the setting up the FCC, was bringing some order to the chaotic airwaves in the early days of US radio. In 1926 the NBC was formed, consolidating earlier efforts to organise US radio broadcasting into networks made by ‘phone company AT&T and by three receiver manufacturers (RCA, Westinghouse and General Electric). NBC was happy to make profits from boosting sales of receivers, rather than from broadcasting itself. Stations were reluctant to carry direct advertising and in 1924 more than 400 of the 526 radio stations refused to accept sponsors. NBC also censored advertising or music aired, e.g. saxophone music was banned by some stations. Fowler & Crawford’s book is subtitled “Quacks, Yodelers, Pitchmen, Psychics and other amazing broadcasters of the American Airwaves”, giving an indication of the type of entrepreneurs, programming and advertisers who would soon take advantage of less regulation and higher permissible power south of the border in Mexico. Mexico had been ignored by the USA and Canada when frequencies were being allocated in North America (USA had 90 clear channels, Canada 6, but Mexico none). The Mexican authorities were therefore happy to licence these high power “border blasters” on Mexican territory, to the consternation of some north of their border. The first “border blaster” was XED in Reynosa, Tamaulipas (managed by the International Broadcasting Company (IBC) formed by four Texans and a Mexican) which began broadcasts in Autumn 1930 on 960 kc/s as “Voice of Two Republics”. It was the most powerful station in Mexico at the time using 10 kilowatts, with permission to increase to 50 kilowatts. XED received reports from all over the USA for its inaugural 100 hour broadcast, benefiting from skywave reception. Left: XED Reynosa QSL card from January 1931 (UV201.com) A controlling interest in XED was acquired by Houston showman Will Horwitz. The station aired music by artists such as Jimmie Rodgers “the father of country music”, a friend of Horwitz, which helped popularise country music. XED also broadcast minstrel-style duo Honeyboy & Saffafras: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbOdpyr8YNc XED had studios on both sides of the US-Mexico border and transmitters in Mexico. Their power was increased to fifty kilowatts. But the station ran a promotion selling lottery tickets for Tamaulipas’s state lottery, generating lots of mail to their US offices. A US order stopping mail to IBC and XED was made in November 1931 and Horwitz, his wife and two employees were arrested and subsequently found guilty of using the US Mail to promote an illegal lottery. Horwitz and two others were handed 18-month prison terms, his wife was given six months’ probation. American quack “Dr” John Romulus Brinkley used another “border blaster” to promote his sexual rejuvenation treatment which used implants from male goats. The FRC had cancelled the licence for his station in Milford, Kansas (KFKB) in 1930 as it carried adverts for Brinkley’s goat gland procedure. So Brinkley relocated to the border town of Del Rio (Texas) and built a station, XER, across the border in Villa Acuña, Mexico (“the Sunshine Station between the Nations”), launching in October 1931 on 735 kHz with 75 kW from two 300’ towers. The station was fed by a broadcast quality ‘phone line from studios in the Roswell hotel, Del Rio. Brinkley also moved his “hospital” to the Texan border town. On air daily from “sunset to sunrise”, reports to XER came from every state and fifteen other countries, but caused interference to US stations. In 1933, XER was closed by the Mexican authorities and Brinkley fined for “non-compliant programmes”. left: XER transmitter site Villa Acuña http://www.theradiohistorian.org/xer/ xer.html Brinkley then hired time on other stations, before using XER’s old transmitter site to launch XERA on 840kHz in 1935. Now with a combined power of 520-kilowatts and a directional aerial, including a third tower, XERA claimed an e.r.p. of 1 megawatt: “the world’s most powerful broadcasting station”. On 840 kHz, XERA interfered with WWL New Orleans and KOA Denver. As well as Brinkley’s medical programmes, XERA aired others not permitted on US stations. “Soon, the schedule was filled with astrologists, numerologists, fortune tellers, mining stock swindles and radio lotteries - and the money poured in through the mails from American listeners who happily paid for their services. The typical fee was a dollar, and there were so many one-dollar envelopes flowing into the post office that the city gained the nickname of ‘Dollar Rio’.” http://www.theradiohistorian.org/xer/xer.html Other XERA programmes included hillbilly and Mexican music. The Original Carter Family were paid $75 each per week for two daily shows which gave them national recognition and made them big country music stars. The Carter Family shows were also later aired on other stations e.g. “1050 clear channel XED” [XEG --- gh] Monterrey, IDing on this 4-minute recording with promotion of Mexican tourism at the end: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzJjjYpJ_ug and a show from 1939 on this 32-minute recording https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DisI6oG1Wk . The US Communications Act of 1934 (the “Brinkley Act”) had outlawed the cross-border transport of programmes, so the ‘phone line between XERA’s Del Rio studios and their Villa Acuña transmitter site was closed. But Brinkley was not to be thwarted, smuggling transcription discs across the border instead, to be broadcast from the transmitter site. One estimate says Brinkley earned $12 million between 1933 and 1938 from his hospital and radio station. The 1937 Havana Agreement resulted in the North American Radio Broadcast Agreement (NARBA), allocating some clear channels to Mexican stations. When ratified in 1939, XERA’s power was reduced to 180 kilowatts and a new Mexican channel plan drawn up, which excluded XERA. On 19 June 1941, Mexican president Manuel Ávila Camacho ordered the expropriation of XERA because of “undue influence by foreign elements”, and because it had transmitted “news broadcasts unsuitable for the new world”. Brinkley flew to Mexico City in an attempt to sway the Mexican authorities. On his return trip to Del Rio after confronting firm opposition, he suffered a heart attack which left him in a deteriorated state of health. His medical credentials had also been exposed in an article “Modern Medical Charlatans”. Declared bankrupt in January 1941, he suffered another heart attack and died in May 1942, aged 56. Crazy Water Crystals were a white residue left after the Crazy Water Company had evaporated the waters from its well in Texas. Dissolved in tap water, it was said to aid the treatment of a huge variety of intestinal disorders and other ailments. The Crazy Water Crystals radio shows aired between 1935 and 1940, playing country and bluegrass music as well as promoting their product. In 1940, the Federal Trade Commission ordered the company to cease and desist from misrepresentations of their crystals as it was no more than a cathartic or laxative. See their full ruling here: http://www.museumofquackery.com/ephemera/crazy.htm Mike played an extract from one of their shows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wki0SGr-z4I Sam Morris styled himself as the “Voice of Temperance” in the years following repeal of the US Prohibition legislation in 1933, broadcasting about the evils of alcohol from Del Rio, Texas over Brinkley’s stations. We heard part of his “Ravages of Rum” broadcast on XEPN Piedras Negras 885 kHz from 1936: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.recovery.aa/KZHZ8lGwqG0 (Sept BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) Hi Glenn, The websites where the illustrations are next to them on my printed copy. The first link is to the site`s homepage. The January 1931 QSL card is on this page along with one from 1930. http://uv201.com/Misc_Pages/letterheads_7.htm Both sites have a lot more on early radio. If you want links to each image the XER QSL card in the article is http://uv201.com/Misc_Pages/Misc_Images/letterheads/xed_31.jpg and the XER transmitter site is http://www.theradiohistorian.org/xer/xer_bldg.jpg (Mike Barraclough, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 540, Sept 13 at 1147, ``La Ranchera de Paquimé, 540 AM`` and FM [90.5 listed], canned ID they emit every few minutes from XETX, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, near the frontera, and heard immediately upon tune-in, WSW separable from earlier southerly Spanish talk, probably XEWA SLP, unseemed religious like KDFT Ferris TX. IRCA Mexican Log says both these XEs are staying on AM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 580, Sept 13 at 1149, romantic song in Spanish from SSW, and no WIBW unless that`s causing a SAH. 1200 ID as ``La Rancherita del Aire``, which is Piedras Negras, Coahuila, with new official calls XELRDA to match its slogan, altho it`s really rebranded XEMU which lost the frequency and then bought it back, still llamando itself ``XEMU`` tho I heard neither call this time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. XESS-620 flips to new Unánimo Deportes network -- ‎This is a new network, not to be confused with Univisión Deportes Radio. What are everyone else's ne‎arby ESPN Deportes affiliates running now? 73 (Tim Hall, Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone, Sept 16, ABDX yg via DXLD) ** MEXICO. 790-, Sept 14 at 1215, low audible het looping SW about the same as KFYO Lubbock ID, presumed XENT, La Paz BCS, as in MW Offsets: 790 789.9586 MEX XENT-AM Radio Fórmula (La Paz) 2018-11-01 790 789.9993 USA KFYO (Lubbock, TX) 2018-08-29 I.e. 40.7 Hz apart. No other station anywhere is listed that far below 790. Nominally 10000/750 watts but IRCA Mexican Log says ``night power seems much higher than 750``, and is staying on AM. I also had a definite ID of XENT on 790-, April 11, 2018, after the frequency had been reported at 789.96 by John Wilkins, CO (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 870, Sept 14 at 1208, XETAR in sign-on routine, starting late? Or just protracted in multilanguages, but several IDs heard (not XERTA as I mistyped in previous report about KFJZ, USA). In Spanish, mentions that they will be on air for 12 hours, ``iniciando doce horas de transmisión``, i.e. still a daytimer which perhaps WWL/listeners appreciate (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. Glenn, 1972 XERMX pennant --- I would like this if I could afford it as it`s a most wanted pennant and in very good condition for its age: https://www.ebay.com/itm/QSL-pennant-XERMX-Radio-Mexico-Mexico-City-Mexico-/303277083235?nma=true&si=yt1H6QOFChz7DE70OLp2zqlY6GM%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 QSL-pennant: XERMX Radio Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico | eBay (Artie Bigley, OH, DXLD) Winning bid was $26. I do believe I have one of those, NFS (gh, DXLD) ** MEXICO. RAYMIE`S MEXICO BEAT this week --- Sept 13-19 [NO posts during an 11-day hiatus; more next week] ** MONGOLIA [and non]. 12014.991, Voice of Korea in Russian, S=6-7 signal strength in Akitakata Hiroshima Japan SDR remote access unit. 12014.876, Voice of Mongolia, Ulan Bataar in Mongolian/Chinese at 1430 UT S=7-8 signal strength in Akitakata Hiroshima Japan SDR remote access unit. wb. Sept 17 [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 17, BC-DX 18 Sept via DXLD) What time was VOK, same? 115 Hz apart (gh) ** MYANMAR [and non]. 5914.983, MMR, MR from new capital Nay Pyi Taw via their non-directional ant, S=3-4 tiny, hit heavily by adjacent co-channel transmission on 5915even ZAMBIA program Sept 14 at 0045 UT ahead at S=7-8 level, buzzy muffled mod here in Europe, hard to understand some African accented English presenter. My quality statement about the buzzy muffled audio was completely correct. btw. To mention is on MMR, compared to the installation time of the new radio transmitters of BBEF Beijing in Myanmar some 8 years ago, the SW service of Myanmar Radio, Thazin Radio, a.s.o. is very limited in power and schedule time these days. Nothing heard anymore of former 6030, 6165, 7200, 9490 kHz MMR channels. 73 wolfie df5sx wwdxc (Wolfgang Bueschel, WOR iog via DXLD) Thazin Radio - - - The following posted to WRTH Facebook: Mauno Ritola, posted on Sept 16: "Wolfgang Büschel reports Myanmar 6030, 6165, 7200 and 9590 kHz off the air. Does anyone have a contact to ask, if these have been closed for good or if they are off just temporarily? Thanks." Jordan C. J Heyburn, posted Sept 16: "Is 5985 kHz affected as well?" Mauno Ritola, posted on Sept 16: "No, I think these are all Thazin Radio frequencies" I posted this on Sept 17: "Hi Mauno - Here is the response I received to an inquiry I sent to Thazin Radio: "Dear Ron Howard - I received your letter today [Sept 16].Thank you for your attention in our broadcasting. You said that all frequencies were silent. ***Yesterday broadcasting stopped temporary because of the supply of electricity went off.*** Now, we are broadcasting on these frequencies; 7345 kHz, 6165 kHz and 9590 kHz respectively. The next time, you can advice to our broadcasting. Thank you. Regards: Thazin FM, Myanmar, thazinradio6 @ gmail.com " BTW - The 7200 kHz frequency I believe would be Myanmar Radio, not Thazin Radio's. Ron" [WORLD OF RADIO 2000] Mauno Ritola, posted on Sept 17: "Thanks, Ron. Yes, 9590 kHz can be heard now at 0830" and he also posted: "Yes, 7200 kHz is Myanma Radio. Something weak there now at 0840. But he doesn't mention 6030 kHz, is that off? As you have such a good contact, could you please try to get the times for each frequency?" (Ron Howard, Sept 17, WOR iog via DXLD) Log of Myanmar Radio and Thazin Radio on shortwave channels, traced on Sept 17 at 1300-1315 UT on remote units in Delhi India. 5914.983, MR from new capital Nay Pyi Taw. S=7-8 signal. 5984.996, seldom odd fq from Yengu Yangoon site, former capital of British empire era, MR Yangoon at S=9+20dB level at 1258 Sept 17. 6165, NOTHING heard so far from Thazin R Pyin Oo Lwin site. 7200, NOTHING heard so far from MR Yangoon site. 7345, NOTHING heard so far from Thazin R Pyin Oo Lwin site. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 17, BC-DX 18 Sept via DXLD) btw. To mentions is on MMR, compared to the installation time of the new radio transmitters of BBEF Beijing in Myanmar some 8 years ago, the SW service of Myanmar Radio, Thazin Radio, a.s.o. is very limited in power and schedule time these days. Nothing heard anymore of former 6030, 6165irreg, 7200, 9460 kHz MMR channels. 73 wolfie df5sx (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 14, BC-DX 18 Sept via DXLD) 5985, Myanmar Radio, 1150-1202+, Sept 18. Live sports coverage (TV audio feed) of the football/soccer match between Myanmar (under 16) and Thailand (U16); sound of the crowd in the background; held at Thuwanna Stadium, Thingangyun, Myanmar; preempted regular programming; during half time, music played at 1220; mostly fair. My audio at http://bit.ly/2kRBhT4 Youtube with full coverage of the game, in Thai - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dng2fK1FcRI (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. 5960, EAST GERMANY, The Mighty KBC (via 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” followed by singing IDs and general silliness and into DJ Dave Mason with oldies music and KBC Imports ads – Very Good Sept 15 – Nice to see that the boys manning the transmitter at Nauen were on time this week (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S, Drake SPR-4, or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 80 and 40 meter off centre-fed dipoles (OCFD) and an Alpha Delta DX-LB inverted vee dipole, ODXA iog via DXLD) ** NEW ZEALAND. Radio Masts - Inspection & Consultancy Services Ltd A selection of NZ MW mast photos … http://theconsultants.co.nz/how-we-do-it/radio-masts/ (Paul, Christchurch NZ, Rawdon, Sept 18, mwmasts iog via DXLD) ** NIGERIA, Voice of Nigeria, 11770, Sep 13, 1850, English with woman talk, drums, carrier off at 1859 but seems to be back on in another language at 1900 (Hausa?) at lower signal level with man and woman with possible news items; 34333 with low modulation. Equipment used for these loggings: ***Icom R-75***, antenna 28m longwire with 9:1 Balun. 73, (Bob Butterfield, Columbia MD, WOR iog via DXLD) 7254.941, Today Sept 15 at 0727 UT a nice S=8 signal from V of Nigeria in vernacular from Abuja site, noted next to Radio Vaticano Santa Maria di Galeria Suns in Romanian on 7250even. vy73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Bueschel, Sept 15, WOR iog via DXLD) Fair signal of Voice of Nigeria in 25mb, Sept. 15 1630-1900 on 11769.9 AJA 250 kW / 248 deg to WCAf English: https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/09/fair-signal-of-voice-of-nigeria-in-25mb.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 15-16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 7470 (Pirate), western USA, YHWH at 0300. Good with SW-2000629 and window frame antenna (I had checked earlier for Josiah when a very sudden cloud-to-ground lightning storm hit and I had to cut all of my outside longwire antenna leads). Station cut in right at 0300, then went down into the static at 0305. Nothing heard after that - Good Sept 5 7470, UNITED STATES (Pirate), YHWH at 0235. Good and in progress at tune-in, heard on my usual outdoor long wire and SW-2000269 rx. "Josiah" and usual monologue. A reported new frequency [7480?] didn't last long. At 0402 the creepy Days of Hard Life song over some OTHR radar pulses, short talk and off at 0406 - Good Sept 9 (Rick Barton, Arizona SW Logs, Unless otherwise stated, equipment is Grundig Satellit 205/T.5000, RS SW-2000629 with various outdoor wires & indoor shortwire. 73 and Good Listening.......! - rb, WOR iog via DXLD) ** NORTH AMERICA. YHWH heard in Desert Hot Springs --- OK, I give it a "2-2" or SIO of 232 as I have some difficulty hearing this at 0250. Thanks to Rick Barton in AZ for his alerts and transmission information, I finally can put this in the log. My antenna for SWL is not the most robust, but thanks to noise reduction and noise blanking and turning up the volume a little, I can hear enough of it that I am reasonably sure of it. On 7470 AM. Thanks again, Rick and anyone else involved. 73 de (Joe KJ8O Miller, UT Sept 12, ABDX yg via DXLD) ** NORTH AMERICA. Free radio logs for week ending September 13, 2019 Unid. Monday, September 9, 2019, 0147, 6950 usb. Music, "*u*k All The Perfect People" by Chip Taylor. SSTV at 0149 and off. (Will-MD) Unid. Monday, September 9, 2019, 0155, 6913 usb. A bit of Bob Marley's "Jammin' with a really nice signal, s7/s9, and off. (Will-MD) Unid. Monday, September 9, 2019, 0309, 6925 usb. Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Give It Away Now" and multiple SSTVs and off at 0312. s3/s5 with some fading. Occasional heavy burbly utility QRM. (Will-MD) Radio Boogie International. Tuesday, September 10, 2019, 0111, 6925 usb. Radio Boogie International (WREC Relay). Music, "Hypnotized" by Fleetwood Mac. 0115, "You're listening to Radio Boogie International..." into more music. s3/s5, fair/good. (Will-MD) Yeah Man Radio. Tuesday, September 10, 2019, 2310, 6925 am. Jazzy pop music, "Shake Dance" and "Maputo" by The Crusaders. Yeah Man Radio ID at 2321, some talk to the listeners, and back into more music from The Crusaders. Fair to good signal, s7/s9. (Will-MD) Radio Comedy Club International. Friday, September 13, 2019, 2315, 6925 am. ID at 2321. Comedy and spoke word bits. Fair to good signal, s7/s9, with occasional fisherman voices co-channel and occasional loud utility bursts a few KHz lower than 6925 (Larry Will, Mount Airy Maryland, radio@zappahead.net IC-R75, G5RV, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6913-USB, PIRATE (No. Am.) UnIdentified, 0134, 9/9/19. Program of rock music segued. The Op. moved the frequency up and down the band to 6950 (all USB), then back finally settling back on 6913, up to 6955 then up and down settling back on 6913 repeated YHF numbers recording and off. 0148 popped back on 6100 [sic; did you mean 6900? gh], with music and Cuban numbers, sound effects, then slid back to 6913 with Cuban numbers, music, switched to AM and back to USB, very difficult to understand talk, 0200 music and more talk. Slid through the military ute which was idling at 6942 several times, which was unwise. Annoying listening to bounce frequencies like this. Fair signal when it finally settled (Mark Taylor, Madison, Wisconsin. Equipment: Perseus, Elad FDM-S2, Airspy HF+& HF+ Discovery, Tecsun PL 880, and various other portables; 42 meters dipole, 100’ long wire, W6LVP loop, NASWA Flashsheet Sept 15 via DXLD) See also UNID 6080 ** NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. 15110.030, RFA Burmese service likely via IBB BBG Saipan, S=8 at 00.46 UT heard in remote SDR in Hiroshima Japan. But unfortunately distorted Burmese audio quality, like bad satellite feed quality towards Marianas (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 19, DXLD)fs ** NORWAY. NRK to close LW 153 kHz but to upgrade Norway's last MW station. Norway's last LW station (Ingøy, 153 kHz) to close in October. The one remaining MW station (Longyearbyen 1485 kHz, Svalbard) proposed upgraded to 3 kW. Full report in Norwegian: http://www.radionytt.no/r19165.php?fbclid=IwAR3R4HOU9mQxXjUN3UINwNBpeMecVjsZ2lbZ1RbsuGA6I5WBz64aTGnAKo0 (Bjarne Mjelde on DXing.info Facebook Group, 18 Sept) Google translation from Norwegian: Although not many people are aware of this, NRK still has broadcasts on both long and medium wave. However, today NRK has a very limited service over radio on AM. Only the long-wave transmitter at Ingøy in Finnmark is still in operation, in addition to a medium-wave transmitter in Longyearbyen on Svalbard. Here NRK P1 is distributed with extended weather reports, among other things aimed at shipping. NRK has now considered the need to continue broadcasting on AM, according to a letter the State channel has sent to the Ministry of Culture. NRK considers the utility of the broadcasts from Ingøy to be limited. The service is, according to NRK, in low use. In April 2018, stakeholders were given the opportunity to comment on the closing of this transmitter. No one has reported any objections to the termination of the service. The coastal fishing fleet and other smaller vessels normally stay within the 50 kilometer limit and thus have the possibility of receiving DAB as well as weather over VHF. NRK's ​​DAB network has now been developed and covers 50 km from the coast, NRK writes. Seagoing vessels normally have the possibility of receiving radio and weather via satellite. NRK is available with weather forecasts for both Thor 5 and Sirius 4. With this in mind, NRK will close the broadcasts on the long wave from Ingøy in October 2019 NRK has a MW transmitter on AM [1485 kHz] in Longyearbyen at 1000 Watts. Feedback from the Governor and the population shows that this consignment is still used, especially at leisure and trapping cabins in parts of Svalbard. In addition, additional reception technology is desirable for emergency preparedness. Today's facility is approaching 50 years and must be replaced if it is to continue. NRK will therefore renew and upgrade the AM plant (from 1000watt to 3000watt) on Svalbard and continue it as Norway's last AM station, the letter from NRK to the Ministry of Culture states. NRK has previously broadcast radio broadcasts at AM, including from Kløfta, Kvitsøy, Fredrikstad and Vigra. These were previously closed down due to low usage, as well as the introduction of alternative reception technologies that are more cost-effective and user-friendly. Public broadcasters such as the BBC, DR and SR have in recent years also reduced their offerings on AM. Swedish Radio has put down all its services over AM. Source: Ministry of Culture (via Alan Pennington, Sept 18, bdxc-news iog via WORLD OF RADIO 2000, DXLD) ** OKLAHOMA. 640, Sept 15 at 1308 UT and still 1315 UT, dead air from KWPN Moore, but too much signal to let KFI thru this late; at least Okies may still hear stupid sportstalk in English now on sibling 930 WKY (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) The OKC media market is very short on sports stations. Critically short. We only have KWPN-640, WKY-930 as noted, KGHM-1340 ("The Game" because, see, GHM is kinda like "game"), KREF-1400, KEBC-1560 ("The Franchise 2"), WWLS-FM-98.1 (see WKY), KINB-105.3 ("The Pro" because, see, INB ...), KRXO-FM-107.7 ("The Franchise"). And this doesn't include the translators for the AMers (ignore the WKY thing). Really, very short on sports. -- (Peter Laws | N5UWY | plaws plaws net | Travel by Train! IRCA iog via DXLD) ** OKLAHOMA. Re Radio Calvario: My previous OK City log should have been 87.9, not 89.7 (Harold Frodge, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Now he`s logged another FM pirate on 87.9, in Provo UT --- see U S A ** OKLAHOMA. Level 2 tropo blob over central to eastern OK, Sept 14 at 1408+ UT provides a bunch of Bad DTV signals on RF: 8, 10, 11, 12, 21, 22, 26, 30, 35, 36, mostly correlating with Tulsa market, and some decodes: 20, KQCW-HD 19-1 28, Ion 44-1 31, OETA-DT 3-1 [seldom seen Eufaula KOET, with all 4 channels] 34, KMYT-TV 41-1 But none higher, not even 45, whence KOTV must have repacked by now. Also, RF 16 KOCM-DT, Daystar Norman is Bad, failing to decode due to DX QRM, which now must be KWHB Tulsa, 26 kW repacked from 47; altho there are 7 other low-power Okies on 16 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 4747.20, Perú, Radio Huanta 2000, Huanta, Ayacucho 0000 to 0025 fighting CODAR en español, weak. 13 September. Note first discovered by Steve Reinstein in NU …rlw (Bob Wilkner, Drake R8, 0042 UT 13 Sept, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NASWA iog via DXLD) When, you mean many years ago? (gh) ** PERU. 4774.9, Radio Tarma, Tarma, received email confirmation letter, two PDF files with information of the station and a mp3 file with identification of the station in 17 days for a reception report sent to: gerenciageneral@grupomonteverde.com (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, WOR iog via DXLD) ** PERU. I'm hearing a weak station on 4940 kHz right now (2305 UT) with music. SAL-12 antenna favors a southerly direction. Could it be Radio San Antonio, making one of its occasional appearances? Language is definitely Spanish, but I haven't yet been able to pick out an ID. Lots of QRN! Station seems to have dropped off the air at 0000 hours. I'll have to check the recording to see if I can find an ID (Art Delibert, North Bethesda, Maryland, USA, Ten Tec RX340, SAL-12 antenna, Sept 14, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) DBS #20 by Anker Petersen has this comment: ``4940 PRU R San Antonio, Villa Atalaya, Ucayali, last heard JUL15`` 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Bueschel, ibid.) Meaning year 2015 not July 15 From 2019: 4939.964 May22 2224 R San Antonio, Atalaya, quiet religious songs and music, weak signal. (TN) You can listen to Karel Honzik’s recording here: http://dx-kh.cz/2019/05/15/radio-san-antonio-4940-khz-peru/ /(TN) TN, Thomas Nilsson, Ängelholm, Sweden 4940 May29 Radio Brazil Central?? Checking the possible reactivation of Radio San Antonio acc. to information from Karel Honzik via RealDX at BCLNews. I find to my surprise that it is the frequency of Radio Brasil Central from Goiânia. I do not have any records of this station operating on this frequency since the Brazilian stations in tropical band transmit with a spacing of 5 kHz (e.g. 4885, 4895, 4845 khz, etc.). Despite the low audio, songs and talks in Portuguese and mentioning the ABC Agencia Brasil Central and with TC UTC-3. (Rafael Rodriguez via WRTH FB). (SW Bulletin June 2 via DXLD)(via gh, HCDX) R San Antonio, Atalaya was heard reactivated in Spanish in May 2019 at 2225 UT on 4940 kHz (Anker Petersen, HCDX via DXLD) Thanks. I think it's San Antonio, but I haven't been able to hear any ID in the recording, which spanned the last 48 minutes before they went off. Regards, (Art Delibert, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 5025. R. QUILLABAMBA. Septiembre 14. 2350-2359 UT. Rezo del Rosario en español. SINPO:44433 con interferencia de Radio Progreso de Cuba y desvenecimiento propio de la banda de 60 metros. (Claudio Galaz, Receptor: TECSUN PLL 660; Antena: Hilo largo de 70 metros; Lugar de escucha: Barraza Bajo, 4° Región, Chile, HCDX via DXLD) ** PERU. 5980. R. CHASKI. Septiembre 14. 2320-2335 UT. Música de himnos cristianos, luego ID: “Red Radio Integridad”, luego reflexiones de un texto bíblico e ID a las 2335 y hora local de Perú. SINPO: 44444 con interferencia de Tv Martí en la misma frecuencia. (Claudio Galaz, Receptor: TECSUN PLL 660; Antena: Hilo largo de 70 metros; Lugar de escucha: Barraza Bajo, 4° Región, Chile, HCDX via DXLD) ** PHILIPPINES. Weak & poor signal of FEBC Radio Teos, September 15 1500-1530 on 9920 BOC 100 kW / 323 deg to CeAs Russian Daily & 1530-1600 on 9920 BOC 100 kW / 323 deg to CeAs Ukr/Rus Sunday: from 1546 on 9920 UDO 250 kW / 311 deg to CeAs - test tone for 1600-1700 on 9920 UDO 250 kW / 311 deg to CeAs Uzbek R. Liberty Wrong time&freq: 19-20 MST on 11650, not 18-19 MST on 9920 kHz! https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/09/weak-signal-of-febc-radio-teos.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 15-16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PUERTO RICO. Medium Wave bandscan --- This survey of the AM broadcast band was done in December 2018 from a ship off the coast of Puerto Rico: https://youtu.be/5C_5lWvJHuE (Ivan NO2CW, Sept 17, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) ** ROMANIA. Betreff: Re: Zukunft von AM Aussendungen in Romania. Sehr geehrter Herr Biener, vielen Dank fuer die Info und fuer Ihre Anteilnahme. Die Nachricht koennen wir Ihnen bestaetigen, die Gefahr ist vorerst gebannt: Den Vorstoss, die Kurz- und Mittelwellensendungen wegen finanzieller Knappheit einzustellen, hat der Verwaltungsrat des Hoerfunks abgelehnt; zugleich hat er das Leitungsgremium und den Intendanten aufgefordert, die notwendigen finanziellen Mittel durch Sparmassnahmen in anderen Bereichen zu sichern bzw. alternative Finanzierungsquellen aufzufinden. Mehr wissen wir zurzeit auch nicht, die Kurzwellenausstrahlungen gehen derweil weiter, wir danken Ihnen fuer das Interesse und werden Ihnen Bescheid sagen, wenn das Thema wieder einmal aufgerollt werden sollte. Mit freundlichen Gruessen im Namen der gesamten Redaktion Sorin Georgescu automatic translation: Subject: Re: Future of AM emissions from Romania. Dear Mr. Biener, Thank you for the info and for your concern. The message we can confirm, the danger is banned for the time being: The proposal to suspend short and medium wave broadcasts due to financial shortages has been rejected by the Board of Directors of the Radio. At the same time, he called on the governing body and the directors to secure the necessary financial means through austerity measures in other areas or to find alternative sources of financing. At the moment we do not know any more, the shortwave broadcasts continue, thank you for the interest and will let you know if the topic should be rolled up again. With kind regards on behalf of the entire editorial team Sorin Georgescu (RRI Bucharest, Deutsche Redaktion via Prof. Dr. Hansjoerg Biener-D, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 9, BC-DX 18 Sept via DXLD) ** ROMANIA. 5980. Sep 17, 2019. 0028-0040, Radio Romania International, Galbeni, in Romanian. Man talks; 0035 Woman talks and a song. Barely audible reception with interference by Radio TV Martí in spanish, 23411. Parallel log on 7420kHz, Galbeni, 35433. 6040. Sep 17, 2019. 0041-0057, Radio Romania International, Tsiganeshti, in English. ID and sked RRI in English this time and repeat the same thins a few times; 0046 A song and woman talks; 0055 Sked in English, website and IS. Fair reception, 45433. 6040. Sep 17, 2019. 0147-0157, Radio Romania International, Tsiganeshti, in French. Woman announcer in conversation with a man; ID and man voice. Fair reception, 35433. 6080. Sep 17, 2019. 0210-0220, Radio Romania International, Galbeni, in Spanish. Man voice; 0213 Program "Pro Memory; 0220 A folk song by female singer; 0225 ID and a program "Horizonte Cultural Rumano".Good reception, 45544 (JRX_Jose Ronaldo Xavier, SWARL Callsign PR7036SWL, Cabedelo, Brazil, Receiver (s)_ XHDATA D-808, Antenna (s)_ Telescopic, WOR iog via DXLD) 13650, RRI at 2027 with IS to opening music and 2030 and a man with ID, target areas, web platforms, and satellite reception info and a woman with news at 2031 – Good Sept 17 – No // frequencies were noted (11850 is still listed to Eastern North America) so I must assume the North American service is still down to one transmitter as a cost saving measure (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario with a Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 80 and 40 meter off centre-fed dipoles (OCFD) and an Alpha Delta DX-LB inverted vee dipole, ODXA iog via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. Update Russia Today --- received email from Russia Today as follows: Dear Jon, thank you very much for the feedback but as you already know only have podcast and no station on shortwave, thank you, etc., etc. (Jon Collins, Birmingham, UK, Sept 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. Received September 9 at 0508 UT a test broadcast in DRM format from Komsomolsk-on-Amur at a frequency of 12025 kHz via Kiwi Rx in Japan. Screen video: https://www.dropbox.com/s/450wv5oip4wme7s/Komsomolsk_DRM_20190909_0508z_web.wmv?dl=0. There was no trace of this signal in Novosibirsk. Bulgarian colleagues published a schedule of these tests: Changes of Mystery Russian DRM transmissions eff. from September 5 2000-0300 on 12025 K / A 100 kW / 034 deg to FERu Russian DRM, ex 2000-1000UT 0300-1000 on 15735 K / A 100 kW / 034 deg to FERu Russian DRM, ex alternative 2000-1000 on 11615 K / A 250 kW / 034 deg to FERu PROPAGATION TEST, unchanged https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/09/changes-of-russian-drm-transmissions.html Apparently, this schedule is changing, because my admission data does not match this publication (Yuri, Novosibirsk, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx", Rus-DX Sept 15 via DXLD) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 15380.059, Sept 14 at 1250, VP Qur`an, SRI/SBA Riyadh as scheduled at 06-09 & 12-13 per EiBi; more precisely as 0545-0857 & 1155-1357 per Aoki. One of few stations on band beyond Cuba, and much better than 15450 Turkey English toward Europe & North America which has been a total loss all summer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SRI LANKA. Anyone that needs Sri Lanka, the English program of AWR in English is booming into Alberta at 1600 UT, 9580 kHz Sept 14. 73 (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, AB, WOR iog via DXLD) expanding: 9580, AWR at 1600 UT Sept 14 in English with song "Flee As A Bird" by Esther Synthia Murali. AWR India ID at 1602 then Native Studies. Excellent. 73 (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, AB, Rx: Perseus SDR, Ant: Wellbrook ALA 100 loop, WOR iog via DXLD) ** SRI LANKA. 11835. Sep 16, 2019. 1734-1756, Sri Lanka BC-Thendral FM, Trincomalee-CLN, in Tamil language. Man announcer presents a musical program dedicated to listener´s solicitations, in conversation by phone; It´s an interesting program; 1756 Abrupt ends program this time. Fair reception, 35533 (JRX_Jose Ronaldo Xavier, SWARL Callsign PR7036SWL, Cabedelo, Brazil, Receiver (s)_ XHDATA D-808, Antenna (s)_ Telescopic, WOR iog via DXLD) ** SUDAN. The Director-General of Sudan Radio and Television Corporation has been sacked. The country's Prime Minister, Abdallah Hamdok, issued a decree removing Mohamed Ahmed Issawi from the top role in the broadcaster. In his place, Ibrahim Mohammed Ibrahim al-Bazi'i has been appointed. AIB (AIB media industry briefing | September 2019 via DXLD) nfi ** SUDAN. 7205, Sudan Radio, Al Aitahab, 0413-0420, 14-09, Arabic, comments. 25322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) ** SUDAN SOUTH. [Re 19-37, Chinese involvement] Be careful, because aid does not necessarily mean real aid. A lot of times the word 'aid' covers loans with very low interest with an abnormally long grace period before starting to pay it back to the lender (usually the lender is an international organization or a state). I also thought that aid means aid, but I had to realise that it is not always (Tibor Gaal, Hungary, Sept 17, WOR iog via DXLD) ** SUDAN SOUTH. SSBC (and it has been SSBC for YEARS -- at least 2016 -- I don't know why the 'formerly' is in there!) has some interesting stuff -- I hope the Chinese influence doesn't make them too 'polished' as some of the charm of this station is the way it provides a REAL glance into what life is like there! Here's a look at a recent log of reception from them on Ku-band satellite in North America: [illustrated in the WOR iog] 97°W Galaxy-19 12.146-V/22000 Msps with many streams of video, all in 480i SD using QPSK modulation and MPEG-2 compression: Svc ID Lang ID Notes 0814 EE/Arbc South Sudan BC News show w/local time The same transponder carries broadcasts from Sudan as well -- although that is most all in Arabic, 73 (//Ken Zichi, MI, WOR iog via DXLD) ** SWITZERLAND. [WOR] Re United Nations Radio, Switzerland In the DXLD 19-36 under MUSEA Glenn Hauser wrote: "I recall that in my early DXing years, 1960s, there were still UN broadcasts from Switzerland on the fixed bands (gh, DXLD)" Yes. For decades UNR rented airtime from Prangins utility station for their Russian program. Very short broadcasts, some 10 minutes long. At times on weekdays, at times only on Fridays via single SSB transmitter. Frequencies varied during years, some used were 7443 and 14500. I think these transmissions ceased somewhere early 1990's. I've got a QSL from UN Geneve office (1981 on 14500 kHz). Prangins near Geneve was quite large utility station that once had the antennas and transmitters t.ex. for time signal station HBG (75 kHz) and HF maritime coast station Bern Radio HEB. I think the site is nowadays mostly deserted, maybe some transmitters/antennas mothballed for emergency use? 73, (Jari Savolainen, Finland, Sept 16, WOR iog via DXLD) I remember those transmissions, well I actually remember seeing the schedules in the WRTVH and trying to listen to them, but never actually hearing them :) (Chris Smolinski, Black Cat Systems, Westminster, MD USA, http://www.blackcatsystems.com ibid.) ** TAJIKISTAN. 4765even, yes, real Yangi Yul Tjk R1 is back on even fq, S=8 not as strong as usually, likely a reserve 15 kW unit is now on air. 1714 UT on Sept 13 (Wolfgang Bueschel, checked AIR outlets at 17-18 UT on Sept 13 on remote SDRs in Delhi India, Doha Qatar, and Akitakata Japan, WOR iog via DXLD) ** THAILAND [and non]. S. AZ Saturday TPs 9/14 1575 VOA huge --- Noticed a huge het [carrier] on 1575 around 1228 UT but couldn't get any audio. Then at 1230 there was the VOA sign-on "Yankee Doodle" music jingle, a man in English with "from Washington this is VOA news" then switched to foreign language program. Huge signal, "medium" level, something I've never experienced before, nothing else on the band approaching this level though lots of 9 kHz hets, and with 972 Korea at very poor/poor audio level and 774 Japan at very poor audio level. VOA continued at very good level to 1300 when program switched to female reading the news in slow English. Signal gradually faded down, mostly gone at 1311. Apparently very unusual propagation toward Thailand this morning. 1566 HLAZ occasionally at very poor audio level, though its het [carrier] lasted at least 30 minutes after sunrise and was still good at 1340 though no audio heard. No other hets noted that late (Steve AA7U Ratzlaff, near Sahuarita, AZ, Elad DUOr standalone; 140' west DKAZ + FLG100 preamp, IRCA iog via DXLD) ** THAILAND. VOA / IBB Thailand - e-QSLs (monitoring of three frequencies 12-09-2019); The answer came again from Salvador Galang (bgalang [at] usagm.gov), who kindly confirmed three reports on receiving different e-QSLs. To the question of whether it is better to send the report - directly to his mail or to manager_philippines [at] bbg.gov, Salvador answered: “Just continue using the manager_philippines [at] usagm.gov e-mail address” (another domain). Blog: https://qsl-review.blogspot.com/2016/07/voice-of-america.html (Konstantin Barsenokov, St. Petersburg, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx", QSL World, Rus-DX Sept 15 via DXLD) ** THAILAND. 15590, Radio Thailand at 0103 UT Sept 12 still relaying English Media Thailand FM 88 when not supposed to be in English. Fair. 73 (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, AB, Rx: Perseus SDR, Ant: Wellbrook ALA 100 loop, WOR iog via DXLD) ** TIBET [and non]. 4820even, PBS Xizang in Chinese language from Lhasa Baiding Tibet site, S=8-9 signal in Akitakata Japan, classical music symphonic orchestra program at 1745 UT on Sept 13. 4905.001, PBS Xizang in Tibetan language from Lhasa Baiding Tibet site, S=9+30dB powerful signal in Delhi, India SDR unit, at 1718 UT Sept 13. 4920, two outlet strings visible on this channel. 18 Hertz apart distance at 1731 UT on Sept 13. 4919.982, CHINA, Lhasa Baiding Tibet in Tibetan {noted on this odd channel} at 1751 UT, when AIR Chennai is already OFF air, and 4920even, AIR Chennai in Tamil language scheduled, equal signal power level, S=9+20dB at 1731 UT (Wolfgang Bueschel, checked AIR outlets at 17-18 UT on Sept 13 on remote SDRs in Delhi India, Doha Qatar, and Akitakata Japan, WOR iog via DXLD) ** TIBET [non]. TAJIKISTAN, Frequency changes of Voice of Tibet, September 15 1230-1235 NF 9899 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 9875 1235-1242 NF 9889 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 9866 1242-1305 NF 9876 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 9899 1305-1311 NF 9889 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 9886 https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/09/frequency-changes-of-voice-of-tibet.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 14-15, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TURKEY. Unscheduled TRT Voice of Turkey in Greek on SW Sept 12 1400-1425 9610 EMR 500 kW / 290 deg SEEu Italian, as scheduled A-19 & 1426-1433 9610 EMR 500 kW / 290 deg SEEu Greek sce, unscheduled on SW Something`s always wrong at V of Turkey Emirler transmitting station https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/09/unscheduled-trt-voice-of-turkey-in.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 12, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of Turkey, Russian, odd frequency 11965.7, Sept 14 1300-1355 on 11965.7 EMR 500 kW / 020 deg to EaEu Russian, instead of nominal. Something`s always wrong at TRT Voice of Turkey Emirler transmitting station!! https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/09/voice-of-turkey-in-russian-on-odd.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of Turkey in Turkish odd frequency 11675.7 Sept 17 0600-1157 on 11675.7 EMR 500 kW / 150 deg to WeAs Turkish, instead of nominal. Something`s always wrong at TRT Voice of Turkey Emirler transmitting station! https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/09/voice-of-turkey-in-turkish-on-odd.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 16-17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K. Watching on kiwiwebsdr.dxer.ca --- Interesting that there is a 1 Hz SAH on 1215 that is showing up as signal cancellation with a period of 1 second (Colin Newell - Victoria B.C. Canada, Drake R8 - Flags - VACTROL's - Phasers, Sept 13, IRCA iog via DXLD) Most interestingly, Absolute Radio has (at least) one of their many transmitters not fully-synched, and I noted an about 1 Hz SAH on their cluster during my two-week stay in Iceland in December 2016, and this was the same strange SAH of about 1 Hz as also noted in eastern Europe and St. Petersburg, Russia 10 years ago in early to mid-September 2009. It makes the 1215 Absolute Radio cluster sound "swirly" as a result. This is what I recorded with a barefoot Sony ICF-SW7600GR on Hrisey (island) north, Iceland: https://archive.org/details/TheBestOfHawaiiMediumwaveamBroadcast-bandDx-86To91/1215-Absolute_Radio_UK_recin_Hrisey_Iceland_13Dec2016_0256z.mp3 The SAH is noticeable at about 1:38 elapsed time into this recording, particularly, and throughout it to the end at times! Perhaps this is what is creating the 1 Hz SAH on the WCNA? (I'm too far south for much TA reception so far this late Summer). Thanks for this neat report! -- 73 - (Stephen P. McGreevy - N6NKS - www.auroralchorus.com ibid.) Thanks for those clips, Stephen. You have an amazing array of recordings. Sure wish I was as organized as you! 73, (Walt Salmaniw, ibid.) Yes, looks like there is a lonely carrier 0.8 Hz above nominal. Best regards, (Mauno Ritola, Sept 16, IRCA iog via DXLD) ** U S A. 326 kHz, Sept 16 at 0620 UT, MA, 400 watt ND beacon from Midland TX. I was tuned to 324. 347 kHz, Sept 16 at 0631 UT, AFK, 25 watt ND beacon from Nebraska City, NE. Also logged four from CANADA, q.v. 353 kHz, Sept 18 at 0648 UT, ND beacon LI, which is 400 watts from Little Rock, Arkansas; I was tuned to 351 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 15730, Sept 16 at 2026, VOA French with pronounced long/short path echo, off by 2030. Also detected Sept 17 at 2007. Haven`t heard any like this in a long time, as propagation in general is so degraded against anything coming the long way around. Calculating the delay as I have no way of measuring it: Grimesland NC is only 1860 km from here short path, so would be 38215 km long path, using 40075 km as the equatorial circumference of Earth. At speed of light, SP takes only 0.006 second to get here, while LP takes .1275 second, so .1215 is the difference or about one eighth of a second. The azimuth toward Africa is 94 degrees, so the bulk of the 250 kW signal is radiating very close to opposite of here where we are almost due west. Normally we get only a fraxion off the back of the beam, while the LP peters out long before reaching here from the west. For this to happen of course, it also takes a frequency/band which will propagate both day and night. And the closer the source, the longer the LP echo delay (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) VOA BETHANY: See MUSEA ** U S A. Heard you use the USAGM release about Lansing -- there have been two very interesting pieces -- see Daily Caller and a commentary Laura Flanders appearing on Common Dreams. Also, below is a link to Twitter posts by David Folkenflik, the NPR media reporter. It's notable to say the least that no one at NPR has chosen to do any investigative piece following up on the Daily Caller article. You might also check out some of the comments left on these pieces (including my own [as dxace1]) -- they say a lot about what Americans think about USAGM (as well as NPR, for those on the right). https://dailycaller.com/2019/09/11/npr-chief-dump-stocks-sec-probe/#disqus_thread https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/09/15/voice-america-npr-new-ceo-lansings-glass-house https://twitter.com/kara_frame/status/1172887229410267136 (Dan Robinson, Sept 16, WORLD OF RADIO 2000, DX LISTENING DIGEST) NPR’S INCOMING CHIEF DUMPED $10M IN STOCK AMID SEC PROBE WHILE AT PRIOR JOB, RECORDS SHOW. IT COULD SIGNAL INSIDER TRADING, EXPERTS SAY John Lansing, USAGM's chief executive, speaks on a radio show. (Screenshot/USAGM.GOV) [caption] Luke Rosiak Investigative Reporter September 11, 2019 8:46 PM ET John Lansing is a former Obama appointee who was named president and CEO of NPR on Thursday. He was previously head of cable TV company Scripps Networks, where he sold $10 million in stock after the company became the target of an SEC probe that was not known to the public. Experts say the behavior could have constituted insider trading. NPR’s current chief was a Scripps board member. NPR’s newly named chief left a previous job after dumping $10 million in stocks after a federal investigation against the company was launched, according to documents reviewed by the Daily Caller News Foundation. Experts said he likely knew of the probe and that his behavior could amount to insider trading. From 2004 to 2013, John Lansing was the president of Scripps Networks, a cable TV conglomerate. NPR’s current chief and board member, Jarl Mohn, was on the board of Scripps during the investigation and stock sales. In 2015, former President Barack Obama appointed Lansing to lead the $750 million-a-year Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), which oversees government-run media including Voice of America and radio operations in Cuba. Lansing, who was named NPR’s president and CEO Sept. 5, ran the BBG into the current administration after President Donald Trump’s nominee was blocked. Scripps was the subject of a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) probe that was opened on May 2, 2012, according to records obtained by Probes Reporter. The records do not explain the nature of the potential misconduct by Scripps executives being investigated. Complaints lodged are not made public. But five days after the probe began, on May 7, Lansing appeared to sell all of his 18,527 existing shares of stock in the company, according to SEC filings. He still possessed stock options giving him the ability to buy stock at less than half price, and on the same day, he exercised options to obtain another 46,543 shares and sold all of them as well, the filings show. It is unusual for a corporate executive to dump shares of his company so aggressively, and it can signal insider trading when it comes after a negative development that is not known publicly, two former SEC officials, Marina Baranovsky and Peter Haller, told the DCNF. Just over three months later, on Aug. 13, 2012, Lansing exercised options granting him 79,158 additional shares and sold them all the same day, SEC records show. On Dec. 21, 2012, Lansing became entitled to 30,426 more shares and sold all of them within five days. In all, in 2012 Lansing sold $10 million in stock, the SEC records show. The former SEC officials say Lansing, but not the public, would have known the company was under federal investigation. Also on Dec. 21, 2012, Lansing’s employment contract was modified. Previously, he would receive severance benefits triggered by “good reason termination” if the board took adverse action against him in the absence of severe misconduct. Under the modification, he’d get the same “termination” severance if he retired, as long as he gave 90 days notice. In early 2013, Lansing received 6,485 shares through vesting and sold all of them on March 19 for $420,000. In September 2013, Scripps announced that “John F. Lansing is retiring after nine years as head of the company’s Scripps Networks operating division. He will continue his association with the company on a consulting basis for an extended period of time.” His last day of full service would be Oct. 1, and he would receive severance and accelerated vesting of stock options under “good cause termination.” His “termination payments” amounted to nearly $13 million, including $4.1 million in “cash severance” plus stock benefits, SEC records show. The severance would be paid even though Lansing’s original employment agreement was set to expire on its own two months later in December when he would still be working at Scripps anyway as a consultant. His separation agreement also acknowledged that Lansing would take a new job in the cable industry, meaning it was not a retirement. “He gets paid more than they originally agreed, plus he gets a consulting gig afterwards? It almost looks like a payoff, but the question is what were they being paid off for?” Baranovsky, a former SEC senior risk analyst and a financial industry regulatory compliance consultant, told the DCNF. There was one potential advantage to the board of having Lansing sign papers to end his contract a few weeks early in exchange for a hefty payout. The deal required Lansing to sign confidentiality clauses, a “release of claims” and a “false claims representation” in which Lansing was required to assert that he knew of no wrongdoing by anyone in the company. “Executive certifies that to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, no member of management or any other employee (including himself) who has a significant role in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting has committed any fraud,” it said. Jonathan Scott and Drew Scott ring the NYSE opening bell in honor of HGTV’s 20th Anniversary in 2014. (Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images) Red flags “This type of behavior definitely raises several red flags” about potential insider trading, Baranovsky said. “The timing of selling of the shares is very curious. It definitely seems like a panic sell.” She said Lansing would have known of an SEC investigation. “SEC investigation letters are usually sent to the company’s senior management with immediate notification of General Counsel, as well as the Board of Directors,” she said. Baranovsky also said the board had a duty to conserve shareholders’ money: “What was their reason for compensating these guys in such a lavish way?” Scripps Networks Interactive was spun off of newspaper company E.W. Scripps in 2008 in order to sell the TV networks to a different company, since the Scripps patriarch prohibited the parent company from selling its newspapers. But other companies that explored acquiring the new firm during Lansing’s term as president, such as Disney, did not move forward. Haller, a former SEC official and former senior counsel on the House Financial Services Committee, told the DCNF that “the sale of all shares in a rapid manner just days after learning about an SEC probe of his company deserves close scrutiny. I also expect the board to have concerns when the CEO is dumping shares as fast as he gets them.” He noted that top executives often use “10b5-1 plans,” drafted by the general counsel, that say in advance what strategy will be used to buy and sell shares, insulating them from charges that their trades were the result of recent events known only to insiders. “It’s hard to imagine a 10b5-1 plan that scheduled sales of all shares upon receipt — urgency would raise questions,” he said. Lansing did not respond to questions submitted to him through his government agency. The swamp After a short stint as president and CEO of the Cable Television and Marketing Association, the Obama administration in August 2015 named Lansing as CEO of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, whose previous executive, Andy Lack, stepped down to become chairman of NBC News. The New York Times reported at the time that the government broadcasting agency had been criticized for not effectively counteracting propaganda from Russia and the Islamic State. “The day-to-day running of international broadcasting operations was overseen by a nine-member board that had become known more for its dysfunction than for managing broadcast programs that reach more than 215 million people around the world every week,” the Times said. “Now, with Mr. Lansing in charge, the feeling at the agency is that the broadcasting board will be better positioned to continue its overhaul and more forcefully engage international rivals like China and Russia in the high-stakes information war,” the Times said. Lansing seemed to both burrow into entrenched Washington and benefit from its dysfunction. (RELATED: Toxic Culture At Voice Of America Exposed In Discrimination Lawsuit) He led a revamping that renamed the Broadcasting Board of Governors to the U.S. Agency for Global Media. Organizational changes meant that while no Senate confirmation had been required for Lansing to take the top role under the Obama administration, it would be required for his successor in the Trump administration. Trump nominated Michael Pack to lead the agency, but then-Sen. Bob Corker, a Tennessee Republican who was often at odds with Trump, blocked the nomination and pushed legislation that limited Trump’s control over the agency. Corker departed the Senate, but Lansing remained at his post — an Obama holdover with a questionable past, heading a leading information agency that has been criticized for liberal bias. Lansing’s chief strategy officer, Haroon Ullah, pleaded guilty in June to stealing more than $40,000 from the agency. A faction of past and current employees created a blog dedicated to problems at the agency and is highly critical of Lansing. The SEC investigation was closed on March 20, 2013, records show. The investigation was begun under the director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement, Robert Khuzami. There is no public indication of sanctions against the company from the investigation itself or of the SEC investigating potential insider trading relating to executives dumping stocks. Khuzami would later be tied to much more aggressive tactics when it came to Trump associates. By 2018, Khuzami was the deputy U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York during the raid of the office of Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen. U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman had recused himself because he was appointed by Trump, leaving Khuazmi the next highest-ranking person. Michael Cohen, U.S. President Donald Trump's former attorney, exits the United States Court house after his sentencing, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., December 12, 2018. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton [caption] Scripps Networks Interactive owned TV channels like HGTV and the Food Network. In March 2018, Discovery Inc., which owns the Discovery Channel, acquired it for $12 billion. The SEC investigation began on May 2, 2012, but SEC investigations are preceded by a 60-day preliminary investigation period during which it is called a “Matter Under Inquiry.” Companies would generally be aware of the SEC’s interest in a matter at this stage, the former SEC officials said. On March 29, 2012, during this period, Scripps said it would begin a search to replace its general counsel, A.B. Cruz, the executive who signed SEC forms. On Nov. 14, 2012, it said in a press release that Cruz was resigning from the company to work as deputy director of maritime operations at a Navy base. He left Scripps on Dec. 14, 2012. He later went on to serve as an executive at USAA, a Fortune 100 military-oriented financial institution. An SEC filing shows Cruz received a full severance payout of $2.2 million and accelerated stock vesting worth millions more — even though according to his contract, if he resigned, he should have received no severance and should have forfeited unvested stock and options awards. Cruz’s contract would have expired on Dec. 31, so Scripp’s board appeared to pay millions of dollars to terminate Cruz two weeks before it would have ended without penalty. However, as with Lansing, the golden parachute came with strings, including an identical “release of claims.” The company’s next annual filing says, “Cruz was separated from the Company effective December 14, 2012, pursuant to which, among other things, we paid him the severance benefits due under his employment agreement in the event of termination without Cause and provided for full vesting of his equity awards. In consideration for such benefits, Mr. Cruz was required to sign a Release of Claims, and remains obligated to comply with the non-compete, non-solicit, non-disparage and non-disclosure provisions of his original employment agreement.” Baranovsky said that the boards of publicly traded companies normally seek to avoid the turmoil of multiple executives leaving in rapid succession and that the departure of both the president and general counsel was another sign of trouble. Cruz did not return a request for comment. NPR did not respond to questions about the Scripps connection between Mohn and Lansing or about the Scripps issues (via DXLD) ** U S A. FROM VOICE OF AMERICA TO NPR: NEW CEO LANSING'S GLASS HOUSE by Laura Flanders --- 18 Comments Published on Sunday, September 15, 2019 by Common Dreams John Lansing, now CEO of National Public Radio (NPR), talked about the operations of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the agency that oversees United States government-supported, civilian international news media such as Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Marti, and Alhurra. He explained how he planned to reshape U.S. media operations to better fit the current media environment, including how to address propaganda by countries such as Russia and China and stateless actors such as ISIL. (C-SPAN January 6, 2016) I don’t know about you, but I take a teeny weeny bit of offense when a guy in a glass house lobs a great big stone and expects me not to notice the sound of shattering. Which brings me to National Public Radio. When the ubiquitous news and public affairs network announced the appointment of a new CEO, it noted that John Lansing made his mark in his current job with “stirring defenses of journalism, free from government interference.” This had me picking through the shards when they went on to explain that Lansing comes to NPR from the United States Agency for Global Media, a federally-funded organization whose express mission is to interfere in journalism by doing it, in such as way as to promote American policy values all across the world. NPR’s new CEO story came with a picture of Lansing in his capacity as CEO of USAGM, testifying in Congress about the scourge of Russian media meddling. “The Russian government and other authoritarian regimes engage in far-reaching, malign influence campaigns,” he said. The high dudgeon ill-suited a man who, as he spoke, oversaw an empire of federally-funded influence campaigns with origins in Cold War US psy-ops: The Voice of America, Radio y Televisión Martí, and Radio Free Europe, as well as Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, and Radio Persia. According to Yasha Levine at Pando, when Lansing took the reins of this holding company, which was then called the Broadcasting Board of Governors, it had a budget of $721 million, reported directly to the Secretary of State, and was managed by a revolving crew of neocon and military think tank experts, including Ryan Crocker, former ambassador to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria. Recently, Lansing has been under criticism after scandals involving fake news and fleecing at Radio Martí—scandals he says he took action on. But it’s not the scandals, it’s the routine at the US media agency that makes Lansing’s stone-throwing so obnoxious. The propaganda past in Latin America, Cuba, Africa, and Cold War Europe is clear. In the Obama/Clinton years, Radio Liberty and Radio Free Europe actively ginned up support for war against Putin’s Russia. Now, as the Intercept reported just last month, VOA Persia has become a Trump channel to vilify Iran. Lansing’s not the first NPR director to come from VOA. Nor is he, of course, the first stale, pale male heading up an organization that claims it wants to move into the 21st Century. But jeez. The hypocrisy is hard to take. What next? A Morning Edition report on kettles being black? Laura Flanders Laura Flanders is a best-selling author and broadcaster who hosts the The Laura Flanders Show, where she interviews forward thinking people about the key questions of our time. The LF Show airs weekly on KCET/LinkTV, FreeSpeech TV, and in English & Spanish in teleSUR. Flanders is also a contributing writer to The Nation and Yes! Magazine (“Commonomics”) and a regular guest on MSNBC. She is the author of six books, including The New York Times best-seller, BUSHWOMEN: Tales of a Cynical Species (Verso, 2004) and Blue GRIT: True Democrats Take Back Politics from the Politicians (Penguin Press, 2007). The Laura Flanders Show first aired on Air America Radio 2004-2008. You can find all her archives and more at Lauraflanders.com or via Twitter @GRITlaura Our work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License. Feel free to republish and share widely (via WORLD OF RADIO 2000, DXLD) Comment by dxace1 1d: Flanders is the first (besides myself and a few other outside observers) to point out the unseemly swinging door between the USAGM (formerly called the Broadcasting Board of Governors or BBG) and NPR. It is, indeed, quite strange and has escaped any thorough examination by ANY major media organization. The most striking example involved the late Ken Tomlinson, who at one point headed both the CPB and BBG. Here is Wikipedia quoting from the New York Times: "…there was an inquiry concerning possible misuse of federal money by Tomlinson. Investigators at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting said on 15 November 2005 “that they had uncovered evidence that its former chairman had repeatedly broken federal law and the organization’s own regulations in a campaign to combat what he saw as liberal bias”. "U.S. State Department investigators determined in 2006 that he had “used his office to run a ‘horse racing operation’,” that he “improperly put a friend on the payroll”, that he “repeatedly used government employees to perform personal errands”, and that he “billed the government for more days of work than the rules permit”. It is interesting to say the least that Lansing, who headed a federal agency that has become more and more enmeshed with U.S. national security policy and strategy, is now being put in charge of NPR. And one also has to note the apparent absence of desire on the part of anyone at NPR to report, in an investigative fashion, on the origins of that decision as well as the string of scandals at USAGM under Lansing’s leadership. Anyone interested in this other side of the story should go to http://bbgwatch.com/bbgwatch/ which covered numerous scandals at the agency. dxace1 (Dan Robinson, WORLD OF RADIO 2000, ibid.) tommy_slothrop 1d: You’re wrong – the changes in Smith Mundt did not end a “ban” on government broadcasting to Americans. This is an unfortunate misunderstanding of the changes to the law. Programming produced by USAGM and its numerous media entities, including the so-called “grantee” broadcasters such as RFE/RL and Radio Free Asia, can still not be deliberately produced to target Americans. On the other hand, and this is where things get a bit complicated, changes to the law did loosen restrictions on the extent to which materials could be distributed in the U.S. AND – the management of USAGM, specifically Voice of America, was once promoting the notion that VOA programming could have an impact on reducing the threat of domestic terrorism through distribution in areas where heavy diaspora populations exist (i.e. Michigan, and others). This was a patently dishonest way for the agency to promote itself, and secure ongoing congressional funding, while continuing to maintain that its main purpose was to broadcast to overseas audiences (via DXLD) ** U S A. TRUMP'S CHOICE FOR BROADCASTING CHIEF ON SENATE HOT SEAT By Susan Crabtree - RCP Staff September 19, 2019 https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/09/19/trumps_choice_for_broadcasting_chief_on_senate_hot_seat__141294.html Vimeo https://assets.realclear.com/images/48/488919_6_.jpg It’s taken nearly 16 months and two senators’ retirements for documentary filmmaker Michael Pack to hit the hot seat and answer senators’ questions about his plans to lead the nation’s taxpayer-funded global broadcasting operation. But the painful waiting in the wings may not stop when Thursday’s hearing is over. Pack could face new confirmation hurdles if Democratic senators and Obama-appointed officials in the organization continue to throw up roadblocks. Early last summer President Trump nominated Pack to head the U.S. Agency for Global Media, the umbrella entity for the federal government’s radio and television service best known for its flagship Voice of America multimedia news shows. Previously known as the Broadcasting Board of Governors before it was rebranded last year, the USAGM was originally founded to counter propaganda from repressive regimes by providing a more independent, reliable source of news promoting “freedom and democracy” around the world, according to the agency’s website. The first sentence of the VOA charter, which dates to 1948, also unequivocally states that “the long-range interests of the United States are served by communicating directly back with the peoples of the world by radio.” But critics argue that the agency, which has a $680 million annual budget, has lost its mission in a shifting global media and foreign policy environment and is in desperate need of reform after a recent spate of management scandals. Anti-Trump Republicans and Democratic forces on Capitol Hill kept Pack’s nomination on ice for months last year. Now-retired GOP Sens. Bob Corker, who chaired the Foreign Relations Committee, and Jeff Flake, who sat on that panel, worked with Sen. Bob Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, to stymie any progress and prevent Pack’s confirmation. Corker and Menendez, with Flake’s help, also led a failed effort to pass a bill designed to undermine the power of the USAGM post and hamstring Pack’s ability to fire Obama holdovers if and when he takes the helm. The committee now has a more Trump-friendly chairman in Sen. James Risch of Idaho, but other nominees and priorities managed to push Pack’s confirmation hearing into the fall. On Thursday, the former Corporation for Public Broadcasting executive who most recently headed the conservative Claremont Institute (and still serves as a senior fellow there) will field long-awaited questions from the Foreign Relations panel. While Pack’s nomination likely will have little trouble passing out of the GOP-controlled committee, Menendez and other Democrats are expected to strenuously oppose Pack during his hearing. They also could prevent the nomination from seeing the light of the day on the Senate floor. Any one senator can place a “hold” on a nomination, a parliamentary move that chamber rules allow to prevent a motion from reaching a floor vote. Menendez’s office did not respond to a Wednesday RealClearPolitics inquiry into whether the senator planned to try to block or further delay Pack’s confirmation. If confirmed, Pack would replace the outgoing CEO, John Lansing, whom Obama appointed to the board in 2015. Early this month National Public Radio announced that Lansing will become its CEO. As soon as Pack’s name started circulating in the press as a possible Trump nominee to head the communications agency, critics on the left started mobilizing against him. Citing his ties to former White House adviser Steve Bannon — the two worked together on two documentaries — the critics openly worried that Pack would turn the Voice of America into a megaphone for the Trump administration. In 2017, Pack wrote an article for the Federalist praising Bannon, arguing that he could help break liberals' “monopoly” on documentaries. He also took a shot at film schools in American universities, describing them as dedicated to liberal “indoctrination and grooming.” “I have some bad news for this documentary establishment,” he wrote, “Trump, with Bannon’s help, campaigned against political correctness and self-dealing elites. And they won.” Supporters now say that Pack wouldn’t be beholden to Bannon in any way, especially considering the latter’s exile from Trump world, a banishment that seems to have stayed largely intact despite some recent kind words from the president about his former close adviser. But those assurances haven’t stopped the stream of negative stories warning that Pack would turn the USAGM and its various media outlets into state-run Trump TV and radio. MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow early last year warned that a re-tooled VOA led by a Trump appointee could become a “state-run media operation” devoted to promoting the president’s policies abroad. Conservative critics, including a VOA director during the George W. Bush administration, say the status quo is just as unacceptable. These detractors argue that the USAGM has lost its way, and VOA coverage now reflects the same anti-Trump bias you would find in the New York Times, Washington Post or CNN, only in this case it’s taxpayer-funded and directed at an international audience. Its airwaves are dominated by stories covering liberal priorities such as climate change, LGBT issues and pro-immigrant causes, the critics say. “The Trump agenda keeps getting slammed left and right,” a government official told RealClearPolitics. “Why is the VOA acting like it’s part of the resistance and opposition to Trump? That is not part of the VOA’s charter or mission.” Case in point: The lead story on the VOA’s website Wednesday carried this headline, alongside a photo of seemingly distraught or angry woman in a hijab: “Polarized Politics Deepens Divide Over Who Is a ‘Real’ American?” “The promise of the American dream, where all immigrants can assimilate into a diverse cultural melting pot, is complicated by questions of loyalty, legality and racism,” the subhead reads. After Trump’s State of the Union address last year, the VOA’s coverage featured a large photo of a “Dreamer” immigrant with her hand over her mouth, accompanied by the headline: “Trump Promotes Immigration Reforms; Democrats Reject His Policy as ‘Heartless.’” Pack’s more than year-long confirmation delay has partisan tensions within the USAGM boiling over as critics argue that top officials at the agency are hiring or promoting more anti-Trump officials in order to undermine Pack should he become the CEO. “They’re in a hiring rampage of like-minded friends – it’s a frenzy of activity,” one administration source told RCP. “They’re trying to put a straitjacket around Pack so he can’t really make the changes he wants when he gets there.” Pack, through a Claremont Institute spokeswoman, declined to comment “out of respect for the hearing and the confirmation process.” Conservative critics of the VOA’s coverage blame VOA Chairman Amanda Bennett, who they argue has wrongly focused too closely on expanding a domestic U.S. audience despite the agency’s mission to counter propaganda in Russia, China, Iran and other U.S. adversaries. Bennett is a Pulitzer Prize-winning former Wall Street Journal reporter and former top editor at the Oregonian and columnist at the Washington Post. She is married to Donald Graham, the former owner and publisher of the Post and the son of legendary publisher Kay Graham. She was appointed VOA director by President Obama in April 2016. Last fall, Bennett stoked additional partisan turmoil over the future of the USAGM and VOA by penning an op-ed taking Trump to task for suggesting in a tweet that the United States should create its own "worldwide network to show the World we really are – GREAT!" Bennett placed the op-ed in the Washington Post. In the piece she claimed that the 77-year-old VOA is a powerful force for good in the world because it provides news and coverage of Washington and international events free from any administration's meddling. "We export the First Amendment," she argued. "We cover the toll of the opioid crisis and how people combat it," she wrote. "We show troops massed near the U.S. border and migrants throwing rocks. We interviewed people both shocked and elated by Trump's election. We cover killings by white supremacists and marches by #MeToo protesters." "Our audiences see a country strong enough to criticize itself — a nation struggling openly with its problems," she said. Bennett didn’t touch on a series of recent scandals at the USAGM under her and Lansing’s leadership. Haroon Ullah, the former chief strategy officer for the agency, who worked closely with Lansing, pleaded guilty on June 27 in federal court to stealing nearly $40,000 in government property during his tenure. He faces sentencing Oct. 11. In another recent scandal, Tomas Regalado Jr., a reporter for TV Marti, which broadcasts into Cuba, and a cameraman were recently suspended after being accused of faking a mortar attack on Regalado while broadcasting from Nicaragua last year. Last fall, the VOA fired 15 of its employees in Africa after discovering that they were accepting bribes passed to them by a Nigerian official. Also last year, three VOA employees were suspended and threatened with firing for conducting an interview with a controversial Chinese dissident. The chief of VOA's China division, one of those suspended, said VOA leadership in Washington was caving to pressure from the Chinese government. A three-month House Foreign Affairs Committee investigation, released late last year, uncovered new evidence of a series of USAGM management failures. The report cited “insufficient management” for the allowing the VOA and Radio Free Europe/Radio Free Liberty (RFE/RL) to run Facebook ads that illegally targeted audiences in the United States. A late-November report by Stanford University's Hoover Institution cited concerns about Chinese officials' influence on American institutions, including specific details about its "charm offensive and tougher tactics" on VOA and Radio Free Asia employees working in China, including details about the Chinese officials meeting annually with leaders of VOA’s Mandarin service to express their opinions about the content disseminated by the outlet. The report cited what it called a "pattern" by the VOA Mandarin Service of avoiding stories that could be perceived to be too tough on China and detailed activities by Chinese security officials it said amount to "a campaign of intimidation against some VOA and RFA staffers and their family members." Susan Crabtree is RealClearPolitics' White House/national political correspondent (via David Cole, LA, WORLD OF RADIO 2000, DXLD) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1999 monitoring: confirmed first SWBC, Friday Sept 13 at 2200 on WRMI 9955, S9-S6 vs Cuban pulse jamming already; but no upcut. Confirmed at new time and frequencies, UT Saturday Sept 14 at 0130 on WRMI 5850 to the NW, S9+20/30 interrupting Bible quotation, ex-24 hours later; and also now on // 5010 to south, and still on 7780 to NE, both JBA here in HNL. At 0159 on 5850, my last few words overridden by music fill overlap! GERMANY, 6190, Hamburger LokalRadio, Goheren, *0600-0700, 14-09, English, program “Media Network Plus” and at 0630 Glenn Hauser’s “World of Radio”. 15321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) Confirmed by Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria: ``GERMANY World of Radio#1999 via Hamburger Lokalradio, September 14 https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/09/world-of-radio1999-via-hamburger.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzK6WF0H6Xg&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi4NKTVFcTo&feature=youtu.be 0630-0700 6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg CeEu English Sat, weak to fair`` Alan Gale, England reports: ``Hi Glenn, Nothing at all heard here on 9485 today. The Romanian station was spanning the full 10 kHz from 9485 to 9495, but I could just about see a carrier on 9485. A search of the usual webSDRs showed nothing but splatter, but this one in Mala, Sweden did reveal you briefly at around 1455 UT, so at least I can confirm that the broadcast was actually on there today: http://aspliden.mooo.com:8073/ Alan`` Confirmed via http://oh5ae.dyndns.org:8073/ SDR in Finland, not at 1445, but audible by 1452 Sat Sept 14 with huge splash from 9490 Romania. Not heard on UTwente SDR. Via OH5 I also check 7265 and 6190 in case HLR jumbled frequencies as Ivo suggested. At 1450, 7265 has something with music; 6190 Chinese, et al.? So neither of those would really be better for us at 1430. Next: 2100 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 to SSE 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315] ND 1030 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany to WSW 2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE 0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395 to NNW, 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 6160v? to WSW 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE 0930 UT Monday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW ND 1130 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW ND 1816 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania ND 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [2 episodes] ND 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [canceled?] 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE WORLD OF RADIO 1999 monitoring: confirmed Sat Sept 14 at 2100 on WRMI 9955, S8-S9 after 2059 IS/ID loop, upcut joining WOR missing my first eight words, at ``1999---``. Confirmed UT Sunday Sept 15 at 0328 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO, about 15 minutes into so started circa 0313; VG S9+10 with some storm crashes from Iowa. Also confirmed by Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria: ``GERMANY, World of Radio #1999 via Hamburger Lokalradio on Sept.15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C56ZWQLFmCE&feature=youtu.be https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/09/world-of-radio1999-via-hamburger_15.html 1031-1100 7265 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu English Sun, very weak`` Next: 2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE 0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395 to NNW, 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 6160v? to WSW 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE 0930 UT Monday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW ND 1130 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW ND 1816 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania ND 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [2 episodes] ND 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [canceled?] 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) GERMANY, World of Radio#1998 via Hamburger Lokalradio, September 8 1031-1100 7265 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu English Sun, weak signal Very low frequency for this slot 09-12 UT, probably is needed change 0600-0900 7265 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu various Sat, ex now 6190 0900-1200 9485 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu various Sat, ex now 6190 1200-1500 6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu various Sat, ex now 9485 0900-1200 9485 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu various Sun, ex now 7265 That way there will be no QRM from Radio Romania Int 1200-1500UT 9490 1200-1300 9490 SAF 100 kW / 300 deg to WeEu Romanian R.Romania Inter 1300-1500 9490 GAL 300 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Romanian R.Romania Inter https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/09/world-of-radio1998-via-hamburger_8.html (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, WOR iog via DXLD) WORLD OF RADIO 1999 monitoring: confirmed Sunday September 15 at 2130 on WRMI 7780, JBA vs HNL. Also confirmed UT Monday Sept 16 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, poor, // much better S9+10 on 9395. Also confirmed UT Monday Sept 16 at 0230 on WRMI 7780, poor after `Everglades` ID. Also confirmed UT Monday Sept 16 from 0303.6 on Area 51 webcast; JBA in HNL at 0326 check on WBCQ 5130.37v. Also confirmed UT Monday Sept 16 at 0330 on WRMI webcast, but 9955 is JBA carrier vs Cuban pulse jamming at 0327. Next: 1816 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania to WNW 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [2 episodes] ND 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [canceled?] 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE WORLD OF RADIO 1999 monitoring: I missed it, but confirmed by Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, ODXA: ``7780, USA, WRMI at 0102 with Glenn Hauser's “World of Radio” - Fair to Good at first but largely lost to deep fading by 0111 Sept 17 – The bands pretty well died off at this time with absolutely nothing from WRMI or any of the other North American broadcasters and there were only a few weak transmissions on the 80 meter ham band around 3755``. Next we shall hear if WOR has really been canceled Wed at 2100 on WRMI 9955; last week it was replaced by `RFPI` in French, but the websked still shows WOR. Also: 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE WORLD OF RADIO 1999 monitoring: NOT confirmed, Wed Sept 18 at 2100 on WRMI 9955; for the second week in a row, RFPI in French instead, alto websked still shows WOR as of Sept 20. Confirmed Wed Sept 18 at 2100 on WBCQ webcast, so also on JBA carrier 7490+v. Also confirmed UT Thu Sept 19 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, S9+10 including high local line noise level. WORLD OF RADIO 2000 contents: Antarctica, Bahamas, Bermuda, Cuba, Denmark, France, Isle of Man and non, Myanmar, Norway, USA, Vietnam; an interview with me by Charles VanSant, WRRS Cincinnati; and the propagation outlook SW airings start Friday Sept 20: 2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE, NEW 5850 to NW, 5010 to S 0629vUT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany to WSW 1000 UT Saturday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [alt weeks, Sept 28] ND 1430 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany to WSW 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM ND 2100 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 to SSE 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315] ND 1030 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany to WSW 2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE 0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395 to NNW, 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 6160v? to WSW 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE 0930 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW ND 1130 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW ND 1816 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania to WNW 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [2 episodes] ND 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE WOR 2000 is available online as of 0020 UT Friday September 20 (mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2000.m3u (mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2000.mp3 Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html Also linx to podcast services. Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Updated summer A19 shortwave schedule of Glenn Hauser World of Radio. On Fri Sept.20 will be aired Edition #2000 https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/09/updated-summer-a19-shortwave-schedule.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 13-14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI RMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI: ** U S A. 5800.009 kHz WRMI special reserve unit parked here, #14 or even #15 at WRMI Florida broadcast center. S=8-9 carrier and some weak WRMI intermodulation underneath at 0722 UT in NJ-US state (Wolfgang Bueschel, Sept 15, WOR iog via DXLD) 9455, Tue Sept 17 at 2125, S9/+10 of dead air, WRMI-8 must not have turned off after scheduled APS Radio music at 1900-2100 M-F. 9395 & 9955 are modulating OK (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ BCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ: Your link for the WBCQ Super Station program you put in doesn't give me much encouragement for the station (Mark Taylor, DX LISTENING DIGEST) The WLC audio-video ** U S A. 7490.2, WBCQ, ME, Monticello with 'Allan and Angela Worldwide' with the two of them talking about death and preserving the head, a la "Futurama", etc. The usual strange 'stream of consciousness stuff! Also huxtering for someone to buy air time on 6160 for $35/hour. MARE needs to produce a half hour programme methinks! Also much discussion of tuning up the new Ampigon transmitter [sic], etc. They were being fascinatingly weird! 4+4544 at the start, but weakening by tune out. 0000-0030 7/Sep SDRplay +SDRuno +ANC-4 +randomwire (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Williamston, MI, MARE Tipsheet Sept 13 via DXLD) (7490v), UT Sat Sept 14 from 0000, WBCQ webcast with WTO opening of AAAWWW, but turns out to be TimTron subhosting, apparently on short notice as AW & AW are away at her family`s gathering in Ass-Houlton. Messes with cart machine trying to get it to eject or insert. He thinx they are ``quadricasting`` on 5 frequencies, but checking 6160v, finds it off the air; plays a tune while he goes out to try to fix it. Later says it may need a new driver tube. Also says 9330 is on but ``piss-weak``. Punxuated by belches here and there. By now some guy named Jason has joined him to co-host. Who`s he? Never heard his last name. He is also live-streaming video of this via his phone on FB, but never says where to find it! Tim wants to take phone calls to the usual 207-538-9180, but finds out it won`t work since that number is still set to forward to AW`s cellphone, and he doesn`t know how to change that. So Jason prompts TT to recall his adventures in radio in Maine, having known him for almost 20 years. Rest of show is about the various stations Tim has built and/or worked for until losing jobs. Jason sounds like a DJ, and they do talk about the domestic side of WBCQ, WXME, ``all-rock, AOR``, so maybe he works at that station. Meanwhile by 0015 I have checked for the SW frequencies vs my hi local line noise level: 9330v JBA carrier, 7490.2v best; 6160v JBA carrier; 5130.3v second best; and 3265- as usual inaudible. Here`s John Carver`s version: ``Show starts on time this evening but with TimTron as host. Says he was up there because of some problems with the superstation but never gives any details. He also stated that 6160 was down till he had a chance to fix it. He moved off mic and worked on a cart machine for a few minutes and then played some music. While the music was playing he ran out and restarted 6160. After the music finished Jason wandered into the studio and was co-host to Tim. Allan and Angela are off visiting with Angela's parents. No phone calls this evening as Tim can't remember the control codes to stop the phone from forwarding all calls to Allan's phone. Long talk between the two of them about how Tim got started working for radio stations in Maine before WBCQ existed. 6160 did not make it through the hour and was down again. Program was off the air at 0102. John, Mid-North Indiana`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re our AAAWWW reports for Sept 14, John Carver explains: ``Glenn. Jason works for WBCQ. At present time he's working with the FM station, I believe. He's been associated with the station for years and pops up now and then on the SW. Tim usually refers to him as Jay of Son. I have no idea what his last name is.`` And at 2306 UT Sat Sept 14, John says ``TimTron is doing his Area 51 show live from the station tonight and Jason is sitting in with him again. John`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Larry Will explains further on the WOR iogroup Sept 16 about the Jason we heard on WBCQ: ``Jason Hill runs WBCQ 94.7 "KIXX-FM" (country format) and WXME 780 // W252DW 98.3. WXME has a talk format in the daytime and runs an album rock format at night. Jason's been working with WBCQ for over 20 years. At one point he was a board operator and did a show called "Squad 51" on WBCQ shortwave c. 2004 in the early days of the 5100/5105/5110/5130 service. The Timtron show we ran on Saturday at 2300 on Area 51 was actually a rebroadcast from 26 January 2013 which, non-coincidentally, was Timtron at Monticello with Jason as a guest. Lw`` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn, WBCQ UPDATE --- Allan Weiner‏ @AllanWBCQ: We are a working on the Superstation. Tuning. Fixing. Burning up those kilowatts. Tom, Timtron, Jason, John, Robert, Jeff, Rich, Terrie, Angela and me. All doing our best to make it all happen. Tune in tonight-5130/7490khz. Best in shortwave radio. Dad and Angela. The best (Twit, Sept 14 via Artie Bigley, DXLD) Propagation must be pretty decent tonight, as WBCQ on 7490.188 is coming in quite well tonight with a strange live religious service, with lots of hooting and hollering. Is that Brother Scare that I hear? All this at 0238 UT. Normally only at threshold here with the old transmitter/antenna system (Walt in Victoria, BC, Salmaniw, Sept 16, WOR iog via DXLD) Probably, 01-03 UT Monday and other nights when nothing else is scheduled, but still not shown on websked (gh, DXLD) Glenn, WBCQ Superstation: Allan Weiner‏ @AllanWBCQ 9h9 hours ago: Superstation work continues on the transmitter. Driver issues holding us up. Pray these demons begone. Very disappointed. Our crew doing its best. Your prayers are requested so free speech radio WBCQ will prevail. It’s all with you beloved listeners and supporters. All need heroes (twit via Artie Bigley, 2056 UT Sept 16, DXLD) WBCQ UPDATE -- Allan Weiner‏ @AllanWBCQ 1h1 hour ago: Voice Of The Report Of The Week on tonight at 8pm on 7490khz. Worth a listen to stay informed. Shortwave-the last alternative radio on the planet. Support us. http://wbcq.com for more info. All working on the Superstation. Driver design issues. On air soon. Everywhere. (Twit Sept 19 via Artie Bigley, WORLD OF RADIO 2000, DXLD) OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHER OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW: ** U S A. 5085, UT Sun Sept 15 at 0100, WTWW-2 with rock music, not `Theatre Organ in the Ozarx` as claimed on far-outdated website; not checked this week whether at 2330 Sat when it has also been missing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. According to a programme schedule of 1 September 2019, KVOH (17775 kHz) now has the following schedule: 1400-1905 Monday 1400-2100 Tuesday 1400-1900 Wednesday 1400-2100 Thursday 1400-1900 Friday 1500-2000 Saturday The Saturday programmes are in English, all other programmes are in Spanish. http://www.voiceofhope.com/schedule/kvoh_program_grid.pdf (via Dr Hansjoerg Biener 12 September 2019, DXLD) Really, the s/on/off times vary (gh): 17775, Sept 17 at 2121, praise music in Spanish at S9/+10, so KVOH is running overtime, supposed to close SW at 2100 Tue & Thu per own sked revised Sept. 1; http://voiceofhope.com/schedule/kvoh_program_grid.pdf It`s the OSOB & SSOB, not even Kuwait on 17550, unless that`t the JBA carrier circa 17550.6 rather than something local (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) KVOH: 17774.993 kHz scheduled 14-19 UT Mon-Fri in Spanish, traced as follows: S=8 in NJ-US east coast SDR at 1407 UT, S=8 in Detroit MI state SDR at 1409 UT, S=4 or -105dBm weak on short distance at Edmonton-Alb-CAN at 1410. (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 17, BC-DX 18 Sept via DXLD) ** U S A. 550 kHz observations mid-day between KAFY Bakersfield, CA and KFYI Phoenix, AZ --- I have a restored Sierra Electric selective volt-meter obtained in 2015 from EPD Labs in Tonopah, NV, and restored with new tubes and a cleaning of switches and pots. Right now at 1440 PDT/2144z (12 Sept. 2019), KAFY Bakersfield and KFYI Phoenix exhibit about a 0.2 Hz beat (i.e. every 5 seconds or so) +/- 2 dB SAH between a moderately-strong KAFY Bakersfield and a far-weaker KFYI Phoenix, AZ. This reception is obtained by using my 5m tall pipe-vertical with a cap. umbrella and decent earthing system of 4 ground-rods into moist alkaline soil here in Keeler, CA (originally built for 160m operations). To be sure, the ground-conductivity of my location here is quite good. As evening approaches and the D-layer absorption lessens, I see ever-greater amounts of this SAH, and by night it is very deep and overlaid by DX from other signals when the attenuator is increased by 10 or 20 dB. This makes a good indicator of D-layer absorption at any time by day here. Correction - I meant "KUZZ" for the Bakersfield station calls (not KAFY) - once they WERE KAFY in the 70s, and I was astounded as a kid when I could hear them fine on my sister's car radio in Vacaville, CA and even more northward thanks to the flat-land (good) ground-wave signal coverage up into the Sacramento Valley, in 1979. 73 - (Steve McGreevy, -- N6NKS - www.auroralchorus.com WOR iog via DXLD) ** U S A. 660, KTNN, Window Rock AZ; 9:43 AM...3:18 PM MDT [1543-2118 UT], 9/10; "6-60 AM & 101.5 FM, KTNN Window Rock-Tohatchi, the Voice of the Navajo Nation"; Lotsa C&W including one in Dine'; ads/PSAs in English & Dine'; "Rodeo News" in Dine' with EE intro & outro; 2-4 Dine' chants every hour including one almost every hour right after ToH news -- heard one including lyrics to I've Been Everywhere; frequent IDs. Logged twice in MI (Harold Frodge, visiting UT/AZ, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 840, Sept 13 at 1204 UT, Spanish from N/S, ID in passing as ``Radio Aleluia``, fade by 1206. That`s KVJY Pharr TX in the RGV as now listed in the NRC AM Log, religious format. --- I thought this was the unlikely station being relayed by XEPRS 1090 BCN, but it wasn`t religious. What is the status of that deal? IRCA Mexican Log as of Sept 1 explains under 1090 XEPRS: ``// KPAV [sic, typo?] 104.9 FM Alamo TX. No longer // XEPE 1700 AM. Ads and announcers in English and Spanish. With no lessee, owner is relaying a relative`s FM station. Mentions 840 AM on air (and on `About` page of FB), but KJAV-FM is reportedly no longer // KVJY 840 AM`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. 870, Sept 13 at 1155 UT, screaming gospel huxter, a mental case, in Spanish, --- ``¡¡¡Cristo viene!!!`` from N/S, presumed KFJZ Fort Worth TX, but I would like to get an ID. Last time he finished before 1200 but there was no legal ID before going right into next infomercial. Today I clench my teeth (and eardrums?), and keep listening. Keeps on right across ToH; at 1203 says he`s going to terminate in 5 minutes --- but still going at 1208 when XETAR finally gets started with XE NA from Chihuahua, barely audible from SW. And *still* predicating by fade-out 1215, never hearing any local references or contact info, but it was a sermon recorded in a ``noche``. All along there has been a medium SAH with WWL, which despite easterliness, outlasts KFJZ. Could someone in The Metroplex confirm whether KFJZ now be 100% Spanish, brokered miscellany? And what slogan do they ever ID? 870, Sept 14 at 1158 UT, must be KFJZ Fort Worth again, gospel huxter in Spanish from the south giving phone 214-723-4520, i.e. Dallas area code. Then a song/hymn with a tropical beat frequently reüttering ``victoria`` and ``gloria``. By 1208, XETAR is on and in again from the SW, separable as KFJZ is fading (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 880, Sept 14 at 1203 UT, strong music east/west vs ~6 Hz SAH with KRVN from the north, not Arkansas, but soon ID in English as ``KHAC Tse Bonito``, and KWIM, and KTBA, ``exalting the name of Jesus across the nations``, i.e. AZ/NM reses. KHAC had been notable for suppressed LSB, carrier plus USB only, so I recheck it both on the DX-398 and R-75, finding that now it is DSB like almost all other ``AM`` stations, equally modulating on both sidebands! Now I am wondering why I am not simulhearing as good or better signal from 50/50 kW neighbor 660 KTNN? Because KHAC is obviously on 10 kW ND day power instead of 430 watts night, both non-direxional; despite official FCC Sept sunrise not until 1300 UT! (Oct: 1315 UT); while KTNN would still be direxional away from us (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1030 kHz, KCTA Corpus Christi, TX. Sept/17/19, 0658 EDT, GOOD, EE. WBZ appeared off air?? Spot for Business with 361 Area Code. Female with ID as “Stay connected with KCTA by watching us on facebook @ KCTA Radio and following us on Twitter. - you’re listening to KCTA Corpus Christi - Know Christ The Answer”. Into USA Radio News. RELOG 50 kW Days. RECEIVER is ELAD FDM-S2 SDR. ANTENNA is WELLBROOK ALA-1530 LNP Imperium Loop. 73 (ROB VA3SW Robert Ross, London, Ontario CANADA, odxa iog via DXLD) I don`t recall that slogan before; a back-formation? (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. 1280, Sept 15 at 1317 UT, my semi-local KSOK Arkansas City KS seems to be off; instead two weak signals: one from NE/SW with gospel huxter, not its musical format; 1319 another fades up from NW/SE with income-tax ad. 1329 first one into Lord`s Prayer and benedixion, outro as a Lutheran program, 1330 KSOK ID! and into music. So KSOK must be on power greatly reduced from 1 kW ND; axually I had already noticed it weak yesterday. As for the perpendicular signal, could be much-wanted KPRV Poteau OK, or maybe WODT New Orleans, or KWHI Brenham TX. KBNO Denver might be more likely except it`s listed Spanish. 1280 also has hiss from adjacent IBOC: I suspect de 1270, KRXO Claremore OK, but NRC AM Log unshows it as I, rather KFLC 50 kW Benbrook (Metroplex) TX, which is still in Spanish but can`t be from defunct ESPN-D. 1280, Sept 16 at 1645 UT, KSOK Arkansas City KS is still weak, QRP with music; nearing midday, only one GW signal from its direxion. Could be on night power of 100 watts, instead of 1000 day, 500 watts PSRA. It`s only 106 km = 66 statute miles city-to-city (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [Later: KSOK goes silent: next DXLD] ** U S A. 1590, Sept 17 at 0632 UT I find a strong dominant signal with promo for Dave Ramsey on ``Smart Talk 1590, WCGO and 95-9 FM``, 0634 UT back to C2CAM. WCGO CoL is Evanston but tries to attach itself to Chicago as the name implies. It`s U2 10/2.5 kW, with night pattern aimed only NE! So for it to inboom here to the SW, it`s got to be on day pattern ND and maybe day power too. Recheck next night, Sept 18 at 0350 UT, plug a website with chicago in it, but not as dominant, losing to some Spanish from the south, see UNID. NRC AM Log gives WCGO slogan ``The Talker`` instead and no FM. Per WTFDA FMDB, 95.9 is, you guessed it, a mere 250-watt translator, W240EH in Evanston, ``Chicago`s Smart Talk``. At least 1590 still gets top billing as heard. And would you believe there is *another* 95.9 translator licensed to Evanston, W240DE relaying WKTA-1330. It is however, only 80 watts, located 7 minutes, 1 second further north; 10 minutes, 29 seconds further west (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2000, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1590, Sept 19 at 0549 UT, Spanish music looping SSE, 0551 hymn ``El Señor es mi Pastor``. 0558 station address of ``15-90 AM`` in Pasadena, phone 713-586-13##, and tent. Radio Aleluya name, the details correlating with KMIC, 5/5 kW U4. Supposedly beams into the Gulf at night, but here we are oppositeward; swiveling the DX-398 on my wrist-mount at 0559 also catch an ad from WCGO Evanston/Chicago, which at night supposedly beams only to its northeast. Why isn`t KMIC flooded? AM transmitter sites like swamps. Let`s see, is the KMIC call a legacy of Radio Disney? Can we come up with a good gospel slogan? Something better than ``Manantial Iesus Cristus``. This DF is close but not the same as the due-south Spanish I previously had from suspected KDAE Sinton/Corpus Christi. And certainly not KDAV Lubbock to the SW, which Tim Hall thinx has also flipped to Spanish based on an 806-AC phone number recorded by Paul Walker, WY (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. I have 3 short recordings of my mystery 1590, 2 are better then the others and all have station liners/slogans in them. All were made Sunday night local time at my Laramie, WY QTH. This doesn’t match WNTS, doesn’t appear to match the KVTR stream listed on radio-locator.com and the Chihuahua AM 1590 is gone. This also isn’t KELP as they are English religious. Any idea who? Audio clip #1: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0snm-xpngE1RjRCZHNXYk1EZF9XdG92cW1TRzhYWnFHRThZ/view?usp=drivesdk (Paul Walker, WY, Sept 16, nrc-am gg via DXLD) Thanks to Tim Hall, we think this is a format change for KDAV Lubbock, TX. He heard a partial phone number and if you fill it out, it comes back to Lubbock TX (Walker, ibid.) 806-823?-5807. 806 is the AC for Lubbock area, and the full number if correct is in Silverton TX, NE of Lubbock about same distance from Amarillo. Spanish from KDAV would not fit my unID Spanish which was due south from here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1690, Sept 18 at 0553, ``KDMT, Denver`s Money Talk, 16-90 AM``. I was thinking one of these Denver x-banders, or 1650? was changing ownership and format, but can`t find it now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Sale still not finished (Walker) ** U S A. 87.9, Radio Free Provo [sic], Provo UT; 8:02 PM, 9/11 & 11:36 AM-12:20 PM 9/12 MDT [UT -6]; Noon ID as "You're listening to Free Radio Provo" [sic]; totally weird assortment of tunes including; punk rock with the words "butter" & "Parkay" overdubbed; 2 folksy tunes which may have been titled, The Take It Easy Trailer Park & Andrew is Dead; an SS rap with a "revolucionario" intro; chant over an instrumental hum; another punk rock with a Cockney intro, etc. (Harold Frodge, visiting Provo/Orem UT, WORLD OF RADIO 2000, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 88.1, Sept 13 at 1342 UT, KWOU Woodward is inbooming for StarDate, so tropo is up; after breakfast to DTV bandscan; some Bad signals on the few open UHF channels, but I always check down to VHF 6, knowing that 5-4-3-2 would be pointless for DTV tropo around here. And indeed at 1440 UT I *do* finally have a Bad signal on 6! This has to be KBSD Ensign KS = Dodge City, which managed to keep its old NTSC channel -- and there are *no* other RF6 stations in Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri or Arkansas (but 17 across TX, LD or LP including Franken-FMs, no full powers). Bill Hepburn`s tropo map predicted for 15 UT shows Level 5 Good enhancement from Woodward thru here up into central Missouri, but Dodge City is outside any of that. RF 13, KETA OKC is also Bad, not decoding, blocked by some other DX, despite antennas aimed toward it. That could also be caused by Garden City, KUPK, but there are other 13 full-powers in Pittsburg & Topeka KS. A glimpse of the CCI shows a Home Depot ad circa 1438 (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) {KUPK, BTW is one of the cutest callsigns, probably with slide visuals as it`s a satellite of KAKE Wichita, thus a Kup-Kake -- gh} ** U S A. [WOR] Country Music, radio on PBS --- There is a considerable radio element to Ken Burns` new multi-part documentary on country music now airing on PBS; not just WSM. I see in OK, there will be a marathon replay of episodes Sunday morning/afternoon/evening on OETA. Check local listings. Great archive of B&W still photos; also many multichrome interviews with close-ups of talking heads --- and *everyone* has blue-gray iriseyes!!! Incredible. Did the the colorist get carried away; or something about the lighting for the studio interviews? (Glenn Hauser, Sept 17, WOR iog via DXLD) Re: [WOR] Country Music radio on PBS --- Wow. I have been watching, on our local PBS station WQED in Pittsburgh, that Ken Burns special on "Country Music" all week. To me, it is incredible. Many of the sounds and comments bring back memories. I have not been a fan of Country Music over the years, mostly because when the recording executives started getting into it in a big way to make it sound more modern. That to me is when the record producers, wanting to keep up with Rock n Roll because it was killing country record sales, decided that country music needed a fuller sound. Aggh. I did not like that. Today I don't particularly care for modern country music. So I don't listen to it. Or would spend anything to go see a live show. Oh well, that`s just me. I am thoroughly enjoying the Ken Burns film on Country Music. To me, it is better than anything that he has done (Chuck Gessner, PA, Sept 19, WOR iog via DXLD) Not a big CM fan ever, but a great series I must hearsee. Credit roll at end of each two hour ep is long, must be 5 minutes, with uninterrupted tunes --- except, like commercial nets, PBS insists on overriding both video and audio for promos! Horrible! BTW, about the blue-gray eyes of all the talking heads --- well, all except Charley Pride (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. DTV RF 45, Sept 19 at 1445 UT, morning tropo check finds a Bad signal still way upband, and Hepburn map forecast a level-2 connexion between Wichita and here, not from Tulsa whence KOTV had seemed to be repacked; but KSNW Wichita ``3`` apparently has not gone to 15 yet where it will collide with KTBO OKC. Few other Bad DX signals but one on RF 31 which also implies Wichita, KDCU Univisión. FCC TV Query now shows KSNW a CP for 15, still LIC for 45. How much longer? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Sutro Tower antenna information page and website I used to live in Marin County until 1996, and when I worked in SF's Financial District in 1995 and 1996 doing IT before I bailed outta there for the desert, I always looked at Sutro Tower from where I worked and wondered what was actually on that big massive and (I think) ugly tower atop Twin Peaks... When I was constructing early ELF-VLF radio receivers in 1990-1991 (predecessors to my WR-3), I would bicycle and hike to ridges in Marin County that had direct views of Sutro Tower, and my units -- often in plastic enclosures -- received bad "QRM" from strong NTSC video-carriers on VHF and UHF via Sutro Tower back in the analogue TV days. If I put my body or a bit of terrain (or a even an Oak tree) between myself and Sutro Tower (and the various FM/TV transmitters atop San Bruno Mountain to the south), the noise and hash/buzz would be rid of in my early unshielded test/prototype units! I recently found this site: https://sutrotower.com/about-the-tower/ That particular link goes to the page of a diagram of the Tower showing where the various TV and FM antennas are located (including back-up antennas (aux. antennas) - assumably as of 2019. This might be of interest to FM/TV DXers here in WOR/DXLD. 73 - (Steve McGreevy N6NKS - www.auroralchorus.com Sept 12, WOR iog via DXLD) Thanks, Steve. I'm not an FM/TV DXer, but this is certainly of interest to me. This morning (Sept 12), after listening to NBC Bougainville, I drove from Monterey/Asilomar State Beach, to my condo here in San Francisco (two hour drive). Just this afternoon I did in fact see the Sutro Tower, as my place here in the city is about three miles away. It really is a very distinctive landmark! Thanks again for posting (Ron Howard, ibid.) ** VIETNAM. 8812-USB, Ho Chi Minh Radio, 1337-1358*, Sept 17. Am familiar with the coastal station here that very briefly gives marine coastal conditions, but today heard a program with a completely different format; on the air for a much longer period of time (over 20 minutes) and even played some nice Vietnamese songs. My audio (one minute of music, five of talk in Vietnamese) at http://bit.ly/2mmiLTf (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 2000, DXLD) [The media magazine you monitor with your mind, WORLD OF RADIO 2000] {unusually, second half of 2000 is first part of Charlie VanSant`s interview with me for his Monitor show on WRRS, Cincinnati} ** VIETNAM. 12020.0, Sept 14 at 1235, carrier here, not 12019 --- can VOV finally have fixed this long-standing off-frequency? EiBi still shows 12019 including English at 1230, but no trace of a signal there, nor is anything else scheduled on 12019 or 12020. Aoki/NDXC already shows 12020, but has never been attentive to variants: almost everylisting ends in -0 or -5 whether true or not, except V of Tibet`s constantly changing 1-kHz steps around via Tajikistan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 12018.722 kHz, odd frequency on Sept 17 at 1335 UT VoV Son Tay in English, noted in remote SDR in Akitakata Hiroshima Japan unit, S=9 strong at 57degr azimuth northeastwards to China, Koreas, Japan, FE Russia, and Alaska-USA / Western Canada. 12018.722 at 1425 UT S=8-9 in Japanese at Japanese SDR unit. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 17, BC-DX 18 Sept via DXLD) ** VIETNAM [non]. 7315, Sept 15 at 0117, VOV via WHRI in Vietnamese, not English as had been, while Viet was registered at 0130 when English has been running. Seems you can never depend on WHRI to play which language in which segment of the bihour relay (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** YEMEN [and non]. Re: [WOR] Radio becomes new battlefield in Yemen: Jerusalem Post "There is Hayat FM on 104.7 MHz in Amman [JORDAN]. Is this a mixup?" We shall be careful with these types of comparisons on the basis of the name - especially on FM. My best example is the Kiss FM or Love FM. These exist in the UK, Turkey and Nairobi too. While the genre of the stations are obvious but the entity owning the station or the brand can be different. Maybe this is the same with this Hayat FM in Amman, I suspect Mauno is talking about the Jordanian capital's station (Tibor Gaal, Budapest, Hungary, Sept 13, WOR iog via DXLD) Hi Tibor, I know that, but also on the same frequency in Jordan and Yemen? That would be quite a coincidence! (Mauno Ritola, ibid.) Hi Mauno, This is a good point. The article titled "Stations attacked and threatened by Houthi rebels in attempt to influence largely illiterate listenership" says about Hayat the following: ``As a result, most radio stations in Yemen have gone off air. Those that stayed in business began taking orders from Houthi strongmen. This was the case, for example, with Hayat FM, one of Yemen's most prominent radio stations, which aired on 104.7 FM. Last month, in a sudden turn of events, the station was renamed "Voice of the People" and began airing on 107.0 FM. The change took place after Houthis stormed the station's headquarters and took its workers hostage. No one was allowed to enter or leave the building for over a week, according to several sources on the ground. ... Indeed, most stations seeking to continue broadcasting independent content have been forced to relocate to areas outside of Houthi control, including to other Arab capitals such as Riyadh, Cairo, and Abu Dhabi.`` Source: Stations attacked and threatened by Houthi rebels in attempt to influence largely illiterate listenership Joshua Holmes 08/25/2019 (25 August 2019) https://themedialine.org/by-region/radio-becomes-new-battlefield-in-yemen-war/ It is possible that the former Yemeni Hayat FM's staff moved to Amman and remade the station. But I have doubts if they could retain the same frequency in Amman as the Yemeni was, frequency portability does not exist in the world like phone number portability exists within a country and not worldwide. I confess I don't know the meaning of Hayat FM, and the above quoted article's error is also that they mention Hayat FM, but not mentioning the original name of the station after Hayat was renamed. "Voice of the People" name is too general to know what can be the original Arabic name. I'm sure that the Yemeni station's name is not in English's "Voice of the People". It is an Arabic word(s). I think it were a good idea to see in former WRTHs if Hayat existed in the past on the same frequency in Amman or it is a new station. (Tibor Gaal, Budapest, Hungary, ibid.) http://178.32.62.172:9400/index.html?sid=1 http://178.32.62.172:9400/stream Listing Status: Stream is currently up and private (not listed) Stream Status: Stream is up (MP3 @ 64 kbps, 44.1 kHz) with 3 of 9999 listeners (2 unique) Listener Peak: 6 Avg. Play Time: 2 minutes 11 seconds Stream Name: stream100 Stream Genre(s): sawtalshaab1 Stream Website: http://www.sawtalshaab.com [Arabic script next few lines in original may not survive] صوت الشعب - sawt alshaeb - Voice of the People https://www.facebook.com/sawtalshaabfm https://t.me/sawtalshaabnews اذاعة صوت الشعب 639 members اذاعة صوت الشعب صوت الشعب اليمني الحر البث الاذعي FM 91.1- FM 97.1 - FM 107.1 - FM 98.1- FM 93.1 https://scontent-frt3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/14258240_1671197389861995_1535725012289859089_o.jpg?_nc_cat=109&_nc_oc=AQk7rNGg1BfzHwb6VOh3G_1EJ5ysdYLdmgxxLq0D8qLCpEz6DieH4TRw4673uyARYyGvCR1Jv_NL2Ep654kwp3Ye&_nc_ht=scontent-frt3-1.xx&oh=c9eaabdfd639ba509aae0a8fdef393c4&oe=5DF2B32F https://tinyurl.com/y3xxqxhn (roger, germany, ibid.) I'd guess Hayat means somewhat "Life". The Yemeni Hayat FM Facebook site before it turned into Peoples Voice https://www.facebook.com/hayatfmyemen/ 73, (Jari Savolainen, Finland, ibid.) Thank you (and Bernd Trutenau via a private message), there really were two stations by the same name and on the same frequency, but it two different countries. However, the Yemeni station has probably closed a few years ago and the latest update on their Facebook page is 3 years old: https://www.facebook.com/hayatfmyemen/ The Voice of the People started on the frequency mentioned in the article at least a year ago. 73, (Mauno, ibid.) Re: [WOR] Radio becomes new battlefield in Yemen: Jerusalem Post --- I just got info that the station was destroyed by Houthi rebels already 3 years ago (Mauno Ritola, WOR iog via DXLD) ** ZAMBIA [and non]. MYANMAR, 5914.983, MMR, MR from new capital Nay Pyi Taw via their non-directional ant, S=3-4 tiny, hit heavily by adjacent co-channel transmission on 5915even ZAMBIA program Sept 14 at 0045 UT ahead at S=7-8 level, buzzy muffled mod here in Europe, hard to understand some African accented English presenter. My quality statement about the buzzy muffled audio was completely correct 73 wolfie df5sx wwdxc (Wolfgang Bueschel, WOR iog via DXLD) 5915, Zambia NBC, Radio 1, Lusaka, 2018-2033, 16-09, vernacular, comments. 15321. Also 0402-0412*, 17-09, vernacular, comments. At 0412 signal cut off abruptly. 25432 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) 5915, R. One/ZNBC1, 0246-0335, Sept 17. Above average reception, even with heavy QRN (static); African pop music; 0251-0254, call of the African Fish Eagle IS; 0302, GOtv commercial announcement; 0303-0325, with religious songs and hymns ("Rock of Ages," etc.); later at 0422 check, found off the air at a time they would normally be broadcasting; still seems to be on the air rather erratically. My brief audio of the IS at http://bit.ly/2kiVZuI Have been interested to read online about the relationship between ZNBC and China. Per http://bit.ly/2lSUxja (Sept 16, 2019): "The Zambian government has deported a Chinese media executive over “derogatory and abusive language”, a spokesman said. Yi Jian is the chief executive officer of ***TopStar Communications Company Limited, which is a joint venture between Beijing-based Star Times and the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC).*** Mr Yi was deported on Thursday under a warrant signed by Interior Minister Stephen Kampyongo." Additional information from http://bit.ly/2kNl1T3 (May 7, 2019) "StarTimes, which has close links to China's government, controls 60 percent of the joint venture, called TopStar, with Zambia's national broadcaster, ZNBC, owning the other 40 percent. The venture is bankrolled by a $232 million (€205 million) loan taken by TopStar from China's state-owned Exim Bank. When ZNBC lacked the $40,000 start capital it needed to establish TopStar, StarTimes lent ZNBC the money. ***Fast forward to 2019, and media watchdogs and local media owners are now gravely concerned about China's perceived influence in Zambia's media landscape."*** (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD) Ron, These news don't mention that these Chinese-African media cooperations are not radio-related. They are about the introduction and operating digital terrestrial television broadcast. When some sub-saharan African countries had to switch off analogue terrestrial television broadcasts they turned to China for aid in order to start digital terrestrial television broadcasting. In these countries a Chinese company, Star Company (the company's name is changing from country to country, but the STAR remains the same) supplied the decoders and set-top boxes plus it operates the digital terrestrial TV multiplexes in a joint venture with the African country's state broadcaster. In our case with ZNBC. Usually these countries aren't in a good financial shape plus the Chinese are also not saints when we talk about money matters. But these African countries expected that the Chinese will be better than a coloniser and will not loot them on the basis that it is also a developing country. This was false expectation in my opinion. Chinese are never willing to give aid to them; the Chinese packed a lot of loans onto the neck of these countries via the EXIM Bank of China, then it tries to influence them toward the Chinese political agenda. Current sub-Saharan African leaders were not against that, since the Chinese haven't conditioned the loans to anything except when the country defaults it shall hand over the project to Chinese state-owned companies. Most of these agreements are secret and it can be used for corruption. Corruption by the Chinese state-owned companies (e.g. false accounting, supplying sub-standard goods or non-existing goods and services, employing mainly or just Chinese workers on the African projects, or talking in derogatory and racist terms knowing that Africans are sensitive to it due to Africa's colonisation past) who are the executors of these contracts, corruption kickbacks for the African government officials, so, everything went right until something happened. When Pakistan almost bankrupted from Chinese loans it turned to the IMF to give loans - more accurately: pay back the loans into the Chinese's pocket. The IMF's point of view was not known, but now, as in a good drama, someone appeared on the stage. A very erratic man, called Donald (TRUMP) appeared saying that the U.S. money cannot be paid to the Chinese. It means if the IMF pays out, it shall not be paid from American's membership fee and American contributions. This dramatic intervention surprised the financial community - and most of them were the Chinese expecting that at least the IMF/World Bank would return the money to them. Mr. Trump made it clear that when Chinese gave the loans they gave it accepting the possibility of default, so, consequently the risk is on the Chinese and not on the shoulders of the United States of America. Since then Chinese froze the loans as well as their grandiose "One-Belt One-Road" project. Nowadays more and more African countries have hardships with their finances while the independent, influential African and international press set a light on some of these shady Chinese projects. These leaders's shoes became too tight to wear. Now they want to put up another shoe. This has consequences on the media scene too. Not only in Zambia but also in Tanzania. Tanzanian government forced the Chinese Star Media company to pay taxes and dividends to the Tanzanian government and Tanzania reviewed the taxation and accounting of the joint venture between this StarTimes with the Tanzanian Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) which joint venture operates also the digital terrestrial TV multiplexes in Tanzania. In the past there were rumours also that Zambia defaulted on its loans to the Chinese and it had to hand over the whole ZNBC to China which Zambian officials denied from time to time (Tibor Gaal, Budapest, Hungary, WOR iog via DXLD) Hi Tibor, Thanks for your feedback. Appreciate hearing from you. There are many online articles dealing with this issue that make for good reading. Here are a few: Oct 30, 2018 - "ZNBC won’t change names, but it’s on lease to Chinese" - http://bit.ly/2lZJZP7 Sept 11, 2018 - "China is taking over Zambia's national assets but the nightmare is just starting for Africa" - http://bit.ly/2mmbOS9 "There has been credible reports of talks between the Zambian government and China on handing over the country’s national electricity company, ZESCO to the Chinese due to the inability of Zambia to meet its loan repayment promises. This is expected as China is already in control of the country’s broadcasting company, ZNBC. There are also fears the main airport in Lusaka could be the next target. Obliviously, Zambia is in trouble. And for other African beneficiaries of Chinese loans, this is just China warming up." (via Ron Howard, ibid.) Ron, Thanks for the articles. I am not a good forecaster in political events, but, I think that we can expect more turbulences in these countries. The "demographic dividend" phenomena (overpopulation in other terms) disadvantageously affects Sub-saharan Africans; in the meantime their governments cannot provide the increased number of youths with any job opportunities, and when the youths realise that their future is just to pay the debt, their anger will turn against somebody. I see the warning signals already. I expect more conflicts, riots, uprisings or similar things going to happen in the future. This will affect the radio scene too sooner or later like in the Arabic uprising at the beginning of this decade. Keep listening if it is possible!!! (Tibor Gall, ibid.) ** ZANZIBAR. TANZANIA, 6015, Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation, Dole, 0402-0440, 14-09, Swahili, comments. 25322. (Méndez) 11735, Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation, Dole, 1754-, 13-09, Swahili, comments, at 1800 time signals, English, ID and news. Very weak. 14311 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) ** ZIMBABWE [non]. VOA Studio 7 special broadcast for Mugabe funeral -- VOA Studio 7 will have a special shortwave transmission covering the funeral of former president Mugabe on 14th and 15th September as follows: 1000-1030 & 1100-1300 9520 kHz 1000-1300 17820 kHz (via Mauno Ritola on WRTH - World Radio TV Handbook Facebook group via Alan Pennington, Sept 14, bdxc-news iog via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, Sept 13 at 1141-1146, before LSR of 1212 UT: all from NW on the altazimuth wrist-mounted DX-398, i.e. Japan, Korea, etc.: 747, 774, 828, 972, 1134, 1242, 1566. 1134 and 1242 harbor 100 kW private Japan stations; 1134 also 500 kW in Korea S, but 1242 only 10 kW there. 972 slightly stronger than the rest (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 569.94 approx., Sept 16 at 0636 UT, LAH against 570.0 stations. Nothing listed at mwoffsets (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 927 kHz --- Very weak signal, 70's pop (10cc) on 927 kHz at the moment (2015 UT 17/9). Presenter chat between records. Too weak to follow speech but sounds English. Occasional peaks when it rises out of the noise. 73s. (Nick. Buxton. Sony ICF2001D & loops. Rank. Sept 17. bdxc-news iog via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 1590, Sept 18 at 0351 UT, as I just remonitored WCGO from the NE, Spanish music upfades, romantic, then tropical. I get a pretty sharp DF as due south/north, which per NRC AM Log points to KDAE Sinton TX (Corpus Christi), Radio Aleluya, U4 1000/500 with virtually no signal to the north. Other SS in TX is KMIC Houston, U2 5000/5000, Radio Libertad, at night Gulfward. Both listed as Spanish/Religious. Of course, fade down if there were any ToH ID, then back up while WCGO is in network news in English. One more possibility, XEVOZ in CDMX, which is somewhat west of south, but 20/10 kW with POP E/S format per IRCA Mexican Log. The only Mexican left on 1590. Fred Cantú`s final 2015y roster still had four (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 3325, Sept 14 at 1222, JBA carrier detectable, despite my high local line noise level registering S9+20 on this band, so must be good propagation. Ron Howard has been reporting NBC Bougainville, pre-independence referendum, on an extended schedule way past 1200*; but it could also be VOI via RRI Palangkaraya. Perhaps he will have noted which or both were on today. Also have a JBA carrier on 2850, no doubt the only 105-m band station, KCBS Korea North. 3325, Sept 15 circa 1250, JBA carrier again, from Bougainville or Indonesia? Ron Howard says he was not monitoring yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 6080 USB, 0058, 9/11/19. End of a Motown song, brief pause into the start of a monologue introduction to another Motown song which was cut off at exactly 0000. A thunder storm came in right then, so I wasn’t able to stay on the frequency. Not sure if this was a pirate or not, although being in USB and music content would lead me to believe it was a pirate in the 49 Meter band (Mark Taylor, Madison, Wisconsin. Equipment: Perseus, Elad FDM-S2, Airspy HF+& HF+ Discovery, Tecsun PL 880, and various other portables; 42 meters dipole, 100’ long wire, W6LVP loop, NASWA Flashsheet Sept 15 via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 9200, Sept 15 at 0118, S9-S6 of open carrier, mystery continues altho I have not bothered to rereport it for some weeks. Possibly an RTTY station QRX for rare beepery? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 11307, UNKNOWN. Another odd, out of bander at 1213 UT, Chinese, maybe the Xi Wang station [or jammer – Ed.] but this freq not listed. Occasional QRM from aviation freq 11308 when active. YL speaker (Jack Widner, PO Box 176, Edinboro, PA 16412. Equipment: Tecsun PL880 with about 30 feet of antenna strung from a tree to the whip antenna, NASWA Flashsheet Sept 15 via DXLD) date? UNIDENTIFIED. CHINA, Chinese music vs empty channel, September 16 1300-1600 on 11870 unknown kW / unknown to ???? Music, fair: https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/09/china-chinese-music-vs-empty-channel-in.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 16-17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 14325-USB, Sept 14 at 1241, checking Hurricane Watch Net for more to come; at first nothing, then a very weak K2? contacting an ON4 Belgium and DJ4CH in Germany; closest to weather discussion was remark that ``iron ore in the ground around here draws lightning``. Seems plausible, but true? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 15253.50-USB, Sept 13 at 2012, S4, 2-way in Spanish, with crackle. Why am I the only one ever reporting such INTRUDERS into our SWBC bands? Does no one else care? Of course, as more and more broadcasters evacuate, such bands are more and more tempting to invade (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 2000: Thanks to Gerald T Pollard, Raleigh NC, for a generous quarterly check for the autumnal equinox to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702. TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED FUTURELY: Mr Hauser, please accept this modest gift for the great work you do with WOR. I`m a long-time amateur radio operator and shortwave listener, and for years I`ve enjoyed (and learned a lot from) your programs. I do have a question: I notice that you normally don`t mention anything about ``numbers`` stations. I try to follow a few of the voice stations (E07A, E06, E11), and sometimes record them. I was wondering if you would like me to send in a few details (times, frequencies, etc.) about these stations, for possible inclusion in your programs. Just curious. Again, thank you for your sustained contributions to the great hobby of shortwave listening. Respectfully, (John P. Lutz, N9JL, Shorewood IL, with a check to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702) Numbers stations: it is true that I seldom publish or mention them; one specialty that is predictable yet unknowable. Rick Barton and Ivo Ivanov report a lot of them, seen at least in the WOR iog. If you have something unusual in a ## log, like mixiup with RHC programmming, that would be of more interest (gh) Congratulations, Glenn, on 2000 (!) releases of WOR and for your fabulous WOR/DXLD efforts acknowledged by this donation, again. Deep thanks for all for your manyfold "gifts" to the radio-DXing community, worldwide! (Steve McGreevy with a donation via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com) Congratulations on the 2,000th episode of World of Radio! I appreciate it and you very much. All the best, (Scott Gamble, with a generous contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com) Dear Glenn, congratulations on the upcoming anniversary number 2000 WORLD OF RADIO. I wish you all the very best and good health! (Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia, Bulletin “RUS-DX”) BTW, enjoyed hearing the train passing behind the house on the last audio edition! (Terry Krueger, FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 1999 PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ IRCA SLOGANS LIST (SEPTEMBER 2019) The 2019 Slogans List includes radio slogans from the US and Canada (over 4600) as gleaned from various DX publications and monitoring. The 2019 IRCA Slogans List is posted on the IRCA website for all to download. The link is: https://www.ircaonline.org/editor_upload/File/2019_IRCA_slogans.pdf For those preferring a hard copy, one can be ordered from the IRCA. 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Paypal, cash or IRCs also welcome) Please send all orders to: British DX Club, 19 Park Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6PF Paypal to bdxc@bdxc.org.uk Enquiries to andrew@bdxc.org.uk Payment by bank transfer is also welcome to Account 99704401 Sort code 090154 International transfers to BIC ABBYGB2LXX IBAN GB24ABBY09015499704401 (Sept BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) LISTENING TO NON-DIRECTIONAL BEACONS (NDB'S) ON LW I also asked: "Can anyone give me any information on where to obtain the latest frequency listings and news about NDB's on LW? In particular, it would be useful to know what publications are available and what clubs/groups are still active nowadays". Alan Gale, Mike Watling, Franck Baste, Alan Pennington, David Harris and Ross Bradshaw all kindly responded: Alan Gale was the first to respond: "My first port of call would be the NDB List website, which contains all the info on the NDB List group and the various publications available, such as Michael Oexner's "European NDB Handbook", and for online listings (of what's been heard rather than all the NDBs out there), the REU-RNA-RWW Database is a good place to check. There are also links to many other useful information sources: https://ndblist.info/beacons.htm and https://www.classaxe.com/dx/ndb/reu Of course I may be a bit biased as I run the Group and website, but if you'd like to join us you've be very welcome, we're a very friendly bunch, and even run monthly 'co-ordinated listening events' and have an awards scheme. You can find out more from the links above, and you will also find links there to our other groups which cover Navtex, DGPS and DSC DXing as well". Mike Watling is also a user of Michael Oexner's guide and Mike writes: "My "RF" activity is now almost exclusively geared to NDBs. The bible I use is Michael Oexner's European NDB Handbook. It's not the cheapest but I use it daily. Also, a guy called Robert Connolly in Northern Ireland produces a lower-key list which I've used in the past. For day-to-day chat I use the IOgroups NdbList. You may well have met some or all of these ... they keep me on track". Mike added "A bit of info regarding equipment. I have recently bought an Elad FDMDuo-R receiver to use as an SDR stand-alone set for NDB use. Early days yet ... it has pluses and minuses wrt the 7030. I went for this set due to the absence of traditional radios with knob on. As a "techie" type, I do a fair bit building antennas and the like. For NDB use I fully recommend pa0rdt`s MiniWhip, home-built or bought. Loop antennas perform brilliantly on this band and give much scope for experimentation. In my view, the Rolls Royce of these is Andrew Iken`s ALA1530 from Welbrook Comms". Frank Baste also recommends the sources mentioned above by Alan: "For me the best website is the REU NDB Database: https://www.classaxe.com/dx/ndb/reu/ and there is also a publication called "The Global NDB Handbook", with further details of the 2019 Edition available by refering to https://www.ndblist.info/beacons/NDBpublications2019.pdf For details of the The NDB list, go to: https://groups.io/g/ndblist Alan Pennington says: "Although I don't listen to non-directional beacons (NDBs) myself, I did notice the NDB List website https://www.ndblist.info/ is still active, also with links to four different groups.io groups on their home page. Also there is a list of recent publications for sale: https://www.ndblist.info/beacons/NDBpublications2019.pdf including the Global NDB Handbook 2019 (CD or download only) listing 16700+ NDBs worldwide. Plus also a European only NDB handbook (also available in printed form). There's a sample page at same link above". David Harris comments: "Radio User magazine has regular features on this subject written by Robert Connolly, email: gi7ivx@btinternet.com In the July 2019 edition he mentioned that he is publishing, "Non-Directional Beacons of Europe 2019/20". This will be a pdf only publication. Contact Robert for more details". Ross Bradshaw adds "Robert Connolly writes about these and the ones heard in his column in Radio User magazine. Contact Radio User magazine for more information" (Sept BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) There is another online reference nobody mentioned, maybe because it skews toward North America, which I always check first, more user-friendly, with just enough info rather than too much: http://dxinfocentre.com/ndb.htm (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) HOW TO FIND OLD AMATEUR RADIO CALL SIGNS Many times, persons doing research about their ancestors know that a relative was a ham radio operator, and they are interested in learning the call sign held by that person. Depending on the year when the person was licensed, this can sometimes be a very difficult process. However, in some cases, it is possible to find this information online. Here’s how. http://w0is.com/oldcallsigns/oldcalls.html (via Brian Jeffrey, Carp, Ontario, Sept Radio HF Internet Newsletter, via DXLD) WORLD OF HOROLOGY +++++++++++++++++ See GERMANY 100 Years of Radio Events in Germany DX-PEDITIONS ++++++++++++ GRAYLAND DXPEDITION - SEP. 7 - 11, 2019 Following the IRCA convention in Seattle a group of DXers visited the Breakwater Inn & Cottages in Grayland, WA and an adjacent property called Casa Sea Esta. The DXers present in Grayland for all or part of the time included: Nigel Pimblett, Hiroo Nakagawa, Chuck Hutton, Bruce Portzer, Nick Hall-Patch, Guy Atkins, Tom Rothlisberger, Brett Saylor as a first-time west coast DXer, and myself. Highlights included some TA carriers on Saturday night and a ton of DU reception, particularly Aussies, on Sep. 9 and 10. I have begun to go through my own wav files with hints from others present and what I have so far is available here: http://realmonitor.com/grayland20/ The page is a change from my ‘old’ format to include a ’sticky’ header for the table that will follow you down the page so you don’t loose track of dates & times. I believe Tom will have his own webpage and I believe Chuck is trying to gather a collection of loggings and audio samples. Not only is it not as much fun drinking alone but without the hints shared amongst the group - with more to come I hope - there would be a lot of DX left behind. One note on antennas: Nick Hall-Patch, as usual, was trying something ‘new’ - a 2-element terminated delta array with a Wellbrook phaser. I’ll let him expound on his findings more fully but suffice it to say that those of us using the go-to 160’ DKAZ may be rethinking things for coastal DXing. (Bill Whitacre, Alexandria, VA, Sept 16, nrc-am gg via DXLD) RE - DX LISTENING DIGEST 19-37: DX-PEDITIONS: AT HOME VS. DX-PEDITION Hi Glenn, Interesting comments made in DXLD 19-37, regarding "DX-PEDITIONS: AT HOME VS. DX-PEDITION." Was rather surprised to read the negative comments made about DX-peditions. Implying that somehow it was not "fair." Seemed that the general consensus was better to stay home and tough-it-out with local interference. I know that this was regarding MW reception, but thought it rather strange to want to endure less than ideal listening conditions, rather than to try something different. For over a decade now, I have done all my SWLing at the beach, while in my car. The level of RFI at home discouraged me from listening there. Years ago I had a wonderful receiver (Ten-Tec RX-340) and decent antenna (T2FD), but I felt I was not getting the best results that I should have from my fine setup. Problem was local RFI. By chance, one day I listened to SW at my local beach (Asilomar State Beach, Calif.) while in my car. Used a small portable (Etón E5), with no external antenna and was shocked to find I had better reception there than I had at home with the Ten-Tec. Invested in a Etón E1 and 100 feet of wire for an external antenna, and have been listening there happily ever since. Believe that if I had to endure SWLing from home, I would have dropped out of the hobby a long time ago. Am very fortunate that the beach is an easy drive from my home, a distance of about 3 miles. Keep my radio in the car so I don't have to carry it back and forth. My long wire antenna is strung along a wooden fence next to where I park and am able to just leave it there all the time, as no one bothers it and it is out of the way. So it only takes a minute for me to park, connect the antenna and I'm listening, just that quickly. Very easy. Yes, of course I realize that most people are not as fortunate as I am regarding access to a beach, but believe that most people do in fact have access to some type of location that is away from home RFI. Any local park, golf course or place that has a minimum of homes could possibly be a location to check out for quiet reception. Anyway, DX-peditions are for me the only way to go, on a daily basis. Has given me many years of enjoyable (mostly quiet) listening! Just my opinion (Ron Howard, CA, Sept 19, WOR iog via DXLD) I side with Ron here. 3 miles distance is hardly DX-pedition perdition. I've been known to take a Sangean down to a local parking lot a mile away for a different perspective. Of course in Suburbia, even the picnic table in the back yard offers relief from Digi-TV's and other computerized stuff. JMHO (Paul S. in CT -- FN31nl, ibid.) Ditto for me. I’m lucky I have a large property at home in NB and can go 40 metres away from the house and have very little RFI. And that’s how I do my recordings. One of these days, I’ll string up an antenna, cover the coax with ferrite and perhaps get decent reception indoors. But until then, winter and summer, I‘ll hike out to the back of the cleared area to DX (— Richard Langley, ibid.) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV See OKLAHOMA; U S A ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DAB See NORWAY; PUBLICATIONS: UK ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- IBOC See USA: 1280 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See CHINA; FRANCE; INDIA; RUSSIA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ MUSEA +++++ See GERMANY: 100 Years of Radio Events in Germany. THE BDXC GUIDE TO RADIO MUSEUMS IN THE UK AND IRELAND has recently been updated on the club web site at http://www.bdxc.org.uk/museums.html If you spot any updates to the guide, please do let us know (Sept BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) NATIONAL VOA MUSEUM OF BROADCASTING PLANS ANNIVERSARY PARTY Bethany Relay Station approaches 75 years - Joe Molter ⋅ 5 days ago https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/headlines/national-voa-museum-of-broadcasting-plans-anniversary-party The author is president of the West Chester Amateur Radio Association (WCARA), a division of the National Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting dedicated to advancing the amateur radio hobby. He’s also a volunteer-at-large at the museum. His call sign is N81DA. [sic] Her six massive transmitters may be quiet, but she is far from silent. Amateur radio operators routinely talk to the world from station WC8VOA in West Chester, Ohio, located about 25 miles north of Cincinnati. This former VOA relay station is now the National VOA Museum of Broadcasting with collections from the Gray History of Wireless Museum; Powel Crosley Jr., and Cincinnati radio and TV broadcasting history; and the Voice of America. Next week the museum celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Bethany Station Saturday, Sept. 21, with a fundraiser to make the first floor of the museum accessible for people for all abilities. The National Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting is open every weekend from 1 to 4 p.m. [EDT = 18-20 UT]. Tours are given continuously on weekend afternoons by knowledgeable docents. It houses the Bethany station’s last control room and one of the remaining 250 kW Collins shortwave transmitters. You can sit at the massive audio console that controlled the six shortwave transmitters and literally take a tour inside one of the Collins transmitters. You can view the massive switch gear, built during World War II, which changed Bethany’s 24 rhombic antennas to its six transmitters. At one time Bethany Station covered a square mile of property that was once farmland. Today the museum sits on 14 acres and the antennas are gone, but with surrounding park acreage, you get a sense of the massive scale the site covered with towers and the miles of transmission lines and antenna wire. The museum houses a large collection of radios from the early part of the twentieth century, including names such as Hallicrafters, National, Drake and Collins. A large collection of Drake amateur radio products is always a must-see by visiting radio enthusiasts and ham radio operators. Drake radios were produced nearby in Miamisburg, Ohio. An area dedicated to the Crosley Corp. shows off many of the Crosley brothers’ radio, TV and household products that were manufactured in Cincinnati. Crosley contributed heavily to the war effort during World War II, with the production of tens of thousands of portable radios for the U.S. Army and millions of proximity fuses for antiaircraft ordinance. Not only did Crosley develop radios, but content as well, with its on-air radio station WLW, which still broadcasts today on 700 AM. WLW transmits from its original site and the large Blaw-Knox tower can be seen from the VOA museum. The museum contains the original 50 W AM transmitter that WLW started with in 1922. VOA Bethany, National VOA Museum of Broadcasting, Andrew Albrecht Bethany VOA Towers at Sunset. Photo Andrew Albrecht [caption] WLW was the only U.S. station allowed to operate at 500,000 watts of power during the 1930s. The collection includes a bright red Crosley Hot Shot sports car, too. Crosley Corp. developed a number of vehicles during the late 1930s and resumed production after World War II until shutting down in 1952. An additional area of the museum houses artifacts and memorabilia from the early era of Cincinnati radio and TV broadcasting. The Cincinnati Media Heritage section includes many of the celebrities who got their start at WLW and other local broadcasting outlets. These WLW radio stars — many of whom transitioned from radio to TV—include Rod Serling of “Twilight Zone” fame; sisters Rosemary and Betty Clooney; Eddie Albert; Doris Day; The Mills Brothers; and Ruth Lyons. Housed in three of Bethany’s old transmitter vaults, the history of broadcasting section showcases the talent and equipment that made Cincinnati an early nursery for radio and television entertainment. Artifacts include equipment from a 1930s radio station; a 1950s AM station, including disc jockey’s audio console and turntables; and a 1,000 W transmitter. A very early and massive RCA Victor color television camera is on display, along with other television and video equipment. Our amateur radio station is operated under FCC license WC8VOA and is manned by the West Chester Amateur Radio Association. The station has seven operating positions equipped with modern and vintage amateur radio gear. Antennas cover the radio spectrum from two meters down to 160 meters. The former VOA receiving satellite dish has been converted to 10 GHz transmit and receive capabilities for EME (Earth Moon Earth) bounce. Signals are sent to the moon and the dish used as a passive satellite to communicate with other amateur radio operators. The club participates in radio contests, portable operations and local STEM events. It averages some 6,000 contacts per year, covering modes of voice and digital and CW. The club also operates two FM repeaters on two meters and 440 MHz. Operators are in the shack every weekend and hold an open house every Wednesday night for radio enthusiasts and those interested in obtaining a ham radio license. Our WC8VOA call sign is recognized by many of our fellow radio amateurs around the world. We have made contacts from all seven continents and hundreds of countries. Radio is still an important part of our lives; whether it is listening to AM, FM or satellite services, radio remains a viable source of our news and entertainment. Voice of America broadcasts were never intended for Americans. They were targeted to people living in oppressed countries where media was censored with the intention to change people’s minds by providing sourced and accurate news. In fact, the VOA Charter (Public Law 94-350), which was passed in 1976, dating from the Pres. Gerald Ford administration, states that VOA news will be” accurate, objective, and comprehensive.” It will also “represent America, not any single segment of American society, and will therefore present a balanced and comprehensive projection of significant American thought and institutions.” Lastly, the VOA is mandated to “present the policies of the United States clearly and effectively and will also present responsible discussions and opinion on these policies.” VOA news and feature stories are still broadcast and transmitted today to more than 275 million people weekly in 40+ languages in nearly 100 countries. VOA programs are delivered on multiple platforms, including radio, television, web and mobile via a network of more than 3,000 media outlets worldwide. Broadcasts have aired continually for more than 75 years, along with sister stations of Radio Free Europe; Radio Liberty; Radio Free Asia; and Radio Marti. Here is the crux of the matter for all of us at the VOA museum: Once Bethany Station began operation during mid-World War II, an infuriated Adolf Hitler was quoted as saying on one of his radio broadcasts to never listen to those “Cincinnati Liars.” We’re proud to be part of the VOA heritage we are entrusted with and even more proud to be related to those “liars” from Cincinnati. VOA Bethany, National VOA Museum of Broadcasting VOA Bethany in Fog [caption] But while we’re proud of our heritage, I must be honest. The museum is housed in an aging, uninsulated, 75-year-old building that constantly needs repairs. We receive no federal funding and this is our big fundraising push for the year. Our workforce of docents, conservators and maintenance crews are all unpaid volunteers. And many of our volunteers come from our local radio club, the West Chester Amateur Radio Association. Please help us out with a donation; better yet, plan a long weekend vacation and come on out to West Chester for our Sept. 21 fundraiser! We include a friendly community of shortwave radio aficionados always eager to make more friends. We’ll have on hand auction and silent auction items; dinner-by-the-bite; museum tours; and a table-to-table Trivial Pursuit game, all with the relaxing strains of jazz in the background. For information on the museum and how you can help with donations, visit our website. Please purchase tickets or donate today. If you’re interested in our amateur radio group, additional information is at West Chester Amateur Radio Association website. https://wc8voa.org/ (via Artie Bigley, DXLD) MUSEA / RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Almost ALL USSR radios (1924-2000) -------------------------------------------------- --------- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KrAiYpitGw (Anton Yakunin, Volgograd, Russia / https://vk.com/club3877182) 80-minute! slide show of stills of radio receivers, with contemporary music track (gh) RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ MW/LW FREQUENCY CHANGES NO BIG DEAL Glenn, Most all that blather about the purported possible frequency change for RTE is really ill-informed and ignorant. Frequency changes can get ITU acquiescence of one sort or another pretty quickly if other cochannel (and sometimes adjacent channel) allocations are unused, and changing the frequency of a single omnidirectional vertical monopole a few kHz is a trivial exercise. Retuning the transmitter by a modest amount is not a big deal either, but sometimes just a bit more of an effort than the antenna. I recently retuned one frequency of a diplexed antenna in the Middle East in a couple of days, filters and matching networks and all, and my colleague had the 100 kW box retuned in about the same time - and it wasn't a trivial frequency change 12xx to somewhere in the 1400s. I've retuned some very complicated Russian antennas in a few days, too. A multiple element DA can be a much more complex problem, of course, but there are plenty of examples of changes to them as well. And more than a few MF and LF operations in Europe and elsewhere are using facilities that are not in strict compliance with the ITU allocations for them. It ain't exactly the wild west, but a lot of countries, including some that would surprise you, play pretty fast and loose with the strict interpretation of the GE-75 agreement. Regards, (Ben Dawson, WA, Hatfield-Dawson, Sept 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) TEMPORARY AMBC ANTENNAS "What I've Been Up To" MARE Paul Dobosz checks in with a missive to explain why we aren't seeing logs. [;) Paul -- I hope that isn't too subtle!] Seriously, I'm pretty darn impressed! Paul says: An "AM broadcast station in Norfolk, VA whose tower will be demolished this weekend (because it is aging and becoming unsound structurally is replacing) the entire 540 ft tall tower is the antenna for an AM radio station (which also) supports their sister station's FM antenna mounted at the top of the tower. [sic] "Rather than have the AM station off the air for 4 months during the demolish and rebuild period the station will be using a smaller (50' tall) temporary antenna shown in the picture:" "The antenna was custom manufactured by a company near Seattle, WA and designed by me. This is the first commercial use of my design but there are additional sales pending. The company selling the antenna is one of my current consulting clients. See http://www.theradiosource.com/products/antenna-hpr0990.htm Paul continues: "There are really three elements that were used together to get the efficiency of the antenna to the point where something that short was viable. The most obvious is the top loading which is very visible with the 6 spokes. The second is about a third of the way up the antenna which is a variable spaced loading coil assembly that minimizes loss and shunt capacitance while providing some inductive loading. ... The third element is a variable ratio broadband transmission line transformer matching network at the base of the antenna to maximize current and power transfer to the antenna. The combination of all three allows the antenna to radiate like an antenna nearly twice its physical height." Pretty darn cool, Paul! Paul also reports buying a 'new' radio, so I'll wager we may see some logs from him soon too! --kvz (Ken Zichi, ed., MARE Tipsheet Sept 13 via DXLD) WHICH station in VA? TDoA HELP [continued from CHINA] See the Kiwi forum for more information. If you are getting errors check these common problems: * Not zoomed-in far enough. The TDoA process will run out of memory or have problems plotting the maps. * Not all Kiwis used for sampling have good reception of target signal. Open a connection to each Kiwi by double clicking on its marker to check the reception or by clicking on the speaker icon in the sampling station list. * Don't use Kiwis that are spaced too far apart (i.e. many thousands of km). * Use minimum IQ-mode passband. Just enough to capture the signal. Use the "p" and "P" keys to narrow/widen the passband. For AM broadcast signals try a narrow passband that only passes the carrier. Once you configure this extension, and click the "Submit" button, information is sent to the kiwisdr.com server. The server then records 30 seconds of IQ data from the two to six sampling Kiwis specified. The frequency and passband of this Kiwi will be used for all recording. So make sure it is set correctly before proceeding. Always use the minimum necessary passband and make sure it is symmetrical about the carrier. The current mode (e.g. AM) is ignored as all recording is automatically done in IQ mode. After sampling, the TDoA process will be run on the server. After it finishes a result map will appear. Additional maps may be viewed with the TDoA result menu. You can pan and zoom the resulting maps and click submit again after making any changes. Or use the rerun button to get new maps without resampling. The checkboxes exclude stations during a rerun. To begin zoom into the general area of interest on the Kiwi map (note the "quick zoom" menu). Click on the desired blue Kiwi sampling stations. If they are not responding or have had no recent GPS solutions an error message will appear. Important: the position and zooming of the Kiwi map determines the same for the resulting TDoA maps. Double click on the blue markers (or speaker icon) to open that Kiwi in a new tab to check if it is receiving the target signal well. You can also manually edit the sampling station list (white fields). You can click on the green map markers to set the frequency/passband of some well-known reference stations. The known locations of these stations will be shown in the result maps so you can see how well it agrees with the TDoA solution. Practice with VLF/LF references stations as their ground-wave signals usually give good results. Start with only two sampling stations and check the quality of the solution before adding more. Of course you need three or more stations to generate a localized solution (via Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 19, DXLD) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ **LOCO** SPORADIC E TO DA KEYS SEP. 7, 2019 I saw that there was gonna be some decent tropo this past weekend, so I decided to drive down to Veterans Park on Little Duck Key, FL (mile marker 39.8 of US 1). My car radio is broken, and only strong signals come in; therefore, I was unable to check along the way. Well! Had I known that there was going to be Es to kill the tropo, I am sure I would have not driven as far! (When I stopped and checked preliminary "rod antenna" signals, I had Spanish on 93.9 and 95.3, figuring new Cubans. Ha!) Among the catches: 89.1 Blast Centro, Panamá 89.1 Suite FM, Maracaibo, Venezuela 89.5 RNV, Coro, VEN 90.5 Super Q, Panamá 90.9 RPC R, Panamá 91.0? unID but likely R Vida, Colombia, heard at home last year on 91.0 91.1 Super Q//90.5 93.1 unID but REL_TALK on RDS, thinking R Hogar, Panamá 94.9 see below! 95.1 Visión Global, Panamá, but no ID---strictly //stream 99.2 [sic] CARACOL R, Bucaramanga, Colombia---none listed on 99.1 or 99.3 100.5 unID but believed to be Clásicos FM, Maracaibo VEN, playing train wreck of Tiffany then Rolling Stones 103.7 Play FM, Panamá I hope to put my unID's together for a YouTube. TV was wild as well, up to ch 6 with Venevisión, believed to be Barquisimeto VEN. Click below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NIf83607fw Florida Keys FM DX: Líder 94.9 (read below) CHRISTOPHER DUNNE 138 subscribers --- Here is not only reception of Líder 94.9 Barquisimeto, Venezuela, from Veterans Park at Little Duck Key, Florida---but also the RDS "LIDER949". Distance per Free Map Tools = over 1,270 miles. Another blessing --- E-skip in September. This was on a very hot afternoon of September 7, 2019. The park has reopened, after about 18 months, due to damage from Hurricane Irma in September 2017. NOTE: The antenna was nowhere near power lines. That could be dangerous. The angle looks like it's close (Chris Dunne, Pembroke Pines FL, Sept 8-9, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) Great Asian TP MW opening this morning (20 Sept.) at 1125 for a half-hour into the eastern, California desert --- Stephen P. McGreevy I actually managed to arise early (not easy these days) and thought to get out to the radio-room in my shop building here in Keeler, CA - southern Owens Valley, and first checked 972 HLCA (KBS) - South Korea - I noted a HUGE signal peaking up to S9(!!) on my DX-200 with a Tecsun Loop at 1125, and over the next 10 minutes faded up and down but never out between S2 to S8, even overwhelming the 970 mixture (generally 970 Portland, OR dominates here at that time). During this amazing signal peaking I could easily hear their audio with a big 2 kHz het on my original GE SuperRadio out on another workbench out of the radio room, and the het was loud on even a small, insensitive portable radio. I spent the most time on 972 recording this amazing signal peak - I think the strongest I have ever noted HLCA here. Scanning the MW band with the SuperRadio, the band was full of hets similar to being on a beach! Others noted on the DX-200/AN-200 loop: 1206 China (presumed) in either Mandarin or another Chinese dialect peaking S2 and fair audio and minimal 1200/1210 slop - 1135. 774 JOUB Akita (NHK-2) not very strong at about 1140 but in there in Japanese but it did not sound like the usual EE language lessons I catch after 1200. 828 JOBB Osaka weak audio // 774 as usual. 819 (KRE?) notable 1 kHz het on 820 XEABC Mexicali - I don't think this station is running their full listed 500 kW or else directional with reduced ERP to the NE. I noted that during my November 2010 Oahu DXpedition that 819 Pyongyang was a similar strength signal overall to 820 WBAP Texas - shifting the loop orientation favored one or the other and the whopping 1 kHz het. 1566 HLAZ FEBC Cheju Do Isl., KOR peaked up to S3 at the TOH at 1200 but not impressive. Upon a re-check of these at 1300 as dawn broke, everything was much weaker. Glad I arose earlier than usual! On Thursday afternoon (19 Sept.), I rolled out an approx. 200m NW short-BOG and terminated it with a 3-foot ground-rod into moist alkaline soil next to the Owens dry lakebed and a horse pasture about 2 km NW of Keeler for future local DXpeditions coming (good spot for low-hum ELF "natural-radio" listening, too). I was too groggy this morning to drive out there, however! -- 73 - Stephen P. McGreevy - N6NKS - www.auroralchorus.com IRCA iog via DXLD) I have to say I'm impressed. 'Good to read about some really good DX happening here in California (Mike Sanburn, KG6LJU, Sept 20, ibid.) THANKS, Mike! Well it is now the equinox and TP DX at this solar-minimum period should be even better than in autumn 2018, which I thought was pretty great! My fave DX is TP and I sure miss doing it out at Pt. Reyes in the 80s... -- 73 (Stephen P. McGreevy - N6NKS - www.auroralchorus.com ibid.) Thanks for the TP-DX report from Keeler, CA, Stephen! 972-HLCA is usually the strongest TP signal here as well, often fading in around 0230 PDT local (0930 UT) and then drifting in and out of audio until around 1300 UT, when it is usually around S9 until Asian propagation collapses. The station is a "Big Gun" favorite for testing out the 5" Frequent Flyer FSL's in between trips to Hawaii. 819-KCBS (in Pyongyang) had monster signals for me as well during a Kona, Hawaii trip in December of 2017, with overpowering girl group songs rocking the Kona motel beach a few hours after sunset https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/gj2deffl7mjuzqr5tocsro100sfhqll9 It can occasionally manage fairly strong audio here in Puyallup, WA as well, although a semi-local on 820 has a tendency to cover it up. Considering the quality of its programming, maybe that's not such a bad thing? :-) 73, (Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA), ibid.) :Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts :Issued: 2019 Sep 16 0139 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # Product description and SWPC contact on the Web # https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/content/subscription-services # # Weekly Highlights and Forecasts # Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 09 - 15 September 2019 Solar activity was at very low levels. No spots were observed on the visible disk. No Earth-directed CMEs were observed in available coronagraph imagery. No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was moderate to high levels throughout the summary period due to influence from multiple CH HSSs. A maximum flux of 8,450 pfu was observed at 09/1745 UTC. Geomagnetic field activity ranged from quiet to active levels. An isolated period of active was observed on 09 Sep in response to a positive polarity CH HSS increasing solar wind speeds to ~525 km/s. Isolated unsettled conditions, associated with further enhancements from multiple positive polarity CH HSSs, were observed on 12-15 Sep. Quiet conditions were observed over the remainder of the summary period. Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 16 September - 12 October 2019 Solar activity is expected to be at very low levels over 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 16-19 Sep and 27 Sep - 12 Oct. Moderate levels are expected from 20-26 Sep. All enhancements in electron flux are due to elevated wind speeds from multiple, recurrent, CH HSSs. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to range from quiet to G2 (Moderate) storm levels. G2 conditions are likely on 27-28 Sep; G1 (Minor) conditions are likely on 29 Sep; active conditions are likely on 30 Sep and 02 Oct; unsettled conditions are likely on 16-18 Sep, 23 Sep, 26 Sep, 01 Oct, 03 Oct, 06 Oct, 10 Oct and 12 Oct. All enhancements in geomagnetic active are in response to the anticipated influence of multiple, recurrent CH HSSs. The remainder of the outlook period is expected to be mostly quiet under nominal solar wind conditions. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2019 Sep 16 0139 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # Product description and SWPC contact on the Web # https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/content/subscription-services # # 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table # Issued 2019-09-16 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2019 Sep 16 68 6 3 2019 Sep 17 68 8 3 2019 Sep 18 68 10 3 2019 Sep 19 68 5 2 2019 Sep 20 68 5 2 2019 Sep 21 68 5 2 2019 Sep 22 68 5 2 2019 Sep 23 69 8 3 2019 Sep 24 69 5 2 2019 Sep 25 69 5 2 2019 Sep 26 69 10 3 2019 Sep 27 69 35 6 2019 Sep 28 69 45 6 2019 Sep 29 69 20 5 2019 Sep 30 69 10 4 2019 Oct 01 69 8 3 2019 Oct 02 69 10 4 2019 Oct 03 69 8 3 2019 Oct 04 69 5 2 2019 Oct 05 69 5 2 2019 Oct 06 69 12 3 2019 Oct 07 70 5 2 2019 Oct 08 68 5 2 2019 Oct 09 68 5 2 2019 Oct 10 68 8 3 2019 Oct 11 68 5 2 2019 Oct 12 68 8 3 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 2000, DXLD) ###