DX LISTENING DIGEST 19-40, October 3, 2019
       Incorporating REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING
       edited by Glenn Hauser, http://www.worldofradio.com

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WORLD OF RADIO 2002 contents: Albania, Antarctica, Ustralia, Austria,
Bolivia, Brasil, Canada non, China, Cuba, Finland, France, Germany,
Japan/Korea North non, Korea South, Mali, New Zealand, North America,
Oman, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Sa`udi Arabia, Spain, Thailand,
Turkey, USA and non, Vietnam, Zambia; and the propagation outlook.
Completed by 0112 UT October 4 ready for first broadcasts Friday:

WOR 2002 is available as of 0112 UT Friday October 4 for broadcasts
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Also linx to podcast services.

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
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WOR 2003 airing subsequently October 11-17.

WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS:
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http://www.rmrc.de/index.php/rmrc-audio-plattform/podcast/glenn-hauser-wor

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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: 
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[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! October 15]

** AFGHANISTAN [and non]. BBC RADIO PROGRAMMES IN DARI AND PASHTO TO
AIR ON RADIO TELEVISION AFGHANISTAN NETWORK

The BBC’s flagship radio news programmes for Afghan audiences are now
rebroadcast live by Afghanistan’s national broadcaster, Radio
Television Afghanistan (RTA).

The first half of the BBC News Afghan hour-long evening news
programmes - Majale Shamgahi in Dari and BBC Naray Da Wakht in Pashto
- will now be aired every day via RTA’s FM network in all 34 provinces
of Afghanistan, as well as on medium wave.

The BBC reaches more than 12m people in Afghanistan weekly, including
those tuning in to the BBC content via 32 BBC FM frequencies across
the country, a private radio network and three private radio stations.
The BBC’s Dari and Pashto-language radio programmes now adding to the
RTA prime-time schedule examine key local and international issues of
the day via reports, interviews and analysis, covering issues of
interest to Afghan audiences in the region and the rest of the world.

Commenting on the rebroadcasting agreement between the BBC and RTA,
signed at the BBC’s New Broadcasting House in London on 9 September
2019, BBC World Service Director, Jamie Angus, says: “Access to
trusted and independent news about Afghanistan and the world has
always been at the heart of our mission for BBC Pashto and BBC Dari.
We are delighted that the new partnership with RTA will allow our
content to reach more people in Afghanistan, on channels they already
know.”

RTA Director General, Ismail Miakhail, adds: “A partnership with the
BBC further reinforces RTA’s mission of informing the Afghan nation.
Adding BBC programming to our output will contribute to the provision
of trusted and impartial news about Afghanistan and the wider world.
The timing of this association can’t be better: as RTA moves towards
becoming a public broadcaster, with impartiality at its core, we will
use RTA Academy to provide the country’s journalists with training on
ethical journalism. The BBC has immense experience as a public
broadcaster, and I am confident that we will learn much from each
other.”

Majale Shamgahi, which is aired at 1400-1500 GMT (1830-1930 Kabul
Time), and BBC Naray Da Wakht, aired live at 1500-1600 GMT (1930-2030
Kabul Time), bring local, regional and international news and
analysis. As part of the rebroadcasting collaboration with the BBC,
the first half of the Dari- and Pashto-language programmes will be
aired live by RTA every evening. [...]
https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2019/radio-programmes-in-dari-pashto 
(27 September 2019 via Dr. Hansjoerg Biener, Sept 30, DXLD)

** ALBANIA. China Radio International Arabic via Cerrik very odd fqy
0500-0657 9592 CER 150 kW / 140 deg to N/ME Arabic, instead of nominal
9590 // 5985 CER & 11775 CER
-- 0700-0725 open carrier/dead air on 9592. 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Oct 1,
WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 2002, DXLD)

re 9592 kHz keyboard glitch Oct 1 - {in USSR era some irregularities
occurred on broadcast centers, happened often during national holiday,
because of heavy drink consumption then, CHINA P.R. is currently
celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Republic ... }

Today Oct 2nd all 4 transmissions from CRI European relay site at
Cerrik Albania are on x.000 even frequency channel. Despite signal
strength is only S=9+10dB on sidelobes, little less than usual summer
strength in southern Germany. CER azimuths at this 6-7 UT hour is

140degr towards NE/ME/NoEaAF, and
240degr towards NoWeAF and WeAF.

CRI Arabic 5985 240degr, 9590.even 140degr, 11775 240degr
CRI English 11710.000 at 140degr, 18 kHz wideband audio signal during
singer performance in peaks transmission, CRI English stn ID at
0655:30 UT. 73 wb (Wolfgang Bueschel, ibid.)

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.979, Thu Oct 3 at 1336, JBA carrier on signature
off-frequency of LRA36; hardly any reports of them elsewhere the past
week and wondered if still active almost every day (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WORLD OF RADIO 2002, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ARGENTINA [non]. 7780, Oct 1 at 2227 WRMI with music, sounds like
Oldies, or rather scheduled APS Radio; and 9395 with different music,
gospel? Thus RAE`s German hour, which they are still sending to WRMI,
has got lost, supposed to be M-F 22-23 on 9395 per both WRMI and RAE
skeds (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ARMENIA [and non]. 18/09-2019, 1350 kHz --- For a long time I am
observing the channel 1350 MW. As of 1930 there is a program from TWR
from Armenia in Hebrew and Persian, I think. After 1930 sometimes
Egypt comes through on the channel in parallel to 819 (Zeljko Crncic /
https://mediumwave.info/news.html via Rus-DX Sept 29 via DXLD)

** ARMENIA. 7475, Sept 27 at 2359. JBA carrier from presumed special
broadcast of Christie`s soundtrack simulcast with her RCI film
`Spectres of Shortwave` showing in Winnipeg; even less than that a few
minutes later Sept 28. This was aimed at Africa and reported well
heard into South America (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Very poor to non-existent here in NB. Would have thought it would have
done a bit better into NB. At sign-on, I could hear a bit of audio but
just barely. Could tell it was the RCI ID and Amanda giving her
introduction but then the signal faded into oblivion. I had some audio
at a poor level about 25 minutes before the scheduled start of the
Armenian transmission in what seemed like an oriental language. And
then a 1 kHz tone starting around 2350. The tone disappeared about 10
minutes later. Thinking this might be a heterodyne rather than a test
tone, I checked Dan Ferguson's schedule file and, sure enough, it
appears I was hearing Voice of Tibet on 7476 kHz from Tajikistan
initially. It's scheduled from 2330 to 2400. And checking the U.
Twente SDR receiver from time to time, there was only ever a faint
carrier on the waterfall (-- Richard Langley, Sept 28, WOR iog via
DXLD) See also CANADA [non]

** ARMENIA. 9300, Monday Sept 30 at 1313, TWR IS at S3-S5, 1315
opening announcement unknown language; again at 1359 TWR IS is JBA.
Per Aoki/NDXC, convoluted schedule of TWR India via Yerevan-Gavar for
day 2 shows starting 1315 in Mun language; 1400 going from Hin-di to
Kum. So what are these obscure minolitylangs? Per EiBi`s readme.txt
MUN Mundari: India-Jharkhand, Odisha (1.1m) [unr]
KUM Kumaoni/Kumauni: India-Uttarakhand (2m) [kfy] 
At least the gospel huxters are countering Modi`s Hindi-above-all
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** AUSTRALIA. Members, I am reporting what is either a significant
withdrawal of active MW signals in Australian cities or a Phoenix type
of transfer of a whole network to another operator. It first came to
my attention thanks to the excellent New Zealand DX Times.
In short, large chunks of Niche Network or Rete Italia have gone
silent.

Perth 657, Gosford 801, Wollongong 1575, Mackay 1611, Esperance 1611,
Kalgoorlie 1611, Devonport 1611, Hobart 1611, Darwin 1611, Wangaratta
1620, Gladstone 1620, Gold Coast 1620, Toowoomba 1620, Shepparton
1629, Mount Gambier 1629, and Albany 1629 kHz have fallen silent as
far as I can tell. In addition a station not listed for Niche Network
on WRTH - Canberra South on 1638 - has also gone quiet.

In a surprising development, on 1611, Launceston is carrying the
public broadcaster SBS PopDesi. This is normally only carried on the
DAB+ network. Either this may be heralding an expansion of SBS on MW,
or this is an illegal use of the transmitter.

This situation is fluid. WRTH are aware of the matter. We will need to
keep this under review. 73 and 88 (Dan Goldfarb, UK, Sept 28, mwmasts
iog via DXLD

To explain a little about Australia’s X-band operations, the MF-NAS
(medium frequency narrowband area service) stations are planned on a
very simple basis: 400 watts transmitter power maximum, co-channel
re-use 100 km minimum, adjacent channel no closer than 10 km. The vast
majority are running the full 400 watts (maybe a few rogues running
1000 watts), a handful 50 watts, aerial systems are understood to be
omnidirectional (via Bryan Clark, Oct NX DX Times via DXLD)

** AUSTRALIA. 5055, Radio 4KZ, randomly from 1052 to 1246:25*, Sept
25. Respectable reception for such a low powered station; variety of
pop songs (a Burt Bacharach song, "This Guy's in Love with You," The
Temptations - "My Girl," Irene Cara - "Flashdance What A Feeling,"
Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Down On The Corner," etc.); 1100 news,
weather and sea conditions (bits and pieces readable); commercial
announcements; heavy QRN (static). My audio of Bacharach song, weather
and faint ID, at 
http://bit.ly/2lu5RCB  

5055, Radio 4KZ, 1122+, Sept 28. Another day of IDing their pop songs
(Cyndi Lauper - "Time After Time," Lionel Richie - "Stuck on You,"
Stephen Bishop - "On And On," etc.) (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach,
CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 2002,
DXLD) 

** AUSTRALIA [and non]. AUSTRALIA/CHINA/TAIWAN. 6230, on Sept 28.

Sound of Hope, 1100. The usual OM & YL with "Xiwang zhi sheng guoji
guangbo diantai" (Sound of Hope international broadcast station); then
the news.

VMW (6230-USB), 1245-1251*. Present coastal Australia weather, along
with forecasts; ID ("end of transmission from V M W"); fairly
readable.

CNR1 (jamming), 1323. Very strong signal; // 6125; completely blocking
SOH & VMW (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna:
100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD) 

** AUSTRALIA. ACWST and Eucla`s +8:45 timezone: WORLD OF HOROLOGY

** AUSTRIA. Radio Joystick, The Charlie-Prince Show, Moosbrunn, will
be on air  Sunday October 6 at 1000 UT, like all first Sunday of the
month on 7330 kHz:
https://radiojoystick.de/

"Since 2013 we broadcast via Media Broadcast. The transmitters are
located in the small town of Moosbrunn near Vienna, broadcasting our
shows on every first Sunday of each month at 12:00 h German time with
100 kW at 7330 kHz on shortwave to Western Europe!

On the Internet, the latest program is available at any time on demand
for your listening pleasure. Our programs are produced for syndication
as a free offer to stations that easily and efficiently may add their
own jingles and commercials!" (via Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, WOR iog
via WORLD OF RADIO 2002, DXLD)

** AZORES [and non]. AZORES AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS READY FOR
HURRICANE LORENZO --- 10/01/2019

An Amateur Radio emergency network has activated as Hurricane Lorenzo
approaches the Azores — an autonomous region of Portugal in the
Atlantic. Amateur Radio volunteers will work with the government and
emergency response teams, using VHF and UHF repeaters, HF, and Amateur
Radio satellite. A request has been issued for stations to yield to
any emergency traffic coming in and out of the Azores (CU, CQ8, CR8,
CS8 and CT8 prefixes).

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) in the US reports that a hurricane
warning is in effect for Flores, Corvo, Faial, Pico, Sao Jorge,
Graciosa, and Terceira islands. Lorenzo, a Category 2 storm, is
maintaining its strength as it heads toward the Azores, where it is
expected to bring hurricane conditions to some areas early on
Wednesday. 

Lorenzo at one point was a Category 5 storm, the first ever recorded
as far north and east in the Atlantic. 

As of 1800 UTC, Hurricane Lorenzo was some 385 miles southwest of
Flores with maximum sustained winds of 100 MPH, moving to the
northeast at 25 MPH.

Radio amateurs have established HF inter-island links on 80, 40, and
20 meters — 3760, 3770, and 3750; 7110, 7100, and 7060; and 14300,
14310, and 14320.00 kHz. The 20-meter frequencies are designated for
communications with stations outside of the Azores. 

Over the weekend, AMSAT-NA received a request from radio amateurs
involved with emergency communications in the Azores to forgo AO-92
L/v operation of the satellite this week. They asked that AO-92 remain
in U/v to handle potential emergency traffic, with passes covering the
Azores and Portugal the most critical.

Lorenzo is not predicted to make a direct hit on the Azores. The NHC
says that Lorenzo is expected to produce total rain accumulations of 1
to 2 inches over the western Azores and up to 1 inch over the central
Azores today and Wednesday. 

“Swells generated by Lorenzo have spread across much of the North
Atlantic basin, and are affecting the east coast of the United States,
Atlantic Canada, the Bahamas, portions of the Greater and Lesser
Antilles, and portions the coast of Europe,” the NHC said. — Thanks to
Carlos Nora, CT1END, via Southgate Amateur Radio News, the Hurricane
Watch Net, and AMSAT-NA (via DXLD)

** BANGLADESH. 4750, Bangladesh Betar, Shavar. Time pips for 1315 and
the start of the Nepali service --- I think! The audio was so
distorted that it could well have been any South Asian language!
Fairly strong carrier, but some background co-channel QRM from RRI
Makassar and CNR 1-Hailar. 19/9 (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, VIC
(Yaesu FTDX 3000, Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Kenwood R5000, Tecsun
PL-680, Horizontal Sky Loop, Double Bazooka antennas for 80, 40 and 20
metres, Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital Noise
Eliminating Module, MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling Module, ATU), Oct
Australian DX News via DXLD)

** BHUTAN. 6035, BBS, 1128*, Sept 28. A day with decent reception; cut
off in mid-sentence; as usual was in English (almost readable) (Ron
Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire,
WOR iog via DXLD)

** BOLIVIA. 5952.474, Sept 29 at 0054, VP split-channel carrier must
be Radio Pio Doce, from the Twentieth Century, rarely active? or
heard, now with het against WRMI 5950, and amid its splash which is
inescapable. Aoki/NDXC shows span of RPXII is 10-01 UT which explains
why I am no longer hearing it a few minutes later (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WORLD OF RADIO 2002, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville (Maus Blong Sankamap - Voice
of the Sunrise), 1015-1050, Sept 25. Almost all the programs dealing
with the upcoming referendum; back on the air after being briefly
silent for a few days (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1,
antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD)

3325, NBC Bougainville, 1205, Sept 28. Music, which was // NBC Madang
(3260), until they cut off at 1208*, while 3325 was still going when
tuned away at 1215; no VOI audio QRM (Ron Howard, Asilomar State
Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD)

** BRAZIL. 4885.022, R Clube do Para at 2254 UT, \\ confirmed with
their website MW 690 kHz online player. ID Banda Tropical at 2300 UT,
S=5-6 in Cape Canaveral FL state in USA.

4924.979, Radio Educacao Rural Tefe, Portuguese poor S=6 at 2310 UT.

5939.669, Voz Missionaria in Bras-Portuguese language, S=8 at 2337.

Tonight occurs excellent and early good reception worldwide, when
checked remote SDR in Cape Canaveral FL, NJ and MI units: from DXLD
copied: [WWV predixions A & K 35 and 6 on Sept 27, 45 and 6 on Sept
28] [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz](Wolfgang
Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 27, WOR iog via DXLD)

4885.024, Radio Clube do Para, music program \\ online radio AM 690
<https:\\www.radioclubedopara.com.br/> S=7 at 0450 UT. Log of Sept 30,
0357 to 0500 UT of remote SDR unit at Massachusetts, US state on far
northeast coast close to Canadian border [selected SDR options, span
12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX
TopNews Sept 30, WOR iog via DXLD)

** BRAZIL. 6135.105, probably R Aparecida, Bras Port, poor S=5-6 at
0416. Log of Sept 30, 0357 to 0500 UT of remote SDR unit at
Massachusetts, US state on far northeast coast close to Canadian
border [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang
Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 30, WOR iog via DXLD)

** BRAZIL. 6180.025, Sept 29 at 0058, S9+10 of music, 0059 Brazuguese
announcement about ``música popular brasileira`` (MPB), the talk audio
somewhat suptorted, as RNA is here instead of no signal on 11780
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. Rádio Aparecida, 9630, Sep 29, 2248, PP with music
including English smooth jazz-like selection followed by Portuguese
selection, back into EE selection "I Don't Believe in Many Things" by
Simply Red, PP with religious program note at 2258, ID 2259 "Rádio
Aparecida", ID and frequencies at 2303, 2305 likely prayer, 34333
(Icom R-75; antenna 28m longwire with 9:1 Balun) (Robert Butterfield,
Columbia, MD, USA, WOR iog via DXLD)

** BRAZIL. Rádio Voz Missionária, 9665, Sep 29, 2345, Portuguese
emotional religious sermon by man, 2328 into woman with sermon then at
2332 she starts singing religious song "live" but very off key, signal
improving a tad -- unfortunately  (I mean she was really awful!);
34323 (Icom R-75; antenna 28m longwire with 9:1 Balun)  (Robert
Butterfield, Columbia, MD, USA, WOR iog via DXLD)

** BRAZIL. Manuel Méndez in Lugo, Spain reports that PPE BRAZIL
(10000 kHz Time Signal Station from Observatorio Nacional), Rio de
Janeiro, was noted back on the air on the 25th after "months of being
off." I hadn't noticed them of late, but didn't know they were off
either! Check around Grey-line times for them as that is usually
when they appear in Michigan. A quick check shows that I last logged
them in December last year at 0030 UT at the MARE DXpedition which was
actually a bit late for them (Kenneth Vito Zichi, MARE Tipsheet Oct 3
via DXLD)

** BRAZIL. No more DST this summer or ever? See WORLD OF HOROLOGY

** CANADA. 990, UT Monday Sept 30 at 0604 UT, CBW Winnipeg is the only
CBC station we get dependably, now opening its overnight relays of
foreign stations, 1-5v am local, with `DW WorldLink`, first about
illegal migration from Bangladesh to India. Been a long time since
I`ve checked the schedule, so here it is for this week:
https://www.cbc.ca/programguide/weekly/2019/09/30/cbc_radio_one/?t=1569858526733

Tue-Sat however the first hour is `The World` from USA which we can
hear the previous afternoon on KOSU. Display does not give the country
source for the other programs, some of them familiar from Monocle, BBC
or ABC, NPR (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Note: On the CBC overnight program guide if you click on SOME program
titles it gives you more information or a least ideas of whom and
where the program are from such as Future Tense and Off Track both
from ABC Australia. 73 (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, AB, WOR iog via
DXLD)

** CANADA [non]. Spectres of Shortwave broadcast from Armenia on 7475
nicely heard from Kiwi SDR site near Sao Paulo Brazil from 0010 (9/28)
with solid S3 to S4 signal, light noise, light fading and no QRM. Path
length is about 7,300+ miles (Bruce Churchill, CA, WOR iog via DXLD)

Nothing here yet in central Alberta as to be expected. 73 (Mick
Delmage, 0035 UT Sept 28, ibid.)

Re: [WOR] Spectres of Shortwave from Armenia --- Hi group,
Is anybody going to QSL reception of this broadcast, I wonder? I've
heard it here, although with a poor signal, obviously being on the
backlobe of the Armenian transmitter. 73, (Dmitry Mezin, Kazan,
RUSSIA, Sept 30, WOR iog via DXLD)

Unfortunately Spectres of Shortwave broadcasts are rarely if ever
acknowledged, much less verified (Bruce Churchill, ibid.)

Right you are. I did careful monitoring and submitted numerous reports
to her with the HAARP project a few months ago, and never heard a
thing. A bit disappointing! (Walt Salmaniw, BC, ibid.)

Hi guys, Amanda told me it will take a while to get the QSL thing
together. Patience, my friends. She did mention verification cards on
her CBC Winnipeg interview on Friday, but I am not saying that they
are ready. 73 (Mick Delmage, AB, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 2002,
DXLD)

In all fairness to Amanda, she did say way back that the HAARP QSLs
would be quite delayed due to a number of circumstances during the
summer – I don’t believe that there were any indications that there
would be QSLs for the Uzbekistan (April) or Armenia (Sept) broadcasts.
She does not have a QSL manager so keeping up with checking reports
for these broadcasts must be an overwhelming task! ☹ (Bruce Churchill,
CA, ibid.)

Does she know how to issue a proper QSL card? Nowadays programme
presenters don't know (Tibor Gaal, Hungary, ibid.)

Yes, she does know. She is also a licensed amateur. Just extremely
busy with her work and research (Mick Delmage, ibid.)

From Amanda's Twitter feed:

"Sep 26
btw: for those who tuned in and sent reception reports from the
simulcast in Uzbekistan that accompanied the Toronto screening in
April, I haven't forgotten about your cards: I still have cards to
send you. ...and for the HAARP tx in March, those ones are still in
design process."

"Aug 14
update: QSL card design is back to the drawing board now as we decided
to revamp the website and create a separate online reception report
repository... we want design consistency across all 3.  We hope to
have QSL out in the mail end of October." [WORLD OF RADIO 2002]

"Jul 21
QSL cards are still in the design stage... website might be redone as
well. I am working on another two works (one hour each)... hoping to
transmit this winter. it will likely take me a few more days (if not a
week) to get back to everyone who sent me reports and media files."

"Jul 21
we have made a database with information from all of the reception
reports: location, antenna, receiver, signal strength, etc. etc.  and
are also working on an easily searchable blog for scientists and
researchers who might want info on propagation and reception."
(via -- Richard Langley, NB, UT Oct 2, ibid.)

Thanks, fellas for digging into this deeper. I'm happy to wait as long
as it takes! 73, (Walt Salmaniw, ibid.)

** CANADA. Now Or Never --- AMATEUR RADIO CONNECTS P.E.I WOMAN WITH
PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD

'There are all these people around the world; they just want a human
connection, just for a few moments.'

CBC Radio Posted: Sep 27, 2019 5:41 PM ET | Last Updated September 27

Therese Mair speaks with people around the world via her ham radio.
(Anthony Davis/CBC) Listen 9:14

Almost every morning and night, Therese Mair can be found sitting on
her favourite chair in her living room, in front of a ham radio.

Mair lives in Georgetown, P.E.I., but by fiddling with a dial and
searching through static, she can speak with people from around the
world. . .
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/nowornever/amateur-radio-connects-p-e-i-woman-with-people-around-the-world-1.5298807
(via Eric Floden, DXLD)

Nice publicity, but how can you do a story about a ham and NEVER
mention or even show in the photos, her callsign??? Fortunately there
was a comment from someone who knew it (gh)

IG  follow IVI Gruppe  7 days ago
How are you Therese? Or... should I say: 

"VY2TAM this is VK5CQ, Over" 
("When I hear you calling me, 
I think you're 'Calling CQ'... 
especially, on CW (Morse).)" ;~) 

Amateur Radio is truly "the Original Social Media, without all the
downsides" & one of the few, in which we still exchange audio clips of
Warm human voices... carrying real Emotions... in Real Time... without
the $$ limits of our mobile's. 

(Having said that, we just paid Au$150 for 12-mon's of Unlimited calls
- both to AU & to 25 countries - & a pittance of mobile data; but I
digress...) 

I'm impressed with CBC's coverage of Ham Radio: a search for "Ham
Radio" promised to return 249 hits (with some duplication) 

AU's ABC.net.au returns up to 19 x 7 = 133 hits, but the first set of
7 had 2 duplicates. 

(BBC.com won't tell give a total count, but the 1st few hits incl'd
the likes of "West Ham United" - a sports team!) 

(DW.com found no relevant stories...) Searching other broadcasters'
sites is left as homework for the reader. Yes, I'm a retired STEM
teacher, now involved in Promoting Nuclear Energy, Not from old-tech
(ie, Fuel-Rod) dinosaur NPPs, but Safe Small Green Liquid-Fuel, MOLTEN
SALT REACTORS due ~2030 ...

Thanks for your part in bringing the Joy of Ham Radio to more people,
especially to girls who may try it now (via DXLD)

** CHINA. New 738-kHz East Asian Jammer Received in Japan --- For
those interested, a Japanese YouTube video (by Hiroyuki Okamura) was
made featuring a recording of the new 738 kHz east Asian Jammer this
morning at 1301 UT, and is posted at 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZJlQmWUBhU&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1bgjstpezqWD5g0rJQ7JnUXLiq4WK3WJm9efBEqe0MdehCTsiVUvab5pg
(Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA), Sept 27, IRCA iog via DXLD)

** CHINA. 15140, 0326, CNR1 Firedrake excellent in Mandarin blocking
VOA to Tibet In Tibetan, CNR1 ID, 26/8 (Ken Baird, Wainuiomata, New
Zealand, NZRDXL SDR1, Oct NZ DX Times via DXLD)

9255, CNR-1, 1135 (broadcaster apparently used as jammer), M and W in
Chinese dialogue, really blasting in, over what should be Sound of
Hope (Opposition) via the R.O.C. - Taiwan. Time pips & ID on the hour
- Very Good Sept 23 (Rick Barton, Arizona SW Logs,  Grundig Satellit
205/T.5000, RS SW-2000629, various outdoor wires & indoor shortwire.
73 and Good Listening..........! - rb, WOR iog via DXLD)

CNR1 jammers, Sept 29 at 1325-1332 during Sunday evening cultural hour
of serious/western music like 6180: 6230, 9180, 9215, 10160, 10960,
11120, 11460, some of them JBA carriers at known SOH spots. At 1358
another JBAC on 14980, but none in the 12s, 13s.

9155, Oct 2 at 1256, VP Chinese, and weaker 9180, both CNR1 jammed SOH
frequencies. Altho did not do an exhaustive continuous bandscan, no
more WOOB noticed in the 11s, 13s but a JBA carrier at 1320 on 14980,
which also qualifies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 4750, 0926, CNR1 domestic service via Hailar (per
short-wave.info listing) fading up on measured 4749.988. Time signals
at 0930, rapidly improving signal 15/9. Audio running slightly behind
// 6175 good & 7230 vgd (Bryan Clark, Mangawhai, Northland, North
Island, New Zealand, WinRadio G33DDC and AOR7030+, EWEs to North,
Central & South America, Oct NZ DX Times via DXLD) 

** CHINA. 4940, Voice of Strait, 1430-1455, Sept 29 (Sunday). The
weekend only edition of "Focus on China" program in English;
today with show "Selfie," produced by China Plus (CRI):

"Hello and welcome to Selfie, the show that gets to the heart of
Chinese society, life and the economy. I'm Tony Reid. In this edition
of Selfie, China Plus's Wang Lei takes us to the Tibet autonomous
region. We'll hear stories about people's struggle for a better life
through sand control and central heating and oxygen supply projects."

Also IDs for "Focus on China, in Voice of Strait Broadcasting
Station,"  "Fresh, dynamic, professional, profound, explore Chinese
culture . . . You are now listening to Focus on China"; mostly
readable. My audio at 
http://bit.ly/2m27lUK  

China Plus website with audio streaming and full transcript of today's
program at 
http://bit.ly/2nFCopV     
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long
wire, WOR iog via DXLD)

** CHINA. 9420, CNR13 Uighur --- As per usual (?) CNR13 on 9420 was
today transmitting old western pop songs at 1335+ a nice music. After
the ToH clock with long news program. Fair signal at S7 (-70 dbm) with
slight fading (only S2 levels!!). One of the stations in my radio
favs. Different station in HK K-SDR (Zacharias Liangas, Greece, 1447
UT Sept 28, WOR iog via DXLD)

So I guess he would not have confused it with V of Greece on its only
active frequency, but during a break at this hour? (gh, DXLD)

** CHINA [non]. ALBANIA, China Radio International on very odd 9592
kHz, October 1 [see also ALBANIA]
0500-0700 9592 CER 150 kW / 140 deg to N/ME Arabic, instead of 9590
0700-0725 9592 CER 150 kW / 140 deg to N/ME open carrier / dead air
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/10/china-radio-international-on-very-odd.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News October 1-2, DX LISTSENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [non]. 13650, CUBA,  China Radio International (via Quivican
relay & monitored from the road on Sangean ATS-909X, provided whip).
First heard as an open carrier over NHK radio Japan tuning signal
(heard underneath) at 2255. Station started out on the right track,
signing on at 2300 with IDs given by male and female announcers, but
then going to this repetitive traditional Chinese instrumental music
often heard as soundbed voiceover music on CNR-1. I have been noticing
this a lot lately, that the Cuban relay of China radio seems to be
playing entire programs of traditional Chinese music with no voice
programming in Portuguese - which is what is scheduled here for this
time. I had to tune out at 2333, but only the instrumental Chinese
music was being broadcast up to that time - Very Good Sept 30    (Rick
Barton, Arizona SW Logs, 73 and Good Listening..........! - rb, WOR
iog via WORLD OF RADIO 2003, DXLD)

** CHINA. Hi Glenn, Oct 1 ("National Day"), will mark the 70th
anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Expect
there will be major SW coverage of the special events planned
throughout the day. Website - 
http://www.70prc.cn/english/index.htm  

There will be a 90-minute grand evening gala and fireworks show, held
at Tiananmen Square. Scheduled to start at 1200 UT and certainly
expect some SW coverage. Hard to say just which Chinese SW stations
will be involved with this special event, but probably worthwhile to
check all the regional stations, as well as CNR1, CNR2, etc. (Ron
Howard, California, 2122 UT Sept 30, WOR iog via DXLD)

Hi Glenn, Oct 1, "National Day" in China, from 1203+, heard the
following stations in // carrying the gala being held in Tiananmen
Square:

CNR1 frequencies (6125, etc.)
CNR2 frequencies (6155, etc.)
PBS Xizang (Tibet) (4820, etc.)    
PBS Xizang (Tibet) (4920, 6200, etc.)
CNR 6 (6165)
China Huayi B.C. (6185)
PBS Nei Menggu (7420)

Stations not carrying the gala:
Voice of Strait (4900 & 4940)
Beibu Bay Radio (5050)
PBS Yunnan (6035 & 7210)
PBS Sichuan 2 (6060 // 7225)
Voice of Jinling (6200) - noted *1231, blocking coverage by PBS Xizang
(Tibet), but later VOJ was off the air for 10-15 minutes.
(Ron Howard, California, ibid.)

** CUBA. Hi Guys: Another good weekend for aurora conditions. This is
what I have been able to glean from the ELAD recordings so far; still
more to review!

1520, RADIO BARAGUA, Palma Soriano, Sept/27/19, 2359 EDT [0359 UT Sept
28] FAIR SS, Under WWKB Buffalo. Cuban National Anthem punching
through at 2359-0000 EDT.  Only ONE Cuban listed on 1520, so assuming
it’s this! AURORA, NEW STN, 1 kW

1190, Radio Coral/Radio Revolution Chivirico, Sept/27/19 2358 EDT
[0358 UT Sept 28] FAIR SS. Relaying RADIO RELOJ from 2358-2359 EDT.
Short Spanish musical interlude then into CUBAN NATIONAL ANTHEM
2358-0000. WOWO Ft. Wayne took over the frequency after that. AURORA,
NEW STN, 10 kW.

740, RADIO ANGULO, CMKO, Sagua de Tanamo, Sept/30/19, 0000 EDT [0400
UT Oct 1] FAIR SS. Under CFZM Toronto. Cuban National Anthem punching
through at 0000 EDT. Spanish talk by male after anthem. Into Cuban
vocal music 0001-0003. Into the nush after 0003. Only Cuban on 740.
Thanks for the tip to Paul Snider of London, Ontario! AURORA K3/A13
Unsettled, NEW STN, 10 kW. 

RECEIVER is: ELAD FDM-S2 SDR. ANTENNA is: WELLBROOK ALA-1530 LNP
Imperium Loop. 73 ROB VA3SW (Robert Ross, London, Ontario CANADA,
nrc-am gg via DXLD)

** CUBA. Peoples' Republic of Unknownistan --- 11980, China Radio
International via ??? English Weekend edition of roundtable and into
Spanish. My current 'usual sources' don't have them on this freq at
this time, so site? Not so strong as to suspect Cuba, but modulation
rather 'subdued' so maybe from there? Kind of too strong to be
direct from China, and didn't 'sound like' it was from Albania, so …
I'm gonna guess Cuba. 2350-2400 21/Sep SDRplay +SDRuno +randomwire
(Kenneth Vito Zichi, Port Hope MI2, MARE Tipsheet Oct 3 via DXLD)

?? It`s the second harmonic of 5990 via Cuba as I have reported a
number of times. Feel free to add DXLD/gh reports to your usual
sources (gh)

** CUBA. 9620-9660 approx., Sept 27 at 1326 range of buzznoise out of
9640 transmitter which itself exhibits some humbuzz rather than clear
modulation. Something`s always wrong at RHC. But today no 13 MHz FM
service.

9490, Sept 27 at 1327, pulse jamming vs nothing, far outside the Radio
República hours of 01-05. Tough luck, many other users of 9490
including CRI in Bengali right now; also at various hours: AWR
Armenia, BVB via Germany, Bulgaria; NHK via Germany, Tibet, Romania,
Taiwan, VOA via Thailand, Kuwait, São Tomé, UAE, Ascension.
Something`s always wrong at the incompetent DentroCuban Jamming
Command (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 5025even, Radio Rebelde Bauta site, 16 kHz wideband Spanish
program, 5025 broad signal, bump into 5010 kHz signal of WRMI. 2308
UT, S=9+30dB.

5040even, RHC Bauta ENGLISH sce at this hour 23-24 UT. 2310 UT,
un-clean scratching audio, bad reception in Detroit MI remote unit,
S=9+35dB stronger than 5025 kHz Bauta outlet. 16 kHz wideband audio.

5999.994, RHC Spanish sce via Quivican San Felipe TITAN site, 250 kW
unit, but HEAVY DISTORTED AUDIO quality, S=9+30dB noted in Detroit MI
remote SDR unit. 2331 UT on Sept 27

5990even, Latin American relay site of CRI Beijing in English via
Quivican San Felipe TITAN site, 250kW, "World Today" program at 2332
UT, S=9+25dB, LOW MODULATION - though strong signal.

Tonight occurs excellent and early good reception worldwide, when
checked remote SDR in Cape Canaveral FL, NJ and MI units: from DXLD
copied: [WWV predixions A & K 35 and 6 on Sept 27, 45 and 6 on Sept
28] [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz](Wolfgang
Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 27, WOR iog via DXLD)

** CUBA. 5040, Sept 28 at 0518, RHC English is S9+10/20 but
undermodulated; 6000 is off, 6165 JBA if on, and 6100 very strong and
also undermodulated. Something`s always wrong at RHC.

9620-9660, Sept 28 at 1414, RHC 9640 is again buzzing out across this
range, worst circa 9630 & 9650. Something`s always wrong at rHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 12000exact, RHC Spanish harmonic S=8 signal in MA-US remote
unit, at 1155 UT harmonic of 6000.000 exact RHC from Quivican site at
San Felipe TITAN bcast center, S=9+35dB in Cape Canaveral FL remote
site. 1144 UT + 1155 UT.

6100even S=9+10dB RHC Bauta outlet, noted in Cape Canaveral FL SDR
unit.

and more in MA-US remote site
13700 -  NOT ON AIR at 1157 UT on Sept 29.
13740even RHC Bejucal site outlet towards Latin South America,
backlobe in MA-US S=9+15dB at 1156 UT.
15230even RHC Quivican San Felipe TITAN outlet at S=7 backlobe in
MA-US
15140 -  NOT ON AIR at 1205 UT on Sept 29. wb (Bueschel, ibid.)

** CUBA [and non]. 9640, Sept 28 at 2208, this RHC is *not* producing
a buzz field from 10 to 30 kHz either side. Proof that it is not true
that I *never* have anything good to say about RHC. Carriers from
Brasil`s 9630.4 apparition and presumably from Guinea very weak 9650
are unimpeded.

7380, Sept 28 at 2212, S9+25 of dead air from RHC when the African
service in French is supposed to emit. Something`s always wrong at
RHC.

6100, Sept 29 at 0600, RHC English is S9+10/20 with sufficient
modulation after dead air a few minutes earlier; while // 6000 S9+10
and 6165 S9 are both undermodulated. Something`s always wrong at RHC.

13700-AM, Sept 29 at 1336, spurblobs at 66-67 kHz intervals with F#
tone while programming is about equally audible in FM and AM modes
unlike 13700;  wide but center peaking at approx.: 13503, 13566,
13634 which is S8; 13766, 13833, but no 13900. At 1410 more detected:
13435 vs CODAR; 13363 JBA, 13304 JBA but uncomfortably close to NY
Radio ATC on 13306-USB. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

5990, Sept 29 at 0537, RHC is here on wrong frequency, supposed to be
only for CRI relays at 23-01! S9+20 song in Spanish, so it is English
or Spanish service? Soon announcement in English, and // much weaker
5040, 6100 S9+30, much stronger than 6165 S9/+10 and JBM. Nothing on
6000 which is where it`s supposed to be, and now 5990 splashes upon
5985 WRMI which is on this late Mondays only with gospel huxter.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO
2002, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 6000, 6100 kHz empty channels, nothing of RHC on air at 0426
UT. [6100 not scheduled until 0500 --- gh]

5990even, Bad frequency selection this Sept 30 morning at Cuban
transmission center Quivican San Felipe TITAN 250 kW broadcast site,
selected 10 kHz fq down - ex deep night frequency of CRI Cuban relay
site Quivican 23-01 UT instead of scheduled 6000 kHz. RHC English sce
settled here \\ 6165even kHz S=6-7 from Bauta, S=9+25dB in
Massachusetts remote SDR rx, Arnaldo Coro back on air at 0429 UT, talk
of Latin AM music program R Progreso, talk of mailbox weekend edition,
read letters from India and many US state listeners too. Log of Sept
30, 0357 to 0500 UT of remote SDR unit at Massachusetts, US state on
far northeast coast close to Canadian border [selected SDR options,
span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX
TopNews Sept 30, WOR iog via DXLD)

** CUBA. 15370, Oct 1 at 1931, RHC is S8 of dead air, and so is 15140
at S9+20. 15140 is supposed to be amid first airing of English hour
while 15370 is supposed to be starting French. Something`s always
wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2002, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

7380, Oct 1 at 2226, RHC is in choking Arabic instead of scheduled
French to Africa! Something`s always wrong at RHC.

6100, Oct 2 at 1248, RHC is on but undermixed with FE, CRI Beijing in
Russian and/or KCBS Pyongyang, in any event Commies vs Commies vs
Commies! RHC also in clear on stronger 6000 which also produces a good
harmonic on 12000, while there is nothing on 12200. Such a signal on
12000 makes me wonder if RHC deliberately allow 6000 to harmonicize,
since in past 12000 has been a legit RHC fundamental,
but not so scheduled now, any more than the 11980 harmonic of the 5990
CRI relay. Something`s always wrong at RHC.

9620-9670 approx., Oct 2 at 1301, lopsided buzz field out of 9640 RHC
which itself is crackly and hummy. Worst peaks about 9627 and 9653.
Something`s always wrong at RHC.

13700, Oct 2 at 1303, this RHC has just come on joining 13740 on band
which started earlier. 13700 is notably weaker at S9/+10 than 13740
S9+20/30, and also less modulated. And also fails to provide any FM
spur constellation. Something`s always wrong at RHC.

15140, Oct 2 at 1308, this RHC is dead air and weaker than modulated
stronger S9+20 15230. 1423 recheck 75 minutes later, 15140 *still*
dead air and 15230 VG. Is no one paying attention at Titán, site
Aoki-listed for both in the morning, whether a transmitter be
modulating at all? Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 15370 // 15140, Oct 2 at 1942, RHC in English on both
frequencies; supposed to be 15140 only and 15370 other languages. This
follows dead air on both the other day. Something`s always wrong at
RHC. But interesting cultural item about Carmina Burana performed as a
dance after winning some award in Mexico? That I`d like to hearsee.
Soon into mandatory anti-American propaganda, how José Martí became
disillusioned with America after visiting it. But how was he to know
that in the next century, America would name a major radio and TV
service for him?! 2001 both into Arabic instead of French on 15140. By
2049 check, 15370 in Portuguese, 15140 off. 

This on the BST-1 caradio; at first I did a double take when I heard
RHC English twice on the memory scan thinking I mishit the button, but
another time around, Morse readout of frequencies confirmed both. BTW,
this radio was out of commission for a while, as the antenna coax
broke; turns out it had been flexing forever out of sight as it went
into the trunk, every time it opened and closed; spliced it back
together and as good as new (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2002, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 5040, Oct 3 at 0535, RHC in Spanish instead of English, and
just barely modulated. Same situation Oct 4 at 0321 during a song,
S9+20 but JBM. Something`s always wrong at RHC.

6100, Oct 3 at 0537, surprised to hear the weakened voice of Arnie
Coro on RHC English --- is it his `Breakthru` science show? No,
despite being UT Thursday, it`s `DXers Unlimited` with ham radio
equipment topic. Hard to follow as he speaks too fastly and
indistinctly. Soon at 0540, outro as ``weekend edition of DXUL``! So
they are playing back the Sunday hour instead of Wednesday! And the
midweek should have aired the night before. Something`s always wrong
at RHC. There is a tremendously sad disparity between his ailing voice
now and the canned outro recorded years ago when he was in full
voice.

Mandatory anti-American propaganda follows, `Connecting the Dots`
about the many sins of Andrew Jackson against native Americans;
certainly true but only the worst of American history may be
mentioned. What about the fate of the Taíno in Cuba?? 6100 is best of
the lot by far, S9+30 with good modulation; 6165 is JBA! 6000 is
undermodulated at S9-S7.

15140, Oct 3 at 1339, S9 of dead air from RHC while 15230 is OK, not
an unusual situation. Something`s always wrong at RHC.

13566 S9, 13633 S9+10, 13768 S9, 13835 S9, Oct 3 [not Oct 9, typo in
original report] at 1400, approx. centers of panoply of FM spurblobs
out of RHC 13700-AM at approx. intervals of 65-68 kHz, but not
detectable further out circa 13500, not even the F# tone which
accompanies program audio on the closer ones, but a trace circa 13900.
Unlike 13700 itself, the stronger spurs are about equally readable in
FM or AM mode. Some days these are present, other days not at all; how
does RHC manage that, where something is always wrong?

9620-9660, Oct 3 at 1450, RHC 9640 is still surrounded by a
buzzfield, also audible at the center along with some hum. Something`s
always wrong at RHC.

15370, Oct 3 at 1946, RHC in Arabic, supposed to be in French; while
15140 succeeds to be in English. Something`s always wrong at RHC.

11760, Oct 3 at 2353, RHC is off its #1 frequency so I check for
others: also off, 11850 and its 11840/11860 spurs; and 11670. Still on
this band, 11700 in Spanish and 11950 Mesa Redonda until 2400. 13740
and 7380 also missing; 9535, 9640, 5040, 6000 still on and the 5990
CRI relay. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [non]. 11860, Sunday Sept 29 at 2145, Radio Martí, Grimesland,
with silly baseball game coverage, two guys with crowd noise, etc.,
apparently live involving the Cardenales and speculating about the
Serie Mundial. I don`t see how béisbol-crazy dentroCubans could not be
listening to this. Not much jamming audible here. Also on 11930 and
presumably 9565 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CZECHIA. I can give you a possibility for QSLing of RL/RFE
broadcast via Praha. There is a very nice lady, speaking Russian,
English and Czech, Mrs Marketa Poulikova. She is willing to verify
correct reports by E-letter (no QSL card). Perhaps somebody want use
this occasion. But sometimes she is very busy and the answer does wait
a little bit. Her E-Mail adress: poulikovam @ usagm.gov
(Harald Süss, Austria, QSL World, Rus-DX Sept 29 via DXLD)

** CZECHIA. Radio Prague Int’l - QSL-card + post-card (9395 kHz / 0200
UTC / 08-23-2019); QSL theme: the building of the Church of the
Brothers in Chernoszyce / more on the topic here:
https://ceskamozaika.ru/ru/novosti/?nid=66&a=entry.show;
https://www.radio.cz/en/section/one-on-one/pavel-paluchnik-young-pastor-at-design-church-near-prague;
Sent from Prague 02-09-2019, received 09/28/2019; Blog:
http://qsl-review.blogspot.com/2017/06/radio-prague.html
(Konstantin Barsenkov, Sankt-Petersburg, Russia / “deneb-radio-dx”
via QSL World, Rus-DX Sept 29 via DXLD)

** ECUADOR. HCJB Quito, Pico Pichincha. 6050, Sep 29, 0250, SS with
nice music (relaying HCJB FM it appears), time pips at the hour,
announcements by woman, some religious music selections in English,
"You Are Good", "Believe It or Not, There is a God", ID at 0310
"HCJB", SS selections including jazz, fading as the quarter hour hits,
HCJB jingle at 0326; 34333 (Icom R-75; antenna 28m longwire with 9:1
Balun) (Robert Butterfield, Columbia, MD, USA, WOR iog via DXLD)

** ETHIOPIA [non]. SECRETLAND, IRRS Radio Warra Wangeelaa via SPL
Secretbrod, September 28
1500-1530 15515 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg EaAf Afar Oromo Sat, good signal
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/10/irrs-radio-warra-wangeelaa-via-spl.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 27-30, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** FINLAND. Scandinavian Weekend Radio, Virrat, will be on air from
Friday 4th, 2200 UTC to Saturday 5th 2200 UTC on 11720, 11690, 6170
and 5980 kHz. Schedule:
http://www.swradio.net/schedule.htm
5th Oct 2019 (via Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, WOR iog via DXLD)

Hour-by-hour schedule showing programs and frequency usage --- but
they don`t hold to the frequency setup, and schedule is apparently old
from winter when Finland was UT +2. Surely if the idea is to run from
midnight to midnight, in the summer like still now it would be 21 to
21 UT! (gh, WORLD OF RADIO 2002, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** FRANCE. 5970 kHz --- Massive signal on  5970 kHz since tune in at
1520 with weather reports in French and English. SIO 555 here. HFCC
lists this as Issoudun 250 kW for the Mini Trans yacht race from 30
Sept to 13 October. Appears to be a 10 minute loop. Announcer, with
strong French accent is giving weather for 2nd and 3rd August, so I
presume this is only a test. HFCC has schedule as follows "For New
Organization"  from 30 Sep-13 Oct:

 5970 1500-1600 Issoudun  250kW  MiniTrans
 6105 1500-1600 Issoudun  100kW  MiniTrans-DRM
13730 1500-1600 Issoudun  250kW  MiniTrans
15300 1500-1600 Issoudun  100kW  MiniTrans-DRM

Only 5970 kHz appears to be on currently.

According to the Mini Trans web site the start of the race has been
delayed by bad weather until at least Wednesday 2 October
https://www.minitransat.fr/en/our-news
73s (Dave Kenny, Caversham, AOR 7030 + 25m longwire, Sept 29,
bdxc-news iog via WORLD OF RADIO 2002, DXLD) Viz.:

Cue the start of the Mini-Transat La Boulangère this Saturday [OCT 5]
at 10:30hrs! [MESZ? = 0830 UT]

02 10 12:15 [date and time of item:]

The waiting game is over for the 87 sailors competing in the 22nd
edition of the Mini-Transat La Boulangère. Initially scheduled for
Sunday 22 September, the starting signal for the first leg (La
Rochelle/Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) will finally sound on Saturday 5
October. Given the tide times on Saturday in La Rochelle, the Mini
6.50s will leave the Bassin des Chalutiers between 07:30 and 09:30
hours, for a scheduled start at 10:30 hours. 

Jean Saucet, Technical Director for the Mini-Transat La Boulangère:
“Conditions are set to improve in the Bay of Biscay. There’s an
opening on Saturday so we’re going for it! The exit from the bay will
be no picnic for the competitors, but the wind and swell will be
reasonable.” (via WORLD OF RADIO 2002, DXLD)

** GERMANY. 5960, Sept 29 at 0130, beepery during Kim`s radiogram
minute within The Mighty Farty KBC, out of Nederland via Nauen, but
only S9-S7 and noisy. Propagation degraded as WWV reported:

``Solar-terrestrial indices for 28 September follow.
Solar flux 67 and estimated planetary A-index 27.
The estimated planetary K-index at 0000 UTC on 29 September was 4.
Space weather for the past 24 hours has been minor.
Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level occurred.``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GERMANY [and non]. RUSSIA'S PARLIAMENT FINDS BROADCASTER DEUTSCHE
WELLE BROKE LAW: AGENCIES: see RUSSIA [and non]

THE STATE DUMA RECOGNIZED DEUTSCHE WELLE AS A VIOLATOR OF THE LAW ON
RALLIES.

A State Duma commission to investigate interventions in the internal
affairs of the Russian Federation recognized Deutsche Welle as
violating Russian law because of calls to go to an unauthorized rally
in Moscow.

According to MP Vasily Piskarev, Deutsche Welle has all the attributes
of a foreign agent: journalists are involved in political activities
and are financed from abroad. Parliamentarians also felt that DW’s
actions showed signs of justification for extremism. So, Piskarev
cited as an example the case of the blogger Sinitsa, who was convicted
of writing on the social network about the children of security forces
participating in dispersal of unauthorized rallies. The deputy noted
that the media did not recognize the blogger as a criminal and simply
called the oppositionist.

The commission intends to ask the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to
consider the issue of withdrawing DW accreditation in the Russian
Federation.
https://www.mk.ru/politics/2019/09/27/v-gosdume-priznali-deutsche-welle-narushitelem-zakona-o-mitingakh.html?utm_source=yxnews&utm_medium=desktop&utm_referrer=https%3%
% 2Fyandex.ru% 2Fnews
(via Rus-DX Sept 29 via DXLD) See also RUSSIA [and non]

** GUAM. 9455, Oct 2 at 1258 music, 1259 AWR Guam sign-off with
details such as 100,000 watts, but never mentions KSDA callsign! Is
that a violation? At end of daily Korean hour and off (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUINEA. R. Guinea, Conakry, 9650, Oct 1, 2345, Fremch
talk/interview by men with mentions of "académie" and "club", audio
off 2355, carrier off 2356; 44333 (Icom R-75; antenna 28m longwire
with 9:1 Balun) (Robert Butterfield, Columbia, MD, USA, WOR iog via
DXLD)

** INDIA. 11565, All India Radio. In Russian on 17/9 with test
broadcast here instead of traditional 11560 at *1615-1715* (Rumen
Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF2001D, 6 meters wire antenna on 8th
floor in Sofia), Oct Australian DX News via DXLD)

** INDIA. MONITORING OBSERVATIONS OF ALR SPECIAL TRANSMISSION

Monitoring observations of All India Radio's special transmission for
"Mahalaya 2019" today UT 27 Sept 2019 IST / 28 Sept 2019 

Sign on observed by me at Hyderabad at different times is as follows:

2220 UTC (3.50 am IST) 657
2225 UTC (3.55 am IST) 531, 603, 648, 666, 675, 684, 747, 756, 819,    
891, 954, 1260?, 1395
2226 UTC (3.56 am IST) 4835
2250 UTC (4.20 am IST) 801, 1242
2251 UTC (4.21 am IST) 1179
2255 UTC (4.25 am IST) 621, 810, 846, 981, 1593, 4810

Surprise catches for me was 684 Port Blair (mixing with Iranian
station) and Pune in Pure DRM on 792 kHz. Some changes in sign on
timings were noted of some stations, compared to previous years.

Summary of stations based upon recent years observations is as
follows: (If any other frequencies were heard on MW /SW by any of you,
please let me know. (Some DRM must also have been there)

SW:
4810 - Bhopal
4835 - Gangtok
4910 - Jaipur

MW:
531 - Jodhpur
549 - Ranchi
603 - Ajmer
621 - Patna A
648 - Indore A
657 - Kolkata A
666 - New Delhi B
675 - Chattarpur
684 - Port Blair
711 - Siliguri
729 - Guwahati A
747 - Lucknow A
756 - Jagdalpur
774 - Shimla
801 - Jabalpur
810 - Rajkot A
819 - New Delhi A
828 - Silchar
846 - Ahmedabad A
891 - Rampur
909 - Gorakhpur
918 - Suratgarh
954 - Najibabad
981 - Raipur
990 - Jammu
1008 - Kolkata B
1026 - Allahabad A
1044 - Mumbai A
1125 - Tezpur
1179 - Rewa
1242 - Varanasi
1260 - Ambikapur
1296 - Darbhanga
1314 - Bhuj
1386 - Gwalior
1395 - Bikaner
1404 - Gangtok
1458 - Bhagalpur
1530 - Agra
1593 - Bhopal A

Happy Durga Puja to all of you!

Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur
Radio, Hyderabad, India, Mobile: +91 94416 96043,
http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos  0427 UT Sept 28, dx_india yg via DXLD)

** INDIA.  Good signal of All India Radio AIR in 49mb September 27:
1415-1430 on  6140 BGL 500 kW / 325 deg to SoAs English, unscheduled
1430-1930 on  6140 BGL 500 kW / 325 deg to SoAs Urdu - as scheduled. 
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/10/good-signal-of-all-india-radio-air-in.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 27-30, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. Today Sunday 29 Sept 2019 from around 1055 am to 1130 am IST
(0525 UT to 0600) there is Mann Ki Baat program by Hon'ble Prime
Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi which will be broadcast by all
stations / channels of AIR. Look out on additional frequencies:
9380 Aligarh, 9865 Bengaluru, 9950 & 11620 Delhi. Please see:
https://pmindiawebcast.nic.in/

All Doordarshan TV Channels also will telecast it.
http://prasarbharati.gov.in/DDLive.php

Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur
Radio, Hyderabad, India, dx-india yg via DXLD)

Re: [WOR] All India Radio's special transmission for "Mahalaya 2019"

I recorded the three SW frequencies (4810 - Bhopal, 4835 - Gangtok,
4910 - Jaipur) using the U. Twente SDR receiver. The only frequency I
got any audio on was 4810 kHz. Transmitter sign-on was at about 2245
UT with brief 1 kHz test tones. Fair signal. Audio started about 7
minutes later with AIR IS. Some kind of announcement two minutes later
and then a song followed. A brief talk by a woman and then an
instrumental piece. And so on. Transmission was still going at 0025 UT
when the recording stopped (-- Richard Langley, NB, WOR iog via DXLD)

** INTERNATIONAL INTERNET [and non]. Just #hashtag it | Daily FT

(Santosh Menon is a marketing communications expert with 20 years of
experience in multi-national locations. He can be reached at
santosh@kl.lk.)

I used to love tuning into shortwave radio. I was what was then called
a Dxer. Someone who tuned into remote radio stations which no one has
heard before and listened to its content, then arduously wrote a
letter to the said station, reporting on its signal strength using
what was called a SINPO code. The station would then send me a QSL
card, which was authenticating my actual report. 

People with the maximum QSL cards were the cool chaps. I did collect
quite a few over many years. Short wave stations encouraged this so
that they could receive reports of their signal strength and modify
their transmission capabilities accordingly. 

One of my dreams then was to be a ham radio operator – someone who
could receive and transmit communications – chat with people around
the world and connect with them on ideas, thoughts and general chat.
However, these radios were too expensive and I could never afford
them. So I did the next best thing – I would listen in to
conversations, deriving a certain vicarious pleasure in the details of
the lives of others living far away.

And then the internet happened. I would spend hours late at night
chatting on ICQ and other chat sites – talking to people about myriad
things. . . [more]
http://www.ft.lk/columns/Just-hashtag-it/4-686694
(via Mike Cooper, DXLD)

Does this FT stand for Financial Times? Seems they never spell it out
(gh)

** IRAN. 9900, VoIRI, Zahedan. The Arabic “Al-Quds” TV relay
programming at 0347. A strong carrier but the audio level was down (as
it often is!), 13/9 (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, VIC (Yaesu FTDX
3000, Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Kenwood R5000, Tecsun PL-680,
Horizontal Sky Loop, Double Bazooka antennas for 80, 40 and 20 metres,
Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital Noise Eliminating
Module, MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling Module, ATU), Oct Australian DX News
via DXLD)

13695 VoIRI, Sirjan. The 30-min Hebrew service to ME at s/on 0420,
fair to poor signal. Runs // 13740 also from Sirjan where the signal
was much stronger. This was surprising considering they are both
listed as 500 kW and there is only a small difference in beam heading
(13695 is 282? and 13740 is 293?), 19/9 (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount
Evelyn, VIC (Yaesu FTDX 3000, Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Kenwood
R5000, Tecsun PL-680, Horizontal Sky Loop, Double Bazooka antennas for
80, 40 and 20 metres, Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital
Noise Eliminating Module, MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling Module, ATU), Oct
Australian DX News via DXLD)

** JAPAN. ANTI-NHK PARTY HEAD REFERRED TO PROSECUTORS FOR MAKING
THREAT --- KYODO NEWS - 12 hours ago - 22:44 | All, Japan
https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2019/10/a019ddb1e960-anti-nhk-party-head-referred-to-prosecutors-for-making-threat.html

The head of a minor opposition party critical of public broadcaster
NHK was referred to prosecutors Wednesday on suspicion of threatening
an assemblyman in Tokyo in a YouTube video, sources close to the
matter said.

Takashi Tachibana of the NHK Kara Kokumin Wo Mamoru To (the party to
protect the people from NHK) allegedly intimidated the assembly member
of Tokyo's Chuo Ward in July by uploading the video in which he said,
"I'll ruin this guy's life thoroughly," according to the sources.

The assemblyman, who was supported by Tachibana's party in April's
local election, has left the party over a financial problem, the
sources said. The police questioned Tachibana after the man filed a
complaint with the police.

Tachibana has recently said his remarks should not be a problem but he
would resign as a House of Councillors member if he is convicted.
__________________________________________________________________
Related coverage:
Anti-NHK party head suggests genocide to solve overpopulation 
(via Mike Cooper, DXLD)

** KAZAKHSTAN. In Alma-Ata, one of the bus stops will be renamed in
honor of the radio station "Cossack Radios" ("Kazakh Radio"). At the
bus stop there will be live broadcasting of this radio station,
Bnews.kz reports. The name "Cossack Radios" will receive a public
transport stop located next to the building of radio and television on
Zheltoksan street, 175. The idea of renaming was expressed at the
radio station, the akimat (administration) of Alma-Ata supported it.
Currently, technical issues are being addressed to start broadcasting. 

At the beginning of this year, residents of the village of Zhympita,
the district center of Syrym district of the West Kazakhstan region,
had the opportunity to listen to the broadcasts of Kazakh Radio
directly on the streets, where the local akimat repaired old radio
sets hanging on poles. Kazakh Radio or Cossack Radios is a state-owned
information and entertainment radio station. It was launched in
September 1921 by the People's Commissariat of Posts and Telegraphs of
the Kazakh Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Now it is part of the
republican television and radio company "Kazakhstan".
http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__74989/
(via Rus-DX Sept 29 via DXLD)

** KOREA NORTH. 657-Pyongyang -- Halloween "B" Movie Soundtrack
Practice --- North Korea's 657-Pyongyang has always had bizarre
programming, with strange music apparently favored by its strange
ruler. Unfortunately my home location of Puyallup, WA has the dubious
distinction of featuring enhanced propagation from the wacky station,
which seems to spare the Victoria DXers its ultimate power in favor of
pounding in at this unlucky location.

This morning at 1347 UT the wacky station outdid itself, with not only
a meltdown-level signal, but spooky female vocal music enhanced by
flutter from a Chinese co-channel. The resulting scary music is a
Halloween classic, with the ultimate, terrified scream (at 29 seconds)
guaranteed to send any DXer into the panic mode  
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/khdpa10thjvtwmhvg7bx13evbu15hpal

(Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA), 7.5" loopstick XHDATA D-808
portable + 5" Frequent Flyer FSL antenna (5' high), DXing at Peach
Park in the Puyallup Valley, Sept 27, WOR iog via DXLD)

Great reception there, Gary! I find KCBS rather pleasant in the
background ;-) (Walt Salmaniw, BC, ibid.)

Hi Gary, Thanks for the great recording. I'm wondering if the lady`s
terrified scream is due her being incensed at my blowtorch local on
670, and its associated IBOC blanking everything else out from 655 to
685 kHz virtually eliminating any chance of her spooky singing being
heard hereabouts! If you're under the impression that I'm looking
forward to DXing on Kauai soon, you're right! 73, (Craig Barnes, Wheat
Ridge, CO, ibid.)

Thanks Walt and Craig, 657-Pyongyang loves to haunt this Puyallup
valley every DX season. As for the bizarre programming and blowtorch
signal, I would be happy to export them to Victoria or Wheat Ridge--
or preferably both. It turns out that 657-Pyongyang's screaming lady
had good reason to be terrified -- she and her choral group were about
to be evicted by 657-China a few minutes later at 1351
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/kt0p471ohm7w495zyvm7aib1tc2eft8l
(Gary (as eager for Kauai DXing as you, Craig!), ibid.)

This stuff is sort of run-of-the-mill for SWLs to VOK (gh, DXLD)

** KOREA NORTH [non]. Shiokaze - new frequencies

"Shiokaze, October 3, 2019
1300-1400  5935, 6040
1405-1435  6070, 6165"    

Hi Glenn, Was not monitoring myself today (Oct 3), but here is some
useful info provided by Hiroshi (Japan). Unfortunately Shiokaze
(1300-1400) has made more poor frequency assignments today, when in
English. 5935, is Tibet's frequency and 6040 will be very much
bothered by strong Korean clandestine on 6045, as well as the jamming
associated with that station. Also recently I had been hearing PBS Nei
Menggu on 6040 (// 7270), which will now be completely blocked.
(Ron Howard, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 2002, DXLD)

** KOREA SOUTH. 5990, Oct 1 at 1311, VP talk unknown language, but
something new. Soon IDed by Ron Howard heard a few hours earlier as
Echo of Hope - VOH, ex-5995 among a bunch of other frequency shifts by
such clandestines, also 3980 ex-3985, 6348 ex-6350. 

Voice of the People 3905 ex-3910, 3475 ex-3480, 6595 ex-6600. Their
other frequencies unchanged. ``Thanks very much to the timely alerts
from both Hiroshi and Hiroyuki Komatsubara, as to these changes.``
Ron`s full report in the WOR iog (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO
2002, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Korea - some new clandestine frequencies (VOP & VOH)

On Oct 1, with some new clandestine frequencies. Thanks very much to
the timely alerts from both Hiroshi and Hiroyuki Komatsubara, as to
these changes.

Voice of the People, at 1042:

3905 (ex 3910), now clear reception, except some ham QRM. Is unlikely
that Pro 1 RRI Merauke (Indonesia) or NBC New Ireland (PNG) will ever
return here, but now the frequency is definitely in use.

3475 (ex 3480), now clear reception.
3930, 4450, 6520 no change.
6595 (ex 6600), now clear reception.

Echo of Hope - VOH, at 1037:

3980 (ex 3985), now clear reception, except some ham QRM. My audio at 
http://bit.ly/2o9WUiT 
of an English language lesson (1130-1200).

4885, 6250, 9100 unchanged.

5990 (ex 5995), now in the clear, but poor Myanmar on 5985, now was to
contend with some QRM from VOH, as well as strong N. Korea jamming QRM
from 5980 (against Shiokaze).

6348 (ex 6350), now clear reception (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach,
CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 2002,
DXLD)

Thanks to Martyn Williams, for his interesting website about Korea and
also for his comments made today (Oct 1), regarding changes in the
Korean clandestine frequencies. 
http://bit.ly/2nyCrUP 
(Ron Howard, ibid.) Viz.:

SOUTH KOREA ADJUSTS SOME RADIO FREQUENCIES TO ESCAPE JAMMING

TOPICS: Echo of Hope National Intelligence Service Voice of the People
Tuning into Pyongyang Broadcasting Station on 657 kHz in Paju, South
Korea. Posted By: Martyn Williams October 2, 2019

Two radio stations operated by South Korea’s National Intelligence
Service have slightly moved some of their broadcast frequencies to
escape North Korean jamming. The stations, Voice of the People and
Echo of Hope, are on the air daily broadcasting a constant stream of
news and information to an audience in North Korea.

For years the North Korean authorities have attempted to stop citizens
listening to the stations by jamming their reception – broadcasting
heavy noise on the same frequency so the South Korean stations become
unlistenable.

Here’s a recording of the North Korean jamming signal that is usually
broadcast on top of the South Korean station:
Audio Player 00:00 00:00
Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume.

On October 1, radio monitor Ron Howard alerted me that both stations
each shifted three of their broadcast frequencies downwards by 5 kHz
so the channels can currently be heard without jamming. The new
frequencies are close enough that anyone tuning into the old one will
hear the station and be able to slightly readjust for clear
reception.

A reception check confirmed the new frequencies:

Voice of the People: 3,475 kHz (ex 3,480); 3,905 (ex 3,910); 6,595 (ex
6,600) and unchanged 3,390, 4,450 and 6,520.
Echo of Hope: 3,980 kHz (ex 3,985); 5,990 (ex 5,995); 6,348 (ex 6,350)
and unchanged 4,885. 6,250 and 9,100.

Here’s what Voice of the People sounds like now, without jamming:
Audio Player 00:00 00:00
Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume.

The screenshot below shows the South Korean radio station signal on
the left (the stronger, red line) and the North Korean jamming in the
right (the weaker, yellow line). Until the frequency change, these
were on top of each other.

North Korea hasn’t responded to the changes yet and continues to
operate its jamming transmitters on their old frequencies, which means
they’re sucking up valuable electricity and broadcasting over static.

Despite being abandoned by most of the world in favor of satellite and
Internet broadcasting, shortwave radio remains a vital technology for
groups trying to get uncensored information into North Korea.

A handful of stations target North Korea with dedicated programming
including Voice of America, Radio Free Asia, KBS and the BBC. During
the nighttime, domestic South Korean AM radio stations can also be
heard in North Korea (via DXLD)

Frequency changes of Voice of The People & Echo of Hope from Oct 1
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/10/frequency-changes-of-vop-and-voh-from.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News October 1-2, DX LISTSENING DIGEST)

** KURDISTAN [non]. 11530, Denge Welat/Voice of Homeland (Kurdistan).
on 2/9 was confirmed program in Turkish (not in Kurdish) at 0500-0645
& 1800-1945 (also in Turkish at 0300-0445 on 9525 kHz) (Rumen Pankov,
Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF2001D, 6 meters wire antenna on 8th floor in
Sofia), Oct Australian DX News via DXLD)

** KUWAIT. Good signal of Radio Kuwait in three languages Sept 28
0500-0630 15529.7 250 kW / 310 deg WeEu Arabic GS, instead of English
0630-0800 15529.7 250 kW / 310 deg WeEu English, as scheduled in A-19
0800-0814 15529.7 250 kW / 310 deg WeEu Persian, unscheduled in A-19:
Something`s always wrong at RK Kabd Sulaibiyah transmitting station!!
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/10/good-signal-of-radio-kuwait-in-3.html

Unscheduled frequency of MOI Radio Kuwait General Sce, September 29:
1000-1200 17760.0 250 kW / 084 deg SEAs Filipino, as scheduled A-19
1200-1206 17760.0 250 kW / 084 deg SEAs Arabic GS, unscheduled A-19
1055-1330  9749.8 250 kW / 286 deg NEAf Arabic GS as scheduled A-19
Something`s always wrong at RK Kabd Sulaibiyah transmitting station
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/10/unscheduled-frequency-of-moi-radio.html

Good signal of MOI Radio Kuwait on nominal 15530.0 kHz, September 30
0500-0800 15530.0 250 kW / 310 deg WeEu English, instead of 15529.7
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/10/good-signal-of-moi-radio-kuwait-on.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 27-30, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

5959.883, Odd fq and fade-out signal at 0434 UT, Radio Kuwait, Arabic
sce, S=7 or -84dBm strength in Massachusetts remote SDR rx. Log of
Sept 30, 0357 to 0500 UT of remote SDR unit at Massachusetts, US state
on far northeast coast close to Canadian border [selected SDR options,
span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX
TopNews Sept 30, WOR iog via DXLD)

0730 UT Radio Kuwait English sce also on nominal 15530.0, instead of
odd 15529.7 (Ivo Ivanov, Sept 30, WOR iog via DXLD)

** MALAYSIA. 11665, 1335-1340 28.9, Wai FM, Sarawak, via RTM, Kajang   
Bidayuh ann and songs, 25232 (Anker Petersen, Denmark, Today I scanned
the 41-25 mb for domestic stations audible here in Skovlunde in the
mid-afternoon, while it was raining. My receiver is an AOR AR7030PLUS
with 28 m of longwire, wbradio yg via DXLD) Rarely active?

** MALI. Radio Mali in English --- I automatically record the English
program from Radio Mali on 5995 kHz every Saturday using the U Twente
SDR receiver. This past Saturday (28 September), this signal was a
little bit better than it has been for the past few weeks and some of
it could be understood with concentration. Still tough going though.
The program started at about 1850 UT with an announcement in French of
the upcoming program. News and commentary. Closing announcement of the
program at about 1908 and then into music (— Richard Langley, WOR iog
via WORLD OF RADIO 2002, DXLD)

** MEXICO. 1000, Oct 2 at 0611 UT Mexican music with slow SAH against
KTOK OKC nulled, 0614 ``La Rancherita`` ID over music. IRCA log says:

``1000 XEFV Chih Ciudad Juarez 1000 ---- La Rancherita Mil AM 24h
RAN/NOR MEGA No FM. License expired but AM is still active 7/19``

The SAH is about the same as I get from KKIM Albuquerque but no sign
of it now, and there was no sign of XEFV when I last heard KKIM. So I
wonder if XEFV be erratic? Altho 24h, IRCA leaves blank its night
power (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

XEFV is nominally a daytimer, according to the 2016 IFT tables which
were the last to list good power levels for nighttime AM operations.
(This is where I note there is an appeal in court over the concession
expiration of this and most expired stations) (Raymie Humbert, AZ, Oct
4, WTFDA Forum via DXLD)

** MEXICO. The fate of XED-1050 [Mexicali BCN]

They went silent back in June, but posted to their Facebook page that
they would be back soon. Looks like they have recently been
simulcasting XHMUG-96.9, and the "1050 AM" has just been removed from
the logo on the FM's Facebook page. I don't yet know if they actually
came back on the air on AM 1050 at any point.

See [598-character FB URL converted by gh to:]
https://tinyurl.com/y4jf9pys 
73 (Tim Hall, CA, Sept 30, ABDX yg via DXLD) 

{This futuristic item intrudes as this issue still being finally
edited as of Oct 15:}

As of Oct 11, 1050 is ON the FB logo: A sticky top post says they
*are* on 1050 AM as well as 96.9 FM and conceding the AM has much
greater coverage. Currently observing Breast Cancer Awareness Month
with the pink ribbon logo (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) Viz.:

La Poderosa Mexicali 96.9FM
October 1 at 1:40 PM ·

Ahora con MUCHA más cobertura.

Además de la 96.9FM puedes escucharnos en la 1050AM llegando a muchas
más personas del valle de Mexicali, San Luis Rio Colorado, San Felipe
y el Valle Imperial de California.

Entra a www.radioramamexicali.com/poderosa y disfruta en linea nuestra
estación donde quiera que estés, trabajo, casa, auto, una reunión o en
cualquier parte del mundo, también puedes descargar nuestra app,
búscala como “Radiorama” disponible para Android y iO
(via gh, DXLD)

[earlier:] XEG Monterrey I think runs a music format similar to XED.
when they were on last winter I always had to wait for an ID or Liner
to determine which one I had (Paul Walker, WY, ibid.)

Direxions should be grossly different from your angle (gh)

1050 not returning, only FM (Steven Wiseblood, RGV TX? ibid.)

Well, FWIW, their logos on FB prioritize 96.9 but also show 1050 (gh)

If it doesn’t return, KTCT will be happy. On June 15, 1999 it was
granted an STA to run its 50 kW day power and pattern at night
(instead of 10 kW) “to overcome interference caused by the
unauthorized operation of co-channel station XED, Mexicali, Baja
California, Mexico”. Since then the STA has continued to be extended
for 180 days. A couple of years ago 50 kW at night was reduced to 35
kW. There have been some of this type of STA granted in Florida due to
problems caused by stations in Cuba (Dennis Gibson, WB6TNB, Sept 30,
Sent from my iPad, ibid.)

XEG gets out very well. Easily heard at the Minnesota/Canadian border
(Todd Skaine, ICOM 7300 wth a Superloop, 2 Modified 2010s barefoot
Toyota car radio, ibid.)

Howdy Tim, I had a Mexican on 1050 last night about 11:00 PDT [0600
UT]. Up and down and pretty weak but very copyable when up. Mentions
of Cabo San Lucas twice. Don't think it was a US station as all US on
1050 are extremely weak here. Mexicali is only about 100 miles from
here. Wish my Spanish was better, I'll check 1050 again tonight (Bill,
SW Arizona, ibid.) See next:!

** MEXICO. RAYMIE`S MEXICO BEAT this week Sept 27-Oct 3 ---

It's back! XED-AM returned after nearly four months of silence today.
It's now simulcasting XHMUG-FM 96.9 La Poderosa, with its combo
classic hits/pop format (I guess you could call it adult
contemporary?). XED [1050] and XECL [990, both Mexicali] both went off
the air on June 2. XECL returned in late July with little, if any,
change. However, XED's unique format has been wiped out (Raymie
Humbert, Phœnix AZ, Sept 30, WTFDA Forum via DXLD)

It's been a bit quiet, but today we got some surprising news. The
whole Televisa Radio sale is done — because the buyer couldn't put
together the financing.
https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/empresas/Se-cae-la-venta-de-Radiopolis-familia-Aleman-no-consiguio-creditos-para-pagar-a-Televisa-20190930-0015.html

Corporativo Coral could not find banks willing to lend it enough money
to make the first payment to Televisa, leading to the cancellation of
the deal. 

[tagline:] Este programa es público, ajeno a cualquier partido
político. Queda prohibido el uso para fines distintos a los
establecidos en el programa (Raymie, Sept 30, ibid.)

** MEXICO [and non]. 6185even, Radio XEPPM Educacion from Mexico D.F.,
noted at S=7-8 level or -84dBm in Massachusetts, but S=9+5dB in Cape
Canaveral Florida remote SDR unit. Low modulated at 0411 UT, Mexico
station hit by adjacent RRI Galbeni from ROU in Romanian on 6180 kHz.
XEPPM Educacion Mexico D.F. switch off at 0503:25 UT on Sept 30. Log
of Sept 30, 0357 to 0500 [sic] UT of remote SDR unit at Massachusetts,
US state on far northeast coast close to Canadian border [selected SDR
options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx,
wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 30, WOR iog via DXLD)

** MYANMAR. RE: WOR 2001 - Myanmar Radio - Glenn wondered if 5985 &
9730, where via the same transmitter? Once I had assumed they were, as
their sign off and sign on times seemed to indicate that, but not so.
A good number of times now I have noted them BOTH on the air at the
same time (overlapping), so definitely two separate transmitters (Ron
Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire,
WOR iog via DXLD)    

** NEW ZEALAND. NZ went on DST already Sept 29, of UT+13, as absurd as
that may seem. This means any SW programming taken directly from RNZ
National now appears one real UT hour earlier. This may also require
juggling of some other programming and frequency usage. See WORLD OF
HOROLOGY (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2002, DXLD)

** NIGERIA. 11769.902, Voice of Nigeria in Fulfulde domestic language
at 1940 UT S=9+20dB in western Europe (Wolfgang Bueschel, Sept 29, WOR
iog via DXLD)

** NORFOLK ISLAND. 1566 kHz, 1925, VL2NI over 3NE with relay of RNZ
National ‘Morning Report’. I did a double take at 1940 when a Samoan
language broadcast began, then realised it was an automated feed from
RNZI (not sure how many Samoans live on Norfolk!) RNZ Pacific News
started at 2000 but 30 secs later VL2NI’s own program began with
‘Spirit of Norfolk Island’ theme song 5/9 (Bryan Clark, Mangawhai,
Northland, North Island, New Zealand, WinRadio G33DDC and AOR7030+,
EWEs to North, Central & South America, but **using club SDR for this,
Oct NZ DX Times via DXLD) 

** NORTH AMERICA. X BAND AT-A-GLANCE 09/2019 (thanks to Tony King)
1610 
XEUACH Chapingo  MX Radio Chapingo CHHA Toronto  MX SS ‘Radio Voces
Latina’  Fq ID in SS & EE [off and moving to 1130 --- gh]
CHRN Montreal  ON South Asian Format.  Radio Humsafar 

1620 
KSMH W. Sacramento,  CA Rel. ‘IHR (Immaculate Heart Radio)
Sacramento”. 
R Rebelde   (6 Tx ) CU SS .Distinctive 5 note chime on hour. Sync
echo. 
WNRP Gulf Breeze  FL News/Talk  Fox  News “News Radio 1620”  
KOZN Bellevue  NE Fox Sport “The Zone” 
WTAW College Station –Bryan TX ‘Newstalk 16-20 WTAW’   Takes C-to-C
AM 
WDHP St Croix USVI “ID 103.5 The Reef”  Caribbean mx dominates. 
KYIZ Renton  WA Urban contemporary  //KRIZ “ Z Twins” 

1630 
WRDW Augusta  GA Silent. 07/2019 
KCJJ Iowa City  IA News-talk-AC “ The Mighty 16-30 KCJJ” 
KKGM Ft  Worth/Dallas  TX ‘Modern gospel music 1630 KKGM’  IRN News 
KRND Fox Farm  WY SS  ‘regional mexican’   ID “La  jota La Mexicana”

1640 
KDIA Vallejo  CA Talk/religious/life issues  
WTNI Biloxi  MS  ESPN Sport. “1640 WTNI Biloxi  ‘The Champ” 
KZLS Enid  OK News/Talk 
KDZR Lake Oswego  OR Conservative Talk “Talk 1640” 
KBJA Sandy  UT ‘K-Talk KBJA’ 
WSJP Sussex  WI Rel. Catholic.  “ Relevant Radio 1640 AM” 

1650 
KFSW Fort Smith  AR Contemporary Christian [really in OK --- gh]
KFOX Torrance  CA Radio Seoul.  Korean/ EE ID on hour 
KBJD Denver  CO  SS Rel. Radio Luz 
KCNZ Cedar Falls  IA “The Sports Station” 1650 The Fan 
CKZW Montreal  QU Evangelical Christian in FF    x CJRS    
CINA Mississauga  ON South Asian Format.   
KSVE El Paso  TX SS Sports/Talk ESPN. “ESPN Desportes 1650”  
XEARZ Mexico DF MX EZL orchestrals 
WHKT Portsmouth  VA GOS/rel ‘Praise’ slogan. 

1660 
KBRE Merced  CA AOR  ‘The Bear’ 
WCNZ Marco Is  CA Relevant Radio 
KWOD Kansas City  FL Sport/Talk “ ‘The Score’ 
WQLR Kalamazoo MI Fox  Sports. “Kalamazoo  1660, The Fan” 
WBCN Charlotte  NC Classical Rock 
KQWB West Fargo  ND  Fox Sports 
WWRU Jersey City   NJ Korean Gospel 
WGIT Canóvanas PR ‘Faro  Santidad’ SS Religious  
KRZI Waco  TX ‘KRZI  ESPN Central Texas’ 

1670 
KHPY Moreno Valley,  CA SS religious  . ESNE radio.   
KQMS Redding  CA “News Talk  Airs C2C/Fox 
WMGE Dry Branch,  GA “Fox Sport Radio 1670 Georgia”  
CJEU Gatineau  G Community/Children’s    “Radio Oxygene 1670” 
WOZN Madison  WI ” CBS Sports Radio “The Zone” 

1680 
KGED Fresno  CA News/talk ID slogan “”AM 1680 The Answer” 
WOKB Winter Garden  FL Rel/ UC “Gospel 1680”’ “inspiration Station” 
KRJO Monroe  LA “Classic Hits  1680  “LA105”  [sic]
WPRR Ada MI Talk. Public Reality Radio 
WTTM Lindenwold NJ Fox Sports’. Philadelphia 
KNTS Seattle WA SS rel.EE ID 00:10 after hr Radio Luz. 

1690 
KFSG Roseville  CA ID slogan “”AM 1680 [sic] The Answer” 
KDMT Arvada CO Rel/ UC gospel ‘Inspiration Radio’ 
WMLB Atlanta GA “Classic Hits  1680 [sic] “LA105”  
WVON Berwyn IL Talk 
WPTX Lexington Park MD Adult standards 
CHTO Toronto  ON Multilingual. Greek 
CJLO Montreal  QU Campus community station. 
WIGT Charlotte Amalie USVI News/talk. Nets NPR 100w.(05/19) 

1700 
WEUP Huntsville AL Contemp Gos. .’Huntsvilles Heritage Station’ 
WJCC Nth Miami Beach FL World ethnic.’ Radio Mega 1700.’ 
KBGG Des Moines IA ‘CBS Sport 1700’ 09/19 
XEPE Tecate BCN MX SS relaying XESDD 1030 @ 07/19 
WRCR Ramapo NY  Community station. 250w 05/19 
KKLF Richardson-Dallas-Ft  Worth TX Tejano/Conjunto SS/EE ‘Banda 13’ 
KVNS Brownsville  TX  Fox Sports Radio 1700’
(Tony King, October NZ DX Times via DXLD)

As is, FWIW; some info contradicted by latest NRC AM Log (gh)

** NORTH AMERICA. MW Pirates: 1710, RADIO CORSAIR, PIRATE, USA??
Sept/24/19, 2023 EDT [0023 UT Sept 25] GD-VG English --- Avant garde
electronic instrumental music at tune in. Continuous Music til 2042
EDT. Male Announcer with ID and Email for reports as “You’re Listening
to RADIO CORSAIR (Spelled Corsair), 1710 Khz. Send reports to
radiocorsair@protonmail.com”. Another ID at 2047. Continuous
electronic music til sign-off at 2153 EDT. No Sign-off announcements
or ID before Leaving the air. Signal was S6 to S7 with peaks to S9 at
times. THANKS to Tim Tromp of Michigan for the tip on this one. I sent
them a report see below. --Ross ON

QSLs: 1710/AM, Rob Ross reports receiving a 'psudeo' [sic] eQSL from R
Corsair claiming they were using 500 watts from a site approximately
425 miles away from him in London. The partial/data email was received
in a couple of hours for an email report to
<radiocorsair@protonmail.com> (Rob Ross, London ON, ELAD FDM-S2 SDR &
SANGEAN HDT-1X TUNER with INNOV 8 Element Beam at 19 Feet, MARE
Tipsheet Oct 3 via WORLD OF RADIO 2002, DXLD)

Received my RADIO CORSAIR 1710 Khz E-QSL ! Full Data E-QSL Received in
4 Days for an Emailed Report to radiocorsair@protonmail.com
Says 500 Watts to an L Antenna. Transmitter is a Hercules AM from
Greece. 73 ROB VA3SW (Robert Ross, London, Ontario CANADA, nrc-am gg
via DXLD) Viz.:

Hi, I finished an e-QSL and it is attached. The name Corsair was
simple as it means a 'pirate'. The transmitter is not a corsair, it
was built by herculesAM in Greece. amhercules.blogspot.com They work
great on 160m also. This Greek guy has been my secret for a while, but
I am sharing it with you because you asked. He makes 200W - 16kW
models. Best Regards, RadioCorsair (via Rob Ross, ibid.)

1710, "Radio Corsair", 0037 9/25, Techno music which mereminded of the
pirate WMPR. ID at 0043. More music. Clearer ID with e-mail address at
0047. More techno music. Thanks to Robert S. Ross for the tip (Niel
Wolfish, Toronto ON, WinRadio Excalibur G31DDC +Wellbrook Loop, MARE
Tipsheet Oct 3 via WOR 2002, DXLD)

** NORTH AMERICA. Saturday, September 21, 2019, 1937, 6900 usb.
Appears to be a mashup of spoken word with the music from "Riders On
the Storm" by the Doors. Hard to decipher using the PL-880. s15, good
signal (Larry Will, Mount Airy, Maryland, WOR iog via DXLD)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6935-USB, Sept 28 at 2226, bits of music at S7, 2227
ID as ``---- Call? Radio``, more rock, 2233 country. These logs say
it`s Skunk Hole Radio, first heard directly as far away as Germany:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,58569.0.html
My first scan of the pirate band shortly after 2200 found zero
activity (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Not Sept 27 as in
original report

** NORTH AMERICA. 6900-USB, Sept 28 at 2227, S8 rock music, but off by
2232. Only two other logs of this, as unID:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,58567.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Not Sept 27 as in original
report

** NORTH AMERICA. Hi Glenn! I also heard something on 6900 kHz SSB
last night September the 28th at 0235 UT. There were a couple of songs
but abruptly cut off the air at 0239. Reception was very good this
time, sinpo 55445. Non-identified station.

By the way, it is possible to receive most of the pirates coming from
NA, including Canadian ones that I heard some years ago, but very few
of them reply reception reports. Neither Europirates which are a bit
difficult to catch! Too bad! (Leonardo Santiago, Sony ICFSW35 +
Longwire, CDXA Internacional, Mérida, Venezuela), playdx yg via DXLD)

** NORTH AMERICA. YHWH missing again --- Notice that no one has been
hearing YHWH lately again. Another sabbatical, it appears (Walt
Salmaniw, BC, 0355 UT Sept 27, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 2002, DXLD)
Typically 7470 around 03-04 (gh, ibid.)

[``via kHz, MHz and GiganticHz, WORLD OF RADIO 2002 ---`` ]

** NORWAY. The Ferry 1314 kHz --- Weak and suffering severe QRM from
Spain, but can hear The Ferry 1314 kHz from Bergen, Norway. (1945 UT
27/9) Easy listening instrumental music with "Onward Christian
Soldiers" heard at 1949. Tried to copy the spoken ID at 2000 but
couldn't null Spain. Had to cheat and compare music with web stream.
73s (Nick. Buxton. Sony ICF2001D small loops. Rank. Sent from Samsung
Mobile on O2. bdxc-news iog via DXLD)

** NORWAY. R. Northern Star 1611 kHz --- Audible at the moment with
me, Radio Northern Star, Bergen, Norway on 1611 kHz. ID jingle at 2029
UT (27/9). Full ID at 2030 followed by ELO record. Clear channel at
the moment, no activity from the Netherlands. Audio quality an
improvement on their former transmitter. 73s (Nick. Buxton. Rank. Sent
from Samsung Mobile on O2, ibid.)

** OKLAHOMA. 1020, KOKP: See USA, starting with 1020 KDKA

** OKLAHOMA. TV NEWS SIMULCASTS TO BECOME BASIS OF NEW KFAQ LINEUP
By Lance Venta On Sep 30, 2019
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/180790/tv-news-simulcasts-to-become-basis-of-new-kfaq-lineup/

1170 KFAQ Tulsa is revamping its lineup on Tuesday, October 1 to
emphasize simulcasts of sister “News On 6” KOTV-TV’s newscasts.

KOTV simulcasts will air at 5-7 am, 12-1 pm, and 4-630 pm [CDT/CST =
UT -5/6]. Current morning host Pat Campbell will move from 6-9 am to 7
am-12 pm. Business Rockstars moves from 11 pm-12 am to 1-2 pm and Ben
Shapiro moves from 2-5 pm to 2-4 pm. Nights will feature syndicated
Conservative Talkers. Mark Levin moves back from 8-11 pm to 9 pm-12 am
and Joe Pags loses his first half hour to air from 630-9 pm. Coast to
Coast AM and America’s First News remain in overnights. With the
schedule changes, Glenn Beck and The Thrive Time Show come off of
KFAQ’s weekday schedule.

Beginning Tuesday, October 1, listeners will be able to enjoy The Pat
Campbell show from 7 a.m. until noon each weekday while also being
able to listen to News On 6’s newscasts live on KFAQ.

“These are very exciting moves for KFAQ. Pat’s show is a Tulsa staple
and having him on at 7 a.m. will allow more folks to catch that show.
We’re also excited to be able to offer News On 6 broadcasts live on
the radio,” said Rob Krier, Griffin Communications Vice President and
COO. “Since the days of News On 6 being available on 87.7 FM folks
have asked for this and we’re so glad that we can offer it
again.”

The new KFAQ programming lineup will be: [12-h CDT/CST = UT -5/6]
[weekdays? What about weekends? Who cares? --- gh]

5-7 a.m. – Six in The Morning
7 a.m.-noon – The Pat Campbell Show
Noon-1 p.m. – News On 6
1-2 p.m. – Business Rockstars
2-4 p.m. – Ben Shapiro
4-6:30 p.m. – News On 6
6:30-9 p.m. – The Joe Pags Show
9 p.m.-midnight – Mark Levin
Midnight-4 a.m. – Coast-to-Coast
4-5 a.m. – America’s First News

“These moves fit perfectly with our emphasis on locally produced,
relevant content,” said Steve Hunter, Director of Operations for
Griffin Radio. “This is going to be a great fit for our listeners.”
(via Artie Bigley, OH, DXLD)

Did you know that Griffin is better known for tasty condiments in jars
and bottles? HQ in Muskogee:
https://griffinfoods.com/
(gh, DXLD)

** OKLAHOMA. 1210, Oct 2 at 1238 UT, KGYN with ``The Five States` Big
Talker`` slogan. They`ve had a CP longtime for 50/10/CH39 kW instead
of U2 10/10, but will it ever eventuate? There was once talk of moving
the whole thing to the OKC market, getting rid of 1220 KTLV, but FCC
now shows almost exactly the same east-of-Guymon coordinates both for
the current LIC and CP; the CP only one second of longitude further
east or about 82 feet (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. CLOSED CAPTIONING TOO FAST WITH LOST TIME
To: captioning.hotline@oeta.tv

I am trying to follow the closed captioning during Cuba: A Lifetime of
Passion, on World, Sat Sept 28 at 1 pm. This is scripted captioning,
not on-the-fly.

The trouble is, captions two lines at a time, flash on the screen too
fast to read both lines, as a rule.

Yet between captions there are pauses with nothing on the screen. The
pauses should be eliminated and each caption kept on the screen longer
until switching to the next one!

This same problem has applied to many other programs. Whoever is
running the captioning at the program origination must not be trying
to read them! This should be an obvious thing to fix (Glenn Hauser,
Enid, Sept 28, to OETA, via DXLD)

** OKLAHOMA. RF 17, Oct 2 and always, the latest reboot a few weeks
ago of K17JN-D Enid has kept it on the air with no further tech
problems, except it is permanently IDing falsely: 

``DTV 41-1 KCYH-LD``! As explained before, that is its parent station
in Ardmore, on the other side of OK, whose software must have been
imported here, overwriting any reference to its true call K17JN-D
which always appeared before on the PSIP. Still 3ABN with a bunch of
extra video channels as 41-3 silent: (unsupported audio codec``),
41-5, 41-6, and ``audio only`` as 41-7, 41-8 and 41-9. 

Are such false IDs a fineable offense? Has anyone seen anything like
this anywhere else? If any DXer picked this up she would surely assume
it was transmitted from Ardmore, not Enid, depriving this city of its
only local TV signal, despite some others licensed here such as RF9,
but really in OKC if on the air at all. There were/are others really
in Tulsa or even Kansas (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Answer forthcoming next issue from Doug Smith

** OKLAHOMA. RF 27. KFOR-TV OKC has been plugging Nexstar as if it is
now part of that. It is; I found this notice at
https://www.nexstar.tv/nexstar_tribune_closing_webcast_2019/

``Nexstar Media Group and Tribune Media Closing Webcast
September 20, 2019 

Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXST) (“Nexstar”) completed its
previously announced acquisition of Tribune Media Company (NYSE: TRCO)
(“Tribune Media”) in an accretive transaction, creating the nation’s
largest local broadcaster. Nexstar is hosting conference call and
webcast at 10:00 a.m. ET on Friday, September 20 to review the
transaction and host a question and answer session.

To access the conference call, interested parties may dial
334/777-6978 (domestic and international callers). The Conference ID
Number is 2037601. Please call five minutes in advance to ensure that
you are connected. Questions and answers will be taken only from
participants on the conference call.

Participants may also listen to a live webcast of the call (link
below). For the webcast, please allow 15 minutes to register, download
and install any necessary software. A webcast replay will be available
for 90 days following the live event at www.nexstar.tv.
Click here for the webcast Nexstar Tribune Closing Investor
Presentation``

Isn`t this entirely too much media ownership concentration? I hope
Nexstar politix are not as anti-American as Sinclair`s.

``Nexstar owns, operates, programs or provides sales and other
services to 197 television stations (including partner stations) in
115 markets or approximately 63% of all U.S. television households
including 142 local web sites and 316 local news and weather mobile
apps.``

Here`s their station roster and a map including KFOR in OKC as market
rank 45 (rabbitears.info has had it at only 50).
https://www.nexstar.tv/stations/
How can such smaller cities as Harrisburg PA, Spartanburg SC, outrank
OKC??? Hagerstown MD is #6??? One of the largest cities, San Diego CA
is #29?? 

``(1) Market rank refers to ranking the size of the Designated Market
Area (“DMA”) in which the station is located in relation to other
DMA’s. Source: Investing in Television Market Report 2008 4th Edition,
as published by BIA Financial Network, Inc.``

It shows all the subchannels with each station --- not quite, not yet
CBS` Dabl on KFOR`s #4. At least KFOR is Nexstar`s only property in OK
so far, along with sibling RF-19 KAUT ``43``. This ensures that RF 25,
KWTV ``9`` may still continue its self-promotion as OKC`s only
locally-owned station (Glenn Hauser, OK, October 1, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) Answers forthcoming next issue from Doug Smith

** OKLAHOMA [non]. 1580, Sept 28 at 1305 UT, KOKB Blackwell is off the
air again, nothing from NE, but aiming NW/SE I have some Mex mx mixing
with sports talk in English. The Mex very likely KFCS Colorado Springs
with latest format; the sports KHGG Van Buren AR (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. Quick check Sunday Sept 29 at 2130 UT: 1580
KOKB Blackwell OK is still OFF; so is 1130 KLEY Wellington KS; but
1280 KSOK Arkansas City KS is still on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

1580, Sept 30 at 1852 UT, KOKB Blackwell is back on air after silence
a few days, during which ``Triple Play Sports`` was changed to
``Double Play`` --- just kidding (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 27454.8-LSB & 27454.9-LSB, Sept 30 at 2130-2137+, strong
local QSO between two good ole boys about weather etc., not on exactly
same frequency, no IDs. Absolutely no skip or local signals on any
official CB channels, not even major CB calling/traffic frequencies,
so I kept tuning into freeband for anything at all. Maybe this be a
regular Enid hangout (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OMAN. Radio Sultanate of Oman was back on 9620 kHz, September 30
from 1400 9620 THU 100 kW / 315 deg WeEu Arabic, instead of English,
from 1500 9620 THU 100 kW / 315 deg WeEu Arabic, as scheduled in A19
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/10/radio-sultanate-of-oman-was-back-on-sw.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 27-30, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Radio Sultanate of Oman is again on air, September 30 from 1359 on
9620 to WeEu, but in Arabic, instead of English 14-15 UT -- 73! (Ivo
Ivanov, Bulgaria, WOR iog via DXLD)

Tiny bit of audio poking thru the QRM now, 1510 GMT, but not enough to
verify the language. I can tell that there is an om talking and maybe
some middle eastern  music / recitations tentatively (Stephen C Wood,
E. Dennis, MA, Perseus SDR, 30 x 15 terminated superloop antenna,
ibid.)

Today without English program, 1400, & 1500 in Arabic, good signal
here, videos will be added later today (Ivo Ivanov, 1521 UT, ibid.)

** OMAN. Reception of Radio Sultanate of Oman on 9620 kHz, October 1:
from 1400 on  9620 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu no signal/tx is off
from 1500 on  9620 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu Arabic, good signal
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/10/reception-of-radio-sultanate-of-oman-on.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News October 1-2, DX LISTSENING DIGEST)

1400-1500 on 9620 in English as scheduled in summer A-19
from 1500 on 9620 in English, instead of Arabic & continues
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Oct 3, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 2002, DXLD)

** PANAMA. Panamá, Members, Forgive me if I have covered this before.
I have just discovered the official database from ASEP in Panamá. It
reads as Satel - Modulo Web.
https://www.asep.gob.pa/?page_id=12666
Then click on Frecuencias. Then under Tipo choose Por Rango. Then my
suggestion is to change the MHZ to kHz for both Desde and Hasta.
Then under Desde enter 550. Under Hasta enter 1580.

Click on Buscar and 3 wonderful pages of links to technical data about
all of the Panamanian stations. There are Alive and Dead stations
listed, so beware. Also there are some wayward coordinates. On the
other side, the list provides details as good as whether or not the
mast is skirt-fed!

Generally though this is a rare example of a Central American
Regulator providing detailed technical data about its radio
transmitter stations. This list also can be used to locate FM
stations. This will greatly help with my work on Panamá. 73 and 88
(Dan Goldfarb, 30 Sept, mwmasts iog via DXLD)

** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, NBC Madang (Maus Blong Garamut), 1211*,
Sept 25; usual format (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1,
antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD)

** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 7325, Wantok Radio Light (presumed), 1257-1258,
Sept 27. Thanks to Hiroyuki Komatsubara (Japan) for his alert; during
CRI's brief break, heard a definite weak carrier here, but unable to
make out any audio. Assume low power? (Ron Howard, Asilomar State
Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF
RADIO 2002, DXLD)

** PHILIPPINES. 12110, Oct 3 at 2351, S5-S7 JBA talk; scheduled as VOA
Burmese via Tinang, 2330-2430 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** POLAND. Radio Poland. Feedback, 09.25. 2019 Responses to letters
from listeners.(Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / “deneb-radio-dx”)
-
Friends, thanks to everyone who sent reports on listening to our
programs! Special thanks to Andrei Molotov from St. Petersburg, Dmitry
Elagin from Saratov and Anatoly Klepov from Moscow. Here is what
Andrei Molotov writes:

“Hello, dear editors! I ask for your help. In our region, at night,
the radio station from Poland is perfectly heard: Polskie Radio
Jedynka at 225 kHz in the long wavelength range. I prepared a report
for the reception of the music program, but I don’t know where to send
it. There is no email address on the radio site for communication.
Perhaps you can address it, as they say, to the address. The answer
from the radio station is very important to me, since broadcasting in
the long wavelength range is now very rare and it is a miracle that
Poland supports these broadcasts.

Regarding directly the broadcasts of Polish Radio in Russian. There is
a significant problem. In our region, from May to September, the day
lasts a long time. Accordingly, it gets dark late and early dawn. And
a signal in the medium wave range, as you know, applies to
long-distance paths only in the dark. To date, transmissions in St.
Petersburg are drowning in interference, the signal level is
unstable.

If you found the opportunity to conduct broadcasts in the short wave
range in the summer season, it would be great. Although this is only
one broadcast per day, but the possibility of receiving is greatly
increased. Or, if this is of course possible, broadcast at night (as a
sidebar) at a frequency of 225 kHz. The transmitter power in Solec
Kujawski is very decent and covers our northwestern region and the
European part without any problems. With all respect, Andrew. Success
and prosperity to you and the entire Polish Radio.”

Andrey, many thanks for the detailed report and wishes. To contact the
First Program of Polish Radio, you can write to them by e-mail:
jedynka@polskieradio.pl. As for the broadcasting of our service, we
will certainly take into account your comments.

Here is what our listener Dmitry Elagin from Saratov writes:

“Forgot to ask. If your program runs on the satellite at 1700 UT (as I
was convinced of this yesterday, and in Lithuania there is a technical
possibility to transmit it), as well as at 1600 - why not broadcast
one hour later for better signal transmission to medium waves. (...)
audio is almost impossible to hear. And this is with pretty serious
equipment. I hope for the New Year the signal will break through in
Saratov :)".

Thank you for your letter and comments, we will take them into
account, trying to make listening to our broadcasts more convenient
from any countries and cities.

Further, the letter of Anatoly Klepov:
“Best wishes from Moscow! ... The second question - at the end of the
program, you transmit the station’s work schedule, which completely
contradicts what actually exists. Maybe it’s better not to transmit
this at the end of the program? I am your regular listener. I look
forward to continued cooperation in the future. Respectfully!
Anatoly Klepov. "
...
As for the second, we will definitely take this into account and
check.
***
The letters were answered by Daria Yuryeva. All letters are published
with the preservation of copyright spelling and punctuation. [sic:]
https://www.polskieradio.pl/397/7831/Artykul/2373141,%D0%9E%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F
-% D1% 81% D0% B2% D1% 8F% D0% B7% D1% 8C-2509-2019)
(Rus-DX Sept 29 via DXLD)

** RUSSIA [and non]. RUSSIA'S PARLIAMENT FINDS BROADCASTER DEUTSCHE
WELLE BROKE LAW: AGENCIES ---   1 Min Read
World News September 27, 2019 / 10:47 AM / Updated 8 minutes ago
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-politics-germany-deutschewelle/russias-parliament-finds-broadcaster-deutsche-welle-broke-law-agencies-idUSKBN1WC14L

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's parliament will ask the foreign ministry
to consider revoking German broadcaster Deutsche Welle's right to work
in the country for breaking Russian laws, Russian news agencies cited
a senior lawmaker as saying on Friday.

The lawmaker, Vasily Piskarev, said a parliamentary investigation had
found cases in which Deutsche Welle had urged Russians to attend an
unauthorized protest this summer, TASS, RIA and other agencies
reported.

There was no immediate comment from the broadcaster.

Piskarev said the parliamentary investigation would also look into
whether coverage by Britain's BBC and the U.S.-funded Radio Liberty
had breached Russian election law, the agencies reported.

Reporting by Maria Kiselyova; Writing by Tom Balmforth; Editing by
Andrew Heavens (via Mike Cooper, WORLD OF RADIO 2002, DXLD)

THE STATE DUMA RECOGNIZED DEUTSCHE WELLE AS A VIOLATOR OF THE LAW ON
RALLIES. See GERMANY [and non]

** RUSSIA [and non]. Moscow. World Radio Network. In Russian.
The program "Radio Panorama" for fans of distant radio reception.
Author and host - Vadim Alekseev. 09/28/2019

- New candidates for "foreign agents" from among foreign media
- ITU is concerned about climate conservation
- #SAQ reported on received admission reports
- Another event for the 100th anniversary of #WWV
- Japanese commercial broadcasters are allowed to leave with MW in FM
- The impact of typhoons on Japanese broadcasting
- Japanese observations of local and foreign stations
- Surveillance jamming of South Korean stations

- 2000th edition of World Of Radio by Glen[n] Hauser

- Created an application to block ads in broadcasts and podcasts
Publish - Publish the program details and sound file on the page.
Publication and preparation of a sound file - Vladimir Emelyanov,
Samara, Russia.
https://vk.com/dxing(Rus-DX Sept 29 via DXLD)

Radiopanorama remains also on WRMI for one airing:
Monday 2000-2030 on 7780. You might not realise it`s in Russian as the
title is not in Cyrillic. Tnx for noting the WOR milestone (gh)

** SAO TOME E PRINCIPE. 15660, Oct 1 at 1928, HOA music, VP S2-S3,
gone at 1930. Aoki/NDXC shows it`s VOA Pinheira at 1900-1930 M-F in
Tigrinya. Other VOA usage of 15660: 1800-1900 daily Amharic via
Woofferton; 1730-1800 M-F Oromo via STP; 1400-1500 Sat/Sun Kirundi via
STP. Propagation is so poor that any extra-continental signal like
this on 19m is notable. Except as an unaccented country header, STP
should be spelt São Tomé e Príncipe (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 9870, Oct 1 at 1938, S5-S7 of dead air. Scheduled
18-23 is SA in Arabic (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAUDI ARABIA [and non]. Subject: [vhfskip] East Med data chirpers
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 at 16:45

Those odd FSK type signals from the eastern Med, two can be heard
groundwave or more likely sea path from south east Cyprus received
using a V dipole tuned for 32 MHz mounted 6M AGL.

Not much else to report other than a local wavebouy on 29.924 MHz, the
local OTHR besides languishing down on 19 MHz is also up on 32.1 with
the ionosonde making its regular journey to 35 MHz, The Iranian OTHR
was heard on 28.22 yesterday on top of the 5B beacon and the second
harmonic of Radio Saudi was logged on 35.41 MHz. So that's it for
traffic above the 13M broadcast band, the quiet of solar minimum.

https://youtu.be/1fSSvpS6gjw
(Paul, from somewhere in the Mediterranean
Icom IC-R8500, 2 x Airspy & RTL SDR.
HS Publications D100 TV-DX receiver.
Sony XDR F1HD and XDR-GTK interface.
Sony 920, RDS Spy, CCW Multicoupler.
W4KMA 24-100MHz custom Log Periodic.
Wellbrook ALA1530AL1 active HF loop.
Korner 19ele BIII, Korner 15ele BII.
1.8M Precision dish, C-Band 66E-58W.
1.2M Gibertini dish, KuBand 70E-63W.
2.4M FortecStar dish C-Band 49E-58W.

http://www.ukdx.org.uk
www.youtube.com/Aceblaggard

-- (via Tim Bucknall, Congleton, UK, harmonics yg via WORLD OF RADIO
2002, DXLD) 35.41 MHz Sa`udi = 2 x 17705 kHz (gh)

** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 9545, SIBC, 0449 till cut off at 0459*, Sept 26.
Finally strong enough to be able to ID one of their songs, with
distinctive "Shallow," by Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper; cut off time is
via timer (always the same time) (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach,
CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD)

** SPAIN. 11670, Sept 30 at 2123, no signal from REE`s African
frequency, nor has there been for at least several days whenever
checked; other ones are better but not totally reliable: 12030, 11940,
9690. Apparently one transmitter stays down, altho HFCC
http://www.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=A19&broadc=REE
shows these imaginary/alternate frequencies on the 161-degree beam:
11530, 15350, 15360, 21620 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2002, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

[and non]. 9690, Oct 2 at 2102, REE North American frequency is off.
11670 for Africa also continues AWOL; 12030 to ME is S9-S8 of dead air
once again --- leaving only one in service, 11940 to S America but VP
here. 9690 not a propagation problem since Greek music OK on 9420 at
2105. Yet a sesquihour earlier at 1930, Wolfgang Bueschel reported
9690 on, and also 12030 apparently then with modulation too; during a
silly ballgame (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2002, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) Viz.:

REE Noblejas tonight Wed Oct 2nd live coverage of
FC Barcelona vv Inter Milano Italy,
FC Valencia  vv Ajax Amsterdam Holanda
19-21 UT

9690 kHz broad audio signal, S=9+20dB at 1930 UT here in western
Europe. 11670 kHz NOT ON AIR. 11940 kHz S=8-9. 12030 kHz S=9+10dB.
73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Bueschel, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 2002,
DXLD)

** SWAZILAND. Nearby [to TURKEY 9505.021, Sept 29] distorted signal of
TWR Africa, 9499.990 S=9+25dB tremendous at 1539 UT TWR Manzini SWZ
Somali (Wolfgang Bueschel, WOR iog via DXLD)

** TAIWAN [and non]. 11990, Radio Taiwan Int. in German direct from
Tansui with test transmissions on 21 & 22/9 at *1700-1800* in really
feat [??]. A program with duration of 29 minutes which was aired 5
times: from 1700, from 1731 on 11990, from 1800 & from 1832 on 9540,
and via Sofia on 5900 from 1900 (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony
ICF2001D, 6 meters wire antenna on 8th floor in Sofia), Oct Australian
DX News via DXLD)

** TAIWAN [and non]. 9680, TAIWAN / CHINA. Radio Taiwan International
- Tanshui & Chinese music jammer, 1333, 9/29/19, in Mandarin. RTI with
contemporary Chinese vocal music followed by instrumental theme – like
music, Male announcer followed by dramatic Western style instrumental
music. Chinese traditional music jammer clearly audible under. Must
have been a mess in Asia. RTI would have been fair by itself, jammer
poor – fair (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 via DXLD)

** THAILAND. Hi Glenn, On Oct 1, did in fact hear R. Thailand (5875)
in English at 1145, replacing Burmese, which was still being heard
yesterday. Reception not nearly as good as the previous 1130-1145
segment (Lao). (Ron Howard, CA, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 2002,
DXLD)

Also Bahasa Melayu from 1200-1215 on 9390, as heard tonight at strong
level with news items about relocation of the Indonesian capital from
Jakarta to Kalimantan and visit by President Widodo to new capital
site. Final closing announcements in English, then off at 1215. (Oct
2)((Matt Francis, Sydney NSW, ibid.) 

Glenn - Here is an explanation from Hiroyuki Komatsubara, regarding
changes in languages for Radio Thailand. Ron  

"For overseas broadcasts, it seems that programs in some languages
will be suspended from October 1, 2019 due to program reorganization.
There seems to be time to replace it with an English program. The
period seems to be undecided. Thanks Japanese BBS !!" (Rpm Howard, WOR
iog via WORLD OF RADIO 2002, DXLD)

** THAILAND [and non]. SOUND OF HOPE BROADCASTS FROM THAILAND:
TAIWANESE MAN GIVEN SUSPENDED JAIL TERM

Taiwanese Man Gets Suspended Jail Term over Radio Broadcasts into
China

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

A Taiwanese businessman was convicted in a Thai court Thursday of
illegally hosting a radio station that broadcast uncensored news to
listeners in China and sentenced to eight months in jail, suspended
for two years, his lawyer said.

Chiang Yung-hsin and his lawyer appeared at Chiang Mai provincial
court, 720 kilometers (450 miles) north of Bangkok, Thursday morning
to hear the verdict on the charges of “possession and use of an
unlicensed transmitter” and “setting up an unlicensed radio station.”

“The court sentenced him to 8 months in jail but suspended the penalty
for two years and fined him 60,000 baht ($2,000),” Chiang’s lawyer,
Tawat Wipanguean told BenarNews, an RFA-affiliated online news
service.

“In other words, the court believes he knew about the station. Luckily
he was not jailed.”

“Now he becomes a convict but he stays out of jail due to the
suspension and becomes persona non-grata,” he added.

Chiang, 52, was indicted in January on charges of setting up the
station without a permit for Sound of Hope (SOH), a San
Francisco-based radio network that was founded by Falun Gong, a
religious movement banned in China, according to court documents.

Chiang consistently denied the charges in a case that played out amid
claims that Beijing pressured Thai authorities to shut down the
station.

Tawat told BenarNews that Chiang “will go back to Taiwan and discuss
with his family what to do next.”

“He has not seen his wife for over a year now. We have a month to
appeal but if he doesn’t come back again, we won’t appeal the case,”

A court official confirmed the verdict was read Thursday morning but
the court declined to reveal the verdict to the public. An assistant
of Chiang said he was not comfortable commenting on the case at the
moment.

Thailand strictly controls radio and TV stations as well as
prohibiting broadcasts in foreign languages, except for pre-approved
items, to neighboring countries, according to broadcast experts.

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

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

Reported by BenarNews, an RFA-affiliated online news service. (via
RFA)

https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/thailand-broadcast-09262019170101.html
26 September
(via Alan Pennington, Sept 27, bdxc-news iog via DXLD)

WTFK? All this verbiage and they never get around to specifying the
frequencies of SOH, which were generally assumed to be from TAIWAN!
How was it proven the broadcasts he was charged with were really from
Thailand? Was it really one single, probably low-power, transmitter as
implied? He ``hosted``, ``possessed`` and ``knew of`` the transmitter,
but was it really activated? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)

** TURKEY. Re: [WOR] Voice of Turkey in Turkish on strange 9728 kHz
at 1300 UT, Sept. 23 --- Also noted at 1815 UT drifting from 9700 to
9730 kHz. Finally settled down on 9733.85 kHz prior to 2000, stayed
there until signoff at 2057 (Brett Saylor, State College, PA USA, Sept
23, via Wolfgang Bueschel, WOR iog via DXLD)

9735.020, Voice of Turkey from Emirler in Turkish to central Asia, 72
degr azimuth, noted at 0010 UT S=8-9 at Mauno's remote SDR in eastern
Finland, Sept 27. Scheduled in A-19 season at 0000-0200 UT. 73 wb
df5sx (Wolfgang Bueschel, ibid.)

Missing on 9460 kHz at 2030 UT this afternoon (26 September) with
Turkish service. Not there as noted here in NB nor using the U. Twente
SDR receiver. Did they punch up a wrong frequency or some other issue?
(-- Richard Langley, WOR iog via DXLD)

September 26/27 Voice of Turkey missing 1300-1355 on 11965 in Russian
and 1400-1425 on 9610 in Italian (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, ibid.)

9830, Sept 27 at 2202, no trace of VOT English to us, beneath S9 of
RTTY continuing from presumed NAU PR. No change at 2246 recheck. Yet
in Europe, Wolfgang Bueschel reports simultaneously: 

``TURKEY, 9830.021 kHz exact measured. TRT Emirler in English
scheduled 22-23 UT noted with music program at 2158 UT, S=9+35dB
proper signal into southern Germany tonight, but hit by own BUZZ tone,
8 x 100 Hertz distance strings seen visible either sideband. Schedule
time and frequencies in total, in English language announced 2200-2201
UT. News started at 22.02:30 UT, 'some 430 buildings hit by recent
earthquake in Istanbul ... 5th flight of Turkish airforce F12 fighter
operated regularly on SYRIAN national soil, on fight against Kurdish
national folk group home territory on northern Syria.'

Super widerange signal covers 9815 to 9845 kHz band. 2209 Turkish
press report. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 27)``

Many other VOT broadcasts have been found missing even in Europe
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Hearing what I think is Turkey again today on strange 5817, being
reported on some Europirate chats, but sounds like another weird VOT
frequency drift (Dan Robinson, 1858 UT Sept 27, WOR iog via DXLD)

Back today (27 September). Noted at 20:35 UTC on 9460 kHz with Turkish
(-- Richard Langley, NB, ibid.)

9830.021 kHz exact measured. TRT Emirler in English scheduled 22-23 UT
noted with music program at 2158 UT, S=9+35dB proper signal into
southern Germany tonight, but hit by own BUZZ tone, 8 x 100 Hertz
distance strings seen visible either sideband. Schedule time and
frequencies in total, in English language announced 2200-2201 UT. News
started at 2202:30 UT, 'some 430 buildings hit by recent earthcake in
Istanbul; 5th flight of Turkish airforce F12 fighter operated
regularly on SYRIAN national soil, on fight against Kurdish national
folk group home territory on northern Syria.'

Super widerange signal covers 9815 to 9845 kHz band. 2209 UT Turkish
press report. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 27, WOR iog via
DXLD)

What are you using to measure the frequency, and what is that device’s
reference? I see so many that post received frequency. I noted the
other day that someone had a station that was about 100 cps off as
viewed on an SDR unit. That same SDR showed WWV at 10 MHz off by 100
cps. I do NOT trust an SDR to be an accurate measurement (Bob
Biermann, FL, ibid.)

re Bob's question, can tell someone with English language background
in the SDR / Perseus community about correct SDR receiver alignment /
calibration and read-out, etc., and check action frequencies against
reliable broadcaster like BBC WOF, OMA, SNG, ASC and so on - on
standard fq format WHV WWVH, and especially to mention China mainland
excellent shortwave radio work these days, with precise x.000 kHz
outlets on their much amount of 500 kW beasts.

Note to compare with DXing in the 70ties in the past, when used
Collins 390A or 391 after WWII state of the art units. Calibrated with
a 5 kHz / 1 kHz calibrator reading in these era.

PERSEUS unit is the best ever used correct receiver calibration here
since appeared from Italy on Christmas in 2008 year (Wolfgang
Bueschel, Sept 27, WOR iog via DXLD)

I was monitoring this same 9830 today Sept 27 after 2200, and
absolutely nothing audible of VOT over here beneath the heavy RTTY;
nor recheck circa 2250 (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)

Sept 28 missing 13635 from 0600 UT for Turkish sce (Ivo Ivanov, WOR
iog via DXLD)

TRT Emirler when checked on Sept 28 at 0920 UT

11675.701 kHz S=8-9 in south Germany, S=9+20dB in Doha Qatar site.
backlobe signal of Turkish NE/ME service.
11750.009 kHz TRT Arabic sce, backlobe signal in Europe,
S=8-9 in southern Germany, S=9+35dB in remote SDR Doha Qatar
11795.023 kHz TRT Persian sce, sidelobe signal in Europe,
S=9+10dB in southern Germany, S=9+20dB in remote SDR Doha Qatar
11955 not, only alternate frequency HFCC/ITU request.
13635.008 kHz S=9+45dB powerhouse here in soGermany,
S=9+35dB backlobe into Doha Qatar NE/ME at 09.44 UT.
but had also again a break at 09.35 UT, as yesterday Sept 27
happened too, TX signal back at 09.38 UT.
73 wb df5sx wwdxc (Wolfgang Bueschel, WOR iog via DXLD)

At 1000 Turkish on 13635 & 11675.7. At 1000 no signal on 9655 & 9855.
Later start at 1003 on 9655 Georgian and 1004 on 9855 Tatar (Ivo
Ivanov, Bulgaria, ibid.)

9830, Sept 28 at 2205, again today no trace of VOT English to N
America, just heavy RTTY from presumed NAU PR. MANY other (but not
all) VOT transmissions are being reported missing by Wolfgang Bueschel
and Ivo Ivanov; and/or in some cases, frequencies wandering
all over the band from their proper spot, not just a few Hz or 0.7 kHz
offsets as before. Something`s VERY wrong at the Emirler transmitter
site of VOT (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2002, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

TRT on Sept 29, at 1032 UT
 9655.020  72degr  Georgian 10-11 UT
11675.710  150degr  Turkish
13635.007  310degr  Turkish
13650.002  62degr  Uzbek service.
73 wb (Wolfgang Bueschel, WOR iog via DXLD)

TRT Voice of Turkey on wrong frequency in Uzbek Sept 29
1000-1025  9855 EMR 500 kW / 032 deg to CeAs Tatar, as scheduled A-19
1026-1039  9855 EMR 500 kW / 032 deg to CeAs Uzbek, instead of 13650&
1040-1055 13650 EMR 500 kW / 062 deg to CeAs Uzbek, as scheduled A-19
Something`s always wrong at V of Turkey Emirler transmitting station
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/10/trt-voice-of-turkey-on-wrong-frequency.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 27-30, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

VoT Missing before, TRT Emirler on Sept 29, at 1110 UT noted also
 7210.006* 290degr  Bulgarian
15240.030  72degr   Chinese service.

* bad ITU/HFCC selection, 41 mb at this time slot has totally EMPTY
channels on Balkan south eastern Europe, except 150kW powerhouse of
CRI Bulgarian service via European relay site at Cerrik Albania on
7220.000 kHz at S=9+45dB powerhouse at remote SDR in Athens Greece.
Bad fq selection for a lot of handheld SW receivers these days. 73 wb
(Wolfgang Bueschel, ibid.)

Russian Sce also missing 1300-1355 on 11965 / 020 deg, nothing at 1316
UT. At 1330 VOT Russian Sce on drifting frequency 11836.5-11836.2 (Ivo
Ivanov, Bulgaria, ibid.)

TRT Emirler on Sept 29, at 1237 UT noted also
13635.010 310degr Turkish
13710 kHz NOTHING ON AIR, Urdu 95degr 12-13 UT nothing at 1237 UT
15410.026  72degr Uyghur service, 1238 UT.
15450.012 310degr English 12.30-13.30 UT, 1239 UT.
73 wb (Wolfang Bueschel, ibid.)

Woh, woh  - one of the TRT tx units wandered heavily through 25
meterband. TRT Russian 13-14 UT scheduled on ITU/HFCC requests on
11965 kHz, but wandered today from 11837 to 11836.970 kHz around at
1315 UT, now steady wandered down around 11835.900 but no stop, no
stop catch --- 11834.052 kHz at 1342 UT, S=9+15dB signal on Mauno's
place in Finland.

9840.005 Turkish sce at 1320 UT and
11825.009 Kazakh sce at 1337 UT. 73 wb (Wolfgang Bueschel, ibid.)

Russian in 11829.7 at 1350 UT --- correction 11832.6 at 1353 UT (Ivo
Ivanov, ibid.) I guess you mean it changed that much, not typo? (gh)

TRT Emirler on Sept 29:
 9840.005 TRT Turkish sce at 1405 UT
 9610     TRT Italian NOT HEARD TODAY, nothing traced on 1410 UT
 9540.021 TRT Arabic, 1419 UT and
17770.013 TRT Arabic sce towards Sahel zone, North and West Africa
at 1437. 73 wb (Wolfgang Bueschel, ibid.)

At 1500 missing Azeri Sce on 9765 (Ivo Ivanov, ibid.)

 9765, 15-16 UT 105degr not on channel, but moved up and down variable
 9734.7 up to 9735.8 at 1536 UT on Sept 29.
11765.009, 1500-1630 UT 1530 UT 100degr Dari Pashto Uzbek.
 9505.021 V of Turkey in Azeri 105degr at 1538 73 wb (Bueschel,
ibid.)

 5960.002, Turkish 16-21 UT at 150degr, 1658 UT
 9460 Turkish to Western Europe 310 degr, but settled total different
on:
 9735.040 .... 16-21 UT hopping move up and down to
 9735.220, S=9+45dB powerful signal as usual at 1720.
11930.008, TRT Spanish 1630-1730 UT, 270degr, at 1640 and 1656
15520, VoTurkey in English, too high fq this autumn season, 95degr,
NOTHING traced at 1639, nor 1701 UT.
 9840, TRT German 1730-1825 UT was not on air at 310degr
 7360.007, 1730-1825 French to Africa 180degr, powerful nice signal
also in Europe. 
 5945.017, 1830-1925 UT English to Europe to Europe 310degr,
powerful nice signal in Europe.
 9460.011, TRT was ON AIR AGAIN when checked after 19 UT. S=9+40dB via
310 degr azimuth in Western Europe, at 1912 UT heard radioplay in
Turkish with few actors heard.
 9635.021, TRT French at 300degr towards France, 1935 UT S=9+40dB
11615, French towards all-Africa same 1930-2030 UT, BUT NOT ON AIR
tonight Sept 29. 
 9620.021, TRT in English towards Pacific AUS/NZL at 105 degr,
2030-2125 UT, poor signal in Doha Qatar, equal level of both programs
at 2036, but S=9+20dB on sidelobe azimuth in western Europe. 
[and non] BUT in Europe terrible audio mixture with co-channel VOIRI
Spanish sce, which content could understand about talk on "... Raul
Castro Cuba ..." on lower side of channel on 9619.974 kHz (Wolfgang
Bueschel, Sept 29, ibid.) 

At 0730 UT, Sept. 30: Turkish 11675.7; 11750 & 13635; Azeri on 11730
(Ivo Ivanov, ibid.)

9830 nothing tonight at 22-23 UT, TRT Emirler NOT ON AIR. Sept 30.
73 wolfie (Bueschel, ibid.)

VOT in Turkish to WeEu, Oct 1 from 0600 on wandered frequency
13605-13607-13610-13612, instead of scheduled 13635

from 0615 on wandered frequency 13626-13628+++, instead of scheduled
13635 // 11675.0(11675.7 Sept. 30) and 11750.

from 0800 fixed frequency 13635.7 instead; till 0800 on wandered
frequency 13605-13628. 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, ibid.)

TRT Voice of Turkey on wandered frequency in 22mb, Oct 1
0600-0755 on 13605-28 EMR 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Turkish, wandered
0800-1255 on 13635.71 EMR 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Turkish, is fixed
Something`s always wrong at Voice of Turkey Emirler transmitting stn
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/10/trt-voice-of-turkey-on-wandered.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News October 1-2, DX LISTSENING DIGEST)

9830, Oct 1 at 2224, VOT is JBA in absence of RTTY, undermodulated
S6-S9 so English to North America is still a loss (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

V of Turkey in Georgian on wrong frequency 9650 October 3
1000-1055 9650* 500 kW / 072 deg CeAs Georgian, instead of 9655 kHz
Something`s always wrong at V of Turkey Emirler transmitting station!
* co-ch BSKSA General Service, Radio Guinée French & Voice of Korea
Japanese! Videos will be added later today -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, WOR iog
via DXLD)

** UKRAINE. Ukrtelecom Telecommunications Company intends to stop
providing services for connecting wired radio to its home radio point
from January 1, 2020. This is discussed in the company’s report,
Ukrainian News reports. “In Ukraine, the number of users of the
outdated wire broadcasting service is rapidly decreasing. This summer
there are 350 thousand of them left. Every month, more than 10
thousand subscribers refuse the service,” it says. At the same time,
existing service subscribers will continue to use wired radio on
existing conditions. Ukrtelecom continues to support a wire
broadcasting network in those regions where there are users, but there
is no demand for new connections. "Statistics show that the
abandonment of wired radio is a global trend. In recent years, wired
broadcasting has been steadily supplanted by new progressive digital
means of transmitting information, such as social networks, IP-radio,
free broadcast radio and others," the company emphasizes. 

According to the report, the wired radio service is disadvantageous
and inconvenient due to its obsolescence. “In recent years, Ukrtelecom
has been implementing a number of projects to develop telecom
infrastructure, connecting settlements to the Internet. Each year, the
operator builds more than 3,000 kilometers of optics, offering
high-speed Internet and making it possible to use modern interactive
television,” it was informed. Now the operator is engaged in
connecting to the optics of almost 300 small towns and villages. As
Ukrainian News reported, Ukrtelecom is ready to invest 2.8 billion
hryvnias for connecting villages to the Internet. In March, the court
refused to terminate the Ukrtelecom sales contract
Source: Ukrainian News Portal.
http://proradio.org.ua/news/2019sept.php
(via Rus-DX Sept 29 via DXLD)

** U K. BBC REBUKES ANCHOR WHO CRITICIZED TRUMP `GO BACK' TWEET. NOW,
IT'S UNDER FIRE. By Ceylan Yeginsu
* Published Sept. 26, 2019 Updated Sept. 27, 2019, 1:15 a.m. ET
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/26/world/europe/bbc-munchetty-trump-racism.html

LONDON -- The BBC was taken to task on Thursday after it ruled that
one of its veteran television anchors had broken the company's
editorial guidelines by criticizing President Trump for saying that
four female American lawmakers should return to the "broken and
crime-infested places from which they came."

The reprimand of the anchor, Naga Munchetty, who works on the "BBC
Breakfast" show, set off outrage among journalists and others on
social media, including BBC staff members.

Image Naga Munchetty
Credit John Phillips/Getty Images

"Right now, there is a lot of bewilderment among BAME staff," a BBC
correspondent, Sangita Myska, said in a Twitter post, using an acronym
for black, Asian and minority ethnic workers. "There is unique
self-censoring that BAMEs do across all industries & workplaces."

In response to her tweet, another presenter, Matthew Price, wrote,
"There's a lot of bewilderment (and some anger) among non-BAME staff
too."

Ms. Munchetty's comments came during an exchange in July with her
fellow anchor Dan Walker after an interview with a Trump supporter.
Ms. Munchetty put the president's Twitter remarks in the context of
racism.

"Every time I have been told, as a woman of color, to go back to where
I came from, that was embedded in racism," she said. "Now, I'm not
accusing anyone of anything here, but you know what certain phrases
mean."

She went on to say that it had made her "absolutely furious that a man
in that position thinks it's O.K. to skirt the lines by using language
like that."

In a series of tweets in July, the American president said that four
minority congresswomen should "go back" to the countries they came
from.

Ms. Munchetty's critical remarks were shared by hundreds of thousands
of people on social media, including official BBC accounts, until the
company received a single complaint from a viewer. The issue was
referred to the BBC's Executive Complaints Unit, which declared on
Wednesday that Ms. Munchetty's conduct had broken its impartiality
rules.

The unit said its editorial guidelines "do not allow for journalists
to give their opinions about the individual making the remarks or
their motives for doing so -- in this case President Trump."

"While Ms. Munchetty was entitled to give a personal response to the
phrase `go back to your own country,' as it was rooted in her own
experience, over all her comments went beyond what the guidelines
allow for," a spokeswoman for the BBC said.

Ms. Munchetty could not be reached for comment.

Critics pounced on the Executive Complaints Unit, saying it had put
too much weight on one viewer complaint while ignoring the broad
impact of Mr. Trump's comments.

"When you think about what those (mostly) older white men have got
away with saying on the BBC and Twitter day after day this is a quite
perplexing finding," a Channel 4 anchor, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, wrote
in a Twitter post.

Piers Morgan, who hosts a rival show on ITV and considers himself a
friend of Mr. Trump, also took to Twitter to criticize the decision.

"Her words were powerful & necessary. Shameful censorship."

Several BBC journalists said they would ask the director general, Tony
Hall, to review the ruling, saying the corporation's reputation,
especially among minority communities, was at risk.

Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the main opposition Labour Party,
described the decision as "astonishing."

"Telling people to `go back' to `places from which they came' is
racist," he added. "Naga Munchetty stated a fact," he wrote on
Twitter. She shared experiences of racism she's suffered. That can't
be at odds with any editorial guidelines. The BBC must explain this
astonishing decision."

It was not clear whether the BBC would take any action as a result of
the ruling. The company said a decision on that, if any, would be
posted on its online complaints pages.

A version of this article appears in print on , Section A, Page 10 of
the New York edition with the headline: BBC Staff Backs Anchor For
Comment On Trump (via Mike Cooper, DXLD)

** U K [non]. 13825, BBC, Tashkent is listed here between 0300-0500 in
Farsi to Iran. However, all I hear is CNR 1’s DRM hash. A quick trip
around the KiwiSDRs in the ME, Eu and As revealed that there was
either no signal at all on this freq in this time period or there was
CNR DRM signal. So, perhaps BBC has moved? However, it is still
registered here in HFCC as of 19/9 (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn,
VIC (Yaesu FTDX 3000, Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Kenwood R5000,
Tecsun PL-680, Horizontal Sky Loop, Double Bazooka antennas for 80, 40
and 20 metres, Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital Noise
Eliminating Module, MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling Module, ATU), Oct
Australian DX News via DXLD)

** U S A. Hello, I started hearing the Special Event Station, to
celebrate the 100th Anniversary of station WWV, using the amateur
radio call sign "WW0WWV". This was on the evening of September 28th at
0109 UT on 7218 kHz. They are operating from the grounds of Radio
Station WWV, located near Fort Collins CO USA. The ham radio
operations are from September 28 to October 1st using various ham
radio modes including Morse Code "CW", SSB, and digital mode FT8.
Frequency bands are from 160 meters through 6 meters, although so far,
I have heard them on the 40, 30, and 20 meter bands. There is quite a
bit of information at web site:
http://wwv100.com/

Station WWV will also be participating in a Frequency Measuring Test,
using the 5 MHz frequency. More information at:
http://wwv100.com/index.php/festival-of-frequency-measurement

For Ham Radio operations the WW0WWV team will be using Club Log for
online logging. There is also a Live Version of Club Log in use, which
should show realtime logs of WW0WWV. So, lots of excitement at Radio
Station WWV. 73 de (Chuck W3ON Gessner, Sept 28, WOR iog via DXLD)

WW0WWV special event station commemoration 100 years of WWV: 14238-USB
at 1948 UT Sept 28. Very Good or should I say 5/9.  Also noted at 1418
Sept 29 on 7238 USB [sic] also 5/9. Interesting to note that some of
the contacts did not seem to know what WWV is nor the location. 73
(Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Rx: Perseus SDR, ant: Wellbrook
ALA 100 loop, WOR iog via DXLD)

For those that want to hear special event station WW0WWV, they are
making it very well to the east on 14238-USB at 1930 UT Sept 28. 73
(Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, AB, WOR iog via DXLD)

Mickey, I'm looking forward to the WWV experiment on the 1st, using
Fldigi! (Walt Salminiw, BC, ibid.)

Not here when checking after 2200; in fact only 2 or 3 phone stations
on 20m. Too close to Ft Collins. Finally found at 2220 on 7234-LSB,
calling CQ, but not many replies; someone tried to answer on 7233.5
(Glenn Hauser, ibid.)

Yes 7234-LSB in here at 2347 UT with good signal but lots of QRM. 73
(Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park AB, ibid.)

7234-LSB, Sept 28 at 2220, ``WW0WWV special event station calling CQ``
but not much response after several tries. No pileups here unlike some
other specials, as below. One contact I think with op at Fort Collins
IDing self as Fred, AF4BW. Someone gives him a call off-frequency at
7233.5-LSB. Recheck at 0109 Sept 29, WW0WWV now slid to 7235-LSB and
generating pileups. 

First after 2200 I was checking 14238-USB, but no WW0WWV heard there
and only a few other phone signals on 20m; too close to Ft Collins. 

Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, AB, had tipped us on the WOR iog earlier:
``For those that want to hear special event station WW0WWV, they are
making it very well to the east on 14238u kHz at 1930 UT Sept 28. 73``
Maybe these will be applicable again (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** U S A. As I am hunting for WW0WWV, find some other special events
on 40m.

7246.0-LSB, Sept 28 at 2214. Some station who fails to give his own
call keeps uttering QRZ; those calling him don`t mention his call
either, only their own, a gross failure of operational etiquette. He
has trouble copying contact calls so they repeat theirs over and over
fonetikaly. (BTW, some editors insist on ``correcting`` my Hauserisms
which are making a point, or at least enlivening the text.) Serial
number is 0388 during what sounds like ``Park to park contest`` but
not sure of the keyword park (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7184-LSB, Sept 28 at 2225, N1O calling CQ. Such a call must
be something special. Indeed, QRZ.com leads to this page, which as
usual cannot be linked directly even when logged in:

``N1O  USA
OSCAR NORRIS Ham of the Century
P.O. BOX 622
McAdenville, NC 28101

CQ CQ CQ --- ​IN HONOR OF THE HAM OF THE CENTURY OSCAR NORRIS W4OXH

On September 25th Oscar will be 102 years young (born 1917).
From September 20th thru September 29th 2019 we will be running a
special event to honor Oscar. The event will begin at 00:01 UTC
September 20th (September 19th) and end at 11:00 pm on the 29th. 

Oscar is still very much active on 2 meters, 70cm and DMR. 
Oscar has made contacts all over the world on D-Star and DMR.
Oscar is totally blind and has the ability to work Amatuer Radio
(licensed since 1949). Oscar can be found most of the time on the
444.450 W4CQ repeater of the Charlotte Amateur Radio Club.

STATIONS OPERATING UNDER THE N1O CALL SIGN
Here's a list of stations we have that will be using the N1O special
event call sign and their operator number. 

# 1 Tony N4ATJ, #2 Gary Whitt W5GDW, #3 Robert W7CSA, #4 Fred W4FAC, #
5 Gary Holland KN4RAB, #6 John NJ4Z, #7 Craig KN4EHZ, #8 David W4JL,
#9 Howard WB4UD, #10 John C. N2JWC, #11 Kevin WA9VFD, #12 David N1DDC,
#13 Brian WB4GS, #14 Bob W4RWS, #15 Rodney W2ROD, #16 Darcy K4DQP, #17
Elliott KN4MGP, #18 Dalton W4WXL and #19 Mack W4ZFD. 

Bonus Station --- Oscar Norris W4OXH. He will be working from time to
time, so see if you can contact him. He will be operating under the
call sign of W4OXH/N1O. He will be spotted on DX Summit and DX
Watch...``

So apparently I was not hearing Oscar himself but who knows which one
of those guys honoring him (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7180-LSB, Sept 29 at 0107, W4D, ``special event honoring the
[fifth?] military veterans``; also with an AM carrier at 0108, surely
not VOBMEritrea this early. CQ in the clear at 0133 says ``honoring
all military veterans`` --- thank you very much! 0326 still there
calling CQ. QRZ.com explains: 
``W4D  USA 75th anniversary of D-Day Special Event
W4ETB, Edward Brady, 2901 SKYE DRIVE, Fayetteville, NC 28303 USA``

OK, but Sept 29 is nowhere near the anniversary of D-Day in June
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 8992-USB, Oct 2 at 1255, test count and ``Andrews, out``.
Believe this is same frequency with echoey encrypted broadcasts, also
from Andrews AFB, MD? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 18150-USB, Sept 27 at 2158, CQ DX from KM6TS over and over,
hardly anything else on band. Not Midway either? No, ARRL DXCC shows
Midway Island now KH4 prefix; 
http://www.arrl.org/files/file/DXCC/2019_Current_Deleted(3).txt
why in the world did FCC mess up the original setup for US overseas
entities? 

This guy is: QUICK JR, ELLIOT P, KM6TS, PALMDALE, CA 93550. Presumably
a bit of sporadic E. Zero signals on 16m SWBC band; 17775 KVOH would
be off by now (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2002, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. Re my lament that KM6 calls are no longer Midway,
Jim K5JG, replies on the ptsw yg:

``Glen[n] et all, Changing the prefixes for overseas entities was done
around 1979-1980 when the entire Amateur Radio callsign structure was
changed. I remember reading at the time that the FCC was forecasting
that they were just a few years away from running out of callsigns
under the old structure and came up with the present scheme to
mitigate that possibility.

It always seemed exotic and exciting to hear KM6 (Midway), KX6
(Kwajalein Island), KC6 (Eastern Caroline Islands), KG6 (Guam /
Marianas Islands), KW6 (Wake Island), or KV4 (Virgin Islands) coming
back to your call. Note that some Pacific island entities that were US
possessions are now independent countries and have non-US prefixes.

Nowadays, KH-something and KP-something is just boring.

When the restructuring occurred, no one was forced to change their
existing callsign as it only applied to new callsigns. So, not only is
it theoretically possible for a Guam Islander with an old KG6xx call
to fall right between two California KG6xx callsigns in the FCC
database, but one could contact two Guam stations in a row, one a KG6
and the other a KH2! Makes things even more confusing.

Another good source for info on deleted US prefixes is:
http://www.ac6v.com/oldprefix.php#OLD 
and scroll down a little. 73, Jim K5JG`` 
(via Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 2002, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. BBG - USAGM Watch-- EXCLUSIVE: JEFF SHELL, FORMER DEMOCRATIC
BBG CHAIR, RESIGNED FROM USAGM BOARD OF GOVERNORS

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EXCLUSIVE BBG - USAGM Watch Commentary News

BBG - USAGM Watch was able to confirm that Jeff Shell, former
Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) chairman, has resigned his
position on the Board of Governors of the U.S. Agency for Global Media
(USAGM). He resigned on September 30 by sending a letter of
resignation to President Trump.

While serving on the BBG/USAGM board, Jeff Shell had and still has an
important day job in the film industry in Hollywood as chairman of
Universal Filmed Entertainment. The Broadcasting Board of Governors
was renamed the U.S. Agency for Global Media in August 2018.

The official USAGM website now shows Jeff Shell as a former USAGM
Board Governor, but the agency apparently has not posted an official
announcement about his resignation. According to another well-informed
source, Shell offered to resign numerous times over the past couple of
years, but former USAGM CEO John Lansing and current USAGM Board
chairman Kenneth Weinstein persuaded him to stay.

Shell apparently concluded that with Lansing's departure at the end of
September, it was the right time for him to leave as well.

Shell has always expressed his full confidence in Lansing's leadership
even after reports of multiple scandals at the agency, especially at
the Voice of America (VOA) under VOA director Amanda Bennett and
deputy director Sandy Sugawara working Lansing's watch. The Voice of
America did not report on Shell's resignation from the agency's 
oversight board.

Some critics expressed reservations about Shell's business activities
in China as a corporate film executive while the agency is in charge
of Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Asia (RFA) broadcasting and
other media outreach to China. Several former BBG members had business
interests in both China and Russia, which worried media freedom
associates. Such business activities were permitted for BBG/USAGM
board members under U.S. law.

The bipartisan board, which should have nine members appointed by the
President and confirmed by the U.S. Senate, now has only six members.
Only one of them, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, was appointed during
the Trump administration. The Secretary of State is the ex officio
member of the USAGM Board of Governors.

The current bipartisan USAGM board, now has a clear Republican
majority. If all members were still serving until they are replaced,
the board would only have a majority of one member in favor of the
party of the U.S. President.

Other than the Secretary of State, all other currently-serving
members, both Democrats and Republicans, were nominated by President
Obama.

The Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs usually serves as the
Secretary's representative on the Board. It is currently Michelle S.
Giuda, Assistant Secretary for Bureau of Public Affairs. The current
Republican USAGM Board chairman is Kenneth Weinstein.

The current board, regardless of its now reduced size, continues to
serve with oversight functions until the U.S. Senate confirms a
presidential nominee to be the agency's new CEO and Director.

Michael Pack, an award-winning PBS film documentarian and former
Worldnet Television director in the former U.S. Information Agency
(USIA) who is President Trump's nominee, has been waiting for his
Senate confirmation for many months, with some Democratic senators
reportedly blocking his confirmation vote. Democratic critics fear
right-wing bias if Pack is confirmed, but reports of scandals indicate
unprecedented radical anti-Republican partisanship and violations of
the VOA Charter under VOA director Amanda Bennett and her deputy Sandy
Sugawara who were selected for their positions during the Obama
administration under John Lansing's watch.

Once the new CEO is confirmed by the Senate, the current or any future
USAGM board will only work in an advisory capacity.

Grant Turner, who has no substantive media, journalism, foreign policy
or public diplomacy experience, now serves as CEO and Director on an
interim basis until the Senate confirms a CEO who would then be
appointed by the President.

Here is more information on former Democratic BBG Board chairman Jeff
Shell from the official USAGM website. The date of his resignation
from the USAGM Board is not listed but it is believed to be September
30, 2019.

``Jeff Shell (Former) Board Member

Jeff Shell is chairman of Universal Filmed Entertainment.

He previously served as chairman of NBC Universal International from
2011-2013 and as president of Comcast Programming Group from 2005 to
2011. Prior to joining Comcast, Shell held a number of positions,
including CEO of Gemstar TV Guide International and President of the
FOX Cable Networks Group. As president of the FOX Cable Networks, he
oversaw the operations of FOX's entertainment and sports cable
programming businesses. He currently serves on the board of the
National Constitution Center. Shell earned a B.S. in Economics and
Applied Mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley and
an M.B.A. from Harvard University.

Shell chairs BBG's Advisory Committee and served as chair of the
Special Committee on the Creation of a Chief Executive Officer.

He was confirmed to the board on August 1, 2013 and served as
Chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors on August 1, 2013
and served in that position until January 25, 2017.``

Here is more information from the USAGM website about now former USAGM
CEO John F. Lansing. 

A 2009 graduate of Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky,
Lansing resigned at the end of September to take over as CEO of
National Public Radio (NPR).

Lansing's appointment was not subject to Senate confirmation under
previous rules. There were reports of many scandals at age agency
under his watch. His right-hand man and chief strategic advisor, Dr.
Haroon Ullah, pled guilty recently to stealing money from the U.S.
government while working for Lansing who brought him to the agency.
Lansing was apparently completely unaware of the crimes being
committed by his close associate.

``John F. Lansing (Former) Chief Executive Officer and Director

John F. Lansing joined the BBG in September 2015 after nine years as
President of Scripps Networks, where he is credited with guiding the
company to become a leading developer of unique content across
various media platforms including television, digital, mobile and
publishing.

As President of Scripps Networks, Lansing was responsible for
strategic and operational oversight of the $2.5 billion division of
Scripps Networks Interactive, including the company's portfolio of
six cable networks--Food Network, HGTV, Travel Channel, DIY, Cooking
Channel and Great American Country -- and the $100 million Scripps
Networks Digital division. Prior to joining Scripps Networks in
2004, Lansing was Senior Vice President for Television in the
broadcasting division of the E.W. Scripps Company, managing the
company's portfolio of 10 network affiliated television stations.
Earlier, he held various senior management positions at
Scripps-owned affiliates, including WEWS TV in Cleveland, Ohio and
WXYZ TV in Detroit, Michigan.

Most recently, Lansing was President and Chief Executive Officer of
Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM), a
marketing association comprised of 90 of the top U.S. and Canadian
cable companies and television programmers. There, Lansing oversaw
the development of business strategies and marketing initiatives
that position cable television companies for continued growth as
they compete with emerging digital content platforms.

Lansing also brings a deep understanding of journalism from roles as
an award- winning Photojournalist and Field Producer, Assignment
Manager, Managing Editor, and News Director at several television
stations earlier in his career. Lansing is currently Vice Chair of
the Bellarmine University Board of Trustees and was named to the
Bellarmine Gallery of Distinguished Graduates in 2010. He serves on
the National Advisory Board of the Bellarmine University's Institute
for Media, Culture & Ethics; National Council for Media and Public
Affairs of George Washington University School of Media & Public
Affairs; and is a member of the Quinnipiac University School of
Communications Advisory Board.

Lansing began his career at age 17 as a news photographer at WPSD-
TV in Paducah, Kentucky.``

Here is more information from the official InsideVOA.com website about
the Voice of America (some critics dispute accuracy of VOA's audience
and impact claims).

``FAST FACTS
HEADQUARTERS: Washington, DC
BUDGET: $250.06M (FY19)
EMPLOYEES: 982
LANGUAGES: 47
AUDIENCE: 275 million weekly MEDIA: Radio, television, mobile
and the Internet
PURPOSE: To broadcast accurate, balanced, and comprehensive news and
information to an international audience
FACILITIES: 10 broadcast TV studios,
32 video editing suites, 21 radio broadcast studios including 3
designed for radio on TV, 7 for Facebook Live and 1 for live musical
events. 20 radio production and recording studios, 26 professional
audio mixing and dubbing stations. Radio and TV facilities for master
control, recording, scheduling, feed intake and graphic production.
HISTORY: Broadcasts began in 1942 as a response to the need of
peoples in closed and war-torn societies for reliable news.``

Here is more information about the U.S. Agency for Global Media from
the USAGM official website (critics question accuracy of USAGM's
audience and impact claims).

``For Fiscal Year (FY) 2020, the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM)
is requesting $628.1 million to pursue its mission to inform, engage
and connect people around the world in support of freedom and
democracy.

USAGM's Role in U.S. Foreign Policy

Serving as America's civilian international media agency, USAGM is
comprised of the Voice of America (VOA), Radio Free Europe/Radio
Liberty (RFE/RL), Radio Free Asia (RFA), Alhurra TV and Radio Sawa
(under the Middle East Broadcasting Networks - MBN) and Radio and TV
Marti (under the Office of Cuba Broadcasting - OCB). These five
dynamic, modern networks provide content through digital platforms,
television, and radio in 60 languages to more than 100 countries.

The USAGM networks advance U.S. national interests and universal
values of freedom by providing audiences in closed societies, or
where free media is not yet fully established, with consistently
accurate and compelling journalism and other content that opens
minds and stimulates debate. U.S. international media demonstrates
to the world the values of American society: freedom, openness, rule
of law, democracy, and hope.`` (via Mike Cooper, DXLD)

** U S A. VOA Launches Venezuela-Focused TV News Program: See
VENEZUELA [non]

** U S A [non]. 9740, Oct 2 at 2107, W&M talking, VP and not sure of
language, then recognize English; China? No, scheduled as VOA in
French this semihour weekdays, via Woofferton. Maybe a bit of English
mixed in language lesson? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2001 monitoring: confirmed first
SWBC, Friday September 27 at 2200 on WRMI 9955, S9/+10, not upcut; by
2210 recheck some lite pulse jamming, tnx a lot, Cuba!

Also confirmed UT Saturday Sept 28 at 0130 on WRMI: 7780, S9/+10 vs
storm noise; 5850, S9+20/30 yet storm noise still audible under; 5010,
S9+10 including more storm noise from KS.

Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, reports: ``Fair signal of WOR at 0631 UT on 6190
CUSB, edition 2001``

Noel R. Green [NW England], checked our next two via Hamburger
Lokalradio:

``Re 0629vUT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany to WSW: I tuned to this
frequency today [28th] at around 0645 UT but heard only a very weak
signal below the local noise level. However I'm reasonably certain
that the voice I could hear was that of Glenn's, but no words were
copied

Re 1430 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany to WSW: At 1435 I can detect
a signal on this frequency but no audio. There is some side-splash
from RRI in Romanian, but their signal is a very variable one, peaking
at S9 and down to S2. All maybe due to storm condx ?????``

I also check the 1430 HLR broadcast. As always not a trace in OK  on
9485-CUSB; even 9690 Spain is JBA. Nor am I audible via UTWente SDR
nor OH5AE, just splash from 9490 Romania. Once again there are some
other weak stations on 6190 & 7265, the only other possible HLR
frequencies. Next:

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
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

World of Radio#2001 via Hamburger Lokalradio on September 28
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/10/world-of-radio2001-via-hamburger.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGpunXczfy0&feature=youtu.be
0630-0700 6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg CeEu English Sat CUSB, weak/fair

World of Radio#2001 via Hamburger Lokalradio on September 29:
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/10/world-of-radio2001-via-hamburger_1.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwazk08KLhA&feature=youtu.be
1031-1100 7265 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg CeEu English Sun CUSB-weak signal
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 27-30, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

WORLD OF RADIO 2001 monitoring: On Sat Sept 28, Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria,
reports on HLR: ``Fair signal of WOR at 0631 on 6190 CUSB, edition
2001``

Confirmed UT Sunday September 29 at 0327 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO, about
13 minutes into at Chukotka, so started circa 0314; good S9+10 vs
storm noise. This is currently the only chance to hear WOR on local
Saturday in N America as 4 previous SWBC times on WRMI have been
dropped one by one, as latest confirmed gone from 9955 at 2100. But
there remain a number of airings on Fridays & Sundays. [WORLD OF RADIO
2002] 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 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

ORLD OF RADIO 2001 monitoring: confirmed Sunday September 29 at 2130
on WRMI 7780, VP with ECSS at S5-S7.

Also confirmed UT Monday Sept 30 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, fair S8-S9; but
// 9395 is JBA, as the MUF is degraded leaving lower but sidebeam 7780
better here.

Also confirmed UT Monday Sept 30 at 0230, JBA on WRMI 7780.

Also confirmed UT Monday Sept 30 starting at 0258.5 on Area 51
webcast; WBCQ 5130.0 is VP.

Also confirmed UT Monday Sept 30 at 0330 on WRMI 9955 JBA? But OK on
webcast. 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 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday  WRMI 7780 to NE
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

9955, UNITED STATES, WRMI, 0330. Heard on Zenith Royal R-7000
(Trans-O) and its own whip, Glenn Hauser World of Radio program (no.
2001)    - Very Good Sept 30 [Mon] (Rick Barton, Arizona SW Logs, 73
and Good Listening..........! - rb, WOR iog via DXLD)

WORLD OF RADIO 2001 monitoring: confirmed via UTwente SDR, Monday Sept
30 at 1816.5 on 7290 from IRRS; big open carrier came on at *1812.6;
music at 1814.4 instead of talk fragment, Aïda march at 1815.0. VG
signal but some fading/distortion, better on ECSS tuning. HFCC
registers this as 0 degrees/ND from ``Milano`` so it`s no help about
true spex. Observer, Bulgaria says it`s 100 kW, 300 degrees from
Saftica, the third site in ROMANIA. Like Tsiganeshti, it`s slightly
north of Bucharest. Guess what, 300 degrees from there
aims right at London and Miami, and not far off UTwente [WORLD OF
RADIO 2002] Next:

2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday  WRMI 7780 to NE

WORLD OF RADIO 2001 monitoring: confirmed Wed Oct 2 at 2100 on WBCQ
7490.070v, fair S7-S8. I`m not upcut here but instead automation chops
off last half of ``Q`` in singing ID before music can resolve, and
starts WOR on time; this has happened for quite a while.

Also confirmed UT Thursday Oct 3 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, poor-fair.

WORLD OF RADIO 2002 contents: Albania, Antarctica, Ustralia, Austria,
Bolivia, Brasil, Canada non, China, Cuba, Finland, France, Germany,
Japan/Korea North non, Korea South, Mali, New Zealand, North America,
Oman, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Sa`udi Arabia, Spain, Thailand,
Turkey, USA and non, Vietnam, Zambia; and the propagation outlook.
Completed by 0112 UT October 4 ready for first broadcasts Friday:

The shortwave broadcasts should be:

2200 UT Friday    WRMI 9955 to SSE
0130 UT Saturday  WRMI 7780 to NE, 5850 to NW, 5010 to S
0629vUT Saturday  HLR 6190-CUSB Germany to WSW
1000 UT Saturday  Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [alt weeks, Oct 12]
1430 UT Saturday  HLR 9485-CUSB Germany to WSW
1930vUT Saturday  WA0RCR 1860-AM
0300vUT Sunday    WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315]
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 
1130 UT Monday    Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW 
1816 UT Monday    IRRS 7290 Romania to WNW
0100 UT Tuesday   WRMI 7780 to NE
0800 UT Tuesday   Unique Radio 5045-USB then 3210-USB NSW [2 eps]
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
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI RMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI:

** U S A. 7570, WRMI, 1258, Sept 25. Good signal; Supreme Master TV
audio; about the relief efforts for the Bangladesh fire ("may Allah
bless you"); reception killed by *1300, of very strong VOA (Thailand)
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long
wire, WOR iog via DXLD)

5950even, WRMI Okeechobee FL state outlet, very poor and tiny ! S=4-5
! at 2335 UT on Sept 27.

5850even, WRMI Okeechobee, BS TOM ministry roarer, S=9+30dB at 2338
UT, 10.5 kHz wideband signal visible.

5800.013, UNID carrier signal as always, WRMI origin? maybe poor
EXCITER unit only ? -105dBm poor and tiny. 2340 UT. 

Tonight occurs excellent and early good reception worldwide, when
checked remote SDR in Cape Canaveral FL, NJ and MI units: from DXLD
copied: [WWV predixions A & K 35 and 6 on Sept 27, 45 and 6 on Sept
28] [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz](Wolfgang
Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 27, WOR iog via DXLD)

9389.238, Sept 29 at 0119, very weak rough carrier in sideband splash
of 9395 WRMI. Gary Vance & Ken Zichi in Michigan ARE Tipsheet reported
hearing this ``almost always there`` suspected parasitic out of WRMI
transmitter, so I go looking for it. But there is no match on the
9400+ side of WRMI. I could have assumed it was something local out of
my QRMing electronix (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

WRMI 7780: From my recording last Sunday evening, 29-30 September UT
(for a change, a fairly good signal right from the start of recording,
perhaps due to an earlier onset of evening now):

2015 Viva Miami (Jeff White reading James Careless's recent article 
"The Internet's Impact on International Radio"; repeat -- yet again)  
2030 Reserve Military Retirement
2100 Wavescan (#553) 
2130 World of Radio (#2001; last sentences cut off by WRMI ID
and giving 9395 kHz frequency only)
2200 Voice of the Report of the Week (special broadcast for The 
Bahamas; two SW frequencies announced neither of which was 7780 
kHz; just music and listeners' reports; nothing special about 
The Bahamas)
2300 Full Gospel Hour [sic] Broadcast
2330 Shortwave Radiogram (#119; signal level drop during this half 
hour)
0000 Radio Slovakia International in Slovak
0030 Radio Slovakia International in English
0100 Wavescan (#553)
0130 World of Radio (#2001; final word "disclosure" cut off by 
transition music) [that`s -- ``disclaimer`` --- gh]
0200 Radio Prague International in English
0230 World of Radio (#2001)
0300 Sign-off
(-- Richard Langley, WOR iog via DXLD)

5800.017, Likely WRMI endless bell/carillon play, noisy poor signal of
low power tx unit, S=6 or -88dBm poor and tiny. Log of Sept 30, 0357
to 0500 UT of remote SDR unit at Massachusetts, US state on far
northeast coast close to Canadian border [selected SDR options, span
12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX
TopNews Sept 30, WOR iog via DXLD) Time? Circa 0440 UT between
adjacent logs (gh)

WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ BCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ:

** U S A. 9330, WBCQ, Monticello ME. Old Jazz, dated pops programming
and ID at 0000. Full ID at 0005, then s/off. I was expecting Overcomer
Ministry at this time but no sign of that raspy old voice. Fair to
poor signal; probably not at the full 500 kW yet? 25/9 (Rob Wagner,
VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, VIC (Yaesu FTDX 3000, Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu
FRG100, Kenwood R5000, Tecsun PL-680, Horizontal Sky Loop, Double
Bazooka antennas for 80, 40 and 20 metres, Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna,
BHI NEIM1031 Digital Noise Eliminating Module, MFJ-1026 Noise
Cancelling Module, ATU), Oct Australian DX News via DXLD)

5129.976, Sept 27 at 0230, WBCQ now off-frequency-minus, but closer
after quite a spell circa 5130.38v. Can`t read the programming, but
scheduled UT Fridays 0200-0300 is Radio for Peace International, i.e.
in French; a new tongue for WBCQ? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO
2002, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

6159.990, WBCQ one of their older tx units, S=9+25dB signal at 2321
UT, 13 kHz wideband audio visible. Played anglo-american pop music
likely. Tonight occurs excellent and early good reception worldwide,
when checked remote SDR in Cape Canaveral FL, NJ and MI units: from
DXLD copied: [WWV predixions A & K 35 and 6 on Sept 27, 45 and 6 on
Sept 28] [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz](Wolfgang
Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 27, WOR iog via DXLD)

9330.0, Friday September 27 at 2204, WBCQ is on with Brother Scare
like on 9395 WRMI; only S9 and suspect not the 500 kW but resuming one
of the classic transmitters, despite having deleted 9330 from HFCC
(yet retaining never-used 15420; and the three projected WLC
channels):
http://hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=A19&broadc=BCQ
12120 is still not on, just RTTY from presumed NAU.

TOMBS is also at 2205 on WWCR 6115, and WBCQ 7490.034. At 2246 I
measure ``9330`` on 9329.957, so it`s sure not the S-S. Anyhow, WBCQ
frequencies have been touched up but still off the mark.

6160v is also on with music at 2358 but I don`t get around to measure
its offset. 

7490v, 6160v, 9330v, UT Sat Sept 28 at 0000 all start `AAAWWW` with
William Tell Overture. 

But NOT 5130v which is playing other music and continues not // at
0004 and later, tho sked still shows AAAWWW on there too:
http://wbcq.com/schedule/index.php?fn=sked&freq=5130

AW`s opening refers to ``W-Beacon-CQ``; he had been cagey about what
the callsign *really* stands for. Laments about ``demonic forces out
there``, so we know it`s going to be political from this
Trumper-forever. But first recounts how he met his current ``beautiful
wife`` Angela two years ago. I skip the politix and resume at 0045
when he usually starts getting down to business. A call from J.P.
advises that 6160 dumped off the air 8 minutes ago; unknown why and AW
won`t be able to check it till this live program be over. 

To help counter ``climate change madness``, Hal Turner is being
expanded from once a week to M-F 9 pm ET (Tue-Sat 01 UT) on 7490, and
on Wednesdays until 11 pm also on 5130 (UT Thu 01-03). Doesn`t say so,
but on 7490v this replaces Brother Scare who has been running most
nights at 01-03! Another call from Bill Smith who is happy to report
that he will be getting out of prison on November 8 and AW is looking
forward to seeing him. 

The pirate special $10/hour rate on 5130 he is canceling as just can`t
afford to give away airtime so cheaply. Instead $35/hour on 6160,
3265, with discounts available for large purchases. Prayer by 0100 and
only runs a few minutes over this week; for some reason after the
benedixion he always comes back with some more station promotion
before finishing the show. Here`s John Carver`s version:

``Listening on 7490 this evening and show started on time. Allan and
Angela in the studio with Allan talking about it being the two year
anniversary of Allan and Angela getting together. First phone call at
0008 from a man in Montana talking about Trump's problems. After the
call Allan goes back to talking about Angela. He also said that they
were broadcasting on the classic transmitters this evening. Then the
conversation turned to Trump's problems and Allan dismissed it as
propaganda from Congress and compared Congress to the Nazis. 

Political talk continued until a phone call from Pirate Joe at 0045
telling them that 6160 had gone off the air. Then back to political
talk. Allan also announced that the Hal Turner show would be expanding
to five nights a week at nine o'clock and would have an extended
program on Wednesday evenings. Reading of emails at 0053 and closing
prayer at 0057. After the prayer he announced that the ten dollar an
hour deal on 5130 was cancelled as he just couldn't afford it. Program
was off the air at 0102. John, Mid-North Indiana`` (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

6160v, Sept 29 at 0057, no signal from this WBCQ, on a Saturday night,
still not repaired after last night`s failure; or sporadic activity
anyway? It would have been better than 5130 for `Lumpy Gravy Radio
Show` as I tried to hear it at 0130, reading S9 but undermodulated in
the noise (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

7490, The Overcomer Ministry (via WBCQ) at 2050 with Brother Stair
preaching and pontificating – Very Good Sept 29 – This program is
still not being shown on WBCQ's on-line schedule. Is Allan Weiner
finally afraid to acknowledge his association with this accused sex
offender and absolute degenerate?

7490, WBCQ at 2059 with a man with an extended ID followed by a
singing ID and a man with a plea for financial donations and into
“Marions's Attic” eclectic and really old music program hosted by
Marion Webster with Christina spinning the discs and wax cylinders –
Very Good Sept 29 – Brother Stair was still preaching and
pontificating under the WBCQ IDs and plea for donations but he was cut
off before Marion's Attic came on which is good or I'd have more to go
after Allan Weiner with! (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)

9330, as of Oct 3 at 1448 and 1945 chex, still no signals from WBCQ;
in fact I think nothing since the Sept 28 AAAWWW when it was not the
500 kW. Nor has AW twitted anything about it the past week. Setup
stalled even with techs helping from the manufacturers? Aren`t the WLC
flat-earthers paying for it getting impatient? Gotta get this going
before the world ends! Remember the target date had been last July.
Maybe more news on AAAWWW this week from 0000 UT Saturday on 7490v et
al. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2002, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHER OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW:

** U S A. 9980, Sept 27 at 2201, WWCR-4 is late in generic sign-off
message with no time or frequency to resume, just: ``must leave the
air``. Then switch to woman speaking a few words, as her program
whatever it be, is doomed on 9980. In fact, program sked admits #4
will skip 7520 entirely, and resume only at 02-04 on 5890 --- and not
even that on weekends when transmitter is totally silent; the only
other span being M-F 20-22 on 9980. Business is bad! That`s why they
``must leave``.

6115, Sept 28 at 2230, ``Come Together`` tune, quite out-of-character 
programming from WWCR; midway thru VORW now scheduled Saturdays 22-23 
as ``VROW``; everything else on this frequency 22-01 UT daily is 
either political or religious; and with the #1 transmitter squeal.

3215, Sept 29 at 0541, WWCR-1 instead of TOMBS scheduled, open
carrier/dead air except for squeal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** U S A. 5830, Sept 28 at 0519, WTWW-1 is on for the first time in
many nights, only S7-S8 and just barely modulated, but at 0600 I can
detect it is really SFAW with the Laporte, Colorado P O Box address.
It`s notably weaker than neighbor 5935 WWCR at S9-S7 with DGS. 5085,
WTWW-2 however is VG still on after midnight with rock at 0520 UT.

Daytime WTWW-1 9475 has also been missing many days in random unlogged
tuning, and still missing Sept 28 at 1413, 1619 chex. (This opens an
opportunity to hear the only other station daring to
confront WTWW, TWR Swaziland, 9475 at 1745-1815 mostly in Swahili).

5085, Sat Sept 28 at 2346, WTWW-2 is on but no `Theatre Organ in the
Ozarx`, rather hamstuff from Ted. By 0020 Sept 29 has defaulted to
automated music requests; 0128 Ted promoting auto-requests only to be
aired during ``last hour``, 11 pm-12 CT [04-05 UT] and then seemingly
live current TC for 8:29. I haven`t tried, but apparently you may only
choose a song from their menu, not request absolutely anything. BTW, I
am having trouble detecting the spurcarriers at 5072.1 and 5097.9;
tweakened?

5830, Sept 29 at 0103, WTWW-1 is on again, S9+10 with sufficient
modulation of Christian identity nonsense; by 0559 recheck, 5830 is
gone again. Daytime 9475 of WTWW-1 is on again at 1637 check Sept 29
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7505, WRNO seems off for some time; when did anyone last
hear it? (Glenn Hauser, Sept 27, WOR iog via DXLD)

1 or 2 weeks since I’ve heard WRNO (Walt Salmaniw, BC, ibid.)

7505v, Sept 27 at 0236, WRNO is OFF; come to think of it, have not
heard in some time altho I have not been seeking it nightly during the
01-04 UT window. Walt Salmaniw says it`s been a week or two. So what`s
wrong? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

I am wondering how long has it been since anyone has heard (or glanced
at) WRNO? (Glenn Hauser, Sept 27, WOR iog via DXLD)

Normally I didn`t check WRNO in 41 mb regularly. but I noted August 23
at 0110 UT, on even7505 kHz exact fq. And Prof. Hans-Joerg from
Germany reported WRNO heard on August 26. 73 wb df5sx wwdxc (Wolfgang
Bueschel, Sept 27, WOR iog via DXLD)

WRNO 7505: On this evening (29 September UT) as noted here in NB at
about 0145 UT. Signal strength fairly good with preaching in English
but there is a bit of a whine (-- Richard Langley, WOR iog via DXLD)

Just after Glenn and I mentioned the absence of WRNO, and now they're
back! At very strong level into Victoria, BC at 0205 tune-in (no sign
of WBCQ on 7490) with English religious programming. Measured on
7505.005; I don't hear any whine, by the way. 73, (Walt Salmaniw,
ibid.)

Thanks, Walt. That whine could be from local RFI or something else
on/near the frequency. I was listening using a portable indoors
(Richard Langley, ibid.)

7505.002, Sept 29 at 0111, WRNO is on again after missing  a week or
two? with gospel rock, S9+30 and almost on-frequency (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2002, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Surprise, surprise noted US stn likely scheduled WRNO 'Grace for
Today' from New Orleans LA, - after a month or so ... 7505.003, WRNO,
3 person talk, " .... hope in your situation... your ministry partner
... Boston ministry up .. Louisiana site ... the truth ..." some rap
music, at 0359 UT, 11 kHz wideband signal, then 0400:03 UT, TX switch
OFF. Log of Sept 30, 0357 to 0500 UT of remote SDR unit at
Massachusetts, US state on far northeast coast close to Canadian
border [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang
Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 30, WOR iog via DXLD)

** U S A. 15555 USB, WJHR – Milton, Florida (Presumed), 1421, 9/29/19,
in English. Fire and brimstone sermon by usual preacher. Good signal
(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 via DXLD)

15555-USB, Oct 1 at 1929, WJHR gospel huxter is S1, back here after an
inexplicable spell on 15550-USB, but mostly inaudible, unpropagable,
or off? Now there must be a sporadic E boost over this
1190 km/740 mile path from Milton FL, as 15610 WEWN AL is also way
above normal, S9+20, but not 15825 WWCR TN, still JBA. At 1955 I check
the Es DX-map, seeing one 25 MHz MUF blob over Atlanta (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2002, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

15555-USB, Oct 2 at 2050, WJHR again audible on proper frequency but
JB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Upcoming frequency change WHRI Angel 1 English from Oct 6
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/10/upcoming-frequency-change-of-whri-angel.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 27-30, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** U S A. INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST STATION PUBLIC NOTICE REQUIREMENTS

International Broadcast Stations are included in the FCC's
just-released proceeding on the public notice requirements of
broadcasters. Section E on Page 17 of this document concerns such HF
stations.
https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-19-97A1.pdf
(via Benn Kobb, Sept 27, DXLD) Viz.:

E. International Broadcast Station Applications

31. Our rules state that applications for international broadcast
station facilities, also known as HF or shortwave stations, are
subject to the local notice provisions.100

These stations are governed by Subpart F of Part 73 of our
rules,101and thus would be considered a “station in the broadcasting .
. . services” under the terms of section 311(a)(1) of the Act.  We
propose to streamline the local public notice provisions and seek
comment on whether it would serve the public interest to eliminate any
on-air notice obligations for these broadcasters.

32. With respect to the requirement for local public notice through
newspaper publication, our current rules state that this local public
notice must be published in a community in which a station is located
or proposed to be located.102

Consistent with the proposals above, we propose to allow applicants
for international broadcast stations to publish the notice on a
website that targets the local community in which the international
broadcast station is proposed to be located (e.g., local government
Internet website, local community bulletin board Internet
website).103

We seek comment on these proposals.

33. With respect to on-air notice requirements, as distinct from the
local notice newspaper publication, we seek comment on whether it
would serve the public interest to replace any on-air announcement
obligations for these international broadcast stations with online
notice requirements.  Under our rules, although international
broadcast stations are located in the United States, they “are
intended to be received directly by the general public in foreign
countries.”104

Thus, unlike other broadcast stations with an on-air announcement
obligation, on-air announcements of an international broadcast station
primarily give notice to people in multiple foreign countries.
Accordingly, we seek comment on whether to replace on-air announcement
obligations for these international broadcast stations with notices on
applicant-affiliated websites.  An applicant-affiliated website would
be accessible by all communities in which the station is either
located or received.  Any commenters favoring the complete elimination
of on-air notices, without replacing them with any other form of
notice, should discuss how such elimination would be consistent with
section 311 of the Act.105 

[FOOTNOTES:]

100 See e.g., 47 CFR § 73.3580(a)(stating that all applications for
instruments of authorization in the broadcast service (and major
amendments thereto, as indicated in § 73.3574) are subject to the
local public notice provisions of this section); and47 CFR §
73.3574(b) (stating that § 73.3580will apply to amended applications
to effect major changes or result in an assignment or transfer of
control).

101 47 CFR §§ 73.701-73.788.  We currently license 17 international
broadcast stations.
Seehttps://www.fcc.gov/general/fcc-high-frequency-stations.

102 47 CFR § 73.3580(c)(1).

103 Our current rules provide that applications for renewal of an
international broadcast station license, and for modification,
assignment, or transfer of such licenses, are exempt from the
newspaper publication requirements.  See47 CFR § 73.3580(c), (d)(3).
Our proposal to substitute online public notice for newspaper
publication, if adopted, would eliminate any need to continue this
exemption.

104 47 CFR § 73.701(a).

105 47 U.S.C. § 311(a) (via Benn Kobb, IEEE, Sept 27, DXLD)

** U S A. [Re 570, WNAX Yankton SD, STA for ND reduced power night]
The STA was granted today and expires on March 25, 2020. The
application says restoration of the licensed nighttime operation is
anticipated within 90 days.   
http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=92554
(via Dennis Gibson, Sept 26, IRCA iog via DXLD)

** U S A. 650, October 1 at 0611 UT, surprised to hear news instead of
music, not WSM? No, soon finishing ``CBS News Update``, back to WSM
singing ID; odd time to drop it in. Seems to me WSM was originally NBC
for many years (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 820, Sept 30 at 0610 UT, unusual music way over talker WBAP
which normally owns 820 here at night --- 0611 UT singing ID as WWBA
and gospel country song. U4 50/1 kW WWBA in Largo FL (TSP market, not
Key Largo!) has got to be on day power and pattern, but major lobes
NNW/SSE, not so good for us, so possibly ND now? If they do this
again, should make it very DXable.

820, October 1 at 0609 UT, country music under WBAP but soon fading up
and overtaking it by 0613 on E-W longwire. Like last night, WWBA Largo
FL is on 50 kW day power instead of 1 kW night. Meanwhile, I see that
WWBA has been heard as far away as BC, where FL is quite
rare (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2002, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

820 WWBA FL logged --- Tips from eastern DXers revealed that 820 WWBA
Largo, FL has been running unauthorized 50 kW day power instead of 1
kW nights. Last night it was logged in southern Oregon.  Tonight after
logging a good signal from 640 Radio Progreso Cuba, I switched to 820
where semi-local KGNW Seattle at 5 kW is on.  Heard WBAP in
background. Preaching with plenty of pauses on KGNW allowed the
country music from WWBA to fade in/out of the mix // Streema webstream
for a new logging!
-- (Mike Cherry  V E 7 S K A
Salt Spring Island BC  gridsquare: CN88gt
Icom R75 Drake R8 Panasonic RF-2200
Sony ICF7600GR GE Superadio III
2 end-fed slopers, 1 end-fed WOG, 
DeBock Ferrite Sleeve Loop (FSL)
Misek/Lankford/Newell phaser
Skype: "skyvalleyradio"
"Medium Wave - the final frontier!"
Sept 30, IRCA iog via WORLD OF RADIO 2002, DXLD)

My my my. Nicely done, Mike. I followed your advice, and a few minutes
ago, heard a Marty Robbins' song "Young Love" with KGNW phased down,
and behold, there it is on the WWBA webstream.
Florida is very rare here under any circumstances. Thanks again (Nick
Hall-Patch, BC, ibid.)

A good tip, but no love from Florida here in western NY. WGY 810 IBOC
is crushing 820, and all that I get on 820 is CHAM, Hamilton, Ontario
(Jim Renfrew, Holley NY, ibid.)

WWBA 820 is a regular here, regardless of conditions. But I checked
their signal this morning around 4:00 AM Central Time [0900 UT]. 

They were having some problems with automation. The satellite feed
appeared to be running two streams of similar (but different)
programing, including local insert spots. 

Despite that problem, they were not unusually loud nor did I hear
anything that would make me suspect anything other than nighttime
power levels. Conditions may account for the strong signals out your
way. Nice catch. 73, (Les Rayburn, N1LF, 121 Mayfair Park, Maylene, AL
35114 EM63nf, 

Member WTFDA, IRCA, NRC. Former CPC Chairman for NRC & IRCA. 
Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy SDR2, SDRPlay RSP-2 Pro, Sony XDR-F1HD [XDR
Guy Modified], Dennon TU-1500RD, Sangean HDT-1X, Ray Dees RDS
Decoders, Korner 9.2 Antenna, FM-6 Antenna, Kitz Technologies KT-501
Pre-amps, Quantum Phaser, Wellbrook ALA1530 Loop, Wellbrook Flag,
Clifton Labs Active Whip. “Nothing but blues and Elvis, and somebody
else’s favorite song…”, Oct 1, ibid.)

Les - I highly doubt WWBA would be in here on its usual 1 kW night
power. In addition its night contours are predominantly
omni-directional, whereas the day 50 kW signal has lobes to the west &
northwest. Several eastern DXers have commented this station was
running day power, and a number of them have logged this for the first
time. 820 isn't an easy DX freq. here in the Pacific Northwest:  KGNW
Seattle at 5 kW & usually WBAP are dominant. On occasion XEABCA
Mexicali is in. I've never heard any sign of this station previously.
Last night during WWBA reception, there was a slow talking preacher on
KGNW who took plenty of pauses during his sermon/lecture & the country
music aired was clearly evident. From your post, it appears WWBA has
more problems that just non-authorized night power. Sounds to me like
they badly need an engineer to do some maintenance! 73 )(Mike Cherry,
ibid.)

It’s certainly possible that the station had a problem with their
automation switching between day and night power levels. However,
given the long-lasting auroral conditions that we’re currently
experiencing, I couldn’t rule out the possibility that propagation
accounted for the receptions. 

As I mentioned, they are a regular here — so I have several I/O [?]
recordings from previous months and even years ago to compare the
signal to. It was in well this morning, but not unusually so. 

When conditions are this good — it’s hard to be certain what mechanism
(s) may be responsible for unusual receptions. That’s what makes DXing
this band so much fun. 

The software automation that runs programming feeds is completely
separate from that which controls power switching at the
transmitter—but often the same person is maintaining them. Hard to say
if the problem I heard is related to any power issue. 

Even if the station is having problems with day/night power switching,
I’m sure it’s due to a technical issue — and not intentional. 

Super nice catch! Wish I could pull off something similar in your
direction! I have no receptions from Oregon or Washington to date.
Best in that direction are a couple in Idaho. 73, (Les Rayburn, N1LF,
121 Mayfair Park, Maylene, AL 35114, EM63nf, etc., ibid.)

FYI WWBA 820 was not heard here in Phoenix. Just the usual WBAP and
XEABCA. 73, (John C. Johnson, Mesa, AZ 85212-2923, ibid.)

Hello, Is 820 WWBA automated country music now? Thank you. 73 (Barry
:-) Carlisle UK Davies, Lat. 55.0119N   Lon. 2.9668W, ibid.)

Barry - yes it is a mix of current & classic country in spite of most
databases showing WWBA as news/talk. Florida DXer states that WWBA is
back to legal 1 kW night power again 73 (Mike Cherry, etc., ibid.)

I also checked on 820 tonight on the ultralight portable while walking
the dogs. As usual, it’s competing with WBAP in Fort Worth but pretty
easy copy. Programming stream is normal tonight as well. 
While you never want to wish maintenance issues on a station, it’s
good for DX’ers when these stations end up running higher power for
brief periods. Gives a lot of folks opportunities to put new ones into
the log. 73, (Les Rayburn, N1LF, AL, Oct 1, ibid.)

Les - a FL based DXer has alerted that WWBA is tonight back to running
on its normal 1 kW night power & omni-directional pattern.  Agreed
that this was a rare opportunity for some of us out west to log FL. 73
(Mike, ibid.)

Many thanks for the tip, Mike. Noted over here in Scotland with jingle
at 0559 UT on 1 October. A morning which was very good for FL.
Clip here - 
https://groups.io/g/IRCA/files/paulc/wwba.MP3
I hear "WWBA Largo ..."  Does anyone know what the final word is?
Another location? (Paul, Troon, Scotland, UK, Crankshaw, ibid.)

WWBA 820 FL everywhere! I am sorry for not posting this sooner. WWBA
820 Largo/Tampa Bay FL has been cheating the last 3 nights at least,
with 50 kw of classic country music. It has been reported far and
wide. Reports on BCBLOG from Oregon & British Columbia. I myself am
listening to it right now under KGNW on the "ciw321" Lamont, Alberta
SDR. I have heard it on the Bonaire SDR when CARACOL is in a fade.
Chaaaaarge! cd (Chris Dunne, Pembroke Pines FL, Oct 1, WTFDA Forum via
DXLD)

** U S A. 860, Sept 27 at 1312? UT, tune across Pittsburg KS` KKOW ID
``and 97.5 in Joplin`` MO, item to add to the NRC AM Log which shows
no FM. Per WTFDA FM Database, that`s K248DR, 250 watt translator,
ex-K258BF on 105.7. It has no other FM relays of KKOW, not even in
Pittsburg itself (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 870, October 1 at 1228 UT, Spanish ads with Dallas
addresses, including a church, so definitely KFJZ Fort Worth in new
REL:SS format; squeezed between WWL and XETAR, about to fade out

870, Oct 2 at 1230 UT, finally a non-ID from KFJZ Fort Worth: ``Radio
Libertad 8-70 A-M`` twice, 7:30 TC and into talk about Biblia, Jeová.
Radio-locator.com still hasn`t caught up with this instead of business
news in English.

Searching on slogan quoted leads to this convoluted listing showing
additional slogan ``LA QUE LLEGO PARA QUEDARSE`` which means, whew,
there will never be any more changes!

https://tunein.com/radio/Radio-Libertad-870-AM-s32636/
Location: Dallas-Fort Worth, TX
Genres: Vietnamese Talk
Description: Estación de radio con formato cristiano
Language: Spanish
Contact: 817-649-1870
Website: http://www.870am.net
[but that website goes nowhere]
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2002, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 880-DSB, October 1 at 1232 UT, Western Indian Network
tri-station ID for KTBA 760, KHAC 880 and KWIM 104.9; 1233 `Ask Pastor
Mike` about suicide; all in English. KHAC officially Tse Bonito NM.
Easily separable from KRVN close to right angles; and KHAC obviously
still a major cheater, U1 10000/430 long before October sunrise 1315
UT (November: 1345) (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2002, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 880, KRVN, Lexington NE; 1:22PM MDT-6:09PM CDT [1922-2309
UT], 9/20; "Rural Radio Network, 8-80 KRVN"; "On the Road with
Agriculture"; "KRVN Beef Boosters", "Working Ranch Radio Show";
"Cattleman's Corner"; promos for corn shucking contest & corn hole
tournament at the Gothenburg Harvest Fest & the beer relay at the
Broken Bow Oktoberfest; sister station 93.1 The River; ToH Fox News;
ads for Old West Guns in Kearney & Skeeter Barnes Catering; no ads
heard for manure management, dead stock removal or bull semen. VGood
across KS on I-70 (Harold Frodge, CO-KS, MARE Tipsheet Oct 3 via
DXLD)

** U S A. 990, Sept 30 at 1222 UT, turning back on still tuned here
after CBW, obits concerning Cassville and Monett, i.e. KRMO Cassville
MO, U1 2500/47 watts. OK since Sept sunrise is officially 1200 UT, but
not tomorrow, October 1230. These towns are in the SW corner of MO,
and KWAM Memphis no problem by now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) 

** U S A. 1010, October 1 at 1235 UT, RCC chanting, in morning mass as
on Radio Católica Mundial, from the direxion of and no doubt out of
KTNZ Amarillo TX (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1020, Oct 2 at 0557 UT, KOKP Perry OK has a slow SAH of
118/minute = almost 2 Hz, and nulling my semi-local 250-watter as much
as possible, `Red Eye Radio`, which is on KDKA Pittsburgh, doing
better than usual here. Long gone are the nights when KDKA was primary
on 1020 from a kilomile away; slightly closer 1100 WTAM Cleveland does
much better. CBS cannot be accused of being left-wing or even
mainstream as long as it voluntarily airs far-right talkshows like
RER.

CBS owns KDKA? Licensee is Entercom. Well, Wikipedia explains:
``Entercom Communications Corporation is a publicly traded American
broadcasting company and radio network based in Bala Cynwyd,
Pennsylvania. Founded in 1968, it is the second largest radio company
in the United States, owning 235 radio stations across 48 media
markets. In November 2017, Entercom merged with CBS Radio; as a
result, CBS's shareholders held a 72% stake of the company's stock.``

How long has KOKP existed? License-to-cover granted 1/1/1978, but
unlike for some stations, FCC AM Query does not show its initial
airdate. Strangely, NRC AM Log lists address for KOKP and sibling 1580
KOKB Blackwell as in Ponca City, which is next to Blackwell; but I
thought that Triple Play Sports HQ is in Stillwater with their FM
station 105.1; altho they can split as needed for more than one local
silly ballgame at once. FCC also shows a P O Box in PC, with KOKP call
effective 10/26/98. Previous callsign changes:
KVCS 12/15/1995, KASR 03/03/1993, KRAD 09/05/1985
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1090, October 1 at 0619 UT, two strong stations at about
equal level thus making a very heavy SAH of 256/minute = 4.27 Hz. One
is RCC talk in English, sounds like M. Angelica, obviously EWTN`s KEXS
Excelsior Springs (Kansas City market) MO, supposedly a 10 KW
daytimer; the other, as soon it IDs, KAAY Little Rock. Catholix vs
Protestants! BTW, I remarked that the NRC AM Log does not deal with
STAs, which is true in the case of 1520 KOKC, but for KAAY it shows
STA U1 5000/5000 instead of U2 50000/50000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF
RADIO 2002, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1160, Sept 27 at 1253 UT, Oom-pah Mexican music is dominant,
but there is only one XE left on 1160, way off in BC. 1254
announcement mentions ``La Doble K``, so slogan ID? Searching on that
leads no closer than to Lima, Perú. There are no Unitedstatesian 1160s
with KK in their calls. Among US SS stations, this is certainly KCTO
Cleveland MO (KC market), but all listings and own website call it
``La Mega``, nothing about double-K. 1256 fades and I tune elsewhere;
back to 1160 at 1300 it`s faded back up with more Mex music so maybe I
missed real ID. KSL is hardly a factor, as usual seeming weakened.
Belatedly I try to DF it, and NE/SW seems to fit.  Soon a SAH develops
of 72/minute = 1.2 Hz, losing out to religion in English, perhaps KRDY
San Antonio altho listed as TLK, or a late remnant of WYLL Chicago
(Glenn Hauser, OK,, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1210, Sept 27 at 0559 UT, rapid multi-station ID for the
Information Station group, including WJNL, and 0600 WJML News; so
Kingsley MI *50 kW daytimer is still cheating* as first noted here
over two sesquimonths ago --- obviously no one else cares, not even
the legal 1210 stations at night. I`m not aiming the DX-398 toward it,
just dominating KGYN et al., on the E-W longwire, at a
spur-of-the-moment check; and BTW at this time it`s much better than
1200 WOAI! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2002, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** U S A. 1260, Sept 29 at 0605 UT, after weather, ``Springfield`s
NewsTalk 104-1, KSGF,`` no mention of AM frequency! And into sounds
like `When Radio Was`` which is hardly news. For 5/5 kW, not a very
good signal despite proximity of SW MO; as U4 night pattern has major
lobe south, minor lobe north (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1280, Sept 28 at 1301 UT, KSOK is back on air after silence,
maybe still not up to full 1 kW power, ``Get your kixx on The Mixx, AM
1280 and K277CK 103.3``, into 1 minute of Fox `news` (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1520, Oct 2 at 1243 UT, a quarter-hour after LSR here, KOKC
has no SAH and no QRM from Vietnamese, so it seems KYND Cypress TX is
OFF again, especially since Viet from 1560 KGOW Bellaire TX, both
Houston market, is still audible but soon to fade; last time they were
simulaudible and //. 1480, KNGO, The Metroplex, however, is still
audible with Vietnamese sounding same as on 1560 altho not matched.
KYND official October sunrise is 1230 UT, but until 1430 should be on
reduced critical hours power of 18 instead of 25 kW. November: 1245
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2002, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Glenn, regarding KYND 1520: The station has been off the air since
September 25. Operation had been highly irregular prior to that date
(Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas, 1311 UT Oct 3, WOR iog via WORLD OF
RADIO 2002, DXLD)

** U S A. 1540a, 0504, KGBC Galveston TX (listed 250 watts nights)
confirmed by US DXers as identity of Latin format station w/SS talk on
1539.903 audible on deep fades 5/9. Causing het whine on 1540 stations
(Bryan Clark, Mangawhai, Northland, North Island, New Zealand,
WinRadio G33DDC and AOR7030+, EWEs to North, Central & South America,
Oct NZ DX Times via DXLD) no het here lately (gh)

** U S A. Part 1 of an interview with me by Charlie VanSant on WRRS
Cincinnati was carried on WOR 2000. His show `Monitor` must be of
interest for other episodes, so I asked him,

``Charlie, Another blind listener and I`ve been wondering how to hear
others of your Monitor shows. I finally found the live? audio link
https://zeno.fm/rrs-cincinnati
but there does not seem to be any program schedule on the
cincyblind.org website. What times is it on, and are podcasts
available at any time? 73, (Glenn to Charlie, via DXLD)

Hi Glenn, go to cincyblind.org. Once on the website, click on
information services. Once in that category, you can find Podcasts.
Click on that and you can choose Magazines or newspapers. Click on
magazines and you will find the Monitor shows. 

A bit convoluted but it does work. Our channel is also streaming on
the website under Information Services. Find radio reading service and
click. You can hit okay on the disclaimer and listen live. By the way,
we use Podbean for the podcasts. But our cincyblind.org is easier to
use. Sorry for the encyclopedia explanation. Good luck!
P.s. I thought there was a program schedule listed but maybe not.
(-Charlie to Glenn, via DXLD)

Charlie, OK, I`ve done that, but I don`t find Monitor among the
several shows listed, nor in the archive of the past few months. Do
you do a new show every week? (Glenn to Charlie, ibid.)

There should be a whole list of available shows on the podcast. You’ll
have to hunt the list for Monitor, which only runs once a month. I
will be putting the latest show up Monday. Monitor runs the fourth
Thursday of the month at noon and repeats Saturday night at 7:30. [EDT
= UT Thu 1600, Sat 2330] Sorry about the lengthy explanation, but RRS
seems to thrive on complicated operations.
Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone (Charlie, ibid.)

Later I try again:
http://rrsinspire.podbean.com/

Searching podcasts gets only several false hits, other shows with
monitor in their name. Must go thru many pages at about one day each
back thru time, till finally finding:

MONITOR September 26, 2019 --- Longtime Cincinnati broadcaster Charlie
Van Sant takes you on a journey to radio's past. PLAY:
https://rrsinspire.podbean.com/e/monitor-1569497586/

Like Share Download(1)
https://www.podbean.com/site/EpisodeDownload/PBC0FB89683B7

This month it`s about Hedy Lamarr (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Motor Racing Network has requested experimental STAs for
very low-powered stations at four race tracks. Each STA is for a
one-week period culminating in a major race. Each station will run 75
watts to a rather low antenna, presumably mounted on the
superstructure of the race track. The STAs say the stations will air
race-related programming to viewers at the track (at the power levels
specified, reception outside the premises will be unlikely). Details
are sketchy but I’m not thinking the broadcasts are intended to be
directly received by racegoers. There appears to be some kind of
connection with a firm that provides large displays at public venues.
I think they’re just trying to avoid running long cables around the
track. The four facilities requested: 

Avondale, Arizona --- Phoenix International Raceway, ch. 25, 75w/-30m,
Nov. 6th-11th, Bluegreen Vacations 500 
Kansas City, Kansas --- Kansas Speedway, ch. 26, 75w/42m, Oct.
16th-21st, Hollywood Casino 400 
Fort Worth, Texas --- Texas Motor Speedway, ch. 26, 75w/9m, Oct. 30th
– Nov. 4th, Texas 500 
Ridgeway, Virginia Martinsville Speedway, ch. 24, 75w/-4m, Oct.
23rd-28th, First Data 500

VIRGINIA
Ridgeway 24 MRN STA Motor Racing Network requests STA. 75 watts/-4m,
36-38-04/79-51-07.  To operate Oct. 23rd through the 28th to broadcast
race-related programming at Martinsville Speedway. 

A similar request has been filed for analog channel 4 at Nationals
Park (Washington Nationals baseball). In the Washington case,
game-goers are expected to individually view/hear the broadcasts, over
receivers provided (presumably rented?) by Live Sports Radio (Doug
Smith, TN, FCC News, Oct WTFDA VHF-UHF Digest via DXLD)

** U S A. BROADCAST STATION TOTALS AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-359976A1.pdf

NEWS 
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street, S.W.
Washington, D. C.  20554

This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action. Release of
the full text of a Commission order constitutes official action. See
MCI v. FCC. 515 F 2d 385 (D.C. Circ 1974). 

News Media Information 
202 / 418-0500
Internet: http://www.fcc.gov
TTY: 1-888-835-5322
October 2, 2019

The Commission has announced the following totals for broadcast
stations licensed as of September 30, 2019:
AM STATIONS 4601
FM COMMERCIAL 6728
FM EDUCATIONAL 4122
TOTAL 15,451

UHF COMMERCIAL TV 1012
VHF COMMERCIAL TV 368
UHF EDUCATIONAL TV  261
VHF EDUCATIONAL TV 119
TOTAL 1,760

CLASS A UHF STATIONS  356
CLASS A VHF STATIONS   31
TOTAL       387

FM TRANSLATORS & BOOSTERS 8177
UHF TRANSLATORS 2730
VHF TRANSLATORS 901
TOTAL   11,808

UHF LOW POWER TV 1451
VHF LOW POWER TV  449
TOTAL     1,900

LOW POWER FM  2,186
GRAND TOTAL RADIO AND TV BROADCAST STATIONS 33,492
(via Dennis Gibson, Oct 2, IRCA iog via DXLD)

WHAT ABOUT SHORTWAVE BROADCAST STATIONS????? (gh)

** VATICAN. VATICAN RADIO TO BROADCAST POPE FRANCIS’ MASS LIVE ON
SHORTWAVE FREQUENCIES

On the morning of Sunday, 29 September, between 10.25 am - 12.15 pm,
[MESZ? = 0825-1015 UT] Pope Francis will mark World Day of Migrants
and Refugees with the celebration of Holy Mass in St. Peter’ Square.

In an exceptional move, apart from the usual live broadcasts, Vatican
Radio will also carry live the Pope’s Mass on Shortwave radio. The
Shortwave frequencies will be beamed to English speaking African
countries: kHz 15575 OC; Portuguese - Africa: kHz 17635 OC and
French-speaking countries in Africa on the Shortwave frequency of kHz
13815 OC [?? OC is not an English abbr.]

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/africa/news/2019-09/mozambican-church-concerned-about-human-trafficking.html

(in Vatican Radio English for Africa programme, 26th Sept) (via Alan
Pennington, Sept 27, bdxc-news iog via DXLD)

** VATICAN. Vatican Radio to broadcast Pope Francis’ Mass live on
shortwave frequencies

Recorded the 15575 kHz English commentary broadcast automatically
using the U. Twente SDR receiver on the "26th Sunday of Ordinary Time"
(29 September). Reception was fair to good at the start becoming very
good. Transmitter came on at about 0823 UT with classical music
starting shortly thereafter. Live coverage of the mass began at about
0826 UT. Various media covering the mass were mentioned in the
introduction including the "other radio stations around the world" but
no specific mention of Vatican Radio's shortwave broadcasts. Parts of
the mass itself were in various languages including English. The
pope's message and the commentary about the plight of migrants and
refugees provided a lot of food for thought. Occasional strong
reverberation at times most noted when the choir was singing.
Unfortunately, the transmitter shut down before the live coverage
(running long) ended at about 1020 UT (-- Richard Langley, NB, Oct 1,
WOR iog via DXLD)

** VATICAN. Dear colleagues, expensive day! I think it will be
interesting. The other day I wrote a report on the reception of the
Russian program "Radio Vatican" and sent it to the address Email
Sergio Salvatori (sergio.salvatori @ spc.va). I wrote Of course, in
English, both the report and the letter. Today I received from him a
personal letter in which he asks for more reports about the reception
not to write to him, but to send them to a special address:
qsl.request @ spc.va True, my report, and he himself sent there.
Remember this, friends! (Sergey Shokhin, Selyatino, Moskovskaya
oblast, Russia / “deneb-radio-dx” via QSL World, Rus-DX Sept 29 via
DXLD)

** VENEUELA [non]. VOA LAUNCHES VENEZUELA-FOCUSED TV NEWS PROGRAM

VOA's Nathaly Salas Guaithero and Carolina Valladares on the set at
Studio 47. [caption]

Today Voice of America’s Spanish language service launched Venezuela
360, a 30-minute weekly multimedia current affairs program, featuring
high profile interviews and in-depth news analysis. The show delves
into topics including the U.S. policy towards the region, the
deepening humanitarian and social crises, as well as economic
challenges, the exodus Venezuelan refugees to other countries in the
region and options for country’s future.

Venezuela 360 -- tailored to multimedia platforms [NOT INCLUDING SW
--- gh] -- includes an interactive segment designed to engage
audiences in Venezuela and seek their input on future show topics and
ideas.

From the newly renovated Studio 47 at VOA headquarters in Washington,
D.C., veteran VOA Spanish journalists Nathaly Salas Guaithero and
Carolina Valladares host the program that features VOA colleagues
based across the United States and Latin America.

“Congratulations to VOA’s Spanish service on this new endeavor to
provide vital news and information to our audiences in Venezuela and
neighboring countries,” said VOA Director, Amanda Bennett. “VOA
Spanish is known throughout Latin America for its proactive approach
to the audience’s needs and this program promises to do the same.”

The first episode included interviews with U.S. Special Envoy for
Venezuela, Elliott Abrams, U.S. Representative Mario Diaz-Balart
(R-FL) and U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), as well as segments on
the oil industry, the topic of humanitarian aid to Venezuela and
refugee issues.

The program is available on www.voanoticias.com through satellite
transmissions and VOA Spanish media partners in Venezuela.

About Voice of America
VOA reaches a weekly global audience of more than 270 million people
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 2,200 media outlets worldwide. VOA’s seasoned
journalists are experts on topics trending in the United States and
around the world. The Voice of America is funded by the U.S. Congress
through the U.S. Agency for Global Media, an independent federal
agency (VOA PR Sept 27 via Hansjoerg Biener, DXLD)

** VIETNAM. 7155.0, VOV, on Sept 27, heard an interesting situation
here at 1304. Clearly TWO stations mixing together; one 
stronger signal in Chinese (// 7220) and a much weaker underneath (//
7285); first time I have heard them both together. Thanks very much to
Glenn, who last year pointed out: "7285 at 1300-1330 in French, 7220
at same time in Chinese: 7285 leapfrog over 7220 another 65 kHz below
lands on 7155" (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1,
antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 2002, DXLD)

** ZAMBIA. 5915, R. One/ZNBC1, 0421, Sept 26. Promo in English for
GOtv sports coverage of boxing, soccer, etc.; news in vernacular;
call-in show in vernacular. Continuing to be erratic (not on 24hrs).

5915, R. One/ZNBC1, started sometime between 0315 to 0322, Oct 3.
African pop music; 0331-1359, call-in show in vernacular; 0359-0403,
series of commercial announcements; ID for "Radio One"; followed by
announcers chatting; 0413-0420, long promo for the often heard GOtv,
starting and ending in English, but mostly in vernacular; "GOtv,
entertaining Zambia"; 0420, African Fish Eagle and music before the
news; last checked at 0445 to find them off the air; a day with decent
reception and another day operating less than 24 hours. Always enjoy
hearing the fun GOtv promo, as it's partly in English - my GOtv audio
at 
http://bit.ly/2n5vk60 
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long
wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 2002, DXLD)  

** ZANZIBAR. 6015, ZBC Radio, 0330, Sept 26. Open carrier; at 0333,
audio suddenly started; usual format (Ron Howard, Asilomar State
Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD)    

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, Oct 2 at 1224-1228
around local sunrise 1227: With K-index of 2, nothing looping NW from
E Asia, Japan/Korea, but from WSW, Australia/New Zealand, u.o.s.:
1548, 882, 702, 612; 1098-west. Steve McGreevy, California, says ``I
REALLY enjoy and am fascinated by your TA/TP MW scans/observations
from mid-continent -- SpM`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1060, Sept 30 at 1226 UT, M&W chat in Spanish from
NW/SE, which rules out KXPL and KIJN in far west TX, and all of
Mexico. So what SS are on that axis in new NRC AM Log? KDYL South Salt
Lake UT, U1 10000/149 but this is far before sunrise there. Aside from
language, I would expect primary hearance from KRCN Longmont CO, U1
50000/111/psra 500, but it`s also not sunrise there until 1245 UT
(Oct: 1315 UT), and listed as EWTN in English. Furthermore, by 1229 UT
I am getting CCI from another SS also NW/SE with a song. There are no
other possibilities unless something has flipped, and even then hardly
anything on that axis. Furthermore the first station is also producing
a LAH, significantly off-frequency I think to the plus. But mwoffsets 
http://mwlist.org/mwoffset.php?khz=1060
does not show any US station far enough off either side to produce a
low audible het, including the ones I have mentioned. Max would be +13
from MN (but XERDO Matamoros was plus 77 Hz in 2015; but that would be
almost due south). At 1240 UT I have switched to the R75 so no DFing,
now hearing a ``gloria`` song that seems about 30 Hz minus. 
Ideas? KIJN is shown as spot-on .000 altho I recall it used to be
significantly off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Some CODAR scratching sound on 60 meterband tonight
4764 - 4792 kHz
4800 - 4840 kHz
4883 - 4914 kHz
STANAG data block around 4812 kHz S=9+10dB

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

Tonight occurs excellent and early good reception worldwide, when
checked remote SDR in Cape Canaveral FL, NJ and MI units: from DXLD
copied: [WWV predixions A & K 35 and 6 on Sept 27, 45 and 6 on Sept
28] [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz](Wolfgang
Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 27, WOR iog via DXLD)

UNIDENTIFIED. 4812 kHz digital data block STANAG type S=9+10dB at 0434
UT. Log of Sept 30, 0357 to 0500 UT of remote SDR unit at
Massachusetts, US state on far northeast coast close to Canadian
border [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang
Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 30, WOR iog via DXLD)

UNIDENTIFIED. 4920, 0006, 9/24/19, in Spanish. Male announcer talking.
Ute blasts made the barely audible signal otherwise unusable. La Voz
del Pueblo, Santiago de Chuco, Peru has been reported here (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 via DXLD)

UNIDENTIFIED. 4949.55-USB approx., Sept 30 at 1257, very weak 2-way
in Spanish *not* referring to putas (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 4990-USB, 0410, Sept 26. American fishermen chatting;
sounded like conversation between fishing boats; first time I have
ever heard anything like this here. Probably just off the coast of
Calif., as Monterey Bay and other coastal areas have fishing fleets
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long
wire, WOR iog via DXLD)  

UNIDENTIFIED. 6950-USB, Sept 29 at 2134, 2-way Spanish ``puta madre``
INTRUDERS into our pirate band (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 7457-USB, Sept 27 at 1322, MARS net 4TX2 with NCS AFA4WP
arranging relays in rollcall. No results searching for that call, but
we know it`s AF MARS region 4, and maybe TX refer to Texas (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. This is a old IS but I`m still confused. If someone can
remind me. That was before the IS of TWR in this recording
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ubuooz06hx8zrnr/2019-09-28T155720Z%2C%209.539%20MHz%2C%20AM.wma?dl=0
(Zacharias Liangas, WOR iog via DXLD)

It`s Encompass, ex-Babcock, notably heard on unscheduled Woofferton
test frequencies, but also from various relays (gh, DXLD)

Zach, I guess: Thats the old BBC / Babcock / now ENC company control
center PAUSE music theme, see

BBC or at this 9540 kHz item CJSC Yerevan Gavar relay of IBRA/TWR
program is the broadcaster, and ENC is the Frequency Management
Organisation - - what does that mean? Encompass Digital Media
Services, replacing Babcock - tsk2, no more fun embedding BBC into
BaBcoCk. I guess the control room center moved outside the capital
London towards on the flat England village, few years ago.

This pause theme often played also on ENC satellite circuits, or heard
before of some Ascension relays start towards West Africa vernacular
nationals rent services too. 73 (wolfie, df5sx wwdxc, WOR iog via
DXLD)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9683.902 kHz traced few times during 16-18 UT time slot,
like West African language program heard, could be Voice of Nigeria
Abuja WeAF programs 6 kHz down, to avoid REE Madrid on 9690 kHz even
(Wolfgang Bueschel, Sept 29, WOR iog via DXLD)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9722.3 +/-, 1550, 9/23/19. Woman announcer, then she
starts to interview a man in Spanish. Then VFO starts to move up and
down erratically within about 8 kHz span with the same programming:
woman, some music, then a man - at the times I can catch the signal
when the VFO pauses enough to catch up. I noticed this broadcast kept
jumping frequencies as late as 1615. No idea what this was about (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 via DXLD)
Seems like TURKEY behavior but not Spanish (gh)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9845, Sept 29 at 2142, YL in tonal Asian language, but
cuts off the air in less than a minute! Only thing Aoki listed is CNR1
from Beijing 572 site, not a jammer, at 2025-2400. But from what
little I heard, did not think it was Mandarin. Maybe something else
realized it had punched wrong frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 13950, Oct 1 at 1933, very distorted 2-way and off, not
even sure if SSB; nothing further in few minutes but to be checked
again (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 14775.6-USB, Oct 2 at 1321, another 2-way in Spanish,
less colloquial than 14982 but still some putas referenced (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

UNIDENTIFIED. 14982-USB, Oct 2 at 1311-1320 tune-out, 2-way in
colloquial Spanish. I think I am rather fluent in comprehending proper
broadcast Spanish, but colloquial conversations, especially among
uneducated speakers, are quite another matter. Usually I have little
patience with them as there are never going to be any sort of IDs, but
this time I struggle to copy some verbiage, including: ``caracol``
snail; ``toneladas`` tons, ``25 a 26 del norte`` referring to
latitude; ``tiburón`` shark; ``puta`` whore sprinkled here and there
as a pause or interjexion rather than the full ``puta madre``. 

So anyhow this smax of maritime, fishermen or poachers, smugglers? One
is quite stronger than the other, and such a high frequency suggests a
considerable skip distance apart, like 1000+ miles, OR they are so
close that they reach each other by direct radio waves across the
ocean waves; yet would be less overhearable on VHF (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 15758.8-USB, Oct 2 at 1305, VP 2-way in Spanish in an
almost vacant expanded broadcast band (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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

ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 2002:

Congratulations on the 2,000th episode of World of Radio! I appreciate
it and you very much. Thank you for all your hard work and
congratulations on your milestone. All the best, (Scott Gamble with a
generous contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com)

TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED FUTURELY:

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 contribution via PayPal to woradio
at yahoo.com)

Hi Glenn – Congratulations on this tremendous milestone! A couple
generations of enthusiasts have benefited from your devotion to radio,
TV, and the listening hobby. In thanks, I’m making a small
contribution to keep you on the air and in print. Keep on truckin'
(Richard Terry Colgan with a contribution via PayPal to woradio at
yahoo.com)

The World of Radio DXing would be a much poorer place without WOR.
Deep thanx Glenn! SpM (Steve McGreevy, Sept 27, with a contribution
via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com)

Hi, Glenn, I mailed you a check, sent it yesterday. Sorry it’s a
little late, it is my offering for WOR 2,000. Glenn, in all the years
of WOR, I think I can honestly say I have not missed more than 30 or
40 editions, not counting the time I was in South Africa, where I
could not hear it well. At that time, I think it was only on WRNO. I
value WOR very, very highly!!! 73, (Tim Hendel, Huntsville AL) 

Hi Glenn, Congratulations on your WOR 2000! You are the bedrock ofour
hobby! Best regards, (Ron Howard, CA, with a generous donation to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702)

== Editor's Notes == Congratulations to Glenn Hauser for producing the
2000th episode of World of Radio, the world's premiere shortwave
listening radio program. Much more information is at
http://worldofradio.com.
(Larry Will, Free Radio Weekly Sept 21)

FLASHBACK 50 Years Ago – October 4 1969 issue of “DX Monitor” ...
Glenn Hauser of Denver CO mentioned he was 24 and in the USAF (IRCA DX
Monitor Oct 5, 2019, published Oct 1, via DXLD)

Congratulations Glenn --- Congrats to whom really deserve them. And
that is you Mr. Glenn Hauser. Long live! Your truly from COSTA RICA
(Raúl Saavedra. 73s, Sept 30, WOR Iog via DXLD)

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

WORLD OF RADIO HITLIST Update

Hi Glenn, my latest Hitlist update:
https://www.w4uvh.net/hitlist.htm

1) Argentina - RAE: Updated all links to point to new webpages (thanks
to Glenn Hauser)
2) Czech Rep - R Prague: Updated entries to read R Prague Int (RPI)
3) USA - R Marti: Added links to archived programmes of Tú Eres la
Música, Interferencia and Postmoderno (thanks to Roger in WORiog).

Unless there's a major change anywhere, the next update will be early
November. Best wishes and 73 (Alan Roe)

[WOR] Radio Nederland - WRITING USEFUL RECEPTION REPORTS (Updated)

I recently found a copy of an old 1991 "Radio Nederland" file, written
by Jonathan Marks in 1995, that describes how to "Write Useful
Reception Reports".

After taking a look at it, I edited it just a tad, to get rid of some
misspellings, formatting, etc I have uploaded it to the

"FILES" section of this group. It may or may not be currently
relevant, depending on the reader`s level of SWL'ing experience. But,
to me, it is something that I thought was useful. Especially to us
newer or returning SWL listeners. The files is in PDF format and as is
called "Writing Useful Reception Reports (Chuck W3ON Gessner, Sept 28,
WOR iog via DXLD)

QSL WINDOW

Dal Brasile informazioni dirette sulle QSL “ QSL. Window “

Queste informazioni forniscono gli indirizzi postali / elettronici
delle stazioni radio per ottenere le loro conferme sotto forma di
carte QSL, lettere, e-QSL o e-mail. Questa non è una copia da altri
elenchi di indirizzi, ma il risultato del contatto reale con tutte le
stazione radio. Dopo ogni informazione c'è un codice composto da due
lettere e quattro numeri che indicano chi ha ricevuto la risposta
dalla stazione (vedi sotto) in quale mese e anno. Questo progetto è
iniziato nel dicembre 2010 su iniziativa di Rudolf Grimm (São Bernardo
SP) e Fabricio Silva (Tubarão SC) BRASILE. Potete scaricare il pdf di
71 pagine.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L7wmpMP1lB9QnxFJMxMcl1QV0YKuqTcV/view
(Radiorama numero 96, AIR Associazione Italiana Radioascolto, Torino,
Italy via Rus-DX Sept 29 via DXLD)

WRTH 2020 DEDICATION

21 September also saw the passing of one of the greatest exponents of
our great hobby – Henrik Klemetz. The 2020 WRTH will be dedicated to
Henrik and I will include some reflections in the next column (Bryan
Clark, Oct NZ DX Times via DXLD)

WORLD OF HOROLOGY See also BRAZIL; USA: WWV
+++++++++++++++++

WWV 100 YEARS OLD
https://www.reporterherald.com/2019/09/22/radio-station-wwv-to-celebrate-100-years/
(via Artie Bigley, OH, Sept 24, DXLD) Viz.:

RADIO STATION WWV TO CELEBRATE 100 YEARS
Station north of Fort Collins broadcasts the national time standard
and sets radio frequency standards

By Jackie Hutchins | Loveland Reporter-Herald PUBLISHED: September 22,
2019 at 7:28 am | UPDATED: September 22, 2019 at 10:45 am

The world’s oldest licensed radio station, which operates from a
location just north of Fort Collins, will turn 100 years old on Oct.
1. That may sound like a long time for a radio station, but WWV
specializes in time.

The radio station is best known for the broadcast of the national time
standard — the atomic clock — which is closely synchronized with
Coordinated Universal Time, the measure by which clocks are
synchronized throughout the world.

It also has played an important role through the years setting
frequency standards for other radio operators. In those early days of
radio, “people didn’t know where they were on the dial,” Dave Swartz
of the WWV Centennial Committee said.

It continues in both those roles today.

But it almost didn’t make it to a full century. Swartz said the
government considered closing the station down permanently to save its
$6 million annual budget, but ultimately funded it.
‘The very beginning of radio’

Swartz noted the station has some prominent towers that people may
have seen, but many in Northern Colorado may not be aware of its
existence and history.

In 1919 the U.S. government licensed the station, a full year before
the first commercial radio station in the country, KDKA in Pittsburgh,
Swartz said.

“This was the very beginning of radio.”

Based in Washington, D.C., its early broadcasts were experimental in
nature. Among those experiments, it provided the first announced
broadcast of music.

It moved from Washington to the nearby city of College Park, Md., in
1931, and to Beltsville, Md., in 1932, staying in that community until
1966.

It went live in Fort Collins — moving to be nearer the Boulder
laboratories where the national standards of time and frequency were
kept, but not so close that it would interfere with scientific work
there — on Dec. 1, 1966.

After World War II the station took on the job of announcing the time,
at first by telegraphic code and starting in 1950 by voice
announcements, offered at first every five minutes.

Another change came in April 1967 when the station began broadcasting
Greenwich Mean Time instead of local time. It went to its current
format of using Coordinated Universal Time in December 1968.

The time announcements were made every minute, instead of every five
minutes, beginning in July 1971.

Today, anyone with a phone can call 303-499-7111 to hear what time it
is — in Coordinated Universal Time, meaning the current time in
London.

Swartz said the time is currently six hours ahead of Colorado, but
will be seven hours ahead after daylight saving time ends here in
November.

Time to celebrate

Swartz said some events are planned to recognize the historical,
cultural and scientific importance of radio communications and the
role WWV plays.

The Northern Colorado Amateur Radio Club and the WWV Amateur Radio
Club will sponsor a special event amateur radio station, call sign
WW0WWV (W-W-zero-W-W-V).

The station will make as many amateur radio contacts as possible over
a five-day, 120-hour operating period, starting at 6 p.m. Friday and
going through 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2, operating from the WWV site.

“Hundreds of amateur radio operators from around the country are
converging at radio station WWV for the event,” Swartz said.

Amateurs and shortwave listeners can take part from their home
locations in the Festival of Frequency Measurement, a citizen science
effort to study ionospheric phenomena.

Swartz said that means study of how the atmosphere affects radio
waves. Many people know radio signals travel farther at night. That’s
because of the way the sun ionizes the atmosphere and affects signals,
Swartz said.

Across the country, radio enthusiasts taking part will help track how
radio waves are affected as the sun comes and up and moves through the
day.

“It’s a phenomenon that changes daily,” Swartz said. “It’s getting to
understand ‘space weather’ a little bit better.”

The Fort Collins Museum of Discovery, 408 Mason Court, will hold a
public exhibit of amateur radio and displays about WWV at 10 a.m.-1
p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29.

People can contact the station with help from the Northern Colorado
Amateur Radio Club, try out Morse code, and explore the science and
history of radio transmissions and the atomic clock.

The exhibit is free with museum admission.

The National Bureau of Standards will hold a special 100th anniversary
recognition ceremony and reception on Tuesday, Oct. 1, at the station
located at 2000 E. County Road 58 in Fort Collins, starting at 9 a.m.,
with talks at 10 a.m. and tours of the station to follow.

The site is halfway between Wellington and Fort Collins.

The public is welcome, but space is limited and the station is a
controlled-access facility so preregistration is required. Visit
https://appam.certain.com/profile/54379 to register by Tuesday.

For information about the event or about WWV in general, visit
WWV100.com (via DXLD)

WWV: ALL TIME, ALL OF THE TIME

https://www.thebdr.net/articles/prof/history/WWV.pdf
(via Dennis Gibson, Sept 26, IRCA iog via DXLD)

INSIDE WWV

MARE Paul Dobosz has been playing on the computer again, and
passes along word of a 'neat video with a look inside WWV'. 

I used to announce for WWV, but I couldn't stand the hours ..... (old
joke, but hey, a classic!)
https://www.coloradoan.com/media/cinematic/video/2443491001/a-look-inside-radio-station-wwv/
(MARE Tipsheet Oct 3 via DXLD)

WWV CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION AND SPECIAL EVENT KICK OFF THIS WEEKEND
ARRL 09/26/2019

http://www.arrl.org/news/wwv-centennial-celebration-and-special-event-kick-off-this-weekend

The culmination of months of planning will come to a head this weekend
as the WWV Centennial Celebration and the related WW0WWV

Celebrating the 100 years of WWV

Amateur Radio special event get under way. WW0WWV will begin operation
on Saturday at 0000 UTC and continue through October 2 at 0000 UTC.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the
Northern Colorado Amateur Radio Club (NCARC orthern Colorado Amateur
Radio Club), and the WWV Amateur Radio Club have teamed up to organize
100th anniversary events. WW0WWV will be active around the clock on
160 – 6 meters on CW, SSB, and digital modes (FT8 operation will be
Fox and Hound, except on 160 meters). WW0WWV will operate from the
challenging RF environment at the WWV site near Fort Collins,
Colorado. Logs will be streamed live to Club Log, and all logs will be
uploaded to Logbook of The World (LoTW) after the event ends.

WW0WWV committee member Dave Swartz, W0DAS, said he’s been addressing
last-minute details and putting out “many little fires.” Swartz is
camping out at the WWV site ahead of the special event.

WWV is reputed to be among the oldest — if not the oldest —
continuously operating radio stations in the world. It started out as
an experimental station that eventually became a time and frequency
standard, and WWV often broadcast music in its early years. WWV served
as a beacon for Amateur Radio pioneers, who may only have had a rough
idea of where they were transmitting.  When they began, early time
announcements were in CW. Voice announcements did not start until
1950. Time announcements used to be every 5 minutes, but WWV switched
to announcing the time every 60 seconds in 1971 (via DXLD)

TIME FOR DST DOWN UNDER

NZ went on DST already Sept 29, of UT+13, as absurd as that may seem.
This means any SW programming taken directly from RNZ National now
appears one real UT hour earlier. This may also require juggling of
some other programming and frequency usage.

DU uncoordinated as DST does not begin until Oct 6 in the parts of
Australia observing it: SA, VIC, TAS and NSW. 

(And did you know that there is a small enclave in the SE corner of
WA, Eucla, with its own unique timezone of UT +8:45 but no DST?) Map:
https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/australia-nz-start-dst-2019.html
That`s a compromise between WA +8:00 and adjacent SA +9:30 during
standard time.

As for Brasil ---

BRAZIL WON'T CHANGE CLOCKS IN 2019
https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/brazil-scraps-dst.html

Published 8-Apr-2019. Changed 28-Aug-2019 Update:

Daylight Saving Time has been permanently abolished in Brazil,
according to the Senate bulletin of April 25, 2019.

There will be no further clock changes in Brazil in 2019. It is still
unclear whether the country aims to abolish Daylight Saving Time (DST)
altogether.

Rio will not change its clocks this year.
©iStockphoto.com/microgen
No Clock Change in November 2019

According to a recent announcement, the country will not change its
clocks for the upcoming DST period, which was scheduled to last from
November 3, 2019 to February 16, 2020.

Uncertain Future for DST

It is expected, yet still uncertain, that the country will also halt
all further clock changes. A government spokesperson stated that "this
is the position for this year. For the next year, we will do further
evaluation." (via gh, WORLD OF RADIO 2002, DXLD)

AUSTRALIA’S WEIRD LITTLE TIME ZONE
Posted on July 12, 2008 by Twelve Mile Circle
An Appreciation of Unusual Places

https://www.howderfamily.com/blog/australias-weird-little-time-zone/

Continental Australia is divided into three standard time zones,
Western, Central and Eastern. It’s pretty simple to understand even
bearing in mind that Australian Central Standard Time tracks to the
half-hour (UTC+9:30). Individual Australian states and territories
determine whether to recognise Daylight Saving Time (DST) or not.
Far-flung Australian island territories and its Antarctic stations add
a few more complexities. Overall, Australian time is fairly
straightforward and understandable.

However Australia also has an unofficial but de facto hybrid time zone
called “Australian Central Western Standard Time” (ACWST), which is
set halfway between the official Western and Central times. With
Western Time at UTC+8:00 and Central Time at UTC+9:30, splitting the
difference makes the so-called Central Western Time UTC+8:45. Yes, a
time zone that’s based not on the hour or the half-hour, but on the
quarter hour!

This is quite rare, something found nowhere else except Nepal and in a
few small, isolated corners of the globe. Visitors entering or leaving
ACWST have to remember to set their watches in the proper direction
either forward or back by 45 minutes. One of my very favorite
websites, the Degree Confluence Project, includes a photograph of a
highway sign that reminds travelers to account for this peculiarity.

ACWST is observed only in a tiny sliver in the far southeastern corner
of Western Australia along the Eyre Highway, extending from just
outside of Caiguna to about 50 metres across the South Australia state
line to encompass Border Village, for a total length of about 340
kilometres. In addition to the map I drew above you can also see the
ACWST western and eastern boundaries on this map provided by the Shire
of Dundas in Western Australia. The northern boundary is less precise
but it doesn’t really matter. This is part of the Nullarbor Plain, a
vast, dry, flat, expanse of scrubland and not much else besides
nature. Time doesn’t really matter in that immense empty acreage north
of the Eyre Highway.

Roadhouse settlements hug the highway on a long string with as much as
a hundred kilometres between them. Places that follow ACWST
include:

Cocklebiddy, with its world-class cave systems
Madura, and its panoramic views from the Hampton Tablelands
Mundrabilla, where pioneers first settled on the Nullarbor in 1872
Eucla, with its old telegraph station ruin and oddly enough, a golf
course
Border Village, which as the name implies, sits just across the border
and has the distinction of being the only spot in South Australia to
follow ACWST 

Perhaps only a couple hundred people live within the narrow ACWST
strip. This of course made it much easier for them to agree upon a
standard time. A couple hundred people can probably come to consensus
on just about anything, apparently even the complete departure from a
standard time others say should apply to them. That doesn’t concern
them. They set their clocks as they please. It’s such a small
population that the government turns a blind eye to it and allows
ACWST to continue albeit without official sanction.

It’s not as illogical as it seems on the surface, and in fact it makes
a lot of sense. The hour and a half gap at the border between Western
and Central time provides plenty of incentive on its own, but it got
even worse in the summer when South Australia used to switch to
Daylight Saving Time but Western Australia did not. When that happened
the gap became an incredible two and a half hours just by crossing
from one state to another. Western Australia has been following
Daylight Saving Time on a trial basis since the Spring of 2006 so it’s
less of an issue at the moment but it’s supposed to be revisited in
2009 and the immense gap could return. Meanwhile ACWST continues to be
followed regardless of official sanction (via gh, DXLD)

LANGUAGE LESSONS
++++++++++++++++

HOW TO IDENTIFY CHINESE RADIO STATIONS --- by Mika Mäkeläinen

China is one of the few countries increasing its presence on the
medium wave (AM) radio dial, as DXers have been able to observe.
Identifying Chinese stations can however be tricky if you don't
understand the language. With this guide you will learn how to
identify Chinese stations based on just a few keywords and phrases.
Don't let the language barrier intimidate you, because DXing Chinese
stations can be extremely exciting and rewarding...
http://www.dxing.info/articles/identifying_Chinese_radio_stations.dx
(via Juan Franco Crespo, Spain, DXLD)

MUSEA
+++++

AUSTRIAN RADIO DOCUMENT ARCHIVE ---- QSLs

I hope this is of interest for you and the others. I will inform you
also about the Austrian "Dokumentationsarchiv Funk" - an institution
sponsored by the ORF/ORS(Austrian state owned Radio/TV), ÖVSV(Austrian
Amateur Radio Club) and our ADXB (Austrian DX Board). Especially for
our part ADXB - we are responsible for collecting BC-QSL's (including
Utility QSL) - I will invite all QSL-collectors, to visit the
homepage: (There is also an English version)
http://www.dokufunk.org/

And the BC-QSL Databank is the following (BQO - Broadcast QSLs
Online):
http://www.bcqsl.org

You can ask for a form - if you agree in case of your death - that
your BC-collection should be transferred to Dokufunk in Vienna, and
agree for get open to the public. You can get also a sponsoring member
of this organisation. See the Homepage. You can publish these
informations if you like to do it. I send you best greetings to
Moscow, coming from Austria! vy 73 (Harald Süss, Austria, Rus-DX Sept
29 via DXLD)

NUEVOS PROGRAMAS DE HISTORIAS DE RADIO DE DANIEL CAMPORINI

066-RADIO VARSOVIA
Durante los primeros meses de la existencia de la radiotelegrafía a
cargo del ejercito, los ingenieros no solo se interesaban por las
comunicaciones militares, también estaban en contacto con estaciones
extranjeras, para abastecer de informaciones de carácter general a la
prensa escrita polaca. Esta situación permitió la creación de la
denominada Agencia radiotelegráfica polaca. Pronto el Ministerio
Nacional de Defensa tomó la iniciativa de fundar la industria de la
radioingeniería…
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historiasderadiodc/episodes/2019-09-27T09_01_11-07_00

067-JOHN WARD
Siendo de alguna, la propaganda es otro de los campos de batalla donde
se libran las guerras a través de la información y la desinformación.
Es en estos casos en donde no existen límites entre la verdad y la
mentira. La radio fue una de las herramientas más útiles en este
sentido y su historia está llena de extraños personajes que sirvieron
lealmente a sus países, o han quedado como traidores para la historia
futura. Uno de estos personajes, quizás menos conocido por el gran
público y cuya voz fue escuchada durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial fue
la de John Ward. Este fue un operador radiotelegráfico en un
bombardero de la Real Fuerza Aérea británica que es derribado en
Francia en 1940…
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historiasderadiodc/episodes/2019-09-27T09_03_01-07_00

068-RADIO PARIS
El día 6 de noviembre de 1922, la Sociedad General de Telegrafía sin
hilos pone en funcionamiento, en la ciudad de Paris, a la primera
emisora de radiotelefonía de Francia, la que fue bautizada con el
nombre de Radiola, nombre que también llevaban los receptores que esta
empresa fabricaba. Esta fue la primera emisora privada de Francia y
poseía su equipo transmisor de dos kilovatios en el patio de la
fábrica de la sociedad Radioeléctrica Francesa…
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historiasderadiodc/episodes/2019-09-27T09_05_18-07_00

069-RADIO KGEI
La empresa General Electric de los Estados Unidos, inició sus
experiencias en la onda corta en 1923, poniendo en funcionamiento a la
emisora identificada como 2XI. Dos años más tarde recibe la
autorización para instalar dos transmisores experimentales en su
planta transmisora cercana a New York…
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/historiasderadiodc/episodes/2019-09-27T09_06_35-07_00

Página del programa:
http://programasdx.com/historiasderadio.htm

Podcast Historias de Radio:
http://historiasderadiodc.podomatic.com/

Para cualquier consulta:
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Cordiales 73 (Daniel Camporini/José Bueno, Sept 28, playdx yg via
DXLD)

DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See FRANCE; INDIA; UK non
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DAB See AUSTRALIA
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- IBOC See KOREA NORTH; USA: 820
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV See OKLAHOMA; USA: FCC
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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

TV ANTENNAS OUTSOURCED

While reading the posts on the FB TV and FM DXing group, I noticed
that someone posted that Channel Master has discontinued production
and is moving their operations to Bulgaria! No joke! Bulgaria!
(Mike Bugaj, Oct WTFDA VHF-UHF Digest via DXLD)

RADIALS -- answering Tibor Gaal`s question in previous issue:

An antenna, particularly a monopole, for a medium or long wave
transmitting system is not an electrically sophisticated device,
although conceptual analysis of a specific design can be a bit
complicated.

Such an antenna consists of two separate physical parts: The vertical
element, normally a tower or mast, and the “imaging screen” or “ground
system”. 

The vertical element is driven against the ground screen, and current
flows in it in an almost but not exactly sinusoidal distribution, and
at a velocity which is close to but not quite the speed of light in
free space. These electrical characteristics of an alternating current
in a wire were first described by the British physicist Pocklington in
about 1897, and form the basis of analysis of wire antennas of all
types. A mast, even a tapered one, is just a rather fat wire, since
its radius is a very small percentage of its length.

The electrical length of the vertical element and the horizontal
distance of the radial wire system normally employed as an “imaging
screen” are essentially arbitrary. Mast height is normally selected
for cost and sometimes environmentally restricted reasons, so long as
reasonable or legally required efficiency is obtained. In the U.S.,
for example, many antennas for medium wave transmitting facilities at
the upper end of the band are selected to be just under 200 feet
(60.96 meters) in height to avoid aviation marking and lighting
requirements.  Mast height is not determined by “resonance” (if such a
thing actually exists), and in fact a mast which is 1/4 wavelength (90
degrees) in physical height certainly will not have zero reactance
(“resonance”), since it won’t be 1/4 wavelength long electrically. 

The “ground system” of such an antenna is often specified to be 120
radials 90 degrees in length, but this is also an arbitrary
determination. It’s based primarily on the work of Brown, Epstein, et
al from the late 1930s, and their determination is flawed by the fact
that they made their measurements well above the MF band and didn’t
properly scale them for frequency, i.e, skin effect. Were their
analysis correct, VLF antennas would have to have far more extensive
ground systems than they do. And the “ground system” isn’t there to
ground anything (although useful against lightning) but as a low loss
termination for the displacement currents created by the vertical
antenna. And many monopole (and multi-mast directional) antennas have
truncated or irregular ground radial systems without much if any
effect on performance. And their exact length does not have any direct
relationship to the height of the vertical antenna. 

As a consequence, a specific antenna mast height and “ground radial”
system can be employed quite satisfactorily over a wide range of
frequencies, so long as the actual load impedance is matched, normally
by a simple “T” or “pi” network of discrete low loss inductors and
capacitors. 

Such antennas can often be employed by multiple transmitters at
different frequencies, with appropriate filtering and perhaps
bandwidth optimization circuitry.

Thus a simple change in frequency for an existing simple monople
facility of a few percent is a trivial exercise. And even such a
change for a directional antenna of multiple masts can be
straightforward and even simple, if not exactly trivial (Ben Dawson,
WA, Hatfield-Dawson, Oct 9, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Ben, Thanks so much for going into such detail to answer this
question. Glad to learn from an expert (Glenn to Ben, Sept 28 via
DXLD)

Glenn, I looked at the various Wikipedia articles on this general
subject, and they really aren't very good, and actually contain some
misinformation.

If anyone really wants to dig in to this kind of problem, the best
straightforward analysis of MF/LF antenna performance which is very
true to the physics but which has very understandable explanations is
B.(enjamin) Whitfield Griffith's "Radio Electronic Transmission
Fundamentals" originally published by McGraw Hill in 1962, and
reprinted by Noble in 2000. ISBN 1-884932-13-4. The reprint has the
answers to the problems, too, which is very useful for self-study.
Whit was a really fine and practical engineer, and was very gracious
to let Ron Rackley and me arrange for the reprinting by providing us
with the original page proofs (Ben Dawson, ibid.)

Radials that are below ground/in the dirt are not resonant. They are
not cut to frequency, the only guideline being that they should be at
least a quarter-wave long/out from the base of the vertical. Some use
a ground "screen" instead of (or in addition to) radials. All they are
doing is providing a better reflective surface for the transmitted (or
received) signal. In the case of transmitting, what we are doing is
avoiding using the RF power to heat up the ground and possibly kill
earthworms, so that it is better directed out over the horizon instead
(Larry N8KU -- [[[ Shortwave is dead. Long live Shortwave! ]]], WOR
iog via DXLD)

Well, his statement that they are not “resonant” is correct but the
quarter wavelength minimum is wrong. As I pointed out in my diatribe,
they can be much shorter and inversely so with frequency. But indeed
a reasonable length with reasonable being defined by efficiency
requirements and frequency is what is desirable. And their physical
function is to provide a low loss path for the displacement currents
generated by the antenna (Ben Dawson, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

WEATHER FORECAST ACCURACY IS AT RISK FROM 5G WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY, KEY
LAWMAKER WARNS FCC, SEEKING DOCUMENTS

The issue nears a turning point with an upcoming international
meeting
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/09/30/weather-forecast-accuracy-is-risk-g-wireless-technology-key-lawmaker-warns-fcc-seeking-documents/

Hurricane Dorian, near peak intensity when it hit the northwest
Bahamas. (NOAA/RAMMB) [caption]

By Andrew Freedman --- Editor focusing on extreme weather, climate
change, science and the environment. September 30 at 2:00 PM

On Sept. 1, all hell was breaking loose on the Abacos Islands and
Grand Bahama as Hurricane Dorian, one of the most powerful Atlantic
hurricanes in history, unleashed an onslaught of 185 mph winds and
storm-surge flooding. Not that long ago, officials in Florida might
have seen such a catastrophic storm due east of them and ordered a
costly evacuation of coastal residents.

But this time, computer models accurately showed that the storm would
make a turn northward, missing the towering glass condominiums of
Miami and opulent golden ballroom of Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach.

Emergency managers had confidence in the National Hurricane Center's
forecast, in part because we've gotten used to the idea that weather
forecasts are getting more accurate over time, thanks to investments
in computing power, observation systems and more.

But that might not be the case for much longer, scientists and
officials warn. A botched rollout of 5G technology, intended to
revolutionize the way we communicate and usher in a new era of
innovation, could paradoxically roll back some of these forecasting
gains.

In a letter Monday to the chairman of the Federal Communications
Commission, the chairwoman of the House Science, Space and Technology
Committee, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Tex.), expresses concern that
we're headed for such a scenario because of the potential interference
of planned urban 5G networks with existing weather satellite
sensors. 

The sensors, mounted aboard polar-orbiting satellites, are used to
discern the presence and properties of water vapor in Earth's
atmosphere.

The letter, addressed to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, calls for the FCC to
provide the scientific evidence it is using to inform the commission's
negotiating position ahead of a key international telecommunications
meeting. Johnson is seeking the information by Oct. 7 for the
committee to review before the start of that meeting Oct. 28.

"It is imperative that U.S. federal agencies resolve this disagreement
about out-of-band emission limits before we begin negotiations with
international partners," the letter states, referring to the limits
that describe the amount of noise that 5G devices could be permitted
to emit beyond 24 gigahertz.

The letter also, for the first time, releases two reports produced in
the past year: one by NASA on behalf of the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, which operates satellites and contains the
National Weather Service, and another by NOAA itself.

These highly technical analyses concluded that if deployed widely and
without adequate restrictions, telecommunications equipment operating
in the 24 GHz frequency band would bleed into the frequencies that
NOAA and NASA satellite sensors also use, significantly interfering
with the collection and transmission of critical weather data.

The NOAA report, for example, warns of a potential loss of 77.4
percent of data coming from microwave sounders mounted on the agency's
polar-orbiting satellites.

This issue has been percolating in scientific and communications
policy circles for months but will come to a head in late October,
when nations gather for the World Radiocommunications Conference in
Egypt.

That is when countries will agree to guidelines governing the use of
the 24 GHz band of spectrum, which the FCC auctioned off for about $2
billion beginning this past March.

That auction went forward despite the warnings of NOAA and NASA
leadership and the objection of the Commerce Department, NOAA's parent
agency, as well as the concerns of some on Capitol Hill.

Instead, after a breakdown in interagency negotiations, political
leaders at the White House sided with the FCC and telecommunications
industry in allowing the wireless spectrum auction to proceed,
according to multiple people familiar with the process, dismissing the
possible implications for weather forecasts.

The Trump administration is pushing for the United States to be a
leader in 5G technologies, which has put pressure on science agencies
to avoid getting in the way of a major administration priority.

Introducing forecast blind spots

Ajit Pai, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, testifies
before the House Energy and Commerce Committee in May. (J. Scott
Applewhite/AP) [caption]

The most important data that goes into computer models used for
weather forecasting comes from microwave sounders. Any degradation of
this data could harm forecast accuracy. The data is especially useful
for making extended forecasts on the order of five to seven days in
advance and allows measurements to be taken across regions that have
no surface-weather stations, such as the oceans or remote land
regions.

The key concerns about 5G interference focus on what are known as
baseline interference limits, often referred to as out-of-band
emission limits.

NOAA's microwave sounders operate at a frequency of 23.6 to 24 GHz,
which is close to the frequency that the FCC auctioned off. NOAA
favors a strict interference limit, meaning that 5G devices would not
be allowed to transmit at frequencies that overlap significantly with
the sounders. The FCC and wireless industry favor a looser limit. The
meeting in Egypt will determine what the interference limit will be,
with the State Department taking the lead in negotiations.

On May 16, acting NOAA administrator Neil Jacobs testified before
Congress that if the interference levels favored by the FCC were to go
forward, weather forecast skill would degrade to 1980 levels, when
accuracy was 30 percent of what it is today.

The European Center for Medium Range Weather Forecasts, which operates
the world's top weather model, has also warned of a deterioration in
its forecasts if the interference limits don't adequately protect the
satellite frequencies. Such a deterioration could mean billions in
economic damages from unanticipated storms and an uptick in
weather-related fatalities. It could also harm U.S. national security
by reducing the Defense Department's forecast capabilities.

The FCC and telecommunications industry, for their part, have
maintained that the studies from NOAA and NASA -- and these agencies'
warnings of a potential forecast apocalypse -- are blown out of
proportion and based on incorrect assumptions of how the 5G networks
would be deployed.

Although the FCC has advocated for a less restrictive interference
limit, it has not produced technical research of its own to justify
it.

The Science Committee's letter sent Monday requests that the FCC turn
over such research to back up its preferred limit.

Some lawmakers, such as Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), have tried to
bring attention to the looming spectrum challenge and fundamental
disagreements between scientists at NOAA and NASA and the position of
other agencies.

Under questioning from Cantwell at a July 17 hearing of the Senate
Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, NASA Administrator
James Bridenstine expressed concern about data loss caused by 5G
interference. "I can tell you that depending on the decibel level in
that 23.6 gigahertz, we could lose significant data," Bridenstine
said. "If that were to happen, it would affect our ability to predict
weather, without question."

This answer stands in contrast to what Pai told the same committee a
month earlier. When Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) asked Pai whether there
is "any validity or legitimacy" to the concerns raised in the science
agencies' reports, Pai said definitively, "No, absolutely not."

Although the baseline interference limit will be decided upon in
Egypt, there are growing indications the meeting won't be the end of
the story.

Contingency planning

An image from a polar-orbiting satellite shows extensive smoke
swirling across Siberia on July 21. (Joshua Stevens, VIIRS, NASA
EOSDIS/LANCE, GIBS/Worldview, Suomi National Polar-orbiting
Partnership, NASA Earth Observatory via AP) [caption]

New legislative language in a proposed Senate appropriations bill, for
example, would direct NOAA to conduct a new study on the radio
interference issue, including a focus on the financial implications of
5G-related interference. Unlike with the previous reports, which were
circulated only to a select few in the executive branch and Capitol
Hill, the bill would require NOAA to publicly release its new data.

The deployment of the 24 GHz 5G technology is several years away, so
rather than be caught flat-footed, forecast agencies are planning for
various outcomes. They're betting that telecom companies might be
amenable to working with NOAA, NASA and other agencies to make sure
that as they activate their networks, they don't degrade forecasts.

The industry's sprawling, high-tech infrastructure is hugely
vulnerable to severe weather, so if forecasting suffers, these
companies will, too. For example, the first thing that people seek to
have restored after a storm, in addition to electricity, are phone and
Internet networks, and such repairs are costly.

"They would be completely out of their minds with deploying this stuff
and screwing up the forecast because so much of their industry is
weather sensitive," said a senior government official who spoke on the
condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive issue that the person
wasn't authorized to discuss publicly.

However, this official noted, as of now, there is nothing that would
require communications companies to take steps to mitigate the risk to
satellite sensors. That could come in the form of an FCC regulation or
congressional legislation, which science agencies such as NOAA and
NASA will work toward after the meeting in Egypt, the official said.

In case forecasts are degraded, NOAA is considering plans to avoid the
worst-case scenario, which involves the loss of at least 30 percent of
overall forecast skill. For example, it could use water-vapor-sensing
channels only over oceans and exclude land, which would be the likely
source of interference. The loss of only land data would lead to a
potential 3 percent degradation in forecast skill, according to
experts familiar with the matter.

This may sound small, but its significance becomes clear when one
considers that the United States spends about $3.2 billion for every 1
percent increase in forecast skill. This means that the auctioning off
of about $2 billion worth of 5G radio spectrum may ultimately set back
weather forecasting by about $9 billion, strictly in terms of the
investment put into forecasting.

Another option would be to develop artificial intelligence approaches
to recover lost or corrupted data from the microwave sounders, much as
NOAA did when there was a satellite sensor that malfunctioned in
2018.

All of this effort would be aimed at ensuring that the next time a
Category 5 storm like Dorian moves to within striking distance of the
U.S. coastline, officials and the public can still trust the forecast,
while enjoying the potential benefits of 5G.

Andrew Freedman Andrew Freedman edits and reports on weather, extreme
weather and climate science for Capital Weather Gang. He has covered
science, with a specialization in climate research and policy, for
Axios, Mashable, Climate Central, E&E Daily and other publications. He
was among the first contributors to Capital Weather Gang, starting in
2004 (via Mike Cooper, DXLD)

DECODING NUMBERS STATIONS ARTICLE

The article Decoding Numbers Station by Allison McLellan which appears
in the November 2019 issue of the ARRL's QST magazine is available for
free download, see
http://www.arrl.org/this-month-in-qst
(Trevor M5AKA, Sept 30, bdxc-news iog via DXLD)

4 pages pdf, not a how-to, but generally about the subject, even
Yosemite Sam. QST provides one free article each month? (gh, DXLD)

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

1921 SOLAR EVENT MAY HAVE BEEN BIGGER THAN CARRINGTON EVENT
eHam.net from The ARRL Letter on September 26, 2019

Scientific American reports
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-studies-warn-of-cataclysmic-solar-superstorms/ 
that, according to new data, the "New York Railroad Storm" of 1921 may
have surpassed the intensity of the famous Carrington Event of 1859.
In his paper published in the journal Space Weather, Jeffrey Love of
the US Geological Survey and his colleagues reexamined the intensity
of the 1921 event in greater detail than previously.

Although different measures of intensity exist, geomagnetic storms are
often rated on an index called disturbance storm time (Dst) -- a way
of gauging global magnetic activity by averaging out values for the
strength of Earth's magnetic field measured at multiple locations.
Earth's baseline Dst level is about -20 nanoteslas (nT), with a
"superstorm" condition occurring when levels fall below -250 nT.
Studies of the very limited magnetic data from the Carrington Event
peg its intensity at anywhere from -850 to -1,050 nT. According to
Love's study, the 1921 storm came in at about -907 nT.

Peter Ward in his 2017 New York History Blog article "Strange
Phenomena: The New York Railroad Storm" recounted 
https://newyorkhistoryblog.org/2017/07/strange-phenomena-the-new-york-railroad-storm/ 
that theatre-goers in New York City "marveled at the spectacle" of an
iridescent cloud that was brighter than the moon. "On the roof of the
Times Building, reporters, having discovered the telegraph lines to be
curiously blocked, gathered to watch the aerial kaleidoscope," he
wrote.

As with the earlier Carrington Event, telegraph operators experienced
wild fluctuations in the current on their circuits, while wireless
propagation was enhanced. "The next day, papers reported that the
Central New England railroad station (also home to the telegraph
switchboard) had burned to the ground." Railroad officials later
blamed the fire on the aurora.

According to Ward's article, the lights were visible in New York,
California, and Nevada. Especially in rural areas, "the lights were
said to be brighter, appear closer to the ground, and even move with a
swishing sound."

Railroad and telegraph service were restored the following week,
although one Western Union transatlantic cable showed signs of damage.
"Delays and damage lead to some referring to it as the New York
Railroad Storm," Ward wrote.

A dramatic description 
http://www.solarstorms.org/SS1921.html 
of the event on the SolarStorms.org website said, "At 7:04 AM on May
15, the entire signal and switching system of the New York Central
Railroad below 125th Street was put out of operation, followed by a
fire in the control tower at 57th Street and Park Avenue."

The short article said a telegraph operator reported being driven away
from his station by flames that enveloped his switchboard and set the
building on fire. "In Sweden a telephone station was reported to have
been 'burned out,' and the storm interfered with telephone, telegraph,
and cable traffic over most of Europe," the article said.

Source: The ARRL Letter
https://www.eham.net/articles/43789
(via Mike Terry, Sept 27, WOR iog via DXLD)

EURASIA TO SOUTHERN BRASIL ON MW

Wonderful nights on radio here in Southeastern Brazil! Lots of
Brazilian MW stations are in migration process to FM, what give us the
possibility for a best DX-ing horizon!!!!

#180 / RECEPTION IN SÃO BERNARDO SP, BRAZIL -  GG66rg
*******************************************************
September 29, 2019 (Time in UTC)
Rx: KiwiSDR (PY2-81502 SWL - São Bernardo SP BRAZIL)
Antenna: PA0RDT Mini Whip Antenna
*******************************************************
MEDIUMWAVE

MOLDOVA: 1413 kHz Vesti FM, via Grigoriopol, Russian, 27/09 2115. Male
slow communication in Russian language, 'Vesti FM', interview,
instrumental mx. 14531 / 24532 (RG).

FRANCE: 1467 kHz TWR Europe, via Roumoules, Polish (?), 27/09 2100.
Christian communication, songs. 25432 (RG).

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: 1476 kHz Radio Asia, Ras al Khaimah, Malayalam,
26/09 2305. Songs by male and female voices. '...Dubai... Asia...'.
25442 (RG).

RR sent to each of these stations, with the expect to receive a
QSL-card, or a e-QSL from them. 
**********************************
(Rudolf Grimm PY2-81502 SWL, São Bernardo SP, BRAZIL
http://dxways-br.blogspot.com 
YouTube: GrimmSBC   Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)

CODAR Experiment at 4.543 MHz Maps Ionosphere Over Time

A recent LinkedIn post by member Pieter Ibelings describes an
experiment on Oct 1, 2019 using a CODAR signal transmitted at 4.543
MHz to map different layers of the ionosphere over time. The post also
lists the transmit and receive locations. The receiver used for the
experiment is an RFSPACE Cloud-IQ.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-6584821563890163712-R0Nh/
(- Harry S., Atlanta, GA USA, 0213 Oct 2, WOR iog via DXLD) Viz.:

Pieter Ibelings --- RF Systems Lead at Swarm Technologies. High Speed
Digital, RF and Antenna Design 1d · Edited

On Oct 1, 2019 the CODAR signal around 4.543 MHz was used to map the
different layers of the ionosphere over time. The CODAR waveforms are
used to map the ocean currents around the coast of the US. CODAR uses
FMCW chirps that can be easily compressed and used as a passive radar
source. The receiver is an RFSPACE Cloud-IQ with real-time pulse
compression. The image below is 15 hours long (left to right) and is
plotted with a 1000 km bi-static range (bottom to top). The location
of the transmitter is around 30.3830 N, 86.4327 W. The receiver is at
33.86N and 84.33W. #experiments #radar #codar @rfspace #chirped (via
DXLD)

Transmitter coordinates on FL panhandle coast, near Destin. How can a
CODAR be assigned such a precise frequency, a.k.a. 4543 kHz, as it
sweeps over a wide swath. Or, if you hear it, how can you tell what
specific frequency it belong to? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

I will happen to be in Destin, FL on vacation in the near future. I
will try to get to the location (30.3830 N, 86.4327 W) where there
happens to be a vertical antenna and some equipment at the end of
Scenic Hwy 98 as pictured in Google's street view. I will bring a SW
portable to verify if this is in fact the transmitter location (-
Harry S., Atlanta, GA USA, ibid.)

:Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2019 Sep 30 0233 UTC
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Center
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#
#                Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
#
Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
23 - 29 September 2019

Solar activity was very low throughout the summary period and no
active regions with sunspots were observed.

No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit reached
very high levels on 29 Sep with high levels observed on 28 Sep.
Normal and normal to moderate flux values were observed throughout
the remainder of the week.

Geomagnetic field activity reached G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm
levels on 27-28 Sep due to the influence of a recurrent, positive
polarity coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS). Active conditions
were observed on 24 and 29 Sep and quiet or quiet to unsettled
conditions were observed throughout the remainder of the period.

Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
30 September - 26 October 2019

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

No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is
expected to reach high levels on 30 Sep-12, 14, and 25-26 Oct.
Normal and normal to moderate levels are expected for the remainder
of the outlook period.

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to reach G1 (Minor)
geomagnetic storm levels on 24-25 Oct and active levels on 06, 21,
and 26 Oct due to coronal hole high speed stream influences.

:Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2019 Sep 30 0233 UTC
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Center
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#      27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
#                Issued 2019-09-30
#
#  UTC      Radio Flux  Planetary  Largest
#  Date      10.7 cm      A Index    Kp Index
2019 Sep 30      68         10          3
2019 Oct 01      68          8          3
2019 Oct 02      68          8          3
2019 Oct 03      68         12          4
2019 Oct 04      68          8          3
2019 Oct 05      68          8          3
2019 Oct 06      68         12          4
2019 Oct 07      68          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
2019 Oct 13      68         10          3
2019 Oct 14      68          8          3
2019 Oct 15      68          8          3
2019 Oct 16      68          5          2
2019 Oct 17      68          5          2
2019 Oct 18      68          5          2
2019 Oct 19      68          5          2
2019 Oct 20      68          5          2
2019 Oct 21      68         12          4
2019 Oct 22      68          5          2
2019 Oct 23      68          5          2
2019 Oct 24      68         18          5
2019 Oct 25      68         25          5
2019 Oct 26      68         12          4
(SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 2002, DXLD) ###