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Thanks, Glenn SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1389 **flexible times Thu 0700 WRMI 9955** Thu 1530 WRMI 7385 Fri 0030 WBCQ 7415 Fri 0730 WRMI 9955** Fri 1200 WRMI 9955** Fri 2130 WWCR1 15825 [not expected 7465] Fri 2330 WBCQ 5110-CLSB [NEW from Dec 21] Sat 0900 WRMI 9955 Sat 1730 WWCR3 12160 Sat 2230 WRMI 9955 Sun 0330 WWCR3 5070 Sun 0730 WWCR1 3215 Sun 0900 WRMI 9955 Sun 1200 WRMI 9955 [new] Sun 1615 WRMI 7385 Mon 0400 WBCQ 9330-CLSB [irregular] Mon 0515 WBCQ 7415 [time varies] Mon 0930 WRMI 9955** Tue 1130 WRMI 9955** Tue 1630 WRMI 7385 Wed 0830 WRMI 9955** WORLD OF RADIO, CONTINENT OF MEDIA, MUNDO RADIAL SCHEDULE: Latest edition of this schedule version, including AM, FM, satellite and webcasts with hotlinks to station sites and audio, is at: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html For updates see our Anomaly Alert page: http://www.worldofradio.com/anomaly.html WRN ON DEMAND: http://new.wrn.org/listeners/stations/station.php?StationID=24 WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS VIA WRN NOW AVAILABLE: http://www.wrn.org/listeners/stations/podcast.php OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO [also CONTINENT OF MEDIA, MUNDO RADIAL] http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html or http://wor.worldofradio.org ** AFGHANISTAN. STATE TV TRANSMITTING TO EUROPE, NORTH AMERICA State-owned National Afghanistan TV is broadcasting via satellite to viewers in Europe and North America. BBC Monitoring observed the station on 3 January at 0650 gmt via the Hot Bird 7A satellite at 13 degrees east (11411 MHz; horizontal polarity; SR 27500; FEC 5/6). Lyngsat site http://www.lyngsat.com/ lists the North American outlet as: Galaxy 25 at 97 degrees west (11716 MHz; vertical polarity; SR 22000; FEC 1/2). A ticker announcement, broadcast by the station on 29 December, mentioned the forthcoming opening of the outlets, but gave no details of satellites or frequencies. Source: BBC Monitoring research 3 Jan 08 (via DXLD) And languages??? ** ALASKA. DX ADVENTURES FROM THE FAR NORTH Well, not exactly the far north, but just south and west of Ketchikan, AK on the Queen Charlotte Islands (now known as Haida Gwaii). I DX'd for 4 days using 4 antennae: A permanent N/S mini 450' Beverage, terminated at the north end. A TP BOG (about 1000') aimed about 300 degrees, but gradually slewed to about 290 degrees --- an exceptionally quiet antenna, no noise at all, and right on the noise floor on the SDR-IQ, a 900' BOG aimed 40 degrees initially, but later slewed 30 degrees. Finally a 4th 350' elevated wire aimed about 340 degrees, unterminated. I used 2 receivers: my hot AOR 7030+ (I love this one for DXing), a SDR-IQ 190 kHz "drift net" receiver, a fantastic performer too, and finally a back up NRD 535D receiver for SW // frequencies, but just not in the same league as the first two. I recorded with ample back- ups this time to a 500 GB HD. Here are some of my best loggings. TA reception on the 31st was very very good. In fact, that night (New Year's eve) was about the only night that I received any kind of TA activity. Not nearly as good as September, but the best I've had it since. I've already posted an audio clip of the ultra rare (for North American DXers, anyway) 680 KBRW in Barrow, AK at Colin's great DX site, http://www.dxer.ca under the downloads section. I'll be posting more as they come available. Keep his website bookmarked! Shortwave conditions, for the most part were rather poor, overall, compared to the great MW conditions (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) viz.: 680, ALASKA, KBRW, Barrow, Dec 30, 1904 - A tentative logging on this one. I'm hearing 2 (possibly 3) stations with a church service with Christmas hymns in progress with fairly low modulation, usually under the dominant station with hit music. As is so common with Alaskans, the voice modulation is much lower than the music component, making IDing more difficult. I think I heard the ID for the other station, KKGR (East Helena, MT). At least I heard KGR. I'm going to let this one continue to see if I have any luck. Interesting, that I'm hearing it best on my 40 deg BOG. Yes, just heard the MT ID as '68 KGR'. 680, ALASKA, KBRW, Barrow, Dec 31, 1612 - Halleluiah! Finally, good reception with Alaska news and then full ID and into local programming about the cancellation of the fireworks for tonight due to illness of the pyrotechnician! After a late evening at my Haida adoptive parents, I slept in until after 8:00 am. Darn! But this makes up for it, after years of trying, and several tentative loggings. Instead, celebrate at the roller rink tonight. Into northern Alaska weather at 1620 UT. High temps 5 to 15 below! They were gone when rechecked at 1645 recheck (instead the usual KNBR). Perhaps someone could explain why this happens (seems to be consistent --- Alaskans really peak at dawn enhancement, and then are replaced by stations to the south, even though those stations were in darkness, and now in broad daylight). (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Queen Charlotte Islands, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Walt`s full report appears in the dxldyg ** ALBANIA. Just heard a moment ago at 2216 UT via relay station in Albania off frequency 1214.65 kHz, China Radio International with good signal. Woman probably Serbian then Chinese traditional music. The strong off frequency het is just blasting over Virgin Radio on 1215 (Sylvain Naud, Portneuf, Qc CANADA, Jan 2, mwdx yg via DXLD) ** ARGENTINA. Re 8-001, time change may affect RAE scheduling: 15344.31 kHz, Noted endless chimes from 2057 till 2100 UT, RAE ID in Spanish 2059 UT. Few time pips at 2100 UT, S=5 signal. ID's in various languages, but at 2103 UT ID and program in Spanish. Male announcer. Programmes one hour earlier from Jan 1st? http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=51 Current time zone offset: UTC/GMT -2 hours; * means the time shown is adjusted for daylight saving [sic] time(DST) or summer time (14 places listed). RAE 15344.31 kHz: En 17, It 18, Fr 19, Ge 20, Sp 21-22 UT... 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, Jan 2, DX LISTENING DIGEST) So English to NAm should now be at 01-02 on 11710v. This might be advantageous propagationally compared to 0200. Please check (Glenn Hauser, early UT Jan 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, - Checked RAE tonight on 11710 at 0158; heard piece of classical Argentine music followed by multi lingual ID's for RAE. However no English at 0200, instead French service started. Tried again at 0300 but just had the domestic Spanish R. Nacional news. Lost the signal by 0304 to a great blob of noise that sounded like a DRM signal (Steve Wood, So. Yarmouth MA, Drake R8B,140 foot dipole, UT Jan 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I heard English to NAm last night from RAE on 11710, not the best signal but got a definite ID around 0149 UT (Ray Kelly, Canada, Jan 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Now please confirm whether RAE is in English at 17-18 on 15344v as Wolfy assumes. Tnx, (Glenn, 1719 UT Jan 3, ibid.) Glenn, no propagation towards Germany now at 1735 UT. Only a heterodyne carrier noted at 15344.38 kHz today! I guess RAE is on air - at present - on split frequency as usual. Though under threshold. 73 wolfy (Wolfgang Büschel, Jan 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, RAE confirmed in English from 1745 tune-in today on 15344.35. Very weak signal here, only audible above noise threshold in occasional signal peaks (Dave Kenny, Caversham UK, AOR7030+, 80ft LW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Here only Morocco; what language at 1800? (Roberto Scaglione, Sicily, ibid.) Should be Italian! Formerly at 1900, right? (Glenn, ibid.) At 1731 today I also only had Morocco!! And that was poor too here in eastern Canada (Ray Kenny, ibid.) 15344.3x, at 1900 UT NOT EVEN a carrier could be heard in Germany now. Only on 19 mb tonight: Nigeria 15120 S=9+10 dB, and BBC ASC? 15400 S=1-2 (Wolfgang Büschel, Jan 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn, Right on about English being moved to 0100 on 11710. Good signal tonight with exciting mining report (Steve Wood, So. Yarmouth, MA, UT Jan 4, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. RA, 5995, clear of Harold Camping after 1500 and still holding up at 1505 Jan 2 after news, with program from ABC Local Radio, starting with ``Buttons & Bows`` tune, how Aussie. Compere kept talking about ``the program`` but never heard its axual name. So can we find out? At the RA website you have to pretend you are going to print a pdf schedule in order to view it. The one for Pacific is dated Winter 2007 so at least a semi-year out of date, showing Australian Express at 1500 (not 1505) UT Wednesdays. I don`t think so. Probably a prolonged summer-vacation substitute, just plug in LR and forget about doing any real RA shows; who cares what the listeners may expect? When we hear ``ABC Local Radio`` on RA, are we really listening to Melbourne, and only 3LO, Melbourne? Schedule at http://www.abc.net.au/melbourne/schedule.htm shows 2-5 am [AEDT] Thursday is Michael Pavlich with Overnights (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRIA. For some reason, the 6155 kHz of R. Austria International has disappeared from the WRTH 2008, both the International Radio section and the SW Frequency List. However, the frequency has been regularly reported in the December HF Logbook in Communication, and today it was regularly on the air at 1010 gmt with my New Year's Day favourite, the New Year Concert from Vienna. Best Wishes for a Happy 2008 to you all, (Stefano Valianti, Italy, Jan 1, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) ** BELARUS [non]. Radio Racyja shortwave schedule is now 1530-1730 on 5815 via Sitkunai, Lithuania, 1830-2200 on 6105 via Leszcynka, Poland. (WRTH 2008 via Mike Barraclough, Jan World DX Club Contact via DXLD) As far as I am aware the Radio Racyja transmission is the only one on shortwave from Poland (Mike Barraclough, ibid.) ** BOLIVIA. 4545.32, Radio Virgen de Remedios, Tupiza, 0000 to 0100 on 28, 30 and 31 December with depressingly poor signal. Good to know that they are here; cannot improve signal with any of four antennas. 4716.61, Radio Yura, Yura 1000 to 1030 fading with some YL and flutes. Same time 4699v Bolivia Radio San Miguel, Riberalta, and 4796v Radio Mallku, Uyuni with respectable signal strength. No signal on 4875.9 Bolivia, Radio Estambul, Guayamerin, Beni; 1 January. 5952.41, Radio Pío XII, Siglo XX, 1030 series of time pips heard, YL mentions de Santa Cruz. 1 January. 5996.42 Radio Loyola, Sucre 1030-1045, OM en español and music ~ no ID 1 January; 29 December 1000 to 1010 clear signal but no ID slogan (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach FL, 746Pro, NRD 535D, Jan 3, HCDX via DXLD) ** CANADA. CFRX 6070 - In a recent phone chat with the engineer, a new solid state transmitter is on order for CFRX. It`s made by a U.S. company. Go to http://www.armstrongtx.com to see details. It`s a rebuild of their medium-wave transmitter, model X1000B. I assume after the work is done it would be called the X1000B/SW. This thing should be light years ahead of the old Elcom Bauer transmitter. I'll also pop into the transmitter site and take a few photos of the new installation when things are completed. It`s my understanding that delivery of the transmitter will be in early January, I'll keep you posted. There's some final work to be done on the antenna (antenna tuning unit needs tuning and the antenna guy wires need some final adjustments). Its all slow but sure. The important thing is CFRX will be back on the air soon. From the e-mail and web buzz, a lot of people are anxiously waiting for its return. CFRB/CFRX QSL Manager (Steve Canney, VA3SC, DXplorer Dec 31 via BC-DX via DXLD) While they are at it, why in the world not up the power from only 1 kW. It will continue to get hit by CVC and others who pretend CFRX does not exist (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** CANADA [non]. Another FE collision continues with nobody caring (but me?). Jan 3 at 1459 on 5965, I heard the NHK IS, but then an ID for RCI and at 1500 Chinese, mixing at about equal level with CRI in Russian. Sorting this out, per HFCC: CRI is on 5965 from 14 to 16, but at 15 switches site from Xi`an 73 degrees to Beijing 55 degrees (and thus for DVR, also NAm beyond), while Yamata has RCI Mandarin relay at 15-16, 235 degrees. BTW, Turkey in Azeri also scheduled at that hour, 90 degrees from Emirler but not heard here. Must be fun listening in Asia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHAD. Radio Nationale Tchadienne observed on 4905 December 20 from 2000 in Arabic and French, abruptly off 2050. On December 22 heard from 1720 in Arabic, from 1830 in French with music and talk, good reception, still on air at 2100 tune out. Since heard as early as 1618, also observed on this frequency at 0630 December 25 with good reception (Edwin Southwell, England, Jan World DX Club Contact via DXLD) 4905, Radio Diff TV Tchadienne, Dec 29 0519 - Good reception with African music. Best heard on NE Beverage aimed towards Europe and Africa. Listened again at 1830 and sure enough they're hear again at fair level in French. Africa does propagate in the winter in our mornings (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Queen Charlotte Islands, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4905, RN Tchadienne bending the S-meter to S9+30 db on Dec 30 from 0538 tune with news in French by man with several remote reports. At 0545 a woman and man in French with a different news program. At 0550 instrumental music and a man followed by a local highlife music segment at 0551 with man in French following. Woman announcer 0559- 0602.5. At 0602.5 a man in French followed by a short a-cappella choir piece and men and women announcers to 0615 tune out. SINPO 54444 with weak CODAR, some local electrical noise trying to sneak thru the strong signal and some light QSB (Bruce W. Churchill, CA, DXplorer Dec 30, via BC-DX via DXLD) What is this obsession among many DXers with gender of announcers, minute by minute? Some of their voices might mislead; they might even be trans-sexuals, neuter or gay (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** CHINA. 4330, Xinjiang PBS-Urumqi, 0003-0019, Jan 3, listed Kazakh, Female announcer with talks and occasional musical bits. Poor with band noise and CW QRM (Scott R. Barbour Jr., Intervale, NH, R8, R75, NIR10, MLB1, 200' Beverages, 60M dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 5050, Guangsxi PBS-Nanning, 1101-1115, Dec 31, Mandarin. Female announcer with talk thru tune-out. Poor as was // 9820 (Scott R. Barbour Jr., Intervale, NH, R8, R75, NIR10, MLB1, 200' Beverages, 60M dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 4800, China National Radio 1, Dec 30 0049 - Very good reception of CNR1. No sign of CODAR using the west Beverage. Only in the deep of winter would this be possible here! Almost graylining all the way. Remember Radio Moscow? Well, I heard no less than 13 parallel frequencies! 11720, 12045, 13610, 9690, 9675, 15380, 15550, 11750 (very strong), 11760, 11710 (very strong), 11925 (superb), 15480 and 11960 (very strong). Wow! (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Queen Charlotte Islands, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Some of which are probably jammers, I will not research (gh, DXLD) ** CHINA. 9930, Firedrake jammer 31.12.07 at 1439 against possibly a N Korean cland. Do Chinese cooperate with N Korea? (Zacharias Liangas, Greece, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I am not aware of any Chinese jamming against services to Korea North; 9930 at this hour is Sound of Hope from KWHR to China, M-F 1400-1700. Why not look such things up instead of guessing? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** COLOMBIA. RADIO RELOJ NO VA MÁS EN MANIZALES. 1090 AM Foto/Martha Helena Monroy/LA PATRIA -- Así se encuentran las cabinas de Radio Reloj Caracol desde el pasado martes, cuando no se emitieron más sus programas, sin mayor explicación. La información local que se escuchaba a diario en Radio Reloj Manizales, salió del aire en este 2008, las razones aún no son muy claras. Confusión. Lina María Moreno, Especial/LA PATRIA, Manizales Después de más de 40 años al aire, Radio Reloj Caracol dejó de despertar a los oyentes manizaleños desde el pasado 31 de diciembre. Noticieros, programas de interacción con la comunidad y espacios deportivos no se emitirán más durante este año. Se intentó averiguar el motivo de la decisión con algunos de los periodistas de la cadena radial quienes insistieron en no dar declaraciones respecto al tema, debido a que solo puede hablar la gerente de la seccional Manizales, Carmenza Álvarez. “Es una decisión de producción radial en la búsqueda de formatos que se acomoden mejor a las reglas, por esos pasó lo que pasó con Radio Reloj”, mencionó la gerente seccional quien al pedirle más explicaciones dijo: “yo soy la gerente de la oficina de Manizales y esta es la única respuesta, no hay más”. . . http://www.lapatria.com/Noticias/ver_noticia.aspx?CODNOT=29103&CODSEC=11 (via José Miguel Romero, Spain, dxldyg via DXLD) ** ECUADOR. 4909.24, Radio Chaskis, Otavalo, 1100 to 1120, flauta andina, excellent signal strength during a period of poor reception generally from Latin America as my location (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach FL, 746Pro, NRD 535D, Jan 3, HCDX via DXLD) ** EGYPT. 9250, R Wadi el Nil, S=6 signal in Germany. Ends at 2259 UT with Egyptian hymn, 2300:11 transmitter off (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, BC-DX Jan 3 via DXLD) So it`s still running? I have yet to hear it for sure, altho you might think I did since my non-report was combined with someone else`s in DX Window (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GABON. 4777, RTG, 0538-0603, Dec 31, French. YL between musical selections with talk and a few listener phone calls, passing mentions of Gabon. Announcement over drums/native music at ToH tho no discernible ID noted. Fair/good (Scott R. Barbour Jr., Intervale, NH, R8, R75, NIR10, MLB1, 200' Beverages, 60M dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. Media&Broadcast update --- Christian Voice via Wertachtal has been deleted from the Media&Broadcast [a.k.a. DTK] schedule as of Jan 1 2008. Something could be on air from Jülich now instead, business-wise run on their own, thus not showing up in Media&Broadcast documentation anymore. But anyway they are now finally gone from Wertachtal. RNW Sat-Sun on 5955 (Wertachtal 250 kW) has been cut back from 0858- 1559 to 0858-1458, effective Jan 1 2008. MV Baltic Radio: Just to reconfirm it, the already announced move from 5965 to 6140 will come into force next Sunday. Otherwise no changes, i.e. still Wertachtal 100 kW through the same HQ antenna than before. Voice of Oromo Liberation via Nauen (except on Mondays 1700-1759 on 9485) uses 500 kW since Nov 22 2007. Radio Xoriyo (Tue und Fri 1630- 1659 on 9820) has been moved to Wertachtal (still 100 kW), effective Nov 23 2007. AWR: 9640 1730-1800 is now Nauen 125 kW since Jan 1 2008. Bro. Stair site shuffle as of Jan 1 2008: 6110 1400-1557 now Nauen (cut by three minutes because on most days Bible Voice Broadcasting on 9730 via the DuS antenna starts at 1600), in return 13810 1400-1600 (no early cut-off anymore) is now Jülich. And the details for Radio 700 on Christmas Day: Wertachtal 100 kW, same HQ antenna as Evangelische Missionsgemeinden Sat-Sun 1130-1159 on 6055, Missionswerk Arche Sun 1200-1215 on 6015, Polskie Radio daily 1230-1259 on 5965, MV Baltic Radio and Hamburger Lokalradio. Some changes have been made to the Family Radio and Bible Voice Broadcasting schedules again, but they are too complex for being reviewed in detail (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Jan 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. MV Baltic Radio is on this Sunday the 6th of January 2008 at 1300 UT on the new channel of 6140 kHz. MV Baltic Radio is on the air from the transmitting station in Wertachtal. We will be using a non-directional antenna system (Quadrant antenna). Good Listening (Tom Taylor, Jan 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Included below ** GERMANY. Actual DTK schedule of Dec 28. -- Aktueller Wintersendeplan B07 der Media&Broadcast GmbH ! condensed to 74 columns, DRM marked addit., and sorted by frequency wb! T-SYSTEMS (DTK) B07 period (28/10/2007 - 30/03/2008) B07akt_10a 28.12.2007 Gesamtplan frq start-stop ciraf ant azi type day from to loc pow broad 3955*1559-1659 27W,2 403 ND 976 1234567 311007 311207 JUL 100 HCJ 3955*1600-1659 27W,2 403 ND 976 1234567 010108 300308 JUL 100 HCJ 3955 1800-1900 27,28 317 ND 926 1234567 281007 300308 WER 100 YFR 5850 1930-1959 29S 104 85 206 1234567 281007 300308 JUL 100 PRW 5925 2000-2100 39,40 117 120 216 1234567 301107 300308 WER 100 YFR 5935 0030-0045 41 201 80 216 1234567 281007 300308 NAU 500 BVB 5935 1900-1929 29S 222 75 216 1234567 281007 300308 WER 100 PRW 5935 1930-2030 29S 102 75 201 1234567 281007 300308 WER 100 PRW 5945 0800-0915 27,28 103 300 216 67 281007 300308 WER 100 BVB 5945 0800-0945 27,28 103 300 216 1 281007 300308 WER 100 BVB 5945 0915-0945 27,28 118 300 206 7 281007 300308 WER 40%BVB 5945 1200-1230 27,28 315 ND 930 1 281007 300308 WER 40%BVB 5955 2330-0030 41,49 221 75 218 1234567 281007 300308 WER 125 DVB 5960 1901-1930 29S 220/00 75 206 5 061207 300308 WER 100 BVB 5960 1901-2000 28E,2 223 75 208 7 281007 300308 WER 125 CHW 5960 2200-2300 37,38 207 210 216 1234567 281007 300308 WER 500 YFR 5965 1230-1259 28NE 226 ND 926 1234567 281007 300308 WER 100 PRW 5965 1300-1400 27,28 226 ND 926 1 231207 231207 WER 100 MVB 5965 1300-1400 27,28 226 ND 926 1 041107 050108 WER 100 MVB 5965 1400-1500 27,28 402 ND 976 1 281007 300308 JUL 100 RTR 5970 1800-1900 29,30 220/00 60 206 1234567 011207 300308 WER 500 YFR 5970 2100-2200 37E 114 150 216 1234567 281007 300308 WER 500 YFR 5975 1230-1300 28NE 224 40 805 1234567 281007 300308 WER 100 PRW 5975 1300-1400 18 501 360 156 1234567 281007 300308 NAU 100 PRW 6000 1530-1600 29S 111 75 216 1234567 281007 300308 JUL 100 PRW 6000 1600-1629 29,30 102 60 201 7 281007 300308 WER 250 EMG 6010 2200-2300 37,46 201 195 216 1234567 281007 300308 WER 500 YFR 6015 1800-1859 27 118 300 206 1234567 281007 300308 WER 100 PRW 6015 1900-1930 28,29 225/01 55 141 36 091207 300308 WER 125 BVB 6015 1900-1945 28,29 225/01 55 141 7 091207 300308 WER 125 BVB 6015 1900-2030 28,29 225/01 55 141 1 091207 300308 WER 125 BVB 6015 1915-1930 28,29 225/01 55 141 24 091207 300308 WER 125 BVB 6015 1915-1945 28,29 225/01 55 141 5 091207 300308 WER 125 BVB 6020 1930-2015 37,38 124 150 201 1 281007 300308 WER 250 PAB 6020 1930-2030 37,38 124 150 201 7 281007 300308 WER 250 PAB 6020 2000-2030 37,38 124 150 201 6 281007 300308 WER 250 PAB 6030 0030-0100 41 101 95 216 1234567 281007 300308 NAU 500 BVB 6035 1430-1529 28NE 111 60 216 1234567 281007 300308 JUL 100 PRW 6045 0000-0100 41 117 105 216 1234567 171107 300308 WER 250 IBC WRN [IBC Tamil -gh] 6045 1000-1100 27E,2 226 ND 926 1 281007 300308 WER 100 HLR 6050 1800-1859 28E 102 105 201 1234567 281007 300308 WER 100 YFR 6050 2200-2300 28NE 225/00 55 201 1234567 281007 300308 WER 250 PRW 6055 1000-1059 27,28 102 90 201 1 281007 300308 WER 100 CHW 6055 1130-1159 27,28 226 ND 926 17 281007 300308 WER 125 EMG 6055 1200-1215 27,28 226 ND 926 1 281007 300308 WER 250 MWA 6105 1700-1759 40 101/00 115 216 1234567 201107 300308 NAU 500 YFR 6110*1400-1557 27,28 501 280 156 1234567 010108 300308 NAU 100 TOM 6110*1400-1600 27,28 406 290 805 1234567 281007 311207 JUL 100 TOM 6110 1600-1700 27,28 406 290 805 1 281007 300308 JUL 100 TOM 6120 1800-1900 37N 101/01 230 146 1234567 281007 300308 NAU 250 YFR 6120 1900-2000 37N 101/01 230 146 1234567 281007 300308 NAU 250 YFR 6135 2000-2030 29N 219 45 147 1234567 281007 300308 WER 100 PRW 6140 1300-1400 27,28 226 ND 926 1 060108 300308 WER 100 MVB 6140 1630-1759 28NE 111 90 216 1234567 231107 300308 JUL 100 PRW 6165 0030-0045 41 114 90 216 1 281007 300308 WER 100 PAB 6175 1900-1959 39 114 120 216 1234567 281007 300308 WER 500 YFR 6195 1715-1829 39,40 114 120 216 246 281007 300308 WER 100 BVB 6195 1730-1859 39,40 114 120 216 1 281007 300308 WER 100 BVB 6195 1800-1829 39,40 114 120 216 35 281007 300308 WER 100 BVB 6195 1800-1859 39,40 114 120 216 7 281007 300308 WER 100 BVB 7105 1630-1700 28NW 10 140 1234567 281007 300308 MC 100 PRW 7130 1800-1900 18 25 216 1234567 281007 300308 ISS 250 PRW 7160 2330-0030 41NE 104/00 75 216 1234567 281007 300308 WER 250 GFA 7170 1600-1629 29S 223 75 208 1234567 281007 300308 WER 100 PRW 7180 1430-1529 28NE 204 70 212 1234567 281007 300308 JUL 100 PRW 7185 2245-2330 49E 212 75 217 6 281007 300308 WER 250 BVB 7185 2300-2330 49E 212 75 217 7 281007 300308 WER 250 BVB 7205*1800-1830 37NW 201 230 216 1 091207 050108 NAU 125 BVB 7205*1801-1831 37NW 201 230 216 1 060108 300308 NAU 125 BVB 7210 1800-1815 39,40 111 105 216 7 281007 300308 JUL 100 BVB 7210 1800-1830 39,40 111 105 216 246 281007 300308 JUL 100 BVB 7210 1800-1859 39,40 111 105 216 135 281007 300308 JUL 100 BVB 7215 0030-0130 40E,4 212 90 217 1234567 281007 300308 WER 250 GFA 7235 1900-1930 40 117 105 216 1234567 281007 300308 WER 250 FEB 7245 1901-1931 52,53 305 165 216 1 281007 300308 WER 500 BVB 7260 1830-1959 46E,4 211 155 216 1 041107 300308 JUL 100 BVB 7260 1930-1959 46,47 201 195 216 7 281007 300308 WER 100 BVB 7285 0000-0400 17 103 300 217 1234567 281007 300308 WER 100 HRT 7285 0200-0600 17 201 320 216 1234567 281007 300308 NAU 125 HRT 7285 1130-1200 28NE 501 100 156 1234567 281007 300308 NAU 100 PRW 7285 2000-2059 46,47 201 180 216 1234567 281007 311207 WER 125 CVC 7285 2300-0400 55,59 109 240 216 1234567 281007 300308 WER 100 HRT 7305 2100-2159 46E 305 180 216 1234567 281007 300308 WER 500 YFR 7305 2200-2300 46S 305 180 216 1234567 281007 300308 WER 500 YFR 7335 1530-1559 29N 204 50 212 1234567 281007 300308 JUL 100 PRW 9405 1600-1759 41 222 90 216 1234567 281007 300308 WER 500 YFR 9430 0500-0559 46,47 204 180 217 1234567 281007 311207 WER 125 CVC 9435 1700-1759 39 301 125 216 1234567 201107 300308 NAU 500 YFR 9435 1800-1900 47,48 311 150 218 1234567 181207 300308 WER 500 YFR 9440 1600-1629 29S 111 75 216 1234567 111207 300308 JUL 100 PRW 9445 1130-1159 27 112 300 217 1234567 281007 300308 WER 100 PRW 9450 1300-1359 27 312 300 216 1234567 281007 300308 WER 100 PRW 9460 1630-1830 39,40 102 115 217 1 281007 300308 JUL 100 BVB 9460 1640-1700 39,40 102 115 217 24 281007 300308 JUL 100 BVB 9460 1640-1715 39,40 102 115 217 6 281007 300308 JUL 100 BVB 9460 1640-1745 39,40 102 115 217 5 281007 300308 JUL 100 BVB 9460 1640-1900 39,40 102 115 217 3 281007 300308 JUL 100 BVB 9460 1645-1929 39,40 102 115 217 7 281007 300308 JUL 100 BVB 9460 1830-1859 39,40 102 115 217 6 281007 300308 JUL 100 BVB 9465 2000-2059 37E 305 150 216 1234567 281007 300308 WER 500 YFR 9470 0500-0759 55,59 213 240 216 1234567 281007 300308 WER 100 HRT 9470 1800-1859 47,48 313 150 200 1234567 281007 300308 WER 250 IBR 9470 1900-1959 39,40 110/00 120 217 17 281007 300308 WER 250 BVB 9470 1930-1959 39,40 110/00 120 217 6 281007 300308 WER 250 BVB 9480 1900-2200 46,47 301 185 216 1234567 201107 300308 NAU 500 YFR 9485 1700-1759 38E 401/00 150 216 134567 221107 300308 NAU 500 SBO 9490 1800-1959 46,47 204 180 217 1234567 281007 311207 WER 125 CVC 9500 1900-2000 37E 119/01 150 201 1234567 281007 300308 WER 500 YFR 9520 1730-1800 47,48 304 145 217 1234567 281007 300308 JUL 100 IBR 9520 1800-1859 39 104/00 120 216 1234567 281007 300308 WER 500 YFR 9565 2000-2030 38,39 313 135 200 5 281007 300308 WER 250 BVB 9595 1700-1759 29,30 208 60 217 1234567 011207 300308 WER 500 YFR 9595 2000-2100 46E 311 180 218 1234567 201107 300308 WER 500 YFR 9610 2000-2200 37,38 210 210 217 1234567 281007 300308 WER 500 YFR 9615 0430-0500 48 119/01 135 201 1 281007 300308 WER 100 BVB 9615 0430-0530 48 119/01 135 201 7 281007 300308 WER 100 BVB 9615 0430-0530 39,40 104/01 120 201 2345 281007 300308 WER 250 BVB 9615 0430-0545 39,40 104/01 120 201 6 281007 300308 WER 250 BVB 9620 1900-1959 38E 209 140 216 146 281007 300308 JUL 100 EFD 9640 2030-2100 28NW 35 216 1234567 281007 300308 GUF 250 PRW 9650 1600-1659 40 201 105 216 1234567 281007 300308 NAU 500 YFR 9660 1730-1759 39S 211 125 216 1234567 311007 300308 JUL 100 IBR 9660 2200-2300 27S 40 216 1234567 281007 300308 GUF 250 PRW 9665 1500-1559 41E 222 75 216 1234567 281007 300308 WER 500 YFR 9670 2000-2100 37,38 204 195 217 1234567 281007 300308 WER 125 YFR 9695 1900-1959 37,46 210 210 217 1234567 281007 300308 WER 500 YFR 9730 1600-1759 39S,3 503 142 216 234 091107 300308 NAU 100 BVB 9730 1600-1830 39S,3 503 142 216 7 091107 300308 NAU 100 BVB 9730 1600-1900 39S,3 503 142 216 1 091107 300308 NAU 100 BVB 9730 1630-1759 39S,3 503 142 216 5 091107 300308 NAU 100 BVB 9730 1630-1900 39S,3 503 142 216 6 091107 300308 NAU 100 BVB 9760 1900-1929 38E 104/00 120 216 1234567 281007 300308 WER 100 PRW 9770 1800-1859 47E 119/00 135 216 1234567 281007 300308 WER 500 YFR 9770 1900-2000 46,47 401/00 180 216 1234567 281007 300308 NAU 500 YFR 9800 1500-1559 41E 201 85 216 1234567 281007 300308 NAU 500 YFR 9820 1630-1659 38E 119/00 135 216 36 231107 300308 WER 100 RHU 9820 1700-1759 47E,4 119/00 135 216 5 281007 300308 WER 125 ELF 9820 1701-1731 47E,4 119/00 135 216 7 281007 300308 WER 125 RMI 9830 1600-1659 39 301 130 216 1234567 201107 300308 NAU 500 YFR 9845 1800-1900 37E 401/01 160 146 1234567 281007 300308 NAU 500 YFR 9845 1900-2045 46N 503 200 216 1234567 281207 300308 NAU 100 IBR 9850 1600-1630 39,40 208 100 218 5 251107 300308 JUL 100 PAB 9850 1600-1645 39,40 104/00 105 216 1 161207 300308 WER 100 PAB 9885 1600-1900 47,48 305 135 216 1234567 281007 300308 WER 500 YFR 9925 1430-1630 39,40 119/00 105 216 1234567 161207 300308 WER 125 BVB 9925 1700-1859 39N 104 115 206 1234567 281007 300308 JUL 100 YFR 11635 1600-1759 47,48 311 150 218 1234567 181207 300308 WER 500 YFR 11645 1530-1630 40E,4 208 90 217 1234567 281007 300308 WER 250 GFA 11645 1630-1729 47,48 304 145 217 1234567 281007 300308 JUL 100 BVB 11665 1800-1859 46E 301 165 216 1234567 201107 300308 NAU 500 YFR 11675 1400-1430 30N 208 60 217 1234567 281007 300308 WER 250 PRW 11685 1700-1759 37,38 204 180 217 1234567 281007 300308 WER 100 YFR 11690 0600-1000 58,59 106 270 217 1234567 281007 300308 WER 125 HRT 11695 1400-1459 41 101/00 95 216 17 281007 300308 NAU 250 BVB 11720 0600-0659 46,47 308 180 217 1234567 281007 311207 WER 125 CVC 11815 1600-1759 41E 110/00 75 217 1234567 281007 300308 WER 500 YFR 11830 1400-1459 41 218 90 217 1234567 281007 300308 WER 500 YFR 11830 1500-1759 41 218 75 217 1234567 281007 300308 WER 500 YFR 11840 1200-1230 19-26 301/00 20 216 7 281007 300308 NAU 250 EMG 11840 1400-1430 29 203 60 217 1234567 281007 300308 WER 100 PRW 11840 1830-1845 52,53 302 160 216 35 281007 300308 JUL 100 RRP 11845 1600-1659 47,48 308 135 217 1234567 281007 300308 WER 500 YFR 11895 1500-1530 41 111/00 90 217 17 281007 300308 WER 250 BVB 11895 1500-1559 41 111/00 90 217 256 281007 300308 WER 250 BVB 11895 1515-1559 41 111/00 90 217 4 281007 300308 WER 250 BVB 11895 1530-1559 41 111/00 90 217 3 281007 300308 WER 250 BVB 11940 2030-2100 28NW 40 216 1234567 281007 300308 GUF 250 PRW 11970 1625-1715 39,40 111/00 120 217 36 281007 300308 WER 250 BVB 11970 1625-1729 39,40 111/00 120 217 245 281007 300308 WER 250 BVB 12005 1430-1529 41NE 221 75 218 1234567 281007 300308 WER 250 GFA 12035 1500-1559 40,41 110 90 217 3 111207 300308 JUL 100 BVB 12035 1515-1559 40,41 110 90 217 456 111207 300308 JUL 100 BVB 12035 1530-1559 40,41 110 90 217 127 111207 300308 JUL 100 BVB 13600 1330-1430 41NE 110/00 75 217 1234567 281007 300308 WER 250 GFA 13645 1400-1415 39N 102 90 218 7 281007 300308 NAU 250 PAB 13645 1400-1430 41 120/00 90 217 14 281007 300308 WER 100 PAB 13645 1415-1430 41 120/00 90 217 23567 281007 300308 WER 100 PAB 13645 1430-1445 41 202 90 218 1 281007 300308 NAU 250 PAB 13660 1500-1559 47,48 311 150 218 1234567 181207 300308 WER 500 YFR 13700 1300-1600 41 214 90 217 1234567 281007 300308 WER 500 YFR 13720*1530-1559 47,48 310 135 217 4 010108 300308 WER 125 BVB 13720*1530-1600 47,48 305 130 217 4 281007 311207 JUL 100 BVB 13750 1400-1415 29S 202 104 218 35 281007 300308 NAU 250 PAB 13750 1430-1445 41 208 90 218 1 281007 301207 JUL 100 PAB 13810*1400-1558 28,29 503 125 216 1234567 281007 311207 NAU 100 TOM 13810*1400-1600 28,29 103 115 217 1234567 010108 300308 JUL 100 TOM 13820 1300-1459 41E 212 75 217 1234567 281007 300308 WER 500 YFR 13840 1200-1229 29S 214 90 217 1234567 281007 300308 WER 100 PRW 13840*1400-1500 41S 102 105 218 1234567 020108 300308 WER 500 YFR 15115 1400-1559 41 105/00 90 217 1234567 281007 300308 WER 500 YFR 15325 1400-1556 46,47 402 165 218 1234567 281007 300308 NAU 100 TOM 15325 1600-1659 46E 310 165 217 1234567 281007 300308 WER 500 YFR 15520 1200-1229 29 218 60 217 1234567 281007 300308 WER 100 PRW 15565 1200-1230 31S 202 70 216 23456 051107 300308 NAU 250 BVB 15640 0700-0900 46,47 308 180 217 1234567 281007 311207 WER 125 CVC 15680 1500-1759 46,47 205 180 217 1234567 281007 311207 WER 125 CVC 15770 1300-1359 41 120/00 90 217 1234567 281007 300308 WER 500 YFR 17545 0900-1000 38,39 302 145 218 6 281007 300308 NAU 125 BVB FMO's (Frequency Managing Organizations) 5850 1630-1930 40 108 105 216 1234567 281007 300308 WER 250 IBB 5930 1000-1400 2,3,4 101/00 218 216 23456 291007 021107 NAU 200 RNW 5950 1627-1659 28 104 100 206 7 281007 300308 JUL 100 TWR 5950 1627-1729 29S,39 221 90 218 23456 281007 300308 WER 100 TWR 5950 1657-1729 29S,39 221 90 216 1 281007 300308 WER 100 TWR 5950 1700-1729 29S,39 221 90 216 7 281007 300308 WER 100 TWR 5955 0658-0858 18,27 315 ND 926 1234567 281007 300308 WER 500 RNW 5955 0858-1157 18,27 314 ND 930 23456 051107 300308 WER 250 RNW 5955*0858-1458 18,27 314 ND 930 1 010108 300308 WER 250 RNW 5955*0858-1559 18,27 314 ND 930 1 281007 311207 WER 250 RNW 5955 0858-1559 18,27 314 ND 930 23456 281007 021107 WER 250 RNW 5955*1058-1458 18,27 314 ND 930 7 010108 300308 WER 250 RNW 5955*1058-1559 18,27 314 ND 930 7 281007 311207 WER 250 RNW 5955 1159-1557 18,27 314 ND 930 23456 051107 300308 WER 40%RNW 6005*0800-1000 28 226 ND 926 7 251207 251207 WER 100 700 6010 1659-1757 27S,36 201 240 216 1234567 281007 300308 WER 500 RNW 6045 0500-0600 28E 124 120 201 1234567 281007 300308 WER 100 AWR 6105 0742-0920 27 118 300 206 1 281007 300308 WER 100 TWR 6105 0757-0850 27 118 300 206 23456 281007 300308 WER 100 TWR 6105 0812-0850 27 118 300 206 7 281007 300308 WER 100 TWR 6120 0559-0657 27S,28101/01 225 146 1234567 281007 300308 NAU 500 RNW 6120 0859-1100 27S 109 255 216 123456 281007 300308 WER 250 RNW 6140 0400-0500 29 223 60 208 1234567 281007 300308 WER 250 IBB 6155 0200-0500 8,9,27 306 300 216 1234567 281007 300308 WER 250 VOR 6175 2300-2400 39,40 108 105 216 1234567 281007 300308 WER 100 VOR 7105 0300-0400 40 114 105 216 1234567 281007 300308 WER 250 IBB 7110 2000-2030 40 104/00 105 216 1234567 281007 300308 WER 250 AWR 7165 1627-1700 30S,40 212 90 217 23456 311007 300308 WER 100 TWR 7165 1657-1730 30S,40 212 90 217 17 311007 300308 WER 100 TWR 7165 1700-1730 30S,40 212 90 217 23456 311007 300308 WER 100 TWR 7170 1452-1555 28,29 206 60 216 1234567 281007 300308 WER 100 TWR 7185 0300-0330 48 305 135 216 1234567 281007 300308 WER 250 AWR 7200 0230-0330 40 104/00 105 216 1234567 281007 300308 WER 250 IBB 7220 0659-0757 27S,37101/01 236 146 1234567 281007 300308 NAU 500 RNW 7315 0300-0400 48 119/00 135 216 1234567 281007 300308 WER 250 AWR 9495 0230-0330 40 110/00 105 217 1234567 281007 300308 WER 250 IBB 9495 1730-1829 40 110 100 217 1234567 281007 300308 JUL 100 IBB 9505 2030-2100 37,38W 401 210 216 1234567 281107 300308 NAU 125 AWR 9520 1600-1658 29,30 202/00 45 218 1234567 311007 300308 WER 250 IBB 9565 1400-1459 30S,40104/00 75 216 1234567 281007 300308 WER 250 IBB 9595 0700-0759 37,38W 204 210 217 1234567 281007 300308 WER 100 AWR 9595 1800-1859 40 110/00 105 217 1234567 281007 300308 WER 250 IBB 9610 1000-1100 28W 503 180 216 1 281007 300308 NAU 100 AWR 9640*1730-1800 37,38W 308 200 216 1234567 281007 311207 JUL 100 AWR 9640*1730-1800 37,38W 201 210 216 1234567 010108 300308 NAU 125 AWR 9670 0100-0300 42,43 208 75 217 1234567 281007 300308 WER 250 IBB 9680 1830-1930 40 110 100 217 1234567 281007 300308 JUL 100 IBB 9750 1559-1657 27S,28101/01 225 146 1234567 281007 300308 NAU 500 RNW 9770 1700-1759 40 104/00 105 216 1234567 281007 300308 WER 250 IBB 9805 2000-2030 37,38W 213 210 216 1234567 281007 300308 WER 100 AWR 9855 1500-1559 41N 104/00 90 216 1234567 281007 300308 WER 250 AWR 9880 1900-1959 37,38W 213 210 216 1234567 281007 300308 WER 100 AWR 9895 0559-0757 28S,38401/01 160 146 1234567 281007 300308 NAU 500 RNW 9895 0759-0857 27S,28 501 225 156 1234567 281007 300308 NAU 40%RNW 9895 0859-1058 27S,36101/01 255 146 7 281007 300308 NAU 250 RNW 9895 1059-1157 27S,28 210 225 217 23456 281007 300308 WER 250 RNW 9895 1059-1557 27S,28 210 225 217 17 281007 300308 WER 250 RNW 9895 1559-1657 28S 401/00 140 216 1234567 141107 300308 NAU 500 RNW 11675 1500-1559 41N 212 75 217 1234567 281007 300308 WER 250 AWR 11720 1300-1329 42,43W 222 75 216 1234567 281007 300308 WER 250 AWR 11725 1330-1459 42,43W 222 75 216 1234567 281007 300308 WER 250 AWR 11795 1730-1759 48 311 135 218 1234567 281007 300308 WER 250 AWR 11905 1630-1700 48 120/00 135 217 1234567 281007 300308 WER 250 AWR 11905 1730-1845 48 120/00 150 217 23456 281007 300308 WER 250 IBB 11905 1800-1845 48 120/00 150 217 17 281007 300308 WER 250 IBB 11935 0757-0857 27S,36 205 240 217 1234567 281007 300308 WER 500 RNW 11955 1900-2000 37,38W 307 200 216 1234567 281007 300308 JUL 100 AWR 11975 0800-0830 37,38W 210 210 217 1234567 281007 300308 WER 100 AWR 12010 0800-0900 37,38W 204 210 217 1234567 281007 300308 WER 100 AWR 12015 0400-0500 40 110/00 105 217 1234567 281007 300308 WER 250 IBB 12050 1759-1957 47E,48 308 150 217 1234567 281007 300308 WER 500 RNW 12110 1630-1729 40 110 100 217 1234567 281007 300308 JUL 100 IBB 13700 0857-1057 27S,28 402 205 218 7 281007 300308 NAU 250 RNW 13755 1500-1600 38,39 120/00 120 217 1234567 281007 300308 WER 100 VOR 15495 1200-1300 41NE 111/00 90 217 1234567 281007 300308 WER 250 AWR 17675 0600-0700 40 105/00 105 217 1234567 281007 300308 WER 250 IBB Day 1 Sunday Day 7 Saturday * changes + active on demand # momentary not active % DRM mode List of Broadcasters using T-Systems Media&Broadcast equipment AWR Adventist World Radio BVB Bible Voice Broadcasting BCA Bible Christian Association BCE Broadcasting Center Europe S.A. CHW Christliche Wissenschaft DTK Deutsche Telekom DVB Democratic Voice of Burma EMG Evangelische Missions Gemeinden in Deutschland FHG Frauenhofer Gesellschaft FVM Freie Volksmission Krefeld GFA Gospel For Asia HCJ Voice of the Andes HLR Hamburger Lokalradio HRT Hrvratska Radio Televizija IBB International Broadcast Bureau IBR IBRA Radio Sweden MWA Missionswerk Arche MVB Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Baltic Radio PAB Pan Am Broadcasting PRW Polish Radio Warsaw RMI Radio Miami International RRO Radio Romania International RNW Radio Netherlands World Service RRP Radio Reveil Paroles de Vie RTR Radio Traumland (Belgien) RTI Radio Taiwan international RWB Radio Waaberi (Somalia) SBO Sagalee Bilisummaa Oromoo TOM The Overcomer Broadcast TWR Trans World Radio UNL Universelles Leben VOR Voice of Russia WRN World Radio Network YFR WYFR Family Radio Walter Brodowsky, Account & Produktmanager fuer Kurzwellenrundfunk T-Systems Business Services GmbH, Media & Broadcast Business Unit Hoerfunk, Bastionstr. 11-19 52428 Juelich, Germany E-Mail Walter.Brodowsky [at] t-systems.com If you would like to visit our Internet page with regard to shortwave business please use the following link-address: http://www.t-systems-mediabroadcast.de/tsi/en/167328/Home/Radio/Distribution (Dec 28 via WWDXC Mike Bethge, Germany, http://www.wwdxc.de Jan 3 via BC-DX via DXLD) Two DRM entries missed now, never realized. 7340 1500-1530 27 WER 60kW 300degr WRN DTK 11995 0800-1500 29S WER 40 75 3=Tue CVC DTK (wb, wwdxc BC-DX Jan 3 via DXLD) ** GERMANY. DAB BERLIN --- Recently I saw writing about DAB+, a version of the Eureka-147 system with AAC audio coding (of course incompatible with existing receivers), being already on air in Berlin. Well, this was only a showcase for IFA 2007, and since yesterday the game is really over: The DAB network on 1460 MHz (channel LE), which had been used for this DAB+ showcase and consisted of transmitters at TV tower (Alexanderplatz), Schäferberg and seven sites around Berlin, has been shut down. Radijojo, the childrens program that was on air here, continues via DVB-T (if it has not been taken off air there as well) while the relay of Mallorca 95,8 simply vanished into nowhere. Strangely the single TV tower transmitter on 1453 MHz (channel LA) is still on air with its inofficial relay of the Digital 1 ensemble from the UK, launched in 2003 when the last real attempts to establish DAB at Berlin had been made (a similar relay of the BBC's DAB ensemble started as well, but in the meantime the BBC had requested to take it off air). (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Jan 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. Tenders advertised for three mediumwave frequencies in The Berlin-Brandenburg Media Council (MABB) decided at its meeting on 7 December 2007, to advertise tenders for the mediumwave frequencies 567 (100 kW), 693 (250 kW) and 1359 kHz (100 kW), all 24 hours a day. There is an option to use DRM on all three frequencies. 567 kHz was abandoned by the previous user, RBB, on 24 January 2006. 693 kHz is currently being used by T-systems for DRM tests of Voice of Russia in parallel with the AM service on 603 kHz. The broadcasting licence of the Voice of Russia runs out on 8 April 2008, and T-systems has indicated that it would like to use both 603 and 693 kHz. Under the rules, a tender has to be issued. 1359 kHz is the frequency previously used by Radio Berlin International. The Oranienburg transmitter site to the north of Berlin can be used for all three frequencies, according to the MABB. The deadline for applications is 20 February 2008. (Source: MABB via Media Network blog via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) See DXLD 7-151: This must refer to the paperwork; the transmitter had been closed down on New Year's Eve 2005 at 2300 UT = local midnight. I just uploaded a recording to the dxldyg Station Sounds section, made at Berlin-Mahlsdorf where reception of this 1.8 kW signal was already weakish. The last announcement, the last song and the carrier cut, unmasking co-channel Rimavská Sobota with chimes for the new year. This was not the regular Radio Multikulti programming but instead special "retune" advice stuff which to air was apparently OK. But it was not OK to switch the feed to an abandoned continuation studio at Potsdam-Babelsberg (former Radio 3, closed down on Nov 30 2003, to be specific) for a proper farewell with studio guests and so on. Did I already mention the ISDN cases one can take out and do a remote without a big outside broadcasting van? All this action had been banned by the head of radio herself. Rrrrrrrrrrr. Not exactly. MABB's press release states, after mentioning the expiration date: "... der Veranstalter möchte gerne von der MW 603 kHz auf die MW 693 kHz wechseln. Wegen der unterschiedlichen Reichweiten der Frequenzen ist dies nicht ohne Ausschreibung möglich, was dem Veranstalter auch mitgeteilt worden ist." Verbatim: "The broadcaster would like to change from 603 to 693 kHz. This is not possible without new allocation procedures because these frequencies have a different reach, the broadcaster has been notified about this." Veranstalter translates as organizers, in German this term is in such a context used like broadcaster in English. The "different range" is just the difference between 20 and 250 kW. 603 kHz had been licenced as a Berlin city frequency, allowing 20 kW was already a concession, necessary because 5 kW would be simply not enough to serve Berlin from the remote Zehlendorf site (Kai Ludwig, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GREECE. Happy new year! 6230, Era Sport 105.8, spur or mid-product, with ID and sports, talks at 1355 31 Dec. S5 33443. Has anyone other logged them there? (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, Jan 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Mixing product, 15650 minus 9420 = 6230, analogous to 6210 previously heard which is 15630 minus 9420. So 6230 is possible whenever both higher frequencies are on the air from Avlis. I wonder if you are close enough to be getting this by groundwave? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GREECE. Re 7-161, INTERNATIONAL: There is an error here. Christmas might be celebrated on January 6th in most east European countries, but in Greece it is celebrated as with western Europe on 25th December. Please inform the poster for this (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Thanks, Glenn. Ugh (Slaps forehead) Updating my website...and noted for future reference (Fred Waterer, ibid.) Fooled me too; I always assumed that being Orthodox par excellence, Greece`d go with Epiphany date. Why not? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUATEMALA. 4052.5, Radio Verdad, Chiquimula, 1140 to 1148 en español with organ music, Christian evangelist program, strong signal 3 Jan; 1050 just carrier with no audio 31 December; 0530 carrier only with no audio 25 December (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach FL, 746Pro, NRD 535D, Jan 3, HCDX via DXLD) ** ITALY. VIDEO SU TORRE BERT E IBF --- Ciao a tutti, durante le vacanze natalizie a Torino ho fatto un giro per la collina torinese e ho girato due piccoli video con il telefonino (la qualita' non e' il massimo) dedicati a due importanti luoghi "radiofonici" di queste zone. Il primo e' girato a Torre Bert, la prima sede del centro di Ascolto Spaziale dei fratelli Judica Cordiglia, e ritrae il bunker dove era stato allestito il centro di ascolto. Per vedere il video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC1n4dD1lxw Il secondo video e' dedicato al centro di trasmissione di IBF, il segnale di tempo e frequenza dell'Istituto Galileo Ferraris di Torino che veniva irradiato sulla frequenza di 5 Mhz. L'indirizzo del video e': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVowCHECLmg 73 e Buon Anno, de IW0HK Andrea -- (Andrea Borgnino IW0HK Jan 2, http://www.mediasuk.org/iw0hk bclnews.it yg via DXLD) YouTube helpfully offers `related` IBF videos, except they are about boxing! IBF the radio station is in ruins (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** JAPAN. R. Nikkei, 6115, Jan 2 at 0729 mentioning ``tampa hoso`` = shortwave radio, and list of MHz before closing at 0730* Earlier, at 06-07 this collides with CRI via Canada aimed due west. CRI is usually on top, but with heavy QRM de Japan, especially in winter. The frequency gurus at VTC or CRI apparently can`t imagine that Nikkei would be a factor in C/WNAm. It is intriguing to wonder what the Japanese service of a SW station in Tampa FL would call itself (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH. 2850, North Korea, 1100 with martial music; fair/good signal 30 December; same 25 December (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach FL, 746Pro, NRD 535D, Jan 3, HCDX via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH. (DPR), 6250, KCBS-Pyongyang, 1130, Jan 1, Korean. Vocal ballads with announcer between selections. Fair. // 6398.8- poor/weak (Scott R. Barbour Jr., Intervale, NH, R8, R75, NIR10, MLB1, 200' Beverages, 60M dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KUWAIT. QSL Policies --- Radio Kuwait used to verify with a nice QSL certificate/Sheet in the past and I have one verified 7 years ago. But during the last few years they discontinued sending QSLs for reception reports instead calendars and program schedules were mailed. Allen Dean reported in December edition of Contact that Radio Kuwait started sending QSLs again. (R E P O R T F R O M I N D I A news, views and comment presented by T. R. RAJEESH, Jan World DX Club Contact via DXLD) see also U S A [and non] ** LATVIA. RELAYS THIS WEEKEND ON 9290 KHZ Sat January 5th Radio Joystick 0900-1000 UT Radio Casablanca 1200-1300 UT Latvia Today 1300-1400 UT Sun January 6th Latvia Today 1400-1500 UT Good Listening (Tom Taylor, Jan 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LITHUANIA. There is a change of frequencies and schedule for the The Mighty KBC as of Jan 1st, 2008. Monday till Friday: The Original Wolfman Jack Radio Show 6265 kHz 100 kW 259 degrees Winter: 2200-2259 UT Saturday: Eric van Willegen & Oliver Kujundzic 6265 kHz 100 kW 259 degrees Winter: 2200-2259 UT Sunday: Eric van Willegen & Oliver Kujundzic 6255 kHz 100 kW, 310 degrees [for North America] Winter: 0100-0159 UT Big L 1395 & The Mighty KBC 6265 kHz 100 kW 259 degrees Winter: 2200-2259 UT Good Listening (Tom Taylor, Jan 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Tom, what about the reports yesterday that KBC was actually on the air at 2130-2230??? (Glenn to Tom, via DXLD) NETHERLANDS [non]. Eric van Willegen from KBC Radio informs that the station will be on air daily 2130 till 2230 UT on 6265 kHz via Lithuania http://www.kbcradio.eu/index.php?dir=station (Ydun Ritz, Denmark, Jan 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MAURITANIA. R. Mauritanie, 4845, on the air and still audible at 0716 January 2 in Arabic; unlike Chad not on 4905, probably faded out by now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 4800, presumed XERTA, 0107, Dec 31, Spanish. Wind instruments and Spanish choral music. Thanx D. Valko tip. Poor under CODAR (Scott R. Barbour Jr., Intervale, NH, R8, R75, NIR10, MLB1, 200' Beverages, 60M dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4800, XERTA, 1100 to 1130 seemingly the one but no IDs, possibly to move away from 4810 with its constant hash. Alas the CODAR on this frequency is obnoxious. Every day in Jan so far (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach FL, 746Pro, NRD 535D, Jan 3, HCDX via DXLD) ** MEXICO. 9599.4, R. UNAM, 0926-0942, Jan 2, Spanish. Classical music with YL at 0931 with music titles. No ID noted. Fair/good (Scott R. Barbour Jr., Intervale, NH, R8, R75, NIR10, MLB1, 200' Beverages, 60M dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio UNAM, Mexico City goed tevolgen op 9599.27 kHz tot 1200 locale tijd (middag)!!! [1100 UT] Uitzonderlijk!! Dan kwam Cuba aanzetten op 9600 kHz. Ontvangst met de nieuwe raamantenne. Gr. (Maurits van Driessche, Belgium, BDX via DXLD) ** MEXICO. Buenos dìas y buen año Glenn: sigo en Manzanillo, Colima. Escucho muy baja la señal de XEYU Radio UNAM 9600 kHz; ha tenido muchas fluctuaciones y nada que ver con la estupenda señal que se escuchò hace tres dìas. Por otro lado XEXQ sin señal alguna. XEOI totalmente tapada desde las 01 UT hasta las 15 UT por la Voz de Tu Conciencia. [1500? Colombia holds up that late to Mexico?] Estoy escuchando por las tardes en 1610 kHz probablemente a XEUACH Radio Chapingo; la buscarè esta tarde. Saludos, Juliàn [Later:] Radio Universidad Autònoma de Chapingo, escuchada en Manzanillo, Colima en los 1610 kHz de onda media, con un SINPO de 4. Programaciòn musical y algunos comentarios alusivos a las fiestas de fin de año, identificaciones de la emisora por locutor en turno. Escuchada de las 0110 a las 0130 UT (19:10 a 19:30 tiempo del centro de Mèxico). Manzanillo debe de estar a aproximadamente unos 700 km. al oeste de Texcoco en donde se encuentra XEUAH. La escucha fuè realizada con un radio "Kaito 1103" (Degen 1103) sin antena externa. Habrìa que invistigar si aùn XEUACH sigue emitiendo con solo 250 vatios. 73`s (Juliàn Santiago Dìez de Bonilla, Jan 2, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I gather grèves are rampant in Colima (gh, DXLD) ** MEXICO [and non]. Altho someone reported LV de tu Conciencia on 6009.5 recently, I checked 6010 again Jan 2 at 0722 when two stations were mixing about equally, one Spanish talk and the other music. Both were very close to 6010.0 and were about 6 Hz apart, judging from the SAH. If it`s not Mil and Con, what else could one of them be? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MONGOLIA. 4830, Mongolian Radio 1st Program, Dec 31 0055 - Poor reception, but there with Mongolian music, time pips at 0100 and then speech too weak to understand. Parallels noted on 4895 and 7260, both also very poor. A rare catch here for sure! (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Queen Charlotte Islands, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MYANMAR. 5040.5v, Burma, Radio Myanmar, 1140 to 1150 with some weak audio, generally here 365 days a year. Note: Believe BBC uses the term Burma as does the opposition to the military dictatorship (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach FL, 746Pro, NRD 535D, Jan 3, HCDX via DXLD) ** NEW ZEALAND. As of 2227 UT January 3, the RNZI transmission schedule at http://www.rnzi.com/pages/listen.php is still labeled as expiring Dec 31. Are we to assume that RNZI is no longer on SW, analog or DRM? I think that`s what I was hearing on 5950, Jan 3 at 1455, but only a poor unID signal in English mentioning World Book Club. Is that something from BBC? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. Hi, Glenn! Interestingly, I actually was on-line yesterday before this e-mail was sent but I guess he waits until just before he goes on-air to send these things out. If I actually saw one of these *before* he transmits, I'd try to tune in! (I did happen to remember to scan the usual pirate frequencies this last holiday -- I usually don't think about it until much later in the evening, and all these guys seem to want to transmit in mid-afternoon or thereabouts, so I consistently miss them. I wonder why they don't try in the 0400 or later UT timeframe instead. I'd think that would get a larger audience...) 73, (Will Martin, MO, Jan 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ________________________________ Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2008 17:35:25 -0500 From: tcsshortwave @ gmail.com Subject: Happy New Year from The Crystal Ship! On Air Good Evening and Happy New Year to all! The Crystal Ship is taking to the airwaves this evening on 6700 kHz and on 3430 kHz parallel. 3430 should be audible around the Great Lakes region, with 6700 audible in farther flung areas, the northeast coast and southeast US, and western areas. Initial programming will be World War II era music and historical clips; format may change later on. Starting time is about 2230 UT (5:30 p.m. E.S.T.) We should certainly run well beyond 0000 tonight. Officially, through the winter, 6700 kHz will now be our primary frequency on 43 meters; 6875 may still see occasional use on weekend mornings. 3430 kHz will be our standard frequency below 80 meters, mostly used in the evenings. 5385 kHz will sometimes be used as a parallel in mornings or afternoons. First-time QSL requests should be emailed to tcsshortwave @ yahoo.com and not to this address; all repeat QSL requests should be sent to TCS, Box 1, Belfast NY 14711 including two first class stamps. Here's wishing you all a happy and prosperous new year. -- 73s and FIGHT for FREE RADIO! (The Poet, The Crystal Ship, via Will Martin, MO, Jan 2, WORLD OF RADIO 1389, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OMAN. 15140, R. Sultanate of Oman, 1422-1437, Jan 2, English. Pop music with announcer between selections. ID at BoH followed by news with mentions of Palestine. Poor/weak (Scott R. Barbour Jr., Intervale, NH, R8, R75, NIR10, MLB1, 200' Beverages, 60M dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. Re 8-001, 4790.2, R. Visión --- Hello Glenn, Spanish, not ‘portuñol’! Yesterday, again the good signals of Radio Visión, listened here in Brazil. A good 2008! 73, (Rudolf Grimm, São Bernardo, SP, BRASIL, Jan 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. On a cold morning in South Florida - DX gleanings: 4834.91, Radio Marañón, 1015-1030 Jan 3. Steady huayños and folklórica type music until 1020 when canned promos and ID's. Then back to music. Without the QRM from CODAR, Marañón might be at a fair level, but the best it is with CODAR is poor. Of course the CODAR signal destroys any satisfaction one gets from picking up a desired signal from a distant location. The constant pinging reminds me of "Chinese Water Torture" and its constant dripping down - ping ping ping. Marañón begins to fade into the noise by 1025 (Chuck Bolland, Clewiston FL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Have you had any further correspondence with the CODAR people since what we have published? (gh, DXLD) ** PERU. 3329.70, Ondas del Huallaga, Huánuco, 1115 still in but difficult to tune since the collapse of strong signals from Latin America. Music and regular programming; CHU dominant. Huallaga still on but 3172.6 may be off or just very poor conditions during the 2300 to 0100 listening period 30 December (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach FL, 746Pro, NRD 535D, Jan 3, HCDX via DXLD) 4774.91, Radio Tarma, Tarma, 1112 ID by OM "..Radio Tarma… kilociclos... en el centro de ..." 4950, Radio Madre de Dios, Puerto Maldonado, 1130 to 1150 with weak signal en español, 3 Jan; similar on 31 December same time. 4974.74, Radio del Pacífico, Lima on late at 0500 to 0530, impassioned religious message by OM, strong signal 25 December. 5039.21, Radio Libertad, Junín, 1130 to 1135 fading out but can copy OM with mentions of locations in Perú and one telephone number, 3 Jan. 1030 ID by OM on the 31 December. 5120.24, Ondas del Suroriente, Quillabamba, 1030 to 1050 en el país cuarenta [y] nueve, strong signal with flauta andina, yipping and general exotic content, 31 December (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach FL, 746Pro, NRD 535D, Jan 3, HCDX via DXLD) ** PHILIPPINES. Effective 1st January 2008 Radio Veritas Asia has made the following frequency changes : 9510 kHz 0030-0057 Bengali (ex-9670) 9670 kHz 0030-0057 Hindi (ex-11895) 9520 kHz 1430-1457 Telugu (ex-9800) (Source: DXAsia January 2nd, 2008 - 1635 UT by Andy, Media Network blog via DXLD) ** PHILIPPINES. 12025, Radio Filipinas, Dec 29 0209 - Fair reception in English. Nothing heard on listed // of 17770 and 15285 (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Queen Charlotte Islands, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** POLAND. See BELARUS [non] ** PRIDNESTROVYE. RE: DXLD 8-001: Hi Glenn, Jan 2 tuned in [7370] at 1450 to hear strong tone (repeating on and off again), 1500-1515 segment in English, fair, but fluttery signal, history of the Moldova and Pridnestrovye armed conflict in early 1992, ceasefire was signed in July 1992, mailing and e-mail addresses given, schedule given for 7370 and 6230, sound of clock ticking, into another language (Ron Howard, CA, dxldyg via DX LISTNENING DIGEST) ** ROMANIA. R. Romania International, January 2, 2008 *1800-1855* 9640 kHz. "Radio Newsreel", "Society Today", "RRI Encyclopaedia", "Visit Romania", "Sports" and "Romanian Hits". SIO 454. Noticed in the past and again today, R. Romania Int does not follow their printed program schedules. 73, (Kraig, KG4LAC, Krist, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Wednesday ** RUSSIA. VOR concluding Korean hour at 1458 Jan 2, good on 6005, IS and off at 1500* sharp. This via Komsomol`sk/Amure is bad news for Echo of Hope, Korean clandestine on 6003 until 1500 too, except I did not hear a het from it during these two minutes. However, on Jan 3 I intuned a bit earlier in time to hear the het, which went off at precisely 1458:30 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SEYCHELLES [non]. U.A.E., 12045, FEBA Radio-Dhabbya, 1403-1419, Jan 2, listed Malayalam. Announcer until music at 1410. Various announcers and music bits from 1413 with presumed contact info. Two OM with talk at 1417. Poor but improving (Scott R. Barbour Jr., Intervale, NH, R8, R75, NIR10, MLB1, 200' Beverages, 60M dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH AFRICA [non]. Channel Africa, 0726 Jan 2 with ID and info in English on 6160, via the Newfoundland relay. This matches the CBC Radio Overnight schedule, http://www.cbc.ca/overnight/schedule.html considering that CKZN is on the AT/NT feed meaning this was 3:56 am local time, otherwise known at 3:26: The international program schedule is: Weekdays: 1:05 Radio Netherlands 2:05 Radio Sweden and Radio Australia 3:05 Channel Africa and BBC World Service 4:05 Deutsche Welle and Radio Polonia 5:05 Radio Australia, Radio Prague, Deutsche Welle and Voice of Russia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN [non]. Southern Sudan Interactive Radio Instruxion, 15675 via South Africa, Thu Jan 3 at 1425 with super-condescending English lessons. Are these only for children? I should think an adult learner of English would be put off. 1425 wrapping up, saying this afternoon (1400 UT) transmission is Tue-Thu-Sat, while the morning repeat [sic] is M/W/F. From 1429 well past 1430, transmitted two different alternating tones every 6 seconds, apparently a SENTECH thing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN [non]. RUSSIA, 9840, SRS Sudan Radio Service is still on 9840 channel, not on 7330 kHz, as reported yesterday Jan 1st, when heard this service on 7330 kHz instead. Maybe the transmitter at Moscow switches at 1700 UT to VOR French service. 73 wolfy (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, Jan 2, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7330 noted again Sudan Radio Service in 16-17 UT slot; station starts at 1500 UT on 9840 kHz, but switches later to 7330 kHz, when??, need more checks. 73 wolfy (Wolfgang Büschel, Jan 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SWEDEN [non]. R. Sweden`s feature on Wed Jan 2 at 1544 on 15240 via Canada was about the future of SW. A reporter in Paris interviewed participants in CYBAR (sp?), a conference on audience research. First was Simon Spanswick of AIB; then Jeff Cohen of WRN, who thinks that DRM can be the future, first on domestic radio, and then for international broadcasting; altho there have been issues in getting receivers on the market. DAB, however, a few years after it was introduced in the UK, is finally taking off with almost all new radios sold being DAB-capable. Finally, Graham Mytton, ex-XBAR at BBCWS, who says ``shortwave was a wonderful hobby for young people in the 70s and 80s``, but now with the Internet, ``[DXing] is not a big hit any more.`` Show concluded by asking listeners how they pick up R. Sweden? There is precious little to listen to in English on my breakfast table SW radio in English at 9:30 am [CST], so I am thankful RS has not given up on it yet. I prefer not to rush to fire up my computer as soon as I awaken. But it`s good that the entire segment should be found halfway thru the 1530 edition in the 30-day archive at http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/international/nyhetssidor/sandningsarkiv.asp?date=02/01/2008&programID=2054 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SWITZERLAND. Daily English news from Switzerland via "World Radio Switzerland" --- Interesting station I just came across; was "World Radio Geneva" until November 2007. The station is English 24/7; includes a daily 15-minute program called "Switzerland Today" that airs three times each day in Swiss mornings. Webcasts in decent bandwidth as well. See http://www.worldradio.ch/ Interesting to note that it was a commercial broadcaster until 11/07, but is now part of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation, Switzerland's national public service broadcaster. Programming does not appear to be archived (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA, Jan 3, International broadcasting / shortwave blog: http://www.intlradio.blogspot.com Swprograms mailing list via DXLD) ** TAIWAN [and non]. Each year I receive a number of blank QSL cards from my contact Lingyi Hsu at Radio Taiwan International. This developed some years ago from interest to a number of Far East radio stations by Christopher Williams who even provided some of them with copies of our magazine. The new 2008 series of verification cards from Radio Taiwan features 'birds' and they are Very good full colour photos too. If you would like to get a RTI QSL the easy way, just ask Northampton for a copy. Fill in the reverse side with details from your reception report and send both the report and the QSL card to Lingyi Hsu, Radio Taiwan International, 55 Pei An Road, Taipei 10462, Taiwan, mentioning that you are with World DX Club (Arthur Ward, Radio Topics, Jan WDXC Contact via DXLD) I will fill in the Radio Taiwan International QSL card and send it off with a report later this month. I must say that the QSL with a photo of a bird looks very good. This reminded me of several QSL cards that I received from Radio Australia and Radio RSA which featured wildlife which I have in my collection (Edwin Southwell, England, Making Contact, ibid.) ** TAJIKISTAN. 4635, Tajik Radio, 2356-0022, Jan 1, vernacular. Familiar format of OM and YL between Pashto/Dari-like musical selections. Poor/weak (Scott R. Barbour Jr., Intervale, NH, R8, R75, NIR10, MLB1, 200' Beverages, 60M dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** THAILAND. 12095, Radio Thailand, Dec 30 0046 - Very good reception in English direct, to ECNA with trendy, very western sounding programming. Sounds more like a local program for westerners. 15275, Radio Thailand, Dec 29 0202 - Good reception with English news in this direct transmission to WCNA. Some deep fades noted. Surprised that this worked! Very strong the following night, with up to S9 signal strength and superb modulation. 'Good morning, and thank you for tuning in to the morning news'. Proves that propagation is possible at this late hour! (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Queen Charlotte Islands, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Thailand is a sporadic or occasional verifier of reports. They used to verify during certain times but not all reports are verified. I tried to QSL them for years and succeeded only after fourth or fifth follow-up. So Mr. Skinner try to send reminder reports. (R E P O R T F R O M I N D I A news, views and comment presented by T. R. RAJEESH, Jan World DX Club Contact via DXLD) ** TURKEY. VOT, 12035, fairly good with Live from Turkey, Thu Jan 3 at 1400 with usual hourtop music break. On a previous show the announcer gave away the reason: he has to go to another studio to read the news on a domestic network. Then back to show, no in-callers heard; at 1413 introducing a new program for 2008, much like one which ran in 2006 under a different name, which will be almost daily, ``Did You Know That?``, the first ep about boron, element #5 which is metallic and not metallic, of which Turkey has ``vast reserves`` and is used in railroad trax, medicine, fuel, etc. This brief but fact-crammed talk lasted little more than a minute. We shall have another sesquimonth or so to wait for the printed 2008y program schedule to come in the P- mail, not available online, and I doubt such a minor feature will be mentioned, anyway (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UGANDA. 4976, UBC, 2100-2108*, Jan 2, vernacular. Native music with OM talk over until pulled the plug mid-sentence. Poor with CODAR (Scott R. Barbour Jr., Intervale, NH, R8, R75, NIR10, MLB1, 200' Beverages, 60M dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UKRAINE [non]. UCRANIA, 9885, Radio Svitle, 1445-1501, escuchada el 3 de enero con emisión de música pop; se aprecia fuerte ruido de fondo, se identifica cómo “Radio Svitle”, locutora con comentarios, se entiende algo en modo SSB, tonos horarios, SINPO 42342. Emisión en paralelo por http://www.svitle.org/news_ru.php Gracias por el log a Ivan Lebedevsky, Pushkin, Russia en Cumbre DX (José Miguel Romero, Burjasot (Valencia), Sangean ATS 909, Antena Radio Master A-108, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UKRAINE, 9885, Radio Svitle, (by Romero) 1505 about Jesus, narod 'radio menuno' then with a song seems like 'sdebo ya sto' and the agaia song; 1512 with talks by YL in surely Ukrainian with temps at 1513. Again short music gap then seems an advert with jingle bells. Wikna radio emmanuil 0850 on my recording. Songs afterwards, some talks at 1530, song at 1537, ID at 1540 'Kiski ... Radio Emmanuil' YL with talks in domestic, then again song. Signal S10 having QRM signal under the level of S8. Clear audio using USB. The site offers two audio streams at 40 and 128 kb with direct link to mms://online.svitle.org/Emmanuel and mms://online.svitle.org/svitle Thanks to Ivan Lebedevsky and Romero for this log (Zacharias Liangas, Greece, HCDX and DX LISTENING DIGEST) Why do you think this is from Ukraine? It`s the new Ukrainian service of CVC via Jülich since Jan 1 at 1400-1800, apparently taking programming from this gospel-huxter FM station, and thus of only passing interest. Their English page http://www.svitle.org/index_en.php reveals its stealth-evangelism philosophy akin to CVC, which must have decided they qualified for uppicking, if there is not already a deeper relationship (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Glenn, Family Radio in English is sched - and has appeared - on 9885 at 1600 (till 1900). This is listed with 500 kW to Ciraf 47 & 48 via 135 degrees, and would surely clash with anything out of Jülich at the same time? It's loud here with some deep QSB, and no trace of any co- channel Radio Svitle (or Radio Emmanuil as I hear announced via their web site) either went off or faded out on 9885 by 1530. It was only weak when heard at 1515. I assume via Jülich from Jan. 1 would mean under CVC sponsorship / ownership as intimated by Kai Ludwig? V of Russia is sched (and has been heard recently) on 9885 til 1500 with Russian World Service via Dushanbe (listed 100 kW to Ciraf 41 via 140deg.) (Noel R. Green (NW England), Jan 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9885: there`s is a muddle on the WER / JUL entries, but the Dec 28 file shows only the YFR WER entry. Kai, may you can read the Russian text entries on website http://www.svitle.org/news_ru.php ?? 9885, 1645-1700 I note only V of Russia, Moscow here, but that's not surprising, due of close DEAD ZONE of WER at my place. 9885 1400-1800 29SW JUL 100 90 daily 010108-300308 Ukrainian CVC CVI 9885 1600-1900 47,48 WER 500 135 daily 281007-290308 YFR DTK (Wolfgang Büschel, Jan 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K [non]. Best frequency to hear BBC at 00 UT 1/1 with the Big Ben chimes ringing in 2008 was 7105 via Cyprus; SIO 343. After the chimes the announcer said "we wish you a happy new year" and went into news, following the usual pattern of going into news one minute after the hourtop after a normal program preview or news headlines -- that's why everything's satellite-fed so local stations have the option to go to their local or national (as in the US with NPR) newscasts. It's not like it used to be with the days of the 9-minute newscast, Big Ben at various times of the day, etc. (Joe Hanlon, NJ, DX LISTENING DIGEST) And with the exception of special occasions such as this, I decry the NPR-caused plague of news holes being offset one minute from hourtop. News should start sharp on the hour; at least CBC has not succumbed. If they want to do program teasers, those should be moved one minute ahead into :59 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K. I visited Stuttgart at the end of November. Though I brought a portable, reception in central Stuttgart was hopeless, even for BBC World service. Lots of local noise and a well screened building. In fact at night/early morning BBC was fairly consistent on 648 kHz. New Year Wish: I wish the BBC World Service would bring back decent coverage of Western Europe rather than the abysmal patchy service that they now have. We do not all want to be permanently attached to the Internet-on-line or use satellite receivers. BBC shortwave is an accountant's cop-out in Western Europe (Des Walsh, Ireland, Jan World DX Club Contact via DXLD) ** U K. BBC BACK TO BUSH HOUSE http://www.richardsonmedia.co.uk/Bushlog.html This site is not well indexed. However, if you are interested in browsing through old photos and stories of BBC World Service personalities starting in the 1950s, check this out. Be sure to click on "General 2" for an interesting story about the BBC Monitoring Service. BBC Engineering http://www.bbceng.info/Operations/transmitter_ops/specific_tx_sites.htm This is a wonderful site to meander around. Especially informative is the historical information about the Daventry and Skelton stations, and the near-encyclopedic, 75 page treatise on the Woofferton transmitter site (via Jerry Berg-USA, DXplorer Dec 23 via BC-DX Jan 3 via DXLD) ** U S A. AFN has now corrected their webpage to show 7811 rather than the 7812.5 kHz that was incorrectly shown there from Key West, FL. However, a check of 7811 at 1200 on January 3 still has them with the audio dropouts they've been experiencing on the frequency. http://myafn.dodmedia.osd.mil/ShortWave.aspx (Steve Lare, Holland, MI, USA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Not Key West ** U S A. VOA ADDS SWAHILI TRANSMISSION. "The Voice of America (VOA) will begin broadcasting a new Swahili program to East Africa on January 3. The 30-minute daily radio program will include live news reports from throughout Kenya, as well as analysis and discussion. ... The new program can be heard in Kenya from 6:00 to 6:30 a.m. [0300- 0330 UTC] Monday through Friday via shortwave (7380 and 9440 kHz). VOA also broadcasts a Swahili evening program from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. [1630-1730 UTC] seven days a week on shortwave (9565, 13865, and 15730 kHz)." http://voanews.com/english/About/2008-01-03-voa23.cfm VOA press release, 2 January 2007 (via kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD) No mention of VOA's 24-hour FM transmitter in Nairobi. Is it no longer on the air? Posted: 03 Jan 2008 (Kim Andrew Elliott, ibid.) ** U S A [and non]. The IBB Relay station in Kuwait is one of the cheapest stations to operate --- guess oil costs. So when all the other relay stations have gone, this might still be around or the last to go. Morocco will close after the end of the current season. It`s a half-hearted effort that the IBB is putting. People who are not in touch with the World Media situation take decisions. The good engineers are demoralised and find work elsewhere and the journalists are abandoning the IBB. See Al Jassira getting most of the CNN/BBC journalists. If you heard a top Pakistani politician on CNN on Benazir Bhutto's assassination say, that most of the country will get to know of it only tomorrow morning some 12 hours later, as there is no electricty after 7 PM or so --- you will realize what audiences can be reached on the Internet and Satellite TV. Cutting down on HF radio to channel the funds to Internet or satellite is only cutting down your audience. On the Internet even if you have access, we have to remember that people look for info that they want and not what the West wants to tell them. If the West wants to reach people who get on the street, give refuge to terrorists in the border areas or what have you, you have to get down to their homes. IBB is losing. Take S. Asia. CRI is transmitting on every frequency that the IBB uses for English and protests are not even being heard at HFCCs by the Chinese and Iranians. Sadly, America is out of touch with the world. The billions that go down the drain in Iraq and Afghanistan, let alone the lives and limbs of young Americans, would be spared and better invested if the bosses understood or at least listened. If every soldier were sent as a Peace Corps volunteer backed with the millions, not billions what a wonderful image the US would have and those same people who appear to support terror will stand up against it and say This is America. Sad but true. This is my view anyway as a friend of America (Victor Goonetilleke, Sri Lanka, 4S7VK, DXplorer Dec 29 via BC-DX via DXLD) And on the IBB payroll as a monitor, still? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** U S A. DEATH OF FORMER RFE/RL PRESIDENT GLENN W. FERGUSON. "From 1978 to 1982, he was president of Radio Free Liberty-Radio Europe, based in Munich. He resigned in the midst of a long-running jurisdictional dispute within the Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty bureaucracy." "Washington Post, 3 January 2008. Posted: 03 Jan 2008 (via kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD) OBIT; link no work (gh) ** U S A. Seems we can write off KAIJ as a WOR affiliate until further notice. Thu Jan 3 at 1600 on webcast, 1386 was still being repeated from weeks ago instead of a newer edition or even the newest, 1389. The thing is apparently running unattended until the webcast contract is over. I imagine little if any of the other programming is refreshed either (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. PIONEERS OF TELEVISION STARTS TONIGHT ON PBS Thanks to a tip from Dan Taylor on WCBS-FM, I’m in time to tell readers in the US of a four-part series that launches tonight on PBS (8 pm in New York City, but local times may vary). Nearly 100 stars from TV’s formative years bring their stories to PBS in the revealing 4-part documentary series Pioneers of Television. Each episode melds compelling new HD interviews with irresistible archival clips to offer a fresh take on TV’s founding celebrities. Tonight’s episode focuses on the five key sitcoms that shaped the genre: I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners, Make Room for Daddy, The Andy Griffith Show and The Dick Van Dyke Show. You can order the series on DVD via the PBS website, where you can also find a lot more information on the series. (January 2nd, 2008 - 1351 UT by Andy, Media Network blog via DXLD) ** U S A. 2007 YEAR IN REVIEW FROM SCOTT FYBUSH, NORTHEAST RADIO WATCH: http://www.fybush.com/nerw-yir2007.html Skimming thru, it`s more clear than ever that altho he worx (part- time) in public broadcasting at WXXI, his heart is really in commercial radio --- as if all these developments *matter* --- it`s almost all about what happened in commercial radio. Virtually the only commercial station I condescend to listen to is WGN, thanks to Extension 720, and that`s because I can zap the commercials/fill music breaks on webcast or cassette in the car. O yeah, also the handful of classical stations which are technically commercial (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Like this one: ** U S A. Orgies are on at WHRB [UT -5] http://www.whrb.org/pg/JanFeb2008.pdf (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. PROGRESSIVE-TALK RADIO RETURNING TO MISSOULA Posted: Dec 31, 2007 02:25 PM Updated: Jan 3, 2008 01:24 PM Reporting from KPAX in Missoula [caption] http://www.montanasnewsstation.com/Global/story.asp?S=7559932&nav=menu227_8 [advertising audio launches auto; how rude! Beware] Liberal politics will return to Missoula's commercial radio airwaves starting at midnight Thursday, when station KLCY-AM will turn into KMPT-AM, Missoula's Progressive Talk. It's the second attempt to bring so-called progressive talk radio to Missoula, and the company's manager Dave Cowan, believes this time it will stay. "First and foremost different is the people who are operating our stations are committed to the format. So we'll have support from the home office, so to speak. I think that'll have a long way to go because it's not going to be an immediate effect. I think it will build over several months, but it's nice to have that support." Cowan's first attempt to bring liberal radio to Missoula was on station KKNS-FM, which lasted just seven months, despite a live broadcast from Missoula by Air America personality Al Franken. Franken is now off the air, and is running for the U.S. Senate in Minnesota, but KMPT will feature other on-air personalities from Air America, as well as from the syndicated Jones Radio (via Artie Bigley, DXLD) ** VATICAN. Re 8-001: Vatican Radio B07 Italian in UT, but NOT to NAm target. 0830-0910 MESSA ITALIANA 100 AM 7250 337 degrees Holidays 1100-1115 R.G.ITALIANO 250 AM 5965 330 1300-1330 R.G.ITALIANO 100 AM 7250 330 1300-1330 R.G.ITALIANO 100 AM 9645 4 1300-1330 R.G.ITALIANO 100 AM 11740 310 <<< propagate to NAm ??? 1300-1330 R.G.ITALIANO 250 AM 15595 107 1300-1330 R.G.ITALIANO 250 AM 21680 170 1630-1659 ITALIANO 75 AM 1530 E 1630-1659 ITALIANO 100 AM 5885 4 1630-1659 ITALIANO 100 AM 7250 4 1630-1659 ITALIANO 100 AM 9645 330 1830-1850 RG_ITALIANO 75 AM 1530 E 2000-2029 ITALIANO 75 AM 1530 E 2000-2029 ITALIANO 100 AM 5885 326 2000-2029 ITALIANO 250 AM 7250 10 2200-2310 ITALIANO 75 AM 1530 E 2200-2310 ITALIANO 100 AM 5885 330 DRM: I see only 6060 1500-1530 28 SMG 100 350 N-DRM GE/PO CVA VAT 7370 2300 2330 8,9 SMG 60 300 N-DRM ENGLISH CVA VAT 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) The 5885, 7250 and 9645 transmissions are not hard to hear here (Glenn Hauser, OK, ibid.) ** VIETNAM. Voice of Vietnam now announce a new address on air after the weekly mailbag programme which is: English Service, Voice of Vietnam, 45 Ba Trieu, Hanoi, Vietnam (Edwin Southwell, England, Making Contact, Jan WDXC Contact via DXLD) Voice of Vietnam is also a good verifier of reports but you need to wait for some months with patience to hear from them. They also used to send nice greeting card year after year (R E P O R T F R O M I N D I A news, views and comment presented by T. R. RAJEESH, Jan World DX Club Contact via DXLD) I received a Christmas card from the Voice of Vietnam. It pictures three fat men catching butterflies and crawfish (Liz Cameron, MI, MARE Tipsheet via DXLD) ** YEMEN. Republic of Yemen Radio from Sana'a, heard today, 3 January 2008, clearly and without any co-channel interference for the first time in many years. Good signal at 1600 on 9780 but best on 9779 to avoid interference from 9785. Music until 1601 then ID in Arabic followed by short 30 second excerpt from presumed national anthem played by a brass band. This was followed by news in Arabic. This was in parallel with the Sana'a satellite transmission which was 5 seconds behind shortwave (Harry Brooks, North East England, UK, Jan 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZIMBABWE. 4828, ZBC, 0047-0105, Dec 31, vernacular. Continuous hilife music thru tuneout. Fair (Scott R. Barbour Jr., Intervale, NH, R8, R75, NIR10, MLB1, 200' Beverages, 60M dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZIMBABWE [non]. 4880, SOUTH AFRICA, SWR Africa, Dec 29 1819 - Fair reception with English talk. Not noted on listed // of 7125 (VOR with very good strength). This is at 10:20 am local time. Northerly latitudes sure help! Still lots of MW 9 kHz stations audible, by the way! 4880, SOUTH AFRICA, SW Radio Africa, Dec 30 1731 - Good reception with modern EZL music. Not heard again on 7125 due to VOR in E with excellent reception (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Queen Charlotte Islands, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 2380.58, harmonic in Spanish at 1000 to 1020, 25 Dec (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach FL, 746Pro, NRD 535D, Jan 3, HCDX via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. Russian Pirate, 2525 kHz, 2105(tune in)-2118 UT (sign off) 2/1/08, folk music and long monologue by Russian OM, steady downward drift, very weak. Others even weaker on 3092 & 3180 kHz. The 3 Australian 120 mb stations were stronger than normal last night (2/1/08) as was KCBS 2850 (Tim Bucknall (53,900N 2,120 W), UK, Icom R75 + Welbrook ALA 1530, Jan 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 4781.417, with strong carrier 1120 to 1125 but no audio here. 30 December (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach FL, 746Pro, NRD 535D, Jan 3, HCDX via DXLD) Tacana, Bolivia? UNIDENTIFIED. 5580.2, harmonic at 1130 with man en español but noted only 31 December (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach FL, 746Pro, NRD 535D, Jan 3, HCDX via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 13870, strong UNID S=9+20dB Arabic, discussion on Mohamed. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, Stuttgart, Germany, 1900 UT Jan 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Seems to be Lampertheim ground wave VoA Oromo/Amharic/Tigrinya, \\ 9320IRA, 9860BOT, 11675MRC/IRA/MRC, 11905WER/DHA (Wolfgang Büschel, BC-DX Jan 3 via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 17565, Jan 3 at 1444 past 1452, a variety of tones testing, some constant, others stepping rapidly up and down in pitch, repeatedly. A guess might be IBB Greenville, which uses this frequency for Spanish at 1400-1415 and again for Creole at 1730-1800 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ PWBR ERRORS I received my copy of Passport to World Band Radio with thanks. I appreciate it as it has got the frequencies but there are a few problems. There is no frequency for the Overcomer Ministry, IRRS or World Harvest Radio but they show their addresses. What I don't understand is why have the addresses but not frequencies been shown. I am not talking about the blue pages. The frequency for Polish Radio External Service is wrong; it should state 5975 kHz to Europe at 1300 UT (G Skinner, Making Contact, Jan World DX Club Contact via DXLD) SHORTWAVE MUSIC +++++++++++++++ Interesting article about shortwave inspiration for theater group http://radio.about.com/b/2008/01/02/nyc-theater-group-uses-shortwave-radio-as-inspiration.htm Cheers, (Ed Mayberry, KUHF, Houston TX, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: NYC THEATER GROUP USES SHORTWAVE RADIO AS INSPIRATION Radio.about.com By Corey Deitz 30,000 Kilohertz of Sound is a theater group which creates improvised shows inspired by shortwave radio. Its website, http://www.30000khz.com says shows "...takes place in the dark, utilizing shortwave radio transmissions as inspiration." This unique theater group has live shows scheduled throughout January at the Magnet Theater in New York City. But, you can hear audio of past performances and view some related video at the troupe's website. http://radio.about.com/b/2008/01/02/nyc-theater-group-uses-shortwave-radio-as-inspiration.htm (via Mike Terry, UK, dxldyg via DXLD) 30,000 Kilohertz of Sound is improvised theater that takes place in the dark, utilizing shortwave radio transmissions as inspiration. UPCOMING SHOWS: - Magnet Theater - 254 West 29th St (between 7th and 8th) - MAP Wed, January 9, 16, 23, and 30 at 9:30 pm [EST = 0230 UT Thursdays] (via gh, DXLD) I listened to a few minutes of their previous show in Philadelphia but no sign of SW there (gh, DXLD) LANGUAGE LESSONS ++++++++++++++++ VOA SPECIAL ENGLISH MAKES CHANGES TO WORD LIST The Voice of America (VOA) has just updated its list of words used in its Special English broadcasts, something it does only once every ten years. The following words have been added: abuse, advertise, attention, available, behavior, career, class, collapse, contact, corruption, detain, disaster, discrimination, donate, double, embryo, extraordinary, fan, favorite, generation, genocide, ignore, Internet, justice, militia, neighbor, partner, persuade, predict, promise, rape, register, respect, restaurant, rural, suicide, vacation, vaccine, video, visa, volunteer, website, whether, witness. The following words have been deleted: bell, blanket, capitalism, grandmother, grandfather, grandson, granddaughter, mercy, pan, tears, vicious (Source: Columbus Dispatch January 2nd, 2008 - 1611 UT by Andy, Media Network blog via DXLD) Andy Sennitt comments: It’s interesting to see the word embryo added to the list. I remember many years ago listening to a Special English broadcast which mentioned ‘chicken embryos’ and being surprised, as I didn’t think the word embryo was in the list of permitted words. Apparently it wasn’t. I wonder how strictly some of the writers adhere to the official list. Studying the complete list of added words is actually quite depressing, as so many of them are clearly related to the less pleasant aspects of human behaviour (Media Network blog via DXLD) ``And Sometimes Y`` had an episode last year about an artificial language that is based on an even more limited vocabulary. You have to put a lot of permitted words together to express something, like a chicken egg could be a ``white oval thingie from a bird people eat`` (not a real example) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) DIGITAL BROADCASTING DRM: ARGENTINA; GERMANY; NEW ZEALAND; SWEDEN; ++++++++++++++++++++ VATICAN. DAB: GERMANY RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ WALGREENS RADIO In the spirit of renewal, I bought a $20 made-in-china Lifelong AM/FM/SW radio from Wal-greens. I just had to have it, despite the fact that I own an NRD-525 and who knows what else. Not coincidentally, all I could pick up was China and Cuba. A commie conspiracy afoot. I got my money back (Liz Cameron, MI, MARE Tipsheet via DXLD) OTH WIDEBAND PULSERS 21 MHz conditions are very variable I note, being the bottom of a sunspot cycle, though around midday I usually can hear up to about 12 channels used, but often very marred by the OTH pulser that pops up. Talking about this on-going OTH wideband pulser (yet again, no it`s not gone!) it seems that you need a quiet location with a good vertical antenna to hear it well. In an urban situation with a horizontal antenna or with a portable receiver it is seldom heard. I hear it regularly, about two out of three days, over the usual spread of three bands i.e. 7.25 to 9 MHz, 12 to 15 MHz and particularly 20 to 26 MHz. So far I have seen very little mention of it in any media. I wonder why? (Des Walsh, Ireland, Jan World DX Club Contact via DXLD) I still wonder whether this is really something local near him, especially its 20-26 MHz peak where there is little ionospheric propagation currently (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ KN4LF Free Daily LF/MF/HF/6M Frequency Radiowave Propagation Forecast Just an FYI. For those interested the KN4LF Daily LF/MF/HF/6M Frequency Radiowave Propagation Forecast is now free. You can sign up by joining the ad free Braveheart opt in email mailing list at: http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf6.htm The forecast will also be available via website at http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf6h.htm every Thursday at 2200 UT. 73, (Thomas F. Giella, KN4LF, Retired Space Plasma Physicist, Lakeland, FL, USA kn4lf @ arrl.net KN4LF Daily Solar Space Weather & Geomagnetic Data Archive: http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf5.htm KN4LF Free Daily LF/MF/HF/6M Frequency Radiowave Propagation Forecast Subscription Site: http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf6.htm KN4LF 160 Meter Radio Propagation Theory Notes: http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf8.htm Jan 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) HIGHLIGHTS OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 01 JAN 2008 - 24 DEC 2007 Solar activity was very low to low. Activity was at very low levels through 29 December. Solar activity reached low levels due to a C1.7 flare observed at 30/2005 UTC. The most likely origin of the flare was from a brightening on the east limb near where old Region 978 (S08, L=223) is expected to return. No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit reached high levels 24 - 27 and 29 - 30 December. The geomagnetic field was quiet throughout the summary period. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 02 - 28 JANUARY 2008 Solar activity is expected to be very low to low. Isolated M-class activity is possible during 01 - 13 January due to the return of old Region 978. No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to reach high levels during 02 - 08 January, 12 - 13 January, and 14 - 28 January. The geomagnetic field is expected to be at quiet levels during 02 - 05 January. Activity is expected to increase to unsettled levels during 06 - 08 January due to recurrence. Activity is expected to decrease to quiet levels during 09 - 12 January. Activity is expected to increase to unsettled to active levels during 13 - 16 January due to a recurrent coronal hole high-speed stream. Activity is expected to decrease to quiet to unsettled levels for the rest of the period as the high-speed stream subsides. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2008 Jan 02 1554 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # Product description and SWPC contact on the Web # http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wwire.html # # 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table # Issued 2008 Jan 02 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2008 Jan 03 85 5 2 2008 Jan 04 87 5 2 2008 Jan 05 90 5 2 2008 Jan 06 90 10 3 2008 Jan 07 90 10 3 2008 Jan 08 90 10 3 2008 Jan 09 90 5 2 2008 Jan 10 90 5 2 2008 Jan 11 90 5 2 2008 Jan 12 85 5 2 2008 Jan 13 75 15 3 2008 Jan 14 72 15 3 2008 Jan 15 70 10 3 2008 Jan 16 70 10 3 2008 Jan 17 70 10 3 2008 Jan 18 70 10 3 2008 Jan 19 70 8 3 2008 Jan 20 70 5 2 2008 Jan 21 70 5 2 2008 Jan 22 70 5 2 2008 Jan 23 70 5 2 2008 Jan 24 70 5 2 2008 Jan 25 70 5 2 2008 Jan 26 70 5 2 2008 Jan 27 70 5 2 2008 Jan 28 70 5 2 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1389, DXLD) ###