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Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1655 headlines: *DX and station news about: Angola, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Canada, Cyprus, East Turkistan, Ethiopia non, Greece, India, Indonesia, Japan non, Korea North non, Korea South, Madagascar, Moldova, Myanmar, New Zealand, Peru, Romania, Sikkim, Taiwan, UK, USA, Zanzibar SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1655, February 7-13, 2013 Thu 0430 WRMI 9955 [repeated 1654 this week] Thu 2200 WTWW 9479 [confirmed] Fri 0428v WWRB 3195 & 5050 [confirmed] Sat 0230v WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Area 51 [confirmed at 0236] Sat 0630 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 0900 WRMI 9955 Sat 1600 WRMI 9955 Sat 1630 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 1830 WRMI 9955 [confirmed] Sun 0500 WTWW 5830 [confirmed] Sun 0900 WRMI 9955 Sun 1630 WRMI 9955 [confirmed] Mon 0530 WRMI 9955 Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 Wed 0630 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Wed 1630 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Thu 0430 WRMI 9955 [or maybe 1656 if ready in time] 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 or http://schedule.worldofradio.org or http://sked.worldofradio.org For updates see our Anomaly Alert page: http://www.worldofradio.com/anomaly.html WRN ON DEMAND: http://www.wrn.org/listeners/#world-of-radio WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS VIA WRN: http://www.wrn.org/listeners/customize-panel/addToPlaylist/98/10:00:00UTC/English OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO: http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html or http://wor.worldofradio.org DAY-BY-DAY ARCHIVE OF GLENN HAUSER`S LOG REPORTS: Unedited, uncondensed, unchanged from original version, many of them too complex, minutely researched, multi-frequency, opinionated, inconsequential, off-topic, or lengthy for some log editors to manage; and also ahead of their availability in these weekly issues: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser DXLD YAHOOGROUP: Why wait for DXLD? A lot more info, not all of it appearing in DXLD later, is posted at our yg without delay. When applying, please identify yourself with your real name and location, and say something about why you want to join. Those who do not, unless I recognize them, will be prompted once to do so and no action will be taken otherwise. Here`s where to sign up: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dxld/ ** ABKHAZIA. Mercoledì 30 gennaio 2013, 0740 - 9535, APSUA R. (GEO), Parlato OM. BN (Luca Botto Fiora, G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) ** ALASKA [and non]. 7355, Feb 4 at 1237, very poor in English, mentioning the term ``BC`` rather than ``BCE`` so probably Christian sectarian. Talk is mixed with music; 1238 ID as ``Your New Life Station, KNLS``, so this English hour is indeed on 7355 as Harold Sellers, BC has noted, despite KNLS` own Russian website schedule showing English at 12-13 on 9615 for B-12 if they have only one transmitter going, and 9615 plus 7355 if they have two. At 1240 something JBA is on 9615. KNLS English page sked, http://www.knls.org/broadcasting-front.html claims to be on 9615 only. Ditto B-12 Chinese website English page: http://www.smzg.org/Schedule_in_English.htm When you have only two, or even one funxional transmitter, why is it so hard to get your act together and put up an accurate schedule???? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9680, KNLS, 1141-1153, Feb 4. In Russian; totally blocking RRI Jakarta; fair to good; mentioned Anchor Point, Alaska many times (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also MADAGASCAR ** ALBANIA. 5985, Feb 1 at 0616, fair signal in Arabic, not noticed before. HFCC shows it`s CRI via Cërrik, at 05-07, 240 degrees. I thought this was on 7210, and I think it has been earlier in B-12, both listed as 240 degrees so perhaps they are alternates, along with 9590 at 140 degrees? No, WRTH shows all three at once, and after all they have six x 150 kW transmitters available until 2018y (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Mercoledì 30 gennaio 2013, Un effetto presente ogni mattina: 0743 - 11715, Intermodulazione CRI txs Albania 11785+11855 0745 - 11925, Intermodulazione CRI txs Albania 11785+11855 Probabili formule: [i.e. leapfrogs --- gh] 11855 - 11785 = 70 70 x 2 = 140 Per 11715: 11785 - 70 11855 - 140 Per 11925: 11785 + 140 11855 + 70 E' lo stesso genere di problema che si presenta quando sono attivi minimo due impianti da Wertachtal in 49 metri (Luca Botto Fiora, G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) Similar [to FRANCE 7433-7443] scratchy spurious noted on upper flank of CRI Arabic outlet from Cerrik Albania, scheduled 9590 at 0500-0657 UT daily. Noted broadband scratch signal with same program content on 9598 to 9642 kHz. S=9+25dB signal on fundamental 9590 (Wolfgang Büschel, Feb 4, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DXLD) ** ANGOLA. 4949.8, RNA-Canal "A", Mulenvos, 1931-1951, 01/2, notícias e informações; 34433. 7216.7, RNA-canal em dialectos, Mulenvos, 2310-..., 03/2, texto; 22441, QRM adjacente. 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4949.74, RNA, Luanda (presumed), 0215-0238, Feb 6. Extremely rare reception for me to actually hear audio here well above threshold level; non-stop African pop songs and EZL songs with no announcements; still heard from 0415 to 0427 with talk show (speeches?) clearly in Portuguese. Unusual propagation for this and Zanzibar on 6015! (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1655, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also ZANZIBAR 7216.714, Angola radio peak visible, but nothing heard so far of program at 1650 UT (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 6, dxldyg via DXLD) ** ARGENTINA. 11710.7, RAE, Buenos Aires. 25/1, blocked by DRM till 0232, next tiny signal, talks in English. Received here QSL card with apologizes in a letter after 2 years from my reception report in 2010 (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF2001D and Folded Marconi 16 meters long), Jan-Feb Australian DX News via DXLD) QRDRM: see INDIA [and non]. 11710.7, UT Sat Feb 2 at 0115, RAE has nice signal in Japanese talk and song, approximately measured here, escaping het from much weaker 11710.0 by tuning USB. The external service is UT Tue-Sat only. I am checking this because someone recently reported RAE on the other side of 11710, ``11709`` while I`ve always found it on the hi side. 11710.0 would be CNR1 Beijing, until 0130, only thing in Aoki, and no doubt a bit of an obstacle to RAE reception in Japan, even if it should propagate that far over an unlikely mostly daypath (? Or night? it`s close to antipodal) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ASCENSION. 6005, BBC WS, English NewsDay with an item about a guy who was paralyzed in a snowmobile jumping contest who now ‘can compete again’ because “adaptive technology” is allowed in ‘extreme snow- mobiling’ now. Odd concept, but then I’ve never really understood the whole ‘sled’ culture. Audio was cutting out often -- sounded like a satellite feed issue, and there was a good 25 seconds of dead air at the BoH before the news headlines. A bit of a rumble-hum in the modulation. 4+54+4+4 0520-0535 31/Jan (Ken Zichi, Williamston MI, Mare Tipsheet via DXLD) [Re 13-05, 7435 at 03-04:] I've heard the same audio problems on other BBCWS Ascension Island frequencies. Seems to be a downlink issue or something wrong in the audio chain at the transmitter site. Audio is clean from other BBCWS sites (such as Meyerton.) (Steve Luce, Houston, Texas, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Is this problem now fixed? After seeing the messages below, I mentioned it to relevant BBC colleagues. They said it was a recurrence of an intermittently faulty satellite feed used by Ascension. During the daytime, engineers there can monitor the feed and switch to an alternative if necessary, but the problem below was occurring out-of- hours (0300-0400) when the station runs unattended (Chris Greenway, Feb 6, dxldyg via DX LISTTENING DIGEST) Seemed OK last night (UT Wednesday 0300). I didn’t listen as closely as usual but it is usually annoyingly evident when the audio drops out. I'll listen more closely tonight (Mike Mayer, ibid.) ** ASIA [non]. USA (non), New schedule of Radio Free Asia in Cantonese from today Feb. 6 [all to E Asia]: 1400-1500 NF 13690 TIN 250 kW / 287 deg Sun, ex 6025 1400-1500 NF 13765 TIN 250 kW / 287 deg Mon/Wed, ex 6025 1400-1500 NF 13785 TIN 250 kW / 287 deg Tue/Fri, ex 6025 1400-1500 NF 13855 TIN 250 kW / 287 deg Thu/Sat, ex 6025 1400-1500 NF 7330 TIN 250 kW / 287 deg Sun/Tue/Thu/Sat, ex 7470 1400-1500 on 7470 TIN 250 kW / 287 deg Mon/Wed/Fri, ex Daily 2200-2300 on 7250 TIN 250 kW / 287 deg Mon/Wed/Fri, ex Daily 2200-2300 NF 7330 TIN 250 kW / 287 deg Tue/Thu, ex 7250 2200-2300 NF 7510 TIN 250 kW / 287 deg Sat/Sun, ex 7250 2200-2300 on 9780 SAI 100 kW / 310 deg Sun, ex Daily 2200-2300 NF 9785 SAI 100 kW / 310 deg Tue/Fri, ex 9780 2200-2300 NF 9795 SAI 100 kW / 310 deg Mon/Wed, ex 9780 2200-2300 NF 9815 SAI 100 kW / 310 deg Thu/Sat, ex 9780 2200-2300 NF 11550 TIN 250 kW / 289 deg Mon/Wed, ex 11775 2200-2300 NF 11565 TIN 250 kW / 289 deg Tue/Fri, ex 11775 2200-2300 NF 11585 TIN 250 kW / 289 deg Thu/Sat, ex 11775 2200-2300 NF 11600 TIN 250 kW / 289 deg Sun, ex 11775 (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. 2325 & 2485, Feb 1 at 1242, JBA carriers are all that the VL8s manage today while I am concentrating on MW harmonix (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 2485, VL8K Katherine NT, 1155 to 1210 Australian theme music, stronger than 2325, 2 Feb (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - 60 meter dipole - AOG, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 2485, Feb 6 at 1222, poor but music is audible, and sounds // 2325, the VL8 stations (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. Ozy Music Radio has sourced a new location in Western Sydney and maybe starting plans to test 5050 and 3210 kHz. Maybe July. News direct from Craig Allen, who owns the stations and who is an ARDXC member! (John Wright, Jan/Feb Australian DX News via DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. 11880, R. Australia-Shepparton Jan. 30; exceptionally strong in English at 1534 with discussion of current laws relating to oil and gas drilling; short music break at 1542 and back to discussion; still very good at 1555 recheck with R. Australia program promo; into ID and news at 1600 (Jim Ronda, Tulsa, OK, NRD-545, R-75 + two PAR EF-SWL slopers, one external Eavesdropper and one attic- mounted Eavesdropper, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 21740, Feb 3 at 2137, RA excellent local-like signal in Monday morning news magazine, story about possibility of elexions being called. This is inbooming every day, just about as high as you can go on shortwave, and could be easily overlooked if you assume the 13m band is going to be dead, and indeed at this hour, RA is the OSOB (only station on band). DON`T YOU BELIEVE: the RA website frequency guide, http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/waystolisten/abc-radio-shortwave-frequency-guide.pdf which doesn`t even show 21740 or 19000, way outdated!! HFCC reveals 21740 is at 21-01 UT, 100 kW, 70 degrees from Shepparton; Almost as good: 19000 at 23-03, 100 kW, switching from 65 to 70 at 01 Program schedule shows, and let`s hope this is current: UT Sunday-Thursday: 2100-2130 `AM` is Australia's most informative morning current affairs program. AM sets the agenda for the nation's daily news and current affairs coverage. Presented by Tony Eastley. 2130-2400 Live talk with Phil Kafcaloudes UT Monday-Friday: 0000-0200 Live talk with Isabelle Genoux and Heather Jarvis, for the Pacific 0200-0300 The World Today --- a comprehensive current affairs program which backgrounds [a verb], analyses, interprets and encourages debate on events and issues of interest and importance to all Australians. Presented by Eleanor Hall. UT Friday: 2030-2200 Saturday Extra --- Focuses on international politics and business. Saturday Extra covers developments on the world stage and the ways in which they matter to Australians. Presented by Geraldine Doogue. 2200-2230 Pacific Review --- A comprehensive roundup of the major stories from the region and the people involved and affected by them. Presented by Bruce Hill. 2230-2300 World Football Weekly [never mind] 2300-2330 Asia Review --- keeps you up to date with the latest events in the region using key political, business, economic and social newsmakers, as well as some of the finest analysts on regional affairs. 2330-2300 Download This Show --- Your weekly access-point to the latest developments in social media, consumer electronics, digital politics, hacktivism and more. Presented by Marc Fennell. UT Saturday: 0000-0100 Background Briefing --- an agenda-setting current affairs radio documentary program. 2100-2200 Australia All Over --- Ian MacNamara speaks with Australians from all walks of life and relishes the chance to travel the country. 2200-2230 Correspondents Report --- the ABC's overseas reporters give their interpretation and analysis of the week's major events. Presented by Elizabeth Jackson. 2230-2300 Innovations --- A showcase of Australian design, discovery, invention, engineering and research skills. Presented by Desley Blanch. 2300-2400 ABC News Radio --- The latest from Australia's only national, continuous news network, delivering factual, independent and opinion-free coverage of news. UT Sunday: 0000-0100 ABC News Radio continued Newscasts surely occur every hour on the hour delaying the start of these programs until 5 after, not worth noting by RA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1655, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Quick check-in on 21740 at 2225 UT: Signal received here using PL-310 barefoot registering 15-20 dbu(micro). Fades and static but quite copyable. SINPO 35344 close to local sunset. Heard a portion from Pink Floyd's "Arnold Layne" from mid 60's. Batteries on reserve so not much time allowed (Paul S. in CT Feb 4, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 21740, 05/Feb 0032, R Australia in English. Very weak signal, but audible in peaks in the propagation. I hear music. Really a surprise this frequency so high and that time. At 0038 clear talk by YL. At 0039 YL interviews a man. The signal is improving. [later:] The signal improved greatly on 21740. Also in // 19000 and 17750. Went off the air now 0100, on 21740 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) At Jorge`s and your time (0035-0040 UT) I was also listening in from CT USA, checking on PGX. It was there, and much more in the background with partial intelligence. This signal is beam 070 az, much akin to 9580 kHz on 080 az. What surprised me is that my PL-310 received it at all considering the terminator crossing. If I were to rate the 0035- 0040 reception it would be 25322, just too much hash/noise for comfort (Paul S. in CT, ibid.) 21740, Feb 6 at 0047, RA still has VG signal with discussion of sea turtle nesting, as this frequency is about to close; and still better than // 19000. Some further east find 21740 is fading out a lot earlier, as one would expect (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) TSUNAMI COVERAGE ON SHORTWAVE --- Keith Perron writes on Facebook: For the past few hours Radio Australia has been covering the tsunami that was triggered off the coast of Solomon Islands. The BBCWS only had a mention and only for a few minutes. RA coverage of news in the Pacific and East Asia over the last few years has been far better than the BBCWS. I find it amazing considering RA's budget is tiny compared to the BBC (via Mike Terry, 1026 UT Feb 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENINIG DIGEST ** AUSTRALIA. 15525, HCJB-Kununurra, Jan. 30; fair-poor at 2235 with talk in Mandarin and gospel instrumental selection; into man and woman speaking; beginning to slip to poor at 2246; at 2251 music selection “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing”; 2252 back to talk; a second song at 2254; at 2256 program information; 2258 IS; 2300 ID in English and into program in Amoy (Jim Ronda, Tulsa, OK, NRD-545, R-75 + two PAR EF-SWL slopers, one external Eavesdropper and one attic-mounted Eavesdropper, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. Ik hoor denk ik een Volmet station op 6230-USB, 2137z in Engels. Kan iemand mij aangeven welk station dit zou kunnen zijn? Male speaker English / Aussie ?? Accent ?? Duurt nog voort -- Blog: http://radiospotting.blogspot.com/ (Marc van Gerwen, Feb 4, BDX luisteramateur list via DXLD) VMW, Wiluna, Western Australia is often heard, but it`s marine rather than aero weather, e.g. in http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1249.txt 73, (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Aah, yes, thanks for the info, Glenn. 73, (Marc, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AZERBAIJAN. 9682.8, R Voice of Justice, Stepanakert, Nagorno Karabakh, *0605-0632*, Jan 23, heard around 25 kHz width length with center 9677.5, but better on 9682.8, at 0623 an address in Stepanakert and phone no. - all in Azeri. 45544 (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, DSWCI DX Window Feb 6 via WORLD OF RADIO 1655, DXLD) ** AZORES. AÇORES, DX diurno em OLonga e Omédia: 828, Antena 1 Açores, Monte das Cruzes, Ilha das Flores, 0929-1445 (!), 04/2, emissão local (interrompida para retransmissão dos noticiários da Antena 1 Lisboa), programa Inter Ilhas, após as 1000, e outras rubricas; 44443; pelas 1430, o sinal estava afectado de maior QRM adjacente. 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BAHAMAS. 4045-USB, New Providence radio check, 1210 on 2 February (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - 60 meter dipole - AOG, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4045-USB, Egg Island sailing vessel check for weather conditions 1213 on 2 February (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - 60 meter dipole - AOG, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Bob often hears these, but we don`t know whose stations they really are (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** BANGLADESH. 4750, Bangladesh Betar 1403-1415 Feb 1. Presumed them with bagpipe-type riffs followed by subcontinental vocals. If them, then their brief foray to 4752 is over (nothing heard on 4752 for a few days). Asian signals better than usual this morning, although still not matching my noise level. Fair carriers on most of the 60 m.b. Indian frequencies (John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge, Colorado. Drake R- 8, 100-foot RW, dxingwithcumbre yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1655, DXLD) Hi John, Very nice to finally see someone else reporting on the bagpipe music at 1403. Heard daily with either the bagpipes or a marching band; either one or the other. Definitely Bangladesh Betar! I have enjoyed this segment countless times before. Is more of a challenge to hear them now that they are no longer offset on 4752.00. Seems every day the propagation is different on 4750, with the possibility of hearing four stations mixing together in varying degrees of QRM (Ron Howard, San Francisco, ibid.) 4750, Bangladesh Betar coming in at fair strength at the moment 16z with OM and Asian music. Moved back from 4752 as Steve Calver reported here! Shame really as it left 4750 clearer for the other residents (Mark, Anglesey, Wales, Davies, Feb 3, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) 4750.0, Bangladesh Betar, 1235-1243, Feb 4. Last Monday with them off set on 4752.0, I had very readable copy of their weekly SAARC news bulletin, but this week with them on exact frequency again, was too much QRM to make out what the news was (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BANGLADESH. 15105, 1231 UT 5 Jan, Bangladesh Bear ID, Power of Love, ad, 1259 dead air, SIO 454 (David Morris, Dorset, Feb BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) 15105, 1232 UT 25 Dec, BB, OM news in English, SIO 333 (Edwin Southwell, Hants, ibid.) Unheard here for months; maybe propagation will be picking up equinoxially; are they still iffy whether on this or 7250? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BHUTAN. QSL: Bhutan Broadcasting Service 6035, email reply after 10 days from Kaka Tshering, General Manager radio, who attached a nice F/D QSL letter. Report was sent to kakatshering at bbs.bt (Bruce Portzer, Seattle WA, Feb 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 3310, Radio Mosoj Chaski, 0850 Quechua, wasn’t heard around 0830, so sign-on was sometime after that, song and male speaker alternating. Very poor Jan 31 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, Listening in my car with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active whip antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3310, Radio Mosoj Chaski, Cochabamba, 1000 to 1020 with YL en español on 31 Jan, 0950 good signal 31 Jan (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - 60 meter dipole - AOG, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [sic, maybe meant different dates] ** BOLIVIA. 4451.2, Radio Santa Ana, Santa Ana de Yacuma, 2330 to 2355, best in LSB to avoid ute 27 Jan (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - 60 meter dipole - AOG, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 4716.65, Radio Yatun Ayllu Yura, Yura 1000 to 1020 OM and YL en español, good signal 26 Jan (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D, Icom 746Pro, Drake R8, 60 meter dipole, AOG, and XM - Cedar Key - South Florida, NRD 525D - R8A - E5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4717, Feb 1 at 0102, R. Yatun Ayllu Yura, Yura, is consistently the best and clearest evening signal from Bolivo-Peruvians on 60m, but it`s still tough copy; some talk audible, with ACI from vestiges of Andrews crypto messages in SSB on 4724.5. Not that I`ve ever heard that RYAY ID as listed. 4717, Feb 2 at 0055, poor signal, music with a beat, once again no doubt R. Yatun Ayllu Yura, Yura, best of the Andean signals on 60m (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) BOLÍVIA, 4716.7, R. Yatun Ayllu Yura, Yura, 2315-2323, 02/2, quíchua ou aimara, texto, anúncio da freq., música índia; 25331. 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4717, Feb 3 at 0056, JBA carrier at first, but a bit more here than on Peru`s 4747, 4835, etc. A poor Andean evening. But at 0111, 4717 has improved with some music audible from R. Yatun Ayllu Yura, Yura. 4717, Feb 5 at 0035, music on poor signal, from R. Yatun Ayllu Yura, Yura, but as usual better than the other Andeans on 60m, and no SSB QRM this time (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1655, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4717-, Feb 7 at 0058, my most reliable 60m Andean, Yura, is missing tonight (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 5580.260, Jan 26 0058*, Radio San José signing off this early. On Jan 27 they were still on at 0259 (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, SW Bulletin via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 5952.4, R. Pío XII, Siglo XX, 2245-2256, 01/2, 2245-2256, castelhano, texto; 45433. 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 6105.48, Radio Panamericana, La Paz, 1100 to 1112 OM under high noise 26 Jan.; 1050 OM chat en español with piano music to 1100, narrow filter, USB (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - 60 meter dipole - AOG, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 6135, Radio Santa Cruz, 0858 Spanish, on suddenly mid- song, then switched to electronic flute-like music repeating, ID “Radio Santa Cruz” with echo effect, frequencies and more IDs. At 0900 a Portuguese station came on (presumed Rádio Aparecida, Brazil) and overwhelmed Santa Cruz. Jan 31 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, Listening in my car with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active whip antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6134.8, Feb 2 at 0128, R. Santa Cruz, good signal with tropical music, no het tho always off-frequency. This is a good example of exotic stations benefiting from ISWBC closedowns: since St. Petersburg self- destructed at yearend, there are no major broadcasters anywhere on 6135 during a BBC break from 0000 to 0430 --- altho Aoki lists R. Aparecida, Brasil, until 0300 but not even a het audible from it, probably inactive as on some other channels. RSC also stays on much later than 0110* as in Aoki, sometimes as late as 0300. 6134.8, Feb 3 at 0105, no signal from R. Santa Cruz, off early? Normally propagates much better than the 60m signals, which were weakened tonight. 6134.8, UT Mon Feb 4 at 0058, R. Santa Cruz on unique frequency, fairly good with romantic music, ``historia de amor`` in lyrix, song continuing past hourtop; was gone last night when checked a few minutes later (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1655, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. [Re 13-05]: Nota do DXCB - Adalberto Marques O DX Clube do Brasil lamenta a morte do dexista Adalberto Marques de Azevedo que, durante muitos anos, fez parte de sua equipe de colaboradores. Ele faleceu no último dia 30 de janeiro, de infarto, em Mogi-Guaçu (SP). Adalberto fez carreira numa empresa estatal em Barbacena (MG). Fazia pouco tempo que havia retornado a residir em solo paulista. Além de escrever artigos técnicos, Adalberto também colaborou com vários programas de rádio que falavam de dexismo e ondas curtas, como Nas Ondas Curtas da Guarujá Paulista, de Guarujá (SP), DX HCJB, da HCJB Global, de Quito, no Equador, e Altas Ondas, da extinta emissora norte-americana Voz Cristã, cujos estúdios estavam em Miami. No Altas Ondas, Adalberto inventou o seguinte slogan: "Rádio ligado, antena esticada, ouvido atento e ótimas escutas!" Ouça o 1º áudio de Adalberto enviado ao programa Altas Ondas em: http://blog.romais.jor.br/?p=689 (Célio Romais, Jan 31, radioescutas yg via DXLD) obit ** BRAZIL. 3375, Brasil, Radio Municipal São Gabriel da Cachoeira, 0920 to 1030, OM with Brasil pops 26 Jan; 0930 chorale music, good signal 27 Jan (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - 60 meter dipole - AOG, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. “A Rádio Caiari, de Porto Velho, em Rondônia, permanece firme e forte transmitindo em ondas tropicais, pela frequência de 4785 kHz. Em 25 de janeiro, foi monitorada, em Alta Floresta do Oeste (RO), pelo Joviniano Furtado Neto, por volta de 2200, no Tempo Universal, com excelente sinal”. Célio Romais, http://blog.romais.jor.br/?p=701 73 (via Jorge Freitas, dxldyg via DXLD) 4785, Brasil, Radio Caiari, Porto Velho, RO, 0950 to 1020 piano music, OM chat, time given in Portuguese 26 Jan (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - 60 meter dipole - AOG, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. R. Cult. Ondas Tropicais, Manaus, 4845 kHz, 2200 UT ID, music bumper and announcements into OM talks in vernacular; opening was till 2300 past UT, brief recording: http://snd.sc/WG0hHo R. Clube do Pará, 4885 kHz, fade in at 2203 UT better, reception around 2215 and later, ID heard at around 2210. Brief recording: http://snd.sc/WG1BKq In last 30 days logged few Brazilian stations, like RNA and R Clube do Pará several times. 73s (Partha Sarathi Goswami, Siliguri, W.B., India, Rural area, Feb 2? RX: JRC NRD 72, Sony 7600GR; Antenna: 1 x inverted V and 1 x Sloper with MFJ 959C type home brewed tuner, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 4965.00, Radio Alvorada, doing better than average this past week, noted most mornings around 1000+; good ID 1003 on 1/28 (Ralph Perry, Wheaton, Illinois, Drake R8B; Japan Radio NRD-545; Eton E1; Hallicrafters SX100, Dentron Super Tuner + Ameco PLF-2 + Palomar P-408 +Quantum Phaser antenna unit (customized for tropical bands), 335-foot bidirectional BOG 150 deg/330 degrees for LA/SE Asia, DXEngineering RPA-1 preamp, Phased Longwire + Small Loop, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4965, Brasil, Radio Alvorada, Parintins, 0950 to 1010 "...bom dia ... " ...mentions de Brasil 26 Jan, 0958 om and yl in Portuguese 1005 news, fading 31 Jan (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - 60 meter dipole - AOG, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. BRASIL, 5015, R. Cultura, Cuiabá MT, 2259-2307, 03/2, texto, retransmissão da SRDA, às 2300; 15331. 5939.8, R. Voz Missionária, Camboriú SC, 2230-2245, 02/2, propaganda religiosa condimentada com hinos; 55433. 5970, R. Itatiaia, Belo Horizonte MG, 2233-2251, 02/2, discussão e relatos criticando negativamente a falta de estações de metro perto de estádios importantes, entre os quais o de Belo Horizonte; 55433. 6010.03, R. Inconfidência, Belo Horizonte MG, 2237-..., 02/2, música ligeira na rubrica Máquina do Tempo; 33432, melhor em BLS. // 15191.2 sinal muito bom. 9565.04, SRDA, Curitiba PR, 1941-1955, 02/2, testemunhos (...) de curas; 34433, QRM adjacente, e depois QRM de portadora vazia, a partir das 1845. 9664.9, R. Voz Missionária, Camboriú SC, 2242-2254, 01/2, chamadas de ouvintes durante rubrica de propaganda religiosa. Obra Missionária; 45433. // 5940v com sinal pobre. Em 31 m, a RVM é captada por cá logo pelas 1830. 9664.95, idem, 1028-desvanecimento total 1110, 04/2, anúncio dos endereços postal e electr.º, das freqs., e rubrica de propag. relig., música; 25421. 9819.2, R. 9 de Julho, São Paulo SP, 1850-1939, 02/2, missa, ID+anúncio das freqs., às 1858,..., rubrica cultural; 25321, forte QRM adj. no período aproximado 1900-1930. 11854.95, R. Aparecida, Aparecida SP, 1941-2006, 01/2, noticiário, rubrica de propag. relig., às 2000; 35444. 11894.9, R. Boa Vontade, Pt.º Alegre RS, 2235-2249, 01/2, noticiário; 34432, QRM adjacente. // 9550. 11915. R. Guaíba, Pt.º Alegre RS, 1942-2004, 01/2, noticiário de futebol, anúncios comerciais, conversa, canções, informações de trânsito; 34443. 11925.2, R. Bandeirantes, São Paulo SP, 1944-2007, 01/2, anúncios comerciais, informações e notícias, tudo em Serviço Bandeirantes; 34443, QRM adj. e no mesmo canal. 15191.2, R. Inconfidência, Belo Horizonte MG, 1305-1415, 01/2, programa Primeira Desportivo e, às 1400, Conexão Inconfidência; 25432. Sinal muito forte, claro, à noite. 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Selected from full report in DXLD yg ** BRAZIL. 6120, Feb 1 at 0624, despite very poor signal, unmistakable wacky wailing of Davi Miranda, easier to hear thanks to Cuban absence from 6125 (and RHC Spanish on 6120 is not overtime either this late tonight). It`s Super Rádio Deus é Amor, São Paulo, shown in Aoki as 10 kW at 320 degrees USward. BTW, the accent on the é is essential as it means ``is``, = God is Love, and without the accent it means ``and``. If you need to make it easy, writing it e’ [e-apostrophe] is acceptable. It seems that accenting Súper, however is not necessary according to a native speaker, altho Rádio is necessary, as without it, the -i- is stressed, meaning ``I radiate``. DXers dealing with Portuguese and Spanish names should learn and employ basic proper orthography. It`s not that hard. Or copy sources that are correctly spelt (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL [and non]. BRAZIL/ETHIOPIA, 9565.055 Super Radio Deus é Amor, Brazilian religious broadcaster from Curitiba, S=6 poor signal. Two stations het each other at 07-08 UT, noted at 0730 UT Feb 2nd. And another 220 Hertz heterodyne tone of - seemingly - Radio Ethiopia on varying 9565.272 ... wandered up and down to x.295 kHz (Wolfgang Büschel, Feb 2, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 2 via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. Assunto: [Radioescutas] RELATÓRIO REFERENTE ÀS ESCUTAS DE JANEIRO/2013 kHz Estação LOCAL Horário Oper. P (KW) Confirmações 2380, R. Educadora Limeira - SP 00:00-24:00 0,25 Ver nota 1 2410, R. Transamazônica Senador Guiomard-AC 00:00-24:00 5? Ver nota 1 3325, R. Mundial S. Paulo - SP 00:00-24:00 2,5 Ver nota 1 3365, R. Cultura Araraquara - SP 05:00-24:00 1 27/01 RW 3375, R. Municipal S. Gabriel da Cahoeira-AM 00:00-24:00 5 13/01 AAR 22/01 RW(*) 27/01 RW 22/01 DV(*) 4755, R. Imaculada Conceição Campo Grande - MS 00:00-24:00 10 06/01 RP 27/01 RW 22/01DV(*) 4765, R. Rural Santarém - PA 04:00-24:00 10 05/01 CGS 13/01 AAR 4765, R. Integração Cruzeiro do Sul - AC 05:00-24:00 10 Ver nota 1 4775, R. Congonhas Congonhas - MG 00:00-24:00 1 Ver nota 1 4785, R. Caiari Porto Velho - RO 00:00-24:00 10 06/01 RP 06/01 CGS 25/01 JFN 22/01 DV(*) 4805, R. Difusora do Amazonas Manaus - AM 00:00-24:00 10 04/01 CGS 18/01 RW 4815, R. Difusora Londrina - PR 00:00-24:00 10 04/01 CGS 13/01 AAR 15/01 RW 4825, R. Educadora Bragança - PA 00:00-24:00 5 Ver nota 1 4825, R. Canção Nova Cachoeira Paulista - SP 00:00-24:00 10 06/01 CGS 4845, R. Cultura Manaus - AM 00:00-24:00 10 04/01 CGS 4845, R. Meteorologia Paulista Ibitinga - SP 07:00-24:00 1 Ver nota 1 4865, R. Alvorada Londrina - PR 00:00-24:00 5 05/01 RFP 4865, R. Missões da Amazônia Óbidos - PA 00:00-24:00 5 Ver nota 1 4865, R. Verdes Florestas Cruzeiro do Sul - AC 06:00-22:00 5 03/01 CGS 4875, R. Roraima Boa Vista - RR 00:00-24:00 10 04/01 CGS 13/01 RWG 15/01 RFP 4885, R. A Voz do Coração Imacul. Anápolis - GO 00:00-24:00 1 04/01 CGS 4885, R. Clube do Pará Belém - PA 00:00-24:00 10 06/01 RU 04/01 JFN 22/01 GH 4885, R. Difusora Acreana Rio Branco - AC 04:00-23:00 5 22/01 DV(*) 4895, R. Novo Tempo Campo Grande - MS 00:00-24:00 5 13/01 AAR 4915, R. Daqui Goiânia - GO 00:00-24:00 10 06/01 CGS 4915, R. Difusora Macapá - AP 00:00-24:00 10 06/01 CGS 4925, R. Educação Rural Tefé - AM 00:00-24:00 5 Ver nota 1 4935, R. Capixaba Vitória - ES 00:00-24:00 1 Ver nota 1 4965, R. Alvorada Parintins - AM 05:00-22:00 5 27/01 RW 4975, R. Iguatemi Osasco - SP 00:00-24:00 1 01/02 RP(*) 03/01 CGS 21/01 DV(*) 4985, R. Brasil Central Goiânia - GO 00:00-24:00 10 Ver nota 1 5015, R. Cultura Cuiabá - MT 00:00-24:00 1 Ver nota 1 5035, R. Aparecida Aparecida - SP 00:00-24:00 10 05/01 CGS 5035, R. Educação Rural Coari - AM 05:00-23:00 5 Ver nota 1 5940, R. Voz Missionária Camboriu - SC 00:00-24:00 10 04/01 CGS 07/01 RWG 15/01 DV(*) 5955, R. Gazeta S. Paulo - SP 00:00-24:00 10 Ver nota 1 5965, R. Transmundial Santa Maria - RS 00:00-06:00 7,5 Ver nota 1 5970, R. Itatiaia Belo Horizonte - MG 00:00-24:00 10 04/01 CGS 6000, R. Guaiba Porto Alegre - RS 00:00-24:00 10 08/01 NS 6010, R. Inconfidência Belo Horizonte - MG 00:00-24:00 25 04/01 CGS 6060, SRDA Curitiba - PR 00:00-24:00 10 Ver nota 1 6070, SRDA (Capital) Rio de Janeiro - RJ 00:00-24:00 7,5 Ver nota 1 6080, R. Daqui Goiânia - GO 07:00-03:00 10 Ver nota 1 6080, R. Marumby Curitiba - PR 00:00-24:00 5 05/01 CGS 6090, R. Bandeirantes S. Paulo - SP 00:00-24:00 10 04/01 CGS 6105, R. Cultura de Filadelfia Foz do Iguaçu - PR 11:00-19:00 7,5 Ver nota 5 6105, R. Canção Nova Cachoeira Paulista - SP 08:00-03:00 5 Ver nota 1 6120, R. SRDA Curitiba - PR 00:00-24:00 10 04/01 CGS 6135, R. Aparecida Aparecida - SP 08:00-23:00 25 05/01 CGS 6160, R. Rio Mar Manáus - AM 00:00-24:00 10 Ver nota 1 6180, R. Nacional da Amazônia Brasília - DF 00:00-24:00 250 22/01 RWG 9515, R. Marumby Curitiba - PR 10:00-23:00 10 Ver nota 1 9530, R. Transmundial Santa Maria - RS 07:00-18:00 10 Ver nota 1 9550, R. Boa Vontade Porto Alegre - RS 00:00-24:00 10 05/01 CGS 9565, SRDA Curitiba - PR 00:00-24:00 20 06/01 RP 05/01 CGS 9585, R. SRDA S. Paulo - SP 00:00-24:00 10 Ver nota 1 9630, R. Aparecida Aparecida- SP 08:00-24:00 10 05-06/01 CGS 9645, R. Bandeirantes S. Paulo - SP 09:00-24:00 7,5 05/01 JW(*) 06/01 CGS 12/01 GP 9665, R. Voz Missionária Camboriu - SC 08:00-24:00 10 05/01 CGS 06/01 KZ(*) 15/01 GH 21/01 JFN 9675, R. Canção Nova Cachoeira Paulista - SP 00:00-24:00 10 Ver nota 1 9695, R. Rio Mar Manaus - AM 02:30-19:00 7,5 04/01 GH e CGS 9820, R. Nove de Julho S. Paulo - SP 09:00-21:00 10 04/01 CGS 21/01 JFN 11735, R. Transmundial Santa Maria - RS 07:00-17:00 50 05/01 JFN 06/01 RFP e CGS 20/01 AR 24/01 JFN 11765, R. SRDA Curitiba - PR 00:00-24:00 20 04 e 05/01 CGS 05/01 JW 24/01 JFN 11780, R. Nacional da Amazônia Brasília - DF 09:00-03:00 250 04/01 LFS 06/01 RFP 12/01 GP 14/01 GH 20/01 AR 24/01 JFN 11815, R. Brasil Central Goiânia - GO 00:00-24:00 7,5 06/01 CGS 11830, R. Daqui Goiânia - GO 08:00-03:00 10 07/01 CGS 20/01 AAR 11855, R. Aparecida Aparecida - SP 00:00-24:00 1 05/01 CGS 06/01 JFN 11895, R. Boa Vontade Porto Alegre - RS 17:00-03:00 10 19/01 D503 11915, R. Gaúcha Porto Alegre - RS 00:00-24:00 7,5 04/01 AB 06/01 CS e CGS 18 e 24/01 JFN 11925, R. Bandeirantes S. Paulo - SP 00:00-24:00 10 04/01 CGS 24/01 JFN 15190, R. Inconfidência Belo Horizonte - MG 07:00-16:00 5 01/01 JFN, WL e JFN 04 e 05/01 15/01 EP(*) CGS 24/01 JFN 14/01 LBF 15325, R. Gazeta S. Paulo - SP 14:00-16:00 1 20/01 CS INFORMANTES AAR - Arthur Antônio Raimundo, Manaus-AM / AB - Amarildo Bertini, Atibaia-SP AR - Alex Robert, Duas Estradas-PB / Degen 1103 + LW 15m CGS - Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal / Draker R-8E, JRC NRD-545; AR2 amp., 20 m T2FD, 45m inv. V, vários modelos de Beverage. CS - Cássio Santos, Goiânia-GO / Kenwood r600 e outros + AOR SA700 D 503 - Durval, Pompeo-MG DV - Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA-USA / Perseus SDR e outros EP - Ernesto Paulino, ??? [Eduardo Peralta, Argentina?] GH - Glenn Hauser GP - Geraldo Pietragala, Osaka, Japão / ICF 55 + telescópica JFN - Joviniano Furtado Neto, Alta Floresta-RO / Degen 1103 + dipolo para 7 MHz JW - John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge, Colorado-USA / Drake R8 + LW 150 pés. KZ - Ken Zichi, Williamston, MI-USA / ??? LBF - Luca Botto Fiora, Genova, Itália LFS - Leonaldo Ferreira da Silva, Lagoa de Dentro-PB / Sangean ATS 606A + LW NS - Neto Silva, Brasília-DF / Degen DE 1103 RFP - Rubens F.Pedroso, Bandeirantes- SP /Tecsun PL 310 + DE 1103 + RGP3 SW RP - Ralph Perry, Wheaton, IL, USA / Drake R8B e outros + antena customizada para OT RU - Renato Uliana, Indaiatuba-SP / Sangean ATS 909 + RGP3 SW RW - Robert Wilkmer, Pompano Beach, South Florida USA / NRD 535, Icom 746 Pro, Drake R8 RWG - Rudolf W. Grimm, São Bernardo do Campo-SP / Sangean ATS 909X + telescópica WL - Weslley Ludtke, Cacoal-RO / Philco PH-60 NOTAS 1, A ausêcia de recepção não indica que a emissora esteja desativada. Apenas não consta em nenhum relatório de escuta durante o período abrangido. 2, As confirmações de recepção foram as publicadas na lista Radioescutas do DXCB e as (*) em DXLD - World of Radio editadas por Glenn Hauser. 3, Os dados de horário de funcionamento e potência de transmissão foram extraídos do site da Anatel. Advirto, todavia que não são confiáveis. Andei verificando o horário de encerramento de algumas emissoras e constatei a não observância com os indicados no site. Quanto à potência, não há como aferir. 4, Os interessados em enviar QSL's podem consultar os endereços das emissoras acessando o link: http://dxways-br.blogspot.com do Rudolf W. Grimm. 5, No DXLD 13-04 lê-se o log (tentativo) de Thomas Nilsson, Suécia relativo à R. Cultra de Filadelfia em 08/02 (GSCysneiros, Grupo Rádio Escuta Domingo, 3 de Fevereiro de 2013 7:15 via DXLD) Gustavo [sic], Pelo que entendi no início do mês você atualiza a lista, com base nos logs do mês anterior. Se for isso mesmo, é fantástico. Parabéns pelo trabalho. Conte comigo nas atualizações. A propósito, apenas um comentário: A Educação Rural de Coari em 5035 está ativa e chega muito forte a Manaus. É que por ser "comum" , deixei de relatá-la nos logs. Voltarei a fazê-lo. O mesmo ocorre com a Rio Mar em 6160. Está ativa, porém, durante poucas horas por dia e num horário pouco favorável à propagação em longas distâncias. 73 (Arthur Antonio Raimundo, Manaus AM Brasil, 03º05'41" S, 60º01'57" W, FI96XV, ibid.) Arthur, Você entendeu bem a ideia, que é mostrar as emissoras brasileiras sintonizadas por este Brasil afora e também em outros paises. Para tanto, eu me sirvo dos logs que são publicados aqui na lista, inclusive os listados por Glenn Hauser, que reune informações de dexistas do mundo inteiro. Tambem por este motivo é muito importante a participação de todos os nossos colegas espalhados pelo Brasil. Outro dia, aqui mesmo, fiz um apelo aos colegas da lista para que enviem logs refletindo suas escutas em OT e OC. Olhe o exemplo que você mesmo dá: as duas emissoras citadas no texto estão ativas mas não houve nenhum log informando. E por ai vai... Por isso enfatizo a necessidade de colaboração dos colegas da lista, notadamente das regiões norte, nordeste, sul, centro oeste, etc. E você é um que pode coloborar (e muito) com a ideia. Vou contar com sua ajuda! Forte 73, (Giuseppe Cysneiros, ibid.) ** BULGARIA. Digital text via The Mighty KBC returns this weekend Shortwave broadcaster The Mighty KBC will broadcast to North America at 0000-0200 UTC, 3 February (Saturday evening in North America), on 9450 khz (AM mode) via a transmitter in Bulgaria. They will include some text modes on top of the AM carrier. At about 0130 UT, 4xPSK63R will be centered on 1000 Hz and MFSK64 centered on 2000 Hz. (For 4XPSK63R, use Fldigi 3.21.65 or newer: OpMode > PSKR > MultiCarrier > 4XPSK63R.) At just before 0200, an image will be transmitted in the MFSK16 mode. (A window with the image should pop up automatically.) Also, MT63-2000 (long interleave) will be centered on 1500 Hz. This will be an Flmsg formatted transmission, with html. Decode one from the radio, the other from your recording. Download Fldigi and Flmsg from ww.w1hkj.com (Kim Elliott, VA, KD9XB, http://www.kimandrewelliott.com Feb 2 dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) The mighty KBC with fair to weak signal on 9450 in Montreal at 0024 UT. Don`t think it's strong enough to really make copy of the digital transmission later on (Gilles Letourneau, Montreal, Canada, ibid.) No signal in my QTH on 9450 at 0030. Good signal in remote radio from Twente, NL. ID now at 0030. 73 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, ibid.) ** BULGARIA. 9450, UT Sunday Feb 3 at 0051 check, Mighty KBC`s weekly broadcast has good signal, just far enough from the circa 9454 Guiana French spurblob (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Nothing worth reporting out here, except dead air? I can see the carrier easily, but no audio. That's about 0115 UT (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, ibid.) Let's call it about 75% copy in northern Virginia: Kim Andrew Elliott here. . . Please join me at the Winter SWL Fest, March 1 and 2, Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania (near Philadelphia). I will talk about transmitting digital text modes via shortwave, auc+ o!(eCdecodingþtt Âdzmation at... swlfest.com (Kim Elliott, 0144 UT, ibid.) Mighty KBC 0000-0200 UT 9450 kHz signal good to fair. No audio problems. Both of the digital tests were just about perfect. 0130 UTC digital test only the word "interleave" was corrupt. Eric played a joke on listeners tempting them about a short story on the "Swiss Marines". SDR capture of the broadcast http://misc.kg4lac.com/2013-2-3-MightyKBC-0000-0200UTC-9450kHz.zip (Kraig Krist, ibid.) Anfrage: Found your digital broadcast to be of high interest to me. Unfortunately a hard drive crash caused me to lose your shortwave band width recording to an external hard drive. No, I dont mean an audio recording, but a true RF band width of your actual over the air radio frequency signal to a hard drive. This is done using a SDR-IQ and SpectraVue software. Soooo, when do you plan on doing this again as I would love to decode your material using the software listed on your site. Not only can your material be decode live, but also from the recording, thus the settings of the software can be adjusted on the replayed file with out fear of losing the real time data. A digital Yahoo email forum is following your tests at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ 73 from Bill - WD8ARZ Lauterbach in South Bend, Indiana USA, swl at qth.net via DXLD) I contacted the station and asked about future broadcasts: Hi Bill, Thank you for your reaction. It's much appreciated. Sorry to read about the crash. We keep on doing the digital text modes in the future. Kim Andrew Elliot is taking care of it. I will check your link below later on today. Always interesting to see. Have a great Sunday. Kind regards and thank you for tuning in, Eric van Willegen (via Bill Lauterbach, ibid.) yg archives are open, has 4384 members and mainly about ham radio (gh) ** BULGARIA. Bulgarian Transmitter site website. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.de/2013/01/lw-mw-sw-transmitters-in-bulgaria.html 224 photo pictures on Bulgarian transmitter sites: 73! (Georgi Bancov, SWL: LZ2-004 HAM: LZ2GPB http://qrz.com/db/LZ2GPB> QTH locator: KN22IV (Febr 1), BC-DX 2 Feb via DXLD) > Highlight for me was seeing the ancient Tesla Txers at the former Stolnik SW TX site. SRV 30, for 828 kHz, i.e. mediumwave. Cf. http://stredni.vlny.sweb.cz/Tesla/vysilace_cz.html More pictures, also of the KRV-100 shortwave transmitter, are here: http://predavatel.com/bg/1/elin-pelin.htm#stolnik For more refer to http://www.predavatel.com/bg/map > but there's so many great pics to view :-) What strikes me are the apparent shortwave quadrants at Stara Zagora. What's this?? (Kai Ludwig, shortwavesites yg via DXLD) Hi Kai, I noted this & wondered about it also. I actually sent off a email to Georgi Bancov about 12 hours ago & asked him about those same antennas at the Stara Zagora site. No reply yet. But I'll be sure to pass on his comments when I hear from him :-) Thanks for your additional notes/link, will have a look in a moment. 73's (Ian Baxter, ibid.) MY EARLIER COMMENT GUESS: like also at Blagoevgrad transmitter site both are former non-direxional steep angle jamming antennas against Radio Free Europe, DWL, Vatican Radio, and other western broadcaster some 30 years ago? 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) see GERMANY EAST ** CAMBODIA [non]. 9960, The Khmer Post R, Palau, 1200-1215, Jan 28, Khmer, opening ann, talk, station ID and info between jingles mentioning Phnom Penh, Vietnam, Kampuchea, Norodom Sihanouk, Sam Rainsi, conversation, 54444 (Tony Ashar, Depok, Java, Indonesia, DSWCI DX Window Feb 6 via DXLD) ** CANADA. CANADÁ, 6070, CFRX, Toronto ON, 2249-2308, 01/2, retransmissão da CFRB, inglês, discussão e participação de ouvintes acerca de diversos temas, ID, info. horária da 6 da tarde locais, notícias, info. meteorológica; 45433. Há já bastante tempo que esta pequena emissora não punha um sinal desta qualidade, neste horário, em boa parte devido a QRM. 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. The 3 CBC LPRT's listed from B.C. are still operating on 540 as far as I know, but all 3 of them have assigned FM frequencies to move to in the CBC 5 Year Plan, so I imagine they now have a shortened life expectancy on AM (Dan Sys, Feb 6, via Shawn Axelrod, via Wayne Heinen, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. QSL: CKZU 6130 sent a CBC Vancouver QSL card with date, call, freq, & power after 286 days. Report was mailed to Transmission / Engineering Dept., CBC Radio, P.O. Box 4600, Vancouver, B.C. V6B 4A2. V/s "Denton" included a friendly note on the back of the card, apologizing for the delay and asking if I could also hear their FM on 88.1 (I'm 200 km south of Vancouver and can indeed hear it). (Bruce Portzer, Seattle WA, Feb 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. Another Video Tribute to Sackville http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSs_7qkfIaM (via Ian Baxter, NSW, Feb 1, shortwavesites yg via DXLD) 65 pic tribute to RCI Sackville --- Excellent 65 picture tribute to the RCI transmitter site - really pleased to see Jim take the time to visit this site, take the pics & post them up for us all to see :-) http://redtaco99.smugmug.com/AmateurRadioVA3KV/Ham-Radio-Events/Visit-to-Radio-Canada/24222032_z3F74D#!i=1970877775&k=srSGQmb There's also image of a laminated page showing the antenna designation, antenna types, frequencies used on the antenna etc :-) (Ian Baxter, Feb 2, shortwavesites yg via DXLD) Reveals that at this point the 9625 outlet had been operated [at 45 kW? gh] with one of the new Thomcast transmitters (installed already in the post-ABB era, apparently replacing the Collins rigs shown, as seen in 1996, at http://hawkins.pair.com/rci1.shtml ). So what should one think of all the audio/modulation problems still reported around last July if I recall correct? Or was there an improvement at some point? I assume transmitters 9 and 10 were Harris 100 kW units, the last other ones still operational besides the ABB/Thomcast rigs. Here they were connected to the same 3R2 audio input than transmitter 5 on 9625, so they apparently had been reserved for 9625 kHz operation for contingencies. It is also pretty obvious how little use the facility saw already at this point. They even had set aside transmitter 4 for the Portuguese programs broadcast Fri-Sun only, on this weekday taken out of the automated control but still tuned to 17860 kHz with the related 3RG (?) audio circuit still connected, unlike the other transmitters in automated stand-by mode. And it appears that this laminated sketch not fully details the possibilities for reversing antennas, as it must have been done on A18 here, beaming 9625 kHz northwards. Amendment: I just noted that this visit took place after the RCI transmissions have been terminated. Thus no routine use of transmitter 4 anymore, left as it was set up when used the last time. Thus it also could be that 9625 kHz had been transferred from the Harris to the Thomcast transmitters not before RCI was gone. So it would be of particular interest if there were changes in signal/modulation quality after June 24 (Kai Ludwig, ibid.) ** CANADA. The CRTC denied an application to have a new group put the 1220 station in St. Catharines back on the air. I'm sure it would have been a "pretend" St. Catharines station with very little local content and as much ethnic stuff beamed at Toronto as they could get away with (Niel Wolfish, Ont., MARE Tipsheet via DXLD) ** CANADA. 2749.5-USB, Feb 6 at 0042 UT, since am not getting anything but JBA AM carriers on the MW harmonic band, I settle on this poorly readable marine weather broadcast, in English mentioning Cape Cod, Cabot Strait; back to it at 0103, now in French Canadian with an English accent, about glace (ice), mentions of Cap-Bréton, etc. 0106 gives a 709 AC phone number for John Llewellyn, who must find himself in Newfoundland & Labrador. Closing ID in French and then English for ``Sydney Coast Guard Radio, out`` and off before 0108. So per http://www.dxinfocentre.com/mb.htm this was the 0040 UT transmission of VCO in Sydney NS, which had to make way for the 0110 broadcast of VCS-2 in Halifax. Bill can add ``EE/FF`` to VCO too. He shows 2749, but I measure 2749.5 reference frequency on the DX-398 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1655, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. I just wanted to let you all know that Wei Lin, XNCR, Radio Peking, Radio Beijing, China Radio International's first English announcer has passed away. She started working as announcer for XNCR in 1942 when the station was broadcast from a cave in the Taihang Mountains. She retired in 1987. But between 1987 and 1999 would come into CRI to read scripts for cultural programs. In 2001 I worked with her on a special for CRI's anniversary. She could read a script one take, no mistakes. But having a conversation were her was another story. Her daughter who also works at CRI told me years ago [about?] her (1 February 2013, Keith Perron posted in Winter SWL Festival on Facebook, via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) obit ** CHINA. Lunedì 28 gennaio 2013, FIREDRAKE: 0948 - 17170 (SF-IN) + 17080 (SF-BN) 0950 - 16100 (SF-BN) + 15970 (SF-IN) 0953 - 14980 (SF-BN) + 14800 (SF-BN) (Luca Botto Fiora, G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) [and non]. Some Sound of Hope word program channels were also covered by China word jammer of CNR program. 0900-1100 UT Febr 1st. TAIWAN / CHINA mainland --- Check of FIREDRAKE jamming and SOH operations from Taiwan. FIREDRAKE Chinese jamming music on 12980# 14370 14980 15870 16100 16920 17080 17170 17370 18250 kHz. # different stream location, partly Firedrake music jamming, partly spoken CNR jammer? SOH word program only, on 10960 11230 11300 12230 12320 12370 12500 12670 12800 13270 13350 13530 13970 14750 14800 14870 15800 15900 16250 16360 16600 17250 17300 17900 19970 kHz (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Firedrake Feb 2: 9315, very poor at 1426, against VOA Tibetan via Thailand this hour only. Not noticed anywhere else, to hunting for FD in our mornings has been so unproductive for months in the 12-18 MHz range that I hardly bother anymore (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9455, Firedrake, 1939-1951 with musical jamming. Since Radio Free Asia is registered with the HFCC to use this frequency from 1600 to 2200 for a Mandarin language broadcast, it is my opinion that China is using Firedrake to jam or interfere with Radio Free Asia's Mandarin language broadcast. Firedrake heard // with audio synched on 9455, 9875, 11790 and 11945. 2/4/13 China Jamming Tag Team Match --- 11945, CNR-1 at 2001 tune in until 2012 tune out with Mandarin language broadcast with male and female presenters and musical bridges. My opinion is that China is using CNR- 1 to jam or interfere with the scheduled Radio Free Asia Mandarin broadcast which is registered with the HFCC to use this frequency via Dushanbe, Tajikistan from 1500 to 1900 for a Mandarin language broadcast. It appears since Firedrake was monitored on this frequency from 1939-192 [sic] that sometime at or near 2000 Firedrake ceased broadcasting and CNR-1 took over jamming RFA. CNR-1 // 9355 Good signal. // CNR-1 jamming on RFA's frequencies of 9355, 9455, 9875. 2/4/12 (Steve Handler, IL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15385, Feb 6 at 0051, VG signal in Chinese, i.e. CNR1 jammer of VOA Mandarin via Tinang, during this hour only, ditto on 17645. This encourages me to look for Firedrake on the higher bands, and I soon find a lot, besides equally inbooming 17495, CRI Cantonese non-jammer from Beijing site. On the DX398 I have to keep pressing the 5-kHz UP button as rapidly as possible in order not to miss any music as I tune, yet cover as much spectrum as possible before I need to get back to 4835 and 5980 by 0058. Firedrake found: 15800, good at 0052 16600, good with flutter at 0053 17170, very poor at 0053 18180, good with flutter at 0054 18250, fair with flutter at 0054 Not enough time to tune all the way up to 20 MHz, so I check some ranges, 18.8-19.0 and 19.9-20.0 without hearing any, tho some have heard it even just below 20000. In a couple minutes left, down below 15 MHz: 14980, poor with flutter at 0056 14800, good with flutter at 0056 14700, fair with flutter at 0056 13920, fair with flutter at 0057 none down to 12900 by 0058 when I have to QSY Firedrake Feb 6: 9315, poor at 1440, usual reliable service vs VOA Tibetan via Thailand during this hour only. However, not heard on Feb 7 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9315, Firedrake musical jamming 1430 and 1448, good signal. Since VOA/IBB (not heard) is registered with the HFCC to use this frequency from 1400-1500 via Thailand for a Tibetan language broadcast, it is my option that China is using Firedrake to jam or interfere with that VOA broadcast. 2/6/13 (Steve Handler, IL, ibid.) ** CHINA. 4220, 0020-0030 04.02, Qinghai PBS, Xining, Ando talk, best in USB to avoid CWQRM, 15121 (RadioJet 25332) (Anker Petersen, Denmark, Just before Christmas I purchased a new PC-driven DX- receiver, the RadioJet 1102S from the German firm Bonito. I am still learning how to use this advanced machine, which you now can add to my shack. The results are good compared to my traditional AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire. When the QRK was different on the two receivers, it is mentioned, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) 4220, Feb 7 at 0047, JBA AM carrier, presumably PBS Qinghai, Tibetan- Amdo dialect service, 50 kW, 206 degrees from Xining per Aoki, but inaudible at 0057 altho Aoki shows the morning broadcast runs from 2250 to 0200. A way-out-of-band frequency worth checking. Not a good date for western China propagation; see also EAST TURKISTAN. 4800, Feb 7 at 0048, very poor signal with flutter, no doubt PBS Geermu; maybe a bit of CCI: I need to watch out for 5 x 960 local KGWA, tho I certainly hear Chinese here normally (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [non]. 5990, Feb 5 at 0031, oh oh, Cuban music here, so has RadioCuba SNAFU`d again and put their own RHC programming on this CRI relay frequency? But not // 6000 talk during `Mesa Redonda` nor mainstream RHC on 6120, 11680. And it *is* // 15120, another CRI Cuban relay in Spanish, and indeed program soon shifts to interview *about* Cuban music. In Spanish, make it `RIC`, Radio Internacional de China. BTW, with the self-destruxion of Radio Canada International, the ChiCom might as well make their station RCI in all languages instead of CRI or RIC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [non log]. 6035, PBS Yunnan. Recently had been doing fairly well, but Feb 5 clearly not transmitting at all, with checking onward from 1200 to 1500. Rare for them to be off! No recent sign of BBS/Bhutan (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. Location of CHBC China Huayi Bc. Corp --- - - - posted to dxldyg: ``KOREA D.P.R. 6170.000 is on air on Febr 6th at 1015 UT, > S=9+20db signal in Tokyo Japan. . . . 6185.000 En S=9+20dB - disturbed by CHBC China Huayi Bc.Corp Chengdu 73 wb`` Hi Wolfy, A reminder: Regarding the location of China Huayi BC - Aoki is incorrect. Station is actually located about 2650 km away from Chengdu. It is in the city of Fuzhou, in Fujian province. Please see the QSL card in dxldyg Photos - "QSL from China Huayi BC". (Ron Howard, California, USA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) That should you tell Aoki at Nagoya for his wrong entry in his table. 73 wolfy (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) ** CHINA. 7350, CNR-11, Baoji-Sfangshar Feb 1; fair at 1344 with man speaking in Tibetan; repeated pattern of talk and short music bridges; at 1353 a very European-style vocal selection by a woman; at 1357 man speaking with background music; off at 1359 (Jim Ronda, Tulsa, OK, NRD-545, R-75 + two PAR EF-SWL slopers, one external Eavesdropper and one attic-mounted Eavesdropper, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CLIPPERTON ISLAND. TX5, (Update). The March TX5K Clipperton Island DX-pedition Web page now has a new URL: http://tx5k.org The vessel Shogun will leave from San Diego on February 19th. Schedule / Tentative activity dates are between February 28th and March 10th. (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1098, February 4, 2013, Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW, Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio) via Dave Raycroft, ODXA yg via DXLD) ** COLOMBIA. 1100, Caracol Radio, Barranquilla. 2358 January 22, 2013 (1958 EST). Promo for upcoming sports event, “… en Caracol” and net ID. Very briefly fair, then gone on my local post-sunset peak (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, Jan 31, Pile of complete and total garbage used: JRC NRD-535; ICOM IC-R75; Hammarlund HQ-180A; Sony ICF-7600GR; Sangean PR-D5; Aqua Guide 705 RDF Marine Radio; GE Superadio III; JPS NF-60 Notch Filter; JPS ANC-4 Noise Phase; 1 X roof dipole; 1 X room random wire; Terk Advantage non-active portable loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** COLOMBIA. 14950.8, Feb 2 at 0117, NO signal from Salem Stereo, which was last heard Sept 30, 2012. I do check this occasionally in case there`s a comeback and/or in case low winter MUFs up here have been to blame, unpropagating should it exist. Note to DSWCI: DO NOT PUBLISH THIS AS A LOG --- it is a NON-LOG, but possibly useful info (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CONGO DR [non]. 11690, SOUTH AFRICA, R. Okapi Jan 28, 0445. Long talk by F in French, to slow sad song that likely is an IS. Have heard this song before used as IS or to hold a frequency open. Song uses stringed instruments, violin and electric piano (Rick Barton, AZ, NASWA yg via DXLD) Could that be the BaBcoCk default music fill loop, having nothing to do with Okapi in particular? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** CUBA. 1090, Radio Victoria, Amancio, Las Tunas. Showing up for moments very sporadically in the local evening hours (say 0000 GMT+) in the 1090 mess, a couple of clear ID’s. David Crawford on the opposing Florida coast was able to replicate. Supposedly 1 kW if anything listed is to be believed. Be aware if no ID, that Radio Cadena Habana and Radio Guamá have appeared on 1090. 1350, Radio Ciudad del Mar, Aguada, Cienfuegos. 0021 January 23, 2013 (2021 EST January 22). Slick Cuba-centric newscast hosted by male, some telco remote (mostly) female reporters, mentions of Ciego de Ávila, Camagüey and Cienfuegos. Brief sports round-up from 0031, then time check, “… en Radio Ciudad del Mar” and back to news items. Very good on sunset greyline (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, Jan 31, Pile of complete and total garbage used: JRC NRD-535; ICOM IC-R75; Hammarlund HQ-180A; Sony ICF-7600GR; Sangean PR-D5; Aqua Guide 705 RDF Marine Radio; GE Superadio III; JPS NF-60 Notch Filter; JPS ANC-4 Noise Phase; 1 X roof dipole; 1 X room random wire; Terk Advantage non-active portable loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 5025, Radio Rebelde audible 24 hours a day. Too close for the desired Peruvian. :-( (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, late January, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - 60 meter dipole - AOG, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. Mercoledì 30 gennaio 2013, 0737 - 9330, Numeros YL SS + traffico digitale. BN (Luca Botto Fiora, G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) Only at this hour? (gh) ** CUBA. Rádio Numérica em 16 Metros --- Olá Grupo, Hoje mais duas transmissões em espanhol da rádio de números em AM: Todos horários PT2 Brasília 16180 das 19:00h às 20:00h 17540 das 21:00h às 22:00h Vídeo pode ser visto em: http://youtu.be/PhppVkGVw38 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J-WoBOl598&list=UUzX27OORtykqMVsK_5Bn_Mg&index=1 A decodificação da parte digital feita pelo PY4ZBZ está em: http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/en.htm 73 de (Roger Viscardi F.R.C., Feb 2, PY2RGR Guarujá - SP, 23 56'43.51 "S", 46 18'17.44 "O" "GG66ub33kc``, Técnico em Manutenção Aeronáutica, [13] 8121 0366 TIM, CANTAREIRA DX, CWJF 454, LABRE-SP, radioescutas yg via DXLD) Another Cuban digital/ vox numbers frequency --- Sun Feb 3, 2013 3:01 am (PST): 9155, CUBA (UTE) Feb 2 [sic] 1033. 5 digit ## station, mixing in data non-voice digital bursts, or recordings of digital trc., then single 5 figure number group. Very strong signal level. Still running at this post, vox Spanish lang. female. I thought Arnie Coro, doing this as part of his "DXers Unlimited" program recently, was a dead giveaway (Rick Barton, Arizona, Hammarlund HQ-120X, & freq. confirmed with Tecson PL-660), ABDX yg via DXLD) Guess he meant Feb 3 since was posted at 1101 UT that date (gh) 11635-AM, Feb 3 at 2135, mechanical YL Spanish 5-digit spy numbers, no digital interruptions at the moment. A regular during this hour; some have reported it on 11640 so I reconfirmed it`s 11635. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11635, HM01, Cuban numbers station. From 2102 until after 2200. 10715, HM01 again, first noted at 2202 but not parallel 11635. I've gotta say, it is really cool to DX while I'm at work. I installed a 60 day Perseus demo on my office computer too. I don't see much work getting done in the near future (Dave Hughes, Kansas City, Missouri, USA, Feb 4, dx'ing while at work on the Twente SDR, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hope you`re the boss (gh) Spanish numbers heard inbooming on 17480 at 2200 UT on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, repeating series of five numbers followed by digital hash every few seconds. First time heard on this frequency today. Other frequencies heard in past include the ones observed by GH and others in DXLD and clubs. Good reception and no fading, 64-71 dbu's. This occurred while bandscanning the Tecsun PL380 for stations to program memory. Interesting Havana picks this frequency. 73's to all (Noble West, Clinton TN, ibid.) Spanish Numbers heard on 11530 at 2300 UT with same format as previously observed channels, with digital hash between numbers, voice by YL robotic like tone. I am sure The Cuban Spy Agency may be behind these transmissions emanating from Havana, Cuba. 73's, (Noble West, TN, Feb 6, ibid.) I hear Cuban numbers daily on 11635 and 11530 (as you noted) The very first thing I heard on my new PL380 was HM01 (the enigma 2000 designation for the mixed mode Cuban numbers). Also heard 10715 yesterday. These frequencies are active at different times from 2000 to 2300 UT. They don't seem to start right at the top of the hour like the Cuban lady used to; they're about 2-3 minutes after the hour although the carrier is on well before then. Check here for new HM01 logs http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/board,7.0.html (Dave Hughes, ibid.) ** CUBA. Mercoledì 30 gennaio 2013, 0808 - 9565, Jammer tipo quello usato su WRMI. Test tx o...errore al posto di 9955 !? SF-IN (Luca Botto Fiora, G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) I have reported 9565 and others numerous times as Cuban jamming which is allowed to run far beyond the hours it is ``needed`` against Radio Martí. Much of the off-hours jamming is cut back to bubbling or pulsing, rather than wall-of-noise. This has nothing to do with WRMI 9955 and jamming there, which at times remains WON by the incompetent Cubans, when WRMI is not even on the air (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** CUBA [and non]. 6165 & 6125, Feb 1 at 0620, RHC English is missing from both frequencies, but still on 6060 & 6010, 5040, surely sufficient. Also unavoidably silenced the usual 6270 spur of 6060 leapfrogging over 6165, and 6205 of 6125 over 6165. Could not make out Chad or anything else on 6165, but audiblized the CBC vs CBC het on 6160/6160.9. And absence of 6125 facilitated BRAZIL q.v. on 6120 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn, at 0450 Feb 1, I heard RHC weakly on 6165, but a big surprise was the second harmonic on 12330, which was much stronger than the fundamental. Modulation somewhat low, but solid carrier. Nothing heard on 3X multiple of 18495 (Steve Luce, Houston, Texas, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6165, Feb 1 at 0621, in my previous report about RHC being off the air at this time, I neglected to mention that altho at first it seemed off, I then detected a carrier on 6165, presumably RHC but much weaker than the usual strength, and no modulation. I`m reminded of this because a reply about my log came from Steve Luce in Houston TX: ``Glenn, at 0450 Feb 1, I heard RHC weakly on 6165, but a big surprise was the second harmonic on 12330, which was much stronger than the fundamental. Modulation somewhat low, but solid carrier. Nothing heard on 3X multiple of 18495`` At that time I didn`t think of checking for the harmonix; evidently the transmitter was grossly mistuned, as RHC continues to rack up anomaly after anomaly. 6125, Feb 2 at 0612, RHC English undermodulated as usual but yet another anomaly: IADs make a pop, after which the modulation level briefly increases before settling back down. I also compare to // 6165: there modulation is OK and sounds louder, but on the FRG-7 S- meter, 6165 is much weaker than usual, registering *only* S9+15 while 6125 is S9+22! As per Steve Luce tip last night, I also check for second harmonix in the 12 MHz band --- yes, there is 12330, 2 x 6165, audible but very poor, nothing heard on others which would be 12020, 12120, 12250. All six English frequencies are synchronized, so if there is a substitute transmitter on 6165/12330, it`s still at the same site: 5040, 6010, 6060, 6125, 6165, 12330 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. 9710, CUBA & CHINA, Radio Habana and CNR 1, 2313, 2/2/13, in Spanish and Mandarin. Radio Habana with woman and man announcers, ID, further talk on top. Under presumably CNR 1 with alternating woman and man announcers. Habana would have been fair if not for China (Mark Taylor, Madison WI, Microtelecom Perseus, WinRadio g313e, Eton e1, Grunding G5; EWE, Flextenna, 40 meters dipole, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) Which means one is entitled, but not required, to exclaim, ``Commies vs Commies!`` (gh, DXLD) 6165, Feb 3 at 0619, RHC back to normal after much weaker signal the past two or three nights on this frequency. FRG-7 meter shows about equal to 6125 at S9+25, but as usual 6165 has much louder, i.e. normal modulation level. No 12 MHz harmonix audible. Night would not be complete without some anomaly, and here it is: 6060 at 0619 is in Spanish instead of English which remained on the other four fundamentals. 9512, Feb 3 at 1255 approx. center of spurblob with some modulation matchable to 9540 RHC, as frequently happens. 9550 and 9850 also on but the spur remained after 1300 when 9550 and 9850 were off. At 1328, 9512 blob with fair signal and louder modulation than 9540 source. 17580, Feb 4 at 1419, RHC is off, still on 17730; before 1400, 17580 was on. 6125, Feb 5 at 0636, RHC English is missing from this one tonight, and 6060 is quite weak, while 6165, 6010 and 5040 are very good. It would be a rare night without some such anomaly. 13780, Feb 6 at 1516, today`s RHC anomaly: off the air, while 13740 China relay is on, and at 1520 check so are all the other RHC frequencies, 17730, 17580 (one of which is often absent by this hour), 15340, 15230, 11860, 11760, 11750, 11690, and JBA 9540 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [and non]. R. Reloj Problems --- During an AM-BCB scan, I settled in on the mess that is 570 kHz. Usually a mix of WMCA NYC, and R. Reloj Cuba. Recently, after Sandy, I've noticed WMCA isn't getting out as usual [it`s on much reduced power --- gh], and Reloj is now heard, Voice, pips, tone, code. So it was at 0800 UT. Tone was on the mark, less than 1 sec different than CHU/WWV which is a good day for R. Cuba. Suddenly in the 0808 minute the RR code starts sounding on numerous occasions throughout the minute. I hear it again, off-time repeating an extra time or two until the 12th minute. So I turn my attention to shortwave and checking R. Australia on 9580. I no more than get there (less than 1 minute), then I hear the RR Reloj code during the 16th minute. Quick check reveals RHC scheduled on-air prior to R. Australia. More strangeness from Havana. I am in error in the RR tone. It was 6 seconds late: 3 after the minute on clock, while CHU/WWV were 3 seconds BEFORE the minute. It`s a typical day for RR as it turns out. (Paul S. in CT, Feb 2, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Paul, Aside from the time and code, are you saying you heard R Reloj or RHC on 9580 after 0800? RHC is not scheduled on 9580, or any frequency between 0700 and 1200 (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) My mistake, Glenn, CRI via Havana is scheduled between 0100 and 0257 according to AOKI B-12. Somehow I heard the RR code (only) on 9580 as written. At that time R. Australia broadcasting fairly well with no apparent interference. What I did notice during a brief time of <20 seconds was that the signal level increased on dbu meter on the PL-310 from 45 +/- 3 to 52+. During this interval the RR code was Xmitted. I stayed on 9580 until 0909 UT and checked in on 570 kHz. The RR code error on 570 kHz was also occurring 0909 to 0920 UT on odd minutes with a 2nd RR a sec or two after primary. That`s the best I can remember it at this time. Right now on 570 kHz the tone is within 1 second of CHU (Paul S in CT, ibid.) ** CURACAO. E por falar em curas, ocorre-me falar de uma ilha das Caraíbas, umas das que, como as Barbados, por ex., ficaram com nomes portugueses - Curaçao. À primeira vista, poderá pensar-se numa corruptela da palavra "coração", mas trata-se simplesmente da antiga palavra portuguesa para cura, ou seja, curação. Será que o licor do mesmo nome também cura alguma coisa? 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CYPRUS. Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation 2215-2245 on 6135 CYP 250 kW / 314 deg to WeEu Greek Fri-Sun 2215-2245 on 7220 CYP 300 kW / 314 deg to WeEu Greek Fri-Sun 2215-2245 on 9760 CYP 250 kW / 315 deg to WeEu Greek Fri-Sun Listened for this at 2210-2225 on Sunday 3 Feb, without hearing a dicky bird. Gone, I reckon (David Kernick, UK, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1655, DX LISTENING DIGEST) It's a bit irregular (Georgi Bancov, Bulgaria, ibid.) ** CYPRUS. Re: RADAR em 21 MHz --- Caro Camil, neste caso possivelmente tratasse de um radar OTHR (Over The Horizon Radar); eu pratico os modos digitais e justamente quando estava chamando em rtty a transmissão iniciou. Utilizando o Audacity e do som que gravei, consegui verificar que a estavam transmitindo cerca de 25 pulsos por segundo e neste link que http://www.iarums-r1.org/iarums/radar-2012.pdf ele se assemelha muito a transmissão do OTHR de Cyprus. Tenho vários outros arquivos semelhantes gravados em outras bandas e frequências; alguns são de ionosondas, outros de radares e outros, vamos dizer mais esquecitos ainda não consegui identificar (Dinan Rogerio, 5 Feb, radioescutas yg via DXLD) This article has lots of illustrations, and linx to soundfiles, but unfortunately no sound for Cyprus (gh, DXLD) ** CZECHIA. CZECH REPUBLIC: Radio Prague Web. QSL (the new one for 2013) in 8 days. Report sent through web site (Christian Ghibaudo, France, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** DIEGO GARCIA. ARQUIPÉLAGO DAS CHAGOS. 4319-BLS, AFN, _Diogo Garcia_, e não "Diego García" (mas, enfim, atrevo-me a dizê-lo, cada um é ignorante como pode, sabe e quer...), 2210-2230, 01/2, música pop', ininterrupta; 44443, QRM adjacente de emissora ponto a ponto. 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** DJIBOUTI. 4780, RTD-Atta Feb. 2; fair at 0325 with man speaking in Arabic; occasional peaks to good (Jim Ronda, Tulsa, OK, NRD-545, R-75 + two PAR EF-SWL slopers, one external Eavesdropper and one attic- mounted Eavesdropper, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EAST TURKISTAN. 4980, Feb 2 at 0057, fair signal in Turkic, no doubt Xinjiang PBS Uighur service from Urumqi again, where sunrise is 0126 UT today = 9:26 local time even in far western ``China`` where they are forced to go by the UT+8 Beijing clock instead of UT+6 as it should be. 5060 then found as good in Chinese, but the Kazakh service on 4850 is only at the ``algo`` level. Ron Howard replied to my previous log: ``Hi Glenn, Here in Calif. the reception of PBS Xinjiang, in assume Kazakh, on 4850 varies a great deal from day to day. On a good day sounds like this recording https://www.box.com/s/wcpul1wwdn4xgd9rw7lc [1209-1211 UT Jan 28] Of course this is best when AIR Kohima is off the air.`` Well, I wouldn`t mind hearing Kohima instead! Recordings of which Ron has also provided (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4980, Feb 6 at 0036, PBS Xinjiang Uighur service, talk in Turkic, and as I meant to mention before, this frequency suffers from some hum and distortion, unlike 5060 in clear Chinese (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1655, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Seldom checked - out of band 4500 kHz - was heard on powerful level these days. CHINA, 4500, CNR XJBS PBS Xinijang Urumqi in Mongolian lang, powerhouse S=9+30dB signal transmission into Germany at 0045 UT on Feb 5 (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 5 via WORLD OF RADIO 1655, DXLD) [and non]. 9420, Feb 3 at 0114, Voice of Greece has very strong CCI also causing a SAH, at least equal level from CRI English, // 9570 relay; 0115 ``News and reports from CRI``; also on // 9410 much weaker CRI but in the clear with no BBC or Turkey during this hour. Both are via Kashgar, says HFCC, with 9420 100 kW at 174 degrees, which you would think would be weaker than 9410, 500 kW, 308 degrees. 13855, Feb 3 at 1341, poor signal but nice lite western violin showpieces by virtuosa/o; 1346 announcement overcome by surging splatter and overload from 13845 WWCR Dead Gene Scott. Thought it might be Russia, but HFCC shows CRI Chinese service, 500 kW, 308 degrees from Ürümqi to Europe (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGESET) ** ECUADOR. 4781.5, Radio Oriental, Napo, 1130 to 1140 very powerful signal 27 Jan, also noted 2300 to 0000; alas not every day (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - 60 meter dipole - AOG, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ECUADOR. 4814.98, Radio El Buen Pastor, presumed, definitely an Ecuadorian here and doing fairly well after 1100 several mornings this week. Ecuadorian music the tip-off and I think I recognize the ultra- bassy voiced locutor from before. Ad string 1/27 at 1105 under blipping ute QRM. Signal still there, but weak, at recheck 1135 (Ralph Perry, Wheaton, Illinois, Drake R8B; Japan Radio NRD-545; Eton E1; Hallicrafters SX100, Dentron Super Tuner + Ameco PLF-2 + Palomar P-408 +Quantum Phaser antenna unit (customized for tropical bands), 335-foot bidirectional BOG 150 deg/330 degrees for LA/SE Asia, DXEngineering RPA-1 preamp, Phased Longwire + Small Loop, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ECUADOR. 6050.00, HCJB, Pichincha, relaying the local AM service, 2/1 at 1027-1056. OM mainly speaking Quechua but his patter is liberally sprinkled with Spanish words. Lovely música ecuatoriana and frequent time/check IDs such as at 1033, “Cinco treinta y tres, 5-33 en H C J B . . . programa de las provincias . . . “ Program was assisted by the famous Ecuadorian “Casa de la Cultura” and featured a folklore group from Provincia Imbabura. Fun stuff and am glad this one is still there! (Ralph Perry, Wheaton, Illinois, Drake R8B; Japan Radio NRD-545; Eton E1; Hallicrafters SX100, Dentron Super Tuner + Ameco PLF-2 + Palomar P-408 +Quantum Phaser antenna unit (customized for tropical bands), 335-foot bidirectional BOG 150 deg/330 degrees for LA/SE Asia, DXEngineering RPA-1 preamp, Phased Longwire + Small Loop, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. GUINÉ EQUATORIAL, 5005 RNGE, Bata, 1937-1956, 01/2, castelhano, progr de dedicatórias musicais, conversa; 35343. 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA [and non]. 15190, 1828 English, man preaching about Jesus and the Bible, sometimes equal to but often under Radyo Pilipinas, Philippines, in Tagalog. Poor Jan 31 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, Listening in my car with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active whip antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ERITREA [and non]. ERITREA/ETHIOPIA, 7174.987, Voice of Broad Masses from Asmara, Eritrea, covered by broadband White Noise DRM like jamming from Ethiopia on 7168-7192 kHz. At 1432 UT on Jan 31 (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 2 via DXLD) ERITREA/ETHIOPIA, 7174.983, Usual cat and mouse play by the two, Asmara Eritrea in tentative Amharic settled here at 0445 UT Febr 4th. Heard on S=9+10dB level, but totally covered by Ethiopian White Noise jamming, broadband 7164 to 7185 kHz range. Similar signal of the other Eritrean broadcast on 7204.994 kHz in probably Tigrigna (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DXLD) ** ERITREA. 7204.983, V Of BM, Asmara in Tigrigne at 1645 UT, noted powerful S=9+10dB signal on remote unit in Sri Lanka (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 6, dxldyg via DXLD) ** ETHIOPIA. ETIÓPIA, 1359, Voz da Revolução do Tigrê, Mekele, 1840- 1855, 01/2, dialecto local, texto, música da região; 33432. // 5950. 5950, Voz da Revolução do Tigrê, Geja Jawe (ou Geja Dera?), 1610-1629, 02/2, cf. // 1359 OMédia; 35433. // 1359 Mekele. 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA. On same 41 mb range BUZZY like White Noise jamming from Ethiopia on 7196.340 kHz, S=8-9 signal at 1640 UT Feb 6 (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 6, dxldyg via DXLD) ** ETHIOPIA [and non]. Terrible mixture of CRI English on 7235 even channel S=9+20dB, and co-channel Radio Ethiopia on odd 7235.235 kHz at 1657-1659 UT S=6-7 (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 6, dxldyg via DXLD) ** ETHIOPIA [and non]. BRAZIL/ETHIOPIA, 9565.055, Super Radio Deus é Amor, Brazilian religious broadcaster from Curitiba, S=6 poor signal. Two stations het each other at 07-08 UT, noted at 0730 UT Feb 2nd. And another 220 Hertz heterodyne tone of - seemingly - Radio Ethiopia on varying 9565.272 ... wandered up and down to x.295 kHz (Wolfgang Büschel, Feb 2, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 2 via DXLD) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. 17870, FRANCE, R. Xoriyo Ogaden-Issoudun, Jan. 28; fair-good at 1622 with chant-like speaking/singing by man in Somali [listed]; at 1625 into group singing/chanting led by a woman; at 1626 speaking by man with many mentions of Mohammad [perhaps a reference to the recently elected president of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohammud and not the Prophet Mohammad]; short song and sudden off at 1630 as per sked (Jim Ronda, Tulsa, OK, NRD-545, R-75 + two PAR EF-SWL slopers, one external Eavesdropper and one attic-mounted Eavesdropper, WORLD OF RADIO 1655, DX LISTENING DIGEST) This is a strange one. According to WRTH et al., the site on 17870 is Bulgaria on Mondays [such as Jan 28] & Fridays, while at the same time on Tuesdays & Saturdays they use 17630 via Issoudun (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) ** FINLAND. Re: [BDXC-UK] SWR on air this weekend 1-2 Feb --- No 11 MHz frequencies this weekend according to the frequency schedule. Usually harder to receive the lower frequencies though (Russ, North Ferriby, Cummings, Feb 2, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Was sure SWR's 25mb freqs were included in their schedule when I checked on Thursday. This from SWR's Esa today explaining why they're not in use this time: "There seems to questions about 25m band. It will be back at next broadcast, after all necessary measurements have been made with higher FM power. We just would like to be sure that FM and 25m antennas in same mast, not cause interferences to aviation frequencies. Probability that this happen is low, but I would like to be sure." (Scandinavian Weekend Radio Facebook page 2-Feb-13 via Pennington, ibid.) ** FINLAND. Lunedì 28 gennaio 2013, 0943 - 25000 MIKES - Espoo (FIN), t/s. SF-BN (Luca Botto Fiora, G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) t/s = time signals ** FRANCE. 7433 to 7443 kHz, Spurious scratchy signal of a French morning information programm, is like \\ 7390 kHz outlet RFI in French at 05-06 UT, noted 0530 UT Feb 4. Centered 7433...7434 kHz (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DXLD) ** FRANCE [non]. 9665, SOUTH AFRICA, Radio France International- Meyerton, Jan 29 at 0434; fair-good with man speaking in Swahili; as expected the subject seemed to be French military activities in Mali (Jim Ronda, Tulsa, OK, NRD-545, R-75 + two PAR EF-SWL slopers, one external Eavesdropper and one attic-mounted Eavesdropper, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GAMBIA. GÂMBIA, 648 GRTS, Bonto, ainda sem sinal, ou tão fraco que não chega por cá. 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Unlike it used to (gh) ** GERMANY. UNIDENTIFIED. 3955, 25/1, non-stop old pop songs in German & English, 0130-0227, featured song "Alright Now" by Free from 0159, blocked by V of Kurdistan plus Iranian jammers from 0227 on 3957 (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF2001D and Folded Marconi 16 meters long), Jan-Feb Australian DX News via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 3985, 25/1, non-stop old pop songs like "No Milk Today" by Herman’s Hermits from 0227, observed 0150-0230 with talks in German (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF2001D and Folded Marconi 16 meters long), Jan-Feb Australian DX News via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 3995, 25/1, with ballads from 0202 and talks in Spanish at 0222, presumed it was HCJB via Germany (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF2001D and Folded Marconi 16 meters long), Jan-Feb Australian DX News via DXLD) See below for revelations ** GERMANY. Lunedì 28 gennaio 2013, 0958 - 9700, R. 700 - Kall Krekel (D), GG, nxs OM. SF-BN (Luca Botto Fiora, G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) ** GERMANY. Mercoledì 30 gennaio 2013, 0803 - 6190, HAMBURGER LOKALRADIO (D), Country e talk OM. SF-IN (Luca Botto Fiora, G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) ** GERMANY. Frequency change of various station from Jan. 31: Radio 700/Voice of Indonesia German/BNL Rock Radio English 0000-2400 NF 3985 KLL 001 kW / non-dir to CeEu as follows 0500-1800 German Radio 700, ex 0700-1800 on 3955 1800-1900 German Voice of Indonesia, ex 1800-1900 on 3955 1900-2300 German Radio 700, ex 2230-2300 on 3955 2300-0500 English BNL Rock Radio, ex 2300-0500 on 3955 Radio 700 German 0700-1600 on 6085 KLL 001 kW / non-dir to CeEu, NOT 0500-1600 Radio 700 German till Jan. 31: 0950-1300 on 9700 KLL 001 kW / non-dir to CeEu, cancelled 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. The February transmission of MV Baltic Radio must be cancelled. The heavy storms over the last week require urgent maintenance on the aerial system. The transmissions for our media partner (Hamburger Lokalradio and Radio Gloria International) will be broadcast in the normal time slot. Many thanks and have a good weekend ,73s, Roland (via Tom Taylor, Feb 2, DXLD) ** GERMANY. 6085, 1340-1400 03.02, R 700, Kall-Krekel (1 kW) German ann, pop music 25332 (Anker Petersen, Denmark, Just before Christmas I purchased a new PC-driven DX-receiver, the RadioJet 1102S from the German firm Bonito. I am still learning how to use this advanced machine, which you now can add to my shack. The results are good compared to my traditional AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire. When the QRK was different on the two receivers, it is mentioned, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** GERMANY. 3985, 0010-0020 04.02, BLN Rock R, Kall-Krekel. New frequency ex 3955 English rock music, ID: "Rock Radio, BLN" 25232 (RadioJet 35333) (Anker Petersen, Denmark, Just before Christmas I purchased a new PC-driven DX-receiver, the RadioJet 1102S from the German firm Bonito. I am still learning how to use this advanced machine, which you now can add to my shack. The results are good compared to my traditional AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire. When the QRK was different on the two receivers, it is mentioned, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** GERMANY. 6045, XVRB - The Music Museum, via Wertachtal (100 kW / non-directive), *0900-1000*, Sunday Feb 03, extra broadcast heard with greetings to Klaus-Dieter Scholz and Erik Koie. Also scheduled Sunday Feb 17 (Kaj Bredahl Jorgensen, Greve, Denmark, and Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, DSWCI DX Window Feb 6 via DXLD) Next broadcast of XVRB-The Music Museum will be on air on Feb. 17, 0900-1000 on 6045 WER 100 kW / non-dir to CeEu English 3rd Sun + March 24 (DX RE MIX NEWS #766 from Georgi Bancov & Ivo Ivanov, Tue, Feb. 5, 2013 via DXLD) ** GERMANY. 15215, The Frisian station R Öömrang, via Wertachtal (500 kW / 300 degrees) annual broadcast Tue Feb 21 1600-1700 to North America in German. (Bancov and Ivanov, Jan 28 via DSWCI DX Window Feb 6 via DXLD) Feb 21 is Thu this year! It`s always on Feb 21 whatever the day of week (gh, DXLD) 15215, Thursday 21 February: Annual SW broadcast of Radio Öömrang (Amrum) from Amrum Island, German North Frisian Islands. Schedule is 1600-1659 UT on 15215 kHz via Wertachtal. In previous years programming has been in the Frisian dialect, also some German and English (Feb Communication magazine, British DXC-UK, Jan 30 via BC-DX Feb 2 via DXLD) ** GERMANY. 15150, Gospel for Asia-Athmeeya Yatra Radio, Nauen, Jan. 29; fair-good at 1543 with man speaking in Chhattisgarhi [listed]; into instrumental music at 1544 with man voice-over; 1557 web address and program information; 1559 closing song; at 1600 shift to program in another language. The other transmission site for this broadcast is Trincomalee but Nauen seems more likely; the transmission day was Tuesday so it is probable that the language was Chhattisgarhi, the language of Chhattisgarhi State in India (Jim Ronda, Tulsa, OK, NRD- 545, R-75 + two PAR EF-SWL slopers, one external Eavesdropper and one attic-mounted Eavesdropper, DX LISTENING DIGEST) The two sites registered may well be to cover any needed maintenance downtime at one or the other (gh, DXLD) ** GERMANY EAST. Re: Bulgarian Transmitter Sites - slideshow website Same question also for "Pleven- 1" at Sgalevo where dubious shortwave curtains are present, cf. http://www.predavatel.com/bg/8/pleven#rrts Here it must be added that the original GDR-built transmitter was a 250 kW, identical to 576, 657, 693, 882, 1044, 1359, 1575 kHz in Germany itself. If the 1995 year refers to a power increase it probably but not necessarily means that at this point the 1956 vintage transmitter has been replaced by the Russian set they used until shutting 594 kHz down in 2010. In fact the whole station is GDR-built as the antenna design and the architecture of the main building very clearly tell. Note in particular the large mast hut. It's so large that at Wilsdruff the space suffices for housing the current transmission equipment (Thomcast or whatever they are called this week M2W 20 kW for 1044 kHz, Transradio TRAM 250 kW for 1431 kHz). Anything beyond is no longer the business of Media Broadcast anymore, and I was told about someone recently being there and not wanting to talk about it afterwards. Seems I should check it out personally again, before they will pull the plug anyway (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Feb 3, shortwavesites yg via DXLD) ** GOA. INDIA, 9704.975, Usual odd frequency outlet in English from AIR Goa Panaji site, at 2330 UT Jan 29, only S=7 poor signal here in Germany, talk on poor people and Mahatma Ghandi and Dalai Lama commentary (Wolfgang Büschel, Jan 30, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 2 via DXLD) ** GREECE. 9420, Feb 3 at 0624, VOG with usual Sunday morning Greek Orthodox cantors producing their peculiar ``harmony``, continued good signal past 0700 without a news break, I think as I was falling asleep. At the outset, 7475 was weaker and not //, so maintaining separate R. Philia program during this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non] No SW broadcasts today Feb. 4 on scheduled frequencies: 1300-1500 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Voice of Greece Greek 1300-1540 on 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu R. Stathmos Makedonias 1300-1505 on 15630 AVL 100 kW / 105 deg to SoAs Voice of Greece Greek New frequency of ERT-3 Radiophonikos Stathmos Makedonias in Greek, 1655-2250 NF 7520*AVL 100 kW / 323 deg to WeEu/NoAm, ex traditional 7450! *from 1730 strong co-ch R. Farda in Farsi. First noted on Feb. 3 around 2145. 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1655, DX LISTENING DIGEST) BUT: 7520, 04/Feb 2103, SRI LANKA (Relay), R Farda in Farsi. YL presents news. Signal almost local. No signal from Makedonias. Listening in remote radio from Twente, NL. (Jorge Freitas-B) 7450, 04/Feb 2107, GREECE, R Makedonias in Greek. Sequence of Greek music. Signal almost local in remote radio from Twente, NL (Jorge Freitas, Brasil, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1655, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GREECE [and non]. 15630, Feb 6 at 1517, VOG music, bothered by modulation spur spikes from 15825 WWCR which range this low, and even more bothered by +18 kHz squealing spur from WEWN 15610 circa 15628 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUAM. 5765-USB, AFN Barrigada 1120 to 1130 good signal, back on the air, 26 Jan (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D, Icom 746Pro, Drake R8, 60 meter dipole, AOG, and XM - Cedar Key - South Florida, NRD 525D - R8A - E5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. 5765-USB, Feb 6 at 1431, AFN with report on military housing, so own programming? Maybe not as further items on Acapulco gang-rapes, Massachusetts pharmacies shut due to meningitis, then a CNN reporter on the Superdome. Heard just about every morning lately tho not logged, as has remained active (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUAM. I am Mike Sabin, the chief engineer at Trans World Radio's shortwave station on Guam, KTWR. A fellow ham in Australia recommended that I contact you. We at KTWR are looking for ways to expand our shortwave ministry to the ANZ/South Pacific Region. We currently only broadcast 18 minutes each day M-F and 30 minutes on Saturday. We specialize in Christian programs, but we also can relay for other broadcasters. I am trying to contact folks in that area to see what they suggest for programs we should try to air. Would you help me with program ideas of your own? In case any of the folks in that area want to tune us in, the broadcasts start at 1000 GMT (UT) on 11840. Thanks for your help. 73, Mike, NH2MS (via John Wright, Jan/Feb Australian DX News via DXLD) How about a DX program? ** GUIANA FRENCH. Montsinéry spurs from 9490 R. República for the third night in a row I have checked, Feb 1 at 0127: 9606 and 9374 are obviously there, and 9454, 9526. Don`t hear the others around 9490 at the moment. Fourth night in a row, Montsinéry is again radiating parasitic distorted FMy spurblobs with no modulation intelligence at the usual displacements from undermodulated 9490 Radio República, at 0134 check Feb 2: approx. 9258, 9374, 9455, 9525, 9606, but too much signals from Greece on 9420 and Vatican on 9560 to be sure of that pair previously detected. 9374 & 9606, Feb 5 at 0102 check, +/- 116 kHz spurblobs from 9490 R. República relay are audible but weaker than usual, as is the fundamental (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** HAWAII. 2863-USB, Feb 1 at 1237, weak SSB signal noticed as I was tuning for harmonix on AM: very repetitive message says ``no reports to --- [something]`` after each location: Ontario, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle-Tacoma, then repeating them all, stops at 1238. Presumed KVM70, Honolulu, the VOLMET listed here for H+25 and H+55, which must make way for JIA Tokyo at H+40 and H+10 on same frequency, per http://www.dxinfocentre.com/volmet.htm Sounds like VOLMET automated info completely crashed; what happened? Is this unusual? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** HAWAII. 5000, Feb 4 at 0645, WWVH with propagation minute, by real male voice instead of synthetic female on WWV; he starts a few sex late and doesn`t enunciate clearly, but I think the SF was 111, A4 and K0. Still I prefer humans to robots, as `she` tends to swallow some syllables and doesn`t know how to stress a phrase humanly. Both of them would have plenty of time to repeat each number, greatly increasing chances of readability, but refuse to do so any more. WWV was JBA at this time on 5000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** HAWAII. QSL: NMO Honolulu 12579, QSL letter in 26 days from USCG in Point Reyes, CA, signed by Daniel A. Connolly, Commander. Report was sent to D11-PF-CAMSPACCWO at USCG.MIL (Bruce Portzer, Seattle WA, Feb 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** HUNGARY. ID anyone?? They have just given an ID, but it was a jingle & not very understandable. I heard the word radio, but missed the first word. Here in Norwich it has a signal strength of 3 with very little QSB or QRM. But readability is only about a 3 and not very clear as I am running very narrow band to pick it out of the noise. I am only running at 3 kHz width and if it were not for audio quality could reduce that significantly further (Alan, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Couldn't hear anything on 6985 kHz when I checked yesterday (Sun) evening (you didn't mention a time in your posting) but I've since seen reports of Lightning Radio, a pirate from Hungary using 6985 kHz. They changed frequency from 7600 to 6985 kHz late last year according to post on their blog (dated 4-Nov-12) http://lightningradio.co.nr/ 73s (Alan Pennington, Caversham, UK, AOR 7030plus / longwire, Feb 4, ibid.) ** INDIA [and non]. 4820, Feb 1 at 1332, YL talk sounds S Asian, and fast SAH, or possibly flutter. The two stations here are AIR Kolkata and Xizang PBS, Lhasa, TIBET. What is the Hz separation between these two normally? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also GOA ** INDIA. 4870, AIR, 1338-1411 Feb 1. Presumed with talks in unknown language to 1357, then sub-continental music past ToH. Almost equal to my S-9 noise level, but not quite, therefore marginally readable (John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge, Colorado. Drake R-8, 100-foot RW, dxingwithcumbre yg via DXLD) Listed AIR Nepali service from Delhi/Kingsway, 100 kW ND at 1330-1430 (gh, DXLD) ** INDIA. 5010, Feb 7 at 0052, very poor with S Asian vocal music, presumably AIR Thiruvananthapuram, (or as WRTH helpfully spells it antiquely, Trivandrum), scheduled in Aoki, mornings for 0020-0215. BTW, if you definitely hear Spanish on 5010, it`s probably a mixing product from Cuba 5040/5025 which should be checked for a match, rather than Dominican Republic, Honduras, or Ecuador which are all long gone, tho R. Pueblo/Cristal, DR was occasionally active in recent years (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. 9470, Feb 3 at 1326, AIR National Channel manages to stick to proper frequency, but not to modulate, just open carrier with flutter; how about // 9425? At 1327 it`s weaker but no modulation either, so maybe a studio/feed problem to two different sites, Aligarh and Bengaluru respectively (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. 9870, AIR-Bengaluru, Vividh Bharati, Jan. 31; fair-poor at 1418 with songs in Hindi; occasional brief announcement and back to music; levels often fair enough to make this quite listenable (Jim Ronda, Tulsa, OK, NRD-545, R-75 + two PAR EF-SWL slopers, one external Eavesdropper and one attic-mounted Eavesdropper, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA [and non]. ARGENTINA/INDIA, 11710.899, When tuned-in and did bandscan in 25 mb around 0105 to 0125 UT Feb 5th, heard RAE Buenos Aires female voice in Japanese language, S=9 in Germany, but at 0115 UT COVERED BY DRM mode transmission on centered 11715 kHz next channel, some 20 kHz wideband signal. Though scheduled some 15 minutes later at 0130-0230 UT in Nepali language on DRM mode. Wonder how many regular listeners are in Nepal and Tibet target to effort such an exotic transmission mode? (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 5, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1655, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. Winter B-12 SW schedule of All India Radio: 0000-0045 on 7270 CNI 100 kW / non-dir to SoAs Tamil 0000-0045 on 9835 DEL 100 kW / 174 deg to SoAs Tamil 0000-0045 on 9910 ALG 250 kW / 132 deg to SEAs Tamil 0000-0045 on 11740 PAN 250 kW / 300 deg to SoAs Tamil 0000-0045 on 11985 DEL 250 kW / 174 deg to SoAs Tamil 0000-0045 on 13795 BGL 500 kW / 108 deg to SEAs Tamil 0015-0430 on 6155 ALG 250 kW / 282 deg to SEAs Urdu 0015-0430 on 7340 MUM 100 kW / 010 deg to SoAs Urdu 0015-0430 on 9595 DEL 250 kW / 334 deg to SoAs Urdu 0015-0430 on 11620 DEL 250 kW / 334 deg to SoAs Urdu 0045-0115 on 7270 CNI 100 kW / non-dir to SoAs Sinhala 0045-0115 on 11740 PAN 250 kW / 300 deg to SoAs Sinhala 0045-0115 on 11985 DEL 250 kW / 174 deg to SoAs Sinhala 0100-0200 on 5990 DEL 250 kW / 334 deg to SoAs Sindhi 0100-0200 on 7370 ALG 250 kW / 282 deg to SoAs Sindhi 0100-0200 on 9635 ALG 250 kW / 312 deg to SoAs Sindhi 0130-0230 on 7420 GUW 050 kW / 130 deg to SoAs Nepali 0130-0230 on 9810 ALG 250 kW / 065 deg to CeAs Nepali 0130-0230 on 11715 DEL 100 kW / 124 deg to CeAs Nepali DRM 0215-0300 on 9835 ALG 250 kW / 312 deg to WeAs Pashto 0215-0300 on 9910 ALG 250 kW / 282 deg to WeAs Pashto 0215-0300 on 11740 PAN 250 kW / 300 deg to WeAs Pashto 0215-0300 on 13695 BGL 500 kW / 300 deg to WeAs Kannada 0215-0300 on 15120 BGL 500 kW / 300 deg to WeAs Kannada 0300-0345 on 9835 ALG 250 kW / 312 deg to WeAs Dari 0300-0345 on 9910 ALG 250 kW / 282 deg to WeAs Dari 0300-0345 on 11740 PAN 250 kW / 300 deg to WeAs Dari 0315-0415 on 11840 DEL 250 kW / 282 deg to N/ME Hindi 0315-0415 on 13695 BGL 500 kW / 300 deg to WeAs Hindi 0315-0415 on 15120 BGL 500 kW / 240 deg to EaAf Hindi 0315-0415 on 15185 PAN 100 kW / 205 deg to EaAf Hindi DRM 0315-0415 on 17715 DEL 250 kW / 245 deg to EaAf Hindi 0330-0430 on 7420 HYD 050 kW / 125 deg to SoAs Bengali 0400-0430 on 11670 ALG 250 kW / 282 deg to WeAs Farsi 0400-0430 on 15210 PAN 250 kW / 300 deg to WeAs Farsi 0400-0430 on 15770 DEL 250 kW / 282 deg to WeAs Farsi 0415-0430 on 15120 BGL 500 kW / 240 deg to EaAf Gujarati 0415-0430 on 15185 PAN 100 kW / 205 deg to EaAf Gujarati DRM 0415-0430 on 17715 DEL 250 kW / 245 deg to EaAf Gujarati 0430-0530 on 11670 ALG 250 kW / 282 deg to N/ME Arabic 0430-0530 on 15210 PAN 250 kW / 300 deg to N/ME Arabic 0430-0530 on 15770 DEL 250 kW / 282 deg to N/ME Arabic 0430-0530 on 15120 BGL 500 kW / 240 deg to EaAf Hindi 0430-0530 on 15185 PAN 100 kW / 205 deg to EaAf Hindi DRM 0430-0530 on 17715 DEL 250 kW / 245 deg to EaAf Hindi 0700-0800 on 7250 GKP 050 kW / 015 deg to SoAs Nepali 0700-0800 on 7420 GUW 050 kW / 130 deg to SoAs Nepali 0700-0800 on 9595 DEL 100 kW / 342 deg to SoAs Nepali 0700-0800 on 11850 DEL 100 kW / 102 deg to SoAs Nepali 0800-1100 on 7420 HYD 050 kW / 125 deg to SoAs Bengali 0830-1130 on 7250 GKP 050 kW / 015 deg to SoAs Ur/Hi/En 0830-1130 on 7340 MUM 100 kW / 010 deg to SoAs Ur/Hi/En 0830-1130 on 9595 DEL 100 kW / 342 deg to SoAs Ur/Hi/En 0830-1130 on 11620 DEL 250 kW / 334 deg to SoAs Ur/Hi/En 0845-0945 on 15770 ALG 250 kW / 132 deg to SEAs Indonesian 0845-0945 on 17510 DEL 250 kW / 132 deg to SEAs Indonesian 0845-0945 on 17875 BGL 500 kW / 120 deg to SEAs Indonesian 1000-1100 on 7270 CNI 100 kW / non-dir to SoAs English 1000-1100 on 13605 BGL 500 kW / 058 deg to EaAs English 1000-1100 on 13695 BGL 500 kW / 120 deg to SEAs English 1000-1100 on 15030 ALG 250 kW / 060 deg to EaAs English 1000-1100 on 15410 BGL 500 kW / 060 deg to EaAs English 1000-1100 on 17510 DEL 250 kW / 132 deg to SEAs English 1000-1100 on 17895 ALG 250 kW / 132 deg to SEAs English 1115-1200 on 11670 BGL 500 kW / 060 deg to SEAs Thai 1115-1200 on 13645 DEL 250 kW / 132 deg to SEAs Thai 1115-1200 on 15410 PAN 250 kW / 120 deg to SEAs Thai 1115-1215 on 7270 CNI 100 kW / non-dir to SoAs Tamil 1115-1215 on 9810 PAN 250 kW / 120 deg to SoAs Tamil 1115-1215 on 13695 BGL 500 kW / 108 deg to SEAs Tamil 1115-1215 on 15050 DEL 250 kW / 174 deg to SoAs Tamil 1115-1215 on 15770 ALG 250 kW / 132 deg to SEAs Tamil 1115-1215 on 17510 DEL 250 kW / 174 deg to SoAs Tamil 1145-1315 on 11840 ALG 250 kW / 065 deg to EaAs Chinese 1145-1315 on 13605 BGL 500 kW / 058 deg to EaAs Chinese 1145-1315 on 15795 BGL 500 kW / 035 deg to EaAs Chinese 1215-1245 on 9810 PAN 250 kW / 120 deg to SoAs Telugu 1215-1245 on 13695 BGL 500 kW / 108 deg to SEAs Telugu 1215-1245 on 15770 ALG 250 kW / 132 deg to SEAs Telugu 1215-1315 on 11710 DEL 050 kW / 102 deg to SoAs Burmese 1215-1315 on 15040 DEL 100 kW / 102 deg to SoAs Burmese 1215-1330 on 7420 GUW 050 kW / 130 deg to SoAs Tibetan 1215-1330 on 9575 BGL 500 kW / 038 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1215-1330 on 11775 PAN 250 kW / 025 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1230-1500 on 6165 DEL 250 kW / 334 deg to SoAs Sindhi 1230-1500 on 7340 MUM 100 kW / 010 deg to SoAs Sindhi 1230-1500 on 9620 ALG 250 kW / 282 deg to WeAs Sindhi 1300-1500 on 7270 CNI 100 kW / non-dir to SoAs Sinhala 1300-1500 on 9820 PAN 250 kW / 120 deg to SoAs Sinhala 1300-1500 on 15050 DEL 100 kW / 174 deg to SoAs Sinhala DRM 1315-1415 on 9910 DEL 250 kW / 282 deg to WeAs Dari 1315-1415 on 11670 BGL 500 kW / 300 deg to WeAs Dari 1330-1430 on 7420 GUW 050 kW / 130 deg to SoAs Nepali 1330-1430 on 11775 PAN 250 kW / 025 deg to CeAs Nepali 1330-1500 on 9690 BGL 500 kW / 090 deg to SEAs English 1330-1500 on 11620 DEL 250 kW / 132 deg to SEAs English 1330-1500 on 13710 BGL 500 kW / 120 deg to SEAs English 1415-1515 on 9910 DEL 250 kW / 282 deg to WeAs Pashto 1415-1515 on 11670 BGL 500 kW / 300 deg to WeAs Pashto 1430-1930 on 6045 DEL 250 kW / 334 deg to SoAs Urdu 1445-1515 on 7420 GUW 050 kW / 130 deg to SoAs Bengali 1500-1600 on 6165 DEL 250 kW / 334 deg to SoAs Baluchi 1500-1600 on 7340 MUM 100 kW / 010 deg to SoAs Baluchi 1500-1600 on 9620 ALG 250 kW / 282 deg to WeAs Baluchi 1515-1600 on 11620 DEL 250 kW / 245 deg to EaAf Gujarati 1515-1600 on 13640 BGL 500 kW / 240 deg to EaAf Gujarati 1515-1600 on 15175 PAN 250 kW / 205 deg to EaAf Gujarati 1515-1615 on 9950 DEL 250 kW / 245 deg to EaAf Swahili 1515-1615 on 13605 BGL 500 kW / 240 deg to EaAf Swahili 1515-1615 on 17670 DEL 250 kW / 245 deg to EaAf Swahili 1515-1545 on 9910 DEL 250 kW / 282 deg to WeAs English 1515-1545 on 11670 BGL 500 kW / 300 deg to WeAs English 1600-1730 on 7420 GUW 050 kW / 130 deg to SoAs Bengali 1600-1930 on 6155 BGL 500 kW / 060 deg to EaAs Urdu 1615-1715 on 9595 BGL 500 kW / 325 deg to EaEu Russian 1615-1715 on 15140 ALG 100 kW / 312 deg to EaEu Russian DRM 1615-1730 on 7250 PAN 250 kW / 300 deg to WeAs Hindi 1615-1730 on 9445 DEL 250 kW / 282 deg to WeAs Hindi 1615-1730 on 9950 DEL 250 kW / 245 deg to EaAf Hindi 1615-1730 on 12025 PAN 250 kW / 300 deg to WeAs Hindi 1615-1730 on 13605 BGL 500 kW / 240 deg to EaAf Hindi 1615-1730 on 17670 DEL 250 kW / 245 deg to EaAf Hindi 1615-1730 on 9620 ALG 250 kW / 282 deg to WeAs Farsi 1615-1730 on 11710 PAN 250 kW / 300 deg to WeAs Farsi 1615-1730 on 13640 BGL 500 kW / 300 deg to WeAs Farsi 1730-1830 on 7250 PAN 250 kW / 300 deg to WeAs Malayalam 1730-1830 on 12025 PAN 250 kW / 300 deg to WeAs Malayalam 1730-1945 on 9620 ALG 250 kW / 282 deg to N/ME Arabic 1730-1945 on 11710 PAN 250 kW / 300 deg to N/ME Arabic 1730-1945 on 13640 BGL 500 kW / 300 deg to N/ME Arabic 1745-1945 on 7550 BGL 500 kW / 320 deg to WeEu English 1745-1945 on 9445 ALG 250 kW / 282 deg to NEAf English 1745-1945 on 9950 ALG 100 kW / 312 deg to WeEu English DRM 1745-1945 on 11580 DEL 250 kW / 282 deg to NoAf English 1745-1945 on 11670 BGL 500 kW / 320 deg to WeEu English 1745-1945 on 11935 MUM 100 kW / 250 deg to CEAf English 1745-1945 on 13695 BGL 500 kW / 240 deg to EaAf English 1745-1945 on 17670 DEL 250 kW / 245 deg to EaAf English 1945-2030 on 9620 ALG 250 kW / 282 deg to NWAf French 1945-2030 on 11710 DEL 250 kW / 282 deg to NWAf French 1945-2030 on 13640 BGL 500 kW / 300 deg to NWAf French 1945-2045 on 7550 BGL 500 kW / 320 deg to WeEu Hindi 1945-2045 on 9950 ALG 100 kW / 312 deg to WeEu Hindi DRM 1945-2045 on 11670 BGL 500 kW / 320 deg to WeEu Hindi 2045-2230 on 7550 BGL 500 kW / 320 deg to WeEu English 2045-2230 on 9445 BGL 500 kW / 325 deg to WeEu English 2045-2230 on 9910 ALG 250 kW / 132 deg to SEAs English 2045-2230 on 9950 ALG 100 kW / 312 deg to WeEu English DRM 2045-2230 on 11620 BGL 500 kW / 120 deg to SEAs English 2045-2230 on 11670 BGL 500 kW / 320 deg to WeEu English 2045-2230 on 11740 PAN 250 kW / 120 deg to SEAs English 2245-0045 on 9690 BGL 500 kW / 090 deg to SEAs English 2245-0045 on 9705 PAN 250 kW / 120 deg to SEAs English 2245-0045 on 11645 DEL 100 kW / 065 deg to EaAs English DRM 2245-0045 on 11710 ALG 250 kW / 132 deg to SEAs English 2245-0045 on 13605 BGL 500 kW / 058 deg to EaAs English 2300-2400 on 9910 ALG 250 kW / 132 deg to SEAs Hindi 2300-2400 on 13795 BGL 500 kW / 108 deg to SEAs Hindi (DX RE MIX NEWS #766 from Georgi Bancov & Ivo Ivanov, Tue, Feb. 5, 2013 via DXLD) ** INDIA [non]. 9500, Feb 4 at 1243, poor signal with flutter, S Asian song, 1248 announcement and another song. Aoki shows it`s CVC International, Hindi via Tashkent, UZBEKISTAN at 11-14. So CVC may have abandoned Africa and America on SW, but not yet Asia. Also heard some Chinese CCI, which is CNR1, Shijiazhuang 723 site (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA [non]. QSL: CVC The Voice Asia, via Tashkent 9975, email reply with attached eQSL card from Sonia Paul after 1 day, report file was sent to mail at thevoiceasia.com (Bruce Portzer, Seattle WA, Feb 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA [non]. QSL: TWR India, via Tashkent 7505, email reply in 65 days from Franklin Abraham, fabraham at twrindia.org, who attached an eQSL letter and F/D e-certificate (Bruce Portzer, Seattle WA, Feb 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 3325, RRI Palangkaraya, 1353, Feb 5. Daily they play the national song “Bagimu Negeri” (For You Our Country) about this time. Very early sign off today, as not heard at 1426. 3325, RRI Palangkaraya, 1510, Feb 6 heard with good reception (better than the norm!) of indigenous music. https://www.box.com/s/2ngwbojyy8q12itot72e contains brief recording of chanting (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA [and non]. While checking TP MW activity this morning (not very good at all), I also had a quick check on 60 meters and was pleasantly surprised to hear RRI Makassar very strong just below 4750, and ABC Alice Springs on 4835 just booming in at around 1530 UT February 4 (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) RRI Makassar was noted with signing on after 2058 UT on 4750 kHz, better reception around 2120 and past. RRI Wamena after 21 UT on 4870 kHz noted with weak noisy signal. 73s (Partha Sarathi Goswami, Siliguri, W.B., India, Rural area, Feb 2? RX: JRC NRD 72, Sony 7600GR; Antenna: 1 x inverted V and 1 x Sloper with MFJ 959C type home brewed tuner, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 9526, Voice of Indonesia, 1831 German, woman with possibly news, 1832 ID and promo announcements, marimba-type music bridge, woman again. Fair. Check again at 1901, woman in English, but very weak now. Jan 31 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, Listening in my car with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active whip antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) After excellent modulation on 1st February 2013, the VOI 9526 kHz was found off yesterday at 18 past UT 1st February; sample recording can be found here: http://snd.sc/Y1kWm7 73s (Partha Sarathi Goswami, Siliguri, W.B., India, Rural area, Feb 2? RX: JRC NRD 72, Sony 7600GR; Antenna: 1 x inverted V and 1 x Sloper with MFJ 959C type home brewed tuner, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of Indonesia has finally got the hum accompanying audio cleared. https://soundcloud.com/victor-goonetilleke/voice-of-indonesia-9525-82-2-1 (Victor Goonetilleke, Sri Lanka, Feb 1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1655, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Victor, Yes, indeed, VOI has cleaned up their audio! Noticeably better without the usual prominent hum. Your reception is outstanding and even here in Calif. had respectable reception from 1419 to 1433, in Indonesian. My recording cannot compare to yours, but here it is at https://www.box.com/s/vuclcthdxtvmv0lnz3iu (Ron Howard, San Francisco, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1655, DXLD) Ron, for all that distance, yours is as good as what I hear over in Sri Lanka. There is splatter from R. Veritas beamed to Sri Lanka on 9520 1330-1430. There is also a slight change in the frequency, so it appears a good overhaul was done. Lets hope it stays that way a while. Now if Bangladesh can follow and clean up their new tx!!! 73 ron (Victor 4S7VK, ibid.) Yes, excellent audio and signal today, listening at 1725 UT with S9+20 dB here in South Asia (Partha Sarathi Goswami, Siliguri, W.B., India, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1655, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9526-, Feb 3 at 1308, VOI audible only as a JBA carrier on its signature off-off-frequency, as usual for months, and I have ceased to try to hear it or log it even during this English hour. Tried again this time because of recent reports from elsewhere that their modulation has been repaired, but no way to tell on this terribly weak signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1655, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, When I arrived at the beach Feb 3, at 1057, I started to check on VOI reception. Just like you I had no luck hearing them, all the way through their English segment (13-14), BUT from 1409 to 1432 on 9525.88, I had comparably good reception as I had Feb 1 during their hour in Indonesian. What are they doing differently after 1400 that produces such a quantum leap in the quality of their reception? https://www.box.com/s/xhry1l0dbdkzirzg2i5j contains a two minute recording with several IDs (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1655, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9526-, Feb 5 at 1430, VOI poor signal but good modulation, Indonesian talk with occasional jingles, unlike the ones heard in English. Ron Howard observed yesterday that the signal improves markedly at 1400 after English; antenna change? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1655, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL. Logged the 60 mb TB at around 1510 to 1640 UT Feb 4th. See footprints too. 4659.997 AIR Leh, Hindi?, tiny modulation, S=5-6 signal at 1510 UT, disturbed nearby by some mens voices of Aeronautical Mobile Services in ssb mode. 4765.059 Tajik Radio HS R1 Yangi Yul site, 1514 UT, S=9 in peaks. 4775.002 AIR Imphal, tentat., very tiny, low modulation, S=6 in peaks. 4795.0 Kyrgyz Radio Bishkek, poor station, S=6-7 only. 4800.0 Terrible mixture, CNR1 Geermu in Chinese on even frequency, S=9+10dB signal. Tentat AIR Hydarabad signal underneath and 4 Hertz lower frequency. Also Unidentified annoying 1 kHz Heterodyne on 4801 kHz even. 4810.0 Armenian Radio Gavar noted at 1520 UT, S=8-9 signal, but seemingly 1615 UT close-down, due of new earlier Russian standard time adaptation in Armenia too. 4820.0 CNR Lhasa in Mandarin language, S=9+15dB. Co-channel underneath AIR Calcutta plus 14 Hertz footprint on upper side. 4835.0 AIR Gangtok in Nepali at 1527 UT Febr 4, S=6, at 1615 S=8. 4840.003 AIR Bombay in Hindi, tiny, S=8. 4850.0 CNR PBS Urumqi in Kazakh, S=9+15dB. 4860.006 AIR, seemingly tiny signal from Shimla in Hindi. 4870.005 UNID close-down around 1530 UT, probably AIR Delhi Kashmiri mountain service. 4879.995 AIR Lucknow in Hindi, S=7-8 signal at 1622 UT Febr 4. 4894.996 AIR Kurseong in the clear, S=9+15dB, fair signal at 1624 UT. On Iranian atomic politics, atomic bombs war heads in Israel. 4899 to 4904 kHz some digital Stanag signals ? 4905.0 CNR PBS Lhasa in Mandarin at 1626 UT Febr 4th. 4910.0 AIR Jaipur in Hindi at 1628 UT, S=9+15dB. 4920.0 CNR PBS Lhasa in Mandarin, S=9+20dB powerful signal, tentat. AIR signal underneath? 4939.998 AIR Guwahati fluttery signal at 1550 UT, S=9+5dB, probably underneath very tiny CNR Fuzhou signal. 4949.996 AIR Srinagar in Kashmiri-En?, S=9+5dB, disturbed by heavy CW QRM on 4951.5 kHz channel. 4960.072 Voice of Russia in English on clear channel around 1558-1559, S=9+30dB. Visible some plus/minus 100 Hertz buzz noise peaks from main power, didn't filtered ... 4970.005 AIR Shillong, very weak and low modulated, S=7 at 1600 UT, heavy digital UTE Stanag like signal on 4965-4969 kHz range. 4975.963 Radio Uganda, Kampala, S=7 strength at 1635 UT Febr 4. 4979.989 CNR PBS Urumqi in Uighur language, S=9+20dB. 4989.988 UNID stn, probably AIR Itanagar?; S=5 on threshold level. nothing heard up to: 5040.0 AIR Jaipur, poor signal at 1604 UT. 5049.998 AIR Gauhati tiny tentatively from Radio Aizawl, close-down earlier around 1630 UT ? Missed later when tuned-in around 1640 UT. 5059.984 CNR PBS Urumqi in Mandarin at 1607 UT, but also much stronger on S=9+20dB level at 1640 UT Febr 4. (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 4, via DXLD) ** IRAN. 7420, VOIR-Kamalabad Jan. 29; poor at 0219 with two men speaking in Spanish; some slight improvement by 0223; ID and frequency information at 0229; off at 0230. Once VOIR was off, there was something that sounded like Hindi songs at weak level; perhaps an AIR regional. 9710, VOIR-Voice of Justice, Kamalabad, Feb. 2; fair in English at 0346 with various news items including report on bombing at US embassy in Turkey; Voice of Justice ID at 0354 (Jim Ronda, Tulsa, OK, NRD-545, R-75 + two PAR EF-SWL slopers, one external Eavesdropper and one attic-mounted Eavesdropper, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN. 15300, Feb 4 at 1435, found some music to accompany a doze attempt, fair signal but soon started talking, and cut off mid-word at 1437*. HFCC shows it must have been the VIRI Dari service scheduled 0830-1430, 250 kW, 84 degrees from Ahwaz. Except languages scheduled to start at 1430 on other frequencies include Arabic, Azeri, Bengali, Hindi, Pashto, Russian; but hardly any from Ahwaz except 9685 for Russian, per WRTH, which says Ahwaz has only 2 x 250 kW transmitters. It`s a site we don`t often run across, and in fact HFCC B-12 registrations account for only one transmitter active there (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [later:] Not exactly, checking closer, there is one half-hour overlap if correct. Here is the entire Ahwaz schedule from HFCC B-12: 0130-0230 6185 Urdu 0300-0630 11860 Dari 0830-1430 15300 Dari 1030-1130 11925 Arabic 1430-1530 9685 Russian 1630-1730 7345 Pushtu 1700-1800 5920 Russian (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN [non]. 7480, Payam-e Doost via Grigoriopol. This usually good outlet is today beset by noise and some audio distortion. Speaker in listed Farsi still readable 1806, 13/1 (Jones) 7550, R. Ranginkaman via Grigoriopol. Fair level signal of female speaker then singer with noisy semi-western music presenting, in listed Farsi, an alternative culture to that of the Iranian theocracy 1704, 13/1 (Charles Jones, Castle Hill NSW (JRC NRD 535D with 7m vertical antenna), Jan/Feb Australian DX News via DXLD) i.e. gay (gh) ** ISLE OF MAN. DX diurno em OLonga e Omédia: GRÃ-BRETANHA, 1368. Manx R, Foxdale, Ilha de Man, 1314-1327, 01/2, inglês, rubrica Business News, anúncios comerciais, desporto, etc.; 25332. Contràriamente ao que se poderá supôr, o nome da ilha, Man, não está relacionado com o vocábulo inglês "man", homem. 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Cat, then? ** ITALY. Imminenti Chiusure Onda Media RAI --- Andrea Borgnino su twitter segnala che questa settimana "saranno spenti questi impianti onda media OM Rai: Aosta, Campobasso, Cuneo, Rimini, Sondrio e Trapani" Cuneo a 2345 UT è ancora accesa come capita sovente dopo la mezzanotte, e mi arriva discretamente anche qui a Lodi. Sono proprio curioso di vedere cosa ci sarà scritto nel contratto di servizio 2013/14 all'articolo radiodiffusione. Ciao (Matteo, Feb 3, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) In more detail: PROSSIME CHIUSURE RAI 1 ONDE MEDIE Imminenti Chiusure Onda Media RAI Sun Feb 3, 2013. Andrea Borgnino su twitter segnala che questa settimana "saranno spenti questi impianti onda media OM Rai: Aosta 1116, Campobasso 1575, Cuneo 1116, Rimini 999, Sondrio 1449 e Trapani 936". Su 1116 Cuneo alle 2345 UT è ancora accesa come capita sovente dopo la mezzanotte, e mi arriva discretamente anche qui a Lodi. Sono proprio curioso di vedere cosa ci sarà scritto nel contratto di servizio 2013/14 all'articolo radiodiffusione. Ciao, Matteo di Lodi (via Dario Monferini [who maybe inserted frequencies], Feb 4, playdx yg via DXLD) ** ITALY. More Italian MW frequencies to close? On 14 December, local newscasts in at least 12 out of 20 Italian regions informed listeners about frequency changes and/or the closure of mediumwave broadcasts. The announcement was aired only once but worries are growing about a possible winding up of all MW operations by RAI. The RAI mediumwave network was starkly reduced in 2006, and earlier last year also when Naples (657 kHz) and Bari (1116 kHz), two historical stations, were dismantled. Sources agree that 6 to 12 stations are to survive but no official information is available nor is any announcement repeated. Italradio was able to confirm that Pisa Coltano on 657 kHz will continue; plans have been prepared to use it for DRM experiments. Italian mediumwave stations are operated by RAI under the provisions of a state mandate as a part of general public broadcasting service. Nevertheless a list of mandatory MW stations is not available. (Italradio report on AWR Wavescan 20 January via Feb Communication magazine, British DXC-UK, Jan 30 via BCDX Feb 2 via DXLD) ** ITALY. Lunedì 28 gennaio 2013, 0956 - 10000, ITALCABLE (I), t/s, t/a, musica. SF-IN (Luca Botto Fiora, G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) ** JAPAN. 3945, Radio Nikkei - 2 at 0717 Japanese, popular Japanese music, gone at 0803 check confirming 0800 sign-off. Poor, //6155 fair, Jan 31. 3925, Radio Nikkei - 1 at 0723 Japanese, discussion by two women. Poor, // 6055 fair, Jan 31 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, Listening in my car with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active whip antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN [non]. QSL: Radio Japan via Madagascar 7395, sent N/D card after 19 days for email report. Normally, their cards have a sticker showing the date, time, frequency, and transmitter site. Hopefully, this was a one-time thing and not a change in policy (Bruce Portzer, Seattle WA, Feb 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN [non]. 15190, Feb 4 at 1306, good signal with 1 kHz tone, 1310 cuts to NHK IS, off at 1312:30*. Likely GUIANA FRENCH testing this for some reason, not likely to be direct at this hour. 15190 is the regular frequency for English at 1200-1230 via GUF. It would be nice if they moved this relay an hour+ later, when lots more North Americans are awake. BTW, as I was listening to the tone on headphones, I couldn`t help yawning, during which I noticed the pitch of the tone shifted slightly, and even caused a beat between my left and right ears. Then I forced some more yawns and it kept happening: apparently because of slight pressure changes in the inner ears. Thank you, NHK, for leading to this amazing discovery, which I suspect you never anticipated! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1655, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KASHMIR. 4660.0, A Hindi/S Asian subcontinent language like transmission noted at 1440 UT on Jan 31. Tiny S=4-5 signal on threshold level heard here in Germany. Probably AIR Radio Leh (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 2 via DXLD ** KASHMIR. 4950.0, AIR Radio Kashmir, Srinagar, 0209-0215*, Feb 6. Stronger than heard in Dec; indigenous chanting/singing; best in USB to get away from actual audio QRM from Angola (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH. North Korea Tech, 30 Jan 2013, Martyn Williams: "Pyongyang Broadcasting Station (????), North Korea’s Korean-language radio station aimed at nearby countries, is launching a website this week, according to announcements made Tuesday on domestic and international broadcasts. The new website will be called 'Grand National Unity' and will be available at http://www.gnu.rep.kp from February 1st, according to the announcements. That site currently holds a test page for the Apache web server. The site is the latest from the country carrying national news and propaganda to international audiences. While its adoption of the Internet for propagation of information has been slow, it has been steady and new sites have slowly been appearing. Other prominent sites include the Rodong Sinmun, the country’s main daily newspaper, and the official Korea Central News Agency. ... ... [Multilingual shortwave broadcaster] Voice of Korea currently has a web site. Pyongyang Broadcasting Station, with its overseas audience, is a natural second candidate for a home page." (kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH. PYONGYANG BROADCASTING STATION TO LAUNCH WEBSITE January 30th, 2013 Pyongyang Broadcasting Station (????), North Korea’s Korean-language radio station aimed at nearby countries, is launching a website this week, according to announcements made Tuesday on domestic and international broadcasts. The new website will be called “Grand National Unity” and will be available at http://www.gnu.rep.kp from February 1st, according to the announcements. That site currently holds a test page for the Apache web server. The site is the latest from the country carrying national news and propaganda to international audiences. While its adoption of the Internet for propagation of information has been slow, it has been steady and new sites have slowly been appearing. Other prominent sites include the Rodong Sinmun, the country’s main daily newspaper, and the official Korea Central News Agency. The radio station is one of four run by North Korea: • Korea Central Broadcasting Station, the main domestic radio network • Pyongyang FM Broadcasting Station, a second, FM-only, domestic network • Pyongyang Broadcasting Station, aimed at Korean speakers in South Korea, Japan and China • Voice of Korea, a multi-lingual shortwave broadcaster aimed at audiences worldwide Of the four, only Voice of Korea currently has a web site. Pyongyang Broadcasting Station, with its overseas audience, is a natural second candidate for a home page. The launching of the site isn’t perhaps as much of a surprise as the announcement that it’s coming. News was first broken on Tuesday morning on Korea Central Broadcasting Station, the country’s main internal radio network. According to BBC Monitoring, which spends much more time listening to North Korean radio that I do, the 9 am hour doesn’t usually carry news and is almost exclusively reserved for rebroadcasts of special announcements or a review of major stories from the day’s newspaper. So the timing it interesting as it its target: KCBS’ domestic audience doesn’t have access to the Internet. An almost identical announcement was carried later in the day during the Voice of Korea programming (North Korea Tech via Craig Seager, Jan/Feb Australian DX News via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH. [Re 13-05]: Voice of Korea - new Internet homepage --- The website's there now, brightly coloured but dull in content. Can't find any live audio or video streams, just a few on-demand video files (David Kernick, UK, Feb 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH. KOREA D.P.R. Some frequencies of Voice of Korea are active again on air. Day by day different frequencies are on air and off air. Updated on Feb. 3: back on air: 0300-1300 on 7220 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs Ko/En/Ch/En/Ko/Ch/Ko/Ko/Ch/Ko 1400-2100 on 6170 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu Ru/Ru/Ge/Ru/Ge/Ge/Ko* 1400-2100 on 9325 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu Ru/Ru/Ge/Ru/Ge/Ge/Ko* 2100-2400 on 7235 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs Ch/Ch/Ko *cancelled Korean broadcast 1300-1350 on 6170 and 9325! currently off air: 0300-0700 on 13650 KUJ 200 kW / 238 deg to SEAs Ch/Fr/En/Ch 0300-0700 on 13760 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to CSAm Sp/En/Sp/Fr 0700-1000 on 13760 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to EaEu Ru/Ru/Ko 0700-1000 on 15245 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to EaEu Ru/Ru/Ko 1000-1300 on 6170 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to CSAm En/Fr/Ko 1000-1300 on 9345 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs Ko/Ch/Ko 1300-2400 on 7570 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu En/Fr/En/Fr/Ko/En/Sp/Fr/En/Sp/Ko 1300-2400 on 12015 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu En/Fr/En/Fr/Ko/En/Sp/Fr/En/Sp/Ko additional frequency: 0300-0700 on 3250 PYO 100 kW / non-dir to NEAs Ko/En/Ch/En 1300-2100 on 3250 PYO 100 kW / non-dir to NEAs Ko/Ru/Ru/Ge/Ru/Ko/Ko/Ko (DX RE MIX NEWS #766 from Georgi Bancov & Ivo Ivanov, Tue, Feb. 5, 2013 via DXLD) Re: ``currently off air 1000-1300 6170 KUJ 200 kW 028 deg to CeSoAM En/Fr/Ko`` KOREA D.P.R. 6170.000 is on air on Febr 6th at 1015 UT, S=9+20db signal in Tokyo Japan. 3250.000 Jpn S=9+20dB 6070.000 Jpn S=9+20dB 6170.000 En S=9+20dB 6185.000 En S=9+20dB - disturbed by CHBC China Huayi Bc. Corp Chengdu [sic: see CHINA] 7220 off air 7580.000 Jpn S=9+40dB 9335.019 En S=9+10dB 9345 off air 9650.000 Jpn S=9 9849.958 En S=9+10dB 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) KOREA D.P.R. Another frequency of Voice of Korea is back on air. First noted on Tue Feb. 5, but language schedule is totally wrong: 1300-1357 7570 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu English, CANCELLED 1400-1457 7570 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu Korean, instead French 1500-1557 7570 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu Arabic, instead English 1600-1657 7570 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu English, instead French 1700-1750 7570 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu Arabic, instead Korean 1800-1857 7570 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu French, instead English 1900-1957 7570 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu English, instead Spanish 2000-2057 7570 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu Korean, instead French 2100-2157 7570 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu Chinese, instead English 2200-2257 7570 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu Chinese, instead Spanish 2300-2350 7570 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu Korean, as scheduled (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) And observations on Wed Feb.6 on the same transmitter as scheduled freqs: 0300-0657 13760 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to CSAm Sp/En/Sp/Fr, as scheduled 0700-0950 13760 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to EaEu Ru/Ru/Ko, as scheduled 1000-1250 6170 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to CSAm En/Fr/Ko, as scheduled -- 73! (Ivo, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Feb 6, ibid.) Voice of Korea 1300-1357: 1300-1357 3250 PYO 100 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean PBS 1300-1357 6170 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to EaEu Korean PBS, cancelled 1300-1357 6185 KUJ 200 kW / 238 deg to SEAs Chinese 1300-1357 7570 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu Chinese, instead English 1300-1357 9325 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to EaEu Korean PBS, cancelled 1300-1357 9335 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to NoAm English 1300-1357 9850 KUJ 200 kW / 238 deg to SEAs Chinese 1300-1357 11710 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to NoAm English 1300-1357 12015 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu English, off air Also cancelled 0700-0757 7220 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean PBS 1200-1257 7220 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean PBS -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Feb 6, ibid.) ** KOREA NORTH. 2850, Feb 1 at 1155, KCBS is audible along with all the much closer MW harmonix, and generally stronger than they, especially peaking near sunrise here at 1329 with triumphal band music, S9+18; 3480 also audible with usual het, jamming vs V. of the People from KOREA SOUTH (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [and non]. CLANDESTINE - 5150, MND Radio *1200-1251* Jan 29. Usual talks in Korean by YL // 6360, which was stronger but so was the jamming. 5150 jamming seemed minimal, if there at all. Off at 1251 after a few minutes of music (John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge, Colorado. Drake R-8, 100-foot RW, dxingwithcumbre yg via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. JAPAN. 5985, Shiokaze *1329-1332 Jan 28. Opening announcemnt and ID in Japanese ("Kochirawa Shiokaze Des[u]") with usual piano background, then into talk. Good signal (John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge, Colorado. Drake R-8, 100-foot RW, dxingwithcumbre yg via DXLD) 5985, Feb 3 at 1330, Shiokaze is still here, Japanese this Sunday with big het from MYANMAR q.v. 5985.3. Any day now, Sea Breeze will surely QSY to an alternate 49 mb frequency, which it will take a while for the ineffective and here inaudible Juche jammers to refind. Strangely, WRTH 2013 page 505 does not list them, tho they are pretty well known, just 5910 which must have been on at presstime. EiBi shows only current 5985. In between was 6135, those three properly mentioned by Aoki, altho there are a couple of others we can find only as wooden HFCC registrations under JIC MIC at 100 kW, 290 degrees from Yamata, JAPAN altho available for longer timespans: 6015, 6140 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5910, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze (JSR) via Yamata, ex: 5985. Feb 5 on this alternate frequency; *1330 in Chinese that they often have on Tuesday for first half hour; followed by a Korean half hour. Ex-5985 indeed did have jamming. https://www.box.com/s/8hun0jg7o3t32aen7jwe (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1655, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5910, Wed Feb 6 at 1428, Shiokaze, in Japanese with piano background until 1430*, reactivated frequency which Ron Howard says started Feb 6 for the 1330-1430 broadcast, usually English on Fridays only, ex-5985 which had acquired some Juche jamming I could never hear, but clearing that frequency for MYANMAR on 5985.83v. Sea Breeze should still be better heard from *1330 before fading into the daytime noise level every spring. Aoki shows the other broadcast at 20-21 UT we can never hear also moved to 5910 Feb 5; unusual for both to be on same frequency. 5910, Thu Feb 7 at 1330 now I catch the opening of Shiokaze, also Japanese with piano music, and of course better signal now an hour earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) QSL: Shiokaze/Seabreeze 6135, unsigned QSL card in 60 days for postal report mailed to 2-3-8-401 Koraku, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo 112-0004 Japan. Date/time/freq of reception were written in small print on the card (Bruce Portzer, Seattle WA, Feb 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH. 6348, SOUTH KOREA, Echo of Hope, 0831 Korean, man speaking, check again at 0847 and // 3985 now also audible, but both weak, Jan 31 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, Listening in my car with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active whip antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH [non]. 15575, Feb 3 at 1337, just for giggles, check for KBS World Radio ``North American`` service in English hour axually aimed at deep South America across the darkside on too high a frequency: Yes, something poor in English, but seems // to 5875 tho not synchronized, i.e. on 15575 BBC due east from CYPRUS. So I am forced to go to the website, but: where is anything about `Worldwide Friendship`, surely their most k-popular program? Which has supposedly just started including additional DX info? Several shows are on the homepage but not this, nor on a listing of programs; only find it on the schedule grid. Even at the listen again page http://world.kbs.co.kr/english/audio/listen_again.htm it`s blank for Saturday Feb 2, and not all the shows on Feb 1 have listen linx; first defaults to another blank day which it already is by KST at 17 UT Feb 3: Monday Feb 4. What a mess. O, the January 26 WWF audio does have an audio link, so press it --- and nothing! The AOD player doesn`t start, altho it does play for another show `Seoul Calling`. One must conclude they don`t really care to be heard on SW, or internet (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Kevin, Any comments on my latest log? Who are all the new DX contributors and what is their rotation pattern? Are they by voice or are you just reading their input? 73, (Glenn to Kevin O`Donovan via DXLD) Glenn, The DX segment of Worldwide Friendship will have three contributers each month. Christer Brunström from Sweden will provide reports on the first Saturday of each month and Prithwaraj Purkayastha from India will provide the Indian DX report on the last Saturday of each month. I will fill in the other weeks. Both have DX show experience with Christer once doing reports for the Swedish broadcast of Vatican Radio [also HCJB DX Partyline --- gh] and Prithwaraj is currently doing reports on the Wavescan program. Both were nice enough to come on board and present reports from their part of the world. Each of them will record their own segments. I agree that 15575 is a terrible frequency to use at 12 [sic] hours UT. Who came up with that idea? I've suggested to them that they use the 9 MHz area and hopefully they will put that into account for their program and frequency shuffle in late March. If you thought their shortwave issue to North America was bad, I got word last week that they will lose their relay exchange with the Skelton transmitter site in the spring. This will certainly be a blow to their broadcasts to Europe. They are searching for alternatives since their shortwave transmissions from Korea are not well heard over there. I do have issues with listening to them online as well. However, I rarely stream anything off of their web site. Instead I go to WRN's website and download their entire broadcast for the day (and past) onto my device. Once their shortwave broadcasts are actually audible here then I'll switch back. I'll relay the issues to them and hopefully they'll address it. Regards, (Kevin O'Donovan, Farmington, New Mexico, USA, WORLD OF RADIO 1655, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, Skelton UK site is due to close down at end of B-12, but remain on standby for the time being (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KURDISTAN. 3930, R Voice of Kurdistan, via Iraq (presumed), 0555, Jan 20, Iranian jamming heard with 25332. Jammer also heard *1500, Jan 19, but a tiny signal underneath was audible from 1510, 12431 (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, DSWCI DX Window Feb 6 via DXLD) ** KURDISTAN. 3960, Voice of Iranian Kurdistan, via Iraq, -1427*, Jan 19, Farsi programme, ID in Kurdish, 32332, the jammers go on till 1432*. 3960 was delayed 4 minutes compared to // 4860 (42342). (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, DSWCI DX Window Feb 6 via DXLD) ** KURDISTAN [non]. QSL: Denge Kurdistan 7390, brief but friendly email from Ozcan Mahzun thanking me for my report after 6 days. Report, audio CD and $2 were mailed to Denge Kurdistan, Roj NV, Fabriekstraat 6, B-9470 Denderleew, Belgium (Bruce Portzer, Seattle WA, Feb 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LIBYA. 11600, 1630 19 Jan, R. Libya, OMs with lots of choral Arabic music, 1635 ID, SIO 344 (Michael L Ford, Staffs, Feb BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) 11600, 1915 UT 2 Jan, R. Libya, rather dreary Arabic music, 1930 brief Arabic ID, SIO 243 (Dave Kenny, Berks., ibid.) 11600, Radio Libya/Radio Libye, tune it at 1903-2005. Arabic language program with male presenters and musical bridges between, and many songs. 1/29/13 (Steve Handler, Buffalo Grove, Illinois, Icom IC-7200, Tecsun PL-660, wire antennas, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) 29-JAN-2013 BROADCAST.TXT REFERENCE TABLE: replace LBJ by LNC Libyan National Broadcast Channel http://www.itu.int/ITU-R/terrestrial/broadcast/hf/refdata/reftables/broadcas.txt> (ITU Jan 29 via BC-DX Feb 2 via DXLD) ** LIBYA. Hola Sr. Gleen un gran saludo desde Venezuela, le escribo en esta oportunidad para hacerles dos preguntas: 2. Tendrá la dirección de Radio Libia, postal o email??? Muchas gracias por la información que pueda suministrarme. 73 y buenos Dxs (Williams López, Apartado Postal: 763, Barquisimeto, Estado Lara, Venezuela, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Dice WRTH no más que: Radio Libya, El Fath Rd, Tripoli. 73, (Glenn to Williams, via DXLD) ** MADAGASCAR. [re KNLS ALASKA 1200 English broadcast heard on 7355] And what about MADAGASCAR? We are *still* waiting for any signs of their long-awaited and much-promoted new ``Madagascar World Voice`` Searching the knls.org website on Madagascar, there is no news about MWV since Sept. 2010 when they expected to be on air in 2011 or 2012. For that we have to go to parent organization, World Christian Broadcasting, for the first quarter 2013 update: http://www.worldchristian.org/Updates/LatestNews/updates.php ``Station MWV, Mahajanga, Madagascar --- The construction is complete. We only lack the transmitters that are in Houston, ready for shipment. We continue to wait for one more signature to renew our communications agreement with the Madagascar government. The 10/40 window will be one focus with broadcasts from Madagascar. 97% of the unreached people in the world live in this area. 750 million Muslims, 750 Hindus and 200 million Buddhists live here. This area that drastically needs to hear the gospel of Christ will receive a strong signal once broadcasts begin. Arabic, Russian, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, and English for Africa will be broadcast from station MWV. India, the Middle East, the western part of Russia, the south and west portions of China, Africa and South America will be our target audience.`` Googling around for this, I was amused to see some DX website in Portuguese claim that MWV broadcasts ``commenced`` in Feb 2012! The Madagascar project has been going on for at least seven years. In recent past seasons, frequencies were even registered, but there is nothing in B-12 HFCC for it. How about A-13? I suspect someone in the current Mad government is really reluctant to OK this, non-Christian? And/or awaiting a sufficient bribe? (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1655, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALAYSIA. 7295 terrible modulation of RTM Kajang MLA --- 7295 Broadband heavy scratchy signal from RTM Traxx FM via Kajang site. Overmodulated S=9+30dB powerful on remote unit in Colombo, heard 1658- 1705 UT Feb 6. 7282 to 7308 kHz scratchy range (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Wolfy, Noted same thing here at 1504 with English news. Audio very distorted, which was a shame as their signal strength was good. Had just tuned here after checking 6050 sign off of Salam FM via Kajang, with 1502* (Ron Howard, Calif., USA, ibid.) ** MALAYSIA. QSL: Radio Klasik 5965, email reply from Zulkifli Ab Rahim, RTM Network Technical Services, after 4 days. He attached scanned images of both sides of the QSL card filled out and ready to mail. The card arrived 4 weeks later. Report was emailed to zulrahim at rtm.gov.my (Bruce Portzer, Seattle WA, Feb 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALI. A la escucha de Mali --- Frecuencias para seguir transmisiones relacionadas con el conflicto en ese país africano Por Sara Cabanas, Lunes, Febrero 4, 2013 16:44 http://www.radio-noticias.eu/noticias/A-la-escucha-de-Mali.html Diversas fuentes nos han facilitado frecuencias en las que se estarían recibiendo comunicaciones, presuntamente de unidades militares francesas, relacionadas con el conflicto de Mali. Aunque no hemos podido confirmarlas, se asegura que la de 6712 KHz es una de las más utilizadas. Junto a esa están las de 18012, 8894 y 8903 kHz. La recepción es de nivel correcto en Europa (via Enrique A. Wembagher, condiglist yg via DXLD) en 8903 Hay una llamada en este momento 0148 UT (Ernesto Paulero, Argentina, UT Feb 5, ibid.) No está Dakar Aeradio en esa frecuencia? (Arnaldo Slaen, ibid.) But could be Bamako too (gh) ** MALI. 9635, RTV Malienne, Bamako. 19/1, s/on here at 0801 with news in French. On 5995 s/on was at 0555 and close/down at 0757. Also observed on 23/1 (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF2001D and Folded Marconi 16 meters long), Jan-Feb Australian DX News via DXLD) 5995, R. Mali, Kati, 2308-..., 03/2, dialecto local, canções tribais; 55444, mas modulação algo fraca. 9635 idem, 1145-1355, 01/2, dialecto local, canções tribais, texto, entrevista,..., sinal de ID, ID falada, francês, notícias, e novamente progr. em dialectos; 35443. 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 660, Feb 2 at 0659 UT, a partial ID mentioning 98.9, then romantic music. http://www.mexicoradiotv.com is handy for listing FM //s and the only one shown on 660 is: 660 XEACB La Lupe + FM 98.9 Cd. Delicias, Chih. 3,000 1,000 as I have heard before. Ditto the IRCA Mexican Log. However, not 100% positive, since more and more FM simulcasts are being added, as Mexican AM stations are being pushed to FM and it`s possible there could be two matching FM //s on any AM frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 1090, XEAU, Monterrey NL - 0130 1/24 - FM call letters given "X-H..." something or other, mentions of Monterrey in their ID and many "Milenio Television" slogans. Strong at times taking turns with XEMCA, new. 1090, XEMCA, Panuco, VCZ - 0132 1/26 - Heard nightly with KAAY off the air with distinct voiced YL and frequent Mexican violin music and IDs // to web stream, taking turns with XEAU, new. 1090, XEPRS, Rosarito BCN - 0200 1/26 - Heard almost nightly with KAAY off the air with the Mexican National Anthem beginning at 0157 through TOH, always weak and not strong like my 1/18 reception (Tim Tromp, Muskegon MI, MARE Tipsheet via DXLD) = 6 pm local, NA time for some but not many Mexistations, methinx (gh, DXLD) ** MEXICO. 1090, XEFC Super Stereo, Mérida, Yucatán. 0200 January 26, 2013. “XHFC 105 punto 9” male canned slogan often. Usually Spanish ballads, as in few silly Mexi-tunes. Fair-poor-good in a huge jumble of domestics and at least one other Spanish station, maybe even two. Not sure, but this may have been the same definite Mexican here just before 0000-0100 with Mexican hour-long newscast, Central Time checks, mentions of Mexico, Tampico, pesos. Thanks to all the other Florida monitors for logging this a day or two before me as we coordinate monitored 1090. XEMCA, Verecruz state still and always dominates just my pre/post sunrise here though, with Mexi-anthem 1200-ish GMT (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, Jan 31, Pile of complete and total garbage used: JRC NRD-535; ICOM IC-R75; Hammarlund HQ-180A; Sony ICF-7600GR; Sangean PR-D5; Aqua Guide 705 RDF Marine Radio; GE Superadio III; JPS NF-60 Notch Filter; JPS ANC-4 Noise Phase; 1 X roof dipole; 1 X room random wire; Terk Advantage non-active portable loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 2910, Feb 1 at 1155, the best signal on the harmonic band is still XEVT, Villahermosa, Tabasco, as previously IDed. By 1245 it`s declined to JBA. Meanwhile I am chasing others on 2240, 2250, 2660; see UNIDENTIFIED and USA. 2910, Feb 3 at 0050 and 1215 chex, JBA carrier, presumed XEVT Villahermosa, Tabasco, as previously IDed, 3 x 970; am not spending long hours on this anymore with several other 2 MHz band harmonix to chase. 2910, Feb 5 at 1221 UT, XEVT Villahermosa, Tabasco, 3 x 970, with usual morning news magazine of alternating M & W voices, very poor but at least it`s still there unlike 2240, see unID. 2910, Feb 6 at 1224, Spanish talk still poorly audible from previously IDed XEVT, Villahermosa, Tabasco, 3 x 970. It seems I have an `exclusive` on this (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 6185, Feb 3 at 0615, not only is the XEPPM carrier still on, not unusual, but so is some modulation, very unusual! Song with guitar, 0616 announcement, acknowledging someone in Los Ángeles, California. Probably just a mistake; quite overshadowed by ACI from much stronger BRAZIL 6180 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MICRONESIA. 4755.44 seemingly - Pohnpei, The Cross Radio, 0940 to 1025 on 26 Jan.; signal improving in the mornings 27 Jan. and 28 Jan. same time (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D - Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - 60 meter dipole - AOG, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4755.4, The Cross, 0727-0837, always at threshold level, mostly music, occasional announcer. Very weak Jan 31 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, Listening in my car with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active whip antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MOLDOVA. RADIO MOLDOVA INTERNATIONAL CLOSING DOWN No more RMI within 2 months or so (in Russian) http://www.cnews.ru/news/2013/02/06/radio_moldova_international_perestanet_veshhat_dlya_inostrancev_518168 And the official decision of TRM's supervisory board abolishing RMI and dismissing its staff; their salaries in MDL are also listed in there (in Romanian)... http://www.trm.md/files/hotarari-co/hot-2013/Hot.%20nr.%209%20din%2025.01.2013%20cu%20privire%20la%20reorganizarea%20subdiviziunii%20Radio%20Moldova%20International.doc RMI's farewell message in English... http://www.trm.md/ro/radiointernational/ Dear friends! Within the seating from January 25, the Boarding Council of the Public Institution of the Audiovisual the Company Teleradio Moldova decided the reorganization of the RMI Department. As we have already informed you in our programs, we will not broadcast programs in foreign languages, but we will translate the web page of the Company into Russian and English. The upper mentioned changes will happen for a 2 month period. The RMI team thanks to everyone who backed us through their messages addressed to the authorities and encouragement for our team. Thanks a lot to our devoted listener Jerónimo Zamora from Mexico, who organized a real campaign to back RMI, to Manuel Arismendi from Chile, who reported our situation for a radio station, Mr. Christian Ghibaudo, Maurice Mercier and Guy Le Louet, President of the Radio Club from Perche; France, to the broken heart listener from India Jayanta Chakrabarty, Erik Peter Stephensson and Richard D'Angelo from USA, Helmut Matt, Oliver Fülla, Ralf Urbanczyk and Daniel Kaehler, all of them from Germany, to Eduardo Peñailillo Barra from Chile, Ian Morrison from China, Serghei Lobat,eev [sic garbled] from Russia, Miguel Angel (unfortunately we do not know his home country), we thank to all people who came with good reasons to keep our radio station. Unfortunately, your messages didn’t convince the authorities on the need of such a radio station in the world. The main reason, invoked by the administration was the low number of listeners of our programs. We did our best to keep RMI, but it is not our decision. We thank you for the fact that you backed us. Stay tuned with us for the next 2 months (via Leo, Moldova, Feb 6, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1655, DXLD) They thank 16 people; were there any more? (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1655, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MONGOLIA. V. of Mongolia has been announcing daily over its English service that from March the frequencies and timings will change to: 0900 UT English to South Asia on 12085 kHz 1500 UT English to Europe on 12015 kHz (heard off the air on 12085 at 1032 UT on 2nd and 3rd Feb 2013) (Supratik Sanatani, Kolkata, India, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Maybe they already changed the time? "From March"? March 1 or March 31? At 1500 also Voice of Korea, Pyongyang, transmits to Europe on 12015. 73, (Erik Koie, Copenhagen, Denmark, ibid.) No, they were still on their old time and frequency today 3rd Feb 2013: 1030-1100 on 12085 for their South Asia broadcast. They do not mention the dates in March (Supratik Sanatani, Kolkata, India, ibid.) I leafed through old AOKI tables in past northern summer seasons: all Mongolia's 12015 and 12085 kHz transmissions were fed into Asian antenna targets like 116 and 178 degrees, NEVER TO EUROPE. There are two curtains visible on G.E. at 308 degrees in Ulan Bataar via Moscow, Belarus, Czech Rep. and Vienna Austria path into whole Europe. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) ** MOROCCO. 9579, 1604 UT 5 Jan, Médi 1, `Ritmo Latino`, Latin dance music program in French, weak/fair, SIO 444 (Rafael Martínez, Catalunya, Feb BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) Maybe, but I thought Gabon 9580 had a program like that (gh, DXLD) ** MYANMAR. 5985.82, R. Myamna, 1329-1332 Jan 28. IS on Burmese instruments; then usual chimes and Burmese talk, news probably. Fair, with QRM after 1329 from Shiokaze on 5985 (John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge, Colorado. Drake R-8, 100-foot RW, dxingwithcumbre yg via DXLD) 5985.809, Myanmar Radio, Rangoon suffers co-channel 5985 even broadcast of Shiokaze (Sea-Breeze) from Yamata, heard til final 1429 UT announcement, Thursdays in Japanese. After that, Rangoon transmission appeared alone on the channel, but heard far in the background some North Korean bubble jamming signal! (Wolfgang Büschel, Jan 31, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 2 via DXLD) Shiokaze since moved to 5910 for a while; see KOREA NORTH [non] (gh, DXLD) BIRMÂNIA (ou BURMA), 5985.9, Myanma R, Yegu, 1615-1624, 02/2, bamar, texto; 33421. 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5985.83, Feb 3 at 1315, Burmese talk, i.e. Myanmar Radio on its always-off frequency, which normally here is audible only as a het to Shiokaze after 1330. Aoki shows at 0930-1630 this is 25 kW at 176/356 degrees from Yangon, hardly favorable angles for us, and no English until too late even in our winter, 1530 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1655, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Myanmar still continuing on 7200 kHz // 7185 (moderate) and 7215 kHz (faint) at 1050 UT on 2nd Feb 2013. Any way to technically explain these spurious transmissions on 15 kHz on either side of the scheduled frequency? (Supratik Sanatani, Kolkata, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) MYANMAR/BURMA. 5985.83, Myanmar Radio, 1530, Feb 6 (Wednesday). Theme music; into English; ID and frequencies; news, weather and conditions in the Bay of Bengal; 1538-1553 VOA Special English Wed. program; this week “Explorations” about the history of longitudes, ocean navigation and Mr. Harrison’s early efforts to make a chronometer clock for ocean navigation; poor to at times fair. Transcript of today’s program http://learningenglish.voanews.com/content/logitude-globe-position-discovery/1178781.html (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MYANMAR. If anyone likes music from Myanmar. https://soundcloud.com/victor-4s7vk/thazin-radio-7110-2-2-2013-12 (Victor Goonetilleke, Sri Lanka, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEW ZEALAND. NOVA ZELÂNDIA, 15720, RNZI, Rangitaiki, *1059-1258*, 31/1, sinal ID, notícias, 1100-1103, rubrica Dateline Pacific,..., idem, pelas 1244; a emissão desta rubrica foi cortada abruptamente, chegada a hora de fecho, nesta freq.; 35433. Esta freq. substitui 17675, no mesmo horário. 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1655, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEW ZEALAND. Noted from New Zealand`s current schedule a change of frequency at 1059-1258, 15720 kHz ex 17675 on schedule shown as "Test Transmission". I checked this out this morning at 1059 UT Sign on with bellbird, into news with excellent reception. Regards & 73's John Hoadd, Faversham, Kent, England, UK, Feb 1, JRC NRD-515 + ALA1530 active loop, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) RNZI's schedule has changed again and is now showing "11725 Test Transmission" at 1059-1258 UT (ex 15720). 11725 confirmed here with a weak fluttery signal at 1103 tune-in today, not nearly as good as 15720 was at this time in recent days. 73s (Dave Kenny, Caversham, Berks, AOR7030/25m long wire Feb 4, bdxc-uk yg via DXLD) 11725, Feb 4 at 1256, surprise to hear English report here about Flying Doctors of America, arranging medical aid expeditions to Majuro, Marshall Islands. Rudely cut off air in progress at 1258. Bet it`s RNZI, since it`s a frequency of theirs some six hours earlier, mistake? Then I tune to 5950, which cuts on at *1258:45 with Bell Bird (still not killed by cat population explosion!), 1300 timesignal, and opening RNZI Pacific Regional News. No, 11725 is not a mistake, but: ``1059-1258 11725 AM 9870 DRM AM for Timor + NW Pacific, DRM > Central Pac 11725 Test Transmission`` per http://www.rnzi.com/pages/listen.php The How-to-Listen page which still bears dates of 27 October to 24 March, since they claim it`s impossible to insert effective dates when updated, even tho the content of frequencies can obviously be changed. The 11-13 bihour in B-12 was originally on 17675, strangely hi for the nightmiddle even in summer, so they must have finally found it not propagating to targets. 11725 is certainly a great improvement for us beyond. Ivo Ivanov reports that the test period for 11725 is Feb 4-10, and that it`s on the 325 antenna for Timor, NW Pacific. Sure seemed 35 degrees to me (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1655, DX LISTENING DIGEST) B-12 schedule Radio New Zealand International English: 0459-0650 on 11725 RAN 050 kW / 000 deg to All Pacific AM 0459-0650 on 13730 RAN 025 kW / 000 deg to All Pacific DRM 0651-0758 on 11725 RAN 050 kW / 000 deg to Tonga AM 0651-0758 on 11675 RAN 035 kW / 000 deg to Tonga DRM 0759-1058 on 9765 RAN 050 kW / 000 deg to All Pacific AM 0759-1058 on 9870 RAN 025 kW / 000 deg to All Pacific DRM 1059-1259 on 11725 RAN 100 kW / 325 deg to Timor, NW Pacific AM, test Feb. 4-10 [sic] 1059-1259 on 9870 RAN 025 kW / 000 deg to All Pacific DRM 1300-1550 on 5950 RAN 050 kW / 000 deg to All Pacific AM 1551-1650 on 9765 RAN 100 kW / 035 deg to Cook Isl, Samoa, Fiji AM 1551-1650 on 7285 RAN 035 kW / 035 deg to Cook Isl, Samoa, Fiji DRM 1651-1850 on 9765 RAN 100 kW / 035 deg to Cook Isl, Samoa, Fiji AM 1651-1850 on 9630 RAN 035 kW / 035 deg to Cook Isl, Samoa, Fiji DRM 1851-2050 on 11725 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg to Niue, Tonga, Samoa AM 1851-2050 on 15720 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg to Niue, Tonga, Samoa DRM 2051-0458 on 15720 RAN 050 kW / 000 deg to All Pacific AM 2051-0458 on 17675 RAN 025 kW / 000 deg to All Pacific DRM (DX RE MIX NEWS #766 from Georgi Bancov & Ivo Ivanov, Tue, Feb. 5, 2013 via DXLD) ** NICARAGUA. 8989.08-USB, "El Buen Pescador," 2327-2354. Male presenter speaking in Spanish, kind of a monolog with very few pauses. Some short segments of singing or chanting. Either a weak signal or slightly under-modulated. Slight interference from a digital mode utility station. Poor peaking to fair. 1/29/13 (Steve Handler, Buffalo Grove, Illinois, Icom IC-7200, Tecsun PL-660, wire antennas, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) ** NIGERIA. NIGÉRIA, 1440, Adamawa BC, Yola, 1927-1945, 03/2, dialecto local, texto, canções tribais; 43443, QRM do LUX. 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA. 9690, Voice of Nigeria-Ikorodu Jan. 28; fair at 2011 with man speaking in Hausa; short flute music bridges; at 2015 into a program of regional flute music at a much lower audio level (Jim Ronda, Tulsa, OK, NRD-545, R-75 + two PAR EF-SWL slopers, one external Eavesdropper and one attic-mounted Eavesdropper, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA. 15115-15120-15125, Feb 4 at 2055, surprised to hear DRM noise still here as VON had been closing circa 2000; still going at 2111 check but not at next check 2207. A fluke, or deliberate extension? More English, or what? 15115-15120-15125, Feb 5 at 2052 check, VON DRM is off, unlike yesterday when it ran past 2111; don`t know whether it stopped today at nominal time 2000. Are those with DRM capability checking this out? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. QSL: PIRATE: Cool AM 6940 relayed via Blue Ocean Radio (Canada), eQSL after 15 hours for email report with MP3 file to coolamradio at hotmail.com (Bruce Portzer, Seattle WA, Feb 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 512 kHz, Feb 5 at 0607 UT I am tuning the radio in the bathroom, a Panasonic RF-569D which is positioned on an east- west wall, such that it favors north-south, to the bottom of the AM dial, where I am hearing two beacons interfering, but somewhat separable despite wide bandwidth: HMY and above it PN. The latter is common here, from nearby Ponca City, but HMY? Reminds me of Hominy, Oklahoma, but http://www.dxinfocentre.com/ndb.htm shows it: 512 HMY USA OK Lexington - Muldrow N 35 01 44 W 097 13 50 --- and which is SSE of OKC, while unrelated Hominy is NW of Tulsa, an Osage stronghold. Strangely enough, a few minutes later on the DX-398 I found them weaker, but frequencies read as 516 and 513; I thought I had zero-beat the carriers? Says Hepburn`s list: 515 PN USA OK Ponca City N 36 49 30 W 097 06 02 Then looked for a few others and found RG on 351 at 0627 350 RG USA OK OKLAHOMA CITY - ROGERS N 35 17 42 W 097 35 19 [i.e. Will Rogers World Airport, SW corner of OKC] SO on 354, but the O is poorly keyed with the middle dash slightly shorter than the others, so it`s just across the border: 353 SO USA KS Winfield - Strother N 37 05 23 W 097 02 11 And OUN on 369 kHz at 0629: 370 OUN USA OK Norman - Oklahoma University N 35 14 15 W 097 28 52 So some of these I am reading 1 kHz higher than listed, others 1 kHz lower (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PALAU. 15360, KWHR, Palau. S/on at 0900 with English ID as KWHR Palau, followed by details of World Harvest Radio and LeSea Broadcasting before a song and announcement in what sounded like Tagalog or Indo! Heard several times but I finally confirmed an ID on 2/1. NF (Allen, [no further ID], Jan/Feb Australian DX News via DXLD). KWHR? That`s their defunct Hawaii station which Palau replaced, where its call is really T8WH. Did WHR really get it wrong??? (gh, DXLD) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Things are quiet on the QSL front for me but while I have a few outstanding reports I don't expect many, if any, of these to be QSLd any time soon. Might have to get cracking with a few new reports I reckon and see what happens. I did review some of my notes though via email report records and the Club handbook and found that I am able to add Radio Fly out of PNG after checking a response from Roseanne Kulupi stating that she was "quite sure" I had been listening to Radio Fly the previous night based on information provided in my reception report. She went on to state that she would "try to arrange" the forwarding of a QSL Card as soon as possible. After 18 months this has not been forthcoming so I feel able to claim this verification as an 'Implied QSL". Talk soon folks (Gavin Hellyer, Ararat, Vic. - Yaesu FRG8800, Kenwood R2000, Realistic DX440, Digitor R182PLL, Yaesu FRV8800. Long Wires, Loop, Beverage OG, Inverted V Dipole, Indoor Dipole, Whip, Yaesu FRT7700 & Homebrew ATUs, Jan-Feb Australian DX News via DXLD) R. Fly remains inactive, 3915 & 5960 (gh, DXLD) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 7324.95, Wantok Radio Light, 1357-1417, Feb 5. The half hour open window for reception still holding up well; OM with Australian accent then mostly Christian songs and religious music (organ); poor with adjacent splatter/QRM. https://www.box.com/s/rwoimbh8pecowa4z5cde (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Musings: And so ends another VHF DX season, and though in many ways it was disappointing and brief, there were still some highlights. Foremost among these was the PNG signals that appeared rather early in the season, but unfortunately were only around on the one day (at least when I was home). 90.7, NBC, Port Moresby. ID as “Karai National Radio” 0038, up very briefly. Tuned in again at 0055, TC, accented announcements, further ID 0133, 16/12 (Seager) 93.9, Wantok Radio Light, Port Moresby. U.S. evangelist 0148, large signal by 0148. Up and down with ABC Tamworth on 16/12 (Craig Seager, Bathurst NSW. Sony XDR-F1HD, Icom R7000, Matchmaster FM8 yagi & rotator, Shockwave groundplane, Jan-Feb Australian DX News via DXLD) How good were these catches? Very good, once we calculate the distance, per http://www.distancefromto.net/ as 2677 km or 1663 miles. Probably double-hop sporadic E. He also had a number of New Caledonia FM logs which are only 1288 miles away, single hop (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 3329.53, Perú, Ondas del Huallaga, Huánuco, 1015 to 1040 mixing with CHU OM en español on 31 Jan. and other mornings. Not noted 2300 to 0100 (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D - Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - 60 meter dipole - AOG, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 4747.11, Radio Huanta 2000, many mornings around 1030. On 1/27 rapid-fire ads by OM and YL at 1033, then mention of “Banco de la Comunidad de Huanta” at 1035. Full ID for “Radio Huanta 2000” and mention of “una voz internacional”. Into OA folklorico programming. Signal still there most mornings past 1100, but not signing on until 1015 at the earliest. Doing well 1/28 at 1041 with long ad string and nice folklorico selections to the hour. At 1100, “En todo el país, son las 6 y Radio Huanta [a?] acompañarles . . .“ (Ralph Perry, Wheaton, Illinois, Drake R8B; Japan Radio NRD-545; Eton E1; Hallicrafters SX100, Dentron Super Tuner + Ameco PLF-2 + Palomar P-408 +Quantum Phaser antenna unit (customized for tropical bands), 335-foot bidirectional BOG 150 deg/330 degrees for LA/SE Asia, DXEngineering RPA-1 preamp, Phased Longwire + Small Loop, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4747.1, R. Huanta 2000, Huanta, 2312-2325, 02/2, quíchua, texto; 35332 4775, R. Tarma, Tarma, 2329-2324, 02/3, castelhano, anúncios informativos, ID "R.Tarma Internacional - La Primerísima" (!), programa musical; 35342. 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 4810, Radio Logos, very good signal morning of 1/27 at 0940, best heard on low side of blipping CODAR QRM. Nice patter from DJ with program of campesino favorites and locally-produced folksy hymns. At 0946, he mentioned (studio clock seemingly running slow): “4 de la mañana y 44 minutos, 4 y 44, Uds. [están] escuchando a la emisora …. la hora de esperanza … las 4 de la mañana en Radio Logos.” Then came coro of YLs singing in Quechua, a nice huayno with the full accompaniment of guitars, charangos and flutes. Signal kept improving thru to 1030 tune out (Ralph Perry, Wheaton, Illinois, Drake R8B; Japan Radio NRD-545; Eton E1; Hallicrafters SX100, Dentron Super Tuner + Ameco PLF-2 + Palomar P-408 +Quantum Phaser antenna unit (customized for tropical bands), 335-foot bidirectional BOG 150 deg/330 degrees for LA/SE Asia, DXEngineering RPA-1 preamp, Phased Longwire + Small Loop, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4810, Perú, Radio Logos, Chazuta, Tarapoto, 0941 to 1030, great signal, flauta andina and religious programing 26 Jan; Noted at 1100 to 1120 strong on 2 Feb (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D, Icom 746Pro, Drake R8, 60 meter dipole, AOG, and XM - Cedar Key - South Florida, NRD 525D - R8A - E5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 4826.5, Perú, Radio Sicuani, Sicuani, Cusco, 2320 to 2350 with español 27 Jan, also noted each morning by 0930. Seems the earliest Peru signing on (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D, Icom 746Pro, Drake R8, 60 meter dipole, AOG, and XM - Cedar Key - South Florida, NRD 525D - R8A - E5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 4835.03, R Ondas del Sur Oriente, Quillabamba: When checking in my Perseus files, the station was first observed on Jan 25 at 2250, but this day quite weak here in Sweden. The following days much better signal, e.g. 2358, Jan 26, several “R Felicidad de Lima” ID’s. Nothing at all observed on 5120 (Thomas Nilsson/SWB, Engelholm, Sweden, DSWCI DX Window Feb 6 via DXLD) Son las 0044 UT y estoy escuchando una emisora peruana en 4835 con buena señal, pero con mucho desvanecimiento y mucho ruido atmosférico por las tormentas que andan dando vuelta por la zona. Hasta ahora no la he podido identificar. Será R.Marañón de Jaen reactivada? 73's (Miguel Castellino, Argentina? UT Feb 1, condiglista yg via DXLD) Hola, Miguelito!! Los otros días leí en otro foro (creo que en DXLD) que Radio Ondas del Suroriente, Quillabamba, había dejado los 5120 para pasar a 4835 que, hasta hace unos años, como bien señalas, era ocupada por Radio Marañón. Un abrazo Miguel!! Enviado desde mi BlackBerry de Personal (Arnaldo Slaen, ibid.) 4835.03, Feb 1 at 0053, looking for R. Ondas del Suroriente, Quillabamba, on its new frequency: I can tell there are two very weak carriers, one of which is slightly on the hi side, matching Pedro F. Arrunátegui`s measurement. Could the other be AIR Gangtok, SIKKIM, the only other 4835 listed, and scheduled to open at 0100? That would be nice too! Surely no VL8A at this hour, 10:30 am in the NT. Straining to hear something near hourtop, but tonight WWCR has cut 4840 on before 0059, steel drum sidebands a minute earlier than last night, totally overcoming the adjacent carrier pair. [and non]. 4835, Feb 5 at 0031, more tries to hear R. Ondas del Sur Oriente, Quillabamba, ex-5120: nothing, not even a carrier, but CODAR swishes; ditto at 0037. Earlier I asked discoverer Pedro F. Arrunátegui in Lima, to reconfirm whether it is still active on 4835; he replied on Feb 4: ``En estos momentos están el aire 2255 UT con un 44444+ (los escucho muy bien px religioso). Suerte, Pedro``. But I am still wondering if maybe they sign off in the meantime? And if anyone else has heard them yet in North America? Before sunrise it might be audible, but only under Ustralia. As for the only alternative broadcaster on 4835 in our evenings, Sikkim, when I do hear a carrier before WWCR blasts on 4840 at 0059v, Partha Sarathi Goswami, Siliguri, W.B., India says, ``Could it be AIR Gangtok? At 0056 UT it normally stays with carrier modulated with no listenable audio, then IS played at 0100; now local sunrise 0050+ UT`` (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1655, DX LISTENING DIGEST) SEE ALSO UNID En 4835 KHz está Radio Ondas del Suroriente, Quillabamba con bastante ruido pero audible; en este momento publicidad del servicio militar (Ernesto Paulero, Argentina, 0029 UT Feb 6, condiglist yg via DXLD) ** PERU. 4974.9 tentative, Perú, Radio Pacífico, Lima, 0955 to 1010 en español 26 Jan.; 2330 to 2350, YL en español, fading 27 Jan (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - 60 meter dipole - AOG, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 5025, Radio Quillabamba, very nice (relatively speaking!) 1032 on 1/28, underneath Rebelde but clear enough with shrill quenas and yipping Quechua ‘rap’ followed by OM Spanish announcements. Caught 5 a.m. time/check at 1036 followed by another nice huaynos presented by YL with quenas and guitar. Also logged 1/29 and 1/30 (Ralph Perry, Wheaton, Illinois, Drake R8B; Japan Radio NRD-545; Eton E1; Hallicrafters SX100, Dentron Super Tuner + Ameco PLF-2 + Palomar P-408 +Quantum Phaser antenna unit (customized for tropical bands), 335-foot bidirectional BOG 150 deg/330 degrees for LA/SE Asia, DXEngineering RPA-1 preamp, Phased Longwire + Small Loop, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also CUBA ** PERU. 5039.2, Perú, Radio Libertad de Junín, Junín, 1020 to 1100 om mentions de Peru, 31 Jan; 1100 to 1120 good signal on 1 Feb, same 2 Feb (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - 60 meter dipole - AOG, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 5921.2, Radio Bethel, Arequipa, 2330 to 0000 om en espanol, lost at 0000, 27 Jan (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - 60 meter dipole - AOG, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 5980.00, Radio Chaski, Urubamba, Dpto. Cusco, tnx to TN tip, first heard this on 1/26 at 2355 tune-in with YL + choir. Signal held up pretty well until I left it at 0020, altho after TOH, Chaski was underneath some serious QRM. (But at least no het, as signals were dead zero-beat). Lucky to snag nice recorded ID at 0000, with OM mentioning “Radio Chaski!” and “5980 kHz . . . onda corta.” Then short folklorico theme as conclusion of the recorded ID. Same canned ID heard at approx. 0000 the following night, too. On that evening 1/27, tuned in earlier and noted Chaski signal abruptly coming up about 2315. Nondescript inspirational Spanish religious programming, ending with a cappella choir at 2355 singing familiar hymn, “Praise To The Lord, The Almighty”. And again, at 0000 came that same recorded ID. QRM really blew Chaski out of the water this night, though, from 0000 making reception impossible for me. Mornings, the frequency is swamped by R. Martí and the jammers chasing same (Ralph Perry, Wheaton, Illinois, Drake R8B; Japan Radio NRD-545; Eton E1; Hallicrafters SX100, Dentron Super Tuner + Ameco PLF-2 + Palomar P-408 +Quantum Phaser antenna unit (customized for tropical bands), 335-foot bidirectional BOG 150 deg/330 degrees for LA/SE Asia, DXEngineering RPA-1 preamp, Phased Longwire + Small Loop, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1655, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non] 5980, Feb 1 at 0100 the ChiCom jammer cuts off, opening frequency for R. Chaski, but it`s very poor tonight, and further bothered by splat from 5990 CRI Cuba relay which erroneously stays on until 0100:20* for the opening of `Beyond Beijing` in English. At 0101:15 the usual muffled non-Spanish(?) announcement, but so bad I instead switch on the BFO to time the exact second the transmission will be cut: 0105:01*, a few sex later than last three nights. I wonder where reports are from other Latin American DX hunters about 5980 --- and 4835? Maybe they`ll show up eventually. [as above] See two letters from Baptist missionary Bruce Maddux on his website about what`s going on there, first from Nov 25, 2012 [as in 13-05]: http://www.bmmcusco.org/Maddux/RadioProject/bruce_maddux_rdo_proj.html And the second from January 26, 2013: http://www.bmmcusco.org/Maddux/bruce_madduxpl.html mentioning they have had a DX report from Chicago, and he will be away in Lima from Feb 1 to 15. 5980, Feb 2 at 0058, time for another try at R. Chaski, once again music mixing with Chinese from the CNR1 jammer, which cuts off promptly after the 0100 timesignal. Weak music continues in the clear, hymn tune, 0102:35 segué to other music, and unlike the past few nights, no announcements at all until cut off the air at 0105:10*. Seems to be precessing a few sex later each time. Bruce Maddux, Baptist missionary who runs the station, has commented that R. Chaski used to be on SW until some 10 years ago, so some research is in order: Via LA SW Logs, a comprehensive listing by frequency of Peruvians in the 1992-2002 period shows it was logged around 5981 only during one year, 1998: http://www.mcdxt.it/HKPeru1.htm Radio Chaski, Cusco (ex- 6087.9 [in 1997y]) 5981.0 Feb 23 1101 s/on Prgr: Alabanza en la mañana, La devocional del día 5981.5 Mar 31 0018 5981.4 Apr 20 2215 5981.5 Jul 19 1105 5981.4 Aug 27 1104 This huge listing was compiled by Henrik Klemetz and Rafael Rodríguez, and includes lots of out-of-band stations, harmonix and spurs. Some other Peruvians have occupied 5980: Radio LTC, Juliaca, in 1996- 1997; my handy WRTH 1991 shows 5980, R. Programas del Perú, Lima, OBX4M but *inactive. In that edition, Peruvian SW listings by frequency on pp. 341-343 consume almost two pages, altho some take two lines rather than a limit of one line currently. 5980, Feb 3 at 0058, yet another try at R. Chaski: mixture of Chinese jammer atop weak music; 0100 timesignal and China off, then music is JBA, too poor to copy anything but again I retune with BFO before 0105 to time when they cut the carrier: 0105:11*, another few sex later than the night before. See also BOLIVIA 5980, after hearing R. Chaski`s overtime pentaminute at 0100 six nights in a row, Dentro Cuban Jamming Command is back blocking it on Feb 4; in fact at 0047, Cuban pulsing noise is atop the CNR1 jammer; at 0100 I can`t even hear its closing timesignal, let alone R. Chaski, Urubamba. The Cuban jammer of course is only ``needed`` at 07-13 UT when R. Martí is on 5980, making Chaski a totally impossible morning listen. Does the Cuban radio war not even bother inside Perú? If I were picking a frequency for a new SW station, it sure wouldn`t be one that is jammed by Cuba at ANY hour; but the previous Chaski was apparently licensed for 5980 in the late 90s, really on 5981 then. 5980, Feb 5 at 0037, how is R. Chaski doing tonite vs the competition? Not well at all: hearing Chinese and under it Cuban jamming noise. CNR1 at least can overcome the jamming unlike last nite, so I hear its closing timesignal at 0100, but then not even a JBA carrier from Urubamba as the jam continues. I hope Chaski hasn`t decided to close earlier than 0105v* as I was hearing the previous week. At least I got them while the getting was good. 5980, Feb 6 at 0037, what will happen with R. Chaski, Urubamba, Cuzco, tonight? All I hear at first is Dentro-Cuban Jamming Command pulsing atop CNR1 jammer, Commies vs Commies! At 0059 still the same and I don`t hear the 0100 timesignal, but no more ChiCom. Now with BFO I can still detect a JBA carrier under the noise, unlike last night, and perceive it cutting off at 0105:25*, the now well- established pattern for R. Chaski, a few sex later each night, even tho I can no longer copy any modulation from it tnx to the bad neighbors in Cuba. What fun! 5980, Feb 7 at 0055 vocal music is atop Chinese CCI and no Cuban jamnoise audible, but now there is some other noiseblob on the low side, slowing moving upward, so USB tuning is better. 0100 CNR1 jammer closes with timesignal, leaving just the music vs the noise, no doubt R. Chaski, Urubamba. Splash from CRI via CUBA 5990 also bothers, running overtime again as `The Beijing Hour` is opening in English only to be chopped off, slipshod at 0100:44*. Back on 5980 at 0101:41 there is music from Chaski, 0102:30 announcement, 0103:20 both music and talk, until this carrier cuts off at 0105:30* --- again a few sex later than the nights before (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1655, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PHILIPPINES. Radyo Pilipinas gets it all wrong --- in English on 15285 kHz (strong), 17700 kHz (moderate) and 17820 kHz (weak) announces time on 3rd Feb 2013 as 0200 UT with time pips, well three minutes past the hour on 0203. Not an isolated one but happens daily. The frequency announcement which follows mentions some backdated ones such as 11880 kHz and 15510 kHz. Programming consist of English pop music after "Saluting our Overseas Filipino heroes" (Supratik Sanatani, Kolkata, India, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) B-12 of R. Pilipinas, Philippines Broadcasting Service: 0200-0330 on 15285 PHT 250 kW / 283 deg to N&ME Tagalog/English 0200-0330 on 17700 PHT 250 kW / 283 deg to N&ME Tagalog/English 0200-0330 on 17820 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg to N&ME Tagalog/English 1730-1930 on 9825 PHT 250 kW / 283 deg to N&ME English/Tagalog 1730-1930 on 11890 PHT 250 kW / 283 deg to N&ME English/Tagalog 1730-1930 on 15190 PHT 250 kW / 283 deg to N&ME English/Tagalog (DX RE MIX NEWS #766 from Georgi Bancov & Ivo Ivanov, Tue, Feb. 5, 2013 via DXLD) ** PHILIPPINES. B-12 SW schedule of FEBC Manila: 0000-0045 9795 IBA 100 kW / 270 deg SEAs Khmu 0000-0030 9405 BOC 100 kW / 345 deg EaAs Chinese 0000-0100 12055 BOC 100 kW / 305 deg SEAs Tai-Lu/Lahu/Wa 0000-0100 12070 IBA 100 kW / 330 deg EaAs Chinese 0000-0100 15600 BOC 100 kW / 293 deg SEAs Burmese/Chin/Khumi/Karen 0000-0130 15435 BOC 100 kW / 305 deg EaAs Shan/Tai-Lu/Maitei/Chin 0100-0130 15560 BOC 100 kW / 200 deg SEAs Javanese 0600-0800 15450 IBA 100 kW / 270 deg EaAs Chinese 0700-0900 15525 BOC 100 kW / 345 deg EaAs Chinese 0800-0830 15320 BOC 100 kW / 200 deg SEAs Madurese Mon-Wed 0800-0830 15320 BOC 100 kW / 185 deg SEAs Sasak Thu-Sun 0800-0900 15450 IBA 100 kW / 270 deg EaAs Hu/Mongolian 0830-0900 11820 BOC 100 kW / 200 deg SEAs Banjar Mon/Wed/Fri 0830-0900 11820 BOC 100 kW / 185 deg SEAs Gorontalo Tue/Thu/Sat/Sun 0900-1000 15450 BOC 100 kW / 245 deg SEAs Indonesian/Minangkabau 0900-1000 15580 BOC 100 kW / 185 deg SEAs Makassarese/Buginese 0900-1400 9400 IBA 100 kW / 300 deg EaAs Chinese 0900-1700 9430 BOC 100 kW / 345 deg EaAs Chinese 1000-1100 12095 BOC 100 kW / 293 deg SEAs Lahu/Tai-Lu 1000-1100 15580 BOC 100 kW / 200 deg SEAs Sunda/Sasak 1100-1200 9855 IBA 100 kW / 270 deg SEAs Vietnamese 1100-1230 9920 BOC 100 kW / 280 deg SEAs Jarai/Roglai/Sedang/Koho 1100-1300 12095 BOC 100 kW / 305 deg SEAs Hmong/Lao/Njua/Mien 1115-1200 15330 BOC 100 kW / 278 deg SEAs Karen/Mon/Jingpho 1200-1300 7410 BOC 100 kW / 280 deg SEAs Khmer 1200-1430 12020 BOC 100 kW / 293 deg SEAs Rawang/Akha/Naga/Chin/Lisu 1300-1330 11825 BOC 100 kW / 305 deg SEAs Tibetan 1300-1400 12095 BOC 100 kW / 280 deg SEAs Hmong/Khmu 1330-1400 9465 BOC 100 kW / 305 deg SEAs Yunnan 1400-1430 11750 BOC 100 kW / 305 deg SEAs Lahu 1400-1430 15620 BOC 100 kW / 200 deg SEAs Javanese 1400-1600 9345 IBA 100 kW / 330 deg EaAs Chinese 1430-1500 11905 BOC 100 kW / 323 deg CeAs Uyghur 1500-1600 11650 BOC 100 kW / 323 deg CeAs Russian 2230-2400 9405 BOC 100 kW / 345 deg EaAs Chinese 2300-2330 9370 BOC 100 kW / 280 deg SEAs Mien 2300-2330 12095 BOC 100 kW / 293 deg SEAs Hmong 2300-2400 9445 IBA 100 kW / 270 deg SEAs Khmer 2300-2400 9795 IBA 100 kW / 270 deg SEAs Mon/Lao 2300-2400 12070 IBA 100 kW / 330 deg EaAs Chinese 2330-2400 12055 BOC 100 kW / 305 deg SEAs Palaung/Pale/Tai-Lu 2330-2400 15600 BOC 100 kW / 293 deg SEAs Burmese (DX RE MIX NEWS #766 from Georgi Bancov & Ivo Ivanov, Tue, Feb. 5, 2013 via DXLD) ** PHILIPPINES. B-12 SW schedule of Radio Veritas Asia 0000-0027 on 11855 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SoAs Sinhala 0000-0027 on 11935 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Karen 0000-0027 on 15460 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SoAs Sinhala 0030-0057 on 11855 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SoAs Tamil 0030-0057 on 15265 PUG 250 kW / 300 deg to SoAs Bengali 0030-0057 on 15280 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SoAs Hindi 0100-0127 on 15280 PUG 250 kW / 300 deg to SoAs Urdu 0100-0127 on 15530 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SoAs Telugu 0100-0127 on 17860 PUG 250 kW / 300 deg to SoAs Urdu 0130-0157 on 15255 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Zomi-Chin 0130-0227 on 15530 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Vietnamese 1000-1027 on 11850 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Khmer 1000-1157 on 11945 PUG 250 kW / 355 deg to EaAs Mandarin 1030-1127 on 11850 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Vietnamese 1130-1157 on 15450 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Burmese 1200-1227 on 11935 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Hmong 1200-1227 on 15225 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Karen 1230-1257 on 15225 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Kachin 1300-1327 on 11850 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Vietnamese 1330-1357 on 9520 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SoAs Sinhala 1330-1357 on 11915 PUG 250 kW / 300 deg to SoAs Hindi 1400-1427 on 9520 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SoAs Tamil 1400-1427 on 11915 PUG 250 kW / 300 deg to SoAs Bengali 1430-1457 on 11750 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SoAs Telugu 1430-1457 on 11870 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Zomi-Chin 1430-1457 on 15330 SMG 250 kW / 070 deg to SoAs Urdu 1500-1557 on 15320 SMG 250 kW / 130 deg to N&ME Filipino 2100-2257 on 6115 PUG 250 kW / 350 deg to EaAs Mandarin 2300-2327 on 9720 PUG 250 kW / 331 deg to CeAs Filipino 2330-2357 on 9645 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Kachin 2330-2357 on 9670 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Vietnamese 2330-2357 on 9720 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Burmese (DX RE MIX NEWS #766 from Georgi Bancov & Ivo Ivanov, Tue, Feb. 5, 2013 via DXLD) ** PORTUGAL. SINES --- I thought my eyes were playing tricks back in December last when we drove south to our SW coast place: the Sines towers were not visible at the distance! Upon our return home, I was determined to see whether I really needed new glasses or..., but that was not the case after all. No towers in sight! In early January, while driving south again, I decided to make a brief detour and see for myself only to find the big curtain antennae and the fixed 75 m band curtain at the back were all gone. No transmission lines for the 3 curtains, nothing. Only the concrete bases of them stood as a testimonial to the once HF activity of the Monte Mudo site, Sines. My contact within the station has just revealed to me that the remaining employees stayed at the Sines office while the demolition company hired by Pro-Funk GmbH took care of it all, meaning only the walls remained, literally. I thought, well, the lines, the antennae are gone, but not the transmitters; surely, they were sent away and sold by Pro-Funk/DW. My assumption couldn't be more wrong! The three beasts _plus_ the expensive test equipment, anything you can possibly imagine, was destroyed while still in the house and taken away as scrap!!! In sum, a "good, reasonable" end to property paid with German taxpayers' money. Now, I can't remember whether I commented the following, perhaps not, but can now say what's no longer a secret: the RTP even approached Pro-Funk in order to assess the possibility to turn the Sines site into an enlarged, combined DW/RTP station in case São Gabriel had to be demolished because the new Lisboa airport is or was planned to be built in the vicinity of our CEU/CEOC. When the RTP & DW/Pro-Funk met, there were already rumors within DW, that Pro-Funk Sines would possibly close or then sold to a foreign station (I won't disclose the name for now), a possibility that was ruled out by the Portuguese authorities which didn't want to keep the station either. Now, any ideas of which foreigh station it might be? 73, (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, Feb 5, shortwavesites yg via DXLD) [and non]. Hi Carlos, Good to hear from you again & read your news - thank you. Reminds me of the Radio Singapore Int transmission equipment that wasn't that old, but was simply scrapped, without even being offered to the BBC Kranji techs next door & who did state that they would have appreciated the equipment & even paid a sum of money for it. Media Corp (owners) obviously had more money than sense as we say.. In DXLD YG there was a recent report that RDP wouldn't reactivate on SW. I was wondering if you had heard any news in regard to the future of the São Gabriel de Pegões SW site, which has been inactive since June 2011 (from my records)? Regards (Ian Baxter, NSW, ibid.) MONTE MUDO AND SÃO GABRIEL Ian, First, let me say I am furious about the recent news. What you told us about the Singapore relay fully coincides with what DW/Pro-Funk/ German government did here in Monte Mudo (this is the actual name of the place SouthEast of Sines where the former Rádio Trans Europa, later Pro-Funk, installed the station). In this case, my contact told me expensive Rhode u. Schwarz equipment and transmitters were together scrapped while still in place "courtesy" of a track machine that operated from within the houses! As he puts it the other day, all that's standing is concrete and bricks. I guess, that sooner or later, even the buildings will be demolished, unless some other use is found for it, but I don't have the faintest idea of what the place can or will be used for after this. It's near a cement factory and coal driven power plant, all right, so maybe the property can be considered for industrial use, but it remains to be seen what sort of use, otherwise, it can be re-converted to agriculture. Hum, there are still lots of cork trees around. ____________ _________ _____ São Gabriel. You mention Pegões; this is actually the name many within the RTP refer to, but it's only the major place in the vicinity. S. Gabriel only exists because the site was built there and with it all the personnel installations that were thought needed for the employees and their families, not to mention it was also used as a Summer "resort" for other employees who had nothing to do with the HF operation: they would simply spend there some days, and possibly pay nothing at all. I don't know of other sites where a "neighbourhood" of some sort was built specifically for those working on an adjacent HF site. The problem with S. Gabriel is that, in theory at least, or legally speaking, the place can't be sold as it was given to the government (late '40s/early '50s) specifically for the then new HF site, called CEU-Centro Emissor Ultramarino. So, as we say, the government has a "hot potato" in its hands. CEU replaced CEI-Centro Emissor Imperial, in Barcarena, near Lisboa. By the way, the former CEI site is still used today, viz. by http://www.anacom.pt which is where the radio authority has a monitoring station and laboratories among other things. There are similar places near Porto and in the Açores & Madeira archipelagos, not to mention unmanned receiving stations all over the country. After the April, 1974, coup, the leftwingers hastily changed the name "CEU" into what they believed was a more "neutral" name, CEOC-Centro Emissor de Ondas Curtas, just as if "ultramarino`` was a pest word. ____________ _________ ________ Yes, I wonder what the RTP will be doing with all that's inside the buildings and on the many hectares of the perimeter. The good thing was to rent it and get some profit out of it, providing there would be stations interested in it, or then _sell_ the equipment, especially at a time when the country does need funds. On the other hand, and despite what I have just said, I think nobody could really feel too much surprised if in another attitude of sheer nonsense the government would order RTP to turn everything into scrap. The minister whose name is being referred in very recent DX articles is just another enlightened petty creature who did nothing but to confirm what many feared since the former government of the socialists agreed upon when the RTP asked permission to halt HF, so even the new RTP administration was unable or then unwilling to fight back and say "HF must be resumed, we must cut expenses elsewhere." Believe me, there would be plenty around where they should cut spending. However, the same minister has, also as we say in Portuguese, just emptied a bucket of cold water on the RTP when he recently announced they should in the very near future survive only off advertising (on tv; there's none on the radio channels) plus the monthly sum electricity consumers pay together with their electricity bill. So no more extra funding; it remains to be seen when the extra funding stops. I guess the RTP administration went back to the drawing board for calculations after that bucket of cold water, and was simply forced to continue without spending on HF *because* this is, like in many other stations around, DW or BBC included, a directly, simple means of continuing with the other channels. After all, many taxpayers don't even know their own country has an HF service, but will notice and complaint, if one of their local channels is turned off! This is the trend, the logic behind all HF services that are terminated. Had the situation been otherwise, I think those new administrators would perhaps voted for the restoration of HF. In fact, I heard rumours that they didn't share the same position of the preceding members who wanted to halt HF, but then again I may be wrong. In the end, we taxpayers are simply paying the cost of lunacies and criminal acts of many who thanks to what they call "democracy`` act on behalf of the voters and therefore feel entitled to do what they do. I hope this changes, and that many, both responsible for today's follies as well as of past follies will be dealt with in a way to set an example. I refrain to mention more details. ____________ _________ _________ I believe that, unlike other stations, certainly unlike the Sines relay for instance, the CEOC site is a historical place, for us and for many abroad, no so non-speakers of course, but those who use our language. Sorry for the too long speech. Best 73, (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, Feb 6, ibid.) ** PRIDNESTROVYE. 7290, Thursday Jan 31 at 2147, I notice that Radio PMR is in French, not English as scheduled for both 2100-2115 & 2145- 2200. So they are still mixing up the language rotation with only one hour a weekday left on SW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ROMANIA. R. Romania International participates in World Radio Day Following heard during February 1, 2013 1200 UT 15460 kHz broadcast. Information also at R. Romania International website. "On February 13th we will celebrate World Radio Day for the first time. We would like you to join us for this celebration and tell us, in less than 60 seconds, what radio means to you. You can send your messages as e-mail audio attachments, at our regular addresses, or you can just upload your messages on the website that we have created specially for this event: http://www.wrd13.com Obviously, we could talk about radio for hours, but now we would just like you to send a short and creative message, just like radio messages should be, in which you can tell us why radio is such an important means of information to you." 73, (Kraig, KG4LAC, Krist, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1655, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Same message continues: On February 13th you will hear some of the messages sent by our listeners, in RRI’s programs, and why not, in programs broadcast by other radio stations, which will use your messages in their own shows. Just months ahead of the celebration of its 85th anniversary, Radio Romania is actively involved in the events celebrating World Radio Day through all its stations, including RRI. February 13 is the day proclaimed by UNESCO and endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly to celebrate Radio as a medium; to improve international cooperation between broadcasters; and to encourage major networks and community radio alike to promote access to information and freedom of expression over the airwaves. UNESCO encourages all countries to celebrate World Radio Day by planning activities in partnership with regional, national and international broadcasters, non-governmental organizations, the media and the public. The World Radio Day International Committee is constituted by agreement among the most representative broadcasting organizations. Its purpose is to internationally promote the celebration of World Radio Day. The first edition will be held February the 13th 2013. This Committee invites all public, private, online and community Radio organizations as well as Radio professionals and listeners worldwide to participate in a global campaign and join voices to tell the world why Radio continues to be the greatest media! The World Radio Day International Committee web platform organizes sound item exchanges in order to promote this medium (1 minute maximum). You are invited to produce and send your posts, whatever your link may be with the Radio world (public Radio, private Radio, community Radio, independent producer, listener etc). Contact : engl @ rri.ro (Radio Romania International) --- (via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, Feb 3, DXLD) Radio Romania International are looking for audio contributions for their programme to mark World Radio Day on 13 Feb. See: http://www.rri.ro/art.shtml?lang=1&sec=8&art=339235 and http://www.wrd13.com A list of the planned activities around the world for UNESCO World Radio Day is at: http://www.worldradioday.org/ and https://worldradioday.crowdmap.com/ (Chrissy Brand, Feb 3, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. 9996, Feb 2 at 0117, second pips I can hear already when tuning wide selectivity LSB to 10000 for WWVH to determine the current correxion factor for 40-Hz tuning steps on the DX-398 in order to measure ARGENTINA. At 0119, 9996 switches to binary info, the usual pattern for RWM Moskva/Taldom on its unique frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. 5930, Feb 5 at 1237, very poor music in huge sideband splash of 5935 WWCR, still R. Rossii, Petropavlovsk/Kamchatsky, as heard well in the clear for a minute after WWCR exited at 1258, with ``Mona Lisa`` by Nat King Cole, in English, and also on weaker // 5940 Magadan. In Feb BDXC-UK Communication, Dave Kenny suggests that the Pet/Kam site may be among the SW sites which have closed, as it`s no longer used by V. of Russia to reach Western North America, or anywhere. But is 5930 R. Rossii really from the same site? Aoki shows coordinates for 5930: 15824E 5311N RR And still lists only one other frequency from there, yes same coords: 11830 VOICE OF RUSSIA 2200-2300 1234567 English 250 64 Petropavlovsk- Kamchatsk RUS 15824E 5311N. HFCC still lists this too plus a few others, but really on the air, or just not removed yet by HFCC or Aoki? VOR`s own schedule at http://english.ruvr.ru/engradio/ does not show 11830. 7320, Feb 6 at 0616, R. Rossii, good with talk in Russian, music; also Feb 7 at 0659 with animal SFX, Golos Rossii ID, timesignal 6 seconds late! Vesti information program. From Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, and better here than on 5930, heard Feb 7 at 1259 just after WWCR had audiblized it by quitting 5935; IS, music to 1300* without any timesignal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA [non]. 7290, Feb 2 at 0132, VOR English fair signal but with a hum. Looks like they picked one of the worst transmitters to retain, PRIDNESTROVYE, but maybe it was the cheapest (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Rossii the SW. There they can be heard very well most of the day. I listen to them there with great success - almost like a local station: 0400-0700 9840 0730-1200 12075 1230-1500 7310 1530-2100 5905 It is a pity only, and if they will be closed. - January 27, very loud and quite distorted signal Radio of Russia accept after 2000 on obscure frequency 1445 kHz. Anyone else hear this? At 2100 all European transmitters Radio Rossii turned off, and this continues to work. The signal is very powerful and freezes, then the remote transmitter. But very really powerful. I suspect the Transnistrian transmitter (Alexander Egorov, Kyiv, Ukraine / “deneb- radio-dx” & “open_dx”) via Rus DX 27 January, delayed distribution until 5 Feb, via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. The latest 3 Feb edition of RusDX includes an extensive listing of all (?) the VTRK (official) radio stations, (mostly not on SW), with their contact info: http://rusdx.narod.ru/bulletin/701.txt (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA [and non]. STATIC AT RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY Opinions --- By Jackson Diehl, Published: February 3 In the past few months Vladimir Putin has terminated the work in Russia of the U.S. Agency for International Development, ended American adoptions of Russian children and, most damagingly, drastically reduced the audience and credibility of U.S. broadcaster Radio Liberty, driving a wedge between it and some of Russia’s most renowned human rights activists and journalists. Only Putin didn’t pull off that last part. That was the work of the radio’s own dysfunctional management and its overseer, the Board of Broadcasting Governors. In September, Steven Korn, then president of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, presided over the firings or resignations of more than 40 of Radio Liberty’s 100 staffers, including a number of veteran journalists, who were unceremoniously ejected from the Moscow office. As former supporters such as Mikhail Gorbachev and human rights icons Lyudmila Alexeyeva and Sergei Kovalyov loudly protested, a new strategy of focusing on the Internet and softer content bombed, leading to a big drop in audience. The Radio Liberty fiasco appears on its way to a remedy, though the damage will be hard to undo. Korn resigned under pressure and was replaced last week by Kevin Klose, a former RFE/RL and National Public Radio chief whose dedication to its journalistic mission is unquestioned. An investigation by the broadcasting board into the Moscow operation is underway; probably an attempt will be made to get the radio back on the Russian FM dial through partnerships with local broadcasters. That still leaves a larger problem. The United States is spending $750 million a year on international broadcasting, including more than $90 million on programs for Russia, former Soviet Bloc countries, Iran and Afghanistan through Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty. Yet as Hillary Clinton said in her final appearance before Congress as secretary of state, “we have abdicated the broadcasting arena. . . . Our Broadcasting Board of Governors is practically defunct in terms of its capacity to be able to tell a message around the world.” How could so much taxpayer money be spent so poorly? Part of the answer lies in the broadcasting board, made up of the secretary of state and eight political appointees confirmed by Congress who work only part time. Few are experts in public diplomacy or journalism, much less the countries where the broadcasting is focused. An inspector general’s report issued last month found that the board, riven by feuding, was trying to do the impossible by overseeing the day-to-day management of a large organization on a part-time basis. But even the government investigators, who relied heavily on interviews with disgruntled staff, missed the root of the dysfunction. The report blamed much of the trouble on board member Victor Ashe, a former ambassador to Poland who led the charge against Korn’s disastrous management of Radio Liberty. In fact, Ashe understood what most of the rest of the board and staff did not: that Radio Free Europe was failing to deliver on its most essential mission — and the only one that really justifies its existence. Unlike Voice of America, which exists to promote U.S. culture and values to the world, RFE/RL’s mandate is “surrogate broadcasting” — the provision of objective journalism, diverse commentary and open political debate to societies whose local media, because of censorship or state pressure, cannot provide it. For decades during the Cold War, the radios did this job superbly, attracting an audience throughout the Soviet Bloc and becoming the go- to medium in times of crisis. Since 1991, however, they have been subjected to serial attempts to revamp their programming, supposedly to accommodate a post-Cold War or post-Internet era. The idea, often peddled by board members and executives drawn from the entertainment industry, is that the audience needs to be broadened, radio downplayed in favor of digital offerings and ratings boosted. Hard-core journalism and political discussions should be leavened with lifestyle features, cultural offerings — or maybe just pop music. The problem with this, as Radio Liberty is finding in Moscow, is that Russians — like Iranians or Belarusans — don’t need or want another Internet site pushing a mix of fluff and social commentary. They crave what’s missing on state media — serious journalism that offers a clear picture of what is happening in the Kremlin, the economy and the regions, and a forum for uncensored debates by Russians on those issues. Sure, the audience is often a small elite. But when political crisis comes to Moscow, as it did in late 2011 and surely will again, Russians will flock to the service, if they believe it to be credible. In reality, this is a simple formula. The trick is creating a management structure for U.S. broadcasting that understands it — and is willing to let Klose and his remaining journalists do their job (Washington Post via David Cole, OK, DXLD) ** SAAR. 183, Germany, Saarbruecken, 2330 to 2340 surprised reception using the 60 meter dipole. 31 Jan (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - 60 meter dipole - AOG, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SAIPAN [and non]. 9705, Feb 6 at 1436, VOA Cantonese has carrier rapidly oscillating, obvious with BFO, talking about Mei-Guo, voicing- over some English clips. This Agingan Point 3 transmitter, per Aoki at 13-15 UT, periodically shows such defects, 100 kW at 285 degrees; could also hear some weak CCI, presumably jamming by CNR1. I assume the ChiCom don`t bother to match language for language on their jammers (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SARAWAK [non]. No transmission of Radio Free Sarawak in Iban Feb 5: 1000-1200 on 15425 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs. Heard only WHRI music Another test transmission of Radio Free Sarawak on Tue Feb. 5: 1200-1300 on 9900 UNIDentified tx site to SEAs Iban. NOTE: NOT FROM PALAU! (DX RE MIX NEWS #766 from Georgi Bancov & Ivo Ivanov, Tue, Feb. 5, 2013 via DXLD) SOME MALAYSIAN POLITICIANS ARE NOT WEARING WE LOVE RADIO FREE SARAWAK T-shirts. Posted: 05 Feb 2013 Borneo Post, 26 Jan 2013: "Radio Free Sarawak (RFS) and Radio Kenyalang (RF) should operate within the state and not abroad if they were really run by genuine Sarawakians. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Alfred Jabu Numpang opined that 'if these people (the broadcasters) are really true sons and daughters of Sarawak, let them operate locally.' 'Here in Malaysia, we believe in democratic processes. Some of these "personalities" have tried elections, failed, lost their deposits and then ran out of the country and make use of foreigners,' he told reporters... ." Bernama, 26 Jan 2013: "Native Customary Rights (NCR) landowners in the state will be the ultimate losers if they allowed themselves to be influenced by instigation and opposition from Radio Free Sarawak (RFS) radio station. Deputy Minister of Information, Communications and Culture Datuk Joseph Salang ... said if Clare Rawcastle Brown, the owner of the radio station, could understand and speak Iban, its main language used, she would find that the radio was not always telling the truth." Radio Free Sarawak website: "Esteemed listeners, BN spokesmen have made clear they want to get us off the air and to ban and jam us, so here is your opportunity to show the 'naughty' Radio Station, RFS some positive support over the coming weeks and prove we have some fans as well. How about investing in a We Love Radio Free Sarawak T-shirt that you can wear as a positive statement to show your support for a free media in Sarawak?" Bernama, 31 Jan 2013: "The Information, Communications and Culture Ministry will rebut allegations made by Radio Free Sarawak to prevent the people, especially in the rural areas, from being hoodwinked into believing false news. ... Among strategies that will be unleashed include updating the content of RTM radio stations and Radio Kenyalang service for rural areas under Astro Njoi satellite service... . An independent radio station established by social activist and journalist Clare Rewcastle Brown (sister-in-law of former British prime minister Gordon Brown) in 2010, Radio Free Sarawak, which is operated by three locals, portrays land and NCR issues, and aired in Iban, Malay and English. Meanwhile, in a dialogue, Kamaruddin said the ministry did not plan to provide rural residents with free radio as a measure to counter accusations made by Radio Free Sarawak, but would strengthen existing medium such as extending the Njoi service in the interior as well as making changes in RTM radio stations. Kamaruddin said the Njoi service enabled the people living in remote areas to get better radio and television reception. Free Malaysia Today, 4 Feb 2013, Joseph Tawie: "Said state PKR chairman Baru Bian: 'I remember that the Minister of Information, Communications and Culture (Rais Yatim) last year had promised to give us an air time over RTM for us to broadcast and televise our polices. We are still waiting for this. If the BN is given one hour, we should also be given one hour.' ... Bian who is the Ba’Kelalan assemblyman was reacting to comments made by BN leaders that they are going to rebut ‘lies’ broadcast by online Radio Free Sarawak (RFS). 'There was even a proposal that RFS should be jammed as mentioned by the secretary-general of the Ministry of Information, Communications and Culture.'" Borneo Post, 5 Feb 2013: "Trouble seems to be brewing within PKR in Betong as two potential election candidates bicker over comments made by one of them in Radio Free Sarawak (RFS). PKR Betong information chief Eddison Eddy Tinggi, who has been trying to get himself nominated, said he was upset by a recent RFS broadcast which favoured another potential candidate – Noel Changgai Bucking. He condemned RFS for being biased and unprofessional in their reporting, and blamed some personalities in the station for touting names of people who are their friends or relatives to be potential candidates." See previous post about same subject (kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 15435, Feb 1 at 1530, BSKSA has Arabic program modulation today, atop the humbuzz; at 1546 a whine has been added to R. Riyadh, 500 kW, 310 degrees USward (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 1521, Feb 6 at 0033 UT as I start my evening porch- monitoring session, a 1-kHz het is JBA against 1520 KOKC OKC, no doubt the 2-megawatter in Duba, prime pilot for TA openings at 40 times the power of li`l US stations; but I am going after higher frequencies tonight (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SIKKIM. 4835.0, AIR Gangtok. Feb 3 had about the best reception ever of presumed Sikkim; 1446 started to clearly hear subcontinent music under ABC; after 1500 went to indigenous chanting and singing; 1512 heard the tones/chimes for the start of the audio feed from New Delhi with ads till the 1515 news in Hindi. After 1512 found // 4760, 4810, 4820, 4840, 4880, 4895, 4910, 4920, 5010, 5040 (terrible audio!) and 5050. Not often I hear AIR Gangtok this well! https://www.box.com/s/ibobmy13xhxmh58fq909 contains a recording of portions of today's reception (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also 4835 in PERU, and UNIDENTIFIED, WORLD OF RADIO 1655 Hi Glenn, Regarding my Feb 3rd reception of AIR Gangtok: This from Wolfgang Bueschel: "I guess had something to do with the sunspot figures yesterday. Yesterday, in German newsgroup many 'tremendous' reports of MW and TB reception reports from Asia, in TB especially from Indian subcontinent, heard also BGD 4750 on poor 'kitchen radios', and many Far Eastern mediumwave programs too. 73 wb" Thanks Wolfy! (Ron Howard, ibid.) See also PERU 4835; UNIDENTIFIED 4835 ** SLOVENIA. 1170, Radio Capodistria, the Italian language station serving Italian communities in Slovenia and Croatia, will extend broadcasts to 24 hours daily. As from 1 January 2013, Italian programs cover also the nightly hours, from 2300-0500 UT. This will present a new opportunity for listeners to hear Italian broadcasts on 1170 kHz. This station, part of the regional Studio Koper-Capodistria of RTV Slovenia, has extended their control system, enabling it to automatically repeat broadcasts at night in two segments 1900-2300 and 2300-0500 UT. Music and repeats of daily broadcasts will be included. Italian communities scattered in Istria, Dalmatia and Fiume (Rijeka) regions became a national minority after the area was included in former Yugoslavia at the end of World War II. The MW station in Croce Bianca (Beli Kriz by Pirano - Piran, Istria) is operated by Radio Capodistria (1170 kHz) and its Slovenian sister station Radio Koper (549 kHz) with 15 kW. Listeners confirm that it can be heard as far as Central and Southeastern Italy and the eastern Adriatic Coast (Italradio report on AWR Wavescan, 20 January via Feb Communication magazine, British DXC-UK, Jan 30 via BC-DX Feb 2 via DXLD) ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5019.9, SIBC 1000 to 1020 some audio; listening past local Radio Rebelde 26 Jan, 1040 to 1055 om chat on 31 Jan (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - 60 meter dipole - AOG, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. QSL: SIBC 5020, friendly email reply with attached eQSL letter from Patrick Tibaua, Manager Technical. Received 62 days after original report, and about a day after sending a followup to ptibaua at SIBC.com.sb (Bruce Portzer, Seattle WA, Feb 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOMALIA [non]. 15700, R Damal, Dhabayya, 0601-0658*, Jan 28, Somali ID, news starting with Basmallah, 2 nice vernacular songs, phone call conversation, talk mentioning Africa and Morocco presumably, song and phone conversation, closing ann, 0658 off, music filler of transmitter operator before totally off, 34333 (Tony Ashar, Depok, Java, Indonesia, DSWCI DX Window Feb 6 via DXLD) ** SOMALIA [non]. 17680, R Ergo, Dhabayya, 0830-0840, Feb 03, Somali, opening then schedule by woman, news reading by man: Africa, Ban Ki- moon, Kenya, Human Right Watch, Somalia, 44333 (Tony Ashar, Depok, Java, Indonesia, DSWCI DX Window Feb 6 via DXLD) ** SOMALILAND. R. Hargeisa on 7120 kHz, Times of sign off, Jan 02 1902* Jan 03 1900* Jan 04 1900* Jan 05 1900* Jan 09 1901* Jan 13 1902* Jan 14 1900* Jan 15 1900* Jan 16 1900* Jan 17 1859* Jan 18 1901* Jan 19 1900* Jan 20 1901* Jan 21 1900* Jan 22 1900* Jan 23 1902* Jan 24 1900* Jan 25 1902* Jan 26 1900* Jan 27 1903* Jan 28 1859* Jan 29 1902* Jan 30 1900* Jan 31 1900* (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, Feb 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7120, Feb 1 at 0435 check, weak signal talk in presumed Somali from R. Hargeisa, still audible. A year ago we could only dream of this becoming rather routine. Better time is circa 0330 sign-on, and for those much further east, Kouji Hashimoto, Japan sends another report of sign-off times, most days during January varying only from 1859* to 1903* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) As usual on same strength in Arabic on 7120.0 kHz (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DXLD) Circa 0445 Feb 4, apparently (gh, DXLD) 7120, Radio Hargaysa, 1504-1519, Feb 5. With the usual fair/good reception (CW QRM); clear ID and nice HOA music. https://www.box.com/s/fezzpx2t4eqrwjh4pfie (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH AFRICA. Beautiful Signal noted from AWR Arabic via Meyerton at 2001 UT on 15480 kHz. A sample can be found here: http://snd.sc/WFQ8dK 73s (Partha Sarathi Goswami, Siliguri, W.B., India, Rural area, Feb 2? RX: JRC NRD 72, Sony 7600GR; Antenna: 1 x inverted V and 1 x Sloper with MFJ 959C type home brewed tuner, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 3185, Feb 2 at 1428, Brother Scare is still audible here from WWRB with music at the moment, which explains why he`s still missing from day frequency 9370, where a weak else is audible, presumably VOA Deewa Radio from Sri Lanka, which WWRB is allowed to blot out in our mornings (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) BULGARIA, Cancelled transmissions of Brother Stair TOM in English: 2000-2300 on 5900 SOF 050 kW / 306 deg to WeEu effective from Feb. 1 15370, 1300 UT 27 Jan, Overcomer via Trincomalee, SRI LANKA, abrupt start with Brother Stair, SIO 222 (Dave Kenny, Berks., Feb BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) SRI LANKA, No transmissions of Brother Stair TOM in English on Feb. 4: 1300-1400 on 15370 TRM 250 kW / 060 deg to SEAs. Back on air on Feb. 5 (DX RE MIX NEWS #766 from Georgi Bancov & Ivo Ivanov, Tue, Feb. 5, 2013 via DXLD) ** SPAIN. 9665, REE Noblejas. Very good reception of news in English including reference to the grounding of Boeing 787 airliners. The high standard of REE broadcasts over the years makes the announced severe reduction in outlets even harder for a SWL to bear 1905, 18/1 (Charles Jones, Castle Hill NSW (JRC NRD 535D with 7m vertical antenna), Jan/Feb Australian DX News via DXLD) [non]. 9625-9630-9635, Jan 31 at 2358, DRM noise is already on for the REE`s only acknowledged Spanish transmission left for North America at 00-02. Need to reconfirm 11810-11815-11820 too for South America, only one hour at 00-01; someone recently reported this on 11810, instead of 11815 as center frequency. I`m glad I tuned to the only remaining English broadcast to NAm, on 6055 at 00-01 UT Feb 1, in plain old AM, because after the news, at 0010-0034 there was an excellent program on Philip Glass` latest opera ``The Perfect American`` about Walt Disney, which has just premiered at the Teatro Real in Madrid. This radio show was equally about Disney, Glass and his music, and author of the novel on which it`s based, Peter Stephan Jungk. Retrieve the Jan 31 broadcast via this archive: http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/emision-en-ingles/ or specifically: http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/emision-en-ingles/english-language-broadcast-31-01-13/1680343/ Here`s a review just published by the NY Times: MADRID — Peter Stephan Jungk’s novel “The Perfect American” is a surreal, meditative, episodic account of the last days of Walt Disney. . . http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/02/arts/music/the-perfect-american-by-philip-glass-at-teatro-real.html From 0034, next program on REE was ``Three Cornered Hat`` an informal conversation among the English staff, first about the monarchy, prompted by Beatrix` abdication, later about fish. Kudos to REE for keeping on the shortwave air this top-notch hour in English; but it`s supposedly on borrowed time, as it was briefly canceled last fall but resumed after listener (and staff!) protests. 21610, and // 11815 via COSTA RICA, Feb 1 at 1336, Chinese instrumental music --- oh2, is REE for at least the third time lately relaying CRI by mistake? No, I am faked out. Soon follows discussion in Castilian about Ai Wei Wei, so that was just an illustration. 21610 for a change without any echo (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) REE via COSTA RICA is still running DRM noise on two channels at once, Feb 4 at 0048 check, 11810-11815-11820 for S America, and much stronger 9625-9630-9635 for N America. The former is for one hour from 00, the latter for two hours. Thus guaranteeing the smallest possible audience for both, and in fact 9630 is the only frequency they admit to using for N America at all in Castilian, tho 17595-AM weekend mornings only, direct, certainly sounds USward. Shhh (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) More changes of Radio Exterior de España in Spanish: 1100-1255 13720 NOB 050 kW / 000 deg to WeEu again in DRM mode, ex AM 1500-1655 15585 NOB 250 kW / 060 deg to WeEu Sun, ex 1500-1655 Sat/Sun 1600-1655 15585 NOB 250 kW / 060 deg to WeEu Sat, ex 1500-1655 Sat/Sun 1700-2255 7275 NOB 250 kW / 050 deg to WeEu Sat/Sun, unchanged (DX RE MIX NEWS #766 from Georgi Bancov & Ivo Ivanov, Tue, Feb. 5, 2013 via DXLD) ** SUDAN. Voix du Soudan, 9505, e-mail received in 101 days. Report sent to Radio Omdurman French Service, P. O. Box 1094, Omdurman. v/s Adam Bakhit Bushara bakhit02bb@yahoo.com Bon weekend et bonne semaine d'écoutes! 73's (Christian Ghibaudo, France, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** SUDAN [non]. 15535, Feb 1 at 1531, VG signal as usual, but open carrier/dead air instead from R. Dabanga, via SMG VATICAN site scheduled 1529-1627. Keep monitoring and finally at 1543 one fragment of R. Dabanga singing ID, more dead air; 1544 SID again and now programming follows in Arabish. Hard to tell where the fault was: studio, link, or transmitter site (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN [non]. QSL: Sudan Radio Service, email reply with attached eQSL certificate in about a day. Report was sent to srs at sudanradio.org and srs at edc.org January and early February have been very generous in terms of QSLs (Bruce Portzer, Seattle WA, Feb 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SURINAM. 4989.99, Radio Apintie, Paramaribo, 0813–0844 on 1/26 with 1950s pops, very weak. Again on 1/27 at 0938, seemed a religious show for Sunday morning. Tuff station, almost never heard well (Ralph Perry, Wheaton, Illinois, Drake R8B; Japan Radio NRD-545; Eton E1; Hallicrafters SX100, Dentron Super Tuner + Ameco PLF-2 + Palomar P-408 +Quantum Phaser antenna unit (customized for tropical bands), 335-foot bidirectional BOG 150 deg/330 degrees for LA/SE Asia, DXEngineering RPA-1 preamp, Phased Longwire + Small Loop, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SURINAME. 4990, R. Apintie, Paramaribo, 2230-2240, 01/2, holandês, texto; 25432. 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN. Re Five new 300 kW DRM compatible shortwave transmitters for Asia --- Confirmed for Taiwan, as per Ampegon presentation at BES Expo, New Delhi (Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, Feb 1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1655, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN. First transmission tests from PCJ Radio International On January 27, 2013 we conducted a test of one of our 1 kW transmitters directed to China. Click here for the audio of the test. As for the test with our 20 kW, this won't be done until our 5 kW auxiliary arrives and has been installed. On February 16th, 2013 we will conduct a two hour test between 1600 and 1800 UT of both 1 kW transmitters.* Here is the technical data for our site still being constructed: - *1/20 kw* - *1/5 kw* - *2/1 kw* - *2/ curtain type antennas* - *2/ horizontal dipole type antennas* - *4/ Orban Optimods* Both tests will be directed to South East China. Fujian Province and Guangxi Province respectively (From PCJ Media website via Ian Baxter, Feb 1, shortwavesites yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1655, DXLD) The very first transmitter test was conducted on 26 January at 1705 UT on 12170 kHz (Keith Perron, PCJ Media, Facebook via Feb Communication magazine, British DXC-UK, Jan 30 via BC-DX Feb 2 via WORLD OF RADIO 1655, DXLD) ** TAIWAN. 9773.98, Fu Hsing BS, Kuanyin, 0845-0901, Feb 04, popular song, theme song and ID in Chinese at 0900, it was very difficult to be tuning due to CNR (China) on 9775 from *0901, 35333 (Tomoaki Wagai, Wakayama, Japan, DSWCI DX Window Feb 6 via DXLD) ** TAIWAN. After Family Radio stopped using 1557 kHz in November 2012, the frequency carried RTI`s music program at 0900-1600. Now station is named ``I Love Music``. Heard in Chinese by Jan-Mikael Nurmelo in Finland playing light western music early January (Mauno Ritola, SDXL Facebook 7 Jan via MW Report, Feb BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) According to email from station, name is 1557 Interactive Music Channel, at 0900-1700 UT, mainly in Mandarin but some English. Address: P O Box 123-288 Taipei, Taipei City 123-288, Taiwan (ROC). Email: ilovemusic1557 @ gmail.com. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ilovemusic1557 (Alan Pennington, ibid.) WRTH 2013 lists 1557 Kouhou as 300 kW (Dave Kenny, ibid.) ** TAJIKISTAN. 5885, Feb 5 at 1255, VOR fair signal in English, food talk about ``Soviet mustard`` (did I hear that right?), 1301 has switched to Hindi giving website using Roman letters, `Chariots of Fire` theme, which I daresay has nothing to do with Russia, but then the Great Gate of Kiev does not either; this is 100 kW, 137 degrees from Dushanbe-Yangiyul, so grayline a semihour before sunrise here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also UNID 7413 ** TAJIKISTAN [non]. 7465, 1529 UT 11 Jan, Ovozi Tajik, Tajikistan, OM with Tajik talk, ID at 1529, then music, SIO 444 (Michael L Ford, Staffs, Feb BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) This was reported as if it came from Tajikistan, but Aoki shows it`s R. Liberty *to* Tajikistan, via THAILAND: 7465 RFE/R.LIBERTY 1500-1600 1234567 Tajik 250 316 Udon Thani THA 10245E 1725N IBB/RFE b12 Nov25 WRTH shows the name of the external service really from Tajikistan, only on 7245, as Ovozi Tojik. Does RL really use such a similar name? Or did he really think he was listening to Tajikistan? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TANZANIA. TANZÂNIA, 1377, R. África Livre (..), Mwanza, 2304-2312, 02/2, suaíli, texto (notícias?); 22441, QRM de F. 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TATARSTAN [non]. RUSSIA. 11610, proper S=9+40dB signal, Tatarstan Radio Kazan via Samara-RUSSIA site requested 0810-0900 UT. Very, very early, noted already on warm-up from around 0740 UT on the air! No opening procedure - only two very short Pip tones heard at 0755 UT. But that open carrier signal is much BASSY. On each sideband 12 x 50 Hertz away distance peaks on 1200 Hertz band in total, like a garden fence noted each side. Only the first 50 Hertz peak next to carrier is suppressed (Wolfgang Büschel, Jan 27, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 2 via DXLD) ** THAILAND. 8743-USB, HSW, Bangkok Meteo with melody marker and weather in English and various other languages. First heard at 1840 (I was in a meeting & had to keep excusing myself to run back to my office & "play radio"). Gone at 2000 UT (Dave Hughes, Kansas City, Missouri, USA, Feb 4, dx'ing while at work on the Twente SDR, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I hope you`re the boss (gh) Bangkok Meteorological Radio --- Hi Everyone, Bangkok Metrological Radio on now from 18z in English and Thai, 8743-USB, poor audio (better usually in past) (Mark Davies, Anglesey, Wales, Feb 6, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Thanks for tip, Mark. Heard here from 1820 UT tune-in on 8743 usb with distinctive tuning signal tune, repeated periodically. YL announcements difficult to copy but sound Thai to me! Tentative English ID by man at 1827, not helped by local noise here. (Still audible here at 1900). SINPO 13332 (Alan Pennington, Caversham, UK, AOR 7030plus, ALA1530 loop, ibid.) ** THAILAND. Winter B-12 SW schedule of Radio Thailand (HSK9): 0000-0030 on 13745 UDO 250 kW / 006 deg to NEAm English 0030-0100 on 13745 UDO 250 kW / 030 deg to NWAm English 0100-0200 on 13745 UDO 250 kW / 038 deg to NWAm Thai 0200-0230 on 15275 UDO 250 kW / 006 deg to NEAm English 0230-0330 on 15275 UDO 250 kW / 006 deg to NEAm Thai 0530-0600 on 12015 UDO 250 kW / 308 deg to WeEu English 1000-1100 on 17630 UDO 250 kW / 300 deg to N&ME Thai 1100-1115 on 5875 UDO 250 kW / 144 deg to Asia Vietnamese 1115-1130 on 5875 UDO 250 kW / 144 deg to Asia Khmer 1130-1145 on 5875 UDO 250 kW / 030 deg to Asia Lao 1145-1200 on 5875 UDO 250 kW / 276 deg to Asia Burmese 1200-1215 on 11870 UDO 250 kW / 154 deg to Asia Bahasa Malay 1230-1300 on 9720 UDO 250 kW / 132 deg to Asia English 1300-1315 on 7460 UDO 250 kW / 054 deg to Asia Japanese 1315-1330 on 7460 UDO 250 kW / 030 deg to Asia Mandarin 1330-1400 on 7460 UDO 250 kW / 054 deg to Asia Thai 1400-1430 on 9950 UDO 250 kW / 132 deg to Asia English 1800-1900 on 9585 UDO 250 kW / 321 deg to WeEu Thai 1900-2000 on 9585 UDO 250 kW / 321 deg to WeEu English 2000-2015 on 9535 UDO 250 kW / 321 deg to WeEu German 2030-2045 on 9535 UDO 250 kW / 321 deg to WeEu English 2045-2115 on 9535 UDO 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu Thai (DX RE MIX NEWS #766 from Georgi Bancov & Ivo Ivanov, Tue, Feb. 5, 2013 via DXLD) ** TIBET. 6200, Xizang PBS via Lhasa, 1600-1700, Feb 6. “Holy Tibet” program in English; many IDs; mostly about the upcoming Tibet New Year-Chinese Lunar New Year-Spring Festival; during the New Year many people travel by train and in the past they had to stand in long lines to buy tickets, but now they can be purchased online; played a lot of traditional Tibetan music; 1653 closing announcement; fair (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TIBET [non]. New winter schedule for Voice of Tibet as of Feb. 4: 1200-1230 on 11528 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1230-1245 NF 15502 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15503 1245-1305 NF 15512 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15513 1305-1330 NF 15502 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15522 1320-1340 NF 7548 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 7553 1330-1405 NF 11517 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 11518 1340-1400 NF 7538 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 7557 1405-1430 NF 11528 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 11518 1400-1430 on 15400 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1430-1500 on 17535 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1530-1600 on 15485 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to CeAs Tibetan (DX RE MIX NEWS #766 from Georgi Bancov & Ivo Ivanov, Tue, Feb. 5, 2013 via DXLD) DB = Dushanbe, TAJIKISTAN. I would not expect above schedule to be followed exactly from one day to the next (gh, DXLD) 15485, Feb 1 at 1547, fair signal from presumed V. of Tibet via MADAGASCAR as scheduled from 1530; but when I looked for it around 1535, nothing audible. Did it just fade in or come on late? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TUNISIA [and non]. 7275, Feb 1 at 0626 tune-in, IWT has already stopped modulating, and timer cuts transmitter off at 0626:48*, uncovering NIGERIA which tonight is JBA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TURKEY. 5890, TRT Emirler French service on both 49 mb 5970 and 6050 kHz let out also an intermodulation product on 5890 kHz, scheduled 2030-2127 UT (Wolfgang Büschel, Feb 4, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews via harmonics yg via DXLD) 17755, Feb 4 at 1314, VOT German service, fair signal, but incomparably better than English at 1330 on 12035, unless they forget to change from 17755, not today: Frage des Monats from Die Stimme der Türkei, reminding me it`s a new month and so a new Question is available in English too (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Which reminds of something that I meant to post yesterday ... V of Turkey English broadcast Sunday 3 Feb at 1330 on 12035 included the "Question of the Month" --- but I thought something was odd when reference made to the Turkish entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest in Baku - Baku was the venue for 2012 - then the deadline for entries was given: 29 February 2012. They were broadcasting last year's February Question of the Month. Decided to look up this month's Question on the TRT website -- however that is showing the Question for December 2012. It is worth persevering - TRT do have some very nice prizes for their monthly question - over the last couple of years, I have received a very nice baseball cap (white with their logo on front) and a wooden fold-away travel/alarm clock (with their logo on the outside). (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UGANDA. 4976, R. Uganda, Kampala, 1935-1953, 01/2, inglês, noticiário local, música pop' africana; 45343. 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UKRAINE. Ukrainian state broadcasting faces drastic cuts On February 5, ALL transmitters carrying state national and regional channels in the low FM band (64-72 MHz) were switched off, so UR- 1/2/3/regional channels can now be heard in very few locations on the "high" FM band (87.5-108 MHz) because NRCU has few licences in that band (Aleksandr Diadischev, Ukraine, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Here is an update to the mediumwave scene of Ukraine. Several transmitters were switched off back on January 1: 549 kHz - UR2 - Kyiv-Brovary, Lviv-Krasne, Mykolaiv-Luch 936 kHz - UR1 - Lviv-Krasne 1242 kHz - UR2 - Donetsk-Dokuchaevsk 1431 kHz - UR3 - Mykolaiv-Luch The same day broadcasting time was reduced for: 711 kHz - UR1 - Donetsk-Dokuchaevsk (4-8, 15-20 UT only) 657 kHz - UR3/RUI - Chernivtsi (17-23 UT only) 837 kHz - UR1 - Kharkiv-Taranivka (4-8, 15-20 UT only) 972 kHz - UR1 - Mykolaiv-Luch (4-8, 15-20 UT only) Radio Bukovyna switched off 819 kHz (Novodnistrovsk) in late January but 837 kHz (Chernivtsi) is still in operation (06-17 UT). Radio Khvylia (1377 kHz, Vinnytsia) reduced transmission hours to 10:00-14:15 UT. On January 24 it was announced that budget of state TV and radio stations will be severely cut. Donetske Oblasne Radio - 2nd Channel (1359 kHz, Donetsk-Dokuchaevsk) was closed on January 28. Radio Mykolaiv (1377 kHz, Mykolaiv) reduced time to 07:00-13:00 UT on Mondays-Fridays and 08:00-14:00 UT on Saturdays and Sundays. On February 5, ALL transmitters carrying state national and regional channels in the low FM band (64-72 MHz) were switched off, so UR- 1/2/3/regional channels can now be heard in very few locations because NRCU has few licences in that band. As for MW, majority of transmitters are also inactive. No trace of: 711 kHz - UR1 - Donetsk-Dokuchaevsk (off since Jan 28) 657 kHz - UR3/RUI - Chernivtsi 837 kHz - UR1 - Kharkiv-Taranivka 972 kHz - UR1 - Mykolaiv-Luch 1377 kHz - UR2 - Chernivtsi No idea as for 1044 kHz carrying UR1 (Verkhovyna, 1 kW). Still on the air: 765 kHz - Radio Mayak (Odesa-Petrivka) 05-23 UT 837 kHz - Radio Bukovyna (Chernivtsi) 06-17 UT 873 kHz - Dnipropetrovske Oblasne Radio Ch.2 Dnipropetrovsk 06-18 UT 1377 kHz - Radio Khvylia (Vinnytsia) 10-14:15 UT 1377 kHz - Radio Mykolaiv (Mykolaiv) 07-13 UT Mo-Fr, 08-14 UT Sa,Su -- (Aleksandr Diadischev, Ukraine, Feb 6, ibid.) ** UKRAINE. 11980, Radio Ukraine. Home Service 1, 19 & 20/1, 0700-0900 only program in UK from “Ukrainskoye Radio Pervsha Programa” (=UR 1 program). No traces from radio Dneprovskaya Khvillia at their times: 0756-0759 and 0856-0859 (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF2001D and Folded Marconi 16 meters long), Jan-Feb Australian DX News via DXLD) ** U K. RAMPISHAM SW MASTS DEMOLISHED Short Youtube video showing one of the last Rampisham SW masts being demolished in January: [18 seconds] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWgEyOKAnTs A promotional film by British Solar Renewables, includes staff from the transmitter site and plenty of old photos of the site, including its rebuilding in the 1980s (the whole SW site is being replaced by solar panels): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2pI9bkETiQ&feature=endscreen&NR=1 (Dave Kenny, Feb 4, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) There's an article about this in the January 18 Bridport News: "All but three of the 34 existing steel towers – some more than 100 metres high – are due for demolition if permission is given for a solar panel park that will create around 70 full-time jobs. Under the plans the three left would be for TV and mobile phone signals and potential future wireless broadband." There were objections submitted to the local council on the plans, including keeping two of the masts. There's a short history of the site at the end of the article. http://www.bridportnews.co.uk/news/10164825.Masts_the_past_in_solar_farm_future_for_Rampisham/ (Mike Barraclough, Feb 6, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1655, DX LISTENING DIGEST New era for Woofferton UK --- Hi Chaps, Since 1943 the HF station at Woofferton has had the capability to transmit from 6 to 22 MHz. In 2007 a new array was built with 26 MHz capability but no programmes have been aired on 26 Megs so far. (Lack of propagation!) However from 0500 on 1st Feb the site will be on 4 MHz for the first time running DRM digital radio on 3955 kHz at 100 kW. A new 4 MHz array, A935 has just been erected replacing a 21 MHz array on 114*. It is a HR 1/0.3 Slowly the rest of the 4 MHz (AM) transmissions from the Skelton A site will be transferred to WOF. 73 (Dave G40YX Porter, Jan 31, shortwavesites yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1655, DXLD) All BABCOCK activities move to WOOFFERTON. Planned 3955 kHz at 0400- 0600 with 100 kW DRM Mix and 2000-2130 UT with 250 kW in AM mode KBS relay in English. 21.5 transmission hours of Skelton site in B-12 will be moved to Woofferton site in A-13, including KBS Seoul relay, FEBA Radio, and BBC transmissions in English, French and Tamil (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) KBS World on 3955 will be moved from Skelton then soon too? Is the site being wound down? (Stephen Cooper, shortweavesites yg via DXLD) Hi Chaps, In reply to Steve, after talking to my colleagues at SKA they have been told by the station management that the RIZ 250 kW sender (S61) will be removed by RIZ engineers in the next three months and shipped to the Babcock-operated Singapore site. The remaining two MWT BD272 senders not yet dismantled and scrapped (like the rest there) will be scrapped as well. So when that happens SKA will be silent totally. That leaves SKC (6 x MCSL B6126) senders in operation in Cumbria (Dave G4OYX Porter, ibid.) SKA, SKC, SKB??? Are these separate sites? JL (Jerry Lenamon, TX, ibid.) Hi Jerry, Yes and No is the answer! Let me explain, What is now known as Skelton A was built in 1942 and housed 6 x MWT SWB 18 100kW senders it was known by its wartime code name of OSE8 (Overseas Station Extension 8) until about 1960. SKA is on the eastern side of the Skelton Pastures approx 600 acre site. Again in 1942 was built OSE9, known as Skelton B from 1960, this housed 6 x dual channel 110/70kW STC senders until closure in 1993, This was situated about a mile from SKA on the south side of the site. Both SKA and SKB had separate antenna systems and power supplies. SKB is now returned to a greenfield site; there is no evidence of the building. Skelton C replaced SKB in 1993 and is on the west side of the site. It had 4 x MCSL B6126 senders to begin with and after Daventry closure had two more B6126 added from there. I hope that helps you! 73 (Dave Porter, ibid.) > Slowly the rest of the 4 MHz (AM) transmissions from the > Skelton A site will be transferred to WOF. But right now they still originate from there? I ask because I just (i.e. before 2230 UT) tuned into 3955, carrying KBS World in English. The last time I heard it (and now don't ask me how long ago this was.......) it still had the classic British shortwave audio I liked really much, also on music (Merlin Network One, anyone?). Now also this outlet is being run with a pretty hard compression, rather unpleasant to my taste. RIZ transmitter with new Optimod I guess... And is anything else besides 3955 still left at the "A" site, too? (Kai Ludwig, Feb 1, ibid.) Hi Kai and Group, AFAIK S61 was only carrying the 4 MHz band transmissions and no others, so it's fair to assume when S61 is finally closed then all transmissions from SKA will have ended. OK, about "the sound" of the BBC/Merlin/VTC/ Babcock HF transmissions: Many of these were carried on the MWT BD272/B6122 250 kW senders with plate modulation of output rf BY1144L triodes from a pair of modulator BY1144L triodes. The dual filaments in each of these mod triodes were fed by AC in a phased arrangement such that the vectors cancelled and a pseudo-dc heating was effected. Whilst in theory and on sinusoidal tone testing the performance was excellent it appeared to us engineers listening on site to the demodulated output that there could be traces of a low level "growl" sound particularly on speech in between the words. One would guess the total hum cancellation was not quite total! It was as if the 16 dB of negative feedback on the modulator had a slight hysteresis in attack/delay. With the introduction of the RIZ 250KW senders with digital derived step modulation then the audio was in essence perfect, well more perfect, than on a plate modulated analogue. The same audio processing Optimod HF 9105 was common to both the transmitters so I guess Kai that you have been enjoying the "Valve Sound" of vintage transmitters. Undoubtedly the RIZ and other step modulated senders will send a truer representation of the Optimod processed audio with few transmission artifacts. One would assume that reception on 4 MHz in Germany from the UK will afford near perfect reception and thus you will have heard almost the same quality as we heard on the sender site! 73 (Dave Porter, Feb 2, ibid.) Hello: Re: > OK about "the sound" of the BBC/Merlin/VTC/ Babcock HF transmissions. Just checked out the Radio Taiwan International transmission and now it's pretty obvious that in the case of 3955 it will nowadays be primarily a discussion of the sources. No BBC, no DW to compare anymore. > With the introduction of the RIZ 250 KW senders with digital > derived step modulation then the audio was in essence perfect, > well more perfect, than on a plate modulated analogue. The achilles' heel of these new modulation technologies are dynamic carrier control implementations. Their side effects can be pretty obvious, such as distorted sibilants, as an engineer responsible for a 100 kW M2W transmitter at a site until 1993 also used by Deutsche Welle on shortwave (to avoid writing down the W-word...) admits himself. > One would assume that reception on 4 MHz in Germany from the UK > will afford near perfect reception and thus you will have heard > almost the same quality as we heard on the sender site! Taken aside the often pronounced fading, to which 75 metres appears to be particularly susceptible. All the best, (Kai Ludwig, ibid.) Materials on Skelton --- Perhaps not all already known: http://www.bbceng.info/Operations/transmitter_ops/Reminiscences/skelton/sk1.htm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42JaF2nbPMw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua6U0V5jVLI http://www.flickr.com/photos/russell_w_b/sets/72157603792430482/with/456999872/ And I just looked up what's left at Skelton C. Bwaaah, scaringly little: BBC Arabic 0400-0600 on 5915, 0700-0800 on 11680, 1700-1800 on 9915 and 1700-2100 on 5790; BBC English 0300-0400 on 5940 and 6040, BBC French 0600-0630 on 6055 and 1800-1830 on 9605, BBC Tamil 1545- 1615 on 11965, FEBA Radio in African languages 1900-2000 on 7445. And that's all. Now one could argue that as of April some transmissions currently originating from Cyprus could move in, but at the same time all BBC Arabic will be gone from shortwave altogether (Kai Ludwig, Feb 2, shortwave sites yg via DXLD) Hi Kai and group, That's a very valid point on the use of DAM (Telefunken etc) and AMC (BBC/MCSL/RIZ etc) and the consequent power- up and power-down distortion artifacts. In the examples of audio fidelity I gave I was referring to regular AM transmissions rather than DAM and AMC. Trevor Brook of Surrey Electronics in the UK and known for Radio Fax througherly investigated this artefact problem and concluded in tests we did at Orfordness on 648 kHz with the TF ORF1 transmitter that better fidelity ensued with BBC modified AMC rather than as-installed DAM. Rampisham having 4 x TF 500 kW HF senders also were converted to BBC AMC from the original DAM. The RIZ 500 kW (down-rated to 250 kW) and 250 kW sets at WOF are set to AMC option but DAM is there if selected by software changes. The front panel legend says "CCM" (Controlled Carrier Modulation) neatly covering both options. I guess it is rare these days for stations with CCM ever running full power AM by choice, as the accountants are always looking! 73 (Dave G4OYX Porter, ibid.) Hello, another little discussed issue of these power-saving technologies is the increased noise floor during pauses, subjectively decreasing the signal quality. The paraphrased 783 kHz outlet is a good example for that. Actually this is an exclusive frequency, but still all kinds of noises, whistles and distant signals such as Syria are pretty prominent. Re 648 kHz: It used to sound very nice. However, during its last years the compression had been cranked so much that it was to my taste overprocessed and unpleasant to listen to. (Only talking about BBC WS here; the last hurrah with NOS Radio 1 is another story, again one of the source which obviously was far from being clean.) (Kai Ludwig, Feb 3, ibid.) Hi, Kai and group, Yes, you are correct, it's a case of you can't chop the power right down and expect the same field strength! Normal AMC on a 250 kW sender results in a tx carrier power of 62.5 kW at the instant of 100% modulation. The pep is ALWAYS 250 kW no matter what the mod index is. Switching between AMC and regular AM operation and monitoring on a sender demodulator (having no AGC) illustrates the lack of punch power on AMC; I guess the variations/changes are evident on DAM also. But the accountants are in charge! Regards, (Dave Porter, ibid.) Rampisham absolutely finished -- From my former BBC colleague Keith Orchard (G3TTC)..... -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Rampisham R.I.P. Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2013 17:05:31 -0000 From: Keith Orchard On-the-spot reporter Brian G3LOX, which lives only 1 1/2 miles from Rampisham, confirmed this morning that within the last few days that 80% of the Rampisham towers have been felled, complete with antennas. The building is in a similar state. There's a possibility that when I visit my mother 20 miles away shortly I will go and take a look. The site is on a main road and parking is difficult, so it will probably be a case of park somewhere, then walk. Keith G3TTC (via Dave Porter via Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) See also ASCENSION ** U K. BBC RADIO GETS A FACELIFT --- by Mel Lambert on 01.31.2013 The British Broadcasting Corporation operates a number of radio and TV networks throughout the U.K. The jewel in the BBC’s crown is Broadcasting House, once described as “that elegant stone battleship sailing proudly down Regent Street” — a reference to its striking architecture and imposing edifice. But time moves on... http://www.radioworld.com/article/bbc-radio-gets-a-facelift-/217527 (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U S A. 2670-USB, Feb 2 at 1243 UT after checking 2660 AM harmonic, notice some weak SSB on the prime USCG frequency, very poor and hard to copy, but make out some words such as Victoria Channel, Arroyo Colorado, Port of Brownsville, interspersed with mentions of lots of 150+ MHz VHF channels. Nothing heard at 1249 recheck. 2670 is shared by numerous USCG stations on a tight schedule, included in this exhaustive worldwide listing: http://www.hfunderground.com/wiki/Maritime_Weather_Transmissions and what I heard fits for the one scheduled from 1240 UT: ``1240 Corpus Christi, TX (NOY-8) 2670 kHz Local Notice to Mariners and weather`` It`s preceded at 1235 by NMG/NMG-2 New Orleans, and succeeded at 1250 by NOY in Galveston. 2670-USB, Feb 3 at 1258 UT, numerous ``Broadcast Notices to Mariners`` with numbers such as 0095-2013, apparently in reverse order, and ``break`` between them. One mentions 504 AC number for Army Corps of Engineers contact, later mentioned Lake Charles, about damaged bridges, blocked channels, etc. Background noise thruout in noisy radio room. Concludes just before 1303 switching to YL for ID, ``. . .Texas, out`` all I could catch, but NOY Galveston is scheduled at 1250, to be followed at 1303 by NMC/NMQ9 Long Beach CA, per http://www.hfunderground.com/wiki/Maritime_Weather_Transmissions (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn: Your recent logging on 2670 USB sounds very much like the copy that is sent digitally by domestic NAVTEX stations which can be heard on/around 518 kHz. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navtex (Karl Zuk, N2KZ, Feb 2, DX LISTENING DIGEST) USCG Humboldt Bay CA weather --- Caught this weather broadcast coming in the best ever. 2670 USB, *0303:20-0304* 6 Feb 2013, ID, then Offshore Waters Forecast from National Weather Service, mentioned gale force winds Pt. George to Pt. Arena. ID at the end. I'm working on a QSL from them, 1 of only 2 USCG stations that I've heard without a QSL. The other is harder to hear, Port Angeles WA (Martin Foltz, Mission Viejo CA, ABDX via DXLD) ** U S A. IS REPORTED DOJ SCRUTINY OF US COMPANIES THAT RELAY VOICE OF RUSSIA RELATED TO LOSS OF RFE/RL OUTLET IN MOSCOW? Posted: 06 Feb 2013 RAPSI Russian Legal Information Agency, 5 Feb 2013: "Counterintelligence officials at the US Department of Justice have asked a major Russian broadcasting company to submit all records of its contacts with Russia, Russian daily Izevestia reported Tuesday, citing a copy of the department's request. The authorities have demanded a description of all dealings and transactions that LLC RM Broadcasting, which organizes the broadcasts of the Voice of Russia radio station in the United States, has provided to Russia or any other foreign country. The company will be required to provide copies of any relevant written contracts and detailed descriptions of any relevant oral contracts. Depending on the results of this investigation, LLC RM Broadcasting may be required to register as a foreign agent in the US, in accordance with the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). ... A similarly worded but differently aimed law took effect in Russia in November." See also, in Russian, Izvestia, 5 Feb 2013, and RIA, 5 Feb 2013. And that Russian law resulted in RFE/RL losing a 24-hour medium wave outlet in Moscow. Would this US attention to the Voice of Russia leases have anything to do with that? Other international stations, including China Radio International, lease time on US AM (medium wave) stations. Similar deals involve television stations. Will the owners of those stations come under similar scrutiny? (Thanks to Sergei in Moscow for the news tip.) (kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD) ** U S A. BROADCASTING BOARD BREAKDOWN POLITICAL DIARY February 1, 2013, 11:29 a.m. ET By MARY KISSEL America's international broadcasters have seen their share of trouble in recent years. In the George W. Bush era, Middle East TV channel Al- Hurra morphed into a friendly outlet for terrorists and Islamic radicals under the Broadcasting Board of Governors' watch. Today, the BBG is so dysfunctional that two of its eight Senate-confirmed members resigned in January, and sources tell me more may soon follow. This is a problem that needs urgent Congressional attention. Hillary Clinton delivers her final speech as Secretary of State at the Council on Foreign Relations on Thursday. [caption] The BBG oversees two government entities (Voice of America and the Office of Cuba Broadcasting) and three nonprofits (Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and Middle East Broadcasting Networks). They are often the only reliable news stations available to listeners in countries like China, North Korea, Cuba and Iran. But they are in need of modernization and consolidation. The current board tried to tackle both issues (and more) in a five-year strategic plan issued in October 2011. That plan never came to fruition, thanks to infighting amongst board members, according to a January report from the State Department's Office of the Inspector General. This week the Government Accountability Office chimed in, too, noting that the BBG doesn't consider "cost and impact of overlap in its annual language service reviews" and thus "risks missing opportunities to reduce overlap as appropriate, strengthen impact, and improve coordination among its entities." In other words, the BBG's governance of its broadcasters is in shambles. Outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told the House Committee on Foreign Relations last week that the BBG "is practically defunct in terms of its capacity to be able to tell a message around the world. So we're abdicating the ideological arena, and we need to get back into it." How right she is. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty proved a powerful tool to combat Soviet propaganda and provide hope to dissidents across the Eastern bloc. Revamping the BBG and its broadcasters should be a bipartisan priority. (via David Cole, DXLD) ** U S A. SHOCKER: GAO FINDS DUPLICATION IN US INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING. Posted: 01 Feb 2013 U.S. Government Accountability Office, 29 Jan 2013: "Nearly two-thirds of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) language services-- offices that produce content for particular languages and regions-- overlap with another BBG service by providing programs to the same countries in the same languages. GAO identified 23 instances of overlap involving 43 of BBG's 69 services. For example, in 8 instances involving 16 services, a Voice of America service and a Radio Free Asia service overlapped. Almost all overlapping services also broadcast on the same platform (i.e., radio or television). BBG officials noted that some overlap may be helpful in providing news from various sources in countries of strategic interest to the United States; however, they acknowledged that overlap reduces the funding available for broadcasts that may have greater impact. ... GAO recommends that BBG systematically consider in its annual language service reviews (1) the cost and impact of overlap among BBG entities' language services and (2) the activities of other international broadcasters. BBG agreed with GAO's recommendations and reported taking initial steps to implement them." (kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD) A quick look at the websites of its entities shows that duplication is pervasive in US international broadcasting. Since 1989, I've been writing about, and seeking to eliminate, this duplication. As an indicator of my effectiveness, in 1994 Congress and the Clinton administration, egged on by then-BBG-member Bette Bao Lord, created Radio Free Asia, thus adding eight more languages of duplication and massively increasing the inefficiency of USIB. The danger now is that the GAO report will force USIB to transform itself from one unsatisfactory situation, i.e. duplication, to another, i.e. inconvenience. If VOA is no longer allowed to broadcast news about the target country, then audience will be required to tune to two US stations, different times, different frequencies, to get all of the day's news. The audience will, of course, not put up with such nonsense. They will tune instead to the BBC to get all of the news from one source. In 35 years of international broadcasting audience research, I am aware of no audiences that are interested only in news about their own country, and none interested only in news about the rest of the world. Audiences are interested in world news, US news, and news about their own country, in proportions that vary by country. To succeed, USIB should provide news in the ratio appropriate for each target country. In the present structure of USIB, there is no provision for success. The GAO report considers the possibility of duplication with the international broadcasters of other democracies. In theory, such duplication cannot occur because the international broadcaster of another country cannot report as completely about the United States as VOA. In reality, BBC and even Al Jazeera English have more US reporter than VOA, which concentrates its resources on reporting about its target countries. Elimination of duplication would allow VOA to shift its resources to coverage of the USA. The report also addresses duplication with US private international broadcasting efforts. USIB attracts its audience because of its news, not because of any public diplomacy function. The private sector also provides news. If private broadcasters can supply news to foreign audiences at no cost to the US taxpayer, this is a good thing. USIB should not duplicate, or compete with, or undercut the profit potential of US private international broadcasting. Indeed, USIB should cooperate and barter with US private news media, and therefore enjoy the same benefits that the BBC World Service derives from the domestic BBC. It is difficult for USIB to justify broadcasting in English, except to Africa. CNN International is established as a successful global news channel, and there are many US-based English news websites. Any plans to expand USIB in Spanish should carefully weigh the role that CNN en Español already plays in the Hemisphere. CNN activities and partnerships in Turkish, Hindi, Urdu, and Arabic should be taken into account, along with the expanding number of foreign language websites of the New York Times. It might be said that CNN cannot substitute for VOA because CNN does not speak for the US government. Such a statement, however, would be an admission that VOA is not entirely a news organization. To the extent VOA adds advocacy to its output, it subtracts from its credibility. In this duplication-elimination exercise, VOA should no longer duplicate the work conducted by the public diplomacy offices of the State Department. The best way for VOA explain the policies of the United States is through its news and current affairs coverage. A short term solution to duplication is one that VOA will not like. VOA would no longer have separate broadcasts in languages also transmitted by a "radio free" grantee. VOA staff in those language services would serve as the VOA-branded Washington and US corespondents for the grantees. VOA would also be the clearinghouse for the global reporting of VOA and USIB correspondents in all languages, translating and feeding those reports back to the grantees. After such short-term adjustments, USIB would still be a cumbersome organization. In the long term (I hope not too long), consolidation is the only satisfactory way to eliminate duplication. Consolidation would reduce the number of senior management structures from seven (BBG, IBB, VOA, RFE/RL, RFA, MBN, OCB) to one. The senior managers who stand to lose their jobs as a result will resist mightily. They will fight to keep their jobs and to keep USIB inefficient (Kim Andrew Elliott, ibid.) ** U S A. Op-ed: VOA "EXISTS TO PROMOTE U.S. CULTURE AND VALUES," HENCE NEED FOR "OBJECTIVE JOURNALISM" FROM RFE/RL. Posted: 05 Feb 2013 [several more stories and Kim`s comments on topic A:] http://kimelli.nfshost.com/index.php?id=14115 (kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD) ** U S A. WHICH ANIMAL HAS NINE HEADS, FIVE LEGS, AND WON'T SURVIVE IN THE INTERNATIONAL MEDIA JUNGLE? Posted: 06 Feb 2013 National Review, 5 Feb 2013, John O'Sullivan: "There was a plan, under long gestation but finally on the table, to create a joint CEO at the head of a new BBG/IBB leviathan to whom both the presidents of the broadcasting entities and the agency bureaucrats would report. He would inevitably be a very powerful figure, formally reporting to the governors but in reality running them. ... The grand CEO scheme that seemed merely businesslike common sense a few months previously suddenly looked ominous in the eyes of some governors. At least one of them said of the proposed CEO: 'Will he report to us or will we report to him?' It’s a good question. Indeed, it’s the question that should be asked of any proposal for the managerial reform of USIB... . [R]eform should ensure that the broadcasting heads report ... directly to the governors with the intervening bureaucratic level reduced to a subordinate advisory role." (kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD) Five broadcasting heads reporting to nine Governors. And here I thought the National Review favored small government. Aren't there tens of thousands of corporations around the world with boards of directors, who hire, and can fire, the CEOs of those corporations? Why would members of the BBG be afraid of a CEO they hire and can fire? Why would there be any question of who reports to whom? If the CEO of USIB is appointed by the president with Senate consent, as some have advocated, there would be a big question of who reports to whom. Confusion would ensue, because the CEO could choose to "report to" to the administration rather than the Board. The independence that is necessary for any genuine news organization would be lost. Mr. O'Sullivan writes: "reform should ensure that the broadcasting heads report ... directly to the governors." That's pretty much the inefficient situation that exists now. A BBG-appointed CEO who has authority over all of the entity heads is necessary in the short term. The consolidation of all the entities into one corporation is the step that must come after that (Kim Andrew Elliott, ibid.) Huffington Post, 5 Feb 2013, Michael Calderone: "Regarding the mass firing of [RL] journalists in Russia, [former RFE/RL president Jeffrey] Gedmin said that 'even if it does make sense, in some fashion or form, the way it was executed was universally acknowledged as a completely unmitigated disaster. [New acting RFE/RL president Kevin Klose is] going to have to develop his own strategy to fix it, and I don’t want be melodramatic, but it will take years for wounds to heal,' Gedmin said. 'People feel very damaged and very betrayed.'" Boston Globe, 20 Jan 2013, Martha Bayles: "During the Cold War, American popular culture played a key role in alienating Soviet youth from stodgy communist regimes, so it made sense for RFE-RL and its sister organization, the Voice of America, to include jazz, rock, and other pop culture in their programming. But today, the authoritarians are onto us. To varying degrees, Russia, China, Iran, and others now do their best to keep their own media amusing. And while American pop culture retains its appeal, the people in these countries don’t need more entertainment from America. What they need is the kind of news and public-affairs programming that their rulers don’t want them to have." -- Generally-speaking, news and public-affairs programming makes the most sense for US-government-funded international broadcasting. There are, however, a few instances where entertainment programming can bring in audiences. Radio Sawa has been one example, and might still be. See previous post about same subject. (kiimandrewelliott.com via DXLD) ** U S A [non]. QSL: VOA replied to two 2011 reports with a single card. The date was shown as 3/27/11-10/289/11 for both reports. Freq and time were shown correctly, allowing me to figure out that the QSL was for Botswana 9855 and Sri Lanka 15580, both apparently sent in July 2011, and QSLed after 563 and 555 days respectively. They also enclosed a very attractive 2013 wall calendar featuring U.S. National Parks (Bruce Portzer, Seattle WA, Feb 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. VOA REJECTS CHINESE ALLEGATIONS ON TIBET SELF-IMMOLATIONS WASHINGTON, D.C. - Voice of America Director David Ensor has categorically denied allegations contained in a Chinese state television report, which blames VOA broadcasts for encouraging self- immolations in Tibet. "That is totally false," Ensor said at the VOA headquarters in Washington Wednesday. "We do report these tragic stories; we do not encourage these self-immolations, that is wrong." Ensor called the self-immolations a sign of the distress in Tibet. The CCTV allegations were part of a CCTV documentary that interviewed a survivor of an attempted self-immolation, who said he set himself on fire after watching VOA news broadcasts. CCTV also accused VOA of using secret code to send messages to people inside Tibet. Ensor said, "That is one of the more amazing parts of the CCTV report. That suggestion is totally absurd." VOA Tibetan Service Chief Losang Gyatso responded to the allegations by saying the tragic events in Tibet have been very difficult to report, but he said VOA broadcast the facts "to the best of our abilities in a balanced and comprehensive manner." He noted VOA's news reports often included the views of Chinese officials. VOA was not contacted for a response to the allegations made in the CCTV documentary report. VOA, in particular its Chinese and Tibetan Services, have provided extensive coverage of the nearly 100 Tibetans who have self-immolated. VOA is requesting CCTV and the China Daily retract the stories they have published (VOA PR Feb 6 via Hansjoerg Biener, DXLD) ** U S A. 2660, Feb 1 pre-sunrise I am tracking this and other MW harmonics: presumed KGLD, Tyler TX as per previous reports, but I would still like to catch an ID: at 1155, JBA talk audible, with the noise level alone registering S9+8 on the FRG-7 meter. At 1242 a bit better with music; at 1255 as I am listening, the carrier strength steps up, so suspect they just made the February ``1300`` local sunrise change from 500 to 1000 watts on fundamental 1330; but there is not much modulation. At 1257 it just seems to be open carrier; 1258 gospel solo starts, no ID heard at 1300, just music continuing at S9+12 vs noise level; 1308 music is a bit stronger. 1312 surprise, an announcement by some guy asking ``prayer warriors`` to check out his Facebook wall; 1314 produced PSA with woman narrating, child voice and then man voice mixed with music, seems anti-crime, 1315 back to music. 1326 another anti-crime PSA from the USDOJ, National Crime Prevention Center, and more gospel music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) However, FCC Correspondence File for KGLD shows it also has a post- sunset authority (PSSA) for February of, in CST and watts: 6:00- 6:30 | 102.0 | 6:30- 7:00 | 51.0 | 7:00- 8:00 | 36.0 | So there would not be any point in employing it after 0030 UT when the night power is more than the PSSA. 2660, Feb 3 at 0106 UT, black gospel music in surprisingly well, same format as heard on KGLD around sunrise. Is in cycle of slow fades up and out; another peak at 0109; 0110 segué to another tune. 0119 another fade-in, and I am not hearing a second carrier tonight. Make a point of rechecking before hourtop, 0158 now the music is accompanied by talking, and at hourtop bare-bones legal ID caught for the first time on 2660! ``KGLD, 1330 AM, Tyler``, same as I had heard on a previous webcast check. So now this Texan second harmonic is 100% sure. ID overrode the music program for a few seconds, then that continued. Also at 0158 I noticed some weak CW QRM to this for the first time, on the low side. See my previous reports about KGLD power authorizations: supposed to be 77 watts at night on 1330, altho also with a PSSA of 36 watts until 0200, but the full day power available is 1000 watts. 2660, Feb 4 at 0050 UT check, very poor with music, presumed usual KGLD Tyler TX, 2 x 1330. 2660+, Feb 5 at 0643 UT, very poor signal with music, 0647 talk, 0650 music seems gospel. The only 2 MHz harmonic audible at the moment, presumed KGLD Tyler TX as previously IDed; however, I continue to keep an ear on this frequency as at one time I was hearing a second carrier. Also at 1257, very poor with YL talk in English, music continued past hourtop 1300, but 1300:25 tentative KGLD legal ID JBA. 1300 is supposedly when in Feb they can bump up to full day power of 1 kW on 1330, but noticed no change on 2660 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also UNIDENTIFIED 2660 ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1654 monitoring: confirmed starting on time 0230 UT Saturday Feb 2 on Area 51 first monitored on webcast, and then confirmed good signal at 0255 on WBCQ 5110v-CUSB. Next: UT Sat 0630 & 1630 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB in Germany. Saturday 0900, 1600, 1830; Sunday 0900, 1630; Monday 0530, Tuesday 1200 on WRMI 9955. UT Sunday 0459 on WTWW-1 5830. Also Saturday 1830 on WRN via SiriusXM 120. WORLD OF RADIO 1654 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW-1, 5830, UT Sunday Feb 3 at 0500. This time, instead of starting WOR early and then interrupting for the local ID. SFAW programming continued until 0500 sharp, then ID, but then joining WOR already in progress at 0500:17 or so. Well, that`s some improvement. Next: Sunday 0900, 1600, Monday 0530, Tuesday 1200 on WRMI 9955, Wednesday 0630 & 1630 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. We welcome a new WORLD OF RADIO affiliate this week, KFKB, 1490, Forks WA, Sundays at 3 am PST = 1100 UT, soon 1000 UT with DST in March. Here`s some correspondence arranging this: (gh) Glenn, Forks Broadcasting operates the only commercial radio stations heard (daytime) in the west end of Clallam County, Washington. We seek license to air the World of Radio program on KFKB, "Forks 1490," http://www.Forks1490.com The station operates at 1490 kHz from studio and transmitter facilities at 47 57' 14" N, 124 23' 20" W in Forks, WA. We uniquely serve a part of the Seattle-Tacoma designated market area (DMA) that the cities signals can't reach. With Forks 1490 AM and Twilight 96.7 FM, we have the only commercial stations putting local quality signals over our market daytimes. We operate from the western most broadcast facility in the Continental United States. Located west of the Olympic mountains, the area receives jet stream moisture that creates one of the few rain forrest in a temperate zone. Trees grow exceptionally fast here, and that fact help make Forks the logging capital of the world at one point. But restrictions in public lands logging have reduced the forest products business to a fraction of its former employment. Today, the West End is the home of several Indian tribal nations and government is the largest employer. The economy also benefits from tourism, including hunting, fishing, and visits by fans of the Twilight book and movie series -- which was set in Forks. Please provide access to your affiliate website. Depending upon program length, we expect to air Mondays at approximately 03:20 hours Pacific as public affairs programming and a service to the radio listening community. Although we share the 1490 frequency with many other Class C AMs and only put out 1000 watts ERP, we have been DXed from as far as Finland, as evidenced by the letter below. Happy listening, (Mark Lamb, President, Forks Broadcasting Jan 31, to gh, via DXLD) Hi KBIS, My name is Jari Sinisalo. I'm 47 years old system specialist from the Town of Vaasa, Finland. I listen to far away AM radio stations as my hobby. I also collect reception verifications. In October 2009 I air mailed to you a report on my reception. I haven’t heard from you and wonder that my letter may have been lost in the mail. I haven’t heard your station since then, so I’m taking this opportunity of emailing my report to you. My home town, Vaasa is situated on the coast of the Gulf of Bothnia, in the westernmost part of Finland. It was founded in 1606 by King Charles IX of Sweden. It has a population of 58,000 of whom some 24% are Swedish speaking. I had the pleasure of listening to your station KBIS Forks WA broadcasting on 1490 kHz AM on the 14th of October, 2009 at 12:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Saving Time. My receiver was an Italian made software defined receiver Perseus and I used a long wire antenna of 1100 yds. directed to the US North-West. I picked up your signal in Lemmenjoki, which is situated some 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle. I usually spend one week per year in the far north “hunting” distant AM signals. Here are some details of the program heard: 12:00 - The station identification by a male announcer: “You’re listening to AM 1490 KBIS Forks.” - ABC News Enclosed please find an MP3-audio file, which contains your identification at 12:00 a.m. heard here in Finland. I would be very grateful to receive your e-mail confirmation, if you find my reception report correct. My very best wishes to you from Vaasa! Sincerely, Jari Jari Sinisalo System Specialist Anvia Group/IT-Services Kuvaus: Kuvaus: anvialogopieni Anvia Plc P.O. Box 59 FI-65101 Vaasa FINLAND Tel: +358 6 411 3315, Mobile: +358 44 411 3315 (via Mark Lamb, KFKB, ibid.) Mark, Thanks for the invitation. You are welcome to carry World of Radio subject to the following agreements: 1) you will be responsible for downloading latest edition each week, provided no later than Thursdays, at http://www.worldofadio.com/audiomid.html (mp3 or Real audio) 2) you agree to broadcast each program intact (29 minutes) without interruption 3) you agree to keep me informed of any changes in scheduling or cancellation So let me know on what date you will be starting, and confirm the exact time. Did you just change callsign? FCC AM Query still shows KRKZ, no KFKB. It`s clear why you would want the call, and I assume you are familiar with the rather notorious original KFKB in Kansas? Regards, Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO (via DXLD) I was granted KFKB when I took over KRKZ-AM in April. I did discover the snake oil history of the calls, which for me represent "Forks Broadcasting." Knowing it is 29 minutes is helpful. I will get back to you shortly with our air time (Lamb, ibid.) [Later:] Glenn, Effective 2/10, we are running World of Radio on Sunday at 03:00 am on KFKB, Forks 1490 AM (Mark Lamb, President, Forks Broadcasting, WORLD OF RADIO 1655, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 1100 UT Sun WORLD OF RADIO 1655: first SW airing will be Thursday Feb 7 at 2200 on WTWW-1 9479; then UT Friday 0428v on WWRB 3195 and we hope also 5050 unlike last week; UT Saturday 0230v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB. On WRMI 9955: Sat 0900, 1600, 1830, Sun 0900, 1630, Mon 0530, Tue 1200, Wed 0430. On WTWW-1, UT Sunday 0500 on 5830. On HLR Germany 7265-CUSB: Sat & Wed 0630 & 1630. On WRN via SiriusXM 120, Sat 1830. WORLD OF RADIO also has a new MW outlet, KFKB, 1490 in Forks, Washington, the westernmost station in the conterminoUS, starting Feb 10, Sundays at 3 am PT = 1100 UT. It might be a bit difficult to hear beyond local range, but owner Mark Lamb found a reception report from Finland in October 2009, when the calls were KBIS. BTW, Mark says he was granted KFKB last April when he acquired the station, but FCC AM Query still has it only under the interim call KRKZ! http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&facid=28209 See http://www.Forks1490.com whence there is also webcasting link. This KFKB is of course unrelated to the original Dr. Brinkley goat- glands KFKB in Kansas! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9955, WRMI with English, Blues Radio International show with OM DJ Jessie Finklestein spinning blues tunes including some recorded live at a Blues festival in 2012. MANY programme IDs & an olde Arthur Godfrey bit promo-ing a 3 cent cigar. Boca Raton FL address & request for reception reports ‘if you’re hearing us on SW’. WRMI bi-lingual ID by Jeff White at :29 & SID for Radio Miami Int'l into Words for the World Bible bumper. Not bad -- this station always comes in better at the lake where it is quiet! 2+4543+ with the Q Multiplier oscillating the jammer was blocked out 98%. 0205-0230 28/Jan (Ken Zichi, Port Hope MI2, MARE Tipsheet via DXLD) Sigh, how I miss the Q-multiplier my HQ-160 had (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. 5085, Feb 3 at 0057 check, WTWW-2 is still missing, no Saturday night show from Ted Randall et al. 5085, Feb 4 at 0057, WTWW-2 is finally back on with country gospel music, huge signal, after missing for a week or so. 5830, Feb 4 at 0646, a bit of a problem I notice on WTWW-1: SFAW with double audio from two different programs, almost at same level! Still/again the case at 1300 with a double dose of two different PPP talks starting (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 12104.986, WTWW, Lebanon TN in Spanish at 0120 UT on Feb 5, sermon on José (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 5, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U S A. 5109.8, 0120-0130 04.02, WBCQ, Monticello, Maine, English talk, best in USB, 35343 (RadioJet 25342) (Anker Petersen, Denmark, Just before Christmas I purchased a new PC-driven DX-receiver, the RadioJet 1102S from the German firm Bonito. I am still learning how to use this advanced machine, which you now can add to my shack. The results are good compared to my traditional AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire. When the QRK was different on the two receivers, it is mentioned, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) 9330v-CUSB, 7490-AM, 5110v-CUSB, Feb 2 at 0120, this 0100-0230+ sesquihour+ believed to be the only time WBCQ runs all three transmitters in //, for the live `Allan Weiner Worldwide` --- Since I have two receivers handy, compare them, and find they are all unsynchronized! 5110 comes first, 7490 follows 5 seconds later, and 9330 follows 24 sex behind 5110 or 29 sex behind 7490. Must be a very convoluted setup for feeding the transmitters right next to each other, starting with AWWW presumably originating from Allan`s winter residence in Florida, referring to ``up in Monticello``. 9305.1-CUSB, Feb 3 at 0052, spur from WBCQ 9330v-CUSB; quite readable; but unheard at 0117 recheck, or anywhere in the vicinity. Maybe the fundamental had faded below threshold for spurring, tho still sufficient on 9330. Remember that Jan 27 at 1316 I had a spur from this on 9313. In neither case could a matching one on the hi side be found (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Was tuning the Radio Tirana English broadcast on 7465 at 2100 UT; had some difficult copy, with spurs coming from WBCQ 7490 and splashing pretty wide above and below. Really was annoying; they really need to work on their transmitters. 73 (Gilles Letourneau, Montreal, Canada, Feb 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5050, Feb 3 at 0057, and still at 0458, WWRB is back on this channel, having been missing for several nights, including UT Friday during WORLD OF RADIO, just 3195 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5050, Feb 7 at 0053, WWRB is on again, // 3215 with preacher quoting papyrus (he mispronounces PAP-i-russ over & over) about the demise of ancient Egypt. Hope 5050 remains active this week thru 0500 Friday for WORLD OF RADIO (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WRNO Worldwide with decent Audio --- Heard WRNO worldwide with Robert Mawire preaching on 02/04/2013. Signal did not come in as strong as usual. The difference was the Indoor Antenna I reconstructed. Signal on 7505 was readable after I put my external antenna's lead-in into the Antenna Jack of my Kaito KA-1103 but with the whip only the signal was drowned out by noise. This was observed at 0206-0212 GMT. The audio was good and you could hear the preacher preach. 35353 was the SINPO. Kaito KA-1103, Broomstick Antenna (Richard Lewis, Forest, MS, UT Feb 5, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7506.393, WRNO Worldwide, station ID at 0457 Feb 4, asked for donations to US address, S=9+10dB here in southern Germany. Audio was a little bit SCRATCHING. WRNO switched OFF the transmission at 0459:40 UT (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U S A. 9615, Sat Feb 2 at 0618, tune-in to one of WHRI`s weekend- only transmissions, gospel huxter amid schedule announcement mentioning his other times and frequencies: 11.910; ``Sunday 1:00 CST on 9.840 M-H-Z``; gives website without any dots: ``wwwwhrorg click Angel 2``. Name of his show I copy as ``The End the Law Jesus Christ Broadcast``, with a P O Box in Shreveport LA; he is Apostle Larry Reed. Sounds like ALR is reading off stuff he doesn`t really understand, like shortwave and internet; also has very strange accent, pronouncing ``Americar`` and ``Africar``, with the R totally spoken, but he is no Kennedy. Searching WHR programming, we find: 0615-0700 1:15 AM-2:00 AM Sa In The Lord Jesus Christ Larry Reed 9.615 1900-1945 2:00 PM-2:45 PM Su In The Lord Jesus Christ Broadcast 9.840 and no 11.910. Guess he is saying ``Lawd`` instead of ``Lord``. During the few minutes I listen transfixed, signal declines from good to fair (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn: A while back we had trouble finding a convenient and audible time to hear Marie Lamb's DXing With Cumbre show over WHRI; I'm happy to say that I've been hearing it on 5920 at 0200 UT Sunday for the past couple of weeks. Hopefully it will remain in that slot! Enjoy hearing WOR over WRN on my Sirius Radio weekends. 73, (Chris Lobdell, MA, Feb 3. DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Chris, Yes, I have that on my schedule, and at least one week recently it was also on 7315 at same time. http://worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html 73, (Glenn to Chris, via DXLD) ** U S A. 15620-15660, peaking around 15650, Feb 4 at 2058, modulation spike spurs matching WWCR 15825, which previously have correlated with propagation-boosted signal on the fundamental, but not today --- it`s not especially strong, which means the spurs are even worse than we had thought; fortunately encountered this just as 15825 was signing off. With the evacuation of the 19m band by other stations, WWCR has become even more of a far-right outlier, doesn`t really need to be at bandedge, but best to stay there lest the spurs too migrate further inband. 15625-15670, Feb 6 at 1517, approx. range of modulation spur spikes from WWCR 15825, bad for GREECE, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1655, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 21429-AM, Feb 4 at 2113, a non-SSB ham is quite a rarity on ``15`` m, so caught my ear, especially since his speech style is well- modulated like a broadcaster and first thought it could be such a stray. But was addressing another individual, David, W6PSS, whom I could not hear if simplex, about his problems with antennas vs HOAs. Unfonetik ID sounded first like WS4D, then a bit more clearly as WS4B. ARRL lookup shows: MESSICK, BRADLEY J, WS4B 7114 91ST STREET EAST PALMETTO, FL 34221 Previous call sign: W4BJM And there is also a WS4D in Homer, GA, so I hope I heard him right (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 810, Feb 3 at 1357 UT, nice instrumental version of `Hallelujah Chorus`, clear in NW/SE null of WHB Kansas City, presumably KLVZ Brighton CO, in the service of religion rather than Art; faded just in time for any hourtop ID (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WQST-AM radio station signs off the air Posted: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 9:21 am By CHRIS ALLEN BAKER | 0 comments FOREST — Area residents looking for music on Scott County’s only radio station will no longer be able to find a signal on the airwaves as the station has now gone dark. As of December 31, WQST 850 AM became silent in permenantly signing off the air. The station’s manager has taken the programming to the Internet and the station’s owner is bowing out. http://www.sctonline.net/news/article_75fecc6c-5ff0-11e2-8ac4---001a4bcf887a.html (via Kevin Redding, ABDX, Feb 4, via DXLD) ** U S A. 880, Sat Feb 2 at 1314 UT, KLRG originating an Arkansas show, `Bluegrass with Leo Castleberry`, starts with Hank Williams` ``Lovesick Blues``; 1325 local ads sound ad-libbed, real down-home style. WTAN network website for KLRG shows this is 7-9 am Saturdays: http://klrg.tantalknetwork.com/index.cfm?PID=2 Also shows the Friday morning shows I have heard previously as: `We the People Radio` at 6-8 am, `Liberty Underground` at 8-10 am from the ``1787 Radio Network``, pre-empting `Imus in the Morning` to only one hour, otherwise he`s Mon-Thu 5-9 am, all CST. Separate schedules are available for WTAN itself, with some duplication, such as 1787 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Hello Glenn, re; the 960 unID listed in DXN #18- I just got mine today. Did you hear anything related to "Awesome AM" or awesomeam.com? If so, that would be WABG. They are a periodic visitor here (Todd Brandenburg, Silver Lake KS, Feb 4, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Todd, Thanks for the tip. I`ll listen for that. I have never heard any announcement from the blues station during those 5 minutes. I may have to resort to trying to match the listen live, tho I normally turn off the noisy computer before starting my midnite monitoring (Glenn to Todd, via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1030, MASSACHUSSETS, WBZ, Boston. 0048 January 24, 2013 (2048 EST January 23). Weakly fading up with local newscast with male announcer, “WBZ weather… 20’s…” Laugh, but this is the first log of WBZ for me from Clearwater, where almost everything upper coastal Eastern Seaboard is nearly impossible to hear from west coast Florida. WONQ co-channel also a problem (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, Jan 31, Pile of complete and total garbage used: JRC NRD-535; ICOM IC-R75; Hammarlund HQ-180A; Sony ICF-7600GR; Sangean PR-D5; Aqua Guide 705 RDF Marine Radio; GE Superadio III; JPS NF-60 Notch Filter; JPS ANC-4 Noise Phase; 1 X roof dipole; 1 X room random wire; Terk Advantage non-active portable loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1030, FLORIDA, WONQ, Oviedo. 0012 January 24, 2013 (2012 EST January 23). Mostly big nearly local signal with Haitian kreyòl female finance/tax filing nonstop talk brokered program. Fast male accented and canned, “WONQ, Oviedo” 0100. Program ended just before 0100, but continued with Hai-kre programming of mostly kompa music (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, Jan 31, Pile of complete and total garbage used: JRC NRD-535; ICOM IC-R75; Hammarlund HQ-180A; Sony ICF- 7600GR; Sangean PR-D5; Aqua Guide 705 RDF Marine Radio; GE Superadio III; JPS NF-60 Notch Filter; JPS ANC-4 Noise Phase; 1 X roof dipole; 1 X room random wire; Terk Advantage non-active portable loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Came across a notation that a 5 kW transmitter is being installed at KAAY-1090 Little Rock and they're waiting for the crystal so that they can return to the air. Wonder if it's a permanent downgrade. Pretty drastic for a 50 kW. Meanwhile, the channel remains clear for DX in that part of the country (Carl Mann, Feb 2, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. The long awaited WKAJ-AM 1120 St. Johnsville NY, 10 kW day, 400 watts night, directional full-time hits the air soon! Necessary MP measurements will be made soon! Watch http://WWW.MidAtlanticengineeringservice.com/wherearewe.html for live video! Find us on Twitter and Facebook for updates. (Bob Carter -- KC4QLP -WQJK414, mobile mail, MidAtlanticEngineeringService.com Feb 6, ABDX via DXLD) ** U S A. 1370, NORTH CAROLINA, WTAB, Tabor City. 0036 January 23, 2013 (1936 EST January 22). Old School C&W/Bluegrass gospel vocals, all quite refreshing from the usual fare on the dial. Live, older- sounding male DJ, “We’ve got oldies… WTAB…” Another live ID, “… WTAB, great gospel music…” Not-so-Christian Brooks & Dunne “Missing You” (as in co-written by John Waite), Carolina Cash Five lottery spot. Listed as 5000/109, but surely not powered down to 109 watts, or are my radios just that good? Nah. Audio stream at http://wtabradio.com/ a few seconds behind, but at least they stream. And what a quaint little studio building photo on the URL. Located on the South Carolina border. My local 1380 WWMI "Radio Disney" St. Petersburg iBLOC that is 24/7 seemed off at first, but yet seemingly traces of it on the top end of 1380, so iBLOC Lite? (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, Jan 31, Pile of complete and total garbage used: JRC NRD-535; ICOM IC-R75; Hammarlund HQ-180A; Sony ICF-7600GR; Sangean PR-D5; Aqua Guide 705 RDF Marine Radio; GE Superadio III; JPS NF-60 Notch Filter; JPS ANC-4 Noise Phase; 1 X roof dipole; 1 X room random wire; Terk Advantage non-active portable loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Re: [IRCA] WXBR-1460 off --- WXBR-1460 in Brockton, MA has been shut off by the new owners. It will be off for about a month. The transmitter will be replaced by then (Craig Healy, Providence RI, IRCA via DXLD) As of about 3:45 pm [EST = UT -5] Monday 04 Feb 2013, WXBR-1460 in Brockton, MA is on the air and testing. Playing random music and ID's. I have no information about them as they aren't one of my clients (Craig Healy, Providence, RI, Feb 5, ibid.) Now that we know WXBR is back on and testing (Thanks for word, Craig), I would presume from info below that this is simply an existing station returning to the air - and not in any way a new station for the logbook if and when I might DX it. Correct assumption on my part? (Saul Chernos, Ont, ibid.) Yes. Existing station, but new owners. Same call sign and transmitter location. It is a new transmitter apparently, but essentially much the same. Format will change as the previous owner also owned the satellite programming they used. Obviously took more than a month, but I quit as contract engineer quite a while ago due to problems with them. It is on occasionally as a test. It has not been on night pattern, even after sunset. 5 kW non-directional. One thing to see is that there are big spurs. Roughly -12db from the carrier and about 8.3 kHz either side of 1460. Shows very plain on my SDR. I have a picture of it: http://www.craighealy.com/spurs01.bmp (Craig Healy, Providence, RI, ibid.) ** U S A. DX test Sunday morning March 10 - 1480 KBXD TX Dallas This 2-hour DX Test is one for the record books - it will last 3 hours and contain a black hole for DXers in the eastern time zone. WHO: KBXD 1480 TX Dallas WHEN: Sunday March 10 0000-0200 CST (Saturday night into Sunday morning) * PLEASE NOTE THE TIME CHANGES IN DALLAS AT THE PRECISE MOMENT THE TEST IS SCHEDULED TO END. IN THE EASTERN TIME ZONE THIS MEANS A TWO- HOUR THAT RUNS FROM 0100 CST TO 0400 EDT (LASTING TWO HOURS BUT SPANNING THREE HOURS BECAUSE ONE HOUR LITERALLY DISAPPEARS INTO THE TIME-CHANGE BLACK HOLE). IN TIMES ZONES TO THE WEST, THE TEST WILL BEGIN LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONCLUDE PRIOR TO THE TIME CHANGE. I *HOPE* I HAVE THIS STRAIGHT! CONTENT: Morse code, sweep tones, special music and other easily identifiable content. TECHNICAL: KBXD is testing its brand new full 50-KW six-tower day pattern - see online at: http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=KBXD&service=AM&status=C&hours=D QSL: No e-mail reports accepted. Reports should be sent by regular postal mail. Please note: KBXD is graciously covering the cost of mailing out QSLs. No need to send a SASE. Reports must include the listener`s location, equipment used and details about content heard. If possible, please provide an audio recording (CASSETTE TAPE &/OR USB STICK). REPORTS TO: Jerry Kiefer, KBXD, 8035 East R.L. Thornton Freeway, Dallas, TX 75228 Please be sure to thank Jerry when you write! And we thank Paul Walker for arranging this and notifying the Test Committee (of which he's a member). -30- (Saul Chernos, Feb 1, WTFDA-AM via DXLD) I might add that the format for audio clips was not specified. That means either cassette tapes or USB clips are okay. Is anyone out there using CDs for this? (Saul Chernos, ibid.) I'm sure any medium will be okay. I have handled a few verie requests and don't ever recall receiving a CD. I was simply curious if anybody would use these (Saul Chernos, later, ibid.) I do not think, based on hundreds of recent station visits, that it is a safe assumption these days that a cassette tape will be easily playable anymore. Anybody who's renovated a studio (or built new) in the last five years or so probably hasn't included a cassette deck. In our case at WXXI, it's been about 8 years since we renovated, and I don't think there are working cassette decks in any of our studios right now. If someone sent a cassette, we'd have to dig up an old newsgathering deck to listen to it. An audio CD or MP3 would be a much friendlier format for us (Scott Fybush, NY, NRC-AM via DXLD) Same here -- mainly because we have no real use for analog tape anymore; and at any rate, our old cassette machines have failed one- by-one over the years and there are very few suitable "broadcast- quality" replacements available. Sadly(?), much the same is true of broadcast CD players. We have a couple of working turntables still, and there IS an open-reel deck in our main production studio -- but it's not hooked up! Digital recording/editing software has utterly revolutionized our production techniques over the past 15 years or so -- and by extension, the equipment we have at our disposal in our studios (Randy Stewart, Arts Producer, KSMU, 901 S. National, Springfield MO 65897, ibid.) Jerry tells me he expects a fair amount of reception reports to come from Canada and west to Idaho and Washington or Oregon because of their 50 kW Daytime pattern. The KBXD test came about for early March because wanted to do it as close to it still being winter as possible. He has his reasons, he's KBXD's GM and Engineer. Because I was friends with Jerry and he's been in radio, I just emailed him and asked. He knew what to do and how to do it. A sample letter for other DXers who are "cold calling" stations by email is a useful tool. I volunteered to produce the entire 2 hour montage that KBXD will run so I need all the material I can get. PW (Paul B Walker, Jr,. IRCA via DXLD) ** U S A. 1560, Feb 5 at 1454 UT, sports talk is dominating Disney OKC, a sesquihour after sunrise! KGOW Bellaire (Houston) TX really gets out on 46 kW day power, and even on 15 kW night power to deep South America. Finally before 1500 it`s starting to fade. XERF 1570 has already disappeared (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1610, FLORIDA, (MIS) unidentified. Bill Harrison reports to FLPRS that he is hearing a NOAA Weather Radio on this channel from his Broward County location. There are several possibilities on my website, assuming it’s not something new. Bill tells me he will try to follow up by DFing this. 1670, FLORIDA, (MIS), WQFL543, City of Coral Springs. Bill Harrison in Broward County reports to FLPRS that this one is one was running their city info audio loop but it was completely inaudible from a harsh audio tone that was also on the feed. [He] sent the City an email, pointing this out and, in several days' time, the city info loop with the tone was replaced by the South Florida NOAA Weather Radio feed. The audio is [now] good once again, so the technical problem was clearly caused by the equipment that runs the City info audio loop. 94.5 MHz, FLORIDA, W233AV, “Thunder” slogan. Top-of-hour canned ID includes “94.5 in St. Pete” but also heard are the translator calls and “Gulfport” the city of license, even though this has actually been relocated to the original 97.9 98 rock antenna on Starkey Road, Largo. Very nice signal in central Pinellas on portables in the house. Parallel 105.9 (which was briefly simulcasting 970 kHz WFLA for a couple of months after Clear Channel LMI’ed these from Reach Ministries). I am told the primary voice imaging is Catfish from Clear Channels’ “Thunder 103-5” (not to be confused with this “Thunder” format). 105.9 MHz, FLORIDA, W290BJ, “Thunder”, West Tampa. This recently flipped translator simulcasting 970 WFLA is (from around January 28) now feeding the same non-commercial Classic Rock as the Pinellas County 94.5 MHz translator (see entry). Parallel 94.5 MHz, but if I flip the portable Sony ICF-7600GR extended antenna south-ish, it is gone and “The Buzz” Active Rock WTZB, Englewood. Florida Low Power Radio Stations: https://sites.google.com/site/floridadxn/florida-low-power-radio-stations (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, Jan 31, Pile of complete and total garbage used: JRC NRD-535; ICOM IC-R75; Hammarlund HQ-180A; Sony ICF-7600GR; Sangean PR-D5; Aqua Guide 705 RDF Marine Radio; GE Superadio III; JPS NF-60 Notch Filter; JPS ANC-4 Noise Phase; 1 X roof dipole; 1 X room random wire; Terk Advantage non-active portable loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1640, Feb 5 at 0709 UT, pleased to find that KOAG is in open carrier/dead air, and on nite power of 1 kW from transmitter east of Hennessey OK, sufficient to make it easy to hear other stations under the carrier even when not fully nulled: mainly mix of Spanish and English. The Spanish is no doubt KBJA Sandy UT, ads including one at 0716 with an appropriate 801 area-code; and the English likely WTNI Biloxi MS, tho there are three others in the US flung further (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. PIRATE CRACKDOWN BY FCC CONFIRMED http://www.insideradio.com/Article.asp?id=2613765&spid=32061 It’s official: 2012 was a tough year to be a pirate radio operator. The FCC has released year-end data detailing its stepped-up policing of unlicensed radio stations — including a nearly four-fold increase in the number of warnings issued to pirates by field agents. The FCC says it shut down “hundreds” of pirate stations during the 2012 fiscal year. It also issued 583 warnings — up significantly from the 158 warnings handed to pirates in 2011 And there were $289,000 worth of fines issued, a 30% increase over the prior year. Not all interference comes from pirates, however. Some broadcasters may argue unnecessary regulation also causes plenty of static. On that front chairman Julius Genachowski says from January 2010 through the end of 2012 the FCC has eliminated more than 260 rules and regulations that were “overly burdensome, out of date, or otherwise impeded economic growth and development.” In the agency’s annual performance report Genachowski says it’s using a “more rigorous cost-benefit analysis” when looking at rulemakings, as well as reducing the agency’s backlog (Inside Radio via Mike Terry, Feb 6, dxldyg via DXLD) So how many were SW pirates? (gh) ** U S A. Bill Carney (about 103.7 "WLR" The Laser in Lansing): My iPhone's FM transmitter (so I can listen to music in the car) has been sitting on that frequency for at least 4 years, and it's only in the last three weeks that he's appeared. My habit is to unplug the phone and if country from WCKY isn't playing, it's DX so I sit and listen for a bit. I sometimes get WCSY in South Haven MI and the former Smile FM now "Positive Country" in Harbor Beach MI WCZE on occasion. I've also logged stations in SC, RI, NH, NM, and PA on the frequency, usually right after sunrise or after 3 pm in the summertime. Below is his text from his "White Lake Radio" page on Facebook: About White Lake Radio, WLR-FM, AKA The Laser 103.7 was founded in 1989 in Whitehall, Michigan with only a high-power wireless microphone kit and a portable CD player. The mission continues... Mission: To provide a true service that the big guys can't deliver. Description: I'm a former DJ at an actual commercial station, WBGT, Bluffton, Indiana (now known as WNUY) for two years. I got tired of following the rules that we had to abide by to please the advertisers. I decided to give up the daily grind and create my own personal broad- casting hobby. Alas, White Lake Radio. General Information: Long story short, (please visit the Laser's official web page for a full story) I had fun being DJ on various transmitters over the years. My last stint was a trailer park with a mono FM broadcaster running at 1/4 watt, playing music off from the computer with Radio Control Manager and Winamp. Today I own a PLL Fail-Safe brand stereo FM transmitter running at low power (150 mw) mode, which covers a great part of the apartment building I live in! I don't dare to go full power, yet. I just don't want to create any interference. However, I discovered that the Fail-Safe puts out a pretty clean signal. The music and programs I play range from brand new recent hits to Pod- casts of The Adam Carolla Show on some weeknights, mixed with dance/ techno Saturday nights. Basic Info: Founded April 1989 Location: Whitehall, Michigan Contact Info Email: donweaverlansing@aol.com Website: http://thelaserfm.htmlplanet.com [Site noted disabled 1/25] (MARE Tipsheet Jan 31 via DXLD) ** U S A. Future of AM stations on FM band: http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2011/11/09/for_am_stations_future_may_be_on_the_fm_band/ Saving the AM band: http://goodbyeam.wordpress.com/2012/09/08/saving-the-am-band/ (via John Vervoort, MARE Tipsheet Jan 31 via DXLD) ** U S A. IN MEMORIAM: NEW DIMENSIONS' MICHAEL TOMS Justine and Michael Toms Co-founder of the popular independent public radio program New Dimensions, Michael Toms, passed away Jan. 24 at the age of 72. His wife and co-founder, Justine Willis Toms announced his death and is gathering tributes . For over four decades, Michael broadcast his conversations with the world's leading-edge thinkers and philosophers. Justine will continue as host of the program, heard on KGOU on Sunday mornings at 7 a.m. (KGOU E newsletter Feb 7 via DXLD) More: http://www.newdimensions.org/michael-toms-co-founder-of-new-dimensions/ http://www.newdimensions.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Michael-Toms-Obituary-02-01-2013.pdf (via gh, DXLD) ** VIETNAM. 7210 even, VOV 1st program, and 7220.013 both Vietnamese Radio outlets. 7220 VOV Son Tay in French, talk like listeners hour on Bonjour and Rendezvous, letters from Canada and Romania (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 6, dxldyg via DXLD) V. of Vietnam with 10 QSL cards, from July to Nov. A lot of the same pictures. 12020 kHz. Che Tao Commune, Mu Cang Chai, Viet Nam. Ha Long Bay, Viet Nam. Mother & child of Ha Nhi ethnic minority & Black H'Mong Lady, All arrived on 4th January (Jack Wachtershauser, Kelmscott, WA, Grundig 400 Yacht Boy. With a 5 metre high cable to TV antenna, Jan- Feb Australian DX News via DXLD) For 10 separate reports? ** VIETNAM [and non]. Winter B-12 SW schedule for Voice of Vietnam: 0100-0127 on 9640 WOF 250 kW / 294 deg to NEAm English 0130-0227 on 9640 WOF 250 kW / 308 deg to NEAm Vietnamese 0230-0257 on 9640 WOF 250 kW / 308 deg to NEAm English 0300-0327 on 6175 HRI 250 kW / 173 deg to CeAm Spanish 0330-0357 on 9640 WOF 250 kW / 294 deg to NEAm English 0400-0427 on 6175 HRI 250 kW / 173 deg to CeAm Spanish 0430-0527 on 6175 HRI 100 kW / 315 deg to NWAm Vietnamese 1000-1057 on 9840 VN1 100 kW / 177 deg to SEAs English/Indonesian 1000-1057 on 12020 VN1 100 kW / 177 deg to SEAs English/Indonesian 1030-1127 on 7285 MET 050 kW / 216 deg to SEAs Khmer/English 1100-1157 on 7220 VN1 100 kW / 027 deg to FERu Chinese/Russian 1100-1157 on 9840 VN1 100 kW / 057 deg to EaAs Japanese/English 1100-1157 on 12000 VN1 100 kW / 027 deg to FERu Chinese/Russian 1100-1157 on 12020 VN1 100 kW / 057 deg to EaAs Japanese/English 1130-1227 on 7285 MET 050 kW / 216 deg to SEAs Thai/French 1200-1227 on 9840 VN1 100 kW / 057 deg to EaAs Japanese 1200-1227 on 12020 VN1 100 kW / 057 deg to EaAs Japanese 1200-1257 on 7220 VN1 100 kW / 027 deg to FERu Chinese/Russian 1200-1257 on 12000 VN1 100 kW / 027 deg to FERu Chinese/Russian 1230-1327 on 7285 MET 050 kW / 216 deg to SEAs Khmer/French 1230-1327 on 9840 VN1 100 kW / 177 deg to SEAs English/Indonesian 1230-1327 on 12020 VN1 100 kW / 177 deg to SEAs English/Indonesian 1300-1327 on 7220 VN1 100 kW / 027 deg to FERu Chinese 1300-1327 on 12000 VN1 100 kW / 027 deg to FERu Chinese 1330-1427 on 7285 MET 050 kW / 216 deg to SEAs Lao 1330-1427 on 9840 VN1 100 kW / 057 deg to EaAs English/Japanese 1330-1427 on 12020 VN1 100 kW / 057 deg to EaAs English/Japanese 1430-1457 on 7285 MET 050 kW / 216 deg to SEAs Thai 1430-1527 on 9840 VN1 100 kW / 177 deg to SEAs Indonesian/English 1430-1527 on 12020 VN1 100 kW / 177 deg to SEAs Indonesian/English 1500-1557 on 7220 VN1 100 kW / 290 deg to N/ME Vietnamese 1500-1557 on 7285 MET 050 kW / 216 deg to SEAs English/Thai 1500-1557 on 9550 VN1 100 kW / 290 deg to NoAf Vietnamese 1600-1657 on 7220 VN1 100 kW / 290 deg to N/ME English/French 1600-1657 on 7280 VN1 100 kW / 320 deg to EaEu English/Russian 1600-1657 on 9550 VN1 100 kW / 290 deg to NoAf English/French 1600-1657 on 9730 VN1 100 kW / 320 deg to WeEu English/Russian 1700-1757 on 7280 VN1 100 kW / 320 deg to EaEu Vietnamese 1700-1757 on 9730 VN1 100 kW / 320 deg to WeEu Vietnamese 1800-1827 on 5955 MOS 100 kW / 300 deg to WeEu English 1800-1857 on 7280 VN1 100 kW / 320 deg to EaEu German/French 1800-1857 on 9730 VN1 100 kW / 320 deg to WeEu German/French 1830-1927 on 5955 MOS 100 kW / 300 deg to WeEu Vietnamese 1900-1957 on 7280 VN1 100 kW / 320 deg to EaEu English/French 1900-1957 on 9730 VN1 100 kW / 320 deg to WeEu English/French 1930-1957 on 5955 MOS 100 kW / 300 deg to WeEu French 2000-2027 on 6135 WOF 250 kW / 075 deg to NEEu Russian 2000-2027 on 7280 VN1 100 kW / 320 deg to EaEu Russian 2000-2027 on 9730 VN1 100 kW / 320 deg to WeEu Russian 2030-2127 on 6175 DHA 250 kW / 315 deg to WeEu German 2030-2127 on 7220 VN1 100 kW / 290 deg to N/ME English/French 2030-2127 on 7280 VN1 100 kW / 320 deg to WeEu English/French 2030-2127 on 9550 VN1 100 kW / 290 deg to NoAf English/French 2030-2127 on 9730 VN1 100 kW / 320 deg to WeEu English/French 2130-2227 on 7370 WOF 250 kW / 114 deg to SEEu Vietnamese 2200-2227 on 7220 VN1 100 kW / 027 deg to FERu Chinese 2200-2227 on 12000 VN1 100 kW / 027 deg to FERu Chinese 2200-2257 on 7285 MET 050 kW / 216 deg to SEAs Thai/Khmer 2200-2257 on 9840 VN1 100 kW / 057 deg to EaAs Japanese/Chinese 2200-2257 on 12020 VN1 100 kW / 057 deg to EaAs Japanese/Chinese 2300-2357 on 7285 MET 050 kW / 216 deg to SEAs Lao 2300-2357 on 9840 VN1 100 kW / 177 deg to SEAs Indonesian/English 2300-2357 on 12020 VN1 100 kW / 177 deg to SEAs Indonesian/English (DX RE MIX NEWS #766 from Georgi Bancov & Ivo Ivanov, Tue, Feb. 5, 2013 via DXLD) ** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. CLANDESTINAS, DX diurno em OLonga e Omédia: 1550, Frente POLISARIO, Rabouni, Argélia, 1139-1258*, 01/2, árabe, texto, programa em castelhano, às 1200,..., encerramento com o hino; 35443. Continuam com o programa vespertino, em castelhano, das 1715v- 1800. 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** YEMEN. 6135.0, Yemen Radio (presumed), 1454-1501*, Feb 5. Still no sign of Madagascar here! Reciting from the Qur’an; heavy VOA QRM at 1459 from 6140; carrier clearly off at 1501 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZAMBIA [and non]. Hi everyone, For the record, Zambia ZNBC2 on 6165 is still missing as of February 3. But China is coming in well tonight. China. China Radio International, 6165 Beijing. Feb 3, 2013. Sunday. 1710-1727. OM's talking in very English accents, at first I thought it was the Beeb! But ID's at 1714 and 1726 "China Drive". Good, apart from lots of lightning QRN (local to Jo'burg). To Iran (EiBi). Jo'burg sunset 1659. Zambia. ZNBC2, 6165 Lusaka. Feb 3, 2013. Sunday. 1710-1727. Still AWOL. Jo'burg sunset 1659. Regards, (Bill Bingham, RSA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZANZIBAR. Zanzibar is back on 11735 kHz after two days break. Noted with booming signals at 1535 UT on 3rd Feb 2013. Phone in program in Swahili with each message beginning with the greeting "salaam waalekum". Prayer call for evening prayers at 1549 UTC and brief Koran Chantings and back to phone in program. News in Swahili at 1600 UTC mentions "Habari" which is the Swahili word for news. Drum signature tune and time pips before news. At 1620UTC station ID clearly mention "Hi Ni ZBC". I have been observing the erratic schedules, breaks and change of signal strength of this station from day to day and even within the same day. Is it erratic power supply or switching different antenna ( why should they?). (Supratik Sanatani, Kolkata, India, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Answer to erratic ZBC signals lie in erratic power supply. Here is a quote from The Independent, UK but please note that it is a backdated post of 6th Feb 2010. "Zanzibar could be without mains electricity for the whole of February, following a technical failure on the submarine cable from the national grid in mainland Tanzania." http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/africa/zanzibar-trouble-on-paradise-island-1890529.html A later post of 7th October 2012 from Tanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam) paints a brighter picture: "Zanzibar — ZANZIBAR has moved closer to ending electricity blues, following the arrival of a new marine cable to replace the current dilapidated 45 megawatts wire connecting the islands to the national grid from Dar es Salaam." http://allafrica.com/stories/201210070097.html (Supratik Sanatani, Kolkata, India, ibid.) 6015, ZBC Radio. After years of hearing this with marginal reception, Feb 6 had the best reception ever heard! Random listening from *0257 to 0419; usual format throughout as often reported by Bill Bingham (RSA); especially clear was the 0400 news with many mentions of “Zanzibar”; several clear “Z-B-C Zanzibar” IDs. Cannot imagine I will ever have better reception than this, but still with adjacent splatter/QRM. https://www.box.com/s/tw2z0f1drjjlnwxf7i5z (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1655, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZIMBABWE. Voice of Zimbabwe, 4828 Gweru. Feb 6, 2013, Wednesday. 1820-1828*. Afro music with announcements by YL in English. Would have been fair, if not for lightning QRN (local to Jo'burg). Suddenly went off-air at 1828, coinciding with a large flash of lightning to the west of Jo'burg; surely a coincidence. But as of 1838 it has not come back. Jo'burg sunset 1657. Regards, (Bill Bingham, RSA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific MW carrier search Feb 1 at 1319-1323 UT finds: 594, 693, 747, 774, 882 and 1566, with 774 strongest but still JBA. Today`s Enid sunrise is 1333. Trans-Pacific carrier search circa sunrise here Feb 4: not a full bandscan, but checking some prime frequencies, JBA carriers audible with BFO at 1328 UT on 774, 1329 on 747, 1330 on 882 kHz (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 780, Feb 3 at 1406 UT, groundwave KSPI Stillwater OK can be sharply nulled, revealing weak Spanish music, fast SAH, and no WBBM, fading by 1408 when a possible ID came as ``Radio Zeta``? Probably not as no such Mexican slogan mentioned anywhere and there are zero US SS stations on 780 per NRC AM Log. It`s a bit late for the two Tamaulipans or the one Coahuilan, but there are none further west. As for ``Zeta``, maybe no station would call itself that now with unfortunate connotations? No, Cantú does show a couple on AM, 1260 and 1340 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 960, Feb 4 at 0600-0605 UT, dominant signal during KGWA Fox-hole is blues music, again suspected from WABG Greenwood, Mississippi. Instead of my usual supine position abed for this, I have found a `hot spot` elsewhere in the house near a window on the DX-398. Or should I say `cold spot`, i.e. seem to get a better null on the KGWA carrier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. OTHERNESS: 1725.5-USB, Pescadores - 0858 1/26 - Presumed South American fisherman based on their Spanish accents. Faint signals just above the noise floor heard here for a couple of nights now during slight auroral conditions between 0900-1000. Phrases heard include "ella no tuvo de otra que pedir el paso ahí por la popa bien cerquita y ..." or roughly "she had no other way than asking to pass thru the stern very close and..." Other talk included boats, crossing borders, etc. I've never heard peskies on MW before! (Tim Tromp, Muskegon MI, MARE Tipsheet via DXLD) So they were not merely Mexican, Central American or Caribbean? (gh, DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 2240 kHz, further chex for the harmonic first heard around sunrise: Nothing audible in the evening, UT Feb 1 at 0000 or 0053. 2240, resumed monitoring at 1157 UT when there is a JBA carrier in the S9+5 noise level; but a stronger one on 2250 I stay with for a while, see separate log. Recheck 2240 at 1215, no improvement, but re-recheck at 1220, now a much stronger signal than 2250 or than 2240 was earlier, with vocal music; did it just sign on or step up power? 1223 announcement; 1230 signal surges a bit; 1235 another announcement. At 1239, 2240 is JBA but stronger than 2250; at 1245, 2240 is gone. Looks like 1215 is the best time to catch it. Probably 2 x 1120 or 4 x 560 from Mexico, as previously heard in Spanish. [and non]. 2240, Feb 2 at 0050 UT as I start to check the 2 MHz harmonic band in the evening, a surprisingly strong signal is here with preacher in English, but some total fade-outs. This, combined with the lack of any signal when I switch the DX-398 to LSB or USB indicates it`s an image, not really there. Punching in some of the strong US SW signals, sounds like the same thing as on WTWW-1 5830, so I get another portable and sure enough, they match. How does it land on 2240? I haven`t figured that out, but the receiver IF of 450 kHz is likely involved. None of the other WTWW frequencies were on or audible at this time: 12105, 9905, 5085, so it`s surely not a mix taking place in Lebanon. I`m reporting this to make a point of what is not really DX that one must still be aware of. However, I am sure the signal I am hearing around sunrise on 2240 is something else, since it shows none of these symptoms, and is in Spanish, so a true harmonic from 1120 or 560. Also, it`s important to note that my evening DX sessions around 0100 are usually performed with the DX-398 on the porch (35 degrees F tonight) with short random wire around the eaves, while in the mornings I`m using the main rig, FRG-7 inside with longwire outside, much less subject to such images. In the evening I am avoiding household noise sources, altho TVI perhaps from the neighbors is still present on many frequencies. 2240, Feb 2 at 1229 UT I awaken a bit too late as the harmonic here has probably already peaked; lively vocal music, 1240 still but weakening, fading to a JBA carrier by 1249. 2240-, Feb 4 at 1213 UT I am alarmed to awaken and turn on to pre- tuned 2240 in anticipation of the harmonic I have been hearing, since on Feb 1, it apparently came on circa 1215. At first there is nothing, but carrier and modulation cut on at *1216:30 with announcement seemingly in Spanish, but too weak to copy, shortly into music. The signal is immediately degrading, to JBA carrier when I give up at 1228. Seems like earlying sunrises will soon impossiblize this. The 1215 sign-on smax of a US station where the official FCC February sunrise time is then. Mexicans don`t seem to bother with such quarter- hour rounding precision, as in the IRCA Log you can see almost all of them which are not 24 hours schedule starting and stopping at hourtops. Sure wish I could find my set of SR/SS maps designed for MW DXing. So I need to find a 560 or 1120 station in the proper 1215 UT Feb sunrise strip. Assuming it`s Spanish, the best possibility on 1120 in NRC AM Log is WXJO Douglasville GA, 1 kW daytimer with a CP for 10. But its Feb SR is 1230 UT, close but not close enough. WNWF, Destin, NW Florida in CST zone is also 1230 UT. And so is WKCE Maryville TN, 1230 UT. And AFAIK, not Spanish. So much for 1120. How about 560, x 4? There are no known US SS stations on 560. WMIK, Middlesboro KY? Also 1230 UT {Wow! What would Disney pay them to relinquish that call? NFS? Means to them not so much MIddlesboro KY but ``Where Messiah Is King`` per NRC AM Log --- yes religion and monarchy are inextricably linked to the detriment of both}. WRDT Monroe MI? 1230 too. This approach is not working. Based on the LSR time, the 2240 transmitter would have to be a bit further east than all of the above. Back to Mexico: on 560 the only station in IRCA with a nominal sign-on of 1200 UT is XESRD, La Tremenda, in Santiago Papasquiaro, Durango, 5/0.25 kW. On 1120 there are three at *1200: XEZB, La Mejor, Oaxaca, Oaxaca, 2/0.25 kW; XEPOP, Fórmula 11-20 AM in Puebla, Puebla, 1/0.1 kW; and XERUY, R. Universidad, Mérida, Yucatán. 1/? kW. This is going to be solved only by some more good clues from monitoring, if I can yet pull enough signal at sign-on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn, I also went back to the drawingboard on this one. Considering WPRX is too weak, there is one other station that fit the pattern after investigation, and thats WUST From Wash. DC that goes from PSRA to 20kW. http://www.wust1120.com/WUST/AudioOnDemand.html elucidates that a Spanish religious program begins at 0715EST (1215UT). This might be your suspect, and is a little East of your previous investigations (Paul S. in CT, Feb 4, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Paul, Tnx, WUST looks like a good fit, except FCC shows their Feb sunrise is 1200 UT, not 1215. Maybe they wait until then anyway because of programming? When it comes to harmonix, when something is out of whack anyway, WPRX Bristol CT would not necessarily be too weak, but its sunrise is 1145. Listeners further east than I should be able to get 2240 better than I can and maybe a definite ID, starting around 1215. 73, (Glenn, OK, dxldyg via DXLD) That leaves WBBF Buffalo, NY 1 kW daytimer with proper Feb. Sunrise time and Spanish programming (Paul S. in CT, WORLD OF RADIO 1655, ibid.) 2240 kHz, Feb 5 at 1213 UT, I again alarm myself with the DX-398 to awaken in time for the harmonic about to sign on, but on the FRG-7 it never shows by 1220, tho there is maybe a JBA carrier 1225-1230. Meanwhile, tnx to Paul S. in CT who suggested some more possible fundamental sources on 1120 with Spanish programming: WUST in Washington DC, but its sunrise is 1230; and WPRX in Bristol CT, but sunrise at 1145. Bingo, one more is Spanish and rising at 1215: WBBF in Buffalo NY, 1 kW daytimer. But we`ll need some confirmation from closer listeners (or a better morning here) to decide that`s really it (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1655, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Couldn't get anything here this morning. I have careful aiming needed on this if DC/Buffalo Noise floor rather high at 23 db-micro. Crossing fingers for this morning (Paul S. in CT, Feb 5, ibid.) 2240, Feb 6 at 1216-1227 UT, no signal at all from the harmonic I had been hearing; fixed it? Should be some propagation left if it is WBBF 1120 in Buffalo NY, as theorized (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 2250 kHz, Feb 1 at 1157 as I start my pre-sunrise harmonic search, a JBA carrier here, and stronger than the one on 2240. The only MW frequency which would harmonicize on 2250 is 750. (It would be ironic of this turn out to be KSEO in Durant, SE Oklahoma, which I have yet to hear on its fundamental, day or night, and wonder if it`s really on the air.) 1215 still JBA carrier; 1239 weaker than 2240, but at 1245 and 1256, 2250 is still audible while 2240 is gone. Yet I have not been able to pull any audio on 2250. (With only two nearby AM stations, 960 and 1390, I am pretty familiar with where their harmonix and mixtures land, e.g. 2350, not 2250). 2250, Feb 2 at 1236 UT, this probable 3 x 750 harmonic never exceeds a JBA carrier this morning. It would be nice if some other DXers in this part of the continent would look for these, especially if they have a better S/N ratio on 2 MHz. Of course also due to relative proximity, others may have a better shot at some of them. 2250, Feb 3 at 1303, some JBA music on an apparent third harmonic of 750; first time at least some modulation audible, but need to monitor during previous hour. Too late for anything on 2240, and 2660 is JBA carrier now too (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Feb 2 around 0053 UT, stepping thru the 2 MHz band, besides the known harmonix on 2660 and 2910, I also find JBA carriers on 2480, 2800 and 2860, which are likely to produce more harmonix if they can be pulled above the noise level. Remember R. San Carlos, Costa Rica, was being widely heard three years ago on 2859.8 = 2 x 1429.9. 2480 and 2800 bear hundreds of possible US fundamentals on graveyards 1240 and 1400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 2660, Feb 2 at 0049 UT, some music is audible here vs the noise level, same frequency where in the morning I have been getting KGLD, Tyler TX, 2 x 1330. Can`t tell if the music is gospel tonight. Still audible at 0106, and at 0125 with BFO I can tell that besides the music there is a second carrier on a slightly different frequency. So there is at least one other 2 x 1330 harmonic showing up on 2660; and KGLD itself if properly operating legal night power, would be only 77 watts on the fundamental. 2660, Feb 2 at 0628 UT, algo with music, as earlier in the evening, suspected something other than the KGLD harmonic as heard before sunrise. Recheck 1229 again something. Remonitoring from before 1300 past hourtop, no increase in signal noted today at Tyler sunrise, continues JBA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 2932-USB, Feb 4 at 0051, colloquial Spanish 2-way talking about need for a mecánico, maybe only hearing one side. Smax of a poacher or narco boat, but this is an aero band. Who cares if you`re illegal anyway? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 3325, Feb 3 at 0102, surprised to hear weak signal in English: not sure whether this one is a transmitted mixing product or a receiver image on the DX-398, but no match on 3185, 3195, 3215 or 5830 at least (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 3370, Harmonic, 0930 on 26 and 28 Jan (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - 60 meter dipole - AOG, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Harmonic?? unlikely unless there is a fundamental on 561-2/3, 674, 842.5, 1123-1/3, or 1685 kHz (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 4700, Feb 4 at 0052, again two JBA carriers on slightly different frequencies per BFO, one likely R. San Miguel, BOLIVIA, but I`d sure like to know what the other is, a 5 x 940 harmonic? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 4719-USB, Feb 4 at 0053, another very colloquial Spanish 2-way, first words heard upon tuning in being ``puta madre`` --- your mother`s a whore, a rather impolite curse frequently uttered by lowlifes. One of them has ``engine noise`` behind. Good signals QRMing BOLIVIA on 4717 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 4835, Feb 2 at 0056, like 24 hours earlier I am getting two very weak carriers on slightly different frequencies, before WWCR blasts on 4840 around 0059, probably R. Ondas del Sur Oriente, Quillabamba, Perú, and AIR Gangtok, Sikkim, the only two stations known to be on 4835 at this time on the darkside or grayline; unless there is a spur or mixing product from somewhere else. 4835, Feb 4 at 0056, one JBA carrier, vs CODAR chirping just before WWCR blasts on 4840. So far R. Ondas del Suroriente, Quillabamba, Perú evades us on new frequency ex-5120 reported by Pedro F. Arrunátegui. If regularly on, it`s just too weak here. Or the JBAC could be Sikkim: the Turkistan trio were much stronger on best 5060 Chinese, also 4980, 4850. No chance of OA after 0100 if it`s still on, nor in the morning vs VL8A co-channel. 4835, Feb 6 at 0034, JBA carrier vs CODAR, so maybe it`s R. Ondas del Sur Oriente, Perú, which I have been chasing; at 0058 CODAR and now I can hear two carriers on slightly different frequencies, which fits for Sikkim on 4835.0 and Perú on 4805.03; then by 0059 blasted from 4840 WWCR steel-drum sign-on. However, at 0101 I notice that WWCR is in dead air, which certainly reduces the splash, so on LSB tuning I can barely tell that the two 4835s are still there. 4835, Feb 7 at 0051, one JBA carrier vs CODAR; 0058 now there are two JBA carriers slightly offset, until WWCR, (now I get it: steel drums evoke Trinidad, then Trinity, i.e. the Christian subset which believes in that?), blasts on 4840 at *0058:48, i.e. likely R. Ondas del Sur Oriente, Perú and then joined by All India Radio, Sikkim (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also PERU 4835! UNIDENTIFIED. 5660-, Feb 1 at 1248 weak talk in English found here on AM as I am tuning 3 MHz up from the harmonic on 2660; 5660 is slightly on the low side. This does not work out to be any harmonic from a MW channel; maybe a shortwave leapfrog or difference product I have yet to figure out. First suspect should be WWCR, some combination of 15825, 9980, 5935, 4840 on the air at this hour along with MW 1300 WNQM at same site, which BTW I see has had an STA for low power due to repairs. 5660 has some QRM from ute bursts on the hi side (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 5958.3, 1100 to 1110 then off 31 Jan (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -Icom 746Pro - Drake R8 - 60 meter dipole - AOG, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 7245 - Tune in at 0249 to YL with talks in unID language. Into Arab style vocal followed by instrumental middle eastern style. Sounded like something more Central Asian almost. Music ran past 0300 when YL came back with brief announcements, very muffled and covered by static. Signal went off at 0300:39. Signal strength was fair with moderate fades and static along with some ham QRM. Definitely not Mauritania or Iran. Tajikistan? Tonight's mystery (Stephen Wood, Harwich, Mass., UT Feb 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 7415, Feb 3 at 1321, humroar mixed with weaker Chinesish? so is it jamming or a spurblob? Nothing at all scheduled here in Aoki, HFCC or EiBi. Roar and language cut off at same time 1329:47*, so what in the neighborhood is scheduled to close at 1330? 7185.7 & 7200.1, Myanmar 7220, Vietnam in Chinese/Russian, but which is often around 7216v. 7345, Thazin Radio, Myanmar 7420, CNR1 jammer per Aoki only 7420, AIR changing from Tibetan to Nepali Most likely the above pair, I think; 7435, Sirjan, Iran in Pushto 7460, NBT Thailand is changing from Mandarin to Thai, maybe with break 7413.0, Feb 5 at 1303, rechecking yesterday`s unID which seemed jammed until 1330* --- today no jamming or blobbing, but I notice it`s on exactly 7413, and I`m afraid I may not have measured it yesterday when assumed to be on 7415. In current HFCC and Aoki, there is no transmission on 7410 or 7415 to account for this; CRI is in a one-hour break on 7410. M&W talking with occasional music bits. This is in Chinese as at 1307 caught a partial ID, ``guangbo diantai``, missing the important part! Bothered by splatter from Martí/Greenville on 7405; and next signal up is a JBA carrier on 7420. Since it`s on exact 7413, likely intentional rather than a drift. V. of Tibet from Tajikistan is known for such split frequencies, i.e. currently in Aoki, 7538, 7548. Note I was getting VOR from Dushanbe at same hour on 5885 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 8750 AM, China Radio International French Service. Parallel to 5970 (via Albania) first noted at 1844 UT and signed off mid sentence at 1956. someone in the Twente site chat insisted that this was "ZCK Hong Kong, China" not sure about that. Not even sure if there is such a station. Maybe they were confusing VRX Hong Kong Radio with something. Does anybody know what this was? (Dave Hughes, Kansas City, Missouri, USA, Feb 4, dx'ing while at work on the Twente SDR, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) My first reaction was jamming against SOH but they usually use extremely over-modulated music with percussion. Then I thought it may be an image but it is a Perseus SDR. However others have heard it. Why French and don't think it is from Albania either. It is slap bang in the allocation for marine telecommunications. Weird but you can discount it being from HK (Robin VK7RH Harwood, Tasmania, dxldyg via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 9595+, Feb 6 at 1438, R. Nikkei in Japanese again has a het on the hi side. I wonder if anyone else is hearing this, or if I am DXing some household radiator. Also a trace of it 24+ hours later, but not 22 hours later (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. UNID Station on 10002 kHz --- Hi Glenn, I was checking propagation conditions on WWV at 10000 kHz, at 2045 UT, when I heard some music in the background. Turns out that retuning to 10002 kHz, I can detect a station coming in weakly, with music, including a flute at 2048, as well as a vocal chorus at 2050. Too weak to ID, but audible today, 3 Feb 2013. Best, of course, when WWV is on time pips only. 73's, (Ed Insinger, Summit, NJ, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Ed, I looked for this as soon as I saw your message, I think within the following hour, but did not hear it. Of course there is Italcable, the pirate timesignal station in Italy, which includes music along with time announcements, but only reported on 10000 even so far. I haven`t heard it either. Were you hearing only music from your unID. Was its carrier frequency 10002 or did it just come in better there a bit away from WWV? And did you hear anything from this since? (Glenn to Ed, Feb 5, ibid.) Hi Glenn, Upon careful adjustment, I was able to hear the unID station best on 10002 kHz; it could very well have been operating on 10000 kHz, since on 10002 kHz I was still clearly hearing WWV. Also, I only heard music on this occasion and have not heard anything since that day and time. I will check again today in the 2030 to 2100 time slot and report back, if anything is noted here. Thanks for your feedback. 73's, (Ed Insinger, Summit, NJ, ibid.) UNIDENTIFIED. Hi, everybody! I'm Vlad from Hira, NZ (173.3961, - 41.2153). Today, 31th Jan., 2013 from 0316 UT seen something similar to tests at a frequency in 11745 kHz. National music sounded similar to the east, the transmitter repeatedly switched-off: 0325, 0331, 0335 (audio was not). What is this station could be, thank you in advance for your help. Video radioreception will be a little later (Vlad Gadov, NZ, Cumbredx yg via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. Hello everyone, just noticed French language broadcast with sports coverage on odd frequency of 12001 kHz at 1940 UT. Listening in trying to get ID; anyone know what it could be? Nothing in French at this time either on 12000 or 12005. The broadcast ended abruptly at 2000 UT with no ID so don`t know what it is. Sounded like a soccer match description (Gilles Letourneau, Montreal, Canada, Feb 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) At present football preparation match of both national teams France vv Germany held in Paris stadium, started around 1950 UT, til approx 2125 UT. In South Africa held Ghana vv Burkina Faso national soccer teams on Afrika Cup around 1800-1930 UT though, also on EUROSPORT TV transmission. vy73 wolfy (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, ibid.) [On air live coverage transmission from Paris soccer stadium on RFI outlets AT PRESENT, 7205, 9790, and 11995 kHz. 73 wb (Büschel, 2038 UT, ibid.) If I had a guess, It sounded like Radio France, but, there was no ID 73 (Gilles, ibid.) UNIDENTIFIED. And heard another broadband scratching digital like signal on centered 13710 kHz in 13704 to 13717 kHz range, around 0125- 0130 UT Feb 5. Is China mainland jammer very earlier on air? ... and meant jamming against RFA Mandarin via Tinian co-channel from 0300 UT start? (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 5, dxldyg via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. Hola Sr. Gleen un gran saludo desde Venezuela, le escribo en esta oportunidad para hacerles dos preguntas. Ayer a eso de las 2300 UTC sintonicé con mi amigo el Dr. Luis Guerra Brand, probando un receptor Tecsun PL-660 que el Dr. Luis compró por Amazon, una señal en 14440 kHz; nos pareció que era Armenia en Inglés, es correcto??? Le pregunto esto porque he buscado información en internet y no consigo. Muchas gracias por la información que pueda suministrarme. 73 y buenos DXs (Williams López, Apartado Postal: 763, Barquisimeto, Estado Lara Venezuela, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hola Williams, Armenia no transmite en inglés, excepto tal vez algunas emisiones desde Moscú, ni en esa frecuencia. Puede ser Romania, 2 x 7220 = 14440, 23-24 en inglés (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ No contributions have been received in the past week to P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73703, or via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com (gh) PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ NASWA JOURNAL BACK ISSUES I have for sale back issues of the NASWA Journal, (even some pre 1990, when it was known as FRENDX. I have all issues from Jan. 1982 to Dec. 2010 up for sale for best offer, shipping cost to your location will have to be calculated. All are in good condition, many with the usual highlighting of interesting information. Please make your best offer to w6swl @ iserv.net I would prefer to sell as a single lot, but after a time I will consider selling off the years individually. Because of high shipping costs, available only to domestic purchasers. Feel free to pass this message along to others as you feel appropriate. TNX (Steve Lare 733 Myrtle Ave. Holland, MI 49423 USA DX LISTENING DIGEST via dxldyg) LANGUAGE LESSONS ++++++++++++++++ [NON] I`ve received another inquiry about what I mean by [non] after certain country headers, so here is another try to explain it: Question was: in your latest logs you have Shiokaze as KOREA NORTH [non], but shouldn`t it be JAPAN [non]? You also have KBS as KOREA SOUTH [non], even tho it does come from South Korea. I thought by [non] you meant it is a relay transmission not from that country. I know it`s confusing but I use [non] in more than one way. In the case of KOREA NORTH [non] for Shiokaze it means that is a transmission TO rather than FROM the country in question, i.e. a clandestine. It can equally be listed and sometimes is, under plain JAPAN, which is the transmitter and studio location (which are not always known for sure, but the target country is). In the case of KOREA SOUTH [non], for KBS, in this case, it refers to the transmission NOT being heard but instead something else (BBC), even tho the item is mainly about what KBS is doing or not doing. I hope that makes some sense! 73, (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) DX-PEDITIONS ++++++++++++ SHEIGRA, SCOTLAND DX-PEDITION OCTOBER 2012 Report can now be read online in colour including additional photos at http://www.bdxc.org.uk --- click on Articles Index (Alan Pennington, MW Report, Feb BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES +++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIEXISMO EN LA FONOTECA DE LA RADIO NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA Hola señores de Colombia y Venezuela, Espero estén bien. Gracias por su oportuna ayuda y entrevistas. Aquí está la nota publicada alrededor de la actividad diexística. Con gusto esperamos sus comentarios. José E. Plata M. http://fonoteca.gov.co/index.php/home/actualidad/item/678-reflexiones-alrededor-del-diexismo-entre-colombia-y-venezuela (via Rafael Rodríguez, Colombia, playdx yg via DXLD) Includes audio of RR`s and Santiago San Gil talks; a nice illustration of R. Nacional QSL when it had five SW frequencies on as many bands (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See also ARGENTINA; ERITREA; INDIA; NEW ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ZEALAND; NIGERIA; SPAIN; TAIWAN; UK PROBLEMA - SOLUCION SOFTWARE DREAM (DRM) Las ultimas versiones del software DREAM (decodificador para DRM) carecen de un archivo (faad_drm.dll) necesario para escuchar el audio, por ello siempre aparece el parametro MSC en rojo y la advertencia "codec no encontrado" y no se escucha nada. La solucion que ofrecen los programadores del DREAM no es satisfactoria, implica tener otro software ($$$) para generar el archivo faltante y esto desestimula a cualquiera . Sin embargo el archivo faltante se encuentra en otro software igualmente gratuito llamado SODIRA, que tambien permite decodificar DRM, bastara tomar el archivo (libfaad2.dll) que esta en la carpeta SODIRA y copiarlo a la carpeta del DREAM bajo el nombre faad_drm.dll y asunto resuelto. Los enlaces: http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/drm/index.php?title=Main_Page http://www.dsp4swls.de/sodira/sodiraeng.html 73 y Buenos DX (Jose Luis de Vicente, HK3ORT, Feb 2, condiglista yg via DXLD) BBC Radio Devon DRM test The January 2013 EMC journal mentions the DRM tests done a few years ago by BBC R. Devon. The entire 11 page report is available at: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/devon/pdfs/project-mayflower-summary-report.pdf 73's (Nick Rank, Buxton, UK, Feb 1, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ WiFi BLOCKING WALLPAPER 1680, Feb 2 at 1307 UT, KRJO Monroe LA on Bloomberg Business Radio net, interesting interview with authoress of an article about some new wifi-blocking wallpaper (yes, stuff you axually paste on walls of physical rooms, i.e. subdivisions of houses or offices), but lets FM and ``emergency`` signals thru unscathed, per new patent. This is accomplished by using conductive ink in snowflake patterns on non- conductive paper; costs $12 per square yard [sic], affordable(?). Depending on how deployed, it can restrict your own wifi to certain room(s), or keep out wifi from beyond. I assume it supposedly filters signals only in the 2.4 GHz wifi-band. But are we sure it won`t affect SW reception or any other frequencies?? Who cares about that? I then searched Bloomberg and found the related article: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-01-31/guy-eymin-petot-tourtollets-wi-fi-blocking-wallpaper It`s called MetaPaper, invented by a Frenchman and to be produced in Finland. It seems it never occurred to them to avoid the problem in the first place by using wired internet connexions only; works for me (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) RADIANT BARRIER EFFECT ON SHORTWAVE RADIO RECEPTION Mr. Hauser: I'm a long-time fan of yours. My Satellite 800 from Grundig is my main shortwave radio. I use the whip because I have no outdoor antenna yet. Attic installation of "Radiant Barrier" keeps heat out of the home, but, the barrier is made out of shiny aluminum foil and covers the ceiling of the home's attic. To what extent would you predict that this thin foil film will block shortwaves and other radio transmissions from passing through? Thank you for your time, Sir (Craig Champagne, Feb 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Craig, Interesting question. I doubt it would have much effect, especially since signals could still be coming in from other angles rather than just thru the roof (presumably). I see you have posed the question elsewhere, and will see what others think. Of course you would be better off in any event using external antennas (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Thanks, Mr. Hauser: I agree with you that it is high time for me to get an external antenna. I have a single story home and just over 1 acre of land (Craig Champagne, ibid.) Radiant Barrier installation in attic I'm considering having this aluminum foil-like film installed to the ceiling of my home. The summer heat is brutal here near Fort Polk, LA. I do not yet have a roof or external antenna for my portable shortwave, AM and FM radios. I use indoor loops and whips that stay attached or near the radio. Will the installation of this metallic foil interfere greatly with the radio waves trying to pass though my roof and ceiling to my portable radios? Anybody have experience with Radiant Barriers blocking radio reception? Thanks (Craig Champagne, ABDX via DXLD) I haven't noticed any signal degradation due to foil-face insulation. Maybe it would be a problem in a room with no windows (Tim Kridgel, ibid.) I don't know about radiant barriers, but my cousin in Summerville, SC, had a metal roof put on her house and it doesn't seem to hurt radio reception in there, but it does block cell reception. My phone was down to one bar in there and they reported no signal in spots (Bob Smoak, Bamberg, S. C., ibid.) Don`t know about foil-faced insulation, but I have a neighbor with aluminum siding on the exterior of their house, and it definitely interferes with their portable phone use. They have replaced several different brands and models, with little success. It has not interfered with their cell phone use (Dick W., ibid.) Part of my garage insulation system is foil faced polycyano foamboard, foil faced 'glas insulation and a metal roof. That combo doesn't seem to make much difference in that building. The addition of a metal roof on the house made a difference on AM reception. I believe some reflective films are conductive and some aren't. Maybe a piece of the material, a portable radio and an hour of time would give you an idea of what to expect (Mike, AD1OS, ibid.) TECH, TELECOM GIANTS TAKE SIDES AS FCC PROPOSES LARGE PUBLIC WIFI NETWORKS === The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/tech-telecom-giants-take-sides-as-fcc-proposes-large-public-wifi-networks/2013/02/03/eb27d3e0-698b-11e2-ada3-d86a4806d5ee_story_1.html The proposal would require local television stations and other broadcasters to sell a chunk of airwaves to the government that would be used for the public WiFi networks. It is not clear whether these companies would be willing to do so. The FCC’s plan is part of a broader strategy to repurpose entire swaths of the nation’s airwaves to accomplish a number of goals, including bolstering cellular networks and creating a dedicated channel for emergency responders. Some Republican lawmakers have criticized Genachowski for his idea of creating free WiFi networks, noting that an auction of the airwaves would raise billions for the U.S. Treasury. That sentiment echoes arguments made by companies such as AT&T, T- Mobile, Verizon Wireless, Intel and Qualcomm, in a letter to the FCC staff late last month, that the government should focus its attention on selling the airwaves to businesses. Some of these companies also cautioned that a free WiFi service could interfere with existing cellular networks and television broadcasts. Intel, whose chips are used in many of the devices that operate on cellular networks, fears that the new WiFi service would crowd the airwaves. The company said it would rather the FCC use the airwaves from television stations to bolster high-speed cellular networks, known as 4G. “We think that that spectrum would be most useful to the larger society and to broadband deployment if it were licensed,” said Peter Pitsch, the executive director of communications for Intel. “As unlicensed, there would be a disincentive to invest in expensive networking equipment and provide users with optimal quality of service.” Cisco and other telecommunications equipment firms told the FCC that it needs to test the airwaves more for potential interference. “Cisco strongly urges the commission to firmly retreat from the notion that it can predict, or should predict . . . how the unlicensed guard bands might be used,” the networking giant wrote. Supporters of the free-WiFi plan say telecom equipment firms have long enjoyed lucrative relationships with cellular carriers and may not want to disrupt that model. An FCC official added that there is little proof so far that the spectrum that could be used for public WiFi systems would knock out broadcast and 4G wireless signals. “We want our policy to be more end-user-centric and not carrier- centric. That’s where there is a difference in opinion” with carriers and their partners, said a senior FCC official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the proposal is still being considered by the five-member panel. The lobbying from the cellular industry motivated longtime rivals Google and Microsoft to join forces to support the FCC’s proposal. Both companies would benefit from a boom in new devices that could access the free WiFi networks. These companies want corporations to multiply the number of computers, robots, devices and other machines that are able to connect to the Internet, analysts said. They want cars that drive themselves to have more robust Internet access. More public WiFi, they say, will spur the use of “millions of de­vices that will compose the coming Internet of things,” the firms wrote in their comment to the FCC last week. “What this does for the first time is bring the prospect of cheap broadband, but like any proposal it has to get through a political process first,” said Harold Feld, a vice president at the public interest group Public Knowledge (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) ZAPPING BATTERIES [continued from 13-05] Just my luck, I have (and had) the 2500 Energizers. Looks like I might as well use them and see what I can get from them. At least the second set was almost free. Are there any currently on the market that should be avoided? If I get more batteries, should they work all right with the charger that came with the 2500s? 73, (Kit, W5KAT, ABDX via DXLD) The 2500 Energizers and 2650 Duracells are no more. The lower current ones are OK. It is best to use a charger that deep cycles the batteries. Use them until the charger doesn't like them anymore (Powell E Way III, ibid.) NEW CR-1 COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVER, $500 A Special Note from CommRadio’s founder on the eve of the opening of the CR-1 web-store: http://www.commradio.com/ As the lead designer of the CR-1, I am pleased to offer this new radio to you. It draws on my experience as a kid building Knight Kits, from my paper route earnings through currently owning a classic Drake 2B and a Zenith Transoceanic; my benchmarks for enjoyable, high quality short wave listening. I added a smooth machined aluminum tuning knob and minimized the number of buttons to provide you (and me), an intuitively obvious and enjoyable radio to operate. This radio is solid as a brick, looks cool and sounds great. The tall feet have a purpose besides good-looks: rest your hand on the tabletop to spin the knob and for the bottom- speaker to bounce the sound to you instead of going straight up into space. The military ‘black box’ people who visit us see it sitting on the shelf with the bright OLED display and they all say: “I want one!” Well, here it is. Let the CR-1 draw you into the wonderful hobby I’ve enjoyed throughout my life. February 1, 2013 - Don Moore, N0HDX (via Bill Patalon III, MD, DXLD) RADIOAMADORES FAMOSOS Akio Morita - Fundador da Sony - JP1DPJ - Silent Key Amyr Klink - Navegador - PY2KAK Anastasio Somoza - Ex-Presidente da Nicarágua - YN1AS - SK Arthur Collins - Fundador da Collins Radio - W0CXX - SK Barry Goldwater - Senador norte americano - W7UGA - SK Bhumibol Adulyadej - Rei da Tailândia - HS1A Blaine Hammond - Astronauta norte americano - Piloto do ônibus espacial Discovery - KC5HBS Carlos Menem - Ex-Presidente da Argentina - LU1SM Carlos Ferreira - Executor da primeira operação de SSTV de Svalbard, EU-044 - JW9PJA Chet Atkins - Guitarrista - WA4CZD - SK Curtis LeMay - General SAC USAF – W6EZV - SK Dennis Tito - Primeiro turista no espaço - KG6FZX Dirk Frimout - Astronauta - ON1AFD Edgar Roquette-Pinto - Pai da radiodifusão brasileira - SB1AG - SK Émile Lahoud - Ex-Presidente do Líbano - OD5LE Francesco Cossiga - Ex-Presidente de Itália - I0FCG - SK George Pataki - Ex-Governador do Estado de Nova Iorque - K2ZCZ Grégoire Kaylbanda - Ex-Presidente de Rwanda - 9X1A Hassan II de Marrocos - Rei de Marrocos - CN8MH - SK Helen Sharman - Astronauta inglesa - GB1MIR Howard Hughes - Piloto, engenheiro aeronáutico, bilionário excêntrico - W5CY - SK Hussein Talal - Rei Hussein da Jordânia - JY1 - SK * Jerry Linenger - Astronauta norte americano - KC5HBR Joe Walsh - Guitarrista da banda americana The Eagles - WB6ACU John Huston - Ator e diretor de cinema - 6UK - SK Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. - Prêmio Nobel de Física 1993 - K1JT Juan Carlos de Borbon - Rei de Espanha - EA0JC Juscelino Kubitschek - Ex-Presidente do Brasil - PY1JKO - SK Keizo- Obuchi - Ex-Primeiro Ministo do Japão - JI1KIT - SK Mamoru Mohri - Astronauta japonês - 7L2NJY Marcos Cesar Pontes - 1º astronauta brasileiro - PY0AEB Marco Antonio Fontoura Hansen - Geólogo - Primeiro radioamador a transmitir da Antártida[8] - PY3AEE Marlon Brando - Actor - FO0GJ - SK Maximiliano Kolbe - Mártir - Santo da Igreja Católica - SP8RN - SK Noor Hussein - Rainha da Jordania - JY1NH Owen Garriott - Astronauta norte americano - W5LFL [ex-Enid] Patty Loveless - Cantora country - KD4WUJ Paul Tibbets - Piloto do Enola Gay - K4ZVZ - SK Priscilla Presley - Atriz - N6YOS Qaboos bin Said Al Said - Sultão de Oman - A41AA Rachel de Queiroz - Escritora e romancista brasileira - PT7ARQ - SK Rajiv Gandhi - Ex-Primeiro Ministo da Índia - VU2RG - SK Reinaldo Leandro - Membro do Parlamento Andino - YV5AMH Roger Mahony - Cardeal da Diocese de Los Angeles - W6QYI Sako Hasegawa - Fundador da Yaesu - JA1MP - SK Scott Redd - Almirante Ex-Comandante 5ª Esquadra USN - K0DQ Steve Wozniak - Fundador da Apple Inc. - WA6BND Thor Heyerdahl - Membro da Expedição Kon-Tiki - LI2B - SK Tokuso Inoue - Fundador da Icom - JA3FA Ulf Merbold - Astronauta alemão - DP3MIR Walter Cronkite - Jornalista - KB2GSD - SK William Halligan Sr. - Fundador da Hallicrafters Co - W9WZE - SK Wilson Greatbatch - Criador do marca-passo - W2QBO - SK Yuri Gagarin - Cosmonauta russo - Primeiro homem a viajar pelo espaço - UA1LO - SK (Source? via Ulysses Galletti, radioescutas yg via DXLD) A minha dúvida nesta lista é o Yuri Gagarin, cujo envolvimento no rádioamadorismo deve ter sido meramente simbólico e muito provavelmente induzida pela propaganda da epoca, ou muito possivelmente o uso de um cartão genérico com seu retrato, assinado por alguns Gagarin não exatamente Yuri. Uma discussão interessante em Inglês é aqui: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/archive/amsat-bb/200209/msg00249.html (Horacio Nigro, Montevideo, Uruguay, ibid.) Horácio, boa noite. Difícil confirmar, veja outro cartão com outra identificação UA3ECJ - UA1LO UA3KBD ~ 1965 ~ First Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin UA3KWD Russia Space Capsule in Orbit card Mais em http://www.flickr.com/photos/radiorover/2333653701/ Lembro-me dessa aventura como se fosse hoje! (Eduardo R Heinrich, 5 Feb, ibid.) KML CIRCLE GENERATOR One of our valued active members Jerry Lenamon has passed on link to a website that might be of interest to some of our members. http://kml4earth.appspot.com/circlegen.html Using this site Jerry was able to create a circle out to a radius of 3000 km, (a rough 1 skip distance for many SW transmissions) on GE from several SW transmitter sites. Used for determining reliable one skip reception of SW transmissions in certain areas from certain SW TX sites etc., etc. A useful utility. Personally I 'also' think it's useful for VHF (FM/TV) Sporadic E DX purposes in determining possibilities of receiving one & two hop minimum & maximum SpE distances. The website only has a certain number of set distances, the maximum being 1000 km --- BUT by highlighting the distance value row on the webpage & then viewing the webpage in html source code format, one can find the area to edit and insert one's own desired circle radius values. Once edited, one can generate a circle as a KML file (of our desired radius) for usage within Google Earth. Thanks, Jerry :-) (Ian Baxter, Feb 4, shortwavesites yg via DXLD) OVER THE HORIZON RADAR, with many examples, visible and audible: http://www.iarums-r1.org/iarums/radar-2012.pdf (via Dinan Rogerio, radioescutas yg via DXLD) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ SUNSPOT COUNT FOR JANUARY 2013 The average sunspot count for January was 62.9, indicating that we are not yet into the final decline for this cycle but still well below the peak of over a year ago. The minimum between this cycle and the next should occur around 2017 or 2018, which will then be followed by two more similarly low sunspot cycles and then a third with almost no activity during a phase reversal. A chart displaying the measured sunspot activity since the early 17th century and my calculated prediction is available at: http://www.home.earthlink.net/~christrask/Solar%20Activity%201600-2100.pdf It's interesting to note that while various predictions from NASA and ARRL have been modified, altered, changed, and updated in recent years, mine has remained unchanged since I finalized it about three years ago (Chris Trask, N7ZWY / WDX3HLB, http://www.home.earthlink.net/~christrask/ swl at qth.net via DXLD) STRONG SOLAR RADIO BURST February 3, 2013 --- Solar activity has been low for weeks. However, there was a break in the quiet this weekend when new sunspot AR1667 unleashed a strong burst of shortwave radio static. The emissions were so loud, they overwhelmed the sounds of terrestrial voice transmissions in the loudspeakers of some shortwave radios on Earth. A recording of the outburst is featured on today's edition of http://spaceweather.com/ (via Southgate http://www.southgatearc.org/news/february2013/strong_solar_radio_burst.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AmateurRadioNews+%28Southgate+Amateur+Radio+News%29 via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) LISTEN TO A SOLAR FLARE DROWN OUT RADIO COMMUNICATIONS ON EARTH This is WAY cool --- Click on the URL then below the picture there is a tiny little green square with an arrow in it. Click on that and listen to what a solar flare does to radio transmissions between 21.1 and 28 MHz. http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/02/radio-solar-outburst/ Image: A medium-sized class C solar flare erupting from the sun in 2010. NASA/SDO Over the weekend, a tiny spot on the sun erupted into a moderately sized solar flare that was particularly loud in radio waves. With the sound of a roaring wave, it completely drowned out radio communication all over the Earth between 28 MHz and 21.1 MHz. The recording above comes from either a short wave radio station or a Ham radio transmission, said amateur radio astronomer Thomas Ashcraft, who works with NASA’s Radio JOVE project. It’s interesting to hear the voices get “swallowed up as the solar wave passes through,” he added in an e-mail to Wired. The sun is entering a period of high activity as it enters its solar maximum, the peak of an 11-year solar cycle. Despite this, our local star has been relatively quiet for the last few months, producing few large solar flares or coronal mass ejections — which occur when the sun throws off charged particles at millions of kilometers per hour. The radio burst that happened on Feb. 2 accelerated electrons to high energies. This electron stream created plasma and radio waves in the sun’s atmosphere, which traveled to Earth and disrupted some communications. The event was a fairly good-sized surge, said radio astronomer James Thieman, who leads the JOVE project. “We have seen a few this year that were larger,” he added, but this one was still quite strong. Of course, the events of the recent solar cycle are entirely dwarfed by certain past solar outbursts, like the 1859 Carrington event, which caused widespread havoc and even set telegraph stations on fire. If similar solar activity ever interferes with your radio transmissions, Thieman recommended changing the frequency a little bit since the sun’s radio bursts tend to affect only a narrow band. Audio: Thomas Ashcraft (via Kevin Redding, ABDX via DXLD) P.I.G. BULLETIN 130203 --- SOLAR & GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY FORECAST Solar activity will continue to fluctuate at solar flux levels between 95 - 135 s.f.u. in next few weeks. Present increase will end by 9 February. Occurrence of isolated C class flares only is expected in next few days, isolated M class flare is exceptionally possible, X flare is preliminary not expected. Geomagnetic field will be: quiet on February 17 - 21, 26 - 27. mostly quiet on February 5 - 6, 9, 28, March 3. quiet to unsettled om February 7 - 8, 11, 24 - 25, March 2. quiet to active on February 10, 12, 15 - 16, March 1. active to disturbed on February 13 - 14, 22 - 23. High probability of changes in solar wind which may cause changes in magnetosphere and ionosphere is expected on February (6 - 7,) 8 - 10, (12 - 14, 20 - 21,) 22, (27,) 28, March 1. Remark: Parenthesis means lower probability of activity enhancement. F. K. Janda, OK1HH, Czech Propagation Interest Group (OK1HH & OK1MGW, weekly forecasts since 1978) e-mail: ok1hh(at)rsys.cz (via Dario Monferini, DXLD) Geomagnetic field activity was quiet to unsettled except for a short period of active to minor storm levels at high latitudes on 02 February. Solar wind speeds began the period at about 430 km/s and gradually decreased to around 300 km/s by 30/2300 UTC. By 01/2115 UTC, an increase in solar wind speed and temperature was observed indicative of a negative polarity coronal hole high speed stream. Total field (Bt) increased from 4 nT to 11 nT while the Bz component of the interplanetary magnetic field varied between +/- 9 nT. The geomagnetic field responded with quiet to unsettled conditions through 02 February with periods of active to minor storming at high latitudes. By 03 February, solar wind speeds were in decline as effects from the coronal hole high speed stream began to wane. The geomagnetic field was quiet on 03 February. Solar wind speeds ended the period at approximately 400 km/s. At 03/1130 UTC, the lower energy particle flux reported by the EPAM instrument aboard the ACE spacecraft rose sharply and then leveled off while some of the lower energy channels declined. This was likely indicative of the passage of the 31 January CME, however there was no clear shock signature associated with it. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 04 FEBRUARY - 02 MARCH 2013 Solar activity is expected to be at very low to low levels with a slight chance for M-class flares until region 1667 rotates around the west limb on 14 February. Very low to low levels are expected for the rest of the forecast period, barring significant active region emergence or development. No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at normal to moderate levels throughout the forecast period with possible high levels on 06-07, 11- 12, and 24-25 Februrary due to coronal hole high speed stream effects. The geomagnetic field is expected to be quiet to unsettled with a chance for active periods on 09-10, 22-23 February, and again 01-02 March due to recurrent coronal hole high speed stream activity. Otherwise, mostly quiet conditions are expected. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2013 Feb 04 0833 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 2013-02-04 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2013 Feb 04 115 5 2 2013 Feb 05 115 5 2 2013 Feb 06 120 5 2 2013 Feb 07 120 5 2 2013 Feb 08 125 5 2 2013 Feb 09 125 10 3 2013 Feb 10 115 8 3 2013 Feb 11 115 5 2 2013 Feb 12 120 5 2 2013 Feb 13 120 5 2 2013 Feb 14 120 5 2 2013 Feb 15 115 5 2 2013 Feb 16 115 5 2 2013 Feb 17 110 5 2 2013 Feb 18 115 5 2 2013 Feb 19 115 5 2 2013 Feb 20 110 5 2 2013 Feb 21 110 5 2 2013 Feb 22 105 12 3 2013 Feb 23 115 8 3 2013 Feb 24 115 5 2 2013 Feb 25 110 5 2 2013 Feb 26 105 5 2 2013 Feb 27 100 5 2 2013 Feb 28 95 5 2 2013 Mar 01 95 10 3 2013 Mar 02 95 8 3 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1655, DXLD) Re: DISCUSSION OF DAILY SOLAR SPACE AND GEOMAGNETIC WEATHER I graph several geomag indices from nightly 'grabs' of various web- born data. The past week`s worth can be seen here: And the past 60 days can be seen here: They're a bit 'busy' but that's because I got carried away with what I COULD do progammatically vs. what might actually be useful. ;-) (Bill Whitacre, DC, Feb 4, IRCA via DXLD) ###