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Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1673: *DX and station news about: Antarctica non, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Cuba, Cyprus, Finland, Greece, Indonesia, International Internet, Israel, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Oklahoma, Papua New guinea, Solomon Islands, Somaliland, Swaziland, Taiwan, UK, USA SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1673, June 13-19, 2013 Thu 0330 WRMI 9955 [confirmed] Thu 2100 WTWW 9479 [confirmed] Fri 0328v WWRB 5050 [confirmed, ex-3195] Sat 0130v WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Area 51 [confirmed at 0138] Sat 0630 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 1500 WRMI 9955 Sat 1730 WRMI 9955 from WRN, resumed Sat 2330v WTWW 9930 Sun 0400 WTWW 5830 Sun 2330v WTWW 9930 Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 Wed 0630 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Wed 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Thu 0330 WRMI 9955 [or maybe 1674 if ready in time] Recent editions have also been airing in rotation at variable times on WTWW 9930 between 18 and 24 UT, 5085 between 00 and 01 UT. 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/ ** ANTARCTICA. Con mucho placer ayer 5-6-2013 y hoy día 6-6-2013 tuve recepción bastante buena desde mi estación ”LU1MHC” de la emisora LRA36 ARCÁNGEL SAN GABRIEL em 15476, lo que me llenó de placer volver a escucharla en el aire. FELICITACIONES a todos lo que hacen posible esto tan hermoso que es LA RADIO … desde Mendoza Capital – REP. ARGENTINA- ATTE. LU1MHC – HORACIO BOLLATI (comment on La Galena del Sur blog via DXLD) Estimado Hugo, Escuche la grabación de esta noche, 06 de junio. Footprint tonight 15476.002 kHz, 1958-2004 UT. vy73 - saludos (Wolfgang Bueschel, DF5SX, Stuttgart, Alemania, cc to DX LISTENING DIGEST) LRA36 --- en el aire en 15476 interferida por 15480 y con desvanecimientos importantes. Están comentando el correo recibido y emails (Ernesto Paulero, Argentina, 2019 UT June 6, condiglist yg via DXLD) 15476, June 6 at 2057 I detect a JBA carrier so try to determine when it goes off: seems like 2059:10* or so, but marred by a blob from one of my cable DTV boxes very near. Perhaps someone else monitoring LRA36 via SDR noted its exact closetime today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15476,001 Jun7 1855 Sannolikt Arcangel med LA-mx och annonsering 1900. Tidvis sändningsavbrott. 2-1 fade out A1915. SA 15476.001, Jun 7, 1855, Most likely Arcángel with LA-music and announcing at 1900. At times interruptions in the transmission. 2-1. fade out at 1915. SA (Stig Adolfsson, Sweden, SW Bulletin June 9, translated by editor Thomas Nilsson for DX LISTENING DIGEST) LRA36, Arcángel, on 15476. With very weak Spanish music at 1838. Note!! Junto A Vos is not more on Facebook. 73, (Maurits Van Driessche, Belgium, June 12, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) [non]. 15480, June 12 at 1211, CNR1 with poor signal // jammers on 15195, 15250 etc., but Aoki shows 15480 is not a jammer! But a regular service at 09-13. We are vigilantly looking out for LRA36 and its tiny signal on 15476, currently only at 18-21 UT weekdays (maybe). Ron Howard also heard TWR, Swaziland or South Africa? on 15475.0, June 10 at 1217-1309+ announcing it`s a transmitter test, we hope never to be used when LRA36 be on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Fortunately the TWR transmitter testing was only done on June 10. Also heard by Dave Valko (Penn.) on the 10th, who measured them on 15475.000 (Ron Howard (Calif.), dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANTARCTICA [non]. Thursday [sic] 21 June 2013 [subject to confirmation]: BBC - British Antarctic Survey annual mid-winter broadcast to BAS staff in Antarctica on midwinter's day in Antarctica. (Schedule in 2012 was 2130-2200 UT on 5950, 7360, 9850). There are no HFCC registrations for this yet as we go to press, but details will be given on the BDXC-News Yahoo! Group as soon as available (Dave Kenny? June BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD 13-23, via WORLD OF RADIO 1673 via DXLD 13-24) It always seems to be on June 21, whether or not that is the axual Solstice date, and this year that is a FRIDAY (gh, ibid.) The BBC winter solstice broadcast to the British Antarctic Survey this year will be on June 21, 2013, probably at 2130-2200. Frequencies last year were 5950 (Skelton), 7360 (Ascension), and 9850 (Skelton). Should have details for this year shortly (Dan Ferguson, June 10, NASWA yg via DXLD) ** ARGENTINA. 13363.5 LSB, LTA Armed Forces, 0110, just above threshold with Spanish talk by a man, perhaps live sport; suffering from slow, deep fades. 8/6 (David Sharp, NSW, FT-950, NRD-535D, Timewave 599zx, Quantum Phaser, EWE aerials, various other Palstar and MFJ accessories, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ARGENTINA. 15344.8, RAE, Junio 06 a las 1520 UT. Avisos de RNA y el programa “el mediodía en noticias” con reportes de varias Radios Nacional desde el interior: Tierra del Fuego, Córdoba, Tucumán, Rosario y otras hasta las 1529. Después sigue “Gente de a pie” que es sacado del aire a las 1532:57 UT. SINPO: 44444 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: Coaxial de 5 Ohms de 20 Metros, QTH: Centro de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** ARMENIA. 11755, R. Sadaye Zindagi via Armenia, Jun 11 *1459-1511, 33433-35433, Dari, 1459 sign on with IS, Opening announce and ID, Talk and music (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD- 515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT, 70m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ASCENSION [and non]. 6135, June 9 at 0539, poor signal in presumed Hausa, analog BBC as scheduled this semi-hour, altho could not hear it an hour earlier in analog French or DRM; now suffers from squeals out of the defective 6125 RHC transmitter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. 2368.48, Radio Symban, 1228-1250, June 8. For a June reception was surprising decent with EZL ballads/singing (clearly non- Greek) cutting through the summertime QRN; YL & OM DJs, but too weak to make out anything about the language used. Poor, but still enjoyable to hear this low powered station! Some music heard today posted at https://www.box.com/s/uqdm9q5fktlwwhg9pvi3 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. Re: ``6132-6133 & 6167-6168 kHz, June 4 at 1144 UT, squishy spurblobs are back from the 6150 kHz R. Australia transmitter, very distorted audio matching 9580 kHz, while 6150 kHz itself sounds OK atop Cuba. First heard May 28 but not in the meantime, checked some days. So the Shepparton-1 transmitter, which is an SW100A, has problems. It's the same one used later in the days in order, on 5995, 9710, 11650, 15240 kHz, mostly in English, so look out for similar plus/minus 17-18 kHz spurs around those frequencies (Glenn Hauser-OK- USA, dxld June 6)`` 6150: On June 10 around 1345 UT heard on semi-local remote unit at Brisbane some "scratching audio" on both sides, at 6125.5 to 6130 and 6170.5 to 6175 kHz. 5995: On June 10 around 1420 UT heard on semi-local remote unit at Brisbane some "scratching audio" on both sides, at 5969 to 5983 and 6008 to 6021 kHz (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 10, dxldyg via DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. Gilles. what kind of equipment do I need to receive Digital Text? I am using now a R71A and a Long Wire in my Attic. Thanks, (Steve Mason, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) An audio cable from your receiver's audio out to your computer's microphone jack. And a software like MultiPSK or Sigmira. :) (Georgi Bancov, Bulgaria, ibid.) That's it? Wow, soundS so easy. Thanks, (Steve Mason, ibid.) Hi Stephen, yes, quite easy. FLDIGI is a free piece of software; you basically hook up the audio out, or earphone jack of the radio to your input in the soundcard of the computer. Then all you need is to know the mode and mode settings if any; after a few tries you should get it. Have fun. 73 (Gilles Letourneau, QC, ibid.) Radio Australia digital --- The Radio Australia broadcast was quite strong on 7410 at 0850 this morning. SINPO 55445 and easily decoded in Seattle (Bruce Portzer, WA, June 9, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) QSL from Radio Australia test digital: Hola, in poche ore la risposta e la QSL della trasmissione in modo digiltale di oggi 9 giugno alle ore 0850 UT. e-mail: radigital @ mail2Australia.com Per info su trasmissioni test verificate sul sito di VOA Radiogram e ABC Australia. Ciao e buoni DX (Mauro Giroletti, Italy, playdx yg via DXLD) Viz.: <-----Original Message----- > From: Mauro [mauro.giroletti@ alice.it] Sent: 6/9/2013 2:54:05 AM To: radigital@mail2aust ralia.com Cc: radiogram@voanews. com Subject: Re: Report listening from ITALY Radio Australia Hi Dear Sir, My name is Mauro Giroletti. I'm Amateur Radio and Short Wave Listener, living in Buccinasco Nord ITALY, today 9 june 2013 I listening your station on 11945 AM mode + DIGITAL trasmission MFSK in attached file. The signal is not very good, but MFSK is a good mode to reception on difficult and noise condition. Please if the report is correct, is appreciated your letter or QSL. - Mauro - -Swl 1510- -IK2GFT- -JRC525Nrd - Lowe HF150- Filter PAR Electronics – BCST-LPF + BCST-HPF- DSP 9 -Eavesdropper SWL Sloper 11mt to 120mt Band- Loop ALA 100 M -Lat. 45 25'0" N Long. 9 7'0" E -Locator grid. Jn 45 Nk- (via playdx, ibid.) ---- Messaggio originale ---- Da: radigital@mail2Australia.com Data: 9-giu-2013 16.19 A: Ogg: Re: Report listening from ITALY Radio Australia Thank you for your reception report, we appreciate your interest in our digital text mode experiments. Please find your electronic QSL attached. Regards, -Christopher (ibid.) Radio Australia June 9, 2013 2150 UT 21740 kHz Digital summary. I listened from 2145 to 2205 UT. SIO 353 Discussion about politics is in progress. "Weekend of Sports". 2150 UTC "Waltzing Matilda" interrupts "Weekend of Sports". Digital items until 2157 when "Weekend of Sports" returns. 2200 UTC "Radio Australia News" read by a female announcer. Results of digital items. [SIC to show garble] ************************************************* *** Digital Text 1 *** * 2013-6-9 21740 kHz 2150 UTC MSFK16 centered on 1500 Hz. fldigi picks 1496 Hz as the sweet spot. This is Radio Australia transmitting in the MFSK16 digital text mode. The purpose of this test transmission is to assess the ability of digital text modes to convey information via shortwave broadcast in a variety of reception conditions. Please send reception reports, if possible with audio samples and screenshots, to radigital@mail2australia.com . Next on Radio Australia is a transmission in the MFSK32 digital mode... ************************************************* *** Digital Text 2 *** * 2013-6-9 21740 kHz 2152 UTC MSFK32 centered on 1500 Hz. fldigi picks 1496 Hz as the sweet spot. This is Raditt g Ì0alia transmitting in the MFSK32 digital text mode. Eke@ a*ter this MFSK32 text message will be an MFSK32 transoe bion using the Flmsg program. In Fldigi, click ConfigVnic+Mi4Jz NBEMS > under Reception of flmsg files, check both boxes, and below that indicate where your Flmsg program is located. ABOUT RADIO AUSTRALIA With a focus on Asia and the Pacific, Radio Australia offers an Australian perspective. Our content on radio, web, mobile and through social media encourages conversation and the sharing of ideas between Australians and the diverse people and cultures of the Asia Pacific. Radio Australia's content is produced for audiences in Asia and the Pacific who speak English, Burmese, Chinese, Indonesian, French, Khmer, Tok Pisin and amese. http://www.radioaustralheaF(.au/international/about-us Please send reception reports to radigital@mail2australia.com. If possible, audio samples and screenshots would also be appreciated. Next, an MFSK32 transmission in the Flmsg format. If received successfully, a Radio Australia logo should appear in a new window of your web browser. ************************************************* *** Digital Text 3 *** * 2013-6-9 21740 kHz 2154 UTC MSFK32 centered on 1500 Hz. fldigi picks 1496 Hz as the sweet spot. ... start [WRAP:beg][WRAPvtlf][WRAP:fn RA_logo.b2s]1.1.29 :hdr_fm:39 KD9XB 20130106114334 RA 20130206205255 :hdr_ed:18 RA 20130106114017 :mg:225

Radio Australia [WRAP:chksum AE28][WRAP:end] ... end see htm page here http://misc.kg4lac.com\2013-6-9_21740kHz_2154UTC_MSFK32.htm ************************************************* *** Digital Text 4 *** * 2013-6-9 21740 kHz 2155 UTC MSFK32 centered on 1500 Hz. Sending Pic:169x179C; Image is ABC logo with letters "ABC" in white on orange/yellow background. See image here http://misc.kg4lac.com\2013-6-9_21740kHz_2155UTC_MSFK32Image.jpg ************************************************* *** Digital Text 5 *** * 2013-6-9 21740 kHz 2156 UTC MSFK32 centered on 1500 Hz. Please send receptionÞi Orts to radigital@mail2australia.com. This is Radito uustralia. ************************************************* Makes me wonder if anyone is actually listening to Radio Australia. If I was listening to "Weekend of Sports" only to get interrupted at 2150 UT I'd be somewhat miffed. Is R. Australia receiving any complaints about program interruptions? The digital break happens without warning/without any announcement. If anyone is listening what to they think of the program interruption and strange noises? 73, (Kraig, KG4LAC, Krist, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA [and non]. 11665, June 12 at 1300, only hear weak signal from MALAYSIA; Ron Howard reported that RA Chinese had vacated 11665 as of June 11, after two months of collision, but to where? I hunt around today but don`t find a replacement on 25m; however reception from DU is subnormal, and it`s hard even to hear the // 9965 via Palau. Finally found the answer here: http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/chinese/radio/waystolisten ``Shortwave frequency changes for English Asia and Chinese services From 11 June, 2013 our 13:00 to 15:30 (UTC) services for China will shift frequencies from 11,665 kHz to 12,085 kHz (Chinese) and 11,835 (English).`` The English portion is 1430-1530. 12085 is not yet in Aoki, but shows a just-right sesquihour hole at 1300-1430 between AWR Sri Lanka and FEBC Philippines. Maybe I would have heard it if I searched that far up (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1673, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BANGLADESH. 4750, Bangladesh Betar, Jun 11 1256-1305, 33443-32442, Bengali, Talk, ID at 1257 and 1300 (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC- R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT, 70m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BANGLADESH. 15105, Bangladesh Betar, Jun 05 *1228-1239, 34443 English, 1228 sign on with IS, ID, Opening music, Opening announce, News 15505, Bangladesh Betar, Jun 05 *1358-1407, 35433, Urdu, 1358 sign on with IS, ID, Opening music, Opening announce, News (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT, 70m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15105, BANGLADESH BETAR. Junio 06 a las 1535 UT. Vía Dhaka. Música típica con puentes instrumentales hasta que a las 1544 UT una voz de mujer despide y sale del aire. La señal es fluctuante entre SINPO: 33333 y SINPO: 34434, siendo el primero más destacable (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: Coaxial de 5 Ohms de 20 Metros, QTH: Centro de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) 15505, June 9 at 1357, BB is JBA with tone test, 1358 IS, timesignal ends about 1359:46 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15105, Bangladesh Betar, Jun 11 1229-1246, 33443, English, IS, Opening music, Opening announce and ID, News (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC- R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT, 70m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15505, June 11 at 1358 JBA tone; 1359:10 BB IS runs past 1400 and cannot detect a timesignal before sign-on at 1400:25 in presumed Urdu (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15505, Bangladesh Betar, Jun 11 *1513-1523, 35333, Hindi, 1513 sign on with IS, Opening music, Opening announce, News (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT, 70m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15505, June 12 at *1356:10, BB carrier on, 1356:36 add tone test, 1358:18 IS plays almost four times before faded down in time for 6 pips to end at 1359:40.5, and opening Urdu with usual theme music; signal improved to poor today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BENIN [and non]. 1566, TWR Parakou, 1940, tentative with talk by a man in distinct Afro dialect, hymn, brief peaks followed by slow deep fades. São Tomé 1530 also in at fair-good level. In null of 3NE and partial null of 4GM. 7/6 (David Sharp, NSW, FT-950, NRD-535D, Timewave 599zx, Quantum Phaser, EWE aerials, various other Palstar and MFJ accessories, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 3310, Radio Mosoj Chaski, 1036, discussion between a man and a woman with several casual references to "Cochabamba." Fair. 6/6 (David Sharp, NSW, FT-950, NRD-535D, Timewave 599zx, Quantum Phaser, EWE aerials, various other Palstar and MFJ accessories, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 4699.93, R. San Miguel, 1051, rapidly fading but still fair with traditional Andean music. Ute QRM lowside. 4/6 (David Sharp, NSW, Equipment Used: FT-950, NRD-535D, Timewave 599zx, Quantum Phaser, EWE aerials, various other Palstar and MFJ accessories, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 4716.68, R. Yura, 1132, very weak and presumed, with Spanish talks and Andean music. Just above threshold. 6/6 (David Sharp, NSW, FT-950, NRD-535D, Timewave 599zx, Quantum Phaser, EWE aerials, various other Palstar and MFJ accessories, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 5952.42, R. Pio XII, 1055, Spanish, time check by a woman, further talk by a man, into ballad at 1058, then ads or similar, "...en todo...Bolivia..." Very good. 6/6 (David Sharp, NSW, FT-950, NRD-535D, Timewave 599zx, Quantum Phaser, EWE aerials, various other Palstar and MFJ accessories, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5952.4, Emisora Pio XII. 09 de junio a las 2105 UT. Vía Siglo XX. Avisos sobre programas sociales del gobierno, no violencia a la mujer con campaña “Ojo con la violencia” y avisos sindicales. A las 2108 se emiten cumbias en español y música bailables. Señal sin interferencias, sólo con un poco de ruido atmosférico por el atardecer. SINPO: 54454 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: Cable de cobre de 5 metros. QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 6105.51, R. Panamericana, 1106, noted as massive het against nominal, good copy in USB with news by a woman, "Las noticias de R. Panamericana..." Also, "Panamericana...La Paz." 6/6 (David Sharp, NSW, FT-950, NRD-535D, Timewave 599zx, Quantum Phaser, EWE aerials, various other Palstar and MFJ accessories, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1673, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6105.48, Radio Panamericana, La Paz, presumed, 1103 to 1112 with l.2k filter in usb with weak signal, om mentions en español, 6 June (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D, Icom 746Pro, Drake R8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6105.374, Jun 7 2147, R Panamericana (tentative) with SS talk. Several short 1-2 minute interruptions in the transmission during the following 20 minutes of listening (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, SW Bulletin via WORLD OF RADIO 1673, DXLD) Cf. BRAZIL, for very close 6105v station R. Filadélfia (gh) ** BOLIVIA. 6134.87, R. Santa Cruz, 1117, noted as het against nominal but copyable in LSB with nice Andean music, local ads. 6/6 (David Sharp, NSW, FT-950, NRD-535D, Timewave 599zx, Quantum Phaser, EWE aerials, various other Palstar and MFJ accessories, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6134.8, Radio Santa Cruz, 0940 excellent signal at tune in, Bolivian music, faded somewhat but still good 1010, June 7 (XM, Cedar Key, South Florida, NRD 525D, R8A, E-5, via Robert Wilkner, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 6154.94, R. Fides, 0950, tune/in to convenient "Radio Fides" ID, announcements, music bridge, very strong. 6/6 (David Sharp, NSW, FT-950, NRD-535D, Timewave 599zx, Quantum Phaser, EWE aerials, various other Palstar and MFJ accessories, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6154.92, R. Fides. Found with soft religious music at 0003. Then an unID station signed on at 0005:16 causing QRM. Switched to LSB and notched out the offending station. Caught M announcer starting with nice ID at 0017:22. Both stations about equal by 0020. Canned announcements at 0030 including an ID promo by M. Another canned ID promo between songs at 0046. 9 June (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus with Wellbrook ALA1530S+ and 153’ Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 3375, Brasil, R Municipal, peaking around 0958 to 1010, male with Portuguese talk, best in quite awhile but faded quickly. June 7 (XM, Cedar Key, South Florida, NRD 525D, R8A, E-5, via Robert Wilkner, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Was it that one or this one? --- (gh) ** BRAZIL. 3375.08, R. Educadora, 1017, weak, with Brasopops and talk by a Portuguese man. First time logged on this frequency, 6/6 (David Sharp, NSW, FT-950, NRD-535D, Timewave 599zx, Quantum Phaser, EWE aerials, various other Palstar and MFJ accessories, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 4755, R. Imaculada Conceição, 1028, presumed the one with Portuguese talk, het with The Cross high side so best copy in LSB. 6/6 (David Sharp, NSW, FT-950, NRD-535D, Timewave 599zx, Quantum Phaser, EWE aerials, various other Palstar and MFJ accessories, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 4774.99, Rádio Difusora de Congonhas, 5/15 at 0023-0055*, an old friend station, reactivated, program of Portuguese ballads with religious announcements and comments, etc. At 0049 started the day’s shutdown sequence, contact info announcements including internet ( “w- w-w . . .” . ) At 0051, went into “Oracion [sic] Final” followed by a hymn accompanied by piano and then abruptly pulled the plug at 0055*. Good signal and only light QRM, main problem the incessant static crashes from summer t-storms (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 150/330 degrees for LA/SE Asia, DXEngineering RPA-1 preamp, Phased Longwire + Small Loop, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also UNIDENTIFIED ** BRAZIL. 4785, R. Caiari, 1045, good with discussion between two Portuguese men, bothered by CODAR sweeps. 7/6 (David Sharp, NSW, FT- 950, NRD-535D, Timewave 599zx, Quantum Phaser, EWE aerials, various other Palstar and MFJ accessories, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) BRASIL, 4785, R. CAIARI. 09 de junio a las 0203. Vía Pto. Velho. Avisos de la emisora en portugués, con números de teléfonos de la misma y otros servicios, hasta las 0210 UT que sale del aire. Señal estable, con modulación regular. SINPO: 43333 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: Cable de cobre de 5 metros. QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 4876.69 R. Roraima, 0947, down about a kilohertz from previous log; fair to good with Brasopops, energetic man. (4/6 David Sharp) 4885 R. Dif. Acreana AND R. Clube do Para, 0940, first time I can remember hearing both at the same time; Acreana on top with nice ballads and R. Clube underneath with hyper talk by a man. (5/6 David Sharp) 4914.94 R. Daqui, 0925, excited man, music bridge, more talk and into ads or similar. Warbly, drifty xmtr in sideband. Some CODAR splash. (5/6 David Sharp) dxldyg ** BRAZIL. 4915 tentative, Brasil, Radiodifusora Macapá, Macapá, AP, 2320 pop rock music and tune in 'Oh Oh Oh" repeated in song, into Brasil pops, 2340 new song, 2355 quick mention of "Macapá" by om, then into alto range female vocal, No ID on hour 30 May (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D, Icom 746Pro, Drake R8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 4905.038, R. Anhanguera, ZY Pops and ballads. There was a canned announcement by M around 0056 but I couldn't copy. Went over ToH with music but there was a canned probable promo by W between songs at 0001, and again at 0011. Surprised to finally get a canned ID by the same W at 0015:40. CODAR was tough. There was another signal on 4905.015 which might be Relógio. No audio, however. 11 June (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus with Wellbrook ALA1530S+ and 153’ Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. BRASIL, 5035, R. APARECIDA. 09 de junio a las 0222 UT. Música en portugués con buena modulación, señal estable con SINPO: 43344, aunque con leve siseo de RHC en 5040. Aunque no se escuchan las frecuencias de 6135, 9630 y 11855, tiene una retransmisión por parte de 9 de Julho en 9820 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: Cable de cobre de 5 metros. QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) Vice versa circa: can only detect carrier on side of RHC 5040 (gh, DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 5940, Brasil, Voz Missionária, 0940 very strong at tune in, still decent after 1000, Brasilian music, first time heard in a while, June 7 (XM, Cedar Key, South Florida, NRD 525D, R8A, E-5, via Robert Wilkner, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. BRASIL, 5940, R. VOZ MISSIONARIA. 09 de junio a las 0237 UT. Mensajes sobre pedidos de oración a teléfonos de la emisora y avisos de misiones en África. Señal con algo de interferencia de Rossii en la misma frecuencia. SINPO: 43444. En comparación 9665, se encuentra interferida por VOR en inglés (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL- 660, Antena: Cable de cobre de 5 metros. QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. Re: ``6105.04, 2226, Radio Cancao Nova, Brazil on 6105.040 at 2226. With news from Brazil by male and female. Fair reception, no ID heard. Maurits Van Driessche, Belgium, via Hard-Core-DX mailing list`` Rádio Canção Nova has not been heard here for a long time, at least not here in Engelholm. It is always ID for R Cultura Filadélfia here or on 6104.7! (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, SW Bulletin via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 6104.79v-.76, Rádio Cultura Filadélfia, Foz do Iguaçu, rarely heard station noted several mornings this week, appears to be nominal *0945. Very short reception window, as signal tends to peak before 1000 and then totally fade out by 1005-1010. First heard 6/3 at 0956 when tuning by, signal strong enough to stop me in my tracks -- nice ZY sertaneja music with accordion and strummed acoustic guitar. Canned ID Portuguese announcement including frequencies by OM and two time tones at the hour, then into Portuguese religious inspirational program with OM talking over musical bridges. Faded into the mud soon thereafter. Noted next day *0943 on 6/4, with technician seeming to just throw the transmitter switch and joining programming in midstream, with enthusiastic Portuguese preacher and, again, sertaneja music to ToH. At 0958 began sequence of multiple IDs in both formats as “Rádio Cultura Filadélfia” and “Rádio Filadélfia”. An inspirational morning religious show daily at 1000. On 6/5, only an open carrier noted signing on at *0946 but couldn’t raise sufficient audio this morning. Also found webstream running in parallel, with only a few seconds lag behind the SW frequency. Big thanks to DXers Carlos Gonçalves and Dave Valko for their assistance in pulling that initial ID from my recording of the 6/3 reception (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 150/330 degrees for LA/SE Asia, DXEngineering RPA-1 preamp, Phased Longwire + Small Loop, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1673, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6104.78v, R. Cultura Filadélfia (presumed). Found the signal here and drifting down as it faded after 1010. Too weak for audio. Besides, presumed Taiwan was on 6105 and a fair CNR jammer was on 6104.994, 5 June (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus with Wellbrook ALA1530S+ and 153’ Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) 6105.063, Jun 6 2200, R Cultura Filadélfia with lots of ID’s “Rádio Cultura Filadélfia, Foz de Iguaçu”. Strong. Are also using only R Filadélfia as ID. Abrupt sign off at 2303. Back here again after a short stay on ~6104,7. There is also another weak carrier on 6105.006 at this time span. The frequency seems to be a little unstable; on May 16 noted on 6104.69 and on May 18 on 6105.075 (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, SW Bulletin via WORLD OF RADIO 1673, DXLD) See BOLIVIA, for very close 6105 station! (gh) 6105.06, Jun 6 2231, R Cultura Filadélfia, A Voz do Brasil (?) with Port male & female alternating, all talk except for occasional brief musical bridges to sudden 2303:51 carrier off. Hets RTI & accompanying CNR jammer on 6105.00. Presumed the one here the basis of TN's report in SWB 1772 unless of course anyone has definite proof that Canção Nova is active here again? (Martien Groot, Schoorl, Netherlands, SW Bulletin June 9 via DXLD) 6105, Brasil, Radio Filadélfia, Foz do Iguaçu, PR, 0944 to 1006, sign on at 0944, little more than carrier and weak threshold until around 0955, than getting stronger, with Brasilian music and some announcements in Portuguese by male, peaking about 0959, then fairly rapid fade with even the carrier seemingly gone by 1006. First time ever for this one in here, and first new Brasilian in quite a while, June 7 (XM, Cedar Key, South Florida, NRD 525D, R8A, E-5, via Robert Wilkner, WORLD OF RADIO 1673, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 9819.17, R. Nove de Julho, 2032, Portuguese, fair with hyper male DJ and nice local music. Up slightly from my previous log, which had this on 9818.7. 7/6 (David Sharp, NSW, FT-950, NRD-535D, Timewave 599zx, Quantum Phaser, EWE aerials, various other Palstar and MFJ accessories, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 10000, Time Signal Station Observatório Nacional. 9 de junio a las 2056 UT. Vía Rio de Janeiro. Señales de tiempo con pulsos a cada segundo, seguidos por una voz femenina que anuncia: "Observatório Nacional, 17 horas, 56 minutos, 30 segundos" (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: Cable de cobre de 5 metros. QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** CANADA. CFZM, Toronto ON, 740, date only email verification in 624 days for English airmail report and US $2, follow-up via email, follow-up via registered airmail and US $2.00 and finally follow-up via English airmail with mint stamps return postage. QSL email arrived 4 days after final follow-up. V/s John Van Driel, VP of Programming and Operations, who apologized for not answering prior correspondence. jvd at mzmedia dot com 73 (Al Muick, Whitehall PA USA, June 8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. CBC North Radio 1 Yellowknife Moving to FM [CFYK] Starting on June 3, 2013, CBC North Radio 1 in Yellowknife can be heard on both AM and FM frequencies. Over the next 3 months, we will be transitioning the Yellowknife signal to FM only. The transition will be completed on September 3, 2013 at which point the AM signal will no longer be available. During this testing period, you can listen to the broadcast on 98.9 FM. This is a test signal only at this point and will be interrupted regularly with a mandated CRTC message. We encourage you to listen in and experience the increased signal strength and broadcast clarity. However, you should continue to listen to 1340 on the AM dial for the complete programming, as this will be uninterrupted. We value our listeners and encourage you to provide feedback, comments, concerns or technical difficulties by calling: 867-920-5400 or by email: cbcnorth@cbc.ca http://www.cbc.ca/north/community/mt/2013/06/cbc-north-radio-1-yellowknife-moving-to-fm.html (via Andy Reid, Ont, June 8, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1673, DXLD) That's a real shame for the rest of us. You would think that in a remote area like Canada's north, AM would still be the preferred medium, with the low population density. I always enjoyed picking up Radio One on 1340 from my DX cottage in Masset, especially in the depths of winter. Has Whitehorse also moved to FM (an easier target)? Sigh (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, ibid.) Yes, it is indeed a shame. It seems like the CBC are only interested in people who live in the largest settlements and that those who are travelling or hunting or even living in isolated areas will just have to go without essential information like bad weather or forest fire warnings. Being in this part of Europe, we are lucky in that we have unlimited Internet for streaming and free to air satellite for our radio means, but I suspect that this won't be the case in Canada. Really, there should be a shortwave service that covers the entire north, but hey, saying that makes us seem old fashioned, I guess (Rob, Glasgow, Scotland, Wilson, ibid., WORLD OF RADIO 1673) I wonder how well a "graveyard" frequency of 1340 would serve the nether-regions of the North West Territories. With only 1000 Watts and with a multitude of other stations to the south [USA] each with 1000 Watts, how much could the signal on 1340 be relied on more than 30 kilometres from Yellowknife at night let alone daytime? (Andy Reid, ibid.) I don't know, other than it's 1388 km as the crow flies between me and Yellowknife, and reception was quite good at times in the winter (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, ibid.) ** CANADA. CKMW Winkler MB starts broadcasting on FM June 12th LAUNCH DAY IS COMING! Written by chuck vandaele Monday, 03 June 2013 14:54 The rumours are true! All will be revealed on June 12th. You are invited to take part in this historical moment in the Pembina Valley. The Pembina Valley's newest FM radio will be revealed! Join us June 12th for all of the details as well as lunch, station tours, prizes and more! You can already follow us on facebook and twitter. Follow us now, and save yourself the hassle of locating us when we launch. Just click the logos below, and be sure to share our pages with your friends and family. http://www.pembinavalleyonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=98&Itemid=447 More text from their main home page: http://www.pembinavalleyonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=67&Itemid=367 Announcement Coming Written by Part Time Thursday, 06 June 2013 06:45 For 25 years, 1570 CKMW has been your destination for great country music and local information. We're honoured to be your radio destination, and we're happy to announce some exciting changes are coming! On Wednesday June 12th, we will be moving to a crystal clear FM radio sound. Listen Wednesday at 10 AM as we move 1570 CKMW to 88.9 FM. We invite you here to our studios at 277 1st St. in Winkler as we flip the switch, host station tours and a free lunch, as well as start handing out over $20,000 in prizes. Learn more by joining us at our studios on Wednesday (via Andy Reid, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1673, DXLD) Normally there is an overlap of up to three months while the AM remains on; what about here? Implies AM goes off when FM goes on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Quite often what happens here in Canada is once the new FM station is launched, the AM outlet is ignored, like it never existed, though it may continue to broadcast. In slogans, name, branding and website, it will be all FM (Andy Reid, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1673, DXLD) This from DX-midAMerica: - ``88.9 CKMW MB Winkler will launch new C&W format Jun 12. AM1570 will simulcast until Sept sign off. [Axelrod, MB] 6-14`` Best wishes (Barry :-) Davies, UK, MWCircle yg via DXLD) Hi, I would like to announce that as of 10 AM today, CKMW 1570 has changed its ID to CKMW 88.9. They even talked about the move to FM on their local top of the hour newscasts throughout the day (Kenneth Nawalkowski, June 12, IRCA via DXLD) 1570, CKMW, MB Winkler, 06/12 1230 [``ELT`` = EDT = 1630 UT] Very Good signals with their new FM station on today. They are on 88.9 FM and will be going dark within the next 3 months leaving only the FM station active. They are still Country music. The new slogans are: ``Country 88`` ``And Southern Manitoba`s home of big hats and big boots and the local information you need, Country 88`` ``Country 88, Southern Manitoba`s music authority`` http://pembinavalleyonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=104&Itemid=461 Well, I may be losing a FM frequency but in three months I get 1570 to DX !!!! 73 Best of DX (Shawn Axelrod, VE4DX1SMA, VEPC4SWL, Winnipeg MB, June 12, amfmtvdx via DXLD) That will pretty much leave CKLQ 880 in Brandon as the only C&W station left on the AM band in southern Manitoba. 73, (Rick Dau, South Omaha, Nebraska, IRCA via DXLD) ** CANADA. [Re 13-23, "Ici Radio Canada"] --- Glenn, Back in the 50s and 60s the overnight program of classical music networked on CBC Vancouver, Edmonton, etc. (the ones I could hear, anyway) identified itself with no local IDs but only the phrase "Ici Radio Canada, This is Radio Canada." So ironic with respect to the change noted in your latest newsletter (Ben Dawson, OR, June 8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I recall that it went ``Ici Radio-Canada, this is Canada`` (gh, DXLD) Re: [Tvfmdx] Radio-Canada rebranding as "ICI" At 15:03 2013-06-06 -0700, Robert Grant wrote: ``Windsor - "Pas Ici" Saskatoon - "Pas Ici" Grand Sudbury - "Pas Ici" London - "Pas Ici" - the list goes on.`` Excellent observation. I read a comment yesterday on the Radio-Canada website alluding more or less to this situation. The guy was basically saying the corporation has a lot of money for rebranding and other futile activities but couldn't keep stations on the air in important markets (and elsewhere for that matter). I can't get out of my mind that pompous press release Radio-Canada published a couple of years ago saying they would not use sub-channels to broadcast French or English language station in opposite markets in order to keep the best broadcast quality on the main channel. That was a couple of weeks after they went from 1080i to 720p on all their transmitters!! Yeah, right! The lack of DX is showing, isn't it? The fact that this thread is still going... :) 73, (Charles Gauthier, Brossard, QC, WTFDA via DXLD) I do find it rather amusing that the rebranding craze (and that's all it is - somebody or a group of somebodies who started this and created a new industry in the process must be laughing all the way to the bank) has migrated northwards. As if changing your logo and maybe your marketing slogan without doing anything of substance is going to change anything for your customers. It sure won't make them like you any more (Russ Edmunds, WB2BJH, 15 mi NW of Philadelphia, ibid.) Even down here in rural, redneck Arkansas, changes I'm seeing coming out of the CBC are horrible. Not using digital subchannels in predominant English markets for Radio-Canada, and vice versa; shutting down all but a handful of terrestrial TV transmitters; the closure of Radio Canada International; and proposals to start ads on CBC's radio networks (Fritze H. Prentice, Jr KC5KBV, Star City AR EM43aw twitter.com/fritzehp facebook.com/SoutheastArkansasDXAndMediaReport ibid.) All this blatant copying of our bad ideas down here! (Russ Edmunds, WB2BJH, 15 mi NW of Philadelphia, ibid.) CBC says English service will be rebranded "THERE" and Radio Canada Intl will be re-activated and called "EVERYWHERE". Until the new Northern Quebec FMs are online, the Northern Quebec Service will now be called the "WAY UP THERE SERVICE". Bill H. (William Hepbrun, Grimsby Ont., ibid.) This new station, CFHG-DT ch 47 Montreal, was planning to use I-C-I as its name (bilingual name /*" International Channel/Canal International "*/). Apparently, Radio-Canada (Ici) has just found it and is sueing CFHG! The saga continues... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFHG-DT (Bill H., ibid.) ** CANADA. REBRANDING OF ICI RADIO-CANADA IS CRITICIZED The New York Times, June 9, 2013, By IAN AUSTEN http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/10/business/media/rebranding-of-ici-radio-canada-is-criticized.html?pagewanted=print OTTAWA -- From its beginning almost 76 years ago, Canada's government- owned, French-language radio and television broadcaster has been closely linked to its on-air identification: "Ici Radio-Canada." So closely that when it announced last week that it would rebrand itself with a highly abbreviated version of that phrase, the plan swiftly met widespread condemnation and mockery, especially from those angered over dropping the word Canada. The broadcaster's new marketing name will be "ICI," the French word for "here." The reaction came from politicians among all parties in Parliament (with the exception of the separatist Parti Quebecois), in readers' comments on Web sites, from newspaper columnists and even from the union representing the network's employees. Le Devoir, a Montreal newspaper, began its article about the change with, "The unthinkable, the incredible, the inconceivable has happened." An online post from "Infoman," a Radio-Canada satirical show, included a photo of a man playing solitaire on one of the broadcaster's computers. Its caption, designed to resemble the ICI logo, translates as "HERE we work hard!" Some critics carried more weight. James Moore, the federal minister responsible for about $1 billion given to Radio-Canada and its English counterpart, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, each year, said the change took him by surprise and was not to his liking. "Canada's public broadcaster's name is the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation -- in French, Société Radio-Canada -- and I said to the President of C.B.C., Canadians will support a Canadian broadcaster if only they ensure the broadcaster is Canadian in content and name," Mr. Moore, the minister of Canadian heritage, told the House of Commons on Thursday. Some online critics, particularly on English-language Web sites, suggested that Quebec separatism was a factor in the new name. Radio- Canada has employed people who later sought office for various political parties, and it has been associated with several prominent separatists. Long before he became Quebec's first separatist premier, Rene Levesque was one of Radio-Canada's best known journalists. Pierre Nantel, a member of the opposition New Democratic Party, called such speculation groundless. Although Mr. Nantel, a former broadcaster who briefly worked at Radio-Canada, said it was important to keep the network at arm's length from politicians, he added that he was somewhat puzzled by the rebranding. "Everyone is against them," he said from the Montreal suburb he represents in Parliament. "Why are they playing with a brand if everyone likes it?" On Friday, William B. Chambers, the broadcaster's vice president for brand, communications and corporate affairs, said that it was all a misunderstanding induced by the network's "enthusiasm" for its new identity. "Our purpose is not to hide or set aside `Radio-Canada,'" he said. The ICI rebranding, he said, is simply an attempt to add a succinct, single name to the wide variety of broadcast and Internet services it operates. But it appears that "Radio-Canada" will generally not be seen or heard by listeners, viewers and readers. The prominent "Radio-Canada.ca" label on its home page, for example, will be become "ICI.ca" in October. The loss of the full name in most instances, Mr. Chambers said, will be offset by including the network's abstract logo. It is so well known that, in Mr. Chambers's view, it immediately summons "Radio- Canada" in the minds of most people. While Mr. Chambers called it "the gem," the logo is more commonly known as "the pizza" and has been around in various forms for about 40 years. "It's one of the most powerful logos in the country," Mr. Chambers said. How that word association will work on radio, which will rename its main network ICI Premiere as of August, was unclear (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) They're backing down!! Partly; Following the uproar it caused, Radio- Canada has just issued a press release that the words "Radio-Canada" won't be scrapped from IDs for TV and Première Chaîne. Radio-Canada Television will be called "ICI RADIO-CANADA TÉLÉ" (sept. 9) Première Chaîne Radio will be called "ICI RADIO-CANADA PREMIERE" (Aug. 19) [sic: they put accents in caps on Tele but not Premiere --- gh] Espace Musique Radio will be called "ICI MUSIQUE" The press release isn't clear about the name outside Quebec, which is strange. BTW, apparently this whole saga has cost $400K to tax payers. 73, (Charles Gauthier, Brossard, QC, June 10, WTFDA via DXLD) My musings on Radio-Canada's recent branding misadventures Hello gentlemen! For your reading pleasure (if you care to read in French, anyways), here are my musings on Radio-Canada's recent branding misadventures. http://rickyleong.com/2013/06/11/ici-tout-le-monde-en-parle-les-mesaventures-de-la-direction-de-radio-canada/ Their big bosses have indeed lost the plot. 73, (Ricky Leong, Calgary, BLOG | http://rickyleong.com/ PHOTOS | http://www.flickr.com/photos/rleong101/ June 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. Hi Glenn, I am new to the group and I have a question. Why don't we hear anything out of Canada? Nothing on local channels or on Radio. Is there a reason that they are silent? (Ken Lawrence KD6HNN, ptswyg via DXLD) Ken, You gotta remember that these are Glenn's raw logs from Oklahoma during the week. When it comes to SWBC out of Canada, Radio Canada International is gone. I'm across Lake Erie from southwest Ontario and have had some trouble as of late picking up CFRX on 6070 kHz. Then again, I've also got a bunch of industrial sites nearby that put out all sorts of hideous noise. Beyond CFRX relaying their domestic AM service known as CFRB, CHU providing a time signal, and I think one other SWBC relay of a domestic AM service in Western Canada that is all there is. I remember listening to Radio Canada International in high school and comparing it against CBC domestic FM while I get booming across Lake Erie at times on 93.5 FM. Then again, I was a heavy listener to BBC World Service too. Podcasts just aren't the same. Outside of governments and religiously-affiliated groups, shortwave is hard to keep going financially. I really don't understand why people think the Internet is cheaper for distribution, though, as it has way too many possible failure points these days. In some cases it is totally the wrong model compared to traditional broadcasting methods. The choice in Canada was made to go the Internet route, though (Stephen Michael Kellat, KC8BFI, ibid.) Ken, More or less what I was going to say, already from Stephen. The demise of RCI a year ago was a major setback to SW broadcasting, not to mention to Canada itself. Without having to look up your ham call, I wonder where you are, California? Not necessarily. CBC still runs two low-power relays, in Vancouver and Newfoundland, both on 6160 (almost) which you can DX when just right, but hardly easy listening unless you are close to them at the right time of day/night. The other western Canadian is 100-watt CFVP in Calgary which you might get in the daytime in the vicinity, but most of the night is blocked by Cuban jamming and Radio Martí (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) ** CANADA. Ch A2 NTSC, June 9 at 1653 UT with antenna NNE, video flashes in for a second or two with English wording, likely meteor scatter as Es continues to be otherwise absent. Probably from Ontario or Manitoba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. CKND-DT Winnipeg and its transmitter CKND-TV-2 Minnedosa – Licence amendment --- There goes your target, Glenn --- 1. The Commission approves the application by Shaw Television Limited Partnership[1] to amend the broadcasting licence for the English- language conventional television programming undertaking CKND-DT Winnipeg in order to add a digital transmitter to replace its existing analog transmitter CKND-TV-2 Minnedosa. The Commission did not receive any interventions in connection with this application. 2. The new transmitter CKND-DT-2 Minnedosa will operate on channel 9 with a maximum effective radiated power (ERP) of 30,500 watts (average ERP of 17,900 watts with an effective height of antenna above average terrain of 374 metres). http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2013/2013-282.htm (via Andy Reid, June 10, dxldyg via DXLD) Tnx Andy, but they`ve got two years to do it, altho ASAP is called for: ``4. The transmitter must be operational at the earliest possible date and in any event no later than 24 months from the date of this decision, unless a request for an extension of time is approved by the Commission before 10 June 2015. In order to ensure that such a request is processed in a timely manner, it should be submitted in writing at least 60 days before that date.`` (Glenn ibid.) My guess is this will happen very soon; the others have almost immediately after the CRTC OK (Saul Chernos, WTFDA via DXLD) It's interesting to see how the different Canadian group operators have taken different tacks on the DTV conversion. While CBC and CTV rushed to shut down as much as they could shut down, Shaw/Global has been sinking a surprising amount of money into converting as many of their Global transmitters to digital as possible. There are pending applications at the CRTC for a whole bunch of analog-to-digital Global conversions right now all over the Maritimes, for instance (Scott Fybush, NY, ibid.) CBC doesn't have to worry about OTA transmitters to ensure US-station- substitution rights since they have no US shows, so they had a blank cheque to shut down the OTAs. wrh (Bill Hepburn, Ont., ibid.) I have a vague recollection of Global agreeing to convert many (all?) of their transmitters in return for some kind of concession from the CRTC? -- (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, ibid.) I think it was a condition of the CRTC approving the deal (Trip Ericson, http://www.rabbitears.info ibid.) ** CANADA. WAYNE PLUNKETT June 10, 2013 --- Sad news - Wayne Plunkett passed away a couple of weeks ago. He was 72 and had cancer for at least the last couple of years. I know quite a few of you will know Wayne, whose DX activities go well back into the 50s. Though he veered more into consulting work in recent years, he was always interested in knowing what was going on in the DX world, and every so often he'd report catches to me. He had a sharp eye for detail and would notice immediately even the tiniest error in a station directory. But he was an absolute fan of all these efforts - I can picture him trying right now to convince the late Bruce Elving to publish yet another edition of the FM Atlas! A notice is online at http://www.obitsforlife.com/obituary/710743/Plunkett-Wayne.php and at http://www.wardfuneralhome.com/book-of-memories/1590341/Plunkett-Wayne/service-details.php Condolences can be sent to his family c/o Linda and Larry Folliott at lkfbuzz @ hotmail.com Wayne has deeply involved with Canadian radio history and left behind an estimated 15-16 boxes of magazines, books and handwritten notes about radio, mainly Canadian radio. Without any specific instructions regarding what should be done with it. I'm helping family members identify what's there, and suitable places to direct it. Preference will be given to family wishes, and to Canadian repositories, of course, but if any of you have any ideas of places that are truly interested in and would cherish radio-related and DX-related material, please let me know. The Folliotts will make all final decisions, of course, and if there's anything valuable in there they should benefit from the proceeds. So I cannot guarantee what will go where in the end. But I am open to any guidance and suggestions (Saul Chernos, IRCA, via Mike Terry, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1673, DXLD) Thanks Saul, for posting this and helping with Wayne's stuff. I remember Wayne very well. We saw each other often at Ontario DX Association events and he would occasionally call me to check out some detail about an AM or FM station - he always knew more than I did! I never saw his collections, but know he had an extensive one of broadcasting in Canada. He was also an avid licence plate collector, or at least was at one time. He was very interested in my collection of books on Canadian radio and TV; I had a few in my collection that he didn't have. Communication with him was always in person or by the telephone; he never used e-mail during the years I was in Ontario (Harold Sellers, ibid.) Wayne Plunkett, Richard E Wood and I drove up the Alaska Highway one summer in Wayne`s sedan. At that time the Highway was unpaved. It was a bit crowded with the three of us and our baggage, and eventually each of us got on the others` nerves. We also visited Dawson YT, and as far as Fairbanx and Circle, back thru Whitehorse and Skagway, returning via the Marine Highway where we each had more elbow room on the ferry. Quite an adventure, of which I am the final survivor (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1673, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [and non]. EAST JAMMERSTAN: 9640, Crash & Bang Chinese Music Jammer; 2138-2148+, 31-May; Fair with no other audio evident. No obvious targets listed. Maybe listed CRI got their feeds mixed up (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! WORLD OF RADIO 1673, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Firedrake [non], CNR1 jamming scan June 6 at 1335-1337 encounters none at all in the 11-18 MHz range, at least not the way out-of-banders (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) CNR1 JAMMING. Junio 06 después de las 1445 UT. 9450 contra SOH. SINPO: 44444 a las 1445 UT 11760 contra SOH. SINPO: 33333 a las 1450 UT 12040 contra VOA. SINPO: 32333 a las 1455 UT A las 1500 UT 6 señales de tiempo. Y después de las 15 UT: 9540 contra VOA. SINPO: 32232 a las 1503 9680 contra CBSC Radio Taiwan SINPO: 33333 a las 1509 13675 contra RFA 1. SINPO: 44444 a las 1515 UT A las 2200 UT en adelante: 11885 contra CBSC Radio Taiwan SINPO: 44444 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: Coaxial de 5 Ohms de 20 Metros, QTH: Centro de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) Firedrake June 7 before 1300: 13795, June 7 at 1233, real Firedrake music atop weaker presumed Kuwait. Propagation is really suppressed making this along with India on 13695 the SSOBs, while 15 MHz and higher bands are dead, so no CNR1 jamming at all found 12-18 MHz. 13795, June 8 at 1235, true Firedrake music is fair here. All the rest are CNR1 programming on ex-Firedrake frequencies: 12870, very poor at 1236 13830, very poor with noise at 1235 13920, very poor at 1235 13970, poor at 1235; none in the 14s, 15s 16160, poor at 1240 17170, fair at 1240 7365, June 9 at 1309, poor signal from real Firedrake, vs nothing else audible, but HFCC shows IBB Zho = Chinese, via Thailand at 13-14, then Tinang at 14-15. For what this really is, we need Aoki: VOA Cantonese both hours, same site switch. Aoki also reveals that at 15-17 it`s RTI in ``Chinese`` with more jamming of some sort. No such info in HFCC where the ChiCom have managed to ban Taiwan {and not register all their own jamming broadcasts!} Chex for Firedrake or CNR1 jamming later finds only the latter: 15800, fair at 1351, M&W dialog; // 15115, 15195, but none lower audible in the usual out-of-band areas above 12 MHz 16360, poor at 1351, none in the 17s, 18s (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1673, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Habana Cuba, con jamming de emisora China en 17580? Es bastante raro esta interferencia; El Mundo de la Filatelia interferido por Radio China (Ernesto Paulero, Argentina, 1427 UT June 9, condiglista yg via DXLD) Se debe a la emisión en tibetano los domingos solamente que porsupuesto necesita jamming/bloqueo, según Aoki: 17580*VOICE OF AMERICA 1400-1500 1...... Tibetan 100 77 Lampertheim D 4930N00833E IBB/VOA a13 Parece que lo escuchado era durante esta hora, verdad? 73, (Glenn, ibid.) Gracias, Glenn; sí, efectivamente fue en ese horario (Paulero, ibid.) Firedrake, June 10: 17490, June 10 at 0523, poor and no others nor CNR1 OOB jammers found between 12 and 22 MHz. Why here? HFCC shows daily at 05-06 is IBB Bod via Thailand, 250 kW, 324 degrees. Bod = one of the Tibetan dialects. 13795, June 10 at 1237, FD is fair; no search for CNR1s today, but 12- 18 MHz are quite depressed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Firedrake this morning 1250-1258 GMT on 13795 kHz heard both in the USA and remotely in Hong Kong. Not found on any other frequency. Some other former Firedrake target frequencies for RFA Tibetan such as 15195 kHz had CNR-1. Neither CNR-1 or Firedrake heard on SoH frequencies checked. At 1302 re-check Firedrake gone from 13795 both in USA and on remote receiver in Hong Kong (Steve Handler, IL, June 11, ODXA yg via DXLD) Firedrake, June 11: 7365, fair at 1332 13795, fair at 1207 and periodically checked rest of this hour (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1673, DX LISTENING DIGEST) CNR1 jamming on usual never-Firedrake frequencies 15195, 15115=mixing other Chinese, at 1324; 11990 poor at 1328; 11805 fair at 1328 with CCI; 11785 fair at 1328; none in the 10s, 9s, 8s All the rest are CNR1 jamming instead of Firedrake: 13530, very poor at 1326 15545, very poor at 1323, an echo apart from 15800 15570, very poor at 1321 but // 15800 15800, good at 1321 with flutter 15970, good at 1321 with flutter 16100, poor at 1324; none in the 17s, 14s No Firedrake heard on 13795 or anywhere June 12, just CNR1 jamming, before 1300: 15565, poor at 1257, ID by // 11825 but out of synch 16160, good at 1258 16920, good at 1258, 1300 timesignal and continues with Beijing ID, etc., until cut off at 1300:34* Before 1400 June 12: 17450, very poor at 1350 16920, very good at 1351 16360, very poor at 1350 15800, very good at 1351, a reverb apart from 16920 15560, very poor at 1351 // 15195, 15105, etc., but none in the 14s, 13s or 12s (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) During the past week have found Firedrake consistently on 6110 around 1315 and also on 15605 about 0315 (Ron Howard, CA, June 12, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1673, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [non-logs]. 6020, CNR8 as of June 6 still off the air; a chance to now hear Vietnam (VOV4). 9410, CNR5 as of June 6 still off the air; a chance to now hear Taiwan. 6020, CNR8 back on the air June 8 at 1149 in Korean after being absent for not too many days; now totally blocking Vietnam (VOV4); fair. 9410, CNR5 also back on the air June 8 at 1151, but with modulation problems (crackling sounds – over modulation?). Back after being absent for a while; now blocking Taiwan (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6135, CNR1. The very distorted signal on 6133 yesterday wasn't there today. Only a fairly strong CNR1 was here at 1035 // 9660. 5 June (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus with Wellbrook ALA1530S+ and 153’ Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) 9860, CRI. Junio 06 a las 2216 UT. Mujer habla, en esperanto, sobre la vida de las mujeres (virinoj) chinas en la actualidad más ID de la emisora con avisos del sitio web: http://esperanto.cri.cn para parte de un locutor. Después la locutora vuelve a hablar de las mujeres y su lugar en la política. SINPO: 54444; comparada con 7315 que tiene mejor modulación aunque con fading con ruido. SINPO: 53344 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: Coaxial de 5 Ohms de 20 Metros, QTH: Centro de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) [non]. 13650, June 12 at 1202, CRI English with news about South & North Korea, mixing with NK`s NA, as VOK with KCBS service is also here per Aoki, in Korean, while CRI at 11-13 is via ALBANIA. Commies vs Commies! You`d think the good buddies would coördinate their broadcasts better. The pair are also making a SAH of about 160 beats per minute = two and two-thirds Hz, but it`s varying slightly, due to Doppler or unstable transmitter(s)? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also EAST TURKISTAN ** CHINA [and non]. A-13 SW schedule of China Radio International: 0000-0057 on 5990 HAB 250 kW / non-dir to CeAm Spanish 0000-0057 on 6075 KAS 100 kW / 174 deg to SoAs English 0000-0057 on 6020 CER 300 kW / 305 deg to NoAm English 0000-0057 on 6180 KAS 100 kW / 173 deg to SoAs English 0000-0057 on 7350 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu English 0000-0057 on 7405 HUH 100 kW / 345 deg to FERu Russian 0000-0057 on 7415 KAS 100 kW / 174 deg to SoAs English 0000-0057 on 9435 KUN 100 kW / 184 deg to SEAs Chinese 0000-0057 on 9460 KUN 150 kW / 163 deg to SEAs Hakka 0000-0057 on 9470 URU 100 kW / 080 deg to CeAs Mongolian 0000-0057 on 9510 HUH 100 kW / 345 deg to FERu Russian 0000-0057 on 9550 KUN 100 kW / 191 deg to SEAs Hakka 0000-0057 on 9560 BEI 500 kW / 318 deg to SoAm Portuguese 0000-0057 on 9570 CER 300 kW / 305 deg to NoAm English 0000-0057 on 9590 KAS 500 kW / 269 deg to SoAm Spanish 0000-0057 on 9610 KUN 100 kW / 225 deg to SEAs Hakka 0000-0057 on 9710 KAS 500 kW / 269 deg to SoAm Portuguese 0000-0057 on 9765 NNN 100 kW / 200 deg to SEAs Cambodian 0000-0057 on 9800 KAS 500 kW / 269 deg to SoAm Spanish 0000-0057 on 11770 BEI 500 kW / 193 deg to SEAs Vietnamese 0000-0057 on 11780 JIN 500 kW / 059 deg to EaAs Chinese 0000-0057 on 11790 XIA 500 kW / 190 deg to SEAs English 0000-0057 on 11820 XIA 500 kW / 200 deg to SEAs Cantonese 0000-0057 on 11875 BEI 500 kW / 318 deg to CeAs Mongolian 0000-0057 on 11885 XIA 500 kW / 200 deg to SEAs English 0000-0057 on 11900 BEI 150 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 0000-0057 on 11975 KUN 500 kW / 177 deg to SEAs Chinese 0000-0057 on 11990 NNN 100 kW / 200 deg to SEAs Cambodian 0000-0057 on 12035 XIA 500 kW / 200 deg to SEAs Chinese 0000-0057 on 13580 BEI 500 kW / 215 deg to SEAs Chinese 0000-0057 on 13655 XIA 500 kW / 073 deg to EaAs Chinese 0000-0057 on 13750 BEI 150 kW / 095 deg to SEAs English 0000-0057 on 13770 XIA 500 kW / 190 deg to SEAs Vietnamese 0000-0057 on 15100 JIN 500 kW / 161 deg to SEAs Hakka 0000-0057 on 15120 HAB 250 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish 0000-0057 on 15125 BEI 500 kW / 215 deg to SEAs English 0000-0057 on 17495 BEI 500 kW / 193 deg to SEAs Cantonese 0100-0157 on 5905 KAS 100 kW / non-dir to CeAs Russian 0100-0157 on 6020 CER 300 kW / 305 deg to NoAm English 0100-0157 on 6180 KAS 100 kW / 173 deg to SoAs English 0100-0157 on 7240 KAS 100 kW / 209 deg to SoAs Urdu 0100-0157 on 9460 KUN 150 kW / 163 deg to SEAs Amoy 0100-0157 on 9470 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu English 0100-0157 on 9535 KAS 100 kW / 174 deg to SoAs English 0100-0157 on 9550 KUN 150 kW / 191 deg to SEAs Amoy 0100-0157 on 9560 KAS 100 kW / 173 deg to SoAs Chinese 0100-0157 on 9570 CER 300 kW / 305 deg to NoAm English 0100-0157 on 9580 HAB 250 kW / 010 deg to NEAm English 0100-0157 on 9595 KAS 500 kW / 269 deg to SoAm Spanish 0100-0157 on 9610 KUN 100 kW / 225 deg to SEAs Amoy 0100-0157 on 9655 NNN 100 kW / 200 deg to SEAs Chinese 0100-0157 on 9675 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu English 0100-0157 on 9695 KAS 100 kW / 209 deg to SoAs Urdu 0100-0157 on 9710 KAS 500 kW / 294 deg to SoAm Spanish 0100-0157 on 11650 URU 500 kW / 212 deg to SoAs Chinese 0100-0157 on 11870 KAS 100 kW / 174 deg to SoAs English 0100-0157 on 11880 NNN 100 kW / 200 deg to SEAs Chinese 0100-0157 on 11945 KUN 150 kW / 177 deg to SEAs Amoy 0100-0157 on 11980 KUN 100 kW / 184 deg to SEAs Amoy 0100-0157 on 13580 BEI 500 kW / 215 deg to SEAs Chinese 0100-0157 on 13600 XIA 500 kW / 292 deg to EaEu Russian from 5/29 off 0100-0157 on 13655 XIA 500 kW / 073 deg to EaAs Chinese 0100-0157 on 15110 BEI 500 kW / 165 deg to SEAs Amoy 0100-0157 on 15125 BEI 500 kW / 215 deg to SEAs English 0100-0157 on 15140 XIA 500 kW / 200 deg to SEAs Chinese 0100-0157 on 15160 JIN 500 kW / 059 deg to EaAs Chinese 0100-0157 on 15425 XIA 500 kW / 190 deg to SEAs Amoy 0100-0157 on 15785 XIA 500 kW / 200 deg to SEAs English 0100-0157 on 17495 BEI 500 kW / 193 deg to SEAs Amoy 0130-0227 on 11860 KUN 500 kW / 283 deg to SoAs Nepalese 0130-0227 on 13780 KUN 500 kW / 283 deg to SoAs Nepalese 0200-0227 on 9765 KAS 100 kW / 239 deg to WeAs Pashto 0200-0227 on 11870 KAS 100 kW / 239 deg to WeAs Pashto 0200-0227 on 15435 XIA 100 kW / 292 deg to WeAs Pashto 0200-0257 on 5915 KAS 100 kW / non-dir to CeAs Russian 0200-0257 on 6020 CER 300 kW / 305 deg to NoAm Chinese 0200-0257 on 9450 KAS 100 kW / 209 deg to SoAs Urdu 0200-0257 on 9570 CER 300 kW / 305 deg to NoAm Chinese 0200-0257 on 9580 HAB 250 kW / 010 deg to NEAm Chinese 0200-0257 on 959% KAS 500 kW / 269 deg to SoAm Spanish 0200-0257 on 9655 KUN 150 kW / 270 deg to SoAs Bengali 0200-0257 on 9690 NOB 250 kW / 290 deg to CeAm Chinese 0200-0257 on 9710 KAS 500 kW / 294 deg to SoAm Spanish 0200-0257 on 9815 KAS 500 kW / 269 deg to SoAm Chinese 0200-0257 on 9825 KAS 100 kW / 174 deg to SoAs Chinese 0200-0257 on 11640 KUN 150 kW / 270 deg to SoAs Bengali 0200-0257 on 11650 KAS 100 kW / 209 deg to SoAs Urdu 0200-0257 on 11770 KAS 100 kW / 174 deg to SoAs English 0200-0257 on 13600 KAS 100 kW / 173 deg to SoAs Tamil 0200-0257 on 13640 KAS 100 kW / 174 deg to SoAs English 0200-0257 on 13655 XIA 500 kW / 073 deg to EaAs Chinese 0200-0257 on 15160 JIN 500 kW / 059 deg to EaAs Chinese 0200-0257 on 15170 BEI 500 kW / 322 deg to SoAm Chinese 0200-0257 on 15260 KAS 100 kW / 173 deg to SoAs Tamil 0200-0257 on 15425 XIA 500 kW / 190 deg to SEAs Amoy 0200-0257 on 17495 BEI 500 kW / 193 deg to SEAs Amoy 0200-0257 on 17615 XIA 500 kW / 292 deg to EaEu Russian from 5/29 off 0230-0327 on 11730 KUN 500 kW / 283 deg to SoAs Nepalese 0230-0327 on 13780 KUN 500 kW / 283 deg to SoAs Nepalese 0300-0357 on 5915 KAS 100 kW / non-dir to CeAs Russian 0300-0357 on 6020 CER 300 kW / 305 deg to NoAm Chinese 0300-0357 on 9450 KAS 100 kW / 209 deg to SoAs Chinese 0300-0357 on 9570 CER 300 kW / 305 deg to NoAm Chinese 0300-0357 on 9690 NOB 250 kW / 290 deg to CeAm English 0300-0357 on 9790 HAB 250 kW / 350 deg to NWAm English 0300-0357 on 11640 KAS 100 kW / 209 deg to SoAs Hindi 0300-0357 on 11770 KAS 100 kW / 174 deg to SoAs English 0300-0357 on 13600 KUN 150 kW / 234 deg to SoAs Tamil 0300-0357 on 13720 KAS 100 kW / 209 deg to SoAs Hindi 0300-0357 on 13730 KAS 100 kW / 173 deg to SoAs Tamil 0300-0357 on 13750 BEI 150 kW / 095 deg to EaAs English 0300-0357 on 15110 KAS 100 kW / 174 deg to SoAs English 0300-0357 on 15120 BEI 500 kW / 322 deg to FERu English 0300-0357 on 15130 BEI 150 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 0300-0357 on 15160 JIN 500 kW / 059 deg to EaAs Cantonese 0300-0357 on 15210 KAS 100 kW / 173 deg to SoAs Hindi 0300-0357 on 15230 XIA 500 kW / 073 deg to EaAs Cantonese 0300-0357 on 15350 KAS 100 kW / 174 deg to SoAs Hindi 0300-0357 on 15425 XIA 500 kW / 292 deg to EaEu Russian from 5/29 off 0300-0357 on 15435 URU 500 kW / 270 deg to CeAs Russian 0300-0357 on 15785 XIA 500 kW / 354 deg to FERu English 0300-0357 on 17540 BEI 500 kW / 257 deg to SoAs Chinese 0300-0357 on 17710 JIN 500 kW / 310 deg to EaEu Russian 0400-0457 on 5905 KAS 100 kW / non-dir to CeAs Russian 0400-0457 on 9790 HAB 250 kW / 305 deg to NEAm Cantonese 0400-0457 on 11650 KUN 100 kW / 184 deg to SEAs Vietnamese 0400-0457 on 13640 KAS 100 kW / 209 deg to SoAs Chinese 0400-0457 on 13750 BEI 150 kW / 095 deg to EaAs English 0400-0457 on 15120 BEI 500 kW / 322 deg to FERu English 0400-0457 on 15130 BEI 150 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 0400-0457 on 15160 JIN 500 kW / 059 deg to EaAs Cantonese 0400-0457 on 15170 KAS 100 kW / 174 deg to SoAs Chinese 0400-0457 on 15230 XIA 500 kW / 073 deg to EaAs Cantonese 0400-0457 on 15350 KAS 100 kW / 174 deg to SoAs Hakka 0400-0457 on 15425 XIA 500 kW / 292 deg to EaEu Russian from 5/29 off 0400-0457 on 15445 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu Russian 0400-0457 on 15665 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu Russian 0400-0457 on 15785 XIA 500 kW / 354 deg to FERu English 0400-0457 on 17505 XIA 500 kW / 200 deg to SEAs Hakka 0400-0457 on 17540 KAS 100 kW / 173 deg to SoAs Hakka 0400-0457 on 17640 XIA 500 kW / 292 deg to CeAs Russian 0400-0457 on 17710 BEI 500 kW / 193 deg to SEAs Hakka 0400-0457 on 17730 XIA 500 kW / 292 deg to CeAs English 0400-0457 on 17740 XIA 500 kW / 190 deg to SEAs Vietnamese 0400-0457 on 17855 BEI 500 kW / 288 deg to CeAs English 0500-0557 on 9515 CER 150 kW / 240 deg to NWAf Arabic 0500-0557 on 9590 CER 150 kW / 140 deg to N/ME Arabic 0500-0557 on 11640 KUN 100 kW / 184 deg to SEAs Vietnamese 0500-0557 on 11710 CER 150 kW / 140 deg to N/ME English 0500-0557 on 11775 CER 150 kW / 240 deg to NWAf Arabic 0500-0557 on 11895 KAS 100 kW / 209 deg to SoAs English 0500-0557 on 15110 KAS 100 kW / 174 deg to SoAs Chinese 0500-0557 on 15120 BEI 500 kW / 322 deg to CeAs Chinese 0500-0557 on 15130 BEI 150 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 0500-0557 on 15170 JIN 500 kW / 059 deg to EaAs Cantonese 0500-0557 on 15230 XIA 500 kW / 073 deg to EaAs Cantonese 0500-0557 on 15350 KAS 100 kW / 174 deg to SoAs English 0500-0557 on 15445 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu Russian 0500-0557 on 15465 KAS 100 kW / 209 deg to SoAs English 0500-0557 on 15665 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu Russian 0500-0557 on 15785 XIA 500 kW / 354 deg to FERu Chinese 0500-0557 on 17485 KAS 500 kW / 269 deg to N/ME Arabic 0500-0557 on 17505 KAS 500 kW / 269 deg to WeAs English 0500-0557 on 17540 KAS 100 kW / 173 deg to SoAs English 0500-0557 on 17720 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu German 0500-0557 on 17730 XIA 500 kW / 292 deg to CeAs English 0500-0557 on 17740 XIA 500 kW / 190 deg to SEAs Vietnamese 0500-0557 on 17820 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu German 0500-0557 on 17855 BEI 500 kW / 288 deg to CeAs English 0600-0657 on 9515 CER 150 kW / 240 deg to NWAf Arabic 0600-0657 on 9590 CER 150 kW / 140 deg to N/ME Arabic 0600-0657 on 9655 NNN 100 kW / 200 deg to SEAs Chinese 0600-0657 on 11710 CER 150 kW / 140 deg to N/ME English 0600-0657 on 11775 CER 150 kW / 240 deg to NWAf Arabic 0600-0657 on 11870 KAS 100 kW / 239 deg to WeAs English 0600-0657 on 11895 KAS 100 kW / 209 deg to SoAs English 0600-0657 on 13660 XIA 500 kW / 190 deg to SEAs English 0600-0657 on 15120 BEI 500 kW / 322 deg to CeAs Chinese 0600-0657 on 15140 KAS 100 kW / 239 deg to WeAs English 0600-0657 on 15170 JIN 500 kW / 059 deg to EaAs Chinese 0600-0657 on 15230 XIA 500 kW / 073 deg to EaAs Chinese 0600-0657 on 15350 KAS 100 kW / 174 deg to SoAs English 0600-0657 on 15465 KAS 100 kW / 209 deg to SoAs English 0600-0657 on 15785 XIA 500 kW / 354 deg to FERu Chinese 0600-0657 on 17485 KAS 500 kW / 269 deg to N/ME Arabic 0600-0657 on 17505 KAS 500 kW / 269 deg to WeAs English 0600-0657 on 17515 KAS 500 kW / 294 deg to SoEu Italian 0600-0657 on 17540 KAS 100 kW / 173 deg to SoAs English 0600-0657 on 17615 KUN 500 kW / 177 deg to SEAs Chinese 0600-0657 on 17650 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu Chinese 0600-0657 on 17680 KAS 500 kW / 294 deg to SoEu Spanish 0600-0657 on 17710 BEI 500 kW / 193 deg to SEAs English 0600-0657 on 17740 XIA 500 kW / 190 deg to SEAs Chinese 0600-0657 on 17720 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu German 0600-0657 on 17820 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu German 0600-0757 on 17865 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu French 0700-0757 on 9655 NNN 100 kW / 200 deg to SEAs Chinese 0700-0757 on 11640 JIN 500 kW / 059 deg to EaAs Cantonese 0700-0757 on 11785 CER 150 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Chinese 0700-0757 on 11875 NNN 100 kW / 200 deg to SEAs Chinese 0700-0757 on 11895 KAS 100 kW / 209 deg to SoAs English 0700-0757 on 13660 XIA 500 kW / 190 deg to SEAs English 0700-0757 on 13710 CER 150 kW / 310 deg to WeEu English 0700-0757 on 15145 XIA 500 kW / 200 deg to SEAs Chaozhou 0700-0757 on 15230 XIA 500 kW / 073 deg to EaAs Cantonese 0700-0757 on 15350 KAS 100 kW / 174 deg to SoAs English 0700-0757 on 15465 KAS 100 kW / 209 deg to SoAs English 0700-0757 on 17480 KAS 500 kW / 269 deg to WeAs English 0700-0757 on 17490 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu English 0700-0757 on 17520 KAS 100 kW / 174 deg to SoAs Chinese 0700-0757 on 17540 KAS 100 kW / 173 deg to SoAs English 0700-0757 on 17560 XIA 500 kW / 200 deg to SEAs Chaozhou 0700-0757 on 17615 KUN 500 kW / 177 deg to SEAs Chinese 0700-0757 on 17650 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu Chinese 0700-0757 on 17680 KAS 500 kW / 294 deg to SoEu Spanish 0700-0757 on 17710 BEI 500 kW / 193 deg to SEAs English 0700-0757 on 17740 XIA 500 kW / 190 deg to SEAs Chinese 0700-0757 on 17865 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu French 0800-0857 on 7295 BKO 100 kW / non-dir to WeAf Hausa 0800-0857 on 9880 BEI 150 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 0800-0857 on 11620 XIA 500 kW / 073 deg to EaAs English 0800-0857 on 11640 JIN 500 kW / 059 deg to EaAs Chinese 0800-0857 on 11785 CER 150 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Chinese 0800-0857 on 13710 CER 150 kW / 310 deg to WeEu English 0800-0857 on 15230 XIA 500 kW / 073 deg to EaAs Chinese 0800-0957 on 15335 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu Russian 0800-0857 on 15350 KAS 100 kW / 174 deg to SoAs English 0800-0857 on 15465 KAS 100 kW / 209 deg to SoAs English 0800-0857 on 15560 XIA 500 kW / 292 deg to CeAs Chinese 0800-0957 on 15665 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu Russian 0800-0857 on 17480 KAS 500 kW / 269 deg to WeAs English 0800-0857 on 17490 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu English 0800-0857 on 17520 KAS 100 kW / 174 deg to SoAs Chinese 0800-0857 on 17540 KAS 100 kW / 173 deg to SoAs English 0800-0857 on 17560 XIA 500 kW / 292 deg to CeAs Chinese from 5/29 off 0800-0857 on 17650 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu Chinese 0830-0927 on 15135 KUN 500 kW / 177 deg to SEAs Indonesian 0830-0927 on 17735 KUN 100 kW / 175 deg to SEAs Indonesian 0900-0957 on 7285 CER 150 kW / non-dir to SEEu Romanian 0900-0957 on 7430 JIN 500 kW / 059 deg to EaAs Chinese 0900-0957 on 9440 CER 150 kW / non-dir to SEEu Romanian 0900-0957 on 9460 NNN 100 kW / 200 deg to SEAs Chinese 0900-0957 on 9880 BEI 150 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 0900-0957 on 11620 XIA 500 kW / 073 deg to EaAs English 0900-0957 on 11895 NNN 100 kW / 200 deg to SEAs Chinese 0900-0957 on 11980 KUN 100 kW / 184 deg to SEAs Chinese 0900-0957 on 13620 XIA 500 kW / 073 deg to EaAs Chinese 0900-0957 on 13790 JIN 500 kW / 150 deg to AUS English 0900-0957 on 15250 KUN 100 kW / 122 deg to SEAs Chinese 0900-0957 on 15270 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu English 0900-0957 on 15335 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu Russian 0900-0957 on 15350 KAS 100 kW / 174 deg to SoAs English 0900-0957 on 15525 URU 500 kW / 212 deg to SoAs Chinese 0900-0957 on 15560 XIA 500 kW / 292 deg to CeAs Chinese 0900-0957 on 15665 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu Russian 0900-0957 on 17490 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu English 0900-0957 on 17500 KAS 100 kW / 174 deg to SoAs Chinese 0900-0957 on 17530 XIA 500 kW / 190 deg to SEAs Chinese 0900-0957 on 17540 BEI 500 kW / 193 deg to SEAs Chinese 0900-0957 on 17560 XIA 500 kW / 292 deg to CeAs Chinese from 5/29 off 0900-0957 on 17570 URU 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu English 0900-0957 on 17650 KUN 500 kW / 135 deg to AUS Chinese 0900-0957 on 17670 KUN 500 kW / 135 deg to AUS Chinese 0900-0957 on 17750 KAS 100 kW / 173 deg to SoAs English 0900-0957 on 17850 KUN 500 kW / 135 deg to AUS English 0930-1027 on 15135 KUN 500 kW / 177 deg to SEAs Malay 0930-1027 on 17680 KUN 100 kW / 175 deg to SEAs Malay 1000-1057 on 7325 JIN 500 kW / 059 deg to EaAs Japanese 1000-1057 on 7390 HUH 100 kW / 345 deg to FERu Russian 1000-1057 on 9460 NNN 100 kW / 200 deg to SEAs Chinese 1000-1057 on 9725 HUH 100 kW / 345 deg to FERu Russian 1000-1057 on 9880 XIA 500 kW / 354 deg to CeAs Chinese 1000-1057 on 9880 BEI 150 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1000-1057 on 11610 XIA 500 kW / 354 deg to CeAs English 1000-1057 on 11620 XIA 500 kW / 073 deg to EaAs Japanese 1000-1057 on 11635 BEI 500 kW / 318 deg to CeAs English 1000-1057 on 11935 SZG 500 kW / 037 deg to FERu Russian 1000-1057 on 11980 KUN 100 kW / 184 deg to SEAs Chinese 1000-1057 on 13590 BEI 500 kW / 193 deg to SEAs English 1000-1057 on 13620 XIA 500 kW / 073 deg to EaAs English 1000-1057 on 13685 KAS 500 kW / 298 deg to CeEu Hungarian 1000-1057 on 13720 XIA 500 kW / 200 deg to SEAs English 1000-1057 on 13790 JIN 500 kW / 150 deg to AUS English 1000-1057 on 13850 BEI 500 kW / 193 deg to SEAs Chinese 1000-1057 on 15190 KAS 100 kW / 173 deg to SoAs English 1000-1057 on 15210 KUN 500 kW / 135 deg to AUS English 1000-1057 on 15220 KAS 500 kW / 298 deg to CeEu Hungarian 1000-1057 on 15250 KUN 100 kW / 122 deg to SEAs Chinese 1000-1057 on 15350 KAS 100 kW / 174 deg to SoAs English 1000-1057 on 15440 KUN 500 kW / 135 deg to AUS Cantonese 1000-1057 on 15525 URU 500 kW / 212 deg to SoAs Chinese 1000-1057 on 17490 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu English 1000-1057 on 17500 KAS 100 kW / 174 deg to SoAs Chinesee 1000-1057 on 17530 XIA 500 kW / 190 deg to SEAs Chinese 1000-1057 on 17540 BEI 500 kW / 322 deg to CeAs Chinese 1000-1057 on 17650 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu Chinese 1000-1057 on 17670 KUN 500 kW / 135 deg to AUS Cantonese 1030-1127 on 15135 KUN 100 kW / 175 deg to SEAs Indonesian 1030-1127 on 15160 NNN 100 kW / 200 deg to SEAs Cambodian 1030-1127 on 17605 KUN 500 kW / 177 deg to SEAs Indonesian 1030-1127 on 17680 KUN 150 kW / 177 deg to SEAs Cambodian 1100-1157 on 5955 BEI 150 kW / 095 deg to EaAs English 1100-1157 on 7220 CER 150 kW / non-dir to SEEu Bulgarian 1100-1157 on 7325 JIN 500 kW / 059 deg to EaAs Japanese 1100-1157 on 7370 NNN 100 kW / 200 deg to SEAs Chinese 1100-1157 on 7390 HUH 100 kW / 345 deg to FERu Mongolian 1100-1157 on 7435 BEI 150 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1100-1157 on 9440 KUN 150 kW / 163 deg to SEAs Chaozhou 1100-1157 on 9540 BEI 500 kW / 142 deg to AUS Cantonese 1100-1157 on 9550 BEI 500 kW / 193 deg to SEAs Vietnamese 1100-1157 on 9590 KUN 150 kW / 191 deg to SEAs Cantonese 1100-1157 on 9645 BEI 500 kW / 215 deg to SEAs Cantonese 1100-1157 on 9725 HUH 100 kW / 345 deg to FERu Russian 1100-1157 on 9880 KUN 100 kW / 225 deg to SEAs Burmese 1100-1157 on 9890 BEI 500 kW / 318 deg to CeAs Russian 1100-1157 on 11610 URU 100 kW / 090 deg to CeAs Mongolian 1100-1157 on 11620 XIA 500 kW / 073 deg to EaAs Japanese 1100-1157 on 11635 URU 100 kW / 080 deg to CeAs Esperanto 1100-1157 on 11650 URU 500 kW / 212 deg to SoAs English 1100-1157 on 11660 KAS 100 kW / 209 deg to SoAs English 1100-1157 on 11750 BEI 500 kW / 142 deg to AUS Chinese 1100-1157 on 11780 BJI 150 kW / 195 deg to SEAs Vietnamese 1100-1157 on 11795 KAS 100 kW / 174 deg to SoAs English 1100-1157 on 11875 KUN 500 kW / 177 deg to SEAs Chaozhou 1100-1157 on 11935 SZG 500 kW / 037 deg to FERu Russian 1100-1157 on 13580 KUN 500 kW / 135 deg to AUS Cantonese 1100-1157 on 13590 BEI 500 kW / 193 deg to SEAs English 1100-1157 on 13610 KAS 100 kW / 209 deg to SoAs Chinese 1100-1157 on 13620 XIA 500 kW / 073 deg to EaAs Korean 1100-1157 on 13645 KAS 100 kW / 173 deg to SoAs English 1100-1157 on 13650 CER 150 kW / 310 deg to WeEu English 1100-1157 on 13720 XIA 500 kW / 200 deg to SEAs English 1100-1157 on 13755 KAS 100 kW / 174 deg to SoAs Chinese 1100-1157 on 15110 URU 100 kW / 080 deg to CeAs Esperanto 1100-1157 on 15225 KAS 500 kW / 298 deg to CeEu Czech 1100-1157 on 15440 KUN 500 kW / 135 deg to AUS Chinese 1100-1157 on 17490 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu English 1100-1157 on 17530 XIA 500 kW / 190 deg to SEAs Vietnamese 1100-1157 on 17540 KAS 500 kW / 298 deg to CeEu Czech 1100-1157 on 17650 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu Chinese 1130-1157 on 5910 BEI 500 kW / 165 deg to SEAs Filipino 1130-1157 on 7390 JIN 500 kW / 172 deg to SEAs Filipino 1130-1157 on 11955 KUN 100 kW / 122 deg to SEAs Filipino 1130-1157 on 12070 XIA 500 kW / 145 deg to SEAs Filipino 1130-1227 on 7360 KUN 100 kW / 184 deg to SEAs Thai 1130-1227 on 9785 KUN 150 kW / 191 deg to SEAs Thai 1200-1227 on 11955 KUN 100 kW / 122 deg to SEAs Filipino 1200-1227 on 17505 XIA 500 kW / 145 deg to SEAs Filipino 1200-1257 on 5915 HUH 100 kW / 345 deg to CeAs Mongolian 1200-1257 on 5990 HUH 100 kW / 345 deg to CeAs Mongolian 1200-1257 on 6010 BEI 150 kW / 095 deg to EaAs English 1200-1257 on 6100 BEI 500 kW / 055 deg to FERu Russian 1200-1257 on 7325 JIN 500 kW / 059 deg to EaAs Japanese 1200-1257 on 7345 CER 150 kW / non-dir to SEEu Serbian 1200-1257 on 7390 BEI 150 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1200-1257 on 7400 KAS 100 kW / non-dir to CeAs Russian 1200-1257 on 7440 NNN 100 kW / 200 deg to SEAs Chinese 1200-1257 on 9440 KUN 150 kW / 163 deg to SEAs Cambodian 1200-1257 on 9460 KAS 100 kW / 174 deg to SoAs English 1200-1257 on 9540 KUN 500 kW / 283 deg to CeAs Chinese 1200-1257 on 9550 BEI 500 kW / 193 deg to SEAs Vietnamese 1200-1257 on 9570 HAB 250 kW / 010 deg to NoAm Cantonese 1200-1257 on 9600 KUN 150 kW / 163 deg to SEAs English 1200-1257 on 9645 BEI 500 kW / 215 deg to SEAs English 1200-1257 on 9730 KUN 100 kW / 225 deg to SEAs English 1200-1257 on 9760 KUN 500 kW / 135 deg to AUS English 1200-1257 on 9855 BEI 500 kW / 215 deg to SEAs Chinese 1200-1257 on 11620 XIA 500 kW / 073 deg to EaAs Japanese 1200-1257 on 11640 XIA 500 kW / 190 deg to SEAs Chinese 1200-1257 on 11650 URU 500 kW / 212 deg to SoAs English 1200-1257 on 11660 KAS 100 kW / 209 deg to SoAs English 1200-1257 on 11680 NNN 100 kW / 200 deg to SEAs Cambodian 1200-1257 on 11690 XIA 500 kW / 292 deg to CeAs English 1200-1257 on 11760 KUN 500 kW / 135 deg to AUS English 1200-1257 on 11780 BJI 150 kW / 195 deg to SEAs Vietnamese 1200-1257 on 11790 KAS 100 kW / 239 deg to N/ME Chinese 1200-1257 on 11935 SZG 500 kW / 037 deg to FERu Russian 1200-1257 on 11980 KUN 150 kW / 177 deg to SEAs English 1200-1257 on 13575 URU 500 kW / 308 deg to EaEu Russian 1200-1257 on 13600 XIA 500 kW / 292 deg to CeAs Russian 1200-1257 on 13610 KAS 100 kW / 209 deg to SoAs Chinese 1200-1257 on 13620 XIA 500 kW / 073 deg to EaAs Korean 1200-1257 on 13650 CER 150 kW / 310 deg to WeEu English 1200-1257 on 13755 KAS 100 kW / 174 deg to SoAs Chinese 1200-1257 on 13810 KAS 100 kW / 239 deg to N/ME Chinese 1200-1257 on 15110 URU 500 kW / 270 deg to WeAs Chinese 1200-1257 on 17490 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu English 1200-1257 on 17560 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu French 1200-1257 on 17575 SZG 500 kW / 315 deg to EaEu Russian 1200-1257 on 17630 URU 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu English 1200-1257 on 17650 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu Chinese 1230-1327 on 7360 KUN 100 kW / 184 deg to SEAs Lao 1230-1327 on 9785 KUN 150 kW / 191 deg to SEAs Lao 1230-1327 on 11955 KUN 500 kW / 177 deg to SEAs Malay 1230-1327 on 15600 KUN 100 kW / 175 deg to SEAs Malay 1300-1357 on 5915 HUH 100 kW / 345 deg to CeAs Russian 1300-1357 on 5955 BEI 150 kW / 095 deg to EaAs English 1300-1357 on 5990 HUH 100 kW / 345 deg to CeAs Russian 1300-1357 on 6100 URU 100 kW / 090 deg to CeAs Mongolian 1300-1357 on 7205 BEI 150 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1300-1357 on 7215 XIA 500 kW / 190 deg to SEAs Chinese 1300-1357 on 7215 JIN 500 kW / 059 deg to EaAs Japanese 1300-1357 on 7285 BEI 500 kW / 318 deg to CeAs Mongolian 1300-1357 on 7325 XIA 500 kW / 073 deg to EaAs Japanese 1300-1357 on 7400 KAS 100 kW / non-dir to CeAs Russian 1300-1357 on 7440 NNN 100 kW / 200 deg to SEAs Chinese 1300-1357 on 9440 NNN 100 kW / 200 deg to SEAs Esperanto 1300-1357 on 9490 KUN 150 kW / 270 deg to SoAs Bengali 1300-1357 on 9540 KUN 500 kW / 283 deg to CeAs Chinese 1300-1357 on 9550 BEI 500 kW / 193 deg to SEAs Vietnamese 1300-1357 on 9570 HAB 250 kW / 010 deg to NoAm English 1300-1357 on 9600 BJI 150 kW / 255 deg to SoAs Bengali 1300-1357 on 9635 KAS 100 kW / 173 deg to SoAs Hindi 1300-1357 on 9675 SZG 500 kW / 037 deg to FERu Russian 1300-1357 on 9685 XIA 500 kW / 195 deg to SEAs Vietnamese 1300-1357 on 9730 BEI 500 kW / 193 deg to SEAs English 1300-1357 on 9760 KUN 500 kW / 135 deg to AUS English 1300-1357 on 9765 XIA 500 kW / 292 deg to CeAs English 1300-1357 on 9855 BEI 500 kW / 215 deg to SEAs Chinese 1300-1357 on 9870 XIA 500 kW / 200 deg to SEAs English 1300-1357 on 9880 KUN 100 kW / 225 deg to SEAs Burmese 1300-1357 on 11610 KUN 150 kW / 270 deg to SoAs Bengali 1300-1357 on 11650 BEI 500 kW / 215 deg to SEAs Esperanto 1300-1357 on 11660 KAS 100 kW / 209 deg to SoAs English 1300-1357 on 11675 URU 500 kW / 212 deg to SoAs Hindi 1300-1357 on 11760 KUN 500 kW / 135 deg to AUS English 1300-1357 on 11780 KUN 100 kW / 225 deg to SEAs Burmese 1300-1357 on 11790 KAS 100 kW / 239 deg to N/ME Chinese 1300-1357 on 11980 KUN 150 kW / 177 deg to SEAs English 1300-1357 on 13600 XIA 500 kW / 292 deg to CeAs Russian 1300-1357 on 13610 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu English 1300-1357 on 13620 XIA 500 kW / 073 deg to EaAs Korean 1300-1357 on 13650 KUN 500 kW / 270 deg to SoAs Chinese 1300-1357 on 13670 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu Chinese 1300-1357 on 13685 BKO 100 kW / 111 deg to WeAf French 1300-1357 on 13755 KAS 100 kW / 174 deg to SoAs English 1300-1357 on 13810 KAS 100 kW / 239 deg to N/ME Chinese 1300-1357 on 17560 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu French 1300-1357 on 17630 URU 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu English 1300-1357 on 17650 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu French 1300-1357 on 17880 BKO 100 kW / 111 deg to WeAf French 1330-1427 on 7360 KUN 100 kW / 184 deg to SEAs Thai 1330-1427 on 9535 KUN 100 kW / 175 deg to SEAs Indonesian 1330-1427 on 9785 KUN 150 kW / 191 deg to SEAs Thai 1330-1427 on 11955 KUN 500 kW / 177 deg to SEAs Indonesian 1400-1457 on 5905 KAS 100 kW / non-dir to CeAs Russian 1400-1457 on 5915 HUH 100 kW / 345 deg to CeAs Mongolian 1400-1457 on 5955 BEI 150 kW / 095 deg to EaAs English 1400-1457 on 5965 XIA 500 kW / 073 deg to EaAs Korean 1400-1457 on 5990 HUH 100 kW / 345 deg to CeAs Mongolian 1400-1457 on 6040 XIA 500 kW / 190 deg to SEAs Chinese 1400-1457 on 6055 NNN 100 kW / 200 deg to SEAs Cambodian 1400-1457 on 7210 BEI 150 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1400-1457 on 7235 KAS 100 kW / 173 deg to SoAs Chinese 1400-1457 on 7265 KAS 100 kW / 174 deg to SoAs Sinhalese 1400-1457 on 7330 XIA 500 kW / 292 deg to CeAs Russian 1400-1457 on 7395 XIA 500 kW / 073 deg to EaAs Japanese 1400-1457 on 7410 BEI 500 kW / 215 deg to SEAs Chinese 1400-1457 on 7415 KUN 500 kW / 283 deg to CeAs Nepalese 1400-1457 on 7430 JIN 500 kW / 059 deg to EaAs Japanese 1400-1457 on 7435 KUN 500 kW / 283 deg to CeAs Nepalese 1400-1457 on 9435 KAS 100 kW / 209 deg to SoAs Urdu 1400-1457 on 9490 KUN 150 kW / 270 deg to SoAs Bengali 1400-1457 on 9525 SZG 500 kW / 037 deg to FERu Russian 1400-1457 on 9550 BEI 500 kW / 193 deg to SEAs Vietnamese 1400-1457 on 9655 KUN 100 kW / 225 deg to SEAs Amoy 1400-1457 on 9730 KAS 100 kW / 174 deg to SoAs Chinese 1400-1457 on 9765 XIA 500 kW / 292 deg to CeAs English 1400-1457 on 9870 XIA 500 kW / 200 deg to SEAs English 1400-1457 on 9880 NNN 100 kW / 200 deg to SEAs Cambodian 1400-1457 on 11610 URU 500 kW / 270 deg to N/ME Chinese 1400-1457 on 11610 KUN 150 kW / 270 deg to SoAs Bengali 1400-1457 on 11650 KUN 150 kW / 177 deg to SEAs Amoy 1400-1457 on 11660 KAS 100 kW / 209 deg to SoAs Urdu 1400-1457 on 11665 URU 500 kW / 270 deg to N/ME English 1400-1457 on 11675 URU 500 kW / 212 deg to SoAs English 1400-1457 on 11685 KAS 100 kW / 173 deg to SoAs Tamil 1400-1457 on 11765 URU 500 kW / 212 deg to SoAs English 1400-1457 on 11780 URU 100 kW / 168 deg to SEAs Burmese 1400-1457 on 11785 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu Chinese 1400-1457 on 11900 JIN 500 kW / 258 deg to SoAs Sinhalese 1400-1457 on 11920 CER 150 kW / 240 deg to NWAf French 1400-1457 on 12010 BEI 500 kW / 193 deg to SEAs Vietnamese 1400-1457 on 13600 KAS 100 kW / 174 deg to SoAs Tamil 1400-1457 on 13670 CER 150 kW / 240 deg to NWAf French 1400-1457 on 13685 BKO 100 kW / 111 deg to SoAf English 1400-1457 on 13710 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu English 1400-1457 on 13740 HAB 250 kW / 305 deg to NEAm English 1400-1457 on 15410 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu Chinese 1400-1457 on 17630 BKO 100 kW / 085 deg to CeAf English 1400-1457 on 17630 URU 500 kW / 308 deg to EaEu English [as I pointed out weeks ago, duplicate listings such as the above two for Bamako and something else likely mean that BKO has been replaced even tho still registered! Only strong signal from URU heard – gh] 1430-1457 on 7325 BEI 500 kW / 165 deg to SEAs Filipino 1430-1457 on 11640 KUN 100 kW / 122 deg to SEAs Filipino 1430-1457 on 11695 XIA 500 kW / 145 deg to SEAs Filipino 1430-1527 on 7360 KUN 100 kW / 184 deg to SEAs Lao 1430-1527 on 9675 KUN 150 kW / 191 deg to SEAs Lao 1500-1527 on 9570 URU 500 kW / 270 deg to WeAs Persian 1500-1527 on 9600 KAS 500 kW / 269 deg to WeAs Persian 1500-1527 on 9665 KAS 100 kW / 239 deg to WeAs Pashto 1500-1527 on 11665 KUN 500 kW / 300 deg to WeAs Pashto 1500-1557 on 5905 KAS 100 kW / non-dir to CeAs Russian 1500-1557 on 5910 BEI 500 kW / 215 deg to SEAs Chinese 1500-1557 on 5915 HUH 100 kW / 345 deg to CeAs Russian 1500-1557 on 5955 BEI 150 kW / 095 deg to EaAs English 1500-1557 on 5965 BEI 500 kW / 055 deg to FERu Russian 1500-1557 on 5990 HUH 100 kW / 345 deg to CeAs Russian 1500-1557 on 6095 KAS 500 kW / 269 deg to N/ME English 1500-1557 on 7215 KUN 500 kW / 283 deg to CeAs Nepalese 1500-1557 on 7220 JIN 500 kW / 059 deg to EaAs Japanese 1500-1557 on 7225 URU 500 kW / 212 deg to SoAs Hindi 1500-1557 on 7235 KAS 100 kW / 173 deg to SoAs Chinese 1500-1557 on 7250 KUN 500 kW / 283 deg to CeAs Nepalese 1500-1557 on 7255 BEI 150 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1500-1557 on 7265 KAS 100 kW / 174 deg to SoAs Hindi 1500-1557 on 7285 KAS 100 kW / 209 deg to SoAs Urdu 1500-1557 on 7325 BEI 500 kW / 193 deg to SEAs English 1500-1557 on 7345 CER 150 kW / non-dir to SEEu Turkish 1500-1557 on 7395 URU 500 kW / 212 deg to SoAs English 1500-1557 on 9435 KAS 100 kW / 209 deg to SoAs Urdu 1500-1557 on 9455 KUN 150 kW / 191 deg to SEAs Chinese 1500-1557 on 9490 KAS 100 kW / 173 deg to SoAs Tamil 1500-1557 on 9550 BEI 500 kW / 193 deg to SEAs Vietnamese 1500-1557 on 9560 KAS 100 kW / 174 deg to SoAs Chinese 1500-1557 on 9565 CER 150 kW / non-dir to SEEu Turkish 1500-1557 on 9585 XIA 500 kW / 073 deg to EaAs Japanese 1500-1557 on 9610 KUN 150 kW / 270 deg to SoAs Bengali 1500-1557 on 9690 KUN 150 kW / 270 deg to SoAs Bengali 1500-1557 on 9720 URU 500 kW / 270 deg to N/ME English 1500-1557 on 9800 JIN 500 kW / 264 deg to SoAs English 1500-1557 on 9870 XIA 500 kW / 200 deg to SEAs English 1500-1557 on 9880 XIA 500 kW / 292 deg to CeAs Russian 1500-1557 on 11790 URU 500 kW / 308 deg to EaEu Russian 1500-1557 on 11800 KAS 100 kW / 174 deg to SoAs Tamil 1500-1557 on 11920 CER 150 kW / 240 deg to NWAf French 1500-1557 on 13640 KAS 500 kW / 298 deg to WeEu English 1500-1557 on 13670 CER 150 kW / 240 deg to NWAf French 1500-1557 on 13680 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu Chinese 1500-1557 on 13685 BKO 100 kW / 111 deg to SoAf English 1500-1557 on 13740 HAB 250 kW / 305 deg to NEAm English 1500-1557 on 13755 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu Chinese 1500-1557 on 13860 SZG 500 kW / 315 deg to EaEu Russian 1500-1557 on 15245 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu English 1500-1557 on 17630 BKO 100 kW / 085 deg to CeAf English 1530-1557 on 9570 URU 500 kW / 270 deg to WeAs Pashto 1530-1557 on 9665 KAS 100 kW / 239 deg to WeAs Pashto 1530-1557 on 11665 KUN 500 kW / 300 deg to WeAs Pashto 1600-1657 on 5905 KAS 100 kW / non-dir to CeAs Russian 1600-1657 on 5915 KAS 100 kW / 209 deg to SoAs Hindi 1600-1657 on 5970 CER 150 kW / 330 deg to WeEu German 1600-1657 on 5985 BEI 500 kW / 257 deg to CEAf Swahili 1600-1657 on 6060 KUN 150 kW / 163 deg to SEAs English 1600-1657 on 6100 KAS 100 kW / 239 deg to WeAs English 1600-1657 on 6165 URU 500 kW / 270 deg to N/ME Turkish 1600-1657 on 6175 NNN 100 kW / 200 deg to SEAs English 1600-1657 on 7235 KAS 100 kW / 173 deg to SoAs English 1600-1657 on 7245 XIA 500 kW / 252 deg to CEAf Swahili 1600-1657 on 7315 KUN 100 kW / 184 deg to SEAs Vietnamese 1600-1657 on 7325 KUN 500 kW / 300 deg to N/ME Turkish 1600-1657 on 7380 CER 150 kW / 330 deg to WeEu German 1600-1657 on 7395 KUN 500 kW / 283 deg to SoAs Hindi 1600-1657 on 9550 BEI 500 kW / 193 deg to SEAs Vietnamese 1600-1657 on 9555 CER 150 kW / 140 deg to N/ME Arabic 1600-1657 on 9570 BEI 500 kW / 257 deg to SoAf English 1600-1657 on 9770 URU 500 kW / 212 deg to SoAf Hakka 1600-1657 on 9880 NNN 100 kW / 200 deg to SEAs English 1600-1657 on 11690 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu French 1600-1657 on 11725 CER 150 kW / 240 deg to NWAf Arabic 1600-1657 on 11875 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu Russian 1600-1657 on 11880 XIA 500 kW / 252 deg to SoAf Hakka 1600-1657 on 11900 JIN 500 kW / 255 deg to SoAf English 1600-1657 on 11940 KAS 500 kW / 294 deg to WeEu English 1600-1657 on 11965 KAS 500 kW / 298 deg to WeEu English 1600-1657 on 13580 URU 500 kW / 308 deg to EaEu Russian 1600-1657 on 13760 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu English 1600-1657 on 13790 KAS 500 kW / 269 deg to N/ME Arabic 1600-1657 on 13860 SZG 500 kW / 315 deg to EaEu Russian 1600-1657 on 15125 BKO 100 kW / 085 deg to CEAf Arabic 1600-1657 on 15250 URU 500 kW / 270 deg to NWAf English 1600-1657 on 17880 BKO 100 kW / 020 deg to NEAf Arabic 1630-1727 on 9620 KAS 500 kW / 269 deg to WeAf Hausa 1630-1727 on 9665 KUN 500 kW / 283 deg to WeAf Hausa 1700-1757 on 5970 CER 150 kW / 330 deg to WeEu German 1700-1757 on 5985 BEI 500 kW / 257 deg to CEAf Swahili 1700-1757 on 6090 KUN 150 kW / 163 deg to SEAs English 1700-1757 on 6140 KAS 100 kW / 173 deg to SoAs English 1700-1757 on 6165 BEI 500 kW / 288 deg to WeAs English 1700-1757 on 6175 NNN 100 kW / 200 deg to SEAs English 1700-1757 on 7235 KAS 100 kW / 173 deg to SoAs English 1700-1757 on 7255 KAS 500 kW / 294 deg to WeEu English 1700-1757 on 7265 URU 500 kW / 270 deg to N/ME English 1700-1757 on 7380 CER 150 kW / 330 deg to WeEu German 1700-1757 on 7410 KAS 100 kW / 174 deg to SoAs English 1700-1757 on 7420 KUN 150 kW / 191 deg to SEAs English 1700-1757 on 7450 BJI 150 kW / 317 deg to EaEu Russian 1700-1757 on 9435 KAS 500 kW / 294 deg to SEEu Croatian 1700-1757 on 9435 URU 500 kW / 212 deg to SoAs Cantonese 1700-1757 on 9470 XIA 500 kW / 292 deg to CeAs Russian 1700-1757 on 9555 CER 150 kW / 140 deg to N/ME Arabic 1700-1757 on 9570 BEI 500 kW / 257 deg to SoAf English 1700-1757 on 9695 BEI 500 kW / 318 deg to WeEu English 1700-1757 on 9770 KAS 100 kW / 209 deg to SoAs Cantonese 1700-1757 on 9880 NNN 100 kW / 200 deg to SEAs English 1700-1757 on 11650 XIA 500 kW / 317 deg to WeEu Esperanto 1700-1757 on 11680 BJI 150 kW / 255 deg to CEAf Swahili 1700-1757 on 11690 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu French 1700-1757 on 11725 CER 150 kW / 240 deg to NWAf Arabic 1700-1757 on 11825 BEI 500 kW / 322 deg to SEEu Croatian 1700-1757 on 11875 URU 500 kW / 308 deg to EaEu Russian 1700-1757 on 11900 JIN 500 kW / 255 deg to SoAf English 1700-1757 on 13570 XIA 500 kW / 317 deg to WeEu English 1700-1757 on 13640 URU 500 kW / 308 deg to EaEu Russian 1700-1757 on 13645 BKO 100 kW / 111 deg to CEAf Swahili 1700-1757 on 13760 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu English 1700-1757 on 13790 KAS 500 kW / 269 deg to N/ME Arabic 1700-1757 on 15125 BKO 100 kW / 111 deg to CEAf Swahili 1730-1757 on 9450 KAS 500 kW / 269 deg to WeAf Hausa 1730-1757 on 9685 KUN 500 kW / 283 deg to WeAf Hausa 1730-1827 on 7385 URU 500 kW / 270 deg to NWAf Chinese 1730-1827 on 7315 KUN 500 kW / 300 deg to N/ME Chinese 1730-1827 on 9685 URU 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu Chinese 1730-1827 on 9745 KUN 500 kW / 283 deg to N/ME Chinese 1730-1827 on 11660 SZG 500 kW / 315 deg to WeEu Chinese 1800-1827 on 7415 BEI 500 kW / 288 deg to WeAs Persian 1800-1827 on 9670 BEI 500 kW / 288 deg to WeAs Persian 1800-1827 on 9450 KAS 500 kW / 269 deg to WeAf Hausa 1800-1827 on 9685 KUN 500 kW / 283 deg to WeAf Hausa 1800-1827 on 11640 BKO 100 kW / 085 deg to WCAf Hausa 1800-1827 on 13645 BKO 100 kW / 111 deg to WeAf Hausa 1800-1857 on 5970 CER 150 kW / 310 deg to WeEu French 1800-1857 on 6055 CER 150 kW / 240 deg to NWAf French 1800-1857 on 6175 BEI 500 kW / 322 deg to WeEu English 1800-1857 on 7205 URU 500 kW / 308 deg to EuEu Russian 1800-1857 on 7340 KAS 500 kW / 294 deg to SEEu Italian 1800-1857 on 7395 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu German 1800-1857 on 7435 JIN 500 kW / 314 deg to SEEu Italian 1800-1957 on 9480 CER 150 kW / 310 deg to WeEu French 1800-1857 on 9535 ISS 500 kW / 055 deg to EaEu Russian 1800-1857 on 9560 XIA 500 kW / 292 deg to CeAs Russian 1800-1857 on 9600 BEI 500 kW / 318 deg to WeEu English 1800-1857 on 9765 SZG 500 kW / 315 deg to CeAs Russian 1800-1857 on 11650 URU 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu German 1800-1857 on 11695 CER 150 kW / 240 deg to NWAf French 1800-1857 on 11775 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu German 1800-1857 on 11895 XIA 500 kW / 317 deg to WeEu Chaozhou 1800-1857 on 13700 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu Chaozhou 1800-1857 on 13760 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu English 1830-1857 on 6020 SZG 500 kW / 315 deg to SEEu Bulgarian 1830-1857 on 7265 URU 500 kW / 308 deg to SEEu Bulgarian 1830-1857 on 7415 BEI 500 kW / 288 deg to WeAs Persian 1830-1857 on 9670 BEI 500 kW / 288 deg to WeAs Persian 1830-1857 on 9695 JIN 500 kW / 310 deg to SEEu Bulgarian 1830-1927 on 7350 URU 500 kW / 270 deg to WeAf French 1830-1927 on 9645 KUN 500 kW / 283 deg to WeAf French 1830-1927 on 11640 BKO 100 kW / 085 deg to CeAf Arabic 1830-1927 on 13685 BKO 100 kW / 020 deg to NEAf Arabic 1900-1927 on 6090 URU 500 kW / 308 deg to SEEu Romanian 1900-1927 on 7305 ISS 250 kW / 085 deg to SEEu Romanian 1900-1927 on 7415 URU 500 kW / 308 deg to CeEu Czech 1900-1927 on 7440 XIA 500 kW / 317 deg to CeEu Hungarian 1900-1927 on 9515 BEI 500 kW / 322 deg to CeEu Czech 1900-1927 on 9560 URU 500 kW / 308 deg to CeEu Hungarian 1900-1957 on 5970 CER 150 kW / 310 deg to WeEu French 1900-1957 on 5985 BEI 500 kW / 257 deg to SoAf Portuguese 1900-1957 on 6055 CER 150 kW / 240 deg to NWAf French 1900-1957 on 6020 SZG 500 kW / 315 deg to SEEu Albanian 1900-1957 on 6110 XIA 500 kW / 292 deg to CeAs Russian 1900-1957 on 7235 SZG 500 kW / 315 deg to WeEu Cantonese 1900-1957 on 7245 BJI 150 kW / 317 deg to EaEu Russian 1900-1957 on 7255 KUN 500 kW / 300 deg to N/ME Turkish 1900-1957 on 7295 KAS 500 kW / 269 deg to N/ME English 1900-1957 on 7385 KAS 500 kW / 294 deg to SEEu Albanian 1900-1957 on 7395 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu German 1900-1957 on 7405 XIA 500 kW / 252 deg to SoAf Portuguese 1900-1957 on 9440 KUN 500 kW / 283 deg to WeAf English 1800-1957 on 9480 CER 150 kW / 310 deg to WeEu French 1900-1957 on 9525 BEI 500 kW / 318 deg to EeEu Russian 1900-1957 on 9535 BJI 150 kW / 255 deg to SoAf Portuguese 1900-1957 on 9620 KAS 500 kW / 298 deg to SoEu Portuguese 1900-1957 on 9655 KUN 500 kW / 300 deg to N/ME Turkish 1900-1957 on 9765 BEI 500 kW / 257 deg to SoAf Portuguese 1900-1957 on 11650 URU 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu German 1900-1957 on 11695 CER 150 kW / 240 deg to NWAf French 1900-1957 on 11775 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu German 1900-1957 on 11895 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu Cantonese 1900-1957 on 12095 JIN 500 kW / 320 deg to SoEu Portuguese 1930-1957 on 6090 URU 500 kW / 308 deg to SEEu Romanian 1930-1957 on 7305 ISS 250 kW / 065 deg to CeEu Czech 1930-1957 on 7415 URU 500 kW / 308 deg to CeEu Czech 1930-1957 on 7440 XIA 500 kW / 317 deg to SEEu Romanian 1930-1957 on 11640 BKO 100 kW / 111 deg to SoAf Portuguese 1930-1957 on 13630 BKO 100 kW / 111 deg to SoAf Portuguese 1930-2027 on 7265 URU 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu Esperanto 1930-2027 on 7350 URU 500 kW / 270 deg to WeAf French 1930-2027 on 9645 KUN 500 kW / 283 deg to WeAf French 1930-2027 on 9745 URU 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu Esperanto 2000-2027 on 7325 URU 500 kW / 308 deg to SEEu Serbian 2000-2027 on 7355 KAS 500 kW / 294 deg to SEEu Serbian 2000-2027 on 7390 XIA 500 kW / 317 deg to SEEu Serbian 2000-2027 on 9585 KAS 500 kW / 298 deg to SEEu Serbian 2000-2057 on 5960 CER 150 kW / 310 deg to WeEu English 2000-2057 on 5985 BEI 500 kW / 257 deg to SoAf English 2000-2057 on 6020 SZG 500 kW / 315 deg to CeEu Polish 2000-2057 on 6100 XIA 500 kW / 292 deg to NEAf Arabic 2000-2057 on 6145 ISS 500 kW / 060 deg to CeEu Polish 2000-2057 on 6185 CER 150 kW / 193 deg to EaAf Arabic 2000-2057 on 7235 CER 150 kW / 140 deg to N/ME Arabic 2000-2057 on 7245 KAS 500 kW / 269 deg to N/ME Chinese 2000-2057 on 7255 BJI 150 kW / 317 deg to EaEu Russian 2000-2057 on 7285 CER 150 kW / 310 deg to WeEu English 2000-2057 on 7295 KAS 500 kW / 269 deg to N/ME English 2000-2057 on 7305 URU 500 kW / 308 deg to CeEu Polish 2000-2057 on 7335 SZG 500 kW / 315 deg to WeEu Chinese 2000-2057 on 7405 XIA 500 kW / 252 deg to SoAf Chinese 2000-2057 on 7415 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu English 2000-2057 on 7440 BEI 500 kW / 318 deg to WeEu Chinese 2000-2057 on 9440 KUN 500 kW / 300 deg to N/ME English 2000-2057 on 9525 BEI 500 kW / 318 deg to EeEu Russian 2000-2057 on 9600 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu English 2000-2057 on 9865 KUN 500 kW / 283 deg to CEAf Chinese 2000-2057 on 11640 BKO 100 kW / 111 deg to CEAf English 2000-2057 on 13630 BKO 100 kW / 111 deg to CEAf English 2030-2057 on 7390 JIN 500 kW / 314 deg to CeEu Hungarian 2030-2057 on 9585 KAS 500 kW / 298 deg to CeEu Hungarian 2030-2057 on 9720 URU 500 kW / 308 deg to SEEu Bulgarian 2030-2057 on 11940 KUN 500 kW / 300 deg to SEEu Bulgarian 2030-2127 on 7265 URU 500 kW / 308 deg to SEEu Italian 2030-2127 on 7310 KAS 500 kW / 294 deg to SEEu Italian 2030-2127 on 9430 URU 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu French 2030-2127 on 11660 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu French 2100-2127 on 6145 ISS 250 kW / 105 deg to SEEu Albanian 2100-2127 on 7325 XIA 500 kW / 317 deg to SEEu Serbian 2100-2127 on 7440 KUN 500 kW / 300 deg to SEEu Serbian 2100-2127 on 11640 BKO 100 kW / 111 deg to CEAf English 2100-2127 on 13630 BKO 100 kW / 111 deg to CEAf English 2100-2157 on 5960 CER 150 kW / 310 deg to WeEu English 2100-2157 on 6100 XIA 500 kW / 292 deg to NEAf Arabic 2100-2157 on 6135 BEI 500 kW / 318 deg to SEEu Croatian 2100-2157 on 6185 CER 150 kW / 193 deg to EaAf Arabic 2100-2157 on 7205 XIA 500 kW / 252 deg to SoAf English 2100-2157 on 7225 BEI 500 kW / 318 deg to SEEu Croatian 2100-2157 on 7235 CER 150 kW / 140 deg to N/ME Arabic 2100-2157 on 7285 CER 150 kW / 310 deg to WeEu English 2100-2157 on 7290 XIA 500 kW / 073 deg to EaAs Korean 2100-2157 on 7325 BEI 500 kW / 257 deg to SoAf English 2100-2157 on 7335 SZG 500 kW / 315 deg to SoEu Spanish 2100-2157 on 7415 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu English 2100-2157 on 9600 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu English 2100-2157 on 9640 KAS 500 kW / 298 deg to SoEu Spanish 2130-2157 on 6145 ISS 250 kW / 085 deg to CeEu Hungarian 2130-2157 on 7445 URU 500 kW / 308 deg to CeEu Hungarian 2130-2227 on 9430 URU 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu French 2130-2227 on 11660 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu French 2130-2227 on 11975 BKO 100 kW / 020 deg to WeAf French 2130-2227 on 13630 BKO 100 kW / 111 deg to CEAf French 2200-2257 on 5975 KAS 100 kW / 239 deg to WeAs Chinese 2200-2257 on 6100 KUN 150 kW / 163 deg to SEAs Chinese 2200-2257 on 6140 KUN 100 kW / 225 deg to SEAs Chinese 2200-2257 on 6175 CER 150 kW / 280 deg to SoEu Portuguese 2200-2257 on 7210 CER 150 kW / 280 deg to SoEu Spanish 2200-2257 on 7215 KUN 100 kW / 184 deg to SEAs Chinese 2200-2257 on 7220 KUN 500 kW / 283 deg to CEAf Chinese 2200-2257 on 7250 URU 500 kW / 308 deg to SoEu Spanish 2200-2257 on 7260 URU 500 kW / 308 deg to SoEu Portuguese 2200-2257 on 7290 XIA 500 kW / 073 deg to EaAs Korean 2200-2257 on 7305 JIN 500 kW / 059 deg to EaAs Chinese 2200-2257 on 7315 KAS 500 kW / 294 deg to SoAm Esperanto 2200-2257 on 7325 KUN 150 kW / 191 deg to SEAs Chinese 2200-2257 on 7335 SZG 500 kW / 315 deg to SoEu Spanish 2200-2257 on 7395 URU 500 kW / 270 deg to N/ME Chinese 2200-2257 on 7430 JIN 500 kW / 255 deg to SoAf Chinese 2200-2257 on 9410 KAS 500 kW / 294 deg to SoAm Portuguese 2200-2257 on 9490 BEI 500 kW / 318 deg to SoAm Spanish 2200-2257 on 9535 XIA 500 kW / 073 deg to EaAs Japanese 2200-2257 on 9590 BEI 150 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Japanese 2200-2257 on 9675 BEI 150 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 2200-2257 on 9640 KAS 500 kW / 298 deg to SoEu Spanish 2200-2257 on 9685 KAS 500 kW / 269 deg to SoAm Portuguese 2200-2257 on 9860 KAS 500 kW / 269 deg to SoAm Esperanto 2200-2257 on 13640 JIN 500 kW / 059 deg to EaAs Japanese 2230-2257 on 11975 BKO 100 kW / 020 deg to NEAf Chinese 2230-2257 on 15505 BKO 100 kW / 085 deg to CeAf Chinese 2300-2357 on 5915 KAS 100 kW / 174 deg to SoAs English 2300-2357 on 5990 HAB 250 kW / non-dir to CeAm English 2300-2357 on 6140 KUN 100 kW / 225 deg to SEAs Cantonese 2300-2357 on 6175 CER 150 kW / 280 deg to SoEu Spanish 2300-2357 on 7210 CER 150 kW / 280 deg to SoEu Spanish 2300-2357 on 7220 XIA 500 kW / 190 deg to SEAs Vietnamese 2300-2357 on 7250 URU 500 kW / 308 deg to SoEu Spanish 2300-2357 on 7295 BKO 100 kW / non-dir to WeAf Chinese 2300-2357 on 7325 KUN 150 kW / 191 deg to SEAs Cantonese 2300-2357 on 7350 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu English 2300-2357 on 7405 HUH 100 kW / 345 deg to CeAs Russian 2300-2357 on 7410 KAS 100 kW / 174 deg to SoAs English 2300-2357 on 9445 HUH 100 kW / 345 deg to CeAs Russian 2300-2357 on 9460 KUN 150 kW / 163 deg to SEAs Cantonese 2300-2357 on 9560 BEI 500 kW / 318 deg to SoAm Portuguese 2300-2357 on 9590 KAS 500 kW / 294 deg to SoAm Spanish 2300-2357 on 9765 NNN 100 kW / 200 deg to SEAs Cambodian 2300-2357 on 9800 KAS 500 kW / 269 deg to SoAm Spanish 2300-2357 on 9810 XIA 500 kW / 354 deg to CeAs Mongolian 2300-2357 on 9865 URU 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu Chinese 2300-2357 on 11620 BEI 500 kW / 193 deg to SEAs Vietnamese 2300-2357 on 11680 XIA 500 kW / 073 deg to EaAs Japanese 2300-2357 on 11690 BEI 150 kW / 095 deg to EaAs English 2300-2357 on 11790 XIA 500 kW / 190 deg to SEAs English 2300-2357 on 11900 BEI 150 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 2300-2357 on 11945 KUN 100 kW / 175 deg to SEAs Cantonese 2300-2357 on 11955 KUN 100 kW / 122 deg to SEAs English 2300-2357 on 11975 BKO 100 kW / 020 deg to NEAf Chinese 2300-2357 on 11990 NNN 100 kW / 200 deg to SEAs Cambodian 2300-2357 on 12085 XIA 500 kW / 354 deg to CeAs Mongolian 2300-2357 on 13640 JIN 500 kW / 059 deg to EaAs Japanese 2300-2357 on 13650 HAB 250 kW / 135 deg to SoAm Portuguese 2300-2357 on 15100 JIN 500 kW / 161 deg to SEAs Cantonese 2330-0027 on 7260 KAS 100 kW / 173 deg to SoAs Sinhalese 2330-0027 on 9490 KUN 150 kW / 234 deg to SoAs Sinhalese (DX RE MIX NEWS# 785 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, June 11, 2013, via DXLD) ** CONGO. 6115, Radio Congo, Brazzaville, 1810, French, extended news by man, ID's as "Radio Congo." Low modulation but readable and all alone on frequency, 8/6 (David Sharp, NSW, FT-950, NRD-535D, Timewave 599zx, Quantum Phaser, EWE aerials, various other Palstar and MFJ accessories, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 19580, (2 x 9790 harmonic) CRI via Cuba with English News. 3+53+53+ ID as CRI, and in sync with 31 metre signal. 0310-0312 1/Jun (Kenneth Vito Zichi, MI, MARE Tipsheet June 7 via WORLD OF RADIO 1673, DXLD) 6165, June 6 at 0655, RHC English in its final minutes when I tune in, to hear very wobbling carrier, so bad that it makes a rumble on the modulation. Another transmitter very out of order. It`s always something wrong at RHC. The others on 49m are OK. 9850, June 6 at 1248 tune-in, obviously the same transmitter as on 6165 six hours earlier, with wobble and big hum atop the modulation in Spanish. Expected it to show up next on: 13780, June 6 at 1323, same self-imposed motorboating noise caused by fast wobble on carrier. Looking for same problem on an afternoon frequency but none found yet: 11760 17720, 17705, 11840 sound OK by 2140, but not all the transmitters are on the air yet (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11880, RHC. Junio 06 a las 2200 UT. Identificación de la emisora en idioma francés, pasando a noticias sobre Cuba a las 2203 con la voz de un varón. La señal tiene buena modulación, aunque con mucho ruido por la interferencia de CNR1 Jammer en 11885 contra CBSC RTI que va aminorando en el avance de la hora. SINPO: 53344 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: Coaxial de 5 Ohms de 20 Metros, QTH: Centro de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) Surveying RHC/CRI frequencies June 6 2318-2323 for the defective wobbling transmitter did not find it, but: 5040, RHC very poor but no wobble 6 and 9 MHz, no RHC signals on or audible 11680, RHC very good with het, stronger than // 11840 11840, RHC `Sonido Cubano`, music fill hour, a bit distorted 11970, pulse jamming against no known target, a bit irregular, nothing like the wall-of-noise on 11930, but possibly spurious from one of the pileup of transmitters there; would not be second harmonic either unless it were on 11960 13650, CRI Portuguese, undermodulated and distorted 13780, RHC very good with separate `Mesa Redonda` TV program 15230, RHC music with some distortion 15370, RHC Quechua, undermodulated, distorted, with crackle 17705, RHC VG with music However, the wobbling frequencies yesterday are back today, UT June 7: 6000, English OK at 0456 6010, at 0457, open carrier dead air with some hum, hets 6125, at 0522, RHC English with steady carrier, but squealing which changes with the modulation, becomes steady during pauses. // 5040, 6010 and 6060 are OK 6165, open carrier prior to English at 0055, warble, BFO unneeded to hear the rumble on it; 0105 modulating, and now also with spurblobs about plus/minus 12 kHz circa 6153, 6177; retuned 0456 just in time to hear it still wobbling before cut off the air, back on in a minute or less Next morning June 7: 9850 at 1229, RHC Spanish with motorboating 13780 at 1343, normally same transmitter as 9850 and 6165, but now no motorboating. I am still awaiting a surprise award of the Order of Che for being RHC`s most expert technical monitor abroad. Not even a gracias! 9955, June 7 at 1340, weak but readable signal in the clear from WRMI in Spanish, mentions `La Verdad para el Mundo`, then hit by pulse jamming, quickly overtaking it, altho this ``truth to the world`` is religious, not political. 6165, June 8 at 0103, RHC English is still open carrier, dead air except for motorboating frequency fluxuation which is also audible on the carrier without any BFO help. How many more days before they notice and repair this? Meanwhile, other English frequency 6000 is already modulating OK. Next check at 0457 finds typical lack of coördination: 6010, supposed to start in English at *0500, is already on carrying the Spanish service sign *off*; 6000 English until 0500* is already off. 6125 is open carrier, and 6165 is still wobbling. Next2 check at 1210, again it`s 9850 motorboating in the morning. 6125, June 9 at 0540, RHC English now with the squealing transmitter, varying pitch depending on modulation, and even bothering 6135 BBC: see ASCENSION. Other RHCs: 6165, June 9 at 0541 at the moment no wobble; that`s because: 6060, June 9 at 0541, now the motor-boating transmitter has been switched to this frequency --- low rumble, with BFO, obviously from this, not the Brazilian hetting from a constant off-frequency 6010, June 9 at 0542, RHC English is very good strength but over- modulating here to the point of distortion; worse at 0556 during music 5040, June 9 at 0542, RHC English nominal starting `World of Stamps` Sunday morning anomalies: 13780, June 9 at 1304, no signal from RHC, tho the DentroCuban Jamming Command is certainly propagating on 13820. Next check 1348, now 13780 is on during `En Contacto` appropriately mentioning ``los técnicos de Radio Cuba`` -- and 13780 is still the motorboating transmitter. Only heard a snippet but doubt they were discussing this issue. 1404 check we find all these RHC frequencies in dead air: 11750, 11760, 11860, 15230 as well as CRI English relay 13740 but with whine. These RHC are nominal: 9540 (with CCI), 11690, 15340, 17580, 17730 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Just checked in on 6165 kHz, 0255 to 0315 UT, and the squealer is there. At 6 kHz BW on the Tecsun PL-310 its audible 6156-6168 kHz, and generally follows my DSP Audio BW settings. My normal 3 kHz position indicated 6157-6162 kHz. Under-modulated, need to step up Vol. from normal 07 to 09 to hear adequately. Increasing Volume further brings up the artifacts and background mush presumed to be associated with the anomaly. In other words, this particular radio can lessen the effect by careful Volume and BW control. Nonetheless a funky transmitter at arm-chair levels. Recheck 0325 for posting indicates same (Paul S. in CT, UT June 10, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Also noted poor audio on 6165 at 0319 here in California (Ron Howard, UT June 10, ibid.) RHC messups June 10 at 0513 check: serves him right, Arnie Coro marred on 6165 by motorboating and undermodulation; on 6125 by squeal and even more undermodulation; 6060 mod OK but weaker with ZY het; 6010 OK except for some hum; 5040 OK; and bonus VG 11760 on late in English as happens occasionally. Meanwhile from the DentroCuban Jamming Command this UT Monday when R. Martí is taking a break: at 0514 still pulsing against nothing on 6030, 9565, 7365, 5980, 11930 and 13820! Altho at this hour only 6030 would ever be on the air! However, 7405 is totally free of jamming and Martí for a change. Too bad there`s nothing else to hear there. Back to RHC for anomalies: at 1300 June 10, just tuned across 17580 and 17730 where RHC is propagating but little else on 16m except EAST TURKISTAN, but when I tune back down, 17580 has vanished. And stays vanished. 11860, June 10 at 1419, 11860 is now the one with rapid wobble/motorboating sounding like a big hum in AM mode, during hoary old Fidel speech on `Voces de la Revolución`; all the other 11, 13, 15 and 17 MHz frequencies seem nominal. 6165, June 11 at 0104, RHC English with rumbling when monitored in AM, warble = rapidly varying carrier when monitored with BFO. They STILL haven`t fixed this. // 6000 sounds OK but quite a bit weaker. At 0455, 6165 is still wobbling. It appears RadioCuba after several days has finally fixed (or turned off) the RHC transmitter with severe carrier instability --- at least I haven`t found it on previous spots, tho they could have swapped it to some frequency I missed. June 12 at 0055, 6165 English carrier is already on and steady, along with 6000, and Spanish already on 6100. Next check at 0525: 6165 is steady; 6125 is undermodulated and distorted; 6060 is OK; 6010 is slightly unstable but not like 6165 et al. had been. At 1153, 9850 is also steady now with report from Santiago but with some hum which continues even once back from the Wake Up With Cuba studio (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [non]. 6030, R. MARTI. 09 de junio a las 0245 UT. Programa “Interferencia” con música pop en inglés, presentada en español y con saludos al programa, por parte de artistas como Shakira. Señal con ruido, posiblemente del Cuban noise jammer, aún así tiene SINPO: 54344. Comparada con 7365 donde oscila bastante la señal, aunque sin ruido con SINPO: 55545 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: Cable de cobre de 5 metros. QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) 7405, June 12 at 0522, R. Martí is well atop wall-of-noise jamming, attempting to prevent DentroCubans from learning the exact start times of every ML baseball sillyballgame earlier this evening, as RM is conveying, why? Where`s the propaganda we`re paying for?? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CYPRUS. BBC WORLD SERVICE RESUMES MW BROADCASTS TO ISRAEL Date: 07.06.2013 Last updated: 07.06.2013 at 14.55 http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/statements/ws-israel.html The BBC World Service has confirmed that MW transmissions to Israel and other parts of the Middle East will resume for 10 hrs per day on 1323 kHz starting on Friday 7 June. This will give listeners breakfast listening and then drive-time and evening coverage from about 4 pm to 10 pm. The morning hours are as 02:59:30-06:59:30 GMT and the evening schedule will be 12:59:30–18:59:30 GMT. Steve Titherington, World Service Commissioning Editor, says: “We had a huge response to the end of MW transmissions in Israel and we are responding positively to listeners’ demands for a return to of the BBC broadcasts. Cutbacks mean we can’t return to a full day-long schedule, but we will broadcast at times when we hope audiences are most likely to listen. We want to thank our listeners for their feedback and would welcome any further comment they have about how suitable these new broadcasting times are for tuning into the BBC World Service.” As previously announced, four hours per day of World Service English will continue on 720 kHz until 22:59:30 on 21 June (BBC Press Office via Richard Buckby via Wolfgang Büschel, WORLD OF RADIO 1673, DXLD) Transmitter site not mentioned, of course! But presumably Cyprus as before. And note they are dropping 720 (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1673, DXLD) BBC WORLD SERVICE SCHEDULE EXPANDED FOLLOWING OUTCRY - Anglo File - Israel News | Haaretz Daily Newspaper http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/anglo-file/bbc-world-service-schedule-expanded-following-outcry.premium-1.528576 Not that this helps us shortwave enthusiasts much, but it's interesting to see the BBC back away from at least one instance of its radio service cuts (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA, Swprograms mailing list via DXLD) ** DIEGO GARCIA. 4319 (USB) - AFN, Diego Garcia - tune in at 0056 to final portion of program with OM in definite English. Typical military PSA followed. Seemed to be going into network news feed at TOH when audio dropped completely off. Carrier was still there but audio disappeared. Noise level was high but hadn't changed. I must have just got them at a brief signal peak. When the audio was there it was extremely weak and I could only pick out a couple of words. What I did hear was the typical very recognizable AFN style program (Stephen Wood, Harwich, Mass., Perseus SDR, 25 x 50 variable terminated Superloop Antenna, UT June 11, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EAST TURKISTAN. 17540, June 12 at 0514, CRI English poor with flutter; also German on 17720 and stronger 17820 which is // but a good two seconds ahead of 17720. Aoki shows 17540 and 17720 are Kashgar, while 17820 is Urumqi (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ECUADOR. 4781.67, Jun 3, *2257-, R Oriental with sign on. Weak audio despite fair signal (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, SW Bulletin June 9 via DXLD) 4781.67, R. Oriental, 1003, noted in passing with talk by a man, CODAR QRM, actually stronger at 1200 recheck. 4/6 (David Sharp, NSW, Equipment Used: FT-950, NRD-535D, Timewave 599zx, Quantum Phaser, EWE aerials, various other Palstar and MFJ accessories, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4781.5, Radio Oriental, Napo, 1105 to 1110 with om and yl into music bridge during band scan, 6 June (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D, Icom 746Pro, Drake R8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ECUADOR [non]. HCJB BRASIL, 11920 vía Nauen [GERMANY]. Junio 06 a las 2330. Final del programa “Ecos da Catedral” desde la catedral Presbiteriana de Rio de Janeiro. Después de aquella hora se pasan alabanzas en portugués con lecturas y meditaciones bíblicas basada en los libros sapienciales. SINPO: 55444 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL- 660, Antena: Coaxial de 5 Ohms de 20 Metros, QTH: Centro de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** EGYPT. 9965, June 8 at 0058, R. Cairo signal is only fair, and undermodulated with hum, closer to usual degradation than last night, then 0059 starts the news-theme march. Checking 9720, same theme is playing, but on one receiver can`t tell if synchronized; here signal is very poor (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) EGIPTO, 13855, R. CAIRO, 12 de junio a las 0047 UT. Portadora abierta, sin TX [sic], con SINPO: 54444, comparada con 13620, también con portadora abierta sin TX y SINPO: 44444; y con 9720 sin portadora, en el servicio español. 73! (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: 20 metros de Coaxial de 5 Ohms, QTH: Centro de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** FINLAND. Scandinavian Weekend Radio - next transmissions from Virrat are scheduled 31st May-1st June, 21st-22nd June (Midsummer broadcast) and 5-6th July (13th Birthday broadcast). Usual hours are 2100 UT Friday-2100 UT Saturday. Last transmission (3- 4 May) they did not use the usual 25 mb frequencies (11690, 11720) only the 49 mb frequencies (5980, 6170). Schedule for next broadcast also says "no broadcast on 25m freqs" but check for updates at: http://www.swradio.net/schedule.htm (via Alan Pennington 24-May, June BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD 13-23 via WORLD OF RADIO 1673, DXLD 13-24) Summer A-13 SW schedule of Scandinavian Weekend Radio (SWR) on June 21-22 (Midsummer Radio) and July 5-6 (13th Birthday broadcast). Monthly broadcast 1st Saturday 0000-2400 Finnish time or 2100-2100 UT. Last transmission from May 31 to June 1 they did not use 25 meterband frequencies 11690/11720, only the 49 meterband frequencies 5980/6170. (DX Re Mix News, Bulgaria, via WORLD OF RADIO 1673, DXLD) ** FRANCE. Right now: The Disco Palace on 15775 kHz with ~ 27 dB SNR in DRM. QTH: Issodoun 100 kW ==> India, received in Central Germany. Unusually strong signal, most likely: short skip via sporadic E, MUF > 120 MHz: http://www.dxmaps.com/spots/map.php?Lan=E&Frec=MUF&ML=M&Map=EU&DXC=N&HF=N&GL=N (roger, 1610 UT June 12, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FRANCE [non]. 9955, Taiwan, Radio France International, 0943-0952 with an ID at 0949, SINFO=3,2,3,2,2. I was listening to an excellent signal until a ute station came on the frequency. The British government is going to pay some Kenyans for the suffering they went through in their war of independence, the amount is a joke. The Racal 6790, and the 42' Windom antenna. 6/6 (This information came from: THE SHORTWAVE INTERCEPT CENTER'S BROADCAST GUIDE, SPECIAL SUMMER EDITION, published by John and Sandra Davis on June 8, 2013. My QTH: Our facility is located northeast of Columbus, Ohio, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Above item is relay by WRMI Miami, not Taiwan. WRMI just resumed relaying WRN overnight, including RFI at 05-06 and 09-10 UT. The ``ute`` [why do so many capitalize that? It is not an initialism!] would really be Cuban jamming which often infects WRMI whether they have Cuban or even Spanish programming or not. We must not let Cuban and Chinese jammers off the hook by not recognizing them for what they are! (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GABON. I missed Africa No 1 on shortwave 9580 kHz lately ... wb. Remember Audio Streaming URLs: (Paris program) (Libreville program) Player noted also on On streaming portals sometimes wrong studio linked. At present June 9 heard Paris music program, but Libreville program heard different RADIOPLAY in French, great actors voice (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 12 via DXLD) ** GERMANY. LOG: 6005 kHz CLASSIC BROADCAST KALL O=4 05.59z /PSK-250R with the program overview (in PSK-250R) before the regular program. Although I did not know the standard of the transmission, but the automatic detection in FLDIGI worked flawless. Before RSID: <<2013-06-12T05:59Z PSK-250R @ 1924>> qCT0ÚÚeÚeÚi o +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + C L A S S I C B R O A D C A S T + + S E N D E Z E N T R U M K A L L + +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ --- SENDEPLAN A13 - AB 31.03.2013 --- ... ALLE SENDEZEITEN IN UTC ... ------------------------------------- TX 1: 6005 kHz MON-SUN 0600-0800 Radio Belarus MON-SAT 0800-1000 RADIO 700 MON-SUN 1000-1015 MW Freundesdienst MON-SUN 1015-1630 RADIO 700 MON-SUN 1630-1645 MW Freundesdienst MON-SUN 1645-1700 RADIO 700 SUN 0800-0900 EMR (3. Sonntag) SUN 0900-1000 RGI (4. Sonntag) ------------------------------------- TX 2: 7310 kHz MON-SUN 0600-1600 RADIO 700 ------------------------------------- TX 3: 3985 kHz MON-SUN 0000-1800 RADIO 700 MON-SUN 1800-1900 St. Indonesiens MON-SUN 1900-2400 RADIO 700 ------------------------------------- Informationen ueber Abweichungen und Sondersendungen erhalten Sie im Web: www.shortwaveservice.com www.radio700.eu Wir wuenschen guten Empfang! ------------------------------------- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + C L A S S I C B R O A D C A S T + + S E N D E Z E N T R U M K A L L + +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ===================================================== QTH: D-06193 Petersberg/Germany Dipol / IC-R75 + STUDIO1 + FLDIGI ===================================================== 73+55 (roger, June 12, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GOA. Dear Glenn, With reference to items on India in DX LISTENING DIGEST 13-23, June 6, 2013 I would like to state as follows: ``GOA [and non?]. INDIA, 15184.957, Odd frequency signal at 0426 UT June 1st. AIR Gujarati language towards Africa scheduled, registered AIR Aligarh site, - but I guess Goa Panaji odd transmitter here in use instead?`` Yes, it`s Panaji. Please see my site http://qsl.net/vu2jos/sw/freq.htm Thanking you, Yours sincerely, Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India, http://www.niar.org cell: 91 94416 96043, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GREECE [and non]. 15630, June 9 at 0547, usual Sunday-morning Byzantine chant from VOG; reverse of winter, now this is fair-good, the best/only frequency, while // 9420 is JBA, mostly absorbed by plenty of daylight westward from Avlis. For contrast, we have Gregorian chant at the same time from Vatican on 15595, even better signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GREECE. ERT shuts down --- Hi Glenn; More depressing news coming from Europe. ERT announced today that it is shutting down as of tonight as it undergoes a huge reorganization plan. I wonder if this means that ERT will be off the air on the shortwave bands, too. In any case, it is a strange and unprecedented decision from a major broadcaster. http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_11/06/2013_503874 (Marty Delfín, Madrid, Spain, 1633 UT June 11, WORLD OF RADIO 1673, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: GREEK PUBLIC BROADCASTER ERT TO BE SHUT DOWN, REOPENED WITH FEWER EMPLOYEES The Greek government is set to close down the country’s public broadcaster and re-open it with fewer employees, Kathimerini understands. Sources said that Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has already taken the decision to pull the plug on the broadcaster in its current form and the government has started drawing up the relevant legislation. ERT currently employees 2,800 people. It is not clear how many employees will remain but sources indicated it would be a fraction of those in work at the moment. Greece has to fire 2,000 civil servants by the end of the year and 15,000 by the end of 2014. Those leaving will do so either via voluntary redundancy, early retirement or dismissal. It is not clear how this will affect ERT’s various services, including TV and radio stations. It is also not clear how quickly the process could be carried out. A legislative decree was published in the Government Gazette that allows for public enterprises to be restructured in this way. Junior coalition partner Democratic Left said in a statement on Tuesday that it would be “inconceivable” for Greece not to have a national broadcaster. ERT employees are expected to protest against the government’s plans. ekathimerini.com Tuesday June 11, 2013 (15:46) [UT +3 = 1246 UT] (via Delfín, DXLD) Here is an updated story with the official announcement. http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_11/06/2013_503922 (Marty Delfín, Madrid Spain, 1640 UT June 11, ibid.) Viz.: GOVERNMENT CONFIRMS CLOSURE OF GREEK STATE BROADCASTER TONIGHT, WITH SOME 2,600 JOBS SET TO GO Government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou said that Greece's national broadcaster, ERT, would be shut down on Tuesday night, arguing that it was a source of «waste and lack of transparency." Kedikoglou was speaking shortly after it emerged that the government had passed a legislative decree that allowed ministers to shut down public enterprises. "The Greek people are paying for ERT, which has three times, even eight times, as much staff as it needs,» he said. «It has ample assets, which have remained unused." Kedikoglou said that ERT suffered as a result of «management that lacked transparency, benefits for its workers and spending huge amounts on external productions». Kedikoglou said that a «modern broadcasting service» would replace ERT. The new broadcaster would have fewer staff, he added without giving details. He said that new staff would be hired based o [sic ---- something is missing!] ERT has close to 3,000 employees, according to employees' union POSPERT. The union claimed that more than 2,600 people are set to lose their jobs. Greece is committed to firing 2,000 civil servants by the end of the year and 15,000 by the end of 2014. Kedikoglou said that as long as ERT is off air, Greek households would not pay the broadcaster's license fee through their electricity bills. ekathimerini.com , Tuesday June 11, 2013 (19:03 [UT +3] = 1603) (via Marty Delfin, DXLD) ALL ERT BROADCASTS TO BE SUSPENDED TONIGHT The Greek government has announced that it will shut down the radio and TV services of the state broadcaster ERT. A government spokesman said transmissions would cease early on Wednesday. See www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22861577 (via Chris Greenway, UK, 1643 UT June 11, dxldyg via DXLD) The article reads as follows: "GREECE SUSPENDS STATE BROADCASTER ERT TO SAVE MONEY" The Greek government has announced that it will shut down the radio and TV services of the state broadcaster ERT. A government spokesman said transmissions would cease early on Wednesday. More than 2,000 employees will be suspended until the company reopens "as soon as possible." It is the latest move in successive rafts of spending cuts and tax rises that the government hope will lead the country out of recession. "ERT is a case of an exceptional lack of transparency and incredible extravagance. This ends now," government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou said, according to the AFP news agency. Unions voiced strong opposition to the move. An engineer at the broadcaster's multimedia department who gave his name as Yannis said: "The government announced that channels will shut down at midnight - after that the screens will go black. "According to the government, from tonight I will be unemployed. It is a complete shock. In four hours' time I will not have a job." ERT is funded by a direct payment by of 4.3 euros added monthly to electricity bills (via Mike Terry, UK, 1658 UT, dxldyg via DXLD) and the following additional was snipped from above version: The broadcaster runs three domestic TV channels, four national radio stations, as well regional radio stations and an external service, Voice of Greece. In April, parliament passed a bill which will see 15,000 state employees lose their jobs by the end of next year. The law was a condition for Greece to receive its next tranche of loans from international lenders worth 8.8bn euros (-L-7.4bn; $11.4bn). Since 2010, the European Union and the IMF have promised more than 200bn euros in lending for Greece, the first country to be hit by the eurozone crisis. The government has imposed tough austerity measures in return for aid, including cuts in pay and pensions leading to numerous general strikes (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) GREEK ERT TO CLOSE World Business Report on BBC World Service just reported that Greek state broadcaster ERT is to close. Just when the policymakers of Europe might have thought the Greek problem was behind them. The economic situation there remains dire - and getting worse with every day that passes. We learned today that Athens failed to attract a single bid for the Greek state-run gas firm DEPA, due to be privatised to raise some much-needed extra cash. And within the past few hours, the Greek government has announced it's to temporarily shut down all state television and radio --- again to save money. The Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation, known as ERT, will close down as early as Wednesday. Its 2,500 employees will be suspended until the company reopens ``as soon as possible.'' (Jonathan Kempster, BBC, London, M5AEO, 1703 UT June 11, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) ERT GREECE TO SHUT TOMORROW The cash-strapped government is to shut down state-run television and radio temporarily to save money, despite fierce objections from unions. A government spokesman said the television and radio signals of the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) would go dead tomorrow. Its 2,500 employees will be suspended until the company reopens "as soon as possible". It was not clear how long that would be, or how many would be rehired. Unions representing ERT workers at three terrestrial stations, one satellite station and its radio network said they would keep the stations on the air. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/state-tv-and-radio-to-go-off-the-air-as-part-of-greek-austerity-cuts-8654484.html Can DXers monitor the situation. Are transmitters going to be switched off or will they carry some sort of repeating message, or automated programme? Rgds (Steve Whitt, 2025 UT June 11, MWC yg via DXLD) See the Kosmos Radio website: http://www.ert.gr/kosmos936/ 73, (Ehard Goddijn, June 11, MWC yg via DXLD) I tried the Greek Perseus Server. Only 1512 is still on the air with terrible modulation. On SW, 15630 and 7450 kHz are still on the air with a blank carrier. 73, (Guido Schotmans, Belgium, 2051 UT June 11, MWCircle yg via DXLD) Hi all, I just received with SpE with RDS ``ERT NET`` on 88.0 FM, no programme heard, but with a carrier. 73! Ruud (Vos?), 1143 UT June 12, MMCircle yg via DXLD) Also featured on the Media Show on BBC Radio 4 this afternoon, with reporting & interviews from Greece. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00dv9hq/episodes/player 73 (Steve Whitt, ibid.) There are Press Association quotes on many news sites, for example at MSN: "Greece is to close down all its state-run TV and radio stations with the loss of 2,500 jobs as part of the cost-cutting drive demanded by the bailed-out country's international creditors. The announcement widened cracks in the year-old conservative-led governing coalition, with both minority partners condemning the suspension of Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation, or ERT. Nonetheless, a government spokesman described ERT as a "haven of waste" and said its TV and radio signals would go dead early on Wednesday. He said its 2,500 employees will be compensated and the company will reopen "as soon as possible" with a smaller workforce. "ERT is a typical example of unique lack of transparency and incredible waste. And that ends today," he said. "It costs three to seven times as much as other TV stations and four to six times the personnel - for a very small viewership, about half that of an average private station." It is the first case of mass public sector layoffs in the recession- mired country, which has pledged to cut 15,000 state jobs by 2015 as part of its bailout commitments. Debt-stifled Greece has depended on rescue loans from its European partners and the International Monetary Fund since May 2010. In exchange, it imposed deeply resented income cuts and tax hikes, which exacerbated a crippling recession and forced tens of thousands of businesses to close, sending unemployment to a record of 27%. Greece's POESY media union accused the government of sacrificing the broadcaster to appease its creditors. "Bailout creditors are demanding civil service layoffs and the government, in order to meet its obligations toward foreign monitors, is prepared to sacrifice the public broadcasting corporation," it said. Unions representing ERT workers at three terrestrial TV stations, one satellite station and its national and regional radio network said they would keep the stations on the air, and protesting employees gathered at the company headquarters in the Athens suburb of Aghia Paraskevi, together with opposition MPs and union leaders. http://news.uk.msn.com/world/greek-state-tv-closes-to-save-money (via Mike Terry, 1705 UT June 11, dxldyg via DXLD) GREECE TO CLOSE STATE BROADCASTER TO SAVE MONEY - WTOP.com Glenn -- FYI. Hope we don't lose that wonderful Greek music on 31 mb! http://www.wtop.com/220/3354297/Greece-to-close-state-broadcaster-to-save-money Regards, (Art Delibert, 1730 UT June 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: GREEK STATE TV, RADIO BROADCASTS GO OFF THE AIR Tuesday - 6/11/2013, 6:13pm ET An employee works at Greek state television ERT headquarters in Athens, on Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Greece is to close down all its state-run TV and radio stations with the loss of some 2,500 jobs as part of its cost-cutting drive demanded by the bailed-out country`s international creditors. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) [caption] NICHOLAS PAPHITIS, Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greek state TV and radio were gradually pulled off the air late Tuesday, hours after the government said it would temporarily close all state-run broadcasts and lay off about 2,500 workers as part of a cost-cutting drive demanded by the bailed-out country's international creditors. The conservative-led government said the Hellenic Broadcasting Corp., or ERT, will reopen "as soon as possible" with a new, smaller workforce. It wasn't immediately clear how long that would take, and whether all stations would reopen. "Congratulations to the Greek government," newscaster Antonis Alafogiorgos said toward the end of ERT's main TV live broadcast. "This is a blow to democracy," he added, as thousands of media workers and supporters protested the closure outside the company's headquarters in the Athens suburb of Aghia Paraskevi. The surprise move heralds the first direct public sector layoffs in more than three years of painful austerity, which have already cost nearly 1 million private sector jobs. The announcement widened cracks in the year-old governing coalition, with both minority partners condemning the corporation's suspension, while international journalists' associations expressed dismay. ERT TV and radio started to be yanked off the air in several parts of the country around 11 p.m. (2000 GMT) Tuesday, about an hour before the government said all signals would go dead, although satellite broadcasts continued. "I was hoping up until the last minute that the reports were not true. It's unbelievable," news reader Stavroula Christofilea said moments after the move was announced. A Finance Ministry statement said ERT has been formally disbanded, and authorities would "secure" the corporation's facilities. Riot police deployed outside ERT buildings in several parts of Greece, but no clashes were reported. Government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou -- a former state TV journalist -- described ERT as a "haven of waste" and said its 2,500 employees will be compensated. "ERT is a typical example of a unique lack of transparency and incredible waste. And that ends today," Kedikoglou said. "It costs three to seven times as much as other TV stations and four to six times the personnel -- for a very small viewership, about half that of an average private station." Debt-stifled Greece has depended on rescue loans from its European partners and the International Monetary Fund since May 2010. In exchange, it imposed deeply resented income cuts and tax hikes, which exacerbated a crippling recession and forced tens of thousands of businesses to close, sending unemployment to a record of 27 percent. As part of the bailout agreement, Greece's government pledged to cut 15,000 state jobs by 2015, out of a total of about 600,000. While lacking the prestige and popularity of other state broadcasters -- such as Britain's BBC -- ERT was long seen as a bastion of quality programming in a media landscape dominated by commercial stations. But it was also used by successive governments to provide safe jobs for political favorites, and, while nominally independent, devoted considerable time and effort to showcasing administration policies. The broadcaster is largely state-funded, with every Greek household paying a fee through its electricity bills -- whether they have a TV set or not. Both minority partners in the fragile governing coalition said they opposed ERT's closure through a ministerial decree that takes immediate effect. The measure still requires eventual parliamentary approval, which both Socialist PASOK and the Democratic Left say they will withhold. PASOK accused Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' majority conservatives of ignoring its smaller partners in the coalition formed last summer to end a political crisis that threatened to push Greece out of the 17-member euro currency union. The three parties were already squabbling over non-austerity-related legislation, but it is unclear how severe the new rift is. "The decree will be retroactively invalidated, as we are not going to vote for it ... but we want it to be immediately withdrawn," party lawmaker Fofi Gennimata said. A PASOK statement said the conservatives presented ERT's demise as a necessary move to secure the release of Greece's next vital rescue loan payment. The country has so far received about 200 of the total 240 billion euro ($320 billion) package, and a team of austerity inspectors arrived in Athens this week for a new review of demanded spending cuts and reforms. Private TV stations halted news broadcasts on Tuesday evening after the country's POESY media union called a lightning six-hour strike, accusing the government of sacrificing the broadcaster to appease its creditors. "Bailout creditors are demanding civil service layoffs and the government, in order to meet its obligations toward foreign monitors, is prepared to sacrifice the public broadcasting corporation," a union statement said. Unions representing ERT workers at three terrestrial TV stations, one satellite station and its national and regional radio network said they would fight to keep the stations on the air. "They are trying to scare us," said Vayia Valavaki, secretary of the ERT union. "Unfortunately, our only weapons are our bodies." "I am now a laid-off single mother with a young child," she said. "Where exactly is the state for me? How exactly is this country protecting me? Why are they leaving me without work?" Protesters at the corporation's Athens headquarters included main opposition Radical Left Coalition leader Alexis Tsipras, who described the move as a blow against democracy. "This is a coup targeting ERT employees but also the Greek people who pay for public broadcasting and have the right to objective information," Tsipras said. "We warn the government not to illegally shut down the broadcast signal, and we are prepared to coordinate the struggle of employees and the Greek people for democracy." The European Broadcasting Union, an alliance of public service media organizations, expressed "profound dismay." "While we recognize the need to make budgetary savings, national broadcasters are more important than ever at times of national difficulty," the EBU said in a letter to Samaras Tuesday. Marc Gruber, director of the International Federation of Journalists in Europe, also strongly condemned the move. "We consider this a blow to democracy," he said, speaking from Brussels. "We intend to put pressure on the (Greek) government and the European Union. This is not just an issue of democracy. It is also an issue of people losing their jobs from one day to another." ERT is the first state broadcasting casualty among Europe's bailed out countries. Portugal's state broadcaster has had its staff and budgets cut, while Ireland's RTE has cut the salaries of its highest paid stars following license-payers protests (via Delibert, DXLD) Fine signal from ERA5 Voice of Greece currently on 9420 and 15650 from tune-in at 1720 UT (15650 is scheduled to switch to 15630 at 1900). ERA3 Radio Station Macedonia is scheduled on 7450 until 2300 UT (currently fair but with slight co-channel interference). On both stations there is currently discussion (in Greek) about radio and TV. Catch these while you can, as they might go silent at midnight Greek time (2200 [sic] UT), although some news agency reports now quoting staff unions as saying that workers will keep the radio and TV stations on the air, so we'll have to see what happens with the shortwave frequencies (Dave Kenny, England, 1736 UT June 11, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Summer A-13 schedule of ERA-3 and ERA-5: ERT-3 Radiophonikos Stathmos Makedonias in Greek: 1200-1650 on 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu 1700-2250 on 7450 AVL 100 kW / 323 deg to WeEu ERA-5 Voice of Greece in Greek: 1200-1350 on 15630 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu 1200-2400 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu 1400-1850 on 15650 AVL 100 kW / 105 deg to SoAs 1900-2250 on 15630 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu 2300-0350 on 7475 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to NoAm 2300-0350 on 15650 AVL 100 kW / 226 deg to CeAm 0000-0400 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to NoAm 0400-0800 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu 0400-0800 on 11645*AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf 0400-0800 on 15630 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu *Summer A-13 schedule of ERA-5 VOG/Radio Filia in different languages: 0500-0600 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf/N&ME Mon-Fri Albanian 0500-0530 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf/N&ME Sat/Sun Albanian 0530-0600 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf/N&ME Sat/Sun Spanish 0600-0630 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf/N&ME Sat/Sun German 0630-0645 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf/N&ME Sat/Sun Russian 0645-0700 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf/N&ME Sat/Sun Polish 0700-0730 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf/N&ME Sat/Sun Bulgarian 0730-0800 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf/N&ME Sat/Sun Serbian Programs in different languages are 5-7 minutes, during the rest time - music! Daily maintenance: 0800-1200 UT. Weekly maintenance: Monday 0800-1400 UT (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, 1746 UT June 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST) From the ERT3 web site, translated from the Greek: "Rapid, and dramatic developments in recent times for the future of the National broadcaster ERT, but the 2,850 employees. Reportedly already discussed project for even imposing lock in Public Broadcasting. The rumors follow one another and scripts written in newspapers and broadcast by broadcasters speak at worst for closure of ERT and arrive in a shrinking and restructuring. By both the government and administration of the company there is no valid information and assembly of a few minutes ago, journalists and other employees at ERT decided to remain vigilant and to safeguard the company, the public nature and the need of the Greeks for timely and objective information." ---------------- "Their reaction expressed by governmental partners, PASOK and Democratic Left, the proposal to close the ERT and reopening. PASOK reacted and Legislative Act for closure of public sector organizations with a Minister. Referring to the Legislative Act already-published without the signatures of all members of the cabinet-and developments in the pipeline for ERT, the press office of PASOK issued the following statement: "One. A government tripartite cooperation can not be operated with unilateral actions and faits accomplis. The existence of this government is a national necessity. This can be served only with integrated programming framework and clear rules of the government and the parliamentary majority. Major issues be promptly discussed and decided at the level of Heads of the three parties. Two. The reform in the State and in particular public administration must not deadlock. Although it has agreed, for weeks, context actions between the three leaders, this has not been implemented. The result is not achieved downsizing by 2,000 people in the first place so the country is actually under pressure from the payment of the installment. Such pressures have lived many times in the recent past and found a solution. Should the country be internationally credible, but this must be done in a fair, transparent, meritocratic and efficient. Three. ERT should be transformed into a modern, European, public broadcaster, with radical changes in the structure and evaluation of staff. We ask therefore be presented and implemented as soon as a complete restructuring of public broadcasting with respect to citizens who pay dues fee, which can decrease. But this can not be done suddenly, unprepared, with immediate shutdown of public broadcasting and dismissal of all personnel, without any evaluation, because the 2,000 positions was not possible to find time with serious procedures in public administration. Movements on the righteous and the unrighteous are not performing." In a statement, the Democratic Left notes: "There can be no modern country and particularly Europe, which - even for one hour - not offer Public Television. The Democratic Left disagrees radically opposes the suspension of the ERT and reopening after "some" time. The known problems of ERT is the result of the policies pursued decades now and have nothing to do with the Memorandum and loan contracts in the country. Any suspension of the ERT suggests the worst way transfer, and finally expressing a weakness and resistances are continuing towards reforms. Clearly the need to streamline and reorganize the ERT. Streamlining, which however can not be undertaken makeshift and without any plan. The same need is a radical cut public television from different governmental desires and considerations, the various political and economic interests, as well as customer relationships of all types. As for the rationalization and reorganization of ERT, the Democratic Left calls for the immediate establishment of committee consensus of experts and authority figures in order within three months to submit to Parliament a business plan for a modern state television. In the meantime, ERT can only be operated." (via John Figliozzi, Halfmoon, NY, 1748 UT June 11, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) STATE BROADCASTER ERT TO SHUT DOWN AS GREECE SEEKS MORE SAVINGS A government spokesman described the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation as a 'haven of waste' * Staff and agencies * The Guardian, Tuesday 11 June 2013 13.58 EDT http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/11/state-broadcaster-ert-shut-down-greece Employees of Greek state broadcaster ERT protest Employees of the state broadcaster ERT outside the broadcasting company's headquarters in Athens after the government announced its closure. Photograph: Alkis Konstantinidis/EPA Greece has said it would close down its state broadcaster almost immediately, planning to reopen it as a slimmed down operation as part of budget cuts. Government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou - a former state TV journalist - described Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation, or ERT, as a "haven of waste" and said its TV and radio signals would go dead early on Wednesday. He said its 2,500 employees would be compensated and the company would reopen "as soon as possible" with a smaller workforce. It was not immediately clear how long that would take. Large crowds of ERT employees gathered outside its Athens headquarters, vowing to fight the decision and calling for a general media blackout in protest. Unions representing ERT workers at three terrestrial TV stations, one satellite station and its national and regional radio network said they would keep the stations on air. Protesting employees were joined by opposition politicians and union leaders. Both minority government partners of the ruling conservative coalition condemned the suspension. Kedikoglou said in a televised statement aired on the state broadcaster: "At a time when the Greek people are enduring sacrifices, there is no room for delay, hesitation or tolerance for sacred cows." ERT's three channels and radio services would go off air after midnight and be relaunched at a later date as a leaner organisation, Kedikoglou said. "ERT is a typical example of unique lack of transparency and incredible waste. And that ends today," Kedikoglou said. "It costs three to seven times as much as other TV stations and four to six times the personnel - for a very small viewership, about half that of an average private station." It is the first mass public sector layoffs in Greece , which has pledged to cut 15,000 state jobs by 2015 as part of its bailout commitments. Debt-stifled Greece has depended on rescue loans from its European partners and the International Monetary Fund since May 2010. In exchange, it imposed deeply resented income cuts and tax hikes, which exacerbated a crippling recession and forced tens of thousands of businesses to close, sending unemployment to a record 27%. Greece's POESY media union accused the government of sacrificing the broadcaster to appease its creditors. "Bailout creditors are demanding civil service layoffs and the government, in order to meet its obligations toward foreign monitors, is prepared to sacrifice the public broadcasting corporation," a union statement said (via Mike Cooper, and John Babbis, DXLD) Griechenland schaltet staatlichen Rundfunk ab Auf der 9420 wurde soeben mitten im Satz der Stecker gezogen…. Die Modulation wurde bereits um 19.58 UT gekündigt, der KW-Sendebetrieb hält noch durch, aber eben ohne Modulation. Chania 1512 kHz bietet noch Programm (Christoph Ratzer, Austria, A-DX via Büschel, DXLD) Der Rest der MW-Sender (zumindest was die stärkeren wie 666, 792, 981 betrifft), scheint sich auch schon verabschiedet zu haben. 73, (Patrick Robic, Austria, A-DX, 2016 UT June 11 via Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD) Re ERT, guten Morgen, jetzt hab ich's auch mitbekommen. Ich habe mich schon gewundert, warum hier soeben beim Download 84 Mails auf einmal eintrafen. Der remote Perseus beim Ham in Zakynthos zeigt griechische Musik und Diskussion noch auf 5 ERA Mittelwellen um 2245 UT. Kerkyra Corfu 1008 kHz, Rhodos 1259.844 kHz, Florina an der mazedon. YUG Grenze, 1278 kHz, Komotini östlich Kavalla an der Türk. Grenze 1404.005 kHz, Chanai Kreta 1511.937 kHz. und dazu 3 Piraten? 1584, 1620 und 1629 kHz. vy73 (Wolfgang Büschel, 2310 UT, ibid.) GREEK STATE BROADCASTER ERT TO CLOSE, REOPEN WITH LESS STAFF English.news.cn 2013-06-12 00:35:57 [UT +8 = 6-11 16:35:57 UT] http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-06/12/c_132448687.htm ATHENS, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Greece's national broadcaster ERT is to close on Tuesday midnight local time and reopen with less staff in the future, Greek government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou announced on Tuesday afternoon. The decision was made as part of a plan to overhaul public services, dismissing 2,000 civil servants this summer and 4,000 by the end of this year in order to slash deficits and boost efficiency under the country's austerity and reform program. "The government has decided to close ERT. It will be replaced by a modern television and audio broadcaster as soon as possible," Kedikoglou said in a televised address. He said mismanagement and corruption were the main reasons for the decision which caused immediate strong reactions by employees, press unions and political parties. Representatives of the approximately 3,000 people currently employed at the national television and radio stations in Athens and nationwide replied that they intend to take over operations. The national broadcaster is the first major company of the wider public sector shutting down as the government aims to meet commitments made to international lenders who keep Greece afloat with bailout loans over the past three years. Editor: yan (Xinhua via Mike Cooper, DXLD) Sounds like it happened at just before 2000 UT. Both 15630 and 9420 are on the air since then (it's 2015 now), but only with an open carrier. Was hearing spirited discussion all afternoon up until then; can only speculate that the talking was about this rather sudden pending action (John Figliozzi, Halfmoon, NY, 2016 UT June 11, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Shortly after 2000, 7450 = ERT 3 from Thessaloniki had excited chatter from an apparent crowd in the studio. When checked more closely at 2018 the programming was already gone and 7450 only open carrier anymore. The former ERA 5 feed is already dead as well, only silent carriers remain on 9420 and 15630, too. I'm really curious what exactly just happened in the Athens and Thessaloniki studio buildings. What I imagine are police officers, removing the former staff with truncheons. And for how much longer will Avlis leave the transmitters on air? (Kai Ludwig, Germany, 2028 UT June 11, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) June 11, 2020 UT: only carrier on 7450, 9420 and 15630. R.I.P. Summer A-13 schedule of ERA-3 and ERA-5: ERT-3 Radiophonikos Stathmos Makedonias in Greek: 1200-1650 on 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu 1700-2250 on 7450 AVL 100 kW / 323 deg to WeEu ERA-5 Voice of Greece in Greek: 1200-1350 on 15630 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu 1200-2400 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu 1400-1850 on 15650 AVL 100 kW / 105 deg to SoAs 1900-2250 on 15630 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu 2300-0350 on 7475 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to NoAm 2300-0350 on 15650 AVL 100 kW / 226 deg to CeAm 0000-0400 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to NoAm 0400-0800 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu 0400-0800 on 11645*AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf 0400-0800 on 15630 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu *Summer A-13 schedule of ERA-5 VOG/Radio Filia in different languages: 0500-0600 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf/N&ME Mon-Fri Albanian 0500-0530 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf/N&ME Sat/Sun Albanian 0530-0600 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf/N&ME Sat/Sun Spanish 0600-0630 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf/N&ME Sat/Sun German 0630-0645 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf/N&ME Sat/Sun Russian 0645-0700 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf/N&ME Sat/Sun Polish 0700-0730 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf/N&ME Sat/Sun Bulgarian 0730-0800 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf/N&ME Sat/Sun Serbian Programs in different langs are 5-7 minutes, during the rest time - music! (Ivo Ivanov, DX Re-Mix News, via DXLD) Hello, at 2040 UT I can hear the 15630 ERT frequency; only a carrier, no programs at this time. So I guess it's a question of minutes or hours before they close the transmitters. 73 (Gilles Letourneau, Montreal, Canada, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) The EBU has condemned the decision of the Greek government and urged it to restore ERT. http://www3.ebu.ch/cms/en/sites/ebu/contents/news/2013/06/ebu-urges-greek-government-to-re.html Google Translate does a pretty good job of pages on ert.gr One news story says the government has already dissolved the legal entity ERT, so the broadcaster isn't just off the air. It no longer exists (Martyn Williams, CA, 2044 UT June 11, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: EBU URGES GREEK GOVERNMENT TO REVERSE DECISION ON ERT 11 Jun 2013 For further information, please contact: MICHELLE ROVERELLI, Head of Communications, T +41 (0)22 717 2204 M +41 (0)79 647 1724 E roverelli@ebu.ch Geneva, 11 June 2013 Today the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) expressed profound dismay on behalf of Europe’s entire public service media community at reports that ERT – a founding Member of the EBU in 1950 – has been shut down with immediate effect. Emergency powers granted to the Finance Minister and the competent Minister have been used to stop ERT’s transmissions, leaving Greek citizens wishing to watch ERT programmes in front of black screens. In a letter sent today to the Greek Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, the President of the EBU, Jean Paul Philippot and the EBU Director General, Ingrid Deltenre urged Mr Samaras “to use all his powers to immediately reverse this decision”. The existence of public service media and their independence from government lie at the heart of democratic societies, and therefore any far-reaching changes to the public media system should only be decided after an open and inclusive democratic debate in Parliament – and not through a simple agreement between two government ministers. In the letter, the EBU stresses the importance of public service media as an essential pillar of democratic and pluralistic societies across Europe. The EBU President and DG go on to highlight that “While we recognize the need to make budgetary savings, national broadcasters are more important than ever at times of national difficulty. This is not to say that ERT need be managed less efficiently than a private company. Naturally, all public funds must be spent with the greatest of care.” The EBU is on standby to offer its knowledge of Europe's public service media to provide the advice, assistance and expertise necessary for ERT to be preserved as a true public broadcaster in the European mould (via Williams, DXLD) This is translated by Google Translate: Dear compatriots. The time is 19.00 in Greece and before an hour government announced the closure of ERT at 12 midnight. We live sadly tragic moments. In possession was again closed ERT. Seems that came and now the time for padlock ... Whatever your message of support might help ... amicably from ERA5 - Voice of Greece the station accompany you for years now, Natasha Vissarionos (via John Babbis, 2044 UT June 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST) It seems that someone has already pulled the plug on ERA SW output - the three SW frequencies 9420 15630 and also 7450 have been transmitting no audio for the past half hour or more - just a strong carrier since tune-in just after 2000 UT. I have also been checking ERA mediumwave frequencies on Globaltuners in Italy since approx. 2015 UT. There is a carrier on 729 kHz but no audio - could be Athens. But Rhodes 1260 kHz and Hania (Crete) 1512 kHz are both still on air with separate programming, possibly their own local studio output - it sounds like discussions about the radio/TV situation. Thanks to Alan Roe for pointing out that midnight Greek time is actually 2100 UT in summer - not 2200 as I said earlier. 73s (Dave Kenny, 2044 UT June 11, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) UPDATE 3 - GREEKS SHOCKED AS BROADCASTER IS SHUT TO SAVE MONEY@ * Government says ERT a case of ``incredible waste'' * ERT staff protest, other stations stop shows in solidarity * Junior coalition parties say they were not consulted By Renee Maltezou and Karolina Tagaris ATHENS, June 11 (Reuters) - Greece announced the closure of its state broadcaster out of the blue on Tuesday, one of the most drastic measures yet in its struggle to shore up its bankrupt state finances and meet the terms of an international bailout. The decision to take ERT off the air at midnight and pay off some 2,600 staff before relaunching it in a slimmed-down form set off a firestorm of protests from trade unions and even junior partners in the ruling coalition. Some of the channels appeared to shut down even before the deadline. ``At a time when the Greek people are enduring sacrifices, there is no room for delay, hesitation or tolerance for sacred cows,'' spokesman Simos Kedikoglou said in what was almost certainly ERT's last televised government statement. The three domestic television channels, along with regional, national and external radio stations, cost Greece 300 million euros ($400 million) a year, and Kedikoglou said it had become a ``typical case of ... incredible waste''. Thousands gathered outside ERT's headquarters after the announcement, vowing to fight the decision, and riot police blocked the entrance to a studio in central Athens where protesters had unfolded a banner reading ``Down with the junta, ERT won't close!''. ``Today is Tuesday, June 11, and it is a difficult day,'' anchorwoman Elli Stai told viewers from the studio as crowds of workers outside chanted and clapped. ``We will broadcast what appears to be our last news bulletin with the composure, consistency and professionalism that we are used to.'' Private TV stations took their live shows off air for six hours in a display of solidarity, replacing them with re-runs and adverts. None ran the traditional 8 p.m. news bulletin. The announcement followed an embarrassing failure on Monday to find a buyer for the gas firm DEPA as part of a broad sell-off of state assets, leaving Greece short of the cash to meet its bailout targets. STRAINS IN GOVERNMENT The closure of ERT immediately opened cracks in Prime Minister Antonis Samaras's fragile three-party coalition, whose two junior partners protested that they had not been consulted. ``Public broadcasting can't shut down,'' said Yannis Maniatis, a senior official of the Socialist PASOK party. ``A three-way coalition doesn't work with 'faits accomplis'.'' At the protest rally, opposition leader Alexis Tsipras called the closure ``a coup, not only against ERT workers but against the Greek people'', and accused the government of the ``historic responsibility of gagging state TV''. The decision was made by ministerial decree, meaning that it could be implemented without reference to parliament. ``Journalism is being persecuted. We won't allow the voice of Greece to be silenced,'' said George Savvidis, the chief of journalists' labour union POESY. Kedikoglou said ERT's staff would be encouraged to apply for jobs in a relaunched broadcaster, but did not spell out what this would look like. European Broadcasting Union President Jean Paul Philippot wrote to Samaras urging him to reverse the decision. ``National broadcasters are more important than ever at times of national difficulty,'' he wrote. Inspectors from the ``troika'' of lenders - the European Union, International Monetary Fund and European Central Bank - arrived in Athens on Monday for their latest inspection of Greece's progress in saving money under the bailout programme. PASOK linked ERT's closure with a demand by the troika for 2,000 layoffs in the state sector by August, and called for an immediate meeting of party leaders. ``PASOK is in favour of brave, substantial state reforms,'' it said. ``It is, however, against fleeting and dangerous moves that are aimed to impress.'' Before the failure of the DEPA sale, Greece had been enjoying unexpected optimism from investors, who had pushed down bond yields and spurred talk of a recovery, a year after Greece almost crashed out of the euro zone ^REUTERS (via Dan Robinson, 2044 UT June 11, DXLD) 9420 went quiet here around 1930 then came back on at 1953 with a man and woman talking and then went off again at 1958 and has been open carrier since then (Tony Molloy, Winter Hill, UK, 53.6 N 2.55 W SD639114 IO83ro, CCW SDR-4+ and CCW HF Active Antenna, @swlistener http://swlistener.wordpress.com 2104 UT June 11, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) GREEK STATE BROADCASTING CLOSES Glenn, Saw this late today, June 11th: http://news.yahoo.com/greek-state-tv-radio-broadcasts-going-off-air-205943965.html;_ylt=Ao5AoNfuxWmZR_N2Km51kvkJVux_;_ylu=X3oDMTRpNmRpanNpBG1pdANBVFQgSG9tZSBXb3JsZCBOZXdzIDExMDcxMgRwa2cDOTc2YjNmNGEtYzIxYi0zMjQ2LWE4YzYtMzUwMTg3ZGE5ZWQ4BHBvcwMxBHNlYwNNZWRpYUJMaXN0TWl4ZWRMUENBVGVtcAR2ZXIDMWQ5ZDdjYTItZDJkYS0xMWUyLWJiN2YtOGI4M2NjNjJiN2Iy;_ylg=X3oDMTFkcW51ZGliBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdANob21lBHB0A3BtaA--;_ylv=3 Very long URL - article states ERT is formally disbanded. Stations shut down (Bill Matthews, DXLD) But only a very brief AP story (gh) GREECE SHUTS DOWN STATE BROADCASTER TO CUT COSTS By NIKI KITSANTONIS, 6/11/2013 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/12/world/europe/greece.html?ref=global-home&_r=0&p... ATHENS — In a surprise move, Greece’s conservative-led coalition government shut down the state broadcaster on Tuesday as part of a cost-cutting drive imposed by the country’s foreign creditors, prompting protests from labor unions and the government’s increasingly alienated junior partners, which said they had not been consulted. The government cut the signal of the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation, known as ERT, just after 11 p.m., about an hour earlier than it had said it would. Earlier in the day, a government spokesman, Simos Kedikoglou, described ERT as a “modern-day scandal” and “a unique case of lack of transparency and waste,” and said it would reopen soon as a “modern state organization” with a fraction of its 2,900 employees. ERT has not been implicated in corruption scandals any more than any other state organization, and Mr. Kedikoglou’s strong language was broadly seen as the government’s attempt to show creditors that it was boldly and decisively moving to cut waste in the public sector. Following the broadcast of the spokesman’s remarks on Net, one of ERT’s television channels, the station’s anchors and commentators engaged in a furious live discussion lamenting their fate. Net’s midday news anchor, Antonis Alafogiorgos, lashed out at the government for accusing the state broadcaster of corruption. “This hypocrisy has to stop,” he said before playing a video from last month showing Mr. Kedikoglou insisting that the state would protect ERT from cutbacks. “None of us want the government to fall,” Mr. Alafogiorgos said, “but these methods are unacceptable.” Echoing other journalists in the live debate, the anchor said his concern was not for his job but for ERT to remain operational. “Mr. Kedikoglou can take my compensation and do what he wants with it,” he said. Reacting to the news, unions representing the workers crowded outside the broadcaster’s headquarters, north of Athens, and told reporters that they would stage sit-ins to protest the closing of ERT’s five state television channels — three broadcast, one satellite and one cable — and 29 radio stations. (ERT has 2,650 full-time employees and about 250 people on shortterm contracts.) Standing with the protesters, a spokesman for the main leftist opposition party, Syriza, accused the government of “extreme despotism” in closing ERT. Earlier in the day, the government submitted an emergency bill to Greece’s Parliament — a type of decree that does not require lawmakers’ approval — enabling the merging and abolition of state companies and paving the way for ERT’s closure. The move prompted an angry response by the junior partners in the coalition government — the Socialist Party, known as Pasok, and the more moderate Democratic Left — which accused the dominant conservatives of failing to consult them, an increasingly common complaint. “The public broadcaster cannot close,” Pasok said in a statement. “A three-party government cannot make decisions without the participation of all party leaders.” The surprise announcement came a day after representatives of Greece’s troika of foreign lenders — the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund — returned to Athens for fresh talks on the progress of the country’s economic reform program. A focus of the talks is a Greek pledge to lay off 4,000 civil servants this year, including 2,000 over the summer. Speculation has been rife in recent weeks that the bloated state broadcaster could be a target for the first round of layoffs demanded by the troika. This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: Correction: June 11, 2013 === An earlier version of this article, as well as the summary and caption, misstated the broadcaster’s name. It is the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation, known as ERT, not Net. (Net is the name of one of its television channels.) (via Chuck Albertson, DXLD) Much sad news about radio stations that are now suddenly off the air and staff removed. Does anyone know how much Greek TV has been switched off? I suspect there is/will be more public sensitivity about TV closures. I cannot recall such a sudden closedown of so many radio and TV stations, its a shock despite the terrible economic situation in the country and one wonders if any other countries are considering similar measures (Mike Terry, UK, 2147 UT June 11, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) I've been following this all day. According to the government spokesman, the current legal entity of ERT will be dissolved and a new entity will be created within three months. All radio and TV broadcasts will go silent during this transmission period. Close to 2,800 ERT employees will lose their jobs. Greek police shut down power at the television transmitter center near Athens at 23:15 local time (2015 UT). At the same time transmitters around the country were being turned off. Some private stations picked up ERT signal and were re-transmitting them on their transmitters. As of last report, the ERT satellite channel ERT World was still in operation. There were massive protests by ERT employees at Aghia Paraskevi (ERT headquarters) and in front of ERT studios Thessaloniki (Christos Rigas, Wood Dale, Illinois, 2207 UT June 11, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) A couple of minutes ago (at 2245 UT) modulation began again on 9420 kHz with an animated discussion among two or three people, a woman and (I think) two men. Does anyone here understand Greek? :) (Philip Hiscock, Nfld, 2247 UT June 11, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) That modulation was on 7450 already at 2230. Seems that people at Avlis finally decided to put this feed on 9420, too. Note how hummy it is, I suspect some alternate feed. And while I type this at 2253, the modulation disappeared again. At the same time 7450, scheduled to go off at 2250, has been kept on air, too. Now the question is if modulation will resume again (Kai Ludwig, Germany, 2255 UT June 11, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Though very poorly received here, 15630 seems to have the same sound, too. Thanks for the tip on 7450 -- I'm getting it too. 9420/7450 are indeed hummy and the sound keeps dropping out, though it is still there now at 2300 (Philip Hiscock, Nfld, ibid.) GREEK STATE TV, RADIO BROADCASTS GO OFF THE AIR By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece June 11, 2013 (AP) Greek state TV and radio were gradually pulled off the air late Tuesday, hours after the government said it would temporarily close all state-run broadcasts and lay off about 2,500 workers as part of a cost-cutting drive demanded by the bailed-out country's international creditors. The conservative-led government said the Hellenic Broadcasting Corp., or ERT, will reopen "as soon as possible" with a new, smaller workforce. It wasn't immediately clear how long that would take, and whether all stations would reopen. "Congratulations to the Greek government," newscaster Antonis Alafogiorgos said toward the end of ERT's main TV live broadcast. "This is a blow to democracy," he added, as thousands of media workers and supporters protested the closure outside the company's headquarters in the Athens suburb of Aghia Paraskevi. The surprise move heralds the first direct public sector layoffs in more than three years of painful austerity, which have already cost nearly 1 million private sector jobs. The announcement widened cracks in the year-old governing coalition, with both minority partners condemning the corporation's suspension, while international journalists' associations expressed dismay. ERT TV and radio started to be yanked off the air in several parts of the country around 11 p.m. (2000 GMT) Tuesday, about an hour before the government said all signals would go dead, although satellite broadcasts continued. "I was hoping up until the last minute that the reports were not true. It's unbelievable," news reader Stavroula Christofilea said moments after the move was announced. A Finance Ministry statement said ERT has been formally disbanded, and authorities would "secure" the corporation's facilities. Riot police deployed outside ERT buildings in several parts of Greece, but no clashes were reported. Government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou — a former state TV journalist — described ERT as a "haven of waste" and said its 2,500 employees will be compensated. "ERT is a typical example of a unique lack of transparency and incredible waste. And that ends today," Kedikoglou said. "It costs three to seven times as much as other TV stations and four to six times the personnel — for a very small viewership, about half that of an average private station." Debt-stifled Greece has depended on rescue loans from its European partners and the International Monetary Fund since May 2010. In exchange, it imposed deeply resented income cuts and tax hikes, which exacerbated a crippling recession and forced tens of thousands of businesses to close, sending unemployment to a record of 27 percent. As part of the bailout agreement, Greece's government pledged to cut 15,000 state jobs by 2015, out of a total of about 600,000. While lacking the prestige and popularity of other state broadcasters — such as Britain's BBC — ERT was long seen as a bastion of quality programming in a media landscape dominated by commercial stations. But it was also used by successive governments to provide safe jobs for political favorites, and, while nominally independent, devoted considerable time and effort to showcasing administration policies. The broadcaster is largely state-funded, with every Greek household paying a fee through its electricity bills — whether they have a TV set or not (via John Babbis, DXLD) The "EPT A.E." Facebook page seems to be supporting the workers with a banner saying something like "Everyone at Radiomegaro Now." There are many postings of support for the locked-out broadcasting workers -- or so the Bing translations indicate. In the meantime, many ERT websites have been simply taken off line tonight (Philip Hiscock, 2320 UT June 11, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) VOICE OF GREECE IS ON THE AIR AT 2321 UT. VOICE OF GREECE IS USING 7450 AND 9420 AT 0014 UT WITH MALE AND FEMALE ANNOUNCERS IN GREEK. (JOHN BABBIS, MD, June 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST) GOVERNO GREGO FECHA A SEPTUAGENÁRIA RÁDIO GREGA Cheguei a pouco em casa e vejo postagens no Facebook de uma amiga minha grega que me deixaram muito espantado. Dizia ela: "Estou triste porque a democracia na Grécia morreu hoje!" O governo acabou de fechar hoje a ERT, Radiodifusão Grega, tornando a Grécia o único país europeu em crise sem estação estatal. Neste momento no site da emissora só há um escrito dizendo "Voltamos. .." e um streaming da TV estatal com notícias sobre o fechamento. São 4 horas da manhã no país e a imagem mostra bastante gente na frente do prédio da rádio e TV com cartazes, em protesto. Até agora, a Grécia era um dos poucos países em crise que ainda mantinha transmissões em ondas curtas. A partir de amanhã, ao que parece, adeus Voz da Grécia! (Marcelo XV, radioescutas yg via DXLD) I was out and missed most of the excitement [so far] but meanwhile have been inundated with press about this, not all of which has been put on the DXLD yg yet (gh, dxldyg via DXLD) Hi Glenn, The fallout from the "announced" sudden closure of ERT has hit the conservative government of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras right in the groin. The EBU expressed its dismay over the decision. A a strong carrier on 9420 at 2100 UT June 11 was heard for about 45 minutes before announcers went on the air trashing the Samaras government and broadcasting fierce reaction from different sectors. EBU also expressed its dismay. The signal continued without interruption until past 2345 UT but there was no usual music program and broadcast format and content were considerably different. http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_11/06/2013_503960 http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_12/06/2013_503982 Okay, now we know that employees at Athens and Thessaloniki studios refused to leave and apparently have become defiant of the government's decree--- Good for them! http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_12/06/2013_503983 (Marty Delfín (Madrid, Spain), 0019 UT June 12, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Greece seems to be on air with programs at 2324 UT. 9420 kHz, Greek language programming heard. Did they decide to bring it back? 73 (Gilles Letourneau, Montreal, Canada, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I, gh, checked at 2335 UT and found 15630 on the air with Greek talk, 9420 barely audible //. By 0039, 9420 was as good if not better than 15630 and could tell 7450 is on too but very poor and vs RTTY on hi side. At 0100 newscast included clips in English (about NSA spying) and something in German too. Since ERT has now been officially abolished by the government, these transmissions are now piratical if not clandestine! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ERT OFF AIR: THOUGHT FOR THE DAY http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite3_1_11/06/2013_503971 Illustration by Manos Symeonakis for Cartoon Movement http://www.cartoonmovement.com/p/6035 [it`s a test card/pattern labeled SIGN OUT / GREEK PUBLIC TV] By Nick Malkoutzis One of the great moments in global radio is BBC Four's “Thought for the Day.” Greek state broadcaster ERT is one of many that have adopted the format, giving a couple of minutes of airtime on its Second Program to the great and good musing about faith, current affairs and life in general. One can only wonder, though, exactly what the government's thought for the day was when it decided to shut down ERT and dismiss some 2,700 staff on Tuesday. There was plenty wrong with ERT, which had long been treated like most other parts of the public sector by successive governments who felt they had supporters to take care of and money to burn. Its 19 regional radio stations speak of an excess that was simply unsustainable. Thessaloniki, a city with 800,000 inhabitants, had three radio stations when Inner London, which has a population of more than 3 million, has only one. There was also a lot to cherish about ERT, though. It continued to make challenging documentaries when practically nobody else in Greece did. Its stations played music that nobody else would. Even its insistence on sticking with tinny 80s theme tunes for its news and sports shows had a naive charm about it. Most of all, though, it did the job that all national broadcasters should do by being a common reference point for millions. There are few more emotional experiences one can have listening to the radio than hearing Diaspora Greeks cast to the four corners of the earth calling in to a Saturday night show on the Second Program to request Greek songs and share their memories and feelings about the homeland they left behind. There was certainly no such sentimentality in the government's decision to announce ERT's closure and pull the plug within a few hours. There was no debate in Parliament, no public discussion and no consent from New Democracy's coalition partners, PASOK and Democratic Left. Instead, a legislative decree was passed to allow ministers to close public enterprises and government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou appeared on TV to inform the public that ERT had become a bottomless pit, absorbing 300 million euros a year in license fees and producing mismanagement and inefficiency rather than good TV and radio programs. With an unstilted delivery any news anchor would have been proud of, Kedikoglou said all this without acknowledging that it was New Democracy and PASOK that had picked all of ERT's directors in previous years and stuffed the organization as full of journalists and managers friendly to their particular causes as they could. ERT is one of many illicit affairs that these two parties would like to sweep under the carpet. How better to do it than to execute the corporation's closure at the same time as the troika is in Athens wondering what happened to the coalition's promise to fire 2,000 civil servants this summer? Greece's lenders, after all, were looking for a “game changer.” Which way will the game go though? The decision to close ERT has apparently come from the top but in making this choice, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras also takes a huge risk. His decision for a “bold” move that would make up for the government's inability to chip away at the civil service by firing offenders and non-performers has ample potential to backfire. It's true that Samaras has stolen a march on his coalition partners, forcing them to put up or shut up in the government's bid to meet troika targets. But is this the best way to ensure the coalition remains intact and functioning? It's also true that Samaras's move shoves SYRIZA center stage, where it will have to show if it possesses the wherewithal to harness whatever anger is created by ERT's closure. But is it really wise to stoke the forces of protest and resistance when they appear to have abated? It's likely that there are Greeks who will interpret shutting down ERT as an indication that the government is willing to confront its challenges head-on. There are others, though, who will feel uncomfortable, even angered, by riot police standing in front of the country's public broadcaster – imagery that conjures up painful memories in a country that lived through a dictatorship in the not-too-distant past. A lot could ride on whether Greeks genuinely believe this is an attempt to shake up the public sector and shake out its most negative elements. The government says that in the months to come, it will reopen ERT under a new name and with fewer employees. However, will people really trust the parties who created the unstable structure they built over the years to rebuild it as a fairer and more productive edifice? Can they really put their faith in New Democracy, which in 2011 opposed a PASOK plan to restructure ERT, saying the broadcaster should be safeguarded from such action? There's a thought for the days ahead. [Kathimerini English Edition] (via DXLD) I wonder if all this originates from Thessaloniki. Could be, since it first appeared on 7450 and only later on the other transmitters, as if they had been switched to this only incoming feed, too. And I think I once indeed heard "ERT Tria". Since then they kept the transmitter on 7450 on, not taking it off at 2250 and also not switching to scheduled 7475 later (Kai Ludwig, Germany, 0015 UT June 12, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of Greece (ERA5) still on air at 0015 GMT (12th June) on usual 9420. SINPO=54444 (J Kempster, London. Yaesu FT-897, helical vertical, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Besides the SW coverage, there's live TV coverage right now, on the main ERT web page http://www.ert.gr of the large demonstration outside the ERT building. The riot police have said they will move in on them at 5 am (0200 UT, 90 minutes from now). Broadcasting unions have asked for 24 hours of strikes on the private broadcasters on Weds. The main broadcasting union is in control of the radio station Radiomegaro in a suburb of Athens, so perhaps the feeds are coming out of there. (I don't know if that is the ERT building the demonstration is in front of and which the workers are occupying.) I'm using Google Translation and Bing Translation. The Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/ERTSocial has quite a lot of useful information about what's happening (all in Greek). (Philip Hiscock, 0029 UT June 12, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ERT heard on both 9420 and 7450 at various checks between 0000 and 0030 early Wednesday June 12 with fair signals. Nothing heard on 7475. Can't tell if the programming is live or from earlier. Highly animated conversation. The shutdown is no surprise, given the financial woes of the Greek government. The money simply isn't there, and cuts had to be made. If the bailout money is cut off, we have the same result. The ERT will return in a different and leaner form. Big question is if SW fits into the new ERT. I suspect not. The government minister that announced the cuts talked about the expense of the external service, and the need to modernize. The SW transmitters might be running unattended at this point. I suspect we might hear quite a bit of dead air before the plug is pulled. On BBCWS, the "Money Matters" program at 0006 had the ERT shutdown as its lead story (Steve Luce, Houston, Texas, 0045 UT June 12, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Keeping this in the radio sphere, in regard to what Steve wrote about, I suggest a listen to the following program, available by podcast. It was first broadcast on ABC Radio National (Australia) as part of its series, "Big Ideas". http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/bigideas/austerity3a-the-history-of-a-dangerous-idea/4658124 (John Figliozzi, Halfmoon, NY, ibid.) I continue to see live video from EPT on their homepage (but nothing else besides EPT at the top and another word at the bottom). Perhaps you have a flash player(?) problem. Apparently no riot police attack yet, but lots of people milling around now in daylight (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) After 0400 nothing heard on 7450, but 9420 still on but weaker than earlier. Checking the day/night map 41 meters may have too much daylight to propagate at this hour. Apple doesn't have Flash, so website doesn't work there, but am seeing the ERT webstream video on a Windows machine. Seems to be nighttime video shot earlier. ERT also using Some BBC video, so Greek text atop English. Some of the same anchors seen 12 hours earlier; guessing they have not left work as apparently police are preventing staff from entering the building. Did any of our European friends check the Greek MW frequencies early this morning? (Steve Luce, Houston, Texas, 0430 UT June 12, ibid.) Greece still on 9420 --- Am hearing it very loudly on the Twente webSDR at 0503. M/a and w/a. Bet they have a large audience now that it appears unofficial (Robin VK7RH Harwood, Norwood, Tasmania 7250, 0507 UT June 12, ibid.) 0528 UT in Central Germany: 9420 kHz O=5 // 11645 kHz O=4 // 15630 kHz O=3 ==> Voice of Greece / greek 73+55 (roger, ibid.) Poor and deteriorating signal in Houston at final 0525 check of 9420. Too much daylight in the signal path. Earlier webstream had discussion amongst various ERT news people (some on the phone from other countries) but video seemed to be the same nighttime crowd shots repeated endlessly. BBCWS had an interview during its Newsday program around 0515 with a university professor in Athens, who essentially said it was foolish to shut d own ERT without a definite restructuring plan already in place, and the importance of such a broadcaster to national culture (Steve Luce, Houston, Texas, ibid.) Well, just had a tune across the FM band from the Globaltuners Athens site and there are quite few FM outlets but they sound commercial and private. No obvious ERT sites heard but am hearing 9420 from Athens on groundwave but not as loud as it is from the university of Twente websdr (Robin VK7RH/VK7002SWL, Norwood, Tasmania 7250 0539, ibid.) GREEK STATE TV, RADIO BROADCASTS GO OFF THE AIR (update) Yahoo News By Nicholas Paphitis - Associated Press 12 June 2013 - 5 hours ago (Many photos here) http://news.yahoo.com/greek-state-tv-radio-broadcasts-off-air-220907117.html Athens, Greece --- Greek state TV and radio were gradually pulled off the air late Tuesday, hours after the government said it would temporarily close all state-run broadcasts and lay off about 2,500 workers as part of a cost-cutting drive demanded by the bailed-out country's international creditors. The conservative-led government said the Hellenic Broadcasting Corp., or ERT, will reopen "as soon as possible" with a new, smaller workforce. It wasn't immediately clear how long that would take, and whether all stations would reopen. "Congratulations to the Greek government," newscaster Antonis Alafogiorgos said toward the end of ERT's main TV live broadcast. "This is a blow to democracy," he added, as thousands of media workers and supporters protested the closure outside the company's headquarters in the Athens suburb of Aghia Paraskevi. The surprise move heralds the first direct public sector layoffs in more than three years of painful austerity, which have already cost nearly 1 million private sector jobs. The announcement widened cracks in the year-old governing coalition, with both minority partners condemning the corporation's suspension, while international journalists' associations expressed dismay. ERT TV and radio started to be yanked off the air in several parts of the country around 11 p.m. (2000 GMT) Tuesday, about an hour before the government said all signals would go dead, although satellite broadcasts continued. "I was hoping up until the last minute that the reports were not true. It's unbelievable," news reader Stavroula Christofilea said moments after the move was announced. A Finance Ministry statement said ERT has been formally disbanded, and authorities would "secure" the corporation's facilities. Riot police deployed outside ERT buildings in several parts of Greece, but no clashes were reported. Government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou — a former state TV journalist — described ERT as a "haven of waste" and said its 2,500 employees will be compensated. "ERT is a typical example of a unique lack of transparency and incredible waste. And that ends today," Kedikoglou said. "It costs three to seven times as much as other TV stations and four to six times the personnel — for a very small viewership, about half that of an average private station." Debt-stifled Greece has depended on rescue loans from its European partners and the International Monetary Fund since May 2010. In exchange, it imposed deeply resented income cuts and tax hikes, which exacerbated a crippling recession and forced tens of thousands of businesses to close, sending unemployment to a record of 27 percent. As part of the bailout agreement, Greece's government pledged to cut 15,000 state jobs by 2015, out of a total of about 600,000. While lacking the prestige and popularity of other state broadcasters — such as Britain's BBC — ERT was long seen as a bastion of quality programming in a media landscape dominated by commercial stations. But it was also used by successive governments to provide safe jobs for political favorites, and, while nominally independent, devoted considerable time and effort to showcasing administration policies. The broadcaster is largely state-funded, with every Greek household paying a fee through its electricity bills — whether they have a TV set or not. Both minority partners in the fragile governing coalition said they opposed ERT's closure through a ministerial decree that takes immediate effect. The measure still requires eventual parliamentary approval, which both Socialist PASOK and the Democratic Left say they will withhold. PASOK accused Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' majority conservatives of ignoring its smaller partners in the coalition formed last summer to end a political crisis that threatened to push Greece out of the 17-member euro currency union. The three parties were already squabbling over non-austerity-related legislation, but it is unclear how severe the new rift is. "The decree will be retroactively invalidated, as we are not going to vote for it ... but we want it to be immediately withdrawn," party lawmaker Fofi Gennimata said. A PASOK statement said the conservatives presented ERT's demise as a necessary move to secure the release of Greece's next vital rescue loan payment. The country has so far received about 200 of the total 240 billion euro ($320 billion) package, and a team of austerity inspectors arrived in Athens this week for a new review of demanded spending cuts and reforms. Private TV stations halted news broadcasts on Tuesday evening after the country's POESY media union called a lightning six-hour strike, accusing the government of sacrificing the broadcaster to appease its creditors. "Bailout creditors are demanding civil service layoffs and the government, in order to meet its obligations toward foreign monitors, is prepared to sacrifice the public broadcasting corporation," a union statement said. Unions representing ERT workers at three terrestrial TV stations, one satellite station and its national and regional radio network said they would fight to keep the stations on the air. "They are trying to scare us," said Vayia Valavaki, secretary of the ERT union. "Unfortunately, our only weapons are our bodies." "I am now a laid-off single mother with a young child," she said. "Where exactly is the state for me? How exactly is this country protecting me? Why are they leaving me without work?" Protesters at the corporation's Athens headquarters included main opposition Radical Left Coalition leader Alexis Tsipras, who described the move as a blow against democracy. "This is a coup targeting ERT employees but also the Greek people who pay for public broadcasting and have the right to objective information," Tsipras said. "We warn the government not to illegally shut down the broadcast signal, and we are prepared to coordinate the struggle of employees and the Greek people for democracy." The European Broadcasting Union, an alliance of public service media organizations, expressed "profound dismay." "While we recognize the need to make budgetary savings, national broadcasters are more important than ever at times of national difficulty," the EBU said in a letter to Samaras Tuesday. Marc Gruber, director of the International Federation of Journalists in Europe, also strongly condemned the move. "We consider this a blow to democracy," he said, speaking from Brussels. "We intend to put pressure on the (Greek) government and the European Union. This is not just an issue of democracy. It is also an issue of people losing their jobs from one day to another." ERT is the first state broadcasting casualty among Europe's bailed out countries. Portugal's state broadcaster has had its staff and budgets cut, while Ireland's RTE has cut the salaries of its highest paid stars following license-payers protests. __ AP writers Derek Gatopoulos in Athens, Barry Hatton in Lisbon and Shawn Pogatchnik in Dublin contributed to this article. (via Mike Terry, 0430 UT June 12, dxldyg via DXLD) Greece - ERT still on air on 9420, 11645 and 15630 kHz. All with good signal. Music and speech from om and yl at 0710 UT. Regards and 73's (John, Faversham, Kent, BDXCUK yg via DXLD) GREECE ERA / ERT on June 11, at 2230-2300 UT. The remote Perseus unit of ham operator SV8RV in Zakynthos Greece and on remote SDR unit at Sicily, Italy showed Greek music and discussion still on 5 ERA mediumwave channels, at 2230-2300 UT June 11. Kerkyra, on Corfu island 1008 kHz, Rhodes 1259.844 kHz, Florina next to Macedonian/YUG border, 1278 kHz, Komotini, east of Kavalla on the Turkish border 1404.005 kHz, Chanai, on Crete island 1511.937 kHz. And private? Radiostathmos Amaliadas, Amaliada, at Kastro town (see WRTH p218) on 1584 kHz. And two Greek music pirates late at night 1620 and 1629 kHz. At 0720 UT June 12 Voice of Greece Avlis on shortwave is still on air in full power on 9420, 11645, and 15630 kHz with same program in Greek. At 0700-0800 UT June 12 heard two ERA programs on mediumwave Kerkyra, on Corfu island 1008 kHz, Chanai, on Crete island 1511.937 kHz. And Radiostathmos Amaliadas, Amaliada, at Kastro town on 1584 kHz. Heard also strong full power carrier on air on ERA MW Athens channels 666, 729, and 981 kHz (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 11/12, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) All gone when I checked at 0810 UT (John Hoadd, UK, 0826 UT June 12, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) SW closes between 0800-1200 UT. If it resumes at 1200 as scheduled, the frequencies should be 9420 15630 and 9935 (Dave Kenny, moderator, ibid.) DARK PERIOD IN THE GREEK NATIONAL CARRIER Yesterday the Greek government abruptly shut down the Greek national radio and TV carrier, with the use of police. And this goes after the business fiasco with Gazprom. By this way 2656 employees indirectly were fired while 25 regional stations were also shut down. As per the latest news ERT will resume broadcasting in August under new name called NERIT. More news on http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22861577 Many reactions have been made from everyone (just by looking from my news clipping service). The Greek part of IFJ /EFJ is now under strike for 24 hours starting from 0600 of 12/6 till 13/6 with the strikes to continue later. Also most commercial radio stations stopped newscasting from today. RIK from Cyprus did the same and 902 will retransmit the program from ERT (?). Police have also stopped transmissions from Hortiatis base station. Riots outside the building of national radio television site of ERT, and also in other parts of Greece. Archives site is now ‘dead’. Spaniards are now under the same fear. And EBU is also against the shitdown [sic]. The moment Greek TV has shut off: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=s-6N8zvcEYA and another: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTVkQ8V_EPw and the legal document for the closure of ERT http://www.ert.gr/eidiseis/greece/koinonia/story/167241/to-fek-tis-katargisis-tis-ert#.UbhJM0qQjVs and on twitter https://twitter.com/search/?q=%23ert All stations from ERT are now on blank More news in Greek for the new carrier will be found here: http://www.protothema.gr/article/?aid=285810 Or http://www.lifo.gr/now/media/28995 Please use google for translation! (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, WORLD OF RADIO 1673, DX LISTENING DIGEST) GREECE SHUTS BROADCASTER IN BID TO SHOW RESOLVE By LIZ ALDERMAN The New York Times, June 11, 2013 ATHENS -- Under pressure from its creditors to cut public employment, the Greek government said Tuesday that it was closing down its state- run television and radio broadcaster, idling 2,900 people – less than 1 percent of the public work force -- and outraging the country's powerful labor unions. Describing the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation, known as ERT, as a "haven of waste," a government spokesman said ERT, which went off the air at 11 p.m. local time, would reopen soon as a "modern state organization" with a fraction of the current staff. ERT employees, who were among the 3,000 people gathered outside the broadcaster's headquarters north of Athens on Tuesday night, vowed to stage a sit-in until the government rescinded the order, while members of Greece's fragile governing coalition said that they, too, would resist the move. Analysts said the decision to shut down the broadcaster, which does not require lawmakers' approval, was a measure of both the government's desperation and its determination to find a way to cut public jobs. The move came just days after one of Greece's lenders, the International Monetary Fund -- while acknowledging "serious errors" in the austerity policies it has imposed on the country -- chastised the government as having failed to take "politically difficult measures" to shrink the public sector since it received its first bailout in 2010. Athens promised its creditors this week to dismiss 4,000 civil servants this year, including 2,000 by the end of the summer and 15,000 by the end of 2014. That may not sound daunting in a public work force of around 650,000. Yet, through more than three years of drastic budget cuts and a rapidly shrinking economy, the debt-ridden country has yet to fire a single government employee. To understand what the government is up against, consider the case of Georgia Tsiounis and more than 10,000 other "temporary" workers. Eight years after landing a four-month contract with the municipality of Athens to water flowers and trim trees while other workers were on vacation, she was told recently that her services would be eliminated after her latest contract ends. Rather than meekly accepting her fate, she turned to the well-worn tactic of filing a restraining order seeking to make the job permanent. While she may well lose in court, legal analysts say, she cannot be fired while the case is pending. Given the glacial pace of Greece's overburdened and inefficient court system, her case and thousands more like it will not be heard for nearly two years. "I am suing to keep food on the table," Mrs. Tsiounis said recently. "If I am let go amid high unemployment, where will I find work?" Three years into Europe's debt crisis, Greece, along with Spain, Portugal and other countries on the region's troubled southern rim, are under increased pressure to revitalize government by cutting older, low-skilled workers and bringing in younger workers with advanced degrees and computer skills. In an ideal world, a refurbished civil service would improve efficiency in everything from policy making to tax collection, and set Greece more firmly on the path to recovery. But roadblocks remain. Greece's civil service is littered with longtime employees who got jobs through political favors, jobs-for- votes schemes or pure nepotism, despite pressure from creditors to clean house. Greece has already shed 128,000 of the 150,000 civil service positions that the so-called troika of lenders -- the International Monetary Fund, the European Commission and the European Central Bank – demanded to be cut, mainly through retirements and reduced hiring. Ranks have been thinned to around 650,000 people today from 970,000 in 2009, when the civil service constituted nearly a third of Greece's work force. Creditors still want 15,000 cuts by the end of next year, which in some ways is an exercise in penance: Since the public work force has already shrunk significantly, the rest of the cuts are "really symbolic," said Antonis Manitakis, a constitutional scholar tapped by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras to oversee the streamlining of the civil service. "The troika mainly wants us to show we have the political will to reform." The last job cuts are a carrot of sorts after years of sticks from the troika. Once they are completed, the government can hire 15,000 new employees, provided they have diplomas, are computer-savvy and go through merit-based reviews -- procedures unfamiliar to many people now on the Greek state's payroll. Clearing the slate is not easy. Most government jobs are protected by the Greek Constitution, and there are no job descriptions for most government positions, making it hard to evaluate performance and build cases for dismissal. A government plan to impose evaluations a few years ago flopped after employees refused to participate. "Greece is one of the most bureaucratic countries in Europe," said Mr. Manitakis, whose own office was flanked by five employees who stood up each time he came in and out. "The majority of government hirings in the past were made through clientelism or illegally." Mr. Manitakas says that as he looked for bloat, he was regaled with examples. In the most eye-popping cases, Mr. Manitakis said, government officials appointed relatives or friends to manage departments with no employees, giving them posts that came with bonuses, long holidays and even a car and driver. Today, the average Greek ministry has about 440 departments or administrative units, 20 percent of which have no staff other than the department head. That leaves Mr. Manitakis searching for what would seem to be low-hanging fruit. But other targets came with their own set of problems. For instance, he hoped to swiftly fire around 1,500 civil servants facing disciplinary action, including a man who skipped work for more than 100 days and a worker accused of demanding bribes. Yet only a handful have gone before the tribunal that decides such cases. And then there is a phalanx of quasi-government agencies, many of which seem to have outlived their purpose. One of those, Electromechanica Kymi Ltd., was set up 25 years ago to make uniforms, accessories and bulletproof vests for the military. But since 2002, the 50 workers at its building in a village two hours west of Athens have produced only a tiny fraction of what they used to after government officials started outsourcing the work to other companies. "I don't even know what some of them do," said Greece's inspector general, Leandros Rakintzis, who is in charge of identifying corruption and cronyism in government. "What I do know is that many people are going to work and being paid for doing nothing." Yet even if those agencies can be shuttered, they will yield only around 250 of the 15,000 jobs that Mr. Manitakis is seeking. And even if the thousands of cuts do materialize, the troika's goal of renewing Greece's public sector with new employees may prove elusive, since austerity policies have slashed salaries so much that some see little incentive to enter government. Amfitriti Eressioti -- ambitious, fluent in three languages and armed with a law degree and a master's in taxation -- is just the sort of person the government is desperate to hire. But she would earn only about $1,300 after taxes each month, she says, a figure that would leave her struggling to pay her bills. "I love my country," Ms. Eressioti said, "but you can't expect a person to end up losing money just to work for you." Niki Kitsantonis contributed reporting (via Mike COoper, DXLD) Around 2100 UT [June 11] ERT Komotini 1404 was still on. Carrier on SW frequencies. Komotini had serious debate on the situation, regular interval signals and "Elliniki radiofonia" announcements. Then they played Beatles' "Revolution". Approximately 2230 UT, programme appeared on Voice Of Greece frequencies until Avlis was closed around 0800 this morning. During this period there was observed a mysterious jammer on 15630 kHz between 2355-0025. During the night several blogs, sites and even commercial TV stations began relaying now suddenly illegal pirate TV transmission of ERT as a wide network in a wikileaks style manner. RTVE in Spain and BBC followed the example and began relaying ERT. An American satellite provider received a phone call that ordered it to stop transmitting unauthorised programme of station called ERT. ERT FM was reported still on at least in Thessaloniki, Khania, Serres, Ioanninon, and Patra. Authoríties in Samos reprtedly lament that closure of ERT denies the island its only radio station. At 0200 UT was the deadline to empty Radiomegaron building. TV newscaster stated in direct transmission to riot police that doors are open, and journalists are not going anywhere. ERT security guard said on TV that his shift will end at 6 o'clock in morning and there is no way he is leaving his workplace before that. Thousands of protesters outside still haven't gone anywhere and wave placards saying among other things "revolution will not be televised". Latest live stream addresses can be found immediately following twitter tag #ERT. In Twitter Estonian amateur asked interesting question: if ERT is closed, who is responsible for parliamentary channel, that is broadcasting live debate on ERT? For situation around Radiomegaron please watch Zougla TV http://www.zougla.gr/live (Jari Lehtinen, Lahti, Finland, Hard-Core-DX mailing list 1153 UT June 12 via DXLD) There was a discussion program of some form going out in parallel on 9420, 9935 and 15630, listening via Twente at 1215 UT. Now at 1223 UT all three channels stopped, with just random clicks occuring but all three resumed again shortly after and are still going but with occasional interference. 73 (Tony Molloy, Winter Hill, UK, 53.6 N 2.55 W SD639114 IO83ro, Cross Country Wireless SDR-4+ and CCW HF Active Antenna, @swlistener http://swlistener.wordpress.com dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ERT V of Greece still on air at 1225gmt 12th June on 15630 (J Kempster, London, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Also on // 9420 kHz. Resumed on shortwave as scheduled at 1200 UT, brief break in audio 1221-1224, now continuous talk again (Alan Pennington, Caversham, UK, 1228 UT, moderator, ibid.) ERT TV LIVE ON THE WEB In effect, now a pirate station. It is being carried live on various websites, including http://ertvlive.blogspot.gr/ and http://www.enetenglish.gr/?i=news.en.article&id=1162 (Chris Greenway, UK, 1318 UT June 12, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Public television and radio was silent on government decision at 23.30 on Tuesday night continues to broadcast journalism program panels, alternating in the main studio Radiomegarou despite the government mandate to evacuate the building by workers. I ask the support of all friends. It is a question of freedom and democracy (Babis Charalampopoulos, Voice of Greece, June 12 via John Babbis, DXLD) Dear John, it is the end !!! (Demetri Vafeas, Voice of Greece, 1205 UT June 12, via John Babbis, DXLD) ERT shutdown: European Broadcasting Union sets up makeshift studio Latest item regarding Greek public broadcasting including ERA5. http://m.guardiannews.com/media/2013/jun/12/ert-shutdown-european-broadcasting-union-makeshift-studio-greece (via Richard Cuff, 1308 UT June 12, ODXA yg via DXLD) THE AFTERMATH OF THE DARK SIDE OF THE GREEK PUBLIC BROADCASTING First the transmitters logged on 12/6: The following frequencies were with local program 1278, 1404, 1108. And on afternoon (after 17) 1512 which at 20 UT was // 1108 The following freqs were with only carrier: 666 729 981 and 1179 In Thessaloniki the frequencies of ERA were unmodulated in the morning but on local afternoon they were vacant: 88 / 90 / 92 / 93.8 / 95.8 /102 Also 93.6 which is now dominated by a Serbian station! During my monitoring on 88 (1630 UT) I found E-propagation with Arabic station. 902 TV (the voice of the Communist Party) carried nearly all the day the transmissions of NET for all Greece, via its digital stream. In the evening the signal was from webstream, full of timeouts but on local nights the signal was quite clear as NET used one frequency for analog signal and on 52 (after 18??) with digital signal. There was a transmission fail for ca 1 hour at 2030 to 2130 with a color bar test card. As it is noticed today the program was transmitted with he help of a van from EBU. Local radio station from ERA transmitted via the 902 FM facilities in Thessaloniki on 90.4 MHz. NET was also transmitted via internet via these sites: http://zougla.gr http://enikos.gr http://cybc.cy http://alterpress.gr and http://targetradio.gr and for Europe via EBU. Via satellite only the signal from the parliament was available. The program consisted mainly of discussions with members from various political parties. Outside the building of the public broadcaster, thousands of people demonstrated against the decree from the government and later a musical has been held. A video has been aired on how the staff from the transmission facilities in Hortiatis has been ou[s]ted with about 20 policemen entering the farm and the small house!! Another video shows demonstrations from Tripoli; ca 250 or more people were outside the building of the public broadcaster. More than 7 stations on the regions of Peloponisos relay the local program of ERA Tripoli. They will help them also technically in case any new obstacles from government occur http://delicious.com/gr_greek1/zak (all my pages) (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, June 12, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ERT GREECING THE DECLINE GREECE -- The Greek government shut down its state broadcaster, the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), putting 2,500 employees out of work and triggering thousands to protest outside ERT's headquarters. The BBC reported that viewers watched the main TV channel go black on Tuesday evening. ERT, which runs three domestic TV channels, four national radio stations, three regional radio stations and an external service, Voice of Greece, is funded via 4.30 euros ($6) that is added to monthly electric bills in Greece. "This is a blow to democracy," ERT newsreader Antonis Alafogiorgos said as the main TV station aired its final broadcast. "ERT is a case of an exceptional lack of transparency and incredible extravagance. This ends now," government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou reportedly said. (MarketWatch June 12, 2013 via Joe Buch Florida, DXLD) The situation of the Greek Public television ERT (is free at the time) only on the web http://www.ert.gr/ Some collisions are deliberately out of unknown cause (Babis Charalampopoulos, 1028 UT? June 12 via Drita Çiço, Albania, DXLD) CLOSURE OF GREEK PUBLIC BROADCASTER --- Opinion: The current government is either grossly incompetent or grossly dishonest. It is certainly as possible as it is preferable to reform a public service like the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation while the latter's services remain available and in place, albeit in some truncated form. However, if you have an ideological bias against such a public service, the economic crisis provides a useful cover to critically injure or destroy it under the guise of "economic necessity". The pitifully small savings that this radical act will realize leaves the realistic impression that this precipitous move by the conservative senior partners in the governing coalition is more ideological than financial. This impression is reinforced by the fact that two junior liberal partners in that coalition were neither consulted nor their assent sought for this "plan" (John Figliozzi, Halfmoon, NY, http://wwlgonline.com Sent from my iPad, 1521 UT June 12, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Here it should be considered that extended periods of open carrier were to be noted since last night also on the shortwave transmissions. So finding a mediumwave transmitter running only an open carrier at a spot check not necesarily indicates that programming is finally gone from this signal. Concerning the shortwave transmitters: They took the scheduled break in the late morning, were back on with open carriers at 1250, had programming again at 1403 and subsequent spot checks up to 1815, in // on all three transmitters, running on the scheduled frequencies. (Kai Ludwig, 1816 UT June 12, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) V of Greece still on air tonight at 2354gmt on 9420 (J Kempster, London E14, June 12, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) ** GREECE. News broke the local afternoon of June 11 that the Greek government is totally abolishing the national broadcaster, ERT, which includes the SW service Voice of Greece. John Babbis, Maryland, received this, google translated: [from Natasha, as above] So the official closure would be at 2100 UT. Not until 2335 could I check the frequencies, and it`s still on the air on 15630, all talk in Greek, no doubt discussing the situation. // 9420 also audible but much weaker. By 0039 UT Jan 12, 9420 is much better and now the third transmitter on 7450 is just barely audible. 0053 still animated discussion in Greek. It seems that the 2500+ employees of ERT are not accepting this decision and have kept the TV and radio services running. Many other SWLs were checking and found frequent interruptions in the modulations, but so far always coming back. These must now amount to piratical if not clandestine transmissions! My further chex: 15630 & 9420 with news on the hour at 0100 included an English clip about NSA and also something in German, otherwise all- Greek, 0106 back to the matter at hand; except for brief bits, seems all music has been pre-empted. At 0510, 15630 is still on and audible in Greek, poor-fair, while at 0520, 9420 is very poor. At 1208, 15630 still on with Greek talk, poor signal now. One site following this story in English, tnx to Marty Delfín, Madrid: http://www.ekathimerini.com There has been lots more press about this, and EPT managed to stay online with live video, usually split screen including showing all- night demonstration around their HQ, lots of people milling about, via http://www.ert.gr Early UT June 12, that was all to the website, except a word at the bottom, epanerchomaste as transliterated, meaning ``we come back``. Later after 1430 the website appears to be fully restored with lots of news linx and still live video. A very fluid situation; it appears other sectors of society are supporting ERT with strikes, even private commercial stations. So far the demonstration situation is nowhere near as bad as Istanbul, which is getting much more media attention; riot police were supposedly going to break it up in Athens at 0200 UT, but apparently did not (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) NEW ERT WILL OPEN IN AUGUST By Andy Dabilis on June 12, 2013 in Economy, News, Politics Greek government spokesman, Simos Kedikoglou, who didn’t speak out about mismanagement at the state broadcaster ERT when he worked there but has defended the move to close it because of what he said was waste and inefficiency at the organization, said a pared-down version will be back on the air by Aug. 29. He said the new broadcaster will have 1000-1200 workers instead of the 2,800 who were fired on June 11 with the lighting decision by decree to shut the institution to satisfy international lenders who want 2,500 workers taken off state payrolls by the end of the month. He said that the best of the staff who were fired will be given priority in rehiring although critics said Prime Minister Antonis Samaras will staff it with supporters of his New Democracy Conservative ruling party as he did at the New Acropolis Museum. There were also complaints that before he shut it down that the government packed it with highly-paid consultants who never showed up. Samaras’ coalition partners, the PASOK Socialists and tiny Democratic Left (DIMAR) objected to the move but can’t block it until it comes before Parliament later this summer. Samaras needs their votes to have a majority in the body but some analysts said he has told them either to back him or he’ll call new elections which could jeopardize their standing as both are hovering at 3-5 percent support and 3 percent of the vote is needed to enter Parliament (Greekreporter.com via John Babbis, June 12, WORLD OF RADIO 1673, DXLD) Broadcasts continuing 7450, 9420 & 15630 at 2100 with multiple announcers, taped interviews and phone calls or statements. Seems to be additional dialog in background, possible speeches or additional talking in studio. Reception only fair on all frequencies. 15630 is best now with 7450 poor (Stephen Wood, Harwich, Mass., June 12, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Dear John, It is a very serious problem because if anyone considers that to change the name and the structure of a company becomes a festive party and never layoffs and black screen and radio silence (Babis Ch., to and via John Babbis, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Dear Babis and Demetri: This is a very stupid thing that the Troika has imposed upon the Greek people. They have jeopardized the well- being of 10 million Greeks, more than half of whom have radios and television, for the right to a few lousy euros. They believe that firing more than 2,500 knowledgeable experts who put out information to the Greek masses will solve their money problems by replacing these people with an equivalent number of no-nothing, do-little politicians who will be unable to provide reliable radio and television service. Surely the Greek women will be unhappy now that their favorite soap opera will be missing from television and they will be confronted with a blank screen. And, what about the radio and TV news that will be missing? (John Babbis, via DXLD) ERT / ERA shut down already announced 10 days before, read / translate per Google Translator (Wolfgang Büschel, June 11, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 12 via DXLD) From the ERT3 web site, translated from the Greek: "Rapid, and dramatic developments in recent times for the future of the National broadcaster ERT, but the 2,850 employees. Reportedly already discussed project for even imposing lock in Public Broadcasting. The rumors follow one another and scripts written in newspapers and broadcast by broadcasters speak at worst for closure of ERT and arrive in a shrinking and restructuring. By both the government and administration of the company there is no valid information and assembly of a few minutes ago, journalists and other employees at ERT decided to remain vigilant and to safeguard the company, the public nature and the need of the Greeks for timely and objective information." - "Their reaction expressed by governmental partners, PASOK and Democratic Left, the proposal to close the ERT and reopening. PASOK reacted and Legislative Act for closure of public sector organizations with a Minister. Referring to the Legislative Act already-published without the signatures of all members of the cabinet-and developments in the pipeline for ERT, the press office of PASOK issued the following statement: "One. A government tripartite cooperation can not be operated with unilateral actions and faits accomplis. The existence of this government is a national necessity. This can be served only with integrated programming framework and clear rules of the government and the parliamentary majority. Major issues be promptly discussed and decided at the level of Heads of the three parties. Two. The reform in the State and in particular public administration must not deadlock. Although it has agreed, for weeks, context actions between the three leaders, this has not been implemented. The result is not achieved downsizing by 2,000 people in the first place so the country is actually under pressure from the payment of the installment. Such pressures have lived many times in the recent past and found a solution. Should the country be internationally credible, but this must be done in a fair, transparent, meritocratic and efficient. Three. ERT should be transformed into a modern, European, public broadcaster, with radical changes in the structure and evaluation of staff. We ask therefore be presented and implemented as soon as a complete restructuring of public broadcasting with respect to citizens who pay dues fee, which can decrease. But this can not be done suddenly, unprepared, with immediate shutdown of public broadcasting and dismissal of all personnel, without any evaluation, because the 2,000 positions was not possible to find time with serious procedures in public administration. Movements on the righteous and the unrighteous are not performing." In a statement, the Democratic Left notes: "There can be no modern country and particularly Europe, which - even for one hour - not offer Public Television. The Democratic Left disagrees radically opposes the suspension of the ERT and reopening after "some" time. The known problems of ERT is the result of the policies pursued decades now and have nothing to do with the Memorandum and loan contracts in the country. Any suspension of the ERT suggests the worst way transfer, and finally expressing a weakness and resistances are continuing towards reforms. Clearly the need to streamline and reorganize the ERT. Streamlining, which however can not be undertaken makeshift and without any plan. The same need is a radical cut public television from different governmental desires and considerations, the various political and economic interests, as well as customer relationships of all types. As for the rationalization and reorganization of ERT, the Democratic Left calls for the immediate establishment of committee consensus of experts and authority figures in order within three months to submit to Parliament a business plan for a modern state television. In the meantime, ERT can only be operated." (BCDX 12 June via DXLD) Had the http://www.ert.gr website up for live video streaming, but had been stalled for a while when I refreshed at 2048 June 12, to find it is now gone. ERT is reported continuing to webcast elsewhere. 15630, June 13 at 0449, ERT is still on here, fair signal in Greek (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re: ERT TV live on the web I'm listening again tonight to the "pirate" ERT on 9420 kHz and watching the same on the Web version at Zougla.gr to be precise. I was surprised to hear that the SW version is consistently lagging behind the Web feed, typically by a half second, but sometimes a little less or a little more. And it is never ahead of it (though that is what I would have expected since radio is quicker than the Web usually). I'm not sure what this suggests, though if the sw txr at Avlis were getting the sound from the web feed, this is what it might be like (Philip Hiscock, Nfld., 0059 UT June 13, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) And then, right after I posted my report, 9420 kHz went quiet for a minute (around 0100 UTC) and started with another discussion completely different from that on Zougla.gr (Hiscock, 0110 UT, ibid.) [Ed. Note: the story is still developing at press time, to be continued, or read about it already in the DXLD yg. The SW transmitters remain on the air, and reports were that due to huge protests, the government was backing down on closing ERT, but there is a great deal of disruption and uncertainty --- gh] ** GUAM. 13362 USB, AFN, 2106, English, discussion about "dirty tactics" by the Chinese, including: fixing of currency, cyber-hacking of U.S. military and corporate websites and theft of industrial secrets. (FYI- they never said "alleged"-- they asserted with all certainty the Chinese are doing this.) Good-very good. 8/6 (David Sharp, NSW, FT-950, NRD-535D, Timewave 599zx, Quantum Phaser, EWE aerials, various other Palstar and MFJ accessories, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5765-USB, AFN Barrigada, 1000 to 1005 News Items in English, 6 June (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D, Icom 746Pro, Drake R8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. 5765-USB, June 12 at 1159, nothing detectable from AFN, nor on 13362-USB. Ron Howard observes that both this and Diego Garcia have been rather sporadic lately (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Brief AFN Guam history: June 4 off the air (both frequencies). June 5-11 on the air. June 12 off the air (both frequencies). Most days AFN Diego Garcia (4319-USB) is completely covered by QRM, so am unable to regularly monitor (Ron Howard, CA, June 12, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUAM. 15670, Another "Special" KSDA Guam - Commemorative AWR Broadcast. KSDA with special "Wavescan" program commemorating AWR broadcasting history from the now decommissioned Ekala transmitter in Sri Lanka. Tuned (late) at 1622 UT with Sri Lankan national anthem, man giving details of the special and closing and then a Sri Lankan song until the carrier went off abruptly at 1629:05 UT. Will try again during the KSDA windows at 2230 and 2330 UT this afternoon. I was glad to get at least 7 minutes of this! 15320, AWR Wavescan broadcast from KSDA Guam on 15320 kHz at 2230 UT. KSDA with special "Wavescan" program commemorating AWR broadcasting history from the now decommissioned Ekala xmtr in Sri Lanka. Tuned this channel at 2230 UT with weak signal (S-meter 4-5, but good looking carrier on Perseus display). Program hard to follow due to high noise level but had the same sequence as heard this morning of Sri Lankan national anthem, man giving details of the special with closing and then a Sri Lankan song. In truth, however, without having heard the 1600 UT broadcast, I would not have been able to identify program details during this sequence due to a consistently declining signal from 2230 UT. Carrier went off abruptly at 2259 UT. 17650.04, Last broadcast of the AWR special "Wavescan" from KSDA via Perseus site in Brisbane - nice to hear today's program with good audibility as the history of broadcasting in Sri Lanka was quite fascinating. Topics were broadcasting history from Ekala, an excerpt from a current domestic station in Sri Lanka, history of Radio Monitors International, excerpt from the old program "Shortwave Merry- go-Round", national anthem of Sri Lanka at 2349.5 UT (where I tuned in the program this morning at 1622 UT), closing, QSL card and address info at 2352 UT and then the Sri Lankan musical piece at 2355 UT. Carrier off for this at 2359 UT. The carrier came right back in a few seconds and the station identified as KSDA at 0000 UT June 10 for the next segment of AWR. If anyone happened to record this station from the program start at 2330 UT (or any of today's 30-min segments), I would appreciate a recording of the first five minutes as I missed the earliest history of broadcasting from the then country of Ceylon. Today is Sri Lankan Day! (Bruce W. Churchill-CA-USA, DXplorer June 9/10 via BC-DX June 12 via DXLD) ** GUATEMALA. 4055, June 7 at 0457, TGAV is still on with hymns in Spanish; no word yet about their endangered license renewal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4055, Radio Verdad (Truth). 0951 to 1004 with two IDs at 1004, SINFO = 3,5,4,4,4; this rating is for a 700 watt station. I heard instrumental pieces of old Christian hymns such as Onward Christian Soldier, the Mackay 5050A and the 435' long wire antenna. 6/7/13 (This information came from: THE SHORTWAVE INTERCEPT CENTER'S BROADCAST GUIDE, SPECIAL SUMMER EDITION, published by John and Sandra Davis on June 8, 2013. My QTH: Our facility is located northeast of Columbus, Ohio, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** HAWAII. HAWAII'S MAUI AM & FM RADIO NOW ON SHORTWAVE Media Release Radio Heritage Foundation June 8 2013 Yes, it's true. The new radio heritage documentary airing on Radio New Zealand International's Mailbox program on June 10 2013 features a review of today's radio on the island of Maui. With just 144,000 people, Maui is blessed with warm weather, and a fine array of AM and FM radio stations serving the local community and millions of visitors every year, and you'll hear some of these stations on shortwave for the first time in this new program. In 1946, KMVI was the first station on the island. Hear what it sounds like today and find out about 3 other AM stations on the island, including 15kw KUAU, today the most powerful AM signal in the state of Hawaii at 1570 AM. Local low power KEAO 91.5 and it's 55 on air hosts are covered, along with little KOPO, the children's station that celebrates its 7th birthday on June 17. You'll hear KPOA Hawaiian Music Island Style, KLHI Maui's Island Music Station and other local FM signals that entertain islanders and learn of the humpback whales favorite summer vacation location, so come along and explore Maui with us to the warm soundtrack of local radio. It's an unusual opportunity to cruise along the Maui radio dial without buying an air ticket there, and the range of radio stations serving this small island community is fascinating. Do join us. You can listen directly via shortwave radio from RNZI in New Zealand, or audio on demand [for the following month] with full details of current broadcast frequencies [both DRM and analog] and times possible for your area as well as audio downloads at www.rnzi.com. * Join us from Monday, June 10 2013 and enjoy this special visit to the Hawaiian island of Maui, be entertained by local Maui AM & FM radio stations and hear some wonderful contemporary Hawaiian music. * Use the Pacific Asian Listener Radio Guide at our global website http://www.radioheritage.com to find today's AM radio stations in Hawaii and across the Pacific. * Use the on-site Google Search to find our many exclusive features about broadcasting in Hawaii and other Pacific islands. All visits to our website and access to our features and services are always free, and have been for almost 10 years. Listen to today's AM & FM radio from Maui, Hawaii, on shortwave for the first time from June 10, in the Mailbox program from Radio New Zealand International. Radio Heritage Foundation The Global Radio Memories Project Become a regular supporter for $35 & enjoy the benefits (David Ricquish, RHF, June 7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** HONDURAS. 28500-USB, June 6 at 2021, HR1AAB rapidly calling CQ DX, QRZ, with vox artifacts when he starts and stops, annoying. Makes one contact whose call I cannot copy, and then nothing further heard. In fact, several sweeps of 28.3-28.6 MHz found he was the OSOB. Must be a very selective opening. Was not really expecting anything on 10m, as sweeps just before of 15m and 12m turned up nothing either. The G7IZU map http://www.tvcomm.co.uk/radio/muf5.html shows nothing from Honduras on 28 MHz and precious little Es from anywhere on 6m. QRZ.com lookup shows: HR1AAB ALBERTO ANTONIO BONILLA - QSL VIA EA7FTR P.O. BOX 1734 TEGUCIGALPA, 11123, Honduras And he`s also into judo as a black-belt as well as a medical assistant (when they hurt themselves) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** HONDURAS. La Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones comenzó a notificar el cambio desde ayer a las 671 radioemisoras de todo el país. El 50% de las radioemisoras que operan en frecuencia modulada (FM) sufrirán dentro de dos meses una modificación en la banda en la que operan, por lo tanto, si su emisora favorita está entre este listado, usted deberá hacer modificaciones a la hora de sintonizarlas. El pasado 17 de mayo de 2013 fue publicado en el diario oficial La Gaceta, en su número 33,126, una disposición de la Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (Conatel) que ordena cambios en el espectro radioeléctrico dentro de la banda 88-108 MHz para las operaciones de estaciones radiales que utilizan modulaciones de frecuencias, es decir, en el FM. Los cambios se efectuaron a través de la aprobación de un nuevo plan de canalización de frecuencias del servicio de radiodifusión sonoro en Frecuencia Modulada (FM). La nueva ley se creó bajo el espíritu de que existe un alto grado de saturación en la ocupación de frecuencias radiales y la necesidad de crear más espacios para emisoras. La reforma permitirá al Gobierno crear 160 nuevas radioemisoras en todo el país. “Se van a generar 16 frecuencias por zonas de radiodifusión, son 10 zonas, o sea que en el ámbito nacional serán 160 nuevas radios”, dijo Fausto Zambrano, miembro de la Unidad de Planificación del Espectro de Conatel. En el país existen actualmente 671 radioemisoras en FM, de las cuales el 50 % tendrán que sufrir alteraciones en el dial. El cambio proyecta reducir la canalización de distancia de 600 a 400 MHz [sic!] entre cada emisora en frecuencia modulada. Para evitar interferencias en las señales de radio, la Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones establece la canalización en dos grupos. El primero inicia en 88.1 (MHz) y culmina en 107.7 (MHz). El segundo empieza de 88.3 (MHz) y finaliza en 107.9 (MHz). (via Conexión Digital 9 June via DXLD) This is not very clear. Are they referring to channel separations in a single city being reduced from 0.6 to 0.4 MHz? All apparently on odd tenths only. US ``channelization`` on FM was originally 0.8 MHz apart, since reduced, or skirted by scattering ``cities of license`` to suburbs (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** INDONESIA. 3344.83, RRI Ternate, 1236-1306, June 10. Back again; non-stop EZL music and songs; 1259 brief music often played on RRI; poor (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1673, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. VOI: At 1850 UT June 10: footprint is 9525.891 kHz at present (Wolfgang Buschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 12 via DXLD) 9525.89, V. of Indonesia, Jun 11 1321-1327, 35443, English, News, ID at 1322 and 1326 (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT, 70m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA [non]. Frequency change of Adventist World Radio As/Pac 2200-2400 NF 11830 SDA 100 kW / 330 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 12120 (DX RE MIX NEWS #785 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, June 11, 2013, via DXLD) Indonesia? HQ are now here and that is where WRTH puts it, with KSDA GUAM merely one of their remote transmitter sites (gh, DXLD) Re DX Re Mix News: AWR 1130-1200 15605 TRM*125 kW 045 deg to SoAS Shoshoni 1200-1230 11800 TRM*125 kW 045 deg to SoAS Mon 1230-1300 12085 TRM*125 kW 025 deg to SoAS Meitei Sun/Wed/Fri 1230-1300 12085 TRM*125 kW 025 deg to SoAS Bangla Mon/Tue/Thu/Sat [* AWR brokered, not MBR anymore.] (Wolfgang Büschel, BCDX 12 June via DXLD) See also GUAM ** INTERNATIONAL INTERNET. WORLD OF RADIO ON ACB RADIO MAINSTREAM Hi Glenn, World of Radio airs starting at 9:00 P.M Eastern time [Thursdays] and airs every 4 hours over night and during the day on Friday. We have added new programming over the last 6 months so that is why it doesn't air every two hours any more. However it does stop airing at 7:00 P.M Friday evening because we have World of Sports that airs live at 7:00 P.M eastern time Friday evenings. Hope that helps (Larry Turnbull, ACB Radio, June 7, WORLD OF RADIO 1673, DX LISTENING DIGEST) So times are now UT: Fri 01, 05, 09, 13, 17, 21; via http://www.acbradio.org/node/1 The website program schedule has now been belatedly updated thus (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) ** INTERNATIONAL WATERS [and non]. Q & A with NHC - Julio Ripoll http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/qa/201306_julio_ripoll.php Image of Julio Ripoll, Assistant Coordinator of Amateur Radio Julio Ripoll, Assistant Coordinator of Amateur Radio (WX4NHC) National Hurricane Center By Dennis Feltgen, Public Affairs Officer NOAA Communications & External Affairs, National Hurricane Center I am betting that most folks don't know there is a ham radio station at the National Hurricane Center. That's true, unless you're an amateur radio operator. We're here since 1980. It began when (NHC Director) Dr. Neal Frank asked us to put up a station at NHC to talk to the Caribbean Islands because they'd lose communications. Was the intent to establish communications during a hurricane or to gain additional information? He wanted to be able to talk the islands when they lost their landlines and teletypes. When the islands were affected and local airport or Meteorology stations were closed down just before a hurricane, NHC would have no information coming back. So we filled in that link that would go down during hurricanes. We began with the Caribbean Islands, and then expanded to all of the Atlantic and Gulf and as far as the East Pacific. You must be very proud of this. My entire group is very proud. They are all volunteers; some have been with us for more than 30 years. Is it a basic requirement for a ham to be a bit of a weather fanatic? No, it's not. We have expanded from using only ham radio. When the Internet came on line, we established a website where you can fill in a weather report and send it directly to us at NHC. So, you don't have to be a ham radio operator to send in your surface or eyewitness reports. How did you become a ham? It was in high school. My then future father-in-law had a shortwave radio receiver. One day he was listening to some broadcast stations, and I started fooling around with the dials and happened to come across some people talking from the Midwest down to Florida. And I thought wow - these people are talking with each other on a radio! Then I found out there was a ham radio class at my high school, this is back in 1977. From that point on, I just got into all of the aspects of ham radio communications. I was hooked. What was the first hurricane experience for you? We had Hurricane David in 1979 brushing South Florida. I wasn't involved in a lot of public service back then, but the Red Cross asked if I could use my ham radio to do a damage survey. So I got involved in what was then called "civil defense". We got in the car, drove around, and relayed damage reports over ham radio to the local EOC. It was the next year that NHC contacted me. You were perfect for the job! I was a student at the University of Miami across the street from where the hurricane center was located at the time. Dr. Neal Frank said I was the ideal candidate -- I live next door at the UM dorms and I have a ham radio station. I was the president of the UM Ham Radio Club. So I would borrow the radio from the UM club station, put it in a cardboard box, walk across the street and set it up at one of the Hurricane Specialist's desk. Most ham radio operators understand how to use what they call "go kits". They put portable radios together with batteries and wire antennas to use during an emergency. The technology between 1980 and 2013 has to be like night and day. The core aspect of ham radio is the same that's it's been for the past 100 years. We bounce high-frequency radio waves off of the ionosphere back down to the earth, like a shining a flashlight into a mirror. But now, some of our radios are integrated with, and connected to, the Internet. We can go from a radio in a car to a repeater that has higher power and a big antenna, and then the audio goes through the Internet and comes back over the radio on the other end so that we can get the report over a computer or another radio. When does the ham radio team spin up operations? Whenever there is hurricane threatening landfall within 300 miles of land. What's the most unusual situation you've had at NHC as a ham? I would say Hurricane Georges in 1998. It had come off of the coast of Haiti at night, gong over the pass to the east of Cuba. At that time, Cuba did not allow air reconnaissance to go over the island. The satellite imagery showed that Georges' eye had clouded over, and we did not have any reliable meteorological surface data to know where the center of the hurricane was at that time. Hurricane specialist Lixion Ávila came into the radio room and said he wanted a ham on the most eastern point of Cuba. That was a pretty tall order, but I got on the radio frequency they were using for the local civil defense there, announced we were from the hurricane center, and looking for someone on the easternmost point. And lo and behold, there as a ham in Punto Este on the most eastern point of Cuba! I asked him for a weather report, and you could hear the emotion in his voice. He said he was standing on a chair with two feet of water in his house, and as his signal faded, you could hear him shout into the mic on his last transmission "del sur, del sur"! -- the wind was from the south. Lixion ran out of the room, now able to fix the point of the hurricane over Cuba, and it shifted the entire track north, all thanks to that ham radio report. When you not being a ham, what is your day job? I am an architect specializing in health care design. For the past 19 years, I have been one of the architects for the University of Miami's School of Medicine and for the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. One of my specialties is ophthalmology design. Send comments to: NHC.Public.Affairs @ noaa.gov NOAA/ National Weather Service National Centers for Environmental Prediction National Hurricane Center 11691 SW 17th Street Miami, Florida 33165-2149 USA nhcwebmaster @ noaa.gov Page last modified: Saturday, 01-Jun-2013 1912:21 UT (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) ** IRAN. 9550 IRIB. Junio 05 a las 0031 UT. Comienzo de la programación en español con rezos coránicos traducidos al español por un locutor, además de la lectura de frecuencias, horarios y, por una locutora, avisos acerca de los temas que se abordarán con énfasis en el noticiero. Señal estable, con QRN y sin interferencias de R. Boa Ventade o CRI en hakka que están en la misma frecuencia. Sin embargo, en la frecuencia de 11760 está dominante y con fading RHC en español SINPO: 54454, incluso antes de las 0030 UT, no dejando escuchar a IRIB; ya que la tapa de manera completa. Es decir, nuevamente dos señales al mismo horario, en el mismo idioma y para la misma zona de servicio (?!) ** IRAN. 12080, IRIB. Junio 06 a las 2121. Hombre comienza hablar en árabe de manera muy rápida. Señal poco estable con algo de ruido atmosférico y baja modulación. SINPO: 34444. 9550, IRIB. 09 de Junio a las 0307 UT. Lectura, en español, de artículo acerca de “Irán hacia la undécima rondas de elecciones”, debido a las próximas presidenciales con evaluación de los 7 presidentes que han tenido. Señal con algo de oscilación SINPO: 54454 9760, IRIB. 09 de junio a las 2040 UT. Mujer lee, en castellano, algunas noticias sobre las elecciones presidenciales en Irán. Señal estable, sin mucho ruido, ni fading, sólo sobremodulada un poco. SINPO: 54444 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: Cable de cobre de 5 metros. QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** IRAN. Re: ``15150 kHz --- Now checked the distorted audio signal from IRIB Zahedan 500 kW at 289 degrees on Saturday May 18. Around 1200 UT heard broadband 15134-15166 kHz distorted Arabic service, mostly phone-in program. And accompanied two spurious signals on stronger 15081.5 to 15090 kHz, but lesser on 15211 to 15219 kHz frequency range`` (Wolfgang Buschel, May 18 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews via DXLD) Checked again on June 11. Problem at Zahedan solved already. No spurious signals heard anymore (Büschel, June 12, ibid.) ** IRAN [non]. VOA COVERS IRAN ELECTION WITH TV SPECIAL [see original for linx:] http://www.insidevoa.com/content/voa-covers-iran-election-with-tv-special/1679447.html WASHINGTON, D.C. - Voice of America is covering Iran's June 14th Presidential election with a live television special that includes interviews with members of the U.S. Congress, reaction from voters, and segments from polling stations in London, Paris, New York and Los Angeles. VOA Persian programs, which reach an estimated one in five Iranians every week, have focused extensively on the run-up to Friday's vote. The programs have included interviews with leading experts, profiles of all the candidates, and reports on opposition groups boycotting the vote. "Despite Iranian efforts to block them, these programs are reaching our audience with balanced and comprehensive news that viewers can't get on domestic television," VOA Director David Ensor said. "They also offer Iranians at home and around the world a place where they can discuss and comment on the issues that matter most to them." The audience participation program Straight Talk featured a Skype interview with former Iranian President Abolhassan Bani Sadr, who took questions - some directly from Iran. VOA's in-depth candidate profiles have been airing on VOA Persian programs, which are also sharing photos from the campaign sent in by citizen journalists inside Iran. Following the vote on Friday, VOA will broadcast a second live TV special on Saturday to discuss the results and the impact of the vote. The VOA election-coverage website has been providing the Iranian audience with news about the vote and offering daily one-minute video wrap-ups. VOA journalists are also using Twitter and Facebook to keep audiences up-to-date on developments throughout the election, and the VOA Persian website is consolidating and curating information from Iranian media in Tehran and the provinces. A special file-sharing dropbox has been set up in YouSentIt for Iranians to share video, photos and voice messages with any VOA Persian Service program. The program offers a direct line of communication between viewers in Iran and the special programming. Voice of America is one of the leading international broadcasters in Iran. The most recent audience survey found 21% of adult Iranians watch a VOA television program at least once a week. For more information about this release, contact Kyle King at the VOA Public Relations office in Washington at (202) 203-4959, or write kking @ voanews.com For more information about VOA, visit the Public Relations website at http://www.insidevoa.com or the main news site at http://www.voanews.com. (This release was originally published on insidevoa.com) (via DXLD) ** ISRAEL. 15760, Kol Israel, Jun 05 1407-1415, 33443, Farsi, News, // 13850 15850, Galei Zahal, Jun 06 1345-1408, 25332, Hebrew, Music and talk, ID at 1359, SJ at 1400 (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD- 525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT, 70m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Currently (6/12/13), Galei Zahal on 6885 is off the air, but both transmitters are operating on 15850, where they are causing some mutual interference. For many months, 15850 appears to have been beamed in another direction as signals in Europe were especially weak, but now it looks as though this frequency is directed towards Western Europe and the US. Maybe someone at GZ will wake up and spot that 6885 is missing (Alan Holder, Isle of Wight, UK, June 12, WORLD OF RADIO 1673, DX LISTENING DIGEST) What kind of mutual interference? Not on exactly same frequency, or programming not synchronized? (gh, ibid.) ** JAPAN [non]. Re: NHK via Isla de Ascension --- Acabo de escuchar la 12105 vía Ascensión y tengo el siguiente informe: ** JAPAN [non] 12015 NHK. Vía Ascensión. Junio 07 a las 0401 UT. Noticias en español sobre el probable espionaje chino en Japón y otras noticias políticas; después una entrevista a un periodista de NHK del servicio en urdu, pero traducido al castellano y a las 0428 una locutora da las frecuencias, asignando Ascensión a Sudamérica e Issoudun a Centroamérica. La señal es estable aunque oscila un poco, con algo de QRN y a cercano a un fading con SINPO: 44434, pero acaba recuperándose a las 0425 UT. En cambio 5910 vía Issoudun, SINPO: 34333 con fading y mucho ruido, aunque con 2 segundos antes que Ascensión. (Claudio Galaz; Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: Coaxial de 5 Ohms de 20 Metros, QTH: Centro de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile), condiglista yg via DXLD) ** KASHMIR. AIR Kashmir - Preserving History --- In a period spanning over half a century, Radio Kashmir became an inseparable part of Kashmir’s modern history and culture. While the station gradually lost its sheen with the emergence of an overwhelming situation in Kashmir valley, the management of All India Radio, Srinagar has finally began to digitize its rich archives, Bilal Handoo reports. More including a rare photo of Radio Kashmir : http://www.kashmirlife.net/preserving-history/ (Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, dx_india yg via DXLD) ** KIRIBATI. Well, after two years of trying, I was finally able to contact them. I like collecting recordings of radio stations, especially once so far away and remote like Radio Kiribati. I'd been trying for two years via email and snail mail to contact Radio Kiribati but my attempts went unanswered for whatever reasons. I suspect that my postal mail may have never gotten there. Speaking with the Radio Manager, she tells me they are on 1440 now, as we all know. They operate with 10,000 Watts Non Directional. They also have a 1000 Watt FM signal. From what I can gather, the stations are not a simulcast. The Radio Manager had some of her staff record some of their shifts for me and burn them to a few CD's. I paid $20 for the recordings and the shipping via DHL. I figure $20 is worth it, since shipping; even just a few CD's from so far away can be so expensive. Plus, Radio Kiribati is really dirt poor. I'll post the airchecks online after I get them (Paul Walker, June 7, NRC-AM via DXLD) This station has rich history. I QSL'd them back when they were the Gilbert & Ellice Islands on 844 kHz, then later on 846 kHz as Radio Kiribati. It used to be a common visitor here. I have not tried for them on 1440 kHz as yet, though. Good going on your aircheck (Patrick Martin, Seaside OR, IRCA via DXLD) I don't like giving up, and getting the contact and working to get the aircheck is half the battle. I like a challenge. It takes just one email to the right person, and you make that contact. Took me many emails, but I finally found the right person! I had to pay a few $$ for the CD's and the shipping, as they are sending it via DHL, but it was worth it (Paul Walker, NRC-AM via DXLD) I too verified this station when it was on 846 kc on Tarawa, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, back in the early '70s. Pretty clear signal, too, and from right here in Wallingford. My receiver then was an HQ-180 and my antenna a Space Magnet. One of the few TPs on splits. I had previously verified North Korea on 655. Incidentally, my wife and I have been in Kiribati. That was in 2003 when we took a cruise around Hawaii with an out-of-the way stop at Fanning Island, the easternmost island in the group. I didn't get Tarawa at that time. And like Paul, I enjoy South Pacific music (Ben Dangerfield, Wallingford, PA, ibid.) The Pacific has such a very rich history of broadcasting. I wish I would have been at the dials back during WWII as there were so many Armed Forces stations. Those would have been fun to hear and QSL. I got on the tail end of a few like Canton and the Marshall Islands. It took several tries to get a QSL out of Wallis Is on 1188 kHz. I have even had to phone a couple. At one time I had a complete set of all of the Hawaiian stations QSL'd, but in recent years, many have changed frequencies. I even visited a few Hawaiian stations on my earlier trips over there. 73, (Patrick Martin, Seaside OR, ibid.) ** KIRIBATI [and non]. 1440, Radio Kiribati, 0749, fair with island music and brief comments by lang woman, in complete null of 1SBS, 8/6. Also noted next day, 9/6, at 0810 with island choral music; good on peaks. (David Sharp) 1440, Nicaragua, R. Maranatha? 1035, presumed with mentions of "Managua" - even poor on peaks. In null of 1SBS. (8/6 David Sharp) 1440, Thailand, R. Thailand (unknown site), 1051, fading-up over presumed Nicaragua with Thai discussion. N. Phanom or Samut Sakhon? (8/6 David Sharp) 1440, Saudi Arabia, BSKSA, 1953, noted in null of 1SBS with classical Arabic music. Poor-fair. 7/6 (David Sharp, NSW, FT-950, NRD-535D, Timewave 599zx, Quantum Phaser, EWE aerials, various other Palstar and MFJ accessories, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH. 11710, June 12 at 1231, piano concerto by a talented artist, probably anonymous; energetic, must be getting sufficient food rations while ordinary citizens may starve. Classical-sounding music from VOK is never recognizable as anything Western, Kim forbid. During low passages, mixture of Juche jamming is audible, but at least not another language; 1236 hyper-assertive Korean announcer implies his abject loyalty. See also CHINA [non]. 13650 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. 6135, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze/ via Yamata (Japan), June 7. For the past two Fridays have heard them in English; heavy QRM from CNR1 programming that is broadcast here to jam RTI and also heard the presents of North Korea jamming directed against Shiokaze (viz.: a mess!). Several months ago I confirmed their one hour program (1330- 1430) consists of two half hour segments that are identical to each other. Would seem to be a waste of time broadcasting here, as even in N. Korea, CNR1 must cause very strong QRM (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. re DX Re Mix News: 1300-1400 11860 TRM*250 kW 045 deg to KRE Korean Mon-Sat VOWilderness 1300-1430 11860 TRM*250 kW 045 deg to KRE Korean Sun VOWilderness [* sic, since Apr 2nd via Dushanbe-TJK instead WRN brokered.] (Wolfgang Büschel, BCDX 12 June via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH [and non]. CLANDESTINE, 6600 and 6518, V. of the People. Surprised to see these frequencies in the clear with no jamming from 0955 to at least 1015. Went into Korean pop music at 1011!! Then into program intro and next feature at 1015. Others were jammed however. 3 June (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus with Wellbrook ALA1530S+ and 153’ Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) ** KOREA SOUTH. Surprisingly good reception now in the UK of the KBS North American service on 15575 kHz 1300-1500 in English and Korean. (SINPO 35443). I am guessing their signal is reaching us in Europe across Asia from the back of their 81 degree antenna. Now if only they could be persuaded to use 15 MHz for Europe in our early evenings from 1600 UT. I'm working on it, but I don't hold out much hope (Alan Holder, Isle of Wight, UK, June 12, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KUWAIT. 15515, R. Kuwait, Jun 12 0816-0829, 35333, Arabic, Talk, ID at 0824 (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT, 70m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15540, June 6 at 2031, R. Kuwait with very heavy flutter on rap and other Western music; news in English at 2051-2055.5 readable despite the flutter; more music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KYRGYZSTAN. 4050.09, KGR, 1620, fair with presumed Radio Rossii relay; running low modulation, KGR-1 (4010.1) also at similar level. 8/6 (David Sharp, NSW, FT-950, NRD-535D, Timewave 599zx, Quantum Phaser, EWE aerials, various other Palstar and MFJ accessories, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4795 KGR-1, 1630, fair with long talks by man, into local music, // 4010.1. Best in LSB to escape splatter from 4800. 8/6 (David Sharp, NSW, FT-950, NRD-535D, Timewave 599zx, Quantum Phaser, EWE aerials, various other Palstar and MFJ accessories, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MADAGASCAR. 5014.52, R. Malagasy, tentative, 1530, fair with lengthy talks by a man, music bridge, some ute QRM, 8/6 (David Sharp, NSW, FT-950, NRD-535D, Timewave 599zx, Quantum Phaser, EWE aerials, various other Palstar and MFJ accessories, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5014.81, Jun 6 -1902* The tentative R Madagasikara - Nationale Malagasy back with a decent signal again. For a few days they have had heavy problems with spurious signals, see picture above. This day the signal was back to normal standard. It seems almost impossible to pull out a proper ID from this one. Lingo, French and too much static is the reason … -80 dbm on the S-meter. Unstable carrier and drifting upwards [sic] from day to day. On June 8 heard on 5014.72 but with weak audio and sign off 1901 (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, SW Bulletin June 9 via WORLD OF RADIO 1673, DXLD) 5014.75v, R. Madagascara (presumed). Per Ron Howard`s tip of the Euro DXers hearing Madagascara reactivated on this frequency, checked and found it came on at 0216. It was not only varying (almost like a slow vibration) back and forth by about 20 Hz, it was also drifting around from 5014.71 all the way up to 5014.96. It was too weak to get any audio, and Rebelde was slopping all over it, especially when they played music. (There was another signal on 5014.96, probably the ZY, which was stable). Quite a contrast between the two signals. 11 June (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus with Wellbrook ALA1530S+ and 153’ Delta Loop, HCDX via WORLD OF RADIO 1673, DXLD) ** MALAYSIA. 7295, Traxx FM. Still going off and on at 1018. Was at a lower power at tune-in, then suddenly about twice as strong when it came back on. 3 June. 9835, Sarawak FM, 1029 Islam program promo. 1100 RTM ID going into news by M. 3 June (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus with Wellbrook ALA1530S+ and 153’ Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) [and non]. 5964.7, Klasik Nasional via RTM, June 6 still running 50 kW transmitter. 9835 – Sarawak FM via RTM - Glenn recently commented: “BTW, I see that India is also on 9835 at 1330-1740; should be quite a collision”. Glenn, had good reception on both June 5 and 6, with no hint of any AIR at 1330; excellent signal strength; many IDs: “Sarawak FM, Radio Malaysia Sarawak”. MP3 audio posted at https://www.box.com/s/9ydoz5go717djascq81a (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11665, June 7 at 1336, RA Chinese is still here colliding with RTM back to Sarawak. How much longer, now that the new régime is in charge of frequency management at RA? Also, Ron Howard replies to my remark that RTM`s other frequency 9835 would be colliding with India after 1330 as listed by Aoki as ``AIR A13`` --- but AIR is not heard by Ron nor by me at 1338 June 7. Nor is 9835 in http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos/sw/freq.htm at this time, but yes at other times. Checking latest HFCC June 6, I also note that there are *no* MLA registrations at all, which is a good way to invite interference from stations which don`t go beyond HFCC in choosing ``clear`` frequencies. Malaysia had previously registered lots of imaginary frequencies, so is this an improvement? This from a country which even hosted HFCC A- 10 in Kuala Lumpur, February 2010 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Dear Glenn, With reference to items on India in DX LISTENING DIGEST 13-23, June 6, 2013 I would like to state as follows: ``9835, June 4 at 1152, song in English, ``you`re my brother --- sister --- family``; segué to another at 1153 seemed Malay but then heard ``Be in love``, from Sarawak FM. BTW, I see that India is also on 9835 at 1330-1740; should be quite a collision.`` All India Radio Home Service is not using 9835 at 1330-1740 nowadays. Again, please see my site http://qsl.net/vu2jos/sw/freq.htm -- Thanking you, Yours sincerely, Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, June 11, the first day that RA has abandoned 11665 (Chinese service) at 1300. Wai FM via RTM (Malaysia) heard today with good reception when checked from 1309 to 1313 with several IDs; no QRM at all. Very nice! (Ron Howard, CA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Here in Calif., Wai FM via Kajang on 11665 doing very well without RA QRM. Brief audio with ID https://www.box.com/s/sbnz3m1axy1bfe9qa2ec with a lot of sound effects (Ron Howard, June 12, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Whither RA?? See AUSTRALIA (gh) 5964.7, Klasik Nasional via Kajang. June 12 with live coverage of their national Qur'an recitation competition (Tilawah Al-Quran) from 1304 to 1355; consisting of ten minute segments of reciting from the Qur’an by different reciters; third day of the competition; fair via their older 50 kW tx; slightly out of sync with Sarawak FM (also via Kajang) // on 9835 (good-fair). Perhaps more coverage to follow tomorrow? Full competition schedule at: http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ms&tl=en&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http://www.islam.gov.my/en/majlis-tilawah-al-quran-peringkat-kebangsaan-kali-ke-56-tahun-1434h2013m (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1673, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO [and non]. 6010+, June 7 at 1220, weak CRI English has a weaker het on the hi side, suspected XEOI on irregular schedule. Julián Santiago says it may be on beyond 22-03 UT; back on May 30, Ivo Ivanov (and/or Georgi Bancov?) heard it at 09 UT for this clip with an ID about 2 minutes in (via a remote receiver somewhere in USA, UT-7 zone?) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry2jm10YfSI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Julian, Here`s a clip with a US (Pacific zone?) receiver at 0900 UT May 30. ID is about 2 minutes in. So on that date they were on overnight. Any new info about the current schedule? (Glenn to Julián Santiago, via DXLD) Glenn: according to yesterday`s talk I had with Ing. Rodríguez, it does not seem possible for the time being to extend the current schedule although sometimes they leave XEOI on air for some minutes or even hours beyond 22:00 Central time. I have already sent your mail to Ing. Rodríguez 73,s (Julián Santiago Díez de Bonilla, DF, June 6, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. 6010.006, Jun 8 0256, A week carrier noted here but no chance to get any audio due to the stronger Inconfidência and LV de tu Conciencia a bit higher up. Look out for the reactivated XEOI. TN 6010.107, June 8 0026, R Inconfidência quite stable here lately. Often good signal. TN 6001.211 [sic; must mean 6010.211], June 8 0030, LV de tu Conciencia is the strongest one here at this time (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, SW Bulletin June 9 via DXLD) 6010.0, Radio Mil, 0352-0420, June 10. Poor with summertime QRN; 0358 choral National Anthem – Himno Nacional Mexicano; ballads and rancheros type music; frequent “Radio Mil” IDs; still on at 0420 tune out. MP3 audio at https://www.box.com/s/hv5arv4lve6he3o8hj80 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1673, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 6185, June 9 at 0529 and still at 0556, open carrier, obviously from XEPPM which often does not turn off the transmitter once modulation is cut circa 0500. When modulating, it is at much too low a level vs the ACI from Brasil 6180, etc. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. Sporadic E finally returns after several days` lull; earlier I was hearing 15825 WWCR inbooming, a good but not 100% reliable tipoff that Es may be reaching VHF. Turning on the DX TV at 1421 UT June 12, Spanish is in on channel A2 NTSC from the south. Some weird combination of a novela/talk/gameshow. First I bring up the SIPSE live stream video of XHY-TV Mérida but that`s in news from foro tv. At peaks, I`m pretty sure the upper-right bug on A2 is +v, i.e. Más Visión = XEWO-TV Guadalajara. By 1445 UT the main A2 signal now displays the Azteca-7 bug first in lower right during ads, CCI; 1459 in upper right during talk show. At 1459 the MUF reaches ch A4 video and audio briefly, and at 1505, even ch A5 making video CCI to some cable leakage radiation I have trouble with on that channel more than others. The ch 5 DX video is in squeeze-o-vision. At 1506, ch A4 briefly enough to recognize net-5 bug LR with toon. At 1540 on A2, still mostly net-7 bug UR, talk/gameshow with large title in LR, DIMELO = ``tell it to me``. As usual, most likely 7-on-2 from south is XHTAU Tampico. CCI on ch A2 continues. At 1614, net 7 on A2 now carrying fútbol and still past 1645. At 1647 a YL is talking about calories and exercises, but still seeing net-7 bug and ESPAÑA HOLANDA on the screen, so evidently during a break in the SBG. Still some A2 CCI past 1700, but gone by 1720 UT. Sporadic-E analog TVDX opening continued from last report, June 12, UT, occasional MUF peaks into channel A2 NTSC: 1821, on 2, ad for something in Spanish 1846, on 2, Gala TV swirl bug in LR during novela; no audio MUF 1920, on 2, +v bug UR, i.e. XEWO Guadalajara; CCI 1940, on 2, a graphic mentioning Guadalajara 2000, on 2, algo still 2048, on 2, net-7 bug UR during drama; dark so maybe movie not novela (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MICRONESIA. 4755.44, Pohnpei, The Cross Radio, presumed, 0950 to 1030 with audio improving. 6 June (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D, Icom 746Pro, Drake R8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4755.5, June 12 at 1158:56*, JBA carrier cuts off automatically from PMA The Cross; neat to be able to detect this half a sesquihour after earliest yearly sunrises here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MOROCCO. 171, Medi 1, Nador 0320 to 0330 with Arabic programing, signal fair, opening to Europe on long wave now seems closed, 30 May (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, June 8,m NRD 535D, Icom 746Pro, Drake R8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MYANMAR [and non-log]. 7200.10, Myanmar Radio. June 7 another day with distorted audio; checking from 1346 to 1418; in vernacular and playing EZL songs. Have been monitoring Myanmar recently for anything special dealing with the World Economic Forum on East Asia that Myanmar was hosting, but so far just usual programming. Emailed Htike Htike inquiring if anything special was planned, but no response. News story at http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/hosting-wef-an-eye-opener/701710.html Unusual to find 5985.8 off the air on June 7 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7345, Rakhine BS. Some fair audio at 1036. Usual Asian pop music program with W announcer host. Wasn't listening, but from the screenshot, the signal picked up from about 1050 to 1055. Then CNR came on at 1100 but surprisingly was only about half as strong!! And then it faded. Rakhine was all overtop. I was surprised again when Rakhine peaked a second time at 1125. It appeared Rakhine peaked during our local sunrise, then dropped off while both QTHs were in daylight, then peaked again when Rakhine entered nighttime. I don't know why CNR was so weak today. Nice Asian pop song at 1126, instrumental music filler at 1128 and usual W announcer. 1129 sounded like some sort of tribal percussion tuning signal, and W announcer again for about 30 seconds. During this time a time tone was noted. It might have been CNR, but not sure. It was probably on Rakhine denoting the top of their hour. Back to pop music at 1130. 9 June (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus with Wellbrook ALA1530S+ and 153’ Delta Loop, HCDX via WORLD OF RADIO 1673, DXLD) 9730.83v-.86, Myanma Radio, presumed, relaying Padauk Myay FM and running well past schedule, noted several recent mornings 1045-1135+ time frame. Fades in and peaks around 1115 here. Rather nondescript programming, OM and YL talks in unID language, orchestral music bursts, etc. (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 150/330 degrees for LA/SE Asia, DXEngineering RPA-1 preamp, Phased Longwire + Small Loop, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. ALEMANIA [non][sic], 9925, THE MIGHTY KBC. 09 de junio a las 0128 UT. Vía Nauen para Norteamérica. Transmisión de música de los años 60’s y 70’s en inglés; a las 0130 UT se da un espacio de pocos minutos con transmisión de datos, para después volver a anuncios de la emisora. También se repite a las 0159, y a las 0200 se va fuera del aire. La señal es estable, aunque por momentos tiene algo de ruido. SINPO: 44434 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: Cable de cobre de 5 metros. QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) 9925 09/Jun 0003 GERMANY (Relay), Mighty KBC Radio in English. Rock music and at 0004 DJ with ID. The worst reception here in recent times of the KBC. 34333 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Coming in great here in SW WI USA at 0015 UT (Mike Mayer, IBID.) Great signal of Mighty KBC 9925 tonight with a mix of rock and blues songs and ID at 0035 UT. 73 (Gilles Letourneau, Montreal, Canada, ibid.) I am here in New Jersey and I am getting SINPO 54544. I am using my R71A with a Long wire in my apartment attic. Sounds good here (Stephen Mason, 0038 UT, ibid.) Digital text from 0130: ``Radio Australia will transmit digital text and an image later today (Sunday). All times UTC, all frequencies in kHz: 0850-0857 on 7410, 11945 1230-1237 on 6080, 9580, 12065 2150-2157 on 11695, 21740 Each starts with "Waltzing Matilda", then MFSK16 and MFSK32 text and an MFSK32 image, all centered on 1500 Hz. Thanks to The Mighty KBC and back to Eric...`` (via Mike Mayer, ibid.) Mighty KBC June 9, 2013 0000-0200 UT 9925 kHz via Nauen, Germany opens with "My Generation" by the Who. "The Giant Jukebox". Comedy bits, songs, digital text and "Hello to Listeners". SIO 555 Results of digital text **************************************************** 2013-6-9 0159 UTC MSFK32 centered on 1500 Hz. fldigi picks 1496 as the sweet spot. Sent at the same time as a song being played. VOA Radiogram continues this weeken 'a We will test the ability of our favorite mode, MFSK, to be decoded in the presence of competing noise on the same channel. The competing noise will be a song sung by Slim Whitman. Here is the VOA Radiogram schedule (all times UTC, all frequencies in kHz): Sun 0230-0300 on 5745 (soon!) Sun 1300-1330 on 6095 Sun 1930-2000 on 15670 Sat 1300-1330 on 17860 (tune in next weekend) Each starts with MFSK16 centered on 1500 Hz. Thanks to The Mighty KBC. **************************************************** 2013-6-9 0132 UTC MSFK32 centered on 1500 Hz. fldigi picks 1496 as the sweet spot. Radio Australia will transmit digital text and an image later today (Sunday). All times UTC, all frequencies in kHz: 0850-0857 on 7410, 11945 1230-1237 on 6080, 9580, 12065 2150-2157 on 11695, 21740 Each starts with "Waltzing Matilda", then MFSK16 and MFSK32 text and an MFSK32 image, all centered on 1500 Hz. Thanks to The Mighty KBC and back to Eric... 73, (via Kraig, KG4LAC, Krist, Manassas, Virginia, ibid.) Hey Guys and Ladies, what would or do I need to receiver Digital Text? I am using a ICOM R71A. What else would I need to receive the Digital Text from KBC? Thanks, (Steve Mason, ibid.) You need a way to get the audio to your sound card and an application like fldigi: http://www.w1hkj.com/Fldigi.html I have an SDR so I have a “virtual” connection to the sound card. I have no experience doing this with a non-SDR but I assume an audio cable from a line-level output of the radio to the line-in on the sound card would be the best setup (Mike Mayer, ibid.) ** NEW ZEALAND. Frequency change of Radio New Zealand International in English: 1951-2050 NF 11675 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg to Samoa/Niue/Tonga in DRM, ex 9630 (DX RE MIX NEWS #785 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, June 11, 2013, via DXLD) ** NICARAGUA. 8989-USB, "El Pescador Preacher", 2323 to 2330 impassioned preacher with constant 'El Senor" and Biblical references. 3 June (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D, Icom 746Pro, Drake R8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA. 15120, V Nigeria YL English ID after news headlines, giving the email address, and a t/c as "5:30 GMT" at :31. Then into a magazine programme with Nigerian music and features. This station is often rather 'amateurish' but they are certainly trying, and their programming is often just fun -- I like it. The power came back on at 0535 and the background noise started to encroach again, but surprisingly enough, it was still readable, with the O only going down to 2+. 2+5443 0530-0540 31/May (Kenneth Vito Zichi, MI, MARE Tipsheet June 7 via DXLD) 15120, June 9 at 0605, VON with world news in English, coming in better than an hour earlier, and hum/distortion level not too bad (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15120, Voice of Nigeria, 0620, English, news and commentary by a man, ID by a woman, into music. All alone on frequency, 9/6 (David Sharp, NSW, FT-950, NRD-535D, Timewave 599zx, Quantum Phaser, EWE aerials, various other Palstar and MFJ accessories, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 530, June 11 at 1205 UT, ``K530AM``, Vance AFB is open carrier/dead air. This thing had been pretty reliable, with no storm or other excuse for it to be dead today, but anyone who axually listens to it must have severe short-term memory loss, as the same PSAs and local gate hours etc., have been repeated every few minutes for months and months. One of those set-it-up, turn-it-on, and forget- it as far as the Communications Squadron is concerned. It *could* be so much more with local ``programming`` or at least a huge rotation of national PSAs instead of only a handful. Now how long till they notice that the modulation has crashed? Still silent at 1438 recheck, and signal strength also seems degraded, but not sure about that. 530, June 12 at 0024 UT check, ``K530AM``, Vance AFB, Enid TIS has finally resumed modulation with the usual quick rotation of national PSAs mostly about safety (keyword: Amanda), and local info about open hours of different Vance gates. I`ve yet to see reports of anyone else hearing this beyond Enid, and googling on the non-call brings up nothing relevant except my own reports (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 960, June 12 at 0503-0505 UT, the KGWA Enid Fox-hole is deeper than usual, as the KGWA open carrier is weaker than usual; maybe on aux transmitter? Nothing definite to ID, but sounds like usual KMA ABC news and blues music from WABG. Once KGWA resumes modulating at 0505 I can still null it enough to hear the competition, which is never usually the case (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1120, KEOR, Radio Victoria, Sperry/Tulsa/Catoosa, is still quite irregular, but noted ON the air at 1955 UT June 7 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1460, June 6 at 1944 UT checking on reactivated KZUE, El Reno, La Tremenda: it`s on but all I am hearing is a relay of Radio Fórmula, México DF, complete with local IDs for 120,000 watts on 103.3, call XERFR (apparently same as on MW 970, not XHRFR), local DF phone numbers, .mx websites including radioformula.com.mx; 1946 one- minute-off timecheck for ``2 y 45 hora del Centro``, Banamex ad; 1958 another off-TC for 2:57, toll free numbers 800 in Mexico and 866 in USA for something; ad for Cadillac pronounced as in English; no local ID or any announcement for KZUE itself across hourtop. It seems the Fórmula formula is commercial after commercial with occasional feature snippets hard to tell from ads either. Who would want to listen to that? After 2002.5 ``Escucha Grupo Fórmula``, KZUE suddenly cuts off the air at 2003* UT. I guess they are still in post-tornado test phase. I hadn`t paid much attention to them before, to know whether the XERFR relays were a regular thing or a stopgap program source now. Cantú shows for the source; note the power disparity: ``103.3 Radio Fórmula - 1er Cadena Audio Noticias, comentarios, programas hablados. XERFR 58,130 watts. (+AM 970) Grupo Fórmula.`` 1460, KZUE, La Tremenda, El Reno: June 7 at 1954 UT check it`s on with local call-in instead of XERFR relay 24 hours earlier, since mentioned (in Spanish) tornado, generator and staying on the air, after which it promptly went off! Came back on about 2022 with music only for a while. June 8 at 1500 it`s on with preacher past 1600. Meanwhile, I am looking for the Radio Road turnoff on SH3 = Northwest Expressway in OKC terminology, but I never see it east of US 81. Sign removed? Next check at 2332 UT, it`s open carrier dead air. Regarding Radio Road upon which KZUE is addressed in El Reno at 2715 South Radio Road: Looking at Google maps, I now see that the North Radio Road which turns south off SH 3 NW of OKC, and which I could not find anyway (no GPS or even internet in the car for me!) goes only a little way, and is not continuous all the way to KZUE, which is marked on the east side of S Radio Road, between Historic US 66 and I-40. The northern part is a.k.a. N2860 road. There is more than one discontinuity of Radio Road, majorly by no crossing of the North Canadian River. So it`s just as well I did not try to reach KZUE from the north! South of the river, the N/S Radio Road is slightly further east than it is north of there. I assume calling it Radio Road further to the north is merely an extension from its original raison d`être as the site for KELR just SE of El Reno. This is common practice in OK; as even some OKC street names get extended into the rural area around El Reno, and dubbed ``northeast`` in terms of El Reno, while they are really northwest in terms of OKC, and also have their own NE segments on the true NE side of OKC. E.g. Britton Road, Memorial Road, etc. Totally rural areas must now have named `streets` for 911 purposes. AFAIK there is no reason such as another radio station, to call it Radio Road anywhere north of KZUE (Glenn Hauser, Enid, June 9, 2013, WORLD OF RADIO 1673, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. RF 31 KXOK-LD and RF 32, WQOS306 relaying KXOK Enid, have continued to broadcast black and silence on the two subchannels but still labeled 31-2 M-Fox and 31-3 Azteca whenever checked the last weeks, until: June 12 at 1513 UT, Azteca is back, but still no Mundo Fox. I`m sure this won`t last (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. RF 51, June 7 at 1505 UT, I notice that KSBI OKC on its main channel 52-1 is now carrying a THIS TV movie, ``War Party``! It`s PSIP labeled KSBI-HD. Own main programming has been swapped to 52-2 as KSBI-SD, at the moment `We the People` with ``Judge`` Gloria Allred – now she`s one too?? I always found her much more menacing when her hair was jet-black, never all red. What`s going on here? KSBI had picked up THIS for its secondary channel as soon as KOCO RF 7, 5-2, dropped it a few months ago in favour of MeTV. W9WI.com listing still shows 52.1 as INDependent, and 52.2 as Tuff TV, a net I barely remember, defunct? Tuff also was on KSBI`s LP companion, KXOC-LP 54 which since the DTV transition had (also?) been put on RF 51`s secondary channel. THIS exchange has also caused Enid Suddenlink to put THIS on cable 16 & 116 instead of KSBI`s own programming, which has no other place to go as they were not relaying 52-2. If they were paying attention, would not duplicate on C16 & C116 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAKISTAN. 15490, R. Pakistan, Jun 06 0058-0104, 25332, Urdu, Song, Theme music at 0059, ID at 0100, News. 15490, R. Pakistan, Jun 11 0033-0050, 25332, Urdu, Pakistan music, ID and IS at 0044, Opening announce at 0045, Koran, // 17720 ex: 17710 kHz. 17720, R. Pakistan:::: Jun 10 0838-0855, 25432, Urdu, Pakistan music and talk, // 15725 Jun 12 0105-0116, 34433, Urdu, Song and talk, // 15490 ex: 17710 kHz Jun 12 0831-0839, 25432, Urdu, Talk and Pakistan music, // 15725 Jun 13 0106-0124, 34433, Urdu, Pakistan music and talk, // 15490, ex: 17710 kHz (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD- 515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT, 70m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3204.96, NBC Sandaun, 1234-1248, June 6 with segment in Tok Pisin/Pidgin about local Sandaun Boxing Club; list of boxers and weight (“kilograms”); local IDs; 1301 usual PNG birdcall and “News Roundup”; almost fair. Audio posted at https://www.box.com/s/wyabf7qqhue0yamzut6y 3385, NBC East New Britain, 1201:11*, June 8. Fairly consistent with their sudden cut off time; remains the most commercial of all the NBC stations, running frequent advertisements (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1673, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 3329.5, Perú, Ondas del Huallaga, Huánuco, 0955 to 1020 en español, marginal signal. 6 June and each day this week (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D, Icom 746Pro, Drake R8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3329.54, R. Ondas del Huallaga, 1009, weak with Andean music, sight het high side presumably CHU but couldn't pull any audio. 6/6 (David Sharp, NSW, FT-950, NRD-535D, Timewave 599zx, Quantum Phaser, EWE aerials, various other Palstar and MFJ accessories, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU [and non]. 4774.898, R. Tarma. Great OA pop music from 0043 tune-in. Rapid speaking M announcer at 0058 but no ID. Did catch a TC. Beautiful clear full canned ID with calls at 0101. Fairly good with het QRM from presumed Congonhas on 4774.98. No problem when it was notched out, though. It went off at 0100 just before the Tarma ID, anyway. 11 June (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus with Wellbrook ALA1530S+ and 153’ Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) ** PERU. 4810, Perú, Radio Logos, Chazuta, Tarapoto, 1010 to 1030 battling through the CODAR, June 7 (XM, Cedar Key, South Florida, NRD 525D, R8A, E-5, via Robert Wilkner, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4810, Perú, Radio Logos, Chazuta, Tarapoto, 1023 very good signal with flauta andina to 1040. June 3 (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D, Icom 746Pro, Drake R8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 4747.09 Huanta 2000, 1046, mensajes, brief religious segment, huaynos, local t/ck, very good. (4/6 David Sharp, NSW) 4774.94 Radio Tarma, 1036, fair with huaynos, CODAR QRM. (4/6 David Sharp) 4789.92 Radio Vision, 0954, presumed this with sermon, warbly carrier in sideband, some CODAR QRM. (4/6 David Sharp) 4810 Radio Logos, 1107, still in at fair level with talk by a man, UTE high side so this one is best in LSB. (4/6 David Sharp) 4955 R. Cultura Amauta, 1023, fair with huaynos and talk by a woman, local t/ck. (4/6 David Sharp) 5025 R. Quillabamba, 1017, noted under very strong Rebelde with talk by energetic DJ. (4/6 David Sharp) 5039.18 R. Libertad, 1010, very strong with huaynos, excited talk by a man and woman over the top of songs, CODAR QRM (4/6 David Sharp) below 6173.87 R. Tawantinsuyo, 1118, fair in LSB with tight filters to escape nominal; talk by a man and many ments of "Cusco." 4/6 (David Sharp, FT-950, NRD-535D, Timewave 599zx, Quantum Phaser, EWE aerials, various other Palstar and MFJ accessories, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re: ``5039.18, Jun 4 1010, R. Libertad, 1010, very strong with huaynos, excited talk by a man and woman over the top of songs, CODAR QRM. (4/6 David Sharp via DXLD)`` [non] During several weeks lately I have tried to catch this station here in Engelholm between 2200-0200z. But no trace at this time span. Maybe they only carry morning service as monitored several times in the States around 1000z with good strength (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, SW Bulletin June 9 via DXLD) ** PERU. 5980+, June 7 at 0056, Chaski-carrier slightly on hi side; cut off circa 0102* but I was distracted by a little boy falling off his little bike with training wheels, closely pursued by parents in a car, so missed watching the exact second. 5980, June 8 at 0055, R. Chaski carrier audible in hash partly from CRI 5990 via CUBA; 0101 clearer in Spanish with storm noise, 0100:43 devotional sounder from Red Radio Integridad; cut off at 0102:02.5* which is ten seconds later than a bievening ago. 5980, June 10 at 0101, R. Chaski is still bothered by splash from CRI via CUBA 5990 overrun opening English until that cuts off at 0101:20*, in time for me to clearly ascertain that R. Chaski cuts off at 0102:13.5* which is 11 seconds later than two nights ago. 5980, June 11 at 0100:45, 5990 CUBA is already off so I can hear the devotional sounder from R. Chaski, and time its cutoff at 0102:18.5* which is another five seconds later than yesterday. 5980, June 12 at 0101, CRI/Cuba 5990 is off by now but still lots of noise and hash for R. Chaski to combat 10 kHz lower. Yet enough carrier to detect when it cuts off: 0102:22.5* which is 4 seconds later than yesterday; maybe margin of error skewed from usual 5+. 5980, June 13 at 0100, R. Chaski carrier stays on until 0102:28.5* which is six seconds later than yesterday`s four seconds, maintaining an average of five (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PHILIPPINES. 11825, June 12 at 1312, hrustic hmusic hreminds hme of hmong, but Aoki shows it`s FEBC in the Khams dialect of Tibetan at 1300-1330 daily (and gone at 1337 recheck), 100 kW, 305 degrees from Bocaue. Surely this should be jammed, but no QRM heard. Or do the ChiCom not bother with Christians trying to convert Tibetans from Buddhism, which is rather entrenched? {11825 is certainly jammed until 1300 when it`s VOA in Chinese!}(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ROMANIA. 13800, Radio Romania Int'l; 2041, 6-June; English news to ID spots at 2044+ into Traveler's Guide. SIO=3+23 with continuous buzz QRM; SSB no help; buzz covered 13790-13810 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) I tuned across this June 10, no buzz noted; OTHR type? (gh) ** RUSSIA. 5930, 0120-0130 30.05, R Rossii, Monchegorsk. Russian talk by man and woman, ID: "Radio Rossii" , accordion music, talk continued and more accordion, 45333 // 6160 Arkhangelsk (43232) Best 73, (Anker Petersen, heard in Skovlunde, Denmark, on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. Arkhangelskaya oblast. Arkhangelsk. June 6, 2013. The second day in the morning until the last minutes of 0400 watching Arkhangelsk regional radio at 6160 kHz. Today was a quiz on the subject of Pushkin. Then the short news and song Amy Winehouse. In 0400 the exact time, then sounded "Radio Russia", and the transmitter is turned off. Does this mean that R. Rossii at this frequency is not transmitted? Enough frequency 5930. Turkey strongly hindered by 6165 to about 0350 until it shuts off. Yesterday at around 1900 UT on 6160 Radio Rossii heard. So though it is broadcast, but apparently not all of the above bases in the 0100- 2100 period with the exception of local programs. Archangel can really cut the broadcast of the RR. According EiBi given such an alignment of the transmitter on 6160 kHz: 0310-0400 Mo-Fr RUS Radio Pomorye R RUS ar 0610-0700 SaSu RUS Radio Pomorye R RUS ar 0810-0900 SaSu RUS Radio Pomorye R RUS ar 0910-1000 Mo-Fr RUS Radio Pomorye R RUS ar 1410-1500 Mo-Fr RUS Radio Pomorye R RUS ar The rest of the broadcast should R. Rossii. 0100-2100 RUS Radio Rossii R NEu ar I wonder who's closer, can observe - as far as it corresponds to it in general? I think I understand - on Thursday, June 6, 0400 at 6160 kHz on all the evidence began prophylaxis. Therefore, the transmitter was disconnected. Today has been airing since 0400 R. Rossii. Can someone confirm my assumptions about prevention? (Alexander Egorov, Kiev, Ukraine / "deneb-radio-dx" via RusDX 9 June via DXLD) Alexander, So it's entirely, those who broadcasts Radio Rossii inserted and their local programs in a live stream, depending on how much they will be able to prepare + for sure there is some limit. If, instead of PP there constantly heard the local radio - maybe Radio Rossii owes Broadcasting Center, or has ceased to pay, and that's "cool" as they can. Maybe I'm wrong, but I understand it's something like that (Andrei, Tomsk / "deneb-radio-dx") via Rus-DX 9 June via DXLD) ** RUSSIA [and non]. 9665, VOR. Vía Kishinev-Grigoriopo l. Moldova. Junio 07 a las 0340 UT con el programa «Music and Musicians» con obras de la música clásica presentadas en inglés. SINPO: 44444. La señal estable aunque con ruido de R. Voz Missionária desde Brasil en la misma frecuencia que genera voces de fondos y cruces de portadoras por momentos hasta las 04 UT en donde VOR sale del aire (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: Coaxial de 5 Ohms de 20 Metros, QTH: Centro de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) and constant het ** SAIPAN. 17855, June 7 at 0519 fair signal in Chinese, the OSOB. It`s RFA at 310 degrees. If anything makes it thru an otherwise dead band, this one does (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SARAWAK [non]. CLANDESTINE, 15400, R. Free Kenyalang via Palau, Jun 10 *0900-0910, 45544, Iban, 0900 sign on with IS, Opening music, ID at 0904, Opening announce at 0905, Talk (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC- R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT, 70m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SERBIA [non]. 9685, UT Saturday June 8 at 0058 check, IRS is missing again: another holiday? Propagation from Europe is degraded, but no signal at all; while 9665 VOR via Pridnestrovye is about equal level to the Brazilian het. 9685, June 10 at quick 0038 check, IRS is back on in Serbian after missing 48 hours earlier; no English since it`s UT Monday, continuing past 0100. Strong but not very strong as it can be (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5019.90, SIBC, 1156-1200*, June 6. Usual “Evening devotional” in English before ID, but tx suddenly off before ID was completed. Now with a timer, as so many stations use? https://www.box.com/s/qk591lz12q8znjmsw44z audio of above average reception (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1673, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOMALILAND. 7120, R. Hargeisa, Jun 04 1445-1512 35333 Somali, HOA music and talk, ID at 1448 and 1459. 7120, R. Hargeisa, Jun 06 1416-1508, 35333-35433, Somali, Talk and HOA music, ID at 1432 and 1436 and 1438 (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC- R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT, 70m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7120, Radio Hargeisa. June 6 another day with extended broadcast; pre- empted English segment (1320-1340); on past 1429 with sports coverage and a segment of HOA music; mostly fair. Saafi Ali at R. Hargeisa invited me to call him via “Free Mobile phone” number, but all I heard was a busy signal. Would be nice to have a chat with him. 7120, Radio Hargeisa. June 7 another day with extended broadcast; pre- empted English segment (1320-1340); on past 1426 with sports coverage; at 1411 series of tones, brief HOA music and then back to sports coverage. Perhaps this special extended coverage will continue on throughout June? Hi Glenn, Does indeed seem Radio Hargeisa will continue on with their special extended sports coverage throughout June. Still being heard daily as of June 12, after 1300 with excited sports announcers, running well past their normal 1359* (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1673, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH AFRICA [non]. 9955, June 6 at 0652, Channel Africa with comments on new film about Israel and Palestine; good via WRN via WRMI, now scheduled M-F 06-07, but there`s no ChAf on weekends, so they run Asia Calling instead (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH AFRICA. 7340, June 8 at 0458 pop vocal music in Arabic? 0500 timesignal and RFI ID in French, 7 heures à Paris. Aoki shows only Swahili at 0430-0500 via Meyerton; must be another slipshod overrun, probably turned off a few minutes late (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SURINAME. 4990, R. Apintie, 1015, surprisingly good with MOR music, comments by a Dutch man, into acoustic music. Generally peaking around S9. 5/6 (David Sharp, NSW, Equipment Used: FT-950, NRD-535D, Timewave 599zx, Quantum Phaser, EWE aerials, various other Palstar and MFJ accessories, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SWAZILAND or SOUTH AFRICA (?). 15475.0, TWR, 1217-1228 and still on at 1309, June 10. First day broadcasting here; religious songs in English; announcement they are broadcasting so their engineers have a signal to work with to check tx; gave address: TWR, P.O. Box 4232, Kempton Park, 1620, South Africa; by 1309 was fair. https://www.box.com/s/4vy3zcle95o6nl9waxxy contains audio of ID. So are they actually planning on a regular broadcasting schedule here? Will this affect Antarctica? (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1673, DX LISTENING DIGEST) No, not heard since (Howard, ibid.) ** SWITZERLAND. Opening on 10 / 11 metres. SRI back from the grave? A bit off topic, but there's currently (Wednesday evening) a massive Sporadic E opening on the higher HF bands, with CB and 10 metres full of signals from all over Europe. But biggest surprise came when tuned to 29.65 MHz FM: I heard the old Swiss Radio International interval signal!!!! SRI back on air again? Not quite - but the signal WAS from Switzerland - amateur repeater HB9HD, which uses the familiar interval signal prior to announcing its callsign. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kz_SU572IU http://www.hb9hd.ch/ (Mark Palmer, UK, June 12, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD ?? listened to 3+ minute clip thrice and never heard any music (gh) ** TAIWAN [and non]. UnID station, probably Sound of Hope Xi Wang Zhi Sheng with non stop music and talk by female in Chinese, but no // for example on 13775: 2130-1430 on 13679.85 probably via Taiwan. Co-channels on nominal 13680 [cf.:] 0330-0400 13680 IRA 250 kW / 275 deg to EaAf Somali Voice of America 1000-1100 13680 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Radio Free Asia 2130-2300 13680 YAM 300 kW / 235 deg to SEAs Japanese Radio Japan NHK (DX RE MIX NEWS #785 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, June 11, 2013, via DXLD) ** TAIWAN. 9745, V. of Han (presumed), 1037 definite talk by M in Asian language and into pleasant music at 1038. W announcer at 1041 very briefly then M. Music when I returned at 1057. Vocal music at 1059. High-pitched flute melody at ToH, then W announcer past 1107. Still too weak. M and W announcers at 1115. 1123 pop music. 5 June (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus with Wellbrook ALA1530S+ and 153’ Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) ** TAIWAN. R Taiwan International have a new weekly 15-minute programme called "Original Waves" which is being aired for 15 weeks on Thursdays at 25 minutes into the transmission. The programme is a co- production of the Council of Indigenous Peoples and Radio Taiwan International. I came across the programme by chance, as I hadn't seen it promoted on the website or elsewhere, although it has been quietly added to the list of programmes on the website, as follows: "Today, the indigenous people of Taiwan account for less than 2% of the population, but they are vital part of the rich culture of Taiwan. In Original Waves, we'll be introducing the 14 tribes of officially recognized aborigines, and sharing their legends, customs, music and other cultural characteristics." I listened to the first programme today 6 June (at 1825 on 6155 via France). The first programme introduced the series and talked about a legend or myth that all 14 tribes have in common, albeit with variations. I look forward to the next 14 weeks (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, June 6, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1673, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11915, June 8 at 1225, wavering het upon listed Cantonese from RTI, 250 kW, 205 degrees from Tainan per Aoki; 1230 musical signature, Chinese conversation sounds different and het diminishes. Starting at 1230 is Hakka, and the hets presumably from jamming. Aoki shows CNR2 is also on 11915 until 1300. Presence of hets and variability probably due to defective Taiwan transmitters, most of them notoriously off- frequency as measured by Wolfgang Büschel. Aoki also shows that RTI Chinese i.e. Mandarin 1100-1200 & Cantonese 1200-1230 are *jammed, while Hakka 1230-1300 & Amoy (Hokkien) at 1300-1400 are not (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN. 11549.84, Yuye Guangpo Diantai, Yuye Fishery Station, noted 5/22 with the Wednesday shortwave transmission, *0859 with IS and YL, into 0900 programming with chantlike Chinese music. Music and talks to abrupt carrier cut at 0928 and then back 10 seconds later. 0929 tuning signal again and YL ID, with program resuming. Nice, modern Chinese vocals, OM and YL discussions and temporary carrier cut at 0941. End of programming at 0958* with carrier cut mid-song. A fun logging! (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 150/330 degrees for LA/SE Asia, DXEngineering RPA-1 preamp, Phased Longwire + Small Loop, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1673, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN [non]. **CLANDESTINE [sic], 11835, PCJ R. International via Sri Lanka, Jun 02 *1300-1310 43443-44444 English, 1300 sign on with IS, ID, Opening announce, News (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT, 70m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Happy Station Show from PCJ Radio International will go Worldwide. Next Sunday, Tom Meijer, the world famous radiohost from the 70's, 80`s and 90's will be on the air again on PCJ Radio International from Taipeh Taiwan who now is hosting the Happy Station Show since March 2009 [sic]. Host is Keith Perron. And for the first time in its existence PCJ Radio International will go almost worldwide with additional Shortwave frequencies. Transmission times are: 1300-1400 UT 11835 kHz (Trincomalee) for East and Southeast Asia. 1300-1400 UT 5955 kHz (Nauen) for Europe 0000-0100 UT (June 10) 9925 kHz (Nauen) for Canada, USA and South America. For these transmissions a special QSL card will be issued. Details will be in the show on air. Program Details : 15 minutes Focus Asia with News and Development in Asia presented by Andy Sennitt. 45 minutes Happy Station Show presented by Keith Perron (via? Jan Osterveen, June 5, shortwavesites yg via DXLD) A special E-QSL will be available for these tests from Nauen. The transmission to South, South East and East Asia continues on 11835 kHz 1300-1400 UT. QSL requests with reception reports and comments are most welcome to pcjqsl @ pcjmedia.com (Victor Goonetilleke, Sri Lanka, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) New test transmissions of PCJ Radio to WeEu/NoAm on June 9-10: 1300-1400 11835 TRM 125 kW / 045 deg EaAs English Sunday as scheduled 1300-1400 5955 NAU 100 kW / 230 deg WeEu English Sunday test June 09 0000-0100 9925 NAU 125 kW / 300 deg NoAm English Monday test June 10 (DX RE MIX NEWS #785 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, June 11, 2013, via DXLD) 11835, June 9 at 1301, not even a carrier audible from weekly PCJ Radio via Sri Lanka, and JBA carrier from India/China on 11840. Expecting much better from the new repeat to North America via Nauen, GERMANY, UT Monday at 0000 on 9925 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Fair to good signal from PCJ now on 5955 - from s/on at 1300 on Sunday. Not as strong as 5955 used to be from Flevo, but great to hear this frequency alive once again with English. 73s (Dave Kenny, Caversham, Berks, AOR7030 + 25m long wire. 1313 UT June 9, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Good signal here on 5955 in Derbyshire too on AR5000 with Wellbrook ALA1530, SINPO 45444. Nothing heard on 11835 yet (Mike German, Hayfield, 1329 UT, ibid.) 9925, PCJ, 0000 UT, vía Alemania, "Happy Station", señal aceptable, mejor desde Sri Lanka en el horario matutino de las 1300 a 1400 UT. 35433 (ce3BBC, Hugo López C., Santiago de Chile, condiglist yg via DXLD) Radio PCJ en 9925 KHz con buena señal por Argentina, UT 0003 (Ernesto Paulero, UT June 10, ibid.) 9925 - PCJ R. Int`l via Nauen, Germany at 0000 s/on with rock solid s9 signal. Directly into Andy Sennitt Focus on Asia program, then into new "Happy Station" program. Great signal for test broadcast (Stephen Wood, Harwich, Mass., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Great signal into Montreal also at 0045 UT with the end of program at 0059 UT, 9925. 73 (Gilles Letourneau, Montreal, Canada, ibid.) It just barely reached the west coast. There was little more than a carrier for the first 35 minutes, then audio gradually surfaced. Best reception was during the closing announcement 0056, which was about 40% readable here in Seattle (Bruce Portzer, WA, 0226 UT June 10, ibid.) Gave it SINPO: 55555 Sound like it was outside my door; had a very strong signal here in New Jersey (Steve Mason, ibid.) 9925, PCJ Radio International reportada a partir de las 0000 UT del 10 de Junio con muy buena senal. ID completa y entrevista a OM y luego a YL, 24442. Tal vez el QRK podria ser 3 (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina) Enviado desde mi BlackBerry de Personal 9925, UT Monday June 10 at 0001, test from PCJ Radio International via MBR Nauen, GERMANY: altho WTWW just went off 9930, too much noise around here for PCJ until I turn off the computer, while WTWW easily overcomes it. Then reception is sufficient but hardly inbooming. Must rate as only fair with moderate fading, but mostly readable. First part is news about Asia introduced by Andy Sennitt in Asia [non]. 0014 Keith Perron with a commercial for Tecsun SW radios, about half a minute --- the only advertising heard during the hour; was there more at the beginning? All it takes to pay for this airtime? 0015 Keith presents `Happy Station`; still remarkable how much he sounds like (younger) Tom Meijer; is Keith trying to emulate Tom or does it come naturally? Mostly mailbag, starting with Japan, interspersed with music, including a Bengali song at 0035. Keith mentions that Victor Goonetilleke will be on shortly with antenna advice for beginners ---- but never heard, edited out, but forgot to edit out the teaser?? Rest of hour is interview with Tom Meijer himself, mainly about his not so pleasant parting with Radio Nederland. 0053 plays Tom performing ``I`ll Be Seeing You``, 0057 band playing ``Happy Days Are Here Again``, no further announcement, IS at 0100 and off*. I assume once this transmission is assessed as successful, it will continue following weeks. Rwanda would be a better site and not very busy at this hour. E-QSL received from Keith Perron at PCJ, for June 10 00-01 broadcast on 9925 via Nauen, GERMANY, [sent report above] now added to: http://www.worldofradio.com/QSL.html or directly at: http://www.w4uvh.net/PCJQSL.pdf Shows the Nauen rotatable antenna. Keith says in accompanying note: ``Hi Glenn, You know the Tecsun ad should not have been broadcast to Europe and North America. Tecsun is sponsoring the broadcasts to Southeast Asia and East Asia only. It should have been edited out, but it wasn’t. The reason it should not have been broadcast to these regions is because Tecsun makes radio for other suppliers like Eton who put their own name on it. In Chinese I also sound the same. Only when I do Jazz For The Asking, Media Network +, and Focus Asia Pacific who I try to sound more official [sic]. Just to let you know. We are planning a two day test soon. It will be for Saturday and Sunday at the same time. The Saturday slot will be news and our Ukrainian culture program Nash Holos. Then on Sunday Focus Asia Pacific and Happy Station. Will announce the dates for this soon. 73, Keith`` Maybe same time for some airings, but Nauen 9925 is not available on UT Sundays at 00-02, due to The Mighty KBC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAJIKISTAN. 4765.04, Tajik R., Jun 06 1327-1344, 35333, Tajik, Talk and music, ID at 1341 (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD- 9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT, 70m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4765.05, TR-1, 1845, good with Middle Eastern-flavoured instrumentals, talk by a[n unknown] language man, best in LSB to escape two-way traffic on high side. 8/6 (David Sharp, NSW, FT-950, NRD-535D, Timewave 599zx, Quantum Phaser, EWE aerials, various other Palstar and MFJ accessories, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** THAILAND. 9390, Radio Thailand World Service heard 6/1 *1200 with bells and chimes, good signal, English ID at s/on into Malay service to 1215*. Back at *1230 for English service, but change in beam resulted in poorer reception. Many mornings (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 150/330 degrees for LA/SE Asia, DXEngineering RPA-1 preamp, Phased Longwire + Small Loop, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TIBET. CHINA/TIBET, 7450, PBS Xizang, Lhasa, fair signal 6/2 1140- 1232 with news/comment program in Chinese presented by OM and YL in dialogue with Chinese orchestral music bridges. Program change at top of hour. This one seems to show up only very erratically on this frequency (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 150/330 degrees for LA/SE Asia, DXEngineering RPA-1 preamp, Phased Longwire + Small Loop, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TIBET [and non]. VOA UNVEILS FILM, "FIRE IN THE LAND OF SNOW: SELF- IMMOLATIONS IN TIBET" June 09, 2013 Washington DC 7:37 PM Media Relations / Press Releases [for illustrations and linx to videos see:] http://www.insidevoa.com/content/voa-film-fire-in-the-land-of-snow-self-immolations-in-tibet/1676637.html 06.06.2013 --- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Disturbing images of Tibetans setting themselves on fire, interviews with protesters, and background on Tibet’s rich culture are woven together in a compelling new VOA documentary that examines the deadly wave of political self- immolations that have taken place since 2009. “This documentary provides a sobering and comprehensive look at the reasons driving people to take their own lives in such a painful and dramatic way,” said VOA Director David Ensor. “By broadcasting this film and streaming it online, we are also giving audiences in Tibet and China access to information they simply cannot get on domestic media.” (click here for trailer) Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chairman of the House Human Rights Subcommittee, speaking to reporters at the premiere of the VOA documentary on self-immolations in Tibet.Congressman Chris Smith (R- NJ), Chairman of the House Human Rights Subcommittee, speaking to reporters at the premiere of the VOA documentary on self-immolations in Tibet. Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) said the film “is a really important contribution, and hopefully it will spur the world to act on behalf of Tibet and the Dalai Lama.” Speaking to reporters after the screening, he said the documentary “brings further understanding to what Chinese repression is all about.” Since 2009, at least 118 Tibetans are known to have set themselves on fire to protest Chinese government policy in their homeland. More than 100 have died. Chinese officials have clamped down on security and accused the Dalai Lama, Tibet’s spiritual leader, of encouraging the incidents. Many of the videos used in the documentary (click here) were made by citizen journalists who risk imprisonment or worse to record the protests and what is happening in their ancient homeland. “Chinese state media have characterized the people involved in these self-immolations as outcasts and delinquents,” said VOA Tibetan Service Chief Losang Gyatso, who narrates the film. “What we found, when we took an honest and balanced look at the issue, was that these people were very community-minded and cared deeply about what was happening in Tibet.” Tibetan Service Chief Losang Gyatso, who narrates the VOA documentary on self-immolations [caption] Fire in the Land of Snow features interviews with leading scholars and experts on Tibet, including the Dalai Lama, Steven Marshall, from the U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China, Robert Barnett, Director of Modern Tibetan Studies at Columbia University, Dhundup Tashi Rekjong, a Tibetan writer and editor at Karkhung, Tsering Woeser, a Beijing-based Tibetan writer, and Wang Lixiong, a Chinese writer and scholar. VOA is now broadcasting the film around the world in Tibetan, Mandarin and English on direct-to-home satellite, affiliate stations, and VOA websites. In addition, the documentary is available on social media platforms, including YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and as a podcast in the iTunes store. In an effort to circumvent jamming and Internet blocking, VOA’s Tibetan Service and the VOA Mandarin Service also employ email newsletters designed to reach audiences with information that is unavailable on Chinese state media. For more information about this release contact Kyle King at the VOA Public Relations office in Washington at (202) 203-4959, or write kking @ voanews.com For more information about VOA visit our Public Relations website at http://www.insidevoa.com or the main VOA news site at http://www.voanews.com (VOA PR via DXLD) ** TIBET [non]. TAJIKISTAN. Updated A-13 schedule for Voice of Tibet: 1200-1215 on 15608 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1215-1230 on 15607 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1230-1245 NF 15557 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15568 1245-1300 NF 15563 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15567 1300-1315 on 15542 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1300-1315 NF 15563 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15567 1315-1345 NF 15543 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 15548 1315-1345 NF 15568 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15562 1345-1400 NF 15548 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 15547 1345-1400 NF 15562 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15563 1400-1430 on 15568 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1400-1430 on 15525 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to CeAs Tibetan Changes between each frequencies varied from 3 to 5 minutes (DX RE MIX NEWS #785 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, June 11, 2013, via DXLD) ** TUNISIA. 7275, June 9 at 0544, IWT has fair signal but just barely modulated. We`re also at the worst = least dark part of the year for propagation on the lower bands over ``night`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UGANDA. [tentatively], Broadcast intruder on 7195 kHz. A strong KiSwahili AM broadcast heard 27th May on 7195 kHz from 0650Z, followed by world news in English from 0700Z, light music later. Station may be Kampala, Uganda but remains to be identified. CCK informed. Ted 5Z4NU - ARSK. (E.H.M. Alleyne, Kenya, intruderalert_iaru-r1, May 27 via BC- DX June 12 via DXLD) 4975.93, R. Uganda, 1900, English, fair with news, ID by a man, "This news comes...from Kampala..." Weak carrier low side causing slight het. 8/6 (David Sharp, NSW, FT-950, NRD-535D, Timewave 599zx, Quantum Phaser, EWE aerials, various other Palstar and MFJ accessories, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UKRAINE. As I expected, with the beginning of the era of digital broadcasting in Ukraine should not be hard optmistichnym. Promised to launch DRM Radio Day May 7 (Soviet tradition timing of a nove to some holidays) in Izmail on 1404 kHz failed. In the latest issue of "Radiopanoramy" Vadim Alexeev interviewed the Director of the Odessa radio television transmitting center, which now has hinted at following a convenient PR date - the day of Ukrainian constitution on June 28. I doubt again - Finance sing love songs; typically, the purpose of the PR - and bosses to report publicly on the great work done by the installation and commissioning of transmission equipment purchased new, and whether someone in the future to listen to these digital transmissions except the radio specialists - another matter. The people can immediately start searching for digital receivers on the market? A short test on 1404 kHz DRM is known to have taken place twice. So that is what is reported to the authorities - the coveted digital broadcasting standard DRM appeared in Ukraine. If only the date with a beautiful run in continuous operation and with the rest of luck (Alexander Egorov, Kiev-UKR, "deneb-radio-dx" & open_dx, RUSdx June 2) via BC-DX via Rus DX June 9 via DXLD) ** U K. 11253-USB, England, RAF, St. Eval, 2221 to 2225, Volmet weather including Cairo, fair June 3 (XM, Cedar Key, South Florida, NRD 525D, R8A, E-5, via Robert Wilkner, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K. BBC WORLD SERVICE IN FUNDING CUT The BBC World Service is to have its funding cut by £2.22m this financial year, the government announces. < http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/news/entertainment-arts-22853598 > 11 June 2013 Last updated at 11:57 ET The World Service will be funded by the licence fee from 1 April 2014 BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten called the news "disappointing", though the head of the World service said there would be "no cuts to output". Funding for the World Service will transfer from the Foreign Office to the BBC licence fee from next April. In response to the announcement, Lord Patten said the BBC would increase the service's funding to £245m in 2014. The figure is £6.5m more than the £238.5m currently being provided by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. "This is the fourth 'one-off' funding cut in four years," said Peter Horrocks, director of the World Service. The service, he continued, was "determined that this unexpected cut should not damage existing services to audiences". There would be "no cuts to output nor reductions to staff or headcount as a result" of the cut, though it did mean the service would "not be able to invest in new programmes and platforms as planned". Mr Horrocks welcomed the Trust's confirmation of its 2014 budget, which he said would protect the service. "International broadcasting is a business that needs long-term strategy and consistent funding support," he said. "When it comes under licence fee funding from April next year, the BBC Trust will be able to give the World Service a far greater degree of financial security," said Lord Patten. As a result, he continued, "it can continue to provide its much-needed and valued services for audiences around the world". The BBC said it was also expecting the Foreign Office to fund an extra £500,000 this financial year for new TV services in Afghanistan, Burma and Somalia. Speaking last year, Horrocks said 2012 had seen the World Service recover from "very substantial cuts and drops in audience". The operation lost an audience of around 14 million following government cuts to its budget which resulted in five of its language services being dropped (BBC via Ed Gardner, WORLD OF RADIO 1673, DXLD) The BBC World Service is to have its funding cut by £2.22m this financial year, the government has announced. BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten called the news "disappointing", though the head of the World service said there would be "no cuts to output". Full article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22853598 (via Mike Barraclough, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1673, DXLD) Have to wonder if "output" just refers to programming, or does this mean SW won't be cut further? BBCWS has done some mid-season reductions in the past (Steve Luce, Houston, Texas, ibid.) ** U K. RAMPISHAM - Have so far found about seven (7) You Tube videos devoted to the VT Rampisham [ex-]site. Two of the more interesting ones are: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYv7uATx7u0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUSuR9qyyuI (Ian Baxter, NSW, June 8, Shortwavesite YG - June 2013 via DXLD) ** U K [non]. 9740, Singapore, BBC, best in the USB mode, 1138 to 1159 with an ID at 1159, SINFO=2,5,4,3,3, World Have Your Say, a discussion of communications surveillance by the NSA, the announcer made a lot of bad arguments why the Brits gave up their personal freedoms, the Mackay 5050A and the 435' long wire antenna. 6/7 (This information came from: THE SHORTWAVE INTERCEPT CENTER'S BROADCAST GUIDE, SPECIAL SUMMER EDITION, published by John and Sandra Davis on June 8, 2013. My QTH: Our facility is located northeast of Columbus, Ohio, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5745, VOA RADIOGRAM. 09 de junio a las 0229 UT. Portadora abierta, ya que a las 0230 comienza la transmisión con música instrumental y un hombre hablando en inglés, para después a las 02:31 UT comenzar la transmisión de texto. SINPO: 54444. 73! (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: Cable de cobre de 5 metros. QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) 6100, June 9 at 1310, VOA Greenville with warbling digital text tone test, poor vs the daytime noise level, and one of few signals left on 49m, no better than Australia 6150, NZ 6170. We continue to lament that Kim is apparently putting all his attention into this project and neglecting Kim Andrew Elliott reporting on International Broadcasting http://www.kimandrewelliott.com which has had no new entries since 24 April. At least it`s a valuable archive until that date (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I'll second you, and I have to add that to me it meanwhile looks like a retreat into a niche, very reminiscent of the late GDR and to some degree the current Germany, too. It speaks volumes about the state of US international broadcasting (Kai Ludwig, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [non]. Heard tonight, Voice of America, African program in English at 2040 and sign off at 2100 UT on 4930 (from Botswana) and on 4960 (Sao Tomé?). On VOANEWS.COM, the frequency 4940 is announced from 2030 to 2100 (Sat/Sunday) but not heard (Nicolas (from France : receiver Kenwood R600, long wire antenna) Delaunoy, 2115 UT Saturday June 8, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) And in HFCC, 4940 at 2030-2100 from SAO is supposed to be in Hausa M- F, English Sat/Sun. 4960 is supposed to be a morning frequency only from SAO; error? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also TIBET ** U S A. 25950/FM, Denver CO, KOA studio relay; 1425-1430+, 5-June; "News Radio 8-50 KOA"; Business News; spot for Money News; 1429 "Traffic & weather together." Good with some dropouts. Only hints of audio buried in the QRN at 1640 recheck. Last heard 12/12 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! WORLD OF RADIO 1673, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5830, WTWW Lebanon TN (presumed); 0405-0430+, 2-June; Glenn Hauser's World of Radio #1671; "spur blobs", "apolitical baseball", "leap frog mixing product", to 0429:30 Pernicious Pastor Pete Peters spot; No BoH ID, into program Biblical Antiquities. S30 peaks with buzzy QRM (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow- tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) WORLD OF RADIO 1672 monitoring: confirmed first SW broadcast Thursday June 6 at 2100.55 on WTWW-1 9479. Next: UT Friday 0329v on WWRB 5050 (and/or 3195?); UT Saturday 0130v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB; Saturday 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB; Saturday 1500 & 1730 on WRMI 9955; Saturday & Sunday 2329v on WTWW-2 9930; UT Sunday 0400.5 on WTWW-1 5830; also may appear at any time 18-24 on 9930 WORLD OF RADIO 1672 monitoring: confirmed on 5050, not 3195, from WWRB, UT Friday June 7 promptly at 0330, with some flutter unlike the other Tenneseeans on 4840, 5830. Next: possibly sometime after 1800 Friday or anyday on WTWW-2 9930. UT Saturday 0130v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB; Saturday 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB; Saturday 1500 & new 1730 on WRMI 9955; Saturday & Sunday 2329v on WTWW-2 9930; UT Sunday 0400.5 on WTWW-1 5830. WORLD OF RADIO monitoring: noted #1671 in progress about Madagascar 5014, Friday June 7 at 2004, on WTWW-2 9930. WOR #1672: confirmed on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB starting at 0136 UT Saturday June 8, vs lots of summer static, clear on the webcast. Also confirmed on WTWW-2 9930, Saturday at 2330, and WTWW-1 5830, UT Sunday June 9 at 0400. Next: Sunday 2329v on 9930. WORLD OF RADIO 1672 monitoring: confirmed Sunday June 9 starting at 2331 on WTWW-2 9930; thus it ends at 2400 UT sharp, and it takes most of another minute for the QSY announcement to 5085 before going off, clearing 9925 for PCJ Radio International. (5085 was still on past 0105 June 10 with country music) WORLD OF RADIO 1673 monitoring: first airing confirmed on WRMI webcast at 0330 UT Thursday June 13, and JBA on 9955 at 0348, about equal level to pulse jamming. WRMI repeats are Sat 1500 & 1730, Tue 1100. Next: Thu 2100.5 on WTWW-1 9479; UT Friday 0330v on WWRB 5050; UT Saturday 0130v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB; Sat 0630 & 1430 on HLR 7265- CUSB; Sat & Sun 2329v on WTWW-2 9930; UT Sun 0400.5 on WTWW-1 5830. Also could appear any time any day after 1800 on 9930 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 12105, Thursday June 6 at 1334, WTWW-3 is in Portuguese, as I continue to log which Bible languages are appearing when in unpredictable rotation. June 6 at 2017, still past 2100 and at 2143, now it`s a tonal African language --- must be Yoruba which has been on their website schedule for a long time (at 0500-0800 when not really on the air) but never heard until now. By my count that makes #8 after recently added Chinese, after Russian, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, French; German I don`t think I`ve run across lately. 12105, Sunday June 9 at 1303, WTWW-2 Bible Worldwide service this time is in Chinese which fits for prime-time over there, but you never know from one day to the next which language will be aired at which hours. 12105, Sunday June 9 at 2121 check, WTWW-3 Bible Worldwide service is in Russian at the moment, i.e. well after midnight in Moscow, 1:21 am as they imagine the time there by out-of-whack zones. 12105, Monday June 10 at 1312 and 1417 chex, in Arabic today instead of Russian. 12105, Monday June 10 at 2042, WTWW-3 is in Arabic; Tuesday June 11 at 1327 in Spanish, more unusual for this daypart (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) This morning June 12 WTWW-3 on 12105 0300-0400 UTC in exotic language Yoruba, instead of Portuguese -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 12105, June 12 at 1312, 1344, 1401, and finally 1650 chex, WTWW-3 is unusually missing, so in null languages so far today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WTWW-3: language schedule continues to be jumbled around: 0000-0100 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg French, not Spanish June 3 0100-0200 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg Arabic, not Spanish June 4 0200-0300 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg Chinese, not Portuguese May 30 0200-0300 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg French, not Portuguese June 11 0300-0400 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg French, not Portuguese June 11 1300-1400 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg French, not Russian May 31 1300-1400 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg Arabic, not Russian June 1 1300-1400 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg Russian as scheduled June 4 1300-1400 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg French, not Russian June 7 1300-1400 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg French, not Russian June 8 1300-1400 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg Chinese, not Russian June 9 1300-1400 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg Arabic, not Russian June 10 1300-1400 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg Spanish, not Russian June 11 1400-1500 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg Russian, not Arabic May 31 1400-1500 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg Russian, not Arabic June 7 1400-1500 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg French, not Arabic June 8 1400-1500 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg Chinese, not Arabic June 9 1400-1500 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg Arabic as scheduled June 10 1400-1500 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg Portuguese, not Arabic June 11 1500-1600 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg Spanish, not Arabic May 31 1500-1600 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg Portuguese, not Arabic June 3 1500-1600 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg Arabic as scheduled June 7 1500-1600 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg Spanish, not Arabic June 8 1500-1600 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg Chinese, not Arabic June 9 1500-1600 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg Arabic as scheduled June 10 1500-1600 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg Portuguese, not Arabic June 11 1600-2000 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg Spanish, not Arabic June 8 1600-2000 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg Chinese, not Arabic June 9 1600-2000 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg Arabic as scheduled June 10 1600-2000 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg Portuguese, not Arabic June 11 2000-2100 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg Spanish, not French May 31 2000-2100 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg Russian, not French June 1 2000-2100 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg Arabic, not French June 10 2000-2100 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg Portuguese, not French June 11 2100-2200 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg Russian, not French June 9 The original languages schedule of WTWW-3 effective from March 31 was: 1300-1400 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg to WeEu Fri-Wed Russian 1400-2000 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg to WeEu Fri-Wed Arabic 2000-2300 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg to WeEu Fri-Wed French 2300-2400 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg to WeEu Fri-Wed Spanish 0000-0200 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg to WeEu Sat-Thu Spanish 0200-0400 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg to WeEu Sat-Thu Portuguese (DX RE MIX NEWS #785 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, June 11, 2013, via DXLD) ** U S A. 5050, June 7 at 0058, WWRB still here and // 3215 with hum and preacher from Rosebud, Arkansas signing off, but 3215 cuts off at 0059:45* before he is finished. WWRB has to get off 3215 promptly to make way for WWCR, but that was in no hurry to show up. Then WWRB continued on 5050 only, not 3195, apparently off for the summer. 0100 hum and usual phone ringing on 5050, 0101 some other show starts. 5050, June 8 at 0056, WWRB with that preacher whose screams like tics surpass the level of self-imposed distortion; unlike 24 hours earlier, no // on 3215 is on (nor 3195), but BS is already on 3185. 5050, June 11 at 0056 open carrier dead air from WWRB, which should have started around 0000; still OCDA at 0103 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1673, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5110-CUSB, June 10 at 0106, faux commercial for 1-800- H*NDJ*B by Johnny Lightning on Area 51 via WBCQ, tee hee. It`s so nice to hear adult humor somewhere on SW! (I myself censored the word only to foil spam filters) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7555, June 11 at 1148, WEWN with soft Spanish songs sounds like it is being pulse-jammed, or also could be `fast-busy` phone sound, quite regular; fair signal here better than poor // 12050 without this problem. At 1333 after WEWN is off 7555, still hearing the pulsing timed at 200 per minute; ute QRM? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9980, Sunday June 9 at 1305, WWCR dead air --- or almost; after attenuating to eliminate receiver crosstalk, I still hear a trace of unID modulation, its own transmitted crosstalk, along with some hum; and the fax QRM from 9982 is clearly audible. 9980 is still dead air at 1345, but by 1406 has picked up Brother Scare. WWCR still hasn`t got around to putting up a current transmitter schedule at http://www.wwcr.com/transmitter-sched.html since expiring May 31. But the program schedule dated June 1 claims WWCR-4 is ``signed off`` Sundays at 12-14 UT. So why burn 200 kWh of juice? Hardly good management, cutting into the profit margin. As for the fax, EiBi shows: ``9982.5 0519-1600 HWA KVM70 Fax Honolulu Oc k`` To EiBi, site k in HWA just means: ``k-KVM Honolulu 21N20-158W00`` And it`s been logged as such a year ago by fax-fan Kenneth Vito Zichi, Michigan, in the MARE Tipsheet. Why does KVM70 put up with this too-close QRM from the Mainland? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1673, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Cancelled broadcasts from June 30 and deleted from HFCC database; Radio Taiwan International: 2200-2300 on 15440 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg to CeAm English 2300-2400 on 9690 YFR 100 kW / 222 deg to CARB Spanish 2300-2400 on 15440 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg to CeAm Chinese 0000-0030 on 15440 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg to CeAm Cantonese 0030-0100 on 15440 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg to CeAm Hakka 0100-0200 on 11565 YFR 100 kW / 140 deg to SoAm Spanish Shortwave transmissions "schedule" via Okeechobee effective from June 30: WYFR Family Radio: 2230-0300 on 6115 YFR 100 kW / 355 deg to NoAm English Radio Taiwan International: 0300-0400 on 6115 YFR 100 kW / 355 deg to NoAm English (DX RE MIX NEWS #785 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, June 11, 2013, via DXLD) Later news: WYFR TO BE CLOSED AFTER JUNE 30! (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. 790, WSGW Saginaw MI; 10:51 AM EDT, 5-June; Listen to the Mrs. program; Art Lewis came up with a pseudo-Hauserism! A female soda fountain employee is a "soda jerkess". Jerkette & jerkina could be alternates (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow- tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1510-, June 7 at 1247 UT, het on the lo side, apparently caused by KCTE Independence MO being off-frequency, Mike & Mike from ESPN. Against what? Likely KNNS Larned KS which as we discovered months ago is no longer ESPN but Spanish, and is barely audible here by daytime groundwave, while KCTE comes only via residual skywave even now, a sesquihour after sunrise (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. DX TEST ALERT: WDEV 550/KHMO 1070/WLIQ 1530 DX tests for these three stations have been scheduled. Please visit the following link for all the specifics and any details that may be unique to each test. http://www.onairdj.com/dx-tests Email me with any questions, walkerbroadcasting @ gmail.com PLEASE repost this or share it anywhere you can think of!! Paul Walker (IRCA) (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) On MW in August ** U S A. Thanks to Barry for this information. The following is the full list of stations Disney has put up for sale: 910 KWDZ Salt Lake City, UT 1160 KRDY San Antonio, TX 1190 KPHN Kansas City, MO 1290 WDZY Richmond, VA 1460 WDDY Albany, NY 1640 WKSH Milwaukee, WI 99.5 KDIS FM Little Rock, AR More information including the reason for the sale can be found here: http://variety.com/2013/biz/news/radio-disney-stations-up-for-sale-exclusive-1200491810/ The Wikipedia entry for Radio Disney lists many stations that were once, but are no longer, Disney stations. The list is quite surprising. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Disney the large table near the bottom of the entry. The sale would leave Disney owning 23 AM stations and just one station on FM - WRDZ 98.3 Indianapolis, IN (Andrew Brade, UK, MWCircle yg via DXLD) ** VANUATU. Heard news at 1930 UT June 10th on even 3945 kHz, on remote unit in Australia (Wolfgang Büschel, BCDX 12 June via DXLD) ** ZAMBIA. 5915, Zambia Nat. BC, Jun 12 1600-1620, 23432, vernacular, drums at 1600, announce by man, local music and talk Afro pop music (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD- 345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT, 70m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZANZIBAR. ZBC Radio, 6015, Dole, Jun 10, 2013 Monday. 0335-0404 Swahili talk, the usual jingles and IDs. After several weeks of mediocre reception, this morning it has been excellent, almost armchair level. Still very good at 0400 time pips and into the news. Jo'burg sunrise 0451 (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Bill, Just back home after listening at the beach. Indeed 6015 was much better than normal today. Usually I do not hear them well after 0400, but June 10 noted OM (ending news?) at 0423; brief Qur'an chant(?) and into a type of singing (African-Islamic?). June 5 noted ZBC Radio transmitter on at 0256, but they never had any audio; just open carrier till checking past 0325. Very unusual for this to happen! (Ron Howard, California, UT June 10, ibid.) Hi Ron, Sorry, I did not hear the end of the 0400 news programme today; I stopped listening at about 0410 so cannot confirm what time it ended. However, what you describe as a "brief Qur'an chant(?) and into a type of singing" fits well for one of their standard jingles, heard most days just after the news ends and at other times too. Regards, Bill. ZBC Radio, 6015, Dole. Jun 11, 2013 Tuesday. 0405-0440. Swahili talk by OMs. Mentions of Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar at 0419 (Zanzibar several times 0419-0421). Talk continued through BOH. Several more “Zanzibar” at 0431-0432. Part of the standard jingle at 0433 (chant only, no following song, maybe running late?) Not as good as yesterday (June 10) but still mostly readable although fading out now as our local dawn approaches. Jo'burg sunrise 0452 (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 2660+, June 10 at 0527, JBA carrier, slightly on the hi side compared to 1660 stations, which was also the case for KGLD Tyler TX, 2 x 1330, last logged March 12, and previously definitely IDed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Agora data de 09 de Junho de 2013, QTR 21h02 LOCAL, escuto uma radio estranha de musica caipra em 4775, radio bem amadora, transmitindo musicas ao vivo de viola, como se fosse transmitida de alguma residencia, sem ser som de estúdio. Sera essa rádio pirata em ondas curtas? -- Cordialmente, (Mauricio Pimenta Cunha - PY4ID, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Presumably recently reactivated R. Congonhas in Brasil? (gh, DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. [Re 13-23:] 5938.002: No trace at all here of any station on this frequency despite checking several days (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, SW Bulletin June 9 via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 6130-6135-6140, June 7 at 0455, loud DRM noise is here, not noticed before; figured it would be another Romanian segment which scatters DRM all over the bands, but HFCC as of June 6 unshows that; instead at 0430-0500 is BBC French via ASCENSION. Could that have slipped into DRM by mistake or deliberately? I believe they do have a DRM unit there but not in regular use. Searching on 6135, there are NO recent logs of anything in the drmna yg group or in the DRM Software Radio Forums. 6135, June 8 at chex between 0437 and 0456, no DRM noise tonight, like there was 24 hours earlier --- nor am I hearing any BBC French via Ascension as scheduled daily this semihour per Aoki and latest DX Re Mix sked via DXLD 13-22. Ditto June 9 at 0451: no DRM, no AM audible on 6135 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) No DRM since either UNIDENTIFIED [non]. Re: DXLD 13-23 UNID on 6245 kHz ``6245, pop music station with DJ in English on 18/5 (and in other times and dates) at 0125 with The Wall by Pink Floyd. It seems it is the new frequency of Radio Sechstausendeinhundertfuenfzig (or = 6150), moved from 6070 (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF 2001D and Folded Marconi 16m long), June Australian DX News via DXLD) Or a leapfrog mixing product from a 49mb site? Or a real pirate (gh)`` Pirate IDing as "Shortwave Gold". This automatic reply received after a few seconds from shortwavegold @ gmail.com === > Thank for writing. > At the moment we are NOT doing QSL. > Stay in touch with the ''tower of power'' and we will answer soon. > skype: shortwavegold > facebook shortwave gold > SWG team There are also relays of Italian Web-station Radio BOPS (Best of Pop and Soul), which according to a reply from them they didn´t know about. In the past few days, the station was on 6210 kHz. Compared with other 49mB signals at various times, I guess it´s not too far away from my site, maybe Northern Italy. 73, (Patrick Robic, Austria, June 9, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Like last night, grinding noise field in the 6.8-7.85 MHz range only, again June 7 at 0459. It still cuts off irregularly for about a second, back on. It`s not smooth either, with peaks very roughly around: 7110, 7170, 7210, 7265, 7285, 7340, 7430, 7500, 7580, 7620, 7685, etc. Is anyone else hearing this? I don`t hear it on any other part of the HF spectrum (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 11595 (+/-) 08/Jun 2020 UNID, strong spurious signal and distorted of OM talk. Language unidentified. Seems an interview in the studio. Also approximately in 11665. Also listening in SDR, Twente (Jorge Freitas, Brasil, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Normally would expect source to be halfway between, i.e. 11630. You should check that for //. Listed is a Chinese transmitter (gh, DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 11980, June 10 at 2044 I notice with BFO on that there is a weak RTTY signal here inside the 25m SWBC band, what? --- but I dimly recall that 11975 used to be its upper limit. There are only three hits on 11980 (none on 11.980) in the UDXF yg among almost 50,000 posts by now, but one of them is just from yesterday: ``11980.0Khz dig 50bd/850 STANAG4481 FSK, sync, cont, ACF=0 UNID US Navy Station 00:45:44UTC (2013-06-10) (mco1 in Portland, ME USA on StarChat#wunclub) These are the loggings from the NSA logbot on several IRC channels. They are listed by Freq, Mode, Comment, UTC time, nickname, QTH and IRC channel These logs are to promote the Hobbie [sic] of Utility Radio Monitoring to be distributed for free and not used by anybody for profit. IRC is realtime internet chat from all over the world. To join, please visit #monitor or #wunclub on StarChat, just a few places this logbot resides.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1673, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 13654-SSB, approx., weak 2-way in Spanish intruders, June 12 at 1254, too close to 13650 Albania/Korea North het (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. I receved Non-stop instrumental music station on 13679.85 kHz at 1230 UT on Jun. 6. First noted on May 29 by S. Aoki. Operating at *2130-1430* UT. Probably transmitted by Taiwan (S. Hasegawa, Japan, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Recorded at 0124 UT, June 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upj_OwPEKv4 (Ron Howard, CA, ibid.) I heard talk in Chinese by female and nonstop music from Jun.7. This program has been carried in SOH. Probably I seem to be a mini- power test of SOH from Taiwan. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjXCroIituc&feature=youtu.be by DFS (S. Hasegawa, June 8, ibid.) Hi Sei-ichi, Thanks for the update. You certainly must be correct about 13679.85 being a mini-powered test. Normally here in California I hear SOH on such frequencies as 11500 with decent signal strength (clearly not low powered at all!), but June 8 listening at new 13679.85, I only had a very faint open carrier; not even close to threshold level; no trace of any audio. Will be interesting to watch if CNR1 (jamming) suddenly shows up there (Ron, ibid.) 13679.85, (probably SOH), first noted on May 29 by S. Aoki and subsequent reports from Sei-ichi Hasegawa in dxldyg as mini-powered test; June 10 dramatic increase in power; in Chinese; 1153-1214 and still on at 1312. No time pips at 1200; format the entire time consisted of series of monologues by same YL and good number of segments of EZL instrumental music; some breaks with brief flute music; Also heard what almost sounded like a white noise (jamming?). Not what I would call typical SOH format, but Aoki listed 13680 as SOH from 2130 to 1430 in Chinese with power 0.1 ND? from May 29-to Jun.7-. Audio posted at https://www.box.com/s/hfvz9umja8v82twv9gfn (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 1673: Here`s a little bit to help keep you/DXLD/WoR (& who knows what else) rolling along. Thanks for so consistently putting out the most useful SW info around & doing it with panache* *not to mention elan & verve. Alla best from sunny (what else?) [later: cloudy/cool] Encinitas (Dan Sheedy, WB6FJD, CA, with a check in the mail to P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702) One may also contribute, not necessarily in US funds, via PayPal (but not with credit card) to woradio at yahoo.com All the best to you, Glenn, and much appreciation for all the work you do on behalf of us ever-diminishing band of radio enthusiasts (Alan Holder, Isle of Wight, UK, June 12, DX LISTENING DIGEST) PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ FM Database Update --->ANNOUNCING THE WTFDA FM DATABASE <--- http://db.wtfda.org Right now we're halfway through the end of the database phase one. The db is up and running and one of the last modifications to it was to eliminate the quote marks on the station slogans. At the end of the week it will be "time to pay the lady", as they say on Storage Wars. :-) Next step is phase two. This will consist of a fully automatic updating of the database. How much that will cost depends on how many hours of work will be needed to create it. It's your turn to make up a "wish list" for the database. What features would you like to see added to the database? I already know what Bill Nollman wants to see added, and that's the ability to see a list of all stations within 100 miles of a DXer's location. Is there anything else you'd like to be able to do with it ? Talk about them here and give us some ideas. This is no guarantee that they'll all be implemented. Depends on the amount of work involved and the cost. – (Mike Bugaj, Enfield, CT USA, WTFDA, June 10 via DXLD) While we're in 'wish mode', one thing I'd like to see would be a wild card feature on calls so that you could enter, say "WXX%"? or "K21%XX" and get all of the stations with WXX-something. Ideally the wild card feature would work on any character after the first letter of a call. (Russ Edmunds, WB2BJH, 15 mi NW of Philadelphia, ibid.) Wm R Hepburn (Grimsby ON) wrote: ``Phase 4 , 5 , or 98 - Canadian stations ???`` Don't think that Canadian stations are being ignored. However, due to the format of the official source data, it's not a trivial project. To be specific, the Canadian official source data doesn't include any "primary key" that could be used to associate the official government data on a given station with the associated unofficial data WTFDA gathers (format, slogan, RDS PS, etc.) In the U.S. database, technical & non-technical data about FM stations is kept in separate data "tables", requiring the use of a primary key to ensure the correct set of call letters/city/etc. is attached to the correct set of technical facilities. We can "borrow" this primary key, using it in our own format/slogan/etc. data tables. In Canada, all this data is kept in a single table, so no primary key is required. At least not required by Industry Canada. Unfortunately, that doesn't leave us anything to hang our format data on. This is the same reason the Canadian TV data on my website is not updated very often. Each time I update, a major effort is required to get the programming data reassociated with the correct stations. I will say, as part of a separate project some work is being done to develop a primary key for Canadian data. Can't say how long it will take to have some success. – (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, ibid.) Good Morning! We have a very good product here, far better than I could image [sic]! I have found it easy to update and very quick as well! I have being pondering with a "wish List" for the database. - Can we add a search field for Facility ID, when we deal with the FCC data, they key of the Facility ID. - When we search on a state, export the results to a text or excel file, this will be handy to have for those that travel to other states. - I like Bill Nollman's ask show stations within a 100 miles of your location. - I know we can sort the individual columns, but it would be nice to have the default as Frequency, State and City for some sort of order. Kind Regards, (James Niven, Austin, Texas, ibid.) I've seen a lot of very valid suggestions and would like to put in a request to "modify" an idea; instead of stations within a 100 mile radius, what about leaving that field as a variable. While 100 miles may be ideal for some openings, sometimes you may want 120 or 350 or even less than 100 --- leaving this open to whatever number you want would add even more flexibility to the database (Jim in West Vermont, Yamaha T-80/T-85 Mods, Andy Bolin Phase Box, APS-13 / Radio Shack FM Beam, ibid.) I'll throw in my ideas here as well. 1. Come up with a output format that is usable on a smartphone. 2. Based on user's location, show me everything within range of Es. 3. Make it work as a FM-specific version of DX Sherlock. (Mike Hawkins, ibid., WORLD OF RADIO 1673) NEW MAPPING PROGRAM FROM FCC After downloading Goggle earth here is where you go. http://www.fccinfo.com/fccinfo_google_earth.php Just follow the instructions and you will see all of the information in multiple layers that you switch on and off. Right click on a station and go to the license number and you can see da information. Just open the link, guys, and follow the instructions (Stanley Adams (Memphis [TX? TN? Egypt?], June 13, ABDX via DXLD) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ZUUS COUNTRY Someone reported logging a TV station carrying "Zuus Country" on a subchannel. This is a new name for what was formerly known as "The Country Network". Zuus appears to be an online "radio" service, offering 80 different formats in 7 genres (and a REALLY BAD -- IMHO -- website that doesn't really explain what they are unless you're willing to take the time to watch a video...) – (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, June 8, WTFDA via DXLD) Just Thursday morning (6/6) I caught Zuus Country on WTVZ 33.3, from Norfolk, VA. First time I had seen Zuus Country anywhere. They were indeed formerly The Country Network (Chris Lucas - Poughkeepsie, NY - FN31bs. Insignia NS-DXA1-APT DTV Converter, Antennas Direct 91-XG UHF antenna @ 25', w/ CPA19 pre-amp, ibid.) Yes, I`d also noticed a few days go that Country Network had changed to this strange ZUUS bug in lower right on KOKH-24 OKC = 25.2. This is what I usually run as video default while recording WOR on VCR, because there us no captioning to get in the way of the timer. Where in the world did that name come from? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) Viz.: The Country Network Rebrands To ZUUS Country Jessica Nicholson • June 6, 2013 • http://www.musicrow.com/2013/06/the-country-network-rebrands-to-zuus-country/ ZUUS Media, the network operating ZUUS, has acquired The Country Network (TCN) and has re-branded it to ZUUS Country. The new ZUUS Country network will continue to be programmed and operated from the former TCN? headquarters in Nashville. ZUUS Country will be available in over 40 major television markets nationwide and features the same standard of programming, but with a new name and look. The newly renamed television channel will also combine with the ZUUS Country digital channels on the ZUUS digital network, providing fans even more opportunities to discover and rediscover a variety of music thru ZUUS? multi-genre programming. “?We are extremely excited to welcome ZUUS Country to the ZUUS Media family,”? said ZUUS CEO Steve Goldstein. “Under the ZUUS Media umbrella, the newly re-branded network will not only add a significant amount of content and programming to our country platform, it will also benefit by being able to leverage our existing seamless TV-Web- Mobile exposure, label and artist partnerships, and integrated digital and social platforms all within and part of the ZUUS Media network.?” As part of ZUUS Media’s multi-platform distribution, the new ZUUS Country will offer digital video streaming online via the ZUUS Mobile app on Apple and Android devices, and will also be viewable via a new ZUUS Facebook app. ZUUS Country will feature programming from TCN, while incorporating new programs. New ZUUS Country programs will include Inside Tracks, which takes a look at artists on the rise, including their influences, inspirations, hometown interviews and tours. Each episode will showcase music videos and an acoustic performance by the featured artist. In Breaking Out, an existing program, music experts bring fans more new talent on the verge of fame (via DXLD) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See ASCENSION; FRANCE; HAWAII; NEW ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ZEALAND; UKRAINE; UNIDENTIFIED 6135 MUSEA +++++ VOA: AMERICA'S VOICE - VOICE OF AMERICA - BETHANY RELAY STATION A history of the Voice of America (VOA) and the Bethany Relay Station located in West Chester, OH. Learn about the construction of VOA by Crosley, the people involved throughout its history, and the impact it had on the world. From defeating Hitler and Nazi Germany, to reaching behind the Iron Curtain in the Soviet Union, VOA carried the message of truth to the people under the rule of oppressive regimes. This historic building is being preserved as a museum and needs your financial support. Narrated by Nick Clooney. Video produced by Murray Multimedia Resources http://www.mmrmedia.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icrr6lZBMuQ (YouTube Video of the Month, June CIDX Messenger via DXLD) RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ SKYWAVE HELLO, SKYWAVE GOODBYE: THE UNCERTAIN FUTURE OF SHORTWAVE RADIO by Author Ryder Thomas White Friday, June 7, 2013 at 11:33AM http://www.contendersmag.com/features/2013/6/7/skywave-hello-skywave-goodbye-the-uncertain-future-of-shortw.html If you are driving through Atlantic Canada from New Brunswick to Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, chances are good that you will come across an austere and lonely section of highway just a few minutes east of the town of Sackville. These are the Tantramar Marshes, and, at the edge of the valley in which they are situated, one has a pretty good view of the surrounding lowlands. In the spring, this area is mostly the colour of mud with some dusty green trees hanging around; nothing to write home about. The one feature of the marsh is a batting cage-style mess of wires, poles, lights, and control shacks which, until November of 2012, was the voicebox of Radio Canada International. Now it is a ghost. The Sackville Relay Site is a shortwave broadcasting facility, the most powerful in Canada and one of the largest on the Eastern seaboard of North America. From its construction in the early 1940's to its decommissioning late last year it beamed Radio Canada International (RCI, formerly CBC International Service) to the four corners of the Earth in as many as 21 languages. In 2013, it is slated for demolition. Pressed by budget cuts and with an ever-dwindling audience, RCI has been forced to terminate both domestically-produced and relay shortwave broadcasts. It does, however, maintain an online presence for its original content. For anyone familiar with my work on Contenders, this article may appear to be the latest in a series of sentimental calls-to-arms for a ragtag group of Luddites. And indeed, shortwave has long been a passion of mine–before losing track of my multiband radio in a move, I would often stay up late to tune in Voice of Vietnam or Radio Taiwan International and fall asleep to the incomprehensible chatter and vivacious music. But unlike vinyl records or film projection, the potential demise of shortwave radio has deep and upsetting implications for one of our most cherished political rights: the freedom of knowledge. This esoteric audio propagation format has been instrumental to those all over the world who deserve access to a diversity of viewpoints but cannot, for whatever reason, get it. . . http://tinyurl.com/njnazu5 (via Alokesh Gupta, dxldyg via DXLD) SITE IN THE AIR Greetings to all. Invite all friends to visit the site http://www.antenadx.com.br This work was done with great affection for all of us. For those who like projects antennas, couplers, and others, are compiled more than 1000 files to query. I thank the friends of the brotherhood of the soldering iron and good fun. 73 (Wagner Dabarian, PU2NOL, Brazil, June 6, ptsw yg via DXLD) Instant StreetView For those interested in Street View imagery of a specific address, be it radio station studio or transmitter site and wish to save 'a bit' of time, then here's an interesting website: http://www.instantstreetview.com/ (Ian Baxter, shortwavesites yg via DXLD) Re: MEDIUMWAVE SPLITS, DXLD 13-23 Mr. Dangerfield's comment about odd frequencies being quite common in C. America, Caribbean, and parts of S. America in former times is correct. I think it was Ecuador which had most stations on 25 kHz splits [no, I think Ecuador splits were all over the place; CR was at 25 kHz steps --- gh]. I remember clearly that the Caribbean Lighthouse in Antigua was on a 5 kHz spacing, 1165, because when the RJ-81 Region II Agreement was finally promulgated I sent a note to Curt Waite (who operates the station) telling him which of the two nearby 10 kHz spaced channels had been assigned to his station. If I remember correctly it was 1170 (I am at the farm and not in the office so can't check my files) but it may have been 1160. And Mr Whaley's comment about Costa Rica is, I believe, correct also. I also remember that one of the Anchorage stations used to experience interference out in the Aleutians from a 9 kHz spaced high power Japanese station. Most of Region II outside N. America sometimes assigns nearby stations to 30 kHz spacing, too, unlike the US where stations 30 kHz spaced under rules in force for the past 40 or 50 years cannot have 25 mV/m overlap (Ben Dawson, OR, June 8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) NM pirate fed by turntable.fm; FCC's easy fines in OR & FL | http://radiosurvivor.com/2013/05/21/pirate-radio-round-up-turntable-fm-feeds-nm-station-fcc-picks-low-hanging-fruit-in-miami-and-oregon/ Pirate radio round-up: turntable.fm feeds NM station; FCC picks low-hanging fruit in Miami and Oregon Maybe it’s because spring is in the air in North America, but pirate radio is bubbling up a bit in the popular consciousness, as well as the FCC’s. Seems like a good time for a pirate radio news round up. Albuquerque’s Alibi hazily reports on “at least one station operating without a license” in Northern New Mexico. That station’s twist is that it broadcasts a room on turntable.fm, where any user can take a turn playing DJ on the station, no matter where she is located. Long before the advent of turntable.fm or SoundCloud unlicensed stations have been experimenting with programming supplied by listeners. Pre-internet stations would accept messages recorded anonymously to a voicemail system or even snail mailed on tape to post office boxes. In the early 2000s–before the term “user-generated content” crossed the lips of marketers–Seattle’ s Black Ball Radio and Minneapolis’ 2000 Flushes broadcast MP3s uploaded to their websites. Services like turntable.fm make it even easier to do this, although such sites exclude recordings made by listeners, since they feature only commercially released music. ArtSlant Los Angeles recently published a brief overview of recent transmission art and unlicensed radio projects, inspired by the Miami- based Electric Lunch operated by art Patricia Margarita Hernandez. Even though Hernandez’s storefront station is online-only, writer Amanda Sanfilippo draws an explicit connection to Miami’s rich pirate radio scene. Speaking of Miami, in the last few weeks the FCC has touted fines issues to unlicensed operators in that particular hotbed, in addition to Princeville, Oregon. The Oregon fine followed up on a notice of apparent liability issued in July, 2012, to a man who apparently (and foolishly) let in an FCC agent, who was accompanied by a local police officer, to inspect his station inside his residence. It only took the Commission 10 months to take the next step with this low-hanging fruit. The FCC moved a little more quickly on the two Florida cases. Last notice to both operators occurred in February of this year, following up on visits made in 2012. In one case the broadcaster also let FCC agents inspect his station. In the other case the station–being fed a stream from a laptop over the internet–was located in a commercial property where the owner gave agents access. With this latter instance the FCC was acting on complaints from the FAA alleging interference with aircraft bands. There’s no mention of warrants to obtain entry or confiscate equipment in any of these cases, even in Oregon where a local cop tagged along. Things would have been more complicated for the FCC if their knock at the door simply had been ignored. An interesting side note is that the Commission’s press releases for these actions all used the term “pirate broadcaster,” as in, “Pirate Broadcaster Bozo T. Clown (Miami, Florida); Fined $15,000.” I don’t recall the FCC using the term “pirate” much in the past, so I searched through the Enforcement Bureau’s press releases for the last 13 years and found that the word was used just once in a 2001 press release, and then didn’t reenter the Commission’s everyday vernacular again until May, 2011. Now it appears to be the preferred nomenclature. I don’t know if this change in terminology if meaningful or reflects an attempt by the FCC to differentiate unlicensed broadcasters from other unlicensed radio activity in other services. Certainly, using the term “pirate” is more comprehensible to the general public, which may aid the Commission’s ability to get a little more press for its enforcement efforts. It just seems a little less officious and bureaucratic to me (via Kevin Redding, ABDX via DXLD) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ GEOMAGNETIC INDICES Compiled by: Phil Bytheway ----------------------------------------------------------- Geomagnetic Summary May 1 2013 through May 31 2013 Tabulated from email status daily (K @ 0000 UT) Date Flux A K Space Wx 1 159 21 3 no storms 2 149 13 2 minor, R1 3 148 6 1 moderate, R2 4 142 5 1 no storms 5 137 7 1 minor, R1 6 131 8 3 no storms 7 129 10 2 no storms 8 127 7 2 no storms 9 128 5 1 no storms 10 125 5 1 minor, R1 11 137 4 1 no storms 12 147 5 1 minor, R1 13 150 6 1 strong, R3 14 148 8 2 strong, R3 15 146 9 1 strong, S1, R3 16 145 14 3 minor, S1, R1 17 136 9 2 minor, S1, R1 18 132 21 2 minor, G1, S1 19 135 12 4 no storms 20 132 7 2 minor, R1 21 125 7 2 no storms 22 133 12 3 moderate, S2, R1 23 135 7 2 strong, S3 24 127 20 4 moderate, G1, S2 25 121 32 5 minor, G1, S1 26 120 18 3 no storms 27 110 13 3 no storms 28 105 8 1 no storms 29 107 2 0 no storms 30 104 3 1 no storms 31 102 9 4 minor, R1 Sx – Solar Radiation Storm Level Gx – Geomagnetic Storm Level Rx – Radio Blackouts Level (IRCA DX Monitor June 8 via DXLD) QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 23 ARLP023 From Tad Cook, K7RA Seattle, WA June 7, 2013 To all radio amateurs Solar activity seems to dip back into the doldrums again, with the average sunspot number for the past week (72) lower than any reporting week since Propagation Forecast Bulletin ARLP013, which was for the week of March 21-27. You can go through the recent bulletins at http://www.arrl.org/w1aw-bulletins-archive-propagation and note that two weeks ago we had twice that number, when the average daily sunspot number was 144. From last week, the average dropped more than 12 points from 94.3. Average daily solar flux was down more than 10 points to 107.6. But tracking the 3-month moving average of daily sunspot numbers, (which is based on calendar months) the three months ending May 31 had a much higher average than the 3 months ending April 30, and in fact more than any trailing three month average since the one ending on January 2012. At the end of 2011 we saw a rally in solar activity, and with the weak activity in all of 2012 some are suggesting another double-peaked solar cycle. The three month periods centered on July through December 2011 had average sunspot numbers of 63, 79.6, 98.6, 118.8, 118.6 and 110. The first few months of 2012 were weaker, with the 3-month averages centered on January through March at 83.3, 73.7 and 71.2. But now the numbers are trending up. The 3-month averages centered on January through April 2013 were 73.6, 80.7, 85.2 and 106.4. If you are unfamiliar with moving averages, using our method for the 3-month period centered on March, 2013, we added up all the daily sunspot numbers from February 1 through April 30. The sum was 7,581. We divided by the 89 days in those three months, and got approximately 85.2. For the period centered on April, we added all sunspot numbers from March 1 through May 31, and the sum was 9,792. As there were 92 days in this period, the average rounds off to 106.4. On June 3 NASA updated their forecast for the peak of the current solar cycle, available at http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/predict.shtml This differs from a month earlier, when on May 1 they predicted a cycle maximum in Fall 2013 with a smoothed international sunspot number of 66. Now they predict a peak at 67 in Summer 2013. Summer officially begins at the Solstice, two weeks from today, on June 21 at 0504 UTC, which by the way is the Friday before Field Day weekend. The active geomagnetic days over the past week were June 1-2, when the planetary A index was 49 and 19, the mid-latitude index was 41 and 16, and the high latitude college A index (measured near Fairbanks, Alaska) was 58 and 44. These numbers reflect the concentration of geomagnetic activity toward the poles. The source was an interplanetary shock wave of uncertain origin. Again as this bulletin is written early Friday morning on the West Coast, we are in a geomagnetic storm, the result of the Earth passing through south-pointing magnetism in the solar wind. There is a possibility on June 8 of getting buffeted again, this time the result of a CME, and possibly two. . . (via Dave Raycroft, ODXA yg via DXLD) :Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts :Issued: 2013 Jun 10 0405 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/weekly.html # # Weekly Highlights and Forecasts # Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 03 - 09 June 2013 Solar activity was very low to high during the period. The week began at low levels. Region 1762 (S30, L=129, class/area Eko/540 on 05 June) produced a C9/Sf flare at 03/0725 UTC. Activity was very low on 04 June. Moderate levels were observed on 05 June when Region 1762 produced an M1/1f at 05/0857 UTC with an associated Type IV radio sweep and a weak CME. The majority of the ejecta was directed southwest. 06 June saw a return to very low activity. High activity was observed on 07 June when Region 1762 produced an M5 flare at 07/2249 UTC along with a 160 sfu Tenflare. An associated CME was observed but was determined to be directed west and well south of the ecliptic. Solar activity returned to low levels for the remainder of the period. No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit. The GOES-13 spacecraft began experiencing data outages on 15 May and was shut down while the cause was investigated. Forecasters used GOES-15 data in the interim. The issue was resolved on 05 June and GOES-13 resumed its place as the primary particle monitor at that time. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at high levels for the entire period with only short periods dipping below threshold. The peak flux for the week reached 31,800 pfu on 04 June and levels remained high at the time of this report. Geomagnetic field activity was at mostly quiet levels from 03 - 06 June. Activity increased to unsettled to active levels on 06 June due to effects from a combination of multiple weak transients from 03 June and a co-rotating interaction region (CIR) ahead of a coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS). Minor to major storm periods were observed on 07 June due to continued effects from the CIR/CH HSS. Activity returned to quiet to unsettled levels on 08 and 09 June as CH HSS stream effects began to subside. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 10 JUNE - 06 JULY 2013 Solar activity is expected to be very low to low for the majority of the period. A chance for M-class activity exists beginning on 21 June with the return of old Region 1762. No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at high levels through 11 June. A decrease to normal to moderate levels is expected from 12 - 19 June. A return to moderate to high levels is expected from 20 June through the end of the period due to effects from a sequence of recurrent CH HSS. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be quiet to unsettled on 10 June as CH HSS effects subside. Mostly quiet conditions are expected from 11 - 20 June. Unsettled to active conditions are expected on 21 - 24 June with a chance for isolated minor storm periods on 21-22 June due to the anticipated return of a recurrent CH HSS. Mostly quiet conditions are expected on 25-27 June. A second recurrent CH HSS is expected to return on 28 June - 01 July bringing unsettled to active conditions with the possibility of minor storm levels on 28 and 29 June. Mostly quiet conditions are expected for the remainder of the period with a chance for some unsettled periods on 05 - 06 July due to weak CH HSS effects. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2013 Jun 10 0405 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 2013-06-10 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2013 Jun 10 95 8 3 2013 Jun 11 95 5 2 2013 Jun 12 100 5 2 2013 Jun 13 100 5 2 2013 Jun 14 105 5 2 2013 Jun 15 105 5 2 2013 Jun 16 105 5 2 2013 Jun 17 105 5 2 2013 Jun 18 105 5 2 2013 Jun 19 105 5 2 2013 Jun 20 110 5 2 2013 Jun 21 115 25 5 2013 Jun 22 115 18 4 2013 Jun 23 115 10 3 2013 Jun 24 115 8 3 2013 Jun 25 110 5 2 2013 Jun 26 105 5 2 2013 Jun 27 105 5 2 2013 Jun 28 105 30 5 2013 Jun 29 110 20 4 2013 Jun 30 110 10 3 2013 Jul 01 110 8 3 2013 Jul 02 110 5 2 2013 Jul 03 110 5 2 2013 Jul 04 110 5 2 2013 Jul 05 105 10 3 2013 Jul 06 100 10 3 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1673, DXLD) ###