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Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1682: *DX and station news about: Antarctica, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China, Cuba, Finland, Germany, Greece, India, Myanmar, Netherlands non, Papua New Guinea, Saar, Sarawak non, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, South Carolina non, Spain, Syria, Taiwan, Turkey, USA, Uruguay, unidentified SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1682, August 15-21, 2013 Thu 0330 WRMI 9955 Thu 2100 WTWW 9479 [confirmed] Fri 0326v WWRB 5050 [confirmed at 0328] Sat 0200 WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Area 51 [confirmed starting at 0211] Sat 0630 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 1500 WRMI 9955 Sat 2330v WTWW 9930 [apparently canceled; not last week] Sun 0400 WTWW 5830 [confirmed] Sun 2330v WTWW 9930 [presumably canceled? But on last week] Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 Wed 0630 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Wed 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Thu 0330 WRMI 9955 [or maybe 1683 if ready in time] Latest edition of this schedule version, including AM, FM, satellite and webcasts with hotlinks to station sites and audio, is at: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html or http://schedule.worldofradio.org or http://sked.worldofradio.org For updates see our Anomaly Alert page: http://www.worldofradio.com/anomaly.html WRN ON DEMAND: http://www.wrn.org/listeners/#world-of-radio WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS VIA WRN: http://www.wrn.org/listeners/customize-panel/addToPlaylist/98/10:00:00UTC/English OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO: http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html or http://wor.worldofradio.org DAY-BY-DAY ARCHIVE OF GLENN HAUSER`S LOG REPORTS: Unedited, uncondensed, unchanged from original version, many of them too complex, minutely researched, multi-frequency, opinionated, inconsequential, off-topic, or lengthy for some log editors to manage; and also ahead of their availability in these weekly issues: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser DXLD YAHOOGROUP: Why wait for DXLD? A lot more info, not all of it appearing in DXLD later, is posted at our yg without delay. When applying, please identify yourself with your real name and location, and say something about why you want to join. Those who do not, unless I recognize them, will be prompted once to do so and no action will be taken otherwise. Here`s where to sign up: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dxld/ ** AFGHANISTAN [non]. 11545, BULGARIA, Salaam Watandar – Kostinbrod, 0236, 7/29/13 in Pashto, YL & OM, YL over musical begin of program or section, YL, break, music with OM & YL, OM continues, 0238 abruptly off mid sentence. Good (Mark Taylor, Madison WI, Perseus, WinRadio g313e, Eton e1, Grunding G5; EWE, Flextenna, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) 11545, CLANDESTINE [sic] (Afghanistan). Salam Watandar – Sofia, 0344- 0359*, Jul 31. Talks by a man and woman announcers followed by IRRS ID inviting reception reports at 0359 before carrier was terminated. Fair to good (Rich D'Angelo, Wyomissing PA 19610, USA, Ten-Tec RX-340, Drake R-8B, Eton E1, Eton E5, Alpha Delta DX Sloper, RF Systems Mini- Windom, Datong FL3, JPS ANC-4, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) ** ALGERIA [non]. 11985, FRANCE, Radio Algérienne – Issoudun, 0607- 0657*, Aug 10. Recitations during Holy Qur`an program. Talk in Arabic language by a man announcer at 0631 followed by more recitations. Carrier cut during talk by another man. Fair although somewhat noisy conditions (Rich D'Angelo, Wyomissing PA 19610, USA, Ten-Tec RX-340, Drake R-8B, Eton E1, Eton E5, Alpha Delta DX Sloper, RF Systems Mini- Windom, Datong FL3, JPS ANC-4, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) ** ANGOLA. 4949.76, R. Nacional, 2145, noted in passing with usual low modulation, talk by Portuguese man. 5/8 (David Sharp, NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4949.76, 2250-2300 06.08, R Nacional de Angola, Mulenvos, Portuguese animated talk, 25222 (Anker Petersen, latest loggings from Skovlunde, Denmark on my AOR and RadioJet, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** ANTARCTICA. LRA 36 quite strong today --- I checked during some free time at 1910 UT via Twente and found a strong carrier and little or no BBC Arabic splatter. Very easily audible in LSB. They are audible but a little muffled in AM. Hearing a song from "Grease`` at 1925 with female announcer in Spanish. By far the best I have ever heard them. As strong and at times stronger than BBC on 15480. DH KCMO (Dave Hughes, MO, Aug 13, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DX LISTENING DIGEST) If not conditions, maybe they have solved the energy power issues they had, as I recall the reason from them for low power operation. 73 (Horacio Nigro, Uruguay, ibid.) LRA36 llegando algo mejor que en los últimos días, hoy a las 1904 UT: http://youtu.be/gjYgazo8OWI (Rodolfo Tizzi, Uruguay, Aug 13, condiglista yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DXLD) Si no es propagación, probablemente hayan reparado la energía suministrada. Si mal no recuerdo ésta era la razón de la baja potencia usada (Horacio Nigro, ibid.) 15476 kHz --- Horacio: En mi última comunicación telefónica con el operador de la LRA36 me comento que están saliendo con aprox. 2 kW por que alimentan el equipo con un generador chico, aunque el equipo es el de siempre de 10 kW reparado. Yo estimo que esto es por que hay restricciones de combustible en esta campaña. Recordar que se puede comunicar con la emisora telefónicamente y por facebook. Saludos (Alejandro D Alvarez, LU8YD, Aug 14, condiglista yg via DXLD) The Y in his call indicates he is way down south, I think (gh, DXLD) Amigos, É muito difícil captar a Radio Nacional Árcangel San Gabriel, Base Esperanza, Antártica, em 15476 kHz (2 kW)? Só hoje tomei conhecimento da existência dela. 73 (Lucio Haeser, Brasília, Aug 14, radioescutas yg via DXLD) Muito dificil. Aqui em Porto Alegre tenho tentado sem sucesso (Rogério Guedes, Aug 14, ibid.) Lucio, A operação tem sido irregular, aparentemente com potência inferior ao habitual e há forte interferência da BBC em Árabe em 15480 kHz. Uma péssima combinação. A sintonia dela já foi bem mais fácil. 73 (Ivan Dias Jr. - Sorocaba/SP, ibid.) Lúcio, Me parece que essa emissora é sazonal. Agora, no rigoroso inverno Antártico, deve ser mais difícil. De qualquer forma, me parece que sua operação é diária, das 15 às 18 horas de Brasília (18-21 UT) Lembro de sintonizá-la regularmente à tarde, muitos anos atrás, quando morava no Mato Grosso do sul, mas no verão. Mais informações em http://www.marambio.aq/radioarcangelsangabriel.html 73 (Arthur Antonio Raimundo, Manaus AM Brasil, ibid.) ** ARGENTINA. LRA en 6060 kHz --- La vengo escuchando desde la mañana temprano. Supongo que es por el acto electoral de hoy. El mismo desparramo de siempre, dicho sea de paso. – (Rodolfo Tizzi, http://cx2abp.blogspot.com/ August 11, condiglista yg via DXLD) Por Chile se escucha 6060, con mala modulación y en 15345 cuasi como local, con una locutora hablando del celular y el baño??? Saludos! (Claudio Galaz, Chile, 1848 UT Aug 11, ibid.) Lo que preciso es un ejemplo sonoro del perjuicio en la recepción. Cómo está saliendo la fundamental, los espurios un rango de frecuencias. En fin lo que sirva para acompañar una petición a las autoridades para que intercedan ante las argentinas. Desde Uruguay es importante pero se puede marcar desde países vecinos o zonas aledañas HAN (Horacio Nigro, Uruguay, ibid.) Re: LRA en 6060 kHz --- Un radioaficionado LU que vive a 15 km de la planta transmisora de Radio Nacional, me dice que conoce al jefe técnico personalmente y hace 2 años ya le comenté del problema, de las espurias. "Todos lo saben y no se repara por falta de presupuesto". Insólito!!! (Horacio Nigro, Uruguay, Aug 14, ibid.) 15344.91, RAE, 2155, weak and fluttery, nice tangos to 2200, IS. 5/8 (David Sharp, NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ARMENIA. 4810, Armenian Radio, 1908, Arabic, vocals to about 1915, then talk by a man. Fair. 10/8 (David Sharp, NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ASIA [non]. USA (non), Frequency change of Radio Free Asia: 1600-1700 NF 15400 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg to EaAs Chinese Tue, ex 15340 (DX RE MIX NEWS #794 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, August 13, 2013 via DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. Received a wonderful eQSL for the original Radio Symban testing that was done in 2009, from the transmitter then located at Marrickville. My original report and response from Radio Symban shown below. Copy of new eQSL at https://app.box.com/s/ib1a7i3hsof3wc996lja and best viewed as “Go full screen”. Certainly my very best QSL and appreciate the work that Ian Baxter put into the design of this unique eQSL. Excellent! (Ron Howard, San Francisco, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: - - - - DXLD 9-055: ``2368.50, Radio Symban (presumed), 1253-1337, July 30, 2009. Best reception after my local sunrise, which was about 1311. Heard their Greek style music and singing. When I got home from the beach I immediately checked their website for audio, to see if it was the same type of music and singing I had just heard and it was, but I cannot confirm that it was parallel. Was unable to hear any announcements (maybe they didn’t have any?), only heard music and songs. Had tuned in earlier at 1204, to find the signal mostly below threshold level, but even then I could briefly make out some singing. Thanks to Wayne Bastow for the timely tip in dxldyg! […] (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1472, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Response from R. Symban (2368.50 kHz): [in 2009] Hi Ron, Thank you very much for your email. We are extremely delighted by your report and comments and we must admit we are very surprised that our signal was heard in your part of the world considering we are in test mode for a few days and are only transmitting at 50 Watts. There is nothing else attached to the system as yet, which causes us to strongly believe that our new aerial and when our new transmitter is connected soon to replace the 50 Watt, we expect big things. Please stay tuned as there is big changes due to Radio Symban, we are sure you will know when this happens. Again many thanks and we look forward in hearing from you. Enjoy. Regards, Angelo (Radio Symban - Sydney Australia) (via Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, July 30, 2009, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1472, DX LISTENING DIGEST)`` Radio LMS - Back On Air - August 10th 0930 UT, 2368.5 kHz (Ian Baxter, NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) [non-log]. 2368.5, Radio LMS - The Voice of Le Manamea Samoa. Last heard by me on July 18. This month, through August 13, checked almost every day with the result of not even hearing an open carrier, from around 1130 to 1300 (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. 2325 kHz, August 8 at 1203, music sounds same as on stronger 2485, jazz singer peaking S9+12, and also same as on strongest 4835, all three VL8 Northern Territory stations (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. 4835, ABC Alice Springs, 1010 audible and readable amid WWCR slop QRM. Almost as strong as WWCR at 1024!! Live Australian Football coverage perfectly readable. Pacific reception better than usual. 4 August (Dave Valko, Dunlo PA, HCDX via DXLD) VL8K, 2485 kHz, 1115 UT. First time I've heard them in quite a while. Ball game || to 9580, but about two seconds behind 9580 in the feed. VL8A, 4835 kHz, 1145 UT. Listenable even in the splatter of WWCR on 4840. In the clear after 1200. Radio Australia, 5995 kHz, 1210 UT, DRM. Not enough of a signal to get a consistent lock on the audio, just a Radio Australia notification and the occasional snippet of sound. While it's difficult to tell, I don't believe this broadcast carried the same ballgame as the other Australian frequencies monitored today (Tim Rahto, Luther IA, Aug 10, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15160, fundamental of RA SHP English service program showed also two minor spurious symmetrically 15.4 kHz away on 15144.551 and 15175.449 kHz, poor S=4-5 signal noted on remote SDR unit at Brisbane. At 0200 UT Aug 12 (Wolfgang Büschel, Aug 12,, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. Aug 14, 07 UTC 11945/9710: “ABC News for the Australia Network” in place of Radio Australia news or Radio National. News jingle was recognizable as ABC TV News one too. So, a TV feed. Meanwhile, RNZI doing really well at same hour on 11725 kHz (Dr Derek Lynch, Ireland, Aug 15, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. 15490, August 12 at 1250, HCJB Kununurra inbooming with gospel huxter yelling in unknown language about ``Yesucristu``. Once in a while, QRM from distorted English, suspected their program feed problem from Melbourne. I`ll take the other service on 15340 instead, with some S Asian singing by a hyper-soprano. Aoki shows 15340 in Bengali on Mondays at 1245-1300, and 15490 in Rawang daily at 1230- 1300. 15490, Aug 13 at 1232, HCJB Rawang service on VG signal, SSOB in fact, with guitar, country-music gospel song by OM, 1233 IAD, 1234 cut to another hymn by YL, 1235 cut to usual hypreacher. They need some improvement in editing. No doubt the Rawangs are impressed by somestation bothering to broadcast in their minority language; is it the only one on SW? Not quite: Once you find EiBi`s abbr. for it as RWG, easiest place to research this is his list: FEBC also has a quarter-hour daily; and HCJB presents another semihour in local mornings. His exhaustive language list at http://www.eibispace.de/dx/README.TXT shows population info: ``RWG Rawang: Burma (60,000), India-Arunachal Pr.(60,000)``, now all on the road to Jerusalem (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AZERBAIJAN. UNIDENTIFIED. 9677.55, First observed at 2335 along with the carrier of RRI Jakarta on 9680.05. Is strong enough but I'm not getting any audio. From the looks of the waveform, it may be airing just a low 500 Hz tone. Not quite high enough to overcome the het between the 2 signals. Getting splash QRM from 9675 CRI and 9680 R. Free Asia (Kuwait) 0100-0200. Was quite strong and peaking around 0130, but QRMed. Had faded after 0200 but still fairly strong. Below audible level by 0300. Could barely make it out in the display at 0600, and gone at 0630. No audio ever noted. Fade out time seems it might very well be eastern Europe or western Asia, indicating possibly Talyshistan. Then again it could be nothing at all!! 8-9 August (Dave Valko, Dunlo PA, HCDX via WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DXLD) 9677.67, Stepanakert presumed here at 2015, throwing a big het against nominal but not much more than a carrier, so presumed. 8/8 (David Sharp, NSW, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Strong unmodulated carrier was observed on August 9: 0500-0815 9677.6 SPK 010 kW / non-dir to CeAs. No QRM from 9675, 9680 Weak unmodulated carrier was observed on Friday, August 9: 1315-1505 9677.6 SPK 010 kW / non-dir to CeAs. QRM from 9675 and 9680 Again strong unmodulated carrier was observed on August 10: 1315-1602 9677.6 SPK 010 kW / non-dir to CeAs. QRM from 9675 and 9680 At present no SW broadcasts from V. of Justice & Voice of Talyshistan Voice of Justice 0600-0630 on 9677.6 SPK 010 kW / non-dir to CeAs Azeri Wed/Sat 1400-1430 on 9677.6 SPK 010 kW / non-dir to CeAs Azeri Tue/Fri Voice of Talyshistan 0900-1000 on 9677.6 SPK 010 kW / non-dir to CeAs Talysh Tue-Sat 1200-1300 on 9677.6 SPK 010 kW / non-dir to CeAs Talysh Tue-Sat 1500-1600 on 9677.6 SPK 010 kW / non-dir to CeAs Talysh Tue-Sat (Ivo Ivanov blog via dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DXLD) Strong unmodulated carrier was observed on August 9/10: 0500-0815 on 9677.6 SPK 010 kW / non-dir to CeAs on August 9 1315-1505 on 9677.6 SPK 010 kW / non-dir to CeAs on August 9 1315-1602 on 9677.6 SPK 010 kW / non-dir to CeAs on August 10 Spurious signals of Brother Stair via Nauen: The Overcomer Ministries/TOM/ on 9678.4 and 9631.6 or +/- 23.4 kHz from fundamental frequency, 1400-1600 on 9655 NAU 100 kW / 275 deg to WeEu English Mon-Thu (Ivo Ivanov blog via dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1682, XLD) That`s awfully close to the (presumed?) SPK 9677.6 you have been reporting. Do you hear them both at once making het? (gh, DXLD) ** BANGLADESH. 4750.0, Bangladesh Betar – Home Service. Thanks to Wolfy for the timely alert in dxldyg on August 11, that RRI Makassar was off the air; noted the same at 1218 tune in; subcontinent music and chatting in what certainly sounded like Bangla; no QRM at all till 1225 when CNR1 suddenly come on (faded-up?) with classical music (// 6125), which was stronger than BB. Very nice to again hear BB without RRI QRM (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4750, Bangladesh Betar - HS, 1238-1242, August 12 (Monday). With the continued absence of RRI Makassar, was able to hear the weekly Monday SAARC news bulletin in English, which was already in progress (probably started as usual at 1235?); 1243 start of news in Bangla; frequent IDs; seemed to be the weather in English at 1252, but that is tentative; poor due to heavy CNR1 QRM. Aoki lists a new development here? He shows English everyday from 1235 to 1255. The last I knew the SAARC news was only on Monday in English from 1235 to about 1242, with weather in English about 1252. Now that RRI is off, perhaps a chance to check if English news is actually on daily? (Ron Howard, San Francisco, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BANGLADESH. 15505, August 8 at 1358-1400+, no signal at all from BB, compensating for above-average signal yesterday; wonder if on the air at all today; some other Asian signals were making it on 15, 17 and 21 MHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15105, Bangladesh Betar, Aug 09 1234-1245, 33433, English, News, ID at 1244 (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, August 9 I am standing by for Bangladesh Betar to come on and it does at *1355; by 1358 I can make out the IS, but JBA. It lasts a few seconds past 1400, and I cannot make out any timesignal before Urdu opening. 15505, August 10 at 1359, BB IS, poor signal, but timesignal is clear, 5 + 1, last pip higher, ending at 1400:01.5, then ``Salam Aleikum``, opening Urdu. 15505, August 11 at 1358, BB very poor with tone test, 1358:26 starts IS, timesignal ends at 1400:02.5, opening Urdu. 15505, August 12 at 1356, BB carrier is on with big hum, 1358:27 IS starts and the hum is reduced; timesignal ends at 1400:01.5, opening Urdu; transmitter hiccups off briefly at 1401:09. 15505, Aug 14 at 1357 BB with tone; just before 1358 the IS starts with some hum and runs past 1400. Final iteration faded down incomplete in order to play off-time signal ending at 1400:20.5, later than lately or usual, then opening Urdu. Very poor with flutter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 3310, R. Mosoj Chaski. Wasn't there when at 0837 check but was there at 0903. So must have changed their sign on to 0900 instead of 0830 as they were before they went off the air in July. 6 August (Dave Valko, Dunlo PA, HCDX via DXLD) 3310, R. Mosoj Chaski, 1050, threshold with several mentions of "Cochabamba" as part of a lengthy talk. Going downhill fast. 9/8 (David Sharp, NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. Radio Yura --- la estoy escuchando desde las 0040 por 4716.75 kHz, buena señal (Ernesto Paulero, Argentina, UT August 14, condiglista yg via DXLD) I usually check for this around 0100, but not much of a signal here for some weeks (Glenn Hauser, OK, DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. Unas escuchas que hice unos días atrás; lo que me sorprendió fue escuchar Radio Lípez relativamente bien todos estos días, cosa que antes no pasaba; quizás en la reactivación subieron potencia en el transmisor u otra razón. 4795.9, Radio Lípez (Uyuni, Bolivia), 2227 UT 09 Agosto. Anuncio publicitario por un hombre y una mujer en (probablemente) quechua, luego más anuncios en los cuales mencionan a Cochabamba y Sucre; después, música andina y el locutor del programa manda saludos al suroeste potosino. La señal sufre ligera interferencia de señal cercana de CNR 1 [Geermu] en los 4800, SINPO: 44334 (Marcos Cox, location unknown, Receptor: Degen DE1103 + Antena Cable Largo 3 Metros, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. Pio Doce - 5952.53, Decent signal coming into northern New Hampshire at 0102. M & W announcers with Spanish banter; music. Back with banter at 0112. Best in ECSS-LSB (Scott R. Barbour Jr, Intervale, NH, NRD=545, MLB-1, 200' Beverages, 60m dipole, UT Aug 14, NASWA yg via DXLD) Nice catch, Scott. Got it here in upstate NY too with an S8-9 signal, albeit with plenty of static and QRN. Confirmed by listening to the web feed. Pio Doce, Siglo Veinte. Still going now past 0204 with singing (Christian pop?) in Spanish (John Figliozzi, Halfmoon, NY, Eton E1-XM, A/D DX Sloper, 0206 UT Aug 14, ibid.) At least its carrier and usually audio here around 0100 (gh, OK, DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 6134.83, R. Santa Cruz. Caught full canned s/on ID by M at 0848 as I tuned in, followed by the usual R. Santa Cruz theme song. Very weak, oddly enough. MUF was down to 8 MHz though, 4 August (Dave Valko, Dunlo PA, HCDX via DXLD) 6134.83, 2340-0020 06 and 09.08, R Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Spanish talks and Andean orchestra music, 34233 (Anker Petersen, latest loggings from Skovlunde, Denmark on my AOR and RadioJet, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) 6135, Radio Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz, Bolivia), 0125 UT 10 Agosto. Anuncio que dice: "Así llegamos al final de Santa Cruz en la Noche por 6135 kilociclos" (y otras frecuenias en AM y FM), después ID: "Transmite desde Santa Cruz de la Sierra"; después anuncios publicitarios en los que mencionan "Con el Apoyo de Radio Santa Cruz". Siguen varias canciones de cumbia; después a las 0210 dicen: "Ha transcurrido un día más. Ha transmitido Radio Santa Cruz por (frequencias en AM, FM y OC). Después Canción de Radio Santa Cruz y termina programación a las 0213 UT y apagan transmisor a las 0216. SINPO: 45434 (Marcos Cox, location unknown, Receptor: Degen DE1103 + Antena Cable Largo 3 Metros, condiglista yg via DXLD) = UT Saturday ** BRAZIL. Depois de vários meses fora do ar, a Rádio Cultura de Araraquara (SP) voltou a ser ouvida esta semana na banda de 90 metros. Ela atualmente é a única emissora brasileira operando nessa faixa, já que a Rádio Mundial (SP) está fora do ar há muito tempo. 73!!! (Alex Costa, 8 August, Célio Romais blog http://blog.romais.jor.br/?p=836#comments via WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DXLD) 3365 ** BRAZIL. 4815, Rádio Difusora Londrina (Londrina, Brasil), 2255 UT 09 Agosto. Espacio informativo en portugués en el cual hablan de las operadoras telefónicas, el gobierno federal y también noticias de agricultura, SINPO: 45444 (Marcos Cox, location unknown, Receptor: Degen DE1103 + Antena Cable Largo 3 Metros, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 4824.95, 0125-0135 09.08, R Canção Nova, Cachoeira Paulista, SP, Portuguese religious hymns, 15221 (Anker Petersen, latest loggings from Skovlunde, Denmark on my AOR and RadioJet, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) 4825, Rádio Canção Nova (Cachoeira Paulista, Brasil), 0403 UT 14 Agosto. Anuncios de programas en português de la emissora como Aló Canção Nova, en el que mencionan que lo transmiten a las 7 de la mañana; luego ID de la emisora con frecuencias en las que transmiten, SINPO: 35333 (Marcos Cox, location unknown, Receptor: Degen DE1103 + Antena Cable Largo 3 Metros, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 4915.03, R. Daqui/Anhanguera, 0857 long announcement by M with several mentions of Anhanguera and mailing address, then soft vocal song, and ranchera-like song. 0903:15 canned Anhanguera ID by M, and another ZY Ranchera. 0906:10 full canned Anhanguera ID by M. Then religious program ending with contact info and website. Starting to fade by 0930. Not one mention or ID of Daqui. It actually looks like there is another signal here beside it, but is probably that most of the modulation is on the high side. There was a het from another signal on 4914.94. MP3 recording at https://app.box.com/s/zxbmo7gjcdptuze9o0fd 5 August (Dave Valko, Dunlo PA, HCDX via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 4914.99, R. Difusora Macapá. Mention of Macapá by live studio M announcer at 0953 during announcement after ZY pop song. Nice ID by M over "Ave Maria" at 0955, then what sounded like inspirational talk by W until Daqui/Anhanguera fired up at 0858:41. It looks odd that both stations` modulation is mostly on the high side. Wonder if both are using the same type transmitter?? Very noisy conditions this morning. 6 August (Dave Valko, Dunlo PA, HCDX via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 4925.22, 0135-0145 09.08, R Educação Rural, Tefé, AM, Portuguese ann, music, 15221 (Anker Petersen, latest loggings from Skovlunde, Denmark on my AOR and RadioJet, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 5939.87, 2340-2350 08.08, Voz Missionária, Camboriú, SC, Portuguese man preaching and singing, choir singing hymn with a simple drum accompaniment 35233 (Anker Petersen, latest loggings from Skovlunde, Denmark on my AOR and RadioJet, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 6080.05, 0000-0010 09.08, R Marumby, Curitiba, PR, Portuguese religious conversation, 25222 (Anker Petersen, latest loggings from Skovlunde, Denmark on my AOR and RadioJet, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 6105.00, 2335-2345 06.08, R Filadélfia, Foz do Iguacu, PR, Portuguese religious talk, 25222 (Anker Petersen, latest loggings from Skovlunde, Denmark on my AOR and RadioJet, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. Olá amigos! Já há algum tempo, não consigo receber em minha cidade os sinais da Rádio Cultura de São Paulo em OC (9615 kHz). Não sei se é problema de propagação ou se há algum problema nos transmissores em OC. Isso tem uns dois anos já, dois nos que não consigo receber os sinais. Peço que algum colega me dê alguma informação, se possível. Meu grid locator é GG89NS. Obrigado! (Luiz Augusto - PY4DH, Aug 14, radioescutas yg via DXLD) It`s been totally off SW for longer than that (gh, DXLD) Caro amigo Luiz Augusto, PY4DH. Assim como algumas outras, a Rádio Cultura deixou as ondas curtas há algum tempo, transmitia por 6170, 9615 e 17815 kHz. Hoje utiliza as ondas médias e o FM apenas. Talvez à noite você consiga captar os 1200 kHz da Cultura onde você reside. 73, (Rudolf Grimm, São Bernardo SP, ibid.) Olá amigo Rudolf Grimm! Que triste notícia você me deu. Gosto muito da programação da Rádio Cultura de São Paulo. À noite ainda consigo (com alguma dificuldade) ouví-la por aqui em 1200 kHz. No mais, só pela internet, mas aí não tem muita graça. Tenho uma história muito bacana com esta emissora. Lembro-me de quando eu estava para casar (isso há uns 6 anos atrás), quando eu estava reformando a casa onde moro, colocando os lustres, fazendo o serviço elétrico, colocava meu Zenith Transoceanic sintonizado em 9615 e ficava a tarde inteira ouvindo a Cultura e trabalhando. Bons tempos!!! Obrigado pela informação!!! 73!!! (Luiz Augusto - PY4DH, ibid.) Olá Luiz Augusto, Há bons tempos a Rádio Cultura não está mais transmitindo nesta freqüência! Lamentavelmente o interesse em levar a cultura nos mais distantes lugares do Brasil fica sempre em último plano! Num pais onde a maioria da população não lê nem um livro por ano, não é de estranhar uma emissora voltada para a cultura cortar transmissão em ondas curtas! (Wilson - PY4WU, ibid.) ** BRAZIL. 11854.945, R Aparecida in Portuguese, just on poor threshold level in our European morning at 1020 UT (Wolfgang Büschel, Aug 10, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 11 via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 11915, Rádio Gaúcha – Puerto Alegre (Presumed), 0017, 8/4/13 in Portuguese. Brass band music (kind of rustic) Fair (Mark Taylor, Madison WI, Perseus, WinRadio g313e, Eton e1, Grunding G5; EWE, Flextenna, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) 11915+, August 11 at 0059, fair signal with music, 2 or 3 time pips ending about 5 seconds late, and Brazoguese announcement, mentions Porto Alegre, so it`s certainly ZYE851, R. Gaúcha there. I haven`t heard this in a long time in the evenings, and suspect it has not always been active. Slightly on hi side of frequency. No sign of 11925v Bandeirantes now (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11915, Rádio Gaúcha – Porto Alegre, 0230-0303*, Aug 11. Man announcer with Portuguese talks hosting a program of easy instrumental music. At 0259 the man gave ID and closedown announcements. Off without any anthem. Poor (Rich D'Angelo, Wyomissing PA 19610, USA, Ten-Tec RX-340, Drake R-8B, Eton E1, Eton E5, Alpha Delta DX Sloper, RF Systems Mini- Windom, Datong FL3, JPS ANC-4, NASWA Flashsheet via WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DXLD) Rádio Gaúcha en 11915 está activa muy de vez en cuando, sobre todo los domingos con transmisiones de fútbol. Donde siempre está es en 6000 kHz hasta las 0300 UTC por lo menos. Bandeirantes está todos los días en 11925: es muy raro el dia que no use esa frecuencia. – (Rodolfo Tizzi, Aug 11, http://cx2abp.blogspot.com/ condiglista yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DXLD) ** BRAZIL. [Re 13-32:] RB2 SW Plans & Pics Needs a "-" between em & ondas. http://radiorb2.com.br/rb2-volta-a-transmitir-para-o-mundo-em-ondas-curtas/ 73, (Mauno Ritola, swsites yg via DXLD) On a clip from Fredrik Dourén we both hear that "RB2", 1430 kHz, formerly Rádio Clube Paranaense, in Curitiba, PR, is about to reactivate three SW outlets, 11935, 9725 and 6040 kHz (Henrik Klemetz, Sweden, August 11, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Other reports said it would be in December (gh) Copiando a gravação feita em 1430 kHz pelo Fredrik Dourén, na Suécia, em 10 de agosto 2013: "A RB2, a maior potência do estado do Paraná, tem uma ótima notícia para Curitiba, a região metropolitana --- para o Brasil --- para a América do Sul --- para o mundo --- em breve, além de transmitir em 1430 kHz, estaremos reativando todo o parque de ondas curtas com cobertura mundial, transmitiendo em ondas médias ZYJ200, 1430 kHz, transmitindo em ondas curtas ZYE725, 25 metros, em 11935 kHz, 31 metros, em 9725 kHz, 49 metros, em 6040 kHz. Uma das maiores potencias da América Latina, RB2, a primeira do Paraná". A RB2 é a antiga PRB2. Vejam um cartão QSL do ano 1960 no arquivo "QSL" desta lista (Henrik Klemetz, Suécia, radioescutas yg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 15191.251, Rádio Inconfidência, poor S=3-4 signal, just on threshold level in mid-night European time slot, 0218 UT. I could distinguish only spoken content from music. At 1040 on 15191.256 (Wolfgang Büschel, Aug 10, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 11 via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. Riassunto Report Travel Brazilian Rio de Janeiro - Manaus by Roberto Pavanello Riassunto Report Viaggio Brazil 29 luglio ~09 agosto 2013 compilato da Roberto Pavanello: [excerpts of an extensive travel-log, picking out some stations visited involving at least formerly on shortwave among very many which are not; there may be more SW angles I have missed --- gh] Il terzo tentativo era una pietra miliare del Dxing brasiliano, quella Radio Cultura do Pará 5045 kHz e 93,7 MHz che per anni ha fatto giungere tutte le notti i suoi segnali in Italia. Poi una quindicina di anni fá il silenzio interrotto per un annetto un paio di anni orsono ed ora di nuovo il silenzio. Comunque una storica emittente da me piú volte ascoltata e confermata. Eravamo ricevuti dal Direttore Tecnico che ci illustrava tutta la situazione dell´onda corta oggi in silenzio a causa del danno al trasmettitore da 10 Kwatt Continental di produzione cilena causato da un fulmine temporalesco. Molto interessante parlare con una persona che conosce il nostro hobby, i nostri interessi, le nostre esigenze. Venivamo portati a vedere gli studi di produzione e la sala trasmettitori e scattavamo numerose foto della bella location ove la radio é ospitata. Peccato che nessun esemplare dei meravigliosi adesivi che vedevamo sulle auto e sulle pareti degli uffici fossero disponibili. Si continuava nella leggenda del Dxing sui 60 metri raggiungendo la sede che Radio Clube do Pará 4885 e 690 kHz suddivide con le sorelline Diario FM 92,9 MHz e 99 FM 99,9 MHz. Si era davvero nel mito, roba da inchinarsi a baciare la terra!!! Se oltre alle 2 cubane c´é un´altra stazione latino-americana che tutte le notti si puó essere certi di ascoltare questa é Radio Clube do Pará. Se verso le 23 UTC non la si ascolta significa che é scoppiato il Sole!!!!! Non é stato difficile entrare grazie ad un rapporto non confermato dell´ amico Alexander di San Pietroburgo ed una volta dentro eravamo accolti da Daniela Barion, responsabile del marketing e da Antonio Giordano, altro adetto al marketing, italo-brasiliano (madre brasiliana, padre italiano) che parla un italiano perfetto e quindi per un paio di ore ci é davvero sembrato di essere in casa, tanto sono stati, con noi, gentili e disponibili. Visitavamo gli studi delle tre emittenti, ci incontravamo con il piú importante locutor della medesima, venivamo omaggiati di vari souvenir (la stazione é perfettamente consapevole e lieta di arrivare in tutto il mondo e di ricevere rapporti di ricezione da noi hobbysti). Vari materiali ci venivano anche con nostra somma gioia offerti e quindi che dire, se non che vale davvero la pena di fare una sosta in Belem solo per conoscere Radio Clube do Pará!!!!! Percui se passate da Belem andateci, potete parlare anche in italiano!!!! ! e se avete un rapporto di ascolto non verificato lo potrete confirmare. [. . .] Mercoledi 7 il trasferimento a Manaus, la mitica capitale dell' Amazzonia brasileira, la "gemella" della già visitata peruana Iquitos. Dovevamo partire da Belem alle 12.35 ma uno sciopero dei lavoratori aeroportuali che temono tagli e licenziamenti dato che finora hanno fatto in tre i lavori che in Italia fá una persona, ci bloccava all´aeroporto di Belem fino alle 23,40 !!!! Non faccio commenti per non rischiare una denuncia per comportamento antisindacale!!! Comunque alle 3 di notte eravamo in albergo NOVOTEL in Manaus e alle 11 giá eravamo per le vie del capoluogo amazzonico. Si iniziava da una delle più note emittenti cittadine, quella Radio Barè oggi attiva solo su 1440 kHz in onda media, ma per anni anche sui 60 metri nella frequenza di 4895 kHz ove molto spesso faceva giungere i suoi segnali fino a noi. Li eravamo accolti dalla Segretaria del Direttore Generale, Adriana, che ci accompagnava a visitare gli studi, ci scattava un sacco di fotografie a ricordo dell´avvenimento (evidentemente siamo stati i primi due europei a visitare l´emittente) e ci faceva intervistare da un giornalista del giornale a loro collegato, Jornal do Comércio, per un articolo sulla nostra visita in Manaus!!!! Peccato che a tanta cortesia non corrispondesse altrettanto materiale nelle nostre borse, solo una biro col logo del giornale era quanto raccoglievamo. Si andava all´ennesima sede di Radio Boas Novas che in Manaus predica su 930 kHz e 107,9 MHz. Alla sede della radio non avevano nulla, ma esattamente come in Arequipa con Radio Bethel, a fianco avevano una loja (negozio in portoghese, in dialetto vercellese indica invece una donna esercitante la piú antica professione umana) ove con la modica cifra di 30 Reais (circa 10 Euro) mi compravo una T-shirt ed un portachiavi (anche questo esattamente come in Arequipa). Dopo aver foraggiato i predicatori di Boas Novas proseguivamo verso FM do Povo 94,3 MHz. Li arrivati trovavamo una torre in cemento con un´antennona sopra e un bugigattolo al pian terreno. Al pian terreno era ospitata la reception assolutamente vuota. Si attendeva un 15-20 minuti e quando la stanca receptionista faceva la sua magica apparizione era solamente per dirci che mai sono esistiti adesivi dell´emittente. Fantastico!!!! Si andava all´indirizzo a noi conosciuto di Cidade FM 99,3 MHz. Si suonava il campanello della macilenta porticina dell´ancor piú macilento edificio ma nessuno rispondeva ai nostri richiami. Fotografavamo l´insegna e decidevamo di tornarci il giorno successivo. Era giunta l´ora di un altro mito, Radio Difusora Amazonas 96,9 MHz, 1180 kHz e 4805 kHz faixa tropicais do 60 metros. Benché recentemente le sue segnalazioni di ascolto in Europa siano un pó calate é sicuramente una delle emittenti brasiliane piú regolari sui 60 metri, con segnali che giungono da noi giá verso le 23-23,30. L´emittente é di ispirazione cattolica, (bello l´azulejos in stile manuelino con l´immagine di Maria presente all´ingresso) ma non mancano programmi musicali e sportivi che ne rendono piacevole l´ascolto. Venivamo accolti con molto piacere e portati a visitare gli studi sia dell´AM che dell´FM (le due programmazioni sono differenti) e omaggiati, oltre che di acqua e cafezinho, di alcuni adesivi che come minimo avranno 30 anni e due belle T-shirt. Veramente un bel momento, peccato solo che un rapido monitoraggio della banda dei 60 metri fatto un pó piú tardi ci avrebbe dimostrato che l´emittente é inattiva sui 60 metri. Speriamo sia solo una pausa temporanea. Era quindi la volta di Radio Marinha 99,9 MHz. E´questa l´emittente della Marina Militare Brasiliana che é presente in Manaus per difendere il Rio delle Amazzoni da eventuali incursioni del Corsaro Nero. Nessun problema a raggiungere il corpo di guardia e a spiegare al piantone il motivo della visita. Questi chiamava il responsabile dell´emittente che scendeva a portarci un po´di foglietti informativi. Vá beh, all´unica altra stazione militare da me visitata, la BFBS di Gibilterra, le cose erano andate decisamente meglio ma chi si accontenta gode. Una piccola curiositá: se in Manaus volete ascoltare un po´di musica fra le 19 e le 20 necessariamente dovrete sintonizzare Radio Marinha: tutte le altre diffondono A Voz do Brasil, lei no!!!! Era la volta di un´altra possibile preda dei nostri ricevitori: la sede, condivisa con la musicale Radio Castanho 103,3 MHz, di Radio Rio Mar 1290, 6160 e 9695 kHz. Si tratta delle stazioni dell´Arcidiocesi cattolica di Manaus e le ricezioni italiane vanno tentate sull´ultima frequenza fra le 21 e le 22 UTC quando le trasmissioni sull´onda corta vengono interrotte. Un vero peccato perché é solo verso le 22 che normalmente avvengono le aperture dal Brasile sui 31 metri, peró se l´attivitá solare é elevata, a volte, giá un poco prima si possono ricevere segnali brasiliani e quindi anche Radio Rio Mar che peró é una pessima verificatrice e mai i miei rapporti di ricezione hanno avuto risposta. Si era ricevuti dal responsabile della programmazione, molto gentile e molto disponibile a farci vedere tutto quanto poteva interessarci, ma il nulla piú assoluto era il nostro bottino finale. Comunque ugualmente un bel momento degno di essere vissuto. Da un mito all´altro: Rádio Cultura Ondas Tropicais 4845 kHz, l´emittente di Manaus piú facile e comunemente ricevuta in Italia, giá verso le 23 UT. Un´altra locura. Grazie al rapporto di ricezione dell´amico russo, riuscivamo a passare la vigilanza ed essere raggiunti da una delle segretarie dell´ emittente la quale per prima cosa ci spiegava che per un danno al trasmettitore era da 4 mesi che i segnali non venivano diffusi, poi ci portava a vedere lo studio che secondo logica avrebbe dovuto essere deserto dato che la radio é attiva solo sull´unica frequenza di 4845 kHz ed invece no, c´era un locutor regolarmente in onda. Alle nostre domande sul perché stesse operando pur essendo il trasmettitore rotto non siamo riusciti ad ottenere una sola risposta degna di questo nome. Saranno affari dei contribuenti del Gobierno do Estado da Amazonas e non nostri. Comunque tutto quello che si otteneva era un timbro sul rapporto di Alexander. Si andava all´indirizzo (Rua Prof. Marciano Armond 296) che credevamo essere di Transamerica, il noto network di musica pop attivo in Manaus su 99,1 MHz ma li giunti trovavamo la megasede di una megatelevisione ove il guardiano della sicurezza ci diceva che Transamerica non stava piú li. Sará vero, non sará vero, avremo capito giusto? Boh! Si chiudeva la giornata con MIX FM, la rete di musica rock internazionale, in Manaus su 100,7 MHz. Considerando come erano andate le cose un grande successo: UN adesivo!!!! Ancora su e giú per Manaus venerdi 9 agosto. Riprovavamo con Cidade FM ma di nuovo nessun segno di vita. Andavamo quindi a Amazonas FM 101,5 MHz. Li giunti altra megasede televisiva e altro niente di fatto. Lo stesso succedeva al palazzone condiviso da FM Tiradentes 89,7 MHz e CBN 91,5 MHz Possibile che l´unica sede di CBN a non avere adesivi sia quella di Manaus?????? Mi sá che é tanto comodo rispondere di non avere nulla anziché sbattersi un po´!!!! Nell´andare al successivo indirizzo passavamo davanti ad un palazzo nuovo con un´insegna nuova di Cidade FM. Ecco spiegato il perché della due scampanellate andate a vuoto!!!! Si entrava e si otteneva UN adesivo. L´indirizzo che troverete alla fine di questo articolo é quello nuovo e corretto. Si chiudeva con l´ennesimo insuccesso alla comune sede di A Critica FM 93,1 MHz e Jovem Pan 104,1 MHz. E anche con Manaus si era terminato. LE EMITTENTI VISITATE [in several Brazilian cities, with addresses, websites, e-mail: presumably will be on the playdx website ---- gh] Naturalmente il testo definitivo sará poi compilato al rientro Questo cyber point di Manaus é ottimo ed economico 5 reais per una ora: STRIKE CYBER CAFÉ Rua Do Comercio 50 Parque 10 WEB : http://www.strikelanhouse.com.br L´internet del Novotel purtroppo ieri sera giovedi si é fulminato! e non da + segni di vita...hi. Domani sabato Dario fará relax nel giardino di Novotel, e Roberto visiterá il Rio Amazonas encontro das Aguas.... con il Rio Negro... Saudações, Amigas! Dario & Roberto (all via Dario Monferini, Aug 9, playdx yg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. Digital radio IBOC: Amigos, a Rádio Energia 97 de São Paulo voltou a fazer testes transmitindo digital com identificação; no momento é a única emissora fazendo testes na capital http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2exIFmgxni8 (Preview) 73´s Fran Jr., - São Paulo SP, Aug 10, Sony XDR F1HD, Antena interna dipolo, radioescutas yg via DXLD) ** CANADA. CKMX/CFVP Calgary going all-comedy According to this: http://www.calgarysun.com/2013/08/12/latest-station-on-calgarys-radio-dial-replaces-country-twang-with-24-hour-jokes 73, (Ricky Leong, Calgary BLOG | http://rickyleong.com/ PHOTOS | http://www.flickr.com/photos/rleong101 Aug 13, WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: Latest station on Calgary's radio dial replaces country twang with 24- hour jokes --- By Damien Wood, Calgary Sun First posted: Monday, August 12, 2013 06:55 PM MDT | Updated: Monday, August 12, 2013 07:10 PM MDT Radio microphone File photo Come September, Calgary radio station 1060AM will make the jump from yahoos to yuck yucks. As of the 12th, the radio station will pack in its classic country tunes and re-brand itself as Funny 1060AM, featuring stand-up comedy 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Bell Media Radio Calgary’s brand director Ross MacLeod said the goal is a laugh a minute, as well as some of the familiar content listeners expect from their station of choice. “In between non-stop laughs, Funny 1060AM will offer live weather and traffic updates to help make the daily commute smooth,” MacLeod said in a news release. “We are excited to give Calgary something truly unique on the dial.” Funny 1060AM kicks off with Tracy Morgan (Saturday Night Live, 30 Rock) at the Laugh Shop at Hotel Blackfoot. The station will showcase stand-up performances by the likes of Jerry Seinfeld, Ellen DeGeneres, George Carlin, Chris Rock, Louis C.K., Sarah Silverman and Dennis Miller, according to the release (via WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DXLD) 1060 & 6030. But2, Canada`s only other private SW station is also comedy over-six nights a week, CFRX 6070. Will they be // from the same network? (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, For a while now, Astral Media Inc. has not owned CKMX- 1060AM/CFVP-6030. They officially joined with Bell Media following the completion of the acquisition of Astral by BCE Inc. (Bell). http://www.bellmedia.ca/en/ shows a long list of radio stations owned by Bell, including 1010 AM/CFRX-6070. So Glenn, you are correct to surmise that there is a connection between 1060 AM and 1010 AM, so they may very well soon be carrying some of the same programming. It will seem very strange not hear the long familiar IDs for "Classic Country AM 10-60." It was back in July 2005 that CKMX/CFVP switched over to country music. Website with full history: http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/index3.html?url=http%3A//www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/radio/histories.php%3Fid%3D168%26historyID%3D67 (Ron Howard, CA, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA [non]. GERMANY, Changes of Media Broadcast (MBR): Bible Voice Broadcasting 0700-0730 5945 NAU 100 kW / 270 deg to WeEu English Sun, ex till 0745 0700-0745 5945 NAU 100 kW / 270 deg to WeEu English Sat, ex Sat/Sun 1630-1645 15215 MOS 125 kW / 095 deg to SoAs Tamil Fri, cancelled 1630-1645 15215 NAU 125 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Tamil Sun, cancelled 1730-1800 17515 NAU 100 kW / 148 deg to EaAf Amharic Wed, cancelled 1800-1830 17515 NAU 100 kW / 148 deg to EaAf Somali Sun, cancelled 1830-1845 17515 NAU 100 kW / 148 deg to EaAf Amharic Sat, ex till 1900 (Ivo Ivanov blog Aug 14 via DXLD) ** CANADA [non]. Radio City will be on the air Friday August 16th at 18-19 UT via IRRS on 7290 kHz (and 1368 kHz in Padova, Italy), Also repeated Saturday August 17th at 08-09 UT on 9510 kHz. You can also hear a separate programme every Saturday at 19-20 UT via Radio Merkurs, Latvia on 1485 kHz. On the 4th Saturday of the month there is also a transmission via Hamburger Lokalradio on 7265 kHz at 12-13 UT. Contact address is still: citymorecars @ yahoo.ca (Tom Taylor, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [and non]. Firedrake August 8, before 1300: 13795, poor at 1236 mixing with Chinese, same as on 13830 by itself, i.e. CNR1 jamming as well; search for other CNR1 jammers finds only: 15195, fair at 1249 with more Chinese CCI 16100, very good at 1249; yet none in the 17s, 18s, 14s, 12s 11520, August 8 at 1404, Chinese signal I haven`t noticed before, not // 11615. HFCC and Aoki show that 11520 is the Thursday=day 5-only frequency this hour of Radio Free Asia in Cantonese via TINIAN; while 11615 is VOA in Standard Chinese via Tinang, PHILIPPINES. Since they do not match, I guess I am really hearing them instead of ChiCom CNR1 jammers which Aoki *affirms attack both. Firedrake [and non] bandscan August 9 at 1342-1346 finds nothing at all 12-18 MHz out-of-band, just usual 15115 CNR1 jam mix. Firedrake [non], CNR1 jamming, August 10 before 1400: 17370, good at 1354 16160, good at 1354 16100, very good at 1354 with flutter 15900, fair at 1356; none in the 14s 13920, fair at 1358 13830, very poor at 1358; none in the 12s (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also EAST TURKISTAN 13130, CHINA, CNR1, Aug 11, 1130. M in Chinese, Good. Checking for //s (Rick Barton, El Mirage AZ, Drake R8, Grundig Satellit 750, outdoor Slinky and r.w., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) CNR1 jamming on Sunday evening happens to consist of Western classical music, making it slightly more palatable, if we don`t think of what all it`s blocking. August 11 at 1329, ``Stairway to Lenin`` (a.k.a. Ravel`s ``Bolero``) is playing, which also makes this very easy to spot in bandscanning: 9810, poor at 1335 with flutter; none audible in the 8s or 7s 11785, very good at 1329, best here with least QRM from victim 11805, good at 1329 11990, fair at 1329 13795, fair at 1331, here only mixed with Firedrake in drumming: bad 13830, fair at 1331 15115, very good at 1331, but heavy CCCCI 15195, good at 1331 with less CCI; none higher up to 19 MHz Bolero runs to climax at 1344, then heavy applause, so live performance by Chinese orchestra? If so, they are doing a fine job. I could also hear some audience noise during quiet passages. Announcement and 1345 starts ``William Tell Overture`` by Rossini, which finally reaches the ``Lone Ranger`` part at 1352, but announcers talk over it, and cut it off completely at 1355 before it`s finished! Thumbs down now to ChiCom treatment of serious music! With CNR1 back to hypetalk, find another couple at 1357: 15560 & 15540, poor with hets from V of Tibet; these were not audible when I was searching at 1331+ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) CHINA/MARIANAS/MONGOLIA/PHILIPPINES/UAE, 11695, The only China mainland FIREDRAKE jamming program heard at 0230 UT against RFA Tibetan service via Al Dhabbaya-UAE relay, S=9+15dB signal on Nara, Japan remote net unit. \\ spoken word CNR1 jamming against RFA Tibetan service on 17730U-B and 21570TIN kHz too - at same time slot. Similar jamming also against VoA Tibetan on 17735 kHz via Tinang-PHL, started from 0300 UT, Aug 12 (Wolfgang Büschel, Aug 12,, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 12910, CNR1, Aug 12, 1130. M and F in Chinese, no other out of band CNR transmissions heard. 7385, Firedrake jammer, Aug 12, 1050. Jam music (apologies to Phish), apparently used against Radio Taiwan. 14980, CNR1, Aug 12, 1020. M in Chinese, running //s on 13850 and 12910. Poor on 14980 (Rick Barton, El Mirage AZ, Drake R8, Grundig Satellit 750, outdoor Slinky and r.w., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6180, 6175, 6135, 6125, 6110, August 12 at 1203, an oversupply of CNR1, mainly due to the jamming imperative, 1205 featuring kidvoices. The adjacents seemed unusual: Aoki shows 6175 is a non-jammer, while 6180 blox Taiwan. Firedrake music jamming, August 12 before 1400: 13795, very poor at 1345, mixing with CNR1 and/or target The rest are CNR1, without Firedrake: 15550, very poor at 1344 with het on lo side 15570, fair at 1344 None in the 18s, 17s, 16s, 14s, 13s, 12s, just the usual in-banders on 11 and 15 MHz. Firedrake, August 13 before 1300: 13795, very poor at 1245, mixing with CNR1 The rest are CNR1 jammers instead: 13830, very poor at 1245; none in the 17s, 16s, 15s, 14s, 12s, 10s Plus the inbanders on 11 MHz. Except: 11935, fair with fades at 1249, the CRI Russian service plays a brief clip of Firedrake, surely not proudly proclaiming their jamming tactic. Firedrake [non], August 14, CNR1 jamming before 1300: 13830, very poor at 1236; none in the 12s 14800, very poor at 1236 15940, poor at 1233 16100, poor at 1233 with flutter; none in the 17s, 18s Propagation conditions are generally degraded, even from HCJB Australia on 15 MHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 9744.998, V. of Han (presumed) 1040 definitely soft Chinese- like music. W announcer at 1043. Teasing signal but just too weak. 9 August (Dave Valko, Dunlo PA, HCDX via DXLD) ** CHINA. 11580, CNR1, 1049 alternating Chinese talk by M and W. Fair signal and // 9830 which was about 1/3 of a second behind, oddly enough. 8 August (Dave Valko, Dunlo PA, HCDX via DXLD) ** CHINA. 11980, August 12 at 1213, interview about the limitations on how tall buildings can go, mainly managing elevators. Sometimes it`s hard to tell BBC from CRI, but this is the latter since it`s // 9760, while BBC is on 11750//9740. 11980 is southward from Kunming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** COLOMBIA. 5909.94, Alcaraván Radio, 0715, looking for nice music but instead heard lengthy talk by a Spanish man, almost sounded like a sermon, with crowd response. Maybe something to do with the Pope's visit to ZY-land? 29/7 (David Sharp, NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CONGO. [Republic of], 6115, Radio Congo, 1756, very weak modulation; talk by a French man, into news. Has, on many recent occasions, pulled the plug prior to usual 1830 s/off. 5/8 (David Sharp, NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CONGO DR [non]. 11690, August 12 at 0434, finally got around to confirming that Radio Okapi has *not* returned, despite hopeful (or contingent) BaBcoCk registration in HFCC for this hour via South Africa effective 1 August (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CROATIA. 21280-USB, August 10 at 1405, the OSOB is 9A3OS, making numerous short 5&9 contacts with North Americans, and he also has an American accent, goes by Sam, per QRZ.com despite really being: 9A3OS Croatia, SINISA PUZAK, B. WEISS 5, CAKOVEC 40000, Croatia Constant fonetix are nine-alfa-three-ocean-sugar. Says band is unstable; at first JBA but improving slightly. Cakovec (properly with a hook over the first C) is in the extreme northern tip of Croatia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 1080, R. Cadena Habana/R. Ciudad de la Habana, Villa María, JUL 24 0300-0400 - Lively Cuban music and R. Cadena Habana ID's. 0400 national anthem; over a second Cuban station with a different national anthem. Then romantic ballads which carried through the next two hours with R. Ciudad de la Habana ID's at 0500 and 0600 UT. Prior to the anthem a clear R. Cadena Habana ID, then the first ID after the anthem is R. Ciudad (Brett Saylor, Outer Banks NC; Perseus, SuperLoop aimed south, NRC IDXD Aug 9 via DXLD) So that indicates there are two stations on two networks, rather than one station switching network feeds at midnite (gh, DXLD) ** CUBA. 5040, RHC, 0555 (3:55 pm local), JBA with Spanish talk by a man, RHC IS at 0600. Very difficult to pull any audio here. 30/7 (David Sharp, NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6125, August 8 at 0522, RHC English here is just-barely-modulated (JBM), while 6060 is better, BM; and 6165, 6010 are OK. 13740, August 8 at 1402, RHC Spanish // and synchro better modulated 13780, instead of CRI English! 17730, August 9 at 1342, no signal from RHC, nor has there been for several days now, despite 17580 being audible. Suspect at least one of the transmitters has been down. Both supposedly on the air from 11 to 15. 6060 & 6125, VG August 10 at 0719, RHC is still on the air and in Spanish, tho both are supposed to quit at 0700 after English. I am seldom awake this late, but check a few things while I can`t sleep (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. Current schedule of Spy HM01 Hybrid Mode 1, Female voice: 0500-0555 5855 UNID secret transmitter site Spanish Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri 0500-0555 14375 UNID secret transmitter site Spanish Tue/Thu/Sat 0600-0655 10345 UNID secret transmitter site Spanish Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri 0600-0655 14375 UNID secret transmitter site Spanish Tue/Thu/Sat 0700-0755 9330 UNID secret transmitter site Spanish Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri 0700-0755 13435 UNID secret transmitter site Spanish Tue/Thu/Sat 0800-0855 9065 UNID secret transmitter site Spanish Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri 0800-0855 11635 UNID secret transmitter site Spanish Tue/Thu/Sat 0900-0955 9240 UNID secret transmitter site Spanish Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri 0900-0955 12120 UNID secret transmitter site Spanish Tue/Thu/Sat 1000-1055 5855 UNID secret transmitter site Spanish Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri 1000-1055 9155 UNID secret transmitter site Spanish Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri 1000-1055 12180 UNID secret transmitter site Spanish Tue/Thu/Sat 1600-1655 11435 UNID secret transmitter site Spanish Daily 1700-1755 11530 UNID secret transmitter site Spanish Daily 1800-1855 11635 UNID secret transmitter site Spanish Daily 2100-2155 11635 UNID secret transmitter site Spanish Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri 2100-2155 16180 UNID secret transmitter site Spanish Tue/Thu/Sat 2200-2255 10715 UNID secret transmitter site Spanish Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri 2200-2255 17480 UNID secret transmitter site Spanish Tue/Thu/Sat 2300-2355 11530 UNID secret transmitter site Spanish Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri 2300-2355 17540 UNID secret transmitter site Spanish Tue/Thu/Sat (DX RE MIX NEWS #794 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, August 13, 2013 via WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DXLD) Note the gaps at 11-16 and 00-05 when there is maximum demand on the RHC transmitters (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Oh, no doubt that the transmitters are in La Habana (Ivo Ivanov, ibid.) But the point is that RHC never admits that their `own` very same transmitters are shared with spy number broadcasts. Altho it`s pretty obvious from frequent mixups in content, and huge signals the spy numbers have, just like most RHC frequencies. Of course, a ``different`` agency, RadioCuba is responsible for the transmissions, but it`s all owned by the Castros. 11840, August 11 at 0102, RHC has bigsig but suppressed and somewhat distorted modulation, still R5 if you put up with it, but why bother? // 11760 is much better, with 11680 in between qualitywise. 11880, Sunday August 11 at 2159, surprised to hear RHC in Esperanto, wrapping broadcast and running past 2200; finally 2202.5 IS and opening French. Neglected to check whether Esperanto appeared again at the properly scheduled time and frequency of 2230 on 15370. Maybe additional airing at 2130, or running on program feed line and turned on 11880 a bit early; it has appeared before at other unscheduled Sunday afternoon times (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DX LISTENING DIGEST) R Havana Cuba frequency update --- Radio Havana Cuba noted still with English on 6000 kHz this morning (Aug 14) at 0509 UT after scheduled close of English on this frequency. Reason was given at 0540 by Arnie Coro in the mid-week edition of 'DXers Unlimited': RHC are testing 6000 kHz 0500-0700 UT to Pacific Coast of North America for the next few days (starting UT day Aug 14) in replacement of 6010 kHz. Reports to inforhc@enet.cu Here in UK, 6000 kHz after 0500 was the weakest of the RHC English frequencies (as 6010 always was) as not beamed to Europe. Their other frequencies at this time (5040, 6060, 6125 and 6165) giving much better reception (Alan Pennington, Caversham, UK, AOR 7030plus + longwire, Aug 14, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) ** CUBA. Re: ``By the way, many years ago, Radio Rebelde did used a 90 meters tropical band frequency, with a 5 kiloWatts transmitter on 3365 kiloHertz, and this may be another option to explore when solar activity drops to extremely low levels (Arnie Coro, RHC DXers Unlimited script July 2 via DXLD)`` So why didn't he mention the Radio Moscow and Mayak transmitters, or what used to be commonly heard MW harmonics between 90 and 41 meters? Selective recall? (Terry Krueger, FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Mayak on SW via Cuba? WTFK? R. Moscow was on 11840, i.a. The MW harmonics were mainly from the 600 kHz transmitter, 3600 being a regular (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Mayak had a huge signal on 4765 24/7, sometimes 3365 alternate, early 1980's. Radio Moscow was on 1040 sporadically 1988-1989, also on la Voz de Cuba on 600 kc/s around 1979-1980 or maybe as late as 1981. The latter I have QSLed (1980). And the latter yes, put out harmonics everywhere. As did a couple of others in the 550-710-ish range (forget which ones). (Terry Krueger, ibid.) ** CUBA [non]. 7210-LSB, August 8 at 1218, good signal from unmistakable Nelson Roig, N1NR in Pennsylvania, with his daily(?) anti-Castros ranting, now about ``desayuno contra-revolucionario`` (which could be the name of his ``program``), reply from weaker contact WI4-algo; weak broadcast AM carrier not enough BFO: that would be Yunnan PBS rather than Daclac, Vietnam. Not a hint of DentroCuban jamming which instead piles upon R. Martí, 7405; perhaps even the Cubans fear a backlash if they dared to jam in the hamband (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. CUBA PERFORMS DIGITAL TV TEST WITH GOOD RESULTS Escrito por glenda pardo, lunes, 12 de agosto de 2013 Imagen activa 12 de agosto de 2013, 17:27 http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1758881 Havana, Aug 12 (Prensa Latina) --- A team of Cuban specialists in this capital performs transmission tests to eight channels of digital television and six radio stations with satisfactory results. The Cuban Institute of Radio and Television (ICRT) digitally produced four of these channels: musical, informative, juvenile and Multivision (nationwide). In statements to Prensa Latina, Eusebio Garnier, technical director of that institution, said that Havana has five transmitters which work with the Chinese standard to carry out the experiment. Some families and institutions in the capital had access to 45 000 set-top boxes that enable to test reception levels, he said. Juan Carlos Gonzalez, technical chief fot the implementation of digital television, said that among the advantages of this technology are the added values that receivers can access. "The public will have an interactive menu that will offer news, weather, programming guides and access to a selection of documents from the Cuban collaborative encyclopedia Ecured" he said. Specialists believe that this experiment may encompass other parts of the country by the end of the year. Therefore, the provinces of Artemisa, Mayabeque, Villa Clara and Cienfuegos, and the special municipality of Isla de la Juventud began to change the infrastructure of the TV centres. To assess the quality of the signal, and the impact on the population of the capital, the people who received the decoders signed a contract in which they commit to provide information about the product until 30 August. Cuban companies Radio Cuba and Copextel are responsible for placing the transmitters in different parts of the island and provide technical support for set-top boxes. According to experts, the experiment has good results, but until December they will not offer a conclusive assessment of the testing phase that began last April. ef/gpm/rmh/idm Modificado el (lunes, 12 de agosto de 2013) (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) Who will be first to DTVDX Cuba? What channels are they testing on now? Any low-band, or even VHF? How hard would it be to obtain a Cuban/Chinese standard STB in the USA? Are the two systems totally incompatible? The ChiCom, after all, surely manufacture our US STBs and most everything else electronic (Glenn Hauser, WTFDA via DXLD) Chinese DTV standard NOT compatible, Glen[n], with any ATSC boxes; sri. And as for channels - well, think about it. LB? Very unlikely. HB? Possibly but also unlikely. UHF? I suspect (Bob Cooper, New Zealand, DX LISTENING DIGEST) No, the Chinese standard is not compatible with anything available in the USA (as far as Cuba is concerned that's intentional). They're using COFDM MODULATION. Probably MPEG4 video. – (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, Sent by smartphone, DX LISTENING DIGEST) If Cuba is using the DVB-T standard, then one of the many DVB sticks folks have been using for SDR"s will work for reception with the standard software provided with the stick. Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android (John E., DX LISTENING DIGEST) It's not the DVB-T standard; it's the Chinese DTMB standard. They will also only be using UHF and VHF-Hi, no VHF-Lo, unfortunately (Bill Hepburn, Ont, WTFDA via DXLD) The question remains how to ``import`` a Cuba/Chinese DTV STB, smuggling out of Cuba, or buying direct from China? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** DJIBOUTI. 4780.00, 1930-1940 02.08, R Djibouti, Doraleh. Vernacular ann, local songs, 35232 (Anker Petersen, latest loggings from Skovlunde, Denmark on my AOR and RadioJet, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** EAST TURKISTAN. 17630, August 10 at 1352, CRI English with a report on pop music, outro as an Easy FM show about Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (apparently a music group), part 1, with Johnny Hutong on CRI News Plus Radio. Wow, how hip the ChiCom are now! VG signal amounting to the SSOB, with not even RHC audible on 17580, and much stronger than CRI French with Chinese lesson on 17560. 17560 is Kashgar, 17630 Urumqi, both on 308 degree, 500 kW beams to Europe. Urumqi has a considerably more northerly path which somehow works better for us (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ECUADOR. 4781.68, 2350-2400 06.08, R Oriental, Tena, Napo. Spanish talk, carrier off at 0003:50*, 25222 (Anker Petersen, latest loggings from Skovlunde, Denmark on my AOR and RadioJet, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** ECUADOR. 6050, HCJB Quito, 0325 UC 14 Agosto. Termina programa y locutor dice que oyentes del programa los contaces [sic] para que envíen sus opiniones sobre el programa y dan direcciones para que los contacten y dicen que les escriban y mencionan el programa "A Través de la Biblia" y auspicia "Radio Transmundial". Después anuncios publicitarios en los que promocionan los buenos valores y la literatura infantil en colaboración con Radio HCJB. Después dicen que HCJB ha sido reconocida con distinción como radio cristiana. Luego siguen más anuncios, siguen pips de sonido y comienza un programa en inglés, SINPO: 35333 (Marcos Cox, location unknown, Receptor: Degen DE1103 + Antena Cable Largo 3 Metros, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** EGYPT. R Cairo. 12050 kHz at 2100 UT 10 August, just starting an Arabic by Radio lesson in English - this during the French service transmission. Lesson ran until 2108, then some Arabic music until transmitter abrupt off mid-tune at 2112 (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ERITREA [non]. CLANDESTINE, 11610, Sunrise R. via Bulgaria Aug 06 *1600-1611 35333 Arabic, 1600 sign on with IS, ID, Opening announce, 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) ** ERITREA [non]. Changes of Media Broadcast (MBR) Radio EYSC - Eritrean Youth Solidarity for Change 1730-1800 on 15310 ISS 100 kW / 125 deg to EaAf Tigrigna Tue/Fri, cancelled (Ivo Ivanov blog Aug 14 via DXLD) ** ETHIOPIA. 6030 R. Oromiya, 1950, very strong with HOA music, covered by cochannel China sudden s/on at 1955 then plug pulled at 2000. 9/8 (David Sharp, NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA [and non]. 9564.38, August 9 at 1420 I hear a het here, so pull out the keyboard to find a matching note: right on E-flat, 622 Hz. Then stepped to 9564.0 with BFO I get an approximate G-note above middle-C, 392 Hz, which should really have been 378 Hz, close enough. Anyhow, a het around here is surely from Ethiopia, perpetually off- frequency; and per Aoki, the 9565 station it beats against would be Iran in Dari from Kamalabad (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EUROPE. I was pleased to receive a QSL card this morning from World Music Radio for reception on 5815 on September 4 2004. It was postmarked as from the UK Royal Mail South East Anglia mail centre, UK second class stamp. Same as the one shown on Erik Koie's site. http://www.qsl.net/oz3yi/grafik/WMR_2004_front.jpg (Mike Barraclough, Aug 12, 2012, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FINLAND. Radio Hami are planning another transmission according to their Facebook page: We'll be on air on 24th and 25th August testing our new transmitter and antenna tuner. You might hear us on 1584 kHz or 6170 kHz (Radio Hami on Facebook 14-Aug via Alan Pennington, BDXC- UK yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DXLD) 6170 was supposedly using SWR`s transmitter, but not now? (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DXLD) ** FRANCE [and non]. 11605, August 14 at 0545, French news about Maroc, hum and flutter, fair signal, better than // but not synch 11700. 11605 is RFI via SOUTH AFRICA at 05-07; 11700 is Issoudun direct at 04-08 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. Berlin 990 kHz, in fact the Berlin-Britz site in its entirety, closes Sep 4. According to this newswire, quoting an announcement made by Deutschlandradio: http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/kultur/deutschlandradio-schaltet-den-alten-ost-sendemast--ab,10809150,24002044.html Of course this outlet, founded in 1946, by no means dates back to the first Berlin broadcasting service on 1923. It is a complete closure of the site because 89.6 MHz has meanwhile been moved to the TV tower. This site change has been planned already for years, for the point at which the mediumwave transmissions from the Britz station will cease. Thus it was a surprise that 89.6 MHz is already gone but 990 kHz as last transmitter at this site still on air (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Aug 14, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. GERMAN PUBLIC BROADCASTERS PLAN LW AND MW SHUTDOWNS Jul 8, 2013 11:44 PM, By Doug Irwin, CPBE DRB http://www.radiomagonline.com/digital_radio/german_public_broadcasters_plan_lw_and_mw_shutdowns_0708/ Jul 8, 2013 - German public broadcasters Deutschlandfunk and Deutschland Radio Kultur will decommission their medium-wave and long- wave transmitters by the end of 2014, according to RadioNL. The money saved will go in to the expansion of their DAB+ transmission capabilities. DeutschlandFunk has transmitters on 153 kHz and 207 kHz, along with seven MW frequencies, including 1269 kHz and 549 kHz. Deutschland Radio Kultur has stations on 177 kHz and 990 kHz. The LW power levels are 500 kW, and the MW power levels are between 100 and 400 kW. The broadcasters expect to save millions of Euros every year in electricity costs. Both DeutschlandFunk and Deutschland Radio Kultur are available around Germany via FM, and increasingly, via DAB+. However, the shipping industry makes use of the 1269 kHz and 177 kHz frequencies, since messages regarding the shipping forecast are broadcast thrice daily. The public broadcasters both say that the same information is available via alternative methods, including DAB+ and via the public Internet (via Dennis Gibson, ABDX via DXLD) These writings apparently based on this article: http://www.dradio.de/wir/aktuell/2165331/ It is a response to sharp criticism from the hobby navigation scene, and it mentions the closure deadline as "probably at yearend 2014". Concerning the details, beyond that it is just one broadcaster with two programs (as far as analogue distribution is concerned) and that the sea weather forecasts are broadcast in the own editorial responsibility of Deutschlandradio: It is not as straightforward as putting the money into DAB operations instead, because Deutschlandradio is not the landlord there. Instead it has been allocated capacity in a multiplex predominantly used by commercial broadcasters who want nationwide coverage, and it depends on the agreements between these commercial broadcasters and Media Broadcast how much further transmitters will be added to this network. Primarily it is the body called KEF that determines the financial needs of the public broadcasters that calls for turning off the AM transmitters. On the other hand most AM transmitters used by Deutschlandradio are owned and operated by Media Broadcast (exceptions are 1422 kHz, operated by Saarländischer Rundfunk, and until 4 Sep also still 990 kHz, operated by Deutschlandradio itself), considerable investments (replacing the tube transmitters by new TRAM solid-state units*), modifying the antennas) have been done to make these facilities DRM-capable (a good amount of licence fee payers money, wasted), and thus binding transmission contracts are in place until 2016. So cancelling early will presumably require compensations. *) Königslutter, for about 15 years now run also during daytime with 200 kW "only", is the most crazy case. Here they have again installed gear for 800 kW, consisting of two 400 kW blocks and a combiner: http://deutsches-drm-forum.de/Cremlingen.jpg (Kai Ludwig, Aug 14, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. It is planned to keep the old mediumwave facilities at Wiederau as a museum. The new owner intends to leave the equipment as it is and add a further collection: http://www.info-tv-leipzig.de/mixed/allgemeines/ende-mit-funkstille/ It should be noted that the solid-state transmitter that operated on 783 kHz until last May does not belong to the old mediumwave facility. Instead it had been installed in the FM/TV buildings and a completely new Dreieckflächenantenne (I keep forgetting how this design is called in English) built for it. http://www.radioeins.de/etc/medialib/rbb/rad/programm/medienmagazin/w/030.file.jpg Left to right the old MW buildings in question, behind them a 51-metre antenna for transmissions with up to 20 kW (it was indeed again connected to the new transmitter as means of last resort); the described new MW antenna; J1 mast (to be demolished, no longer usable as MW antenna already since the mid-eighties when the insulator became faulty), current transmitter buildings and UHF mast, now used for the remaining FM service. See also the last entries in the log of the old mediumwave transmitters, kept until 2001 because the new solid-state transmitter initially suffered from serious problems: http://www.radioeins.de/etc/medialib/rbb/rad/programm/medienmagazin/w/033.file.jpg S I is the Funkwerk Köpenick transmitter from 1963 (which replaced the original Sender I from 1932), S II the Lorenz transmitter from 1939 which in all likelihood would have been taken away into the USSR in 1945 would there not have been plans to instead use it at its existing location for Radio Moscow. Pictures of the equipment can be found at http://www.jans-radioseiten.de/wied_mw1.html A QSL letter for the Sorbian broadcasts via the Hoyerswerda mediumwave transmitter is in the DXLD Yahoo group. There is a chance that some of these broadcasts originated from Bautzen. So far it was understood that the first broadcasts from there went out in 1989, but recently it emerged that a studio at Bautzen went live already in 1977. Organizationally the Bautzen studio was an outpost of Sender Cottbus which makes this rather difficult to determine. Anyway the two first photos in this gallery are pre-1990 views of the studio at Bautzen, obviously taken closer to 1989 than to 1977: http://www.mdr.de/sachsen/bautzen/sorbischer-rundfunk102_showImage-0_zc-92006d25.html (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Aug 10, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also SAAR ** GERMANY. Atlantic 2000 on Sunday 18th of August: 0800 to 0900 UT on 9480 kHz via MVBR Programme streaming at the same time on our website: http://radioatlantic2000.free.fr All reports to: atlantic2000international @ gmail.com Thank you! Good Listening 73s (Tom Taylor, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY [and non]. Updated official Media Broadcast A13 schedule - 13 August 2013 http://www.media-broadcast.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Downloads/A13_operational_130813_MBR.pdf (via Akbar Indra Gunawan, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** GREECE. Symphonic music was heard on 29 July on MW's 729, 1008, 1260, 1512 and \\ SW 6230, 7475, 9420, 15650 kHz. On 2 August from 1400 UT two different signals were heard on 9420, 9935, and 15630 - one with speech - discussion in studio plus one with pop songs - seems Greek authorities were the second program under talks? (Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria, Aug 8, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 11 via DXLD) Die Griechen sind im August in Urlaub und man hoert nur noch wenig von den Sende Rebellen ueber die ERT Sendeanlagen .... Vorhin um 1445 UT Aug 9 mit Musik auf schoener Bandbreite von 10.5 kHz fuer's Ohr, auf dem Browser zu sehen, und schwuelstige Griechenfrau Singer. schoene breite Signale - broadband signals 9420 9414.7 bis 9425.5 9935 9929.7 bis 9940.5 15650 15644.8 bis 15655.5 die URLs funktionieren eher nicht mehr; es macht keinen Sinn, ueber die unregelmaessige Nutzung durch die Rebellen zu berichten, zumindest bis die Aussendungen von der neuen staatlichen Sendeorganisation ueber den Sender Avlis kommen. Das wird wohl erst im Oktober soweit sein (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 11 via DXLD) ** GREECE. More and more wrong frequencies of ERT: 1700-2257 7450 AVL 100 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek Aug. 5, as scheduled 2300-0357 7450 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to NoAm Greek Aug. 6, not on 7475 0400-0707 7450 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek Aug. 6, not on 11645 Broadcasts on 7450, 9420, 15630 were cut off at around 0707 on Aug. 6! Again unscheduled wrong frequency of ERT in Greek on Wed, Aug. 7: 1400-1530 15630*AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu not on 15650/105 deg AUS Morning broadcasts on 9420, 11645, 15630 were cut off again at around 0707 UT; *from 1500 totally blocked by Radio Liberty in Tajik via Issoudun (DX RE MIX NEWS #794 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, August 13, 2013 via DXLD) Only single frequency of ERT is on the air on Thu, Aug 8: from 1200 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek. No signal on parallel from 1200 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg WeEu Greek, scheduled till 1657 from 1200 15630 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg WeEu Greek, scheduled till 1357 from 1400 15650 AVL 100 kW / 105 deg SoAs Greek, scheduled till 1857 (Ivo Ivanov blog via DXLD) Hello, 1830 UT in Cairo, I can get 9420 // 15650 with The wall by Pink Floyd. 73 (Tarek Zeidan, Cairo, Egypt, Aug 8, Sent from my iPad, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Extended transmissions of ERT on Friday, August 9: 0807-1200 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek 0807-1157 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek 0807-1200 on 15630 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek Another wrong frequency of ERT on Saturday, August 10: from 0400 7450 AVL 100 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek, instead of 11645 // from 0400 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek from 0400 15630 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg WeEu Greek Broadcasts on 7450, 9420, 15630 were cut off at around 0730 on Aug 10! Zero signal from ERT on Saturday, August 10: 1200-1400 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek, scheduled till 0807 1200-1400 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg WeEu Greek, scheduled till 1657 1200-1357 15630 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg WeEu Greek from 1400 15650 AVL 100 kW / 105 deg SoAs Greek, scheduled till 1857 Broadcasts on 9420, 9935, 15650 were back on air around 1530 Aug. 10. (DX RE MIX NEWS #794 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, August 13, 2013 via DXLD) 9420, August 11 at 0605, Byzantine chant from the unauthorised ERT, at the moment high-pitched YL voice or maybe VYM, later more conventional intoning, so back to this after missing last Sunday morning (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Chaos with the ERT shortwave broadcasts continues [date Aug 11?] 0400-0727 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek, ex till 0807 or 1200 0400-0727 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg NoAf Greek, ex till 0807 or 1157 0400-0727 15630 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg WeEu Greek, ex till 0807 or 1200 from 1015 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek, ex from 0807 or 1200 from 1048 15630 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg WeEu Greek, ex from 0807 or 1200 from 1102 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg WeEu Greek, ex from 1200 (DX RE MIX NEWS #794 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, August 13, 2013 via DXLD) Empty carriers observation on August 11 Strong unmodulated carriers were observed on August 11: 1000-1100 on 7330, 1101-1200 weak carrier [surely no Greece here? gh] from 1000 on 9420, from 1015 ERT in Greek from 1020 on 15630, from 1048 ERT in Greek from 1100 on 9935, from 1102 ERT in Greek (Ivo Ivanov blog via DXLD) Chaos with the ERT shortwave broadcasts continues on August 12: 0400-0809 7475 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg NoAm Greek, instead 11645 to Af 0400-0809 15650 AVL 100 kW / 226 deg CeAm Greek, instead 15630 to Eu 0400-0809 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek, as scheduled (DX RE MIX NEWS #794 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, August 13, 2013 via DXLD) 9420, Aug 12 at 0520, rump ERT is still on the air, good signal with W&M in Greek (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Again no signal of ERT on Tuesday, August 13 from 1200 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek from 1200 on 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek from 1200 on 15630 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek (Ivo Ivanov blog via DXLD) [non] On 9420 kHz instead of Voice of Greece I can hear CNR13 in Uighur language (also on 13700 kHz). (Tudor Vedeanu, (Gura Humorului, Romania) 1333 UT AUg 13, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9420, August 13 around 1215, I am zeroing this frequency in order to tune in 15420 for RFS, and as usual hear no Greece at this hour but China. However, Ivo Ivanov reports that today from 1200, VOG is missing from all its frequencies, 9420, 9935 and 15630. Hope the authorities haven`t finally overtaken and turned off the Avlis SW site. 9420, Aug 14 at 0551, M&W in Greek, laughing, fair with flutter, so ``ERT`` is on now, tho increasingly sporadic or on ``wrong`` frequencies per Ivo Ivanov (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) COORDINATED EFFORT TO SILENCE ERT – THEY ARE SHUTTING DOWN THE TRANSMITTERS From An operation has been in progress since yesterday, for the shutting down of the transmitters that retransmitted analogically the programme of ERT. By “taking down” transmitters one by one, the permanent silencing of the ERT employees’ voice is being arranged. They started from Styra at Evia, they moved on to Vitsi at Florina, then followed the transmitters at Mount Pelion and Lesvos, resulting in the Aegean ERA (ERT radio station) being silenced too. Now, on the NET (ERT TV station) frequency it is DT broadcasting and on the one of ET3 (ERT TV station based at Salonika) it is the channel of the Parliament. But we do not give up, we remain here and keep ERT alive, against all those who ask us to let it sink into the darkness and co-sign its death certificate, enlisting ourselves in the DT “side”. After yesterday’s operation against the transmitters at Styra, today it was the turn of the broadcast centre at Vitsi, at Florina. There, initially the OTE (telephone) lines were cut and, when the ERT technicians attempted to restore the transmitter’s operation, they were stopped by men of the Air Force. At the same time, a four-membered team arrived at Pelion from Athens, consisting of a judge, a technician, a locksmith and a police officer, with the mission to “take down” the signal emission there as well, something that they unfortunately succeeded in doing. At the Mount Olympus of Lesvos, the closure of the broadcast centre was carried out at 11.30 in the morning, by the “good-willing” owner of a local radio station, who sent two private technicians escorted by police forces, resulting in the silencing of the Aegean ERA from most of its retransmitters at the islands. “Our voice reaches now, through the 103 frequency on FM, to the southeastern part of Lesvos and through the internet, to all the world. We continue being near you, we produce a full programme and fight to implement the court decisions!!” state the station employees, who remain even more determined in their positions. POESY (Panhellenic Federation of Editors’ Unions) in an announcement spoke of a barrage of attacks by the Samaras government aiming at the permanent silencing of the ERT employees’ voice. “We wonder, is this the government’s answer to the full coverage of the Greek Prime Minister’s journey to the USA? Were they disturbed by the professional efficiency of the ERT employees who, with purely journalist criteria, fight the battle of information?” wonders the Panhellenic Federation of Editors’ Unions. (from http://www.ertopen.com 10 Aug 2013 via Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DXLD) No mention of shortwave in this article, presumably the lowest priority from a domestic standpoint (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUAM. 12140, KTWR (Trans World Radio), Aug 12, 1130. Rechecked this frequency today as had heard yesterday in non-English language, and not familiar frequency to me. Male cut over music to announce this as a test transmission, asking for reception reports and giving addresses for report destinations. Went to religious lecture, then announcements repeated and close a little before the hour. Fair-Good. 73 and Good Listening! (Rick Barton, El Mirage AZ, Drake R8, Grundig Satellit 750, outdoor Slinky and r.w., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15225, August 12 at 1342, language pronounces www.twr in English, mixed with S Asian music, poor-fair. Aoki shows KTWR, 100 kW, 290 degrees at 1315-1345 in Assamese, except Saturdays in Manipuri (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUATEMALA. 4054.98, R. Verdad, 1202, talk by a Spanish man, brief religious music bridge, additional comments and into more music. Fair- good. 5/8 (David Sharp, NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4055, Radio Verdad, 0405 Spanish, children singing anthem to 0407, then open carrier, gone when I checked back at 0414, s/off listed 0400 for Mondays only. Poor-fair Aug 12 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, Listening in my car with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** HAWAII. 1500, KHKA Honolulu, 0851, English, throwing a big het against 2BS but readable in LSB; local ads noted on peak. 11/8 (David Sharp, NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 1570, KUAU, Haiku, 0820, English, good on peaks with man interviewing Mary Robinson, author of the book, "Everybody Matters." 11/8 (David Sharp, NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** HAWAII. HAWAII PUBLIC RADIO SOON TO BE STATEWIDE By Erika Engle POSTED: 09:37 a.m. HST, Aug 13, 2013 LAST UPDATED: 09:47 a.m. HST, Aug 13, 2013 http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/20130813_Hawaii_Public_Radio_soon_to_be_statewide.html The $20,000 purchase of Hawaii island's KAHU-FM 91.7 by Hawaii Public Radio is now complete and the station will likely be back on the air within a month, restoring radio service to the southern half of the Big Island. Meanwhile, HPR also will launch its HPR-2 program stream via KIPL-FM 89.9 in Lihue Friday morning, according to HPR President Michael Titterton. The purchase of KAHU from nonprofit Ka‘u Community Radio Inc., will restore the station to the airwaves. It has been silent since April 17 when its electricity was shut off, denying area residents access to emergency broadcasts as well as other programming relevant to the community. The sale of some KAHU broadcast equipment will enable the station to pay off some of its bills, said President Christine Kaehuaea, who was brought into the operation by her station-founding father, Wendell. Meanwhile, with HPR programming soon to launch on the station at opposite ends of the state, both HPR program streams will achieve statewide reach. (via Blaine Thompson, IN, ABDX via DXLD) HPR TAKES OVER KA`U RADIO STATION Posted on August 13th, 2013 by Hunter Bishop http://bigislandnow.com/2013/08/13/hpr-takes-over-kau-radio-station/ Hawaii Public Radio took over ownership and operations yesterday of KAHU 91.7 FM, Ka`u’s only community radio station, located in Pahala. Former KAHU FM president Christine Kaehuaea formalized the contractual deal with HPR president and general manager Michael Titterton on August 12 in Honolulu following FCC approval. No public comments for or against the transfer were received by the FCC during a 30-day waiting period. “This consummates a bittersweet ending to what was an unprecedented beginning for the District of Kau to have its own radio station,” Kaehuaea said in a statement released Aug. 13. “Unfortunately, the community radio station format met with too many regulations and restrictions in an economically challenged area.” Kaehuaea said strict federal regulations that prohibit on-air advertising of products and services by community radio stations prevented KAHU-FM from being financially successful. KAHU-FM went on the air on June 28, 2010, as the only Native Hawaiian- owned and operated community radio station, heard from Kalapana to South Point. Titterton said that after making some adjustments, Hawaii Public Radio expects to have its HPR-2 lineup of programming on the air for listeners in the “Kau valley” within four weeks. He said HPR would also petition the FCC for additional power to expand the station’s coverage area (via Blaine Thompson, ABDX via DXLD) ** INDIA. Since yesterday 13 August 2013, AIR Chinsurah is noted on 594 kHz with test transmission of its Megawatt transmitter continuously throughout the night. For many days they were on 1134 kHz. Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India, Aug 14, dx_india yg via DXLD) AM, I guess, not DRM (gh) ** INDIA. NAUTEL BEGINS DELIVERY OF MAJOR DRM TRANSMITTER PROJECT http://www.radioworld.com/article/nautel-begins-delivery-of-major-drm-transmitter-project/220843 Transmitter maker Nautel has begun to deploy the first of 27 medium- wave AM transmitters and associated equipment for India’s Prasar Bharati, the public broadcaster which comprises All India Radio and Doordarshan television. The orders for 100 kW, 200 kW and 300 kW DRM-enabled transmitters are being configured for DRM30 transmission and will be used in 27 locations. Engineers from AIR were at the Nautel factory (pictured) in early August to begin factory acceptance testing of the order. Three 300 kW NX300 and one 200 kW NX200 transmitters were accepted in early August. Four 100 kW NX100 transmitters are scheduled for testing at the end of the month. The NX200 is shipping Aug. 27 to be installed in Delhi, beginning in late October. Nautel Customer Service Technician Bachar Dib will lead the installation, according to a release. The NX300 transmitters will be installed in Jammu, Jalandhar and Lucknow. AIR serves India via analog broadcasts in a range of languages and dialects. The transition to digital broadcasting will enable AIR to use alternate platforms, such as podcasting, SMS, Webcasting and mobile services, as well as a new 24-hour news channel. Additional services such as Interactive Text Transmission and disaster warning are also planned. “[This project] represents a major change in the number of potential listeners for DRM and reinvigorates medium-wave transmission which has been languishing over recent years,” said Nautel President and CEO Peter Conlon. Working with Nautel on the deployment are Comcon, Nautel’s in-country partner, and Altronic, providing RF test loads; Digidia, providing DRM modulators/content servers and Kintronic Labs, supplying matching systems for the project. The project includes six Nautel NX300 (300 kW), 10 NX200 (200 kW) and 11 NX100 (100 kW) transmitters. Nautel NX Series medium-wave transmitters were first introduced in 2007. The company says the high-power transmitters occupy a small footprint for their power and offer 90% efficiency, along with AM precorrection, linearity and Nautel’s Advanced User Interface. (via Alokesh Gupta, Aug 14, dx_india yg via DXLD) WHAT do they mean, `` The transition to digital broadcasting will enable AIR to use alternate platforms, such as podcasting, SMS, Webcasting and mobile services`` ? Such platforms are in no way dependent on broadcasts being in DRM mode, as already used by countless analog stations (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) ** INDIA. Hi Glenn, The following blog has a lot of very good information regarding the current status of active and inactive AIR stations. Especially helpful now with the upcoming celebrations that will take place in India on the eve of Independence Day (August 14, with President’s address to the nation at 1330 UT) and all the various activity for Independence Day itself on the 15th. Is wonderful to see the results of Prithwiraj Purkayastha’s first hand monitoring from NE India. http://prithwisworld.blogspot.in/2013/08/my-recent-monitoring-of-air-stations.html We can only hope that stations such as AIR Kohima (4850 kHz) will do a special broadcast of these events (Ron Howard, CA, dxldyg via DXLD) My Recent Monitoring of AIR Stations from NE India Dear Radio Friends, In past few days I have read many monitoring observation posts from Ron Howard from California, USA and Gautam Kumar Sharma of Abhayapuri, Assam regarding AIR Shillong, AIR Aizawl and other AIR regional stations who are currently broadcasting on shortwave. These postings in yahoo DX lists increased my curiosity for these stations` recent status and during past few days I have been regularly monitoring these stations. As far as AIR Shillong and AIR Aizawl are concerned, I have monitored these two stations in past few days and yes, found that AIR Shillong situated in Meghalaya state of India and at a distance of about 390 kilometres South West of Jorhat, now can be better heard on 4971 kHz rather than 4970 kHz. Please find below two links for AIR Shillong video as received here in my QTH at Jorhat in Assam, in the morning hours. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKtjH-tw2zY&feature=youtu.be http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR8EeS8c8qo&feature=youtu.be And AIR Aizawl broadcasting from the state capital of Mizoram, although not very strong, but can be heard now in morning as well as evening hours on 5050 kHz. During evening hours though I observed some interference from CNR. Here are two videos. AIR Aizawl is situated at a distance of around 600 kilometres south of Jorhat. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdLvM7WrSgk&feature=youtu.be http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0PlGwMquxw&feature=youtu.be I have also tried other AIR stations in NE, viz AIR Imphal on 4775 kHz, AIR Gangtok on 4835 kHz, AIR Kohima on 4850 kHz, AIR Kurseong on 4895 kHz, AIR Guwahati on 4940 kHz and AIR Itanagar on 4990 kHz on 9th August morning between 0300-0400 UTC, but could not hear any of them except AIR Kurseong on 4895 kHz. This proves that other AIR stations are off the air these days as already informed by Ron Howard and Gautam Sharma. Here is a video of this AIR station search. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYkFy-LNxvo&feature=youtu.be For all these observations I have used JRC NRD-91 receiver and a 20 mt. long dipole antenna. Hope these will be useful information for all of you as AIR will be broadcasting LIVE commentary of India's 67th Independence Day celebration from Red Fort, New Delhi on 15th August and these AIR stations are supposed to relay this program on their respective frequencies between 0135-0240 UT. So, until next time good bye and 73's. Regards, (Prithwiraj Purkayastha Pub Bongalpukhuri By Lane 4 P.O./ Dist. Jorhat Assam - 785001 India Email: prithwiraj.purkayastha @ gmail.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/prithwiraj.purkayastha My Blog: http://prithwisworld.blogspot.com Aug 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. It`s time for the annual Independence Day ceremonies which cause AIR to modify its schedule for live broadcasts, as Jose Jacob has explained in detail in advance. It is hoped that many of the less active regional stations will come back on, and sometimes on `day` instead of `night` frequencies to avoid interruptions for the Flag- raising ceremony, etc., starting at 0130 UT August 15. But, first, ``14 August 2013 (Wednesday) 1330 UT (7.00 pm IST) Honble President Pranab Mukherjee`s `Address to the Nation` on the eve of Independence Day in Hindi and English at 1330 UT (7.00 pm IST). All stations of AIR will relay this on MW, SW & FM.`` [Prithwiraj Purkayastha in Jorhat, Assam, India, confirms to the dxldyg that AIR Kohima was back on 4850 for the speech at 1330-1400] Unfortunately, that`s far too late for anything to propagate on 60m to deep North America, but I try the higher frequencies: 9870, at 1320 Aug 14, VBS with vocal music, usual CCCCI from CRI English making a SAH; at 1333 I can hear that the speech is being delivered in English, but too much QRM to copy it. How about the AIR GOS also starting ordinarily at 1330? Nothing pre- empted here: 9690 at 1328 no IS but OC, song starts just before 1329, sign-on and news from 1330.5 until 1339.5; // 13710 turns out to be better, while nothing audible on 11620. Maybe the speech is delayed later into the sesquihour, but I give up after hearing music at 1350 on 13710 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DX LISTENING DIGEST) As per telecon of Jose Jacob, VU2JOS with station official, AIR Kohima 4850 kHz will be on air today (14th Aug) & tomm (15th Aug). 73, (Alokesh Gupta, dx_india yg via DXLD) All India Radio Kohima from Nagaland state in the North Eastern region of India, which was off the air for past few weeks, as monitored by DXers around the world, is back today on 4850 kHz as I monitored this station between 1330-1400 UT relaying President Mr. Pranab Mukherjee's address to the nation on the eve of India's 67th Independence day. The reception condition was also satisfactory. Here is a video of AIR Kohima with President's message translated in Hindi. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuSZO2z6B_c&feature=youtu.be 73's, (Prithwiraj Purkayastha, Jorhat, Assam, India, Aug 14, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4850, AIR Kohima. On the eve of India’s Independence Day, Prithwiraj Purkayastha has reported hearing the reactivation of Kohima on this special occasion. From his location at Jorhat, down to Kokima, is about a three and a half hour drive south. So he is fairly close to them and was fortunate to hear them clearly; not so for us here in California. I could also tell AIR Kohima was on the air with one of their rare broadcasts, but the whole time was covered by strong OTH radar, covering 4750 up to 4865. Very poor audio at https://app.box.com/s/04r2e32gx7gby6iq89mz August 14 from 1314 to 1353 tune out; tuned in to hear the often heard indigenous stringed instrumental theme music; in vernacular; 1330 National Anthem followed by address to the nation in English by President Pranab Mukherjee till 1348; again NA and repeat of the speech in Hindi; // 9870 which had strong CRI QRM. Kohima still heard at 1412 check. All the other AIR stations were mostly unheard or unusable. Was sad that China picked today to run their OTH radar! (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DX LISTENING DIGEST) The following are monitoring observations of interest on the broadcast of The President of India's address to the nation at 1330 UTC toda, on eve of Independence Day. 4775 Imphal Off air 4850 Kohima on air from sign on at 1300 UT and continuing nowpast 1430 4940 Guwhathi Off air 4990 Itanagar Off air Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India, Aug 14, dx_india yg via DXLD) AIR MONITORING OBSERVATION - 67TH INDEPENDENCE DAY COVERAGE Greetings on the auspicious occasion of 67th Independence Day! As as DXer I always enjoy this special occasion by monitoring AIR stations broadcasting different live coverages, specially President's address to the nation on the eve of I-Day and Flag Hosting and PM's address to the nation on I-Day right from Red Fort. AIR Kohima, which was off air for past several weeks, monitored active during I-Day celebration. After yesterday's coverage of President's message to the nation between 1330-1400 UT, today AIR Kohima was received with strong signal and clear audio on 4850 kHz from my monitoring time 0130 UT. AIR Kohima also heard on MW 639 kHz, with not so strong reception though. Here are two videos. SW- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQonQRVk1ns MW- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1rXrQU4K1s AIR Aizawl, again a North East Indian station, was also active with live I-Day coverage on 5050 kHz at 0145 UT. Here is a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJgYwm9Khxw AIR Shillong, on 4971 kHz (instead on actual 4970 kHz) was inactive yesterday during President's message coverage. But today this station was also heard with good signal at 0140 UT on 4971 kHz with running commentary from Red Fort. Here is a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZgaofgZkiI AIR Itanagar, though off air on SW 4990 kHz, but today heard them on MW 675 kHz with I-Day coverage. Here is a video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyREeHcgymM Another AIR regional station from NE India, like AIR Guwahati was heard on 7420 kHz but nothing was on 4940 kHz which has been reported off air for some time now. AIR Imphal (on 7335 kHz and 4775 kHz) is still off air and nothing heard on occasion of Independence day. AIR Gangtok from Sikkim was heard on 4835 kHz but the reception was not that satisfactory here in my QTH. Here is a quick reception summary of other AIR stations I have monitored this morning during I- Day celebration coverage from Red Fort. 7225 kHz- ?- SINPO- 33333 11985 kHz- Delhi- SINPO 45444 15050 kHz- Delhi- SINPO 55555 6030 kHz- Delhi- Not heard 6155 kHz- Aligarh- Not Heard 9595 kHz- Delhi- SINPO 55444 11620 kHz- B'luru- SINPO 35333 7430 kHz- Bhopal- Not Heard 7380 kHz- Chennai- SINPO 35333 7420 kHz- Hyderabad- Not Heard 7210 kHz- Kolkata- SINPO 35222 7390 kHz- Port Blair- Not Heard 6020 kHz- Shimla- Fainted 4880 kHz- Lucknow- SINPO 25222 4895 kHz- Kurseong- SINPO 35333 4950 kHz- Srinagar- Not Heard PM's Message as received on 15050 kHz from Delhi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjqT4lRYAu8 And last but not the least, AIR Dibrugarh from Assam was also heard on MW 567 kHz with clear reception relaying I-Day coverage from Delhi station. Here is a video:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC2nAM8ecwU For all these above monitoring I have used my JRC NRD-91 receiver and a 20 meter long multi directional long wire antenna and these observations were made between 0130 to 0225 UT. I have compiled all these monitoring observations into some articles and posted them in my blog for your easy access. Please read visit my blog http://prithwisworld.blogspot.in/ for these and more updates on DXing. Hope this report will be of some use for you. 73's, (Prithwiraj Purkayastha Pub Bongalpukhuri By Lane 4 P.O./ Dist. Jorhat Assam - 785001 India, Aug 15, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 4749.96, RRI Makassar. August 13 heard again after being off the air on the 11th and signing off very early on the 12th per http://rri.jpn.org/ --- 1201 usual Jakarta news relay ending with patriotic song “Dirgahayu Indonesiaku.” Also // 3325, RRI Palangkaraya // 3344.86, RRI Ternate // 4869.92, RRI Wamena (strong OTH radar QRM). Unable to check at 1235 for Bangladesh Betar news in English due to extreme QRM (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 4869.918, RRI Wamena heard at 0955 UT. and a lot of CODAR pulsing nearby (Wolfgang Büschel, noted 0930-1000 UT Aug 11 on various remote SDR units, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4870-, Aug 14 at 1225, carrier and traces of talk, presumed RRI Wamena. It`s been active lately per http://rri.jpn.org/ altho no entry yet for this date, and Ishida does not deal in precise frequencies. Wamena is always on the lo side and yesterday Ron Howard put it at 4969.92 tho it seemed to me lower than that today, more like Chuck Bolland`s unID on Aug 10 at 1030-1045 on 4869.947. At same time I was also getting carriers on 4750, no doubt including RRI Makassar on the lo side of that (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 7289.94, RRI Nabire (presumed), 0837 definite talk by M. Couldn't tell the language, though. Went off at 0846. Not quite strong enough but glad to hear something here again. 5 August (Dave Valko, Dunlo PA, HCDX via DXLD) ** INDONESIA. 9525.9+, August 9 at 1422, since I have the keyboard out measuring the het around 9564/9565, I also check the one always-off- frequency VOI produces with CRI Russian during this hour: the note is somewhere between B and Bb, i.e. 932-988 Hz, implying it`s a little higher than where others usually measure it directly (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9525.88, Voice of Indonesia, 1302, August 13 (Tuesday). Last Tue. Glenn heard (via on-line audio) that they did not carry the usual “Exotic Indonesia” program with the phone connect to RRI Banjarmasin. Today I also found they again did not have the “Exotic Indonesia” program with RRI Banjarmasin; had been a Tue. feature for many years. Completely gone now? Needs more monitoring! Last Tue. (August 6) I did confirm the 1000 to 1100 “Exotic Indonesia” (a weekly network program jointly broadcast by VOI and “100.9 Paradise FM, RRI Denpasar”) was still being broadcast (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 9680.05, RRI Jakarta. Tuned in 5 minutes too late but could barely see something on the frequency at 2205. I'm not 100% sure it was RRI. Came back at 2235 and there was a plainly visible signal showing for at least the previous 8 minutes. So either the original signal was something else and RRI popped on while I was away from the radio, or the original signal was indeed RRI and had faded up in dramatic fashion. At 2235 it was just below audible level but getting close. Unfortunately there's another signal just below splashing over. Later at 2313, barely heard music, M announcer briefly, then more music. Just at audio threshold. 8 August (Dave Valko, Dunlo PA, HCDX via DXLD) 9680.050, RRI Cimanggis Jakarta, S=8-9 signal in CA-US remote unit at 0958 UT (Wolfgang Büschel, noted 0930-1000 UT Aug 11 on various remote SDR units, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN [and non]. 21670, August 8 at 1253, music and Indonesian(?) announcements mentioning Iran several times; almost as strong as 21540 Kuwait but not as loud; 13m conditions are improving; 1257 ``Suara`` ID as VIRI, talk continues until abrupt cutoff at 1259.6*. Figured that was uncoördinated end of a scheduled transmission, but per Aoki it`s really ``Malaysian`` supposed to last from 1230 until 1327, 500 kW, 107 degrees from Sirjan. HFCC labels this until 1330 as ``IND`` for Indonesian, so which is it? They are so similar but not to the Malays and Indonesians. WRTH calls it Indonesian, with nothing in Malay. IIRC, skeds from Tehran call it ``Melayu``. Also, in some apparent collusion, BSKSA uses same 21670 for its Indonesian at 0900- 1157. 17650, August 8 at 1914, poor signal in French, yet it is the SSOB, better than a very poor signal on 17795, presumably BBC Woofferton. I am rather surprised that per HFCC, 17650 turns out to be IRIB, 1830- 1930, 500 kW, 259 degrees from Kamalabad to Africa. The 16m band is almost vacant in our afternoons, tho surely many closer countries would be propagating if they cared to employ it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) CUBA/IRAN, 11760, Powerful signal of Radio Habana in Spanish S=9+30dB here in Germany. At 0215 UT Aug 10. But terribly hit by VoIRIB Tehran via Kamalabad in Spanish at 0030-0227 UT too, some deep BUZZ of 11760.024 odd frequency signal. Silly frequency selection by the Persians. This is not surprising, because Cuba does not participate in the annual HFCC conference. And the Persians have no knowledge of the RHC usage that channel? (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 11 via DXLD) 12080, August 11 at 0104, poor signal with nice harmonies, whistling, ME music of course in minor key. It`s VIRI`s 13-hour Arabic broadcast starting at 1630, 500 kW, 289 degrees from Zahedan, much of it colliding with China and/or Australia, but nothing from 10 kW Brandon audible now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15470, V.I.R.I. 0413 English, commentary about America’s war in Afghanistan (Fair, // 13650 poor Aug 12 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, Listening in my car with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active antenna. Editor of World English Survey and Target Listening, available at http://www.odxa.on.ca dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN [non]. CLANDESTINE, 7575, R. Ranginkaman, Aug 05 1603-1615, 33333-34333, Farsi, Talk and music, ID at 1608 and 1612. 7575, R. Ranginkaman, Aug 09 1603-1620, 23332-34333, Farsi, Talk and music, ID at 1608 and 1612 (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) ** JAPAN. 3945, Nikkei 2, 1225, good with Japanese talk, orchestral rendition of "Star Wars" theme (not the original movie version), more excited talk. 5/8 (David Sharp, NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN. Recebi um convite e repasso para todos os radioescutas: Caro Renato, Olá! Meu nome é Ayako Matsuda. Sou produtora do serviço brasileiro da NHK World Rádio Japão. Gostaria de informar que no dia 1 de agosto deste ano o serviço em português da Rádio Japão completou 60 anos de atividade desde o reinício das transmissões depois da Segunda Guerra Mundial. (Historia) http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/portuguese/info/history.html Para celebarar o aniversário preparamos um concurso de foto. Para mais detalhes, favor ouvir a última edição do "Ponto de Encontro". Os detalhes estão no saite da Rádio Japão. http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/portuguese/info/info01.html Aguardo sua participação. Ayako Matsuda (via Renato Strauss, 8 August, radioescutas yg via DXLD) Photo contest aimed at Japanese community emigrated to Brasil; some entries illustrated. Deadline 25 August (Guilherme Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** JAPAN [non]. 5910, oh oh, August 10 at 0533, a broadcast in French is heavily QRMing HJDH with a low het, since Alcaraván Radio is always off-frequency. None such scheduled at this hour. Since there is lots of news datelined Washington, I wonder if it`s VOA, but nothing to compare on 9885 via Botswana, since VOA French is M-F only and this is Saturday, and as everyone knows, nothing ever happens on weekends and who has time to listen then anyway? I keep listening when at 0540 a music program is introduced mentioning ``japonais``, keeps talking until the music finally starts at 0543. Meanwhile I have been quickly checking the proper frequencies for NHK French at 0530: 11730 via Issoudun, FRANCE, is synchronized! And 13840 via Madagascar is several seconds behind, and a very poor signal tonight (in previous seasons, 11730 had been direct from Japan.) Therefore I conclude that 5910 is a mistake by Issoudun [note spelling; people keep getting it wrong], since ISS does relay NHK earlier, 0200-0400 in Japanese, and 0400-0430 in Spanish, 290 degrees for Mexico, Central America and Caribbean, and surely ruining HJDH in NW South America too; so brought 5910 up by mistake again at 0530! However, it vanishes at 0544, uncovering Colombia`s typical nice music. If this weren`t a Saturday it would have been just in time not to collide with another station on 5910, TWR Polish via Austria, at 0544-0559 M-F only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) No such anomaly following few nights 5910, NHK Radio Japón (Issoudun, Francia), 0419 UT 14 Agosto. Programa N 2 de serie de programas en el que hablan sobre la eliminación de desechos tóxicos en Finlandia y también Alemania; también mencionan que van a construir un sitio especial para la eliminación de residuos nucleares y también habitantes del pueblo en donde van a construir ese sitio dan sus opiniones, SINPO: 55545 (Marcos Cox, location unknown, Receptor: Degen DE1103 + Antena Cable Largo 3 Metros, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** KIRIBATI. 1440, R. Kiribati, 0920, in null of 1SBS; good with island music, talk by a woman, anthem (or similar) at 0930, brief test tone, plug pulled. 4/8 (David Sharp, NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH. 9435, August 11 at 1326, VOK English with self-imposed choral crossmusic, i.e. the simultaneous Chinese program // 11735, and also mixed with noise jamming bleed, same situation as // but better 11710. Later in hour, both services are in similar but clashing choral music. Seems to me that 9435 had been absent lately, tho can`t say I`ve missed it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) D.P.R., 15105.000, Test tone signal of new BBEF-Made in China transmitter units at Kujang-KRE at 0250-0255 UT Aug 12. Two exact 1000 Hertz tone peaks visible at 15104 and 15106 kHz. S=9+20dB signal heard with clean audio quality at remote unit in Nara, Japan. Test tones ended at 0255:00 UT. Voice of Korea's regular Chinese service scheduled here from 0300 UT (Wolfgang Büschel, Aug 12,, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KYRGYZSTAN. 4795.02, KGR1, 1727, weak with local vocals, no ID so presumed. 4010 and 4050 were untraced. 10/8 (David Sharp, NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LIBYA. 11600, Radio Libya, 1738, very good with Arabic vocals, "Radio Libya" ID by man at 1740 and into more vocals. 5/8 (David Sharp, NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11600.00, 1645-1655 08.08, R Libya, Sabrata. Arabic conversation between two women, mentioning Libya, 55444 (Anker Petersen, latest loggings from Skovlunde, Denmark on my AOR and RadioJet, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) 11600 Se identifica poco, pero cuando lo hace, es hasta el cansancio: http://youtu.be/f9uMVuIWvfk (hoy a las 1941 UT) -- (Rodolfo Tizzi, Uruguay, Aug 13, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** MADAGASCAR. 5015.32, R. Malagasy, 1850, no doubt the one with distinctive music, talk by a lang woman; news or similar at 1900. Plug pulled around 1905 without fanfare. 9/8 (David Sharp, NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALAYSIA. 6050.025, Asyik FM. Getting music here mixing with HCJB in talk at 1054:15 and 1056:40. Just far enough away to hear a het between the two. 1102 sounded like W giving presumed news while HCJB had M speaking. Apparent end of news at 1105:30, music briefly, then W again. 9 August. 7295, Traxx FM, 1034 usual pop and dance music programming. 1045 longer announcement by live studio M DJ ending with ID. Guns & Roses song. 1100 time ticks and news by M starting with headlines. Peaked around 1048. Best heard in a while. 4 August (Dave Valko, Dunlo PA, HCDX via DXLD) ** MALAYSIA [non]. Hi, does somebody know if Radio Free Malaysia is working after the election in Malaysia on 5th May 2013 on AM 1359 kHz?? During my stay in the PHL I could hear the station in April every Day - signal was coming from Taiwan. Best 73 (Harald Suess, Aug 13, ADXB - Austrian DX Board via MWcircle yg via DXLD) ** MEXICO. Re: ``850, August 5, I had tuned in again before 0600 UT to rock music in English with KOA easily nulled; fortunately roused at 0607 to hear YL non-ID as ``Milenio Radio en medio de la noche``, so it`s XEM Chihuahua as suspected. I haven`t got a handle on what format Milenio employs, as have heard a variety. Anyhow, this one is not ``MEX/NWS`` as in IRCA Mexican Log 2012; it does have the correct slogan, unlike WRTH 2013 showing the former ``Renacimiento 850``. Cant? just shows: ``850 XEM Milenio Radio + FM 103.7 Chihuahua, Chih. 5000 500`` while IRCA and WRTH claim the powers are 5000/1000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1681, DX LISTENING DIGEST)`` Thanks, Glenn, I'm starting on the IRCA Mexican Log and will change the format to VAR. Format information is not that easy to find. Power information is not always accurate. http://www.milenio.com/radio (Martin Foltz, XE Log Editor, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. XESDD-920 (XESDA) moved to 1030 (moving to the new transmitter site E of Tijuana, 50 miles from their CoL) many years ago. They did inappropriately continue to run the old 920 operation in Ensenada, with the same calls and totally separate programming, until they got caught, but even that was quite a few years ago. Are they at it again? If so we should check to see if the old XESS-1450 (which moved to 780 and eventually 620, also E of Tijuana) has returned in Ensenada (the cheater was doing the same thing on 1450 that he was doing on 920 until he got caught). 73 (Tim, Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry, Hall, CA, ABDX via DXLD) ** MICRONESIA. [Pohnpei State], 1449, V6AH, 0940, continuous (mostly island music) with a few urban-sounding songs thrown in for good measure. Then finally talk by a lang man at 0951, with several mentions of V6AH (though he 'swallowed' the "a" and it sounded more like V6H), followed by Christian hymns (including "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands"). Fair with 2MG partially nulled. 11/8 (David Sharp, NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MICRONESIA. 4755.5, August 8 at 1158, PMA The Cross carrier is audible with slightly lower noise level, maybe cleaned up by some rain overnight: so I can catch its autocutoff at 1158:28.5*. Then I quickly tune to SOLOMON ISLANDS q.v. to nab another (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) FSM - Micronesia, Pacific Missionary Aviation, Cross Radio Pohnpei, 4755.538 kHz at 1005 UT, poor S=6-7 in CA-US (Wolfgang Büschel, noted 0930-1000 UT Aug 11 on various remote SDR units, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) [non-log]. 4755.52, PMA-The Cross Radio. August 12 noted already off the air by 1146; August 13 already off by 1131. Glenn also has recently noted them off earlier than their normal 1200*. New sign off time or DTMF tones not working correctly? (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MOROCCO. 9579.15, R. Mediterranée Internationale, Aug 04 0722-0746, 35433-35333, French and Arabic, Talk and music and news, ID at 0729 and 0744 (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) ** MYANMAR. 7344.99, Thazin R. Killer signal this morning at 1046 with pleasant SE Asian pops. Didn't seem modulated up to 100% though. Song at 1055 kind of sounded like "Romeo's Tune" by Steve Forbert. 4 August. 7200.09, Myanmar R. 1100 M announcer after pop music. 4 August (Dave Valko, Dunlo PA, HCDX via DXLD) Ailing transmitter back on air. The transmitter which operated on 6030, 9460, 7110 is back on the air from this morning here in S. Asia. 2330-0130 6030, 0430- 9460 on the air as I write. Also at 0030 noted 5915, 5985, 6030, 6165, 7200(with spurs) all active with different programs. At 0430 observe 9490, 9590- and 9730.85. Will be interesting to see if at 1030, 7110 or 6165 will be active, including the English 1430-1500 segment. Will work out the latest sked as actually on air after 1630 tonight (Victor Goonetilleke, Sri Lanka, August 14, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Great news, Victor. Thank you for the alert. I will check at 1430 UT on both 7110 and 6165, to see if I can hear their long absent segment in English. Hope it's 7110, as that would be a clear frequency, unlike 6165 with the presence of CNR6. Time will tell which it is. [and non] But that will be after I check out President Pranab Mukherjee's address to the nation at 1330 UT, on the eve of India Independence Day (August 14). We can only hope that stations like AIR Kohima (4850), AIR Imphal (4775), etc. will put in a special appearance then. Should be an eventful morning here! (Ron Howard, San Francisco, ibid.) 6165, Thazin Radio, 1430, August 14. Ex 7110. Thanks to Victor Goonetilleke (Sri Lanka) for the timely alert that this transmitter had been reactivated. The tx broke down after being last heard about December 25, 2012 on 7110, where I had been enjoying them almost daily. Thazin Radio acknowledged the situation via an email to me: “Yes, we have been transmitter problems. So we don't transmit radio programs. We are repairing. Thank you for listening.” So they have finally fixed it! Had very much hoped they would return to 7110, but not so. Heard in English with the usual formatting; pop songs; 1434-1441 sounded very much like the usual news; 1444-1448 one of their talk features. Barely heard under a strong CNR6, which today was playing mostly music; mostly unusable, but was able to tell was in English during infrequent CNR6 talk segments; went off before 1500; very poor frequency for them, as even if there is an especially good day for propagation, then likely CNR6 will also be stronger; a no win situation. I know 7110 is in the ham band and they should not be there, but it was so well heard last winter for their English segment that I have to hope they do in fact return there again. Barring that, at least they should find a clearer frequency! (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. Nice signal from The Mighty KBC on 9925 kHz. Now until 0200 UT. An email to themightykbc @ gmail.com may help to keep it on shortwave. MFSK32 digital text and image coming up at about 0130 UT (Kim Elliott, UT Aug 12, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DXLD) ** NEWFOUNDLAND. 6159.97, 0020-0035 09.08, CKZN, St. John's, English talk about science, 33233, QRM AIR on 6155 (Anker Petersen, latest loggings from Skovlunde, Denmark on my AOR and RadioJet, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** NEW ZEALAND. Rockwork 4 Ocean Cliff -- Freakish NZ Propagation Hello All, During the recent one-week DXpedition to the Oregon coast sheer cliff "Rockwork 4" (about 10 miles south of Cannon Beach) the daily propagation to several New Zealand AM stations seemed completely "locked in" every morning, with extremely stable reception, no fading-- almost as if the stations had ground wave propagation. Once sunrise enhancement started around 1200 they were always there, never allowed any Aussie QRM on their frequencies, and all stuck around until the DU propagation collapsed around 1330 daily. The bizarre regularity of these (and other) New Zealand stations almost made it seem like the Cliff was a separate piece of Kiwi real estate. Posted below are several MP3 links for these ultra-stable NZ signals, with each one covering several minutes. For anyone on the west coast who hasn't heard New Zealand on AM, a trip to "Rockwork 4" should provide instant success! 567, RNZ (50 kW, Wellington) -- 1215 UT 7-27-13 (1.8 MB file) http://www.mediafire.com/listen/blcrcejqez9443w/567-RNZ-1215z072713PL380.mp3 603, Radio Waatea (5 kW, Auckland) -- 1252 UT 7-22-13 (1.2 MB file) http://www.mediafire.com/listen/cs7m6z3pp0tgsvf/603-R.Waatea-1252z072213PL380.mp3 765, Radio Kahungunu (2.5 kW, Napier-Hastings) -- 1225 UT 7-26-13 (1.8 MB file) http://www.mediafire.com/listen/aklwag3g3s5gjwa/765-R.Kahungunu-1225z072613PL380.mp3 783, Access Radio (10 kW, Wellington) -- 1247 UT 7-21-13 (1.6 MB file) http://www.mediafire.com/listen/91pgddql67z7d5y/783-AccessRadio-1247z072113PL380.MP3 73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA), 7.5" loopstick Tecsun PL-380 + 12" FSL antenna, Aug 11, IRCA via DXLD) ** NEW ZEALAND. 1494, Radio NZ or Southern Star? Noted at 0810 with church choir music, scant talk noted until recheck at 0900, when there was world and national news -- many references to NZ -- followed by national weather. News certainly sounded like RNZ, but then back to religious-sounding program afterwards. Very good on peaks. 11/8 (David Sharp, NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEW ZEALAND. I thought this was worth noting here. RNZI 50 kW 035 az heard quite well here in Central CT USA at 0315-0320 UT. Talk / interview about desalinization plant on two islands (US financed), moving into excessive numbers of fisherman lost at sea. Quite a good signal considering mid-afternoon in NZ and near midnite here. Lots of daylight and distance. Still hearing this on hand-held and barefoot Tecsun PL-310 using 2kHz BW and a Grundig G5 narrow BW (Paul S. in CT FN31nl(west), UT Aug 13, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Unremarkable here some two megameters closer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEW ZEALAND. Re 13-32, Pirate station Radio Totse from New Zealand heard in North America this week Hi Glenn, Tried for the station on 8 Aug and heard nothing (not even a trace carrier in). If they were on the air and if the xmtr is in NZ, I would have heard it. 73s (David Sharp (NSW), dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Also nothing heard in California (San Francisco) on August 8 checking at 0914 and subsequent checking on 6925-USB. Probably off the air? (Ron Howard, ibid.) On around 0900 UT with a PSK31 ID, which I could partially decode: "?ou are tpned to Radio To se here on 69dr B Our brdca is aboutfotn snl s" [sic to show garble] Broadcast consisted of rock music and numerous station IDs, several in the clear. Signal improved as time passed, peaking at around 1000, but was never very strong. Audible until 1200, but faded under noise and other interference by 1230. SSTV decode can be seen at http://www.pbase.com/bowman1/image/151770569/original.jpg Thanks for the show, Radio Totse! (Tim Rahto, IA, 1956 UT Aug 11, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Nothing here about NZ (gh) Received an interesting email from them, indicating that my reception on 2 August 2013 from Rose Spit, Haida Gwaii, BC on 6955 was a one-off test on that frequency, and confirming that they were from New Zealand, and not a local pirate relay (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, ibid.) So that still leaves open the question of whether 6925 was from NAm. And unfortunately, we still have nothing but the word of a secret station which is free to assert anything (gh, ibid.) Here's what Radio Totse sent me. Confirms New Zealand QTH (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, ibid.) Viz.: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: radiototse Date: Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 4:46 AM Subject: Re: Reception in Canada To: Walter Salmaniw ``Thank you for your report. I can see why you had such good reception as you had your antenna pointed straight at us down here in NZ. The broadcast you received was a test on 6955 USB which was a one off so it`s nice to know someone heard it. Normally we broadcast on 6925 USB most days from around 0700z. Thanks again Dak.`` Walt then attaches image of QSL jpg --- but it`s right side up (gh) New Zealand shortwave pirate "Radio Totse" heard A new catch for me this morning: 6925 USB mode, New Zealand shortwave pirate "Radio Totse" being heard here, reported operating with 100 Watts, faint signal with rock music, IDs and SSTV IDs. First heard this morning at 0959 UT and slowly improving as local sunrise approaches. I had some positive IDs and was able to decode some fuzzy SSTV images. Never heard a shortwave pirate from DU land before! Still ongoing at 1112 UT right now with music (Tim Tromp, West Michigan, Perseus SDR + phased BOGs, Aug 11, ABDX via DXLD) Well, Tim is convinced (gh, DXLD) I didn't realize there was still any question about Radio Totse being from NZ. All the evidence pretty strongly supports it. There was a log of them from Australia at the same time that the east coast DX'ers first heard the station. See Gabriel Syme's log in this thread. http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,12024.0.html The propagation characteristics also seem to support a New Zealand site. I am satisfied that it is from New Zealand. Now if I could only hear the darn thing. DH KCMO (Dave Hughes, MO, dxldyg via DXLD) OK, but I don`t see any location for Gabriel Syme, but his email is voiceofnextthursday, website is a blogspot.au where TOTSE is explained as Temple Of The Screaming Electron. And says he`s in Australia when receiving this, his first SW pirate (gh, DXLD) I caught the very tail end of their broadcast this morning around 1200 UT, about 40 minutes after local sunrise. Heard an ID along with another SSTV transmission. Too bad I didn't have any decoders or recorders going. Hard to rate a signal on so little data, but they sounded stronger this morning than they did on Sunday (Tim in Luther, Iowa Rahto, Aug 14, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) See NORTH AMERICA ** NIGERIA. 6089.84, FRCN Kaduna, 2212, presume this is the one, throwing a big het against nominal; partial copy in LSB with accented English man and hilife. 5/8 (David Sharp, NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. [sic]. 6925-USB, PIRATE, Radio Toste, August 11, 2013, 1034-1124 UT. SINPO: 25333 1034 a double “Radio Totse” ID, 1054 Start of a SSTV transmission, 1058 a possible ID Then into unknown music with male voices, 1102 ID, Radio Totse” Then Jimmy Hendrix with “The Wind Cries Mary”, 1108 sounds like a possible Jonny Cash tune “I hung my head”? 1109 ID, “You are listening to ?, Radio Totse? With your email address. Then into instrumental music, 1118 op speaking, 1124 possible ID. Email: radiototse @ gmail.com (Mike Rohde, OH, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) Nothing in this log to indicate New Zealand (gh) ** NORTH AMERICA. Radio True North 6295 --- Anybody have a hint as to the location of this pirate? NZRDXL members have heard it, and wondering (Theo Donnelly, BC, ex-NZ, ODXA yg via DXLD) Rumor is that this operator is located somewhere in Western Canada. On numerous receptions of his broadcasts it seems the signal strengths and propagation would favor more a sky wave then ground wave to my location. Another rumor is that he works up north (oil rigs/refinery) and that's why periodical broadcasts. But this of course could be all speculation, for now (Edward Kusalik, AB, ibid.) ** OKLAHOMA. 1020, August 8 at 2025 UT on caradio, the only anomaly is that KOKP Perry is off the air again (totally, not just open carrier); while sibling stations 1580 and 105.1 are // and nominal. Why does this keep happening? Touchy transmitter and someone has to get around to going out to the unmanned site and reset it? {Still off in the nightmiddle around 0530 UT August 9, very welcome absence of its silly sportstalk, but too much storm noise to DX KDKA or anything else} (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OMAN. 15140, August 8 at 2214, Arabic music is here instead of 15355, so this time RSO has failed to QSY at 2200 as per own schedule. Next check, August 9 at 0005, 15355 is still on, that having failed to QSY to 9760 at 0000 per own schedule (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PANAMA [and non]. VUELVE "ANTENA DX" --- Estimados radioescuchas del mundo. Queremos informarles que ANTENA DX programa dedicado a los medios de comunicación y las nuevas tecnologías, producidos en Panamá, Centroamérica. Nuevamente se estará produciendo y será transmitido por diferentes emisoras desde el sábado 3 de agosto en adelante. El programa lo podrán sintonizar a través de las siguientes emisoras: La Chispa Estéreo en Panamá. Los sábados a las 9:00 pm [EST], 0200 UT [domingos!] http://www.lachispaestereo.com Radio Verdad, 4055 SW en Guatemala. Los sábados a las 8:00 pm [EST?, even tho Guat is on CST?], 0100 UT [domingos!], http://www.radioverdad.org Hola Stereo 105.5 FM en Venezuela. Los domingos a las 7:00 pm [EST?, even tho Ven is on UT -4.5?] 0000 UT [lunes!] http://www.holastereofm.com También nos podrá sintonizar en diferido en: https://soundcloud.com/user149195886/antena-dx-10-de-agosto-de-2013 https://soundcloud.com/user149195886/antena-dx-3-de-agosto-de-2013 https://soundcloud.com/search?q=antena%20dx http://programasdx.com/antenadx.htm Nos pueden escribir a lachispaestereo @ hotmail.com quedan todos invitados a sintonizarnos por las emisoras y sitios web antes mencionados. Victor Gutierrez, Productor y presentador de Antena Dx (via José Bueno, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. [non-log]. 3204.96, NBC Sandaun. August 13 still off the air; gone for several days at least (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, August 8 at 1202, talk modulation audible from presumed NBC Madang, after others including 3385 and 3205 have gone off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) (presumed), 3260 kHz, 1125 UT. Didn't spend a lot of time on this, just heard it, noted it, and moved along. Of note, I couldn't hear a trace of the new PNG outlet here on 3875 (Tim Rahto, Luther IA, Aug 10, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1013 sounded like the news by M with actualities. Possible mention of PNG and government. Not // 3385. Definitely in Tok Pisin. Into music at 1018. Didn't hear or see any sign of Palangkaraya. Only other PNGs noted were 3205, 3360, and 3365. 4 August (Dave Valko, Dunlo PA, HCDX via DXLD) 3325, NBC Bougainville (presumed), 1237-1303*, August 11. Mixing badly with RRI Palangkaraya; DJ certainly in Tok Pisin/Pidgin; playing pop Pacific Island songs. NBC is never well heard, but today was more distinct than usual. Audio at https://app.box.com/s/bedsubrzmotc66r2p74z (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3874.6V, UnIdentified (possibly NBC) outlet here, first noted at 1057 with talk by a man, seemingly in English and with (I thought) references to "PNG." Then into ads or similar prior to 1100, brief techno (dance) music and unmistakable NBC news theme at 1101 (checked against WWVH). I say "possible NBC outlet" because I presume someone else could relay the news (which was in // to the news on much stronger 3385 NBC East New Britain). Warbly, weak and unstable transmitter, measured drifting down to .57-ish. (Am also thinking whether this may be some sort of back-up feed from Port Moresby, to outlying stations?) 9/8 (David Sharp, NSW, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi David, Did you note a sign off time for the PNG station? (Ian Baxter, NSW, ibid.) Or maybe an attempted return of Radio Fly, somewhat off frequency from 3915 (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Hi Glenn, Radio Fly also crossed my mind but it sounded more like an NBC station. Regarding one other question from another DX'er -- no, I did not note a s/off time but noticed it was still on at 1200. PS: I believe this may have been reported as an English lang unID elsewhere, about a year ago. Still monitoring as per previous log but station is currently on 3874.84 and drifting downward; noted with general conversation by woman but some distortion. Did not seem to be // to other NBC outlets. 10/8 [1102 UT] Hi Everyone, 3874v, Running same program as 3385 NBC E. New Britain at 1157 UT 10/8 (David Sharp, NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) David, 3874v, Heard well over the past week from Darwin, good level & also noted running //3385 at around 1930 UTC with morning program. Regards (Craig Seager, Sent from my iPad, Aug 10, ARDXC via WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DXLD) Hi David, August 10, at tune at 1110, found open carrier below threshold level on about 3874.6. Subsequent checking heard this drifting down to about .3 by 1156. Was drifting around fairly quickly. Never reached the level of any audio here in California. Certainly this is by far the weakest of all the NBC stations that I can hear. Is the tx site also East New Britain? Carrier was gone by 1202 check. Noted 3385 off at 1200* and 3260 off at 1205* (Ron Howard, San Francisco, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Ron, All I have determined is, this station seems to // 3385 most (perhaps all) of the time. Also being heard in Darwin (much closer to the target). Cannot speculate if TX site is also East New Britain or if someone is relaying the station. As you've noted, the TX is highly unstable and drifts considerably. 73s (David Sharp, NSW, Aug 12, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DXLD) Has anyone noticed that this new frequency is very close to the old frequency of "Radio Free Bougainville", which as I recalled was on 3880 and/or 3875 in the past. Coincidence? (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria BC, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Walt, Interesting possibility I had not considered (David Sharp, ibid.) Hi David, August 12, heard an open carrier, below threshold level, on 3875.58v at 1149. Went off the air about 1159, which was just about the same time NBC East New Britain also went off. Never any audio heard. Perhaps PNG? (Ron Howard, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Ron, Observations from Darwin would indicate this is likely PNG (David Sharp, ibid.) Thanks, David. August 13 still on about 3875.5v and off at 1200*. Their closing down does seem to be mirrored by NBC East New Britain (3385). Continues to be below threshold level, but the open carrier seems to get stronger with time. If still here in a month or two, might be possible to hear some audio? (Ron Howard, ibid.) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 7324.938, Wantok Radio Light, Port Moresby at 1015 UT. But only UNDERNEATH of CRI Japanese service 7325.0, latter performed Mandarin/Japanese language lesson! (Wolfgang Büschel, noted 0930-1000 UT Aug 11 on various remote SDR units, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 4747.06, Huanta 2000, 1032, huaynos, "Huanta Dos Mil" by a man. As usual, the strongest OA here. Best in LSB to escape 4750 slop. 9/8. 4774.92, Radio Tarma, 1021, local time check by a man over huaynos, some CODAR QRM. 9/8 (David Sharp, NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4774.91, 0100-0120 09.08, R Tarma, Tarma. Spanish ann, Andean singing, 35222 (Anker Petersen, latest loggings from Skovlunde, Denmark on my AOR and RadioJet, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** PERU. No sign of 4789.9, R. Visión this morning at 0845. 4 August. No sign of 4789.9, R. Visión again. 5 August (Dave Valko, Dunlo PA, HCDX via DXLD) No time (gh) 4789.89, R. Visión. Carrier back on at 0837 but no audio to speak of at that time. But did get a little extremely weak music at 0851. OA campo music better at 0903. 6 August (Dave Valko, Dunlo PA, HCDX via DXLD) 4790-, August 10 at 0531, JBA carrier with traces of music, no doubt R. Visión, which is reported to be running sometimes all-night, irregularly. Long gone are the days when this was a bigsig from the Andes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 4835, Radio Ondas del Suroriente (Quillabamba, Perú), 0318 UT 14 Agosto. Varias canciones en español como "Quiéreme tal como Soy", comentario de una mujer sobre la siguente canción y le sigue canción "Honesty" en inglés, y siguen más canciones. Después locutor habla sobre la música que están pasando y dice "Vamos a la música, estamos en Radio Felicidad" --- Dando cuenta que a esa hora se retransmitía Radio Felicidad de Lima, Perú. Se nota leve moderada interferencia de WWCR en los 4840, SINPO: 34333 (Marcos Cox, location unknown, Receptor: Degen DE1103 + Antena Cable Largo 3 Metros, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** PERU. 4955, Radio Cultural Amauta (Huanta, Perú), 2304 UT 09 Agosto. Anuncios publicitarios en los que mencionan al gobierno regional de Ayacucho, y más anuncios de salud y un programa de mejoramiento; después anuncio en quechua sobre una iglesia y una municipalidad, SINPO: 45444 (Marcos Cox, location unknown, Receptor: Degen DE1103 + Antena Cable Largo 3 Metros, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** PERU. 5025, Radio Quillabamba (Quillabamba, Perú), 2319 UT 09 Agosto. Mencion de Quillabamba y un coordinador regional; después programa con oraciones y rezo de rosario, SINPO: 45444 (Marcos Cox, location unknown, Receptor: Degen DE1103 + Antena Cable Largo 3 Metros, condiglista yg via DXLD) [and non]. 5025, R. QUILLABAMBA, Agosto 10 a 0103 UT. Cumbias y otra música de tipo tropical con saludos por parte de una locutora y atención de llamadas telefónicas. Señal con QRM de Radio Rebelde, que solamente es un murmullo detrás de la emisora señalada. ** PERU [and non]. 5980.02, 0005-0020 07.08, R Chaski, Urubamba, Cusco, Spanish talk and music, 24222, QRM splashes from 5990 (Anker Petersen, latest loggings from Skovlunde, Denmark on my AOR and RadioJet, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) 5980, August 9 at 0058, R. Chaski carrier is barely audible, but definitely cuts off at 0100:53.5* which is 4.5 seconds later than yesterday, so there does seem to be some slight variation. I am back on the porch with the usual DX-398 and short wire, fortified by Deet on my hands and exposed neck area which would also be helpful as I moved on to half a sesquihour (one tank) of lawnmowing after this DX session (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5980, Radio Chaski (Urubamba, Perú), 0045 UT 10 Agosto. Mensajes cristianos para los oyentes transmitidos por Radio Integridad. Señal interferida por ruido de espurios provocados por RAE Argentina, SINPO: 55455 (Marcos Cox, location unknown, Receptor: Degen DE1103 + Antena Cable Largo 3 Metros, condiglista yg via DXLD) 5980 R. CHASKI. Agosto 10 a 0045 UT. Hombre predica sobre los matrimonios y el respeto debido entre la mujer y el hombre. Señal con QRM de los espurios de RNA/RAE y con audio sobremodulado y sale del aire a las 01 UT (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: 5 metros de alambre de cobre, QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) Or 0102:: (gh) 5980, August 10 at 0059-0100:59*, Chaski carrier cuts off 5.5 seconds later than yesterday. Meanwhile there is a noisy extremely distorted spur covering roughly 5965-5985, perhaps the LRA 6060 transmitter totally out of whack which the Southern Coners have been complaining about for months. Also could not detect any carrier on 5980.2, where the Uruguayan pirate Emisora Chaná in Tacuarembo has reactivated, first reported by Ernesto Paulero in Argentina, and confirmed by Horacio Nigro who contacted the operator, CX6OL, who said for the past biweek it`s been running 24 hours with 30 watts, nor am I likely to with that low power (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Chaski sólo transmite su propia programación por las mañanas, ya que en las tardes transmite a Integridad con sobremodulación, de ahí la voz gruesa (Claudio Galaz, Chile, Aug 10, condiglista yg via DXLD) 5980, August 12 at 0100-0101:09.5*, R. Chaski carrier tracked until cutoff, despite splash from CRI/Cuba 5990 overrun with futile English 0100 past 0101. {That`s 10.5 seconds later than Aug 10, and I could not detect it on Aug 11}. 5980, August 13 at 0059-0101:15.5*, R. Chaski JBA carrier stops, about 6 seconds later than yesterday, so make that approximate, as it was fading in and out (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) La Página web es: http://www.radiochaski.org/ Aunque también hay otra por ahí que es un poco antigua. Tienen Facebook también. Saludos! (Claudio Galaz, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** PERU. 6173.88, R. Tawantinsuyo, 0708, surprised with early fade-in (5:08 pm local) with Spanish talk by a man, into huaynos. Slightly undermodulated but fair strength. 29/7 (David Sharp, NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6173.93, 0030-0040 09.08, R Tawuantisuyo, Cusco. Spanish ann, Andean music, 25222 (Anker Petersen, latest loggings from Skovlunde, Denmark on my AOR and RadioJet, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** ROMANIA. 17745, Sunday August 11 at 2117, Spanish announcement, rock song in uncertain language, good signal at peaks from deep fades, 2121 RRI ID, opening `Club de Oyentes` with Victoria Sepciu (who seems to have quite a fan base in Ibero-America); answers listeners mail until ``hasta la próxima`` at 2125, but she`s just finishing one response, not the whole program. // 15300 is better where I switch at 2136; she gives her personal yahoo.es address, until 2137. Then at 2138 she`s back with DX program, first news about RTI renovating its transmitter sites, something we have already read about in English; then more mailbag (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SAAR. After the announced break the Felsberg transmitter is again active on 183 kHz. Compared to the previous situation the directional pattern appears to be tighter now (although, unsurprisingly, by far not as tight as until last year), here in the direction of the null again with some distortion due to a particularly tight suppression of the carrier. I assume they now again use what remains of the main antenna, i.e. two of the former four masts, reconfigurated after the third mast has been removed to allow for a new two mast set-up (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Aug 10, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Nothing heard in Copenhagen on 183 at 1200. 177 kHz is OK here. 73, (Erik Køie, Denmark, Aug 10, ibid.) S=9+35dB here in Stuttgart at 1435 UT, most likely STILL via reserve antenna, located close to French frontier. An antenna design with mast number 1 and 4, without the pylons #2 and #3, which blown up recently, makes no sense in the radiation. The transmission interruption on the weekend will be needed for the new antenna design construction, likely? 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) So which mast has been demolished in June? I understood the reports in such a way that it was, together with the broken mast, O O X X Did they really [mean] something like O X X O or X O X O which indeed would make no sense whatsoever and raise the question why they have not just removed the remaining two masts as well instead of leaving behind an unusable fragment? At least something has changed; here in the direction of the null there is again an overmodulation-like distortion from carrier suppression that was not there during the last year (Kai Ludwig, ibid.) Strong signal on 183 kHz, Europe 1, female announcement after a male song at 1423 UT (Jonaathan, China, Aug 10, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) via remote receiver???? 183 kHz - very very weak here in Romania (it used to come in with a fair to good signal most of the time on my external antenna). But the propagation is lousy in the LW band at the moment, I can only hear 171 kHz (good as always), 207 (weak), 225 (fair), 270 (weak) and 279 kHz (fair). And of course our own Romanian station on 153 kHz. There is also a huge amount of athmospheric noise making reception impossible for weak stations. 73s, (Tudor Vedeanu, 1509 UT Aug 10, ibid.) After reviewing the various reports from various sources it is pretty obvious that the 183 kHz signal is now everywhere, in all directions from the transmitter, stronger than before. This includes the direction where it in fact should not have become stronger. Reportedly Deutschlandradio had already complained at some point in the last 12 months about transmissions through the back-up antenna with its much smaller gain reduction, not complying with GE75 one must suspect, continuing for so long. And now the situation has become even worse. It's not dramatical at my location (southern Brandenburg), although I must mention that it could influence the perception of the described distortion. But already from Leipzig/Halle area there are complaints about the 183 kHz signal now noticeably splattering onto 177 kHz. It will perhaps not come as a surprise that discussions of this situation consider the 183 kHz signal as an unwelcome intruder, mentioning how the transmission facility is patroled by a French security company. I saw that there was recently also confusion about Antenne Saar: This is, as hinted in WRTH (page 206 in 2013 edition) merely a computer that switches between SWR Info (the former SWR Conra, relaunched as a tight format of news snippets when it was taken off mediumwave), SR 2 and Radio France Internationale. Nobody cares for it, nobody listens to it, as it became obvious when it for days or even weeks relayed in slots formerly filled with Deutsche Welle their "this radio station is gone" loop. It is being said that the 1179 kHz transmitter, which is anyway just an offshoot of the 1422 kHz operation (leased out to Deutschlandradio), could at least in theory be turned off at any moment (Kai Ludwig, August 12, ibid.) Thanks, Kai, for this interesting summary. So, the presumed explanation is that 183 is still from the omnidirectional mast, and that the purpose of the maintenance break was to allow this mast to take the full power of the transmitter, rather than the reduced power that was used between August 2012 and August 2013? Will the listener complaints affect the rumoured plans to close 177? (Chris Greenway, UK, ibid.) What is widely described as "omnidirectional mast" is a pair of two masts, apparently a classic radiator-reflector combination. To the left in this picture from 2008, with the main antenna to the right: http://www.radioeins.de/etc/medialib/rbb/rad/programm/medienmagazin/f/026.file.jpg Now the question is which of the remaining three masts of the main antenna has been removed in June. It was understood that they did this in such a way that a two mast set-up can be configurated, since unspecified "modifications" have been given as reason for unexpectedly blowing up another, intact mast. Any further information is still missing, I have so far also not seen a photo of the current situation. Anyway at my location 183 kHz is still weaker than Allouis on 162 kHz, so it is certainly not omnidirectional. There is a gain reduction, but it is, unsurprisingly of course, not the sharp one specified in GE75 (more than 20 dB, almost 30 dB if I recall correct, are required). People who loosely follow French industry circles say that Lagardère does not intend to further invest into its longwave outlet, instead to close it down no later than 2016. Further background remains behind the language barrier (Kai Ludwig, Aug 14, ibid.) ** SARAWAK [non]. RFS will restart Monday August 12 on 15420 at 1100- 1230, this time via TAIWAN, but may change back to PALAU which was previously used. Website http://radiofreesarawak.org has not yet been updated since it stopped May 7, still showing old 15430 at 11-13 info. As already reported, the other Sarawak clandestine, Radio Free Kenyalang, ceased after July 31 (Glenn Hauser, August 10, WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15420-, August 12 at 1128 checking for Radio Free Sarawak which is reactivating via TAIWAN today, but no signal, nor at 1155 as the 19m band is almost dead. Keep checking and by 1219 there is a JBA carrier, 1223 talk audible, fading in better at 1224, sounds like Iban language we heard in previous incarnation, resembling Malay, with occasional word-matches such as ``orang``. Carrier is slightly on lo side compared to 9420, 1420 signals. It`s a phone interview; studio side mentions ``demokrasi``. Glad I could hear it just before scheduled sign-off 1230 --- but wait, it keeps on going! 1233.4 a bit of music and YL ID as Radio Free Sarawak, and seeming contact, sponsor info. Gradually improving so really running until 1300*, the old schedule? 1238 more music and announcement, 1239 more phone interview. It`s still very poor, compared to e.g. 15450 Turkey, and much stronger 15490 HCJB-Australia. 1254, 15420 still in and talking about orang. But wait, it`s still going past 1300! 1303.6 another music bit, more talk, 1310 when I break my fast. Next check 1341, now it`s off so maybe lasted until 1330. Later I read reports from others: Wolfgang Büschel says that religious music was playing (by mistake?) during first half-hour from 1100 on 15420.017. So maybe RFS got extended on this one occasion in compensation? Ivo Ivanov timed RFS programming from 1150 to 1321. Ron Howard was hearing same thing from 1106 past 1307, and points out the website has been updated, with new audio available, viz.: ``Radio Free Sarawak, Winner Of the International Press Institute's Free Media Pioneer Award 2013 7pm-8.30pm Local 1100-12.30 UTC, SW 15420 kHz, Tel 082-237191 Radio Free Sarawak, responding to popular demand, is back on air today to keep folk abreast of vital developments since GE13, where Sarawak’s rural seats again kept BN in power, despite the landslide against the government in West Malaysia. We look at the Baram election petition – how was that seat lost in the face of huge popular concern over Taib’s dam plans and why was the case thrown out on a technicality? And the shocking reversal of the judgement in favour of the native land owners at Long Teran, thrown off their territories by IOI/Pelita. The company and state government had appealed against compensating the people who lost their livelihoods! There is comment from veteran broadcaster Christina Suntai and much more tonight and all week from your favourite team at RFS.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SARAWAK [non]. TAIWAN(non [sic]) Radio Free Sarawak is back on air from Monday, August 12: 1100-1230 15420 PAO 100 kW / 208 deg to SEAs in Iban Monday-Saturday There's no regular program today. Continuous music at about 1120 UT. The regular program was back at 1150 with website and email announcements. Today, August 12 Radio Free Sarawak continues to broadcast until 1321 UT (DX RE MIX NEWS #794 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, August 13, 2013 via WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DXLD) I often have to change the headers on Ivo`s items, but this one is sic: he has it exactly backwards. As the establisher of this [non] business, I must point out that heading this ``TAIWAN(non)`` is wrong. It IS transmitted *from* TAIWAN, thus TAIWAN without any nons --- or it is *for* SARAWAK, so equally correct and preferably here is this heading: SARAWAK [non] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) TAIWAN, 15420.017, Radio Free Sarawak - I have my doubts about a RFS content. Thus, a rebellious Labour party of Sarawak does have another different kind program. For me, this is more religious than pure symphonic music / singer. Beautiful clean religious choral music, heard in Nara, Japan, around 1102 UT on Aug 12, S=9+20 dB on the usual frequency ODD from Taiwan site. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DXLD) ** SARAWAK [non]. 15420, Radio Free Sarawak via Taiwan, random listening from 1106 to tune out at 1307, August 12. Mostly fair to good reception on their first day back; long segment of non-stop religious songs in English ("One Little Candle", etc.); interesting format for them to use; by 1201 found they were having phone conversations; 1233 seemed news segment; still on at 1307. Their hour and a half program was late starting due to the first portion of today's broadcasting being just filler music; good number of IDs. Nice audio at their website - http://radiofreesarawak.org How today's reception sounded to me here in California, at https://app.box.com/s/6p0nig0xlledhzhq6f00 (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DX LISTENING DIGEST) The various reports together paint a clear picture: This music has been heard until 1150, then the transmission did not sign off before 1321. So obviously the playout of the Radio Free Sarawak programme did, caused by whatever mistake, not start until 1151 and until then fill music has been played (by whom? Babcock London? RTI Taipei?). Interestingly the transmitter then did not simply drop off at 1230 but the whole Radio Free Sarawak programme has been broadcast, indicating a manual operation at the transmitter site (which concrete one?) or at least an intervention by an engineer (Kai Ludwig, Germany, ibid.) 15420, Radio Free Sarawak via Taiwan. What an extreme difference 24 hours makes! Yesterday had a booming signal here, whereas August 13 their signal was almost unusable; only just above threshold level. Did propagation change that much in 24 hours? (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15420, Aug 13 at 1216, JBA carrier begins to appear from R. Free Sarawak via TAIWAN on its second day of reactivation. Now must have started properly at 1100, as it cuts off at correct time of 1230:27* - -- altho judging from yesterday, its audibility would have improved here during the following hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SAUDI ARABIA. The schedule of transmitter with "buzzi" sound observed 23 July - 3 August 2013: 0550-0853 17730; 0856-1157 17805; 1159-1456 21505; 1458-1754 15435, and irregular from 1755 UT on 9675 kHz. Also there are buzzi spurs, for example at 0800 h from 17708 to 17714 kHz and from 17744 till 17753 from fundamental 17730 kHz. From 0856 UT of the 17805 kHz, there are spurs 17784-17789 and 17820- 17827 kHz, so one of them covered its previous transmission in French on 17785 kHz replaced at the middle of July with radio Jeddah' s program in English and closed around 28 July (at the same time on 15250 kHz were relayed programs in Indonesian and Urdu \\ 21670 and 13775 kHz between 1000 and 1355 UT which were also ceased). (Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria, Aug 8, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 11 via WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DXLD) On August 7-12 no signal from BSKSA on 17785/15250: 0800-0957 on 17785 RIY 500 kW / 270 deg to WCAf French Radio Riyadh 1000-1227 on 15250 RIY 500 kW / 250 deg to WCAf English Radio Jeddah (DX RE MIX NEWS #794 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, August 13, 2013 via DXLD) ** SERBIA [non]. See SPAIN: 9685 ** SLOVAKIA. Attention! RSI will only be on the new site! Dear listeners, perhaps you noticed that RSI recently "got over" to the new web-site under the general stranitsuv Radio and Television of Slovakia http://www.rtvs.sk But you can still find our website via the Internet addresses http://www.rsi.sk. Link to going back into oblivion Web page of the International Radio Slovakia was before the next http://www.rozhlas.sk/radio-international and now enter the URL http://www.rsi.sk you will be redirected to our new website http://rsi.rtvs.sk/ Source: http://www.rozhlas.sk/radio-international-ru/novinky (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" via RusDX Aug 11 via WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DXLD) ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020-, August 8 at 1159, SIBC carrier is audible so right after MICRONESIA q.v. cutting off, I tuned here to catch this cutoff at 1200:23.5*. Unfortunately this caused me to miss a third cutoff, from 3385 PNG, which was audible even better before 1200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. 5020-, August 12 [not 4 as in original typo!] at 1157 I have a very weak carrier from SIBC, so wait to time its cutoff: approx. 1200.5*. Otherwise before 1200 there were carriers from 3385 PNG, 4940 China, but not from 4750 Indonesia or 4755 Micronesia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOMALILAND. 7120, R. Hargeisa, Aug 06, 2050-2100*, 25332, Somali, Talk, ID at 2053 and 2056, Closing music from 2058, 2100 sign off. 7120, R. Hargeisa, Aug 07, 1850-1859*, 25332, Somali, Talk, IS at 1853, News, Closing music from 1858, 1859 sign off (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, August 10 at 1344, JBA AM carrier with CW QRM from an N4; presumed trace of R. Hargeisa, long path, which is a long shot from here, still a bihour after sunrise, but should be improving into fall, including English around 1320-1340. 7120, August 11 at 1323, JBA AM carrier amid hamband, presumed another trace of R. Hargeisa when we can imagine it`s in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH AFRICA. 9625, Channel Africa, Aug 09 1504-1517, 34433-33433, English, News, Theme music at 1506, ID at 1514. 15660, Channel Africa, Aug 09 1455-1504, 35433, Swahili, IS and ID, Drums at 1459, 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) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 9930, August 10 various chex from 1400 past 2200, it`s always Brother Scare now on WTWW-2; recheck 2302 dead air, 2308.4 resumes with music past 2335, and no WORLD OF RADIO at 2330, nor after 0000 QSY to 5085, still BS past 0055 and later, but off the air at 0601 check. George McClintock tells me that WTWW-2 will soon be 24/7 Overcomer, once a satellite receiver is installed to replace the internet feed. So, goodbye to all the other programming which has been on this transmitter, unless something can be carved out from the BS. Then perhaps he will start working on getting a #4 transmitter up and running. Unless he drops the other station(s), this means that BS will be on *three* Tennessee 3/5/9 MHz SW stations with overlapping coverage for much of the day, 24/7 on WWRB 9370/3185, 24/7 on WTWW 9930/5085, and long hours but not 24/7 on WWCR 9980/5890 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also USA: WTWW Spurious signals of Brother Stair via Nauen --- Spurious signals of Brother Stair The Overcomer Ministries/TOM on 9678.4 and 9631.6 or +/- 23.4 kHz from fundamental frequency. 1400-1600 on 9655 NAU 100 kW / 275 deg to WeEu English Mon-Thu (Ivo Ivanov blog, WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Cf. AZERBAIJAN Changes of Media Broadcast (MBR): Brother Stair/The Overcomer Ministries 1200-1400 on 15205 ISS 100 kW / 061 deg to EaEu English, ex 060 deg 1200-1400 on 17750 ISS 100 kW / 077 deg to N/ME English, ex 120 deg 2000-2200 on 11775 NAU 100 kW / 175 deg to NoAf English, ex 250 kW 2100-2300 on 15390 NAU 125 kW / 250 deg to SoAm English, ex 240 deg 2100-2300 on 15620 NAU 125 kW / 299 deg to NoAm English, ex 300 deg (Ivo Ivanov blog Aug 14 via DXLD) ** SPAIN [and non]. 9685, August 8 at 0057, another perfunctory check for International Radio Serbia, whose North American service (once one of the best signals from Europe) has been missing for weeks now, and has yet to answer my inquiry: but something else is there! Immediately IDs as Radio Exterior de España. Have they moved in deliberately, or is it a mistake? Time will tell. I check some of the other REE frequencies I can recall to see if they are missing: still on stronger 9535; much weaker but still audible, buried in its own DRM Noise from CR 9630, on 9620. CR analog relay audible on 5995. HFCC has 11680 for Spain at 23-02, and not audible there, but I`m not sure if they really had been during this hour. I know I had previously heard them (in B-12?) clashing with Cuba, scheduled 23-04 on 11680, but neither is on now. Is REE using 9685 at any other time? Yes! For the M-F 20-21 UT French broadcast. So that explains it: either forgot to change frequency since 21 or punched wrong pre-set button. Stayed on past 0101. Bet it`s gone again tomorrow. I suspect some log editors throw out items like this if they`re probably a one-off and not repeatable; but to me mistakes are much more newsworthy than routine logs, and should be a matter of historical record --- at least they are, in DXLD (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DX LISTENING DIGEST) New 9685 is rather instead of 15160 2300-0200 on 9535 NOB 250 kW / 272 deg to CeAm Spanish 2300-0200 on 9620 NOB 250 kW / 230 deg to SoAm Spanish 2300-0200 on 15160 NOB 250 kW / 242 deg to SoAm Spanish 0000-0200 on 9630 CRI 100 kW / 340 deg to NoAm Spanish DRM 0100-0200 on 5995 CRI 100 kW / 110 deg to SoAm Spanish (Ivo Ivanov, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9685, August 9 at 0004, REE is gone again from the unscheduled frequency it was on 23 hours earlier, but it *is* on 15160, in Spanish. Ivo Ivanov points out that 15160 was scheduled 23-02 and 9685 is a ``new`` frequency replacing it. I did check 15160 as well yesterday around 0100 and heard only Chinese weakly, as CRI is also scheduled there in a three-way collision with R. Australia. Today another check at 0058 finds 9685 still vacant of Spain as well as Serbia, and 15160 Spain // 9535, but no RA or CRI audible. So my theory holds, that Spain was on 9685 by mistake, bringing it up again after the intentional French broadcast on it at 20-21 weekdays (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15160, August 11 at 0106, I find REE is playing clips of Radio España Independiente, the Communist clandestine of yesteryear, but this is not the DX program; what seemed CCI at first turned out to be embedded music, better on // 9535 (Glenn Hauser, oK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9660 kHz. 10 August at 2130 tune-in and REE English missing at their scheduled Saturday (and Sunday) time. Instead REE is in Spanish on this frequency, in parallel with stronger 7275 (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN. 9505, Voice of Africa, 1750, English "Voice of Africa" ID by a man, into news or similar, then local music. Poor audio. 5/8 (David Sharp, NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN [non]. 11560, BULGARIA, Radio Miraya, 0409 English, Sudanese song, greetings, talk about programs, dual path echo made comprehension difficult. Fair Aug 12 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, Listening in my car with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active antenna. Editor of World English Survey and Target Listening, available at http://www.odxa.on.ca dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SURINAME. 4990, R. Apintie, 0950, have to think this is the one with Dutch talk by a man, though no formal ID. Weaker reception than on prior logs and dropping off fast. 9/8 (David Sharp, NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SYRIA. CQ RADIO DAMASCO --- Acabo de charlar con Amelia Puga y me ha pedido saber cómo está llegando la señal de RADIO DAMASCO a los oyentes de habla hispana. Por favor, enviar informes directamente a su atención en el asunto (A/A AMELIA PUGA REDACCIÓN DE ESPAÑOL) e-mail Radiodamasco @ yahoo.com TNX a todos y buena escucha. CORDIALES SALUDOS / GOOD LUCK / (JUAN FRANCO CRESPO * STAMP JOURNALIST (AIPET), SÀLVIA 8 (MAS CLARIANA), E-43800 VALLS-TARRAGONA (ESPAÑA-SPAIN-ESPAGNE-SPANIEN), AUG 12 WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DXLD) I suspect, *not at all*, at least not on SW which has been silent for months from 9330 and 12085; doesn`t she know this? (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN [and non]. 9734.863, R. Taiwan International, 1017 getting blasted out by CNR1 on 9735.005. 9 August (Dave Valko, Dunlo PA, HCDX via DXLD) 15485, TAIWAN(?) RTI Aug 11, 1645. Detecting a carrier here today. Have heard loud and clear before, but it surely is a rarity. Still looking for replacement for lost English broadcasts. 7445 is so-so, with some mornings being no more than me being able to identify the program hosts by voice, but not being able to follow the dialogue. 73 and Good Listening! (Rick Barton, El Mirage AZ, Drake R8, Grundig Satellit 750, outdoor Slinky and r.w., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15485 is eastward from FRANCE, hardly any good in AZ; 7445 at 11-12 is southwestward from TAIWAN (gh, DXLD) ** TAJIKISTAN. 4765.04, TR1, 1845, fair with Central Asian and Arabic- influenced music, scant talk by a man. Bothered by occasional voice traffic, high side. 10/8 (David Sharp, NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TURKEY. 15450, Aug 14 at 1228, Turkish music with periodic Voice of Turkey IDs in English, very poor signal, accurate 6-pip timesignal to 1230, last pip prolonged, and opening English. Now it dawns on me that VOT has abolished their longtime repetitive keyboard IS and replaced it with this orchestral music, which explains why I was not hearing the old IS a few minutes prior to other broadcasts. Need to tune the better English transmissions a few minutes before 2200 on 9830 (RTTY permitting), 0300 on 9515 to North America. By clicking on Broadcast from this page http://www.trt-world.com/trtworld/en/news.aspx the complete transmission autolaunches. But audio on demand omits the IS lead-in! As of Aug 14, the latest one is dated 11 August! and starts with the canned sign=*off* announcement! ``you have been listening to ---``, English schedule, ``thank you for listening to the Voice of Turkey, and goodbye``, but then program previews and news (or rather olds). Advancing player to near the end of the 50+ minute file, but nothing audible, maybe not fully loaded yet, but can play the Q of the Month at :35 in. A few minutes later it`s all loaded so I advance to :47 minutes during fill music, headlines and the sign-off announcement again, but not a note of any IS; then auto-replays the file from the start (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DX LISTENING DIGEST) This is the latest one which has now apparently been retired, recorded in Dec 2011, and presumably to be refiled as ``vintage``: http://www.intervalsignals.net/files/tur-trt_vo_turkey_foreign_151211.m3u Here is a previous 2004 version, unfortunately hummy and only thrice: http://www.intervalsignals.net/files/tur-z-trt_vo_turkey_foreign_010104.m3u But this archive apparently missed the one just before the Dec 2011 version, which had all the subtle variations on the same tune! Tho I have not explored all the `domestic` clips which might duplicate it, unlikely. But we have it preserved, http://www.w4uvh.net/votis1.mp3 recorded off web in 2006y, 15 variations running over 4 minutes. Listen carefully for the different flourishes and tempi. I find it remarkable that some log editors habitually delete my audio linx despite my trouble and desire to share them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UGANDA. 4975.95, R. Uganda, 1940, undermodulated but partial copy with English banter between a man and a woman, references to "Nairobi Airport", mentions of "Kampala." 9/8 (David Sharp, NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K. Gelezen op http://mediumwave.info/news.html Babcock Media Services was testing on 13 Aug 2013 on 1296 kHz in AM at 2215 UT. English test announcements, music. Very strong signal here in Germany. 73 Harald Kuhl (14/8-2013)(via Hugo Matten, BDX via DXLD) Ik hoorde gisteren tussen 0900 en 1000 UT ook een testuitzending van Babcock op 1296. Uiteraard heel sterk. 73, (Guido Schotmans, Belgium, Aug 14, ibid.) ** U K [and non]. New time for the evening program of BBC in Uzbek from August 5: 1700-1730 NF 12040 DHA 250 kW / 045 deg to CeAs, ex 1600-1630 on 13695 1700-1730 on 15175 WOF 300 kW / 070 deg to CeAs, ex 1600-1630 on same frequency (DX RE MIX NEWS #794 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, August 13, 2013 via DXLD) Checked today and they were both jammed. 15175 had co-channel Chinese programming that suddenly came on about a minute after the start of the 1700 BBC Uzbek. 12040 was clear until around 1710, when a noise jammer came on (Chris Greenway, UK, Aug 11, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5205-USB, Thursday August 8 at 1354, TTX is leading a net, with other abbreviated calls heard or mentioned, always in fonetix: 6SC, 6UK, 6PG; at 1359 NCS gives his full call, AAM6TTX, so this is Army MARS. Seems familiar: yes, I previously reported AAM6TTX et al., April 18, 2013 at 1343 on 6823-USB, traced no further than to Scott Hamende of Texas Army MARS; see DXLD 13-17. That was also a Thursday; it`s significant to note days of week for these nets which are not necessarily every day (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 8764, NMC, USCG Point Reyes (Point Reyes, [California] Estados Unidos), 0500 UT 14 Agosto. Información marítima y meteorológica dicha por hombre, voz sintetizada, SINPO: 35343 (Marcos Cox, location unknown, Receptor: Degen DE1103 + Antena Cable Largo 3 Metros, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** U S A. I hear that circles affiliated to RFE/RL say that a complete reorganization of US international broadcasting is under way. It is their understanding that it are not just theoretical discussions at a political level but instead already real preparations. One could get an impression that this may very well be true, considering how active lobbyists have become, meanwhile not even refraining from launching personal attacks, even on non-executive individuals, out of anonymity. It is also interesting how circumventing online censorship no longer appears to be a preferred topic of USIB executives. As blogger Evgeny Morozov said in an interview with Der Spiegel: "This agenda is dead." http://magazin.spiegel.de/reader/index_SP.html#j=2013&h=30&a=104058610 (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Aug 10, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. DENSE FOG By The Federalist on 08 August 2013 in Bureaucracy v. Strategy, Featured News, Hot Tub Blog with 4 Comments http://www.usgbroadcasts.com/bbgwatch/2013/08/08/dense-fog-by-the-federalist/ On Tuesday, August 06, 2013 David Ensor, director of the Voice of America (VOA) conducted an “all hands” staff meeting for agency employees – complete with a hard stock billboard on the front of the podium from which he addressed the audience. We won’t cover all the subject matter of this hour-long activity. However, we will touch upon those that elevated our attention. If Mr. Ensor has a mantra it would be captured in his overview of the agency; namely that, “the state of VOA is strong.” It’s a nice thing to say to bolster the workforce, but there are two things wrong with it: (a) it isn’t true and (b) the operative description of the agency is stronger: dysfunctional and defunct. The agency is reeling from a series of missteps, most of them self- inflicted. To counter Mr. Ensor’s pie-in-the-sky assessment of the agency’s state of being, we offer the following, based on his own comments in the meeting: Audience Numbers Mr. Ensor brought up a figure of a global audience of 150-million helped by “a surge” in Latin America. Anything that is described as a “surge” looks highly suspicious knowing that the $50 million contract with embattled Gallup is being questioned by critics. Why a “surge” in Latin America where news has been quitet lately, and not in Iran, the rest of the Middle East, China or Russia? Will the next “surge” be in Peoria? Once again, the agency’s audience numbers are all over the place. Apparently, Mr. Ensor chooses to ignore the “elephant in the room:” a global population of 7-BILLION. The agency’s performance and message have gone flat in too many places. He should have left the audience issue out of his remarks. The reality isn’t a positive. It is a major negative. Tens of thousands of Facebook “Likes” for BBC, Russia Today and Al Jazeera stories — 6 to 25 for most VOA stories. And we should add that some programming cuts the agency intends to make in FY 2014 are in – Latin America! Good-bye alleged audience surge. “Obligations” Mr. Ensor also talked about the agency’s post-Boston Marathon bombing coverage. He characterized it as US media being “obliged” to quote VOA. Obliged? If Mr. Ensor means in the context of properly quoting the source of a news item, that’s standard operating procedure. But Mr. Ensor’s statement makes it sound like US media paying fealty to VOA which is kind of ridiculous. To tell the truth, there really is no lasting memory of what the report was and if it added any meaningful impact to the main story. Outwardly, it seems to have been a small piece to the larger whole with which the news media already had plenty to work with. In short, Mr. Ensor casts the story in a light out of proportion to its overall impact. Employee Survey Participation Mr. Ensor also commented on the latest employee survey and that participation was around 70% – higher than a more commonplace effort of 40%. Mr. Ensor failed to mention that the agency enticed a higher response rate by offering a couple hours of time off for employees who participated. As short-staffed as the agency is as a whole, it may be problematic to follow through on the offer. Most importantly, the real deal in all this is the results yet to be known of this latest survey. In previous years, he and his deputies have been rated in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (OPM) as being some of the worst in the federal government in terms of leadership/management skills. They were also rated as being responsible for the record low employee morale. Mr. Ensor did note that the issues that came up most in survey responses were: fairness, accountability, transparency and communications – what you would expect from an agency in the throes of dysfunction and being defunct. You might also want to include leadership which we know is not a part of the IBB mode of operation. De-Federalization Mr. Ensor also touched upon the subject of de-Federalizing the VOA workforce. Mr. Ensor said that he knew of no plan to do this. This was not one of Mr. Ensor’s finer moments. What happened to journalistic honesty at VOA? To say that he knows of no plan is disingenuous. This is one of those semantic word games the Third Floor likes to play. Here’s the reality: De-Federalization has been discussed in detail. It has shown up in IBB reports, PowerPoint presentations, you name it. It also showed up in the Deloitte consultant report hired and paid for by the agency. The report was everything the IBB henchmen wanted: its recommendations gave a green light to move forward on any adverse action against agency employees without regard to staff discontent, disruptions, American public opinion. This was all the encouragement the IBB needed and is consistent with the IBB bureaucratic culture: an anti-employee work environment and being dismissive of consequences associated with a serious issue. We also know that the subject has been on the radar among staff persons on Capitol Hill. Most certainly, they would be interested to know that Mr. Ensor thinks there is no plan for de-Federalizing the agency’s workforce. Undoubtedly, the agency has discussed it with Capitol Hill staffers. Without question, de-Federalization is a priority goal and objective of the IBB. Our view is that de-Federalization would be one of the final acts in the denouement of the agency. We have said it before and we will repeat it: the Federal workforce is the last line of defense. Without it, it is an invitation to more IBB excesses as demonstrated by the most recent crisis at Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty in Moscow and in Prague, more IBB failures, more waste of taxpayer funds. And last but not least, the permanent failure of the agency and its mission. If you think there would be more transparency and accountability in this agency without its Federal workforce, you are dreaming. There is nothing in the IBB record of mismanagement to suggest that would be an intended outcome. In short, de-Federalization is IBB home grown, enabled and facilitated by conclusions reached in the Deloitte report. Mr. Ensor’s remarks represent a serious misrepresentation of the extent this issue has been discussed and debated. If it was Mr. Ensor’s intention to disarm the agency employees and their wariness on this subject, it speaks poorly of him. Mr. Ensor gambled with his credibility – and lost. Big time. The VOA Central Newsroom About mid-point in Ensor’s presentation came a lengthy discussion of the VOA Central Newsroom. For this part of the presentation, Mr. Ensor turned to Steve Redisch, the VOA executive editor. As a broad observation, one should count the number of times Mr. Redisch used the word “try” or “trying” to characterize what to do with an imploded VOA Central Newsroom. By our count, he did so about five times. In addition, he used the word “experimenting” to describe approaches to workflow. “Trying” and “experimenting” are poor substitutes for solid planning. These agency town hall meetings or high school-like assemblies are notorious for the absence of substance. They have limited value save perhaps as a case study in how senior agency officials engage in semantics, doubletalk, misinformation and disinformation. That is the purpose of these meetings: to demean the employees through a tactic of passing off an opaque, dense fog to cover up a disaster. The big reality that Ensor and Redisch will not – if ever – acknowledge is this: The Newsroom Is Broken These guys can talk in circles as much as they want, but the obvious is there every day. And everyone knows that it has been an intended outcome of the Third Floor to break the Newsroom – up to and including the Ensor/Redisch scheme to create “43 newsrooms.” There’s another word to be used here. It is: Disintegration That is the state of where the Newsroom is right now: understaffed and under-resourced, intentionally so, with predictable results. Under the circumstances, the ability of the Newsroom to serve the agency, its language services and most importantly its core mission as codified in the VOA Charter are seriously – very seriously – undermined. Add to this the strain placed on the Newsroom’s program support technologies like “Pangea” and Dalet which are breaking down with regularity. If Mr. Ensor and Mr. Redisch are not prepared to acknowledge these realities, anything they are talking about in the way of new approaches to workflow is dead on arrival. Here is another consequence of the Ensor/Redisch demolitions project: The agency does not have a workable or sustainable television or video news model. Any thought that the Newsroom is capable of delivering news content in a timely manner under the most strained of circumstances in the current state of affairs is a magic carpet ride of complete fantasy. Smith-Mundt Let’s put it this way: the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act is the mother of all nightmares for the agency – obsessed over, coveted and embraced by senior IBB officials in a fruitless exercise to (a) propagandize the American people and (b) divert attention away from the failure of the agency’s primary mission with overseas audiences. These IBB people decided to open Pandora’s Box, thinking they had a gift waiting inside for them. Now, they find themselves bogged down in rules, regulations, contract considerations with third party news providers and production processes that are going to make it a nightmare to process a handful of content requests effectively and in a timely manner – and in turn taking reporters away from their primary duties and responsibilities. VOA Going To The State Department Mr. Ensor is a former journalist. He is also a former State Department official. This is commonly called being between a rock and a hard place. Anything Mr. Ensor opines on the subject of VOA being migrated to State is going to be the wrong answer for someone. And Mr. Ensor jumped right into the deep end of the pool. Head first. Mr. Ensor believes that VOA and the State Department are not a good fit for each other. Extemporaneously, he remarked that VOA is in the credibility business. Does that mean that the State Department is not? Mr. Ensor then goes on to reference testimony by former Broadcasting Board of Governor member S. Enders Wimbush who also opposes such a move saying that it could be likened to the Radio Moscow model. Are we now comparing the US State Department to the Soviet/Russian Foreign Ministry? Ensor then goes on to remark that VOA is a journalistic organization. It is not. It is an agency of the United States Government, part of the government’s Executive Branch. The VOA Charter – which the IBB has largely rendered defunct – states that the agency is supposed to be a reliable and authoritative source of news. That is deemed to be in the US national interest. However, that does not make the agency a journalistic organization or a news company. All of this is a canard hawked by the IBB and its sycophants. It totally ignores the agency’s stated purpose, function and mission. So now what to do? From our point of view, with the IBB responsible for the agency’s being dysfunctional and defunct, it will be left to others to decide the agency’s fate. For a moment, let’s presume Mr. Ensor’s conclusion that State and VOA are not a good fit. That may be true – if – and it is a big IF the agency was functional and effective. It is neither. Thus, the time has come to consider a different model. The “new” model has a word – actually two: Public Diplomacy And what that means is that the agency’s mission is on the verge of being rewritten and reconsidered to reflect new realities – one of which is the masterful job the IBB has done in destroying the agency’s formative mission (the VOA Charter) and its effectiveness. If you want to talk about new realities, this is one of them – and the IBB played a large role in this development – center stage in destroying the agency’s mission and being a model for gross insubordination and character assassination of people it doesn’t like and doing it in an all-so-public manner. Having spent a lot of time studying and commenting on the agency’s core operation, the VOA Newsroom, we have arrived at the conclusion that the agency is not recoverable. It would be an inexcusable waste of taxpayer funds to even remotely attempt a rehabilitation of the agency at this point. It would take years, decades, millions and billions of dollars. Global publics are running away from, not toward, agency programming. Present circumstances limit choices and alternatives in keeping the agency. Preserving IBB “business as usual” should be automatically taken off the table. At this juncture, being subsumed into the State Department is probably the only realistic option. And while we’re at it, what should also be considered is putting the grantee entities within the National Endowment for Democracy where “supporting freedom and democracy” would be a natural fit. In wrapping up this tin-plated disaster, Mr. Ensor said he sees some light out there – whatever that means. In our view, that light needs to be moving away from Mr. Ensor’s direction and that of the IBB. The Federalist August 2013 (via DXLD) ** U S A. PLAN? WHAT PLAN? http://laborweb.afge.org/sites/bbg/l1812/index.cfm?action=article&articleID=f6077419-4b64-43cd-b119-3ae46a805b93 According to VOA Director David Ensor yesterday (August 6, 2013) at the “All Hands Meeting”, he has seen no plan regarding ‘defederalization’. That may be. But it would be odd that the union has seen not just one plan but several plans discussing defederalization while the VOA Director has not seen any. In a document titled “SW, MW and Re-Alignment Strategy” BBG official, Andre Mendes, identifies de-federalization as an “Organizational Imperative”. A large portion of the Deloitte Consulting LLP study commissioned by the BBG last year dealt with determining the feasibility of de- federalization. The BBG’s “Impact through Innovation and Integration – BBG Strategic Plan 2012-2016” contains this paragraph: The BBG’s year-long strategic review has identified specific organizational reforms to create a more robust and efficient broadcast organization. These include establishing a CEO to manage the agency’s day-to-day affairs; consolidating all senior administrative and management functions into one, integrated network management operation; assessing the feasibility of merging the three grantee organizations (RFE/RL, RFA, and MBN), and exploring the de- federalization of VOA and OCB as well as the International Broadcasting Bureau, the federal BBG components. (Emphasis added [and subtracted in this plain text version].) It also contains the following: We will explore de-federalization of the federal agency components, beginning with a feasibility study to assess key legal and administrative issues. Optimally, all BBG components will share the same legal and administrative framework to maximize operational flexibility and integration. (Emphasis added.) And then there is this: Study options for de-federalizing the three BBG federal components – IBB, VOA, and OCB – to place them on an equal footing with the grantees (including careful review of any agency operations that would need to remain federal to ensure coordination in support of U.S. strategic interests). (Emphasis added.) Congressional staffers have told us that Agency officials have been visiting Capitol Hill offices pushing their de-federalization plan. We asked one congressional office for a copy. They declined to share the plan with us but we have been informed that a Bill is being drafted with de-federalization as a possible option to go along with the establishment of a CEO. In addition, former Governor Enders Wimbush, in testimony before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on June 26th, at a hearing entitled “Broadcasting Board of Governors, an Agency Defunct?” stated, in his recommendations on consolidation of the various BBG Agencies: "This would require de-federalizing the Voice of America and the Office of Cuba Broadcasting." Then, in another comment to his article published in the Wall Street Journal, Mr. Wimbush detailed his or the Agency's de-federalization plan: "I recommend creating a non-federal organization chartered by Congress for all of U.S. international broadcasting’s disparate parts. This would require de-federalizing VOA and the Office of Cuba Broadcasting. VOA’s journalists would no longer be civil servants…” The former BBG Governor essentially stated the same thing regarding de-federalization in a comment to an article written by Heritage Foundation's Helle Dale. Therefore, are we to believe that the de-federalization plan is totally the idea of a former BBG Governor even though mentioned in the Agency's Strategic Plan and a proposal submitted by the head of the Agency's Technology Division? Is the idea nothing but a Will-o’-the-Wimbush? Why would VOA Director David Ensor claim that he has not seen a plan regarding de-federalization? Either he truly has not seen these documents (and others we have not been privy to) or… Well, you can draw your own conclusions (AFGE Local 1812 via DXLD) ** U S A [and non]. 5980, August 8 at 1212, surprised to find an American-accented station here where none existed before: talking about Olympix, terrorism, etc., apparent docu hostessed by YL, and then found same on 7575 Thailand, so it`s a brand new frequency from VOA, obviously some Asian or Pacific site, poor signal here, not yet in HFCC dated 6 August. 5980, August 12 at 1204, NO signal from VOA English, which I had heard August 8 at 1212. Still not in the latest HFCC dated 12 August. Was it a one-off, test or mistake?? Site? 13725, August 10 at 0725, good signal with lively music, then Hausa talk about Obama, 0729 VOA theme ending with Yankee Doodle riff; English outro as from Washington, DC; 0730 complete Yankee Doodle Dandy sign-off. It`s via São Tomé at 0700-0730; HFCC shows 100 kW at zero degrees daily. I`m still unclear whether in HFCC, 0 means due north or non-direxional; which is it? If 0 does mean ND, then how to indicate due north, 360? Or vice versa? Neither ND nor 360 is ever entered in the azimuth column (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) VOA Radiogram on 10 and 11 August 2013 includes a rare appearance by the MFSK22 mode, and greetings to Associazione Italiana Radioascolto, an Italian radio listeners club. More information here http://voaradiogram.net/post/57874099367/voa-radiogram-10-11-august-2013-includes-mfsk-16-22 (KD9XB, Aug 10, dxldyg via DXLD) Once again a good signal on 17860 kHz. A small "surprise" was the MT63 1KL - mode at 16.27z. AF-frequency not the usual 1500 Hz, this time 1000 Hz .... As well, I had an IF record ........... ;-) http://www.rhci-online.de/VoA_Radiogram_2013-08-10.htm 73+55 roger (Roger, Germany, ibid.) ** U S A [and non]. 12075, August 13 at 1247, environmental report from VOA News, poor signal. This hour is via Tinang, PHILIPPINES daily, but if you hear 12075 with `Jazz America` the following hour between 13 & 14 on Sat & Sun, that`s via TINIAN. 9885, Aug 14 at 0553, VOA French poorly audible via BOTSWANA, suppressed by Greenville carrier already on prior to site switch at 0600; having ignored my previous report of this self-collision. No, neither targets OK, but surely Greenville aimed eastward is QRM in Africa too, as it will be the only modulated signal a few minutes later. 15640, August 14 at 1401, good signal and modulation with news about Morsi at 1403 with angry crowd, stingers, listed as VOA Kurdish, 10 degrees from BOTSWANA. Doesn`t usually stand out like this; compared to JBA carrier on 15650, presumably Greece. 15560, August 12 at 0516, poor signal apparently in Pashto, conversation about Taliban, Afghanistan. Aoki shows Mashaal Radio, 04- 06, 250 kW, 90 degrees from Nauen, GERMANY; while HFCC claims it`s IBB in Urdu. WRTH shows it all in Pashto, but it`s the service for the ``Pakistani border region with Afghanistan``; a sub-station of RFE/RL out of Praha (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. Summer A-13 for Voice of America and Radio Martí: 0000-0030 5955 UDO 250 kW / 280 deg SEAs Burmese 0000-0030 7430 IRA 250 kW / 057 deg SEAs Burmese 0000-0030 9325 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg SEAs Burmese 0000-0100 7250 KWT 250 kW / 080 deg CeAs Tibetan 0000-0100 9310 UDO 250 kW / 324 deg CeAs Tibetan Tue/Thu 0000-0100 9340 UDO 250 kW / 324 deg CeAs Tibetan Mon/Wed/Fri 0000-0100 9350 UDO 250 kW / 324 deg CeAs Tibetan Sat 0000-0100 9360 UDO 250 kW / 324 deg CeAs Tibetan Sun 0000-0100 9545 PHT 250 kW / 332 deg EaAs Chinese 0000-0100 9855 IRA 250 kW / 020 deg CeAs Tibetan 0000-0100 15385 PHT 250 kW / 332 deg EaAs Chinese 0000-0100 15565 UDO 250 kW / 030 deg EaAs Chinese 0000-0100 17560 PHT 250 kW / 349 deg EaAs Chinese 0030-0100 7430 KWT 250 kW / 082 deg SoAs Learning English 0030-0100 9325 UDO 250 kW / 280 deg SEAs Learning English 0030-0100 9790 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg SEAs Learning English 0030-0100 12015 UDO 250 kW / 030 deg EaAs Learning English 0030-0100 15290 PHT 250 kW / 349 deg EaAs Learning English 0030-0100 17820 PHT 250 kW / 021 deg EaAs Learning English 0000-0300 6030 GB 250 kW / 225 deg Cuba Spanish Radio Marti 0000-0300 7365 GB 250 kW / 183 deg Cuba Spanish Radio Marti 0100-0200 7430 KWT 250 kW / 082 deg SoAs English 0100-0200 9780 IRA 250 kW / 356 deg SoAs English 0100-0200 15205 UDO 250 kW / 292 deg SoAs English 0100-0300 9370 KWT 250 kW / 080 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio 0100-0300 11895 IRA 250 kW / 340 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio 0100-0300 12035 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio 0130-0200 9825 GB 250 kW / 172 deg SoAm Learning English Tue-Sat 0130-0230 11565 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Dari Radio Ashna 0130-0230 15090 UDO 250 kW / 300 deg WeAs Dari Radio Ashna 0130-0300 7305 UDO 250 kW / 276 deg SEAs Burmese 0130-0300 15115 PHT 250 kW / 283 deg SEAs Burmese 0130-0300 17780 PHT 250 kW / 283 deg SEAs Burmese 0230-0300 5745 GB 250 kW / 190 deg Cuba Radiogram Sun 0300-0330 6135 SMG 250 kW / 146 deg SDN Arabic Afia Darfur 0300-0330 7260 SAO 100 kW / 052 deg SDN Arabic Afia Darfur 0300-0330 9815 NAU 250 kW / 160 deg SDN Arabic Afia Darfur 0300-0400 4930 BOT 100 kW / 020 deg SoAf English 0300-0400 6030 GB 250 kW / 205 deg Cuba Spanish Radio Marti Tue-Sun 0300-0400 6080 SAO 100 kW / 138 deg CSAf English 0300-0400 7365 GB 250 kW / 183 deg Cuba Spanish Radio Marti Tue-Sun 0300-0400 9370 KWT 250 kW / 080 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio 0300-0400 9885 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg CeAf English 0300-0400 11895 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio 0300-0400 12035 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio 0300-0400 15130 UDO 250 kW / 313 deg CeAs Tibetan 0300-0400 17735 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg CeAs Tibetan 0300-0400 21460 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg CeAs Tibetan Mon 0300-0400 21470 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg CeAs Tibetan Tue 0300-0400 21480 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg CeAs Tibetan Wed 0300-0400 21490 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg CeAs Tibetan Thu 0300-0400 21500 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg CeAs Tibetan Fri 0300-0400 21515 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg CeAs Tibetan Sat 0300-0400 21530 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg CeAs Tibetan Sun 0330-0400 7325 SAO 100 kW / 100 deg SoAf Kinyarwanda 0330-0400 7340 BOT 100 kW / 010 deg SoAf Kinyarwanda 0330-0400 11750 SMG 250 kW / 130 deg EaAf Somali 0330-0400 11905 SAO 100 kW / 100 deg SoAf Kinyarwanda 0330-0400 13680 IRA 250 kW / 275 deg EaAf Somali 0330-0400 15620 IRA 250 kW / 267 deg EaAf Somali 0400-0430 7325 SAO 100 kW / 100 deg SoAf Kinyarwanda Sat/Sun 0400-0430 7340 BOT 100 kW / 010 deg SoAf Kinyarwanda Sat/Sun 0400-0430 9885 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg CeAf English 0400-0430 11905 SAO 100 kW / 100 deg SoAf Kinyarwanda Sat/Sun 0400-0500 4930 BOT 100 kW / 020 deg SoAf English 0400-0500 4960 SAO 100 kW / 030 deg WCAf English 0400-0500 6080 SAO 100 kW / 138 deg CSAf English 0400-0500 12025 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg CeAf English 0400-0500 15155 UDO 250 kW / 313 deg CeAs Tibetan 0400-0500 17735 UDO 250 kW / 324 deg CeAs Tibetan 0400-0500 21455 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg CeAs Tibetan Mon 0400-0500 21465 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg CeAs Tibetan Tue 0400-0500 21500 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg CeAs Tibetan Wed 0400-0500 21510 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg CeAs Tibetan Thu 0400-0500 21530 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg CeAs Tibetan Fri 0400-0500 21550 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg CeAs Tibetan Sat 0400-0500 21570 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg CeAs Tibetan Sun 0400-0700 6030 GB 250 kW / 205 deg Cuba Spanish Radio Marti Tue-Sun 0400-0700 7405 GB 250 kW / 183 deg Cuba Spanish Radio Marti Tue-Sun 0500-0530 4960 SAO 100 kW / 030 deg WCAf Hausa 0500-0530 6035 ASC 250 kW / 027 deg WCAf Hausa 0500-0530 6095 SAO 100 kW / 000 deg WCAf Hausa 0500-0600 4930 BOT 100 kW / 020 deg SoAf English 0500-0600 6080 SAO 100 kW / 138 deg CSAf English 0500-0600 11905 SMG 250 kW / 114 deg WeAs Kurdish 0500-0600 12025 BOT 100 kW / 010 deg CSAf English 0500-0600 15265 UDO 250 kW / 313 deg CeAs Tibetan 0500-0600 15525 IRA 250 kW / 316 deg WeAs Kurdish 0500-0600 15580 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg CeAf English 0500-0600 17490 UDO 250 kW / 324 deg CeAs Tibetan 0500-0600 17870 IRA 250 kW / 299 deg WeAs Kurdish 0500-0600 21460 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg CeAs Tibetan Mon 0500-0600 21470 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg CeAs Tibetan Tue 0500-0600 21480 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg CeAs Tibetan Wed 0500-0600 21490 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg CeAs Tibetan Thu 0500-0600 21510 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg CeAs Tibetan Fri 0500-0600 21530 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg CeAs Tibetan Sat 0500-0600 21545 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg CeAs Tibetan Sun 0530-0600 4960 SAO 100 kW / 030 deg WCAf French Mon-Fri 0530-0600 6095 SAO 100 kW / 000 deg WCAf French Mon-Fri 0530-0600 9885 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg CeAf French Mon-Fri 0530-0600 13830 SAO 100 kW / 100 deg CeAf French Mon-Fri 0600-0630 4960 SAO 100 kW / 030 deg WCAf French Mon-Fri 0600-0630 6095 SAO 100 kW / 000 deg WCAf French Mon-Fri 0600-0630 9885 GB 250 kW / 091 deg CeAf French Mon-Fri 0600-0630 13830 IRA 250 kW / 279 deg CeAf French Mon-Fri 0600-0700 6080 SAO 100 kW / 138 deg CSAf English 0600-0700 12025 BOT 100 kW / 010 deg CSAf English 0600-0700 15580 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg CeAf English 0700-0730 4960 SAO 100 kW / 030 deg WCAf Hausa 0700-0730 11885 SAO 100 kW / 020 deg WCAf Hausa, NF ex 11785 0700-0730 13725 SAO 100 kW / 000 deg WCAf Hausa 0700-0900 5980 GB 250 kW / 174 deg Cuba Spanish Radio Marti Tue-Sun 0700-0900 6030 GB 250 kW / 205 deg Cuba Spanish Radio Marti Tue-Sun 0900-1000 5980 GB 250 kW / 174 deg Cuba Spanish Radio Marti 0900-1000 6030 GB 250 kW / 205 deg Cuba Spanish Radio Marti 0900-1100 11825 PHT 250 kW / 349 deg EaAs Chinese 0900-1100 11965 UDO 250 kW / 006 deg EaAs Chinese 0900-1100 13740 UDO 250 kW / 018 deg EaAs Chinese 0900-1100 17485 UDO 250 kW / 030 deg EaAs Chinese 0900-1100 21695 PHT 250 kW / 349 deg EaAs Chinese 1000-1200 6030 GB 250 kW / 205 deg Cuba Spanish Radio Marti 1000-1200 9805 GB 250 kW / 183 deg Cuba Spanish Radio Marti 1100-1130 12030 SAO 100 kW / 076 deg WCAf French Sat 1100-1130 13735 SAO 100 kW / 100 deg WCAf French Sat 1100-1130 15715 GB 250 kW / 094 deg WCAf French Sat 1100-1130 17850 IRA 250 kW / 271 deg WCAf French Sat 1100-1200 6110 UDO 250 kW / 030 deg EaAs Chinese 1100-1200 9845 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg EaAs Chinese 1100-1200 11785 UDO 250 kW / 006 deg EaAs Chinese 1100-1200 11825 PHT 250 kW / 349 deg EaAs Chinese 1130-1230 11965 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg SEAs Burmese 1130-1230 15555 PHT 250 kW / 283 deg SEAs Burmese 1130-1230 17680 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg SEAs Burmese 1200-1300 6110 UDO 250 kW / 030 deg EaAs Chinese 1200-1300 7225 PHT 250 kW / 021 deg EaAs Korean 1200-1300 7405 GB 250 kW / 205 deg Cuba Spanish Radio Marti 1200-1300 7575 UDO 250 kW / 018 deg EaAs English 1200-1300 9490 TIN 250 kW / 333 deg EaAs Korean 1200-1300 9510 PHT 250 kW / 283 deg SEAs English 1200-1300 9805 GB 250 kW / 183 deg Cuba Spanish Radio Marti 1200-1300 11785 UDO 250 kW / 006 deg EaAs Chinese 1200-1300 11825 PHT 250 kW / 349 deg EaAs Chinese 1200-1300 12075 PHT 125 kW / 349 deg SEAs English 1200-1300 12150 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg EaAs English 1200-1300 15250 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg EaAs Chinese 1200-1300 15775 PHT 250 kW / 021 deg EaAs Korean 1230-1300 9695 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg SEAs Laotian 1230-1300 11965 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg SEAs Laotian 1300-1330 6095 GB 250 kW / 190 deg Cuba Radiogram Sun 1300-1400 6110 PHT 250 kW / 332 deg EaAs Chinese 1300-1400 7225 PHT 250 kW / 021 deg EaAs Korean 1300-1400 7365 UDO 250 kW / 054 deg CeAs Cantonese 1300-1400 7405 GB 250 kW / 205 deg Cuba Spanish Radio Marti 1300-1400 7495 UDO 250 kW / 300 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio 1300-1400 7575 UDO 250 kW / 018 deg SEAs English Sat/Sun 1300-1400 9310 IRA 250 kW / 334 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio 1300-1400 9510 PHT 250 kW / 283 deg SEAs English Sat/Sun 1300-1400 9695 UDO 250 kW / 311 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio 1300-1400 11785 UDO 250 kW / 349 deg EaAs Chinese 1300-1400 11805 SAI 100 kW / 310 deg EaAs Chinese 1300-1400 11935 TIN 250 kW / 333 deg EaAs Korean 1300-1400 11990 NVS 250 kW / 120 deg EaAs Chinese 1300-1400 12075 TIN 250 kW / 049 deg SEAs English Sat/Sun 1300-1400 12150 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg EaAs English Sat/Sun 1300-1400 13690 IRA 250 kW / 340 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio 1300-1400 13820 GB 250 kW / 174 deg Cuba Spanish Radio Marti 1300-1400 15115 UDO 250 kW / 014 deg EaAs Chinese 1300-1400 15170 IRA 250 kW / 267 deg EaAf Somali 1300-1400 15775 PHT 250 kW / 021 deg EaAs Korean 1300-1400 17530 SMG 250 kW / 139 deg EaAf Somali 1330-1430 11695 IRA 250 kW / 073 deg SEAs Khmer 1400-1500 4930 BOT 100 kW / 020 deg SoAf English 1400-1500 6080 SAO 100 kW / 138 deg SoAf English 1400-1500 6110 PHT 250 kW / 021 deg EaAs Chinese 1400-1500 7225 TIN 250 kW / 329 deg EaAs Korean 1400-1500 7365 PHT 250 kW / 332 deg CeAs Cantonese 1400-1500 7495 UDO 250 kW / 300 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio 1400-1500 7575 UDO 250 kW / 268 deg SoAs English Mon-Fri 1400-1500 9310 IRA 250 kW / 334 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio 1400-1500 9695 UDO 250 kW / 311 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio 1400-1500 9845 UDO 250 kW / 030 deg EaAs Chinese 1400-1500 9850 BIB 100 kW / 105 deg WeAs Kurdish 1400-1500 9920 UDO 250 kW / 324 deg CeAs Tibetan 1400-1500 11615 PHT 250 kW / 332 deg CeAs Chinese 1400-1500 11935 TIN 250 kW / 333 deg EaAs Korean 1400-1500 11990 NVS 250 kW / 120 deg EaAs Chinese 1400-1500 12040 PHT 250 kW / 332 deg EaAs Chinese 1400-1500 12150 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg SoAs English Mon-Fri 1400-1500 13690 LAM 100 kW / 092 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio 1400-1500 15490 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg SEAs English Mon-Fri, NF ex 12120 1400-1500 15775 PHT 250 kW / 021 deg EaAs Korean 1400-1500 15580 SAO 100 kW / 138 deg SoAf English 1400-1500 17505 LAM 100 kW / 077 deg CeAs Tibetan Mon 1400-1500 17530 LAM 100 kW / 077 deg CeAs Tibetan Tue 1400-1500 17540 LAM 100 kW / 077 deg CeAs Tibetan Wed 1400-1500 17560 LAM 100 kW / 077 deg CeAs Tibetan Thu 1400-1500 17570 LAM 100 kW / 077 deg CeAs Tibetan Fri 1400-1500 17580 LAM 100 kW / 077 deg CeAs Tibetan Sun 1400-1500 17590 LAM 100 kW / 077 deg CeAs Tibetan Sat 1400-1500 17740 UDO 250 kW / 321 deg CeAs Tibetan 1400-1500 17870 IRA 250 kW / 299 deg WeAs Kurdish 1400-1800 11930 GB 250 kW / 184 deg Cuba Spanish Radio Marti 1400-1800 13820 GB 250 kW / 174 deg Cuba Spanish Radio Marti 1430-1500 12075 TIN 250 kW / 287 deg SEAs Burmese 1430-1530 9335 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Pashto Radio Ashna 1430-1530 9790 KWT 250 kW / 080 deg WeAs Pashto Radio Ashna 1430-1530 11965 IRA 250 kW / 057 deg SEAs Burmese 1430-1530 15090 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Pashto Radio Ashna 1430-1630 5880 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg SEAs Burmese 1430-1630 9320 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg SEAs Burmese 1500-1530 9540 UDO 250 kW / 316 deg CeAs Uzbek 1500-1530 9580 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg CeAs Uzbek 1500-1530 11920 SMG 250 kW / 073 deg CeAs Uzbek 1500-1530 12085 SAO 100 kW / 000 deg WCAf Hausa 1500-1530 13725 SAO 100 kW / 020 deg WCAf Hausa 1500-1530 15100 KWT 250 kW / 046 deg CeAs Uzbek Tue/Sat 1500-1530 15120 KWT 250 kW / 046 deg CeAs Uzbek Sun 1500-1530 15140 KWT 250 kW / 046 deg CeAs Uzbek Mon 1500-1530 15255 KWT 250 kW / 046 deg CeAs Uzbek Wed 1500-1530 15285 KWT 250 kW / 046 deg CeAs Uzbek Thu 1500-1530 15290 KWT 250 kW / 046 deg CeAs Uzbek Fri 1500-1530 17690 SMG 250 kW / 184 deg WCAf Hausa 1500-1600 4930 BOT 100 kW / 020 deg SoAf English 1500-1600 6080 SAO 100 kW / 138 deg SoAf English 1500-1600 6140 UDO 250 kW / 284 deg SoAs Learning English 1500-1600 7495 UDO 250 kW / 300 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio 1500-1600 7540 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg SoAs Learning English 1500-1600 7575 UDO 250 kW / 268 deg SoAs English 1500-1600 9310 IRA 250 kW / 334 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio 1500-1600 9355 UDO 250 kW / 311 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio 1500-1600 9400 PHT 250 kW / 349 deg EaAs Learning English 1500-1600 12150 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg SoAs English 1500-1600 13690 UDO 250 kW / 300 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio 1500-1600 15490 UDO 250 kW / 284 deg SoAs English, NF ex 12120 1500-1600 15580 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg CeAf English 1500-1600 17895 BOT 100 kW / 010 deg CSAf English 1530-1630 9335 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Dari Radio Ashna 1530-1630 9790 KWT 250 kW / 080 deg WeAs Dari Radio Ashna 1530-1630 15090 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Dari Radio Ashna 1600-1630 12080 MEY 250 kW / 015 deg SoAf Kirunda Sat 1600-1630 15460 SAO 100 kW / 100 deg SoAf Kirunda Sat 1600-1630 17530 SAO 100 kW / 100 deg SoAf Kirunda Sat 1600-1630 17860 GB 250 kW / 045 deg WeEu Radiogram Sat 1600-1700 4930 BOT 100 kW / 020 deg SoAf English 1600-1700 6080 SAO 100 kW / 138 deg SoAf English 1600-1700 7475 UDO 250 kW / 300 deg SoAs Bangla 1600-1700 7495 UDO 250 kW / 300 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio 1600-1700 7545 PHT 250 kW / 332 deg CeAs Tibetan 1600-1700 9310 UDO 250 kW / 300 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio 1600-1700 9355 UDO 250 kW / 311 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio 1600-1700 9565 UDO 250 kW / 304 deg CeAs Tibetan 1600-1700 9965 PHT 250 kW / 315 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio 1600-1700 11790 UDO 250 kW / 300 deg SoAs Bangla 1600-1700 11915 SAO 100 kW / 114 deg CeAf Learning English 1600-1700 12055 SMG 250 kW / 130 deg EaAf Somali 1600-1700 13570 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg CeAf Learning English 1600-1700 15580 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg CeAf English 1600-1700 15620 KWT 250 kW / 185 deg EaAf Somali 1600-1700 15630 BIB 100 kW / 085 deg CeAs Tibetan Mon/Wed/Fri 1600-1700 15640 BIB 100 kW / 085 deg CeAs Tibetan Tue/Thu 1600-1700 15760 BIB 100 kW / 085 deg CeAs Tibetan Sat 1600-1700 15780 BIB 100 kW / 085 deg CeAs Tibetan Sun 1600-1700 17895 IRA 250 kW / 275 deg CSAf Learning English 1630-1700 11655 ISS 250 kW / 150 deg SDN English South Sudan Mon-Fri 1630-1700 11835 SAO 100 kW / 100 deg CeAf Swahili 1630-1700 11905 NAU 250 kW / 150 deg SDN English South Sudan Mon-Fri 1630-1700 13630 IRA 250 kW / 255 deg CSAf Portuguese Fri 1630-1700 13870 ISS 250 kW / 150 deg SDN English South Sudan Mon-Fri 1630-1700 15720 GB 250 kW / 094 deg CSAf Portuguese Fri 1630-1700 15265 BOT 100 kW / 010 deg CeAf Swahili 1630-1700 15460 SAO 100 kW / 112 deg CeAf Swahili 1630-1730 9335 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Pashto Radio Ashna 1630-1730 9790 PHT 250 kW / 283 deg WeAs Pashto Radio Ashna 1630-1730 11580 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Pashto Radio Ashna 1700-1730 12055 SMG 250 kW / 130 deg EaAf Somali 1700-1730 13630 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg CSAf Portuguese 1700-1730 13680 KWT 250 kW / 185 deg EaAf Somali 1700-1730 15720 GB 250 kW / 094 deg CSAf Portuguese 1700-1730 17895 IRA 250 kW / 255 deg CeAf English 1700-1800 4930 BOT 100 kW / 020 deg ZWE English/Shona/Ndebele 1700-1800 5940 BOT 100 kW / 010 deg ZWE English/Shona/Ndebele 1700-1800 6080 SAO 100 kW / 330 deg CeAf English 1700-1800 7365 BIB 100 kW / 105 deg WeAs Kurdish 1700-1800 7495 IRA 250 kW / 340 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio 1700-1800 9310 UDO 250 kW / 300 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio 1700-1800 9780 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio 1700-1800 9850 BIB 100 kW / 105 deg WeAs Kurdish 1700-1800 9965 UDO 250 kW / 311 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio 1700-1800 11795 SMG 250 kW / 184 deg WCAf English 1700-1800 11985 IRA 250 kW / 315 deg WeAs Kurdish 1700-1800 15455 SAO 100 kW / 126 deg ZWE English/Shona/Ndebele 1700-1800 15580 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg CeAf English 1730-1800 7435 KWT 250 kW / 058 deg CeAs Azeri 1730-1800 9490 BIB 100 kW / 088 deg CeAs Azeri 1730-1800 11760 SMG 250 kW / 073 deg CeAs Azeri 1730-1800 11905 KWT 250 kW / 185 deg EaAf Afan Oromo Mon-Fri 1730-1800 11925 LAM 100 kW / 132 deg EaAf Afan Oromo Mon-Fri 1730-1800 12005 SAO 100 kW / 076 deg EaAf Afan Oromo Mon-Fri 1730-1800 12055 SMG 250 kW / 130 deg EaAf Somali 1730-1800 12140 IRA 250 kW / 275 deg EaAf Afan Oromo Mon-Fri 1730-1800 13630 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg CSAf Portuguese 1730-1800 13680 IRA 250 kW / 263 deg EaAf Somali 1730-1800 13870 UDO 250 kW / 276 deg EaAf Afan Oromo Mon-Fri 1730-1800 15720 GB 250 kW / 094 deg CSAf Portuguese 1730-1800 17895 GB 250 kW / 094 deg CSAf English 1800-1830 4930 BOT 100 kW / 020 deg SoAf English Sat/Sun 1800-1830 4930 BOT 100 kW / 020 deg ZWE English/Shona/Ndebele M-F 1800-1830 5940 SAO 100 kW / 126 deg ZWE English/Shona/Ndebele 1800-1830 6080 SAO 100 kW / 335 deg WCAf English 1800-1830 9645 NAU 250 kW / 160 deg SDN Arabic Afia Darfur 1800-1830 11615 SMG 250 kW / 146 deg SDN Arabic Afia Darfur 1800-1830 13630 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg CSAf Portuguese Mon-Fri 1800-1830 13715 SAO 100 kW / 052 deg SDN Arabic Afia Darfur 1800-1830 15720 IRA 250 kW / 255 deg CSAf Portuguese Mon-Fri 1800-1830 15455 IRA 250 kW / 251 deg ZWE English/Shona/Ndebele 1800-1830 15580 BOT 100 kW / 010 deg CSAf English 1800-1830 17895 GB 250 kW / 094 deg CSAf English 1800-1900 7495 IRA 250 kW / 340 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio 1800-1900 9310 UDO 250 kW / 300 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio 1800-1900 9780 UDO 250 kW / 300 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio 1800-1900 9965 UDO 250 kW / 311 deg WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio 1800-1900 11905 KWT 250 kW / 185 deg EaAf Amharic 1800-1900 11925 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg EaAf Amharic 1800-1900 12005 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg EaAf Amharic 1800-1900 12140 IRA 250 kW / 275 deg EaAf Amharic 1800-1900 13870 NAU 250 kW / 140 deg EaAf Amharic 1800-2000 11930 GB 250 kW / 184 deg Cuba Spanish Radio Marti 1800-2000 13820 GB 250 kW / 174 deg Cuba Spanish Radio Marti 1830-1900 4930 BOT 100 kW / 020 deg SoAf English 1830-1900 5940 SAO 100 kW / 126 deg ZWE English/Shona/Ndebele 1830-1900 11865 SAO 100 kW / 100 deg SoAf Kinyarwanda NF 1830-1900 13660 BOT 100 kW / 010 deg SoAf Kinyarwanda NF 1830-1900 15455 IRA 250 kW / 251 deg ZWE English/Shona/Ndebele 1830-1900 15580 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg CSAf English 1830-1930 9815 IRA 250 kW / 271 deg CeAf French 1830-1930 17530 SAO 100 kW / 100 deg CeAf French 1900-1930 4930 BOT 100 kW / 020 deg SoAf English 1900-1930 9600 NAU 250 kW / 155 deg SDN Arabic Afia Darfur 1900-1930 9775 SMG 250 kW / 146 deg SDN Arabic Afia Darfur 1900-1930 9850 SMG 250 kW / 184 deg CSAf English 1900-1930 11830 KWT 250 kW / 235 deg SDN Arabic Afia Darfur 1900-1930 11905 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg EaAf Tigrigna Mon-Fri 1900-1930 11925 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg EaAf Tigrigna Mon-Fri 1900-1930 12005 BOT 100 kW / 010 deg EaAf Tigrigna Mon-Fri 1900-1930 12140 IRA 250 kW / 275 deg EaAf Tigrigna Mon-Fri 1900-1930 13870 NAU 250 kW / 140 deg EaAf Tigrigna Mon-Fri 1900-1930 15580 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg CSAf English 1900-2000 7485 IRA 250 kW / 344 deg SoAs Learning English 1900-2100 5900 PHT 250 kW / 021 deg EaAs Korean 1900-2100 7365 UDO 250 kW / 038 deg EaAs Korean 1900-2100 9490 UDO 250 kW / 038 deg EaAs Korean 1930-2000 9815 BOT 100 kW / 010 deg CeAf French 1930-2000 15670 GB 250 kW / 045 deg WeEu Radiogram Sun 1930-2000 17530 GB 250 kW / 094 deg WeAf French 1930-2030 4930 BOT 100 kW / 020 deg SoAf English 1930-2030 15580 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg CSAf English 2000-2030 6005 SAO 100 kW / 100 deg CeAf French 2000-2030 9815 BOT 100 kW / 010 deg CeAf French 2000-2030 11900 SAO 100 kW / 114 deg WeAf French 2000-2030 15730 GB 250 kW / 094 deg WeAf French 2000-2030 17530 GB 250 kW / 094 deg WeAf French 2000-2400 9565 GB 250 kW / 164 deg Cuba Spanish Radio Marti 2000-2400 11930 GB 250 kW / 184 deg Cuba Spanish Radio Marti 2030-2100 4930 BOT 100 kW / 020 deg SoAf English 2030-2100 4940 SAO 100 kW / 030 deg WCAf Hausa Mon-Fri 2030-2100 4940 SAO 100 kW / 030 deg WCAf English Sat/Sun 2030-2100 6035 SAO 100 kW / 000 deg WCAf Hausa Mon-Fri 2030-2100 6080 SAO 100 kW / 010 deg CeAf English 2030-2100 7325 SAO 100 kW / 335 deg WCAf Hausa Mon-Fri 2030-2100 9815 NAU 250 kW / 200 deg WCAf Hausa Mon-Fri 2030-2100 9885 SAO 100 kW / 335 deg WCAf Hausa Sat 2030-2100 9885 SAO 100 kW / 335 deg WCAf French Sun 2030-2100 11885 SAO 100 kW / 020 deg WCAf Hausa Mon-Fri 2030-2100 11900 IRA 250 kW / 255 deg CeAf French Sat/Sun 2030-2100 15185 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg CeAf French Sat/Sun 2030-2100 15580 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg CeAf English 2030-2100 15730 GB 250 kW / 094 deg WeAf Hausa Sat 2030-2100 15730 GB 250 kW / 094 deg WeAf French Sun 2100-2130 9690 SAO 100 kW / 010 deg CeAf French 2100-2130 9815 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg CeAf French 2100-2130 9885 SAO 100 kW / 335 deg WCAf French 2100-2130 11900 IRA 250 kW / 114 deg WeAf French 2100-2200 6080 SAO 100 kW / 010 deg CeAf English 2100-2200 15580 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg CeAf English 2130-2200 7310 SAO 100 kW / 335 deg WeAf Bambara Mon-Fri 2130-2200 9620 SAO 100 kW / 335 deg WeAf Bambara Mon-Fri 2130-2200 12005 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg WeAf Bambara Mon-Fri 2130-2200 13670 GB 250 kW / 094 deg WeAf Bambara Mon-Fri 2200-2230 5905 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg SEAs Khmer 2200-2230 9320 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg SEAs Khmer 2200-2300 5895 IRA 250 kW / 065 deg SEAs English Sun-Thu 2200-2300 5915 UDO 250 kW / 018 deg EaAs English Sun-Thu 2200-2300 6135 UDO 250 kW / 030 deg EaAs Chinese 2200-2300 7480 KWT 250 kW / 058 deg SoAs English Sun-Thu 2200-2300 7575 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg SEAs English Sun-Thu 2200-2300 9845 PHT 250 kW / 349 deg EaAs Chinese 2200-2300 12150 TIN 250 kW / 313 deg EaAs English Sun-Thu 2230-2300 7460 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg SEAs Learning English 2230-2300 9570 UDO 250 kW / 018 deg EaAs Learning English 2230-2300 11840 PHT 250 kW / 349 deg EaAs Learning English 2300-2400 5895 PHT 250 kW / 275 deg SEAs English 2300-2400 6185 UDO 250 kW / 280 deg SEAs Burmese 2300-2400 7430 IRA 250 kW / 057 deg SEAs Burmese 2300-2400 7460 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg SEAs Learning English 2300-2400 7480 UDO 250 kW / 018 deg EaAs English 2300-2400 7575 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg SEAs English 2300-2400 9325 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg SEAs Burmese 2300-2400 9570 UDO 250 kW / 018 deg EaAs Learning English 2300-2400 11840 PHT 250 kW / 349 deg EaAs Learning English 2300-2400 12150 PHT 250 kW / 349 deg EaAs English (DX RE MIX NEWS #794 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, August 13, 2013 via DXLD) Also visit: , sections Recordings and Schedules ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1681 monitoring: first airing confirmed on WRMI webcast, UT Thursday August 8 after 0330, but inaudible on 9955. Next: Thursday 2100.5 on WTWW-1 9479; UT Friday 0325v on WWRB 5050; UT Saturday 0200 on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB, etc., etc. WORLD OF RADIO 1681 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW-1, 9479, Thursday August 9 at 2100.5, very good. Tuned in WWRB webcast just in time at 0327 UT Friday August 10 to hear Dave cut off the preacher at 0328 to announce that their ``computer looks like it`s fixed after a bad lightning strike which did a lot of damage here at WWRB, stand by for World of Radio``, and WOR 1681 followed at 0329. Also confirmed on 5050 at 0353 check, fair with some splash from Cuba 5040. Next: UT Saturday August 10 at 0200 on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB; Saturday 0630 & 1430 on HLR 7265-CUSB; Saturday 1500 on WRMI 9955; Saturday & Sunday 2329v (maybe) on WTWW-2 9930; UT Sunday 0400.5 on WTWW-1 5830. WORLD OF RADIO 1681 monitoring: checking for the ``firm`` 0200 UT Saturday broadcast on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB, August 10 music fill is playing at 0203, but finally WOR starts at 0207. Next: Saturday 2330v on WTWW-2 9930 (maybe), UT Sunday 0400.5 on WTWW-1 5830 (surely), Sunday 2330v on WTWW-2 9930 (maybe). WORLD OF RADIO 1681 monitoring: confirmed good on 5830, WTWW-1, UT Sunday Aug 11 at 0400.5. We can no longer expect any broadcasts on 9930/5085 WTWW-2; see SOUTH CAROLINA [non] WORLD OF RADIO 1681 monitoring: altho missing from WTWW-2 9930, Saturday at 2330, it`s back Sunday August 11 at 2328, so altho greatly expanded, the 24/7 Brother Scare service hasn`t started quite yet. Next WORs: Tue 1100 on WRMI 9955; maybe Wed 0630 & 1430 on HLR 7265- CUSB. WORLD OF RADIO 1682: completed in time for first airing on WRMI, UT Thursday August 15 at 0330, unconfirmed. Next: Thursday 2100.5 on WTWW-1 9479 UT Friday 0326v on WWRB 5050 UT Saturday 0200v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Saturday 0630 & 1430 on HLR 7265-CUSB Saturday 1500 on WRMI 9955 UT Sunday 0400.5 on WTWW-1 5830 The previous Sat & Sun 2329v on WTWW-2 9930 may or may not appear; last week Saturday did not, while Sunday did. Brother Scare has been heard affirming that he will (soon?) be on this transmitter 24/7 with 5085 overnight (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9930, August 8 at 1231 and later chex, WTWW-2 is off so no Brother Scare as recently started in the 12-14/15 period. No signal from Palau, T8WH either, which is active here only on weekends. Then at 1353 I encounter BS on 5085! So WTWW-2 is on night frequency instead of day, but this late it`s only fair vs absorption/noise level. A mistake or necessity? Ivo Ivanov also noticed this starting at 1200; must have been via remote receiver as certainly would not be propagating daypath to Bulgaria. I see that the NWS has issued a flash-flood warning for Lebanon TN, until noon CDT August 8. Hope WTWW is not *too* ``near the banks of the Upper Cumberland River``! Following the post-sunrise 5085 broadcast of Brother Scare, August 8, nothing more heard from WTWW-2 into early UT August 9 on 9930 or 5085. George McClintock tells me that WTWW is far enough up a hill from the Upper Cumberland River for flooding not to be a threat; a different H2O problem has reduced the schedule, a leaky pump for the water- cooled transmitter. 9930, August 9 at 1322, WTWW-2 is back on with Brother Scare and on correct day frequency, but off again at 1418 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Surprisingly on August 8 transmission of Brother Stair via WTWW-2: 1200-1500 NF 5085 TWW 100 kW / 180 deg to SoAm English, instead of 9930. New schedule or is it a mistake? 5085 is used night time 0000- 0400 UT! On August 8 WTWW transmitter # 2 continues to use the wrong frequency from 1500 NF 5085 TWW 100 kW / 180 deg to SoAm, instead of registered 9930. Carrier until 1507 and then again Brother Stair/TOM, instead of Unshackled. Observation of WTWW-2, Brother Stair TOM in English on Fri, August 9: 1203-1417 on 9930 TWW 100 kW / 180 deg to SoAm and then transmitter is off Observation of WTWW-2, Brother Stair TOM in English on Sat, August 10 1153-1500 9930 TWW 100 kW / 180 deg SoAm from 1500 9930 TWW 100 kW / 180 deg SoAm continues Brother Stair TOM from 1600 9930 TWW 100 kW / 180 deg SoAm continues Brother Stair TOM from 1700 9930 TWW 100 kW / 180 deg SoAm continues Brother Stair TOM from 1800 9930 TWW 100 kW / 180 deg SoAm continues Brother Stair TOM from 1900 9930 TWW 100 kW / 180 deg SoAm continues Brother Stair TOM from 2000 9930 TWW 100 kW / 180 deg SoAm continues Brother Stair TOM WTWW-2, Brother Stair TOM in English on Sat, August 10: 1153-2400 on 9930 TWW 100 kW / 180 deg to SoAm, ex 1200-1500 Brother Stair TOM in English via WTWW-2 on August 11/12 1153-2200 on 9930 TWW 100 kW / 180 deg to SoAm, ex 1200-1500 2200-2400 on 9930 TWW 100 kW / 180 deg to SoAm other program (DX RE MIX NEWS #794 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, August 13, 2013 via DXLD) No signal of WTWW-2 on 9930 at 1630. But Brother Stair was confirmed: 1153-1500 on 9930 TWW 100 kW / 180 deg to SoAm English on Tuesday, August 13 (Ivo Ivanov blog via DXLD) ** U S A. 5110-CUSB, August 8 at 0104 I attempt to hear the new show on WBCQ, `Heart & Soul of America Broadcast`, but cannot. A reduced carrier is however detectable in the noise level. Meanwhile, 9330 WBCQ remains unheard at various times of day and night checked August 6-8. 9330-CUSB, August 8 at 0507, WBCQ is on with preacher, first time audible in a few days; presume transmitter was down for a while. Also at 1226 when there was an IAD {intermittent audio dropout; not ID- entification as I typoed originally}; by an hour later still audible but much weaker. [and non]. 9330-CUSB, August 10 at 0636, WBCQ is certainly on all- night now and propagating well; `Insight for Living` with Chuck Swindall decrying how ignorant Americans are about geography, matching numerous cities with wrong countries. Then at 0640 I hear some scratchy SSB ACI on the hi side; it`s 2-way in unID language, maybe Slavic on 9333-USB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5050, August 11 at 0109 I tune in WWRB to find Dave Frantz ad-libbing a request for business, by calling 931-728-6087; he puts down Big $$ Religion as opposed to individual ministers; ``hope I haven`t offended anybody --- have I become your enemy because I told you the truth?`` --- a fine motto. 0110 into big band music, i.e. his favorite filler for unsold time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 15825 WWCR & 11715 KJES, August 8 at 1408 are both inbooming with obvious sporadic E enhancement to the east and west, a good sign for VHF DX --- but nothing from Mexico reaches channel 2 MUF by 1555 as I keep seeing nothing but snow (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1070, KHMO Hannibal, MO will test on Saturday, August 24 at 0500-0600 UT. The first and third quarter-hours will be on night power/pattern (1 kW) and the second and fourth quarter-hours will be on day power/pattern (5 kW). The test will consist of Morse code, sweep tones, voice announcements, easily identifiable sound effects, and other odd material. Reports to Gary Glaenzer, c/o KHMO DX Test, 325 East Douglas Ave., Jacksonville IL 62650 or glaenzer @ frontier.com. Please include a SASE for reply. CDs, tapes, and USB sticks with audio will be accepted, but will be returned ONLY if return postage is included; e-mail clips of 3 MB or less only. Arranged by Paul Walker. Looking at the antenna patterns, the day pattern for 1070 KHMO and the day pattern for 1530 WLIQ seem to be the most likely candidates for reception in Europe (Andrew Brade via MWCircle yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DXLD) See also 1530 below ** U S A. 1130, August 12 at 1151 UT, ``KLA News Report``, i.e. from the Kansas Livestock Association, not a radio station, just a segment on my semi-local KLEY Wellington (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non?]. 1500, August 12 at 1143 UT, Mexican music catches my ear looping NE/SW, but soon loses out to a CBS News update, mixed with local ads, 1145 Osgood, then local weather relaying NWS robot concerning Palesteen, Red River, northeast North Texas, K-Jim ID in passing, i.e. KJIM Sherman TX. As for the Mexican, two other Texans on 1500 are SS per last year`s NRC AM Log, plus some further afield in AL, IL, altho I would prefer the only likely one in Cantú, 1500 XEJQ La Explosiva Parras de la Fuente, Coah. 400 D (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1530, WLIQ Quincy, IL will test on Saturday, August 24 at 0630-0730 UT. The first and third quarter-hours will be on critical hours power (290 Watts) and the second and fourth quarter-hours will be on day power (1400 Watts). The test will consist of Morse code, sweep tones, voice announcements, easily identifiable sound effects, and other odd material. Reports to Gary Glaenzer, c/o WLIQ DX Test, 325 East Douglas Ave., Jacksonville IL 62650 or glaenzer @ frontier.com. Please include a SASE for reply. CDs, tapes, and USB sticks with audio will be accepted, but will be returned ONLY if return postage is included; e-mail clips of 3 MB or less only. Arranged by Paul Walker. Looking at the antenna patterns, the day pattern for 1070 KHMO and the day pattern for 1530 WLIQ seem to be the most likely candidates for reception in Europe (Andrew Brade via MWCircle yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DXLD) ** U S A. 1590, Aug 12 at 0558 UT, C2CAM outro and then dead air until almost 0600 when KVGB ID as ``Voice of the Golden Belt, Great Bend``, into ABC news. So GB has a double-meaning. I can`t find Golden Belt mentioned on their incomplete website, http://www.kvgbam.com/ where ``Talk of the Town`` is the rather unspecific slogan, but Googling indicates that ``Golden Belt`` is the local-area sobriquet, applied to a cinema, etc. Does golden allude to canola, or what? Surely not Au (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. What has happened to WTNI-1640 in BILOXI, MS? For the past week I have been monitoring I haven't heard them. Perhaps they went off the air??? Maybe they decided to run the legal power of 1 kW? Which would make it hard to hear in TN (Willis Monk, Old Fort, TN, Aug 9, amfmtvdx at qth.net via DXLD) Willis, I check with someone in the know, and WTNI is off the air. There are power issues and transformer issues to do with the power company at their transmitter site. Beyond the station`s control (Paul Walker, PA, Aug 9, IRCA via DXLD) ** U S A. RADIO CELESTIAL 1710 BRONX NY GETS "THE KNOCK" Hi Glenn, Looks like Radio Celestial got a visit from the FCC: http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,12085.0.html (Chris Smolinski, http://www.blackcatsystems.com DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: [NOTE it took 5+ YEARS since the 2008 visit to issue this notice -gh] FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION ENFORCEMENT BUREAU NORTHEAST REGION New York Office 201 Varick Street, Suite 1151 New York, New York 10014 July 23, 2013 Luis Sanchez Bronx, New York NOTICE OF UNLICENSED OPERATION Case Number: EB-FIELDNER-13-00010214 Document Number: W2013323800044 The New York Office received information that an unlicensed broadcast radio station on 1710 kHz was allegedly operating in Bronx, New York. On July 18, 2008, agents from this office confirmed by direction finding techniques that radio signals on frequency 1710 kHz were emanating from Iglesia Pentecostal Segunda Mision Jerusalen, Bronx, New York. The Commission's records show that no license was issued for operation of a broadcast station on 1710 kHz at this location in Bronx, New York. Radio stations must be licensed by the FCC pursuant to 47 U.S.C. S 301. The only exception to this licensing requirement is for certain transmitters using or operating at a power level or mode of operation that complies with the standards established in Part 15 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. SS 15.1 et seq. The field strength of the signal on frequency 1710 kHz was measured at 3,100 microvolts per meter (uV/m) at 474 meters, which exceeded the maximum permitted level of 30 uV/m at 30 meters for non-licensed devices set out in Section 15.209 of the Rules, 47 C.F.R. S 15.209. You are hereby warned that operation of radio transmitting equipment without a valid radio station authorization constitutes a violation of the Federal laws cited above and could subject the operator to severe penalties, including, but not limited to, substantial monetary fines, in rem arrest action against the offending radio equipment, and criminal sanctions including imprisonment. (see 47 U.S.C. SS 401, 501, 503 and 510). UNLICENSED OPERATION OF THIS RADIO STATION MUST BE DISCONTINUED IMMEDIATELY. You have ten (10) days from the date of this notice to respond with any evidence that you have authority to operate granted by the FCC. Your response should be sent to the address in the letterhead and reference the listed case and document number. Under the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. S 552a(e)(3), we are informing you that the Commission's staff will use all relevant material information before it to determine what, if any, enforcement action is required to ensure your compliance with FCC Rules. This will include any information that you disclose in your reply. You may contact this office if you have any questions. Stephen Maguire District Director New York Office Attachments: Excerpts from the Communications Act of 1934, As Amended Enforcement Bureau, "Inspection Fact Sheet", July 2003 FCC Notice: http://transition.fcc.gov/eb/FieldNotices/2003/DOC-322711A1.html Radio Celestial Website: http://www.smjrc.com/ (via Chris Smolinski, Westminster, MD, hfunderground via WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DXLD) A friend did the math and figured that the station was probably running at least 1, maybe 2 kW, into a respectable antenna (Paul Walker, mwdx yg via DXLD) Well, that sucks. I've been after them for a QSL for over half a year. At least I still have the recordings. 73 (Al Muick, Whitehall PA, IRCA via DXLD) If you read this carefully, the notice of violation was written in 2008. As far as I know, they are still on the air. If you dig down in their web site, they even have pictures of the installation of the station and antenna. They are using the kind of loaded short whip that TIS stations use mounted on a tower. They get out great and have been on the air for years. If you really want to hear pirates, check out FM in The Bronx. There are dozens on constantly (Karl Zuk, N2KZ, Aug 10, IRCA via DXLD) Karl, Yup, I've seen that on their website. I would point out however, that the notice of violation is from July 2013, the date of violation notwithstanding. What's important is the date of the notice, not the date of the violation. The FCC has 7 years to act on criminal charges, just like a regular court. I'm even betting that the 2008 date is a typo, which any smart lawyer could use as a loophole. It could be that they have noticed the continued presence of Radio Celestial and have finally decided to act, but more likely it's a typo and they meant July 18th 2013 versus 2008. They interfered with WQFG689 heavily. It is a emergency management info station on 1710 (the only one licensed in the USA) and is still running after Hurricane Sandy. It's likely that the complaint to the FCC which made them sit up and take notice of Radio Celestial came from them. As for pirates in NYC, there were a heck of a lot more of them in NYC and the vicinity in the 70s! I guess everyone went to FM for the fidelity. A lot of the old ones, who were phreakers, were able to manipulate Ma Ball's lines back in the early days of ESS and did a lot of phone-in shows. That was truly a blast! All this being said, maybe I can still coax a QSL out of them. I might try a personal visit since it's only a 2-hour drive. 73 (Al Muick, KD3WU, Whitehall PA USA, ibid.) ** U S A. Aeronautical Radio, Inc (Arinc) Sold http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bs-bz-arinc-sold-20130812,0,5232431.story (utahooligan, Aug 12, UDXF yg via DXLD) Operator of numerous aero comms systems including HF (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. Detail from Guam Logging (13-32) Glenn: -- "GUAM. 5765- USB, August 5 at 1204, news headlines including elevator shaft death, Filner..." -- The elevator shaft demise was also a peripheral Radio story. The victim was 61 year old Bob Reuter, host of the "Bob's Scratchy Records" program on KDHX/88.1 Mhz FM. More, including updates, here: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/political-fix/owner-of-st-louis-building-where-man-died-says-elevator/article_d095cb50-ba19-5f01-8fe8-d8f0e9fa77cc.html 73z - (GREG HARDISON, CA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) obit ** U S A. LLOYD MOSS, 86, WQXR HOST AND AUTHOR --- By JAMES BARRON The New York Times August 8, 2013 Lloyd Moss, a classical-music radio announcer who amused listeners with cheeky humor and young readers with rhymes in a Caldecott Honor book about the instruments in an orchestra, died on Aug. 3 in Croton- on-Hudson, N.Y. He was 86. The cause was Parkinson's disease, said his wife, Anne. Mr. Moss had long made listeners of WQXR chuckle during staples of drive-time radio like traffic reports -- after one that said, "Traffic in both lanes on the bridge is suspended," he ad-libbed, "Come to think of it, so is the bridge." When a relative pressed him to write a children's book, he decided to introduce children to musical instruments, and turned to rhyme: "The strings all soar, the reeds implore, the brasses roar with notes galore. It's music that we all adore, it's what we go to concerts for." The book, "Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin" (1995), illustrated by Marjorie Priceman, was named a Caldecott Honor book for illustration in 1996. Marvin Hamlisch later composed a score for it. Mr. Moss narrated the world premiere in Pittsburgh in 1998 and the New York premiere at Alice Tully Hall the next year. "The dictum for many writers is, `Write about what you know,' " he said. "Music is what I know." He went on to write two other children's books, both about music: "Our Marching Band" (2001) and "Music Is" (2003). Mr. Moss was born in Manhattan on Nov. 16, 1926, the son of a beauty- parlor owner who kept the radio tuned to WQXR. After Army duty in Korea, where he became an announcer at an Armed Forces Radio station, he worked for several small stations in the Northeast before joining the Voice of America in 1954 and working as a substitute announcer at WQXR, then owned by The New York Times. He joined the station's staff full time in 1955 and became the afternoon music host in 1963. He left the station in 1971 to concentrate on voice-over work and acting -- he was heard but not seen in numerous commercials and in the 1986 Martin Scorsese film "The Color of Money" -- but continued as the host of two syndicated shows that originated at WQXR until he returned full time in 1989 for another 17 years. One, "First Hearing," featured music critics listening to new recordings for the first time. "They had a chance to test their expertise with real experts, kind of like on `American Idol' -- Lloyd was the peacemaker," said Warren G. Bodow, the president of WQXR from 1983 to 1998. "If one expert said, `This is the greatest piece of music I've ever heard,' and the other one said: `Didn't you hear the violin section? It was terrible,' Lloyd would come in and say, `Gentlemen, it's good to disagree, but let's move on.' " In addition to his wife, Mr. Moss, who lived in Croton-on-Hudson, is survived by a son, Brice; two daughters, Liana and West; a stepson, Bradley Shields; a brother, Gary Moss; and two grandchildren. (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) ** U S A. WBAI-FM LAYS OFF MOST OF STAFF === By BEN SISARIO The New York Times August 11, 2013 WBAI-FM, the noncommercial radio station that has been a liberal fixture in New York for more than 50 years, laid off about two-thirds of its staff last week, including its entire news department, because of long-simmering financial difficulties. In a tearful on-air announcement on Friday, Summer Reese, the interim executive director of the Pacifica Foundation, which owns WBAI, said that after talks with SAG-Aftra, the union that represents broadcasting talent, "we will be laying off virtually everyone whose voice you recognize on the air," effective Monday. She said on the air that 75 percent of the staff would be let go, but in an interview over the weekend she said that the final number was 19 out of the station's 29 employees, about 66 percent. Andrew Phillips, the former general manager of another of Pacifica's five stations, KPFA-FM in Berkeley, Calif., has been appointed WBAI's interim program director. A spokeswoman for SAG-Aftra declined to comment. Pacifica also operates stations in Washington, Houston and Los Angeles, and syndicates popular public affairs programs like "Democracy Now!," which started at WBAI in 1996. WBAI, which broadcasts at 99.5 FM, has long struggled financially, and its leadership structure has been described as anarchic. But its problems multiplied last year after Hurricane Sandy, when it was forced to vacate its studios on Wall Street. In March, the station began a drive to raise $500,000 to pay back rent on its transmitter. Ms. Reese said the station had millions of dollars in debt and had operated at a loss since 2004. She said the Pacifica network had repeatedly drained its finances to cover WBAI's expenses. The station, she added, could no longer afford to make its payroll and was laying off employees to pay its transmitter rent and to avoid being forced to sell its broadcast license. WBAI is not the only troubled Pacifica station. Ms. Reese recently said that WPFW-FM in Washington might not be able "to get through until September." Over the weekend she said that since Pacifica had been dealing with these troubled stations, "the entire enterprise is distressed," but that by fixing its finances the network could survive (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) What, not volunteer-run? (gh, DXLD) ** URUGUAY. Radio Chaña [sic] reactivada, o al menos hace mucho que yo no la captaba; está en 5980 kHz; en 5980.20 la mejor sintonía, publicidades de Tacuarembó. SINPO 33233 (Ernesto Paulero, Argentina, 1706 UT Aug 9, condiglista yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DXLD) Reactivación --- Radio Chaña, 5980 en español, Publicidades de Tacuarembó y música, UT 1630 a 1752, SINPO 23222 (Ernesto Paulero, Argentina, 1752 UT Aug 9, DX LISTENING DIGEST) En efecto, las informaciones que se habían divulgado en la prensa sobre las habilitaciones canceladas a emisoras comunitarias en Tacuarembó, basaron mi deducción hasta este momento, de que Em. Chaná, había sido cerrada y que por ende la OC no estaba tampoco activa. Mi error fue en no confirmar directamente con ellos el asunto en este tiempo. Después de leer la noticia de último momento en la cual el amigo Ernesto (menos mal que no te pudieron operar Ernie!, si no nos quedábamos sin el notición, je... je...), la vuelve a escuchar, llamé inmediatamente a la emisora y me atendió Omar Lima, su propietario. "Hasta el día de hoy URSEC a mi nunca me contestó nada". Sé que ha venido a Tacuarembó, y ha sacado radios, ha visitado a todas, a mí nunca me visitan para nada". "Tampoco fue notificado" . Me contó el Sr. Lima. La FM siempre salió siguiendo (está en el aire desde 7 años, la OC salió al aire un año después. Dejó de trasmitir, sin embargo por todos estos meses (alrededor de un año). Se reactivó hace unos 15 días, estando las 24 h en el aire. No tiene cristal, pero dice "que es muy poquitito lo que se mueve ahora". La potencia es de 50W y la antena, dice está muy bajita, a 4 metros de altura. El correo electrónico es el listado en el WRTH: emisorachanatacuarembo @ hotmail.com Felicitaciones Paulero, que sería de los demás colegas sin gente que esté todavía con las orejas atentas y activas, y con ganas! (Horacio Nigro, Montevideo, condiglista yg Aug 9 via DXLD) GRACIAS, HORACIO, PERO FUE SÖLO UNA CASUALIDAD. ESTABA ESCUCHANDO ONDA MEDIA 1290 KHz y POR ERROR APRETE EL VM DE ICOM Y SALTO EN UNA MEMORIA 5980 KHz Y ANTES DE VOLVER A ESCUCHAR LA ONDA MEDIA RECONOCÏ LA EMISION DE RADIO CHAÑA I AHI SIGUE SIENDO LAS 1941 UT AHORA CON MEJOR SEÑAL. HORACIO: YA QUE HABLASTE CON EL PROPIETARIO SUGERILE QUE HABILITE UN E MAIL PARA CONFIRMACIONES| JE JE (Paulero, ibid.) Que casualidad! anécdota increible; eso con las teclas. Dos cosas te corrijo: no es Chaña, sino Chaná; el nombre (Chaná -chanáes, en plural, es el nombre de una etnia indígena ya extinguida en nuestra región especialmente al norte del Uruguay, de ahí que toma el nombre esta emisora de Tacuarembó). Y el email lo pasé recién que es el mismo de siempre, y no ha cambiado desde que nos enteramos de su existencia: emisorachanatacuarembo @ hotmail.com Omar Lima es el propietario. Fijate si se corre como antes; pareciera que no tanto. Es un misterio cómo el gobierno dijo clausurarla a ésta y a otras, y URSEC (la autoridad de telecomunicaciones), no ha hecho nada, ni siquiera la población, que se debe haber enterado por la prensa, y han seguido tal cual. Puede haber habido un error en la información del diario en su momento. Yo no sé más nada. Ni pienso hablar con nadie... que sigan así... jeje... HAN (Nigro, ibid.) Bastante estable la señal de Chaná desde las 1640 UT que la he logrado escuchar y ahora son las 2119 y se mantiene en 5980 kHz. Así que ahora no se corre la señal (Paulero, Aug 9, ibid.) Qué loco! A partir de un rato en la zona de Rio de la Plata esta interesante intentona latinoamericana de emplear la OC se va a interferir con otra emisora de nuestro subcontinente que también ha apostado por la OC como lo es Radio Chaski, Cusco, Perú. La QRG de 5990 está libre de estaciones de la región. No recomiendo ir de 5930 para atras que era donde estaba antes, porque ya se cae de la banda. Saludos! Enviado desde mi BlackBerry de Personal (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, ibid.) Y a eso sumarle los espurios de RNA/RNE. Van a estar geniales los ruidos en aquella parte de la banda de 49 metros. Saludos (Claudio Galaz, Chile, ibid.) Respuesta del dueño de radio Chaná: ``Colega amigo, saludo a todos los radioaficcionados. Nuestra señal distintiva CX6.OL Omar Lima y María Correa. Gracias por el reportaje. En próximos días nos vas a escuchar mejor en 5950. En el momento no tengo QSL; en cuanto tenga te envío. Saludos cordiales. Emisora Chaná, Tacuarembó`` (Ernesto Paulero, Argentina, ibid.) Y cuando cambie a 5950 va a ser imposible por el desparrame de Radio Nacional y además Radio Pio XII (Paulero, ibid.) 5252+ (gh) Sí. Es cierto. Se va a generar un heterodino con Pio XII. Lo de LRA es impredecible (Slaen, ibid.) Ya le avisé al responsable de Radio Chaná y manifiesta que están buscando una frecuencia que esté libre. Omar Lima me dice que la frecuencia definitiva va hacer 5980 y va a tratar de mandar hacer un cristal "que sé que en Buenos Aires lo hacen". En este momento en el rx de Utwente hay portadora en 5980 visible y algunas trazas de modulación, escuchándola en pero debe ser Chaski (Horacio, Nigro, Uruguay, ibid.) URUGUAY, 5980v Em. Chaná, Tacuarembó reactivated (vy low power, though) I have recently informed in my last report on SW activity in Uruguay, that Emisora Chaná, was inactive, since some press info had informed that on Nov 12, 2012 that the government had closed several FM community low powers in Department of Tacuarembó, being FM Chaná among them. This is to be corrected: DXer Ernesto Paulero, in Buenos Aires has just heard them (Aug 9, 2013) according to reports in Condiglist YG, so I immediately called by telephone the station owner, Mr. Omar Lima, CX6OL, who confirms that the station has been again on the air since 15 days ago, and is now running 24h, with 30 W, (nominal 50W), AM, with no xtal (thus the variability/instability of frequency reported last year). Antenna is very low (4 meters above ground, but he plans to raise it to 15 m height. He also says this has been corrected in some way, and there's not so strong deviation in frequency. This is confirmed today by further monitoring. Asked about its permission and closure for the FM, he stated that he was never notified or visited by telcom authorities and he has been always normally operating on FM. (This is rather weird; either the telcom didn't work effectively or the press info was not 100% correct). The SW had been off air for about six months, but is now reactivated. They currently operate 24H. 5980.2v, 0.05 nominal, Em. Chaná, Tacuarembó: 24h Email is: . No printed or electronic QSL right now, but he has already answered via email the reports made by Mr. Paulero and myself. 73 (Horacio Nigro, Montevideo, Uruguay, Aug 10, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Emisora Chaná, Tacuarembo --- La estoy escuchando con señal variable en 5981.23 kHz (1203 UT) – (Rodolfo Tizzi, Uruguay, Aug 10, condiglista yg via DXLD) Siendo las 1332 UT la escuché con QSA 2 en la misma QRG mientras entro y salgo de casa. No pude darle continuidad a mi escucha pero llega. Y aceptablemente considerando la hora en la región del Plata. Enviado desde mi BlackBerry de Personal (Arnaldo Slaen, ibid.) En la frecuencia de Chaná no se escucha más que un desparrame que no sé si es de Nacional de Arg o qué; sí, seguramente es Radio Nacional porque llega por momentos hasta 5949 y para arriba hasta 5986 kHz; desastrozo, jeje (Ernesto Paulero, 2120 UT Aug 10, ibid.) Radio Chaná en 5980 KHz ahora, UT 1920, emisión de música y publicidades de Tacuarembó, Uruguay (Paulero, Aug 12, ibid.) Yo la escucho en 5981.42 kHz muy interferida por el splatter de RCI en 5985 que a estas horas es la emisora que más fuerte llega en la banda junto con Gaúcha en 6000. No fue muy feliz la elección de la frecuencia por parte de la gente de Tacuarembó, a lo que se ve. -- (Rodolfo Tizzi, Uruguay, 1950 UT Aug 12, ibid.) Atención: porque Omar Lima, de Em. Chaná me acaba de informar que "cuando termine hoy el programa a las 21 horas la vamos a sacar del aire para buscarle una frecuencia libre". Me va a avisar cuando esté en la nueva frecuencia. "o si sabes alguna frecuencia libre ávisame, porque la radio del Perú no la escucho por acá". Que le decimos; que pruebe con 5990? U otra sugerencia? (Horacio Nigro, Aug 14, ibid.) Sí, viejo! 5990 me parece una buena QrG. La abandonó Radio Senado, de Brasil hace algún tiempo y no hay estaciones latinoamericanas o internacionales potentes que lleguen bien por acá en la misma. Enviado desde mi BlackBerry de Personal (Slaen, ibid.) Le comuniqué a Lima que intente con 5990. Intenten escucha en estos momentos, a ver si ya hizo QSY. HAN (Nigro, 0018 UT Aug 15, ibid.) That very hour (only) is when there could be a problem on 5990: CRI 250 kW in Spanish via CUBA, non-direxional at 0000-0100 (and often to 0103v in English) which will certainly totally block Chaná in North America. I have also heard India after 0100 on 5990. But maybe there is nothing better in deep S America (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UZBEKISTAN [non]. U.K.(non) New time for the evening program of BBC in Uzbek from August 5: 1700-1730 NF 12040 DHA 250 kW / 045 deg to CeAs, ex 1600-1630 on 13695 1700-1730 NF 15175 WOF 300 kW / 070 deg to CeAs, ex 1600-1630 on same (Ivo Ivanov blog via DXLD) see also UK [and non] ** VATICAN. 7250, Monday August 12 at 0524, surprised to hear VP signal with W&M conversation in English, sounds like Vatican Radio; much weaker than 7275 Tunisia, 7295 Algeria/France. Have not heard it on 7250 for months in almost-nightly 41m-scans around this hour, and presumed off for the summer. But it has continued to be registered starting at 0530 with 250 kW at 4 degrees; Aoki shows same except on Sundays, with Latin mass. At 0528 closing English, ``L.I.C.``, bells before and after 0529, but no IS, 0530 Italian announcement and classical music, now // very good 9645 with Bach. 7250, Aug 13 at 0529, VR bells, fair, so looks like this is going to continue in use (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VENEZUELA [non]. 9955, 0115-0231, USA, 09.08, WRMI, Florida. Spanish ann and songs, 0200 ID "Ecos del Torbes", special program in Spanish, ID and frequencies, mostly talking with very short glimpses of female singing, 0223 song by man, 0230 another Spanish program 25232 deteriorating to 15211 (Anker Petersen, latest loggings from Skovlunde, Denmark on my AOR and RadioJet, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) 9955 [non], August 9 from 0201:30, I listen to WRMI webcast for the Ecos del Torbes special. All about the history of the station which was formerly on SW 4980 and 9640, still on MW 780. (IIRC it was about one of the last Venezuelans left on 60m; must have been gone at least ten years, not even in the archive of LA SW Logs.) Almost continuous talk in Spanish, but announcements in English and French at the beginning. Also almost continuous music background, occasionally foreground, but no full songs until the last 8 minutes or so. Never heard a word about politix, let alone Chávez & Maduro. Seemed like it was still going when cut to WRMI ID and into Radio Eslovaquia Internacional relay at 0230. This repeats 24 hours later, and Saturday at 2230 on WRMI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9955 - Ecos Del Torbes, San Cristóbal, Venezuela (Via WRMI, Miami, FL) - 0200 Aug 9 tune in to multiple ID's in Spanish followed by brief ID's in English & French. Then into a Spanish program on the history of this station. Good strong signal with no jamming. At my QTH there was a significant amount of atmospheric static which disrupted the audio of the broadcast wiping out large chunks of program content. I remember this station as the strongest Latin on 60 meters, 4980, back in the 70's & 80's. A familiar voice from the past (Stephen Wood, Harwich, Mass., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9955, August 10 at 0204, Ecos del Torbes special via WRMI is JBA but no jamming, enough to recognize what I heard clearly 24 hours earlier on webcast. One more repeat at 2230 Saturday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Ecos del Torbes was still on air in Sept 2002y, left SW in 2003y then? - acc Anker Petersen note. 73 de wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) From archive of Oct 2010: VENEZUELA In the 1980s I wrote my thesis about the Spanish dialect spoken in the Carabobo province in Venezuela and had the opportunity to travel the country for some months to do some field work. I also visited San Cristóbal and met with Gregorio González Lovera, who was not only the founder and owner of Ecos del Torbes, Radio Táchira and two other stations, but also one of the three radio pioneers of the country, the only one still alive when I visited him. Ecos del Torbes' monster signal: on my Sony ICF 2001D, their signal occupied a range of 50-60 kHz in San Cristobal (i.e. 4950-5010 kHz) and I think the power of their boosted transmitter was at least 20-50 kW. But even more impressed I was by the dedication and love some technicians had with their low power transmitters. Alfredo Poppert, a native German living in Valencia, the capital of Carabobo province, was really proud of keeping LV de Carabobo's 1 kW transmitter on the air using a 40-year-old Continental transmitter with four tubes and just a few meters of wire as a dipole. Their signal could be heard regularly here in Europe in those days. Another story was my visit to R. Yaracuy. The gerente was proud that his station's signal could be heard worldwide and he showed me two huge baskets full of letters from listeners from overseas. Not a single one of those reception reports had been answered, but nothing was thrown away. The "verie signer" in those days was someone working at the local post office who had nothing to do with the station [i.e. extracting the return postage?? But nice of him to deliver the letters anyway gh]. The station's personnel did not even know him! Another interesting thing was R. Valles del Tuy in Ocumare del Tuy on 6130v kHz. They were active in the 1980s but had such a weak transmitter that it was hard to get their signal even at a distance of a few km. They definitely had only a handful of Watts left to blow into the air; but they were still active on shortwave! My favourite stations / programmes in that time were "Lo que esta noche recuerda" (night program of Ecos del Torbes) and the latin hitparade broadcast during the night on LV de Carabobo and on R. Yaracuy. I visited almost every SW station which was active in Venezuela at that time. Nowadays it seems that not a single one is left on shortwave (Michael Schmitz-D, editor-in-chief, "Radio-Kurier/WWH", Germany, via Oct NASWA Journal via dxld Oct 6, 2010y) VENEZUELA TIN, reading that list of stns really brings back great memories of the days when 60 and 90 m. were loaded with stations, the Yvs often the best signals of the bunch. I can remember when a normal evening would produce LA signals just about every 5-10 kHz in the 3200-3400 range. (Jerry Berg-USA) Between Aug 31 and Sept 23, I realized a DX jorney in VEN. It was twelve years after my first visit to VEN. My first visit to the Dominican Rep was made as a business trip, thus I did not have enough time to devote myself to monitoring the local broadcasters. The second journey had three objectives: the first was to study the broadcasting circumstances in the western and central region of VEN; the second was to visit stations that formerly operated SW transmissions; and the third was to visit Cúcuta, the border town of Colombia, where R La Voz del Norte bc on 4875 kHz until the middle of 1980's. I visited the following cities and broadcasting stations: MARACAIBO: R Mara Ritmo 900 (3275 kHz), R Popular (4800 kHz), Radio CNB Maracaibo (4860 kHz), R Calendario (9530 kHz); CARORA: YVNI R Carora (4910 kHz); BARQUISIMETO: R Lara (4800 kHz), R Tricolor (4820 kHz), Radio Universo (4880 kHz), R Juventud (4900 kHz), R Barquisimeto (4990 kHz and 9510 kHz); VALERA: R Valera (4840 kHz), R Turismo (6180 kHz); MERIDA: R Universidad de Mérida (3395 kHz), R Los Andes (6010 kHz); TOVAR: R Occidente (3225 kHz and 9750 kHz), SAN ANTONIO DEL TACHIRA: R Frontera (4760 kHz), SAN CRISTOBAL: R Táchira (4830 kHz), Ecos del Torbes (4980 kHz and 9640 kHz), R Noticias 1060 (ex- R San Cristóbal 9610 kHz); BARINAS: R Continental (4940 kHz), VALENCIA: La Voz de Carabobo (4780 kHz), CARACAS: R Capital (4850 kHz), R VEN (4890 kHz), Radio Rumbos (4970 kHz and 9660 kHz), R Continente (5030 kHz), Radio Mundial (5050 kHz). Unfortunately I could not visit the studios and offices of R Nacional de VEN, which was located far from the downtown Caracas. Probably I will try to visit it next planning DX journey to VEN. During my stay in VEN, I made band scans to check over the existence and nature of any broadcasting activity on SW. I confirmed that four stations on SW in operation: R Táchira on 4830 kHz, R Amazonas on 4940 kHz, Ecos del Torbes on 4980 kHz and YVTO El Observatorio Naval Juan Manuel Cagigal. There are no other VENn stations regularly on SW due to economical reason. Since the middle of the 1990's, many broadcasters abandoned the SW transmissions for two main reasons. The first is that commercial broadcasting on SW is currently not a prosperous business in VEN and it is very expensive to maintain old SW transmitters because it is not so easy obtain spare parts. Nevertheless, a couple of commercial stations, located near the border with Colombia, continue to broadcast on SW as propaganda for bordering countries. The second is that the gigantic networks, which carry the progrming produced in Caracas for 24 hours a day, including Circuito R VEN (CRV), Circuito R Caracas R (RCR), Circuito R Rumbos, Circuito R Continente (CRC), AM Center, Unión R and R Popular, have utilized the satellite broadcasting system since early 1990's. In fact, the satellite system can give a wide coverage of all national territory. The detail reports about the old time broadcasters will be published in the future RELAMPAGO DX. (Takayuki Inoue Nozaki-JPN, DXplorer Sep 25, 2002y) (all via Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD) ** VIETNAM. 7435.5, Voice of Vietnam 1. Recently reported back on exact frequency again after being off frequency for many months, but today (August 9) found again off frequency at 1253 with // 5975 // 7210 // 9635. Audio from two frequencies: 7435.5 – https://app.box.com/s/acueri20gxjwg5d1sk0q 7210 – https://app.box.com/s/7e3tufmoy5u3sskv9dcu Hai Phong Radio - Vietnam Coast Radio Station, 8294-USB. One of about 16 stations operated by VISHIPEL (Vietnam Maritime Communication and Electronics LLC) along the coastline of Vietnam to provide maritime conditions and safety messages. Hai Phong is the location of the VISHIPEL headquarters, therefore this broadcast is the longest of all the coast transmissions and the only one that plays Vietnamese music; August 9 heard at 1247 with songs and advertisement (assume for VISHIPEL). Fair reception from 5 kW tx. Audio at https://app.box.com/s/luphb5tuqf7hcz78cn7e (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZANZIBAR. 11735, ZBC, 1917, very good with Arabic-influenced music, talk by language man, then into lengthy recitations (still going at 1932). 9/8 (David Sharp, NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 1490, 0840+ noted a pile-up of stations, including one occasionally surfacing with EZL music. Also, someone about 600 Hz on the high side, causing a nice het. Interesting frequency to watch. 11/8 (David Sharp, NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. LA, 4709.99, Definitely M at 0852. Still not strong enough to get the language. 0937 definite ranchera song. 0941 M announcer. A soft song, possibly a ranchera at 0944:50. 0950 pretty fast Dance beat definitely not // to (the 100 kW Mexican) La Poderosa webstream. 0953 another ranchera. 1004:00 canned announcement by M in slight echo, then W announcer, and back to more ranchera music. This has the "feel" of a harmonic. MP3 recording at https://app.box.com/s/3viqdcqqfxt8zqs2kem8 4 August (Dave Valko, Dunlo PA, HCDX via DXLD) So far undetectable here in the evenings during my 0100 sessions (gh, DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 6925-AM, August 10 at 0547 music and announcement from some pirate, but just too weak. Logs on hfunderground.com indicate it was Radio True North from the ``west side``, on air long hours before and after then. BTW, I have to look out for fifth harmonic of local KCRC 1390 on 6950, which at this time was cutting on and off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See NORTH AMERICA UNIDENTIFIED. 11159.0-USB, August 9 at 1328, surprised to find strong VOLMET broadcast in Britishish YL robo-English. It`s so strong that max attenuation is needed on the FRG-7 to avoid pumping. Catching my attention first is a location: Kandahar, but further places are hard to understand, finally including Wellington, East Midlands, Cardiff, Birmingham, Manchester, Prestwick. (Is there a Wellington in the UK? Surely.) Every few minutes, ID I can`t copy accurately either, but including ``Military --- information broadcast``. Toward the end of each item she/it says ``21H018`` and other numbers up and down from 18. Most of the weather conditions are from 1250z. Still on and in at 1415 but weaker. This is not even inside the ``VOLMET band`` according to http://www.dxinfocentre.com/volmet.htm#11.3 of 11247 to 11393. I suppose the frequency could be a mistake; check for it further. From the content, one would expect it to be the RAF station MKL at Saint Eval UK, listed on 11253 and heard several times there, but not now. Is this transmitter really in UK? Nothing making it from European broadcasters on 25m at this time. There were previous questions about the true site of 11253 as it was once listed as Ascension. Bill Hepburn also has a useful page listing the content (locations covered) of different VOLMET broadcasts: http://www.dxinfocentre.com/volmet-wx.htm RAF on 11253 does include Kandahar at H+24 and H+54, but not mixed in with UK locations including the ones I heard scheduled at different hourparts (and no Wellington anywhen). Kandahar appears nowhere else on this page from anyone. Here`s a 2.5 minute clip at 1335 with ID at 2:17 into it: http://www.w4uvh.net/raf11159.rm Please help with what the ID says, true source and location of this! Searching the UDXF yg on the frequency finds nothing about this, but there was one log this year in January of an air-to-ground contact with Elmendorf (Alaska); and in 2010-2011y of ``11159 NSY: NATO Sigonella/Niscimi`` Sicily (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Just sounds like 11253 kHz has QSY’d, Glenn. Same synthesised voice and fast reports and typically weak signal into Maine for this time of day. —mco (Mike Chace-Ortiz, August 9, UDXF yg via DXLD) 11159-USB, Aug 10 at 0057 I turn the DX-398 back on which is still tuned here, and the VOLMET station is still there, inbooming more than it had been at 1330 August 9. Includes Baghdad International, Trabzon. Now I can also hear a much weaker VOLMET on 11253-USB, sounds like same stuff, but on one receiver I can`t check if parallel. So MKL, RAF in UK is still going on 11253, not moved to 11159. To be checked further! 11159-USB, August 10 at 0538, still good signal with VOLMET including Budapest, unseems // much weaker 11253. No way 11159 is coming from Europe compared to lack of other signals from there. Still needs max ATT to avoid pumping. At 0555 I can pull enough signal on 11253-USB to compare them better: 11159 is about one word behind 11253, satellite feed? 0556 another airport mentioned is Tbilisi; some of them have ``no information available``. Still trying to copy the too-fast and garbled ID by the roboYL; sounds something like ``This is military one-five lot-time (? Or one time lot five), information broadcast``. I keep listening to copy further locations: Kandahar NIA; Baghdad International; Schipol; Trabzon; Askhabad NIA; Tbilisi; Wellington; Birmingham; East Midlands; Manchester; Cardiff; Prestwick; Bahrain International; Sigonella; Akrotiri; Cairo International. There are still a number of other locations I have not recognized. Once I thought I heard Halifax, which would be the only N American site and perhaps a clue as to location. One might also suspect they have reactivated Ascension, requiring this new frequency; except there are NO African spots covered except Cairo. It really concentrates on UK to Middle East routes with NZ tacked on. Noel Green in NW England says Aug 10: ``There is no signal here at 0900 UT on 11159, but the usual 11253 is on air // 5450. At my location 5450 is the strongest signal. And yes, there is a Wellington in the UK. I've been monitoring this station on and off to try to obtain an ID, but all I can understand is what Glenn does. I think Glenn has done well to understand where some of the broadcasts are about, as it's all being "read" at HIGH speed and some of it is badly garbled - I think I've just heard Brize Norton, but I don't hear 21H018 - could that be QNH and a number? Will keep an ear to 11159`` So there is a Wellington in the UK, but is there a significant airfield there? One temp I heard for that was a wintry 15. Meanwhile I have realized that the final item in each conditions-listing says ``QNH`` followed by a number just above 1000, or in one case, 999, so obviously it`s barometric pressure in millibars, not ``21H---`` as I copied previously. From http://www.answers.com/topic/volmet-volmet --- McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Aviation: volmet/VOLMET ``The continuous recorded broadcast of weather conditions at selected airfields. Volmet is updated every 30 min and, hence, the received broadcast may be slightly old. Elements of each broadcast are in the following order: surface wind, visibility, RVR (runway visual range) if applicable, weather, clouds, temperature, dew point, and QNH (atmospheric pressure reduced to sea-level pressure. The height of a place above mean sea level will be indicated when the QNH is set on the altimeter sub-scale). Nonessential words, such as surface wind and visibility, are not spoken. When CAVOK (cloud and visibility OK), the visibility must be more than 6 miles (10 km) and the clouds not lower than 5000 ft (1500 m), or below the minimum sector latitude, whichever is greater. Also, there should be no cumulonimbus clouds. Further, there should be no precipitation, thunder, shallow fog, or low-drifting snow. The surface winds, temperature, dew point, and QNH will continue to be broadcast`` 11159 still audible when I finally quit at 0715, but reawake at 1335 August 10 for next check, 11159-USB still good, no 11253 audible here. Meanwhile another report of 11159-USB VOLMET in the UDXF yg August 10: ``English lady giving weather for Shanghai, Ascension Island, Dakar, Mombasa, Nairobi, etc. on 11159 khz USB. Clear signal (S4). 0647 UT. Eddy Waters, South Australia``. I`ve yet to hear any of those places mentioned, maybe not listening at the right hourpart (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11159-USB, the mystery-site VOLMET continues to be heard just about any time of day I try it: 0103 August 11 fair vs local noise level; 0609 August 11, copy some more locations mentioned: Tampa(?), Trondheim, Keflavik, Hannover, Adana-Incirlik, Budapest, Bucharest, Porto, Tenerife-South, Dakar, Ascension Island, Recife, Mombasa, Nairobi, Brize-Norton [UK base]. The Porto to Dakar ones were repeated only a few minutes later, but maybe their timestamps were updated. ``ID`` every few minutes such as at 0616 sounds like ``Military One Time Lot 3 information broadcast``. Also audible at 1412 with Budapest, etc. After some of the QNH numbers at the end of each item, sometimes ``she`` says a couple more words, sometimes not, can`t make them out. I wasted considerable time hunting thru the RAF and MOD websites for *any* info about VOLMET with nothing to show for it; classified, I supposed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11159 - Reception in Eastern USA, Massachusetts, poor-very poor, at 2342 with YL in British accent with volmet weather. S-4 signal at best with significant fade outs. Barely readable audio. Currently reading weather for African locations, Mombassa, Nairobi(missing), Dakar, Bamako. etc. (Stephen Wood, Harwich, Mass., Aug 11, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Meanwhile, my original news of this has prompted more monitoring from others, first from the DXLD yg: (gh) The ID, such as it is, at 0346 UT Aug 11 was "This is military one time lot 3 information broadcast". Lot could possibly be block but I'm leaning to lot; later I heard the 3 replaced by a 4, and later a 5. Also strong up here near Edmonton, Alberta. Signal best on several omni loops and dipoles, not resonant anywhere near 11 megs as opposed to either of the log periodics that do cover this range - one of the logs is SW to eastern USA, and the other is NE to Europe. I turned one of the logs and found the signal peaking into the SW, (and now 10-20 db stronger than before) which from here is Pacific Northwest or British Columbia. Since one of the place names mentioned was Aldergrove, I am thinking perhaps the transmissions might be from there or the nearby Chilliwac transmitter site. Both are in the Vancouver general area. None of the remote Perseus receiver sites in that area are up tonite so no further data there. Perhaps someone more local there can check. 73 (Don VE6JY Moman, AB, August 10, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Frequency 11159 was audible here this morning (Aug. 11) at tune in 0630 UT, but a poor signal with nothing registering on the S-meter. I didn't - but I should - check if it is in sync with 11253 and 5450. 11253 was stronger than 5450 today, which is unusual. At re-check 0800, 11159 was not audible, and still isn't at 1030 UT. In my copy of Airwaves - from 2008 - 11159 lists US HF Global Comms SYS at Andrews, Ascension Island, and Offutt/Nebraska and US Military HF Discrete - USAF/Mystic Star so there has obviously been a change for a British transmission to appear on this frequency. Wellington-UK is in Shropshire (NW of Birmingham), but there are several Wellingtons shown in my atlas, including six in the US of A, but maybe a likely candidate is the best known one in NZL. My best guess so far is that 11159 could be from Ascension as it fits in with current propagation, but more monitoring is required (Noel R. Green (NW England), dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I also sent previous logs to Bill Hepburn, proprietor of dxinfocentre, and he replies: (gh) ``Hi Glenn, Thanks for letting me about the new RAF broadcast on 11159 kHz. I slowed down the audio to 85% and it sounds like a male voice that is much more understandable then the speeded-up voice heard live over the air. The ID sounds like "Military (one-time?) Lot 1 Information Broadcast" with Lot 1 advancing to Lot 2 thru Lot 5 for each half-hourly broadcast segment. I cannot make out what the words that sound like "one-time" actually are. I also noticed that RAF Volmet has changed its ID to the same one, although the automated voice is different. After listening for a while, it's clear that the same airports are broadcast on both stations and during the same 6 minute broadcast segments. I've updated my 'volmet-wx' website to list what I've been able to determine. There have been DXer reports that suggest that this station is located in the Western USA. RAF does have operations at Creech AFB in Indian Springs, NV - I wonder if the new broadcast originates from there? Or if not, at another Western U.S. USAF HF facility. According to the RAF website, they operate unmanned long endurance reconnaissance aircraft from Creech. This is going to be a tough station to pin down since as you point out, even the location of the regular RAF volmet has been hard to verify. Regards, (Bill`` Hepburn, ON, Aug 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST) My post to the UDXF yg led to many more replies among its 2721 members: I have tried to put into order: Volmet on 11159 at 0800 Z heard 9 plus from RAF Ascension Island. Included weather and seas for Africa, and Indian Ocean (Feraltex, Aug 10, UDXF yg via DXLD) The 11159 kHz Aviation WX has been heard here (Mojave Desert, California, USA) essentially 24 hours a day for the last couple days, although it has been weak at times. Sampling remotes around the World (Europe, Asia, South America, North America) the signal is by far strongest in Colorado much of the time. However, remotes in SA are few and far between, so the sample set from there is less than optimal. Beam bearing from my location is roughly 060 to 085; however, the peak is ill defined and I would be careful putting to much faith in that bearing. I personally take that bearing as a "maybe". The audio on 11159 kHz slightly leads the audio on 11253 kHz, but the information is the same. Also the voice and information are the same as what is heard on 5450 kHz in Europe. All 3 of these frequencies seem to be simulcast with very slight time deltas. I am thinking possibly 11159 kHz is sourced either in the USA or near it. I know the content argues against that, but unless conditions are being somewhat unusual, the signal level / frequency combination here locally hint at US / near US. Like I said, I have been able to detect it locally every time I have checked the frequency in the last 30 or so hours. Sometimes it has been fairly strong, other times it has been weak, but always audible. Right now, at 1100 local time (1800 UT) the 11159 signal is 10 over S9, 11253 kHz not currently heard, naturally for this time of day neither is 5450 kHz. Looking at the 31 and 25 meter bands (the SWBC bands either side of 11159 kHz) I have very few signals that are not sourced in the US. (T! [original token], Mojave Desert, California, USA, August 10, UDXF yg via DXLD) Mid-afternoon Saturday in Norway 11159 was weak, hardly readable, while the usual transmissions on 11253 were strong, good copy here. Meaning widely different transmitter locations, or perhaps widely different quality of hardware used on the two frequencies? (Geir Stokkeland, Vestnes, Norway, August 10, ibid.) 1400 local here, same time zone as Token, I have 11159 weak with fading in and out. RAF VOLMET is on 11253 as heard on the U of Twente WebSDR. Obviously, I cannot make any accurate determinations of time latency due to the different means of reception, but it sure sounds like the same broadcast. I'll have to check at other times of day before I'm even close to making a serious guess as to location. Right now the information presented here, and the tendency for 11 MHz skip zones to lengthen out in our local afternoon, tend to suggest an origin in the western US (Hugh Stegman, 2124 UT August 10, ibid.) Still audible in Northern California at 2309 Z, noise floor about 120 dbm (Vincent, August 10, ibid.) 11159 Volmet very very low but readable at times. QTH here is Tampa Florida at 0115Z (Tony N2QHC Agnelli, UT Aug 11, ibid.) At 0210 UT the VOLMET weather station on 11159 kHz is heard in Athens, Greece with low signal strength. 73 (Costas SV1XV Krallis, UT August 11, ibid.) Very nice signal here in Ohio +9 (Bill [Matthews?], 0241 UT August 11, ibid.) 0400 UT, strong signal into western Canada. Lady with British accent VOLMET for UK region; heard Shanghai now. I'll record until there is an ID of some type (Ken Keeks?, Aug 11, ibid.) Down from its peak at S9+ which happened around 0000. Now about S7 into Southern California, at 0400. WWV and WWVH are both strong on 10 MHz, the lady and the guy about equal loudness. Say, any of you folks know what "she" is identifying as? I can't get the middle part hard as I try. Closest I can get is, "This is military on timed lot for information broadcast" (Hugh Stegman, 0407 UT Aug 11, ibid.) The ID comes across so fast. I've attached a recording if anyone can pick it out. It's around the 16 second mark. Still around s7 to s8 here in Florida (Tony N2QHC Agnelli, 0427 UT Aug 11, ibid.) At the speed she reads at, I can't see the VOLMET info being very useful. The speed Trenton Military reads at is much better especially for HF. Poor pilots have to be writing and listening furiously (Tony N2QHC, 0436 UT Aug 11, ibid.) Yes, there's a WELLINGTON in the UK also NZ and USA. Volmets also come up on marine channel's at times (usually relayed). But this one is RAF, and here in the South Pacific it`s on 11159 (seemed to be a relay of MKL on 11253 at Ascension [sic]) and over a 24 hour period the QRM was too strong to relay decipher, in full. Never ever heard MKL on 11253 mention Wellington. Also on 11156 is a Russian Navy CW transmission at times, with splatter, up to 1.5 kHz each side (believed to be in the Vladivostok area (near Olga) (Feraltex, Aug 11, ibid.) 11159 USB. Volmet broadcast with many locations, begins at 0600 UT. Currently signal is S3. Possibly this broadcast is from Guam. Strongest signal is at 10 degrees from my location in Australia. Same signal as on 11253 kHz which is much weaker. S1 (Eddy Waters, South Australia, Receivers: Drake R8, Japan Radio NRD 525, Watkins-Johnson HF1000A, Ten Tec RX 340, SDR 14. Antenna. Log periodic 8 element covering 5-25 mhz inclusive. Rotator. Yaesu G-1000DXC. Decoder. Hoka Code 300 Ver 3.095. (Extended version), ibid.) Nil here in the Netherlands, Eddy (Ary Boender, 0726 UT Aug 11, ibid.) Now (0727) I hear a very faint voice. Unreadable (Ary, ibid.) Re VE6JY: ``The ID, such as it is, at 0346 UT Aug 11 was "This is military one time lot 3 information broadcast". Lot could possibly be block but I'm leaning to lot; later I heard the 3 replaced by a 4, and later a 5.`` S L O T. Time slot. Ascension relaying the Swanwick broadcast. 73 de (Jim (MPJ), ibid.) Hi Jim, I doubt 11159 is being sent via Ascension - see the following screendumps made over several hours, comparing 11159, USAF Ascension with soundings on 11226 and the RAF VOLMET broadcast via the UK transmitter on 11253: http://signals.taunus.de/PUB/11159.jpg I think West Coast of North America is a pretty good bet for 11159. 11159 was audible this morning with similar signal strength as the RATT signal from NPG on 10430. Fade out matched the typical behaviour of West Coast stations. The TX sites at Matsqui (BC) or Dixon (CA) could be good candidates. BRGDS (//Leif Dehio, near Munich/Germany, Website: http://www.signals.taunus.de/ 1039 UT Aug 11, ibid.) Leif, The signal seems to be inland from me, beam bearing maybe 065 to 080 (yeah I know, a single station beam cut on HF is only a "maybe" indicator). So I think maybe not west coast, but probably western half of the US. It seems to be pretty consistently strong in the Colorado remotes. Not saying it is in CO at all, just that wherever it is there is more steady propagation into the CO area. Here localy it seems I can hear it 24 hours a day (every time I have checked, no matter what time, it has been there), but sometimes it gets pretty weak, other times it is well over S9 for extended periods. (T! Mojave Desert, California, USA, Aug 11, ibid.) Just spent a couple of hours this morning monitoring on various receive platforms the RAF Volmet on 11159 kHz. I`ve posted some observations on my blog. So I will throw my two cents into the where is this transmission coming from discussion. Based on monitoring over the last couple of days I think a very likely candidate for these transmissions is one of the CanForce bases in Canada (maybe central or western Canada). Also looks like there are 5 time slots being broadcast. I haven`t snagged all the stations being reported, but have quite a few nailed down. Now it`s time to go to work on time stamps for each of these time slot broadcasts. 73 all and good hunting. Chief Larry (Larry Van Horn, N5FPW, Brasstown, NC USA, ibid.) I totally agree, Western Canada. I just used a Global Tuners online receiver in Northern Alberta for a recording (Ken Keeks? ibid.) (all via Glenn Hauser, DXLD) Volmet frequency 11159 was audible again today (12th) at 0645 UT tune in at poor strength and //, but NOT in sync with, 11253 and 5450 (these two are in sync). At 0845 re-check 11159 was not audible - and today both 5450 and 11253 had gone off air at 0845 and have not returned by 0920UT. Usually they are always audible whenever I tune them. Possibly maintenance - the robo lady certainly needs attention, and needs to speak more slowly like her Shanwick [sic] 'cousin' on 5505 and 8957! (Noel R. Green (NW England), dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5450 just burst into life here at 1432 UT, though she's rushing a bit :-) can just also make out 11253 as well, but nothing on 11159. 73 (unsigned, but I think this is Tony Molloy in UK --- gh, ibid.) 11159-USB, August 12 at 0511, fair signal surging to good peaks, from VOLMET mystery, citing Hannover conditions at the moment. 0536, Brize- Norton, but cut off incomplete, resuming with non-ID; shortly, Hannover again. Next check at 1128, it`s gone! And still gone at 1208, and later chex, finally at 1724. Could it be gone for good, just as abruptly as it had appeared? Noel Green in England found 11159 as well as 11253, 5450 all off the air at 0845. Another radio listener says 11253 & 5450 popped back on the air at 1432, but not 11159. Nor did I find 11159 moved anywhere else on the 11, 8 or 13 MHz aero bands, when I searched between 1200 and 1300. Meanwhile someone sent me a schedule of all the locations mentioned in the five different ``slots``, twice an hour (applicable to RAF on all three frequencies, tho 11159 wasn`t synchronized?). Some of these airfields I have never heard of and don`t yet know which countries they inhabit. Already realizing there is one at Waddington UK, I was beginning to suspect that`s what `she` says rather than Wellington, and this confirms it: so never mind all the discussion about whether it`s about New Zealand. Chris Greenway points out that Aldergrove refers to Belfast, Northern Ireland (altho one is also in British Columbia). ----------------------- RAF VOLMET Slot Timings ----------------------- Minutes past the hour: 00/30 07/37 13/43 19/49 25/55 SlotTime 1&6 SlotTime 2&7 SlotTime 3&8 SlotTime 4&9 SlotTime 5&10 Brize Norton Northolt Gibraltar Bari Muscat Waddington Aldergrove Porto Sigonella Kandahar Birmingham Culdrose Tenerife Souda Bay Bastion East Midlands Hannover Dakar Akrotiri Minhad Manchester Geilenkirchen Ascension Larnace Baghdad Cardiff Adana Recife Cairo Kabul Prestwick Budapest Mombassa Istres Trabzon Marham Bucharest Nairobi Evreux Ashgabat Lossiemouth Bardufoss Brize Norton Nice Baku Leeming Evenes Bamako Lajes Al Udeid Coningsby Trondheim Algiers Faro Thumrait Benson Keflavik Abidjan Salalah Odiham Bodo Al Maktoum Bahrain Fujairairah Be sure these are lined up in a non-proportional font of at least 70 spaces to display properly. Note that the bottom entries in each column of different lengths are: Odiham, Bodo, Abidjan, Faro, Fujairairah (should that be Al-Fujayrah as in UAE? Lots of variation in transcribing Arabic, but an extra syllable?). Note also that not all of these are exactly as heard spoken, e.g. ``Tenerife-South``, ``Adana-Incirlik``. Also there is a postal address, but no e-mail located yet. Maybe they would tell us where 11159 is or was; note, it`s not Shanwick (which is a contraxion for the commercial airports Shannon/Prestwick): Swanwick Military London Area Control Centre Box 13 Sopwith Way Swanwick Southampton SO31 7AY (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Further posts about this in the UDXF yg: Recording. https://app.box.com/s/mwque9h4nl5fong53s3s (Ken, August 11, UDXF yg via DXLD) As I posted yesterday, the site I suspect is lower mainland area near Vancouver. I am in Northern Alberta and within reasonable range of the Edmonton military TX site near Cardiff and it is almost inaudible when I am beamed in that direction (NW). It peaks nicely to the SW and is too strong to be another hop further west (Don Moman, AB, August 11, ibid.) Hi Don, VE6WCA has an online HF receiver near Long Lake Provincial Park. The 11159 signal is very strong. As to the Aldergrove, BC transmitter as far as I know it has been deactivated and looks to have nothing but VHF and Sat dishes on site. I really think the British military is training in Alberta and/or Manitoba. I will check tomorrow locally though and see what I hear. I had my system apart today (Ken Keeks, Aug 11, ibid.) Yes, I know Rene, VE6WCA as he is maybe 100 km due north of my location. I have put one of my Perseus rx here on line at various times today. The British are often training at Suffield in southern Alberta. No HF tx site there tho. By Aldergrove, I was referring to its Matsqui transmitter site 28 km away - west of Chilliwack and north of Abbottsford. I'm sure this site is still active. Everything is remote these days anyway. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Radio_Section_Aldergrove Naval Radio Section Aldergrove, or NRS Aldergrove, is a Canadian Forces naval radio communications facility located in both Aldergrove and Matsqui , NRS Aldergrove is the Royal Canadian Navy 's primary communications relay site for Maritime Forces Pacific The Aldergrove receiving site is located 59 kilometres east of Vancouver, British Columbia in the community of Aldergrove whereas the Matsqui transmitter site is located 28 kilometres northeast of Aldergrove. The Aldergrove receiving site comprises 1,220 acres (4.9 km2) while Matsqui comprises 230 acres (0.93 km2). About 440 acres (1.8 km2) of the Aldergrove site are used for the antenna field, while the remainder is used as an electromagnetic interference (EMI) buffer zone from local development. Currently, Aldergrove and Matsqui are staffed with 1 operator and between 15 to 17 technicians (via Don Moman, ibid.) here is a view of the Matsqui TX-site via Google Street View: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=49.110677,-122.250082&ll=49.110252,-122.249444&spn=0.005064,0.013937&sll=53.057746,-104.153123&sspn=0.018596,0.055747&hnear=h&layer=c&cbll=49.110677,-122.250082&panoid=UuiPVyxQ1_OwQvFznvcCCQ&cbp=12,105.15,,0,-4.16&t=h&z=17 BRGDS (//Leif Dehio, ibid.) As someone else has already pointed out, the Aldergrove referred to is RAF Aldergrove in Northern Ireland, so as interesting as the information regarding the Canadian Aldergrove is, it is irrelevant as far as this discussion is concerned. I am located on the UK south coast and the main transmitter for this facility on 5450 kHz is 300 miles north of me. Since the change to the new format, UK monitors are also having hard time understanding some of the locations. However two locations not mentioned yet on this reflector are Northolt (London) and Geilenkirchen (Germany). 73 (Colin G3PSM, ibid.) Colin, I was listening to 11159 yesterday evening local time, about 0700Z and I definitely heard Geilenkirchen in one of the time slot reports. I made handwritten notes while listening for about 20 minutes just to see which airfields I could pick out. The list I made included: Kabul, Khandahar, Lossiemouth, Waddington, Birmingham, Belfast Aldergrove, Hanover, Geilenkirchen, Mombassa, and Cairo As with this transmission and speed of information it is possible that I got one or two wrong but of Geilenkirchen I'm pretty sure. I note this evening the signal is conspicuous by its absence in the antipodes! Regards, (Mike Jackson, Palmerston North, New Zealand, RTL/Wellbrook ALA1530 Loop, ibid.) Hi Ken, You are right. I noticed this on the BFBS website. Dated 5 August: "Canada hosts Exercise Prairie Thunder. The Queen's Royal Hussars have been reunited with their Challenger 2 tanks, after 3 years, for Exercise Prairie Thunder." So, yes, there is a British exercise going on in Canada. 73, (Ary Boender, Aug 12, ibid.) These are details of the locations which may be used: RAF Brize Norton - Brize Norton, England EGVN (BZZ) RAF Waddington - Waddington, England EGXW (WTN) Birmingham International Airport, Birmingham, England EGBB (BHX) Nottingham East Midlands Airport, East Midlands, England EGNX (EMA) Manchester Airport - Manchester, England EGCC (MAN) Cardiff International Airport - Cardiff, Wales EGFF (CWL) Glasgow Prestwick International Airport, Glasgow, Scotland EGPK (PIK) RAF Marham - Marham, England EGYM (MRH) RAF Lossiemouth - Lossiemouth, Scotland EGQS (LMO) RAF Leeming - Leeming Bar, England EGXE RAF Coningsby - Coningsby, England EGXC (QCY) RAF Benson - Benson, England EGUB RAF Odiham - Odiham, England EGVO (ODH) RAF Northolt - Ruislip, England (effectively London) EGWU (NHT) Belfast Intl Airport, Belfast, Northern Ireland EGAA (BFS) RMB Culdrose - Helston, Cornwall EGDR Hanover/Langenhagen International Airport, Hanover EDDV (HAJ) NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen - Geilenkirchen ETNG (GKE) Adana Airbase (possibly Incirlic), Adana, Turkey LTAG? Budapest Ferihegy International Airport, Budapest, Hungary LHBP (BUD) Bucharest Aurel Vlaicu Intl Airport, Bucharest, Romania LRBS (BBU) Bardufoss Airport - Bardufoss, Troms [sic] County, Norway ENDU (BDU) Evenes Airbase/Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes, Norway ENEV (EVE) Trondheim Airbase/Airport, Værnes, Norway ENVA (TRD) KQNT - NAS Keflavik, Iceland KQNT Bod0 Airbase/Airport - Bod0, Nordland, Norway ENBO (BOO) Gibraltar Airport - Gibraltar LXGB (GIB) Lisbon Portela Airport, Portugal LPPT (LIS) Gran Canaria International Airport. There are others. GCLP (LPA) Dakar-Yoff-Léopold Sédar Senghor Intl Airport, Dakar, Senegal GOOY (DKR) Wideawake Field, Georgetown Ascension Is. BIOT FHAW (ASI) Gilberto Freyre Intl Airport, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil SBRF (REC) Moi International Airport, Mombassa, Kenya HKMO (MBA) Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi, Kenya HKJK (NBO) Senou International Airport, Bamako, Mali GABS (BKO) Houari Boumedienne Airport, algiers, Algeria DAAG (ALG) Port Bouet Airport, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) DIAP (ABJ) Palese Macchie Airport, Bari, Italy LIBD (BRI) Sigonella Military Airport, Catania, Italy LICZ (NSY) Souda Bay AB, Greece KQNC RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus LCRA (AKT) Larnaca International Airport, Larnaca, Cyprus LCLK (LCA) Cairo International Airport, Cairo, Egypt HECA (CAI) Istres Airbase, Istres, Bouches-du-Rhône, France LFMI (QIE) Evreux/Fauville Airbase, Evreux, Eure, France LFOE (EVX) Nice Côte d'Azur Airport, LFMN (NCE) Nice/Côte d'Azur Airport, Nice, France LFMN (NCE) Lajes Air Base Intl Praia da Vitoria, Azores LPLA (TER) Faro Airport/Algarve Intl, Faro, Portugal LPFR (FAO) Seeb International Airport, Muscat OOMS (MCT) Kandahar Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan OAKN (KDH) Camp Bastion Airbase, Afghanistan Al Minhad Airbase, UAE OMDM (NHD) Baghdad International Airport, Baghdad, Iraq ORBI (SDA) Kabul International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan OAKB (KBL) Trabzon Airbase, Trabzon, Turkey LTCG (TZX) Ashgabat Airport, (Ashkhabad), Turkmenistan UTAA (ASB) Heydar Aliyev International Airport, Baku, Azerbajan UBBB (BAK) Al Udeid Air Base, Doha, Qatar OTBH Thumrait Air Base, Thumrait, Oman OOTH (TTH) Salalah Airport, Salalah, Oman OOSA (SLL) Al Maktoum Airbase/Intl Airport, Al Maktoum, Dubai, UAE OMJA (DWC) Bahrain International Airport, Manama, Bahrain OBBI (BAH) or Sheik Isa Air Base, Bahrain OBBS Fujairah Airbase/Airport UAE OMFJ (FJR) (Jim, ibid.) Something we must consider in this transmission is that this is an automated voice and that the timing is a bit off. The speed is a bit faster than the human ear can hear and the brain has to translate. Many of you may recall when the National Weather Service started using the automated voice, it went through some changes in the beginning. So many words were not spoken with the kind of inflection we normally would recognize. In other words, some of it sounded funny coming from an "American" voice. So the identification to me sounds like it is even faster than the rest of it and could be something completely different from what we are actually hearing (Clyde N1BHH, Weymouth, MA, ibid.) I've digitally slowed it down. This does not help intelligibility, but it does allow the brain to keep up. One thing I'm sure of is that the ID is "Military One, time slot [x], information broadcast." I went and listened to the 11253 frequency of the real RAF VOLMET, and there is no difference outside whatever time latency exists. The voice synthesizer is dodgy, as our UK friends say. "She" does speak British English ("Gibraltah"), but indeed the timing is off and words don't always come out right. Also I was listening to 11253 on the WebSDR at U of Twente, and for some reason you lose the beginnings of the place names. Headache time! The direct on 11159 is not doing that. It does have a schedule. It's a set of 5 slots beginning every top and bottom of the hour. The slots last 6-7 minutes. Remaining time at the end of a list is used to repeat the whole list, or as much as there's time for. Slot 5, the one with all the obscure (to Americans at least) Afghan and Middle Eastern place names, seems the most subject to strangeness if time runs short (Hugh Stegman, Aug 11, ibid.) Indeed. Our English friends have great difficulties with the letter 'r' where it falls near the end of a word. They also seem to think that 'Wales' and 'whales' are pronounced identically! 73 de (Jim (MPJ), ibid.) For anyone who has not managed to catch this station themselves yet, I have uploaded a couple of videos on my YouTube channel. The first video of this signal is one entire 30 minute cycle, starting with the first full Slot One at 1930 UT and continuing until the start of the next Slot One at 2000. This video is as the signal was received at my location in the Mojave Desert, California, USA. Note that the local time was 1230, mid day. Also note that the signal is as strong or even stronger than the HF- GCS traffic on 11175 kHz that occurs in several locations of the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shmIBvLxwAY The second video is a stereo audio video intended to show the slight timing delta of 11159 kHz vs 11253 kHz. In this video the left channel audio is 11159 kHz and the right channel audio is 11253 kHz. It can be clearly heard that 11253 kHz audio slightly leads 11159 kHz audio. Unfortunately it seems YouTube has made the audio mono instead of stereo, but you can still hear the time delta. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEPY7P_xI-U (T! Mojave Desert, California, USA, ibid.) A voice from experience in locating many HF signals: If it is strong at ll MHz, either it is within 15 miles or so, or more than hundreds of miles away. HF works like that. Generally one cannot associate HF strength well with distance. Unless you are going mobile, strength at HF is *meaningless* in locating the station. The real test is to go mobile. If you do and go several miles in several directions and still see strong signals, the station is hundreds or thousands of miles away. If it is being seen strong in various locations in SW Canada that suggests it is not in SW Canada. Generally at 20 miles, an HF signal (excluding high power HF broadcasters at 50 or more kW) at 11 MHz will not be impressively strong by any means (David L Wilson, ibid.) ``SW Canada`` is a big place, probably enough skip distance on 11 MHz from southern BC to northern AB (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) A far simpler, quicker, cheaper [?] and more reliable method is to head right to the site(s) of interest with a portable receiver. It will be pretty obvious if the signal comes from the site concerned and military HF TX sites tend to be suitably far apart to minimise the chances of mixing up the origin because of propagation. Of course you need to exercise some caution but it’s the only way to do this properly. Someone needs to visit Matsqui (Mike Chace-Ortiz, UDXF yg via DXLD All three frequencies, 5450, 11159, and 11253 kHz, appear vacant at 1200 UT. Not sure what time they went off but when I fired up a rig at 1200, nothing was heard on 11159 kHz for the first time in days. Checking remotes shows that I can't find the 11159 kHz signal (or 5450 or 11253 kHz) on any remotes. As of 1350 still no joy on any of those frequencies. 11253 and 5450 kHz came back on sometime after 1400 UT. At this time, 1440, 11159 kHz still appears off. (T! Mojave Desert, California, USA, ibid.) 5450 was active at 1400z and still on at 1600z (Colin G3PSM, ibid.) Yeah, I checked at 1402z and both 5450 and 11253 kHz were back up, the last time before that I checked was about 1345z or so, and neither were up at that time (T!, ibid.) Nil here too, on the SoCal coast. Nothing audible at all (Hugh, 1651 UT Aug 12, ibid.) (all UDXF yg via Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) It sounds like the transmitter is up as I hear background hiss as if the feed link is there but there is no audio being sent for them to transmit. This at 1830 (Don Moman, AB, VE6JY, Aug 12, UDXF yg via DXLD) Glenn, 5450 and 11253 kHz came back on sometime between 1345 and 1402 UTC. I noted at 1200 UT (when I sat down at the rigs for the morning) that all three were off air. I checked not only local receivers but also remotes around the World. I checked back periodically after that. At 1345 when I checked all three frequencies were still off air. At 1402 UTC when I checked 5450 and 11253 kHz were back on, but 11159 kHz was not heard. I have not heard 11159 kHz resume yet (2335 UT). (T! Mojave Desert, California, USA Aug 12, ibid.) Hi Glenn, If it is any help, nothing heard here in Joburg from 0400 to 0450 on August 13, so possibly not one of the African or Middle Eastern options. Regards, (Bill Bingham, RSA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I`m afraid that was after it apparently disappeared for good (gh, DXLD) 11159-USB, RAF VOLMET, location never identified for sure, appears to have been a temporary transmission, perhaps prompted by a British military exercise in western Canada. Originally found to be missing early August 12, several further chex continue to find the frequency vacant: Aug 12 at 2055; Aug 13 at 0055, 0526, 1225. Hope someone can pin it down retroactively. Meanwhile, another comment from DXLD contributor Chuck Albertson, in Seattle WA: ``Re Don's report from Edmonton on 8/11, I don't think the VOLMET broadcast on 11159 is coming from a xmtr in British Columbia at that hour (~0400). If it was, the signal would probably skip right over me, or come in like a local. Instead, what I hear at that time fades a lot. Also, "Aldergrove" is a military reference for Belfast International Airport. It used to be co-named RAF Aldergrove; now it's a helicopter base, but the airport can handle large transports, so that's why it's on the list`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 11690, August 8 at 0509-0510.4* big open carrier with lite fades, as strong as anything modulated on 25 m like Brasil 11780. The only near-miss on 11690 in HFCC is ``11690 0400 0500 52E MEY 250 340 0 416 1234567 010813 271013 D 11875 Fra AFS BAB BAB 19777`` i.e. effective 1 August, obviously another registration hoping Radio Okapi will resume, via SOUTH AFRICA, but has it? Must tune in next before 0500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) No UNIDENTIFIED. 14541.5-USB, August 8 at 1239-1245+, two-way in colloquial Spanish hard for me to follow; stronger station has ``engine noise``; they mention kilos, hora de llegada, and barcos; no swearing heard, but unprofessional whistling into mikes. May have been more than two stations in contact, apparently narco-traffickers. Back on June 3 at 1250 I heard the same guys and assumed they were fishing poachers; pescaditos could also be measured in kilos (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Alguém sabe a que se refere este sinal que estou recebendo em 22820 kHz? Coloquei no youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ9qUFIPYGw (Ruben Caetano - RJ PY1085SWL, Aug 10, radioescutas yg via DXLD) Saludos amigo Ruben. Oye, la acabo de grabar también, aquí en Barcelona – Venezuela llega muy fuerte; en breve te pongo el video también. Cuando escuché tu grabación creía que era la alarma de tu carro (José Elías Díaz Gómez, 1818 UT August 10, ibid.) Saludos amigo Rubén. Esto parece una señal de radio-impacto; es muy parecido a lo que se escucha cuando se activa una señal de esas. Lo extraño es la frecuencia. Lo cierto del caso es que tengo la frecuencia puesta y ha habido otros sonidos. En breve te anexo link de youtube para que veas como la copié por Venezuela. Un abrazo (José Elías, 1819 UT, ibid.) Colega Rubén, a las 2012 UT ya no la copio, dejó de emitir (JEDG, ibid.) Saludos amigo Rubén. Asi copié por Barcelona; Venezuela la señal a la cual haces referencia. http://youtu.be/u0YJverRNhY (José Elías, ibid.) Parece o alarme do meu vizinho!!!! Enviado via iPhone (Magno Ricarte, ibid.) [Es]Tive longe da internet e do rádio por algumas horas. Confirmando agora às 2135 hs UT já não existe mais o sinal. Vou ficar monitorando essa frequência de 22820 pra ver se o sinal volta (Ruben Caetano - RJ, ibid.) Bom dia, Estou escutando neste momento 11/08/2013 (1318 UT). O curioso é que escuto aqui muito mais nitidamente em USB. Tenho uma tabela que consta a frequencia de 22820 como de uso da estação marítima RIO RADIO. Parece ser um dispositivo de emergência/localização usado em aeronaves e embarcações; nas aeronaves existe um dispositivo com sonoridade parecida que, em caso de emergência, é transmitido em 121.500. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAMzBuoLs0 73s (Aloisio Manes, ibid.) En esta frecuencia (22819 USB) se han reportado varias actividades extrañas. En una oportunidad, por agosto de 2011, se escuchaba una señal 4 QPSK con separación de 500 Hz. Me quedé grabando todo el día, y al final cuando cortó se escuchó en CW la identificación "WLO", lo cual dio a entender a los "expertos"; como que era "ShipCommLLC`` desde Mobile, Alabama, USA, pero --- resulta que a mi me quedó la espina de que era alguna transmisión desde las Malvinas, porque, primero, son ahora las 14:00 hora local y no tengo propagación con USA en esta frecuencia, y segundo, la orientación de la antena me indica un nulo en 0º - 180º (aprox). Podría ser Brasil también. No se de qué se trata pero estaré atento. Ustedes, qué opinan según la propagación y orientación de antenas? Saludos (Tony Paredes, LU2DKN, Argentina, Aug 11, condiglista yg via DXLD) Saludos amigo Tony. Te informo que a esta hora 1811 UT por Barcelona, Venezuela se esta copiando muy bien, igual que ayer. Aquí está el audio grabado de cómo se copia por estos lados. http://youtu.be/u0YJverRNhY Mi antena dipolo está instalada en posición Este-Oeste. por lo tanto la recepción mejor debería venir del sur y del norte de Venezuela, no sé, digo yo (José Elías, ibid.) Gracias, José Elías por el reportaje. Muchas personas opinan que se trata de WLO pero yo todavía tengo mis dudas, principalmente por la propagación, ya que en estos momentos, 18:45 hora local argentina, se está copiando s9+10 db y si fuera USA no podria tener esas señales. Mis sospechas son Malvinas o Brasil y la orientación de tu antena coincide perfecto. Recording in progress ! y veremos qué sucede. Saludos (Tony, ibid.) Why wouldn` there be propagation from USA over a mostly daylight afternoon path?? (gh, DXLD) Sinal estranho em 22820 [sic] kHz --- Amigos, ontem à noite estava lendo as mensagens sobre um estranho sinal sendo ouvido na frequência de 22820 kHz. Logo após ler as mensagens, tentei captar tal sinal por aqui, mas sem sucesso. Havia só ruído atmosférico. Hoje logo após o almoço tentei ouvir tal sinal novamente. Desta vez tinha certeza que teria sucesso. Lá estava o sinal e chegando bem forte por aqui. A frequência correta é a de 22819 kHz, como já levantado aqui nessa lista. Fiz três vídeos e gravei um áudio dessa escuta interessante. Nunca ouvi um sinal assim antes. Não seria alguma estação utilitária transmitindo em algum modo digital? Vídeo pode ser visto no seguinte link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da9fET3hFAs 22819, 13/08 1444 ?? Unid, sinal estranho lembrando um pouco um alarme de carro. 73! (Rubens Ferraz Pedroso (PY5-007 SWL), Bandeirantes - PR, Receptor: Degen DE1103. Antena: RC3-FM, radioescutas yg via DXLD) Pessoal, isso é um CODAR. O ouço muito fraco por aqui. Vejam http://www.codar.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zupfLO1PjrA (João Araújo, Sao Paulo - SP, ibid.) NO, it is NOT CODAR, which cannot be pinned down to a specific frequency like that. For starters, CODAR swishes across a much wider range of frequencies, and sounds different when tuned to any specific frequency (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) [summarized on WORLD OF RADIO 1682] Voltei novamente a ouvir tal sinal na frequência de 22819 kHz, com forte intensidade. Bem, trata-se de um CODAR, um tipo de radar. Para que ele serve? Onde ele está localizado? Seria um CODAR aqui do Brasil? Sou ouço ele entre 14 e 15 horas UTC. 22819, 14/08 1416 ?? CODAR (um tipo de radar), sinal intermitente RFP 73! (Rubens Ferraz Pedroso (PY5-007 SWL). Bandeirantes - PR. Receptor: Degen DE1103. Antena: RC3-FM, ibid.) Olá Rubens e demais colegas, sim, existem CODAR's no Brasil, pelo menos 2, um no estado do Rio, e outro no nordeste (Se eu estiver errado, podem puxar minha orelha!) eles pertencem a Petrobrás; são utilizados para mapear as ondas e correntes marítimas nas áreas onde se localizam as plataformas e navios da empresa, mas, se você assistir ao vídeo enviado pelo Dinan Rogério, clique AQUI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e43rXRcZPhs para assistir, perceberá que por volta de 1:30 aparece o áudio que mais se aproxima do áudio captado por aqui, se trata do TIGER, uma sonda ionosférica na Oceanía, inclusive, clicando AQUI, http://www.tiger.latrobe.edu.au/ é possível, além de conhecer um pouco mais sobre o radar, ver, em tempo real, seus dados, por exemplo, agora ele está por volta dos 10 MHz. Imagens das antenas e dos equipamentos podem ser vistas clicando AQUI, http://www.tiger.latrobe.edu.au/unwin/ e clicando AQUI, http://www.iarums-r1.org/iarums/radar-2012.pdf você visualiza um documento da IARU sobre Radares em HF, que pode ser de utilidade. 73, (Diego Braga de Morais, Bom Jesus do Itabapoana-RJ, radioescutas yg via DXLD) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 1682: Hello Glenn, Just sent you [a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com] to support your fine programming. I usually hear you via WRN as the easiest and most convenient means to do so. Best wishes, (Martin Gallas, Springfield IL) One may also send a check or MO in US funds on a US bank to P O Box 1684, Enid OK, 73702 USA PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ HFCC AMBIGUOUS ON NORTH OR NON-DIREXIONAL I`m still unclear whether in HFCC, 0 means due north or non- direxional; which is it? If 0 does mean ND, then how to indicate due north, 360? Or vice versa? Neither ND nor 360 is ever entered in the azimuth column (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) They should use 0 for due north and 360 for ND since 360 would more accurately represent all directions. JL (Jerry Lenamon, TX, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) But like I said, the figures 360 appear *nowhere* in the A-13 HFCC file`s azimuth column. Try searching on that. We know some of those entries have got to be ND. Maybe we have to infer ND from the antenna type, such as NVIS, altho that`s really nearly 90 degrees vertical. Maybe they are using 0 for both ND and due north (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Mostly entries under 0 degr azimuth are of ITU 7xx 8xx 9xx non- directional meaning antenna types. Some years back BBC and others used 001 degr - instead - at Kranji tx site for true north, But see enclosed sorted A13 table, the 0 entries are mixed, non-dir and also other directional antennas like 146 or 218 types. There is no entry of 360degree in present A13 table. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) I don't believe 360 degrees exists as a compass direction. You can get to 359 degrees, 59 minutes and 59 seconds, but then the next second would be 0 degrees (Ray Robinson, CA, ibid.) Of course, but ``360`` would be a useful convention for all-direxions in such tables (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) WORLD OF HOROLOGY +++++++++++++++++ NATIONAL RADIO DAY Radio World Written by: Brett Moss August 13, 2013 http://www.radioworld.com/ August 20 is National Radio Day. You probably didn’t know that. There is no group organizing National Radio Day, at least as far as we can determine. There is no National Radio Day Foundation. There is no http://www.nationalradioday.org/ website. Are there any radio stations noting this? Any trade groups noting this? The best thing is NPR’s salute … from 2011 at http://www.npr.org/blogs/thisisnpr/2011/08/17/139708648/radio-worth-celebrating For Edwin Howard Armstrong’s sake, even the United Nations does a better job with World Radio Day (Feb. 13, if you’re interested) at http://www.worldradioday.org/ World Radio Day has its own (very boring) Web page replete with international bureaucrats saying how wonderful radio is and a proclamation boiling radio down to an internationally recognized and approved of activity similar to cheese eating and clog dancing. These are things that our industry could and should do something about. The radio industry is being outorganized and outhustled here. People debate whether radio is important anymore; whether listening is up or down; if the AM band has a future, etc. How about making sure that radio is important to the radio industry? It apparently has a day, National Radio Day. Make sure everyone knows it. Just a little spitballing here: Perhaps the NAB might hold a contest for best National Radio Day PSA? It could host and make available all of the entrants on its website. After a few years there might be quite a time-capsule collection. Wouldn’t some PAMS-style bumpers be great? Perhaps the big boys, Beasley, Clear Channel, Cumulus, Entercom, Hubbard, et al, could put some heft behind the effort. You certainly can’t listen to a CC station for five minutes without hearing about the iHeartRadio Festival; let’s put some of these serious promotional skills to work. And the little guys could join in as well. Anyone with any production chops can write a script, grab a voice and cut a PSA. Program syndicators such as Dial Global and talkers like Rush Limbaugh could put in their two cents. Imagine an effort beginning every August with 15- and 30-second PSAs mentioning National Radio Day and a theme — radio’s history, entertainment value, information/news value and more, airing once an hour. Just to remind the listeners. If people don’t know about National Radio Day, we need only look in the mirror to cast blame (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DXLD) ``Who listens to radio? Just 180,000,000 people, that`s all!!`` I remember that jingle well from when that was the US population. It could be slightly updated (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ PHOTOS FROM THE MINNESOTA JOINT DX CLUB CONVENTION Here are a few candid shots; a complete report will follow. http://www.durenberger.com/images/PHOTO1.jpg http://www.durenberger.com/images/PHOTO2.jpg http://www.durenberger.com/images/DXPEDITION.jpg http://www.durenberger.com/images/BANQUET.jpg (Mark Durenberger, On the Road, NRC-AM via DXLD) EDXC CONFERENCE PRICES NOW LOWER August 12, 2013 New post on EDXC News By OH6001SWL Dear DX friends, EDXC conference 2013 in Figueira da Foz, Portugal, will be held in less than one month :-). We have agreed with the hotel that EDXC will collect the fees and transfer them to the hotel accordingly. I have good news for you: We have managed to lower the fees with 30 euros (per person) for the basic conference package including: - Accommodation, 3 nights - Banquet with programme, Saturday - Welcome cocktail, Friday - Day tour, Sunday - Transfer to Lisbon + tour, Monday - Conference fee The final prices are as follows: 275 € (per person, single room) 225 € (per person, double room) It is easier for the hotel that the extra nights some of you have booked should be paid together with the basic package. As you already know the prices for the extra nights are as follows: - Single room: 50 € per night - Double room: 75 € per night You can ask for the further payment instructions by e-mail (ksk) if you haven't receive such a mail yet, or if you have not yet signed up. See you in Portugal! 73s Kari Kivekäs & Mika Palo (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) DX-PEDITIONS ++++++++++++ JULY 21-27 ROCKWORK 4 OCEAN CLIFF DU-DXPEDITION REPORT Hello All, For those who are curious about the hobby's new extreme sport of "Cliffhanger DXing," a full report of the recent 7-day trip to one of Oregon's most awesome ocean side cliffs ("Rockwork 4") has been posted to http://www.mediafire.com/view/2eypa6ga0buq3c2/July_2013_Oregon_Cliff.doc and has also been uploaded to the Ultralight-dx file site at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ultralight-dx/files/7.%20Member%20Loggings%20and%20DXpeditions/ {members only: are they keeping the files sexion active while the yg messages which are in open archives without any log-in, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ultralight-dx/ stopped almost a year ago? This group supposedly replaced another one as explained in http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ultralight-dx/message/32 = gh} Detailing the thrills (and chills) of setting up a transoceanic listening station 3 feet away from a sheer cliff plunging 400 feet (122m) directly down to the Pacific (with no AC power, running water, street lighting or weather protection), the 11-page report documents the freakish ocean cliff propagation available at the extremely narrow site, as well as the extreme sacrifice in DXing comfort necessary to "tap into" it. A new 12-inch Standard (tunable) FSL antenna was used with a modified (7.5" loopstick) Tecsun PL-380 Ultralight radio to receive (and record MP3's from) 39 South Pacific AM stations in New Zealand, Australia, Tahiti and Tonga, with several of the signals received at freakish levels pegging the PL-380's S/N readout (531-PI, 567-RNZ, 594-3WV, 738-Tahiti, 774-3LO and 783-Access Radio). Also included is a description of the new 12" Standard and Broadband FSL antennas, the new 7.5" loopstick PL-380 design and various photos taken at the awesome view site. This bizarre ocean cliff trip was conducted concurrently with a major 8-man DXpedition to Yachats, Oregon (98 miles to the south) by noted hobbyists using state-of-the-art Perseus SDR receivers, a full-sized DKAZ (double KAZ) directional loop antenna (near sea level), a Flag antenna at the top of Cape Perpetua (805' high) and my own 12" Broadband FSL (used by hometown buddy Guy Atkins at the 200' high Highway 101 turn off on Cape Perpetua). Although the humble ($50) PL- 380 and 12" FSL at the Rockwork 4 cliff were totally outclassed by this awesome array of radios and antennas, the freakish ocean cliff propagation at Rockwork 4 turned out to be a "wild card" that nobody had expected. 73 and Good DX, (Gary DeBock (at Puyallup, WA, USA), Aug 10, IRCA via DXLD) MUSEA +++++ 1944 ARTICLE WORLDWIDE STATION CHANNEL LIST Fuller Communications World War II The item is listed as a Top Rated Plus item Glenn, In case you may find this of interest: Saw this on ebay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1944-Article-Worldwide-Station-Channel-List-Fuller-Communications-World-War-II-/300946479719?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4611ceda67 (via Artie Bigley, DXLD) One may view already the complete SW frequency list from 5145 to 18135 on the three sample pages. It`s interesting to find a few which still apply to the same country or station (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See AUSTRALIA; GERMANY; INDIA; SPAIN ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DAB+ See GERMANY +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- IBOC See BRAZIL +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV See CUBA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ DOGS LISTENING TO RADIOS http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/dogs-listening-to-the-radio-will-cure-your-case-of-the-1107119470 (via Terry Krueger, DXLD) Do not open until Monday PROPAGATION +++++++++++ THE FORGOTTEN COLD WAR PLAN THAT PUT A RING OF COPPER AROUND THE EARTH By Joe Hanson 08.13.13 9:30 AM Ringed Earth by Ron Miller Artist Ron Miller’s rendition of a ringed Earth. (Black Cat Studios) During the summer of 1963, Earth looked a tiny bit like Saturn. The same year that Martin Luther King, Jr. marched on Washington and Beatlemania was born, the United States launched half a billion whisker-thin copper wires into orbit in an attempt to install a ring around the Earth. It was called Project West Ford, and it’s a perfect, if odd, example of the Cold War paranoia and military mentality at work in America’s early space program. The Air Force and Department of Defense envisioned the West Ford ring as the largest radio antenna in human history. Its goal was to protect the nation’s long-range communications in the event of an attack from the increasingly belligerent Soviet Union. During the late 1950’s, long-range communications relied on undersea cables or over-the-horizon radio. These were robust, but not invulnerable. Should the Soviets have attacked an undersea telephone or telegraph cable, America would only have been able to rely on radio broadcasts to communicate overseas. But the fidelity of the ionosphere, the layer of the atmosphere that makes most long-range radio broadcasts possible, is at the mercy of the sun: It is routinely disrupted by solar storms. The U.S. military had identified a problem. A potential solution was born in 1958 at MIT’s Lincoln Labs, a research station on Hanscom Air Force Base northwest of Boston. Project Needles, as it was originally known, was Walter E. Morrow’s idea. He suggested that if Earth possessed a permanent radio reflector in the form of an orbiting ring of copper threads, America’s long- range communications would be immune from solar disturbances and out of reach of nefarious Soviet plots. Each copper wire was about 1.8 centimeters in length. This was half the wavelength of the 8 GHz transmission signal beamed from Earth, effectively turning each filament into what is known as a dipole antenna. The antennas would boost long-range radio broadcasts without depending on the fickle ionosphere. Today it’s hard to imagine a time where filling space with millions of tiny metal projectiles was considered a good idea. But West Ford was spawned before men had set foot in space, when generals were in charge of NASA’s rockets, and most satellites and spacecraft hadn’t flown beyond the drafting table. The agency operated under a “Big Sky Theory.” Surely space is so big that the risks of anything crashing into a stray bit of space junk were minuscule compared to the threat of communism. . . [more] http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/08/project-west-ford/ (via Curtis Sadowski, WTFDA via DXLD) Here's an additional link to an article cited in the previous one: http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1963/5/24/project-west-ford-pfour-hundred-million/ (Sadowski, ibid.) AND CHECK THIS AMAZING PHOTO OF A SUNSPOT: http://io9.com/behold-the-clearest-photo-of-a-sunspot-ever-taken-1054493465 (Propagation Forecast Bulletin 32 ARLP032, From Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, WA August 9, 2013, To all radio amateurs. via Dave Raycroft, ODXA yg via DXLD) Looks like a skin cancer, I thought, and so did a commenter (gh, DXLD) PROPAGATION ON THE 60 MB IS FASCINATING In the late evening you have strong signals from domestic stations in China, later the Latin Americans fade in and after midnight UTC the AIR regionals sign on. But most stations fade out again after about one hour, so it has always been a big challenge to DX on the tropical bands at the right times! (Anker Petersen, from Skovlunde, Denmark, on my AOR and RadioJet, early August, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) :Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts :Issued: 2013 Aug 12 0448 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 05 - 11 August 2013 Solar activity was at low levels. The week began at very low levels until Region 1818 (S08, L=216 class/area Dao/060 on 11 Aug) produced a C2 at 09/2028 UTC. Activity was at low levels the remainder of the period. The largest event was a C8/Sf at 11/2155 from Region 1817 (S22, L=241 class/area Dao/050 on 11 Aug). Regions 1817 and 1818 continued to show significant growth at the time of this report. Multiple disappearing filaments (DSFs) were observed during the period but none of them resulted in geomagnetic activity. No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at high levels from 05 - 10 Aug and decreased to normal to moderate levels on 11 Aug. Geomagnetic field activity was at active to minor storm levels on 05 Aug due to coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS) effects. Mostly quiet conditions prevailed from 06 - 08 Aug as CH HSS effects subsided. Quiet to unsettled conditions were observed on 09 Aug due to a second CH HSS followed by a return to mostly quiet conditions from 10 - 11 Aug as effects waned. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 12 AUGUST - 07 SEPT 2013 Solar activity is expected to be low with a chance for M-class activity from 12 - 22 Aug. The activity is expected mainly from Regions 1817 and 1818 as they continue to develop in spot area and complexity. Activity is expected to be very low to low for the remainder of the period. No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at normal to moderate levels on 12 - 15 Aug. An increase to moderate to high levels is expected from 16 - 27 Aug following a series of CH HSS. Normal to moderate levels are expected once again from 28 Aug - 01 Sep followed by an increase to moderate to high levels for the remainder of the period following another series of CH HSS. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at mostly quiet levels on 12 - 14 Aug. An increase to quiet to unsettled levels and a chance for isolated active periods is expected from 15 - 18 Aug due to effects from a recurrent CH HSS. A brief return to quiet levels on 19 - 20 Aug is expected before the arrival of a second recurrent CH HSS. Quiet to unsettled levels with possible active periods are then expected to last from 21 - 23 Aug. Quiet conditions are expected to prevail from 24 - 30 Aug. An increase to quiet to unsettled levels is expected on 31 Aug - 02 Sep and 05 Sep due to effects from two small CH HSS. The period is expected to end at mostly quiet levels. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2013 Aug 12 0449 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 2013-08-12 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2013 Aug 12 115 8 3 2013 Aug 13 120 5 2 2013 Aug 14 120 5 2 2013 Aug 15 120 12 3 2013 Aug 16 125 15 3 2013 Aug 17 125 12 3 2013 Aug 18 120 10 3 2013 Aug 19 115 5 2 2013 Aug 20 115 5 2 2013 Aug 21 105 10 3 2013 Aug 22 100 15 3 2013 Aug 23 100 10 3 2013 Aug 24 105 5 2 2013 Aug 25 110 5 2 2013 Aug 26 110 5 2 2013 Aug 27 115 5 2 2013 Aug 28 115 5 2 2013 Aug 29 115 5 2 2013 Aug 30 110 5 2 2013 Aug 31 105 12 3 2013 Sep 01 105 15 3 2013 Sep 02 105 10 3 2013 Sep 03 105 5 2 2013 Sep 04 105 5 2 2013 Sep 05 105 5 2 2013 Sep 06 105 5 2 2013 Sep 07 110 5 2 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1682, DXLD) ###