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Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1702: *DX and station news about: Angola, Australia, Cook Islands, Diego Garcia, Eritrea non, Ethiopia and non, Germany, India, Japan, Malaysia, North America, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Perú, Philippines, Russia, Serbia non, Solomon Islands, Taiwan non, UK, USA SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1702, January 2-8, 2014 Thu 0430 WRMI 9955 [replayed 1701] Thu 1330 WRMI 9955 [confirmed but truncated] Thu 2201 WTWW 9475 [confirmed] Fri 0426v WWRB 3195 [confirmed at 0426; do tune in early] Sat 0730 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 2130 WRMI 7730 [special maybe temporary] Sun 0030 WRMI 9495 [special maybe temporary] Sun 0030 WTWW 5085 [confirmed] Sun 0501 WTWW 5830 [confirmed, but poor propagation here] Mon 0400v WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Area 51 [NEW ex- Sat 0300v] Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 [now better via Okeechobee] Wed 0730 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Wed 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Thu 0430 WRMI 9955 [or 1703 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: [no longer available] WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS VIA WRN: [no longer available; shall we set up our own podcasting?] 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/ ** AFRICA. Dec 30 very good propagation from 0306 to 0448 UT. See ANGOLA, RWANDA, ZANZIBAR (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ALASKA. Winter B-13 of KNLS The New Life Station: 0800-0900 9655 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg EaAs Russian 0900-1000 9655 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg EaAs Chinese 1000-1100 9615 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg EaAs English 1100-1200 9615 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg EaAs Chinese 1200-1300 9615 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg EaAs English 1300-1400 9680 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg EaAs Chinese 1400-1500 9615 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg EaAs Chinese 1500-1600 9655 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg EaAs English 1600-1700 6190 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg EaAs Russian 1700-1800 6190 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg EaAs Russian (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, DX RE MIX NEWS #829 December 29, 2013 via DXLD) 9655, Dec 31 at 1511, English sermon, poor but atop Romania, 1513 KNLS ID on their sole surviving transmitter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ALGERIA [non]. 7495, Dec 26 at 2103, RTA via FRANCE in what sounds like national anthem; scheduled to go from French to Qur`an at 2105. Poor signal, but better than adjacent 7490 WBCQ whose frequency I was checking out (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See CHINA too ** ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS. 4760, AIR Port Blair, India, 1630 sitar, drum, vocal lengthy piece of over 45 min. 1715 female announcer, more music, then off air at 1730, noisy and weak, recorded. [Country #76]. Recording at http://nickvk2dx.blogspot.com.au/ 73 (Nick VK2DX Hacko, Sydney NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANGOLA. 4949.758 R Nacional Angola 1, Angola. 24/12, carrier visible from around 1700. Best around 1725. Music, string instrument, drums. Carrier disappeared around 1940. Then on 28/12: Much better signal strength but more noise, audible music from 1715. Best copy from 1800 to 1804, male presenter in Portuguese. Signal peaking at S6. Music until carrier lost after the local sunrise. [Country #77] 73 (Nick VK2DX Hacko, Sydney NSW, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4949.71, R. Nacional Angola, 0306-0351, Dec 30. One of their strongest receptions; in Portuguese; news till 0310; pop African songs; 0333 went into a radio drama (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I often hear the carrier, obviously offset below 4950 in chex around 0100 (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1702, ibid.) ** ANGUILLA. 6090, Dec 26 at 2212, no DGS here or on 11775, but by 2231, PMS is on 6090 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ARGENTINA. Radio Juventud from Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires, is putting out a good signal on its second harmonic: 3400.7 kHz. Heard at 0750 UT on December 24 and the following days. The fundamental frequency of 1700.35 kHz also heard well here in Eastern Uruguay, 400 km away (Stig Hartvig Nielsen, visiting Barra de Valizas, Uruguay, Receiver: Perseus SDR, Aerial: Wellbrook 1530 ALA1530S+, Hard-Core-DX mailing list Dec 29 via DXLD) ** ARGENTINA. 15344.70, RAE, Dec 26 2344-2355*, 25332, Spanish, Music, ID at 2348, 2355 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) 15345, RAE, 26/12 2151 UT. Música de Astor Piazzola presentada en alemán. SINPO: 55454 15345, RAE, 27/12 2021 UT. Presentación en francés de un pequeño espacio de tangos clásicos i.e.: Caminito, tango electrónico i.e.: Bajo Fondo Tango Club y Zamba con cueca cuyana como parte de la presentación de la identificación de la emisora. SINPO: 55555, 15345, RNA, 28/12 2139 UT. Dos hombres hablan del alto gasto eléctrico necesario para enfrentar las altas temperaturas del verano y conversaciones sobre cultura. SINPO: 55555. 15345, RNA, 29/12 1945 UT. Programa que habla de la influencia de Cortázar en la generación de los años 60’s de Latinoamérica y de sus principales obras, incluso en la formación de la cultura política de la Izquierda. A las 20 se comienza un periodo de noticias tomando en cuenta el clima y el despedido de trabajadores en una empresa con filial en Brasil. SINPO: 55555 (Claudio Galaz, Antena: Hilo de 20 metros, RX: Tecsun PL-660, QTH: Sector sur de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11711-, UT Wed Jan 1 at 0203, after hearing 2014 come to BRAZIL 11780, Argentina will be next at 0300 UT, so I tune down to always weaker RAE, but instead of English it`s in Spanish, still at 0212. Maybe due to holiday it`s really a R Nacional relay (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ARMENIA. 9765, VOR, 31/12 0400 UT. Vía Yerevan-Gavar. Comienzo de transmisión por aquella frecuencia del servicio en español con un anuncio del fin de las emisiones en onda corta de este servicio, para luego hablar algunas noticias sobre Armenia, Ucrania y España. Así como de las informaciones sobre el último atentado terrorista en Rusia. SINPO: 55444 // En 9480 vía Tayikistán y 9395 via Yerevan-Gavar no se escucharon desde las 0340 hasta las 0410, tampoco en horas anteriores ¿Qué habrá pasado? ¿Problemas de propagación? Aparte que el comienzo en 9765 fue accidentado, con cortes de audio (Claudio Galaz, Antena: Hilo de 20 metros, RX: Tecsun PL-660, QTH: Sector sur de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglistia yg via DXLD) It`s over (gh) ** AUSTRALIA. Log. Radio Symban is back on air. 2368.480, Radio Symban, Sydney, NSW, 28/12 in Greek, S7 noisy QRN, YL+OM adverts, merry Xmas songs, 1 kW, Greek pop music. Recording of Radio Symban, http://nickvk2dx.blogspot.com.au/ 73 (Nick VK2DX Hacko, Sydney NSW, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Holiday Greetings, Nick! Hope all is well. Excellent your hearing Radio Symban. Wonder what time you heard them? They have not made it into California in a long time now. The following info maybe of interest. My e-QSLs are at https://www.box.com/s/k9gpyl358bjz5wpebemo and https://app.box.com/s/ib1a7i3hsof3wc996lja (50 watts - test transmission!). Ian Baxter has done a great job with the design of these e-QSLs!! Good Luck! (Ron to Nick, cc DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Ron - HNY! For the past 3 days R Symban is on air 24 h (just checked now) Thank you for your link to eQSL for R Symban (Nick VK2DX, Jan 1, WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn, Johno here, mate. Happy New Year! 2368.5, Radio Symban, Leppington, 0900 UT 30/12/13, fair only through lots of noise. Continuous music program, no announcements, 15 miles away, suspect low power a few hundred watts! (John Wright, NSW, WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Thanks, Glenn. Appreciate learning this, as it would explain why I am not hearing them here in California at all (Ron Howard, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. 2485, ABC NT (VL8K), DEC 30, 1200. Female announcer just before and on thru the hour ("Your ABC national radio"), to female vocal music. Fair. Has would-be good // on 4835 (via Alice Springs), but taking heavy ACI splashing from 4840 (WWCR). Best 73 from the desert (Rick Barton, El Mirage AZ, Drake R8, outdoor Slinky, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BANGLADESH. 4750, Bangladesh Betar - HS, 1530, Dec 28. News in English; "This is Bangladesh Betar giving you the news," "Our next bulletin will be in Bangla at 11 PM"; 1540 "News Commentary" - Bangladesh will send peacekeeping troops along with helicopters to join the UN mission in South Sudan; QRM; poor (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7250, R Bangladesh Betar, 28/12 from 1600 in Arabic. OM, music. S9 QSB, noisy. 73 (Nick VK2DX Hacko, Sydney NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BELARUS. 7255, Belaruskaya Radio, Belarus. 28/12 from 1600 News, YL+OM good copy S9+5. 73 (Nick VK2DX Hacko, Sydney NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) QSL November and December: 1st National Channel of Belarusian Radio, e-QSL format DOC, frequency 7255 kHz (morning transfer). Came on the same day. Wrote to the address radio1 [at] tvr.by. Listed my name, date, time, frequency. Broadcast information channel. Signature: A. B. Vasyukevich, Chief Director of the First National Channel Belarusian Radio (Dmitry Mezin, open_dx via Moscow Information DX Bulletin, Weekly electronic publication # 872, December 18, 2013, Editor of the current issue: Fedor Brajnikov, via RusDX dated 22 Dec but distributed 28 Dec; meant to be 29 Dec? via DXLD) ** BHUTAN [non]. See CHINA: 6035 ** BOLIVIA. 6135, Santa Cruz de la Sierra. "Radio Santa Cruz", 0123 UT. Bastante música en español y en anuncio publicitario menciona trópico cochabambino y promoción de un sorteo/raspe y anuncio en que mencionan la geografía boliviana y continúan con música de Axe Bahia, SINPO: 45434 (Marcos Cox, location unknown, Receptor: DEGEN DE1103, Antena: SONY AM Antenna Loop, Dec 26, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. Rádio Educadora. Limeira, on 2380 kHz heard all night December 23 with continuous music and no announcements. On December 24 with phone in programme, talk, music and frequent ID’s. Weak signal and some deep fading. Also heard the following nights (Stig Hartvig Nielsen, visiting Barra de Valizas, Uruguay, Receiver: Perseus SDR, Aerial: Wellbrook 1530 ALA1530S+, Hard-Core-DX mailing list Dec 29 via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. Brazil short wave and tropical 2013 --- RESUMO DE EMISSORAS BRASILEIRAS CAPTADAS POR MIM EM 2013 --- Daniel Wyllyans. Radio escuta PT 9008 swl, Nova Xavantina MT ``Cidade centro geodésico do Brasil`` 2380, R Educadora 2322, 25222, mx uma porçao de sentimento em estilo universitario, 18/12 3365, R Cultura Araraquara 0101, 45444 mx de ID da emissora 13/12 3375, R Municipal São Gabriel da Cachoeira, 0102, 45333 ID Completa da estação/OM 13/12 [more below on these two] 4755, R Imaculada Conceição Do Ms, 1345, 45444 mx/mx 12/12 4765, (PRES) R Emissora Educação Rural Santarem PA às 1219, 45333 18/12 mx / DESDE 2010 NÃO TEM LOG, MAS VOU VER SE DAR ID ou pode ser harmonico, vou conferir, no mesmo horario 4805, R Dif Amazonas, 2248, 45444, Om/Cxs sobre supremo 18/12 4775, R Congonhas 0107, 45333, Mx Rbd salva-me cantante <> 18/12 4895, R Novo Tempo do MS 2319, 45444, mx gospel com cantora, 26/12 4785, R Brasil, Campinas, 2253, jogo São Paulo v/s Linense, 35322 http://dxbrazilsw.blogspot.com.br/2013/02/escutas-dxs-de-2302.html 4785, R Caiari de Rondônia, 1016, 45444, hora certa 6:15 da manhã / anunciou também os 1430, AM da estação, 18/12 4805, R Dif Amazonas 2248, 45444, OM/Cxs sobre supremo 18/12 4815, R Difusora de Londrina, 0128, 55555, pregação/OM, 18/12 4825, R Canção Nova, 0036, 353, cxs de pregação por YL *****Está Fora Do Ar atualmente**** 20/03/2013 4825, R Educadora De Bragança, Pará, 2304, 45333, mx gospel Nota: Está sendo boa escutada pois a Cançào está fora do ar, 18/12 4845, R Cultura, Ondas Tropicais de Manaus 0107, 43222, cxs sobre árvore por Om 18/12 4845, R Meteorologia Paulista, 2249, 43444, cxs da redação sobre a portuguesa/Om 18/12 4865, R Verdes Florestas do Acre, 0108, 45333, mx de gino e geno/Om cxs 18/12 4865, R Alvorada de Londrina, 1007, 352 ``bom dia, bom dia``, OM 05/04 4875, R Roraima, 0109, 45444, mx banda, calypso mx, 18/12 4885, R Clube Do Pará, 0110, 45444, cxs sobre jogos/Px/Om, 18/12 4885, R A Voz do Coraçaõ Imaculado (R Maria), Anápolis-GO, 1055, 45333 cxs da igreja do centro, YL, 18/12 4905, R Relógio, 2307, 45344, OM falava varios nomes de ouvintes 20/12 4915, R Difusora de Macapá, 0132, 35333, mx animada // mx 18/12 4915, R Daqui-Brazil, 1054, 55555, mx sertaneja 12/12 >>>> TRANSMINTE INRREGULAR EM 6080, E 11830,<<<<< 4925, R Educação Rural, 0153, 45444, falou sobre aniversário de 50 anos da emissora e comercial da casa do agricultor, 18/12 4965, R Alvorada de Parintins, 2002, ID geral, 252 http://dxbrazilsw.blogspot.com.br/2013/02/escutas-dxs-de-2302.html 4975, R Iguatemi, 2249 45444, cxs sobre famosos, 18/12 4980, R Brasil Central, 1114, 45333, mx/mx, 12/12 5015, R Cultura De Cuiabá-MT às 1047, 55455, px jornal falado cultura 14/11 5035, R Aparecida, SP às 1212, 45344, mx, santuário nacional, 13/11 5940, R Voz Missionária, 1113, 454444 [sic], mx gospel 12/12 5970, R Itatiaia, 1111, 45444, comercial da vivo/Om 12/12 6000, R Guaiba-RS, às 1227, 35333, nxs por om, 14/11 6090, R Bandeirantes, 45333, intervalo, 12/12 6105, R Filadelfia -PR, às 1225, 35333, mx rlg/yl/cxs, 14/11 6120, R Super Deus é Amor -SP, às 1224, 45444, px, rlg/om, 14/11 6180, R Nacional da Amazonia, 1100, 55555, Nacional informa, 12/12 ATIVA TAMBEM EM 11780, 45444, mx sertaneja, 2307 26/12 9520, R Marumby, 2306, mx rlg po mulher, 45444, 26/12 ATIVA TAMBEM EM 6080, 35333 9525, R Transmundial RS às 1156, 45333, px Bom Dia RTM / pr nilton cxs 14/11 [SHOULD BE 9530, as under 11735 --- gh] 9665, R Voz Missionária - SC às 1159, 55555, mx rlg, 14/11 9815, R 9 de Julho, SIO 454, mxs/cxs, om yl depois a entrevistada 10/02 10000, Observatorio Nacional-RJ, 1007, 55555, yl, bips, hora 05/10 11735, R Transmudial, 1142, 55555, 2 OMs, Px sobre livro, cronicas 12/12. ATIVA EM TODAS FREQUENCIAS 9530 / 5965 11765, SRDA, Super Deus é Amor, px pregação 2309, 55555, 26/12 ATIVA EM TODAS FREQUENCIAS 6060, 9535, 9585 11815, R Brasil Central, 1337, 35333, cxs/Om, 12/12 11855, R Aparecida, 1141, 55555, mx católica, 12/12 ATIVA EM TODAS FREQUENCIAS 5035, 6135, e 9630 11915, R Gaucha, 1139, 45444, cxs sobre menino nos USA, Om 12/12 E >> 6020, NO AR? 11925, R Bandeirantes, 1137, 35333, intervalo, 12/12 ATIVA EM TODAS FREQUENCIAS 6090 e 9635 15190, R Inconfidência, 1335, 35333, Px sobre jogos/Om 12/12 ATIVA TAMBEM EM 6010 NOTAS: Rádio Rio Mar foi captada aqui só no início de Janeiro; sua melhor escuta aqui é à tarde, hora do meu trabalho. 6165 e 9695 khz. A Rádio Capixaba, 4935, não foi captada esse ano; também a Difusora de Cáceres, 5055 está fora do ar, não foi captada esse ano. E a Rádio Legião da Boa Vontade de Porto Alegre, não tenho notícias recentes dessa emissora. Captei há muito tempo. Novas de Paz e Universo estão no ar, mas não entendo os sistemas de frequencias dêles. Receptor: Tecsun PL 660, Antena long wire 10 meters http://dxbrazilsw.blogspot.com (Daniel Wyllyans, Nova Xavantina MT Brazil, dxldyg via Glenn Hauser`s laborious tidying-up for DX LISTENING DIGEST) [Additionally late in 2013:] 3365, R. Cultura de Araraquara, 0026 30/12, 45444, mx por Zê Ramalho ``quando a gente ama`` 3375, R. Municipal Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira, 0028 30/12, 35333, mx bem rápida, ``Quer dançar?`` Depois OM, ``Obrigado, obrigado, povo da Amazônia..`` agradece a audiência (Daniel Wyllyans, Nova Xavantina MT Brazil, noticiasdx yg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 5940, R. VOZ MISSIONARIA, 27/12 0011 UT. Espacio musical en portugués i.e: Creio em ti, interpretada por Tatania Malafaia y avisos de la emisora y de la Rádio Paz no Vale. SINPO: 55454 // 9665 SINPO: 54454 con QRM de otras emisoras sin identificación (Claudio Galaz, Antena: Hilo de 20 metros, RX: Tecsun PL-660, QTH: Sector sur de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. (non-log) 6180, RNA, 2315, 0010 29/30 Dec. Noted off during a quick 49M cruise (Dan Sheedy, Swami's Beach, CA G5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11780, Jan 1 at 0157 tune in RNA to hear 2014 allegedly arrive in Brasil, where they pretend it`s an hour later than it really is with DST of UT -2. VG signal but flutter and // 6180. After music, 0159 ID as R Nacional de Brasília, (not Amazônia), NO timesignal, but usual overnight DJ opening `Madrugada Nacional` show greeting us with ``Bom Dia, novo dia . . . novo ano 2,014``, back to music at 0202.5 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 9630, R. APARECIDA, 26/12 2309 UT. Programa “Com a Mãe Aparecida” con la reflexión sobre la fe, por parte de un sacerdote redentorista. Señal con SINPO: 55454 // 11885 ¿Fuera del aire o propagación? [should be 11855 --- gh] // 6135 SINPO: 54554 con QRM de R.SANTA CRUZ en la misma frecuencia // 5035 con SINPO: 33333 (Claudio Galaz, Antena: Hilo de 20 metros, RX: Tecsun PL-660, QTH: Sector sur de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** BULGARIA. Betreff: RTR 2 - Die Powerstation - Sondersendung auf Kurzwelle über Albert Hammond - Special Show Event on Shortwave by RTR 2 - Die Powerstation Hello to you all! We are glad to inform you to broadcast a three hour special event show about Albert Hammond as Musician and songwriter (Hall of Fame!) including an Interview on Shortwave and Internet. Please listen via shortwave 7535 kHz or via Internet on this Saturday 16-19 o´clock UT! For your kind reports only e-qsl-Cards possible! You are also welcome to the chat of RTR 2 - Die Powerstation without any registration http://www.rtr2.eu "Der Chat" Please tell it to your friends - interested in Oldies and Albert Hammond!!! During the show you can join the chat without any registration - http://www.rtr2.eu - der chat Please get member on Facebook radio | RTR 2 - DiePoweratation or give us a like on our website´s homepage! All important Informations in this pdf-Document. We hope you will listen to the complete show. Just for wave-hopping, it was too much work! Please join us also during our normal live-shows - during evening hours in central Europe! Thanks a lot, Stephan Konrad & Christian Wegner, RTR 2 - Die Powerstation, http://www.rtr2.eu Hallo an alle! RTR 2 - Die Powerstation präsentiert am morigigen Samstag ein 3-Stunden-Special über Albert Hammond über ihn als musiker, Songschreiber und in einem Livekonzert. Außerdem haben wir ein Interview mit dem Künstler gemacht! Das alles im Netz oder auch auf Kurzwelle 7535 kHz im 41-m-Band! Während der Sendung seid Ihr auch herzlich willkommen im Chat von RTR 2 - zu finden ohne Registrierung unter www.rtr2.eu unter der chat! Gern könnt Ihr unserer Facebook Gruppe beitreten radio RTR 2 - Die Powerstation. Ein Like auf unserer Website- Startseite würde uns freuen! Gern dürft Ihr auch mal in die übrigen Liveprogramme auch abends unter der Woche bei uns reinhören (siehe Programmschema)! Alle wichtigen Infos im PDF-Dokument! Beste Grüße von Stephan Konrad und Christian Wegner, RTR 2 - Die Powerstation http://www.rtr2.eu (via Harald Kuhl, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Hi there DXers, RTR 2 is already active on 7535 kHz since around 1535 UT. Very loud and broad signal with some distortion. 73 (Harald Kuhl, Dec 28, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Special broadcast of RTR 2 Die Powerstation Dec 28: 1600-1900 on 7535 SOF 100 kW / 306 deg to CeEu German/Music The program started earlier at 1537 on 7535, good signal and on second harmonic 15070 -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, 1547 UT Dec 28, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) BULGARIA: RTR 2 Die Powerstation is coming in with strong solid signal on 7535, 28 dec since 1603 tune-in here in Teddington UK with oldies pop (Alan Roe, Teddington UK, 1626 UT, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Poor signal here in Massachusetts at 1745. Male announcer but static level too high to get anything definite. Playing Latin sounding music (Stephen Wood, Harwich, Massachusetts, ibid.) Nice reception here in Masset BC throughout the 1600 to 1900 period. Carrier was still present at 1900 and cut off 30 seconds later. 73, from a rainy Masset! (Walt Salmaniw, QCI, 2342 UT Dec 28, ibid.) 7535, RTR2 Die power station via Bulgaria, 1601 utility noise heavy, clear at 1800, S9 signal JRC, music down by the river, later it never rains in Southern California, 1859 sign off, (553), (453), Dec 28 UT, Using JRC NRD-535 HF receiver and random long wires from the trees as antenna. Bye, Happy New year 2014 (Richard Lemke, St Albert, Alberta, Canada, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CAMEROON [non]. Sawtu Linjilia [sic], 9800 kHz, 1845z weak (Rich Ray, Burr Ridge, IL, Dec 26, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9800, FRANCE. Sawtu Linjiila (Voice of the Gospel) - Issoudun. Caught the last five minutes of this broadcast at 1854 in the Fulfulde language (with a sprinkling of French words thrown in for good measure!), with religious talks and several IDs before s/off at 1859. Quite a respectable signal on Jan 1. Radio Sawtu Linjiila is an operation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cameroon. Offices are located at the Christian Media Centre located in Ngaoundere, Cameroon. It opened on July 15, 1966 and aired its first broadcast November 6, in the same year. The website listed in the WRTH currently appears to not work and there is also a little- used Facebook page. Some people call this a clandestine station, which it is not! The latest HFCC registrations lists the language as Hausa, which is definitely not the case!! The target audience is West Africa and its programs are relayed over several local FM stations throughout the region (Rob Wagner, NSW, Jan 1, ARDXC mailing list via DXLD) Like I have said a few times before including last week (gh, DXLD) ** CANADA. 960, Dec 30 at 0603 UT, during 5-minute `Fox hole` on local KGWA Enid, dead air which still occurs more often than not at local midnite, besides a mishmash of stations when I null the KGWA carrier, if I aim thru it toward the NW, I hear sports news, and ID as CBS Sports. This is the position previously capturing CFAC Calgary AB, which once was ESPN, but it`s now CBS Sports. Website http://www.sportsnet.ca/960/ doesn`t show anything about CBS or any other specific network. Previous log Oct 28 as in DXLD 13-44 did find CFAC at the head of CBS Sports affiliate list. CFAC normally fails to restrict its 50 kW signal to northward as required by international treaty (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. 1050, CKSB will go off 1/4 per Shawn Axelrod (Todd Skaine Woodbury, MN, ABDX via DXLD) Was CBC French St-Boniface = Winnipeg ** CHINA. What the heck is that Chinese station - time to find out! [see PUBLICATIONS] [As usual starting with various forms of jamming, chronologically:] ** CHINA [and non]. 11780, KUWAIT / CHINA. Both Voice of America and Firedrake, 1505, 12/25/13, in Uzbek. VoA with male announcer. Firedrake traditional Chinese music jamming loop. VoA was fair (Mark Taylor, Madison WI, Perseus, WinRadio g313e, Eton e1, Grunding G5, Tecsun PL 660; EWE, Flextenna, NASWA Flashsheet Dec 29 via DXLD) 9915, Firedrake/CNR1 1634+ 27 Dec. These 2 keeping mainland China's population safe from RFA's 15-16 Chinese broadcast (Dan Sheedy, Swami's Beach, CA G5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9455 & 9355, Dec 27 at 1947, Firedrake fair on both, and reliably so, jamming RFA Chinese via Saipan on both for several hours (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11775, Firedrake, 2348 27 Dec. Another chorus of "crash-bang-pwiiing" overpowering RFA (Tinian) in Chinese 23-24 (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas, CA G5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9410, Came across of distorted audio signal of CNR5/CNR8 Chinese service at 1008 UT Dec 28, S=7 fair signal on remote post. Strange signal, more signal portion on upper sideband. 9410 kHz 1000-1705 UT 44S BEI 100kW 163deg 0 206 Chinese CHN CNR RTC But could also be a jamming action against Taiwanese service? 9410 Fu Hsing BS 1100-1300 UT Chinese 10kW non-dir from Kuanyin-TWN (Wolfgang Bueschel, Dec 28, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9410-9460 approx., Dec 30 at 1510, filthy FM distorted blob of talk modulation, centered about 9438 and bothering 9430 FEBC Chinese most. I can make its modulation peaks // to CNR1 jammer on 9680. 9400-9450 approx., extent of big filthy blob of FMy distortion, Dec 31 at 1514, modulation matchable to CNR1 jammers on 9450 and 9680; was not there at earlier check before 1400. 7495, Jan 1 at 2104, instead of Algeria via France I am hearing Firedrake, poor signal. Maybe RTA is under it. FD ChiCom jamming is here because of RFA Chinese at 20-22 via Tinian, per Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 4940, Voice of Strait with Focus on China; 1500, Dec 28 (Saturday only); they have already reduced the number of IDs that they used last month; major news items from last week; major story on the celebrations of Mao's 120th birthday anniversary; fair-good (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. CRI Kunming site off air --- CRI China International Broadcasting making the shortwave broadcast on a scale of most. Sometimes going for maintenance, several frequencies is stopped sometimes. Transmitter of the two seems to have stopped at least of Kunming transmitting station in the check of December 27. I do not know from when to or has stopped. Frequency you have the 27th stop wave current. 0900-1100 11980, 15250 Chinese 0930-1027 17680 Malay 1030-1127 15135 Indonesian 1130-1227 11955 Filipino 1130-1527 7360 Thai / Lao 1200-1257 9730 English 1230-1327 11700 Malay 1330-1427 11805 Indonesian 1400-1457 9655 Amoy 1430-1457 11830 Filipino 1600-1657 7360 Vietnamese 2200-2257 5915 Chinese 2300-2400 5905 Cantonese (google translated) Source: http://hiroshi.mediacat-blog.jp/e96361.html (via Alokesh Gupta, Dec 28, cumbredx yg via DXLD) But 11650 kHz CRI Vietnamese on air 4-5 UT Dec 28, S=9+5dB signal in Colombo Sri Lanka. All KUN tx units on air again, logged 09-11 UT portion Dec 28. 73 (Wolfgang Büschel, 1013 UT Dec 28 dxldyg via DXLD) 6035, PBS Yunnan, 1457 till off about 1505, Jan 1. Classical music; sign off announcement at 1459 in Vietnamese followed by more classical music till off; their usual ending format. Checking here today, as on Jan 1, 2013, BBS/Bhutan was broadcasting and I clearly heard them (they QSLed my reception: 1504-1605). Had hoped they would do the same again this year, but certainly they were off the air, so a major disappointment (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [non]. CHINA WITHDRAWS FROM WORLD RADIO ETHER Since January 1, transmission Radio International China withdraw from ether "World Radio" because of non-renewal of contract. Information has been presented in today's issue of "Radiosetka." (Aleksandr Diadischev, Ukraine / "open_dx" via RusDX Dec 29 via DXLD) Aleksandr, would you please explain what this is about in your good original English? (gh, DXLD) Concerning the "China withdraws from World Radio ether": This concerns WRN Russian which CRI has now abandoned as well after they left all other WRN channels (English, German etc.) already some years ago (Kai Ludwig, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) OK, there is nothing special there. China Radio International has refused to prolong its contract (ended on December 31, 2013) with WRN Russian. – (Aleksandr Diadischev, Ukraine, ibid.) ** COLOMBIA [and non]. 5910, Dec 29 at 0628, again hearing a LAH against off-frequency HJDH. This time I can determine from bits of PMS and RHC audio that it`s a mixture of 6090 Anguilla and 6000 Habana, i.e. a receiver-produced leapfrog mix due to overloading the FRG-7, removable by attenuation. 5910, Dec 31 at 0641, open carrier with no het, then music-box TWR IS, i.e. from AUSTRIA to Poland, so HJDH must be off the air (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** COOK ISLANDS. 2207 kHz, Coastal Weather Radio, Rarotonga, 28/12, E5R (Ex ZKR) Weather station, AM, noisy, 1643–1648 in English, S4, QSB 73 (Nick VK2DX Hacko, Sydney NSW, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Probably also on at several other times (gh) ** CUBA. Radio Reloj - all day December 25, Reloj was running the four descending chimes usually reserved for Sundays instead of the faux Morse RR sounders after each minute time marker, but oddly except for the first five minutes top of hour and bottom of hour when the RR's were used. A subtle albeit odd nod to it being Christmas? Radio Ciudad Bandera - while I've not heard this one in a long time (1140 kHz), the opening 1700 news item on Reloj mentioned some upcoming program on Bandera, so presumably they are still on the air. Radio Sandino - like the above, apparently still around (presumably FM only; years ago they were on highly variable 646-652 kHz as often observed from here). This per a mention on the Radio Guamá news December 26 around 1150 on 990 kHz (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, JRC NRD-535; JRC-NRD-515; ICOM IC-R75; Hammarlund HQ- 180A; Sony ICF-7600GR; Sangean PR-D5; Aqua Guide 705 RDF Marine Radio; GE Superadio III; JPS NF-60 Notch Filter; JPS ANC-4 Noise Phase; 1 X roof dipole; 1 X room random wire; custom active portable loop; Terk Advantage non-active portable loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 9570, Dec 26 at 1444, open carrier/dead air with some hum, surely the Habana relay of CRI which failed to turn off after 1400. 13650, Dec 27 at 1436, CRI English relay VG here, missing from 13740. Another screwup by RadioCuba, as 13650 is the Cuban relay frequency for Portuguese at 23-24. 14-16 English will probably be back on 13740 in a day or two. Usual modulation level not up to par. 11750 y 15230, Dec 28 at 1249 are both open carrier/dead air from RHC, and 15230 is yet the OSOB almost an hour before sunrise here. 11750 would be warming up for 1300 start, but 15230 is supposed to modulating from *1200. 9850 is still on at 1402, not its scheduled successor per Aoki also on the 160-degree antenna, 15340. Another one is tardy, 13780. By 1444 check, 13780 is going, but 15340 is only open carrier/dead air. By 1522 both are modulating, congratulations. 13740, Dec 28 at 1405, CRI English relay back on proper frequency today after error on 13650 yesterday. 11880, Dec 28 at 2108, this RHC frequency is AWOL, should have been // 11760 in French. 5990, Dec 29 at 0101, CRI relay is still on, opening English, supposed to stop before 0100 with Spanish, so additional QRM to 5980 PERU. 6060, Dec 29 at 0112, RHC`s only Spanish frequency audible, none on 11 or 9 MHz, 6070 is off, 6000 & 6165 English, 5040 French with rumble. 5040, Dec 30 at 0640, this RHC transmitter is getting worse and worse, during English bihour making an annoying audible rumble in the AM mode, and severe wobbling with BFO applied; about to explode? // 6100 very undermodulated, and the other overkills 6000, 6060, 6165 nominal. 5040, Dec 31 at 0643, besides the ever-increasing rumbling, RHC English is just barely modulated here. Less than the typical undermodulation on // 6060 and 6100, while 6165 and 6000 are nominal. 15340, Dec 31 at 1428 I tune across RHC as a frequency announcement is starting, so I listen to hear what they get wrong this time: the final frequency on the 25mb is pronounced as ``1790`` instead of 11750! Big error in the script, but announcer either cannot recognize it or faces firing squad if he deviate. 5040, Jan 1 at 0012, RHC English finally fixed or swapped transmitter, no longer severely wobbling, altho slightly squealing, and less than solid signal, antenna problem too? English again at 0612, still OK except squealing. 5990, Jan 1 at 0016, CRI Spanish relay is wobbling and rumbling some at first, making me suspect this is the ex-5040 transmitter; then it stabilizes, but modulation is somewhat distorted. 6270, Jan 1 at 0423, RHC Spanish music leapfrog, even with max attenuation on the FRG-7; i.e. 6060 Spanish over 6165 English another 105 kHz higher (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also THAILAND [non] ** CUBA. Winter B-13 shortwave schedule of Radio Habana Cuba: [Surely many of the `HAB` entries below are really Quivicán, besides Bejucal, Bauta. These ex-changes, originally flagged as NF = new frequencies, really occurred about two months ago --- gh] 0000-0030 15370 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg SoAm Quechua 0000-0100 5040 QVC 100 kW / 130 deg SoAm English 0000-0100 6000 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg NEAm Spanish Mesa Redonda Tu-Sa 0000-0100 6060 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg NEAm Spanish 0000-0100 6070 HAB 250 kW / 315 deg NWAm Spanish, ex 6100 0000-0100 9810 HAB 100 kW / 230 deg CeAm Spanish 0000-0100 11670 HAB 100 kW / non-dir CeAm Spanish, ex 11680 0000-0100 11760 HAB 250 kW / 160 deg SoAm Spanish 0000-0100 11840 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg NEAm Spanish 0000-0100 13740 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg SoAm Spanish, ex 17705 0000-0100 13780 HAB 100 kW / 340 deg NoAm Spanish Mesa Redonda Tu-Sa 0000-0100 15230 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg SoAm Spanish 0100-0130 5040 QVC 100 kW / 130 deg SoAm Creole 0100-0200 6000 HAB 100 kW / non-dir CeAm English 0100-0200 6060 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg NEAm Spanish 0100-0200 6070 HAB 250 kW / 315 deg NWAm Spanish, ex 6100 0100-0200 6165 HAB 100 kW / 340 deg NoAm English 0100-0200 9810 HAB 100 kW / 230 deg CeAm Spanish 0100-0200 11670 HAB 100 kW / non-dir CeAm Spanish, ex 11680 0100-0200 11760 HAB 250 kW / 160 deg SoAm Spanish 0100-0200 11840 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg NEAm Spanish 0100-0200 13740 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg SoAm Spanish, ex 17705 0100-0200 15230 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg SoAm Spanish 0130-0200 5040 QVC 100 kW / 130 deg SoAm French 0200-0500 5040 QVC 100 kW / 130 deg SoAm Spanish 0200-0500 6000 HAB 100 kW / non-dir CeAm English 0200-0500 6060 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg NEAm Spanish 0200-0500 6070 HAB 250 kW / 315 deg NWAm Spanish, ex 6100 0200-0500 6165 HAB 100 kW / 340 deg NoAm English 0200-0500 9810 HAB 100 kW / 230 deg CeAm Spanish 0200-0500 11670 HAB 100 kW / non-dir CeAm Spanish, ex 11680 0200-0500 11760 HAB 250 kW / 160 deg SoAm Spanish 0200-0500 11840 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg NEAm Spanish 0200-0500 13740 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg SoAm Spanish, ex 17705 0200-0500 15230 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg SoAm Spanish 0500-0600 5040 QVC 100 kW / 130 deg SoAm English, ex Spanish 0500-0600 6000 HAB 250 kW / 315 deg NWAm English 0500-0600 6060 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg NEAm English 0500-0600 6100 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg NEAm English, ex 6125 0500-0600 6165 HAB 100 kW / 340 deg NoAm English 0500-0600 9810 HAB 100 kW / 230 deg CeAm Spanish 0500-0600 11840 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg NEAm Spanish 0500-0600 15230 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg SoAm Spanish 0600-0700 5040 QVC 100 kW / 130 deg SoAm English 0600-0700 6000 HAB 250 kW / 315 deg NWAm English 0600-0700 6060 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg NEAm English 0600-0700 6100 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg NEAm English, ex 6125 0600-0700 6165 HAB 100 kW / 340 deg NoAm English 0700-0730 6000 HAB 250 kW / 315 deg NWAm Esperanto Sun 1200-1300 6000 HAB 100 kW / 160 deg SoAm Spanish 1200-1300 9540 HAB 100 kW / 340 deg NoAm Spanish 1200-1300 9550 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg NEAm Spanish 1200-1300 9850 HAB 250 kW / 160 deg SoAm Spanish 1200-1300 11690 HAB 250 kW / 315 deg NWAm Spanish 1200-1300 11760 HAB 100 kW / non-dir CeAm Spanish 1200-1300 11860 HAB 100 kW / non-dir CeAm Spanish 1200-1300 15230 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg SoAm Spanish 1200-1300 17580 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg SoAm Spanish 1200-1300 17730 HAB 100 kW / non-dir CeAm Spanish 1300-1400 6000 HAB 100 kW / 160 deg SoAm Spanish 1300-1400 9540 HAB 100 kW / 340 deg NoAm Spanish 1300-1400 9550 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg NEAm Spanish 1300-1400 9850 HAB 250 kW / 160 deg SoAm Spanish 1300-1400 11690 HAB 250 kW / 315 deg NWAm Spanish 1300-1400 11750 HAB 100 kW / 160 deg SoAm Spanish, additional in B-13 1300-1400 11760 HAB 100 kW / non-dir CeAm Spanish 1300-1400 11860 HAB 100 kW / non-dir CeAm Spanish 1300-1400 15230 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg SoAm Spanish 1300-1400 17580 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg SoAm Spanish 1300-1400 17730 HAB 100 kW / non-dir CeAm Spanish 1400-1600 9540 HAB 100 kW / 340 deg NoAm Spanish 1400-1600 11690 HAB 250 kW / 315 deg NWAm Spanish 1400-1600 11750 HAB 100 kW / 160 deg SoAm Spanish 1400-1600 11760 HAB 100 kW / non-dir CeAm Spanish 1400-1600 11860 HAB 100 kW / non-dir CeAm Spanish 1400-1600 13780 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg NEAm Spanish 1400-1600 15230 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg SoAm Spanish 1400-1600 15340 HAB 250 kW / 160 deg SoAm Spanish 1400-1600 17580 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg SoAm Spanish 1400-1600 17730 HAB 100 kW / non-dir CeAm Spanish 1600-1630 11760 HAB 100 kW / non-dir CeAm Esperanto Sun 1930-2000 13680 HAB 100 kW / 053 deg WeEu French, ex 17720 2000-2030 13680 HAB 100 kW / 053 deg WeEu Portuguese, ex 17720 2000-2100 11760 HAB 100 kW / non-dir CeAm English 2030-2100 13680 HAB 100 kW / 053 deg WeEu Arabic, ex 17720 2100-2130 11760 HAB 100 kW / non-dir CeAm French 2100-2130 11880 HAB 100 kW / 100 deg SoAf French 2130-2200 11880 HAB 100 kW / 100 deg SoAf Portuguese 2200-2300 5040 QVC 100 kW / 130 deg SoAm Spanish 2200-2300 9710 HAB 250 kW / 315 deg NWAm Spanish 2200-2300 9810 HAB 100 kW / 230 deg CeAm Spanish 2200-2300 11880 HAB 100 kW / 100 deg SoAf English 2200-2300 13680 HAB 100 kW / 053 deg WeEu Spanish, ex 17720 2200-2300 13740 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg SoAm Spanish, ex 17705 2230-2300 15370 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg SoAm French Mon-Sat 2230-2300 15370 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg SoAm Esperanto Sun 2300-2330 15370 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg SoAm Creole 2300-2400 5040 QVC 100 kW / 130 deg SoAm Spanish 2300-2400 9710 HAB 250 kW / 315 deg NWAm Spanish 2300-2400 9810 HAB 100 kW / 230 deg CeAm Spanish 2300-2400 13680 HAB 100 kW / 053 deg WeEu Spanish, ex 17720 2300-2400 13740 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg SoAm Spanish, ex 17705 2300-2400 15230 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg SoAm Portuguese 2330-2400 15370 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg SoAm Portuguese (Ivo Ivanov, DX RE MIX NEWS # 830 December 30, 2013, via DXLD) ** CUBA. Shortwave schedule of Radio Progreso: 0130-0500 on 4765 HAB 050 kW / non-dir to Cuba Spanish Temporary schedule of Radio Rebelde: 0700-2200 on 5025 QVC 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish, ex 24h 050 kW/ND (Ivo Ivanov, DX RE MIX NEWS # 830 December 30, 2013, via DXLD) ** CUBA. 11435, Numbers Station HM01. 1600 December 25, 2013. RDFT bursts alternating with Spanish female five digit counts. Excellent. 11635, Numbers Station HM01. 1800 December 25, 2013. Same format and signal as 11435 (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, JRC NRD- 535; JRC-NRD-515; ICOM IC-R75; Hammarlund HQ-180A; Sony ICF-7600GR; Sangean PR-D5; Aqua Guide 705 RDF Marine Radio; GE Superadio III; JPS NF-60 Notch Filter; JPS ANC-4 Noise Phase; 1 X roof dipole; 1 X room random wire; custom active portable loop; Terk Advantage non-active portable loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Current schedule of Cuban Spy HM01 Hybrid Mode 01, Female voice in Spanish: 0500-0555 5855 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri 0500-0555 14375 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Tue/Thu/Sat 0600-0655 10345 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri 0600-0655 14375 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Tue/Thu/Sat 0700-0755 9330 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri 0700-0755 13435 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Tue/Thu/Sat 0800-0855 9065 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri 0800-0855 11635 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Tue/Thu/Sat 0900-0955 9240 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri 0900-0955 12120 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Tue/Thu/Sat 1000-1055 5855 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri 1000-1055 9155 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri 1000-1055 11635 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Tue/Thu/Sat 1000-1055 12180 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Tue/Thu/Sat 1600-1655 11435 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Daily 1700-1755 11530 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Daily 1800-1855 11635 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Daily 1900-1955 12180 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Daily 2100-2155 11635 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri 2100-2155 16180 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Tue/Thu/Sat 2200-2255 10715 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri 2200-2255 17480 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Tue/Thu/Sat 2300-2355 11530 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri 2300-2355 17540 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Tue/Thu/Sat (Ivo Ivanov, DX RE MIX NEWS # 830 December 30, 2013, via DXLD) Only 100 kW? Many of them sound like 250 kW. Ivo`s RHC schedule shows 2 x 250 kW funxional, and all of them available 0700-1200 (gh, DXLD) The ``Rules`` took a hit today on HM01 After 12/30/13's numbers (80583, 63506, 70473, 16036, 61783, and 48834), the numbers for December 31, 2013 broke nearly every "rule" of the Cuban "Playbook". Note that the first broadcast I heard was on 13435 at 07 UT (eventually reheard with much weaker signal on 11635 at 08 UT -- perhaps weaker signal may be due to antenna directional change: this signal maybe primarily directed at Central America (as opposed to others directed at North America such as 5855's and 9330's transmission). The (totally unexpected) sequence was as follows (and sent this listener into a semi panic): 56792 (my first heard "9"-- a "nuevo" [sic] series triggering a "nuevo" set of sequences for a "nuevo año" -- "new year"-- or so it seems to me since HM01 CAN transmit a '9') 03633 37674 18655 (note the three middle numbers in groups 2 - 4; they read as "666", which has had sinister connotations for two millenia) 62113 66163 Almost ALL of "the rules" were broken today: 1) None of these new numbers ends with a "1" 2) We have a sequence featuring a "9" within it 3) The broadcast was surprisingly short (25 minutes per segment instead of the usual 27 minutes -- this timing based on the second segment of the 07 UT broadcast, which ran from 727 UT - 752 UT after a nearly 4 minute break from the end of the first transmission) There are three possibilities for why this broadcast was what it was: 1) The "Cuban Spy Network" was put on high alert based on events such as the "suicide bombings" in Russia, Cuba's long time ally going back to the 1950s OR 2) These programs are run on a "tape loop" after they are put together by persons unknown -- someone pulled out an OLD tape loop in error and #1 is simply too much paranoia on my part OR 3) These programs are run "live" (after all, there has to be SOMEONE around to change the transmission frequency and perhaps the direction of the signal), and whoever puts these programs together is aware of my getting "the rules" out into the public airwaves and print (via World of Radio and DX Listening Digest), so they wanted to show that I really don't know "their rules" after all -- just a little tweak to show that THEY are in charge. (Or is this assuming too much of HM01's "staff": that they actually listen to what one lone guy with a cheap radio can come up with about them and then show that he’s not quite correct…) We shall see later on if we should go on "Red Alert" like Brother Stair probably would (if he hasn't already) or if the sequences will resemble anything like the ones for the 30th (or that THESE sequences will simply increase each block by one). As we head into 2014, Happy New Year to all you DXers out there! (Shawn From Flushing NY Fahrer (the guy with the cheap radio, a decent set of fingers and ears that can still hear after all these years), Dec 31, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) A numbers station jamming WBCQ on 9330 last night? Tha Dood MP3 Numbers station over WBCQ 9330.mp3 1 MB Save Hey Allen!!! Happy New Year, but what a bizzare way to start it off. Last night, just before I went to bed, I went through the memory channels in the Kenwood to hear something coming over the top of you on 9330 AM at 0740 UT, or 2:40 AM EST. It sounded like a Spanish numbers station followed by a series of packet bursts, then repeats. For the first 5 minutes, upon coming across this, that numbers / packet burst absolutely obliterated you. Then after that it was an RF pissing contest between you two. I finally got wise and recorded 3 minutes of this at 0750 UT with the MP3 recorder. Then the numbers / packet just went off at 0754. There was no HET, that station was dead- nuts on your FREQ. And I even went narrow-band to be sure it wasn't something +/- KC's from FREQ. Have you ever heard of this before? It certainly was different (Tha Dood, to Allan Weiner, CC to DXLD) This 9330 collision has been going on for a long time. The Cuban numbers station operates according to a regular schedule. Being in the nightmiddle, not logged so much. If they don`t care, and WBCQ carrying gospel huxters doesn`t care, why should we? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** DIEGO GARCIA. 4319-USB, AFN, 1451, Dec 30. "Gravity" pop music show; 1500 "AP Radio News"; 1505 back to "Gravity, the party station." Also decent reception Dec 31 at 1338 with pop songs and a lot of kidding around between two OM and YL (so probably a New Year's celebration!). Still no AFN Guam this month! (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** DIEGO GARCIA. On air now: 4319, AFN Diego Garcia, Chagos Islands, 31/12 1320 – USB. In English. Noisy but good copy. Mostly pop / rock music, S5. Male presenter with guests, talk, ‘live’ music. 73 (Nick VK2DX Hacko, 1350 UT Dec 31 via WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [non log]. 4319-USB, AFN, 1445, Jan 1. Clear frequency with no signal. New Year's Day military holiday, so shutdown for the day? (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** DJIBOUTI. 4780.0, Dec 26 at 2220, very poor signal with music past 2233, presumed this despite nominal 2100* as R. Djibouti has been reported running this late: by Zacharias Liangas, Dec 17 at 2237; and by Anker Petersen same date until 2244*. Nothing else known on frequency either, and not Ecuador which is on 4781.7 or so. I was checking 4760 first for ELWA Liberia, but nothing heard there (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EAST TURKISTAN. 5060, Dec 29 at 0102, poor signal in Chinese, so it`s PBS Xinjiang, 100 kW, 230 degrees from Urumqi. Therefore I check their other language services: 4980 in Uighur is very poor at same parameters; 4850, 100 kW ND, Kazakh, JBA. It`s only fitting that Chinese enjoy the best signal. Another one I keep forgetting to compare is 4500 in Mongolian, 50 kW ND per Aoki. There are also 75mb channels supposed to be //. 7250, Dec 29 at 0107, fair signal in Chinese with hum, also Urumqi, but in this case it`s CRI, 500 kW, 212 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ECUADOR [non]. 11920, HCJB, 28/12 2345 UT. Vía Nauen, Alemania en servicio para Brasil. Comienzo de un programa de comentario bíblico en portugués, con el tema del cumplimiento de la ley de Moisés en la persona de Jesús y los problemas con los judíos. SINPO: 55454. HCJB, 11920, 29/12 2328 UT. Transmisión del culto dominical de la Catedral Presbiteriana de Rio de Janeiro, con canticos acompañados con órgano y agradecimiento a los misionarios a lo largo de Brasil. Además de la lectura del evangelio de Lucas, capitulo 15 como devocional antes del sermón. SINPO: 55555 (Claudio Galaz, Antena: Hilo de 20 metros, RX: Tecsun PL-660, QTH: Sector sur de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EGYPT. 15205, R. CAIRO, 30/12 2121 UT. Música típica en árabe con buena modulación. SINPO: 45444 (Claudio Galaz, Antena: Hilo de 20 metros, RX: Tecsun PL-660, QTH: Sector sur de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglistia yg via DXLD) Good modulation?? Are you sure?? (gh) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA [and non]. 15190, R. Africa, 1600-1620+ 26 Dec. Nice canned Radio Africa ID with POB in Accra, Ghana for comments/reports + "thank you for listening to Radio Africa", followed by another old program from that convicted child-molester in Arkansas (Dan Sheedy, Swami's Beach, CA PL380/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15190, Dec 26 at 2049, R. Africa Network via WRMI seems alone today, until it fades a bit and then the SAH from Bata starts to appear. By 2121 the two audios are definitely mixing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15190, Radio Africa at 1636 on Dec 28 with end of religious show; gives list of about twelve AM/SW stations the program is carried on; WLRM Millington, Tenn. on 1380, WYRM Norfork, Virginia on 1110, etc. (Radio Africa not listed) (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15190, Dec 28 at 2004, R. Africa Network via WRMI, some gospel huxter with New-Year program reviewing the weather disasters of 2013, concluding that ``Christ is at the door``. Yeah, right. Don`t hear any Batan CCI at first, but maybe a trace at 2024. By 2110 definite SAH and double audio (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15190, Radio Africa, 1545, Dec 29 (Sunday). Intermittently in the clear, when Radio Santec (IRRS via Tiganeshti) went silent trying to broadcast in Swahili, but mostly off the air. Radio Africa with missionary stories from Christian Aid Mission; 1553 longer than usual local Radio Africa ID with website and postal address given; again, these local IDs are common now (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15190, Dec 29 at 2102 check, R. Africa Network via WRMI with ID as usual two minutes late, and lite SAH from the other R. Africa still autocolliding from Bata. 15190, Dec 30 at 2239, usual collision between the two Radios Africas, SAH and two modulations, one music, one talk. At 2300 one of them goes off, the other stays on a bit longer, now audiblizing a very weak het on the hi side, no doubt R. Inconfidência, Brasil, which is victimized by both. In the latter days of WYFR, they finally got off 15190. We haven`t had a listenable signal from Belo Horizonte in ages. 15190, Dec 31 at 0638, very poor signal here, presumed R. Africa; 19m is usually dead at this time, but also had 15275, fair signal with DW in Hausa via RWANDA; and even NIGERIA, q.v. 15190, Jan 1 at 2106, I am hearing only one R. Africa, i.e. WRMI`s, fair signal. Recheck at 2202, still sole with offset RAN on WRMI late ID, and then giving address for Radio *East* Africa, a P O Box in Kenya. Meanwhile 15580 VOA Botswana had a good signal before 2200. After a month of mutually assured destruxion, have they finally figured out that while RAN/WRMI is on at 20-23, Equatorial Guinea should stay off 15190 too??? Time will tell (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ERITREA [non]. 7235-, Jan 1 at 0420, good signal but very distorted suppressed modulation, talk in unID language, then Horn of Africa music; slightly on lo side. Off already at 0454 check. No doubt it`s the 100 kW R. Ethiopia transmitter carrying the clandestine Voice of Peace and Democracy of Eritrea as per WRTH 2014, M/W/F at 0400-0500. Aoki shows merely R. Ethiopia with an x meaning inactive. Not in HFCC, of course, but instead a 23-hour broadcast from a 5 kW Belarus transmitter on 7235; does that even exist any more? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Strange! Ethiopia is always around 7236.5 in the evenings. But with very low, almost unreadable modulation. I do not recall Belarus on 7235 in the evenings recently. This frequency is not listed in Sender und Frequenzen 2014 any more. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DX LISTENING DIGEST) So possibly what I was hearing was really some jamming signal from Eritrea? (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. 15370, 26/Dez 1743, BULGARIA, ESAT Radio (PRESUMED) in Amharic (listed, but seemed). Music similar to the countries of the Horn of Africa. At 1745 OM talk, then what appears to be a phone interview. At 1756 end of interview, OM talk and music. At 1758 end of transmission. Very weak signal. Also in SDR Twente with very weak signal (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. 11810, 01/Jan 1751, FRANCE (relay) Voice of Oromo Liberation in Afar Oromo (listed). OM talk, as if reading a speech. QRM of noise turbine type. abruptly left the air at 1757. 33433 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. Some changes of clandestine broadcasts: Radio Oromgenati from Dec. 28 1500-1530 15515 TIG 150 kW / 165 deg EaAf Oromo Sat, ex Fri, Dec. 20 Oromo Voice will be on the air from January 1, 2014 1600-1630 on 17850 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Oromo Mon/Wed/Sat (Ivo Ivanov, DX RE MIX NEWS # 830 December 30, 2013, via DXLD) OROMO VOICE RADIO TO START 1 JANUARY 2014. This Ethiopian clandestine will start shortwave operation on 17850 kHz at 1600 UT on 1 January 2014, with programming in Afaan Oromo and English. Further info with YouTube video at http://tinyurl.com/of3xqc4 and on the broadcaster's own website at http://oromovoice.org (David Kernick, Interval Signals Online, Dec 26, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST 13-52 via WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DXLD 14-01) OROMO VOICE LAUNCH FAILURE --- I`ve been monitoring 17850 since *1600 Jan 1, 2014; fair-good signal but heavy flutter, and dead air! Finally talk starts at 1611 until 1612, but sounds like French?? Dead air again. Resumes at 1613-1615. Like they keep trying and failing to find the right program feed. Why do so many start-ups fail? You`d think they`d do dry-runs and have everything set up ahead of time. More on- and-off follows as reception deteriorates. Off at 1632* Site? Probably Issoudun, FRANCE, which uses 17850 earlier and later. Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, agrees: ``At 1620 UT on 17850 is Radio France Internationale in French, instead of Oromo Voice radio`` Tarek Zeidan, Cairo: ``Been checking 17850 from 1620 and I noticed that the conversation in French was on and off and then suddenly off the air at 1632 UT. SIO 343. Happy new year. Sent from my iPad`` Jean-Michel Aubier, France: ``Same observations: dead air, segments in French, but it sounds like an RFI programme! Off the air at 1632`` Alan Roe, Teddington, UK: ``Glenn, Noted the same here - a strong, clear signal with intermittent talk in French between a man and a woman (seemingly talking between themselves, rather than to listeners?). Transmitter went off air at around 1630 UT (didn't note the exact time)`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Should that be OROMIA [non]? viz. from website above: MADDA WALAABUU MEDIA FOUNDATION LAUNCHING EVENT December 1, 2013 News To All Oromos in Washington DC Metro Region, USA --- You are cordially invited to Madda Walaabuu Media Foundation Launching Event Theme: Oromo Voice Radio (OVR) will commence broadcasting to Oromia Venue: 1610 Columbia Rd. NW Washington, D.C. 20009 Date: December 14, 2013 Time: 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. [Ethiopian clock or ours?] On January 1, 2014, the Oromo Voice Radio (OVR) will commence broadcasting to Oromia at the frequency of 17850 kHz in the 16 meter band. The new, independent broadcast will take place on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays. The broadcast service will be provided in two languages: Afaan Oromo (Oromo language) and English. The OVR broadcast will include, not limited to, the following major segments: news, news analysis, guest interviews, documentary, and cultural shows. In its English broadcast, OVR will reach out to Oromo neighbors for the purpose of exploring and identifying areas of common interests and common strategies, which are relevant to the survival of the peoples in the Horn of Africa during the 21st Century. The Oromo Voice media website (www.oromovoice.org) will operate and function as the twin media outlet of this new critical and ambitious outreach to the Oromo nation and its neighbors. The Oromo Voice website, in addition to posting all the contents of the Oromo Voice Radio broadcast, will post other relevant educational materials - in that sense, the website will have more expanded educational services. OVR and Oromo Voice website are owned and operated by the Madda Walaabuu Media Foundation (MWMF), which was established in October 2013 by a collection of concerned community leaders, human rights activists, feminists, attorneys, journalists and intellectuals. MWMF is a non-governmental, non-partisan, and non-profit organization, incorporated and registered in Washington, D. C., USA. It is operated by the board of directors and the administrative staff under the direction of the Executive Director. The MWMF media outlets are run by experienced journalists. It is a membership based organization, which solicits the support and participation of all interested and committed Oromo and all persons of good will who have the desire to empower the Oromo and its neighbors so that that they can face the 21st Century in their own terms. How can you support the new Oromo Voice media outlets? You can support this new, important initiative in three major ways: First, we wish to invite you to listen to the Oromo voice Radio broadcast. You can also visit our website, http://oromovoice.org on a regular basis. Second, you can give us donations for seed money so that we can get this new media program of the ground. Third, you can become a member and support the success of this new media initiative on a sustained basis. For further information about the Oromo voice media outlets and the MWMF, please visit our website: http://oromovoice.org We thank you and look forward to working with you on this new and exciting educational endeavor (via WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DXLD) ** FALKLAND ISLANDS. ISLAS MALVINAS / FALKLANDS. Falkland Islands Broadcasting Service relaying BBC World Service is heard night time here in Uruguay on 530 kHz with no local programming nor any local ID. Fades in between around 02 UT. Radio Madre from Buenos Aires also heard on 530 kHz (Stig Hartvig Nielsen, visiting Barra de Valizas, Uruguay, Receiver: Perseus SDR, Aerial: Wellbrook 1530 ALA1530S+, Hard-Core-DX mailing list Dec 29 via DXLD) ** FRANCE. French Longwave stations QRT? I was just tuning through longwave via Twente SDR when I noticed that Allouis was absent from 162 and Radio Monte Carlo on 216 from a French location. I did not see any advance notice that this was ending 31st December but noted that Russia was said to also going QRT from longwave. They are still there at 0330 (Robin Harwood VK7RH, Norwood, Tasmania 7250, Dec 31, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Disregard: they are both back on although RMC seems to be a mixture of two different audio sources. Actually sounds terrible (Robin VK7RH Harwood, Norwood Tasmania 7250, 0402 UT Dec 31, ibid.) All LW stns are STILL on air at present, also RUSSIA 171 and 261 heard here in central Europe at 0800 UT. Please use table of Herman Boel Belgium http://www.hermanboel.eu/en-emwg-lw.htm Nice LW signal on remote Perseus server net use IP 82.135.26.213 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, 0816 UT, Dec 31, ibid.) Usual maintenance night: see: 162 kHz, F - France Inter, Allouis (2000*) - 24h except Tuesday 0005- 0358; news and information; * 1700-0400 only 1000 kW, 116, Av. Du Président Kennedy, F-75786 Paris Cédex 16 - w taken from table of Herman Boel Belgium http://www.hermanboel.eu/en-emwg-lw.htm 73 wb (Büschel, 0854 UT, ibid.) ** GERMANY. Regarding closure of transmitters, the main event in Europe should be the end of all AM transmissions from Deutschlandradio, which will occur in 2014, probably not before December, though. Deutschlandfunk on 207, 549, 756, 1269 & 1422 kHz, Deutschlandradio Kultur / Deutschlandr adio Dok. u. Debatten on 177 kHz and Deutschlandfunk / Deutschlandradio Dok. u. Debatten on 153 kHz will come to an end. This may entail a change of frequency of Europe 1, currently on 183 kHz. If Deutschlandradio leaves 177 kHz there will be no reason for E1 to remain off-channel. Anyway, in spite of all the bad news, I wish you all a Very Happy New Year (Rémy Friess/Germance, Dec 31, MWCircle yg via DXLD) ** GERMANY. I noted very weak nighttime signals of DLF 153 and 207 kHz in Manchester, England, recently, scheduled at night by 250 kW at 19- 04 UT, but rather suspected only 50 to 100 kW range. Even Brasov Romania co-channel was ahead of the DLF Donebach signal. Despite 3rd German 177 kHz channel was very strong in full power on same U.K. receiving post, even at night (Wolfgang Buschel, 0815 UT Dec 31, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. [See also RUSSIA] I also made a point of checking 693 to see if perhaps again they made the mistake --- but no, only static here anymore. So indeed the last Berlin mediumwave outlet is gone, the last mediumwave frequency of former Rundfunk der DDR as well. If referring to AM broadcasting in general what is left now are the shortwave transmissions from Nauen and the 177 kHz longwave transmitter at Zehlendorf, now making more racket than ever since they cranked up the compression (which now pretty much sucks up the studio background during the infamous sea weather forecasts). The closure was of course completely casual, the transmitter just dropped off at 2100 sharp, after the TS-like audio element Voice of Russia now plays on top of the hour. I waited for the last frequency announcement of the German service before 1900, expecting a nice thing like the "there will only be one analogue frequency anymore" heard exactly a year ago from Samara -- but there was no frequency announcement anymore, in fact no continuity announcement of any kind at all. It all has meanwhile turned into a sterile, stylish automated playout. At least the programmes itself are still not the trash talk they have meanwhile made of the English and Russian services (if Russian sources can be trusted, but why should they not?). (Kai Ludwig, 1112 UT Jan 1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. 7265, Hamburger Local Radio, Germany, 28/12 sign off at 1600 under CNR2, weak. 73 (Nick VK2DX Hacko, Sydney NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) WORLD OF RADIO at 1530-1600 Sat & Wed (gh) ** GERMANY. Hamburger Lokalradio Transmissions Wednesday, January 1st 2014 0700 - 1300 UTC, 6190 kHz, German 1300 - 1600 UTC, 7265 kHz, German All reception reports for these broadcasts will be confirmed with a special printed QSL card. Hamburger Lokalradio is a non-profit station, return postage (e.g. 1 US-Dollar) is highly appreciated. Postal address: Hamburger Lokalradio, c/o Kulturzentrum LOLA, 21031 Hamburg, Germany. Good Listening! 73s (Tom Taylor, PS. A Happy New Year to All Listeners, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Despite what it says above, I heard Glenn's World of Radio on air at tune in around 0745 UT, and he was speaking in English! Reception was very good on 6190 at this time (Noel R. Green (NW England), Jan 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7265, 01/Jan 1525, Hamburger Local Radio in English. OM conversation with listeners by skype. At 1529 wish happy new year and then quick old music. At 1530 OM with full ID, then World of Radio, with Glenn Hauser. Good signal, but with moderate QRM from CRI at the same frequency. Listening from SDR Twente. 73 (Jorge Freitas, ibid.) ** GERMANY. FRSH via Channel 292 on 5th Jan --- To all our friends, today just a short notice: On Sunday, the 5th of January, from 9 to 14 UT, we will relay a program of FRSH, Free Radio Service Holland, on 6070 kHz. They will be glad to get your reports, address can be found here: http://frsholland.net/ This broadcast still will be over the old transmitter; there is still work to be done on the new one. And if you always were curious, what might have been the origin of the strange name "Channel 292", now you can find the solution on our homepage : http://www.channel292.de/ If there are any news, especially concerning tests with the new 2.5 kW transmitter, you will find another mail in your mailbox. Till then! Radio Channel 292 (and thanks to André, http://www.coolam.nl/ for his nice work) (via Alokesh Gupta, Cumbredx via WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DXLD) YouTube video still does not directly answer the question, but shows a (pirate?) ship. We figured 292 would refer to a MWavelength, which converts to about 1027 kHz, so which one was that? Or: does this refer to a QSL card illustrating a crystal(?) labeled 6225 kHz, channel 292. Who does that? The pirate band in Europe? Or is it a legal maritime channel designator? (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DXLD) ** GERMANY [non]. 15700, Dec 30 at 1520, good signal in Swahili, which is remarkable since Deutsche Welle is allegedly aimed due south from RWANDA, which is not toward Swahili-land any more than we are (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GOA. See INDIA 15209.976 ** GREECE [and non]. 7450, Dec 26 at 2056, jazz, while 9420 is Greek talk; at 2102, 7450 carries ERA IS and ID I think as ``Helliniki Radiophonia``, IS again. Also weak talk CCI, which must be Iran in Spanish until 2120, 500 kW, 298 degrees from Sirjan. 9420, Dec 26 at 2155 playing Roy Orbison song in English, ``Sweet Dreams, Baby``, at 2231 announcement during music mentions ``tessera``, so maybe carrying fourth program? Maybe not; that`s the Spor(t) network, which would be mostly talk, sports and other news, if it still exist (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) This is my reception report for Thursday and Friday, Dec 27, 2013: THURSDAY 12/26 | FRIDAY 12/27 1900 2000 2100 2200 2300| 0000 0100 0200 kHz Az. Kw. Stn ER## 00000 15421 25242 15241 15241|15241 15241 15241 7450 323 100 AVL1 T3 00000 15241 15241 15241 15241|15241 15241 15241 15630 285 100 AVL2 T5 00000 55344 45243 55344 55444|35243 45344 25242 9420 323 170 AVL3 A5 XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX|XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX 15650 226 100 AVL1 A5 XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX|XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX 7475 285 100 AVL2 A5 (John Babbis, MD, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9420, Dec 27 at 1947, Greek music, F-G as Avlis has been more active on its prime frequency lately. 9420, Dec 28 at 0110, Greek discussion atop CRI; not // 7450 at 0112, undermodulated Greek music. Wonder what will happen if anything when 2014y arrive? These SW transmissions have held up remarkably long after the worker/management dispute started last summer (Glenn hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) This is my reception report for Friday and Saturday, December 28, 2013 FRIDAY 12/27 | SATURDAY 12/28 1900 2000 2100 2200 2300| 0000 0100 0200 kHz Az. kW Stn ER## 00000 00000 15241 15241 15241|XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX 7450 323 100 AVL1 T3 15241 15241 15241 15241 15241|XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX 15630 285 100 AVL2 T5 35343 35243 15241 35243 15241|15241 35243 45344 9420 323 170 AVL3 A5 XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX|15241 15241 15241 15650 226 100 AVL1 A5 XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX|15241 15241 15241 7475 285 100 AVL2 A5 Rception report for Sunday and Monday, December 30, 2013: SUNDAY 12/29 | MONDAY 12/30 1900 2000 2100 2200 2300| 0000 0100 0200 kHz Az. kW Stn ER## 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000|XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX 7450 323 100 AVL1 T3 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000|XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX 15630 285 100 AVL2 A5 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000|00000 00000 00000 9420 323 170 AVL3 A5 XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX|00000 00000 00000 15650 226 100 AVL1 A5 XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX|00000 00000 00000 7475 285 100 AVL2 A5 This is my reception report for Monday and Tuesday, December 31, 2013 MONDAY 12/30 | TUESDAY 12/31 1900 2000 2100 2200 2300| 0000 0100 0200 kHz Az. kW Stn ER## 00000 00000 25242 15241 15241|15241 15241 15241 7450 323 100 AVL1 T3 00000 15241 15241 15241 15241|15241 15241 15241 15630 285 100 AVL2 T5 45344 55344 55344 45233 35233|35243 45444 25242 9420 323 170 AVL3 A3 XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX|XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX 15650 226 100 AVL1 A5 XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX|XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX 7475 285 100 AVL2 A5 This is my reception report for Tuesday and Wednesday, January 1, 2014 TUESDAY 12/31 | WEDNESDAY 1/1 1900 2000 2100 2200 2300| 0000 0100 0200 kHz Az. kW Stn ER## 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000|XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX 7450 323 100 AVL1 T3 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000|XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX 15630 285 100 AVL2 T5 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000|00000 00000 00000 9420 323 170 AVL3 A5 XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX|00000 00000 00000 15650 226 100 AVL1 A5 XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX|00000 00000 00000 7475 285 100 AVL2 A5 (John Babbis, MD, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUAM. KSDA, 15260, 1954-2000 UT, talk in Sundanese (as listed by Aoki for UT Wednesdays), ending with music and W with website "AWR.org". Fluttery but pretty strong (S8). (Paul Brouillette, Geneva, IL, Jan 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. Members, Jose Jacob reported in mediumwave Info that the 1 Megawatt transmitter at Mogra/Chinsurah for 594 and 1134 has now been restored to full working order (presumably equipped with a DRM capability at a very high power). I believe that the full-time test split between the 2 frequencies took place yesterday (26 December) or maybe before. My hat goes off to Ydun for managing to obtain this from Jose since both for this Group and Ian's Group, news and information from India does not come directly to us. 73's and 88's (Dan Goldfarb, Dec 27, mwmasts yg via DXLD) ** INDIA. 4775, AIR-Imphal, Dec 31 1353-1401, 35332, Hindi, India music and talk, ID at 1359. 4970, AIR-Shillong, Dec 26 1308-1318, 45433, Hindi, Music, ID at 1310. 4990, AIR-Itanagar (Presumed), Dec 31 1409-1433, 35332-45433, Hindi, 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) ** INDIA. 5050, AIR Aizawl, 1609-1630*, Dec 28. In the clear, as BBR (China) had signed off; sounded like religious songs and in vernacular; sign off in Hindi with "All India Radio Aizawl" ID (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [more below] 4810, AIR Bhopal, 1505-1512, Dec 29. Live cricket coverage from Johannesburg of the So. Africa vs India match; in both English and Hindi; // 5040 (AIR Jeypore); 1512 both switch over to Delhi audio feed (tone - series of ads). 5040, AIR Jeypore, 1356, Dec 30. Post So. Africa/India cricket match interviews with players; all in English; occasionally playing "We Will Rock You" by Queen. 5050, AIR Aizawl, Dec 29, 30 and 31 heard unusually well; stronger than BBR (China); 31st with local news in English at 1222 about water supply; local IDs; 1230 national news/stocks/sports in English (in Kashmir, the Srinagar-Jammu highway closed due to snow, etc.); 1335 subcontinent music. Amazing to hear this one doing so well against BBR. Still no Ozy Radio! (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Jan 1, back to normal on 5050. BBR (China) fairly strong and AIR far underneath. Was nice while it lasted (Ron Howard, California, dx_india yg via DXLD) ** INDIA. Happy New Year 2014 to all Dx India members and readers! Many stations of AIR will be operating on SW / MW / FM with extended special broadcasts on 31 Dec 2013 past 1830 UT (Midnight Indian Time) to usher in the new year. On SW, the following stations were heard in previous years. 4775 Imphal (Off air now a days) + 882 kHz MW 4800 Hyderabad + 738 kHz MW 4810 Bhopal + 1593 kHz MW 4835 Gangtok + 1404 kHz MW 4860 Shimla + 774 kHz MW 4940 Guwahati (Off air now a days) + 729 kHz MW 4950 Srinagar (Off air now a days) + 1116 kHz MW 5010 Thiruvanathapuram + 576 Alappuzha, 630 Thrissur, 1161 Thiruvanthapuram Many other stations will be also on MW like 1134 Chinsurah (1000 kW) also National Channel, 1215 1566 9425 9470. So look out for these stations and many others this year also. Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India, Dec 30, dx_india yg via DXLD) Monitoring observations of AIR for special broadcasts last night --- The following stations of AIR was noted with extended broadcasts till past 1830 UT (midnight Indian Standard Time) to usher the new year. 4775 Imphal 4810 Bhopal 4860 Shimla 4910 Jaipur 5010 Trivandrum (relayed by external service via Panaji til 1830 on 7250, 12025) 5040 Jeypore 9425 Delhi 9470 Aligarh (off air) On MW the following stations were heard during band scan with extended schedule. (* regularly on at this time) 531 558 576 585 603 630 666 684 Kozhikode 702 * 765 774 792 801 819 837 873 882 900 927 936 963 972 981 1026 1071* 1089 1107 1116 1134 1143 2 stations 1161 1215 Pondicherry 1242 1251 1269 Madurai 1296 1305 1395 Bikaner 1566 * 1584 unid 1593 For exact station location of above, please see http://qsl.net/vu2jos/mw/freq.htm Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India, Mobile: +91 94416 96043, http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos Jan 1 ibid.) ** INDIA. 11670, Dec 27 at 1944, just as I tune in, YL in English is saying goodbye, then dead air. Looks like the AIR GOS at 1745-1945 would have been listenable here, beamed 325 degrees with 500 kW from Bengaluru. Hindi to follow for an hour, then back to English at 2045 but at 280 degrees per Aoki; which also shows both English segments *jammed by the ChiCom (presumably with white noise), but not the Hindi interval. Trouble is, too many Chinese understand English now! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. 15209.976, Usually one of the AIR Goa Panaji units on odd frequency, at 0404 UT Dec 28 in Persian foreign service. News on terrorists in PAK/AFG border region. S=9 signal in Colombo Ceylon remote unit. 15184.960, Much worse very bad scratchly and whistling audio of AIR Hindi service from - tentatively - Aligarh site towards foreign workers in NE/Arabian peninsula. Around the 1400 Hertz mark annoying whistle tone - of wobbling type visible on Perseus screen. 13 kHz wide distorted signal between 15178.5 to 15191.1 kHz. At 0410 UT Dec 28 (Wolfgang Bueschel, Dec 28, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 3325, RRI Palangka Raya, 28/12 1615, Indonesian pop music. Very good, S9+5 dB. 73 (Nick VK2DX Hacko, Sydney NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 7289.92v, RRI Nabire. 0751 to off about 0808 or so, Dec 27. Usual program of children singing; 0756 EZL music; poor (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 9525.88, Voice of Indonesia, Jakarta. 1744 December 25, 2013. Weak-fair, recheck 1901 in definite English with male talk (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, JRC NRD-535; JRC-NRD-515; ICOM IC-R75; Hammarlund HQ-180A; Sony ICF-7600GR; Sangean PR-D5; Aqua Guide 705 RDF Marine Radio; GE Superadio III; JPS NF-60 Notch Filter; JPS ANC-4 Noise Phase; 1 X roof dipole; 1 X room random wire; custom active portable loop; Terk Advantage non-active portable loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 9660.051, After sunrise in South Asia 31 mb outlet of RRI Jakarta in Bahasa Indonesian domestic service decreased much via Andaman Sea path, only S=4 signal on threshold level at 0428 UT Dec 28 (Wolfgang Bueschel, Dec 28, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) You must mean 9680+ (gh, DXLD) ** IRAN. 7365, VOIRI - Sirjan. S/on with usual piano music 2045, then the ID "ceremony" - goes on forever - at 2050 for the Japanese service. Strong signal but very tinny audio quality, like it was being re-broadcast through a small transistor radio, quite unusual sound on Jan 1 (Rob Wagner, NSW, Jan 1, ARDXC mailing list via DXLD) 7420, Jan 1 at 0208, VIRI in Spanish with NY greetings, poor-fair; and also a weaker signal on 7430, presumably VIRI in Kazakh; fortunately, both finish at 0220, so no ACI to ALBANIA on 7425 from 0230 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 13690, IRIB, 29/12 0523 UT. Himno de la republica islámica de Irán, dando comienzo al servicio en idioma Bosnio y después una lectura del Corán cantado en árabe y leído en el idioma del servicio. SINPO: 55444 [and non]. 15130, IRIB, 19/12 0530 UT. Comienzo del servicio para el Sur de Europa en Castellano con la lectura de las frecuencias y horarios de la emisora, además de indicar la página web de la misma. Así como de otros datos de contacto. Señal con SINPO: 33443 // 15550 con QRM de R.Dabanga, siendo esta determinante (Claudio Galaz, Antena: Hilo de 20 metros, RX: Tecsun PL-660, QTH: Sector sur de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** ITALY [and non]. Radio City this weekend --- Radio City will be on this weekend the 3rd of January 2014 on 7290 kHz and 1368 kHz between 1900 to 2000 UT. The programme will also be repeated on Saturday morning the 5th of January [sic: must mean Jan 4] 2014 on 9510 kHz between 0900 to 1000 UT. All reports to: citymorecars @ yahoo.ca Thank you! Good Listening! 73s (Tom Taylor, Jan 1, PS. A Happy New Year to All Listeners, DX LISTENING DIGEST) A.k.a. CANADA [non]. 1368 is a MW station in Italy; 7290 and 9510 are IRRS relays via ROMANIA (gh, DXLD) ** JAPAN [non]. As 1500 UT Dec 31 approaches, I am looking for a signal from R. Japan to celebrate the New Year with them (ha, even if I could hear it, last several years have been a disappointment, failing to broadcast the tolling of the bell and midnite festivities). Both 9750 and 11815 are supposed to be on air direct from Yamata, but zero signal on 9750; there is a music on 11815, but it turns out to be TURKEY, q.v. I have better luck with KOREA NORTH (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH. 2850, (Presumed), KCBS (Pyongyang) DEC 30, 1145, soprano vocalist. First time heard in several weeks. Fair-good on peaks. Best 73 from the desert (Rick Barton, El Mirage AZ, Drake R8, outdoor Slinky, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH. 9665, fair signal Dec 31 at 1459, excited Korean from KCBS P`yongyang, as I have found this UT+9 zone signal just in time, having failed to hear anything from Japan on 9750 or 11815. Accurate timesignal at 1500 is undermodulated as if it might be CCI. Then three gongs (only), and IS on bells of different pitch, talked over by faux- enthusiastic Juche announcer. I listen for next dekaminute to all the hoopla as the inhabitants of the world`s greatest people`s paradise celebrate the arrival of another year of oppression. Amid the narration, there are loud low noises whose nature I cannot divine: crowd roars? jet engines? cannons? drums? They also drown out the chorus. Fading after 1510 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. 5910, Shiokaze (via Ibaragi-Koga-Yamata, JAPAN), 1338+ 26 Dec. Ex-6140 in Korean. M chat with piano background, occasional IDs, no NK jamming heard (yet) (Dan Sheedy, Swami's Beach, CA G5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) JAPAN. 5910, Fri Dec 27 at 1410, very weak station talking, unseems English, with some music mixed. Shiokaze is back here, as not even a carrier audible on 6140, which is also ACI`d by 6145 Firedrake. Nothing else scheduled on 5910 at this time, and Aoki`s Dec 27 edition is right up to date, showing Sea-breeze on 5910 since December 26, and furthermore, no English but instead: 1330-1430 Mon, Thu & Fri all in Korean; Tue all Japanese; other days split half & half: Sun Japanese & Korean; Wed Chinese & Korean; Sat Korean & Japanese. Ron Howard also noted English missing last Friday when it was still on 6140. Altho 6145 Firedrake is in well again today, reception at this hour from Japan on 49m very poor, e.g. 6055 Nikkei (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5910, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze via Yamata, 1336, Dec 29. A tearful story was jammed. Did they quickly move back here from 6140 when they found Vatican Radio was there from 1330 to 1400? Am hearing VR, via Irkutsk, on 6140 in Russian with a good signal (now that Shiokaze moved away!) (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5910, JAPAN (Presumed), Shiokaze Sea Breeze, DEC 30, 1400. Long talk by M in Japanese followed by W in JJ, all over soft piano music. Went off at the BoH, just as scheduled. VG. Best 73 from the desert (Rick Barton, El Mirage AZ, Drake R8, outdoor Slinky, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. 7375, TAJIKISTAN. Voice of Wilderness - Dushanbe. Long Korean talks at 1930, fairly poor signal with QRM from an RTTY signal smack on the frequency plus some sort of low-level bubble jammer. Religious ballad noted at 1946. S/off at 1959 on Jan 1 (Rob Wagner, NSW, Jan 1, ARDXC mailing list via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. 7470, UZBEKISTAN. Open Radio for North Korea - Tashkent. S/on 2000 with IDs and into South Korean pop songs. Quite a few momentary crackles and breaks in transmission around 2005-2009, sounded like someone was fiddling with a faulty lead!! Otherwise, a good signal on Jan 1 (Rob Wagner, NSW, Jan 1, ARDXC mailing list via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. 9775, OPPOSITION. Radio Free Chosun. Targeting North Korea at 1350. English language musical songs in progress until 1400 with abrupt switch into Radio Free Chosen musical sign on followed by female in Korean. Good+ signal. Aoki lists the transmitter as Tajikistan, Eibi lists it as Unknown and Glenn Hauser has mentioned Philippines as a possibility. Another possible speculation is Palau. Has anyone had any luck QSLing them in the last year and if so, did you send the report by email or post? 12/23/13 (Steve Handler, Buffalo Grove IL, NASWA Flashsheet Dec 29 via DXLD) 9775, Dec 26 at 1348, R. Free Chosun is already on with prélude, `O Come, Emmanuel` Xmas tune, and then the same ones as before up to 1400 opening in Korean; usual good signal comparable to 9800 VOA Korean from Philippines. 9775, Dec 28 at 1352, musical prélude again to R. Free Chosun; today it`s rather choppy with degraded propagation, fair with flutter. 1401 underway in Korean but with ``Jingle Bells Rock`` playing underneath. Is this a serious clandestine?? They do play a lot of music later in the bihour. 9775, Dec 30 at 1356, R. Free Chosun is still playing Xmas music prélude in English, the same song now about ``Christmas joy``. Signal comparable to 9800 VOA Korean via Philippines. 9775, Dec 31 I am waiting for the R. Free Chosun prélude to come on: carrier not on until *1354:13 and adding `Xmas Day Cheer` song in English a bit later; brief transmission break at 1358:20*, back on in time for normal startup in Korean. 9775, Jan 1 at 1450, R. Free Chosun is playing K-pop, as I continue to wonder how serious a clandestine it can be; or is that the best way to undermine the evil regime? Now it`s almost sufficient but with heavy flutter, more so than 9800 VOA Korean via Philippines; both of them were quite poor at 1400, and 9775 was still playing a musical prélude before then. Not 9755 if typoed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH. 11795, KBS, 30/12 1110 UT. Noticias en castellano sobre el comportamiento de Corea del Sur, en cuestiones económicas y en las relaciones diplomáticas con el Japón. SINPO: 55555 (Claudio Galaz, Antena: Hilo de 20 metros, RX: Tecsun PL-660, QTH: Sector sur de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KURDISTAN [non]. 11510, Denge Kurdistana, 30/12 1150 UT. Hombre habla en idioma kurdo de manera rápida y a las 1156 comienza un largo espacio de música. SINPO: 45444 (Claudio Galaz, Antena: Hilo de 20 metros, RX: Tecsun PL-660, QTH: Sector sur de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Some changes of clandestine broadcasts: Denge Kurdistan from Dec. 20: 1800-2000 NF 7390 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish, ex 11510 0400-1600 on 11510 KCH 250 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Kurdish unchanged 1600-1800 on 11510 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish unchanged (Ivo Ivanov, DX RE MIX NEWS # 830 December 30, 2013, via WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DXLD) [later also moved 16-18 segment to 7390 --- Ivo, gh] ** KUWAIT. 9370, Dec 29 at 0110, music and mentioning ``America, Washington DC``, i.e. Deewa Radio at 01-04 in Pashto, 250 kW, 70 degrees from Kuwait (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LAOS. 6130.0, Lao National Radio Vientiane performed girl singing at 1030 UT Dec 28, and another CNR station co-channel underneath, likely PBS Xizang Lhasa Tibet in Tibetan language (Wolfgang Bueschel, Dec 28, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6130, Lao Nat. R.-Vientiane, Dec 29 1155-1206, 33433, Laotian, talk, theme music at 1159, seven gongs at 1200, 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) ** LITHUANIA. QSL November and December: RFA, a special card for the 17th anniversary of the station, the frequency of 9690 kHz. Sent report through the web-based system for http://techweb.rfa.org - waited 16 days. As always, station does not detail the location of transmitters that do not belong to American IBB, but simply put the check in the box Other. But of schedules and bases known that this Sitkunay (Lithuania). Radio Baltic Waves Int, e-QSL in TIFF, frequency 612 kHz, broadcasting Belarusian service R. Svoboda. Response received in the same day, after 4 hours after sending the report and two audio address riplei [at] takas.lt Details of all the data of my report, the location, type and transmitter power, antenna type. Signature: Rimantas Pleikys, Chief Operations Officer. (Rimantas writes that RBWI confirms reception only in the NE [??]. Especially welcome hearing reports about the Polish Radio broadcasts on 1386 kHz through Sitkunay, Polish and Belarusian languages, time 1900-2100 UT) (Dmitry Mezin, open_dx via Moscow Information DX Bulletin, Weekly electronic publication # 872, December 18, 2013, Editor of the current issue: Fyodor Brazhnikov, via RusDX dated 22 Dec but distributed 28 Dec; meant to be 29 Dec? via DXLD) ** MADAGASCAR. 5010.43v, R. Madagasikara, 1527, Dec 29 in AM + LSB + USB with pop African music; poor (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) /INDIA also heard on Jan 1st at 1630 UT, both poor S=4. 5010.006, AIR Thiruvananthapuram / Hindi flute music. 5010.380, RTM R. Madagasikara, Antananarivo, and 400 Hertz annoying heterodyne audio tone, wanders alsways 30 Hertz up and down as previously. Though on Dec 30 at 1705 UT on 5010.149 kHz (Wolfgang Büschel, Jan 1, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 2 via DXLD) ** MALAYSIA. 5964.71 kHz, 2224-2255 12/27/13 -- RTM presumed the one here with pop music and male and female announcers in Malay. Fair sigs. Thought I might catch an ID at TOH, but their signal was crushed when Ankara came on 5960 at 2255 (Art Delibert, N. Bethesda, MD, NRD 535D, Pennant antenna with DX Engineering preamp, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) from DXLD 13-52: 9835, Sarawak FM, 1457 Dec 21, Bahasa Malay, song, man and woman with mentions of Kuala Lumpur and Sabah. Fair (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, Listening in my car, by the lake, with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST 13-52 via WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DX LISTENING DIGEST 14-01) 9835, Dec 24 at 1357, 1 kHz tone. Nothing in HFCC, Malaysia being another uncoöperative holdout (tho ABU is based there), but Aoki shows RTM Sarawak FM as 24 hours from the Peninsula (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST, ibid.) 11665, Wai FM, 1553 Dec 21, Bahasa Malay, playing Christmas songs, including Boney M’s “When a Child is Born” followed by “Silent Night” in Malay. Fair (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, Listening in my car, by the lake, with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST, ibid.) (non-log), 9835, Sarawak FM (via RTM, Kajang) Unheard 25-28, 30 Dec. during checks at 1400, 1500+ (Dan Sheedy, Swami's Beach, CA G5/6m X wire, WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 570, Dec 28 at 1258 UT, song in Spanish with low audible het, dead giveaway it`s Monterrey NL, 1300 confirmed by full ID with call letters XEBJB, street address, into news headlines. WRTH 2014 says slogan is Radio 570 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 700, Dec 28 at 1304 UT, weather, then live DJ greeting listeners and families in various colonias around Parral, and Hidalgo, dominating frequency, ranchera song ``Ay, mamá`` by YL with quite a set of pipes; then ``buenos días en XEGD, La Poderosa``, 1308 ID for 700, 90.3 and web from Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua. WRTH 2014 shows 5000/250 watts with that slogan, while IRCA 2012 had it as Ke Buena, 1000/200 watts. And Cantú today shows 5000/1000, also La Poderosa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 1190, Dec 27 at 0043 UT, a Mexican is dominating the channel on non-direxional caradio antenna, with news, 6:42 TC, federal PSAs, rumbling het from something off-frequency. Two best bets are XECT in Monterrey and XEWK in Guadalajara (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 1470, Dec 27 at 0104 on caradio, Mexican music and ID as ``La Consentida``, for which there is only one match in the 2012 IRCA Log: XEHI, Ciudad Miguel Alemán, Tamaulipas; that`s right across the Rio Bravo from Roma, Tejas. WRTH 2013, however, names XEHI ``Mi Radio 1470, Puro Cañonazo``, but has no other 1470 as Consentida. ¿What about Cantú? No Consentidas on 1470, tho I am positive that`s the slogan I heard, and yet another identity for XEHI: 1470 XEHI La Caponera Cd. Miguel Alemán, Tamps. 10,000 250 What does Caponera mean? Random House says: ``coop for fattening capons; gaol; place where one lives well free of charge`` Well, I`m sticking with XEHI = Consentida, as that`s the very active identity currently on FB: https://www.facebook.com/XEHI1470 Dixionary definition of which is over-indulged or spoilt, hardly something positive. In DXLD 13-36, Henrik Klemetz said words like consentida imply mistress (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 26 December was a good morning for Mexican reception here: 1280, XEEG, ABC Radio, Puebla; "ABC Radio 12-80" id. Tnx Jan Alvestad and Fredrik Dourén for the ID. W 0800 26/12 PC 1380, XECO, R Romántica, Mexico DF; "XECO Romántica 13-80" F 0800 26/12 PC 1410, XEBS, La Más Perrona, México, DF; "La Más Perrona" ID with greatly exaggerated "rr". "Son las 2" W/F 0800 26/12 PC 1470, XEAI, R Fórmula, México DF; SS rock and roll. "Las [sic] Número Uno Del Rock" (not // 1500) F 0805 26/12 PC 1500, XEDF, R Fórmula, México DF; "Las emisoras del Grupo Fórmula presentan ..." W.F 0800 26/12 PC 1530, XEUR, R Fiesta, México, DF, "Radio Fiesta 15-30 presentó ..." F 0800 26/12 PC 1590, XEVOZ, México, DF, "La Mexicana desde la (?) [Ciudad?] de Mexico. 1590 AM, XEVOZ con 15,000 watts de potencia." F 0800 26/12 PC 1650, XEAZR, Zer Radio, México DF; "Desde la capital de la República Mexicana transmite Zer Radio, XEAZR AM, 1650 kiloherz, 5000 watts de potencia" G 0800 26/12 PC (Paul Crankshaw, Troon, Scotland, MWCircle yg via DXLD) ** MEXICO. ESPN Radio from Tecate, Baja California, heard on 1700 kHz at 0800 UT on December 20: “You’re listening to ESPN Radio 1700. Back on weekdays at 7 AM. ESPN Radio ...”. The Argentinian station Radio Juvented on 1700.35 kHz off the air at this time (Stig Hartvig Nielsen, visiting Barra de Valizas, Uruguay, Perseus SDR, Aerial: Wellbrook 1530 ALA1530S+, Hard-Core-DX mailing list Dec 29 via DXLD) Des Moines and Brownsville 1700s are also sports, but each apparently on a different network; hope it stay that way (gh, DXLD) ** MEXICO. 6185, Dec 27 at 1950, JBA carrier in full daytime, presumed another bit of XEPPM evidence. Even at night, modulation is quite low so not very useful. BTW, they have a DX/media program on SW only, most UT Thursdays at 0030-0100, `Sintonía Libre` with plenty of musical relief, better heard from the archive (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. Ch A2 NTSC, Dec 26 at 1640 UT, weak video fades in, enough to spot the Azteca net-7 bug in the upper right, no audio, and soon fades out. Thus I am rewarded for countless hours of viewing snow on channel 2, with the first sign of a winter sporadic-E opening this year. Antenna having shed its ice finally without breakage, still parked SSE toward OKC, close to due S whence this probably comes from XHTAU Tampico. 6m Es maps are showing only a couple of contacts across the Texas area, but the MUF map shows lots of spots across the US with Es clouds into 20 or 30 MHz ranges. Keep monitoring, and another brief peak of weak video CCI on channel 2 at 1805 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MONGOLIA. Radio Ulan Bator has always provided a very faint signal in Northern Europe. It might be because they are putting out a very directional signal. Hi! Here in Uruguay Radio Ulan Bator is heard with a very, very strong signal. Noted on 12084.87 kHz at 0900 with news in English on December 24 (Stig Hartvig Nielsen, visiting Barra de Valizas, Uruguay, Receiver: Perseus SDR, Aerial: Wellbrook 1530 ALA1530S+, Hard-Core-DX mailing list Dec 29 via WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DXLD) Nor in North America can we imagine a ``very, very strong signal`` from V. of Mongolia; so we all need to go to Uruguay to hear it (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Antipodal focusing may be a factor too, but the real opposite hotspot for UB is southern Chile/Argentina border area (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MOROCCO [and non]. 9575, Dec 28 at 2017, JBA carrier, I suppose Medi-1 as nothing else is scheduled, but would expect more from it and fear it is becoming sporadic again. Meanwhile F-G signals on 9555 and 9675 from SAUDI ARABIA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9575, MEDI-1, 29/12 2247 UT. Música de Jazz instrumental, sin anuncios. SINPO: 45454 (Claudio Galaz, Antena: Hilo de 20 metros, RX: Tecsun PL-660, QTH: Sector sur de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9575, R. Medi Un, Dec 31 0734-0744, 45333, French, News, ID at 0735 and 0738 and 0740 (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. Hard to keep up with their various tx assignments! 5915, Myanmar Radio, Dec 27 at 0951 in the clear till covered by turn on of CRI tx at 0955. 5985.80, Myanmar Radio, *1129, Dec 27. Noted open carrier at 1127; on with indigenous theme music; in vernacular. Frequently changing tx here! On 25th heard on 5985.00. 7200.1, Myanmar Radio, 1008, Dec 27. Quick check found them fair. 9730.80v, Myanmar Radio, 1010, Dec 27. Heard with slight drift. A check at 1103 found they had switched tx to exact frequency tx. Really in a state of flux! (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I noticed that some of your transmitter locations are wrong, according to the WRTH 2014 which is my "Bible". I attach a photocopy of that page for your information. All Thazin Radio's frequencies are mentioned in the frequency list as Pyin U Lwin. Best 73, (Anker Petersen, Denmark, to and via Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi dear Anker, re Myanmar, so sorry. Naypyidaw / Pyin U Lwin sites. - WRTH is not wrong, - I was wrong on my log, though I used the 'userlist' of Perseus unit at Victor's place of Aoki_Nagoya_userlist, which has some WRONG location entries. Only WRTH / Klingenfuss - and DBS? have the right location assignment !!!!!!!! re your comment: The Myanmar public radio has three shortwave installations on air at Rangoon - old capital, and Naypyidaw - new capital, and Pyin U Lwin - some Nautel / RIZ installations, I guess. see attached Google Earth images. But never realized the PLANNED 60 mb antenna installation at 017/197degr as BACKUP for Rangoon 4725 / 5040 kHz, at Pyin U Lwin site. re your comment: The Myanmar public radio has three shortwave installations on air at Rangoon - old capital site, some older 30 and 50 degr antennas of Empire era, but mainly on 356 and 176 degrees now. and Naypyidaw - new capital site, looks like a single corner reflector quadrant non-dir antenna at 20 10 51.01 N 96 08 41.04 E and Pyin U Lwin - some Nautel / RIZ installations, I guess, antennas at 356 / 176 degrees on 41/49 mb, and at 52 / 232 degrees on 31 mb, see attached Google Earth images. But never have been realized the PLANNED 60 mb antenna installation at 017/197 degrees, -- as BACKUP for Rangoon 4725 / 5040 kHz, at Pyin U Lwin site. Rangoon 5985v 9200v 9730v kHz, but also alternate reserve even xxx.000 kHz TX units at access. Naypyidaw 5915 kHz Pyin U Lwin 6030, 6165, x7110-now 7345, 9460, 9590 kHz. kind regards de Wolfy df5sx, dswci #1331 Corrected my log according comment of Anker Petersen-DNK: 9730.830, Myanmar Radio, Rangoon heard on S=8-9 fair level on remote post in Sri Lanka, at 0425 UT Dec 28. Dance music box and nice Burmese girl singer. 9590.0, Thazin Radio, via Pyin U Lwin. At 0430 UT strong carrier, start of typical Burmese vernacular national domestic program, a lot of xylophone music, S=8-9 proper signal into Ceylonese remote rx unit. Aoki Nagoya list show Lhao language service, starts at 0430 UT. 9459.989, Another odd frequency service from Myanmar? Myanmar Radio Rakhine service via Pyin U Lwin in Burmese heard at proper S=9 signal level on remote unit on Ceylon. Modern pop music with local South Asian tone flavour. At 0438 UT Dec 28. 5915.0, Faint UNID signal, but rather from Zambia Africa?, not from Naypyidaw Myanmar, - after sunrise in S Asia. 9730.822, Myanmar Radio Rangoon logged with music phone-in program at 1005 UT Dec 28. S=9+10dB signal noted on SDR remote unit in Colombo. Maybe an tx/antenna check? 9590.0, Thazin Radio, via Pyin U Lwin noted few seconds on air by probably technical check of the engineer at 1011 5915.0, Myanmar Radio Naypyidaw heard performing flute music at 1018 UT Dec 28, S=7-8 nice signal on remote unit at Ceylon. At 1205 UT S=9+15dB from Naypyidaw, better than Rangoon signals. 6164.993, Myanmar Rakhine BC station, at Pyin U Lwin. S=7-8 signal noted on SDR remote unit in Colombo. Nice girl singing. 1022 UT Dec 28. S=9+20dB at 1141 UT. 7345.0, Thazin Radio, via Pyin U Lwin, tentat. local girl in scheduled Kachin language. S=9+15dB signal noted. 1025 UT Dec 28. S=9+20dB strength at 1204 UT. 7200.118, Myanmar Radio Rangoon, S=8-9 fluttery signal around 1026 UT Dec 28. At 1030 UT no +/-15 kHz spurs either side this time! Wandered a little down, measured at 1200 UT on 7200.103 kHz. S=9+15dB in Ceylon. And at 1210 UT also observed the two accompanied spurious on exact +/-14249 Hertz away either side, stronger on 7185.854 but also 7214.353 next to CRI Russian powerhouse. 5985v not on air at 1030 UT. But further check at 1147 UT Dec 28 revealed: 5985.836 kHz Myanmar Radio Rangoon in performance of singer group on air. Strength only S=8-9. Despite Pyin U Lwin are stronger on remote unit in Ceylon (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 28) All the best to YOU in new Year 2014, kind regards de Wolfy df5sx dswci #1331 (via DXLD) 5985.8v, Myanmar Radio, 1537-1552, Jan 1 (Wednesday only). "VOA Learning English - This is America"; informative program about the Potomac River with "virtual tour" of the river; played Pete Seeger with "John Brown's Body"; fair-poor. http://learningenglish.voanews.com/content/potomac-river-washington-dc-harpers-ferry/1671690.html My local sunrise was at 1522 UT (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. 7375, Dec 28 at 0113, VG signal from special UT Saturday airing of The Mighty KBC via GERMANY, singing ID, ad in Dutch for Blaupunkt AM/FM/SW radio; Eric in English asks for e-mail, 0114 ``Oasis``. 0125 ``We Will Rock You`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEWFOUNDLAND. A nice tribute to "The Great Eastern" is found in an issue of the "Newfoundland Quarterly," posted on the site of co- creator Ed Riche. http://www.edwardriche.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/TheGreatEastern.pdf On his web site, Riche describes the show as: "Creatively taxing over long hours but the show was perhaps the most rewarding professional experience of my career. Worked with a team who were "just tremendous"." (Mike Cooper, GA, Dec 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA. Additional transmission for Voice of Nigeria Dec 27: 0700-0800 on 7254.9 AJA 250 kW / 248 deg to WCAf French 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9689.88, Voice of Nigeria, Ikorodu. 2004 December 26, 2013. Very good in Hausa, happy male and female, tribal drums, lots of Nigeria mentions. Good modulation despite missing the frequency, and presumed site (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, JRC NRD-535; JRC-NRD- 515; ICOM IC-R75; Hammarlund HQ-180A; Sony ICF-7600GR; Sangean PR-D5; Aqua Guide 705 RDF Marine Radio; GE Superadio III; JPS NF-60 Notch Filter; JPS ANC-4 Noise Phase; 1 X roof dipole; 1 X room random wire; custom active portable loop; Terk Advantage non-active portable loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) V of Nigeria, 9690, 2000z, fair but strong by 2059z off (Rich Ray, Burr Ridge, IL, Dec 26, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15120, Dec 31 at 0638, YL in seeming English, bad modulation, very poor signal on AM, presumed V. of Nigeria. 19m is usually dead and haven`t heard VON at this time in months. 15190 and 15275 also bearing Afristations (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. new frequency 3255, "station YHWH" (religious pirate), 0210-0301*, Dec 30. Usual anti-Catholic, Christian, gay, etc. presentation with reading from a "53 page document" along with his comments; occasional IDs; 0258 strange vocal/music followed by usual "Thank you so much for tuning into station YHWH. Goodbye and I love you. Until next time. Station YHWH now signing off the air." In the past always heard duplicate programs, but today had a new reading from the quoted document; mostly fair. MP3 audio clip at https://app.box.com/s/yv8zz21jaaarlchxkt36 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6925-USB, Jan 1 at 0453 poor signal with rock music, off around 0500; missed any announcement, switching back and forth with 6935, q.v. 6925-USB reported by numerous at http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,14730.0.html as Fake RFW [Radio Free Whatever] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6935-AM, Jan 1 at 0453 rock music, 0500 wishing Happy New Year, and count (up?) from 20 seconds, off the air before 0501. Much better signal than 6925 had been. These agree on the count- up, and call it ``Whispery Wolverine``: http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,14730.0.html I noted no pirate activity on the band at earlier check here around 0200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. Weird start up. 13560 AM, 5 mW Part #15 on now! Well, that was a bogus start. Power company let us know that we were going to have a sched power outage today at 9 AM, but they did it 30 minutes early giving everyone a WTF moment. Anyways, power came back on about 10 AM. That part was good, but lost a transmitter on 49 MHz somehow. Eh???? Anyways, tuned up the 60 ft longwoire to 13 MHz, and those MFJ tuners don't seem to like that FREQ. Got the match down to 1.3:1, by very touchy. So at 11 AM kicked on 13.560 MHz AM with the massive 5 milliwatts running AM 1620's receive audio. Except for some DSL noise getting into AM 1620, it sounds great. So, don't know if anyone can hear this Part #15 u-caster on 13.560MHz AM, but ya never know. Right??? If ya can hear it, just e-mail me back and check out the webpage at https://vk.com/realfreeradio and enjoy the 4th Annual Piratesweek New Years Marathon for the next day and a 1/2. Happy DX'ing and HAPPY 2014!!!!! (Tha Dood, Real Free Radio, AM1620, Now trying out 13.560 MHz AM at 5mW, 1652 UT Dec 31, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Nothing heard shortly on 13560 (gh, DXLD) ** NORWAY. The last transmission under current Norwegian Test and Development license will take place tomorrow Dec. 31st from @0600-1600 UT on LLE-2 1314 kHz and LLE-3 5895 kHz carrying jingles, IDs and promos of Radio Northern Star, The International Radio Station from Bergen, on the West Coast of Norway at http://www.northernstar.no in English and Norwegian. We are interested in mp3 recordings and reports to 1000 @ northernstar.no ! (Svenn Martinsen on Facebook, Dec 30 via Alan Pennington, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Slightly different: The last transmission under current Norwegian Test and Development license is on the air today Dec. 31st from @0450 to 1600 UT on LLE-2 1314 kHz and LLE-3 5895 kHz carrying jingles, IDs and promos of Radio Northern Star, The International Radio Station from Bergen, on the West Coast of Norway at http://www.northernstar.no in English and Norwegian. We are interested in mp3 recordings and reports to 1000 @ northernstar.no and report @ bergenkringkaster.no And to all: A Happy New Year! 73 de (Svenn Martinsen, 0527 UT Dec 31, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5895, Dec 31 at 0641, one more try for LLB [sic], R. Northern Star, publicized as their very last broadcast (under 2013y license, anyway), but not even a carrier detectable vs splash from 5890 WWCR BS. You never know when that will be blasting in or propped out. Let`s hope LLB if relicensed will get a clearer frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) LLE Norway with Radio Northern Star jingles and announcements has faded up enough to copy here at present (1420 UT) on 5895 kHz, though it's still pretty weak and noisy (SIO=141). Final broadcast scheduled to end at 1600 UTC today (Alan Pennington, Caversham, UK, AOR 7030plus / beverage, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Radio Northern Star: good readable signal of test announcements and jingles here in Germany on 5895 kHz USB from tune-in at 1500 UT till 1556 UTC when blocked by DRM (station lable "SPC"; still no audio at 1605 UT though should be strong/stable enough for decoding). Hopefully Radio Northern Star will return next year with a program on shortwave. 73 (Harald Kuhl, Germany, 1608 UT Dec 31, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) ** OKLAHOMA. 530, Dec 26 at 1406 UT, `K530AM`, Vance AFB once again has turned the power up to sound like its mighty 10 watts instead of milliwatts, hyper-boring Ad Council PSA rotation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) And still back to normal as of January 2 ** OKLAHOMA. 99.9, Dec 27 at 0110-0150 UT, part 15 from the same house as last few years in the Pheasant Run addition, western edge of Enid, with Xmas music in $tereo and light show; full quieting only across the street and audible only within a block of the place. Variety of songs, mostly secular, or jazzed up such as Mannheim Steamroller (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OMAN. R. Sultanate of Oman, 15140, 2006-2010 UT, female vocals reminiscent of the style that TRT Turkey would play years back. F-G, pretty quiet spot on the band (Paul Brouillette, Geneva, IL, Jan 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAKISTAN. PAKISTAN STATE RADIO UPGRADES TRANSMITTERS | Text of report in English by official news agency Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) Islamabad, 29 December: Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) was upgrading its mediumwave [AM radio] network, and old medium are being replaced throughout the country by better and newer versions having greater outreach. An official source informed that FM transmitters are not being given priority to mediumwave transmitters. Both are utilized separately as per need basis, according to their specifications. According to source, [a] number of new mediumwave transmitters have been installed and it has recently installed two new powerful mediumwave transmitters of 400-kW power and 100-kW power in Peshawar and D.I. Khan [Dera Ismail Khan] respectively, for covering the areas in KPK [Khyber Pakhtunkhwa], Punjab and Balochistan. In addition, PBC is replacing Fakirabad mediumwave transmitters by a 500-kW high-power transmitter, he said, adding that PBC was also replacing mediumwave transmitters at Hyderabad, Karachi and Larkana. All these transmitters will be on-air by the end of 2014. Source: Associated Press of Pakistan news agency, Islamabad, in English 0901 gmt 29 Dec 13 (via BBCM via WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DXLD) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3365, R Milne Bay, 28/12, 1620 GMT. S9+10 signal, good copy pop music, 1624 Holy night. 73 (Nick VK2DX Hacko, Sydney NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3365, NBC Milne Bay with relay of NBC National Radio programming, 1345 to past 1448, Jan 1. Going for another 24 hours on the air; many IDs in English; "Hi. This is Stacy Rose of Island Praise" wishing the management and staff of the National Broadcasting Corp. of Papua New Guinea a happy anniversary of 40 years of service to the people of P.N.G.; playing pop Pacific Island songs and hit pop songs ("What Becomes of the Broken Hearted," etc.); 1448 full promo: “I'm Stacy Rose. Join me this Sunday at 10AM and again at 9PM right here on the Voice of P-N-G, 90.7 FM, for two hours of the best Caribbean Gospel Music this side of the sun … all right here on Island Praise with me, Stacy Rose, Sundays at 10AM and again at 9PM, right here on NBC National Radio, the Voice of P-N-G, 90.7 FM," a syndicated American program; at times almost fair, but with QRN (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3905, R. New Ireland, manually off at 1402*, Dec 29. Off with children singing; ham QRM (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. The WRTH 2014 arrived today, so I start leafing thru it. There`s always unexpected info to be mined from the fine print in this eagerly awaited essential annual volume. [see PERU] Page 308: typo in Wantok Radio Light frequency, 7235 instead of correct 7325 (tho it`s inactive, not specified). CRN - Radio Maria on 4960, also not specified as inactive (Glenn Hauser, Dec 27, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. The WRTH 2014 arrived today, so I start leafing thru it. There`s always unexpected info to be mined from the fine print in this eagerly awaited essential annual volume. On page 313, PERU, a couple SW stations are listed I`ve never heard of, nor heard, nor I think has anybody. Apparently they are licensed, and may come on the air sometime: 4780, OAW7I, Radio OAW7I, Cusco, Cusco 4800, OAW7J, Radio OAW7J, San Sebastián, Cusco, 1 kW No further info except their street addresses. From the key numbers they apparently have no MW siblings. Anyone know anything more about these? Keep an ear on the frequencies for something besides Djibouti or China (Glenn Hauser, OK, Dec 27, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. Esas son mis logs/escuchas Onda Corta 26 Diciembre 2013: 4775, Tarma. "Radio Tarma", 0108 UT. Bastante música serrana peruana y música en español. Transmisión es escuchable pero hay bastante ruido presente y fading también afecta, SINPO: 35323 4810, Chazuta. "Radio Logos", 0148 UT. Varias canciones de música en español cristiana y de navidad, hora de Perú y luego ID: ``Están en sintonía de Radio Logos, transmitiendo en los 4810 kHz``, y sigue música cristiana y un programa de la biblia, SINPO: 35323 4940, Atalaya. "Radio San Antonio", 0026 UT. Música en Español de Ave Maria, hora del Perú y después siguen con música en español y de navidad, mensaje de navidad de la Cordinadora Nacional de Medios en Ayacucho, hora del Perú, anuncio en quechua? en el que un hombre y una mujer hablan en ese idioma y luego un saludo de navidad del alcalde provincial de Atalaya, ID de Radio San Antonio y sigue la música en Español, SINPO: 45444 4955, Huanta. "Radio Cultural Amauta", 0006 UT. Anuncios publicitarios de unos sanadores en Huanta y luego locutor habla y lee avisos públicos, pero no es muy entendible debido a la modulación, y después anuncios publicitarios en quechua sobre una convocatoria de víctimas de violencia interna (intrafamiliar? ), saludo de navidad de la radio y sufre un corte de señal a las 0020 y vuelve en unos pocos segundos a transmitir, pero después se corta definitivamente la señal a las 0023 y no siguen transmitiendo, SINPO: 55445 4985, Huancayo. "Radio Voz Cristiana", 0101 UT. Anuncio de venta de calzado en Huancayo y anuncio de venta de biblias en la "Casa de la Biblia" y anuncio de venta de zapatillas y calzado e ID músical de Radio Voz Cristiana. Transmisión es escuchable pero hay bastante interferencia de Rádio Brasil Central y desde las 0139 al parecer no se escucha y termina transmisión, SINPO: 43344. De vuelta a escuchar OC, me di cuenta que Radio Voz Cristiana transmite desde Huancayo y no desde Huánuco como indica la Lista Eibi (Marcos Cox, location unknown, Receptor: DEGEN DE1103, Antena: SONY AM Antenna Loop, Dec 26, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** PERU. 5980, R. CHASKI, 26/12 0058 UT. Música instrumental y avisos de la emisora con ciertos anuncios devocionales hasta su salida del aire a las 0102 aproximadamente. SINPO: 55454. 5980, R. CHASKI, 26/12 2323 UT. Avisos de la emisora Red Radio Integridad y su repetición en la región Cusco, con himnos instrumentales. SINPO: 55444 (Claudio Galaz, Antena: Hilo de 20 metros, RX: Tecsun PL-660, QTH: Sector sur de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) 5980, Dec 28 at 0054, JBA carrier from R. Chaski (or Chaski R. as WRTH 2014 puts it, 5 kW), until cutoff at 0101:52.5* which is 22 seconds later than last check 4 days ago = 5.5 later on the average per day. [and non]. 5980, Dec 29 at 0100, heavy fast pulse jamming from CUBA, but R. Chaski carrier still detectable with BFO, until cutoff at 0101:59*, which is 6.5 seconds later than yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5980, R. CHASKI, 29/12 2355 UT. Música instrumental y avisos de la Red Radio Integridad. Señal con sobremodulación que va aminorando con el avanzar de la hora y SINPO: 55444, sin QRM de la mixtura de CNR-1 jammer/VOA. 30/12 0044 UT. Programa “Los grandes temas” con la voz de Salvador Dellutri con eco y sobremodulada que no permite identificar que se está hablando. SINPO: 55454 con cortes de señal. ¿Problemas de transmisión? 5980, R. CHASKI, 30/12 2314 UT. Avisos de la Red Radio Integridad, con sobremodulación y SINPO: 44444 (Claudio Galaz, Antena: Hilo de 20 metros, RX: Tecsun PL-660, QTH: Sector sur de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglistia yg via DXLD) 5980, Dec 31 at 0101, R. Chaski carrier detectable until 0102:10* which is 11 seconds later than last check 48 hours earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PHILIPPINES. HEROic ham radio in Philippines --- Good report on ham radio for emergency communications after typhoon on The World, today from PRI. Heard on air, and then tried to find it on website: not among the clips they feature, and searching site is also fruitless, but if you can get the Dec 27 program to play via http://pri.org/live it starts at 34:35 into the file, until 38:42. Shortwave is mentioned several times -- nothing about repeaters as I suppose 2m network, if any, was blown off (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PHILIPPINES. 9545, VOA, 29/12 2255 UT. Vía, Tinang. Música instrumental con audio en chino, y en donde domina la frecuencia el CNR-1 Jammer, que pasa avisos en chino de manera constante, y que también interfiere a la identificación de inicio que FEBC realiza 10 minutos antes del servicio en idioma Hmong dirigida hacia Tailandia, vía Bocaue y que inicia a las 23. Sin embargo a las 23 UT, el CNR-1 jammer sale del aire al pitido horario. 9545, FEBC, 29/12 2300 UT. Comienzo del servicio en idioma Hmong con inicio del saludo con pajaritos de fondo, junto a canciones y mensajes en el mismo idioma por parte de una voz masculina, la que es interrumpida a las 2305, al parecer por una especie de preguntas y respuestas. SINPO: 55454 (Claudio Galaz, Antena: Hilo de 20 metros, RX: Tecsun PL-660, Sector sur de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Meanwhile, Solomon Islands? q.v. Forget it (gh) ** PHILIPPINES [non]. 15320, Dec 28 at 1522, Tagalog talk with loud music mix at equal level, seems unrelated, and apparent double input to transmitter and/or studio error; 1525 music stops and only talk heard, defaulting to English to say ``Brothers and Sisters of St. Paul``. It`s R. Veritas Asia, relay via VATICAN, 107 degrees back to Middle East Gastarbeiter, but as usual from SMG site, plenty of signal bleeding off in other direxions. Aoki and EiBi correctly show time for this as 1500-1553, while HFCC registration is for 1630-1700 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PHILIPPINES. 15355, RVA, 28/12 2305 UT. Música en filipino y mensajes de una mujer hablando en el mismo idioma, sobre China con SINPO: 45444 (Claudio Galaz, Antena: Hilo de 20 metros, RX: Tecsun PL- 660, QTH: Sector sur de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) Not a Vatican relay on this one (gh) ** RUSSIA. 14996, Dec 27 at 1441, time pips on CW, beating against 15000 WWV/H, but separable with LSB. Poor signal, but seems like some seconds are skipped or doubled, and pip slightly prolonged at ToM. No doubt it`s RWM Moskva-Taldom on its unique standard frequency, which would eventually emit a CW ID (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. Russia on longwave --- A reminder that there may be just one more day left for many of us to hear Russia on longwave. Radio Rossii on 171 (Bolshakovo) and 261 (Taldom) were heard here (southern England) this evening until their usual 2100 closing time. The audio on 171 is a second or so behind. If it happens, the absence of Russia on both of those frequencies really will be the end of an era (Chris Greenway, 2302 UT Dec 30, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Does this include the far east Russian longwave stations? (Walt Salmaniw, BC, ibid.) Yes, Chris. I've been wondering about this. 171 in Bolshakovo is a regular here, day and night with Medi One underneath days, and sharing strength at night. 180 Petro/Kam was a powerhouse all the years I lived in Hawaii (Brock Whaley, Holycross, Bruff, Ireland, ibid.) But if Bolshakovo 171 is seemingly off now, still another strong Russian language station on air, seemingly Tbilisskaya. 171 has a mixture of: RUS - Kavkaz Radio, Tbilisskaya (1200) - Voice of Russia/Radiokanal Kavkaz: 0400-0600, 1200-2000; Radiokanal Kavkaz: 0400-0500 in Russian, 0500-0600, 1200-1300 in Chechen, 1300-1800 in Russian; Voice of Russia: 1800-2000 in Russian. Territorial Centre for Broadcasting and Radio Communications-4, p. Oktyabrjskiy, Tbilisskiy rayon, 352341, Krasnodarskiy Kray, Russia and French language of Toyota advert. MRC - Radio Méditerranée Int'l, Nador (2000) - 0500-0400: Arabic and French transmissions. B.P. 2055, Tanger - Morocco At 0830 UT heard 171 RUS, 252 Kazan-RUS, 261 Taldom Moscow-RUS, and on 279 kHz a mixture of Belarus and an other Russian lang stn program underneath, like Ekaterinburg? Used Mauno's remote unit at Finland. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, 0858 UT Dec 31, ibid.) [and non]. Yes, Russia 171 noted this morning. Denmark 245 very strong at 0700 on its regular schedule. Does anyone know if Turkey ever uses their long wave transmitters these days? Even if on a limited schedule? Happy New Year! (Brock Whaley, Holycross, Bruff, Ireland, ibid.) ** RUSSIA. Since January 1st Radio "Radonezh" stops broadcasting on frequency 846 MHz, which is associated with the dismantling of the radio transmission center in s.Psarki [sic]. Antenna and transmitter will be dismantled, and the land is in public ownership. It involves the construction of a residential district. Disbanding center in turn is connected to the transmitter unprofitability. After retiring from the transmitter GRK "Voice of Russia" radio station "Moscow". Three hours of broadcasting "Radonezh" can not cover the costs of the enterprise. Thanks to all who sought to maintain this frequency and helped us. 30.12.2013 Radio Radonezh ul. Pyatnitskaya 25 115326, Moscow, Russia Phone: +7 (495) 772-79-61 Fax: +7 (495) 959-44-45 E-mail: (Dec 31) (via Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD) ** RUSSIA. 5922.30, Radio Rossii via Yelizovo transmitter site on the Kamchatka peninsula, 0856, Dec 27. Found a very prominent, very distorted spur here of 5930. How long has this been happening? Due to distorted audio rather hard to measure accurately; needs a SDR unit readout (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5930, Dec 31 at 1340, R. Rossii, Pet/Kam, has stayed on late for New Year`s Eve, normally 1300*. With their eclectic music, wish they would stay on just one more hour every night, to surpass the WWCR 5935 ACI now until its 1300*. But the 5930 transmitter has some hum; mixed Russian talk and rock music. Also audible on much weaker // 5940 Magadan, which has also extended, but under R. Australia which on an ordinary night starts 5940 just when Magadan stops at 1300. At 1346, I also find some hum on 7320, presumably Magadan too, but just barely modulated as usual. (BTW I have also been hearing this rather useless signal as early as 0100 UT in dead winter.) For the benefit of denizens in the UT+10 zone, R. Rossii provides a 6- pip NY 2014y timesignal on 5930 at 1400, but it`s 6 seconds late! Continues on air with R. Rossii ID, news about Volgograd, etc., with stingers; 1410 another talk program, 1415 some rather dramatic narration. 1457 check, both 5930 and 7320 are still on and very poorly audible with hum; then I go over to North Korea 9665. 7320, Jan 1 at 0422, R. Rossii, Magadan is still on the air in 2014y, in Russian, undermodulated but almost sufficient now. There have been unclear reports that its SW services would also be closed down; maybe later in January? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DX LISTENING DIGEST) FROM MOSCOW WITH LOVE, FINALE: Information and audio clips here: It`s episode number 150 and the very last show… of the year. Is there reason for celebration, considering all the recent changes in the world of broadcasting? What actually happened at The Voice of Russia? What does the future hold for From Moscow With Love? Now that Natasha and Vasily have a lot of free time on their hands, the presenters share their plans for the coming New Year holidays in Moscow. What are some of the most popular traditions associated with this time of year in Russia? Is it all just Borscht and Vodka? Find out what happened to Vasily when he was the Radio Moscow World Service Santa in the early 80’s. Read more: http://voiceofrussia.com/radio_broadcast/36578738/256786661/ (via Mike Terry, Dec 28, dxldyg via DXLD) Viz.: Download audio file Download audio file This is our last show this year and, who knows, probably the last show on the VR. There’s been a lot of talk on the internet all over the place about the end of shortwave broadcast from the Voice of Russia. Is it going to happen? I don’t know. I haven’t discussed it with anyone around here. Am I worried like some of you are? No. Am I losing sleep over it? No. Am I posting mindless crap about this all over the Internet? No. Do I care? Not really. Do I have a life? Yes, I’d like to think so. So, many stations have already left the shortwave for the same reasons. Are we as shortwave listeners happy? No. But can we put all our emotions aside and deal with reality? You might be asking why there hasn’t been on the air or on the website about this. Good question. I would probably guess it is because folks here don’t make such a big deal out of it. The fact is most of the comrades here at the office will continue working just as they always did. The programs will be carried online, on satellite and on the many local stations around the world in cities like Washington DC, New York, Miami, Chicago. There are DAB broadcasts in the UK and other European cities. The list grows all the time. Yes shortwave listeners are disappointed, I can understand this. But the hobby doesn’t end there. Get a grip. But what about the merging of the station with RIA or RIA News Agency? At the risk of sounding like the devil’s advocate, let me say I am not an employee of this radio station for as long as I’ve been a shortwave listener including the very early years as a kid in Maryland in the years I worked at Radio Moscow World Service, I’ve always felt there was so much room left for improvement at Radio Moscow. Now if this merger with the other Russia news organizations leads to something good, I can only welcome this. It’s been long overdue. But aren’t you sad at all? This is bad news for the shortwave listeners around the world. What I am sad about is the yet unconfirmed information dealing with having to move out of this historic building into a new facility several miles away because, maybe it is because we worked here for a long time, our lives are connected with this building at Pyatnitskaya street. I suppose we feel like the BBC staff when they were forced to leave Bush House. It looks like most of the people are very worried about the future. And what’s that got to do with leaving the building? It is everything. We are talking about our plans for New Year’s holiday as it is a time when the whole country goes on vacation for 10 days and the consequences are felt for the rest of the year. As for yours truly, I’ll probably spend a few days in the country in the fresh air, relaxing, playing with my new radio. But the atmosphere in Moscow if we talk about the first 10 days of January is very nice. It is very quiet during the holidays here. The city is empty, as all the oligarchs are out of here, off-shores. There is no traffic, the lighting is still there, it is magical. I also want to take a late night dinner cruise on the Moskva River aboard the Radisson fleet. That must be a fantastic experience now that Moscow is sparkling with thousands of lights. Let’s talk about traditions a bit more. You mentioned the one about throwing all the old stuff away. The one I never understood, I mean tradition speaking was how and why you are supposed to say farewell to the old year by having a drink a few minutes before midnight. That is very simple, mind you, it is an absolute must to say goodbye to the old year and thank it for all the good things it brought you. After that you must have a shot of vodka or a glass of wine or any other alcoholic beverage provided it is not Champaign [sic]. Champaign is something to see the new year in. I think it is just another excuse to drink. What about all the mythical animals that are always associated with this holiday? It may sound dumb coming from me and it probably is, but I don’t recall paying any attention to these things back in the US but here every year is assigned with an animal, like this time. It is the year of the horse. Right, blue horse. Are Russians really into that sort of thing? I think they are and I am very much into this. And I am ready to tell you all that I know about the year of the blue horse and the oriental and occidental horoscopes, and their influence on people. But let’s do it next week because it is a very interesting topic and we simply have no time for it now. One New Year’s tradition here is to have Santa Claus or Father Frost and his Snow Maiden visit kids from their parents workplace. In USSR another New Year’s tradition which I hated was watching TV till the early hours of morning. There was nothing to watch but a lame soviet produced New Year’s special called Blue Light made up of ideologically safe jokes and unbearable Soviet singers. And later that night it would be followed by an east German production featuring dancers from the Friedrichstadt-Palast Cancan troop (via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. Full schedule of broadcasting WGD "Voice of Russia" in the winter season B-13, since [sic] January 1, 2014. Automatic translation by google translator language UTC transmitter kHz kW direction notes ARABIC 1600-2100 Yerevan 1314 1000 Near & Middle East ARABIC 1600-2100 Krasnodar 1170 1200 Near & Middle East CHINESE 1000-1400 Irkutsk 1080 500 Asia CHINESE 1000-1400 Ussurijsk 648 500 Asia CHINESE 1000-1400 Irkutsk 5900 250 Asia DARI,PASHTO 1200-1400 Dushanbe 801 500 Near & Middle East DARI,PASHTO 1200-1400 Dushanbe 648 1000 Near & Middle East ENGLISH 0100-0200 Dushanbe 648 1000 Near & Middle East ENGLISH 0100-0200 Dushanbe 801 500 Near & Middle East ENGLISH 0100-0200 Dushanbe 801 500 Asia ENGLISH 0100-0200 Dushanbe 927 300 Near & Middle East ENGLISH 0200-0300 Dushanbe 648 1000 Near & Middle East ENGLISH 0200-0300 Dushanbe 972 1000 Near & Middle East ENGLISH 0300-0400 Dushanbe 972 1000 Near & Middle East ENGLISH 0300-0400 Dushanbe 648 1000 Near & Middle East ENGLISH 0600-0700 Irkutsk 21800 250 Australia, New Zealand ENGLISH 0700-0800 Moscow 11635 40 Europe DRM ENGLISH 0700-0800 Irkutsk 21800 250 Australia, New Zealand ENGLISH 0700-0900 Irkutsk 21800 250 Asia ENGLISH 0800-0900 Irkutsk 21800 250 Australia, New Zealand ENGLISH 0800-0900 Moscow 11635 40 Europe DRM ENGLISH 0800-0900 Kaliningrad 9625 15 Europe DRM (channel 1) ENGLISH 0900-1000 Moscow 11635 40 Europe DRM ENGLISH 0900-1000 Kaliningrad 9625 15 Europe DRM (channel 2) ENGLISH 0900-1000 Ussurijsk 648 500 Asia ENGLISH 1000-1200 Kaliningrad 9625 15 Europe DRM (channel 2) ENGLISH 1000-1200 Irkutsk 12035 15 Asia DRM ENGLISH 1000-1200 Irkutsk 9560 250 Central and SE Asia ENGLISH 1200-1300 Dushanbe 972 1000 Near & Middle East ENGLISH 1200-1500 Kaliningrad 9625 15 Europe DRM (channel 1) ENGLISH 1300-1400 Irkutsk 9560 250 Central and SE Asia ENGLISH 1300-1400 Dushanbe 927 300 Near & Middle East ENGLISH 1400-1445 Ussurijsk 648 500 Asia ENGLISH 1400-1500 Dushanbe 648 1000 Near & Middle East ENGLISH 1500-1600 Dushanbe 927 300 Near & Middle East ENGLISH 1500-1600 Irkutsk 5900 250 Asia ENGLISH 1600-1700 Dushanbe 801 500 Near & Middle East ENGLISH 1600-1700 Irkutsk 5900 250 Central and SE Asia ENGLISH 1600-1700 Dushanbe 801 500 Asia ENGLISH 1700-1800 Dushanbe 801 500 Near & Middle East ENGLISH 1700-1800 Dushanbe 801 500 Asia ENGLISH 1700-1800 Dushanbe 648 1000 Near & Middle East ENGLISH 1800-1900 Dushanbe 927 300 Near & Middle East ENGLISH 1800-1900 Dushanbe 801 500 Near & Middle East ENGLISH 1800-1900 Dushanbe 648 1000 Near & Middle East ENGLISH 2100-2200 Moscow 6000 40 Europe DRM FRENCH 1700-2000 Kaliningrad 6125 15 Europe DRM GERMAN 0900-1200 Kaliningrad 9625 15 Europe DRM (channel 1) GERMAN 1500-1700 Moscow 9680 40 Europe DRM GERMAN 1700-1900 Moscow 6110 40 Europe DRM HINDI 1300-1400 Irkutsk 7400 15 Asia DRM HINDI 1300-1400 Dushanbe 972 1000 Asia HINDI 1500-1600 Dushanbe 801 500 Asia IRAN/PERSIAN 1500-1700 Yerevan 1377 1000 Near & Middle East IRAN/PERSIAN 1500-1700 Dushanbe 648 1000 Near & Middle East JAPANESE 1200-1300 Irkutsk 5980 250 Asia JAPANESE 1300-1400 Irkutsk 5980 250 Asia KURDISH 0500-0600 Yerevan 1314 1000 Near & Middle East KURDISH 1500-1600 Yerevan 1314 1000 Near & Middle East POLISH 1700-1800 Kaliningrad 1143 150 Europe RUSSIAN 0000-0100 Groznyy 657 50 Caucasus RUSSIAN 0000-2300 Dushanbe 1503 500 Central Asia (CIS) RUSSIAN 0100-0300 Groznyy 657 50 Caucasus RUSSIAN 0100-0300 Yerevan 1395 500 Caucasian region RUSSIAN 0300-0600 Yerevan 1395 500 Caucasian region RUSSIAN 0400-0500 Grigoriopol 1548 500 Ukraine, Moldova RUSSIAN 0400-0600 Grigoriopol 1548 500 Europe RUSSIAN 0500-0800 Grigoriopol 1548 500 Ukraine, Moldova RUSSIAN 0500-0800 Grigoriopol 999 500 Ukraine, Moldova RUSSIAN 0600-1200 Yerevan 1395 500 Caucasian region RUSSIAN 0600-1200 Groznyy 657 50 Caucasus RUSSIAN 0800-0900 Kaliningrad 9625 15 Europe DRM (channel 2) RUSSIAN 0800-1700 Grigoriopol 999 500 Ukraine, Moldova RUSSIAN 1200-1500 Kaliningrad 9625 15 Europe DRM (channel 2) RUSSIAN 1200-1600 Yerevan 1395 500 Caucasian region RUSSIAN 1600-1700 Grigoriopol 999 500 Europe RUSSIAN 1600-1900 Grigoriopol 999 500 Belarus RUSSIAN 1600-2000 Yerevan 1395 500 Caucasian region RUSSIAN 1600-2000 Groznyy 657 50 Caucasus RUSSIAN 1700-1800 Grigoriopol 1548 500 Europe RUSSIAN 1700-1800 Grigoriopol 999 500 Ukraine, Moldova RUSSIAN 1700-1800 Grigoriopol 1548 500 Ukraine, Moldova RUSSIAN 1700-1800 Grigoriopol 999 500 Europe RUSSIAN 1800-1900 Kaliningrad 1143 150 Europe RUSSIAN 1800-1900 Grigoriopol 1413 500 Ukraine, Moldova RUSSIAN 1800-1900 Grigoriopol 999 500 Europe RUSSIAN 1800-1900 Grigoriopol 1413 500 Europe RUSSIAN 1800-1900 Grigoriopol 999 500 Ukraine, Moldova RUSSIAN 1800-2100 Kaliningrad 1215 1200 Baltic Countries RUSSIAN 1800-2100 Kaliningrad 1143 150 Baltic Countries RUSSIAN 1900-2000 Grigoriopol 1413 500 Europe RUSSIAN 1900-2000 Kaliningrad 1143 150 Europe RUSSIAN 1900-2000 Grigoriopol 1413 500 Ukraine, Moldova RUSSIAN 2000-2100 Kaliningrad 1143 150 Europe RUSSIAN 2000-2400 Groznyy 657 50 Caucasus RUSSIAN 2000-2400 Yerevan 1395 500 Caucasian region RUSSIAN 2100-2200 Kaliningrad 1215 1200 Baltic Countries RUSSIAN 2100-2300 Grigoriopol 999 500 Belarus RUSSIAN 2100-2300 Grigoriopol 999 500 Ukraine, Moldova RUSSIAN 2100-2300 Grigoriopol 999 500 Europe SERBIAN 1500-1700 Grigoriopol 1548 500 Europe SERBIAN 2000-2130 Grigoriopol 1548 500 Europe SPANISH 2000-2100 Moscow 6000 40 Europe DRM TCHETCHEN/RUSS 0300-0600 Krasnodar 171 1200 Caucasus TCHETCHEN/RUSS 0300-0600 Groznyy 657 50 Caucasus TCHETCHEN/RUSS 1200-1600 Groznyy 657 50 Caucasus TCHETCHEN/RUSS 1200-1600 Krasnodar 171 1200 Caucasus TURKISH 0200-0300 Yerevan 1377 1000 Near & Middle East TURKISH 0300-0400 Yerevan 1350 1000 Near & Middle East TURKISH 0300-0400 Yerevan 1377 1000 Near & Middle East TURKISH 0400-0500 Yerevan 1350 1000 Near & Middle East TURKISH 1300-1400 Yerevan 1314 1000 Near & Middle East TURKISH 1300-1400 Yerevan 1350 1000 Near & Middle East TURKISH 1400-1500 Yerevan 1314 1000 Near & Middle East TURKISH 1400-1500 Yerevan 1350 1000 Near & Middle East TURKISH 1500-1600 Yerevan 1350 1000 Near & Middle East TURKISH 2100-2230 Yerevan 1314 1000 Near & Middle East URDU 1400-1500 Irkutsk 7400 15 Asia DRM URDU 1400-1500 Dushanbe 801 500 Asia URDU 1400-1500 Dushanbe 927 300 Asia VIETNAMESE 1200-1300 Irkutsk 9560 250 Asia (Department of frequency planning WGD "Voice of Russia", editor, via Mike Bethge-D pres of WWDXC, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 27 via DXLD) On liquidation of State Organization "Russian State Broadcasting Company", "Voice of Russia", (FGBI WGD "Voice of Russia"). In accordance with paragraph 5 of the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated December 9, 2013 * 894 "On some measures to improve the efficiency of public media" (Rossiyskaya Gazeta , 2013, December 10) and the Government of the Russian Federation of July 26, 2010. * 539 "On approval of the establishment, reorganization, liquidation and change the type of federal government agencies, as well as allegations of federal statutes and state institutions rewiring" (Collection of legislation!y Islands of the Russian Federation, 2010, ? 31, art. 4238) ORDER: 1. Eliminate the established procedure under the authority of the Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communications (Rospechat) Federal State Institution "Russian State Radio Company" "Voice of Russia" (FGBI WGD "Voice of Russia"). 2. Rospechat within the powers assigned to carry out activities aimed at eliminating FGBI WGD "Voice of Russia". 3. The enforcement of this Order shall be the head Rospechat MV Seslavinskiy. Minister NA Nikiforov (Order of the Ministry of Communications of Russia * 417 of 18.12.2013 - ) (via Mike Bethge-D pres of WWDXC, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 27 via DXLD) ** RUSSIA [non]. 9395, Dec 26 at 2225, VOR in English, fair in phone interview about South Sudan; via ARMENIA. This service is in its final week before contracting in 2014y to nothing but Irkutsk site, with English only for AustralAsia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Does this mean that the transmission site at Novosibirsk-Oyash is being discontinued for ALL shortwave service? If so, is this a temporary shutdown due to transmitter repairs or a more permanent thing? Just curious (Shawn Fahrer, NY, Dec 28, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, along with long- and mediumwave transmissions from there (Aleksandr Diadischev, Ukraine, ibid.) Re: Oyash-Raduga transmissions --- Has this really been confirmed? If so: What will become of the Trans World Radio transmissions which had to be moved from Samara to Oyash-Raduga just twelve months ago? If RTRS indeed throws out TWR again it would impressively demonstrate what a naive conception it is to cancel regular shortwave services and lease airtime again in times of crisis, as the BBC believes it could do. Concerning the referenced "From Moscow with Love" programme: What an utter trash talk. Would be no loss if Dmitri Kiselev takes it off with immediate effect. One can only wonder if it just reflected how the hosts understand the situation or contained some real information, first of all the "yet unconfirmed" one that the ul. Pyatnitskaya 25 building will be abandoned (Kai Ludwig, ibid.) It is impossible to completely fathom out what is currently happening but obviously there has been a major re-organisation of shortwave services. I cannot see that the Novosibirsk site listed on the continuing shortwave list. VOR has been liquidated along with RIA Novosti into a combined Russia Today. It is now certain that all government media outlets are now under one control and an end to decentralised output (Robin L. Harwood VK7RH, Spotlight On Swling- Ämateur Magazine, ibid.) Ciao ! Ultime ore del Servizio Italiano della Voce della Russia??? notare che nel RUS-DX 748 qui riprodotto non ci sono piu tracce del Servizio Italiano neppure sulle onde medie di 1548 kHz; pertanto per capire cosa decideranno di fare, o non fare. Sono graditi vostri monitoraggi alle 1700-1800 & 2130-2230 UT. http://italian.ruvr.ru/2011/01/20/40500609.html (Dario Monferini, Dec 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST) > Has this really been confirmed? It has been confirmed by an employee of that site. > If so: What will become of the Trans World Radio transmissions which had to be moved from Samara to Oyash-Raduga just twelve months ago? It's not a problem to transfer them to Irkutsk or somewhere else. -- (Aleksandr Diadischev, Ukraine, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Trans World Radio India from Dec 29: 1245-1345 NF 9790 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Various, ex 5955 IRK 1345-1500 NF 9925 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Various, ex 5955 IRK 1500-1530 NF 9670 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Various, ex 5955 IRK 1530-1600 NF 9670 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Urdu, ex 1500-1530 on 6115 NVS - 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Interestingly Dec 29 was also mentioned as last day of the Mongolian broadcasts from Voice of Russia, so maybe of Italian and Portuguese as well? If so the last Portuguese transmission goes out right now (on 9750 from Armenia). And so the era of Trans World Radio shortwave broadcasts from Russia ends after at least nine years (in winter 2004/2005 they started transmissions from Yekaterinburg back to Europe), and when considering international mediumwave broadcasting after almost 14 years (first broadcast via Krasny Bor 1494 kHz on 3 Jan 2000). I think this is also the end of the relays of foreign broadcasters from Russia altogether, or do I miss something? If really it is an end after 22 years. Now I wonder what will become of the Taldom site if VGTRK indeed takes Radio Rossii off LW and SW on New Year's Eve. I would not assume that RTRS still keeps the plant in operation for nothing but a few hours of DRM for Voice of Russia (Kai Ludwig, Dec 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST) And even more questions: 171 kHz: OK, VGTRK planned to abandon it anyway. But what about 270 kHz, or rather, what does Radio Slovo think about its closure? http://www.radio-slovo.ru pretends that it is still on air if I do not overlook something. And what about Na volne Tatarstana, forced out of Samara and moved to Raduga with two of its transmissions just two months ago? Already another new variant (maybe Angarsk, but has this site suitable antennas at all?) or have they given it up now? What a spectacular collapse! (Kai Ludwig, Dec 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Excellent conditions this morning for TPs --- I was still hearing them at 11 to 11:30 AM local time several hours after local sunrise. I also heard several Russian longwave stations on 153, 189, the rarely heard 171 and 279. I wonder whether these will continue after the end of the month. Especially quiet conditions at the cottage makes this all a lot of fun. Full report to follow by next weekend. 73, (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, Dec 31, DXplorer via Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD) Sometimes decommissioning measures delay. After the experience of the past decades of New Year's Eve to Russian calendar Christmas 7 January etc., or Russian vacations / holidays --- we should be very patient, and accurate monitor observations only from 8 to 12 Jan rate properly. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th January - New Year's Holiday (Russian Nowogodnije kanikuly) 7 January - Russian Orthodox Christmas (Russian Roschdestwo Khristovo) 73 wolfy (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) For anyone wishing to record for posterity some of what may be the final hours for these transmitters, it may give the recording an interesting "date stamp" if Putin's New Year message is included. If the pattern of recent years is followed, all State radio and TV channels will come together for a simulcast of this at 1957-2005 UT. Of course, in the light of recent tragic events the Presidential speech may be longer than usual, and therefore start earlier. Listen out for the "fanfare" interval signal (x 3) traditionally used for such national occasions (an example of this this can be heard on IntervalSignals.net/Russia/National), followed by Putin speech/Kremlin chimes/national anthem (David Kernick, Interval Signals Online, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I guess - there is a chance to get Taldom 261 kHz still on air. The big transmitter center is home of the Russian timesignals, also is mentioned still in recent B-13-B Voice of Russia DRM mode transmissions, and R Rossii European service schedule as still from Jan 1st. For sure Magadan 234 kHz will be ceased for ever. 73 wolfy (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) Yes, Russia 171 noted this morning. Denmark 245 very strong at 0700 on its regular schedule. Does anyone know if Turkey ever uses their long wave transmitters these days? Even if on a limited schedule? Happy New Year! (Brock Whaley, Holycross, Bruff, Ireland, Dec 31, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) The Novy Psarkiy transmitter near Noginsk goes off for good tonight at 1900 UT. It will be dismantled and the grounds be used for a house building project. It was no longer economically feasible to operate this facility after 549 kHz has been closed down and Radio Podmoskovye abandoned 846 kHz, leaving only the three hours of Radio Radonezh on 846 kHz which right now go out for the last time, preceded by the famous interrupted test tone with which the transmitter was already on when first checked at 1554 UT. Radio Radonezh will for its three mediumwave hours instead use 612 kHz from Kurkino where it has already been put on before for a transitional period. Airtime on this frequency has become vacant when Voice of Russia cancelled its Moscow city service. This obviously led to a confusion with Radio Mayak in the announcement Radio Radonezh has posted at http://radonezh.ru/84143 The closure of the Novy Psarkiy facility is particularly remarkable since it is just seven years old. When it opened at yearend 2006 it replaced the old Noginsk site on 846 kHz and the Chkalovskaya site on 549 kHz. It seems that elder DSV-150 tube transmitters have been installed here again, but the antenna was completely new: http://www.rstr.ru/new_11.htm Both Noginsk and Chkalovskaya opened around 1930 and once were shortwave sites, too. The last service that left the air was a transmission of Radio Rossii to the Arctic regions of European Russia, closed in 2003. Still in the nineties even ancient shortwave transmitters from the fourties, the famous 120 kW design, were in operation at Noginsk and could be singled out by their characteristic buzz. Shortwave from Chkalovskaya, in the end again a single frequency of Radio Rossii, in this case for Belarus, went away around 2000 I think. Chkalovskaya photos: http://foto.mail.ru/mail/leon77-77/rc5/ Also of note are the ruins of the 2 x 1200 kW facility at Elektrostal, once used on 171 and 873 kHz: http://photo.qip.ru/users/lisyi/2411517/ (Kai Ludwig, Dec 31, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) The VoR schedule in English from 1st Jan is now on their website http://voiceofrussia.com/radio_broadcast/frequencies/ It looks at first glance to be the one posted here. Spanish website hasn't been updated yet http://spanish.ruvr.ru/radio_broadcast/frequencies/ Russian schedule is here http://rus.ruvr.ru/radio_broadcast/frequencies/ Not sure about the others (Stephen Cooper, Dec 31, dxldyg via DXLD) ALL MW, except 08-18 DRM on 9625 (gh, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Schedule from 1 January to 31 March here http://voiceofrussia.com/radio_broadcast/frequencies/ Apart from DRM there are no shortwave broadcasts to Europe. (Mike Terry, Dec 31, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) S NOVYM GODOM, DOROGIYE DRUSYA! At least 171 kHz at Bolshakovo and the Taldom shortwave outlet, now on 5905, have survived into 2014, referring to the relevant Moscow time of course. On 261 only Vakarel is audible, with Techno // 576, but that's nothing unusual here since only a fraction of the former 2500 kW glory remained at Taldom, so it could still be on air, too. Of course it now remains to be seen if either outlet will come back after its overnight break. Shortly before 2000 UT 171 had Vladimir Vladimirovich two times, with the stronger signal being the Voice of Russia one from Tbilisskaya, cut off at 2001 or thereabouts. Radio Rossii and Voice of Russia (Russian program) were out of synch so much that it was not even possible to tell who was first. Two completely independent playouts of the speech I think. And it had a weird feeling to hear the Russian anthem playing on 693 kHz, just one hour before this transmitter goes off for good. What leaves me puzzling is that no delay between 171 and 5905 can be noted now, also not when they played Vilja Song, thus providing the help of a singer's formant. Earlier in the day 171 lagged about five seconds behind the Taldom shortwave outlet. Either (or both) site must have switched audio sources, perhaps Taldom from terrestrial circuit to the long-winded satellite feed, but what's the rationale? During this earlier monitoring I also checked out the switch-over from 12075 to 7310: 12075 was cut off at about 1200:20. Probably a carrier appeared on 7310 momentary at 1203, then I did not note further run-up things until the carrier with modulation was cut on at 1225 (Kai Ludwig, 2046 UT Dec 31, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, 171 kHz at Bolshakovo noted this morning at 0920. Usual signal. Medi 1 underneath (Brock Whaley, Holycross, Bruff, Ireland, Jan 1, ibid.) VGTRK (All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company) has decided to switch off LW and some MW transmitters on January 9, Mikhail Timofeyev from St. Petersburg writes in open_dx yg -- (Aleksandr Diadischev, Ukraine, Jan 1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DX LISTENING DIGEST) It must be pointed out that the already quoted posting, for reference enclosed below in the hope that the Cyrillic characters will come through, talks about "DV/KV" = "LW/SW" frequencies VGTRK has cancelled effective Jan 9. So shortwave will go away together with longwave and certain, so far unspecified mediumwave outlets. This is really more than mere DX news. I'm aware of a former teacher of Russian at Gera who listens to Radio Rossii by way of the Taldom shortwave outlet. So it indeed has real listeners (Kai Ludwig, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Rossii is still on air from Bolshakovo on 171. Also the Taldom shortwave transmission is on air on 12075 again, so it survived into 2014 as well. The big five seconds delay has not returned, both frequencies are just a slight echo apart, perhaps taking the same satellite signal with different equipment, as it could be recently observed also on Voice of Russia transmissions from Zehlendorf / Bolshakovo / Grigoriopol. In fact the longwave transmitters at both Bolshakovo and Taldom (this one became audible here as well after Vakarel had been switched off for the night) did not observe the scheduled overnight break 2100-0100 but stayed on air continuously, also not taking a later break, at least both 171 and 261 were still on air at 0150. [693 & 171 kHz: see GERMANY] I also made a point of checking 693 to see if perhaps again they made the mistake --- but no, only static here anymore. So indeed the last Berlin mediumwave outlet is gone, the last mediumwave frequency of former Rundfunk der DDR as well. If referring to AM broadcasting in general what is left now are the shortwave transmissions from Nauen and the 177 kHz longwave transmitter at Zehlendorf, now making more racket than ever since they cranked up the compression (which now pretty much sucks up the studio background during the infamous sea weather forecasts). The closure was of course completely casual, the transmitter just dropped off at 2100 sharp, after the TS-like audio element Voice of Russia now plays on top of the hour. I waited for the last frequency announcement of the German service before 1900, expecting a nice thing like the "there will only be one analogue frequency anymore" heard exactly a year ago from Samara -- but there was no frequency announcement anymore, in fact no continuity announcement of any kind at all. It all has meanwhile turned into a sterile, stylish automated playout. At least the programmes itself are still not the trash talk they have meanwhile made of the English and Russian services (if Russian sources can be trusted, but why should they not?). What now needs clarification is the situation in regard to the Oash- Raduga site. This page, last updated on Dec 26, indeed no longer shows 171 kHz, but it still shows Radio Slovo on 270: http://www.novosibdx.info/radio.html And please check also if the Na volne Tatarstana transmissions 0410- 0500 on 11790 and 0610-0700 on 9895 are still on air. If not they will now have a problem: Angarsk has no antennas for these target areas (Far East and Siberia itself, respectively), Tbilisskaya has not, either. Insiders seem to remember that Taldom had some rhombics aiming eastwards, which now could become their last resort, if they can still be used (the big parabolic antennas for transatlantic transmissions can apparently not). (Kai Ludwig, 1112 UT Jan 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re: Noginsk / Novy Psarkiy transmitter shuts down --- Thanks warmly to Kai, First class material as always. As I write this, Radio Rossii is still (at 2105 UT on 31 December) carrying the news via Pedaselga 765. A delay perhaps? (Dan Goldfarb, England, 2107 UT Dec 31, mwmasts yg via DXLD) Still on at 2335. Happy New Year! (Mauno Ritola, Finland, ibid.) I have learned from Aleksandr Diadischev that there will be closure of the 693 station from Zehlendorf in Brandenburg State as well as the 720 Vestokha (Sakhalinsk) stations. Also the stations in Tbilisskaya and Groznyy on 171 and 657 which carry Radio Kavkaz will stay on air beyond the 9 January shutdown. If I hear any more I will let you know. 73's and 88's (Dan Goldfarb, Jan 1, mwmasts yg via DXLD) Russia: VOR/Radio VR. No sign of anything on 9395 kHz tonight (31 December) at 2200UT - so it looks like the new schedule of VOR/Radio VR is already in effect (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, 2258 UT Dec 31, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) That was the best frequency for me for VoR in the UK. The broadcasts to Australia in the morning came in well too so I will try them as well as DRM in English in the next few days (Stephen Cooper, ibid.) ** RUSSIA. Decommissioning Arman Magadan of LW 234 kHz is confirmed: If you have not seen: There have already been from the Khanty-Mansisk where you (already reduced accordingly to 500 kW) naturally to Surgut 225 kHz applies here (Russian website, Dec 31) at 2025 UT Dec 31: 171 \\ 252 and 261 (Powerhouse Taldom !) all three same RR program. I guess - there is a chance to get Moscow Taldom 261 kHz still on air. The big transmitter center is home of the Russian Standard Time signals, also is mentioned still in recent B-13-B Voice of Russia DRM mode transmissions, and R Rossii's European service schedule as still from Jan 1st. For sure LW site Magadan 234 kHz will be ceased for ever. Sometimes decommissioning measures delay. After the experience of the past decades of New Year's Eve to Russian calendar Christmas 7 January etc, or Russian vacations / holidays ... we should be very patient, and accurate monitor observations only from 8 to 12 Jan rate properly. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th January - New Year's Holiday (Russian Nowogodnije kanikuly) 7 January - Russian Orthodox Christmas (Russian Roschdestwo Khristovo) (Wolfgang Büschel, Dec 31, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews via DXLD) Photos of the disassembly of the radio center in Russia Samara #3: Click for enlargement on the thumbnails. (website, Dec 26, ibid.) Koenigsberg / Kaliningrad radio history substantiated report. http://gako.name/mainsite/kaliningradarchives/-9/674-2013-07-15-09-16-15 (Jan 1) (Büschel, ibid.) ** RUSSIA. QSL November and December: Taldomsky radio center, 3 e-QSL in DOC format with photos of the antenna system. Frequency 6095 kHz and 12075, Broadcast Radio Russia. Reports sent two parties to address rc-3-buch [at] mail.ru, waited 40 days, respectively, and 1 day. Signed: Andrew Shaidurov (Dmitry Mezin, open_dx via Moscow Information DX Bulletin, Weekly electronic publication # 872, December 18, 2013, Editor of the current issue: Fyodor Brazhnikov, via RusDX dated 22 Dec but distributed 28 Dec; meant to be 29 Dec? via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. Addition to the number RUS-DX 747: On the night of New Year's Eve, from 1745 to 2300 UT, 31 December 2013 radio station on "Green Eyes" will live author Sergei Komarov. Frequencies: • 1584 kHz AM ground wave broadcasting area: Moscow and Moscow region • 25900 kHz AM skywave broadcasting zone : Italy, Holland, England, Scotland (the first jump) and the USA (third jump). Broadcast area are based on the reports received. All callers to the studio on air phone (the number will be announced on the air), as well as to all who sent reports for admission to address arb @ radiostation.ru QSL cards will be sent to radio stations "Green Eyes." All listeners Happy New Year - Year of the Horse. I wish all equine health seriously popahat in the New Year and the neighing of the soul! Sergey Komarov (via RusDX Dec 29 via DXLD) ** RWANDA. 6055, Radio Rwanda, 0434-0445, Dec 30. Good reception of a series of ads (one for smart phones, etc.) in assume Kinyarwanda. Excellent night for Africa! (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RWANDA [non]. 15310, R. Inyabutatu (via Kostinbrod-Sofia), *1700- 1710 28 Dec. Opening with guitar-backed "local" song, couple of clear "Inyabutatu" IDs + "kiloHertz" & "wa wa wa, com" (presumed) website, then Kinyarwanda chat with several Rwanda mentions. Tune/out to chase down breakfast (Dan Sheedy, Swami's Beach, CA PL380/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 15284.982, at 0400 UT Dec 28 logged 1000 Hertz test tone at Riyadh SW channel, but Swahili registered program started suddenly crash midst at 0402:30 UT a little bit late. Female announcer, S=9 signal on Ceylon island remote SDR unit (Wolfgang Bueschel, Dec 28, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SERBIA [non]. Thus ends this year for QSLs! December has been a good month! International Radio Serbia 9685, not one, but *two* separate letters with Listeners' Club noted on the front and pictures of their broadcasting center and antenna arrays in only 853 days for English report on Serbian program with US $2 return postage, follow-up with registered airmail and 3 IRCs in May of 2012, and finally follow- up via airmail with mint stamps in May of 2013. QSL arrived 7 months after last follow-up! They were postmarked Christmas Day and received 31 December (Al Muick, Whitehall PA USA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9685 site was not Serbia but across in Bosnia-Hercegovina, if you are counting countries. This service to North America has now been canceled. Did they not say anything about that?? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) [non non] BEO = Stubline Serbia movable SW truck unit of 17 kW, probably NATO bombed antenna area transformed into farmland usage this year, instead (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DXLD) [non] 6100, Dec 26, 2212, music, then bored-sounding IRS announceress talking about Serbia; poor to fair, but wasn`t expecting to hear her at all. Best time of year for this English semihour for Europe to reach so much further, and proves that IRS could still broadcast to North America if they cared to, which in previous winters was on 6190 at 0130, exactly what they pretend to do: http://voiceofserbia.org/program-schedule (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 6080, SIBC, Dec 27 randomly from 0736 to 0900; usual format; "This is the National Service of the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation, Radio Hapi Isles, transmitting to you from our studios in Honiara. We proudly bring you the news on the hour in Pijin and English"; 0802-0814 news in Pijin; 0814-0829 news in English; at times almost fair (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6080, SIBC, Dec 26 0807-0817, 34343, Pidgin, news, ID at 0807 and 0811. [by Jan 1 at same time on 9545 instead; see below] (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) 9545, SIBC/R. Happy Islands [sic], Soft pops and island music. Went over 0900 ToH with island music, then 0901 M announcer starting with conch shell blowing and back to pop music. 0904 studio M mentioning "...for the past week..." but couldn't copy much more. M returned at 0909 mentioned "thank you for your company". 0911 "Feliz Navidad". 0915 studio M again very briefly. Music intro, then religious segment with talk by M mentioning God many times and "amen"s. 0927 outro with mention of Solomon Islands and same religious music. Promo with mention of R. Happy Isles and phone # at 0928, then program promo. Holiday greeting from a religious store. 0930:25 nice ID, New Years Eve greeting and mention of national radio and upcoming "Countdown" by live studio M DJ. Getting very fady after 0920. 0952-1000 good and nearly 100% copy with New Years Eve lottery program with M and W host, conch shell blowing and ID, then into news. Much better on the Delta Loop than the Wellbrook. (31 Dec.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo. PA, USA, Perseus with Wellbrook ALA1530S+ and 153' triangular delta loop, HCDX via DXLD) [non]. BRAZIL, 6079.89, R. Marumby, 0840 soft music which sounded // 9545 at first but of course not. 0859 canned announcement by M ending with M definitely // 9514.97. This freq fair and 9514.97 good. No sign of 6080 SIBC. (31 Dec.) (Valko, ibid.) [later report with additional info:] 0952-1000 good and nearly 100% copy with New Years Eve lottery/drawing program with Joan and Paul hosts (Paul drawing and Joan announcing the winners), conch shell blowing and ID, then into news. Still going after 1100 but 9540 China causes some slopover QRM at that time. Still on at 1327 with talk by M but 9550 Cuba splattering all over it. Guess they finally decided to get it over with and move off 6080 and the QRM from R. Australia. Much better on the Delta Loop than the Wellbrook. (31 Dec.) 73 and a Happy New Year to all of you!! (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153' vertical triangular Delta Loop, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DXLD) Reactivated frequency - 9545.0, SIBC, Dec 31 with special extended New Year's Eve program into their local 2014; 1130 in Pijin with call in program with countdown till 2014; at 1300 UT New Year's Greeting at their local midnight 2014; "Happy Celebrations"; "8 minutes into 2014"; 1309 National Anthem followed by speech in English by member of the government wishing people a Happy New Year 2014 and about government services in 2014; at 1333 again with NA. Here at my location, 9545 is not the best frequency for SIBC due to a lot of heavy adjacent splatter making for long segments of unusable reception. https://app.box.com/s/uh2re5vqr8em4rzc8ax6 contains audio clip of a portion of my reception (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, Note that the SIBC website - http://www.sibconline.com.sb/national-programmes/ - indeed does show "Pijin" as the language used. Happy New Year! (Ron Howard, DX LISTENING DIGEST) SIBC 9545 will stay on air until 6 am local time or 19: UT. Should be an easy copy in Europe! 73 (Nick VK2DX Hacko, NSW, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Thank you for the tip! At 1530 UT I caught a weak signal on 9545 kHz with ABBA playing "Happy New Year". I didn't hear any IDs but I presume it was SIBC. I made a recording available at: http://youtu.be/0ZlLfJFNbrk Happy New Year! (Tudor Vedeanu, (Gura Humorului, Romania), dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DX LISTENING DIGEST) SIBC 9545.000 exact kHz and FEBA Arabic via Kigali RRW 9550 side by side, same S=9+10dB level on remote rx in Australia. Tudor, - La multi ani! (Wolfgang Büschel, 1834 UT Dec 31, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Full credit for this one goes to Dave Valko and DXLD. Thank you! Recording of SIBC Happy Hour: http://nickvk2dx.blogspot.com.au/ 73 (Nick VK2DX Hacko, NSW, ibid.) My friend is in Honiara for next 3 weeks. I've asked him to visit SIBC and see if they can QSL. If that fails, I will print batch of QSL cards and mail them to SIBC. We need to get them to QSL! (Nick VK2DX Hacko, Dec 31, via Ron Howard, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9545, SIBC, Jan 01 0809-0828, 45433-45444, Pidgin, news and talk and music, ID at 0811 and 0812 (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX IC-R75, NRD- 525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, DE-1121, ANT, 70m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Currently getting Honiara pretty well on 9545, 0950 with religious session. Into pops 0952, vernacular announcements. I imagine this is a replacement for 6080 in this time period (extended schedule). 1/1 (Craig, Bathurst NSW, Seager, Racal RA-6790, Horizontal Loop, ARDXC via DXLD) 9545, SIBS - Honiara. Further to Craig's note yesterday: At 0900 in English here now, ex 6080 to avoid RA-Shepparton, fairly good signal and in the clear on Jan 2 with a mix of electronically tinged island pops, bad country & western songs and old Aussie rock ballads. ID at 0907 which in part was "…keep the radio on, ….you're listening to Radio Happy Isles, the Voice of the Nation….". Religious program at 0916. The carrier or audio has slight hum on it, but nothing too much to worry about --- yet!! (Rob Wagner, NSW, Jan 1, ARDXC mailing list via DXLD) 9545.0, Jan 1 at 1044, I awaken long enough to check for SIBC reactivated here: a JBA carrier incomparable to 9580 RA. There had been numerous DXLD yg reports of SIBC December 31 back on 9545 ex- 6080, with New Year special extended all-night including 1300 UT = midnight in the +11 zone. Evidently replaces 6080, since R. Australia reneged on its agreement to ``occupy`` 6080 only until SIBC was ready to use it. Remains to be heard what the normal hours on 9545 will be, besides 5020v (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) SIBC on 9545 kHz started at 1900 UT on Jan 1. I was able to confirm an open carrier after the program end at 1200 until 1900. Probably transmitted on 9545 kHz in all times (S. Hasegawa, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Sei-ichi, Indeed on Jan 1 noted open carrier at my first check at 1323, on 9545.0, and still there at my last check at 1513. Years ago they left their transmitter on for a very long time after their audio ended. Seems they are doing the same thing again. Wish they would transmit some audio while the tx is on, even if they repeated some earlier programming would be fine (Ron Howard, California, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [NON! some blockages on 9545:] PHILIPPINES, 9545, VOA, 29/12 2255 UT. Vía, Tinang. Música instrumental con audio en chino, y en donde domina la frecuencia el CNR-1 Jammer, que pasa avisos en chino de manera constante, y que también interfiere a la identificació n de inicio que FEBC realiza 10 minutos antes del servicio en idioma Hmong dirigida hacia Tailandia, vía Bocaue y que inicia a las 23. Sin embargo a las 23 UT, el CNR-1 jammer sale del aire al pitido horario. PHILIPPINES, 9545, FEBC, 29/12 2300 UT. Comienzo del servicio en idioma Hmong con inicio del saludo con pajaritos de fondo, junto a canciones y mensajes en el mismo idioma por parte de una voz masculina, la que es interrumpida a las 2305, al parecer por una especie de preguntas y respuestas. SINPO: 55454 (Claudio Galaz, Chile, condiglista yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DXLD) ** SOMALIA [non]. Some changes of clandestine broadcasts: Radio Xoriyo from Dec. 27 1500-1530 15515 TIG 150 kW / 175 deg EaAf Somali Fri, ex Sat, Dec. 21 (Ivo Ivanov, DX RE MIX NEWS # 830 December 30, 2013, via DXLD) ** SOMALILAND. SOMALIA. R. Hargeisa on 7120 kHz, Times of sign off: Dec 01 1900* Dec 03 1901* Dec 04 1900* Dec 05 1900* Dec 06 1901* Dec 07 1900* Dec 08 1902* Dec 09 1900* Dec 10 1900* Dec 11 1900* Dec 12 1901* Dec 13 1901* Dec 15 1900* Dec 17 1900* Dec 18 1901* Dec 19 1900* Dec 20 1901* Dec 21 1902* Dec 22 1901* Dec 24 1900* Dec 25 1901* Dec 26 1900* Dec 30 1900* Dec 31 1901* (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, Jan 1 at 0454, presumed R. Hargeisa with music hasn`t faded out quite yet (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH AFRICA. Channel Africa - noted again with a five minute English news bulletin at 1600-1605 UT on 15235 ahead of French programme starting at 1605 (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, Jan 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. New broadcast of Brother Stair via WBCQ The Planet: from 0700 on 7490.1 BCQ 050 kW / 245 deg to NEAm English -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Dec 27, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Axually, earlier: 7490+, Dec 27 at 0638 check, Brother Scare is JBA here on WBCQ. Seems like same backup QRP transmitter, but frequency remains adjusted closer to nominal. Ivo Ivanov put it on 7490.1. 9690, Dec 27 at 1450, surprised to hear some gospel huxter other than BS from WRMI, and it`s // 9955, so feed mixup presumed; compensates for running BS on 9955 an hour early before 1500 a few days ago? 9370, Dec 27 at 1451, WWRB is on with open carrier, dead air. Was still absent earlier in the hour. 1519 by turning up the volume, it`s just barely modulated with BS. At first suspected crossmod from the extremely stronger signals on 9980, 9955, 9930 (have we got enough BS yet? Never!), but 9370 is not synched with any of them. 9370, Dec 27 at 1948, WWRB is *still* (again?) open carrier/dead air like it was at previous check 1519, or rather just barely modulated with Brother Scare; now there is maybe a trace of modulation. BTW, Jeff White has advised Juan Franco Crespo in Spain that the 20-22 UT broadcast to Europe has replaced 15440 with 7730, all in English for the moment (i.e. B.S.). Just checked the WRMI graphic frequency schedule at 1740 Dec 28: still showing 15440. That`s quite a drop, almost exactly by 50% (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Two different broadcasts of Brother Stair via WBCQ: from 0830 on 7490.1 BCQ 050 kW / 245 deg to NEAm English but not// on 5109.8 BCQ 050 kW / 245 deg to NEAm English 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Dec 28, Equipment: Sony ICF- 2001D 30 m. long wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) More likely simply way out of synch by as much as a semi-minute. Did you check for that? How do you know these are 50 kW? Sound like a lot less to me, here close to the boresight (Glenn Hauser, OK, DXLD) 9955, Dec 30 at 0645, 31m is dead as I tune up the band, until crossing VG signals on 9840 and lesser 9955, with, what else, Brother Scare, via WRMI. 9955 also has pulse jamming on it. These would be OSOB if it were not for a VP signal from 9665v Brasil, so only attain SSOB status. Nothing else! See also U K [non] 7490.1v // weak 5109.8v, Dec 31 at 0112, Brother Scare on both WBCQ transmitters, almost synchronized but not quite, producing an echo between them. 7570, Jan 1 at 0010, Brother Scare via WRMI on expanded schedule, with a regular ``program`` at this hour and at 1200, pentecostal howling & moaning, // 11565 (and // but not synch 5085 WTWW). Per new graphic frequency schedule just put up at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtF_YVDtCVlNdDJma2Jham9mYVlNQldpUWNiR1hYa2c&usp=drive_web#gid=0 WRMI has made a number of changes. Summarizing BS broadcasts: 7570 extended to 2200-1000 11730 dropped completely 9690 has been dropped in evening but extended in morning all day to 1100-2100 [so still blox AIR GOS at 1330-1500] 11825 new 1000-2200 [also confirmed Jan 1] 7730 new to Europe at 19-23, last hour 22-23 being RMI programming, same as on 9955? 7730 replaces 15440 and was on 15460 harmonic by mistake on Dec 28. 7730 is also on the #1 transmitter, reactivated (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also USA: WBCQ and WRMI; EQUATORIAL GUINEA [and non] ** SPAIN. REE has proven to be a good source of Jahrwechsel musical entertainment in past years, but nothing audible on possible frequencies before 2300 UT Dec 31, so I go to the web and instead watch/listen to RTVE main TV channel, which is covering festivities, a huge crowd crammed into some plaza in Madrid; rather reminds me of the Hajj, around some large rectangular prism in the middle. Hosts imbibe some liquid in champagne-like glasses after the hour. Note spelling unless you are an Illinois city (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SRI LANKA. 11905, Dec 29 at 0114, good signal level but besides transpolar flutter fading up and down, there is Doppler flutter laterally on the carrier; SLBC music starts at 0114:50, timesignal ends 0115:11, yes, eleven seconds late! Opening in Hindi (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) We are approaching the 500th e-QSL for PCJ and past 200 for SLBC. In the meantime SLBC QSLs are still available via my e-mail to and since IRCs are out, I don't mind the odd QSL hard copy request which I will meet. So if you still need SLBC let me have your report {old British Empire} SLBC Ekala site is being dismantled. 0115-0330 11905 kHz, 1115-1215 9720 kHz, and 1630- 1832 11750 kHz. Hope you guys liked the article in WRTH 2014. Yhe best to you all. Victor 4S7VK (Goonetilleke, DXplorer / wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 1 via DXLD) ** SUDAN. 9505, Voice of Africa, Al-Aitahab. 1843 December 25, 2013. Presumed Hausa, Horn Of Africa-ish vocals, past 1900 tune-out. Good. And the next day December 26, with nice signal, nice vocals. Audio abruptly off from 1908 for 3-4 minutes (carrier remained), back up with vocals, audio down after conclusion of vocal just after 1930 and transmitter of at 1932:30 (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, JRC NRD-535; JRC-NRD-515; ICOM IC-R75; Hammarlund HQ-180A; Sony ICF- 7600GR; Sangean PR-D5; Aqua Guide 705 RDF Marine Radio; GE Superadio III; JPS NF-60 Notch Filter; JPS ANC-4 Noise Phase; 1 X roof dipole; 1 X room random wire; custom active portable loop; Terk Advantage non- active portable loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN [non]. 9780, VATICAN, Afia Darfur, Santa Maria di Galeria. 1910 December 25, 2013. Arabic with field reporters, mentions of Sudan and Afia Darfur, closing announcements from 1928, off 1929:25. Very good (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, JRC NRD-535; JRC-NRD- 515; ICOM IC-R75; Hammarlund HQ-180A; Sony ICF-7600GR; Sangean PR-D5; Aqua Guide 705 RDF Marine Radio; GE Superadio III; JPS NF-60 Notch Filter; JPS ANC-4 Noise Phase; 1 X roof dipole; 1 X room random wire; custom active portable loop; Terk Advantage non-active portable loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN [non]. Today logged Radio Tamazuj & Dabanga, 15535, 1459z+, strong (Rich Ray, Burr Ridge, IL, Dec 26, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15550, R. TAMAZUJ, 27/12 0415 UT. Entrevista entre un locutor y otra persona y luego música típica del centro africano hasta los avisos de la emisora a las 0430. SINPO: 55444 (Claudio Galaz, Antena: Hilo de 20 metros, RX: Tecsun PL-660, QTH: Sector sur de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** SWEDEN. Christmas Eve 2013 LF broadcast from SAQ, Grimeton, Sweden Just in case anyone missed the SAQ transmission on 17.2 kHz on Christmas Eve, I recorded it using my Perseus and Wellbrook loop (mounted two feet off the ground). I have now managed to turn it into an MP3 file (after struggling with a virtual audio cable and splicing the split Perseus file together and remaking a missing Morse "C" in "Christmas`` that was lost in the break. Anyway, you can now hear it in all its glory at: http://g0kya.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/christmas-eve-2013-lf-broadcast- from.html I've decoded the CW for you in case you can't read it (I admit I did have to listen a few times to get it right). Not quite medium wave, but near enough! (Steve G0KYA, Dec 29, MWCircle yg via DXLD) ** TAIWAN. 15319.798, RTI Paochung, in English service at 03-04 UT, not jammed, noted S=9+20dB at remote unit in Nara, Japan. Nice light instrumental / music show was in progress, various sounds (Wolfgang Bueschel, Dec 28, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN [non]. 9730, FRANCIA, Issoudun. "Radio Taiwan Internacional", 0238 UT. Hombre habla de secuestros y el trabajo infantil en Guatemala, su viaje a Taiwán en el que la locutora destaca la seguridad y amabilidad en este país; después Misterio del Oriente con qué les va a a pasar a las personas de signo piscis. SINPO: 55545 (Marcos Cox, location unknown, Receptor: DEGEN DE1103, Antena: SONY AM Antenna Loop, Dec 26, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** TAIWAN [non]. 11880, Sunday Dec 29 at 1327, PCJ 6-note interval signal in second of two specials via WRMI; program opens with timesignal which is 16.5 seconds late! due to internet feed? TG for WWV. This is the live `Happy Station` callout, with less music than usual, but when it plays, same degraded fidelity as last week. Usual light-hearted gab by Keith Perron between and during calls, including: Kenny Tosh in Belfast; Jonathan Short in China; Bob Zanotti in Switzerland; Steven Mason in NJ, Jan Oosterveen in Netherlands, Andy Sennitt, ibid., Jodi? In Kolkata, Victor Goonetilleke in Sri Lanka, Tom Meijer. Some no-answers from people who had sent in phone number and were supposed to be QRX. Keith mentions that the 5995 Nauen relay has to close 3 minutes early at 1327, but Jan points out they availablized the transmitter for 5995 by moving some other service to Issoudun for this occasion. Generally sufficient here on 11880 with some fades, no QRM --- until 1430 before WRMI carrier goes off, then hear some VP CCI. 11880 had been chosen because it was completely unoccupied, but now what? HFCC and Aoki still show nothing else, but Jorge Freitas on the SDR Twente was getting QRM earlier in the hour at 1410, seemed VOA in Asian language; a year ago VOA Kurdish was on 11880 that hour via Biblis, but now Ivo Ivanov says it`s ``VOA in Tibetan 1400-1500 on new 11880, ex 7255 KWT // 9670``, which means also ChiCom jamming ASAP. But PCJ has no immediate plans for further broadcasts on WRMI 11880 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Good signal on 5995 here in NW England since sign on. Some band noise and fading but generally OK reception. 73 (Tony Molloy, Winter Hill, UK IO83ro, CCW SDR4+ & CCW HF Active Antenna, @swlistener http://swlistener.wordpress.com/ 1337 UT Dec 29, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) At 1330 beep signal and start of programming. In SDR Twente on 11880, very weak signal, modulation inaudible. On 9335, a bit better, but still very weak signal and the frequency slightly below 9335. On 5995, good signal, with some "pops" in the modulation. Constant IDs. At 1337 old music American. In my QTH until at 1337 No signal in any of the frequencies (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, 1340 UT, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Listening to the live Happy Station show with sign on at 1330 on 5995 kHz. Weak signal here with very noisy conditions. Nothing heard on either 9335 or 11880 (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, ibid.) Good signal on 5995 here in NW England since sign on. Some band noise and fading but generally OK reception. 73 (Tony Molloy, Winter Hill, UK IO83ro, 1346 UT, ibid.) Excellent in North America on 11880, 1355 (mrnavy2, ibid.) Heard in Denmark 1405 UT on 5995 kHz - excellent - QSA 5. 73s (Ydun Marie Ritz, 1409 UT, ibid.) Nice on 9335, worse on 11880 (Walt in Masset, BC, 1409 UT, ibid.) Here in Italy, Special Live, only on 5995, very good. Ciao (Giampiero Bernardini, Milan, Italy, 1449 UT, ibid.) 11880, 29/Dez 1410 UNID, Nothing in any of the lists, Aoki, Eibi, Dan B13-131226-1400, HFCC. It seems to be an Asian language. Fair signal in SDR Twente, in background, but with weak signal PJC. Seems VOA. The signal is degrading. Aoki B12: 11880 VOICE OF AMERICA 1400-1500 1234567 Kurdish 100 126 Biblis D No signal in my QTH. At 1458 went off air. In background was another station in Chinese who left the air at 1500. Recording via listening for the SDR Twente: http://www.ipernity.com/doc/75006/29198599 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, ibid.) VOA in Tibetan 1400-1500 new 11880, ex 7255 KWT // 9670 (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, ibid.) Keith Perron writes on Facebook: To listen to a studio copy of the live program we finished at 1430 UT December 29 2013. You will find it on the main page of PCJ Radio http://www.pcjmedia.com/ (Mike Terry, Dec 30, ibid.) Hi Glenn, Just to let you know, this Sunday January 5th from 1330 to 1430 UT we are going to use 11880 kHz again. This week it goes back to our regular Sunday schedule. 1330 to 1345 UT – Focus Asia Pacific with Andy Sennitt 1345 to 1430 UT – Happy Station Show. 73, (Keith Perron, PCJ Radio, Dec 31, WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DX LISTENING DIGEST) January 2 2014, Keith Perron writes on Facebook: Because of the success we had doing our first LIVE transmission of Happy Station last Sunday. January 5th following Focus Asia Pacific with Andy Sennitt we will be doing the program live again. For this Sunday January 5 our frequencies will be 9335 to South East/East Asia and 11880 to North America (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) ** TAJIKISTAN. 4765.06, Tajik R., Dec 26 1413-1425, 35433, Tajik, Talk, ID at 1420 (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) ** THAILAND [and non]. 13745, Jan 1 at 0003, R Thailand news in English to NAm with heavy ACI from 13740 RHC, because the Cuban slopperation is running overtime. 0004 modulation on that stops, so HSK9 can be copied, but 13740 carrier still on past 0008 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TIBET. 4905/4920/6110/6200/7255, Xizang PBS/"Holy Tibet" 1600-1615+ 27 Dec. Surprisingly good this morning with Tibetan horns, "This is Holy Tibet, presented by Chinese-Tibet Broadcasting. Hello and welcome to our new . . . Monday to Sunday . . . welcome to Holy Tibet", preview of upcoming features. Best on 6200; 7255 only audible when QRhaMs were taking a breath, everybody else poor but readable (Dan Sheedy, Swami's Beach, CA PL380/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Monday to Sunday??? Surely they mean Thursday to Wednesday (gh, DXLD) CHINA, 6025, PBS XIZANG, 29/12 2225 UT. Mujer habla en idioma tibetano con espacios intercalados con música. SINPO: 44333 // 6110 no captada por propagación // 6130 con SINPO: 33333 // 6200 no captada por propagación // 7255 apenas oíble por tener a CRI en español en 7250 y en portugués en 7260 // 7385 no captada por propagación (Claudio Galaz, Antena: Hilo de 20 metros, RX: Tecsun PL-660, QTH: Sector sur de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TIBET [non]. 9317, OPPOSITION (to China), Voice of Tibet – Yangi Yul, TAJIKISTAN, 1311, 12/27/13, in Tibetan. Woman and man alternating with short items. 1315 suddenly off mid sentence. At 1316 the program came back on 9322 kHz and continued. Fair (Mark Taylor, Madison WI, Perseus, WinRadio g313e, Eton e1, Grunding G5, Tecsun PL 660; EWE, Flextenna, NASWA Flashsheet Dec 29 via DXLD) Same behaviour as on 15 MHz frequencies, unheard here lately nor on 9 MHz (gh, DXLD) ** TUNISIA. 7335, Rdiff. TV. Tunisienne, Dec 22 0658-0710, 35322, Arabic, Arabic music, piano theme music at 0702, 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) 7275, Jan 1 at 0506, ME vocal music, reassuring myself that IWT is still here in 2014, during this hour only before I usually start listening (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Only 2 SW hours ** TURKEY. 11815, Dec 31 at 1441, poor-fair signal with songs, where I am hoping to hear R. Japan going into 2014y at 1500 --- but the more I listen, the less Japanese they sound, more Middle-Eastern by 1450. Yes, of course, it`s instead VOT in Turkish, announcement at 1455; as scheduled at 14-17, 250 kW, 300 degrees from Emirler to western Europe but prolonged USward (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UKRAINE. The draft budget for 2014 eliminates the National Radio. Told lawmaker Mykola Tomenko, who spoke at a meeting of the Public Council on freedom of speech and information. According to People's Deputy, for modernization and capital investment money is not provided. Funds are disbursed only on wages and production. "In order that there be regional radio or national radio and television, other than wages still need money to signal reached. Signal consists of analog and digital - neither one thing nor the fact no money. And this 200 million," - stressed stated. Also, the MP said that he wrote a letter to Prime Minister Mykola Azarov and the head of the Budget Committee with the message that because of this " Ukrainian radio will be destroyed ." Tomenko said that due to underfunding disappear primarily wired radio. "It UR1, Promin and Culture - they will disappear, i.e. they do not physically be", - said Mykola Tomenko, who also added that the funds for these needs will "stand out" (novostiua.net, Published: 26.12.2013 y - OnAir.ru via RusDX 29 Dec via DXLD) Above would be bigger story if they hadn`t already eliminated SW (gh) ** U K. David Porter kindly provided a link to the latest issue of Signal a week ago. References to Woofferton, Curtain Arrays & more. http://www.bbceng.info/Technical%20Reviews/36-39_G3LXQ_Signal_Issue_28.pdf Thanks, David (Ian Baxter, Dec 30, shortwavesites yg via DXLD) ** U K. Contacted BBC World Service for QSL card and noted that their French for Africa and Hausa for Africa frequency pages are way behind December 2010 for French – http://www.bbc.co.uk/afrique/institutionelles/2010/12/000000_schedules_frequencies_afrique.shtml -- and November 2011 for Hausa -- http://www.bbc.co.uk/hausa/institutional/2011/11/000001_mitocinmu.shtml in my request. May not win me any friends, but I think it's best to be honest -- even if you're dealing with the original "Beeb" (Shawn From Flushing NY Fahrer, Dec 26, ptsw yg via DXLD) Bet you didn`t get one ** U K [non]. Oman: 6195, BBC WS English re Sharks 'tweeting' in Australia (yes!); they have a radio transmitter that tracks them and it tweets if they come too close to a beach (!) in Science in Action, as well as talks re bees, and problems with disease affecting coffee and banana crops and the like – after the BoH News headlines. I assume this is a "Mid East" service because it was actually interesting programming unlike what they foist off in their African Service! 3+54+44 0323-0345 27/Dec (Ken Zichi, Port Hope MI2, MARE Tipsheet 27 Dec via DXLD) ** U K [non]. 15420, Dec 30 at 1519, nothing but Brother Scare audible via WBCQ in recently expanded schedule of 1400-1800 UT daily (plus Global Spirit Proclamation also expanded to 1800-2200 UT daily). This collision has never concerned BBCWS, which is also on 15420, due west from doomed Seychelles site at 1500-2000 daily. But at the moment, no trace of BBC heard, not even a het against WBCQ off-frequency (altho Rwanda is propagating very well on 15700). Maybe BBC is moving off? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K. If you can hear BBCWS at 1732 UT Dec 26, and it`s a stream carrying `World Business Report`, this edition is supposed to carry an interview with me about the future of shortwave. Once confirmed, we`ll find a link to hear it ondemand via: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00fvhj7 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Or rather: If you can hear BBCWS at 1732 UT Dec 30, and it`s a stream carrying `World Business Report`, this edition is supposed to include an interview with me about the future of shortwave. It had been delayed from Dec 26 and could be postponed again for more urgent coverage; preview of Dec 30 show mentions only the Eurozone outlook for 2014. Airtimes are 1732, 1932, and 2232 GMT. Not certain if same to all targets. To try to hear it on air, we extract the frequencies from the BDXC-UK Broadcasts in English booklet for B-13: 1732: 1323-Cyprus, 1413-Oman, 3255 & 6190 South Africa, 6195 & 9505 Oman, 12095 & 15420 Seychelles, 5845 Thailand DRM, 15400 & 17780 & 17830 Ascension. 1932: 1413 Oman, 3255 & 6190 South Africa, 12095 & 15420 Seychelles, 9915 Woofferton, 11810 & 15400 Ascension 2232: never mind, NO BBCWS SW or MW frequencies on the air at 22-24! Once confirmed, we`ll find a link to hear it ondemand via: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00fvhj7 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, BBCWS on 15420 coming in well at 1710, with "Focus on Africa". Regarding "World Business Report", no chance at all of hearing it on 3255 and 6190 (Meyerton) at 1732; will still be "Focus on Africa", with repetitive news from the African continent. Go with the 1932 broadcast. At 1740-1745, 12095, 15420, 15400, 17780 and 17830 are all the Africa stream. 9505 sounds like different programming, but is unreadable at my location in RSA. Regards, (Bill Bingham, RSA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re Glenn Hauser interview on BBC World Service: Hi Glenn, It's just going out now (in the 1730 GMT World Business Report). It'll run again later and then in our Business Matters programme. It'll be available as a podcast by about 1830 GMT today (Monday). http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/wbnews Thanks (Matthew Davies, BBCWS producer, 1748 UT Dec 30, to gh via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I thought it would be nice to hear this broadcast first *on shortwave*, so I tried the only possible frequencies during the 1732 transmission Dec 30. But 15400, 17780 and 17830 not propagating from Ascension; 15420 would have been best were it not for our nemesis everywhere, Brother Scare, via WBCQ. That left the very weak other signal from Seychelles, but in the clear on 12095. It soon became apparent this was not `World Business Report`, but `Focus on Africa`! Finding the separate Africa programme schedule at bbcworldservice.com is difficult, as one is directed to the main streamme with no obvious link to the other. But FoA is M-F at 17-18 AND 19-20, so since all the SW frequencies in the latter hour are also for Africa, it appears there will be no SW broadcasts at all of this show! Spot check them anyway. Producer Matt just confirmed to me that the interview is on today`s `WBR`, and Larry Cohen who was also interviewed on this topic, heard both of us on webcast [correxion below]. Producer says he will also put it on `Business Matters` later, which I see is scheduled at least at 0106-0200 UT Tue-Sat. That`s a time when there should be several SW frequencies on air to non-Africa. So let`s extract the frequencies for that from the BDXC BIE schedule: 9740 & 11750 & 11955 & 12095 & 15335 Singapore; 13725 & 15310 & 15755 Thailand. Also LW 198 Droitwich UK (Glenn Hauser, 1825 UT Dec 30, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hello there!! Just heard you on BBC (via Internet) and I made the same point on "Over to You" on the BBC WS Radio program. We need the short- wave. You made some great points!!! Better than mine!! All the best in the New Year, (Larry Cohen, Utica, NY 13501, WA2TVN, 1752 UT Dec 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hello from Larry Cohen, Upstate New York. I listened (on-line) today's World business Report and I could not agree more with Glenn Hauser: we NEED the short wave and I know it is expensive, but you just have no idea how important it is to have a direct line from the BBC to the World via short wave. I think it was a big mistake to abandon the English Service to North America!!!!! Sure, I listen now in FM quality via Internet but what do we do when the Internet goes down or the gov't (any gov't) starts to filter the BBC for us; you see? My point exactly!!! I think the BBC should reconsider the idea of having a short-wave broadcast to North America. Best in the New Year, (Larry Cohen, to BBC WBR, cc to DXLD) Later: in my haste I misunderstood what Larry Cohen wrote to me: he was not interviewed on this show, but said he had made some of the same points previously on BBCWS` `World, Have Your Say`. It turned out that at least one SW frequency was carrying `WBR` after 1932 UT, instead of `Focus on Africa`: 12095 via Seychelles, where I was able to record my interview portion at 1948-1950+: http://www.w4uvh.net/GHBBCWS.rm The entire show including other topix is available here for a while: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbnews/wbnews_20131230-1825a.mp3 The SW portion starts about 8 minutes into it, and I have extracted all of that, Lucy Burton`s visit to RRI, and my interview within it: http://www.w4uvh.net/WBRSW.rm And the gh interview portion only: http://www.w4uvh.net/GHWBR.rm I will probably put this on the next WORLD OF RADIO too (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Keith Perron says he will include the BBC item on SW on his `Media Network Plus` this week; and Thomas Witherspoon has added to it: ``Kudos to our very own Glenn Hauser for a brilliant, articulate, take on the relevance of shortwave radio in his interview with the BBC: http://swling.com/blog/2013/12/bbc-news-on-the-long-term-survival-of-shortwave-radio/ Cheers, Thomas`` As for the 0106-0200 `Business Matters`, the only frequency audible here, poorly, was 15755 Thailand at 0119 Dec 31, and further chex during the last half did not find the SW report, which may be on a later edition. Many tnx to Lucy Burton for inviting me to be interviewed! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) from the RSS feed - http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbnews/wbnews_20131230-1825a.mp3 Segment starts at 8m 16s (Tony Molloy, Winter Hill, UK IO83ro, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) There is also a teaser clip of me in the opening of WBR (gh) BBCWS Africa stream frequencies are now carrying "World Business Report". Announced as including interview with Glenn. Regards, (Bill Bingham, RSA, 1931 UT Dec 30, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Just caught the end of the item 'live' at 1949 UT, though the shortwave frequencies did not deliver very good reception here in southern England, the ones from Ascension probably the best. So sad to say, I listened online. But now available to listen again on BBC iPlayer Radio at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01nh2zj with the item on the Future of Shortwave about 8 minutes in, beginning with a visit to Radio Romania International, with Glenn himself about 15 minutes in. BBCWS is also available (almost) nationally on DAB here in the UK - so presumably the 2232 UTC repeat can be heard by that means. Sad to hear Radio Romania predict they will not be on shortwave in three years time, but good to hear Glenn support the notion that there are others listening to shortwave other than "enthusiasts" (Alan Pennington, Caversham, UK, AOR703plus / longwire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, I'm surprised that, so far at least, no one seems to have mentioned hearing "World Business Report" on shortwave. Did everyone concentrate on the web, and if so, what does that say about the "enthusiasts" in our hobby? As I suggested, it was on-air on the Africa stream frequencies at 1932. Regards, (Bill Bingham, RSA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Well done, Glenn. Very enjoyable segment, authoritative and to the point. In 1970s and early 80s, majority of Swiss mechanical watch manufacturers went out of business - the inexpensive battery operated watches form Japan wiped out the market and sent them bankrupt. Everyone wanted an cheap yet superbly accurate and low maintenance timepiece. 25 years later, consumer's taste has changed. Watch enthusiasts got sick of cheap and nasty; the new generation of aficionados 'rediscovered' the real craftsmanship and were prepared to pay thousands of dollars for inaccurate, high maintenance, yet high quality timepieces. Those Swiss makers who preserved tradition, kept the machinery, engineering skills and designs now command prices in tens of thousands of dollars. What would you rather have - one Rolex or 300 Seiko's? The analogy with watches and short wave may be inappropriate, but broadcasters who are now in hurry to leave SW and detonate antenna systems could one day regret such short sighted decision. There is no more affordable way to promote a nation`s pride and its ideas, culture, political stands than to broadcast on SW. For the cost of one tank, one can employ hundreds of staff and continue to broadcast for years! The waste of both human resources, engineering skills and equipment is irreversible damage. But most politicians are myopic. 73 (Nick VK2DX Hacko [clockmaker], Sydney NSW, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K [non]. We manage to maintain the tradition of listening to BBCWS observing the New Year, despite their best efforts to cut North America off: Dec 31, 2013 at 2358, Bow Bells are heard on 15335 via SINGAPORE, and slightly better on 13725 via THAILAND. At about 2359.6, Big Ben TOH 16-chimes start, followed at 0000:01 January 1, 2014 by full strike, delaying the news for a minute, after a Happy New Year wish. On another receiver I was also monitoring WWV. Just once I`d like to hear them let their hair down and insert a Happy New Year, but it`s business as usual, and furthermore no leap-second to liven things up. That`s how I know that BB started striking a second after 2014 began (of course, part of that was satellite delay to the sites) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K. “The Other Side of the Dial” --- I have just received this message from Paul Rowley: Hi Mike. You may have already spotted it in the Radio Times, but I’ve done another of my radio documentaries to be broadcast on some BBC Local Radio stations over New Year. It’s called “The Other Side of the Dial” and looks at the early years of Independent Local Radio in its 40th anniversary year. The only North West station taking it (so far) is Radio Lancashire at 1800 on Monday December 30. It includes archive audio of all the opening broadcasts (including Piccadilly) and interviews I’ve done with John Whitney (founder of the Local Radio Association and the first MD of Capital Radio), Jon Snow (LBC), Dave Cash (Capital), Lord Jimmy Gordon (Clyde), Ed Doolan (BRMB), Roger Day (Piccadilly), Gillian Reynolds (City), James Whale (Metro), Keith Skues (Hallam), Tony Blackburn (Radio 1), Austin Mitchell MP (Pennine), Mike Reid (210), Andy Wint (Beacon), Tony Stoller (IBA) and Torin Douglas (Campaign magazine). It also includes things you don’t associate with modern day commercial radio. You hear “God Save the Queen”, Kenneth McKellar, Franny Scully, the story of how Richard Attenborough’s paintings saved Capital Radio, the Radio Clyde prayer, Captain Mainwaring, the Balcombe Street siege, Yellow Pages, and Jon Snow firing the wrong cartridges. Feel free to spread the word among radio fans. It will be broadcast at the following times, and can be heard live online, and on “Listen Again” for a week. Other stations may also take it. Mon 30 Dec 2013 1800 BBC Radio Lancashire Tue 31 Dec 2013 1500 BBC Radio Gloucestershire Tue 31 Dec 2013 1800 BBC Radio Cambridgeshire Wed 1 Jan 2014 0500 BBC Radio Gloucestershire (repeat) Wed 1 Jan 2014 1800 BBC Radio Cornwall Hope you enjoy it. Paul (via Mike Terry, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) ** U S A [non]. PHILIPPINES - Listening to VoA with English lessons, from 2314 tune in, on 9900 kHz --- And News in special English at 2330. As far as I can see, only listed in Aoki, as Tinang at 2300- 2400. End news at 2335.45 and ID. SINPO - 24342 (Pedro Turner, Gondomar, Portugal. Kenwood R-2000+ 41m Delta Loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. VOA Radiogram, 28-29 Dec, has DX potential --- This weekend, VOA Radiogram begins its new transmission Saturday 0930-1000 on 5745 kHz. That's very early in the morning in the Americas, but this broadcast might have a chance of being heard and decoded in Asia and northern Europe. Because of likely marginal reception conditions in distant places, there will be a VOA News story in the slow (55 wpm) but robust MFSK16 mode. There will also be MFSK32 (120 wpm) and MFSK64 (240 wpm). The broadcast Sunday 1300-1300 UTC on 6095 kHz is discontinued. Details of this weekend's broadcast is here: http://voaradiogram.net/post/71234024046/voa-radiogram-28-29-december-2013-might-be-audible-in VOA Radiogram transmission schedule (all days and times UT) Sat 0930-1000 5745 kHz Sat 1600-1630 17860 kHz Sun 0230-0300 5745 kHz Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz All via the Edward R. Murrow transmitting station in North Carolina. (Kim Elliott, http://voaradiogram.net Dec 27, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) There were transmitter difficulties this morning at 0930-1000 0n 5745. Program audio did not come up continuously until about 0953. The successful part of program was heard and decoded in Europe, Texas, and California, as well as here in northern Virginia (Kim, 1055 UT Dec 28, ibid.) If you tried to listen to the new Saturday 0930 UT transmission of VOA Radiogram in 5745 kHz, thanks! Obviously there were problems at the transmitter site. The transmitter was off and on during the half hour, and only a few brief bits of program audio were heard until about 0953, when everything finally operated normally. I did hear the successful part via the Netherlands SDR receiver, and so did Giuliano in Italy. Let's hope for better luck next weekend. Meanwhile, we still have three transmissions this weekend: Sat 1600-1630 17860 kHz Sun 0230-0300 5745 kHz Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz (Kim Andrew Elliott, Producer and Presenter, VOA Radiogram, http://voaradiogram.net 1009 UT Dec 28 via roger, Germany, ibid.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks for the information. After another transmitter failure I had finished receiving around 0936z. Before, I could only receive MFSK fragments: 0932z: "...ers, followed by image" 0935z: "...elpl-FXli bacteria move and pasem nformation to proteins insIu ua^te..." http://www.rhci-online.de/5745_kHz_VoA_0935z_MFSK16.gif roger (Germany/Saxony-Anhalt, Dipol7MHz/IC-R75,Studio1) The broadcast at 1600 on 17860 kHz was in usual good quality. In the pictures are some colorful stripes, but the text could be decoded without errors. As a little addition from me: At the end of the html a few Easypal images of a yesterday's communication between EK3GM and VK7XX. http://www.rhci-online.de//VoA_Radiogram_2013-12-28.htm (roger, Germany, ibid.) Details of the next two VOA Radiogram programs, 4-5 and 11-12 January 2014, are available here: http://voaradiogram.net/post/71858917888/voa-radiogram-4-5-and-11-12-jan-2014 Happy new year 2014, (Kim Elliott, Jan 1, ibid.) ** U S A [non]. BOTSWANA. VOA, 15580, 1935-1942 UT, "Learning English" (formerly Special English) on unrest in parts of Nigeria, new treatments for PTSD. VG. I had not turned on my radio in about 4 years. Things look a little different these days! (Paul Brouillette, Geneva, IL, Jan 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1701 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW-1, 9475, starting at 2200:54 Thursday December 26. 3195, WWRB bodes ill as tuned in at 0408 Dec 27 to find open carrier, dead air, or rather hum, and also on the webcast. But at 0418.5 our usual warmup act comes on, until terminated at 0430:05, and WOR 1701 starts at 0430:15 UT Friday. Not on 5050. Next: Saturday 0730 & 1530 on HLR 7265-CUSB UT Sunday 0030v on WTWW-2, 5085 UT Sunday 0501v on WTWW-1, 5840 Tuesday 1200 on WRMI 9955 Check http://www.worldmicroscope.com for possible new time for WOR on Area 51 this weekend. WORLD OF RADIO 1701 monitoring: no longer at 0300 UT Saturday on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB, so not even checked Dec 28. Now confirmed is the replacement time for that, UT Mondays 0400v. Meanwhile: UT Sunday 0029v on WTWW-2 5085 (we hope, as not on the air last week, and played previous program the week before); and UT Sunday 0501v on WTWW-1 5830. WORLD OF RADIO 1701 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW-2, 5085, starting at 0030:00 sharp, UT Sunday Dec 29, after gospel music. Repeat at 0501v UT Sunday on WTWW-1, 5830, at first inaudible, then detectable, as propagation has dropped out again this late in the winter night. I wonder if it`s better further away? At this hour, the other TN signals are similarly degraded on 5890, 5935, while on 60m, 5085 and 4840 remain well audible. Next: NEW time on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB: UT Monday Dec 30 at 0400v. Hope propagation holds up. WORLD OF RADIO 1701 monitoring: the new time on Area 51 via WBCQ, 5110v-CUSB, UT Monday 0400 Dec 30, did not eventuate; instead both on SW and webcast there was dead air, broken every 2.5 minutes by the same fraxured clip of Jean Shepherd every time, something about ``dynamic sports programming``. This was still going on at 0438. Larry Will explains that it was due to a rare internet failure. Next: Tuesday 1200 on WRMI 9955 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also UK: GH interview on BBCWS ** U S A. About a log of WBCQ in DXLD 13-52 --- ``At 0143 the 7491+ station fades up enough to hear it say ``The heart and soul of --- music`` (?).`` Dear Glenn, Without having heard a recording of what you heard, I can very reasonably guess that, for whatever reason, WBCQ was relaying on SW AM 950, WHVW Hyde Park NY, owned by the guy who calls himself "Pirate Joe" and has been a long term friend of Allan Weiner and co. It's frequently heard on their webstream of 7490 when WBCQ itself is not active. The slogan of the station is "The Heart and Soul of American Music" and usually plays old pre-1960 music, some on 78 rpm records. Per the WBCQ 7490 programming schedule at http://schedule.wbcq.com/main.php?fn=sked&freq=7490 it's also officially carried at 20-21 hours UTC as the "Pirate Joe Extravaganza." Whether this was an actual relay or a recording of that program is anyone's guess, but during Jewish holy days I've heard the WHVW classical music program relayed instead of "World Jewish News with Rabbi Yaakov Spivak". Now why WHVW was being played instead of BS, I certainly can't reasonably guess. Thank you for reading this, and have a good night (or day) (April TimeLady, Dec 31, DX LISTENING DIGEST) April, Tnx for the explanation. Then this has no relation to the other program I thought it did? Heart & Soul of America Broadcast, currently scheduled 00-02 UT Sun on 7490, but was also on 5110 other nights for a while? Didn`t pay much attention to it, but I think it was more like preaching than playing records. 73, (Glenn to April, ibid.) If it was old sounding music and not preaching then it was most likely WHVW, or rather, a relay thereof; if not, it was the other program. It certainly doesn't help that the title of one program is nearly the same as the on-air slogan of the station possibly being relayed. (April, ibid.) Later: she`s right, as heard WHVW show next week (gh) [and non]. 7490+, Dec 26 at 2057, WBCQ IS & ID, still very poor as if on backup transmitter, but frequency close to nominal, rather than +1.4 kHz as I`ve been hearing it later in the night. It`s weaker than Algeria via FRANCE on 7495 causing it ACI, even tho that 500 kW is aimed nowhere near us, 194 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Area 51 schedule for December 28-29, 2013: Please note that we will no longer be doing any programming on Friday evening on 5110. The Overcomer Ministry has acquired the Friday night airtime, so we’ll be moving programming that was here elsewhere in the schedule. Glenn Hauser will be heard now Sunday evening at 11 p.m. US eastern time (0400 Monday), and the Grateful Dead Study Hour will merge with The Eric Dolphy Mystery Hour on Saturday evening. Saturday 0000 Radio Timtron Worldwide (live); 0200 The Lumpy Gravy Radio Show (live); 0300 The Eric Dolphy Mystery Hour; 0430 off. Sunday 0000 Church of the Subgenius Hour of Slack #1441; 0100 Plastic Magic (live); 0300 The Jean Shepherd Show; 0400 Glenn Hauser’s World of Radio 1701; 0430 off (Larry Will, Area 51, Dec 27, WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yikes; more Brother Scare but I guess it helps pay the bills. Upside is we can always rip the audio and mash it into more funny mixes for our shows. "This is the last day PROFIT of God... Marahoochie" Inline image 1 [animated BS bobblehead] BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! (Captain Ganja, ibid.) 7490, Dec 28 at 0100, WBCQ with `Allan Weiner Worldwide` not only here but // 9330-CUSB and 5110v-CUSB, but *not* synchronized, as apparently each transmitter has a different feed routing (partly via internet, Area 51 HQ in Maryland?). 7490 is JBA apparently still QRP, so 9330 is best; Allan`s opening sermon until 0116 when he gets Mal on the phone. 15420-CUSB, Dec 28 at 2007, the anapaestic androgynous preachperson from Fence Lake, NM, is in the clear on WBCQ; BBCWS extension until 2100 on this frequency was quite temporary, Mandela-inspired? 7490+, Dec 29 at 0108, WBCQ with better signal than recently, back up from QRP, or is it just propagational variation? 7490, Jan 1 at 0507, expecting to hear Brother Scare as now scheduled on WBCQ at 0100-1100 (except for `Financial Survival` at 04-05), but instead not // all his other overkill frequencies, with pleasant music loop vamping, basically two notes alternating but orchestrated (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Winter B-13 schedule of WBCQ The Planet: 0000-0400 5110vBCQ 050 kW / 245 deg NEAm English CUSB Daily 0400-1100 5110vBCQ 050 kW / 245 deg NEAm English CUSB Daily ex Tu-Sa 2000-2100 7490 BCQ 050 kW / 245 deg NEAm English Tue 2100-2200 7490 BCQ 050 kW / 245 deg NEAm English Mon-Fri 2200-2400 7490 BCQ 050 kW / 245 deg NEAm English Sun-Fri 0000-0200 7490 BCQ 050 kW / 245 deg NEAm English Daily 0200-0500 7490 BCQ 050 kW / 245 deg NEAm English Mon-Sat 0500-1100 7490 BCQ 050 kW / 245 deg NEAm English Daily 0000-2400 9330 BCQ 050 kW / 245 deg NEAm English CUSB Daily 1500-1800 15420 BCQ 050 kW / 245 deg NEAm English CUSB, not 1400-1800 1800-2200 15420 BCQ 050 kW / 245 deg NEAm English CUSB Daily (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, DX RE MIX NEWS #829 December 29, 2013 via DXLD) Non-24h frequencies usually air WBCQ ID & IS for about 5 minutes prior: 7490 from 1955 or 2055 or 2155; 5110 from 2355; 15420 from 1455 (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) Also Winter B-13 schedule of WBCQ The Planet: 2200-2230 7490 BCQ 050 kW / 245 deg NEAm Spanish Wed 73 (Dino Bloise, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Ahem, his `Frecuencia al Día` program, only Spanish on WBCQ, time initially inherited from WORLD OF RADIO which was subsequently banished to 5110. Allan had received a threat from some supporter of Brother Scare that he would withdraw from WBCQ unless gh was removed from WBCQ; Allan assured me that my free-speech came first, but some weeks later found there was ``no time available`` on 7490, just 5110 (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** U S A. 9955, UT Sat Dec 28 at 0117, WRMI in its fill-music loop, German song, then polka at 0118. Had been a preacher until 0115; according to just updated program schedule grid dated Dec 28, the 0115 UT Saturday program was supposed to be `Christ Gospel Broadcast`. Totally free of jamming at the moment; not due to propagation since 9490 Radio República (still via France, how much longer?) is buried under wall-of-noise. 9955 strong enough to be on NW antenna, but supposedly still on SSE (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Nuevo horario para Europa de WRMI --- Hola de nuevo amigos. A partir de ahora, hemos eliminado la transmisión de WRMI hacia Europa de 2000- 2200 UT en 15440 kHz, y ahora estamos transmitiendo por la misma antena hacia Europa de 1800-2200 UT en 7730 kHz. Todo en inglés por el momento, con identificaciones de WRMI cada hora. Agradeceríamos cualquier informe de Europa, para ver si le recepción está mejor. Atentamente, (Jeff White, WRMI Radio Miami International, Dec 28, noticias dx via DXLD) 15460, Dec 28 at 2008, Brother Scare is here, very undermodulated, because WRMI has been concerned that the original 15440 frequency toward Europe at 20-22 UT is not propagating well. Jeff White notified Juan Franco Crespo in Spain on Dec 28 that they would be moving to 7730 (WOOB, quite a plunge, almost exactly by 50%, not yet entered on WRMI`s graphic frequency schedule; but hints may lead to something in Spanish), but when I first check at 2003, a JBA carrier is on 7730 at best, probably something else. 15440 is indeed off, but tuning up the band at 2008 I find 15460 with BS, and music degraded by low bitrate feed. No QRM heard on 15460, but Iran in English is scheduled there until 2020, 205 degrees from Kamalabad. Guess what, WRMI is radiating on the second harmonic of 7730 instead of the fundamental! I notified Okeechobee of the error ASAP, but they were apparently busy with something else, and stayed on 15460 at further chex 2045, 2110 and 2152. Jeff White replied, ``Glenn: We will probably be off to Europe tomorrow [Sunday] from 2000 to 2200 to do some work, and it should be back on on Monday on 7730 kHz``. Ivo Ivanov could hardly believe 7730, really meant to be 11730? No, 7730 was previously really used by WYFR, champ of WOOB pioneering (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9955, WRMI, 30/12 2327 UT. Estudio bíblico sobre las parábolas, como transmisión de Family Radio con SINPO: 54454 con leve QRM de RFI en Chino en la misma frecuencia // 13695 con SINPO: 55444 con mejor modulación que otros días, aunque con leve fading, que se va aminorando con el tiempo [Yes, in Spanish both parable and parabola are parábola. Could be confusing --- gh] 9955, WRMI, 31/12 0430 UT. Programa “Wavescan” con noticias del diexismo en inglés, especialmente se habla del cierre de un sitio de transmisión de Mahe por parte de la BBC, y que dirige su transmisión a África y centro de Asia. SINPO: 55444. 13695, TOM, 31/12 0007 UT. Transmisión de culto pentecostal, en donde hay personas que oran muy fuerte en inglés con música instrumental de fondo. SINPO: 55454, con mejora en el audio que cuando estaban transmitiendo Family Radio en la misma frecuencia (Claudio Galaz, Antena: Hilo de 20 metros, RX: Tecsun PL-660, QTH: Sector sur de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglistia yg via DXLD) 9955, Wed Jan 1 both before and after 1400, WRMI with `Wavescan`. Not sure if same edition as didn`t hear much of the first one, but after 1400 it was last week`s already heard, final 2013 one. Current program grid for Wed now shows WS at 1330, blank at 1400, Jimmy Surgener at 1415. 1330 Wed replaces one of those English music shows presented in Spanish. At 1430, ACI from 9960 grows as Furusato no Kaze starts from Palau, but evitable. 1430 into a new `Viva Miami`, this time Jeff interviewing one of the Okeechobee engineers, Harry Robins, who BTW mentioned that the transmitters (all of them?) are running at half- power (50 kW). 1444 ID by Rudy Espinal. BTW, checking latest Aoki for 9960 info, I notice he shows another time for WORLD OF RADIO on 9955, UT Monday 0230 --- I wish it were so, but WRMI grid only shows a similar title, `Word for the World`. Meanwhile, see how much of WOR can fit in Thursday at 1331. See also SOUTH CAROLINA [non] 7730, checking for new WRMI frequency (tho an old WYFR one, way-out- of-band), supposed to replace 15440 to Europe from Dec 28, but was on second harmonic 15460 instead. Jeff said they would skip Dec 29, and really be on 7730 starting Dec 30, but I neglected to check for it until January 1; finally: 7730, Jan 1 at 1940, no signal audible, nor on 15440, 15460; at 2103, now a JBA carrier on 7730, surely too weak to be Okeechobee? (7850 CHU is in OK), and still no 15460. By 2204, 7730 now very poor in English and // 9955, so it really is WRMI. Their 44-degree azimuth to Europe is worst for here, being close to 90 degrees away. The graphic frequency schedule as of Jan 2 shows 7730 at 19-22 with TOM, 22-23 with RMI programming. But the program grid dated Dec 28 shows at 22-23 weekdays, it`s more Overcomer then too. I didn`t listen enough to decide whether 7730 & 9955 were really TOM or something else (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Updated B13 WRMI, Brother Stair, Radio Africa, Family Radio 0000-0200 9690 YFR 100 kW / 222 deg MEXI English Brother Stair 0000-0200 9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg CeAm Various WRMI programs 0000-0200 11565 YFR 100 kW / 140 deg BRAS English Brother Stair 0000-0200 11730 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg WNAm English Brother Stair 0000-0200 13695 YFR 100 kW / 151 deg NSAm English Brother Stair 0200-0300 7570 YFR 100 kW / 355 deg ENAm English Brother Stair 0200-0300 9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg CeAm Various WRMI programs 0200-0300 11565 YFR 100 kW / 140 deg BRAS English Brother Stair 0200-0300 11730 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg WNAm English Brother Stair 0300-0400 7570 YFR 100 kW / 355 deg ENAm English Brother Stair 0300-0400 9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg CeAm Spanish Family Radio 0300-0400 11565 YFR 100 kW / 140 deg BRAS English Brother Stair 0300-0400 11730 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg WNAm English Brother Stair 0400-0600 7570 YFR 100 kW / 355 deg ENAm English Brother Stair 0400-0600 9840 YFR 100 kW / 087 deg NCAf English Brother Stair 0400-0600 9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg CeAm Various WRMI programs 0400-0600 11565 YFR 100 kW / 140 deg BRAS English Brother Stair 0400-0600 11730 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg WNAm English Brother Stair 0600-0800 9840 YFR 100 kW / 087 deg NCAf English Brother Stair 0600-0800 9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg CeAm English Brother Stair 0800-1100 9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg CeAm English Brother Stair 1100-1300 9495 YFR 100 kW / 181 deg CARR English Brother Stair 1100-1300 9690 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg WNAm English Brother Stair 1100-1300 9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg CeAm Various WRMI programs 1300-1400 9690 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg WNAm English Brother Stair 1300-1400 9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg CeAm Various WRMI programs 1400-1500 9690 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg WNAm English Brother Stair 1400-1500 9955 YFR 100 kW / 315 deg WNAm Various WRMI programs 1400-1500 17790 YFR 100 kW / 087 deg NCAf English Radio Africa 1500-2000 9955 YFR 100 kW / 315 deg WNAm English Brother Stair 1500-2000 17790 YFR 100 kW / 087 deg NCAf English Radio Africa 2000-2200 9955 YFR 100 kW / 315 deg WNAm English Brother Stair 2000-2200 15190 YFR 100 kW / 087 deg NCAf English Radio Africa 2000-2200 15440*YFR 100 kW / 044 deg WeEu English Brother Stair *will be changed 7730 or rather 11730 [NO, 7730 is correct as heard x 2 = 15460 Dec 28; 7730 resuming Dec 30 --- gh] 2200-2300 9690 YFR 100 kW / 222 deg MEXI English Brother Stair 2200-2300 9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg CeAm English Brother Stair M-F 2200-2300 9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg CeAm Various WRMI programs Sa/Su 2200-2300 11730 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg WNAm English Brother Stair 2200-2300 15190 YFR 100 kW / 087 deg NCAf English Radio Africa 2300-2400 9690 YFR 100 kW / 222 deg MEXI English Brother Stair 2300-2400 9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg CeAm Spanish Family Radio Mon-Fri 2300-2400 9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg CeAm Various WRMI programs Sa/Su 2300-2400 11730 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg WNAm English Brother Stair 2300-2400 13695 YFR 100 kW / 151 deg NSAm Spanish Family Radio 2330-2400 11565 YFR 100 kW / 140 deg BRAS religious program Sat (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, DX RE MIX NEWS #829 December 29, 2013 via DXLD) WYFR / WRMI Okeechobee installations. See for historical-technical info on WYFR-WRMI. (Jerry Berg-MA-USA, DXplorer Jan 1 via BC-DX via DXLD) Part of that, better viewed on the original pdf along with lots more info: Transmitters: Twelve 100,000 watt and one 50,000 watt. All are highlevel plate modulated (some include supplementary screen and control grid modulation). Some are entirely aircooled. Some also use water cooling and vaporphase cooling. The transmitter building is 16,000 square feet. The 13 transmitters consist of two 100 kW Continental 418Ds, and eight composite construction 100 kW transmitters based on the 418D but built by WYFR. One of the transmitters has been retrofitted with a solid state modulator and could be converted to DRM digital operation. There are three older Gates/Harris transmitters (1 x 50 kilowatt and 2 x 100 kilowatt). All of the 100 kw transmitters can also be operated at 50 kilowatts, and one of them is able to operate at a continuously variable power level up to 100 kilowatts. Antennas: Twenty-three in all, they consist of four sizes of double rhomboids (a cousin to the rhombic), three types of log periodic antennas, and one dipole curtain with passive reflecting screen. The attached plot plan of the property shows the locations of the main building and the various antennas. Looking at the plot plan, starting with the Eastern North America antennas and working clockwise, the antennas are as follows: 355 A and B --- medium range log periodics ( Eastern North America ) 44 C --- 2 X 4 long range curtain antenna ( Europe ) 44 A & B --- long range nested double rhomboids ( Europe ) 87 --- long range nested double rhomboids ( Africa, centered on Lagos in West Africa ) 140 A --- long range log periodic ( Brazil and northern South America) 142 A --- medium range nested double rhomboids ( Brazil and northern South America ) 151 A --- medium range log periodic (southern Caribbean and northern South America ) 160 A --- medium range nested double rhomboids (northwest South America and western South America ) 160 B --- long range log periodic (northwest South America and western South America ) 181 --- short range log periodic (main service to Cuba with some auxiliary service to Central America and northwest South America ) 222 A & B --- medium range log periodics (Central America and southern Mexico) 285 A & B --- medium range log periodics (northern Mexico and western USA) 315 A & B --- medium range log periodics (Western North America) Note: The numeric designation of an antenna gives its orientation in degrees from true North. Antenna Details: * Nine mediumrange log periodic antennas, TCI model 5166. All of these were fabricated by WYFR except one original from TCI. These antennas are each supported by two 180 foot towers and by one 90 foot and two 60 foot wood poles. (355A, 355B, 151A, 222A, 222B, 285A, 285B, 315A, 315B) Nominal takeoff angle is 14 degrees. gain is about 14.5 dbi. Half power azimuthal beamwidth is about 68 degrees. Nominal frequency coverage is 5.8 to 17.9 MHz. * Two medium to long-range log periodic antennas, TCI type 527 6100, one from TCI and one fabricated by WYFR. These antennas are each supported by two 180 foot steel towers. (140A, 160B) The 527 is two type 516s mounted side by side. This narrows the azimuthal beamwidth, adding almost 3db of gain over the 516. Frequency coverage and takeoff angle will be nearly the same as the 516. Takeoff angle ranges from 20 degrees at 6.2 MHz to 13 degrees at 25 MHz. In the elevation plane, UHPP at 6.2 MHz is 33 degrees. LHPP at 6.2 MHz is 10 degrees. UHPP at 25 MHz is 20 degrees. LHPP at 25 MHz is 6 degrees. Azimuthal beamwidth between halfpower points is nominally 36 degrees. Gain ranges from 16.5 dbi at 6.2 MHz to 18.2 dbi at 25 MHz. * One shortrange TCI type 5153 log periodic antenna fabricated by WYFR. This antenna is supported by two 120 foot steel towers. Has 45 degree takeoff angle. (181) The takeoff angle is 45 degrees. Azimuthal beamwidth is 90 degrees. Gain is about 12 dbi. Frequency range is about 3 to 18 MHz. * One long-range 2x4 TCI type 611 curtain antenna (2/4/1). This antenna is supported by four 180 foot steel towers. (44C) Frequency range is 11.65 to 21.9 MHz. Nominal takeoff angle is 7 degrees. Gain is 19.5 dbi. Halfpower azimuthal beamwidth is about 45 degrees. * Six longrange Type 1 double rhomboid antennas fabricated by WYFR. These antennas are nested in sets of two, with each set suspended from eight steel towers, seven of them 180 feet long, one of them 160 feet. (44A, 44B, 87 two each) All frequencies covered, though not equally well. Nominal takeoff angle is about 8 degrees. gain about 20 dbi. Halfpower azimuthal beamwidth is about 10 degrees, with considerable fill from additional lobes. * Four Type 2 double rhomboid antennas fabricated by WYFR. These antennas are nested in sets of two with each set suspended from eight steel towers, seven of them 140 feet, one of them 120 feet. (142A, 160A two each) All frequencies covered, though not equally well. Nominal takeoffangle is about 10 degrees. gain about 18 dbi. Half power azimuthal beamwidth is about 15 degrees, with considerable fill from additional lobes. Additional details regarding double rhomboid antennas: Midband elements are at about 60 meters above earth. Gain is nominally 20 dbi. Nominal takeoff angle is about 8 degrees. Short leg length is 168 meters. Long leg length is 223 meters. Angle between major rhomboid axis and short leg is 36 degrees. The DRs are based on the Laport double rhomboid, but the specific configurations were worked out by WYFR. Feedpoint height: DRI nominally 55 meters. DRII nominally 43 meters. Short leg length: DRI nominally 168 meters. DRII nominally 94 meters. Angle between major rhomboid axis and short leg: DRI 36 degrees. DRII 52.2 degrees. Angle between major rhomboid axis and long leg: DRI 29.6 degrees. DRII 37.7 degrees. Long leg length: DRI nominally 223 meters. DRII nominally 160 meters. Termination heights are the same as feedpoint heights. All steel towers are about two feet wide on the face. Most of them are from Path Products. Feedlines: The transmitter building is in the center of the property. The transmission lines are shown running from the building to the antennas. Each antenna is fed by an open-wire balanced feedline nearly half a mile in length. They are constructed of four wires side-connected to form a two-conductor line with characteristic impedance of 300 ohms. These transmission lines were fabricated by WYFR (via DXLD) ** U S A. 9475, Dec 28 at 2018, clips from 1971y of CKLW, ``20-20 News`` hyped about rape in an elevator; turns out to be commercial for a DVD documentary, ``Rise and Fall of the Big 8``, then Ted Randall asking for listener feedback; so his `QSO` show, Sats 19-21 UT, breaking away from SFAW on WTWW-1 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Again surprisingly transmission of WTWW-3 on Dec. 28 till 0905 on 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg to NEAm Yoruba from 0905 on 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg to NEAm Chinese -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Winter B-13 schedule of WTWW We Transmit World Wide: WTWW-1 0000-1400 5830 TWW 100 kW / 050 deg NEAm English 1400-2400 9475 TWW 100 kW / 050 deg NEAm English WTWW-2 0000-1400 5085 TWW 100 kW / 180 deg SoAm English 1400-2400 9930 TWW 100 kW / 180 deg SoAm English WTWW-3 0000-0300 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg NEAm Spanish Sat-Wed 0300-0500 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg NEAm Portuguese Sat-Wed 0500-0600 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg NEAm Portuguese, very irregular 0600-0900 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg NEAm Yoruba, very irregular 0900-1200 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg NEAm Chinese, very irregular 1200-1400 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg NEAm Russian, very irregular 1400-1500 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg NEAm Russian Fri-Tue 1500-2100 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg NEAm Arabic Fri-Tue 2100-2400 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg NEAm French Fri-Tue (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, DX RE MIX NEWS #829 December 29, 2013 via DXLD) 12105, Dec 31 at 1517, WTWW-3 is absent. Might be a good chance to hear the Zimbabwean clandestine R. Dialogue at 1600-1658, but I`m always doing something else by then, i.e. writing these reports. Not that it`s a rarity with 250 kW from Madagascar, allegedly partly in English. 12105, Jan 1 at 2108 check, WTWW-3 is still off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Note Ivo`s schedule indicates that 12105 takes Wed & Thu + UT Thu & Fri off; I`m not so sure this is an intentional scheduling (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. Winter B-13 schedule of WWRB: 0000-0500 5050 WRB 100 kW / 045 deg NEAm English AM/USB [irregular!gh] 0000-1400 3185 WRB 100 kW / 045 deg NEAm English 0200-0500 3195 WRB 100 kW / 045 deg NEAm English, irreg [regular! gh] 1400-2400 9370 WRB 100 kW / 045 deg NEAm English 2300-0200 3215 WRB 100 kW / 045 deg NEAm English, irreg (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, DX RE MIX NEWS #829 December 29, 2013 via DXLD) ** U S A. Hi, Glenn. Per the announcement on our website, we were off the air yesterday, and will be again on the 1st. The webstream continues 24/7, however. We do not normally leave 17775 until between 2000-2001. There was a minor drama on Christmas night when a brush fire broke out in a canyon right below our mountain-top transmitter site, but Ventura County Fire Department jumped on it pretty quickly with literally dozens of fire trucks, and it was dealt with overnight. How is the audio quality on 17775 today? We made a configuration change to the STL, and would be interested to know if it sounds any better (Ray Robinson, Dec 26, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 17775, Dec 26 at 1827, KVOH music check: yes, it sounds better now as the packets are tying together without the gaps. I was checking since Ray Robinson says they modified their STL; also says KVOH took Xmas day off, which I why I didn`t hear them before 2000; and they stay on at least until then. 17775, Dec 27 at 1446, JBA carrier and then some music detectable, as KVOH is just starting to propagate. They could avoid this by running the 6-hour weekday broadcast an hour or two later during the daytime (and not have to get going by 6 am PST) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9975, KVOH, 29/12 0354 UT. Programa de música gospel de canciones cantadas por Jimmy Swaggart i.e.: How Great Thou Art y de la dirección postal de la emisora a las 04. SINPO: 55444 (Claudio Galaz, Antena: Hilo de 20 metros, RX: Tecsun PL-660, QTH: Sector sur de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) Winter B-13 schedule of KVOH: 0300-0500 9975 VOH 050 kW / 100 deg CeAm English Sun/Mon 1400-2000 17775 VOH 050 kW / 100 deg CeAm Spanish Mon-Fri (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, DX RE MIX NEWS #829 December 29, 2013 via DXLD) ** U S A. But the most interesting signal heard on 15550 kHz, WJHR International Milton CA, WITHOUT CARRIER at all, only USB mode portion visible on the Perseus screen. 15550.3 to 15552.8 kHz narrow bandwidth. Nice signal - a suprise. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, 1918 UT Dec 26, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) WJHR is in FLORIDA (FL), not California (CA). Don`t you believe Aoki on this. Quite a difference. It`s audible here just about any day, and yes, USB only, and with only one gospel huxter ever. You can`t hear it directly in Germany? Hardly nominal 50 kW (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Winter B-13 schedule of WJHR Radio International: 1400-2200 15550 JHR 050 kW / 005 deg NWAm English DSB [NO! USB – gh] (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, DX RE MIX NEWS #829 December 29, 2013 via DXLD) WJHR, 15550 USB, 1943-2003 UT, Christmas story, then into long rant on evolution theory being the way that the New World Order is taking over. Use of SSB with no real pilot carrier makes this one kind of hard to tune in for the casual user, I would think (Paul Brouillette, Geneva, IL, Jan 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7555, Dec 30 at 0643, WEWN Spanish with big squeal, which I normally don`t hear much on this frequency. May depend on how strong the fundamental is, and vs the French ute noise on the hi side. // 11870 earlier in the evening before it drops out, has had the squeal, so suspect the transmitters have been swapped (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15610, Jan 1 at 2105, WEWN English is AWOL, tho squealing away as usual in Spanish on 13830, 12050. Propagation should not be a factor since its closest SWBC neighbor, 15550-USB WJHR, is audible with a fraxion of WEWN`s power (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Winter B-13 of WEWN Global Catholic Radio: WEWN-1 0000-0900 11520 EWN 250 kW / 085 deg WeAf English 0900-1200 11520 EWN 250 kW / 355 deg SEAs English 1200-1800 15610 EWN 250 kW / 040 deg WeEu English 1800-2400 15610 EWN 250 kW / 040 deg N/ME English WEWN-2 0000-1000 11870 EWN 250 kW / 155 deg SoAm Spanish 1000-1700 12050 EWN 250 kW / 155 deg SoAm Spanish 1700-2400 13830 EWN 250 kW / 155 deg SoAm Spanish WEWN-3 0000-0500 5810 EWN 250 kW / 220 deg MEX Spanish 0500-1200 7555 EWN 250 kW / 220 deg MEX Spanish 1200-1800 11550 EWN 250 kW / 220 deg MEX Spanish 1800-2400 12050 EWN 250 kW / 220 deg MEX Spanish (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, DX RE MIX NEWS #829 December 29, 2013 via DXLD) ** U S A. Winter B-13 schedule of KJES: 0200-0300 7555 JES 050 kW / 335 deg NWAm English [no, at 0200 it`s in Spanish, as just reconfirmed --- gh] 0300-0330 7555 JES 050 kW / 020 deg NEAm English 1400-1500 11715 JES 050 kW / 070 deg NEAm English 1500-1600 11715 JES 050 kW / 350 deg NWAm English 1600-1700 11715 JES 050 kW / 150 deg CeAm Spanish (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, DX RE MIX NEWS #829 December 29, 2013 via DXLD) 7555, Jan 1 at 0208, KJES is in Spanish, despite schedule just issued by Ivo Ivanov alleging that it`s all-English at 0200-0330. So does Aoki, but WRTH 2014 shows this entire sesquihour in Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Winter B-13 schedule of WRNO: 0200-0500 7506vRNO 050 kW / 020 deg NoAm English (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, DX RE MIX NEWS #829 December 29, 2013 via DXLD) THE ATROCITY THAT IS WRNO --- WRNO's transmitter came on four minutes early this evening (UT Tuesday 12/31) at 0156 in mid-song. Listening now for over half-an-hour - I'm a masochist, apparently - there has been nothing but one insipid contemporary religious song after another. There have been no IDs, or, in fact, announcements of any kind. Needless to say the audio is wretched with the usual distortion and hum. Who is footing the bill for this? What is the point of it all? Why does the FCC not enforce such "minor" requirements as legally identifying your station (call letters and city of license) as close to the top of the hour as possible (and certainly at sign-on)? Did I mention that the carrier is way off its assigned frequency (it is currently on 7506.55 kHz)? I know that this isn't a new thing down there in New Orleans but it beggars belief that WRNO has been allowed to lurch along like a zombie of the airwaves for so long. As a professional broadcaster for nearly four decades this bothers me no end. I guess I'm just naive. 73, (Andy Robins, Kalamazoo, Michigan USA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) [a reply, sequitur?] If I had the cash, I'd take podcasts and other online programs that are "Creative Commons" licensed and relay them for secular content. With "Creative Commons" licensed material, generally the retransmission permission is already given. I staged such exercises the past two years on WBCQ but a lack of funds this year plus a very restrictive new employer means I won't manage a Third Annual event on New Year's Eve tomorrow. If anybody wants to collaborate on a CC Relays show/service, say so. Material is there to mine. Time and money hold this back (Stephen Michael Kellat, KC8BFI, Ashtabula Township, Ohio, Sent 2144 ET 2013- 12-30, ibid.) ** U S A. Winter B-13 schedule of WINB: 1215-1300 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg CeAm English Sun 1300-1500 13570 INB 050 kW / 242 deg CeAm English Sun 1500-1545 13570 INB 050 kW / 242 deg CeAm English Sat/Sun 1545-2200 13570 INB 050 kW / 242 deg CeAm English Daily 2200-2400 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg CeAm English Daily 0000-0330 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg CeAm English Daily 0330-0430 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg CeAm English Tue-Sat (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, DX RE MIX NEWS #829 December 29, 2013 via DXLD) Closing times of 9265 are not shown in WINB schedule, as duration of shows is not indicated; must be determined by monitoring (gh, DXLD) 13570, Dec 31 at 1944, notice that WINB again has a wobble on the carrier; lately it had been rather stable. This while checking for a QRP pirate on 13560, nothing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Winter B-13 schedule of World Wide Christian Radio: WWCR-1 0000-0200 6115 WCR 100 kW / 046 deg WeEu English 0200-1100 3215 WCR 100 kW / 046 deg WeEu English 1100-2100 15825 WCR 100 kW / 046 deg WeEu English 2100-2400 6115 WCR 100 kW / 046 deg WeEu English WWCR-2 0000-0100 5070 WCR 100 kW / 085 deg CeAf English 0100-1300 5935 WCR 100 kW / 085 deg CeAf English 1300-1600 7490 WCR 100 kW / 085 deg CeAf English 1600-2100 12160 WCR 100 kW / 085 deg CeAf English 2100-2300 9350 WCR 100 kW / 085 deg CeAf English 2300-2400 5070 WCR 100 kW / 085 deg CeAf English WWCR-3 0000-0100 13845 WCR 100 kW / 040 deg NoAm English 0100-1300 4840 WCR 100 kW / 040 deg NoAm English 1300-2400 13845 WCR 100 kW / 040 deg NoAm English WWCR-4 0000-0300 7520 WCR 100 kW / 090 deg CeAm English Tue-Sat 0300-0400 5890 WCR 100 kW / 090 deg CeAm English Tue-Sat 0400-1200 5890 WCR 100 kW / 090 deg CeAm English 1200-1300 5890 WCR 100 kW / 090 deg CeAm English Mon-Fri 1300-1500 9980 WCR 100 kW / 090 deg CeAm English Mon-Fri 1500-2400 9980 WCR 100 kW / 090 deg CeAm English (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, DX RE MIX NEWS #829 December 29, 2013 via DXLD) Hello. A small observation about WWCR-1. Should be included: 2200-2300 6115 WCR 100 kW / 046 deg WeEu Spanish Mon-Fri 73 (Dino Bloise, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Including, ahem, his program `Frecuencia al Día`, M & F at 2200-2230, schedule inherited from my `Mundo Radial` when it ended (gh, DXLD) ** U S A [and non]. Winter B-13 schedule of World Harvest Radio: WHRI Angel 1 0000-0100 7335 HRI 250 kW / 173 deg CeAm English Sun/Mon 0100-0200 9605 HRI 250 kW / 167 deg SoAm Spanish KBS World Radio 0300-0330 6175 HRI 250 kW / 173 deg SoAm Spanish Voice of Vietnam 0330-0400 6175 HRI 250 kW / 173 deg SoAm English Voice of Vietnam 0400-0430 6175 HRI 250 kW / 173 deg SoAm Spanish Voice of Vietnam 0430-0530 6175 HRI 250 kW / 260 deg MEX Vietnamese Voice of Vietnam 0800-0900 11565 HRI 250 kW / 245 deg AUS English Mon-Fri 0900-1100 11565 HRI 250 kW / 245 deg AUS English Sun 1400-1500 21600 HRI 250 kW / 059 deg NoAf English Sun 1500-1600 21630 HRI 250 kW / 085 deg CeAf English Sat/Sun 1600-1800 21630 HRI 250 kW / 085 deg CeAf English 1800-2000 17610 HRI 250 kW / 085 deg CeAf English 2000-2100 17610 HRI 250 kW / 085 deg CeAf English Sat 2130-2200 17540 HRI 250 kW / 152 deg SoAm Portuguese Radio Japan NHK 2300-2400 7315 HRI 250 kW / 173 deg CeAm English Sun-Fri WHRI Angel 2 0000-0100 5920 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg WeEu English Tue-Sat 0100-0130 9895 HRI 250 kW / 173 deg CeAm Spanish Tue-Sat R.Netherland 0130-0200 9895 HRI 250 kW / 173 deg CeAm English Mon 0200-0300 5920 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg WeEu English Tue-Sat 0300-0330 7520 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg WeEu English Sat 0330-0400 7520 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg WeEu Russian Sat 0400-0430 6195 HRI 250 kW / 167 deg SoAm Spanish Radio Japan NHK 0430-0500 9830 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg WeEu English Sat 0445-0500 9830 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg WeEu English Sun 0500-0600 9830 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg WeEu English Sat-Thu 0900-0930 6195 HRI 250 kW / 152 deg SoAm Portuguese Radio Japan NHK 0930-1000 6195 HRI 250 kW / 152 deg SoAm Spanish Radio Japan NHK 1100-1200 7315 HRI 250 kW / 173 deg CeAm English Sun 1300-1400 9840 HRI 250 kW / 025 deg NEAm English Sat/Sun 1400-1500 9840 HRI 250 kW / 025 deg NEAm English Sun 1600-1700 9840 HRI 250 kW / 025 deg NEAm English Sun 1730-1830 9840 HRI 250 kW / 025 deg NEAm English Sun 1830-2000 9840 HRI 250 kW / 025 deg NEAm English Thu/Sat 1900-2000 9840 HRI 250 kW / 025 deg NEAm English Mon/Wed/Fri 2000-2115 9505 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg WeEu English Sun 2200-2400 9505 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg WeEu English Sat T8WH Angel 3 [PALAU] 0800-0900 9930 HBN 100 kW / 318 deg EaAs English Sun-Fri 0800-0900 9930 HBN 100 kW / 318 deg EaAs Japanese Sat 0900-1000 9930 HBN 100 kW / 318 deg EaAs English 1000-1200 9930 HBN 100 kW / 318 deg EaAs English Sun 1200-1230 9930 HBN 100 kW / 318 deg EaAs Vietnamese Fri Radio Que Me 1200-1300 9930 HBN 100 kW / 318 deg EaAs English Sat/Sun 1300-1430 9965 HBN 100 kW / 318 deg EaAs English Radio Australia T8WH Angel 4 [PALAU] 0130-0300 15680 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg SEAs English Sun 0300-0400 15680 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg SEAs English Mon-Fri 0400-0500 17840 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg SEAs English Radio Australia 1115-1200 9625 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg SEAs Indonesian Radio Japan NHK 1200-1300 9960 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg SEAs Khmer Khmer Post Radio 1315-1400 11925 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg SEAs Indonesian Radio Japan NHK 1400-1430 11925 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg SEAs English Radio Japan NHK 1430-1500 11980 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg SEAs English Sat/Sun 1600-1630 9905 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg SEAs English Sat WHRI Angel 5 [NO! Obviously this applies to PALAU/HBN/T8WH; as we explained previously the `Angel` designators apply to *services* rather than specific transmitter units --- gh] 1300-1400 9930 HRI 100 kW / 345 deg NEAs English Sat/Sun 1430-1500 9960 HRI 100 kW / 345 deg NEAs Japanese Furusato no Kaze 1500-1530 9975 HRI 100 kW / 345 deg NEAs Korean Nippon no Kaze 1530-1600 9965 HRI 100 kW / 345 deg NEAs Korean Nippon no Kaze WHRI Angel 6 0100-0200 7385 HRI 100 kW / 315 deg NWAm English Sun 0100-0215 7385 HRI 100 kW / 315 deg NWAm English Mon 0200-0300 7385 HRI 100 kW / 315 deg NWAm English Tue-Sat 1200-1300 7385 HRI 100 kW / 315 deg NWAm English Mon-Fri 1300-1400 7385 HRI 100 kW / 315 deg NWAm English Sun 2200-2300 15180 HRI 100 kW / 315 deg NWAm English Fri (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, DX RE MIX NEWS #829 December 29, 2013 via DXLD) ** U S A [non]. Winter B-13 schedule of Caribbean Beacon [ANGUILLA]: 1000-2200 11775 AIA 100 kW / 320 deg CeAm English 2200-1000 6090 AIA 100 kW / 320 deg CeAm English (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, DX RE MIX NEWS #829 December 29, 2013 via DXLD) QSY times vary quite a lot, maybe up to 15 minutes (gh, DXLD) ** U S A [non]. 6045, Jan 1 at 0452, some nice music with chimes, good signal, off at 0459* and missed announcement if any. Scheduled is AWR in French, 0430-0500, 300 kW, 220 degrees from Moosbrunn, AUSTRIA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. As he has over the past several years, Brian Justin, WA1ZMS/4 -- as experimental station WG2XFQ -- will transmit voice and music on 486 kHz on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day and again on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. Transmissions will begin at 0001 UT and end at 2359. Justin, ... will use an AM audio loop modulating his vintage-style, home-brew transmitter to honor Reginald Fessenden's Christmas Eve 1906 AM voice transmission. WA1ZMS constructed his MOPA transmitter from 1920s-vintage components. "While his original transmissions used a set of carbon microphones in the antenna lead to modulate the signal," Justin explained, "WG2XFQ will be utilizing true Heising modulation in honor of Raymond Heising, who developed this early form of amplitude modulation during World War I. Reginald Fessenden - Detail of the MOPA xmtr [illustrations] Justin constructed his 5 W master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) transmitter using 1920s-vintage components. He said a modern 500 W FET linear amplifier allows him to meet his WG2XFQ ERP limit of 20 W. An RF engineer, Justin collects pre-1920 wireless gear and has a World War I Heising-modulated aircraft transmitter he's planning to restore. Justin was an active participant in the ARRL's WD2XSH 600 meter experimental project." (Source? via Harold Frodge, MARE Tipsheet 27 Dec via DXLD) He is WD2XSH/31 which has been heard in Michigan so this is certainly possible -- give it a shot! I heard nothing on Christmas Eve, but my local noise is brutal. Give it a shot and report what you hear! (Ken Zichi, ed., ibid.) ** U S A. QSL: WGTH, 540, Richlands, VA, date only letter and "retro" bumper sticker in 9 days for snail mail report and SASE. Letter confirms operating power as "close to 97 watts." V/s Ron Brown, General Manager. 418 miles. Report sent to P.O. Box 370, Richlands, VA 24641 (Al Muick, Whitehall PA USA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. QSL: WVMT, 620, Burlington VT, Full data letter in 7 days for snail mail report and SASE return postage. V/s. Ernie Farrar, Chief Operator and On-Air Personality. Report sent to P. O. Box 620, Colchester, VT 05446. Hope everyone has a wonderful New Year! (Al Muick, Whitehall PA USA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Glenn: -- Clearly heard WYRE/810 [Annapolis MD], on 12/30 at 0730y UTC, via a remote receiver in the D.C. area. Audio was Christian Rock, à la "Air 1", with plug for videos on < khztv.com >. WYRE audio matched up with crudely auto-starting too-loud audio feed on the website. A look at FCC records shows not even any authorisation for PSA or PSSA parameters; just a 250 watt straight-daytimer. Seems WGY would have a legitimate bitch about this -- 73z de (GREG HARDISON, CA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 850, UT Sat Dec 28 at 0637, surprised to hear a female hosting `Coast to Coast AM`, most unusual, via KOA (and countless other non-synchronized frequencies); admonishes callers not to use 4- letter words as her guest is discussing swearing, both casual and causal. Casual swearing serves no purpose other than to show the person is too lazy to think of and utter the proper word, and doesn`t care how it damage her reputation. Causal swearing is exclamatory and forgivable especially if from injury. Before next break, hostess IDs as Dr. Kathryn (?) Alpert (?)(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WCBS/WFAN X-Feed --- 1930 EST/0030 UT 12/28/13. Hearing a Cross feed wherein the Hockey B'cast from sister station WFAN 660 is playing on WCBS 880 along side of a Basketball game. This may be clearing up at this commercial break 0040UT. Nope, the game feed is crossed after break. May have to recheck patch cords (Paul S. in CT, FN31nl, Tecsun PL-310 b/f, UT Dec 29, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Perhaps it's the radio. I'm from NYC also and I have very bad (actually, HORRIBLE) AM reception across THE ENITRE BAND on my Hamilton WRD 12 World Band Radio. 710 and 770 AM are virtually INVISIBLE inbetween 660 and 880; anything above 1010 is full of static, so who knows about AM propagation in this city? (Shawn Fahrer, ibid.) Nope, not the radio. The set was the PL-310 DSP pocketable and barefoot. I put a cheap analog on it, and its duplicated. Then put a Grundig G5 on it and still there. I haven't checked again, as I caught a nice logging on 840 kHz (WXEW in my WRYM fade, similar content but R. Victoria network). (Paul S. in CT FN31nl, 0445 UT Dec 29, ibid.) ** U S A. QSL: WCIT, 940, Lima OH, full data letter/card on heavy stock paper in 10 days for report on their DX Test transmission of December 16 via snail mail with SASE for return postage. V/s Mark D Gierhardt, Engineering / IT Director. Report sent to Childers Media Group, 57 Town Square, Lima, OH 45801. 250 watts and 440 miles (Al Muick, Whitehall PA USA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1120, Dec 30 at 0655 UT, ranchera music mixing with KMOX. At first I am not hearing it when I null KMOX toward the SE for KEOR Catoosa/Sperry/Tulsa the daytimer which has been caught running all- night, and would be praise music. By 0700 this is audible with KMOX nulled for ID mentioning Austin, Bustos? Media, ``líder de radio en español``, right back to romantic music in Spanish. So this is the new station KTXW, city of license Manor TX, which we already reported in DXLD 13-23 last June and followed up in 13-28: ``Now we must beware of another new Spanish station on 1120, KTXW in Manor (Austin) TX which has just started testing, ``nostalgic wall-to- wall Spanish language ballads format`` as `Exitos 11-20`` with 5000/155 watts. Tnx to Artie Bigley for tip of this thread at http://radiodiscussions.com/smf/index.php?topic=235285.msg2121776 KTXW is about 90 degrees away from KEOR from my angle, so besides format difference, not easily confundible here (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1672, DX LISTENING DIGEST)`` Nevertheless, the 2013 NRC AM Log as of August still showed it ``not on air`` with 5600/155 watts. The latest NRC Pattern Book as of July 15 does not show it at all. FCC AM Query agrees day power is 5600 not 5000 W, and night pattern at http://transition.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/1537028-120414.pdf shows a deep null toward KMOX, and also toward us, mainly NW/SE but no null toward the SW. Day pattern at http://transition.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/1537028-120413.pdf shows major lobe to NW, minor to SE, but plenty toward Enid. Normally, KMOX has no such interference here at night, from KTXW which makes a SAH of 40/minute = 2/3 Hz, a lot closer than KEOR is to KMOX (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1220, Dec 30 at 0704 UT, WSLM ID in passing atop the jumble, and with off-frequency het from TX nulled. 82-watt classic-country station in Salem IN continues to dominate the frequency, surely running day facility of 5 kW. Day & nite figure-8 pattern is slightly clockwise from east-west (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1440, Dec 31 at 0654 UT, ``14-40, Selvagemente (?) Mexicana`` slogan. This loops E/W, making rippling SAH with a N/S station which is in English (rather than Spanish religion from KTNO The Metroplex normally heard). Most likely KTUV Little Rock AR, which NRC AM Log shows as SS:MEX, unlike any other station around here. It`s 5000/240 U2, with nite pattern E/W. Last known slogan was R. Pantera. IRCA 2012 Log and WRTH 2014 show only three real Mexicans on 1440, in DF, Jalisco and BCS. And a real Mexican would not need to assert its Mexicanness (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. QSL: WMLB, 1690, Avondale Estates GA, no data "Indeed it was us!" email in about 5 hours for email report to Jeff Davis, VP/GM jeffdavis at jwbroadcasting dot com. Jeff lets me know he's from Levittown PA and sends greetings from Atlanta (Al Muick, Whitehall PA USA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. What am I getting on 1710 in English? Not wild ranting, but probably political & or financial "You're talking about the biggest bailout...socialism". Not sure if it's a play/drama or what. Mostly man talking, maybe woman briefly. Lots of unreadable words & total fade outs. Aerostream CommRadio CR-1, 7.5" Quantum loop. 0530 UTC. 73, (George S[herman]., MN, UT Dec 29, IRCA via DXLD) Hi George, I did a careful check of my overnight recordings and listened a few minutes before and after 0530 UT. I could hear talking between a man and woman but it wasn't strong enough to overtake Radio Celestial and the Hudson County TIS station, so nothing could be understood. What you describe sounds like the Chicago pirate that calls itself "W807, Geo Research Rock Radio". This is a mostly full-time (and probably low power but higher than a Part 15) operation that has a conservative and conspiracy slant. They mostly air rock music (often long blocks by the same artist) but I've heard similar political and documentary programs like this late at night also coming from the station. I've also heard them air what sounds like old-time radio suspense dramas with lots of screaming, police sirens, loud foot steps, telephone rings, etc. IDs are infrequent but long and detailed when they do ID, often with several ads for local businesses in the Chicago area. I'm a bit surprised this one isn't reported by more Midwestern DXers. 73, (Tim Tromp, West Michigan, UT Dec 29, IRCA via DXLD) `Pirate Radio Boston` also widely reported on 1710 & 1720 (gh) ** U S A. Don't Touch That Dial! Low-Power Radio Is About to Make FM Hot Again | Gadget Lab | Wired.com http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/02/the-reprise-of-radio/ (via Des Preston, DXLD) ** VATICAN. 11625, Dec 28 at 2013, VR English, fair signal with African Catholic news; sked daily 2000-2030, 250 kW, 214 degrees from SMG (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [non]. 9955, ESTADOS UNIDOS, Okeechobee. "Radio Vaticano", 0210 UT. Programa en español "Diálogos de Radio Vaticano" en el que habla de unas encíclicas y de Dovstoiesvsky y el cristo crucificado. Siguen programas: Mensaje de Paz desde el Vaticano, Santo del Día, Nuevo horizonte de vida con proyectos de evangelizacion con un documento del papa Francisco y termina programa con información de contacto y también página web; después termina programa con la señal de intervalo de Radio Vaticano y empieza programa en inglés "Bible Commentary", SINPO: 55545 (Marcos Cox, location unknown, Receptor: DEGEN DE1103, Antena: SONY AM Antenna Loop, Dec 26, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** VIETNAM. TP's for Wednesday, January 01, 2014 --- Listened from 1245 to 1338 UT. Surprise of the morning was Vietnam 675 with piano music matching shortwave // 5975 with fair signal for a minute then fading to a weak signal. Happy to start the New Year with this seldom heard station, Happy New! 675, VIETNAM, My Van, 1303 weak to fair signal with man in Vietnamese followed by piano music. // 5975. NW ewe 01/01/2014 Best regards, (Dennis Vroom, Kalama, WA, JRC NRD 545, NW ewe + Sky wire loop, IRCA mailing list via DXLD) Nice catch this morning, Dennis! 675-VOV used to be fairly common here during the peak seasons from 2008 to 2011, but it seems to have fallen on hard times since. It still shows up during ocean coast trips, though. 73, (Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA), ibid.) ** VIETNAM. 9635.744, Vietnamese language talk observed at 0432 UT Dec 28 of Voice of Vietnam 1st domestic sce from Son Tay outlet. S=5 poor suffering signal after sunrise. Scheduled 2145-1700 UT. 9839.856, Voice of Vietnam Son Tay 'endless' opening procedure program hymn between 0955 til 1000 UT. ID signature followed, S=8 strength in remote unit on Ceylon (Wolfgang Bueschel, Dec 28, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VIETNAM [and non]. 13735, Dec 27 at 1437, Vietnamese talk with heavy tone jamming on DSB, pitch wavering slightly. It`s the Viet Cong response to R. Free Asia, via SAIPAN, one hour only. Lack of CRI on 13740 [see CUBA] expedited monitoring of this (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZAMBIA. 5915, Zambia Nat. B.C., Dec 22 1559-1606, 23332-22332, vernacular, Fish eagle IS, announce by man, local music (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, DE-1121, ANT, 70m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZANZIBAR. 6015, ZBC Radio, 0359-0426, Dec 30. Probably my best ever reception! Usual drums till time pips; ID; news in Swahili (major item about Australia and Harare, about Zimbabwe's ambassador to Australia seeking asylum. Jan 1 heard an interesting song at 0355 UT with many mentions of Zanzibar on 6015; poor, but still enjoyable. Audio clip attached [to the dxldyg] (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11735, Dec 28 at 2012, Ungujan music, fair from ZBC, tho absent yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 910, Dec 28 at 0645 UT, singing ID sounds like ``WHMO`` but no match in the NRC AM Log or FCC AM Query. Closest fonetikaly is WAKO in Lawrenceville IL, U3, 500/50 watts with an AC/OLD format (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 2660, Jan 1 at 0443 UT, very poor carrier, trace of music, probably previously IDed 1330 x 2, KGLD, Tyler TX. Not in the WRTH, of course, saving countless pages by skipping stations under 2.5 kW, but making the US info extremely incomplete (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 4004.56, Jan 1 at 0445, good AM signal with open carrier, still at 0504, 0616. Pinpointed the frequency in two ways which match exactly: with keyboard close-beat het against 4005.00 BFO on the YB-400, of A above middle-C = 440 Hz; and on the DX-398 by comparing to WWV with BFO on 40-Hz steps, 11 of them below 4005.00. But what is this, some ute? Used to be a Vatican frequency (and they do very well here later on 3975), but only known broadcaster on 4005 now is Kamalabad, Iran in Russian at 1920-2020 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Later: heavy RTTY; maybe was on holiday break UNIDENTIFIED. Looking for late Latins on NY Eve, stepping thru 60mb with BFO Jan 1 at 0446-0451 find carriers here but hardly any strong enough to pursue vs my noise level, which is yet lower than usual: 4775 (2), 4780, 4785, 4790-, 4810, 4825, 4865-, 4885, 4905, 4950-, 4960, 4975, 4990, 5005, 5015 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED [and non]. 5000, Jan 1 at 0503 doing some calibration with WWV, bothered by some irregular beeping on frequency, certainly not another timesignaler. By 0600 to celebrate arrival of 2014y in the CST zone, needed 2500 for best WWV reception; again, no NY wishes from them. Aloha is as informal as it gets, from WWVH (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 5910, Sat Dec 28 at 0619, off-frequency HJDH has a LAH, at a time when nothing else is scheduled on 5910. Would not even be TWR warming up from Austria since its 0644-0659 broadcast in Polish is M-F only. Does not work out to be an RHC mixing product either (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 7560, Dec 28 at 1356, 1 kHz tone, fair with flutter; stops at 1359, transmission break, then resumes until at least 1420. By 1406 there is some weak talk CCI underneath. EiBi, Aoki, and HFCC all agree what`s supposed to be here 7 days a week: BBCWS at 1330- 1430, going from Bengali to Hindi at 1400 and switching sites from Thailand to Uzbekistan. So both sites lost common satellite feed? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 9665, Dec 30 at 1357, 1 kHz continuous tone runs past 1400 for some minutes, but off at 1417 check. Aoki shows the only things scheduled are: CRI in Russian via Xian until 1357, Sinhala via Jinhua 831 from 1400; and KCBS Pyongyang at 2000-1800. No sign of any of those besides the tone which nevertheless may have been coming from one of them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Good to hear your advocacy for shortwave on the BBC. Well done, sir (Gerald T Pollard, NC) See UK: BBCWS ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 1702, Keep up the good work! (Henning Vahlbruch, Germany, Dec 25, with a Euro contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com) TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED FUTURELY: Thanks Glenn for your continuing very hard and thorough work with WoR! (Steve McGreevy - N6NKS with a contribution via PayPal) One may also contribute by check or MO in US$ on a US bank to P O Box 1684, Enid OK, 73702 (gh) Yeah mate hardly have a minute to myself to listen! Yep you and Wolfie in Germany keep the hobby/dream alive! Take care mate (Johno Wright, NSW) Dear Glenn Hauser, May the new year bring you happiness! I pray for your success. It's good guide to my DX'ing. Best wishes, (Tomoaki Wagai, Wakayama, Japan, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Tnx for all the other Xmas/NY greetings, especially personal ones (gh) PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ THE SPECTRUM MONITOR IGNORANT ABOUT SHORTWAVE BROADCASTING This successor publication to the defunct Monitoring Times is edited and published by Ken Reitz, who previously convinced Bob Grove that MT did not need yours truly as a columnist. Now Ken in the inaugural issue publishes mistake after mistake in his own introduction to SW stations; he`s obviously very out of touch: with extreme amusement, I quote and correct them: ``Brief quotes used in reviews are permitted, provided that attribution is given.`` T S M’s G u i de t o Shor t wav e By Ken Reitz KS4ZR ARN/AFRTS Armed Forces Network/Armed Forces Radio and Television Service was once a major shortwave presence with a full lineup of programs taken from major U.S.-based radio networks and rebroadcast on many shortwave frequencies. Today the service is limited to four frequencies from two locations; Guam (Pacific Ocean) 13,362 kHz (daytime), 5,765 kHz (nighttime) and Diego Garcia (Indian Ocean) 12,759 kHz (daytime), 4,319 kHz (nighttime) all in USB. What’s left of their shortwave schedule is here. GH: It`s AFN, not ARN. As we reported exclusively months ago, the GUAM station has been closed down. Caribbean Beacon (University Net) The late Dr. Scott and Pastor Melissa Scott (his widow) beam their message from Anguilla, BWI on 11.755 MHz (daytime) and 6.090 MHz (nighttime). GH: it`s 11775 kHz; how about proofreading? Radio Cairo provides limited English service to North America on 15710 kHz from 1800-2100 UTC. GH: ??? TOTALLY IMAGINARY. No such frequency or time to NAm. Ever. HF Pirate Radio Unlicensed shortwave broadcasters, operate mostly within a small set of frequencies above and below 6025 kHz. . . GH: It`s above and below 6925, of course! Or the traditional 6955. Radio Havana A vestige of the Cold War with less strident voice, RHC also has one of the few remaining DX news programs in Arnie Corro’s “DXers Unlimited.” GH: It`s Coro. And he *never* includes any DX news (i.e. other stations, frequencies, times, logs), thus avoiding any political no- no`s. Mostly about propagation and ham radio, do-it-yourself projects. Have you ever axually listened to it? {Axually, World of Radio is one of the few remaining DX news programs, unmentioned of course.} Radio Kuwait often one of the biggest signals into North America from the mid-East, Radio Kuwait English transmission are found afternoons at 15540 UTC. GH: Often? Biggest? Maybe for a few months in summer; inaudible in winter. Frequencies are expressed in kHz, not UTC. Radio Pakistan has a full schedule of broadcasts in several languages, but not English. Try your luck with this shortwave schedule. GH: Full? DOES include *some* English, like 5-minute newscasts. Voice of Africa Sudan Radio a tough catch in Arabic on 7205 kHz. GH: Not tough at all. Try it around 0300 UT. Voice of Guyana found on 3290 offers extensive English programming from 0000 – 0400 and 0800 – 2400 UTC. GH: Unfound. Has been INACTIVE FOR YEARS! [see comments below] Voice of Tajikistan transmits on 7245 in English for one hour from 0100-0200 UTC. GH: I think English at 01 is on their web schedule, but 7245 does not come on until 0200, tsk2. WRTH does show English at 13-14 on same, hardly ever reported and also needs to be confirmed. BTW, as a matter of style, if you use the word ``from`` before a time, you should use the word ``to`` before the next time. If you just use a hyphen, you should say ``at`` the xxxx-xxxx time, as I just did above. Voice of Zimbabwe, “The independent voice of Zimbabwe,” operates on 4880 kHz with this schedule. GH: He`s mixed up Mugabe`s official VOZ, with SW Radio Africa, the clandestine which is on 4880 via South Africa. As in many entries; no hotlink really there. WJHR Milton, Florida, private religious broadcaster operating between 1400-2200 UTC on 15500 kHz. GH: It`s 15550-USB. Do you ever really tune across the bands, notice? WRMI “Radio Miami International,” a private shortwave broadcaster serving Latin America from Miami, Florida. Frequency: 9950 kHz. GH: Always on 9955, of course. Also serves North America, a bit. WRNO New Orleans, Louisiana, one of the original private shortwave broadcasters from the 1980s when it was known as “The Rock of New Orleans,” it now transmits religious programming on 15590 and 7506 kHz. GH: 15590 continues to be registered but has not been used in MANY years, including not since the new owners took over. So TSM is NOT the place to go for accurate coverage of SWBC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I heard them on 3290 during a business trip to Barbados in 2011, even at high noon (700 km from the Guyana transmitter). It mostly was a little stronger on the mediumwave channel. Not reported since! kHz YYYYmmDD UTC Cty Station, Details 560 20110403 0946 GUY Guyana BC, mx, talk, 32342 // 3290(35433) 560 20110411 0901 GUY Guyana BC, Take Five, 32432 // 3290(25432) 560 20110424 1615 GUY Guyana BC, Nx, 23432 // 3290(15521) 73, (Eike Bierwirth, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Aoki lists it with the schedule quoted above, but it was last heard here in Michigan in 2012. It does appear inactive at this point, however, 'for years' is a bit of an exaggeration. (Kenneth V Zichi, D<== I'm not with stupid ==> R, ibid. 3290 Guyana last reported on July 27, 2012, as in http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1231.txt (via Roberto Scalgione, ibid.) Since I have published this critique, it`s fair to pick apart any of my points, and if I make a mistake I *want* it to be corrected. I had not researched the details on 3290 Guyana, but 2013 was one entire year it was absent, and it was also absent for 5+ months of 2012, so that makes more than one year, two year*s*, not an exaggeration (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Thanks for your observations on the new electronic-not-good-enough-to- be-a-printed-magazine being launched. I'm not at all surprised at the errors you observed. I noticed similar errors in Mr. Reitz' work in Monitoring Times. Articles about satellite TV and radio included incorrect information. For example, his January 2009 "New Wave Shortwave" article included numerous errors. It stated that Radio Netherlands has been relaying to the U.S. on C-band satellite, when it was actually on Ku-band. It stated that Radio Canada International can be heard on Ku-band in the U.S., but this was not true because that signal was on a South American beam. Presumably, he picked up the listing from somewhere but failed to verify it. Mr. Reitz also stated that KSL Radio was available on Galaxy 19, when it had not been there for years. The article also stated that Radio France International (sic) could be heard on Intelsat 9 -- another listing found on the Internet which I had repeatedly checked and not found to be operating. It also said Deutsche Welle had discontinued service on "Panamsat 9," even though the satellite was renamed Intelsat 9 in 2007. And while DW had eliminated its multilingual DW7 service from Intelsat 9, it was still offering fulltime English and German feeds on I9 when the article appeared. All these errors occurred in one Reitz article. Despite my sending a letter to Bob Grove pointing out the errors, I never saw a subsequent correction in MT. I don't point these errors out to dump on Reitz. I appreciate any interested hobbyist attempting to share information. But it was this track record of inaccurate reporting that dissuaded me from subscribing to this new ethereal "publication." Your observations are consistent with what I had observed previously. These types of errors are in sharp contrast to your decades-long reputation for accuracy and your attention to detail. There is another minor item that bothers me. The web site for "The Spectrum Monitor" uses a "private registration" through Network Solutions, so one does not know who has registered the domain nor how to contact them. While there is contact information on the web site, I am always wary of ordering on the Internet from a web site where the identity of the registrant is concealed. I am not suggesting any impropriety, just stating a personal preference. One can use any number of "whois" tools to determine the registration of most domains (Mike Cooper, Atlanta GA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) SHORT-WAVE.INFO http://www.short-wave.info/index.php Para quienes no la tengan en sus favoritos: mover el punto rojo a la posición geográfica de escucha. 73 de (LU4YAO, Jorge Enrique Knüll, condiglista yg via DXLD) No se puede creer lo alistado en esto. Actualmente el 31 de diciembre muesta info atrasada, actualizada sólo hasta el dia 9 de dic, en la lista Aoki, aunque ésta se actualiza todos los días. Deben consultarla en directo. Pero lástima que la Aoki y así también short-wave.info incluyen muchas emisoras que no transmiten más, por ejemplo buscar en 3290 para hallar: Guyana, y en 3288 Madagascar, 3280 y 3290 ecuatorianas que no funcionan, ni PNG en 3290! Todas erradas! 73, (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Unfortunate that short-wave.info with seemingly cool funxionality, does not rely on an accurate current database, or preferably several of them. GIGO! As I have had to point out before (Glenn, DXLD) POPULAR COMMUNICATIONS Called Pop Com on Monday morning, 516 681-2922, to cancel my subscription since they are converting to a digital only publication. Cheryl was very friendly and cooperative. If going to cancel, might want to do so while they are being cooperative. 73, (Kraig Krist, Dec 30, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) The latest MEDXR Blog Post I suspect there might be a few ARDXC members who are aware that I have been running a DX weblog this year, called the Mount Evelyn DX Report (MEDXR). In case you have not come across this yet, I have just published the latest edition which has a summary of the most popular posts for 2013 and other highlighted articles. It's a "Year in Review" style of thing. If you think this might be of interest to you, I invite you to visit the site and check it out. And, of course, any feedback is always welcomed. The address is: http://medxr.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/2013-medxr-year-in-review.html Finally, a belated happy Xmas to everyone, and best wishes for 2014. (Best regards, Rob Wagner VK3BVW, ARDXC mailing list via DXLD) SÓLO PARA ESPÍAS: BEETHOVEN Y NÚMEROS EN LA ONDA CORTA COREANA Una nota interesante sobre emisoras de números, estaciones clandestinas y espías pueden leer en la página de Reuters haciendo click en http://es.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idESMAE9B802B20131209 (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, Dec 30, condiglista yg via DXLD) DONNA HALPER INTERVIEW ON WHAT`S WRONG WITH RADIO, ESPECIALLY RUSH New year wishes and a shameless plug --- Hope everyone has a happy, healthy, and peaceful New Year. Also, I had the privilege of being interviewed by a Chicago announcer for her podcast. We talked about a lot of things, from what's wrong with radio today to my relationship with Rush to various stories of famous and not so famous people I met in radio. Feel free to not listen to it all (it's kind of long), but if you have some time, the link is here: http://podcast.radiogirl.us/2013/12/donna-halper-rush-and-radio.html (Donna Halper, Jan 1,ABDX via DXLD) What the heck is that Chinese station - time to find out! see LANGUAGE LESSONS LANGUAGE LESSONS ++++++++++++++++ WHAT THE HECK IS THAT CHINESE STATION - TIME TO FIND OUT! New Year, time to learn a new DX skill - how about a small dose of Chinese? Here's your comprehensive guide to making sense of Chinese station identifications: http://www.dxing.info/articles/identifying_Chinese_radio_stations.dx (Mika Makelainen, DXing.info, Jan 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) WORLD OF HOROLOGY +++++++++++++++++ WWV -- IS THIS ``SERVICE`` ACTUALLY USEFUL FOR PEOPLE? I recently got a QSL verifying my reception of WWV on 5 MHz-- # 30371 from November 20, 2013. I also have a QSL from WWV for a reception report on 10 MHz from July 1992 -- # 28115. It seems they've only issued [QSLed] 2256 reception reports in 21 1/3 years, if my math is correct (or around 100 per year). If this is in any way representative of their total listeners, maybe it's about time they got off of shortwave (and used the saved money elsewhere, like a drawdown of the National Debt) -- unless I'm missing something here. Does anyone in here find WWV an essential US government service (or is it just a luxury item)???? (Shawn Fahrer, Dec 28, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Sure it is. Just check your computer/celphone/phone-puter clock against WWV. Any differences?, significant? If I want to know the correct time, I don't rely on my devices anymore. Heck, even NewsRadio AM stations run 1/2 minute late most times! (Paul S. in CT FN31nl, ibid.) Yes, it is essential. Interesting QSL statistic, but most WWV users are not QSL-collectors, don`t even know what one is. Nor need they. Would you make such an assumption about any other non-SW broadcasting service to judge its audience? It`s not in any way representative (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Aside from the obvious - that radio stations exist for more than just being a place you can request QSLs - have a think for a moment about the importance of time. Everything in our world today relies on accurate time keeping - from transportation systems to billions of dollars in market trading to broadcasting to communications networks to .... well, you get the idea. It all needs to interoperate and be perfectly synchronized. Without an accurate national time standard, they'd be chaos and WWV is an integral part of that. There are probably millions of receivers that silently listen and synchronize to WWV and it's companion, WWVH, and never ask for a QSL card. There are other ways to get accurate time - GPS and the Internet being two - but they are not as widely and cheaply available as the WWV signal. So it plays an important part in keeping national time. In fact, issuing QSL cards is probably the least essential of all WWV's functions (Martyn Williams, Korea North [non], ibid.) And not just time; WWV and WWVH are also frequency standards. They serve a worldwide community (propagation permitting), not just the USA. And certainly in my part of the world, internet time is often frighteningly different from WWV time (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Bill, it`s not the Internet's fault; it`s the computer's fault. With all that savvy tech inside, the clock is based on a cheap 10 ppm if you`re lucky 32768 Hz crystal with an adjustment "knob". Just a note that 1 sec/day error is 11.57 ppm. My $500 netbook for example drifts to about +4-5 minutes over the course of about 6 weeks. My 40 year old MICRONTA 3" square alarm clock that cost less than $5 drifts about +2 seconds in the same period. FWIW (Paul S. in CT, ibid.) Thanks Paul, I'm sure you are correct, but that can not be the full story. When I synchronise my timeanddate.com World Clock app (in Windows 8) it tells me my computer clock is now correct within 0.0 whatever seconds, but it still often does not agree with off-air WWV a few minutes later (by several seconds). Or do I misunderstand the process of synchronisation? Regards, (Bill Bingham, RSA, ibid.) In addition to WWV & WWVH, there is also WWVB on 60 kHz. Many consumer devices synchronize to that station and I have no idea how many non- consumer (e.g. industrial) devices do. NIST does have interest in verifying that their services are relevant today and they conduct periodic surveys to gather our views. They did this is 2001 & 2011. 2001: http://tf.nist.gov/survey/survey.htm 2011: http://www.arrl.org/news/nist-to-conduct-time-and-frequency-user-survey I sent a reception report into WWV around 25 years ago. Haven't sent one since but I do listen frequently to WWV and I have several devices that sync to WWVB. QSLs are nice to get, but as several already have said, their primary function is to provide a time & frequency standard (Greg Putrich, ibid.) It`s possible, Bill, that the app is tapping the el-cheapo clock and updating it. The clock might still drift a few seconds before "correction" by the app. FWIW most of my cheap imported consumer electronics with a clock included, are rather poor time keepers, radios, microwave, stove, TV, etc. My watches and clocks always do better (Paul S. in CT FN31nl, ibid.) Thanks Paul, Whatever the reason, although internet time seems fine for day to day use, it clearly cannot be relied upon for anything that requires very accurate timekeeping. Of course, the story might be different for someone who owns military (or similar) specification equipment, but how many of us do? I think the average person (especially in my part of the world) should exercise some caution when relying on internet time, at least if precision is required. Incidentally, I seem to recall a debate about inaccuracies in time sources, caused by delays in digital equipment, a couple of years back in DXLD. Unfortunately, that is archived on my old laptop and I can't access it at present; but I will certainly dig it out when I can! Regards, (Bill Bingham, ibid.) Not many may know that WWV is the oldest continuously-operating radio station in the United States, first going on the air from Washington, D.C. in May 1920, approximately six months before the launch of KDKA. Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWV_(radio_station) (Mike Terry, ibid.) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- IBOC +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ RADIO'S DIGITAL DILEMMA Glenn, 1. Have you seen any mention in your correspondence of the just-published book "Radio's Digital Dilemma."? It's well worth reading even though it costs $114. 2. Do you have an e-mail address for Barry McLarnon? I'd like to send him a note to let him know about it (if he doesn't already). Thanks (Ben Dawson, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Ben, No, don`t recall that. $114 is a bit steep (Glenn, ibid.) Glenn, Thanks! Maybe it will turn up in the library of whatever university you're close to. Or perhaps you can find it via inter- library loan. (My daughter who's a librarian for the Portland library sometimes chases down obscure things for me that way.) Glenn, Barry McLarnon was intrigued by the reference I made to the fact that Anderson's PhD thesis was on this subject (and titled almost exactly the same) so he dug out the url for the thesis! So you can download it and save the $114! Regards And Happy New Year, too! (Benjamin, ibid.) Viz.: https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/bitstream/handle/2142/26240/Anderson_John.pdf?sequence=1 -- (Barry McLarnon Ottawa, ON, via Ben, DXLD) Viz.: Someone recently brought to my attention this new book about the trials and tribulations of attempting to transition radio broadcasting to digital. Most of the book deals with IBOC in the US, but DAB in other parts of the world is also included: http://www.amazon.com/Radios-Digital-Dilemma-Broadcasting-Twenty-First/dp/0415656125 Considering the hefty price tag, I won't be springing for a copy. However, after searching a bit, I discovered that the book's contents are much the same as the author's 2011 PhD thesis, and you can download it here: https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/bitstream/handle/2142/26240/Anderson_John.pdf?sequence=1 It makes for some fascinating reading, and if you're interested in learning more about how IBOC was foisted on an unsuspecting public, and where it may go from here, I encourage you to take a look. You'll probably notice quite a few familiar names mentioned (Barry McLarnon, Ottawa, ON, VE3JF, ABDX via DXLD) Do you have rough (or better) numbers for the number of AM stations transmitting IBOC at the peak and today? It seems there have been no new major users of IBOC since the initial phase, and a lot (half?) of the original supporters have turned it off and said "why bother?". (Chuck Hutton, Jan 1, via Barry McClarnon, ABDX via DXLD) I haven't tracked the numbers over time, but they've been steadily declining for the past three or four years. A total of about 310 AM stations have run IBOC at one time or another, but only about 175 (or maybe less) are still using it today. Most of those are either owned by iBiquity investors, or their IBOC conversion was subsidized by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. It's obviously an abject failure; unfortunately, it lingers on (Barry McLarnon Ottawa, ON, ibid.) And would I be correct to assume there has been no new adapter of AM IBOC in say 3 or 4 years? If so, I'll round this off and say half of the IBOC soldiers have suffered mortal wounds and the other half have numbered days. Let's tell 'em "We told you so", Barry. Or better put, they never had enough technical ammo to make the fight win-able, so all we had to do was wait for them to surrender when the market said "so what?" to AM IBOC (Chuck Hutton, ibid.) Not quite correct; there have been two or three additions to the IBOC list in the last few years. The most curious one is WDGY-740, a little 2.5 kW daytimer in Wisconsin, who were noticed running IBOC about a month ago. The FCC website has no indication that WDGY has notified them of digital operation, though. WDGY does have a CP to increase power to 5 kW, so I suspect that they may have acquired a new transmitter, and are running IBOC more or less by accident. Aside from these few anomalies, the numbers have shown a steady decline in the past five years or so (Barry McLarnon Ottawa, ibid.) XEKAM 950 in Tijuana Mexico added IBOC sometime in the past year (Martin Foltz, CA, ibid.) I did not know that Mexican stations were using IBOC. I wonder how many are? (Patrick Martin, Seaside OR, ibid.) XEKAM and the former XEGM have always been listed in the local newspapers as stations that serve the L.A. area (along with 690 in Tijuana and 1090 in Rosarito). I'm not sure if that has anything to do with whether a Mexican station uses IBOC or not (Mike Sanburn, ibid.) Someone wanted info on IBOC stations a while back. I checked the Alaskans while here in Masset and could find none still using. Far less now than in past DXpeditions here, which is great. I'm only hearing a couple of lower 48 stations causing a nuisance now. Can someone post a list of Alaskan IBOCers for me. My list is from 2011- 2012. 73, (Walt Salmaniw, QCI, ibid.) I am pretty sure that KDLG 670 Dillingham, Alaska is IBOC. Around 2007 or so they put in a new 10,000 Watt transmitter that was HD/IBOC capable. Why you ask? They got a grant and it had to be for an HD transmitter and it was use it or lose it. Now, just because they have it, doesnt mean it's turned on. I haven't asked them in a while if they're still using it. In 2010, KDLG made history by becoming the first radio broadcaster in North America to broadcast over a Modulation-Dependent Carrier Level (MDCL) transmitter. Since being installed, the Nautel XR transmitter has saved KDLG thousands of dollars in operating costs. http://www.nautel.com/resources/articles/multiple-customers-mdcl-huge-success/ (Paul B Walker Jr, ibid.) I've attempted to contact some of the Alaska stations directly to see if they're still running IBOC. So far, I've found that KOTZ-720, KCHU- 770, and KBBI-890 have definitely turned it off, but I got no response from some others. At the moment, this is the list of stations that may be still running it: 650 KENI Anchorage 670 KDLG Dillingham 830 KSDP Sand Point 870 KSKO McGrath 900 KZPA Fort Yukon 910 KIYU Galena 930 KNSA Unala[k]leet (Barry McLarnon, Ottawa, ON, ibid.) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See INDIA; NORWAY; RUSSIA; UK; USA: WRMI ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ TRANSCONTINENTAL LOOPHOLE TV STATIONS Hey, As many of you know, soon to go on the air will be KVNV RF channel 3 (licensed to NJ) and WMDE RF ch 5 (licensed to DE). If these stations are going on the air due to the "loophole" mentioned here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KJWP Well, NJ & DE now already *have* VHF television stations---so wouldn't there now be opposition? Maybe WMDE is an exception, because it's a new station, and not a move. Sincerely (Elizabeth & Christopher Dunne, FL, via Mike Bugaj, WTFDA via DXLD) Arguably the FCC talked themselves into a hole. The Wikipedia article alludes to what happened. The law requires the FCC to approve any attempt to move a commercial VHF station to a state that doesn't already have one. The Commission denied PMCM's initial application. They ruled the law only applied if the station couldn't operate from its original location and its new NJ/DE location simultaneously without interfering with itself. However, they also ruled that another provision of the law did require them to allocate at least one VHF commercial channel to every state if it was technically feasible to do so. When the law was first enacted, it wasn't technically feasible. With the digital transition having largely cleared out the VHF low-band, it had become technically feasible. So the FCC allotted channel 4 to Atlantic City, New Jersey and channel 5 to Seaford, Delaware. As another law requires, the two channels were auctioned. The same firm (Western Pacific Broadcast) won both auctions. Channel 4 is now on the air as WACP, and channel 5 has received the calls WMDE but is not yet in operation. In the meantime: PMCM appealed the Commission's denial. The U.S. Court of Appeals ruled in PMCM's favor. The Commission was now required to approve the moves of KJWY and KVNV. ================================================== So, there are two pairs of stations going on here: WACP 4 and WMDE 5: completely new stations. KJWP 2 and KVNV 3: existing stations moved from Wyoming & Nevada respectively. ================================================== By the way, there is an inaccuracy in the Wikipedia article, when it refers to the reason for the very low analog power of the station while it was still in Wyoming. The article says KJWY was limited to 178 watts because it was sandwiched between KBOI, KTWO, KTVQ, and KUTV. It was, in fact, fully-spaced from all four stations. The closest of the batch was KTVQ at 321.4 km -- only 304.9 km is required. If KJWY had requested a power increase to a full 100 kW/600 m, it would have been granted. == (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, ibid.) RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ NEW RECEIVER BY ELAD: FDM-S2 Elad is developing a new receiver: 'FDM-S2 after the well known FDM- S1. I posted few info on these blogs: http://air-radiorama.blogspot.it/2013/12/fdm-s2-il-nuovo-ricevitore-della-elad.html http://radiodxinfo.blogspot.it ciao (Giampiero Bernardini, Milano, Italia, Dec 29, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) LED LIGHT BULBS and RF NOISE With the new year coming in, the end of the old bulbs in approaching soon. I do not care for the light the new ones put out so I bought a lot of the old 40-60-75 watt bulbs. Anyway, there are quite a few different ones. The LED ones have come down in price. Are the LED ones noise free? Anyone try them? Thanks. I am preparing myself on what is coming down the pike after the first of the year when most will switch. I wonder if there will be more noise issues? 73, (Patrick Martin, Seaside OR, 30 Dec, IRCA via DXLD) Good point. DXers please post your observations on noise levels of these new style lights as opposed to the old incandescent bulbs. I have a feeling there may be a black market for the traditional bulbs, but they'll cost ya'. ms (Mike Sanburn, ibid.) I have a few observations. Firstly, they are not entirely noise free as the circuit in the base can sometimes emit noise. However the noise is far far less than from a CFL. I could live with LED bulbs near the listening post. The noise dissipates just inches from the bulb. I have a few fixtures in the house that seemed to just consume the incandescent bulbs. I have made my initial LED swap outs there. Physically I have found that the length of the LED bulb to be longer. This causes it to come outside the enclosure in some cases. They are also very heavy. The best example I can give is with a gooseneck lamp I have. The LED bulb came out beyond the "shroud" and blinded you to look at it. It also is so heavy, it actually pulled the gooseneck lamp over. The bulb also can get very hot in the base where the circuitry is. I have noticed the length to vary between brands. I suspect there is no standardization in place at this time between manufacturers. I began buying the incandescent bulbs up several yrs ago. I kept a log of how many we used a year and created my inventory from that. I should be good for a long time. My current strategy is to keep the radio room forever with incandescents and in fixtures elsewhere that cannot support the length and weight of LED bulb. All that being said, I am pretty impressed with LED bulbs. They definitely last way way longer and the light quality is good. As stated earlier, noise issues I experienced were minimal and tolerable. I hate and will not use CFLs. Hope this is helpful (Russ Johnson, Lexington NC, IRCA via DXLD) Two things about non-incandescent light sources. They are ALL noisy. Granted, some are less than others but they all emit RF noise to some extent. The process is additive. One might be pretty quiet. A household full of them is not. Also, these sources fade. Traditional light bulbs work or they don't. LEDs might last a very long time, but they do go dull. Incandescent lovers have good options. 3-way light bulbs are not covered by the act. 'Special purpose' lamps are not covered, either. These would be 'party lamps' that are colored, funny shaped ones for decorative use and a bunch of others. Also, strangely enough, 150 and 200 watt light bulbs are still legal. Pat, I have also hoarded a ton of them. My college degree is in theatre lighting. I can't stand the color temperature of these new-fangled devices. Every one of them is red deficient and really hard on the eyes compared to warm tungsten. Take a look at the article on these lamps in my latest ham radio newsletter: http://home.computer.net/~pcara/docs/pcud0114.pdf My buddy, Malcolm Pritchard, is a wizard and wrote a fine article on these lamps. Happy New Year to all the IRCAns! Peace be with you all! (Karl Zuk, N2KZ, ibid.) ``I will tell you LED based lamps are NOT noise free. It was noisy on AM right close to the radio, but obliterated FM. The lamp sits very close to the FM antenna atop the radio. The Sylvania CFL was much quieter.`` All I can say about this thread. Quit the @#$@#$ whining. You CAN get and use halogen lamps. They are nothing more than encapsulated incandescent run at a much higher temperature. LED lamps would be quieter if they filtered the power supply correctly. Same for CFL. I use magnetic fluorescent lamps whenever possible and have no problems. The majority of CFLs now are 2700K color, same as incandescent. Therefore you don't like incandescent. You can get CFLs in 2650 (GE reveal) 2700, 3000, 3500 (the original color in fluorescent lighting in 1939, but a better color correction now), 4100, 5000, some 5500s and 6500s. 5500 is considered the color of high noon sunlight. Most of the incandescents made recently are garbage from China. Same for CFLs. Same for LED. Same for most halogens now, though GE is building a factory for halogen. Some late Sylvania incandescent lamps were USA made. You can still purchase rough service lamps. You can use clear incandescent lamps intended for tower or traffic lights. Standard side marker lamps for towers and traffic lights are 116 watts. They have a long life, and sometimes because of this will fuse in the socket. They should not be burned base up because of this. Periodic removal and cleaning the base and installing back will prevent this (Powell E Way, III, SC, ibid.) I have always liked DXing in the winter time, besides the enhanced DX opportunities I like the heat given off by my old boatanchors. Nothing like listening to a Central American AM station with a 26 tube R-390A under a lamp with a 60 watt incandescent bulb in it! Call the environmental police! haha! I used to listen to RJR with an HRO-60 and along with the reggae music I really felt like I was in Jamaica (Bob Young, Millbury, MA, KB1OKL, ibid.) I guess I'm in the minority here. I've been using CFLs almost exclusively for years before any ban on incandescents was ever thought of. Outside and special purpose lamps are still good old Tungsten and I did snag a supply of 100 and 60W "just in case" ;) As far as noise issues, bulbs from Philips and Sylvania are the quietest in my experience and the worst I've found were 23W (100W eq.) store brand from Wal Mart that could wipe out the MW band for several feet. I left those in the apartment we moved out of, good riddance. You get what you pay for. The flood over my desk is about 6 or 7 years old and still about as bright as a new one. I think I paid about $12 for it back then but I've gotten my $ worth out of it. The ones over my desk and bench are Sylvania 26W 6500K reflector / floods and I have to get my DX-399 within 6" of the base to pick up any noise on MW. The noisiest lamp in the house is also on my bench, a 6500K circline in my magnifier lamp. But if it's on I'm working on something and the radios are off or on a local anyway. The color temp of a 2700K CFL I find is close to the standard incandescent and I use them in the living/dining/bedrooms but for close work the 6500K work best for me. The eye focuses blue light better than red/yellow and hand soldering semiconductors in SOT-23 packages without destroying them is fine, fussy work. The 6500s are in all work areas and it does help my Lady with SAD or winter depression from lack of sunlight since I changed the bulbs by her desk and reading lamp. Through trial and error I've found that a mix of 2 2700s to one 6500 make excellent grow lamps and the 6500s are perfect for a planted freshwater aquarium. They have enough red to support plant growth without runaway algae problems and I haven't heard any complaints from the fish ;) Do I think CFLs are better overall? Yes. Do I think everyone should be forced to use them or LED? No. Back to my soldering iron (Tim Hills, Sioux Falls, SD, ibid.) I agree about CFLs being garbage in terms of build quality. I spent the better part of decade trying various brands and finally switched back to incandescents because the CFLs rarely lasted longer and typically died sooner. I won`t make that mistake again with LEDs. I`m happy with the light quality and lifespan of the few halogens I have, so I`ll be using more of those as my stash of regular incandescents dwindles. I never had QRM from CFLs, though. I'm glad to see so much feedback, pro and con regarding the new generation lights. Another alternative: A German company is manufacturing something called the "Heatball", sold for heat, it is essentially a good old fashioned incandescent. Their website is http://heatball.de/en/verwendung.php (or verwendurg.php if I read it wrong??) 'Might be worth checking into (Mike Sanburn, ibid.) "...dung" it is Mike. Thanks for linking to this; I had a good laugh. Much of Canada is quite a cold place in the winter, so these might slip past the import commissars. Coincidentally, we Canadians would then also be able to find our way around on those dark winter nights. Might have to rewire our houses for 220V sockets though. I'm sure that a government subsidy could be arranged, given that they want to save the rainforests. Happy New Year (Nick Hall-Patch, BC, ibid.) Can we imports those into the country? (Patrick Martin, Seaside OR, USA, KGED QSL Manager, ibid.) If they can circumvent the regulations by defining it as a heat lamp, I don't see why they can`t sell them here. (Next step is, they will outlaw heat lamps, hi). (Mike Sanburn, ibid.) This from Heatballs website, I may be looking into these heatballs, haha!: The same safety advice for light bulbs has to be adhered to for the HEATBALL. During its use as a heater, HEATBALLS have an unavoidable emission of light in the visible spectrum. This light is harmless and cannot be used as a reason for reclamation. http://eurlex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:076:0003:0016:EN:PDF (Bob Young, Millbury, MA, ibid.) Fast forward ten or fifteen years. We will see posts like "Old Light Bulb Found" I saw an old desk lamp at a tag sale and there was a light bulb in it. 'I carefully took it home and it works. I now have it on a voltage reducer so it will last longer. So good to see the old light again!" or even better: Prison talk: "What are you in for?" "Smuggling light bulbs from Poland." (and they all moved away from me) Happy New Year!? (Karl N2KZ, ibid.) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ THE SUN'S MAGNETIC FLIP The Independent By Tomas Jivanda 29 December 2013 The sun has fully "flipped upside down", with its north and south poles reversed to reach the midpoint of Solar Cycle 24, NASA has said. Now, the magnetic fields have once again started moving in opposite directions to begin the completion of the 22 year long process which will culminate in the poles switching once again. "A reversal of the sun's magnetic field is, literally, a big event," said Nasa’s Dr. Tony Phillips. "The domain of the sun's magnetic influence (also known as the 'heliosphere') extends billions of kilometers beyond Pluto. Changes to the field's polarity ripple all the way out to the Voyager probes, on the doorstep of interstellar space." To mark the event, Nasa has released a visualisation of the entire process (see link below). At the beginning, in 1997, the video shows the sun with its positive polarity on the top (the green lines), and the negative polarity on the bottom (the purple lines). Over the next 11 years, each set of lines gradually move toward the opposite pole, eventually showing a complete flip. By the end, both set of lines representing the opposing magnetic fields begin to work their way back, which will eventually culminate in the completion of the full 22 year magnetic solar cycle in approximately 11 years, before the whole process starts over again. "At the height of each magnetic flip, the sun goes through periods of more solar activity, during which there are more sunspots, and more eruptive events such as solar flares and coronal mass ejections," said Nasa’s Karen C. Fox. "Cosmic rays are also affected," added Dr. Phillips. "These are high- energy particles accelerated to nearly light speed by supernova explosions and other violent events in the galaxy." http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/video-sun-has-flipped-upside-down-as-new-magnetic-cycle-begins-9029378.html (via Mike Terry, Dec 30, dxldyg via DXLD) :Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts :Issued: 2013 Dec 30 0227 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 23 - 29 December 2013 Solar activity reached moderate levels during the period. Region 1928 (S17, L=008 class/area Ekc/460 on 21 Dec) started the week off with an M1/1n flare at 23/0905 UTC before rotating around the west limb on 24 December. Activity decreased to low levels from 24 - 28 Dec with the largest event coming from Region 1936 (S17, L=224 class/area Eac/170 on 29 Dec), a C9/Sn flare at 28/1802 UTC. On 28 December, around 28/1720 UTC, GOES 15 SXI and SDO/AIA imagery observed movement and enhanced brightening on the west limb. Shortly after, SOHO/LASCO C2 imagery detected a fast moving CME lifting off the west limb, first visible at 28/1800 UTC. The CME was determined too far west to be geoeffective however it was likely the cause of the greater than 10 MeV proton event to be discussed in the next section. Moderate levels were experienced on 29 December as Region 1936 produced an M3/1n at 29/0756 UTC. Two filament eruptions were observed early on 29 December near S26E42 between 29/0104 - 0225 UTC. The WSA-Enlil model suggests the ejecta will merge with a high speed stream expected to affect Earth around 02 January. The greater than 10 MeV protons at geosynchronous orbit crossed the 10 pfu alert threshold at 28/2150 UTC, reached a peak of 29 pfu at 28/2315 UTC and the event ended at 29/0645 UTC. The enhancement was likely the result of the large CME observed around the west limb at 28/1800 UTC. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at normal levels throughout the period. Geomagnetic field activity was quiet with active to minor storm periods observed at high latitudes on 25 December and an isolated active period on 29 December. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 30 DEC 2013 - 25 JAN 2014 Solar activity is expected to be low with a chance for moderate activity through 25 January. Region 1936 is expected to rotate around the west limb on 04 January but the anticipated return of old Region 1928 keeps chances for M-class activity intact until 17 January when Region 1936 is scheduled to return and finish out the period. A chance for a greater than 10 MeV proton event exists through 04 January. Flux levels at geosynchronous orbit are still slightly elevated and Regions 1934 and 1936 are in good position to produce further enhancement should they erupt in the next few days. Probabilities will drop significantly once these regions rotate around the west limb. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at normal to moderate levels throughout the period. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be mostly quiet through 31 December. Quiet to unsettled conditions with isolated active periods are expected from 01 - 04 January due to a combination of a positive polarity coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS) and a possible weak impact from the CMEs associated with two filament eruptions observed early on 29 December. Mostly quiet conditions are expected throughout the period with possible unsettled conditions on 10 - 11 January, 14 - 17 January and 23 - 24 January when recurrent CH HSS features are expected to be geoeffective. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2013 Dec 30 0227 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 2013-12-30 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2013 Dec 30 140 5 2 2013 Dec 31 130 5 2 2014 Jan 01 135 10 3 2014 Jan 02 140 15 4 2014 Jan 03 150 10 3 2014 Jan 04 150 8 3 2014 Jan 05 155 5 2 2014 Jan 06 155 5 2 2014 Jan 07 150 5 2 2014 Jan 08 140 5 2 2014 Jan 09 140 5 2 2014 Jan 10 135 15 4 2014 Jan 11 140 5 2 2014 Jan 12 135 5 2 2014 Jan 13 145 5 2 2014 Jan 14 145 5 2 2014 Jan 15 150 5 2 2014 Jan 16 150 5 2 2014 Jan 17 150 5 2 2014 Jan 18 150 5 2 2014 Jan 19 145 5 2 2014 Jan 20 140 5 2 2014 Jan 21 140 5 2 2014 Jan 22 135 5 2 2014 Jan 23 135 10 3 2014 Jan 24 135 8 3 2014 Jan 25 140 5 2 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1702, DXLD) ###