DX LISTENING DIGEST 14-34, August 20, 2014 Incorporating REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING edited by Glenn Hauser, http://www.worldofradio.com Items from DXLD may be reproduced and re-reproduced only if full credit be maintained at all stages and we be provided exchange copies. DXLD may not be reposted in its entirety without permission. Materials taken from Arctic or originating from Olle Alm and not having a commercial copyright are exempt from all restrictions of noncommercial, noncopyrighted reusage except for full credits For restrixions and searchable 2014 contents archive see http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html [also linx to previous years] NOTE: If you are a regular reader of DXLD, and a source of DX news but have not been sending it directly to us, please consider yourself obligated to do so. Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1735 CONTENTS: *DX and station news about: Antarctica, Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Bolivia, East Turkistan, Egypt, Finland, Greece, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mali, Myanmar, North America, Oklahoma, Papua New Guinea, Qatar non, Russia, Saint Kitts & Nevis, South Carolina non, Spain, Sweden, USA SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1735, August 21-27, 2014 Thu 0330 WRMI 9955 [confirmed] Thu 1230 WRMI 9955 [confirmed, with France via Taiwan QRM] Fri 0332 WWRB 3185 [off air but confirmed on webcast] Fri 2130 WRMI 7570 & 15770 [confirmed but 1734 replay] Sat 0630 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sun 0100 WRMI 5950 [confirmed but 1734 replay] Sun 0131 KVOH 9975 [confirmed] Mon 0300v WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Area 51 Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 [still with France via Taiwan QRM?] Wed 0630 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Wed 1315 WRMI 9955 Wed 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v Thu 0330 WRMI 9955 [or 1736 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 WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS HAVE RESUMED starting with #1730: Tnx to Dr Harald Gabler and the Rhein-Main Radio Club. http://www.rmrc.de/index.php?option=com_podcast&view=feed&format=raw&Itemid=156&lang=de or directly via: http://bit.ly/1xD5yyn Also via [but still not back in service]: http://tunein.com/radio/World-of-Radio-p198/ AND NEW ALTERNATIVE, tnx Stephen Cooper, because RMRC was down: http://shortwave.am/wor.xml OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO: http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html or http://wor.worldofradio.org DAY-BY-DAY ARCHIVE OF GLENN HAUSER`S LOG REPORTS: Unedited, uncondensed, unchanged from original version, many of them too complex, minutely researched, multi-frequency, opinionated, inconsequential, off-topic, or lengthy for some log editors to manage; and also ahead of their availability in these weekly issues: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser DXLD YAHOOGROUP: Why wait for DXLD? A lot more info, not all of it appearing in DXLD later, is posted at our yg without delay. When applying, please identify yourself with your real name and location, and say something about why you want to join. Those who do not, unless I recognize them, will be prompted once to do so and no action will be taken otherwise. Here`s where to sign up: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dxld/ ** ANTARCTICA [and non]. 15475.972, LRA36, Radio Nacional Arcángel um 1931 UT, aber keine Audio soweit. Ja, ein String ist sichtbar bei Sven in Norwegen! und 15344.429 kHz RAE in Italienisch auch noch (Wolfgang Büschel, Aug 15, WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ARGENTINA. 15344.454 kHz, very odd frequency at 13-15 UT slot, RAE Buenos Aires in Spanish, Mon-Fri only. vy73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15345.16V, RAE, Aug 19 1322-1336, 35343, Spanish, Talk, ID at 1334. 15345.15, RAE, Aug 20 1333-1353, 35333, Spanish Music and talk, ID at 1344 (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellit 750, DE-1121; ANT, 130m Sloper Wire, 303WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA [and non]. DUs into Michigan 8/17/2014 702, Presumed Sydney in this morning with a good carrier and then into *very* faint audio peaking around 1043 UT. Man speaking with call-in listener which seemed to match up with the 2BL webstream. I was hoping for some music that would help nail it, but these DU sunrise peaks only last for a few minutes, and poof - they vanish completely. Strong t-storm crashes on the band didn't help things. 738, Tahiti, Polynésie 1, peaking around the same time as above with upbeat music that clearly matched their webstream. Destroyed at 1100 UT when 740 WRPQ Baraboo came on. Other carriers noted this morning: 747, 1017, 1026, 1035. I guess the DX season has started here! 73, (Tim Tromp, West Michigan, Perseus + phased BOGs, IRCA via DXLD) Back in July I woke up early one quiet morning in Barrington IL to take a 1000 recording which didn't have much of value on it, but about 25 minutes later as the sun was rising there was some weak audio from presumed 2BL. 738 had a carrier but no audio. 1017 had a decent carrier but would've needed several dB more signal for audio. It isn't uncommon for me to dredge up trace audio on 702 during DU season, provided things are quiet. That of course means power lines as well as atmospherics. Kaz (Neil Kazaross, ibid.) From Grafton WI, 8/18. Decent carrier on 702 with SAH. Weak audio on 738 with French gal 1055 and then music and then too weak to copy by 1100 as things dumped right at SR. This stuff is usually better in Sept. 73 KAZ (Kazaross, Aug 18, ABDX via DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. 2368.474, Radio Symban / Radio La Manamea Samo. R Symban at barely threshold level at 1127 UT tune on Aug 9 from Perseus site in Edmonton AB. By 1145 UT segments of Greek music were identifiable to past 1200 UT but reception could only be described as S-1 with an occasional foray to S-2 after 1145 UT. The gray line passed Edmonton between 1145 and 1200 UT so reception started getting noisier after 1200 UT. Cannot match Ron's excellent recordings from either Edmonton or my home QTH - I need a good beach site, Hi! (Bruce W. Churchill, Fallbrook CA, DXplorer Aug 13 via BC-DX 20 Aug via DXLD) Essentially same report in SW Bulletin but frequency as 2368.48 and alternate ID omitted (gh, DXLD) Aug 20 found poor conditions for both 2368.48 (Radio Symban) and 3210 (Vintage FM); both below threshold level (just carrier heard), with random checking (1245-1330) (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. Occasionally I have recently been hearing a definite open carrier on 3210, which I was certain was not Vintage FM, as Craig is not currently broadcasting there. Heard about once every two weeks or so. Was a real mystery to me, as I had a positive carrier there. Today (August 16), at 1216 UT, I think I may have found the answer. Heard 3210-USB, with two men chatting in Korean. Now that I have finally heard some audio on 3210, I feel better, as I was having a hard time understanding what was going on with the carrier there that was not from Vintage FM. Thanks for the assistance of Sei-ichi Hasegawa (Japan), who listened to an audio file I sent him and he was able to identify the language for me, as I had thought it might be in Japanese, but not so. Sei-ichi comments - "Probably it is thought that it is the fishery radio of the Korean fishing boat." Greatly appreciate his help in solving this mystery for me. These signals could be rather misleading regarding whether or not Vintage FM is actually on the air (Ron Howard, California, Aug 17, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Sent the above dxldyg item to Craig Allen, the owner and operator of the 3210 kHz. transmitter that in the past had relayed Vintage FM. His response August 17: "Hi Ron - I haven't been on for a couple of months. Thanks for the info. Regards, Craig" (Ron Howard, ibid.) Vintage FM via the facilities of OzyRadio is back on air on 3210 kHz. Heard 1105 UT on Aug 19th, 2014 (Baxter - AUS, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes indeed, Ian, was able to hear 3210 in California today (Aug 19); hovering at threshold level at 1245; after 1300 clearly hearing 1940s(?) ballads; all the same genre; same format as I have often noted in past receptions. Re-checked at 1329, but nothing at all heard, so assume off the air? Poor, but then again I found overall conditions to be rather poor today, so on a day with good propagation this should do as well as heard in the past (Ron Howard, ibid.) Craig Allen, owner and operator of the 3210 kHz. transmitter responded to my reception report by thanking me for it and indicated Vintage FM is on the air from 0900 to 1330 UT ("Its on air from 7pm to 11.30 pm Australian eastern time"), 7 days a week, with 300 watts (Ron Howard, California, Aug 19, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Aug 20 found poor conditions for both 2368.48 (Radio Symban) and 3210 (Vintage FM); both below threshold level (just carrier heard), with random checking (1245-1330) (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. 17860, R Australia, 2200, 8/12. Fanfare, woman with news, to man taking requests on music program. "This is our last week". 44544 (Rick Barton, El Mirage, Arizona, Mostly listening from my truck next to dry riverbed with Wilson 1000 rooftop (passive) antenna, Grundig Satellit 750, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 12080, Radio Australia, Brandon. 0554 August 17, 2014. Clear and very good with English sports roundup. Nice what 10 kW on a good channel can do (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Australia, 17860, 8/18/14, heard at 0044 UT, good reception. Listened to Books & Arts program with host Michael Cathcart discussing a theater play written about Japanese photographer, Yasukichi Morakami which will premier at the upcoming Darwin Festival. The transmission ended at 0059. Nearby frequency of 17840 signed on at 0100 (Larry Zamora, Garland, TX, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. Re: The Real Impact of Radio Australia's Demise I think people are worrying for no reason. I have been listening to RA as I do daily for about 2 hours a day, sometimes more depending on where I am in the region. Programs like The World Today from Radio National provide excellent coverage. And many times during our morning hours we would hear the same stories from both RN and then someone doing the same for RA. They are and will still provide excellent coverage for Asia and the Pacific. What I find interesting is if they had cut shortwave and kept the programs that were axed. Then people would be saying the same. The demise of Radio Australia. For a good number of years the bulk (24/7 schedule) of what's heard on Radio Australia is from ABC Radio National and other ABC stations. Radio Australia's Pacific Beat program is continuing as this program really targets Australia's own back yard. For all other current affairs items these will come from ABC Radio National. For some time now ABC Radio National programs that are broadcast on Radio Australia have been saying in the program "This is ****** on Radio National, online and across Asia and the Pacific on Radio Australia." Cutting shortwave for Radio Australia would have been a much bigger problem as the bulk of it's audience in parts of the Pacific only use shortwave. Except for places where Radio Australia has FM transmitters. Radio Australia unlike other broadcasters that made cut have been able to maintain a 24 hour service. RCI, RNW and a number of others have all ceased. Does it matter if programs are produced internally at Radio Australia or produced by the ABC. It makes no difference. It's the content that matters (K[eith Perron], Taiwan, Aug 15 dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. Now that ABC has fired Radio Australia staff, about all we`ll hear are domestic service relays, which fortunately remain better programming than on most SW services. Expect a revamped program schedule, but as of 1610 UT August 18, it`s not up yet at http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/programschedule?tz=0&stream=asia just this: ``We are in the process of updating our radio schedule. We’re introducing some new shows and some existing ones have moved to new time slots. Please stay tuned, we’ll be publishing the full new schedule soon.`` Obvious change so far is that the TV news simulcast at 1230-1330 is gone; instead, Monday August 18 at 1323 on 6150, 9475, 9580, 12065, 12085, I am hearing some great heavy `cello playing past 1335. Tuning back and forth, I miss an eventual announcement about who it was, but 1348 on to Nina Simone singing Oscar Brown`s ``Brown Baby``, followed by some cora-playing by the same earlier `cellist until 1400 ABC logo and news, which includes a visual reference by field reporter ``behind me``, so this originates on TV now? By 1409 back to more music. In the meantime, by 1626 UT recheck Aug 18, the new schedule has appeared at above link --- No, it hasn`t! The old defunct schedule has reappeared, showing Monday 1230 ``The World from Australia Network, In this special edition, Jim Middleton and Bev O'Connor will bring you coverage of the Indonesian Elections; 1330 Rear Vision, 1400 Late Night Live`` WRONG! And many other programs we know are now defunct. Come on (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Listening in now (1415 GMT/UTC) on 12065 kHz. and via the internet, the scheduled program (up to now) "Late Night Live" is missing with alternative rock music from Triple J taking its place at this time. On the RA web page, there is a notice stating: "Schedule update --- We are in the process of updating our radio schedule. We’re introducing some new shows and some existing ones have moved to new time slots. Please stay tuned, we’ll be publishing the full new schedule soon." LNL is a Radio National-sourced program, so I gather this means it's either being moved to a new time slot or (hopefully not) dropped altogether. No doubt a bit of confusion wrought by the thoroughly precipitous manner in which the ABC has had to adjust to the government budget cut that prompted that all this, a budget cut the Coalition had claimed prior to its election that it was in no way contemplating (John Figliozzi, Halfmoon, NY, wwlgonline.com, Aug 19, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) At this point, it appears that Radio Australia shortwave frequencies and online is just relaying Triple J Unearthed, one of the ABC's all digital networks, that plays new Australian music 24/7 with occasional IDs but no DJ commentary (John Figliozzi, Halfmoon, NY, 1627 UT Aug 19, ibid.) A more normalized schedule appears back in place as "Pacific Beat" was heard via the RA internet stream from just past 1900 until 2100 GMT. This is the two hour morning edition of the program which carried a very nice tribute to the "retiring" Sean Dorney, the ABC's and RA's Pacific correspondent, after 40 years with the organization. There was a reminder at the end of the program for listeners to tune into the afternoon edition of the program later in the day, which if memory serves is a shortened compilation of some of the morning content. Perhaps the earlier relay of Triple J Unearthed is just a temporary placeholder or is intended as overnight programming (Australian time)? Listening now (2100) via shortwave. 17860 putting in a steady listenable signal peaking at S8 albeit with the usual local late afternoon QRN. "ABC News for Radio Australia" followed by "AM", morning news program at 2110 (John Figliozzi, Halfmoon, NY, Eton E1/XM, A/D DX Sloper, Aug 19, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9580, Aug 20 at 1258, hosts of `The World` are signing off for the last time as the program is canceled (the TV news which used to be an hour at 1230-1330); YL says she will remain with ABC, anyway. Then lots of heavy promos, 1300 cut to ABC news theme and news. 1305 promo for `Science Now`, Saturday at 12 [noon?] on RN. 1306 open `The Daily Planet`, which is really a world-music show, not a newspaper of the air, also from ABCRN, focusing to start on a Canadian pianist; 1341 outro a Ukrainian medley on native instruments. The RA schedule displayed here is still out of date, claiming `The World` is still on at 1230-1330 covering Indonesian elexions! http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/programschedule?tz=0&stream=asia It shows `The Daily Planet` at 10-11 UT, described as ``a music program focused on interesting ideas, thoughtful responses, informed analysis and an international perspective. Presented by Lucky Oceans``. Could that be a pseudonym? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DX LISTENING DIGEST) It should also be noted that at certain times what you hear on the stream and what is broadcast are different. Grandstand is an example of this. The Triple J relay is just while there is some work being done. It's not going to be regular. Mind you. If there is good response in the Pacific for it I could see keeping it. The Triple J Count Down is very popular on RA (Keith Perron, Taiwan, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. 11590, Aug 14 at 1414, RBA is playing ``Waltz of the Flowers``, but only a snippet (God forbid any SW station besides Romania should play complete classical music!), fair signal and then announcement with self-imposed echo for effect. Aoki shows daily at 1400-1430 it`s in Urdu (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BAHAMAS. 1540, ZNS1, Radio Bahamas, Nassau, New Providence. 0632 August 17, 2014. Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" into female seemingly live read Dept. of Public Health advisory that chikungunya has now spread to the Bahamas. Symptoms described and to contact the Dept. if you have the symptoms, into "Our Day Will Come" but not the Ruby and the Romantics version (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BANGLADESH. 13580, Bangladesh Betar, at 1824, on 15 Aug. The station presented a program for the National Day of Mourning for the leader of their county who was murdered. The 15th of August each year is a day of remembrance. Several songs were played in his honor along with a discussion of his life. Good. I took a little mini trip to the 2nd Mountain Hawk Watch site at Fort Indiantown Gap, PA this past Friday with my wife. While looking for birds of prey migrating, I pulled out my PL660 which I keep in the car, and did some DXing for 2 hours. I picked up Bangladesh, South Africa, along with quite a few of the usual stations broadcasting. It was nice not having any RFI to contend with up on this mountain. The altitude was 1243 feet. I just reported Bangladesh as this was a new one for me. Since the road is on a Army National Guard Training area you have to leave at dusk or I would have stayed longer. Next time I will bring a log book to write in as all I had was a napkin. Thanks, (John Cooper, PA, 2nd Mtn DX, NASWA Flashsheet via WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DXLD) 13580, 08/16 1803, Bangladesh Betar, Daka, in English; Holy Qur´an; Qur´an Preach, ID, 35432 (José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, Paraíba, Brazil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** BELARUS. 11730, nominal from 14-16 UT, Russian from Minsk-Kalodzicy in Belarussia noted with distorted audio on two accompanied noise scratching signals, symmetrically on 11750-11761 and 11698-11712 kHz, around 1450 UT Aug 15 (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews via DXLD) ** BENIN. Transworld Radio (TWR) Benin has its own website at http://www.twrbenin.com No live stream and frankly little of interest radio-wise, other than a detailed schedule for programming on 1566 kHz mediumwave - this shows broadcasting hours as 0315-0545 & 1725-2245. Sign-off time is 2230 UT Monday-Friday (David Kernick, Interval Signals Online, Aug 17, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 3310, R. Mosoj Chaski, 0102:50 end of long talk by M announcer and nice canned ID with frequency and QTH. (15 August) http://youtu.be/9pT6y15u7mM 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, micro dx-pedition to Pennsylvania State Games Lands #26, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. CHASQUI DX PFA – AGOSTO 2014 --- CQ, CQ, CQ…Aquí Pedro F. Arrunátegui para compartir algo con los que disfrutan y aman el DX latinoamericano, todas las horas son UTC, desde la tierra de los incas, les informo mediante este Quipus lo siguiente: 3310.00, R. Mosoj Chaski, Cochabamba; 9/08 1045-1110 33333+ px y ads en quechua, ID "Mosoj Chaski radio`` en quechua. 5952.40, R. Pio XII, Siglo XX; 14/08 2302-2320, 44444, px transmisión bilingüe quechua español, del desfile militar, pasó de la Escuela de Policía; no dan ID. 6025.00, R. Patria Nueva, La Paz; 7/08 2220-2250, 33333, mx y ads, ``Jóven boliviano, el Ejército Boliviano te necesita; responde a su llamado``, mxf moderna, ID "Patria Nueva está con todo el País" news sobre las campañas electorales desde Santa Cruz (Pedro F. Arrunátegui, Lima, Perú, La recepción la he efectuado del 7/08 al 17/07 en compañía de mi sabueso Icom IC R72 acompañado del Mizuho KX-3, una antena de hilo largo de 12 metros y una antena loop, Aug Chasqui DX via DXLD) Altho some of his logs show off-frequencies to two decimal places, others default to .00 despite reliable reports from elsewhere that they too are off-frequency (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 4409.76, Aug 13 2330, Tentative R Eco, Reyes, back again after long absence. Last clip on YouTube is from Aug 2012. Too weak signal for an ID. Hope conditions improve. Here is the logo from R Eco, Reyes, Bolivia and if you are interested you can also view a rare QSL which Mikhail Timofeyev received in 1991: https://www.facebook.com/RincondelDX/photos/a.600273783401388.1073741831.594697040625729/663316883763744/?type=3&theater (Thomas Nilsson, Ängelholm, Sweden, SW Bulletin Aug 17 via WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DXLD) 4409.773, R. Eco, 0004 pleasant romantic song, 0008:45 church bells made the song sound like a wedding song. 0010:10 surprised to hear canned call, ID, and frequency by M. Another announcement with mention of el servicio, then music briefly, and live studio M announcer from 1011 with what could have been PSAs (nice quick peak at 0015:40). Still going at 0018. Went off sometime around 0100. (15 August) http://youtu.be/0ymS_-1j5Fo 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, micro dx-pedition to Pennsylvania State Games Lands #26, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 4958, Radiodifusora Trópico, Trinidad, Beni, 1125, Aug 06, religious music from Bolivia, ID in Spanish (Rogildo Fontenelle Aragão, Quillacollo, Bolivia, DSWCI DX Window Aug 20 via WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DXLD) Not reported since Sep 2007! (Ed. Anker Petersen, ibid.) ** BOLIVIA. 5580.297, R. San José. Deadair but then music singing started as soon as I started the recording at 0019 (mention of corazón in the song). Then apparent Padre with mention of palabra but very low level. Guess it was the daily Mass. More of the same. Long period of deadair, but could just detect very faint background rustling noise at times. When the signal peaked between static crashes, it was almost stunning. Went off sometime between 0044 and 0055. (15 August) http://youtu.be/hTdwFmqcuOA 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, micro dx-pedition to Pennsylvania State Games Lands #26, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 5952.5, Radio Pio XII, Siglo XX, 2335-2342, 14-08, Spanish, comments. Very weak, best on LSB. 14221 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante and Lugo, Tecsun PL-880, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5952.46, R. Pio Doce. 2341 alternating Spanish talk by M and W program hosts, M shouting at times. Mentions of Bolivia, campesina, inform. Into live music at 2348 for a sesquiminute and then the 2 announcers returned all past the ToH. Severe slop QRM from 5950 WRMI. Totally inaudible when WRMI was playing music (14 August) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, micro dx-pedition to Pennsylvania State Games Lands #26, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) [and non]. Log Onda Corta 14 Agosto 2014: 5952, Radio Pio XII (Siglo Veinte), 0000 UT. Anuncios publicitarios mencionan Apoyo de Radio Pio XII en desarrollo de familias desprotegidas y otros anuncios como el cuidado de mascotas; se esucha ladrido de perritos. También comienza programa en idioma Aymara en el que simulan un nacimiento y otras discusiones de una "Mama Luisa". Señal es mejor escuchada en los 5953 kHz debido a QRM de WRMI transmitiendo programa de Family Radio en español que apenas es escuchable con su segundo programa de Family Radio (SINPO de F.R: 32333), SINPO: 34343 The 5950 frequency that's using WRMI has several clashes with Radio Pio XII and I can barely hear one because it has a lot of interference. WRMI should change that frequency some kHz; Radio Pio XII can be heard well approx at 21 UT. All the logs were made using a Degen DE1103 radio in Vicuña, Chile. Regards, (Marcos Cox, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Jeff, If you are only using 5950 for 3 hours at 23-02 now, it looks like you could scoot down to 5945, unoccupied. That would be 5 kHz from a weak Brasilian on 5940, but better than 2.4 kHz from Bolivia. (Glenn to Jeff White, via DXLD) Will look at it, but we have 5950 registered 24/7, and we will expand this soon and in B14. Target is Cuba/Caribbean and is doing very well there (Jeff White, WRMI, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 6025, R. PATRIA NUEVA, 14/8 0126 UT. Mensaje acerca de las obras y orientaciones políticas del Estado plurinacional. SINPO: 45343 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: TECSUN PL-660, ANT: Hilo de 30 metros, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) 6024.97, Red Patria Nueva, 2341 Incredible signal with mention of "Bo- Lee-Vee-ah" during promo during break in the news program that may be called "Bolivia Informa". Journalist ?? Sánchez mentioned Patria Nueva at end of his report at 2343. 2347:30 break with nice news promo, jingle ad, then bank ad, 2349:55 mention of Patria Nueva in announcement, 2350:40 short ID promo, same news promo that started the break, then back to news. Near 100% copy!! As easy as falling off a log!! That is until it was blasted out by 6020 and 6030 at the ToH. (14 August) http://youtu.be/i3r3HGIi5_s 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, micro dx-pedition to Pennsylvania State Games Lands #26, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 6135, R. SANTA CRUZ, 19/8 1150 UT. Noticiero “Bolivia en contacto” con informaciones sobre la educación boliviana. SINPO: 45433 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: TECSUN PL-660, ANT: Hilo de 30 metros, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. Fiz uma escuta em 3420 kHz; ouvia sómente músicas brasileiras românticas antigas mas não encontrei em nenhuma fonte uma tx deste tipo para esta frequência. Algum colega já ouviu? Sony ICF- 2010 com antena LW 25 mts (Márcio Dias, Divinópolis - MG, radioescutas yg via DXLD) Márcio, 3 x 1140: armonia da sua emissora local lá em Divinópolis, ZYL204, Radio Minas. 73, (Guilherme Glenn Hauser, OK, ibid.) ** BRAZIL [and non]. 14-15 August 2014 Micro-DXpedition --- Went out for the sole purpose of logging all the ZYs. I was disappointed some weren't on (or not observed); Gaúcha, 9 de Julho, 9515 Marumby, and Brasil Central has been off for a while. But other things turned out to make it a memorable micro-DXpedition; Panaji, Patria Nueva, Eco. A nice evening for an early season micro-DXpedition. Not hot or humid. Conditions were a bit noisy on the Tropical bands but not too bad for Summer. RX: Perseus SDR ANT: 315' Beverage (BOG) at 165 QTH: Pennsylvania State Games Lands #26 Duration: 2300-0130 UT Solar Indices: Solar Flux = 113 A Index = 5 K Index = 1 WX: Sunny (until the Sun set), northwest breeze, temp in the low 60's dropping to the upper 50's BRAZIL, 6080.03 R. Marumby. Fairly good at 2341 tune/in with talk by M in Portuguese. Soft song and more talk. 2359 full canned ID by deep- voiced M over instrumental music, then canned ID/promo. 0000 usual "Marumby" signing jingle by women`s chorus. Best early on. (14 August) BRAZIL, 6089.965, R. Bandeirantes. Not often heard because of Anguilla. Good signal with futebol coverage starting at 2334 including a long goal at 2343. Mentions of Brasil, São Paulo, Londrina. Going past ToH. // 9645.41 (14 August) BRAZIL, 11854.98, R. Aparecida. 2302 end of long list of Aparecida stations and Aparecida theme song by W, music, then talk by live men with IDs and website. Excellent signal. (14 August) http://youtu.be/VW5sWN1a4DY 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, micro dx-pedition to Pennsylvania State Games Lands #26, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. CHASQUI DX PFA – AGOSTO 2014 --- CQ, CQ, CQ…Aquí Pedro F. Arrunátegui para compartir algo con los que disfrutan y aman el DX latinoamericano, todas las horas son UTC, desde la tierra de los incas, les informo mediante este Quipus lo siguiente: 4865.00, BRASIL, R. Verde[s] Florestas, Acre; 14/08 2350-2310, 44444, px y mx religiosa, ID "Radio Verde[s] Floresta[s]. (Escuchar grabación) px menajes y saludos. 4885.00, BRASIL, R. Dif. Acreana, Rio Branco; 17/08 1115-1140, 33333, px transmisión de la Santa Misa, no dan ID (Pedro F. Arrunátegui, Lima, Perú, La recepción la he efectuado del 7/08 al 17/07 en compañía de mi sabueso Icom IC R72 acompañado del Mizuho KX-3, una antena de hilo largo de 12 metros y una antena loop, Aug Chasqui DX via DXLD) See also BOLIVIA, ECUADOR, PERU Altho some of his logs show off-frequencies to two decimal places, others default to .00 despite reliable reports from elsewhere that they too are off-frequency. If not really measured to two decimal places, the extra digits should be omitted! (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 4914.92, Aug 9 0001, R Dif Macapá weaker than R Daqui on 4915.016. Daqui signed off at 2358 leaving Macapá with a clean signal (Thomas Nilsson, Ängelholm, Sweden, SW Bulletin Aug 17 via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 4985, [Non] One of the strongest Brazilian stations on the 60 mb, R Brazil Central, has been absent for quite a long time now. Maybe gone for good? (Thomas Nilsson, Ängelholm, Sweden, SW Bulletin Aug 17 via WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DXLD) Also missing from 11815 (gh) ** BRAZIL [non]. 6010.061, Aug 15 0326, LV de tu Conciencia [COLOMBIA] is alone on the frequency now. No sign of Inconfidência for a long time. Maybe gone for good? (Thomas Nilsson, Ängelholm, Sweden, SW Bulletin Aug 17 via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 11780, Aug 14 at 0105 still with no spurs, so henceforth will note this only [sic] if they recur. 5990, Aug 14 at 0110, third RNA frequency is on again tonight, quite weaker than // 6180 with sports coverage. 5990, Aug 15 at 0108, RNA is still active on this frequency weaker than // 6180, and, yes, 11780 is still spurless (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) JRX Logs August 15, 2014. 6180, 08/15 0115, R. Nac. da Amazônia, Brasília DF, in Portuguese. "Eu de cá, você de lá" [I`m here, you`re there], ID, 45433. // 11780 kHz, 35433 (at 0151, 45444). No spurious at this time (Jose Ronaldo Xavier, Degen DE 1101 + Antenna Longwire, Cabedelo, Paraíba, Brazil, radioescutas yg via DXLD) At 0530 UT Aug 15 on 5990.058, RNA Brasília S=8-9 strength in FL-US remote SDR post. \\ 6180.004 S=9+15dB, and 11780.004 on threshold level at 0612 UT. 5970.039, ZYE523, Rádio Itatiaia, Belo Horizonte (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 15, dxldyg via DXLD) 5990, Aug 16 at 0106, RNA is gone again from its extra frequency, still on 6180 and 11780. 6180, Aug 18 at 0539, VG signal from RNA, but music is very distorted, and the same on // 11780. Fortunately, no spurs from either, and cleared up during talk at 0602, so this was an input rather than output problem. Continue to be amazed that Brazil`s prime voice to the world is allowed to be so SNAFU`d. 5990, Aug 19 at 0126, RNA is on tonight // 6180 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 9645, 08/16 0945, R. Bandeirantes, São Paulo SP, in Portuguese; News, Weather, ID, Anns., QRM by own transmitter, 33442 (José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, Paraíba, Brazil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 9664.78 approx., Aug 15 at 0119, Voz Missionária with Brazuguese talk and hymn, poor signal but back on air tonight after missing last night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9664.780, Voz Missionária at 0650 UT Aug 15, tiny signal, - others 9645.401, R Bandeirantes, and 11764.731 SDRA BRA (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 15, dxldyg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 11815, Aug 19 at 0117, R. Brasil Central continues to be absent; surely would be audible if on, like 11855v Aparecida. Last reports I`ve seen of 11815 were on July 31 and Aug 3 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Noto que a R. Brasil Central está ausente, tanto em 11815 como em 4985. As condições não têm sido as melhores, quer em OC como em OM, pelo ruído. Bons DX e melhores 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, Aug 20, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 11855, [Sat] 08/16 2200, R. Aparecida, Aparecida-SP, in Portuguese; DX program "Encontro DX" by J. Moura and Cassiano Macedo announcers - The history of R. Alto do Solimões, ID, 45444 (José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, Paraíba, Brazil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. Mais algumas Radios Piratas de São Paulo RADIO PIRATA - 91.9 Mhz - Stereo FM - São Paulo SP http://youtu.be/c6xGT6xDTls RADIO PIRATA - 94.3 Mhz - Clube FM - São Paulo SP http://youtu.be/41nsk2ZKemk RADIO PIRATA - 99.5 Mhz - The Beat FM - São Paulo SP http://youtu.be/rAPWnovVmio RADIO PIRATA - 99.7 Mhz - Palhuca FM - São Paulo SP http://youtu.be/co3GzsUBBp4 RADIO PIRATA - 99.9 Mhz - São Paulo SP http://youtu.be/i3sGr1i9JYk RADIO PIRATA - 100.3 Mhz - São Paulo SP http://youtu.be/z2oVOUcciZg RADIO PIRATA - 101.1 Mhz - Ferraz de Vasconcelos SP http://youtu.be/sg7Hx3mGeo4 RADIO PIRATA - 101.1 Mhz - Barueri SP http://youtu.be/EYGLamFKsTc RADIO PIRATA - 101.5 Mhz - São Paulo SP http://youtu.be/h32w9Ap4Fn0 RADIO PIRATA - 101.5 Mhz - São Paulo http://youtu.be/s1wt-VpF-vw RADIO PIRATA - 102.7 Mhz - Radio Prisma FM - São Paulo SP http://youtu.be/usrdiByFzgY RADIO PIRATA - 102.9 Mhz - Natural FM - São Paulo SP http://youtu.be/sox9j5g3ncY RADIO PIRATA - 102.9 Mhz - São Paulo SP http://youtu.be/TSU64Wf1Euc RADIO PIRATA - 103.1 Mhz - Radio Nova X FM - São Paulo SP http://youtu.be/kxi0KVVRbJ0 RADIO PIRATA - 103.5 Mhz - Radio Certa FM - São Paulo SP http://youtu.be/eMMu8x0diqM RADIO PIRATA - 103.7 Mhz - São Paulo SP http://youtu.be/jOupopamXDI RADIO PIRATA - 103.9 Mhz - Carapicuiba SP http://youtu.be/Jr-oY7DtvRY RADIO PIRATA - 105.9 Mhz - Nova Dimensão FM - Mauá SP http://youtu.be/FA3cVrouisw RADIO PIRATA - 106.1 Mhz - São Paulo SP http://youtu.be/qVpC_BNlUCA RADIO PIRATA - 106.7 Mhz - São Paulo SP http://youtu.be/b0cjC0KKn1k RADIO PIRATA - 107.1 Mhz - São Paulo SP http://youtu.be/4Q4GMebWd3s RADIO PIRATA - 107.5 Mhz - São Paulo http://youtu.be/9kvvPDW28Mk 73´s (Fran Jr., São Paulo SP, aug 15 radioescutas yg via DXLD) ** CAMBODIA [non]. CLANDESTINE, 17860, V. of Khmer M'Chas Srok, Aug 20 1138-1159*, 35433, Cambodian, Talk and music, URL and mail address announce at 1158, Closing music at 1159, 1159 sign off (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellit 750, DE-1121; ANT, 130m Sloper Wire, 303WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA [non]. Received from Canada QSL STF radio for reception on April 20, 9925 kHz. The original card with the image of a satellite in space. And it is similar to the record as a disk (Alexander Golovihin, Tolyatti, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" & "open_dx" via RusDX Aug 17 via DXLD) Yes, today, too, came to this. She hole in the center - can be put on a turntable. It is written that there is a record of call STF Radio International. Well done guys - first got off e-QSL, promised to send the paper as soon as the printed edition, and still sent!!! In my experience, there were 3-4 cases when such promises turned out to be just a gesture of politeness, but everything turned out to be honest. It is a pity that since the April test of STF Radio can not hear anything (Dmitry Mezin, Kazan, Russia / "open_dx", ibid.) Today, too, received a QSL. We must listen to what was recorded (Paul, Belgorod, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx", Rus DX Aug 17 via DXLD) Well, I still haven`t received any such thing from STF (gh, DXLD) ** CHILE. 6925-AM, RCW, 20/8 2102 UT. Pitidos horarios y noticias de Radio Francia Internacional, en castellano. SINPO: 35233 variable a SINPO: 25322 a las 2115 en adelante. A las 2130 pitidos horarios y fin de emisión. Luego de ello, en 6926-LSB un radioham argentino (acento argentino noroeste), silva y dice: “hola, quien está en frecuencia”. Desde las 22 en adelante, vuelve nuevamente a la frecuencia con campanadas, avisos de la emisora (frecuencia 6925 y 7550) y un especial de Elvis Presley hasta cerca de las 2245. SINPO: 35323, estable. A las 2245 con SINPO: 35433 con datos de la emisora e informes de recepción a: cartasrcw[at]gmail[dot]com. A las 2250 hay avisos en idioma inglés, la canción de sátira filosófica acerca de la teoría del poder de Slavoj Zizek: “Klemen Slakonja as Slavoj Žižek - The Perverted Dance (Cut The Balls)”, Psy - Gangastyle, et al videos de youtube. SINPO: 35533, hasta las 23 cuando hay avisos y noticias en español como en el video: http://youtu.be/CsiZLX5AvNc A las 2318 en adelante bajaron las condiciones de propagación (Claudio Galaz, Rx: TECSUN PL-660, ANT: Hilo de 30 metros, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** CHINA [and non]. 10000, Aug 14 at 1259, BPM ID in CW audible underneath WWVH full voice ID, and following WWV ID is very much weaker (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [and non]. 16100, CNR1, 8/13, 0945. M in Chinese; No other //s heard. VG. 13130, CNR1, 8/13, 1030. Dialogue with M and W in Chinese. Fair, with good // on 9155 - colliding with Cuban HM-01 ## station in progress (Rick Barton, El Mirage, Arizona, Mostly listening from my truck next to dry riverbed with Wilson 1000 rooftop (passive) antenna, Grundig Satellit 750, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Jammers CNR1 jamming morning of August 14: 6970, August 14 at 1245, CNR1 jammer, very poor: haven`t heard it here in a long time. // 11785 an echo apart. Aoki shows 6970 is now a Sound of Hope relay of Radio Free Asia Mandarin and Cantonese, all the way from 2043 to 1700, 0.1 kW? Not audible at next check 1346. In the 1240-1250 period, full bandscan finds no others from 7 to 19 MHz, except the 11, 13 and 15 MHz inbanders. 9280, August 14 at 1250, CNR1 jammer now here, fair // 11785. Had not noticed it a few minutes earlier. Aoki shows this is also because of a 0.1 kW SOH relay of RFA from 2055 to 1700. 11835, August 14 at 1417, CNR1 jammer poor with CCI, // 13830 but not synchronized, and weak 15570. Aoki shows 11835 is vs VOA Chinese via PHILIPPINES during this hour only. 16920, August 14 at 1420, CNR1 jammer fair-good // 11835; no other out-of-banders 12-18 MHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Just at 1420-1430 UT Aug 15th, noted two China mainland originating white noise scratching jamming broadcasts. On 15310 kHz ahead of BBC 15310, and as single outlet on 15490 kHz too, both 8 kHz wide, i.e. like 15486 to 15494 kHz, S=8 signals here in southern Germany. 73 wb Another mainland originating white noise scratching jamming broadcast noted on 17690 kHz at 1445 UT Aug 15 (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) CNR 1 jamming vs Voice of America in Tibetan 1454 Aug 15 on 17570 Lampertheim https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAsBsYnOFO4&list=UUOkdLTbNeM6g6w8oqkXYtsw&index=9 (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) 12370, CNR 1, 8/16, 1140. M and W in Chinese. 45444 (Rick Barton, El Mirage, Arizona, Mostly listening from my truck next to dry riverbed with Wilson 1000 rooftop (passive) antenna, Grundig Satellit 750, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Jammer 6125, CNR1 Noted from 1220 to 1303 on Aug 16 with special live coverage of the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Opening Ceremony; presented in French, English and Chinese; occasional announcer with live coverage in background, but mostly live coverage; many speeches. http://live.china.org.cn/2014/08/16/live-nanjing-youth-olympic-games-opening-ceremony/ https://app.box.com/s/6thoctu359md68lbfte0 contains 5 minute audio (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11785 & 11805, Aug 16 circa 1310, CNR1 jammers noted with a clip of the Olympix announcer in English. Not sure of time as I didn`t log it, but notable as per later report from Ron Howard that from 1220 to 1303 on 6125, CNR1 was doing ``special live coverage of the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Opening Ceremony [as above]. 21690, Aug 17 at 0526, VP, sounds like Firedrake, drumming, i.e. jamming RFA Chinese via TINIAN, which also is in the mix. Anyhow, pleased to be getting any signal on 13m at this hour. 16100, Aug 17 at 1344, CNR1 jammer, very poor with flutter; no other OOBs audible 12-19 MHz. ** CHINA. 11500, Aug 18 at 1344, CNR1 jammer, good signal and not synch with 11785; no other OOBs found 10-19 MHz. Aoki shows 11500 target is 0.1 kW Sound of Hope any time between 21 and 15 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15265, CNR-1 JAMMER, 18/8 1355 UT. Mujer y hombre hablan alternadamente en chino escuchándose el mismo audio dos veces, con 2 segundos de diferencia entre sí y por sobre otro audio. SINPO: 45444 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: TECSUN PL-660, ANT: Hilo de 30 metros, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) Aug 19: CNR 1 jamming vs Radio Free Asia in Chinese 0645 on 17810 Tinian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eKh1JvbH9o&feature=youtu.be CNR 1 jamming vs Voice of Turkey in Arabic to ME 1452 on 9540 Emirler https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiSb4gKD9MY&feature=youtu.be (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9410, Two totally different Chinese services heard here around 13 UT. Seemingly jamming purpose of CNR5 program against Taiwanese "Fu Hsing BS" Kuanyin, scheduled 11-13 UT. As jamming much distorted audio at 11 til 1311 UT covered 30 kHz wideband on 9394.8 to 9426.7 kHz range. Transmitter off some 60 seconds, than started again at 1312 UT with a Chinese CLEAN AUDIO transmission, and bandwidth of approx. narrower 9.4 kHz (Wolfgang Büschel, checked the WINTER time downunder Sydney remote Perseus SDR unit at 1230-1350 UT slot today August 19, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [non]. VOA, RFA TO END SHORTWAVE ENGLISH BROADCASTS INTO CHINA? Effective July 1, 2014, VOA cut most of its shortwave transmissions to East Asia and South Asia and reduced transmission time available for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Radio Free Asia. On 17 August 2014 The Epoch Times has an article headed "VOA, RFA to End Shortwave English Broadcasts Into China" http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/885655-voa-rfa-to-end-shortwave-english-broadcasts-into-china/ (via Mike Terry, dxldyg and Mike Cooper, DXLD) I wonder if this is actually a correct interpretation of the situation by the Epoch Times? (Mike Terry, Aug 18, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) They didn`t hear about it for a while (gh) ** CHINA. 6200 (ex-5860) SW antenna Voice of Jin Ling to Taiwan min 850 kilometers, location Nanjing 32 02 15.11 N 118 43 20.48 E, in Google Earth housing area til 2007 year, TX built up in 2008 but still registered on 5860 kHz, 1400-1800 44S NJG 100kW 161degr 0 201 Zho CHN CNR RTC. 73 (Wolfgang Büschel, Aug 20, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Coordinates courtesy Shortwavesites (SW TXer Site Research) Yahoo Groups members: Baxter/Davies ;-) (ibid.) ** COLOMBIA [and non]. 5910.049, Alcaraván Radio, nice Latin AM music, and co-channel hit 5910.0 by ORS/TWR Polish service via Moosbrunn relay, TWR IS at 0542 UT, scheduled Mo-Fr 0544-0559 UT. 6010.061, La Voz de tu Conciencia, Spanish (Wolfgang Büschel, between 0530 and 0630 UT Aug 15, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DXLD) 6010.061, Aug 15 0326, LV de tu Conciencia is alone on the frequency now. No sign of Inconfidência for a long time. Maybe gone for good? (Thomas Nilsson, Ängelholm, Sweden, SW Bulletin Aug 17 via DXLD) ** COLOMBIA. COMENZÓ A TRANSMITIR DESDE BOGOTÁ LA EMISORA SEÑAL CLÁSICA http://www.elespectador.com/entretenimiento/medios/emisora-senal-clasica-sera-lanzada-bogota-articulo-509917 Señal Colombia --- Sistema de Medios Públicos y su emisora Señal Radio Colombia lanzaron el 12 de agosto la emisora en línea Señal Clásica en un evento en el que también será presentado el trabajo discográfico con el que se rinde homenaje a Olav Roots, producción realizada por la Fonoteca de Señal Memoria. La emisora (al aire desde 2013 pero que ahora será presentada oficialmente) dedica suespacio a la música clásica durante 24 horas, y su programación incluye grandes compositores del canon europeo (Bach, Vivaldi, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms) así como a representantes de la música clásica contemporánea en el mundo y la producción nacional colombiana. Señal Clásica, que puede escucharse en el sitio web http://www.senalradiocolombia.gov.co nutre su programación con los archivos conservados por la Fonoteca de Señal Memoria, por lo que los oyentes podrán disfrutar programas de la antiguaRadiodifusora Nacional de Colombia (desde su origen en 1940) además de recordar las voces de Otto de Greiff, Ricardo de la Espriella o Cecilia Fonseca de Ibáñez. En cuanto a los nuevos espacios, la emisora virtual cuenta con proyectos realizados por María Isabel Quintero, Carlos Heredia y Felipe Clavijo que abarcan seis horas de lunes a viernes y 12 horas los fines de semana que suenan de manera continua. De lunes a viernes los oyentes pueden disfrutar Sala de Conciertos, presentado por María Isabel Quintero; Sonidos en el tiempo, presentado por Carolina Conti y Mauricio Vásquez; y Podium Neerlandés, programa realizado por Radio Nederland Internacional, emisora clásica de los Países Bajos (El Espectador, Colombia) En cuanto a los fines de Semana, Señal Clásica dedica sus horas al Recital de la Semana, programa emblemático de la antigua Radiodifusora Nacional de Colombia; Universos Musicales, presentado por Felipe Clavijo y Javier Hernández; Los Premios Gramophone, donde Juan Carlos Garay presenta los discos galardonados en los más importantes premios de la música clásica; Bach, vida y obra, presentado por Carlos Heredia; Vida y obra de Mozart, programa realizado por Ricardo de la Espriella; y el conjunto de grabaciones realizadas por la Orquesta Sinfónica de Colombia, donde se incluyen aquellas en las que tuvo la batuta el maestro Olav Roots Roots (1910 – 1974), uno de los más importantes directores de orquesta en la historia musical colombiana (via GRA blog, Argentina, DXLD) el resto de la historia: Tras su llegada al país en 1952, se desempeñó como pianista, pedagogo del Conservatorio de la Universidad Nacional, director del coro de la Radiodifusora Nacional de Colombia, director de la Sociedad Coral Bach y director de la Orquesta Sinfónica de Colombia, cargo este en el que se mantuvo hasta el año de su muerte. Es por eso que sus facetas como intérprete del piano, compositor y director de obras colombianas han sido el objeto de homenaje con una producción que recopila grabaciones conservadas por la Fonoteca de Señal Memoria en las que se presentan obras de Guillermo Uribe Holguín, Luis Antonio Escobar, Roberto Pineda Duque, Jesús Pinzón Urrea, Blas Emilio Atehortúa y del mismo Roots. Para el evento programado para el 12 de agosto, Señal Radio Colombia invitará al compositor y director Blas Emilio Atehortúa, quien fue discípulo de Roots en el Conservatorio, para que comparta sus experiencias y recuerdos en torno a la llamada Era Roots. La oportunidad de escuchar al maestro Atehortúa se dará mediante una amena charla con Juan Carlos Garay, director de Señal Clásica. Como parte del lanzamiento de Señal Clásica será interpretada la Obertura Festiva Op.181, que Blas Emilio Atehortúa escribió en 1994 para rendir homenaje su maestro Olav Roots a los veinte años de su muerte. La interpretación estará a cargo de la orquesta Nueva Filarmonía bajo la batuta de su creador, el director colombiano Ricardo Jaramillo. El programa incluye también la Sinfonía No. 7 en La mayor, Op. 92, de Ludwig van Beethoven (via DXLD) ** CUBA. 790, Radio Reloj. 1703 August 17, 2014. Threshold, either Holguín or Pinar del Río. 940, Radio Progreso, Sancti Spíritus, Sancti Spíritus. 0830 weak with Cuban vocals, parallel 640, 900. Listed 1 kW. 1140, Radio Surco, Morón, Ciego de Ávila. 0400 August 16, 2014. Anthem followed by male, "Transmite CM-- Radio Surco, desde..." Presume overnights via the otherwise Rebelde from this site. Co-channel another Rebelde and Radio Musical Nacional. 1170, CMKS, Maisí, Guantánamo. 0920 August 10, 2014. Briefly excellent with Latin American pop vocals, young female announcer, parallel 1070 kHz but Radio Guamá mostly dominating there. 1190, Radio Sancti Spíritus, Sancti Spíritus, Sancti Spíritus. 1049 August 17, 2014. Female opera singer, parallel much better 1210. 1350, Radio Ciudad del Mar, Aguada, Cienfuegos. 0400 August 17, 2014. Cuban anthem from 0401, female ID. Also on August 16 from 1106 with fast-paced newscast, synth sound effects between items (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 18210, Aug 14 at 0121, RHC Spanish poor-fair but quite readable on third harmonic of 6070; better than 12140, the second harmonic, which is JBA. 6165, Aug 15 at 0103, RHC English is AWOL until *0106 which is handy for a bit of CKZN in the clear, on 6160: See NEWFOUNDLAND (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5955, A spurious signal of RHC English service in \\ 6000 6060 6100 6165 kHz. 5855, CUBA spy woman in Spanish at 0545 UT, S=9+55dB tremendous signal (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 15, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5955 is the counterpart to the often heard 6270 leapfrog, another 105 kHz lower than 6165 over 6060 --- but I rarely if ever hear it (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) 15370, RHC, 16/8 0025 UT. Programación en idioma creole (o quizás francés?) hasta las 0030:07, y después 20 segundos con un audio en español perteneciente al servicio en aquel idioma. SINPO: 54444. No hay servicio en idioma quechua como está establecido en las listas EiBi y Aoki. 15370, RHC, 17/8 0020 UT. Mujer presenta, en idioma francés, una canción pop cantada en español. A las 0027 hay una voz femenina que dice ``servicio francés`` y que es reconfirmada a las 0028:32 con música instrumental hasta las 0029 cuando comienza un audio en castellano que se identifica como Radio Progreso a las 0033. Sale del aire a las 0034:02. SINPO: 55444 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: TECSUN PL-660, ANT: Hilo de 30 metros, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) R. Progreso SW relay nominally starts at 0030 on 4765. That could explain why contrary to Arnie`s recommendations, this relay hasn`t been moved to an earlier start --- the same audio feed circuit to transmitter site is tied up with the above until 0030. Of course they could just pick up R. Progreso off the air from numerous AM or FM frequencies. 6070 & 9810, Aug 17 at 0119-0121, I notice that these two RHC Spanish frequencies are running at least a full second behind all the others, i.e. a few words: 5040, 6060, 11670, 11760, 11840, 13740, 15230. The two transmitter sites are normally only a reverb/echo apart, from different feed routes, not so much as this; what has happened? 15370, Aug 17 at 1354, bigsig from RHC sounds OK on AM, but with BFO I notice that the carrier is slightly unstable, rippling. 6060, Aug 18 at 0132, RHC is in wrong language, English instead of Spanish, // 6000 and 6165 during mailbag, --- and so is 5040. Once again, program feed routings are all mixed up. 0202 recheck, 5040 and 6060 are still in English; so also rest of evening until 0500 when they are really supposed to be? 6070 & 9810, Aug 18 at 0133, these RHC Spanish frequencies are still synchronized, but now only a reverb apart from the others, 11670, 11760, 11840, 13740, 15230; rather than a second apart as 24 hours earlier. 6000, Aug 18 at 0604, RHC English transmitter now suffers from squeals audible center-frequency, more so on the sides. 6060 & 5040, Aug 19 at 0106, RHC is in proper language Spanish unlike last night in English. Also on 6070, which is again only a reverb apart from the others instead of a second apart. 6000, Aug 19 at 0600, RHC English is missing, but at 0605 recheck, HM01 is here! The Spanish spy numbers hybridly mixed with digital bursts, as the RHC/DGI transmitter site has its wires crossed worse than usual. By 0609 recheck it`s been fixed, resuming RHC in English. I wonder if a transmitter switch normally occurs at 0600 on 6000 amid the 6-hour English service (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [non]. 9490, 08/16 0202, CLANDESTINE, R. República, relay Issoudun-F, in Spanish; News-highlights and details; 35432 (José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, Paraíba, Brazil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) I=5 so absolutely no jamming interference! (gh, DXLD) ** DIEGO GARCIA. 4319-USB, AFN, 1327, Aug 19. Heard in the clear; usual program of OM & YL chatting; spot with military history; poor; most days find heavy QRM here (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [non]. I skim thru the MW and SW Tips pages of DSWCI SW News in a usually vain search for any item of possible interest to preserve in DXLD. Vain, because all program details except language are deleted to make each item fit into one line, in a misguided mission to save as much space as possible. Sometimes a few of my numerous and detailed logs of the past month or two find their way, eviscerated, into this report, but not in the August issue. So the only item that catches my eye is this, among a number of Europirate logs otherwise denoted PIR: ``6545,0 1849- DOM 19.7 Radio Discovery Dutch 24432 AS-I`` Credited by key to: ``Alessandro Michaeli Degen DE 1103 telöescopic antenna`` DOM? That`s the ITU code for DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (Dominica = DMA), and there was indeed a Radio Discovery in the DR for a short time many years ago, one of Jeff White`s projects; but the idea that it is on the air again and heard in Italy at that time of day and in Dutch is ludicrous. Perhaps it`s a ``tribute`` station in Holland, or the name is merely coincidental (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Good Afternoon Glenn & Jeff, The information I have is that Radio Discovery was on the air from the Dominican Republic, Radio Clarín in 1986 & 1987. This information is verified by QSL cards and by DX magazine reports (Adrian Peterson, IN, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I don`t think it was directly connected with R. Clarín, was it? (gh, DXLD) ** DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [and non]. 8/15 Es-all Dom Rep except as noted. MUF: 108 MHz at times. [presumably EDT = UT -4] 0910 HIJB-2 0940 HISD-4 1006 HITM-5 1018 HIOO-101.1 RDS PI: ‘KAAR’ PS: PREMIUM 1035 UNID-101.5/101.3 obvious Radio Alegre talk (but too many other Alegres network stations on same channels). 1045 HIEF-92.9 RDS PI: ‘WXLO’ PS: PURAVIDA 1047 HIAE-91.3 RDS PI: ‘WIII’ PS: DOMINGO 1050 HIWP-90.5 RDS PI: ‘KYZK’ PS: ESTRELLA 90 1056 HI—Radio Amanecer-90.9 ID Relig. 1104 HIMS-96.5 RDS PI: ‘KYQC’ PS: TU RITMO 1235 4VRJ-96.5 Haiti Port-au-Prince FF “Radio Sky FM 80” ID in EE (1115) Is there a more current Dom Rep station list than Emisoras de FM anywhere? All above Relogs. There were many Spanish UNIDs some 2 deep during this potent Es session. I posted a number of SS FM UNIDs on the WTFDA Forums needing ID help. 73 (Fred Nordquist, Moncks Corner, SC, 33.21756N 79.95798W, KJ4BUG Grid FM03AF, WTFDA via DXLD) ** EAST TURKISTAN [and non]. CHINA Additional suspended frequencies of China Radio International from Aug. 15: 0500-0557 17820 URU 500 kW / 308 deg WEu German 0600-0657 17820 URU 500 kW / 308 deg WEu German 0800-0957 15665 URU 500 kW / 308 deg WEu Russian 0900-0957 17570 URU 500 kW / 308 deg WEu English, heard R.Riyadh HQ 1200-1257 13575 URU 500 kW / 308 deg EEu Russian 1300-1357 17630 URU 500 kW / 308 deg WEu English, 1200-1257 is on air! 1400-1457 11665 URU 500 kW / 270 deg N/ME English 1400-1457 17630 URU 500 kW / 308 deg WEu English, heard CRI Fr via BKO [WORLD OF RADIO 1735] 1500-1527 9570 URU 500 kW / 270 deg WAs Persian 1500-1557 9720 URU 500 kW / 270 deg N/ME English 1500-1557 11790 URU 500 kW / 308 deg EEu Russian 1530-1557 9570 URU 500 kW / 270 deg WAs Pashto 1600-1657 6165 URU 500 kW / 270 deg N/ME Turkish 1600-1657 11875 URU 500 kW / 308 deg EEu Russian 1600-1657 13580 URU 500 kW / 308 deg EEu Russian 1700-1757 7265 URU 500 kW / 270 deg N/ME English 1700-1757 11875 URU 500 kW / 308 deg EEu Russian 1700-1757 13640 URU 500 kW / 308 deg EEu Russian, heard AIR Farsi 1730-1827 7385 URU 500 kW / 270 deg NWAf Chinese from Aug.1 1730-1827 9685 URU 500 kW / 308 deg WEu Chinese from Aug.1 1800-1857 7205 URU 500 kW / 308 deg EEu Russian from Aug.1 1800-1857 11650 URU 500 kW / 308 deg WEu German from Aug.1 1830-1857 7265 URU 500 kW / 308 deg SEEu Bulgarian from Aug.1 1830-1927 7350 URU 500 kW / 270 deg WAf French from Aug.1 1900-1927 6090 URU 500 kW / 308 deg SEEu Romanian 1900-1927 7415 URU 500 kW / 308 deg CEu Czech from Aug.1 1900-1927 9560 URU 500 kW / 308 deg CEu Hungarian 1900-1957 11650 URU 500 kW / 308 deg WEu German from Aug.1 1930-2027 7350 URU 500 kW / 270 deg WAf French from Aug.1 2000-2027 7325 URU 500 kW / 308 deg SEEu Serbian 2000-2057 7305 URU 500 kW / 308 deg CEu Polish from Aug.1 2030-2057 9720 URU 500 kW / 308 deg SEEu Bulgarian 2030-2127 7265 URU 500 kW / 308 deg SEEu Italian from Aug.1 2030-2227 9430 URU 500 kW / 308 deg WEu French from Aug.1 2200-2257 7250 URU 500 kW / 308 deg SEu Spanish 2200-2257 7260 URU 500 kW / 308 deg SEu Portuguese 2300-2357 7250 URU 500 kW / 308 deg SEu Spanish 2200-2257 7395 URU 500 kW / 270 deg N/ME Chinese. Several videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/08/additional-suspended-frequencies-of.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) ** EAST TURKISTAN [and non]. CHINA, CRI English via Kashi to WeEu vs CRI English to AUS via Kunming: 0900-0957 on 17650 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg to WeEu 0900-0957 on 17650 KUN 500 kW / 135 deg to AUS. Videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/08/cri-english-via-kashi-to-weeu-vs-cri.html CRI Chinese via Urumqi to N/ME vs CRI Bengali to SoAs via Kunming: 1400-1457 on 11610 URU 500 kW / 270 deg to N/ME 1400-1457 on 11610 KUN 150 kW / 270 deg to SoAs. Videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/08/cri-chinese-via-urumqi-to-nme-vs-cri.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Aug 19, dxldyg via DXLD) ** ECUADOR. 6050.00, R. HCJB (La Voz de los Andes), Quito; 11/08 1103- 1120, 44444+, tocan Himno Nacional del Ecuador, px A través de la Biblia, ID "Por la Voz de los Andes, Ecuador" sobre Zacarías capítulo 4 (Pedro F. Arrunátegui, Lima, Perú, La recepción la he efectuado del 7/08 al 17/07 en compañía de mi sabueso Icom IC R72 acompañado del Mizuho KX-3, una antena de hilo largo de 12 metros y una antena loop, Aug Chasqui DX via DXLD) Evidently the last full day HCJB was on the air before earthquake hit less than 33 hours later (gh, DXLD) See also BOLIVIA, BRAZIL, PERU 6050, Aug 16 at 0144, no carrier from the one and only HCJB, so is it off? Usually a bit of it; Bolivia audible on 5952.4, 6135v. 6050, Aug 17 at 0118, again no signal from HCJB. We last logged it August 11, and on August 13 at 0430, Luca Botto Fiora in Italy also noted it missing (normally until 0503*), and he alludes to an earthquake. Any further info on such a disaster affecting HCJB? Is anyone hearing it either in the mornings from *0830? 6050, Aug 18 circa 0135, still no signal from HCJB. Here`s a BBC story from Aug 13 about the 5.1 quake hitting Quito and area, but fails a prime journalistic directive, WHEN? http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-28767140 A Guardian story also fails the WHEN test, but BBC linx to USGS which says: ``M5.1 - 23km SW of Cayambe, Ecuador 2014-08-12 19:57:58 UTC``. Neither story says anything about HCJB, which evidently has not been heard since then. 6050, Aug 19 at 0106 check, still no signal from HCJB. No replies from anyone whether or not it`s being heard before sunrise from *0825. High time to search the HCJB website for any info about SW being off --- of course, domestically they have AM & FM, so who cares about SW anyway? You`d never know it existed from website. I do find one news story about emergency response to the Aug 12 Quitoquake, but nothing about radio or HCJB: http://radiohcjb.org/quito-se-activo-comite-de-operacion-de-emergencia/ (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EGYPT. R. Cairo chex UT Aug 14: 9965, Aug 14 at 0105, R. Cairo Arabic service with suppressed modulation, and putting out pulsing from 9955 to 9975. At 0113 no modulation, only the pulsing and now same sounds on several spur ranges, weakening the further from 9965 and peaking roughly in the middle of each: 9860-9867, 9876-9883, 9918-9928, 9940-9950, 9980-9990, 10002-10008, 10025-10033! 12070, Aug 14 at 0118, open carrier/dead air with some hum, --- but it`s just a pause, as then very loud and distorted Spanish modulation resumes; splashing out to 12045-12105. 9315 & 11710, Aug 14 at 0118, both the other R. Cairo Spanish are off! 12070, (Presumed) R Cairo, 8/15, 0030. Monologue with M in Arabic. Fair-poor. Usual thing with the funny audio (Rick Barton, El Mirage, Arizona, Mostly listening from my truck next to dry riverbed with Wilson 1000 rooftop (passive) antenna, Grundig Satellit 750, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9965, Aug 15 at 0117, R. Cairo with good signal but open carrier/dead air instead of Arabic 9315, Aug 15 at 0123, R. Cairo fair signal but also OC/DA not Spanish 12070, Aug 15 at 0124, R. Cairo in extremely distorted Spanish, spreading only 12060-12080 at most, vs Cuban jam harmonic on low side 11710, Aug 15 did not get around to checking this until 0153, but now it`s off and probably was earlier, leaving weak RAE 11711- unscathed So what`s going on at Abis and Abu Zaabal tonight? 9315, Aug 16 at 0117, R. Cairo Spanish has loud and distorted music with big hum and crackle, but no spurs. This is more typical of the way 12070 usually sounds 9965, Aug 16 at 0121, R. Cairo, Arabic song extremely distorted and suppressed modulation 12070, Aug 16 at 0122, R. Cairo Spanish, clean open carrier --- but faked out again, just a pause before distorted music and opening `La Revista Turística`, // 9315. More or less readable if you can stand it 11710, Aug 16 at 0122, third Spanish frequency is still off. 11710, Aug 17 at 0111, R. Cairo Spanish service is still ASP (ausente sin permiso = AWOL) from this frequency, while 9315 has good signal but open carrier/dead air. At least there`s 12070, at 0114 very distorted and suppressed modulation. 9965, the Arabic frequency is also very distorted at 0109. 13850, Aug 17 at 0519 has big hum with extremely distorted Arabic. 9315, 9965, 11710, 12070, Aug 18 at 0146, ALL four defective R. Cairo Spanish and Arabic frequencies are off the air. Per Aoki, 9315 & 9965 are Abu Zaabal site, while 11710 & 12070 are Abis. Also off is 13850, Abis, Aug 18 at 0544. This is progress. 12070, 11710, 9965, 9315, Aug 19 at 0107 check, again tonight all R. Cairo frequencies are off the air. Would others please check at other dayparts? 12070, 11710, 9965 and 9315, Aug 20 at 0143, for the third night in a row, all four R. Cairo frequencies to the Americas are OFF, Spanish and Arabic. How about other transmissions? Would those closer to Cairo please check ASAP: sked from DX Re Mix, Bulgarian DX blog as of Mid- April; the question now is whether any of these are ``currently on``? ``Friday, April 18, 2014 [off notations are currently as of this date] Radio Cairo EGYPT Summer A-14 shortwave schedule of Radio Cairo: 0030-0430 9965 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg NEAm Arabic 0045-0200 9315 ABS 250 kW / 331 deg NoAm Spanish 0045-0200 11710 ABS 250 kW / 241 deg SoAm Spanish 0045-0200 12070 ABS 250 kW / 282 deg CeAm Spanish 0200-0330 9315 ABS 250 kW / 331 deg NoAm English 0200-0700 13850 ABS 250 kW / 315 deg NoAm Arabic GS 0400-0600 15610 ABZ 250 kW / 170 deg CEAf Swahili (13650), off 1015-1215 17830 ABZ 250 kW / 090 deg WeAs Arabic (17480), off 1215-1330 17870 ABZ 250 kW / 090 deg SoAs English (17480), off 1230-1400 15710 ABS 250 kW / 091 deg SEAs Indonesian 1300-1600 15535 ABS 250 kW / 241 deg WeAf Arabic 1330-1400 15360 ABZ 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Dari, off 1330-1530 15790 ABZ 100 kW / 070 deg WeAs Farsi 1400-1600 15545 ABZ 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Pashto, off 1500-1600 13580 ABS 250 kW / 315 deg EaEu Albanian 1500-1600 15160 ABS 250 kW / 061 deg CeAs Uzbek 1600-1700 15450 ABZ 100 kW / 160 deg ECAf Afar 1600-1800 13820 ABS 250 kW / 091 deg SoAs Urdu 1600-1800 15345 ABS 150 kW / 196 deg CSAf English 1600-1800 17840 ABZ 250 kW / 170 deg CEAf Swahili, off 1700-1730 15285 ABZ 100 kW / 160 deg ECAf Somali 1700-1900 9280 ABS 250 kW / 005 deg N/ME Turkish 1730-1900 15285 ABZ 100 kW / 160 deg ECAf Amharic 1800-1900 9490 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg WeEu Italian 1800-2100 15710 ABS 250 kW / 241 deg WeAf Hausa 1845-2000 17625 ABZ 250 kW / 245 deg WeAf Fulfulde (15520), off 1900-2000 9685 ABS 250 kW / 005 deg EaEu Russian 1900-2000 9410 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg WeEu German 1900-2030 15290 ABZ 250 kW / 250 deg WeAf English 2000-2115 9410 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg WeEu French 2000-2200 9855 ABZ 250 kW / 110 deg AUS Arabic (11610/15225), off 2100-2300 13580 ABS 250 kW / 241 deg WeAf French 2115-2245 9895 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg WeEu English 2215-2330 15480 ABZ 250 kW / 245 deg SoAm Portuguese (12000), off 2300-0030 9965 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg NEAm English 2330-0045 15480 ABZ 250 kW / 245 deg SoAm Arabic (12000), off 2330-0045 12070 ABS 250 kW / 282 deg CeAm Arabic Note: Many of these frequencies, most have severe technical problems such as extreme distortion and/or undermodulation.`` [I guess the ones in () are registered alternates? --- gh] Here`s the sked by language from the later WRTH May Update: ``RADIO CAIRO (Gov) kHz: 1008, 9280, 9315, 9410, 9490, 9685, 9895, 9965, 11610, 11710, 12000, 12070, 13580, 13820, 13850, 15160, 15285, 15290, 15345, 15360, 15450, 15535, 15610, 15710, 15770, 15790, 17480, 17625, 17830, 17840 Summer Schedule 2014 Afar Days Area kHz 1600-1700 daily EAf 15450abz Albanian 1500-1600 daily Eu 13580abs Amharic 1730-1900 daily EAf 15285abz Arabic 0030-0430 daily NAm 9965abs 0200-0700 daily Eu,NAm 13850abs* 0600-1500 daily ISR 1008ela 1015-1215 daily ME,SEA 17830abz 1300-1600 daily WAf 15535abs 2000-2200 daily Pac 11610abz 2330-0045 daily LAm 12000abz, 12070abs Dari 1300-1400 daily WAs 15360abz English 0200-0330 daily NAm 9315abs 1215-1330 daily SAs 17480abz 1600-1640 daily ISR 1008ela 1600-1800 daily CAf,SAf 15345abs 1900-2030 daily WAf 15290abz 2115-2245 daily Eu 9895abs 2300-0030 daily NAm 9965abs Farsi 1330-1530 daily ME 15790abz French 1640-1700 daily ISR 1008ela 2000-2115 daily Eu 9410abs 2100-2300 daily WAf 13580abs German 1900-2000 daily Eu 9410abs Hausa 1800-2100 daily WAf 15710abs Hebrew 1700-2200 daily ISR 1008ela Indonesian 1230-1400 daily SEA 15710abs Italian 1800-1900 daily Eu 9490abs Pashto 1400-1600 daily WAs 15770abz Portuguese 2215-2330 daily SAm 12000abz Pulaar 1845-2000 daily WAf 17625abz Russian 1500-1600 daily ISR 1008ela 1900-2000 daily Eu 9685abs Somali 1700-1730 daily EAf 15285abz Spanish 0045-0200 daily LAm 11710abs, 12070abs 0045-0200 daily NAm 9315abs Swahili 0400-0600 daily EAf,CAf 15610abz 1600-1800 daily EAf,CAf 17840abz Turkish 1700-1900 daily ME 9280abs Urdu 1600-1800 daily SAs 13820abs Uzbek 1500-1600 daily CAs 15160abs Key: * Relay of HS General prgr.`` First reply from Ivo Ivanov at 1514 UT Aug 20 says: ``Quick monitoring from 1445 to 1515 UT 1300-1600 on 15535 ABS 250 kW / 241 deg to WeAf Arabic on air 1330-1400 on 15360 ABZ 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs Dari, currently off 1330-1530 on 15790 ABZ 100 kW / 070 deg to WeAs Farsi on air 1400-1600 on 15545 ABZ 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs Pashto, currently off 1500-1600 on 13580 ABS 250 kW / 315 deg to EaEu Albanian, off 1500-1600 on 15160 ABS 250 kW / 061 deg to CeAs Uzbek, off`` (Glenn Hauser, Aug 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Only 1600-1700 on 15450 ABZ 100 kW / 160 deg to ECAf Afar on air on 15450.018 kHz, 1610 UT Egyptian female singer, song of 60ties ... 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, Aug 20, ibid.) 1600-1700 on 15450 ABZ 100 kW / 160 deg to ECAf Afar on air 1600-1800 on 13820 ABS 250 kW / 091 deg to SoAs Urdu, off 1600-1800 on 15345 ABS 150 kW / 196 deg to CSAf English, off 1600-1800 on 17840 ABZ 250 kW / 170 deg to CEAf Swahili, off 1700-1730 on 15285 ABZ 100 kW / 160 deg to ECAf Somali on air 1700-1900 on 9280 ABS 250 kW / 005 deg to N/ME Turkish on air 1730-1900 on 15285 ABZ 100 kW / 160 deg to ECAf Amharic on air 1800-1900 on 9490 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu Italian on air 1800-2100 on 15710 ABS 250 kW / 241 deg to WeAf Hausa on air (Ivo, 1801 UT Aug 20, ibid.) 9280.026 at 1803 UT Turkish service on air. 9490.040 at 1813 UT Italian Aïda Triumphal March played. 15285.018 at 1818 UT Amharic sce on air. 15710.004 at 1823 UT Hausa sce, Arabic flute orchestra played, and men`s HQ chorus too, Aug 20. 73 wb (Büschel, ibid.) 9410.041 at 1912 UT old Egyptian local song. 9685.028 at 1917 UT female Russian news reader. 15290.017 at 1905 UT HC prayer 15710.002 at 1850 UT Hausa sce, Aug 20. Interval Signal hymn at 19 UT. 9410.039 at 2015 UT French traced, distorted audio quality. 15290.014 at 2009 UT English sce, female announcer. 15710.003 at 2005 UT Hausa sce, Aug 20. Saleim Maleikum at 2050 UT. 9895.041 at 2123 UT English sce, distorted audio quality. 13580.0 at 2129 UT French service, female announcer. 9895.040 at 2231 UT English sce, distorted audio quality. 13580.0 at 2228 UT French service, female announcer. 9965.049 at 2307 UT, English sce, distorted audio quality. 12070.008 at 2332 UT, Arabic, Holy Quran prayer. 9315.024 at 0058 UT, Spanish sce, low modulated distorted audio quality. 9965.043 at 0102 UT, AR, ID Cairo sce, distorted audio quality. 11710.005 at 0050 UT only strong carrier at S=8-9 -76dBm, and adjacent RAE Portuguese, 0100 Jpn too, on 11710.512 kHz. Carrier lasted only 12 minutes, then Cairo OFF. 12070.007 at 0044 UT, Spanish, older Egyptian Arabic songs. 13850.037 at 0515 UT Aug 21, Arabic, but distorted audio quality. 15610.009 at 0520 UT Aug 21, Swahili EaAF service, low modulated. S=6- 7 -87dBm weak, distorted by adjacent RFA Chinese from Tinian-MRA island on 15615 kHz (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ERITREA [non]. CLANDESTINE, 11855, Dimtse R. Erena, Aug 09, *1700- 1710, 35333, Tigrigna, 1700 sign on with opening music, Opening announce, ID, Talk (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD- 9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellit 750, DE-1121; ANT, 130m Sloper Wire, 303WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ERITREA [non]. 15245, 08/16 1723, CLANDESTINE, R. Medrek, relay Issoudun-F, in Tigrinia mv talks, 35443 (José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, Paraíba, Brazil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** ETHIOPIA. 6110, R Fana, Addis Ababa, 2029-2055, Aug 12, today's DJ was a woman's announcer, regular announcer is on his summer vacation(?), 34333. (Tomoaki Wagai, Wakayama, Japan DSWCI DX Window via DXLD) ** ETHIOPIA [and non]. Radio Xoriyo in Somali to EaAf 1601 on 17630 Issoudun + white noise broadband DRM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymJoOsqgRe4&feature=youtu.be Aug 19 (Ivo Ivanov, dxldyg via DXLD) ** EUROPE. Netherlands (pirate), Borderhunter Radio on 6305 kHz on August 3, at 0056 UT with house music and male announcer acknowledging a reception report from "Dr. Strangelove" in northern Alabama and talking about an Irish pirate radio station. Full ID: "This is Borderhunter Radio, 6305, free pirate radio broadcasting from the Netherlands." Announced local time as "nearly 3 am here now." Abrupt transmitter cut off at around 0001 UT. Sony ICF-77, with telescopic whip. 73s (Marty Delfín (Madrid, Spain), DX LISTENING DIGEST) Must mean off at 0101 UT (gh, DXLD) ** EUROPE. Hi Gents: A lot of Europirate activity last weekend! PIRATE-EURO. Over Horizon Radio-Holland, 6290 AM, 2239-2259*, 08-16-14 SIO: 232. Tuned in to "The Piano Has Been Drinking" by Tom Waits, then into some songs from the Wizard Of Oz movie followed by The Doors and the theme from 2001 - Also Sprach Zarathustra. Full ID in English by OM announcer. No known contact info. [Lobdell-MA] PIRATE-EURO. Radio Montferland, 6320 AM, 2311-0021*, 08-16/17-14 SIO: 333. Nice signal from this Dutch pirate, playing tunes by Whitney Houston, Dire Straights [sic], Boney M., Shoutout to yours truly and others. Email is: radiomontferland@hotmail.com [Lobdell-MA] PIRATE-EURO. RFD/Radio Flying Dutchman-Holland, 6150/6145 AM-LSB, 2310-0025*, 08-16/17-14, SIO: 222/343. Started off on 6150 but moved to 6145 in FM, then switched to LSB and increased power to 600 watts for a few minutes. Signal was quite good then, then back to normal power in AM for the duration. As more SWBC stations leave, it will make room for pirates to operate "in band" [Lobdell-MA] PIRATE-EURO. Premier Radio-Ireland, 6945 AM, 0040-0055+, 08-17-14 SIO: 232. Tuned in to "Proud Mary" by Creedence. Talk by OM announcer, ID, then into "Rock Around The Clock". [Lobdell-MA] (Chris Lobdell, Box 80146, Stoneham, MA 02180, USA, Receivers: Eton E1, JRC NRD-545, Aerials: G5RV, 40 Meter Dipole, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FINLAND. 3960, Aug 9 2038, R Gramox http://www.gramox.fi/ R. Gramox is operating on 3960 kHz with 50 W from Hämeenkyrö, Finland. Drifting from 3960.09 to 3959.96 kHz. https://www.facebook.com/radiogramox 73, (Mauno Ritola, Finland, SW Bulletin Aug 17 via WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DXLD) 3960, Aug 10, 1725, Radio Gramox signal is right now weak here in Southeastern Sweden, but it is no problem to enjoy the old Finnish schlagers from way back when. Tried later in the evening yesterday, to gain from darkness, but at that time Gramox was squeezed between two powerhouses on 3955 and 3965 kHz. Sure I will send a report and I do hope for a QSL, but I fully understand that DX-ers are not on top of every stations priority lists! (Per Eriksson, Öland, Sweden, SW Bulletin Aug 17 via WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DXLD) 3960. Aug 9, 2038, Radio Gramox from Finland surprised to show up on this frequency // webstream. Finnish music. QRM from some utility signal on high side (Thomas Nilsson, Ängelholm, Sweden, SW Bulletin Aug 17 via WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DXLD) ** FRANCE [non]. 5950, Thu Aug 14 at 0104, RFI Musique, fair, one of the two blox which have surprisingly shown up on this WRMI alternate frequency to 9955 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1734, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. 6150 AM Europe 24 --- I think they must have turned the power up, very good signal at 0635 UT on 6150; however, just as I type this the signal has gone in mid song. Back on at 0754 tune in with an S7-S9 signal (Russ Cummings, AOR7030+, 60 ft long wire, North Ferriby, East Yorkshire UK, Aug 17, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Now at 1100 UT, sinpo 34433 near Skagen, Denmark. Still test announcements in German, English, Dutch. 73 (Harald Kuhl, Aug 17, ibid.) 6149.996 --- Die Teststation Datteln ist wieder in der Luft, etwas schwächer als das R700 Kall 6005 kHz Signal, aber immerhin ein schönes Signal in Norddeutschland in der Luft. Gemessen 4 Hertz weniger auf der LSB Seite. Auch die neue A-14 sowie die pre-Konferenztabelle B-14 zeigt noch tent. KLL Eintrag an, aber laut Christian Milling aus Euskirchen haben die rein gar nichts damit zu tun. In B-14 wurder 0200-2100 UT Zeitraume ab Ende Oktober 2014 für den Winter eingetragen. Tests auf 6150 kHz laufen vorzugsweise als Feierabend Schedule, also abends/nachts sowie Samstag/Sonntag. ps. die Hobbyleute verbrennen ihr Spielgeld mit Herzblut in der Szene, die BNA Bescheinigung/Prüfung kostet ja auch Geld, neben der Hardware TX / Antennenausrüstung. 73 (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) Viz.: 6149.996, The test station Dattlen is on the air again, a little weaker than the R700 Kall 6005 kHz signal, but still a nice signal in Northern Germany. Measured 4 Hertz less on the LSB side. The new A-14 and the pre-Conference Table B-14 shows still tentative KLL entry, but according to Christian Milling from Euskirchen has nothing to do with it. In B-14 will be 0200-2100 UT time space entered from the end of October 2014 for the winter. Tests on 6150 kHz preferably run as a workday schedule, so [no?] evenings / nights and Saturday / Sunday. PS: hobby people burn their play money with passion in the scene, the BNA certificate / test also costs money, in addition to the hardware TX / antenna equipment. 73 (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid., Google translation improved by gh for DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GOA. INDIA. 9705, AIR Panaji. 2315:50 English ID by W after the news then sked for President Mukherjee's speech on Independence Day, and into "Patriotic Songs". Another ID at 2328:50. Brief searing sitar music, W with intro for the president`s speech on Independence Day, instrumental NA, and then the English speech by his excellency. Great S9+10 signal. Probably the best ever heard Panaji. // much much weaker nearby 9690 AIR Bengaluru. (14 March [sic; must mean August]) http://youtu.be/7yEnyJQ41-A 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, micro dx-pedition to Pennsylvania State Games Lands #26, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** GREECE. 9935, Aug 16 at 0109, ERTOpen is on again, with Greek music, no modulation problem and only slightly weaker than // 9420; and / 15630 is JBA, improving later but modulation seems low (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9935, ERT-OPEN, 16/8 0152 UT. Música pop en inglés y griego, e incluso música bailable de origen latino cantada en inglés. SINPO: 45433 // 9420 QRM desde IRIB en árabe, desde Irán // 15630 con señal muy pobre (Claudio Galaz, Rx: TECSUN PL-660, ANT: Hilo de 30 metros, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ERT (or what's left of it) in SPANISH and Greek! at 9935.3 kHz August 16 at 2253 UT with announcer in Spanish dedicating Latin ballads by Paulina Rubio, Luis Fonsi, etc., to listeners in Spain. I was surprised to hear Spanish and Latin American music on this frequency at this time but realized that the announcer was actually Greek but very fluent en español. He easily interchanged Spanish with Greek throughout the transmission, much like what the announcers do with English/Chinese on CRI. Signal was fair; it seems they lost some of their transmitter power. Full sheep bell/flute ID at 2300 in Greek. Sony ICF-77, with telescopic whip. 73s (Marty Delfín (Madrid, Spain), WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9935, UT Sunday Aug 17 at 0107 check, ERTOpen is off again (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Greece: ERTOpen have posted (15 July) a summer frequency schedule at http://www.ertopen.com/programma/item/23286-therino-programma-sychnothtwn-kai-leitoyrgias-pompwn-brachewn as follows (times listed on website as Greece Time, converted to UT): 1200-0350: 9935 1200-0800: 9420 0100-0800: 15630 1200-1950: 15650 2000-0050: 15630 0400-0800: 11645 Actual operating times vary considerably from the above - but I am impressed (and amazed) that the programs of ERTOpen continue at all. (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, Aug 17, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9935 & 9420, Aug 18 at 0146, it`s another off-night for ERTOpen. 9935 // 9420, both good Aug 19 at 0107, ERTOpen is on tonite with Greek music, and apparently 15630 JBA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [Re: Marty`s Spanish report above]: ERTOpen was on at Saturday, August 16 at 0000-0200 here near Washington; but later on August 16, my records show ERTOpen not on air 1900-2359, and Sunday, August 17 not on air at 0000-0200. Maybe something else in Spanish? (John Babbis, Aug 19, DX LISTENING DIGEST) No, it was Greece and the announcer was very fluent in both Spanish and Greek. He especially dedicated his broadcast to listeners in Spain from Greece. The August 16 UT date is correct. Yes, the logs I sent in are accurate (Marty, Aug 20, ibid.) GREECE since 18 UT heard also rebels` ERT-open "dritto programa" 9420, 9935 and 15630 kHz too on air, Aug 20, also 0110 UT on Aug 21. Between 0500 and 0530 UT 9935 kHz replaced by 11645 kHz, still \\ 9420 and 15630 kHz (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** HAWAII. 1500, KHKA, Sports Radio, Oahu, weak, 1415 17AUG 2014, 1424 17aug_015 Tony Romo, Dallas Cowboys, two reporters at 1533 multiple ID "NBC Sports Radio". 1570, KUAU, Hawaii, 13 AUG 2014 peaked around 1221 UT, Male, religious "You are not only in ministry of love, but also in ministry of righteousness", "I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart (almost there); I've been all your faithfulness" Psalm 40:10. At 1224 female gave contact details in Omaha, USA. Good copy but brief opening. Again on 17 AUG 2014, 1258 less QSB this time, "we believe" song. 73 (Nick VK2DX Hacko, Sydney - Australia, Perseus + 15m tuned vertical, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** HAWAII. 13282-USB, Aug 14 at 1336, VOLMET on poor signal, including SFO, SEATAC, LAX and Tropical Storm Julio, now far beyond Hawaii. It`s KVM70, Honolulu, scheduled at :25 and :55 past the hours, and must be done by :40 and :10 when JIA Tokyo takes over; frequency also shared with Hong Kong and Auckland. About equally poor signal from WSY70 New York on 13270-USB (Glenn Hauser,, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. 4970, AIR Shillong, 1329, August 14. As usual on the eve of India’s Independence Day, the President of India addresses the nation; local ID (“This is the North Eastern Service of All India Radio broadcasting from Shillong on shortwave 60.36 meters, corresponding to 4,970 kHz.”); "stand by now for Delhi," National Anthem; President's address in English till National Anthem again at 1346, followed by same address given in Hindi. Checking for // of President's address: 4660 Leh - not heard. 4760 Port Blair - weak. 4775 Imphal - off the air, as it has been for quite a while now. 4800 Hyderabad - too much QRM (CNR1) to hear. 4810 Bhopal - not heard. 4820 Kolkata - nice signal in clear, as Tibet currently off the air 4830 Jammu - off the air for some time now. 4835 Gangtok - too much ABC QRM. 4840 Mumbai - weak. 4850 Kohima - disappointed, not broadcasting today. 4860 Shimla - covered by strong OTH radar. 4880 Lucknow - covered by strong OTH radar. 4895 Kurseong - covered by strong OTH radar. 4910 Jaipur - covered by strong OTH radar. 4920 Chennai - OTHR, but able to confirm //; also Tibet off air helped 4940 Guwahati - off the air for a long time now. 4960 Ranchi - long off the air. 4970 Shillong - this was the best of all the AIR stations! 4990 Itanagar - heard. 5010 Thiruvananthapuram - heard. 5040 Jeypore - heard. 5050 Aizawl - heard; one of better days; holding up vs BBR (China) 9425 Delhi - heard poorly. 9380 Aligarh - not checked. 9870 Bangalore - heard. 4950 Srinagar - frustrating! Nothing heard at 1331, but by 1336 had decent signal with just open carrier; 1347 off the air for short time; still just open carrier by 1357; never with any audio. I often check this frequency looking for them and never hear anything, so I strongly suspect the carrier was AIR Srinagar. Too bad they were not able to put out any audio! (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) More below President's address on the eve of India's indepedence day - AIR Kohima on SW 4850 is absent at 1245 UT but 639 MW is audible. - Pradip Kundu, Agartala, Tripura, India via IDXCI and DX India FB Pages (via Sudipto Ghose, 1633 UT Aug 14, dxldyg via DXLD) ** INDIA. Jose Jacob & Alokesh Gupta previewed plans for AIR`s annual Independence Day special coverage of the Flag Hoisting and Prime Minister`s speech at Red Fort, New Delhi the morning of August 15. Several regional stations were to sign on their 7-MHz-band daytime frequencies earlier than usual in order not to interrupt the ceremony which lasts from 0135 until 0240 UT. This should make them more audible to the west, but nothing much expected here, and I am correct: no signals from 0130, JBA carriers maybe, or totally blocked by CCI or ACI on: 7210, 7290, 7335, 7380, 7390, 7420, 7430 (and on 49m, 6020). Special AIR external service frequencies in Hindi: 6155, 9595, 11620; English: 9425, 11985, 15050. Somewhat better luck here: 11620, August 15 at 0128, music, fair with flutter (this one is normally in Urdu service and commonly heard here); 0133 Hindi coverage begins. Surely better than 9595 or 6155, not checked. 15050, August 15 at 0128, open carrier, poor with flutter; 0135:25 starts modulating presumed English but hard to tell. Sounds the same as better 11620, i.e. same background, but not // speech. 0136 do make out mention of ``Independence Day`` and ``every citizen ---``. Nothing audible on listed // 9425 except a possible JBA carrier. 11985 carrier is better but unusable. At 0150 I hear trumpets on both 11620 and 15050. I assume reception was much better in the Eastern Hemisphere, which is all AIR cares about (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Monitoring observations of Special broadcasts by All India Radio at my location in Hyderabad: Honourable President Pranab Mukherjee’s “Address to the Nation” on the eve of Independence Day 14 August 2014 at 1330 UT (7.00 pm IST). kHz Station SIO 4760 Leh / Port Blair Not heard 4775 Imphal Not heard 4800 Hyderabad 555 (my local station) 4810 Bhopal 444 4820 Kolkata 353 4830 Jammu: Off air 4835 Gangtok 232 4840 Mumbai 555 4850 Kohima Not heard 4860 Shimla 151 4880 Lucknow 353 4895 Kurseong 252 4910 Jaipur 353 4920 Chennai 555 4940 Guwahati: Off air 4950 Srinagar: 151, intermittent (Surprise entry after many months!). Sign off noted at 1430 UT by me & Alokesh Gupta 4960 Ranchi: Off air 4970 Shillong 252 4990 Itanagar 252 5010 Thiruvananthapuram 252 5040 Jeypore 454 5050 Aizawl 242 6030 Delhi 444 9380 Aligarh 555 9425 Delhi 454 9870 Bangalore 433 11620 Delhi 343 (usually External Service in English but today Special broadcast heard) Broadcast of the running commentary on the Flag Hoisting and Prime Minster' s speech held at Red Fort, New Delhi on 15 August 2014 0135- 0240 UT (7.05-8.10 am IST) English (Special frequencies only today at this time) 9425 Delhi 454 (later 433 Cochannel from Iran?) 11985 Delhi 511 Audio problem till around 8.00 am. After 8.00 am 555 15050 Bengaluru 353 Hindi: (Normally External Service in Urdu but special broadcast only for today) 6155 Aligarh 151 7340 Mumbai 454 9595 Delhi 322 (Cochannel from China?) 11620 Bengaluru 353 Changes than normal schedule noted as follows only for this day: 5010 Thiruvanathapuram did not change to 7290 at 0230 UT but continued on 5010 till end of commentary 7380 Chennai 0117 UT (Normally from 0300) 7420 Hyderabad 0117 UT (Normally from 0225) 7430 Bhopal - 0125 UT (Normally from 0225) Other interesting observations: External Service 0215-0300 UT Kannada, 13695 15120 Special broadcast heard. Instead of signing off at 0300 UT it carried the Prime Ministers speech live without cutting it off (at 0300). This service continued till end of the special broadcast till around 0320. It is observed that only on Independence Day & Republic Day the External Services start with Vanthe Matharam song. (On Home Service it is broadcast daily at sign on) Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India, http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos dx_india yg via DXLD) [and non] my log on Tokyo, Sydney remote units, Aug 15, 1130-1225 UT: 4660 Leh - not heard. 4760.008 only weak string visible, no audio heard so far, Port Blair. 4800.0 AIR Hyderabad underneath - much stronger than CNR1, S=9+15dB 4809.997 Bhopal ? - just on threshold level. 4819.992 at 1209 UT probably AIR Kolkata. 4830.0 Mongolian R1? 4839.997 AIR Mumbai - tiny. 4879.994 Very weak signal, AIR Lucknow \\ 4970.015 program 4894.995 could not trace - Kurseong, but seemingly rather Mongolian R2 4910.0 AIR Jaipur, seemingly covered by nearby RTTY 4911.0 kHz. 4920.0 Probably AIR Chennai, S=7 4940 AIR Guwahati - off the air, but 4939.968 very o d d frequency of VoStrait CHN S=9+15dB -62dBm strong. 4960 nothing on air (Ranchi not). 4970 Shillong - this was the best of all the AIR stations! yes, is the strongest AIR station on 60mb at this time slot. 4970.015 AIR Shillong, always used as Hindi sce rx reference signal. 4989.996 AIR Itanagar - heard. \\ 4970.015 program 5010.006 Probably AIR Thiruvananthapuram tiny signal heard. 5040.0 AIR Jeypore heard at 1123 UT. 5050.0 Beibu Radio in Vietnamese language instead, 1150 UT at S=7-8. 9379.970 yes AIR Aligarh, checked twice, but OFF as scheduled 1202 UT 9425 Delhi - nothing heard at this hour. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dx_india yg via DXLD) ** INDIA. Have monitored the following Service of AIR External Service on 9940 kHz on 17 & 18 Aug 2014. 1515-1615 UT Swahili 1615-1730 UT Hindi Earlier it used to be heard on 9950 kHz. At 1630-1730 Co-channel interference noted on 9940 kHz from Radio Free Asia in Burmese from Sri Lanka (?) transmitter. Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India, dx_india yg via DXLD) ** INDIA. 4970, AIR-Shillong, Aug 20 1252-1304, 45443, Hindi, Music, English ID at 1256 (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD- 9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellit 750, DE-1121; ANT, 130m Sloper Wire, 303WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA [and non]. One other station of note that was doing well today was AIR Aizawl on 5050. For several days they have been heard with the news in English at 1230; even stronger than, but mixing with BBR (China). Will be a serious challenge to hear Craig's Australian transmitter when he resumes operations on 5050 (Ron Howard, California, Aug 20, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 7289.99, Aug 11 -0830*, Following up on Ron's 8/8 late broadcast for RRI Nabire, checked on 8/11 only to find them signing off at 0830. However tonight (8/12) I tuned at 0830 and they were still going past 0915 with man and woman announcers and musical selections. Woman announcer(s) from 0915 to tune out at 0920. Hard to ID the music (even the type of music) as the gray line did not hit Nabire until approx. 0850 when the signal strength started slowly improving. S5-S6 on the Perseus S-meter with moderate static and heavy fading. No QRM (Bruce Churchill, Fallbrook CA, DXPlorer via SW Bulletin Aug 17 via DXLD) ** INDONESIA [and non]. Voice of Indonesia SW antennas --- The Google people have just started rolling out Street View (SV) imagery of Indonesia (parts) & Cambodia. The Voice of Indonesia Cimanggis SW transmitter site & curtain arrays can now be seen. http://goo.gl/maps/hOR2g Denpasar region is also covered by new SV imagery. I wonder if anyone can find the location of the former RRI Denpasar - 2948, 3945 kHz SW TX site? Nothing remains of the former National Voice of Cambodia site. All housing now. More recent SV imagery in places like Thailand & Mexico ([Baxter - AUS], dxldyg via DXLD) ** INDONESIA. 9525.891, V of Indonesia's English service via Cimanggis at 1310 UT S=7 only in AUS (Wolfgang Büschel, checked the WINTER time downunder Sydney remote Perseus SDR unit at 1230-1350 UT slot today August 19, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9525.90, V. of Indonesia: Aug 18 1217-1231, 33443, Japanese, News and talk, ID at 1218 and 1229 Aug 20 1304-1325, 44433-44444, Japanese and English, Music, ID at 1308 and 1312 and 1317 and 1321, English program from 1323 (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellit 750, DE-1121; ANT, 130m Sloper Wire, 303WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9525.9, Aug 20 at 1300, pleased to hear some modulation along with the weak carrier from VOI, but it`s music instead of opening English hour; songs continue with occasional announcements in Japanese, 1304, 1309, 1312, 1317 so must be the 12-13 broadcast running way late. 1311 playing a cover of George Harrison`s ``Here & There & Everywhere``; finally at 1323 opening English with the three imaginary frequencies, program summary, 1324 news theme. Fading is heavy, and louder than the modulation level, so give up (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Lennon and McCartney wrote "Here, There, and Everywhere" (Harvey Novack, swl at qth.net via DXLD) ** IRAN [and non]. UAE/IRAN, 15420.125, BBCWS in English via Al Dhabbaya-UAE / and IRIB Spanish 15430.012 kHz at 0610 UT Aug 9. But BBCWS UAE signal was hit heavily by broadband signal of IRIB on wide range 15403.8 to 15455.4 kHz range this morning (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 20 via DXLD) ** IRAN. 12025, 08/12 0021, VOIRI, relay(?), in Spanish; IS, program start at 0023, National Anthem, The Koran Prayer-line 204 [?]; VOIRI schedule in Spanish, ID, 45433/35433. Where the relay??? Note: // 9860 active, 45544; // 11760 kHz also active, 22442, poor (José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX). Degen DE 1101 + Antenna Longwire, Cabedelo, Paraíba, Brazil, Aug 15, radioescutas yg via DXLD) 12025 registered as Kamalabad site, near Tehran. In case you were wondering, there are never any relays outside Iran (gh, DXLD) 12025, Aug 14 at 0106, VRII resumed here, poor in Spanish, better on // 9860. Presumably ex-11760, but RHC is very strong tonight and might be totally blocking Iran there; 12025 was missing Aug 13; and on Aug 12, José Ronaldo Xavier, Paraíba, was hearing both 11760 and 12025 as well as 9860 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1734, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 12025, IRIB, 14/8 0152, Noticias sobre América Latina eespecialmente sobre los países del ALBA. SINPO: 45333 // 9860 SINPO: 45343, // 11760 SINPO: 32432 con RHC desde Cuba en la misma frecuencia. 12025, IRIB, 15/8 0020 UT, Gong de la emisora, lectura de frecuencias del servicio en español para Sudamérica, Centroamérica y España. Avisos de una locutora del inicio del boletín informativo acerca de la franja de Gaza e Iraq. SINPO: 45433 // 9860 SINPO: 55444 con bajo audio // 11760 SINPO con mucho QRM de RHC (Claudio Galaz, Rx: TECSUN PL-660, ANT: Hilo de 30 metros, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) 9860, 08/15 0050, VOIRI, relay, Kamalabad, in Spanish "Conversando con nuestros Oyentes": interview with A. Avelino, ID, 55444. // 11760 barely audible, but active. R. Habana Cuba strong signal on 11760. // 12025 kHz active and good signal, 45433 (José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Degen DE 1101 + Antenna Longwire, Cabedelo, Paraíba, Brazil, radioescutas yg via DXLD) 11760, Aug 15 at 0116, VRII Spanish audio is JBA under RHC, but //able to 9860 and to 12025. So with plenty of transmitters, IRIB now manages to penetrate on two clear frequencies, while still performing the service of clashing with RHC Spanish; it must even be even around South America. 9420, Aug 15 at 0123, IRIB Arabic music and talk, poor but in the clear as Greece is off again, nor on 9935. 9860, Aug 16 at 0120, VRII, Spanish, fair with flutter, but way undermodulated compared to // 12025 which is much weaker signal. Too much Cuba on 11760 to detect whether Iran is still there too (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. 11730, Aug 16 at 1313, weak signal in presumed Pashto as scheduled from VIRI via Sirjan, now clear from QRMI moved to 11580; but overshadowed by 11735 North Korea in English. 12025, Aug 17 at 0114, VRII Spanish is gone again from its third frequency, still audible on 9860 and can`t tell if it`s still under 11760 Cuba at 0115. 13590, Aug 17 at 0521, VIRI IS, poor on tail of semi-hour Russian service at 0450, 500 kW, 325 degrees also USward from Kamalabad. 15430, Aug 17 at 0521, VRII IS, fair, 0523 sign-on in Spanish, 289 degrees from Kamalabad for Europe and North Africa. This beam is on Gibraltar, so a compromise between the two continents; is there still a significant Spanish-speaking SW audience in Morocco? Kamalabad is the site right outside Tehran. 17660, Aug 17 at 0523, Iran IS, NA, poor signal, not Spanish, into Qur`an; it`s the `Bosnian` service, 297 from Kamalabad (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9860, IRIB, 17/8 0100 UT. Audio reportaje de 15 minutos acerca de la inseguridad civil, la falta de trabajo y las pandillas [gangs] en El Salvador. SINPO: 55444 // 11760 con QRM de RHC // 12025 sin transmisión (Claudio Galaz, Rx: TECSUN PL-660, ANT: Hilo de 30 metros, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) 11760, Aug 18 at 0142, can detect VRII under RHC, and // very poor 9860, but nothing heard on 12025, which must be off since if on would surely propagate if 11760 does. 12025, Aug 19 at 0113, no signal from VRII, Spanish audible on 9860 and unknown if on 11760, blocked by RHC. 12025, Aug 20 at 0144, VRII Spanish appears to be absent from this frequency again, maybe algo on 11760 under RHC, and very poor on 9860 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN [non]. CLANDESTINE, 7575, R. Ranginkaman, Aug 11, 1606-1614, 25332 Farsi, Talk and music, ID at 1607 (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellit 750, DE-1121; ANT, 130m Sloper Wire, 303WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRELAND. Got my first reception ever on 6595 kHz USB moments ago (0450z). Hearing Shanwick Radio working airliners. Very strong signal into my QTH. New frequency (AL STERN, Satellite Beach FL, Aug 18, cumbre dx yg via DXLD) ** IRELAND. QSL: Caros amigos, Seguem os dados da última confirmação recebida: 8879 - Aer Lingus - Recebido PPC assinado e postais com histórico da empresa. 49 dias. V/S: Ilegível. QTH: Aer Lingus Limited, Head Office Building. Dublin Airport, Irlanda Os postais citados acima estão entre os brindes mais bonitos que já recebi de uma empresa aérea. O uso de PPCs tem sido determinante e percebo que ao longo dos anos as empresas aéreas tem sido cada vez mais receptivas a correspondências, algo totalmente diferente do cenário que encontrei quando comecei a fazer escutas do gênero, na época dos atentados de 11 de Setembro de 2001. A imagem da confirmação estará disponível em breve em meu blog. 73 (Ivan Dias Jr. - Sorocaba/SP, Brasil, https://www.youtube.com/regionaldx http://ivandias.wordpress.com http://twitter.com/ivandiasjr Aug 15, radioescutas yg via DXLD) ** ITALY. Jamming in onde corte --- Ciao a tutti gli amici del gruppo! Segnalo l'audio documentario di RAI Radio3 sul tema "le dinamiche e i perché della "guerra mondiale delle radio" mandato in onda lunedì 18 agosto alle 0903 UT. Il programma della durata di circa 25 minuti è stato curato da Andrea Borgnino. La pagina web di riferimento per scaricare il file audio MP3 è la seguente: Jamming: La guerra mondiale delle radio http://www.radio3.rai.it/dl/radio3/programmi/puntata/ContentItem-0c1f1e2a-4d35-4a32-975d-38cba6c2fa56.html 73 da (Nino Marabello, Treviso, Italia, Aug 18, bclnews.it yg via DXLD ** ITALY [non]. IRRS-Shortwave transmission schedule has been changed as follows: [or NOT; see below] 0900-1400 13840 UNID 20 kW / non-dir WeEu English Sat/Sun, maybe SOF? 1900-2030 5775 UNID 20 kW / non-dir WeEu En/Ge/It Sat-Thu, maybe SOF? 1900-2030 5775 UNID100 kW / non-dir WeEu En/Ge/It Friday*, maybe SOF? * Occasionally extended until 2200 UT. All other transmissions are cancelled: 0800-0900 9510 TIG 150 kW / 290 deg WeEu English Sat IRRS/EGR/IPAR 0930-1200 9510 TIG 150 kW / 290 deg WeEu English Sun IRRS/EGR/IPAR 1500-1530 15515 TIG 150 kW / 175 deg EaAf Somali Fri Radio Xoriyo 1500-1530 15515 TIG 150 kW / 165 deg EaAf Oromo Sat R Warra Wangeelaa 1500-1530 15190 TIG 150 kW / 100 deg SoAs Ger/Eng Sun Radio Santec 1530-1600 15190 TIG 150 kW / 165 deg CEAf Ger/Eng Sun Universal Life 1530-1600 15515 TIG 150 kW / 175 deg EaAf Arabic Fri Sunset online 1800-1900 7290 TIG 150 kW / 290 deg WeEu English Fr-Su IRRS/EGR/IPAR http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/08/irrs-shortwave-transmission-schedule.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) [Later:] Updated IRRS-Shortwave transmission schedule or back to the previous schedule??? see http://nexus.org/NEXUS-IBA/Schedules/IRRS-SW_A14.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, ibid.) [Later2:] Sorry for the wrong information. But on this page http://nexus.org/NEXUS-IBA/Schedules/ appear schedules from 2003-2004 / B-03 and A-04/. Now on the air at 1815 UT is Radio City in German, as scheduled on 7290 (Ivo Ivanov, ibid.) 9510 was on air as usual until 0900 UT today (Saturday) on 9510 but there is no trace of any signal on 13840 (Noel R. Green (NW England), Aug 16, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) SO I guess this is all a ``never-mind`` --- it would be nice if they deleted long-outdated info from their website (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** JAPAN. 3925, RN1, 8/12, 1045. Long trance music cut to ToH, M and W in Japanese and classical piano after the hour. Good, good // 6055, and VG // on 9595 (Rick Barton, El Mirage, Arizona, Mostly listening from my truck next to dry riverbed with Wilson 1000 rooftop (passive) antenna, Grundig Satellit 750, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN [and non]. 11730, Aug 16 at 0544, NHK French via FRANCE to Africa with novelty song, no CCI, now that WRMI has moved its 24-hour BS to 11580. It so happens that WRMI was aiming right at France, and may have got in around the skip zone from Issoudun, but never a good idea to try that tactic. Anyhow, Jeff White says the target of 11730/11580 is eastern North America altho using the 44 degree beam toward Europe, which is about 25 degrees off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Japan - NHK, 11740, 8/19/14, heard at 1204, good reception. Listened to news and at 1215 with Focus on Japan featuring travel to Japanese city of Hachinohe (Larry Zamora, Garland, TX, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Relay via SINGAPORE (gh) 9750, NHK, 19/8 1215 UT. Radioteatro humorístico acompañado por música J-Pop al finalizar o una mezcla de música tecno, j-pop y éxitos de internet como Nyan Cat. SINPO: 45444 con algo de fading (Claudio Galaz, Rx: TECSUN PL-660, ANT: Hilo de 30 metros, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH. 2850, Aug 15 at 1201, emphatic Korean talk, as the KCBS hi-MW outlet is making it thru very poorly a bit after sunrise here at 1149 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 2850, KCBS, 8/16, 1215. Dialogue with M and W in Korean, military chorus after the half. VG as strong tropical band condx are noted. 3320, KCBS 8/16, 1220. W in Korean to soprano vocalist, patriotic music. Not // to KCBS heard on 2850. 25443 (Rick Barton, El Mirage, Arizona, Mostly listening from my truck next to dry riverbed with Wilson 1000 rooftop (passive) antenna, Grundig Satellit 750, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [and non]. 3985, Aug 15 at 1213, Korean talk and noise jamming, i.e. Echo of Hope, from South to North; and 3912 same situation, i.e. Voice of the People, from South to North, all poor signals; the two JOZes also making it jamming-free on 3945 & 3925 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED KOREAN: At 1710 UT Aug 19 undoubtedly Korean language program on 11580 kHz, tiny S=6 -84dBm signal strength here in Germany. Nothing heard of WRMI Florida so far at present. But could be an intermodulation at Kujang site. 1700 Arabic 9890 11645 ME, NoAF 1700 Korean (KCBS) 9435 11710 NoAM 11645 x 2 = 23290 minus 11710 = 11580 kHz [leapfrog] 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15105, VOK, 16/8 0557 UT. Sonido de jammer (pulsos de ruido) sobre la frecuencia antes de comenzar el servicio en idioma chino. A las 0559 se oyen unos bips horarios y el comienzo de la programación con SINPO: 44544. En 13650 también se escucha el jammer que permanece con SINPO: 44333. Es decir, se escuchan en las emisiones para el Sur Este asiático. No así en las transmisiones hacia América Latina. A las 0607, luego de los himnos patrióticos introductorios se produce un corte en todas las transmisiones desde Corea del norte, yéndose también el sonido del jammer como fondo. 15180, VOK, 16/8 0540 UT. Transmisiones hacia América Latina. Canciones patrióticas con coros de mujeres con títulos como “Qué buena es mi patria!” Señal con algo de siseo de CRI y con SINPO: 45544 // 13760 SINPO: 55444 con algo de sobremodulación // 11735 con SINPO: 35422 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: TECSUN PL-660, ANT: Hilo de 30 metros, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** KOREA SOUTH. 15575, KBSWR 8/16 [Sat], 1330. Mailbag program, Karen and Laurel, excellent reception on Wilson mobile antenna and Satellit 750. This seems to be feast or famine here, with either perfect reception, or at "imagination level" (even with Drake R8 and 200 foot random wire). Not much in between (Rick Barton, El Mirage, Arizona, Mostly listening from my truck next to dry riverbed with Wilson 1000 rooftop (passive) antenna, Grundig Satellit 750, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15575, Sat Aug 16 at 1353:41-1356:41, KBS World Radio gives Kevin O`Donovan in Farmington NM exactly 3 minutes for his Listening Tips, but poor copy as this frequency is in its seasonal decline to nothing by winter. Mentions something about Voice of Vietnam, and the jazz, swing shows from KVOH (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KUWAIT. 15515, R. Kuwait, Aug 14, 0755-0806, 25432, Arabic, Arabic music, Theme music at 0800, News, ID at 0801 (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellit 750, DE-1121; ANT, 130m Sloper Wire, 303WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 13650, Aug 14 at 2000, R. Kuwait going from Arabic music to ID, dramatic music intro and news, must be only headlines since by 2002:15 it`s on to another program with musical introduxion --- but cut off at 2002:53*. It takes only 22 seconds to change frequency to 17550, cut on at *2003:15, and today it`s weaker than 13650 had been; meanwhile English service with western pop music is better continuing on 15540. 21540, Aug 15 at 1315, fair signal in Arabic as R. Kuwait is rarely making it, SSOB with JBA sigs on 21640 Spain, 21505 Saudi. So the MUF is high enough but the LUHF is also high, as BSKSA not arriving at all on 17615 or 17625, assuming those 500 kW transmitters are still on the air (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LAOS. 6129.978, Fair audio signal on Aug 12 from Perseus site in Central Germany (seems to be best among Euro sites) from 2330 UT tune (better looking carrier) - somewhat less QRM than what we hear in CA in the 1300-1500 UT period, although after 2345 UT this made reception almost unusable. Some music heard at 2330 UT then a woman with likely news - a man at 2337 (perhaps a remote reporter) to 2338 UT and again at 2340 UT. Into local music with flute, etc. at 2341 UT. Signal fading as the gray line moves westward and co-channel QRM increases (Bruce W. Churchill, CA, DXplorer Aug 1 via BC-DX 20 Aug via DXLD) ** LITHUANIA. New schedule of MW transmissions from Sitkunai, received directly from Rimantas Pleikys, Radio Baltic Waves International project co-ordinator: Kaunas / Sitkunai, 1386 kHz, 75 kW: 0200-0330 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Russian 0330-0400 NHK World, Russian 0400-0500 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Belarusian 1730-1800 NHK World, Russian 1800-1900 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Russian 1900-2000 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Belarusian 2000-2100 Polish Radio, Belarusian 2100-2200 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Russian 612 kHz isn't used any longer; this transmitter has been switched off 17 Aug at 2100 UT. Note the shortened relay of RL Belarussian (now only 2 hours per day) and the new relay of RL Russian (3.5 hours per day). Reception reports are welcome and will be confirmed. Email: riplei [at] takas.lt Postal address: Rimantas Pleikys, Radio Baltic Waves International, Algirdo Str. 13-9, Vilnius, LT-03219 Lithuania. 73, (Dmitry Mezin, Kazan, Russia, Aug 19, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DXLD) As for SW from Lithuania, now in Aoki only two transmissions scheduled, relays of other stations: 0100-0400 RFA in Uighur on 9400; 0430-0500 NHK Russian on 6165 (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9400, Radio Free Asia at 0100 sign-on with theme music, man with announcements, Asian music and female speaker, Uyghur scheduled - Very poor Aug 16 (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) 9400, 08/16 0153, USA, RFA, rly Sitkunai, in Uighur mv [male voice], talks, music, 45444 (José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, Paraíba, Brazil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** MALAYSIA. Major changes noted on August 14. Traxx FM on new 9835 at 1234 and subsequent monitoring till 1350; DJ Kevin with his show "Evening Buzz." This frequency for a long time was formerly Sarawak FM. Traxx FM for a long time was formerly on 7295, but that has been silent for some time now, including today; fair with adjacent QRM. http://traxxfm.rtm.gov.my/traxxfm/index.php Radio Klasik, 5964.69 // to new 11665 at 1238 with call-to-prayer (Isha prayer - night prayer); heard // the whole time during subsequent monitoring till 1351; Wai FM was for a long time formerly on 11665. Audio with "Radio Klasik" IDs attached. So all the programming directed to Sarawak (Wai FM and Sarawak FM) are now gone? (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11665, Aug 14 circa 1345, noted fair signal with music; wish I had paid closer attention, since Ron Howard reports this frequency is now carrying Radio Klasik, // 5964.69, instead of Wai FM (and the other back-to-Sarawak service on 9835, Sarawak FM, has also been replaced by peninsular Traxx FM, no longer on 7295 --- so now it`s in English!) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Anomaly for one day --- Thanks very much to Mauno Ritola for providing the following info about yesterday`s reception, which was only a one day event. Just an interesting anomaly! "I asked them and they had a feed problem yesterday. Today [Aug 15] back to normal. Also 6050 kHz is on, most probably until after 1500. 5965 kHz runs at 40-50 kW. 73, Mauno" (Ron Howard, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DX LISTENIING DIGEST) 9835, Aug 15 at 1232, after yesterday`s report from Ron Howard that this frequency was carrying Traxx FM programming, I am hoping to hear that in English, but it`s only Malay, fair signal squeezed by 9830 RTTY and 9840 Vietnam, mixture of W&M conversation, Qur`anish singing snippets, electronic sounds, pop music. 1300 time tone, can`t make out any ID, and into news. By 1307 back to music. 11665, Aug 15 at 1233, better signal than separate 9835, pop music, 1234 Malay announcement, ID as ``Radio-Television Malaysia``; 1300 news by YL about 2 seconds behind 9835 as the two have joined for news on the hour. 1308 mentions Suara Malaysia. By 1310 the two have split again, with 11665 talking about ``I Love Israel`` on Facebook; 1311 `Salaam Aleikum`` and into M&W duet, maybe in English. Anyhow, Ron Howard relays word from Mauno Ritola earlier Aug 15 that Radio Klasik on 11665 and Traxx FM on 9835 were one-day anomalies on Aug 14; now back to normal, which means the back-to-Sarawak services altho I heard IDs for neither: 11665 with Wai FM, and 9835 with Sarawak FM. Of course, these aren`t FM at all but AM on HF (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Follow-up emails regarding my Aug 14 anomaly receptions on 9835 and 11665, with Traxx FM and "Radio Klasik" (as IDed on air). From Amiruddin Bin Jemaat: "Sorry for the late reply. Yup, on 14 August, we got some difficulties with our satellite reception for Wai and Sarawak FM. Thus, during that time, we switched to Klasik FM (an evergreen and oldies song channel) and Traxx FM (travelling in Malaysia related channel) :) . But now, the reception is back to its original channel... Glad that u enjoyed the the channels. Salam hormat, Amiruddin Jemaat" From Khairuddin bin Hj Osman: "That correct we have problem on 14/8/2014 with the audio feed. That’s why we have to feed another audio to broadcast. Now it back to normal. I hope you enjoy listen our channel." Was not all that uncommon for RTM to have problems with their Sarawak satellite audio feed in the past, but they would either turn the transmitter off or kept it on with just an open carrier. Aug 14 was the very first time they switched to other programming, which is why I thought it was a real change in their schedule, but not so. Clearly only a one day interesting anomaly (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldy via WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6049.988, RTM Asyik FM, Kajang site, S=6 -85dBm, at 1230 UT Aug 19. 5964.704, undoubtedly Malaysian lang RTM Klasik Nasional FM program, 1247 UT (Wolfgang Büschel, checked the WINTER time downunder Sydney remote Perseus SDR unit at 1230-1350 UT slot today August 19, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9835, Sarawak FM at 1212 in Bahasa Malay with music, male announcer said “salam” several times; at 1300 with RTM news parallel to 5965 and 11665 - 4 Good Aug 20 Sellers-BC 11665, Wai FM at 1218 in Bahasa Malay, man speaking to woman with English phrase “I think, therefore I am” and “optimistic” which was said several times and also spelled, 1224 into pop Malay music; at 1225 “Wai FM” ID and at 1300 RTM national news also // 5965 and 9835 - Good Aug 20 Sellers-BC 6050, Asyik FM at 1238 in Bahasa Malay with woman and pop music; at 1300 this outlet continued with pop music and was not in parallel to others for RTM national news - Good Aug 20 (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) Hi Harold, Nice to see we checked out many of the same stations today. Overall conditions were very poor, except for stations from Malaysia. They were very strong today (except Traxx FM remains silent on 7295). Asyik FM and Radio Klasik (5964.69) were especially good (Ron Howard, California, ibid.) ** MALI. 5995, RTVM Bamako, HQ prayer heard at 0630 UT, low modulation, S=8-9 and -71dBm signal strength (Wolfgang Büschel, between 0530 and 0630 UT Aug 15, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DXLD) 5995.0, Aug 19 at 0601, with RHC unexpectedly off 6000, I can check whether the very weak and JBM carrier here, presumably Mali, is off- frequency to hi side like the carrier I have been receiving 5 hours earlier --- no, unseems to be, but there is a SAH from a second station. Only Mali is known to be on 5995 at this hour. Possibly the other one is some mixing product (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also EAST TURKISTAN [and non] ** MEXICO. 950, XEMAB la Poderosa, Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche. 1043 August 2, 2014. Format of Mexi-tune followed each time by male canned slogan but unable to copy. Finally on August 7 at 1056, clearly copied, into anthem from 1100 and blocked seconds later both days by 970 WFLA's iBOC up. Of the three on this channel listed with this slogan, one is in Chihuahua, the other in Nayarit, both unlikely from here and sunrise time favors this. My first Campeche state log I think (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO [and non]. 960, Aug 18 at 0501 UT, another Fox-hole, five minutes of dead air on local KGWA instead of Fox ``news``. I still check this periodically altho not every night, and sometimes there is no hole. With open carrier nulled, I now hear choral Mexican NA, 0503 XEK ID from Nuevo Laredo, still proudly asserting its birth in 1937y. A night or two ago the NA did not start until 0504. As for KGWA, with it totally non-nulled, I can still barely detect audio // from sibling country music 103.1 KOFM bleeding thru. I expect it`s there all the time, but normally blown away by KGWA`s own mostly- talk modulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 1170, XERT, Ke Buena, Reynosa, Tamaulipas. 1052 August 10, 2014. "Ke Buena, Ke Buena 11-70 A-M" male canned into Mexi-tune, very good. Also 0259 August 17 with ID 0301 (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. Sabato 16 agosto 2014, 0506-0521 - 6184.98 kHz (VR), R. EDUCACIÓN - Mexico DF, Musica soft-jazz. Segnale sufficiente- insufficiente. Di solito, a quest'ora, negli ultimi anni è in portante muta, questa mattina invece c'era musica come ai vecchi tempi. Hanno cambiato di nuovo, oppure era sabato notte (da loro), oppure si sono dimenticati di spegnere il trasmettitore (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, G.C. 44 21' 06.89" N / 09 13' 30.94" E, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) 6184.980, XEPPM, R Educación, late on air this morning, cut off transmitter at 0537 UT, S=9+20dB signal in Florida post (Wolfgang Büschel, between 0530 and 0630 UT Aug 15, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DXLD) 6185, Radio Educación at 0219 playing English language jazz songs back to back until 0233 when several IDs given - Fair Aug 16 (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) 6185-, Aug 16 at 0552, wild jazz as XEPPM is still on way beyond its nominal 0500*. Aug 17, already off at 0535 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. LOS PRIVILEGIOS DE RADIO IBERO Fernando Mejía Barquera, 14/08/14, Milenio Diario La emisora de la Universidad Iberoamericana (Ibero Radio FM, 90.9 MHz en la Ciudad de México) ya transmite en HD. Todavía no tiene “multiprogramación” (uso de los canales HD2 y HD3), pero su señal ya se escucha en FM analógica y simultáneamente en el canal HD1, digital. Un gran paso en la evolución de esta muy buena `radio college` que en el curso de una década pasó de la marginalidad a la vanguardia tecnológica. Ni siquiera grupos como Televisa Radio, Acir o MVS han entrado a la transmisión digital. Servicio social Ojalá que todas las emisoras consideradas por la nueva ley de telecomunicaciones en la categoría de “concesiones de servicio social” (comunitarias, indígenas y operadas por universidades privadas) puedan tener algún día los privilegios que desde el gobierno se le han otorgado a la emisora de la Universidad Iberoamericana (UIA) y que ésta, por supuesto, ha aprovechado (sería tonto que no lo hiciera). En julio de 1991, la UIA recibió el permiso para transmitir en la frecuencia 90.9 de FM en el DF con una potencia de 100 watts, suficiente en ese momento para cubrir el campus de Santa Fe, donde se ubica, y algunas zonas aledañas. Comenzó a transmitir en mayo de 1992 como laboratorio para las clases de producción radiofónica en la carrera de comunicación. El peso de Fox En diciembre de 2000, Vicente Fox asumió la Presidencia de la República. El político guanajuatense estudió Administración de Empresas en la Ibero, licenciatura de la que egresó en 1964, pero se tituló hasta marzo de 1999 cuando era “precandidato” del PAN. En septiembre de 2001, la SCT autorizó a Ibero Radio un aumento en su potencia a 3 mil watts. Lo había solicitado desde cinco años antes, pero fue hasta que uno de sus egresados llegó a la Presidencia que se lo concedieron. En mayo de 2002, la estación inició pruebas técnicas para transmitir con su nueva potencia y el 7 de marzo de 2003 fue “relanzada” al aire con una ceremonia a la que acudió Vicente Fox. Desde entonces cubre toda la Ciudad de México. Clase D ¿Cuáles son los privilegios que Ibero 90.9 ha recibido y que no han tenido otras emisoras universitarias? Sin considerar a Radio UNAM —cuya historia se cuece aparte —, las emisoras universitarias que operan en el DF no tienen una potencia — y por lo tanto una cobertura — similar a la de Ibero 90.9. El Politécnico en Radio, XHUPC FM, que transmite en los 95.7 MHz desde 1987 sigue transmitiendo con 100 watts. Radio UAM, emisora de la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (94.1 de FM), que transmite desde marzo de 2011, no solo tiene autorizada una potencia ínfima (¡apenas 20 watts!), sino una peculiaridad técnica que parece injustificable. El gobierno decidió que difundiera con cinco transmisores de baja potencia ubicados, cada uno, en los diferentes campus de la UAM. ¿Por qué no se autorizó un solo transmisor con una potencia adecuada que permitiera a la UAM cubrir toda la ciudad? La UAM hizo esa petición, pero no se la concedieron. Radio UAM es, de acuerdo a la norma técnica mexicana, una estación clase D: 20 watts de potencia como máximo y altura de antena de 30 metros. Peculiar “igualdad” Otro ejemplo: a la Universidad Anáhuac no le fue otorgada una frecuencia de FM, sino una de AM en los 1670 Khz, ubicación que corresponde a la “ampliación de la banda de AM” que la Unión Internacional de Telecomunicaciones decretó en el primer lustro de los 90 del siglo pasado y donde existe una recepción deficiente (la banda de AM, originalmente de 535 a 1605 Khz, se prolongó a 1705). Actualmente a casi nadie le interesa tener una emisora en tal segmento de AM. Con la entrada en vigor de la Ley Federal de Telecomunicaciones y Radiodifusión, Ibero 90.9, al igual que todas las radiodifusoras operadas por universidades públicas, dejará de ser permisionada y pasará a la condición de concesiónpara uso social, categoría a la cual pertenecerán también las emisoras comunitarias e indígenas. Compartirá con ellas la definición legal, pero solo eso. Trato desigual Y tampoco compartirá el trato discriminatorio que la nueva ley da a las emisoras de universidades públicas, a las que decidió “amarrar” económicamente: “Las instituciones de educación superior de carácter público, que a la fecha de entrada en vigor del presente Decreto, cuenten con medios de radiodifusión…, no recibirán presupuesto adicional para ese objeto” (artículo Cuadragésimo primero transitorio). Si no hay recursos, el desarrollo se detiene. Claro, de ese trato discriminatorio no tiene la culpa Ibero 90.9. En una década, Ibero Radio pasó de ser estación clase D hasta llegar a clase A: 3 mil watts de potencia y antena de 100 metros. La pregunta es por qué en algunos casos se permite esa evolución y en otros se inhibe, incluso legalmente (via Juan Franco Crespo, Spain, Aug 18, DXLD) ** MEXICO. MEET SIPREM August 13 will mark 30 days since the promulgation of the new telecom law and the accompanying Mexican Public Broadcasting System Act (Ley del Sistema Público de Radiodifusión del Estado Mexicano), and the changes are happening already online. @OPMAMX's tweets are protected now while the domain opma.gob.mx redirects to spr.gob.mx. The IFT today also had its monthly commission meeting and another extraordinary session in which it approved endorsements (refrendos) to permits to 19 television stations of the governments of Sonora, Nuevo León and Michoacán. Given the number of stations involved, I'm thinking that (barring the idea that their permits didn't need to be renewed right away) Sonora and Nuevo León may not convert some of their exceedingly low-powered transmitters to digital. Notably XEWH [ch 6, Hermosillo] is a concession (Raymie, AZ, Aug 13, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) EDIT: The affected stations are: Nuevo León: XHNSA, XHHGR, XHHRR, XHCLL Sonora: XHADO, XHCPS, XHHCH, XHMDS, XHNCO, XHNGE, XHOQT, XHSAS, XHSIC, XHSSE, XHSYT, XHSYO, XHSGE, XHVPA Michoacán: XHMPU (Last edited by Raymie; 08-17-2014 at 02:30 PM, ibid.) MEXICAN MULTICASTING Multicasting is making its slow way through the country. Stations need to get IFT approval to start it (and Televisa would have to pay the IFT to do it), so we haven't seen many. Azteca's been putting Proyecto 40 on the DTs of its big-city Azteca 13 stations, OPMA's an all- multicast network (except for the partially built but new-on-air Aguascalientes station), and some of the state networks have shown interest (like XHCDM Mexico City). Of course, XETV doubles as a Canal 5 relayer this way too. Add another state network to the list: Jalisco. XHGJG Guadalajara will carry four digital subchannels focusing on news, culture, the Congress and the judicial system of the state of Jalisco starting in late November. What's odd is that the station (analog 7, listed as DT 40) is branding the channels as 25.x (!?!?). This is unusual because the only RF 25 in the state of Jalisco is Azteca 13 Puerto Vallarta (XHGJ- TDT). If you want to be further confused someone else saw them on DT 47 (!!). Is their DT 25, 40 or 47? This makes no sense whatsoever (Raymie, AZ, Aug 15, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) ** MICRONESIA. 4755.54, PMA-The Cross Radio has been very erratic recently. The DTMF tones only seem to be semi-working! August 18, quick check at 1307, still on air (past normal sign off). August 17, was off the air at 1153 check (early sign off). August 16, heard at 1202 and subsequent checking till tune out 1305. August 15, they were off at 1205 check (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4755.56, Cross R., Aug 12, 1407-1428, 34443, English, Music, ID at 1425 (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellit 750, DE-1121; ANT, 130m Sloper Wire, 303WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4755.57, Aug 7 *1929-, Tentative PMA-The Cross Radio seemed to sign on at this time. Weak signal and almost no audio. When checked the following days (like on Aug 16) the carrier is visible on my recording starting at 1915 so probably sign on at 1900 as scheduled (Thomas Nilsson, Ängelholm, Sweden, SW Bulletin Aug 17 via DXLD) ** MONGOLIA [non non]. Hello dear listeners! Due to the fact that the broadcast on Radio Voice MONGOLIA in Russian through radio VOICE OF RUSSIA suspended indefinitely, you can hear our programs on our website at: http://www.vom.mn / choose your language /. And also you can send us your suggestions and reports at: Voice of Mongolia, CPO Box - 365, Ulaanbaatar - 13, Mongolia or by e-mail at: vom.russian@yahoo.com Sincerely, Radio Voice of Mongolia. Hello, Alexander! We've received your report and our reception Radio. Thank you! You will receive a confirmation by e-mail QSL card. While we can translate our peredfchi in Russian from Mongolia due to technical reasons. You can hear our 30-minute programs on the Internet at: http://www.ru.vom.mn Good luck to you! Editor and translator VOICES OF MONGOLIA Achiymaa (Alexander Golovihin, Tolyatti, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" & "open_dx" via RusDX Aug 17 via DXLD) On 7260 kHz with 0735-0745 in Russian for domestic broadcasting Mongolian Radio 2. probably heard them in the Far East, or even be in the Urals ??? In the 70s, when purchased P-250 at some frequency (I do not remember, but about 2500 - 3000 kHz) managed to take (we can say that people overhear conversations between aimaks) one remembered: Two women talking in Mongolian, but mothers in Russian. Then one of the women start talking in Russian (with an accent) with a man because of the firewood that somewhere late had to bring firewood for the winter for the expedition. I do not remember, like archaeologists or geologists. Then a few more times across on this frequency talk about her in Mongolian. purely as a phone conversation, Mr. It was under the Soviets (Alexander Golovihin, Tolyatti, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" & "open_dx" via RusDX Aug 17 via DXLD) So is this a new undated log or historical recollexion? (gh, DXLD) ** MOROCCO. 9575, R. Medi Un, Aug 09, 0607-0633, 25422-25432, French, Talk and music, ID at 0630, News (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellit 750, DE-1121; ANT, 130m Sloper Wire, 303WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MYANMAR. 5985.00, Myanmar Radio noted Aug 15 with transmitter problems. Tuned in at 1204 to find them not using the usual 5985.23 transmitter, but instead the exact frequency one that produces much better reception for me; started with good audio; later check found only open carrier; by 1242 completely off the air and by 1254 back again, only to go off the air again at 1256. Very erratic operation today! (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non] After YEARS of trying, pretty sure I heard my best ever of Burma just in the past 45 minutes, 2300-2345 UT, 5985 kHz in Asian language (Aug 18). Started with what sounded like N Anthem. Later, lots of exotic Asian music with xylophone instrument. Seemed parallel to online audio with a delay but I will check this again another night. No recording. I know many Europeans have heard this for years but all I ever got was trace audio. Signal almost gone after 2340 UT. Viet Nam 5925 and Thailand Volmet 6676 both strong in previous hour. Now I need to get a recording! (Derek Lynch, Ireland, WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5985.220, Myanmar R, Rangoon old empire station, 1240 UT, S=6-7, SE Asian music, Burmese female announcer, but unstable signal -- wandered up to 5985.228 at 1355 UT further check (Wolfgang Büschel, checked the WINTER time downunder Sydney remote Perseus SDR unit at 1230-1350 UT slot today August 19, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEW CALEDONIA. 666, Nouvelle Calédonie 1ère, Nouméa, 17 AUG 2014 from 1100 UT Loud and clear. Pop / rock music in both French and English. Station ID “N-C-premier”. 73 (Nick VK2DX Hacko, Sydney - Australia, Perseus + 15m tuned vertical, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEWFOUNDLAND. 6160-, Aug 15 at 0103 CBC News via CKZN, fair signal and quite readable, a tad on the lo side, in the clear since RHC is late coming up on 6165; no echo either as it`s too early for CKZU to propagate. 0104:30 Newfoundland forecast from Environment Canada, for a full minute (the best time of hour to get local info on CBC stations if not straight IDs), 0105:30 promo for a Newfoundland show about classic cars, then blasted away by 6165 ACI from *0106 RHC, just as the next CBC show is starting, Q? It`s certainly not Ideas, which must have been on an hour earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Two signal peaks on 6159.976 and 6159.962 kHz at 0546 UT Aug 15. Checked against remote post signals in NY and Alberta-CANADA: 6159.976 CKZU Vancouver program, 6159.962 CKZN St. John`s program. (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 15, dxldyg via DXLD) ** NEW ZEALAND. 15720, RNZI 8/15 [Fri], 0230. W program host with interesting island music program. Good (Rick Barton, El Mirage, Arizona, Mostly listening from my truck next to dry riverbed with Wilson 1000 rooftop (passive) antenna, Grundig Satellit 750, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA. 15120, VON, 0446, Aug 18. IS and IDs in English. Thanks to David Kernick for adding my recording of the IS to his great website - http://www.intervalsignals.net/ 0455 in English with today's program schedule ("Insight," "Health Corner," etc.); 0500 drums and into the news; QRM CRI (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15120, V. of Nigeria, Aug 19 1514-1527, 35433, English, Afro pops and talk, ID at 1524 (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellit 750, DE-1121; ANT, 130m Sloper Wire, 303WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. Glenn, Old Time Radio is back, on 3206.7 kHz, I am hearing it at 0022z: http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,18169.0.html (Chris Smolinski, MD, UT Aug 19, WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DXLD) I tried for it about an hour later, but nothing but a possible JBA carrier in hi storm noise level (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Gents: UNID-Old Time Radio Program Station. 3204.7 AM, 0011-0135+, 08-19-14 SIO: 232. Seems to be the station that was on 6770 for a long time. Old Time Radio shows and possible audio from old TV shows as well. Heard Amos N Andy at tune in. Nightly since (Chris Lobdell, Box 80146, Stoneham, MA 02180, USA, Receivers: Eton E1, JRC NRD-545, Aerials: G5RV, 40 Meter Dipole, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Pirates: Old Radio Program Station: 3204.7/AM, 0131-0138+, 20-Aug; Comedy show. Poor with lotsa QRN & covered by ute burst. 3204.7/AM; 0100, 21-Aug; Jack Benny Show; Poor, but better than pre- vious might (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow- tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6946-USB, Aug 15 at 0125, ``haunting`` music loop, continuous with no announcements past 0212. No carrier, so hard to pinpoint the right pitch but sounds best to me on 6946.0; recorded a one-minute example at 0211: http://www.w4uvh.net/6946haunt.mp3 Good signal, sufficient on the PL-880 with whip only whence I made the recording. Many more logs of pirate here, all as unID: http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,18116.0.html Barry Williams in Auburn AL says, ``The signal is better on 6945.2 USB. Got it 55555 and no noise tonight. It's Halloween spooky music. Seemingly endless too. I'm trying out a new Ameco PT-3 preamp, but I don't need it for this``. Skipmuck in Springfield MA says, ``strange Sci-Fi noises on USB, but all I get on LSB is crackling noise. Took me a while to figure it out, but the USB component is on 6945 and the LSB component is on about 6948? Weird``. I did not notice anything like that (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6925-USB, Aug 16 at 0135, good signal with pirate music; was not on during previous half hour chex. Lyric seems to be ``Diesel ---something---, truck-driving, asshole cowboy``. An original? Lotsa songs on Diesel fumes, not including such a title, at http://www.virtualtruckroute.com/music_songs.html 0136 audio cuts out; wiggle that patchcord. Smax of Whisky Redneck Radio, and confirmed by 0140 announcement, ``This is WRR, Whiskey Redneck Radio --- speaking truth and justice from the temple of the screamin` electron``. ``Our roads are on lockdown``, F- and S- words. Implies he`s in the ``Deep South, good country, but a bunch of people have ruined it``; to exceed the speed limit, need to go 5000 miles further south for something close to freedom (Patagonia??). At 0143, ``gone, gone, gone`` which I was expecting to be title of next song, but he meant ``off, off, off``. 6925-USB, Aug 20 at 0145, ``Six Pack Beer`` song, good pirate signal, bet it`s WRR; 0148 announcement starting ``Guess what??``, rather incoherent due to beer or heavier booze?, and ``WRR – Whiskey Redneck Radio`` ID (I wonder how this is going over in Dallas?), ``transmitting in the name of the temple of the screamin` electron --- `` and usual stuff, long pause before another tune starts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) PIRATE-NA. WRR/Whiskey Redneck Radio, 6925 USB, 0155-0213+, 08-20-14 SIO:343 Weak by clear on a quiet band. Tunes by Grandpa Jones, Jerry Reed, Bob Wills, Sammi Hagar. OM announcer said his dipole is 20 feet off the ground for now (Chris Lobdell, Box 80146, Stoneham, MA 02180, USA, Receivers: Eton E1, JRC NRD-545, Aerials: G5RV, 40 Meter Dipole, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 9600-, Aug 17 at 0531, Station YHWH is back! First time heard since July 19-20; fair signal, and slightly on the lo side. Usual stuff selectively quoting Bible to make case for Yahweh as supreme god. At 0543, interrupts recording(?) for live announcement twice, ``please go to 9605``, and then shifts to that from later in the *0543 minute, resuming rant in progress. I am dozing, but still going at 0609 when I turn off. Not clear why the shift was necessary, as no QRM on 9600, altho XJBS Urumqi is listed before and after; maybe anticipating the imaginary 9600 Algerian in HFCC from 0600. Terry Krueger, FL, was also hearing 9600 as early as 0520 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9600 / 9605, PIRATE YHWH. 0502-0621* August 17, 2014. Finally caught this one. Male monologue about "Yahweh the Creator" into drone-like vocal with mini-Moog-ish keyboard, clear and fair but telco-ish audio. Announced he was moving 5 kHz up due to co-channel (nothing interfering for me) and off at 0543, back up a couple of seconds later on 9605 and continued until 0621 closing. AM mode (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater FL, WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, Thanks for the alert. Perhaps he had been on vacation? August 18 tuned in at 0346 to 9605-AM; heard Station YHWH with bits and pieces of his usual diatribe; very slowly improving. Glenn, your reception yesterday was much better than mine today! 0402 the usual closing segment with the ten Commandments of Yahweh; 0411-0414 the unique theme music/song; brief sign off announcement till 0414*. Never reached a fair level. BTW - There was nothing heard on 9600 at this time (Ron Howard, California, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DXLD) Yes, thanks Glenn and Ron. At 0337 on UT 19 Aug, there he is on measured 9604.990 at fair to good level into Victoria, BC. Somewhat low modulation. S6 to 7 on the meter. Transmitter sounds a lot like the SSB transmitter on 15550, with about the same audio quality (like a ham op). Quite well heard at their signing off at 0423. Here's a short mp3 of the same: [attached to the dxldyg] 73, Walt Salmaniw Victoria, BC, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DX LISTENING DIGEST ** OKLAHOMA. 960, Aug 18 at 0501 UT, As for KGWA, with it totally non- nulled, I can still barely detect audio // from sibling country music 103.1 KOFM bleeding thru. I expect it`s there all the time, but normally blown away by KGWA`s own mostly-talk modulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1530, Aug 16 at 0602 UT, instead of CO or TX cheaters instead of WCKY, dominating is Mexican music and ``Quebuenatulsa.com`` ID. That website however leads to 1270! Whatever the identity mixup, the 1530 facility, FCC #61985, is licensed as 5 kW direxional DAYTIME ONLY as KXTD in Wagoner. Apologists for daytimers running at night have explained that it`s easy for the automation to fail to turn off the signal at sundown, following a power failure, glitch, not properly reset --- well, tough, there is still supposed to be somehuman in charge of the whole thing to take care of that! 1530, Aug 18 at 0204 UT, Mexican music dominates frequency, 0205 UT ``Durante el verano, nadie toca más música que La Qué Buena, 15-30 AM, AM, AM`` canned ID. 0504 UT recheck still on and dominant, 5 kW daytimer KXTD still cheating. Another check at 0552 UT, still dominant, no BS audible from WCKY! Canned ID now for La Qué Buena (¿why don`t they misspell it Ke?) sure sounds like ``Mil sesenta de AM``, i.e. 1060, but that doesn`t make sense unless they are using some other station`s ID package. No LQB`s listed on 1060 in last year`s NRC AM Log (nor 1070 which sounds almost identical in Spanish). Closest Tulsan is on 1050, not SS. KXTD direxional-daytime pattern is figure-8, NW/SE, or rather major lobes centred on 140/325 degrees, reduced signal toward Enid but not in a null, so that may be out of whack too. Deep null toward WCKY, of course. http://transition.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/109024-22861.pdf Not sure where the site is, no map link at FCC AM Query, but COL Wagoner is about 30-35 miles ESE of Tulsa. This http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=KXTD&service=AM&status=L&hours=D shows site close to Wagoner, a little toward Tulsa. As for night operation, maybe after the weekend, someone will fix it? 1530, Aug 19 at 0607 UT, KXTD 5 kW ``daytimer`` COL Wagoner is still running all-night with Mexican music, non-ID as ``impactando --- La Qué Buena, 15-30 de AM, Qué Buena!!!!!!``. Altho I habitually check it at least at bedtime, I`m sure it`s just the same from August sunset onward, 0115-1145 UT sunrise; September (if not fixed by then!) 0030- 1200 UT. This thing totally blox my access to the other recent all- night 1530 cheaters, KLBW New Boston TX, and KCMN Colorado Springs CO (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 1530, Aug 20 at 0526 UT, Mexican music, and ``La Qué Buena`` dominating channel, KXTD Wagoner OK 5 kW daytimer still operating illegally at night. If this is accidental, one might wonder howcome there is any programming available when it is supposed to be totally off the air (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DX LISTENING DIGEST) But stopped as of the next night ** OKLAHOMA. 1640, Aug 18 at 0204 UT, dead air, but only briefly until ``KZLS, Enid-Oklahoma City, The Eagle`` ID. I`m amazed that references of X-band stations continue to ignore the fact, as I have reported repeatedly and now reassert, that while main format is talk, KZLS *still* has some hours of country music simulcast with KNAH 99.7, IDs as ``Hank FM``. So am I wasting my time reporting such details when no one pays attention to them? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1650, Aug 14 at 0555 UT, open carrier, dead air obviously from KYHN Sallisaw, atop some weak Spanish, probably R. Luz, Denver, rather than ESPN Deportes, El Paso. 1650, Aug 15 at 0622 UT, dead air again from KYHN Sallisaw instead of `Red Eye Radio`, atop CCI from two or three other 1650s, not including Mexico City which still eludes me (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 89.3, Aug 15 at 0154 UT, no signal from KIEL Loyal OK, the new station which came on a few months ago. For quite some time I`ve not noticed it, tuning around on caradio, and now on PL-880 deliberately seeking it at elevation and various antenna positions, unfulfilled. What happened? (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) KIEL, 89.3, Loyal OK, remains off the air. The following may or may not have anything to do with it: FCC FM Query`s correspondence folder for it has this: ``July 9, 2014 Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, SW.; Room TWD-204 Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: BPED-20130701ACU (174679) KIEL-FM Loyal, OK JUL -92014 SURRENDER OF FCC CONSTRUCTION PERMIT Dear Ms. Dortch: On behalf of New Life Mission ("NLM"), Licensee of Radio Station KIEL-FM at Loyal, Oklahoma, we hereby submit the attached letter from NLM's President surrendering Construction Permit BPED-20130701ACU for cancellation by the Commission. Please be advised that NLM will remain the Licensee of KIEL-FM, operating pursuant to FCC License BLED-20130617AAF. If any questions arise concerning this submission, please contact the undersigned counsel. Sincerely, Cary S. Tepper`` And then the letter from KIEL: ``Dear Ms. Dortch: On behalf of New Life Mission ('NLM"), Licensee of Radio Station KIEL FM at Loyal, Oklahoma, we hereby surrender Construction Permit BPED-2013070 IACLJ for cancellation by the Commission. Please be advised that NLM will remain the Licensee of KJEL-FM, operating pursuant to FCC License BLED.-20130617AAF. NLM has not been paid nor promised to be paid any consideration whatsoever for the dismissal of Construction Permit BPED-20130701ACU. The foregoing statements are true and are made under the penalty of perjury. Sincerely, Rodney Heinrich President New Life Mission RR 1,Box37 Okeene, OK 73763-9717 Dated 7/2/14`` Excerpts from the attached surrendered CP: ``A relative field strength of 1.0 on the composite radiation pattern herein authorized corresponds to the following effective radiated power: 75 kilowatts. Principal minima and their associated field strength limits: 240 degrees True: 2.50 kilowatts`` ``Special operating conditions or restrictions: 10. Pursuant to 47 CFR Sections 73.7002(c) and 73.7005(b) the permittee/licensee is required to construct and operate for a period of four years of on-air operations technical facilities substantially as proposed and shall not downgrade service to the area on which the preference was based. 11. Pursuant to 47 CFR Section 73.7005(a) the permittee/licensee shall be subject to a holding period. From the grant of the construction permit and continuing until the facility has achieved four years of on-air operations, the permittee/licensee proposing to assign or transfer the construction permit/license to another party will be required to demonstrate the following two factors: that the proposed buyer would qualify for at least the same number of points as the assignor or transferor originally received; and that consideration received and/or promised does not exceed the assignor's or transferors legitimate and prudent expenses as defined therein.`` However, the license in effect for KIEL is NON-direxional with a hefty 75 kW. The CP for a null at 240 degrees possibly would have been to protect 89.1 KYCU in Clinton OK, altho it is a bit further south than that. But it was not necessary for KIEL to operate at 75 kW in other direxions, since it is already licensed as ND with 75 kW. So the reasons for the CP and then its cancellation remain clear as mud. Anyhow, it`s off the air for some reason (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) But back on Aug 22, despite 89.1 Enid translator ** OMAN. 9500, Aug 15 at 0121, no signal from RSO, so must be stuck on 15 MHz; however, I have weak carriers on both 15355 and 15140, stronger one on 15355. [and non]. 15355, Aug 18 at 0144, Arabic talk and music, good with flutter, RSO instead of AWOL 9500. 15355 supposed to be on at 22-24 only, and gone after 0200, so then checked 13600 which I thought was scheduled next, but something else --- probably Tamil via CRI Kashgar as in Aoki, which also shows the 02-04 frequency for RSO is 9540, including English at 03-04. I`ve never heard it there, nor has anyone? Would be tough to get past 9535 Spain here. HFCC is full of wooden registrations for the THUmrait site, including another at 02-04, 9730, and even 15355. There are also several for the SEB site in Oman, Seeb, which I assume are totally imaginary. WRTH says there is one 100 kW at each place. 9500, Aug 19 at 0114, RSO on proper frequency tonight, Qur`aning (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAKISTAN. Amigos, hoje fiz algumas boas escutas. Uma delas chamou- me a atenção. Ouvi uma emissora, às 1239 UT, na frequência de 17600 kHz, transmitindo aparentemente em idioma africano (hausa ou swahili). Nas listas Aoki e EIBI para o período A14 não achei nada. No site do Shortwave Info e no do Shortwaveschedule, também não achei nada. Já na lista HFCC para o período A14, achei a Radio Pakistan, em 17600 kHz, das 1230-1300 UT (em sinhala) e das 1300-1330 UT (em tamil). Parece-me ter ouvido mesmo a Radio Pakistan com transmissão em sinhala. 17600, 16/08 1239, R. Pakistan, Islamabad, OM/OM talks, sinhala, 45444 17600, 16/08 1328, R. Pakistan, Islamabad, OM, tx de jogo??, em tamil, 45444. Receptor: Tecsun PL310. Antena: RC3-FM. Postei um vídeo dessa escuta no meu canal no Youtube. O link é: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKGFIQrVRH0 73! (Rubens Ferraz Pedroso (PY5-007SWL), Bandeirantes - PR, radioescutasyg via DXLD) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. PAPUA NOVA GUINE, 3235 kHz, Radio West New Britain com 10 kwats da cidade de West Sepik às 0711 UT Aug 20, sinpo 35222 em idioma Pidgin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBzw-5VRxR8&feature=youtu.be (Daniel Wyllyans, Nova Xavantina MT, http://dxbrazilsw.blogspot.com/ Receptor Tecsun PL 660 Antena Long wire 7 meters, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DXLD) We had our doubts about this, as very poor quality clip would not justify assuming this station has reactivated; Ron Howard agreed, and Daniel later withdrew this log with thanks (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) OTOH: ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3275, NBC Southern Highlands. Last heard in the summer of 2012. Found reactivated August 18, from 1218 to off close to 1318; Tok Pisin/Pigin monologue 1218-1233; EZL Pacific Island music 1233-1255; another monologue; poor, with very slow improvement. Great to have this back again! Format today consistent with that heard in 2012, in that is there was no NBC news at 1301. 3275, NBC Southern Highlands (presumed). Aug 19 heard below threshold level; early sign off. Aug 20 better reception; 1201 did not carry the NBC National News, as did 3260 (1202*) and 3385 (1232*). NBC Southern Highlands went off between 1249-1252. Perhaps their reactivation on Aug 18 was due to the upcoming Independence Day of PNG (Sept 16)? (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3385, Aug 15 at 1204, very poor with continuous talk past 1211 by one voice, presumably NBC News, sounds female, can`t tell if in English or Tok Pisin, R. East New Britain, Rabaul. No other PNG carriers audible, maybe already off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 7324.96, [non log] Wantok Radio Light continues to be silent. Aug 20 noted brief opening at 1257 when CRI is off the air for one or two minutes and found no trace of WRL (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. CHASQUI DX PFA – AGOSTO 2014 --- CQ, CQ, CQ…Aquí Pedro F. Arrunátegui para compartir algo con los que disfrutan y aman el DX latinoamericano, todas las horas son UTC, desde la tierra de los incas, les informo mediante este Quipus lo siguiente: 4747.60, PERÚ, R. Huanta 2000, Huari; 8/08 0055-0120, 44444+, ads, Importaciones Hiraoka, Inmobiliaria. Al costado de Radio Huanta, px Curandero José Santos Mochica NOTA: Frecuencia verifica 4747.60; antes 4747.20 USB, LSB 4774.90 PERÚ, R. Tarma, Tarma, Junín; 11/08 1125-1150, 33333, ads Universidad Alas Peruanas, la mejor oportunidad, ID "A través de Radio Tarma del Perú", news, ID Radio Tarma Internacional, entrevista sobre los candidatos a la presidencia regional. 4789.87, PERÚ, R. Visión, Chiclayo; 17/08 1048-1108, 33333, px religiosa de Iglesia Pentecostal La Cosecha NOTA: La señal se perdió, no pasaron el ID 4824.48, PERÚ, R. La Voz de la Selva, Iquitos; 12/08 1110-1135, 33333, news y ads, ID "Por la Voz de la Selva", mx boleros, Hola Soledad. 4835.00, PERÚ, R. Ondas del Sur Oriente, Quillabamba, 16/08 1125-1140, 44444, mxf en español, px y ads en quechua, ID "Radio Ondas del Sur Oriente", px La Hora del Folclor en fin de semana, ads en español contra el tráfico de personas. Seguro Integral de Salud. Te recomienda red de salud de la Convención. 4939.98, PERÚ, R San Antonio, Villa Atalaya, Ucayali; 7/08 2255-2320, 33333, px Pastoral Universitaria te informa, mx tropical andina; tratan la problemática estudiantil en Atalaya. ID "Un saludo a todas las personas que se encuentran en la sintonía de su programa pastoral universitaria en los 95.5 de la FM Radio San Antonio." ID "A través de Radio San Antonio 95.5 de la FM". (Escuchar grabación)[attached to the dxldyg] 4955.00, PERÚ, R. Cultural Amauta, Huanta, Ayacucho; 14/08 2325-2345, 44444, px español y quechua, ads sembrar semillas nativas, garantiza nuestra vida, px Inma Itusiki, ID "Desde la ciudad de Huanta transmite radio Cultural Amauta en FM 99.9 Stereo", px Chaski Willay, ID en quechua (escuchar grabación). 4985.50, PERÚ, R. Voz Cristiana, Chilca, Huancayo; 8/08 0010-0050, 44444, mxf con temas religiosos. No dan ID. 5024.92, PERÚ, R. Quillabamba, Quillabamba, Cusco; 12/08 1140-1210, 44444, ID "Más información en Radio Quillabamba", px Panorama Mundial news 5980.00, PERÚ, R. Chaski, Urubamba, Cusco; 12/08 2340-0005, 44444+, px religioso momentos decisivos, tema cómo alimentar a 5000. Transmisión en // con "Red Radio Integridad en los 700 AM de Lima. 6173.85, PERÚ, R. Tawantinsuyo, Cusco; 12/08 0010-0035, 44444+, ID "Por Radio Tawantinsuyo", en español y quechua, px Noticiero ABC, ID "A través de radio Tawantinsuyo", ads sobre elección al presidente regional. [escuchar grabación, rather distorted ---gh] (Pedro F. Arrunátegui, Lima, Perú, La recepción la he efectuado del 7/08 al 17/07 en compañía de mi sabueso Icom IC R72 acompañado del Mizuho KX-3, una antena de hilo largo de 12 metros y una antena loop, Aug Chasqui DX via DXLD) Altho some of his logs show off-frequencies to two decimal places, others default to .00 despite reliable reports from elsewhere that they too are off-frequency. If not really measured to two decimal places, the extra digits should be omitted! (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also BOLIVIA, BRAZIL, ECUADOR ** PERU. 4824.48, Aug 8, -0059*, LV de la Selva with sign off. For once a decent signal from them (Thomas Nilsson, Ängelholm, Sweden, SW Bulletin Aug 17 via DXLD) ** PERU. 4939.97, Aug 14, 2356, Tentative R San Antonio, Villa Atalaya, Ucayali, Perú with weak audio. Not possible to get a proper ID. According to info from the web, this station is educational. Not active on Aug 15 when checked in my recording at 2356. On Aug 17 sign off at 0058* (Thomas Nilsson, Ängelholm, Sweden, SW Bulletin Aug 17 via DXLD) ** PERU. 5980.00, R. Chaski, Urubamba, Cusco; 12/08 2340-0005, 44444+, px religioso momentos decisivos, tema cómo alimentar a 5000. Transmisión en // con "Red Radio Integridad en los 700 AM de Lima (Pedro F. Arrunátegui, Lima, Perú, La recepción la he efectuado del 7/08 al 17/07 en compañía de mi sabueso Icom IC R72 acompañado del Mizuho KX-3, una antena de hilo largo de 12 metros y una antena loop, Aug Chasqui DX via DXLD) 5980, Aug 14 at 0105, very poor carrier from R. Chaski until cutoff at 0107:59.5*, which is 12 seconds later than 48 hours ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Recepção nesta noite: 5980, PERU: Radio Chaski, Urubamba, Spanish, 14/08 2220 UT: Programa cristão, música com flauta, OM: pregação, talk ‘... por Radio Chaski’. ‘Dios, maravilloso...’, 25422. Rx: Kenwood R- 1000, ant.: PA0RDT MiniWhip, fixada a 9.5 m acima do solo. Nota: Testei esta sintonia em 2 condições: Icom IC-R75 + PA0RDT e Kenwood R-1000 + PA0RDT. Ganhou esta última. A sorte grande foi que a frequência de 5980 kHz estava completamente esvaziada de outras transmissões, o que possibilitou a sintonia desta estação. Pesquisando o mapa de sombras, o momento da sintonia coincidiu com o anoitecer na região de Urubamba, Peru. 73, (Rudolf Grimm, São Bernardo SP, BRASIL, http://dxways-br.blogspot.com http://www.ondascurtas.com radioescutas yg via DXLD) 5980, Aug 15 at 0102, R. Chaski carrier on till chopoff at 0108:05.5* which is 6 seconds later than yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5980, R. CHASKI, 16/8 0050 UT. Final del programa “El amor que vale” con datos de contacto y avisos de la emisora Red Radio Integridad de Lima. SINPO: 35533 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: TECSUN PL-660, ANT: Hilo de 30 metros, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) 5980, Aug 16 at 0107-0108:11.5*, R. Chaski carrier cutting off six seconds later than yesterday. 5980, Aug 17 at 0104, R. Chaski carrier until 0108:17.5* which is another 6 seconds later than yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5980, R. CHASKI, 18/8 2249 UT. Programa “Visión para vivir” acerca de la resurrección de Cristo. SINPO: 35433 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: TECSUN PL- 660, ANT: Hilo de 30 metros, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) 5980, Aug 19 at 0106, JBA carrier from R. Chaski, in heavy noise (we are between storms at the moment), until cutoff at 0108:28.5*, which is 11 seconds later than one binite ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 6175, Radio Tawantinsuyo às 0153 UT, idioma espanhol, Antena long wire 7 meters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ-YbMUv3q0 forte 73s (Daniel Wyllyans, Nova Xavantina MT, Brasil, http://dxbrazilsw.blogspot.com/ Receptor Tecsun PL660, Antena Long wire 7 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Normally reported below 6174; can the PL660 be more precise? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** PHILIPPINES. 1530, DZME, Quezón, 16 AUG 2014 from around 1500 long religion, then at 1605 station ID "DZeeME" with license number! Weak, S5 carrier, noisy. Better around 1613. Same as http://www.amfmph.com/radyo-uno-dzme-1530-khz-1482.html ? [2VM down over the weekend]; 17 AUG 1602 Multiple ID. 73 (Nick VK2DX Hacko, Sydney - Australia, Perseus + 15m tuned vertical, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also SAO TOME ** PHILIPPINES. 9925, 08/16 1758, R. Pilipinas, relay Tinang, in English (many words in Tagalog, too); mv talks, ID, music, 45433. Note: // 12120 kHz, 55444; // 15190 kHz, 45433 (José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, Paraíba, Brazil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** PHILIPPINES. 11750, R Veritas Asia, 8/15, 1440. W in (listed Telugu), Indian vocal music. Good ID by W at ToH. 24423 (Rick Barton, El Mirage, Arizona, Mostly listening from my truck next to dry riverbed with Wilson 1000 rooftop (passive) antenna, Grundig Satellit 750, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** QATAR [non]. Al Jazeera TV in Arabic on shortwave from Aug. 14: from 1100 on 15760, probably from Kostinbrod. Continues after 1530. off air at 1555 UT. Several videos will be uploaded later today -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/ Al Jazeera TV in Arabic was observed on shortwave from Aug. 14: 1100-1555 on 15760 UNIDentified tx site to N/ME, probably from Kostinbrod. Several videos, first three with satellite connection problem 1300-1309 UT: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/08/al-jazeera-tv-in-arabic-on-shortwave.html Al Jazeera TV in Arabic was observed on shortwave from Aug. 14: 1100-1555 on 15760 UNIDentified tx site to N/ME, probably Kostinbrod. 1600-1755 on 7305 UNIDentified tx site to N/ME, probably Kostinbrod. from 1800 on 7310 UNIDentified tx site to N/ME, probably Kostinbrod. Videos, first three with satellite connection problem 1300-1309 UT: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/08/al-jazeera-tv-in-arabic-on-shortwave.html 7305 from 2000 UTC+video http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/08/al-jazeera-tv-in-arabic-on-shortwave.html (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) Hearing this in the UK too on 7305 at 2138. Confirmed via online stream of TV channel. Perhaps just testing and feeding the TV audio as a source for testing? (Stephen Cooper, ibid.) 7300, Aug 15 at 0110, Arabic talk on fair signal; seems almost all- talk by variety of voices. Certainly anything in Arabic on 7300 at this hour is new as I bandscan almost every night (HFCC registered CRI in Chinese southward via Kashgar at 01-02, but not heard now). I keep checking periodically; 0130 some musical fanfares and more talk (just as my streetlight ignites with an RF burst – earlier than usual since it`s cloudy. Official sunset here is 0123 UT). 7300 is still going past 0200, now with ACI from Vatican via Greenville, violating Separation of Church and State. Presumably this is the surprise new SW service of the Al Jazeera Arabic TV news channel, first reported Aug 14 by Ivo Ivanov on 15760 at 1100 to 1555, 7305 at 1600-1755, 7310 from 1800, and 7305 again from 2000. Probably via the Spaceline, Kostinbrod, BULGARIA site. Stephen Cooper in UK was still hearing 7305 at 2138 and matched it to the online AlJaz TV channel. So it`s a good thing they shifted from 7305 sometime after that (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Full SW schedule of the Al Jazeera Arabic TV news channel: 1100-0400, probably via Spaceline, Kostinbrod site effective Aug. 14 1100-1555 on 15760 UNIDentified tx site to N/ME 1600-1755 on 7305 UNIDentified tx site to N/ME 1800-1955 on 7310 UNIDentified tx site to N/ME 2000-2155 on 7305 UNIDentified tx site to N/ME 2200-0400 on 7300 UNIDentified tx site to N/ME http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/08/full-sw-schedule-of-al-jazeera-arabic.html http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/08/al-jazeera-tv-in-arabic-on-shortwave.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, 0629 UT Aug 15, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) August 14, probably Kostinbrod, Bulgaria: Al Jazeera TV in Arabic on shortwave 1300 on 15760 UNID tx https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUBcRUNxbcM&feature=youtu.be Al Jazeera TV in Arabic on shortwave 1303 on 15760 UNID tx https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9Z4G1B63jQ&feature=youtu.be Al Jazeera TV in Arabic on shortwave 1306 on 15760 UNID tx https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC_EPAOBj4A&feature=youtu.be Al Jazeera TV in Arabic on shortwave 1309 on 15760 UNID tx https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS6bSzphfaA&feature=youtu.be Al Jazeera TV in Arabic on shortwave 1328 on 15760 UNID tx https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7VQL5iHxEE&feature=youtu.be Al Jazeera TV in Arabic on shortwave 1352 on 15760 UNID tx https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzmF0nfZEuY&feature=youtu.be Al Jazeera TV in Arabic on shortwave 1359 on 15760 UNID tx https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUW16vCOET4&feature=youtu.be Al Jazeera TV in Arabic on shortwave 1429 on 15760 UNID tx https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM970YhPIU4&feature=youtu.be Al Jazeera TV in Arabic on shortwave 1459 on 15760 UNID tx https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsZg-PDP3aY&feature=youtu.be Al Jazeera TV in Arabic on shortwave 1826 on 7310 UNID tx https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK4GfU8GklE&feature=youtu.be Al Jazeera TV in Arabic on shortwave 1900 on 7310 UNID tx https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwHKq1VZgYs&feature=youtu.be Al Jazeera TV in Arabic on shortwave 2013 on 7305 UNID tx https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2naFvnL2FE&feature=youtu.be Al Jazeera TV in Arabic on shortwave 2059 on 7305 UNID tx https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UVhwS6fs7A&feature=youtu.be (Ivo Ivanov, ibid.) Hello, Nothing received today in Cairo, Egypt on 15760 kHz (Tarek Zeidan, 1217 UT Aug 15, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Full 24 hours shortwave schedule of the Al Jazeera Arabic TV news channel via Spaceline, Kostinbrod transmitter site effective Aug. 14: According to HFCC database: 0700-1555 on 15760 SOF 050 kW / 306 deg to WeEu 1600-0655 on 7305 SOF 050 kW / 306 deg to WeEu According to IBB Monitoring, my personal and other DXers observations: 0400-1100 15760 SOF 050 kW / 306 deg WeEu not active Aug 15 1100-1300 15760 SOF 050 kW / 306 deg WeEu on air Aug 14, off Aug 15 1300-1555 15760 SOF 050 kW / 306 deg WeEu on air Aug 14, off Aug 15 1600-1755 7305 SOF 050 kW / 306 deg WeEu 1800-1955 7310 SOF 050 kW / 306 deg WeEu 2000-2155 7305 SOF 050 kW / 306 deg WeEu, CRI Polish till 2000 is off 2200-0355 7300 SOF 050 kW / 306 deg WeEu http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/08/full-sw-schedule-of-al-jazeera-arabic.html -- Nothing on 7305 after 1600UT; Nothing on 7310 after 1800UT 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Aug 15, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7300, Aug 16 at 0133, no signal from Al Jazeera, Arabic TV news network audio, unlike 24 hours ago. Ivo Ivanov was not hearing any of the other 7 or 15 MHz frequencies Aug 15, so apparently only a one-off test on Aug 14, presumably via Kostinbrod, Bulgaria (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. 576, R. Rossii, Aug 18 1200-1208, 33433, Russian, ID at 1200, Talk. 738, R. Radonezh, Aug 18 1156-1159*, 43443, Russian, Talk, ID at 1158, Closing music at 1159, 1159 sign off. 810, R. Rossii, Aug 18 1208-1217, 43443, Russian, Talk and music, ID at 1210 and 1211 and 1213 (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD- 525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellit 750, DE-1121; ANT, 130m Sloper Wire, 303WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. A selection of pics of Russian Vladivostok - Tavrichanka SW site or its remains from December 2012. http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/83881883.jpg http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/83881890.jpg http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/83882112.jpg http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/83881873.jpg Does anyone know when the last SW transmissions emanated from there? I thought that DW last used the site some years ago. Comments welcome (Ian, shortwavesites yg via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. VOICE OF RUSSIA TO RETURN TO SHORTWAVE 1ST OCTOBER 2014. A new schedule has been uploaded to HFCC from GFC for The Voice of Russia from 1st October including English to North America and Europe - http://hfcc.org/data/schedbyfmo.php?seas=A14&fmor=GFC (Stephen Cooper, UK, Aug 20, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Very interesting indeed. We'll see if these are more than just "wooden" registrations. 73, (Walt Salmaniw, BC, dxldyg via DXLD) The only English to NAm on the sked: 12010 0200 0600 1,2,6 Voice of Russia GFC Eng Petropavlovsk Kam. 52N59 158E39 61 200 1234567 01-Oct-2014 26-Oct-2014 12070 0200 0600 1,2,6 Voice of Russia GFC Eng Petropavlovsk Kam. 52N59 158E39 67 250 1234567 01-Oct-2014 26-Oct-2014 (Glenn Hauser, DX WORLD OF RADIO 1735, LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of Russia to return to shortwave from October 1, 2014. Registered frequencies in HFCC Database: 0000-0100 on 17770 P.K 250 kW / 247 deg to SEAs English 0000-0200 on 6120 ARM 500 kW / 110 deg to SoAs English 0000-0200 on 12060 ARM 500 kW / 290 deg to CeAm Spanish 0000-0300 on 11965 IRK 250 kW / 224 deg to SoAs English 0000-0400 on 6100 ARM 100 kW / 104 deg to N/ME English 0000-0500 on 6195 S.P 800 kW / 268 deg to SoAm Russian <<< 800 kW ??? 0000-0600 on 7240 MSK 500 kW / 267 deg to SoAm Portuguese 0100-0300 on 17530 KHB 100 kW / 218 deg to EaAs Russian 0100-0300 on 17855 KHB 100 kW / 218 deg to EaAs Russian 0200-0400 on 11990 MSK 250 kW / 117 deg to CeAs Russian 0200-0600 on 11935 IRK 100 kW / 263 deg to CeAs Russian 0200-0600 on 12010 P.K 200 kW / 061 deg to NoAm English 0200-0600 on 12070 P.K 250 kW / 067 deg to NoAm English 0300-0500 on 17530 KHB 100 kW / 218 deg to EaAs English 0300-0600 on 11900 P.K 250 kW / 064 deg to NoAm English 0300-0600 on 17855 KHB 100 kW / 218 deg to EaAs English 0300-0700 on 11985 ARM 100 kW / 104 deg to CeAs Russian 0600-0900 on 7350 KHB 100 kW / 218 deg to EaAs English 0600-1000 on 15725 MSK 040 kW / 261 deg to WeEu English DRM 0600-1400 on 7280 IRK 100 kW / 044 deg to FERu Russian 0700-0900 on 9625 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg to WeEu German DRM 0700-1500 on 11975 ARM 100 kW / 104 deg to CeAs Russian 0800-1200 on 9870 MSK 200 kW / 190 deg to CeAs Russian 0900-1400 on 9625 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg to WeEu Russian DRM 1000-1200 on 5935 IRK 100 kW / 110 deg to EaAs English 1000-1200 on 7300 KHB 100 kW / 218 deg to EaAs Chinese 1000-1200 on 12035 IRK 015 kW / 224 deg to SoAs English DRM 1000-1200 on 15270 ARM 100 kW / 104 deg to WeAs English 1000-1400 on 5900 KHB 100 kW / 218 deg to EaAs Chinese 1000-1400 on 6075 KHB 100 kW / 218 deg to EaAs Chinese 1000-1400 on 6045 IRK 100 kW / 125 deg to EaAs Chinese 1000-1400 on 9450 KHB 100 kW / 218 deg to EaAs Chinese 1000-1400 on 9695 P.K 250 kW / 263 deg to EaAs Chinese 1000-1400 on 9865 P.K 250 kW / 263 deg to EaAs Chinese 1000-1400 on 11925 P.K 250 kW / 263 deg to EaAs Chinese 1100-1400 on 6195 S.P 200 kW / 217 deg to WeEu Russian 1100-1400 on 17830 MSK 250 kW / 100 deg to SEAs Russian 1200-1400 on 5935 IRK 100 kW / 110 deg to EaAs Japanese 1200-1400 on 7300 KHB 100 kW / 218 deg to EaAs Russian 1200-1400 on 7340 P.K 250 kW / 241 deg to EaAs Japanese 1200-1400 on 15270 ARM 100 kW / 104 deg to WeAs Russian 1200-1600 on 15495 MSK 250 kW / 117 deg to CeAs Russian 1300-1400 on 7320 IRK 015 kW / 224 deg to SoAs Hindi DRM 1300-1400 on 15660 ARM 500 kW / 110 deg to SoAs Russian 1300-1600 on 6175 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to N/ME Turkish 1400-1500 on 5935 IRK 100 kW / 110 deg to EaAs English 1400-1500 on 7320 IRK 015 kW / 224 deg to SoAs Urdu DRM 1400-1500 on 7435 MSK 200 kW / 190 deg to N/ME Turkish 1400-1500 on 15660 ARM 500 kW / 110 deg to SoAs Urdu 1400-1600 on 6145 MSK 200 kW / 190 deg to CeAs Russian 1400-1700 on 6035 IRK 100 kW / 263 deg to CeAs Russian 1400-1800 on 6010 MSK 200 kW / 270 deg to NoAf English 1400-1900 on 6015 MSK 200 kW / 190 deg to CeAs Russian 1400-2200 on 9450 MSK 250 kW / 275 deg to WeEu English 1500-1700 on 5975 S.P 200 kW / 147 deg to WeAs Farsi 1500-1700 on 7435 MSK 200 kW / 190 deg to WeAs Kurdish 1500-1700 on 11635 ARM 500 kW / 290 deg to WeEu German 1500-1800 on 9560 P.K 250 kW / 247 deg to SEAs English 1500-1800 on 15660 ARM 500 kW / 110 deg to SoAs Russian 1500-1900 on 6045 MSK 250 kW / 240 deg to WeEu Russian 1500-1900 on 6140 MSK 040 kW / 261 deg to WeEu German DRM 1500-2000 on 6070 ARM 100 kW / 157 deg to N/ME Russian 1500-2200 on 12070 MSK 250 kW / 285 deg to WeEu English 1600-1700 on 6175 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to WeAs Kurdish 1600-1800 on 5960 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg to WeEu Russian DRM 1600-1900 on 6110 IRK 250 kW / 240 deg to CeAs Russian 1600-1900 on 12035 MSK 040 kW / 261 deg to WeEu German DRM 1600-2100 on 6120 IRK 250 kW / 290 deg to N/ME Arabic 1600-2100 on 6195 S.P 200 kW / 217 deg to NoAf Arabic 1700-1900 on 7435 MSK 200 kW / 190 deg to N/ME Turkish 1700-1900 on 9800 MSK 250 kW / 117 deg to CeAs Russian 1700-1900 on 9820 MSK 200 kW / 270 deg to WeEu English 1700-2000 on 11635 ARM 500 kW / 290 deg to WeEu French 1700-2000 on 5975 S.P 200 kW / 147 deg to N/ME Arabic 1800-2000 on 5960 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg to WeEu French DRM 1800-2100 on 6010 MSK 200 kW / 270 deg to NoAf French 1800-2100 on 9900 IRK 015 kW / 224 deg to SoAs English DRM 1900-2100 on 9820 MSK 200 kW / 270 deg to WeEu Russian 2000-2130 on 6045 MSK 250 kW / 240 deg to WeEu Russian 2000-2200 on 9780 MSK 040 kW / 261 deg to WeEu Russian DRM 2100-2400 on 11655 KHB 100 kW / 218 deg to EaAs English 2200-2400 on 7240 MSK 500 kW / 267 deg to SoAm Spanish 2200-2400 on 12060 ARM 500 kW / 290 deg to CeAm Portuguese 2200-2400 on 17770 P.K 250 kW / 247 deg to SEAs English 2300-2400 on 11965 IRK 250 kW / 224 deg to SoAs English Radio Rossii 0000-1500 on 7230 IAK 100 kW / 000 deg to FERu Russian 0700-1500 on 13820 MSK 250 kW / 267 deg to WeEu Russian 1900-2400 on 7230 IAK 100 kW / 000 deg to FERu Russian http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/08/voice-of-russia-to-return-to-shortwave.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) A14 Schedule of GFC [this one mixes in old suspended listings from 30 March] Freq StartStop CIRAF Broadc Lang TX deg kW FromTo date 6100 0000-0400 39,40 VoRUS Eng Armavir 104 100 01Oct-26Oct 6120 0000-0200 41 VoRUS Eng Armavir 110 500 01Oct-26Oct 6195 0000-0500 12,13-16VoRUS Rus Sanct-Peterburg 268 800 01Oct-26Oct 7240 0000-0600 12,14,16VoRUS Por Moskva 267 500 01Oct-26Oct 12060 0000-0200 11,12 VoRUS Spa Armavir 290 500 01Oct-26Oct 17530 0100-0300 43,44 VoRUS Rus Khabarovsk 218 100 01Oct-26Oct 17855 0100-0300 43,44 VoRUS Rus Khabarovsk 218 100 01Oct-26Oct 11935 0200-0600 30S,31 VoRUS Rus Irkutsk 263 100 01Oct-26Oct 11990 0200-0400 30S,31SWVoRUS Rus Moskva 117 250 01Oct-26Oct 12010 0200-0600 1,2,6 VoRUS Eng Petropavlo Kam. 61 200 01Oct-26Oct 12070 0200-0600 1,2,6 VoRUS Eng Petropavlo Kam. 67 250 01Oct-26Oct 11900 0300-0600 1,2,6-9 VoRUS Rus Petropavlo Kam. 64 250 01Oct-26Oct 11985 0300-0700 30 VoRUS Rus Armavir 104 100 01Oct-26Oct 17530 0300-0500 43,44 VoRUS Eng Khabarovsk 218 100 01Oct-26Oct 17855 0300-0600 43,44 VoRUS Eng Khabarovsk 218 100 01Oct-26Oct 7280 0600-1400 24,25 VoRUS Rus Irkutsk 44 100 01Oct-26Oct 7350 0600-0900 43,44 VoRUS Eng Khabarovsk 218 100 01Oct-26Oct 13800 0600-0900 27,28 VoRUS Eng Moskva 261 40 30Mar-26Oct 15725 0600-1000 27,28 VoRUS Eng Moskva 261 40 01Oct-26Oct 9625 0700-0900 27,28 VoRUS Deu Kaliningrad 220 15 01Oct-26Oct 11975 0700-1500 30 VoRUS Rus Armavir 104 100 01Oct-26Oct 13820 0700-1500 28 RRussia Rus Moskva 267 250 01Oct-26Oct 9850 0800-1000 27,28 VoRUS Eng Kaliningrad 220 15 30Mar-26Oct 9870 0800-1200 29SW VoRUS Rus Moskva 190 200 01Oct-26Oct 9625 0900-1400 27,28 VoRUS Rus Kaliningrad 220 15 01Oct-26Oct 15170 0900-1100 49 VoRUS Rus Tchita 195 250 30Mar-26Oct 5900 1000-1400 43,44 VoRUS Cmn Khabarovsk 218 100 01Oct-26Oct 5935 1000-1200 44 VoRUS Eng Irkutsk 110 100 01Oct-26Oct 6045 1000-1400 44 VoRUS Cmn Irkutsk 125 100 01Oct-26Oct 6075 1000-1400 43,44 VoRUS Cmn Khabarovsk 218 100 01Oct-26Oct 7300 1000-1200 43,44 VoRUS Cmn Khabarovsk 218 100 01Oct-26Oct 9450 1000-1400 43,44 VoRUS Cmn Khabarovsk 218 100 01Oct-26Oct 9695 1000-1400 43,44 VoRUS Cmn Petropavlo Kam. 263 250 01Oct-26Oct 9850 1000-1200 27,28 VoRUS Deu Kaliningrad 220 15 30Mar-26Oct 9865 1000-1400 43,44 VoRUS Cmn Petropavlo Kam. 263 200 01Oct-26Oct 11925 1000-1400 43,44 VoRUS Cmn Petropavlo Kam. 263 200 01Oct-26Oct 12030 1000-1200 43,44,49VoRUS Eng Irkutsk 180 250 30Mar-26Oct 12035 1000-1200 41 VoRUS Eng Irkutsk 224 15 01Oct-26Oct 13805 1000-1200 43,44 VoRUS Eng Irkutsk 180 250 30Mar-26Oct 13860 1000-1400 43,44,49VoRUS Cmn Irkutsk 152 250 30Mar-26Oct 15270 1000-1200 39,40 VoRUS Eng Armavir 104 100 01Oct-26Oct 6195 1100-1400 28 VoRUS Rus Sanct-Peterburg 217 200 01Oct-26Oct 15670 1100-1500 42,43,49VoRUS Eng Novosibirsk 145 250 30Mar-26Oct 17830 1100-1400 41,49 VoRUS Rus Moskva 100 250 01Oct-26Oct 5935 1200-1400 45 VoRUS Jpn Irkutsk 110 100 01Oct-26Oct 5965 1200-1400 45 VoRUS Jpn Irkutsk 110 100 30Mar-26Oct 7300 1200-1400 43,44 VoRUS Rus Khabarovsk 218 100 01Oct-26Oct 7340 1200-1400 45 VoRUS Jpn Petropavlo Kam. 241 250 01Oct-26Oct 9850 1200-1500 27,28 VoRUS Eng Kaliningrad 220 15 30Mar-26Oct 12030 1200-1300 43,44,49VoRUS Vie Irkutsk 180 250 30Mar-26Oct 13805 1200-1300 49 VoRUS Vie Irkutsk 180 250 30Mar-26Oct 15270 1200-1400 39,40 VoRUS Rus Armavir 104 100 01Oct-26Oct 15495 1200-1600 30S,31SWVoRUS Rus Moskva 117 250 01Oct-26Oct 6175 1300-1600 39,40 VoRUS Tur Armavir 188 100 01Oct-26Oct 7320 1300-1400 41 VoRUS Hin Irkutsk 224 15 01Oct-26Oct 11990 1300-1500 44 VoRUS Cmn Novosibirsk 120 250 30Mar-26Oct 12015 1300-1800 40,41 VoRUS Rus Irkutsk 224 240 30Mar-26Oct 13805 1300-1400 43,44 VoRUS Eng Irkutsk 180 250 30Mar-26Oct 15660 1300-1400 41 VoRUS Rus Armavir 110 500 01Oct-26Oct 5935 1400-1500 44 VoRUS Eng Irkutsk 110 100 01Oct-26Oct 6010 1400-1800 27,37 VoRUS Eng Moskva 270 200 01Oct-26Oct 6015 1400-2200 29SW VoRUS Rus Moskva 190 200 01Oct-26Oct 6035 1400-1700 30S,31 VoRUS Rus Irkutsk 263 100 01Oct-26Oct 6145 1400-1600 29SW VoRUS Rus Moskva 190 200 01Oct-26Oct 7285 1400-1800 39,47,48VoRUS Rus Moskva 190 100 30Mar-26Oct 7320 1400-1500 41 VoRUS Urd Irkutsk 224 15 01Oct-26Oct 7435 1400-1500 39 VoRUS Tur Moskva 190 200 01Oct-26Oct 9450 1400-2200 27,28,29VoRUS Eng Moskva 275 250 01Oct-26Oct 9625 1400-1600 41 VoRUS Rus Novosibirsk 180 250 30Mar-26Oct 15660 1400-1500 41 VoRUS Urd Armavir 110 500 01Oct-26Oct 5975 1500-1700 43,44,49VoRUS Eng Irkutsk 180 250 30Mar-26Oct 5975 1500-1700 39 VoRUS Fas Sanct-Peterburg 147 200 01Oct-26Oct 6045 1500-1900 28 VoRUS Rus Moskva 240 250 01Oct-26Oct 6070 1500-1700 39,40 VoRUS Rus Armavir 157 100 01Oct-26Oct 6140 1500-1900 28 VoRUS Deu Moskva 261 40 01Oct-26Oct 6185 1500-1800 43,44,49VoRUS Eng Irkutsk 180 250 30Mar-26Oct 7330 1500-1900 28,29,37VoRUS Rus Kaliningrad 245 120 30Mar-26Oct 7435 1500-1700 39 VoRUS Kur Moskva 190 200 01Oct-26Oct 9560 1500-1800 49 VoRUS Eng Petropavlo Kam. 247 250 01Oct-26Oct 11635 1500-1700 27NE,28 VoRUS Deu Armavir 290 500 01Oct-26Oct 12070 1500-2200 28 VoRUS Eng Moskva 285 250 01Oct-26Oct 15640 1500-1800 29394853VoRUS Rus Moskva 190 500 30Mar-26Oct 15660 1500-1800 41 VoRUS Rus Armavir 110 500 01Oct-26Oct 5960 1600-1800 27,28 VoRUS Rus Kaliningrad 220 15 01Oct-26Oct 6070 1600-1800 41,42,49VoRUS Eng Novosibirsk 180 250 30Mar-26Oct 6110 1600-1900 30S,31SWVoRUS Rus Novosibirsk 240 250 30Mar-26Oct 6120 1600-2100 38,39 VoRUS Ara Irkutsk 290 250 01Oct-26Oct 6175 1600-1700 39,40 VoRUS Kur Armavir 188 100 01Oct-26Oct 6195 1600-2100 37,38 VoRUS Ara Sanct-Peterburg 217 200 01Oct-26Oct 7335 1600-1800 48 VoRUS Rus Armavir 188 300 30Mar-26Oct 9490 1600-1800 42,44,49VoRUS Eng Novosibirsk 145 250 30Mar-26Oct 12035 1600-1900 28NW VoRUS Deu Moskva 261 40 30Mar-26Oct 5975 1700-2000 40 VoRUS Ara Sanct-Peterburg 147 200 01Oct-26Oct 6070 1700-2000 39,40 VoRUS Rus Armavir 157 100 01Oct-26Oct 7325 1700-1900 29SE RRussia Ady Armavir 190 100 30Mar-26Oct 7435 1700-1900 39 VoRUS Tur Moskva 190 200 01Oct-26Oct 9800 1700-1900 30S,31SWVoRUS Rus Moskva 117 250 01Oct-26Oct 9820 1700-1900 27,28,37VoRUS Eng Moskva 270 200 01Oct-26Oct 9880 1700-2000 27,28 VoRUS Fra Kaliningrad 220 15 30Mar-26Oct 11635 1700-2000 27SE VoRUS Fra Armavir 290 500 01Oct-26Oct 5960 1800-2000 27,28 VoRUS Fra Kaliningrad 220 15 01Oct-26Oct 6010 1800-2100 27,37W VoRUS Fra Moskva 270 200 01Oct-26Oct 7220 1800-1900 40 VoRUS Rus Armavir 132 200 30Mar-26Oct 9900 1800-2100 41 VoRUS Eng Irkutsk 224 15 01Oct-26Oct 7230 1900-1500 23 RRussia Rus Iakutsk 0 100 01Oct-26Oct 9820 1900-2100 27,28,37VoRUS Rus Moskva 270 200 01Oct-26Oct 6045 2000-2130 28 VoRUS Rus Moskva 240 250 01Oct-26Oct 9780 2000-2200 37NW VoRUS Rus Moskva 261 40 01Oct-26Oct 11655 2100-2400 43,44 VoRUS Eng Khabarovsk 218 100 01Oct-26Oct 7240 2200-2400 12,14,16VoRUS Spa Moskva 267 500 01Oct-26Oct 12060 2200-2400 11,12 VoRUS Por Armavir 290 500 01Oct-26Oct 17770 2200-0100 44 VoRUS Eng Petropavlo Kam. 247 200 01Oct-26Oct 11965 2300-0300 41 VoRUS Eng Irkutsk 224 250 01Oct-26Oct - click here to see map and Tentative WINTER SEASON B14 schedule operations by GFC 5900 1500-1800 42,44,49 IRK 250 180 288 Eng RUS VOR 5900 1100-1500 43,44 KHB 100 218 217 Cmn RUS VOR 5900 1000-1100 33,42-44 VLD 100 270 218 Cmn RUS VOR 5905 1600-2000 28 MSK 40 261 218 Deu RUS VOR DRM 5910 1200-1300 49 VLD 250 230 218 Vie RUS VOR 5910 0900-1200 44,49 VLD 250 230 218 Eng RUS VOR 5920 1100-1500 44 IRK 100 125 288 Cmn RUS VOR 5930 1245-1530 41 IRK 250 224 218 Ins RUS VOR 5945 1200-1500 30,31 NVS 250 240 288 Rus RUS VOR 5955 1245-1530 41 IRK 250 224 218 Ins RUS VOR 5955 1600-1800 41,42,49 NVS 250 180 288 Eng RUS VOR 5975 1800-2100 40 S.P 200 147 286 Rus RUS VOR 5975 1600-1800 39 S.P 200 147 286 Rus RUS VOR 5980 1200-1400 45 IRK 100 110 288 Jpn RUS VOR 5995 1300-1500 41 TCH 500 240 288 Rus RUS VOR 6000 1900-2200 27,37W MSK 200 270 217 Fra RUS VOR 6000 1500-1900 27,37W MSK 200 270 217 Eng RUS VOR 6005 1400-1800 39,40 ARM 100 188 218 Rus RUS VOR 6015 1500-2300 29SW MSK 200 190 217 Rus RUS VOR 6060 1200-1400 41 IRK 250 224 218 Rus RUS VOR 6065 1500-1600 44 IRK 100 110 288 Eng RUS VOR 6065 1300-1500 45 IRK 100 110 288 Jpn RUS VOR 6065 1100-1300 44 IRK 100 110 288 Eng RUS VOR 6075 1100-1500 43,44 KHB 100 218 217 Cmn RUS VOR 6075 0900-1100 44,49 VLD 250 230 218 Eng RUS VOR 6085 1300-1500 45 P.K 250 241 288 Jpn RUS VOR 6090 2100-2230 28 MSK 250 240 217 Rus RUS VOR 6105 1600-2000 28 MSK 250 240 218 Rus RUS VOR 6110 1700-2200 38,39 IRK 250 290 288 Ara RUS VOR 6110 1600-1900 30S,31SW NVS 250 240 288 Rus RUS VOR 6115 1100-1500 43,44 KHB 100 218 217 Cmn RUS VOR 6120 0100-0300 41 ARM 500 110 217 Eng RUS VOR 6125 1900-2100 27,28 KLG 15 220 141 Fra RUS VOR DRM 6125 1700-1900 27,28 KLG 15 220 141 Rus RUS VOR DRM 6130 1500-1800 30S,31 IRK 100 263 288 Rus RUS VOR 6145 1500-1700 29SW MSK 200 190 217 Rus RUS VOR 6155 1800-2100 39,40 ARM 100 157 217 Rus RUS VOR 6155 1600-1800 39,40 ARM 100 157 217 Rus RUS VOR 6165 0100-0600 12,13-16 S.P 800 268 236 Rus RUS VOR 6170 1300-1500 43,44 KHB 100 218 217 Rus RUS VOR 6170 0700-1000 43,44 KHB 100 218 217 Eng RUS VOR 6180 1600-1800 42,44,49 NVS 250 145 288 Eng RUS VOR 6195 1700-2200 37,38,39 S.P 200 217 286 Rus RUS VOR 7205 1500-1800 39,40 ARM 100 157 206 Rus RUS VOR 7205 1200-1500 29,30-40 MSK 250 159 156 Rus RUS VOR 7205 1300-1500 43,44,49 TCH 250 200 288 Rus RUS VOR 7205 1200-1300 49 VLD 250 230 218 Vie RUS VOR 7205 0900-1200 44,49 VLD 250 230 218 Eng RUS VOR 7210 1500-1700 44NE IRK 250 125 218 Kor RUS IBB 7210 2300-0100 12,14,16 MSK 500 267 217 Rus RUS VOR 7210 0100-0700 12,14,16 MSK 500 267 217 Rus RUS VOR 7230 2000-1600 23 IAK 100 0 217 Rus RUS RRS 7270 1400-1700 38,39 MSK 250 190 158 Rus RUS VOR 7270 2000-2200 38,39 NVS 250 240 218 Rus RUS VOR 7280 0700-1500 24,25 IRK 100 44 288 Rus RUS VOR 7290 1600-1700 39NE,39 MSK 200 190 217 Rus RUS VOR 7290 1500-1600 39NE,39 MSK 200 190 217 Rus RUS VOR 7295 1300-1500 43N,44N NVS 250 120 218 Rus RUS VOR 7295 1600-1800 53 TCH 500 240 288 Rus RUS VOR 7305 1000-1400 42,43-49 IRK 250 180 288 Cmn RUS VOR 7310 1230-1500 27,28 MSK 250 267 158 Rus RUS RRS 7320 1400-1500 41 IRK 15 224 287 Hin RUS VOR DRM 7320 1500-1600 41 IRK 15 224 287 Urd RUS VOR DRM 7320 1600-1900 28,37 MSK 250 285 158 Rus RUS VOR 7335 1700-1730 48 ARM 100 188 156 Rus RUS VOR 7335 1800-2000 41,53 TCH 250 230 218 Rus RUS VOR 7340 1500-1700 28SE KLG 60 205 142 Rus RUS VOR 7365 0700-1000 43,44 KHB 100 218 217 Eng RUS VOR 9420 1100-1500 43,44 P.K 250 263 288 Cmn RUS VOR 9450 1500-2300 27,28,29 MSK 250 275 158 Eng RUS VOR 9455 1200-1400 44,54,55 IRK 250 152 298 Rus RUS VOR 9480 1500-1700 28,37 MSK 250 240 218 Rus RUS VOR 9560 1000-1100 43,44,49 IRK 250 180 288 Eng RUS VOR 9560 1100-1500 43,44 KHB 100 218 217 Cmn RUS VOR 9560 1600-1900 49 P.K 250 247 288 Eng RUS VOR 9625 1000-1500 27,28 KLG 15 220 141 Rus RUS VOR DRM 9625 0800-1000 27,28 KLG 15 220 141 Rus RUS VOR DRM 9685 1900-2200 41 IRK 15 224 217 Eng RUS VOR DRM 9735 1700-1900 38-394748MSK 500 193 288 Rus RUS VOR 9775 1400-2000 39 MSK 200 190 217 Rus RUS VOR 9780 2100-2300 37NW MSK 40 261 218 Rus RUS VOR DRM 9790 1800-2000 30S,31SW MSK 250 117 288 Rus RUS VOR 9830 0800-1600 30 ARM 100 104 217 Rus RUS VOR 9860 2000-2200 27,28,37WMSK 200 270 217 Rus RUS VOR 9860 1800-2000 27,28,37WMSK 200 270 217 Eng RUS VOR 9870 0900-1300 29SW MSK 200 190 217 Rus RUS VOR 9880 1500-1800 49 P.K 250 247 288 Rus RUS VOR 11620 0700-1000 27,28,37 SMF* 250 312 218 Rus RUS VOR 11655 2200-0100 43,44 KHB 100 218 217 Eng RUS VOR 11680 1000-1200 41 TCH 500 240 288 Rus RUS VOR 11740 1800-2100 27SE ARM 500 290 217 Fra RUS VOR 11740 1600-1800 27NE,28NWARM 500 290 217 Deu RUS VOR 11770 1600-1900 41 ARM 500 110 217 Rus RUS VOR 11770 1400-1500 41 ARM 500 110 217 Rus RUS VOR 11770 1500-1600 41 ARM 500 110 217 Urd RUS VOR 11900 0400-0700 1,2,6-9 P.K 250 64 288 Rus RUS VOR 11915 1200-1600 38,39 MSK 250 190 158 Rus RUS VOR 11935 1000-1200 44 NVS 250 120 288 Cmn RUS VOR 11960 0000-0400 41 IRK 250 224 287 Eng RUS VOR 11975 1300-1400 40,41W ARM 250 110 238 Rus RUS VOR 12010 0300-0700 1,2,6 P.K 200 61 288 Eng RUS VOR 12015 0700-0900 42,44,49 IRK 250 180 288 Eng RUS VOR 12035 1100-1300 41 IRK 15 224 287 Eng RUS VOR DRM 12055 1300-1700 30S,31SW MSK 250 117 288 Rus RUS VOR 12060 2300-0100 11,12 ARM 500 290 217 Rus RUS VOR 12060 0100-0300 11,12 ARM 500 290 217 Rus RUS VOR 12060 1800-2200 27-283637MSK 250 240 218 Rus RUS VOR 12065 0300-0500 30S,31SW MSK 250 117 288 Rus RUS VOR 12070 1600-2300 28 MSK 250 240 217 Eng RUS VOR 12070 0300-0700 1,2,6 P.K 250 67 288 Eng RUS VOR 12085 0300-0700 30S,31 IRK 100 263 288 Rus RUS VOR 13645 1100-1500 43,44 P.K 200 263 288 Cmn RUS VOR 13770 1200-1500 28 S.P 200 217 286 Rus RUS VOR 13820 0800-1600 28 MSK 250 267 158 Rus RUS RRS 15170 1100-1500 44 P.K 200 263 288 Cmn RUS VOR 15655 0100-0500 39,40 ARM 100 104 217 Eng RUS VOR 15740 0700-1100 27,28 MSK 40 261 218 Eng RUS VOR DRM 17470 1300-1500 39,40 ARM 100 104 217 Rus RUS VOR 17470 1100-1300 39,40 ARM 100 104 217 Eng RUS VOR 17480 0400-0800 30 ARM 100 104 218 Rus RUS VOR 17570 1200-1500 41,49 MSK 250 100 217 Rus RUS VOR 17615 0200-0400 43,44 KHB 100 218 217 Rus RUS VOR 17615 0400-0600 43,44 KHB 100 218 217 Eng RUS VOR 17770 2300-0200 44 P.K 200 247 288 Eng RUS VOR 17880 0200-0400 43,44 KHB 100 218 217 Rus RUS VOR 17880 0400-0700 43,44 KHB 100 218 217 Eng RUS VOR * SMF is a fake location as usual since USSR Mr. Titov era. Simferopol is 260 kilometers away at Luch Mykolaiv, now on Ukraine soil, not on Crimea [almost-]island! (all via Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DXLD) I certainly hope this is 'real' but given that the schedule contains such gems as: > 9880 1700-2000 27,28 VoRUS Fra Kaliningrad 220 15 30Mar-26Oct (Note the dates in use at the end of the line) I have a strong suspicion that this is 'old data' that is still rattling around the HFCC. That said, I hope I'm being over pessimistic here...! (Kenneth V Zichi, D<== I'm not with stupid ==> R, MI, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I very much doubt this is the case. I remember after RCI and RNW left HF. There was still information on HFCC about their HF schedules for the following season (Keith Perron, Taiwan, ibid.) Here are the two official responses received from Voice of Russia regarding revival plans: Quote..... At this point I have no information on VOR's plans to resume shortwave broadcasts. I will need to turn to the management for further information on the issue and will get back to you. Later ...... This is just a short letter to inform you that the Technical Department did not confirm the information you sent (HFCC schd link) our way. Although the plans to re-open the VOR shortwave broadcasts are being considered, at this point nothing can be said for sure regarding its status in the near future. ....unquote (Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, Aug 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST via dxldyg) Still it seems to me like at least a contingency; why else enter new data effective Oct 1? We do know that there are longer-range plans to revive the Voice of Putin --- er, Russia. And are all those transmitter sites involved still operational, merely mothballed? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RWANDA. Tonight, UT August 16th, at 0303 I tuned to 6055 kHz and heard a weak station playing popular music. There were no announcers until 0328, only continuous soft pop music, including "City of New Orleans" by Arlo Guthrie and "Cause I'm Your Lady and You Are My Man" by Jennifer Rush. Other songs might have been in another language. At 0328 a female announcer spoke briefly and it didn't sound English, but it could have been. At 0331 a male spoke very briefly and again hard to determine the language. Went off the air at that time. Started out poor but improved to fair. Any ideas? (Harold Sellers, Vernon, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Probably Radio Rwanda Kigali Africa in mainly French, but also English and Kinyarwanda? Scheduled 0255-0600 UT. A daily guest here in Germany. 73 wolfy (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) ** RWANDA. 21780, R. D.W. (via Kigali) 8/13, 1840. Long monologue by M in (listed) Hausa. VG, but suddenly off at 1858 (Rick Barton, El Mirage, Arizona, Mostly listening from my truck next to dry riverbed with Wilson 1000 rooftop (passive) antenna, Grundig Satellit 750, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Often the OSOB from overseas, if WHRI is on 21600 (gh, DXLD) ** RWANDA [non]. 17540, 08/16 1715, CLANDESTINE, R. Impala, relay Talata Volonondry-MDG, in Kiniarwanda; Rwandese traditional songs; 35432 (José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, Paraíba, Brazil, Hard- core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** SAINT KITTS & NEVIS. Radio Paradise, St Kitts [820 kHz] has been off air since mid-2013 according to this report in the St Kitts Nevis Observer (8 Aug), in a dispute over the transfer of the station's ownership (reported here April 2013): Religious broadcaster Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) has donated its 50,000 watts station Radio Paradise, St Kitts [820 kHz] to Flowing Streams Church, Vero Beach, Florida, whose senior pastor, Rev. Rick Wiles, produces a daily international radio talk show "Trunews". TBN has owned/operated Radio Paradise since 1992 - its output included audiofeed of TBN's TV programming. The new format will include music, ministry programmes and world news relevant to Christian listeners. TBN's founder Dr Paul Crouch said in the TBN announcement that Radio Paradise's signal, as well as covering the Caribbean, had reached intoCentral America and had been "heard as far away as England". Full announcement: http://www.tbn.org/announcements/tbn-donates-radio-paradise-caribbean-am-station-to-florida-based-christian-ministry (April 9 2013) Radio Paradise, St Kitts has been a regular catch in the UK on 820 kHz, especially on Sheigra DXpeditions in Scotland, though disappointingly often with a relay of TBN TV sound mentioned above and no local IDs (Alan Pennington, Caversham, UK, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) RADIO PARADISE OWNER PLEADS WITH MARK BRANTLEY TO SAVE STATION August 8 2014 http://www.thestkittsnevisobserver.com/2014/08/08/save-station.html The future of Radio Paradise is at risk and the new owner is pleading with the Honorable Mr. Mark Brantley [leader of opposition in St Kitts and Nevis parliament] to help him save the station from destruction. The station has been off the air since mid-2013 because of a dispute involving Radio Paradise’s former general manager Andre Gilbert. The late Dr. Paul F. Crouch, cofounder of TBN, donated Radio Paradise to Flowing Streams Church in Vero Beach, FL months before his death. Rev. Richard Wiles, pastor of Flowing Streams Church, said it was a miracle because Flowing Streams Church has a vision for Christian radio for all the Caribbean islands. “It truly was God who directed Dr. Crouch to donate Radio Paradise to our church,” stated Pastor Wiles. “It was one of the last things he did before his death. He wanted to make sure that Radio Paradise stayed on the air declaring the Gospel of the Kingdom,” said the Florida pastor. “I was honored to be chosen by Dr. Crouch to receive stewardship of Radio Paradise before he went home with the Lord,” said Pastor Wiles. “I am determined to fulfill my pledge to Dr. Crouch before his death that Radio Paradise will continue broadcasting the Gospel to the whole Caribbean region.” Pastor Wiles said his joy quickly turned to dismay when he first traveled to St. Kitts and Nevis in April 2013 to take possession of Radio Paradise. Upon going to Radio Paradise’s headquarters in Nevis, he was met at the door by TBN’s outgoing manager – Andre Gilbert. Pastor Wiles described Mr. Gilbert as defiant, argumentative, and confrontational. Mr. Gilbert stubbornly refused to recognize TBN’s transfer of Radio Paradise to Flowing Streams Church. “Mr. Gilbert called the Nevis Police Department and tried to have our church delegation arrested for trespassing on the Radio Paradise property,” said Pastor Wiles. Flowing Streams Church’s Chief Financial Officer Chris Steinle and Pastor Wiles’ personal assistant Chase Anderson were present with him when Mr. Gilbert called the police. “Mr. Gilbert lied to the Nevis Police by telling them he didn’t know anything about TBN donating the station to us,” explained the Florida minister. “Mr. Gilbert and I communicated by telephone and email prior to my arrival to take possession of the station. He knew I was on the way to Nevis to take possession of the station. Furthermore, Mr. Gilbert had expressed interest in us hiring him because TBN planned to terminate his employment. When we arrived, however, Mr. Gilbert simply refused to cooperate with us. He refused to recognize the legal transfer of Radio Paradise from TBN to Flowing Streams Church. He acted like he owned Radio Paradise and TBN’s property in Nevis.” Rev. Wiles said he was greatly impressed by the professional and calm manner in which the Nevis Police officers defused the situation. The police persuaded Mr. Gilbert to turn over to Rev. Wiles the keys to Radio Paradise’s transmitter building in Conaree in St. Kitts. Mr. Gilbert, however, would not permit the Florida church team to enter the TBN building in Nevis, nor have access to its financial records and broadcasting equipment. “Dr. Crouch donated all of the equipment and furniture inside the Nevis studio and offices. Mr. Gilbert refused to allow us to take possession of it. He also blocked us from accessing the radio station’s financial records. He lied by saying there were no financial records inside the building. Mr. Gilbert definitely did not want us to have access to those files,” said Pastor Wiles. Pastor Wiles alleged that Andre Gilbert has deliberately misled people in St. Kitts and Nevis for 15 months into thinking he is still the General Manger of Radio Paradise and legal agent for Trinity Broadcasting Network of Nevis. “I was informed by TBN officials in mid-2013 that Mr. Gilbert had been terminated as an employee. Instead of departing the station, Mr. Gilbert continued to maintain control of the TBN facility in Nevis and to act as its legal agent. He has deceived many people into thinking he still is in control of Radio Paradise and the TBN property in Nevis,” stated Pastor Wiles. According to Pastor Wiles, a TBN corporate vice president accompanied him to Nevis last March to take seize control of the building in Nevis. “We had to get a locksmith to change the locks on the building because Mr. Gilbert was illegally occupying the building and property,” said Pastor Wiles. “While the TBN vice president and I were in the building, Mr. Gilbert arrived with police officers. It was a very tense situation. I felt threatened by his presence.” All of Radio Paradise’s broadcasting equipment and office furniture was transported by truck and ferry to St. Kitts where it is in storage. According to Pastor Wiles, Mr. Gilbert has waged a deceitful and underhanded campaign for 15 months to block his church from possessing and operating Radio Paradise. “Mr. Gilbert’s antics has caused our church to waste tens of thousands of dollars flying our representatives to St. Kitts and Nevis over and over attempting to dislodge Radio Paradise from his grip. He is not the owner. He is acting fraudulently as the legal agent. His actions must stop now,” exclaimed Pastor Wiles. “Mr. Gilbert’s name is on all the important legal documents in St. Kitts and Nevis as Radio Paradise’s official agent. In particular, Mr. Gilbert continues to function as the Radio Paradise legal agent before the National Telecommunications and Regulatory Commission. “We cannot legally file any documents to transfer Radio Paradise and restore it to the air as long as Mr. Gilbert keeps his name on the NTRC registry. He needs to voluntarily remove his name from those documents so that our church may proceed with the transfer of Paul Crouch’s kind gift to us,” stated Pastor Wiles. “Mr. Gilbert also needs to cease and desist from acting as the General Manager of Radio Paradise, as the legal agent of Radio Paradise, and as the director of Trinity Broadcasting Network of Nevis,” demanded the Florida pastor. “Furthermore, he must remove his name from the TBN/Radio Paradise bank account at Scotia Bank.” “This is a very odd situation whereby a man who was terminated by his employer over one year ago continues to act as though he was still employed,” said a frustrated Pastor Wiles. “TBN donated Radio Paradise to us 15 months ago, yet the former general manager refuses to go. I must wonder what Mr. Gilbert’s real motive is regarding Radio Paradise and the TBN property in Nevis.” That’s why he is appealing to Nevis’ Deputy Premier. “I have strong reasons to believe that the Honorable Mark Brantley is Andre Gilbert’s personal attorney,” stated Pastor Wiles. “Therefore, I am pleading with Mr. Brantley to intervene in this sordid mess and help me save Radio Paradise from its demise.” “Obviously Andre Gilbert listens to Mark Brantley’s advice. Therefore, we are appealing to Mr. Brantley to act in the best interest of St. Kitts and Nevis and advise his client Andre Gilbert to cease all efforts to block and hinder the transfer of Radio Paradise to Flowing Streams Church,” said Pastor Wiles. “It is time to end Mr. Gilbert’s nefarious games. It is time for a responsible adult to have a serious talk with Mr. Gilbert.” “The only thing we desire is to rescue Radio Paradise from destruction,” said Pastor Wiles. “The station has been off the air for a year because Mr. Gilbert has refused to cooperate. We want to get Radio Paradise back to its former glory. I am asking the Honorable Mr. Mark Brantley to help us save Radio Paradise.” Pastor Wiles said he is sincerely appealing to the Honorable Mark Brantley to do the right thing by persuading his friend Andre Gilbert to cease and desist all efforts to block the transfer of Radio Paradise to Flowing Streams Church, to cease and desist from acting as the general manager and legal agent of Trinity Broadcasting Network of Nevis, to cease and desist all efforts to negotiate with third parties regarding Radio Paradise and TBN’s property in Nevis, and to voluntarily remove his name from all legal documents and accounts regarding Radio Paradise and TBN of Nevis. “Radio Paradise has now reached the crisis stage. This can’t go on much longer. If the Honorable Mr. Brantley will help us, we could have Radio Paradise back on the air this year and Mr. Brantley will be the hero,” said Pastor Wiles. “If he doesn’t help us, Radio Paradise will go its grave and Mark Brantley’s name will be etched on its tombstone.” “I am confident Mr. Brantley will do what is best for the good people of Saint Kitts and Nevis by helping us restore Radio Paradise to its former glory as the beacon of hope to the entire Caribbean region,” said Pastor Wiles. “Paul Crouch loved Saint Kitts and Nevis. One of his last requests before his death was that Radio Paradise remain on the air as a Gospel station. Paul Crouch would turn in his grave if he knew what Andre Gilbert has done to his beloved Radio Paradise. God have mercy,” stated Pastor Wiles (via DXLD) Wiles is the TruNews guy now on WRMI et al., which presumably covers SK&N (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SAIPAN. 12140.037, RFA Cambodian service transmitted via Agignan Point at Saipan-MRA island, scheduled 1230-1330 UT, noted S=8 backlobe signal in Sydney downunder. Female announcer spoke throughout (Wolfgang Büschel, checked the WINTER time downunder Sydney remote Perseus SDR unit at 1230-1350 UT slot today August 19, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SAO TOME E PRINCIPE [and non]. While listening to DZME Philippines last night on 1530 kHz I could hear 2 other weak stations. One was playing pop/rock all night long, but the other that puzzled me was a French which suddenly appeared around 1830 UT. Unfortunately I could not find any program in French in Pacific region or South East Asia. Then it clicked! VOA from São Tomé and Príncipe, West Africa! Luckily, 2VM from Moree talk-back night show was off the air for the weekend. I had the session recorded (including very weak VOA I.D. in English) http://youtu.be/ONgtmGgcH1U This is my first BIG DX on MW, 14,800 km. 1530, VOA, São Tome and Príncipe, West Africa. 17 AUG 2014 from around 1830 News in French, 7 minutes opening. 73 (Nick VK2DX Hacko, Sydney - Australia, Perseus + 15m tuned vertical, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SARAWAK [non]. CLANDESTINE, 15425, R. Free Sarawak via Taiwan, Aug 20 1204-1215, 35443-33443, Iban, Talk and Telephone-talk-back, ID at 1213 (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellit 750, DE-1121; ANT, 130m Sloper Wire, 303WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SCOTLAND [and non]. 20 August 2014 Last updated at 05:07 ET SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE: 'YES' VOTE 'WOULD DEVASTATE' BROADCASTING http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-28863806 The future of the BBC is being debated as part of the Scottish independence referendum. An independence "Yes" vote would break up the BBC with "devastating" consequences for Scottish broadcasting, pro- Union figures have claimed. The prediction was made by shadow Scottish secretary Margaret Curran and former BBC director general Lord Birt. The Scottish government's independence White Paper says a new public service broadcaster, the Scottish Broadcasting Service, would be set up. It adds that Scotland would have "ongoing access to BBC services". But Ms Curran said in a speech in Glasgow that a vote for independence would have a "devastating impact" on the BBC for people north of the border. Separately, Lord Birt wrote in The Guardian that a "Yes" vote would bring "consequences" for broadcasting in Scotland and the BBC as a whole. What are the issues around broadcasting? BBC Scotland correspondent Jamie McIvor looks at the future of broadcasting if there were to be an independent Scotland. He writes that the Scottish government says viewers would still be able to watch programmes like EastEnders and Doctor Who. "No" campaigners argue that Scots would receive a poorer service if independence was voted for on 18 September. Follow all the latest news, views and analysis about broadcasting and the referendum by going to the issues section of our Scotland Decides page. In her speech Ms Curran said: "Alex Salmond says that independence will bring new powers over broadcasting to the Scottish Parliament. "But the first - and only - way he proposes using these powers is to get rid of an organisation that has the support of the people of Scotland and has served Scotland well for nine decades. Margaret Curran believes a "Yes" vote would lead to a poorer broadcasting service "This would have a devastating impact, not just on people across the country who want to keep BBC content, but the thousands of people whose companies rely on the BBC for work." However, Blair Jenkins, the chief executive of the pro-independence campaign Yes Scotland and a former head of news and current affairs at BBC Scotland, accused Ms Curran of misrepresenting the "exciting future for broadcasting and the wider creative industries in an independent Scotland". He said: "BBC programmes and services will continue to be available to audiences in Scotland as they are to audiences in Ireland and other European countries. To suggest otherwise is the classic Project Fear approach - ignore the evidence from elsewhere and dream up dismal predictions." Blair Jenkins, a former head of BBC Scotland news, says there is an "exciting future" for broadcasting in an independent Scotland Lord Birt, a former director general of the BBC, expressed concerns about broadcasting if there is a Yes vote in the referendum He added: "After independence, the television licence fee income raised in Scotland will stay in Scotland. That means many more programmes and many more jobs. "The new Scottish Broadcasting Service will work very closely with the BBC on jointly commissioning programmes and sharing resources where appropriate. For Scottish viewers and listeners, it really will be the best of both worlds." 'Many consequences' Ms Curran's speech comes the day after former BBC director general Lord Birt wrote in The Guardian that "one way or another, after independence, Scottish viewers would have to pay to receive BBC services". Under a headline reading: "Scottish independence would have a devastating impact on the BBC", Lord Birt said: "There would be many consequences if Scotland were to become independent but let us be clear what they would be for the BBC, and for broadcasting in Scotland and in the rest of the UK." He went on to say: "Those who will vote for independence identify and expect many gains. But many of the advantages that the most creative and inspiring talents in Scotland have enjoyed for 300 years - of making a massive impact on a big stage to global acclaim - will be lost." (via Gerald T Pollard, NC, DXLD) ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, Aug 15 until 1159:51.5* carrier autocutoff of SIBC; tuned in just in time after hearing the Micronesia 4755.5 carrier cutoff a minute or two earlier but not looking at my watch to time that one precisely (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 945, (Gizo, Western Province) and 1386 kHz, (Lata, Temotu Province) have been off the air for quite some time. Personally, I doubt that they will ever return to MW again. It’s simply a matter of expense; essentially the cost of diesel to run the generator. The SIBC doesn’t have the cash. FM will become much more common. This is partly due to the fact that many more mobile phone transmission sites are appearing across the country (both Telekom and Bee Mobile) and FM antennae can co-site with this equipment. In fact, the Chairman of the SIBC happens to be the former Chief Engineer of the SIBC, and now the CEO of SI Telekom. While I regret the demise of the MW stations (because they had greater reach, especially at night), I rejoice that SW is still operational and has been upgraded. Likewise, better that many listeners have access to an FM signal (which is within the SIBC’s budget) than people have nothing. By the way, if you have a QSL from Gizo or Lata on MW, I think you are holding a rarity in your hand! (Martin Hadlow, former SIBC staffer, Aug NZ DX Times via DXLD) ** SOMALIA [non]. 15180, 08/16 1705, CLANDESTINE, R. Hilaac, relay Issoudun-F, in Somali, mv/fv talks, Interview, 35443 (José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, Paraíba, Brazil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** SOMALILAND. 7120, R. Hargeisa, Aug 19 1504-1514, 34333, Somali, Koran and talk, ID at 1506 (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD- 525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellit 750, DE-1121; ANT, 130m Sloper Wire, 303WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH AFRICA. 15420, Aug 17 at 1353, open carrier interrupted by BBC loop announcements that there is ``no programmming`` and referring us to BBCWorldService.com How courteous of them to inform us of this! But it could also apply to countless other frequencies. SENTECH has brought this up prior to the 1400 Somali service; see also USA: WBCQ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 5050, Aug 16 at 0114, Brother Scare via WWRB as I tune across is on his ego-trip about MW outlets: thinx WCKY Cincinnati is on 1520; and that the Dallas station carrying him overnight is 50 kW! Nope, only in the daytime, KBXD 1480, and only if their CP is on while FCC still shows licensed for 5 kW day, 1.9 kW night, before and after. Typical; can`t even get the facts straight about his own outlets, yet he fancies himself The Last Day Prophet of God. And people with money keep falling for it! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also USA: WRMI: 11580 ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non non non]. Cancelled tranmissions of Brother Stair via World Harvest Radio 1600-1800 9840 HRI 250 kW / 025 deg ENAm English WHRI Angel 2 1600-1900 17610 HRI 100 kW / 315 deg WNAm English WHRI Angel 6 2000-2100 9840 HRI 250 kW / 025 deg ENAm English WHRI Angel 2 Mon-Fri http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/08/cancelled-tranmissions-of-brother-stair.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, Aug 15, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SPAIN. 6055, REE 8/15, 0030. M and W in apparent English. Poor, but nice to hear. REE on this band not audible here during the summer, but now reappearing with the coming of the "dog days" (Rick Barton, El Mirage, Arizona, Mostly listening from my truck next to dry riverbed with Wilson 1000 rooftop (passive) antenna, Grundig Satellit 750, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) REE. In Thursday's edition of "Listener's Club" (heard Friday 15 August at 0000 UT on 6055 kHz) more details were given of impending changes at REE by Alison Hughes and Justin Coe. In summary, this is what they said: From Sept 1st, REE will eliminate their live news broadcast and will present a 1-hour recorded programme which will be broadcast on TVE televsion at 1 am [presume local time, i.e. 0000 UT] Monday to Saturday. The shortwave service [to Europe/Africa at 1900 Monday to Friday and 2100 Saturday and Sunday] will be discontinued from 1st September. The shortwave broadcast at 0000 UT to North America will continue until 1 October when it is likely that the shortwave service will be terminated. No mention was made of impact to Spanish language programming. Details were unclear, but it may be that the 1-hour recorded programme will remain available via the REE website as a daily podcast (I guess following the example of stations such as Radio Bulgaria - which prepares a daily "podcast" of features and current affairs, but has no daily news bulletins). (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, Aug 15, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) From September (no date given), the only remaining transmission in French will be at 0000-0100 (so ex 2300-0000?). French to Africa, the Middle-East and Europe will be cancelled. (REE - 18/08/2014) (Jean- Michel Aubier, France, Aug 19, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, I spoke with Justin Coe this afternoon (Wednesday, August 20) and he explained that the situation is "really all up in the air" but "it doesn't look good" for REE. Unfortunately, he confirmed that the plan is for REE to stop transmitting all together on shortwave sometime before the end of 2015. The English service, along with other transmissions, may well continue on the internet, satellite, TDT (terrestrial radio channels heard in Spain through television in the wee hours in the morning), etc., but that hasn't been officially confirmed. It will be up to him and Alison Hughes to fill a one-hour time slot and they will probably focus on mainly inviting panel guests, such as journalists, musicians, economists, etc., instead of producing daily features and content because they are short staffed. (Frank's contract was not renewed earlier this year and he was retired but he may be doing some freelance for the Spanish service in the future.) The new bosses at Radio Exterior take over in the first part of September but they are not talking to the outgoing bosses about their plans, which has angered just about everybody at La Casa de la Radio. Justin said that this wasn't the best time to get a public campaign going among the embassies, unions and listeners because everyone is still out for the August vacation period. He lamented that listeners in Latin America and Asia, who normally don't have easy access to the internet and rely on shortwave, are going to miss out. As to the Spanish service, Radio Exterior will no longer produce their own newscasts and will instead rebroadcast RNE's domestic newscasts. The problem with that, according to Justin, is that those newscasts are geared to Spaniards who are familiar with the ongoing controversies and politicians in their country, and may not mean anything to the casual listener abroad. Since the conservative government of Mariano Rajoy came to office, Radio Nacional's audience has dwindled throughout Spain. A general media survey (EGM) released in April showed that RNE lost some 227,000 listeners since the last poll taken in 2012. RNE is ranked behind Cadena SER (which is owned by PRISA, publisher of El País) and the ultra conservative radio network, COPE, owned by the Catholic Church but it is non-religious. The opposition Socialists have charged that Radio Nacional's newscasts are slanted as well as the nightly television newscast on TVE 1, which has also dropped in the ratings. The Socialist government, under past Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, had made it clear that there was to be no interference with the newscasts and content at the public broadcaster. But that has all changed. I wish I had better news for you. 73s (Marty Delfín, Madrid, Spain, aug 20, WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 17850 fair, and // much weaker 17715, Sat Aug 16 at 2021, REE with item about live coverage of some earthquake; 2025 program ID as `Amigos de la Onda Corta`. This airing was not originally on the schedule; I heard it a couple times during El Mundial, and assumed it was filler because REE could not broadcast the only fútbol games that mattered in what was normally `Tablero Deportivo` on Saturday evenings --- but here AOC is still on during this hour. I wonder if it will be canceled along with most/all other REE-produced programs, in favor of just relaying domestic services if onda corta survives at all from Noblejas (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SRI LANKA. 11750, 08/16 1655, CLN, Sri Lanka Broad. Co., Trincomalee, in Sinhalese; fv/mv conversation; traditional music, ID, 25432 (José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, Paraíba, Brazil, Hard- Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) 11905, Aug 15 at 0114, SLBC carrier is on with poor signal; 0114:46 bringing up the intro music, and mistimesignal ending at 0115:18.5 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11905, SLBC. Outstanding signal. Came on around 0113, and audio suddenly popped on with music, one short and one long tick, W with nice ID, and into regional music. Another ID by W at 0128:50, and back to music. Almost S9+10. Just amazing. (15 August) http://youtu.be/M4JwPr3jRRs 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, micro dx-pedition to Pennsylvania State Games Lands #26, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) 11905, Radio Sri Lanka, carrier on at 0114:10, folk music at :45 and s/on in Bangla at 0115:10, 2 short and 1 long time pips (their clock is off), 30 second pause and into music - Fair Aug 16 (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) Shux, I did not check on that date but the nights before and after the TS ended at 0115:18.5 and 0115:18. 11905, Aug 17 at 0114:47 musical prélude starts on SLBC, poor with flutter, and mistimesignal until 0115:18 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) SLBC Sri Lanka noted with new sign off sked on 11905 now from 0115 to 0230 (ex 0330) -- Thanking you, Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India, Aug 19, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11905, Aug 19 at 0114:46, musical prélude starts on SLBC carrier which came on earlier in this minute, and mistimesignal ends at 0115:18.5, sign-on; fair signal this time. Jose Jacob says this service now closes at 0230 instead of 0330 (every day?) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hello Glenn, please the result of observations made 01-17 August on 11905 kHz. SRI LANKA: Observed 11905 kHz in most of the our early mornings at 0115-0330. Mondays-Fridays 0115-0230 and Saturday (16 August) and Sunday (17 August) 0115-0330. So, Water of Truth on Tue 0230-0245 and Let the Bible Speak on Thu 0230-0300 were ceased, but Gospel of the Kingdom on Sat 0300-0330, and on Sunday Jack van Impe 0230-0300 and Word of Truth 0300-0330 remain unchanged, for now (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Aug 19, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN SOUTH. S SUDAN AUTHORITIES CLOSE POPULAR RADIO STATION KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- The Committee to Protect Journalists says South Sudanese authorities shut a popular radio station in the capital, Juba. The group said in a statement Monday that security agents raided the Bakhita Radio station on Saturday and arrested four staffers, including the news editor who remains in detention. The statement said presidential spokesman Ateny Wek said the radio station had undermined national security by falsely reporting a rebel allegation that government forces had instigated renewed fighting in Unity State. Tom Rhodes, the group's East Africa representative, said South Sudan's government "has repeatedly taken a heavy hand to the media, even as political instability underlines the public's need for independent sources of information." Since December South Sudan has been wracked by violence as government troops try to put down a rebellion (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) Next clandestine/target broadcast via SW from outside?? (gh, DXLD) ** SWAZILAND [and non]. 6120 nearly even SRDA BRAZIL, but co-channel TWR Manzini SWZ south African morning service on 6119.870 very odd frequency as usual (Wolfgang Büschel, between 0530 and 0630 UT Aug 15, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DXLD) ** SWEDEN. Re 14-34, George Wood "retirement" --- George just posted on the Radio Sweden Facebook group: "It was a short retirement! I've been called in to do evening news. Fortunately Kris Boswell, the new tenant of my office, is still on vacation, so I can sit at my old desk. /George" (via Mike Terry, Aug 19, dxldyg via DXLD) ** SWEDEN. Radio Nord Revival on air from Sweden, MW and SW this week Hello Glenn, One item about temporary broadcasts from Sweden which may be of interest to your readers: The frequency application of Radio Nord Revival has now been approved and we will be using the following frequencies: MW 1512 kHz from Kvarnberget, Vallentuna. Licensed power is 2.5 kW but we may only be using 1 kW. Antenna height is 37 metres. SW 3915 kHz from Ringvalla, Sala. Licensed power is 5 kW and the antenna height is 12 metres. SW 5810, 6065 and 9295 kHz from Ringvalla, Sala. One of the frequencies will be used at a time. Licensed power is 10 kW and the antenna height is 12 metres. SW 5770 and 6220 kHz from The Castle, Vaxholm. Licensed power is 0.5 kW and the antenna height is 12 metres. At the moment it is not clear what transmitter that will be used. This is a one-off chance to catch a broadcasting signal from The Castle - the place where the first broadcast ever in Sweden was made on September 1, 1919. Test transmissions will be made prior to the live broadcasts from The Castle and further information about these transmissions will be made in our blog http://www.radionordrevival.blogspot.com as soon as we switch on. Please comment in our blog how you are receiving us. As usual, written reception reports can be sent to Ronny Forslund Radio Nord Revival Vita Huset 17995 Svartsjö Sweden Return postage in the form of $ or IRC's is much appreciated. We wish you a good reception. Anybody is welcome to join us at The Castle on Saturday, August 23. If you are in the Stockholm area, you can get to Vaxholm by boat or bus and then there is a boat from Pier 9 in Vaxholm. For travel information please check out http://www.sl.se http://www.strommakanalbolaget.se http://www.waxholmsbolaget.se Radio Nord Revival is a part of the big field day which is arranged by Täby Sändaramatör and a number of the original presenters and newsmen on Swedish offshore station Radio Nord will be participating in the programmes on August 23 (Ronny Forslund, Stockholm, Aug 18, WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SWEDEN. SM - Special event station SE100SAF will be active on 23 August from Vaxholm Island (EU-084) to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Vaxholm Radio (callsign SAF), the coast radio station located at Vaxholms Kastell. Look for activity on 3755, 7055, 14255, 18130, 21255, 24950 and 28460 kHz SSB; 3530, 7030, 10115, 14035, 18090, 21035, 24915 and 28035 kHz CW. QSL via SM0MPV (bureau), LoTW and eQSL. [TNX SM0MPV] (via 425 DX News Aug 16 via Dave Raycroft, ODXA yg via DXLD) ** TAHITI. MW 738 making it to mid-America: see AUSTRALIA [and non] ** TAIWAN. 9734.941, R Taiwan International in Japanese at 1301 UT, S=9+5dB in remote downunder at Sydney. [and non]. 11914.849, Radio Taiwan's Amoy service with rather S=6 backlobe, and covered by 11910, POWERHOUSE 500 kW service of REE Spanish relay via Beijing transmitting center, S=9+35dB -40dBm in Sydney Australia rx post. (Wolfgang Büschel, checked the WINTER time downunder Sydney remote Perseus SDR unit at 1230-1350 UT slot today August 19, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN. 10960, OPPOSITION, (Presumed) Sound of Hope, 8/13, 1050. Monologue by W in Chinese. Didn't catch sure ID this session, but there were no CNR pips and ID at the ToH, and was not // to the CNR broadcast on 16100. Fair-poor (Rick Barton, El Mirage, Arizona, Mostly listening from my truck next to dry riverbed with Wilson 1000 rooftop (passive) antenna, Grundig Satellit 750, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN [non]. Keith Perron writes on Facebook: Beginning next week our flagship news magazine Focus Asia Pacific will be a co-production between PCJ Radio International and Radio Australia (via Mike Terry, Aug 14, dxldyg via DXLD) 21 August 2014, Keith Perron tweets: Glenn Hauser joins Media Network Plus team this week. http://www.pcjmedia.com/ (via Mike Terry, aug 21, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) For propagation reports at the end (gh) ** TAJIKISTAN. 4765.05, Tajik R., Aug 19 1432-1502, 35443, Tajik, Talk and Tajik music, ID at 1459 (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD- 525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellit 750, DE-1121; ANT, 130m Sloper Wire, 303WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** THAILAND. 9390, R Thailand, 8/15, 1424. "You're listening to Radio Thailand". Choppy/fair. 25423 (Rick Barton, El Mirage, Arizona, Mostly listening from my truck next to dry riverbed with Wilson 1000 rooftop (passive) antenna, Grundig Satellit 750, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9389.978, one of the Udorn Thani odd frequency transmitters, Japanese announced local time 20:00-20:15. Japanese service of Radio Thailand finished at 1314:30 UT on 30 degree antenna, transmitter off some 10 seconds. Opened again on slewed +24deg = 54 degrees service antenna pattern, in Chinese at 1314:45 UT, program started at 1315 (Wolfgang Büschel, checked the WINTER time downunder Sydney remote Perseus SDR unit at 1230-1350 UT slot today August 19, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TIBET. 6200, Xizang PBS (Tibetan Service) via Lhasa, 1203, August 17. Today resumed broadcasting again, after their annual downtime for maintenance; later QRM at 1240 with the twin sign ons of Voice of Jinling (China); // 4920, which will cause QRM again for AIR Chennai. Also Xizang PBS (Chinese Service) back again on 4820, which will cause QRM for AIR Kolkata. Was nice to hear both AIR and VOJ in the clear for a short while! Guess we will have to wait for this to happen again next year (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UKRAINE. [Cf 14-33] Voice of Russia has launched on various FM frequencies in Crimea, and it features [if I've interpreted the Goggle translation from Russian correctly] four hours a day of local programming and "operational news of the peninsula" on every hour. Source: http://ria.ru/crimea_today/20140801/1018443167.html (in Russian) Wonder if it will turn up on mediumwave too? (David Kernick, Interval Signals Online, Aug 17, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U A E [and non]. UAE/IRAN, 15420.125, BBCWS in English via Al Dhabbaya-UAE / and IRIB Spanish 15430.012 kHz at 0610 UT Aug 9. But BBCWS UAE signal was hit heavily by broadband signal of IRIB on wide range 15403.8 to 15455.4 kHz range this morning (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 20 via DXLD) ** U K [and non]. UAE/IRAN, 15420.125, BBCWS in English via Al Dhabbaya-UAE / and IRIB Spanish 15430.012 kHz at 0610 UT Aug 9. But BBCWS UAE signal was hit heavily by broadband signal of IRIB on wide range 15403.8 to 15455.4 kHz range this morning (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 20 via DXLD) ** UNITED KINGDOM [non]. BBCWS, 15650, [Mon] 8/18/14, heard at 0010 UT, fair to poor reception. Listened to news with stories about ISIS in Iraq and Michael Brown situation in Ferguson, MO, USA. 0030 with news headlines followed by Business Matters program (Larry Zamora, Garland, TX, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Site? Probably not UK. HFCC as of August 3 has nothing on 15650. Aoki however shows via THAILAND at 00-01 but only on Mon/Tue/Thu since May 15, because it`s jammed by the ChiCom, 25 degrees so also USward. Some other frequencies are non-daily, but they don`t add up to cover all 7 days (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K. Long story on ""Just a Minute" in today's Daily Mail JUST A MINUTE, NICHOLAS PARSONS, RADIO 4 --- The legendary host has been associated with Radio 4’s Just A Minute since its pilot show in December 1967 and have not missed a single one of its recordings. . . http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/event/article-2725011/Radio-4s-Just-A-Minute-Nicholas-Parsons-No-hesitation-no-repetition-no-nudity-Nicholas-Parsons-reveals-Just-A-Minute-900-shows-old-nearly-started.html (via Brock Whaley, Ireland, Aug 17, DXLD) ** U K. BBC World Service, No Audio, 081614, 0521 UT in 80 Meter Ham Band. Was surprised that nothing I could do would decode audio. Signal ranged from S9 to 10/9. Couldn`t get a good enough Signal to Noise Ratio I guess. All receptions for this log station description: SDR-IQ using SpectraVue software and recording 190 kHz RF spectrum to hard drive for repeated play back and configuration changes as needed to improve copy intelligibility. Antenna is a Carolina Windom 265 feet long running North to South with long run on the North end. Location is South Bend, Indiana one mile South of the Michigan border out in the country. Amateur radio callsign of WD8ARZ and name is Bill. 73 from (Bill - WD8ARZ Lauterbach, swl at qth.net via DXLD) WTFK? Obviously referring to 3950-3955-3960 kHz, which in Europe is not the ``80`` m hamband, but the 75m broadcast band. And what mode? DRM. See also DIGITAL BRAODCASTING --- DRM below (gh, DXLD) BBC B14 vs A14 Hours B14 BBC Hours: Site Hours MOS 1 TAC 1.5 KCH 2 ERV 2.5 MDC 6.5 WOF 16.516666666667 DHA 24 MEY 31.016666666667 SLA 36 ASC 42.516666666667 NAK 45.783333333333 SNG 53 Language Hours Uzb 1.5 Tam 1.5 Sin 1.5 Kin 5.5333333333333 Mya 6.75 Urd 8 Hin 8 Fra 8.4 Ben 8.5 Ara 9 Fas 11 Hau 11.6 Pus 12 Prs 12.5 Som 16.5 Eng 140.05 A14 BBC Hours (16th July): Site Hours KCH 1 MOS 1.5 KIG 2.5 ERV 3.5 TAC 3.5 MDC 6.5 WOF 11.516666666667 DHA 20.5 MEY 28.516666666667 ASC 35.016666666667 NAK 37.033333333333 SLA 38 SNG 49.25 Language Hours Tam 1.5 Sin 1.5 Uzb 1.5 Kin 5.5333333333333 Som 6.5 Mya 6.75 Hau 7.6 Urd 8 Hin 8 Fra 8.4 Ben 8.5 Ara 9 Fas 10 Pus 12 Prs 12.5 Eng 131.05 Posted by: (Stephen Cooper, UK, Aug 19, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U K. Pirate radio station scuppered as plug pulled Yellow Advertiser By Charles Thomson, Basildon 14 August 2014 http://www.yellowad.co.uk/news.cfm?id=27259&headline=Pirate%20radio%20station%20scuppered%20as%20plug%20pulled An OAP [old-age-pensioner?] cancer survivor has been prosecuted for setting up a radio station to support fellow sufferers. Brian Barfoot, 70, of St David's Way, Wickford, appeared at Basildon Magistrates Court last Friday, August 8, to admit broadcasting from a pirate radio station. He insisted he had only created the station to offer advice and support for men with cancer, claiming there was a bias in the media towards women's charities. He said complicated registration processes had deterred him from seeking a radio licence. He pleaded guilty to one charge of establishing or using a wireless telegraphy station without a licence and one charge of being in charge of a premises and knowingly failing to prevent its use for unlawful broadcasting. He ran the station – named in court documents as Monster House Radio – from a unit in Russell Court, Wickford. He was ordered to pay £250 in fines, £500 in prosecution costs and a £20 victim surcharge. Speaking after his court appearance, he told how he had been 'raided' over the offences and had all his equipment seized. He said: “Heavy-handed isn't the word.” Magistrates ordered all his radio equipment be forfeited and destroyed as part of his punishment. Mr Barfoot said: “It's an absolutely, 100 per cent stupid prosecution. There are pirate radio stations out there that have been going on for 10 or 11 years, but they pick on me? Come on. “There is no way any small, self-sufficient radio station can apply for a licence. You have to fill out about 67 pages of forms.” Speaking of his decision to set up the station, he said: “There is nothing out there that helps the male species who have cancer. I was giving awareness. That was what it was for.” (via Mike Terry, Aug 14, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) On various list of pirates on internet messageboards Monster House Radio is listed as 88.3 and transmitting to Essex and the Medway. They play house music. Amongst various photos of house music DJ's and plugs for programmes on their Facebook page there is a Cancer Research UK banner which appeared on February 19. Earliest listing of them I can find on the net is from 2012. https://www.facebook.com/MHR88.3 (Mike Barraclough, ibid.) Quite a grafix department (gh, DXLD) "a £20 victim surcharge" ??? Who was the victim? (Chris Greenway, ibid.) Ofcom may have raided the station due to an interference complaint from a member of the public, it seems to have been on for some time without any action being taken (Mike Barraclough, ibid.) ** U S A. 13559-LSB, 13557-USB, and 13556-USB are the 1-kHz tuning steps where I can hear very weak CW hifer beacon at different BFO pitches, sending M T I very slowly with long pause, every 13 seconds, 0125 UT August 16. Harold Frodge in MI has also heard this and put it on 13555.6. Sources still contradict whether the current location is Ellicott City MD or Stone Mountain GA. Lists show a whole lot of these things around 13560, but hearing any is a challenge, so wonder if most of them are inactive, sporadic, or just too weak. I`ve yet to find out whether the other two I have heard, AJO and AZ are really in Ajo, Arizona (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 13563.85 approx., Aug 18 at 0152, hifer beacon sending ``GNK`` slowly eight times per minute. On DX-398 with 1 kHz steps, first noted tuned to 13565-LSB, then measured as best I can with 40-Hz steps. Weak but sufficient on CW except for occasional fades to nothing. It appears to be common practice for callsigns of these Part 15s to be derived from a licensed ham call. Harold Frodge also reported this one, ``13561.6 GNK Hifer Beacon via KC9GNK Madison WI; 0405, 31-July; 1417 moved up to 13562.8 (Frodge-MI)`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. SHORTWAVE BROADCASTING 'OF MARGINAL AND CONTINUOUSLY DECLINING IMPACT,' COMMITTEE CONCLUDES eHam.net August 14, 2014 The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Special Committee on the Future of Shortwave Broadcasting foresees a dim outlook for the medium. The Committee this month released its assessment http://www.bbg.gov/wp-content/media/ of the current and projected use of shortwave radio as a platform for programming by US international media. "United States international media must optimize delivery by audience/market," one main finding concluded. "While there is still a critical need for shortwave in key countries, it is a medium of marginal and continuously declining impact in most markets." The report said that even in countries where shortwave radio will enjoys significant usage levels, "audiences will migrate to other platforms as they become more accessible." Among other things, the Committee reviewed audience-based research, including analysis of user experiences and user choices, as well as opportunities and limits of the medium. It also examined "the characteristics and listening experience of shortwave users in the BBG's target markets, the use of shortwave radio by the BBG's networks, the networks' relative success in reaching their target audiences through shortwave, and the costs of operating the BBG's shortwave transmitting facilities." The panel recommended that the Broadcasting Board of Governors take "an aggressive approach to reduce or eliminate shortwave broadcasts where there is either minimal audience reach or the audience is not a target audience based on the BBG's support of US foreign policy." The report said that its evidence suggested that declining use of shortwave radio is primarily due to the availability of high-quality content on "preferred platforms" such as AM and FM radio, podcasts, and mobile streaming, which are more widely used for audio consumption. The committee found that shortwave use does not increase during times of crisis. "Audiences continue to use their existing platforms (TV, FM, and the Internet) or seek out anti-censorship tools, including online firewall circumvention, private chat software, flash drives, and DVDs to access content," the report said. The report also said that shortwave radio was "a relatively expensive platform to operate and maintain" and that digital shortwave radio (i.e., Digital Radio Mondiale or DRM) "is unlikely to become an established mass media distribution methodology in enough of the BBG's current or future markets to justify the costs." The committee said it largely supports the reductions in shortwave radio broadcasts previously approved by the Board. Those include recent cutbacks http://www.arrl.org/news/voice-of-america-makes-more-cuts-to-international-shortwave-broadcast-schedule in a number of Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and Radio Free Asia broadcasts. But, the committee added that given the current situation in Ukraine and nearby states with significant Russian-speaking populations, it recommended that the BBG revise its fiscal year 2014 operating plan to ensure that "shortwave broadcasts in Russian to Russia and the Caucasus be continued at current levels, subject to re-evaluation during FY16 budget formulation processes." A fact sheet http://www.bbg.gov/wp-content/media/2014/08/SW-Report-fact-sheet.pdf also is available. -- Thanks to Southgate Amateur Radio Club News via G0SFJ. Source: The ARRL Letter http://www.arrl.org/ http://www.eham.net/articles/32944 (via Mike Terry, Aug 20, dxldyg via DXLD) In other words, it's expensive. It mentioned expense in one way or another on almost every page. Everything else is window dressing deployed to underline that it's not worth the expense. Nonetheless, even though it's as expensive and ineffective as we say, we're going to leave it on to the Ukraine and Russia. If you (and your fellow broadcasters) systematically close and dismantle transmitter facilities and end language services, the conclusion that it's "of marginal and declining impact" becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Of course, new media and other platforms impact shortwave audience use and size. It's illogical on its face to argue otherwise. However, it's quite another thing to leap to the conclusion that the presence of other platforms in and of themselves consigns shortwave to the status of effectiveness of morse code as a communications mode. If everyone - even in deep crisis situations as the BBG report asserts - has tossed aside their shortwave radios, then why not shut down Russian and Ukrainian and be done with it? The report is a transparent polemic, not a well researched policy document. It may be designed to appear like the latter, but as with many government "studies", the conclusion was determined first and arguments were marshaled in its defense. Facts that contradicted that conclusion were either ignored, minimized or re-characterized as evidence to support it. If you've already concluded that it's too expensive, you damn well better do everything you can to show that it's not because you're too cheap (John Figliozzi, Sent from my iPad, Aug 20, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U S A. Voice of America, Radiogram, and the market for free speech By Matthew Lasar on August 14, 2014 in Shortwave http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2014/08/14/voice-america-radiogram-market-free-speech/ A Hammarlund HQ-150 receiver plugged into a PC for Radiogram reception [caption] The Broadcasting Board of Governors, which oversees the Voice of America and other such services, has issued a report on short wave radio. Bottom line: it isn’t looking great for the BBG’s commitment to the service. From the report: “The BBG must use shortwave where it is most effective. In the past, shortwave audiences were larger with greater dependency on the platform. However, many shortwave consumers today do not use the medium exclusively. As other platforms, such as FM, television, and the Internet, become available, shortwave users demonstrably migrate quickly to these newly preferred mediums. Today, the audiences are waning and the BBG is faced with diminishing returns in a more restrictive budget environment.” Bennett Z. Kobb among others has noted that the report does not mention the VOA Radiogram project, which is perfecting the art of using short wave to send texts across the world. We’ve been following Radiogram here for a while, and I hope that the BBG/Voice of America continues to support it. Much VOA activity is about dispensing the USA foreign policy line around the globe, whatever that happens to be the moment. But supporting Radiogram sends a clearer message: ‘Here is a text based technology that you, whoever you are, wherever you are, can use to circumvent dictators, or to get around weather disasters or other impediments to communication. By continuing to fund Radiogram, we support the promulgation of as many platforms as are necessary to maintain transparency, communication, and freedom in all contexts around the world.’ Speaking personally, I think it’s a more enduring message than this week’s official line on Ukraine. Kobb and librarian Christopher Rumbaugh have filed their own joint statement with the BBG. Here’s an excerpt: BBG should: 1. Capitalize on Radiogram as a circumvention tool, readily consumable by mobile devices. It should integrate Radiogram into its media strategy and networks. 2. Retain, but reconfigure as necessary its HF [shortwave band] facilities in view of the potentially lower costs and greater efficiency of Radiogram when compared to conventional sound broadcasting. 3. Support the development and wide distribution of simple, usable, open-source Radiogram decoding applications for popular mobile devices and platforms (Android, iOS, Windows, Mac, Linux), derived from the free Fldigi software used worldwide More from the SWLing Post. http://swling.com/blog/2014/08/bbg-publishes-report-on-the-efficacy-and-future-of-shortwave-radio/ (via Benn Kobb, DXLD) VOA Radiogram in Mandarin / LOG: 2014-08-14 22.58z 6135 kHz Udon Thani Olivia32-2K Datum: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 10:53:30 +0200 The received signal here in Germany was not very strong. By extending the AF-transmission-range up to 2000 Hz, the structure of the digital transmission was barely recognizable. It showed once again: It is very important, especially on reception at the edge of the intelligibility, to find the right AF-level for FLDIGI. At too high AF-level quality decreases decoding. A particularly loud input is not the winner in FLDIGI. The text in Olivia is apparently the same as in MFSK16 (only the specified mode is logically different) - this time with an attempt at translation in German. http://www.rhci-online.de/VoA_Mandarin_text-test_2014-08-14.htm (roger, Germnay, to VOA Radiogram, cc to dxldyg via DXLD) VOA Radiogram this weekend will include one last transmission of the VOA Greek Service: the news item from from their website about their closure. It's in Greek, but this will be preceded by the VOA press release in English about the same subject. Lineup for VOA Radiogram, program 72, 16-17 August 2014 (MFSK32): 1:32 Program preview 2:37 Trans-Pacific undersea cable 4:51 Van Allen radiation belt, with image 12:36 High resolution imaging satellite, with image 18:14 VOA Greek Service closes 21:19 VOA Greek reports its closure (in Greek) 24:43 VOA Greek logo 26:27 Closing announcements Please send reception reports to radiogram (at) voanews.com. 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. VOA Mandarin tries Olivia 32-2000 The VOA Mandarin digital text tests resume today. Instead of punching through the co-channel interference using the narrow bandwidth of MFSK16, the tones will now be dispersed across the shortwave broadcast channel with Olivia 32-2000 centered on 1500 Hz. Under Fldigi Op Mode, this will require an Olivia custom setting -- bandwidth: 2000 Hz; tones: 32 Daily: 2257:50 UT 6135 9845 kHz 0057:50 UT 9880 15385 15565 17560 kHz Each transmission is about 1 minute, 30 seconds. Please send reception reports for these VOA Mandarin tests to radiogram (at) voanews.com. The Mighty KBC will transmit a minute of MFSK64 Saturday at about 1130 UT on 6095 kHz and Sunday at about 0130 UT (Saturday 9:30 pm EDT) on 9925 kHz. Both frequencies are via Germany. Send reports for these transmissions to themightykbc@gmail.com (Kim Elliott, Aug 18, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) LOG: VoA Mandarin text-test/olivia32/2k [14.+15.08.2014] + Radiogram KBC+VoA [16.08.2014] http://www.rhci-online.de/VoA_Radiogram_2014-08-16.htm (Roger, Aug 17, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U S A. 15720, 08/16 1730, VOA, relay Greenville-NC, in Portuguese; News with João Santa Rita; program "Music of America" - The best of American music; ID, 45444 (José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, Paraíba, Brazil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) I`ll bet none of it was classical, virtually banned by VOA (gh, DXLD) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1734 monitoring: after gh WRMI ID, confirmed at 1230 UT Thursday August 14 on 9955 --- but almost equal level QRM from RFI in Chinese via TAIWAN, making a SAH, which has kept on this frequency despite our pleas a month ago to move plus or minus 10 where there would be no QRM to either. Here`s what it sounds like here at 1232, along with Cuban pulse jamming too in a second clip at 1236: http://www.w4uvh.net/RFIWRMI2.mp3 At 0:53-1:14 into the clip I tune up to 9965, down to 9945 and back to 9955, proving that 9945 and 9965 are unoccupied. On behalf of all other WRMI programmers in the 11-13 UT collision --- Wavescan, Antena DX, Frecuencia al Día, Historias de Radio, Christ Gospel BC, Bible Commentary, Viva Miami, Reality in Jesus, Sound Doctrine, Moments in Bible Prophecy, Tell the World Ministry, Radio Prague, Buscando La Verdad, Antena DX, Angloparade, Campbell Ministries --- some of which are probably unaware of the problem, not monitoring like we do from within North America, we again request RFI to move! We can`t expect WRMI to move for these two hours only from its long-established and original 24-hour channel (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST, and also sent to RFI, no reply; vacationing all August?) WORLD OF RADIO 1734 monitoring: confirmed on WWRB webcast and 3185, UT Friday Aug 15 from about 0331. Again blasts on at first very overmodulated and distorted, then turned down, but not quite enough. Good signal on 3185, anyway. Next: Please check out and report our new airings on WRMI, Friday at 2130 on 7570 to the northwest and 15770 to the northeast. The 7570 broadcast is the only WOR airing on WRMI inward across North America. Then: Sat 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio, 7265-CUSB UT Sun 0100 on WRMI, 5950 [NEW] UT Sun 0131 on KVOH, 9975 UT Mon 0259v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB; etc. WORLD OF RADIO 1733 monitoring: confirmed at new time on two WRMI frequencies at once: Friday August 15 at 2130.5 on 7570 and 15770, following double IDs by Rudy Espinal and Ian McFarland. Despite lower frequency on day-path, 7570 is quite better here as expected since it`s beamed 315 degrees, almost right at us, about 310 from Okee to Enid, while the 315 crosses Kansas on its way to Victoria BC; but 15770 is at 44 east of true north, or 94 degrees off from here. (Jeff is hoping the 44 degree antenna will serve the east coast well enough, but it`s about 25 degrees off from ideal: New York really at 20 degrees for which there is no antenna on the way to Murmansk. 44 misses all of our continent, about halfway between Norfolk and Bermuda, but crosses Europe a degree north of Paris.) WOR 1733? Yes, it was a replay of last week`s show, rather than 1734 which was ready almost two days ago; prompt airing of new shows is not guaranteed on frequencies other than 9955. Reception anyhow of the 7570 transmission, if the same scheduling holds, will only improve as we get into fall and winter. Next WOR 1734 airings: Saturday 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio, 7265-CUSB UT Sunday 0100 on WRMI, 5950 (new time and frequency; maybe 1733) UT Sunday 0131 on KVOH, 9975 UT Monday 0259v on Area 51 via WBCQ, 5110v-CUSB Tuesday 1100 on WRMI, 9955 Wednesday 0630 on HLR, 7265-CUSB Wednesday 1315 on WRMI, 9955 Wednesday 1430 on HLR, 7265-CUSB Wednesday 2100 on WBCQ, 7490v WORLD OF RADIO 1734 monitoring: confirmed on new frequency and time from WRMI, UT Sunday Aug 17 after 0100 on 5950, and yes, it`s the latest 1734, not a 1733 replay; fair signal but sufficient, altho het on hi side from R. Pio Doce, Bolivia on 5952.4. (Marcos Cox in Chile complains that WRMI QRMs it, and WRMI should move: we see that 5945 is unoccupied during the 23-02 span WRMI is now on 5950.) 9975, Aug 17 at 0122, only a JBA signal from Tashkent until *0123:07 KVOH carrier on with tone; 0125:37 musical prélude, but cuts off the air one minute later, and not back by 0200, so the 0131 UT Sunday airing of WORLD OF RADIO is missed again. We regret their transmitter problems and hope they can get a new one soon! Next: UT Monday 0259v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Tuesday 1100 & Wednesday 1315 on WRMI 9955 Wednesday 0630 & 1430 on HLR 7265-CUSB Wednesday 2100 on WBCQ 7490v WORLD OF RADIO 1734 monitoring: confirmed on Area 51 webcast and via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB, UT Monday August 18 after 0300. Lots of noise on lower bands, from storms over central Nebraska into northern Kansas. Next: Tuesday 1100 on WRMI 9955 vs RFI Chinese via Taiwan Wednesday 0630 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB Wednesday 1315 on WRMI 9955 after the QRM is off Wednesday 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB Wednesday 2100 on WBCQ 7490v WORLD OF RADIO 1734 monitoring: confirmed on WRMI, 9955, Wednesday August 20 after 1315, now fair and in the clear after CCI from France via Taiwan until 1300. It is however a tight squeeze below the constant RTTY on 9960, and above the Japanese ``kaze`` clandestines via Taiwan to North Korea on 9950. Next WOR airing: Wednesday 2100 on WBCQ, 7490v (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5985, Aug 14 I`m checking out the new WRMI-alternative programming block at 0430-0500, which is WRMI-2 at 222 degrees toward Mexico. That`s roughly 90 degrees away from Enidward, so only fair signal here, but sufficient with no QRM. Since it`s UT Thursday, the program is `Antena DX` from Panamá, but at 0435 or so has a contribution from Pedro Sedano in Spain who also appears on other Spanish DX shows. Later at 0453 there is another contributor from Spain with a feature about `Escucha Chile`, the overt R. Moscú program during the post-Allende era (killed Sept 11, 1973), as in Wikipedia, http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escucha_Chile ``Habla Moscú, Escucha Chile, conocido simplemente como Escucha Chile, fue un programa de la Radio Moscú transmitido desde la URSS durante la dictadura de Augusto Pinochet entre 1973 y 1988.`` As shown on lines 125 & 126 of the WRMI graphic frequency schedule, this 5985 transmission, following the NHK Spanish relay at 0400-0430, is full of worthwhile programs six days a week: Mon, Historias de Radio; Tue, Blues Radio International; Wed, Trova Libre; Thu, Antena DX; Fri, Viva Miami & Acontecer Venezolano; Sat, Frecuencia al Día. And no Cuban jamming as infested on 9955 where all these also air at different times. 7455, Aug 15 at 0144 as I tune across WRMI with so-called TruNews, the host and caller are talking about Oklahoma City, so I listen for a while: seems a Satanic Black Mass has been booked at the Civic Center, along with a procession thru the streets on Sept 21 --- first I have heard of it and I`m here in Oklahoma! Thank you, TruNews. The broadcasters are appalled that something mocking Catholic Christianity would be allowed, in OK of all places! There is outside agitation from New York City, so that explains it. They also allege that the leader of the group is a registered sex offender. But the Civic Center is not backing down, despite being flooded with protests. Google black mass oklahoma city civic center and you`ll find plenty about it starting with the CC itself: http://www.okcciviccenter.com/shows.php ``Black Mass of Oklahoma September 21 Black Mass of Oklahoma (get tickets) [$15] OKC Civic Center Music Hall CitySpace Theatre Presented by Dakhma of Angra Mainyu Musical Guest: Kali-Ra Sunday, September 21st, 2014 - 7pm [CDT = 0000 UT Sept 22] The Black Mass has been a feared ritual, and now it's being brought into the light. This will be not only be enlightening but educational as well. This Black Mass will be conducted for the public to attend with certain adaptations to allow for a legal celebration. Age Restriction: To attend the Black Mass event you must be at least 16 years of age.`` As usual, Gov. Fallin, whose bulb is really pretty dim, makes a mess of things: http://nypost.com/2014/08/13/okla-governor-bashes-wrong-satanists-for-hosting-black-mass/ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Must have been repeat of this: 7455, WRMI, Radio Miami Int'l; 2254-2300+, 14-Aug; Call-in program from "AM 14-80" via church program in Vero Beach FL; ID'd as both Sunshine Radio & Sun Power Radio; Calls from reps for The American Society for the Defense of Tradition & StudentAction.org; all ragging on a "blasphemous event in Oklahoma City", "Satanic Black Mass". WRMI spot before ToH into non-B.S. last days huxterage. SIO=3+53- (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. 11580, Aug 16 at 0100, new frequency for TOM via WRMI, ex- 11730, which had a lot of collisions: it`s still hard to find a really clear frequency if you need to use it 24 hours. 11580 will also be running 24/7, on same 44-azimuth antenna. The co-channels here will be: 12-15 KTWR Guam, but to the west or northwest; 1745-2030 All India Radio, English and French to N/W Africa; and per Aoki, CNR1 jamming any time between 2230 and 16 vs pipsqueak SOH transmitter relaying R. Free Asia --- may be sporadic: I haven`t been hearing CNR1 there. See also VATICAN now cleared on 11730. 11580, Aug 16 at 1314, WRMI`s new BS frequency aimed northeast, ex- 11730, now has CCI in Vietnamese, i.e. KTWR GUAM, and at 1413 in Korean, also KTWR after 1345. But that`s cool: there are countless other BS frequencies from WRMI and several other stations; and unlikely to be much of a problem for KTWR in Asia. The overlap is 12- 15 UT, except Sat/Sun only until 1445, per Aoki. Ivo Ivanov says the scheduled All India Radio broadcast at 1745-2030 on 11580 is off, so that helps (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Frequency Change: Due to some interference in Europe, WRMI has changed its frequency of 11730 kHz to 11580 kHz. This frequency is now on the air 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. The primary target area is eastern North America, but it appears to be well-audible in Europe as well. We also broadcast 24 hours per day to Europe on 15770 kHz. (WRMI Radio Miami International Facebook page, 17 August via Alan Pennington, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Frequency change of WRMI Okeechobee from 0000 UTC on August 16: 0000-2300 NF 11580 YFR 100 kW / 044 deg to WeEu English Brother Stair, ex 11730 2300-2400 NF 11580 YFR 100 kW / 044 deg to WeEu Spanish Family Radio, ex 11730 Collisions and co-channels from other really active stations: 1200-1215 on 11580 TWR 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs Chinese KTWR Agana 1245-1330 on 11580 TWR 100 kW / 278 deg to SEAs Vietnamese KTWR Agana 1330-1345 on 11580 TWR 100 kW / 278 deg to SEAs Vietnamese Sat KTWR 1345-1445 on 11580 TWR 100 kW / 335 deg to EaAs Korean KTWR Agana 1445-1500 on 11580 TWR 100 kW / 335 deg to EaAs Korean Mon-Fri KTWR 1500-1600 on 11580 UNIDentified tx site to EaAs CNR 1 jamming 1745-1945 on 11580 DEL 250 kW / 282 deg to NoAf English All India R 1945-2030 on 11580 DEL 250 kW / 282 deg to NoAf French All India Radio Videos on Aug. 16/17 including KTWR, CNR-1 and WRMI; All India Radio is off: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/08/frequency-change-of-wrmi-okeechobee.html (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED KOREAN At 1710 UT Aug 19 undoubtedly Korean language program on 11580 kHz tiny S=6 -84dBm signal strength here in Germany. Nothing heard of WRMI Florida so far at present. But could be an intermodulation at Kujang site. 1700 Arabic 9890 11645 ME, NoAF 1700 Korean (KCBS) 9435 11710 NoAM 11645 x 2 = 23290 minus 11710 = 11580 kHz. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, bdxcukyg via DXLD) [and non]. 5950, WRMI, 16/8 0015 UT. Programación de Fámily Radio con estudios bíblicos y música cristiana. SINPO: 43543 con fuerte QRM de R. PIO XII desde Bolivia en 5952.46 circa. 5950, WRMI, 16/8 0125 UT. Programa diexista sobre “Radio Moscú” y el programa “Escucha Chile”. Posiblemente el programa “Antena DX” de la semana pasada. SINPO: 33433 con cada vez más fuerte QRM de R. PIO XII (Claudio Galaz, Rx: TECSUN PL-660, ANT: Hilo de 30 metros, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) 9955, Wed Aug 20 at 1240, WRMI with `AWR Wavescan`, feature read by Ray Robinson, then Jeff White bit of NASB speech about wildlife infesting Okeechobee; and Jeff reads feature about all the radio- related developments in the year 1908; CCI from Radio France International in Chinese via TAIWAN is annoying but generally underneath except during WRMI fades, but the ratio is worsening by the time S. Dollar begins his Bangladesh DX report, which combined with his accent make it unreadable, sorry. No reply from my second inquiry with a clip to the RFI frequency guy, who in July said he would get with Taiwan about it; in all August probably on vacation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non}. 15420.0-CUSB, Aug 16 at 1357, WBCQ ID and IS loop as happens at this hour only on Saturdays prior to the live tabernacle service from Brother Scare. I am pleased to find that WBCQ has adjusted one of its wandering transmitters to be almost zero-beat with BBC, within SAH rather than LAH range. But dumps off the air at 1401 just as BS is getting started, and still off at 1411 leaving only BBC Somali via SOUTH AFRICA. Not rechecked until 2018, and now WBCQ is on with the androgynous anapest (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. PUBLIC NOTICE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 445 12th STREET S.W. WASHINGTON D.C. 20554 News media information 202-418-0500 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov (or ftp.fcc.gov) TTY (202) 418-2555 Tuesday Report No. IHF-00126 August 19, 2014 re: Applications Accepted For Filing International High Frequency The applications listed herein have been found, upon initial review, to be acceptable for filing. The Commission reserves the right to return any of the applications if, upon further examination, it is determined they are defective and not in conformance with the Commission's Rules and Regulations and its Policies. IHF-T/C-20140623-00001 P KVOH Transfer of Control Current Licensee: Strategic Communications Group, Inc. FROM: La Voz De Restauracion Broadcasting, Inc TO: Strategic Communications Group, Inc. For more information concerning this Notice, contact Shahnaz Ghavami at 202-418-0740; Shahnaz.Ghavami@fcc.gov; TTY 202-418-2555. Note: At present, technical data regarding these applications is not available via internet reports. However, all IBFS technical data may be downloaded in a database format from the following web location: http://www.fcc.gov/oet/info/database/fadb.html (via Benn Kobb, DXLD) Pro-forma change of ownership just now going thru 9975, UT Monday Aug 18 at 0144, KVOH is on amid AWR Wavescan, tho with hum and undermodulation, unlike 24 hours earlier when WORLD OF RADIO was scheduled --- as the first program of each week on 9975, we are more vulnerable to unexpected transmitter failures. 17775, KVOH, 19/8 1501 UT. Reflexiones y música cristiana contemporánea. i.e. Alex Campos-Al taller del maestro. SINPO: 45343 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: TECSUN PL-660, ANT: Hilo de 30 metros, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** U S A. 15825, Aug 14 at 1304, WWCR is inbooming, obviously getting a sporadic-E boost, since without it, this frequency is JBA here, at 1 megameter, too close for F2 MUF. At 1430, I check the Es MUF map at http://www.dxmaps.com/spots/map.php?Lan=E&Frec=MUF&ML=M&Map=NA&DXC=N&HF=N&GL=N and it now shows 28 MHz over SE AR, not exactly on the way to Nashville, but close enough. ``News`` is in progress, reporting that the CDC has issued a travel advisory about ebola, concerning Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Yes, he said Ghana: doesn`t know the difference (spelling, pronunciation, geography?) between that and Guinea! Outro as IRN-USA Radio News, which is one of those extremely unprofessional free networks with a far-right and far-religious bias belovèd of gospel-huxter outlets. Furthermore, this travel advisory is hardly news, out since at least Aug 1, but reaffirmed Aug 13 for those three countries correctly at: http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 12105, Aug 15 at 0157, WTWW-3 open carrier/dead air. What else is new? Only fair signal with fading. 12105, Sat Aug 16 at 2016, I notice that Bibling Worldwide on WTWW-3 has again been shoved aside, now for `QSO with Ted Randall`, evidently because the usual frequency for it, 9475 WTWW-1, is off the air; but QSO was supposedly on at 18-20 UT only. At 2102 recheck, dead air on 12105, but 2104 Ted ID and presumably back to Bibling. And now 9475 is back on the air with SFAW. 5085, UT Sun Aug 17 at 0107, WTWW-2 playing `Rose Garden` so evidently Ted is doing his country music show normally on UT Mondays, tonight instead of QSO. More ad-hoc, seat-of-pants last-minute programming changes at WTWW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7555, Aug 15 at 0113, KJES is missing, as happens frequently; I do recall hearing it on 11715 around 14 UT Aug 14. 7555, Oct 16 at 0134, KJES is off for another night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11715, (non) KJES 8/15, checking for signs of life from KJES, couldn't even detect a carrier with BFOs, wondering if they are on weekdays still. 11715, (as "non-log") KJES 8/16, 1520. Checking to see if on weekends only, still can't detect anything here, tho could be due to bad condx and operating mobile (Rick Barton, El Mirage, Arizona, Mostly listening from my truck next to dry riverbed with Wilson 1000 rooftop (passive) antenna, Grundig Satellit 750, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7555, Aug 18 circa 0148, KJES remains AWOL from its 0100-0230 transmission, but the morning broadcast on 11715 continues, Aug 18 at 1342, so strong that it`s overloading FRG-7 receiver and mixing with 11860 Habana to audiblize both another 145 kHz lower on 11570 unless attenuated (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11714.971, KJES Vado logged at 1338 UT, English language poet like text reading, ahead of very nice girl sung in background, not English but native Indian (?Mojave) singer? S=9+5dB or -72dBm signal strength at Sydney post. 73 wolfy (Wolfgang Büschel, checked the WINTER time downunder Sydney remote Perseus SDR unit at 1230-1350 UT slot today August 19, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) KJES is in the Chihuahuan desert, not Mojave, FWIW (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. 960, FLORIDA, WGRO, Lake City. 1000 UT August 16, 2014. Thanks John S[antosuosso?]. for the tip that this had reactivated and heard by him. Tune-in to end of a song, then at 1001, male canned "... on the all new AM 960, WGRO" into Donna Summer's "Bad Girls" then "Rock And Roll All Nite" by KISS (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1190, MISSOURI, KQQZ, DeSoto. 0627 August 17, 2014. Distinctive with their decent Classic Country format. Are they now on their construction permitted 650 watts night? Surely even on a southwest night pattern, this signal wasn't the 22 watts. Or did they keep the 10 kW on past sunset? (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1440, Aug 14 at 1219 UT mentions ``here in Quincy``, so WGEM sports in Illinois, but rotating soon finds another with livestock market report, ad with 303 area code, 963-number, so obviously KRDZ Wray CO on 5 kW day ND day pattern, official August sunrise being 1200 UT (Sept: 1230). Strangely, I am not hearing the usual dominator, Spanish gospel 50 kW KTNO, The Metroplex TX, not even dead air which it sometimes supplies. Then at 1227 UT there is some Spanish with a 970-AC phone --- but 970 includes Wray, one of the two CO ACs wrapping around Denver/Boulder area which keeps 303. So KRDZ mixes some Spanish too? Or did I mishear 972 which would be KTNO? Wray is right next to the KS/NE borders, a tri-state area (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Re: Hmong chanting on 1670 --- In the future, you may hear such Hmong chanting on 1590, because WIXK in New Richmond, WI has been sold by Zoe Communications to Hmong Radio Broadcast LLC (Jim Beer, Aug 13, MDXC yg via DXLD) ** U S A. 1680, Aug 15 at 0621 UT, ``Classic Country 16-80`` non-ID and music, loops NW/SE, CCI with financial advice from presumed KGED Fresno. So KRJO Monroe LA is back on the air after several weeks` hiatus. Classic Country was its previous identity as early as Sept 24, 2013, when I logged it, a change made after the NRC AM Log 2013-2014 which went to press about August 1 showing NWS/BIZ format. Still shows Classic Country 1680 on website http://www.krjo.com which is nothing but a listen link. So our clear shot to KGED is over. QSL manager Patrick Martin has not answered two reports I sent him. 1680, Aug 16 [not Oct 16 as in original report!! Geez] at 0147 UT, fast SAH resolves into barely non-ID as ``Classic Country 1680``, so KRJO Monroe LA again. Quite a weak signal compared to those on all other X-band channels as far away as Chicago, so I again suspect, as I did before last crash, that they are not running full 1 kW night power. KAZ found it odd that I never mention hearing another 1680, KNTS Seattle, until measuring that it`s quite a bit farther from me than KGED Fresno, beyond single-hop range. True, I`ve yet to get KNTS (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I find it interesting that you get KGED commonly and never mention KNTS which I find is considerably more common here in IL. Then I checked distances and Enid is more than 250 miles closer to Fresno than it is to Seattle. Enid also is just over 1200 miles to Fresno, and assuming we understand MW skip, that should make 1 hop reception a lot more likely than 1 hop from Seattle. 73 KAZ (Neil Kazaross, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 1680, Aug 20 at 0518 UT, national adstring including Truecar.com (?), 0519 UT US Tax Shelters, 0520 UT DISH network; 0522 UT finally ``Classic Country 16-80`` and back to music. Until then thought I might have had KGED from CA again. Deep fades, still unseems like full nite power of 1 kW ND from KRJO Monroe LA only some 400 miles away (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1700, Aug 20 at 0516 UT, promo in English mentioning KEDA and Texas; that`s the 1540 Tejano station in San Antonio, and then on to IDs in English for The Metroplex Tejano here, ``Kick 1700``, KKLF. Are these stations related? Yes! Both licensed to Claro Communications, per FCC AM Query. Maybe they even simulcast except for local ads and announcements (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) AM Expanded-Band Stations in the United States [sic] http://www.angelfire.com/wi/dxing/xband.html (via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) Really includes Canada, and Mexican border; with weblinx, format and addresses, but no more info. Dario also put together a version for playdx including lotsa logos (gh, DXLD) see also OKLAHOMA 1640 ** U S A. [Re 14-33] Radio Disney Sell Almost All Stations --- Evil mouse is almost dead! (todftscytj7707, Aug 13, WTFDA MWDX gg via DXLD) I have never understood the hatred some have for Radio Disney. On the engineering front, they sunk a lot of money into rebuilding and upgrading sites that had been left for near-dead by previous owners. And on the programming front, they were playing current music with live jocks on AM radio when nobody else was. No, it wasn't local to any specific community, but it *was* live, it had lots of personality, and it just may have helped some younger ears to discover AM radio in a way that no other format out there was doing. Look at what the various AMs that Disney has already spun off are doing now. At least in my neck of the woods, they've almost all gone to religious formats with little or no local content. Is that really any better? s (Scott Fybush, ibid.) No, it isn't. When we're speaking of programming on AM, there's not a lot to choose from. Personally, I found the Disney format rather banal, but then again, I'm an adult. And more over-saturated religious talk is worse if only because it is so over-saturated (Russ Edmunds, Blue Bell, PA, (15 mi NW of Philadelphia), ibid.) Radio Disney helped introduce my 13-year-old Daughter to AM Radio. Before we upgraded to iPods and such, I would tune them in from almost anywhere we travelled, and we'd listen to whatever was popular at the the time. Those Days Are Gone... Sigh. Sent from my iPhone (Ira Elbert New III, ibid.) I had a similar experience with my pre-teen daughter; I showed her how to find Radio Disney on AM when we were in the car, and later found she had been using my Drake to listen at home and logging her catches. She actually ended up hearing one Disney outlet that I never heard. Best try to log as many as possible now before they are gone (Brett Saylor, State College, PA, ibid.) I agree with Scott 100%. At least it was current music with a live DJ on AM Radio. Something that no other major Broadcast company has done for many years (Marc DeLorenzo, South Dennis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, ibid.) I do agree, it`s a bit sad; but AM-BCB is up against the FM-BCB and the social-media network. The former opponent offers a better in-car experience, the latter a better home and wifi experience (Paul S., CT, dxldyg via DXLD) DX-midAMerica reports these details:- 1690 KDDZ CO Denver Disney 2b Silent 9/26 1260 WSDZ IL Bellville-St. Louis, MO Disney 2b Silent 9/26 1300 WRDZ IL LaGrange-Chicago Disney 2b Silent 9/26 910 WFDF MI Farmington Hills-Detroit Disney 2b Silent 9/26 1440 KDIZ MN Golden Valley-Minneapolis- St. Paul Disney 2b Silent 9/26 1560 WQEW NY New York Disney 2b Silent 9/26 1260 WWMK OH Cleveland Disney 2b Silent 9/26 (I guess more religion and Hispanic stations to follow? BD) Best wishes and 73's (Barry :-) Davies, Carlisle UK. Lat. 54.9795N Lon. 02.8745W, mwcircle yg via DXLD) On 8/18/2014 6:50 PM, Bob Young wrote: ``Big band or jazz for me, even oldies would be nice`` WQEW will sell for somewhere around $12-15 million (which is less than half what Disney paid for it after the Times decided standards wasn't going to remain profitable enough for them to keep it going.) Unless you have that much in your bank account, you need to go to a lender to get it. Even at low interest rates right now, on a 10 year loan (which is typical in radio), you're looking at about $150,000 a month just to service the debt. Plus something like $15,000-20,000 a month to power the transmitter. Plus taxes on the big piece of land in NYC where those towers sit. You're getting close to $200,000 a *month* that you have to take in just to put a carrier on the air. Then you need to build a studio from scratch, pay NYC rent on it, hire an airstaff, hire a sales staff...and oh yeah, invest in promoting a frequency that most of the market long ago forgot about. Bottom line, based on some of the very experienced broadcast owners with whom I've been kicking this around, is that you need more than $300,000 in ad revenue every month just to even think about making a WQEW work as a traditional broadcaster. That's over $3 million in revenue a year. There are some full-market *FM* signals in New York that aren't billing that much right now. It's nice to dream; but when you start putting numbers on a spreadsheet is when it starts to get really interesting. s (Scott Fybush, Rochester NY, NRC-AM via DXLD) Which is of course why it was no longer successful with Classical, and then again with Standards. I'd suspect it will either sell for less than that or it will turn over again in as little as 3 years, as I doubt that math can work (Russ Edmunds, ibid.) Patrick Martin wrote: ``Who in the NYC market runs Adult Standards?`` Jonathan Schwartz, who was one of the key players in the old WQEW, has several weekend shows that air on WNYC public radio. It's been suggested that WNYC might be a potential buyer of 1560 to install a full-time standards outlet there as a listener-supported station. I suspect that even for that, the demographics are simply too old now to make it worthwhile. And to clarify an earlier post: just because the numbers don't add up to do oldies or standards or classical on a station like WQEW doesn't mean it isn't worth $12 million to someone else. If you need $200,000 a month to cover debt service, power bills and maintenance of the transmitter site, you can charge $300 an hour to lease out your airtime and still turn a handsome profit for yourself. And it's not hard to get $300 an hour from program providers wanting to reach niche ethnic audiences, or from preachers looking to be heard in New York City and beyond. Which is to say - there's a pretty good reason why the upper reaches of the AM dial sound the way they do in big cities. It's where the money is. s (Scott Fybush, NRC-AM via DXLD) Scott, With a cost that high, it would be hard to make any AM profitable in a market like NYC. I wonder if the future for radio will be streaming? The cost of do business is outweighing any amount of ad money available (Pat Martin, ibid.) Streaming is not without its costs, especially for a mass audience. There hasn't been much written about the fact that Disney is *keeping* one of their AM stations (in LA) to save on streaming rights fees. Pandora Internet Radio is trying to acquire an FM station in South Dakota, for the same stated reason. (there is obviously something I don't understand about how streaming rights fees work for stations with an OTA presence. Pandora could not possibly simulcast every format they offer over OTA stations, even if they were able to acquire every broadcast station on Earth:)!) (also, why LA? One might think it would be less expensive to keep an AM somewhere in "flyover" territory?) Today, it's not unusual for an AM station to operate for the sole purpose of serving as "primary" for a FM translator. The owners don't actually expect anyone to listen to the AM. One wonders whether we'll be seeing more AMs operated solely to reduce the owners' streaming rights fees? == (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, NRC-AM via DXLD) I could see WQEW going latin, that seems to be an up and coming market especially hear in the NE (Bob Young, Millbury, MA, KB1OKL, ibid.) There is a lot of Spanish language programming everywhere on radio these days. Even in markets I never figured had a lot of Spanish speaking people, so Spanish may be viable for WQEW. Aren't there several other Spanish stations in the NYC market already? (Patrick Martin, Seaside OR, KGED QSL Manager, ibid.) There are, but I don't think there's a 50 kW Spanish AM anywhere here in the NE, at least none that I can think of (Bob Young, Millbury, MA, ibid.) There are 3 FM stations in the NY metro area broadcasting in Spanish. On AM, WEPN at 1050 runs Los Deportes. While 1280 WADO is talk. There may be room for another Spanish station but I'll bet who ever buys WQEW will do brokered programming. From a pure business point of view I think that's the way to go for anyone who wants to fork over the mega $$$s even for a top of band AM signal with a directional pattern even with their 50 kilowatts (Dave Marthouse, ibid.) ** U S A. DON PARDO, R.I.P. Just heard today that Don Pardo passed away yesterday at age 96. Do a web search on Pardo’s name and a huge number of hits will come up (though most of the news reports are based on the same AP story). No doubt most of us think of him for his TV work on the original Bill Cullen “Price is Right,” the original Art Fleming “Jeopardy”, “SNL,” etc.etc., but he got his start at NBC Radio in 1944 and did everything from the usual station breaks to announcing on one of the last old-time radio daytime soap operas, “Just Plain Bill,” to filling in (once only, I think) for regular announcer Fred Collins on NBC Radio’s 1950s sci-fi series “X Minus One.” The online New York Times article has a clip of Pardo’s very last SNL stint, the final show of the 2013-2014 season this past May. Can’t imagine what Lorne Michaels is going to do to replace him. Not that there aren’t plenty of people out there in TV land who have great vocal chops, diction, etc., but Pardo’s brand of network staff announcer is now truly extinct (Randy Stewart, Arts Producer, KSMU, 901 S. National, Springfield MO 65897, Aug 20, NRC-AM via DXLD) As Jeopardy! debuted on March 30, 1964 when I was in kindergarten and lasted through my senior year of high school (January 3, 1975) then SNL debuting in the fall of '75, Don Pardo's voice has been with me all my life. One of the greats that can never be replaced (Bob Antoniuk, Clifton NJ, ibid.) ** U S A. RF 22, Aug 17 at 1410 UT, morning tropo from Kansas is up with the usual Wichitans, and as far as Great Bend, KSNC ``2``. Now I can tell that it provides no 2.2 with Telemund[o] like its parent station RF 45, KSNW, 3.2, now does (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. FCC DENIES $15,000 PIRATE FINE APPEAL Radio World, By Leslie Stimson, August 19,2014 http://www.radioworld.com/article/fcc-denies--pirate-fine-appeal/271950 Still the same — just because you’re in Texas doesn’t mean the FCC rules don’t apply to you. That’s the gist of an on-going pirate case. The commission has now upheld a $15,000 fine for Walter Olenick and M. Rae Nadler-Olenick for operating a pirate station in Austin, Texas. After the Enforcement Bureau proposed the penalty in June, the Olenicks appealed. Today, the Enforcement Bureau said in its decision their appeal raised no new arguments and relied on assertions that had been rejected before. The Olenicks operated an unlicensed station on 90.1 MHz, according to the bureau. In 2013, agents traced the unauthorized signal to their apartment building, and found an antenna mounted on an approximately 50-foot tower attached to the building. A coaxial cable ran from the antenna to a utility or maintenance room, according to the agency. The Olenicks didn’t deny they operated the pirate station, and admitted they owned the tower. However, they asserted “they are not subject to the jurisdiction” of the agency, according to the commission account. The Enforcement Bureau has now disagreed with that claim twice and Deputy Bureau Chief William Davenport says in his decision the Olenicks must pay within 30 days or risk the case being turned over to the Justice Department for collection (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) ** VATICAN [non]. 11730, Aug 16 at 0104, very poor signal in presumed Tamil from VR via UZBEKISTAN, now that WRMI has moved to 11580 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VENEZUELA. RADIO CARACAS RADIO PROGRAM SUSPENDED BY GOVERNMENT http://www.voanoticias.com/content/conatel-radio/2416152.html Voz de América - Redacción 17.08.2014 El programa radial “Aquí entre tú y yo” fue suspendido y tiene un proceso administrativo en su contra. El programa es conducido por la periodista Nitu Pérez Osuna en la emisora Radio Caracas Radio (RCR) y no hay detalles de las acciones que conducen a la suspensión. La Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (Conatel) ordenó frenar el programa radial sin ofrecer detalles y advierte que se abrió un procedimiento administrativo por presuntas violaciones a la Ley que regula el sector. Las autoridades no emitieron de momento comentarios sobre la medida. En menos de tres meses, esta es la segunda medida que recibe RCR, considerado uno de los pocos medios críticos de Venezuela. More: http://www.voanoticias.com/content/nitu-perez-la-censura-es-total-en-venezuela/2417370.html (via Hansjoerg Biener, Germany, Aug 19, DXLD) ** VENEZUELA. [Miscellaneous broadcasting news] Ecos del Torbes: El apartado postal se encuentra supendido. Radio Lumen 2000, 1390 AM Radio Mara Ritmo, 900 AM, el 16 de Julio celebró 84 años en el aire. Col 105.9 FM Dirección: Calle Manrique, entre Calles Caldera y Sucre, Hotel Holliday, Edif. Raquel, PB, 1º de Mayo, Ciudad Ojeda. Universal 107.1 FM. Samaritano 104.7 FM http://samaritano1047fm.wix.com/samaritano1047fm La Pulga Stero 104.9 FM Marabina Stereo 105.5 FM Radio Libertad 620 AM: Esta importante radioemisora del estado Zulia, fue fundada el 31 de enero de 1960, en la ciudad de Cabimas. Sus primeros estudios funcionaron en el edificio Texas, ubicado en la avenida Carnevalli, luego en el edificio de la inspectoria del trabajo, en el año 1968 se muda a el edificio Gelman, ubicado en la avenida principal, frente a la catedral, y desde el año 1994, en la actual sede ubicada en la avenida el Muelle frente a la plaza Bolívar. Radio Libertad se ha caracterizado por la transmisión de variados ritmos musicales, especialmente venezolanos. La estación mantiene un altísimo lugar de sintonía, dentro de las comunidades del estado Zulia y occidente falconiano sin olvidar su penetración varias zonas de los estados Trujillo, Táchira y Mérida. Radio libertad siempre a la vanguardia tecnológica lanza en el año 1970 su unidad móvil llamada el pájaro azul, con la cual se realizaban transmisiones desde la calle llevando la radio a las comunidades más necesitadas, transmitiendo eventos ciclísticos como la vuelta al Zulia y a la Costa oriental. Su potencia declarada y real es de 12 kilovatios, con una cobertura amplia y una frecuencia de ubicación en el dial 620 kilociclos, siglas de identificación YVNO, su planta transmisora está situada en la población de el Mene via hacia Santa Rita. Su programación es variada y en el aspecto informativo mantiene en el aire el noticiero TRIBUNA DE LIBERTAD llamado en sus inicios LIBERTAD INFORMA, siendo su fundador Gustavo Baptista Caridad quien fungió igualmente como director de la estación por varios años. Locutores como Rafael Vicuña, Hector Escalante Ramírez, Tirso Herrera, Temístocles Contreras, Arturo Reyes, Nelson Urribarrí, Humberto Prieto, Héctor Querales, Reny López, José Gutiérrez, y operadores técnicos como Lisandro Acosta, Humberto Castro, Manuel Lizardo, José y Douglas Polanco y los periodistas Antonio Mavarez, Ligia González, Bety Gutiérrez, Marcos Villareal Pérez, han desfilado por esta prestigiosa empresa radiofónica. Canal 11 NCTV Hace 27 años el sueño de Monseñor Domingo Roa Pérez y el empeño de Monseñor Gustavo Ocando Yamarte se hicieron realidad; la Frase “Abrase los espacios y viva para siempre el canal once de Zulia” dio comienzo a la historia de la televisión regional. El canal once se ha convertido en cuna para grandes talentos en todas las áreas de la televisión; por estos pasillos han pasados figuras reconocidas, que hoy en día laboran en otros medios de comunicación tanto en el estado, como fuera de él. Otros han logrado trabajar en canales internacionales, como es el caso del Popular animador Daniel Sarcos, quien en la actualidad trabaja para una reconocida cadena estadounidense. El canal de la familia zuliana se ha convertido en ventana para que las comunidades puedan expresar sus problemas; otro de sus objetivos ha sido el de difundir la palabra de Dios. Para monseñor Ubaldo Santana, “este aniversario ha sido gratificante ya que para él 27 años se dicen fácil, pero detrás de ellos han pasados miles de personas quien aun están en la planta y otros ya no laboran en ella, pero que aportaron su granito de arena, para hacer realidad el sueño de muchos” manifestó la máxima autoridad de la iglesia en la región. Santana, reinauguró la capilla ubicada dentro de la sede del canal e indico: “me es grato reinaugurar este tipo de espacio para que los trabajadores puedan acercarse al señor y mantener esa cercanía” preciso monseñor Ubaldo Santana. Felicito a todos los trabajadores y agradeció el trabajo que han venido realizando. Canal Clasico --- Difunde obras musicales nacionales y extranjeras de corte clásico; así como programación cultural variada. La señal matriz sale de la emisora 91.1 FM en Caracas. Frecuencias •Barquisimeto: 105.7 FM •Chirica: 104.3 FM •Maracaibo: 102.5 FM •Maturín: 97.7 FM •Mérida: 102.1 FM •Puerto la Cruz: 107.9 FM •San Cristóbal: 96.5 FM •Valencia: 89.5 FM •Canal Juvenil (Activa) Su programación está fundamentalmente dirigida a niños y jóvenes. La señal matriz sale de la emisora 103.9 FM en Caracas. Frecuencias •Barquisimeto: 92.5 FM •Chirica: 90.1 FM •Cumaná: 103.3 FM •Guarenas: 90.7 FM •La Victoria: 104.3 FM •Maracaibo: 105.7 FM •Margarita: 91.5 FM •Maturín: 95.9 FM •Mérida: 96.7 FM •Porlamar: 91.5 FM •Puerto la Cruz: 97.1 FM •San Cristóbal: 99.9 FM •San Félix: 90.1 FM •San Rafael de Chama: 96.7 FM •Soledad Y Ciudad Bolívar : 92.5 FM •Trujillo: 101.9 FM •Canal Indígena -- Frecuencias •Betania de Topocho (Amazonas): 88.9 FM •La Esmeralda (Amazonas): 92.1 FM •Fruta del Burro (Apure): 92.1 FM •Manguito I (Apure): 92.9 FM •Las Bombitas (Bolívar): 88.3 FM •Las Negritas (Zulia): 90.7 FM (via Luis Paz, Zulia, Aug 15, DXLD) ** VIETNAM. 7284.973, Voice of Vietnam, real Cambodian service at 1250 UT, via old Hanoi downtown 'Me Tri' site. 9839.848, Voice of Vietnam (USSR made) Son Tay site outlet in English scheduled at 1230 UT til heard at transmission end announcement 1257 UT. S=8-9 or -75dBm strength in downunder. 12019.100, V of Vietnam from Son Tay site noted in Indonesian service, S=7-8, at 1322 UT Aug 19. QRM of UTE RTTY station on 12015.0 kHz. And next door properly RHC 12010 kHz in Spanish, S=8 in AUS. 12000.0, Voice of Vietnam's Chinese service at 1327 UT like rather backlobe signal, poor S=6-7 strength. 9635.773, V of Vietnam Vietnamese service very odd frequency at 1306 UT S=9 -75dBm (Wolfgang Büschel, checked the WINTER time downunder Sydney remote Perseus SDR unit at 1230-1350 UT slot today August 19, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VIETNAM [non]. 6175, 08/16 0300, VTN V of Vietnam, relay. Son Tay, in Spanish; IS, ID, News, 25432 (José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, Paraíba, Brazil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) Not Son Tay, but WHRI! (gh, DXLD) 12005, Aug 17 at 0113, VOV in English, VG signal but with ``generator hum/roar``, which is normally associated with ASCENSION rather than Woofferton; have they switched sites, or is WOF also capable of this? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [non non] 12000, VOV, 19/8 1250 UT. Mujer habla en idioma ruso acerca de China, Rusia y Siberia. Desde las 1255 hay una presentación de música popular de Vietnam hasta las 1257, que es la despedida del servicio hacia Siberia. SINPO: 45444 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: TECSUN PL- 660, ANT: Hilo de 30 metros, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** VIETNAM [non]. 17670, AWR, 19/8 1315 UT. Vía Talata-Volonondry, Magadascar. Mujer habla en idioma vietnamita y música. SINPO: 45444 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: TECSUN PL-660, ANT: Hilo de 30 metros, Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) Also often here (gh, OK, DXLD) ** ZAMBIA. 5915, Z.N.B.C. Radio One at 0248 with Fish Eagle IS, 0249 national anthem by chorus, 0251 announcer in vernacular - Poor Aug 16 (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) UNIDENTIFIED. Fiz uma escuta em 3420 kHz, ouvia sómente músicas brasileiras românticas antigas mas não encontrei em nenhuma fonte uma tx deste tipo para esta frequência. Algum colega já ouviu? Sony ICF-2010 com antena LW 25 mts (Márcio Dias, Divinópolis - MG, radioescutas yg via DXLD) Márcio, 3 x 1140 armonia da sua emissora local em Divinópolis, ZYL204, Radio Minas. 73, (Guilherme Glenn Hauser, ibid.) UNIDENTIFIED. 5995+, Aug 16 at 0106, I notice a JBA carrier, very slightly on the hi side, in the absence of 5990 Brasil; but not in the absence of 6000 Cuba, which is splashing over this far too much. Nothing at all is scheduled on 5995 now, and there are no known Latin Americans active on it. (R. Loyola, Bolivia was last reported in 2008y but it was above 5996.) Best guess would be Mali leaving their carrier on during the 6-hour overnight break. Will have to see if it`s offset- hi after 0555. 5995+, Aug 17 at 0104, JBA carrier slightly on the hi side, Mali still on? With BFO and 5-kHz steps on the DX-398, I can tell that this is further above 5995 than Chaski is above 5980, which is also slightly on the hi side compared to e.g. 6000 Cuba. Still too much RHC around 0600, so could those further east confirm whether Mali leaves its carrier on overnight and/or its exact frequency at other times (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Picked up a mysterious "test transmission" on 7425 kHz on August 15 at around 1310 UT. Played snippets of music (latin, soft, Caribbean, Asian) over and over with a British voice IDing "You are listening to a test transmission." Asked for reception reports to transmissiontest@gmail.com Signal was strong on my Sony ICF-77 using the whip and came booming in on my Satellit 750 in my living room, with also just the whip. It is no doubt a European, maybe even coming out of Spain. I uploaded a two-minute video on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTyfbQgsirc 73s (Marty Delfín (Madrid, Spain), DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: Published on Aug 15, 2014 --- This mysterious signal was received in north Madrid with the Etón Satellit 750 as well as my Sony ICF-77. It was a strong signal and was on for about an hour (YT caption via DXLD) After this `new` music, went into the familiar Babcock music loop. These tests come from the Woofferton site, and replies to reports are not prompt (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) UNIDENTIFIED. On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 6:43 PM, CT2IWW wrote: Some kind of one way TX, apparently in Russian, going on right now [Aug 19] at (17:40Z) on 14130.0 kHz, USB. Sounds like some kind of political speech, it has that echoey touch to it. I understood the reference to Russia a couple of times but not sure if really Russian or another language. S9 +20 here, in Portugal. Would be great to see if someone who understands the language can validate this as an intruder or not. A recording was made: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/15643966/19-Aug-2014-183931%2014.130%20MHz.wma 73´s (Paulo, CT2IWW, INTRUDERALERT mailing list http://iaru-r1.org/mailman/listinfo/intruderalert_iaru-r1.org via Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD) Mediumwave 1413 kHz, 1200 kW powerhouse transmission from Grigoriopol, Moldava, carrying Russian program Vesti FM too, which serves the disputed civil war area of Ukraine and western Russia. harmonic, 10 times = 14130 kHz? MDA - Vesti FM, Grigoriopol (1200 kW) - 24h; antenna beam: 80 degrees ul. Pyatnitskaya 25, 115326 Moskva, Russia. vy73 wolfy df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, harmonics yg via DXLD) That doesn't sound like Vesti FM programming, it's all news and I haven't heard any religious programming from them. Paulo also says that it was USB. Best regards, Mauno Ritola (via Tim Bucknall, ibid.) UNIDENTIFIED. 15745, Saw a signal here at 0122, turned the AGC off to increase the signal strength and did hear M announcer with sports in English at times of brief peaks. I doubt it was SLBC. Probably a spur. (15 August) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, micro dx-pedition to Pennsylvania State Games Lands #26, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) from NZ 15720?? Did you check that? (gh, DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 17860, ute [intruder] 8/16, 1620. RTTY station here, noted before, but not recorded in logs. Strong and steady (Rick Barton, El Mirage, Arizona, Mostly listening from my truck next to dry riverbed with Wilson 1000 rooftop (passive) antenna, Grundig Satellit 750, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 1735: Thank you, Glenn, for keeping alive the art and pleasure of radio listening and DX-ing. I'm in Luxembourg, Europe. Regards (Lorenzo Fedel with a contribution in Euro via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com) One may also support our non-commercial web efforts and broadcast by check or MO in US funds to P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (gh) PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ HITLIST [just updated] Dear Glenn: Just signed up at your Yahoo Group! Question: Do you know anywhere on line where you could find lists of url's for international broadcasters like Radio Cairo? I'd like to be able to hear Radio Cairo's foreign service in English, for instance, which I used to be able to hear on WRN and most unreliably on short wave. Reciva and similar on-line radio services offer you plenty of channels for any country you like, but if you want the foreign or international service in English they mostly don't have it. I have been collecting some of these url's one by one for the last couple of years, but there is no reliable way that I know of to locate them. Some sort of directory of this kind would seem to be the next in the history of international broadcasting, if there is to be a history. I am still listening to short wave, and sometimes hear amazing things I guess because of the lack of interference. Just heard the domestic service of KCBS in North Korea (50 kw) in the middle of the night (0843 GMT on 11680) off the whip of my Grundig G5. Best, (Robert Gorsch, Concord, CA USA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Robert, Welcome. Sure, try these: http://www.w4uvh.net/hitlist.htm http://www.publicradiofan.com (Glenn to Robert, via DXLD) Dear Glenn: Thanks very much. The Hitlist seems to be just what I was looking for! (Robert Gorsch, ibid.) INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTERS RECONSIDER SHORTWAVE Radio World. By James Careless, August 15, 2014 Ottawa, Ontario — At the height of the Cold War, the BBC World Service, Radio Canada International and the Voice of America used high-power, multilingual broadcasts on the shortwave radio bands (1710 kHz–30 MHz) to blast news and information behind the Soviet Union’s “Iron Curtain.” In turn, Radio Moscow, Radio Havana Cuba and East Germany’s Radio Berlin International pumped their own versions of reality to the world via shortwave. Fascinating lenghty article with pictures here http://www.radioworld.com/article/international-broadcasters-reconsider-shortwave/271847 (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) SILENT MW RADIO COUNTRIES LIST UPDATED Another update to the Silent MW Radio Countries list is available at http://www.bamlog.com/darkcountries.htm This update includes research for Pitcairn Islands and Cabinda. 73 -- (Bruce Conti, NH, Aug 14, mwdx yg via DXLD) I just remembered one you're missing from the Pacific. http://www.radioheritage.net/story15.asp (Neil Kazaross, ibid.) There is no FM service currently operating on Pitcairn Island. From an email I had with an islander just today in fact. There had been 2 FM stations running but the quality wasn't good and the folks there are busy with other stuff so there's no one to look after it or take care of it. I remember reading about it in a Pitcairn Island newspaper back in 2011 or 2012; so it hasn't been silent too long. Canton Island/Kiribati on 1386 or whatever it was has been silent for ages. Don't know if that was on the list (Paul Walker, CA, ibid.) Phoenix Islands is now part of Kiribati. For now I'm only tracking MW from radio countries of today, not countries that no longer exist. I wanted to limit the list to countries that a DXer would be able to receive today if active. Like East Germany (now Germany), Newfoundland (now part of Canada), and Palestine (prior to the 1948 partition), the Phoenix Islands no longer exist as a separate radio country. Kiribati is still listed as active at 1440 kHz with 10 kW. Thanks for the info about Pitcairn Islands FM service. I'll delete the FM info (Contin, ibid.) Radio Kiribati is definitely active on 1440. I have airchecks of the station I got directly from the station. Their 1 hour a day English service is wonderful to hear (Paul Walker, ibid.) Ah, OK; I mentioned 1385 since that (a bit before our time) was heard by some DXers with good equipment even in eastern N.Am. 73 (KAZ MWDX YG via DXLD) I made a note of Phoenix Islands and will include it in the list if/when Kiribati leaves MW. There are many countries that are on the verge of becoming inactive with only one MW station remaining in each. I may compile an ancillary list of one-station countries next. By the way, I found a radio country list maintained by EDXC at http://www.edxc.org/ It's an excellent resource for current and past radio countries, including dates when countries were created and dissolved (Bruce Conti, ibid.) TINY TRAP +++++++++ ICELAND is referred to as ``the tiny island``, in an AP story dateline Reykjavík, presumably written by someone there, ``Airlines on alert as volcanic eruption begins in Iceland`` as published in the Enid Eagle Aug 24. Altho Iceland gets magnified in some projexions, Mercator worst of all, it can hardly be called tiny under any circumstances; it`s almost 40,000 square miles, which is several thousand larger than all of Ireland (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV See also MEXICO; USA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ NEW NATIONWIDE VIRTUAL CHANNELS From Katz broadcasting and the folks who brought you 'Bounce' --- Two new virtual channels launch today (Monday, August 18) at noon. Grit TV - John Wayne movies and such - to be seen on WXTV 41.4 in NYC; Escape TV - mysteries and such on WFUT 68.4 in NYC. These are being cleared in quite a few other cities nationwide. See http://grittv.com and http://escapetv.com for details. Grit TV is for brawny guys. Escape is exclusively for women. I didn't write this stuff. These low-budget virtual networks must be doing OK financially if they keep having siblings (Karl Zuk N2KZ near NYC, Aug 17, WTFDA via DXLD) Karl, KJWP-DT 2 Wilmington/Philadelphia has been running promo loops for Grit TV on 2-2 and Escape TV on 2-3 for about 2 weeks. On Monday night we noticed a John Wayne movie on 2-2 (Bob Seaman Hazleton, PA, ibid.) Thanks for the information, Bob. I have seen KJWP-2 couple of times now and avoid any possible confusion if 2.2 or 2.3 pop up. PSIP has correct call letters on channel 2.1 but maybe not on the other two. (Dave Pomeroy, Topeka, Kansas, ibid.) Noticed here on Cape Cod that local WLNE Providence running Grit on 6-2 and Escape on 6-3 (Roy Barstow, Falmouth MA, ibid.) DIGITAL TV - VIRTUAL AND REAL CHANNELS Here’s a question that I’m sure is old hat from years ago: If you live a few miles from a virtual Channel 3 (really on UHF), and you scan or directly enter Channel 3 on your TV or converter in hopes of picking up a real digital Channel 3 via tropo or skip, will the local virtual 3 prevent your receiver from even looking for the distant real one? (Rich McVicar, NY, Aug 19, WTFDA gg via DXLD) Most sets would prevent it on a direct entry, IF its stored in the memory/channel list. On a scan, most sets would read ALL RF frequencies and not have trouble looking for RF 3. Regarding direct entry, IF you disconnect antenna and do a NEW scan so all channels are wiped from memory, then reconnect the antenna, you should be able to do a direct entry of any channel without a remap issue from any UHF channel (until a channel gets added back to memory/channel list). (Jim Thomas, Springfield, Missouri, ibid.) That's been my experience and the main reason why I DX using the Zenith box where I can tune by RF. Using the Zenith box I can get KWCH-19 from Wichita. Their virtual channel is 12. I can also get KCPT-18 from Kansas City on the Zenith box. If I try to watch KWCH on one of the Sony HD sets, I get local KQSA-12 on channel 12. If I try to get KWCH on channel 19 I end up with KCPT. Can't get KWCH on those sets by going to channel 12 or 19 (Dave Pomeroy, Topeka, Kansas, ibid.) More evidence of the absolute folly of the ``virtual channel`` scheme (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) Rich, My personal experience with STBs and HDTV tuners since 2001 is that some will find another ch. 3 while others will not and I agree with most of Jim's comments, too. If the first channel 3, especially if it is the virtual channel number, is stored/saved in the set (or "Favorites") it most likely will not search for another channel 3, even an RF ch. 3. It seems that virtually EVERY DTV tuner/receiver works in a different way. A number of years ago when several of us DTV DXers were using the RCA STB (ATSC11) it would NOT let you manually look for another station if either the RF or virtual channel number had already decoded and was automatically logged in to the STB. But a very quick rescan, like 1-2 seconds long, would totally wipe out all channels and then you were good to go looking for more DX via manual RF channels. On the other hand, I've seen some tuners that will override a previous channel number (RF and/or virtual) as soon as the signal is strong enough to decode. I've watched an interesting switch with the Insignia/Zenith boxes. In my area, WXYZ, Detroit and WHIO, Dayton share the exact same RF and virtual channel numbers: 41/7. I've watched the on-screen readout as I've rotated the antenna switching from WXYZ to WHIO or WHIO to WXYZ. If I remember correctly, the receiver will store both of the stations, too. I hope all of this made some sense (Steve Rich, Indianapolis, WTFDA via DXLD) I've got several different tuners - Sony TV, Panasonic TV, Insignia converter box, Dish DTV Pal converter box, HomeRun HD dual receivers, portable Axion TV and FusionHDTV USB receiver - and every one of them works differently. As Dave Pomeroy said, the Zenith / Insignia converter box (same unit, different case) is best for DX. Not only can you tune to each channel manually, but the receiver is the most sensitive and is able to pull signals through multipath that the others cannot. With this box you can save RF channel 3 as well as virtual channel 3, and both will be available when tuning. I find the Sony TV tuner to be good in that it will save the RF channel if it finds another station saved on the virtual channel. For example, we have K03HY, a local low power station on channel 3, and KCRA 3, from Sacramento, which is on RF 35. The Sony will save K03HY as 3.1, 3.2, etc. and KCRA as 35.1 and 35.2. The Panasonic TV has a very good receiver, but whenever you scan it wipes out your old channel list and makes a new one. There's no way to add channels to an existing list. That doesn't work well when you have stations in several different directions. The Dish DTV Pal will only scan channels where it hasn't saved a channel. If it knows about an RF channel or virtual channel, it skips it when scanning, so it's first come, first listed in this case. The higher numbered channels have much less of a chance of being scanned. The HomeRun HD will tune to every RF channel and give you a read out of the virtual channel along with signal strength and quality, and you can set up a Cron file to have the config_gui scan at whatever interval you want and save the read out as a file. See http://www.larrykenney.com/channellistmstr.txt The only problem with the HR HD is that the receivers aren't as sensitive as they could be. The Axion TV lets you add new channels to the list, but if it finds something already listed for a channel number it won't add a second station with the same number, either RF or virtual. Finally, the USB receiver allows you to manually add channels, but you can only add the RF channel number with no sub-channel, so it will only give you the -1 sub-channel. Every tuner seems to work differently. There are no standards (Larry Kenney, San Francisco, ibid.) Jim Dave, Steve, Larry -- thanks very much for your info! I've been using one of those Digital Stream converters that were issued at the change-over. Looks like I can do better, so I'll see if I can get myself a Zenith. Is it the Zenith DTT901? How is the analog pass- through? Is there any attenuation? (Rich McVicar, NY, ibid.) Rich, FWIW, here's the link to a fairly recent discussion about some of the differences between the Insignia and Zenith CECBs, the models without analog pass-through and those with pass-through. Some of us found better DX results without pass-through while some found better results with pass-through. There are so many slight variables even among the Insignia/Zenith units plus the many possible variables that enter in at various reception locations. http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?8375-Two-Different-Insignia-NS-DXA1-boxes Regarding the Digital Stream you've been using, on occasion I've found that my Digital Stream units have outperformed my Zenith/Insignia units on VHF channels, but virtually never with UHF channels. But I've also seen a very frustrating issue with the Digital Streams from time to time. And that is the DS would decode a weak station but NOT display any PSIP station information! (Steve Rich, Indianapolis, IN, ibid.) Richard, As others have mentioned the Zenith & Insignia converter boxes allow you to manually tune through the RF channels. The Accurian (Radio Shack) box will tune by RF channel, but you have to go into the Menu to do that. The Accurian box will store additional channel that use the same virtual channel. Similar to the Zenith & Insignia models, stations using the same virtual channel are stored starting with the lowest RF channel going up to the higher RF channel. We also have a Panasonic flat screen that will only allow you to access the RF channel by going into the Menu. You have to manually add the RF channels (that are not being used by the virtual channels) into the channel "list" that you have available by using the "Channel up and down" selector buttons. The Panasonic had programmed WMAR DT-38 (2-1 and 2-2 virtual) when there was trop enhancement. When I wanted to tune to the new KJWP DT-2 Wilmington/Philadelphia, I had to go into the Menu to add RF channel 2 manually to get the new KJWP DT-2 to appear and go into the listed channels. Since that time I have added most of the unused channels on the Panasonic to check for any signals on those channels (Bob Seaman Hazleton, PA, ibid.) DTV STATIONS WITH ``NO SIGNAL`` --- WYBE Philadelphia "No Signal" WYBE-35 Philadelphia has been showing "No Signal" and not decoding, despite adequate signal strength this morning. This not only on Insignia STB, but also two TV's (Chris Lucas - Poughkeepsie, NY - FN31bs, Insignia NS-DXA1-APT DTV Converter, Antennas Direct 91-XG UHF antenna @ 25', w/ CPA19 pre-amp, Aug 19, WTFDA gg via DXLD) Chris, This happens quite often with local WIIH-LD 8. Sometimes it stays that way for days or weeks at a time. It was that way yesterday but today it is decoding on all receivers. When it does go out, the only two tuners that WILL decode the station are my two Sony HDTVs. A Toshiba HDTV, LG HDTV, HomeRun HDHR-US tuners for autoscan setup, along with Insignia/Zenith, Digital Stream and Magnavox boxes will not decode the station when it is in this condition (Steve Rich, Indianapolis, IN , ibid.) Weird. I was going to suggest the studio-transmitter link had died & the station was broadcasting an empty datastream -- but in that case it wouldn't decode on *anything*. == (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, ibid.) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- IBOC See also MEXICO +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ WHAT ABOUT SKYWAVE PROTECTION, ALL-DIGITAL AM? http://www.radioworld.com/article/what-about-skywave-protection-all-digital-am/271820 (Dennis Gibson, WB6TNB, Aug 14, Sent from my iPhone, ABDX via DXLD) The FCC already removed skywave protection for the "clear" channel stations a long time ago. Sure, you could do a study to find out how many people listen to skywave, and you'd probably find the numbers minuscule. There's a reason for that (Mike Westfall, Los Alamos, NM [non], ibid.) And the “clear” channel stations shouldn’t care anyway. Just ask ‘em. Any of ‘em. They all say the same thing. “we don’t care about skywave listeners. We care about the local audience. The local audience are the ones that spend money with our advertisers.” It’s been a long time (KOMA comes to mind) since stations used to enjoy and promote covering many states and encourage calls from everywhere and promote the huge coverage. I’m sure KOMA isn’t the only one by far, but they used to always have request shows and playback the requests and always ask where everyone’s listening from. The good ole days --- when radio was fun. Evanston Wyoming natives, people who’ve lived their whole lives here, have told me many times “It was always KEVA during the day and KOMA at night.” That’s what they listened to (Michael n Wyo Richard, ibid.) ``The FCC already removed skywave protection for the "clear" channel stations a long time ago.`` It did?!?!?!? That's going to come as a pretty big shock to a lot of engineering consultants. There is absolutely still skywave protection (under international treaty, no less) for stations designated as "class A." This class encompasses the old class I-A clears (the "big 25" that at one time had their channels almost completely to themselves at night - 640, 650, 660, etc.) and the class I-B clears (the station pairs like WTIC/KRLD 1080, WBT/KFAB 1110 or KFAQ/WWVA 1170) that protected only each other and nothing else. "Class A" does not include stations that were in the old II-A class, such as the stations dropped in out west on the old I-A channels in the 1970s. Those stations are now considered "class B" and their skywave signals are indeed not protected from interference. Think KTNN, KBOI, KDWN. For the stations that are designated class A, there is somewhat less skywave protection than there used to be. Class A stations' skywaves are protected to a certain (very low) field strength; when you hear talk of "750-mile protection," that's a fairly decent approximation of where that contour falls - but the actual engineering is done based on calculated field strength, not distance. The FCC has an excellent discussion of AM station classes here: http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/am-broadcast-station-classes-clear-regional-and-local-channels ``Sure, you could do a study to find out how many people listen to skywave, and you'd probably find the numbers minuscule. There's a reason for that...`` Indeed there is. However: there is a tendency in a lot of discussions of AM these days to simply pretend skywave doesn't happen. A lot of otherwise very smart people in the industry seem to believe that if you legislate skywave away, it will stop happening. As DXers, we know better - if you put MW RF into the ionosphere at night, it *will* come down somewhere, often where it's not desired (except, of course, by DXers!) So the issue for a station like WBBM or KFI isn't protecting the ability of someone in Topeka or Redding to hear them. They don't make a cent off that listenership, and there aren't many people using those signals that way anyway. The issue is that if you start allowing stations in Topeka on 780 or Redding on 640, those new stations will create new interference *into* the WBBM or KFI signals within their own markets. Big AMs like WBBM or KFI continue to do as well as they do in part because they're the only AMs that actually have usable signals across their entire markets. I explored this issue in depth in the comments I submitted to the FCC's AM Improvement rulemaking. It's a long read, but I think it's worth it: http://www.fybush.com/nerw-extra-our-am-improvement-filing/ s (Scott Fybush, ABDX via DXLD) I listen to WBBM almost every night (actually morning). The show is “When Radio Was” and is broadcast from 12:05 to 1:00 am, Tuesday thru Saturday morning. Lately I’ve been getting a good solid signal with a minimum of fading. Distance from their transmitter to my receiver is about 580 miles (Larry Wild, Old guy in Aberdeen, SD, ibid.) I'm thinking of WWLS for example, which absolutely interferes with KFI in parts of the "13 Western States" that KFI used to claim to serve. The "clear" channels just aren't clear any more (Mike Westfall, ibid.) WWLS?? (Dennis Gibson, Sent from my iPhone, ibid.) They have been broken down over the years. But it is factually incorrect to say that the FCC has "removed" skywave protection. KFI's skywave was indeed once protected nationwide. It is *still* supposed to be protected out to the 0.025 mv/m contour. The Oklahoma station, whatever its calls are this week, has a very deep notch in its nighttime pattern for just that purpose. It may be that it's not operating properly on night pattern, but if everything is functioning as licensed, there shouldn't be interference from Oklahoma to LA anywhere west of Norman. s (Scott Fybush, ibid.) Come to think about it, the CE there at KFWB [980] said they did try to go with 50 kW, but there was some hang up (Patrick Martin, OR, NRC- AM via DXLD) The engineering work was solid. A CP was even granted, and extended (back when you could do that). It would have added two more towers to the existing three-tower KFWB site at the East LA site it shares with KLAC. I don't remember if it was a question of difficulty getting permission to add the extra towers, or whether it was a budget issue once CBS owned both KFWB and KNX. I know the engineer who was CE at KFWB then. I'll try to remember to ask him what finally doomed the 50 kW. It was a more achievable plan than the one that 670 in Simi Valley tried to build - they were going to move their site way, way, way up and out to Victorville to blast 50 kW back across LA day and night. That didn't end well (Scott Fybush, ibid.) It was not built because it would have cost a lot and not have resulted in any real coverage benefits, just more signal over the ocean (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Patrick Martin wrote: ``Thanks Scott for the info on KFWB. The 670 boost is totally dead then? The pattern change for KBOI was just a waste. I guess they could not get their old pattern back even if they wanted to. Las Vegas is now in the mix being built since those days`` KBOI completely rebuilt its towers (at Simi Valley's expense). I don't know what the details of the contract were between the two parties, so it's possible that KBOI is contractually obligated not to reapply for a return to its bigger night pattern. As a practical matter, they wouldn't bother now - not only is Las Vegas now in the mix (in a way that would make the KIRN boost impossible to reapply for, too), but KBOI's coverage in the core of the Boise market actually improved as a result anyway (Scott Fybush, NRC AM via DXLD) There is no difference in signal here from KBOI's change, as I live WNW of Boise. I guess the night signal doesn't each as well to the Southwest any longer though (Patrick Martin, Seaside OR, ibid.) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See also ETHIOPIA; RUSSIA; UK; USA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Here is a method to get DRM to work with your SDR-IQ; or other radios in many cases. Have a working SDR-IQ system and software such as SpectraVue. http://www.rfspace.com/RFSPACE/SpectraVue.htm Install Virtual Audio Channel (VAC). http://software.muzychenko.net/eng/vac.htm Install Dream digital radio mondiale software. There are license free Dream (DRM) of various versions out there on the net to download, but many of the newer versions with 1.17 and up don't have audio supported. Have in the past compared version 1.12b and 1.13. Version 1.17 is by far the better version and has a wider selection of options. Sourceforge current version is "dream-2.1.1win32-svn808-df.zip" and is available for download at the time of this message. Download from - http://sourceforge.net/projects/drm/ Install Dream and go to the next step. Once the correct dll is put into the same directory that Dream DRM is installed in, there will be audio on DRM signals. I have verified today with all current versions of VAC, SpectraVue, and Dream that this is a functional Digital Radio Mondale system as done on my 64bit WIN7 laptop. Am confident this will also work with XP and VISTA. Where it doesn`t, install an older version of the program that doesnt work. To get a working dll file to support the Dream program audio, do the following: Download the Software Radio program file named SoDiRa http://www.dsp4swls.de/sodira/sodiraeng.html Inside that program zipped file is a dll named libfaad2.dll. Save this file some where, and make a copy that you will rename to faad_drm.dll. It is 232 kb in size. Put the rename file into the root folder with Dream version 1.17 and you will have a full functional program with audio. Here is where that info is available, but it is all over the web. http://yyz-swl.blogspot.com/2012/07/dream-and-libfaad2.html Have found that audio doesn`t always work the first time those files are installed. They will once you have powered off your computer and restarted. Once back up and running: Start VAC control panel. Default settings are fine. Minimize after running. Start SpectraVue to run the SDR-IQ and configure the output audio to use Line1 (virtual audio cable) for example. Select WUSB and set it to no more than 15 kHz width, but most of the time I find 12 kHz is fine. You can change any modes bandwidth by using Setup available in lower left hand portion of the mode panel. Tune in a DRM signal if you can find one. http://www.drm.org/?page_id=151 I find that the DRM Stations Schedules are incomplete. So I tune the HF spectrum in such a way that it doesnt take long to tune 2 - 30 MHz. This way I find unlisted DRM signals to explore. In the SDR-IQ Setup in the top bar, under the left lower corner for the Filter Bandwidth options, set the Demod Ok option to 190 kHz and select OK to exit. Put the SpectraVue VFO Frequency Tuning Digital display in to the "Center Frequency - Ins" mode. That option is just to the top center of the frequency read out digits area of your screen. Select a frequency of 25.090000. Put your mouse cursor over the 9 in that frequency read out display. Start rotating your mouse wheel to step down in frequency in large jumps. This frequency was chosen so I could tell you where to put your cursor. You can use the digit location for any band inspection operation you want to start with. When you find a DRM signal that will look like a broad square wave signal in the spectrum display, put it into the filter Response area lined up on the right side of the filter response outline. You can turn on or off that 'Show Filter Response' outline in the Demodulation Mode Selection (AM, FM, LSB etc., etc., panel) Setup option opens a panel for a lot of user choices. Continue to next step. Start Dream. Configure Dream to use Sound Card - Signal Input - Device - Line 1 (virtual audio cable). Tune in a strong DRM settings in SpectraVue. Better than S7 if you can. Put DRM wave pattern in to right of center in bandwidth marker guides. In Dream under View, open the view tab and choose evaluation dialog. That separate panel will give you the options and displays on how well it working. To view and update the station schedule list, under dream panel, select view tab and choose Stations dialog. That will give you either a old list, or the option to down load a current list. The panel for the Station Schedule List will have an update option. Enjoy and 73 from (Bill - WD8ARZ Lauterbach, swl at qth.net via DXLD) RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ REMOTE RECEIVING As a new listener, I find 'remote RX' reports bit annoying. I am sure there is a valid reason to check a particular transmitter at particular time/frequency, but this is really killing it for me. I see often reports like 'heard on remote RX in Australia'. I don't really think such report is relevant to a listener in Eu or US and it also discourages me of sending any reports. hat is the point. On contrary I enormously enjoy all REAL reports from people who actually make an effort to go portable, or try a new antenna or spend many days/nights/mornings to catch a rare/difficult one. My apology for blunt reply, it is just a personal observation (Nick VK2DX Hacko, Aug 15, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Uhr-macher, With your assessment but you lie completely wrong. Why are you assuming that the H I N T log from the extreme opposite part of the world, would have of no value for newsgroup followers worldwide? Distinguish between y o u r private DX radio listening desire, compared to the editor working for WRTH/Klingenfuss/Eibi publications or newsgroups blogs, elaborate to IARU Ham Radio bandwatch monitoring, and overview radio ranges GLOBALLY 24hrs / 7days ... Probably you have extremely low-noise conditions in down under Australia location? Happy boy. Even in 1975 year, I've heard every 60 meter domestic radio stations from Colombia directly on my DRAKE SPR-4 unit in downtown Stuttgart Germany. But that has changed completely since 1996 onwards, we have now very large electromagnetic disturbances to endure here in Central Europe. In addition, the radio bands bc-wise are more and more always be empty in few parts of the earth, see limited hour logs on small quantity of country countings - small amount of logs even in dxld newgroup in past months. All my older receivers as AOR 7030, Sony ICF-2010 and Eton E1 gather dust on the desk since past decade. Also in order to read very few logs from downunder like NZL and AUS now, at different times of the day to get an accurate and comprehensive overview of the band occupancy. Exact foot prints of stations in PNG, Indonesia, Vanuatu, FSM, Solomon Islands, give a clear picture for European DXers, and to help them then to listen at - for example - 19 UT downunder Morning start schedule, to get the exact[!!] frequency of the stations to be heard here in Europe. For example, ? you've never felt the great desire to hear the music of a Greek medium-wave transmitter from Crete 'direct' via a remote rx station in Italy? I find it exciting to follow latin American beautiful music from La Habana Cuba site or Pacific stns to be heard on the remote Yankee Uncle Sam rx station in Florida, - or Canadian Vancouver Island... ps. sorry my bad English language, which is not my native language. In German I could answer you a lot of more arguments. vy73 de (Wolfy df5sx, wwdxc germany editor since 1971, ibid.) Hi Wolfy - I come from non-English background and I constantly struggle to express myself properly. Also, I really don't want to turn this topic in antagonism between the oldtimers and newcomers. I do respect your contribution to BC monitoring over many decades. As well as contribution of many other members here. What I have failed to articulate is this: yes, we are blessed with advanced receiving abilities and remote receivers, but I much prefer 'ionospheric' experience of SWL hobby. While some listeners may prefer content, I get kick out of finding a new ones, or improving my receiving capabilities, or trying different antennas, locations etc. I also understand that listening hobby today is quite different than back in the 'good old days'. I wish I've started earlier! Like yourself, I am located in the middle of the city of 4+ million and my noise level is unbearable. Yet somehow I still feel very 'unconformable' with the whole idea of tuning into remote receivers. For me, hearing a true DX much stronger than I wold ever be able to hear it via ionosphere would kill the excitement of the chase. My ultimate goal would be to travel to places like Norfolk Island and further beyond in Pacific to see how the MW band sounds from there. I have done it number of times (HF amateur expeditions) but RX-only operation would be equally exciting! John Bryant's trip to Easter Island is a perfect example of such ultimate listening experience! http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/easter_island_2007.dx Of course, I can tune into a remote Perseus or live internet BC stream but I really don't think anyone would care about such reports. Many ham operators believe that internet clusters, chat rooms, reverse beacon networks and remote receivers have turned us into lazy operators. Chasing new ones is now too easy! Again, my apology for speaking out loud, I am very straight forward mechanically minded person. I hope this post will not be taken as a negative comment. Best 73 to all and good hunting! (Nick VK2DX Hacko, ibid.) Re: [IRCA] SUPERCHARGING THE ICF-2010 SSB RECEIVER Hi Guy, <<< You give some very good cautions about purchasing these oldies but goodies-- the Sony ICF-2010. >>> Thanks for your comments, Guy. Those cautions were mainly directed at non-technical hobbyists who would be completely out of luck if they purchased an ICF-2010 with existing issues. VERY few of the current AM-DXing enthusiasts seem to have the ability to troubleshoot and correct electronic issues -- in fact, some of them seem pretty intimidated at the idea of taking the back cover off of their ICF-2010 to observe the circuitry. <<< On the flip side though, sellers unfamiliar with the 2010s can also be the source of great bargains on Ebay! Because they are unaware of proper operation or common, easily fixed problems with the receiver, some of these fine radios go for far less than their real value. At least three of the 2010s that I've owned were bought at a low price because the reseller didn't know to install the memories backup batteries before powering on the set, or they weren't aware of the simple-to-fix battery contact connection issues. I was also given a fine condition 2010 that simply needed a cleaning of the keypad's rubber membrane contact surfaces to become operational again. >>> Yes, there are certainly bargains to be had on eBay for technically skilled purchasers who are familiar with the ICF-2010's common quirks. I myself have purchased 3 models from sellers who mentioned "Error 3" on the display, and easily repaired all 3 of them. Unfortunately this isn't an option for most of the current AM-DXing hobbyists, who not only lack technical skill but who often have eyesight or hand coordination issues. <<< So, for the same reasons a claimed fully functioning ICF-2010 might not be accurately represented, a broken or dead ICF-2010 might not be what it seems, either. >>> This is definitely true, but the main risk for non-technical hobbyists is receiving an ICF-2010 that requires professional repair in order to function properly. This would be a deal-breaker for the modification article, and a financial disaster for someone who has just paid between $150-$300. Because of this, I'm still kind of "on the fence" about whether to target the modification article to non-technical hobbyists in a "Heathkit-like" format (such as last year's PL-380 "Supercharging" article) or whether to write the article for technically-skilled hobbyists who simply need some new ICF-2010 loopstick design information (i.e. construction and performance data on a longer, more sensitive antenna for LW and MW). My general impression at this point is that very few non-technical hobbyists would have the confidence or ability to successfully complete an ICF-2010 modification project of this type, which requires a significant amount of $$, some close-order soldering and other detailed work. There is no sense in directing the article at non-technical hobbyists when almost none of them would consider "taking the plunge." 73, (Gary DeBock (across town in Puyallup, WA), IRCA via DXLD) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ :Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts :Issued: 2014 Aug 18 0139 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 11 - 17 August 2014 Solar activity was at very low to low levels. This period saw predominately B-class flare activity with isolated C-class flare activity, especially late in the period. The largest event of the period was a C2/Sf flare at 0930 UTC on 16 Aug from Region 2144 (S17, L=107, class/area=Dsi/220 on 17 Aug). In addition to the C2 flare, Region 2144 produced two additional low-level C-class flares and Region 2139 (N13, L=058, class/area=Eac/140 on 15 Aug) contributed three low-level C-class flares this period. A filament eruption estimated at 30 degree in extent was observed leaving the solar disk in SDO/AIA 193 and 304 imagery between 1630- 1715 UTC on 15 Aug. A subsequent partial-halo coronal mass ejection (CME) was observed in SOHO/LASCO C2 coronagraph imagery beginning at 15/1800 UTC. Forecaster analysis of this event and WSA-ENLIL model output suggest an anticipated CME arrival at Earth late on 19 Aug. No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at normal levels on 12 Aug with normal to moderate levels observed on 11, 13-17 Aug. A maximum flux value of 565 pfu was observed at 1605 UTC on 11 Aug. Geomagnetic field activity was quiet on 13-16 Aug under nominal solar wind conditions. Quiet to unsettled levels were observed on 11 and 17 Aug and quiet to active levels were observed on 12 Aug, due to coronal hole high speed stream effects. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 18 AUGUST-13 SEPTEMBER 2014 Solar activity is expected to be low throughout the period with a slight chance for M-class (R1-R2 (Minor-Moderate)) flare activity for 21 Aug - 06 Sep due to the return of old Regions 2127 (S09, L=249, class/area=Dkc/300 on 30 Jul) and 2130 (S07, L= 230, class/area=Ekc/290 on 01 Aug), which produced one and two M-class flares, respectively. No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at normal to moderate levels throughout the outlook period. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be quiet on 18, 23-27, and 30 Aug, 03-05 and 09-13 Sep. Quiet to active conditions are expected on 19-20 Aug due to the anticipated arrival of the 15 Aug coronal mass ejection (CME), followed by quiet to unsettled conditions on 21- 22 Aug due to coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS) effects. Quiet to unsettled conditions are expected on 28-29 Aug due to a solar sector boundary crossing followed by a co-rotation interaction region. Quiet to active conditions are expected on 31 Aug followed by quiet to unsettled levels on 01-02 Sep due to CH HSS effects. Quiet to unsettled levels are expected on 06-08 Sep due to CH HSS effects. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2014 Aug 18 0139 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 2014-08-18 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2014 Aug 18 115 5 2 2014 Aug 19 110 12 4 2014 Aug 20 110 14 4 2014 Aug 21 115 8 3 2014 Aug 22 120 8 3 2014 Aug 23 125 5 2 2014 Aug 24 130 5 2 2014 Aug 25 135 5 2 2014 Aug 26 135 5 2 2014 Aug 27 135 5 2 2014 Aug 28 140 8 3 2014 Aug 29 135 8 3 2014 Aug 30 130 5 2 2014 Aug 31 125 12 4 2014 Sep 01 125 10 3 2014 Sep 02 130 8 3 2014 Sep 03 125 5 2 2014 Sep 04 120 5 2 2014 Sep 05 115 5 2 2014 Sep 06 110 8 3 2014 Sep 07 105 8 3 2014 Sep 08 105 10 3 2014 Sep 09 105 5 2 2014 Sep 10 100 5 2 2014 Sep 11 110 5 2 2014 Sep 12 110 5 2 2014 Sep 13 115 5 2 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1735, DXLD) CME STRIKE PRODUCES AURORAS SEEN FROM SPACE Space Weather News for August 20, 2014 http://spaceweather.com A minor CME hit Earth's magnetic field during the early hours of August 19th. At first, the weak impact did little to stir geomagnetic activity, but a geomagnetic storm has since developed as Earth passes through the wake of the solar storm cloud. Astronauts on the ISS report a gorgeous display of auroras seen from Earth orbit. Updates and photos may be found on http://spaceweather.com Posted by: (Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) ###