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Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1747 CONTENTS: *DX and station news about: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Congo DR, Cuba, Egypt non, Equatorial Guinea, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, International Vacuum, Korea South, Kurdistan non, Mauritania, Nigeria, North Ameirca, Perú, Russia, Rwanda, Somaliland, Taiwan and non, Turkey, USA and non SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1747, Nov 13-19, 2014 Thu 0430 WRMI 9955 [1746 replayed] Thu 1330 WRMI 9955 [1746 replayed] Thu 2201 WRMI 9395 via Global 24 [confirmed] Fri 0030 WRMI 9395 via Global 24 [confirmed] Fri 0427v WWRB 3185 [confirmed, incomplete on webcast only, not SW] Fri 2130 WRMI 7570 & 15770 [confirmed] Sat 0730 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 1830 WORLD RADIO NETWORK via satellite [time as shifted] Sun 0231 KVOH 9975 [confirmed] Sun 2300 WRMI 11580 [confirmed, but first part dead air] Mon 0400v WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Area 51 [confirmed on webcast] Mon 2201 WRMI 9395 via Global 24 [confirmed] Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 Wed 0401 WRMI 9395 via Global 24 Wed 0730 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Wed 1415 WRMI 9955 Wed 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v Wed 2201 WRMI 9395 via Global 24 Thu 0430 WRMI 9955 [or 1748 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: 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 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/ ** AFGHANISTAN [non]. 12140, Nov 9 at 0136, JBA carrier with some modulation vs CODAR. No longer can be Cuban harmonic, gone from 6070, so CFRX x 2? Not likely. HFCC shows VOA Radio Ashna at 0130-0230, 300 degrees from THAILAND in Pashto, then Dari (at 0230-1430 it`s R. Azadi via Kuwait on 12140, also alternating the languages) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AFGHANISTAN [non]. USA [non] Frequency change of Radio Free Afghanistan, R. Azadi from Nov. 7 1130-1330 NF 11560 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Pashto and Dari, ex 9900* to avoid Radio France Internationale in Chinese via Paochung till 1300 Videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/11/frequency-change-of-radio-free.html (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Which moved from 9955 to 9900 at our behest to avoid QRMing WRMI. (We never suggested 9900 as replacement, however) (gh, DXLD) ** ALBANIA. 7425, Nov 9 at 0225, R. Tirana IS, fair signal, 0230 theme and sign-on with B-14 English schedule of two transmissions. I`m glad to find reception has improved by now, and notably the R. Tirana modulation is quite good, more so than e.g. KVOH. Signal is enough to shove aside the weaker ACI from 7420 Iran, and 7430 pulse jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ALBANIA [and non]. 11785, Nov 7 at 0704, CRI English news with axualities, fair signal but splash from 11780 Brasil. It is now *far* easier to log Albania via numerous China relays from Cërrik Site with much better-maintained equipment than R. Tirana itself with one transmitter and antenna operational at Shijak {well, one direxional; there is another non-direxional}. This CRI is 0700-0900 at 310 degrees for UK, but also USward, same azimuth as R. Tirana uses. 11855, Nov 7 at 0706, Chinese, fair with fast SAH. This too is CRI via Albania, same 150 kW parameters as 11785. The SAH no doubt denotes that 24-hour R. Aparecida, Brasil, has managed to come quite close to the nominal frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANTARCTICA. 15476, LRA36 at 2103 audible but very weak, playing easy-listening style of music - Nov 6 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, listening in my car, parked by the lake, with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Siendo las 2129 UT, LRA36 sigue en el aire, solo xob [? Typo for con] música argentina non stop y esporádicas identificaciones. Extraño n (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, Nov 7, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** ARGENTINA. RAE out of synch with sked --- 11710.8, RAE at 0207 in FRENCH instead of ENGLISH with a man and woman with talk. French is scheduled for 0300 so an obvious mix-up here - Good Nov 7 (Mark Coady, Ont., dxingwithcumbre yg via DXLD) Still so a week later (gh) ** ARGENTINA. 15345.40, R. Nacional Argentina, Nov 08 2259-2314, 35333-35322, Spanish, Talk, ID at 2300 (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) ** ARMENIA. November 9: Voice of Armenia in Farsi to ME 1434 on 4810 Yerevan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvKbClaombs&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ARMENIA. 9570, R. Sadaye Zindagi via Armenia, Nov 07 1459-1510, 35333, Dari, ID at 1459, Opening announce, 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) ** ARMENIA. 11635, Nov 10 at 1418, hi-pitched S Asian singing, fair signal, 1419 announcement in unknown language. HFCC shows TWR via ERV = Gavar, not Yerevan, at 1245-1600, 300 kW, 100 degrees to CIRAF 40E and 41. To Aoki for details: on the TWR India service during this quarter hour on Sundays & Mondays, the language is Magahi, what else? EiBi`s language list shows: MAG Maghi/Magahi/Maghai: India-Bihar, Jharkhand (14 megaspeakers) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. 2368.48, Radio Symban (presumed), 1302 through subsequent checking till 1401 on Nov 10; above threshold level, but weak; never noted any announcements, just non-stop typical Greek music/singing; cutting through the QRN fairly well for a low powered station. No hint of Vintage FM on 3210 and no activity on 5050 from Australia (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. Radio Australia, 9580, 11/7/14 [Friday only], 1245 UT with Naked Scientist program discussing supernatural science stories and a science experiment conducted for a youth audience (Larry Zamora, Garland, TX, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. 12115, Nov 10 at 1421, Bible reading and sermon in English with strange accent, reference I Corinthians XI, fair over CODAR. EiBi and Aoki say it`s Reach Beyond Australia, at 1405-1530 all English to S Asia, 100 kW, 310 degrees from Kununurra; could it be long-path to here? Except for a `Spotlight` here & there, no English on other broadcasts beyond 0730-0830 on 15490 for PNG (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRIA. TWR Europe in Polish, new transmission to EaEu 0830 on 7400 Moosbrunn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xq7KVD4SVQ&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Ivo posts a great many audios on YouTube, only a few of which can be linked here; full listings in the DXLD yg. This apparently replaces 0645-0700 M-F which used to be on two Austrian frequencies a minute apart, still scheduled M-F on 5910 only. In A-14 these were on 5910 & 7320 at 0545 before the timeshift. 7400 also carries TWR English at 0800-0820 daily, but it`s on the 30 degree beam, while 0830 Polish is 300 degrees, not toward Poland at all. In A-14, 7320 was on the 300 aimed USward instead (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRIA. 11880, Nov 8 at 0627, fair signal in Arabic with Christian sermon: refers to Yeshua rather than Mohammed; there`s also something about the intonation which is unIslamic. Yes, HFCC shows AWR Arabic via Austria at 06-07 --- yet, also registered on 11880 at 06-09 is Saudi Arabia! That better be wooden, lest there be a terrible clash of Abrahamists (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BANGLADESH. 4750, Bangladesh Betar, Nov 08 1332-1409, 33433, Bengali, Bangladesh music and news, ID at 1405. 9455, Bangladesh Betar, Nov 02 *1314-1325, 33443-34443, Nepali, 1314 sign on with IS, Opening music, Opening announce, News. 15105, Bangladesh Betar, Nov 02 1246-1300*, 34443-25442, English, Bangladesh music and talk, Closing announce at 1259, 1300 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) ** BELARUS. Got eQSL-letter logo station with acknowledgment: First National Channel of Belarusian Radio. nfirmed channel reception 11.03.2014 from 6.30 to 7.05 (UT) at a frequency of 7255 kHz. E-mail response within one hour. Sent to the address: radio1@tvr.by WEB: http://radio1.tvr.by/ Common site for radio and TV: http://www.tvr.by (Klepov Anatoly, Moscow, Russia, RusDX November 9 via DXLD) Received an e-QSL-letter of the Belarusian Radio reception for Russian and 11.04.2014 Belarusian language at the frequency 279 kHz. The report sent the e-mail: radio1 @ tvr.by Confirmed the Chief Director of the First National Channel Belarusian Radio AB Vasiukevich. (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx", ibid.) Received confirmation from the radio station Belarus + stickers + cards with the logo of the station and booklet, Radio Station Belarus (Anatoly Klepov. Moscow, Russia) QSL World, RusDX Nov 9 via DXLD ** BELARUS. Dregs: just went hilltopping; condx pretty underwhelming. 23460, Belaruskae R, 2 x 11730, poor 1536 (Tim Bucknall, Congleton, UK, Executive Committee Member & Social Media Co-ordinator #KresySiberia, Nov 9, harmonics yg via DXLD) ** BHUTAN. Esta mañana entre las 1000 y las 1045 UT pude escuchar a R. Bhutan en 6035 con música en ingles y comentarios (chequeado con la transmisión online). Mañana subo el audio, 73's (Miguel Castellino, Argentina? Nov 12, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 3310, Radio Mosoj Chaski, Cochabamba, 2300 to 2310 under QRN, om in language. 7 November (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, S FL, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, 60/90/120 m dipoles, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 4409.8, Radio Eco, Reyes, 2345 to 2351 improving audio 9 November, 2330 om in Spanish, music at 2345; deep fades and high noise level, 2355 signal improved but still only fair 7 November (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, S FL, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, 60/90/120 m dipoles; with XM, Cedar Key and MR, Vero Beach, WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 4699.9, Radio San Miguel, Riberalta, 1000 to 1020 with programming in Spanish, fair signal, 5 November and each other day checked same time. 2255 to 2310 weak signal on 7 November (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, S FL, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, 60/90/120 m dipoles; with XM, Cedar Key, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 4716.65, Radio Yatun Ayllu Yura, Yura: alas, silent (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, S FL, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, 60/90/120 m dipoles; with XM, Cedar Key and MR, Vero Beach, 10 November, WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 5580.2, Radio San José, San José de Chiquitos noted 2355 to 0020 deep fades in Spanish. 9/10 November (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, S FL, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, 60/90/120 m dipoles, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 3364.84, Brasil, Rádio Cultura, Araraquara, SP, 2302 with music followed by -locutor em português - fairly good signal 7 November, 2355 to 2359 on 9 November. 3375.1, Brasil, Rádio Municipal São Gabriel da Cachoeira, 0945 om in Portuguese, same om over music recheck at 1015 still there 6 November; 2350 to 2355 marginal signal 8 November. 4925.2, Brasil, Radio Educação Rural, Tefé, AM 1000 to 1023 om in Portuguese with some musical selections, good signal 5 November (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, S FL, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, 60/90/120 m dipoles, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. A Brasil Central está no ar nos 60 metros; estou a 200 km em Brasília. Nos 25 metros não ouvir esses dias. No AM a propagação está ruim há 1 mês; acho que a propagação esses dias está ruim, mas cheguei a ouvir na 2ª Feira dia 3, 1660 kHz Porto Rico, mas ontem ã noite nada nas X band, a 1610 em Inglês estava OK, as Argentinas 1620, 1630 e 1670 fraquissima (Neto Silva, Brasília DF, 6 Nov, radioescutas yg via DXLD) Neto Silva: Se a R. Brasil Central, 4985, está no ar, então pode ser que, na parte do dia em que o sinal se propaga para cá, já esteja fechada; isto a menos que esteja com potência reduzidíssima. Outras estações brasileiras há, de menor potência, menos regulares e com menor projecção do que a R. Brasil Central, que eu venho recebendo, logo, creio que é de inferir que algo se passa (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, ibid.) ** BRAZIL [and non]. Morning UT log of Nov 10, log of N American network remote SDR units at MA/NY/FL/IL-USA, Edmonton-Alb-CAN, Vancouver lower mainland units. Two stations hit each other on 6010 channel on Nov 10: 6010.051, BRA ZYE521 Radio Inconfidência, Belo Horizonte MG - and 6010.152, CLM equal signals on threshold level only, at 0826 UT on Nov 10; La Voz de tu Conciencia, Lomalinda, Puerto Lleras, Meta, but nothing heard of co-channel Mexican station Rádio Mil, Ciudad de México today (Wolfgang Büschel, Nov 10, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, via DXLD) Or any day: has been off for most of the year (gh, DXLD) ** BRAZIL. Morning UT log of Nov 10, log of N American network remote SDR units at MA/NY/FL/IL-USA, Edmonton-Alb-CAN, Vancouver lower mainland units: 6080.038, ZYE726 Rádio Marumby, Curitiba PR. Evangelical Church weak but just over threshold level program, S=4, noted on Edmonton Alberta SDR unit. Frequency hopping some 2-5 Hertz around. 9514.973 kHz at 0900 UT on Nov 10. ZYE726 Rádio Marumby, Curitiba PR Brazil. BrazPortuguese talk at 0901 UT. 5939.753, ZYE890 Rádio Voz Missionaria, Camboriú, SC, in Braz Portuguese at 0852 UT on Nov 10. WWCR Nashville powerhouse next door adjacent 5935 kHz (Wolfgang Büschel, Nov 10, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 9664.7, Rádio Voz Missionária, November 13 at 0000. Fair to good signal with no interference. Announcements and promo's in Portuguese. Many mentions of Brazil or Brasília. Frequency and address at 0006 along with singing ID "Rádio Missionária do Brazil". Contemporary and traditional Christian music in Portuguese and occasionally English. About 5 seconds ahead of the website audio feed (Jim Andrew, Houston, Texas - Funcube Pro+ SDR using SDR Console, SPR- 4, amateur band vertical, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 9819.88, R. 9 de Julho, Nov 02 0708-0730, 35443, Portuguese, Chorus music, ID at 0727 (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) ** BRAZIL. Observatório Nacional --- A frequência de 10000 kHz está muda já faz algum tempo. Existem três possibilidades: 1 - Falta de propagação, o que é pouco provável. 2 - Transmissor em manutenção 3 - Desativação das ondas curtas. Porque com essa onda de cancelamentos das ondas curtas, pode até ser o motivo do silêncio em 10.000 kHz. 73 (Luiz Chaine Neto, 7-11-2014, radioescutas yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DXLD) Luiz, O Departamento do Serviço da Hora está em manutenção, equipamentos e prédio. Volta quando tudo estiver ok. O serviço de Hora legal é optativo dos Observatórios Astronômicos, eles entram e saem do ar a critério do operador, não é um serviço de radiodifusão, muito menos obrigatório. Abs (Denis Zoqbi, ibid. WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DXLD) Não acredito na desativação, o Observatório Nacional não tem fins comerciais (Paulo Labastie, ibid.) E pra que ele transmite nessa frequência? Tem em VHF também (Paulo Henrique, ibid.) Oi Paulo, tudo bem? Imagine o mundo há não muito tempo atrás, 25 anos. Como poderiam aeroportos, portos, embarcações e trens saber a hora certa? E as emissoras de radio ou indústrias? E como saber se o equipamento de radio estava alinhado com a leitura de freqüências correta? Este é o serviço que o ON prestava: hora certa em freqüência conhecida. –hg (Huelbe Garcia, ibid.) Certo é que aqui só escuto em VHF mesmo, 166.530 e 174.130 MHz (Paulo Henrique, ibid.) Paulo, A razão da existência da Rádio Relógio em si, não é transmitir a hora em si, é apenas registro físico do marcador de Tempo, que é o Serviço da Hora Legal. As estações da Hora como chamamos, são ferramentas de trabalho usados pela Astronomia para aferir a marcação do tempo Geodésico do Planeta. A sincronização permite marcar Tempo e Espaço das 23 horas e 54 minutos, Hora legal de um dia, no decorrer de um dia inteiro, e formar a partir daí, o dia Civil de 24 horas. O ajuste deste período, no decorrer de 4 anos é que gera mais um dia civil, 29 de fevereiro, ano bissexto. Fora isso, a marcação da Hora Legal pode opcionalmente ser feita em rádio, em baixa potência (Pot Máxima permitida é 10 kW) e de uso exclusivo dos Laboratórios de Astrofísica dos seus respectivos Observatórios Nacionais. No Brasil, o serviço está a cargo do Observatório Nacional, que fica no Rio de Janeiro. Outra emissora congênere conhecida, WWV é a estação do Laboratório de Boulder, no Colorado, operado pelo Operador Nacional do Sistema do Tempo americano, NIST. Estas transmissões, diferentes da radiodifusão, entram e saem do ar quando o Observatório quiser. 73, (Denis Zoqbi, ibid.) That may be the case in Brasil, but WWV is certainly not only for astrophsyical observatories, but for broad use by the public, and not put on the air only on occasion, but constantly reliable (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) O Observatório Nacional, que fornece a hora certa de 10 em 10 segundos pelas ondas curtas, colocou no ar novamente seu TX de 30 metros, 10000 kHz. Transmissão monitorada em 10-11-2014, com bom sinal. 73 (Luiz Chaine Neto, Limeira -sp-, 11-11-2014, radioescutas yg via DXLD) Bom dia, Tive uma ótima escuta do ON agora em 10 MHz e pude notar que ele não transmite mais os clicks de segundos, portanto os duplos também não! Agora apenas um click de 10 em 10 segundos, com o anuncio em voz em AM-USB. Nas minhas anotações, verifiquei que em: 01/12/08 transmitiu os duplos de 9 a 14 =-0,6s 13/09/11 transmitiu os de 9 a 11 = -0,3s 08/09/12 transmitiu os de 9 a 12 = -0,4s Essa diferença entre o tempo UT1 e UTC é chamada de DUT. Além da WWV, escutei também a CHU e a RWM, que usam o mesmo sistema de clicks duplos para informar o DUT. 72 de (Roland, PY4ZBZ, Nov 12, ibid.) Oi Roland, Não se desculpe, por favor. Não você. Você é um erudito e altamente qualificado no nosso meio, e claro, sei que você sabe do que se tratavam os cliques. Também errei ao dizer numa única frase coisas distintas. O “é duplo mesmo”, tratava-se de afirmação do Huelbe que ele não estava equivocado ao que escutava. Agora, o porque é relativista, é fato, não é apenas um marcador. O clique duplo UT –UT1 veio sim da necessidade de suprir o erro relativista que existe no tempo da transmissão de rádio para a aferição real do tempo do relógio. Usei da expressão mais simplória apenas porque queria que leigos entendessem do que se trata, nada mais. Esta é uma realidade muito mais moderna do que o rádio, e veio suprir este problema que sempre existiu em relação ao ajuste de tempo padrão em relação ao movimento da Terra. Sabendo de ambos, como o Planeta não pára, e a informação precisava ser informada, o envelope passou conter a referência de correção, que serve para tudo. O relativismo entra em tudo hoje em dia, até numa transmissão de televisão, onde periodicamente antenas de redes de satélites precisam ser ajustadas por causa dos atrasos relativos que os satélites mesmo geoestacionários tem em relação à Terra. Parece geoestacionário, mas de estacionado e parado ele nunca está. Só para registro: Os sistemas do NIST, ON e demais observatórios hoje em dia trabalham em rede. Todo mundo trabalha sincronizado e geram estes padrões deforma sincronizada já fazem alguns anos. ON e outros observatórios não se obrigam a trabalhar da mesma forma, porque não querem. Como os russos que usam seu sinal padrão, fora do padrão, porque deixaram claro que fazem o que eles querem e pronto. Acostume- se com estas coisas, porque foi difícil pra mim profissionalmente engolir muita coisa também. Abs (Denis Zoqbi, ibid.) ** BRAZIL. 11734.981, ZYE858, Rádio Transmundial (RTM) from Santa Maria, Camobi, RS, at 0918 UT on Nov 10 "Bom Dia...". Surprisingly strong this morning, much better than 49mb outlets (Wolfgang Büschel, Nov 10, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 12 via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 11745 & 11815, Nov 7 at 0704, still scratchy distorted spurs audible from much stronger 11780 RNA. BTW, 11815 would interfere with another Brasilian station, Rádio Brasil Central, altho I don`t detect it on the air in the nightmiddle. 11745 & 11815, Nov 8 at 0628, RNA 11780 distorted spurs still audible, altho barely. A Brazilian colleague has now notified EBC about this continuing problem, so we`ll see what happen. 11745 & 11815, Nov 9 at 0120, RNA spurs are stronger than last few nights. Also, fundamental 11780 is considerably off-frequency as others have noted. Now the DX-398 and I estimate it at 11780.14 but nothing to het it. 11745 & 11815, Nov 10 at 0653, distorted spurs from 11780.1 RNA are still audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Morning UT log of Nov 10, log of NoAM network remote SDR units at MA/NY/FL/IL-USA, Edmonton-Alb-CAN, Vancouver lower mainland units. 11780.126, RNB Rádio Nacional da Amazônia Brasília DF, noted with many ID's given at 0922 UT on Edmonton Alberta SDR unit. S=8 or -74dBm signal strength. Wideband 11775.2 to 11785.6 kHz signal. Clean - little fluttery - audio quality, nothing of a disturbtion heard, despite Glenn always tells about spurious disturbtion heard on his post in OK-USA (Wolfgang Büschel, Nov 10, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, via DXLD) 11745 & 11815, Nov 11 at 0645, still distorted spurs from 11780+ RNA audible, tho my heightened local noise level overall tries to obscure them. Nov 12 at 0634, I can make out 11745 but not 11815 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. Morning UT log of Nov 10, log of NoAM network remote SDR units at MA/NY/FL/IL-USA, Edmonton-Alb-CAN, Vancouver lower mainland units. 11915.118, ZYE851, Rádio Gaúcha, Porto Alegre, RS, S=6-7 fair signal observed at 0927 UT on Nov 10. Noted on Edmonton Alberta SDR unit too (Wolfgang Büschel, Nov 10, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 15190, Radio Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte, 0642-0712, 03- 11, Portuguese, program "Tren Caipira", comments and Brazilian songs, identification: "Inconfidência". 24322 6010, Rádio Inconfidência, Belo Horizonte, 0701-0718, 03-11, Portuguese, program "Tren Caipira", "Agora 5 e 15, Tren Caipira, o som da nossa terra". // with 15190. 24322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Playa Blanca, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Tecsun PL-880, antenna: Tecsun AN-05, 7 meters wire antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CAMBODIA [non]. Voice of Khmer M'Chas Srok in Khmer to SEAs 1137 on 17860 Dushanbe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd1Rcqe9sRk&feature=youtu.be Voice of Khmer M'Chas Srok in Khmer to SEAs 1152 on 17860 Dushanbe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4an7HHEhIg&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Ivo posts a great many audios on YouTube, only a few of which can be linked here; full listings in the DXLD yg (gh, DXLD) ** CAMBODIA [non]. CLANDESTINE, 9945, CMN Khmer R., Nov 02 *2300-2311, 35333, Cambodian, 2300 sign on with opening music, ID, Opening announce, 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) ** CANADA [non]. BBC Broadcasting Inc. appeals hearing examiner’s decision --- This is not about the BBC in the UK. It's about KRPI-1550 in Washington state. http://www.allpointbulletin.com/2014/11/06/bbc-broadcasting-inc-appeals-hearing-examiners-decision/ (Dennis Gibson, Nov 10, Sent from my iPhone, ABDX via DXLD) ** CANADA. 6030, Calgary - CFVP relaying CKMX (AM 1060), 1318 and subsequent checking till 1436 on Nov 10; pleasantly surprise to find CNR1 still off the air here, giving me a nice chance to hear this low powered (100 W) station in the clear; comedy segments along with many ads (Home Depot, Smartphones, Konig Motors, Alberta Chevrolet, "5 Star Auto Glass" for windshield replacements, etc.); fairly readable (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA [Re 14-45]. 6070, 0704, CFRX Toronto reactivated, now right on frequency, with English news, weather ‘right now it`s 3 degrees’, ident for “Newstalk 10-10”, then adverts, poor to fair 27/10 (Bryan Clark, Mangawhai, Northland, North Island, New Zealand, AOR7030+. EWEs to NAm, CAm & SAm, Drake SPR4 with Alpha Delta Sloper, Nov NZ DX Times via DXLD) 6070, CFRX, Toronto, Ontario. 1048 November 7, 2014. Two hosts talking about covering the Blue Jays in the old days at CFCF. Very strong, excellent audio (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6070, Nov 9 at 0101, news and traffic from CFRX Toronto which finally has its frequency cleared, as RHC has moved off for the season, effective tonight. It`s still a bigsig on 6060, but a bother only during hi-pitched news sounders. Now if only CFRX can keep its transmitter on the air, or fix it ASAP, dissuading vultures like RHC from usurping the frequency again! At 0150, CFRX has an interview with a musician and/or songwritress. Time for a look at the CFRB prime-time program schedule. Obviously personality-driven, so if you have no idea who these names are, you`ll just have to listen, judge them by their looks, or at least check the linx to each program at http://www.newstalk1010.com/schedule.aspx Times EST = UT -5 on the next day of week. As usual, 4 minutes or so of news on the hour is ignored even tho it`s ``News-Talk 10-10``: Saturday: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Theo Caldwell 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM In Studio with Bob and Blair 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM Geeks & Beats 10:00 PM - 11:00 PM The Motts Rewind 11:00 PM - 12:00 AM Mark Elliot Sunday: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Jim Richards Showgram 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM 60 Minutes [yes, audio of the CBS TV show; we again wonder, what happens on radio if on CBS-TV itself, it`s delayed for stupid ballgames as happens more often than not in FB season; and then there`s golf ---] 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM The Pay Chen Show 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM Vinney White 10:00 PM - 11:00 PM Edward Keenan 11:00 PM - 12:00 AM The Eleventh Hour with David Eddie Monday-Friday: 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM The Night Side with John Downs & Barb DiGiulio Monday: 10:00 PM - 12:00 AM The Late Shift with Gail Vaz-Oxlade Tuesday: 10:00 PM - 12:00 AM The Late Shift with Joe Warmington Wednesday: 10:00 PM - 12:00 AM The Late Shift with Bill Hayes Thursday: 10:00 PM - 12:00 AM The Late Shift with Jack Berkovits Friday: 10:00 PM - 11:00 PM Geeks & Beats 11:00 PM - 12:00 AM Beyond the Mic with Mike Bullard Back from the shack, at the kitchen table for supper, I find CFRX is strong enough for sufficient listening just on the PL-880 with whip fully extended, during `Geeks & Beats` at 0236 UT Sunday Nov 9 as they are discussing how PPMs work in radio ratings: it seems they can detect which radio station is playing near a person, e.g. on PA in a store, whether the person is paying any attention to it or not. This was originating from the Downtown Toronto Record Show with lots of crowd noise in background. At 0301 during news, promo for sports on 1050, since CHUM is a sibling station, both owned by Bell Media. Yet at some time on 6070, I was also hearing plugs for Rogers. Next show at 0304, `The Motts Rewind` is going to deal with the Jian Ghomeshi/CBC affair, i.a. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6070, CFRX, Nov 10 0630, Strong signal into PL-880 with news and a show with two men and a woman joking around. Some mention of Sirius XM. Some slow deep fades noted as well (Mark Clark, Lancaster County PA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Morning UT log of Nov 10, log of NoAM network remote SDR units at MA/NY/FL/IL-USA, Edmonton-Alb-CAN, Vancouver lower mainland units. 6069.999, Proper S=8-9 signal level of CFRX Toronto around 0834 UT on Nov 10, anti-promotion annmt against "Illegal Cigarettes". 6159.974, CKZU from lower Vancouver mainland. At 0845 UT like S=5-6 transmission strength in Edmonton-Alberta SDR unit. Weaker CKZN St. John's signal some 6 Hertz only apart, 6159.980 kHz heard in Massachusetts-USA post at 0840 UT on Nov 10 on eastcoast of NoAM, like Boston-MA / Rochester-NY remote posts (Wolfgang Büschel, Nov 10, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, via DXLD) Just noticed that Mack Furlong, the man behind wry parody "The Great Eastern" on CBC Radio in the 1990s, has been honored by the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists. http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Local/2014-09-25/article-3882234/Pat-on-the-back-for-Mack/1 https://ca.news.yahoo.com/mack-furlong-presented-actra-john-103921408.html There is still a web site with all the "Great Eastern" episodes at http://gporter.net/great/ (Mike Cooper, Nov 7, DXLD) ** CANADA. 2749-USB, VCG, Rivière-au-Rernard, QC, 0440 to 0445 om in French with weather forecast 9 November. 2749-USB, VAR3, Fundy NS, 1045 “this afternoon… visibility 10 knots …” 1050 on 5 November (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, S FL, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, 60/90/120 m dipoles, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA [non]. GERMANY vs SWAZILAND Bible Voice Broadcasting vs TWR Africa 1700-1715 11700 NAU 100 kW / 125 deg N/ME Arabic Dardasha 7 Sat/Sun 1630-1800 11700 MAN 100 kW / 013 deg EaAf Amharic/Oromo. Two videos http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/11/bible-voice-broadcasting-vs-twr-africa.html Not active at present broadcasts of Bible Voice Broadcasting via Secretbrod 1700-1715 11700 SCB 100 kW / 126 deg N/ME Arabic Dardasha 7 Mon-Fri 1715-1745 11700 SCB 100 kW / 126 deg N/ME Arabic Tue 1715-1800 11700 SCB 100 kW / 126 deg N/ME Arabic Mon/Wed/Fri 1500-1515 13630 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg SoAs English 1st/3rd Sat 1515-1530 13630 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg SoAs English Fri/Sat 1530-1545 13630 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg SoAs Punjabi Sat 1530-1600 13630 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg SoAs Urdu Fri -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) ** CHILE. 28500-USB, Nov 8 at 2004, CE2MVF calling QRZ. A bit earlier there was a TI5, Costa Rica on same frequency. On 28485 someone mentioned a ``Centennial QSO Party``, which must account for a lot of activity including domestic-to-domestic quick contacts. QRZ.com shows: CE2MVF MATTHIAS ACEVEDO VON FREY P.O.BOX. 147 CP. 2290000 LA CALERA V REGION Chile This is no CQ WW DX contest, and nothing much higher on 28 MHz, but also activity below 25 MHz, and some above 21 MHz. Just because there is not a single broadcaster to be heard on the 21 or 25 MHz bands doesn`t mean there is no propagation. If 100 to 1000 watt ham stations make it from South America on 10m, just think what some 10 to 50 kW BC stations could do on 11 or 13 m --- but no one is interested (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [and non]. November 5: CNR 1 Jamming vs AIR in Chinese and WWCR 1 in English 1249 on 15795 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOVOGszn6LI&feature=youtu.be CNR 1 Jamming vs Voice of America in Chinese to EaAs 1404 on 12045 Tinang https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvDhbyOgjTQ&feature=youtu.be Firedrake and CNR 1 Jamming vs Radio Free Asia in Tibetan 1227 on 15375 Dushanbe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMLyz1xOMys&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Ivo posts a great many audios on YouTube, only a few of which can be linked here; full listings in the DXLD yg (gh, DXLD) CNR1 jammers morning of Nov 7: 12910, Nov 7 at 1348, CNR1 jammer, good with flutter 12870, Nov 7 at 1349, CNR1 jammer, very poor and not synchronized with 12910; none in the 13s, 14s 15265, Nov 7 at 1351, CNR1 jammer, with het from off-frequency Taiwan, // 12910 15375, Nov 7 at 1352, CNR1 jammer, fair with flutter, about 2 seconds ahead of 12910; none in the 16s 11100, Nov 7 at 1355, CNR1 jammer, very good with flutter, until 1400* after timesignal; none in the 10s, but some in the 11.6`s unlogged 9150, Nov 7 at 1357, CNR1 jammer, fair, not synch with 11100 9230, Nov 7 at 1358, CNR1 jammer, very poor 9320, Nov 7 at 1358, CNR1 jammer, poor, not synchronized with others 9200, Nov 7 at 1442, CNR1 jammer, very good; the above 9`s off now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) November 8: CRI in Bulgarian and Firedrake vs RFA in Chinese 1832 on 6020 Shijiazhuang vs Tinian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUaDvLNEVlo&feature=youtu.be CRI in Czech and Firedrake vs RFA in Chinese 1937 on 7415 Urumqi vs Tinian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8boAg43JCog&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7470, Firedrake Jammer, 1232, 11/9/14. Traditional Chinese music jammer loop. Versus unheard R. Free Asia in Tibetan via Ulaanbaatar, MONGOLIA. Don’t know why this was Firedrake rather than CNR 1 jammer heard on many other frequencies such as 9350 jamming RFA in Tibetan via Tajikistan (Mark Taylor, Madison, Wisconsin, Perseus, WinRadio g313e, Eton e1, Grundig Satellit 800, Sangean 909X, Tecsun PL 660; 40 meters dipole, RF Systems Mk 2, Flextenna, NASWA Flashsheet Nov 9 via DXLD) CNR1 jammers November 9: 9230, Nov 9 at 1349, CNR1 jammer, Chinese classical music, good with flutter 9155, Nov 9 At 1349, CNR1 jammer, now in speech with reverb // 9230 9320, Nov 9 at 1349, ditto, all about same level. None in the 10s, 11s (except maybe inbanders), 12s, 13s, 14s, 15s, 16s, 17s (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) November 9: CNR 1 Jamming vs Voice of America in Tibetan to CeAs 1414 on 15745 Udorn Thani https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgH5JjUsNBo&feature=youtu.be CNR 1 Jamming vs Voice of America in Tibetan to CeAs 1427 on 17830 Tinang https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVf0A6VHJxI&feature=youtu.be Firedrake and CNR 1 Jamming vs Voice of America in Chinese to EaAs 1451 on 9530 Tinang https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72qDt7IJF5c&feature=youtu.be CNR 1 Jamming vs Radio Free Asia in Chinese to EaAs 1543 on 9495 Saipan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FlrasiExps&feature=youtu.be CNR 1 Jamming vs Radio Free Asia in Tibetan to CeAs 1546 on 11865 Al Dhabbaya https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W3WU82vymo&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) CNR1 jammers morning of November 10: 9150, Nov 10 at 1358-1400*, CNR1 jammer, fair with flutter, cut off after 5+1 timesignal 9200, Nov 10 at 1358-1400*, CNR1 jammer, fair with flutter, cut off after a syllable spoken after 5+1 timesignal 12560, Nov 10 at 1420, CNR1 jammer, fair with very heavy flutter 11430, Nov 10 at 1424, CNR1 jammer, fair with very heavy flutter 11500, Nov 10 at 1424, CNR1 jammer, very poor (all are synchronized) 12910, Nov 10 at 1425, CNR1 jammer, poor with heavy flutter 12980, Nov 10 at 1425, CNR1 jammer, poor with heavy flutter 13530, Nov 10 at 1427, CNR1 jammer, fair-good with heavy flutter 13130, Nov 10 at 1428, CNR1 jammer, very poor with heavy flutter; none in the 14s, 15s, 16s, 17s (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) CNR 1/CRI Jamming and Firedrake vs Radio Free Asia/Voice of America CNR 1 Jamming and Firedrake vs Radio Free Asia in Tibetan 1227 on 15375 Dushanbe 1200-1300 on 15375 DB 250 kW / 110 deg to CeAs Tibetan CNR 1 Jamming vs Voice of America in Chinese to EaAs 1234 on 11655 Udorn Thani 1200-1300 on 11655 UDO 250 kW / 030 deg to EaAs Chinese CNR 1 Jamming vs Voice of America in Chinese to EaAs 1404 on 12045 Tinian 1400-1500 on 12045 TIN 250 kW / 296 deg to EaAs Chinese CNR 1 Jamming vs Voice of America in Tibetan to CeAs 1414 on 15745 Udorn Thani 1400-1500 on 15745 UDO 250 kW / 316 deg to CeAs Tibetan CNR 1 Jamming vs Voice of America in Tibetan to CeAs 1427 on 17830 Tinang 1400-1500 on 17830 PHT 250 kW / 283 deg to CeAs Tibetan CNR 1 Jamming and Firedrake vs Voice of America in Chinese to EaAs 1451 on 9530 Tinang 1400-1500 on 9530 PHT 250 kW / 349 deg to EaAs Chinese CNR 1 Jamming vs Voice of America in Tibetan to CeAs 1457 on 17585 Lampertheim 1400-1500 on 17585 LAM 100 kW / 077 deg to CeAs Tibetan CNR 1 Jamming vs Radio Free Asia in Chinese to EaAs 1543 on 9495 Saipan 1500-1600 on 9495 SAI 100 kW / 300 deg to EaAs Chinese CNR 1 Jamming vs Radio Free Asia in Tibetan to CeAs 1546 on 11865 Al Dhabbaya 1500-1600 on 11865 DHA 250 kW / 075 deg to CeAs Tibetan CRI in Bulgarian and Firedrake vs Radio Free Asia in Chinese 1832 on 6020 Shijiazhuang vs Tinian 1830-1857 on 6020 SZG 500 kW / 315 deg to SEEu Bulgarian 1800-1900 on 6020 TIN 250 kW / 288 deg to EaAs Chinese CRI in Czech and Firedrake vs Radio Free Asia in Chinese 1937 on 7415 Urumqi vs Tinian 1900-1927 on 7415 URU 500 kW / 308 deg to CeEu Czech 1900-2000 on 7415 TIN 250 kW / 317 deg to EaAs Chinese. Videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/11/cnr-1cri-jamming-and-firedrake-vs-radio.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov. 0951 UT Nov 10, dxldyg via DXLD) No dates on the above logs, but perhaps Nov 9 (gh, DXLD) Firedrake on both 15560 (vs VOA) and 15665 (vs RFA) at 0422 on Nov 10 CNR1. For almost a month now, both 6030 and 7345 off the air as of Nov 10. Very helpful now for reception of Calgary and Myanmar (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 7395, Nov 12 at 1407, CRI Japanese // stronger 7410; at first suspect a spur, but nothing on 7425; 1410 ID as ``Kochirawa Pekin Hoso``. Also an open carrier circa 7393 to confuse things. 7395 is 500 kW, 73 degrees from Xi`an, while 7410 is 500 kW, 59 degrees from Jinhua site, both Japanese during this hour only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [non]. 13740, Nov 10 at 1506, open carrier/dead air from CRI English via CUBA: then bits of audio start to cut on and off, mostly off. Wiggle that patchcord! It was OK as I tuned across during previous hour. 13740 at 14-16 remains a yearound channel for this (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** COLOMBIA. Morning UT log of Nov 10, log of NoAM network remote SDR units at MA/NY/FL/IL-USA, Edmonton-Alb-CAN, Vancouver lower mainland. 5910.063v usual CLM Alcaraván Rádio, Lomalinda, Puerto Lleras, Meta, on this channel. But n o t on air today Nov 10 Two stations hit each other on 6010 channel on Nov 10: 6010.051, BRA ZYE521 Radio Inconfidência, Belo Horizonte MG - and 6010.152, CLM equal signals on threshold level only, at 0826 UT on Nov 10; La Voz de tu Conciencia, Lomalinda, Puerto Lleras, Meta, but nothing heard of co-channel Mexican stn Rádio Mil, Ciudad de México today (Wolfgang Büschel, Nov 10, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, via DXLD) ** CONGO DR. Radio Candip is very audible here in Central Iowa tonight on 5066.34. It was peaking at an S7 about 10 minutes ago, but it seems to be getting weaker. Jump on this one while you can. SIO 423 (Tim Rahto, Perseus receiver, SAL-20 antenna, 0328 UT Nov 10, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5066.34, Nov 10 at 0345, JBA carrier with trace of talk modulation, presumed R. Candip. Tnx for tip from Tim Rahto in Iowa who measured it here and said to the DXLD yg that it was peaking about 0318: hurry and tune in. So, it was on earlier than listed *0330 in Aoki, and much earlier than listed *0400 in WRTH 2014. Gaisma.com says sunrise in Bunia today was 0341. At one sesquidegree north of the Equator, its SR should very vary little, but supposedly gets as late as 0411 in a trimonth, so we`re losing darkness every morning until over the hump. We should start tuning for it by 0300 now. See http://www.gaisma.com/en/location/bunia.html which also provides a current terminator/grayline map (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 700, Radio Progreso, 0335 to 0400 this // 690 and 4765, with usual IDs, woman singing 0345, mention of Radio Progreso Cadena Nacional, primer territorio, 0349 vocalist. Mixing with WLW, 8 November. Tip from Palm Beach, FL friend (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, S FL, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, Scotka Amplified Ferrite MW Antennas, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WRTH 2014 lists NO Cuban on 700 (gh, DXLD) ** CUBA. Radio Reloj was noted off-frequency at 859.944 kHz on 27 October (Bruce Conti, NH, reporting to the MW Offsets Yahoo Group via Nov NZ DX Times via DXLD) ** CUBA. On Nov 10th, longstanding (at -0420-0450-) speech in Spanish was heard on MW 1620 and on // 5025, 5040, 6060, 9535, 11670 with IDs of R Havana. On 4765 was another program in Spanish (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 1620 & 5025 are R. Rebelde and would not normally be // RHC on SW; special event? (gh, DXLD) ** CUBA. 4765, Nov 9 at 0131, open carrier; 0132 starts music and ID ``Radio Progreso Cadena Nacional, la Onda de la Alegría``, chime and at 0133! timecheck for ``8:30``. Hey, tune in Radio Reloj now and then, why don`t you? Anyhow, RPCN has no doubt timeshifted its too- short transmission one UT hour later to 0130-0500 in keeping with clock changes imposed by Imperialismo Yanqui (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 5025, R. Rebelde, Nov 01 1121-1134, 34433, Spanish, Talk, ID at 1131 (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) ** CUBA [and non]. 17730, Nov 7 at 1342, RHC Spanish with rumble on carrier in AM mode, and slightly wobbling in BFO mode; // 17580 by comparison is not doing this. 6165, Nov 8 at 0053, RHC in Spanish `Mesa Redonda` extra show not // 6070 et al., as now scheduled 00-01 // 11950 (unchecked) UT Tue-Sat only. Expect 6165 to switch to English at 0100 as alleged in old and new schedules, but at 0120 I notice it`s off, and still off at 0149, leaving only 6000 for English during this hour, which at 0120 was interviewing a guest from Suriname. 5040 alone now has English at 00- 01. 12010, Nov 8 at 1345, no signal from RHC, nor on 11950 which is supposed to replace it effective Nov 9, at 12-14 to `Buenos Aires`. 9640, Nov 8 at 1351, RHC on this new frequency, good signal and echo apart from stronger 9850, and nothing on 9550 except Vietnamese. 9640 is on new schedule at 12-16 to `Antilles`. RHC is phasing in its new frequencies rather than abrupt changes tomorrow. 6165, Nov 9 at 0100, RHC English is already on, unlike missing this hour yesterday, and // 6000. 6070, Nov 9 at 0101, RHC is GONE! Leaving CFRX in the clear, see CANADA. This is per new schedule, not a mere anomaly. That also rids us of harmonic DX on 12140 and 18210, unfortunately. But there`s still something on 12140: see AFGHANISTAN [non]. However, the same RHC transmitter, wherever it may be now, could harmonicize elsewhere. If it`s the one on 9535, check 19070, but nothing audible at 0136 Nov 9. See also UNIDENTIFIED 19145. 9535, Nov 9 at 0101 starting `Revista Informativa de la Noche`, RHC on new frequency inherited from self-destructed REE --- I know REE, and RHC, you`re no REE. Not even technically. This transmitter is hummy with deficient modulation, still so at 0153, 0235 rechex. Wiggle that patchcord! Does this replace 6070? Or ex-9810, where nothing is heard now: in A-14 the latter was scheduled 21-05 UT per Aoki (and often put out a noise field). Now 9535 is scheduled 22-05. Meanwhile, at 0235, // 11670, 11760 and 6060 are very good signals and modulation. 9710, Nov 9 at 0155, by // 9535 I can tell that RHC is still on here, buried in heavy CCI from something with music; and at 0235 the overstation is also in Spanish, i.e. per HFCC, CRI via Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN, at 01-03, and also Portuguese 00-01. Furthermore, 9710 is the new frequency for Iran in English to North America at 0320-0420. I haven`t checked how bad that collision be. Yet Arnie has seen fit to schedule 9710 at 22-06 to Antilles --- what was he thinking?? Can`t blame the competition for Cuba boycotting HFCC. 11950, Nov 9 at 1353, `Cuba Campesina` music from RHC on new frequency ex-12010, // 9640, 9850, 11760, 11860 --- the latter with CCI, so that`s the one which 11950 should have replaced, not 12010 which had no QRM problem. What does Arnie know? However, at 1455 recheck, 11950 is off. See also THAILAND 17730, Nov 9 at 2007, RHC in Portuguese with VG signal. European service now here ex-11840: 1930 French, 2000 Portuguese, 2030 Arabic; 21-22 break; 2200-2400 Spanish. Signal so strong here makes it easy to believe RHC is on the wrong antenna toward NW instead of NE. 11950, Nov 10 at 1416, new RHC frequency for B14+ is absent, not on ex-12010 either. Oh: it is scheduled at 1200-1400 only despite the total morning broadcast until 1600 (and beyond that on 11760 only). 17580, Nov 10 at 1505, no signal from RHC: that`s because it`s another frequency which has disappeared completely from the new schedule. Still audible on 17730, 15370, 15230, 11760, 9820, 9640. 11860 is also off now as it`s scheduled until 1500 only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also CHINA [non] Morning UT log of Nov 10, log of NoAM network remote SDR units at MA/NY/FL/IL-USA, Edmonton-Alb-CAN, Vancouver lower mainland units. RHC Spanish B-14 outlets on Nov 10 at 14-15z kHz remote unit at remote CAN/IL/NY/MA remote FL unit 9550 S=4-5 weak S=9+15dB 9640 S=4-5 weak S=9+10dB 9820 S=6 fair S=9+5 dB 11760 S=9+15dB S=9+20dB 11860 S=9+10dB S=9+25dB 15230 S=8-9 S=9+10dB 15370 S=9 S=9+10dB 17730 S=9+10dB S=4-5 weak, in 16meterband skip zone. (Wolfgang Büschel, Nov 10, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, via DXLD) 5040 kHz time extension in winter schedule til March 2015 DST time change, doesn't functioning this morning --- in 60 meterband only heard Radio Rebelde program at 0715 UT on 5025 kHz with S=9+20dB signal level. Great music of "La gran fiesta de Caribe" music at 0727 UT. In B-14 season RHC Cuba registered with HFBC ITU Geneva: Tropical Band NVIS antenna 5040 kHz / 60 mb 2200-2400, 0200-0600, y 0700-0800 UTC to Cuba, Caribe, Sur de E.U./USA, Canada, México, América Central y Norte de Sudamérica. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DXLD) ?? That`s only Spanish portion; other languages at 00-02, 06-07 (gh) 11860, Nov 11 at 1410, RHC with crackle on this transmitter // OK 15370. 5040, Nov 12 at 0644, as soon as Arnie says ``58``, modulation stops on this RHC frequency and the other four of the Cuban Five on 6 MHz. I do not hang around waiting for revival. 11950, Nov 12 at 1413, RHC new frequency is still on past nominal 1400*, but off at 1437 check. 6000, Nov 13 at 0704, this is the only RHC frequency still on the air, and it`s in Spanish after English until 0700; recheck 0709, it`s off, so just overrun? Arnie had said something about keeping 5040 on the air until 0800 in Spanish, but not tonight (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [and non]. Re 6070 kHz RHC/CFRX channel - Arnie Coro from RHC did comment recently: Frequencies that are NOT REGISTERED at the ITU HFBC Database in UN Geneva are ILLEGALLY using the radio frequency spectrum, according to lawyers specialized in international telecommunications law. Those lawyers also are in favor of direct station to station contacts to deal with Frequency incompatibilities, as a first step. As you can check the Canadian government has not registered that station to the ITU HFBC Database in UN Geneva either directly or by means of the non official negotiating group known as the HFCC. I told someone from ODXA in Canada that once CFRX Toronto had it back on the air I will move to another frequency ASAP, as it has been done. The B-14 schedule here is now fully implemented, and we are waiting for honest reception reports from decent persons to find out how it is working. The registration at the HFBC ITU Geneva of the 9535 kHz EX Radio Exterior de España frequency from Noblejas to the Americas did not exist for B-14 season, so it is obvious that the frequency managers at REE knew well in advance about the closing down of the short wave broadcasts at Noblejas. We did register it after finding that the channel was empty, and also to keep Spanish language on that frequency for the benefit of long time listeners of now dead REE. Recent news say that the fate of the Noblejas transmitting station has not yet been decided; but it may follow the same path as Radio Sweden, Bonaire relay of Radio Nederland, the Calera del Tango in Chile and possibly in cue Sackville and Carriari [sic] del [sic] Potosi [sic], Costa Rica, sites of Radio Canada and Radio Exterior de España. 73 and DX, Arnie (Prof. Arnaldo Coro Antich_CO2KK, Nov 9, via BC-DX Nov 12 via DXLD) I will continue to file ``indecent`` but accurate reports of all the SNAFUs, Arnie`s failures to anticipate or deal with collisions. In case anyone is wondering why I am so hostile to him, it`s largely because he condones and facilitates jamming, including my own broadcasts. This too is ``illegal`` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [non]. FRANCE, 9490, R. República, Nov 4 0143-0147 fair signal with other station audible underneath. Talk about commerce in Cuba in Spanish with some English. Both Aoki and EiBi B14 suggest transmitter in France but sounds similar to R. Martí. Checked back at 0255, station gave multiple IDs with frequency/schedule information with s/off at exactly 0300, carrier dropped a few seconds later. Does anyone have more info about this station? (Mark Clark, PA, DXLD) Altho there seems to be no link to it from http://www.directorio.org/ this is the organization sponsoring R. República. Searching the site will find some press releases such as this: http://www.directorio.org/desdecuba/note.php?note_id=4110 and yes, it is via site in France. Formerly was on WRMI, and still brokered by RMI (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** DENMARK. VISIT TO KALUNDBORG RADIOSTATION --- by Anker Petersen On Oct 18, nine Danish members of the DSWCI and 3 wives visited Kalundborg Radiostation and had an excellent presentation by our member Jens Christian Seeberg. Jens and his Philippine wife Editha started with a delicious lunch. The transmitter site at Gisseløre point west of Kalundborg was selected in 1925, because it has a central location in Denmark, is surrounded by seawater and had good telephoneline connections to the studios in Copenhagen. Thus a LW transmitter on 245 (later 243) kHz and a MW transmitter on 1061 (later 1062) kHz were built at Gisseløre. The first one was a 5 kW British transmitter which was inaugurated on Aug 29, 1927. It was replaced by a 60 kW Standard Electric LW transmitter in 1934 which could reach the Faroe Islands and Iceland, the latter was also Danish at that time. It was manned by 25 employees. During the Nazi-German occupation of Denmark in 1940-1945, it had the highest priority for the Germans to control the Danish transmitters, so that only texts written or approved by them were broadcast to the Danes. In 1950 a new 300 kW Telefunken transmitter was purchased. In the same decade an extensive FM-network was built in Denmark. In 2011 a modern Canadian 50 kW LW transmitter took over. It mainly has an audience of Danish maritime and Danes travelling in Europe. Today the transmitter is unmanned and remotely controlled. Reception reports on 243 kHz LW are welcomed by Jens Christian Seeberg, Teracom, Banestrøget 19-21, DK 2630 Taastrup or jens.seeberg @ teracom.dk and verified by a beautiful QSL-card (Nov DSWCI SWN via DXLD) ** DENMARK. Many comments being added to the website, this one interested me: New comment on "Save RTE Longwave Radio" [IRELAND q.v.] Jurijus Kriukas commented on Why we must save LW 252. in response to noelhayes: In an Oireachtas Committee hearing, RTE admitted they do not know how many of the 6M UK ethnic Irish listen to LW252. This decision to close LW252 is thus very questionable. The change will disadvantage individuals and groups in the Republic, and members of the Irish Diaspora living in Northern Ireland and the UK. It will also […] Jurijus wrote: Maybe you remember, when were ceased programmes of Danmarks Radio on 243 kHz. DRM, FM, Internet not helped to people offshore due to lot of technical and human reasons. Transmitter 1062 kHz on medium waves was really bad thing, it not ensured quality, stability and good readability of weather forecasts from Kalundborg to sea-going people. The Danes protested against decision of their government and they won. Now we can to listen Kalundborg 243 kHz again, not only seafolk, but any old friends of Danmarks Radio too, across Europe, with the same nice quality, good strong signal. I wish to Irish people to be strong and I hope, that finally you will win. We are together and LW will be forever with us all. Posted by: (Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) ** EAST TURKISTAN. CHINA, 4850, PBS Xinjiang, Nov 08 1302-1332, 45444, Kazakh, Talk, ID at 1330 (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) ** ECUADOR [non]. GERMANY / RUSSIA. I accept the Voice of the Andes (Voronezh) at a frequency of 11900 kHz 44344 1530-1600. Although previously announced frequency 11700 kHz. She sounded and the last Saturday (Vladimir Pivovarov, Boyarka, Ukraine / "deneb-radio-dx", via Rus DX Nov 9 via DXLD) ** EGYPT. 9900, Radio Cairo at 2149 in English, couldn’t understand the context of a talk because of the usual distortion, but “Egypt” heard several times - Fair but useless Nov 6 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, listening in my car, parked by the lake, with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active antenna. Editor of World English Survey and Target Listening, available at http://www.odxa.on.ca dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) November 7: Radio Cairo in Turkish to SEEu 1838 on 9280 Abis, instead of 9745 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHIGAsn8c6M&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 12035, Nov 8 at 0105, R. Cairo Spanish is only humwhine on good signal level 12080, Nov 8 at 0105, very poor carrier with flutter, can be Cairo? 9965, Nov 8 at 0106, humwhine and Arabic, sufficient modulation, fair with flutter 9860, Nov 8 at 0108, R. Cairo, good with flutter, undermodulated Spanish but not too distorted. 9965, Nov 9 at 0106, R. Cairo good signal but humwhine, JBA in Arabic. At least it`s not splattering this week on 9975 KVOH later; at 0234, 9965 emits whine, only trace of modulation 9860, Nov 9 at 0107, R. Cairo, good signal but just barely modulated, at distorted peaks. Spanish now, English later, theoretically: at 0234, 9860 is open carrier/dead air 12080 & 12035, Nov 9 at 0107, very poor signals with flutter, maybe Cairo Arabic. No better at 0234 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EGYPT [non]. USA/EGYPT: Blog post today on Global 24 at http://about.global24radio.com/ "(Hollywood, FL) November 7, 2014 – Global 24 is pleased to announce that Radio Cairo will be joining our lineup of international relays. According to Phil Workman, general manager of Global 24, “Radio Cairo brings a very different feel to Global 24. We want an international perspective and Radio Cairo will give our lineup a very different sound. We think shortwave listeners will enjoy hearing Radio Cairo with a little more ease on a regular basis.” More information will follow in the coming days. - See more at: http://about.global24radio.com/radio-cairo-set-join-global-24-lineup/#sthash.NCwu79aD.dpuf No details yet of broadcast times, but maybe this will give us an opportunity to hear Radio Cairo with decent audio. I'm looking forward to Global 24 getting an established programme schedule in place (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, Nov 8, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Times on Nov 15 schedule: Sun 1300-1430, UT Mon 0030-0200, UT Tue 0300-0430, UT Wed 0300-0400 (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DXLD) When Radio Cairo was available on-demand from WRN, their audio was still muffled much of the time, and they never bothered to normalize program audio gain before serving it (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA, NASWA yg via DXLD) Still virtually inaudible at 1300 (gh, DXLD) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, Radio Nacional, Bata (presumed), 0605- 0615, 03-11, noted some comments but I can't identify the language because very weak signal. Other days in Playa Blanca silent on this frequency. 14221 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Playa Blanca, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Tecsun PL-880, antenna: Tecsun AN-05, 7 meters wire antenna, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA [non log]. 6030, Radio Oromiya, 0321 and subsequent checking, Nov 10 (Monday); as Glenn has already noted, Radio Martí has a new schedule of broadcasting at this time; Martí noted through tune out at 0511. A very disappointing development to no longer have a "clear Monday" here, now making it all but impossible to catch this one or Calgary (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENINGDIGEST) ** FALKLAND ISLANDS. [original includes many photos via the DXLD yg] FALKLAND ISLAND RADIO SCENE 5 NOVEMBER, 2014 King Penguins at Volunteer Point [caption] Our cruise ship arrived in the morning. The weather was lovely, with a pleasant temperature of about 12 deg C, partial sunny weather, and a mild breeze. We had signed up for an extensive 4 x 4 tour to Volunteer Point, a major penguin rookery, so time to check the bands was rather limited. Thanks to Kim Elliot of the VOA, as well as Guy Atkins for emailing me some resources regarding the media scene, from internet sources. Kim’s link to the Falklands’ government website was particularly useful http://fg.gov.fk under frequencies. One would think that this is accurate, but not exactly. One problem stems from the large land area of the islands (something like 6000 sq miles I was told). Stanley, the capital is located in the south-east corner of the islands, on East Falkland. I noted that the FM transmitter sites reported at this website were quite distant: Mt Alice is 125 miles from Stanley near the southern tip of West Falkland (between Port Stephens and Albermarle). Byron Heights, also on West Falkland (between West Point Is and Dunbar) is 120 miles west of Stanley. Sussex Mountain, on East Falkland but 45 miles west of Stanley (south of San Carlos) is likely still too far for reception, assuming that the transmitter power is in the 10s of watts (my assumption). That leaves only Mt William, overlooking Stanley to the west (5 miles away) as the only other “official” site listed by the F.I. Government. There are other hills and low mountains noted in the region. Sapper Hill is immediately to the west of Stanley, and I noted other transmitters listed there according to Guy Atkins’ information. There are very few local resources available, so when a cruise ship arrives, the local population is mustered to provide transportation. Virtually everyone owns a 4 x 4, which very soon became apparent why! We lucked into having the local JP and retired manager of the FI Company as our driver. He’s lived on the islands for 51 years, and his wife is a 5th generation islander. I questioned him about 530 kHz, and was told that the transmitter is beyond repair and will unlikely return to the air (contrary to the government website). They were most definitely NOT on the air during our stay. As for SW, Terry mentioned that in the old days most everyone had a SW receiver to listen to the news from the old country (UK). I saw very little evidence of external SW antennae during our stay, unfortunately. A quick AM bandscan with my trusty little Eton e100 during the day revealed one weak transmission only. Of course at dusk, the band became alive with continental stations. With all of the endless miles of open spaces, I can only imagine this to be a DXer`s wonderland with the possibility of endless Beverage antennae in any direction, but be aware, there are still many places where minefields exist from the 1982 Argentinian-UK conflict. I suspect that the amount of RF noise is minimal, owing to the very little infrastructure, no industry, and few power lines seen. An interesting statistic is that up to 50% of the islands` power is provided by wind energy. We did see several large windmills: Before embarking on my Stanley radio report scene, here are a few of the photos I took on the islands: Above is the typical Falkland landscape: no trees, very rocky. Sheep farming is important here, but unlike places like New Zealand, you don’t see them in high concentrations. More typical scenery: Stanley Harbour. Note 2 vertical masts. This is Stanley. There are two vertical towers seen, which appear to be near or at the local Stanley airport (used only for inter-island flights). I saw another single vertical mast elsewhere in town. Below is Sapper Hill, overlooking Stanley: Sapper Hill with numerous antennae Beware the minefields! Fenced off areas are seen widely throughout the islands. They are gradually being de-mined, presently being done by Zimbabweans! (and previously by a group from Ghana). Typical off-road driving (to the penguin rookery): Getting stuck is quite common! Finally, remnants of the 1982 conflict are much in evidence. Here’s the remains of an Argentinian CH-47 Chinook transport helicopter, not far from Stanley and on the opposite side of the road, a very rocky mountain, site of heated battles between entrenched Argentinian soldiers and the British Royal Marines below: Now, on to my findings. First, I’ll comment on the stations in and around Stanley, NOT on the air, from the list provided to me by Guy Atkins: MW: 530 FIRS, Stanley. 550 BFBS Radio 2, Bush Rincon FM: 95.5 Saint FM, Stanley 101.0 DW, Stanley (for the life of me, I find it difficult to understand why DW would have a FM repeater on the Falklands! 106.5 Radio Nova, Stanley Now, onto what I did hear in Stanley, and for the first 30 minutes after departure. Around 2130 UT, as well as briefly at 1145 UT upon arrival: 87.5 may be someone here. Very weak. 88.3 Falkland Islands Radio Service (FIRS), Stanley. Parallels heard, but all 3 with about a 1 second delay: 90.0, 96.5, 97.8 From the government list, they also mention 88.2 and 88.4 from distant sites, but carrying BFBS 2. Also 88.6 and 88.8, the latter being on Mt William. This one was definitely NOT on the air, as it is located near Stanley. With the inexpensive Eton, it was difficult sometimes to be sure of the exact FM frequency. 88.3 could be heard well on 88.2 and 88.4 MHz, but with FIRS programming, and not the BFBS R2. Here is a mp3 file of this most interesting station: 90.0 FIRS (see 88.3) 91.1 BFBS with ID at 2132, and again at 2210, parallel to 91.4 91.4 BFBS (see 91.1) ID noted in this mp3 file: 92.5 very weak, may be // to 92.7 not sure of program 92.6 very weak, may be // to 92.5 not sure of program 93.1 sounds like a mixing product. Weak, but seems to have FIRS and BFBS cochannel. 93.3 ? someone weakly there 93.8 probably BFBS Radio 2 with soccer play by play at 2137 // 94.5 Transmitter site (via Guy Atkins) is listed as Mt Pleasant/RAF Airport, some 30 miles from Stanley. 94.5 see 93.8 Transmitter site is listed as Stanley. 96.0 BFBS Gurkha Radio Transmitter site listed as Mt Pleasant Here’s an mp3 link: 96.5 FIRS at very good level // to 88.3 and 97.8 (see 88.3). Guy’s list states that this is a BFBS transmitter located on Sapper Hill, Stanley yet I only heard FIRS programming both in the morning and the late afternoon/early evening. 97.8 FIRS at very good level (see 88.3) Listed as Mt. William site, Stanley. 97.6 from Mt. Allice is listed with FIRS. Heard on the Eton, but most likely simply due to the bandwidth spilling over to frequency. 98.5 BFBS ID at 22:11, and local programming, giving phone number (5678) and website: FI@bfbs.com. // to 91.1 99.8 BBCWS at very strong level 104.3 Very weak, // to 93.8 so BFBS R2 105.8 Very weak ? 106.8 (non): FI government site lists this as BFBS Falklands from Mt William (Stanley) and definitely NOT on the air. I hope that you have found this little travelogue of some interest. We’re told that the rate of being able to tender into Stanley is only 50% (due to high winds and seas: which we definitely experienced in the afternoon), so I count myself very fortunate to have been able to actually land and experience the hospitality of the Falklands (Walt Salmaniw, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FINLAND. 3959.9, Nov 8 1436, R Gramox with strong signal and oldies. Also heard by Fredrik Dourén in Borlänge at the same time per tip in NORDX (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, SW Bulletin via WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DXLD) ** FINLAND. 25000, Time Signal Station Mikes, 0840-0855, 03-11, time signals, beep with each second and no beep at second 59. 24322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Playa Blanca, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Tecsun PL-880, antenna: Tecsun AN-05, 7 meters wire antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FRANCE. France-Inter long wave on low power? Over the past week, I have noted France-Inter on 162 kHz at lower levels than its usual strength. At times it has less signal strength than Germany on 153, 177, and 207 which is quite unusual. Noticed this both day and night. They used to also be heard on a long wave crystal set, but not recently. Does anyone know if they are undergoing repair or are on lower power for a reason? (Brock Whaley, Ireland, 1255 UT Nov 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FRANCE. Re: ``15180, Nov 4 at 1427, Russian fair with flutter, mentions Kitaya, so odds are it`s CRI, the #1 SW broadcaster in Russian (21 hours a day per WRTH 2014). But I am outfaked as HFCC shows this hour is really RFI from Issoudun (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)`` Almost. Yes, registered as RFI, but not mentioned on their Russian website. This is in fact Radio Taiwan Int. via Issoudun. Their French relays are included in HFCC, but masked as 'RFI'. This is why it appears that long-gone English, German and Spanish RFI programs (and way too many Russian ones) are still listed in HFCC. No, it's not RFI doing the VoR, these broadcasts are real. Just not actually RFI. 73, (Eike Bierwirth, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Just another example of how much HFCC is subject to political pressure and obfuscation. EiBi`s own new B14 schedule, of course, has it right: http://www.eibispace.de/dx/freq-b14.txt And so does Aoki: http://www1.m2.mediacat.ne.jp/binews/us/bib14.txt (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FRANCE. 17580, New transmission via Media Broadcast Issoudun, transmission on Thurs only. VOK Internal customer name. 17580 kHz at 1700-1730 UT to zone 48E, HR 4/4/0.5 dipoles, 250 kW 120 degrEES, ant#216 5=ThurSday only 261014-280315 ISS VOK MBR Internal customer name in website MBR.pdf Ciraf zone 48E is rather like central SOMALIA, target is in Region Khaatumo in central Somaliland (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 12 via DXLD) ** GEORGIA. Apsua Radio (Abkhaz Radio), from Abkhazian Republic was noted again on SW: on Nov 9th, Sunday from 0500 till 0600 (close down) in Abkhaz language // MW 1350. On next day Nov 10 the s/on was at 0445 on both 1350 and 9535 with program of Avto Radio Soukhumi (spelling in Russian as “Afta Radio”), at 0455 a song called “Afta Radio” was sung in Abkhazian(!); at 0500 IS and ID “Apsua Radio“ and adv-t for “Russian Bank “ (Rassiisskii Bank). At 0545, 9535 was switched off, and 1350 was heard till 0615. At 1458 started only on 1350 kHz with news in Abkhaz and news in Russian from 1510 till 1517 and next with program in Abkhaz. On Nov 11 & 12 noted only on MW 1350 at the same times (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DX LISTENING DIGEST). ** GERMANY EAST [non]. Radio Glasnost was an interesting feature on `NPR Weekend Edition Saturday` Nov 8, a station or rather monthly program from West Berlin which ran for two years until the Berlin Wall and the DDR fell. Text and audio link: http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2014/11/08/361160675/the-cold-war-broadcast-that-gave-east-german-dissidents-a-voice WTFK? Somewhere around 100 MHz. The STASI tried to jam it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Kenneth: It was 103.4 MHz. For more about Radio 100, which was one of those leftist radio stations any proper government distrusts, see here and the further links given: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_100 It is of particular note in which way director Thomas Thimme shut down Radio 100 in 1991: He simply moved the operation overnight to a new location and finally managed to get through a take-over by NRJ. The very same Thomas Thimme became in 2002 director of Hundert,6 (the station with which Radio 100 shared until 1987 the 100.6 MHz transmitter) and in 2005 got rid of its staff with the very same approach: Shift the operation overnight, to the very same studio location than already in 1991. Only difference was that this time the coup d'état has not been authorized afterwards, i.e. Thimme lost the frequency to another broadcaster (Flux FM, originally Motor FM, founded by Tim Renner who now is Culture Secretary of Berlin and left Motor FM in a row). Yes, for some time 103.4 MHz was jammed during the Radio Glasnost programmes. Here it must be mentioned that it was of course not possible to confine the jamming to East Berlin. It disrupted the reception also in West Berlin and was DFed by the authorities there. I understand that a further continuation of the practice would have resulted in serious trouble, the telcom authorities in West Berlin were not willing to let the East Berlin side get away with this. And while I'm there I see the other piece linked, "In Berlin, Remaking The City Can Rekindle Old Frictions": Oh, dear, are these clichés the understanding of Berlin even at NPR? Just one point: What this piece describes (such as the mention in the comments: "I lodged in the east Berlin area in 2009, in one of those communist buildings which had been converted to a guesthouse" --- at present authorities are desperately seeking ways to prevent this large-scale abuse of housing) is in many cases very ordinary gentrification. As an example, in the Prenzlauer Berg district the original inhabitants have almost completely been replaced. There is the famous remark by mayor Klaus Wowereit that Berlin is "poor but sexy": It now is at quite serious risk to be no longer sexy but still poor. But what struck me most is this in the comments: "I would be extremely sad if they removed the old jamming tower. You can go up in it and eat there, as there is a restaurant in it." --- The "old jamming tower"??? He must refer to the TV tower, the Fernsehturm. No comment, really. Besides that no one seriously wants to tear it down. There is no need to discuss all blabbering by irrelevant idiots (Kai Ludwig, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. From November 2014 to March 2015 EMR will be on 6190 kHz every 2nd Sunday with a repeat programme from last month`s Transmission. The time slot for EMR on 6190 will be 1000 to 1100 UT. If you live outside the listening area please try the Twente/Netherlands Web Receiver at http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/ Good Listening! 73s (Tom Taylor, DX LISTENING DIGEST) By ``every second Sunday`` do you mean once a month on the second Sunday of each month; or, alternate Sundays, fortnightly? Please be more explicit. Probably the former if there was *one* transmission lst month to be repeated (gh, DXLD) Relay Info for 6190 KHz - 9th November R Gloria - 0700 to 0900 UT MVBR - 0900 to 1000 UT EMR - 1000 to 1100 UT EMR Internet Repeat + Archive Recordings on Sunday 9th of November 2000-2100 UT European Music Radio (October 2014) 2100-2200 UT European Music Radio (February 1979) via FM Kompakt im Radio at: http://laut.fm/jukebox If you live outside the listening area please try the Twente / Netherlands Web Receiver at http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/ HLR - 1100 to 1500 UT on 9485 kHz Good Listening! 73s (Tom Taylor, Nov 8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY [non]. 17800, 0628, ARMENIA, DW Fair in Hausa, 0630 s/on, OM with news, // 21780 weaker - 26/10 (Kelvin Brayshaw, Levin, New Zealand, DR-31, ATS-909, PL-660, Coax loop, Nov NZ DX Times via DXLD) Why use faraway Armenia instead of Rwanda for Hausa?? Ditto 0700-0730 in English, but at 0730-0800 does switch to Kigali. Several more DW 17800 transmissions later between 13 and 2030 are mostly Kigali, except for Swahili at 15-16, which is UAE, better skip distance than Rwanda, too close to Swahili-land on 17 MHz. {Also a laughable imaginary wooden registration for VOI Jakarta on 17800 in English at 20-21 --- try that if missing from 9525.9} (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. 7220. (Nauen xmtr). Bible Voice BCN. Nov 8 0759+40 seconds, carrier only as Nauen powers up and just carrier until 0802 exactly with station ID into program. Fair signal into PL-380. Schedule shows end of program at 0845 and retune to frequency had transmitter shutdown at exactly 0845 with program cut off mid-word. Nov 9 0759 recheck shows same issue of late program start up at 0802 after 2 minutes 20 seconds of carrier only. ID as Bible Voice Western Europe. Tuned back for end at 0830 with yet another program cut off mid-word (Mark Clark, Lancaster County PA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. 9515, R. Dardasha via Germany, Nov 06 *2030-2045*, 34333, Arabic, 2030 sign on with opening music, ID, Talk and music, 2043 Closing music and announce, 2045 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) ** GERMANY. WERTACHTAL SHORTWAVE MASTS DEMOLISHED Southgate November 9, 2014 The DARC report a piece of radio history came to an end on November 4 with the demolition of the Wertachtal shortwave transmitter masts The shortwave station came into operation for the Munich Olympics in 1972. At the time it was the largest shortwave transmitter in Europe with 29 masts up to 125m high. The first test transmissions began on April 10, 1972, using the 500 kW transmitters. The demolition of the facilities started in May and the plant will be completely demolished by the end of the year. Deutscher Amateur Radio Club (DARC) http://tinyurl.com/GermanyDARC http://www.southgatearc.org/news Posted by: (Mike Terry, Nov 10, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DXLD) One still photo of pile of steel: http://www.darc.de/typo3temp/pics/93faa176d9.jpg Did anyone record motion video of the demolition? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) http://neuerdings.com/2014/11/10/alterdings-mit-einem-explose-zur-lage-der-detonation-high-noon-im-wertachtal/ 73, (Hans-Friedrich Dumrese, shortwavesites yg via DXLD) Deutscher Amateur Radio Club (DARC) ONCE THE LARGEST SHORT-WAVE TRANSMISSION FACILITY IN EUROPE KW-BROADCASTING SYSTEM WERTACHTAL IS DEMOLISHED Editorial 06:11:14 A piece of radio history comes to an end: At the 1972 put into operation shortwave transmitter Wertachtal at Buchloe extensive mast explosions were carried out on 4 November. The demolition of the facilities had started already in May. By the end of 2014, the plant will be completely demolished. Source: Peter Jenus, DJ8XW Already since May 2013 by Media Broadcast GmbH (previously supported by the Deutsche Bundespost) operated station has broadcast any program. Installs were once 14 stations with 500 kW of power and two channels with 100 kW power. Accordingly, the antenna system had considerable proportions: The total of 34 steel lattice towers reaching up to 125 meters. Through the night lighting the towers were still visible in more than 20 kilometers away. The three star-shaped antenna streets had a length of 1 km, 1.3 km and 1.9 km in length. Parts of the plant have been moved to other locations. So the latest, installed in 2003 transmitter was moved to the transmission system Nauen. Some equipment took over the Austrian Broadcasting Services GmbH for its transmission plant in ORS Moosbrunn, Austria. http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2014/november/shortwave_masts_demolished.htm click item #9 - on page 2 http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.darc.de%2F&sl=de&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8 http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?anno=2&depth=1&rurl=translate.google.co.uk&sl=de&tl=en&u=http://www.darc.de/aktuelles/details/article/kw-rundfunksendeanlage-wertachtal-wird-abgerissen/&usg=ALkJrhizcRXe9A9nEYUXMS-lLfDETC5S2A http://www.darc.de/aktuelles/details/article/kw-rundfunksendeanlage-wertachtal-wird-abgerissen/&usg=ALkJrhizcRXe9A9nEYUXMS-lLfDETC5S2A WERTACHTAL-Mast-Sprengungen am 4.November 2014 Liebe Freunde, heute habe ich 2 Mast-Sprengungen miterlebt, zweidrittel der Anlage sind bereits zerstört. Das ist von der Welt-Drittgrössten KW-Anlage übrig. Seit 1972 aufgebaut und in 20 Jahren erweitert, in weniger als 4 Wochen "RÜCKGEBAUT...." sprich ZERSTÖRT !! 73....PETER DJ8XW JENUS, Nov 4 (via wb, ibid.) Am 4. November wurden weitere Antennen der Sendestelle Wertachtal gesprengt. Peter Jenus, DJ8XW war vor Ort. Einige Aufnahmen sind nun als Fotogalerie auf meiner Webseite veröffentlicht. http://ratzer.at/galerien/mastsprengung-wertachtal 73 Christoph OE2CRM Ratzer (A-DX Nov 5) (via wb, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DXLD) ** GREECE. 15630, ERT Helliniki Radiophonia, Nov 02 0557-0610, 35433, Greek, Music, IS and ID at 0600 (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) Surprisingly broadcast of ERTOpen in English on Nov. 5: 1100-1800 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek 1100-1800 on 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek 1100-1800 on 15630 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek 1800-1808 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu English news 1800-1808 on 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu English news 1800-1808 on 15650 AVL 100 kW / 105 deg to SoAs English news Videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/11/surprisingly-broadcast-of-ertopen-in.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DXLD) Thanks to Ivo's tip, I heard ERTOpen today Friday 7 November on 9420 and 9935 with an English news broadcast from 1808 to 1813 UT - IDing as "You're listening to the Greek Radio Network from ERTOpen.com ..." (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DXLD) 9935, Nov 8 at 0056, Greek music and talk at the same time, but mixed that way rather than CCI, as better heard at 9420 //. Now 9935 doesn`t have to worry about ACI blasts from 9930 WTWW which is off with no BS to purvey; see U S A 9420 & 9935, no show from ERTOpen November 9 at 0117 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) On Nov 10th, at 1801 news in Greek and at 1803-1809 news in French (!) were heard with ID in French “Radio Elliniki Libre” on 4 MWs (all on the air!) 1260, 1404, 1485, 1512 and // on 9420, 9935, 15650. The Greek pirates at 0445 with poor signals were on 792, 1350, 1368, 1566, 1622 etc. (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUATEMALA. 4055, Radio Verdad, Las Palabras de Dios, 1115 strong signal, 1116 marimba music 5 November (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, S FL, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, 60/90/120 m dipoles, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. AIR Nangli (Delhi A) is now on simulcast mode on 819 kHz analog + 828 kHz DRM. Schedule : [UT +5.5] 5.55 am - 9.00 am IST 10.00 am - 3.30 pm IST 5.00 pm - 12.00 am IST Reports to : spectrum-manager@air.org.in --- (Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, Nov 11, dx_india yg via DXLD) ** INDIA. Today (Nov 12) AIR is observing Public Service Broadcasting Day, which commemorates Mahatma Gandhi's only visit to Delhi's AIR studio in 1947 on this date. Several segments noted today in English regarding this anniversary. 4895, AIR Kurseong, 1457-1545, Nov 12. Above average reception; subcontinent music; 1500 segment in English, with conversation about the history of broadcasting in India; 1511 switched over to the New Delhi audio feed for series of ads, news in Hindi followed at 1530 with pips, ID and the "news at nine" in English, including financial and sports news; after 1511 was // 4970 AIR Shillong, which had a much stronger signal. https://app.box.com/s/635w0pahzbs8gzks28wi contains audio of a portion of the news via AIR Shillong (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. 7420, AIR Hyderabad, Nov/12/14, 0230 UT, HINDI, FAIR. Presumed this with string music up to 0230. Female read HINDI?? News otems 0230-0244. Musical interlude 0244. Man spoke Hindi at 0244-0250. Signal started to weaken and faded out between 0240-0250. Perhaps losing the Grayline enhancement? (Rob ROSS, ON, ODXA yg via DXLD) What about Iran`s Spanish service until 0320 on 7420? (gh, DXLD) ** INDIA. 9445, All India Radio at 2122 in English, interview with advocate for gender equality - Fair, //7550 poor, 11670 fair, 11740 very poor, Nov 6 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, listening in my car, parked by the lake, with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active antenna. Editor of World English Survey and Target Listening, available at http://www.odxa.on.ca dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. 9870, AIR Vividh Bharati, Bengaluru. 0104 November 6, 2014. Hindi pop vocals, clear and fair. AIR in presumed Urdu service with traditional Hindi songs rolling in loud on 11620 same time. 9870 also noted good at 1147 on November 7 (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA [non]. 15720, RJ/NHK World (Talata-Volonondry) 1507-1515* 4, 5, 7 Nov. Doing very well in Hindi with Japanese pop songs, chat, RJ/NHK web and P-mail addresses, closes with "sayonara, namaskar". Sked 1430-1515. 15755, TWR-India (Tashkent), 1356-1410+ 28, 28 Oct. Fair signal with TWR POB in Delhi, SMS #s in English + uniD language (aimed at SAs, so perhaps Hindi), "namaskar`` at TOH and more (presumed) religious programming. Sked 1300-1530 in EiBi. 15235, AY Radio (Nauen), 1345+ 28 Oct. Sked Mon/Tue 1345-1400 in Kok Borok/Tripuri. Good with chat, AYR ID and zippy programme theme. 15150 AWR (Nauen) 1500+ 7 Nov. AWR ID/web info and mentioning next program in Punjabi (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA G5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA [non]. I happily do without wasting my time on soap-operas, but I`ve run across a novela which is at least a visual feast --- `INDIA – Una Historia de Amor` currently showing on Telemundo at 17-19 UT M-F --- yes, two hours per episode. The set decoration and costuming are stunning, and there is Indian music to go with the love story. If you axually try to follow the story, you`ll soon find the Spanish is dubbed: it`s a 2009y produxion of Rede Globo, Brasil. (Of course, there was Portuguese influence during the colonial era in India, but we wonder how true to life real Bharatians would find it). Just some very nice wallpaper while doing something more important. However, part of the story seems to be set in Brasil with more mundane altho upscale furnishings (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 9526-, Nov 8 at 1353, no trace of even a carrier from VOI. As of today, http://rri.jpn.org/ agrees that it has not been heard since Nov 4 at 1155* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL INTERNET. Funny Station Names Some internet stations have rather funny names! Here you have 10 of them! Try to Google the stations. This morning all except no. 1 on my list were active. If you experience any trouble in finding the stations (you might for example be unlucky to order a pizza of 30 cm!), try to use the word “Radio” either before the station name or after it! 1. Christmas Radio, Switzerland (not active this morning! Try at Christmas time!) 2. Insane Radio, France 3. Jesus Redeem Radio, India 4. Pizza30cm, Germany 5. The Wolf, USA 6. Good Noise, USA 7. Tiger Radio, USA 8. FREQUENCY LOUNGE, FRANCE 9. SMORGASBORD, AUSTRIA 10 RADIO2NOWHERE GOOD LUCK! KURT (Kurt Aerenlund Pedersen, Nov DSWCI SW News via DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. WRN, altho no longer on Sirius/XM, can be accessed from another satellite, for the full 24/7 schedule, including WORLD OF RADIO Saturdays at 1830 UT (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes. Galaxy 19 at 97º West, Transponder 27, 12.177 GHz Vertical Polarisation, Symbol Rate 23,000 Msym/s, FEC 3/4, DVB MPEG2, Choose Audio Channel: WRN1 (English), Service-ID: 13. But I doubt there are many who listen that way. More likely, if they do so, it's through internet streaming (John Figliozzi, NY, WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN. 9710, Voice of Iran November 8 at 0330. Female with English ID and into the news in English. Fair signal strength (Jim Andrew, Houston, Texas - Funcube Pro+ SDR, SPR-4, amateur band vertical, dxldlyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) No QubaRM? (gh) [and non]. IRAN/BULGARIA, Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran IRIB vs EU News Network: 1823-1920 on 5925 SIR 500 kW / 300 deg to SEEu Albanian VIRI/IRIB 1845-1900 on 5925 SOF 100 kW / 306 deg to WeEu English Sat EU News Network Video: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/11/voice-of-islamic-republic-of-iran-irib_9.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) ** IRAN. FYI, wrong faulty spurious outsending transmission of IRIB Swahili 21510 on Nov 8 0820-0920 UT (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Funny garbage on 21420 kHz on Nov 7! Same spurious on Nov 8 on 21369, 21442, 21470, 21552, 21578, 21696 kHz. Probably coming from IRIB Tehran, Iran, we had often to report of INTERMODULATIONS on Iranian high power 500 kW transmission centers, on days with excellent shortwave propagation though. Both Kamalabad next to Tehran and central Sirjan transmitter sites contain older Telefunken 500 kW transmitter gear. I GUESS that 21600 kHz Russian service and 21510 kHz Swahili service of IRIB Tehran foreign service, did originate BOTH from Kamalabad site today. So Intermodulation formula as usual: 21510 x 2 = 43020 kHz minus 21600 = 21420 kHz. Another intermodulation BC signal should be occur symmetrically on 21690 kHz at same time - ... until one of the fundamentals switch-off. Check that with 2 ... 3 receivers in \\ ! vy73 de wolfy df5sx (BC-DX Nov 12 via DXLD) This arose from UNIDENTIFIED 21420 report, q.v. Today Saturday Nov 8th no intermodulation today noted in 0820 to 0920z slot. BUT heard a terrible SPURIOUS signal chain this morning: Nominal 21510 Kamalabad in Swahili program, broad 21492 - 21529 kHz spurious signals noted on nearby frequencies 21359 to 21382 kHz 21420 - mainly centered 21442 - to 21453 kHz, 21459 - mainly centered 21470 - to 21481 kHz, 21539 - mainly centered 21552 - to 21562 kHz, 21568 to 21586 kHz. 73 wolfy df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, Nov 8, harmonics yg via DXLD) ** IRAN (non). 9430, Radio Farda November 5 at 0230. Female with unidentified language programming (listed Persian), but multiple ID's that are easy to catch. Fair signal strength (Jim Andrew, Houston, Texas - Funcube Pro+ SDR, SPR-4, amateur band vertical, dxldlyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN [non]. CLANDESTINE, 7550, R. Ranginkaman, Nov 07 1706-1716, 33332 Farsi, Music and talk, ID at 1709 and 1713 (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 [and non]. SENSE OF HOME WILL BE LOST WITH LONGWAVE The Irish Examiner By Claire Droney November 06, 2014 http://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/features/sense-of-home-will-be-lost-with-longwave-296453.html It’s the GAA matches in the car they’ll miss. Or Joe Duffy while out for a walk. Or the Angelus. Or the company of Irish voices from a portable radio propped up on a bedside locker when sleep won’t come. ‘Gutted’ and ‘beyond sad’ are just a few of the responses from the Irish diaspora in Britain and their relatives after RTÉ announced their decision to axe its longwave radio service in January. “Irish radio is an anchor for older people, it’s a cultural comfort for people who are already at risk of isolation,” says CEO of Irish in Britain, Jennie McShannon, who has launched an online petition against the move. Family Carers manager for Irish Community Services in London, Eileen Taylor agrees. “The radio can be a lifeline. Often the family carer will put it on, because the voices and accents remind them of home. Despite often having some crackling interference, they love it,” she says. In contrast, the younger emigrants just really aren’t that bothered. And that’s because the emigrant experience has been notably different for the often more educated Irish who left Ireland in the 1990s and noughties and even the 1980s — many of these leaving by choice. I met with one emigrant who left in 1947 and another in 2009 and saw how different emigration experience has been: AGNES FORDE “It’ll be terrible if they stop it. I had a laptop but I couldn’t use it and I can’t go online because of my eyes. I depend on the radio now and there must be lots of people like me. When you’re in a house on your own, you can be isolated,” says Agnes, aged 91. Registered as blind, Agnes often listens to RTE radio in the kitchen of her house in Greenwich. Just able to discern shapes and blurred outlines, Agnes has arranged her home so that everything has its own particular place. There are black and white family photographs positioned under the glass tops of a nest of coffee tables (“I know these photographs so well that I don’t have to see them to know what’s in them”), a Cork and Kerry teddy bear perched on the sofa, and a bottle of Guinness engraved with Agnes’ name sits in a glass cabinet beside vintage crockery. “TV is no more use to me now and that’s why I listen to the radio. I like the music and the Marion Finucane show, but it’s very crackly. I suppose the Irish is steeped in me and that’s why I listen,” says Agnes, who remembers dancing to the melodian around the kitchen dresser at home, and on a wooden stage at the crossroads near Kinsale when she was young. Currently the president of Irish Community Services, as well as volunteering to sing at pensioners’ music groups, Agnes has always been involved in Irish-related activities since moving to London in 1947 after her (Kinsale-born) husband left the army. “It was a culture shock when I arrived in London. We had an electric cooker and running water. In Kinsale we used to have a pony and trap to go to the well to fill up the water. I didn’t love London at first and used to just wish for someone to talk to,” says Agnes, who joined the Kinsale and London District Associations with her husband. ‘I always got on well with the English people; we used to go dancing with them every Friday. I also met people from every county in Ireland and you wouldn’t meet them unless you were in the associations. We wrote a newsletter called ‘Charlesfort’ and sent it to Kinsale people all over the world, and people wrote back to us with their news,” she says. After retiring (and with two grown-up sons), Agnes and her husband planned to return to Kinsale to live, but two days before they were due to close the deal on a house in Kinsale, Agnes’ husband died. ‘I had a lot of sadness because my husband died. We only had two years of his retirement. It was then I got involved with Irish Community Services and I steeped my life in it. You just have to get up and get on with it, and make the most of it,” she says. When Agnes moved to the Greenwich Almshouses, she became part of what she describes as ‘Little Ireland.’ Two of her friends pass by on the way to the shops, and one drops over copies of the Irish Post with photographs of Agnes being recognised in a special tribute by Ireland’s ambassador in London, Daniel Mulhall, for her contribution to Irish Community Services. “I would listen to RTE radio. I feel very Irish, but I don’t go home as often as I did when my mother was alive,” says Bridie Holmes, 85, who came to London in 1961. “Once you have grandchildren here in England, you stay,” says Joan Keating, from Tipperary. “We went to the Embassy to see the Irish president and outside a radio station asked me to describe Ireland in one sentence. I told them I’ve been here for many, many years but Ireland is still home,” says Agnes. Later today, Agnes may take the bus to nearby Peckham to pick up Clonakilty sausages and black and white pudding in a recently discovered Irish shop there. “There’s one thing truthfully now that I can’t stand and that’s the English sausages,” she laughs. SHEENA DEMPSEY “It’s sad about longwave radio. I used to listen to Ray D’Arcy for a long time when I first moved here, but then I changed to podcasts,” says children’s author and illustrator, Sheena Dempsey, 34, who also listens to music, audiobooks or podcasts of American radio shows on her computer, while working from home. Having moved to London five years ago, Dempsey (originally from Cork) stays connected with her friends in Ireland via Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram. “It’s not good to lose touch and I always make an effort to round them all up and meet up somewhere a few times a year,” she says. Dempsey has embraced the diversity and stimulation of London life. “I love London. Besides the beauty of the city itself and its preserved green spaces and parks, I love the endless interesting things on offer, including shows and exhibitions. There is no such thing as boredom... I’ve never had that feeling of homesickness, This is my home, and Ireland is only across the water,’ says Demspey, who returns to Ireland three times a year. Dempsey attributes her fluctuating sense of connection to Ireland with the fact there is little of her family left there now. Her siblings live in New York and they spend family holidays there, or in Portugal. “I have a lot of national pride and love to see Irish people doing well. I’m sure if my siblings and their children were there I’d be back and forth all the time and would miss it much more,” she says. Dempsey has previously visited a London Irish Centre to support a friend who works there and she has been to the Irish Embassy for work- related reasons. She occasionally goes to watch GAA matches in the local pub with her Irish boyfriend. She has Irish friends there as well as friends of different nationalities. At times though, she dreams of leaving the hustle and bustle of London. “Irish people have a natural warmth that you forget about until you go home and go into a shop or something, especially in Cork. I’m always struck by it. I have a slight fantasy of going back to rural Ireland eventually, but who knows,” she says. She admits to occasional moments of nostalgia. “Recently, there were four of us in a taxi and we started singing loads of Ger Wolfe songs. Drink was taken, admittedly, but we actually all got a bit maudlin and watery-eyed --- Posted by: (Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) RTE Radio 1 --- A website with a petition has been set up to support the campaign to save the station. http://savertelongwaveradio.com/ Posted by: (Mike Terry, Nov 8, dxldyg via DXLD) Good discussion, refuting the reasons for closing it; and link to change.org petition (gh, DXLD) see also DENMARK ** IRELAND. QSL: RTÉ Radio Broadcaster Irlanda em 252 kHz --- QSL da RTÉ Ireland's National Television and Radio Broadcaster Irlanda, E-qsl Transmissão pelos 252 khz. A escuta foi presumida em sinpo de 25111 de 25 de outubro. A estação infelismente parou de transmitir dois dias depois nesta mesma frequencia. Mas ela continua pelos 6225 kHz via Meyerton Africa do sul. o endereço de email deles é: hearus@rte.ie (Daniel Wyllyans, Nova Xavantina MT, Brasil, Nov 6, radioescutas and dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Daniel, E não parou de transmitir em 252 --- até janeiro, pode ser. Você ouviu em 252 lá no Brasil ou em receptor na Europa? 73, (Guilherme Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Olá, foi no Brasil, presumido. Estou sem provas; não fiz video. Em sinpo 25111 houve um início de vozes. Com fone de ouvido no meu receptor portátil. As únicas escutas LW vieram quando foi com o tempo bastante quente, perto de chover muito dias posteriomente. Recebo vozes também em 297 kHz; creio ser força aérea. E 100 kHz bips (Daniel to gh, via DXLD) That`s hardly enough to merit a reception report or QSL reply, despite getting one. Could more easily have been Algeria. And receiver- produced images from MW are *very much* a problem on portable receivers tuning the LW band. Meanwhile, serious doubts have been raised in Brasil over this and other loggings of his; a sad too-familiar story of an inexperienced new DXer making too many guesses (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) Re: QSL RTE Radio Irlanda Carlos, Daniel (principalmente) e demais colegas da lista. Recomendo uma boa reflexão a respeito deste assunto. No Brasil, os poucos relatos que existem de escutas de emissoras de ondas longas ocorrem em sua maioria em regiões litorâneas e com antenas de grande comprimento (Beverages, por exemplo). Evidentemente há exceções, mas são bem poucas neste universo já pequeno. De tais escutas, todas os que tenho conhecimento são de estações que transmitem com potências acima de 1 Gigawatt [sic: Megawatt] (é isso mesmo!), como Marrocos em 171 kHz, entre algumas poucas que empregam potências iguais ou superiores a citada. É bom lembrar que a faixa de ondas longas é bem pouco propícia a escuta de longas distância, tanto pela eficiência da faixa em si como o fato de ser muito ruidosa e de em muitos receptores mais simples a faixa ser povoada por espelhamentos. Há inúmeros relatos de situações assim aqui na lista. Basta pesquisar o histórico para ver que independente da procedência ou marca isso é algo muito comum em equipamentos portáteis. Até onde sei, a emissora irlandesa emprega menos de um terço da potência. Levando em conta todos os fatores citados, acho absolutamente improvável que tal escuta tenha de fato ocorrido e apenas uma gravação com identificação 100% conclusiva mudaria este panorama. Logo, não creio que existam motivos para comemoração na obtenção de uma confirmação do gênero. Você pode perguntar: então, por qual razão uma emissora confirmou um informe de uma escuta que não existiu? Simples: desleixo. São inúmeras as emissoras que emitem confirmações sem dar nenhuma atenção aos informes enviados. Experimente pesquisar sobre Giovanni Bellabarba. Trata-se de uma pessoa (não sei se é seu nome real e tampouco se é italiano) que é conhecidíssima no nosso meio por enviar informes de recepção a emissoras que jamais ouviu. Inclusive vi há alguns anos nos arquivos da Rádio Cacique de Sorocaba um informe em que ele relatava ter captado a emissora na faixa de 120 metros durante pleno dia, algo absolutamente impossível. Ele tem confirmações de países raros como Camboja, por exemplo. Não estou dizendo que o Daniel é uma pessoa da mesma estirpe do famigerado Bellabarba, longe disso. O que quero dizer é que por conta da pressa ou falta de cuidado ele tem relatado coisas no mínimo muito duvidosas e que se analisadas profundamente geram até certo desconforto, como um informe enviado a uma emissora de Myanmar em nome de uma estação clandestina que transmite propaganda contra o governo do referido país. Ele inclusive foi advertido quanto a isso (educadamente) por outro colega da lista. Não digo que o problema principal seja falta de informação, pois ela existe e é muito mais fácil de obter que quando comecei no hobby. Meu objetivo não é julgar ninguém aqui e sim alertar e convidar a reflexões. Curiosamente tenho visto nos últimos anos que a facilidade de acesso à informação e equipamentos não tem sido acompanhada em nosso país por informações de nível equivalente. Não tem sido raras as vezes em que vejo opiniões técnicas absolutamente sem embasamento técnico, escutas identificadas em menos de um minuto, entre outras coisas que são literalmente de arrepiar. A grande maioria dos integrantes da lista é composta por pessoas que nunca mandaram sequer uma mensagem para o grupo. Em grande parte creio que ele seja composto por pessoas que apenas lê e absorve o que é veiculado aqui. Além disso, essas informações podem chegar a pessoas no exterior e com isso criar uma imagem extremamente negativa do que fazemos por aqui. Creio que um mínimo de preocupação com a qualidade seja necessária. Para o bem do hobby praticado em nosso país espero que possamos refletir sobre isso. PS: Esta emissora já foi captada por diversas vezes no Brasil, mas em ondas curtas. Inclusive tenho uma confirmação. 73 (Ivan Dias Jr. - Sorocaba/SP, https://www.youtube.com/regionaldx http://ivandias.wordpress.com http://twitter.com/ivandiasjr Nov 8, radioescutas yg via DXLD) Ivan Dias: Li o seu comentário acerca da OLonga, e decidi escrever esta mensagem. Na primeira metade dos '70, com um velho rx Philips, a válvulas, que cobria dos 150 kHz aos 30 MHz, e "armado" apenas com um fio espalhado no sótão de uma casa térrea, consegui captar várias estações de OM e de OLonga, da zona europeia, v.g. a BBC Droitwich, que, à época, emitia em 200 kHz, não em 198, como agora. Na altura, tanto em OM como em OL, a distribuição dos canais era algo distinta. O Ivan perguntar-me-á , agora: e a que distância; foi aí, em Portugal? Respondo-lhe "sim" e "não", ou seja, escutei tudo isso em zona planáltica interior, não no litoral, e a uma distância equivalente àquela entre o Éire e Maceió, aí no nordeste brasileiro: é questão de medir, num globo, e contar os milhares de quilómetros. Se considerarmos que os sinais que captei só passaram por cima de mar, no Canal da Mancha e na região das Ilhas Baleares, tudo o resto foi sobre massa continental, então, captar OL, aí, no Brasil, mormente em zona litoral, não será assim tão inédito, e não serão certamente apenas as estações c/ 1000 kW que conseguem chegar, porque o trajecto irá sobre uma ampla massa de oceano, propícia às baixas frequências. Ah, entendeu o que quis dizer por "sim" e "não" ? Certamente que já descobriu onde terei feito esse DX. Bons DX e melhores 73! (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, ibid.) Daniel, você nos matou do coração. Peço-te muito, muito mais cuidado na próxima vez. Verifique 2, 3 vezes seu relatório antes de enviar. Receber OL da Europa em MT com um receptor portátil era um feito impossível de entender para as centenas de outros DXistas que leram teu relatório. Aqui no RS, o único colega que recebeu OL (Alencar, Glorinha/RS) usou uma torre de 40 metros dentro de uma lagoa! E ele estava apenas 100KM do litoral. –hg (Huelbe Garcia, ibid.) Se chama escuta Presumida, 25111. Houve apenas Indicios de Vozes; é possível sim em locais sem ruidos elétricos. Ex: em ondas tropicais eu sou o único no país a ter raros videos comprovando escutas de dia como 3480 kHz Voice of the People, Kyonggi, South Korea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmAp43_o-Yc&list=UUnEatwEHssHMo9VaS7YupkA 100 khz Time Signal, Shaanxi, CHINA LW - Ondas Longas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wg5ggSQHHF8&list=UUnEatwEHssHMo9VaS7YupkA http://dxbrazilsw.blogspot.com/ 100 khz Bips Leves em Ondas Longas 0300 UT, sinpo 25222. Identificaçao por LW Station List Compiled by William Hepburn 100 kHz. 3480 kHz mx, sinpo 45444 0911 utc 28/10 Dexista PT 9008 SWL Ou a municipal nos 90 m com sinpo de sinpo até 3, RRI Indonesia, etc. Coisa que seria impossivel na cidade. 73s (Daniel Wyllyans, Nova Xavantina MT, http://dxbrazilsw.blogspot.com.br/ ibid.) Se você acha que uma escuta presumida e com base em indícios de vozes vale um QSL, fica de acordo com o seu bom senso (ou ausência dele). Com base principalmente na sua “escuta” da emissora chinesa, certamente uma ou mais possibilidades abaixo podem ser aplicadas: 1 – Falta de conhecimento ou de vontade em obtê-lo; 2 – Dificuldade sua em aceitar ser corrigido; 3 – Vontade de divulgar conteúdo ao melhor estilo Bellabarba. Sinceramente ainda acredito menos na terceira possibilidade. As duas outras ou mesmo outras que possam existir ficam de acordo com seu critério. Seu vídeo único da escuta da estação de sinais horários chinesa simplesmente não é verídico. E neste caso, conforme citado por você na descrição do vídeo não há precedente para dizer que foi novamente uma escuta presumida. Certamente você não sabe que a estação BPL (que para início de conversa não sabe-se se realmente está ativa) transmite em modo LORAN- C. Você não precisa sequer saber que modo digital é esse, sua utilidade ou pormenores se não quiser. Consulte o link deste vídeo e você saberá como ele soa: http://youtu.be/3UHrwWCHFIQ A diferença entre o que você gravou e diz ser uma escuta única e rara é simplesmente brutal e incontestável. Com um pouco de pesquisa e aceitação quanto a erros cometidos você evitaria passar informações incorretas, que confundiriam iniciantes e servem apenas para criar descrédito não apenas quanto ao que você faz como para o Dexismo brasileiro em geral. Continuarei tentando crer que você não está agindo de má fé divulgando escutas que não existem, mas a sua insistência em fazê-lo certamente não mudará apenas a minha opinião. Só para constar: não só eu como vários outros Dexistas brasileiros efetuaram várias escutas em ondas longas (e até mesmo outras faixas!) na cidade, o que contraria sua afirmação dada no final da mensagem. Todas escutas reais, claro. Encerro aqui minha participação neste tópico, até porque com os dados acima apresentados isso é absolutamente desnecessário. 73 (Ivan Dias Jr. - Sorocaba/SP, ibid.) Carlos, Na década de 1970 creio que de fato não seria algo tão difícil captar ondas longas no litoral do nordeste brasileiro ou até mesmo no interior, mas mesmo lá creio que o panorama seja muito mais complicado. Por mais que na alta do ciclo solar anterior eu tenha captado com facilidade incrível em ondas médias estações do Egito e Marrocos em Natal/RN, bem como vários países europeus apenas com um receptor portátil, para mim foram façanhas no interior paulista ter feito algumas poucas escutas do gênero usando uma Beverage. São situações totalmente diferentes em todos os fatores citados, seja período histórico, condições de equipamentos e localização. Em virtude do meu antigo emprego estive na região centro-oeste do Brasil e a única coisa que consegui em abundância por lá na faixa de ondas médias foram emissoras colombianas e venezuelanas. 73 (Ivan Dias Jr. - Sorocaba/SP, ibid.) Ivan Dias: Não sei quais as condições do ciclo solar, nessa altura, apenas posso dizer que fiz essas captações na chamada estação seca, aí no hemisfério sul; pese embora fosse ainda em Portugal, mas ultramarino. Bom, o que quis dizer foi que, mesmo com um rx como o que vem na foto anexa, logo, com sensibilidade que deixa algo a desejar face a muitos rxs transistorizados, mas com uma mísera antena, foi possível, então. Era .um rx versátil, porque trabalhava com várias tensões, em CA, como com 6 V=. Não me recordo se o modelo da foto inclui OL; talvez não, mas ambas as versões são idênticas, apenas o que não tinha OL não incluía a voltagem de 6 V; quanto ao aspecto, são como que gémeos. Grande rx, aquele! Logo, não há a mínima razão para ser inviável, presentemente. Note que não estou sequer a comentar essa captação da RTÉ em 252 kHz, feita pelo colega brasileiro; apenas afirmo que tais captações não são impossíveis, mesmo sem estarmos no litoral, em que o "efeito de costa" se nota de sobremaneira e é, indiscutìvelmente, uma excelente ajuda. 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, ibid.) Ivan, isso é tolisse você nada compreede. Eu nunca pedi suas opiniões, nunca chamei vc para conversa. Eu disse que consigo sinais mais fortes aqui. Já que na cidade eu também faço. se vc nao cre em algum video meu ok. Mas não fale que todos e bela barba. Me custa muito trabalho fazer videos. E eu não ganho um único centavo para isso; é sõmente meu hobby que tanto gosto. Já somos poucas pessoas a fazer isso. e vc ainda nos agride. Deixo a palavra do grande Dexista Joze Moacir Portera de melo. Daniel, um Dexista vc o conhece pelos seus logs. 73s (Daniel, ibid.) Daniel, você poderia por gentileza contactar o Sr José De Melo e perguntar-lhe sobre o comportamento das ondas longas? Imagino que - pelas suas palavras - ele seja um radioescuta dedicado e experienciado. Ele também ouve China em 100 kHz? Uma outra qualidade que todo DXista deve ter, e acredito que o Sr Melo vai confirmar - é reconhecer que sempre estamos aprendendo. Você sabia que o Ivan tem quase 20 anos de DXismo? Que ele escutava emissora quando não havia Internet, apenas usando guias impressos e logs de outros colegas? Há outros aqui: Rudolf, Sergio, Renee, Rocco devem ter mais de 200 anos de DXismo. Mesmo usando equipamento que custam o valor de um carro, antenas de quase meio quilômetro 3 posicionados na beira do mar --- ninguém jamais ouviu China em 100 kHz (Huelbe Garcia, ibid.) Tem um equivoco na resposta de alguém sobre propagação de LW que vai de encontro ao que nosso amigo Carlos colocou. Não existe e nada justifica achar que as LW só se propagam de noite, à linha do litoral. Não existe fenômeno físico que justifique isso; o que acontece é que a linha dagua reflete muito melhor as frequências baixas diretas, apenas isso. As LW se propagam o tempo todo, constantemente, nas mesmas qualidades físicas elétricas que elas tem, e quanto menor a frequência, mais fácil a propagação. Isso iria contra o senso-comum e os submarinos, que usam o E-VLF (baixos Hertz) teriam que ficar somente em certas regiões do planeta se esta ordem existisse. O nícvel de ruído em relação ao sinal é que é MUITO maior, do que fosse a noite, ou em locais de maior ionização do ar. Não sei mais quem postou, mas a Estação chinesa BPL nos 100 kHz não é uma Time Signal padrão e sim, estação de Ionosondagem. Ela transmite com 800 kW. Acredito que na real, não chega a 500 kW, mas é alta potência porque a perda de sinal para a Ionosfera de dia, é altíssima. So que às 03 UT ela não opera; ela liga 5h30-6 horas UT somente, e desliga 14 hs. Eu tenho uma confirmação dela do ano passado, mas obtida 4 horas da manhã hora de Brasilia e com uma loop magnética de 6 metros, e com um ruído de fundo dos infernos. SIO 2<5<2 não existe. Sinal fraco, mas sem ruído de nenhum tipo, em Ondas Longas? Jamais (Denisi Zoqbi, ibid.) ** IRELAND & IRELAND NORTHERN. Church logs Nov 5 / 1100 UT 27711 kHz Church of Our Lady Crowned Upper Mayfield, Co. Cork, IRL Nov 6 / 1100 UT 27751 kHz St. Brigid´s Church Laragh, Co. Cavan, IRL Nov 7 / 1200 UT 27611 kHz Holy Family Church Stoneybatter, Dublin 7, IRL 27651 kHz St. Patrick´s Church Castletown, Co. Wexford, IRL Nov 9 / 1030-1200 UT 27205 kHz Church of the Assumption Sliverue, Co. Kilkenny, IRL 27365 kHz Our Lady of Lourdes Church Caltra, Co. Galway, IRL 27425 kHz St. Mary´s Church Tarbert, Co. Kerry, IRL 27815 kHz St. Mary´s Church Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork, IRL 27821 kHz Holy Family Church Belfast, G 73, (Patrick Robic, Austria, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN. 9760, Radio Nikkei, 2nd program, at 0558-0642, November 12, playing Western pop tunes with occasional English announcements such as “We’ve got what you want.”, “Good music keeps you going”, “Making ... with some great music.” At 0641 IDed as “You’re listening to the R-N-2.” - Fair, // 6115 very weak. Also heard the previous night, November 11, at 0700-0730 with same English programming and ID at 0730 as “You’re listening to R-N-2. Sit back, relax and enjoy.” (Harold Sellers, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9595, Nov 13 at 1352, R. Nikkei I with usual Thursday English lesson based on current events, this Part 3, about Hong Kong protests. Spoken slowly but seems to be presented entirely in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN [non]. 9395, Nov 12 at 1411, NHK World Radio Japan, poor-fair via WRMI Global 24, same time as NHK`s other relays in English, 11925 via Palau and 11695 via Uzbekistan, somewhat audible here but hardly sufficient. But this must have been temporary as the full G24 schedule effective Nov 15 shows NHK only at two other times per week: Wed 1100, Monday 1800. It`s a wide Google spreadsheet which won`t be searched, so hard to be sure one has found all the times for anything by eye. `Old Time Radio drama` is now scheduled for 14-15 Monday thru Thursday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH. 6170/6185, VoK (Kujang) 1015+ 7 Nov. Political ramblings from PDRK -- very stirring. Sked 10-11 in English to LAm (6170) & SEA (6185). Slightly better on 6170 (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA G5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11735, Nov 10 at 0645, upbeat choral music, brief French announcement, fair with flutter; what`s this? Cut off abruptly in music at 0650*. Such timing smax of Iran scheduling. But at 0657, open carrier is back on with telltale Juche jamming noise mixing in, good signal and now steadier, 0700 opening Golos Koriy in Russian. Indeed per Aoki, VOK French is supposedly until 0657, Russian from 0700, both on 28 degree beam toward DVR and incidentally North America where there are a few more French speakers, most of them sound asleep. HFCC is no help at all with nothing registered on 11735, since per Aoki all are non-participants: DPRK, Tanzania; and Brasil which may be inactive anyway. You`d think the ChiCom could get their good buddies in Pyongyang into HFCC; but they`d rather remain outlaws, like Cuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. Upcoming frequency changes of Radio Free Asia from Nov. 11 1500-1700 NF 9985 TIN 250 kW / 321 deg to EaAs Korean, ex 11985 2100-2200 NF 9985 TIN 250 kW / 325 deg to EaAs Korean, ex 11995 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/11/upcoming-frequency-changes-of-radio.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Nov 8, dxldyg via DXLD) Frequency changes of Radio Free Asia from Nov. 11 1500-1700 9985 TIN 250 kW / 321 deg EaAs Korean, ex 11985 // 5855 7210 2100-2200 9985 TIN 250 kW / 325 deg EaAs Korean, ex 11995 // 7460 9690 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/11/frequency-changes-of-radio-free-asia.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Nov 12, ibid.) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. CLANDESTINE stations, part 4: Frequency change of Radio Free Chosun from November 4: 1300-1500 NF 7515 TAC 100 kW / 070 deg to KRE Korean, ex 7557/7560/7555 Reception on other stations broadcasting to North Korea: Radio Free North Korea: 1230-1330 on 9330 DB 100 kW / 071 deg to KRE Korean Furusato no Kaze: 1430-1500 on 9960 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs Japanese Nippon no Kaze: 1500-1530 on 9975 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs Korean Nippon no Kaze: 1530-1600 on 9965 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs Korean Furusato no Kaze: 1600-1630 on 9975 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs Japanese Voice of Martyrs: 1600-1730 on 7530 TAC 100 kW / 070 deg to KRE Korean Videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/11/clandestine-stations-part-4.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) ** KOREA SOUTH. 6135.03, Voice of Freedom (clandestine), 1240-1354, Nov 11. Extremely rare reception without the normal strong white noise jamming; instead DPRK used only ineffective Shiokaze type jamming (pulsating noise); in Korean; pre-1300 with strong adjacent QRM, but none after; 1300 to 1310 “Ha(o Ha(o English” lesson in both English and Chinese; "I'm a morning person," "I'm a night person," "I'm an early bird," "I'm a night owl"; song incorporating "I'm a night owl"; Chinese segment; program started and ended with usual theme music; fair after 1300; very readable. Very unusual to be able to enjoy this with such clear reception! During this time 6015 (KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1) was jammed as usual with strong white noise. 1300-1314 audio at https://app.box.com/s/udunq0qejps5dmel0nug Five minute audio with portions after 1323 (edited out some music) at https://app.box.com/s/ekh24lpc9vgdigqvosei (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Welcome back, Ron & congrats on the excellent reception. Listening to the 15 minute recording I note that they were not only teaching English, but they were also teaching Mandarin (Chinese). I noted better than usual reception of 5050 kHz China last night as well (Ian, Australia, ibid.) ** KOREA SOUTH [and non]. 9605, Nov 8 at 0107, KBS World Radio in Spanish via WHRI at 01-02 remains here in B-14, and VG signal {weakening a bit later in the hour}, but I have boycotted reporting it in resentment for their failure to employ such a relay in English *so we can hear it in North America!* Now there is something to say about it: this WHRI transmitter is squealing. 15575, Nov 8 at 1404, KBSWR, poor signal with heavy flutter in Korean, presumably the same for English before 1400. However, that was relayed by Global 24! 9395, Tuesday Nov 11 at 1355, KBS World Radio is audible in English via WRMI Global 24, very poor with ACI, but better than 15575 direct. Again at 1433 check Wednesday Nov 12. However, new G24 full sked effective Nov 15 no longer shows KBS at either time, but instead daily except Thursdays at 09-10 UT, yawn, plus Sundays at 1830-1900. `Old Time Radio drama` is now scheduled for 14-15 Monday thru Thursday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KURDISTAN [non]. 9400, Nov 8 at 1401, heavy CCI between FEBC PHILIPPINES with hymn and Chinese talk, and Kurdish music from Denge Kurdistane via PRIDNESTROVYE. FEBC is supposed to be over at 1400; just running a bit late? Not further checked. Or extended to try to drive DK away? They add up to too much ACI to 9395, G24 via WRMI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) CLANDESTINE, 9400, V. of Kurdistan, Nov 08 1409-1435, 45444, Kurdish, Talk and Kurdistan music (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) ** KURDISTAN [non]. GERMANY. New transmission, mentioned as VOK in Media Broadcast schedule 1700-1730 17580 ISS 250 kW / 120 deg N/ME Arabic Thu very weak signal: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/11/new-transmission-via-media-broadcast.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria Nov 7, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DXLD) NEW MBR ? VOK ? Internal customer name in website MBR.pdf http://www.media-broadcast.com/fileadmin/Downloads/Radio/MBR_B14_operational_schedule_26102014.pdf ? Station name, language, target ? - - - I assume / guess: CIRAF 39 shows real Kurdistan of Syria, Iraq to IRANian Kurdistan. Voice of Kurdish-American Radio for Democracy, Peace and Freedom http://www.vokradio.com/content/view/773/49/ http://www.vokradio.com/component/option,com_dfcontact/Itemid,57/ 73 (Wolfgang Büschel, WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DXLD) Could it be this? http://www.vokradio.com/content/view/773/49/ No shortwave operations mentioned on this website, but this would be no surprise when just being added to the existing web radio (Kai Ludwig, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) viz.: Live VOKRadio : Radio Program Time [PST? = UT -8] Program 6 Pm Kurdish 12 Noon Farsi 9 AM English Welcom to vokradio.com Voice of Kurdish-American for Democracy, Peace and Freedom, is an independent Kurdish-American website and podcasting, news publication with a main goal of providing the most up-to-date resourceful and insightful news, analyses and viewpoints regarding the Kurdish- American, and the Kurdish people across the globe dedicated to the political current issues and the cultural heritage of Kurdistan Street Address: 8055 Canby Ave. # 4 Town: Los Angeles, State: California Country: USA E-Mail: info@vokradio.com (via gh, WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DXLD) Hello, But according to that site they are having only 2 languages Kurdish and Persian, not Arabic. Ivo's clip is so hard to figure out if it's Arabic or not. 73 (Tarek Zeidan, Cairo, Egypt, Sent from my iPad, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Ciraf zone 48E is rather like SOMALIA target. ???? Radio Damal in Somali came from Nairobi Kenya (WRTH Target Radio section SOMALIA target, in WRTH 2013 issue) Originated and handled from broadcasting house of KBC in Nairobi (Voice of Kenya, VOK) maybe at MBR Cologne called internal by this header? see satellite entry http://www.lyngsat.com/radiochannels/ke/Radio-Damal.html Radio Damal - Voice of the Somali People 11615kHz 1854z 3 May 2013 in May 2013 from Babcock Woofferton site. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DXLD) may be: http://www.rhci-online.de/files/MBR-ISS-1700z-17500kHz-120azi.png here is the link of the webstream: http://50.22.219.97:13470/ http://50.22.219.97:13470/listen.pls Stream is up at 40 kbps with 2 of 5000 listeners (1 unique) (roger, Germany, ibid.) ** KUWAIT. If any of you suffer from antenna envy this may be of interest. http://www.youtube.com/watch?V=CNIwjrkYnM This will show the antennas used by R. Kuwait along with some other information of interest about their facility. It is a video and shows that the weather there looked pretty good (Alan Rayment, 4630 Highway 3A, Nelson, BC V1L 6N2 The Square Peg, Nov CIDX Messenger via DXLD) ** LIBERIA. 4760, ELWA Radio, Monrovia, (presumed), 2200-2215, 02-11, English, male, religious comments and songs. 14321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Playa Blanca, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Tecsun PL-880, antenna: Tecsun AN-05, 7 meters wire antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MADEIRA. 1530, Posto Emissor de Funchal, Funchal, 1855-1920, 02-11, Portuguese, identification: "Posto Emissor de Funchal, a sua radio regional", news, relays programs from Radio Renascença at some times. 34433 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Playa Blanca, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Tecsun PL-880, antenna: Tecsun AN-05, 7 meters wire antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALI. 5995, Radio Mali, Bamako, 0607-0630, 03-11, French, comments, "Bon jour a touts, la Radio National". Good signal all days in Playa Blanca. 34433. (Méndez) 9635, Radio Mali, Bamako, 1445-1615, 02-11, French, comments, African songs, identification: "Radio Mali". Good to fair signal all days in Playa Blanca, listened too with Tecsun PL 310ET and telescopic antenna. 34433 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Playa Blanca, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Tecsun PL-880, antenna: Tecsun AN-05, 7 meters wire antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Are you implying the modulation level was also good? (gh, DXLD) ** MEXICO. 810, Nov 13 at 0723, full ID but too much CCI; do make out La Mexicana, which officially is the name of only one 810, XESB in Santa Bárbara, Chihuahua. Also 25 kW on FM --- seems 25 kW is the power of all these new mandated FM duplicators so AM can be abolished (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 1030, Nov 13 at 0714, plugging Aguascalientes, but there is no Ags on 1030, and this loops NE/SW vs CCI, then R. Fórmula ID, stuff about México DF, so no doubt national network show; then ``el sabor de México`` feature about tacos; 0718 a bit of Elvis(?) in English; then resuming talk show giving time check as 13 minutes to go, so presumably a playback from daytime at another hourpart. Subject: INFONAVIT which is the government agency ``Instituto del Fondo Nacional de la Vivienda para los Trabajadores`` (love those mouthful Mexican federal acronyms!). The only 1030 R. Fórmula in IRCA Mexican log is XEYC 1/1 kW in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, and the direxion fits (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO [and non]. From San Diego Airport: Analog TV: Ch 35, K35DG from University of California San Diego with English lecture, VFA 4+55, solid in colour at the airport and making it to the Mexican Border just fine the day before -- they get out a LOT better than you'd expect for their low power status!) 1350 3/Nov Ch 39, UNID Spanish station in well, VFA 444, and in colour most of the time, but I can find no reference to an analog station in SD or TJ. Ideas? I'm curious. This was seen both at the AP and also near the Mexican border, so it might be a full power Mexican. Seen 1247- 1350 3/Nov -- Zichi CA Although Mexican stations in Tijuana are supposed to be 'off' [analog] I saw MANY signals including channel 3 XHTJB-TV, others and lots of low power San Diego stations that are still in analog too like channel 7 KZTC-LP. Unfortunately, I left my notes sitting on my sister-in- law's counter so I don't have the detailed TV logs I made on 2/Nov Sigh, I guess my excuse is jet lag! :) Kenneth Vito Zichi, visiting California, MARE Tipsheet 7 Nov via DXLD) W9WI.com shows on channel 39 as a low-power digital station: San Diego, CA KZSD-LP 15,000 32-41-46N 116-56-08W CP 39.1:S:Azteca But as a CP apparently they are still operating in analog (Glenn Hauser, to Ken via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, I saw that listing on the FCC database, but it is indeed not yet on the air in ATSC. They do have an analog channel which is licensed - - on 41 -- and it is supposed to still be on the air, but now that you mention it, I did not see that one. To make this more confusing yet, I was well outside the 74 dBu contour at both the airport and at my sister-in-law's so it seems odd that I'd get it so well on an R-3 with just a whip antenna and inside buildings, no less. I suppose it is not beyond the realm of possibility however especially since they were carrying Azteca programming. I'm still scratching my head about the channel 3 I saw, though – could it really have been from Mexicali? I didn't see any of the other analog TJ stations which is consistent with the reports that they are all now off the air as of 2013, so --- maybe! Thanks for the thoughts -- I was doubtful, but I don't see any other real possibilities either! 73 // (Ken Zichi to gh, via DXLD) Ken, IIRC, ch 39 was a major full-power outlet in San Diego in the analog era; maybe that transmitter still exists. As for ch 3, Mexicali was always too short-spaced to Tijuana. It should have been easy to tell the difference by programming, XHBC with Televisa commercial (and square bug in the corner most of the time, as I have reported many times), XHTJB educational (Glenn to Ken, ibid.) ** MEXICO. A state network on DTV!? What sorcery is this? It's XHGVC-TDT 22 Coatzacoalcos, Ver., which unexpectedly signed on this week. One user speculated that it's tied to the Central American Games which are being held in Veracruz this year and broadcast over Azteca 7 and the Veracruz state network. Azteca 7 digital, which would be XHCTZ-TDT 45 (7.x), is not on the air in Coatzacoalcos. The Veracruz state network also includes XHGV-4 Las Lajas (authorized for DT 50), XHCDB-3 Orizaba and five other stations (Raymie Humbert, AZ, Raymie`s Mexico Beat, Nov 9, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) ** MEXICO. The SCT today announced it has begun Phase 2 of its massive TV distribution program — and also has begun building the 700 MHz shared wireless network for the nation. The second phase of the TV distribution program started in nine states today and will expand to 11 more. The 700 MHz network, known as the "Shared Network", will be operational by 2018 and is in conjunction with a massive CFE-led project to build a national fiber network. We're also a week away from the beginning of the new networks' call for bids. IFT president Fernando Borjón today said it has all the elements to be successful. Next week the bidders will deliver their "guarantees of seriousness" (415 million pesos) and present their economic and coverage proposals (Raymie Humbert, Nov 10, ibid.) ** MICRONESIA. 4755.58, Cross R., Nov 08 0808-0832, 35343, English, Talk and music (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) ** MOLDOVA/ROMANIA. Just before starting of Radio 1 from Tiraspol on MW 621 kHz from 0355 is sounding the National Anthem of Romania (Mondays-Fridays) and no anthem on Sat, Sun. Noted already month and more (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Nov 12, 2014, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MONGOLIA. Morning UT log of Nov 10, log of NoAM network remote SDR units at MA/NY/FL/IL-USA, Edmonton-Alb-CAN, Vancouver lower mainland units. 12084.873, Carrier still on air at 0927 UT Nov 10. Voice of Mongolia from Ulaan Baatar Khonkhor started afternoon program towards East Asia at 0929:40 UT, ID's with station jingle and male announcement in Mongolian language (Wolfgang Büschel, Nov 10, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, via DXLD) ** MONGOLIA. 17730, Radio Free Asia, Ulaanbaatar. *0056 November 6, 2014. Carrier up, into presumed Tibetan programming mid-sentence 0100, filler music. Clear but poor (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MOROCCO. Atlantic Radio ---This station is just one of many streaming radio stations in Morocco. The link is http://www.atlanticradio.ma/ And at the very top of their webpage you will find the arrow that activates the streaming. In the light blue “beam” just below their logo and streaming button, you will find access to several other programmes. For example you may open different podcasts by the button “Ré-ecouté”, some of them in French. There is also a lot of streaming of Arabian music to be found! Should you be interested in other Moroccan streaming stations, just try via Delicast Radio. Try e.g. “Medi 1 Radio” with different programmes. This is the station you already know from shortwave “Radio Mediterraneé Internationale” on 9575 kHz. - There are several other possibilities! That is all for now! But we are eager to get your tips and ideas about Web-stations!! So why not tell us?? And why turn the buttons all the time? Relax instead! Listen to streaming services! Best 73 (Kurt Aerenlund Pedersen, [new web columnist, Radio on the Net] Nov DSWCI SW News via DXLD) Radio Medi 1 vs Radio Japan NHK World 0000-2400 on 9575 NAD 250 kW / 110 deg to NoAf Arabic/French 1530-1600 on 9575 YAM 300 kW / 290 deg to EaAs Chinese. Video: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/11/radio-medi-1-vs-radio-japan-nhk-world.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Otherwise, little CCI 9575, R. Medi Un, Nov 03 0740-0748, 45444, French, Talk, ID at 0740 (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) 9575, Medi-Un, Nador. 0638 November 10, 2014. French male announcer, into Aretha Franklin's "Think (Freedom)", parallel their live Streema feed. Clear, good (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MYANMAR. 7200.10, Myanmar Radio on new schedule here? 1453 to past 1500 on Nov 10; in vernacular with pop songs; 1459 normal theme music; muffled audio; in the recent past normally 1430*. 7345, Thazin Radio. RE: Glenn's Oct 31 reception and "Ron Howard could confirm this from Asilomar State Beach if he weren`t on holiday from DXing in Shanghai" - On Nov 10, CNR1 continues to be off the air here leaving Myanmar in the clear; 1328 in vernacular with sign off announcement and their normal indigenous theme music till 1329* (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NAVASSA ISLAND. NAVASSA ---> DokuFunk (the Documentary Archive for the History of Radio Communication and Electronic Media) provides special coverage on the occasion of the January 2015 K1N DXpedition to Navassa. A comprehensive web page http://www.dokufunk.org/navassa-e offers ample background information of the island and all previous activations of this this #1 ranked DXCC entity. The page will be updated before, during and after the expedition with interviews and other audio files (425 DX News Nov 8 via Dave Raycroft, ODXA yg via DXLD) There are dozens of ham DX-peditions going on, or being planned all the time; I pick only a select few to cover in DXLD, but if you are really interested, the ham DX bulletins such as 425 have all the info. This also gives me another opportunity to complain about the narrowly- focused hams not even having the idea to add transmissions qualifying as SWBC from their rare destinations, which they could do with minimal cost and effort, simply running one transceiver part-time with looped recorded programming on broadcast band(s) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NETHERLANDS. Radio Nederland Wereldomroep --- What happened to that once very active and interesting radio station? In fact they have closed down and they have done so very efficiently. Most of the former active SW-stations do still transmit through the Internet. But that is not quite the situation concerning RNW, as the name is abbreviated. If you go to their webpage http://www.rnw.nl/english you will experience great problems in trying to find anything like radio at-all. They seem to have only small video presentations about different aspects of human rights, such as e.g. freedom of speech. In searching further you may meet older information pages with radio- services that have been closed down a long time ago. But it is very difficult to find anything new like radio from Radio Nederland. It is possible however, because they are broadcasting about some special human rights subjects to areas of the World, where there may be problems with human rights, such as e.g. countries in Africa. The subjects, they concentrate on, are “Bridges with Africa” and “Africa in progress”. The links to these remaining bites of Radio transmissions can be found, if you click in the grey area at the bottom of their site under ”More from RNW”. Then you should choose “Africa” and you will get to a page with a blue “beam” near the top of the page, where you can choose “Radio” and then choose between the two mentioned subjects. By the way the link to “Bridges to Africa” is this: http://content1d.omroep.nl/urishieldv2/l27m18f3e9457a61e3ea005305f28e000000.037f2449fa717d9af45a0d4991d8d358/rnw/smac/en_bridgeswithafrica_32_22_1.mp3 The length of the link illustrates how well this earlier active radio station now has hidden their last elements of radio deep down on their webpage. If you on their webpage http://www.rnw.nl/english in the blue “beam” choose “Your RNW”, you will find several interesting (now obsolete) links to their past, among these a link to their past history! You will also be able to find the notice about their close down: Dear all, We're very sorry to inform you that the English service of Radio Netherlands Worldwide closed on Friday, 29 June 2012. As a result, this website will see some changes. From 1 July 2012 there will no longer be a daily review of the Dutch papers. Our coverage of Dutch news stories will also cease. And, since RNW's English webstream ended on 29 June, there will be no more Listening Guide. However, we will continue to provide articles online relating to our new brief: promoting free speech in areas where people are not free to gather information or to form and express independent opinions. But now you also know that there are in fact remains of radio hidden deep in their webpage. And they are also active on Facebook, Twitter and other social networks (Radio on the Net by Kurt Ærenlund Pedersen, DSWCI Short Wave News – November 2014 via DXLD) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. 7375, Nov 9 at 0130, The Mighty KBC via GERMANY during beeps of VOA Radiogram. Never an outro but right back to KBC music and hype. This week, Kraig W. Krist`s ``Forgotten Song`` segment is found at a new earlier time, 0142, ``Look What You`ve Done to Me``, by Boz Scaggs from 1980. But circa 0150, former time for that F.S., there is no fart-song this week, sob! Meanwhile, Peter John`s `DX Headlines` appears at 0148-0150, about numbers stations and the FBI busting spies using them in the US. Pronounces ``Atención`` as if it were French. Being fast-paced, KBC segments of 1, 2, or 3 minutes are the norm, for the attention-span-deficient audience (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEW ZEALAND. 11685-11690-11695, Nov 10 at 0651, DRM noise just came on from RNZI, accompanying VG AM signal on 11725. Yet Aoki shows DRM starting an hour earlier M-F at *0551. But RNZI`s own site shows *0651-0758* M-F for Tonga. I suppose this is one of the best times for such DRM also into N America; or 17670-17675-17680 partly in our afternoons/evenings (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Updated B-14 schedule of RNZI from November 10: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/11/updated-b-14-schedule-of-radio-new.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) ** NIGERIA. 6090v, 0622, Radio Nigeria Kaduna all alone on 6089.86, good & clear with news reports in presumed Hausa about Ebola. Caribbean Beacon missing 16/10 (Bryan Clark, Mangawhai, Northland, North Island, New Zealand, AOR7030+. EWEs to NAm, CAm & SAm, Drake SPR4 with Alpha Delta Sloper, Nov NZ DX Times via DXLD) 6089.836, FRCN Radio Nigeria, Kaduna. 2157 November 8, 2014. Presumed Hausa, highlife filler, talk across the hour with Qur'an verses, primitive vocals. Hugely over modulated, clear and fair until 2222:09 when University Network, Anguilla came up on 6090 with Dead Man Talking and obliterated reception (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. ANGUILLA/NIGERIA/USA: The Caribbean Beacon with program in English of University Network was heard on MW 1610 (rod antenna only) at 0415 on Nov 10th 2014 and also on // 5935 (WWCR) and 6090 (here till 0427 when Kaduna started with powerhouse demodulated sounds and muslim sermon (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA. 15120, V. of Nigeria, Nov 01 0715-0728, 35433, French, Talk, Theme music at 0717 and 0726. 15120, V. of Nigeria, Nov 02 0657-0708, 35433, French, Afro pop, IS from 0700, 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) V of Nigeria heard on 15120kHz(DRM) Sunday 9 November from 1810 UT tune-in - although scheduled from 1830. At 1810 was just ending programme "View of progress" and into "Women in Transformation" at 1815. The scheduled DRM transmission from 1830 provides the most reliable time/frequency to hear VoN at this location (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. Passing a tip along that I just received: Presumed Undercover Radio (pirate) on 1720 kHz AM mode right now at 2247 UT. Decent copy here, 100% readable. 73, (Tim Tromp, West Michigan, 2250 UT Nov 8, ABDX via DXLD) 1720, PIRATE, unidentified. 2305 November 8, 2014. Very poor in local noise, pieces of music. HFUnderground.com post had Undercover Radio here, but others were also hearing Pirate Radio Boston and Radio Free Whatever this evening on 1720 kHz. Bad frequency coordination, if so (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 3229.7, PIRATE (NA). Old Time Radio, at 0000, on 5 Nov. The station is playing an old-time comedy routine with canned audience laughter. The station is not coming in very good tonight. JBA (John Cooper, Lebanon, PA, Winradio-G33DDC, CommRadio CR-1A, RF Space- SDR-IQ, Wellbrook ALA 1530+, Super Sloper Tuned All Band Antenna, NASWA Flashsheet Nov 9 via DXLD) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6935-USB, Nov 8 at 0101, pirate music, ``hard country``; 0130 still going; 0142 ID amid music I think is XLR8 but not clear; 0155, really jammin` now with soul song, and yes, 0157 XLR8 ID. During this semihour there have been two other pirates, on 6925 and 6920, qq. vv. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6925-USB, Nov 8 at 0136, pirate music until 0139 when YL abruptly says something is ``on the porch`` and music stops and/or off. 0143 check it`s back on and stronger now exceeding 6935 XLR8, with music, really jammin`. 0152 same thing happens again with ``on the porch`` and silence past my quittage at 0157. This thread http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,19280.0.html has it as Big Dawg Radio, specifically per LighthouseOhio: http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,19280.msg68231.html#msg68231 ``Must be Big Dog Radio - half way through "JET" op said something about a big dog, and best if you stay on the porch. After the song said the same thing - then off the air?`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6920-AM, Nov 8 at 0140 a third but much weaker pirate has appeared along with 6925-USB and 6935-USB. Seems to be talking about pirate radio and with a pirateradio-algo @ gmail? .com address. At 0157 as I am QRTing, is making feedback and other noises but just too weak. Many heard it in this thread with much better signal, north and east of here, as Pirate Radio Boston: http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,19282.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6925.4-AM, Nov 9 at 0059, poor signal with pirate music; 0125 retune lucked into a fade-up and ID as ``Liquid Radio 97.7 FM``, and now there is 2-way QRM from 6925-LSB, peskie? These logs also had it, first reported as 6925.23-AM, another at 6925.3: http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,19314.0.html But what about 97.7? This says it`s in Minnesota: http://www.evi.com/q/facts_about__liquid_radio and leads to this: http://www.liquidradioonline.com/ which says it streams live Saturday nights from 8 pm Central, but this is earlier. So is this the same station as on 6925+? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. "YHWH" 11595/AM, 0307-0326+, 5-Nov; Usual anti- Christian, anti-USA rhetoric. "The US claims to be 80% Christian, but he USA is the biggest war-mongering, imperialist nation on Earth." Yahweh also had to rest after 6 days of labor, I guess creation is hard work, regardless of who does it. Call ID/Thanks for tuning in anmt @0319+ but kept pontificating about the "so-called god Jesus". "The Kingdom Age draws very close now." (Christian Bro Hystairical, the last days prophet of God sez the same thing!) Sed "xmitting live from the West Coast of the U.S." SIO=22+53- fady (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11595-AM, "Radio Station YHWH" (religious pirate), just missed the sign on, as at 0252 the unique sign on song was in progress, on Nov 10; started with ID "This is radio station YHWH now on the air"; very poor reception; about the poorest I have heard it. 5950-AM (new frequency), "Radio Station YHWH" (religious pirate), tuned in at 0254 till 0335*, Nov 12. Have heard this station many times in the past, but always with recorded programming, but tonight was a first for me - a live on-air segment. 0254-0325 with the usual recorded anti-Christian/ Catholic/ gay/ Islam/ Mormon/ Buddha and pro-Jewish/Yahweh diatribe; 0321-0325 - as usual towards the end of the show, gives the "Ten Commandments of Yahweh"; fair to good. 0325-0332 live segment continuing the diatribe; "Shalom man. Peace. That means peace in Hebrew. This is Josiah. I really am live with you on the mike. Operator of free radio station YHWH. Originating from the west coast of North America . . ."; on this Veterans Day with harangue of veterans, Christians, etc.; 0331 signal dropped down to almost nothing. 0332-0335* usual sign off unique song and "I love you" sign off announcement. https://app.box.com/s/pkoe7076wtumci8avnvy audio of the "Ten Commandments of Yahweh." https://app.box.com/s/cd7cot58j88ydlx89asu audio of live segment with "Josiah." (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 627-640-653 kHz, Nov 6 at 2216 UT on the caradio, I can`t help but notice that KWPN Moore OK is emitting IBOC noise, which can even be heard when tuned to 660 KSKY. In random tuning, I had not heard any such for weeks/months, and so recently advised Barry McLarnon that IBOC was gone from this outsender. At least I do never hear it at night, and certainly irregular in the daytime (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 930, Nov 11 at 2117-2119 UT, from tune-in for two minutes, dead air from WKY, one of few signals which manage to penetrate the Faraday cage of Chili`s on the G8. Also at 0719 UT Nov 13, WKY is running an ad in English (which they easily mix in with Spanish) for iamsecond.com which is some Christian gimmick, then David Stanley Dodge in Spanish {which attempts but does not succeed in being as annoying as in English}. This gives me an excuse to link to display ad for WKY in a Spanish-language newspaper: http://www.w4uvh.net/WKY930AM-ad.jpg Note the cute nicknames for each DJ, Road-Runner and The Little Doll. Did you know Oklahoma is/has a Race? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1460, Nov 7 at 2039 UT on caradio, KZUE El Reno is still plugged into a Mexican network, ID only as XERFR-FM, 103.1, and later as ``Radio Fórmula, Cadena Nacional`` or rather internacional, including Mexican commercials probably inapplicable in Oclajoma. Not sure how much of KZUE`s schedule is thus, and whether they do any local commercial cutaways (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1520, Nov 9 at 0648 UT, KOKC OKC during `Red Eye Radio` has severe CCI from off-frequency KOLM Rochester MN: see separate log under USA. 0659 UT ID from KOKC adds ``and 92.5 KOMA HD2`` or was it HD3? --- so evidently KOKC no longer on FM via translator K276EX 103.1, but demoted to an HD channel of sibling full-power station. Homepage of KOKC, http://www.kokcradio.com/ does not mention any FM frequency {Not sure if KOKC is still on STA for reduced power due to antenna problems, but sounds strong enough to be 50 kW} (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Thanks Glenn - I'll note it but I am finding that lots of stations aren't promo'ing their translators and the HD FM's on the web like they used to, I'll see if more info surfaces through other sources (Wayne Heinen, editor, NRC AM Log, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 1520, KOKC OK Oklahoma City - Applies for STA with parameters at variance or U1, 50000/12500 during pattern work (NRC DX NEWS Nov 17 via DXLD) 1520, Nov 11 at 0651 UT, homeadvisor.com ad with echo from another Red Eye Radio network station [see USA: WHOW], KOKC ID for ``1520 & 103.1, KOKC``, so still on that FM translator altho previous ID did not mention it but instead on an HD channel of sibling KOMA 92.5; takes turns giving the substations? Also a LAH, which may be from another cheat, KOLM Minnesota, as previously logged (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. The 4.8 earthquake SW of Wichita KS was certainly felt here, as the WOR studio shook for about 5 seconds, but no known damage, Nov 12 at 2140:35 UT. USGS timing for it was 2140:00, so is 35 seconds to be expected for the seismic wave to reach here? (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1600, Nov 8 at 1616-1635 UT, KUSH Cushing with continuous Indian chanting, during ``Native Air with Hugh Foley, 10-11 AM Saturdays. Native American News, Music and more!`` per website. Tim Hendel and I were wondering whether any of the talk would be unEnglish. That must have come earlier and/or later (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. Enid has a new LPFM on the air. We knew it was coming, but just encountered it Nov 6 at 2213 UT on 99.9 MHz. We were bandscanning in a west side of Enid parking lot, and found a new localish stereo signal, yet not fully quieting. It may have been on the air for some time, as we haven`t trolled the entire FM band for a couple of weeks. There has been absolutely nothing about it in the local Enid Eagle newspaper, for which radio media are non-existent. It`s playing soft gospel music, rather pleasant, axually, especially when instrumental. We hope it stix to that rather than gospel rock, rantin` & ravin`. 2218 UT ID by child, ``This is KVBN``. 2241 UT automated timecheck for 4:40 plus temperature, and humidity! That`s unusual. At 2300 UT, here it comes, the legal ID by an adult voice: ``KVBN-LP, Enid, a ministry of Victory Bible Church at Twentieth and Elm``, back to soft gospel music. It so happens we are driving by that intersexion a couple hours later, and take a few shots of the building on the NW corner; the closest thing to an antenna is a flagpole? tilting about 25 degrees. http://www.w4uvh.net/KVBNhq.jpg Then checking the FCC database, we see KVBN is supposedly only a CP, so it may be only on PTA. Furthermore, the coverage map shows centered not at this church location on the east side of Enid, but more centrally on US 81 north between Chestnut and Willow --- https://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/contourplot.kml%3Fgmap%3D2%26appid%3D1626337%26call%3DKVBN-LP%26freq%3D99.9%26contour%3D60%26city%3DENID%26state%3DOK.kml&output=classic&dg=feature Hey, that`s where another gospel huxter LPFM resides, KLGB, 94.3, which has a one-element vertical antenna hanging off a self-supporting tower, the last we noticed. KVBN is authorized 100 watts, horizontal only at 27 meters above ground. Then we find that the coördinates in FCC and in the WTFDA database are identical for KVBN and KLGB! (BTW, WTFDA`s last two digits are not decimal but really signify seconds, altho run together with minutes). BTW2, there`s no listing for Victory --- anything in the white pages of the Yellow Book, and there are so many categories under Churches in the yellow pages, that we despair of ever finding it, as it`s not among the ``Bible`` churches (as if any of them were not, whether named that or not). Anyhow, there goes another good DX frequency. It`s the *only* Okie on 99.9, vs 100 kW in Fort Smith AR just across the border, and a couple Kansans in Salina and Leoti, so 99.9 was certainly a justified ``clear`` frequency pick under the LPFM rules. Meanwhile, another pending LPFM CP in Enid, WRML-LP (Yes! Still listed with a W-call as if in Ohio), is yet to appear on 100.9. We look forward to it as supposed to be a real `community` station rather than yet another gospel huxter. The afternoon of November 7 we visited KLGB-LP 94.3 in Enid, now hosting another new gospel-huxtering LP, KVBN-LP 99.9. As usual, no sign of humans in or around the building, but we do see that the tower now supports some much improved antennas, including a small STL dish pointed at Victory Bible Church a few miles east, HQ of KVBN, pictured in our previous report. KLGB itself may now have improved 94.3 coverage with these new antenna elements. Perhaps someone can describe their design; perhaps someone can measure whether the height above ground is within LPFM requirements. Full view of building and tower at NE corner of Van Buren & Spruce: http://www.w4uvh.net/KLGBKVBN1.jpg Feedlines into the tower: http://www.w4uvh.net/KLGBKVBN2.jpg Tower looking upward from the base: http://www.w4uvh.net/KLGBKVBN3.jpg Close-up of antenna elements and STL dish: http://www.w4uvh.net/KLGBKVBN4.jpg KLGB-only sign facing north with heavy weathering: http://www.w4uvh.net/KLGBKVBN5.jpg KLGB-only sign facing south in much better condition: http://www.w4uvh.net/KLGBKVBN6.jpg 99.9, Nov 9 at 0227 UT, I check new Enid KVBN-LP for the first time on the DX-398, and find it emits RDS display on multiple panels: KVBN / VICTORY / BIBLE / CHURCH / 402 N. / 20TH That`s the studio, not the transmitter site. Co-located KLGB-94.3 does not have any RDS, but both are in $tereo. Nov 9 at 1715 UT check, country gospel music is more upbeat than what we had been hearing on 99.9 --- yet no church service at primetime 11 am Sunday! (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENKING DIGEST) Re new KVBN-LP, 99.9, Enid, Doug Smith, WTFDA replies to our previous reports: ``KVBN-LP applied for a license-to-cover on September 23rd. The FCC hasn't yet acted on that application. My understanding is that for most stations, Program Test Authority is automatic once the license- to-cover has been filed. > elements. Perhaps someone can describe their design; perhaps someone > can measure whether the height above ground is within LPFM requirements. Appear to be identical two-bay circularly polarized units. I'm not going to venture a solid guess as to their height above ground. But the stations are authorized for 24 and 25 meters, a figure that looks plausible (not sure why the two are *different* as looking at the photo both antennas appear to be at the same height). 30 meters is allowed without power reductions. Enid's other two LPFMs KAMG [92.1] and WRML [100.9 not on air yet] are 36.5 and 32.2m respectively -- and are as a result limited to 68 and 86 watts of power respectively. == Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 88.1 & 103.5, Nov 6 at 2225 UT on my caradio FM bandscan in the Walmart parking lot (I did *not* go in!), during which I discovered KVBN-LP activated on 99.9, I also find strong dead air carriers on 88.1 and 103.5. A couple minutes later they both start to recede just as vehicles parked next to me pull out. There ought to be a law that RF feeders in cars have to ID with the VIN or at least the tag alfanumber! (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OMAN. 11650, Radio Sultanate of Oman, Thumrayt. 0026 November 6, 2014. Arabic pop vocal, Arabic female announcer, local level (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11650, Nov 8 at 0148, Qur`an, good with flutter and nothing on 9500. I wonder if R. Sultanate of Oman is now here intentionally in B-14 rather than by mistake. 11650, Nov 9 at 0115, RSO presumed, Qur`an, poor with flutter, not on 9500. Not on 11650 either around 0220. HFCC B-14 has possible frequencies after 0200 as: 6085, 9540, 11760, 15355. Could be hiding under RHC 11760? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PALAU. 9930, Nov 9 at 1454, hymn with good signal from T8WH, sked until 1500 on Sundays only, and no longer blown away by crashed WTWW-2 transmitter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 4747.55, Perú, Radio Huanta 2000, Huanta, Ayacucho, 2330 to 2340 en Spanish om, noted back after two days silent 9 November (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, S FL, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, 60/90/120 m dipoles, and MR, Vero Beach FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 4774.9, Perú, Radio Tarma. Tarma, 1010 Rustic Peru vocals with ute pounding on top of the signal to 1045 fade begins, 5 November (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, S FL, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, 60/90/120 m dipoles, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 4810, Perú, Radio Logos, Chazuta, Tarapoto. Noted 1000 to 1010 on 10 October, 0958 to 1045 with om ID as Radio Logos 0958, mixed with beautiful Flauta Andina, vocalists and strong signal. Other mornings only noted carrier with some breaks in carrier which may indicate transmitter issues. On 7 October nothing at 1010, carrier with no audio at 1022. On 6 November 1030 carrier on, no audio then break, back at 1045 to 1055 carrier only. This remains the strongest signal from Peru on 60 meters (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, S FL, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, 60/90/120 m dipoles; with XM, Cedar Key and MR, Vero Beach, WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 5980+, Nov 8 at 0051, JBA carrier, presumed R. Chaski, slightly on hi side. Again too much ACI from 5985 WRMI BS and CCI from BBC/UAE to try to track Chaski`s cutoff after 0100 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. 5980+, Nov 9 at 0058, JBA carrier slightly on the hi side, so I think it is R. Chaski, but very heavy splash from the BS on 5985 via WRMI. Last date I could time its autocutoff was Oct 25 when it was 0104:34*. Now 15 days later, if it continued precessing about 5.9 seconds later per day, it would now be 88.5 seconds later, or slightly after 0106. But this carrier is still detectable past 0111, 0114 and 0118, so by now it must be the other 5980 possibility, BBCWS via UAE (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 6173.9, Perú, Radio Tawantinsuyo, Cusco, 0950 to 1000 weak signal with om in Spanish, narrow filter 1.3K LSB, 5 November (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, S FL, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, 60/90/120 m dipoles, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PHILIPPINES [non]. 15100, Nov 10 at 1504, W&M dialog, in SE Asian language, good signal. EiBi shows it`s now the Radio Veritas Asia Filipino service via VATICAN at 1500-1553 back to the Mideast Gastarbeiter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PORTUGAL. CQ WW de 2014: Usando as antenas de cortina da ex-RDP Internacional (João Gonçalves Costa, 6 Nov, radioiescutas yg via DXLD) Impõe-se uma correcção à minha explicação sobre a localização do CEU/CEOC: entre Porto Alto e São Gabriel, não são só 9 km, mas mais de 20 km! Por isso, se alguém quiser passar por lá, a partir de P. Alto, conte com mais tempo... O que fica a uns 9 km de Porto Alto é o tx OM da Média Capital, operando em 1035 kHz. São Gabriel não existia, de todo, até ser implantado o CEU/CEOC, em 1952. Até então, a designação era CEI-Centro Emissor Imperial, que funcionou em Barcarena, junto a Lisboa, e, de início, foram os CTT que operavam a estação, não a Emissora Nacional. Estas instalações de Barcarena, 38º 43' 25" N 09º 15' 49" O, ficaram pertencendo aos ex-Serviços Radioeléctricos, dos CTT, mais tarde, Centro de Fiscalização Radioeléctrica do Sul. Actualmente, funciona aí o laboratório da http://www.anacom.pt ANACOM - ANACOM - Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações ANACOM é a autoridade reguladora em Portugal das comunicações postais e das comunicações eletrónicas. Disponível em versão Portuguesa e Inglesa. 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, Nov 7, ibid.) ** PRIDNESTROVYE. MOLDOVA, Since early September Transdniestrian radio announces itself, not as a TMR or PR, but only according to "Radio One", from Monday to Friday / now / starting at 0400 hours at 621 kHz with a hymn to the TMR, once in the Ukrainian language to 0430, when the Moldovan and 0500 hours begin in Russian (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, RusDX Nov 9 via DXLD) ** ROMANIA. 7325, UT Sun Nov 9 at 0143, RRI English, good to NAm now here, plugging ``Personality of the Year`` survey of listeners. Nominations wanted right away, the winner TBA on January 1. Hint: last year it was Pope Francis. Thus concludes `DX Mailbag`, 0145 into `All That Jazz` competing with Global 24, also jazz now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. 738, R. Radonezh, Nov 02 1152-1202, 43443-33443, Russian, Talk and Chorus music, ID at 1157 and 1200 (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. Re: RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Radio of Adygey Republic was heard since 26 October 2014 on 6000 KHz & 1900-2000 Sun and 1800-1900 Fri in Adygeyan only and 1800-1900 Mon in Adygeyan, Arabic, Turkish and some Kurdish. Same tip I published in weekly bulletin MIDXB # 916 (Rumen Pankov-BUL, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 7) 6000 kHz, Maikop, Adygey Radio Maykop, Russia. Soeben in "World of Radio #1745" gehoert, Rumen in Bulgarien berichtet 18-20 UT jetzt auf 6000 kHz in B-14 (nicht auf registrierten 6020!) aus Armavir Tbilisskaya Krasnodar Kray site. Das ist also die letzte BC Aussendung aus Russland auf Kurzwelle in der Luft. R Rossi[i] hat aber noch einige Mittelwellensender on air [sic]. 6000, Adygey Radio Maykop. Negativ auf 6020 kHz heute Abend Monday Oct 27, nichts vom Cherkessen Radio aus Krasnodar Armavir site, nur RFA Chinesisch Tinian MRA unten, mit starkem Wort Jammer aus China oben auf. [later] 6000 kHz Adygeyan Radio Maykop, Caucasus 18-19 UT Fridays, noted tonight Nov 7th. Last Russia's BC program on shortwave these days: via 100 kW unit at Armavir Tbilisskaya, Krasnodar kray. Program heard today Friday Nov 7 on SDR units net in Greece, Calabria Italy, near Bologna-Rimini Italy, Moscow, Warsaw Poland, and near Nuremberg Bavaria, S=6-7 signal. From my tune-in around 1825 til 1837 UT local singer program heard. I've made two MP3 format recordings tonight. Probably at around 1846 UT heard some station ID, time and frequency announcement? Program end at 1859:06 UT, fade-out of the song, no further station ID, only carrier from Tbilisskaya on air. Transmitter Switch OFF happened exact at 1900:02 UT. No actual recordings upload on website adygtv.ru anymore ? - the very last recording is of Oct 26, 2014. QSL Radio Adygeya (GTRK Adygeya), partly detailed E-letter in 11 weeks for e-report to (Wolfgang Büschel, Nov 7, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 12 via DXLD) November 9: Adygeyan Radio in Adygeyan to CeAs 1900 on 6000 Armavir https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6aluvS3Z3A&feature=youtu.be Adygeyan Radio in Adygeyan to CeAs 1927 on 6000 Armavir https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWjls_XjciA&feature=youtu.be Adygeyan Radio in Adygeyan to CeAs 1957 on 6000 Armavir https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdA8oDq6xsg&feature=youtu.be November 10: Adygeyan Radio, test tone from 1745 to 1755 on 6000 Armavir, over CNR1 in Chinese https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28LBzvHFIJ4&feature=youtu.be Adygeyan Radio in Adygeyan, Arabic, Turkish to CeAs 1800 on 6000 Armavir https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kAWYjBWdZ4&feature=youtu.be Adygeyan Radio in Adygeyan, Arabic, Turkish to CeAs 1815 on 6000 Armavir https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfe9CI-or6E&feature=youtu.be Adygeyan Radio in Adygeyan, Arabic, Turkish to CeAs 1818 on 6000 Armavir https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQx5auDMcFE&feature=youtu.be Adygeyan Radio in Adygeyan, Arabic, Turkish to CeAs 1824 on 6000 Armavir https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t08i_viYXfc&feature=youtu.be Adygeyan Radio in Adygeyan, Arabic, Turkish to CeAs 1829 on 6000 Armavir https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny1khbxcSvQ&feature=youtu.be Adygeyan Radio in Adygeyan, Arabic, Turkish to CeAs 1837 on 6000 Armavir https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhLDv_YFH5M&feature=youtu.be Adygeyan Radio in Adygeyan, Arabic, Turkish to CeAs 1842 on 6000 Armavir https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDILKd5ONks&feature=youtu.be Adygeyan Radio in Adygeyan, Arabic, Turkish to CeAs 1856 on 6000 Armavir https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsEQaEMtkFU&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Winter B-14 shortwave schedule of Adygeyan Radio: 1800-1900 on 6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Ad/Ar/Tu Mon 1800-1900 on 6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Adygeyan Fri 1900-2000 on 6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Adygeyan Sun, videos on Nov. 9 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/11/reception-of-adygeyan-radio-on-october-9.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) Reception of Adygeyan Radio Monday, Nov. 10: 1745-1755 6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg CeAs testtone, co-ch CNR 1 Chinese 1755-1800 6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg CeAs dead air, co-ch CNR 1 Chinese 1800-1835 6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg CeAs Adygeyan/Arabic/Turkish 1835-1900 6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg CeAs Adygeyanly. 9 videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/11/updated-b-14-schedule-of-radio-new.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #880 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov. Nov. 13, 2014 via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. 7200 kHz is not the first day of the transmitter works. Who and what is illegal, pirated? On Fq: 1630 kHz all summer morning listening to the radio. Transmission on religious themes. What song are then continuously read. Identification never heard. What is this station -pirat? (Vasily Lazarev, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx", RusDX Nov 9 via DXLD) November 6th. Agree on 7200 kHz Station of with a strong signal. SINPO - 45444. Performed patriotic songs in Russian. I sit listening, while only the song. Vysotsky include periodically. At a frequency of 1230 there was interference from any other station. The station launched on Rossoshansky offices of the Communist Party of the Voronezh region. Ostensibly in the last year. Address of Branch: KPRF-Rossosh@mail.ru Can they do something to help? (Alexander Golovihin, Tolyatti , Russia/ "deneb-radio-dx" & "open_dx" via RusDX Nov 9 via WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DXLD) ** RUSSIA. 9996, RWM Time Station, Moscow, Nov 9 0540, Strong signal into Perseus+Loop at 045/225 degree azimuth with time pips on seconds and longer pip on minute. Also double second pips from seconds 9 through 12 on each minute. This continued to 0550 with odd chirping sounds more or less as described by various web pages. 8 minute long carrier from 0600-0608, no signal from 0608 to 0609 with "RWM" ID starting at 0609 in slow Morse code for 55 seconds and back to time pips at 0610 (Mark Clark, Lancaster County PA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. Dear readers, we are excited to announce that the Voice of Russia is changing its name and moving over to a new website. We will now be known as Sputnik news agency and radio. You can find all the latest stories from our London bureau here: http://uk.sputniknews.com Please update your bookmarks and stay with us! http://voiceofrussia.com/uk/news/2014_11_10/Voice-of-Russia-becomes-Sputnik-8149/ (via Jean-Michel Aubier, France, dxldyg Nov 11 via DXLD) Today's Wall Street Journal had a piece on the newly-announced Sputnik media agency that Putin is pushing out. Since the WSJ is behind a paywall, I found this in the Telegraph instead: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/11221511/Russia-launches-Sputnik-media-offensive-to-counter-US-propaganda.html No specifics on how all those hours of "radio" programming will be distributed, whether as podcasts from a Web site, or if they're planning to fire up the transmitters at Petropavlovsk again (for those of us on the West Coast). (Chuck Albertson, Seattle, Nov 11, WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DX LISTENING DIGEST) "Sputnik produces its own multimedia content and broadcasts in: Russian, Abkhaz, Azerbaijani, Arabic, Armenian, Chinese, Crimean Tatar, Dari, English, Estonian, French, Finnish, German, Georgian, Hindi, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Moldavian, Polish, Portuguese, Pashto, Spanish, Serbian, Turkish, Tajik, Uzbek, Ukrainian, Japanese." Sputnik UK Sputnik is a major new media brand with modern multimedia centers http://uk.sputniknews.com/docs/about/index.html (via Kim Elliott, DC, dxldyg via DXLD) The Voice of Russia has now re-launched as Sputnik News; this will have a multi-hub background. (Voice of Russia Web Site and I believe to-morrow`s Daily Telegraph) No sign of any Short Wave. [later:] I see that Reuters are now reporting that the New Radio Sputnik will have a Radio Station(!!!!!!!!) Voice of Russia at 2200 UT now announcing itself as Radio Sputnik (Ken Fletcher, Nov 10, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) ? As heard online? (gh) Voice of Russia on DAB (London) still displays as VoR Voice of Russia though IDs as Radio Sputnik. This announcement on the Voice of Russia website this evening (10 Nov): Voice of Russia becomes Sputnik Dear readers, we are excited to announce that the Voice of Russia is changing its name and moving over to a new website. We will now be known as Sputnik news agency and radio. You can find all the latest stories from our London bureau here: http://uk.sputniknews.com Please update your bookmarks and stay with us! Read more: http://voiceofrussia.com/uk/news/2014_11_10/Voice-of-Russia-becomes-Sputnik-8149/ And these extracts from announcement on sputniknews.com (10 Nov): Major New Media Brand 'Sputnik' Goes Live Nov 10 Sputnik, a major new media brand with modern multimedia centers in dozens of countries, will go live November 10. All of Sputnik’s multimedia centers located in major world capitals will maintain their own websites and broadcast from local radio stations. MOSCOW, November 10 (Sputnik) — In 2015, Sputnik will broadcast in 30 languages, with over 800 hours of radio programming a day, covering over 130 cities and 34 countries. Sputnik’s exclusive content is designed for a global audience of billions who are tired of aggressive propaganda promoting a unipolar world and want a different perspective. The flagship site is http://www.sputniknews.com [...] SPUTNIK STRATEGY Sputnik's broadcasting is entirely geared toward local audiences. "The agency has overhauled the underlying concept of its work," Kiselev said. "Previously all radio stations in foreign languages were based in Moscow, but almost all of our radio programs and websites will be developed locally." [...] "Sputnik's radio broadcasting will use modern formats, such as digital DAB/DAB + (Digital Radio Broadcasting), HD-Radio, as well as FM radio, mobile phones and the Internet. In the medium term, the goal is to broadcast around the clock. "Many countries offered to let us broadcast Sputnik programs using local FM radio stations," Simonyan said. "They are interested in having new content in their media market and will include our programming in their broadcasts. With the advent of this new brand and the improved quality of our programming, we expect the regional Sputnik network in different countries to grow as well." Webcasting is also rapidly expanding. The goal is to update Sputnik- run websites around the clock and deliver the most important information to target audiences using social media. Sputnik news feeds in English, Spanish and Arabic are available around the clock. A newscast in Chinese will become available in late 2014. These products are distributed by subscription and cater to professional media and business, as well as expert and government agencies. Regional editorial offices in Washington, Cairo, Beijing and Montevideo work 24/7. Full release at: http://sputniknews.com/russia/20141110/1014569630.html (via Alan Pennington, BDXC-UK yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DXLD) ** RUSSIA. Golos Rossii bol`she ne [Voice of Russia No Longer] http://sputniknews.com/russia/20141110/1014569630.html Note that "Sputnik's radio broadcasting will use modern formats, such as digital DAB/DAB + (Digital Radio Broadcasting), HD-Radio, as well as FM radio, mobile phones and the Internet". They could have put that shorter: RTRS, just forget it for your scrap metal! The English radio program has already migrated to the new website, to which http://en.ria.ru redirects now, and is indeed presented as "Radio Sputnik", with the exception of the odd "Radio VR" that for now escaped the scissors. It appears that they have already left the former Radio Moscow building amd moved over to the RIA Novosti / Russia Today headquarters. The same goes for Russian radio, here since 1400, just one hour after the big reveal: http://dxing.ru/novosti/21-radioveschanie/2106-golos-rossii-menjaet-nazvanie.html However, in German (and probably other language services likewise) it is still "Stimme Russlands", and they report it as if it are general news, not something that affects themselves. The same at de.ria.ru, i.e. the pages run by the German service staff of former RIA Novosti. It seems that the whole rebranding and fusion will still take some time to be implemented (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Nov 10, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA [and non]. MEDIA --- Russia launched a new state media organization on Nov. 10, dispatching hundreds of journalists across five continents amid a growing information war with the West. The same day, CNN announced it was suspending broadcasts in Russia because of restrictive new ownership rules (Briefing, WORLD, page 11, TIME magazine print issue post-dated Nov 24 [printed circa Nov 12-13], retyped by gh for DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. Friday, November 07, 2014 RADIO HOST FIRED AFTER TWEET ABOUT KREMLIN OFFICIAL'S SON November 06, 2014 http://www.rferl.org/content/plyushchev-ekho-mosvy-ivanov-son-death-twitter-gazprom/26677717.html A popular host on Russian radio station Ekho Moskvy (Echo of Moscow) has been fired after tweeting about the death of a son of President Vladimir Putin's chief of staff, Sergei Ivanov. State-controlled gas giant Gazprom's media arm Gazprom-Media, which owns the station, said on November 6 that Aleksandr Plyushchev had been dismissed "for violating the principles of professional ethics." Sergei Ivanov's son Aleksandr, who avoided prosecution after he hit a killed an elderly woman while driving in Moscow in 2005, died on November 3. Media reports said he drowned in the United Arab Emirates. Plyushchev wrote on Twitter on November 5: "Do you consider the death of Ivanov's son, who ran down and killed an old woman and sued her son-in-law, as proof that God exists?" He later deleted the tweet and apologized. Ekho Mosvky’s chief editor, Aleksei Venediktov, wrote on Twitter that none of his employees can be fired without his consent. Based on reporting by Vedomosti and Interfax (RFE/RL via Kyiv Post via tweet from guntrust.org via Bruce MacGibbon, OR, DXLD) ** RUSSIA [non]. 9910, Nov 10 at 1410, M&M conversation in Russian, mentioning Kitaya and Afrika, fair and no flutter unlike the CNR1 jammers. HFCC B14 update shows it`s R. Liberty during this hour only via SAIPAN since Nov 3. There is also some noise too close on the hi side, ute or jamming? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RWANDA. 6055, Radio Rwanda, 1502-1532, 5, 6, 7 Nov. After RN1 closes at 1500, RR heard poor-fair with sports play-by-play and news in Kinyarawanda/Swahili ("habari Radio Rwanda.."), possible mobile phone ad with English tag ("welcome to the new world, everywhere you go.." at 1513, "local" tunes, DJ chat and thought I heard an "Ici Radio Rwanda" after RR jingle (6 Nov. at 1518-1520). Carrier usually good, but audio somewhat muffled (as it was when logged last year). Used to have brief English news around 1515-1520 or so, but unheard so far this year (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA G5/6m X wire, WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RWANDA [non]. 17540, Radio Impala, November 8 at 1740. Excellent signal. High life music in unknown African language (Jim Andrew, Houston, Texas - Funcube Pro+ SDR using SDR Console, SPR-4, amateur band vertical, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) via MADAGASCAR ** SAAR. 183, Germany, Europe 1, Saarbruecken, 0000-0025 deep fades, YL & OM in French, 8 November (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, S FL, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, Scotka long wave pre amplifier, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SARAWAK [non]. 6050, Salam FM (via RTM-Kajang), 1501-1522* 5 Nov. On especially long today. Plug usually pulled by 1502-04 (as on 7 Nov.), Negara Ku, Salam FM jingle, long opening speech in Arabic, qira'ut + commentary, canned RTM announcement, some Islamic-influenced songs, back to qira'ut at 1521 & off 1522. 11665, Wai FM (via RTM-Kajang), 1215-1252 28 Oct. Public affairs programme, PSAs, occasional Malay pop with W DJ, singing Wai FM jingles, qira'ut just past BOH for 10-12 minutes. On 30 Oct. Wai was not on before 1000, heard with nice drop-in ID at 1007, but unheard at 1200 check, on 31 Oct. unheard at 1230, 1300, 1330 but back with fair signal by 1417, 1 Nov. again unheard at 1200, 1300, but back on 2 Nov. at 1250, 1316-1353, on 4 Nov. unheard 11-13 (possibly propagation), but quite good after 1500. Don't know if it's propagation or RTM transmitter glitches causing the sporadic reception before 1400. 11665, Limbang FM (via RTM-Kajang), 1350-1400+ 27 Oct. Limbang FM's Monday programme heard fairly well with "circus-calliope" background to M DJ with Malay pop and a few Limbang FM mentions. Thanks to Mr. Frodge's (Tentative) log of Limbang on Thursday 16 Oct. at 1214-1230 (& Glenn letting me know about it) found Limbang on Thursday 30 Oct. & 6 Nov. at 1316-1358+ with nice singing jingle, EZL/romantic Malay tunes and "Radio Malaysia, Sarawak-Limbang", "(d)ari Limbang lagu-lagu" (either "songs of Limbang" or "Limbang songs of the day", roughly); circus-calliope background for DJ on the 30th & "klonky" percussion/droning horns for backing on the 6th. Dunno if Limbang is also on as early as 1215 on Thursdays (25M isn't open here then, tsk x2), but it seems they're available 1315-1400 two days per week now (for how long is anyone's guess, though). Additional checks on Thursdays at 1315+ would be appreciated from WC (and any other) DXers (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas, CA G5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SAUDI ARABIA. November 6: BSKSA Radio Saudi International in French 1527 on 17660 Riyadh, ex awful on 17662.8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUVb58lmIdI&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Ivo posts a great many audios on YouTube, only a few of which can be linked here; full listings in the DXLD yg (gh, DXLD) 17625, Nov 7 at 1346, BSKSA is finally back in whack with normal non- distorted and on-frequency AM signal in Qur`an, // slightly stronger 17615; after having been a blob circa 17628 for a biweek since October 25. Why didn`t they just take it off the air until they could fix it?? Like Cairo, they have no shame? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SEYCHELLES [non]. ARMENIA/ASCENSION ISL/GERMANY/SRI LANKA/UAE/U.K./UZBEKISTAN FEBA RADIO B-14 schedule, 26th Oct 2014 to 28th March 2015. Time UTC 1234567 Languages kHz site INDIA, NEPAL, TIBET 0000-0030 smtwtfs BANGLA rural 5905 NAU (IBRA) 1200-1230 smtwtfs TIBETAN 15215 DHA 1330-1345 smtwtfs EN/KAN/TELUGU 9720 TRM 1345-1400 smtwtfs EN/KUV/MAL/TAMIL9720 TRM 1400-1415 s..w.fs TAMIL 9720 TRM 1400-1430 smtwtfs URDU 11900 DHA 1430-1445 ..tw..s URDU 11900 DHA 1430-1445 sm..tf. BALTI 11900 DHA 1430-1500 smtwtfs HINDI 9540 TAC 1500-1530 smtwtfs BANGLA rural 9390 TAC (IBRA) PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN 0200-0230 s...... URDU 7320 DHA 0200-0215 .mtwtfs URDU 7320 DHA 0215-0230 .mtwtfs BALUCHI/SINDHI 7320 DHA 0230-0300 smtwtfs DARI 5940 DHA (R.Sadaye Zindagi) 1400-1430 smtwtfs URDU 11900 DHA 1430-1445 ..tw..s URDU 11900 DHA 1430-1445 sm..tf. BALTI 11900 DHA 1430-1500 smtwtfs HINDI 9540 TAC 1500-1530 smtwtfs DARI 9570 ERV (R.Sadaye Zindagi) 1530-1600 smtwtfs PASHTO 9570 ERV (R.Sadaye Zindagi) MIDDLE EAST 0800-0830 smtwtfs ARABIC 15260 WOF (Voice of Forgiveness) 1800-1927 smtwtfs ARABIC 9550 WOF AFRICA, ETHIOPIA, SUDAN 1600-1627 smtwtfs AFAR 11655 DHA 1600-1630 s...tfs AMHARIC 12125 ERV 1600-1630 .mtw... GURAGENA 12125 ERV 1630-1700 ....tfs AMHARIC 9820 DHA 1630-1700 smtw... TIGRINYA 9820 DHA 1630-1700 smtwtfs AMHARIC 12125 ERV 1700-1730 smtwtfs SOMALI 6180 DHA 1700-1730 smtwtfs OROMINYA 9540 DHA 1700-1730 smtwtfs TIGRINYA 11610 MEY 1700-1730 smtwtfs ARABIC 12045 WOF (Radio Ibrahim) 1730-1800 smtwtfs BEJA 9635 WOF (Radio Ibrahim) 1730-1800 smtwtfs SWAHILI 11785 WOF (Radio Ibrahim) 1730-1757 smtwtfs TIGRINYA 9540 DHA 1730-1800 smtwtfs SILTE 7510 ERV 1730-1800 smtwtfs SOMALI 11610 MEY 1800-1830 smtwtfs FUR 9635 WOF (Radio Ibrahim) 1830-1900 smtwtfs ARABIC 9635 WOF (Radio Ibrahim) 1900-1930 smtwtfs ARABIC 5915 WOF (Radio Ibrahim) 1900-1930 smtwtfs FULFULDE 7235 WOF (Radio Ibrahim) 1930-1945 smtw... MOORE 7235 WOF (Radio Ibrahim) 1930-1945 ....tfs TAMAJEQ 7235 WOF (Radio Ibrahim) 1930-1945 sm..... SARA NGAMBAI 9635 WOF (Radio Ibrahim) 1930-1945 ....tfs SHUWA 9635 WOF (Radio Ibrahim) 1930-1945 ..tw... ZAGHAWA 9635 WOF (Radio Ibrahim) 1945-2000 smt..fs JULA 7235 WOF (Radio Ibrahim) 1945-2000 ...wt.. MALINKE 7235 WOF (Radio Ibrahim) 2145-2215 .m..t.s HASSINYA (WeAF) 9530 ASC (Radio Akhbar Mufriha) 2145-2215 s.t..f. PULAAR (WeAF) 9530 ASC (Radio Akhbar Mufriha) Tx Site Codes: ASC Ascension Island DHA Al Dhabayya UAE ERV Yerevan Gavar Armenia MEY Meyerton South Africa NAU Nauen Germany TAC Tashkent Uzbekistan. WOF Woofferton, United Kingdom. Day 1 = Sunday (ITU Convention) (according to HFCC registrations, former A-14 schedule updated by wb, Oct 23, BCDX Nov 12 via DXLD) That`s risky, updating last year`s info. Why not get a current certain schedule? (gh, DXLD) ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, SIBC, Nov 08 0756-0808, 35343-45343, Pidgin, Talk, IS and ID at 0801, 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) ** SOMALILAND. 7120, R. Hargeysa (tentative), *1459-1505+ 4, 5, 6 Nov. OC, horns/drums (instrumental NA or really long IS?), opening chat in Somali followed by qira'ut. Heard almost every day at *1500, but doesn't stay in long enough to get a decent (or any) ID (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA G5/6m X wire, WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SPAIN. Estas son las últimas novedades de blogAER: ----------------------------- La Plataforma se reune con la dirección de RTVE En la mañana de hoy, 7 de noviembre de 2014, la Plataforma en Defensa de la Onda Corta en Radio Exterior de España se han reunido con Manuel Ventero, el director de Comunicación y Relaciones Institucionales de RTVE, persona en la que ha delegado el actual presidente de la corporación de RTVE. En primer lugar . . . http://aer.org.es/archivos/1850 Un saludo cordial (Pedro Sedano, Madrid, España, COORDINADOR GENERAL, AER, noticiasdx yg via DXLD) RTVE SE COMPROMETE A ESTUDIAR EL CIERRE DE LA ONDA CORTA DE RADIO EXTERIOR --- by gruporadioescuchaargentino La Plataforma en Defensa de la Onda Corta ha pedido que se reconsidere su posición y que no se haga nada para la desmantelación de la emisión. El director de Comunicación y Relaciones Institucionales de RTVE, Manuel Ventero, se ha comprometido, en nombre del presidente de la Corporación, a «retomar y estudiar» el cierre de la Onda Corta de Radio Exterior de España. Ventero ha trasladado este compromiso este viernes a los representantes de la Plataforma en Defensa de la Onda Corta, que se han reunido con él. No obstante, según ha explicado un portavoz de la cadena pública a Europa Press, este tema no irá en principio en los asuntos que tratará el Consejo de Administración de RTVE el próximo martes 11 de noviembre. En este sentido, este mismo portavoz ha recordado que el cese de onda corta ya se vio por dos veces en el Consejo de Administración. «Ahora hay una circunstancia nueva y un consejero nuevo, que además es presidente, y se compromete con la plataforma a estudiar el tema», ha indicado. Los miembros de la plataforma han pedido a Ventero que el Consejo de Administración de RTVE «tome nota de sus reivindicaciones y reconsidere su posición y que no se haga nada para la desmantelación de los elementos que permiten la emisión, a fin de que no sea inviable su reversibilidad». Los representantes de la plataforma también han insistido durante la reunión en sus reivindicaciones y «en el derecho a la información de millones de españoles e hispanohablantes repartidos por diferentes lugares del mundo, desde pescadores a cooperantes, profesores o misioneros, cuyo nexo de unión con España era este servicio público de radio». Por ello, han explicado en un comunicado que RTVE debe ver la emisión de la onda corta de Radio Exterior de España (REE) «no como una rentabilidad económica sino como una rentabilidad social». Desde la Plataforma también se han ofrecido alternativas, como la posibilidad de cesar las emisiones para Europa interior pero mantenerlas para los océanos y el Tercer Mundo, donde es muy difícil el acceso a internet o el satélite. La plataforma ha alertado que, hasta no lograr la reposición del servicio de onda corta de REE, seguirá con su calendario de trabajo recogiendo firmas a través de change.org y reuniéndose con todas las administraciones implicadas y colectivos afectados. Desde su fundación el pasado 28 de octubre, más de 30 organizaciones, e incluso particulares, se han adherido a la plataforma, enviando por escrito su apoyo y su indignación por el cierre de las emisiones en onda corta (Tomada de La Voz de Galicia via GRA blog Nov 8 via DXLD) Consejo de administración de RTVE pospone reconsideración OC REE La Plataforma en Defensa de la Onda Corta en Radio Exterior de España informa que ha contactado con todas las personas que forman el consejo de administración de RTVE, al objeto de aportarles información y documentación sobre las consecuencias del cese de las emisiones por onda corta de REE y, por otro, para pedirles que se tratase en . . . http://aer.org.es/archivos/1873 ------------------------------ Un saludo cordial, (Pedro Sedano, Madrid, España, COORDINADOR GENERAL, ASOCIACIÓN ESPAÑOLA DE RADIOESCUCHA (AER), Nov 11, noticiasdx yg via DXLD) En UGT están preocupados por el futuro de REE La secretaría de Acción Sindical y Comunicación de UGT hace público el siguiente comunicado de prensa: El sindicato muestra su preocupación sobre el futuro de este medio de comunicación UGT en CRTVE considera el aplazamiento de emitir en onda corta como un síntoma de la falta de voluntad del presidente para volver a emitir Madrid. . . http://aer.org.es/archivos/1875 (via Pedro Sedano, Madrid, España, COORDINADOR GENERAL nov 12 condig lista yg via DXLD) ** SRI LANKA. 11905, Nov 8 at 0114:10 tune-in JBA carrier, 0114:14 ramping up to strong signal so at first may have been only exciter, and the inevitable trans-polar flutter; musical prélude from 0114:46 but NO mistimesignal as expected around 0115:19, instead a pause and then SLBC sign-on announcements and into a S Asian song. So their clock is still slow even without a formal MTS. If they can`t set it accurately, suppressing it is the proper course of action. 1905, Nov 9 at 0114:46.5, music starts on good carrier with flutter and mistimesignaling has resumed with 2+1 pips ending at 0115:18, SLBC sign-on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN [non]. CLANDESTINE, 15550, R. Dabanga, Nov 02 0521-0533, 24332, vernacular, local music and talk, IS and SJ at 0527 and 0530 (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) I guess SJ means singing jingle? An abbr that hasn`t caught on extra- Japanly (gh, DXLD) 13800, R. Tamazuj (Talata-Volonondry), *1500+ 7 Nov. Big signal in Arabic/Sudanese // 15400/15550 (both Vatican City). Also 13800 1532+ 6 Nov. with Radio Dabanga program (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA G5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN SOUTH. SOUTH SUDAN RADIO AIMS TO CALM TENSIONS BETWEEN DISPLACED PEOPLE | Text of report by website of US-based media advocacy organization Internews on 7 November Smoke billows from piles of smouldering cow dung at a cattle camp outside the town of Mingkaman, South Sudan. Children covered in ash dump grain bags full of fresh manure on to the ground, beside their makeshift homes. Once dried by the sun, they throw it on to the burning dung heaps. This keeps mosquitoes from biting and infecting the nearly 3,000 head of cattle, a source of livelihood for dozens of families living in the cattle camp. Mamour Ayii is a 30-year-old Dinka cattle keeper who grew up in the camp near Mingkaman. He remembers a time, not so long ago, when the fields surrounding the camp were pastures for grazing. Now this area is known as "Site One," home to hundreds of displaced South Sudanese families. With an assault rifle slung over his left shoulder, Ayii said he tunes in regularly to Mingkaman 100 FM on his mobile phone due to the fact that nobody living at the camp owns a radio set. "The reception out here on my phone isn't too good, being so far from town, but if I use my headphones I can hear it better," he said in Dinka. Mingkaman 100 FM was set-up by Internews earlier this year to help humanitarian organizations provide critical information to over 100,000 people displaced by the fighting in neighbouring Jonglei state, across the Nile River from Lakes state. Residents of Bor, the capital of Jonglei, fled to Mingkaman, creating a need for a humanitarian radio service. Radio plays a vital role in South Sudan, providing an information lifeline to many families, especially those leaving everything behind. At Mingkaman 100 FM, five of its reporters are also displaced with their families from Jonglei, while another three come from Awerial County in Lakes state. This dynamic makes the radio station unique in its approach to the needs of everyone in the community. The radio station's manager, Aguer Atem, said due to recent clashes at cattle camps outside of town, he's had to ask his reporters to focus on stories that promote peace between internally displaced people, known as IDPs, and long-time residents of Mingkaman, known as the host community. Lakes state is prone to violent cattle raids. Last month, a conflict erupted when a displaced cattle herder returning home to Bor from Mingkaman led his unvaccinated cows through the town's main market on the way to the port. A rumour spread that his cattle were infected with foot-and-mouth disease, which is infectious and sometimes fatal. This caused outrage at cattle camps around Mingkaman. A firefight ensued which caused panic among the town's residents, especially the IDPs, fearing a backlash. Atem said Mingkaman FM covered the story, dispelling any rumour of foot-and-mouth disease spreading. He also took the next step of broadcasting messages of peace to the community to avoid revenge attacks, as armed cattle keepers are known to mete out vigilante justice. "We recorded five messages of peace in the Dinka language. We also aired local songs which contain peaceful messages to stop fighting among youth," he said. The ongoing conflict in South Sudan started almost one year ago. It receives a lot of the media's attention, while cattle theft and revenge attacks do not seem to raise the same kind of attention. Atem is trying to change all that. He believes community radio can help put an end to violence by giving it the attention it deserves, hoping to see it go from a local problem to a national issue. Mingkaman 100 FM is now working to include community leaders and organizations like Non-Violent Peace Force, a peacekeeping organization protecting unarmed civilians, to use radio in creating a peaceful dialogue in the community. Ayii said he has heard the messages broadcast by Mingkaman 100 FM and has now become a staunch advocate for peace among armed cattle keepers at the camp. "I have passed the message along to my brothers and sisters here. We don't need to fight our neighbours and cause fear anymore," he said. Internews' work in South Sudan is supported by the United States Agency for International Development. Source: Internews website, in English 7 Nov 14 (via BBCM via DXLD) ** SWAZILAND. 9585, Nov 9 at 1453, TWR music box IS, and Swaziland ID with lots of ACI from 9580 Australia. HFCC shows Manzini at 1455-1525 daily, 100 kW, 64 degrees in Malgache & French. Could be long-path to here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Beautiful photos of TWR Swaziland transmitting station are posted on Mr. Adam Rozanas' Flickr page: https://www.flickr.com/photos/adamrozanas/ (James Mills, shortwavesites yg via DXLD) NEW MINISTRY APPROACH FOR TRANS WORLD RADIO MALAWI Nyasa Times November 9, 2014 Trans World Radio (TWR) has finally caught up with modern technology by decommissioning its Shortwave transmission from Manzini, Swaziland to South and Central Africa covering Malawi. Full article here: http://www.nyasatimes.com/2014/11/09/new-ministry-approach-for-trans-world-radio-malawi/ Posted by: (Mike Terry, Nov 10, dxldyg via DXLD) I think this only refers to TWR’s SW broadcasts specifically to Malawi, i.e. 5995 kHz at 0400 UT which is no longer shown in the TWR schedule database. Other SW broadcasts from TWR Swaziland are presumably continuing. 73s (Dave Kenny, ibid.) TWR Swaziland is back this morning, with such a strong signal that I am now convinced it was off-air last night as already reported. The German language segment was as scheduled (EiBi), but the Ndebele segment was only present for a few seconds, so maybe it was put on air by accident? More monitoring needed. Trans World Radio, 3200 Manzini. Nov 11, 2014 Tuesday. 0245-0415. At 0253 one round of the TWR interval signal, then id “Trans World Radio Swaziland” followed by another round of interval signal then off air at 0254. Came back at 0259 for a few seconds in presumed Ndebele, then off again. At 0358 the interval signal and id, both repeated several times and into talk at 0400 by an OM in German. Then religious- sounding songs and more talk. I tuned out at 0415. Good – very good whilst it lasted, although there was intermittent cut out early in the German language segment. However, all ok by 0406. Jo'burg sunrise 0312. It's beginning to look like the TWR evening service in English on 3200 from Manzini really has gone the same way as Chichewa / Nyanja to Malawi, and possibly Ndebele as well. I should be hearing it really well at this time of evening but, so far, nothing. Swaziland. Trans World Radio (NOT), 3200 Manzini. Nov 11, 2014 Tuesday. 1740-1823. Nothing heard, AWOL. Jo'burg sunset 1632. Ndebele and English are still there for the early morning transmissions. Trans World Radio 3200 Manzini. Nov 12, 2014 Wednesday. 0305-0445. Already on air at tune-in with Ndebele service (missing yesterday, Nov 11), OM talking. Choir at 0323 and ID “Ndebele … Trans World Radio”. Then brief i/s and off air at 0325*. At 0358, several repetitions of i/s and i/d, then at 0400 into the German service. At 0430, more i/d's and into the English service. Good. Jo'burg sunrise 0312. For the third consecutive night (at least), nothing heard from TWR Swaziland on 3200. Should be on air with their English language service from 1745 to 2045 (EiBi). They have registered the frequency with HFCC for B14 night time use in Southern Africa, but have they changed their minds? We know the transmitter is ok, because it was on- air this morning (and yesterday morning). Trans World Radio, 3200 Manzini. Nov 12, 2014, Wednesday. 1740-1815. Nothing heard, AWOL. Jo'burg sunset 1632 (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN. 16100, 0732, Sound of Hope good in Chinese, // 16160. 17/10 (Phil Van de Paverd, Coopers Beach, New Zealand, R-71E, AOR 7030+, 12m EWE, 100m Longwire, 45m Sloper, Nov NZ DX Times via DXLD) Yet another list-log ignoring the far greater probability that this was CNR1 jamming AGAINST SOH (gh, DXLD) OTOH, this log is credible: 18970, 0901, TAIWAN, Sound of Hope, tentative. Poor in Chinese. On tune-in at 0842 CNR1 was dominant until off air following 0900 TS (per WRTH) after which weak station heard with YL & OM, talk only. Then CNR1 back on at 0918, dominated frequency once more (similar on 22/10 when CNR1 returned at 0921) - 21/10 (Kelvin Brayshaw, Levin, New Zealand, DR-31, ATS-909, PL-660, Coax loop, Nov NZ DX Times via DXLD) 16920, SOH, (Presumed,) at 0033, on 9 Nov. A male is talking in presumed language of Cantonese. At 0034 there is music with a male announcer talking followed by another male and music. At 0035 a female announcer came on and is speaking. Fair (John Cooper, Lebanon, PA, Winradio-G33DDC, CommRadio CR-1A, RF Space-SDR-IQ, Wellbrook ALA 1530+, Super Sloper Tuned All Band Antenna, NASWA Flashsheet Nov 9 via DXLD) What is your basis for presuming this is SOH rather than the far more likely CNR1 jamming? See how Ron Howard does it (gh, DXLD) 10960, Sound of Hope, 1426-1432, Nov 12. News in Chinese with their unique music bridge between items; surprised to hear "Sound of Hope" in English at BoH, as part of assume ID in Chinese; fair. Surely not a low powered SOH station on this frequency! (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN. Tamsui Test QSL --- RADIO TAIWAN INTERNATIONAL TEST BROADCAST via TAMSUI 11,665. Full-data, including site, Tamsui antennas card in 3 weeks. All text is in German, the language of the broadcast. Also included was a Ferris wheel fireworks card (Wendel Craighead, Prairie Village, Kansas, USA, Nov 7, cumbredx yg via DXLD) ** TAIWAN [non]. SONG OF INDIA TODAY Transmission Time: 1300-1358 UT Frequency: 13720 kHz Antenna (Azimuth): 5 Transmitter RF Power: 125 kW via Trincomalee Sri Lanka. Reception reports to pcjqsl@pcjmedia.com (Victor Goonetilleke, Sat Nov 8, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 13720, Nov 8 at 1340, no sign of `Song of India` from PCJ Radio International via Sri Lanka, now on 5 degree azimuth per Victor Goonetilleke, which ought to carry on transpolar to North America if the MUF and auroral zone permitted. Might make it on a lower band, as AIR GOS is audible on 9690. Let`s hope PCJ schedules some more relays of this via WRMI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) OTOH: 13720, PCJ Radio Int'l (Song of India) Trincomalee, SRI LANKA, Nov/08/14, 1346 UT, English, FAIR. Local music at 1346-1350 UT Tune In. ID given in English by Male Announcer at 1350 as "PCJ Radio International". Into English pop song "Say a Little Prayer for You" by Dionne Warwick at 1350-1354. Male announcer spoke English and gave frequency schedule at 1354-1355. Male Announcer said "And now to end our show…." into local music at 1355-1358. Abruptly off air at 1358 without any further announcements (Robert S. Ross, London, Ontario CANADA, ODXA yg via DXLD) While Global 24 via WRMI 9395 has `Democracy Now` M-F at 23-24 UT, PCJ programs during this hour weekends: Sat, `Sound of India`; Sun `Happy Station` (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** THAILAND. 6676-USB, Bangkok Volmet, 1110-1115 with weather information, 5 November (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, S FL, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, 60/90/120 m dipoles, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** THAILAND. 13745, Nov 9 at 0141, very poor signal with flutter, no doubt the so-called N American service of R. Thailand on its winter frequency direct, ex-15590 in summer. At least there is no ACI from 13740 Cuba which continues on the new schedule at 22-05, but as in A- 14, seems to be missing most of the time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) OTOH: 13745, Radio Thailand, Udon Thani, Nov/12/14, 0030 UT, English, excellent, blasting in tonight!!!! Male and female with news items at 0030-0035 UT. Stock Market Report Dow Jones/Nasdaq/ S&P Index by male announcer at 0035. Report on APPLE CORP. at 0037. Female with spot on Thailand Culture. "Thailand… the Land of 1000 Smiles". Thailand Travel Selection spot at 0038. "Radio Thailand News" at 0040 (Robert S. Ross, London, Ontario CANADA, ODXA yg via DXLD) ** TIBET. 6200, Xizang PBS via Lhasa, 1600, Nov 12. The “Holy Tibet” show in English; “This is Holy Tibet presented to you by China Tibet Broadcasting”; news; fair. Intro audio at https://app.box.com/s/3bczq7nuguap8zp6jkm0 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TURKEY. 9610, Voice of Turkey, Emirlir at 2155, English, feature “Question of the Month”, 2202 into pop and folk Turkish music to 2222 closing in Turkish and with multi-lingual ID - Fair Nov 6 Sellers-BC (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, listening in my car, parked by the lake, with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active antenna. Editor of World English Survey and Target Listening, available at http://www.odxa.on.ca dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5960, Voice of Turkey, November 8 at 2255. Interval signal with "This is the Voice of Turkey" in English interspaced in the IS (a nice touch for logging). Station identification at the top of the hour then into the news in English (Jim Andrew, Houston, Texas - Funcube Pro+ SDR using SDR Console, SPR-4, amateur band vertical, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 12035, VOT, 1358, Nov 12. In English with ID and "Question of the Month" (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) After barely more than a year's use Voice of Turkey have ditched their old interval signal and come up with yet another new one. This and several other defunct VoT interval signals can be heard on the 'Turkey' page of Interval Signals Online http://intervalsignals.net (David Kernick, Interval Signals Online, Nov 9, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DXLD) ** UKRAINE. November 8: Radio Dniprovska Hvylya relay HS 1 in Ukrainian 0701 on 11980,1 Zaporizhia in CUSB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzSq6IaoT_0&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UKRAINE. Two sub-harmonics from Vysoky Zamok, Lviv. Dear All, not sure of the terminology for subharmonics but I assume these count as "3rd subharmonics": 65.75 MHz, Telekanal Ukrainian TV Audio 3rd sub harmonic of R9 audio 76.4, unID with very local election coverage, 3rd sub harmonic of R12 audio – (Tim Bucknall, Congleton, UK, Oct 31, harmonics yg via DXLD) As usual, Tim leaves it to us to figure out the math: the WRTH 2014 is not very helpful: on page 610 it shows channel R9 video is 199.25 MHz, but the table of systems at the top stops at N, no R! So what is the visual/sound separation for this one? 3 x 65.75 = 197.25 which does not match! R12 video is 223.25 MHz, and 3 x 76.4 = 229.2 which is close to +6.0 MHz, but what are they really? Most but not all system TV audio is FM, but some is AM. Were these FM? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) They were FM TV sound. If you x them by 3 you get pretty close to the band 3 audio frequencies. Jurgen Bartels suggests leakage in the Multiplier stage of the TV transmitters. Vision/sound spacing is 6.5 MHz. Excuse the undetailed posts; you have absolutely no idea how utterly beyond exhausted I was. I crammed everything into that weekend and have only just recovered. I wouldn't have been able to manage it without the assistance of the City Authorities. [?] I expect 65.75 to be blocked by proper signals during E skip, but 76.4 may be receivable in the UK. There was also unlisted TV sound in Kyiv 91.75 but I can't work out the maths (Tim Bucknall, ibid.) OK, but ``pretty close`` is not close enough when calculating harmonix (or subharmonix) (gh, DXLD) ** UKRAINE. Russian state radio & TV in Crimea now has a new website and new URL: http://www.trkcrimea.ru The old tv.crimea.ua URL currently diverts to the new one, but of course that is unlikely to be the case long term. The site offers live feeds of two radio and one TV channel. The Crimean Service of Voice of Russia has been rebranded and now identifies on air during local programming as "Radiostantsiya Rossii Sevodnya" [Radio Station Russia Today] or simply "Radio Rossii Sevodnya". Observed today on their online stream via partner station Trans M Radio website at http://www.transmradio.com Other times relays Radio Sputnik and identifies as such (David Kernick, Interval Signals Online, Nov 12, dxldyg via DX LISTENNING DIGEST) ** U K. In the UK, Ofcom, the government agency, no longer investigates interference problems affecting the AM (longwave/medium wave bands). So listeners to these programmes are left to solve their own problems. http://www.radioandtvhelp.co.uk/interference/rtis_info/about_us (Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) This “Radio and TV Investigation Service” (which as Mike points out doesn’t seem to do much if any investigating at all!) is nothing new, and it`s run by the BBC – not Ofcom. Ofcom used to do a good job of interference investigation, until the BBC cut its funding and took it “in house” a couple of years ago. As I understand it, Ofcom still has an interference investigation service of its own but since the BBC cut its funding, Ofcom has very much reduced the amount of investigation it will do on behalf of ordinary listeners certainly as regards MW, LW and SW interference. Though if you are a licensed amateur, I believe that Ofcom will still help investigate SW interference – but you will need to contact Ofcom direct rather than via this BBC web site. We have a links to both the BBC and Ofcom services on the BDXC web site interference page. 73s (Dave Kenny, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U K. 7445, Nov 9 at 0129, surprisingly VG signal in Farsi, or rather Dari, since it`s BBC Woofferton at transition from Pashto to ``Persian``, aimed 82 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGESET) ** UNITED KINGDOM [non]. BBCWS (Singapore), 9740, 11/11/14, 1334 UT, good reception of News Hour program with various news stories: Relationship of US with expanding China; President Obama's visit during Asian economic summit; Free trade agreement for Asian region. Sign off at 1400 (Larry Zamora, Garland, TX, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K [non]. CHELMSFORD CALLING WORLD SERVICE http://www.chelmsfordcalling.com/world-service-2/4587178971 We are happy to announce that our first programme will be relayed by WRMI - Radio Miami International on the 2nd Friday of the month - 14th November - at 2300 UT on 9955 kHz. We are pleased to be associated with WRMI especially at this exciting period when the importance, enjoyment & potential of short wave broadcasting is recognised & revived. ABOUT WRMI: WRMI is a commercial international shortwave radio station with studios in Miami, Florida and transmitters in Okeechobee, Florida, broadcasting to listeners worldwide. WRMI also reaches parts of the world by means of relay facilities and worldwide by Internet streaming. ABOUT CCWS: The 'Chelmsford Calling World Service' is a light entertainment programme produced by Jim Salmon - 'Sunny Jim' from the Chelmsford Calling Network - set up with the aim of promoting radio technology past, present & future. Our programme is to be broadcast monthly via various short wave relay stations around the world & is also available to listen to online. Our aim is to re-create the fun & friendship of a regular short wave programme. We welcome listener feedback & suggestions. To get in touch, e-mail to - chelmcalling@gmail.com - or contact us via facebook or twitter - links in the right hand side column (from link at Global 24 via DXLD) And it also appears on G24, UT Sun 0000-0100, but monthly? (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. 7588.5-USB, Fri Nov 7 at 1433, QSO discussing error rates, latency; abbreviated calls heard, uttered fonetikaly, are THN, TXX, TXL, A6J. 1438-1440 sends something in digital mode; 1440 back to speech. 1447 refers to west Texas and New Mexico; At 1458, 6JN, while TXL seems to be the NCS, but TXX announces close-down at 1500* and nothing further heard. They had been referring to each other as ``sir``, implying they are officers, not merely enlisted? I have one previous log on this frequency: ``7588.5-USB, Tue Dec 10 [2013] at 1508-1518+, MARS net discussing methods for scanning documents, with abbr`d callsigns 6VF, 6IS, 6TV and 6GE, who seems to be in charge. Per my previous log Nov 5 at 1353 on 5202-USB, when I also heard 6TV, these are Texas US Army MARS with calls really starting AAR6- (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST 13- 50)`` Latest 7588.5 log in UDXF yg is also from last year: ``7588.5 AAR6IN & other US Army MARS stations conducting long-haul tests here, on 9303.5 & 8066.0: ~ 1900 UTC in USB voice (10/AUG/2013) (Jack L. Metcalfe - Stanford, KY)`` Several earlier UDXF logs on this frequency referred to the US Army Reserve Command. Current googling leads to Texas Army MARS, including AAR6JN; and today`s net concerning training and traffic starting at 0801 CST had frequency M137 as primary, M116 as alternate, with nominal NCS AAM6TXG, a call I did not hear. One can find a lot of info but not everything without being able to log in, at: https://www.txarmymars.org/index.php Initially there was het from a weak AM broadcast on 7590, which per Aoki was N Korea Reform Radio at 1430-1530, via Uzbekistan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 17362-USB, Nov 10 at 1503, Robo-YL with schedule info, ID as WLO and KLB, ``standing by for calls``, but not answering any by 1506 tune-out. EiBi shows 17362 is WLO Mobile AL, while KLB Seattle [Kent {sic}] WA is on 17311, both with half-hour transmissions at 1500; does not show the paired ship-to-shore frequencies where any callers might have been audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) KLB Marine Radio --- The KLB site is not in the Kent area (south of Seattle), but is instead north of Seattle in Snohomish County, near Arlington. (For that matter, not far from the USN's Jim Creek VLF transmitter.) http://www.interceptradio.com/wiki/index.php/Marine_Coast_Station_KLB The ShipComm LLC Web page: http://www.shipcom.com/frequencies.html Expect they carry a lot of traffic for the fishing fleet that goes up to Alaska, few of whom have INMARSAT on their boats. Regards, (Chuck Albertson, Seattle, Nov 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hmmm, wonder where I got Kent --- former location? I`m sure I saw it listed that way somewhere. There is now a KLB photography business in Kent, per yellopages (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** U S A. 25000, Time Signal Station WWV, Fort Collins, 1750-1830, 03- 11, time signals, male announcements each minute, identification at 1800 and 1830 Experimental transmission, with identification announced 2,5, 5, 10, 15 and 20 MHz but not 25 MHz. Excellent signal. 45444 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Playa Blanca, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Tecsun PL-880, antenna: Tecsun AN-05, 7 meters wire antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. KLDE, 25913, 11/9/14, 0007 UT with local (El Dorado-San Angelo, TX) Veteran's Day events schedule; ID at 0030 and various commercials (one for a business in Junction, TX), and lots of Tejano music played from listeners phone requests; 0038 with an ID of WQBY434 (Larry Zamora, Garland, TX, WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Larry is far too far from Eldorado for groundwave, and too close for skywave. Therefore I conclude this transmitter is where it has always been, near him in The Metroplex, presumably Dallas ex-Arlington, formerly relaying WBAP or KSCS. The question continues, WHY carry this unrelated station on a DFW transmitter? (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Texas - Currently (1620 UT) listening to nice music programming from an 11 Meter FM relay of KLDE on 25910 kHz. About S6 here, almost full quieting in Central NJ. Mostly rock and pop oldies, including an old Crackerjack commercial. Is this the former WBAP relay listed for this frequency or something else? (Dan Srebnick, Aberdeen, NJ, Perseus SDR/Alpha Delta DX-CC, Nov 12, NASWA yg via DXLD) ** U S A. The 2200 UT block on VOA that previously aired "Daybreak Asia" and "International Edition" has now morphed into a dual-anchor show called "VOA Global." This block repeats at least once, though I can't tell exactly what hours, since there does not appear to be a posted VOA English schedule (Mike Cooper, Nov 6, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15580, Friday Nov 7 at 2119, I am surprised to hear hyper hostess Heather Maxwell with `Music Time in Africa` on VOA and with a VG signal. That means this hour is currently via Greenville, putting out its usual off-the-back big sig to central America. Surprised, because that show is normally on Saturdays & Sundays at 21-22 UT, with other VOA Music Mix shows on weekdays, genre by genre. Song now is about Ebola, outroed at 2121 as ``Africa, Stop Ebola``. 2129 break for some mailbag responses; 2159 outro she gives times at 0900 and 2100 on certain days, but not 2100 Friday! Master Control played the wrong file? Right into sign-off with Yankee Doodle Dandy. Here`s the show page, where of course there is no info at all about its scheduling: http://www.voanews.com/archive/music-time-in-africa/latest/672/1456.html Currently has linx to Nov 2 and Nov 1 shows, with identical generic content stuff, but buttons for Listen, Playlist, Download. So I hit Playlist for Nov 2 to see if that`s the one with the Ebola song, and what do I get? No playlist, just a flash audio player. So I play it, and there it is at 19:35 into file, a multilingual collaboration. HFCC confirms in B-14 at 21-22 only, 15580 is GB at 94 degrees; previous hour at 20-21 now via Vatican, violating separation of church and state, and before that all the way back to 1400, either Botswana or São Tomé, all-English. Here`s current complete! schedule of all that`s left of VOA English: http://www.voanews.com/info/frequencies_and_schedules/2218.html Not bothering with such nitty details as sites (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, "Music Time in Africa" has been scheduled at 2100 on Fridays for a long time (see my Music on SW listings in BDXC-UK's Broadcasts in English publications for B-13 and A-14 and I think I had it listed even before then) but it's never been listed on the website and I've never heard it announced on-air. There's another long-established "secret" airing on Saturday and Sundays at 1500 (last heard Sunday 2 November, although I haven't reconfirmed the Saturday airing recently). By the way, the "Playlist" button is really an "Add to Playlist" button. So, whilst listening to one program in the audio player, as you navigate around and click Playlist when desired, it will then add those programs to the playlist queue for you. Never used it myself tho' (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DXLD) [non] Hi Alan, Confirming the Saturday at 1500 "Music Time in Africa": Botswana. Voice of America relay, 4930 Selebi Phikwe Nov 8, 2014. Saturday 1451-1502. “Encounter” discussing USA politics. VOA ID (twice) at 1457, another at 1458. “Music time in Africa” at 1500. Very good, apart from massive lightning QRN from local thunderstorm in Jo'burg. Time to switch off and unplug! Jo'burg sunset 1629 (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of America Music Time in Africa, Nov. 8 [Sat] 1500-1600 on 4930 BOT 100 kW / 020 deg to SoAf English 1500-1600 on 6080 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg to WCAf English 1500-1600 on 15580 BOT 100 kW / 010 deg to CEAf English 1500-1600 on 17895 SAO 100 kW / 100 deg to WCAf English Video: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/11/voice-of-america-music-time-in-africa.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DXLD) [non]. 11840, Nov 9 at 2005, Dixieland music, fair with flutter, 2007 French announcement; same on 15730 Greenville. IBB/VOA is now on 11840 all the way from 14 to 2130 UT, via Saipan, Biblis, Vatican, Botwana, São Tomé. Right now it`s BOTSWANA, French at 1830-2030, which I assume will still be chopped off in progress at 2030 (except on Sat & Sun there is another semihour after a site switch to STP which on weekdays carries Hausa; while on 15730 the 2030-2100 is Botswana, supposedly French on Sundays, Hausa on Saturdays; why such a confusing scheduling?). Anyhow, it`s a good thing RHC has moved European service off 11840, to 17730; see CUBA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) VOA Radiogram, Nov 8-9, new frequency and more 8PSK --- Last weekend, the Saturday 0930-1000 UTC transmission of VOA Radiogram changed frequency to 5910 from 5745 kHz. Unfortunately, no one told me, so I was not able to inform the audience. This weekend's VOA Radiogram will include segments in 8PSK-125 (315 wpm) and 8PSK-250 (640 wpm), but most of the show will be in the usual MFSK32 mode. Details, including updated schedule ... http://voaradiogram.net/post/102007173237/voa-radiogram-8-9-november-2014-new-frequency-and (Kim Elliott, Nov 7, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I had noticed new 5910 for GB on the HFCC B14 schedule, and assumed everyone would have. What in the world was IBB frequency management thinking? From clear 5745, now to clash with 5910v COLOMBIA when it`s active (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) It was a tricky thing again this weekend: 8PSK-125/250 is not very robust in a signal fading. At least I have no more CPU-hardware problems here.... ;-) http://www.rhci-online.de/VoA_Radiogram_2014-11-08.htm (roger, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Kim, no luck with the 8PSK modes in Montevideo nor Buenos Aires, but the MFSK 32 had no problems, and even the Heilshraber (sp?) came through at 0930. Even though the sun had risen 90 minutes beforehand. Enjoying our last day in Argentina. I have never seen so many radio towers as in Buenos Aires. A beautiful city! 73, (Walt Salmaniw, cruiser, Nov 9, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1746 monitoring: confirmed two more new times thanks to Global 24 via WRMI, 9395: 2200 UT Thursday Nov 6, and 0030 UT Friday Nov 7 --- both checked briefly later in the semihours on the portable G8 as I was otherwise busy and had heard it before. More no-shows at WWRB: Supposedly 0430 UT Friday on 3185. By 0417 I find the previous preacher on 3185, and he just keeps going until dumped off the air abruptly at 0444*. Webcast which ordinarily would correspond with that transmitter instead is running KJV Bibling. And 5050 is on with much stronger BS signal. Next WOR: Friday 2130 on WRMI 7570 & 15770, etc., etc. WORLD OF RADIO 1746 monitoring: confirmed Friday Nov 7 at 2130:32 on WRMI, 7570 & 15770. This airing, not being on 9955, has not made a DST unshift, remains at same UT as before; always starts a semi-minute late after: 2129:30 WRMI ID by Rudy Espinal; 2130:00 fill music where one might have expected a WRMI ID by gh like precedes WOR broadcasts elsewhen (and nowhen else that I know of). Perhaps WOR will show at some unexpected new time this weekend on 9395, Global 24: check their website and Facebook in case advance programming plans appear. Otherwise: Sat 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB UT Sun 0231 on KVOH 9975 Sun 1000 on WRMI 5850 Sun 2300 on WRMI 11580 UT Mon 0400v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB; usw (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, A couple of changes to the listed WoR schedule noted this morning: At 1000-1030 UT today (Saturday) World of Radio was carried on WRMI 5850 - it`s not listed at this time on Saturdays. I was expecting to hear WoR on Global 24 at this time but 9395 was carrying the Rock File instead! 73s (Dave Kenny, England, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WORLD OF RADIO 1746 monitoring: we already noted that the Berlin specials covered the 1000 UT Saturday time on 9395 Global 24 this week via WRMI when WOR was heard last Saturday. But Dave Kenny, UK, still heard us on another WRMI frequency! Yes, the 5850 broadcast at 1000 has been scheduled on Sundays, tho I`ve never been awake to confirm it. So switched to Saturdays, or both, or what? WRMI sked still shows Sundays. Upcoming WOR airings: UT Sunday 0231 on KVOH 9975 Sunday 1000 on WRMI 5850 (if still) Sunday 2300 on WRMI 11580 UT Monday 0359v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5109v-CUSB; etc. WORLD OF RADIO 1746 monitoring: 9975, UT Sun Nov 9 at 0155, KVOH is already on with big carrier, 0204 tone tests on and off. In A-14 would be on with that as early as 0115, but now everything is shifted one UT hour later. Musical prélude starts at 0225.4; 0230 sign-on, but intro from A-14 has not been updated, foreseeing ``Saturday Night Jazz`` at 0300 = 11 pm Eastern``, while it must really be now at 0400 UT with the 9975 broadcast hours being 0230-0500 Sun & Mon. 0231:04 starts WORLD OF RADIO 1746 --- but modulation is very low. I can turn the PL- 880 volume all the way open for `normal` listening level, and this also brings up the background hum, unsatisfactory. Does not improve during the semihour. Albania 7425 has much better modulation, i.a. Global 24, 9395, had added a WOR airing to its posted Nov 9 schedule, Sunday at 1430 --- but it was really airing something else I couldn`t make out, 1440 seemed to be interviewing an artist. Next: Sun 2300 on WRMI 11580 Mon 0359v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5109v-CUSB Mon 2201 on G24 via WRMI 9395 Tue 1200 on WRMI 9955 Wed 0401 on G24 via WRMI 9395 Wed 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB Wed 2200 on WBCQ 7490v Wed 2201 on G24 via WRMI 9395 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hey Glenn, We had a glitch at 1430 and had to punt down the line to "Switzerland in Sound" - We're still working out the glitches! PW (Phil Workman, Global 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WORLD OF RADIO 1746 monitoring: confirmed on Area 51 webcast from 0401 UT Monday November 10; and a few minutes later also good signal on WBCQ 5109v-CUSB. Next: Monday 2201 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395 Tuesday 1200 on WRMI 9955 Wednesday 0401 on G24 via WRMI 9395 [not 0500] Wednesday 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB Wednesday 1415 on WRMI 9955 Wednesday 2200 on WBCQ 7490v Wednesday 2201 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395 November 10 [Monday]: WRMI relay Global 24 Radio, World of Radio No 1746 to ENAm 2201 on 9395 Okeechobee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxB62arFzdQ&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) A new WORLD OF RADIO time is about to start on Global 24: UT Wednesday 0400 [or 0401... after some news?] This is still #1746 if you haven`t heard it yet (Glenn Hauser, 0335 UT Nov 12, dxldyg via DXLD) Good signal into Montreal on 9395 kHz; stumbled across World of Radio by accident on this time frame. Always great to listen. 73's (from Montreal, Gilles Letourneau, Canada, ibid.) WORLD OF RADIO 1746 monitoring: confirmed Monday Nov 10 at 2201 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395; confirmed by Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria, UT Wednesday Nov 12 after 0400 on Global 24, 9395. Confirmed by me, Wednesday Nov 12 at 1415 on WRMI 9955 (after waltz music fill, or is that the Famagusta theme?). Also confirmed Wednesday Nov 12 at 2200 on WBCQ 7490v, and at 2201 on WRMI Global 24 9395. Also on WRMI 9955, UT Thursday 0430 & 1330 (1747 was not ready until later). WORLD OF RADIO 1747 monitoring: ready for all by 2025 UT Thu Nov 13: Thu 2201 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395, confirmed UT Fri 0030 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395 UT Fri 0425v on WWRB 3185? Not the last few weeks, canceled? No notice Fri 2130 on WRMI 7570 & 15770 Sat 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB UT Sun 0231 on KVOH 9975 Sun 1000 on WRMI 5850 UT Mon 0400v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Mon 2201 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395 Tue 1200 on WRMI 9955 Wed 0401 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395 Wed 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB Wed 1415 on WRMI 9955 Wed 2200 on WBCQ 7490v Wed 2201 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [Now a large group of logs concerning Global 24, then other WRMIs] ** U S A. Greetings Glen[n]: A new shortwave station but can't pull any signal in St. Albert my home address here at 60 Butterfield Crescent location with my random long wires as an antenna, one beamed to the west and another beamed to the SW region Pacific area. First time I can't pull a signal in from Global24 radio USA put on 9395 kHz. You are correct about the beam in degrees they are transmitting the service to not my area, bye, (Richard Lemke, Alberta, Canada, Nov 6, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [Re 14-45:] 9395, Global 24 (via WRMI), 2345-0030 31 Oct. 1 Nov, first day of operation and only poor/fair with "Democracy Now" until 0000, ID/info, EuroUnion news from "Famagusta Gazette", ID/promo/web addresses, list of some of the available programs, e/snail mail address for SWL reports (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas, CA G5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9395, WRMI/Global 24 with Blues Radio Int'l, into newscast at BoH then an ad for Universal Radio in Ohio, into Classical music (1812 Overture). News headlines from Global 24 (which they pronounce "Global Two Four"), ID, Frequency & address at 2252, then back to Classical music. Another ID including mention of WRMI & Web URL, into Democracy Now! from Pacifica at ToH. Stuff I haven't heard since the demise of Radio for Peace International, and they carry Radio France and R Polonia at night. This 'station' has potential! 3+3+543 at first with my local noise at S8 and their signal hovering between S8-S9. Stronger by BoH 44543+ and up to 44544 by 2245 making the signal quite listenable. 2215-2315 4/Nov 9395, WRMI/Global 24 with "Rock Pile" show including "Incense & Peppermint & Elton John "Tiny Dancer", etc. at 0248 mention of the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall into more Rock music. At 0310 into "Exploration" with talk re the origins of the universe and the role of women in science, particularly astronomy. Ads for Universal Radio and connectorzone.com at ToH and 0400 into R France Int'l English programming. They then had 'issues' since the audio died at about 0406 and the carrier dropped a minute later. It came back at 0409 with classical music, into "The Rock Pile" at 0418. I'm guessing they lost the feed from France. Regardless, I'm liking this station! Strong & clear above my local noise: 54+54+4+. 0232-0430 they are just booming in here after dark. 6/Nov (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Williamston MI, MARE Tipsheet via DXLD) Global 24 Radio, 9395, 11/7/14, 1305 UT with quiet, smooth jazz music and occasional commercials for Universal Radio. Good signal strength, fair reception. Music filtered through well despite adjacent QRM on both sides of the frequency (Larry Zamora, Garland, TX, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9395, Nov 7 at 1444, fair signal from Global 24 via WRMI now with jazz. No hour by hour program schedule for today can be found on their website or Facebook, but this: ``November 8th UT --- The Rendez-Vous from Berlin will be airing tonight 0100-0300 and again 0800-1000. The Rock Pile will air at 1000- 1230 UT. The final 30 minutes of the Rock Pile include our Berlin special. Be sure to get our special QSL. See more at: http://about.global24radio.com/special-berlin-wall-qsls-available-weekend/ Global 24 is pleased to announce a special QSL card remembering the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989. Global 24 will be broadcasting several special programs throughout the weekend about the tumultuous events in Berlin. Our special QSL card will be available for confirmed reception reports from November 6 through November 10`` So World of Radio will not be appearing this Saturday at 1000+ UT like it did last Saturday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, I hope this finds you well -- it has been a while since I have been in contact with you, my fault. That should be remedied since I am becoming more active with the DX season upon us. Tonight, 8 November 2014, I was tuned to Keith Perron on Global 24 Radio at 0000 UT on 9395 kHz. He conducted an in-depth interview with Jeff Demerus (have to check the spelling, Glenn) which was very interesting. Just to know that there is a new station on the shortwaves is an achievement these days and more than enough to make a listener like myself excited! I heard your propagation report at 0026 UT with good reception conditions. I will keep listening, since this frequency is a good bet for me to hear your WOR programming. 73's, (Ed Insinger, Summit, NJ, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9395, Nov 8 at 0059, WRMI has a commercial from ``a Global 24 sponsor``, Connectorzone.com for shortwave accessories, 0100 news headlines from EuroNet News and 0102 into heralded 2-hour Rendezvous special from same, celebrating the fall of the Berlin Wall; says it`s coming live from Brandenburg Gate (where it`s 2 am, really? Maybe they are celebrating all-night in Berlin). Show alternates classic tunes with talk segments, interviews, etc., about the occasion. 0113 ``Revolution`` song. A special QSL is being offered this weekend, and more Berlin-wall anniversary shows are expected. Signal is only fair to start and degrades as the hour goes on. I can`t help but notice at 0129 that BS is still blasting in on both higher and lower bands, 11825 and 7570, from same Okeechobee site but on 315- degree antennas. What a pity G24 can`t use one of those facilities, or some other 7 MHz frequency on NW antenna. That would broadly cover North America much better, but Europe not so well. 9395, Sat Nov 8 at 1354, Global 24 via WRMI has familiar YL mailbag voices --- yes, it`s KBS World Radio, and at 1356 over to Kevin O`Donovan, Farmington NM, for his listening tips, about Global 24, Nikkei 9595, R. Japan not to North America, AIR changes on 7420 (as recently posted by Jose Jacob), but cut off before complete at 1359 for G24 commercials: Connectors, and Skymaster active SW antennas. 1400 back to WRN ID, and into Polish Radio External Service, both of which match the live WRN North America feed. These two hours are on the WRN schedule 7 days a week: http://www.wrn.org/listeners/assets/PDFs/WRN_ENGLISH_NORTH_AMERICA_B14.pdf So will they also be on G24 7 dpw, or merely temporary? Global 24 still has posted no program schedule for this weekend. Unfortunately, KBS via G24 via WRMI 9395 at this hour is a strain to hear with weak signal and ACI from 9390 and 9400, but bound to be superior to and more reliable than direct on 15575; see KOREA SOUTH. G24 website also says they will be adding Radio Cairo! Details TBA. http://about.global24radio.com/radio-cairo-set-join-global-24-lineup/ We can only hope they can get decent modulation direct from the studio without being ruined by Abis and Abu Zaabal SW transmitter sites. R. Cairo is not listed as a ``partner`` of WRN (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ``All Times in UT November 8, 2014 2000 – Sons of Liberty – Live 2100 – Sons of Liberty – Live 2200 – The Stuph File Show 0272; author interviews with Peter Anthony Holder 2300 – Song of India – November 8 Show November 9, 2014 0000 – Classics & Beyond – Bach, Trio Sonata in C Major; Chappell, Concerto #1 – Caribbean Concerto; David Darling, Solo Cello 0100 – Jazz from the Left – Hour 1 0200 – Jazz from the Left – Hour 2 0300 – Jazz from the Left – Hour 3 0400 – Radio France International – Live from Paris 0500 – Radio France International – Live from Paris 0600 – Rendez-Vous – Replay from Berlin 0700 – Rendez-Vous – Replay from Berlin 0800 – Explorations with Dr. Michio Kaku – Astronomy 0900 – KBS World Radio 1000 – Media Network Plus 1030 – Tales from the South 1100 – Rendez-Vous – Replay from Berlin 1200 – Rendez-Vous – Replay from Berlin 1300 – Radio Cairo – Today’s News, Culture & Perspective from Cairo, Egypt (90 minutes) 1430 – World of Radio 1746`` See more at: http://about.global24radio.com/ (via gh, dxldyg via DXLD) 9395, Nov 9 at 0035, `Classics and Beyond`, i.e. a classical music hour now on Global 24 via WRMI, which is striving for a lot of variety. My kind of station. Checked here after finding a partial program schedule for Nov 8-9 posted on G24 website. This show apparently comes from: http://qualityradioproductions.blogspot.com/p/classics-and-beyond.html So far I have listened to G24 only on SW, or tried to, but for this I admit to accessing the webcast via http://74.5.236.119:8000/ That`s a good show, and if Global 24 needs some more classical, they could also plug into the free service from WCPE: http://theclassicalstation.org It`s to be followed by three hours of `Jazz from the Left` at 01-04; two hours of `RFI Live from Paris` at 04-06; two hours each of `Rendez-Vous replay from Berlin` at 06-08 & 11-13; one hour of `Explorations with Dr. Michio Kaku` – Astronomy at 08-09 (I had suggested his other show `Science Fantastic`); Here it is: one sesquihour of ``Radio Cairo – Today’s News, Culture & Perspective from Cairo, Egypt`` at 1300-1430, and an additional airing of WORLD OF RADIO 1746 at 1430-1500 Sunday. We can`t assume any of these will be the same the following week or the following day, as the program schedule is still under construxion, day by day. Since I didn`t see the sked until after 2400, I missed what was on before then Saturday: two hours of `Sons of Liberty - Live` at 20-22 (which is supposed to balance `Democracy Now` --- but since so many other US SW stations are crammed with far-right programming and nothing from the Left, I don`t think G24 needs any such internal balancing). See http://about.global24radio.com/sons-liberty-joins-global-24-daily-lineup/ Then scheduled two hours of PCJ shows, `The Stuph File` at 22-23, and `Song of India` at 23-24 Sat, so there was our chance to hear it on WRMI after all, but missed. 9395 at 1347 UT Sunday Nov 9, I tune in for new Cairo relay, but as expected, reception is too poor at this sesquihour to follow it, also squeezed between ACIs (while 11825 WRMI BS continues to blast in). Does 40 degrees of azimuth really make that much difference? Is G24 on 9395 blasting into its boresight toward Cleveland like 11825 does here? By 1425 there is Bach fill music, as I guess Cairo really isn`t 89 minutes long. And at 1430: no WOR, contrary to schedule; see separate WOR monitoring log (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) We're trying Radio Cairo tonight at 0000z. I know the folks in Cairo are working with limited equipment, software and internet connectivity. The audio we have is obviously much better than what is heard on SW but we are curious your opinion (Phil Workman, Nov 9, DX LISTENING DIGEST ``Tonight's Schedule ^^ All Times UTC ^^ November 9, 2014 2200 - Radio Prague 2300 - Radio Cairo November 10, 2014 0000 - Radio Cairo 0030 - Switzerland in Sound 0100 - SPECIAL: Back to Vietnam Two United States Vietnam Veterans talk about their journeys back to Vietnam to meet their former enemies and try to heal themselves of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Also conversation with the psychologists who organize the trips 0200 - Classics and Beyond (New) 0300 - KBS World Radio (Korea) 0400 - Radio France International 0500 - Radio France International 0600 - Radio France International 0700 - Radio France International`` (via gh, DXLD) 9395, UT Monday Nov 10 at 0019, R. Cairo relay via Global 24 via WRMI: some ME music into YL greeting listeners, but must be closing of 80- rather than 90-minute program. G24 signal is too poor to evaluate quality of Cairaudio, but anything would be better than what they outsend direct. So G24 has 10 minutes to fill, first with something incongruously about Christianity; 0024 ``Good morning ---`` maybe a program promo; 0029 classical music; 0037 recheck now it`s `Switzerland in Sound` as per daily schedule update from G24, which also had an experimental Cairo relay starting at 2300 Nov 9 and which I had intended to tune in earlier. When will Cairo appear next? 9395, Nov 10 at 1400, G24 with ad for Universal Radio, amid jazz music before and after; 1511 recheck, news/talk show, aha, sounds like Amy Goodman so apparently another time for `Democracy Now`. It would be nice to have some firm reliable times for this on 9395. But daytime signal here is still quite insufficient (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) More Switzerland instead of Cairo this evening --- but Cairo started out at 0000, did it not? Transition to something Christian around 0021 was rather strange (Glenn to Phil Workman, via DXLD) Thanks for the note. Cairo started at 2300 today with a Qur`an lesson. At 0021 I believe their program ended. Personally, I thought the audio was "OK" - much better than what was on their direct Shortwave. They are not easy to understand regardless - the presenters I've spoken with on the phone are not strong English speakers anyway. We need a decision on Cairo; so not sure here. Thanks for the feedback. Always appreciated. We are really listening to everything coming in and working hard. As for the signal - appreciate the perspective. We are closer to making a change - beaming further west from the hours of 1100 to 2100 to try and bring additional decent listening hours into the mix for the Mid-Western USA. We may have an announcement very soon and call for more reception reports (Phil Workman, Global 24, to gh, via WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DXLD) What you are doing is along the lines of what I have long dreamed of doing --- starting up a new SW station with worthwhile programming, so I wish you the best of luck on it. The poor reception here in the daytime is really disappointing, especially when it`s obvious that a higher frequency and a more direct azimuth would make a great deal of difference. And the night signal could also be improved as Brother Scare and TruNews have demonstrated. Of course I am pleased with the times you have committed for WOR, A bit odd to see various international relays only on certain days of week, when the broadcasts are really daily, altho RMI has set somewhat of a precedent for that approach. I realize your reluctance to commit to an across-the-board strip for Cairo. Hope I will be able to hear it on a big signal one of these days. Does Brother Scare have all the transmitters/antennas on the 315 degree beam tied up? (Glenn to Phil Workman, via DXLD) We are happy to have WoR on. As you can hear from the advertisers, we're trying to cater to our base primarily right now - SWLs & DXers, Hams etc. But we really want to get the occasional SWL excited too - as I understand the folks that used to love SW but don't are sort of tired of Cuba, China and Romania. Yes, on the international relays; some broadcasters are paying us, some aren't and some aren't paying for all days, so its a bit wacky. We foresee lots of changes in the international relays. Our most positive audience feedback has been on "The Rock Pile" - Radio France, The Rendez-Vous (apparently Europeans like old, stranger? music that I forgot about long ago), Explorations, and Democracy Now! We're working hard on finding away to bring top of the hour news to most hours starting next week. We also have several of our own shows under development that aren't on the schedule yet - including Chart Toppers, Classical Worldwide, This Week in Ham Radio, etc., that will impact the international relays. Antenna changes are in the works - at least for daylight hours moving west to 315 and moving back to North at night. We'll see; there are a lot of variables. Thanks for the feedback (Phil Workman, Nov 10 via WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DXLD) Full weekly program schedule effective 0000 UT Nov 15: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sfbOQ_lr65W7iIFaD-lnYF7zJuI3RsNtMPoSTFEfmdA/edit?usp=sharing (G24 via DXLD) USA: Global 24 have now posted in their blog via http://about.global24radio.com/ a complete 24 hour daily schedule effective from 0000 UT on November 15th. Direct link at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sfbOQ_lr65W7iIFaD-lnYF7zJuI3RsNtMPoSTFEfmdA/edit#gid=0 Global 24: note that it is subject to frequent changes and corrections (in fact I see corrections being made as I type this!). I think that it's a great line-up full of variety, everything from "Jazz for the Asking", "Classics and Beyond" "Focus Asia Pacific", "The Happy Station", "Switzerland in Sound", "Old Time Radio Drama", "The Rock Pile" and various radio station relays, and a daily (Monday to Friday) Mailbag programme (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, Nov 12, dxldyg via DXLD) Interesting times - Global 24 v WRN --- Two different delivery platforms for international broadcasters to hire slots presumably at very economic rates; time will tell how they compare (Mike Terry, Nov 8, dxldyg via DXLD) Below is when 9395 propagates best to each of the areas, UT: North America – 24 Hours a Day Europe – 1900 to 0800 Middle East – 1800 to 0500 South America – 2100 to 1000 Africa – 2100 to 0500 Pacific – 0700 to 1100 East Asia – 2100 to 0200 Southeast Asia – 1200 to 1600 (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) After monitoring 9395 for a week, reception on DX equipment as well as a Sony portable SW-11 finds the period of best reception to be 2300- 1100 UTC here in Ireland (Brock Whaley for DXLD) Best reception here in Sofia, Bulgaria 2000-0800 UT (Ivo Ivanov, dxldyg via DXLD) [and non] Global 24 Radio via WRMI Okeechobee: 0000-2400 on 9395 YFR 100 kW / 355 deg to ENAm English and QRM +/- 5 kHz: 9400 kHz 0400-0800 9400 KCH 300 kW / 130 deg WeAs Kurdish Denge Kurdistan 0800-1200 9400 ERV 300 kW / 192 deg WeAs Kurdish Denge Kurdistan 0900-1400 9400 IBA 100 kW / 330 deg EaAs Chinese FEBC Manila 1200-1600 9400 KCH 300 kW / 116 deg WeAs Kurdish Denge Kurdistan 1400-1700 9400vSOF 100 kW / 030 deg EaEu English Brother Stair 9400.2 1600-2000 9400 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg WeAs Kurdish Denge Kurdistan 1800-2000 9400vSOF 100 kW / 030 deg EaEu English Brother Stair 9400.2 9390 kHz 1200-1215 9390 UDO 250 kW / 154 deg SEAs Bahasa Malay HSK9 R Thailand 1230-1300 9390 UDO 250 kW / 132 deg SEAs English HSK9 Radio Thailand 1300-1315 9390 UDO 250 kW / 054 deg EaAs Japanese HSK9 Radio Thailand 1315-1330 9390 UDO 250 kW / 030 deg EaAs Chinese HSK9 Radio Thailand 1330-1400 9390 UDO 250 kW / 054 deg EaAs Thai HSK9 Radio Thailand 1400-1430 9390 UDO 250 kW / 132 deg SEAs English HSK9 Radio Thailand 1500-1530 9390 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg SoAs Bengali FEBA Radio 1530-1800 9390 BIB 100 kW / 105 deg WeAs Persian Radio Farda 1800-1900 9390 UDO 250 kW / 316 deg WeEu Thai HSK9 Radio Thailand 1900-2000 9390 UDO 250 kW / 324 deg WeEu English HSK9 Radio Thailand 2000-2015 9390 UDO 250 kW / 324 deg WeEu German HSK9 Radio Thailand 2030-2045 9390 UDO 250 kW / 324 deg WeEu English HSK9 Radio Thailand 2045-2115 9390 UDO 250 kW / 316 deg WeEu Thai HSK9 Radio Thailand Several videos on November 7 and 10: 0600-0700 on 9395 YFR 100 kW / 355 deg to ENAm English Radio France International 0800-0900 on 9395 YFR 100 kW / 355 deg to ENAm English Polish Radio, External Sce 2100-2200 on 9395 YFR 100 kW / 355 deg to ENAm English Blues Radio International 2200-2230 on 9395 YFR 100 kW / 355 deg to ENAm English GH's World of Radio No 1746 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/11/global-24-radio-via-wrmi-okeechobee-and.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, dxldyg via DXLD) 9395, UT Wed Nov 12 at 0200, Global 24 via WRMI is carrying `Peace Talks Radio`. This was really the source for the publicized ``Back to Vietnam`` special. New sked from Nov 15 shows `PTR`: UT Mon 0200-0300, and also Sun 1600—1730. For this log I was pleased to find 9395 audible altho not a bigsig on the G8 with whip only, as I consumed my free veteran`s steak at Applebee`s, where I had lucked into the best table in the house, right next to windows at the NE corner and as far as possible from the TV screens scattered around; while in the middle of Chili`s earlier, could hardly get local FM stations, let alone SW. 9395, Thu Nov 13 at 1348, it`s Amy Goodman discussing Iraq, so must be `Democracy Now` at another unscheduled time, but only today? New schedule shows merely `World Radio Network` during this hour on Thursdays. See full schedule: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sfbOQ_lr65W7iIFaD-lnYF7zJuI3RsNtMPoSTFEfmdA/edit?pli=1#gid=0 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also JAPAN [non]; KOREA SOUTH [non]; USA: WORLD OF RADIO ** U S A. 17790, Nov 7 at 1345* good open carrier goes off; no doubt WRMI tuning up for the 1400 R. Africa Network broadcast toward, rather than from, Equatorial Guinea (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7455, Nov 8 at 0117 bigsig, TruNews on WRMI is instead open carrier/dead air, but makes it easier to enjoy the RTTY; // 5850 and weakest 5015 are OK, not dead. Recheck 0134, still DA on 7455 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) November 10: WRMI relay Radio Caritas in English to WeEu, not TruNews 2153 on 11550 Okeechobee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvCxgRbEAOc&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Ivo, where do you get ``Radio Caritas``? Nothing about that in the 2- minute clip. Which Radio Caritas? Surely not Paraguay. Lebanon? TruNews service contains various programs by other names {but probably not something smacking of Catholicism}. 73, (Glenn, ibid.) [I just realized: Maybe what he heard was the following: ``Paradise``] 7455, 5850, 5015, Nov 13 at 0659, TruNews via WRMI is instead running a long string of differently-worded IDs past 0705, all as ``Radio Paradise``, with a variety of sound effects; see http://www.myradioparadise.com [or not, goes nowhere: without the my, Radio Paradise seems an unrelated music web staton.] This is from Flowing Streams Church in Vero Beach FL. By 0707 finally into talk programming. Must have taken Radio Paradise name from the St. Kitts 820 MW station they have been attempting to take over from TBN {see previous reports under ST KITTS}. 7455 with the usual RTTY QRM. The TruNews blox contain programming by different names and this must be one of them. I`ve never found a program schedule at http://www.trunews.com nor do I find anything about a Radio Paradise on SW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Checking the WWRB website, http://www.wwrb.org I find the usual hype about its superior facilities, including five ``fully operational`` transmitters of 100 or 150 kW, even tho we never hear more than two on the air at any one time. And the program schedules along with linx to them have been removed! They were very out of date but the one for 3185 did show some of the shows really aired, including World of Radio, Thursdays at 11:30 pm ET, but which has failed to appear unscathed or at all, the past several weeks (Glenn Hauser, OK, Nov 8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5110-CUSB, Nov 8 at 0057, WBCQ, The Planet IS and ID playing here prior to `Allan Weiner Worldwide` now at unshifted time of 0100- 0200+ UT Saturdays. On 7490 someshow is already running and delayed about 28 seconds on // 9330. Host thinks it`s ``Sunday evening``, so unanticipated a playback now. Sked shows it`s Fred Flintstone. Nothing audible on possible fourth frequency 15420. At 0100, however, I hear no ``William Tell Overture`` theme to AWWW, but some other music which keeps playing for a while as I am checking Global 24, Cairo, pirates, KBS. 0111 I get back to 7490 and now AWWW is underway discussing the elexion, notes that competitor Global 24 is carrying `Democracy Now` but ``the far left drives you bananas``. Retune 7490 at 0122 as AW is telling a caller that a backup transmitter is in use, about 2 dB down from the main, but sufficient; missed which frequency this was about! This time the three WBCQ channels are all out of synch with each other: first 7490, then 5110, then 9330 (which is strongest by far) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5085, Nov 7 at 0417, WTWW-2 is still down, forcing us to tune down to 5050 for BS, among countless others. 5085 & 9930, Nov 8 at 0056, WTWW-2 is still gone from both night and day frequencies as it has been all week. That means no Brother Scare, who has pulled out of WTWW, which must be a major financial hit, altho as an (almost) full-time client he would have been getting a considerable discount. So #2 transmitter may be off because of that rather than a breakdown (or both, which cause and which effect? He could hardly have been happy with all the interruptions, hours of dead air, or pre-emptions under `normal` circumstances). Previously, if #2 was down, Ted would sometimes put BS on #3, 12105. Now at 0109 check, 12105 is on the air but with Russian Bibling, having shifted an hour later than in A-season, and 9475 is still on with SFAW/PPPP. We`ll see if Ted can or does turn on #2 for his own music shows Saturday and Sunday evenings. 5085 & 9930, Nov 9 at 0100, WTWW-2 still AWOL from both frequencies, and with it Brother Scare, no longer a client. If the transmitter were operational, we expected Ted to put it back on for his own Saturday night music show. So #2 must really be out of service, probably for lack of proper maintenance. He did however, pre-empt PPPP from WTWW-1 9475 Saturday afternoon for his ham show checked around 2000. At 0100 Nov 9, 12105 WTWW-3 is on with English ID, into Russian Bibling when it`s 4 am in Moscow. Trying to minimize audience. 9460 & 9490, Nov 9 at 1424, the WTWW-1 bigsig on 9475 is putting out spurs with same pitches audible on these two frequencies plus/minus 15 kHz, more so on the lower one. 5830, Nov 13 at 0705, WTWW-1 is off the air along with WTWW-2 still missing from 5085, and no WTWW-3 on 12105 either. Next check 1338, only 5830 is back on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 6115, Nov 8 at 0119, WWCR still on an hour later now until 0200, unfortunately, not yet on 3215; bit of blues music, then commercial for a handy ``pandemic kit`` with eight items to fight off various viruses, yeah right. 4840, UT Monday Nov 10, at 0633, open carrier/dead air from WWCR, while the other three, 3215, 5890, 5935 are nominal. Still DA on 4840 into another hour at 0703 when I QRT. The same thing was happening exactly one week ago Nov 3 during scheduled `Inspirations Across America` --- probably the automation has been incompetently mis-setup to access nothing during this hour on a 7-day repeat basis. If I were a stockholder in WWCR, I would not be happy about this wastage. How much does 100 kWh cost (if that`s all that was silent --- could have been all night)? Are the suppressed client programs getting an adjustment/refund? Since no one at WWCR is paying attention, they might invoke plausible deniability if it were not for monitoring reports like ours, tsk2. WWCR might have banned me, but my reports are not deceitful, like so much of their broadcasting (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7505.3, Nov 8 at 0124, no WRNO yet, presumably unshifted now to ~0200-0500 UT schedule, altho as always in HFCC B-14 it`s registered for 22-16 UT, and on still imaginary 15590 at 16-22. 7505.3, Nov 9 at 0129, poor carrier on signature off-frequency of WRNO, so I assume it is WRNO, merely powering its exciter of a few watts; sometime after 0200 they are on as usual with big dirty signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Dregs: just went hilltopping; condx pretty underwhelming. 31220, WEWN, 2 x 15610 YL religious lecture 1532 (Tim Bucknall, Congleton, UK, Executive Committee Member & Social Media Co-ordinator #KresySiberia, Nov 9, harmonics yg via DXLD) ** U S A. 660, KTNN, Window Rock AZ - 1200 [UT] 11/2 - 660 is normally wiped out by WSCR's IBOC roar, so I was surprised to hear music punching through the IBOC noise this morning. The song was Eddie Rabitt's Step by step. Nice ID came at TOH: "K-TNN, AM 660, Window Rock" then into NBC News. Assume they were running day pattern? The same legal ID repeated at 1203 then immediately into Native American chanting. Nice solid strong signal but tainted by WSCR's IBOC. Only heard two other times here in recent years. UNID SRN News also heard underneath. Video of the reception here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfo9Ke-iRjA (Tim TROMP, Muskegon MI, MARE Tipsheet via WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DXLD) 660, Nov 11 at 0211 UT, Navajo chanting; 0215 UT C&W music in English, typical rotation mix of KTNN Window Rock AZ, dominant but with a SAH, probably KSKY Metroplex. Currently seems stuck on ND day pattern at night, rather than protecting WFAN. Has also been reported by Tim Tromp, MI before sunrise, but with IBOC QRM de WSCR 670 Chicago, which can also be a problem here unless nulled. KTNN chanting heard again on 660 at 0715 UT Nov 12, 0725 UT Nov 13 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also 880 ** U S A. 690, Nov 12 at 0716 UT, open carrier here, DF fits for KGGF Coffeyville KS, which ``signs off`` circa midnight = 0600 UT after patriotic music and taps. Hadn`t noticed the OC lately. Keeping the transmitter warmed up? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Looking for hurricane katrina audio/video Hello, I work for a documentary production company in NYC and we are looking for any and all audio/video recordings of Hurricane Katrina, particularly from actual storm, and even more specifically WWL audio broadcasts. There were a lot of callers that called in during the hurricane, and about 8 hours of audio are missing from WWL’s database. We are trying to track down and and all audio from those missing 8 hours… but also are welcoming and and all audio/video from the storm in general. Any help would be extremely appreciated. Thank you. Lucy Bidwell SHOW OF FORCE 304 Hudson Street Suite 602 New York, NY 10013 C: 503.869.5878 O: 212.247.3057 http://www.showofforce.com lucy@showofforce.com Nov 12 (via Glenn Hauser, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 880, Nov 13 at 0720 UT, sermon in English east/west, mostly on USB but weakly audible on LSB of the DX-398, i.e. KHAC Tse Bonito NM, another Navajo station failing to protect New York, in this case running 10 kW ND day power; KRVN north/south nullable (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. KHJ format change --- I just tuned in to KHJ-930 and heard an announcement that they are changing format on November 17th to Immaculate Heart Radio. They are currently playing religious music from Immaculate Heart. http://ihradio.com/khj-invite/ KHJ format change announcement: You can access this file at the URL: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/ABDX/files/_930%20KHJ%20141109.mp3 (Martin Foltz, Mission Viejo CA, Nov 8, ABDX yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1747, DXLD) Wow, now that`s a format change. Who would have ever thought the station Larry Lujack told us to listen to when WLS stopped playing rock and roll would go religious? (Kevin Redding, Crump, TN, ibid.) ** U S A. Hello DX-ers who are happy with recent KKIM catches! Y'all know I'm the last guy who ever hollers "cheating"; when I catch a tough one. But after looking at all the KKIM reception reports (and noticing my own recent reception of KKIM at S9-plus here in Minnesota) I sent a note to a friend of mine in Albuquerque who's conversant with activities in the market. Here's his reply: -----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 1:40 PM To: 'Mark Durenberger Subject: RE: KKIM Thanks, Mark! The General Manager at AGM which owns KKIM(AM) has gotten an email from the New Mexico Broadcasters Association suggesting he look into the stations' power reduction equipment and schedule. . . (via Durenberger, ibid.) I've gotten them enough to last many lifetimes ;) Sincerely, (Todd Skaine, Woodbury, MN, ibid.) ** U S A. 1070-820 HUMMMM --- Has anyone else noticed the broad hum on 1070 Verndale and 820 Wilton MN? Cheers! (Mark Durenberger, MN, 2056 UT Nov 6, MDXC yg via DXLD) I believe that 1070 Verndale is off frequency. I get that hum here only when WTSO is in. In Woodbury it`s in all day. Minneapolis on west at SRS/SSS. It would nice to hear 820 here. Maybe a dx test is in order? Sincerely, (Todd Skaine, Woodbury, MN, Sony ICF 2010, Superradio 2, Grundig S350 & M400, Toyota car radio, ibid.) 1070 Verndale is KVKK. It`s in central MN, somewhat to the west. WTSO is Madison WI. Another 1070-off frequency is KLIO Wichita (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. WANDERING: An American station has been observed on 1289.711 kHz, tentatively WOMP in Ohio, with ESPN programming (via MW Offsets Yahoo Group via Nov NZ DX Times via DXLD) ** U S A. South Carolina, 1390, WSPO DX Test Nov 10, 0500, Fair signal into PL-380, also PL-880. Heard CW ID, Sweep tones, step tones and US Telephone Off Hook Sound under other stations including Gospel and Sports Talk station (Mark Clark, Lancaster County PA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 1390, SOUTH CAROLINA, WSPO, Charleston. 0538 November 10, 2014. Tune- in to the DX test in progress, cycling with sweep tones, ascending warbling tone, The Price Is Right theme, siren SFX, Morse ID and recorded male, "You're listening to WSPO in Charleston, South Carolina, USA... this hour of reception... designed for reception... worldwide... DX listeners. Normal programming will resume after 1 a.m." ID at 0600 when the test ended, but clearly remaining audible through 0625 tune-out with normal programming of looped tourist information by male, mentioning, "I'd like to welcome you all to Charleston... top 20 cities in America... treasure of history... Charleston Visitors Center... across from the Charleston Museum... Four Corners... the French Quarter..." Thus, presume still on 5000 watts day power for a while after the official test ended. Overall decent copy, but co- channel from a mystery nonstop black gospel vocals station, suspect WHMA, Anniston, AL (see separate tentative log of). (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Power is 5 kW day and night; the difference is the normal night pattern shooting out into the Atlantic, while day pattern is non- direxional (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** U S A. 1390, ALABAMA, WHMA, Anniston. 0031 UT November 11, 2014. Tentatively the one with black gospel. Recheck later at pre-sunrise 1033, Southern black preacher past 1100, then modern gospel vocals, identified via SoundHound app on the iPhone, in order, as "Won't Turn Back" by Damita; female DJ briefly at 1120; "I Almost Let Go" by Kurt Carr Singers with Sharron Bennett; "Don't Wanna Be Saved" by Da Minista; 1130 female DJ briefly; "Hello Fear" by Kirk Franklin"; "When the Saints Go Marching In" by Bill Gaither, Terry Blackwood and Jake Hess; 1140 male announcer mentioned, "... on AM 13-90" (same station?) and at 1143, signal obliterated by iBOC from WWMI, St. Petersburg, FL on 1380 kHz coming up. Not parallel TuneIn live stream for WEED, Mt. Airy, NC, and the "recently played" track listing of around the previous 10 songs on the WGRB, Chicago website showed no titles matching the above heard ones. I tried calling the WHMA phone number listed in the 2014 NRC AM Logbook (256-236-1880) to ask if these songs matched their playlist, but it's disconnected. Searching online, the correct office number is 256-741-1390 but at this hour, nobody answered, and no studio phone line was located. Their slogan appears to be "Mighty Power 13-90" per the phone listing site. Still, no ID though. 5000/1000 with psra of 500 watts. Signal actually improved suddenly at 1111, maybe when psra power kicked in despite half the power if so, and the loop points Alabama-ish or points beyond (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1520, Nov 9 at 0648 UT, KOKC OKC has severe CCI from a station 25 to 30 Hz away causing a very annoying low rumbling het. With KOKC nulled I can copy some of it: talk in English, 0652 ID as CBS Sports Radio, adstring; 0659 UT I am straining to catch an ID, but can only make out KOKC before CBS News at 0700 UT during which they are synchronized with nary an echo. The sports station seems roughly east/west, but that must be influenced by the need to null KOKC, which would be ENE/WSW. The *only* CBS Sports affiliate on 1520, per NRC AM Log 2014 and also per own website http://radio.cbssports.com/stations/ is: KOLM Rochester MN, a known cheater, must be running 10 kW day power and non-direxional instead of 800 watts night power to the NNE! CBS Sports has 481 affiliate entries spread over 10 pages, whew (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I will check tonight, Glenn, but KOLM does occasionally run day facilities at night. I want to say this might have been already going on for awhile. 1520 isn't a real good DX frequency. Sincerely, (Todd Skaine, Woodbury, MN, MDXC yg via DXLD) A day late but KOLM seems to behaving. Noted weakly under KOKC but that is normal. Sincerely, (Todd Skaine, Woodbury, MN, 0513 UT Nov 11, MDXC yg via DXLD) ** U S A. 1520, Nov 11 at 0651 UT during `Red Eye Radio` from KOKC OKC, commercial for homeadvisor.com has an echo, meaning another RER affiliate, likely another day-pattern cheater. I don`t have to research affiliates, since 0653 UT along comes clear ID for ``WHOW, The Big 15-20`` accompanied by country music, then joint ID with 92.3 FM; 0654 UT back to // KOKC for RER, making a rippling SAH and with slight echo. By next ad at 0657 UT, they are about two words out of synch, why change? WHOW is a 5 kW daytimer in Clinton IL, per NRC AM Log 2014, and the translator on 92.3 is W222BG. Two nights ago at this same time, the cheater was KOLM Rochester MN, not with Red Eye. Rather than the usual DX-398, I was getting this on the FRG-7 with shortwave random wire antenna input at the bottom of its range, favoring east-west, not KOKC; which is apparently still authorized for STA of only 12.5 kW at night due to its own antenna problems (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** URUGUAY. PRÓRROGA A TV DIGITAL POR `FALTA DE MADUREZ` La Ursec resolvió prorrogar el plazo para el comienzo de la transmisión de los nuevos canales de televisión digital hasta el 31 de enero de 2015 para los canales comerciales y hasta el 31 de octubre de 2015 para el canal comunitario del PIT-CNT. El presidente de la Unidad Reguladora de Servicios de Comunicación, Gabriel Lombide, explicó a No toquen nada que ``llegaron diferentes pedidos de prórroga, que los analizamos, conversamos con casi todos los operadores asignados y vimos que el grado de avance de los proyectos era bastante desigual``. ``No estaba maduro el avance de los proyectos como para hacer cumplir ese plazo``, expresó. El plazo para iniciar la transmisión para los nuevos canales de televisión digital vence entre octubre y noviembre dependiendo del operador. Los nuevos canales tenían 12 meses para iniciar la transmisión contando desde el día siguiente a la notificación de asignación del Poder Ejecutivo. Las condiciones de asignación de la frecuencia establecidas en el pliego del llamado a interesados a prestar el servicio de televisión digital prevén que la Ursec podrá prorrogar el plazo hasta por un año ``exclusivamente por razones de fuerza mayor debidamente fundadas``. A pesar de que no todos los canales solicitaron prórroga, la Ursec resolvió prorrogar el plazo para todos los canales comerciales del país. El pliego también establece sanciones: en caso de incumplimiento del plazo dispuesto para el inicio de las transmisiones, de no mediar causas de fuerza mayor, se determinará la revocación de la autorización. Lombide explicó que en enero se volverá a analizar la situación y se verá si se da una nueva prórroga o se sanciona. Situación en Montevideo Los canales 4, 10 y 12, a quienes se les asignó un canal digital sin necesidad de concursar, comenzaron a transmitir en digital en modo de pruebas a fines de 2013. El 16 de octubre la Ursec les dio la habilitación definitiva. Parte de la programación la transmiten en calidad HD (alta definición). Los nuevos canales que debían comenzar su transmisión por estos días son Giro (de La Diaria) y VTV. Ninguno pudo iniciar la transmisión. El canal público Televisión Nacional (Canal 5) comenzó a probar la transmisión digital en agosto de 2012. En estos días la transmisión digital de Canal 5 está fuera de servicio porque está mudando su antena desde Bulevar Artigas y Colorado hasta la Intendencia de Montevideo. Canal 5 transmite toda su programación en calidad estándar. Hace unas semanas comenzó a transmitir en abierto en digital el canal público de la Intendencia de Montevideo TV Ciudad. Está transmitiendo en calidad SD, en modo de prueba. En la categoría de canales comunitarios, el inicio de transmisión del canal del PIT-CNT fue prorrogado por el máximo legal, por un año, hasta el 31 de octubre de 2015. Todos los canales abiertos deberán transmitir en digital para el 21 de noviembre de 2015, fecha en la que está programado el apagón analógico. Ese día las señales de los canales de televisión analógicos dejarán de transmitir por aire y solo se podrá recibir las señales si se tiene un decodificador digital (que puede estar integrado a la televisión o en un aparato aparte). Cualquier televisor -de tubo o plano- puede ser adaptado para recibir las señales digitales mediante la compra de un decodificador digital. --- Fuente: http://www.infoycom.org.uy/2014/11/prorroga-tv-digital-por-falta-de-madurez-en-proyectos/ -- (via Horacio Nigro, CX3BZ, "La Galena del Sur" Montevideo, Uruguay, Nov 7, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** VATICAN. Vatican Radio, Liturgy and Angelus on Sunday, November 9: 0930-1050 15595 SMG 250 kW / 067 deg to N/ME Russian liturgy 2nd Sun 0930-1050 17590 SMG 250 kW / 044 deg to CeAs Russian liturgy 2nd Sun 1100-1130 on 9645 SMG 100 kW / 330 deg to WeEu Angelus Sun 1100-1130 on 11740 SMG 250 kw / 004 deg to EaEu Angelus Sun 1100-1130 on 11740 SMG 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Angelus Sun 1100-1130 on 15595 SMG 100 kW / 319 deg to WeEu Angelus Sun 1100-1130 on 21560 SMG 250 kW / 113 deg to N/ME Angelus Sun 1100-1130 on 21560 SMG 250 kW / 185 deg to CeAf Angelus Sun 1100-1130 on 21560 SMG 250 kW / 223 deg to WeAf Angelus Sun Videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/11/vatican-radio-liturgy-and-angelus-on.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) ** VATICAN. [presumed], 6070, Nov 10 0653-0659, Good signal into PL- 880 with what sounds like Gregorian chant, then prayer in Latin. End at 0659. This agrees with EiBi schedule but AoKi shows broadcast continuing until 0715. CFRX heard again weakly (Mark Clark, Lancaster County PA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3975, Nov 12 at 0645, VR with Latin Mass is audible but VP // 6070 which clashes with CFRX. Last winter, 3975 would come in pretty well; maybe in a few weeks? 3975 is 100 kW at 330 degrees to W Europe for the 0630 transmission, so should carry on well to here. HFCC B14 shows only these two frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VENEZUELA. 1290, Radio Puerto Cabello, Puerto Cabello, 0635-0706, 04-11, Venezuelan songs "llaneras", at 0646 identification: "2 y 16 minutos, Radio Puerto Cabello informa", "Por Radio Puerto Cabello, doce noventa AM". 24232. Also 0645-0702, 07-11, Venezuelan songs, Spanish, advertisements, identification: "Radio Puerto Cabello``. 14321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Playa Blanca, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Tecsun PL-880, antenna: Tecsun AN-05, 7 meters wire antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** YEMEN. November 5: Radio Sana'a in Arabic to ME 1434 on 6135 Al Hiswah https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0vnflKgicw&feature=youtu.be Radio Sana'a in Arabic to ME 1457 on 6135 Al Hiswah https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep2lUFK4pQU&feature=youtu.be Reception of Radio Sana'a on November 6: 1450-1500 on 6135 ALH 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic, three videos http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/11/reception-of-radio-sanaa-on-november-6.html November 6: Radio Sana'a in Arabic to ME 1450 on 6135 Al Hiswah https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqruSlGw2Ck&feature=youtu.be Radio Sana'a in Arabic to ME 1453 on 6135 Al Hiswah https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH8qDEfLb1Y&feature=youtu.be Radio Sana'a in Arabic to ME 1457 on 6135 Al Hiswah https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhSqJWKAGes&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Ivo posts a great many audios on YouTube, only a few of which can be linked here; full listings in the DXLD yg (gh, DXLD) ** ZAMBIA. 5915, R. One/ZNBC, 0346, Nov 10. About the strongest reception I have heard here; in vernacular; 0359 music and bits of the African Fish Eagle IS and into the news. 6165 Radio Two/ZNBC continues silent (not heard under Cuba)! (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZANZIBAR. November 8: Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation in English to Af 1808 on 11735 Dole https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f3durBO9TY&feature=youtu.be -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11735, TANZANIA-ZANZIBAR, ZBC Radio at 2035 in Swahili with non-stop East African vocals to 2110 and off – Good Nov 9 – usually when they stay on past 2100 they go into a loop of “Spice FM” IDs until they close but not today (Mark Coady, Ont., ODXA YRX via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 531 & 549 kHz, Nov 7 at 0145 UT on the caradio I have JBA 1 kHz hets on 530 Vance/Cuba, and 550 KTRS/KTSA or whatever, making me strongly suspect they are TA carriers from the 600 kW Algerian behemoths. No other 1 kHz hets found upward the band, not even upon 1520 KOKC. At first upon 530 I wondered if the LYQ 529 A2 beacon at WWRB TN was back on again, but no way to tell which side of 530 on that radio, and couldn`t detect them once I got home (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 1720, Nov 9 at 0105 UT, a JBA carrier here, which is reported as an active pirate frequency, Undercover Radio. Too bad the internal MW ferrite antenna on the DX-398 stops above 1710, but I don`t get it either with FRG-7 input with SW longwire (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also NORTH AMERICA UNIDENTIFIED. 5097.4, Nov 12 at 0641, fair signal with open carrier, could be ute; WTWW-2 is still crashed, no splash QRM from 5085 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. UNID station with non-stop music at 1739 on 5830: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/11/unidentified-station-with-non-stop_11.html November 10: with non stop music 1739 on 5830 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gszPoehDXEk&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Scratchy ute signal, 06-07 UT centered 6132.6 kHz. On Nov 11 at 06-07 UT noted S=8 or -85dBm scratchy ute signal here in DARC stn Amberg Bavaria Perseus at port 8014: on the towards North America antenna. Heard also in Eastern North America from Alberta to Boston-MA, in NY, Florida sites loud an clear, but weaker signal noted in Western USA, like in CA and Vancouver remote post. see screenshot of 6129 to 6136 kHz scratchy frequency range. Is that a fishery buoy or CODAR signal? 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Wolfy, I don`t know what this sounds like, but usually hear a TADIL-A bonker around this frequency, QRMing 6135 broadcasts. Maybe same transmitter (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) UNIDENTIFIED. 6135, Nov 10, 0617 Pulsing noise on my PL-880 with odd repeating pattern noted under BBC French broadcast from Ascension. Pulsing continued after BBC shutdown at 0629. AoKi notes North Korean Jammer at this time but seems unlikely this is the source. Suggestions, anybody? Equipment used: Tecsun PL-880 with stock whip(PL-880), Tecsun PL-380 with stock whip (PL-380), Perseus with Wellbrook ALA-1530S+ loop antenna (Perseus+Loop). (Mark Clark, PA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) The sound like anvil-banging around 6135 is referred to as a TADIL-A bonker. I believe there is another one inband circa 11740 at certain hours. And somewhere in the 60m band. Here`s one explanation(?) Google came up with: http://fas.org/irp/program/disseminate/tadil.htm And another: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactical_Data_Link (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) UNIDENTIFIED. Consulta --- Buen dia a todos!! Ayer por la tarde, después de las 2205 UT, pude escuchar una emisora con baja señal de audio, lo cual no me permitía entender prácticamente nada de lo que decía un OM y tampoco distinguir la música. Sobre las 2215 había mucha QRM de una comunicación entre camioneros. La emisora salía por los 6925 en LSB. Podría ser RCW, desde Chile? (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, Nov 8, condiglista yg via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. JAMMING. Sounds like horns blowing. Can hear it on 7480 as well as other frequencies in 41 mtrs. Continues after midnight (EST) even after BCQ has signed off (Lou Johnson, GA, Lou, Please cite the times and describe what kind of jamming (Glenn to Lou, Nov 8, via DXLD) Over Jim Cedarstrom's program, evenings. About a 50/50 mix here in Atlanta (Lou KF4RCA, ibid.) Lou, Sounds similar to what I hear in places, but not those two frequencies. I suspect they are spurs from Cuban jammers (Glenn to Lou, ibid.) More on jamming --- It`s a pulse type buzzer sounding jammer. I can also hear it on 9630 (over Radio Aparecida) and 7360 (over nothing). Might not really be a jammer but something like CODAR. Not sure. (Lou, Nov 12, ibid.) UNIDENTIFIED. 9415, 2055, UNKNOWN LOC’N, Good in possibly Portuguese or similar, with a 20 second clip in English sounding like it was taken from a movie trailer. 2109 - 22/10 (Jonathan [sic] Wood, Skippers Creek, New Zealand, Lowe HF-150. 46m Dipole, Nov NZ DX Times via DXLD) I bet it was Greek, from we know what (gh, DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 9550, 0841, UNKNOWN LOC’N, recorded music loop with announcement; “You are listening to a test transmission”. Final announcement heard added, “Please email your reception report to ---“ at which the transmission ended. Fair in English - 25/10 (Jonathon [sic] Wood, Mosgiel, New Zealand, Lowe HF-150, 34m Dipole, Nov NZ DX Times via DXLD) That`s the MO of BaBcoCk, Woofferton UK, as readers of DXLD should be well aware by now (gh, DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. November 5: UNIDentified station, with non stop music 1602 on 11695 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYIIwdoxKD4&feature=youtu.be UNIDentified station, with non stop music 1616 on 11695 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLqZVf7L-iQ&feature=youtu.be UNIDentified station, with non stop music 1629 on 11695 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4RHY45dHC4&feature=youtu.be UNIDentified station, with non stop music 1644 on 11695 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpq6YKFquuQ&feature=youtu.be UNIDentified station, with non stop music 1702 on 11695 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAHV4vCc0M0&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Ivo posts a great many audios on YouTube, only a few of which can be linked here; full listings in the DXLD yg (gh, DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 19145, Nov 9 at 0137, JBA AM carrier as I am looking for RHC harmonix: this does not work out to be one, nor a sum of any RHC frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Actually: Funny garbage on 21420 kHz! 07/11/2014 9h00Z S4 center of France. Look like harmonic of some BCL [sic] station. It just stopped 0919 hours. Anyone hear this transmission? Best 73's Francis / F5MIU (intruderalert via Tim Bucknall, harmonics yg via DXLD) Yep S4 - S5 Central UK. Cheers (Vaughan M0VRR RSGB IW, Nov 7, ibid.) New registered B-14 winter schedule: RUSSIAN 0820-0920 17685kam 17820sir 21600sir new time SWAHILI 0820-0920 21510kam 21640sir Because of the Israel vv Iran economic boycott, the supply of special spare parts and maintenance in Iran suffers a lot in past decade. Probably coming from IRIB Tehran, Iran: IRAN we had often to report of INTERMODULATIONS on Iranian high power 500 kW transmission centers, on days with excellent shortwave propagation though Both Kamalabad next to Tehran and central Sirjan tx sites contain older Telefunken 500 kW transmitter gear. I GUESS that 21600 kHz Russian service and 21510 kHz Swahili service of IRIB Tehran foreign service, did originate BOTH from Kamalabad site today. So Intermodulation formula as usual 21510 x 2 = 43020 kHz minus 21600 = 21420 kHz. Another intermodulation BC signal should be occur symmetrically on 21690 kHz at same time - ... until one of the fundamentals switch-off. Check that with 2 ... 3 receivers in parallel! vy73 de wolfy df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, Nov 7, ibid.) See also IRAN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ ACKNOWLDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 1747: Thanks for a contribution from Max Heidel via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com One may also contribute by check or MO in US funds to World of Radio, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (gh) I first listened to the World of Radio program by Glen[n] Hauser. I very much enjoy this program and am extremely happy that you are airing this. I used to listen to it on XM satellite radio before the program was dropped by them. This program was followed by a most enjoyable jazz program. Reception is excellent with a SINPO rating of 55545. I'm very happy to see you broadcasting the World of Radio program by Glen[n] Hauser. I look forward to more programming of this type (Ken Goetz, Cairo NY, excerpt from a reception report to Global 24 via Phil Workman. This e-mail was sent from a contact form on http://about.global24radio via DXLD) Just this morning from 0400 UT (by us 0600 h) on 9395 again I heard WOR #1746! Great! Long live Global 24, the Sponsor and Autor! (Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria, Wed Nov 12, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, Just to say thanks for the latest edition of DXLD, I have found it a great resource for the SW listening hobby. I will continue to send you bits and pieces when I can, but local interference has become so much of a problem here, it's spoilt my hobby. Even in this rural area,(spend majority of time at my parents) you can't escape it. We have 4 neighbors (relatively close) and 9 broadband router signals, why so many? It's destroyed my hobby. Have tried ferrite clamps on everything, but they did nada. When I am at my own house, which is situated downtown, where you would expect loads of interference, there is zero which impedes my hobby: shame I don't spend much time there. So, will contribute when I can! Just very frustrating, Glenn! Cheers (Chris Lewis, UK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ WINTER B-14 SCHEDULES now available on our blog, except China Radio International, China National Radio and ERT Open, that will be added in the coming days. Please visit: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/ -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Nov 12, dxldyg via DXLD) Re: ONLINE AM STATION ID SITE? -FARMERIK I'm not sure why radio-locator remains as popular as it does. All that it does is regurgitate the FCC's CDBS database, which is available for free without any usage limitations, being a government service and all. You can get to the AM part of CDBS very directly here: http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/am-query-broadcast-station-search But there are other front ends for the CDBS data that are easier to use. I am a very big fan of this one, which is free for unlimited use: http://www.fccinfo.com FCCInfo.com is run by a consulting firm. So is this one, which also offers access to the Canadian BASERAD database and can generate contour maps plotted on a Google Maps base: http://cdbs.recnet.net:8080/fmq.php And from a DX perspective, there's Barry McLarnon's excellent site, which is based on CDBS and BASERAD data but generates some of its own data from user contributions, too: http://topazdesigns.com/ambc/ I use all of these much more than I ever use radio-locator. And as the guy who used to run 100000watts.com, I can tell you that the only thing we offered that you can't get from any of these is verified current info about stations' formats and websites. That's the part that's expensive to generate, because it takes people to keep track of all those stations and check in with them to get current data. Hope that helps! s (Scott Fybush, NY, Nov 11, ABDX via DXLD) I think there's some confusion about what you get on radio-locator. At the bottom of each map it says "daytime (or nighttime) coverage pattern". What you see isn't the licensed pattern. Sometimes it resembles it and sometimes it doesn't. FCCInfo.com is very easy to use. One of the features I especially like is the ability to see all of the transmitter sites within a specified number of kilometers of the coordinates of a station and exactly how far away they are. If you've ever wondered if a station is diplexed with another this feature will tell you (Dennis Gibson, Sent from my iPhone, ibid.) I like the radio-locator site because it shows you the AM contours of 2.5, 0.5 and 0.15 mV/m on a map. The FCC site doesn't show a map. On the FM side, you get the 60, 50, and 40 dBu contours on a map. The FCC site only shows you the 60 dBu contour on a map. I wish the FCC site showed more contours on a map or arranged it so you could ask for a specific contour on a map. Until they improve their site, I will continue to be a fan of radio-locator. I still am under the impression that radio-locator has a lookup limit, not a time limit, something like 15 or 20 lookups, then you're done for the day (Bob Smoak, Bamberg, SC, ibid.) radio-locator shows the actual ground pattern for 2.5 mV/m (local), 0.5 mV/m (distant), and 0.15 mV/m (fringe) based on power, array directivity, and ground conductivities. The FCC licensed pattern (from their web site) is a theoretical pattern which does not apply ground conductivity to the formula. Sometimes they are similar and sometimes not. Note that the radio-locator nighttime patterns and critical hours patterns are also a groundwave pattern and not a skywave pattern (Bill, RADIO-TIMETRAVELLER http://radio-timetraveller.blogspot.com ibid.) WORLD OF HOROLOGY +++++++++++++++++ ``SOLAR TIME`` Re MONGOLIA, 14-44: ``??? Seems to me DST summer time ought to be referred to as ``ora solare``, not standard winter time (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)`` 'Solar time' makes sense to me, apart from being a well-defined term, since standard winter time is the time that relates to the course of the sun: it's noon when the sun is highest, and true south. DST moves away from solar time by an hour. Strictly speaking that only holds on the meridian that defines the time zone. For CET, that's 15 E. (One time zones spans 15 , or in other words, the sun moves across 15 in one hour. Obviously, since 24*15 =360 .) In Rapallo at 9 E, CET is already almost half an hour off real solar time. And then there's countries that opted for a time zone that's off their 'natural' time zone, such as Spain which should be on UTC but is on CET. This and a few minor astronomical subtleties cause some deviations between (official) winter time and actual (natural) solar time at many locations. And then DST adds a level of confusion on top of that. Best, (Eike Bierwirth, Germany, DX LISTENING DIGEST) MUSEA +++++ CLUBES DX EN AMÉRICA LATINA: CHILE. Y SUS DXISTAS REFERENTES. [La Galena del Sur] Históricamente, Chile fue significativo en el panorama de las captaciones radiales a distancia. Debe recordarse el hito sucedido en 1926, cuando en la noche de octubre 30 a 31, cuando el Ingeniero Roland Raven-Hart, de origen irlandés, Mayor del ejército británico, radicado en la Cordillera de los Andes, recepcionó por vez primera una emisora de radiodifusión norteamericana en América del Sur, en un récord que fue noticia en la prensa especializada de la época. (Ver anterior entrada en nuestro blog). En agosto de 1934, la revista estadounidense Radio News publicó un reporte de Jorge Izquierdo, un entusiasta escucha de Onda Corta y lector, radicado en la comuna de San Francisco de Mostazal, región de O’Higgins, ubicada a 21 km al norte de Rancagua. Más: http://lagalenadelsur.wordpress.com/2014/11/11/clubes-dx-en-america-latina-chile-y-sus-dxistas-referentes/ -- (Horacio Nigro, CX3BZ, "La Galena del Sur", Montevideo, Uruguay, Nov 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See DENMARK; INDIA; NEW ZEALAND/ NIGERIA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- IBOC See OKLAHOMA KWPN +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV See also MEXICO; URUGUAY ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Televisión Digital Terrestre (Digital Terrestrial Television). TDT All Mexican digital stations have this suffix and this is the most common name for DTV in the Spanish-speaking world. Suffixes are very much a national regulation thing, of course: Mexico applies suffixes to all stations in all frequencies, and shortwave stations had (still have?) an -OC suffix (Onda Corta). Some countries are using the name Televisión Digital Abierta (Open/Broadcast Digital Television), most notably Venezuela, Uruguay and Argentina (all on the ISDB-T standard). Colombia is using the TDT acronym but as Televisión Digital para Todos (Digital TV for All) — they are using a DVB-T2-based format. Chile is simply using TVD, as is Cuba (the only country in the Americas with DTMB!). (Raymie Humbert, Nov 7, WTFDA via DXLD) RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ HOW'S THIS FOR ULTRA HARD DX? THA DOOD Hello Glen[n]: Have you ever tried DX'ing for Part #15 shortwave stations in the 22M portion of that band where it is allowed? More info on this here: http://lowpowerradio.blogspot.com/2009/09/low-power-on-shortwave.html December of last year I've noticed folks on http://www.part15.us/ were kicking that subject around and describing and sharing a few 13 MHz milliwatt transmitter circuits and schematics, so I built one out of 100% recycled components from various trashed 27 MHz CB's and other trashed electronic gear. Got to admit, the price for all that was right. Mine is an AM TX crystalled for 13.560 MHz and from what I've measured, it can put out a carrier from .90 to 18mW, more than I need, really. To my surprise I was hearing a beacon on 13.564 MHz CW putTing out G- N-K. I then inquired about this at http://thefrn.net/vines/ and found out later that it was this guy, http://kc9gnkbeacon.webs.com/gnkmedferbeacon.htm I'm hearing this guy from WI to WV almost daily. Not enough for any S- meter readings, but damn good for 4mW and an inside attic dipole, (As he claims.) On weekend I've been trying milliwatt transmissions on AM at 13.560 MHz with about 5 mW going into an antenna tuner, and trying an A-99 27 MHz CB antenna. No doubt I'm dumping at least 1/2 of my signal in the tuner and CB antenna coil. Occasionally, I can just hear other beacons in the Part 15 portions of that 13 MHz band, but no other AM, or SSB, stations. Still, this has got to be ultimate DX when you take into account the such low power used. I'm just curious on just what you can hear between 13553-13567 kHz out where you are in the daytime in OK? 73!!!!! (Tha Dood, in West Virginia, Nov 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Dood, I have been hearing GNK, MTI, K6FRP, AZ and AJO beacons on that band. You could find them in my DX Listening Digests, or log reports. So what is your beacon ID? I would avoid 13560 exactly because there is constant hash there I guess from ISM devices (Glenn to Dood, ibid.) Hello again Glen[n]: I appreciate your response. I've yet to try any beacons on 13 MHz, albeit it's an idea. I've yet to hear ISM hash where I am. Could just be geography. On some weekends I've simulcasted from my Part #15 MW station to 13 MHz. When I have been on 13560 AM, it's been weekends. On just a couple of mW's you actually can get fair local coverage, better than Part #15 MW, and no night time propagation to wipe you out like MW band. So, I've been using that FREQ 13560 sparingly, and from the sounds of it, probably a good thing. I'm definitely looking for more license free options out there. I've even done 49 MHz NBFM. Nothing in the rules that says I can't, at least from what I've understood. Any scanner could easily punch my frequency up there and a good outdoor antenna on a scanner can receiver mW stations for miles. I'm avoiding Part #15 FM broadcasts; 250uV at 3M away for a field strength sucks, and there's such a witch hunt for FM pirates. And I've still got AM Carrier-Current to fall back onto, and have even tried carrier-current with the 1750M band. Anyway, appreciate the info and your concerns, since the ISM traffic hasn't been considered here since I've yet to hear that where I am in West Virginia. Go figure. Look forward to your next shows and CONGRAT's for being on that new Global 24 Radio and back on WBCQ. 73!!!! (Tha Dood, ibid.) SPECIAL to CIDX Messenger - Book Review By T. J. “Skip” Arey N2EI SHORTWAVE RECEIVERS PAST AND PRESENT Communications Receivers 1942-2013 Fourth Edition, By Fred Osterman N8EKU Hard-bound; 800 pages - ISBN 978-1882123025 $49.95 (US) - $54.95 Canadian Order # 0004 Universal Shortwave Research 6380 Americana Parkway Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43067 http://www.universal-radio.com/ 1 800 431-3939 Orders & Prices; 1 614 866-4267 Information; 1 614 866-2339 FAX Let me start as calmly as I can… I HAVE WAITED 15 FREAKING YEARS FOR THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My well worn Third Edition of Fred Osterman’s “Shortwave Receivers Past and Present” has been a source of joy and useful information as were the previous editions. Whether using it to investigate a radio for an article, looking for a reasonable price when considering a purchase, or just turning the pages and letting my imagination run wild the earlier editions have been constant companions. But let’s face it -- A lot has gone on in the world of receiver design since Clinton was President, or since Jean Chrétien was Prime Minister for my friends and colleagues up North. We are into a new generation of equipment by way of the Software Defined Radio revolution. Likewise, there remains great interest in finding and restoring the fine old equipment of years past. Stuff that was brand new when Fred last wrote about this subject is now moving over to the vintage racks. As current President of a company that has been at the forefront of providing quality new and used receivers to the radio hobby for over 60 years, there are few people more qualified at giving us the straight scoop on rigs old and new than Fred Osterman. This latest edition covers receivers literally from A to Z. (That would be AeroStream to Zenith) Another innovation that came along, at least practically, since the time of the Third Edition was the Worldwide Web. As Fred points out in his introduction, the ability to deepen his research with the aid of the Internet has helped make this latest edition the most comprehensive collection of receiver data in a single volume. Also, the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 allowed greater access to information about equipment from the former Soviet Union and its satellite nations. Each chapter of the book covers a manufacturer with a brief company history that usually includes past and present addresses if they are still in business. From there, each receiver model is given a thorough treatment that includes all published general specifications including the years manufactured. If available, information is provided about published reviews in various magazines. Original price and likely price on the current used market are included. Using this particular information has helped me find some real bargains for my personal collection. To make the book as comprehensive as possible, including expanded study of equipment from outside the more common United States and UK receivers covered in previous editions, Fred assembled a team of folks from over a dozen countries to make this a truly international collection of radio information. The book does not cover the massive portable receiver market but Fred hints at the possibility of a future supplement along these lines. I only have one problem with this book. If I open it, I am lost to the world for an extended period of time. I can’t stop turning the pages and smiling at all the superlative information I find on every page. With the Holiday Season fast approaching, you will certainly want to take steps to see that someone dear to you knows you want this in your present pile. Absolutely, totally, irrefutably RECOMMENDED!!!!!!!!! To view sample pages, chapter list and a list of contributors to the book please visit http://www.rcvrpp.com/ (Nov CIDX Messenger via DXLD) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ HF PROPAGATION INFO WHICH MAY BE EMBEDDED ON WEBPAGES --- with credit! http://www.hamqsl.com/solar.html (via Satnipper, Stuart, M1SMH, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Who is really: Stuart Heathcock, Pinner, North West London HA5, England (QRZ.com lookup via DXLD) EIGHT DAYS OF SOLAR FLARES ON NASA VIDEO RSGB November 7, 2014 NASA has released a video showing eight days of solar flares produced by the largest sunspot in the past two dozen years. Known as AR 2192, the video is a time lapse that shows its X-class flares in both visible and ultraviolet light using images taken by the Solar Dynamics Observatory Atmospheric Imaging Assembly Instrument. The massive sunspot, which has now rotated away from Earth, produced the most powerful X-class flares between the 19 and 27 October, plus many more medium-class flares during that same period. The video is online in several places, including YouTube at http://tinyurl.com/sunspot-AR2192 The caption to the video states "The surface of the sun from October 14th to 30th, 2014, showing sunspot AR 2192, the largest sunspot of the last two solar cycles (22 years). During this time sunspot AR 2191 produced six X-class and four M-class solar flares. The animation shows the sun in the ultraviolet 304 ångström wavelength, and plays at a rate of 52.5 minutes per second. It is composed of more than 17,000 images, 72 GB of data produced by the solar dynamics observatory http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/ The animation has been rotated 180 degrees so that south is 'up'. The audio is the "heartbeat" of the sun, processed from SOHO HMI data by Alexander G. Kosovichev. Image processing and animation by James Tyrwhitt-Drake." Posted by: (Mike Terry, Nov 8, dxldyg via DXLD) <8 minutes, as the flare rotates across the face of the Sun. Impressive (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Potent X-flare! Active sunspot AR2205 produced a potent X1-class solar flare on Nov. 7th, causing a strong HF radio blackout on the dayside of our planet. More X-flares are in the offing as the sunspot turns toward Earth this weekend. Visit http://spaceweather.com for updates. http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2014/november/potent_x_flare.htm#.VF4Bm41ybDc (Southgate November 7, 2014 via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ Geomagnetic Indices GEOMAGNETIC SUMMARY OCTOBER 2014 Via Phil Bytheway – Tabulated from email status daily. Date Flux A K Space Weather 1 155 10 2 no storms 2 149 8 3 moderate, R2 3 137 4 1 no storms 4 128 6 2 no storms 5 128 6 1 no storms 6 130 6 2 no storms 7 125 6 1 no storms 8 126 9 3 no storms 9 119 14 2 minor, R1 10 121 8 1 no storms 11 112 10 1 no storms 12 111 5 1 no storms 13 113 7 3 no storms 14 120 18 5 minor, G1, R1 15 126 11 1 minor, G1, R1 16 139 7 3 minor, R1 17 146 8 3 no storms 18 160 15 3 no storms 19 173 11 2 strong, R3 20 185 26 4 minor, G1. R1 21 199 15 3 minor, R1 22 216 14 2 strong, R3 23 227 11 2 minor, R1 24 218 11 2 strong, R3 25 219 10 1 strong, R3 26 217 12 1 strong, R3 27 188 14 4 strong, R3 28 167 14 1 moderate, R2 29 150 9 1 minor, R1 30 140 5 2 minor, R1 31 121 6 2 no storms Sx – Solar Radiation Storm Level / Gx – Geomagnetic Storm Level / Rx – Radio Blackouts Level K-index daily at 0000 UTC (via NRC DX NEWS Nov 17 via DXLD) :Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts :Issued: 2014 Nov 10 0642 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # Product description and SWPC contact on the Web # http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/weekly.html # # Weekly Highlights and Forecasts # Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 03 - 09 November 2014 Solar activity ranged from low to high levels with Region 2205 (N15, L=011, class/area Ekc/410 on 07 Nov) responsible for the majority of the activity during the period. The period began with high levels as Region 2205 produced an M2 x-ray event at 03/1153 UTC with an associated Type II sweep (517 km/s) followed by an M6/1f flare at 03/2240 UTC with another Type II sweep (601 km/s). 04 November saw activity decreased to moderate levels with a pair of M2 flares from Region 2205 at 04/0838 UTC and 04/0904 UTC respectively. On 05 November, high levels were observed as Region 2205 produced an M7/1n flare at 05/0947 UTC with an associated Castelli-U radio signature to include a 240 sfu Tenflare. Later in the day, the region produced a long duration (LDE) M2/1n flare at 05/1944 UTC with an associated Type II sweep (1291 km/s). High levels continued on 06 November with Region 2205 producing an M5/1n flare at 06/0346 UTC with associated Type II (732 km/s) and Type IV sweeps. The region also produced an M3/2n flare at 06/0139 UTC and an M2/1n flare at 2216 UTC with an associated 200 sfu Tenflare. High levels were observed on 07 November which began with an M2/2n LDE from Region 2205 at 07/0249 UTC followed by an M2 x-ray event at 07/0425 UTC and an M1/Sf at 07/1022 UTC. Later on the 7th, the region produced an X1 x-ray event at 07/1726 UTC with associated Type II (602 km/s) and Type IV sweeps. Also associated with this event was a partial-halo coronal mass ejection (CME) first observed in SOHO/LASCO imagery at 07/1808 UTC. Subsequent WSA/Enlil model output suggested a glancing blow Earth impact early to midday on 10 November. Low levels were observed on 08 November with numerous low-level C-class flares observed from Region 2205, 2201 (S04, L=089, class/area Dai/070 on 06 Nov) and 2203 (N12, L=115, class/area Dao/200 on 03 Nov). The summary period ended on 09 November with a return to moderate levels as Region 2205 produced an M2/1b flare at 09/1532 UTC No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit. However, flux levels began the period enhanced due to the Hyder flare observed early on 01 November. The period began with flux levels at 7 pfu and finally declined to background levels early on 05 November. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at moderate levels on 03 and 04 November and normal levels on 05-09 November. Geomagnetic field activity ranged from quiet to active levels. Quiet to unsettled levels were observed on 03 and 06-09 November while quiet to active levels occured on 04-05 November. Activity levels were dominated by numerous solar sector boundary changes (SSBC) and persistant periods of -Bz. No discernible transient or coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS) influences were observed during the period. The ACE satellite observed solar wind speeds that ranged from a low of about 375 km/s late on 03 November to a high near 600 km/s late on 05 November. The interplanetary magnetic field (Bt) recorded a variable field that ranged from a low of 1 nT early on 03 November to a peak of 14 nT midday on the 4th. The Bz component generally ranged from +/- 5 nT or less. Increased Bz variability was observed from about 04/0015 UTC - 05/0845 UTC (+8 nT to -12 nT), 07/1738 UTC - 07/2106 UTC (+9 nT to -8 nT) and again from 09/1452 UTC - 09/2359 UTC (+/-10 nT). The phi angle reflected a mostly negative (towards) orientation through the period. Intermittent changes in orientation from a negative to a positive (away) sector were observed from 03/0027 UTC - 03/1101 UTC, 04/0626 UTC - 05/1316 UTC, 07/0025 UTC - 07/0911 UTC and 09/2233 UTC - 09/2359 UTC. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 10 NOV - 06 DEC 2014 Solar activity is expected to be at predominately low to moderate levels with isolated high activity from 10 - 23 November and again from 29 November - 06 December. This forecasted activity is due to Region 2205, currently on the visible disk through 17 November and the return of old Region 2192 (S12, L=248) due to return late on 11 November. Mostly low level activity is expected for the remainder of the outlook period from 24 - 28 November. A slight chance for a greater than 10 MeV proton event at geosynchronous orbit exist for a majority of the period with the exception of 24 - 28 November due to potential significant flare activity from Region 2205 and the return of old Region 2192. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at normal to moderate levels from 10 - 13 November and again from 02 - 06 December. Moderate to high levels are expected from 14 November - 01 December. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at active to major storm levels on 10 - 11 November due to influences from the 07 November CME and negative polarity CH HSS effects. From 12 - 24 November and again from 03 - 06 December, quiet to unsettled levels with isolated active periods are expected due to a combination of CH HSS and SSBC effects. Mostly quiet conditions are expected on 25 November - 02 December. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2014 Nov 10 0642 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 2014-11-10 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2014 Nov 10 135 34 6 2014 Nov 11 145 18 5 2014 Nov 12 150 8 3 2014 Nov 13 155 8 3 2014 Nov 14 155 8 3 2014 Nov 15 155 8 3 2014 Nov 16 150 12 4 2014 Nov 17 170 12 4 2014 Nov 18 190 10 3 2014 Nov 19 200 8 3 2014 Nov 20 200 8 3 2014 Nov 21 195 8 3 2014 Nov 22 190 12 4 2014 Nov 23 170 12 4 2014 Nov 24 150 12 4 2014 Nov 25 135 8 3 2014 Nov 26 125 5 2 2014 Nov 27 105 5 2 2014 Nov 28 105 5 2 2014 Nov 29 100 5 2 2014 Nov 30 100 5 2 2014 Dec 01 90 5 2 2014 Dec 02 90 5 2 2014 Dec 03 90 8 3 2014 Dec 04 85 12 4 2014 Dec 05 80 12 4 2014 Dec 06 85 12 4 (SWPC via DXLD) GLENN`S PROPAGATION REPORT FOR MEDIA NETWORK PLUS AS OF NOVEMBER 13 Keith, South African National Space Agency foresees thru November 15: quiet to unsettled magnetic conditions; unstable MUFs; unlikely fadeouts. IPS in Australia expects mostly normal HF conditions thru November 15. MET Office UK`s FOUR-DAY SPACE WEATHER FORECAST from November 13: an increasing risk of M-class flares. Geomagnetic activity generally Quiet to Unsettled (with planetary K-indices of 1-3). Natural Resources Canada says in the auroral zone, magnetic activity will be most unsettled November 16th and 17th, in the polar zone peaking on November 17. OK1HH in Prague says the Geomagnetic field will be: active to disturbed November 13, 16 quiet on November 14 - 15, 27 - 30 quiet to active on November 17 - 19, 22, 25 mostly quiet on November 20 - 21, 26 quiet to unsettled on November 23 - 24 SWPC in Boulder says Solar activity is expected to be at predominately low to moderate levels with isolated high activity from November 10 to 23 and again from November 29. Geomagnetic field should be quiet to unsettled from November 12-24, with isolated active periods. Mostly quiet conditions November 25 to December 2. A and K indices peaking at 12 and 4 on November 16, 17, 22-24. Solar flux rising from 155 November 15 to 200 November 19 and 20, dropping to only 80 on December 5. Bill Hepburn`s VHF UHF DX maps show extreme tropospheric ducting this week along the coasts of Angola, Namibia and Chile (via DXLD) ###