DX LISTENING DIGEST 14-50, December 10, 2014 Incorporating REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING edited by Glenn Hauser, http://www.worldofradio.com Items from DXLD may be reproduced and re-reproduced only if full credit be maintained at all stages and we be provided exchange copies. DXLD may not be reposted in its entirety without permission. Materials taken from Arctic or originating from Olle Alm and not having a commercial copyright are exempt from all restrictions of noncommercial, noncopyrighted reusage except for full credits For restrixions and searchable 2014 contents archive see http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html [also linx to previous years] NOTE: If you are a regular reader of DXLD, and a source of DX news but have not been sending it directly to us, please consider yourself obligated to do so. Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1751 CONTENTS: *DX and station news about: Australia, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Canada, China, Cuba non, Ecuador non, Egypt, Ethiopia, Europe, Germany, India, International Vacuum, Kaliningrad, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Lithuania, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, New Zealand, North America, Pakistan, Palau, Somalia non, Spain, Sudan, Turkey, Ukraine, USA, Western Sahara non SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1751, December 11-17, 2014 Thu 0430 WRMI 9955 [confirmed] Thu 1330 WRMI 9955 [confirmed] Thu 2201 WRMI 9395 via Global 24 [conrirmed] Fri 0030 WRMI 9395 via Global 24 [confirmed] Fri 0427v WWRB 3185 [not even attempted; I must delete WWRB] Fri 2130 WRMI 7570 & 15770 [confirmed] Sat 0730 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 1000 WRMI 5850 [confirmed, NOT Sunday as on schedule] Sat 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sun 0200 WH2XDE-1 1750 Victor NY Sun 0231 KVOH 9975 [confirmed] Sun 2300 WRMI 11580 Mon 0400v WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Area 51 Mon 2201 WRMI 9395 via Global 24 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 1752 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/ ** ABKHAZIA. Avto Radio heard on Nov 26 starting at 0357 UT and switched to Apsua Radio at 0455 UT with program in Russian. It seems Abkhaz/Avto Radios are on the air on SW 9535 only on Sundays and on Mondays 0455-0555 UT with co-channel QRM from RHC in Spanish as were observed in November (Rumen Pankov, BULGARIA, Dec 2, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 5 via DXLD) ** AFGHANISTAN [non]. USA (non), Frequency change of VOA Deewa Radio from December 4: 1600-1900 NF 5895 IRA 250 kW / 334 deg to WeAs Pashto, ex 9965 Videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/12/frequency-change-of-voa-deewa-radio.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes heard yesterday afternoon too, 5895, Iranawila Sri Lanka, DEEWA in Pashto and MW Kabul Sender Kost 621 kHz, as well as 7455UDO 7495UDO in \\ IRA was formerly on 9370 kHz instead til Dec 4; 9965 was formerly via Udorn Thani Thailand. wb (Wolfgang Büschel, Dec 6, DX LISTENING DIGEST) So that`s bad news for the NORWAY station on 5895 (gh) ** AFRICA WEST. Request about West African MW stations --- Dear Glenn, My name is Tibor Gaal from the republic of Hungary, a DXer and your faithful listener. I would like to ask something. I have read in World Listening Digest 14-47, November 19, 2014 that our DXer colleague Manuel Méndez is in the Canary Islands (the most southern part of Spain along the West African coast). Could you ask him to write something about what he can receive on mediumwave from north and west Africa? I would be interested to know what is the MW media situation there. West Africa is in the media spot not only of the ebola virus but also about Islamic insurgency (Mali and Niger) + political scene. For example, in Burkina Faso the long-serving leader Compaoré was removed and the situation is fluid. There will be general elections next year in Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Benin or Guinea. So, a lot will happen which could affect the media scene there. And I would be interested in to hear if the Polisario station on 700 or on 1550 kHz is working or totally out of service. I heard also Polisario station long-time ago on shortwave frequency of 6297 variable. I consulted with Ydun Ritz (owner of www.mediumwave.info) who would be happy too to read about the MW scene there. I would be glad if you could help me in this. Thanks, (Tibor, email: hungaroboy@freemail.hu Dec 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hello Tibor, I have forwarded your request to Manuel Méndez. Very little MW is reported from that area. I am always on the lookout for Polisario logs and will include if they appear. Carlos Goncalves in Portugal often reported 1550 or 700. Regards, Glenn to Tibor, via DXLD) Some answers may be found below under WESTERN SAHARA [non] and DX- PEDITIONS (gh) ** ALBANIA [and non]. December 4: CRI in Esperanto on 1215.1 Fllake vs Absolute Radio in English on 1215.0 Moorside Edge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncwAFhqat9w&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Odd frequencies of mediumwave transmitters in Fllake: 1700-1800 1215.1 FKE 500 kW / non-dir Eu Esperanto China Radio Inter 2000-2030 1394.9 FKE 500 kW / 330 deg Eu Polish TWR Europe 2000-2100 1457.7 FKE 500 kW / 004 deg Eu Hungarian China Radio Inter http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/12/odd-frequencies-of-mediumwave.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #884 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Dec 9, 2014, dxldyg via DXLD) ** ALBANIA. 7389.981 kHz on December 4 at 0940-1000 UT time slot Hello dear Drita, came across of Radio Tirana's Albanian morning service to southern Europe/Balcan target, scheduled 0800-1000 UT, this morning Dec 4th. 7389.981 kHz, Radio Tirana Shijak broadcast transmission heard here in Stuttgart southern Germany with more than fair S=9+10dB signal strength. A little 50 Hertz audio buzz tone underneath, came from the Shijak transmitter p e a k signals of ±25 / ±50 Hz like a garden fence, symmetrically visible on software defined receiver radio browser screen in PC at ± 25 Hz, 50, 75, 100, 150, 250, 450 Hertz. At 0940 UT program talk in Albanian was on "melodia flute music" by male presenter and performed some flute music "copë të muzikës". I believe subject was talk on Albanian's Partizan music in WW II? Compared or influenced? by Tito's, Soviet Russian and Anglo-American army musician contacts these WW II days. Radio Tirana station identification by female presenter concluded this morning transmission from Shijak at 0959:29 UT, and transmitter switch-OFF at 0959:40 UT then. Regards, përshëndetje me kokë (de wolfy from Stuttgart to Drita Çiço, R. Tirana, via DXLD) ** ALGERIA [non]. 9380, Dec 4 at 2129, Qur`an, poor under splash from the BS on 9370 WWRB. RTA relay via FRANCE is now scheduled here 18-22 UT at 162 degrees from Issoudun (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANGOLA. 4949.74, 28/11 [no time], R. Nacional, talks, better modulation than usual, fair (Giampiero Bernardini, QTH: Pescia (Pistoia) Italy - RX: Winradio Excalibur Pro - ANT: 30 meters long wire, playdx yg via DXLD) ** ANGUILLA. 11775, Dec 9 at 1450 check, TCB is off, no DGS or PMS anywhere, since at this hour WWCR 13845 airs something else. 6090, Dec 10 at 0221, now TCB nite frequency is also off; I wonder if neither channel was on at all today? Now however, we could still hear TUN on 5935 WWCR if we wanted to (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANTIGUA. Abertura transequatorial de ontem - detalhes --- Amigos, no dial de FM da cidade de São Paulo está cada vez mais difícil conseguir um espaço para DX; sempre surge uma radio pirata nova para atrapalhar. Por sorte em 91.1 MHz estou encontrando uma janela apesar que nessa frequencia tem uma radio pirata religiosa da cidade de Franco da Rocha SP, município que fica próximo à cidade de São Paulo, mas como o sinal da pirata é fraco é só começar os ruídos oscilantes da TEP a radio é encoberta. Também quando abre a propagação troposférica tenho interferencia em 91.1 MHz da Ipanema de Sorocaba SP e Transamérica de Itapira SP. Agora ontem houve uma abertura TEP para o Caribe muito boa: comecei a receber o sinal da Observer Radio 91.1 às 22:20 horário de Brasilia (verão); o sinal era fraco mas contínuo e quando foi por volta de 23:15 houve um pico de propagação favorável com sinal muito bom durando até 23:50 e depois começou a dissipar, desaparecendo por volta de 00:00. Vejam o video: http://youtu.be/7B55xmCdgAE Em horário UT a TEP foi entre 0020 e 0200 do dia 09/12/2014. 73´s (Fran - São Paulo SP, Sony XDR-F1HD, Antena interna yagi 9 elementos, radioescutas yg via DXLD) ** ARGENTINA. 1670 kHz --- Amigos, na madrugada passada estando com pouco sono me distraí fazendo escutas em ondas médias, a propagação é muito boa nesses QTRs. Em 1670 por volta de 0500 UT recebi uma emissora de lingua espanhola que tocava direto músicas bem parecidas com o ritmo sertanejo brasileiro do estilo tradicional na base do violão e sanfona; nos poucos instantes que apareceu locutor não identificou a emissora: http://youtu.be/QPueOQwQ8nU Alguém já recebeu essa emissora? Foi a primeira vez que ouvi alguma emissora nesse seguimento entre 1610 e 1710 kHz na cidade de São Paulo. 73´s (Fran - São Paulo SP, Dec 5, Sony XDR-F1HD, Antena interna halo quadrado de 12 centímetros, radioescutas yg via DXLD) Estimados Radioescutas, Debe tratarse de Radio Rubi, emisora no autorizada que transmite desde el partido de La Matanza (equivalente a un municipio brasileño). No tiene autorización legal para transmitir pero es muy potente. 73's (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, ibid.) Caro, É a Rádio Rubi sim. Esse estilo musical é o "chamamé", no qual a emissora é especializada; pràticamente só toca isso. O estilo também é bem popular no sul do Brasil e Mato Grosso do Sul. 73. Enviado por Samsung Mobile (Arthur, ibid.) Amigos, grato pelas informações. Realmente a Rubi deve ser uma emissora muito potente já que foi a única da Argentina e a única emissora em Ondas médias fora do Brasil que recebia aqui na cidade de São Paulo na madrugada passada; fiz também alteração nas informações no video do Youtube. 73´s (Fran - São Paulo SP, ibid.) Sí! Radio Rubí transmite un 90% de su programación con chamamé. Música que se escucha en las provincias de Misiones, Corrientes y Chaco y Formosa. Muy parecida a la musica gaúcha que se escucha tanto en Río Grande do sul. 73's (Arnaldo Slaen, ibid.) ** ARGENTINA. LISTADO DE RADIOS FM DE LA CIUDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BUENOS AIRES --- by gruporadioescuchaargentino Para aquellos interesados en conocer cuántas estaciones hoy por hoy emiten desde la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, seguidamente ofrecemos un listado completo y actualizado de las emisoras que pueden ser audibles en la capital Argentina: 87.5 FM SOLDADOS "La Primera del Dial" 87.7 LRBO "La Radio de las Buenas Ondas" (Radio CMM) 87.9 RADIO UBA (Universidad de Buenos Aires) 88.1 88.1 FM “El Milenio Continúa” 88.1 FM BAJO FLORES 88.1 FM GOSPEL 88.1 FM BOEDO 88.3 RADIO SUR 88.5 FM VIDA [RADIO MARIA ARGENTINA -NET-] 88.7 FM LA TRIBU 88.7 FM MAGICA 88.9 FM MAGICO DANCE 89.1 RADIO MALENA “Nombre de Tango” 89.3 RADIO GRAFICA 89.3 RADIO DE LAS NACIONES 89.5 RADIO ARPEGGIO FM (vía FM URBANA) 89.7 FM PORTEÑA 89.9 FM 89.90 “The Radio City” 90.1 FM LA BOCA 90.1 FM ENCUENTRO 90.1 FM NOVENTA 90.3 DELTA FM 90.5 RADIO PUNTO 90.7 FM FLORES 90.9 RADIO UNIVERSIDAD DE BELGRANO "UB 90.9" 90.9 RETRO FM 91.1 FM LA SUPER DEPORTIVA 91.3 RADIO UNICA 91.3 FM LA BEMBA 91.5 FM MAS 91.7 FM URQUIZA 91.7 RADIO SIN FRONTERAS 91.9 FRECUENCIA ESPECIAL (Cristo La Solución) 91.9 FANTASTICO FM 91.9 MANTRA FM 92.1 FM IDENTIDAD 92.3 LA RADIO 92.5 FRECUENCIA ZERO FM 92.7 FM DE LA CIUDAD "La 2x4" 92.9 FM LA FAVORITA 93.1 RADIO LATE 93.3 RADIO DILECTA 93.3 FM BIT BOX 93.5 FM FUEGO 93.5 FM TOUCHÉ ! 93.5 FM MUNDO LATINO 93.7 RADIO NACIONAL ROCK 93.9 RADIO PALERMO (RPLM-2) 94.1 RADIO AMERICA LATINA 94.1 RADIO ASAMBLEA 94.3 RADIO DISNEY 94.5 RADIO MILAGROS 94.7 RADIO PALERMO (RPLM-1) 94.9 MAYA FM 95.1 METRO 95.1 95.3 FM LOS ANDES 95.3 ATLANTIDA FM 95.5 CONCEPTO FM 95.5 RADIO ISER (inactiva) 95.7 FM MELODIAS 95.7 FM HORIZONTES (RADIO LA SUREÑA) 95.7 BARRACAS CITY FM 95.9 FM ROCK & POP 96.1 FM LA 96 “VOZ DE CAACUPE” 96.3 RADIO JAI 96.5 RADIO AZUL FM 96.5 FM EL PICAFLOR 96.7 FM NACIONAL CLASICA 96.9 FM INOLVIDABLE 97.1 RQP 97.3 FM LA CATERVA 97.3 FM FAMA (// 97.7) 97.5 VALE 97.5 97.7 FM FAMA (// 97.3) 97.9 RADIO CULTURA 98.1 FM CONSTELACION 98.3 MEGA 98.3 98.5 INTEGRACION FM 98.7 RADIO NACIONAL FOLKLORICA 98.9 RADIO CHACALTAYA 99.1 CADENA 3 ARGENTINA 99.3 FRECUENCIA MARIANO BOEDO “FMB” 99.3 RADIO LIBRE 99.5 FM FEDERAL 99.7 RADIO METROPOLITANA 99.9 LA 100 100.1 FM CONQUISTADOR 100.3 LT22 RADIO LA COLIFATA 100.5 MEDITERRANEO FM 100.5 RADIO BRAZOS ABIERTOS 100.7 BLUE FM 100.9 FM RIACHUELO 100.9 RADIO RITMO 100.9 FM LA MILAGROSA 101.1 RADIO LATINA 100.9 FM LA VOZ DEL MERCOSUR 101.3 FM IMPACTO 101.5 POP RADIO 101.7 LA FRECUENCIA DEL ESPIRITU SANTO “La FDES” 101.7 MOLLE FM 101.7 FM SUBTERADIO 101.9 ACTITUD ROCK FM 102.1 EL SONIDO DE LA VIDA 102.3 FM ASPEN CLASSIC 102.5 WARA FM 102.5 RADIO CORAZON DE AMERICA 102.5 LA COLECTIVA RADIO 102.9 RADIO RHEMA 103.1 VORTERIX ROCK FM 103.3 FM DEL CIELO 103.5 RADIO KLIMAX 103.5 FM LA FOLKLORISIMA 103.7 RADIO ONE 104.1 RADIO GIGANTE “La Radio de la Integración” 104.1 FM IDEAS 104.3 FM IMAGINA 104.7 FM DAKOTA 104.9 FANTASTICO FM 104.9 FM NUEVA VIDA 104.9 RADIO AMADEUS-CULTURA MUSICAL 104.9 RADIO AIRES DEL SUR 105.1 FM PARROQUIAL 105.1 FM CAACUPE 105.3 LA MEGA ESTACION 105.5 FM 40 PRINCIPALES 105.7 CRISTAL FM 105.9 FM PARQUE VIDA (Red Vida) 106.1 FM APRENDER 106.1 FRECUENCIA DINAMICA 106.3 RED ALELUYA 106.5 RADIO OLIVA 106.5 MUNDO SUR FM 106.7 MILENIUM FM 107.1 RADIO PAN Y TRABAJO 107.1 FM ZOE 107.7 FM JUAN ANDRES (Marcelo A. Cornachioni, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dec 9, GRA blog via DXLD) And which ones, what percentage are pirates? CABA is so large geographically that it can accommodate 3 or 4 low-power? stations on one frequency? Or it just has to (gh, DXLD) ** ARGENTINA. 11711.82 [sic], Radio Argentina Exterior [sic]; 0032, 6- Dec; W in Portuguese with pop music & "Rae" ID. SIO=333-, much better in USB (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Brighton MI, Drake R8B + 85' TTFD + 500' unterminated bev, dogleg E-N, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) You mean 11710.82, its usual area?? Much better in USB because of 11710.0 QRM? Or do you mean its transmission really put out more modulation on the upper than the lower?? (gh, DXLD) ** ARMENIA. December 4: Voice of Armenia in Assyrian to ME 1532 on 4810 Yerevan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hen8IXfdNrY&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. 2368.46, Radio Symban (presumed), 1438-1504, Dec 5; nice Greek singing & music (no announcements), cutting through the noise. Not bad for a low powered station (400w?)! Is still a DX challenge as it is not heard every day. Audio attached (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. 6230-USB, VMW, Wiluna Meteorological Radio, West. Aus., 1145 to 1147 “meters off shore today”, 3 December (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, Icom 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA [and non]. 9580, Dec 4 at 1207, RA with `Late Night Live` sub-host other than Philip Adams interviewing someone about Israel moving up parliamentary elexions by two years. With QRM from spurs out of 9570 China via CUBA, something which is rarely a problem here unlike in Ontario, but the RA signal is weaker than usual. Now on weekdays for anything of value, we have to listen before 1300 when they start running that awful Triple-J music for 3 or 4 hours. By 1337 the rauc music is playing and no more 2ACI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also PALAU! ** BANGLADESH. 4750, Bangladesh Betar - HS, 1235-1243, Monday, Dec 1. RRI Makassar continues to be absent here; usual SAARC (The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) news bulletin in English; naturally the lead-off story was the SAARC Summit held last week in Kathmandu; poor with usual CNR1 QRM (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4750, Bangladesh Betar; 1242-1251+, 7-Dec; M&W in LL [unknown language] with sub-continental music; BB ID at 1250. SIO=3+53 9455, Bangladesh Betar; 1317-1334+, 7-Dec; M&W in LL commentary re Pakistan. English ID, sked and program notes at 1326 & back to LL. SIO=333 with 9450 splash. Not // 4750 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Brighton MI, Drake R8B + 85' TTFD + 500' unterminated bev, dogleg E-N, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BHUTAN. 6035, BBS (tentative); 1202...1252+, 7-Dec; M&W in LL [unknown language], heard "Thimpu" mentioned twice; instrumental music interspersed. Fair most of the time with O=3 peaks. QRM from 6030 Martí jammer and 6045 Chinese splash. First time ever heard, if them! (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Brighton MI, Drake R8B + 85' TTFD + 500' unterminated bev, dogleg E-N, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 4451.1, Radio Santa Ana, Santa Ana de Yacuma, 2340 to 2350 weak Spanish, deep fades 3 December (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, Icom 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 5952.43, Radio Pio Doce, 0228*, Dec 4. Off with the unique and easy to ID distinctive whistling “Colonel Bogey March” (commonly known as the River Kwai March), along with ID; followed by chimes; almost fair (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5952.44, Pio XII, Siglo Veinte, 0116 with yl chat to 0127 with music. Signal is strong with distortion and some flutter 7 December (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, Icom 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 3364.88, Dec 6, 2340, Rádio Cultura, Araraquara, SP with very good signal, music. Interesting that 3375.07, R Municipal signal was just a few dB above noise level (Thomas Nilsson, Ängelholm, Sweden, SW Bulletin Dec 7 via DXLD) 3364.84, Brasil, Rádio Cultura, Araraquara, SP, 0117 to 0122 vocal with background singers with percussion. Good signal 7 December (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, Icom 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 4815, Brasil, Rádio Difusora, Londrina, PR, 0120 to 0125 mention of “Jesus” in English at tune in then into music. Strong signal. 7 December (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, Icom 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. BRASIL: 4915, ZYF360 Rádio Macapá; 2244-2302+, 6-Dec; M in Portuguese with Portuguese pop music; ToH ID simply as "Macapá". SIO=3+33-, USB helps with swiper, a.k.a. The International Windshield Wiper Synchronization Service (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Brighton MI, Drake R8B + 85' TTFD + 500' unterminated bev, dogleg E-N, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 6000, EBC/Rádio Nacional da Amazônia, Brasília DF, faz testes com 10 kW de radio digital DRM e Atrapalha Radio Guaíba. 1910 UT 08/11, mx decada de 40 sp [Spanish?], sinpo 55444 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVraE7dEu-s (Daniel Wyllyans, Nova Xavantina MT, Tecsun PL 660, Antena Long wire letra T insolada sòmente nas pontas 20 M por 10 M de altura http://dxbrazilsw.blogspot.com/ Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ??? Distorted, overmodulated music thruout the less than one minute clip with video showing his PL-660 handheld, which AFAIK is not a DRM receiver. I don`t think this is DRM at all, altho DRM tests on 6000 were the original purpose of this transmitter, but it has been heard a lot more in AM mode (Glenn Hauser, ibid. ** BRAZIL. 9629.97, 30/11 2215, Rádio Aparecida, religious talks, music, fair 9645.39, 28/11 2314, R. Bandeirantes, S. Paulo, talks, commercials, fair/good 9664.75, 28/11 2002, Voz Missionária, Florianópolis, talks, weak, better LSB (Giampiero Bernardini, QTH: Pescia (Pistoia) Italy - RX: Winradio Excalibur Pro - ANT: 30 meters long wire, playdx yg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 9819.837, S=8 signal of ZYR96, Rádio 9 de Julho, São Paulo, at 0152 UT on Dec 7 (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL [and non]. 10000, Dec 7 at 0245 during WWVH propagation forecast (see also HAWAII), I am hearing additional beeps every dekasecond, a sure sign of the format of PPE Rio de Janeiro, and also the next few minutes at least when WWVH is not toning. Unreadable JBA voice announcements to go with them. During one minute I am also hearing some very weak Morse code from a third station; would that be BPM China? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 6180.00, 0635-0650 3.12, R Nacional da Amazônia, Brasília, DF, Portuguese ann, Brazilian pop songs, 45333 AP-DNK 11780.08, 0000-0010 6.12, R Nacional da Amazônia, Brasília, DF, Portuguese talk, Brazilian song, 35343 (Anker Petersen, what I recently heard in Skovlunde, Denmark, on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, WB yg via DXLD) 11742-11751, Dec 5 at 0126, scratchy spur from 11780.1 RNA can be detected in 1 kHz steps over this range, obscured by an 11750 station, so approx. center 11747; too much WRMI BSplash now from 11825 to evaluate the matching spur circa 11813. 11780.1, Dec 5 at 0650, RNA has poor signal with fading, most unusual instead of inbooming; K index at 06 was 3, and per WWV there had been radio blackouts reaching the R2 level. This certainly means the spurs are far too weak to be heard now. NZ is not audible at all on 11725 -- - but this being Friday it could also be off for maintenance. 11747 & 11813 approx., Dec 6 at 0639, crackle spurs audible from 11780.1 RNA which now has a VG signal, the SSOB. 11747 spur also audible at 0244 UT Dec 7. At 0635 Dec 7, 11747 spur is still audible. Tho not always logged, 6180 remains active & audible at night here but only poor-fair signal // 11780.1, e.g. at 0644 Dec 7. 11813 & 11747, Dec 8 at 0612, extremely distorted spurs from 11780.1 RNA/RNB are still quite audible centred approximately plus/minus 33 kHz; 11825 WRMI BS is weakened at the moment and not obscuring the upper one. I vow to keep reporting these whenever I hear them until EBC fixes them! 11747, Dec 9 at 0632, RNA 11780.1 distorted spur is JBA. 11747, Dec 10 at 0225, crackly spur is audible, and also weaker on 11813 or so (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Colegas, vai aqui uma pergunta: o endereço para correspondência da Radio Nacional da Amazonia mudou? Traduzo a seguir a nota recebida da Alemanha (abaixo desta nota): 'Olá a todos. Minha carta que fora enviada para a Radio Nacional da Amazonia, EBC S/A, CP 258, 70359-970 Brasilia DF' retornou com a informação de endereço inexistente. Alguém conhece um endereço atual desta emissora? Saudações, Sebastian" Bom, ontem mesmo eu enviei uma carta para a RNA por este endereço, dado que vários aqui do Brasil receberam inclusive um belo cartão QSL utilizando o mesmo. Porém o endereço da RNA ter mudado, eu não conheço. Se alguém da lista souber de alguma mudança, peço o favor de informar. 73, (Rudolf Grimm, São Bernardo SP, Dec 5, radioescutas yg via DXLD) Viz.: -----Original Message----- From: liste [mailto:liste-bounces@a-dx.at] On Behalf Of Sebastian Arndt Sent: sexta-feira, 5 de dezembro de 2014 16:13 To: liste@a-dx.at Subject: [A-DX] RN Amazonia Hallo in die Runde! mein Brief an Radio Nacional Amazonia, EBC S/A, CP 258, 70359-970 Brasilia DF kam zurück, da es den Adressaten nicht gibt. Kennt jemand eine aktuelle Adresse für die Station? Viele Grüße, Sebastian (via Grimm, ibid.) ** BRAZIL [and non]. 11765v, Dec 7 at 0243, the wailer in Brazuguese from SRDA has a het caused by the ZY always being off-frequency. Nothing in HFCC at this time, but Aoki shows 11765 as a ChiCom jammer frequency caused by possible Sound of Hope 100 watt usage anytime between 2030 and 1600 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 15190, Rádio Inconfidência, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 1907 UT 08/11, Om/YL cxs sobre esporte sinpo 45333 DW https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuiecS1It8&feature=share (Daniel Wyllyans, Nova Xavantina MT, Tecsun PL 660, Antena Long wire letra T insolada sòmente nas pontas 20 M por 10 M de altura http://dxbrazilsw.blogspot.com/ Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) Nice to hear this station! It`s very difficult now in North America (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) ** BULGARIA. Denge Kurdistan Kurdish and then BVB Dardasha 7 Arabic on 11700.3 till 1705 11700.3 SOF 100 kW / 126 deg N/ME Denge Kurdistan // 9400ISS from 1705 11700.3 SOF 100 kW / 126 deg N/ME BVB Dardasha 7 from 1708 11700.0 SOF 100 kW / 126 deg N/ME BVB Dardasha 7. Videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/12/denge-kurdistan-kurdish-and-then-bvb.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Dec 10, dxldyg via DXLD) ** CANADA. Hi Guys: I just received this eQSL Reply for an emailed Report I sent to Canada Coast Guard Station VCG - Riviere-Au Renard, QUEBEC, for a reception made on 2598 Khz USB from Dec/03/14. Not sure if this would qualify as QSL or not….but this is what I got!! 73…ROB VA3SW Robert S. Ross London, Ontario CANADA ********************************************************************** Good day, yes, this scheduled broadcast was issued by our station (doomed to close next year). All scheduled broadcasts of this sort are listed in the government publication called Radio Aids to Navigation, easily found on the internet for free. Best regards, ECAREG CANADA SCTM Rivière-au-Renard MCTS Garde côtière canadienne / Canadian Coast Guard Tel: (418) 269-3843 Fax: (418) 269-5514 Email: rarecareg@innav.gc.ca (via Rob Ross, Ont, ODXA yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DXLD) Skeds for these mainly on 2598, 2749 kHz are at Bill Hepburn`s http://www.dxinfocenter.com and you can spell centre either way (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. 6030, Calgary - CFVP relaying CKMX (AM 1060), 1320, Dec 4. Series of local ads. Recently has been especially good, with steady signal. Audio attached (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR- 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. 6070, Dec 5 at 0107, CFRX with good signal, ``back to The Nightside`` talk show (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. Listen to As It Happens (CBC Radio, NPR in the US, Internet Real Audio) the week of Christmas, but especially Christmas Eve. Each year, the program presents Christmas oriented material, and on Christmas Eve (or presumably the last weekday before) contacts members of the Canadian Armed Forces serving with the UN, NATO, NORAD and those serving in the far north. Each unit has 3 or 4 people speak for those serving with the unit. They send Christmas greetings to loved ones at home and describe how they are celebrating Christmas where they are. At the conclusion of the greetings, the units are each invited to sing a verse of a Christmas carol. In past years, the units have served in such diverse locations as Canadian Forces Base Alert (Arctic), Colorado Springs (Norad), Germany, Cyprus, Golan Heights, Bermuda (!), the Persian Gulf, Somalia, Bosnia and Croatia, Kosovo and most recently, Afghanistan (sadly this list keeps getting longer, but I digress). It is a really nice program. It also has its moments of humour, such as the time the Canadian naval personnel stationed in Bermuda tried to claim they missed the Canadian winter real bad! This after Canadian Forces Base Alert (Arctic Circle) had done their thing! This is followed by a reading of “The Shepherd”, read by the late Alan Maitland a.k.a. “Fireside Al”, a very unusual Christmas story that is a real treat. Another story heard in the As It Happens time slot during the holiday season was a story about “Crumbfest”... Christmas as seen from the perspective of a family of field mice. Hopefully, through the magic of audio recordings we’ll once again hear the delightful voice of Alan Maitland reading these or other stories. CBC Radio 2 on the Sunday before Christmas broadcast programming from the European Broadcasting Union. This marathon broadcast featured seasonal and Christmas concerts from most EBU countries from Estonia to Portugal (Fred Waterer, Programming Matters, Dec, ODXA Listening In via DXLD) Much more Xmas programming in this column; also see his http://www.doghousecharlie.com (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** CANADA. YouTube Video of the Month: Dave on the Roof – from CBC’s Vinyl Cafe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDHFU7HeZPc This is the story of Dave installing the Christmas lights on the roof of his house and his “close encounter” with the TV antenna. We can pretend that it was actually a radio antenna. Happy Holidays! This was a *radio* program so you can safely dispense with the accompanying video, still shots of, buildings, winter scenes. Why waste bandwidth with unrelated video? Such is the mystique and business model of YouTube. The real video is in your head (Dec CIDX Messenger via DXLD) This linked also to a good Stuart McLean interview on George S. show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5Hkq2z6NBI (gh, DXLD) ** CANADA. PROGRAM POKES HOLES IN CBC PROBE OF GHOMESHI By Joseph Brean, Postmedia News November 29, 2014 Despite claiming to have undertaken a serious internal investigation of the Jian Ghomeshi affair, CBC executives did not ask a single Q employee a question, according to an investigation by the CBC investigative program The Fifth Estate. The program surveyed 17 people who worked on the arts radio show last summer, and spoke with everyone but the former executive producer. "No one said they'd been approached (by management), no questions ever asked," said Gillian Findlay, host of The Fifth Estate, which aired Friday night. Asked to explain the discrepancy, Chris Boyce, head of CBC Radio, said he could not, and that it was a question for Janice Rubin, the outside counsel hired to probe the institutional response. The finding is the most shocking revelation in an investigation that pokes holes in the official account of how the CBC responded over the past year to growing evidence of Ghomeshi's behaviour, both within the CBC and in his private life. He now faces criminal charges of sexual assault and overcoming resistance by choking. It also reports that Ghomeshi lied in his notorious Facebook post about being offered the chance to walk away quietly before he was fired, to leave the impression it was his own decision. "That is untrue," said Boyce. He said Ghomeshi was offered 24 hours to provide more information, possibly about a mental illness. "He was very upset, he maintained his innocence and beyond that, I'm not comfortable getting into details." The Fifth Estate investigation does not reveal new alleged victims, and many of the accounts have been previously reported. The investigation advances the theory the CBC might have been slow to take action against its most marketable star. In interviews with two former producers, Sean Foley and Brian Coulton, it describes how Ghomeshi "broke down" and confessed to them while on location in Winnipeg last spring, saying he likes rough sex and an angry ex-girlfriend is "threatening to tell everybody." He said he was confident he had done nothing illegal. Later, Ghomeshi revealed to his producers that someone was posting allegations about him on Twitter under the name @BigEarsTeddy, which is a toy bear he uses for anxiety relief. Neither producer knew what to do. One started having panic attacks. In late June, independent journalist Jesse Brown, who has partnered in his investigation with the Toronto Star, sent an email to Q employees, laying out the allegations as he understood them and saying the "inappropriate behaviour may have crossed over into the workplace." Foley and Coulton went to their superiors with this email and the Twitter account, confident the CBC would take it seriously. Boyce said none of the material they presented was new to executives, and that the "majority" was not about the workplace. Boyce said he believed the tweets, at least, were "inaccurate." But the CBC did investigate. CBC spokesman Chuck Thompson said the investigation consisted of a review of Ghomeshi's file, cross-referenced with other disciplinary issues, and interviews conducted "very discreetly" with a cross- section of managers, program leaders and Q employees. He said it found no evidence of sexual harassment. Boyce said on The Fifth Estate that the CBC did not seek more information from the Star about what it knew of the alleged victims, nor try to find out who was behind the @BigEarsTeddy account. "Our job is not to be the police," he said. Even as the CBC fired Ghomeshi, based on what has been described as evidence of assault, it did not go to police. Boyce said, in hindsight, if he could do it again, he might have done so (via Dec CIDX Messenger via DXLD) ** CANADA [and non]. The most interesting CRTC news this week is in regards to the broadcast of ethnic programming to the Lower Mainland of BC from transmitters in the United States. I won’t go into all the details here, but you can see the CRTC statement at this link: http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?nid=903949 Essentially the order has been given not to produce programming in Canada for rebroadcast back into Canada via transmission facilities in the U.S. I’m sure this won’t mean the end of ethnic programming coming into BC from Washington State, so it will be interesting to see how this plays out (Nigel Pimblett, Alberta, Dec CIDX Messenger via DXLD) Would Canada also try to ban Canadian-originated SW broadcasts from the USA??? What`s the difference, really? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) Dan Sys notes that, as we previously observed, the CRTC has ordered KRPA-1110, KRPI-1550, and KVRI-1600 to immediately stop broadcasting South Asian programming originating in Canada. Dan says KRPA has complied with the directive but the others, so far, have not (AM Switch, NRC DX News Dec 15 via DXLD) VANCOUVER RADIO BATTLE --- Cross border Indian ”Piracy” SURREY, B.C. – In an office buzzing with immaculately dressed Sikh men, its walls jammed with community awards, Maninder Gill vowed that when the CRTC comes for him, they will need to “drag him” from his desk. Mr. Gill, the director of one of Vancouver’s most well-known pirate radio stations, will fight them all the way to the Supreme Court. If the regulator starts harassing his advertisers — as it has threatened — he’ll just drop his advertising rates. Then he’ll call in his listeners. They are many. “I can get 50,000 people easily, they can fill the roads, they can protest, if they come to shut us down,” said Mr. Gill. Radio India — a provider of Indian-language programming to Metro Vancouver’s 250,000 Indo-Canadians — is what is politely known as a “crossborder” radio station. Although its studios are in Vancouver, the station is broadcast via radio towers in Washington State (KVRI 1600 Blaine WA). The country’s most powerful politicians don’t seem to care that Radio India is an outlaw operation. Mr. Gill has been photographed with three B.C. premiers and future prime minister Stephen Harper, and he’s the proud owner of a Diamond Jubilee Medal. When Radio India opened its new headquarters in 2004, then-Deputy Prime Minister Sheila Copps cut the ribbon. And it’s not just Radio India. Of six Indian-language radio stations operating in Vancouver, three of them snuck onto the AM dial by way of U.S.-based transmitters. Vancouver’s backdoor Indian language radio empire has blossomed into one of the region’s most influential media voices. But now, in what may be the most quixotic CRTC mission of modern times, the regulator has vowed to shut them all down. For the most part, residents in northern Washington State have stopped noticing the mysterious radio towers looming over their communities or wondering why their 90%-white region has such a crystal clear selection of Indian programming. “As long as they’re following the FCC’s rules, there’s nothing to stop these folks from doing what they’re doing,” said Mark Allen, CEO of the Washington State Association of Broadcasters. In Canada, they get a rougher ride. In mid-August, the CRTC formally called all three Vancouver pirate stations — Radio India, Radio Punjab and Sher-E-Punjab — to a hearing in Gatineau, Que. The station were offered a chance to make their case before getting slapped with “cease and desist” orders. Radio India Studio [caption] Cross-border radio stations have always been a thorn in the side of Canada’s broadcast regulator. In Kingston, Ont., 102.7 FM brands itself as Kingston’s #1 Hit Music Station, despite broadcasting out of Cape Vincent, N.Y. Montreal’s “#1 Hit Music Channel” — 94.7 FM — is beamed in via 50,000 watt transmitters from Chateaugay, N.Y. For years, the CRTC has generally done its best to ignore Vancouver’s pirates, despite complaints from the city’s licensed South Asian broadcasters. “I’m being affected directly by these stations, so I complain,” said Shushma Datt, the owner of two licensed ethnic stations. Ms. Datt is widely acknowledged as the godmother of Indo-Canadian broadcasting in Canada. A veteran of BBC’s London bureau during the 1960s, in 1987 she started Rim Jhim, Canada’s first Indo-Canadian radio station, on a subcarrier frequency. Then, after 20 years of trying, in 2005 she was granted an AM radio station that she has recently rebranded as Spice Radio. She has always played by the rules: She meets her CanCon quota, broadcasts in a “minimum of 17 different languages” as per CRTC’s ruling and is forbidden from having a single program in Chinese. Still, she was recently disciplined by the CRTC because she couldn’t meet her mandatory $60,000-a-year payment into Canadian Content Development. Despite this, Ms. Datt says she has never once considered the temptation of going pirate. In fact, she bristles at the question. By broadcasting from a foreign country, and in languages that most Canadians can’t understand, Vancouver’s cross-border stations are relatively free to feature some of the most controversial content in all of B.C. Where a mainstream Vancouver radio jock might hint that a local politician is dishonest—the pirate stations would straight up accuse them of buying votes with suitcases full of money. “I’ve never seen radio stations with owners using them so heavily to expand their own reach, politically and monetarily,” said Mani Amar, a Surrey filmmaker who has often appeared on Vancouver South Asian radio. Radio India was the only station that spoke to the National Post for this story. Sher-E-Punjab ignored repeated requests for comment, and a representative for Radio Punjab said only “you should come to our hearing” before hanging up. Radio India and Sher-EPunjab have tried to go legit in the past, going to the CRTC with exhaustive applications detailing their financial statements, listenership, coverage area and even including independent surveys of Indo-Canadian radio listeners and reams of support letters from government, charities and local corporations. Still, both stations were rejected by the CRTC this year and in 2005. Mr. Gill will attend the CRTC hearing in October, but he said the “only way” the regulator is ever going to shut down Radio India’s U.S. radio signal is by giving them space on the Canadian dial (National Post, via Medium Wave News 60/06 7 November 2014, via DXLD) UNDER PRESSURE FROM CRTC, UNLICENSED RADIO STATION ASKS FOR 120 DAYS TO MAKE AN ORDERLY SHUTDOWN GATINEAU, Que. — One of B.C.’s “Pirate Radio” broadcasters boasted earlier this month of his powerful political connections, a vast public following prepared to take to the streets to rally on his behalf, and his plan to fight for his right to keep operating all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada. But Radio India’s managing director, Maninder Gill, humbly capitulated here Wednesday under pressure from Canada’s regulator of the airwaves. “I changed my mind,” Gill told a Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission member questioning his change of heart. Gill heads Radio India, one of three largely Punjabi-language B.C. stations broadcasting to Lower Mainland audiences without a licence by using U.S.-based radio transmitters. Gill, while saying his station “fills a void” and is the “chosen vehicle” for politicians anxious to reach B.C.’s South Asian voters, admitted he’s been operating for years in violation of Canada’s Broadcasting Act. He and a representative, Andrew Forsyth, appealed to the CRTC to give Radio India 120 days to wind down operations, avoid the costs associated with a quick closure that could lead to bankruptcy, and prepare a submission for a future AM licence on the 600 kHz frequency in the Lower Mainland. “Mr. Gill does want to come into compliance, but shutting everything down at once would devastate too many people and diminish the hope of ever revitalizing the service,” Forsyth told a panel of three CRTC commissioners. The commission called the hearing in an attempt to determine if Radio India and two other stations, Radio Punjab Ltd. of Surrey and Sher-E- Punjab Radio Broadcasting Inc. of Richmond, are operating outside Canadian law. The latter two recently agreed to sign “consent” agreements that allowed them to avoid Wednesday’s hearing. One of the consent deals led to Richmond’s Badh family selling its stake in Sher-E-Punjab to the family’s U.S. business partner, Bagh Khela, who already owned 80 per cent of the shares of BBC Broadcasting Inc. BBC, no relation to the British public broadcaster, is holder of a U.S. licence to operate KRPI-AM, 1550 kHz which broadcasts the Sher-E- Punjab signals from Ferndale into the B.C. Lower Mainland. It isn’t clear if Khela will try to continue Sher-E-Punjab’s operations under another name, potentially via a stronger signal from proposed new towers in Point Roberts, Wash., near Tsawwassen. The Badh family has refused interview requests from The Vancouver Sun. Radio Punjab said last week it can continue operating, with unspecified changes, under its consent order. The CRTC made it clear during Wednesday’s hearing, and with the consent orders, that it will no longer put up with stations that defiantly produce all their broadcasts, and collect 100 per cent of their advertising dollars, on Canadian soil without operating under Canada’s broadcasting regime (Vancouver Sun October 15 via Medium Wave News 60/06 5 November 2014 via DXLD) ** CANADA [non]. 7730, WRMI/STF Radio International 'warm-up' broadcast with strange audio tones -- my 'blatt' is back -- somewhat. A brief MFSK32 message: 1. TONE SWEEP TESTS 2. TUBE WARMER 3. THEMED AUDIODYNAMICS TEST 4. WARM TUBES 5. START TRANSMITTER NETWORK 6. AUTOSTART DOWNLINK SYSTEM IN 3...2...1 then more sweep tones and heavy metal music. "STF" sent in 3-D image using audio tones, then more modern Rock stuff. Voice ID and frequency announcement at 0431 and then more Rock. At 0442 another voice ID and video ID in the waveform, and back to rock. Carrier off abruptly at 0457. 4+4+4+44 0402-0457* 30/Nov (Ken Vito Zichi, Port Hope MI2, MARE Tipsheet Dec 5 via DXLD) USofA: 5110, WBCQ / Super Time Force Radio International with programme #2 including MFSK text and spectrum images: and electro-pop/rock music from the video game by 6955.com as well as digital text and images such as a shot of the vinyl LP they are releasing of the game audio .... These guys are all 'retro' I guess! Off with LOTS of iterations of their spectrum "STF" logo and then WBCQ s/off announcement at 0605. Carrier continued until 0607. All the US based channels (5110 7490 and 9330 from WBCQ and 7570 7730 and 9955 from WRMI) were in, but this channel was 'the best' at 5554+4+ -- THIS close to all 5s. 0500-0607* 30/Nov (Ken Vito Zichi, Port Hope MI2, MARE Tipsheet Dec 5 via DXLD) ** CHINA. Firedrake Jammer --- Following on from my recent audio circle contribution of a genuine off air Firedrake Jammer transmission. I have found audio on Soundcloud which sounds like the real thing in good quality, lasting an hour! I love the picture below! 01 Firedrake image https://soundcloud.com/mediaexplorer/sets/firedrake-keeps-us-safe The Chinese Firedrake Jammer is a powerful transmitter that hijacks the frequencies of radio stations that China wishes to block. Firedrake broadcasts ... I was playing audio circle, and played this, the levels were so high they may have woken up my wife! Enjoy https://soundcloud.com/mediaexplorer/01-firedrake (Keith Knight, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) We had access to this studio-recording of the original Firedrake hour years ago in DXLD (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) 9350, Firedrake station, 11/27, 1130. Crash. boom. Target likely the RFA broadcast this hour (Rick Barton, El Mirage, Arizona, Grundig Satellit 750, random wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [and non]. December 4: CNR 1 Jamming vs SOH relay of RFA in Chinese 1145 on 11970 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhpCLtY7pqE&feature=youtu.be December 4: VIRI IRIB Japanese vs CNR 1 Jamming of SOH relay RFA Chinese at 1323 on 11600 Kamalabad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN19IA69MYM&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) CNR1 jammers, morning of Dec 4: 9230, Dec 4 at 1348, CNR1 jammer, good with flutter, better than // 9280, Dec 4 at 1348, CNR1 jammer, fair with flutter. No bandscan for others now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7445, CNR1 12/6, 1215. This high-powered CNR only here to jam RTI China service this hour. No OB CNRs or Firedrakes heard this hour or last (Rick Barton, El Mirage, Arizona, Grundig Satellit 750, random wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) EAST JAMMERSTAN: 7415, Crash & Bang Music Jammer; 1602, 6-Dec; weak & no other audio; 1703, 6-Dec; now over audio; Radio Free Asia in Chinese via Marianas listed. 1806, 6-Dec; no other audio heard 9455, Crash & Bang Music Jammer; 1949, 2008, 2105, 5-Dec; SIO=454; // 9355, both 454 at 1949 & 2008; both weaker and 9355 much weaker at 2105; not heard on 7495 reported 11/14 during 1900. 1620, 6-Dec; about = co-channel Chinese on 9455, Radio Free Asia via Marianas listed; not on 9355. 9590, Crash & Bang Music Jammer; 1611, 6-Dec; under LL [unknown language]; Radio Free Asia in Chinese via Marianas listed (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Brighton MI, Drake R8B + 85' TTFD + 500' unterminated bev, dogleg E-N, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11500, Dec 7 at 0244, Chinese on very poor signal, i.e. CNR1 jammer, as in Aoki may be in use any time between 2041 and 1700 should Sound of Hope activate a 100-watt nuisance transmitter from Taiwan. See also BRAZIL 11765 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11100, CNR 1, 12/7, 1130. W in Chinese to dialogue with M and W in Chinese. Excellent, raising S-meter to the top. Bandscanning from 10 to 18.2 MHz, no other OB CNRs or Firedrakes heard. 9350, Opera [sic] Music Jammer ("Firedrake"), 12/7, 1144. VG. Target not heard (Rick Barton, El Mirage, Arizona, Grundig Satellit 750, random wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) CHINA vs TAIWAN, CNR-8 & CNR-1 Jamming vs Radio Taiwan International: 1400-1500 6180 LIN 100 kW / 286 deg CHN Kazakh CNR-8 & CNR-1 Jamming 1400-1500 6180 TSH 300 kW / 352 deg EaAs Chinese Radio Taiwan Inter. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/12/cnr-8-cnr-1-jamming-vs-radio-taiwan.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Dec 10, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) ** CHINA. Re: China - Beibu Bay Radio segment in English/Chinese --- Dec 8, at 1319, I continue to daily hear a brief English/Chinese segment on 5050. Today the intro ID seemed to be "Hi everyone. This is Beibu Bay Radio program .?. China"; heard with AIR QRM; today was about "Constitution Day" (Ron Howard, CA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 5965.0, Dec 4 at 1342 love song sounds like English, so I suspect it`s the Klassik network of Malaysia, which Ron Howard has noted is now on 5965 even, a different transmitter than 5964.7. Fair with flutter, but 1345 mixture of Korean and Chinese, language lesson, so it`s really the CRI Korean service at 11-15 UT, 73 degrees from Xi`an. No sign of Malaysia unless it adds to the fading. FWIW, this 5965 signal is very slightly on hi side compared to 9965 Palau, or that could be slightly lo (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) CHINA vs JAPAN: PBS Xinjiang vs Radio Japan NHK World 1400-1500 6190 URU 050 kW / non-dir CHN Mongolian PBS Xinjiang 1430-1500 6190 YAM 300 kW / 290 deg EaAs Korean Radio Japan NHK World http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/12/pbs-xinjiang-vs-radio-japan-nhk-world.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Dec 10, dxldyg via DXLD) ** CHINA. Voice of Jinling now heard daily on 6200, great signal! Been monitoring this one for about a month now, and Voice of Jinling has been putting a strong signal into ECNA daily, featuring its infamous "double-sign-on" fake-out. Nominally *1245 but noted as early as *1230 and as late as *1250. PBS Xizang is on the frequency before Jinling, with a weaker, but fair, signal. Jinling takes the air abruptly, cutting right into an ongoing transmission, but only stays on the air for no more than a half minute. By //ing with the Jinling webstream http://www.vojs.cn/ was able to determine they are picking audio from FM 99.7 "Jiangsu Automobile Radio" drivetime show in Chinese. After this half-minute "false start", without fail their signal leaves the air for a short period, revealing PBS Xizang again, but for no more than a half minute. And then, finally, Jinling comes back on the air again and is then there to stay. Clearly, this s/on style is their audio engineer's process, whereby he turns on the transmitter, makes sure it is okay, turns it off and then turns it back on for good. Initial program heard is hosted by a YL giving either small news items or drivetime chat, with short musical bridges. Typically a big, beefy signal, one of the best in the band at this time, and holds up well past TOH to around 1330 fade lately here in the center of the continent. This is being heard widely throughout N America, from the East Coast (by my radio pals Dave Valko and John Herkimer) through to the West Coast (by the likes of Asian DX Ace Ronnie Howard). Reminder: This is easy to QSL via the good offices of China QSL manager Jonathan Short: 2883752 ( at ) 163 dot com This station is not a central government "People's Broadcasting Station" (PBS) operation, but rather a more local outfit -- owner of "Voice of Jinling" is "Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation" (Ralph Perry, Wheaton, IL -- R8B plus LA/Asia BOG; Wellbrook loop; and 49 meter Skyloop, SW Bulletin Dec 7 via WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DXLD) ** CHINA. 9520, PBS Nei Menggu, 1529-1605*, Dec 9. In Chinese with fair reception; very readable; radio drama; ToH pips and multi- language ID; nice one in English - "Radio Inner Mongolia - Voice of Inner Mongolia." Many thanks to both Dan Sheedy and Edward Kusalik for their recent excellent logs. Audio of ID - https://app.box.com/s/a0u5bhir8e60fc21q9it (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. China Radio International of 2 different languages on same frequency 1400-1457 on 11610 URU 500 kW / 270 deg to N/ME Chinese 1400-1457 on 11610 KUN 150 kW / 270 deg to SoAs Bengali Videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/12/china-radio-international-of-2.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Dec 6, dxldyg via DXLD) ** COLOMBIA [and non]. 5910, Alcaraván Radio, 2 December 0401-0410 UT, very nice signal with acoustic guitar music, singing by male in Spanish. Male announcer between songs. There was significant fading at 0406. SINPO 44333. Still a nice visit by a 1 kW usually quite weak (Mark Clark, Lancaster County PA, 7 Dec, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Would people monitoring this please note explicitly how they ID? (gh) 5910.029, La Voz de tu Conciencia instead of Alcaraván Radio, Puerto Lleras, at 0434 UT on Dec 2. Tiny signal into CA at threshold signal level. But acc GH absent on Dec 4 (Wolfgang Büschel, Dec 2, wwdxc BC- DX TopNews Dec 5 via DXLD) But if threshold, you must not have heard which way they IDed (gh) 5910, Dec 5 at 0645 check, still no HJDH and TWR Polish Austria is JBA in depressed conditions following blackout; 6010 presumed HJDH very poor with music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6010.11, 0250-0305 6.12, La Voz de tu Conciencia, Lomalinda. Spanish talk, hymns 25332 (Anker Petersen, what I recently heard in Skovlunde, Denmark, on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, WB yg via DXLD) [and non]. 5910, Sat Dec 6 at 0643, HJDH is back on with good signal, peppy Colombian music, and no QRM from Austria after 0645 since that`s M-F only. The other HJDH is also on 6010 with different music, and always weaker, since that facility is on an antenna to protect Mexico City but which now is long silent. 5910 songs segué at 0646, 0649, but that`s a short one and retune 0651 finds a low-key greeting ending; finally at 0658 on 5910, an ID only as ``La Voz de tu Conciencia``, no mention of Alcaraván. I still see logs of this as that, and wonder if any real IDs were copied. Possibly they still occur at other dayparts. 5910 HJDH is apparently on at 0237 UT Sunday Dec 7 to cause CCI and fast SAH to vocal classical music from RRI Romanian which is clear on its // 7340. 5910, Dec 8 at 0621, ballad music, poor signal from the Voice of Thy Conscience, altho did not keep with it for an ID this time, lacking Alcaraván Radio. I turn off the radio expecting to hear Seabreeze when I turn it back on after 1330, and so I do (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 8137-USB, Havana Harbor, 1233 to 1235, sailing vessel with weather information, 5 December (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, Icom 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 940, Radio Progreso, Sancti Spíritus., Sancti Spíritus, 0124 December 11, 2014. Fair-good over WINZ, parallel 640. 1450, Radio Mayabeque, Güines, Mayabeque. 1104 December 7, 2014. Cuban vocals, female DJ, parallel 1140. Under "Sunny 1450 & 1320" WSDV, Sarasota. Listed 1 kW (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [and non]. 12330, Dec 7 at 0229, I`m hunting for RHC harmonix, since Arnie deprived us of 12140 by moving off 6070, and there is a JBA carrier here, which I would like to think is 2 x 6165 RHC --- after all, 6000 has succeeded in audibly occupying 12000 elsewhen, but the 6165 transmitter seems least harmonic-prone. 9535, Dec 7 at 0253, RHC with clip of ``Imagine`` during Spanish commentary, // much stronger 6060. With SPAIN set to resume limited SW service, this was one of their main frequencies, deliberately occupied by Arnie to keep Spanish on it (or to pick up some of REE`s lost audience) --- so beware of a collision unless coordinated. Now on the RHC schedule at 22-05 UT for Centroamérica 15230, Dec 7 at 0640, surprised to find good signal in Spanish here, RHC with an interview about baloncesto, more deportes. It`s not only the SSOB, but the OSOB! And stronger than this frequency normally accomplishes morning or evening. All Spanish frequencies are supposedly off after 0600. (Or not? Aoki shows 15230 until 0700, but RHC website is down when I try to recheck it.) No sign of nearest SW station WRMI on 15770, which is supposedly 24 hours with Brother Scare (except 21-22 breakaway for others) See also IRAN 15230, Dec 8 at 0617, unlike bigsig 24 hours earlier, only a JBA carrier from presumed RHC in extra hour of Spanish. [BTW, per Aoki, the only other usage of 15230 is AWR Arabic via Germany at 07-08.] Still trying to recheck the posted RHC schedule, Dec 8 at 1620, I guess RHC has not paid its bills, ha ha, as we find the website http://www.radiohc.cu is still blocked by this ICRT message: `` Servicio de Alojamiento Web del Instituto Cubano de Radio y Televisión --- Este es un espacio que permite la publicación de varios sitios web de nuestro Instituto. El hecho de que Ud. esté viendo esta página es una indicación de que no ha escrito correctamente la URL o dirección del sitio que desea. Por favor, cerciórese de que esté realizando la solicitud apropiada. Note, sin embargo, que existe la posibilidad que Ud. esté viendo esta página porque un sitio web ha sido administrativamente deshabilitado. Si es esa la situación, simplemente debe esperar por su restablecimiento. © 2006-2014 Instituto Cubano de Radio y Televisión 20140512`` If that means Dec 5 rather than May 12, perhaps RHC has been AWOL since that date? So we wait (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [and non]. 9490, 0243, CLANDESTINE, Radio República, vgd with anti-Cuban harangue in Spanish (Waianakura Over.9 Trail, 7/8 November, probably Jonathan Wood, Waianakarua, New Zealand, Lowe HF-150. Various antennas, Dec NZ DX Times via DXLD) How can it be anti-Cuban? It`s run BY Cubans (exiles). Of course the Commies in control will be all too happy with your characterization. 9490, Dec 7 at 0255, ID as ``Radio República, La Voz del Directorio Democrático Cubano``, and claiming schedule of ``de 8 a 11 de la noche`` = 01-04 UT. Now it`s way over jamming. Then citing articles of the Declaration of Human Rights (inapplicable to Commie Cuba, of course {altho RHC will pretend it does, Big Lie}); recheck 0318 it is still on and the jamming is heavier by comparison. This transmission used to be only two hours long, and HFCC registered as 00-03, 250 kW, 285 degrees from Issoudun, FRANCE, but really expanded and shifted one UT hour later (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CYPRUS [non]. BULGARIA(non), EU News Network continued to use 5925, not 5905: 1845-1900 on 5925*SOF 100 kW / 306 deg to WeEu English Sat only * very strong co-channel VIRI IRIB in Albanian. Video on December 6: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/12/eu-news-network-continued-to-use-5925.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Dec 6, dxldyg via DXLD) ** EAST TURKISTAN. December 4: PBS Xinjiang in Chinese to China 1738 on 3950 Urumqi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiwS9mhAQbY&feature=youtu.be PBS Xinjiang in Mongolian to China 1742 on 4500 Urumqi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOulQ3lhers&feature=youtu.be PBS Xinjiang in Uighur to China 1736 on 3990 Urumqi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDLveu5p-JA&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4500.00, 0105-0115, CHINA, 4.12, Xinjiang PBS, Urumqi. Mongolian talk, 0109 ID: "Sinkiang Radio ....", orchestra music 45344 // 6190 (45333) (Anker Petersen, what I recently heard in Skovlunde, Denmark, on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, WB yg via DXLD) ** ECUADOR [non]. GERMANY(non), HCJB The Voice of Andes on new frequency 11900 kHz: [MOS = Austria] 1530-1600 NF 11900 MOS 100 kW / 095 deg to CeAs Russian Sat, ex 11700 1600-1630 NF 11900 MOS 100 kW / 095 deg to CeAs Chechen Sat, ex 11700 Videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/12/hcjb-voice-of-andes-on-new-frequency.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DXLD) ** EGYPT. 9963.73v, 28/11 2334, Radio Cairo, off frequency, strong signal, usual bad mod (Giampiero Bernardini, QTH: Pescia (Pistoia) Italy - RX: Winradio Excalibur Pro - ANT: 30 meters long wire, playdx yg via DXLD) 9963.7 approx., Dec 5 at 0122, R. Cairo, fair with flutter, in whine, Arabic, and yes, off-frequency from 9965.0 9860, Dec 5 at 0122, R. Cairo is good with flutter, but open carrier/dead air instead of Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNID: December 6: Unmodulated carrier 1300 on 9963.7, QRM T8WH Angel 3 Radio Australia on 9965 palau https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_a56e9d8qsI&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9964-, Dec 7 at 0227, R. Cairo in Arabic, whine, RTTY on lo side (persistent circa 9960 so Cairo is foolish to approach it). 9905, Dec 7 at 0251, VG signal, Qur`an but distorted and suppressed modulation; also RTTY QRM [see IRAN 9895] 9860, Dec 7 at 0252, R. Cairo, fair signal in ``English`` but open carrier/dead air (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9963.723 kHz, very odd frequency of R Cairo Abu Zabaal site, nominal 9965 kHz, Dec 6 2300 to 0030 English Dec 7, and 0030-0400 UT Arabic to NW Europe and North America. Dec 7. Excellent clean audio tonight. But at 2300 Dec 8 til 0400 UT on Dec 9, total different frequency of 9965.043 kHz, and much distorted audio (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) R Cairo on 9965 kHz (actually just off at 9965.3 to 1 decimal) today 9 December heard at 2225 UT tune-in with their English broadcast with a programme on the Environment and into a music. Audio scratchy but strong and best I've heard here for many a year! However, I can also hear a faint trace of Cairo I think in parallel on scheduled 9900 kHz (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DXLD) ``and wandered and settled down on 9963.723 kHz Radio Cairo despite nice clear audio Arabic program til 0430 UT`` wb yes, was back close to 9965.265 yesterday night, BUT with distorted audio again! (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DX LISTENING DIGEST) R Cairo Abu Zabaal was rather down on 9963 kHz odd frequency in past 10 days or more, with total clear audio, no distortion at all observed here. wb (Wolfgang Büschel, Dec 7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) But at 2300 Dec 8 till 0400 UT on Dec 9 total different frequency of 9965.043 kHz, and much distorted audio (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9905, Dec 9 at 0630, R. Cairo, good with flutter, Arabic modulation suppressed and distorted, also persistent RTTY QRM 9905, Dec 10 at 0218, poor with flutter and just barely modulated 9965.3, Dec 10 at 0217, now this R. Cairo Arabic frequency has varied from the lo to the hi side, music, poor with flutter (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA. 6030, R. Oromiya (presumed), 1449-1504, Dec 1. Fairly good signal; nice HOA music/singing; ToH news in vernacular. My local San Francisco sunrise at 1506 UT. Audio (edited) - https://app.box.com/s/iv00lyjk35mzxq108e76 (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6030, R. Oromiya (tentative), 1438-1525 fade 3, 4, 5 Dec. Thanks to Ron Howard's tip, what seems to be Oromiya has been sneaking in the past few days with phone Q&A, dance pop/Whitney Houston: "I Will Always Love You"/HOA songs + some heavy percussion hip-hop, possible news headlines at TOH, 1505 back to music/chat. Tends to get clobbered by ACi from CNR1 jammer on 6025 after 1500 (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA PL606 'barefoot' via Bob Wilkner, WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA [and non]. 7235, 28/11 1950, IBRA Radio, Woofferton, UK, Hausa, long talks, very good 7235.67, 28/11 1806, V. of Peace and Democracy, Ethiopia, in Tigrinya, talks, fair, USB to avoid QRM (Giampiero Bernardini, QTH: Pescia (Pistoia) Italy - RX: Winradio Excalibur Pro - ANT: 30 meters long wire, playdx yg via DXLD) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. ROMANIA, Radio Warra Wangeelaa was back on air after break on Nov. 29: 1500-1530 on 15515 TIG 150 kW / 165 deg to EaAf Oromo Sat. Videos on Dec. 6 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/12/radio-warra-wangeelaa-was-back-on-air.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D, 30 m. long wire, Dec 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) December 6: IRRS Shortwave relay again Radio Warra Wangeelaa in Oromo to EaAf 1500 on 15515 Tiganeshti https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb4aD29REeI&feature=youtu.be IRRS Shortwave relay again Radio Warra Wangeelaa in Oromo to EaAf 1515 on 15515 Tiganeshti https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtjI9A3vRSU&feature=youtu.be IRRS Shortwave relay again Radio Warra Wangeelaa in Oromo to EaAf 1528 on 15515 Tiganeshti https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbJIeUYDFvE&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EUROPE. Dear FRS Friends, We'd like to invite all of you to participate in the upcoming traditional Seasonal December 28th broadcast. Basically we offer the possibility to spread your very own personal New Year (December) Greetings or musical request by way of the ionosphere. We will read them out in our 6 hour broadcast on the final 2014 Sunday. You can dedicate your greetings to anybody or anything. It's up to you! Greetings can be written or taped (CD, MD or mp3 file) and send to our P. O. Box 2702, 6049 ZG Herten in the Netherlands. Of course the easy & quick way is by sending an e-mail: < frs@frsholland.nl > Remember: you can add something special to our December 28th broadcast. As one of our jingles says: Short wave radio is two-way traffic. Your input is our output! Make sure your contribution reaches us in time. Latest on December 16th. The sooner = the better! We are looking forward hearing from you!!! Up till now a few listeners have contributed; we are trying to have your involvement too. Let's do it together. December 28th --- it will only take a few minutes to add a little bit extra/special to that broadcast. Some news regarding our upcoming December 28th broadcast: * frequencies will be 7700//9335 kHz. * we will start at already 0800 UT = 09:00 CET. First hour is non-stop followed by 6 hours of presented shows. * we will do a few extra hours very early in the morning hoping to cross the pond. Specially for North American DXers [earlier that morning, or the next morning?!?!] Have a good Sunday and a great festive December month! 73s, Peter V. (on behalf of the FRS staff) Address: FRSH, P. O. Box 2702, 6049 ZG Herten in The Netherlands. Email: < frs@frsholland.nl > Free Radio Service Holland is an Independent and Free radio station broadcasting on SW since August 1980. Broadcasts are carried out in Dutch, German & English at an irregular basis on 41 & 31 metres (via Rich D`Angelo, NASWA yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DXLD) ** EUROPE. PIRATE-EURO. Radio Black Arrow-Holland, 21490 AM, 1823- 1825* 11-28-14. SIO: 343. Pop music, then off. PIRATE-EURO. Abu Dhabi Radio, 6290 AM, 0004-0054+, 12-06-14. SIO: 343. "ex-Black Bandit Radio", OM announcer "Ali Baba" playing mostly C&W tunes, rambling talk in English, some Dutch as well. Nice clear AM signal (Chris Lobdell, Box 80146, Stoneham, MA 02180 USA, Receivers: Eton E1, JRC NRD-545; Aerials: G5RV, 40 Meter Dipole, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FINLAND. Scandinavian Weekend Radio (SWR), Virrat, Finland are scheduled on air tonight 5 Dec from 2200 UTC until tomorrow 6 Dec at the same time. On 6170 alternating with 5980 kHz and 11720 alternating with 11690 kHz. Full frequency and programme schedule is here: http://www.swradio.net/schedule.htm - includes Chelmsford Calling World Service 0500-0600 on 6170 and 11690. You may have noticed in the latest 'Communication' that my QSL for the SWR relay of the SDXL Summer Meeting in 2010 took 1,546 days to reach me! The SWR home page now carries this message concerning QSLs: FOLLOW-UP REQUEST If you were ever reported to the our radio station as mail or by e- mail, and you have never had get our QSL-card for, follow-up now, please. We had some confusion with the listener mail over some years. Please send e-mail to address: info@swradio.net or mail to: SWR, PO Box 99, FI-34801 VIRRAT, Finland. We are very sorry for this inconvenience! http://www.swradio.net/index.htm Posted by: (Alan Pennington, Dec 5, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD ** FRANCE. Re: ``15395, Nov 27 at 1438, very good signal with conversation, Farsi? Reverb/echo doesn`t help to recognize it: it`s really Pashto from RFI, per Aoki during this semihour only, 500 kW, 85 degrees from Issoudun --- nothing else on this frequency for 23.5 hours a day (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)`` Glenn, There has been continuous confusion about RFI carrying Pashto and/or Farsi. According to their website, they do not have a Pashto service, hence what you've heard must have indeed been Farsi: "RFI parle au monde en français mais aussi en 12 autres langues : anglais, portugais du Brésil, cambodgien, chinois, espagnol, hausa, kiswahili, persan, portugais, roumain, russe et vietnamien." http://www.rfi.fr/contenu/12-langues/ including links to the non-SW English service, available on FM in selected African cities, online, on smartphones, satellite, on Air France A380 flights, and two services targeted at North America: subscription IPTV and good old telephone: "dial 832 225 5397 to hear the latest broadcast from the English Service (no charge)". 73, (Eike Bierwirth, Dec 6, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non?]. 7390, Dec 10 at 0641, RFI French with fast SAH, again indicating a second transmitter is on the air, also Issoudun? Other possibility is that R. Tirana is for some reason on with open carrier much earlier than *0800, and it is known to be off-frequency: Wolfgang Büschel measured that 19 Hz low before 1000 UT Dec 4. 17850, Dec 11 at 1432, open carrier with rapid intermittent pulsing sounds but which do not seem to be interrupting the carrier. HFCC schedules now an imaginary ``tentat`` English! broadcast from RFI at 1430-1500, 500 kW, 84 degrees from Issoudun. Something in the worx? I doubt it, but why run the transmitter at all? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. Re: Longwave closure and related stuff from Germany Also here since the thread developed anyway: Meanwhile Deutschlandradio started to insert on 153, 177 and 207 kHz announcements that advise of the coming closure. For this purpose 207 kHz now takes the 153 kHz program audio instead of the DLF FM satellite feed. So they even bothered to again set up an audio circuit to Aholming only for the last few weeks (Kai Ludwig, Dec 7, shortwavesites yg via DXLD) Deutschlandradio schaltet Langwellen zum 31.12.2014 ab. Das Deutschlandradio hat inzwischen offiziell die Abschaltung seiner Langwellen zum 31.12.2014 angekuendigt. Naehere Infos gibt es unter untenstehendem Link: Im nachfolgenden Link ist eine ausfuehrliche chronologische Beschreibung der Langwellen 153 kHz und 207 kHz nachzulesen: Hier ist die Geschichte der aeltesten deutschen Langwelle 177 kHz beschrieben - beim Klick auf das erste Bild kann man am rechten Bildrand 19 weitere Bilder abrufen. Nutzt die letzten Tage der DL-Langwelle (Wolfgang Büschel, Nov 30, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 5 via DXLD) ** GERMANY. 6095, EAST GERMANY, The Mighty KBC via Nauen at 1447-1504, coming over the pole with fair strength, but in heavy QRM, DJ playing oldies by Fleetwood Mac, Roy Orbison, etc., and commenting that his oldies podcast is #1 in the world - Poor Dec 7 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, listening in the my car, parked by the lake. Eton E1 with Sony AN-1 active antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. 6110-DRM, Radio Andernach, Nauen testet heute Morgen ? Guten Morgen allerseits, z.Zt. um 0930 UT Dec 4, DRM Signal auf 6110 kHz zugange, die Sendungen laufen aber nachts 02-04 UT ins Seegebiet vor Somalia, Kenya, Oman etc. Aber mit der 49mb Ausbreitung zu dieser Vormittagszeit propagiert das ja nicht in dieses Zielgebiet, muesste ja mindestens 25 mb sein? Wer weiss mehr?, bzw. decodieren geht ja wegen der speziellen Fraunhofer Version nicht. ps. und mein Weihnachtsmusikant auf dem Nachbarkanal 6115 kHz aus NL erlebt damit auch nicht das Paradies (Wolfgang Büschel, Dec 4, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 5 via DXLD) ** GERMANY. Martedì 9 dicembre 2014 (R7) 0922 - 6005 kHz, Kall Krekel muto dalle 0700. Segnale sufficiente 0924 - 6115 kHz, Musica natalizia dalle 0800. Notata già qualche giorno fa. Röhrbach 6070 off. Segnale sufficiente *** (SWL I1-0799GE, Luca Botto Fiora, QTH Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, G.C. 44 21' 06.89" N / 09 13' 30.94" E, playdx yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DXLD) So is he implying the 6115 broadcast is with the ex-6070 transmitter? See UNIDENTIFIED (gh) ** GERMANY. Radio Andernach, Nauen tests this morning Dec 5 0900-1100 on 6110 NAU 100 kW / 122 deg to N/ME German DRM mode http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/12/radio-andernach-nauen-tests-this.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) Ivo, I don't believe that given 122 degree azimuth anymore, to Near East off Oman, Somalia, Yemen, Eritrea, Djibouti coast; at least of 6110 kHz DURING DAYTIME our UT mornings according to http://fgsniedersachsen.de/ has been involved in NATO-Operation "Active Endeavour", and was on back route from Gibraltar on Atlantic route to Germany, which fit more at 220 to 270 degrees azimuth out of Nauen/Berlin site. Radio Andernach via MBR Nauen DRM to German Bundeswehr Marine ships mostly on 9735 kHz in summer, 7325 kHz during autumn/spring, 6110 kHz in winter time. MBR tells the world via press release and website http://tinyurl.com/m2e8blo> automatic translation: The frequency management based on the global routes of the frigate Lower Saxony. Thanks to the degree accurate adjustment of the five broadcast revolving antennas in MBR Nauen each area can be supplied with maximum received power worldwide. Wide geographic areas are within easy walking transmissions. Thus, the addressing of the receiver is ensured at any point of the world in each location. On the frigate shortwave reception system with DRM receiver (DT700) and connected BoardNetServer is installed. This provides three aux sends for audio data, IP feeding into the IP-board network and on the board of the frigate Broadband network (via Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re: 6110drm Radio Andernach, Nauen testet heute Morgen ? Vielleicht korreliert das mit diesem: "... Das Frequenzmanagement orientiert sich an den weltweiten Fahrtrouten der Fregatte Niedersachsen." *Ankuendigung:* Fregatte Niedersachsen kehrt nach Wilhelmshaven zurueck. Innenminister Boris Pistorius begleitet das Schiff auf seinem letzten Weg. Am 5. Dezember 2014 um 11:00 Uhr wird die Fregatte "Niedersachsen" nach fuenf Monaten in See zum letzten Mal in den Marinestuetzpunkt Wilhelmshaven zurueckkehren. "...Zum Einlaufen in Wilhelmshaven werden zahlreiche Angehoerige und Freunde der Besatzung, aber auch ehemalige Besatzungsangehoeriger erwartet. Als besonderer Gast hat sich der Innenminister des Landes Niedersachsen, Herr Boris Pistorius, angekuendigt, welcher das Schiff auf seinen letzten Seemeilen auf dem Weg nach Wilhelmshaven begleiten wird. Die Fregatte "Niedersachsen" wird nach 32 Jahren im Dienste der Deutschen Marine Ende 2014 aus der Fahrbereitschaft entlassen und im Sommer 2015 ausser Dienst gestellt..." Im regulaeren Radio Andernach-Programm hoerte ich nie einen Hinweis auf spezielle Aussendungen fuer eine Fregatte. Hier dreht sich im Prinzip alles nur um Kosovo und Afghanistan (Roger Thauer-D, A-DX Dec 4 via BC-DX 5 Dec via DXLD) 6110-DRM, Radio Andernach, Nauen tests this morning? Good morning everyone, currently at 0930 UT Dec 4, DRM signal on 6110 kHz. Blazed, the programs are on at night but 02-04 UT into sea off Somalia, Kenya, Oman etc. But with the spread of 49MB to this Morning time propagated the yes not in this target area would have to yes be at least 25 mb? Who knows more?, or decode's all because of the special Fraunhofer Not version. PS and my Christmas Musician on the adjacent channel 6115 kHz from NL not so experienced paradise (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 4) [Google translation needs a little work --- ] Re: 6110drm Radio Andernach, Nauen tests this morning? Maybe that correlates with this: "... The frequency management based on the global routes the frigate Niedersachsen. " * Announcement: * Lower frigate returns back to Wilhelmshaven. Interior Minister Boris Pistorius accompanied the ship on his last journey. On December 5, 2014 at 11:00 clock the frigate "Lower Saxony" after five months at sea for the last time in the naval base Wilhelmshaven return back. "... To arrive in Wilhelmshaven are many who are members and Friends of the crew, but also former Besatzungsangehoeriger expected. Special guest has the Minister of the Interior Lower Saxony, Mr. Boris Pistorius, announced that the ship his last mile will accompany you on your way to Wilhelmshaven. The frigate "Lower Saxony" after 32 years of service to the German Navy released the end of 2014 from the motor pool and summer 2015 out of service provided ... " In the regular radio program Andernach I never heard a reference to special releases for a frigate. Here rotates in principle everything just to Kosovo and Afghanistan (Roger Thau-D, A-DX Dec 4, ibid.) New time and frequency of Radio Andernach in DRM mode from Dec 8: 1030-1230 5925 NAU 100 kW / 122 deg N/ME, ex 02-04 & 09-11 on 6110, till 1350 5925 NAU 100 kW / 122 deg N/ME, unscheduled px on Dec 10: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/12/new-time-and-frequency-of-radio.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, Dec 10, dxldyg via DXLD) ** GERMANY [and non]. "Gruss an Bord" on shortwave new frequencies Norddeutscher Rundfunk in a press release just sent these (new) frequencies for their SW transmission on 24 December 2014 Regards (Harald Kuhl, Germany, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Viz.: Presse aktuell 1905-2100 UT: FREQUENZ ZIELGEBIET 6125 Atlantik - Nord 9685 Indischer Ozean - West 9925 Atlantik/ Indischer Ozean (Südafrika) 11650 Atlantik - Süd 11800 Indischer Ozean - Ost 2105-2300 Uhr UT: FREQUENZ ZIELGEBIET 6040 Atlantik - Nord 9515 Indischer Ozean - West 9765 Indischer Ozean - Ost 9880 Atlantik - Süd 9925 Atlantik / Indischer Ozean (Südafrika) Posted by: (Harald Kuhl, Dec 5, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Note there is nothing for the Pazifik Ozean, why? Wolfgang Büschel inserts the transmitter sites: (gh, DXLD) 1905-2100 UT: FREQUENZ ZIELGEBIET 6125 Atlantik - Nord {MBR Nauen} 9685 Indischer Ozean - West {MBR Nauen} 9925 Atlantik/Indischer Ozean (Südafrika) {TDF Issoudun or Sentec AFS} 11650 Atlantik - Süd {TDF Issoudun} 11800 Indischer Ozean - Ost {ORS Moosbrunn} 2105-2300 Uhr UT: FREQUENZ ZIELGEBIET 6040 Atlantik - Nord {MBR Nauen} 9515 Indischer Ozean - West {MBR Nauen} 9765 Indischer Ozean - Ost {ORS Moosbrunn} 9880 Atlantik - Süd {TDF Issoudun} 9925 Atlantik/Indischer Ozean (Südafrika) {TDF Issoudun or Sentec AFS} NDR Hamburg "Greeting on board" program on shortwave on Dec. 24, 2014. The big NDR Xmas Eve special to Atlantic and Indian Ocean 1900-2100 on 6125 NAU 125 kW / 250 deg to North Atlantic 1900-2100 on 9685 NAU 125 kW / 130 deg to Indian Ocean West 1900-2100 on 9925 MDC 250 kW / 265 deg to Indian Ocean/SoAf 1900-2100 on 11650 ISS 250 kW / 195 deg to South Atlantic 1900-2100 on 11800 MOS 100 kW / 115 deg to Indian Ocean East 2100-2300 on 6040 NAU 125 kW / 250 deg to North Atlantic 2100-2300 on 9515 NAU 125 kW / 130 deg to Indian Ocean West 2100-2300 on 9765 MOS 100 kW / 115 deg to Indian Ocean East 2100-2300 on 9880 ISS 250 kW / 195 deg to South Atlantic 2100-2300 on 9925 MDC 250 kW / 265 deg to Indian Ocean/SoAf (DX RE MIX NEWS #884 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Dec 9, 2014, dxldyg via DXLD) ** GERMANY [non]. The Rhein-Main Radio Club RMRC of Frankfurt plans to broadcast a one-hour program about the EDXC 2014 Conference held in September in Nice, France. There will be 3 separate transmissions: Dec. 13: 2100-2200 on 11690 SIT 100 kW / 079 deg to EaAs English Dec. 15: 0000-0100 on 5015 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg to CeAm English 0000-0100 on 5850 YFR 100 kW / 355 deg to ENAm English 0000-0100 on 7455 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg to WNAm English 2100-2200 on 15770 YFR 100 kW / 044 deg to WeEu English (Ivo Ivanov, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DXLD) ** GREECE. 9935, 0300, R Makedonias m/ann with station ID followed by time pips, good (Waianakura Over.9 Trail, 7/8 November, probably Jonathan Wood, Waianakarua, New Zealand, Lowe HF-150. Various antennas, Dec NZ DX Times via DXLD) Really R. Makedonias ID? For over a year this frequency when heard has been with ERTOpen, AFAIK (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) A few days ago, Sherry Paszkiewicz reported in the Cumbre DX Facebook group that she noted Helliniki Radiophonia in English at 2010 UT on 9420 kHz. Several other DXers have also noted the occasional Spanish broadcast. This is certainly a departure from the Greek-only transmissions. Many listeners are hoping for more multi-language broadcasts from this station. Certainly, their music programs remain very popular amongst the SWL fraternity. After all the troubles with this broadcaster over the past two years, it looked like their days on shortwave were numbered. So, it's wonderful to see them still operating and putting in such a good signal from their Avlis transmitter. On December 4, I noted a program of Viennese waltzes with Greek announcements at 0603 UT on 9420 kHz (Rob Wagner blog, Vic., via ARDXC via DXLD) ** GREECE. 9420 & 9935, Dec 5 at 0122, ERTOPen is closed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUAM. 9760, 28/11 *2000, AWR, KSDA, Guam, start program with ID in English but nothing after!!! (Giampiero Bernardini, QTH: Pescia (Pistoia) Italy - RX: Winradio Excalibur Pro - ANT: 30 meters long wire, playdx yg via DXLD) Scheduled 2000-2030 ** HAWAII. NEW STATION WATCH: 1240, KEWE, HI, Kahului – New station (U1 5000/5000) reported on the air, heard by Hannu Tikkanen in Finland 11/23 and widely since then in Scandinavia, per QSL running only 1000 watts for now. Nothing yet on the FCC web site. (Thanks to Håkan Sundman via Wayne Heinen) (AM Switch, NRC DX News Dec 15 via DXLD) Some Hawaiian town names occur on more than one island, so specify which county or isle (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** HAWAII. 10000, Dec 7 at 0245-0250, I`m monitoring WWVH with propagation minute first, 0248 typhoon warning, 0249 more east Pacific weather, as PPE BRAZIL [q.v.] is also audible underneath, while WWV is JBA. I notice that there`s a glitch/snag in the WWVH time announcement every minute during the word ``hours``. Also, as often happens, immediately after the prop info, a tone cuts on for 2 or 3 seconds when it is not supposed to (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. 4860 AIR Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, subcontinental music / singer heard well above CODAR wiper signal, 0018 Dec 7 (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. 4850, AIR Kohima remains silent for their evening broadcast as of Dec. 4. 5040, AIR Jeypore, as of Dec 4, has been doing very well this past week when checking about 1330. Nice to have them back with such a good signal. 5050, Dec 2 found AIR Aizawl back on the air mixing with BBR; 1254 + 1318-1322; gone by 1332 (clearly only BBR there); 1412-1419 to find them back again (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. 4900, unidentified A.I.R. Regional at 1343 in Hindi, songs, woman with talk through 1400 - Poor Dec 7 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, listening in the my car, parked by the lake. Eton E1 with Sony AN-1 active antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) see UNIDENTIFIED [non] [WORLD OF RADIO 1751] Several stations of AIR were noted on air on MW & SW from about 2330 UTC (5.00 am IST 9 Dec 2014), 1 hour earlier than usual. This was to relay the running commentary of cricket match between India and Australia played in Australia. On SW I could get only 4910 at first (The others were in skip?). Later I could hear the commentary also on 4810, 4880, 5010 & 5040 kHz. This schedule will continue for a few days more. Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India, dx_india yg via DXLD) 4910.00, *2343-2400 9.12, AIR Jaipur Early broadcast! AIR IS, Hindi ann, "Vande Mataram hymn", Hindi talk, Indian music, 2350 Live report in Hindi from cricket match against Australia, 35233 // Bhopal 4810 (35233) (Anker Petersen, Denmark, heard on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire in Skovlunde, WB yg via DXLD) ** INDIA. 4920, Dec 8 at 1350, poor signal with YL in unknown language, 1355 some music mixing, S Asian? No timesignal across 1400, as it is fading down. As on so many 60m frequencies, we have to choose between India and China/Tibet as the two countries are unwilling to coördinate and not collide with each other, despite plenty of clear spots on the band. I`m not sure Tibet would do a timesignal at its hourtop, but India certainly would not at its hourbottom, so I am tentatively leaning toward this being AIR Chennai. With BFO it seems there is a second signal on the frequency. The only other suspect signal is 5040, which would be AIR Jeypore with nothing from China. Nothing audible vs RTTY on 4905 which would be another Tibet frequency if that area were propagating (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. 5040, AIR (Jeypore) (tentative) 1439-1500+ 3, 4, 5 Dec. Probably these guys with Bollywood movie tunes, chants (and an almost festival-style broadcast on 4 Dec.), Hindi chat. Tnx Bruce Churchill's info on their apparent reactivation (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA PL606 'barefoot', via Bob Wilkner, DXLD) ** INDONESIA. 9525.89, 28/11 1800, V. of Indonesia, Jakarta, German program news, good, low mod (Giampiero Bernardini, QTH: Pescia (Pistoia) Italy - RX: Winradio Excalibur Pro - ANT: 30 meters long wire, playdx yg via DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL INTERNET. Year-to-date US internet radio listening is up 33% --- Inside Radio December 9, 2014 Online radio’s trend line continued to head north in September with total listening up 33% compared to the start of the year, during the Monday-Friday, 6 am-8 pm daypart. Across the broader Monday-Sunday, 6 am-12 midnight daypart, there was a slightly bigger jump of 36% during the same period. September marks the first month that Triton Digital included data for all measured clients in its snapshots of overall market trends, not just the ones that appear in its monthly ranker. Nearly one third (32%) of weekday listening took place on an iOS device, followed by Android (27%) and Flash Player (9%). But there are different device preferences from city to city. Listeners on iOS devices dominated in New York, San Francisco and Chicago, while Android ruled in Los Angeles and Houston. Across all platforms, Washington, DC had the largest monthly listening increase in September, up 9.3% over August during the weekday daypart, followed by Philadelphia (8.7%), Miami (7.8%), Detroit (7%) and Portland (5.7%). http://www.insideradio.com/ Posted by: (Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) Perhaps I have misfiled this under I.I. as this info seems to assume people are listening to US ``radio`` only on their devices? (gh, DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. SSTV transmissions from the International Space Station --- December 9, 2014 SSTV on Dec 18 and 20 The Russian ARISS team members plan to activate SSTV from the ISS on Dec 18 and 20. Expected mode will be PD180 on 145.800 MHz with 3 minute off periods between transmissions. A total of 12 different photos will be sent during the operational period. Start time would be around 1420 UT on December 18 and 1240 UT on December 20. The transmissions should terminate around 2130 UT each day. Space-X 5 will be launching the same week and delays in the launch could adjust SSTV operational times. See http://ariss-sstv.blogspot.co.uk/ Per WIKI: Slow-scan television (SSTV) is a picture transmission method used mainly by amateur radio operators, to transmit and receive static pictures via radio in monochrome or color. A technical term for SSTV is narrowband television. Broadcast television requires 6 MHz wide channels, because it transmits 25 or 30 picture frames per second (in the NTSC, PAL or SECAM color systems), but SSTV usually only takes up to a maximum of 3 kHz of bandwidth. It is a much slower method of still picture transmission, usually taking from about eight seconds to a couple of minutes, depending on the mode used, to transmit one image frame. Since SSTV systems operate on voice frequencies, amateurs use it on shortwave (also known as HF by amateur radio operators), VHF and UHF radio. More at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow-scan_television Posted by: (Mike Terry, Dec 10, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. Glenn, Thank you very much your kindness. I hope we can receive something from them and our hobby will be richer and our soul will be fuller. My soul love to hear long, short and mediumwave broadcasts since my childhood. I like it very much, this hobby helped me to learn English throughout radio. It motivated me a lot. Glenn, don't you know what happened with the former Worldspace satellite operator, who broadcast radiosignals via satellite. I know it became bankrupt and I lost it completely from my radar. I don't know if their satellites Afristar, Asiastar and Latin-American one is working or not. Could you ask DXer friends if they own a former Worldspace receiver and what they hear or see? I researched a little bit myself and I found a forum from 2013 saying that only coded data channels works but no uncoded audio is available on Afristar. I have no Worldspace receiver myself here in Europe. Thanks, (Tibor Gaal, hungaroboy, via gh, DXLD) This "Afristar-LOG" I made this summer in the garden [June 09, 2014.] from the "Westbeam" [on East-beam only 12 data-channels] Now the weather here is not very good. But maybe I will check for the Christmas holidays again the status of "Afristar". =====> -------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [A-DX] LOG: Afristar-1, Westbeam Datum: Mon, 09 Jun 2014 20:01:47 +0200 Von: Roger Antwort an: liste@a-dx.at An: > liste@a-dx.at Kopie (CC): nschlammer@t-online.de mit einem: JOY EAR DAR-WA2000 BC 328 YAZMIDAT /DATA BC 603 Cii /Audio, Stereo, Channel Islam BC 621 YAZMIAUD /DATA BC 935 -ohne Label- /DATA ====================================================== Was ist YAZMI? ====> http://www.yazmi.com/ (eLearning für Afrika) - classroom server (a small and cost-effective Mini-PC with Yazmi satellite connectivity) - YAZMI ODYSSEY SATELLITE ENABLED TABLET, The Odyssey 700 is a compact, customized satellite-integrated Android® tablet with embedded educational tools and is packed with field-tested educational apps. The Odyssey 700 tablet can be recharged using electrical mains or the Yazmi low-cost solar-power charging station. Siehe auch: http://www.yazmi.com/downloads/Odyssey-700-Tablet-Manual-(ODY700A).pdf ======================================================= Was ist Cii? http://www.ciibroadcasting.com/about-us/company-profile/ http://www.ciibroadcasting.com/2014/01/24/world-space-re-tuning-guide/ http://216.246.37.52:8128 http://216.246.37.52:8128/listen.pls ======================================================= Also, es gibt ihn noch, den AFRISTAR...... (roger thauer, A-DX via DXLD) I have my WorldSpace receiver here in the UK, Channel Islam audio is still there and two data channels are there as well. I can only get a signal outside and its dark so couldn't check the names of the data channel, I'll give it another go tomorrow in the day (Stephen Cooper, ibid.) I still have a Worldspace receiver and antenna here in Sydney, Australia. I was a regular listener to their AsiaStar Satellite transmissions using my experimental outside of target area technique which you can read about on one of my old websites --- Satdirectory the free-to-air satellite directory - worldspace http://www.satdirectory.com/--worldspace.html During a recent visit to Bangalore, India, I stayed in a hotel which featured views through the window towards a gigantic neon sign flashing the words "WorldSpace Satellite Radio". Worldspace used two satellites, AsiaStar and AfriStar. These days there are no signals of any type from AsiaStar (at least received here in Sydney) however satellite tracking sites and technical directories still indicate that the satellite remains in geostationary orbit above (near) Singapore. I have seen recent discussions that educational multimedia data transmissions (not Worldspace audio though) are being transmitted from the AfriStar ex Worldspace satellite to Africa. At Worldspace's peak I visited their studio in Bangalore and I also visited their office in Chennai. At that time they had sales shops in shopping malls in Indian cities that were squarely targeted at attracting the massive middle class demographic in India. At this time IT and other new industries saw people in their 20's earning massively more income than their parents could ever dreamed of - hence a subscription to Worldspace was very attractive sign of status for young professionals. Also at the time (early in the new 21st century) FM radio in India was not fully developed. This article in the Hindu discusses the closing of the Bangalore studio in 2009.... No more space for WorldSpace http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/no-more-space-for-worldspace/article70539.ece At the NASWA Winter SWL Fest in Philadelphia (Feb 2015) I will be presenting a talk "Monitoring Dusty War Zones and Tropical Paradises - Being a Broadcast Anthropologist" which covers Worldspace, their reception and studio visit. However the Worldspace topic will be discussed for only about 3 minutes of the 60 minute long presentation. I have many, many recordings (hours long) of the Worldspace stations in studio quality, which I for a long time have intended to put up on SoundCloud. So this during this Christmas / New Year break I will actually post the files instead of just thinking about it! Cheers, Behind The Curtain http://www.behindthecurtain.asia/ (Mark Fahey, Sydney NSW, ibid.) Worldspace successor Yazmi was recently in the news (as generated by a press release) ... http://www.newtec.eu/article/release/world-s-first-satellite-powered-tablet-to-use-newtec-technology-for-e-learning The website is ... http://www.yazmi.com/ (Kim Elliott, ibid.) ** IRAN [and non]. 9895, Dec 7 at 0251, Qur`an, poor signal with flutter, but good, clear modulation, unlike Cairo on 9905 et al. This is per Aoki, VIRI`s ``Al Quds TV`` service in Arabic for ``Palestine`` at 0230-0530, 500 kW, 289 degrees from Zahedan. 9710, Dec 7 at 0320, RHC in clear with no CCI, while VIRI is good on 7325 with IS before English ``Voice of Justice`` to North America. // 9710 cuts on late at *0321 now causing heavy CCI to RHC making both unusable. 13820, Dec 7 at 0638, fair signal but talk is just barely modulated. Per Aoki this is: VIRI Albanian, 0620-0720, 289 degrees, 500 kW from Kamalabad (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRELAND & IRELAND NORTHERN. Hi Glenn! Some church logs. IRELAND / NORTHERN IRELAND Sunday Nov 30 / 0900-1230 UT 27395, St. Nicholas´ Church Killavullen, Co. Cork, IRL 27641, Our Lady of the Rosary Church Limerick, Co. Limerick, IRL 27771, Holy Trinity Church Banbrige Co. Down (Church of Ireland), G 27851, Church of Our Mother of Divine Grace Ballygall, Dublin 11, IRL 27861, St. Colmcille´s Church Holywood, Co. Down, G Tuesday Dec 2 / 1100 UT 27681, St. Molleran´s Church Carrickbeg, Co. Tipperary, IRL Friday Dec 5 / 1100-1230 UT 27601, St. Michael´s Church Potahee, Co. Cavan, IRL 27601, Our Lady of Good Counsel Church Drimnagh, Dublin 12, IRL 27971, Church of St. Trea Newbridge, Co. Antrim, G Saturday Dec 6 / 1000-1100 UT 27611, Good Shepherd Church Belfast, G 27731, Holy Trinity Church Belfast, G 27831, St. Agnes´ Church Belfast, G Sunday Dec 7 / 1100 UT 27515, Church of the Immaculate Conception Rathcormac, Co. Cork, IRL Monday Dec 8 / 1310 UT 27631, Church of the Assumption Tullamore, Co. Offaly, IRL 73, (Patrick Robic, Austria, Dec 8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN. 5910, Dec 4 at 1340, Sea Breeze fair signal, reconfirmed in English on Thursday discussing, what else? North Korea (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN. 9625, NHK World / R Japan, 12/3, 1015. Focus on Japan, M and W cohosts, asking for listener letters revealing how Radio Japan has affected or changed their lives in any way. Fair/good (Rick Barton, El Mirage, Arizona, Grundig Satellit 750, random wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) [non]. 13725, Dec 5 at 1459 sounds like a hymn maybe in Russian until timesignal and 1500*, but must have been listed NHK in Persian via FRANCE (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KALININGRAD. Bolshakovo 1215 kHz off --- This according to the enclosed report. It's indeed gone; when just checking I found only the remaining fainter mess with a howl from the Absolute Radio synchros hetting against the off-channel Fllaka transmitter. Looks as if they terminated it effective Dec 1. I suspect Bolshakovo could be hereby off for good. Weiß jemand, was mit "Vesti FM" auf 1215 kHz (aus Bolshakovo) passiert ist? Seit ein paar Tagen empfange ich da (sogar tagsüber!) nur Absolute Radio aus GB. RX: Grundig Satellit 3000 73 (Arne -- QTH: Berlin RX: AOR AR7030PLUS, ANT: selbstgebaute Breitband-Loop, A-DX via Kai Ludwig, Dec 6, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH. 11735, Dec 7 at 0634, classical piano concerto, fair signal during the French hour of VOK on 28 degree antenna with 200 kW USward; this frequency scheduled 03-09 with hours in Spanish, English, Spanish, French, Russian, Russian per Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. 7590, North Korea Reform Radio (Tashkent), 1523- 1530* 3, 5 Dec. Korean chat, close/down info with website ("w-w-w-n-k- r-e-f-o-r-m...") and possible sked. Not loud but fairly clear (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA PL606 'barefoot' via Bob Wilkner, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH. 4557, Voice Of The People, 12/2, 1115. Monologue with M in Korean and over both DPRK jammer and "the swooper". Good in spite of all the QRM (Rick Barton, El Mirage, Arizona, Grundig Satellit 750, random wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KURDISTAN [non]. BULGARIA, Short test broadcast of Denge Kurdistan via Secretbrod on Dec 8 1145-1155 9465 SOF 100 kW / 126 deg WeAs test tone and open carrier 1155-1200 9465 SOF 100 kW / 126 deg WeAs Kurdish // 9400 KCH, weak. from 1200 9465 SOF 100 kW / 126 deg WeAs Secretbrod is off. Videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/12/short-test-broadcast-of-denge-kurdistan.html Another test broadcasts of Denge Kurdistan via Secretbrod on Dec 3 till-1500 9465 SOF 100 kW / 126 deg WeAs Kurdish // 9400 KCH, not confirmed 1500-1600 9465 SOF 100 kW / 126 deg WeAs Kurdish // 9400 KCH, QRM TWR 9470 1600-1700 9465 SOF 100 kW / 126 deg WeAs Kurdish // 9400 ISS. Three videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/12/another-test-broadcasts-of-denge.html The previous test was on Nov 28 1600-2000 on same frequency and may be found here: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/11/test-broadcasts-of-denge-kurdistan-via.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #884 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Dec 9, 2014, dxldyg via DXLD) BULGARIA, Short test broadcast of Denge Kurdistan via Secretbrod Dec 8 1145-1155 9465 SOF 100 kW / 126 deg to WeAs test tone and open carrier 1155-1200 9465 SOF 100 kW / 126 deg to WeAs Kurdish // 9400 KCH, weak. from 1200 9465 SOF 100 kW / 126 deg to WeAs Secretbrod is off. Videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/12/short-test-broadcast-of-denge-kurdistan.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Dec 8, dxldyg via DXLD) ** KYRGYZSTAN. NB: 4819.95, 0220-0235 6.12, Kyrgyz R 1, Krasnaya Rechka, Bishkek. Kyrgyz talk and song - rarely reported, ex 4795, most times covered by Xizang and AIR Kolkata which both had faded out at this late hour! 35232 // 4010 (45333) (Anker Petersen, what I recently heard in Skovlunde, Denmark, on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, WB yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DXLD) ** LIBERIA. 4760, 28/11 2220, ELWA, Monrovia, English, religious talks & songs, fair (Giampiero Bernardini, QTH: Pescia (Pistoia) Italy - RX: Winradio Excalibur Pro - ANT: 30 meters long wire, playdx yg via DXLD) 6050, ELWA, The UNID. I noted on 1 December turned out to indeed be ELWA. Found it // 4760 at 2154 with end of English religious program. 2156 nice simple English echo ID by M (a little too heavy on the echo), then into "Oh Holy Night", and continuing with more music. Fairly good signal. Thanks to John Herkimer for suggesting this might be ELWA at the first reception. video can be found at http://youtu.be/b1LTKjBt-QQ (6 Dec.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA 15930, Perseus SDR, 153 foot Delta Loop, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DXLD) [and non] Yes correct, heard here in southern Germany, some chimes and bells on both 6050 and 4760 reported as ELWA, at 2345-2347 UT Dec 6th. Lhasa Baiding Chinese is on top on 6050 kHz, but 4760 channel is clear the whole evening (Wolfgang Büschel, WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6050, Dec 6, 2346, ELWA. Also heard here in southern Sweden // 4760 with "Silent Night". A bit stronger signal on 6050 but disturbed by Lhasa on the same frequency (Thomas Nilsson, Ängelholm, Sweden, SW Bulletin Dec 7 via DXLD) ** LUXEMBOURG. After reading the story the other day about 1440 kHz, I have struggled to find info of the actual date that 1440 kHz will go silent. The original stop date was I thought, 30 December 2014. Can someone please confirm the schedule of the frequency is: 0250-0600 UT: RTL Radio Der Besten Hits Alle Zeiten; 0600-1100 UT: Radio China International (in German); 1100-1800 UT: RTL Radio Der Besten Hits Alle Zeiten; 1800-2300 UT: Radio China International (in German); 2300-0250 UT: off air Is this schedule correct? Also, what power is currently in use at Marnach on this frequency at different times of the day? Also, can someone please tell me what is the situation about 234 kHz from Junglinster (the French service), or is it from another site now - please can you confirm ERP for that (James Robinson via Mediumwave.info via Nov MW News via DXLD) RTL French 234 kHz service is broadcast from the Beidweiler site since 1974. http://www.reporterrtl.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45&Itemid (Frédéric Vaillant, ibid.) ** MACAU. Fwd: Request info on whether Radio Vila Verde on 738 AM is operational ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Tony Magon Date: Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 11:53 PM To: Mailbox of DRP Hi, Thank you for your reply. This now seems to confirm to me that the station probably is off the air. I will contact Government Information Macau via email to try and finally confirm this. Thanks once again Regards, Tony Magon On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 5:56 PM, Mailbox of DRP wrote: Dear Tony Magon, Greetings from Macau and thank you for traveling in here! Regarding your query, we have tried to contact the Radio Vila Verde, but no one picks up the call. And according to the information from Government Information Macau (GCS), the Radio Vila Verde is registered until next July, but whether transmitting or not depends on the radio company. The official webpage of Radio Vila Verde does provide radio on air, however there is no sound/ no signal as hearing it. For your information, please visit the webpage of Radio Vila Verde: http://www.am738.com/ More information about the radio stations in Macau, kindly contact the Government Information Macau (GCS): - By Telephone at (853) 2833 2886 - By E-mail to: info@gcs.gov.mo - In writing to the Director of Government Information Bureau, Avenida da Praia Grande, nos. 762-804, Edif. China Plaza, 15.º Andar, Macau - By fax to the Director of Government Information Bureau at (853) 2835 5426 Best regards, Public Relations Division Macau Government Tourist Office Alameda Dr. Carlos d'Assumpcao, no. 335-341, Edf. "Hot Line", 13 andar, Macau Tel: (853) 2831 5566 Fax: (853) 2837 2270 ____________________________________________ Touching Moments - Experience Macau MGTO Website: http://www.macautourism.gov.mo From: Tony Magon Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2014 5:12 PM To: Mailbox of MGTO Hi, I recently visited Macau earlier this month for the day via Zhouhai. I am a keen long distance mediumwave radio listener. I tried to listen to Radio Vila Verde on 738 AM which is apparently located at the horse racing track at Taipa, but I could not hear it. I have sent two emails to two of their email addresses, but the emails bounced. I presume that the radio station is no longer transmitting. I heard TDM Radio (Radio Macau) on FM in Portuguese and Cantonese OK. I think in the past Radio Vila Verde was off the air for a while a number of years ago. If possible could you try and find out whether the station is coming back on the air or if they have permanently ceased broadcasting. I was impressed with the wifi system when I was there. I was sitting by the fountain near Mannings, and checking my emails while I was waiting for my wife to return after her bit of sightseeing up the hill where the gun is. I would very much appreciate a response to this email if possible. Best Regards Tony Magon, Sydney AUSTRALIA (via Tony Magon, Dec 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALAYSIA. 6050 Salam FM (via RTM-Kajang) 1504-1508* 4 Dec. A rare day they stayed on past 1500. Malay commentary on Qur'an, Salam FM jingles, a bit of recitation & off mid-chat (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA PL606 'barefoot', via Bob Wilkner, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9835, Sarawak FM at 1313 with Malay and English pop and soft jazz music - Fair with splatter Dec 7 Sellers-BC 11665, Wai FM at 1316 in Malay, male DJ with pop songs, mention of Malaysia at 1326 - Fair Dec 7 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, listening in the my car, parked by the lake. Eton E1 with Sony AN-1 active antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11665, Wai FM; 1113-1131+, 7-Dec; M in LL [unknown language] taking phone call; LL & English pop tunes including Jim Reeves' I'll Have a Blue Xmas. ID at BoH into news. SIO=333, LSB helped with 11670 splash (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Brighton MI, Drake R8B + 85' TTFD + 500' unterminated bev, dogleg E-N, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALI. 9635, Radio Mali, Bamako, 1200-1215, Dec 07, música de sintonía, noticias y comentarios, francés. 14321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, España, Escucha en Friol, Tecsun PL-880, antena de cable, 8 metros, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 610, Dec 5 at 1312, Radio Viva ID, federal PSAs, 1216 mentions Culiacán, loops SW. So the usual XEGS Guasave, Sinaloa, using the Chávez group slogan not appearing in the listings, but here: http://www.chavezradiocast.com/?page_id=433 At this time probably // 650 XETNT. Some CCI from another 610 SS further east, probably XEBX Sabinas, Coahuila. Can`t say I`ve ever heard the official name of XEGS, ``La Ley`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO [and non]. 660, Dec 5 at 1321 romantic music in Spanish, loops SW (and no sign of KTNN, not cheating today tho KHAC 880 is in); 1324 timecheck for 6:23, then 6:24 and temp as 7C, vals music; 1327 another break with 6:27 TC, temp down to 6, another song; some CCI perhaps Monterrey, but this is certainly the only UT-7 station, XEACB, Ciudad Delicias, Chihuahua, 3/1 kW, ``La Lupe`` and IRCA lists format as ROM. By 1337 UT, KSKY is overtaking, as it just sunrose at 1330 UT from 700 to 20000 watts, both with a minor lobe right at us. 660, Dec 6 at 0700, Chihuahua anthem is playing, which is all we need to log it again as XEACB, Ciudad Delicias. Makes slow SAH with something, probably KSKY Dallas, which I can hear sloganing ``The Answer`` by nulling the XE (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 710.0, Dec 5 at 1339, string of federal PSAs including one in an indigenous language, Chihuahua mentioned and then Cuauhtémoc too, i.e. XEDP. Lower XEs have started to fade out by now, and this one will soon with our sunrise at 1328 UT. XEDP Dec and Jan sunrise is 1400 UT. FCC AM Query includes Mexicans; I rarely check it for them, but I decide to this time: Strangely, they have three different XEDPs: facility 101134 as 5/0.1 kW at 28-30-00 N, 106-55-02 W; XEDP1, facility 122766/122767 at the same coordinates but 7/0.25 kW; and a second site for plain old XEDP with 7/0.25 kW at 28-25-04, 106-48-22. Note these are a considerable distance apart, and could also explain sometimes way off-frequency to the lo side, and sometimes not (like today, no het on KCMO et al. at all) (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. Andrew Brade is staying for a few days with me in Clashmore and spotted a Mexican on-channel at 0900 this morning. After some head-scratching, investigation, and checking of two weak IDs (including ``Q 9-40``) we are confident that it`s XEQ. A close-in look shows two carriers, one on 940.00 and the other on 940.01 kHz --- it`s not clear which belongs to XEQ, but it seems to have moved from 939.873 kHz. 73, (Martin A Hall, Clashmore, Scotland. Perseus SDR, RPA-1 preamp, MFJ-1026 phaser (modified), beverages: 380m at 37 degrees, 460m at 236 degrees, 490m at 276 degrees, 700m at 342 degrees, all terminated. http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/clashmoreradio/ Nov 30, MWCircle yg via DXLD) ** MEXICO. 1030, Dec 4 at 1256, looping roughly east-west, full ID for Radio Fórmula, XERFR, 970 in México DF, i.e. flagship of far-flung network in the US of M and the US of A --- at first I wonder if it could be the 50 kW SS in Memphis TN, but it`s still supposedly its own Radio Ambiente. No, it must be the only real XE Fórmula affiliate on 1030, per Cantú: ``1030 XEYC Radio Fórmula Cd. Juárez, Chih. 5000 500`` IRCA Mexican Log agrees except power as 1000/1000. WRTH 2014 went with 5000/500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 1510, Dec 10 at 0228, recitation with music background, outroed as ``barras de Carranza`` with audience approval, then a real song as signal fades vs WLAC. Had looped toward Monterrey so again assuming it`s XEQI as I still await a definite ID (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. [DIGITAL TV TRANSITION] It begins: Reynosa. Matamoros. Nuevo Laredo. January 14. http://www.ift.org.mx/iftweb/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/COMUNICADO-IFT-67.pdf These two markets have hit the 90% of low-resource homes threshold. Glad to see the IFT is advising people to look at their antenna setups, because there are going to be many people in Mexico (not so much up by the border but certainly further into the country) needing UHF-friendly antennas. As this process goes on keep in mind that one of the requisites is that every station is broadcasting in digital. There are going to be many, many new digital television stations signing on in the next nine months. As I have said before, do not expect any transitions from April-June (elections) but I do think we will see more cities going through to March (Raymie Humbert, AZ, Raymie`s Mexico Beat Dec 10, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) This concerns on lo-band TV, XEFE-2 in Nuevo Laredo and XHRIO-2 in Matamoros ---- goodbye! Maybe some sporadic E one last time before then (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MOLDOVA. MEMOIRS OF MOLDAVIAN GOSTELERADIO'S CHAIRMAN, S. LOZAN Those who can fluently read Russian are strongly recommended to familiarize themselves with the life story of Stepan Lozan, the head of the Moldavian Gosteleradio (1967-1989). A breathtaking read, indeed. Quite remarkable and authoritative personality, to say the least: http://www.proza.ru/2014/09/09/1167 Posted by: (Leo Barmaleo, Dec 8, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MONGOLIA. 4830, 28/11 2344, Mongolian R. 1, music, talks, fair (Giampiero Bernardini, QTH: Pescia (Pistoia) Italy - RX: Winradio Excalibur Pro - ANT: 30 meters long wire, playdx yg via DXLD) 4895.00, 2315-2325 5.12, Mongoliin [sic] R, Murun. Mongolian ann, classical folkmusic 25232. 4830 not heard (Anker Petersen, what I recently heard in Skovlunde, Denmark, on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, WB yg via DXLD) 7260.00, 1435-1500* 10.12, Mongoliin [sic] R 2, Khonkhor. Mongolian ann, folksongs, 1458 National Anthem, 35333 (Anker Petersen, Denmark, heard on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire in Skovlunde, WB yg via DXLD) ** MOROCCO. Radio Mediterranée, Medi 1 is not on air from the couple of days: 0000-2400 on 9575 NAD 250 kW / 110 deg to NoAf. My last recording on Dec 1: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/12/radio-mediterranee-medi-1-is-not-on-air.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #884 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Dec 9, 2014, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DXLD) I also noticed this hole in the band (gh, DXLD) ** MYANMAR. 5985.265v, 28/11 [no time], Padauk Myay R. (presumed), Myanmar, talks, better USB (Giampiero Bernardini, QTH: Pescia (Pistoia) Italy - RX: Winradio Excalibur Pro - ANT: 30 meters long wire, playdx yg via DXLD) 5985.26, 2350-2400 5.12, Myanma R, Yegu, Yangon. Bamar ann, folkmusic, man and woman talking 34433 (Anker Petersen, what I recently heard in Skovlunde, Denmark, on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, WB yg via DXLD) 5985.2, Myanmar Radio at 1310-1330 in Burmese with traditional music and female announcer, bells prior to 1330, mentions of Myanmar, so possibly news - Dec 7 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, listening in the my car, parked by the lake. Eton E1 with Sony AN-1 active antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) On Dec 8th and 10th heard here in D. and also in Sri Lanka and Sydney remote units the odd frequency from warm up? 5985.238 Rangoon Yegu on 8th at 1130 UT, 5985.248 by Mauno at 1400 UT, today Dec 10 at 16.50 UT on 5985.251 kHz ahead of co-channel (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) RE: DXLD 14-49: "Are the Myanmarianese still alternating transmitters, sometimes on 5985.0 even? (Glenn Hauser, OK)." 5985.00, Myanmar Radio on Dec 10 at 1328 with often heard singing station ID jingle; nice chimes; good signal; also noted weak signal on 5985.23, so seemed that BOTH transmitters were on at the same time, which has also been noted in the past. ID jingle gives "kilohertz" frequencies and says ".?. town radio." Audio at https://app.box.com/s/j1mobzmphc416o3buupc (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6165, Thazin Radio via Pyin Oo Lwin, 1446, Dec 1. Usual Monday program "Myanmar Festivals"; CNR6 QRM, but small bits could be heard (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6165.00, 2340-2350 5.12, Thazin R, Pyin U Lwin. Chin announcer talking, frequent interludes of instrumental pop music, song 34433 (Anker Petersen, what I recently heard in Skovlunde, Denmark, on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, WB yg via DXLD) ** NAVASSA ISLAND. Date: 4 December 2014 Press Release: K1N Navassa Island DXpedition From: KP1-5 Project The KP1-5 Project and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service have been working together on preparations for our joint 14 day visit to Navassa Island NWR. Although the actual dates may still vary, it now appears we will begin transport to the Island during the last week of January 2015. Our container of equipment and supplies will depart late in December enroute to our helicopter staging area. All of our equipment is being assembled, tested and packed. We have visited and contracted with the largest helicopter operations group in the Caribbean to transfer personnel and equipment to the island. Our window of opportunity, dictated by USFWS, is during the period of least bird nesting. But it is also the time of the most treacherous seas, making a safe sea landing of all our equipment and people all but impossible. The famous "ladder" used to access the island at Lulu Bay was removed when the U.S. Coast Guard turned administration over to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. For safety reasons, the USFWS uses helicopter transport to the island and we will too. Consequently, and as one might expect, the costs of this DXpedition are quite high. The team has contributed approximately half of the total cost. Foundations such as NCDXF and INDEXA have been very generous, as have a number of DX Clubs and individuals, and for this generosity, we are deeply grateful! The particulars of this DXpedition require more "up front" payments than most DXpeditions and we have a "cash flow timing" situation that needs to be addressed. The helicopter contractual agreement requires all charter costs to be paid prior to the conclusion of the project. Many older hams need a mode or band fill from Navassa, but an entire generation has grown up without Navassa being on the air. Hence, it has risen to the #1 Most Wanted on the ClubLog list. If you need Navassa for an all-time new one (ATNO), or for a particular band or mode, we could use your financial help. If you plan to help support the DXpedition, we ask that you do so now, not later. We have an excellent team of fifteen operators who will be manning eight stations 24 hours/day, dedicated to giving out as many contacts as possible over the two week period. Your generous financial gift will help insure a most successful DXpedition for all! Please visit http://www.navassadx.com for details. For the KP1-5 Project, Bob Allphin, K4UEE, president Glenn Johnson, W0GJ, vice president Mike Thomas, NA5U, secretary (via ICPO I.C.P.O. Bulletin (05-12 December 2014) "Islands, Castles & Portable Operations", ODXA yg via DXLD) Photos have been posted on December 6th on the Navassa Web site of the K1N team's inventory, testing and shipping preparations at: http://69.89.25.185/~trexsoft/t-rexsoftware.com/k1n/photos.htm (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1192, December 8, 2014, Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW, Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio), via Dave Raycroft, ODXA yg via DXLD) ** NEW ZEALAND. 6224-USB, ZLM Taupo Radio, 1230-1233, weather information 3 December (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, Icom 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEW ZEALAND. 9700, Dec 8 at 0609, surprised to hear song in English rather than music in Turkish from usual VOT which is on here almost until 0700 but now left to make only a SAH with the stronger signal. I suspect it`s RNZI on wrong frequency, instead of 11725 --- NO, it`s // 11725, as BOTH transmitters are in AM mode, very unusual. 0610 goes on to interview a BBC guy about some stupid ballgame. Other TRT frequency 9820 aimed elsewhere is only a het. At 0400-0651 M-F, RNZI is scheduled for a break in DRM between 17675 and 11690, so the second transmitter would be idle --- but putting it on Turkey`s frequency is NOT a good idea --- another SNAFU? By next check circa 1330, RNZI is on proper 5950, not 9700 which it has also been caught before misusing during that period (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DX LISTENING DIGEST) No signal from Radio New Zealand International on Dec 10: from 0500 on 11725 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg to All Pacific AM mode from 0800 on 9765 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg to All Pacific AM mode. Full B-14 is here http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/12/no-signal-from-radio-new-zealand.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DXLD) I also noted no signal on 11725 circa my usual 0630 check Dec 10, but this time did not non-log it; propagation was not very good either. At least they were not on 9700 again (gh, WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DXLD) ** NICARAGUA. UNIDENTIFIED. 8989/USB, El Buen Pescador, Nicaragua (presumed); 2301-2302:58*, 5-Dec; Spanish preacher to "La Palabra de Señor... Cristo" & off. SIO=2+53- (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Brighton MI, Drake R8B + 85' TTFD + 500' unterminated bev, dogleg E-N, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA. 6089.86, 28/11 2240, R. Nigeria, Kaduna, talks mentioning Kaduna & Nigeria, Good (Giampiero Bernardini, QTH: Pescia (Pistoia) Italy - RX: Winradio Excalibur Pro - ANT: 30 meters long wire, playdx yg via DXLD) ** NIGERIA. 9689.92, 28/11 *2000, Voice of Nigeria, start program Hausa, IDs, www address, fair (Giampiero Bernardini, QTH: Pescia (Pistoia) Italy - RX: Winradio Excalibur Pro - ANT: 30 meters long wire, playdx yg via DXLD) ** NORTH AMERICA. *** 3843 Patriot Group *** 3843-LSB, 10-30-14, 0500 UT, good sig good audio but bad program, 2 religious rock tunes in minor chords, then much back and forth consisting of far "right" lunatic fringe talk with other hams, not exactly a pirate as we would call it but not exactly legal either (Bill Hassig, Mount Prospect IL, Free Radio Weekly Dec 6 via WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DXLD) not 3848 ** NORTH AMERICA. Re DXLD 14-44: ``6925-USB, Oct 25 at 0034, poor pirate signal with variety of music, beeps, dramatization of something, mentions radiation level; 0040 overridden by CW sending V`s and then SALLO--- something a few times. Pirate had stopped by 0046. This thread http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,19060.0.html says it was Rave On Radio about a zombie attack (ahem, we`re still a week from Hallowe`en, when there should be a lot more pirate activity, plus WBCQ) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)`` Thanks for the reception report and thanks for listening!!! We hope that you liked our creepy show, (Everyone at Rave On Radio, Dec 7, to gh, with an e-qsl jpg attached, via DX LISTENING DIGEST) [Illustrated QSL with text reading]: RAVE ON RADIO 6925 USB We sure hope that we creeped you out!! Broadcasting from a studio in the woods to: Glenn Hauser Broadcast Date: October 25, 2014 Broadcast Time: 0028-0045 UTC http://www.w4uvh.net/RaveOnQSL265ghauser.jpg (via DXLD) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6280-AM, "radio station YHWH" (religious pirate), 0255-0410*, Dec 4. Tuned into the usual theme music/song (just missed sign on!); started fair, but quickly faded down to very poor. He really likes this frequency now (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re: YHWH - "Josiah" at the mike --- 6280-AM, "radio station YHWH" (religious pirate), *0257-0409*, Dec 9. On with usual theme music/song; ID and reads a letter; fair to good reception; 0359 - "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 . . .," but actually was a recording, not live, as I have heard the same thing before. [cf log on 5950, Nov 12] Heard daily now on this frequency, during this time period. Audio of intro letter - https://app.box.com/s/jbtz8kyy7alppwlhqvrb (Ron Howard, listening at Asilomar State Beach, California, Howard, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. YHWH: 6280/AM, 0317-0402+, 6-Dec; Ragging on Christians, "YHWH...broadcasting from the West Coast of North America" SIO=1+52+ at best. 11595/AM, 0107-0117+, 7-Dec; Usual anti-Christian stuff; "Satan will come in the guise [of] Jesus Christ"; also used a Hauserism! "ingathering"; 0115 went into the 10 Commandments of Yahweh (I've heard this bit before). SIO=343 with trill QRM (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Brighton MI, Drake R8B + 85' TTFD + 500' unterminated bev, dogleg E-N, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) Thank you very much, but I don`t recall ever using that particular word, and neither does a Google search of http://www.w4uvh.net However, Amazon has one book to sell by that name (gh, DXLD) ** NORTH AMERICA. Old Time Radio Station – 6770 --- After being in the 90-meter band for a while, it has returned to 6770 and the audio is better and the signal seems stronger as well. Some speculate it might be located in southern Ontario. We need to find someone in ground wave signal range, pinning the S meter 24-7 to help track it down. If anyone can hear this loud and clear at all hours of the day, let me know! (Chris Lobdell, Free Radio Scene, Dec CIDX Messenger via DXLD) Old Radio Program Station, all 6769.9 AM: 2211, 5-Dec; Our Miss Brooks episode. SIO=252, cleanest in LSB 2033-2100+, 6-Dec; Hopalong Cassidy episode to 2056 big band music to 2100 into Lone Ranger episode. O=3 peaks but very fady 0131-0146+, 7-Dec; Jack Benny show with Don, Mary, Dennis and Rochester; song by Dennis Day with Phil Harris Band. SIO=353 1056, 7-Dec; End of The Hauting Houe [sic; Haunting House??] into big band music to 1100 into The Keeper of the Book. SIO=253 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Brighton MI, Drake R8B + 85' TTFD + 500' unterminated bev, dogleg E-N, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3200-, AM, Dec 7 at 0302, old time radio show fading up and down, mostly down, slightly on the lo side, and with running-water QRM at 0313. This is a good spot to be noticed, halfway between WWRB and WWCR. There are *no* logs of this one now on HF Underground. 6770 AM, Dec 7 at 0322 there is algo very weak here, another hangout of OTR pirate, and is 3200 off now? No, that seems still on too. No current logs of 3200 on Free Radio Café either, but one of 6770 at http://freeradiocafe.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5026 by Oly, at 0140 Dec 7 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, For a while this evening, there was a second "Old Time Radio" pirate on 6784.3 kHz AM: http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,19790.0.html While this was on, I was also hearing the original OTR on 6770, and the programming was different (Chris Smolinski, Black Cat Systems, http://www.blackcatsystems.com 0133 UT Dec 10, WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6950.02-LSB, Dec 7 at 0225, pirate music, 0226 the song is in Spanish. No carrier, and I am getting clearest sound about 20-25 Hz on the hi side per PL-880 tuning which however may not be calibrated exactly. At 0230 abrupt announcement, part of it missed, ``--- Radio, transmitting in LSB, the --- of modes``. Many more logs of it here: http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,19758.0.html as Pesky Party Radio, LSB being ``the fishiest of modes``. Retune 0254 just in time to hear sign off, ``This is ---- Radio, goodbye and thanks for all the fish``, then another song until 0256*. Signal was generally good & sufficient, but as I was bandscanning on the other radio I never could understand the ID myself when it popped on unexpectedly; and only given once in each break (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. Howdy Gents: Still lots of pirate activity to be heard! WRRI-Random Radio, 6928 LSB, 2237-2246, 11-29-14, SIO: 343. Talking by OM announcer about music in 1940, Big Band tunes including "You May Not Love Me" by Gene Krupa, a Stan Kenton tune was played at 2246. Radio Free Whatever, 6945 USB, 0015-0057+, 11-30-14, SIO: 454. DJ Dick Weed and his assistant Stavin with a show of mainstream and alternative rock; entertaining as always. Tunes by Robert Delong, Nada Surf, Collide, Foo Fighters, etc. Canned ID: "go ahead, smoke a cigarette and pour yourself another shot of vodka; this is Radio Free Whatever" WRR-Whiskey Redneck Radio, 6940 USB, 0140-0220*, 12-01-14, SIO: 343. ID by OM announcer, "another day, another dollar, let's get it on!". Played "Fortunate Son" by Creedence. XLR8, 6950 USB, 0028-0111*, 12-04-14, SIO: 232. Program of unusual instrumental music which Shazam could not ID, brief terse IDs "XLR8" by OM. YHWH-Yaweh, 6280 AM, 0330-0410*, 12-04-14, SIO: 132. Usual talk about Babylonian scrolls, animal sacrifices, etc., by OM announcer. Instrumental music 0408 before sign off. I missed the "I Love You" ID. About 40% readable. TCS-The Crystal Ship, 6925 AM, 0050-0219*, 12-05-14, SIO: 444. Nice AM signal with The Poet playing rock standards, Judas Priest, Steely Dan, a little Monty Python mixed in for good measure (Chris Lobdell, Box 80146, Stoneham, MA 02180 USA, Receivers: Eton E1, JRC NRD-545; Aerials: G5RV, 40 Meter Dipole, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORWAY. Svenn Martinsen just wrote on the WRTH Facebook group: LKB LLE Bergen Broadcasting is on the air with test transmissions on 5895 kHz USB until 0600 UT tomorrow morning. We are also on the air on 103.8 MHz FM. Reports to report@bergenkringkaster.no (Mike Terry, Dec 4, dxldyg via DXLD) I am hearing their call letters in modulated CW quite clearly under an unID broadcast in a Slavic sounding language. The broadcast station has an excellent, strong signal. No sideband fading or QRM. I do not hear any other modulation other than the MCW repeated. This is audible on consumer sets such as a Sony SW-11 and 1955 valve Grundig, as well as my DX equipment. This at 1905-1910 UTC 04 December in County Limerick, Ireland. The email address you list for them does not seem to work. At 2000 UT on 5895 the Slavic station is now gone. Modulation and MCW signals heard fine here in Limerick on all manner of receivers. Are they really running only 50 watts? Amazing signal if so. Brock CORRECTION -- I see with the Slavic language station gone, the code on LLE/LKB is CW not MCW. Both being sent in USB (Brock Whaley, Ireland, Dec 4, DX LISTENING DIGEST) The Slavic station would be RFI in Russian, 500 kW from Issoudun at 19-20 only, the only CCI hour on schedules for 5895. Is LKB LLE going to get around to program broadcasting on AM? Why the two callsigns? Beware some typoed reports of this as 5985 (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** OKLAHOMA. 1240, KOKL, Okmulgee – 11/7 1830 [EST = 2330 UT] – Oldies and IDs as “1240 The Brew” with mix of oldies from the 50s, 60s and 70s (John Reed, KA5QEP, Ponca City, OK, NRC DX News Dec 15 via DXLD) ** OKLAHOMA. 1460, KZUE, OK, El Reno – 11/26 2000 [EST = 0100 UT 11/27] – "La Tremenda" slogan and legal ID by man: "This is KZUE 1460 AM El Reno, Oklahoma," followed by news from Canal Continental de Noticias. Fair peaks but usually under the QRM. Supposed to be a daytimer but this was at least 90 minutes past their sunset (John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge, CO. Drake R-8, 4-foot box loop, NRC DX News Dec 15 via DXLD) ** OKLAHOMA. Some Indian Radio Programs Chickasaw Community Radio, KCNP 89.5 FM [KCNP ADA OK, 5.8 kW, 177 m AAT, 34.4101/96.4544 -- WTFDA FM Database] Indians for Indians, Saturdays 10 am [16 UT] on KACO 98.5 FM Kiowa Voices, Sundays 12 noon [18 UT] on KACO 98.5 FM Music and more form the Kiowa and area tribes [KACO: 98.5 APACHE OK, 18.5 kW, 93 meters AAT, 34.5630/98.2233, SUPER STAR COUNTRY 98.5 FM, CLASSIC COUNTRY --- WTFDA database. Apache is between Lawton and Anadarko --- gh from WTFDA FM Database] Seminole Nation Weekly Radio Show Live on Tuesdays 11 am [17 UT] on KWSH 1260 AM [1/1 kW U2, Wewoka OK] WWW: Eye on NDN-Country with dg smalling Saturdays 9 am [15 UT] on http://www.thespyfm.com Tribal Scene Radio Fridays 8 am [if CST, then 14 UT] live on http://www.kbga.org Conversations with host Jodi Rave [not a real radio station in the FM database, but website claims KBGA 89.9 FM in Missoula, College Radio at University of Montana, so part- 15? with a daytime program in Russian, google-transliterated as: remontnaya masterskaya malen'kaya krasnaya telezhka and translated as: repair shop a little red truck As for its schedule, Friday at 7-9 am [MST] shows instead `Greeting the Sun` with KickingWoman] (Dreamcatcher, Nov 14 issue [slick magazine promoting Indian affairs, primarily casinos], picked up at Enid`s newest hotel`s info rack, via Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 89.5 WFM, Dec 9 circa 0135 UT we drive by the location where last few years ``singing Xmas trees`` have performed during the season, oil well lot in the NE corner of West Oak and North Cleveland in Enid --- and there they are. Approaching while tuned to 89.5, we have to get very close before hearing the signal, and it doesn`t overcome ACI and CCI until we are parked right close to the setup, so Part 15 power output is even lower. Visually it`s a bit different this year with more and brighter LEDs. Only four Xmas tunes are playing in rotation, including Looney Tunes with Bugs Bunny, and the Chipmunx. Periodically the light show stalls while the music goes on, so not really fully funxional yet (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 93.7 & 94.9 approx., as I drive along US 81 (North Van Buren in Enid) within a few hundred feet of 94.3 KLGB-LP, circa 2130 UT December 6, I am also getting dirty spurs from it with big hum and distorted modulation. Glad the range isn`t greater but there shouldn`t be any range for these from a 100 watt LPFM (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAKISTAN. RADIO PAKISTAN INSTALLS MODERN DIGITAL 500 KW TRANSMITTER AT FAQEERABAD Radio Pakistan has installed a modern digital 500 kW transmitter at Faqeerabad to multiply the outreach of its medium wave broadcasts on 585 kHz. The transmitter, along with renovation of studios at National Broadcasting House, has been installed with the technical and financial assistance of Japan. The signing ceremony to hand over renovated studios and transmitter to PBC was held at National Broadcasting House Islamabad on Thursday. Director General PBC, Samina Parvez and Department Manager of Yachiyo Engineering, Kiyofusa Tanaka signed the documents. In her remarks on the occasion, Director General PBC thanked the Japanese government for helping PBC in strengthening its signal and modernizing its broadcasting system. She said induction of new transmitter is another milestone reached by the PBC management in its endeavour to replace its obsolete and aging transmitters to cater its audience. The listeners in several parts of the country will enjoy radio programmes in clear voice. She said it is a matter of pride for PBC to have completed the project on time. Addressing the ceremony, Kiyofusa Tanaka said the completion of this project marks is yet another milestone in Pakistan-Japan relationship. He appreciated the effort put in by the staff of PBC for timely completion of this landmark project. The objective of 'The project for rehabilitation of medium wave radio broadcasting network' executed with grant-aid of 'Japan International Cooperation Agency [JICA) was to rehabilitate dying medium wave service of Radio Pakistan Islamabad for effective coverage in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, FATA, Punjab and Gilgit-Balitstan. Under the project, 38 year old medium wave transmitter at Faqeerabad was replaced with a new 500 kW medium wave transmitter, based on latest digital technology. Besides, five Studios and master control room at National Broadcasting House were also digitized. JICA provided grant-aid of 1,385 million Japanese Yen while Pakistan's government's share was 85.761 million rupees. M/s Yachiyo Engineering Company of Japan executed the project while M/s NEC Corporation, Japan supplied and installed equipments. On-job training was also given to the PBC engineers to effectively run the system. Programme in seven language, including Urdu, Punjabi, Potohari, Hindko, Pushto, Shina, and Balti will be aired on 585 kHz for listeners in 500 kilometer radius as compared with 70 kilometer radius in past. However, this transmission can be heard in a radius of up to 1,200 kilometers at night. Fourteen hours programmes will be aired from the transmitter on 585 kHz from tomorrow. Samina Parvez Khalid Director General Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (shared on facebook) (via Alokesh Gupta, India, DXLD) ``Digital`` I again think is merely a buzzword for an ordinary modern solid-state transmitter, NOT DRM, tho it may be DRM-capable (gh, DXLD) RADIO PAKISTAN LAUNCHES PROGRAMMES ON NEW DIGITAL TRANSMITTER Daily Times Islamabad December 05, 2014 http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/national/05-Dec-2014/radio-pakistan-launches-programmes-on-new-digital-transmitter Radio Pakistan formally launched programmes on Friday from its new medium-wave digital transmitter set up with the technical and financial assistance of Japan. Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal, Minister for Information Pervaiz Rashid and Japanese Ambassador Hiroshi Inomata jointly inaugurated the newly installed medium wave transmitter of 500 KW power in Islamabad. Speaking on the occasion Ahsan thanked the Japanese government for its magnanimous support for the rehabilitation of Radio Pakistan's MW network. He said that this token of goodwill from Japan would be remembered as the airwaves from this network continue to reach the listeners. The minister pointed out that several information sources were available to the people in today's world including private radio and TV channels, internet and satellite technology. He said that due to technological development access to information has become very easy. He said keeping in view the changing trends, the state-owned media institutions would have to bring excellence in their work and adapt to latest technology to better compete in the market. Ahsan said that the government on its part was working to modernise its broadcasting outlets through technological adoption and capacity building of human resource. Ahsan said that political stability was essential to put Pakistan on the path of sustainable development. He said negative politics would not serve the purpose to alleviate poverty and unemployment. He said the calls of shutting down country's exports hubs Lahore, Karachi and Faisalabad would put adverse impact on the economy. Speaking on the occasion, Japanese Ambassador Hiroshi Inomata pointed out that Radio Broadcasting was still a major source of information, particularly in remote areas. He noted that rehabilitation of medium wave network would enable Radio Pakistan to reach out to maximum people in Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber- Pakhtunkhwa. He expressed the confidence that better access to information on issues such as health, nutrition, economic activities and natural disasters would improve people's lives and thereby contribute to stability of Pakistan. In his remarks, JICA Chief Representative Mitsuyoshi Kawasaki said his agency was looking forward to close coordination with the PBC in future for dissemination of knowledge for livelihood improvement and people's awareness in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Earlier, in her welcome address, Radio Pakistan Director General Samina Pervez briefed the audience about the project. She said that the project had been completed in the given timeframe. She said that fourteen hours transmission would be broadcast from the new transmitter in Urdu and six regional languages. She said the lifeline project would have lasting impact on the PBC's broadcast and help achieve the objective of national integration through wider reach to the people. The planning minister and the information minister also visited the renovated Master Control Room of the PBC. They were briefed about the digital equipment installed at the control room. Posted by: (Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) Hi Glenn, Hope you are fine and well. Radio Pakistan Islamabad has formally inaugurated its new 500 kW MW transmitter at 585 kHz on 5-12- 2014. I monitored the broadcast for two days i.e 6th and 7th December 2014. The signal was strong in the morning and daytime. But in the evening from 6 pm to 10 pm (Pakistan Standard Time [= UT +5]) it experienced strong interference from co-channel All India Radio Nagpur station which operates on the same frequency. From 9 pm (Pakistan Standard Time) onwards All India Radio broadcasts Indian classic Music on its national hook-up. Indian classical music is not very pleasant to listen. The strong interference heard at my location makes in difficult to listen the broadcast from Islamabad. Radio Pakistan Islamabad concludes its transmission at 10:15 PM PST, whereas in the past it used to broadcast till 12 pm. We could hear Radio Pakistan Islamabad clearly when All India Radio Nagpur signed off. Previously Nagpur Station was using a transmitter of 100 kW but it has been up-graded to 300 kW. In the given situation where the co-channel All India Radio Nagpur upgraded the strength of transmitter from 100 to 300 kW, the new transmitter of Islamabad is facing strong interference from Nagpur. The agencies responsible for frequency allocation should take notice of increase in power of transmitter which results in interference in co-channels. In the given situation the investment in new transmitter is getting wasted. The programme content of Radio Pakistan Islamabad is not very good at the moment. In the presence of separate News and Current Affairs Channel which is being broadcast on new 100 kW transmitters country- wide, I do not know why they are relaying the same on Radio Pakistan Islamabad from 7 to 9 pm. Just a duplication. They might improve the program content in coming days. Warm Regards (Aslam Javaid, Lahore Pakistan, Dec 8, WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PALAU. PALAU SWITCH OFF FROM RADIO AUSTRALIA'S FM SERVICE Radio Australia, 5 December 2014 Australian government cuts to the ABC have led to Radio Australia's FM radio service being switched off in the North Pacific, a move which has not gone down well in the offices of the President of Palau. Audio Clip here (1:43 into it) http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/program/pacific-beat/palau-switch-off-from-radio-australias-fm-service/1396233 Presenter: Richard Ewart Speaker: Journalist Bernadette Carreon (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DXLD) Well, Palau is so small that no doubt the PM and anyone could listen to RA via groundwave on the T8WH SW relays, but only at certain hours; not to mention SW direct from Australia, 24 hours (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DX LISTENING DIGEST) It is quite remarkable how the presenter either does not know about the shortwave distribution at all or considers it completely irrelevant. Either way this unavoidably raises the question why they still churn out money for it at all. Or are they already negotiating a termination of the transmission contract with Broadcast Australia? (Kai Ludwig, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Seems like satellite fed local FM stations in the Pacific would be what Radio Australia would want to keep going in place of the SW transmissions. If the FM's are being closed, without the SW option being promoted, then we get a pretty good idea of what is about to happen. I'll beat the drum again on this: RA could keep a couple of frequencies going for PNG and the Pacific islands, running a mix of relevant domestic ABC programming and specific content produced for the Pacific area. Get rid of everything else on SW while keeping Internet and satellite access. Would keep RA available on SW where it is really needed and useful, and would save money (Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) PACIFIC ISLANDS LOSE RADIO AUSTRALIA ON FM | Text of report by Radio Australia website on 8 December Four FM radio stations carrying Radio Australia in the north Pacific were switched off on November 30 due to budget cuts to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and earlier, the closure of Australia Network [TV]. Stations in Palau, Kiribati, Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia and the capital of Marshall Islands, Majuro, all went silent. Giff Johnson [editor of the Marshall Islands Journal] says the service ended without warning, and Marshall Islands' access to international news bulletins were an unintended victim. Source: Radio Australia website, Melbourne, in English 8 Dec 14 (via BBCM via WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DXLD) ** PANAMA. 4045-USB, 1200 Sailing vessel talking to Bel Ami [FL] regarding sailing destination 5 December (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, Icom 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3905, Nov 25, 1940, Kavieng today; Good conditions at 3905 around 1940 UT (Christoph Ratzer, Austria, SW Bulletin Dec 7 via DXLD) Very nice recording enclosed! /TN 3905, Dec 3, 1945, NBC New Ireland with clean but weak signal. Best signal at this time. Also heard on Nov 30 at 1350 until sign off at 1412. Weak (Thomas Nilsson, Ängelholm, Sweden, SW Bulletin Dec 7 via DXLD) ** PERU [non]. 5980+, Dec 5 at 0100 I decide to make a concerted effort to detect the carrier-off time of R. Chaski, despite the heavy BSplash from 5985 WRMI. This carrier is never more than JBA, but with BFO I can track it. Still there past 0113 and 0117, so I have to suspect it`s really BBC Hindi via UAE rather than Chaski. The latter station is still being reported by others before 0100; I wish someone closer to Urubamba and/or further from Okeechobee would time when it is currently cutting off the air, so we have a starting point. This frequency is very slightly on the hi side like the OA used to be, but then, UAE site is not known for its frequency precision either (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [non non] 5980, 06/12 0028, Radio Chaski. Hablando en San Rafael, OM Mx, 35333 DW [Senal más fuerte hoy mismo con las lluvias hoy a circa 2300 y 0100 UT, mejor horario de escucha] (Daniel Wyllyans, Nova Xavantina MT, Tecsun PL 660, Antena Long wire letra T insolada sòmente nas pontas 20 M por 10 M de altura http://dxbrazilsw.blogspot.com/ Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) Wish you had a clip of this one, station of special interest to me. Can you find the exact time after 0100 when they cut off the transmission? (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) ** PHILIPPINES. 15190, Radio Pilipinas; *1729:29-1735+, 6-Dec; On with anthem to English ID, sked & phone # at 1731, into M commentary in Tagalog. SIO=343. OC up at 1725, continuous tone 1727-1728:20 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Brighton MI, Drake R8B + 85' TTFD + 500' unterminated bev, dogleg E-N, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PHILIPPINES [non]. 15100, VATICAN STATE, R Veritas Asia, 11/28, 1520. M and W in dialogue in what sounded like "Taglish", a Filipino mix of English and Tagalog; some music. VG (Rick Barton, El Mirage, Arizona, Grundig Satellit 750, random wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15330, Dec 5 at 1456, good signal in S Asian music, but cut off at 1457*. Must be R. Veritas Asia in Urdu via VATICAN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PHILIPPINES [and non]. Observations of Radio Veritas Asia in 1330- 1600 UT time slot 1330-1357 on 9520 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SoAs Sinhala 1330-1357 on 11870 PUG 250 kW / 300 deg to SoAs Hindi 1400-1427 on 9520 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SoAs Tamil 1400-1427 on 11870 PUG 250 kW / 300 deg to SoAs Bengali 1430-1457 on 15330 SMG 250 kW / 089 deg to SoAs Urdu 1500-1557 on 15100 SMG 250 kW / 107 deg to N/ME Filipino Videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/12/observations-of-radio-veritas-asia-in.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Dec 10, dxldyg via DXLD) ** PHILIPPINES. FEBC Manila vs Radio Veritas Asia in 1428-1432 UT time slot: 1430-1457 11750 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SoAs Telugu Radio Veritas Asia 1400-1430 11750 BOC 100 kW / 305 deg to SEAs Lahu FEBC Manila. Videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/12/febc-manila-vs-radio-veritas-asia-in.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, Dec 6, dxldyg via DXLD) ** PHILIPPINES. SUPER TYPHOON THREATENS THE PHILIPPINES Southgate December 5, 2014 More widespread devastation is likely in areas of the Philippines that were hit late last year by Super Typhoon Haiyan, as a new typhoon called Hagupit is over the Pacific Ocean headed for mostly poor communities. On November 8, 2013, at least 6,300 people were killed in the Philippines, with the loss of crops and many homes. The Philippines Amateur Radio Association (PARA) has activated its Ham Emergency Radio Operations (HERO) network in advance of Super Typhoon Hagupit. PARA Chief Operating Officer Thelma Pascua said that the HERO network is well-practised and prepared to meet the emergency communication needs caused by the severe weather event. 'We urge amateur radio operators to monitor but keep clear 7.095 MHz +/- for only emergency traffic,' Thelma said. Weather forecasters said the typhoon is already generating wind gusts of 240 kilometres an hour, and predict it to intensify making landfall on the eastern islands. A high alert has been issued and thousands of families told to evacuate. The HERO network on 7095 kHz has been involved with situation reports and other activities. Additional ham equipment run by HERO has been set up at the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) Central Office in Quezon City Metro Manilla. Regional NTC telecoms offices are also monitoring the HERO network for the latest on the ground information, as well as the normal assigned government frequencies. PARA is preparing for a visit by Pope Francis to the worst affected areas of last year's Typhoon Haiyan to inspect progress and talk to local people about that disaster. The visit due on January 15-19 is to include the City of Tacloban, described as being the worst hit area. PARA and its HERO Network provided emergency communications for many weeks as a result of that disaster. Jim Linton VK3PC Chairman IARU Region 3 Disaster Communications Committee http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2014/december/super_typhoon_threatens_the_philippines.htm Posted by: (Mike Terry, Dec 5, dxldyg via DXLD) HERO RADIO AMATEURS HELP AS TYPHOON NEARS Southgate December 6, 2014 The Philippines Amateur Radio Association (PARA) activated its Ham Emergency Radio Operations (HERO) network for Typhoon Hagupit, as thousands of people evacuated coastal or low lying areas. Jojo Vicencio DU1VHY said the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has its headquarters and seven regional offices on the ham band with the set-up of stations coming from radio amateurs. JoJo DU1VHY said there are numerous hams embedded with Disaster Risk Reduction Management Councils for the pending emergency. "Now as a matter of routine, they readily use this resource as some amateur radio clubs fold in to these government organisations during local emergencies. "The first impact of the typhoon is forecast for the shores of Eastern Samar. It was close to landfall," he said. HERO reports that its net of 7.095 MHz had 150 check-ins last night with over 20 from nearby nations of Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei. JoJo DU1VHY said it was now a full-time emergency traffic network, with HERO responding to any need. Early today a helicopter made an emergency landing because of strong winds. The low flying helicopter came down in front of the home of Christopher Firmo DW5WXZ who rendered immediate assistance and called the police to attend. Among those on board were news representatives from the BBC and Japan plus UN volunteers. After being given a van the journalists left for Tacloban City and the chopper returned to Cebu City. Jim Linton VK3PC Chairman IARU Region 3 Disaster Communications Committee. http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2014/december/hero_radio_amateurs_help_as_typhoon_nears.htm Posted by: (Mike Terry Dec 6, dxldyg via DXLD) ** POLAND. POLISH RADIO TO CLOSE ITS LONGWAVE TRANSMISSIONS [NOT!] 3 December 2014 --- According to the open_dx yahoo mailing list that the Polish Radio domestic service is going to switch off its longwave transmitter on 225 kHz by 1st March 2015. The reason, once again, are government cuts (via Bulgarian DX blog via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) Below the referenced posting, if it does not get garbled. No chance to find this quoted "forum EuroRadio" with such a generic name, also no chance to find the quoted Marek Vaysman (Weißmann??) either. Trying to find an original source with suitable Polish search strings was futile as well. So I fear for the moment this can only be vaguely attributed to secondary East European sources until further information emerges. (Provided this round of Stille Post is correct, but it is plausible and would be no real surprise.) (Kai Ludwig, ibid.) Zdravstvuyte! Marek Vaysman pishet v forume EuroRadio, chto pol'skaya Yedynka otklyuchit DV-peredatchik 1 marta 2015 g. Prichina v denezhnykh zatratakh. Eto plokho. 73! Dmitriy Mezin, Kazan' [Cyrillic got converted as I ran this thru Google translate --- gh] Hello! Marek Weissman wrote in forum EuroRadio, that the Polish Edynka disable LW transmitter 1 March 2015 The reason for the cash cost. This is bad. 73! Dmitry Mezin, Kazan The Russian LW 225 transmitter at Surgut was shut down earlier this year, so the closure of Polish Radio LW would leave that frequency completely empty of any broadcaster worldwide. Of course Altay, Mongolia is still on 227 unless that has changed recently (Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) December 2: Polskie Radio 1 in Polish 2020 on 225 Solec Kujawski https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3HZt_38Syc&feature=youtu.be (DX RE MIX NEWS #883 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Dec 2, 2014 via DXLD) What's this "EuroRadio forum" at all? A web search leads to nothing, besides the radio operation aiming at Belarus, or was this the source?? And no results as well for the quoted name in various spelling variations. Smacks like a purposefully launched fake to me, if for no other purpose as mere trolling. Eto plokho. Other points from the now posted clarification: Polskie Radio expects that 225 kHz will remain in use for another 10...15 years. They also point out a utility service, similar to the German EFR, that uses the 225 kHz signal: http://energomiar.pl/oswietlenie-drogowe/oswietlenie-drogowe/rsm/rsm-opis-systemu And the campaign in 2012 was apparently an experimental turn-off that immediately prompted a wave of enquiries from listeners (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Dec 8, dxldyg via DXLD) Dmitry Mezin writes on open DX list, that acc. to the info received from Polskie Radio and contrary to what has been spreading in DX press lately, there are no plans for switching off the 225 kHz longwave transmitter at Solec Kujawski (via Mauno Ritola on WRTH - World Radio Tv Handbook Facebook Group, 7 Dec via Alan Pennington, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) POLISH RADIO WON'T TERMINATE ITS LONGWAVE TRANSMISSIONS http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/12/polish-radio-wont-terminate-its.html It appeared that the information in the international DX press that the Polish Radio is going to switch off its longwave transmitter is wrong. It appeared first on the EuroRadio forum and later was passed to many DX circles and mailing lists, but there's no such information on the "Jedynka" website, nor in its Facebook page. Dominique from Poland got interested in the issue and contacted Roman Czejarek, Polish Radio employee and active participant in the construction of the Solec Kujawski transmitter site. Here is the answer: "I do not know anything about such a plan. No one has given such information, at least here in Poland." He also gave some interesting facts: The longwave transmitter is 40- 50% cheaper for the Polish Radio than the network of FM transmitters. That's because the transmitter site in Solec Kujawski is wholly-owned by the Polish Radio and the FM transmitters are leased from a private company. 3 months ago marked the 15th anniversary of the PR1 longwave transmitter site. On the event, the general director of the Polish Radio said that more than 40% of the PR1 audience is listening to the station via longwave radio. He also said that they receive many listeners' letters from Poland and all over Europe. In 2012, a new campaign for switching off the longwave transmitter began, but soon the station started to receive many letters of complain which were then read on the air and it was finally decided that the campaign should be terminated (Dmitry Mezin/via open_dx mailing list via Georgi Bancov, Dec 8, dxldyg via DXLD) > What's this "EuroRadio forum" at all? Here the answer has been given, a really unexpected one: The rumour originated from an internal forum of the European Broadcasting Union. Their Euroradio is what Eurovision is for TV, so to speak. http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showpost.php?p=75899680&postcount=312 Well, the EBU is of course a really good platform for making media politics by spreading a false rumour. What the second paragraph describes appears to be a mere misunderstanding: Polskie Radio indeed put its external broadcasts for some years on longwave --- on its other outlet, 198 kHz, shut down in 2009 (Kai Ludwig, Dec 9, dxldyg via DXLD) ** RUSSIA [and non]. I guess old Rangoon site uses 7200.103 kHz at 1350 UT today - but suffered much by these earlier reported Slavic (Russian or Ukrainian?) language illegal ham-pirate transmission of a speech to crowd and patriotic songs, latter heard today Nov 26 at 1400 UT on 7199.835 kHz. Acc to dxld: Rossoshansky offices of the Communist Party of the Voronezh region. Address of Branch: (Wolfgang Büschel, Nov 26, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 5 via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. RUSSIAN LIBERAL TV CHANNEL FORCED TO QUIT PREMISES 8 December 2014 Last updated at 07:39 ET http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30374615 TV Rain autocue in Moscow flat (courtesy Zygaro on Instagram) The channel resumed its broadcasts from a Moscow flat, with the autocue reading, "Good morning" [captions] Related Stories Russian liberal TV channel at risk Propaganda warning over Ukraine conflict Kremlin's global media operation under the spotlight The best-known liberal TV channel in Russia has been forced to quit its rented studios in Moscow for the second time in as many months. Rain TV (Russian: TV Dozhd) is a digital channel whose output contrasts sharply with state-run media, providing a platform for alternative views. TV2, another private TV channel based in the Siberian city of Tomsk, faces closure at the end of the year. The Kremlin has long been accused of undermining media independence. The issue of media freedom acquired a new urgency this year when Russia intervened in Ukraine, annexing Crimea after a controversial referendum in March. Since then, the Russian government has been accused of waging a covert war in the rebel Donetsk and Luhansk regions, an allegation it consistently denies. Rain TV resumed its broadcasts on Monday from a Moscow flat, with the backdrop of a family sofa. A photo posted online showed the autocue inside the flat reading, "Good morning". The message on the Instagram post read: "You are watching the most domestic channel, but this is certainly not Domestic TV", in reference to another channel. Managing director, Natalya Sindeyeva, said the channel would have to continue its broadcasts there temporarily. A page from Rain TV Rain TV featured a debate with Putin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky (right) just this weekend [caption] It was asked to leave the premises of Russia's Snob magazine, owned by tycoon Mikhail Prokhorov's company Oneksim, at Moscow's Krasny Oktyabr business centre on Monday. The channel had been using Snob's premises since being forced to leave its original home in the same business centre in October, after the landlord refused to extend the lease. Marina Gevorkyan, Snob's managing director, told Russia's Interfax news agency the magazine had never had a rental contract with Rain TV and had allowed it to use its studios "temporarily, until they found a permanent place". "We helped Rain as best we could but we also need to relaunch projects, therefore we asked them to move out," she said. Kremlin loyalists have long pushed for Rain TV, which came to prominence in 2011 during the mass anti-government protests in Moscow, to be closed down because of the reports it runs challenging the official line. It incurred widespread wrath in January when it ran a readers' poll about the Siege of Leningrad during World War Two, asking if the city should have surrendered to the Nazi invaders. It later deleted the poll and apologised. Only this weekend, it featured a debate about Russia's future with former prisoner and Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Broadcasting since 1991, TV2 is one of Russia's oldest private TV channels and considered by some to be the country's last politically independent television broadcaster. The regional branch of the Russian state TV company, which transmits its signal, has announced it will not be extending its broadcast licence (via Gerald T Pollard, NC, DXLD) ** RWANDA [non]. 17605, R. Inyabutatu (Issoudun), *1600-1630, 1650- 1700* 6 Dec. Quick opening tune, info with mention of Inyabutatu, right into correspondents' reports, signal sinking by BOH, but back to fair by 1650 retune with continued news reports and off after quick studio announcement (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA PL606 'barefoot' via Bob Wilkner, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ST. KITTS [non]. 11550, WRMI Radio Miami Int'l; 1837-1901+, 6-Dec; Real Science [sic] Radio, English program on evolution, creationism, intelligent design, etc. They reject "random chemical processes" as the origin of life (which Darwin never addressed) and said "Atheists & materialists can't explain genome coding or how life started." 1859 Flowing Stream SW radio offer (brand name?). 1900 "Radio Paradise on WRMI Okeechobee FL" into True News. SIO=443+ with ute blurps (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Brighton MI, Drake R8B + 85' TTFD + 500' unterminated bev, dogleg E-N, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SAO TOME. 11900, Dec 8 at 2031 tune-in to open carrier, what? Then a fragment of VOA`s Yankee Doodle Dandy, and cut off abruptly at 2032.4*. HFCC shows Pinheira registered here until 2030 in French (extended another semihour on weekends only) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 15435, Dec 4 at 1502, BSKSA is fair with flutter, but humbuzz louder than JBM programming, Arabic music? At least it`s not that awful frying sound this transmitter once achieved (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) CHINA vs SAUDI ARABIA China Radio International vs BSKSA Radio Riyadh: 0900-1157 17570 RIY 500 kW / 070 deg SEAs Arabic Holy Quran R Riyadh 0900-0957 17570 URU 500 kW / 308 deg WeEu English China R Int`l 1000-1057 17570 KAS 500 kW / 298 deg CeEu Hungarian China R Int`l 1100-1157 17570 KAS 500 kW / 298 deg CeEu Czech China Radio Int`l Videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/12/china-radio-international-vs-bsksa.html (Ivo Ivanov, Blgria, Dec 5, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SIERRA LEONE. Witness --- Let Us Talk --- Can a fragile network of small radio stations help bring reconciliation to Sierra Leone? Witness Last updated: 25 Sep 2013 09:32 Can a single voice over the radio move listeners beyond the pain and anger of recent memories - violence that pit neighbours against each other, the exploitation of child soldiers, unimaginable atrocities, and the displacement of millions? For the people of Sierra Leone, a nation struggling to repair itself after more than a decade of war, the answer to that question comes in the simple Krio phrase "Leh Wi Tok”, meaning Let us talk. We follow the story of a radio pioneer and his unrelenting quest to grow a network of community-based radio stations in his country so that peace and democracy can flourish. With 25-minute audio, video: http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/witness/2013/09/20139247243573510.html Filmmaker's view By John Lavall Let Us Talk is a documentary about radio journalist Andrew Kromah and his efforts to grow an independent network of community-based radio stations in his home country, Sierra Leone. Amidst flagrant and persistent political harassment, financial and technical woes, Andrew literally puts his life on the line to bring information to his listeners and offer a platform to disparate and often unheard voices. For many, radio is main the source of information in Sierra Leone. “They can’t read or write, they can't watch TV, they can’t read the newspapers, they don’t use the internet, most of them don’t have telephones – they rely on their radio stations, so much that whereever they go they have their radio stations.” Andrew says. But can radio succeed in moving listeners beyond the pain and anger of recent memories? Can it help them forget the violence that pits neighbours against each other, the exploitation of child soldiers, and the displacement of millions? I spent five weeks in Sierra Leone making this film. I have travelled to Ghana, Ethiopia and recently Kenya to make films. My trip to Ethiopia was emotionally strenuous because it was my first experience in a refugee camp, and travelling to post-war Sierra Leone was sometimes more difficult than I expected it to be. I think it was the lack of infrastructure and the travel to the rural Kailahun District that was the most gruelling. The dirt road from Kenema to Kailahun is 85 miles long but takes seven to eight hours to travel with four-wheel drive trucks and is sometimes impassable due to the rains. Although everyone I met along the way was gracious and kind, their stories of the atrocities of the country’s 11-year-long civil war were heartbreaking and sometimes difficult to comprehend. What amazed me most was the ability of the people of Sierra Leone to forgive each other and reconcile after such a long and brutal conflict, and their strength and determination to rebuild their amazing and beautiful country. My visual approach to this film was a purposeful combination of direct cinema, sit-down interviews, and a very limited use of archival footage. From the outset, I wanted the focus of this story to be about rebuilding without dwelling on the horrors of the past. As I moved forward with the story, I realised that recounting past atrocities was integral to telling the story of the country’s future. I researched other films about Sierra Leone and found that the majority of films have used very graphic images of the conflict but I wanted to instead focus on visual metaphors to describe the horrible acts that transpired during the civil war. I wanted the film to rely on the observations of those who lived through the war rather than a voiceover narration. The film was shot by cinematographer, Tim Metzger, whose most recent documentary Sun Come Up was nominated for a 2011 Academy Award. Other crew members include Kate Kelley, who worked on the film as a still photographer and worked alongside Tim Metzger providing additional photography. I produced and directed the film and also did all the post production and sound design. Mary Copp was a producer on the film. The film's major underwriter was The Foundation for West Africa, a Rhode Island-based non-profit organisation (via Chuck Albertson, DXLD) [and non]. Also, see this similarly-themed piece from the Daily Beast on using local radio to get the word out on Ebola in West Africa: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/12/11/the-radio-battle-to-educate-ebola-s-kids.html (Chuck Albertson, ibid.) ** SIKKIM. 4835.00, *0058-0105, INDIA, 4.12, AIR Gangtok, AIR IS, 0100 Hindi ann, "Vande Mataram hymn" 25131 (Anker Petersen, what I recently heard in Skovlunde, Denmark, on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, WB yg via DXLD) ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020.0, Dec 4 at 1200-1201+, JBA carrier continues in 5025 Cuba splash. I suppose SIBC is again leaving its carrier on past ``sign-off`` even if no modulation; far too weak to tell the difference here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOMALIA [non]. Somali clandestine on 17580 kHz: Voice of Khaatumo - -- I've just received my copy of the new WRTH, and it identifies the Somali-language broadcast that's been on 17580 kHz at 1700-1730 UT Thursdays for the past few weeks - it's Voice of Khaatumo, which has a website at http://voiceofkhaatumo.com --- http://codkakhaatumo.com is announced on air, and also works). The site has an on-demand archive of weekly broadcasts going back to 23 October 2014 (David Kernick, Interval Signals Online, Dec 4, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Thus these broadcasts appear to be related to: http://www.raxanreeb.com/2014/08/somalia-new-khatumo-president-vows-to-liberate-lasanod-town-from-somaliland-forces/ Somaliland forces in 2007 occupied the town of Las Anod and expelled no less than a third of its 60,000 population. So much for the friendly and peaceful de-facto-regime at Hargeisa (Kai Ludwig, Germany, ibid.) Copied today 12/4 at 1700z sign on - tough clash with AWR on 17575 so opening 45 seconds or so was a rough go - switched to USB and nice clean audio of OM in Somali into short bit of music then back to talk. Fair to good S5 or so. Thanks for the heads up, David!!! (Rich Ray, Burr Ridge, IL, WORLD OF RADIO 1751, ibid.) Its website VOK logo is obviously patterned after VOA! WRTH apparently holds some items like this for publication first in the book rather than releasing them timely to the DX world via electronic media. So those who already have the 2015 may comb the pages for more gems (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGESTE) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 3185, USA, WWCR (Tennessee) 11/25, 1200. Piano music and background mumblers. At H+13, one man making sounds like a cow mooing. I left the channel (Rick Barton, El Mirage, Arizona, Grundig Satellit 750, random wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) That`s WWRB, not WWCR. Typical 7 am and 7 pm EST programming of Brother Scare, some kind of ``live`` prayer session. Surely moaning rather than mooing (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) 11825 // 11580, Dec 7 at 0637, BS via WRMI is ``interrupting`` himself for old canned announcement about adjusting stations and frequencies with contracts expiring at yearend. Same one we have been hearing for weeks (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SPAIN. SPAIN TO RETURN TO SHORTWAVE? There are several reports appearing in online Spanish news outlets this morning indicating that a decision has been made regarding the return to shortwave of Radio Exterior de España (REE). One report says that a reversal of the decision to abandon the shortwave bands came after widespread criticism and pressure from the maritime and fishery fleets operating in international waters. Feedback to the RTVE Board of Directors indicated that, for sailors at sea, shortwave was the only viable technology because Internet and satellite technologies were not available or unreliable in many parts of international waters. There is a suggestion that broadcasts will operate for four hours on weekdays and eight hours on weekends, but no official starting time for the resumption of broadcasts has been released. However, it looks like there will not be a full resumption of international services as in the former glory days of REE. As of this morning (December 4), no official announcement on this news has appeared on the REE/RTVE website. And if these report are correct, it will be interesting to see just how quickly REE can get its facilities up and running from the Noblejas transmitter site. They may try to get back on-air for the Christmas season. 73 and Good DX, Rob Wagner VK3BVW (The above entry comes from my blog today: www.medxr.blogspot.com) Dec 5, ARDXC via DXLD) News of reactivating SW broke way back on Nov 25, as in DXLD 14-48 (gh) El PSOE reclama en el Congreso el restablecimiento de las emisiones en onda corta de Radio Exterior de España TELECINCO, 03.12.14 | 19:09h. El portavoz del PSOE en la Comisión Mixta (Congreso-Senado) de control parlamentario a RTVE, Germán Rodríguez, ha presentado una proposición no de ley en la Cámara Baja en la que reclama el restablecimiento de las emisiones en onda corta de Radio Exterior de España. (…) en la noche del día 14, […] http://aer.org.es/archivos/1984 RTVE vuelve a emitir en Onda Corta para atender las peticiones del sector pesquero A las manos de la AER ha llegado una nota de prensa de RTVE sobre la reunión del consejo de RTVE del día de hoy, de la que reproducimos la parte que nos interesa: RTVE vuelve a emitir en Onda Corta para atender las peticiones del sector pesquero en aguas internacionales que no tenía una alternativa para […] http://aer.org.es/archivos/1987 La Plataforma en Defensa de la Onda Corta de REE pide la mejora de la propuesta aprobada por el consejo de CRTVE La Plataforma en Defensa de la Onda Corta de Radio Exterior de España (REE) reclama que la Corporación RTVE mejore la propuesta de reanudar las emisiones, aprobada hoy en el consejo de administración, para garantizar el derecho a la información de los españoles que se encuentran en el exterior, desde pescadores a cooperantes, misioneros o […] http://aer.org.es/archivos/1991 ------------------------------ Un saludo cordial ------------------------------ (Pedro Sedano, Madrid, España, COORDINADOR GENERAL, ASOCIACIÓN ESPAÑOLA DE RADIOESCUCHA (AER) noticiasdx yg via dXLD) From: Plataforma Onda Corta Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2014 9:15 PM To: undisclosed- recipients: Subject: ÚLTIMO COMUNICADO DE LA PLATAFORMA TRAS CONOCERSE EL PROYECTO APROBADO POR EL CONSEJO DE CRTVE Buenas noches a todos, como de costumbre os adjuntamos el último comunicado de la plataforma tras la aprobación hoy por el consejo de CRTVE del nuevo proyecto para la onda corta de REE. Todavía nos faltan muchos pormenores por conocer y cuestiones técnicas sobre las que tenemos dudas y que ya hemos solicitado que nos solventen pero os podemos adelantar que repondrán la onda corta, que lo harán en un plazo aproximado de quince días, que las emisiones diarias de lunes a viernes serán de cuatro horas (de 20:00 a 00:00 horas) y ocho horas diarias sábados y domingos de (16:00 a 00:00 horas). Desde la plataforma consideramos que aunque estamos satisfechos por la reposición, el servicio sufre un recorte muy importante por eso seguiremos reclamando la mejora de la propuesta. Como colectivos adheridos podéis hacernos llegar vuestras impresiones que serán tenidas en cuenta. Gracias a la fuerza y al empeño de todos los que formamos la plataforma hemos conseguido un gran paso que ahora toca mejorar y vigilar. Os adelantamos que seguiremos atentos a la reposición y en cuanto tengamos fechas os las facilitaremos. Una vez se hayan restablecido las emisiones haremos un seguimiento contando con la colaboración de las tripulaciones en los barcos, los cooperantes y los radio escucha de todo el mundo para saber de qué calidad es la señal que les llega, cuántas horas pueden escuchar la onda corta y qué programación les ofrecen. Nuevamente os damos las gracias por estar ahí y por apoyar la defensa del derecho a la información y la defensa de los servicios públicos de calidad. Un saludo Amparo Rodríguez 606 810 518 Archivos adjuntos de Dario Monferini --- La Plataforma en Defensa de la Onda Corta exige una mejora de la propuesta aprobada por el consejo de CRTVE.doc (via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) Viz.: La Plataforma en Defensa de la Onda Corta de REE pide la mejora de la propuesta aprobada por el consejo de CRTVE La Plataforma en Defensa de la Onda Corta de Radio Exterior de España (REE) reclama que la Corporación RTVE mejore la propuesta de reanudar las emisiones, aprobada hoy en el consejo de administración, para garantizar el derecho a la información de los españoles que se encuentran en el exterior, desde pescadores a cooperantes, misioneros o militares, volviendo a la situación en la que se encontraba cuando se cerró el 15 de octubre pasado. Según la CRTVE, La emisión se realizará de lunes a viernes entre las 20.00 y las 24.00 horas, hora peninsular española, y entre las 16.00 y 24.00 horas, los fines de semana, asegurando la recepción en todo el continente africano e Iberoamérica, Centroamérica y parte del norte de América. Es preciso reconocer que la decisión es mínimamente aceptable, como mal menor, partíamos de negro - fruto sin duda del trabajo que ha venido realizando esta plataforma, que ha logrado sensibilizar a los miembros de la corporación del daño que se ocasionaba a miles de ciudadanos españoles junto al desapego emocional con su país -, ya que entendemos que, existiendo una vía abierta de difusión, siempre será posible ampliarla. Sin embargo nos ha indignado ver el tratamiento que da en su comunicado la CRTVE a los posibles receptores de la señal de REE en onda corta, lo que demuestra una infravaloración de su propia audiencia y de la alta repercusión que tiene la señal exterior de la radio pública española. Quizá por desconocimiento, quizá intencionadamente, para menospreciar a sus oyentes, hay que decir que es completamente erróneo el número de barcos que ofrecen en su nota oficial, en los distintos caladeros, porque se triplica en la realidad, ya que, además de los barcos de nacionalidad española, hay que tener en cuenta la tripulación de los barcos de empresas que faenan en esos caladeros aunque sus barcos sean de otras nacionalidades. Tan solo en el Atlántico sur americano faenan más de 60 barcos de empresas españolas y con tripulantes, en su mayoría españoles. En el Pacífico son más de un centenar los barcos españoles que faenan; y así con el resto de los océanos. Además de seguir trabajando por la mejora de la propuesta, esta plataforma permanecerá muy atenta para que se cumpla este compromiso de mínimos, adquirido por RTVE, lo que iremos conociendo a medida que nuestros marineros y cooperantes nos den información real de cómo llega la señal, una vez que se reponga, aunque de momento nos preguntamos qué pasará pasa con los cooperantes que trabajan en el continente asiático? Esta plataforma subraya la importancia de elaborar un plan que garantice la viabilidad de la onda corta de REE con medidas que permitan su continuidad sin devaluar la calidad del servicio público. MIEMBROS FUNDADORES DE LA PLATAFORMA EN DEFENSA DE LA ONDA CORTA EN RADIO EXTERIOR DE ESPAÑA FEDERACIÓN DE ASOCIACIONES DE PERIODISTAS DE ESPAÑA (FAPE) ORGANIZACIÓN DE PALANGREROS GUARDESES (ORPAGU) CONFEDERACIÓN ESPAÑOLA DE PESCA (CEPESCA) ASOCIACIÓN ESPAÑOLA DE RADIOESCUCHA (AER) FEDERACIÓN DE SINDICATOS DE PERIODISTAS (FESP) FEDERACIÓN DE SERVICIOS DE UGT (FES-UGT) FEDERACIÓN DE SERVICIOS A LA CIUDADANÍA (FSC) DE CCOO SECTORES MMCC, MAR Y EXTERIOR (via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) RTVE Petition update --- Hi All, Just received this update from RTVE's petition; please excuse the less than wonderful conversion from Spanish to English: RTVE announces the vue[l]ta of emis[i]ones on shortwave to meet the demands of the fishing sector Julio Martinez Juan Spain 5 Dec 2014 - http://aer.org.es/archivos/1987?format=pdf the blog of the AER take the following press release RTVE on RTVE board meeting today (December 4, 2014), which reproduce the part that interests us: RTVE reissued on shortwave to meet the demands of fisheries in international waters did not have an alternative to receiving the signal of Radio Exterior of Spain. The broadcast will reach all the fisheries of the Spanish fishing fleet and 1,258 fishing vessels operating in international waters. Shortwave signal will resume as soon as possible and ensure the technical conditions issue with all the guarantees. The broadcast will take place from Monday to Friday between 20 and 24 hours, Spanish peninsular hour, and between 16 and 24 on weekends. Thus the daily spoken '24 Hours will be offered 'space' Radiogaceta sports', the flagship program of REE for the maritime and fisheries sector 'Spaniards in the Sea' and international information 'Five Continents'. Weekends 'Board Deportivo', is issued for informational continuously for 8 hours on Saturday and Sunday. These contents are the most demanded by our sailors, missionaries and aid workers. This offer coverage and programming ensures the reception of Radio Exterior of Spain throughout Africa and Latin America, Central America and parts of North America. areas such as the coast is covered Chile in the Pacific, where two vessels fish swordfish; also can tune 5 cephalopod fishing in the Falkland Islands in the American South Atlantic; 58 to catch tuna and hake in Ethiopia, Madagascar and the Comoros and Seychelles; or the Gran Sol and the North Atlantic, which for two years did not receive shortwave signal, and wherein 112 fishing vessels engaged in fishing for anchovy and cod. This decision today by the Board of RTVE ensures receipt by Shortwave Radio Exterior of Spain, in areas and in Peninsular time indicated. With the broadcasting system Shortwave worked until last October 14 you could only transmit certain fragments of its programming and at certain times (three to six hours) to different parts of the world. For technical and propagation of electromagnetic waves reasons never was nor will be possible to hear a full schedule of 24 hours of REE through Shortwave at a fixed point on the planet (via Alan Gale, Dec 5, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Then please read also this: http://swling.com/blog/2014/12/radio-exterior-de-espana-will-return-to-shortwave/ 73 (Harald Kuhl, ibid.) As you remember on October the 15th REE close down the transmitting station in Noblejas, but fortunately yesterday after long deliberating, the RTVE Board of Directors approved to restart in this month, the shortwave transmissions from Noblejas. The restart will be mainly beamed to 4 main targets in a periods of 4 hours daily and 8 hours weekends. Surely next Tuesday will be registered another frequencies, with much more accuracy. Tentative B-14 frequencies from Noblejas: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/12/restarting-transmissions-from-noblejas.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Dec 5, dxldyg via DXLD) The restart will be mainly beamed to 4 main targets in a periods of 4 hours daily and 8 hours weekends as follows: 1700-2300 on 17850 NOB 250 kW / 272 deg to CeAm Spanish 1800-2400 on 17760 NOB 250 kW / 161 deg to WCAf Spanish 1800-2400 on 21610 NOB 250 kW / 110 deg to N/ME Spanish 2000-2400 on 6055 NOB 250 kW / 290 deg to NoAm Spanish 2000-2400 on 6125 NOB 250 kW / 242 deg to CSAm Spanish 2000-2400 on 9535 NOB 250 kW / 272 deg to CeAm Spanish 2000-2400 on 9620 NOB 250 kW / 230 deg to SoAm Spanish 2000-2400 on 15385 NOB 250 kW / 161 deg to WCAf Spanish Surely next Tuesday will be registered another frequencies, with much more accuracy (Bulgarian DX blog via WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DXLD) Earlier media reports already gave the times exactly (converted to UT) as 19-23 weekdays and 15-23 weekends (gh, DXLD) And a third version! - Reapertura de las emisiones en Onda Corta De 18 a 22 horas (U.T.C.) de lunes a viernes De 14 a 22 horas (U.T.C.) los fines de semana El Consejo de Administración de la Corporación RTVE aprobó el pasado cuatro de diciembre la reapertura de las emisiones en Onda Corta de Radio Exterior de España, que se producirá en el plazo de tiempo más breve posible y cuando se hayan realizado los ajustes técnicos necesarios. Radio Exterior de España emitirá su programación en Onda Corta de 18 a 22 horas (U.T.C.), de lunes a viernes, y de 14 a 22 horas (U.T.C.) los fines de semana. Se recupera la emisión internacional por Onda Corta de REE, que se continúa completando con radio satelital en toda la superficie terrestre, internet y aplicaciones para dispositivos móviles. http://www.rtve.es/radio/20141205/radio-exterior-espana-suprime-emision-onda-corta/1061923.shtml Posted by: (José Bueno, Spain, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DXLD) Yes, above original story labels those times as UTC, one hour off from the equivalent local time given in other stories. Makes one wonder whether REE misconverted the times fogetting that in winter it`s one hour rather than two hours ahead of UT. Why doesn`t everyone cite all SW times in UT in the first place and avoid all this local time conversion confusion?? This also calls the revived SW `REE` rather than RTVE even tho other reports say there will be no original REE programming, just domestic relays of RTVE (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Some of the frequencies don't make any sense from a time/propagation standpoint, so I assume those will be updated. Assume programming will be from the domestic RNE1 output? The new schedule makes sense as it maintains a minimal SW service for those who really need it (overseas aid workers, fishing vessels, etc.) while cutting a lot of transmission costs. Wonder if any foreign relays will resume via Noblejas? (Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SRI LANKA [and non]. 11905, Dec 5 at 0113:40 tune-in, JBA carrier - -- a bad night for SLBC? NO! That`s something else, soon overridden by SLBC itself from *0114:11.5, very big carrier, but no musical prélude modulates it until 0115:03.5, and 2+1 time pips ending at 0115:17.5, which is very close to the usual altho I have not checked it for a triweek since last log Nov 15. But the music normally starts about 30 seconds before the mistimesignal. The understation? Per Aoki that must have been CNR6, 100 kW, 163 degrees from Beijing 491 site at 01-05 in Amoy (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn's log reminded me to listen for SLBC early Saturday December 6: Very good carrier on air on 11905 around 0114:15, music about 30 seconds later, time signal was about 12 seconds late, announcements, then into more music. Surprised at how solid the signal was for a transpolar route at my QTH; slightly westward from true north from Sri Lanka into Houston, while Glenn in Enid has a signal that passes right over the North Pole (Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas, dxldyg via DXLD) ** SUDAN. Sudan back on 7200 and 9505 (? - but very likely) Hi there, I caught a carrier on 9505 after BBC sign-off just before 1800 on Dec 3, 4 and 5, but very little audio. Today I found time to catch the sign-off at exactly 1930, followed by sign-on on 7200 at 1931 or so, with somewhat more audio later. Still heard at 2050 but off when rechecking at 2114. Language was certainly Arabic. Wolfgang Büschel believes he has caught an ID at 1956, but was just too late to record it. But thanks for the recording which was much better than what I could listen to with the usual level of local noise on my - otherwise very favourable - inner city balcony. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Münster, Germany, http://www.muenster.org/uwz/ms-alt/africalist Dec 5 dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DXLD) Sudan's single tx seemingly repaired, now back, and reported by Thorsten Hallmann on Dec 3rd, 4th, 5th. Recording of 5th and 6th sent to Tarek at Cairo, - for help to identify. WRTH 2015 reported sign-off 21 UT, but heard the whole evening after 2230 UT this Saturday, checked again of 7200 channel. Schedule 1630-1930 UT on 9505.000 even frequency, suffered by TWR Manzini Swaziland powerhouse 9500v til 1902 UT s-off, so best window is 1902 til 1931 UT slot, then Omdurman transmitter move to 7200.000 or 7199.9995 precise, instead. Low modulation level especially the spoken parts (Wolfgang Büschel, Dec 6, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9505.000, Voice of Africa from Omdurman, Al Aitahab, heard with Hausa program segment around 1900 till 1932:06 UT on Dec 6th. S=8 in southern Germany. Heard by Thorsten Hallmann in Germany on Dec 3rd, 4th, 5th, till 1930 UT on 9505, and after switch over on 7200 kHz instead, probably til 2100 UT. 9505.000 kHz TX switch OFF at 1932:49 UT on Dec 6th. 7200.000 kHz many tries to open and switch on and off the transmitter in 41 mb, several times from 1934:24 till 1936:09 UT, latter when transmitter continues on air, and 1936:48 program audio from Omdurman Sudan joined the empty carrier here. Listen to the enclosed recordings. 2nd recording starts at 01.54 min/s 7200 kHz is used by Myanmar Radio, IRIB Tehran in Kazakh, and also Sudan now. ITU shows this aggreement, on the border between ham radio operating till 7200 kHz and first broadcast channel of 7205 kHz in our ITU region: ``RR 4.5 --- The frequency assigned to a station of a given service shall be separated from the limits of the band allocated to this service in such a way that, taking account of the frequency band assigned to a station, no harmful interference is caused to services to which frequency bands immediately adjoining are allocated.`` (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" To: "Thorsten Hallmann" Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2014 8:20 PM Subject: Re: 9505 / 7200 SDN 9505, und im Hintergrund drückt jetzt R Record Brasilien durch ? 73 wolfgang re recording von gestern Abend Dec 5 --- Tarek konnte mit den bunten Programm Anteilen, und der Autowerbung keine eindeutige sudanesische Arab Sprache erkennen. Ich muss ihm in nächster Zeit weitere Recordings liefern, möglichst zur vollen Stunde. Aber TWR Manzini 9500 kHz ist äußerst stark, bis 1902 UT !!! krumme Sendeschluß Zeit. Da ist selbst mit geringer Bandweite und USB Mode Stellung keine Aufnahme um 19 UT möglich. Jetzt mitten im Programm hat das Anklänge in Richtung HOA Musik. Um 1910 UT, die Sprachanteile in Hausa? einer Ansagerin und eines männlichen Ansagers, sind beide sehr unterirdisch aus-gepegelt. Also die jetztige Aufnahme von 9505 ist NIX, und hilft nicht weiter. (Wolfgang to Thorsten, via DXLD) And now at 1959-2002 UT Dec 6th recording heard loud and clear Omdurman Sudan, at 2.25 min/second. Time pips from Omdurman at 2000 UT were 32 seconds too late, compared against German standard time signal station 77.5 kHz norm signal (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re: Fwd: Omdurman region SW sites --- Let's dig out this old topic, on the occasion of the current reactivation: What about the site designator "Khartoum / Al-Aitahab"? The given coordinates refer to a location in the southern outskirts of Omdurman instead, and one can indeed just barely see in the satellite image what appear to be LPs: https://www.google.de/maps/@15.5878944,32.4459176,1153m/data=!3m1!1e3 And while we're at it: What about the site designator "Reba" or "Reiba" for the 1296 kHz transmitter? Looking up Google Maps simply shows that it is located immediately west of Sannar. If this is not already known: It's a Tesla-built facility, at least they delivered the two SRV 750 transmitters. I note that the facility obviously had a two mast antenna of which now only one mast remains. https://www.google.de/maps/@13.5630297,33.5273511,403m/data=!3m1!1e3 (This would of course be a topic for mwmasts: Forward it if you would like to do so, I just do not want to start crossposting myself.) (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Dec 7, shortwavesites yg via DXLD) ** SUDAN. Shortwave transmissions from Sudan was back on the air: Radio Omdurman Sudan: 0215-0430 7200 ALF 100 kW / 210 deg CeAf Arabic, carrier Dec 8 1430-1530 7200#ALF 100 kW / 210 deg CeAf Arabic, confirmed Dec 8 + videos 1930-2100 7200 ALF 100 kW / 210 deg CeAf Arabic, confirmed Dec 8 till 2100 # till 1500 het from Myanmar Radio Burmese on 7199.9 and also co-ch from 1523 Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran IRIB Kazakh Voice of Africa, Sudan Radio: 0600-0630 9505 ALF 100 kW / 110 deg EaAf Tigrinya, confirmed Dec 8 0630-0700 9505 ALF 100 kW / 110 deg EaAf Amharic, tx is off Dec 8 0700-0800 9505 ALF 100 kW / 110 deg EaAf Swahili, confirmed Dec 8 0800-0900 9505 ALF 100 kW / 110 deg EaAf English, confirmed Dec 8 1630-1730 9505*ALF 100 kW / 210 deg CeAf French, confirmed Dec 8 + videos 1730-1830 9505*ALF 100 kW / 210 deg CeAf English, confirmed Dec 8 + videos 1830-1930 9505*ALF 100 kW / 210 deg CeAf Hausa, confirmed Dec 6/7 * till 1800 strong co-channel from BBC English and also strong QRM from TWR Africa English 1802-1902 on 9500. Changes between languages vary from 3 to 5 minutes http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/12/shortwave-transmissions-from-sudan-was.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #884 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Dec 9, 2014, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DXLD) ** SUDAN [non]. 9815, Dec 7 at 0252, good signal with flutter, open carrier. It precedes Afia Darfur in Arabic/Sudanese per Aoki at 0300- 0330, 100 kW, 53 degrees via SÃO TOMÉ; and on same at 1900-1930 when it`s via Nauen, Germany (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SWEDEN. Re 14-49: [BDXC-UK] ``Swedish government plans to switch off analogue radio in 2022 --- Telecompaper.com 2 December 2014 State-owned Swedish broadcasting services provider Teracom said it welcomes the government's report about migration to digital radio. Digital radio coordinator Nina Wormbs presented her report into terrestrial digital broadcasting on 01 December and suggested switching off FM broadcasts in 2022 and expanding digital radio nationwide (via Mike Terry, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)` I think he is wrong about lower energy use. The transmitters may use less energy per service but the radios certainly use considerably more energy. And there are a lot more radios than transmitters. Worse still as many of those radios are battery powered there is the cost of battery landfill or environmental disposal. Rgds, (Gareth, Sent from my iPad, Dec 3, ibid.) This may be technically correct, only governments don't pay for the energy used by the end-user. Mind you, they don't care about energy in general, they are only interested in it if there is either a cost involved for THEM or if it brings in any taxes; the more energy you use the more VAT comes in. Governments NEVER care for the environment either – why should they? – the cost is the same to them, whether you dump your batteries or you dispose of them ecologically. Having said that, digital radio is very cost-effective on the transmitting side if it is well thought out, which seems to be the case just about everywhere in Europe except the UK, where DAB was too hastily chosen and now it is impossible to replace it with the much cheaper DAB+, and here in France, where there is a real desire, NOT to implement digital radio. 73s, (Rémy Friess, ibid.) ** TAIWAN. 5010, Radio Taiwan International, Kouhu in language mandarim, 2314 UT 27/11, YL/Cxs, sinpo 45333 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af3DcxE5qYA&list=UUnEatwEHssHMo9VaS7YupkA (Daniel Wyllyans, Nova Xavantina MT, Tecsun PL 660, Antena Long wire letra T insolada sòmente nas pontas 20 M por 10 M de altura http://dxbrazilsw.blogspot.com/ Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) How can you be sure this was not instead CNR1 jamming? My Chinese is not that good... 73, (Glenn Hauser, Oklahoma, ibid.) ** TAIWAN. 15295.07, Sound of Hope, 0755-0805, Nov 26, ID, it was strong signal enough to be splash to RFI on 15300, but there was a sharp drop in signal from around 0803, 54444 (Tomoaki Wagai, Wakayama, Japan, DSWCI DX Window Dec 10 via DXLD) ** THAILAND. 9389.976, Odd frequency Radio Thailand uses its IBB relay site at Udorn Thani in NE Thailand, 1200-1215 UT in Malaysian language, heard adjacent WRMI 9395 kHz channel. All IBB units on Udorn Thani are little odd frequency these days, at least in past 6-9 months ... despite the colleagues at BBC Nakhon Sawan relay site align their units excellent on even frequency channel (Wolfgang Büschel, Nov 28, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews 5 Dec via DXLD) 9390, Dec 5 at 1405, R. Thailand in halting English, talk about apps involving the monarchy, rather than commercial newscast like we hear on the 1230 broadcast; fair with flutter and ACI from 9395 Global 24`s `Jazz from the Left`. Otherwise this 1400 English broadcast would be our most convenient and propagable even tho it`s intended for SE Asia, Australia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TIBET [and non]. 11512/11517, V of Tibet (Dushanbe-Yangiyul), 1432- 1445+ 3, 4, 5 Dec. Opens on '512 and does the "jammer-avoidance- shuffle" to '517 around 1435. CNR1 jammer on 11510 is kinda negligible (at least on WCNA) (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA PL606 'barefoot' via Bob Wilkner, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TIBET [non]. Frequency change of Voice of Tibet was observed Dec 6: 1345-1400 NF 11693 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 15548. Videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/12/frequency-change-of-voice-of-tibet.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) ** TURKEY. 9700, Dec 9 at 0629, Turkish pop music, fair signal // much weaker and hetted 9820, so RNZI is gone again from this frequency where it surprisingly appeared 24 hours earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UKRAINE. On December 1, 2014 to 1400-1800 UT conducted tests at the frequency 1431 kHz. Since the new year promises to open international service. The program comes in the Ukrainian language. Radiocentre interested in technical reports. Send reports to the chief engineer. His name is Vyacheslav email to This is his request. superson@bk.ru (Victor Tsekhanovich, Russia), RusDX Dec 7 via DXLD) ** UKRAINE. Radio Ukraine International resumed its MW broadcasts On December 1, Radio Ukraine International resumed its mediumwave broadcasts on the frequency of 1431 kHz from a 800kW transmitter in the Mykolayiv transmitter site. The transmission is in Ukrainian, between 1500 and 1900 UTC and is beamed northeast towards Russia. The signal is exceptionally strong throughout Eastern and Central Europe. 73! (LZ2GPB (Georgi) Bancov, Blgaria, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DXLD ** UKRAINE. The second paragraph refers to this: http://arcticradioclub.blogspot.co.at/2014/12/radio-ukraina-international-new-on-1431.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdZOWWpviuk What I can not really make out after a bit of listening is the target audience of this. Frequency-wise it's a reactivation after almost two years. Until 2012 this Luch signal was in Germany, when on, a major source of interference to the co-channel Wilsdruff outlet. Btw, what's the music first heard on the Youtube clip? I rack my brain over not remembering it (Kai Ludwig, Dec 6, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DX LISTENING DIGEST) -----Original-Nachricht----- Betreff: [A-DX] LOG: UNID tx location - ukrainischsprachiges Program auf 1431 kHz (?) Datum: Sat, 06 Dec 2014 18:31:08 +0100 Von: hf-freak-Arne An: liste@a-dx.at Hallo Liste, ...patriotisch angehauchtes Programm mit viel "?????" (Herz) für das Vaterland und seine Literatur, scheinbar neu auf der Frequenz. In Berlin O=4 jetzt um 17:24 UTC, sehr stark leichtes QRM von LUX 1440 kHz. 73 (Arne -- QTH: Berlin RX: AOR AR7030PLUS, ANT: selbstgebaute Breitband-Loop, A-DX via Kai Ludwig, dxldyg via DXLD) [and non] Radio Voice of Ukraine, World Service 1500-1900 UTCRAI Uno from 1400 and from 1900 UT. 10 videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/12/radio-voice-of-ukraine-world-service-in.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire Dec 8, dxldyg via DXLD) I've just read this in the Ukrainian media. It's not clear, as usual, whether they mean AM, FM, TV, or SW, or simply web based sites, although TV is mentioned. 73, (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Dec 9, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: YATSENIUK: UKRAINE TO BROADCAST IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/yatseniuk-ukraine-to-broadcast-in-foreign-languages-374602.html# Dec. 9, 2014, 6:51 p.m. | Ukraine — by Interfax-Ukraine Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk speaks to journalists during a press conference on November 20, 2014 in Kyiv. © AFP Ukraine is planning to introduce broadcasting in foreign languages, Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said at a presentation of the government's new action program on Dec. 9. "The world must know what's happening in Ukraine, and receive this information in English, German, French, Spanish and other languages," Premier said. Yatseniuk also stated that a decision on creating a public broadcasting company had been made earlier. "We'll finish with denationalization of media and create an effective public TV," PM noted. Ukraine Yatseniuk Posted by: (Walter Salmaniw, Dec 9, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DXLD) Following tip off from WRTH Facebook group, Radio Ukraine International was observed signing-on in Russian on 1431 kHz at 1500 UT. Not the usual interval signal, but a speeded-up version. Good reception via Global Tuners remote receiver in Rimini (David Kernick, Interval Signals Online. Dec 10, ibid.) Yes, 1500-1700 in Russian with new IS and ID. Seven videos from today Dec 10 will be uploaded later today (Ivo Ivanov, ibid.) Transmissions from Ukraine on MW 1431 kHz Mykolayiv on Dec. 10 Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine, World Service: 1500-1700 1431 LV 800 kW / 055 deg to NERu Russian with new IS, ID Radio Voice of Ukraine, World Service: 1700-1900 1431 LV 800 kW / 055 deg to NERu Ukrainian, ex 1500-1900 Co-channels: RAI 1, IRIB and defective transmitter of Foititiko Radiofono Thessaloniki. Videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/12/transmissions-from-ukraine-on-mw-1431.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DXLD) December 7: RAI Uno in Italian 1400 on 1431 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ4lD-NjG7Q&feature=youtu.be Radio Voice of Ukraine, World Service in Ukrainian to Russia 1500 on 1431 Mykolayiv https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrG6b22mbpc&feature=youtu.be Radio Voice of Ukraine, World Service in Ukrainian to Russia 1600 on 1431 Mykolayiv https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ordajBauLaE&feature=youtu.be Radio Voice of Ukraine, World Service in Ukrainian to Russia 1628 on 1431 Mykolayiv https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPuH4OKU8Lk&feature=youtu.be Radio Voice of Ukraine, World Service in Ukrainian to Russia 1658 on 1431 Mykolayiv https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTp-cNTbuDE&feature=youtu.be Radio Voice of Ukraine, World Service in Ukrainian to Russia 1729 on 1431 Mykolayiv https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyGp_6fsrrs&feature=youtu.be Radio Voice of Ukraine, World Service in Ukrainian to Russia 1758 on 1431 Mykolayiv https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uw-wbONmL0&feature=youtu.be Radio Voice of Ukraine, World Service in Ukrainian to Russia 1830 on 1431 Mykolayiv https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oFw4XPtv4o&feature=youtu.be Radio Voice of Ukraine, World Service in Ukrainian to Russia 1858 on 1431 Mykolayiv https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8Kps6W6kws&feature=youtu.be RAI Uno in Italian 1902 on 1431 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HauH7udHWdE&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) The ITU Call for Mykolaiev Luch transmitting center is --- SMF. (but latter a fake of Soviet USSR veiled information data era by Mr. Titov, some 260 kilometers away distance on Crimea island area). LV = Lviv Krasne Ukraine, real location distance some 660 kilometers westerly. Mykolaiev Luch - there are three antennas available for 500 kW transmitters, 1 - like a non-directional ARRT type antenna of usual 259 meters height, next to northern TX house. and two SV2 + 2 sidefire antennas of Radio Moscow soviet USSR era, on southern B-site part at Luch 2 - directional reverse 084 / 264 degrees in main direction [reverse of Radio Moscow Albania, Bulgaria, Greece service]. Rostov, Volgograd, Astrakhan, Bishkek-KGZ, Almaty-KAZ, Geermu-CHN. 3 - and directional reverse 030 / 210 degrees in main direction of maximal in direction Dniepropetrovsk, Kharkov, Moskva, to Nizhni Novgorod further northern Siberia. > The signal is exceptionally strong throughout Eastern and Central Europe. My log was rather disappointing, when checked remote SDR units all over Europe on Sunday Dec 7th. Quick translation to English, re 1431 kHz 1725 UT at Sunday Dec 7th SDR unit journey on 1431 Khz all over Europe, only at capital Kiev noted an exceptional signal of S=9+60dB signal strength also from local transmitter Kiev Brovary? Distance Mykolaiev Luch - Kiev approx. 420 km according Google Earth. # # # # Ich habe mal eine Europa Reise im Perseus Netzwerk gemacht. re 1431 kHz 1725 UT at Sunday Dec 7th. nur in der Stadt Kiev zerreisst es die Anzeige mit S=9+60, als wenn's noch ein weiterer Ortssender vor Ort waere. Gibt es da vielleicht Unterstuetzung durch eine Reserveanlage in Brovary? Distanz Mykolaiev Luch - Kiev 420 km laut Google Earth. Die Radio Moskau Albanien, Bulgarien, Griechenland 264 Grad Antenne laesst sich bestimmt reverse umschalten auf 84 Grad ? Das waere mit Hauptkeule +/-30 degr in Richtung Rostov, Wolgograd, Astrakhan, Bishkek, Almaty-KAZ, Geermu-CHN. Aber es gibt noch die Tuerkei / Zypern Antenne mit 210degr Azimuth, das waeren umgestimmt backlobe reverse 30 degr, aber die war mit ihrer Masthoehe/Wellenlaenge nur auf die Frequenz 972 kHz zugeschnitten !? Das waere dann maximale in direction Dniepropetrovsk, Charkow, Moskau, to Nishni Nowgorod. Und neben dem noerdlichen Senderhaus steht in Luch auch noch eine ARRT Rundstrahlantenne, die ist fuer 500 kW Leistung bestimmt auch gut. - - - Und bei Mauno an der karelischen Grenze auch noch +40dB signal, aber er hat ja auch sehr gute Antennen, das ist nicht der uebliche russisch-ukrainische Average Hoerer. Mit Wohlwollen und je nach Antenne S=6 signal in St.P. und Moscow. In Warschau S=9+5dB. Beim DARC SDR bulk in Amberg/Nuernberg und bei St.Gallen/Bregenz S=9+15dB. Fast nichts, so um die eher dürftigen S=5 in Schweden, Polarkreis Narvik, Gotland, Stockholm. Unbrauchbar ungefaehr westlich der Linie Rostock, Kassel, Stuttgart, Bodensee, in Italien ueberdeckt durch RAI-1 Foggia, Misch-Masch mit den GB und Italien Stationen co-channel in Basel, Zuerich, Belgien, England, Belgien, Holland, Muensterland, Bremen, und Darmstadt (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) ** U S A. FCC EXPERIMENTAL LICENSE GRANTS SHOW INTEREST IN HF SPECTRUM http://www.radioworld.com/TabId/64/Default.aspx?ArticleId=273624 … No one has suggested auctioning HF (shortwave) spectrum, but the FCC Office of Engineering and Technology’s latest list of experimental license grants from Sept. 1–30 indicates increased interest in this spectrum. Radio amateurs know that the shortwave bands allow communications over great distances without the need for satellites or terrestrial fiber or copper lines. Military and civilian operations are becoming more dependent on the Internet, but as we’ve seen, all it takes is a terrorist attack such as the still-unsolved fiber cut in northern California a few years ago to knock out fiber links that provide connectivity to a large area, or a solar storm such as the Carrington event, (a powerful solar storm in 1859), to knock out satellites in space and copper links on the ground. Globe Wireless Radio Services was granted experimental license WH2XFC to operate on 19.7594 MHz, 19.7624 MHz, 22.7624 MHz, 22.7634 MHz and 26.1464 MHz to test back-up HF communications in Flanders (Suffolk County), N.Y. Harris Corporation received WH2XJE to operate on various frequencies between 6060.00 and 22380.50 kHz to “conduct testing and military observed on-air demonstrations of a HF wideband waveform” at fixed locations in Rochester, N.Y.; Fayetteville, N.C.; Colorado Springs, Col.; and Mary Esther, Fla. Rockwell Collins is also interested in HF. It received a license (WH2XIC) for experimental operation in the 2398.00 to 29720.00 kHz spectrum to “test and demonstrate wideband HF technologies” within “U.S. airspace.” Not all of the recently granted licenses for experimental operation in HF bands are related to communications. Codar Ocean Sensors LTD was granted a license to operate on 9.3 MHz “for testing coastal radar system” mobile in San Francisco Bay and in the Monterey Bay areas of California (via Dino Bloise - FL, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U S A. 1800-1885, Dec 7 at 0315, 160m hamband is unusually packed with overlapping CW signals: must be some contest. Even QRMing 1860-AM WA0RCR with its ham radio news service (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5004.5-USB, Dec 5 at 1415, Navy MARS calls NNN0FLV and at 1416, NNN0YGW heard phonetically, but nothing further after 1417. These are *way* too close to WWV 5000.0000, heavy ACI. Googling leads to `YGW being in Iowa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 25910/nFM KQY434 [sic], Eldorado TX (presumed) with KLDE talk programming – just barely there and only really copyable in USB despite the distortion that introduces. Into oldies by 1801 when they were doing "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". No IDs of any kind heard but // 25990; as usual `910 was better. 1+5321+, 1758-1803 29/Nov (Ken Vito Zichi, Port Hope MI2, MARE Tipsheet Dec 5 via DXLD) ** U S A. WWV 10 MHz --- Off now at 0249z? (Rich Ray, Burr ridge IL, Dec 10, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) OK at 0404 UT (Paul S. FN31nl, CT, ibid.) I was just getting WWVH yesterday evening on 10 MHz (could hear woman's voice only). Most evenings here on the West coast I hear both transmissions together. I use that as a gauge of propagation East to West from the Pacific (William Knight, Dec 10, ibid.) Thanks for confirming I ain't crazy - maybe off for maintenance (Ray, ibid.) I found this page on WWV outages. Recent outage too new to be on document yet: http://www.nist.gov/pml/div688/grp40/wwv-sta-outages.cfm (William Knight, ibid.) Last there was Sept 15, and listed only if for more than 5 minutes. It could also be just not propagating. If WWV is missing from 10, be sure to check 5 and 2.5. If they are all gone (at night) then maybe a total power outage or something (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** U S A. 13820, Dec 7 at 1410, R. Martí vs heavy wall-of-noise jamming. Kim Elliott notified us Dec 4: ``The IBB transmitting station near Greenville, North Carolina, has installed and is evaluating a new Orban model 9300 Digital Optimod-AM audio processor ("delivers louder, cleaner, brighter, FM-like audio with an open, fatigue-free quality that attracts listeners and holds them"). http://www.orban.com/products/radio/am/9300/ Greenville "would be very interested in any listener comments regarding fidelity and the ability to overcome less than ideal propagation while using the new audio processor." Of course, co-channel noise from Cuba is another consideration. The new audio processor is on transmitter GB-5, with this schedule: UT kHz Content 0400-0700 7405 Radio Martí 1230-1300 9610 Vatican Radio 1400-2000 13820 Radio Martí You can send reports to the VOA Radiogram email address: radiogram (at) voanews.com, and I will forward them to Greenville. Kim`` Anything to gain some advantage vs the jamming is a good thing (besides bombing the jamming sites?), but honestly I can`t tell any difference, and had not found the modulation deficient on either RM frequency before (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) VOA Radiogram, Dec 6-7: Internet freedom, etc. On VOA Radiogram, December 6 and 7, the following VOA News stories will be transmitted in MFSK32, each accompanied by an MFSK32 image: Freedom House issues its "Freedom On The Net 2014" report A sample of earth's most abundant mineral is finally found -- in a meteorite. An exhibition of Navajo jewelry in New York Patch the audio from your radio to a computer, then decode the text and images using Fldigi from w1hkj.com or other software. Details of this weekend's VOA Radiogram: http://voaradiogram.net/post/104430939052/voa-radiogram-6-7-november-2014-includes VOA Radiogram transmission schedule (all days and times UT): Sat 0930-1000 5910 kHz Sat 1600-1630 17860 kHz Sun 0230-0300 5745 kHz Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz All via the Edward R. Murrow transmitting station in North Carolina (Kim Elliott, Dec 8, dxldyg via DXLD) VOA Radiogram, 6-7 December 2014 -------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: VOA Radiogram, 6-7 December 2014 Datum: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 18:48:11 +0000 Von: VOA Radiogram 1:38 Program preview 2:41 Audio processor and DX meetings* <===== u.a. RMRC-Sendung 6:51 Internet freedom report* 14:45 Mineral, mostly inaccessible, is named* 18:57 Exhibition of Navajo jewelry* 26:43 Closing announcements* 28:29 Bonus mode: QPSK31 *with image ====================================================================== unter anderem findet eine RMRC-Sendung für kommendes Wochenende Erwähnung: .................... Also on the subject of DX meetings, interviews from the European DX Council (EDXC) conference held in September will be transmitted by the Rhein-Main-Radio-Club via shortwave broadcast transmitters on 13 and 15 December ... https://edxcnews.wordpress.com/2014/12/04/rmrc-shortwave-broadcasts-in-december-2014-about-the-edxc14-conference/ ====================================================================== Das gesamte Radiogram:: http://www.rhci-online.de/VoA_Radiogram_2014-12-06.htm (Roger, Germany, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1748 monitoring: yes, 1748, confirmed Thursday Dec 4 at 2201.1 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395 --- instead of new 1750, playback of 2-week-old show; altho next show, 1749 had already appeared on G24 Wed Dec 3 at 0401 & 2201. Still getting things straightened out after power/internet outage, I guess. But next 9395 slot, UT Friday 0030 does contain new WOR 1750. WWRB: UT Friday 0425 on webcast and 3185, a different preacher than usual is playing, with very clear audio. Keeps right on going past 0430 with no sign of WORLD OF RADIO. Wrapup at 0453 as Pastor Bob of http://surelycomequickly.com which appears to be a ``CD ministry`` with nothing about radio, and not to be confused with p.e. 0455 he starts another episode, but cut off on webcast at 0500 for dramatic Bible readings as usual. Also as usual, no word from Dave about what`s going on with WOR on WWRB, but he can`t seem to get it to download and keep playing, so has he given up? 1750 confirmed on next airing, Friday Dec 5 at 2130.5 on WRMI 7570 and 15770; good on both but 7570 is better, stronger, less fading. Next: Sat 0401 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395 [NEW, we hope] Sat 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB Sun 0200 on WH2XDE 1750 [NOTE: experimental from New York state] Sun 0231 on KVOH 9975 Sun 1000 on WRMI 5850 Sun 2300 on WRMI 11580 Mon 0400 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 WORLD OF RADIO 1750 monitoring: again no show at the planned new time on Global 24 via WRMI 9395: UT Saturday Dec 6 at 0401. Monitoring webcast, jazz continues to 0405, then Bach fill music and applause, 0410 some classical piano rather than 1812 Overture. 9975, UT Sunday Dec 7 at 0227, big carrier and hum, then gospel music prélude, 0230 KVOH sign-on and start WORLD OF RADIO 1750, but the audio keeps dropping off several times for about 15 seconds each as the file apparently keeps playing unheard. I finally give up at 0236 which is probably longer than most listeners would have stuck with it. Recheck at 0249-0250, now it`s continuous deadair except for hum, and furthermore past 0301, 0310 and 0317 when some other program is unairing. By recheck 0454 however, swing music is back shortly before sign-off. Sure hope they get the newer transmitter they have been expecting! That makes the third failure of WOR to appear so far this week that I know of; long live redundancy! Next: Sun 1000 on WRMI 5850 Sun 2300 on WRMI 11580 Mon 0400 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 WORLD OF RADIO 1750 monitoring: confirmed Sunday December 7 at 2300 on WRMI 11580, good signal. NOT confirmed at 0400 UT Monday December 8 on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110 as Larry Will notified us at 0347: ``Hi Glenn, John Lightning has asked for an extra hour on 5110 this evening so I'm going to run him from 0400 to 0500 Monday. I'll give you a make-up airing next weekend, late Friday night (Saturday 0300) which should be on 7490 and 5110. Sorry for the late notification. Regards, Lw`` --- so I guess that will still be 1750 rather than 1751? [no] Next from now: Monday 2201 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395 Tuesday 1200 on WRMI 9955 Wednesday 0401 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395 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 WORLD OF RADIO 1748 monitoring: confirmed on Global 24 via WRMI 9395, Monday Dec 8 after 2201. Yes, the two-week old show again. WORLD OF RADIO 1750 monitoring: confirmed on Global 24 via WRMI 9395, UT Wednesday Dec 10 at 0401; following KBS World Radio, and preceding Media Network Plus at 0430. Next: 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 WORLD OF RADIO monitoring: #1750 confirmed Wed Dec 10 at 1415 on WRMI 9955. #1750 also confirmed on webcast of WBCQ, 7490v, Wednesday Dec 10 at 2200. #1747! From four weeks ago played on Global 24 via WRMI, 9395, Wednesday Dec 10 at 2201, as checked on webcast. We`d also heard same Feature Story `News` headlines at 2200 before, today, or previous day? #1751, first airing confirmed on WRMI webcast, UT Thursday Dec 11 at 0430, but *inaudible* on 9955, off the air or just not propagating? Bits of pulse jamming but not enough to obscure the signal. 9395 was slightly better, JBA, while WRMI 5 & 7 MHz channels VG as usual. Next airing on WRMI, Thursday Dec 11 at 1330 is JBA on 9955, but enough to confirm it`s on the air and new #1751. This time, all the other WRMI channels are *much* stronger, including 9395, 11580, 11825, 15770, so something must be wrong with 9955. Next: Thursday 2201 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395 Friday 0030 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395 [we can only hope these will be the latest edition, as several other times have repeated old programs] Friday 0425v on WWRB 3185 [? Did not even try to play it last week] Friday 2130 on WRMI 7570 & 15770 Saturday 0300 on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB AND 7490 [make-up for missing UT Monday 0400; but will it be 1751 or 1750?] Saturday 0401 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395 [? I was told this time would be added but it hasn`t happened yet] Saturday 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB Sunday 0200 on WH2XDE-1 Victor NY 1750 kHz Sunday 0231 on KVOH 9975 [we hope; modulation failed last week] Sunday 1000 on WRMI 5850 [scheduled but could someone confirm?] Sunday 2300 on WRMI 11580 Monday 0400v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Monday 2201 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395 Tuesday 1200 on WRMI 9955 Wednesday 0401 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395 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 ** U S A. 9395, Global 24 via WRMI Monitoring: Thu Dec 4 I am awake too early so at 1206, find classical music show playing on G24, not fill music. 1217 introduces ``Fantasía para un Gentilhombre``, guitar concerto, mispronouncing Fantasía. Thu Dec 4 at 1336 check, now it`s vocal jazz music. At 1348 it`s KBS World Radio speculating about Kim Jung-Un; 1401 into Old Time Radio, 9/18/34 episode of Woodbury Radio Show starring Bing Crosby, and I think the 2014 announcer referred to ``The Upstate Radio Theatre``; by 1504, `Democracy Now` is on again. 9395, Global 24 via WRMI monitoring: Thursday Dec 4 at 2130, `Dialogos Greece` with commentary about Greek government cover-ups, and some music before 2156 outro saying will be back in two weeks. This is on the schedule at 0000-0030 & 2100-2130 & 2130-2200 on Thursdays, so is it a 30- or 60-minute program? Pretty sure the original spelling of the first word was different. I don`t find any linx yet to this show for further info. 2159 ads for active antenna from LF Engineering.com and ConnectorZone.com and Universal Radio. At 2201.1, WOR 1748 starts, 2 weeks old now [see separate WOR monitoring log]. At 2255 it`s `Blues Radio International`, another original RMI show now added to G24, having started at 2230. Dec 5 at 0649 check, 9395 is JBA (and so is WRMI 9955) with MUF still depressed following a blackout; yet, WRMI maintains VG signals for other programming on 7570, 7455, 5850 --- just more evidence that Global 24 ought to be on the 7 MHz band at night (and 11 MHz band at day). (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hello everyone, Noted at 2320 UT, WRMI 11580, 9955 and Global24 9395 are off the air. Some problems with transmitters of electricity? Global24 was heard earlier I was listening to last week's World of Radio at 2200 UT. 73 (Gilles Letourneau, Montreal, Canada, Thu Dec 4, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9395, Sat Dec 6 at 2149, Global 24 via WRMI is carrying KBS World Radio, discussing Korean affairs, fair-poor. Considerably after the fact, I noticed on the program grid, and it still shows that WORLD OF RADIO was to air at 2130 but on Saturday November 29 only. [see also WORLD OF RADIO Monitoring] 9395, Sun Dec 7 at 1357 Mideast music with good signal, so G24 is still relaying R. Cairo; 1400 interrupt for G24 ID, 1401 back to R. Cairo with YL introducing `Modern Egypt` about trade and investment, a UN report, and 2015 to be a ``Year of Industry Between Egypt & Kenya``; all with bits of music interspersed, along with some surging humbuzz. `Switzerland in Sound` is scheduled to follow at 1430, but at next check 1448, fill music ``You`re So Vain`` is playing, 1452 starts `1812 Overture`, but 1500 over to African music show which must be the scheduled `Sounds from the Global Village` at 15-16 Sundays. Signal remains good and sufficient at these hours, altho hardly blasting like 11825, the BS from WRMI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Listened to Global 24 today but just heard fill music at 1500 UT, including "You're So Vain" by Carly Simon twice in one hour. Wasn't a show, just filler, then on to a WRN relay in the next hour. The station would be more appealing if it had a predictable schedule. rgds (Mike Cooper, GA, Dec 8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9395, Dec 9 at 1501, `Democracy Now` on Global 24, via WRMI. Amy Goodman originating from Lima, Perú for some conference on climate change etc., but first dealing with US domestic news such as the pending torture document; later interviews about struggle against oil companies polluting the Peruvian and Ecuadorian Amazon. Glad to have D.N. available everywhere in the US now that it`s on shortwave; good sufficient signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9955, Thu Dec 4 at 1211, on WRMI, Jeff White is explaining in Spanish his shows Viva Miami and AWR Wavescan; this is axually an interview by Dino Bloise on `Frecuencia al Día`. Jeff says he started SWL in 1972 first hearing Deutsche Welle while he was living in Indianápolis. He`s optimistic that SWBC has many more years, can`t be totally blocked by jamming unlike other media. Then at 1215 Cuba turns on the pulse jamming, none before. 9955, Dec 10 at 0216, WRMI is very poor with music, pulse jamming, much weaker than 9395 G24 fair with Xmas music --- o no, not another station playing this stuff to death. Jeff White says tonight they are experimenting with the 181 degree antenna on 9955 instead of usual 160 and wonder if I can tell any difference. I`m afraid not, as the range of variation just on the 160 is quite wide. By 0235 it`s better during a preacher about some Greek translation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7455, Dec 8 at 0618 tune-in, just in time for ID ``Radio Paradise, broadcasting across North America, South America, Caribbean and Europe; thank you for listening`` and into praise music. Radio Paradise is axually a subset of TruNews, apparently occupying certain hours of its total programming blox via WRMI, and also heard on // 5850 and much weaker beamed-away 5015 at 01-07 (and also should appear during 18-24 on 11550, same transmitter #3 as 5015). I`m rather amazed that there have been hardly any other logs of Radio Paradise, which as the only ID given during its portions, could be taken as a ``new`` shortwave station. Speaks volumes about the general disinterest in listening to so-called TruNews. And as I explained before, the name obviously derives from the 820 St Kitts MW station which Rick Wiles is taking over from TBN (despite objexions of the local manager), and is expected to reactivate soon if not already. However, no identity with St Kitts is to be heard on the SW frequencies, so I am not filing this as ST KITTS [non]. Lacking any detailed program schedule from TruNews, we still don`t know exactly what hour(s) that Radio Paradise occupies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also ST KITTS [non] where I did file another one ** U S A. 17790, Dec 8 at 1435, zero signal from R. Africa Network via WRMI which is supposed to start at 1400; while KVOH from the opposite coast is already a bigsig on 17775 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. Details of the shortwave broadcasts that the Rhein-Main Radio Club has planned for December regarding the EDXC 2014 Conference. Thank-you << VERY >> much to Mr. Toshi Ohtake of the JSWC ( Japan ShortWave Club ) for his help in making the interviews and for letting the RMRC use the recordings for the broadcasts. With very best greetings, Robert Kipp (RMRC and DSWCI) Viz.: RMRC SHORTWAVE BROADCASTS IN DECEMBER 2014 ABOUT THE EDXC'14 CONFERENCE The Rhein-Main Radio Club (RMRC) of Frankfurt, Germany, plans to broadcast a one-hour program in English about the EDXC 2014 Conference held in September in Nice, France. There will be three separate transmissions: to Japan and Asia from Sitkunai, Lithuania on 13. December at 2100 UT on 11690 kHz; to the Americas from WRMI on 15. December at 0000 UT on 7455, 5850, 5015 kHz at the same time; and to Europe from WRMI on 15. December at 2100 UT on 15770 kHz. There will be taped interviews with several well-known DXers who attended the meeting. Thank-you very much to Mr. Toshi Ohtake of the Japan ShortWave Club (JSWC) for taping and providing these interviews. QSL-verification is < only > via the RMRC and either as electronic or as paper QSL. Reception reports to either: mail@RMRC.de or RMRC, Postfach 70 08 49, 60558 Frankfurt / Main, Germany. Return postage is not required. See also our web-page http://www.RMRC.de for details ("QSL-Info" ). Transmission from Sitkunai, Lithuania: Saturday, 13. December, 2100-2200 UT. Target Area kHz Beam UT-Time UT-Day ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Japan / Asia 11690 79 2100-2200 UT Saturday, 13. December That is 0600 local time on Sunday morning (14. Dec.) in Tokyo. ------------------------------------ Transmissions from WRMI, Okeechobee, Florida, USA: Monday, 15. December, 0000-0100 UT. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Americas: Western North Am. 7455 285 0000-0100 UT Monday Eastern North Am. 5850 355 same 15. December Caribbean/Latin Am. 5015 160 same That is 7:00 pm Eastern Time in the USA on Sunday, December 14. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday, 15. December, 2100-2200 UT. Europe 15770 44 2100-2200 UT Monday, 15. December (Robert Kipp, December 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST 14-49 via WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DXLD) ** U S A. 7490.42, WBCQ, Monticello ME ; 2220-2300+, 5-Dec; 20s jazz featuring the group The Goofus Five, 2250 ID spot into Money Talks. SIO=4+44 with buzz QRM, USB helps (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Brighton MI, Drake R8B + 85' TTFD + 500' unterminated bev, dogleg E-N, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9330-, UT Sunday Dec 7 at 0258, WBCQ on with old scratchy song as if it were `Marion`s Attic` or `Behaviour Night`, but no, outro as ``That Old Slow Drag`` by Trixie Smith, a Black Swan disc, acoustic recording from the 1915-1925y period. It`s the `Pirate Joe Show` from WHVW. He seems uncertain whether he is also on 7490, but he is with weaker signal, altho something else on 5110. Then musing how the Occupy Movement might have lasted longer instead of collapsing if it started in the spring with more warm weather to follow. Then I calculate that 9330 is running 34 seconds behind 7490. Pirate Joe is an old buddy of Allan Weiner`s, and they have the same accent and similar voices (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 3185, Dec 7 at 0311, WWRB is open carrier/dead air, while 5050 is blasting the BS. By 0318, bluegrass music on 3185 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 12105, Dec 5 at 0103, WTWW-3 is on as usual with Russian bibling in the nightmiddle, VG signal. Now 9475 WTWW-1 and 9930 WTWW-2 are also on and in // with SFA programming; PPPP mentions that ``you will soon be getting Vol. 9 for 2007 of The Dragonslayer``. At 0644, 5085 is still on, now separately with Xmas music, going from ``Winter Wonderland`` to ``O Holy Night``. At 1414 all transmitters are OFF: no 5085, 5830, 9475 or 9930. 5830, Dec 6 at 0642, WTWW-1 is OFF. But next tuneby at 0646 it`s ON, and so is 5085, WTWW-2, the latter with Xmas music which seems to be its new format, stunting? BTW, OTOH, FWIW, at this time 5830 is VG, *much* stronger than neighbors a few km closer to us, 5890 & 5935 WWCR, which are ``weak & hollow-sounding``; why? At 1353, 5085 is on with dead air; at 1345, 5830 is still/again off, and at 1351 so is 9475, leaving Australia alone, but at 1501 check, 9475 is on; while 9930 is still off. 12105, Dec 7 at 0240, music on VP signal. Guess it must be WTWW as nothing else is scheduled, altho normally in PPPPpreaching during this hour, and it`s not // 5830 or 5085 which maintain bigsigs on 48% and 42% of the higher frequency. 5085 is still Xmas music. 12105, Dec 8 at 0614, poor signal playing `Silent Night`, so must be WTWW-3 on the air but hardly propagating, stunting with Xmas music, like WTWW-2, 5085 --- but NOT the same music. The 5085 VG signal is instead playing `Joy to the World`. At 0625, I hear JTTW again on 5085 already, but maybe different version? 5085, Dec 9 at 0638, Ted Randall hosting Xmas music show on WTWW-2; more Xmas music on day frequency now, 9930, Dec 9 at 1448 check. 12105, Dec 10 at 0226, good signal with Xmas music from WTWW-3, and different Xmas music on very good WTWW-2 5085. Enough, already (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [non]. 17575, AWR (Talata-Volonondry), *1700-1710 6 Dec. AWR ID/theme music, hymns sounding a lot like the pop music on Rwanda, 1705 into religious yak in Swahili with no breaks for music, alas. AWR's Somali programme here *1630-1657* via Nauen is usually much better and has multi-language ID at opening (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA PL606 'barefoot' via Bob Wilkner, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Looks like a good US afternoon! WEWN 31220, this is the strongest i've ever heard this at home! 1322 UT – (Tim Bucknall, Congleton, UK, Executive Committee Member & Social Media Co-ordinator #KresySiberia, Dec 6, harmonics yg via DXLD) 2 x 15610 --- maybe strong enough to hear the parastic spurs on each side of it? Would they be same displacement or doubled? (gh, DXLD) [and non]. 15598-15623, Dec 8 at 1437, heavy OTH radar pulsing, with WEWN 15610 right in the middle of it but radar alone on both sides. Tho WEWN is strong, the OTHR is still audible under it. One would be tempted to assume this is just another defect out of the WEWN transmitter itself, but I think not, now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Thanks to Glenn Hauser for spreading the news in his 14-48 edition of the DX Listening Digest that KJES in Vado, NM has permanently ceased shortwave broadcasting. The reason given is the advent of new technologies and an apparent shortage of qualified engineers to keep the station on the air. I was not aware of any shortage of engineers unless they mean a shortage of people willing to work for free or for poverty wages. They have gone to on-line streaming where their audience will shrink to near zero just like every other shortwave broadcaster that has done so has quickly found out (Mark Coady, ODXA YRX Dec 8 via DXLD) Dear Glenn Hauser, As I am not a member of any DX group, and am not sure of how to post on any other DXing online group, I am writing to you because I consider you an expert, and I know of your many ties to the DXing community. As a listener to your program, I am writing to you and the DXing community about the item you had on World Of Radio number 1750 concerning KJES leaving shortwave. KJES has been somewhat of an illusive fascination of mine for about 4 years now -- ever since I read about the radio station`s strange programming strategies on a shortwave blog. Of most interest and fascination to me were the accounts of the KJES legal ID ("Let me know if you can hear me.") and the accounts of chanting, droning, robotic like children featured on the station that resonated throughout all the online accounts I had read of the station. It is these things in particular I've been aTtempting to hear with my own ears for about 4 years now. I love hearing different and unique programming on radio. Radio formats and programming are a passion of mine, and I host a radio show that mostly discusses domestic radio stations and programming. For the past 4 years, I have attempted in vain to hear KJES on shortwave, as it doesn't reach me here in Oswego, NY very well, and its limited broadcasting schedule didn't help matters. Online searches throughout the years turned up no website or webstream for the radio station, and I've never found any clips of KJES's unusual programming online. So it was much to my excitement and delight to hear your report on the program this week that KJES was now an online service. "Finally," I thought, "a chance to hear the robotic chanting robo-children I'd read about in the shortwave blogs. I was absolutely filled with excitement as I punched up the website you gave on your program onto my computer. That excitement quickly turned to disappointment, however, as, instead of the droning robotic kids I had read and heard about so much on KJES, I was greeted instead with what sounded like Spanish conversations. Most of these conversations were, in fact, presented by adults -- not children. In some instances, one of the adults would say something, and the other would repeat it, but most of it sounded like actual conversations, or, in some cases, single biblical scripture readings. Gone also is the "let me know if you can hear me" ID (it's actually not a legal one) that was referenced so many times in my research of the station. I've been monitoring the KJES stream on an almost continuous basis since Friday morning American time. I have heard no English, and certainly, no robotic chanting children on this new incarnation of KJES. While I understand the moves from a programming perspective in order to gain more latino listeners, as a listener myself, I am quite disappointed -- as the robo-kids were the reason I was in seek of this station in the first place, and as a listener, that was what I was hoping to hear, and, possibly, if the programming was good and unique enough, support with my financial dollars. However, now that this particular listening opportunity appears to be gone with the new incarnation of KJES, I'm writing in seek of the help of the DXing community to hear the audio I've been seeking for a while now. I wonder if you, or anyone in the DXing community might have any audio airchecks of KJES in the days when it actually used to put its kids on the air? If so -- I would even be willing to negotiate a price for this audio. While an email attachment through an email would be easier, I can also arrange to send out cassette tapes for the audio to be dubbed upon, and pay for the shipping back to me via the postal service. The age or date of the audio doesn't matter to me -- as long as it is the audio of KJES running the programming I've spoken of above. If you, or anyone in the DXing community can help, and are interested, please feel free to email me back -- either at this address, radionewsnow@ymail.com or, more suitably for attachments, theradiokid86@gmail.com Also, please feel free to forward this to anyone else you may know of who might have the audio, and to publish my email addresses in any group or publication where persons might be able to help concerning the airchecks I am seeking. If you think anyone in the DXing community may be able to assist, please feel free to contact me back. Thanks for taking the time to read this. I appreciate any help the DXing community may be able to give concerning the audio I am seeking. Sincerely (Jeremy Hanlon (AKA The Radio Kid) Content Editor, Clearing The Static Sunday nights 8 PM on Geneva Community Radio, and online at: http://clearingthestatic.blogspot.com Dec 9, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Jeremy, I should have recorded that before it was too late. Maybe I did many years ago somewhere in my ``archives``. Here`s a great archive which includes an English/Spanish clip of the ID by kid (but nothing more) http://www.intervalsignals.net Go to the USA section, then the commercial and other stations, where KJES is included among many others. If that is not sufficient I can still put out your request on the DXLD group. Regards, (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, Thanks so much for sending me to the interval signals link. That ID was definitely awesome, and has strengthened my curiosity. I'd still be interested in hearing further airchecks of KJES's ID's and programming, and the webstream they have up now definitely doesn't match the KJES I've heard so much about. Please feel free to put this request up online, and to publish my email addresses. Thanks (Jeremy (The Radio Kid), Dec 12, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. CALL CHANGES: 570, KGRT, NM, Las Cruces – Call change to KWML (12/2). 610, WIP, PA, Philadelphia – Call change to WTEL (12/1) (second 3- letter call lost in 2 months) (AM Switch, NRC DX News Dec 15 via DXLD) ** U S A. 880, Dec 4 at 1300 UT tune-in, VG signal with ID ``Thanks for listening to KHAC, The Voice of Hope``, and then nothing, almost as if signing off at this odd hour. Obviously still on ND day power from Tse Bonito NM. No sign of KLRG AR. 880, Dec 5 at 1320 UT, something speaking Navajo, which can`t be anything but KHAC Tse Bonito NM/Window Rock AZ, as usual on ND day power, and carrier plus USB only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Re: ``970, Dec 2 at 0702 UT, WGTK ID for information, and promo for 94.7 FM and 900 AM, ``The Spirit`` --- must be sibling stations; NRC AM Log shows 900 is WFIA Louisville KY, religious, but no listing for 94.7 FM //. Nor is there any 94.7 in KY around Louisville; instead, WFIA-FM is licensed to New Albany IN across the Ohio. Nor does WTFDA FM Database mention that it`s also on 900 AM. Altho jointly promoted, I suppose that AM & FM could be separately programmed?`` A check of their website shows that these two 94.7 & 900 are somewhat “mostly” // these days… http://www.wfia-fm.com/ 73 (Wayne Heinen, Editor AM Radio Log, Dec 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1080, Dec 5 at 1333 UT, talk in Polish, which is not something you hear every day around here! vs KRLD, loops NE/SW. It`s the Chicago-market WNWI Oak Lawn IL (address in Riverdale; both on the south side of Chicago), 3000/2600 watts U2. Night pattern goes north, day pattern ND. December & January sunrises are officially 1315 UT. Also hearing Spanish on 1200 at this time over WOAI, i.e. WRTO Chicago, conversation about películas, presumably from Univisión América. BTW, for a 50 kW `clear` less than 400 km away, KRLD 1080 is sometimes remarkably weak. Day pattern is ND, but we get more on cardioid night pattern with a deep null toward Hartford, even off the side of the heart (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1240, KGY: Another historic three letter call sign has disappeared – 1240 KGY Olympia, WA is now KBUP. The KGY story started in 1922 when Benedictine Monk, Father Sebastian Ruth received the rights to the radio call letters "KGY". Original broadcasts were from his log cabin shack just north of Old Main atop the college hill at what was St. Martin's College. In original artwork found there were banners of KGY representing the words, "Kan't Get You". After a few experimental efforts, KGY's first real program aired and by January, 1922 Thurston County listeners could look forward to regular programmes on Sunday, Tuesday and Friday evenings from 8:30-9:30, a schedule that Father Sebastian continued for 11 years while broadcasting from St. Martin's. The call sign change is a result of the sale to Sacred Heart Radio (Picture and history from KGY-FM’s web site http://www.kgyradio.com via Dec MW News via DXLD) ** U S A. Boston AM DX in '50s and early '60s --- So just for nostalgia's sake and hardly fit for publication unless you're really short of material: When I went off to school at the big red H in Cambridge in 1958, Arnie Ginsberg was doing the evening shift on 1600 WBOS (which was paid religion in the morning, "easy listening" elevator music in the afternoon, and rock at night). It had a 2 element DA cardioid to the east with 5 kW and Ginsberg got lots of DX mail from England and Ireland. Or not exactly DX mail, but requests and appeals for dedications! Then, sometime around 1959 or so he moved over to WMEX as it went all rock competing with Plough's 1150 station whose call letters I have forgotten. And WMEX also had a 5 kW 2 element DA pointed east, and so Ginsberg continued to get lots of mail from the UK and Ireland, as 1510 propagated as well as 1600 across the pond. The 1150 was pretty formulaic, but WMEX was a little looser, and so was certainly the favorite rocker of the undergraduate Cambridge crowd at both ends of Mass Ave and across the river at BU. [I of course was working weekend mornings on the air at WBCN-FM, which was all classical (and fed the "Concert Network" up as far as Mt. Washington and down to WNCN New York), one of THREE classical commercial stations in the market then! And doing some of Concert Network's engineering as well as being chief engineer of WHRB for a while in 1959 or so.] (Ben Dawson, WA, Dec 8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1510-, Dec 9 at 2300 UT on caradio, just as I tune in, the het from always-off-frequency KCTE Independence MO goes off as it must have complied with nighttime shutdown, after mentioning ABC Sports? (Do they now have a dedicated sports radio network too?), leaving the channel to ESPN which would be WLAC Nashville. KCTE`s official daytime hours in Dec are 1330-2300 UT; January, 1330-2315 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1600, Dec 10 at 0233 UT, dominant signal is Vietnamese talk, and loops NNW/SSE, so no doubt it`s KRVA, The Metroplex TX. Maybe it`s their 930 watt night power vs 25 kW days, but at night, 1600 is normally a tossup between Denver and St Louis here. Conditions maybe a bit auroral vs the northerners (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LITENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1750, UT Sunday Dec 7 at 0200 I peak the FRG-7 with east- west longwire on this frequency and strain to hear any trace of me on WH2XDE, the experimental 1 kW station in Victor, Ontario County, New York run by Jerry Whitney who says he has been airing WORLD OF RADIO UT Sundays at 0200. By 0212 I might hear a trace of me, but maybe wishful imagination. Later in semihour on DX-398 and PL-880 I can`t hear even a carrier, which is normal here almost 2 megameters away (1894 km = 1177 miles). Victor is just SE of Rochester on the NY Thruway. But I hope others are hearing it closer to the area. Here`s the latest from Jerry: (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Jerry, How about an update on how WH2XDE is going? I haven`t seen any reports of it for almost a month now. Are you still carrying out regular tests? Any digital modes yet? Also it was never clear to me how the other ops using the same callsign fit into the picture. Are they operating independently, or collaborating, on some kind of schedule? But also on different frequencies than 1750? If you have carried World of Radio any further times please let me know too. 73, (Glenn to Jerry Whitney, Dec 4, via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, All of the analog tests have concluded. The antenna and transmitter are operating properly so the next step is to finish construction of the digital exciter. Two more weeks and this should be done and ready for tests. I will advise as to the mode/freq/time of these tests. Most of the feedback I received from listeners prefer a weekend evening so I will stick to the Saturday night timeslot (0000- 0400 UT Sunday morning). I have been currently operating low power (25 Watts) in a few digital formats along with the other stations on the license to make software/hardware adjustments. So far I've been happy with the results. Static and fading on this frequency is a challenge but some of the digital formats work quite well as long as the signal is fairly strong (S/N +10 or better). The total lack of static and noise when listening is very easy on the ears! The primary station is WH2XDE-1; this is my development station location. The other stations have asked to join in with the tests but their resources and time are limited. I am grateful for their participation along with the SWL reports I receive. A few additional people have asked to join the group but this would involve modifying the license. I would consider additional stations if the license is renewed. I plan to stay on 1750 kHz for all tests of WH2XDE-1. The other participants may operate on other frequencies but likely at low power. To be done: Concluded that a vertical antenna is the most practical option at this frequency. Vertical ant. to be installed next summer. Currently using horizontal loop. WH2XDE-1 will operate digital formats at 5 kW PEP and test at lower power levels to examine optimum power levels for coverage areas. Except for narrow band formats, Receiving stations should use SDR type receivers. Analog receivers have too much distortion in the filter sections. Use "open" source digital codec to avoid licensing requirements. This would rule out DRM long term. Develop a "dongle" type receiver for use with a laptop or raspberry PI with integrated software for demodulation. Settle on a single format that is open source, that is robust for MW frequencies with single channel 7.5 kHz fidelity (approx.). Use of "polar" transmitters instead of linear amplifiers to obtain sufficient power and efficiency. Develop exciter for this (close to completion). I would expect high power DRM tests to start around January. I'll keep you posted on progress. I run "World of Radio" at 0200 UT (Saturday night, UT Sunday) on 1750 kHz (1 kW AM) --- very glad to do it! 73 (Jerry Whitney, WH2XDE, Dec 4, WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. ENVISION SETS PLANS FOR 92.3 WICHITA When blind adovcacy group Envision Broadcast Network purchased 92.3 KFTI-FM Newton/Wichita, KS from Journal Broadcasting it did not include the current Classic Country format or call letters in the acquisition. With the current format back on 1070 KFTI where it will remain once the sale of 92.3 closes, we now know what will be coming to the station afterwards. Envision has registered Q92TheBeat.com .net, and .org for the station. This follows anonymous registrations for Q92Wichita.com, Q923Wichita.com, 923QFM.com, and 923TheQ.com made since the sale was announced. And the Q branding will work perfectly with the KKGQ call letters reserved for the station upon closing of the sale. Despite being a non-profit organization, the radio station will continue to operate as a commercial operation. The sale is projected to close in January 2015. Read more at: http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/netgnomes/91175/envision-sets-plans-for-92-3-wichita/ (via Artie Bigley, DXLD) ** U S A. 93.5 WFM, Dec 6 at 2121 UT on caradio, during all-day fog with visibility of about 2 miles here, two or three stations are fighting over this channel depending on elevation and location of the car. First one says ``same station, new frequency, Power 93-5 FM``, so that gets my attention. I`m not sure what the old frequency was, but this now leads to http://www.power935.com/ and in WTFDA FM Database to KDGS, Andover KS, 15/15 kW, 114/114 meters HAAT, Rhythmic CHR format, i.e. rapcrap. On the east side of Wichita, this must be the one following with Wichita ads. But then ads for Oklahoma City as if from the same transmitter, but must have been a capture. Or??? WTFDA Database shows only two Okies on 93.5, a 250-watt translator in Tulsa, and a 45 kW in Altus, far southwest. FCC FM Query has a third one: KSTQ, licensed to Stuart OK with 900 watts at 84 m. Stuart is west of McAlester in SE OK, another unlikely to be running OKC ads, but trop-propagable. Now I`m thinking the OKC ads were really on KDGS Andover KS for some odd reason. After that and as I park at home, 93.5 is dominated by a station carrying a sillyballgame concerning K-State and Tennessee. That must be one of the other two full-power Kansans, KLKC-FM, 3/3 kW, 81/81m, in Parsons, SE Kansas, or more likely KKDT, 95/95 kW, 304.8/304.8 m in Burdett, a place so small it`s not in Rand McNally index, but FCC coverage map shows it SW of Hays, well NW of Wichita, in west-central KS. And unlike KLKC, it`s on the K-state football station list http://kstatefootball.com/radioafs.shtml but as Hays-Ness City. It also identifies with Lacrosse, apparently (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VANUATU. 3945, R. Vanuatu (presumed), 1421, Dec 2. Most weekdays notice that after Japan signs off (1400) that the Vanuatu transmitter is still on (open carrier), long after the end of their audio programming (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VATICAN [non]. 11695, PHILIPPINES, Vatican Radio (via relay) 11/26, 1545. Lecture by M in English to sudden close at 1550, a little earlier than what my sked info indicates. Good (Rick Barton, El Mirage, Arizona, Grundig Satellit 750, random wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also PHILIPPINES [non] reciprocally ** VIETNAM [and non]. 5925.00, 2245-2255 6.12, Voice of Vietnam 2, Xuan Mai, Hanoi. Vietnamese talk, instrumental music interludes, song, 33333 QRM CNR5 AP-DNK 5925.00, 2245-2255, CHINA, 6.12, Voice of Zhonghua (CNR5), Beijing. Chinese or Amoy talk 33333. Best 73, (Anker Petersen, what I heard on 49 mb on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire in Skovlunde, Denmark, WB yg via DXLD) 9635.78, 28/11 2307, V. Vietnam 1, Hanoi, Vietnamese, fair (Giampiero Bernardini, QTH: Pescia (Pistoia) Italy - RX: Winradio Excalibur Pro - ANT: 30 meters long wire, playdx yg via DXLD) ** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. 1550, 28/11 2050, RASD Radio, Algeria, talks, weak/fair (Giampiero Bernardini, QTH: Pescia (Pistoia) Italy - RX: Winradio Excalibur Pro - ANT: 30 meters long wire, playdx yg via DXLD) As far as the POLISARIO Front is concerned, I confirm they're still using 1550. I don't know the normal [early] morning s/on time, maybe 0700 UT, then they run the usual Arabic program until 1200 when a one hour segment is filled with a program in Castilian till s/off at 1300; the evening period runs 1700-2330, starting with Koranic prayer until 1715, then Castilian until 1900. It's not uncommon to hear their Castilian program filled with songs only while the text [announcements] is merely for IDs and slogans. The evening s/off time, 2330, is usually variable for it can be 2330 or as late as 2340+ UT. 1550.0, *1700-1802 03/11, ALG, POLISARIO Front (cland.), Rabouni. A, prayer, Cast px 1715, songs, IDs, A px again at 1800. 55444 1550.0, 1113-1302* 04/11, ALG, POLISARIO Front - cland. A, tks, mx; Cast px at 1200, songs, tks, pops, ann'ed. continuation in A, but closed. 25342 1550.0, 2320-2340* 29/11, ALG, POLISARIO Front - cland. A, tks, mx, abrupt closure. Adj. QRM. 54444 Their alternative (?) fq of 700 (sometimes 702, so co-channel with R. Algérienne/R. Al-Aghwat, Al-Aghwat) is not heard for many months. Best regards, (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, Dec 10, WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZAMBIA. 5915, R. One/ZNBC, 0419, Dec 4. Nice promo in English for "GOtv, entertaining Zambia"; decent signal and fairly readable. Audio attached. http://zambia.gotvafrica.com/Home/?gclid=CLekiafZq8ICFU-TfgodSSYAYA (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZANZIBAR. TANZANIA: 11735, Radio Tanzania-Zanzibar (presumed); 1751-1804+, 6-Dec; W in Arabic? With Afro-Latino tunes; M in Swahili? At 1800 with news to 1803 very brief chant and back to music. SIO=3+53- (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Brighton MI, Drake R8B + 85' TTFD + 500' unterminated bev, dogleg E-N, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) So no English news at 1800 on that Saturday (gh) UNIDENTIFIED. 630v, Dec 7 at 0649 UT, somestation making rumbling low audible heterodyne against the others, and I can get a good DF on it, close to east/west ---- which would seem to rule out Mexico, but point to stations in northern AL, northern GA or maybe NC. Several other channels suffer from LAHs, maybe Mexican, such as 780 vs WBBM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED [non]. 4900, at 1229 in an unknown language with a man with talk then brief flute-like instrumentals at 1230 and a man with English news to 1235 and back an unknown language with a man with talk to 1240 then flute-like instrumentals and two men with talk to 1247 then subcontinental female vocals to 1253 and back to two men with talk – Weak with CODAR Dec 7 Coady-ON – except for a North Korean numbers station nothing is listed here. Any ideas? [Later:] They faded out by 1257 so the grayline reception is leading me to suspect either India or one of its territories. -- (Mark Coady, Editor, Your Reports Express, Listening In, Ontario DX Association, dxingwithcumbre yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DXLD I was also listening to them, Mark. Other AIR stations were also coming in, and it definitely sounded like Hindi music and talk. I listened on and off between 1343 and 1500. Signal was always poor. (Harold Sellers, BC, ibid. WORLD OF RADIO 1751) - - - Thanks to Jose, this from dx_india yg: AIR Kurseong was noted yesterday evening on 4900 instead of 4895 kHz. Yours sincerely, Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India, Dec 8 (via Ron Howard, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DXLD) Thanks to Ron Howard who passed on the news from Jose Jacob in India that AIR Kurseong was off of its normal frequency of 4895 yesterday. Partha Sarathi Goswami has been in contact with the engineer at AIR Kurseong and tells me that the transmitter does indeed drift and splatters. The parts to fix this particular transmitter are no longer available. Once it fails then Kurseong will be off of shortwave. So, despite the mystery solved, enjoy Kurseong while you can (Mark Coady, Dec 8, dxingwithcumbre yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DXLD) AIR Kurseong is noted back on 4895 yesterday (day before yesterday theer were on 4900 for evening transmission). Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India, Dec 9, dx_india yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 5050.0, Dec 4 at 1202, JBA music, probably V. of Beibu Bay Radio, Nanning, CHINA, rather than AIR Gauhati/Aizawl per Aoki. BTW, per Australian DX News, if and when Vintage FM comes back from NSW, it`ll be on 5045 with 1 kW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1750, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Unidentified music station on 6115 was observed on Dec 4 at 1750 and 2000 UT. From 2030 UTC totally blocked by CRI in French. Probably off air at 2100. Strong signal at 0730 Dec 5 via SDR units in Twente, NL and Dreux, France. Videos on Dec 4: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/12/unidentified-music-station-on-6115.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DX LISTENING DIGEST) This one was also heard on Dec 2+3 throughout central Europe, also around mid-day. QRM from strong digital R. Andernach on 6110. X-mas music only. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Dec 5, ibid.) Viz.: NETHERLANDS. (?) Log: UNID radio station on 6115 on Dec 2nd at 1215- 1500 UT, played Christmas concert music. Bislang Weihnachtslieder Non- Stop, O=3 S=7. In SSB unreiner Empfang in beiden "Lagen". (Herbert Meixner-AUT, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 2) Re 6115.084 kHz. Ja Willi, die Wunschsendung hat sogar mit der Musik geklappt. Meine weibliche Regierung hatte mir vorhin den Auftrag zum Weihnachtsbaum Holen gegeben. Soeben komme ich zurueck und werde durch das 6115 kHz Staendchen aus BeNeLux ueberrascht ... :-) :-) :-) JA SYMPHONISCHE WEIHNACHTSMUSIK; KLASSIK RADIO, keine Jingle Bells Kassierkassenmusik, zumindest nicht 6115.084 kHz at 1355 UT S=9+5dB or -62dBm. SEHR KRUMME FREQUENZ. Eher staerker als Kall 6005 und Datteln aus Schalke05 [sic] 6150, eher nach meinem 15 Minuteneindruck, statt der ueblichen 6005, 6070, 6150, 6190 kHz. Ja, das koennen die Nachbarn mit den gelben Plaques nummerplaat am Auto sein. Nichts zu hoeren in Irland, nichts/kaum in England, nichts in Schweden, nichts in Griechenland, duenn in Warschau und Nord-Italien, aber ganz gut am Bodensee, Sueddeutschland, auch Amberg und Muensterland. [later] at 14 UT Dec 2, das war's dann, 6120 kHz next door on air, US propaganda Radio Liberty in Belarus aus Nauen mit dicken 250 kW. (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 2) 6115v, Der ist mir heute morgen um 0635z schon aufgefallen. Erst dachte ich R Nikkei, doch als auch um 7z noch keine Wortmeldung kam und weiter mit Jingle Bells gebrettert wurde gab ich es auf. SIO 353 bis gegen 7z das Signal noch besser wurde (Willi Westrupp-D, A-DX Dec 2, ibid.) We are also hearing Nikkei 6115 by 0700 now (gh, OK, DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. December 4: UNIDentified music station 1750 on 6115 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWLG_Fq2GFg&feature=youtu.be UNIDentified music station 1959 on 6115 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbJAjxyOjS4&feature=youtu.be More videos on Dec. 5 for UNIDentified Christmas Musician Pirate station on 6115: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/12/unidentified-music-station-on-6115.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. December 5: UNIDentified Christmas Musician Pirate station 1617 on 6115 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax5VKtuqPck&feature=youtu.be UNIDentified Christmas Musician Pirate station 1718 on 6115 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA852I5Eo-4&feature=youtu.be UNIDentified Christmas Musician Pirate station 1819 on 6115 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYH5QPzN_YY&feature=youtu.be UNIDentified Christmas Musician Pirate station 2015 on 6115 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnVtYi6wd74&feature=youtu.be UNIDentified Christmas Musician Pirate station 2020 on 6115 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaYXx0VKeoE&feature=youtu.be UNIDentified Christmas Musician Pirate station 2029 on 6115, blocked by CRI French 2030 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ke_sDh9zSM&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 9135 UTILITY / "Rasper", 12/5, 1600. Raspy dot dot dot dash pattern. Good. Not heard in a while but this is a common frequency (Rick Barton, El Mirage, Arizona, Grundig Satellit 750, random wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Same as ``TADIL-A Bonker`` (gh, DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 9330-, Dec 9 at 0627, big open carrier with hum, so could be WBCQ or HM01, Cuban numbers which appears around 0700 on certain nights (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 15151-USB, Dec 5 at 1455, INTRUDERS, 2-way in colloquial Spanish, as heard on this frequency a number of times before. Weak het from a broadcaster on 15150 which would be AWR in Pwo from SRI LANKA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 15343-USB, Dec 7 at 1351, intruders, colloquial Spanish 2-way, the stronger one inserting ``puta`` into every phrase. Also signs of these on 15573 again and somewhere around 15100 I didn`t get pinpointed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 15370, 12/2, 1800. OC and hum heard until after tuning out at 1825 (Rick Barton, El Mirage, Arizona, Grundig Satellit 750, random wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) probably CUBA, not turned off after bigsig ourway until 1600. Same on Nov 20 as in DXLD 14-48 (gh) UNIDENTIFIED. 15573.0-USB, Dec 4 at 1408 past 1500, 2-ways in Spanish, one of which has constant background, engine? Noise. Slight het from much weaker so-called North American service of South Korea on 15575- AM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 1751: Here is a check for observance of Saturnalia and Winter Solstice (William T Hassig, IL, check to P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702) TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED FUTURELY: Note from THOMAS HUNT: Thanks for the show. I listen every week (with a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com) Thanks to Will Martin, St Louis MO, for supporting WOR and DXLD with a check to WORLD OF RADIO, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ B14 SCHEDULE LINX AT HTTP://WWW.WORLDOFRADIO.COM Hi Glenn, will a B14 schedule of frequencies and times be available soon on your website? I find the A14 list invaluable for helping to identify either weak stations or foreign language programs. Cheers and best wishes! Andre Fredette, Oakville, Ontario L6H 3H2H, Dec 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Andre, Tnx for the reminder that I very much needed to update those linx, which I have now done! (Glenn to Andre, UT Dec 5, via DXLD) Thanks for all the hard work you do Glenn. Cheers! (Andre Fredette, Ontario, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Added the EiBi B14 schedule extracts as of December 1, 2014 (in the Schedules section) and Mighty KBC studio quality audio from the August 31, 2014 0000-0200 UTC and the September 7, 2014 0000-0200 UTC broadcasts (in the Mighty KBC section) of http://www.kg4lac.com 73, (Kraig, KG4LAC, Krist, Dec 7, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) BROADCASTS IN ENGLISH Very handy 32-page booklet from the British DX Club has now been published for the B14 season. With all the details, mainly in time order, but also separate schedules of Music on Shortwave, Broadcasts in English Available Online, Live 24 hour internet streaming in English; Programmes on Demand; DX, Media & Mailbag Programmes; World Radio Network schedules in English to Europe, North America. Price while stocks last: UK 3 pounds; Europe 4 pounds or 5 euro or US$6 or 5 IRCs. Rest of world airmail 5 pounds, US$7 or 6 IRCs. PDF copy also available at UK price. British DX Club, 10 Hemdean Hill, Caversham, Reading RG4 7SB, UK http://www.bdxc.org.uk (gh, WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DXLD) WORLD RADIO TV HANDBOOK market --- What market? In North America and Europe, the WRTH is now a niche product. It should actually cost a lot more, but most of the staff are volunteer hobbyists who work for free, or very modest expenses. Fortunately there is a hard core of professional users who are prepared to pay more, to keep the title going. The WRTH cost $25 even when I worked there, and I left in 1997. Even then, the WRTH was making a loss, but we held the price down to keep the hobbyists, some of whom 'defected' to Passport to World Band Radio, but expected the WRTH to be there at the same price whenever they wanted it. $70 seems extreme, but hobbyists who want the information must be prepared to pay for it. I always pointed out that $25 for an annual is less than 50c a week - and if you're not prepared to pay 50c a week for your hobby, then it's not much of a hobby J (Andy Sennitt, Dec 5, ODXA yg via DXLD) 7ª Actualización de 2014 de la LISTA MUNDIAL DE EMISIONES EN ESPAÑOL La AER anuncia que ya está disponible la 7ª actualización de 2014 de la LISTA MUNDIAL DE EMISIONES EN ESPAÑOL que se ofrece gratis en forma de listados PDF y de páginas web con motor de búsqueda. http://lista.aer-dx.es/ La Lista Mundial de Emisiones en Español cubre un hueco existente en Internet referente a las emisiones […] http://aer.org.es/archivos/1989 (Pedro Sedano, Madrid, España, COORDINADOR GENERAL, ASOCIACIÓN ESPAÑOLA DE RADIOESCUCHA (AER), noticiasdx yg via DXLD) SHORTWAVE RECEIVERS PAST & PRESENT COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVERS 1942-2013 The latest 4th edition of this book is now in print. It’s $50 and the postage to Europe is a whopping $50 as well - http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/books/0004.html I wonder if there is any way the club could order a few copies in bulk to reduce the costs – 5 books are shipped for $130. Maybe there are higher discounts for greater quantities. Any mileage in asking in next Communication if anyone interested? Regards (Stuart Satnipper, Dec 9, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Tnx to author Fred Osterman for a review copy. It`s a very hefty tome, 800 pages, 375 chapters printed on heavy coated stock, really an amazing piece of research. One would never have guessed there were so many makes and models of communications receivers. Each is illustrated, monochrome, with basic specs at least. Gives new and used prices, many of the professional units in the thousands of dollars. See website above (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) SHORTWAVE FEATURE ON FREQUENCY CAST Heard the frequency cast podcast edition 106 with our member Jim Salmon. Great feature on shortwave & the number stations. http://www.frequencycast.co.uk Well done, Jim. Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone (Gary Drew, Dec 9, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) PERFECT DATABASE BROWSER If you want a good source please visit: http://www.df8ry.de/htmlen/home/welcome.htm the home of the famous "G3xDDC-CSVUserlistBrowser“ You can also use this beautiful (and free!) software without any SDR. A perfect Database-Browser for MWlist, EiBi, HFCC, AOKI and many more. 73 (Christoph Ratzer, -- http://remotedx.wordpress.com Oct 31, MWCircle yg via DXLD) Ham Book Of The Month THE ARRL HANDBOOK FOR RADIO COMMUNICATIONS – 2015, 92ND EDITION Edited by Ward Silver N0AX ISBN: 978-1-62595-019-2 Hardcover - $59.95 US or $65.95 Canadian. ARRL Order # 0218 Softcover - $49.95 US or $54.95 Canadian. ARRL Order # 1920 ARRL 225 Main Street Newington, CT, 06111-1494 USA Tel: 1-860-594-0200 Fax: 1-860-594-0259 hq@arrl.org Okay, if it’s December you can bet I’m going to talk about The Handbook! Every year about this time, The ARRL improves updates and expands upon its most famous Magnum Opus. AS always, the one book that NEEDS to be on the shelf of every amateur radio operator, period, full stop, dit dit!!! But it is hard to call this simply a book. For several years now, The Handbook has included a CD-ROM that augments the articles in the book as well as providing a number of extremely useful programs to enhance the ham radio experience. The Handbook continues to be the best place for a practical understanding of every aspect of the amateur radio art, from basic theory, to electronic design and troubleshooting. My nearly 40 years of ham radio experience has always been supported by the information found in this book. You would need to enroll in a college level electronic program to acquire any further information. For most of us, The Handbook remains the most sufficient tool for the job. As I said, always expanded and improved to address the most recent aspects of the radio hobby, I can’t help but immediately turn to the newest projects. This year The Handbook includes a very nice adjustable power supply design that will be added to my workbench at the first opportunity. There is also a design for a tri-Band Moxon Yagi that I have to try. My ham club as made great use of the Moxon design at our Field Day operations. I hope to build this one up for trailer camping next summer. As always, let me remind you that this book is a great holiday gift to give or to receive. Most highly recommended! Compliments of the Season to one and all! I’ll keep an ear out for you on the bottom end of 40 meters. 73 de (SKIP N2EI Arey, Ham Radio Report, Dec CIDX Messenger via DXLD) DX-PEDITIONS ++++++++++++ CANARY ISLAND DX Glenn, Some observations from a recent trip to Northern Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands – I was about 100 miles off Africa, though parts of FV are nearer. Loggings mostly 18-21 UT Nov 26, 2014. Mauritania not on 4845 but it was audible all evening on 783 kHz MW (50 kW). I heard no MW from Mali but finally heard audio on 5995. Since the trouble with their transmitters in the 1990s, ORTM carriers have been audible in Ireland but not the content. Audible in daylight was 711 – El Aaioun in the Moroccan-controlled part of Western Sahara. It was almost entirely in Berber. No chance of hearing France here. I hear France only in Ireland. VOA São Tomé on 1530 puts in a massive signal after 7 pm local. I haven’t logged it from Ireland for several years. Extraordinary signal from Australia on 4835 around 2030 on November 25. I presume this was the Northern Territory domestic transmitter – 50 kW. Couldn’t believe how strong it was. I don’t even get a carrier trace in Ireland and I haven’t logged Australian tropical banders since the 1990s. As for Shortwave in general, the higher frequencies worked well much later. Those Europeans beaming to Africa boomed in – France on 15300 etc. I also noticed that RAE on 15345 was much stronger. On MW, heard several UK networks including BBC 5Live, Absolute Radio. But German and East Europeans were missing. Spanish stations were no stronger than in Ireland, although signals from Barcelona and the north were very difficult. I was disappointed to hear no MW DX from West African states from Senegal to Cameroon. There was no North American transatlantic DX. UK and Irish ATC (e.g., Shannon) were much weaker but Santa Maria on the Azores boomed in. As a PS to previous email, Nov 25, 19 UT – heard Mauritania 783 with another Arabic channel mixing in. If that was Syria, says a lot about how well Tartus 600 kW propagates. Does very well into Ireland – much better than most other ME MW stations except Saudis (Derek Lynch, Ireland, Dec 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST) On 09/12/2014, Glenn Hauser wrote: PS: What is KresySiberia and does it have anything to do with radio? KS is a charity I volunteer for, there no radio connection, but I make bandscans every time I go on work trips - would be foolish not to. In my current state of health I wouldn't have managed to visit Lviv and do the bandscan there if not for the assistance of City hall and that only happened because their museum is a partner of Kresy Siberia and I was on official business. Leaving a radio related signature on KS my posts confuses those guys way more than having a KS signature on my radio posts confuses you guys :D so it`s easier to leave it as it is. Having contacts in Ukraine through running the KS twitter account did allow me to hear about the Russian clandestine on 96.5 FM in Donetsk, so sometimes I get to pick up useful nuggets. Also when I visited the Polish Senate in September I met Latvian Dxer Maris Goldmanis (he's a historian in his day job) who runs a site dedicated to numbers stations. Feel free to google us but it`s Polish History, not DX related. I attach some pictures of old Radios seen in Lviv (Tim Bucknall, Congleton, UK Executive Committee Member & Social Media Co-ordinator #KresySiberia, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Bandscans incurred in the course of duty :-) While I was waiting to attend a meeting of the Anglo Belarusian Society (we want to build links with all Poland`s present and former minorities), I noted the London Pirates Log. Tim Bucknall, G-N79RE Pen Gardens, Islington, N London 00w07/51n36, Tecsun PL-380, 2014-11-15 MHz UTC ITU Program + Location Details Remarks km 88.20 1415 G Rude FM, North London pirate 88.60 1319 G Back2Back, North London pirate 90.60 1316 G Freak FM, North London pirate 97.70 1327 G UNID pirate, North London 98.10 1317 G Mystic FM, North London pirate 101.30 1529 G Spice 1, North London 101.50 1329 G Empire LDN, London 103.90 1428 G Muzik FM (pirate), North London crazy dj! 108.00 1326 G One Drop Radio, North London Whilst staying overnight in West London after attending the Kresy Siberia meeting at the POSK Polish social club I made this bandscan: Bandscan Chiswick, West London erstellt von: Tim Bucknall Datum: 14.11.2014-17.11.2014 Koordinaten: 00w13/51n29 Max. distance: 41 km Topographie: Urban Wetter: mild, dry Gerät: Tecsun PL-380 MHz Program Location Reg kW Pol km O RDS 66.30 Trunking Data London 67.83 Studio A talkback London 87.50 UK Raw Radio Oxfordshire/Berkshire border 87.70 In House Radio (pirate) London 88.00 Pulse 88 London 88.40 Vision Radio UK (pirate) London 88.60 Back2Back London 88.80 BBC Radio 2 London/Crystal Palace EN-GTL 4 v 13 89.10 BBC Radio 2 Wrotham EN-KNT 250 m 41 89.40 Citylock Radio London (pirate) 90.20 Point Blank FM (pirate) London 90.80 Lightening FM London 91.00 BBC Radio 3 London/Crystal Palace EN-GTL 4 v 13 91.30 BBC Radio 3 Wrotham EN-KNT 250 m 41 92.60 TheRock926 London 93.00 Starpoint Radio London 93.20 BBC Radio 4 FM London/Crystal Palace EN-GTL 4 v 13 93.50 BBC Radio 4 FM Wrotham EN-KNT 250 m 41 93.70 Vibes FM London 94.00 Voice of Africa Radio (VOAR) London-Plaistow/Henniker Point EN-GTL 0.125 m 18 94.40 UNID pirate 2 poss stns 94.90 BBC London 94.9 London/Crystal Palace EN-GTL 4 m 13 95.10 Origin FM London 95.40 UK Roots (Pirate) London 95.50 On Top Radio London 95.80 Capital FM London/Croydon TV Tower EN-GTL 4 m 14 96.10 S-Dance London 96.40 96.4 The Eagle Guildford/Hog's Back EN-SUR 3 m 39 96.40 Surprise Radio London 96.70 BBC Radio Kent Wrotham EN-KNT 8.7 m 41 96.90 Capital Xtra London/Crystal Palace EN-GTL 0.03 v 13 97.30 LBC 97.3 London/Croydon TV Tower EN-GTL 4 m 14 97.70 SLR (Pirate) London 98.30 RJR London 98.50 BBC Radio 1 London/Crystal Palace EN-GTL 4 v 13 98.80 BBC Radio 1 Wrotham EN-KNT 125 m 41 99.30 Select UK London 99.70 Flex FM London 100.00 Kiss FM London/Croydon TV Tower EN-GTL 4 m 14 100.60 Classic FM London/Crystal Palace EN-GTL 2 v 13 100.90 Classic FM Wrotham EN-KNT 250 m 41 101.20 Unique FM North London 101.70 Flight FM London 101.90 Beat FM London 102.20 Smooth Radio London/Croydon TV Tower EN-GTL 4 m 14 102.50 Galaxy Radio London 103.00 London Live London 103.30 London Greek Radio (LGR) London/Alexandra Palace EN-GTL 0.078 m 14 103.60 Bang Radio London-Harlesden/Hillside Hub EN-GTL 0.023 v 6 104.40 Resonance FM London/Guys Hospital Tower EN-GTL 0.05 m 10 104.60 BBC Surrey Guildford/Hog's Back EN-SUR 3 m 39 104.90 XFM London/Crystal Palace EN-GTL 3.9 m 13 105.40 Magic 105.4 FM London/Croydon TV Tower EN-GTL 4 m 14 105.60 UNID pirate 2 poss stns 105.80 Absolute Radio London/Crystal Palace EN-GTL 3.73 m 13 106.20 Heart London London/Croydon TV Tower EN-GTL 4 m 14 106.80 Rinse FM London-Bermondsey EN-GTL 0.1 m 12 107.10 Capital Xtra London/Alexandra Palace EN-GTL 0.156 m 14 107.30 Reprezent FM London/Honor Oak EN-GTL 0.18 m 13 107.80 Radio Jackie London-Kingston/Tolworth Tower EN-GTL 0.8 m 13 108.00 One Drop Radio North London Whilst stranded overnight in Paris on my way back from Ukraine I did this bandscan: Bandscan Paris, Charles De Gaulle Airport http://www.fmlist.org/fi_bsall.php?omid=3504 erstellt von: Tim Bucknall Datum: 24.10.2014-27.10.2014 Koordinaten: 02e22/48n50 Max. distance: 75 km Topographie: Urban Wetter: Gerät: Tecsun PL-380, MHz Program Location Reg kW Pol km O RDS 87.80 France Inter Paris/Tour Eiffel 75 10 v 7 88.20 Générations Bagnolet(Paris)/Tour Mercuriales Ouest 93 4 v 4 89.00 RFI Paris Paris/Tour Eiffel 75 10 v 7 89.40 Radio Libertaire Bagnolet(Paris)/Tour Mercuriales Ouest 93 4 v 4 89.60 France Culture Montlhéry/la Grange au Prieur 91 0.1 v 30 89.90 TSF Jazz Paris/Tour Eiffel 75 10 v 7 90.40 Nostalgie Paris/Tour Eiffel 75 10 v 7 90.60 RMC Melun/Bois de Montaigu 77 1 v 37 90.90 Chante France Paris/Tour Eiffel 75 4 v 7 91.10 France Inter Villers-Cotterêts/Fleury 02 13 h 75 91.30 Chérie FM Paris/Tour Eiffel 75 10 v 7 91.70 France Musique Paris/Tour Eiffel 75 8 v 7 92.10 Le Mouv' Paris/Tour Eiffel 75 8 v 7 92.60 Tropiques FM Bagnolet(Paris)/Tour Mercuriales Ouest 93 4 v 4 93.50 France Culture Paris/Tour Eiffel 75 8 v 7 93.90 Radio Campus Paris Paris/Fort de Romainville 93 4 v 6 94.30 Radio Orient Paris/Tour Eiffel 75 4 v 7 94.80 Judaïques FM Paris/Hotel Concorde Lafayette 75 4 v 9 95.20 Radio Ici & Maintenant Bagnolet(Paris)/Tour Mercuriales Ouest 93 4 v 4 95.40 France Inter Villebon-sur-Yvette/TDF La Plesse 91 1 v 20 95.60 Radio Courtoisie Paris/Fort de Romainville 93 4 v 6 96.00 Skyrock Paris/Tour Eiffel 75 10 v 7 96.40 BFM Business Paris/Tour Eiffel 75 4 v 7 96.90 Voltage Paris/Tour Eiffel 75 4 v 7 97.40 Rire et Chansons Paris/Tour Eiffel 75 4 v 7 97.80 Ado FM Bagnolet(Paris)/Tour Mercuriales Ouest 93 4 v 4 98.20 Radio FG Bagnolet(Paris)/Tour Mercuriales Ouest 93 4 v 4 98.60 Radio Alfa Paris/64 rue Compans 75 4 v 5 98.80 Espace FM Paris-Nord/Sannois 95 4 v 18 99.00 Latina FM Bagnolet(Paris)/Tour Mercuriales Ouest 93 4 v 4 99.40 UNID 99.50 France Maghreb 2 Paris/Fort de Romainville 93 4 v 6 99.90 Sud Radio + Paris/Tour Eiffel 75 4 v 7 100.10 NRJ Paris Meaux/la Justice 77 3 v 38 100.30 NRJ Paris Paris/Tour Eiffel 75 10 v 7 100.70 Fréquence Protestante Paris/Tour Eiffel 75 10 v 7 101.10 Radio Classique Paris/Tour Eiffel 75 10 v 7 101.50 Radio Nova Paris/Tour Eiffel 75 10 v 7 101.90 Fun Radio Paris/Tour Eiffel 75 10 v 7 102.10 Ouï FM Melun/Bois de Montaigu 77 1 v 37 102.30 Ouï FM Paris/Tour Eiffel 75 4 v 7 102.50 UNID 102.70 MFM Radio Paris/Tour Eiffel 75 10 v 7 103.10 RMC Paris/Tour Eiffel 75 10 v 7 103.50 Virgin Radio Paris/Tour Eiffel 75 10 v 7 103.70 Virgin Radio Meaux/la Justice 77 3 v 38 103.90 RFM Paris/Tour Eiffel 75 10 v 7 104.30 RTL Paris/Tour Eiffel 75 10 v 7 104.70 Europe 1 Paris/Tour Eiffel 75 10 v 7 105.10 FIP Paris/Tour Eiffel 75 10 v 7 105.50 France Info Paris/Tour Eiffel 75 8 v 7 105.90 RTL 2 Paris/Tour Eiffel 75 10 v 7 106.30 Fréquence Paris Plurielle Paris/64 rue Compans 75 4 v 5 106.50 UNID 106.70 Beur FM Bagnolet(Paris)/Tour Mercuriales Ouest 93 4 v 4 107.10 France Bleu 107.1 Paris/Tour Eiffel 75 10 v 7 107.30 Radio Classique Chantilly/Apremont 60 4 v 45 107.50 Africa No.1 Paris/Fort de Romainville 93 4 v 6 Earls court London between running the KS stall at the BBCs family history expo http://www.fmlist.org/fi_bsall.php?omid=3275 at The Katyn Memorial, Cannock Chase Staffordshire, UK whilst replacing the flowers etc http://www.fmlist.org/fi_bsall.php?omid=3133 Lviv after laying a wreath at a recently uncovered mass grave of Ukrainians killed by the NKVD http://www.fmlist.org/fi_bsall.php?omid=3389 Warsaw the evening after hosting a conference for gulag survivors http://www.fmlist.org/fi_bsall.php?omid=3312 http://www.kresy-siberia.org you'd like us, we hate commies as much as you :-) -- Tim Bucknall Congleton, UK Executive Committee Member & Social Media Co-ordinator #KresySiberia (Tim Bucknall, UK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Sorry, the formatting gets all messed up when copying (gh, DXLD) MUSEA +++++ WGN PHOTO ARCHIVE The Way Back Machine: This time around we look at WGN radio. I found a site that has a great collection of pictures from the 1920’s through the 1950’s. The site is located at: http://galleries.apps.chicagotribune.com/chivintage-wgn-radio-photos-20140411/ These pictures are captioned so the viewer gets an understanding of the historic significance of each picture. The site is more picture than information orientated but in this case a picture is worth a thousand words (NRC DX News Dec 15 via DXLD) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See BRAZIL; GERMANY; PAKISTAN; USA WH2XDE ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV See MEXICO ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ LIGHT BULB AM DX RFI I noticed that the standard incandescent light bulbs are missing from my local Walmart. Guess that means we're stuck with CFL, LED, and Halogen bulbs from now on. Anyone find a particular brand that does not interfere with AM DX? Or at least not that bad? Granted with external antennas it isn't as much of an issue but I'm also thinking of ULR and those of us who use internal antennas. I use my Wellbrook in a rotor on the second floor and my shack is on the first. Thoughts, anyone? PS: Does anyone know where to get incandescent bulbs? My search was not exhaustive. -- 73, (Mark Clark, Lancaster County, PA, Dec 5, NRC-AM via DXLD) Maybe not at Walmart but I still see them all over the place in the local stores, try Home Depot, I've seen them in my local Price Chopper, even three ways (Bob Young, Millbury, MA, ibid.) Our Dollar Tree still sells the old 60 watters here, but I have quite a stock of the old bulbs (Patrick Martin, Seaside OR, ibid.) Re: Skotdal: AM BAND NEEDS DRASTIC CHANGE http://www.radioworld.com/article/skotdal-am-band-needs-drastic-change/273566%20 Digital AM will never be compatible with regular AM and should be outlawed on the MW band. The idea of AM stations going all-digital would mostly benefit the pocketbook of Ibiquity since any station going all-digital would have to shell out huge bucks for the Ibiquity license and proprietary gear. That alone makes me suspicious of anyone promoting digital AM. Follow the money trail. Many stations in smaller markets would never be able to afford the switch to digital AM and many would not be able to switch for technical reasons. They would be interfered with both day and especially at night by the bigger stations that could afford all- digital AM. This would be very unfair to the smaller stations and their listeners. Digital AM never lived up to its promises of better fidelity with its extremely low bit rate and metallic sounding audio with synthesized highs. There are already some good alternatives for AM broadcasters. Many AM broadcasters are allowed to run FM translators that cover their service area well and already give their listeners a choice of hearing their station on long range AM during the day or local area day or night. Plus many AM stations now stream online that can be listened to on mobile smartphones, etc and home computers across the whole country or even the world. Update the technical regulations for standard AM like locking the frequency to .01 or even .001 Hz so stations don't beat with each other and mandate cleaning up cheap consumer goods with switching power supplies and better shielding on TVs and computers and cleaning up noisy overhead power lines. That will go a long way towards improving the AM band without putting a huge burden on the broadcasters. 73 - (Todd WD4NGG Roberts, ABDX via DXLD) 30-40 years down the road! Today`s youth is not interested in the AM band so this is most likely a waste of time. All the current AM band listeners will be gone. The next generation will be listening to programs on other media. Why don't they just go back to AM Stereo? (I'm sure it's due to the pressure put on by Ibiquity). Going from 4700 to 700 stations leaves around 6 stations per frequency but the noise level from all the HD transmitters will be worse than the current electrical noise. I already hear 1530 KFBK Sacramento sideband noise on the 1540 Los Angeles station. I like the idea of migrating AM station licenses to a new FM band but linking that to AM HD is not going to improve AM. Reducing the number of stations and allowing the remaining stations to increase power might overcome some of the noise. Increased man made noise needs to be resolved. And AM HD needs to die. Still, it's entertainment and the stations need to provide a product that the listeners are going to tune in. My opinions (Martin Foltz, CA, ibid.) A EULOGY FOR RADIOSHACK, THE PANICKED AND HALF-DEAD RETAIL EMPIRE http://www.sbnation.com/2014/11/26/7281129/radioshack-eulogy-stories Sent from my iPhone (via Dennis Gibson, Dec 7, ABDX via DXLD) Horror stories from people who worked there (gh, DXLD) A far journey away from their roots. Society has changed but ---- 1940 Catalog http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/catalogs/1940/ (ZZ4A internet terminal, ABDX via DXLD) I went into our franchised Radio Shack a couple of years ago to buy a No. 47 dial lamp. I think I bought the last one in the drawer, so I told the manager he'd better order more. He said I was the only one who'd ever bought one. That used to be the place to go for parts, phono styli, caps, etc. I did find two electrolytic caps I needed for my Channel Master 6477 there, but things are not like they used to be. As far as the 47s are concerned, I went to eBay and bought two boxes of the things a guy had up there (Bob Smoak, Bamberg, SC, ibid.) I think the No. 47 is what's in my Hammarlund and I can get them from our local Tru Value hardware. Probably cheaper if you buy a box but if you need 1 you can try the small hardware stores (Martin Foltz, Mission Viejo CA, ibid.) They made key mistakes along the way, but are largely victims of things beyond their control. - Radio Shack, after all, implies that they sell RADIOS. The last time I went in one, I found one or two - undistinctive. At one time, they sold one variety or another of decent, but not outstanding DX performing radios. When they were their own design - they were pretty good. But cost reduction at key junctures hurt them - ferrite bars smaller than the case allowed, less IF stages, etc. I would say that things like the 12-675 were among the last no compromise (except for the ferrite bar) designs. By the time you get to the 12-650 and 12-655 - the low number of IF stages was beginning to hurt performance. They began to "clone" other manufacturers successful designs - their 12-603 was an example. GE had a good idea with the Superadio 3 - they promptly bungled it with bad tuning pots. Radio Shack reverse engineered it - looked for ways to cost reduce. Ferrite bar got downsized, IF stages from 4 to 2 - there was not even an adjustment for FM antenna high end. Radio Shack also couldn't get the AVC right - the Sanyo chip they use is the same one in CCrane EP and a cheap boom box under the Olsen Twins name. Even the Olsen Twins gets AVC right, so does CCrane. All Radio Shack had to do is follow the data sheet and make sure the tuned RF stage got it right, too. CCrane got it right - but Radio Shack missed. You have to turn the volume WAY up on a 12-603 to get distant stations. Oops. I will probably come up with a fix at some point, but other posters have documented several ways Radio Shack didn't follow the data sheet of the IC. If Radio Shack didn't have the design smarts in house, they should have simply stocked and sold the radios other people designed. But wait - they DID! Only instead of calling it Radio Shack - they spun off a new storefront brand: Best Buy! That did exactly that - they didn't sell their own, cost reduced stuff - they just sold the originals under their own names, and have been pretty darn successful doing it. Having Best Buy to do that, they could have re-grouped and made the Radio Shack / Realistic / Optimus name a DX / high performance premium brand sold only in Radio Shack. But there wouldn't be enough demand for DX radios to keep 5000 storefronts open. More would be needed in stores. They were hurt when hifi / stereo stopped being a home hobby and more of a commodity. That also pretty much killed Heathkit. That was beyond Radio Shack's control. You knew classic audio gear was in trouble when plastic case boom boxes sounded almost as good, performed almost as good, and didn't need a turntable because vinyl was out of favor. Vinyl required stationary installation, cassettes did not. So you could carry a stereo on your shoulder complete with high power amplifier, decent (but not great) tuner, tape player, etc. And you could put the equivalent "bookshelf&quo t; system in your home taking up a fraction of the floor space and without the hassle of a first rate hi-fi stereo setup. FM stations were more numerous - so DX tuners and antennas went by the wayside. Again - all beyond Radio Shack's control. They responded correctly with product offerings. Radio Shack used to be the "go-to" place for parts. They advertised that they would get any IC for any product - and the followed through. They got me many hard to find IC's for broken stereo components through the years. Then - one day - I went in and things had changed. They had made a deal with one of those universal IC houses, and you could get their equivalent part - but NOT any IC from any manufacturer. And if there wasn't an equivalent - you were out of luck. I was out of luck - several times. I quit going to Radio Shack for parts. A lot of hobbyists quit - because all of the sudden - not every Radio Shack stocked parts. A lot of them had no parts. There was no warning on the front door - only an army of sales people on commission - grimly determined to be of "help" selling me a cell phone plan I didn't want - telling me why my present phone and carrier were deficient - not taking "no" for an answer, stalking me down every aisle as I tried - in vain - to find what I wanted. Cell phone plans? Really? The carriers already had that market cornered with their own storefront on every corner, where you can get a better deal. Walmart has the only viable third party model - beating the carriers at their own game with even better rates. With radios in short supply, a store filled with trinket toys, no parts unless you find the right store, cell phone plans, an army of stalking sales people - the modern Radio Shack is nothing like it was in the 60's - a pleasant place for an electronics hobbyist to come an browse. Now it is an unpleasant experience, at best, avoiding vulture sales people and looking to see if they might still carry the part I came to buy. I gave up buying radios to test their DX capability long ago. FM antennas? A memory. Parts? Even in the right type of Radio Shack the selection is limited. For radios - I now go to eBay for old models or CCrane for new. For consumer electronics - Best Buy or Frys - which, by the way, has a good selection of parts. For parts, though, I have accounts at Digikey and Mouser. Even though they don't have old ICs - they have virtually everything I need to work on radios, including the high voltage aluminum caps I just bought for a vintage tube radio. Radio Shack of the 60's has been gone for a long time. Please, somebody - mercifully and respectfully put the modern perversion out of its misery! (Bruce Carter, TX, ibid.) Heck, these days, anything I want from Radio Shack, I could just as easily (if not more easily) get from Universal Radio or from http://www.kenselectronics.com And I don't have to deal with high school kids who are just there for an easy paycheck and can't help me out with one question I have about their products. 73, (Rick Dau, South Omaha, Nebraska, ibid.) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ Most unusual day time medium wave conditions today 05 December DX ALERT --- Just a heads up. Perhaps the same conditions will be apparent in North America today. Most unusual day time sky wave conditions on medium wave today. Stations from Spain all over my usual U.K. frequencies at 1300-1330 UT (1-1:30 PM local). Spanish stations from 5 to 10 kW all over the top end of the dial (1200-1600) from 600 to 900 miles out. Even mid-band 999, 1008, 1017, 1026, all Spain. Marseille, France like a local on 1242 at 890 miles. 05 December (Brock Whaley, Limerick, Ireland, 1528 UT, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yesterday`s odd conditions may have been caused by an atmospheric disturbance caused by the NASA launch as noted in the past by Glenn Hauser’s fine DXLD. I don’t know how to explain it. This reception occurred within an hour of my solar noon (1225 UT). The distance, and the fact these stations from Spain completely covered regional day time ground wave stations I normally hear, make me suspect it was some type of sky wave anomaly. For example, on 792 kHz, Sevilla, Spain at 1,050 miles with 50 kW completely buried Derry at 180 miles on the same frequency. On 1026, Oviedo, Spain with just 5 kW at 650 miles wiped out Belfast at 180 miles. I am going through recordings and compiling my log, but there are countless more examples. Remember, this was between 1 and 1:30 PM in the afternoon in the same hour as “solar noon.” In my 48 years of DXing I have never experienced such odd daytime medium wave conditions. I’ve heard odd daytime sky wave stations before, but never the entire dial, and with such strength they completely covered my day time regulars. It was just amazing! (Brock Whaley, County Limerick, Dec 6, ibid.) Maybe Brock is referring to my own observations of ``daytime skywave MW DX openings`` just as the Space Shuttle was rarely crossing the US, heading for landing in FL, and apparently actively ionizing the E- layer, or disrupting the D-layer absorption; which would not be the same thing as immediately following a launch (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) How widespread are these effects, and exactly what happens to propagate MW signals like that? It *is* really interesting and I am glad you posted about them, Brock. Not knowing how wide the effect might be, I checked my local MW conditions when I read your first report, early afternoon here in Newfoundland, but found no anomalies. Too bad (Phillip Hiscock, Dec 6, dxldyg via DXLD) DECEMBER 5, 2014 MOST UNUSUAL DAYTIME CONDITIONS [more details] On Friday December 5, 2014 I observed very unusual day time sky wave conditions on the medium wave band. Stations I normally don’t hear, out to 900 miles in some cases, were received here inland in the south of Ireland. This odd reception occurred within one hour of my “solar” noon. Regular ground wave signals some from great distances that I normally expect to hear were absent and replaced by signals from 600- 900 miles distant. I have experienced day time sky wave reception from great distances before, but never to this extent, and never with the complete absence of what I would consider normal ground wave signals. In the 70’s I heard WLS Chicago in Sarasota, Florida close to my local noon on a small handful of occasions. This is a distance of 1,046 miles (1683 km). In Atlanta on occasion I would hear “X” band stations (1620-1710 kHz) running 10 kW also day time at distances of 600-800 miles. I have spent many hours familiarizing myself with the normal winter day time ground wave limits of my receiving abilities at this location. The Faroe Islands running 25 kW on 531 at 620 miles is well received year round over a mostly water path. The same for La Coruña, Spain with 24 kW on 558 over water at 630 miles. On the upper end of the dial, water paths still come into play with Brest, France on 1404 with 20 Kw providing a year round signal of great strength at a distance of 350 miles. The most distant day time ground wave signal I can hear with year round regularity is Prague on 639 with 750 kW, but it signs on at 1500 local, one hour outside of what I consider the 1000-1400 day time window. At a distance of 1,025 miles, it fights it out with another water path Spaniard, La Coruña with 300 kW on the same frequency. I also normally hear low powered U.K. stations like Gold Radio in Derby on 945 at 300 miles with 200 watts, and at the upper end of the dial, Forth 2, Edinburgh on 1548 with 2.2 kW (325 miles) fighting it out with BBC Bristol. Some of the signals I have listed above have less signal strength in the summer of course, but no matter what their attenuated strength, they offer reliable, non-fading, steady, ground wave pick up. I mentioned “solar noon.” I consider my local time period of 1000-1400 to be DX “day time” regardless of the season. On December 5, my sunrise was at 0828 with sunset at 1622. My solar noon or middle of the day was 1225. My loggings below were made between 1300-1345, close to midday. The antenna used on this day is an electric fence disconnected from its mains supply. I live next to a farm, and depending on cattle rotation, I have my choice of a 2,600 rectangular, or an 800 foot rectangular fence. On this day, I was using the 800 foot fence. The larger fence was being used by cattle. Since these fences are runs of wire connected in a rectangle, they have no real directivity. The wire is one meter off the ground so they do act as a non-directional Beverage. I have a Fun Cube Pro + dongle SDR. However, this was used primarily for frequency confirmation as the laptop it operates on creates quite a bit of hash from long wave up to 6 MHz or so. Disconnecting the laptop from the mains greatly reduces the interference, but some remains from the CPU and perhaps the screen. The main receiver used for this reception was a 40 year old Radio Shack TRF model 12-655. Basically, a straight through superhet with a tuned RF stage. Many other receivers surpass it these days, but it is sensitive with quite passable selectivity for my uses. The 800 foot antenna is connected to a balun and fed by coax into my radio room. The hot lead and shield were run to a variable capacitor in series with a Maplin medium wave ferrite loop stick placed on top of the receiver. This allows me to peak the arrangement for maximum signal across the band. A 1960’s vintage solid state Eddystone EC 10 MK II was also used this day. Mainly to confirm signal strength. It is nowhere near the TRF in sensitivity or selectivity on medium wave, bit if I hear a signal on the Eddystone; I know it has some strength. It was switched in and out of the coax lead in place of the scheme I described above. An audio recording was made of the 45 minutes of unusual reception. Should and if it occurs again, I will be sure to record RF baseband on the SDR Dongle. So, was it that unusual or just winter sky wave? On a typical winter’s day, I do hear day time sky wave from Germany 1206, 300 kW at 770 miles, Luxembourg 1440, 600 kW at 600 miles and the usual top end of the dial suspects. Why I consider this day to be so unusual is the sheer number of Spanish stations heard and their distance. Especially at the middle of the dial. Also, many of my day time ground wave regulars were completely absent. Enniskillen is only 135 miles from me and my closest medium wave stations. They could not be heard. At greater distances, stations like Holland on 1008 at 580 miles (weak ground wave to be sure, but a regular) were also absent. I never heard the vast majority of the stations listed below during “day time” before. All were in Spain except 1242 and 1494. So here is my log from 45 minutes on that day. I will be listening. Maybe this will appear again this season, and it will turn out to be nothing special. All I know is that in 48 years of DXing it was one of the most amazing and enjoyable turn at the dials. I am in Holycross, Bruff, around 12 miles south of Limerick, Ireland. I invite all your thoughts and comments. 73’s and good DX, Brock Whaley All heard between 1300-1345 Local (UT) 729-RNE Nacional-Oviedo-100 kW at 640 miles. 738-RNE Nacional-Barcelona-600 kW at 900 miles. 774-RNE Nacional-San Sebastian- 50kW at 700 miles. (Usual Enniskillen not heard.) 873-SER-Two sync stations-Zaragoza-25 kW at 831 miles and Santiago de Compostela 10kW at 661 miles. 954-Onda Cero-Madrid-50 kW at 860 miles. (Huge local like signal) 972-RNE Nacional-Monforte de Lemos- 6 kW at 690 miles. (Usual NDR not heard.) 999-COPE-Madrid-50 kW at 860 miles. (Another strong local like signal) 1008-SER-Two sync stations-Girona 5 kW at 895 miles and Badajoz 10 kW at 944 miles. (Usual Holland not heard.) 1017-RNE Radio 5-Burgos-10 kW at 738 miles. (Usual Shrewsbury not heard.) 1026-SER-Oviedo-5 kW at 644 miles. (No sign of the usual reliable signal from Belfast.) 1044-SER-San Sebastian 50 kW at 700 miles. (Very strong.) 1098-RNE Radio 5 two sync stations-Lugo 25 kW at 660 Miles and Avila at 840 miles (Hollow out of sync audio) 1107-RNE Radio 5 two sync stations –Santander 20 kW at 658 miles and Logrono 25 kW at 748 miles. (Audio really out of sync. No sign of usual Torbay) 1116-SER-Pontevedra- 5 kW at 692 miles. (Amazingly strong given its power and distance. No sign of usual Derby) 1125-RNE Radio 5 two sync signals here-Vitoria 10 kW at 720 miles and Soria 12 kW at 790 miles. 1134-COPE three sync signals counted by delayed audio-Astorga 5 kW at 700 miles, Pamplona 5 kW at 740 miles and Salamanca 10 kW at 800 miles. 1143-COPE-Oviedo-5 kW at 640 miles. 1152-RNE Radio 5-Zamora-10 kW at 770 miles. (Very strong. No sign of usual Birmingham/Glasgow) 1179-SER two sync stations-Logrono 10 kW at 745 miles and Valencia 50 kW at 980 miles. 1215-COPE-Leon-10 kW at 690 miles or Santander 5 kW at 660 miles. (Just one heard but giving real trouble to all the closer and very high powered U.K. Absolute stations!) 1224- COPE-Lugo-2 kW at 660 miles. (Just one heard. This is the closest. Very good signal for just 2 kW. There is a 5 kW at 870 miles.) 1242- France Info-Marseille, France- 150 kW at 890 miles. (Local like, steady signal!) 1287-SER-Lugo-10 kW at 660 miles. 1305-RNE Radio 5 two sync stations-Ourense 25 kW at 700 miles and Leon 10 kW at 700 miles. 1314-RNE Radio 5 a single station here all alone but which one? Salamanca 10 kW at 800 miles? Tarragona 27 kW at 900 miles? Or Cuenca 10 kW at 900 miles? 1413-RNE Vigo-25 kW at 700 miles. 1494-France Info-Clermont, France-20 kW at 700 miles. 1503-RNE Radio 5-Monforte de Lemos- 6 kW at 690 miles. (Usual Stoke- on-Trent not audible) (Brock Whaley, Ireland, Dec 9, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Very interesting paper on MW sky wave in winter Glenn, I found these articles while researching my day time MW sky wave reception. It also covers changes in sky wave strength due to the frequency used in the broadcast band, as well as hour by hour changes and seasonal variations. Very kind regards, (Brock Whaley, Ireland, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: An objective evaluation of available LF/MF sky-wave propagation models John C. H. Wang http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/1999RS900003/pdf And it states: Midday sky-wave field strengths at MF display a consistent seasonal variation pattern with maximum occurring in winter months. The average winter-month field strength is about 10 dB stronger than the median value, and the winter-to-summer ratio can exceed 30 dB. And it terms of long wave broadcast band propagation: Electric field strength analysis of 216 and 270 kHz broadcast signals recorded during 9 years http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2005RS003296/full (via Brock Whaley, DXLD) NORTHERN EUROPEAN POINTS OF VIEW ON MW DX PROPAGATION, K INDICES Re: ALERT: K-index of 5 (G1) --- Despite the conditions, I had the set on between 0600-0700 this morning and heard the following: 1010 CFRB, 1390 WEGP, 1400 CBG, 1470 WLAM, 1500 WFED, 1510 WUFC like a local! 1520 WWKB, 1560 WQEW Booming in! 1590 WARV ID at 0700, 1610 CB Anguilla. Nothing below 1010 kHz (John Williams, UK? AOR 7030 + flag 3.0 x 6.4m, 1435 UT Dec 7, MWCircle yg via DXLD) Same here in London – hour between 0600-0700 was the best for many a week. And again not much at all below 1300 kHz. MF propagation has very little to do with the K value – anyone who thinks it does is welcome to show me the correlation. SFI has dropped down to 129 at the moment and there are minor geomagnetic storms which may arguably be more relevant. Or then again not; last season, Steve Nichols, G0KYA, kept a detailed log of solar values against NA MF conditions and found no empirical correlation. MF propagation prediction is one of the great outstanding scientific challenges (Stuart Satnipper, 1401 UT Dec 7, ibid.) It depends a lot on where you DX - and from what direction you are looking for MW propagation. If you DXed at 60 N you would say differently. For me this has been one of the worst seasons for high-latitude signals and Kp-index has been exceptionally high. If K has been 2 or over at 2100 UT, I have switched off radio and computer for overnight without recording and so far haven't missed anything. To get things better here for transpolar signals, there has to be a longer period of K-indices with 0 or 1, preferably combined with positive DST value. But if I am looking for hearing for example Sudanese regional stations, I welcome K-index of 5 and over! And Lapland is still another story: there you worry more about proton levels (Mauno Ritola, Finland, 1628 UT, ibid.) I’m DXing from a very urban location, 51.5 N, and principally looking northwest 290-330 Degrees though the wide flag bandwidth will bring in SW LA signals (if propagation) down to 230/240 degrees – neither of these are solar paths. I don’t see any correlation with the K index value for strengths of 590/600/930/950/1010/1130/1510/1560 for example. I’d be interested if you have any published references correlating K values for transpolar DX. I don’t follow your logic in switching off, not recording and asserting you have not missed anything. How do you know? Your argument is proving a negative. Despite the worst 5 week period I can remember for years, I have recorded TOTH with the Perseus every night I have been able. Only takes a few minutes to realise it’s another duff’un! That’s the real advantage of the Perseus for me – its absolute RF performance being pedestrian. Regards (Stuart Satnipper, 1848 UT, ibid.) > I don’t see any correlation with the K index value for strengths of > 590/600/930/950/1010/1130/1510/1560 for example. I don't hear them at all, if K-index is high. It's not an absolute correlation, but clear enough. > I’d be interested if you have any published references correlating K > values for transpolar dx. I haven't searched for them, I just follow indices myself. > I don’t follow your logic in switching off, not recording and > asserting you have not missed anything. How do you know? Of course by checking, what other DXers here have heard and discussing with them. > Your argument is proving a negative. Despite the worst 5 week period > I can remember for years ... and how has the K-index been lately? I got a couple of comments outside the list. Hopefully others will share their views here. > I have recorded TOTH with the Perseus every night I have been able. > Only takes a few minutes to realise it’s another duff’un! That’s the > real advantage of the Perseus for me – its absolute RF performance > being pedestrian. I also record often, but not every night, because I often don't have time to check the files even briefly. So I try to choose nights, when the propability [sic] to catch anything interesting is low and don't record. Regards, (Mauno Ritola, Finland, ibid.) Hi Stuart, Mauno’s experiences match my own. As well as watching the K index on a daily basis, at the end of each month I download A and K index tables from http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ftpdir/indices and carry out a comparison with the conditions I’ve experienced during the month. Ditto the Dst index http://lasp.colorado.edu/space_weather/dsttemerin/dsttemerin.html Of course, a low K index is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for good reception on northerly paths, which can also be disturbed by other geomagnetic activity, e.g. proton events, etc., which I also monitor daily. If you were to go back through DX Loggings and look at the dates when there has been good reception from the prairies, mid-west, and west coast North America you will find a very good correlation with low K indices, particularly a run of them. Reception often peaks just before a low run ends. The data speaks for itself – it’s obvious! There is also a reasonable correlation between high indices and enhanced reception from the south. From the UK, reception of stations from the south-eastern states and Caribbean area is often at its best with moderate K indices, though the correlation here is less obvious. These paths are less affected by auroral absorption, which is greater when the indices are higher, as are paths towards the Middle East and South Asia. I’ve looked for G0KYA’s paper so I can understand the basis on which he’s reached the conclusions you quote, but without success. Do you have a link to it, or a copy of the paper? Two additional websites worth visiting on a regular basis for information about geomagnetic activity are Jan Alvestad’s site at http://www.solen.info/solar/ and Kevin Gibeau’s at http://www.solarham.net/ 73, (Martin A. Hall, Clashmore, Scotland. Perseus SDR, RPA-1 preamp, MFJ-1026 phaser (modified), beverages: 380m at 37 degrees, 460m at 236 degrees, 490m at 276 degrees, 700m at 342 degrees, all terminated. http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/clashmoreradio/ 2132 UT Dec 7, ibid.) To address Mauno’s question regarding the K index the last month – the daily A value (which is derived from the K) has varied according to my copy of Ionoprobe 1.39 from a low of 4 to a high of 18 in November. The overall values appear very similar to October and lower than September. However this morning with A=27 I have had the best hour’s NA propagation for a month. If this is data speaking for itself, it’s speaking a language I don’t understand, lol. All the evidence appears to be anecdotal, and empirical at best. Has anyone ever done what Martin suggests and gone back through MWC monthly loggings and attempted a statistical correlation? Or is it so obvious? I think not or we would have seen some attempt at 160m modelling in the commercial and government propagation modelling tools. To my knowledge (and I stand to be corrected) these all start with 80m or the 90m commercial band. However if Martin’s empirical assertion is correct for northerly latitude monitoring locations for mid-West and West Coast NA then surely such a theoretical correlation can be attempted, and predictions made on a 50% basis similar to HF paths. Here in the south the focus obviously is on East Coast and Southern States. IIRC I had a short conversation with Steve at last year’s RSGB convention (or it could have been this year’s lol) – some comment here about correlation (or not) with DST http://g0kya.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/the-kaz-directional-mw-antenna.html#comment-form I emphasize that I am focused only on NA and LA westwards propagation from my southern UK location. For all I know there may be a very tight correlation with K/A and/or DST eastwards or southwards. Regards (Stuart Satnipper, 2255 UT Dec 7, ibid.) Stuart, Why don’t you do the statistical analysis you’re so keen on? Then you will see for yourself. My “empirical assertion” is based on over 50 years experience of MW DXing and study of propagation, at various locations in the UK. It is well understood by serious DXers. Thanks for the link - the comment in Steve’s blog you refer to is: “I actually monitored WBBR every hour, every night for two months to compare reception alongside the daily DsT index, but I can't say I saw a correlation”. So one very common station on a mid-latitude path, for only 2 months, and a comparison with Dst, not K index! C’mon, this is a throwaway comment, not based on a statistical analysis, and hardly grounds for drawing any general conclusions. Of course in the south-east of the UK it’s difficult to hear anything other than the east coast and southern states, but that’s as much to do with darkness paths and interference as it is with geomagnetic phenomena. Having made the point, I still believe that the more time spent listening, the greater the chances of hearing something new, wherever you live; and sometimes rather poor conditions can reduce the strength of “blocking” stations to allow less common stations to be heard. Variability in propagation is what makes the hobby so fascinating, after all! Good DX! 73, (Martin A Hall, NW Scotland, 0036 UT Dec 8, ibid.) For two reasons Martin. One, I have a full time job and despite an academic background involving stochastic processes I don’t get my leisure kicks that way, and two I don’t believe for me in my location that I would find such a correlation. No, it’s up to the DXers who enjoy the higher latitudes to move beyond the “it’s obvious, everyone understands it”. This is the MWC, so is it unreasonable to demand a little academic rigour! J Steve can defend himself but it’s worth noting that many hams accept that DST and solar wind speed have a lot more to do with 160m propagation than the K value. I fully agree with your last paragraph – propagation can vary very rapidly within a few miles and we have excellent tools these days to listen to many frequencies at the same time over an evening with the SDRs. And play back time after time to see what we have captured. Excellent discussion. Regards (Stuart Satnipper, 0915 UT De 8, ibid.) I don't quite relate to Mauno's post. I DX at 71 degrees north (anyone higher?), and find interesting trans-polar signals even at polar K5- levels, although not very often. Spot conditions (favouring a small area, say Arkansas - Kansas - Oklahoma) appear more often when geomagnetic conditions are disturbed. Long periods with K = zero often bring strong signal levels but the dominants are usually too dominant for new stations to appear. However, Mauno is correct about proton levels. As soon as they rise slightly from normal, DX is dead here. That's the only true correlation I can find. A DX-er's motto should always be: Expect the unexpected! (Bjarne Mjelde, Norway, 0938 UT Dec 8, ibid.) I seemingly didn't manage to express myself clearly enough about differences between latitudes. I said: > *It depends a lot on where you DX* - and from what direction you are > looking for MW propagation.*If you DXed at 60 N you would say > differently*. *For me this has been one of the worst seasons for > high-latitude signals and Kp-index has been exceptionally high*. If > K has been 2 or over at 2100 UT, I have switched off radio and > computer for overnight without recording and so far haven't missed > anything. > To get things better here for transpolar signals, there has to be a > longer period of K-indices with 0 or 1, preferably combined with > positive DST value. > But if I am looking for hearing for example Sudanese regional > stations I welcome K-index of 5 and over! > *And Lapland is still another story: there you worry more about > proton levels.* As I admitted, I haven't done any systematic analysis about the matters and probably too little statistical maths in my academic education anyway and besides, I love the DX itself too much to spend time with this. But during the last few years I have done somewhat systematical, also simultaneous comparison on three levels: 1. here at 62 N 2. Lapland: contacts with DX-peditions & their loggings & some RF recordings 3. Central Europe: remote receivers, contacts, loggings My non-scientific impression is, that high-lat propagation to these areas behave quite differently. Relation to geomagnetic disturbance is strongest here at about 60 N, we lose all high-lat propagation, while in Lapland and Central Europe conditions may be most interesting. Only protons take away signals totally in Lapland, and they do it also for the most part here, but not at all so much in Central Europe. Of course, the angle for high-lat signals has to be taken in account, when going south. I hope this clarifies what I meant. Mostly (not always) I find a good correlation between Kp-index and high-lat conditions, but I speak only for my QTH and it is not the same everywhere; now I know, thanks to the tools we have. Thank you for the interesting discussion. For this season I am still waiting for a couple of days of K-index 0 or 1 in row - and to hear my first Alaskan/Hawaiian this season! Or alternatively let it burn to K 6-9 to get the Sudanese signals over here! And the exceptions in 'rules' are of course the salt in all this (Mauno Ritola, Finland, 1011 UT Dec 8, ibid.) Tnx Mauno, I interpreted your post differently (and apparently wrongly). Anyway, the most consistent (or maybe I should say least inconsistent) conditions parameter seems to be the Bz values; a positive number is generally better than a negative number. But then again, etc. As it is, it's better to record and delete than don't record and remorse (Bjarne Mjelde, Norway, 1050 UT, ibid.) ... and while the upper MW probably behaves a lot like 160 m, under 1 MHz things may be very different: Argentina dominates when over 1 MHz you get North America. I am sure you find it hard to believe, that I haven't yet heard KBRW [680 Barrow AK] this season (Mauno Ritola, 1108 UT, ibid.) Though not at Mauno's latitude, I concur with his general comment this has been one of the worst seasons for high-latitude signals and Kp-index has been exceptionally high. Here trans-Atlantic and Asian DX have been consistently disappointing since the Equinox. In terms of correlation (not necessarily the same as causation) I was able to show from MWC records that the sunspot number was inversely correlated to the reception of "rare" and "unpreviously unheard" here in the UK. This was over a very long time base covering several solar cycles. Correlating day to day effects on propagation is much harder to do without a large quantity of accurate data points - which is not what amateur monitoring will generate. In fact getting data is made worse by the simple fact that many of us stop monitoring when conditions seem poor or are predicted to be poor. We're probably in the same level of complexity as weather forecasting. 73 (Steve Whitt, York? UK, 1528 UT Dec 8, ibid.) Well, that's the way it has been for me, nothing can change it. I am not talking about rare catches but general high-latitude conditions. Very complex to predict, yes. But easier to look back as to what has happened. 73, (Mauno Ritola, 1613 UT, ibid.) Sorry, Stuart, I also have better things to do with my time. I know what works for me, I have nothing to prove or defend. You're as much a member of the MWC as I am, so if you want academic rigour, why not provide it? I am just sharing my experiences, and you can take them or leave them. As I said in my first response, I have found less correlation with the K index over mid-latitude paths than high latitude paths, so it doesn't surprise me you find no correlation when you look for stations in the south and east of North America. I know I will not hear west coast, Alaskan, or Hawaiian stations unless the K index is low, but that in itself doesn't guarantee good propagation. Bjarne's comments about "spotty" propagation also ring true with me, though we probably don't experience this as much as he does in Arctic Norway. I am also a ham (GM8IEM), and I monitor Dst and solar wind speed, as well as K index. Propagation is a complex and very interesting topic. I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to duck out of any ongoing discussion, since our internet connection is down after last night's lightning storm, and I'm in a temporary location and without my normal PC. 73, (Martin A Hall, Scotland, 1715 UT, ibid.) Interesting comments about propagation in Arctic Norway, Bjarne. Most of your comments apply here, although it is very rare in NW Scotland to catch any AK, HI or west coast stations if the K index is > 2, but not impossible. No Hawaiians heard yet this season, and only 3 of the "common" Alaskans. Reception from the Pacific is a lot more challenging, of course. We just have to keep listening! 73, (Martin A Hall, Clashmore, Scotland, 1730 UT Dec 8, ibid.) NEW SWPC WEBSITE: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/weekly-highlights-and-27-day-forecast :Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts :Issued: 2014 Dec 08 0430 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 01 - 07 December 2014 Solar activity ranged from low to high levels with the majority of activity occurring from Region 2222 (S19, L=085, class/area Ekc/770 on 04 December). Region 2222 produced a total of 54 C-flares and 5 M-flares since it began its transit on the visible disk on 26 November. The largest flares of the period were an M1/1n at 01/0641 UTC, an M1/1n at 04/0810 UTC, a long duration M6 at 04/1825 UTC, an M1 at 04/1941 UTC, and another M1 at 05/1225 UTC. Region 2222 continued to be in a growth phase through 04 December, when it began to decay. By the end of the period, the region was a large Hkx/alpha group with approximately 640 millionths of area. No Earth-directed coronal mass ejections were observed. No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was normal levels on 02 December, moderate levels on 01 and 03-06 December, and reached high levels on 07 December. Maximum flux values of 2,030 pfu were observed at 07/1755 UTC. Geomagnetic field activity ranged from quiet to minor storm levels. Solar wind parameters measured at the ACE satellite were indicative of two negative polarity coronal hole high speed streams (CH HSS). The first began just after midday on 01 December. Solar wind speeds gradually increased from approximately 430 km/s to near 630 km/s while total field reached a peak of around 14 nT. Solar wind speed declined by 03 December, but remained enhanced around 400 km/s to 550 km/s through the majority of the period. By early on 06 December, total field increased to a maximum of 25 nT along with an increase in density as a co-rotating interaction region (CIR) began to influence the geomagnetic field. Solar wind speed showed an increase late on 06 December and through 07 December to a maximum around 800 km/s as a southern polar coronal hole extension became geoeffective. The geomagnetic field responded with quiet to unsettled levels on 02-03 and 05 December, quiet to active levels on 01, 04, and 06 December, and unsettled to minor storm (G1-Minor) on 07 December. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 08 DECEMBER-03 JANUARY 2015 Solar activity is expected to be at low levels with a chance for M-class flaring (R1-R2, Minor to Moderate) for the forecast period as region 2222 continues to rotate off the visible disk as well as the return of old Region 2209 (S13, L=251) on 08 December. No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to reach high levels from 08-22 and again on 03 January due to CH HSS influence. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at unsettled to minor storm (G1-Minor) on 08 December and 03 January due to CIR/CH HSS activity. Unsettled, with possible active, levels are expected on 09, 12-15, 17-20, 28-29 December due to recurrent CH HSS effects. Quiet to unsettled with possible isolated active periods are expected from 31 December through 02 January due to possible recurrent extended periods of negative Bz as part of a variable current sheet. New website: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/27-day-outlook-107-cm-radio-flux-and-geomagnetic-indices :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2014 Dec 08 0430 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 2014-12-08 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2014 Dec 08 135 15 5 2014 Dec 09 140 10 4 2014 Dec 10 145 8 3 2014 Dec 11 150 8 3 2014 Dec 12 155 10 4 2014 Dec 13 160 10 4 2014 Dec 14 165 8 3 2014 Dec 15 165 8 3 2014 Dec 16 165 8 3 2014 Dec 17 170 10 3 2014 Dec 18 175 12 4 2014 Dec 19 175 10 3 2014 Dec 20 170 10 3 2014 Dec 21 165 5 2 2014 Dec 22 150 5 2 2014 Dec 23 155 5 2 2014 Dec 24 155 5 2 2014 Dec 25 155 5 2 2014 Dec 26 155 5 2 2014 Dec 27 155 5 2 2014 Dec 28 150 8 3 2014 Dec 29 150 8 3 2014 Dec 30 145 8 3 2014 Dec 31 140 10 3 2015 Jan 01 135 10 3 2015 Jan 02 135 12 4 2015 Jan 03 135 25 5 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1751, DXLD) GLENN`S PROPAGATION OUTLOOK FOR MEDIA NETWORK PLUS AS OF DECEMBER 11 Spaceweather South Africa calls for magnetic conditions quiet to unsettled thru Dec 13, shortwave fadeouts unlikely; MUFs unstable. MetOffice UK forecast thru December 14: Solar activity generally low but a 35% risk of R1 or R2 radio blackouts. A 15% risk of G1 geomagnetic storms December 12 and 13. Natural Resources Canada predicted that in the auroral zone, the greatest magnetic activity would be on December 13th; and IPS in Australia predicted that MUFs could be 15 percent depressed on December 13 when high latitude disturbances are likely with a small chance of short-wave fadeouts. Petr`s Prague Propagation Predixions: Geomagnetic field will be: quiet to active on December 12 - 13, 16 - 17 quiet to unsettled on December 14 - 15, 18 - 20 mostly quiet on December 21, 23 - 24, quiet on December 22. Amplifications of the solar wind expected December 12-13, and 16-18. The outlook from SWPC in Boulder: Geomagnetic field unsettled, with possibly active levels December 12-15 and 17-20. A and K indices peaking at 12 and 4 on December 18. Solar flux rising from 160 December 13 to a peak of 175 on December 18 and 19. Northern Hemispherians should keep an eye on lower TV channels for winter sporadic E during the next month, while the major summer season of FM and TV DX should be underway in the southern hemisphere. Bill Hepburn`s VHF UHF maps show intense to very intense tropospheric ducting this week along the coast of Chile (via DXLD) ###