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Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1782 CONTENTS: *DX and station news about: Alaska, Antarctica, Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Canada, Easter Island, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Europe, Indonesia, Kuwait, Liberia, Nigeria and non, Papua New Guinea and non, Poland, Puntland, Qatar non, Russia non, Uganda, UK non, USA, Zanzibar SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1782, July 16-22, 2015 Thu 1130 WRMI 9955 [confirmed] Thu 2100 WRMI 7570 [confirmed] Fri 2130 WRMI 15770 [confirmed] Fri 2130 WRMI 7570 [confirmed] Sat 0630 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio [confirmed] Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM Sun 0315v WA0RCR 1860-AM [confirmed] Sun 2100 WRMI 15770 Sun 2300 WRMI 11580 Mon 0300v WBCQ 5110v Area 51 Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 Wed 0630 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Wed 1315 WRMI 9955 Wed 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v 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/rmrc-service/podcast/glenn-hauser-wor ALTERNATIVE PODCASTS, tnx Stephen Cooper: http://shortwave.am/wor.xml AND ANOTHER PODCAST ALTERNATIVE, tnx to Keith Weston: http://feeds.feedburner.com/GlennHausersWorldOfRadio Also via [but still not back in service]: http://tunein.com/radio/World-of-Radio-p198/ 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/ ** ALASKA. I took a risk and decided to call KNLS earlier today [sic, day not given]. (This took a lot of ``gumption``). I reached a gentleman named Jeff – he`s the frequency manager --- very pleasant fellow. I told him, politely, that my reception reports seem to have disappeared into thin air. Actually, I was just honest with him – told him I was a bit curious about the situation. I was very tactful (he was very understanding). He was pleased to hear from me and told me that the station broadcasts between 0800-1800 and changes frequencies every hour. I think he said KNLS has just assembled a 150,000 watt transmitter and had just started using it. He asked me to monitor the reception as my time allows. I told him I would very much like to do this. We talked for quite some time. His email is: jawskitx@hotmail.com (Kevin Molander, CA, Listener`s Notebook, July NASWA Journal, retyped by gh for WORLD OF RADIO 1782, DX LISTENING DIGEST) KNLS, 6890 --- the station verified my email report in one week with an extremely cordial letter from Jeff Jaworski, frequency coordinator, who can be reached at: jjaworski@worldchristian.org --- I received two QSL cards. One displayed the impressive new antenna array ``Across the ocean on shortwave – around the world on the internet``. The second card displayed the snow-covered studio with the transmitter in the background stating ``Greetings from KNLS, the New Life Station.`` However, the station sent me an alloy bolt. The bolt is a special part of the KNLS antenna system. The bolt is an alloy described as 2024T4 material made in the USA and anodized to a yellow-green color for outdoor protection. I was very impressed at Jeff`s generosity. This is probably the verification that means the most to me in my many years of DXing (Molander, CA, QSL Report, July NASWA Journal, retyped by gh for WORLD OF RADIO 1782, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Really, really impressive and interesting. In my 57 years of QSLing this is the most unusual gift I`ve heard of (Sam Barto, CT, ed., ibid.) I suppose Jeff is in Franklin TN rather than Anchor Point? (gh) [and non]. 9920, July 15 at 1300, KNLS IS on poor signal, but atop another one making fast SAH. That would be FEBC, 100 kW due west from Iba, PHILIPPINES site at 1300-1330 daily in Koho, a minority language in Vietnam spoken by 200 kilopersons per EiBi. At 1301, KNLS Chinese announcement, more IS until opening at 1302. Furthermore by 1322 it`s weakening, but I can now hear Viet-Com whoop-whoop jamming as they don`t take kindly to farang Christians trying to convert their minorities from animism or whatever. Why in the world would KNLS go on same frequency as a fellow Christian broadcaster, which is jammed to boot? Both are in HFCC with a collision at 1300-1330. Or maybe they think it`s all OK, since CIRAF targets are different: 49 only = SE Asia for FEBC; 33SE and 44 = eastern third of China for KNLS. And as everyone knows, SW signals cannot penetrate CIRAF boundaries! I find that, e.g., 9925 and 9930 are now open, among many others in the area (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1782, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANGOLA. 4949.9, Rádio Nacional, Mulenvos, 2158-2205, 10-07, Portuguese, comments. Very weak, best on LSB. 14321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Log in Friol, Tecsun PL-880, Sony ICF SW7600G, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANTARCTICA. 15476, LRA36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, Base Esperanza. After months of silence, LRA 36 will return to the air the 27th of July. This is the mail I received from the station with this news: "Estimado Manuel, buen día; en este momento estamos en un período de receso hasta el día 27 de julio que comenzaremos la transmisión normal como la veníamos llevando. Atte: Sergio LUCERO" (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, July 14, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1782, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ARGENTINA. Arbeitsniederlegung bei RAE Buenos Aires, Argentina. Walkout strike stoppage of RAE workforce on July 7. (Paul Reinersch-D, A-DX July 7) Heute fallen unsere Sendungen erneut aus … Author Rayén Braun Date 6 julio, 2015 … voraussichtlich morgen auch. Grund: Arbeitsniederlegung Today our shipments fall again ... Expected delivery also. Reason: walkout (BCDX 9 July via WORLD OF RADIO 1782, DXLD) 15344.820, UNIDENTIFIED very odd strange signal wandered --- Likely RAE Buenos Aires service? S=5-6 at 1215 UT July 14 (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, my 19 mb logging in 1155-1230 UT July 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. 2368.47, Radio Symban (presumed), 1231-1254, July 11. Good signal strength; bothered by strong summertime QRN (static). An excellent day for them! San Francisco sunrise today was at 1257 UT. https://app.box.com/s/6jzspvypgm1udfsnshs0u55mv7cb1xog contains three minute audio. 2368.47, Radio Symban (presumed), 1130-1147, July 12. Another day of reasonably good reception; usual Greek music/songs (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. 2485, A.B.C., VL8K, Katherine, at 1156, Stevie Wonder song, 1158 promo for aboriginal radio and ID “ABC Local Radio”. Poor, // 2325 poorer, 4835 good, July 14 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, listening in my car, by the lake, with the Eton E1 and Sony AN-1 active antenna. Editor of World English Survey and Target Listening, available at http://www.odxa.on.ca dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4835 (ABC Alice Springs NT) // 9580 (RA) // 12065 (RA) // 12085 (RA), 0947 + 1113 on July 11, with "Grandstand" live coverage of the Crows vs Eagles (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. RADIO TO PLAN DIGITAL EXTENSION TO REGIONAL AUSTRALIA Southgate July 11, 2015 Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has released a report which recommends establishing a Digital Radio Planning Committee for regional Australia, chaired by the Australian Communications and Media Authority. A key thrust of the report is for the Government to remove obstacles and facilitate industry planning and implementation. There are incentives to focus prompt action in regional areas, such as the removal of who can provide digital radio if regional services are not on-air by mid 2018. The report also recommends removing the current restrictions on new digital only licensees, both in metropolitan and regional areas. Australian radio listeners have demonstrated strong support for DAB+ digital broadcast radio. Since the launch of DAB+ digital radio in metropolitan Australia in late 2009, DAB+ digital radio listening continues to outperform expectations, with 3.2 million people or nearly 25% now listening to radio each week using a DAB+ digital radio in the five metropolitan capitals. Twenty six vehicle manufacturers in Australia now include DAB+ digital radio and more than 190,000 vehicles with the technology have been sold. Read more at: https://www.radioinfo.com.au/news/radio-plan-digital-extension-regional-australia http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2015/july/digital_extension_to_regional_australia.htm Posted by: (Mike Terry, July 14, dxldyg via DXLD) ** AZERBAIJAN. U.S. SENATORS DEPLORE AZERBAIJAN’S “POLITICALLY MOTIVATED ARRESTS,” CALL FOR ISMAYILOVA’S RELEASE --- JULY 9, 2015 http://www.bbg.gov/blog/2015/07/09/u-s-senators-deplore-azerbaijans-politically-motivated-arrests-call-for-ismayilovas-release/ RFERL banner (WASHINGTON — July 9, 2015) A group of 16 U.S. Senators, led by Minority Whip Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL), addressed Azeri President Ilham Aliyev with growing concern about “a systematic crackdown on human rights and independent civil society” in Azerbaijan, calling on him in a letter issued yesterday [full text here] to “provid[e] a more tolerant environment” for media, reopen RFE/RL’s Baku bureau, and release Khadija Ismayilova, the country’s most prominent investigative reporter, who was imprisoned on fabricated charges last December. In addition to Senator Durbin, other signatories include Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Sen. Christopher Murphy (D- CT), Sen. Benjamin Cardin (D-MD), Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI), Sen. Jean Shaheen (D-NH), Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL), Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D- CA), Sen. Edward Markey (D-MA), Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), and Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI). The letter, which also expresses the Senators’ concern about the “politically motivated arrests” of civil society activists Anar Mammadli, Leyla and Arif Yunus, Intigam Aliyev, and Rasul Jafarov, comes just days after the end of the first European Games, an Olympic- style sporting event that Azerbaijan hosted at a reported cost of $10 billion. It also comes as official media in Azerbaijan have intensified attacks on US government officials, including a claim, refuted by the U.S. Embassy in an official statement, that the U.S. Ambassador was “plotting a coup in Azerbaijan.” Ismayilova remains in so-called pre-trial detention after being arrested on December 5, 2014 on charges of inciting a former colleague to attempt suicide, a claim that her accuser has since withdrawn. An investigation of Ismayilova on subsequent accusations of tax evasion and embezzlement, charges that have been brought against other jailed journalists and activists, concluded on June 23. This could enable authorities to bring Ismayilova to trial next month, although many observers have noted that Azerbaijan lacks independent courts and a record of adhering to due process norms. RFE/RL closed its Baku bureau on May 22 after its landlord summarily terminated its lease, Azeri authorities froze the bank accounts of several freelancers, and threatened numerous members of its staff with further harassment, including travel bans and possible arrest (via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, July 12, DXLD) ** BELARUS. 11730, Radio Belarus, Minsk, at 2025, on 8 Jul. A male announcer is talking but the audio is extremely poor and garbled. On a recheck at 2033, a female speaker is talking in English followed by a brief musical bridge and then a male announcer speaking. JBA (John Cooper, Lebanon, PA. Equipment: Winradio-G33DDC, CommRadio CR-1a, RF Space-SDR-IQ, Sangean ATS-909X w/ Clear Mod, Tecsun PL-660, GAP-Hear It In Line Module, Timewave ANC-4, Wellbrook ALA-1530S+, PARS-SWL Sloper End Fed x 2 NASWA Flashsheet July 12 via DXLD) ** BIAFRA [and non]. FG SAYS RADIO BIAFRA’S TRANSMISSION SIGNAL HAS BEEN BLOCKED | STATION SAYS GOVERNMENT LIED [see also comments at:] http://www.bellanaija.com/2015/07/15/fg-says-radio-biafras-transmission-signal-has-been-blocked-station-says-government-lied/ Radio Biafra The federal government on Tuesday said it had been successful in jamming the transmission signals of Radio Biafra, which had been operating illegally from an unknown location. However, the radio stations representatives have stated that the government is telling lies, and that the station is still very much intact. Yemi Folasade-Esan, Permanent Secretary at Federal Ministry of Information, stated this while speaking with State House correspondents after briefing President Muhammadu Buhari on the activities of the ministry, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Folasade-Esan said that Buhari was adequately briefed on the activities of the illegal radio station and the successful blocking of its transmission signals: “We also gave a report on (Radio Biafra) that because right now the signals from Radio Biafra have been jammed. The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has successfully jammed that. The NBC is also working with security operatives to get those that are behind that radio because it is an illegal radio. It is not licensed by anybody to be on Nigeria’s airwaves.” However, representatives of the radio station have refuted the reports, according to Sahara Reporters. They took to Twitter to state: “NBC lied to their master. Radio Biafra is live in BiafraLand. They cannot even ban our local station, do they even know we also transmit via satellite and online as well.” A Sahara Reporters journalist is said to have confirmed that the station was still broadcasting as at 8 p.m on Tuesday. Photo Credit: Sahara Reporters Posted by: (JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO, July 15, dxldyg via DXLD) NIGERIA: 'ILLEGAL' RADIO BIAFRA STILL BROADCASTING DESPITE GOVERNMENT EFFORT TO JAM SIGNAL --- By Ludovica Iaccino July 16, 2015 13:41 BST http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/nigeria-illegal-radio-biafra-still-broadcasting-despite-government-effort-jam-signal-1511157 Members of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (Massob) wave the Biafran flag(Getty Images) [caption] A Nigerian radio station that calls for the independence of the Biafra state has announced it is still broadcasting despite the government's claim that National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) had managed to jam the station's signal. During a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, Dr Yemi Folasade- Esan from the Ministry of Information said the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) had managed to jam the signal of Radio Biafra. "NBC is also working with security operatives to get those that are behind that radio because it is an illegal radio," she was quoted as saying. "It is not licensed by anybody to be on the airwaves in Nigeria." However, shortly after Folasade-Esan's statement, Radio Biafra wrote on Twitter that the station was live. IBTimes UK tried to contact Radio Biafra but has not received a response at the time of publishing. According to Nigeria Daily Post, a man named Nnamdi Kanu who is believed to be behind the radio station, dismissed NBC's claim and confirmed Radio Biafra was still broadcasting. A statement published on the Biafra Herald read: "Radio Biafra is live in BiafraLand. They cannot even jam our local station, do they even know we also transmit via satellite and online as well?" Pro-Biafra movements Hundreds of people from Nigeria's former Eastern Region – renamed Republic of Biafra during a three-year-long independence between 1967 and 1970 – are calling for independence and are accusing Buhari of trying to Islamise the southern part of Nigeria, mainly inhabited by Christians. Pro-Biafran movements are scattered across southern Nigeria. The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (Massob) fights for the independence of south-east and south regions of Nigeria. The Nigerian government has accused Massob of violence and its leader, Ralph Uwazuruike, was arrested in 2005 on treason charges. He was released two years later. The Biafra Zionist Movement (BZM), led by Barrister Benjamin Onwuka, was created in the early 2000s. It spun out of Massob, and advocates the legitimacy of Biafra. BZM declared a new state of independence on 5 November 2012, at an event during which at least 100 peaceful protesters were arrested. In 2014, BZM stormed a radio station announcing the rebirth of the Biafran Republic. In a statement released after the incident, the group explained it had lost faith in the country following years of neglect and continuous killing of Igbos (an ethnic group of south-eastern Nigeria). "No amount of threats or arrests will stop us from pursuing our freedom – self-determination for Biafrans," said Edeson Samuel, national chairman of BZM. "We were forced into this unholy marriage but we don't have the same culture as the northerners. Our religion and culture are quite different from the northerners." In a previous interview with IBTimes UK, government's spokesperson Mike Omeri defined pro-Biafran protesters as an "insignificant number of frustrated people who are not a threat to the existence of Nigeria". He added: "Nigerians do not see this movement as a threat or a problem. In fact, I am not sure their voices are loud enough to attract attention. It is better that we do not celebrate that kind of view that is not really strong." [sidebar:] Biafra map ibtimes.co.uk Biafra history The Eastern Region, a former federal division of Nigeria with capital Enugu, became a secessionist state called Republic of Biafra after gaining independence from Nigeria in 1967. It was re-annexed in 1970 following the Nigerian-Biafran war that claimed one million lives. After the end of the British rule in 1960, Nigeria consisted of territories that were not part of the nation before the colonisation, resulting in escalating tensions among the communities. People in the Eastern Region, mainly from the Igbo community, wanted to secede due to ethnic, religious and economic differences with other communities in Nigeria. The Eastern Region gained independence following two coup d'etats [sic] in 1966 and 1967. The fact that Nigeria's oil was located in the south of the country played a major role in the eruption of the war, during which medicine and food shortages in Biafra led to the death of thousands of people. Biafra has been commonly divided into four main "tribes": the Igbos, the Ibibio-Efiks, the Ijaws and the Ogojas. The modern-day states that make up Biafra from the eastern region and midwest are: Abia, Anambra, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Enugu, Ebonyi, Imo, Delta, Rivers and Cross River, and Edo (via Charles Harlich, DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 4699.9, got a very friendly message via the Facebook messaging service form Gabriel Satonaka at Radio San Miguel, Riberalta. Sounds like a lot of stuff going on down there. Their website and Facebook page are broken but he is fixing them. Nice programming review was included, too. Gabriel seems to be the one-man band of RSM: announcer, producer, director, news man (Ralph Perry, IL, Listener`s Notebook, July NASWA Journal, retyped by gh for WORLD OF RADIO 1782, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4699.9, Radio San Miguel, Riberalta, 0002-0009, 12-07, Spanish, comments. Best on LSB. 14321. (Méndez) 5952.43, Radio Pio XII, Siglio XX, 0008-0020 12-07, Spanish, Quechua, comments. Best on LSB. 13321. (Méndez) 6134.8, Radio Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, 0006-0016, 12-07, Latin American songs. Interference from Radio Aparecida on 6134.6. 12321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun PL-880, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Domenica 12 luglio 2015 (R7): 0156, 5952.5, R. PIO XII, Bailable e talk YLs in dialect. SF-BN! (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 DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 2380 kHz, Rádio Educadora, Limeira, São Paulo, Brazil, OM coversa com ouvintes ao telefone, depois falou com a ouvinte Silvia. sinpo 35233. Dia 07/07 às 1044 UT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdRYX1Nwx2E RX: Tecsun S-2000; Antenna: Long wire 400 Meters Horizontal (Daniel Wyllyans, Nova Xavantina MT, Brazil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 5964.98, R. Transmundial, 0815 inspirational program with M host in Portuguese ending with song at 0824. 0829-0831 many IDs and ID/promos, then back to music. Came back at 0857 and heard ID/promo and long list of network stations. 0900 rooster crowing SFX and TC. // webstream which was :44 seconds behind. Improved slightly by 0835. About equal in strength to 6010.06 Inconfidência. (11 July) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR with Wellbrook ALA1530S loop antenna and 153 foot triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 6160.058, R. Boa Vontade. Noticed a big het on 6160 at 0955, and was surprised to hear audio on 6160.058 when I tuned in and notched out CKZN. A block of canned announcements by M definitely in Portuguese, some quite animated. 0958 definite mention of “…Manaus, Amazonas, Brasil…” (a list of the network station QTHs??), followed by probably the full ID at 0959 but all I could copy was a mention of one of the frequencies. Went into a long soft slow song with M vocalist at 1000 which sounded // the webstream. Had it IDed at around the 1003 peak, I could have copied it. The next song didn’t seem // to the webstream though. Unfortunately I didn’t find the right webstream until after 1000. 11895.00 certainly sounded like Portuguese at around 1016. There was a signal on 9550.02 also, but couldn’t get any audio on it. Incidentally, the Boa Vontade website besides giving 9550 and 11895 for Porto Alegre gives the 49 mb frequency as 6610. We’re 1 week away from a perfect grayline which is obviously one reason why I was getting the most audio ever on this. A video can be found at https://youtu.be/gsZ6_LdCgcg (13 July) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR with Wellbrook ALA1530S loop antenna and 153 foot triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via WORLD OF RADIO 1782, DXLD) Well, the mention of Manaus, and the fact that there is another Brazilian on 6160 in Manaus (tho missing from WRTH 2015), might lead one to conclude instead it`s Radio Rio Mar, with // 9695, listed sign- on below at 1000 (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1782, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I did not check the YT until July 18 by when Dave acknowledges that it was first Rio Mar and then Boa Vontade with a revised log report: Published on Jul 13, 2015 --- Been following a signal on 6160.06 kiloHertz for probably 2 years. I have never been able to get enough audio for any clues. Also, I usually have too much interference from CKZN. Today it was slightly stronger than CKZN and I was able to hear enough audio to confirm it was in Portuguese. The video starts off at 0958 UT showing the signals with the audible het created by them. CKZN is then notched out. At :42 seconds into the video, you should be able to make out a mention of "...Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil", which is the end of the station identification for Radio Rio Mar. And at 1:15 minutes into the video a mention of "ondas", probably in reference to a frequency, is given. Then at 1003 UT, music from Rádio Boa Vontade, drifting around 6160, is plainly noted just 2 minutes after they had signed on. The video ends with the notch removed. You may be able to see the Rádio Boa Vontade signal drifting up from 6159.96 right before the video ends. 13 July 2015. Used the Perseus SDR with 153 foot triangular Delta Loop (Valko, YT caption via DXLD) And two comments: Daniel Wyllyans 4 days ago: It is easy you ID which radio is coming there - Nearly 90% of the songs of the Super Good Will Radio and Catholic songs. and to 90% of songs on Radio Rio Mar and Music played on the day as Country, MPB, Amazonian lining etc. Congratulations for the great listening DX greetings. senderjaeger 3 days ago: It seems "Boa Vontade" is mentioned in the song at 1:56. Great catch and recording. 73! (via DXLD) ** BRAZIL [and non]. 9565, July 11 at 0545 algo talk VP under Cuban pulse jamming left on 24 hours? While R. Martí is here only at 20-24. Only thing in HFCC is BEC site in Algeria, which we know is still imaginary (will it ever appear?), so in Aoki we find the only thing is SRDA Curitiba --- a rarity on this frequency here, but Carlos Gonçalves confirmed it was active, logged on 9656.05, July 1 at 2132. At this time I am getting plenty of other ZY variable frequencies --- 9630, 9645, 9665, 11765, 11815, 11855 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Good reception of SRDA, on July 6: Súper Rádio Deus é Amor from 0455 on 9565 CUR 025 kW / 045 deg to SoAm Portuguese (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 10000, Time Signal Station Observatório Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, 0450-0503, 06-07, time signals, female announcements: "Observatório Nacional, 1 hora, 52 minutos, 30 segundos". 22322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante, Tecsun PL-880, Sony ICF SW7600G, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 11815, July 11 at 0248, R. Brasil Central, fair with music, hardly any crackling spur QRM from 11780, and only JBA on clear 11745; yet 11780 is up to its usual super-strength. Maybe EBC have finally been working on their horrible spur problem, or maybe it`s a fluke; we shall hear. 11815, July 15 at 0536, R. Brasil Central with music, poor signal, but just a trace of crackling spur from RNA/RNB 11780; likewise only a trace on open 11745; seems they have finally managed to attenuate, if not totally eliminate them, as the fundamental remains quite strong. Also seems whenever I hear RBC, it`s playing music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) QSL-cards received from the Rádio Brasil Central for the reception at the frequency of 20.09.2014, 11815 kHz. The report sent e-mail: rbcamfm @ gmail.com. Besides sent two postcards and a letter in which they asked to send a postcard with views my city, to hang it on the wall for the collection (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb- radio-dx") via RusDX July 12 via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. A-15 Active Brazilian Stations on SW in frequency order, all in Portuguese: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/07/a-15-active-brasilian-stations-on.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) Tuesday, July 14, 2015 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ A-15 Active Brazilian Stations on SW in frequency order, all in Portuguese: [most accents had been deleted! gh put them back and made other correxions; times should be taken as very approximate, but kudos for daring to suggest, while WRTH gives no times for most of them. If 3-letter/symbol site abbrs. exist for ITU, whey aren`t these in HFCC?] ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2000-1100 2380 LMR .25 kW / non-dir Rádio Educadora de Limeira ====================================================================== 0700-0300 3365 ARQ 001 kW / non-dir Rádio Cultura de Araraquara ==== 0000-2400 3375 CAC 001 kW / non-dir R. Municipal SG da Cachoeira ==== 0900-2400 4775 CGS 001 kW / non-dir Rádio Congonhas ==== 0900-0300 4785 CMS 010 kW / non-dir Rádio Caiari ==== 0800-0400 4815 LON 010 kW / non-dir Rádio Difusora de Londrina ==== 0800-0200 4845 MNA 005 kW / non-dir Rádio Cultura de Manaus ==== 0800-0200 4845 CAC 001 kW / non-dir Rádio Meteorologia Paulista ==== 1000-0300 4865 CRZ 005 kW / non-dir Rádio Verdes Florestas ==== 0000-2400 4865 LON 005 kW / non-dir Rádio Alvorada de Londrina ==== 0000-2400 4885 BLM 005 kW / non-dir Rádio Clube Do Pará ==== 0800-0400 4875 BOA 010 kW / non-dir Rádio Roraima ==== 0730-0300 4905 RIO 005 kW / non-dir Rádio Relógio Rio de Janeiro ==== 0900-0400 4915 GOI 010 kW / non-dir Rádio Daqui ==== 0000-2400 4915 MCP 010 kW / non-dir Rádio Difusora de Macapá ==== 1030-0300 4925 TEF 005 kW / non-dir Rádio Educação Rural ==== 2200-0200 4965 PRS 005 kW / non-dir Rádio Alvorada De Parintins ==== 0000-2400 4985 GOI 010 kW / non-dir Rádio Brasil Central ==== 0000-2400 5015 CBA 001 kW / non-dir Rádio Cultura De Cuiabá ==== 1000-0100 5035 CAI 005 kW / non-dir Rádio Educação Rural ==== 0830-0400 5035 APA 010 kW / non-dir Rádio Aparecida ==== 2100-0800 5940vCAB 0.5 kW / non-dir Rádio Voz Missionaria ==== 0300-1000 5965vCAB 7.5 kW / 060 deg Rádio Transmundial ==== 0000-2400 5970vBEL 010 kW / non-dir Rádio Itatiaia ==== 0700-0300 6000 PTA 010 kW / 307 deg Rádio Guaíba ==== 0900-0600 6010 BEL 005 kW / 122 deg Rádio Inconfidência ==== 0900-0400 6020 PTA 010 kW / 310 deg Rádio Gaúcha ==== 0000-2400 6040 CUR 010 kW / 020 deg Rádio RB2 relay R. Aparecida ==== 0000-2400 6080 GOI 010 kW / 360 deg Rádio Marumby ==== 0000-2400 6090 SA1 010 kW / 340 deg Rádio Bandeirantes ==== 0930-0130 6105 FDI 005 kW / 176 deg Rádio Filadélfia ==== 1100-0900 6120 SA2 010 kW / 340 deg SRDA Rádio Super Deus é Amor ==== [sic: thruout, it`s Super Rádio Deus é Amor!] 0000-2400 6135vAPA 025 kW / 030 deg Rádio Aparecida ==== 1000-2100 6160vMNA 010 kW / 070 deg Rádio Rio Mar ==== 0000-2400 6160vPTA 010 kW / non-dir Rádio Legião da Boa Vontade ==== 0000-2400 6180 BRA 250 kW / 344 deg Rádio Nacional da Amazônia ==== 0700-0100 9515 CUR 010 kW / 310 deg Rádio Marumby ==== 0700-0100 9530 CAI 010 kW / 060 deg Rádio Transmundial ==== 0000-2400 9550 PTA 010 kW / non-dir Rádio Legião da Boa Vontade ==== 0000-2400 9565 CUR 020 kW / 045 deg SRDA Rádio Super Deus é Amor ==== 0700-0200 9585 SA3 010 kW / non-dir SRDA Rádio Super Deus e Amor ==== 0000-2400 9630vAPA 010 kW / 060 deg Rádio Aparecida ==== 0000-2400 9645 SA4 7.5 kW / 030 deg Rádio Bandeirantes ==== 0000-2400 9665vCAB 010 kW / 030 deg Rádio Voz Missionária ==== 1000-2100 9695 MNA 7.5 kW / 070 deg Rádio Rio Mar ==== 0000-2400 9725vCUR 010 kW / 020 deg Rádio RB2 relay R. Aparecida ==== 0000-2400 9820vSA5 010 kW / non-dir Rádio 9 de Julho ==== 0000-2400 10000 PPE 001 kW / non-dir Observatório Nacional ==== 0700-2000 11735 CAB 050 kW / 060 deg Rádio Transmundial ==== 0000-2400 11765vCUR 010 kW / 020 deg SRDA Rádio Super Deus e Amor ==== 2300-0800 11780 BRA 250 kW / 360 deg Rádio Nacional da Amazônia ==== 0700-0400 11815 GOI 7.5 kW / 360 deg Rádio Brasil Central ==== 0000-2400 11855vAPA 001 kW / 060 deg Rádio Aparecida ==== 0700-0200 11895 PTA 010 kW / 336 deg Rádio Legião da Boa Vontade ==== 0900-0400 11915 PTA 010 kW / 310 deg Rádio Gaúcha ==== 0000-2400 11935vCUR 010 kW / 020 deg Rádio RB2 relay R. Aparecida ==== 0000-2400 15190vBEL 005 kW / 122 deg Rádio Inconfidência ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ A-15 Inactive Brazilian Stations in frequency order, all in Portuguese ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 0700-0300 4755 CGR 010 kW / non-dir Rádio Imaculada Conceição ==== 0930-0100 4805 MNA 010 kW / non-dir Rádio Difusora do Amazonas ==== 0900-0400 4885 RBC 005 kW / non-dir Rádio Difusora Acreana ==== 0000-2400 4885 ANP 001 kW / non-dir Rádio Maria ==== 0000-2400 4895 CGR 010 kW / non-dir Rádio Novo Tempo ==== 0000-2400 4975 SA6 001 kW / non-dir Rádio Iguatemi ==== 0000-2400 6060 CUR 015 kW / 330 deg SRDA Rádio Super Deus é Amor ==== 0900-0300 6080 GOI 005 kW / 360 deg Rádio Daqui ==== 0800-0300 11830 GOI 005 kW / 015 deg Rádio Daqui ==== 0000-2400 11925 SA6 010 kW / 202 deg Rádio Bandeirantes ==== ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ WEB ADDRESSES: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Rádio Educadora de Limeira http://www.educadoraam.com.br/ ==== Rádio Cultura de Araraquara http://www.radiocultura.net/ ==== Rádio Municipal São Gabriel da Cachoeira http://treinamento.folhasp.com.br/linguasdobrasil/saogabriel.html ==== Rádio Caiari http://www.radiocaiari.com/ ==== Rádio Congonhas http://www.radiocongonhas.com.br/ ==== Rádio Difusora de Londrina http://www.radioalvoradalondrina.com.br/ ==== Rádio Cultura de Manaus http://www.tvcultura.am.gov.br/site/pagina/radio-cultura/ ==== Rádio Meteorologia Paulista http://www.portalternurafm.com.br/ ==== Rádio Verdes Florestas http://www.diocesecruzeirodosul.org/index.php?s=radio-verdes-florestas ==== Rádio Alvorada de Londrina http://www.radioalvoradalondrina.com.br/ ==== Rádio Clube Do Pará http://www.radioclubedopara.com.br/ ==== Rádio Roraima http://www.radioclubedopara.com.br/ ==== Rádio Relógio Rio de Janeiro http://www.radiorelogioam.com.br/ ==== Rádio Daqui https://www.facebook.com/daquigoiania ==== Rádio Difusora de Macapá http://www.difusora.ap.gov.br/ ==== Rádio Alvorada De Parintins http://www.alvoradaparintins.com.br/ ==== Rádio Cultura De Cuiabá http://www.radioculturadecuiaba.com.br/ ==== Rádio Educação Rural http://radiocoariamot.blogspot.com.br/ ==== Rádio Guaíba http://www.radioguaiba.com.br/ ==== Rádio Filadélfia http://www.radiofiladelfia.com.br/ ==== Rádio Marumby http://radioevangelismo.com/ ==== Rádio Bandeirantes http://radiobandeirantes.band.uol.com.br/radioam.asp ==== Rádio Voz Missionária http://www.gideoes.com.br/ ==== Rádio Rio Mar http://www.rederiomar.com.br/ ==== Rádio 9 de Julho http://www.radio9dejulho.com.br/ ==== Observatório Nacional http://www.horalegalbrasil.mct.on.br/ ==== Rádio Transmundial http://www.transmundial.org.br/ ==== SRDA Rádio Super Deus e Amor [sic] http://www.superradiodeuseamor.com.br/ ==== Rádio Brasil Central http://www.radiobrasilcentral.com.br/ ==== Rádio Nacional da Amazônia http://radios.ebc.com.br/nacionalamazonia/ ==== Rádio Aparecida http://www.a12.com/radio-aparecida/ ==== Rádio Gaúcha http://gaucha.clicrbs.com.br/rs/ ==== Rádio Legião da Boa Vontade http://www.boavontade.com/radio/ ==== Rádio RB2 http://radiorb2.com.br/ ==== Rádio Inconfidência http://www.inconfidencia.com.br/ ==== Special thanks to Daniel Wyllyans, Brasil for his wonderful help (Georgi & Ivo, Bulgarian DX blog via DXLD) ** CANADA. I'm happy to report I've received a verification from Calgary's new station CJLI [700]. It's a "Shine FM" folder card, but the inside has my name/date of reception, and station particulars for CJLI. I'm guessing perhaps they use the same card, with different particulars, for all their stations. This was for a report to their Edmonton HQ for their test broadcasts in May. At any rate, not exactly DX for me, but good to see they're QSLing (Nigel Pimblett, Dunmore, Alberta, July 4, IRCA via DXLD) ** CANADA. LOW POWER PUNJABI STATIONS IN SURREY HAVE AMAZING COVERAGE Canadian Radio News Yesterday at 8:21am Two low power Punjabi language stations in Surrey, B.C. that were recently licensed by Industry Canada are now on the air. The stations were given the go ahead under the guise that they would be Tourist and Travel Information services, therefore bypassing standard CRTC procedures. VF2689 106.9 (MY FM) operates with 41 watts. The format is mostly Punjabi music with what appear to be live on air personalities. http://myfmsurrey.com/ VF2688 91.5 (Gurbani FM) operates with 4 watts. The format appears to be all Punjabi talk, likely of a religious nature. Both stations are owned by Ravinder Singh Pannu of Brampton, Ontario. The transmitter for these stations is located in the Scott Road & 75th Avenue area near the Surrey/Delta border. Both signals come in loud and clear in Aldergrove, a distance of about 19 miles (30 km's) away from the transmitter. A third station in Surrey similar in nature to the above has also been licensed by Industry Canada. VF2686 will operate at 89.3 with 10 watts. Amrit Baani Radio is listed as the owner of this facility. The transmitter for this one will be in the 80th Avenue & 119th Street area in Delta (Canadian Radio News Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/rwcrn July 13 via WORLD OF RADIO 1782, DXLD) Searching on VF#### calls in the WTFDA DB, only four are found, none in BC. Final edition of FM Atlas XXI listed many, many of them (gh) ** CANADA. DTV --- Digital: RF Ch 51, PSIP 51-1, ON, London, CHCH-DT in REMARKABLY well, when no other London station was making it through -- did they up their power? Seen with their evening news show, which has one of the BUSIEST screens I’ve ever seen: a weather forecast scroll, a stock ticker, time date & current weather in a logo bug, traffic cameras from around the GTO area, a news ‘ticker’ at the bottom of the screen and a main photo area with the news readers and videos from the stories, which was sometimes a split screen even! Their station PSIP clock was an hour plus off reading “3:27” at 2033, but the on screen clock was correct. They don’t programme the digital schedule or programme info for some reason, but instead send you to their website for that data. Into “Sports Line” at ToH. Steady with near 100% signal throughout the half hour I watched. 2030-2100 [EDT?] 3/July I have to check on my power theory. If so cool -- they were stronger than Bad Axe (WDCQ) even! (see inset above showing signal strength meter). Rob R – any local scuttlebutt you know of? Recheck at 0130 had a signal strength of only 20% & not steady so - no decode and at 0230 recheck it was in well, with 40-50% signal carrying ABC 20/20. This did not reappear for the rest of the weekend, at least when I thought to check, so, most strange (Ken Vito Zichi, Port Hope MI2, MARE Tipsheet 10 July via DXLD) ** CHINA. 15465, "Firedrake"/Chinese music jammer 0903+ 10 July. Loud and semi-splattery v. RTI (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas, CA, G5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6000, July 10 at 1202, Chinese music, highly stylized dialog sounds like children`s voices but maybe adults pretending, opera; no doubt CNR1, and // several other spots on 49m, all poor signals. Aoki shows 6000 as 100 kW ND from Beijing 572 site, and NOT a jammer!! 16100, July 10 at 1254, CNR1 jammer, fair; none in the 18s, 17s, 15s OOB, 14s 13980, July 10 at 1255, CNR1 jammer, very poor 12920, July 10 at 1257, CNR1 jammer, very poor 18980, July 10 at 1326, CNR1 jammer presumed, JBA, per Eibi the Fri & Tue 13-14 spot for RFA Tibetan via Kuwait and this is Friday. 21610, July 11 at 0243, very poor signal with Doppler flutter, seems Chinese. Yes: it`s the Saturday-only frequency at 02-03 of RFA Tibetan via TINIAN, requiring CNR1 jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7200, recently noted CNR1 jamming RTI 1000-1100; Firedragon/Firedrake plus CNR1, 1100-1200; just CNR1 1200-1300*. FD vs RFA 11-12 on 7470 (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, July 11, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 12950, July 11 at 1255, CNR1 jammer, very poor, and only one heard out-of-band from 11 to 19 MHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15210, one of these strange parked jamming station units, against RFA Tibetan services at other times on air, seemingly some local low power jamming units parked here? Marked by * asterix in Aoki Nagoya frequency database list (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, my 19 mb logging in 1155-1230 UT July 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. 15250, MRA Mixture of VoA Tinang Marianas, Chinese service, and 15250, China mixed spoken and music jamming programmes, and some additional echo audio, fragments of seconds broadcast apart. Terrible mixture of S=9 signal level in Tokyo Japan 15265, TAJIKISTAN, RFA Tibetan, and China mainland jamming, both S=9. 15538, TAJIKISTAN, Voice of Tibet's odd channel service from Yangi Yul 15540, CHINA and accompanied mainland jamming into Tibet (Wolfgang Büschel, my 19 mb logging 1155-1230 July 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 17660, July 12 at 1253, rock songs in English, something you might expect from VOA Korean but not // 11990. So it`s really the still site-unknown CNR8 ``Ethnic Minority Radio`` in Korean (CNR8 also applies to separate Kazakh and Mongolian services). And a Korean announcement at 1259. 17660 is not as strong as usual, and virtually the OSOB, tho some of the 17705 CNR1 jamming against India is JBA. Unusually, none of the EAST TURKISTAN CRI channels are audible: 17560, 17630, 17650, which are normally there on 16m if nothing else. 17660 must come from eastern China, on the Asian side of the pole, while Turkistan transmitters arrive via the European side of the pole; all mostly illuminated at midsummer. K-index at 12 was 3; solar flux 120, but ``no storms`` per WWV (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** COLOMBIA. Domenica 12 luglio 2015 (R7): 0200, 5910 + 6010 Colombia not heard (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 DXLD) ** CUBA. 1310, Radio Enciclopedia, Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud. 1010 July 12, 2015. Very good, parallel 530 kHz. 1320, Radio Artemisa, Artemisa. 1011 July 11, 2015. Nice Cuban folk vocals, reverb female, "... programa... tierra... Radio Artemisa." Parallel weaker 1000 kHz. 1350, Radio Ciudad del Mar, Aguada, Cienfuegos. 1028 July 11, 2015. Man and woman reading long list of Cienfiegos events for the day. Very good but some WCRM, Ft. Myers co-channel in Haitian kreyol (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater FL, July 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. English on Radio Rebelde! Well, sort of. And French, too. Cuba's Radio Rebelde covered the opening ceremonies of the Pan American Games in Toronto last night and with announcements being made in English, French, and Spanish, there was no need to continuously over-dub in Spanish. Noted at 0200 UT (11 July) on 5025 kHz with the usual good signal. – (Richard Langley, NB, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Date stamp is 0241 UT July 12, not 11 (gh) ** CUBA. 5855.003 kHz, Cuban Spanish Spy Number station, S=9+5dB, but rather low modulated Spanish speaking Lady, procedure shows 8 x 200 Hertz wide BUZZ SCRATCHING signals like a garden fence. Up to 5857.230 kHz upper side. And at least alternately, Spanish lady reading text, Scratching digital? noise, and some at least 6x tone signal peaks on 5855.345, 5855.780, 5855.860, 5856.185, 5856.520, 5856.900 (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 10, dxldyg via DXLD) no time July 10: Cuban Spy Number HM01 in Spanish 0605 on 10345 Bejucal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtBrIkMwPbQ&feature=youtu.be Cuban Spy Number HM01 in Spanish 0615 on 10345 Bejucal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFUSOSQMgWA&feature=youtu.be Cuban Spy Number HM01 in Spanish 0648 on 10345 Bejucal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf1l8GsEiqc&feature=youtu.be Cuban Spy Number HM01 in Spanish 0655 on 9330 Bejucal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02-VKWPamGU&feature=youtu.be Cuban Spy Number HM01 in Spanish 0705 on 9330 Bejucal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z1Uav7CLaM&feature=youtu.be (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) How do you know which of three RadioCuba sites this is? (gh, DXLD) ** CUBA. 6165, July 10 at 0102, open carrier/dead air from RHC instead of English; and the only other early frequency, 6000 is totally off the air! What are we to do?? Wait for the hourly redundant repeats if we really want to hear it. 5990, July 10 at 0103, CRI English relay is still running past 0100, while 6000 RHC is missing --- but we recently found both on at same time, so not a matter of switching frequencies for same transmitter. [and non]. 9955, July 10 at 0101, it`s the voice of Manolo de la Rosa, RHC`s Spanish DX program host of `En Contacto` --- via WRMI!! AND, ``RHC`` is getting jammed! A day we have longed for. Really, it`s `Antena DX` with an opening clip in tribute to `En Contacto` which just marked its 30th anniversary with a special on July 5 (which I missed --- all three airtimes are inconvenient for me). Unlike Arnie, Manolo has always been friendly to me, so I will view him as a fellow victim of Cuban jamming, rather than a conspirator. The only main time 9955 ``needs`` to be jammed is M-F 2300-2400 for `Radio Libertad`, but the DentroCuban Jamming Command runs at least pulses far beyond then out of spite and/or incompetence. 11670, July 11 at 0235, VG signal from RHC but open carrier/dead air. 11760 is off; 11840 is on but distorted; 13740 is less distorted. Also on usual 31 and 49m channels. At 0254, still OCDA on 11670, but with a variable SAH, from second silent transmitter? Approx. 2 Hz. Per Aoki, 11670 supposed to modulate until 0400, with CNR2 Beijing site co- channel beyond RHC`s span. Wolfgang Büschel was also monitoring in following hour, via a remote in Detroit: ``CUBA on shortwave bands in 0300-0315 UT time slot. Both 11670 kHz S=9+15 and 11840 kHz S=8-9 carriers were on air, but NO AUDIO modulation at all could be observed so far!`` [and non]. 7405, July 11 at 0246, open carrier/dead air, evidently Greenville warming up already for R. Martí from 0300; by 0254, jamming underneath is just starting to ramp up with lite pulsing before blasting full-bore. 11950, July 11 at 1254, RHC is splattering up to 20 kHz above here. After 1400, `Cartas a la Redacción` - letters to the editor, but really all about some monument in central Cuba to the over-rated Che Guevara. 11880, July 12 at 0002, RHC in Kriyol with VG signal // 5040. The Bauta-2 transmitter on 11880 is supposed to quit at 2400 after English to Africa, and move to 6060 for Spanish, which I didn`t think to check. 0000 Creole is supposed to be on 5040 only. 11880 was off at 0035, while 5040 continued in regular French. 9710, July 12 at 0010, RHC Spanish only fair, with CCI underneath. Only thing listed is CRI Portuguese via Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN; Aoki shows azimuth of 308 which would be way off Brasil, toward Europe and North America, while HFCC displays a more believable 269 azimuth. Anyhow, 9710 continues with another bihour of RIC Spanish on a more northerly beam, despite RHC. 6100, July 12 at 0543, no signal from RHC English, but the rest of the overkill Cuban Five are nominal. Higher bandscan did not find RHC English on any unexpected channel, like 11880 a few nights ago. 6100 is listed as the Bauta #3 transmitter, same one scheduled until 0200* on 11760. Possibly in the 02-05+ break it could be employed for spy numbers or CRI relays. 15700, July 13 at 1402, open carrier/dead air from CRI English relay, but it`s joined in progress by 1403. Not at all unusual sloppy-ration. 6165, July 15 at 0546, at first I think RHC is off this frequency tonight, but already weakened, the carrier is still there, and now much undermodulated to boot, just a trace. How about the other overkill of The Cuban Five? 6100 is very good, somewhat distorted; 6060 is suptorted; 6000 undermodulated but not distorted; 5040 slightly suptorted (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** DOMINICA. Caros amigos, Seguem os dados da últimas confirmações recebidas: 88.1, Dominica Broadcasting Station – Roseau – DMA – Recebido PPC carimbado e assinado. Aproximadamente três anos e meio. V/S: Ilegível. QTH: PO Box 148, Roseau, Dominica. As imagens das confirmações estarão disponíveis em breve em meu blog. 73 (Ivan Dias Jr. - Sorocaba/SP, https://www.youtube.com/regionaldx http://ivandias.wordpress.com http://twitter.com/ivandiasjr July 15, radioescutas yg via DXLD) Not yet as of July 17 --- his blog is in `recess` for a fortnight (gh) ** EASTER ISLAND. Dear Glenn, 1) After about 1 year I received a PPC-QSL back from Dirección General Aeronáutica Civil, Aeropuerto Mataveri, Easter Island, confirming a report on a NDB station with the call sign "R", working on approx. 304 kHz (Cf. DXLD 14-11, March 12th, 2014). Power 40 W. [for his visit in Nov 2013] 2) Cf. DXLD 14-25, June 18th, 2014: During a visit to Easter Island in Nov. 2013, Manukena Radio could only be heard on FM 88.9 MHz. It seemed that Manukena Radio is the only station having a programme produced on Easter Island as all other FM stations carried programmes originating from Chile. Best regards (Manfred Manke, Germany, July 11, WORLD OF RADIO 1782, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ECUADOR [non]. Saludos cordiales; ALEMANIA, 3995, HCJB Deutsch “Ichtys Radio”, Weenermoor, 2203-2205, escuchada el 10 de julio de 2015 en alemán a locutora con comentarios, SINPO 22332 (José Miguel Romero, Sacañet (Castellón), España, YAESU FRG-7700, Antena hilo 10m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EGYPT. 12070, 7/9 0122. R. Cairo, Abu Zaabal, Spanish service; YL talks; Arabic song; ID, good signal and very distorted modulation; 45431. Parallel log on 11935 kHz, 35431 (José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo [PB], Brazil, condiglista yg via DXLD) 11935, July 10 at 0107, R. Cairo in Spanish, poor signal but good modulation 12070, July 10 at 0107, R. Cairo, Spanish, good signal but overmodulated/distorted, // 11935 9315, July 10 at 0108, R. Cairo, supposedly Spanish, fair signal, dead air 9965, July 10 at 0108, R. Cairo, good signal, but Arabic distorted, whine. 9315, July 11 0233, R. Cairo fair signal, but big noise grinding, no programming audible from English service 9965, July 11 at 0234, R. Cairo, fair signal, in Arabic, undermodulated 13850, July 11 at 0239, R. Cairo, poor signal with flutter, suptorted other Arabic. Coincidentally, Wolfgang Büschel was monitoring these during the same hour and reports, apparently via a remote receiver in Michigan: ``13850.063, odd frequency broadcast from Abis site, Radio Cairo Arabic, DISTORTED audio transmission, S=9+10dB fluttery. Spoken part small audioband of 2.5 kHz only, but music part like 8 kHz wideband. 9315.0, Radio Cairo in English, much distorted audio signal, 13 peaks like a garden fence visible, S=8-9 signals on each sideband, straight 100 Hertz apart distance each peak. 9964.575, Radio Cairo Arabic, good signal so far, but low modulated at S=9+10dB level at 0250 UT July 11. wb`` 11935, July 12 at 0034, R. Cairo, good signal, Arabic talk and music, extremely distorted 12070, July 12 at 0034, R. Cairo, good signal, Arabic talk and music, extremely distorted. About the same as // 11935 tho the resulting sound is slightly different 9315, July 12 at 0034, R. Cairo, very poor signal in Arabic but sounds as distorted as // 11935 and 12070 9965, July 12 at 0035, R. Cairo, other Arabic service with fair signal, undermodulated (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Cairo is on air on July 14 from 0845 on 9965.2 -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, dxldyg via DXLD) Unscheduled transmission of Radio Cairo again on the air, July 14 0845-0925 9965.2v ABS 200 kW / 325 deg to ENAm Arabic General Service: from 0925 9965.2v ABS 200 kW / 325 deg to ENAm open carrier / on & off http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/07/unscheduled-transmission-of-radio-cairo_14.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) Assuming these are to eastern North America, must be based only on the fact that from 2300 to 0430 in English and Arabic, it is to NAm on 325 degree antenna. It would not propagate much to NAm around 0900 (gh) 9280.031 is the center carrier frequency of R Cairo Italian service via Abis (in Aoki list) today on July 14 at 1745 UT. Also few spurious distortion audio peaks in 31 mb like on 9170 9193 9214 9238 9256 9302 9324 9345, and 9383 kHz. Ranges of spur distortion noted on SDR screen on 9169-9174 9190-9195 9213-9217 9234-9251 9256... 9297-9303 9312-9327 9338-9347 9367-9378 9383... wb (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, R Nacional Guinea Ecuatorial, Bata, 0432- 0500, Jun 13, long sequence of slow romantic pop in Spanish with very occasional short anns in Spanish, no ID or talk at top of the hour, 45333. Also 1636, Jun 15, similar pop songs, no anns, 25333 (Graham D. Bell, Simonstown, South Africa Rep., DSWCI DX Window July 8 via WORLD OF RADIO 1782, DXLD) Last reported in Oct 2014! (DXW Ed., ibid.) hmmm, if it was on I would expect to hear it now, similar to Angola or others. But I don't hear it, maybe day-time only? (Thorsten Hallmann, Germany, Africalist, 2011 UT July 11, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) No other reports of it; in the what-else-could-it-be? category, lacking any IDs (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ERITREA [and non]. And there is quite a number of stations that I did NOT hear during several checks in the past two weeks at least: 4976 Uganda 4760 ELWA 7175+7200 Eritrea 6160 or 13800 Puntland Also the announced tests from Voice of Hope Africa Lusaka on 4965 and 6065 yet untraced. African DX isn't so much fun at the moment. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Germany, 2011 UT July 11, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1782, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA. Voice of Tigray Revolution, R. Oromiya, R. Amhara, R. Fana on July 9 from 1654 5950 GDR 100 kW / non-dir Tigrigna V of Tigray Revolution from 1656 6030 GDR 100 kW / non-dir Oromo Radio Oromiya from 1658 6090 GDR 100 kW / non-dir Amharic Radio Amhara from 1700 6110 ADD 100 kW / non-dir Amharic FBC Radio Fana http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/07/voice-of-tigray-ravolution-roromiya.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Blgaria, July 9-10, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA. Voice of Peace and Democracy via Radio Ethiopia July 10 1800-1849 on 7235.8vGDR 100 kW / non-dir to EaAf Tigrigna Mon/Wed/Fri http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/07/voice-of-peace-and-democracy-via-radio.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, July 10-11, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA [and non]. July 6: Oromo Voice Radio in Oromo to EaAf 1600 on 17850 Issoudun + white noise digital jamming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVRFPSGk3Wc&feature=youtu.be Oromo Voice Radio in English to EaAf 1616 on 17850 Issoudun + white noise digital jamming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqSqL_LDflA&feature=youtu.be Radio Xoriyo in Somali to EaAf 1602 on 17870 Issoudun plus white noise digital jamming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuaCcjLwHKI&feature=youtu.be (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Clandestinas: FRANCIA, 17630, Radio Xoriyo, Issoudun, 1600-1605, escuchada el 11 de julio de 2015 en somalí con sintonía y locutor con presentación e ID “Radio Xoriyo…Ogadenia..”, anuncia Internet, comentarios con referencias a Ogadenia, canto del Corán, comentarios entre fragmentos musicales, a las 1603 inicia señal jaming, SINPO 55555 (José Miguel Romero, Sacañet (Castellón), España, YAESU FRG- 7700, Antena hilo 10m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EUROPE. Adjunto el detallle de mis escuchas Castelli 2015: | fq | dia | UT | Nombre | | | 6282 | 26/06/2015 | 2105 | R. Borderhunter | | | 6290 | 26/06/2015 | 2107 | R. Mazda | | | 6300 | 26/06/2015 | 2110 | R. Norton | | | 6735 | 26/06/2015 | 2235 | R. Pioneer | | | 6254 | 26/06/2015 | 2255 | R. Marabú | | | 6210 | 26/06/2015 | 2305 | Stargate Radio | | | 6265 | 27/06/2015 | 2050 | R. Henk AM | | | 6321 | 27/06/2015 | 2057 | Magic AM | | | 6374.8 | 27/06/2015 | 2100 | R. Jamaica (6375) | | | 6400 | 27/06/2015 | 2120 | R. Ronalisa | | (Miguel Castellino, July 10, condiglista yg via DXLD) I think this was on a DXpedition in northern Argentina using a beverage antenna. Quite a haul of Europirates, seldom reported from S America. Distance from Castelli, near the Paraguayan border, to e.g. Amsterdam is 10780 km = 6699 statute miles (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EUROPE. PIRATE-EURO. Abu Dhabi Radio, 6305 AM, 0120-0130+, 07-11-15 SIO: 343. Playing oldies like "Along Came Jones" by Ray Stevens and "Little Darlin'" by The Diamonds. The op rarely plays the whole songs, just part of them (Chris Lobdell, Box 80146, Stoneham, MA 02180 USA, Receivers: Eton E1, JRC NRD-545, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Domenica 12 luglio 2015 (R7), 28 gradi! Insonnia? Radioascolto. 0124, 6307.0, R. ABU DHABI - English, música melódica e IDs OM. BN-MB SEGNALE-SIGNAL JBA - Portante-Carrier IN - Insufficiente-Poor SF - Sufficiente-Fair BN - Buono-Good MB - Molto Buono-Very Good (SWL I1-0799GE, Luca Botto Fiora, QTH Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, G.C. 44 21' 06.89" N / 09 13' 30.94" E RICEVITORI R7 Drake (R7) VR5000DSP Yaesu (VR5000) PL-660 Tecsun (PL-660) DE1103 Degen (DE1103) - ANTENNE (da 70 kHz a 2 MHz) Loop in ferrite di 75 cm ACA modificata per LW-VLF - (da 2 a 5-6 MHz) Loop magnetico interno tipo KR1ST 150x100 cm su finestra - (da 5-6 a 30 MHz) Dipolo "windom" 20 metri Balun su ferrite (ø 1 cm x 9 spire bifilari) Isolatore di linea (ø 15 cm x 5 spire di RG174) - ACCESSORI (per loop MW-VLF) Preamplificatore RF K0LR-WA1ION autocostruito (escludibile) - (per loop e dipolo HF) Eliminatore di QRM MFJ 1026 modificato W8JI (escludibile) Preamplificatore RF kit LX1456 NE (escludibile) Splitters 0-1000 MHz a 2 vie GBC - REGISTRATORI IC SONY: ICD-BX800 (R7) ICD-B500 (VR5000) ICD-BX112 (PL-660) ICD-B500 (DE1103) SOFTWARE (Mac OS X 10.6.8) Audacity 2.1.0 (acquisizione- conversione audio) DXToolbox 4.4.0 demo (propagazione) HourWorld 3.5.1 demo (orologio mondiale) Multimode 6.6 demo Black Cat Systems (UTEs) TimePalette 6.2 demo (orologio mondiale) - (Android 4.1.1) Daylight World Map (orologio mondiale), playdx yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1782, DXLD) 6307 kHz Radio Abu Dhabi - Netherlands (Pirate) 6210 kHz, Music in English and end of transmission No ID, sinpo 35222, Day 07/06/2015, time UT 0040. Thanks by ID http://www.achimbrueckner.de/freeradio/php/wordpress/?p=259371 http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,22315.0.html The station has your E-mail address. Greetings Alex Estimado Daniel, He llegado a entender que la emisora que eschuchaste en 6210 kHz como no identificada, es la Radio Abu Dabhi de Holanda (pirata). No sé si la emisora te ha escrito. Según entiendo lo iba a hacer. Saludos e 73's Jorge R. García http://www.radiopirana.com/ Hello listening today, 6307 kHz Radio Abu Dhabi - Netherlands 2322 UT, music in Spanish, sinpo 25222, Day 07/11/2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8a8NW_kiGs OM Spink in english, Radio Abu Dhabi - Netherlands, 6307 kHz in 0017 UT, sinpo 25222, Day 07/11/2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz6L16P5tyM 6307 kHz Radio Abu Dhabi - Netherlands received 9,200 km in Brazil, 2319 UT, OM and music in English* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSzapzGkvks (Daniel Wyllyans, Nova Xavantina MT Brazil, RX: Tecsun S-2000, Antenna: Long wire 400 Meters horizontal, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via WORLD OF RADIO 1782, DXLD) Received QSL Radio Abu Dhabi, Drachten, Netherlands confirming listen on 6210 kHz. The report of receipt was sent by Alex http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,22315.0.html and I myself sent the next email : doctortim@t-online.de Listening Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UqUeap1H9s RX: Tecsun S-2000; Antenna: Long horizontal wire 400 Meters Daniel Wyllyans Nova Xavantina MT Brazil http://dxbrazilsw.blogspot.com.br/2015/07/qsl-radio-abu-dhabi-drachten.html Hard-Core-DX mailing list July 12 via DXLD) ** EUROPE. Euro Radio 6205 AM from the UK? "new station" Euro Radio is selling items from a UK shop: http://euroradiostore.cottoncart.com Regards (Harald Kuhl, July 15, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) This was previously attributed to IRELAND in the Waterford area on the southeast coast; another of those fuzzy situations, quasi-illegal? Lots of publicity to start August 1, selling time cheap (gh, DXLD) ** GERMANY. ALEMANIA, 3985, Radio Wanderbühne, Kall-Krekei, 1932-1936, escuchada el 11 de julio de 2015 en alemán con emisión de música rock de los años 80, esta emisora solo emite los sábados de 1900 a 2000, locutor con comentarios, SINPO 24432 6005, Radio 700, Kall-Krekei, 1851-1855, escuchada el 11 de julio de 2015 en alemán con emisión de música pop melódico y pop rock, SINPO 35333 (José Miguel Romero, Sacañet (Castellón), España, YAESU FRG- 7700, Antena hilo 10m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GREECE. No signal of Voice of Greece from the night of referendum on July 5. Here is the summer A-15 schedule of Voice of Greece. Some days the station used 1 or 2 frequencies or no broadcast on the air. Often the technicians don't make frequency changes according to the schedule All these frequencies is not registered in summer A-15 HFCC database. 0000-0355 9420*AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to NoAm Greek 0000-0355 9935 AVL 100 kW / 323 deg to NoAm Greek 0000-0355 15630 AVL 100 kW / 260 deg to CeAm Greek, inactive 0400-0500 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek 0400-0500 11645!AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek 0400-0500 15630 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek, inactive 0500-0600 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Vary^ Mon-Fri 0500-0600 11645!AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Vary^ Mon-Fri 0500-0600 15630 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Vary^ Mon-Fri, inactive 0500-0600 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek Sat/Sun 0500-0600 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek Sat/Sun 0500-0600 15630 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek Sat/Sun, inactive 0600-0805 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek 0600-0805 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek 0600-0805 15630 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek, inactive 0805-1000 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek, irregular 0805-1000 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek, irregular 0805-1000 15630#AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek, inactive 1000-1155 9420*AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek, irregular 1000-1155 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek, irregular 1000-1155 15650 AVL 100 kW / 105 deg to SoAs Greek, inactive 1200-1355 9420*AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek, irregular 1200-1355 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek, irregular 1200-1355 15650 AVL 100 kW / 105 deg to SoAs Greek, inactive 1400-1800 9420*AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek, irregular 1400-1800 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek, irregular 1400-1800 15650 AVL 100 kW / 105 deg to SoAs Greek, inactive 1800-1855 9420*AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek 1800-1855 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek 1800-1855 15650 AVL 100 kW / 105 deg to SoAs Greek, inactive 1900-2255 9420*AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek 1900-2255 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek 1900-2255 15650 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek, inactive 2300-2400 9420*AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to NoAm Greek 2300-2400 9935 AVL 100 kW / 323 deg to NoAm Greek 2300-2400 15630 AVL 100 kW / 260 deg to CeAm Greek, inactive ! 0400-0600 co-ch Radio Tamazuj/Radio Dabanga in Arabic # 0823-1150 co-ch Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran in Dari * 1430-0030 co-ch Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran in Arabic * 1100-1805 co-ch China National Radio 13 in Uyghur ^ 3-5 minutes news Mon-Fri in Serbian, Romanian, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Albanian, Italian, Arabic and music between each language. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/07/no-signal-of-voice-of-greece-from-night.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #918 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, July 13, 2015, via DXLD) Voice of Greece in Greek and 8 other languages on July 9: from 0300 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek from 0300 on 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek, terrible audio 0500-0600 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Vary* 0600-1100 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek from 1100 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek 1100-1135 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek, terrible audio, and OFF again *2-4 minutes news in Greek/Serbian/Romanian/Spanish/Russian/Polish/Albanian/ Italian/Arabic. Freqs 9935/11645 are off, 11645 blocked by Dabanga till 0600 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/07/voice-of-greece-in-greek-and-8-other_9.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #918 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, July 13, 2015, via DXLD) 9420, 7/8 0140, VOG, Avlis, in Greek; many people conversation, laughs: a humoristic program, of course; 0155 YL talks, music pause; 35432. Parallel log on 9935 kHz, good signal, strong buzz transmitter. 9420, 7/9 0110, VOG, Avlis, in Greek; music; start a humoristic program (a radio theater?); very poor broadcasting; 25432. Parallel log on 9935 kHz, good signal, but a strong buzz transmitter, with barely audible or unlistenable modulation; 45431 (José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo [PB], Brazil, condiglista yg via DXLD) July 9: Voice of Greece in Greek to WeEu, WeEu 0300 on 9420, 9935 Avlis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwKSMpNkxHw&feature=youtu.be Voice of Greece in Greek to WeEu, 0500 only on 9420 Avlis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkwtGsy3SYY&feature=youtu.be Voice of Greece in Serbian to WeEu 0503 only on 9420 Avlis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmwgTbq3f5A&feature=youtu.be Voice of Greece in Romanian to WeEu 0509 only on 9420 Avlis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_M87LjuMSE&feature=youtu.be Voice of Greece in Spanish to WeEu 0516 only on 9420 Avlis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBArFKCAJuM&feature=youtu.be Voice of Greece in Russian to WeEu 0526 only on 9420 Avlis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDGDTfY_3NQ&feature=youtu.be Voice of Greece in Polish to WeEu 0531 only on 9420 Avlis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXU0urS9_CM&feature=youtu.be Voice of Greece in Albanian to WeEu 0536 only on 9420 Avlis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEXD1NhRmDg&feature=youtu.be Voice of Greece in Italian to WeEu 0543 only on 9420 Avlis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONQgMLWItTM&feature=youtu.be Voice of Greece in Arabic to WeEu 0548 only on 9420 Avlis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSUNNOK9xFM&feature=youtu.be Voice of Greece in Greek to WeEu 0600 only on 9420 Avlis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7eqTYrC9pM&feature=youtu.be (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Quick reference list of languages as logged above; presumably in same order every day, but times varying somewhat? 0500 Greek 0503 Serbian 0509 Romanian 0516 Spanish 0526 Russian 0531 Polish 0536 Albanian 0543 Italian 0548 Arabic (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9420 & 9935, July 10 at 0112, both ERA Avlis transmitters are off tonight; still quite irregular under the nouveau regime. 9935, July 11 at 0232, big humbuzz from ERA over music, which is clear on // 9420; at least they are on air tonight, unlike 25 hours earlier. In another coincidence, Wolfgang was also monitoring these during the following hour: ``Flute station ID of ERT Avlis noted when tuned-in at 0330 UT on July 11. 9934.997 kHz but wandered in following 10 minutes up to 9935.003 kHz, also 13 wandering peaks visible, each 54 Hertz apart distance both sidebands. Compared to 9420 \\, 9935v is much lower modulated today, only 10% mod noted. Weak S=6-7 signal in Detroit MI-US SDR remote unit, S=8-9 in Russia, S=9+10dB in Italy, Germany, Belgium remote SDR's. \\ 9420.005 kHz was much stronger S=9+10dB signal in Detroit-MI-USA, S=9+20db in Moscow Russia. And S=9+20dB or even more in Italy, Germany, and Belgium. wb`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of Greece in Greek and 8 other languages on July 14 till 0400 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek till 0400 on 9935 AVL 100 kW / 323 deg to NoAm Greek, clean audio 0400-0500 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek 0500-0600 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Vary*, no // freq. from 0600 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek, no // freq. *2-4 minutes news bulletin in Greek, Serbian, Romanian, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Albanian, Italian and Arabic. Surprisingly 9420 was cut off around 0608 UT, no signal! http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/07/voice-of-greece-in-greek-and-8-other_14.html (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) 9420.004 and 9934.959 kHz ERT Avlis at 1803 UT on July 14. Noted here in western Germany. GRC Avlis ERT program 9934.959v kHz. Annoying BUZZ tone accompanied the S=9+30dB ERT audio signal from Avlis on remote SDR unit. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] BUZZ signal like GARDEN FENCE showed in Perseus browser screen 15 x accompanied buzz propeller spur peak signals - each sideband - peaks varied at 193 ... 386 Hertz apart distance ... up to 2895 Hertz apart distance, each sideband. Nothing noted on either 11645, 15630 kHz, nor 15650 kHz channels (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 14, dxldyg via DXLD) Transmitter 2 is not active at present (Ivo Ivanov, July 14, ibid.) GRECIA, 9935, Helliniki Radiophonia, Avlis, 2008-2014, escuchada el 14 de julio de 2015 en griego con emisión musical, a las 1810 tonos horarios, locutora con ID, locutor con boletín de noticias, referencia a “Tsipras y Syriza”, la emisión está acompañada de un molesto zumbido, tras el boletín de noticias de cinco minutos sigue la emisión musical, emisión en paralelo por 9420, SINPO 43433 (José Miguel Romero, Burjasot (Valencia), España, Grundig Yacht Boy 80, Sangean ATS 909, Antena hilo 10m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of Greece in Greek was back on the air on July 14, part two: from 1800 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu, co-ch VIRI/IRIB in Arabic from 1800 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu, terrible audio + hum tone http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/07/voice-of-greece-in-greek-was-back-on.html (Ivo, ibid.) Both 9420 and 9935 kHz ERT Avlis are still on air at 2225 UT July 14 in UT. 9420 S=9+40dB, nice Greek girl folk music songs, and 9935v S=9+30dB wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) 9420, July 15 at 0538, ERA is poor and not in Greek, but I can`t figure out what other language; 0541 music, 0543 another language. Ivo Ivanov reports they spend this hour in multilingual newscasts not including English; presumably the same on // 11645 which serves only to make a rumbling het against Dabanga via Vatican (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I 'see' only 9420.004 kHz with clear audio on air, S=9+35dB strong signal here in southern Germany. 0450 UT July 15, nothing of ERT on 9935v 11645 15630 or 15650 kHz now. wb (Büschel, ibid.) 11645 is on air under Radio Dabanga at 0500 UT (Ivo, ibid.) Voice of Greece, AVL in Greek plus 8 other languages July 15: till 0400 9420 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek till 0400 9935 100 kW / 323 deg NoAm Greek, terrible audio, humne 0400-0500 9420 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek 0400-0500 11645 100 kW / 182 deg NoAf Greek, blocked by Radio Dabanga 0500-0600 9420 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Vary* 0500-0600 11645 100 kW / 182 deg NoAf Vary*, blocked by Radio Dabanga from 0600 9420 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek, continues at 0700 & 0800 from 0600 11645 100 kW / 182 deg NoAf Greek, terrible audio, hum tone *2-4 minutes news bulletin in Greek, Serbian, Romanian, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Albanian, Italian and Arabic. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/07/voice-of-greece-in-greek-plus-8-other.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, ibid.) ERT at 0920 UT July 15, on both 9420.004 kHz and 11644.927 kHz S=9+5 in Germany, S=9+10dB in Poland, no access this morning at Moscow SDR unit - sorry. Avlis ERT program 11644.927v kHz. Annoying BUZZ tone accompanied the S=9+10dB ERT audio signal from Avlis on remote SDR unit. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] BUZZ signal like GARDEN FENCE showed in Perseus browser screen, 12 x accompanied buzz propeller spur peak signals - each sideband - peaks varied at 282 ... 564 Hertz apart distance ... up to 3384 Hertz apart distance, each sideband. Nothing noted on either 9935v, 15630 kHz, nor 15650 kHz channels. (Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 15, ibid.) ERT live parliament discussion on 400 billion debts of Greece, direct broadcast from Athens at 2220 UT on July 15: stronger S=9+35dB signal on 9934.964 kHz and more 20(!) buzz tone peaks visible accompanied each sideband. \\ 9420.005 kHz at 2025 UT only S=9+15dB strength, but clean audio feed. wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUAM [and non]. "Video" von AWR. Wirkich eindrucksvoll gemacht, ein drehbares Video ueber AWR. (Christoph Ratzer-AUT OE2CRM, A-DX July 6 via BCDX 9 July via DXLD) Wirklich sehenswert. Am eindrucksvollsten ist fuer mich der Blick von der Spitze des Sendemastes nach unten. Ich habe mir das Video 3 mal angesehen, um alle Blickwinkel auszukosten. Technisch sehr gut gemacht (Michael Haun-ESP, A-DX July 6, ibid.) YouTube Videos von AWR Guam - mit Drone and AWR Europe training at Vienna Austria, some snippets visible of ORS Moosbrunn antennas (Paul Reinersch-D, A-DX July 7, ibid.) ** HAWAII. 10000, July 13 at 0545, WWVH skips the propagation minute, no explanation or apology; WWV ID is JBA before 0546. Often when WWVH does do the propagation (not the same YL synth as on WWV at :18), it`s followed by two or three seconds of extraneous tones (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. Last night (15 July 2015) AIR Trivandrum was noted on 5000 kHz instead of 5010 kHz from my tune in at 1355 UT. This continued till their sign off last night. Today morning also they continued on 5000 till around 0215 UT. However they were not heard on their day time frequency today on 7290 kHz from 0230. 7290 heard just now while checking at 0455. The transmissions on 5000 kHz were monitored by DXers in different parts of India. Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India, dx_india yg via DXLD) ** INDIA [and non]. 13710, July 13 at 1342, AIR GOS in English is poor but clear, good modulation, in Comment`ry, 1344 plug new website http://www.airworldservice.org (which is titled ESD = External Service Division) for info and more listening; programme summary for rest of sesquihour, 1346 Indian classical music. Nice that this is poking thru as higher bands are almost dead --- nothing on 17 MHz, just Cuba on 15, and not much else on 13 MHz either. While listening to the music from AIR, I tune the FM to KOSU for NPR Morning Edition, which has a report about hope for battered women in Haryana. Audio, pictures and transcript: http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/07/13/419568672/how-one-woman-found-the-courage-to-say-no-to-domestic-abuse Somehow, I don`t think I`d ever hear a report like this on AIR. 9870, July 13 at 1351, AIR VBS is very poor but audible with less classical music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15050, All India Radio GOS, 1640-1650, escuchada el 11 de julio en idioma sin identificar a locutora con comentarios, “exactament… músico…”; la emisión va acompañada de un molesto zumbido, segmento de música pop, ¿horario ampliado en su servicio en shinjala?, este servicio está anunciado de 1300 a 1500, la música parece hindú, SINPO 44444 (José Miguel Romero, Sacañet (Castellón), España, YAESU FRG- 7700, Antena hilo 10m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) The name General Overseas Service applies only to their English broadcasts. Yes, per Aoki, 15050 is not supposed to be on after Sinhala in DRM finishes at 1500. Bengali, Farsi, Hindi, Russian and Urdu are scheduled on other frequencies at 1640; mixup? (gh, DXLD) 15795, AIR Bangalore, 500 kW beast, in DRM digital mode, likely Chinese service, S=9+5dB 15790 to 15800 kHz block received (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, my 19 mb logging in 1155-1230 UT July 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 3324.88, RRI Palangkaraya // 3905, RRI Merauke // 4869.88, RRI Wamena, 1228, July 12. Long segment of Jakarta news ending with normally heard patriotic song “Bagimu Negeri”; after 1229 no longer // (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1782, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN. IRAN LAUNCHES SECOND QADIR RADAR SYSTEM. Oh my dear ... Is it the same class as the one we've been monitoring on 10mb? 73 (Paulo, CT2IWW (intruderalert mailing list July 8 via BCDX 9 July via DXLD) ** IRAN. 12025, July 12 at 0033, talk in Spanish with hum, i.e. VIRI scheduled 0020-0220 via Kamalabad, poor. New PNG relay by Australia presumably on since 2200 but doesn`t propagate here until much later (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ITALY [non]. RUMANIA, 15515, Radio Warra Wangeelaa, Saftica, 1515- 1527, escuchada el 11 de julio de 2015 en oromo a locutor con comentarios, posible ID “Radio ….”, segmento musical, locutor anunciando dirección web de Internet “www….”, referencia “…oromo…”, cortan la emisión antes de terminar el programa, SINPO 44444 (José Miguel Romero, Sacañet (Castellón), España, YAESU FRG-7700, Antena hilo 10m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) also ETHIOPIA [non] ** KOREA NORTH [and non]. 6250, July 14 at 1218, mainly noise jamming but some music modulation. Confusing situation here in Korean Radio War, per Aoki: Echo of Hope - or Voice of Hope from South to North is here at 0555-2400; Echo of Unification, from North to South is at 0400-0602, 1200-1402 and 2200-2402. NK Noise jamming is also on 6250 at 0355-2400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. Clandestina: TAJIKISTAN, 7375, Voice of Wilderness, Dushanbe-Yangiyul, 1913-1930, escuchada el 11 de julio de 2015 en coreano con emisión musical, canticos que me recuerdan a misa cantada con coros, hombre recitando acompañado de coros, parece música religiosa, locutora con comentarios, SINPO 24332 (José Miguel Romero, Sacañet (Castellón), España, YAESU FRG-7700, Antena hilo 10m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UZBEKISTAN (non), Frequency change of Voice of Martyrs from July 11 1600-1730 NF 7510 TAC 100 kW / 070 deg to NEAs Korean, ex 7520 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/07/frequency-change-of-voice-of-martyrs.html (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, July 13, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH [non]. Re in DXLD 15-27, the questionable log of VOA via HLKX S Korea on 1188 kHz MW --- Rodney explains that the log was supposed to be on SW 7460; his logging program somehow entered the wrong frequency! So not a matter of whether it was HLKX or the California Korean on 1190. He replaced that log corrected as in his latest listing, with the same program details: ``Voice of America 1304 9 Jul 2015 7460Khz 1301 9 JUL - VOICE OF AMERICA (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA) in KOREAN from TINANG (VOA). SINPO = 35333. Korean, male newscaster, VoA jingle @1302z. sf129, a5, k1, geomag : very quiet. 250kw, beamAz21deg, bearing303deg. Sangean ATS505 w/Kaito KA33 in west facing window. Received at Las Vegas, United States, 11864KM from transmitter at Tinang (VoA). Local time: 0601.`` Another reason why I personally have no use for logging programs --- do it myself, and do my best to get everything right (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KURDISTAN [non]. Denge Kurdistan via Grigoriopol and carrier via Issoudun July 7 till 0500 on 11600 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish from 0500 on 11600 KCH 300 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Kurdish+carrier of ISS till 0550 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/07/denge-kurdistan-via-grigoriopol-and.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #918 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, July 13, 2015, via DXLD) BULGARIA, 11600, Dengue Kurdistana, Kostinbrod, 1540-1545, escuchada el 11 de julio de 2015 en kurdo con emisión de música étnica, SINPO 44444 (José Miguel Romero, Sacañet (Castellón), España, YAESU FRG- 7700, Antena hilo 10m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Clandestina: FRANCIA, 11600, Dengue Kurdistana, Issoudun, 1718-1723, escuchada el 15 de julio de 2015 en kurdo con emisión de música étnica, SINPO 34433 (José Miguel Romero, Burjasot (Valencia), España, Grundig Yacht Boy 80, Sangean ATS 909, Antena hilo 10m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KUWAIT. Radio Kuwait missing on shortwave from the beginning of July. The only active transmitter on 5960, 7250, 11630, 13650 and 17550 kHz, no longer broadcasts. From the end of May no signal on 9750, 6050 kHz, from the end of February no signal on 21580, 21540 and 15540 kHz: 0200-0750 on 5960 KBD 200 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic General Sce 0500-0900 on 15515 KBD 150 kW / 059 deg to EaAs Arabic General Sce 0800-1000 on 7250 KBD 200 kW / non-dir to WeAs Persian 1000-1200 on 21580 KBD 150 kW / 084 deg to SEAs Filipino 1010-1600 on 11630 KBD 200 kW / 230 deg to CeAf Arabic Holy Qur'an 1100-1600 on 9750 KBD 250 kW / 286 deg to NEAf Arabic General Sce 1210-1550 on 21540 KBD 150 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Arabic General Sce 1600-1800 on 15540 KBD 150 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Urdu 1610-2100 on 6050 KBD 250 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic General Sce 1700-2000 on 13650 KBD 200 kW / 350 deg to NoAm Arabic General Sce 1800-2100 on 15540 KBD 150 kW / 310 deg to WeEu English 2010-2400 on 17550 KBD 200 kW / 350 deg to NoAm Arabic General Sce My video collection of Radio Kuwait between February and May 2015: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/07/radio-kuwait-missing-on-shortwave-from.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Blgaria, July 9-10, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1782, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 17550, July 11 at 2015, 2128 and 2350 chex, NO signal from R. Kuwait, which had been broadcasting Arabic to Central & Western USA at 20-24 UT. Riding the MUF, this might depend on propagation, but more often than not in the non-winter months this has been audible, sometimes quite well, but subject to flutter. Ivo Ivanov reported July 10 that this transmitter (which was also on 5960, 7250, 11630 and 13650 at other dayparts), is no longer on the air since Junend. It was the last one left, previous ones having disappeared at Mayend (9750, 6050) and Febend (21580, 21540, 15540). So scratch another country off the SWBC list. There were once 5 x 500 kW transmitters at Kabd, and now there might as well be zero. If Radio Kuwait had not stupidly run this last transmitter all winter on 17550 in the middle of the night for several years, when it would propagate only into outer space, it might not have worn out by now! Except – the big IBB site, ``George A. Moore Transmitting Station`` (who was he?), remains with per WRTH 2015, 4 x 250 kW and two more being added; plus two high-power MW with a third being added. Kuwait is yet another IBB host country which missed a golden opportunity to require access to IBB SW facilities for its own external service, as part of the deal, like for the Philippines and Thailand. Even now, IBB might take the initiative and offer RK some transmitter time; if they even care about SW any more (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1782, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LIBERIA [and non]. And there is quite a number of stations that I did NOT hear during several checks in the past two weeks at least: 4976 Uganda 4760 ELWA 7175+7200 Eritrea 6160 or 13800 Puntland Also the announced tests from Voice of Hope Africa Lusaka on 4965 and 6065 yet untraced. African DX isn't so much fun at the moment. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Germany, 2011 UT July 11, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1782, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MADEIRA. 1530, Posto Emisssor do Funchal, Poiso, 0502-0510, 07-07, Portuguese songs, identification, song "Posto Emissor do Funchal, a sua companhia dia a dia", advertisements. 13221 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante, for medium wave: K-PO, WR2100, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 1480 km = 920 statute miles = 799 nautical miles (mostly overwater), per city-to-city distance calculator. WRTH 2015y says running 3 kW instead of nominal 10 kW (gh) ** MALAYSIA. 6050, Asyik FM at 1200 with “Asyik FM, Asyik FM” after song, man with talk (news?) in Bahasa Malay. - Fair, July 14 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, listening in my car, by the lake, with the Eton E1 and Sony AN-1 active antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 540, July 12 at 0548 UT, Top-40 music beat, slightly clockwise from south, i.e. XEWA, Los Cuarenta Principales, San Luís Potosí; rather than the usual dominator on 540, XETX, La Ranchera de Paquimé, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua; what`s happened? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. Meanwhile, When I visited Sabrosita 590's website, found this: Click image for larger version. Name: YjehqkD.jpg Views: 40 Size: 177.1 KB ID: 17355 http://forums.wtfda.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=17355&d=1436627001 &thumb=1 http://forums.wtfda.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=17355&d=1436627001 "Our AMs are working, with quality and content for the audience", says this banner. A proof that other AM Radio owners still believe in this band (Gargadon, Ciudad del Carmen, July 11, Raymie`s Mexico Beat, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) Well, I still use audio & video cassettes too, but I have no intention of building an empire. cd (Chris Dunne, FL, ibid.) What that jab by NRM doesn't tell you is that they also have FMs: 89.7, 100.1 and 100.9. Kinda hard to compare (Raymie, ibid.) ** MEXICO. 640, XENQ La NQ, Tulancingo, Hidalgo. 1045 July 3, 2015. End of Mexi-tune, "6-90 N-Q" by man (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater FL, July 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 690, July 12 at 0600 UT, full ID for XEN in México DF, ``100,000 watts`` a Grupo Radio Centro station. Yes, but --- at night it`s supposed to cut to only 5 kW. I wouldn`t be surprised if it`s more than that, as it easily dominates 690 over Cuba or anything else, such as the open carrier from KS, KGGF (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 720, July 12 at 0554 UT, automated timecheck for 12:54, and 105.7 La Grande(?) ID, making 4 Hz SAH with WGN. Must have been really said ``La Kaliente``, as this is surely still XEDE Saltillo, Coahuila. Would-be WGN listeners can`t wait for this one to migrate to FM-only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. RADIO TRECE SALE DEL AIRE POR FALTA DE RECURSOS http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/cartera/negocios/2015/07/10/radio-trece-sale-del-aire-por-falta-de-recursos La estación pide a las autoridades migrar de la frecuencia de AM a la de FM para poder subsistir La señal de Radio Trece fue silenciada por problemas económicos, misma situación que prevalece en muchas estaciones de la frecuencia de AM (ARCHIVO EL UNIVERSAL) Radio Trece, estación que operaba en la frecuencia 1290 AM, tuvo que salir del aire, ya que incurría en gastos de entre 800 mil pesos y un millón 200 mil pesos mensuales y no obtenía los ingresos suficientes. El caso de Radio Trece es el mismo que viven las estaciones que se ubican en la frecuencia de radio de ampliación modulada (AM) y no en la de frecuencia modulada (FM). AM es una frecuencia que actualmente ya es poco usada a nivel global, pues la mayoría de los países han transitado hacia FM e, incluso, están en proceso de cambio a la radio digital. “Nos salimos del aire porque ya no es negocio, ya no hay presupuesto para AM y no nos alcanza para mantenerla. Tenerla abajo nos representa un ahorro de entre 800 mil y un millón 200 mil pesos”, explicó Carlos Quiñones, director general de Radio Trece a EL UNIVERSAL. Actualmente, solo con transmisiones por internet la estación representa un gasto de 300 mil pesos. “¿Cómo se paró? Nos solicitaron un aumento de renta de terreno y aumentos de varios servicios y en ese momento solicitamos a la autoridad bajarnos”, dijo Quiñones. Radio Trece tiene 30 días para cambiar la ubicación de sus estudios con el objetivo de operar a bajo costo, subrayó el directivo. Las señales de AM viajan por tierra, por lo que este tipo de estaciones requieren de grandes terrenos para hacer sus transmisiones [sic]. “Actualmente la estación no se ha ido a concurso mercantil, no está en suspensión de pagos ni está en quiebra, es decir, estamos solicitando que nos den acceso a FM, tan sencillo como eso”, comentó Quiñones. La respuesta de la autoridad a la solicitud del empresario fue el envío de su Plan Anual de Trabajo, donde se indica que en septiembre próximo el Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones (IFT) llevará a cabo un cambio de norma. “La norma de 800 kHz a 400 kHz está programada para septiembre, pero como el evento de nosotros se presentó ahorita solicitamos mantenernos abajo por la razón del dinero, porque financieramente no es sostenible”, subrayó. Los problemas financieros de Radio Trece se han traducido en falta de pagos a sus empleados, los cuales han tenido que renunciar a la empresa. Trabajadores que formaron parte de Radio Trece y salieron de la empresa por falta de recursos de la misma comentaron que la deuda de la empresa en cuanto a nómina de empleados es de aproximadamente 3 millones de pesos. De acuerdo con los empleados, que pidieron el anonimato, no ha sido posible contactar a Carlos Quiñones para llegar a un acuerdo sobre los adeudos que tiene el empresario con el personal despedido. Posted by: (JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO, July 12, dxldyg via DXLD) ** MEXICO. Notes on your Mexico June 23 FMDX logs --- Hey Glenn, I just saw some of your June 23 logs. You did a pretty good job with that opening. I wanted to clear up some of the questions you asked yourself in your DX logs. 92.7 XHRTA --- The program is Ultra Noticias with Javier Solórzano. It's an afternoon newscast — syndicated, unusually for Mexico, and to a wide variety of stations from state networks like Aguascalientes and Michoacán to commercial stations. Solórzano also hosts Once Noticias on Canal Once, which is an evening program. There's a list of Ultra Noticias stations here: http://javiersolorzano.com/ 96.3 XEBJ --- You asked "where does C7 come from?" The answer is analog channel 7 in Guadalajara, but as you noted they do not use any PSIP whatsoever to remap their digital channel so their digital subs are 25.x. A lot of Mexican non-coms don't; neither does XHTRES Mexico City, for that matter. 100.9 XHCAA --- You also wondered, what happened to Stereorey? Actually, that's a great question. In September 2002, MVS Radio (which created the format — the format that arguably cemented the company's future) opted to replace it nationwide with Best FM, which had a newer music selection; a couple years later, almost all the stations were transitioned to La Mejor, MVS's grupera format. (Quite a few of the old Stereorey stations are still La Mejor.) A couple of Stereoreys have returned in recent years: Aguascalientes, Celaya, and also online. Mexico City 102.5 was very briefly La Mejor but since 2004 it's mostly served as MVS's Mexico City news station, with a real nice mix of music in English overnight. Hope that helps answer some of your questions, (Raymie Humbert, AZ, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. NTSC channel A2, July 13 at 1647 UT, sporadic E fade-in of algo, digital clock lower right 2 minutes slow! In CDT at ``11:45``; likewise at 1649 ``11:47`` and now I can see a guy in a black cowboy hat being interviewed on a studio set with a large SIPSE and a Calle 60 in the background, which gives it away as XHY-TV in Mérida, Yucatán, for its corporate name and studio location = morning show name; at 1655 UT, clock for ``11:53``. Still bits of video occasionally following hour to 1758 UT. Distance city-to-city: 1896 km = 1178 statute miles. Will certainly miss XHY-TV when it goes DTV on UHF. I wonder what the planned date for that is in the Mérida market, but presumably by the end of this year if not before. Cursory look at http://sipse.com finds nothing about digital channels, but it does remind us what SIPSE stands for, as it also has newspapers and radio: Servicios Informativos y Publicitarios del Sureste. 2303 UT July 13, some ch 2 video starts to show again; more to come? 2322 on 2, CCI including Televisa-2 net star bug in lower right 2324 on 2, in addition LA VECINA = novela title temporarily in LL 2330 on 3, algo video here too 2334 on 2, still novela from 2 net UT July 14: 0001 on 2, 3 and even audio on 4: weak CCI 0018 on 3, Spanish audio 0037 on 2, Televisa-5 net bug in LR, also at 0048, 0052; no more 1253 on 2, some Es CCI is already apparent; correlating with sporadic- E boost for 13845 WWCR and less so for 15825, which emits some dead air at 1304-1305 1357 on 2, still Es CCI, cowboy in white hat; 1358 it`s a live studio variety show, Spanish audio, suspected XHY-TV Mérida, Yucatán. At same time I am getting UHF DTV tropo DX from TX to KS; see USA. Sporadic-E NTSC TVDX monitoring, UT July 14: 2201 on 2, fade-in and back out, shark(?) movie in Spanish 2245 on 2, CCI from two stations on same offset, big bar 2325 on 2, old movie in Spanish, looks like monochrome era July 15: signs of CCI on channel 2 most of the morning; 1702 on 2, fades in a bit, traces of audio too, Spanish 1713 on 2, Spanish ad for ropa ** MEXICO. Good News for Christopher [Dunne, FL, TV DXer] --- XEFB-2 and the big Monterrey VHFs are all on the air, with signal levels that look normal. XET-6, as usual, is the powerhouse and is still hanging on weakly here via tropo at 1015 CT. Christopher, don't give up (Danny Oglethorpe, LA, July 14, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) ** MEXICO. RAYMIE`S MEXICO BEAT this week: More new television and radio stations are coming to Mexico with concessions issued by the IFT. The biggest news is that the 26th state network in Mexico will come into operation, in Zacatecas, where the state government now has a public use concession. Residents of the state will also benefit from a new television station to an institution of higher education. There will also be three new social use concessions for civil associations on television — the first SUCs for television service. On radio, new PUCs are being awarded to a private university and a public entity in Chihuahua. No further information was available from the IFT press release (Raymie Humbert, Phœnix AZ, July 9, Raymie`s Mexico Beat, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) What exactly is the difference between a public use concession and a social use concession? (mismac7, south Texas, July 10, ibid.) According to the Federal Telecommunications and Broadcasting Law (modified by Enrique Peña Nieto's "reformas"), public use concessions are given to Federal, State, Municipal dependencies or public Universities. Social use concessions are given to civil associations or private Universities (in this case we have community radio stations). Both of them are non-profit concessions, and under the former Cofetel, both was known as "licensed stations" (Gargadon, Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche, ibid.) You couldn't have explained it better. For instance, the new Zacatecas state network (which will be sister to XHZH-FM 97.9) has a public use concession. When permits are migrated, most of the public television stations we're used to talking about will be public use concessions: XEIPN (federal dependency), state networks, public university television stations (XHMNU), government-owned indigenous broadcasters, and so on. Civil associations and civil societies (AC and SC) will have social use concessions. For instance, the Universidad Huasteca Veracruzana, with its station XHUHV 97.9, has a social use concession because it is a private university. There are quite a few existing radio stations, but not as many in TV, that will have this concession type (Raymie, ibid.) [and non] It's sneaking up on you, isn't it --- Juárez. Tecate. TUESDAY. The impending digital switchover also has American consequences as K26KJ will flash-cut on July 16 and become K26KJ-D (25.x). It looks like this Multimedios station, owned by the same Cabada US family as those XHILA translators in Yuma and Calexico, will have at least two subs right off the bat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7B0qCUQdvM (Raymie, July 10, ibid.) At least two subs right off the bat. XEPM-2 was in for a couple of minutes last night. That could be the last time (Danny Oglethorpe, Shreveport, LA, July 12, ibid.) Yep, getting real close, Danny. I'm hoping I get one last chance to see it (Mike, South Louisiana, TVDXing since 7/27/09, ibid.) ** MEXICO [and non]. A HISTORY OF TELEVISION IN THE BORDERPLEX One of the most important—and most equally split—border markets is El Paso and Ciudad Juárez. Binational television can certainly be confusing. The story starts, as you might expect, in the US, where KROD-4 took to the air on December 14, 1952. Named for owner Dorrance Roderick and his KROD radio station—he also happened to own the local newspaper—it started out as an affiliate of CBS, ABC and DuMont. NBC came a few weeks later when KTSM-9, related to the radio station of the same name, came on under the auspices of philanthropist and El Paso radio pioneer Karl O. Wyler. Then Mexico finally stepped in when XEJ-5 came to air on May 17, 1954, thanks to the labor of Pedro Meneses Hoyos, a pioneer of radio and television in Chihuahua whose family would be associated with a string of stations over the years. XEJ was the first television station in Chihuahua, the third Mexican station not in Mexico City (after the short-lived XELD-7, which had “temporarily suspended” operations the month before, and XEQ-9 on Altzomoni, the first relay station), and the first all-Spanish station in the binational market. Meneses had such influence on the development of television in Chihuahua that the next station to come to air in Juárez was named for him: XEPM-2, which signed on in the 1960s; in fact, Pedro Meneses was the brother-in-law of the founder of XEPM, in the Molinar Fernández family. (Another station is named for the family, XHMH-TV in Hidalgo del Parral, in the southern region of the state.) Added to the 1956 sign-on of KELP-13 (ABC), the market now had five stations, representing all major US networks plus two Mexican outlets in XEPM and XEJ. The 1970s saw important expansions in television on the US side. In 1973, Las Cruces viewers received the region’s first public television station, KRWG-22. Even though KRWG was shielded from El Paso, it was also the first television station for this region of New Mexico and the first UHF in the general area. The last American VHF allocation was gobbled up in 1978 by the sign-on of KCOS-7, another public television station and stripping El Paso of the dubious distinction of being the largest city without a PBS member station. El Paso’s first proper UHF came in the form of religious independent KCIK-14, which began operations in August 1979 and over the course of the 1980s would become more general in nature and affiliate with Fox. Meanwhile, a signal swap in 1981 sent KCOS to channel 13 and KELP, by this time renamed KVIA, to the stronger channel 7 frequency. In 1980, it was Mexico’s turn to start sprouting new stations. On VHF it was XHCJE-11, new on air in 1980 and a satellite of XHCH-2 in Chihuahua. XHCH, along with XHCJE, later became one of Imevisión’s extremely few local stations owing to the three signals the government held in Chihuahua Capital. On UHF, 1980 brought viewers XHIJ-44, one of the nation’s first UHF stations and entirely local. XHIJ was founded by Arnoldo Cabada de la O, a former DJ at XESB radio in Santa Barbara and a former news director at XEJ. In 1987, it joined the then-new Telemundo network and became its first Mexican affiliate. The rest of the 80s saw new television stations on UHF from El Paso, like KINT-26 in May 1984 (SIN/Univisión), English independent KMAZ-48 in November 1984 (a one-time UPN outlet, later converted to Spanish as Telemundo affiliate KTDO), and Christian independent KSCE-38 in 1989. The new concession fever of the 90s struck Juárez with considerable fervor. XHJUB-56, originally given channel 62, was awarded to a Televisa subsidiary in November 1989 and emerged as Televisa’s new local station for Juárez, replacing XEPM which became a relayer of the Canal de las Estrellas network. When XHJCI-32 came on air in 1994, it became the area’s Canal 5 outlet. In 1997, after several years of running its Azteca 7 programs on XHIJ, the broadcaster from Ajusco put XHCJH-20 on air to be a full repeater of the network. Along with KJLF- 65, on air in 1991 and later a WB affiliate, the development of full- power television in the Borderplex was complete. The 2000s saw even more developments. The only major change in full- power television came when Entravision, which already owned KINT, bought KJLF in 2001 and converted it to Spanish as TeleFutura affiliate KTFN. On both sides of the border, digital television stations came to air—even on the Juárez side, making the city among the first in Mexico to have multiple digital television stations and achieving digital parity in 2012 when XEJ launched its digital station. In 2007, Televisa shuffled its Juárez stations, giving XHJUB Canal 5, XHJCI Canal de las Estrellas, and XEPM its local programming. While most of the Americans left analog for good in 2009, several low- power stations remained in order to primarily serve audiences in Juárez where analog was still alive. The two main ones were K26KJ, which carried Multimedios, and K48IK, ZGS's avenue by which to continue Telemundo service in analog to Juárez. K26KJ is being converted as well and Multimedios has even sent engineers from Monterrey to help in the process. (This is surprising if you remember that Multimedios does not actually own the station.) K48IK will probably go dark as well; it has a CP to convert to digital, but why bother with repacking coming down the pipe and it now being redundant to KTDO? ———— The stations are readying their coverage. XHIJ will have a countdown running, and they are actually available via livestreaming! http://www.canal44.com/en-vivo/ Special coverage is also planned by XEPM and K26KJ, and possibly XEJ. This Canal 44 video is full of file footage of the construction of their analog transmitter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3eaINs_UBM The same engineer apparently also built and signed on XHUAR-FM for IMER (Raymie Humbert, AZ, July 13, Raymie`s Mexico Beat, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) Raymie, that is a very interesting article. It would make a nice chapter in a book about Mexico broadcast history. XEPM-2 was a Cinco relayer for a couple of years between XEW relayer and becoming independent. The same situation as XEWO-2 (Danny Oglethorpe, Shreveport, LA, ibid.) I actually have Monterrey/Saltillo and Guadalajara television histories in the can that will likely be released depending on if they shut off early. The Guadalajara one is based off some work by an academic at the Universidad de Guadalajara. I also did some more research on Saltillo and wound up learning a bit about the recent history of XHMAP-7 Monclova, one of just two permit stations in all of Coahuila. (There is an IPN transmitter in Torreón, but it's ACTUALLY in Gómez Palacio, Durango...) It's a Patronato station, signed on in 1987, and has spent most of its life retransmitting other things: Imevisión, XHRCG Saltillo, nothing after being shut down by some striking miners http://www.zocalo.com.mx/seccion/articulo/Toman-mineros-Canal-7-exigen-se-les-regrese-instalacion-y-concesion who claimed they, not the municipality, ran the station, and then cable channel 4 Monclova, which it broke from in November 2014 http://www.vanguardia.com.mx/dejadetransmitircanal7enmonclova-2205774.html after its owner, ex-governor Rolando González Treviño, was involved in a money laundering scheme (that's in English). http://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Figure-in-politically-connected-money-laundering-6349968.php (Raymie, ibid.) Who's next? http://www.radioformula.com.mx/notas.asp?Idn=517704&idFC=2015 "On the first minute of July 14 the analog shutoff will happen in Ciudad Juárez and Tecate, noted María Lizárraga, head of the Media and Broadcast Contents Unit of the IFT, as well as that it is hoped that the shutoff can be done in Monterrey, León, Celaya and Querétaro in September. ... 'They are cities that still need some adjustments with regards to the digital transmissions on behalf of the concessionaires, but we are hoping to have the conditions to be shutting off in September.' ... 'As of today we do have notification from the SCT that the cities I just mentioned have reached 90 percent [TV distribution threshold]'". This would be a major shutoff, too, removing 10 low-band stations from the deck. Both XEZ and XHZ shadows, XHLGT, XHLEG, XHLGG, XEFB, XHWX and XET would go if those four cities went at once. The link also includes an audio interview from Radio Fórmula's Fórmula Financiera. Fred Nordquist might recognize that as the program XHHGR was airing when he logged it a few months back (Raymie, July 13, ibid.) It took five minutes. XHIJ-44 was the first to go, at 11:59 pm. I saw this one live through their stream. They did a really good job of acknowledging it. It's also the only one available on video so far. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sq46gaFC5g At midnight on the dot, XEJ-5 and XHJCI-32 left the air. The next minute, Azteca shut off XHCJE-11 and XHCJH-20. And last at 12:04, XEPM-2 and XHJUB-56 disappeared. Apparently K26KJ isn't quite ready (they plan to go on the air Wednesday), and who knows about K48IK (Raymie, July 14, ibid.) How much does a new TV station cost? Reforma did some calculations based on the figure of MHz/pop (megahertz per population served). Using the Cadena Tres package as a base (they paid 1.808 billion pesos, or 2.84 pesos per megahertz per person), they estimated the costs of some of the other television stations. Mexico City, unsurprisingly weighed in pretty heavily: 344 million pesos. At the going exchange rate of 15.6749 MXN = 1 USD, that's $21.9 million. Other costs broken out by Reforma: Celaya-Guanajuato-Irapuato-Salamanca-Morelia-Querétaro: 106 million pesos ($6.7 million) Guadalajara: 92 million pesos ($5.8 million) Central Veracruz (Xalapa-Perote-Orizaba): 79 million pesos ($5.03 million) Monterrey-Sabinas Hidalgo-Saltillo: 76 million pesos ($4.8 million) Puebla and Tlaxcala: 73 million pesos ($4.6 million) That said, I'm not a fan of some of the coverage areas that the IFT drew. The big one is that Celaya-Morelia-Querétaro one. Not only is there another Morelia transmitter in the coverage plan, but it's huge. The coverage area would include 6.2 million people — halfway between the size of Dallas and Houston —*but Morelia is 81 miles from Querétaro and 62 miles from Celaya. Guanajuato, Gto. is 90 miles from Morelia and 62 from Querétaro. To attempt to serve all those people on one TV transmitter would pretty much require the first million-watt digital transmitter in Mexico to be installed at Cerro Culiacán. Mexico never had a 5,000 kW analog station, and it doesn't have a 1,000 kW digital one at all. Not to mention that producing a local newscast for this region would be among the largest efforts I've ever seen. There are three transmitters that duplicate the service provided by this one proposed station, for both Televisa and Azteca (Raymie, July 14, ibid.) Canal del Congreso is coming to Mexico City — here's a news story they had on it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7abv4wHyoUI (Raymie, July 14, ibid.) ^ Will it be a relay of Senal Institucional? cd (Chris Dunne, FL, ibid.) You gave me a good laugh there. Sometime soon I'm going to post my list of Endangered Mexican TV Stations — the ones that by my estimation may not survive. 22 stations are on the list: one has a digital authorization, while I've discovered another may be able to move to digital and is starting to tease "Canal 46" which is the last digital allotment in its city (Raymie, ibid.) In today's line items: - K26KJ El Paso has completed its flash cut and is now broadcasting in digital, in tune with the Juárez stations. Its virtual channel is 25.x owing to KINT-26, which is on physical channel 25. This is the Multimedios station for Juárez and has been covered here because they basically threw themselves in with them. - In Hermosillo testing has begun for the post-transition layout of Televisa channels there. One morning channels 23 and 29 were in digital mode (intermittent operation) with channel 31 running XHHMA-2 (Gala TV) and channel 33 running XHAK-12 (Televisa Regional). As you may recall 31 and 33 were running the CE and C5 networks. - Test transmissions began on Monday for XHSLS-TDT 35 http://pulsoslp.com.mx/2015/07/13/por-fin-canal-9-cuenta-con-transmisor-para-senal-digital/#sthash.UADHcYcl.dpuf after they finally acquired their transmitter. Someone on Facebook also commented that they saw digital equipment on the tower for XHDE- 13 (TDT 16), which now is the last analog-only station in San Luis Potosí. - The SPR station in Colima, which still has not come on, is likely to come on within a month or so. They've connected to the CFE power network and installed their dishes to downlink the signals, but the installation itself is not complete. And now for a feature I wrote up yesterday, about some of Mexico's most mysterious television stations. No, not Tele-Cadena Mexicana. MEXICO’S ENDANGERED TELEVISION STATIONS The digital television transition will bring with it a new national television network and increased access to the digital-only stations on air in Mexico, including SPR transmitters, two new university television stations and three new state networks. At the same time, however, it will also mean the end of several television stations for whom transitioning just does not make sense, usually of the financial kind. Baja California XHENB-29 Ensenada: This commercial station has no known transition plan at all. It’s actually kind of surprising. The IFT lists the permit as “R”, or in the process of renewal. There are just two other commercial stations on this list, both state-owned. Patronato Pro-Televisión Punta Estrella, A.C. (XHSFE-4+/XHSFB- 6+/XHSFN-8): These stations are three of the four available in San Felipe, which otherwise is very underserved with one FM radio station and an Azteca 13 transmitter. They are permit stations retransmitting the other national networks — but how can a permit station air commercials? http://www.cft.gob.mx/work/models/Co...l%20Rivera.pdf Campeche XHCCA-4 (TDT 30) Campeche: This station has digital authorization, but it is in a state network along with an AM station whose permit has expired and it is operating at 1% of licensed power with incredibly obsolete equipment. It is probably a miracle that TRC is still on the air. Chihuahua XHALC-9 Aldama: Operated by the municipality of Villa Aldama, is this 50-watt station going to survive? XHBAL-6 Balleza: Has this station even ever operated? XHABC-28 Chihuahua/XHCTH-2 Cd. Cuauhtémoc: Can this permit station migrate to digital? They have had trouble with the CFE in the past for not paying their power bills. Their political stance seems to give them fits with the state government. XHRPC-3 Riva Palacio: See: XHBAL XHOHH-4 Ocampo: See: XHBAL Chiapas XHCCP-7 Copainalá: This is almost certainly repeating something else if it is on air. It is Mexico’s least powerful television station, and up until this year when the IFT licensed a community radio station in Durango at 5 watts, its least powerful broadcasting station period. Coahuila XHMAP-7 Monclova: Went off the air in November 2014. Its last programming source was cable channel 4 Monclova, owned by Núcleo Radio Televisión — which was owned by that ex-governor of Coahuila who went to prison. Durango XHUNES-28 Durango: No known transition plan. Guerrero Radio y Televisión de Guerrero (XHACG-7 Acapulco and XHHCG-7 Chilpancingo): No known digital transition plan for its two transmitters. Guanajuato XHCEP-11 (TDT 46?) Celaya --- A tiny, low-powered local station that could very well hold up a whole city’s digital transition process— wait, do you hear that train coming? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0gvyocNUFE Morelos XHMZE-22 Zacatepec: Owned by a municipality, has spent significant amounts of time off air and returned to air in February http://www.adnmorelos.com/2015/02/01/regresa-canal-22-a-zacatepec-con-programa-informativo/ with very limited programming. Can they afford to convert to digital operation? Quintana Roo Sistema Quintanarroense de Comunicación Social (XHLQR-7+/XHNQR- 5+/XHCZQ-9/XHFCQ-9): The permits were not renewed. The IPN or SPR may have requested new television stations for Cancún and Chetumal. If it was the IPN, did them pulling the Once rug from under this state network, perhaps the only one in the world named for the flagship station and its offset, signal their doom? XHCOZ-5 Cozumel: Does this Patronato, which also owns XHZCM FM, believe that keeping a broadcast TV signal is worth it when they’re on cable too? San Luis Potosí XHAZS-6 Tamazunchale: Is it even operating? Sonora XHUS-8 Hermosillo: The only station in Hermosillo without a migration plan. Will UniSon’s channel 8, the second-oldest educational TV station in Mexico, make it? Tabasco Televisión Tabasqueña (3 transmitters): The commercially licensed state network has no transition plan. Veracruz XHCVP-9 Coatzacoalcos: A rebroadcaster for Tele-Emisoras del Sureste that’s also a Patronato. Are they going to be able to transition? Yucatán XHST-13 Mérida: Can the state afford conversion of this state network? Zacatecas Patronato Pro-Televisión de Río Grande, Zac. (XHRIG-4/XHRRZ-7): XHRIG has never operated. XHRRZ, on the other hand, has. But can they afford migration? (Raymie, July 15, ibid.) ^ In the case of XHCOZ 5, maybe it is possible that el gobierno, like the FCC, may have some "cable-must-carry" provision---like, if they have an OTA channel, the cable providers *must* carry it on cable. Maybe not. Or, because it is a low band channel, maybe they are there, hoping to hear reports from DXe---oh, scratch that. cd (Chris Dunne, ibid.) The telecommunications reform changed a lot of that: -All cable providers must carry a set of cultural/educational channels: basically the SPR multiplex with Once.2, Canal del Congreso and Canal Judicial added. -There's a "must-offer, must-carry" regime for the national networks (CE, C5, A7 and A13) which have more than 75% coverage. It's kind of strange, but it basically says that Televisa and Azteca must make the networks available to cable/satellite companies, and that they all have to carry them. (Keep in mind Televisa has a 50%+ share of the cable TV market.) I believe Cadena Tres will qualify for the national network distinction as well. -If you carry one local channel in a given area, you must carry them all. XHCOZ has a 1.5 kW ERP. Their "About" page has a strangely worded description, which is why I am confused. Literally read, it says they're still on air OTA but... "Tv Cozumel, Canal 5 es un canal de televisión que se transmite vía cable por el sistema Cablemás. Estamos ubicados en el canal 25 en analógico y el 135 en digital. Canal 5 comenzó operaciones en 1997 por señal abierta operando la frecuencia XHCOZ (actualmente al aire). Debido a que el consumo de televisión por parte de la población se inclinó por los sistemas restringidos y siendo Cablemás el que más suscriptores tiene en Cozumel, se decidió en 2007 incorporar a Canal 5 en esta red que es la que actualmente operamos y comercializamos." (Raymie, ibid.) It's unbelievable XHST-13 can't upgrade to DTV, since it's a concessionated station (altough is operated by Yucatan government) and not a permitted one. Even it has an ad price table: http://www.trecevisionyucatan.com/#!ventastrecevision/cqcl (Gargadon, Campeche, ibid.) Of the six concession noncommercial TV stations in Mexico, only one had a digital authorization as of the last table update (XEIMT). Four are on this list. XEWH quite clearly is somewhere on the path to digital, so I excluded it. But they can rely on advertising unlike everyone else. I think they will make it, and it won't be like last time where XHST remained in color until 1981 (Raymie, July 15, ibid.) Interesting information, Raymie. XEWH-6 (Telemax) is an impressive station (Danny, Shreveport, LA, ibid.) Their most recent reinvention is something no other state network can pull off. They're now basically running a schedule not dissimilar to a big international news channel — a BBC World, DW or the like —*with news on the hour every hour on weekdays (Raymie, July 15, ibid.) I noticed that news both times I saw them this summer. They had the Telemax logo upper right (Danny, Shreveport, LA, July 16, ibid.) This was interesting. I mentioned my belief about disappearing television stations on the Mexico TV forum and a guy from Celaya wrote me back: "Hi, I'm Oscar León. I live in Celaya and I must say that you're right when you say that independent stations like XHABC and XHCEP will have problems with the analog shutoff. In fact, here in Celaya XHCEP already has its date of death. I'll explain: At an event, I ran into Octavio Arvizu Villegas (owner of the station) and he gave me an analogy of the problem that I'll put here: If you need equipment that costs 500 pesos, how can you buy it if they give you barely 15, and you also have to pay salaries, material costs and gas? That's impossible. XHCEP had been on the air for 25 years (not continuously, but yes it had) and now its days are numbered. The station will disappear at the end of December 2015." I wrote back to tell him about the whole train/channel 46 thing, but the post has not yet appeared (all posts on the forum are moderated which does lead to some delay). (Raymie, July 16, ibid.) Sounds like what happens when Gov't is involved in things. Sad to hear for his sake, and his viewers. (mike, S Louisiana, ibid.) More new digital station news: Ciudad Delicias, Chih.: Televisa is on here with XHDEH-TDT 40 (6.x, CE) and XHCDE-TDT 44 (13.x, C5). Canal Once would logically have 48, but I expect they may go intermittent operation on 20 instead as who wants to be way up on 48 with repacking looming? Monclova, Coah.: Azteca has XHHC-TDT 24 (9.x, A13) and XHMLA-TDT 27 (11.x, A7) on air. Televisa has intermittent operation for both of its stations — only one is in the IFT tables, so this is some news. Monclova's digital readiness score is at 80, which is where you'd want to see it, and the laggard is an endangered station to boot. I would love to see a table update soon. It's been two and a half months and I'm sure there are many new digital facilities in it. In fact, I've mentioned three in this post alone (Raymie, July 16, ibid.) ** MEXICO. Novedades en la radiodifusión de México --- 12/07/2015 El Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones (Ifetel) someterá a consulta pública los anteproyectos del Cuadro Nacional de Atribución de Frecuencias (CNAF), la Disposición Técnica IFT-007-2015 y la modificación al Acuerdo por el que se atribuyen frecuencias del espectro radioeléctrico para prestar servicios auxiliares a la radiodifusión. En un comunicado, precisó que el CNAF es la disposición administrativa que indica el servicio o servicios de radiocomunicaciones a los que se encuentra atribuida una determinada banda de frecuencias del espectro radioeléctrico, así como información adicional sobre el uso y planificación de determinadas bandas de frecuencias. De acuerdo con el organismo regulador, esta propuesta toma en cuenta recomendaciones y regulación de la Unión Internacional de Telecomunicaciones (UIT), a fin de lograr un uso óptimo del espectro radioeléctrico. A su vez, someterá a consulta el anteproyecto de modificación al acuerdo por el que se atribuyen frecuencias del espectro radioeléctrico para prestar servicios auxiliares a la radiodifusión, y se establece el procedimiento para autorizar el uso de las mismas. También, el anteproyecto de Acuerdo mediante el cual se expide la Disposición Técnica IFT-007-2015, que incluye medidas de operación para el cumplimiento de los límites de exposición máxima para seres humanos a radiaciones electromagnéticas de radiofrecuencia no ionizantes en el intervalo de 100 Kilohertz a 300 gigahertz. El pleno del Ifetel también aprobó el otorgamiento de dos concesiones sobre bandas de frecuencias del espectro radioeléctrico para uso público - y su respectiva concesión única - para el servicio de televisión radiodifundida digital, una de las cuales será para el gobierno de Zacatecas y la otra para institución educativa de nivel superior en esa misma entidad federativa. De igual forma, en materia de radiodifusión sonora, se otorgaron dos concesiones sobre bandas de frecuencias del espectro radioeléctrico para uso público – con la consecuente concesión única asociada -, para una institución educativa de nivel superior en el estado de Chihuahua y otra para un organismo público en ese mismo estado. También se resolvió otorgar tres concesiones sobre bandas de frecuencias del espectro radioeléctrico para uso social y la respectiva concesión única asociada a éstas para el servicio de televisión radiodifundida digital, a igual número de asociaciones civiles (tomado de Zocalo.com via GRA blog via DXLD) ** MONGOLIA. REACH BEYOND TACKLES HUGE NEW PROJECT Mission Network By Alex Anhalt July 13, 2015 Reach Beyond is attempting to put a radio station in each of Mongolia's 21 provinces with help from local believers and FEBC. Article with audio here Reach Beyond tackles huge new project - Mission Network News (Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) Viz.: https://www.mnnonline.org/news/reach-beyond-tackles-huge-new-project/ Mongolia (MNN) — Forty thousand might sound like a lot when you’re talking about believers, but that’s actually less than 2% of the population of Mongolia. With such a small amount of Christians, what’s the fastest way to spread the Gospel? Reach Beyond says: Radio. They’ve already partnered with 6 Christian radio stations in Mongolia, but their plans are much bigger. In a country where religion was forbidden thanks to Communism, a lot of people are looking for answers. Already word is spreading about the hope that can be found in Jesus Christ, and people are thirsty for the truth. In fact, in the areas where radio stations are already present, mini-churches are springing up as people gather to listen to the Christian broadcasting and discuss it as a group. Photo Courtesy Reach Beyond https://www.mnnonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Mongolia-1.jpg Since the ministry has already proven effective, Reach Beyond is the taking the next step --- or is it more like a “leap”? They’re partnering with Far East Broadcasting Company, another media-based missions group, as well as local believers in the country. Their goal: to put a new radio station in each of Mongolia’s provinces. Twenty-one provinces, two organizations. While this might seem a tall order, they’re already moving forward. Donors have provided almost 1,000 SonSet radios–fix-tuned solar-powered systems which will be distributed near new stations so locals can immediately begin hearing the Good News. Still, the vision won’t be completed for a while yet. Reach Beyond already has three more stations planned for this year, but each station costs close to $25,000 dollars, and each radio costs $35. Reach Beyond is already involved in Ebola prevention in West Africa, working with refugees in the Middle East, and providing clean water and medical care in Africa, Central Asia, and Latin America. Now, they’re extending their ministry to Mongolia, and you can help. Just click the link to join Mission Mongolia. Posted by: (JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO, dxldyg via DXLD) God forbid the Mongols should be able to use those radios to listen to anything else. 24-minute podcast about this ``Mission Mongolia``: https://reachbeyond.org/podcasts/full-page-headline-podcast/episode-six (gh, DXLD) ** MOROCCO. MARRUECOS, 9575, Medí 1, Nador, 1505-1512, escuchada el 11 de julio de 2015 en francés y español a locutora con presentación en español y algunas frases en español, presenta el tema “Mujeres latinas”, se corta la emisión abruptamente, SINPO 55555 (José Miguel Romero, Sacañet (Castellón), España, YAESU FRG-7700, Antena hilo 10m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MYANMAR. 5985.0, Myanmar Radio, 1328, July 14. Decent copy of their singing ID (three different "kilohertz" & one "Mothtown[?] Radio"), indigenous theme music and nice chimes/bells; typical BoH (UT) format for them (Myanmar local ToH); Shiokaze came on at 1330 to block them. https://app.box.com/s/52n7nd9jlqwr2dwia4n01x7kuj4pzwfe audio of Myanmar ID and Shiokaze sign on in Chinese (matches their Tuesday schedule). BTW - Several weeks ago on a Wednesday, listened to 9730, after 1100, looking for Myanmar's R. Australia English segment, but if it was there, I was totally unable to hear it. Not even a hint of it! Seemed to just be SOH covering up anything else there (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEWFOUNDLAND. Domenica 12 luglio 2015 (R7). 0151, 6160.0, CKZN back off? Channel empty (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 DXLD) ** NEW ZEALAND. 6170, UT Sat July 11 at 1307, RNZI with fair signal, sufficient for a while, several Pacific reports, including interview with re-issued `Eyes of Fire` author about how the Rainbow Warrior helped relocate some Marshall Islanders who had to evacuate their atoll after Bikini H-bomb tests; someone from NOAA Coral Reef Watch about how rising CO2 levels are threatening oceans; a project for ten fish canneries at Madang. RNZI skeds differ about when this starts, at 1308 or 1310, both wrong. Blurb for current show: ``Tagata o te Moana for 11 July 2015 --- The latest on the troubles in Nauru; memories of the Rainbow Warrior's last voyage; A call to cct [sic] now over climate change or the ocean will be lost; unease lingers of major project on PNG's Madang lagoon; Prospective Pacific exporters told to tell the history of their food; Closer ties for tourism and agriculture in Pacific; and the struggles to make the grade for some of the nations at the Pacific Games`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NICARAGUA. Couple of clips of channel 2 as seen in south Louisiana: http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?10049-YNFA-302-Nicaragua (WTFDA Forum via DXLD) ** NICARAGUA. http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?10043-Central-America Central America --- recorded this today while Nicaragua and Costa Rica was in on lower frequencies. Audio is a little distorted am experimenting with a new technique for recording while away from the shack. Attached Files Attached Files File Type: mp3 102-5_unid_1447_Jul14_15.mp3 (263.7 KB, 6 views) (Randy KW4RZ Zerr, Fort Walton Beach, Florida panhandle EM60, July 14, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) This is Radio Manantial 102.5, Nueva Guinea, Nicaragua. The phone number is 2575 0245. That traces to a distributor for Casa McGregor in Nueva Guinea. (Industrial products, power tools, generators, etc.) You can also hear "Nueva Guinea" right before the phone number. 1296 miles or so for you (Raymie Humbert, AZ, ibid.) ** NIGERIA. 9689.896 noted - likely - French(?) language service of Voice of Nigeria, 1915 UT on July 11. Wb (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9690-, July 12 at 0608, open carrier/dead air instead of Hausa from VON, and same on weaker 7255- at 0610 check. Wake up! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Frequency change of Voice of Nigeria in English: 1800-1930 NF 9689.9*AJA 250 kW / 248 deg WCAf, ex 1800-2000 on 7254.9 * QRM 9685 CRI Hausa and Chinese 1800-1827; R.Cairo Russian from 1900 * QRM 9695 CRI Chinese till 1827 and CRI Bulgarian 1830-1857 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/07/frequency-change-of-voice-of-nigeria-in.html (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1782, DXLD) ** NIGERIA [non]. July 9: Dandal Kura in Kanuri to WeAf 1832 on 11830 Ascension https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Du4qjugCCM&feature=youtu.be Dandal Kura in Kanuri to WeAf 1900 on 11830 Ascension https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_DKwI3hN3w&feature=youtu.be (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA [non]. 17765, Radio Manara, Issoudun, FRANCIA, 1613-1618, escuchada el 11 de julio de 2015 en hausa a un hombre con comentarios ante público, referencias a “Alá”, segmento musical, SINPO 45544 (José Miguel Romero, Sacañet (Castellón), España, YAESU FRG-7700, Antena hilo 10m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA [non]. 13775, July 11 at 0600, Nigerian Armed Forces Radio via RMI via Issoudun, FRANCE is dead air until modulation cuts on late at 0602.5, JIP music, usual good signal way over here. Jeff White had told us earlier on July 10: ``Glenn: They have now decided to continue indefinitely until further notice. Jeff``. 0606.5 again that long SMS number in Hausa, music past 0612; 11825 unchecked this time, reliably much inferior (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) FRANCE, Test of Nigerian Armed Forces Radio continues until further notice: 0600-0700 11825 ISS 250 kW / 170 deg Hausa/English/Text messages/Music 0600-0700 13775 ISS 250 kW / 170 deg Hausa/English/Text messages/Music http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/07/test-of-nigerian-armed-forces-radio.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, July 10-11, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11825, July 12 at 0611, JBA carrier, and NO carrier on 13775, as Nigerian Armed Forces Radio presumably proceeds via France --- but Europe is not propagating tonight; K-index at 06 was 3, but ``no storms`` recently or predicted by WWV. Indeed, the only significant good signal on 13 MHz is 13580 BBC, because it`s via Madagascar. Before 0600 I was getting Vatican on 13765, only because that`s really via Madagascar too. No RFI English audible after 0600 on 13725, no Hausa on 13750. 13775, July 13 at 0612 check, JBA carrier from presumed Nigerian Armed Forces Radio. Propagation from Europe is still degraded; hope France- to-Nigeria is still funxioning. We didn`t know how good we had it (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1782, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Broadcasts from Nigerian Armed Forces Radio (via Issoudun, France) have continued beyond the initial one week period announced from the beginning of July. Good reception this morning (14 July) 0600-0700 UT on 13775 kHz (SIO 454) just on my Sony 7600GR with telescopic. Also audible in parallel on weaker noisier 11825 kHz. Programming sounds the same or similar to what I heard last week on 7th and 8th July. IDs and frequencies announced in English and Hausa by man, also announcing text number for listeners, songs with lyrics about the army (e.g. "never run away...from this army" "left, right, left, right..." plus sound of gunfire). Also brief IDs by woman. One slogan announces "News, views and comment on matters of the moment" though that programming hasn't materialised yet. (So no mention, for example, that the Nigerian President replaced his defence chiefs yesterday http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-33511431 ) A text I sent last week to the number they announced has produced nil response so far. 73, (Alan Pennington, Caversham, UK, Sony 7600GR + telescopic, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) 13775, July 15 at *0600, carrier on from Nigerian Armed Forces Radio via FRANCE, propagating again, but I doze off before hearing any modulation which may have started late again (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. [pirate] 6925-AM, unID 0145-0246* 5 July, Patriotic marches, ragtime tunes. Listed as unID on the HFU threads, but heard what sounded like "solarcentric@gmail.com" repeated at 0244 (SolarCentric is an SAf-based solar panel company, so perhaps I 'way misheard the "ID"). 6950-USB, Wolverine Radio, 0204-0215 5 July. Show starts doing songs with "blood" in the title (Rolling Stones, Johnny Cash, Wynonie Harris, The Coasters). (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas, CA, G5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. PIRATE-NA Amphetamine Radio, 6923 USB, 0001-0120+, 07-11-15, SIO: 343. Program of pop and rock with frequent IDs by OM announcer. Signal hampered by peskies as time went on. A new one, apparently. [Lobdell-MA] PIRATE-NA. Northwoods Radio, 6935 USB, 2358-0015+, 07-11/12-15, SIO: 444. Nice signal with tunes by The Commitments, Blues Image, Bob Seeger, AC/DC. ID/email address given frequently. [Lobdell-MA] PIRATE-UNID. 6935 USB, 0051-0125*, 07-13-15, SIO: 444. Talk by the late Rev Jim Jones, into Wolfman Jack 0109 with rock tunes ... "Runaway" by the late Del Shannon (Chris Lobdell, Box 80146, Stoneham, MA 02180 USA, Receivers: Eton E1, JRC NRD-545, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6935-USB, July 12 at 0012, pirate music, very poor in noise level; gone at 0032 check. This thread has numerous logs of it, all from states east of OK, as Northwoods Radio: http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,22496.0.html showing it went off at 0025 or 0026 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1330 & 1450, July 13 at 1834 UT I am doing a mid-day bandscan on the caradio, and find JBA hets here, on 1330 against KNSS, and 1450 weaker against KSIW/KGFF remnants. So now local KCRC 1390- Enid is putting out spurs not only at almost plus/minus 30 kHz, making unmistakable modulated hets against 1360 and 1420, but also at double that, plus/minus ~60 kHz (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1520, KOKC: I was at their transmitter site a few weeks ago and took some pictures, but forgot to share them here. This is the temporary tower put up which handles 10kw 24/7: https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xat1/v/t1.0-9/11666169_10205473905624508_4773758047646733518_n.jpg?oh=b193cb6f231ffcb74bb2f02babef6933&oe=562282CF The Nautel 50 kW transmitter running at 10 kW: https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/v/t1.0-9/11200901_10205473713059694_8665262246769572214_n.jpg?oh=e22a8dee0c23b5092491f97ab678926a&oe=5613758B One of the KOKC towers crumpled up on the ground after being wiped out by the tornado: https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/v/t1.0-9/11402680_10205473899504355_5292580647757814579_n.jpg?oh=e5cb0adcb2f6e4bfdb80ef7c3a134c77&oe=561A95F6 (Paul Walker, TX, July 11, dxldyg via DX LISTENNG DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1530, UT Saturday July 11 at 0226 UT, no sign of KXTD Wagoner OK, La Qué Buena, cheating after 0145 UT sunset, as I have been hearing previous eves; what`s wrong? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. During a Mexican TV DX Opening July 15 [q.v.] at 1706 UT on channel 2, some Morse code tones in the mix! Maybe image from local repeater? Sounds like an automatic ID but too fast. Or bleed from 6 meters? Again at 1713.5 and 1720.5; after lunch also heard at 1756.0 and 1803.0 --- so on a timer of about 7 minutes apart; must be local rather than by sporadic E (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 90.1, KUCO, Edmond-OKC, our only classical music station, is fringe in Enid, can`t get a noise-free signal especially if desire stereo (and one does!!); often QRMed by Radio Kansas, KHCC Hutchinson from the other side. Thus we are forced to rely on KUCO webcast. For past week or two it`s been down a lot, and now we find that Real Audio has been abandoned for some kind of flash player. Previously, RA was working just fine, not broken, so why get rid of it? The Flash thing doesn`t want to play, and when it does has dropouts, unusable! I may be forced to find other stations` webcasts of some of my favorite programs and favourite programmes on KUCO, such as `The Score`, cinema music. I complained to manager Brad Ferguson, explaining the problem: ``Brad, Since your signal into Enid is fringe, we can`t get it noise- free, and certainly not if we want stereo, which we definitely do. Thus the only alternative is streaming. It appears you have quit Real Player, now for Flash, only?? I`m trying to listen on Flash, after several attempts to start it (and finding that you have to keep the home page up and not click on any other links from it), but it keeps dropping out. Not enjoyable. Real Player worked just fine, and furthermore had the great advantage of being able to pause it, even tho it`s a live stream. I don`t know of any other players which do this. It`s also annoying that there is no visual indication with the flash whether it is playing or not, nor any way to adjust it. Please bring back the Real alternative. Or preferably find a way to get a translator/satellite FM going in Enid. Regards, Glenn Hauser`` and got this reply: ``Hi Glen, UCO has dropped Real Player and Windows Media. In their place, they are using Kaltura which you will find on the web page in the upper left hand corner where the other players were. Kaltura is supposed to work on every e-device. Brad`` (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 94.3, July 13 at 1834, 2051 and 2240 UT chex, KLGB-LP Enid is dead air again! At least I don`t hear co-sited KVBN-LP audio in the background this time, or anything else. Standard remark about what should be done with dead-air stations. Resurrected at 2247 UT with announcement and hymn (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 105.7, July 11 at 1446 UT, ESPN Radio is new here; seems they spend about half the time promoting various ESPN radio and TV networks, BORING! But then, any sportstalk whatsoever is boring to me. No local ID heard at hourtop, still going at 1509 UT. Can get it only by sidetuning to 105.73 or so on the PL-880 to avoid local 105.5 translator. This is the new KRDR in Alva OK, which came on one day in June relaying 98.3 from Kiowa KS, and then off again. Perhaps this is its final relay, to stay? Tnx to Richard N Allen between Billings and Perry OK, who tipped me about that, and this morning about this, first at 1409 UT July 11: ``Glenn: I'm hearing ESPN Radio on 105.7. The station does not ID, but there have been ads for the Joplin area, and a couple of "espn1007.com" announcements. I'm wondering if it's KRDR? Signal is covering up KROU. Richard. Sent from my iPad`` And followed up at 1432 UT: ``Glenn: I just found KSHQ, "ESPN 100.7", Deerfield MO, is owned by Media One. They also purchased the CP for KRDR from Patrick Parker. So that probably answers my question! Richard. Sent from my iPad`` (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. Weekend Radio from WCLV and stations around the country will acknowledge the press faux-pas from the Enid Eagle I submitted, ``abdominal crime`` on the July 25-26 edition (gh, DXLD) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. NHK news at 11 am Monday opened by giving the time in Tokyo as 7 pm === that means this was 6 hours old! Their schedule http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/tv/schedule/ Shows Newsline almost every hour on the hour, including at 1600 UT == 11 am CDT, so why not pick up the live/current one? News! It`s always neat that they include OKC in their weather, so obviously they know the edition OETA airs is going out in Oklahoma, so is that why you have to run a 5 am news show at 11 am?? Note: I am not suggesting you air it at 5 am as I would never see it then. Regards, Glenn Hauser, Enid (July 13 to OETA/OKLA, via DXLD) As usual no reply and probably no action --- another possibility is that Newsline almost every hour is NHK itself repeating the 1000 UT edition several times, the last one they do each day? (gh, ibid.) ** OMAN. 9500, July 10 at 0111, undermodulated Arabic on fair signal, so RSO is on proper frequency tonight. This is often absent, maybe instead on extended 15140 whether propagating or not (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAKISTAN. Nothing visible on Google Earth/Google Maps images, of the newly planned Ampegon revolving SW antennas at Karachi SW center area, planned already in 2006! year, wb (Wolfgang Büschel, BCDX 9 July via DXLD) ** PAKISTAN. Surprisingly broadcast on shortwave of Radio Pakistan: 1200-1300 on 15700 ISL 250 kW / 070 deg to EaAs Chinese on July 13 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/07/surprisingly-broadcast-on-shortwave-of.html (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, July 13, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA [and non]. Estou muito feliz com a abertura de propagação por estes dias; estou tendo a alegria de recepcionar a Radio Milne Bay nos 3365 kHz mesmo com sinal bastante ruim dar para ouvi-la mesmo também em video com um sinpo de 25112. O motivo dessa alegria de recepção, também contribui para a Rádio Cultura de Araraquara de SP Brasil que transmite na mesma frequencia de 3365 kHz. Está ligando seus transmissores de ondas tropicais sòmente na parte da noite por esses dias. Tomara que continue assim, pois é bom para nós captarmos as duas emissoras Abaixo segue os dados da escuta: 3365 kHz Radio Milne Bay, Alotau, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, YL Talk, Cxs local, 1026 UT, sinpo 25112, Day 07/10/2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5586dC3Frxw Sobre Milne Bay: Milne Bay is a large bay in Milne Bay Province, southeastern Papua New Guinea. More than 35 kilometers long and over 15 kilometers wide, Milne Bay is a sheltered deep-water harbour, surrounded by the heavily wooded Stirling Range to the north and south, and on the northern shore, a narrow coastal strip, soggy with sago and mangrove swamps. The bay is named after Sir Alexander Milne. During World War II, the area was the site of the Battle of Milne Bay in 1942 and by late 1943 it became the major support base for the New Guinea campaign through the development of Finschhafen as an advanced base after that area was secured in the Huon Peninsula campaign. By January 1944 about 140 vessels were in harbor due to congestion at the facilities. Congestion was relieved by opening of a port at Finschhafen and extensive improvements at Milne Bay. Wikipedia. http://www.dexismointernacional.com.br/dexismo-internacional/item/318-3365-khz-radio-milne-bay-alotau-milne-bay-province-papua-new-guinea.html (Daniel Wyllyans, MT, July 11, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA [non]. 12025, NBC-National Radio (Brandon?) 0623- 0704 5 July. Live play-by-play of PNG-New Zealand soccer match, studio break 0638 for Air Niugini ad and some weightlifting competition results, return to game with PNG losing to NZ 1-0, PNG's next game v. Solomon Islands will be "tomorrow at 11", "NBC-National Radio" ID at TOH followed by PSA for Papua-New Guinea National ID card and ad for PNG Power. Fair signal with // 9860 JBA (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas, CA, G5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio NBC, National Radio of Papua New Guinea via SW transmitter site Brandon, according to official HFCC database on July 7 1000-1400 6075 BRN 025 kW / 010 deg to NPac English, alt. freq. 5995 1900-2200 6075 BRN 025 kW / 010 deg to NPac English, alt. freq. 5995 2200-1000 9860 BRN 025 kW / 010 deg to NPac English, alt. freq. 9660 2200-1000 12025 BRN 025 kW / 080 deg to EPac English, + video July 7 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/07/radio-nbc-national-radio-of-papua-new_8.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #918 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, July 13, 2015, via DXLD) 12025, July 10 at 0523, NBC good signal with play-by-play of something, crowd noises. 6075, July 10 at 1204, NBC National Radio, good signal with news in English of matches, rugby finals involving Fiji, basketball, so it seems the Games involve a variety of silly balls, not just soccer; lots of clips. 1207 outro as ``NBC News in Brief``, ad for PNG Power, one of the major sponsors; 1209 starts some songs in English about the games: evidently a source of great national pride. 1218 some Tarzan- yells, drumming, more songs, including one which sounds like some American YL pop star. Except for ghoulish 5830 WTWW, 6075 is the strongest signal on band!! Far exceeding numerous China frequencies. Just what you would expect from a 100 kW Shepparton, AUSTRALIA transmitter, not a 10 kW Brandon/Townsville --- and I would not be surprised if 6075 is also beamed more into the Pacific and North America than into PNG. At 1226 giving phone or app numbers, more music; 1230 announcement for 90.7 FM, some AM frequency and ``shortwave`` but no numbers; 1233 goes into Tok Pisin for interviews. Now it`s fading down as expected more than an hour after sunrise here; 1243 music and promos. Note: I mistakenly referred to these relays as 24 hours on WORLD OF RADIO 1781 --- per skeds, they amount to only 19 hours a day with a break at 14- 19 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) From an audio recording the signal on 12025 kHz over night on 10 July using a Tecsun PL-880 with just its whip antenna here in NB, Canada, the performance of the signal over time was noted. There was a first hint of audio around 0440 UT. Occasional words first understandable around 0535 and the audio was mostly understandable from 05:55 onwards with reception getting better as propagation conditions improved and was quite good for a period of more than three hours. The transmission ended at 1003:29 UT on this frequency. There were some occasional station audio problems (dropouts) especially near the end of the transmission. I have posted a file of the last three hours of the recording here: https://archive.org/details/NBCPNGviaAustralia12.025MHz10July20150701UTC Note that the news summaries don't start right on the hour but rather one to two minutes later. On 11 July, checked 12025 kHz at 0940 but nothing heard. 9860 kHz was very weak and barely audible. As usual, RNZI on 9700 kHz and R. Australia on 9580 kHz had very good signals at this time. Checked 6075 kHz just after 1000 UT but nothing heard (Richard Langley, NB, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 12025, July 11 at 0546, NBC relay via Shepparton, good signal as usual this hour, discussing bronze medal for some game. Circa 0230, 12025 is unheard, not propagating yet, tho it supposedly starts at 2200. 6075, July 11 at 1242, NBC relay via Shepparton, once again the second SSOB after 5830 WTWW, but totally the SSOB from the West. Listener mail acknowledged from Manus et al., in English, 1244 mixing into Tok Pisin; 1245 song. 1258 still music, rock with autotune as usual running late past hourtop, 1301 announcement, weakening, and now the third SSOB as much stronger RNZI has just opened on 6170. 6075 inaudible by 1400 by when it nominally closes until 1900 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA [and non]. 3275, NBC Southern Highlands, July 11. Reactivated after being off the air about six months. Tuned in to open carrier (no audio) at 1029; by 1205 was able to definitely confirm // 3365 (via PNG) // 6075 (via Australia). Very nice to now have two regional NBC stations actually operating from PNG. 3365, NBC Milne Bay, July 11. Recently found // 6075 after 1200, not before; probably just carrying the last two hours of 6075 programming (1200-1400). (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1782, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6075, NBC via Australia, July 11. Moderate QRM from OTH radar; first noted 1007, just after the close of 12025, continuing with the news; 1131 show "The Tribe" in progress; "One Tribe, One Voice, Many Cultures"; info for Tribe FM Facebook; website http://www.nbc.com.pg/?page_id=323 1200 DJ with "shout-out" requests from listeners. REMINDER - Tomorrow (Sunday) listen for Stacy Rose's "Island Praise" show of lively Caribbean gospel music on 6075 (1200-1400). 12025, NBC via Australia, 1006*, July 11. Suddenly off before finishing the news; good reception; started up again on 6075 continuing with the news (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9860, July 12 at 0536, poor signal from NBC relay, play-by-play of some SBG, and still a split-second behind much stronger // 12025. Some loggers are just saying AUSTRALIA to avoid the controversy about whether these are Shepparton or Brandon/Townsville. If they are the same site, one or the other, would someone please explain why 9860 is one satellite-hop delay behind 12025? I`m awaiting astute monitors inside Australia to apply all efforts (other than quoting ``official`` info) to confirm whether Shep is in use for 12025 (and probably 6075). While monitoring via remote receivers can be useful, one thing you can`t do with them over internet is compare frequencies in real time for satellite or other delays --- only by employing two real SW radios next to each other! 6075, July 12 at 1251, music on very poor signal this morning, as propagation is generally degraded except for one-hoppers on higher bands from Cuba, USA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) NBC National Radio, 1331 12 Jul 2015, 6075, 1329 12 JUL - NBC NATIONAL RADIO (PAPUA NEW GUINEA) from SHEPPARTON? BRANDON? SINPO = 34233. English, male announcer, ID@1333z. pop music (reggae feel). Commercials. Sf 120, a 23, k 3, geomag: unsettled. 25 kw?, beamAz?deg, bearing?deg. Sangean ATS505 with Kaito KA33 in west facing window. Received at Las Vegas, United States, 13008 KM from transmitter at Shepparton? Brandon? Local time: 0629. Short-wave.info says Brandon, shortwave.am says Shepparton (Rodney Johnson, dxldyg via DXLD) http://shortwave.am --- the source approved by WORLD OF RADIO, shows 9860 as Brandon, and 6075, 12025 as Shepparton, just as we have concluded, however without confirmation by the authorities (gh, DXLD) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA [and non]. 3275, NBC Southern Highlands, July 12, off the air today after hearing yesterday's reactivation, while in San Francisco. July 13, broadcasting again while listening at Asilomar State Beach; tuned in at 1143 to decent level open carrier, with no audio; not until 1232 that I could confirm was NOT // 3365 or 6075, but carrying their own programs; unable to be positive of language, but seemed probably Tok Pisin/Pidgin. There is only a short window of time that I am able to hear any audio around my local sunrise; by 1255 was again mostly open carrier, which is unlike 3365 (NBC Milne Bay), which has a much longer window for audio. So today never had 3275 being // 3365 or 6075. 3365, NBC Milne Bay, July 13. Another day of local programs before 1200 and after that // 6075 (via Australia); today not // 3275 at any time. 6075, NBC via Australia, July 12, at 1133 found Stacy Rose's "Island Praise" show of lively Caribbean gospel music already on the air. Maybe 1100-1300(?) Sunday schedule; still with OTH radar QRM; listening in San Francisco. 6075, July 13, at Asilomar State Beach, again with QRM from OTH radar; 1207 (after the NBC National News), full promo for - “I'm Stacy Rose. Join me this Sunday at 10AM and again at 9PM right here on the Voice of P-N-G, 90.7 FM, for two hours of the best Caribbean Gospel Music this side of the sun --- all right here on Island Praise with me, Stacy Rose, Sundays at 10AM and again at 9PM, right here on NBC National Radio, the Voice of P-N-G, 90.7 FM" (Ron Howard, Calif., E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 12025, July 13 at 0612 check, NBC relay via presumed Shepparton, AUSTRALIA, good signal during game coverage. Still awaiting some admission from the ptb that it`s not Brandon/Townsville as claimed. // 9860 is too weak to attempt a comparison tonight, but already confirmed twice to be a satellite delay behind 12025. The Games run thru July 18, so these may end after that, or not (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) AUSTRALIA/PNG. The 12025 NBC South Pacific Games transmission from Oz? is a bit degraded 0630 7/14, compared to the past few evenings. RNZI on 11725 and RA on 15240 have much better signals at this hour (Chuck Albertson, Seattle, Wash., DX LISTENING DIGEST) NBC Papua New Guinea currently audible (2220 UT) on 12025 kHz (relay via Shepparton? Australia). SINPO 25432. This is a shortwave relay for the XV Pacific Games being held in Port Moresby, PNG 4-18 July. News in English heard at 2200 plus weather. IDs as NBC National News and NBC National Radio. Currently DJ with pop. May be audible UK morning also - haven't tried it yet (Alan Pennington, Caversham, UK, AOR 7030plus, ALA1530, July 14, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) 12025, July 14 at 0529, good signal from NBC relay, promo for PMEA as heard several times before. 9860, July 14 at 0533, JBA signal from // NBC relay, but just enough to re-re-reconfirm that the 9860 signal is a slight satellite-delay behind 12025, i.e. two different sites, i.e. Shepparton and then Brandon, despite claims they are all ``Townsville``. Awake July 14 at 0901, now`s my chance to compare the signal strengths of 12025 and regular R. Australia on 12085 --- except MUF has plunged, and neither is propagating now. 9860 is still audible fairly with game news, while RA 9580 is at usual VG level, having just opened with token news in French until ``à demain`` at 0905 back to anglais. At 1215, RA on 12085 is still much weaker than usual, but 9580 is VG. 6075, July 14 at 1220, NBC relay is fair, interview mixed with crowd noise (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6075, AUSTRALIA, National Radio (of PNG), via Shepparton, at 1128 with translated interview of a French-speaking squash player at the Pacific Games, 1133 time check and ID. - Good, // very poor 3365 NBC Milne Bay, July 14 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, listening in my car, by the lake, with the Eton E1 and Sony AN-1 active antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6075, July 15 at 1233, NBC relay with ad for auto import assistance, fair signal, and then sports results. I continue to think this is Shepparton, AUSTRALIA, not Brandon. In the British DX Club, Alan Pennington quotes Dan Ferguson that 12025 (at least) is indeed Shepparton, as we have maintained all along, contrary to ``official`` info from PNG and Australia, but Dan hasn`t told us, nor what his source is (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: Again audible tonight on 12025 - transmitter abruptly on at 2159 UT. Currently with news in English. Dan Ferguson confirmed tx site is Shepparton, Australia. Last night faded in strength towards 2300 UT. 73s (Alan Pennington, UK, July 15, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 7324.96, Wantok Radio Light [non-log], on July 11, checking at 0936; found no hint of a carrier, on this clear frequency before CRI signed on; overall good conditions (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 4747.6, Radio Huanta 2000, Huanta, 0015-0021, 12-07, Spanish, comments. Very weak. 14321. (Méndez) 4774.9, Radio Tarma, Tarma, 0020-0028, 12-07, Spanish, comments, Latin American songs. 14321. (Méndez) 4955.0, Radio Cultural Amauta, Huanta, 0021-0037, 12-07, Spanish and Quechua, comments. 14221. (Méndez) 5980.0, Radio Chaski, Urubamba, Cusco, (presumed), 0025-0034, 12-07, Andean music, flute. 14321. (Méndez) 6173.8, Radio Tawantinsuyo, Cusco, 0012-0023, 12- 0012-0025, 12-07, Spanish, comments. Very weak, best on LSB. 14321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun PL-880, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 5980, July 10 at 0100, carrier detectable from R. Chaski, until autocutoff at 0106:03.5*, which is 42.5 seconds later than last timing 7 days ago, July 3 at 0105:21*, or averaging 6.1 seconds later per (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** POLAND. POLISH REGULATOR SAYS RADIO'S SPUTNIK RELAYS VIOLATE EDITORIAL AUTONOMY | Text of report by website of Polish leading privately-owned centre- left newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza on 7 July; subheadings as published On 1 July, the KRRiT [National Broadcasting Council] initiated a procedure to revoke the licence of [local FM station] Radio Hobby, which broadcasts [Russian state-run] Radio Sputnik programming based on an agreement with the [former Russian state-run] radio station Voice of Russia - the KRRiT reported today. "This was not a problem prior to the war in Ukraine," claims the director of Radio Hobby. As the KRRiT emphasized in its statement, "based on an analysis of documents, the National Broadcasting Council has concluded that the broadcaster of the radio programme known as Radio Hobby is violating the regulations of the radio and television law." According to the KRRiT, the aforementioned law clearly indicates that "licensing rights are non-transferable, while the licence itself cannot be the object of commercial transactions." "As a result of concluding an agreement with a third party, the programme's broadcaster disposed of a portion of its rights arising from its licence, thereby relinquishing control over the content and production of a portion of the programming that it broadcasts" - the statement reads. "We are not Russian spies" The programme in question is Radio Sputnik, which is broadcast by the Legionowo-based [town north of Warsaw] Radio Hobby every day between the hours of 2100 and 2200. The KRRiT has concluded that Radio Hobby did not independently create and edit the programme, but instead entrusted this task to a third party (the Russian radio station Voice of Russia - editor's note), which did not have the authority to do so. According to the KRRiT, this violated the principle of autonomy, whereby a broadcaster shapes its own programming and assumes responsibility for its content. Tomasz Brzezinski, the director of Radio Hobby, said that the station's agreement with Voice of Russia has been in effect for many years. In spite of this, the KRRiT has not voiced any objections until now. "No-one raised this objection during any inspections. This programme had not been a problem for anyone until the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine. We have no control over this programme; we play material that we receive one hour before the broadcast time. We listen to it first and we would not broadcast it if it exhorted people to carry out a coup in Poland. We are not Russian spies," argued the director of Radio Hobby. "This really is propaganda" Brzezinski also said that he has no illusions about the "propagandistic content" that is broadcast during the programme. "This really is propaganda. I do not like Mr Putin and I do not like what he is doing. You can hear nasty propaganda on the news that is broadcast during the programme, I totally agree with this. On the other hand, the rest of the programme is made up of news that is cultural, scientific, etc.," Brzezinski emphasized. As he noted, before and after the programme, his station broadcasts a message stating that it does not identify with the content presented during the programme. Brzezinski also explained that Radio Hobby's agreement with Voice of Russia enables the station to survive and that the radio station would have to shut down if it lost its licence. "Thanks to this unfortunate agreement I am able to pay a few employees' salaries," he noted. Brzezinski also believes that this is a "political move that will benefit someone by calling the station's staff Russian spies." Piotr Fogler, Radio Hobby's previous director, also explained on the air in February that the agreement with Voice of Russia had been concluded three years ago when no-one had expected that Russia would stage an armed attack against Ukraine. He also explained that the station has neither the grounds nor the option to cancel the agreement because "this would mean shutting down the station." Katarzyna Twardowska, the spokeswoman for the KRRiT, said that the reason why the council has made such a decision is not because of the content presented during the Radio Sputnik programme but simply due to the fact that Radio Hobby concluded the aforementioned agreement. "It is the KRRiT's opinion that by signing such an agreement the broadcaster has ceded its right to utilize its licence during the duration of the [Radio Sputnik] programme - for one hour each day. A licence cannot be ceded on the basis of a commercial agreement," Twardowska said. Source: Gazeta Wyborcza website, Warsaw, in Polish 7 Jul 15 (via BBCM via WORLD OF RADIO 1782, DXLD) ** PUNTLAND [and non]. And there is quite a number of stations that I did NOT hear during several checks in the past two weeks at least: 4976 Uganda 4760 ELWA 7175+7200 Eritrea 6160 or 13800 Puntland Also the announced tests from Voice of Hope Africa Lusaka on 4965 and 6065 yet untraced. African DX isn't so much fun at the moment. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Germany, 2011 UT July 11, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1782, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** QATAR [non]. July 6: Audio of Al Jazeera TV on shortwave 1343 on 11835 Al Dhabbaya https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0RVjtXS-no&feature=youtu.be Audio of Al Jazeera TV on shortwave 1357 on 11835 Al Dhabbaya https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TBeZcofkMU&feature=youtu.be July 6: Audio of Al Jazeera TV on shortwave in Arabic to ME 1800 on 17680 Woofferton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg5sECkdyK8&feature=youtu.be Audio of Al Jazeera TV on shortwave in Arabic to ME 1828 on 17680 Woofferton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypEot-VmT3w&feature=youtu.be Audio of Al Jazeera TV on shortwave in Arabic to ME 1900 on 17680 Woofferton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y4ShfCfktQ&feature=youtu.be Audio of Al Jazeera TV on shortwave in Arabic to ME 1927 on 17680 Woofferton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNOn5Exs8ok&feature=youtu.be July 7: Denge Kurdistan in Farsi to WeAs 0548 on 11600 Grigoriopol + strong carrier from Issoudun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeMgvMeeBRc&feature=youtu.be July 7: Audio of Al Jazeera TV in Arabic on shortwave 1255 on 11835 Al Dhabbaya https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtfoQU7Q95E&feature=youtu.be Audio of Al Jazeera TV in Arabic on shortwave 1259 on 11835 Al Dhabbaya https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-MPVC3kjeI&feature=youtu.be Audio of Al Jazeera TV in Arabic on shortwave 1330 on 11835 Al Dhabbaya https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvFLVGBXNwU&feature=youtu.be Audio of Al Jazeera TV in Arabic on shortwave 1336 on 11835 Al Dhabbaya https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WyIboKn31o&feature=youtu.be Audio of Al Jazeera TV on shortwave in Arabic to ME 1802 on 17680 Woofferton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzF0naE-eVw&feature=youtu.be July 8: Audio of Al Jazeera TV in Arabic on shortwave 1328 on 11835 Al Dhabbaya https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNBOxNMNfoY&feature=youtu.be July 9: Audio of Al Jazeera TV on shortwave in Arabic to ME 1800 on 17680 Woofferton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoJttj54qlw&feature=youtu.be Audio of Al Jazeera TV on shortwave in Arabic to ME 1814 on 17680 Woofferton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfXM27tqlgo&feature=youtu.be Audio of Al Jazeera TV on shortwave in Arabic to ME 1834 on 17680 Woofferton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhREGlM2IGU&feature=youtu.be (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) REINO UNIDO, 17680, Al-Jazeera TV, Woofferton, 1850-, tentativa el 11 de julio de 2015 en árabe, se aprecia sin señal (José Miguel Romero, Sacañet (Castellón), España, YAESU FRG-7700, Antena hilo 10m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 17680, Al-Jazeera TV, Woofferton, 1805-, tentativa el 12 de julio de 2015 se aprecia sin señal, aunque Ivo Ivanov me apuntó que las emisiones de esta emisora son de domingo a jueves, lo que justificaría su ausencia ayer sábado 11 de julio. Hoy domingo 12 de Julio no se capta señal alguna (José Miguel Romero, Sacañet (Castellón), España, YAESU FRG-7700, Antena hilo 10m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Apparently he is using ``tentative`` in the sense of ``to try``, rather than as in English when we mean we did hear something but not sure of identification (gh, DXLD) Transmissions of audio of Al-Jazeera TV via BABCOCK are cancelled: 1200-1400 11835 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg N/ME Arabic Sun-Thu July 5-July 9 1800-1930 17680 WOF 250 kW / 114 deg N/ME Arabic Sun-Thu July 5-July 9 My last recordings on July 9 at 1800, 1814 and 1834 UT on 17680 via Woofferton: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/07/transmissions-of-audio-of-al-jazeera-tv.html (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1782, DX LISTENING DIGEST) But something else on 17680 comes up next --- ** ROMANIA. 17680 fair // weaker 17670, July 10 at 1148, excerpts from Mendelssohn`s `Midsummer Night`s Dream`, interrupted by RRI English announcement that it`s a Romanian orchestra`s recent performance; also on // 15130 at 1152 with deep fades. On a good summer morning shortly after sunrise here, RRI can propagate on 16m for at least the tail of the English hour from 1100. 17680 and 15130 are 307 degrees USward from Tsiganeshti; 17670 and unnoticed 15150 are 165 degrees East Africaward from Galbeni (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Currently listening to Radio Romania broadcasting from Bucharest in English (0040 UT July 14/2015) on 11800. Programming included DX Mailbox reading listener letters followed by ethnic music. Signal fair to good. Is this a new frequency? (Mike Winiarz, Winnipeg, Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Bell network, DX LISTENING DIGEST) No, in use since A-15 season began at 00 and 03 English to NAm (gh) ** RUSSIA [non]. Radio Sputnik disallowed in POLAND: q.v. [WORLD OF RADIO 1782] ** SARAWAK [non]. 15425, Radio Free Sarawak, 1200*, July 13 (Monday). Back on the air after being off for the whole weekend; still no hint of any jamming (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Listen to the recording just started even before 1030 UT station ID, followed but started satellite SARAWAK veiled opposite Malaysia program feed late at 1030:52 UT. July 15. S=9+5dB in SDR unit at Tokyo Japan. Seems rather Manila-PHL RVA 250 kW unit? not Tashkent Uzbekistan relay service wb (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) First minute is a hymn in English, like RVA might play; then cut to ``Inilah Radio Free Sárawak`` opening in Iban? with upbeat secular music, www.radiofreesarawak.org mentioned twice (gh, DXLD) ** SERBIA [non]. 6100, Radio Serbia int., Bijeljina, 1904-1912, escuchada el 11 de julio de 2015 en español, sintonía y locutora con ID “Esta es Radio Serbia Internacional”, anuncia horarios e Internet, boletín de noticias, la emisión comenzó cuatro minutos tarde, reportaje sobre la industria automovilística en Serbia, SINPO 45444 (José Miguel Romero, Sacañet (Castellón), España, YAESU FRG-7700, Antena hilo 10m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Remember, IRS got a reprieve but supposedly only until 31 July, then closing (gh, DXLD) ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, July 10 at 1155, SIBC poor signal but better than usual here with talk; 1158 national anthem; 1159 open carrier, all with ACI splash from 5025 Cuba but that is weakening. 1202 still seems to be OC, and still audible at 1223 by when maybe there is some modulation but just too weak. You never know what they will do after 1200 --- often plugs in to overnight relay of Wantok FM channel, mostly music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5020.0, SIBC, with the now normal unsettled format. July 12, at 1204 and subsequent checking through 1239, heard only open carrier (no audio), so no relay of Wantok FM today. July 13, at 1149 (a time they should have had audio), there was only an open carrier; OC at 1209 check; off the air by 1218, so an early close down today (Ron Howard, Calif., E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9545, SIBC, 0502-0620, July 14 anomaly; instead of closing down at 0500, continued on with news in English; 0530, in Pijin, Pacific Island pop songs; 0600 into pop hit songs (Elton John "Crocodile Rock"); started out at threshold level and after an hour almost fair. Heading for 24 hour broadcast? (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Good morning from Europe, when checked after wake up at 0803 UT on July 14, only SIBC Honiara from Solomons heard with English news on 5020 kHz exact. S=9+20dB signal logged on remote SDR unit in Brisbane Queensland downunder. 9545 is empty at present (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5020, S.I.B.C. at 1137, pop music, woman announcer in Tok Pisin, at 1139 an English-language report from the Pacific Games in Port Moresby about a gold medal in women’s 5000 meters race, 35333. Listened periodically after 1200: at 1205 open carrier, at 1218 Wantok FM with Bee Gees song, 1231 open carrier, 1241 islands music. - Fair to good, July 14 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, listening in my car, by the lake, with the Eton E1 and Sony AN-1 active antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5020, JBA July 14 at 1210, SIBC is still on and modulating with some music, presumably Wantok FM relay (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. Brother Stair on additional new frequency 9790 kHz at 0845 UT July 15. Videos will be added later today -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) I guess BS with address given at 0918 UT on 9790 kHz, undoubtedly my suggestion via MBR Nauen 100 kW low power site; see HFCC, hobby Italian program entry on Suns 0900 9790 kHz. S=9+35dB powerhouse signal here in southern Germany. wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) Unscheduled broadcast of Brother Stair via Media Broadcast, July 15 from 0845 on 9790 unknown site NAU or ISS to WeEu English, cut off at 0925 UT: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/07/unscheduled-broadcast-of-brother-stair.html (Ivo Ivanov, ibid.) ** SRI LANKA. 11905, July 10 at *0114:11 carrier cuts on from SLBC, very poor signal, but stays dead air past 0116, failing to modulate the usual musical prélude, mistimesignal and opening in Hindi (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN [non]. VATICANO, 11845, Afia Darfur Radio, Santa María di Galeria, 1825-1828, escuchada el 14 de julio de 2015 en árabe a locutor con comentarios, tema musical con referencias a “Darfur Sudan”, SINPO 45554. VATICANO, 11845, Afia Darfur Radio, Santa Maria di Galeria, 1800-1808, escuchada el 15 de julio de 2015 en árabe, sintonía, locutor con presentación y posible ID, boletín de noticias con referencias a “Darfur y sudanía”, en paralelo por 9645 vía Woofferton y 11615 vía Thailandia, SINPO 45544 (José Miguel Romero, Burjasot (Valencia), España, Grundig Yacht Boy 80, Sangean ATS 909, Antena hilo 10m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN [non]. 13800, July 10 at 0524, R. Dabanga vs R. Dabanga, already overlapping sites far out of synch --- I think, or could it be Sudanese jamming using program audio like CNR1 instead of hets/tones? No, at 0527:15 one of them goes off, i.e. MADAGASCAR, leaving VATICAN alone. Mad carriers soon come up on 13840, 13765 for NHK & Vatican 0530 relays, likely one of them from the ex-13800 transmitter. 13800, July 14 at 0526, R. Dabanga via MADAGASCAR, fair signal, no carrier/het jamming audible on hi side. No big clash in usual site switch overlap with VATICAN, but the latter audio is JBA underneath at 0527, and uncovered very poor at 0527:20* when Mad cuts off. Before 0528, Madagascar carriers are up both on 13765 for Vatican relay and 13840 for Japan relay. 11645, July 14 at 0531, Dabanga stingers via VATICAN, poor, and the Sudanese tone jammer is *still* barely audible on 11650, not a problem. 11645, July 15 at 0535, R. Dabanga stingers, singing IDs, rumbling lo- het QRM, presumably Greece`s out of whack transmitter vs VATICAN site (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN SOUTH [and non]. Tarek, can I ask you some question? How do you hear Radio Miraya on shortwave, in what quality? Plus can you listen South Sudan state radio on mediumwave? I tried to catch on Alex's SDR in Israel but I couldn't catch anything. Now Alex's remote SDR is not available. I could also listen to SRTC Sudan on 1296 kHz in the evenings and nights but not on other mediumwave frequencies. Regards, (Tibor Gaal, Hungary, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hello Tibor, Well, reception of R. Miraya is weak to fair in Egypt. I tried them a couple of days ago and it was fair. No luck with MW from South Sudan so far. Best 73 (Tarek Zeidan, Cairo, Egypt, Sent from my iPad, ibid.) Thanks very much. It is surprising that R. Miraya is only fair there. I think South Sudanese will have tough time to receive it to get info what's happening in their own war-torn country. I tried South Sudan on 693 kHz on Alex's SDR but it was not successful (Tibor Gaal, ibid.) 11560, MOLDOVA. R. Miraya - Kichinev. Magnificent signal at 0505 with jivy African music, then an interview in the English portion of the broadcast. The only thing that marred this reception was a very slight hum on the audio, otherwise it was pleasant listening all the way. July 2 (Rob Wagner VK3BVW http://medxr.blogspot.com.au/2015/07/station-news-and-log-book-friday-july-3.html via WRTH Facebook via RusDX July 12 via DXLD) ** TAIWAN. 15070.209, SOH at 1205 UT 15295.033, SOH Chinese poor S=4-5 signal. 15339.989, SOH Chinese tiny S=4-5 poor on threshold signal level (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, my 19 mb logging in 1155-1230 UT July 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) And presumably no jamming on these; see CHINA ** TAJIKISTAN. TAJIK STATE NEWS AGENCY STARTS "INFORMATION WAR" AGAINST ISLAMIC STATE | Text of report by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) website on 9 July; subheadings as published Tajikistan's official news agency, Khovar, has launched an "information war" against Islamic State (IS), pushing back against the group's propaganda by publishing reports about its gory killings, enslavement of women, and other abuses. Zarobiddin Kosimi, who was recently appointed as director of Khovar, told RFE/RL's Tajik service, Radio Ozodi, that the state news agency is "trying to make a greater contribution to the information war" by making citizens aware of the "inhumane acts" perpetrated by IS. "I think that the publication of this material must influence readers' thinking," Kosimi said. "When they see with their own eyes the effects of war, they will draw their own conclusions." Combating recruitment Khovar's decision to talk about the dangers of joining IS and the militant group's atrocities comes amid growing fears in the region about IS recruitment. According to official figures, over 400 Tajiks are fighting alongside IS and over 120 Tajik citizens have been killed in Syria and Iraq. Tajik militants in IS are visible on social media and various militants have appeared in propaganda videos, including a recent one threatening to overthrow the government in Dushanbe. The most well-known of Tajikistan's IS recruits is Gulmurod Halimov, the head of the Interior Ministry special forces (OMON), whose defection to IS in May caused a media storm, though his move should be seen as "unlikely to be representative of the general state of affairs" in the country, according to John Heathershaw, a political scientist who studies Islamic militancy in Tajikistan. The "information war" is the latest in a series of tactics that Tajikistan has adopted in an attempt to combat recruitment to IS and avoid blowback from returning fighters, including declaring it a banned terror group and revoking the citizenship of Tajiks who fight abroad. Battlefield internet Tajikistan's "information war" reflects the country's fears that Islamic State is using the internet and particularly social media to radicalize and recruit citizens. IS disseminates gory videos on the internet in order to attract "uneducated youth", said Khudoyberdi Kholiknazar, the head of the Centre for Strategic Studies under the President of Tajikistan. "By showing the true face of the extremists, we are waging an information war against them," Kholiknazar told Radio Ozodi. "We also need to make young people understand that this is a senseless fight and that joining it is meaningless." Khovar director Kosimi agrees that it is Tajikistan's youth who need to be made to see the reality of IS. While the older generation is "well aware of the consequences of destabilization," he said, the younger generation is not. As well as ramping up anti-IS reports on state media, Tajikistan has attempted to stifle IS propaganda by blocking websites relating to 16 groups it says are extremist, including IS. But the list of banned sites contains just four that Tajikistan says are connected to IS. Of these, one is the homepage of a Britain-based Islamic heritage foundation and another is a now-defunct Facebook page. IS counterattack While Tajikistan wages its "information war", IS has stepped up its own Russian-language propaganda efforts in an attempt to recruit more militants from the former Soviet Union. The group has launched a new Russian-language media wing, Furat Media and evidence suggests it is involving Central Asian militants in its efforts, with a prominent Tajik militant, Abu Daoud (Parviz Saidrakhmonov) photographed in an IS "media centre". And Russian-speaking IS militants maintain easily-accessible and often public accounts on social media platforms including VKontakte and Odnoklassniki, where they disseminate propaganda and talk about their experiences. Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty website, Washington D.C., in English 9 Jul 15 (via BBCM via DXLD) ** TIBET [non]. 15215.125, UAE, FEBC Tibetan service via odd frequency at Dhabbaya, S=7 noted in Tokyo Japan (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, my 19 mb logging in 1155-1230 UT July 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) It`s not FEBC, but FEBA, listed under INDIA in WRTH. Not jammed? Maybe in the case of ``autonomous`` Tibet, the ChiCom let Christians in just to snub the Dalai Lama (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** TIBET [non]. Frequency changes for Voice of Tibet 1345-1400 NF 15537 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 15542 1345-1400 NF 15552 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15562 1400-1415 NF 15542 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15492 1415-1430 NF 15548 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15498 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/07/frequency-changes-for-voice-of-tibet.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Blgaria, July 9-10, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TUNISIA. TUNEZ, 963 kHz, Radio Túnez Int., Djedeida, 1936-1940, escuchada el 11 de julio de 2015 en español, emisión de música Española, locutora con comentarios, SINPO 24232 (José Miguel Romero, Sacañet (Castellón), España, YAESU FRG-7700, Antena hilo 10m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Altho abandoned SW a few years ago, where they never bothered to broadcast in English anyway, the RTCI ``International`` network remains on 963 kHz MW, 100 kW; per WRTH 2015, it`s in French at 05-01 except: ENGLISH 1300-1400, German 1403-1500, Italian 1503-1600, Spanish 1900-2000. I suppose it should carry across the Mediterranean even in the daytime during English; but there are/were 50/100 kW 963`s in Bulgaria, Cyprus (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TURKEY. 15450, July 12 at 1252, fair signal with Turkish music, as the English hour from VOT somehow squeezes thru despite depressed propagation with not much else on 19m beyond Cuba. And it`s on correct frequency! Ivo Ivanov noted that on July 6, Emirler failed to make the switch from previous 1130-1225 German on 13760 until 15450 came up at 1240, so the first dekaminute of English was on wrong 13760 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UGANDA [and non]. And there is quite a number of stations that I did NOT hear during several checks in the past two weeks at least: 4976 Uganda 4760 ELWA 7175+7200 Eritrea 6160 or 13800 Puntland Also the announced tests from Voice of Hope Africa Lusaka on 4965 and 6065 yet untraced. African DX isn't so much fun at the moment. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Germany, 2011 UT July 11, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1782, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UKRAINE. World Service Radio Broadcasting Ukraine has changed again the time of airing: 1600-2000 on 1431 Mykolaiev 800 kW to SoEaRUS Russian, ex 1700-2100, re-ex 1500-1900 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/07/world-sce-radio-broadcasting-ukraine.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, July 12, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) He means southeast *European* Russia. SE Russia would be next to Mongolia, China (gh, DXLD) ** U K. 11253-USB, July 10 at 0518, VOLMET mixing English and metric units for many airports but hard to recognize them with poor signal. However, ``no information available`` from Ascension and a few others, not including Bamako; 0519 ID as ``--- information broadcast``. Site thought to be in UK; EiBi lists merely as RAF VOLMET, 24 hours (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UNITED KINGDOM. I listened to a BBCWS "Over to You" podcast dated 7/3/15 which shared insight from their recent global audience measurement report. Their English language Asian shortwave service noted a significant drop of listeners -- specifically in Nepal and Thailand. BBC Communications Regulation Specialist, Kath Wescott says one of the problems since 2013 continues to be Chinese jamming. A listener from India complained about the poor BBC reception and commented how he grew up listening to shortwave and the life lessons learned from radio listening. "If you don't know shortwave, you don't know life", he added. Wescott reports one solution to the jamming problem has been to put on an extra frequency and rotate it on different days of the week. They try to use frequencies that are close to the original frequency and on the same band. She says: "Tune around and you'll find us" (Larry Zamora, Garland, TX, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K [and non]. AS GOVERNMENTS SHUT DOWN RADIO, THE BBC WORLD SERVICE IS A LIFELINE ---- New Statesman 9 July 2015 In the week when Apple’s Beats 1 radio station was launched – “Worldwide. Always on . . . It broadcasts 24/7 to over 100 countries from our studios in Los Angeles, New York and London” – there was also discussion of the BBC’s latest global audience measurement figures. The most striking thing in the report, which tracked listening habits and how they had changed over the past year, was how short-wave radio – in rural and poorer areas where there is no FM, no cable and no electricity, it’s still the only way of tuning in – is under increasing threat from something as basic as jamming. Apple’s idea of radio as digital and impermeable never felt more breezily First World. Listeners to the English-language programmes on the BBC World Service, for example – in India, Nepal and Bangladesh, in particular – have almost halved in number because of deliberate disruption on the short-wave signal, apparently from China, forcing stations to rotate frequencies on the same band to at least attempt a slot. “Tune around . . . You’ll find us. We will be there,” advised a technician on Over to You (4 July, 5.50pm). It conjured that most antiquated and urgent of images: a person clutching their temples, coaxing a dial, trying and trying to find a signal. “I grew up with short-wave radio,” insisted a caller to the show, “and I got to understand the world, got to understand life. If you don’t know short-wave radio, you don’t know life.” Only moments later, there was talk of the closure of all the non-state-run radio stations in Burundi (one of the poorest and least connected countries in the world). Before the recent coup attempt, independent radio stations played a huge role in holding the government to account but many radio journalists are now forced to report using what social media is available. “The exercise of making radio matters,” said a caller. “It’s a symbol of resistance.” And another, with some disdain, said: “Doing it on the internet is just a way of keeping it on record.” The more than century-long act of turning a dial and finding a signal, with a human voice hitching a ride on electromagnetic energy through space, is something it seems our species now feels in the bones. But worldwide? Always on? Only for some. http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2015/07/governments-shut-down-radio-bbc-world-service-lifeline (via Charles Harlich, DXLD; via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U K. Future of the BBC article --- Spotted this on the BBC News website this morning. Funding changes and program emphasis to be considered, among other things. No mention of SW, but I'm sure there eventually will be a negative impact. GOVERNMENT SELECTS PANEL TO REVIEW THE FUTURE OF THE BBC 12 July 2015 From the section UK The BBC's royal charter is set to expire at the end of 2016 The government has set up an advisory panel to carry out a fundamental review of the BBC. Culture Secretary John Whittingdale has appointed eight people to work on the renewal of the BBC's royal charter - which sets out the corporation's remit. Dawn Airey, former boss of Channel 5, and Dame Colette Bowe, former chairwoman of Ofcom, are among the advisers. The current BBC charter is set to expire at the end of 2016. Ms Airey, who is an executive at Yahoo, has previously called for the licence fee to be cut and to consider charging for website output. . . http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-33496925 (Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas, July 12, dxldyg via DXLD) More on the BBC's future in The Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jul/12/bbc-charter-review-green-paper-licence-fee-chief-funding (Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas, ibid.) ** U K. GIVE PUBLIC SAY' ON BBC'S FUTURE Press Association - 9 hours ago https://uk.news.yahoo.com/public-bbcs-future-231513197.html BBC director-general Tony Hall will defend the BBC's commitment to entertainment shows BBC director-general Tony Hall will present its annual report and accounts later today and tell the Government that the millions of people who make up its audience must have "the biggest say" over its future. Mr Hall, who took over at the helm in 2013, will attempt to rally the corporation in the face of continuing pressure. Last week saw it agree to take over responsibility for funding TV licences for over-75s from the Government as part of a deal agreed in the run-up to the budget and a green paper on its future is expected on Thursday which will examine the future of the licence fee and its commitment to public service programmes. Culture Secretary John Whittingdale has also appointed an eight person panel to work on the renewal of the BBC's royal charter - which sets out the corporation's remit - which runs out at the end of 2016. Mr Hall is expected to reiterate his view the funding deal was the right thing to do in difficult circumstances and demand the public have a say in charter review. A BBC source said: " Although the financial settlement announced last week will give the BBC stability there is an important argument to be made about what kind of BBC we want to see in the future. "Whether it is one that will provide something for everyone and be a beacon for Britain around the world - or whether it will be forced into a market failure model and weaken the UK's creative industries. "We think debates about the future of the BBC are healthy, b ut it needs to be a well-informed debate, grounded in fact and one in which the public - the millions who watch, read or listen every day - have the biggest say." Mr Hall will also defend the BBC's commitment to entertainment shows after it was reported that more commercial programmes like The Voice would be dumped under the new charter which would demand the BBC commits to a narrower range of programming. He is expected to say the BBC has a "long and distinguished pedigree" in popular entertainment shows and their presence reflects the "universal nature of the licence fee". The annual report is expected to highlight the BBC's efforts to cut costs with the introduction of a -L-150,000 cap on severance pay and the loss of around 1,000 jobs and highlight its child protection processes, which came under scrutiny in the light of the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) ** U K. BBC At War S01E02 --- Glenn: This two part program was recently broadcast on BBCTV 2. Excellent program. So now that at least part of it is available on YouTube I thought you might want to watch. Best. Check out this video on YouTube: http://youtu.be/AODVvYYxu1E (Charles Harlich, Sent from my iPad, July 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: Published on Jun 22, 2015 An enthralling series exploring how the BBC fought not only Hitler but also the British government to become the institution it is today. Hailed and derided in equal measure, the BBC in 1939 had yet to seal its reputation. With the advent of war, the corporation found itself thrust into a battle against the Nazis and the machinations of the British government. This series examines how the conflict transformed the BBC, what impact its broadcasts had at home and abroad, and uncovers the battles that raged with the government over its independence - out of which was forged the template for the modern BBC. Wholly unprepared for what was the world's first broadcast war, the BBC fended off complete government takeover and emerged a trusted global news source, transmitting in 47 languages. Using a wealth of preserved recordings and previously unseen documents, Jonathan Dimbleby uncovers the compelling story of how the BBC went into battle against Hitler and Whitehall's ministers, and its part in the social revolution the war provoked. He also considers the voices of the BBC at war - many of whom became household names but would never have been allowed near a microphone in different circumstances. From an early Nazi propaganda coup that forced the BBC into action and how fears of a crisis in morale at home led to class barriers being swept away on the airwaves to how determination and technical improvisation enabled broadcasting from the heart of the war zone, BBC at War reveals how World War Two was the making of the BBC - and nearly its breaking (YouTube caption via DXLD) Glenn: I found episode two of "The BBC at War". Check out this video on YouTube: http://youtu.be/yFWKsXYULWg (Charles Harlich, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K. THE STRUCTURES THAT POWER YOUR TELEVISION By Jack Dowling BBC News 11 July 2015 From the section England There was controversy when the transmitter on the Wrekin, Shropshire, was built in 1975 [caption] Almost all of us watch TV or listen to the radio, and many know where our favourite soaps are made, but how many of us know about a vital cog in the system - transmitting stations? In the age of catch-up TV and super-fast mobile internet, where many of us are turning to watch our TV, they also provide a mobile signal to millions. They can be taller than skyscrapers, older than The Beatles, and some of them look a bit like the Eiffel Tower . . . http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-33048598 (via Gerald T Pollard, NC, DXLD) illustrated ** U K [non?]. BBC WS relay Wimbledon 2015, Serena Williams vs Gabrine Muguruza, July 11, from 1300 on 9410 unscheduled frequency from unknown transmitter site, videos will be added later today – 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11975, July 11 at 1405, sillyballgame in English, unlisted frequency, mentions Serena, so it`s Wimbledon tennis tournament live on BBCWS (as also on ESPN TV cable). Poor signal, M&W commentators. Only thing in HFCC A-15 is a wooden registration from Radio Sultanate of Oman from Thumrait, but that doesn`t mean this is the other site in Oman for BBC; more likely Singapore. Ivo Ivanov in Bulgaria was also hearing this after 1300 on 9410, another unknown site (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1782, DX LISTENING DIGEST) BBC WS relay Wimbledon 2015, Novak Djokovic vs Roger Federer --- after 1315 on 9410 and 11975 -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, July 12, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Also hearing it here in Nevada via Singapore relay: BBC, 1347 12 Jul 2015, 6195 kHz, 1344 12 JUL - BBC (UNITED KINGDOM) in ENGLISH from KRANJI. SINPO = 33333. English, tennis play by play by male announcer (Roger Federer vs Novak Djokovic, Wimbledon men’s final). sf120, a23, k3, geomag: unsettled. 125 kw, beamAz 90 deg, bearing 307 deg. Sangean ATS505 with Kaito KA33 in west facing window. Received at Las Vegas, United States, 14256 km from transmitter at Kranji. Local time: 0644. http://swldx.tumblr.com/ (Rodney Johnson, WORLD OF RADIO 1782, ibid.) BBC WS relay on SW Wimbledon 2015, Finals June 11 and July 12 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/07/bbc-ws-relay-wimbledon-2015-serena.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) BBC WS relay Wimbledon 2015, Serena Williams vs Gabrine Muguruza: 1300-1500 on 9410 unscheduled frequency from unknown transmitter site, videos. Glenn Hauser reported July 11 another unlisted frequency 11945 kHz at 1405 UT [NO! 11975 --- gh] http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/07/bbc-ws-relay-wimbledon-2015-serena.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, July 12, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1782, DX LISTENING DIGEST) July 12: BBC WS relay Wimbledon 2015, Novak Djokovic vs Roger Federer 1345 on 9400 unknown, 11975, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqvrGKeZA7o&feature=youtu.be BBC WS relay Wimbledon 2015, Novak Djokovic vs Roger Federer 1405 on 9400 unknown, 11975, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8MuBVv4VeI&feature=youtu.be BBC WS relay Wimbledon 2015, Novak Djokovic vs Roger Federer 1415 on 9400 unknown, 11975, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpqD5Fu5ngo&feature=youtu.be BBC WS relay Wimbledon 2015, Novak Djokovic vs Roger Federer 1430 on 9400 unknown, 11975, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgGQkKuPsFk&feature=youtu.be BBC WS relay Wimbledon 2015, Novak Djokovic vs Roger Federer 1445 on 9400 unknown, 11975, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16XKN-6HhY4&feature=youtu.be (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Did you mean 9410, as reported the day before?? (gh, DXLD) ** U K. "British DX Club Show -"Radio Songs" on Brill 1449 9th July 2015" https://www.mixcloud.com/bondbrill1449/british-dx-club-show-radio-songs-on-brill-1449-9th-july-2015/ Posted by: "paul ewers", July 11, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) ** U S A. 6833.5-USB, UT Sunday July 12 at 0013, informal OM QSOs about gardening, recipes, heard an NNN-zero call, so it`s Navy MARS; poor in noise level. Do they ever gab about nautical matters? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 25910/FM, WQGY434, Eldorado TX. Oldies music, including Anne Murray's version of Daydream Believer, and the instrumental Tequila song. 0030 ad for First National bank of Eldo'ray'do. Greatest hits of all time. Earlier had promo for Southwest Texas Electrical [co-op?]. Tuned to 25907.5 to recover audio. Poor/Fading/Gone at 0100 recheck. 7/8 thanks to Harold for all his tips on this. [local static machine off] (Larry Russell, Flushing MI, MARE Tipsheet 10 July via DXLD) ** U S A. Am 11.07.2015 um 15:16 schrieb VOA Radiogram: Hello friends, In this weekend's test of Korean characters, if the characters do not display correctly in Fldigi, copy the "boxes" to a word processor, and then they should display correctly. Here is what the headline looks like ... ???, ??? ????? ????? ?? ?? Worked directly on a W7-PC, on an XP-PC indirectly with copy & paste in FrontPage for my htm report: http://www.rhci-online.net/radiogram/VoA_Radiogram_2015-07-11.htm KBC - MFSK-64 as usual with problems. This is not surprising, the area of the transmitter carrier looks again very "scattered". Is a little bit like a drive-in movie during heavy fog - and the audio sounds as it would come from a large empty bathroom (Roger, Germany, July 12, dxldyg via DXLD) 5745, VoA Radiogram #119 with the usual mix of digital text and photos, all in MFSK 32 except for the closing message, and a brief selection of Korean text. Strong and clear but enough fading to cause decode issues and make the photos funky: 55544 0930-1000* 11/Jul MI2 5745, VoA Radiogram #119 repeat, in much better than 0930. There was the usual tech news including a story about a dust particle counter on the New Horizons space probe that is at Pluto, and an interesting story concerning the "Bear Man" of Dushanbe, whom locals want to commemorate with a statue. He adopted a bear that he treated 'like his daughter' and the two of them were often seen around Dushanbe, using public transit, and doing tricks: "Residents say she would entertain children with her forward rolls and give them rides on her back under the watchful eyes of her master, who kept Maria on a leash. "The duo become well-known in Dushanbe, where they could be seen riding a bus, sharing a meal, or carefully crossing a busy street." Both the Talabshoh Sheikhov and his bear "Maria" died in 2013, and both died of old age I hasten to add. Too bizarre. 0230-0300* 12/Jul The photo of the guy and his 'daughter' the bear was pretty cool though. I'm a little disappointed the digital modes haven't 'taken off'. This seems to be a really slick way to provide additional content over the air, and 'repurpose' SW Broadcast to include more stuff and provide new life to it, but alas, it seems broadcasters (or at least the people holding the purse strings of the broadcasters) are so enamored of "the internet" that they can't see that a 'one size fits all' solution REALLY means 'one size fits many' and leaves a lot of people out of luck. These logs are all from Port Hope, MI using a 375 foot randomwire and my trusty olde DX-150A with an outboard frequency standard and homebrew Q-Multiplier. It is not as convenient to use as a 'modern' radio, but it is QUIET, and with the Q Multiplier as sensitive as anything short of an SDR (Kenneth Vito Zichi, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [non]. Voice of America, special broadcast in French Sat only 1100-1130 on 17740 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg to WCAf French Sat, video no signal on parallel frequencies 12030 SAO; 15715 GB; 17850 UDO. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/07/voice-of-america-special-broadcast-in.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, July 12, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15630, July 14 at 1839 UT, desperate for a semi-interesting signal to accompany my nap, with the SW bands bearing little beyond gospel- huxtering US stations at midday, I find VOA here, fair signal with jingle, 1844 mentions voanews.com/amharic, and a bit of HOA music; 1900 news includes some clips in English, quick sign-off from Washington at 1930* without any YDD. It`s via Woofferton UK, 300 kW at 126 degrees, so directly off the back would be 306, close to USward. It switches to Tigrigna at 1900 weekdays, without my noticing. Little else is making it from Europe: Spain 15490 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Wondering if IBB might have changed site for 15630, check latest HFCC as of July 14: no, still WOF, and this frequency was new as of 1 June (gh) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1781 monitoring: confirmed on WA0RCR, MO, 1860-AM, UT Sunday July 12 in progress at 0339 when I mention 5995 as an alternate PNG/Australia frequency, which was :21 minutes into the show, so must have started circa 0318. Next: Sun 2100 WRMI 15770 Sun 2300 WRMI 11580 Mon 0300v WBCQ 5110v Area 51 Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 Wed 0630 Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB Wed 1315 WRMI 9955 Wed 1430 Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v WORLD OF RADIO 1781 monitoring: confirmed Friday July 10 at 2130 on WRMI 15770; and semiminute later on 7570. Next: Sat 0630 Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB Sat 1430 Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM Sat 0315v WA0RCR 1860-AM Sun 2100 WRMI 15770 Sun 2300 WRMI 11580 Mon 0300v WBCQ 5110v Area 51 Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 Wed 0630 Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB Wed 1315 WRMI 9955 Wed 1430 Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v WORLD OF RADIO 1781 monitoring: confirmed sufficient after 1430 UT Saturday July 11 via UTwente remote on 7265-USB from Hamburger Lokalradio, Göhren, Germany. Next: Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM Sat 0315v WA0RCR 1860-AM Sun 2100 WRMI 15770 Sun 2300 WRMI 11580 Mon 0300v WBCQ 5110v Area 51 Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 Wed 0630 Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB Wed 1315 WRMI 9955 Wed 1430 Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v WORLD OF RADIO 1781 monitoring: confirmed Sunday July 12 at 2100 on WRMI 15770; 2300 on 11580; UT Monday July 13 at 0330 on 9955, all sufficient; also confirmed on webcast of Area 51 5110v-CUSB WBCQ, UT Monday July 13 at 0300. Next: Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 Wed 0630 Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB Wed 1315 WRMI 9955 Wed 1430 Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v WORLD OF RADIO 1781 monitoring: confirmed on WRMI 9955, Wednesday July 15 after 1315; good reception. Also confirmed on webcast of WBCQ 7490, Wednesday July 15 at 2100. WORLD OF RADIO 1782 monitoring: first SW airing will be 1130 Thursday: 1130 UT Thursday WRMI 9955 2100 UT Thursday WRMI 7570 2130 UT Friday WRMI 15770 2130 UT Friday WRMI 7570 0630 UT Saturday HLR 7265-CUSB 1430 UT Saturday HLR 7265-CUSB 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0315vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM 2100 UT Sunday WRMI 15770 2300 UT Sunday WRMI 11580 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5110v Area 51 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 1100 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 0630 UT Wednesday HLR 7265-CUSB 1315 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 1430 UT Wednesday HLR 7265-CUSB 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html Access to audio, podcasts of this and previous programs: http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html WORLD OF RADIO 1782 monitoring: confirmed first SW broadcast Thursday July 16 at 1130 on WRMI 9955, good but with lite pulse jamming; tnx a lot, Arnie! Jamming continued past 1200 with Prague, those dirty post- Commies! Also confirmed Thursday July 16 at 2100 on WRMI 7570, but just barely audible here in noise level. Next: 2130 UT Friday WRMI 15770 2130 UT Friday WRMI 7570 0630 UT Saturday HLR 7265-CUSB 1430 UT Saturday HLR 7265-CUSB 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0315vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM 2100 UT Sunday WRMI 15770 2300 UT Sunday WRMI 11580 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5110v Area 51 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 1100 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 0630 UT Wednesday HLR 7265-CUSB 1315 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 1430 UT Wednesday HLR 7265-CUSB 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Reminder from first news two months ago: Art Bell comes back to radio; former host of Coast to Coast AM, dealing primarily with the paranormal. Including 4 SW frequencies from 3 stations. Altho starting UT Tuesday July 21 at 0400, there was to be a pre-test UT Monday July 20 at 0400 at least on WBCQ (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1782 DXLD) ART BELL’S NEW SHOW FAQ Posted on May 13, 2015 in Radio Show | 9819 Views | Leave a response http://artbell.com/art-bells-new-show-faq/ Art is returning to broadcasting on the Internet on July 20th on the Dark Matter Digital Network. The show is now called “Midnight in the Desert” and will broadcast LIVE from 9 pm to Midnight Pacific, Midnight to 3 am Eastern for FREE, Monday thru Friday. [04-07 UT Tue-Sat; so where is the desert in the EDT zone? Considering WTWW`s track record, a certain significant percentage will be dead air] You can listen via this website, or use an app on your smartphone or tablet. Currently you can listen via the TuneIn app. Install TuneIn from your App store and search for Dark Matter Radio and you’ll be listening to the current schedule of shows. On-demand archives will be available under a subscription membership service, soon to be announced. Q. Can I use an Internet radio? A: If you would like a dedicated device to play Internet radio, there are a couple choices out there. Look for the CC-WiFi or CC-Wifi 2 from C. Crane. Use promo code “Dark Matter” or “Art Bell” to get a special gift and give us a credit. Q. Can I listen via a podcast? A. If you join the membership subscription service for the show, you’ll have the ability to download or stream old shows so you can play them on your computer and smartphone/tablet device. Q. Will Art be on any terrestrial radio stations? A. Probably not. The format of the show is geared towards the Internet, having less commercials and more freedom of where the breaks of the show will be. Rarely would a radio station want to carry the show and not be able to automate the commercial insertions. We are not going to change our format to match up with commercial radio. That being said, if a station wants to carry the show as is, without any interruption of the content, they may just grab the Internet stream and replay it. They would also have to cover the costs of the music licensing. Q. Will Art be on Shortwave radio? A. In fact yes! We have made a deal with a shortwave station out of Tennessee, WTWW on 5085 kHz, a good frequency to be heard at that time of night. They will carry just the LIVE portion of the show. Q. Will Art be on Satellite? A. No. There is no need to buy a satellite radio this time... (via The Dood, Free Radio Net, via Harold Frodge, WORLD OF RADIO 1774, DXLD) Here are some real terrestrial radio stations that will pick up our show from our Internet stream and broadcast it over the air. Shortwave: Tennessee – WTWW – 5,085 khz Maine – WBCQ – 7,490 & 9,330 khz Alaska: Anchorage – KOAN 1080 AM / 95.1 FM California: Bakersfield – KERN 1180 AM / 96.1 FM Fresno – KGED 1680 AM (Starting 9/28) Loma Linda – KCAA – 1050 AM Needles – KTOX 1340 AM Kansas: Kiowa (South Central) – KPAK 97.5 FM Illinois: Bloomington-Normal – WRPW 92.9 FM Maine: Monticello – WXME 780 AM Mississippi: Jackson – WYAB 103.9 FM Nevada: Pahrump – KNYE 95.1 FM New Mexico Albuquerque – KXKS 1190 AM / 107.5 FM New York: Amsterdam – WCSS 1490 AM Johnstown – WIZR 930 AM / 102.9 FM St. Johnsville – WKAJ – 1120 AM Oklahoma: Alva, (Northwest) – KPAK 97.5 FM Utah: Salt Lake City – KTKK 630 AM Virgin[i]a: Forest / Lynchburg – WIQO 100.9 FM Shawsville / Roanoke / Blacksburg – WBZS 102.5 FM Gretna / Danville / Smith Mountain Lake – WMNA 106.3 FM Canada: Toronto, ONT – CFRB 1010 AM [ergo ALSO on CFRX 6070 --- gh] (Art Bell website via WORLD OF RADIO 1782, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5830, July 14 at 0538, WTWW-1 with plug for an SFAW meeting of Christian men coming up, inviting applications for possible approval, mentioning days of week, but dates edited out, since this was probably recorded a decade ago. Strangely, there is a weaker echo of all this audio two seconds after first heard; some kind of looping in the playback of very, very stale material, but sexism and racism are forever, they assume (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5110, July 11 at 0232, no signal from WBCQ, but in well on 7490 with BS and 9330 with other BS; recheck 5110 at 0240, now it`s on with BS, poor signal. 5110, July 11 at 0542, WBCQ is off again instead of BS nominally until 0700, which I was hearing earlier tonight, and later last night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5050, July 10 at 0107, WWRB is absent instead of BSing as usual; 3185, July 10 circa 1150, no signal now either when WWRB is normally still audible. 9370, July 10 at 1431, however, is audible with BS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Nothing noted on 7505v kHz from WRNO around 0200 and/or 0300 UT in past days/nights. At present 0220 UT July 11, no carrier, NOTHING. wb (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. 5890, July 14 at 0541, WWCR-4 is off the air instead of Brother HySTAIRical; audiblizing weak Cuban pulse jamming, which is *still* here, YEARS after VOA Spanish self-destructed, and was never on the 5890 air anyway at this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 600, July 10 at 0457 UT, Jim Bohannon is wrapping up third live hour. He used to be on WMT Cedar Rapids, and 0459 UT ID for WMT, 0500 UT Fox ``news``. Still looking for KSJB ND to show up again if really back on full power, rebuilt antennas. There are no loud & clear signals here for Jimbo from 0307 UT; and he`s no longer on WMT, so I must have been hearing KTBB Tyler TX, where per http://www.jimbotalk.net station finder only his third hour is carried 600, July 12 at 0557 UT, ID for KTBB-FM, some rock music, but it`s really a bit in `Texas Overnight`, instead of `Jim Bohannon`, since this is a weekend, UT Sunday. Didn`t catch the FM frequency, but NRC AM Log lists translator K236BG on 95.1, yet slogan as ``NewsTalk AM 600/95.7 FM``. ?? WTFDA database shows no Tyler on 95.1 or 95.7, and no K236BG. Instead the ``FM`` of KTBB 600 is: 250 watt translator K239CB, 95.7 in QUITMAN TX which is about 30 miles NNW of Tyler. I was of course, re-rechecking for KSJB ND on 600, but still no sign of it, allegedly back on full 5 kW power with rebuilt antenna system. 600, July 13 at 0505 UT, KTBB Tyler TX again, this time IDing as KTBB- FM 97.5. WTFDA Database shows that is 13 kW, 121m in Troup TX, supposedly IDing as ``Talk 600``. Cf. previous log where the related FM was found to be a translator in Quitman on 95.7, the frequency I thought was announced at that time --- maybe they rotate in mentions of the frequencies of translator(s) too. Troup is about 15 miles SSE of Tyler. Then into `Texas Overnight` from the Texas State Network. ** U S A. Still no sign of KSJB ND on 600. Mike Winarz in Winnipeg has some comments about KSJB --- As you reported in WOR 1781, KSJB is indeed broadcasting at full power. Just after listening to your show I immediately tuned to 600 kHz on the medium wave dial and being in Winnipeg (about 275 miles from Jamestown), in daylight KSJB was booming in with signal quality near what I'd expect from local radio stations! Too bad I don't like country music... (Mike Winiarz, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Bell network, 0014 UT July 10) Mike, Tnx for the report. Had you noticed it was NOT coming in so well before last week?? I also wonder if they have any advertisers from Canada. Not that I would ask you to listen to country music, hi (Glenn to Mike, ibid.) Hi Glenn, I've never [heard] really much of anything on 600 kHz before, but now all of a sudden there it is! No Canadian ads that I've heard so far but I suppose that much of the advertising I've heard is tourism related so there might be some advertising directed at Canadians. Explaining why I am receiving such a strong signal from 250 miles has to be that Jamestown is in the North Black Hills, whereas Winnipeg is at the bottom of what used to be Lake Agassiz in prehistoric times and [as] such provides a pretty good line of sight, not to mention the station`s power! Is it still a 50000 watt limit in the U.S or have they opened that up? Off topic, I do believe I met you at the ANARC conference in Montreal back in the early 80's which was hosted at the CBC studios (Mike, Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Bell network. 2305 UT JULY 10) Mike, It`s only 5 kW. 50 kW is the limit in US, but normally on `regional` channels like 600, no more than 5 kW --- all the US stations are 5 kW max there. Exceptions can be made, usually on higher frequencies with an interference problem (like Cuba). Radio Martí in FL Keys 1180 runs 100 kW, but that`s a special case. Of course direxional patterns can make a signal seem like a lot more in particular locations. Ground conductivity is a factor which varies greatly geographically. Search on ground conductivity map and you will find that over most of ND it`s 30 which is the highest overland, like it is around OK. (Only 15 along the Red River, but still higher than many other places). Line of sight might be a factor on FM, but not on MW. All the (current) lakes around there couldn`t hurt. Of course MW stations at the low end of the band have a great advantage over higher ones. You probably also get a big signal from 550 KFYR Bismarck. CJOB has great coverage too, and of course further out, CBK (better than CBW since it`s mid-band). [Axually it`s only 219 miles city-to-city Jamestown to Winnipeg, or 352 km] Yes, I was at one of the conventions in Montréal - so long ago. 73, (Glenn to Mike, ibid.) You are quite the source for information! Thanks (Mike, Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Bell network, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. USA SALEM ACQUIRES DISNEY STATIONS IN BOSTON & DALLAS Lance Venta | June 5, 2015 at 6:46 am Radio Disney continues its sell-off with the divestment of two more stations to Salem Media. Salem’s Pennsylvania Media Associates will acquire 1260 WMKI Boston for $500,000, while Inspiration Media of Texas adds 620 KMKI Plano/Dallas for $3 million. WMKI will becomes Salem’s fourth property in the Boston market joining Christian Preaching “590 The Word” WEZE, “Spirit of Boston” 950 WROL, and Spanish Christian “Radio Luz 1150” WWDJ. The acquisition will lead to questions of whether Salem will bring a Conservative Talk “Answer” to Rush Limbaugh’s need for a new Boston affiliate. KMKI will be Salem’s sixth property in the Dallas market. The company owns Christian AC 94.9 KLTY, Christian Preaching “100.7 the Word” KWRD, Conservative Talk “660 The Answer” KSKY and Spanish Christian “Radio Luz 1440” KTNO. Salem also operates First Ventures Capital Partners’ Business Talk 1160 KVCE under a Time Brokerage Agreement through at least [until] the end of this year. http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/93236/salemacquires-disney-stations-in-boston-dallas/ (Via RadioInsight via MW News, July DSWCI SHORTWAVE [sic] News via DXLD) ** U S A. 840, July 14 at 1814 UT, Rush is barely audible; at first I thought it was another talker, but compared to KTOK 1000, the 840 station utters the same words a good many seconds behind. According to Rush` station list, it`s either KXNT in Las Vegas NV or WHAS in Louisville KY, both of which carry him live. Tho both 50 kW, KXNT is out of the question at much greater distance and extremely unfavorable N/S direxional pattern. So once again I have WHAS at high noon, presumably residual skywave (maybe sporadic-E enhanced, a little-explored phenomenon on MW vis-à- vis VHF and even HF) and/or diminished D-layer absorption for some reason. Groundwave over the Ozarx at that distance, 1092 km = 678 miles, is less likely than skywave at midday, I think. The path from Louisville is mostly conductivity 8 and 4 millimhos/meter, while that from Chicago at about the same distance, and which can make it on groundwave 670 and 720 kHz, rates 15 and 8, enough to make a difference. This signal also fades down, and has a 6 Hz SAH on it. That`s likely from KTIC in West Point NE, which is a marginal groundwave signal over good conductivity of 15 and 30. Neither that C&W nor the fourth possibility, religious KWDF in Ball LA, would be on the `EIB` network (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 850, July 11 at 0217 UT, nice organ music from NE/SW, must be KFUO Clayton MO; mutually nullable with KOA in break during Rockies Radio Net with ad mentioning Front Range. 0230 UT, KFUO sign-off, disclaimer about opinions not necessarily representing the Lutheran CMS; continue listening to kfuo.org, starts some Finlandia (no doubt repurposed as hymn), cuts it off at 0231*. Still in July, daytimer+ KFUO gets to stay on until official sunset in Denver 0230 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 870, July 14 at 1812 UT, on caradio from quiet parking lot in central Enid, JBA signal here with intonation sounding like Spanish, quite different from the Vietnamese I was expecting, which is what I normally hear around SR/SS or sometimes at night vs WWL, i.e. KFJZ Fort Worth TX. However, Radio-Locator shows KFJZ now as Spanish Christian (only); is it still Vietnamese at all? No website. It also has a bump in daytime coverage toward the north. Having proven a few weeks ago that WWL New Orleans can be heard here over 600 miles away in the daytime, I`m also seeking it again, and that may well be the SAH of about 6 Hz against KFJZ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 880-CUSB, July 12 at 0557 UT, SRN News headlines, 0559 UT ID ``You`re listening to the Western Indian Radio Network, KHAC, Tse Bonito``, and weather info for Rez spots in NM and AZ; all in English. See http://www.westernindian.net/ --- Yes, still no modulation on LSB, just USB plus carrier. Hard to believe it`s on 430-watt night power rather than 10 kW day power, non-direxional both. Sibling station is KTBA 760, 250/60 watts U1, Tuba City AZ; is it //? Maybe not: NRC-AM Log shows 760 is // 104.9 KWIM, which is back in Window Rock AZ next to Tse Bonito NM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1110, July 11 at 0220 UT, S Asian music making heavy QRM with KFAB and a SAH of approx. 210/minute = 3.5 Hz. Must be The Metroplex 50 kW daytimer KVTT, or maybe cut to 39 kW for Critical Hours, since it`s on way past legal sunset anyway in Mineral Wells. (FCC website is down so no quick check of SR/SS table; and private fccinfo.com doesn`t provide that.) Now known as FunAsia Radio per Radio-Locator; for NRC AM Log 2014 compiled a year ago, it was Radio Dhanak. Program schedule at http://www.funasia.net/radio.php?radio_id=1 shows stuff starting at 7 pm [0000 UT] but no end time; hmmm. Still going at 0250 UT, but KFAB is gaining on it. Later at night after 0500 I have not been hearing any KVTT, so when do they really turn off? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1150, July 14 at 1808 UT on caradio at a quiet parking lot in central Enid, I`m getting three signals at midday; KSAL Salina KS mainly, with Rush, but also a slow SAH of about 0.6 Hz and a faster SAH. The second signal is no doubt 1 kW, KNED McAlester OK, which is barely present at this distance, 251 km = 156 miles, but what could the third be? Looking at the NRC Pattern Book on 1150, the next- closest is: KOLJ Quanah TX, 530 watts C&W, near SW corner of OK, 288 km / 179 mi and after that: KRMS Osage Beach MO, 840 watts, News/talk, 505 km / 314 mi Of course on the vertical caradio antenna, no DFing is possible. All these are non-direxional daytime. Altho slightly more powerful, the greater distance and lesser ground conductivity over the Ozarx makes KOLJ far more likely, over 30/15 g.c. BTW, 5 kW KSAL has a much better signal here at night with a lobe toward us than non-direxional daytime; but more QRM (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. [Re 15-27:] Glenn, The item about R. Martí`s 1180 MF is interesting. It actually was in the FCC database until several years ago, and then just mysteriously disappeared. Some FCC/State Dept. contretemps? IBB/BBG didn't want its antenna specification to be visible? (Although they can be found if one knows where to look.) I was a bit surprised when I noticed it. But of course it's required to be protected just like any other legally operating station. Some commercial applicant filed on the frequency in upstate Florida or nearby a while back, and in a pollyanna argument insisted R. Martí was not entitled to protection, if I remember correctly, because it isn't in the FCC database. That got him his comeuppance quickly and his application was bounced hard. The database isn't the legal standard anyway - license documents are. And some VOA stations have had call letters. There is a legal Philippines call for the now-silent 1170 (formerly 1143) megawatt at Poro Point, San Fernando, La Unión (Ben Dawson, WA, July 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1450, July 11 at 0225 UT, ad for something in ``downtown Warrensburg``, maybe during game, atop the graveyard pileup. It`s KOKO, Warrensburg MO, outdistancing about six closer 1450s including two in OK, at 450 km = 280 statute miles (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. NEW X BAND STATION FOR 1700. WRCR Spring Valley heats up its new tower and transmitter in Ramapo, NY on Monday, July 13th. Instead of broadcasting on 1300 AM with 500 watts daytime 83 watts nights, WRCR will be heard on 1700 AM with 10,000 watts daytime 1,000 watts nights with a HDRadio signal. Notable engineer Tom Ray, chief engineer of WOR for years and years, was project manager for the move. Northeast Towers installed the single 198 foot tower. Just two feet under the limit! WRCR's signal should be hard to miss! The implications of this newcomer are many. With its broad HD Radio signal, WRCR will probably wipe out reception of the pirate and TIS/HAR community on 1700 and 1710 and crush the coverage of WPTX 1690 down in Maryland. It will probably throw snurdles on WTTM 1680 near Philadelphia, as well. Will the HD plague ever end? What will be heard on 1300 with WRCR gone? WRCR serves many ethnic groups along with the community at large. You can't say that about many stations these days (Karl Zuk, N2KZ, July 10, IRCA via WORLD OF RADIO 1782, DXLD) DID YOU KNOW? The new WRCR AM-1700 will be broadcasting in standard analog AM, combined with the new digital, crystal clear HD Radio, on the same channel, AM-1700. What does it mean to you? If you listen in HD, it means clear, crisp audio on AM, which sounds better than satellite radio and is close to FM-quality. http://www.wrcr.com/ Best wishes (via Barry :-) Davies, Carlisle UK, ibid.) Westchester/Rockland Newspaper reports WRCR will change from 1300 to 1700 at midnight this Monday. Same format, and, yes, with iBoc. Station is *not* testing on 1700 as of this email (Bob Galerstein, WB2VGD, Monroe, NY, 0303 UT July 12, NRC-AM via DXLD) Glenn, The signal strength from WRCR 1700 was significantly lower then expected last night at 0200 UT on July 13. Sent them an email this morning and this is the reply below from WRCR 1700. They have this to say about the signal strength here in Columbus (Artie Bigley, OH, July 13, WORLD OF RADIO 1782,DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: "Thank you for the report, Artie! As we all know, propagation can vary day-to-day. I think we were left it at 1 kW last night. I know for certain that it will be at 1 kW tonight, because we just programmed the controller for all 12 months. The power-down is at 20:30 EDT. Best, Alex KD2KI Alexander Medakovich, MD President, Alexander Broadcasting, Inc. WRCR Radio AM 1700 5 Provident Bank Park Drive Pomona, NY 10970 845-362-5070 Office 845-362-0013 Studio Line 845-362-5073 Fax 917-747-4771 Mobile http://WRCR.com (via Artie Bigley, OH, July 13, DXLD) WRCR-1700 --- Station has been coming in here since Monday with fair daytime signals and lots of IDs with pop music. I guess they switched to 1700 because of the better day signals on X-band stations. Couldn't get them days on 1300 due to stations in Trenton and Baltimore (Ben Dangerfield, Wallingford, PA, July 14, NRC-AM via DXLD) ** U S A. 87.75, KXKW-LP, Lafayette LA, June/23, 1906 EDT, English, VG, FRANKEN-FM Station: Channel 6 AUDIO. C/W Music. ID as "Proud to be Different - MUSTANG 87.7". NEW STN 3 KW ROSS, ON 87.75, WPGF-LP, Germantown TN, June/23, 1959 EDT, English, GOOD, FRANKEN-FM Channel 6 AUDIO relays WHBQ 560 AM baseball game Nashville vs Memphis Red Birds. NEW STN 3 KW ROSS, ON (Rob Ross, London ON, ELAD FDM-S2 & SANGEAN HDT-1X + APS-14 14 Element Beam on 50 Foot Tower, MARE Tipsheet 10 July via WORLD OF RADIO 1782, DXLD) ** U S A. 90.1, July 13 at 1405 UT, I find that KHCC Hutchinson KS, Radio Kansas has captured the frequency from KUCO OK, as tropo from the north is up. In a pledge break, they are explaining how `Prairie Home Companion` renewal is going to cost them $19 K, and is it worth it, even with `Writer`s Almanac` thrown in? What say you, listeners? Seems Garrison Keillor is semi-retiring and next season will bring fewer new PHCs. Tropo enhancement from the north remains at local mean noon, 1833 UT July 13, as on caradio I`m getting ``Q-92`` on 92.3 and other Wichitans solid (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 100.1 MHz, FLORIDA, WVVF-LP "100.1 Viva FM La Nuestra", Town N' Country (Tampa). 1405 UT July 7, 2015. Noticed local grade signal with Spanish tropical format and "100.1 Viva FM" slogan at my office near the Howard Frankland Bridge, Clearwater (central east Pinellas County) side. FCC LPFM DB shows licensee is Hispanic Arts Of Tampa with a modified construction permit here, 0.0796 kW ERP. Looks like it may be coming off of the Egypt Lake tower structures of WTMP-AM based on the fccdata.org mapping. And their website is http://vivaradiotampa.com/ which also lists a sales@vivaradiotampa.com email, contradictory in naming to what an LPFM is legally allowed to do. Presume this just activated in the past couple of weeks. Florida Low Power Radio Stations: https://sites.google.com/site/floridadxn/florida-low-power-radio-stations (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater FL, July 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Since I am getting Kansas all over the FM dial, I turn on DTV to see what`s in. There are Bad signals on just about every UHF channel, antenna still stuck toward OKC. One which does decode is: RF 41, July 13 at 1425 UT, KMCI as DTV 38-1 = 730 kW in Lawrence KS RF 27, July 13 at 1425 UT, KFOR OKC is unusually NOT decoding, which means it has co-channel QRM, probably from KSNT Topeka KS, 77.9 kW RF 14, July 13 at 1426 UT, tuning channel 13 for OETA, I also get a remap to 14 but not a decode, so has to be KERA in Dallas TX. I might have expected KOCW Hoisington KS as seen before on RF 14 but not a ``13`` (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Morning of July 14, Bill Hepburn`s tropo maps show mostly over Kansas, but bandscan gets first decode from north TX as favored by my antenna pointing, all times UT: 1351 on RF30, decode as 29-1 KMPX, and at 1352 with Estrella TV bug in LR (like we get from KTUZ RF 29 as 48-1, KOCY OKC). That chex in W9WI.com for the megawatt KMPX in Decatur TX (NW of Fort Worth). Soon gone 1352 on RF29, meanwhile, KTUZ is not decoding no doubt because of CCI, which would be KTXA, another megawatt in Fort Worth; a few minutes later, KTUZ reappears (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. A History of Television in the Borderplex [El Paso-Las Cruces-Juárez]: See MEXICO [and non] ** URUGUAY. 3020, 26/06/2015, 2100, R. Ibirapita, Uruguay, 2a. harmónica (Miguel Castellino, Escuchas Castelli, Argentina, 2015, July 10, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** VATICAN. HFCC project International Radio for Disaster Relief IRDR: 0700-1200 on 7400 SMG 100 kW / non-dir to ATW* Various languages 0400-0900 on 9430 SMG 100 kW / non-dir to ATW* Various languages 2000-2400 on 11840 SMG 100 kW / non-dir to ATW* Various languages 0700-1100 on 12000 SMG 100 kW / non-dir to ATW* Various languages 0000-2400 on 13620 SMG 100 kW / non-dir to ATW* Various languages 0000-2400 on 15650 SMG 100 kW / non-dir to ATW* Various languages 0000-2400 on 17500 SMG 100 kW / non-dir to ATW* Various languages 0000-2400 on 21840 SMG 100 kW / non-dir to ATW* Various languages * Around The World, to all CIRAF zones from 1 to 85! http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/07/international-radio-for-disaster-relief.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, July 12, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) As listed, I too extracted from HFCC weeks ago, but no one ever hears them, right? Despite plenty of disasters (gh, DXLD) ** VATICAN [non]. Upcoming frequency change of Vatican Radio, July 19: 1230-1300 NF 11845 TAC 100 kW / 056 deg to FERu Russian, ex 11850* // frequency 15370 PHT 250 kW / 332 deg to FERu Russian, unchanged * to avoid All India Radio in C hinese plus CNR 1 Jamming on 11855 (Bulgarian DX blog July 14 via DXLD) ** ZAMBIA. The announced tests from Voice of Hope Africa Lusaka on 4965 and 6065 yet untraced. African DX isn't so much fun at the moment. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Germany, 2011 UT July 11, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZANZIBAR. [re 15-27:] Hi Thorsten, Yes Zanzibar is still there, but only on 11735 so far as I can tell. ZBC Radio, 11735 Dole. Jul 9, 2015 Thursday. 1550-1602. Swahili talk until Arabic type song at 1556. Someone else started up at 1558, making both almost unreadable. Typical ZBC drums at 1559, and 5+1 time pips at 1600. Poor. Jo'burg sunset 1530. No ID heard, but no doubt in my mind. And nothing heard on 6015 at this time (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1782, DX LISTENING DIGEST) TANZANIA, Yes, ZBC Zanzibar Dole in Tanzania on air today, powerful S=9+35dB signal here in central Europe. Talk program noted at 1640 UT on July 9 in fast spoken Swahili. Adjacent next door little QRM of BBC Dari/Persian service via Nakorn Sawan Thailand relay. ZBC HQ prayer starts at from 1645 UT wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) Strong signal at 1702 on 11735 here in Sofia, Bulgaria -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, ibid.) Zanzibar is on 11735, had Pakistan- or Egypt-like modulation in the afternoon; now there is the carrier + terrible noise, similar to a fault the Ikorodu transmitter frequently had in the past, but then usually was switched off very soon and returned with normal audio just moment later. My suspect that it might have been on 6015 in the evenings when missing on 11735 was likely wrong. I can still hear a weak signal there in the evenings - my suspect is North Korea, as there is a similar noise like 6135, 6250, 6518 and 6600 have. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Germany, 2011 UT July 11, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11735. Seemingly the ZBC engineer in Zanzibar Dole site put the wrong audio mode on air, same WHITE NOISE mode of the Chinese BBEF Beijing made 50 kW transmitter from Dole heard also in May to July 2014 ago also in the past. At 1830 UT on July 12. S=9+30dB noise signal strength heard tonight here in southern Germany. WHITE NOISE mode signal broadband 11727 to 11743 kHz visible on Perseus screen, wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1782, DXLD) Is it anything like DRM? Has anyone tried it on a DRM receiver? Or just pure noise for jamming (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Today July 15 ZBC Dole Zanzibar with real AM audio mode on air, 1530 UT, S=8-9 strength here in southern Germany. HQ like chorus song. No digital scratching signal today (Büschel, ibid.) 11735, Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation, Dole, 1726-1728, escuchada el 15 de julio en swahili a locutora y locutor con comentarios, la modulación sigue siendo muy mala y entrecortada, SINPO 14441 (José Miguel Romero, Burjasot (Valencia), España, Grundig Yacht Boy 80, Sangean ATS 909, Antena hilo 10m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 1160, NORTH CAROLINA unidentified. 0946 July 11, 2015. Surely either WTEL or WWQT, but both are gospel format, one at 250 watts, the other 500 watts night powers. Female at tune-in, "... here on W--- the pride of North Carolina." Into gospel vocal, lost. Not sure that was an official slogan; if so, not listed as such for either station. [Later:] I suppose change the WTEL mention to WYDU if the calls changed as appear to have. 1160.08, UNIDENTIFIED, *0955 July 11 and 12, 2015. Carrier still coming up promptly at 0955 (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater FL, July 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Hello, Picking up a very weak Spanish language station on 9495 kHz from around 0300 UT. Any ideas which one is this? 73 (Tarek Zeidan, Cairo, Egypt, Sent from my iPad, July 12, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Nothing at all on the west coast of North America, Tarek. 73, (Walt Salmaniw, BC, 0321 UT, ibid.) Nothing here checked after 0400; nor next night at 0308; only thing registered on 9495 is WHRI, at other dayparts (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) UNIDENTIFIED. UNSCHEDULED broadcast of Number Station Russian Lady S06s in Russian 0840-0844 on 9610 USB plus carrier on July 10, also heard on July 9: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/07/unscheduled-broadcast-of-number-station.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Blgaria, July 9-10, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. I reviewed my tape of the Spanish station on 91.9, 1230 EDT, JUL 3 2015. The address is the TWR office in Cary NC. The e- address is LaBiblia punto ??? para notas, not sure if that represents the program name - nothing like it on the TWR website. I'll try to post a clip on the forums later. July 3 (Jim Renfrew, Clarendon NY, WTFDA gg via DXLD) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ We remain in the summer doldrums, it seems. No new contributions received this week to be thankful for; they could have been sent via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com --- or By check or MO in US funds on a US bank to P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ 36th edition AM RADIO LOG Hi all, The National Radio Club is now accepting preorders for the 36th edition of the AM Radio Log. Please visit http://www.nrcdxas.org/ and look under the Publications tab. 73 (Wayne Heinen, Editor AM Radio Log, July 9, NRC-AM via DXLD) CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES +++++++++++++++++++++++++ READING INTERNATIONAL RADIO GROUP 40TH ANNIVERSARY MEETING The next meeting of the Reading International Radio Group will be on Saturday July 25 in Room 3, Reading International Solidarity Centre, 35-39 London Street, Reading, 2.30 to 5 p.m. [BST = UT +1] The programme will include a look at the development of pirate radio from September 1967 in particular the London landbased stations following the publication of the recent London's Pirate Pioneers book and how legislative changes and broadcasting developments were influenced by unlicenced broadcasting both offshore and landbased up until 1990. The first meeting of the group took place on July 19 1975 so on the 40th anniversary we'll also look back to those first meetings and international radio broadcasting at the time as well as other radio related items and audio extracts. All are welcome, email me for more details at barraclough.mike at gmail dot com or phone 01462 643899 (Mike Barraclough, England, July 16, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) MUSEA +++++ MARINE RADIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs149/1109843077277/archive/1121472370098.html (via internetterminal, ABDX via DXLD) The Night of Nights facility, just passed. Lots of illustrations (gh) THE TINY TRAP +++++++++++++ Pluto mission is a golden opportunity for duh – unthinking journalists to call it ``tiny`` --- dwarf planet is OK, but how can anything more than a thousand miles across ever be called tiny? Latest goofs noted: Pluto referred to twice as ``tiny`` in an AP Story via the Enid Eagle July 7. On the National Geographic Channel special, before the flyby, UT July 15 at 0327 and 0340, Pluto is ``tiny``, twice. On the CBS Evening News, July 15 at 2241 UT, Scott Pelley found it ``tiny``. The PBS Nova special, UT July 16 at 01-02, did NOT call it ``tiny`` that I ever caught! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV See CANADA; MEXICO; OKLAHOMA; USA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DAB See AUSTRALIA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See INDIA; ZANZIBAR ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- IBOC See USA: 1700 WRCR +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ AMATEUR RADIO BECOMES PRIMARY ON 1900-2000 KHZ ON AUGUST 6 ARRL July 7, 2015 http://www.arrl.org/news/amateur-radio-becomes-primary-on-1900-2000-khz-on-august-6 Amateur Radio will be upgraded from secondary to primary in the 1900- 2000 kHz segment of 160 meters in the US on August 6. That’s the effective date of the WRC-07 implementation Report and Order and WRC- 12 Order portions of a lengthy FCC document released on April 27. Both appeared in the Federal Register on July 7; the Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) of the same proceeding was published in the Federal Register on July 2. The Radiolocation Service (RLS) has been primary in the band segment. The FCC also made a secondary allocation of 135.7-137.8 kHz to the Amateur Service, but this band will not be available until service rules have been adopted. “The FCC action with respect to 1900-2000 kHz reduces the possibility that we might suffer in the future from new radiolocation deployments,” said ARRL CEO David Sumner, K1ZZ. “On the other hand, we will have to put up with radio buoys that have been operating illegally in the band but that now have been ‘regularized’ by the Commission.” The FCC said that while it had believed there was no non-Federal RLS use of the 1900-2000 kHz band, the record indicated there are maritime users, including the US “high seas” migratory species fishing fleets, making use of radio buoys in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans as well as within 200 nautical miles of the coast. It did not identify these users in the WRC-07 proceeding, however, “because they did not appear in its licensing database,” it said. “Apparently, fishing vessels have operated radio buoys in US waters under the belief that a ship station license issued under Part 80 of the Commission’s rules permits operation of the buoys,” the FCC Order continued. The FCC said a Part 80 license applies only to stations in the maritime services and does not authorize operation of radio stations requiring a Part 90 license, “such as the radio buoys at issue here.” The FCC said its action regarding 1900-2000 kHz supports increased use of 160 meters as reported by commenters in the proceeding and provides “spectrum support” for Amateur Radio emergency communication. The FCC said its action also offers the Amateur Service “the long-term security that primary status entails.” In removing the primary RLS allocation, the FCC added a new footnote to the US Table of Allocations that provides for radio buoy operations in the 1900-2000 kHz segment on a primary basis in Region 2 (the Americas) and on a secondary basis in Region 3, which limits operations to the open sea. “The Commission nevertheless recognized the public benefit associated with the use of radio buoys by the US commercial fishing fleet,” the FCC continued. It adopted a waiver of the Part 80 and Part 90 rules to authorize offshore radio buoy use by commercial fishing vessels, concluding that the granting the waiver was in the public interest. “Use of these radio buoys allows such commercial fishing vessels to locate their fishing lines and nets more quickly, which saves them fuel and time and reduces the likelihood that fishing lines and nets will be lost,” the FCC said. The FCC said that since the buoys “appear to use low power and narrow bandwidths,” they should have “minimal impact” on Amateur Radio users of the 1900-2000 kHz segment. The FCC also concluded that it is in the public interest to establish a secondary Amateur Radio allocation at 135.7-137.8 kHz — 2200 meters, although the new band is not yet authorized for amateur use. “In accordance with the WRC-07 Final Acts, the Commission also restricted use of this secondary Amateur Service allocation to amateur stations transmitting a maximum equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP) of 1 W.” The Commission is inviting comments until August 31 on how it should structure operational rules for that allocation as well as for a proposed 472-479 kHz allocation, 630 meters. Posted by: (Mike Terry, July 10, dxldyg via DXLD) THIS ARTICLE ABOUT RDS-2 STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT APPEARED IN RADIO WORLD A WEEK OR TWO AGO: The international group RDS Forum, meeting in Switzerland, announced it plans an updated RDS standard, to launch in 2016. It said it hopes to establish this in collaboration with the NRSC RBDS subcommittee, with the goal of “a unified platform for FM broadcasting and data services worldwide.” Radio World touched base with Alan Jurison, chair of the NRSC RDS Usage Working Group in the United States, to ask his observations about the effort. Radio World: What would this standard do? Alan Jurison: RDS2 is being developed by the RDS Forum, the mostly European organization that maintains the IEC version of the RDS specification. It proposes to add up to three additional data subcarriers at 66.5, 71.25 and 76.0 kHz in addition to the existing 57 kHz carrier. Many of the RDS2 features are to address some of the limitations of the original RDS specification (now referenced as RDS1). RDS2 allows for additional text string length in RadioText, which can be important. NRSC Report NRSC-R300 (“Program Associated Data Field Length Study”) found that it’s easy to exceed the current RDS1 64-character length when transmitting song title/artist/album text. RDS2 offers a length of 128 characters. There is also support in RDS2 for a basic station logo transmission. RDS2 will also have other applications which will be helpful in international markets with extended character sets and alternate frequency switching for lower frequencies. RW: Why is higher transmission capacity important? Jurison: The faster transmission capacity of RDS2 allows for improvement of the existing RDS experience, and for more services. For example, faster RadioText transmission rates would permit receivers to display the RadioText sooner and not be truncated as it might be under the existing RDS1 standard. The increased speed and character count would make analog FM RDS2 transmissions more comparable to HD Radio PSD or Internet streaming services on a descriptive, textual basis. Increased data rates also open the possibility of new applications, like the basic station logo, but also perhaps things that we have not envisioned yet. Internationally, the need for a data rate increase is significant to improve the transmission capacity of RDS-based traffic services, or RDS TMC. However, the need for the bandwidth for RDS TMC in the United States may not be necessary as both major national networks (Broadcaster Traffic Coalition [BTC] and iHeartMedia’s Total Traffic and Weather Network [TTWN]) are transitioning to HD Radio- delivered services. But in international markets, RDS2’s additional capacity could be very helpful for traffic message delivery, as HD Radio is not authorized in all countries. RW: Will existing RDS receivers be compatible with the new format(s)? Jurison: RDS2 is designed to be backwards-compatible with RDS1. Existing RDS1 units should continue to work with the original RDS1 57 kHz subcarrier portion of the RDS2 signal, but will not decode the three new RDS2 subcarriers being proposed. RW: Has the NRSC been involved in this effort? Jurison: The NRSC has a liaison relationship with the RDS Forum and has worked closely with that group over the years to maintain and better harmonize the two RDS standards documents (the IEC version in Europe and NRSC-4-B in the U.S.). NAB’s senior director, advanced engineering David Layer represented the NRSC at the recent RDS Forum meetings in Glion, and agreed to serve on the RDS Forum Working Group that will incorporate RDS2 into the standard. RW: What action must be taken for this to become official? Jurison: Following the RDS Forum meeting last week, the RDS Forum (working with the NRSC) will develop an updated draft version of the IEC RDS Standard which includes RDS2. That draft will then need to be approved by the IEC, the standards body that issues the RDS Standard. RW: What else should broadcasters in the U.S. and elsewhere know about this right now? Jurison: One of the points made during the RDS Forum meeting was that it’s important for broadcasters to express support for this improved technology so that chip makers and receiver manufacturers will be inclined to include it in their products. I expect that in parallel with the standards-development effort, the RDS Forum and the NRSC will be encouraging broadcaster interest and participation in this work. (via Mike Hunter W2MHZ, Neshanic Station, NJ, WTFDA gg via DXLD) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ SUNSPOT NUMBERING SYSTEM REVISED Amateur radio.com By Steve VE7SL 11 July 2015 Although sunspot data has been recorded in one form or another for over 400 years, there have been few changes in the counting system since the introduction of the 'Wolf Number' in 1849. Recording of the sunspot 'Group Number' came into existence in 1998. It seems there were some strong differences in the two parallel series of systems and in 2011 a group of 40 experts undertook a full examination and revision of both systems in order to identify and fix the defects. The new system, which became effective on July 1st, has brought both systems into alignment, with the most notable correction being in the lowering, by about 18%, of all numbers after 1947. The new Group Number has been corrected for a large underestimate of all values before the 20th century and has resulted in a fully reconstructed series of Group Numbers... After a rather uneventful life over the past 166 years, the Sunspot Number will thus be reborn in a new incarnation on Wednesday July 1st. We hope that the science community will welcome this revived data set and will appreciate the considerable community effort accomplished over the past four years to produce a better reference for long-term solar and Sun-Earth studies. Full article with graphs here: http://www.amateurradio.com/sunspot-numbering-system-revised Posted by: (Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) :Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts :Issued: 2015 Jul 13 0408 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 06 - 12 July 2015 Solar activity began at moderate levels. Region 2381 (N14, L=074, class/area Eko/550 on 08 Jul) produced a pair of M-class flares on 06 Jul; an M1/Sn at 06/0844 UTC and an M1/2n at 06/2040 UTC. Activity was low from 07-11 Jul. Region 2381 produced the majority of the low level C-class flares from 07-09 Jul while Region 2385 (N08, L=106, class/area Dao/110 on 11 Jul) produced the C-class flares on 10-11 Jul. Solar activity decreased to very low levels on 12 Jul. Several filament eruptions were observed throughout the week but none of them were on the Sun-Earth line. No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at normal to moderate levels for the majority of the period with the exception of 09-10 Jul when high levels were reached due to effects from a coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS). Geomagnetic field activity began the week at active levels due to effects from a waning CH HSS on 06 Jul. Mostly quiet conditions were observed from 07-09 Jul with the exception of isolated unsettled periods on 07 and 09 Jul. Activity increased to active to minor storm levels from 10-11 Jul due to effects from a recurrent positive polarity CH HSS. Quiet to unsettled conditions finished out the period on 12 Jul as CH HSS effects began to subside. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 13 JULY - 08 AUGUST 2015 Solar activity is expected to be at very low levels with a chance for C-class flares and a slight chance for M-class flares from 13-15 Jul. Very low to low activity is expected from 16-26 Jul after Region 2381 rotates around the west limb. Activity is expected to increase to low levels with a chance for M-class flares for the remainder of the period as old Region 2378 (S15, L=084) and Region 2381 return to the visible disk. No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at normal to moderate levels on 13 Jul. Moderate to high levels are expected from 14-17 Jul following CH HSS effects. Normal to moderate levels are expected to return from 18 Jul-02 Aug. Moderate to high levels are expected again from 03-05 Aug followed by a return to normal to moderate levels from 06-08 Aug. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at quiet to unsettled levels on 13-14 Jul due to residual CH HSS effects. Mostly quiet conditions are expected from 15-30 Jul. Quiet to active levels are expected from 31 Jul-02 Aug with minor storm levels expected on 01 Aug due to a recurrent negative polarity CH HSS. Mostly quiet conditions are expected to return from 03-05 Aug. Active to minor storm conditions are expected from 06-07 Aug due to a positive polarity CH HSS followed by quiet to unsettled conditions on 08 Aug as effects subside. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2015 Jul 13 0408 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 2015-07-13 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2015 Jul 13 115 8 3 2015 Jul 14 110 8 3 2015 Jul 15 110 5 2 2015 Jul 16 105 5 2 2015 Jul 17 105 5 2 2015 Jul 18 100 5 2 2015 Jul 19 100 5 2 2015 Jul 20 100 5 2 2015 Jul 21 100 5 2 2015 Jul 22 100 5 2 2015 Jul 23 105 5 2 2015 Jul 24 110 5 2 2015 Jul 25 110 5 2 2015 Jul 26 115 5 2 2015 Jul 27 120 5 2 2015 Jul 28 120 5 2 2015 Jul 29 120 5 2 2015 Jul 30 120 5 2 2015 Jul 31 120 18 5 2015 Aug 01 115 25 5 2015 Aug 02 115 12 4 2015 Aug 03 115 5 2 2015 Aug 04 115 5 2 2015 Aug 05 110 5 2 2015 Aug 06 105 20 5 2015 Aug 07 105 25 5 2015 Aug 08 100 8 3 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1782, DXLD) GLENN`S PROPAGATION OUTLOOK FOR MEDIA NETWORK PLUS AS OF JULY 16, 2015 Keith, From IPS in Australia, he global HF propagation forecast is normal at all latitudes thru July 17. Spaceweather South Africa says thru July 18, magnetic conditions will be quiet; shortwave fadeouts unlikely, MUF unstable. Met Office UK says solar activity is expected to remain at low levels; The risk of moderate class flares only 5 percent. Petr Kolman of the Czech Propagation Interest group says the Geomagnetic field will be: mostly quiet on July 17, 26 - 29, Aug 3 - 5 quiet to unsettled on July 18, 22 - 25, Aug 1 - 2 quiet to active on July 19 - 21, 30 - 31 SWPC in Boulder says Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be mostly quiet thru July 30 with A and K indices of 5 and 2; quiet to active levels July 31 to Aug 2 with minor storm levels expected on Aug 1, A and K indices reaching 25 and 5, and again on August 7. Solar flux rising from 100 July 18-22, to a peak of 120 July 27-31. Bill Hepburn`s VHF UHF Microwave DX maps at dxinfocentre.com show extreme tropospheric ducting all week, all over the Mediterranean, which leads some FM DXers to vacation in the Balearic Islands. Likewise, still all around the Arabian peninsula, but where are the FM DXers there? Many other areas in the north temperate zone enjoy enhanced tropospheric ducting but at less than extreme levels (via DXLD) ###