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Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1822 CONTENTS: *DX and station news about: Alaska non, Albania, Australia, Bhutan, Biafra non, Bougainville, China, Cuba, Ecuador, France, Gambia non, Guinea, India, Indonesia, Italy, Korea North and non, Kurdistan non, Madagascar, Myanmar, Palau, Taiwan, Uganda non, UK non, USA, Vanuatu, Venezuela SHORTWAVE AIRINGS of WORLD OF RADIO 1822, April 21-27, 2016 Thu 1130 WRMI 9955 Thu 2100 WRMI 13695 [confirmed] Thu 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed] Fri 0830 Unique Radio NSW 3210 low-power Fri 2130 WRMI 15770 [confirmed] Fri 2130 WRMI 13695 [confirmed] Fri 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed] Sat 0630 HLR 6190-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio [confirmed] Sat 0700 Unique Radio NSW 3210 low-power Sat 1400 Unique Radio NSW 3210 low-power Sat 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio [off this week] Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed] Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM [confirmed] Sun 0830 Unique Radio NSW 3210 low-power Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed] Mon 0030 WRMI 7730 Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v-AM Area 51 Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB Wed 1315 WRMI 9955 Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB 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-audio-plattform/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 NOTE: I have *resolved* to make DXLD leaner, more selective, as I seriously need to reduce my workload, much of which has been merely editing gobs of material into presentable form. This makes it even more important to be a member of the DXLD yg for additional material which may not make it into weekly isssues (gh) 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 [non]. 9665.0, April 19 at 0107, ``Your New Life Station`` ID as I tune-in, atop the ZY station, 100% readable but still with that low rumble het Voz Missionária causes, slightly off-frequency below circa 9664.97. Madagascar World Voice is providing KNLS much better now than Anchor Point does. Then ``From the Top of the World, Postcard from Alaska``, interview with an Anchorage hunting guide/fishing boat captain about his encounter with a bear. This time, Anchorage is not mis-identified as the state capital. As always, lasts only a few minutes; having hooked(?) listeners with a somewhat interesting secular story, 0111 down to business with next item, ``True Stories from the Bible``; therefore, I tune out as there is no evidence any story from the Bible is ``true``. So WCB is just recycling programming originally on their other station KNLS. Too bad they don`t put MWV on a completely clear frequency of which there are plenty on the 31 mb, such as adjacent 9660 or 9670 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also MADAGASCAR ** ALBANIA. 9855 - R Tiranë, 0132 UT April 14 - No signal here tonight, just like last night, conditions degraded. CRI on 9570 is on but very poor. Heard them here last week with very good signal. Wondering if they are even transmitting the last few days (Stephen C Wood, Harwich, MA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) No electrical power - reported Shijak R/Station (Drita Çiço, ALR Monitoring, Sent from my iPad, 2228 UT April 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9854.971, Today April 14 - in UT, at 2320 UT S=8-9, NOT BAD signal tonight, Radio Tirana Shijak on air again, - heard in Switzerland, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and in New Jersey and Massachusetts. S=8-9 all from Shijak, but CRI Cërrik Albania 6175 and 7210 kHz some S=9+20dB strength. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Signal is on tonight at 0130. Tune-in to hear news read by OM. Suffering from severe QRM here tonight so noise level is very high. Audio is only peaking occasionally above noise floor. Something here is causing a hell of a lot of noise tonight. This requires some serious investigation (Stephen C Wood, Harwich, Mass., April 15, Perseus SDR, 25 x 50 variable terminated superloop antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9855, April 15 at 0129, R. Tirana IS is recognizable, very poor S5, but by 0134 is too weak to copy presumed news. Drita Çiço explains its absence on UT April 13 and 14 as noted by Steven C Wood in Massachusetts: ``No electrical power - reported Shijak R/Station``. I also could not confirm it on April 10. 9570, at 0140 April 15, the other Albanian site, Cërrik is as usual, much better with CRI English relay, S9+25! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Tirana was heard with interval signal prior to opening at 0700 UT this Friday morning on 7390. A very good signal peaking to S9+. However, by re-tune around 0830 UT the signal had dropped to about S2 and was unusable in the noise floor. 73 (Noel R. Green (NW England), Apr 15, dxld yg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9855-, April 16 at 0121 already, R. Tirana IS attaining S8. I see some lists still have 0130 English on 9850, as earlier tentatively planned for A-16 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Dear Drita, noted RT Shijak transmission in 0700 to 0718 UT slot this morning. 7389.979 kHz accurate frequency measured. Radio Tirana morning service to SoEUR / CeEUR / SouthEastern Europe in 41 meterband via Shijak broadcast center, noted on April 17 in 0700-0718 UT tune-in slot. Signal strength in southern Germany, France, Switzerland and Austria noted in S=9+20dB or -53dBm signal strength level. Listen to the attached recording in about 0705-0708 UTC slot. The recording taken in OGG.audio. format, the very professional format of Technical University Zurich, Switzerland. BUT the screenshot showed also two BUZZ tone peaks, which you can listen to, when the male presenter speaks into microphone. BUZZ peaks accompanied, visible of the mains power, like strings visible on 50 Hertz a n d 150 Hertz, either sideband. Kind regards and nice spring Sunday I wish to Radio Tirana team de (wolfy, df5sx, in Stuttgart Germany, via DXLD) 9855, April 19 at 0130, JBA carrier from presumed R. Tirana, Shijak; while 9570 with CRI English relay via Cërrik attains S9+5 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DX LISTENING DIGEST) No signal from Albania last evening, 0130-0145 UT April 19 (Stephen C Wood, Harwich, Mass., Perseus SDR, 25 x 50 variable terminated superloop antenna, ABDX via WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DXLD) ** ANGUILLA [and non]. It could have been just about anywhen: 6090 & 5935 WWCR, 0312 UT Monday April 18, nice jazz saxophone, but we know it`s only a brief interlude for The so-called University Network to give their 800 number and make a reservation for this Sunday`s service, obviously too late now; back to PMS blather (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also ETHIOPIA ** AUSTRALIA. Hi Glenn, just updating you on Unique Radio's antenna. It's been put up. It's a halfwave for 3210 kHz between two poles (about 30 metres in height) facing Northwest and South East, with tuning well under 1.2.1 [means SWR of 1.2:1?], so hopefully the signal should go further, especially at night (Tim Gaynor, Unique Radio 3210 kHz, Halls Creek NSW, Australia, April 14, WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Tim, do you or will you have a website with a program schedule? (Glenn to Tim, via DXLD) Hi Glenn, The website is: http://www.uniqueradio.info At least it's a contact place on the web; many thanks for your help too, 73 (Tim Gaynor, April 15, WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3210, Unique Radio (presumed), 1335-1345, April 18. For the first time am confident I was hearing a fluttery carrier from this low powered station; seemed close to hearing some actual audio; my local sunrise at 1329 UT, which is certainly my ideal time to check for them. April 19 also heard about the same time, again with fluttery carrier. Will need extra-ordinary conditions here to get any audio! Website - http://www.uniqueradio.info/ (thanks to Mauno Ritola) (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. 15240 // 15415, RA, 0506, April 17. "Grandstand" live sports coverage of Raiders vs Sharks; fair-good (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRIA. PAKISTAN [non] 15440, AWR (Moosbrunn) 1405+ 19 April. No sign of WRMI/LDPOG this morning, so AWR's 1400-1430 Urdu program was audible with inspirational chat, POB in Lahore, AWR web info (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA, E5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AZERBAIJAN/ARMENIA. Re-activated radio known under different names in range approx. 9667-9681 kHz confirmed here on 3rd April *0810-1402* with clear speech on 9673 with a program in Azeri, at 1208 a jingle "....sesi radiosu" followed by emotional (poetic?) speech with often mentioned "Karabakh, Karabakh". The news on the top of the hour began with "President Sarkisian...". Around 11th minute weather reports are with temperatures in Stepanakert, Shusha etc. (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, April 8, received April 14 for DX LISTENING DIGEST) Cf 16-15 ** BANGLADESH. Strange reception of "Bangladesh Betar" on 819 kHz, April 19, 17:00 UTC (interval signal of Bangladesh Betar and something like station ID at 0:24 on the video) - 1904201618471 MW DX 819 kHz - Bangladesh Betar? 1904201618471 MW DX 819 kHz - Bangladesh Betar? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4N_xH4FNbU&feature=youtu.be (Eduard Korsakov, Moskva region, Rossiya, April 19, dxldyg via DXLD) 819 an unlisted frequency for BB in WRTH 2016. VP reception; I can`t hear any ID (gh) I found out, It's test transmission of Bangladesh Betar on 819 kHz (100 kW) from Dhaka - http://betar.portal.gov.bd/site/page/e118da5c-60d1-45ce-ad43-8498513617e3/???-??????? (Korsakov, April 21, ibid.) Listed as such among BB MW frequencies ** BELARUS. 11730, Minsk: received attractive, full/data QSL from Minsk in 18 days for last broadcasts in German, Spanish and ENglish on 31 March - German heard from Perseus site in NJ at 1825 and Spanish/English heard from Madrid Perseus site at 2015. 2100* for English program on 31 March was last SW broadcast from R. Belarus. Would rather get first day QSL (VOH Zambia) than last day QSL - too many of the latter these days! (Bruce Churchill, CA, April 19, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BHUTAN. 6035.05, BBS, 1210-1216*, April 14. Clearly two stations here, the other being PBS Yunnan in Vietnamese; both stations with announcers; BBS off before any music today. BTW - BBS Bhutan (6035.05) had a respectable signal today [April 19] till cut off at 1214* (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hiroyuki Komatsubara (Japan) today (April 19) now reports BBS Bhutan "6035.0 kHz (ex: 6035.05)" at 1200, with PBS Yunnan QRM (Ron Howard, WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also CHINA [and non] ** BIAFRA [non]. IS BACK? So is anyone hearing reactivated R. Biafra on 11700 from 1800 today? Not me, but not much of anything abroad making it out here on 25m, nor 11600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, 2012 UT April 20, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Saludos cordiales Glenn, cuando son las 2002 UT, desde Valencia en España no se capta señal alguna en 11700 de Radio Biafra; una nueva página web de IPOB está activa: http://www.ipob.org/ y anuncian la emisión para hoy en esta frecuencia, sin embargo no anuncian horario de emisión (José Miguel Romero2, Spain, April 20, ibid.) Nothing from Radio Biafra as of 1837. Sana'a on 11860 also very poor after 1800, no SAH or echo, no power boost tonight (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D, 2042 UT April 20, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Nada on 11700 1800-1840. 11600 has Kurdish. 73, (Jari, Finland, Savolainen, ibid.) 11700, April 20 at 1757 past 1800, no signal from R. Biafra, which has been promising to come back today at ``7-10 pm London Time`` on this new frequency ex-11600: http://www.ipob.org/2016/04/radio-biafra-shortwave-frequency.html IPOB website is from the Indigenous People of Biafra. Nor further chex in next hour by Jari Savolainen, Finland and Bill Bingham, South Africa. In case the time be wrong, I try again at 2103 and now get a JBA carrier on 11700, wondering if that be it, but no one can confirm it. Well, maybe they`ll get around to reviving SW in following days (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11700 does show up April 21: details in next DXLD or already in the yg (gh) ** BOLIVIA. 5952.5, April 15 at 0149, weak signal here no doubt Radio Pius The Twelfth, from the Twentieth Century, unfortunately too weak to benefit much from the temporary absence of WRMI [see USA] from 5950 (which is also a problem for P12 within South America), and also has to contend with Cuban [q.v.] jamming against nothing on 5955. While shifting to a split from its licensed 5955 helps a little, it would help a lot more to move to a clearer even frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Such as? ** BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 0901, April 20 with PNG bird call; regional NBC news in English (item about an arrest - "denied bail," etc.); news // Wantok Radio Light on 7324.95; segments in English & Tok Pisin/Pidgin; 0925 NBC program schedule; 0932-1001 with series of speeches; 1003 PNG bird call; news in English ended 1013; RRI Palangkaraya not a factor with reception; at times semi-readable; still being heard at 1108 (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. R. Difusora Roraima, heard at sign off 0357 to 0400 UT on 4875 with National Anthem in Portuguese. Doc W2MFT (Mark F Tannenbaum, MFA, April 16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL [non]. 6180, April 14 at 0615, again no signal from RNA, with weak VOA French via São Tomé again in the clear. I`ve not heard RNA 6180 since April 9, just when they finally got their act together, almost-accurate frequency and OK modulation; nor have I seen any other reports of it. Is it totally gone again, or limited hours, maybe daytime? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1821, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6180, April 15 at 0147, RNA is still off. Some editors will find a `log` like this insignificant, but I consider them very significant, dealing with a frequency that *has* been active and may well be again; keeping track of what stations are doing, including going AWOL (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. 2748.97-USB, April 19 at 0142, MCTS Halifax, VCS via Chebogue (Yarmouth) NS site, artificial YL with marine weather in English as scheduled to start at 0140, best resolution by tuning slightly to lo side. Still hard to copy everything vs storm noise level, but hear keywords such as Maritimes, Atlantic Daylight Time, wave height forecast. MCTS = Marine Communications and Traffic Services Centre. All the stuff: http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/Marine-Communications/RAMN-2015/Part-2-Atlantic-Facilities-Information (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHILE. CHILE BEACONS 47-48 MHZ --- Those Muzak stations from Chile on 47 and 48 MHz are now off the air according to Chris Dunne. One less target for multi-Es or F2 reception. The ham he wrote to on YouTube said they went off around the end of 2014 (Mike Bugaj, Enfield, CT, April 15, WTFDA gg via DXLD) Mike, Very sad. It was a beacon here too. Probably my videos recorded during March/2014 were one of the last catches. Fortunately they can be viewed on Youtube. https://youtu.be/l67gSkLNruQ https://youtu.be/27VSD9UDWPc Best wishes from Brazil! 73 (Ivan Dias Jr. - Sorocaba/SP, https://www.youtube.com/regionaldx http://ivandias.wordpress.com ibid.) ** CHINA. An Investigative Report on Mysterious Chinese Clandestine Stations --- Nice documentation of this and others here. A couple of these (including Sparks) I managed to log, circa 1979-1982 from my former inland central Florida location. http://www.abiweb.jp/report/chiclae1.htm (Terry Krueger, FL, April 16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) With lots of time and frequency information, covering 1966-1991 from Asian Broadcasting Institute. Subheadings are: Spark and the Voice of the Liberation Army Chinese Communist Party Broadcasting Station Reorganization of Clandestine Stations After the End of the Cultural Revolution Who Were Behind Clandestine Stations? Much more in the appendix including a frequency list with timespans for each station (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. PAIR PITCH TONIC OVER PIRATE RADIO Shanghai Daily By Ke Jiayun April 15, 2016 http://www.shanghaidaily.com/metro/society/Pair-pitch-tonic-over-pirate-radio/shdaily.shtml A man and his nephew who sold medicine advertised with an unlicensed private radio broadcast have been arrested for disturbing communication management order, prosecutors in Baoshan District said yesterday. The men sold their tonic to more than 40 customers, making about 30,000 yuan (US$4,626) in profit. According to prosecutors, the duo, both surnamed Zhang, started establishing private radio stations in Shanghai and neighboring Kunshan City in Jiangsu Province in November last year to promote a tonic they bought wholesale from a supplier in Yunnan Province. They rented three houses in Baoshan and Jiading districts in the city and Kunshan, where they set up the stations to advertise the product from 7 pm and end at 6 am the next morning. Posted by: (Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) ** CHINA [and non]. 6035.0, PBS Yunnan, 1250-1302, April 18, with remarkable Asian reception; in Vietnamese; brief language lesson in Chinese/Vietnamese (very simple words); 1300 multi-language IDs (one in English and Chinese - "SW liu ling san wu. Yunnan Radio and Television International, the Voice Shangri-la"; after ID went to Chinese programming. Extremely happy to have had this rare opportunity to actually catch a very readable ID. My audio at https://goo.gl/SraLny BTW - BBS Bhutan (6035.05) had a respectable signal today till cut off at 1214* (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, Clearly conditions around 6035 have recently changed significantly at 1300. In the past, adjacent QRM made it all but impossible to hear the Yunnan ID in English. April 19 was almost identical reception as yesterday (no adjacent QRM noted), with nice clear ID. So this is now a fairly easy ID to catch (no longer rare!). BTW - Hiroyuki Komatsubara (Japan) today (April 19) now reports BBS Bhutan "6035.0 kHz (ex: 6035.05 kHz)" at 1200, with PBS Yunnan QRM. (Ron Howard, WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6035, Yunnan PBS (Kunming) 1342-1400+ 19 April. Thanks to Ron Howard's tip, I got to hear (most of) YPBS' elusive TOH English ID: "This is the Voice Shangri-La.." today; otherwise YPBS is mostly Chinese chat, some (presumed) PSAs/ads but not much music. (Voice of Jinling-6200 is my go-to music station on 49M, so it's not too distressing). (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA E5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [and non]. 9870, April 14 at 1312, what`s this? S9+10, American English about rock groups in the 80s with brief music clips lasting only a few seconds. Natural pauses between sentences in the narration have been edited out, making this sound more urgent(? and phony). Mainly about Fleetwood Mac, personnel changes and conflicts thru the years. Outro as `Spotlight` with Johnny Hutong(?), part 3 of 4; 1317 on to part 4. Of course, it`s only CRI, // 9730, so why don`t they deal with China, where I understand there is a lot going on? No QRM at all on 9870, where I was hoping to hear the Vividh Bharati Service of All India Radio. 9870 AIR is ``temporarily off the air`` per http://qsl.net/vu2jos/sw/freq.htm --- the best source for current AIR info. VBS had been scheduled on 9870, 500 kW, 35 degrees from Bengaluru at 0025-0440, 0900-1200, 1245-1740, but CRI has always collided with it, now with English at 13-16, 500 kW, 200 degrees from Xi`an (powers and azimuths from HFCC). NNE from BGL and SSW from XIA means the signals would literally collide somewhere over the Himalayas if both were on, so AIR might as well turn itself off at least during these two sesquihours. Then at 1330 the AIR GOS is indeed propagating on 9690 with fair signal, news. 9580, April 15 at 0140, CRI English relay via CUBA is back on // 9570 ALBANIA, but with very different modulation levels and audio bandwidth. 9580 was off April 10, and also missing from CRI`s own schedule, and thus had been mis-presumed to be deleted (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 9880even, Not scheduled anywhere: China national radio before and after 0300 UT, news in Chinese, CHINA ID theme. Not listed at this hour. Could it be an on-air test running by Kunming transmission engineers? Not on air anymore, when checked at 0422 UT again. 13780.002, CRI Nepali service via Kunming center, S=8-9 -80dBm signal at 0251 UT, heard in rather signal skip zone in eastern Thailand. Talk in Nepali by two male/female presenter. 15710, Always nice Chinese music to be heard CNR8 Amoy service to Taiwan / southern China target, S=7 signal in Eastern Thailand remote unit at 0242 UT [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, Checked eastern Thailand remote receiver installation, before to be closed soon, till autumn / winter season opening in November 2016. Looked out for transmissions seldom reported in western DX hobby lists, 0422 UT April 18, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** COLOMBIA. 5910.050, April 14 at 0618, tropical music S9 to S7, so Alcaraván Radio is back; haven`t heard it in quite a while. The only nighttime collision now would be at 03-05 UT, NHK via France. Not clear how secular the tunes are since understanding the lyrix is tough (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) https://app.box.com/s/frls99n5ah00nr15ew0hz4f4itp5knvd Alcaraván Radio is back on 5910.09, heard at 0540 UT. Grz. Icom 7410 and new vertical (Maurits van Driessche, Belgium, UT April 16, Hard- Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) https://app.box.com/s/si0f9cronocfkrvonhhat6h0p401ffnx Voz de tu Conciencia Puerto Lleras Colombia on 6010.17 kHz, 0437 UT, noisy, A index high. Vertical antenna Icom 7410. 73, (Maurits, Belgium, April 18, ibid.) ** CONGO. Hi, today I can hear Radio Congo again on 6115, in their usual quality, first traced at 1700, still on after 1800. Not heard for about two weeks. 73 (thorsten hallmann, germany, April 17, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Congo, Brazaville, 1813-1857*, 17-04, French, political speech: "Les Congolaises..., le president de la République, la Constitution ..., Congo". Weak. 13221 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Lugo, ibid.) see also JAPAN ** CONGO DR. 5066.44, 4/17, heard R. Candip, Bunia from Perseus site in E. Finland from 1920 tune until sudden carrier off at 2010:43. Some French announcements at 1920.5 to 1925.5 then into non-stop Highlife music until off. SINPO 34333 with occasional ute QRM and high noise level (Bruce Churchill, CA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CRIMEA. BBG CONDEMNS TARGETING OF INDEPENDENT JOURNALISTS IN CRIMEA, INCLUDING RFE/RL CONTRIBUTORS April 20, 2016 A Russia-backed prosecutor in Crimea is calling for the closure of RFE/RL's Crimea Realities website. WASHINGTON - The Broadcasting Board of Governors condemns the targeting of independent journalists in Russia-annexed Crimea following police searches on Tuesday of the homes of seven residents of the peninsula, including some who have worked as RFE/RL contributors. The Moscow-backed Crimean Prosecutor General's Office says it has launched a criminal case against one of these people, Mykola Semena, alleging that he engaged in "extremism" and agitated for "violations of Russia's territorial integrity" on the basis of his journalistic work. The prosecutor also called for the closure of RFE/RL's Crimea Realities website, http://ru.krymr.com/ one of the last remaining sources of independent news on Russia- annexed Crimea, claiming that the website seeks to discredit the Russian Federation, incites interethnic hatred and promotes extremism. "The charges being considered against Semena are baseless and are aimed only at silencing independent voices and dissent," BBG CEO and Director John Lansing said. "Threats to the free practice of journalism must neither be made nor tolerated by any government." "Journalism is not a crime," BBG Chairman Jeff Shell said. "Reporters from RFE/RL and indeed all media outlets must be allowed to do their work in Crimea without fear of intimidation or arrest." This morning, U.S. Embassy in Kyiv spokesman Jonathan Lalley said, "The United States strongly condemns the detention of journalists" in Crimea and calls for "a halt to raids on media organizations by Russian occupation authorities." He added: "These actions are further examples of the Russian government's growing crackdown on independent voices in Russia and Russia-occupied Crimea." RFE/RL's Crimea Realities website was launched in March 2014, immediately following the Russian annexation of the Crimean peninsula. The site publishes content in the Crimean Tatar, Ukrainian and Russian languages in an effort to provide all audiences affected by the annexation with informed analysis and an independent and balanced account of the peninsula's news. Upholding freedom of the press is one of the BBG's top priorities in its efforts to support accurate, objective journalism around the world. Crimea, which was annexed by Russia in 2014, is ranked "Not Free," according to Freedom House's 2015 Freedom of the Press Findings https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-press/2015/crimea (via Hansjoerg Biener, DXLD) ** CUBA. 770, Radio Artemisa, Artemisa, Artemisa. 2301 April 18, 2016. After reading Arnie Coro's post via Glenn Hauser's DX Listening Digest edition 16-15, about this testing at 10 kW omni-directional, I began checking at 2108. Nothing but a weak WJBX, North Ft. Myers, FL (despite 10 kW daytime) with Spanish ESPN Deportiva, but something threshold in Spanish constant talk under, not parallel the only previous Cuban listed on 770 -- Rebelde -- on checked 670, 1180, 1620 or 5025 (all presumed not carrying Rebelde FM). Recheck at 2301, indeed Artemisa on the grayline, doing well with traditional Cuban vocals, female announcer, parallel fair-poor 1000 kHz. Then at 2320, a poor parallel also pulled on 1320 kc/s, and at 2334, a poor 1020 kc/s also parallel to complete all the active Radio Artemisa MW channels. Six (I think) time pips a few seconds ahead of 2330, female Artemisa ID, back to Cuban traditional vocals. And again in just ahead of local sunrise, 1029 April 19, 2016 with male IDs, he and a female announcer with morning newscast and local events, fair and parallel 1000 kc/s through 1038 tune-out. 770, Radio Rebelde, Las Tunas. 0001 April 19, 2016. Finally, Rebelde audio pops through poorly. So it is still on the channel, but now sharing with Radio Artemisa far to the WNW. RadioCuba lists as V C Central (whatever that is), Las Tunas province. My old list had this DFed to Pilon, Granma per FCC monitoring source in the Florida Keys years ago (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater, FL, All times/dates GMT, NRD- 535, IC-R75, ICF-7600GR, roof dipole, active lop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 15140, Radio Habana Cuba; 1904-1911+, 11-Apr; Tune-in to English program promo and promptly off at 1904:53; found back on at 1908 with English news; 1911 ID + promos for 102.5 FM & www.radiohc.cu, then back to English news; SIO=454. New for A16. Very weak audio there when they were off (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, 5525 Whitehall St., Midland MI 48642-3156, Drake R8B + 185' & 60' RW + 125' bow-tie, ----- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! -----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) What IS the deal with RHC, heard the afternoon of April 14th on 16180 with a 55555 signal. English from 1900 UT. Maybe that should just stick with this odd frequency for good as it's not subject to interference as other channels are (Dan Robinson, circa DC, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DX LISTENING DIGEST) RHC Bauta 15140 kHz 340degrees, für CA / WeUSA/CAN ist weg gelaufen, sendet auf 16180 kHz, auch hier zu hören. 1800-2030 UT (Wolfgang Büschel, 1937 UT, ibid.) Yes, also heard in Germany. Intermodulation of 1040 kHz? Scheduled 15140 kHz, 1800-2030 UT Bauta 100 kW 340 degrees towards Alberta-CAN, WeUSA, Alaska. Bauta is not on 15140, nor on 15370 kHz at present! 73 wb (Büschel, 1941 UT, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Here's the [audio-]video; others have now heard it as well on this frequency. Attachment(s) 1 of 1 File(s) RHC using 16.180 khz.mp4 (Dan Robinson, ibid.) 15140, April 14 at 2000, no signal from RHC which should be starting French on this new frequency after an hour of English. Higher-band propagation is degraded, but not from Cuba, S9+20 on 15370 in Portuguese at 2005. Later I see why: Dan Robinson discovered RHC English at 1902 on 16180 instead, why? Humberto Molina reveals that 16180 is a Cuban spy- numbers frequency: His YouTube audiovideo is labeled: ``"Estación de números" Cubana, voz + digital - HM01 - 16180 kHz - Humberto Molina - Published on Sep 15, 2015 - Captada en Antiguo Cuscatlán, La Libertad, El Salvador @2140 UTC 15/Sept/2015``. So the Bauta site has once again mixed up RHC with Spy-numbers! There is plenty of spare capacity for espionage since RHC needs only one frequency until 1930, only two after that until 2100. Not to mention the other two sites idle for overt broadcasts at mid-day. 6060, April 15 at 0148, RHC fails to broadcast in the wrong language, English, instead back in Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6164.8, R Habanna, 0455, 4/15/16 in Spanish. Commentaries on Vietnamese in South America and help for poor children. Announced auction of artifacts belonging to Che Guevara, switch to Vietnamese language at 0455 (Walt Fair, Jr, Cedar Park, TX on the north side of Austin, Eton Grundig portable Field Radio, with telescoping antenna, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) It`s always been 6165.0 when I tune it. Suspect his measurements are inaccurate. And what??? RHC does not broadcast in Vietnamese (unless it was a brief clip to be translated). 6165 is also supposed to be English service only, tho there could have been a mixup at their end. Spanish service might have reported something like this (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11845, April 15 at 1413, pulse jamming against nothing, a frequency abandoned by Radio Martí *years* ago, as the incompetent DentroCuban Jamming Command keeps on keeping on; pulse rate is about 144/minute. 9805, April 15 at 1414, I compare to more jamming against nothing, after RM has closed here at 1300, and find these pulses are slightly faster and higher-pitched; also somewhat syncopated making them harder to count, possibly from two transmitters: 174 per minute. 15140, April 15 at 1803, RHC in Kriyol to Khicago, so it has failed to broadcast on the wrong HM01 spy frequency, 16180 like it did yesterday. Keep 16180 in mind in case 15140 be AWOL again. 11840, April 15 at 2118, RHC is S9+10 but just barely modulated in *English* which is not supposed to be on any frequency during this hour! Correct TC by ``Ed Newman`` as ``coming up on 19 past the hour``. Still JBM English at 2149. Next check at 2210: 11840 is JBM in French and now // & synchro with scheduled 11880. Unknown what 11840 contain for a while until next check UT April 16 at 0022: now it`s Kriyol, awful undermodulation and hum, and // clear and much louder 5040. 0052, it`s finally in Spanish but quite suptorted, and no one would listen to this rather than a semidozen parallels. Yes, RHC A-16 schedule shows 11840 is supposed to be nothing but Spanish from 21 to 05, 250 kW, 170 degrees from Quivicán. 17730, April 16 at 0017, RHC is still in French instead of Quechua, with horrible clipped modulation, but rock steady S9 signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re: [dxld] VOA Radiogram --- Normally the frequency [17580] is clear, but I'm hearing RHC, I think, with a speech. Wonder whether they'll cochannel at 1600? Present time, 1553 UT (Walt Salmaniw, BC, Sat April 16, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) RHC supposed to be off 17580 by 1500. Apparently a special event today with a must-carry looong speech by Raúl (gh, DXLD) Yes BOTH on AIR co-channel. Co-channel VoA Greenville digital toy and RHC Bauta 160 degrees live speech, on 8 channels in parallel at 1805 UT: 9535, 9640, 9710, 11760, 15230, 15370, 17580, and 17730 kHz. Digital whistles from GB mixture with Spanish speech to crowd. from 1600 UT April 16: 9535 BEJ 100 kW 230 degr to CeAM Spanish HR 2/2/0.5 A6 9640 BEJ 050 kW 110 degr to SoAM Spanish HD 0.5/0.25 A31 9710 BAU 100 kW 010 degr to EaNoAM Spanish HRS 4/4/0.8 A1 11760 BAU 100 kW non-dir to NoCeAM Spanish HQ 1/0.8 A12 15230 QVC 250 kW 160 degr to SoAM Spanish HRS 4/4/1 A14 15370 BAU 100 kW 315 degr to WeNoAM Spanish HRS 4/4/0.8 A8 17580 BAU 100 kW 160 degr to SoAM Spanish HRS 4/4/0.8 A5 17730 BAU 100 kW 130 degr to SoAM Spanish HRS 4/4/0.8 A4 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11840, April 16 at 2141, RHC fails to broadcast in the wrong language, English like yesterday, but back to Spanish and modulation sufficient, as it better be, since Raúl is speaking ad nauseam. 15370, April 16 at 2238, RHC still has a Raúl speech, rather distorted modulation here. Checking since Wolfgang Büschel had heard RHC clashing with itself at 2230, as mis-scheduled for French from one site, Spanish from another! Sunday it`s supposed to be in Esperanto instead of French, not Spanish. 15230, April 17 at 1304, RHC Spanish is S9 but just barely modulated, unlike // 15370 blasting. 15140, Sunday April 17 after 1930, RHC English with nice classical guitar concert, good to accompany my nap; at 1957 the modulation suddenly degrades to suptorted. At least the correct frequency has been achieved for a second day. Guitar repeats and repeats, and heard again before 0400 April 18 on 6000. 15370, April 17 at 1957, the different modulation is also suppressed and distorted here. 15370, Sunday April 17 at 2243 check, RHC only in Spanish, S9+20 but still suptorted. This is when weekly Esperanto is supposed to appear. 17730, Sunday April 17 at 2243, RHC Esperanto is here instead of scheduled 15370, thus evading the self-collision which had been happening last week. 15370 Spanish is Bauta, so 17730 is presumably Bejucal, which frequency was listed in the A-16 schedule only in the mornings until 1500*. The 2230-0030 broadcasts to S America in French/Esperanto, Creole, Portuguese and Quechua (really French at 0000), are apparently all on 17730 now instead of 15370. [WORLD OF RADIO 1822] The RHC skeds clearly show three sites: Bauta, Bejucal and Quivicán = Titán = San Felipe. The WRTH 2016 entry under RadioCuba on page 462 says there are only two sites, named and powered thus: Bauta, Corralillo (GC 22N57/082W33): 1 x 50 kW, 6 x 100 kW; and Quivicán, San Felipe (GC 22N50 082W18): 5 x 250 kW The RHC A-16 schedule shows all BAU frequencies are 100 kW; all QVC 250 kW; and BEJ either 50 or 100 kW. Does this mean the WRTH version has merged Bejucal with Bauta? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn, Mauno asked me, - he - or the WRTH team - had never got details from Cuba anymore of the Bejucal old USSR built secret service underground shortwave center. Last week, I sent Mauno the RHC-Arnie- origin Excel.xls file A-16 with these 3 Tab colums, including 50/100 kW broadcast center table Bejucal in midst xls file tab. I told him: "Arnie never denied/refused our {Bejucal} meaning finding, ..." So, I suppose, in next May WRTH 2016 UPdate .pdf.file, Mauno will mention all three sites, and their technical details then. I remember, that, at that time when we Bejucal site have discussed, especially with KL and BT then, at the very same time when the first super sharp Satellite Images were published in Google Earth and Terra_Server software - a decade ago. At this time also Bauta broadcast center site was new technically reshuffled, in between the years 2001 and 2004. Built up new 6 Chinese transmitters and therefore serviced re-built new curtain antennas. In this long reshuffle phase, the older 50 kW USSR units at Bejucal were used also as replacements within the whole 2-3 years building era (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15230, April 17 at 2244, very poor RHC is also suptorted here, sounds like Brazilian; yes, Portuguese scheduled 22-23, separately from the half-hour at 2230 on 11880 for Africa. 13740, Sunday April 17 at 2246, RHC Filatelia show is still running, undermodulated but less distorted than the others. Better hurry up, as `En Contacto` needs to start right now in order to be over by end of transmission 2300. Others with this: 11840 distorted; 11760 very good S9+30 not distorted; 9710 fair; 9535 poor; 5040 probably but too weak in noise level. Still no Contacto by a few minutes later. 11880, April 17 at 2246, RHC is in Kriyol here, VG S9+30. This transmission is listed as Portuguese! In the A-16 sked from Arnie in DXLD 16-14, which went into effect a week ago, already two weeks late; and RHC`s own website as of UT April 18 is *still* only showing the old B-15 transmission schedule http://www.radiohc.cu/interesantes/frecuencias 6000 & 6165, April 18 at 0313, `DXers Unlimited` is starting so as I tune out, note that both are equally undermodulated, while 6060 Spanish is much louder, tsk2. 5055.00, April 18 at 0321, very poor music audible and // 5025 Radio Rebelde, i.e. leapfrog mixing product over 5040 RHC another 15 kHz higher. This could also happen in reverse to 5010. A-16 sked shows all three 60m frequencies are from Bauta site, so subject to intermodulation. Should 4765 Radio Progreso be involved during its limited schedule 0030-0400 UT, the landing spots would be: 4490 (5040 over 4765) 4505 (5025 over 4765) 5285 (4765 over 5025) 5315 (4765 over 5040) 9782.70 & 9797.30, April 18 at 0327, parasitic spurs to dirty CRI relay transmitter on 9790 during The Beijing Hour. Sitting on one of the spurs, they can cut off, and different pitch spurs cut on and off. Best when fundamental is huge, not always the case depending on MUF (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 13740, April 18 at 2055, strong open carrier, 2100 cut-on RHC IS and brief martial NA, sign-on with frequency list in typical Soviet-style backward order just like R. Moscú used to do it: 17730, 13740, 11760, 11840, 9535, 9710, 5040; FM 102.5 in Habana, 91.7 on Isla de Juventud, 103.1 serving three provinces including Mayabeque, Artemisa. Looks like RHC is expanding its domestic presence not only with more and more 24h FM transmitters, but overnight on several AM channels, presumably bumping off Rebelde, Reloj or some other filler. The trouble is, 17730 is *not* on, but unmentioned very strong 15370 *is* on; 2101 initiating `Nuestra América`` magazine show for the next bihour (ex-`Revista Informativa de la Tarde`). Just what does this magazine show contain? Who knows? RHC website under Programacion http://www.radiohc.cu/interesantes/programacion has no specific program time or title details whatsoever, just another outdated B-15 version of the transmission schedule in all languages. But we know there are specific program segments appearing at more or less the same times from week to week. See our previous discussion of the 15370/17730 confusion, which RHC itself obviously has not sorted out yet. 2300 recheck, now 17730 is on starting Kriyol. 11880 African service is not yet on at 2100, should be 22-24 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [non]. DEFENSORES DE ACERCAMIENTO A CUBA LANZAN PROGRAMA DE RADIO EN MIAMI http://www.elnuevoherald.com/noticias/sur-de-la-florida/article72511862.html#storylink=cpy En lo que constituye un nuevo frente en el esfuerzo político por estrechar las relaciones con Cuba, los defensores del acercamiento en Estados Unidos han decidido presentar sus ideas en un medio que durante décadas ha sido el centro de la oposición más estridente a su causa: la radio en español de Miami. El programa de una hora debutará este martes en WQBA-AM (1140), una estación local propiedad del gigante mediático Univision [sic: accent suppressed in original]. [¿a qué horas???? --- gh] En el primer programa, CUBAHORA tendrá una entrevista con el ex secretario federal de Comercio Carlos Gutiérrez, un cubanoamericano republicano que favorece la normalización de relaciones con la isla. Aunque el programa es pagado, el entrevistador del martes será José Alfonso Almora, presentador de WQBA, una voz que goza de confianza entre los radioescuchas. Los programas pagados de larga duración son comunes en la radio en español, especialmente durante las elecciones, cuando candidatos o sus representantes hispanos tratan de llegar a los electores cubanoamericanos de más edad, que votan casi siempre (los programas incluyen un descargo de responsabilidad). Pero una frecuencia semanal para impulsar la postura del acercamiento pudiera sorprender a los escuchas, que están acostumbrados a presentadores de línea más dura. Vale la pena señalar que el programa no se trasmitirá en Radio Mambí, estación hermana de WQBA, de más audiencia y más conservadora, y estación bandera local en español de Univision. (Durante muchos años la WQBA se centraba tanto en los exiliados cubanos que se autotitulaba La Cubanísima). El programa es pagado por Cuba Now, un grupo sin fines de lucro que defiende, entre otras cosas, el levantamiento del embargo comercial estadounidense a Cuba. Su director ejecutivo, Ric Herrero, comentará junto con Almora. Herrero dijo que el programa “comienza desde el punto de vista que estamos en el camino a la normalización, concordamos en que la apertura es el mejor curso de acción, de manera que ahora ¿cómo comenzamos a abordar los temas más importantes que enfrentamos en materia de empresariado, derechos humanos y el papel de la diáspora cubana?” Herrero planea reconocer “las diferencias muy fuertes” que tienen los escuchas cubanos sobre esos temas. Pero señaló: “Estamos muy conscientes de que hay una audiencia con sed de una nueva voz en la radio local”. Cuba Now espera atraer suficientes anunciantes más adelante. “Nuestra intención no es pagar para siempre”, dijo Herrero. Una de las personas que está dando a conocer el proyecto del programa es Mike Fernández, de Coral Gables y magnate de los servicios médicos, quien avisó por correo electrónico el fin de semana a sus amigos para pedirles que avisaran a otras personas para escuchar el programa. El programa, dijo, fue creado para “aclarar ciertas ideas equivocadas sobre qué está sucediendo en Cuba hoy” (via José Miguel Romero2, Spain, dxldyg via DXLD) Will this lead to increased 1140 jamming? (gh) ** CZECHIA. Czechs finally defer to gh re Czechia CZECH REPUBLIC TO USE CZECHIA AS ONE-WORD VERSION OF NAME Associated Press April 14, 2016 10:47 AM http://www.voanews.com/content/czech-republic-to-use-czchia-as-one-word-version-of-name/3285603.html PRAGUE — Czechia will soon be synonymous with the Czech Republic. Unlike most European countries, the Czech Republic has lacked a one- word version of its name in foreign languages. Now, the country is set to use the name Czechia in English, Tschechien in German or Tchequie in French. The Foreign Ministry says a one-word name is more practical and flexible for various uses. Neighboring Slovakia is officially the Slovak Republic. Similarly, Russia is used for the Russian Federation. Czech leaders are meeting later Thursday and expected to endorse the new name. To make it official, the Foreign Ministry will ask the United Nations to include the option in its databases. Not everyone is happy with the name choice. Some critics say it could be confused with Chechnya (via Kim Elliott, dxldyg via DXLD) http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36048186 (via Chuck Albertson, Seattle, DXLD) ** ECUADOR. 6050, HCJB, Pichincha, 0433-0441, 17-04, Spanish, live, news about earthquake in Ecuador, "informando minuto a minuto por la Radio Pública". 24322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Enviado desde TypeApp, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6050, HCJB, Pichincha, 0433-0503*, 17-04, Spanish, live, news about earthquake in Ecuador, "informando minuto a minuto por la Radio Pública", "Radio Publica del Ecuador, 23 horas con 44 minutos", "Estado de excepción a nivel nacional, 41 ciudadanos fallecidos por el momento".. 24322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun PL-880, Sangean ATS 909X, Cable antenna, 8 meters and Degen, 31MS active loop antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6050, April 18 at 0111, very poor signal, reads S9+10 but that includes the noise level, and also seems undermodulated. Anyhow, HCJB has survived the huge earthquake, but it did not jolt the transmitter into putting out any more watts, which it has desperately needed. At this hour probably in indigenous language Waorani. Recheck at 0314, sounds Spanish but still too weak to read at S-5; by 0341 surged to S9+15 during an hymn, seemingly in English past 0345 a little better sounding. Does HCJB still run the `Spotlight` quarter- hour in English at 0330? If so, Aoki misses it during Spanish service. HCJB normally signs off at 0500 with national anthem, but maybe the emergency would keep it on all night? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EGYPT. Strong signal of Radio Cairo new summer frequency, April 7: 0200-0700 on 12085 ABS 250 kW / 315 deg to WeEu Arabic General Service http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/strong-signal-of-radio-cairo-on-new.html Strong signal of Radio Cairo on new summer frequency, April 12: 1800- 2100 on 9325 ABS 250 kW / 241 deg to WeAf Hausa http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/strong-signal-of-radio-cairo-on-new_15.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9965.22, April 18 at 0113, R. Cairo in some Arabic undermodulated with whine (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, Radio Bata, 0452, 17-04, now on air with clear signal, African songs (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Enviado desde TypeApp, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Later more complete log: 5005, Radio Bata, 0452-0510, 17-04, African songs, ID. "Por Radio Bata comenzamos el día, Radio Bata, informativos rápidos y fiables, la mejor compañia en la madrugada y para disfrutar del fin de semana". Weak but clear signal. 14321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun PL-880, Sangean ATS 909X, Cable antenna, 8 meters and Degen, 31MS active loop antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Unfortunately not propagating at all to WCNA (at 0502) and nothing from last night's Guinea on 9650 (Walt Salmaniw, BC, ibid.) Hi Walt & Manuel, Here on the Calif. coast heard very faint open carrier at 0502; by 0520 somewhat stronger open carrier; checking through 0600 never heard any audio. As you also noted Walt, Guinea on 9650 was silent, checking till just past 0600 (Ron Howard, ibid.) 5005, RNGE, R. Bata. April 17 - "very faint open carrier at 0502; by 0520 somewhat stronger open carrier; checking through 0600 never heard any audio," whereas April 18 had slightly better reception; 0507 definite open carrier; by 0523 some faint African pop music; by 0531 even better reception; not as strong as I have heard in the past. Appreciate Manuel Méndez's (Spain) regular monitoring here! (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5005, April 18 at 0537, JBA carrier from presumed RNGE, Bata. Doubt I`ll ever get much more than this from it, but reported recently active: Manuel Méndez in Spain heard it weak but clear, signing on at 0453 Sunday April 17. Ron Howard in California then had a faint carrier at 0520 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA [and non]. 6090, April 18 at 0317, HOA music quite audible underneath strong PMS Anguilla, from Radio Amhara. No SAH or LAH. 6110, April 18 at 0317, R. Fana in the clear here, but weaker and undermodulated, S8; 0350 check it`s better with HOA music, while now can`t hear any under 6090 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. FRANCE, UNIDentified clandestine program via TDF from WRMI broker: 1700-1730 17765 ISS 150 kW / 125 deg EaAf Oromo, no signal April 12-13 -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. SECRETLAND, No more SPL IRRS Radio Oemeni-ti OMN, Tamsaasa Raadiyoo 1802-1902 on 15170 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Oromo Wed-Sun, cancelled http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/no-more-spl-irrs-radio-oemeni-ti-omn.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GAMBIA [non]. FRANCE, UNIDentified clandestine program via TDF from WRMI broker: 1900-2000 15465 ISS 100 kW / 207 deg WeAf English, nothing April 12-13 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/unidentified-2-clandestine-programs-via.html (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DXLD) It's indeed Issoudun. This propagation map must have been given to them by the transmission provider (again RMI, as it was the case for "Baati Rewmi Radio" in 2010? Or Media Broadcast brokerage? TDF directly does not appear to be a likely scenario): https://www.facebook.com/GBroadcastProject/photos/a.1077432582318505.1073741828.1044947428900354/1084559944939102/?type=3&theater First broadcast was apparently on April 1st. And that's all that can be gathered from this Facebook profile, other than the very general observation that this operation opposes dictator Jammeh. A rare news item from Gambia, released just yesterday: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-gambia-protests-idUSKCN0XC25X (Kai Ludwig, April 16, 2016, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DXLD) viz.: World | Fri Apr 15, 2016 12:54pm EDT Related: World, Africa RIGHTS GROUPS VOICE CONCERNS AFTER A RARE PROTEST IN GAMBIA BANJUL | By Pap Saine Human rights groups voiced concern on Friday over arrests in Gambia after a rare public demonstration in the West African nation, where President Yahya Jammeh has come under regular criticism for his increasingly authoritarian rule. Jammeh, a former soldier who seized power in a bloodless coup in 1994, has made headlines for eccentric proclamations, including a claim to have invented a cure for HIV/AIDS and his recent surprise decision to make Gambia an Islamic republic. But he has also come under fire from rights groups and foreign governments for employing strong-arm tactics to stamp out political dissent, making Thursday's small protest particularly noteworthy. A small group of demonstrators waving banners with slogans including "We need electoral reforms and freedom of speech" gathered in Serekunda, just outside the capital Banjul, before their rally was broken up by security forces. Jammeh, who expected to extend his rule in elections planned for December, was in Istanbul attending a summit of Islamic countries at the time. Police sources said a number of people, including Solo Sandenga, a prominent youth leader from the main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP), were arrested and that an investigation was being carried out. Seydou Gassama, the head of Amnesty International in Senegal, said the government's response was worrying. "We are very concerned by the violent and disproportionate reaction of authorities in Gambia against a group of people who were protesting peacefully ... President Jammeh could see this as an attempt to destabilize his regime," he said. A failed attempt to depose Jammeh orchestrated by Gambians living abroad led to a wave of arrests last year. The government was quick to downplay Thursday's protest. "A few agitators wanted to cause a breach of the peace and public order but they were reined in by the able security forces ... There is no need for alarm," government spokesman Sheriff Bojang told Gambia's the Standard Newspaper. Jammeh once told a reporter he could rule Gambia, a tiny sliver of a country surrounded by Senegal and home to 2 million people, for "a billion years". He has scrapped term limits from the constitution, and the regional bloc ECOWAS refused to send observers to the last elections in 2011, citing intimidation of the opposition and the electorate. Jeffrey Smith, an international human rights consultant who works closely with Gambian activists, said he'd received reports of mass arrests and alleged torture of protest organizers by the National Intelligence Agency in the wake of the demonstration. However, he said that growing discontent could fuel further protests in the run-up to the polls. "I think Gambia's political opposition and civil society, or at least what's left of them, are spoiling for a fight ahead of December's election ... There's a reason why he has rarely traveled outside the country over the past year." (Additional reporting by Diadie Ba in Dakar; Writing by Marine Pennetier; Editing by Joe Bavier/Mark Heinrich; via DXLD) Radio Free Gambia has just come on the air at 1900 on 15465 kHz. I believe from Issoudun, France. Mentions of Gambia and day of prayer. More information here - https://www.facebook.com/GBroadcastProject/?fref=ts Posted by: (Ste Cooper, Friday April 15, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Signal peaking at 20 over S9 via Twente. Current "interviewee" is using a mixture of local language (Mandingo?) and English (Richard Langley, NB, 1932 UT, ibid.) The last 10 minutes have been in French as well (Stephen, 1956 UT, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Audio cut out at about 1949:55 UT but strong carrier continued. Then, about one or two minutes later, audio returned but French -- and not with an obvious African accent. A different station? RFI perhaps? Then at about 1956:38 audio and carrier off simultaneously. Have it recorded in case anyone wants to do a forensic analysis. ;-) (Richard Langley, NB, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Recording on my Elad FDM-S2 with a 51-ft dipole in North West England - https://clyp.it/lbgvtuof (Stephen Cooper, ibid.) It`s the whole 57:46 minute broadcast; cutoff comes at 50 minutes into (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) GAMBIA FREEDOM PROJECT, RADIO FREE GAMBIA IS THE NEW ONE: There was a previous clandestine for Gambia, perhaps unrelated under a different name; last referred to 5 years ago in DXLD 11-15: http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1115.txt ``GAMBIA [non]. Looking thru RMI HFCC A-11 registrations, an interesting one on 15225, 1815-1830 Saturdays only, 125 kW, 221 degrees via Nauen, GERMANY. Aoki reminds us that in A-10 that was Baati Rewmi, Voice of the Nation, from the Save the Gambia Democracy Project in Fula, Wolof and English. Per http://www.savethegambia.org that started May 22, 2010, but Aoki says it was off as of Oct 2. So is it back, or planning to come back? Read about its previous activity in 2010 DXLDs: 10-25, 10-26, 10-27, 10-29, 10-31, 10-33, 10-39, 10-42 where we get search hits on ``Baati Rewmi``. There could be others not mentioning it by that name (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)`` [WORLD OF RADIO 1822] ``Glen[n], that must be a contingency (Jeff White, RMI, April 11, ibid.)`` ** GERMANY [and non]. Today Media Broadcast new Nauen schedule online via http://www.media-broadcast.com/fileadmin/Downloads/Radio/KW/MBR_A16_operational_schedule_18042016.pdf Posted by: (Peter Kruse, April 18, dxldyg via DXLD) Titled as to ``Dear female colleagues and male colleagues``. Not only Nauen but all the other sites they control. Four pages of pdf, organized by broadcaster and then by frequency. Technical details, but NOT languages! And some broadcaster abbrs. are ``internal customer names``, not explained. See NETHERLANDS [non] (gh, DXLD) ** GERMANY. German FNA-FCC give usual order, to align the music small SW transmissions x.000 kHz, in 75, 49 and 41 mb at +/- 5 Hertz correctness, after 30 minutes warm-up ... (3985 3995 6005 6070 6150 6190 7265 7310 etc.) 73 wolfy (Büschel, April 19, DX LISTENNIG DIGEST) ** GERMANY. 17720, April 20 at 1758, very poor S1 with Horn of Africa music: HFCC shows it`s AWR in Oromo via Nauen at 1730-1800 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GREECE. On 6th April at 0100-0200 heard on MW 729 // 1008 first program (Prothon); on 1404 // 1512 program Kozmo, on 9420 // faulty sound 9935 V of Greece all in Greek (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, April 8, received April 14 for DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GREECE. Reception of Voice of Greece, April 7 0600-0700 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek tx#3 0600-0700 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek tx#1 Due to 24 hour national strike today no program in Serbian, Romanian, Spanish, Russian, Albanian, Polish, Italian and Arabic. from 1815 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek tx#3 from 1930 on 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek tx#1 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/reception-of-voice-of-greece-april-7.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, Receiving Greece on 9935, April 14th with strong modulation at 0300 UT with 10 over 9 reception . // 9420 a weaker s3. Man and woman talking Americanos politics with man on phone. They seem to have a great talk program going. I'm wondering whether they have made modulation better at this broadcast as it is louder but that inherent buzz sound is annoying. But you can hear them this time. I'm using a 30 metre longwire and Yaesu FRG 7700 at Halls Creek NSW Also further to the Greece email 9935 and 9420 kHz. I gave 9935 away after 30 minutes of that awful buzz saw sound. What I don't understand is why they run it when obviously it's not modulating properly. It sounds to me like a voltage supply problem inside the transmitter. Maybe a valve (tube) is bad and maybe they don't have the funds to fix it. At 0431 UT, 9420 is pushing a five to me and clear reception here in Halls creek. Man and woman talking. I like their relaxed talkback style, a little more intelligent than other talking elsewhere on shortwave ;-). Thank you for your continued support (Tim Gaynor, Unique Radio 3210 kHz, Halls Creek NSW, Australia, April 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Reception of Voice of Greece, April 14 0600-0702 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek*tx#3 and off air 0600-0702 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek*tx#1 and off air from 1800 on 9420#AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek tx#3 * plus 3-6 min news in Romanian, Serbian, Spanish, Polish, Italian, Arabic Today missing languages Russian, Albanian. # co-ch till 1805 CNR 13 Uyghur and 1820-1920 VIRI French. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/reception-of-voice-of-greece-april-14.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9935.00, April 16 at 0026, ERT buzz/whine mixed with music, and 9420 is off! Fortunately, by 0122, more music from VOG is VG on 9420, loud & clear S9+25 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Reception of Voice of Greece relay ERT-1 Proto Programa, April 16 from 0600 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek tx#3, nothing at 1330 from 0600 9935 AVL 100 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek tx#1, off air at 0705 from 0725 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg NoAf Greek tx#1, off air at 0825 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/reception-of-voice-of-greece-relay-ert.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, April 16, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9934.97 approx., April 19 at 0128, ERA music and whine, while 9420 is good and clear at S9+25 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Reception of Voice of Greece, April 19 from 0545 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek*tx#3 and off at 0701 from 0545 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg NoAf Greek*tx#1 and off at 0653 * plus 3-5 min news 0600-0700 in Serbian, Romanian, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Italian, Albanian, Arabic as scheduled A-16 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/reception-of-voice-of-greece-april-19.html Reception of Voice of Greece, April 19-20 from 1830 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek tx#3 from 1900 on 9935 AVL 100 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek tx#1 from 0450 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek*tx#3 from 0450 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek*tx#1 * plus 3-5 min news 0600-0700 in Serbian, Romanian, Spanish, Albanian, Polish, Italian, Russian, Arabic. Off air at 0710. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/reception-of-voice-of-greece-april-19-20.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUATEMALA. 4055, R Verdad, Chiquimula, heard at 1145-1253, Apr 09, a sermon on religious topic in English, it's strong signal at this time of the year, I believe that this is the propagation along Gray Line (multi-hop by F layer(?)), I think that Gray Line path and Gray Line on map is probably no need to be matching completely, 35322. (Tomoaki Wagai, Wakayama, Japan, DSWCI DX Window April 13 via DXLD) And yet Dr Madrid takes this as evidence that the magical worldwide relays somehow not involving SW transmitters are working (gh, DXLD) ** GUINEA. Another Shortwave UN ID station --- This was recorded at 6:54 pm AKDT on Thursday April 14, 2016 (0254 UT Friday April 12 [SIC, must mean UT April 15] in the middle of Alaska. Nothing was scheduled on 9650 at this time, and checking 2 different sources confirmed this. Nothing scheduled later in the day on 9650 would be broadcasting what was heard in this clip. Later in the day on 9650 is Voice of Korea, which certainly wouldn't sound like this. Also later in the day is Radio Sonder Grense from Meyerton, South Africa which DOES [sic] broadcast in French but a check of some past broadcasts finds their music not matching what's in this clip. A copyright claim notice on this video indicated a song called, "Regard sur le passé, Pt. 2" was played in this clip as part of the radio broadcast. A newscast starts just after 7 minutes into this clip and I thought I hear the word kilohertz and Europe mentioned along with the word "nacional" [sic] but not sure if any of that is part of the station name/broadcast schedule or a news story. It sounds like a French language radio broadcast from some African country. The only 2 remotely plausible [sic] explanations we've been able to come up with is that Radio Nigeria from 9690 operating 40 kHz off. Or, it's Radio Sonder Grense about 4-5 hours off schedule. Any ideas? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Nk8d6RANg0 (Paul Walker, 0710 UT April 15, swprograms via WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DXLD) There is an ID but the signal is poor. It’s “Radio Nationale de la Republique (word indistinct). There’s a clear mention of 9650 kHz, and another frequency in the 41 mb which I couldn’t copy. And mediumwave was mentioned, but no frequency as far as I could hear. All of which points to the Central African Republic, which according to WRTH 2016 plans to reactivate MW and SW this year. Elsewhere I saw that an Italian company got the contract to supply the equipment in 2014. Frequencies mentioned in WRTH are 1440, 5035 and 7220 (10 kW). 9650 has been used in the past [sic] by Radio Centrafrique, so may be a seasonal switch. The station operates 24h. Announcer seemed to be stressing that mediumwave and shortwave are available, suggesting that it’s something recent. BTW Radio Sonder Grense broadcasts only in Afrikaans. That’s the best I can come up with (Andy Sennitt, Netherlands, ibid.) No, Sonder Grense I have heard with considerable portions in English: hard to avoid in RSA, I assume; but not French (gh, DXLD) Andy, Thank you very much for the information. I too definitely heard the word "Nacional" [sic] but wasn't sure if it was part of the station name or a news story to do with government or something. I as well heard frequencies and bands mentioned. I will have to dig this one deeper and see if I can confirm for sure who it is (Paul, ibid.) I saw this mentioned on another SW group listing, and decided to see if it was still on the air: That listing was for 0254 UT on 9650 kHz, probably April 15 also, so earlier today. On the air NOW - 2340 UT April 15, 2016, 9650 kHz African pop music, quite a good signal on the U. Twente SDR website. Have not heard any breaks in the music, so the language used is unknown (Bruce (New York, USA), dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNID African? This station is being heard here in So. CA from 2353 tune with Highlife music to 0000 at which time there was a man announcer in seemingly French; about SINPO 2+5443 with slight flutter (Bruce Churchill, April 15, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNID African? With what appeared to be news by man in French to past 0010 on 4/16 – not Sonder Grense which is scheduled here 0700-1700 in Afrikaans (Bruce Churchill, UT April 16, ibid.) 9650 at 0008z heard on Twente SDR Netherlands. Sounds like man giving news in French with talk from correspondents. 0027z West African vocal music similar to Zouk music of the Caribbean. 0028z high-life sounding music with vocals and electric guitars + stringed instruments (Steven Wiseblood, Harlingen TEXAS, ibid.) http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/ I think the announcer said "Radio Guinée" a few minutes ago (Sakaé Obara, New Jersey, USA, AB5MF - JH0BDK, 0049 UT April 16, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Some 1-2 decades ago Conakry Guinea was on 9650 kHz with 50 kW, at 0044 UT heard a clear ID in French "Radio Guinée", S=9 or -72dBm signal heard on remote units in Spain, Italy and Greece (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) Yes! Clear IDs at 0051 for "Radio Guinea" via U.Twente (Bruce (NY, USA), ibid.) Radio Guinée (in French spelling). Lovely African music !! Very strong in a remote Perseus server in France. Not bad signal in my own location in NJ as well (Sakaé Obara, New Jersey, USA, AB5MF - JH0BDK, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Andy, someone swore they heard a mention of "Radio Guinea" when listening on 9650 tonight. Does that mean anything or help solve this mystery for sure? (Paul, swprograms via DXLD) Just above noise level here in south TEXAS on my ultralight. Much better on the Euro SDRs (Steven Wiseblood, Harlingen TEXAS, 0124 UT April 16, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Nominal R. Guinea retuned 9650 at 0059 with Highlife music, short announcement by man in French at 0107 – signal has improved here in So. CA to SINPO 35443 from my earlier tuning at 2353 to 0029 – I took 28 minutes out to record African Pathways Radio on 9600 from 0030 to 0058*. 31mb is clearly open to Africa this evening! Tnx to Bruce F. in NY for the heads up on this one and to Wolfy for the ID! (Bruce Churchill, Fallbrook, CA, ibid.) 9650.0 even, Conakry Guinea, at 0057 UT S=9+10dB signal on remote SDR units in Moscow Russia, in England, in Belgium and in southern Germany. And in peaks S=9+20dB or -56dBm in southern Italy at 0100 UT. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) Hearing African music on 9650 kHz right now at 0130 UT. Comments in other FB page, and in DXLD say that this is Radio Guinea, with confirmed ID in French. However, other discussion is that it's Central African Rep. I note that WRTH 2016 does mention future plans for CAF to reactivate SW in 2016. Weak signal for me, but blasting in on Twente WebSDR (Alan Roe, Teddington, Apr 16, UK, bdxc-uk yg via DXLD) Just uploaded a video clip of the ID part. http://shortwaverecording.wordpress.com/2016/04/16/radio-guinee/ (Sakae Obara, NJ, USA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Presumed Conakry at very good level via a friend's CloudIQ SDR in the Washington, DC, area with nice music at 0200 UT. The signal is audible here in Michigan but severely degraded by my high RFI level in this frequency range (S8). My old log shows that I first caught Conakry on this frequency in March 1973. If they'e really back, that's great news! 73, (Andy Robins, Kalamazoo, Michigan USA, 0208 UT April 16, ibid.) Fair signal into New Brunswick at 0200 UT on a Tecsun PL-880 with just its telescopic whip antenna. Peaking at about 35 dBµ (Richard Langley, 0217 UT April 16, ibid.) Wow, thanks for the heads up on this one. In Victoria, reception is fair/good. No IDs over the TOH, and I'm continuing to listen at 0218 as I type this. My Perseus is measuring about 9650.003. Guinea was one of those exotic stations I used to really enjoy back in the 70s. Back then, it was La Voix de la Révolution. They had transmitters also on 60, 41 and 25 meters, I think (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, ibid.) Also audible on 9650 kHz in central Texas at 0230z, 16 April. Variable S-6 to S-9 with good quality audio although the modulation seemed lower than the signal strength would indicate. Maybe that's why it sounded good, not overly processed (JLenamon, Waco Texas, Drake R-8B, T2FD, ibid.) 9650, Radio Guinée – Conakry, 0234-0406 Apr 16, continuous long tribal vocal selections heard until 0259 when I man announcer gave ID in French language followed by fifteen minutes of news and news features with numerous remote reports. Back to music programming after the news program. Fair (Rich D'Angelo, 2216 Burkey Drive, Wyomissing, PA 19610, U.S.A. Equipment: Ten-Tec RX-340, Drake R-8B, Eton E1, Eton E5, Alpha Delta DX Sloper, RF Systems Mini-Windom, Datong FL3, JPS ANC-4, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) 9650, Radio Guinée-Conakry, (Tentative), at 0339, on 16 Apr. Thanks to a tip from Richard D, I picked up this station as they were playing a selection of slow music with both male and female singers. There was a brief moment of talking in an unknown language at 0355 followed by a new song. At 0418 the song is still playing with a male speaker talking while the music is playing. Good (John Cooper, Lebanon, PA- Equipment: Winradio-G33DDC, CommRadio CR-1a, SDR-IQ, GAP-Hear It-In Line Module, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, Wellbrook, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) Surprisingly good reception of new Radio Guinea Conakry, April 16: 0655 & 0705 9650 unknown site / relay CeAf French, no signal at 0800 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/surprisingly-good-reception-of-new.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, April 16, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DX LISTENING DIGEST) So, I wonder if this is Conakry (Sonfonia) listed in WRTH 2016 as previously on 7125 kHz with a 50 kW transmitter but currently inactive? (Richard Langley, NB, ibid.) 7 SW masts in GE visible, + MW - or rather tall Telecommunication mast, next to building too, located midst on crowded suburb housings. GUI_Conakry Sonfonia 7125 kHz 50kW 09 41 09.71 N 13 32 10.98 W and at Conakry 09 36 18.23 N 13 39 10.87 W 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, Listening at 0245 UT on 9650, sounds like southern African music, into male with news at 0300. Sounds like Afrikaans. Online shows R.SONDER GRENSE on this freq but time is wrong. No clear ID. S7 peaking s9 on the meter, Ant G5RV Jr and yaesu ft 450d. Music was beautiful like what I used to hear from Africans in the tropical band many years ago before CODAR. Best Doc W2MFT (Mark Tattenbaum, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Mark, No it`s GUINEA, reactivated in French at this hour. See my report about to come out, with a clip of the ID (Glenn to Mark, ibid.) Thank you so much! with your help I was able to ID the instruments I heard (I had forgotten the name). It is a balafon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59Y3gbKiqt0 Best (Doc, ibid.) 9650, April 15 at 2350 tune-in, rather repetitive vocal and instrumental African music at S8, from something new. At 2359 some different instrumental music and announcement in French, but cannot recognize any ID. Onward into UT April 16 0002: now all talk discussion mentioning ``organisation --- islamique``; 0006 different voice on phone, ``fondation islamique --- humanitaire``, 0007 bit of music, more talk, interview past 0017 tune-out. Back at 0024, now nice African music for rest of hour at various chex, 0048 past 0102 with no ID, no break at all, 0117+. One report suggested this was Central African Republic reactivated on an old frequency, but 9650 is rather an old frequency of Guinea, meanwhile DXed by several DXLD yg members, including Sakae Obara, NJ, who made this ID recording to clinch it as Radio Guinée: https://shortwaverecording.wordpress.com/2016/04/16/radio-guinee/ Its other old frequencies which might also reappear are 4900, 6155, 7125, 15310, as in WRTH 1994. It`s been many years since Guinea quit SW, when? 9650 may be on the air 24 hours; main CCI would be R. Sonder Grense, RSA at 07-17 as in HFCC & EiBi, or is it 08-16 as in Aoki? While UAE and Oman HFCC entries may be dismissed as imaginary. The rest, only from Aoki & EiBi: 0730-1320 & 2130-2420, VOK in Japanese (but none of that audible before 0020 here) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) The SWBC scene is really hopping now in Africa. WRTH 2016 says CAR does plan to reactivate this year, its ex-SW frequencies being 5035 and 7220 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hearing a relatively clear and fairly strong signal on 9650 with lively French programming still after 0630 via Twente. Checking several US remote receivers - but almost nothing. So very unlike for example 7255 Voice of Nigeria which is almost inaudible in Europe now, but fairly strong in US. From *0845, CNR? on 9645 is a massive spoilsport. So if the transmitter is in Guinea and not a Euro-relay, it is a) quite powerful, and b) seems to have an antenna with a strong northern beam, and c) is probably working all night (and all day?). Great surprise! 73 (thorsten hallmann, germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Good signal of Radio Guinea here in Sofia at 0655 on 9650, QRM Vatican Radio in Arabic on 9645 till 0705. Clear signal after 0705 -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/ dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9650, April 16 at 2136, no signal from Radio Guinée; nor at 2330 or later, so apparently gone again after a couple days` activity. Ivo Ivanov suggests that it could be a relay from outside, and was getting it the previous morning: ``Surprisingly good reception of new Radio Guinea, Conakry, April 16: 0655 & 0705 on 9650 unknown site / relay to CeAf French, no signal at 0800 UT``. Thorsten Hallmann replies on the DXLD yg: ``That's what I thought at 0645: Surprisingly good - but I don't think it was a relay from outside Africa. After 0730 signal strength significantly degraded, but I'm quite sure it was still on after 0800, comparing it to Mali (9635 - with almost no modulation though) it was weaker then. So no problem - if it was 50 kW or so from Guinea, that would all fit. What programme has been aired? Sakaé Obara posted a recording here: https://shortwaverecording.wordpress.com/2016/04/16/radio-guinee/ This gives the frequency FM 88.5, that's according to online station lists the standard RTG Conakry FM channel, given as 88.55 in older WRTHs for a service IDing as Radio Conakry or Radio Guinée. (Why should a station lease airtime to air this throughout the night? So again pointing at their own transmitter, I think. A new one or an [old] one?!) 73 thorsten`` Also, Sheldon Harvey forwards a recent story about the sorry state of radio and TV around the country, with many transmitters off the air, and radio not covering the whole country (like 9650 would from abroad; they should be on 4900 for best domestic coverage): http://www.conakrytime.com/magr1.php?langue=fr&type=rub17&code=calb5001 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DX LISTENING DIGEST) In Paul's original clip from 15 Apr, starting at ~13:30 (which would've been about 0307 UT) with the music bridge, there's the mention of "radio et television nationale.." followed by the frequencies. Then I hear a "en demande" and I'm semi-sure too of a "Chypre" in there... Cyprus? Only monitored here on the 1103 with music at ~0345 UT 16 Apr, and fading steadily -- a similar pattern to Greece at this time of year for me (Theo Donnelly, BC, April 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Cyprus must be red herring; no SW there anyway (gh) Andy, it's been pretty much confirmed it's "Radio Guinée" several others have now heard/logged/reported it. (Does this make me first? LOL). Does it make a difference between what we thought the name was, Radio guinea and what the name is, Radio Guinea? [sic] (Paul Walker, AK, Apr 16, swprograms via DXLD) Hi Paul, That sounds very plausible. On the recording you posted, there was mention of Mali. I assumed that was the country, but looking at the website of the AGP, Guinea’s national news agency, I see that Mali is also the name of a prefecture in Guinea, which has had reception problems of the national radio since a local transmitter broke down in February. The authorities were worried that some people were listening to foreign stations instead of RTG. Perhaps this has spurred them to get back on shortwave again. The only thing that doesn’t fit is the listed broadcasting times, but they may now be 24h. RTG did once have a website, but it doesn’t have on at the moment, so I can’t check. I hope the signal can be heard again. Meanwhile, if I can find any more relevant info I’ll post it here. Good luck! (Andy Sennitt, ibid.) Re: SW from Guinea --- In case the reappearance of 9650 kHz --- I like the car radio reception in the USA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVViizpBEtA prompts speculations whether it originates from the Kipé site, as discussed here in 2009: Just take a look at https://goo.gl/maps/tCw3ZFzkgPw All antennas, with the exception of a presumed microwave/cellphone tower, are gone. The former transmitter building apparently houses internet servers and equipment of a maritime cable headend now. Thus 9650 kHz in all likelihood originates from the Sonfonia site. Looking at https://goo.gl/maps/ALBTrR9yFHw I wonder if the light, slim mast could be a mediumwave antenna. If not 1296 and 1404 kHz are, of course, presumably gone for good (Kai Ludwig, Germany, April 16, shortwavesites yg via DXLD) > That's what I thought at 0645: Surprisingly good Or not too surprising when considering that in theory it could be a curtain antenna that aims at Europe: https://goo.gl/maps/ALBTrR9yFHw (Kai Ludwig, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Kai, I`m not adept at interpreting satellite views so are you suggesting the diagonal line at the lower right of the cleared square is such an antenna? Assuming north is up, it`s not aiming at Europe, is it? (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) In Google Earth older image of 2000 year, the - now scrapped - Conakry installation shows a 31 mb antenna aimed at 20 degrees northeast at 09 36'18.23"N 13 39'10.87"W area But on newer, now left over Sonfonia transmission center image, 6 x curtain dipole antenna mast installations seen, at 2 x 35 degrees, 1x 55, 85, 115, and 125 degress azimuth. wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) Radio-Télévision Guinéenne, Guinea reactivated on shortwave, logged at New Delhi, North India. Rx - ICOM R75 , Ant : PA0RDT Active antenna https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrY2Ohw_JTw Radio-Télévision Guinéenne (RTG), the state broadcasting service of Guinea has been re-activated on shortwave, as per BDXC Africa Guide station was last reported on shortwave on 7125 kHz in September 2012. Earlier a 50 kW transmitter was situated at Conakry. Logged on 16th April, 2016 0103 UT onwards with surprisingly fair to good reception on 9650 kHz, heard till 0230 UT onwards until it started fading. Content was mostly Afro music with occasional French talk. And here's an audio file logged at 0107 UT on 16th April 2016 on 9650 kHz https://soundcloud.com/alokesh-1/radiodifusao-nacional-guinea-bissau-9650-khz-0107-utc-16-april-2016 Radio Guinée 9650 kHz --- SWL-JA-US --- Received via remote Perseus server in France. 0050 UT, 16-Apr-2016. ID in French during Afro music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAJAVlqN2K8 It was also a nice signal here in NJ using my car shortwave radio! Received at Fort Lee, New Jersey, USA. 0159UTC (10:59PM ET), 16-Apr- 2016. Using BST-1 Car Shortwave Radio with 2'-whip antenna. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVViizpBEtA SWL-JA-US (via Daniel Wyllyans, HCDX via DXLD) It seems to me that the Sonfonia site would have been designed with external coverage in mind rather than internal. Why else would they build a facility with large free-standing towers, easily capable of supporting reflectors as well as active elements (Jerry Lenamon, dxldyg via DXLD) These masts and installation are at least 45 to 52 years old installation of the dictator then. Sofonya site - VERY OLD USSR style site from 1963 to 1988 year in service, as 'red propaganda to Africa'. wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9650, April 19 at 2330, still no signal from R. Guinée, since last heard by others around 0800 April 16. Will it ever come back, and from site inside or outside? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. 9940, April 14 at 1304, South Asian song and talk, S9+10 with flutter. HFCC shows it`s AIR Burmese service, 500 kW, 60 degrees from Bengaluru at 1200-1315 (really 1215-1315 but HFCC registrations from AIR add a quarter hour before) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also CHINA [and non] 15120, AIR via Bengaluru, 0213, April 17. Tuned in to catch the AIR IS; scheduled to be in Kannada; almost fair (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, heard AIR Kannada service from Bangalore in eastern Thailand remote unit too, 15120.005 and 13695.003 kHz S=7 signal at 0245 UT, disappointing low signal level this morning. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, Checked eastern Thailand remote receiver installation, before to be closed soon, till autumn / winter season opening in November 2016. Looked out for transmissions seldom reported in western DX hobby lists, 0422 UT April 18, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. AIR MULLS SHUTTING DOWN SOFT POWER SHORT WAVE UNITS By AREEBA FALAK | NEW DELHI | 17 April, 2016 http://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/4205-air-mulls-shutting-down-soft-power-short-wave-units The Prasar Bharati Board is contemplating shutting down the short-wave service of the External Services Division (ESD) of All India Radio (AIR) even as a proposal to switch to an affordable internet-based radio service is still under consideration. A section of the board is keen on closing down the short wave service as an exorbitant amount is being spent to maintain the current infrastructure. “The total budget allocated to ESD is Rs 100 crore annually. Out of this, approximately Rs 95 crore is spent on the maintenance of short wave transmitters, which includes the high cost of spare parts that are not easily available. The remaining Rs 5 crore is spent on the production of programmes in 27 languages, and to pay the salaries of the staff who are hired on a contract basis,” said a senior official in the ESD. “One would expect to gain a large fan base after spending so much money, but this has not been the case with ESD. Since no survey has ever been done to determine the number of listeners, we cannot give an exact or even an approximate number of people who listen to AIR’s ESD channels across the world. But we know that we have a good following based on the feedback that we receive from people in countries where ESD is being listened to. Our listeners send us postcards or emails from Africa, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, etc. But the following is not in proportion to the money being spent on this service,” said the senior officer. “The proposal suggests the shutting down of short wave and the service being made web-based. Since internet is far reaching, listening radio live on the web should not hurt our existing fan base. But of course there is the argument that short wave can reach even the remotest corners of the world, which is not the case with internet signals. The shutting down of short wave, without a doubt, will affect the propaganda value of India among its listeners abroad. This is why there are chances that the short wave service might continue in neighboring countries like China, Nepal, etc. Also, India’s edge in a continent like Africa will suffer a blow if the short-wave is to be shut down,” said sources in AIR. To understand the importance of short wave radio services overseas one can take a look at the efforts that neighbouring China puts in for its own propaganda among audiences abroad. “The communication strategies of China are impressive. For example, they have respective radio documentaries about neighbouring countries that educate the listeners about China’s take on the issues in that particular country. Their transmitters are used to their full capacity which helps the listener get a perfect signal. In India, none of our transmitters are being used to their full capacity. So a listener would automatically prefer to listen to a frequency that is clear and easy to hold on to. They also invest a lot in the content of their programmes. There are Tamil radio programmes made by the Chinese who speak Tamil. We have a programme in Swahili, which is produced with the help of some African students who study in India. The reason why India has failed to match the strategic communication design implemented by our neighbour is that India is still a developing country. We have more important issues that need to be addressed immediately. The decision to save money and put it in improving our internet services and the quality of our programmes is not a bad idea either,” said a senior official in ESD. The e-mail sent by this correspondent to Jawhar Sircar, CEO, Prasar Bharati, did not get any response until the time of going to press. All India Radio had started external broadcasting shortly after the outbreak of the Second World War, with a service in Pushtu for listeners across the country’s then North West Frontier. The service was designated to counter radio propaganda from Germany, directed at Afghanistan, Iran and Arab countries. After the war ended, the equipment was presented to AIR, which took over active control and continued external broadcasting. At present, ESD broadcasts 57 transmissions daily, with almost 72 hours covering over 108 countries in 27 languages, out of which 15 are foreign and 12 are Indian. The Indian languages are Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Nepali, Punjabi, Saraiki, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu. The foreign languages are Arabic, Balochi, Burmese, Chinese, Dari, French, Indonesian, Persian, Pushtu, Russian, Sinhala, Swahili, Thai, Tibetan and English (General Overseas Service). (via Jose Jacob, April 18, dx_india yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DXLD) How are a six 500 kW transmitters at Bengaluru ``soft power``, not to mention 13 x 250 kW at other sites, etc. (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Mike, what can you expect? Shutting down the External Service of All India Radio makes sense. They have so many problems. Fixing them would be to costly and sadly the Indians won't be able to do it. What are some of the problems? 1: They have a very messy schedule. Some broadcasts begin at 5 minutes past the hour, 15 minutes past the hour, 25 minutes to the hour, 15 minutes to the hour, 8 minutes to the hour. 2: Announcers very often sound as if they are talking through a tin can. If you listen to the audio directly from the studio, this is also how it sounds. 3: Content is all over the place. You never know what you will hear and is just boring. 4: We know India is a developing country. But if you go back 40 years, even Radio Peking (today China Radio International) never sounded so awful. External radio services from other developing and under developed countries sound better. 5: Also they have no listeners. There are so many other sources for information on India that are doing a million times better than AIR. Quality and India don't go hand in hand. You can find bloggers that are putting out better content (Keith Perron, Taiwan, April 17, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. AIR’S EXPERIENCE WITH ‘DRM DUAL CHANNEL TRANSMISSION ON SINGLE FREQUENCY’ THROUGH SHORTWAVE TRANSMITTER Jan-Mar 2016 issue of ABU Techinal Review features an article on dual channel DRM transmission experience from AIR Bangalore. Page 27 (Page 29 in the pdf file) http://data.abu.org.my/technical/tdwebsite/tr/265%20Q1%202016.pdf Regards, (Alokesh Gupta, April 18, dx_india yg via DXLD) See DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM below ** INDONESIA. INDONESIA SWITCHES ON DAB+ Media.info 20 April, 2016 Radio Republik Indonesia, the public service broadcaster, has turned on DAB+ in Indonesia. This is a permanent DAB+ service, making Indonesia one of the largest DAB+ markets in the world. DAB+ broadcasts will cover an initial three cities, including the capital Jakarta. Indonesia has a population of more than 250 million people. To put it another way, its population is roughly the same as the established DAB+ countries of Germany, the UK, Norway, Sweden, Australia, Belgium and France combined. However, only 44% of the population listens to radio in Indonesia, for an average of 15 hours a week. Most of Indonesia's internet traffic is mobile, and smartphone penetration is growing rapidly. LG have recently released the LG Stylus DAB+, a medium-cost phablet with DAB+ built-in. This represents an opportunity for RRI's programming, as well as a significant new market for this new phone should LG release it in the country. In other related news, Thailand has announced that they'll start broadcasting DAB+ in 2018. https://media.info/radio/news/indonesia-switches-on-dab?utm_source=mediainfo_daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily (via Mike Terry, April 20, dxldyg via DXLD) Can turning off the few remaining SW stations be far behind? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** INDONESIA. 3325, RRI Palangkaraya on April 19 tuned in at 1212 to find them off the air for the Jakarta news relay; still off at 1230, but at 1246 heard them with nice strong signal. Jakarta news on 3905, Pro 1 RRI Merauke // 4869.9, RRI Wamena. Not heard for the news was 4749.95 Pro 4 RRI Makassar, but they were heard with clear ID at 1230. 4869.9, RRI Wamena, 1216, April 18. Back on the air second consecutive day; Jakarta news relay // 3325.0, Pro 1 RRI Palangkaraya // 4749.95 Pro 4 RRI Makassar; unable to confirm 3905, Pro 1 RRI Merauke; 1221 patiotic song (UNID) (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4869.91, April 20 at 1250, JBA carrier, surely RRI Wamena on distinctive off-frequency, reported by Ron Howard to have been re- active on April 17 and 18. Also stronger with music on 4749.97 approx., no doubt Makassar, with het from Bangladesh or China. Enid sunrise today: 1149 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. VOI ON EVEN CHANNEL! 9525.002, Very surprised, rather EVEN frequency signal of VoI Cimanggis Jakarta, ID in English after news at 1043 UT Apr 15. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] 0920-1110 UT on April 15, on remote SDR in eastern Thailand (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 15, dxldyg via DXLD) [and non]. VOI, 9525v kHz. Noted yesterday Voice of Indonesia Cimanggis on rather even 9525.002 kHz channel, up some 11 Hertz of usual 9524.991v odd frequency settlement. At present April 16 at 1037 UT ID in English measured on 9524.9955 kHz exact frequency. In Brisbane Queensland unit, S=9 or fluttery - 74dBm signal. In ITU/HFCC A-16 database, Indonesia requested 10-19 UT only, - but not 19-21 UT segment. Beijing China mainland 500kW covers 1900-2057 UT instead on 9525 kHz. This channel suffers also heavily by China mainland BUBBLE jamming against XingXing guangbo diantai-4 program from Kuanyin secret sce Taiwan location {acc Aoki Nagoya fq list ...}. In 12-13 UT slot by - PROBABLY - 5 x 100 Hertz intervals string apart distance, all work out to be. Main jammer frequencies are like 500 Hertz wideband scheme diagramm, centered at 9520.7, 9521.7, 9522.7, and 9523.7 kHz, as 'garden fence' bubbler. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 16, dxldyg via DXLD) ** INDONESIA. Reception of Voice of Indonesia, April 19 1500-1600 9525 JAK 250 kW / 010 deg EaAs Chinese 1600-1700 9525 JAK 250 kW / 290 deg N/ME Arabic 1700-1800 9525 JAK 250 kW / 290 deg WeEu Spanish 1800-1900 9525 JAK 250 kW / 290 deg WeEu German 1900-2100 9525*JAK 250 kW / 290 deg WeEu English/French, totally blocked by CRI Russian http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/reception-of-voice-of-indonesia-april-19.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, April 19, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) But then jumped to 9525.9v where it used to be for years (gh, DXLD) ** IRAN. IRAN JAMS US-BACKED RADIO FARDA'S SATELLITE TV BROADCASTS | Text of report by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty website on 20 April Fans of "Breakfast With News", RFE/RL's Persian-language satellite TV broadcast, woke up to a scrambled screen April 8. The daily, one-hour news and analysis show is produced by RFE/RL's Persian Language Service, Radio Farda, and aired on Voice of America's satellite channel. After being alerted by viewers, Radio Farda confirmed the satellite signal has for the last 12 days been jammed in Tehran and other large cities in Iran, and only during the normal broadcast time of "Morning With News". The audio of the popular programme is broadcast on AM and shortwave radio, and is so far unblocked. Even though Facebook is blocked in Iran, Radio Farda's Facebook page has over 1.5 million fans. Audiences must use proxy servers to access both Facebook and Radio Farda's website. Family members of Radio Farda staff have been interrogated, coerced, and threatened by secret police in more than 20 incidents between 2012-2015. Iran has set up phoney websites and social media profiles to discredit Farda reporting, and has targeted Farda journalists in over 15 documented cases of online harassment. Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty website, Washington D.C., in English 20 Apr 16 (via BBCM via DXLD) ** IRAN. Observations of V of Islamic Republic of Iran IRIB, Apr 9/10 from 1153 13685 SIR 500 kW / 295 NEAf Hebrew from 1153 15180 SIR 500 kW / 282 EaAf Hebrew from 1245 13685 SIR 500 kW / 295 NEAf Arabic, A16 in Hebrew till 1220 from 1245 13785 SIR 500 kW / 216 N/ME Arabic from 1245 15750 ZAH 500 kW / 289 EaAf Arabic 1323-1420 11640 SIR 500 kW / 320 EaEu Russian, co-ch CNR1/RTI till 14 1523-1620 13780 SIR 500 kW / 106 SEAs English 1653-1850 9480 AHW 250 kW / 026 CeAs Russian, co-ch CRI Fr from 1800 1923-1950 5945 SIR 500 kW / 295 SEEu Italian 1923-1950 7205 SIR 500 kW / 300 SEEu Italian 1923-2020 9665 SIR 500 kW / 313 WeEu English http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/observations-of-voice-of-islamic.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) April 16, 2016. 0845-0911, VOIRI: checked sked A16 frequencies below and NO SIGNAL in my location: 13610 0730-1430 37,38,39 KAM 500 259 -15 215 ARABIC-W 17635 0820-0920 30-33 SIR 500 46 -30 216 RUSSIAN 17760 0820-0920 28E,29,30 KAM 500 321 0 218 RUSSIAN 17820 0820-0920 29E,30,31 SIR 500 31 15 218 RUSSIAN 17830 0820-0920 47,48,52,53 SIR 500 223 -30 218 SWAHILI 21525 0820-0920 47,48,52,53 SIR 500 233 -30 218 SWAHILI 13740 0820-1150 30S,31S,40E KAM 500 94 0 216 DARI 13840 0820-1420 30S,31S,40E AHW 250 84 0 145 DARI 13780 0830-1130 39 KAM 500 178 0 146 ARABIC-S +17630, 21610, Apr 16, 2016. 1025-1030, VOIRI, Sirjan, in Portuguese. Checked, in parallel times and no signal, s/off (DXer - José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, PB, Brazil, RX(s) Sony ICF-SW100S & Tecsun S- 2000, Portable Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** IRAN [non]. Changes of R. Ranginkaman/Rainbow via BaBcoCk from April 18: 1600-1630 on 7575 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Farsi Mon/Fri, ex TAC 1600-1630 on 15690 SCB 050 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Farsi Mon/Fri http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/change-of-rranginkamanrainbow-via.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ITALY. Greetings from Italy! Here is the schedule for the next broadcasts of Marconi Radio International (MRI) which continues its tests on 7 MHz. Saturday, 16th April, 2016, 1200 to 1300 UT, 2030 to 2130 UT and 2200 to 2300 UT. Our frequency is 7690 kHz (USB Mode) and power in the region of 100 watts. Test broadcasts consist of non stop music, station identification announcements in Italian, English, Spanish, German, French and Catalan as well as DX shows in English and Italian. MRI encourages reception reports from listeners. Audio clips (mp3- file) of our broadcasts are welcome! We QSL 100%. Our electronic mail address is: marconiradiointernational@gmail.com - Please don’t forget to include your postal address as some lucky listeners will also receive a printed QSL card. Last but not least, we need your help! If you use social networks, please post an announcement on Facebook or send out a tweet the day before the broadcast. You can also forward this message to a friend. This should help increase our potential audience. We hope to hear from a lot of shortwave listeners about our transmissions. Best 73's (Marconi Radio International (MRI) Short wave test broadcasts from Italy, April 15, WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Never enough advance notice to mention on WOR, but maybe similar sked following week? 7690 looks like favorite frequency now (gh, ibid.) ** JAPAN [and non]. 9760, "RN2," 0500, April 18 with "You are listening to RN2" ID in English, which is frequently given; mostly pop songs, alternating between ones in English and Japanese; surprised to find I can hear this as early as 0400. Checking for Congo on 6115, but difficult to be positive it was them I was hearing at 0545 on April 18; seemed to hear a station that was not // 9760 (RN2 - Japan), but very tentative; by 0555 RN2 was improving (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN. Whether someone can help me to find the real audio stream in Internet of the program of NHK World Radio Japan // for time 1700-1800 UT on SW 11945 & 15445? Thank you in advance. The address given from NHK doesn't work (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, April 8, received April 14 for DX LISTENING DIGEST) http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/ja/radio/ http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/ja/app/ Dear Takahito, may you can help? Rumen in Bulgaria searches the NHK R Japan livestream Japanese link. kind regards de wolfy wwdxc (Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD) Subject: Re: NHK Japanese audiostream 7-19 UT NHK does not support audio streaming of whole NHK world radio programs on PC. (Video streaming of NHK World TV is OK on PC.) Only Live audio news and podcast are heard at http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/radio/ Some audio streaming is supported on iPad/iPhone and Android, using the exclusive application. Free iPad/iPhone application is available at iTunes Store (Takahito Akabayashi, Tokyo, Japan, via wb, ibid.) ** JAPAN [non]. 9560, April 17 at 0351, the standout signal on 31m, S9+40, SSOB by a long shot, is Swahili from NHK via MADAGASCAR. Not much else is propagating, not even from North America or Cuba. Off by 0400, succeeded as strongest signal on band, by MWV on 9480; see MADAGASCAR (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN. See OKLAHOMA [and non] for NHK TV coverage of quakes ** KOREA NORTH. From Chris Kadlec near Seoul, S. Korea-- DPRK Local- like Signals d1028gary Sun, 17 Apr 2016 23:08:36 -0700 In this new Facebook post Chris gives us detailed information on the North Korean station targeted by the 1053-Jammer (as well as other very useful facts). 73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) A few local Korean groundwave clips for today: 657 Pyongyang TOH, 711 Seoul TOH, 819 Pyongyang programming, 1053 Haeju programming, 1080 Haeju sign-on and sign-off -- Pyongyang Broadcasting ("Pyongyang Bangsong") is technically programmed for a domestic audience. However, with that said, there is a good variety of programming at night (news, performances, symphony and folk music, etc.), but a lot of propaganda in the daytime. You can hear lots of mentions of Park Geun-hye, the South Korean president, even in this clip. It doesn't take a genius to imagine what the discussion is about. TOH ID is on the South Korean half hour since Pyongyang adopted their own time zone last year, UTC +8:30. 657 Pyongyang Broadcasting - Kangnam County (suburban Pyongyang) / 1500 kW / April 19, 2016 1400 Pyongyang Time TOH ID / 75dBu: http://www.beaglebass.com/dx/external/Pyongyang_657_TOH.MP3 *** KBS 1 Radio is Korea's biggest news station and is owned by the government. The DPRK really loathes this network, hence the jammer heard in the background, which occupies 75 kHz of the AM band. 711 KBS 1 Radio - Seoul / 500kw / April 19, 2016 1500 Korea Time TOH / 80dBu: http://www.beaglebass.com/dx/external/Seoul_711_TOH.MP3 *** KCBS (Korean Central Broadcasting Station) is another domestic network that serves the DPRK. They have more of a wider variety of programming that Pyongyang Broadcasting and a lot of the Pyongyang Broadcasting stations time-share and carry KCBS programming. The signal is weaker than the others for some reason, but it's hard to believe it's because it only runs 500 kW. 819 KCBS - Pyongyang / 500kw / April 19, 2016 1345 Pyongyang Time programming / 45dBu: http://www.beaglebass.com/dx/external/KCBS_Pyongyang_819.MP3 *** This is the Haeju affiliate of Pyongyang Broadcasting and this is its actual audio at 75dBu. Korea does a heck of a job jamming the heck out of this station, but nobody would want to listen to it with this quality of audio. The station signs off at 1 pm (sometimes mid- sentence) to give Echo of Unification on 1080 (also in Haeju) the electricity it needs and the 100dBu jammer in town shuts off about 10 minutes before that, leaving the frequency open aside from the weaker jammers 9 miles in the other direction that can be heard in the clip as I spin my radio around. 1053 Pyongyang Broadcasting - Haeju / 1000kw / April 19, 2016 1253PM Pyongyang Time programming / 75dBu: http://www.beaglebass.com/dx/external/Haeju_1053.MP3 *** Echo of Unification is the DPRK's hardcore propaganda radio machine. With 1500 kW, I believe that it's still running the same loop it was running a few years ago even. It signs on at 1330 local time and signs right back off at 1532. There are no TOH IDs, only a sign-on and sign- off with frequencies, station ID, and other information. The sign-off has a buzzing sound, which started 10 min. after sign-on and is at the Haeju end of things. 1080 Echo of Unification - Haeju / reported 1500kw (likely less) / April 19, 2016 1300 Pyongyang Time sign-on / 80dBu: http://www.beaglebass.com/%E2%80%A6/external/Echo_of_Unification_Si%E2%80%A6 1080 Echo of Unification - Haeju / reported 1500kw (likely less) / April 19, 2016 1502 Pyongyang Time sign-off / 80dBu: http://www.beaglebass.com/%E2%80%A6/Echo_of_Unification_Sign_off.MP3 KCBS Pyongyang 819 [truncated?] beaglebass.com (via Gary DeBock, IRCA via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH. D.P.R. of: Heard on April 2nd at 1630 re-activated on 6400 with PBS program in Korean, good signals also of KCBS on 6100 // 9665 // 11680. All close/down at 1825. On 6400 at this time rose some free radio with pop songs. Voice of Korea on 13760 & 15245 - equaled jamming signal "wuu-wuu-" like the signal of their programs. But on 9425 & 12015 without their own jamming signals, clear in Russian & German (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, April 8, received April 14 for WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DX LISTENING DIGEST) D.P.R., Reception of Pyongyang BS, April 10 from 1825 on 6400 KNG 050 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/reception-of-pyongyang-bs-april-10.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DX LISTENING DIGEST) BS Pyongyang Pansong, Kanggye / North Korea 6400 kHz BS, Pansong, / 6400 kHz. With MX Traditional, SINPO 44333, 19 April 2016 in 1012 UT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egPT-xgf5Qg&feature=youtu.be RX: Tecsun S-2000 Antenna: Beverage simples NSSEA-21 (Daniel Wyllyans, Nova Xavantina MT, Brazil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH. 11865, April 15 at 1316, operatic vocalizing in Juche style, 1317 Japanese announcement, cut off at 1319:26.5* so it is VOK as scheduled in Aoki (not HFCC!), all-Japanese at 2130-2420 & 0730- 1320. Noticed this while trying to hear YEMEN [non] [q.v.] on 11860 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. TAIWAN/PALAU, Nippon no Kaze & Furusato no Kaze on two frequencies from April 1, to NEAs: 1300-1330 9900 TSH 100 kW / 002 deg Korean Nippon no Kaze, addit parallel 9950 TSH 100 kW / 002 deg Korean Nippon no Kaze 1330-1400 9900 TSH 100 kW / 002 deg Japanese Furusato no Kaze, addit parallel 9950 TSH 100 kW / 002 deg Japanese Furusato no Kaze 1430-1500 9560 TSH 100 kW / 002 deg Japanese Furusato no Kaze, addit parallel 9960 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg Japanese Furusato no Kaze 1500-1530 9765*TSH 100 kW / 002 deg Korean Nippon no Kaze, addit parallel 9975 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg Korean Nippon no Kaze 1530-1600 9765*TSH 100 kW / 002 deg Korean Nippon no Kaze, addit parallel 9965 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg Korean Nippon no Kaze 1600-1630 9470 TSH 100 kW / 002 deg Japanese Furusato no Kaze, addit parallel 9960 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg Japanese Furusato no Kaze * till 1550 UT strong co-ch TRT Voice of Turkey in Persian WeAs http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/nippon-no-kaze-furusato-no-kaze-on-two.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9900, April 20 after 1300 I note a new Asian signal here but don`t pursue it. Ivo Ivanov says it`s Nippon no Kaze & Furusato no Kaze, via TAIWAN, at 1300-1400, having added a second frequency to all its broadcasts about North Korean abduxions; during this hour also 9950 Taiwan. At 1430-1630 the pair change almost every semihour, including some via Palau (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. UNIDentified new clandestine broadcast was noted on April 12-13: 1330-1430 on 11530 (secret/hidden) site to NEAs Korean, April 12 1330-1430 on 7630 (secret/hidden) site to NEAs Korean, April 13 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/unidentified-new-clandestine-broadcast.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) So these were the same broadcast, different frequency from one day to next, experimenting?? (gh, DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. UZBEKISTAN, Frequency change of North Korea Reform Radio via RED Telecom 2030-2130 NF 7505 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean, ex 7510 from April 6 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/frequency-change-of-north-korea-reform.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. JAPAN Additional broadcast of Shiokaze Sea Breeze, April 11 1405-1435 on 5935 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Japanese Daily http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/additional-broadcast-of-shiokaze-sea.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5935, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze (Yamata) 1325-1330+ 14 April. Loud in English with "Thank you for joining us, this is the Shiokaze Sea Breeze, the shortwave program from Tokyo, Japan", "Daily News Flash" at BOH with contact info (POB at Tokyo Central Post Office, e- mail/website, phone number). (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA E5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH. Very weak signal of KBS World Radio, April 11 1300-1400 on 15575 KIM 250 kW / 040 deg to NoAm English http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/very-weak-signal-of-kbs-world-radio.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. Heard on April 2nd at 1700 three different news bulletins in Korean; one on 6015 (jammed by "wuu-wuu"); second on 7275 // 9740; and third on 9515 (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, April 8, received April 14 for DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KURDISTAN [non]. 11600, April 14 at 1405, Denge Kurdistanye with talk in Kurdish is S9+10, about the same as Yemen 11860; the D.K. audio is always clipped, lower-fi, but at least it is not cutting out. Site at this time is BULGARIA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Currently monitoring 11600 (4/19) from Perseus site in Edmonton with nice S4 signal but hvy QSB from 1926 tune - no Biafran stuff here - this is all Kurd languages and ME music. Did notice a (slight) reduction of signal level and increase in noise at 1930 which per Ivo's Denge Kurdistanye latest sched would have been a shift from Issoudun to Grigoriopol (Bruce Churchill, CA, dxldyg via DXLD) Test frequency of Denge Kurdistan, April 20 1210-1240 on 11605 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish + 2nd harmonic on 23210 // frequency 11600 KCH 300 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Kurdish, very weak signal Full updated summer A-16 schedule of Denge Kurdistan is 0300-0500 on 11600 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish 0500-1300 on 11600 KCH 300 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Kurdish 1300-1700 on 11600 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish 1700-1930 on 11600 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish 1930-2100 on 11600 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish, ex KCH Grigoriopol http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/test-frequency-of-denge-kurdistan-april.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, 11600, Radyoya Denge Kurdistane, S5 Signal with Anthem at approx. 2055, etc., followed by signoff at 2101. 73 (Mark W2MFT Tattenbaum, April 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Never gives location but W2MFT is listed as Tonawanda NY (gh, DXLD) ** LAOS. 6129.9985, Lao National Radio, Vientiane site, proper S=9+10dB signal or -69dBm at 0930 UT on April 15. Endless phone-in program presenter by two male voices. Bad phone line quality [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] 0920-1110 UT on April 15, on remote SDR in eastern Thailand (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 15, dxldyg via DXLD) 6130even, Laotian National Radio Vientiane, 12 gongs heard at 0000 UT, 0002 hymn played like NatAnthem, sung by female chorus till 0003:10 UT, S=9+15 -58dBm (Wolfgang Büschel, log 2320-0030 UT April 15 / 16, of SoEaASia eastern Thailand remote access, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Why 12 gongs at 00 UT when it is 7 am local? Surely they are not observing UT this way. We used to hear 7 gongs at 12 UT = 7 pm local (gh, DXLD) 6129.999, Lao National Radio, Vientiane site, rather poor morning / daytime condition S=6-7 signal or -88dBm at 0420 UT on April 18 [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, Checked eastern Thailand remote receiver installation, before to be closed soon, till autumn / winter season opening in November 2016. Looked out for transmissions seldom reported in western DX hobby lists, 0422 UT April 18, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LITHUANIA. 6165, NHK Radio Japan, Sitkunai, 0433-0442. Talk in Russian by a man, occasionally joined by a woman. Poor to moderate signal strength with slow fades heard under Radio Habana Cuba. Have been checking for them since the switch to the A16 schedule, but Cuba has been too dominant until tonight. 4/11/2016 (Jim Evans, Germantown TN, IC-R75, CR-1a, Perseus, ICF-SW7600G, PL-660, Random Wire, ALA- 100M, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) One of very few SW transmissions left from Lith. I suppose in target, RHC is no problem, but how about Chad? Would it be on that early? 6165 beam from Bauta is allegedly 340 degrees, so pulling Sitkunai thru it is a feat in central North Amereica (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MADAGASCAR. 6065, April 8 at 0315, slow talk in unknown language, i.e. Malgache, AWR hour via Talata itself, S9+10. Must keep an ear on 6065 from 0600 for revival of Voice of Hope Africa, Zambia (as well as 6115 CONGO which was again being heard in Eurevenings) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MADAGASCAR. WCB KNLS Madagascar World Voice back on air April 14 1800-1900 on 9570 MWV 100 kW / 355 deg to EaEu Russian 1900-2000 on 11945 MWV 100 kW / 355 deg to N/ME Arabic http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/wcb-knls-madagascar-world-voice-was_15.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9600 - Madagascar World Voice at 0052 April 15, 2016 - Tune in to hear traditional Christian music followed by “Creation Moment” Christian message. Then OM gave New life station ID’s and skeds of KNLS & MWV. Followed with song by Flock of Seagulls. Signal overwhelmed by WHRI tune up on 9605 at 0057. Carrier disappeared by 0058. Signal level was good, S5/6, but static level was high and persistent fades were a nuisance. Audio seemed a bit distorted but that could have been a combination effect of the some local QRM, static & Fades. I guess they are back (Stephen C Wood, Harwich, Mass., Perseus SDR, 25 x 50 Terminated, S/W 225º, superloop antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9665-, April 15 at 0137, tell-tale het against Voz Missionária, Brasil which is always off-frequency, about 9664.97. The low audio heterodyne from a weaker signal however is on the lower side of that, approx. 9664.92, rather than 9665.00. But suspect Madagascar World Voice has been reactivated after a biweek of silence, before which it was also hetting the ZY like this, a weak signal here on a service aimed at South Asia. MWV is soon confirmed by Steven C Wood in MA, who was hearing the previous hour in English on 9600 until 0058 April 15. I also check for the next hour in English, 0400 on 9480, and get a JBA signal, presumably this, but much less than it was providing during its initial activity. Ron Howard then confirms he was getting ``African Pathways Radio`` during this hour much better in California. I`ve also been checking almost every day for the 1800 English broadcast on 17640 with no results, but maybe it will be there April 15 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn & Steven - Out here on the coast, had much better reception. Ron --- 9480, MWV with "African Pathways Radio," *0400, April 15. Trumpets; "Welcome to African Pathways Radio. This is Edet Udofia. I am so glad you are joining us today. We bring you one interesting program after another to uplift you and help you along life's path. My co-host is Henry Huffard"; Bible reading; gave today's program schedule; religious song "Into the World," sung by Zambian vocal group; fairly readable. My audio at https://goo.gl/bii3My (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) So I expected African Pathways Radio also from 1800 to 1900 on 17640 - but no trace of it (Thorsten Hallmann, 1845 UT April 15, ibid.) [and non]. 17640, April 15 at 1803 and 1832 chex, no signal from Madagascar World Voice, one of the ``African Pathways`` hours in English originally heard well at the beginning of A-16. They had reactivated earlier UT April 15 for 00, 01 and 04 UT transmissions, but apparently not completely back yet. 17855 Spain e.g. is coming in well enough at this time. Subsequent language frequencies from MWV not checked until: 9600, April 15 at 2357, JBA carrier; April 16 at 0009 now S4, very poor with talk; by 0034 I can make out some English at S4, about J.C. and alleged eternal life, so it is MWV, one of the English hours, but is it the KNLS clone, or the African Pathways one? Goes off at 0058 during a song, just in time as WHRI is firing up 9605 for Corea relay. 9665 is the next scheduled frequency for MWV, and I can tell it cuts on at *0058:30.5 when a LAH appears under Voz Missionária, Brasil which until now has been in the clear, and measured at 0026 on 9664.94. MWV is so weak & close that I really can`t pinpoint it on which side of the ZY. This hour is supposed to be the KNLS English version to South Asia. 9480.0, April 16 at 0413, MWV English is much better than last night, S9+10, and would be more than fair if I had turned off local noise sources yet (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Observed signing-on at 2100 UT, 15 April 2016, on 11615 kHz to Europe. Nothing I recognised as an ID at the start of the broadcast (which was preceded by the 'Chariots of Fire' IS) but "Shengmìng zhi guang guangbo diantai..." heard at sign-off. Reception was good via the Twente remote receiver. There's a clip of this and other Madagascar World Voice broadcasts on the Madagascar page on the Interval Signals Online website - IntervalSignals.net (David Kernick, Interval Signals Online, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9535, MWV Chinese at 2303 UT April 15th-UT, S=9 on remote SDR in Moscow, Russia, but weaker signals in Doha Qatar and in eastern Thailand remote rx units noted. 9535 Weak and tiny RHC Spanish observed deep underneath co-channel though. And Voz Missionária, Brasil, heard in Europe at 2316 UT on exact 9664.945 kHz S=5 -93dBm poor and tiny prop condition from Brazil. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) Tough copy here at 0000z sign on 4/16/16 with ID into music. 9600 kHz. (Rich, Burr Ridge, IL, Ray, Ten Tec RX340 and Wellbrook 330s, ibid.) African Pathways Radio 9600 noted with weak carrier after 0000 (4/16) but signal gradually improved to S3 after 0030 until carrier off at 0058 – closing song appeared to be “Eye of the Tiger” vocal after man announcer in English (Bruce Churchill, Fallbrook, CA, ibid.) I thought the 0000 broadcast was not APW, but ``KNLS`` (gh, DXLD) MADAGASCAR 9480 F/d card w/ no signer received from Madagascar World Voice for reception of African Pathways Radio on 30 March at 0400. Can't remember when I last received two QSLs from African stations (real stations not relays) in one week --- and Radio Guinea reactivated on 9650 to boot! It doesn't get any better than this! (Bruce Churchill, Fallbrook CA, April 16, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Observed signing-on at 0200 UT, 16 April 2016, on 6190 kHz to South America. Spanish opening announcement gave their website URL: lavozalegre.com. Reception was good via Twente remote receiver. There's a clip of this and other Madagascar World Voice broadcasts on the Madagascar Interval Signals Online website - IntervalSignals.net (David Kernick, Interval Signals Online, ibid.) 9600, MWV (Mahajanga) 0018-0059* 16 April. Carrier detected by 0018, audio by 0031 with hymn & sermon-y chat, better by 0049 contact info, Bible study promo, percussion intro/outro to KNLS USA address, "This is Your New Life Station..", followed by sked "Pacific Rim, 11870 kiloHertz [which is a KNLS via Anchor Point QRG], Asia 9665 at 0100 hours [KNLS from the Mahajanga site]" and closing with "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor. 9665, MWV (Mahajanga), *0058-0105+ 16 April. OC, "This is Your New Life Station", horn IS to TOH & fanfare/hymn followed by ID/info/program preview, opening musical selection was Walk The Moon's "Shut Up & Dance" [a pretty zippy tune/video for folks trying to enlighten the heathen, but what do I know?]; poor at best, but still 'way better than 9600. 6190, La Voz Alegre/MWV (Mahajanga), 0210-0217+ 16 April. Much better signal when they're aimed NAm/SAm-ward in Spanish. "Está escuchando La Voz Alegre", with Miami/web addresses & mention of production help from "Radio Mundial..." & Florida International University. 0208 18 April. Weak in the noise in Spanish & gone by 0213 recheck -- 6150 also missing at 0356 check & 9480 didn't show, either; more transmitter troubles or did the site get attacked by giant, invisible ring-tailed lemurs? (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas, CA E5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 17640, April 16 at 1803, still no signal from MWV, reactivated elsewhen but not now. Propagation funxional at least from Ascension on 17885. 9600, April 17 at 0013, poor but sufficient signal to discern a gospel huxter in English as MWV is scheduled. 6150, April 17 at 0348, religious story in Spanish at S7; 0356 closing ``La Voz Alegre``. 9480, April 17 at *0359:19.5, carrier on from African Pathways Radio, modulation from *0359:59, claiming to be on ``94-80`` at 04, and ``176-40`` [sic] at 18 [no, it isn`t, not yet]. Rather incredibly, this is the SSOB (strongest station on band), as 9560 NHK via the other Madagascar site had been a few minutes earlier). Nothing much propagating from anywhere else, Cuba and RMI both very weak on 9 MHz. Proceeds to refer to interruption after first five days, and now belatedly finishing their first week of programming. Axually, from 0403 it`s a playback of the very ``first broadcast`` with those dratted vuvuzela blasts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) MWV, Radio Feda (Madagascar Relay [of KNLS?]) 11770, 2206 16 APR - SINPO = 15311. ?Arabic?, male and female announcers alternating w/musical interludes. QSB=moderate-to-rapid rate, modulation on noisy carrier mostly mixing with the noise floor with occasional dips well below it. sf113.4, a12, k4, geomag: active. 100kw, beamAz 325 , bearing 42 . Sangean ATS505 w/MFJ-1020C active antenna used to preselect Magic Wand Antenna hanging indoors on west wall. Received at Las Vegas, United States, 17100km from Madagascar (15 43'S 046 26'E). Local time: 1506 (Rodney Johnson, NV, April 18, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) KNLS has never broadcast in Arabic, so couldn`t consider this a relay of that, unlike Russian, Chinese, English. Really, this is WCB in Franklin TN, with two transmitter sites, not relays (gh, DXLD) 9480, MWV with "African Pathways Radio," *0400, April 17. Expected they would start with their usual trumpet intro, but instead had "Rivers of Babylon" sung by Soweto Gospel Choir. As Glenn has already reported, announcer said today they would re-broadcast their very first program; 0402 trumpets and into their March 27 program (Easter); fair-good (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11615 USA (ALASKA) KNLS 2100-2142. Interval signal at sign-on, to intro music and Mandarin ID and sign-on message including web address. Into American pop song "Live Like We're Dying," then long segments of Mandarin teaching including mentions of Jesus. Slowpaced a cappella Mandarin religious song at 2132, then back to teaching. Signal excellent April 17 (Carlie Forsythe, WI, ODXA YRX via DXLD It was bound to happen --- someone hears a KNLS IS & ID and without consulting references, thinx she`s really hearing Alaska, instead of MADAGASCAR, slightly different (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) [and non]. 9665.0, April 18 at 0119, gospel huxter in English, first time Madagascar World Voice heard atop Voz Missionária music from Brasil, making LAH from a few Hz to the lower side; calls himself Doc White; at 0121 giving KNLS Anchor Point postal and e-mail addresses, so should we call this ALASKA [non]? About as non as you can get from there! 6150, April 18 at 0335, La Voz Alegre is gone again, the MWV Spanish hour which surely would be audible if on; ditto 9480, African Pathways Radio at 0412 check, which was inbooming last night (like 9560 NHK Swahili via other Madagascar still is until 0400 tonight, including Japanese lesson). So MWV schedule is still erratic (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [non-log]. 9480, MWV with "African Pathways Radio." Checking April 18 at various times 0400-0500 and found them off the air, just as Glenn also noted (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 13710, April 18 at 2036, fair signal with some music, not paid much attention to on my way to 13650 to check ROMANIA. But uplooked later, 13710 at 20-21 is MWV, a.k.a. Radio Feda in the [arz] language which means the Egyptian dialect of Arabic. So another transmission not inactive today; missed checking for 1800 English on 17640. 17640, April 19 at 1801 & 1816 chex, still nothing from African Pathways Radio via MWV. I suspect they have only one of their two transmitters operational; at this hour there is also a Russian broadcast on 9570 which is still being reported from Europe where the English on 17640 was less well-heard (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALAYSIA. Heard both RTM Kajang signals, on 9835 and 11665 kHz at 0304 UT, news read by female in BM on 9835 kHz, in S=8-9 -78dBm signal strength morning propagation condition. But before 0300 UT heard a Chinese radioplay and native flute music - likely Childrens Hour ? radio play - on 11665 kHz, latter S=8-9 signal at 0254 UT. When checked at 0340 UT again, it was in likely Malaysian language though. So, I guess at 02-03 UT RTM Kajang produced a Mandarin language section program on SW 11665 kHz [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, Checked eastern Thailand remote receiver installation, before to be closed soon, till autumn / winter season opening in November 2016. Looked out for transmissions seldom reported in western DX hobby lists, 0422 UT April 18, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALI. UN Radio in Mali --- The UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, MINUSMA, operates its own FM station in the country. Mikado FM transmits on 106.6 MHz in Bamako and on the following frequencies elsewhere - Gao 94.0; Kidal 94.0; Menaka 94.0; Mopti 91.8; Timbuktu 92.6. No website as far as I know, but the Mission's web page at minusma.unmissions.org provides links to the station's SoundCloud and YouTube pages (David Kernick, Interval Signals Online, April 21, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 610, April 18 at 1146 UT, YL with birthday wishes to people in ``Miguel Alemán``, which can`t refer to the Tamaulipas border Ciudad, as there is no 610 anywhere near there, and this ones loops SW, likely my primary SRS station, XEGS in Guasave, Sinaloa. Later non-ID as ``Su Colonia 106.1``; at 1150, ``la frecuencia que te mueve``. Cantú and IRCA Mexican log confirm that XEGS indeed has an FM on 106.1. Not yet // 650 XETNT, which I think will start at 1200 with their shared agropecuaria show, by when 610 has lost out to KCSP. Not sure of ``Colonia``. Searching on Colonia 106.1 leads to a UStream labeled ``FM 106.1 COLONIA ABORIGEN CHACO on USTREAM: FM``, but doesn`t show where it is, Paraguay?? OTOH, Miguel Alemán may well be the name of a colonia near Guasave. There are bound to be several around the country and there is one in Culiacán, Sinaloa, close enough? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 950, MÉXICO, XEMAB, La Poderosa, Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche. 1057 Mexi-tune, male, "La Poderosa" into kiddie anthem from 1100, obliterated mid-anthem by WTLN, Orlando full day power/pattern throttle up. There's a much lower power La Poderosa all the way over in Chihuahua, certainly not the one I'm hearing, and XEMAB has been logged here previously. 1510, MÉXICO, XEQI, La Nueva Radio, Monterrey, Nuevo León. 0932 April 16, 2016. Tune-in midway through John Lennon's "Imagine" then female canned ID mentioning XEQI, frequency, and a second seemingly XH- something and possibly an FM channel (though no FM simulcast listing located), "... La Nueva Radio... San... Colonia... (those last two words fit into their address in the 2016 WRTH)..." into Incubus "Nice To Know You" followed by "Ruby" by the Kaiser Chiefs. Parallel slightly delayed Streema web feed. No format listed in the current IRCA Mexican Log, but obviously English Indie/Active/Classic Rock mix. First time here as far as I can tell, from the lack of log records at least. 1530, MÉXICO, XEUR, Éxtasis Digital 15-30, México, DF. 0959 April 16, 2016. Male canned ID followed by female canned time check and weird clock sounder, into Duane Steele "Anita Got Married." (Who? Wiki list him as a Canadian Country artist, and this song was a Number One on the RPM Country Charts in 1996, thanks SoundHound ap on the iPhone for identifying.) Surely running 50 kW day power and not the listed 1000 watts night. Recheck 1114, "She Blinded Me With Science" by Thomas Dolby, female canned ID at 1116. 1650, MÉXICO, XEARZ, ZER Radio, México, DF. 1027 April 16, 2016. The usual cool retro cocktail jazz instrumentals format, male canned ID 1031, into acoustic jazzy guitar cover of The Beatles "Here, There and Everywhere" followed by the same canned ID (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater, FL, All times/dates GMT, NRD-535, IC-R75, ICF-7600GR, roof dipole, active loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 6185, April 17 at 0524, open carrier, dead air at S9, as XEPPM has once again failed to turn off the transmitter after sign-off circa 0500 during DST (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. RAYMIE`S MEXICO BEAT this week --- Phantom Hunters: Chiapas In December 2012, the IFT awarded permits for two new FM radio stations in two of the largest cities in Chiapas: XHITG-FM 89.1 Tuxtla Gutiérrez XHSCC-FM 102.9 San Cristóbal de las Casas The permits for both are held by Impulsora Pro-Cultura y Salud del Estado de Chiapas, A.C. But the stations don't appear in any lists that aren't official. It is nigh impossible to figure out what they are broadcasting, if anything. They have likely never been built. I decided to go phantom hunting by pulling the permits from the RPC and figuring out who our Impulsora is. The legal representative usually offers a clue to who is involved in a radio station. For instance, when I independently discovered the Zacatecas social TV trio to be social wolves, I did so by tracing the people that signed for the concessions. Roberto Rodríguez Reyes, for instance, works for ZER and holds several other permits (such as XHRRR-FM Jalisco), so it's safe to say that ZER is involved with the concession holder, Valores y Tradiciones de Mi Tierra, A.C. Pulling the Impulsora permits gives us the representative Martín de Jesús Gordillo Cruz. This name turned up nothing when I searched it in whole. Trying to do something, I removed the "de Jesús" and suddenly had more search hits, including our smoking gun: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ing-martin-gordillo-radio-nucleo-14193959 It's a LinkedIn page for an Ing. Martín Gordillo who works at Radio Núcleo in Tuxtla Gutiérrez. Radio Núcleo is one of the state's dominant radio groups. I smell a permit wolf! I think my work is done for today (Raymie Humbert, Phœnix AZ, April 14, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) I don't know what is XHITG-89.1 broadcasting, if they are, but El Valor de Ser Católico webpage http://www.elvalordesercatolico.com/ says they have a show in 89.1 ("La radio como debe ser") in Tuxtla. (Gargadon, Ciudad del Carmen, Campehe, ibid.) That's a great list! A few pirates. XHVF Villaflores is also on that list - it is a commercial station operated by Radio Núcleo. Looks like the name of XHITG is "La radio como debe ser" (Radio As It Should Be), at least as listed there. Searching that name only brings up the slogan of Antena 8 radio which is in Panamá. EDIT: Turned this up: https://twitter.com/manelitastuxgtz/status/671148213382963205 These stations have such a lack of presence we had to look into whether they were on the air or not. Last edited by Raymie; 04-15-2016 at 12:00 AM (Raymie, ibid.) ¡Perdóneme! ¿que es un *permit wolf*? (Jim Thomas, Springfield, MO, April 15, ibid.) permit wolf (n.) A station that holds a permit (or a social use concession, in which case it may be called a social wolf) and may be in the name of a civil association but is owned and operated by/in conjunction with a commercial broadcast group. The implication of "wolf" is "wolf in sheep's clothing". It is a term I came up with. "Because of the lack of new commercial concessions in over 20 years, Grupo Radio Capital expanded into Morelia with a permit wolf owned by a civil association: XHORE-FM 97.3." These stations should not run commercials, but they sometimes do. XHARZ-FM 100.1 Aguascalientes (owned by ZER, one of the largest purveyors of permit wolves) has been known to air commercials (Raymie, ibid.) "Let us in! Let us in!" Religious concerns are howling to get into Mexico's broadcasting business. http://www.especialistas.com.mx/saiweb/viewer.aspx?file=4ejBjxeato5yStCGOR9vKqkNTfTCKQM@@Iw4W8Xjsv7eqOozE7DJpBq10YVp1@@CEbSGcG@@jHYkODbPmLQJPWSog==&opcion=0&encrip=1 They want the longtime ban from broadcasting to be lifted, noting precedent in other countries. That would soak up every available frequency everywhere. Meanwhile, MVS Radio was on fire — no, really, an office was damaged by arson in Mexicali. http://www.lacronica.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Policiaca/15042016/1070761-Prenden-fuego-en-MVS-radio.html A 36-year-old man was arrested in connection with the fire. (Raymie, April 16, ibid.) ** MONGOLIA. 12015, Voice of Mongolia, 1450–1500 April 7. A tentative log of a station high on my hit list. Heard male and female voice and carrier drop out at 1458:45 UT. Checked again April 8. Tuned in at 1430 and heard Voice of Mongolia interval signal at sign on. I believe this to be Voice of Mongolia in Japanese. Will continue to try for English 1 hour later at 1530 (Jerry Coatsworth, Merlin, Ontario, JRC – 525, MARE Tipsheet April 15 via DXLD) 12035, Apr 15, 2016. 0914-0930, Voice of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar. YL talks in English; Mongolian song by male; 0930 start other program. Very poor signal and modulation, 25332 (DXer - José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, PB, Brazil, RX (s) Sony ICF-SW100S & Tecsun S-2000, portable Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** MONGOLIA [and non]. /CHINA, 17729.876: Usual very odd frequency aligned Ulanbataar outlet, RFA Tibetan service relay via Mongolia temecom facility at this hour, 0244 UT on April 18, S=9+10dB in eastern Thailand. And annoying 1024 Hertz BUZZ tone + whine of China mainland CNR1 jamming on 17730 kHz even frequency [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, Checked eastern Thailand remote receiver installation, before to be closed soon, till autumn / winter season opening in November 2016. Looked out for transmissions seldom reported in western DX hobby lists, 0422 UT April 18, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MYANMAR. Hi Glenn, Myanmar has had a 6.9 quake that was felt in the eastern Indian states of Assam and West Bengal, as well as in Nepal and Bangladesh. Even the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge felt the strong quake while visiting India. Will any SW stations be affected? BTW - April 13 is the start of the Burmese New Year Water Festival (Thingyan). It is a Buddhist festival celebrated over a period of four to five days, culminating in the New Year. It is Myanmar's most important festival (Ron Howard, California, 0210 UT April 14, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) April 14 checking for any problems or special programming as a result of yesterday`s strong quake; all stations seemed to be functioning normally and with normal programs; nothing could be heard as relating to the quake; checking at 1309 heard Myanmar Radio with different programs on 5915 (underneath CRI), 5985.0 and 7200.00; while Thazin Radio was underneath CNR1 on 7345 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MYANMAR. 5914.9915, noted rather proper S=9+5dB or -66dBm, fluttery signal, Myanma Radio Nay Pyi Taw, Burmese pop singer of (English) pop scene in the 70ties, like easy listening in Burmese language. At 0955 UT at April 14. Nothing heard on 5985 Yangoon Yegu channel. 6164.992, Thazin Radio, Pyin U Lwin, northern broadcast center, S=9+20dB or -54dBm fluttery signal at 0920 UT on April 15. Pop hipp- hopp modern western music, low level performance program. 7200even, S=7-8 carrier seen already at 0950 UT, but China, CNR switched on only final power stage late at 1000:07 UT S=9+30dB power. Nothing of MMR Yangoon on air. 7344.996, Thazin Radio, Pyin U Lwin, northern broadcast center, S=9+20dB or -53dBm fluttery signal at 1030 UT on April 15. Pop hipp- hopp modern western music, followed by mountain music of brass instruments at 1033 UT, in Kokang tribe language, according to Aoki Nagoya list. 9460.0015, Thazin MR from Pyin U Lwin, in Burmese or similar at news read by female and male presenter at 1038 UT April 15. This time slot is not recorded in Aoki list. News on Cambodia temple items and touristic highlights. S=9+15dB or -59dBm, 9.8 kHz wide audio signal. 9590, Nothing on air of Thazin Radio, Pyin U Lwin at 1045 UT. [WORLD OF RADIO 1822] 9729.9975, Only S=9 signal of Burmese MMRS station, probably from old British Empire broadcast center Rangoon Yegu, at 1055 UT on April 15. And also additional 50 Hertz peak whistle heard. Heavily hit by adjacent upper flank of Chinese program from Taiwan's ? Hakka service, S=9+40dB powerhouse. And on 9745 also 10.8 kHz wide signal of BBCWS Kranji Singapore too [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] 0920-1110 UT on April 15, on remote SDR in eastern Thailand (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 15, dxldyg via DXLD) 5914.9915, MR 2338 UT S=9+25 -48dBm 5984.998, MR 2342 UT S=9+10 -51dB 6029.993, Thazin R S=9+30dB -41dBm 6164.9965, Thazin Radio in Kachin domestic service, S=9+5dB -66dBm strength. Female presenter at 00.05 UT on April 16. Different audio characteristic, spoken part only 3.2 kHz wide, but music parts 7 kHz wide broadband audio. Nothing from Myanmar on 7200v or 7345v kHz at this 0020 UT hour (Wolfgang Büschel, log 2320-0030 UT April 15 / 16, of SoEaASia eastern Thailand remote access, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9589.9955, Thazin Radio, Pyin U Lwin, northern broadcast center, S=7 or -81dBm fluttery signal in morning skip zone, at 0259 UT on April 18 morning. Not heard here anymore at 0345 UT, -- but on 9459.989 kHz instead, so it changes 9590 by 9460 kHz channel at 0300 or 0330 UT, wrong entries also read in Aoki Nagoya list. On S=9 signal level or -76dBm at 0350 UT on April 18. [WORLD OF RADIO 1822] And much weaker signal on 9729.9955 kHz, Myanma Radio program, probably from ex-capital Yangoon Yegu site heard at 0356 UT. Burmese female presenter. S=9 -71dBm, HAPPY BIRTHDAY program jingle in English at 0357 UT, and anniversary announcements - but in Burmese language. 7200.000, Exact even frequency measured at 0406 UT on April 18, Myanmar Radio female presenter heard reading news in eastern Thailand remote SDR unit. S=9+10dB or -60dBm signal. Also poor signal of MR on 5915v heard at this 0411 UT hour. The given Myanmar Radio hours in Aoki/Nagoya list database are mostly wrong and should be UPDATED soon. 5914.991, Myanma Radio Nay Pyi Taw at 0814 UT on April 18, noted rather tiny after fade-out S=8 or -86dBm, fluttery signal. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, Checked eastern Thailand remote receiver installation, before to be closed soon, till autumn / winter season opening in November 2016. Looked out for transmissions seldom reported in western DX hobby lists, 0422 UT April 18, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7200a, Myanmar Radio (Yangon) 1334-1400+ 19 April. Pleased to have MR in the clear for the past week or so with what sounds like Burmese "cowboy" songs, soft-voiced DJ, gongs/bells at TOH [thanks to Ron Howard for the tip] and possible ID with mention of frequencies in kiloHertz; sked to 1500 in Aoki, but has run as late as 1516+ on 15 April. Signal is best heard 1334-1415 (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA E5/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. Germany, Eastern: 6040, The Mighty KBC with oldies, and English and Dutch ads, and into the Uncle Eric show at ToH, with more oldies and ads. VERY strong tonight -- no need for the noise phaser even! Mentioned that as of 1/May they will change to 9925 kHz. Also had the following digi-data from Kim Elliot at the VoA: Don't miss Max Berger's video tribute to KBC on 6095 kHz. http://bit.ly/1pJWhr7 Sending Pic:192x98C; Please report decode to themightykbc@gmail.com kbcradio.eu facebook.com/TheMightyKbc 4+554+4+, 0050-0230 10/Apr, SPR4 +randomwire (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Williamston MI, MARE Tipsheet April 15 via DXLD) 6040, UT Sunday April 17 at 0009 and later, KBC is not so mighty tonight via GERMANY, as it`s very poor, scarcely stronger than the Brazilian het! Unusable this week, but apparently the North American service will be continuing via Nauen, as Uncle Eric has talked about making the usual shift in May to 9925 (a legacy of Croatian Radio relay which this succeeded). That should be better overall in the summer, but still subject to lower MUF cutoffs; and we can only hope that WTWW won`t show up on 9930 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) MBR SKED SEE GERMANY [and non] http://www.media-broadcast.com/fileadmin/Downloads/Radio/KW/MBR_A16_operational_schedule_18042016.pdf However, the change to 9925 in May does not show up on the initial MBR A-16 schedule as of April 18, but some interesting alternatives for The Mighty KBC: 6040 0000 0300 2,3,4,6,7,8,9,10 320100 300 216 1 270316 291016 125 CIRAFs 2 thru 10 mean all of North America except Alaska and Central America, and including Greenland, Mexico. These two are shown as for one date only, already past, but later??: 6095 0800 1500 18SW,27,28W,37N 350100 240 156 1 270316 270316 100 6095 0800 1000 18SW,27,28W,37N 350100 240 156 1 170416 170416 100 These two are shown as (only via order), i.e. on request: 6045 0800 0900 27E,28 310101 275 146 1 270316 291016 125 11650 0700 0800 27N,28S 310101 230 146 1 270316 291016 125 Sites are all NAUen, which I have removed here. The strange numbers after the CIRAF are the antenna #, as opposed to the antenna type, which follows the azimuth. The single number 1 all refer to Sundays only (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEW ZEALAND. R. New Zealand International in English, April 10/12: from 0745 on 9700 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg to Pacific, instead of 11725 from 1545 on 6170 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg to Pacific, as scheduled A16 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/radio-new-zealand-international-in.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Surely there`s something in Maori, other Pacific island languages (gh) ** NIGERIA. Weak signal of Voice of Nigeria via Abuja, April 17: 1800-1930 7254.9 AJA 250 kW / 248 deg to WCAf English, at 1900 co- channel CRI Turkish http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/weak-signal-of-voice-of-nigeria-via.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, April 17, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6925-AM, Radio True North on April 17. First heard at 0035 ("I Love Rock N' Roll"); ID & email address at 0039. 0228 said he was "going live." Still on at my last check at 0324; mostly fair (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6925.0-USB, April 16 at 0109, C&W music, pause, during which I explore the peskie QRM on 6925-LSB, then another tune. This is S9 like 6915-AM allegedly 100 kW WRMIBS but 6925 is *much* louder; as my streetlite ignites at 0112, 6925 music is interrupted, 0116 changes to looping distortion. No announcements or IDs heard, but this thread http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,27605.0.html says it`s Pee Wee Radio, IDed only by an SSTV image of a lady in a see-thru bra with that ID inscribed on her chest. Has Pee Wee heard about WWRB`s inducement? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6939.72-AM, April 19 at 0113, one pirate is active, here, at S9, storm noise bursts peaking to S9+15, with a crooner song accompanied by big band; 0115, `This is Radio Casablanca; send your reception reports to Radio Casablanca one at gmail.com``. Then a movie soundtrack clip, presumably nothing but `Casablanca`, and 0116 into ``Night & Day`` song, maybe Lena Horne? 0119 instrumental-only portion. 0122, ``Cheek to Cheek``, maybe Astaire? 0125 I think it`s a medley going into ``Paper Moon``; 0127 same ID as earlier; 0131 movie clip, into another song, a bit weaker now; 0137.5 ID again; 0147 or 0148 it seems to have stopped, altho I did not copy a sign-off. Started listening to this on the NRD-545, then was able to enjoy it well enough on the PL-880 with reel-out clip-on, while I continued bandscanning on the other receiver with the other ear. Far enough from the 6947.4 open carrier not to be a problem. Many other logs of R. Casablanca here as ``6940``, from 0021 to 0148, with extensive playlists, not all agreeing on titles and performers: http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,27667.0.html Mostly from eastern USA, except Omaha and Denver. A QSL from it is already in my Gallery from 3.7 years ago, when it was reported on exactly the same frequency: ``63. RADIO CASABLANCA, North America: 6939.7-AM, pirate, 2238-2345 16 December 2012 [71k]`` http://www.w4uvh.net/Casablanca.jpg (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1210, April 15 at 1247 UT, KGYN Guymon, instead of C&W music has local morning talkshow, `Coffee Shop`, interviewing somewoman about courses offered at OPSU [Panhandle State University, nearby Goodwell], then break for PTCI ad, which is the local telco/ISP, etc.; no obvious explanation at https://www.ptci.net/ of what the letters originally stood for, but I can guess: Panhandle Telecomms Inc.? And also a market report from Mid-America Ag Network, run by KGYN`s corporate master in Kansas. At this hour, KGYN is still getting some skywave boost (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also USA: 1210 ** OKLAHOMA. 1260, April 19 at 0153 UT, ``12-60 KWSH, The Station You Grew Up With``, C&W music. My closest 1260, 1/1 kW U2, but rarely heard this well, too far for much ND groundwave, and night pattern has a notch toward us, butterfly with lobes to the WSW and SSE. WSH = Wewoka-Seminole-Holdenville, CoL Wewoka, address in Shawnee. Slogan in NRC AM Log is instead ``Tri-Cities Best Radio`` (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA [non]. 7489.89-AM, Thu April 14 at 2343, YL on WBCQ commenting on the ``perfidy of the Oklahoma legislature``, i.e. the Republican-caused budget crisis, hitting Education especially hard. This is part of Broad Spectrum Radio`s hour, but sounds like the `Okie Show`, which per the April schedule in DXLD 16-13 wasn`t supposed to be on until next week, with `Nappy Roots Radio` this week. Trying to find that audio online: This month`s Okie episode not yet accounted for at http://broadspectrumradio.com/category/okie-radio-show/ but some content comes from this, well worth exploring: http://www.pointingleftmedia.com/ Too much else is going on now: WORLD OF RADIO on 9330, Dave pursuing pirates on 5050. BTW, WBCQ continues to be silent on 9330 after 0100: nothing at 0129 check April 15 (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Later: it really was Nappy Roots Radio, repeated next week ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. RF 13, and virtual 13-1, April 14 at 1600 UT, `NHK Newsline` via KETA/OETA and not a word about the Kumamoto 6.5 earthquake, which hit at 1226 UT according to Japan Times. That`s because this `news` is delayed 6 hours from original airing at 1000 UT (sometimes admittedly at ``7 pm in Tokyo``). We have to wait another 24 hours for this to be the top story on April 15 at 1600 UT. This `cast often, including today, includes ``expert`` guests in studio on some topic, who can barely speak English even with a script, so is this a training show? It can be excruciating for a native speaker, but the fluent Japo-American anchors are unfazed. Even some correspondents in the field have a hard time with English, but that doesn`t keep them from trying, and NHK from airing ``olds`` from them worldwide. As for earthquake coverage direct from Japan, S. Hasegawa tells the DXLD yg: NHK General TV Live in Japanese. http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/live/?utm_int=all_contents_tv-news_live But Martyn Williams replies: Hasegawa-san, The NHK link is only accessible in Japan. Here are some alternative streams on YouTube that are accessible globally: NTV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrENa038MT0 TBS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lHGMePcDJc TV Asahi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ7u84BiO20 Another and bigger earthquake in SW Japan, Friday April 15 at 1525 UT --- and another one missed by NHK World ``News`` via OETA, which plays at 1600 UT, but was recorded 6 hours earlier. And of course if there are any more shox Sat, Sun or Mon, those can`t be dealt with until 1000/1600 UT Monday; as everyone knows, nothing ever happens on weekends (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. This will serve as an example of what is happening all over the USA: Once again this month we find dozens and dozens of grants for FM translators to struggling AM stations. Oklahoma City 95.3 K237GH QG from K242CO-96.3, 8w, 35-23-55/97-27-05; CL from Enid; relays KTLV 1220 Shawnee 100.9 K265FE QG from K296FE-107.1, 150w, 35-22-56/97-00-56; CL from Wichita Falls, Tex.; relays KGFF 1450 Bartlesville 99.1 K256CP QG from K281BQ-104.1, 250w, 36-37-42/96-11- 26; CL from McPherson, KS.; relays KPGM 1500 Oklahoma City 103.7 K279CR QG from K298CD-107.5, 99w, 35-32-51/97-29- 30; CL from Coweta; relays KTLR 890 Stillwater 94.3 K232FI QG from K233BQ-94.5, 250w, 36-10-47/97-00-38; CL from Childress, Tex.; relays KSPI 780 Tulsa 99.1 K256CR QG from K229CH-93.7, 36-09-35/96-03-09; CL from Lawton; relays KGTO 1050 Vinita 101.3 K267CC QG from K286BV-105.1, 36-34-56/95-01-35; CL from Neodesha, KS.; relays KGND 1470 Duncan 101.7 K271BY QG from 102.1, 99w, 34-36-27/98-16-26; QC relays KZTH 88.5 Madill 97.3 K247CK QG from K300BD-107.9, 34-06-30/96-46-36; CL from Stephenville, Tex.; relays KMAD 1550 Tulsa 95.9 K240ED PG<62w, 36-06-25/95-47-13; relays KYLK 103.7 QG = frequency change granted (April WTFDA VHF-UHF Digest via DXLD) ** OMAN. 15140, Radio Sultanate of Oman; 1423-1434+, 11-Apr; English program re Omani laws relating to business, immigration, etc. Said that this program airs every Monday. 1432+ program promo & RSoO ID + FM 90.4 promo; legal program continues at 1434. SIO=343 with co- channnel? music; nothing else listed here at this time, so maybe RSoO background music (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, 5525 Whitehall St., Midland MI 48642-3156, Drake R8B + 185' & 60' RW + 125' bow-tie, ----- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! -----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAKISTAN. Very weak signal of Radio Pakistan PBC, April 7 0500-0700 15730 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg N&ME Urdu 0830-1100 15730 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg WeEu Urdu & no signal at 0945 UT http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/very-weak-signal-of-radio-pakistan-pbc.html Very weak signal of Radio Pakistan PBC, April 19 0500-0700 on 15730 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg to N&ME Urdu http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/very-weak-signal-of-radio-pakistan-pbc_19.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Hi Glenn, As it's Sunday (April 17), I checked out NBC Madang again on 3260. Sure enough, at 1203 heard pop religious song as the start of the "Island Praise" syndicated weekly show presented by Stacy Rose, with her very distinctive voice; playing pop religious songs and a few IDs for NBC PNG; today running much later than normal; off suddenly at 1243* (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA [and non]. Hi Glenn, April 14 rechecked 7325 to hear what is happening now with CRI and Wantok Radio Light. CRI (7325.00) again suddenly off at 1253*; immediately heard WRL (7324.95) in English in the clear; end of a religious program; "Tune in tomorrow" and gave phone number; religious song till CRI suddenly on again at *1258. As you indicated in your log [March 28], strange that CRI went to an earlier cut off time than before and now I find they are continuing to do so. If misprogrammed automation, will they ever notice their error? Do they ever monitor their actual transmissions? (Ron Howard, California, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7324.95, Wantok Radio Light. April 20 decent reception; 0842-0918; at 0857 ending syndicated USA program "Fresh Touch" with request for listeners to write c/o "Wantok Radio Light, P.O. Box 1273, Port Moresby." http://www.freshtouch.org/ ; 0901-0912 regional NBC news in English; PSA for auto safety ("slow down and respect the law"); Tok Pisin/Pidgin talking about "messages to loved ones"; at times almost fair (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 5980, April 19 at 0103 & 0106 chex, no signal detectable from R. Chaski, so just off the air? Would not normally have reset timer even earlier by now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PHILIPPINES. 9794.981, FEBC Radio from Iba in Vietnamese, S=9+30dB or -49dBm powerful noted in eastern Thailand remote SDR post. And Vietnamese Siren audio jamming, 2 tones on upper side, 600 Hertz broad varying tones, at +900 and +1600 Hz [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] 0920-1110 UT on April 15, on remote SDR in eastern Thailand (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 15, dxldyg via DXLD) ** PHILIPPINES. Reception of FEBC Radio Teos, April 14 1500-1600 on 11650 BOC 100 kW / 323 deg to CeAs Russian, dead air after 1503UT http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/reception-of-febc-radio-teos-april-14.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ROMANIA. 11870, April 18 at 2035, poor signals both AM and DRM can be heard from RRI, continuing to QRM itself, one from each site, both aimed toward W Europe and N America! This English broadcast is in clear on // 13650, with usual variety of brief talk features, but not much music which appears on the one-hour transmissions. When will they admit a mistake, and move the AM 11870 to 15170? 17800, April 19 at 1920, nice Slavic-sounding folk music, S9. Soon announced in Spanish, so it`s RRI, and I hear the word ``tedesco`` which is Italian for German, maybe also the word in Romanian, originated presumably as a corruption from `Deutsch`, which is a lot closer than the words used in English and Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. Reception of Adygeyan Radio, April 10: 1900-2000 on 6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Adygeyan Sun http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/reception-of-adygeyan-radio-april-10.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. Maritime Radio Station "Moscow Radio - UAT" verified my reception report in Russian on their SITOR broadcast on 12599.5 kHz, sent in May 2008 enclosing US$1, after 7 years and 11 months by a large sized (131 x 181 mm) printed QSL card in English. QSL signer was Mr. Igor N. Marfutin, issued on October 1 2015 (arrived on April 13 2016). CW/SITOR frequencies: 8416.5, 8431.5, 12599.5 kHz Mailing Address: Main Centre of Communications and Satellite Systems, str.1, 1 ul.Rodjdestvenka, Moscow 109012, Russia E-mail: morflot1 @ gmail.com Telephone: +7 495 926 90 85 FAX: +7 495 626 19 10 (Takahito Akabayashi, Tokyo, Japan, April 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SARAWAK [non]. PHILIPPINES, Extended transmission of Radio Free Sarawak from April 6 1100-1300 15420 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg SEAs Iban Mon-Sat, ex 1130-1300 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/extended-transmission-of-radio-free.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SIKKIM. 4835, AIR Gangtok (presumed), 1352-1413, April 14. Seemed to be them underneath ABC Alice Springs NT with announcer and subcontinent music (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020.0, SIBC, 1155-1159*, April 14. Reception above the norm; "evening devotional"; full ID in English; NA. 9545, SIBC, 0430-0459*, April 17. Reception well above the norm; as it's Sunday, they played a lot of religious songs; in Pijin, but ad in English for mobile phone service (red hot data plan . . . $20 for 200MB for seven days . . . 30% more data, etc.); suddenly off (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [and non]. U.S.A.: 9980, WWCR Nashville TN (presumed); 2202, 12-Apr; Bro. HyStairical on his 6000-year-ole universe rant. (DAMN! Once again, I appear to have missed his explanation of the flaw in radioactive decay dating techniques.) Phone ringing in the background (probably a geologist calling in), S30. 11825, Overcomer Ministry via WRMI Radio Miami Int’l; Bro. HyStairical implied that there is an effort within (the flock) to bring him down. Said that the children of the Evil One are “tearists” — all they do is tear things down. WRMI ID spot at 2159 & B.S. continued. S30+; // 11750 via WHRI S10; 11580 via WRMI S9; // 11565 via WRMI S30 & // 11530 via WRMI Fair with untunable co-channel QRM (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, 5525 Whitehall St., Midland MI 48642-3156, Drake R8B + 185' & 60' RW + 125' bow-tie, ----- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! -----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SRI LANKA. 11905, April 18 at *0114:11 carrier on from SLBC, very poor S2, just enough to detect prélude from 0114:49, and 2+1 mis- timesignal ending at 0115:17.5 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN [non]. 5925, April 18 at 0310, Arabic mentioning Darfur and US government officials, S9+30, doing much better than the 5915 UNID vs 5920 WHRI. This is Afia Darfur, via VATICAN which does a good job of reaching non-targets. 15620, April 20 at 1801 dead air at S9, stronger than 15610 WEWN; by 1805 it`s modulating Arabic: IBB`s Afia Darfur service at 1800-1830 via VATICAN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN [and non]. On the top of the hour at 1400-1756 on 9230 // 9320 // 11100 sounded march and ID in English, "This is Radio Free Asia" and programs in Cantonese & Mandarin. In Ca starting April 3rd the transmission at 1400-1500 is on Sun on 13820, Mon & Wed on 13755, Tue on 13740 etc. The parallel freqiencies 9230, 9320, 11100 are with signal ahead than on 13820, 13755 etc.. At 1400-1700 Sound of Hope was heard on 6730, 6900, 7730, 7800, 9155, 9180(ex-9200), (10175?), 10960, 11150, 11430, 14775 and maybe on 11500, 12190, 14478, 14700 (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, April 8, received April 14 for DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN [non-log]. 7502.0-AM, StarStar Broadcasting Station (Xing Xing BS) (V13). For some time now I have been almost daily monitoring their 1200-1230 & 1300-1330 schedule here; normally with fair or better, un-jammed reception of their Chinese numbers. A major surprise on April 19 to tune in at 1206 to find program jamming of CNR1 (// 6125) on 7501.5 for the very first time, totally blocking any chance to tell if Xing Xing BS was even on the air today. CNR1 jamming still on at 1326. If these segments of Xing Xing BS are vital to the Taiwan intelligence community, then we can look for them to move this station to an un- jammed frequency in the near future (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** THAILAND. 15590, April 16 at 0019, very poor S2 signal, presumably R. Thailand, HSK9, English to eastern North America, where maybe it come in better than here, but it`s totally transpolar (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15589.963, Very odd frequency sent out by the US IBB guys at Udorn Thani. Staff is known for lousy transmitter frequency alignment for years now. Radio Thailand in 60 minute Thai language service 0230-0300 UT towards straight north 6 degree azimuth to China, Far East Siberia/Russia, Alaska and Western Canada coast. Smooth Thai singer performance at 0239 UT April 18 [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, Checked eastern Thailand remote receiver installation, before to be closed soon, till autumn / winter season opening in November 2016. Looked out for transmissions seldom reported in western DX hobby lists, 0422 UT April 18, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TURKEY. 9870.02, April 15 at 0132, poor S7 station with talk: is it Hindi? No, AIR VBS must still be absent. Instead it`s stilted-Spanish, i.e. VOT // stronger Emirler 9770, into music. Say, does anyone know what became of TRT`s second SW site, Çakrilar? Was it demolished? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UGANDA [non]. Read Lead Africa: somebody asked if it was still on. Today is Wednesday, so it should had been from 0500 on 12060. But no, again no trace of it. 73 (thorsten hallmann, April 20, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See ZAMBIA [and non]; and UNIDENTIFIED 5915 ** U K [non]. Ascension Island: 7445, BBC WS with English, Newsday with items re Zika virus, the Boko Haram schoolgirl hostages/kidnap victims shown in recently released video, and other news features. Consistently the best BBC SW frequency this season -- too bad it's only on for an hour. 4+4+544 with local QRM only. 0520-0545 14/Apr SPR4 +ANC-4/randomwire antenna (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Williamston MI, MARE Tipsheet April 15 via WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DXLD) I agree (gh) BBC changes from April 18 0130-0200 NF 15510 SNG 250 kW / 315 deg to SoAs Bengali, ex 15620 SNG 1800-1900 on 13660 DHA 250 kW / 260 deg to WeAf English, ex Woofferton 1900-2000 on 13660 WOF 250 kW / 165 deg to WeAf English, ex 1800-2000 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/bbc-changes-from-april-18.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K. Last 3 weeks, there is strong wrong signal of BBC News radio every evening here at 21.00 Bulgarian time -that is 18.00 UT - UK time on Frequency 14060 kHz on AM modulation, but also USB. When my antenna - 4 el Yagi is beaming to NorthWest direction, then the signal is strongest. But, I must say, many other Bulgarian ham amateurs have heard the same signal BBC World News at the same time - 18 UT with other kind of radios - like Kenwood, Icom, SDR etc. (Ivo Ivanov, via Wolfgang Büschel, April 14, harmonics yg via DXLD) 14060 / 13660 Woofferton BBCWS / 13860 kHz, 1800-1900z Intermodulation of HIGHPOWERs of 13660 and 13860 kHz at Woofferton, should produce intermodulations 'on 13460 and 14060' kHz symmetrically. 13660 BBC 1800-2000 English 250 165 Woofferton G BBC a16 13860 VoA 1800-1900 Amharic 300 122 Woofferton G VOA/IBB a16 Hi dear Ivo in Sofia, do you note the same intermodulation of 400 kHz (2 x 200 kHz difference apart distance) from Woofferton UK? VoA Amharic heard on 13460 kHz? 73 wolfy 14060 / 13460 kHz -- I'll check it tomorrow. Easiest physics formula, intermodulation happens on very same broadcast center location. 73 (wb df5sx ibid.) Hi Wolfie, Pleased to report that WOF have done some tests today and confirmed the IP. So one of the 13 MHz services (BBC one) will be removed from the WOF schedule and transferred elsewhere. <<<<<<<<<<<< This should happen today. The engineers say thanks for letting them know. 73 (Dave Porter, April 18 via wb, ibid.) FYI, I checked 14060 kHz today April 19 at 1812 UT; the channel is empty of broadcast - no intermodulation anymore, despite on remote Perseus in Spain, both BBCWS on new site 13660 kHz, as well as WOF 13860 kHz VoA Amharic have same powerful signal LEVEL. In Greece instead, VoA 13860 is much stronger, than BBCWS 13660 kHz now. 73 (wolfy, df5sx, Germany, April 19, ibid.) ** U S A. 6993, April 15 at 0146, JBA carrier, which has often been noted here and passed over. Now Terry L. Krueger has info about it: ``4443 / 6993, FLORIDA, WH2XWF, ASTRA (experimental class Traveling Ionospheric Disturbance Stations), Hawthorne, Inverness, Homosassa and/or Keystone. 2203 April 6, 2016. Carrier(s) at fairly strong levels both channels, thanks David Crawford tip and information. Other listed frequencies not audible here. Says 164 watts``. Is there ever any modulation? What are the other frequencies? Refers to this website: Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates: http://www.astraspace.net/ HQ in Boulder CO; they also operate in Alaska, Perú but haven`t found frequencies on that site. Specifically this under http://www.astraspace.net/products-services/data-services/ ``Traveling Ionospheric Disturbance (TID) Mapping System --- ASTRA provides subscription services to data sets from our arrays of TIDDBIT HF Sounder mapping systems deployed both in the US and internationally`` Terry also forwards the FCC licensing info for these, adding as a fifth site, Cross City FL. All may use 4 frequencies, 164 watts ERP: 4443, 4647, 6797, 6993, and less than one-year license expires July 1, 2016. You may be able to find this on the FCC website by callsign or File number 0388-EX-PL-2015 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Inspired by FCC license info specifying the county of each site, including Hillsborough, I mis-attributed Terry Krueger to that county: ``(Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, Hillsborough County, DX LISTENING DIGEST)`` (gh, DXLD) Pinellas County. Though this was Hillsborough County until 1912 when it seceded (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST)`` Shux, knew I should have checked that, inspired by the FCC license for 6993 etc. Anyhow, one of them must be quite close to you. I assume they never ID in any manner, just carriers? (Glenn to Terry, via DXLD) If the sites are correct, as I'm beginning to question, then Keystone in Hillsborough County would be the closest, around 15 miles NE of me. I should go on a drive and try to locate some of these if only I could find the time and motivation, like I did for most of the CODAR sites on the west coast of FL (and photo documented that on my sub page of FLPRS). https://sites.google.com/site/floridadxn/florida-low-power-radio-stations They are indeed always just carrier(s). But I question whether it's Keystone (Keystone unincorporated) in Hillsborough, or Keystone Heights (in Clay County), northeast of Gainesville as shown here and as the GC given maps to: http://www.fccbulletin.com/callsign/?q=WH2XWF If that's the case and they incorrectly picked the wrong county listing, then Homosassa would be the closest at around 70 miles north of me (Terry Krueger, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7615/USB, Civil Air Patrol net; 1408, 14-Apr; Calling for check-ins from Rocky Mountain, Southeast & Pacific regions; most calls consisted of a 2-letter region or state designator plus “CAP” followed by 2 numbers (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, 5525 Whitehall St., Midland MI 48642-3156, Drake R8B + 185' & 60' RW + 125' bow-tie, ----- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! -----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 13565-CW, April 20 at 1427, K6FRC QRP beacon from California is JBA vs CODAR (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. AMANDA BENNETT TO SERVE AS DIRECTOR OF THE VOICE OF AMERICA http://www.insidevoa.com/content/amanda-bennett-to-serve-as-director-of-the-voice-of-america/3287760.html Amanda Bennett is sworn in by BBG CEO John Lansing as VOA's new Director. Kelu Chao, who served as acting VOA Director for nearly a year, holds the Bible. WASHINGTON D.C., April 18, 2016 -- Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Amanda Bennett was sworn in today as the 29th Director of the Voice of America (VOA). "I am happy and excited to be joining such a vital news organization," said Bennett. "VOA has a critical role ahead as it uses all its journalistic skills and abilities to cover the stories of our country and its people, as well as serving as the only source of reliable, objective and credible news and information for a large part of the world." Bennett has had a distinguished career in journalism. Most recently, she has been a contributing columnist for The Washington Post. She served as executive editor for Bloomberg News, where she created and ran a global team of investigative reporters and editors, and also co- founded the Bloomberg News' Women's Project. Bennett was editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Lexington Herald-Leader. She also served as managing editor/projects for The Oregonian in Portland. Bennett was a longtime reporter, correspondent and editor for the Wall Street Journal. In 1997, she shared the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting with her Wall Street Journal colleagues, and in 2001 led a team from The Oregonian to a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. She was a member of Pulitzer Prize Board from 2003 to 2010 and served as the Board's co-chair in 2010. She has also served on the boards of The Gerald Loeb Awards, the American Society of News Editors and the Fund for Investigative Journalism. A graduate of Harvard College, Bennett is the author of six books, including "The Cost of Hope," her memoir of the battle she and Terence Foley, her late husband, fought against his kidney cancer. She is co- founder of TheDream.US, which provides college scholarships to the children of undocumented immigrants in the United States. "The Board and I are thrilled to have found a world-class journalist to lead this great organization," said John Lansing, BBG CEO. "Amanda has an excellent track record of strong and collaborative leadership. This, combined with her deep understanding of the rapidly evolving digital news marketplace, makes her uniquely qualified to lead VOA successfully into the future. We are pleased to welcome her into our dedicated and talented VOA and BBG family." VOA's Associate Director of Language Programming Kelu Chao has served as Acting VOA Director since June of last year. VOA reaches a global weekly audience of more than 187 million people in over 40 languages. VOA programs are delivered on satellite, cable, shortwave, FM, medium wave, streaming audio and video and more than 2,350 media outlets worldwide. It is funded by the U.S. Congress through the Broadcasting Board of Governors. Stay Connected --- Like us on Facebook --- View our videos on YouTube --- Follow us on Twitter 330 Independence Ave., SW Washington, District of Columbia 20237 202-203-4959 (VOA PR via WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DXLD) ** U S A. 7425, April 15 at 0143, Greenville-B at ~S4 which is really under the noise level, talk seems to match R. Martí on 7365, which is S9+40 over jamming, and so is 7305, Vatican Radio carrier which starts signing on in Spanish at 0145, so the frogs continue to leap (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Amazing Olivia 64-2000 --- In reception conditions unsuitable for voice or for VOA Radiogram's usual MFSK32 mode, the Olivia 64-2000 segment decoded 99.8% in Sydney, NSW, Australia, 15500 km from the NC transmitter. The 64 means 64 tones, and the 2000 is the bandwidth in Hertz. 5745 kHz ... Olivia 64-2000 - 16 April 2016, 0930 UTC http://voaradiogram.net/post/142890107842/voa-radiogram-16-april-2016-0930-1000-utc-5745 (Kim Elliott, 1053 UT April 16, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, really, weak audio but great performance at OLIVIA-64-2k. Here I have visualized the MP3. Only the RSIDs and the pilot tone were to see half-decent. http://www.rhci-online.net/files/2016-04-16_VOA_Radiogram_0930_1000_UTC_5745_Sydney, NSW, Australia_tumblr_.gif With relatively stable -3dB s/n olivia-txt almost 100% ok. Have you demodulated the signal in AM or USB? (roger, ibid.) Re: VOA Radiogram soon at 1600 UT on 17580 kHz --- Normally the frequency is clear, but I'm hearing RHC, I think, with a speech. Wonder whether they'll cochannel at 1600? Present time, 1553 UT (Walt Salmaniw, BC, ibid.) Should have gone off by 1500. Apparently a special event, Raúl speaking at length; see CUBA: lasted more hours and hours (gh, DXLD) But, I think, no problem for VOA-MFSK-32-txt (roger, ibid.) Unfortunately, RHC is much, much stronger than VOA, so I can only decode the occasional word (Walt in Victoria, BC, 1631 UT, ibid.) Tim, K0RUS, in Colorado produced this YouTube video of his reception and decode at 1600-1630 UT on 17580 kHz. VOA Radiogram and Radio Habana Cuba were mixing fairly evenly in Colorado, but as you can see, the MFSK32 and Olivia 64-2000 were successful. https://youtu.be/TUeuCuihui4 (Kim Elliott, ibid.) Here (in Central Germany) RHC did not matter. Hard to believe that there still was to hear this second AM station on the same wavelength (behind VoA radiogram): http://www.rhci-online.net/radiogram/VoA_Radiogram_2016-04-16.htm#VOA (roger, ibid.) ** U S A. 13670, April 18 at 2034, S9+20 steady open carrier, obviously VOA Greenville-B warming up an hour before the 2130-2200 Bambara service, which I do hear at 2143 check. EiBi shows this transmission is M-F, also on 9490 Ascension, 11900 Vatican, 15120 Greenville. The only other major broadcaster in Bambara is RFI (but called Mandinka by it and WRTH); only gospel huxter with Bambara on SW is IBRA; also TWR-Swaziland via Benin on MW, and of course ORTM Mali where it`s mainly spoken on barely modulated 5995, 9635. Bambara was a surprise rapid addition to VOA a few years ago spurred by violence in Mali (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1821 monitoring: confirmed Thursday April 14 from 2100 on WRMI 13695, S9+30. Also confirmed the 2329+ Thursday April 14 broadcast at 2344 check on WBCQ, 9330.125-CUSB, S5. Next: Fri 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE Fri 2130.5 WRMI 13695 to NW Fri 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sat 0630 HLR 6190-CUSB to SW [or off air last week and this?] Sat 0700 Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power Sat 1400 Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power Sat 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW [or off air last week and this?] Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sun 0830 Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Mon 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to SSE Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 to SSE Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW WORLD OF RADIO 1821 monitoring: checking WRMI 13695 from 2059 UT Friday April 15, oh oh, no ID and Brother keeps on Scaring past 2100 and 2115, and also on weaker 15770, both of which at 2100 should have cut to System D and F other programming, including WOR a semihour later. So this time I notify WRMI ASAP, and they do get both back in whack by 2128 with music, and WOR starting nominally at 2130 on 15770, 2130.5 on 13695. I unusually relisten to the entire 13695 broadcast and it`s complete & intact; however, there is some crackling on the signal but not interrupting the modulation. WOR 1821 also confirmed Fri April 15 at 2351 check during the 2329+ broadcast on WBCQ 9330.11-CUSB, S9+5. Next: Sat 0630 HLR 6190-CUSB to SW [or off air last week and this?] Sat 0700 Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power Sat 1400 Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power Sat 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW [or off air last week and this?] Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sun 0830 Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Mon 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to SSE Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 to SSE Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW BTW, Tim Gaynor of Unique Radio tells me, April 14: ``Hi Glenn, just updating you on Unique Radio's antenna. It's been put up. It's a halfwave for 3210 kHz between two poles (about 30 metres in height) facing northwest and southeast, with tuning well under 1.2:1, so hopefully the signal should go further, especially at night``. WORLD OF RADIO 1821 monitoring: confirmed via UTwente, no signal before or after 1430 Sat April 16 on 7265-CUSB, during scheduled downtime of Hamburger Lokalradio; presumably resuming next week and the lack of reception of CRI either, is a good sign despite still scheduled this hour southward in Sinhala from Kashgar [WORLD OF RADIO 1822] WOR 1821 confirmed Sat April 16 after 2230 on WBCQ 9330, but poor; an hour later with something else I measure it on 9329.945-CUSB. Missed next broadcast on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, not checked until 0346 when some other ham program was running, so will assume WOR aired on time at 0315 or earlier. Next: Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Mon 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to SSE Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 to SSE Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW WORLD OF RADIO 1821 monitoring: April 17 at 2340 amid the Sunday 2330 airing on WBCQ 9330v-CUSB, very poor but sounds like me; a bit better at 2358. Also confirmed UT Monday April 18 from 0030:05 on WRMI 7730, fair. Also confirmed UT Monday April 18 from slightly before 0300 on Area 51 webcast, and on 5129.72-AM WBCQ at 0319 check, S9 vs storm noise level, mostly readable. Also confirmed UT Monday after 0330 on WRMI 9955.02, S9+30 atop but with jamming underneath (and there was no jamming when checked a few minutes earlier; tnx a lot, Arnie!). Next: Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 to SSE Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW WORLD OF RADIO 1821 monitoring: confirmed Monday April 18 at 2330 on WBCQ, 9329.96-CUSB, poor. Next: Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 to SSE Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW WORLD OF RADIO 1821 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday April 19 at 2130 on WRMI 15770, fair. Also confirmed Tue April 19 at 2330 on WBCQ 9330v- CUSB, barely audible. NOT confirmed Wed April 20 at 1315 since WRMI 9955 is off the air (but still going on 5015, 5850, 6915, 7570, 7730, 9395 (TruNews wacko conspiracy theories, tunnel from Antarctica, etc.), 11580 (world music, Sandunga), 11825, 17790, 21675; that`s 11; which ones did I miss? 9455, 15770, and only #2 with 5985 at night is not scheduled to be on now. 9955 is still off at 1451). WOR 1821 also confirmed Wed April 20 at 2100 on WBCQ webcast (this time, between the WBCQ ID and start of WOR, another call-letter-only WBCQ jingle is inserted). Also heard directly on 7490, fair at 2105 check. Also confirmed Wed April 20 at 2330, very poor on 9330v-CUSB WBCQ. WORLD OF RADIO 1822 ready for first airings Thursday April 21: Thu 1130 WRMI 9955 to SSE Thu 2100 WRMI 13695 to NW Thu 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Fri 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE Fri 2130.5 WRMI 13695 to NW Fri 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sat 0630 HLR 6190-CUSB to SW [back on air from this week?] Sat 0700 Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power Sat 1400 Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power Sat 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW [back on air from this week?] Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sun 0830 Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Mon 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to SSE Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 to SSE Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. World Music via WRMI Okeechobee, instead [of] Brother Stair, April 14 0600-0700 on 5985 YFR 100 kW / 222 deg to MEXI tx#02, not // on 9955 0600-0700 on 9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg to CeAm tx#10, not // on 5985 1400-1500 on 9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg to CeAm tx#10, not // on 15440 1400-1500 on 15440 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg to MEXI tx#13, not // on 9955 Confirmed via various SDR units in USA. But April 15 on 9955 is BS TOM http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/world-music-via-wrmi-okeechobee-instead.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9955, April 14 at 0620, WRMI still in World Music instead of Brother HyStairical as still on 7570 et al., so not only one hour at 05-06, but into another; S7-S9 in poor propagation. 9955, Thu April 14 at 1301, AWR Wavescan is underway about QSL cards, soon an historical feature read by Ray Robinson; recheck at 1323, JSWC reporter is reading strictly formatted logs dated late October-early November! Her routine logs are always a few weeks old, but this takes the cake. Is an old WS episode being replayed by accident or as substitute for a new one? 9955, April 15 at 0130, surprised to find no WRMI, not even a carrier, and the pulse jamming isn`t that heavy. As I bandscan the next 20 minutes, I note *all* the other WRMI frequencies are off: 11530, 9395, 7780, 7730, 7570, 5985, 5950, 5850, 5765, 5015; except: 11580 has a weak signal, figured something else, but nothing else is scheduled; and 6915, the 24-hour BS frequency *is* on, the only one remaining for sure. That`s 13 of them; #7, 21675 in daytime is the only transmitter not scheduled at night. So it`s not a total power failure, and 6915 is the one priority transmitter which gets to stay on! Another check at 0532 finds most of them back on, including algo on 11580, JBA on 9955, JBA carrier on 9395, poor S9 on 7570, also 7730, 7780. 7570 is normally blasting in, so either it`s under-powered or propagation is really bad as implied by the weak 9 MHz signals. 7730, April 16 at 0038, WRMI in well playing that song about Allah, during a scheduled `World Music` hour, breaking away from the stronger and weaker BS on 7570, 7780. 7730, April 17 at 0355, one WRMIBS frequency is AWOL, unlike stronger 7570 and weaker 7780; 0520 recheck, back on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5129.74-AM, UT Fri April 15 at 0154, two guys discussing relativity on WBCQ, so it`s still `Just Right`, described on WBCQ schedule: ``Join hosts, Bob Metz and Robert Vaughan every Thursday night as they analyse a variety of issues concerning economics, society, science, art and entertainment from a viewpoint of individual rights, freedom and capitalism. No, no, it’s not right wing...it’s Just Right! Full programme archives and further information, articles, clips and interviews can be found at http://www.justrightmedia.org ---`` If you go there, podcast of this show #448 is ready, titled ``Guest: Professor Christopher Essex – The fluid dynamics of the climate debate`` and starting with some formulae. The two Bobs also have several guest hosts, and no postal address, but appear to emanate from Ontario, making this equally CANADA [non]. See also OKLAHOMA [non] 5129.74-AM, April 15 at 2352, WBCQ talk is under the S9+5 storm noise level, unreadable, but it must be the new show AW mentioned for 2345 Fridays, `Smart Money Guy`. 7489.9, UT Sat April 16 from 0000, WBCQ with `Allan Weiner Worldwide`, and AW himself is back on this week. Says his main topic will be about taxes, and how unfair they are, reading something from a Maine newspaper, and later the NYT; and allowing phone calls from the usual suspects to interrupt him. // 5129.74-AM follows several seconds later, but is too noisy to listen to, altho improved a bit by an hour later. 9330.08-CUSB, April 18 at 0125, WBCQ is back on during this hour at least on Sunday night, Baptist? gospel huxter about submerging Catholix is not enough to save them, tsk2 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) BROAD SPECTRUM RADIO on WBCQ: See OKLAHOMA [non] ** U S A. WWRB -- 13 April 2016 (UT) --- David Frantz with extensive monologue this evening (starting just after 0200) about fuel and other taxes and how he became a pilot at a very young age (and how to taxi an aircraft!!!) interspersed with some big band music. Rather interesting. Fair signal on 5050 kHz. Sent a reception report during the broadcast and got an on-air call out. Didn't seem to be in too much of a hurry to switch frequency (to 3185) for Brother Stair. Is there a schedule of programs for WWRB yet? Finally switched frequency to 3185 kHz at 0334 UT for Bro. Stair (not as strong here in NB). Before signing off, talked about the availability of air time and welcomes pirate broadcasters to broadcast legally via WWRB. Attempting to set up a Friday night "Pirates' Cove" program (Richard Langley, NB, April 14, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Normally BS would be on a separate transmitter via 9370 or 3185, than on 5050. So 3185 did not really come on tonight until 5050 went off? (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) The impression I had was that they are using just one transmitter currently and it was retuned from 5050 to 3185 kHz. I did check 3185 kHz before the frequency shift and only heard some local RFI. After 5050 shut down, I tuned immediately to 3185 and there was BS. Would be interesting if David Frantz could confirm this. Do you have his direct e-mail address? Using the WWRB Web page e-mail facility is a bit cumbersome (Richard Langley, ibid.) Question About Transmitter Use Mr. Frantz: The following question came up on the DXLD list this morning in response to a posting of mine last night: So, one and the same (recently refurbished) transmitter used for 5050 and 3185 kHz at the moment? And same antenna? Incidentally, which one and what is its beam direction? Thanks. And again, I enjoyed your monologue on aviation last night. I learned a few things. -- (Prof.) Richard Langley P.S. During the 1990s, I was involved with Transport Canada and subsequently Nav Canada in introducing GPS technologhy to them. Enjoyed several trips in their Citation jet, being picked up and dropped off at our local airport (Richard B. Langley, cc to gh, DXLD) Capt. Dave (as he referred to himself this evening) replied to an e- mail: "Brother Stair has his own transmitter: from 9:00 AM to 9:00pm ET he is on 9.370 MC then at 9:00 PM we re-tune his transmitter to 3.185 Mc for the summer season." So, I guess I just have poor signal propagation at times for the 3185 kHz signal compared to 5050 kHz. And looks like BS is on 24 hours per day on WWRB and the schedule here: http://overcomerministry.org/radio-schedule/ is not quite right. Dave Frantz also said: "Three 100 kW transmitters are being scra[p]ped. The heat exchangers & plate transformers have been hauled off to the scrap yard we are expanding our VERY profitable Avionics shop and need the room. "So WWRB is down to two 100 kW transmitters [says 5050 kHz is running 115 kW on air] --- not profitable but love shortwave" This evening, he was doing his monologue again when I tuned in at about 0130 UT. Talking about flying again and the plans for the "Pirates' Cove" show. Plans to run it from about 7 p.m. ET to midnight on Friday evenings. Closed down 5050 kHz at 0200:44 UT (Richard Langley, NB, UT April 15, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5050, April 14 at *2255:22, WWRB carrier-on, modulated by Radio RSA IS from 2255:45, poor at first vs local noise level but we know it will build up. 2300 Dave signs on and right into another monolog, emphasizing his 115,000 watt transmitter and 200-foot-high rhombic antenna --- that height improves takeoff angle, and minimizes ground loss. Then pitches for pirates to participate in a feature to air Friday nights, `Pirate Cove`, inviting several pirates by name to phone in and go legal, avoiding the risk of fines or having their Social Security payments eventually docked [WORLD OF RADIO 1822] Recheck at 2342, still going now saying it took him 20 years to realize that Christian broadcasters are only interested in making a profit. Next check at 0145 UT April 15, now he`s talking about aviation; has it been all-Dave-all-the-time this evening? 5050, April 15 at 2351, UT Saturday April 16 at 0009 and 0044 chex, no signals from WWRB, so the Friday night `Pirates` Cove` Dave was promoting has not yet eventuated. Has he had any takers? At 0044, no other WWRB signals are to be heard on 9370, 3185, 3195 or 3215, so there may be some other reason for the silence (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Nothing heard from WWRB on 5050 kHz this evening from 2200 UT onwards. Either they were not on or non-existent propagation into NB. On the other hand, WBCQ on 5130 kHz is for once not skipping over me. Heard well this evening around 0140 when I gave up on WWRB (Richard Langley, UT April 16, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5050, April 17 at 0349, no signal from WWRB; you never know whether they will be on or not. 5050, April 17 at 2256, no signal from WWRB at its nominal sign-on time; but rechecked at 2358, NOW the Radio RSA IS is running an hour later; since it`s Sunday? By next check April 18 at 0029, amid a gospel huxter rather than a Dave monolog. At 0123 with very lo-fi religious music, sounds like a terrible phoneline, then reciting Psalm XXIII accompanied by `Rock of Ages` hymn. 9370, April 18 at 0123, WWRBS is still on day frequency after 9 pm ET; by 0325 April 18, 3185 is still not on and there is a JBA carrier on 9370, maybe this; while 5050 is off already. 3185, April 18 at 1113, no signal from WWRBS which should be running all-night. Last check at 0325, 9370 was still on. 5050, Monday April 18 at 2255, WWRB with Radio RSA IS, so back to nominal opening time vs. 2355 on Sunday; 2300 Dave inviting phone calls and then a tune. I`ve had some reaxion from knowledgeable people to some of Dave`s comments on the air and/or by mail, summarizing: WWRB is not the only US SW station inspected by the FCC. But just because rules are on the books, FCC does not necessarily enforce all of them, and has admitted as much to SW broadcasters, e.g. serving a domestic rather than foreign audience is OK; top-of-hour IDs may be delayed up to 45 minutes to avoid interrupting programming. The FCC doesn`t really care about enforcing rules on SW broadcasters, there are so few of them. FCC responds mainly to hot-button issues, such as EAS violations. What is the ``10 dB rule`` Dave talks about? Antennas are supposed to have at least that much direxional forward gain. However, with rhombix you don`t necessarily want this, unless you are trying to reach a very distant target; the less direxional, the better, for domestic coverage, at least from mid-continent rather than the periphery (like WBCQ, WRMI, KVOH). If you are pushing in one direxion, you are losing coverage to the sides and back. Likewise, increased height of towers supporting rhombic antennas is not necessarily a positive thing. Yes, makes for a lower takeoff angle for distant targets, but causes more skip-over domestic targets. 100 kW Harris transmitters do not have solid-state modulators; if they did, they would cost up to 100K$ more. As for Dave`s problems with Christian broadcasters causing him to lose his faith(?), many smaller ones are just in it for the money, and putting any and all on the air without vetting them is asking for trouble, rather than major reliable ministries. The US SW situation is dismal, with a lot more screwups technically and operationally than even gh catches. 9370, April 19 at 0111, WWRBS is still here, not 3185; and their only other WWRB transmitter which started 5050 at 2255 April 18, is now playing an hymn; next check at 0143, 5050 is off and BS has switched to 3185 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9475 & 5830, April 15 at 0141, WTWW-1 missing from both frequencies: possibly amid a QSY, but that would be an odd time to do it. So I check the others: 12105, April 5 at 0141, JBA carrier, so maybe WTWW-3 is on and as usual not really propagating this late; 5085 & 9930 also both off, no WTWW-2. However at 0154, 5085 is now on with open carrier + hum at S9+50, along with its plus/minus 12.9+ kHz parasites circa 5072 and 5098, so Ted is probably about to begin another DJ show prélude to `Midnight[sic] in the Desert` which starts at 0400 UT Tue-Sat, when it is only 9 pm in the Nevada desert (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. UNIDENTIFIED. 5845, April 18 at 0624, JBA AM carrier detectable in sideband of 5850 WRMIBS. The only 5845 in HFCC A-16 is BBC via Thailand, 3.5+ hours of 100 kW English DRM westward at 1429- 1800, echoed by EiBi. So does Aoki but at 1359-1800. What could this be now? Seems steady rather than parasite out of WRMI, not known for those anyway like WTWW, WWCR, WEWN habitually produce, altho faulty audio feeds like Brother Hystairical might force WRMI into them. A leapfrog mixing product of two higher 49mb frequencies from same site? Searching archive, I already figured this out last year: ``5980, Nov 16 at 0404, the WWCR 5890/5935 leapfrog another 45 kHz higher attains S9 as the fundamentals are still very strong, mostly audio from 5890 some non-BS gospel huxter, but 5935`s dead Gene Scott also audible. On reverse leap, 5845, only a very poor carrier`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7520, UT Sunday April 17 at 0354, VG S9+45 signal with drama in Russian; this is a weekly broadcast by WHRI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. On April 7th at 0045 on 9265 an English religious program was heard, seems via WINB and at 0056 another station started on same frequency with ID in English at 0100 and country songs from 0101 UT (WMLK ?), but WINB was under with religious program in English (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, April 8, received April 14 for DX LISTENING DIGEST) Mystery: Tho WMLK has shared a frequency with WINB in past, they would not play country music, nor be on the air at this hour, nor surely at the same time as WINB. I`ve checked and heard nothing but WINB (gh, DXLD) 9265, April 15 at 0142, one station with a gospel huxter, presumed WINB. Also at 1502 UT Fri April 15, JBA algo, presumed WINB, again on air much earlier than still scheduled *1800 on weekdays per http://winb.com/schedule.htm Or could it be something else? I`ve not heard a WINB ID in the mornings, and I really couldn`t imagine any station other than WINB appearing on this WOOB frequency, but Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria, tells me [as above] Altho WMLK has a history of sharing a frequency with WINB, WMLK would not be playing country music, and of course it would be a big foulup if both Pennsylvanians were on 9265 simultaneously. Further chex of 9265 morning and evening needed. 9265 is on again but JBA, April 15 at 1502. 9265, April 16 at 0045, one station in English, modulation somewhat distorted, about suppression of Christians in Africa and Mideast. 0123, still one gospel huxter, presumed only WINB; no sign of a second station CCI as Rumen Pankov once heard. 9265, April 16 at 1235, WINB for a change is not on the air yet, this being a Saturday; previously scheduled to start at 1430 UT with `Meat in Due Season`. 9265, April 20 at 1325 check, WINB no longer being heard this week so early; nor April 21 at 1354 check. Why and with what were they doing it last week? Still no clues on their website schedule (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9975, April 18 at 0112, KVOH is AWOL; allows one to enjoy the lite pulse jamming against nothing on 9980. Still no 9975 at 0325. 9975, April 19 at 0127, KVOH is AWOL for a second night; what`s wrong? Did not get to check day frequency 17775, which is probably the other transmitter. 17775, April 19 at 1451, JBA carrier, presumably KVOH, which is getting to be the norm for them if still signing on at *1400 without a MUF buildup to 18 MHz at least. Next check at 1919, there is still a carrier here, just barely modulated; and still at 2130, very poor, so leaving it on beyond previous 1900*? As I suggested would be prudent for Latin America. Nothing else is known to use 17775 anywhen, disregarding one of countless wooden HFCC registrations from UAE at 16-17 only. Seems like KVOH is barely creaking along, despite having acquired another used transmitter years ago. 17775, April 20 at 1756, can tell KVOH is on at S3-S4 but JBM. At 1804 it`s much weaker than 17765 WHRI which has just opened, and even weaker than 17790 WRMI. 9975 had been completely off the air in evenings, but not checked UT April 20 or 21 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 870, April 15 at 1256 UT, Spanish roughly N/S and it`s too late for XETAR, mentions Radio Transmundial, and partial ID as ``la nuestra --- cadena --- 870 AM``, so it`s certainly KFJZ Fort Worth TX, 1 kW direxional daytimer, which NRC AM Log shows as Radio Fortaleza, format ETHnic rather than SS:RELigious, with an address in Houston. Radio-locator.com has no such name but shows it as Spanish Christian. Fades out before 1300 UT. Its pattern is close to circular, but with a bit more oomph OKward, i.e. north. TWR/Radio Transmundial does run promotional programming on domestic stations (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. KNZZ, 1100, CO, on day power --- Clobbering WTAM when using my west DKAZ antenna. They are running the same talk show as WTAM about 1 second between them so beware. 73 KAZ Barrington IL (Neil Kazaross, 0321 UT April 18, ABDX via DXLD) They might have been legal, using the excuse of the big winter storm we had over the weekend for emergency authorization. Unless anything in the rules has changed, AM stations can use daytime facilities at night in an emergency. The only time I have heard that being done was during a hurricane in the late 70s that was affecting New Orleans. WNOE was on 50 kW with their day pattern all evening. They kept their Top 40 format going with news breaks between each song and the jock on the air was heavily promoting the fact that they were 50,000 watts and he was soliciting DX calls the whole time. A lot of calls were coming in from people in areas far beyond their nighttime signal coverage area. 73, (Kit, W5KAT, CO, April 18, ABDX via DXLD) ** U S A. Little KLIM in Limon, CO is about to become a biggie. Limón is a little town along I 70 about 100 miles east of Denver KLIM is their little 250 watt daytimer on 1120. Authorization was just granted today for KLIM to increase to 50 kW Day with a 2 tower array, and 3 kW ND for critical hours. They will still be a daytimer. Their new 50 kW Day coverage will give them a city grade signal over Denver, Colorado Springs, and Pueblo. They will also have secondary coverage over Fort Collins. This will be a good one to listen for around sunrise and sunset when they get it fired up. 73, (Kit, W5KAT, CO, ABDX via DXLD) When was the last time KLIM was actually on the air? Interesting that while the FCC says ND days, they list a two tower array so they certainly will be directional days: * 1120 kHz Construction Permit * Domestic Station Class: D Region 2 Station Class (corresponds to W. Hemisphere): B Coordination Status: Canada: - Mexico: - Region 2: - File No: BP-20151029AUC Facility ID No.: 25185 CDBS Application ID No.: 1724002 39 12' 7.00" N Latitude Power: 50.0 kilowatts (kW) Daytime 104 20' 44.00" W Longitude (NAD 27) *ND2* - Non-directional Antenna: Different constants day and night RMS Standard: 2264.00 mV/m at 1 kilometer RMS Theoretical: 2155.00 mV/m at 1 kilometer. 2 towers in the directional array CDBS Ant. System ID: 129090. Tower information: Tower No. Field Ratio Phase (deg) Spacing (deg) Orientation (degrees) Electrical Height (deg) Twr Ref. -No Top Loaded or Sectionalized Tower(s)- Antenna Structure Registration Number (#0) A B C D 1 1.000 0.00 0.00 0.00 80.00 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2 0.480 90.00 90.00 88.00 80.00 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 [totally misaligned in copying] I expect I'll be able to get them thru KMOX with 3 kW CH power on good sunset skip nights. 73 KAZ Barrington IL (Neil Kazaross, ibid.) I have checked for KLIM a number of times when out that way and I can't remember ever hearing on in recent years. Same with the FM that was licensed there, but the COL on it was recently changed to Deer Trail and it is for sale. I noticed that about the discrepancy in the license info, but that is nothing new for the FCC. You have to remember that it is the same agency that has been licensing K calls east of the Mississippi, and W calls west of the Mississippi in the past couple of decades, so no surprise they can't even get tech specs correct. If KLIM ever cranked up 50 kW at night in an emergency, KMOX would come unglued! (Kit, ibid.) I've never logged them from the [NV/UT] Border Inn. KANN-UT and KMOX- MO are most common there, but KZSJ-CA, KPNW-OR and KTXW-TX have also been logged. Offhand I'm not sure if I've ever logged them on my trips to Colorado. I'll have to dig up my notes from a very quick bandscan I did on top of Pike's Peak in 2004. They only let you stay up there about half an hour so I really had to hustle. Wish I had a Perseus back then! 73 (Tim Hall, ABDX via DXLD) About 8 years ago when visiting Denver I took a drive out to Limon and there was no trace of KLIM. BTW, when are they supposed to come back on? 73 KAZ (Neil Kazaross, ibid.) Interesting. The new coordinates for this station' s new two tower array put it at 11.9 miles SE of Kiowa, CO, and 35 miles west of Limon. That's a ways from Limon. Looking at Google Maps, I don't even see towers or a transmitter building yet (no clue how old the Google images are). Pattern is a rough cardioid figure without the notch, and pointed at 268 degrees. Pushing 88 kilowatts almost due west and 11 kilowatts east. It ought to be interesting when it gets on the air. Found out more info: Looks like they applied for an STA in December which was approved in January. They are operating on 1220 kHz at 100 watts. ``Description: EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES THE LICENSEE REQUESTS AN EXTENSION OF THE AUTHORITY TO OPERATE THE TRANSMITTER FROM THE KLIM STUDIO, WITH REDUCED POWER. KLIM LOST ITS TRANSMITTER SITE TO COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. GRANT OF THE REQUESTED EXTENSION WILL ALLOW KLIM TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SERVICE TO LIMON AS ITS SOLE REMAINING BROADCAST SERVICE. CATHOLIC RADIO NETWORK, INC., THE PROPOSED ASSIGNEE (SEE BAL- 20141224AAH) OF KLIM FILED A CONTINGENT APPLICATION TO RELOCATE KLIM (BP-20151029AUC). KLIM(AM) SEEKS AN EXTENSION OF THE AUTHORITY TO OPERATE WITH THE FOLLOWING FACILITIES: GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES: 39 16 00 N, 103 41 15 W (NAD 1927) FREQUENCY: 1220 KHZ HOURS OF OPERATION: DAYTIME ONLY OPERATING POWER: 0.1 KILOWATT (DAYTIME) ANTENNA TYPE: EXISTING TOWER OF KLIM(AM)'S STL (SLANT FED) ANTENNA EFFICIENCY: 42 MV/M (FOR 100 WATT OPERATION) OVERALL HEIGHT OF STRUCTURE: 9.1 METERS (30 FEET) (Bill, RADIO-TIMETRAVELLER, ibid.) Could this be a typo and mean 1120? There's a station in Denver on 1220. 73 KAZ (Neil, ibid.) Good question. An earlier STA extension also shows 1220, but the original STA doesn't refer to any frequency change (Bill, ibid.) Given that this is a just-approved application, I wouldn't expect there to be anything at the site yet (Kit, ibid.) Will definitely be a prime winter daytime DX target here. Even as Kaz has said, 3 kW ND CH will be an easy target (Todd Skaine, Bloomington MN, ibid.) The day and critical hours sites are different. https://licensing.fcc.gov/cdbs/CDBS_Attachment/getattachment.jsp?appn=101724002&qnum=5120©num=1&exhcnum=1 (Dennis Gibson, Sent from my iPad, ibid.) The application to sell to Catholic Radio Network dates to 2014, so I question if that is still valid. It seems like the sale would have been finalized long before this if it was still under active consideration. It is interesting that the tower specified for critical hours is an existing tower. I say that because it seems unlikely that the tower would be suitable for AM use since it would not likely have the necessary insulators for the base, the guy wires, or the other antennas on the side, and of course, there would be no ground system in place. Another interesting item is that there is a 3 bay FM antenna side mounted on that tower. There are two translators licensed to Limon that are supposed to be on that tower, but it seems very unlikely that either or both would be using a 3 bay antenna. 73, (Kit W5KAT, ibid.) Yes, the Critical Hours site (3 kW) will be about 7 miles north of Limon, approximately 35 miles from the daytime 50 kW site. Interesting that the two sites fall under the same FCC construction permit application, BP-2015029AUC. I wonder how common this is, to have the daytime and critical hours sites this far apart with totally different array characteristics? (Bill, RADIO-TIMETRAVELLER, Apr 20, ibid.) Wow, that is bizarre, isn't it? I guess they're concerned the 3 kW wouldn't cover their (nominal!) city of license, or else they'd just use one tower from the other site. Frankly, I'd count them as 2 separate stations. Has there ever been a case like this before? 73 (Tim Hall, CA, Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone, ibid.) Under current rules, the 60 dbu contour of the translator cannot exceed the lesser of 25 miles from the daytime site or the 2 mv daytime AM contour. That rule may change as part of the FCC'S current AM rule making proceeding, and if it does, that opens new translator potential for KLIM (Scott Fybush, NY, ibid.) An interesting thread going on right now about KLIM, a station that I honestly never held out much hope for ever picking up. Wasn't this station -- studios AND tower -- taken out when a tornado ravaged Limon in June of 1990? 73, (Rick Dau, South Omaha, Nebraska, EN21af, ibid.) As a 250 watt daytimer in Limon, KLIM would be at best a dollar a holler small town station. With a 50 KW signal capable of covering the whole Front Range, taking in Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Fort Collins, and Greeley, the potential audience becomes huge. Whether or not it could be turned into a money maker just depends on what type of programming ends up on it. As with most large markets in the US, there is already too much format duplication and competition in everything from music formats to sports and religion. I can't think of any format the Denver market doesn't already have 4 or 5 of. The only thing I don't think anyone has tried that might be somewhat successful would be a full time traffic reporting station since the traffic is so bad all over the Front Range. I think it would get a lot of listeners, but I don't know how well they would be able to sell time on it. There is one other consideration worth mentioning, but I don't know what all of the rules are affecting it. The new program of allowing AM stations to get on a translator could figure into this. Since Denver falls within the city grade signal of the proposed 50 kW KLIM signal, that might just give them the chance to essentially become a Denver FM station. Putting on a 50 kW AM signal might just be the back door way of doing it. I don't know if there is anything in the rules limiting how far away a translator can be from the COL of the AM station, but for an FM station it just has to be within their city grade contour if the the translator is owned by the station, unless that has changed. 73, (Kit W5KAT, ibid.) I haven't had a chance to look closely at the KLIM applications, but I'd sound a loud note of caution here: when a facility has been modified as much as KLIM has been (at least on paper) over the years, CDBS sometimes gets some outdated records left in. If a station files at some point for, say, day and CH at one location and night at another, then files a modified CP application that has just day and night records but not separate CH facilities, the CH facilities from the earlier application don't automatically get overwritten in CDBS. So you end up with updated day and night records and the old CH information - again, at least on paper. The FCC staffers look closely at the technical narratives that go with each application, and if and when it ever comes time to issue a license to cover, it will contain the right information. I can't imagine any economic justification in 2016 for building a separate CH site 35 miles away. (Or, probably, for building out KLIM at high power at all; it's lingered for over a decade in radio limbo now.) s (Scott Fybush, ibid.) I just cobbled up a search routine for the FCC database looking for licensed, daytime and critical hours transmitter sites which use different geographic locations. There are none currently licensed. KLIM's attempt will be the only one if they get a license to cover. Surprisingly, there are quite a few separate daytime and nightime sites, 54 pairs in all. I can paste the list if anybody is interested (Bill RADIO-TIMETRAVELLER, ibid.) Looks like the record goes to KMJE-890, Olivehurst, CA (near Sacramento), at 43.6 miles distant between daytime (10 kW) and nighttime (480 watts) arrays. Coincidentally, both arrays are 3 towers. The daytime array is in Sacramento and the nighttime array is in Yuba City, near Olivehurst. The daytime array pushes its signal northeast, the nighttime array to the southwest (Bill RADIO- TIMETRAVELLER, ibid.) Interesting. They're a midday catch in Reno which makes sense. I'll have to check my Border Inn Logs again. Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone (Tim Hall, ibid.) Here's the list of currently licensed stations having different daytime/nighttime locations. One of the original 54 pairs was silent status so I dropped it off the list. Compilation date: 04/20/2016 FCC Database: 04/18/2016 ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - CallSign Frequency Power Class Location Towers Latitude Longitude ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - (D)WRDT 560.000 500 D Monroe, MI 4 41.89111111 -83.4275 (N)WRDT 560.000 14 D Monroe, MI 1 42.45361111 -83.16388889 (D)WNSR 560.000 4500 D Brentwood, TN 4 35.90888889 -86.77027778 (N)WNSR 560.000 75 D Brentwood, TN 1 36.14111111 -86.75638889 (D)WGAC 580.000 5000 B Augusta, GA 1 33.51222222 -82.08 (N)WGAC 580.000 840 B Augusta, GA 4 33.52472222 -81.90861111 (N)WXVA 610.000 500 B Winchester, VA 4 39.19805556 -78.22027778 (D)WXVA 610.000 380 B Winchester, VA 1 39.12388889 -78.21222222 (N)WUNO 630.000 5000 B San Juan, PR 2 18.44972222 -66.27277778 (D)WUNO 630.000 5000 B San Juan, PR 2 18.43305556 -66.27277778 (D)WOKV 690.000 50000 B Jacksonville, FL 1 30.13222222 -81.7 (N)WOKV 690.000 25000 B Jacksonville, FL 6 30.30777778 -81.93972222 (N)KXMR 710.000 4000 B Bismarck, ND 4 46.66888889 -100.77583333 (D)KXMR 710.000 50000 B Bismarck, ND 3 46.83444444 -100.52194444 (D)WVNN 770.000 7000 B Athens, AL 1 34.74972222 -86.79861111 (N)WVNN 770.000 250 B Athens, AL 4 34.83916667 -86.92888889 (D)WCPT 820.000 5800 B Willow Springs, IL 1 41.98138889 -87.77222222 (N)WCPT 820.000 1500 B Willow Springs, IL 6 41.54166667 -88.03416667 (N)KTRB 860.000 50000 B San Francisco, CA 4 37.59277778 -121.77416667 (D)KTRB 860.000 50000 B San Francisco, CA 1 37.6325 -122.12972222 (N)KPRM 870.000 1000 B Park Rapids, MN 3 46.905 -95.01777778 (D)KPRM 870.000 50000 B Park Rapids, MN 1 46.92833333 -95.00611111 (N)WHCU 870.000 1000 B Ithaca, NY 3 42.36305556 -76.60611111 (D)WHCU 870.000 5000 B Ithaca, NY 1 42.465 -76.37305556 (N)KMJE 890.000 480 B Olivehurst, CA 3 39.13833333 -121.55416667 (D)KMJE 890.000 10000 B Olivehurst, CA 3 38.50805556 -121.57944444 (D)KYWN 890.000 50000 B Meridian, ID 1 43.46027778 -116.24138889 (N)KYWN 890.000 250 B Meridian, ID 2 43.54944444 -116.41055556 (N)WLTP 910.000 40 D Marietta, OH 1 39.28972222 -81.52666667 (D)WLTP 910.000 5000 D Marietta, OH 2 39.36333333 -81.50277778 (D)KVIN 920.000 500 B Ceres, CA 3 37.59694444 -121.07083333 (N)KVIN 920.000 2500 B Ceres, CA 3 37.63194444 -120.75166667 (D)WMOK 920.000 1000 B Metropolis, IL 1 37.15333333 -88.70916667 (N)WMOK 920.000 750 B Metropolis, IL 4 37.14888889 -88.63611111 (D)WMIX 940.000 5000 B Mount Vernon, IL 2 38.37055556 -88.92333333 (N)WMIX 940.000 1500 B Mount Vernon, IL 5 38.35416667 -89.00805556 (D)WKGM 940.000 10000 B Smithfield, VA 1 36.95444444 -76.63 (N)WKGM 940.000 3100 B Smithfield, VA 4 37.0975 -76.67111111 (N)WNTD 950.000 5000 B Chicago, IL 6 41.63666667 -87.55277778 (D)WNTD 950.000 1000 B Chicago, IL 1 41.86083333 -87.68666667 (N)WKDN 950.000 21000 B Philadelphia, PA 4 40.15416667 -75.36944444 (D)WKDN 950.000 43000 B Philadelphia, PA 3 39.97444444 -75.27194444 (D)WFIR 960.000 10000 B Roanoke, VA 1 37.3025 -80.04027778 (N)WFIR 960.000 5000 B Roanoke, VA 2 37.25527778 -79.95944444 (N)KSVC 980.000 1000 B Richfield, UT 2 38.76111111 -112.07638889 (D)KSVC 980.000 10000 B Richfield, UT 1 38.78805556 -112.01166667 (D)KBBW 1010.000 10000 B Waco, TX 3 31.56833333 -97.00027778 (D)KLAT 1010.000 5000 B Houston, TX 6 29.89638889 -95.29027778 (N)KBBW 1010.000 2500 B Waco, TX 6 31.50194444 -96.965 (N)KLAT 1010.000 3600 B Houston, TX 6 29.86222222 -95.51166667 (D)KJPG 1050.000 10000 D Frazier Park, CA 3 35.02444444 -118.91805556 (N)KJPG 1050.000 7 D Frazier Park, CA 1 35.40194444 -119.04638889 (N)KRCN 1060.000 111 D Longmont, CO 1 40.19111111 -105.12638889 (D)KRCN 1060.000 50000 D Longmont, CO 1 40.28083333 -104.94027778 (D)WYLL 1160.000 50000 B Chicago, IL 2 42.04166667 -87.86583333 (N)WYLL 1160.000 50000 B Chicago, IL 6 41.57305556 -87.99361111 (N)KVCE 1160.000 1000 B Highland Park, TX 6 33.03916667 -96.94277778 (D)KVCE 1160.000 35000 B Highland Park, TX 6 33.17694444 -97.67666667 (N)KFXR 1190.000 5000 B Dallas, TX 12 32.89916667 -96.41305556 (D)KFXR 1190.000 50000 B Dallas, TX 4 32.78611111 -96.95 (N)KRPU 1210.000 500 B Rocklin, CA 1 38.73083333 -121.31888889 (N)KQEQ 1210.000 370 B Fowler, CA 1 36.66027778 -119.68361111 (D)KQEQ 1210.000 5000 B Fowler, CA 3 36.77055556 -119.92222222 (D)KRPU 1210.000 5000 B Rocklin, CA 6 38.46277778 -121.13027778 (N)WILY 1210.000 3 D Centralia, IL 1 38.52444444 -89.13416667 (D)WILY 1210.000 10000 D Centralia, IL 2 38.48194444 -89.14888889 (N)KMIA 1210.000 10000 B Auburn-Federal Way, WA 4 47.3 -122.18805556 (D)KMIA 1210.000 27500 B Auburn-Federal Way, WA 2 47.30555556 - 122.24805556 (D)KZDC 1250.000 25000 B San Antonio, TX 4 29.28361111 -98.47444444 (N)KZDC 1250.000 920 B San Antonio, TX 4 29.49694444 -98.41583333 (D)KKDZ 1250.000 5000 B Seattle, WA 1 47.56361111 -122.35972222 (N)KKDZ 1250.000 5000 B Seattle, WA 4 47.67305556 -122.16888889 (D)KCTC 1320.000 5000 B West Sacramento, CA 3 38.63638889 -121.5525 (N)KCTC 1320.000 5000 B West Sacramento, CA 4 38.71166667 - 121.32888889 (D)WEBY 1330.000 25000 D Milton, FL 2 30.51805556 -87.08222222 (N)WEBY 1330.000 79 D Milton, FL 1 30.62 -87.0225 (N)WGBN 1360.000 1000 B Mckeesport, PA 4 40.31138889 -79.84972222 (D)WGBN 1360.000 5000 B Mckeesport, PA 1 40.40833333 -79.92777778 (D)WLTH 1370.000 1000 B Gary, IN 1 41.57138889 -87.31722222 (N)WLTH 1370.000 500 B Gary, IN 4 41.53944444 -87.3 (N)WQLL 1370.000 24000 B Pikesville, MD 6 39.40805556 -76.77555556 (D)WQLL 1370.000 50000 B Pikesville, MD 6 39.43972222 -76.35555556 (N)KTKZ 1380.000 5000 B Sacramento, CA 4 38.5575 -121.18083333 (D)KTKZ 1380.000 5000 B Sacramento, CA 3 38.50805556 -121.57944444 (D)KXFN 1380.000 5000 B St. Louis, MO 3 38.75027778 -90.16277778 (N)KXFN 1380.000 1000 B St. Louis, MO 4 38.52416667 -90.23805556 (N)WNLA 1380.000 44 D Indianola, MS 1 33.45888889 -90.62916667 (D)WNLA 1380.000 500 D Indianola, MS 1 33.47805556 -90.64111111 (D)WLCM 1390.000 5000 B Holt, MI 2 42.56722222 -84.86611111 (N)WLCM 1390.000 4500 B Holt, MI 4 42.55194444 -84.55138889 (N)WNIO 1390.000 4800 B Youngstown, OH 6 40.98638889 -80.59833333 (D)WNIO 1390.000 9500 B Youngstown, OH 1 41.12138889 -80.70138889 (D)WAMV 1420.000 2200 D Amherst, VA 1 37.53972222 -79.05277778 (N)WAMV 1420.000 47 D Amherst, VA 1 37.53972222 -79.09166667 (D)WLXN 1440.000 5300 B Lexington, NC 1 35.92033333 -80.25058333 (N)WLXN 1440.000 1000 B Lexington, NC 3 35.83227778 -80.28722222 (D)WHBC 1480.000 15000 B Canton, OH 4 40.8975 -81.31944444 (N)WHBC 1480.000 5000 B Canton, OH 5 40.72083333 -81.44111111 (D)KZNX 1530.000 10000 D Creedmoor, TX 4 30.07722222 -97.63555556 (N)KZNX 1530.000 220 D Creedmoor, TX 4 30.34555556 -97.63444444 (N)WVOK 1580.000 22 D Oxford, AL 1 33.44861111 -86.065 (D)WVOK 1580.000 2500 D Oxford, AL 1 33.59083333 -85.83166667 (D)KDIA 1640.000 10000 B Vallejo, CA 1 37.89555556 -122.32416667 (N)KDIA 1640.000 10000 B Vallejo, CA 4 38.13416667 -122.42555556 (D)KKLF 1700.000 10000 B Richardson, TX 1 33.42305556 -96.6625 (N)KKLF 1700.000 1000 B Richardson, TX 1 33.12138889 -96.58194444 Notes: Number of items listed: 106 Callsign prefix:(U)UNLIMITED , (D)DAYTIME, (N)NIGHTTIME, (C)CRITICAL HOURS (Bill, RADIO-TIMETRAVELLER, ibid.) I noticed that the longitude of the two WUNO sites [630, PUERTO RICO above] is identical in decimal format so I looked into it. Using the non decimal degrees minutes seconds format the latitude minutes are different by one. The two tower ASR numbers are the same so it's a typo. I used Bing Maps bird's eye to determine if the day or night coordinates are right. I see two towers at the day coordinates. I'll email the FCC engineer in charge of making corrections to AM and FM queries. He's very friendly and has made corrections after I've shown him a number of errors. I'll take this opportunity to recommend Bill's website. He just posted this list there. He has great medium wave pattern reference maps for day, critical hours and night. Choose a frequency and all of the stations will appear on a Google Map. The day and critical hours service contours are shown. Touch a flag with your cursor and lots of great information appears. Also there's a neat M3 ground conductivity map. There's other neat stuff as well. http://radio-timetraveller.blogspot.com (Dennis Gibson, Sent from my iPad, ibid.) As of 12-29-2014 the status of the application to assign the license is "accepted for filing". I've watched quite a few license assignments. If there are no issues most are granted in three to five months. There are a couple of interesting things in the asset purchase agreement. "Because the FCC will not grant consent to the assignment of the Station while operating pursuant to the STA, Buyer agrees to assist Seller with the construction and licensing of new full-power facilities, subject to Commission approval". "Seller is not in bankruptcy". Does assist means help pay for? $100,000 seems like a lot of money for a 250 watt daytimer in a city with a 2010 census population of 1,880 people. Scott questioned whether this will ever be built. CRN hired a well known broadcast engineering consultant to assemble the report to apply for the CP. That wasn't cheap. I saw a used Harris 3DX50 50 kW transmitter advertised for $90,000. At one seller a new one is $172,000. A 3 kW transmitter will be needed. Two sites means duplication of equipment (Dennis Gibson, Sent from my iPad, ibid.) ** U S A. 1210, April 15 at 1251 UT as I am listening to KGYN [see OKLAHOMA], a twist of the wrist holding the DX-398 brings in a mention of ``downtown Huron``, i.e. KOKK, 5000/870 watts U4 from Huron SD. Neither day nor night pattern is favorable for us: night to the NW, day to the SE, and it`s officially daytime since 1145 UT in April (1100 UT in May, 1045 UT in June!) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1310, WDTW, MI, Dearborn/Detroit with "La Mega" stuff but including an actual factual legal ID at ToH mentioning “La Mega Detroit, 1310 AM” in Spanish after the call letters and “Dearborn/Detroit” and also mentioning the web URL lamegadetroit.com. This is where you can tell they are planning on operating a high class locally controlled organization because the website is a ‘cookie cutter’ LaMega template with ‘personalized’ footers and contact information: I particularly got a kick from the fact that the ‘traffic’ contact listed on their ‘contact us’ page is Tina Stenback (sounds Latina to me...) with the email tina@877cleveland.com(!) Real local control! :) Weakish but even with splatter from 1320 it was still OK, 343+ 2158- 2203 11/Apr using the car radio and stock antenna on my way home from work (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Williamston MI, MARE Tipsheet April 15 via DXLD) NEW LOCAL SPANISH-LANGUAGE STATION WILL SEEK TIGERS, LIONS By Bill Shea April 17, 2016 8:00 a.m. Updated a day ago A new Spanish-language radio station is on the air in metro Detroit, and its operator is interested in becoming the flagship Spanish- language broadcaster for Detroit Tigers and Lions games. WDTW 1310 AM, under the branding name La Mega ("The Mega" in Spanish), is now airing Mexican popular music and Spanish-language news, weather and traffic information for metro Detroit. It began broadcasting last week. The 5,000-watt station is operated by suburban Cincinnati-based Spanish-language media publisher and broadcaster TSJ Media, a division of Gate West Coast Ventures LLC. Local Spanish-language entertainment promoter Pedro Zamora owns the station through his Taylor-based Zamora Entertainment Inc. He and TSJ Media have a deal for the current operating arrangement, which shares expenses and revenue. They also have prior deals in place in Ohio. TSJ Media is owned by Josh Guttman, a longtime Cincinnati radio industry figure. He said Zamora's company spent about $1 million to reconstruct the radio station's four broadcast towers, which were dismantled a few years ago in Taylor. "We literally started with a skeleton of a station and built it back from the ground up," said WDTW General Manager Jaime Javier Jaime, who confirmed the $1 million estimate (adding that final costs are not yet in). Guttman said the plan now is to hire 10 to 15 full- and part-time staff members to operate the station out of Zamora's Taylor office over the next six weeks. WDTW for now is being handled from TSJ Media's station in Columbus, Ohio. "Piece by piece, we will hire local DJs, more local salespeople, a local production person and assistant program director," Guttman said. "All of our stations work independent of each other, as far as sound. It's all locally based." Josh Guttman: TSJ Media owner plans to hire new staff. [caption] TSJ has the Spanish-language broadcast rights for Cleveland Cavaliers and Cincinnati Reds games, and Guttman said his plan is to approach the Detroit teams about striking a similar deal. "Our goal is to have conversations with the Tigers and Lions," he said. The Tigers contract their radio broadcasts through a network of stations handled by CBS Radio Inc. and the Lions have a similar arrangement with Cumulus Media Inc. The Tigers confirmed they don't have a Spanish-language station in their broadcast network, but had no other comment on the matter. Debbie Kenyon, the senior vice president and market manager for CBS Radio locally, said she's interested in talking with the new station about possibly airing Tigers games. "We would love to have a conversation," she said. Older radio listeners will remember 1310 AM as "Keener 13" when it used the WKNR call letters. It was a Top 40 powerhouse during the 1960s and '70s. The station, which has had 11 different sets of call letters since going on the air in 1946, had previously been owned by radio giant Clear Channel (now iHeartMedia Inc.), which donated the station and license in 2012 to the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council as part of a diversity effort. It had been off the air since then, and its radio towers were taken down. Zamora, who owns two other stations out of state along with several nightclubs, bought the station license from the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council in 2014 for $100,000, broadcast industry records show. His Zamora Entertainment, where a permanent studio is being built, does Spanish-language musician and entertainment bookings. The market's other Spanish-language station is WSDS 1480 AM in Washtenaw County's Superior Township, a 24-hour music station known as "La Explosiva." It's owned by Vazquez Broadcasting Corp., but its signal has more static in Detroit than WDTW's cleaner broadcast. "You can hear (WDTW) clear as day in Pontiac, and Detroit is totally clear," Guttman said. He estimated there are at least 200,000 potential listeners from Toledo to Detroit to Pontiac who can be tapped for Spanish-language radio content and advertising. Guttman also noted his company offers clients print advertising via several Spanish-language newspapers, and digital and mobile options. His company previously had a Spanish-language newspaper in Detroit, but eventually mothballed it and gave its advertising accounts to Latino Press, Guttman said. WDTW will be commercial-free its first few weeks, Guttman said, and the market plan to introduce the station includes contests with business, billboards and an emphasis on word-of-mouth. Guttman said he has nine local advertisers inked to contracts for when the station begins airing commercials, and he expects to have an additional dozen or more by then. Camilo Suero, executive director of the 200-member Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, said he's excited about the new station because its signal will reach the Spanish-speaking population pockets in Detroit, Pontiac and Macomb County. "This is going to be a positive. This will be a conduit for our corporate members to reach the growing Spanish-speaking market," he said. Industry observers say a Spanish-language station could make money filling a locally neglected broadcast demographic. "Certainly there is room for 1310 as a Spanish station as Detroit has historically been among the most underserved in this area of the country's major cities," said Don Tanner, a partner in Farmington Hills-based Tanner Friedman Strategic Communications and a radio- industry insider (via Harry van Vugt, Ont., dxldyg via DXLD) ** U S A. 1470, April 19 at 0147 UT, ``AM 1470 The Twister``, Plainview ads, program promo for KDHN Radio, briefly atop the frequency. So it is KDHN, Dimmitt TX, 500/149 watts U3. NRC AM Log has name as ``Voice of the Great High Plains`` so ``The Twister`` seems new, altho maybe VOGHP still applies too, or did they consider it too cumbersome. Are they daring a tornado to strike, Plainview, or Dimmitt? Plainview is 40 miles SE of Community of License Dimmitt on State Hwy 194, so I rather doubt it can cover well that far at night. Maybe there`s an FM translator now? Radio-Locator has yet another name, ``The Little Country Giant``. Day and night patterns are shown with a bit of a notch close to Enidward. I also logged this recently fuzzily with an indefinite call-letter ID. For the Twister identity we have to go to https://www.facebook.com/KDHN1470twister/ showing that as early as August 25, 2015. And which leads us to a ``full-feature website`` R-L doesn`t know about: http://www.kdhnradio.com/ Indicating it`s really into agriplex news now and silly ballgames; still any C&W? (Glenn Hauser, OK DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1479.955, ALABAMA, WERM, Mobile. 1039 UT April 17, 2016. Urban gospel from Fred "Radical For Christ" Hammond, then the Kurt Carr Singers, male live, "This is WERM, 14-80" and more gospel. Annoying channel het, measured on the IC-R75 (Terry L Kureger, Clearwater, FL, NRD-535, IC-R75, ICF-7600GR, roof dipole, active loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1480, April 14 at 1243 UT, checking again for the mystery ``1290 y 1480 Qué Buena`` heard a few days ago, still none of that; dominant signal occupying 1480 instead of nearest KQAM Wichita, is several segués of classic rock including Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, no ``Wonderful KBOX`` jingle non-IDs heard today, yet obviously KBXD Dallas on day power, altho not always so at this hour. Legal ID at hourtop 1300 UT as ``This is KBXD, 1480, Dallas`` with slight Spanish accent, and another tune. Never any commercials heard either --- a great jukebox for listeners, but how much longer can this go on? Must still be considered stunting (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1650, April 16 at 1300 UT, song ``Bienvenidos a Mano a Mano, todos los sábados, lo mejor del deporte mundial; son las 9 de la mañana`` --- you might wonder which Spanish sports station is in the Eastern timezone, until realizing that this has to be El Paso TX, latest format of KSVE, ESPN Deportes, 8500/850 watts U1, plugged into an Eastern-chauvinist network forcing the rest of América to deal with their inapplicable timezone. April SR/SS times for KSVE are 1245 UT/0130 UT (May: 1215 UT/0200 UT). On 1650, it`s far more common to hear Spanish from KSVE or KBJD Denver (religionist), than English from our nearest, Oklahoma`s own KFSW Sallisaw (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Some MW log tips from N Peoria Arizona. times / dates local in MST. 73 and Good Listening ! ~ Rick . 1660, KTIQ, CA, Merced, 4/16, 0735 [MST = 1435 UT]: "Rock 1-0-5-9" to old cut by Soundgarden. (this was formerly Spanish language religion) (Rick Barton, ABDX via DXLD) ** U S A. Inside Radio Quote of the Day: “We have 117 radio stations and we think that will be a great standalone company. By no means are we deserting the radio business.” – CBS Corp. chairman & CEO Les Moonves during a phone interview Wednesday morning with sports talk show host Dan Sielo on “Mighty 1090 AM” XPRS San Diego. Posted by: (Mike Terry, UK, dxldyg via DXLD) ** VANUATU. UNIDENTIFIED. 3944.1 at 1337 and subsequent checking on April 17. Heard a definite open carrier, but not at a level for any audio. Nothing heard on the Radio Vanuatu frequency of 3945.0, so I have to wonder about the possibility that it's RV? Needs more monitoring! Thanks to Mauno Ritola who checked and measured it "as 3944.203-4 via Brisbane rx." Thanks also to Wolfy - "At 1520-1540 UT noted nothing on 3944v in Osaka-Kyoto Japan remote servers." (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) RE: Ron's UNID - now confirmed as Radio Vanuatu Hi Glenn, Am very thankful for the following feedback. Greatly appreciate their assistance in confirming the off frequency open carrier I heard was in fact Radio Vanuatu. Seems doubtful I will be hearing any audio during their current weak broadcasting. Ron - - - - - - - Bryan Clark emailed me (April 18): "Yes Ron, definitely Radio Vanuatu on 3944.21 at 0827 UT today in Pidgin - Japan 3945 putting a het on them but easy log here on lower sideband. Just rechecked at 1025 and I measure frequency as 3944.205. Regards, Bryan (Mangawhai - New Zealand)." - - - - - - - Mauno Ritola emailed the following: "Yes, Bryan, I can also hear now at 1030 bits of audio via Brisbane. But really a shadow of what it used to be, can't be 1 kW any more. Best regards, Mauno" (Finland) (Ron Howard, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DXLD) ** VENEZUELA. time zones - YV-land http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/15/venezuela-half-hour-time-change-energy-consumption (via Eric Flodén, BC, April 17, WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DXLD) See WORLD OF HOROLOGY ** VIETNAM [and non]. 9921.0, April 14 at 1306, whoop-whoop jammer against 9920 FEBC, which airs Vietnam minority languages 1200-1330 on a complex schedule, five different ones at 1300-1330 depending on day of week, per EiBi, Bru on Thursdays, which is also spoken in Laos. It`s a 100 kW Iba transmitter aimed due west. The jammer is always there, so this time I investigate it further: a carrier 1 kHz offset, and modulated with the whoop-whoop, variable pitch tones, rather than the carrier itself being moved back and forth. Tuning LSB just about eliminates it so I hope the Hill Tribes being proselytized have R75s or the like with such capability. As for the FEBC modulation, it almost sounds like English intonation, but cannot understand anything --- maybe a heavy English accent on Bru, as there`s a very good chance American missionaries are responsible for this attempt at cultural genocide. BTW, KNLS in Chinese is also registered on 9920 at 1300-1400, but no sign of it or ChiCom jamming; wooden. It`s supposedly on both 9655 and 9920 during this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VIETNAM. 6019.999, V of Vietnam Dac Lac site, S=9+20dB or -55dBm signal, and as usual two symmetrical spurious signals of 13.384 kHz each side, 'seen' as peaks as on 6006.615 and 6033.383 kHz. Latter spur spikes at S=9 or -72dBm strength. 0944 UT April 15. Endless talk in Vietnamese by female and male presenter. 7210.001, V of Vietnam 1st program service from Dac Lac site, and as usual two symmetrical spurious signals 'seen' as peaks as wandered/varying 7196.187...198, and 7223.810v kHz. 0959 UT on April 15. S=9+20dB or -56dBm. Both spurs wandered some +/minus 5 Hertz up and down. 9635.796, V of Vietnam 1st program from Son Tay site, and both sides symmetrically accompanied 100 Hertz main power spurs visible, at 1050 UT on April 15. 9839.832, V of Vietnam Japanese service from Son Tay site, S=9+5dB on backlobe side. At 1108 UT April 15 [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] 0920-1110 UT on April 15, on remote SDR in eastern Thailand (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 15, dxldyg via DXLD) 5925even, VOV 2nd, Son Tay S=9+20 -53dBm 5975even, VoV 1, Son Tay S=9+20 2344 UT 6019.999, VoV 4, Dac Lac S=9+20dB -48dBm, ID at 2350 UT. + two spurious 13.383 kHz apart distance away. 7210even, VoV 1st program from Dac Lac, +2 spurious on 13.830 kHz apart distance on both sidebands (Wolfgang Büschel, log 2320-0030 UT April 15 / 16, of SoEaASia eastern Thailand remote access, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9635.799, As always VoV 1st program from Son Tay, very odd frequency. Vietnamese female chorus program. S=8 or -76dBm signal this morning. 9849.9965, V of Vietnam's 4th program from minor domestic site Hanoi - Xuan Mai at 0402 UT on April 18. News in Vietnamese read by female reader. S=8 at -78dBm signal level [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, Checked eastern Thailand remote receiver installation, before to be closed soon, till autumn / winter season opening in November 2016. Looked out for transmissions seldom reported in western DX hobby lists, 0422 UT April 18, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** YEMEN [non]. 11860, April 14 at 1400, Republic of Yemen Radio is S9+10 with talk in Arabic, but modulation cutting off and on repeatedly. I wonder if it`s an internet feed; this happens often (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Rep. Yemen Radio, Sanaa (Saudi Arabia Relay?) 11860, 1348 14 APR - SINPO = 25212. Arabic, male announcer interviewing male in studio. QSB=rapid-to-ff rate, modulation on noisy carrier occasionally peaks above noise floor but mostly mixing with it. (Spot check at 1327z nothing heard; at 1508z SINPO 25212, male interviewing male over the phone). sf112.8, a26, k5, geomag: minor storm. 50kw?, Omni?, bearing 17 ?. Sangean ATS505 w/MFJ-1020C active antenna used to preselect Magic Wand Antenna hanging indoors on west wall. Received at Las Vegas, United States, 13045KM? from transmitter at Riyadh?. Local time: 0648. Absent the last couple of mornings for me (~1300z-1600z) was Rep. Yemen Radio (Sana'a) on 11860, but BBC Singapore [11890] was weak as well so I'm choosing to blame the propagation conditions (Rodney Johnson, NV, April 18, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) More mumblings on Sana'a --- This is a really offside thought, I am mumbling again, so please don't hesitate to shoot me down! I have my own doubts about the likelihood, but since we are about 5 months on and still making no progress I thought I would toss the idea into the ring for discussion. According to these two articles, South Africa is now co-operating with Saudi Arabia on the production of munitions at an apparently joint- owned facility in Saudi Arabia. This is ostensibly part of a joint campaign against regional terrorism, but South Africa has seemingly tried to prevent South Africans hearing about this project. Which prompts me to ask: Amongst those DXLD members who have been partaking in the Rep.of Yemen Radio / Sana'a mystery, how would it fit in with your reception of Radio Sana'a if the transmission (theoretically at least) was originating from Meyerton (via SA government-owned Sentech), for at least part of the day? I assume it would be targetted in a roughly NNE direction from Meyerton to Yemen, going right over my head. It is now some time since I checked Sana'a in the (local) evenings, but recall that some weeks ago I was reporting in Jo'burg a signal closely matching in strength that of 500kW Iran targetted at East Africa. And also a strong sub-audible het at what I believe to be transmitter changeover time just before 1800ut - a het which no one else seems to hear. Presumably a Meyerton source would be 100kW, but I am only about 25 miles north of Meyerton and most likely in the skip zone. As I said, just a way-out thought; it will probably come to nothing. But if it rings any bells, please post your thoughts. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/govt-confirms-joint-military-co-operation-with-saudi-arabia-20160415?isapp=true http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/2016/04/06/rheinmetall-denel-munition-factory-opens-saudi-arabia/82695922/ (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D, April 15, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Interesting theory, which should be dis/provable by monitoring outside the gates of Meyerton, if you or someone could do that (gh, DXLD) Bill: Being so close, can't you receive any ground waves from Meyerton? Either on the fundamental or sub- or multiple harmonics? Even well-maintained transmitters might put out strong enough harmonic signals to be detected if close enough to the transmitter. I recall hearing some from RCI, Sackville, and I'm a couple of hundred km away. How about driving close to the antennas with a portable receiver to see what you pick up around 1800 UT? (Richard Langley, Fredericton NB, ibid.) Hi Richard, Thanks for your input. Yes, I could check for harmonics and will do so next time I have a nice strong signal, but at my location I have never heard any before on other broadcasts from Meyerton, e.g. BBC WS to Southern Africa. I'm still not fully mobile after knee surgery last year, so I would have difficulty getting to Meyerton, close though it is. I do recall, a couple of years ago, on several occasions hearing strong SAH's on the BBC 6190 service from Meyerton, just before TOH. If I recall correctly, they were very similar in strength and frequency to those I now "hear" from "Sana'a". They weren't changing site, but must have been changing transmitters for some reason, at the same time each day (Bill Bingham, ibid.) 11860, April 15 is not a good day for Republic of Yemen Radio – at 1316 a JBA carrier; slightly improved at 1348; very poor S2 at 1412 and 1429. 11860, April 16 at 1252, Republic of Yemen Radio music is S9 to S9+10. 24 hours later April 17, hardly any signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Good signal of Republic of Yemen Radio, April 16, 0900-1500 on 11860 unknown tx / unknown to N/ME Arabic http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/good-signal-of-republic-of-yemen-radio.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, April 16, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Reception of Republic of Yemen Radio, April 19 till 0900 on 11860 JED 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic 0900-1800 on 11860 unknown tx / unknown to N/ME Arabic from 1800 on 11860 JED 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/reception-of-republic-of-yemen-radio.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, April 19, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZAMBIA. 4965 F/d card received from Ray Robinson for Brisbane Perseus reception of VOH Zambia on 4965 on 25 March at 2002. Card stated 50 KW transmitter was 22 mi S of Lusaka and that this date was the second day of bcsting on 4965 (Ray erred on his date on the card as the first day of bcsting was 24 March – he corrected his error after re-reading my report). QSL images attached. Can't remember when I last received two QSLs from African stations (real stations not relays) in one week --- and Radio Guinea reactivated on 9650 to boot! It doesn't get any better than this! (Bruce Churchill, Fallbrook CA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of Hope -- Some nice images of the two TX sites http://www.voiceofhope.com/stations.html (Ian, April 16, shortwavesites yg via DXLD) ** ZAMBIA [and non]. ZNBC1 / South Africa, Radio Lead Africa for Uganda, 5915 kHz. On Monday April 18 my comments echo those of Ron Howard on April 11, "So have no idea what was going on here from 0300 to 0400." I tuned in at 0305 today (April 18) and heard nothing from either Zambia or Meyerton on this frequency; just normal background noise, so normal that I assumed they were both off-air. Definitely no sub- audible het as previously heard and reported to DXLD. I found a very weak carrier, but it was almost at imagination level. This carried on until about 0358, at which point Zambia suddenly became audible, as though Lead Africa had been on air and suddenly their carrier was cut (just before 0400 as expected). At 0400 there were the usual fish eagles and jingle followed by the ZNBC1 ID and "One Zambia One Nation". If Lead Africa from Meyerton was in fact suppressing Zambia as it usually does, I can't understand why I wasn't picking up a strong carrier from Meyerton. And no SAH, could one of them have tweaked frequency to get rid of the het? Or could some adjustment have been made to the Meyerton antenna so that they were just inaudible in Jo'burg? When Zambia did become audible it was much weaker than usual for that time of day; I note that Spaceweather is today reporting a solar flare at 0039 and shortwave radio blackouts around the Pacific. Although I'm nowhere near the Pacific I wonder if the whole mystery could be related to that? Or maybe Meyerton really was off-air and Zambia just came on air late? Jo'burg sunrise today 0425 UT (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZANZIBAR. 6015, ZBC Radio, 0253-0330, April 17. An anomaly for them; seemed all Spice FM (pop African songs) till 0310, then ME sounding music; so not the normal Qur'an and no first monologue. After 0316 went to the usual ZBC format (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Perhaps like that 4766 kHz signal from last month (no longer seen)? Thanks, (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, dxldyg via DXLD) Hi Walt, Believe 4766 was off for a while, but I have recently been daily hearing it again. Have not bothered to log (or report) it after I posted the following: UNIDENTIFIED. Can someone help me identify a digital signal on 3286 kHz, heard 19 Apr 2016 at 0615? The signal is S9 +25 db. I have been unsuccessful in decoding it. Usually there is a carrier, but every 60 seconds or so there is a digital transmission lasting about 8 seconds. I can find no listing for a suspect. Thanks, (George, NJ3H, Redmond, Oregon USA, Perseus and Elad, Wellbrook ALA1530AL-2, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) George, seems to me that someone has identified this as a STANAG NATO transmission, likely from the WCNA (Walt Salmaniw, BC, ibid.) Thanks, Walt. Sure doesn't sound like Stanag. The signal is very narrow, carrier and when the digital part is being transmitted. At first hearing, I thought it was high speed morse, but fldigi couldn't decode it. The 8 second transmission always sounds the same at the end. I also thought military as well. But it really booms in here. Have a great afternoon. Regards, (George, NJ3H, Redmond, Oregon USA, Perseus and Elad FDM-S2, Wellbrook ALA1530AL. ibid.) UNIDENTIFIED. Re: 4766.0, strong open carrier at 1144 on March 28. . . (Ron Howard, April 18) Thanks about that, Ron. Funny, that I tried listening (or at least at 8 sec intervals for hours on my Total Recorder) and never heard anything while in Masset. Still a mystery as to their location. 73, (Walt, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 4915.07, April 20 at 1250, JBA carrier. No Asians are listed on this frequency, so what, an AIR off-frequency again? Also getting lots of 60m carriers on Indian/Chinese/East Turkistani frequencies, right at sunrise here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 5915, April 18 at 0309 & 0348, JBA carrier only detectable in huge splash from 5910 and 5920 stations; this hour was supposed to be Radio Lead Africa on UT Mon/Tue/Fri, via South Africa, despite ZAMBIA`s long usage of 5915. Has anyone definitely heard RLA lately on any of its alleged transmissions? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 6947.40, April 16 at 0039, open AM carrier/dead air at S9+25, maybe not a pirate. Now that we know what the carrier on 6993 is, what`s this? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6947.40 [There is a het here consistently which periodically erupts with digital traffic. Is it S9 now (0041, 4/17/16) here. Some in the pirate community believe it is Russian. - Ed.] (Mark Taylor, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) I don`t think so; it`s too strong and steady to be outside North America (gh, DXLD) 6947.40, April 17 at 0350, open carrier S7 to S9, still mysterious (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) On my Perseus waterfall for weeks now, I'm seeing a carrier on 6947.425 in AM. Never any modulation. It's there all the time, at least in my local evening and night (presently 0145 UT). Now the Perseus is known to have occasional birdies, so is anyone seeing the same signal, and if so, what might it be? Perhaps like that 4766 kHz signal from last month (no longer seen)? Thanks, (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, April 18, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Walt, Yes, I see this carrier on my receiver (which is not calibrated) on 6947.48 and about S8 to S9 on my Perseus S-meter (Bruce Churchill, CA, 0218 UT April 18, ibid.) Thanks Glenn and Bruce. Clearly it's widely heard and not some internally generated birdie in my receiver. Looks like it might be something in ECNA, as George Maroti reported it from about 2300 UT. Seems much too strong to be from Europe. 73, (Walt Salmaniw, ibid.) Hi Walt, Also noted it for several days here in California. Open carrier so strong, had assumed it perhaps was a utility station of some sort, as never any audio. Was very strong all evening long. April 17, while randomly listening to Radio True North (6925-AM) from 0039 to 0324, I checked on it (Ron Howard, April 18, ibid.) 6947.40, April 18 at 0307, S9+20 open carrier is still here, ``SSOB`` on the pirate band lacking any pirates at the moment. Correcting transposition in frequency from earlier report: Also 6947.40, April 17 at 0350, open carrier S7 to S9, still mysterious. Walt Salmaniw in BC has also been hearing it on 6947.425, and now it`s reported all over North America (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6947 carrier sunrise fade out --- Did a time lapse recording (see video attached) on the 6947 carrier overnight. Our sunrise is 1220 UT. Signal drops around 1214 and pretty well gone by 1250. If it was an eastern USA site I would have expected to see a fadeout somewhat earlier more dependent on local sunrise at the transmitter site. Would be interesting see what happens at other locations. The carrier came on near 2340 UT April 18th. Weak then as that is well before our sunset but not a gradual fade in but something being turned on then. Had seen nothing else there all day (Don Moman, AB, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDentified. Station with Arabic music was observed again, April 7 0940-0946 on 9400 unknown (secret/hidden) site, poor signal today http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/unidentified-station-with-arabic-music_15.html UNIDentified. Station with Arabic music was observed again, April 10 1015-1020 on 9400 unknown (secret/hidden) site, good signal today http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/unidentified-station-with-arabic-music_23.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDentified. Station with Arabic music was observed again, April 17 1110-1115 on 9550 unknown (secret/hidden) site, very poor signal today http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/unidentified-station-with-arabic-music_17.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, April 17, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 9688.50-USB, April 18 at 0118, very poor 2-way in Spanish INTRUDERS; also can detect them at recheck 0328 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Who is this on 9705 recorded at 843 AM AKDT/1643 UT on Wednesday April 13, 2016 in the Central Interior of Alaska? One site lists noting on this frequency at this time and one site lists Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation. Link to audio: https://youtu.be/DrlwMQtfGfU (Paul Walker, ODXA yg via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 11450-USB, April 15 at 1327, slow/low strumming of a guitar(?) from presumed Indonesian QSO pirate, best here; another talk pileup on 11435-USB, the latter still at 1347 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 11640, April 18 at 2105, S9 open carrier/dead air, still at 2142; easily overlooked next to 11635 Cuban spy-numbers, but no ACI problem. Only broadcaster scheduled is CRI English via MALI from 2000 (other languages earlier), but supposed to end at 2130. Bamako site is well-known for lack of modulation, so may well be this. 11640, April 19 at 0137, that mystery open carrier is still here but only S4-S5. Earlier I thought it might be CRI/Mali, but I doubt it now. Of course, it could be a ute. 11640, April 20 at 1421, mystery S9 open carrier with slight fading; 1455 at S6; 1804 still at S5. Maybe instead of a broadcaster this is another utility, such as an RTTY station with only rare bursts of activity, otherwise dead air (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Saludos cordiales, 11815 Test Transmision, 1155-1200, escuchada el 19 de abri de 2016, ID, segmentos musicales, SINPO 34433 (José Miguel Romero, Burjasot (Valencia), España, Sangean ATS 909 Antena hilo de 10 m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Presumably BaBcoCk --- with their same old ``interval signal``? (gh) UNIDENTIFIED. 11980.4275 approx., April 15 at 1310, CRI English 11980 from Kunming has a het on the hi side measured here, no modulation and pretty steady so possibly from a local device altho none noted here previously. Nothing else listed, on 11980 or variable, but Aoki reminds of this one, so whatever became of it, not reported lately? ``11980 0800-1000 UKRAINE Radio Dniprovska Hvylya Ukr Zaporizhia 17`` 11980.430, April 15 at 2119, open carrier, maybe trace of modulation? Like I heard earlier today ``11980.4275 approx., April 15 at 1310``, but now nothing on 11980.0 to het it. Still there at 2200, but off by 2209 check. On the R-75 I had suspected it was a nearby local device, but now I can tell it is fading S8 to S5. Hearing ~same exact frequency at such diverse dayparts is also strange, but other behavior smax of Cairo or some other grossly defective station. But no Cairo or anything else in the Big 3 lists to account for this. EiBi does show the Ukrainian unofficial station off-frequency plus: ``11980.1 0600-0830 SaSu UKR Radio Dniprovska Hvylya UK UKR z`` but on a very limited schedule, and WRTH 2016 shows it as only 250 watts, and AM+USB. Turkey is on 11980 at 04-06 in Turkish, so we should at least check if that`s off-frequency like this: April 16 at 0415, JBA wobbly carrier is slightly off, typical of TRT, but not so much: 11980.025. It could also be a utility intruder. 11980.430, April 16 at 1254, mystery carrier is here again, hetting 11980.0 CRI English. Also exactly same frequency at 2140 April 16, fading between S7 and S4 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 15630 Test Transmission, 1212-1214, escuchada el 15 de abril de 2016, identificación en inglés "You are listening test transmission", segmentos musicales, fin de emisión, SINPO 24432 (José Miguel Romero, Burjasot (Valencia), España, Sangean ATS 909, Antena hilo de 10 m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Typically BaBcoCk from Woofferton if not some other site (gh, DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 18970, Wed April 20 at 1343, JBA carrier, imagination level, like last week, a frequency not listed for the Tibet radio war of RFA Kuwait vs CNR1 jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 1822: Thanks to Chuck Ermatinger, MO, for a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED FUTURELY: Glenn, I sent a contribution to WOR. I haven’t been able to send much lately, but, I wanted to do this. I like to play with numbers sometimes. I decided that 1818 was a cool number, so, I sent something to honor that program, and all the good you do for us. 73, (Tim Hendel, AL, with a check to P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702) Thanks to Will Martin, St Louis MO, for a generous check to P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 I hope this small amount helps with the superb work you do for listeners and DXers around the world. Thanks, Glenn (Tim Gaynor, NSW, via PayPal in Australian $ to woradio at yahoo.com) Thank you Glenn for your continued support in the Short Wave community. I always enjoy your weekly updates. Good health, strength and happiness in the next year. 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(Let`s hope the next owners of Yahoo keep it going!) 73, Glenn PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ Re: {a-dx} AOKI Liste A 16 Am 16.04.2016 um 14:31 schrieb Andreas Tschauder: > Gibt es die noch? So langsam kenne ich die Japaner gar nicht... http://www1.s2.starcat.ne.jp/ndxc/pc/nd/userlist1.txt http://www1.s2.starcat.ne.jp/ndxc/pc/nd/nda16.xlsx http://www.rhci-online.net/files/2016-04-16_csvUB_AOKI_A16.gif http://www.df8ry.de/htmlen/csvub/download.htm http://www.df8ry.de/htmlen/csvub/Readme_beta.txt (roger, Germany, dxldyg via DXLD) THE TINY TRAP +++++++++++++ Bhutan, ``tiny Himalayan Kingdom``, says Laura Trevelyan on BBC World News America, TV, at 2223 UT April 15, via OETA. Some royals are sightseeing there, big deal. Well, it`s more than twice the area of Wales, 18+K vs 8+K square miles; would she ever call Wales a ``tiny principality``? 24,133 *really tiny* Monacos could fit into Bhutan; more than that, considering the verticality of Bhutan`s terrain, even more so than horizontally, anything but tiny (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) LANGUAGE LESSONS See CZECHIA ++++++++++++++++ WORLD OF HOROLOGY +++++++++++++++++ VENEZUELA TRAVELS FORWARD IN TIME HALF AN HOUR TO HELP EASE ENERGY CRISIS Nicolás Maduro rolls back measure enacted by Hugo Chávez to provide more daylight during hours of peak energy consumption amid drought conditions A boat moor post shows a water level reference at Guri dam in Bolívar state, where drought has turned parts of one of the world’s biggest reservoirs into desert. Photograph: Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters Reuters in Caracas Friday 15 April 2016 14.39 EDT Last modified on Friday 15 April 2016 14.49 EDT Venezuela has reversed a half-hour time change that was one of the signature measures of former president Hugo Chávez’s idiosyncratic 14- year rule. Chávez turned Venezuela’s clocks back 30 minutes in 2007 so that children could wake up for school in daylight. But his successor, Nicolás Maduro, has decided to return to the previous system, four hours behind GMT, to ensure more daylight in the evening when energy consumption peaks. A severe drought is affecting the Guri reservoir that provides two- thirds of Venezuela’s power needs, and water and electricity outages are frequent. “This extra half-hour of sunlight will allow a better electricity saving because it is at night when people return from work and schools that they turn on lights and air-conditioning,” the science minister, Jorge Arreaza, said. Arreaza, who married Chávez’s daughter, said the change would come into effect on 1 May. “It’s as simple as waking up and putting your watch forward half an hour.” President Maduro’s government, in power since 2013 following Chávez’s death from cancer, has been cautious in rolling back any of the revered socialist leader’s measures. The time change accompanies a flurry of other power-saving measures, including three-day weekends for public sector employees, rationing at malls and exhortations for women to use hairdryers less. On the street, there was some scepticism, however. “I really don’t agree with this,” said Carlos, an accountant in Caracas. “It’s not true that this will save power because you use the same amount no matter what the time.” There were jokes on social media too. “Venezuela’s new time-zone: hours without light, hours without water, hours of presidential broadcasts, hours of lines,” quipped comedian Jean Mary Curro in reference to the South American nation’s multiple economic problems. Opponents say Venezuela’s energy problems are no laughing matter. While Maduro blames the drought on the El Niño weather phenomenon, critics say the state is also guilty for inadequate investment, preparation and diversification of power sources to avoid over- dependence on the Guri dam. Daily water and electricity cuts have added to hardship from a deep recession, the world’s highest inflation, long lines at shops and shortages of basics from milk to medicines (Guardian via WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DXLD) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DAB See also INDONESIA! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I’VE TUNED OUT OF RADIO’S DIGITAL REVOLUTION The Times 18 April 2016 By Melanie Reid http://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/comment/ive-tuned-out-of-radios-digital-revolution-r57d2n7hb Feeling deliciously subversive, I bought another analogue transistor radio the other day. Oh, the double pleasure –— firstly in the product itself: ridiculously cheap, neat, simple. With immediate response, crisp sound, sharp reception, endless battery life. A pocket-sized passport to unlimited worlds, a million voices. Secondly, pleasure in the thrill of defiance. Because in persisting with FM radio I am thumbing my nose at the combined might of the government, the BBC and the manufacturing industry. Who have spent the last decade and a bit desperately trying to con us into giving up analogue. Like many others, I suspect, I was seduced into buying DAB radios. Two, in fact, now gathering dust in the shed. And they were disappointing in every way. Stupidly expensive, overfussy, lousy reception, poor sound quality, and with an aching time lag. Give me my battered, chipped 20-year-old Sony transistor any day, and now its shiny replacement. There are 100 million analogue radios in the UK, and sales for new ones still outnumber DAB. Despite much massaging of the figures, and years of propaganda, only 41 per cent of households use DAB and the vast majority of people feel they already have enough radio choice. Posted by: (Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) What a load of unresearched spacefilling clickbait drivel. I have no idea where she gets the last claim from. Ofcom Digital Radio Report 19 November 2015 The Communications Market: Digital Radio Report 2015 http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/market-data-research/other/radio-research/digital-radio-reports/digital-radio-2015/ (Mike Barraclough, UK, ibid.) Re: DRM STAKEHOLDERS: DRM AND DAB CAN, AND SHOULD, COEXIST The second paragraph and final paragraph are incorrect as there is now a small scale DAB multiplex solution testing in 10 areas of the UK with great interest shown by community and small scale broadcasters the trials of which have just been extended. There is no need for DRM whatsoever. The idea that people in Europe should have to buy new receivers or car makers should install them for non existent DRM broadcasts is risible (Mike Barraclough, April 18, dxldyg via DXLD) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See also DAB above; INDIA; ROMANIA; ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ USA with WWCR DRM IN INDIA AND THE AVION RECEIVER Government goes digital for cross-border outreach, The Hindu, April 17 "Personally, I think DRM is not a good option as its receivers cost around Rs. 15,000 and people may not buy such expensive receivers. People do listen to FM radio (available on cell phones) and car music systems) so it would have been nice to install more FM transmitters if the objective is to reach listeners. The only advantage of DRM is that it has a longer [sic] range than FM but if people are not going to listen, what is the point?” asks Girish Kumar, Professor at the Electrical Engineering Department of IIT Mumbai and who’s views were sought by Prasar Bharati Corporation..... While senior officials point out to the unused DRM transmitters — more than 30 with varying capacities are currently lying underutilised in the Kingsway Camp office of AIR in Delhi — larger questions are bound to be asked about why the public service broadcaster is insisting on transmitting programmes on very expensive transmitters, when the same could have been achieved at lower costs?" http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/govt-goes-digital-for-crossborder-outreach/article8484443.ece Having put on sale to the public a receiver with "test firmware" Avion has updated it over four months late. "The new firmware for the Avion arrived at last. Unfortunately it did not improve anything except that the mute on AM has been disabled." Full comments DRM Software Radio Forums - View Single Post - DRM Receivers This is a discussion forum powered by vBulletin. To find out about vBulletin, go to http://www.vbulletin.com/ http://www.drmrx.org/forum/showpost.php?p=91380&postcount=80 Yet the consortium celebrated at its general assembly " the DRM outstanding activities and achievements of the past year." Mike Posted by: (Mike Barraclough, April 18, dxldyg via DXLD) RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING DELAYS As for my precise timings to a semi-second of this and that event, I fear they may not be as accurate as I thought. Listening to the same signal on two different receivers, there can be a slight delay between them, which can be explained only as caused by digital signal processing, as in the R-75 and NRD-545. How much delay could be caused by DSP? Of course even WWV would be subject to these (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) NAB SHOW - "ON THE BAND" Detailed daily comments from the NAB Show will be published at Radio World. I found this section on AM Radio: AM radio broadcasters certainly are looking to unleash; they’ve been jumping in with hundreds of applications for FM translators after the Federal Communications Commission began a two-year, four-part application process as part of its AM revitalization initiative. The FCC also put forth more AM technical proposals and some are contentious, including changes in interference protections that some broadcasters worry will bring changes to the way Americans listen to the band. A newly formed group of many of the nation’s biggest owners, the AM Radio Preservation Alliance, urged the commission to consider carefully how it handles revitalization. They believe the FCC has not devoted sufficient study or solicited enough comments; they said it must take “only those steps that truly would revitalize the AM band,” and raised concerns over proposals to reduce or eliminate interference protections for Class A AMs and to decrease daytime protections for Class B, C and D AMs. In its own filed comments, NAB encouraged the FCC to revise standards for locating FM cross-service translators. “The commission’s authorization of cross-service translators in 2009 has been a resounding success, enabling more than 700 AM radio stations to retransmit their programming with a clearer, more reliable FM signal,” NAB wrote. “The commission’s decision … allowing AM stations to acquire and move an FM translator up to 250 miles will extend this opportunity to hundreds of additional broadcasters and their listeners.” But NAB said a plan to place a 40-mile limit on locating such translators may hinder their use by some AMs. “Given the nationwide trend of expanding population centers within suburbs and exurbs, and ever-increasing commutes, the ‘core market area’ for many AM stations continues to grow and shift,” the association wrote. “It is critical that AM stations have the flexibility to follow and serve these listeners.” NAB also asked the commission to carefully consider the impact of changing daytime AM protections; and it argued that relaxing the main studio requirements would allow stations to redirect resources toward programming and public service. Full article here: http://nabshowdailynews.com/top-stories/all-forms-of-digital-in-focus-for-radio (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ :Product : Weekly Highlights and Forecasts :Issued: 2016 Apr 18 0325 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # Product description and SWPC contact on the Web # http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/weekly.html # # Weekly Highlights and Forecasts # Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 11 - 17 April 2016 Solar activity was at low levels throughout the period. Region 2529 (N09, L=342, class/area Eki/850 on 11 Apr) produced all of the C-class activity, the largest event a C5/Sf at 16/1958 UTC. An associated CME was observed off the west limb but was determined not to be Earth-directed. No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at normal levels on 11 and 12 April. High levels were reached from 13-18 April following coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS) effects. Geomagnetic field activity was at quiet levels on 11 April. Unsettled to minor storm conditions were observed on 12-14 April due to effects from a negative polarity CH HSS. Active conditions continued into early 15 April but decreased to mostly quiet levels through midday on 16 April. A weak CME moved through late on 16 April increasing activity to unsettled to active levels. Quiet to active conditions continued into 17 April as CME effects subsided and a co-rotating interaction region (CIR) ahead of an approaching positive polarity CH HSS. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 18 APRIL - 14 MAY 2016 Solar activity is expected to be low with a slight chance for M-class flares on 18-20 April. As Region 2529 exits the west limb, activity is expected to decrease to very low levels with a chance for C-class activity from 21 April to 02 May. Low levels are expected to return from 03-14 May due to the return of old Region 2529. 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 with the exception of 26-28 April, 01-03 May and 10-13 April following recurrent CH HSS events. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be unsettled to active on 18-19 April followed with quiet to unsettled levels on 20 April due to effects from a positive polarity CH HSS. Mostly quiet conditions are expected on 21-22 April. Unsettled conditions are expected on 23-26 April with isolated active periods likely due to a second recurrent, positive polarity CH HSS. Mostly quiet conditions are expected from 27-28 April. Unsettled to active conditions are anticipated on 29-30 April with minor storm periods likely on 29 April as a negative polarity HSS becomes geoeffective. Mostly quiet conditions are expected from 01-08 May with the exception of possible unsettled to active periods on 04 May due to an SSBC that has affected us the last few rotations. Unsettled to active conditions are expected on 09-11 May with minor storm periods likely as a recurrent negative polarity CH HSS moves into geoeffective position. Mostly quiet conditions are expected on 12-13 May followed by possible unsettled to active conditions on 14 May as a CIR impacts the Earth. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2016 Apr 18 0325 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 2016-04-18 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2016 Apr 18 102 12 4 2016 Apr 19 102 12 4 2016 Apr 20 95 8 3 2016 Apr 21 95 5 2 2016 Apr 22 97 5 2 2016 Apr 23 97 10 3 2016 Apr 24 95 12 4 2016 Apr 25 95 10 4 2016 Apr 26 95 10 3 2016 Apr 27 95 8 3 2016 Apr 28 95 5 2 2016 Apr 29 95 20 5 [minor storms] 2016 Apr 30 98 15 4 2016 May 01 95 8 3 2016 May 02 95 5 2 2016 May 03 100 5 2 2016 May 04 100 12 4 2016 May 05 100 5 2 2016 May 06 95 5 2 2016 May 07 98 5 2 2016 May 08 98 5 2 2016 May 09 98 18 4 2016 May 10 98 25 5 2016 May 11 98 20 5 2016 May 12 98 8 3 2016 May 13 92 5 2 2016 May 14 92 12 4 (via WORLD OF RADIO 1822, DXLD) GLENN`S PROPAGATION OUTLOOK FOR MEDIA NETWORK PLUS AS OF APRIL 21 2016 Keith, From IPS in Australia, the global HF propagation forecast thru April 23, normal to fair at low and middle latitudes, fair to poor at high latitudes. From Spaceweather South Africa, thru April 23, magnetic conditions quiet, until unsettled on the 23rd; shortwave fadeouts unlikely, MUF unstable. From Met Office UK: Solar activity low or very low levels through April 24. Late on April 23 or early on the 24th, a coronal hole high speed stream is likely to bring some active geomagnetic spells. From Peter Kolman in Prague, the Geomagnetic field will be: quiet on April 22, May 6 - 7 quiet to active on April 23 - 24, 29 - 30, May 4 - 5, 9 - 10 quiet to unsettled on April 25 - 26, May 11 mostly quiet on April 27 - 28, May 1 - 3, 8 active to disturbed on May (9 - 10) Spaceweather Canada calls for the most magnetic activity in the auroral zone to occur on May 10. From SWPC in Boulder: Unsettled conditions expected April 23-26 with isolated active periods likely due to a second recurrent, positive polarity CH HSS. Mostly quiet conditions April 27-28. Unsettled to active anticipated April 29-30 with minor storm periods likely on the 29th with A and K indices peaking at 20 and 5; a greater peak of 25 and 5 on May 10. Lowest A`s and K`s of 5 and 2 or 8 and 3 on April 27, 28, May 1-3 and 5-8. Lowest Solar flux mostly 95 from April 24 to May 2, peaking at only 100 on May 3-5 --- unless we get another surprise sunspot like last week. William Hepburn`s VHF UHF DX maps call for extreme tropospheric ducting all week along the west coast of Mexico, and along the Tamaulipas - Texas coast starting April 26. Ducting is building up in the central and eastern Mediterranean but not yet extreme. It is extreme in the Red Sea and all around the Arabian coast to Pakistan and India. Also from the east coast of India to Bangladesh and Myanmar; along the coasts of Angola and Namibia until April 25; between Mozambique and Madagascar April 23; and along the west coast of Australia April 23 and 24 (via DXLD) ###