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Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1827 CONTENTS: *DX and station news about: Algeria non, Antarctica, Australia, Bangladesh, Bougainville, Brazil, China, Colombia, Congo, Cuba, Czechia non, Egypt, France, Gambia non, Greece, India, Micronesia, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, Slovakia non, Solomon Islands, Uganda non, UAE, UK non, USA, Yemen non, Zambia SHORTWAVE AIRINGS of WORLD OF RADIO 1827, May 26-June 1, 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 Sat 0700 Unique Radio NSW 3210 low-power Sat 1400 Unique Radio NSW 3210 low-power Sat 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio 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 Mon 0030 WRMI 7730 [canceled? Other programming last week] 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 issues (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/ ** AFGHANISTAN [non]. 7539.982, THAILAND, IBB US radio relay site Udorn Thani NE Thailand, S=9+5dB at 1613 UT, VoA Deewa Radio in Pashto to AFGHanistan. \\ Udorn Thani 9309.979 kHz, 9335even Iranawila CLN IBB Sri Lanka relay. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, May 19, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ALASKA [and non]. 11765, May 20 at 1308, YL in Chinese with heavy RHC slop, so KNLS? No, this is // the CNR1 jammers on 11785. At 1424, 11765 still has heavy splash from 11760; seems to be English in KNLS style as scheduled, but useless here. EiBi shows a big mess on 11765 after 1400: not only KNLS, but CNR1 jamming against Sound of Hope, and CRI English from Urumqi to Pakistan! The Chinese before 14 could otherwise be RTI which also Must Be Jammed. 14-15 is the only hour KNLS is registered for 11765. Perhaps KNLS should move, or do they just like to be competitive? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ALASKA. [Re Franken-FM, TV ch A6 in Anchorage] On 05/12/2016 08:07 PM, Dave Pomeroy wrote: ``They told me they transmitted video of their control room. Would like to have seen that. They did ID the channel 6 call letters occasionally, but I don't recall what they were.`` They've had a number of callsigns over the years -- K06LY, KZND-LP, KOAN-LP, KABA-LP, and KNIK-LP. KNIK is the call today. At one time they had no video at all, until the FCC called them out on that. Full-power analog stations were limited to an aural power of no more than 22% of visual (it was common to run 10% of visual). That regulation doesn't apply to LPTVs. So it's common for these "FrankenFMs" to run their aurals at *100%* of visual power. That means the sound "gets out" a lot better than the picture == (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, WTFDA gg via DXLD) ** ALBANIA. 9855, May 20, 2016. 2322-2327, Radio Tirana, Shijak, Albanian service. Music, YL talks. Very poor signal and BA modulation, 25331. 9855, May 21, 2016. 0124-0133, Radio Tirana, Shijak. Open carrier and IS; 0130 start program in English; YL talks. Very poor signal and barely audible modulation, 25331 (DXer José Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo, PB, Brazil, Sony ICF-SW100S Portable, Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** ALGERIA [non]. 11985even, FRANCE, RTA Algiers Arabic HQ prayer in progress at 0641 UT S=8-9 sidelobe. But seems suffered also by UNDERNEATH bubble jamming sound - like on Saudi 15285v kHz transmission [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, morning log of May 20, taken at 0450 to 0700 UT, used remote units in southern Germany, Doha Qatar, Zakynthos Greece, Calabria Italy, Spain, Moscow Russia, MA-NJ-USA, Alberta-CANADA, and Vancouver Island CANADA, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 20, dxldyg via DXLD) ** ALGERIA [non]. DZ: MONITORING PROJECT OF RADIO ALGERIENNE IN THE MORNING Prof. Dr. Hansjörg Biener - Neulichtenhofstr. 7 - DE-90461 Nürnberg http://www.biener-media.de Algeria / France - Ten years ago, in 2006, Radio Algerienne returned to short wave broadcasting. Obviously, decision makers in Algiers saw a need for a wider audibility of their Qur’an programme in the Sahel zone. Beginning in 2012, some news segments in Arabic and French were also included. A monitoring project from 19 to 24 May confirmed the schedule published at hfcc.org/data/a16/index.phtml --- 0400-0500: 7295 (500 kW, 162 ) 0500-0600: 7295 (500 kW, 194 ) 0500-0600: 9535 (500 kW, 162 ) 0600-0700: 11985 (500 kW, 194 ) (1) All frequencies were audible in Central Europe, although with some fading. (2) Interestingly, monitoring showed that there are two clearly separated streams in the morning. At 0500 h UT, 7295 and 9535 kHz were not in parallel. (3) Special monitoring of the entire 3-h-block showed that at least part of the programmes is prerecorded. On 24 May 2016 an identical programme was broadcast 0500-0600 on 9535 and 0600-0700 on 11985 kHz. This programme hour was the only one to include French. At the beginning of the hour there was French news about Western Sahara, Nigeria and Sudan. At about :47 there was a short religious segment in Arabic and French. At :55 an announcement of the schedule broke into the programming. Sign off was at about :58. (4) Although I do not understand Arabic, there seem to be 15 minute programmes included in the stream that remind me of Christian quarter hour programmes („a hymn and a thing“) with a musical introduction, an introductory announcement a talk possibly with a musical interlude, closing announcement (Dr Hansjoerg Biener, 24 May 2016, WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DX LISTENING DIGEST) All these transmission are via Issoudun, FRANCE; TDA are supposedly building two SW sites of their own inside Algeria, and continue to register imaginary frequencies and schedules for them with HFCC, designated ORG and BEC, with no real signs of progress. What`s DZ? Apparently HjB likes to use license-tag abbrs. instead of ITU country designators (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANGOLA. 4949.728, tiny string visible, likely R Nac AGL (Wolfgang Büschel, morning of May 22, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, [no mention of remote, so maybe direct to Germany] dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) no time but between logs at 0105 and 0113 (gh) 4950, May 24, 2016. 0248-0255, Rádio Nacional de Angola, Mulenvos, in Portuguese. Music, YL/OM talks. RNA continues with a very poor signal and BA modulation or unlistenable in my location. Evaluation, today, 15331 (DXer José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, PB, Brazil, Degen 1103 & Sony ICF-SW100S portable, telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** ANGOLA [non]. 17700 kHz ESTADOS UNIDOS: Voice of America, Greenville, Portuguese, 20/05 1645 UT. Programa 'Angola fala só', entrevista dos locutores da VoA com pessoas de influência política na África, sinais transmitidos de Greenville com 94º Azimuth, dirigidos para a Europa [sic; Africa]. Conforme consulta efetuada, esta programação só é levada ao ar às sextas-feiras por esta frequência e horário [1630-1700 extension]. 35543 Rx: Kenwood R-1000, antena MiniWhip PA0RDT. Ótimas escutas a todos! (Rudolf Grimm, São Bernardo SP, http://dxways-br.blogspot.com radioescutas yg via DXLD) VOICE OF AMERICA JOURNALIST ARRESTED AND BEATEN IN ANGOLA [caption:] Coque Mukuta, contributing reporter for VOA's Portuguese to Africa Service http://www.insidevoa.com/a/voice-of-america-journalist-arrested-and-beaten-in-angola/3345873.html WASHINGTON D.C., May 25, 2016 -- A Voice of America reporter was arrested and beaten by police in Angola while on assignment Tuesday, May 24. "I am outraged that VOA's journalist in Luanda was so viciously attacked simply for doing his job," VOA Director Amanda Bennett said. "Intimidation of VOA reporters will not be tolerated and it will not deter us from reporting the truth." Coque Mukuta, a contributing reporter for VOA's Portuguese to Africa Service, was in a Luanda market doing a story on police corruption, when he witnessed law enforcement officers intimidating merchants, and demanding bribes and goods. Several uniformed and plain clothes officers arrested Mukuta and confiscated his camera before he was able to photograph the scene. They placed him in the back of a police car and beat him. He again was assaulted by authorities at a local police station. An officer told Mukuta, "You have to be beaten, so VOA will not get its story." Mukuta was released after spending several hours in custody. He credits his release in part to intervention by the country's National Union of Journalists, whose secretary-general telephoned authorities and demanded that Mukuta be freed. Mukuta has filed a formal complaint with the provincial police. "The Broadcasting Board of Governors calls on Angolan authorities to stop immediately the attacks on journalists and hold accountable those responsible for this assault," BBG CEO and Director John Lansing said. "Violence against journalists is unacceptable, and this denial of basic human rights must come to an end." ABOUT The VOA Portuguese to Africa Service broadcasts to Lusophone Africa and other countries that have sizable Portuguese-speaking communities. Our Portuguese broadcasts also reach East Timor, a Portuguese-speaking country in Southeast Asia as well as Brazil via shortwave and the Internet. Programming includes news, discussions, interviews and a wide variety of features, including music and art. Roughly ten percent of the service's audience is in Angola. http://www.voaportugues.com (VOA PR via DXLD) ** ANTARCTICA. Paul Ormandy, New Zealand has sold an AFAN 6012 QSL card for US$224.50 on Ebay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/AFAN-Antarctica-Radio-QSL-Card-RARE-/351734303591?hash=item51e4ff8b67%3Ag%3AAI4AAOSwInxXN5bD&nma=true&si=H59%252FeftwhsYerHtw2Ksan398FEc%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 (via Artie Bigley, WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DXLD) Glenn, COOL you mentioned the AFAN 6012 QSL card on this week's WOR show. I think this may be a record price for a QSL card, at least considering the fact that the stamp (IF ANY) was worth next to nothing for this QSL. Also, when they reactivated 6012 in the mid 80s, I wonder if they were mailing out any QSLS? I sent them out a QSL request and received nothing back. I recall one ofyour old RIB readers getting a "Chuckle" out of my reception report asking for a QSL. I'm curious how many of the AFAN 6012 QSLs exist, probably just a handful (Artie Bigley, OH, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ARGENTINA. 15343.97, May 23 at 0132, LRA is only S3 and dipping below 15344, let alone <15345; can`t make out any modulation, so dead, or JBM. Anomalies in WRTH info: WRTH 2016 book page 451 shows Sat & Sun 1800- 2400 (timings vary) on 6060 is **Radio Nacional Rock relay, while 15345 at same rough hours is *Radio Nacional 870 relay. The A-16 update just issued reverses the asterisks, claiming 15345 is now R. Nacional Rock! Has anyone ever heard such IDs or rock music format on either frequency? Also, Roger Tidy, England, reports: ``The English service of Radiodifusión Argentina al Exterior (RAE) says that it is reorganising its programmes and that, from the end of the month, it will broadcast seven days a week instead of only from Mondays to Fridays. It is not clear from the station's announcements whether this will apply to other language sections as well. RAE says that, until the changes come into force, its English broadcast will consist only of the news and music (Roger Tidy, London, UK, May 16, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1826, DX LISTENING DIGEST)`` BTW, looking at the original WRTH 2016, I see they missed all the RAE broadcasts after 00 until 05 UT on 11710.6v. With English (and the others?) becoming daily by June, presumably 11710.6v will replace 15344v after 0000 UT Sundays and Mondays as well as the otherdays (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radiodifusion Argentina Al Exterior Buenos Aires extends its English program also on weekends soon, - on end of May 2016. Radiodifusion Argentina Al Exterior Buenos Aires erweitert sein Programmangebot in Englisch. Ab Ende Mai wird das Englisch sprachige Programm auch am Wochenende gesendet. Die Sendungen aus Argentinien kommen wie folgt: 9690 kHz 1800-1900 - 35 degr 11710.581 kHz 0300-0400 - 335 degr 15344.017 kHz 1800-1900 - 35 degr (News from 'DigiDX 14'; via Frank Kreuzinger-D, A-DX ng May 22 via Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD) only English? 15345, May 25, 2016. 1947-1952, RAE, Gral. Pacheco, Italian service. Open carrier (S3-4) with very low modulation or unlistenable, 45431. 15345, May 25, 2016. 2028-2034, RAE, Gral. Pacheco, French service. Open carrier (S2-3, 3-2), dead air. 15345, May 25, 2016. 2110-2115, RAE, Gral. Pacheco, German service. No signal till 2112; after 2112, on air, but unlistenable (DXer José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, PB, Brazil, Tecsun S-2000 Portable, Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. 3210, Unique Radio (presumed), 1128 + 1236 on May 22 with decent level open carrier, but still no hint of any audio. 4835 (ABC) // 9580 (RA) // 12065 (RA) // 12085 (RA), 0951, May 21. "Grandstand" live coverage of Dockers vs Tigers (Ron Howard, Pacific Grove, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. 9685, Sunday May 22 at 1242, ``Softly & Tenderly`` hymn after SE Asian language, S9; 1244 gospel rock in English, announcement, 1245, ``Gott sei die Ehre`` theme and announcement. Aoki shows this is RBA going from Malay to Indonesian. Noticed this impinging upon 9680 where I was trying to pull Zambia thru the China radio war (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Weak signal of Reach Beyond Australia, May 23: 1115-1130 on 15575 KNX 100 kW / 310 deg to SEAs English Sun-Tue/Thu 1130-1145 on 15575 KNX 100 kW / 310 deg to SEAs Chinese Hakka Mon/Fri 1145-1215 on 15575 KNX 100 kW / 310 deg to SEAs Rawang https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml9codltIII&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OflC_U4oA1s&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzkJYmvkdB8&feature=youtu.be -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/ May 23, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AZERBAIJAN. CEO STATEMENT ON THE RELEASE OF KHADIJA ISMAYILOVA MAY 25, 2016 BBG CEO and Director John F. Lansing [caption] The CEO and Director of the Broadcasting Board of Governors John F. Lansing has welcomed the decision of the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan to free Khadija Ismayilova, the investigative journalist and RFE/RL contributor who has been imprisoned since December 5, 2014, in retaliation for her corruption reporting. Earlier this month Lansing called for her release in a statement on World Press Freedom Day. "Today's release of investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova is positive development for the people of Azerbaijan and a step forward for press freedom. For too long - 537 days -Khadija has been separated from her family and friends and prohibited from serving the Azerbaijani people with her investigative reporting. I welcome her release, and I hope that it is an indication that change is coming to Azerbaijan when it comes to press freedom. But more work remains to be done. "I call on the Azerbaijan authorities to lift her travel restrictions, and I urge that her release be accompanied by a relief from the harassment, surveillance and intimidation that she suffered prior to her detainment. "I also call on Azerbaijani authorities to cease their investigations of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's (RFE/RL) Baku bureau journalists and to immediately permit the news bureau, which was unjustly closed in December 2014, to reopen. These are all critical steps that must be taken if the Azerbaijan wishes to continue to move forward on ensuring press freedom." (BBG PR via Hansjoerg Biener, DXLD) BBG CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT ON THE RELEASE OF KHADIJA ISMAYILOVA MAY 25, 2016 BBG Chairman Jeff Shell [caption] "Today I am thrilled to learn that RFE/RL investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova has been released from the Baku prison in which she was serving an unconscionable and unacceptable sentence in retaliation for her corruption reporting. The Azerbaijan Supreme Court has made a step in the right direction by revising her sentence, but I urge the authorities to clear her name of all wrong-doing and remove her conditions of freedom. "I also call on the authorities to allow the RFE/RL news bureau in Baku to reopen and to stop their harassment of RFE/RL journalists in the country. "Today is a great day, but it is only one step in a long fight for press freedom in Azerbaijan. We remain committed to informing, engaging and connecting the people of Azerbaijan in support of freedom and democracy, and we look forward to celebrating more press freedom victories like today's" (via Hansjoerg Biener, DXLD) ** BANGLADESH. This is what I heard recently in Skovlunde on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire: 4750.01, 1655-1705* 16.5, Bangladesh Betar, Shavar, folkmusic, Bengali news, abrupt s/off, 35333. Also heard at 1920-2115, Friday 20.5, extraordinary All Night service in Bengali with folksongs, ID's "Bangladesh Betar" every quarter, news, weather, sports and talks 45434 AP-DNK (Anker Petersen, Denmark, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DXLD) Bangladesh Betar still on 4750 at 2130, recording here from Southport, UK using a 51ft dipole antenna: https://clyp.it/aabsv4iu Eibi schedule only lists 1228-1707 for Bangladesh. Posted by: (Stephen Cooper, May 20, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Stephen, Thanks for the info. Have not checked recently, but *1228 must in fact be their sign on time now, per my recent log below. Unable to check on their sign off time at my QTH. ``BANGLADESH. 4750.0, Bangladesh Betar – Home Service, 1228, March 14. Back on the air again; not being heard before 1228. Almost seems to be their sign on? Theme music till ID at BoH. First noted back on the air March 10, also at 1228 with same theme music (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)`` (Ron Howard, California, ibid.) Am 20.05.2016 um 23:06 schrieb Frank Kreuzinger [A-DX]: ``Unabhängig von Buddhas Geburtstag wird die 4750 khz für den Home- Servive bis 2300 UT verwendet. http://www.betar.gov.bd/site/page/534ad80f-0c41-48ee-9c7b-c12d55894468/Shortwave falls die Angaben aktuell sind. Frank, Pirna `` Posted by: (Roger, ibid.) Hi, Roger, Is there any Possibility of the transmission extend up at 2240 UT? It was tuned in Brazil in Itatiba city, SP at 2232, as if it were RRI Makassar. 73 (Jorge Freitas, ibid.) Link listening on 4950 [SIC] kHz – Day 20/05/2016 - 2232 UT. Itatiba - SP. Listening made in the city of Itatiba, SP, Brazil, by Ulysses Galletti. It seems to be the extended transmission of Radio Bangladesh. I would like the opinion of Colleagues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcCl_jS53P0&feature=youtu.be 73 (Jorge Freitas, Brasil, dxldyg via DXLD) Hi Jorge, Stephen has heard Bangladesh Betar still on at 2130 and the following from the BB website (thanks to Frank Kreuzinger). From my location, am unable to confirm what the sign off time is. Ron Short Wave Frequency (Home Service, Bengali) srl no. Broadcasting Center Broadcasting Time (UTC) Target Area Frequency (KHz) Wavelength (m): 1 Home Service 1200-2300 Home (via Ron Howard, ibid.) On contrary, BB website specifies the 1200-2300 sked for 4750 domestic is in local time, i.e. = 06-17 UT, but apparently wrong per Ron`s sign-on time. While the rest of the sked, external, is in UT. Kreuzinger also suggested the extended sked was for Buddha`s birthday, while later post from Jose Jacob says it may have been for cyclone warnings (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Glenn, you probably missed my report yesterday: it was earlier marked by mistake as 1200-2300 *UTC*. When I asked about it, they changed UTC to local time. Check the web page in web archive for 25 March (the subpage seems to be unavailable at the moment). (Mauno Ritola, Finland, May 24, ibid.) Maybe Cyclone Roanu Emergency broadcast? Please see the link below: http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/cyclone-roanu-india-sri-lanka-bangladesh-flooding-landslide-hottest-day-on-record/57561745 -- Thanking you, Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Special weather bulletin in Bengali, Bangladesh Betar was on extended schedule due to cyclone Roanu. Regards, (Alokesh Gupta, ibid.) Hi Alokesh, Thank you for the information. Big 73 (Jorge, ibid.) I asked them and they said: "the 4750 kHz tx is sometimes run on emergency because of over temperature in heat exchanger unit. The normal transmission time is 1130-2330 in local time." Also the web page has been updated to give the time in local time instead of UT (Mauno Ritola, Finland, May 22, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DX LISTENING DIGEST) So that L.T. version = 0530-1730 UT (gh, ibid.) ** BIAFRA [non]. SECRETLAND, Radio Biafra via SPL Secretbrod, May 21 1800-2100 on 11700 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to WeAf English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZFR9S_8Vfc&feature=youtu.be SECRETLAND, Reception of Radio Biafra via SPL Secretbrod, May 25 1800-1830 on 11700 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to WeAf En/Mx & open carrier, from 1830 on 11700 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to WeAf open carrier/dead air from 1844 on 11700 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to WeAf English, live program https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XfbVSdnAgI&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocm2SpcNZx0&feature=youtu.be -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) CLANDESTINE, 11700, May 25, 2016. 1903-1914, Radio Biafra, Kostinbrod- BULGARIA, in English. YL/OM talks with bips each 4-5 seconds; ID. Better on 11701 with weak signal and modulation and moderate interference by CRI in French. 23432 (DXer José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, PB, Brazil, Tecsun S-2000 Portable, Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 4649.728, likely BOL R Santa Ana at 0105 UT 5952.465, Spanish station, likely Emisoras Pio XII? [surely; no time but between logs at 0123 and 0128 --- gh] [and non] BAD MIXture 6135 kHz: 6134.836 likely BOL Santa Cruz, S=6, and 6135.031 BRA R Aparecida ? S=7-8 at 0138 UT (Wolfgang Büschel, morning of May 22, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, [no mention of remote, so maybe direct to Germany] dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5952.4, Pio XII, Siglo Veinte 0115 to 0121 signal being hammered by co-channel, very narrow filter 1.1, yl with some Spanish, also noted 1020 to 1030 with similar co channel issues. Both on 17 May (Bob Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, NASWA yg via DXLD) By ``co`` channel, I assume he means adjacent 5950 WRMI (gh) 6134.85, Radio Santa Cruz 0117 to 0133 with several IDs by OM, mentions de Santa Cruz and Bolivia and brief enjoyable music, 17 May (Bob Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, NASWA yg via DXLD) ** BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, Papua New Guinea, NBC Bougainville tent. heard in unID language at 1039 with a female with talk. Signal was weak but gradually got stronger at 1055 OM with talk then noise set in and gone at 1100 5-18 (Ron Trotto, Grundig Satellit 800, Waggoner Illinois, via Bob Wilkner, NASWA yg via DXLD) 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1026-1130 & 1204 to past 1305, May 22 (Sunday). DJ in Tok Pisin/Pidgin playing pop hit songs (Michael Jackson's "Man in the Mirror," "Heal the World." etc.); 1100 no news, as on the weekend they carry less news coverage. Running well past their normal cut off time (about 1200*); 1204-1257 with the full Sunday edition of "Island Praise" syndicated weekly show presented by Stacy Rose, with her very distinctive voice; playing pop religious songs; 1257 ad or promo; Pacific Island pop songs; after 1204 some mixing with RRI Palangkaraya. Usually Stacy's show is cut off just as she starts. My local sunrise at 1255 UT (Ron Howard, Pacific Grove, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see PNG PNG, 6020, tnx to UNID tip from Dave Valko, tuned NBC Bougainville 5/24 at 0640 with man talking (could not tell at this time whether English or Pidgin), then pop music to about 0657 followed by silence until 0700. Into NBC news including weather and sports (English) at 0700 with some breaks in the program. Program details by woman in Pidgin after the news until sign off. NBC Bougainville ID at 0710, then the signal suddenly left the air - checked 3325 afterwards and nothing seen on the receiver. Signal at 0640 was only S3 but quiet frequency (using the site's west-facing beverage (I think)), but improved to a solid S4 with no noise by 0710* (Bruce Churchill, CA, ibid.) What site, Alberta? (gh) Hi Bruce, Thanks for the info! May 25 found NBC Bougainville (presumed) on 6020 going off suddenly at 0702* during the news. Poor and mostly unusable (Ron, listening in Pacific Grove, Calif., Howard, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 3375.1, Brasil, Rádio Municipal São Gabriel da Cachoeira, 2330 to 0010 with OM talk and brief music, fading 19/20 May (Bob Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, NASWA yg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 4805, Brasil, Rádio Difusora do Amazonas, Manaus, 1015 with long talk in Portuguese, no music to 1030 fade out 17 May (Bob Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, NASWA yg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL [and non]. 4875.08, Brasil, Rdif Roraima, Boa Vista RR, 0055 om in Portuguese with brief music --- **at 0113 Two ARO's on frequency discussing poor band conditions below 3 Megs, AROs gone at 0116----** then back to Brasilian music and chat to 0130 17 May (Bob Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, NASWA yg via DXLD) AROs = hams are not on 4875! MARS? (gh, DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 4925.2, Brasil, Rádio Educação Rural, Tefé, AM, 2250 to 2310 om chat and music bridge. Fading in 19 May (Bob Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, NASWA yg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 4925.212, ZYF271 Tefé 4874.108, Roraima? BRA 4865.014, Unid Brazilian 4805.009, Unid Brazilian, Codar wide 4449 - 4915 kHz [no times, but before log at 0105 UT] 4814.962, ZYG640, likely RadDif Londrina; 4810-4814 STANAG digital [no time, but between logs at 0105 and 0113] 5939.869, 0123 UT, R Voz Missionária S=8 -80dBm 6040.363, R RB2 Curitiba, poor S=4, 0128 UT [and non] BAD MIXture 6135 kHz: 6134.836 likely BOL Santa Cruz, S=6, and 6135.031 BRA R Aparecida ? S=7-8 at 0138 UT 6180.023, RNB, S=9+25dB -51dBm pretty strong signal, and \\ 11780.011 only S=7-8 signal at 0150 UT. 11925.223, R Bandeirantes? at 0152 UT 11934.705, ? at 0205 UT May 22 [Rádio RB2, relaying Aparecida --- gh] (Wolfgang Büschel, morning of May 22, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, [no mention of remote, so maybe direct to Germany] dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. Rádio Inconfidência, BH --- Depois de um tempo fora do ar para manutenção, o transmissor de ondas curtas de 49m 6010 kHz está no ar novamente. 73 (Luiz Chaine Neto, Limeira SP, 25-5-2016, radioescutas yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DXLD) Was always off-frequency, and would het HJDH Colombia, also off- frequency if both were airable, but haven`t heard The Voice of Thy Conscience lately either (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) ** BRAZIL. Rádio Gaúcha em Ondas Curtas de 6020 kHz (49 metros) OM / Música Jornalistica, BIP com Hora certa 07:10 da manhã, OM CX Sobre o senador Renan Calheiros. SINPO 34333, 1010 UT, Dia 25 Maio 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZAmoY5KZwU&feature=youtu.be RX: Tecsun S-2000, Antenna: Beverage simples NSSEA-21 (Daniel Wyllyans, Nova Xavantina MT Brazil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DXLD) ** BRAZIL [and non]. 6060even, RHC Bauta program, not much strong here on this channel but suffered heavily by 220 Hertz hum buzz audio signal interference of Brazilian co-channel: 6059.780, BRA, SRDA BrasPortuguese prayer at 0543 UT on May 20 [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, morning log of May 20, taken at 0450 to 0700 UT, used remote units in southern Germany, Doha Qatar, Zakynthos Greece, Calabria Italy, Spain, Moscow Russia, MA-NJ-USA, Alberta-CANADA, and Vancouver Island CANADA, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 20, dxldyg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 6119.955, SRDA poor S=5 or -92dB here in Spain Europe. Transmitter not stable, varies some 2-3 Hertz up and down hops. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, morning log of May 20, taken at 0450 to 0700 UT, used remote units in southern Germany, Doha Qatar, Zakynthos Greece, Calabria Italy, Spain, Moscow Russia, MA-NJ-USA, Alberta-CANADA, and Vancouver Island CANADA, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 20, dxldyg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL [and non]. 6135.048, Rádio Aparecida, BrasPortuguese, tiny S=5 signal in Europe, music program at 0519 UT, pop singer, transmitter seems a little unstable like 2-3 Hertz wandered. BUT at 0529 UT BBC Hausa from ASC relay started on even 6135 kHz, though S=9+25dB more powerful! [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, morning log of May 20, taken at 0450 to 0700 UT, used remote units in southern Germany, Doha Qatar, Zakynthos Greece, Calabria Italy, Spain, Moscow Russia, MA-NJ-USA, Alberta- CANADA, and Vancouver Island CANADA, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 20, dxldyg via DXLD) Aparecida used to inhabit the 6135.2 area (gh, DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 6180.026, Rádio Nacional Amazônia, S=7-8 in S Germany at 0517 but much stronger in MA-NJ-USA as S=9+15dB at 0720 UT, \\ 11780.006 kHz S=7-8 in MA-USA, at 0722 UT on May 20. Talk by both female and male announcers [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, morning log of May 20, taken at 0450 to 0700 UT, used remote units in southern Germany, Doha Qatar, Zakynthos Greece, Calabria Italy, Spain, Moscow Russia, MA-NJ-USA, Alberta- CANADA, and Vancouver Island CANADA, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 20, dxldyg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 9664.956, May 23 at 0540, weak signal from one station with music, no doubt Voz Missionária without MWV in the way (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL [and non]. 11925.78, May 21 at 0005, very poor carrier here, must be R. Bandeirantes, which until now had stuck reliably close to 11925.2. This only worsens the bleed from Cuban jamming on 11930. There is also a weaker carrier on 11925.0, presumably AWR Chinese via SRI LANKA. 11925+, May 23 at 0124, I can`t detect R. Bandeirantes on 11925.2 or more recent 11925.78, so off? Propagation degraded, but JBA carriers on lo sides of 11935 and 11855 from other ZYs, and 11780 is ``only`` S9+20 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BULGARIA [non]. QSL: 5975, Adventist World Radio Bulgarian Studio, Russian via Issoudun. Received back a regular AWR card with full data (website) inside a nice envelope with stamps, from the Bulgarian Studio. Included was a booklet called Planet in Rebellion. Reply in 40 days for a Postal report. V/s: Borislav Yordanov (Edward Kusalik, Daysland, Alberta, CANADA, May 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CAMBODIA [non]. UZBEKISTAN, Reception of Voice of Khmer M'Chas Srok via RED Telecom 1130-1200 on 17860 TAC 100 kW / 122 deg to SEAs Khmer Thu/Sun May 22 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQSGWMNbiYY&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/ DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. 6159.971, Only one of the Canadian domestic stations on air this morning, S=4-5 -96dBm at 0531 UT in Spain remote unit. QRM by powerhouse ORF1 ORS Moosbrunn Austria at S=9+25dB Could not solve that, because also on Vancouver Island remote unit, the signal was not right strong as usual, ... remain a puzzle though ... which was on air, St. John`s or Vancouver main low land unit [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, morning log of May 20, taken at 0450 to 0700 UT, used remote units in southern Germany, Doha Qatar, Zakynthos Greece, Calabria Italy, Spain, Moscow Russia, MA-NJ-USA, Alberta-CANADA, and Vancouver Island CANADA, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 20, dxldyg via DXLD) ** CANADA [non]. 9550, Thu May 19 at 0449, poor signal in English with Newmarket, Ontario address, postal code, and mail@bvbroadcasting.org e-mail address, off at 0450*. This matches schedule for Bible Voice via Nauen, GERMANY, on Tue-Wed-Thu-Fri per Aoki at 0430-0450, other days only until 0445 {in Arabic}, both called ``Radio Da``; is that an abbr.? Other refs, WRTH, EiBi and of course HFCC, do not go that far into individual program names via BVB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHAD. 6164.959, Radiodiffusion National Tchadienne, N'Djamena, S=6 signal at 0511 UT, French male announcer, QRM 6165 kHz RHC Bauta in English even frequency [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, morning log of May 20, taken at 0450 to 0700 UT, used remote units in southern Germany, Doha Qatar, Zakynthos Greece, Calabria Italy, Spain, Moscow Russia, MA-NJ-USA, Alberta- CANADA, and Vancouver Island CANADA, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 20, dxldyg via DXLD) ** CHINA. 17398-USB, Guangzhou Coastal Radio (tentative), 0503 17 May. Thanks to Ron Howard's tip, caught a bit of Chinese chat here, but not enough to do much with -- sounded like #s, so perhaps weather/sea report (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA using Bob Wilkner's ICF7600GR + 6m X wire [v. 2.0], via Wilkner, NASWA yg via DXLD) ** CHINA [and non]. 15505, CNR1 (jammer) 1609+ 11 May. Fair-OK v. VOA in Tibetan [sked 16-17 M-W-F] & // 11610 (v. RFA). (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA using Bob Wilkner's ICF7600GR + 6m X wire [v. 2.0], via Wilkner, NASWA yg via DXLD) 13690, May 20 at 1250, S9 open carrier/dead air; by 1301 there are two CNR1 jammers echoing, and a third weaker echo, all against VOA Mandarin via Saipan during this hour only. Since I`m not hearing much of that after 1300, I guess the earlier carrier was a jammer too. 16099.97, May 23 at 0135, CNR1 jammer in Chinese is very poor S2, the only WOOB found in a 15-17+ MHz scan, nothing on 16300 this time. Aoki lists slightly different target Sound of Hope offset: 16100.252 2115-1420 TWN * SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi ? 1-7 At 0138 I reach the 16mb, and detect S2 or S1 carriers on 17490, 17550, 17595, 17605, 17685, 17730 --- all of which are accounted for in Aoki as CNR, CRI or jammers against RFA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) vs USA(non) CNR-1 Jammer vs Voice of America, May 24-25 1400-1500 17580 secret / hidden transmitter Chinese CNR-1 1400-1500 17580 LAM 100 kW / 077 deg CeAs Tibetan VOA, not on the air 1400-1500 17580 LAM 100 kW / 077 deg CeAs Tibetan VOA, on air May 25 1400-1500 17760 secret / hidden transmitter Chinese CNR-1 1400-1500 17760 UDO 250 kW / 321 deg CeAs Tibetan VOA Tue/Thu/Sat/Sun 1400-1500 17485 secret / hidden transmitter Chinese CNR-1 1400-1500 17485 UDO 250 kW / 321 deg CeAs Tibetan VOA Mon/Wed/Fri https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQMFzrk-oxU&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IZ9Uyv5AnI&feature=youtu.be -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 4940, V of Strait (Fuzhou) 1315-1340+ 14 May. Fair with (presumed) Chinese opera [Fire Dragon-style + singing & chat], since I rarely listen pre-1400 to VoS, I wonder if this is "regular" Saturday evening programme. W DJ at BOH breaking up the arias. On 16 May, however, quick checks at 1245, 1310 had VoS back to regular Chinese pops (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA using Bob Wilkner's ICF7600GR + 6m X wire [v. 2.0], via Wilkner, NASWA yg via DXLD) ** CHINA. 7350, CNR11 (Baoji-Sifangshan), 1255+ 14 May. "Crash-bang" + singing (very similar to what was on V of Strait). Sked *1300 in Tibetan, but heard well before TOH. Sked to 1400 in TB then dialects to 1600, 1600-1605* back to TB. *1259-1330+ 16 May. Trumpets & TB chat to open, no pips across TOH // 9480 [which had an odd pulse/roar jamming noise until 1305], long chat in TB to 1320, then mostly Chinese-sounding tunes (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA using Bob Wilkner's ICF7600GR + 6m X wire [v. 2.0], via Wilkner, NASWA yg via DXLD) ** CHINA. [Re 16-20:] ``9420, May 17 at 1203, very poor S4 in Chinese, so something besides Greece which may or may not be active at the moment. EiBi shows TWO CNR services, but presumably I am getting CNR6 Beijing: 9420 1100-1605 CHN China National Radio 6 M CHN B 9420 1100-1805 CHN China National Radio 13 UI CHN L Aoki agrees, but at slightly different timespan: 9420 1100-1605 CHN CNR 6 Chi Beijing 491 1-7 9420 1057-1805 CHN CNR 13 Uyg Lingshi 725 1-7 And HFCC`s version: 9420 0900 1605 44S BEI 100 163 0 206 D 12225 Zho CHN CNR RTC 2834 9420 1100 1805 42N,43NW LIN 100 298 0 206 D 12225 Uig CHN CNR RTC 2835 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)`` Sometimes CNR13 Uighur from Lingshi noted also odd 9419.866 kHz, wb (Wolfgang Büschel, BCDX May 21 via DXLD) Was not so off-frequency (gh) ** CHINA. China Radio International via unknown tx site, May 24 1302-1317 on 9570 unknown tx (URU / BEI later) open carrier/dead air 1317-1322 on 9570 unknown tx (URU / BEI later) English, and off air, not Quivican 9570 QVC 250 kW / 010 deg to ENAm English, as scheduled https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIMAoXCH1N0&feature=youtu.be -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CONGO. 6115, Radio Congo, suddenly on at 0538, on May 19. At 0527 had faint JBA open carrier from "RN2" (Japan); was able to tell because whenever R. Congo is on at about this time it's always many times stronger than the Japan open carrier; yes, at 0538 the Congo signal, with announcer in French, was much stronger than the open carrier I had just been listening to; by 0550 I started to hear some "RN2" music underneath Congo (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CONGO DR. While not very strong, Radio Candip is audible on 5066.4 this evening here in Central Iowa. The noise floor is about an S6, with static crashes popping it up to an S7, but Radio Candip is audible between the pops (Tim, Luther, Iowa, Rahto, Perseus receiver, SAL-30 antenna, 0320 UT May 21, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5066.39, May 21 1945, R Candip with steady and clear signal, mostly talk (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, SW Bulletin May 22 via DXLD) ** CUBA. Weak signal of Cuban Spy Numbers HM01, May 23 0655-0750 9330 secret/hidden site (Bejucal) Spanish Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqXZg1ooosc&feature=youtu.be -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/ May 23, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [and non]. All three Cuban stations on 60 meters are awol tonight. No sign of R. Rebelde 5025, R. Havana 5040 or R. Progreso 4765. There is a station on 5025 with a very weak and distorted signal. The static levels are very high so it is difficult to even ID the language of the station. I believe that it is in Spanish so it possibly could be Perú, R. Quillabamba, as the style of program doesn't fit with what I have heard from Rebelde in the past. Signal disappeared at 0206 after brief announcement by OM and a minute of silence, I am still hearing Havana on several 49 meter band frequencies tonight (Stephen C Wood, Harwich, Mass., Perseus SDR with 25 x 50 terminated superloop antenna, 0209 UT May 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Stephen - I have Progreso here in NY, but the 60m Cubans do appear to be missing. The 49m frequencies for RHC are operating fine. 73 (John Figliozzi, 0215 UT, ibid.) Yes, both 5025 and 5040 are missing, but 4765 is there! (Jim Young, CA, 0307 UT May 24, NASWA yg via DXLD) At 0420 UT May 24 both Cubans on air as USUAL, R Rebelde on 5025 Spanish, RHC on Spanish 5040 kHz too. wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 11830 & 11850, May 20 at 0120, JBA carriers, S3 and S2 respectively vs noise level, evidently emanating as parasites from 11840 RHC Spanish which is S9+20. On each of them I strain to detect traces of // programming to the fundamental on another receiver into the other ear, and believe I barely can do so. [more below] (My streetlite ignites at *0123 with an RF noise burst, early before sunset behind an overcast sky) 17730, May 21 at 0021, RHC in French (not Kriyol) and definitely not Quechua, which RHC claims airs at 0000, but whenever we check, this semihour is in French instead. So is Quechua qaput, or what? RHC`s own schedule, now labeled April-November 2016, http://www.radiohc.cu/interesantes/frecuencias claims Quechua is on 15370, a mistake we`ve already discussed (along with all the other languages; 17730 afternoon transmission is totally missing!). Aoki believes that it`s on 15370. EiBi, however, shows 17730 at 0000 as Q,F, meaning either, or (and at the same time on 5040 we do hear Kriyol). As for Quechua, it is probably significant that RHC website has no Quechua page (nor ever did?), while it recently added Italian, a language not (yet?) on SW. See the flags at upper right. Guarani was another native American language that expired from RHC without notice. RHC schedule has other gross errors, like English to ``Chicago`` at 20-21 on 11670, as well as 19-20 on 15140, while in fact, 15140 replaced 11670 and the move an hour earlier for DST happened a month before that (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6000 kHz, RHC Spanish, 11-13 UT via Quivicán San Felipe 250 Kw site, using the NVIS fountain like steep angle antenna. Checked on local Miami FL-USA remote SDR unit, at 1205 UT on May 21, S=9+40dB or -37dBm powerful signal. Heard two 'locutoras', the 'phone-in part' was 2 x 6.7 kHz wide visible on Perseus software screen. But the lady presenter voice at the broadcasting house studio was even 2 x 12.4 kHz wide broadband signal. Program interview content matter featured "tourist traffic en Cuba", "hoteles", "terroristas" ... Full RHC Spanish A-16 sce schedule on SW see under CUBA item: The latest edition (21 May) of the WORLDWIDE DX CLUB "Top News", has been posted: http://topnews.wwdxc.de wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxld yg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) RHC A-16 schedule as of May 23 received from Arnie Coro: HORARIOS, BANDAS Y FRECUENCIAS EN VARIOS IDIOMAS PERIODO Abril / Noviembre del 2016 ZONAS GEOGRÁFICAS FRECUENCIAS HORARIOS - UTC TRANSMISIONES EN IDIOMA INGLÉS (ENGLISH) New York 6060 0500-0700 San Francisco 6100 0500-0700 Chicago 6165 0100-0700 Washington 6000 0100-0700 Banda Tropical 5040 2300-0000 0500-0600 Africa 11880 2300-0000 [Chicago 15140 1900-2000 is MISSING from this! --- GH] [WORLD OF RADIO 1827] TRANSMISIONES EN IDIOMA FRANCÉS (FRANÇAIS) Europa 15370 1930-2000 Chicago 15140 2000-2030 Sudamérica 17730 2230-2300 Africa 11880 2200-2230 Banda Tropical 5040 0030-0100 TRANSMISIONES EN IDIOMA PORTUGUÉS Río de Janeiro 17730 2330-0000 Buenos Aires 15230 2200-2300 Africa 11880 2230-2300 Europa 15370 2330-0000 TRANSMISIONES EN IDIOMA ÁRABE Europa 15370 2030-2100 Chicago 15140 1800-1830 TRANSMISIONES EN IDIOMA ESPERANTO San Francisco 6100 0700-0730 DOMINGOS N/C/Sudamérica 11760 1500-1530 DOMINGOS Sudamérica 17730 2230-2300 DOMINGOS TRANSMISIONES EN IDIOMA CREOLE Buenos Aires 17730 2300-2330 Chicago 15140 1830-1900 Banda Tropical 5040 0000-0030 TRANSMISIONES EN IDIOMA QUECHUA [sic] Buenos Aires 17730 0000-0030 RADIO HABANA CUBA HORARIOS, BANDAS Y FRECUENCIAS EN ESPAÑOL PERIODO Abril Noviembre del 2016; CAMBIO DE FRECUENCIA 16 DE NOVIEMBRE Norte, Centro y Sudamérica 6000 1100-1300 11760 1100-1500, 1530-1800, 2100-0200 Nueva York 6060 0000-0500 9710 1100-1400 San Francisco 15370 2100-2300 Chicago 9850 1100-1300 América Central 9535 1100-1500 9535 2100-0500 9550 2100-0501 Antillas 9710 2100-0400 Río de Janeiro 11670 2300-0400 17730 1100-1500 Buenos Aires 15230 1100-1500, 2300-0500 17580 1100-1400 13740 2100-0400 Chile 11840 2100-0500 BANDA TROPICAL 5040 2100-2300 Cuba, Caribe, Sur de Estados Unidos, México 0100-0500 América Central, Norte de Sudamérica Europa 15370 2100-2300 MESA REDONDA Washington 6000 2300-0000 Chicago 11950 2300-0000 (via Wolfgang Büschel, reformatted by gh for DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9490, May 21 at 1245, Celine Dion Will Always Love You, i.e. VOA Korean which plays a lot of American pop music, scheduled this hour only via TINIAN --- mixed with Cuban pulse jamming, which is ``needed`` only from 01 to 04 or so against Radio República. But who cares if it also damage another Yanqui broadcast? Think what a world of trouble RHC would be in, if the USA were in the jamming business? Bad guys finish first. 11635-11695, May 23 at 0121, RHC splatter extending this far out from 11670 which is overmodulated/distorted itself; getting to be a regular situation with this Bauta transmitter. 13740, May 23 at 0125, RHC music here too is overmod/distorted, but splattering only about 15 kHz above and below this Bauta; 11670 & 13740 are on adjacent antennas A4 and A5. 6000, May 23 at 0129, RHC English is S9+35 but just barely modulated; // 6165 at S9+35 is undermodulated but sufficient, so these compensate for the Spanish overmodulation on 11670 & 13740, ha2. 11830 // 11850, May 25 at 0136, RHC very weak spurs, yet enough audio to definitely match Spanish to 11670, 11760 and 11840 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. "55th ANNIVERSARY OF RADIO HAVANA CUBA CONTEST" On the occasion of the 55th anniversary of Radio Havana Cuba, our shortwave station invites its listeners to participate in a competition marking that important date. The question you must answer is as follows: How do you evaluate the permanence of Radio Havana Cuba in the shortwave bands and its programming, 55 years after its foundation? The jury will award 5 Prizes and 50 Mentions, consisting in Cuban handicrafts and souvenirs from our station. Contest deadline is December 31st, 2016. Essays can be sent electronically through radiohc@enet.cu or by postal mail to RHC, P. O. Box 6240, Havana, Cuba (RHC via Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD) PERMANENCE? THIS is not a common word in English. What does it mean, exactly, longevity? RHC likes its contests to require subjective essays, so winners can be judged on their political correctness; but how about their sincerity? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** CUBA [non]. RADIO MARTÍ CUMPLE 31 AÑOS JUNTO A LOS CUBANOS http://www.martinoticias.com/a/radio-marti-lleva-31-annos-junto-a-los-cubanos/122470.html Radio Martí cumple este 20 de mayo, el aniversario 31 de su primera transmisión desde las oficinas de la Voz de América en Washington, con el propósito constante de ofrecer al pueblo cubano recursos informativos libres de censura. "El Gobierno de Estados Unidos depositó la confianza completa (en Radio Martí) para que el pueblo cubano tuviera alternativas", dijo Margarita Rojo, una de las primeras voces de la emisora y, hoy, la voz del noticiero de radio. Radio Martí fue aprobada por ley en el Congreso de Estados Unidos. El entonces presidente, Ronald Reagan, dijo que la ley respondía a una de las iniciativas de su política exterior: romper el monopolio del régimen de Castro sobre las noticias y la información dentro de Cuba. Reagan comparó su función con las de Radio Europa Libre y Radio Libertad.Más adelante se creó Televisión Martí, y con la llegada de internet y las nuevas tecnologías, nació martinoticias.com. Informar libremente y sin censura, interactuar y conectar al pueblo de Cuba en apoyo a la libertad y la democracia, continúan siendo la misión y principales razones de existencia de Radio y TV Martí y martinoticias.com. A lo largo de sus 31 años de existencia, esta institución ha revelado al pueblo de Cuba informaciones clave, como las pérdidas humanas y económicas que la guerra de Angola infligía sobre los cubanos, algo que los medios en la isla censuraban. Basado en el testimonio de 20 personas residentes en la isla Radio Martí destapó en 1985 los sucesos del 6 de julio de 1980: la masacre de la embarcación "Río Canímar" en la que fallecieron al menos 56 personas, entre ellos mujeres y niños. Radio Martí anunció al mundo la presencia del SIDA en Cuba y la existencia del sanatorio Los Cocos, donde internaban a estos pacientes. A través de Radio Martí, los cubanos tuvieron noticias no disponibles en la isla como la caída del Muro de Berlín, la Glasnot y la Perestroika en Rusia, historias del destierro, el derribo de dos avionetas de Hermanos al Rescate, la muerte de Laura Pollán, Orlando Zapata Tamayo y Oswaldo Payá. Por años la programación de Radio y Televisión Martí ha fomentado la discusión y la iniciativa empresarial, ha sido la única plataforma para la disidencia y ha unido al pueblo cubano donde quiera que esté. Desde entonces, hasta nuestras más recientes coberturas como el restablecimiento de relaciones entre Estados Unidos y Cuba y la crisis migratoria cubana en Centroamérica, Radio y Televisión Martí llevan al pueblo de Cuba la información más relevante, la que los cubanos necesitan y merecen, la que tienen derecho a saber. Los oyentes agradecen A propósito del aniversario 31 de Radio y TV Martí, la agencia cristiana de prensa Patmos envió un boletín especial y una carta a la redacción de Martí Noticias, celebrando estos años de entrega a la audiencia cubana. Félix Yuniel Llerena López, coordinador de Patmos, dice que a sus 19 años, ya se siente marcado por Radio Martí y comparte su deseo de que algún día la emisora cambie su eslogan para anunciar: "Transmitiendo desde La Habana, capital de la República de Cuba'." Esta semana, la organización independiente Fundación Cubana por los Derechos LGBTI entregó el premio Fundación a Martí Noticias, por su trabajo dedicado a arrojar luz sobre las preocupaciones y necesidades de esta comunidad en la isla. “Para nosotros ha sido un placer, porque ustedes siempre nos han ayudado a visualizar todo lo que ocurre con la comunidad LGBTI cubana”, dijo el presidente de la organización, Nelson Gandulla Díaz (via José Miguel Romero2, Spain, dxldyg via DXLD) ** CZECHIA [non]. A special QSL-card --- "Radio Prague" has issued a special QSL-cards, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the founding of the radio station, which is received by each student, who will send us a "report on the admission" August 31, 2016. http://www.radio.cz/ru/static/80-let-radio-praga/specialnaja-kartocka (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx", QSL-World, RusDX May 21 via DXLD) Today I read that you mentioned some airings of Radio Prague. Further A-2016 updates: they are also on the weekends at 0300 UT on 9955 kHz via WRMI FL, USA. Great programs are also heard at 0300 like UT Sunday Magazine and Mailbox and on UT Monday heard their 30 minute music program (Richard Lemke, Alberta, Canada, May 22, 2016, WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also SLOVAKIA [non] ** EAST TURKISTAN. CHINA, PBS XJBS Xinjiang, Chinese language program, played very sweet girls singer discs, all S=9 and more in Greece unit. All Urumqi China site on 5960even, \\ 7259.991, 7309.978, and 11769.974 kHz. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, May 19, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ECUADOR [non]. 7300, May 25, 2016. 2103-2108, HCJB Voice of Andes, Woofferton-G, in Arabic. OM talks. Good signal and barely audible modulation, 45441 (DXer José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, PB, Brazil, Tecsun S-2000 Portable, Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** EGYPT. 9965.17, May 19 at 0423, R. Cairo, S9+ with Qur`an, lite whine. No Breaking News about the missing plane here! But this is usually the best frequency of the lot, managing to modulate without too much distraxion. 0454 recheck, it`s off, nominally scheduled 2300- 0430, 250 kW, 325 degrees from Abis in Arabic except the first sesquihour in English. 12085.06, May 19 at 0457, R. Cairo, S5 open carrier/dead air or maybe just barely modulated. This one scheduled 0200-0700, 250 kW, 315 degrees from Abis, all in Arabic (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Cairo, 9965 kHz, 2335 UT May 19 2016 tune-in, in English with a slight hum but readable signal. Re-check at 0033 with Qur'an. Re-check at 0200 time pips with presumed news in Arabic. Fair to Good. Rx: Perseus SDR, Ant: Wellbrook loop. 73 (Mick Delmage, Alberta, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9315.00, May 20 at 0117, R. Cairo is S9+20 but no Spanish programming audible, just motorboating noise. Probably the worst source for news about the downed plane, which BTW was uniquely called SU-GCC. Referring to it as ``Egyptair Flight 804`` is totally ambiguous, as there is one of those every night. ``Flights`` don`t crash; individual aircraft do (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9325, May 21, 2016. 1913-1920, Radio Cairo, Abis. Open carrier, buzz similar to airplane and totally distorted modulation. A chronic problem in the transmitters, which has no solution, of course (DXer José Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo, PB, Brazil, Sony ICF-SW100S Portable, Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) At 0155 UT May 22 noted R Cairo distorted Arabic singer on 12085.038 kHz, distorted broadband signal like broad spurious on 12034 to 12116 kHz wide range! (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 22, ibid.) 9965.00, May 23 at 0107, R. Cairo is S9+20 and on-frequency for a change, but JBM in Arabic plus whine. 9315.0, May 23 at 0116, R. Cairo is S9+20 here too, but with gross motorboat pulses, no intelligible modulation during scheduled Spanish. Furthermore a similar hideous sound but with no specific carrier point occupies the 9297-9298 area, also at S9+20. There is no match on the hi side of 9315 or anywhere else in the vicinity (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9590, 1951, R Cairo in German, dreadful modulation, station should spare money for energy until programmes are understandable (S=4 / O=1) ("Manfred R. Reiff", Germany, logs of May 23, 2016 between 1930 and 2100 UT, Please remember, reception was disturbed by intense local thunderstorms! dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9315, May 25 at 0120, R. Cairo regales us tonight with extremely distorted talk modulation, presumably Spanish, at S9+25; but no spur nearby, nor any // audible in the 12s. 9965.13, May 25 at 0125, R. Cairo in undermodulated but recognizable Arabic, with a bit of whine, amounting to S9+25 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9325, May 25, 2016. 1930-1935, Radio Cairo, Abis, Hausa service. Open carrier (S3-4, 4-3), OM talks, but extreme distorted modulation (DXer José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, PB, Brazil, Tecsun S-2000 Portable, Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** ETHIOPIA. 7236.256, and vary hopping some 20 Hertz fqs around, Ethiopia with E Africa/HoA music program, S=9+20dB at 1550 UT. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, May 19, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA. 6090, 2035, Amhara State Radio with talk in Ethiopian (O=2-3) 6110, 2037, Radio Fana with song in Ethiopian (O=3) => heard the first time since January 2001 Are reception conditions so good in these days to listen to Ethiopia in the 49 meter band...? Maybe I'm able to listen to Bhutan once more, QSL'd in 1986! Some information about me: I resumed DXing in April after an absence of more than ten years. At present I'm using my good old AOR AR- 7030plus (looks like new) + add. 0.5 and 4 kHz Collins-Filters and an Inverted-V-Antenna, 10 meter in length connected to a YAESU FRT-7700. In the near future I will buy an ELAD FDM-S2 and a new antenna system (I haven't decided which type). ("Manfred R. Reiff", Germany, logs of May 23, 2016 between 1930 and 2100 UT, Please remember, reception was disturbed by intense local thunderstorms! dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA [and non]. FRANCE, Radio Voice of Independent Oromia via TDF, May 22 1600-1630 on 17860 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Afar Oromo Sun. Transmissions are jammed by Ethiopia with white noise digital jamming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUXV8KCUe_Y&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1P4B3CgmuA&feature=youtu.be Good signal of Radio Front for Independence via TDF, May 22 1730-1800 on 17765 ISS 150 kW / 125 deg to EaAf Afar Oromo Sun Transmissions are jammed by Ethiopia with white noise digital jamming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzR6odLo7qE&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u15p9nGH5ow&feature=youtu.be -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/ DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FRANCE. 13725.051, RFI Issoudun English program service at 0633 UT. Program "Inside This Week", migration and crime into Europe. Probably one of their INSTABLE transmitters at Issoudun site, odd frequency and audio feed line seems disturbed by woodpecker or hammer knocker in background. Mixed with an strange UTE RTTY signal too [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, morning log of May 20, taken at 0450 to 0700 UT, used remote units in southern Germany, Doha Qatar, Zakynthos Greece, Calabria Italy, Spain, Moscow Russia, MA-NJ-USA, Alberta-CANADA, and Vancouver Island CANADA, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 20, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DXLD) 13725, May 24 at 0609, the ONLY English hour from RFI is again audible as we are getting into deep summer propagation conditions, should we be awake in the middle of the night. It`s S9+10 during ID and ``Paris Live AM``, 0610 into silly sports segment wasting valuable airtime. Between them I hear a sounder which reminds me of one I heard the night before on the anomalous 9585 frequency in French before 0600, but could have been VOA; see UNIDENTIFIED (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GAMBIA [non]. Radio Free Gambia was observed with its Friday-only broadcast on 15465 kHz from 1900 UT sign-on till abruptly off in mid- sentence at 1956 UT, 20 May 2016. Programming consisted entirely of a long talk in an unidentified language (no music) starting with Islamic greetings - if there was an ID in there I didn't recognise it as such. Occasional English phrases such as "civil resistance" and "passive resistance" indicate the political nature of the lecture. Reception was good via Global Tuner remote rx in Grenoble, French Alps (David Kernick, Interval Signals Online, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DXLD ** GERMANY. [Re 16-20, ``reception`` report from China of WOR via HLR on 7265] A frequent Global Tuners user tells me, ``I think your suspicions are correct. This guy LiHua is a frequent user of Global Tuners, and I'd bet six months pay that his Germany reception was indeed over a Euro-based remote unit, and no doubt God knows how many other remote rigs on the Net`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. RGI on Sunday: All Transmissions via MV Baltic Radio has now ended on 9485, 7265 & 6190 kHz. 0900 to 1000 UT, on 7310 via shortwaveservice.com 1500 to 1700 UT via Coloradio.org + laut.fm/jukebox Good reception! Reports welcome at: radiogloria@aol.com Radio Gloria International Website: http://rgi.fmkompakt.de (Tom Taylor, May 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY [and non]. Extra DigiDX broadcast on Saturday --- Hi All, Just saw the following on DigiDX Facebook page, should be interesting "Extra broadcast on Saturday [May 21] at the same time as Vatican Radio on 6070 to test the Olivia 16-500 mode on 2200 Hz against interference. Saturday 1830 - 6070 via Channel 292 (Rohrbach Wall, DE)" Also listed as being on Channel 292 that evening, 'SM Radio International' from 1900 to 2100 UT, followed by the weekly 'BCL News' at 2100. SM Radio are also on air on Saturday morning from 1000-1200 UT after Radio Waves International, which is on from 0900 to 1000, but daytime reception is very poor here in this part of the UK until after around 1600 UT at this time of year. As well as the Sunday regulars, 'Radio Kleine Paris International' is on again from 1100 to 1200 and at 2000 after the weekly 'Flying Circus Rock Show', is another new one hour show from 'Free Radio Skybird'. The full schedule can be found at: http://www.channel292.de/schedule-for-bookings/ (Alan Gale, UK, May 19, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY [non]. /ARMENIA Test transmission of Radio 700 via Yerevan Gavar: 1300-1400 on 17760 ERV 100 kW / 305 deg to WeEu German on Sun May 29 -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/ May 23, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. QSL: 15525, Bible Voice Broadcasting Broker via Nauen, 100 kW, 148-degree azimuth. The following station where verified via three (3) full data (with site, power, azimuth) ‘reaching the Nations-one person at a Time’ QSL cards, via the Newmarket [Ontario] address. Voice of Morning Star – Ethiopian Outreach Ministry (EOM) New Creation, Amharic broadcast to East Africa Voice of Maranatha Ministries, Amharic to East Africa Grace Radio Ministry, Somali to East Africa African Radio Ministry – Haaiya Worship Hour Voice of Light – Dimtsi Berhan, Tigrinyan to East Africa This for both E-mail and eventually postal reports, with replies from 93 to 10 days. Correspondences via Amanda James (Edward Kusalik, Daysland, Alberta, CANADA, May 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GREECE. 9935, May 18, 2016. 0210-0220, Voice of Greece, Avlis. Greek songs, YL talks in Greek. After many days with a good transmission, VOG returns to present a buzz, today, and a very poor modulation, 45332. On 9420 kHz with unsettled signal and very poor modulation, 35332 (DXer José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, PB, Brazil, Degen 1103 Portable, Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) 9935, May 20, 2016. 2312-2321, Voice of Greece, Avlis, Greek service. YL interview with a woman, laughs. Very well! VOG returns a good signal this night with a good modulation, 45444 (DXer José Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo, PB, Brazil, Sony ICF-SW100S Portable, Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) 9935.000, Never heard so clear a signal of Voice of Greece from Avlis site, as at 0215 UT on May 22, much stronger as S=9+20dB or - 51dBm, exact on frequency, no buzz, no whine, very clear signal quality. Changed the antenna direction too from 285 to 323 degrees? 9420.005, Usual Avlis signal, much Greek folk song program in progress, at 0220 UT was a little less strong, as S=9+5dB or -61dBm (Wolfgang Bueschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 22, ibid.) 9420 & 9935, UT Monday May 23 at 0120, both VOG frequencies are off; seems to be usually the case on weekends (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Surprisingly transmission of Voice of Greece on May 23: 1150-1210 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek/English tx#3 No signal on 9935 or 11645 tx#1. And no signal on 9420 at 1215UT! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BvYsLwROa8&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efqqQLWZl2o&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgmLUdJ0w60&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4dRfxCVVFI&feature=youtu.be -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/ May 23, DX LISTENING DIGEST) QSL Electrónica de Helleniki Radiophonia recibida en 11 horas, formato pdf, informe enviado a Dimitris Gazidellis dgazidellis@ert.gr Director of Network Development & Operations ERT SA. Archivo: https://app.box.com/s/7uifjvsit9y3ivifafirasdvy6ccbfye Posted by: (JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO, Spain, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of Greece 9420.005 and 9935.000 kHz at 18-19 UT May 23 (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Also good reception here in New Brunswick on both frequencies at 2050 UT. 9420 kHz slightly stronger. And, via the Twente receiver, both 9420 and 9935 kHz are peaking at 50 over S9 (Richard Langley, May 23, ibid.) Both have been making it into Michigan the last couple evenings (2300- 0100+ UT) and the modulation on 9935 has been pretty good. No hums or other 'issues' as have been noted in the past. Now if they would just bring back a programme or two in English to match that pounding signal in North America! .... :) Posted by: ("Kenneth V. Zichi", 0321 UT May 24, ibid.) At 0404 UT on May 24 both VOG Avlis on air, 9935.001 kHz S=9+20dB little stronger signal here in southern Germany, and 9420.005 kHz S=8- 9, but when checked at 0440 UT again 9935 had left for exact 11645even kHz S=8-9 signal. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) Thanks for info, Yesterday log, today received eQSL :) http://dxadam.blogspot.com/2016/05/voice-of-greece-eqsl.html 73 (Adam Grzenia, sq9jks, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DXLD) Nice ancient designs; says they have four of them (gh, DXLD) Strong morning signal of Voice of Greece, May 25: 0600-0700 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek*tx#3 0600-0700 on 9935 AVL 100 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek*tx#1 * includung news in Serbian, Romanian, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Albanian, Italian, Arabic. Off air around 0710 UT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_ZJWauTr00&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du8XXz3G1GU&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmnoPThl3aI&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GflmYTA-AnQ&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oepPwDEfHQk&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOO61qXeP_o&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDi4OmP1cLU&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO8mA9KyhjA&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnpZbYOQ-Y4&feature=youtu.be Voice of Greece again on shortwave this evening, May 25 from 1830 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek tx#3 no signal on 9935 AVL 100 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek tx#1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phpJ5hOG69A&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksNy1chGZ0o&feature=youtu.be -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Greece replaced 9420.005 kHz by 9935.000 exact even kHz at 'around' 1950 / 2000 UT. They have repaired the 3rd transmitter now? wb (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, May 25, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUYANA. 3289.95, Voice of Guyana 2330 to 2344, partial ID or mention of Guyana, also brief mention of health issues? Marginal signal. 19 May (Bob Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, NASWA yg via DXLD) 3289.95, Voice of Guyana 0040 to 0048 Bob Marley vocal, YL alto singing briefly to 0050. Into religious message by impassioned preacher at 0051to 0056. Very strong clear signal with thunderstorm crackle. Back to preacher talking over music at 0057 (Bob Wilkner, Florida, May 22 via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** INDIA. 7550, AIR, Bangalore. 2132 May 23, 2016. Clear but weak with English. Fair by 2203 recheck with female news, into feature read by man regarding a lighthouse. Parallel better 11670. Closing announcements with schedule, "Good-bye from Delhi" and carrier from 2230, carrier off 2231:00 (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) AIR, 11670 kHz at 1743 UT May 21 2016 with IS. English S/on at 1745 and Quote of the day followed by local music. News at 1800 UTC. Very Good. Rx: Perseus SDR, Ant: Wellbrook loop. 73 (Mick Delmage, Alberta, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11710, May 24, 2016. 1842-1843, All India Radio, Khampur. Authentic Indian songs, talks in Arabic. Weak signal with moderate buzz and poor modulation, 35332 (DXer José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, PB, Brazil, Degen 1103 & Sony ICF-SW100S portable, telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** INDIA. Dear friends, The following Regional SW stations of All India Radio of 50 kW has been discontinued recently as observed in the latest A-16 printed schedules received from the station. 1. Kolkata 4820, 7210 2. Shimla 4860, 6020 3. Imphal 4775, 7335 4. Itanagar 4990, 6150 5. Kohima 4850, 6065 Note: The above stations were off air/irregular for some time now MW transmitters taken off air recently Delhi 1017 kHz 10 kW Kolkata 1323 kHz 20 kW These latest changes are not reflected yet in their scheduled published on line in http://allindiaradio.gov.in/Profile/Radio%20Network/Pages/default.aspx This is in addition to the 5 other 50 kW stations taken off air from 16 Sept 2014, viz.: 1. Gorakhpur 3945, 7250 2. Guwahati 4940, 7280, 7420 3. Jammu 4830, 5965 4. Mumbai 4840, 7240 5. Ranchi 4960, 5985 So the number of SW stations of AIR have now come down to 20 from 30. Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India, Mobile: +91 94416 96043, http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos May 24, WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I imagine they've added more FM stations? (Ed Sylvester, Baghdad, Iraq, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) The following services also dropped in A 16 6030 Delhi 0200-0230, 1215-1430 (Uttarakhand program) 6155 Delhi 1320-0043 (National Channel) Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, dx_india yg via DXLD) The detailed Program Schedule of AIR General Overseas Service in English updated daily is available in: http://airworldservice.org/cuesheet/cuesheet.pdf Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, ibid.) Latest changes to All India Radio External Services A-16 Delete the following: UT Language kHz 0000-0045 Tamil 11985 0045-0115 Sinhala 11985 0100-0200 Sindhi 9635 1145-1315 Chinese 11845 1215-1315 Burmese 11710 1330-1500 English 11620 [ahá: just as I have not been hearing it – gh] 1515-1615 Swahili 17670 1615-1730 Hindi 17670 1745-1945 English 17670 Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, May 24, dx_india yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DXLD) Short wave frequencies from Delhi-Khampur being dropped --- At first sight, the reductions at the external service of All India Radio seemed to suggest a transmitter failure at Delhi Khampur. However, taking into account the reductions at the Home Service reported earlier and the overlaps in broadcast times, this seems to be deliberate. 0000-0115: 11985 AIR External Service Tamil. 0045 Sinhala 0100-0200: 9635 ES Sindhi 0200-0230: 6030 HS Uttarakhand programme 1145-1315: 11845 ES Chinese 1215-1430: 6030 HS Uttarakhand programme 1215-1315: 11710 ES Burmese 1320-0043: 6155 HS National Channel 1330-1500: 11620 ES English 1515-1730: 17670 ES Swahili. 1615 Hindi 1745-1945: 17670 ES English (Dr Hansjoerg Biener, 25 May 2016, dx_india yg via DXLD) Checking for off air WRNO Worldwide 7506 kHz, I found a weak carrier on 7505 KHz at 0115 h UTC with music continuing throughout until 0138 h tune out. This very weak signal was not in parallel with the webaudio stream at http://www.wrnoworldwide.com/ that during the hour before had IDs as being on shortwave. According to HFCC data http://hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=A16&broadc=AIR All India Radio uses the frequency 0115-0430 h UTC. Jose Jacob http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos/ lists 7505 kHz with 100 kW from Delhi (Kingsway) 0130-0230 h in Nepali (Nepal) and 0230-0300 h with the „HS“ presumeably Hindi. So, the earlier sign on time is confirmed, at least for 25 May 2016 (Dr Hansjoerg Biener, 25 May 2016, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. AIR'S PERSIAN SERVICE TO LAUNCH MULTIMEDIA WEBSITE, MOBILE APP http://airddfamily.blogspot.in/2016/05/airs-persian-service-to-launch.html AIR's Persian service to launch multimedia website, mobile App. The Persian Service of External Services Division of All India Radio is launching a multimedia website and mobile App to coincide with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's forthcoming visit to Iran. All India Radio has been broadcasting to Iran in Persian language since 1941. It is one of the oldest services in which external broadcast was done by AIR. The Persian language Service has stood through the thick and thin of the relations between India and Iran and the many trials and tribulations that Iran has witnessed in the last few decades. Presently, Persian language broadcast of AIR is done for 1hr 45 minutes in two transmissions of 45 minutes and 1 hour respectively in the morning and in the evening. The broadcast is available on Shortwave. Programme menu of the Persian Service is reflective of the centuries old bond that India shares with Iran (Persia) in the fields of art, architecture, culture, heritage, literature, music, etc. and also the contemporary partnership and cooperation in the fields of trade, commerce, technology, medicine, research and development in oil exploration etc. Indian and Persian music of various genres also form a major part of the content. The service is immensely popular among the listeners and receives close to 1000 letters per month besides many emails. The Persian Service of All India Radio was of late facing competitions from other international broadcasters like BBC, China Radio International, Radio Pakistan among others who have started internet and mobile based services for Iran as the younger generation prefer listening to radio broadcast on internet and mobile Apps. Launching of internet live-streaming and mobile Apps of Persian Service through a multimedia web platform of international standard http://airworldservice.org/persian during the visit of the Indian Prime Minister to Tehran will go a long way not only in meeting the challenges from other broadcasters but also help in further broadening the listeners base of All India Radio. It is also pertinent to mention that AIR is also starting a WhatsApp based listners' response forum for its Persian service where listeners from Iran can directly interact. Source and Credit :- http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/air-s-persian-service-to-launch-multimedia-website-mobile-app-116052100703_1.html Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India, May 22, dx_india yg via DXLD) ** INDONESIA. 7289.98, RRI Nabire, 0839-0907*, May 21. Not often I hear decent audio here, so today was well above the norm; pop songs; in Bahasa Indonesia; 0849 reciting from the Qur'an; some ME type music/singing till suddenly off (Ron Howard, Pacific Grove, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. QSL CARD FROM THE VOICE OF INDONESIA --- transmission in Spanish language, 9525 [sic], confirm with air mail QSL card in 2 months. Report with mp3 recording sent via Facebook page of the radio. Pictures available here: http://swli05639fr.blogspot.it/2016/05/qsl-card-from-voice-of-indonesia-9525.html 73's de (Francesco Cecconi, QTH: CENTRAL ITALY, RX: ICOM R71, ANT: 100 mt LW, 19 May, noticiasdx yg via DXLD) 9525.890, Spanish service news read by female of VOI Cimanggis, S=9+10Db at 1711 UT on May 19. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, May 19, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. Still at 19-21 UT on odd 9525.891 kHz, het by CRI Russian 9525.0 kHz wb (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, May 25, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN. 11800, May 25, 2016. 2045-2050, VOIRI, Sirjan, Spanish service. News about Latin America: reports from Venezuela and others, ID. Fair signal and poor modulation, 35432 (DXer José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, PB, Brazil, Tecsun S-2000 Portable, Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** IRAN [non]. Sedoye Bahar Voice of Spring via BaBcoCk, May 19: 1730-1800 on 7495 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Farsi Thu/Fri https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrX24_kpats&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn5wecTQEBw&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BHoI-myfPk&feature=youtu.be -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/ DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN [non]. CLANDESTINE, 7460, May 24, 2016. 0308-0313, Radio Payam e-Doost, Talata Volonondry. YL talks in Farsi lang; a song. Very poor station, sometimes barely audible, 25332 to 25331 (DXer José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, PB, Brazil, Degen 1103 & Sony ICF-SW100S portable, telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** ITALY. Marconi Radio international (MRI) on air on 25 May 2016 on 7700 kHz USB mode --- Just a short reminder of our regular weekly broadcasts on Wednesdays. Marconi Radio International will once again be on air tomorrow 25 May 2016, from 1800 to 1900, 2000 to 2100 and from 2130 to 2230 UT on 7700 kHz USB mode. The first half hour is always a DX programme in English (Italian Shortwave Panorama) followed by mailbag show in Italian or non-stop music interspersed with announcements in English, Italian, German, French, Spanish and Catalan. 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), 1800 UT May 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ITALY [non]. SECRETLAND, IRRS European Gospel Radio via SPL Secretbrod, May 22 0930-1200 on 9510 SCB 050 kW / 306 deg to WeEu English Sun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts5VxEuwue4&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOkYH1mq0sA&feature=youtu.be Radio Santec, The Cosmic Wave via SPL Secretbrod, May 22 1500-1530 on 15190 SCB 050 kW / 090 deg to SoAs English Sun, not English/German https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enOdmemT-to&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OIcDhnoTVM&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6Dwb7VNmdk&feature=youtu.be -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/ DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN [non]. 11695, Singapore - Radio Japan heard in English at 1120 with fair signal, 5-17 (Ron Trotto, Grundig Satellit 800, Waggoner Illinois, via Bob Wilkner, NASWA yg via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. 5965, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze (Yamata) 1304, 1335 16 May. Good in Chinese to BOH, then Korean with NK pulse jammer mostly 'way in the background (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA using Bob Wilkner's Sony ICFSW7600GR/6m X wire [v2.0]), DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH [and non]. From Chris Kadlec -- South Korean Jammers For those interested, the following is from a Facebook post by Chris Kadlec (located near the border with North Korea) regarding the operation of MW jammers on the south side of the border. 73, (Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA), 21 May, IRCA via DXLD) From Chris: The hazards of DXing AM radio here in Korea include situations like this: seemingly low-powered AM transmitters not located on any tall sticks but instead disguised elsewhere and jamming signals. Jammers that are 70dBu in one spot but practically gone a few miles down the road. Signals that jam only a specific signal on a frequency with a 30-40dBu generated hum that can't be tracked to anywhere and is never more powerful than that despite always being atop the target signal (... these are getting on my last freaking nerve!!) but leave the other signals on a frequency alone. Other miscellaneous unidentifiable weirdness that makes me wonder if I'm actually even hearing what I think I'm hearing. Here's local 50 kW 810 Kaesong, North Korea a few moments after the TOH at 1100 Pyongyang time (1130 Korea time) Saturday morning. While the tower is 9 miles away, it can be seen in clear sight even with the smog (it's a skyscraper in itself) from the recording location. Despite this, the signal is still destroyed by some type of generated interference, perhaps the silent jammer that can be heard in the metro area 20 miles away. How the Kaesong signal can't overcome this in direct line of sight is just beyond me. They don't have the best audio (better than 1053, which sounds like a 10-year old was playing engineer), but there is no way this is their unhampered signal. Despite this, it's 65dBu -- a silent jammer or else Kaesong itself, I have no idea -- recorded at the North Korean customs checkpoint. Kaesong 810 beaglebass.com (via DeBock, ibid.) Was there a link to an audio clip there, Gary? I'd be pleased to hear the jammer if I could get past KGO, etc. Tnx (Nick Hall-Patch, BC, ibid.) OK, Nick, here is a link to Chris' recording of the signal from 810- Kaesong, North Korea (close across the inter-Korean border), as "modified" by a local South Korean jammer. My own impression is that the original programming was obnoxious enough to deter listeners, even without the jammer???? https://app.box.com/s/fk0yy9hyiy8q3gclpgdtd7zjup507mwp 73, (Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA), ibid.) Thanks Gary. I like it. If we can get the rights, we might be able to sell it as the 2017 manifestation of rap music, maybe mix in a bass line, a fusion style perhaps; North Korean culture has been ignored too long in the world music scene. Sort of sounds like they're rebroadcasting the original signal with some added detail. I wonder if there is a Yahoo group devoted to jamming broadcasts so we can learn about the fine details of how it's done? best wishes, (Nick Hall- Patch, BC, ibid.) Has anybody ever compiled audio clips from various jammers around the world? 'Might make for interesting listening (at least for us DXers hi)? ms (Mike Sanburn, Sent from my iPod, ibid.) So far as current HF & MW jamming goes, here?s a page I do for the BBG. It`s a little out-of-date and it`s IBB-only but you get the idea. http://monitor.ibb.gov/jamming/ (Bill Whitacre, Alexandria, VA, ibid.) Thanks for posting that. The RFA jamming station as heard in Hanoi is pretty intense. ms Sent from my iPod (Sanburn, ibid.) ** LIBERIA. 6049.997, Radio ELWA Monrovia, W African type music noted on remote unit in Madrid Spain. Though weak S=4 signal just above the threshold level, but I could follow easily their program content. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, morning log of May 20, taken at 0450 to 0700 UT, used remote units in southern Germany, Doha Qatar, Zakynthos Greece, Calabria Italy, Spain, Moscow Russia, MA-NJ-USA, Alberta-CANADA, and Vancouver Island CANADA, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 20, dxldyg via DXLD) Time? ELWA starts about 0530; between other logs at 0543 and 0556 (gh) ** MADAGASCAR. 5010.97, May 21 1940, R Madagasikara with unusually good signal. Also noted 2130 (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, SW Bulletin May 22 via DXLD) ** MADAGASCAR. QSL: 17640, Madagascar World Voice/African Pathways Radio via Mahajanga transmitter site. Full data (with no site but azimuth degree indicated), Water/tree evening scene of Madagascar with a Bible verse. This for a postal report with goodies to Tennessee address, with reply in 20 days (Edward Kusalik, Daysland, Alberta, CANADA, May 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9480, MWV/African Pathways Radio (Mahajanga) 0435-0457* 17 May. Fair in the noise with contemporary hymns, "World Bible School" with free Bible study offer + contact info: (www.africanpathways.org) + p-mail address in Harare, Zimbabwe followed by inspirational discussion with a Nigerian national ministering in the USA, ID at closing: "African Pathways Radio can be found on 9480 in [the?] 31 meter band..", hymn- ish version of "Somewhere (There's A Place For Us)" (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas, CA using Bob Wilkner's Sony ICFSW7600GR/6m X wire [v2.0]), DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9480: 0445-0452* 18 May. Same programming as 17 May (if not identical shows) with early closing at 0452 (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA using Bob Wilkner's ICF7600GR + 6m X wire [v. 2.0], via Wilkner, NASWA yg via DXLD) 9480 [not 9400! As typo in original report], May 19 at 0427, MWV at S9+25 with `this day in history` excuse for a Bible lesson, ID as ``African Pathways Radio on 94-80 at 4 am UTC, and 176-40 [sic] at 6 pm UTC``. Oh, yeah? The 18 UT repeat has been AWOL for weeks, as this brand-new station still can`t get both its Continental transmitters operational. [and non]. 9665.0, May 23 at 0110, one station audible here, in English, ending ``Postcard from Alaska`` segment, then ``True [sic] Stories from the Bible``, so it`s MWV, but where`s Voz Missionária, Brasil? Maybe a brief interruption or deep fade, for by 0111 I do detect its weaker second signal making a SAH with MWV (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALAYSIA. 11665, Sarawak FM (via RTM Kajang) 1600-1635+ 7 May. Another late-running day for S-FM with "usual" post-midnight-in- Malaysia light pops & DJ chat. 11665, Wai FM (via RTM Kajang) 1252+ 16 May. Qur`an recitations until 1257 then back to regular programming. Kind of a long session if this was the end of the Isha prayer (sked for 2028 Malaysian Time). (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA using Bob Wilkner's ICF7600GR + 6m X wire [v. 2.0], via Wilkner, NASWA yg via DXLD) [and non]. RTM Wai FM, 11665 kHz, May 22 2016 in the clear at 1528 UT with Smokie "Lay Back In The Arms Of Someone You Love". Covered by China Radio International S/on at 1530. Still heard under but not worth it. Good. Rx: Perseus SDR, Ant: Wellbrook loop. 73 (Mick Delmage, Alberta, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALI. 5995, May 25, 2016. 1940-1945, RTV du Mali, Bamako, Bambara service. Open carrier (S4), dead air. It´s a irregular station (DXer José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, PB, Brazil, Tecsun S-2000 Portable, Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** MARSHALL ISLANDS. See MICRONESIA ** MEXICO. A Few UNID SS FM Es From 10May2016 --- Had a brief FM Es opening today, mostly to Texas and a few into Mexico. Ended up with a few UNID's I sure could use some help with. As usual any help is greatly appreciated. Attached Files: File Type: wav 90.1 UNID1620Z 10may2016.wav (2.54 MB, 9 views) File Type: wav 91.3a UNID SS 1613z 10May2016.wav (291.0 KB, 8 views) http://forums.wtfda.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=18726&d=1462901372 File Type: wav 91.7a UNID SS 1630z 10May2016.wav (1.44 MB, 6 views) File Type: wav 96.1a UNID SS 1642z 10may2016.wav (351.2 KB, 6 views) (Craig Cook/WDX4CWC, Oviedo, FL EL98jq, Sangean HDT-1, APS-9, May 10, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) 90.1 - "90.1 Mix". Social media references on air point to Villahermosa. XHSAT-FM Villahermosa. 91.3 - "La Más Prendida" - not a match for a specific station though suggests grupera format. I think this is a pirate. Based on the locations of your other catches, I went digging. The only reference I can find is a band saying their music is playing on 91.3 FM "La Más Prendida" https://www.facebook.com/loshijosdelsr/videos/1232294163466429/ in Villahermosa. There couldn't be a licensed 91.3 in Villahermosa because of 800 kHz station spacing. I know of a pirate 88.9 operated by a private university there. 91.7 - Full ID for 91.7 XHVA-FM Villahermosa. XHVA brands as its old AM calls XEVA, like sister XHU (XEU) in Veracruz. "Está escuchando XHVA 91.7 FM, transmitiendo con 25 mil watts de potencia - ubicación Paseo Usumacinta esquina Ayuntamiento, Col. Gil y Sáenz." https://www.google.com/maps/@17.9847981,-92.9376819,3a,71.1y,7.82h,94.25t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1siPNZk5TEnw0oJszgf2-nxQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DiPNZk5TEnw0oJszgf2-nxQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D328.02228%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656 96.1 - "96.1, La Mexicana". All I get is Tampa so I think this is WTMP (Raymie Humbert, Phœnix AZ, May 10, ibid.) 96.1 La Mexicana, the only result Google says is WTMP-FM Tampa. 91.3 is Bengala (the only Bengala http://www.radiobengala.mx/ I know is before known as La Jefa or La Única from Grupo Siete Comunicación), but I can't find any 91.3 affiliated to Bengala (Gargadon, Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche, ibid.) Many thanks for your help, Raymie and Gargadon (Cook, ibid.) Oh how did I miss hearing Bengala? *headdesk* That's the right slogan, too. Searching "Bengala 91.3" gives a series of items where they meant "93.1" and were talking about the Mazatlán outlet — and nothing else. The owner of Bengala stations doesn't even have anything in the PTA. A message to Grupo Siete Comunicación might be in order (Raymie, ibid.) You really need to get in touch with Grupo Siete. And I've got another reason why. I just came across this baddest of bad boys. It ran in the Media Vyasa biannual publication just this February. http://jmp.sh/jxhVH3C Everything looks normal --- And then you get to the curiosity on the bottom right. "91.3 FM Villahermosa". At first it seems that we have a pirate on our hands with the blessing of Grupo Siete. (Oh yeah, and it was listed in the La Jefa and La Única maps for the past couple of years!) Media Vyasa, which is the source of that gem, runs the ad rates for stations across Mexico (it is actually a resource that I've forgotten about!). On page 119 (127 of the full PDF), http://www.mediavyasa.mx/archivos/homepage/tarifario/mediavyasa94.pdf we see that our Grupo Siete mystery is on the list as "XHOB-FM". There is an XHOB, in San Luis Potosí — that's not what we need. The image underneath, however, is more revealing: "XHEOB-FM". There is an XHEOB, and wouldn't you know it, it's exactly what we're looking for. I don't know how it got to Villahermosa or Grupo Siete because it's listed as being in Pichucalco, Chiapas, owned by Radio Núcleo. But their player is silent. Pichucalco isn't even on Radio Núcleo's site now. As an AM-FM migrant, we have transmitter coordinates for XHEOB (17-37- 34.9, -93-09.53.2). That site is 30 miles southwest of Villahermosa. Move-ins from Chiapas to Tabasco have happened before (XEREC/XHREC). The better question to ask is what happened with Radio Núcleo in Pichucalco? ——— A note on using Vyasa: It lists stations by their national sales representative. There are sales reps that don't own stations: Difusa, Firmesa, Corporadio, etc. However, the bigger groups do their own representation. It also is extremely liable to callsign errors, especially of the migration variety. For instance, it lists "XHME-FM" where it should have "XHMET-FM", it had the XHOB/XHEOB error, etc. The XH/XHE callsign error type is really common in this directory and you will need to know whether XHOH is in Ciudad Camargo or in Durango. The alphabetical list of FMs by callsign may look helpful, but it's riddled with these. Also, some of the station information, such as format names, may need to be cross-checked. For instance, the most recent edition lists XHCAA in Aguascalientes as "Life FM". That indeed was once its name, but it is now the only Stereorey station in Mexico (there was one in Celaya but it left the format recently). You can also try searching Vyasa's competitor, mpm.com.mx (Medios Publicitarios Mexicanos), but you'll want to use a Google site search as quite a bit of the site requires you to subscribe. (Raymie, May 24, ibid.) ** MEXICO. RAYMIE`S MEXICO BEAT this week --- Multimedios was given the green light http://www.ift.org.mx/comunicacion-y-medios/comunicados-ift/es/el-ift-aprueba-el-acceso-la-multiprogramacion-de-dos-concesionarios-de-television-que-operan-en to multiplex its Tamps. stations and XHSAW. Another 73 permits were migrated to concessions, too: 58 radio and 15 TV stations. The TV stations are all in the Oaxaca state network (Raymie Humbert, Phœnix AZ, May 19, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) Have a studio facility: https://www.google.com.mx/maps/@25.7913062,-108.9987763,3a,83.1y,233.66h,103.2t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1slpOsSdqZs5BjEI52CnMQvg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Both the light blue and gray buildings seem to be the OIR studios — the gray one has some hard-to-read text that includes the old OIR logo. (OIR is Organización Impulsora de Radio, GRC's affiliate arm.) This is now Radiorama Los Mochis (the second one; there's another Radiorama Los Mochis https://www.google.com/maps/@25.7886165,-108.9984002,3a,75y,60.8h,80.88t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1saTH0vZZwiLdaz8ifB_Stlw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 that's the cluster operated with Promomedios). The Street View shot is from 2009, pre-migration, so at this time there were three AMs on site. XEORF was bought later and the people in Los Mochis seem to think that XHORF has been moved here temporarily. XEORF broadcast from a site way out in Mochicahui. This old OIR logo is slightly different from the one used now (which is simply a recoloring of the GRC logo). It's also on the San Luis Río Colorado https://www.google.com/maps/@32.4779305,-114.7793145,3a,69.8y,347.89h,86.1t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1scUCU6Gd9RCVVBkULuDlEsA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 OIR site. Unlike in Mochis, however, OIR SLRC was not folded into Grupo Radio México. The acronym OIR was most definitely specially chosen as the word "oír" means "to listen" (Raymie, May 20, ibid.) SAYONARA TO 250,000 WATTS While browsing the RPC today, I ran across a quintet of related technical authorizations I had never seen before --- in the AM band! Because it takes some time to get nighttime authorization (international coordination), stations will often be told they are "daytimers" when they move facilities. There is only one auth for XEW-AM [900], but it's important. XEW is going to 100,000 watts. http://rpc.ift.org.mx/rpc/pdfs/100216-TECNICA-011681.pdf The new site is in Los Reyes Acaquilpan Edomex and appears to be a new build as it is not on Street View or satellite. No nighttime auth yet, but expect 100 kW from the same location. XEQ [940] cut its power in 2014 and 2015 http://rpc.ift.org.mx/rpc/pdfs/080615-TECNICA-010329.pdf to 30 kW. It too, broadcasts from Los Reyes, but a different site — shared with Grupo ACIR's XEL 1260. XEX [730] was supposed to broadcast http://rpc.ift.org.mx/rpc/pdfs/020216-TECNICA-011682.pdf from the new XEW site but is instead being put up near the Club América facilities http://rpc.ift.org.mx/rpc/pdfs/290915-TECNICA-010936.pdf and Televisa Radio's own headquarters on Calzada de Tlalpan. (Club América, of course, is owned by Televisa!) 60,000 watts for XEX. (Raymie, May 22, ibid.) Well Raymie, I doubt that XEW has been running the 250k for many years now. That much power, in the 1970s when I started seriously DXing, would make XEW an easy catch every night here, about 1250 miles away. Nowadays it's a miracle to catch them at all. A Cuban Progreso dominates; I might be hearing a little English underneath, by one of the US stations that used to be daytimers, until FCC granted authorization to use flea power nights, on the "Mexican Clears," which are 730/800/900/1050/1220/1570 kHz. There were, and still are, two US stations that indeed run 50 k full time despite being on Mexican Clears (1050 NYC and 1220 Cleveland OH). Was able to bag the Cleveland station maybe 6 months ago in the flea power hash. Couldn't hear XEB either on 1220 unless, of course, I would go on the website's Listen Live deal. cd (Chris Dunne, Pembroke Pines FL, ibid.) Agree, none of the super-power Mexicans sound like anywhere near original output, notably 540 XEWA SLP, 1220 XEB. Nor even 990 XET, 1050 XEG. Maybe: 1570 XERF (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Well, it may have been on lower power anyway, but XEW even shows up with 250 in the most recent IFT tables. It's more a sentimental farewell than anything else (Raymie, May 22, ibid.) Big news for viewers in rural Mexico: In rural areas, Azteca will put 13 and 7 on the same transmitter, but only one will be in HD. In the auths that went along with Azteca's multiplexing requests (such as this one http://apps.ift.org.mx/publicdata/P_IFT_090316_92.pdf ), some of the stations are listed as carrying Azteca 13 with Azteca 7. XHKD in Ciudad Valles is the only A7 repeater greenlighted for A13 in that auth, and 15 other A13 repeaters were allowed to put on A7. Other auths included additional cases of 7/13 muxes, such as XHAFC in Hidalgo and XHCGJ in Chihuahua, and more stations to carry Proyecto 40 in major cities. The idea is that in every city where Azteca has one transmitter, each station will be a 7+13 or 13+7 duplex. Good move for viewers, and for Azteca too (Raymie, May 23, ibid.) The new XEX site at Club América seems to be the old XEW site. Google Earth shows a tower there, just north of an old building with a big "XEW" sign (though the concession would imply that they'll be replacing the tower with one 110m to the southeast, closer to the División Del Norte. The new XEW site is new. This strikes me as a poor site for an AM broadcaster, as it is at the eastern edge of the metro area and packed in tightly, surrounded by concrete (like so much of México). The area also looks like it must be a "Nivel E" neighborhood and I'd be worried about metal theft. There is already a tall tower at the XEQ site, possibly already in use by XEL (1260). It's also surrounded by concrete and barbed wire, and very close to an electric rail line (I'm tempted to wonder if the canarry wires will induce a skyward field into the air.) (Robert Grant, ibid.) I think XEL *is* there though I don't have a technical auth. I also found XEVOZ which had a technical auth to move to a facility elsewhere and drop its nighttime power to 900 watts (had been 10 kW). They moved from a site in Los Reyes toward Tlalnepantla (Raymie, ibid.) Speaking of AM, I've been looking for this list for a long time. The 2008 policy that set up the AM-FM migration provided that some stations would need to essentially become AM-FM combos if no other radio service was established to serve communities that could only receive the AM station — and that AM station alone. This would end if radio stations were established to fill the gaps in coverage. I finally have several lists http://www.ift.org.mx/sites/default/files/conocenos/pleno/sesiones/acuerdoliga/pift090714209.pdf of stations, http://www.ift.org.mx/sites/default/files/conocenos/pleno/sesiones/acuerdoliga/pift130814244.pdf which I will reproduce here: XEEY El Sauz Ags. XEBAC Bahía Asunción BCS XENT La Paz BCS XELBC Loreto BCS XEPAS Punta Abreojos BCS XESJC San José del Cabo BCS XERLA Santa Rosalía BCS XEMAB Cd. del Carmen Camp. XEPL Cd. Cuauhtémoc Chih. XESW Cd. Madera Chih. XEFI Chihuahua Chih. XETX Nvo. Casas Grandes Chih. XEHB Rancho Primero-Santa Bárbara Chih. XEMIT Comitán Chis. XETG Tuxtla Gutiérrez Chis. XEDE Arteaga-Saltillo Coah. XERF Cd. Acuña Coah. XEGIK Cd. Frontera-Monclova Coah. XEQN Torreón Coah. XESRD Santiago Papasquiaro Dgo. (not on list but mentioned in its concession renewal) http://www.ift.org.mx/sites/default/files/conocenos/pleno/sesiones/acuerdoliga/piftext120814169.pdf XEJR San Jeronimito-Zihuatanejo Gro. XEXY Cd. Altamirano Gro. XECARH Cardonal Hgo. XELD Autlán Jal. XEMZA Cihuatlán Jal. (Manzanillo Col.) XEEJ Pto. Vallarta Jal. XEXXX Tamazula Jal. XEML Apatzingán Mich. XEKN Huetamo Mich. XELCM Lázaro Cárdenas Mich. XEGQ Los Reyes Mich. XELQ Morelia Mich. XELX Zitácuaro Mich. XELN Linares NL XEDD Ojo de Agua NL XESH Sabinas Hidalgo NL XETD Tecuala Nay. XEPX El Vigía/Puerto Ángel Oax. XEOA Oaxaca Oax. XEYG Matías Romero Oax. XEACC Puerto Escondido Oax. XEPOR Putla de Guerrero Oax. XETE Tehuacán Pue. XEVJP Xicotepec Pue. XEIE Matehuala SLP XEWA San Luis Potosí - the municipalities with no other radio service for this one fan out across five states XEHW Chametla Sin. XECSI Culiacán XEGS Guasave Sin. XEHS Los Mochis XEUK Caborca Son. XEEB Cd. Obregón Son. XESOS El Sifón-Agua Prieta Son. XEFX Guaymas Son. XEPB Hermosillo Son. XESFT San Fernando Tamps. XEFW Tampico Tamps. XEMA Buena Vista de Rivera/Fresnillo Zac. XETGO Guadalupe Victoria Zac. (Raymie, May 23, ibid.) The road to Cadena Tres is getting closer, and soccer gives us the next evidence of this. In the Liga MX, each team signs its own broadcasting contract with a broadcaster for its home games. This means that, for instance, a game at the Estadio Olímpico Universitario in Mexico City (Pumas) would be carried by Televisa, while Tijuana fans see their home games on TV Azteca (unless they live *in* Tijuana, because all teams must enforce local TV blackouts). A few daring clubs, like Pachuca, have shunned the duopoly by signing with cable outlets like Fox Sports, and Chivas is putting together its own TV and OTT service for next year (which is a big deal!). Broadcasters also are involved in the ownership of teams. Televisa owns Club América and the Estadio Azteca, where they play. Azteca owns Monarcas Morelia and Atlas. Two years ago, Grupo Imagen bought Querétaro FC from government administration. This is a sound business decision because soccer rights are among the most important parts of Latin American broadcasters' sports rights portfolios. Now, the first teams to move to Cadena Tres have been unveiled. Of course, Querétaro will be leaving TV Azteca now that C3 will be on in August, in time for the 2016 Apertura tournament. The big surprise is that Puebla is going with them http://www.mediotiempo.com/futbol/2016/05/26/puebla-y-gallos-tambien-cambian-de-tv ...and negotiations are ongoing on Imagen buying the team! This is an important concrete first step to start seeing not just Querétaro but another team talked about as moving to C3 (Raymie, May 26, ibid.) ** MICRONESIA. Hi Glenn, It has been a full year since PMA-The Cross was last heard. Do not know what the problem is. Still off the air during recent checks. Thanks to Tim Rahto (Iowa) for the reminder and who has also noted their continued silence! (Ron Howard, California, May 19, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Been thinking about Cross Radio lately while I’ve been tuning late night/early morning Pacific stations. The only thing that argues for their return is that it’s a relatively new station investment by HCJB Global/Reach Beyond – I would think they would want the station back on the air for that reason alone (Bruce Churchill, CA, ibid.) I miss their IDs (usually by young kids). Always fun to hear! PS: A lot of Pacific stations, though, on the 60 m band would only last a handful of years. Who remembers the SW station from Guam somewhere on 60 m? (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria BC, ibid.) Walt, I don`t remember such a Guam station but I do remember this one in the MARSHALL ISLANDS --- as recounted in AWR Wavescan of June 1, 2003: ``In 1980, on March 4 to be exact, a new 1 kW transmitter at station WSZO made its first appearance on the shortwave bands. Two channels were in use, 6070 and 4940 kHz, though the tropical band channel gave the widest coverage. A few months later, the station stated that they were swamped with reception reports from all over the world, though mainly from Australia, New Zealand and North America. The transmitter was a Japanese NEC 10 kW unit and the antenna was beamed north west. Two years after its inauguration, the shortwave service came to an abrupt end when the antenna balun (BAL-un) failed. This service for the outer islands was never revived and gone was the possibility for distant listeners to hear this exotic radio station in the central Pacific. . .`` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WSZO QSL in the Marshall Islands section of http://www.kg4lac.com 73, (Kraig, KG4LAC, Krist, ibid.) Glenn, as usual you're correct. That was the station I was thinking of! 73, (Walt Salmaniw, ibid.) Hi Glenn, Here is the latest email (May 20) from Sylvia at PMA-The Cross. "Sorry Ron. We have not put the station back on the SW radio as it doubles the price for power and we do not have an engineer in charge of the station. We are one missionary pastor and wife on Pohnpei and are grateful to be broadcasting to Pohnpei Island on 88.5 FM. Whenever we are able to get the SW on the air, we will notify you. Until then, thanks for checking on us and missing us! Sylvia Kalau Pacific Mission Aviation POB 517 Pohnpei, FM 96941 691-320-2496 kalau @ pmapacific.org " It doesn't sound very promising for the return of SW (Ron Howard, UT May 21, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I agree; with only one pastor and his wife on the island, no way they can return to SW without HCJB assistance and I suspect they’ve not got the funds to do that. Another country likely down the drain (Bruce Churchill, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MONGOLIA. DX TEST ON 1431 AM THIS WEEK I hope those of you with foreign contacts (or even in the States), can help spread the word about this DX test for me. I'm not part of those MW and SW groups like many of you - or else I wouldn't be posting this on this list here - so any help would be appreciated. This station is targeting Korea from Mongolia; anyone in DXer-heavy Japan would be most helpful, though my contacts are rather limited there --- *** DX TEST ALERT / Please share with other groups *** I want to spread the info about a MW DX test this week that I am helping with (especially those with Asian contacts, please re-post). The engineers need any help they can get, primarily recordings to see how the station is getting out. The guidelines for the test are below: * Date/Time: May 25-28 1300-1700 UT * Frequency: 1431 (power will likely be between 100-500 kW) * Location: Mongolia with a target audience of South Korea * Send recordings to C0000112@aol.com or upload to https://www.dropbox.com/request/gXQDEsPBCtGiuXn4UcIb * Recording preferences: MP3 format, mono, no less than 32kbps, and no longer than 30 minutes * File name should be the sender's initials (example: mine would be "CK" ) - day - time.mp3 (for May 24 at 1am: "ck-24- 0100.mp3). If uploading to the Dropbox, please send an e-mail to the above address stating your listening location as well. * If possible, do not set the receiver bandwidth to be narrow, but wide AM (at least 6 kHz for example). I hope we can get some help for these engineers who made the journey halfway around the world to set up this test (Chris Kadlec, South Korea, May 23, WTFDA gg via WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DXLD) Very interesting, but a few details are missing, like WHO is behind this? Probably religious, Mormon? Or USG? Mongolia is already a secret relay site on SW for Radio Free Asia. Is this really for North Korea? 1431 looks like a good choice in the region, with no hi-power stations on it per WRTH, nothing greater than 10 kW in east Asia, 40 kW in Kyrgyzstan. And WHERE in Mongolia is it? A big country. Here`s another introduxion to it: (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Good afternoon! This is a copy and paste from a Facebook group mostly of broadcast engineers. I was one. Tom / Doc. I hope you guys will grant me an exception for a post void of transmitter photos - we're trying to get some help in a DX test here in Asia (high enough power that it may be heard on the west coast) and frankly, a group of avid radio fans and engineers most likely to help fellow engineers test their transmitter(s) tends to get the word out best (via Dr Tom Gruis, K0HTF, IRCA via DXLD) I guess likely former Radio Moscow, US-VoA and US-RFA foreign relay site in use at MNG Choybalsan 1350kHz 500 kW 8-mast directional sidefire antenna in 150degr azimuth, location 48 00 02.70 N 114 26 17.42 E see Google Earth image of 03 November 2007 snap. Distance to Pyongyang KRE 1400 kilometers in 133 degrees. These USSR sidefire antennas are sleweble at +/- 30 degrees, I guess, like in Bolshakovo Kaliningrad Oblast. Former 1350 kHz frequency can be adjust easily to new 1431 kHz channel? > Originally used for Radio Moscow Mandarin service Peking dialect, > in 1987 to 1992 in direction of Peking. > Since 2009 year in use for US IBB Voice of America / Radio Free Asia > service in Korean to both Koreas. wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DXLD) > Former 1350 kHz frequency can be adjust easily to new 1431 kHz channel? At 500 kW it´s not that easy to change the bc channel. 73 (Harald Kuhl, MWCircle yg via DXLD) > Mongolia is already a secret relay site on SW for Radio Free Asia. Between 2008 and 2010 it was on mediumwave, too. Choibalsan site, 1350 kHz, 1000 kW transmitter and SV 4+4 antenna (eight mast system, as e.g. 1143/1215/1386 kHz at Bolshakovo), meant for Radio Moscow to China and presumably not put into this use anymore after its completion in 1990. Gossip has it that some tests had been done for BBC WS but led to nothing. Only Radio Free Asia regularly used the facility, already with Korean, and with Korean only; I assume programming in Chinese was verboten. I think it's needless to say that Choibalsan is thus the first suspect if really anything appears on 1431 kHz (Kai Ludwig, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Choybalsan is conveniently on the far eastern end of Mongolia, not far from the Chinese border (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi All, When Mongolia ran English on 990 kHz back in the early 90s their signal was very strong in Beijing but was not heard in Guangzhou (Canton). This test may also be very directional (Tony VK2IC Magon, NSW, mwdx yg via DXLD) Viz.: MNG_MW U-B Khonkhor [981] 990kHz 140 degr 1000 kW Zelenka SGP4+4 / SV4+4 antenna, Location 47 47'27.77"N 107 11'04.29"E Distanz Ulanbataar Khonkhor to Peking 1200 kilometers, 136degrees azimuth. Distance to Guangzhou (Canton) or Hong Kong is rather far 2900 kilometers. wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) Now if the test was Sept-March, we would have a much better chance here on the West Coast as the LW Mongolians are heard at times (Patrick Martin, Seaside OR, IRCA via DXLD) Babcock will be testing a high-power mediumwave transmitter in Mongolia on 1431 for the next four nights at 1430-1830 GMT. The exact time range might vary. It might be 1300-1700 GMT or 1500-1900 GMT. There might also be tests outside those hours. But to confirm, this will be on the 25th to 28th May inclusive. It is hoped that it will be audible in Korea and northeast China. The tests will identify as being from Babcock. Perhaps any DXLD friends in Japan will be able to hear it? I hope so (Chris Greenway, UK, May 25, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Chris, Thanks for the up to date info - Hopefully we may be able to hear it on a remote receiver. Regards (Tony Magon VK2IC, ibid.) Many thanks, Tony. Any observations from any receivers (including remotes) will be welcome. I'll be happy to pass on to Babcock any observations that are posted on DXLD (Chris Greenway, ibid.) Glenn, Glad to have the exact times confirmed from a second source! I think my source got muddled with various conversions to GMT from Mongolian time, North Korean time and South Korean time (Chris Greenway, ibid.) Am I right in guessing that these tests are in preparation for the planned BBC daily North Korean Service? 73, (Alan Pennington, Caversham, UK, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Is this in preparation for a BBC Korean service on MW? (Stephen Cooper, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DXLD) Yes. And it`s an 8-tower direxional array toward 150 degrees, slewable plus or minus 30 per Wolfgang Büschel. There is a separate single mast nearby for 150 kW ND transmitter which perhaps will stay on 1350. Also in the area, LW 209 and SW 4995 antennas (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 1431 kHz: Alternating 400 Hz and 1200 Hz tones heard weakly under Japanese domestics on GT's Japan receiver, May 25 around 1530 UT (Greg Hardison, CA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re 1431 kHz Mongolia: not much real to report of the Japanese remote units in Nagoya and Nara. I see / hear two alternating tone strings of +/- 440 Hertz 8 seconds duration, alternating with +/- 1000 Hertz approx. 12 seconds ?? noted at 1630-1650 UT. wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) New country logged from Seoul: 1431, Choibalsan, Mongolia / 959 miles (1544 km) from 323 (NW). Transmitter is 500 kW directional at 150 toward Korea, good at 35- 40dBu with peaks between 45-50dBu (a Nogizaka 46 song is giving the signal some trouble). This is a very good signal for such a low power [??? gh] at that distance, successful for the fact it's one of the rare open frequencies in East Asia. 1440 Daegu (50 dBu) was throwing bleed-over interference onto 1431 for some time with Smashing Pumpkins, Metallica, and others. This also marks the first time I was harassed at my AM DX site in the 8 months I've frequented it at night. "This is a test transmission broadcasting on 1431 kHz. [low tone] You're listening to a test transmission on 1431 kHz on the medium wave band. [high tone] This is a test transmission broadcasting on 1431 kHz. [low tone] On 1431 kHz medium wave, this is a test transmission [high tone]" http://www.beaglebass.com/dx/external/Choibalsan_1431_Test_Transmission.MP3 Please note that this is a test specifically targeting listeners here in Korea and not a test for DXers, so don't bother with any QSL requests for hearing this station (Chris Kadlec, Seoul, Korea, May 25, WTFDA gg via WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DXLD) It must be a pretty wide directional beam, as Stu Forsyth (Chief Editor of the New Zealand DX Times) reports hearing the test at 1426 UT 25 May at his location in the suburbs of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Dunno what his rx is presently, but he has major noise problems so the signal must have been reasonable as he caught part of an announcement in English as well as high and low tones. Stu also says the email address bounced! (Theo Donnelly, BC, IRCA via DXLD) For those interested, Hiroyuki Okamura of Yokosuka, Japan has posted a video of his reception of test tones from a presumed 1431-Mongolia on his Perseus-SDR this morning at 1250 UTC. He also reported to me privately that he was able to hear the test tones clearly on his 3" FSL Tecsun PL-380 Ultralight model at home. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgWXH8go3KI 73, (Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA), IRCA via DXLD) Congratulations to Hiroyuki on the catch! So great to see an international DX test organized. But speaking as the former CPC, and someone who arranged dozens of DX Tests, I really have to recommend that we try to include the sweep tones for use in these tests when possible. We conducted double-blind scientific tests that deterred the sweep tones, off-hook sounders, and related effects cut through the noise much better than tones or even Morse Code (CW). The tones are widely available online, and myself and others would always be happy to provide them. We can even edit custom test material including station identifications in Morse, voice ID?s, etc. with some notice. Excellent job to all involved. More DX Tests, please. Foreign or domestic! :-) 73, (Les Rayburn, N1LF, 121 Mayfair Park, Maylene, AL EM63nf, IRCA via DXLD) This wasn't a DX test. Rather this was more or less of an equipment test which Chris learned of and passed on. That also (plus the nature of the country) accounts for the somewhat minimal information available (Russ Edmunds, 15 mi NW Phila, Grid FN20id, ibid.) Hi All, Heard two alternating tones with voice announcements between the tones. The signal was at its best between 1418 and around 1435 UT [May 25] on the remote receiver in South Korea. Signal weak to maybe fair. The tone tests were also on the HongKong remote receiver but the signal was weak. It was not strong enough to hear the voice announcements (Tony VK2IC Magon, NSW, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MYANMAR [and non]. BURMA, 7200, Myanmar Radio (Yangon) 1306-44 14 May. Poor/fair in Burmese with light MOR-ish Burmese pops--bothered by frequent IADs, though. Also heard (without the IADs) 1305+ 16 May with "regular" Burmese "cowboy" music. The CNR1/RTI mash-up closes at 1300, so MR slides in most mornings. 7345, Thazin R. (Pyin U Lwin) 1255-1329* 14 May. Looking for NVK Sakha, but settled for Thazin with MOR Burmese pop, instrumental in/out for TOH announcement and closing at 1329. Listed language is Shan, but 'way too weak to distinguish it from "regular" Burmese as heard on Myanmar Radio. Recheck on 16 May at 1246-1335 found CNR1 returned to 7345 with TR just a mumble in the background. (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA using Bob Wilkner's Sony ICFSW7600GR/6m X wire [v2.0]), DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MYANMAR [non]. Upcoming frequency change of AWR KSDA [GUAM] in Kachin effective from May 22 1300-1330 NF 15170 SDA 100 kW / 285 deg to SEAs, ex 15560 to avoid V of Tibet (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/ DX LISTENING DIGEST) SRI LANKA [sic], Very weak signal of Adventist World Radio KSDA May 21 1300-1330 NF 15170 SDA 100 kW / 285 deg to SEAs Kachin, ex 15560 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPfdUR3yh58&feature=youtu.be -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/ DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEWFOUNDLAND. 6160, Canada, CKZN, St Johns, 0100 to 0133 with news items regarding bridge problem 17 May (Bob Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, NASWA yg via DXLD) ** NIGERIA [and non]. 6089.858, Radio Nigeria Kaduna, program in Hausa at 0508 UT, S=7-8 fair co-channel 6090even Caribbean Beacon Anguilla program, equal signal level, but another 3rd station underneath 6089.966 probably Brazilian Bandeirantes program? [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, morning log of May 20, taken at 0450 to 0700 UT, used remote units in southern Germany, Doha Qatar, Zakynthos Greece, Calabria Italy, Spain, Moscow Russia, MA-NJ-USA, Alberta-CANADA, and Vancouver Island CANADA, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 20, dxldyg via DXLD) ** NORTH AMERICA. QSL: PIRATE, 6930 USB, Radio Zed replied within six hours with a nice .pdf QSL response of the Big Band Leaders of the 30 and 40’s. Nice QSL with the power as 500 watts (Edward Kusalik, Daysland, Alberta, CANADA, May 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. PIRATE-NA. Radio Free Whatever, 6965 USB, 0055-0146, 05-16-16, SIO: 555/232. Started off strong and clear with Dick Weed playing tunes by Daft Punk, Elliot Smith, Lily Allen, Garbage, Eartha Kitt, etc. Signal took a dive around 0125 and remained weak till close down at 0146*. [Lobdell-MA] PIRATE-NA. TCS/The Crystal Ship, 6875 AM, 0147-0213, 05-19-16, SIO: 333. Announced as “The Bubblegum Express” show, playing tunes by Tommy Roe, Partridge Family, Tommy James, Cowsills, The Foundations, Bobby Sherman, 1910 Fruitgum Company, Monkees, etc. The usual IDs by computerized YL voice. [Lobdell-MA] PIRATE-NA. Radio Free Whatever, 6965 USB, 0109-0125+, 05-20-16, SIO: 454/232. Tunes by Dandy Warhols, Red Hot Chili Peppers, etc. Usual amicable banter by host Dick Weed. [Lobdell-MA] PIRATE-NA. XLR8, 6955 USB, 0408-0412, 05-21-16, SIO: 333. Faded up to hear “Driver’s Seat” by Sniff N The Tears. [Lobdell-MA] PIRATE-NA. Insane Radio, 6935 AM, 0248-0336*, 05-22-16, SIO: 343. Fake AD for “War On Terror Megamix” music CD, tune by Frank Zappa (Chris Lobdell, Tewksbury, MA USA, Receivers: Eton E1, JRC NRD-535, Aerial: G5RV dipole, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6965.0-USB, May 20 at 0147, novelty music at S9, discovered after finding ACI to 6968.5-USB MARS net. 0149 two DJs chatter, or is it one guy with pre-recorded self? Mentions music for Chris Lobdell to dance to; gives some titles, also for Skipmunk. ``Hope you enjoyed our short show`` from dickweeddj@gmail.com, ``Whatever!`` and off 0152*. More logs of it: http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php?topic=28214.0 Not one of them is further west than I (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6955-USB, May 21 at 0020, rock music at S8, and in less than a minute, ID as ``X-L-R-8``. Still going at 0157, same station? Yes, many other logs of it here from 0000 to 0313, long: http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,28226.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6876.033-AM, May 21 at 0158-0200+, rock music at S7, presumably The Crystal Ship relay on its favorite frequency. Yes, many more logs of it between 0031 and 0210: http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,28229.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA [and non]. 6940-USB, May 22 at 0130, pirate music on VG S9+40 signal overriding the local device noise level even on the R- 75. Only one station could pull this off, and soon confirmed at 0135 ID for Wolverine Radio, this time with multiple echoes, first time I have heard it that way; and right into SSTV beeps until 0138*. BTW, this far eclipses the puny VP S7 125,000-watt signal on 9925 from The Mighty KBC via Germany, which from June is reducing to only one hour UT Sun from 0000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6955.0-USB, May 23 at 0128, pirate with narration, poor under louder heavy storm noise; 0142 JBA algo still. These logs say it was XLR8 between 0016 and 0204*: http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,28285.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 960, May 22 at 0521 UT, KGWA Enid is in open carrier/dead air but heavy hum past 0535 UT. Occasional chex at 0500 UT (local midnite) for many months have not found any 5-minute ``Fox holes`` of dead air like used to appear sporadically but regularly. So I hasten to employ the DX-398 and try to null the KGWA carrier, volume turned up, wary that modulation might cut back on at any instant. At 0534 UT I do hear a local weather cast. It`s probably KMA Shenandoah IA during a syndicated talkshow break; second choice KGKL San Angelo TX, based on numerous previous receptions. Recheck at 0801 UT, now KGWA is re-modulating during Fox ``News``. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1650, May 20 at 0131 UT, gospel rock in English, presumably KFSW Sallisaw, which is really tough to hear here, and in two minutes is losing out to Spanish from Denver or El Paso (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 88.3, May 23 at 2350 UT, I notice that Enid Family Radio satellator K202BY is unbalanced, both music and talk audio skewed mostly to the left stereo channel. This is obvious because unusually I am tuning the DX-398 with stereo headphones on, tnx to a sporadic E MUF of 104 MHz reported across the USA, but a bandscan here fails to find any DX even at the low end. The K202BY signal continues to be rather weak and unsolid for a ``local``. BTW, the WTFDA FM DB still shows it relaying ``KEAR``, no such FM station, rather than KEBR 88.1 Sacramento as announced in IDs (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 91.7, May 24 at 1945-1946 UT, KOSU interrupts `The World` for: EAS tones, a minute of dead air, and EAS tones again. Tnx a lot! Has EAS screwed up again, and is there some emergency around Stillwater? It`s nice here in Enid. I turn on the TV and find there sure is: tornado warning just north of that city, but KOSU listeners only get a hint of it. All 4 OKC TV stations are covering it with their storm chasers on ground and in the air. How about other FM? Only a few stations, outside OKC, are relaying KFOR-27 ``4``: 88.5, 89.7, 90.5, 98.5, i.e. The House stations. They quickly withdraw when KFOR inserts an ad. Not even KSPI 93.7, the major commercial station in Stillwater, is in storm coverage. Tsk2. Fortunately, the torment moves off to the east, and later impacts the Tulsa area after depositing 10- cm hailstones upon Cushing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OMAN. Reception of Radio Sultanate of Oman, May 19 1400-1430 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg WeEu OC/DA*, instead of English 1430-1435 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg WeEu Arabic, instead of English 1435-1500 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg WeEu English 1500-2200 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg WeEu Arabic, co-ch AIR Russian: 1615-1715 15140 ALG 250 kW / 312 deg EaEu Russian All India Radio * open carrier/dead air https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmXBVYhIJHU&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk-D29Bti9k&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWYiYdXbtfA&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryoUG0bHn1A&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo82owbHxcI&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_QrlJ3ktL8&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjAkcR90WIk&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myVIgGzyevw&feature=youtu.be -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/ DX LISTENING DIGEST) 13600even, Radio Sultanate Oman program, girls singer, drums, string, and flute instruments music played. S=6 sidelobe signal into S Germany at 0630 UT. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, morning log of May 20, taken at 0450 to 0700 UT, used remote units in southern Germany, Doha Qatar, Zakynthos Greece, Calabria Italy, Spain, Moscow Russia, MA-NJ-USA, Alberta-CANADA, and Vancouver Island CANADA, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 20, dxldyg via DXLD) Good signal of Radio Sultanate of Oman, May 21 1400-1500 on 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu English from 1500 on 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu Arabic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm-9MzMObcc&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpRPau57hLY&feature=youtu.be -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/ DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, NBC Madang, 1152-1203*, May 22. In Tok Pisin/Pidgin with Sunday religious songs; 1202 start of the "Island Praise" syndicated weekly show presented by Stacy Rose; suddenly off; poor. [non-log] 7324.95, Wantok Radio Light on May 21, no signal at 0908 or 0938; nor May 20 after CRI cut off at 1253* (yes, CRI is continuing to still cut off earlier than before) (Ron Howard, Pacific Grove, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see BOUGAINVILLE ** PERU. 4747.5, Perú, Radio Huanta 2000, Huanta, Ayacucho, 2330 to 2340 OM and YL under extreme CODAR 19 May (Bob Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, NASWA yg via DXLD) ** PERU. 4774.983, UnID, likely R Tarma, OCX4W (Wolfgang Büschel, morning of May 22, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, [no mention of remote, so maybe direct to Germany] dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) no time, but before another log at 0105 UT (gh) ** PERU. 5980, May 20 at 0059, no signal from R. Chaski, so probably off early today or completely. 5980, May 21 at 0024, JBA carrier, so presumed R. Chaski, after missing last night, but I can`t stay around to time the 0100+ cutoff tonight. 5980, May 25 at 0102, again no signal detectable from R. Chaski, altho we have hi storm noise level (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PHILIPPINES. 11870, RVA (Palauig-Zambales) 1450-1500* 10 May. Poor with English sermon translated into (presumed) Telugu, closing hymn with maybe p-mail address, trumpet IS bracketing the ID (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA using Bob Wilkner's ICF7600GR + 6m X wire [v. 2.0], via Wilkner, NASWA yg via DXLD) ** PHILIPPINES. QSL: 15260, FEBC Indonesia (YASKI) Javanese BC. Received an e-mail reply stating they never received my e-mail report but thanked me to my postal follow-up report. This from Puteri Handayani, Director’s Secretary and Public relations, followed with a separate e-mail statement from Samuel Tirthardja, President of FEBC Indonesia indicating thanking me for my inquiry and for that they will respond soon. Replies came in 32 days after sending a postal report for an April 2015 reception report (Edward Kusalik, Daysland, Alberta, CANADA, May 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ROMANIA. 15450, May 21, 2016. 1930-1942, RRI, Tsiganeshti, Spanish service. YL talks, Romanian song; ID, Address. Very good signal with distorted modulation, 45533. Parallel on 17800, Tsiganeshti, with distorted, 45533 (DXer José Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo, PB, Brazil, Sony ICF-SW100S Portable, Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) I have not noticed any distorted modulation from RRI. Do you differentiate that from selective fading distortion, which is not caused by transmission but by propagation? The latter can be eliminated by monitoring one sideband only (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** ROMANIA. R. Rumania Int., árabe, 11700 y 15130//13790 y 15150 RUMANIA, 11700, Radio Rumania Int, 1200-1215, escuchada el 22 de mayo de 2016 en árabe, emisión en paralelo por 13790, 15130 y 15150. El servicio en árabe está anunciado de 1200 a 1230 por 13790 y 15150, las frecuencias de 11700 y 15130 en rumano, ¿podría tratarse de una emisión accidental, o estamos con una nueva emisión? (José Miguel Romero, Spain, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. 7295, Radio Sakha (Yakutia), presumed, 0803+, threshold level signal, coming in in "waves," similar to the effect often heard with Russian Far Eastern stations in the past, nothing heard on //7345, on 0840 recheck nothing on either frequency, on 0942 recheck carrier noted on 7345 but nothing on 7295 (May 8, 2016). Transmitters at Tulagino, a suburb of the Sakha Republic's capital at Yakutsk. 7295 is supposedly 250 kW and 7345 100 kW. Apparently runs an extended schedule on weekends, so it is possible to hear them after 0900 at that time (XM, Cedar Key, Florida, NRD525D, R8A, E5 via Bob Wilkner, NASWA yg via DXLD) 7295 // 7345, Radio Sakha, May 21 with IS (Jew's harp) & time pips at 1000; normal format (CNR1 QRM starts at *1100) (Ron Howard, Pacific Grove, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Ron, I have attached a wave file that is very weak made this morning about 20 seconds before 1000z on the subject frequency. Knowing that you have been checking that frequency a lot lately, can you tell anything from the clip. As I said it is very weak, but perhaps something might sound familiar to you, like the notes before the time ticks or even the format of the time ticks themselves. Just crank up the volume pretty loud. Thanks so much. Regards, (George, NJ3H, [Stein], Redmond, Oregon USA, Perseus and Elad FDM-S2, Wellbrook ALA1530AL-2, May 25, via Ron Howard, DXLD) [later:] Hi Ron, Bad interference on this clip, but underlying it, what sounds like the previous clip from an hour earlier can be heard a little better. Does this offer any clues? The frequency on the Perseus is 7345.1 kHz. Thanks again. Regards, (George, NJ3H, ibid.) Glad to see some else has been able to catch R. Sakha. Well done! George - Have cc this to Glenn, as it's a noteworthy log. Congratulations, George, on your R. Sakha reception!! Yes, no question about it, you did hear Russia. On BOTH recordings, first heard the IS (Jew's harp) and then the time pips and into Russian. Very nice! That is the format they always have at 1000 & 1100. At about 1101 CNR1 comes on the air to cause QRM. You might want to also check // 7295, which I find is always much weaker than 7345, but sometimes can be heard //. BTW - During recent checking, I find their sign on at *0900 to be rather poor. Often they start right in with no IS nor any time pips, but straight into Russian programming. So 1000 & 1100 are really the best times to check, as the Jew's harp IS is very unique and can normally be heard okay just before the time pips (Ron Howard, California, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 15284.972, Radio Saudi International in Swahili language, odd frequency of one of the older units, - or from Jeddah broadcast center site? S=9+25dB signal in Doha Qatar remote unit, at 0605 UT. All Saudi program content has been modernized recently, heard modern station ID jingle and trumpet music followed, announcement by sweet female voice presenter. 15380.058, BSKSA HQ Arabic prayer program noted at 0616 UT on May 20. S=9+40dB heard in Doha Qatar remote SDR receiver [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, morning log of May 20, taken at 0450 to 0700 UT, used remote units in southern Germany, Doha Qatar, Zakynthos Greece, Calabria Italy, Spain, Moscow Russia, MA-NJ-USA, Alberta-CANADA, and Vancouver Island CANADA, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 20, dxldyg via DXLD) ** SAUDI ARABIA. I start just a private measuring action of the ARS schedule, see the offsets of today: [On May 21 after 12 UT, he checked all the transmissions and inserted precise frequencies into HFCC schedule; May 22, followed up with the rest of the schedule before 12 UT. gh has removed redundant portions of the HFCC skeds to make this all fit: 1234567 270316 301016 D; all are shown as RIY 500, except 17615 JED 250 [alternate]; 17740 RIY 250] FREQ STRT STOP CIRAF ZONES WB::: AZIMUTH SLW ANT LANGUAGE 15170 0300 0600 19-23,29-31,40 15170.016 355 0 216 Ara 17895 0300 0800 24-26,30-35,40,42-45 17894.9995 40 -15 216 Ara 9715 0300 1000 39S 9714.979 0 0 930 Ara 15285 0400 0700 48S,52E,53 15284.970 190 15 216 Swh 15380 0600 0900 39N 15380.017 310 15 216 Ara 17730 0600 0900 37,38 17729.9995 295 0 216 Ara 17740 0600 0900 27,28,37N 17739.9995 310 0 216 11935 0900 1200 39N 11935.009 310 15 216 Ara 15490 0900 1200 27,28,37N 15489.970 310 15 216 Ara 15120 0900 1200 41,43-45,49,50 15120.000 70 15 216 Bengali 17570 0900 1200 41,43-45,49,50 17570.000 70 15 216 Ara 17615 0900 1200 41,49,50,54 17615.000 100 -15 216 Ara 17615 0900 1200 41,49,50,54 JED [no measurement] 110 0 216 Ara 17805 0900 1200 37,38 17804.998 295 -15 216 Ara 21670 0900 1200 54 21670.081 100 -15 216 Ind 7240 1200 1800 40 7239.999 40 -15 216 Fas 15380 1200 1400 39N 15379.968 310 15 216 Ara 17625 1200 1400 41,49,50,54 17624.999 100 -15 216 Ara 13775 1200 1500 41N 13775.015 70 15 216 Urd 17705 1200 1500 27,28,37N 17704.999 310 15 216 Ara 17895 1200 1500 37,38 17894.999 295 0 216 Ara 21505 1200 1500 37,38 21505.079 295 0 216 Ara 17615 1300 1600 53 17614.997 190 15 216 Ara 9695 1400 1600 40E,41NW 9695.010 55 0 216 Pus 17660 1400 1800 46,47 17659.9995 270 0 216 Fra 9885 1500 1800 23-26,30-35,40,42-45 9884.9995 40 -15 216 Tur 13710 1500 1800 37,38 13710.0145 295 0 216 Ara 15225 1500 1800 37,38 15224.9995 295 0 216 Ara 15435 1500 1800 27,28,37N 15435.057 320 25 216 Ara 15205 1600 1800 27,28,37N 15204.971 320 25 216 Ara 17560 1600 1800 46-48 17560.019 270 -25 216 Ara 9675 1800 2100 28S,39N 9675.0115 340 0 216 Tur 9555 1800 2300 37,38 9554.0015 295 0 216 Ara 9870 1800 2300 27,28,37N 9870.000 310 15 216 Ara 11820 1800 2300 27,28,37N 11820.045 320 25 216 Ara 11915 1800 2300 37,38 11915.0135 295 0 216 Ara 11930 1800 2300 46-48 11930.000 270 -25 216 Ara Sana'a Yemen exile program always 11859.9995 kHz [see also YEMEN!] PS: in 45 years of editor work in wwdxc, I never got any reliable information d i r e c t from Saudi Arabia authorities, always have got second hand(!) information via ITU, WRTH, Continental or RIZ note files, wrong {Croatian} test music played on air when commissioned, Google Earth, Google Maps, Bings, TerraServer etc. etc. etc. (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Poor signal of Radio Saudi International May 23 [NEW language service] 0700-0855 on 13720 RIY 500 kW / 175 deg to EaAf Somali https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N2a9Lt-6tY&feature=youtu.be -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/ May 23, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SLOVAKIA [non]. And not much people know that Radio Slovakia International is on in English via WRMI on Saturday and Sunday at 2100 UT using 13695 kHz. Weekend schedule: Listeners Tribune on Sunday and the recap of the past week on Saturday (Richard Lemke, Alberta, Canada, May 22, 2016, WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also CZECHIA [non] ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020.0, Wantok FM relay via SIBC, 1244 till suddenly off at 1330*, May 20. Identical reception yesterday and also same cut off time; usual EZL pop songs; frequent brief IDs: "This is Wantok FM 96.3. Good times, great music." Very nice to find them running well past their normal sign off time (1200*) for two consecutive days! (Ron Howard, Pacific Grove, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5020 SIBS As a comparison to NBC Bougainville, I'm still using the same receiver and antenna at 0712 on 5/24 and SIBS 5020 is coming in also at a nice armchair level S4 with minimal QRM from Cuba on 5025. I'm getting both of these at the home QTH at S3 and increased noise from my Wellbrook loop so VE6JY's site is quieter and much more enjoyable for both stations. Many commercials for SilentWorld, Solomon Islands' leading logistics company, pop music and at 0730 drum signal and into local messages read by a woman in Pidgin to 0634 [sic, must mean 0734]. Announcement for an Australian quiz program during May at 0739 by man in English. More local announcements by a woman in Pidgin at 0748. Flight schedules by woman in Pidgin at 0756. SIBC commercial at 0800 followed by IS and Solomon Islands news by woman in Pidgin. With this antenna, SIBC was dominant over R. Rebelde on 5025 and Overcomer Ministry on 5015 (and much more enjoyable than either, Hi!). (Bruce Churchill, Fallbrook CA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH AFRICA. 7285 strong here --- Hi Glenn - Hope you’re well. I’ve been an infrequent SW listener of late, and a rare visitor to WOR, but having reinstalled my PAR end-fed sloper on Friday; 7285 0500 > 5/22 assumed AFS Radio Sonder Grense, SA in Afrikaans Not exactly rare DX, but a very nice signal here in Austin last night, perhaps in Enid as well. As clean as any RSA signal I can recall - almost sounded local enough to have me checking for possible relay. best -rm (Robert McEntee, DX LISTENNG DIGEST) ** SOUTH AFRICA. Reception of South African Radio League, May 22 0800-0900 on 17660*MEY 250 kW / 019 deg to EaAf English Sun * strong QRM China Radio International in Chinese on 17650! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB_3TjY68nM&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blI9Hh1thRQ&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWbW0bhNnos&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DcUAATFl40&feature=youtu.be -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/ DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 5765, USA, RMI TOM, wrongly two audio lines TERRIBLE mixture, also \\ 5850, 5950, and 5985 kHz too (Wolfgang Büschel, morning of May 22, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, [no mention of remote, so maybe direct to Germany] dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) No time, but between logs of 0113 and 0123 (gh) 5765, May 23 at 0534, Brother HyStairical via WRMI here and elsewhere is *not* // to him on 5890 WWCR. I`ve also noticed WBCQ hours of TOM do not match WRMI. This is not merely non-synchronized delays, but seemingly totally different feeds now. Possibly a station losing direct feed plays backup recordings. It`s all BS. [however:] May 25 at 0110 I hold my nose and monitor two Brother HyStairical frequencies which are not //, but turn out to be merely unsynchronized, alternating the BS rasp with voices of callers. 7490-, WBCQ is timed running 15 seconds behind 7570, WRMI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGST) ** SPAIN. 17855, May 25, 2016. 1811-1828, Radio Nacional de España, Noblejas, in Spanish. YL/OM talks national news; Spain elections; ID: RNE, program "24 Horas`` - political, economy elections, sport news. (The announcers always says RNE, not REE). Very good signal and modulation, 45544 (DXer José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, PB, Brazil, Tecsun S-2000 Portable, Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** SRI LANKA. 11750, May 24, 2016. 1758-1812, Sri Lanka BC, Trincomalee, Sinhalese service. OM talks; a song; YL talks, song; ID. SLBC presents a weak signal and poor modulation with slight distorted sound. Evaluation 35332 (DXer José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, PB, Brazil, Degen 1103 & Sony ICF-SW100S portable, telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) 11905, May 20 at 0114:48, SLBC theme music starts, very poor S2, just enough to catch the 2+1 mis-timesignal ending at 0115:17.5, right on the mis-mark as usual; opening Bengali, which is daily at 0115-0130 per WRTH Update. 11905, May 23 at 0114, JBA S2 carrier from SLBC; 0114:46.5, theme music starts; 0115:17, 2+1 mis-timesignal ends. SLBC remains quite consistent in its inaccuracy (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN. 7205, May 24, 2016. 0340-0350, Radio Republic of Sudan, Al- Aitahab, in Sudanese. OM talks, music. Poor signal and barely audible modulation, 25431 (DXer José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, PB, Brazil, Degen 1103 & Sony ICF-SW100S portable, telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** SUDAN [and non]. Two signals noted at 1530 UT on May 19, 7204.984 kHz and 7205.0 kHz even, like CNR Xinjiang Urumqi in Uighur language, as well as Arabic of Omdurman Sudan, latter a little stronger, similar like Somalia 7120 kHz signal. wb Posted by: ("Wolfgang Bueschel", dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN [and non]. 11651.25 & 11652.65, May 19 at 0444, weak carriers peaking here causing double heterodynes to R. Dabanga via VATICAN on about 11649.96 which itself is barely audible with some Arabish modulation. It`s hard to decide whether these are merely unmodulated carriers to jam by hetting, or also transmitting tones of their own, as Sudan has used both methods (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. 9600, May 19 at 0426, ``HOA`` music at S9: it`s R. Tamazuj, 0330-0430, 250 kW, 134 degrees from Issoudun, FRANCE. Yes, neither Sudan is really in the Horn of Africa, but Sudanese music is much like it to our ears (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. FRANCE, Reception of Eye Radio via TDF, May 25 1600-1614 on 17730 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Arabic 1614-1634 on 17730 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf English 1634-1700 on 17730 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf unknown* * including Dinka, Nuer, Shilluk, Bari, Zande and Lutoho https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wBN4hc6TrU&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08eJ-wjWrkM&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLJywLZjRY4&feature=youtu.be -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SWAZILAND. 9585, TWR (Manzini) *1454-1508+ 8 May. Loud with IS/ID loop and opening with sermon in Malagasy (lots of French crossover words). CRI (Xi`an) starts the same time in Japanese, but never gets above a distant second place (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA using Bob Wilkner's ICF7600GR + 6m X wire [v. 2.0], via Wilkner, NASWA yg via DXLD) ** SWEDEN. Radio Nord Revival --- Tests currently audible on 6060 kHz with a very strong signal, parallel weaker 3975 kHz, intermittent audio from what sounds like a documentary about Radio Nord in English. 73s (Dave Kenny, Caversham, Lowe HF225 / 25m long wire, 2014 UT May 20, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Radio Nord Revival on 6060 kHz with carrier plus LSB noted with a good signal via Twente receiver. Noted starting before 2015 UT. Was on with just carrier for some tens of minutes before that (Richard Langley, NB, May 20, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Intermittent talk and music now (2015 UT) on 6060 kHz carrier + LSB with good signal noted via Twente receiver. Radio Nord Revival testing? (Richard Langley, ibid.) Confirmed as such. Program is history of Radio Nord Revival. // to weaker 3975 kHz with both sidebands (Richard Langley, 2023 UT, ibid.) 3975 kHz sounds better - much more beautiful bass, still clearly at 50 Hz. The 6060 kHz (LSB+C) has a bass cut below 150 Hz (roger, Germany, 2039 UT, ibid.) http;//www.rhci-online.net/mpe/2016-05- 20_Radio_Nord_Revival_ID_2200z.mp3 (stream, mpeg2 layer3) http://web.comhem.se/goran.lindemark2/radionord.htm (roger, ibid.) 3975, tent. R. Nord Revival at 2208 tune from Madrid Perseus site – decent signal at 35333 with announcements/commercials in Swedish and older pop tunes. 3975 20 May - an even better reception of R. Nord Revival from Perseus site in So. Italy (Placanica, near Sicily) – SINPO 55344 at 2245 tune. 6060 has only produced a Chinese station on Perseus sites in Doha and So. Europe. Rather surprised to hear prerecorded commercials but I guess why not? Program format sounded almost like an “oldies but goodies” music commerciall FM station (Bruce Churchill, CA, ibid.) 6060, 0103, Radio Nord Revival. Music 50/60 years (?). 0106 OM talk. Good signal with light QRM R Havana. // 3975 with a weak signal. Listening from remote SDR Twente. 73 (Jorge Freitas, Brasil, 0113 UT May 21, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Still a good signal at 0220 UT on 6060 kHz peaking at more than 10 over S9 via the Twente receiver. // 3975 kHz much weaker, barely S9 and a bit noisy (Richard Langley, NB, ibid.) 6060, Radio Nord Revival, 0443-0540, 21-05, now on air with good signal, comments in Swedish, pop music, ID "This is a special event of Radio Nord Revival". 33333 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Log in Lugo, ibid.) Radio Nord Revial is still broadcasting on 6060 kHz and audible here with a good signal since 1650 UT tune-in, with old Radio Nord recordings. Nothing is audible on 3975 at this time, but it may be a little early for propagation on 75m. 73s (Dave Kenny, England, May 22, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) 3975.00, 1215-1230 Sat 21.5, R Revival, Sala Swedish report from the DX-Parliament in Stockholm - very poor during daytime, 25131 // strong 6060 LSB (45444). But after sunset at 2025-2125 much better: 45444 on 3975, while 6060 was heard with 55555! AP-DNK (Anker Petersen, Denmark, my latest loggings from Skovlunde, heard on the AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) Reception of Radio Nord Revival, May 21 1545 & 1655 on 6060 SAL 010 kW / non-dir to WeEu Swedish CLSB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMdlTViVw50&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gormY_iglY&feature=youtu.be -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/ DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SWEDEN [non]. 15260, May 24, 2016. 1818-1829, Radio Sama (IBRA Radio in Arabic), Woofferton. YL talks in Arabic lang; ID: R. Sama, website (says in english) http://www.arabicbroadcasting.com Good signal and modulation, 45444 (DXer José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, PB, Brazil, Degen 1103 & Sony ICF-SW100S portable, telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** SWITZERLAND [non]. Re: [dxld] Switzerland back on Shortwave: Received an e-mail from SRI (English@swissinfo.ch) in response to a message sent to them about their return to shortwave and the link to my recording of the inaugural English broadcast: Dear Mr Langley, Thank you for the link. Yes, we have just started to provide our content via this shortwave service. You may be interested in a story and podcast we did on the SRI archives http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/cold-war-broadcasting-_switzerland-s-international-voice-in-a-changing-world/41471476 http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/podcast_the-radio-station-that-gave-switzerland-a-global-voice/41473920 Best wishes, Jessica Dacey for swissinfo.ch (via Richard Langley, May 21, dxldyg via DXLD) ** TAIWAN. 16250, SOH xi Wang Zhi Sheng heard 1334 in I believe Cantonese with fair to poor signals on 5-19 (Ron Trotto, Grundig Satellit 800, Waggoner Illinois, via Bob Wilkner, NASWA yg via DXLD) Wasn`t there any CNR1 jamming? Or was this just the jamming (gh, DXLD) ** THAILAND. 17639.951, Radio Thailand in English to C Asia, ME, and especially Russia target. Pop music at 0556 UT, S=9+20dB in Doha Qatar remote unit. Long English language advertisement of the common ASEAN states, like "Welcome to Asia ... Coming together in Asia ... Trade, Travel, Culture ... The Future Is Here ....". Odd Udorn Thani frequency, transmitter off after the time pips of 0600 UT, 2 seconds later [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, morning log of May 20, taken at 0450 to 0700 UT, used remote units in southern Germany, Doha Qatar, Zakynthos Greece, Calabria Italy, Spain, Moscow Russia, MA-NJ-USA, Alberta-CANADA, and Vancouver Island CANADA, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 20, dxldyg via DXLD) 9390, May 21, 2016. 1943-1950, Radio Thailand, Udon Thani, English service. YL talks, music; ID. Fair signal and very poor modulation, 35332 (DXer José Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo, PB, Brazil, Sony ICF-SW100S Portable, Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** TIBET. 5935, Xizang PBS, Lhasa, Tibet, 2006-2008, May 11, “Good Time In Gebasangsong” Duan Yongsheng; Pengcuoqingrao, this music is a light music of Tibet, I somehow feel political background of this region by some music, 35333. (Wagai)Tomoaki Wagai, Wakayama, Japan DXW May 25 ** TIBET [non]. 15567, 22 / May, 1235, VOICE OF TIBET in Tibetan OM and Yl talks. Some recorded audios. At 1245 strong QRM from China on 15565. At 1306 end of transmission and QRM from China. Changed to 15553. At 1308 strong new QRM from China on 15555. I stopped following this stupid fight .... But, still on air at 1322 on 15553 (Jorge Freitas, BRASIL, dxldyg via DXLD) ** TURKEY. 9830, May 18, 2016. 0139-0152, Voice of Turkey, Emirler. Turkish songs and YL talks in Spanish, ID, (simultaneous and comparative log on 9870, confirmed this strange transmission on 9830), with good signal and modulation, 45444, abrupt s/off at 0152. On 9870 ends program at 0155 with "Los titulares del Día", ID, sked, 45444. At 0157, appears transmission by All India Radio in Hindi. 9870, May 19, 2016. 0100-0140, AIR Vividh Bharati, Bangalore, in Hindi language till 0103. After 0103, Voice of Turkey start, abruptly, your program in Spanish, with weak signal and poor modulation and sometimes in collision with AIR. On 9770, very poor signal and modulation, 25332 (Usually, VOT in these frequencies, 9770 & 9870, has a very good broadcast; today, probable problems in transmitters). Parallel and checking log on 9830, no signal at this time (yesterday, on line in Spanish - see May 18). (DXer José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, PB, Brazil, Degen 1103 Portable, Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) 9830 is certainly another case of failing to change frequency on same transmitter from previous broadcast, i.e. English at 2200-2255+ and sometimes left on for some German (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15450, Voice of Turkey heard in English 1253 - sign off 1320 with fair signal with rapid fading 5-19 (Ron Trotto, Grundig Satellit 800, Waggoner Illinois, via Bob Wilkner, NASWA yg via DXLD) 6040.015, V of Turkey, Emirler, Turkish morning service, S=9+20dB at 0506 UT modern light Turkish music. 13635.017, TRT Emirler Turkish info program at 0632 UT, powerful S=9+25dB, talk about terrorists and Turkish parliament matter. 11750.024, TRT Emirler Turkish service, \\ 13635.017 and 11955.008. S=9+25dB at 0648 UT on May 20. Talk by male and female about 'championat'? [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, morning log of May 20, taken at 0450 to 0700 UT, used remote units in southern Germany, Doha Qatar, Zakynthos Greece, Calabria Italy, Spain, Moscow Russia, MA-NJ-USA, Alberta-CANADA, and Vancouver Island CANADA, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 20, dxldyg via DXLD) 9870, May 25, 2016. 0102-0120, Voice of Turkey, Emirler, Spanish service. YL talks news, ID. VOT continues with problems in transmitters on 9870 with fair signal, distorted modulation (35432) and 9770 kHz, with poor signal and modulation, 25332. Lamentable fact! (DXer José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, PB, Brazil, Tecsun S-2000 Portable, Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** TURKMENISTAN. TURKMENISTAN EXTENDS SATELLITE DISH PURGE | Text of report by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty website on 18 May The dismantling and removal of satellite dishes in Turkmenistan continues. That is not news; it's been happening in the capital, Ashgabat, and surrounding areas for years now. Many suspect the reason is the desire of the authorities to prevent the country's people from accessing outside information. Officially, the satellite dishes were considered pockmarks, eyesores in the great white marble city. But RFE/RL's Turkmen Service, known locally as Azatlyk, has learned that the campaign has picked up pace lately and been extended to areas far from Ashgabat, making it difficult to believe the removal of satellite dishes and antennas is anything other than an attempt to cut off Turkmenistan's people from contact with the outside world. In April, Azatlyk correspondent Amanmyrat Bugaev went to the northern city of Dashoguz, where authorities made some half-hearted efforts to get rid of satellite dishes a couple of years ago. Bugaev said a new order went out recently to remove satellite dishes. The reason was the same as in Ashgabat -- beautification of the city - and it is necessary in Dashoguz now, because that city was designated as the Commonwealth of Independent States' cultural capital for 2016. Bugaev said the same thing was happening in the cities of Mary, in the southern Mary Province, and in Turkmenabat, in the eastern Lebap Province. "It's going on in all major cities," the Azatlyk correspondent said. Bugaev also travelled to the western Balkan Province and said authorities were taking down satellite dishes in Balkanabat city. Bugaev said the removals were not confined to Balkanabat but extended to villages all around the city. "Employees of the municipality who are removing antennas don't give any reason," he said. "Local people confronted the municipality workers and were told the antennas are ruining the beauty of the city and people were given a few days to take them down or else the municipality would do it." In Ashgabat, some of those who lost their satellite dishes were offered the chance to subscribe to government cable packages. In some places there is a central antenna and people can connect to that. In both cases the selection of channels is limited. Azatlyk has already received complaints from listeners in the Ashgabat area that access to some programmes, including Azatlyk's, is impossible via government-owned antennas. Satellite connections have been one of the main means of receiving Azatlyk's broadcasts. People in smaller cities of Turkmenistan are apparently not being offered any options. They are simply losing their satellite television links and are now confined to receiving Turkmen state television, which even the president has on occasion described as lacking in entertainment. This latest wave of "beautification" does seem to show, however, that the intent of Turkmen authorities is, and always has been, to restrict the population to accessing information solely from state sources. Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty website, Washington D.C., in English 18 May 16 (via BBCM via DXLD) I guess they`re going to have to resort to shortwave, or mediumwave, receivers a bit easier to hide. EiBi listings show the Turkmen language is broadcast for only 3 hours a day by R. Liberty; only other external stations are Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey. Of course, Turkmen can probably understand closely related other Turkic languages. Turkmenistan`s population is only 5,432,600 as of May 29 per Worldometers; and EiBi shows only 3 mega speak it in that country! Plus 2 mega in Iran, sesquimega in Afghanistan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UGANDA [non]. QSL: SOUTH AFRICA, 5910, Radio-Lead Africa via Sentech Transmitter. Received a reply from Martha Leah Nangalama confirming my e-mail report of March. She is a Canadian and from New Brunswick. Reply in 12 hours after posting my report to: mlnangalama@yahoo.com 5910, Radio-Lead Africa - Uganda via Sentech Transmitter. Less then four hours after posting my e-mail report received back acknowledgment from Baker Mayamba, at radioleadafricamedia @gmail.com v/s: Baker (Edward Kusalik, Daysland, Alberta, CANADA, May 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also USA: WWRB ** UGANDA [non]. QSL: FRANCE, 15405, Ugandan Diaspora P10 Radio broadcast in Swahili via Issoudun. Full data (with site) .pdf Media Short-wave QSL in less then eight hours after posting a follow-up for a total of 34 days. V/s: Michael Puetz (Edward Kusalik, Daysland, Alberta, CANADA, May 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UKRAINE [non]. For some time now, it is obvious from the May 3, through an RUI WRMI passed to 2330 UT on 11580 kHz already on weekdays only. On Saturday night, at the time I heard muz.programmu Hobart Radio Int, and therefore the next night on the program should be DigiDX. If this continues, then soon very RUI may disappear on this radio station. A couple of years ago was broadcast every day two times per night at two frequencies. Audibility at 11580 is now great (Russian SWL / DX site Forum of Ukraine on SW, via RusDX May 22 via DXLD) ** U A E [and non]. 15359.985, US Mashaal Radio in Pashto to AFGHANISTAN, S=9+10dB at 0610 UT, odd frequency of Al Dhabbaya relay transmitting gear. Something seemingly wrong with this unit, on SDR program screen only the lower side audio part was visible, the upper sideband audio missed - like deep notch cut; strange. 15420.124, UAE, Odd frequency signal of BBCWS English via Al Dhabbaya relay site, S=9+15dB at 0618 UT. Interview by BBC reporter to a Libyan-Arabic journalist, about battle fighting, and elect new Libyan government, migration people flood from all Africa, Islam State problem and interests, instability in Libya, at 0621 UT also noted \\ 13580 kHz S=8-9 signal from Madagascar relay site. Babcock uses excellent technical personnel in Woofferton, Oman, Ascension Island, and Thailand, - BUT the staff in Al Dhabbaya UAE is much different, and has a lower skill level, of professional knowledge, - I assume [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, morning log of May 20, taken at 0450 to 0700 UT, used remote units in southern Germany, Doha Qatar, Zakynthos Greece, Calabria Italy, Spain, Moscow Russia, MA-NJ-USA, Alberta- CANADA, and Vancouver Island CANADA, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 20, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DXLD) ** U K [non]. 11795, BBC (Kranji) 1424-1430* 11 May. Fair in Hindi with news, correspondents` reports, "BBC" tags on most items & closing with "This is the BBC-there are no programmes on this channel at present.." (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA using Bob Wilkner's ICF7600GR + 6m X wire [v. 2.0], via Wilkner, NASWA yg via DXLD) That would seem to be a feed not intended for direct broadcast (gh) Additional transmissions of BBC (probably sport / football): 1600-2000 on 5895 MEY 250 kW / 032 deg to EaAf Somali Sat from May 21 1600-1700 on 9860 MEY 250 kW / 032 deg to EaAf Somali Sat from May 21 1700-2000 on 9860 MEY 250 kW / 020 deg to EaAf Somali Sat from May 21 1800-1930 on 11850 MEY 250 kW / 328 deg to WeAf Hausa Sat from May 21 -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K [non]. 13580, May 24 at 0613, BBCWS in English is VG, S9+20, even stronger than RFI English on 13725 from France. This BBC is 250 kW, 315 degrees USward from MADAGASCAR, daily at 06-08. It exits Africa over Casablanca, and crosses America from Chicago thru northern Kansas, only about 3 degrees off the true direxion of Enid, 312. Unfortunately, BBC cannot stop the signal from carrying on to this SW target it has abandoned, but at least it`s in the middle of the night when audience will be as small as possible (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K. 64 editions of BBC World Service programme Waveguide, radio broadcasting developments, now on the main BBC website, first programme 21 April 1988. Final programme 14 March 2001: Goodbye with good news about DRM. And 15 years later: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0338l70/episodes/guide Posted by: (Mike Barraclough, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K [non]. [Virtual channel] 23-2, WKAR [East Lansing MI], AM870 with BBC WS programming on SAP of this channel, in like the local it is here. BBC News at ToH into African “Newsday' programming with the lisping YL announcer who REALLY needs to be put in a ‘behind the scenes’ role rather than announcing! (WKAR FM is carried on the SAP of 23-3 which carries “Create”. 23-2 carries “World” programming. 0402- 0422 19/May Phillips TV & Yagi (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Williamston MI, MARE Tipsheet May 20 via DXLD) I thought SAPs went away with analog TV: at least I`m unaware of any around here or how to tune them; or just on a totally distinct -# virtual subchannel with throwaway video? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DXLD) ** U S A. 332 kHz, FLORIDA (NDB) FIS "Fish Hook", Key West. 1027 May 22, 2016. Morse. Clear, fair (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 12350-USB, May 23 at 1246, informal but detailed and authoritative marine weather info for Caribbean yachters, specifically someone voyaging from St Thomas USVI to Newport, presumably RI. Forecasts of wind direxions, speeds in knots, sea heights or wave depths in feet, out to a week ahead, for various coordinates, recommendations where to enter and exit the Gulf Stream, etc. S7 and completely readable, but I can`t hear any replies if on same frequency. 1252 switches to forecast for eastern Caribbean, 1258 ID as ``Chris Parker, Bel Ami Marine Weather Center, Whisky Charlie Yankee``, and says W Caribbean forecast will be on after he takes a 5-minute break. I figure this will be in the EiBi list but it is not. He`s in Lakeland FL. I`ve logged WCY before as in DXLDs 15-31 and 15-12 from July and March last year. And also see DXLD 7-069. Much more info here: https://www.mwxc.com/ (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. ANNUAL PRE-HURRICANE SEASON STATION TEST AT WX4NHC SET FOR MAY 28 --- ARRL May 24, 2016 http://www.arrl.org/news/annual-pre-hurricane-season-station-test-at-wx4nhc-set-for-may-28 Now in its 36th year, WX4NHC at the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami, will conduct its annual NHC Station Test on Saturday, May 28. The event, which gets under way at 1300 UTC and wraps up at 2100 UTC, is conducted each year in advance of hurricane season. “The purpose of this event is to test Amateur Radio Station equipment, antennas and computers prior to this year’s Hurricane Season, which starts June 1 and runs through November 30,” said WX4NHC Amateur Radio Assistant Coordinator Julio Ripoll, WD4R. “This event is good practice for ham radio operators worldwide as well as National Weather Service (NWS) staff to become familiar with Amateur Radio communication available during times of severe weather.” The annual Station Test is not a contest or simulated hurricane exercise. WX4NHC will be on the air on various bands and modes. The station also often takes advantage of the test to perform operator training. WX4NHC will make brief contacts with participating stations to exchange signal reports and basic weather data. For example, stations may report “sunny” or “rain” or “cloudy” in describing the conditions at their locations. Ripoll said WX4NHC will operate on HF, VHF, UHF, 2 meter 30 meter APRS, and available via Winlink (subject line must contain “//WL2K”). “We will try to stay on the Hurricane Watch Net frequency of 14.325 MHz most of the time,” Ripoll said. He explained that due to space and equipment limitations, WX4NHC will deploy up to three operators per shift, so the station cannot be everywhere and on every mode simultaneously. “You may be able to find us on HF by using one of the DX spotting networks, such as such as My DX Summit,” he suggested. WX4NHC also plans to be on the VoIP Hurricane Net from 2000 until 2100 UTC (IRLP node 9219; EchoLink WX-TALK Conference node 7203). In addition, the station will be active on South Florida VHF and UHF repeaters. QSL cards are available to participating stations via WD4R; include a self-addressed stamped envelope. Do not send cards to the National Hurricane Center. Visit the WX4NHC website for more information about the station. Posted by: (Mike Terry, May 25, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DXLD) ** U S A. 25990/FM, WQGY434 relay transmitter for KLDE Eldorado TX coming in well with occasional dropouts at 1425. Format is oldies. Nothing on 25950, 25990 or 26110 (Ken Zichi, MI, MARE, May 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [non?]. 17530, Thu May 19 at 1404, weak open carrier and off. It`s a VOA frequency so what`s scheduled, exactly? The 14-15 span is for Sat & Sun only in Kinyarwanda and/or Kirundi via São Tomé. But just before it at 13-14 daily is VOA Somali via VATICAN, so perhaps the tail end of that. Another possibility is Greenville making its usual transmitter check before it comes up on 17530 at 1700. But Botswana and São Tomé are also back on 17530 before 1700 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also ANGOLA; AZERBAIJAN ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1826 monitoring: confirmed Thursday May 19 at 2100 on WRMI 13695, excellent. Also confirmed Thu May 19 at 2330 on WBCQ 9329.978-CUSB. Next: Fri 0830 Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power 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 Sat 0700 Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power Sat 1400 Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power Sat 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW 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 1826 monitoring: confirmed Fri May 20 at 2130 on WRMI 15770, good; and 2130.5 on WRMI 13695, excellent. Also confirmed Fri May 20 at 2330 on WBCQ 9329.98-CUSB, good (as WBCQ switched back to the regular CUSB transmitter after and before tests on the 9330+ AM transmitter: see WBCQ log). Next: Sat 0630 HLR 6190-CUSB to SW Sat 0700 Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power Sat 1400 Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power Sat 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW 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 1826 monitoring: NOT confirmed Sat May 21 at 1430 on HLR 7265-USB, as UTwente is picking up nothing on this frequency for the next 30+ minutes. Since it is usually audible that way, I assume HLR is off the air this week. Was it on at 0630 on 6190-USB? Next: 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 1826 monitoring: confirmed Sat May 21 at 2230 on WBCQ 9330-CUSB (back on primary transmitter); WA0RCR unchecked. 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 1826 monitoring: confirmed Sunday May 22 at 2330 on WBCQ 9330v-CUSB. NOT confirmed next broadcast, UT Monday May 23 at 0030 on WRMI 7730 --- tho still on the web schedule, heard instead `Bible Commentary` in slow English, followed at 0045 by a `Viva Miami` interview about Sri Lankan cruising [WORLD OF RADIO 1827] Also confirmed UT Monday May 23 at 0300 on Area 51 webcast, and 0328 check on 5129.9-AM WBCQ; also confirmed UT Monday May 23 at 0330 on WRMI 9955. 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 1826 monitoring: confirmed Monday May 23 at 2330 on WBCQ 9330-CUSB, good. Next: 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 1826 monitoring: NOT confirmed Tuesday May 24 at 2130 on WRMI 15770, since that transmitter is off the air --- no trace of it, altho it is never strong and always undermodulating. WRMI is inbooming on 15440, 13695, audible on 17790. Same 15770 transmitter is on 7780 at night, and at 0109 UT May 25 check, it is S9+25 BS, yet undermodulated and sounding only poor with storm noise. WOR confirmed Tue May 24 at 2330 on WBCQ 9329.9-CUSB, good (recheck at 0101* it`s about 9329.88) Next: Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW WORLD OF RADIO 1826 monitoring: confirmed Wed May 25 at 1315.5 on WRMI 9955, S9+10 very good; slight ACI from algo on 9950. Also confirmed Wed May 25 at 2100 on WBCQ webcast, after usual clipped-off ID, but JBA on 7490 at 2127 check. Also confirmed Wed May 25 at 2330 on WBCQ 9329.9-CUSB, sufficient. WORLD OF RADIO 1827 ready for first airings Thu May 26: Thu 1130 WRMI 9955 to SSE Thu 2100 WRMI 13695 to NW [confirmed] Thu 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Fri 0830 Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power 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 Sat 0700 Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power Sat 1400 Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power Sat 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW 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 [apparently canceled; not last week] 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. 5129.917, WBCQ, 0002 UT (Wolfgang Büschel, morning of May 22, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, [no mention of remote, so maybe direct to Germany] dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7490, WBCQ, ME, Monticello with the Hal Turner Show with Hal ranting about everything from earthquakes & volcanos in the western US to the price of gold & racist rants. He claimed paper money has no real value, but gold is ‘real’ money because it is real stuff & has “intrinsic value”. Apparently nobody explained to him that money is a social construct & there isn’t anything ‘real’ about it! It is simply something we all AGREE to use as a medium of exchange to make things easier than barter & to help ‘store’ value in something that won’t rot or otherwise disappear. Now if he wants to argue about how we are MANAGING the money system he’d have an argument but. :o Lots of PSAs including drunk driving & Donald Trump ad & gave phone number & started taking calls at 0215. In well, 54+54+4+ w/local QRM. 0120-0220 19/May SB-310 (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Williamston MI, MARE Tipsheet May 20 via DXLD) 9330-, CUSB, May 20 at 0100, WBCQ is just signing off as usual now following Blalock the Blaster, voiced by Allan Weiner backed up by operatic music. Not remeasured now on the NRD-545 but a sesquihour earlier with WOR it was 9329.978 on the R-75. 9330.33-AM, May 20 at 0107, as I tune back across WBCQ frequency which had signed off at 0100, here`s Brother Scare, but not the off-to-lo side WBCQ CUSB transmitter used before 0100. This is S9+20 but undermodulated, in AM and a different offset on the hi side, so another station? No BS to compare on WWCR at this hour, missing from both 5890 and 9980; all WWRB frequencies are silent. Quickly check the three 7 MHz WRMI BS frequencies, and TOM there is completely not // 9330+: they have others speaking while 9330+ has BS himself. Finally check WBCQ 7489.93-AM, and it matches // same BS as on 9330+. I assume WBCQ is trying another transmitter, probably the one previously on 3250v. (5129.9-AM is also on now, this being a UT Friday, with separate programming, S9 + 10 undermodulated). 9330+ is still BSing at 0148 and sounds slightly louder. So is this a one-off, or what? 9330.380v-AM, May 20 at 0547, the WBCQ test is still running, only S3 and can`t tell whether it`s still Brother Scare. 9330.305-AM, May 20 at 1257, WBCQ test is *still* (or again) running, S4 but just barely modulated: I can recognize AW`s voice with his promo for new program clients. An hour later at 1358 at first I think it`s off, but then detect the offset carrier in addition to a very weak one on 9330.0, possibly a ute. HFCC shows nothing but BCQ registered on 9330 for 24 hour availability. Aoki adds the Cuban spy numbers, but only between 0553 and 0748. Likewise EiBi, adding World of Radio on WBCQ at 0200-0230 daily --- which was never the case, just a projected plan, instead at 2330 daily except 2230 Saturdays! 9330.09v-AM, May 20 at 1955, WBCQ IS & ID loop as if prior to sign-on, very poor on the R75 but at this hour stronger than 7490 which is a JBA carrier. 9330+ is presumably carrying programming simulcast with 7490. The latter does sign on at this hour on Fridays, but I don`t know whether 9330+ had been on all day with BS; I last tried for it at 1358 when I could still detect it. By -v in this case, I mean I can hear the frequency varying slightly as I listen on BFO and try to measure it; that`s always the case with this unit. At 2003 I can recognize Copland`s `Fanfare for the Common Man` which I think is a typical theme on `Financial Survival`, the precious-metals-pusher, that I would not ordinarily waste my time listening to. 9330 // 7490, Friday May 20 at 2131, next time I check via the PL-880 on the porch, no strain, both are amid typical `Behaviour Night` music. I am wondering what will happen as we approach the 2330 transmission on 9330v, which has been on the other CUSB transmitter. At 2321, WBCQ is still in AM on 9330.350. By 2327, it`s switched to the other transmitter, CUSB on the lo side of nominal, with usual The Planet IS & ID runup to another sign-on, and at 2330.0 WOR 1826 starts nominally. This good signal is still stronger than 7490 with other programming. At 2358 just before WOR ends, measured on the NRD-545 on 9329.98 at S9+25, while 7490 is now S9+30. I want to hear what Allan has to say `Worldwide` about the 9330 tests(?), so I`m listening from the outset, now UT Saturday May 21 at 0000. William Tell Overture theme starts on 7490 (and I think also on 9330? but by 0002 it`s Blalock the blaster as scheduled), and AWWW also now 5129.9, which is very poor S7 in noise level and delayed by about 46 seconds. No signal detectable on 3250 or vicinity. A barbecue party is underway at WBCQ (B stands for barbecue, he says), and he`s interviewing various people starting with a mechanic who is not afraid to work on 100+ year old vehicles from Allan`s collexion. At 0009 he says 5130, 3250 and 7490 are on right now and wants immediate reception reports (but still nothing here on 3250). 9330.153v, by 0152 UT May 21, once again frequency has been switched back to the AM transmitter, and also back to Brother Scare, // 7489.945-AM, while 5129.91 is in other programming, seems a drama. Still no 3250 audible. 9329.44 variable, May 21 at 1233, further chex of the WBCQ AM transmitter which has been running long hours here. It varies as I listen and over period of a few minutes. First measurement is on 9329.441, then 9329.432, lowest yet. OM monolog in English, hard to copy, but mentions economy and town halls; may or may not have religious angle, but at least political. Is not TOM, not // numerous WRMI frequencies. Deep fading from S8 to S3. At 1252 another measurement, as it`s weakened a lot to ~S2, 9329.545. 1300 mentions Monticello, but unsounds like a standard canned ID. I wonder if this audio is coming from their AM or FM station? At 1359 it`s JBA around 9329.66. No surprise that the WBCQ website still says nothing at all about the additional transmitter/transmissions on 9330v: http://schedule.wbcq.com/main.php?fn=sked&freq=9330 9330vvv, WBCQ tests(?) of the alternate weak AM transmitter here continue during most of the day & night when nothing is scheduled on the much stronger CUSB transmitter. Sunday May 22 at 1210, S2-S3 with C&W music, and unreadable quick announcement; 1221 tentative ID as WHVW, and Dixieland music; 1229 classic country; finally at 1236, clear ``This is the heart and soul of American music, WHVW``. WHVW is 950 in Hyde Park NY, run by J. P. ``Pirate Joe``, Ferraro, who also has his own shows on WBCQ 7490v, a longtime accomplice of Allan Weiner; and WHVW programming has been used before as filler on WBCQ. J. P. often serves as a more liberal counterfoil to the increasingly conservative A. W. Here`s a 38-month-old programme schedule: http://www.whvw.net/5thpage/ altho the page is titled even older at December 2012, showing Sundays at 10-15 UT is/was `Murray the Machine` also the default program for many more hours thruout the week. Meanwhile, the frequency is constantly varying, and I remeasure it several times on the R-75 as follows: 1210, 9329.720 1212, 9329.735 1227, 9329.734 1229, 9329.731 1233, 9329.767 1323, 9329.775 1325, 9329.740, heard it jump 1358, 9329.717 It`s getting weaker and weaker into the dayside, and recheck at 1500 can`t detect it vs local noise level; nor can detect it at 1610, but could still be on, totally absorbed. AFAIK, no one else has reported these extended 9330-AM broadcasts from WBCQ/WHVW, not even on HFUnderground. 9330v-AM, UT Monday May 23 at 0104, WBCQ alternate transmitter test which has been running a few days is off; did not come back following the CUSB broadcast at 2330-0100. Further, not heard around 0530 or 1230 --- the latter time when it had been audible on May 21, and with WHVW relay May 22. I suspect it`s the same transmitter which had also tested on 3250v, and was never heard when 9330v-AM was on, but even if on in evening, may not have penetrated the heavy storm noise level (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Amateur Radio Roundtable Subject: 2016 Dayton Hamvention Recap Wow! What a weekend. We survived another Dayton Hamvention, and hopefully shared some of the fun with you. Astronaut Doug Wheelock was with us as a co-host on Friday. This week (May 24) we are planning a very informal Amateur Radio Roundtable. Katie Allen, WY7YL will join us and we discuss what we saw at Hamvention. You can also go to W5KUB.COM and you will find about 40 hours of Hamvention videos in the Archives section. Our second guest will be Rich Mosesen, W2VU, Editor of CQ Magazine will give us a sneak preview of what's coming up in CQ's next magazine. Next week (May 31), our guest, Dr Bob Schmieder, KK6EK, leader of the Heard Island DXpedition, will provide an update to his recent DXpedition. Amateur Radio Roundtable is a live weekly amateur radio webcast, held every Tuesday night at 8 PM CT (0200 UTC Wednesday) at W5KUB.com (Click on Watch Live Video) or heard on shortwave radio station 1530. Viewers will have the opportunity to ask questions via the chat room or telephone. [SIC: it`s really 0100 UT Wed on 5130v WBCQ] Towards the end of each show, we provide a link and viewers who have a camera, microphone, and a Google+ account, can join the show. Your video and audio will be on the webcast. This part of the show is very informal and up to 10 people can join. We talk about anything the viewers want to discuss. If you missed last week's Amateur Radio Roundtable you can go here http://w5kub.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0d5cdae05233f79e11025a75d&id=acd5d4ab02&e=37bc770ca7 to watch it. Forward this message to a Friend will allow you to share this message with your friends. Join us for fun and interesting discussions! (Tom Medlin, W5KUB, May 23, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9955, May 19 at 0458, WRMI already in World Music, ``Up2 & Away``; I daresay the Beautiful Balloons are getting a bit overinflated. 0459.5 interrupted for ID, 0500 some other music instead of BS. 9955, May 24 at 0605, WRMI is still in World Music instead of TOM after 0600 as well as after 0500. I`m never awake late enough to detect when it finally switch to TOM, 0700? The WRMI program grid continues to show daily 05-10 UT as Overcomer Ministry on 9955. Among other extended times of World Music, I can only assume there was a slight reduxion in the amount of dough BS has shoveled at WRMI, reducing his total hours, but they are being kept open for BS to resume at a moment`s notice without affecting other programming. 11580, UT Wed May 25 at 0133, the voice of Jonathan Marks interviewing someone about DW and BBC, presumably archival, on Media Network Plus, normally a half-hour show, as scheduled for a full hour on WRMI; poor- fair signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 17775, May 24 at 2006, KVOH with gospel music is still on air more than an hour after nominal 1900* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Current broadcasting shortwave schedule of WWRB Morrison: 1500-2300 on 9370 WRB 115 kW / 045 deg to ENAm#English Sat/Sun 2300-2400 on 5050 WRB 060 kW / 045 deg to ENAm*English Sat-Mon 0000-0400 on 5050 WRB 060 kW / 045 deg to ENAm*English Sun-Tue * also to North, Central, South America, Cuba and Caribbean Isl # also to Africa, Europe and Middle East. All other times/freqs are cancelled. Additional days and times available upon request -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/ May 19, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Above times may be the maximum available; nowhere near that much is currently being used, e.g. 9370 hardly on at all (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) 5050 & 3185 & 9370, UT Sat May 21 at 0003 check, all WWRB frequencies are off. Still no Pirates Cove on Friday nights. I`ve set an alarm for 18 UT Saturday to find whether the ``Radio Africa`` Ugandan clandestine(?) heard last weekend reappear on 9370. I am not aware of any other monitor reporting it, and Dave still isn`t telling us anything about it. WWRB homepage http://www.wwrb.org has been modified since last we checked it, to show 60 or 115 kW transmitters, at different prices, and a nominal schedule on 9370 as Sat & Sun only at 11 am - 5 pm ``EST``, meaning EDT? That would be 15-21 UT (but still no specific program schedule), Viz.: ``Current Broadcasting Schedule Service 1: Saturday, Sunday, and Monday - 7:00 pm EST - 12:00 am EST on shortwave frequency 5.050 MHz Coverage to North, Central, South America, with enhanced Cuba/Caribbean Coverage Service 2: Saturdays and Sundays - 11:00 am EST - 5:00 pm EST on shortwave frequency 9.370 MHz Coverage to Middle East, Africa, and Europe, with Special Emphasis on 10/40 window [meaning prime evangelical strip from 10 to 40 degrees north latitude; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10/40_Window explains] Additional days and times available upon request How to Broadcast with Us --- Broadcasting with WWRB can be as simple as calling us on the phone to as complex as realtime Internet streaming. We support all modes of program delivery. We are pleased to provide you with the following air time quotes. On Service 1, a 59 minute program is $45.00, and a 29 minute program is $22.50 - always without any commercial interruptions, and on prime time night time programming slots to the United States, Canada, South and Central America, and the Caribbean Islands using our local [sic] 60,000 watt transmitters. On Service 2, a 59 minute program is $90.00, and a 29 minute program is $45.00 on our 115,000 watt global coverage transmitters for prime time, commercial-free coverage to the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. When you join the WWRB family of broadcasters, in addition to your scheduled air time plays, you will receive up to six additional internet broadcast plays at no added cost the following day. As a further benefit, we automatically record all of our programs, and on a random basis, you will receive a bonus shortwave play with up to six additional Internet radio plays. Your broadcast is very important to WWRB and we do everything in our power to bring you success and to give you more exposure to both the U.S./worldwide shortwave and internet radio audiences. Give us a call at (931) 728-6087 after 8:00 pm eastern time. Bring your message to the world on our 60,000 and 115,000 watt transmitters!`` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WWRB now on 15240 kHz --- New "Mid East Beam" Strong here in San Diego at 1600 UT (Bob LaRose, 1609 UT Sat May 21, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15240 kHz WWRB Nueva frecuencia? 15240, WWRB. Manchester, TN, USA. 1552-1620 mayo 21, señal de intervalo de la desaparecida RSA, a las 1601 identificación en voz femenina, y luego presentador con información sobre los servicios de transmisión de la WWRB. Continuó lo que parece ser un programa religioso en vivo con algunas melodías de alabanza. ID parcial: "...You are listening to radio station WWRB Manchester, Tennessee in the United States of America, the audience in the world can receive your message..." menciona número telefonicó y página web. Una nueva frecuencia y transmsion no registrada de esta emisora? (Rafael Rodríguez R., Bogotá D.C., Colombia http://www.facebook.com/rafaelcoldx E lad FDM-S2 + Dipolo 15 m 1638? UT May 21, playdx yg via DXLD) [and non]. 9370, May 21 at 1500, since I have UTwente running for WOR check on 7265 until this hour, now I try 9370 for WWRB which allegedly starts its African service at 1500 Saturdays, and what do I hear? Nothing but weak Burmese, i.e. IBB via Tinang at 1430-1630. Then tnx to a tip from Bob LaRose, San Diego, to the DXLDyg, WWRB is on a brand new frequency! 15240, ``new Mideast beam, strong at 1600``. I tune in at 1628, to hear the conclusion of a gospel huxter in English citing Psalms; at first only a poor signal, much weaker than neighbor 15825 WWCR which sounds like a sporadic-E boost. 1630 hymn ``Wonderful Words of Life`` as theme for ``Word of Life Broadcast`` with address Jim Rolen, P O Box 891, Tullahoma TN 37388, and visit http://www.bbctullahoma.com (BBC?? That`s Bethel Baptist Church!) His radio page only shows this about SW: ``WWRB Short Wave .. 1:30 AM & 4:00 PM (ct) Sunday New Life Radio ..... Uganda, East Africa (twice weekly)`` 1632, canned YL ID for WWRB, 1633 Dave comes on live as ham WA4SZE, to ``tap dance`` until top of hour next program, which will last 3 [sic] hours, providing a lot more info about of all this, as I noted: Says this is the official first broadcast to ME/Af/Eu, Saturdays and Sundays at this time, planning to expand. (He never refers to last week`s 9370 -1901* broadcast, which only I heard?? But he has taken my published advice to go up to 15 MHz band). Acknowledges reception reports already today (so did it start at 1500 or 1600?), from Rafael in Colombia; someone who says it`s ``like FM quality``, two e-mails in from South Africa, ``blasting crystal clear``. Says first time on 15240. Refers to website http://www.wwrb.org which is a work in progress being updated, so keep checking it (at 1930 it still shows 9370 instead of 15240). And tells about the two services, Global 1 and Global 2; plus also a Global 3 with Brother Stair, but it`s on internet only (as if he needed that). Goes on to tell us about facilities. His airport KO (?) number is K43TN. Has two aircraft and one helicopter, and some other companies also use the field. Main business is powerline and pipeline control, for TVA etc. Has complete ILS so is all-weather capable, landing in fog, etc. WWRB has been on air every day [sic] for almost 20 years. This transmitter is a Harris SW-100F, but unique as it`s been heavily modified, originally with 4 power tubes, now only one, the rest replaced with solid state, increasing efficiency to 85% and power capability to 115 kW (or even 150 but that would be pushing it). Removed a lot of moving parts. Now water/vapor cooled. Re-touts 200-foot-high radio towers supporting rhombix, 4 each times 5 arrays for a total of 20 on site, requiring a lot of maintenance. Explains how this is so much better than other US SW stations with rhombix suspended on mere telephone poles only 60-70 feet high, and sagging. His wires sag no lower than 185 feet AGL, which is about 4 wavelengths: producing a better Brewster angle, as otherwise half the radiated power is lost heating up the ground below, and results in outgoing signal being out of phase. Has tweaked his for max efficiency up to 98%. Re-explains again how he flies around site to measure SW radiation patterns. Says clients deal directly with him eliminating middlemen brokers who take 20, 40 even 60% commission, with the difference passed on to customers, saving 50-70%. See website for details of prices. Dave has been an SWL since 1967. SW back then was full of stations, really fascinating for a kid in Livonia, MI, whose family never went anywhere. There was so much RF that you could hear VOA or other stations by picking up the phone, dialing 1 for silence, and extending the coiled cord. If you want SW to survive, support stations now! Says program at top of hour will switch language to Afrikaans? Not sure. (NO! read on). Never mentions source, or name of that program. Report from Israel saying WWRB signal ``sounds like FM``. At 1652 explains that he plays the Radio RSA interval signal in tribute to one of his favorite stations as a kid (not for political reasons). Offers immediate E-QSLs to reports submitted by Contact page on website. Asserts the frequency is 15.24 Megacycles, sounds so much better than MegaHertz (ignoring that there is no such thing as a Megacycle without a per-unit-time, i.e. /second, altho I prefer Megacycles/hour = MegaHausers). 1655 replays the canned WWRB promo by YL, wife? 1656 does play the Radio RSA IS. By now his signal has improved considerably to rival WWCR. 1700 accompanied by African music, ID and ``commencing service to Africa`` (this week he doesn`t call it ``Radio Africa``, a name already in overuse). 1701.5, starts the African show, with instrumental hymn; could well be a national anthem? Maybe Uganda`s as it`s the same program we heard last Sat & Sun on 9370, followed by 5 minutes of singing mentioning Uganda, all in presumed Luganda language. Finally announces opening at 1706.5, as Radio Manasi (??? Like last week, something like that but quite uncertain of spelling). 1727 recheck still talking. 1736, I try it on UTwente instead, but it`s hard to tune with long lags in stepping up and down 2.5 kHz. Computer is too loaded. There is a signal on 15240, but no good with lots of slop from 15245. Tuning there, it`s Voice of Korear, in Korearan, mixing with something African about equal. Neither in HFCC, but Aoki shows VOK 15245 during long hours and in addition, this: 15245 1700-1800 F Voice of Assenna Tig Issoudun 257 15245 1700-1800 F Voice of Forum of Eritrea Tig Issoudun 136 15245 1700-1800 F Voice of Forum of Eritrea Ara Issoudun 4 15245 1800-1900 F Voice of Forum of Eritrea Ara Issoudun 7 And this is Day 7 = Saturday, so continuous from 17 to 19, too bad for WWRB but only the first hour on Sundays, yet still VOK ACI, no doubt. At 1815 on my own PL-880 on the porch, WWRB is readable, with no ACI from weaker signals on 15235, 15245, while it`s still heavy at Twente. Kai Ludwig in Germany observes, ``Still on after 1800? At least there's something on 15240, just barely audible in the sideband slope of North Korea on 15245. The situation can only be even worse in the Middle East if that is indeed the target area. However, I think I heard the word "Africa"...`` Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, adds: ``WWRB now on exact 15239.976 kHz. Yes, W African music heard in progress at 1845 UT on May 21, S=9 or - 68dBm in MA-NJ-USA area, only S=4 or -98dBm in western Europe, nil in Calabria Italy and Greece. But latter SDR rx signal suffered heavily of adjacent 15245 kHz, due of Issoudun POWERHOUSE of S=9+50dB signal, Arabic of Saturday only outlet Radio Medrek, or 15245 1800-1900 Voice of Forum of Eritrea Arabic TDF Issoudun 7 wb`` At 1900, I retune on PL-880 just in time to hear Dave signing off after two hours, not three, to return at 7 pm ET [23 UT] on 5050 with 100 kW to the Americas (what happened to 60 kW? I figured the reduced rate on ``local`` Global 1 would be justified by halving the power); off 1901* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DX LISTENING DIGEST) USA WWRB on exact 15239.976 kHz at 18-19 UT on May 21, facts: WWRB Morrison TN, Tennessee USA, distance TN to Uganda 12.700 kilometers, very long distance for 100 kW power, but no curtain antennas of 20dB gain registered yet, only log-periodic antenna there 805 LPH 18/36.5/32.2/16.7/1.4/13.2/200 and rhombic long-range antenna of 902 RH 155/68/40 And bad adjacent channel selection, covered by 500 kW powerhouse from TDF Issoudun to similar target ERI/ETH HoAF (Wolfgang Büschel, May 21, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Updated shortwave schedule of WWRB Morrison from May 21: 1500-2100 on 15240^WRB 115 kW / 045 deg to ENAm#English Sat/Sun 2300-2400 on 5050 WRB 060 kW / 045 deg to ENAm*English Sat-Mon 0000-0400 on 5050 WRB 060 kW / 045 deg to ENAm*English Sun-Tue ^ including Ugandan clandestine 1700-1900 [which is NOT in English --- gh]. Heavy QRM from 15245 China Radio Int 1500-1600 & R. Assenna / Eritrean Forum 1700-1900. * also North, Central, South America, Cuba, Caribbean Coverage. # also East Africa, West Europe, Middle East. Additional days & times available upon request. More info on . No more Brother HySTAIRical, The Overcomer Ministry via WWRB: 1300-0100 on 9370 WRB 115 kW / 045 deg to ENAm English Daily 0100-1300 on 3185 WRB 115 kW / 045 deg to ENAm English Daily 2300-0400 on 5050 WRB 060 kW / 045 deg to ENAm English Daily -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/ May 23, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5050, May 21 after 2330, quick check on BST-1 caradio (on the way back from squirrel haven north of Enid), WWRB is indeed on with a gospel huxter invoking prayers for various brothers, including Dave at WWRB. As of 1445 UT May 22, website still hasn`t been updated to show 15240 instead of 9370, but reminds us the 5050 service is supposedly Sat- Sun-Mon only between 23 and 04 UT. So far, I think it has been turning off much earlier than 04. 15240, May 22 at 1501, WWRB isn`t back on yet. But at 1605 recheck, now 15239.97 is on but only S7 as today Dave is in another time- filling monolog (which are the best part of WWRB programming), partly similar to what he was saying yesterday at 1630 but not a playback; about the Radio RSA IS, adding that he got permission to use it; then lamenting that young people don`t appreciate how things were for 60- year-old Dave. Recently hired a 20-year-old YL as copilot, who couldn`t grasp celestial navigation since it is no longer taught in flight schools. At night, he proved he could calculate the plane`s position within two miles using his sextant and she was *awed*. Signal improved to S9 by 1616, but certainly not big. Comparing: 15825 WWCR is JBA S1, but 15610 WEWN is S9+20 --- indicating spotty sporadic E is favoring AL rather than TN at the moment. Nothing on the 50 MHz DXmap but on 28 MHz, Es opening from AZ to OK and TX is shown, MUF 32. Unknown yet what would ensue at 1630, or 1700 but presumably the Ugandan clandestine until 1900, whatever it is. 15240, Sunday May 22 at 1830 check, WWRB is indeed still on and with that Ugandan-language clandestine which Dave refuses to identify. See previous reports. Ivo Ivanov also reports on May 22: ``1700-1800 on 15240*WRB 100 kW / 045 deg to Af/ME Ugandan clandestine 1800-1900 on 15240 WRB 100 kW / 045 deg to Af/ME Ugandan clandestine * QRM R. Assenna & Eritrean Forum on 15245. Zero signal after 1815!`` 5050, UT Monday May 23 at 0106, WWRB is on with ponderous gospel huxter, not Alex Scourby, referencing Bible about Fornicators (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Weak signal of WWRB on new 15240, instead of 9370, May 22: 1552-1600 on 15240 WRB 100 kW / 045 deg to Af/ME Radio RSA, old IS 1600-1700 on 15240 WRB 100 kW / 045 deg to Af/ME English rlg program 1700-1800 on 15240*WRB 100 kW / 045 deg to Af/ME Ugandan clandestine 1800-1900 on 15240 WRB 100 kW / 045 deg to Af/ME Ugandan clandestine * QRM R. Assenna & Eritrean Forum on 15245. Zero signal after 1815 UT! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2pZ1RcRE38&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFmsIXTjx5g&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GV5A5jk_rI&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnNjVw9zmbs&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0j5kIMkDOI&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEAXH_HQII8&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8rDPAYnps4&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ABEWiM1BGs&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7tef8p4iUM&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwLyOwatAAY&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb6PEeeHYyI&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWXmTkOgqqE&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbPeGCNuNww&feature=youtu.be -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/ DX LISTENING DIGEST) [I finally identified the Ugandan clandestine on May 29 as Radio Munansi, North Hollywood CA, which was previously part of Radio Lead Africa programming; details already in DXLDyg, and in next DXLD - gh] ** U S A. 9980, May 19 at 1252, S9+10 open carrier/dead air from WWCR, perhaps appreciated by the utility it clashes with on the hi side? On a Thursday there is no excuse for this, as 9980 is supposed to run from 12 to 24 UT, including The Overcomer straight thru from 12 to 20 on weekdays. 7520, UT Friday May 20 at 0127 as I tune by WWCR-4, a YL gospel huxter is informing us that ``Obama is a queer --- we have a tranny in the White House``, cites Bible. Apparently fortifies this revelation by the President`s slender build. Huhhh? WWCR sked shows this is `A Call to Decision` with Butch Paugh. Is that a man or a woman? Better watch out, OM Butch: people might think you`re a Lesbian. Thank you, WWCR for more pure crap on the air (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 12105, May 20 at 2018, WTWW-3 is AWOL instead of Bibling. 5830, May 21 at 0540, NO signal from WTWW-1 --- you guessed it: Ted has failed yet again to change from day frequency 9475, where it is very poorly audible at S4, ``hollow`` sound by backscatter or something, SFAW huxtering. Next check 1244 UT May 21, 9475 is now loud & clear, S9+20, presumably having stayed on all night, as it`s earlier than usual QSY time circa 1400. 12105, May 23 at 0124, WTWW-3 is AWOL (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 12105 24/May 0235. Unmodulated carrier open. Possibly WTWW Bible World Wide. Carrier also detected at remote SDR University of Victoria, B.C., Canada. HFCC informs a broadcast from 14:00 to 06:00. Still in the air to 0249. Listening from remote SDR Twente (Jorge Freitas- Brasil, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Normal closing is 0200 after an hour of SFAW English not // 9475, but often caught with dead air even during the scheduled hours (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. 7385, May 19 at 0430, WHRI open carrier/dead air at S9+45. Registered until 0500 on the 315 degree antenna, but no programming accounted for on Thursdays per Aoki, not even music or LeSEA fillers (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WHRI has registered 15720 1400-2000 UT for Friday May 27 through Sunday May 29. This should be for this Sunday's Indy 500 that they broadcast each year (Peter W Hansen, FL, May 23, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. KKCL 1550 Golden CO --- "The Cloud" is back. KKCL 1550 Golden CO and their translator on 96.9 have returned to the air after several weeks of silence. I went past their TX site yesterday and the translator antenna is still on their east tower, so they are apparently still using it. The format is Modern Music, which translates to mostly Top 40 and some album cuts from the 60s through today. No jocks or spots so far, just music and liners, so it's pretty much a jukebox format, but the music is pretty good. 73, (Kit W5KAT, CO, 2130 UT May 23, ABDX via DXLD) ** U S A. 1590, FLORIDA, WRXB, St. Petersburg Beach (sic). This one remains off the air; has been for weeks now. And the COL in the FCC dB is wrong: there is no city of St. Petersburg Beach, not since March 9, 1994 when voters approved a name change to St. Pete Beach in order to differentiate the city from the real St. Petersburg to the east. However, the transmitting tower (when it is transmitting) is not at all on the beach, but rather in an ironic twist, within St. Petersburg city limits. So far with WRXB silent, it's mostly WPSL, Port St. Lucie, FL that dominates until a little after sunrise, with WALG, Albany, GA and XEVOZ, México, DF also having been noted poorly. Nothing daytime other than a weak carrier detectable, probably just WPSL (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1700, May 20 at 0138, romantic tejana music, atop the sports talk stations, so KKLF Richardson TX; it`s clear of the ``horrible roar`` I was hearing on May 7-8, but not since, apparently emanating from KKLF itself or then something in the same direxion. 0142 UT English ID, ``Music revolution, Kick-1700``. BTW, NRC AM Log shows address for this Metroplex outlet is in faraway Corpus Christi. Ward Elliott in Richardson has been checking for the noise too May 18-20 and not hearing it. Says it`s ``the New Kick`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UZBEKISTAN. 9900, May 25 at 0125, South Asian song at S6, 0130 brief announcement, TWR IS once and off*. HFCC shows TWR ``India`` via Tashkent, and Aoki shows on Wednesdays (as well as Sun-Mon-Tue) it`s Dzo, a.k.a. Bhutanese, while on Thursdays only it`s Nepali. EiBi says the 0115-0130 segment is rather Tue in Hindi, Wed in Bhutanese, Thu in Nepali. IIRC this is the transmission which escaped 9975 leaving that to KVOH, which is currently silent installing a different transmitter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UZBEKISTAN. 7510, Voice of Martyrs from Tashkent site, 1610 UT on May 19, also tiny string seen on 15020 kHz harmonic. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, May 19, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UZBEKISTAN. INDIA [non], 9900, May 25, 2016. 0122-0130, TWR India, Tashkent, in Dzongkha lang. OM talks, a song; YL talks, IS. Poor signal and modulation, 25432 (DXer José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, PB, Brazil, Tecsun S-2000 Portable, Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** VIETNAM. 9635.807, May 19 at 1254, VOV-1 at S4 with Viet talk, back down to usual way-off-frequency; so much for exceeding 9636.0 yesterday. Also, Wolfgang Büschel replies: ``Both VoV Son Tay units are ODD frequency already a lot of months ago too, 12018 ... 12019 kHz, - or 9635.800 .... 9636.0 kHz. On May 19 at 0830 UT Vietnamese service from VoV Son Tay on exact measurement of 9635.798 kHz, scheduled 2145-1600 UT daily`` (Glenn Hauser, OK DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** YEMEN [non]. Recording of 20 May 0858-0901 UT via Twente: After the abrupt sign off of China Radio International on 11855 kHz via Albania at 0857 UT, "Huna Sanaa" is weakly audible on 11860 kHz. Please note that at about 2:50 into the recording the station suddenly becomes inaudible. This seems to confirm that there is a change of transmitter sites/transmitters at 0900 as Ivo Ivanov says. (Dr Hansjoerg Biener 20 May 2016) Yes, definitely switching from a transmitter to another at 0900. 11860.000 was switched on at 0855, then heard for 5 minutes with slight echo and 11859.998 kHz was switched off at 0900:30 (Mauno Ritola, Finland, May 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) STRING - HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH LHASA CHINA CLOSE-DOWN ? 11860 0300-0900 43SW LHA 100 85 0 141 1234567 Zho CHN CNR RTC (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) Oh, I forgot that, but I think it closed earlier. Unfortunately I didn't record it. But let's check tomorrow (Mauno, ibid.) re 11860 Yes, I guess CNR closes rather around 0855 0856 0857 UT. (Wolfgang, ibid.) Yes, today at 0857, as checked via Japan. I couldn't calibrate it, as I don't know, who 'akky' is, although he is sometimes listening to my rx, too :-) On my screen it is the one hardly visible on 11859.999 kHz before ARS 11860.000 kHz starts. 73, (Mauno Ritola, May 22, ibid.) At 0900 UT also seven 500 kW Riyadh units start their regular program. Sorry, exact measurement gives Sana'a Yemen exile program always 11859.9995 kHz. NO ADVICE, NO INDICATION so far. When the Yemeni use any Saudi Arabia broadcast center, Riyadh or Jeddah, they CAN NEVER USE a SINGLE transmitter throughout 24 hrs / 7 days extreme long time, so I guess there are two separate shortwave transmitters in use daily, their use will alternately in both. At 0940 UT exact on 11860 kHz. [see also SAUDI ARABIA] PS: in 45 years of editor work in wwdxc, I never got any reliable information d i r e c t from Saudi Arabia authorities, always have got second hand(!) information via ITU, WRTH, Continental or RIZ note files, wrong {Croatian} test music played on air when commissioned, Google Earth, Google Maps, Bings, TerraServer etc. etc. etc. (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I would think that to be at least theoretically possible. I thought there was some further confirmation needed for the transmitter change. Sorry for the bandwidth. I got once a full list of MW transmitters, without power, but that was about a decade ago (Mauno Ritola, ibid.) Re your recording at 09 UT, RATHER LOW SIGNAL LEVEL FROM 0900 UT onwards in Finland. So I guess change TX unit - and ! antenna type ! too at 0900, 1500, 2100, and 0300 UT? Which countries have good political relationship with Yemen and Saudi Arabia? Only Oman has reliable accurate frequency aligned shortwave transmitter units at their disposal, in this region of the world (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) Ivo suggested, that the changes take place at 0600, 0900, 1800 and 2300 instead. Please check them (Mauno, ibid.) Not before 0900! I'll stick to what I said yesterday: as Hansjörg already showed, there are two transmitters carrying Yemeni programming and overlapping for 5-6 minutes at that time. The stronger one goes until 0901 on 11859.998 kHz and another started today at 0856, much weaker here and slight echo during the overlap time. I don't dare to go to down to ½ Hz values on such a high frequency with Perseus, as I don't have any external GPS reference, as you Wolfy probably have? (Mauno, May 22, WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Echo effect of Republic of Yemen Radio, May 22 till 0900 on 11860 JED 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic from 0900 on 11860 unknown tx / unknown to N/ME Arabic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7HFy9WWwHU&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/ DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11860, May 23 at 0123, poor S5 signal in Arabic, so Republic of Yemen Radio relay; better at 1300 with apparent news, but not the bigsig it used to provide in our mornings (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Rep. Yemen Radio, Sana`a (Saudi Arabia Relay?) This morning (~1300z) I heard discernible modulation from Rep. Yemen Radio (Sana'a) on 11860 for the first time in a week as well as strong signals from Asia/Pacific. 11860, 1332 23 MAY - SINPO = 15211. Arabic, male announcer. QSB=rapid- to-ff rate, modulation on noisy carrier occasionally peaks just above the noise floor but mostly mixing with or below it. (Spot check AT 1400z nothing heard) sf98.4, a7, k2, geomag: quiet. 50kw?, beamAz 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, 13039KM? from transmitter at Riyadh?. Local time: 0619. 11860, Location ??? May 24, 2016 Tuesday. 0230-0328. Nothing heard at various spot checks. Jo'burg sunrise 0444 (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Bill, I heard them this morning, faint but heard enough of their 'theme music' to tell it was them! Rep. Yemen Radio Sanaa 1401 24 May 2016 http://swldx.tumblr.com/post/144857136812/repyemen-radio-sanaa-1401-24-may-2016 (Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11860, 1356 24 MAY - REP. YEMEN RADIO SANAA (YEMEN). SINPO = 15311. Arabic, music, male announcer. QSB=rapid-to-ff rate, modulation on noisy carrier occasionally peaks slightly above the noise floor but mostly mixing with or below it. sf95.0, a4, k3, geomag: unsettled. 50kw?, beamAz 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, 13039KM? from transmitter at Riyadh?. Local time: 0656. 73s (Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 1800: the one on nominal signed off at 1758. The one 2 Hz below was already on at 1752, when I came to the frequency (Mauno, May 24, WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [Re possibility of an OMAN site?] Don`t forget Don Moman`s significant finding that whenever he hears 11860, the hum on the audio which he can detect/see indicates 60 Hz AC rather than 50 and Saudi is the only country in the ME that is on 60. At least I think his 60 Hz obs would apply to both transmitters; should be reconfirmed (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Yes, I replayed yesterday's recording with wider span, and it shows ±60 Hz spurs for the lower carrier, but not for the wider, which probably has better mains filtering (Mauno Ritola, ibid.) 11860, May 25, 2016. 2008-2023, Rep. of Yemen Radio, Jeddah-ARS, in Arabic. YL talks; OM talks, Arabic song by male singer. Unsettled signal (S2-3, 3-2) and barely audible modulation, 25431 (sometimes, 25432). (DXer José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, PB, Brazil, Tecsun S-2000 Portable, Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** ZAMBIA. 9680, V Of Hope, 0458-0506+ 17 May. Thanks to Ray Robinson's info via gh, VoH's first day of broadcast was heard poorly in the noise with IS/ID loop ("..Voice of Hope, Zambia.."), opening at 0500 with "Voice of Hope, broadcasting to all of Africa.." and frequency mention, long hymn, quick announcement and more hymns (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas, CA using Bob Wilkner's Sony ICFSW7600GR/6m X wire [v2.0]), DX LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of Hope on 9680 missing again, May 19 at 0640-0645. Jo'burg sunrise today 0441 (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9680, May 19 at 0453-0502+, no signal from Voice of Hope, nor at 0554 recheck, so power must still be out longer than expected. (Hey, maybe Zambia is not such a good place to start a SW operation requiring lots of reliable kWh?) Ron Howard and Bill Bingham agree there was no signal from this now or later this morning. Meanwhile, Ray Robinson of VOH told us a bit more as of May 17: ``Hi, Glenn and others. A few quick comments about Voice of Hope - Africa. We are currently using the omni antenna with 9680, intended to provide coverage to Central and Southern Africa. We are needing a part from Continental (they shipped the wrong one) before we can activate the second transmitter on the 315 degree beam to West Africa. Because the transmitters have been idle for some time, we want to wake them up gently. For the 05-08 broadcast on the 17th, we were only running at about 60 kW. That will gradually be stepped up. Power shortages and rotating outages are still a major problem in Zambia, and our genset is not yet serviceable. Thus we are dependent on grid power for the time being, and our broadcasts may be subject to interruptions beyond our control. Up until now we have not been represented at HFCC other than by the FCC for KVOH. We plan to change that for the next meeting. Ray.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) As Bill Bingham (RSA) has already reported, Voice of Hope Africa on 9680, was off the air May 19; my checking 0455 and subsequently till 0551. Whereas 5915 (ZNBC/Radio One) had news in English just after 0500, so their power supply today was working fine, unlike yesterday (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of Hope wins hands-down today, May 20. ZNBC1 isn't there! [logs of that grouped separately below] Voice of Hope, 9680, Lusaka. May 20, 2016 Friday. 0500-0524. Already on air with ID at 0500 tune-in. Christian song, welcome by YL at 0503. Into programme of Christian songs. Good. Jo'burg sunrise 0442 (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) VOH, 9680 tuned 0510 with SINPO 4+5444 - started with armchair quality here in Fallbrook. No power or transmitter problems today! Playing praise songs with local woman announcer who provided short devotional talks between songs. Central African time check at 0515. Increasing QSB and slow signal fade after 0515. VOH ID and frequency by man at 0524.5 and into song "Hallelujah" - male vocal. Syndicated program by male announcer with devotional talk at 0531-0536. Announcement by man "This is international radio, Voice of Hope" at 0536 and into another praise vocal (Bruce Churchill, CA, May 20, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9680, Fri May 20 at 0553, VOH Africa is back on with a carrier detectable, music? After two days of power outages. Remember that on Sat & Sun there is not supposed to be a morning broadcast on 9680, but instead at 12-17 UT. The China Radio War is finished at 1400, so after then, VOHA might make it at least as far as western North America by longpath – barring another power failure (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I tried here in Victoria at 0500, but only had a weak carrier. Tried numerous remote receivers in North America and Europe. Nil from the latter, but fair reception from a few on the east coast. Don Moman's in AB were down, even though listed as available. 73, (Walt Salmaniw, BC, May 20, ibid.) I could tell the carrier was on at 0553, but that`s it. Remember that on Sat & Sun there is not supposed to be any morning broadcast on 9680, but instead 12-17 UT. 9680 is clear of the China radio war after 14, so see if VOHA make it by longpath at least to western N America. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DX LISTENING DIGEST) The Saturday afternoon broadcast from Voice of Hope on 9680 is on air. ZNBC1 on 5915 is also there, but only as a carrier. What a difference 4 MHz makes! Voice of Hope, 9680 Lusaka. May 21, 2016 Saturday. 1215- 1220. Christian songs, OM announcer. Frequency at 1217, ID at 1218 and again at 1219, into another song. Good. Jo'burg sunset 1526. Voice of Hope, 9680, was coming in well (as I reported a few minutes ago), but suddenly went off air, carrier and all, in mid song at 1246. Still off as of 1253 (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9680, Sat May 21 at 1248, checking for the weekend-only afternoon broadcast of Voice of Hope, scheduled 12-17 UT, not expecting to hear it, and do not, just echoing CNR1 jamming (and not its victim RTI either). Jamming off at 1400* and nothing is left on 9680, not even a JBA carrier. Then we learn from Bill Bingham in RSA that VOH had been on earlier until dumped off the air at 1246*, presumably due to another power failure – just before I started listening. Wonder if it come back on today or even tomorrow? This situation is already getting tiresome, surely no less so for intended African listeners. Bill Bingham says it was still not back on by 1700* today. Then Ray Robinson replies, ``Hi, Bill. No, we can't blame this one on the electricity utility. It was a transmitter fault. The on-site engineer hasn't been able to fix it, so two others are going out from Lusaka tomorrow morning. Hopefully they'll have a resolution before the 1200 sign-on. Ray`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9680, Sunday May 22 at 1230, trying to detect Voice of Hope, but nothing audible except CNR1 echo jamming against inaudible RTI. So is VOHA still off following yesterday`s abrupt crash at 1246? Yes, Ray Robinson explains that the cause was a fried lizard (why allow lizards into the transmitter?), and hoped to have it back up this afternoon before nominal 1700*. At 1349 UT he wrote: ``The culprit was found to be a lizard that had gotten into the transmitter. It was rather crispy, and had been causing the short. The guys are reassembling the equipment and should be testing it again this afternoon. Ray.`` After China radio war is finished at 1400, still no other signal detectable on 9680, nor at 1500, 1610 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of Hope, 9680 Lusaka. May 22, 2016 Sunday. 1030-1230. I've been listening since 1030 for any sign of life, but nothing heard in the way of testing a repaired transmitter on air. Nothing heard at the scheduled start time of *1200, still nothing as of 1230. I guess the fault is a bit more intractable than anticipated. Jo'burg sunset 1526 (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Bill, May 22, checked 9680 at 1230 for any VOH Africa. Found frequency totally blocked by very strong echo jamming by CNR1 of RTI. Even if VOH Africa had been on, do not think I would have any chance of reception here in California. RTI 1100-1400 (Ron Howard, ibid.) Voice of Hope, weekend 1700* sign off time has come and gone, still nothing heard. The repair must be taking longer than expected. Will check again tomorrow morning, Monday May 23 (Bill Bingham, May 22, ibid.) 9680, Monday May 23 at 0537, S2 signal with music, so Voice of Hope got the lizard out of the transmitter and resumes M-F 05-08 UT transmission --- until the next critter or protracted power outage (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of Hope, 9680 Lusaka. May 23, 2016 Monday. 0745-0755. Back today, but very weak, nothing like their usual strong signal. In fact, dropping to noise level at times. UT Monday - they went off air at 0800 as scheduled, after a brief 1 kHz sine wave. Should be back tomorrow (May 24) at 0500-0800. At present, Saturdays and Sundays only from 1200 to 1700. Jo'burg sunrise 0443. Voice of Hope, 9680, Lusaka. May 24, 2016 Tuesday. 0530-0540. On air with usual good signal. ID and frequency at 0539. Jo'burg sunrise 0444 Voice of Hope, 9680, Lusaka. May 24, 2016 Tuesday. 0530-0540. On air with usual good signal. ID and frequency at 0539. Jo'burg sunrise 0444. Voice of Hope, 9680, Lusaka. May 24, 2016 Tuesday. 0740-0801* Started off well (it was good at 0530), but reception had dipped to fair (at best) by re-check at 0740. Remained readable, but barely, and only just above noise level at times. Lousy propagation, I presume. ID and frequency at 0800, invitation by OM to join them again tomorrow, into 1kHz sine wave. Transmitter cut at 0801. Jo'burg sunrise 0444 (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZAMBIA. ZNBC1, 5915, Lusaka. May 20, 2016 Friday. 0524-0526. Not there, no carrier. Jo'burg sunrise 0442. ZNBC1, 5915, Lusaka. May 21, 2016 Saturday. 1220-1224. Only a carrier, no audio heard. Jo'burg sunset 1526. ZNBC1, 5915, Lusaka. May 22, 2016 Sunday. 1100-1208. Present, but barely above noise level (indeed, mostly AT noise level). No id heard, but it sounds like them. Typical reception in Jo'burg for this time of day on 5915 from Lusaka. Jo'burg sunset 1526. ZNBC1, 5915 Lusaka. May 24, 2016 Tuesday. 0300-0534. At various spot checks, nothing heard from ZNBC1 today. Jo'burg sunrise 0444 (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5915, May 24, 2016. 0257-0306, Zambia NBC, Lusaka, in Tonga language. Music, drums, man playing; woman playing, with audience. poor and unsettled station, 25332 (DXer José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, PB, Brazil, Degen 1103 & Sony ICF-SW100S portable, telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ZNBC1, 5915 Lusaka. May 24, 2016 Tuesday. 0300-0534. At various spot checks, nothing heard from ZNBC1 today. Jo'burg sunrise 0444 (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZANZIBAR. TANZANIA, Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation on May 21: 1800-1808 on 11735 DOL 050 kW / non-dir to CeAf English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am6zm2sJxn4&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UZfBtERf6M&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Avo1DYHTcUc&feature=youtu.be -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/ DX LISTENING DIGEST) TANZANIA, 6015, May 24, 2016. 0331-0338, Zanzibar BC, Dole, in Swahili. YL talks national news, presumed. Today, ZBC presents a unsettled signal and moderate distorted modulation, 35332 (DXer José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, PB, Brazil, Degen 1103 & Sony ICF- SW100S portable, telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 1480, May 25 at 0105 UT, S9 dead air dominates, probably KBXD Dallas rather than KQAM Wichita (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 1500, May 19 at 0441 UT, that whistling noise in the sidebands of KSTP is again audible, subject of much investigation a few months ago leading to a few minor stations in the MO/IL/KY area, never determined just which. 1500, May 20 at 0134 UT, the whistling sound in the sidebands is again audible, vs soft rock music from algo, and bits of KSTP sportstalk (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 1632.00, 1041 May 22, 2016. Strong carrier, audible on multiple radios, but gone (faded) shortly after sunrise. Doesn't appear to be anything spurious in or near the house, and the local 820 kc/s station that generates a strong 1640 kc/s harmonic on day power wasn't on full power yet. Anyone else? 1650, UNIDENTIFIED, 9HPI beacon. 1015 May 22, 2016. I first logged this once (as 0HLI) September 6, 2014, and here it is again. Fair-good though co-channel with XEARZ cocktail jazz and the I-275 westernmost Highway Advisory Radio. Unable to copy the string, but seemingly four characters (letters and/or numbers), beginning with "9" and not to be confused with the unidentified semi-local TIS/HAR 'beeper' that occasionally shows up in malfunction mode around 1650 with the quasi- beeping tones. This one is clearly Morse, cycling approximately every eight seconds. Faded out shortly after local sunrise. No working fundamentals located. Signal for me was best roughly east/west, however that's inconclusive as there was presumed neighbor plasma TV or something noise off my direction pointing. David Crawford in Titusville, FL (roughly opposite from me on the east coast) also hears it, and confirms the correct full Morse ID is 9HPI, fading after sunrise. And keying on 400 Hz, audible on both sidebands. AM/MCW means it's not a fishing beacon. We suspect it may be something petroleum rig related, as there have been reports of PETROBRAS rigs off Brazil with Morse. Obviously, our logs are far too late for that. Something PEMEX off the Mexican gulf coast? Nothing in the Experimental class listed in the FCC dB, just TIS licenses (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, Florida Low Power Radio Stations: https://sites.google.com/site/floridadxn/florida-low-power-radio-stations DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 2660, May 20 at 0143 UT, not even a JBA carrier detected from presumed second harmonic of KGLD 1330 Tyler TX, nor have I heard it for a while even later in the night. I think it`s not just the summer noise level, so is 1330 and/or 2660 off now? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 5051.095, strong S=9+20dB carrier visible in 0450 to 0525 UT time range, wandered down to 5051.077 kHz then [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, morning log of May 20, taken at 0450 to 0700 UT, used remote units in southern Germany, Doha Qatar, Zakynthos Greece, Calabria Italy, Spain, Moscow Russia, MA-NJ-USA, Alberta-CANADA, and Vancouver Island CANADA, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 20, dxldyg via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 6170.0, Thu May 19 at 0501, unusual to find a weak S5-S6 open carrier here, suffering from 6165 RHC splash, but off in less than a minute. Nothing to account for it in lists, altho Scandinavian Weekend Radio, Finland, supposedly stops at 0500 on first Saturdays and special occasions only {Could be RNZI testing? Way early, before regular *1259 UT, but it`s 1701 NZST, so possible} (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 6946.6, May 20 at 0152, S9+10 open carrier/dead air, as the occasional RTTY sender is quiet as usual. Thorsten Hallmann, Germany, tells me May 19, ``Good morning Glenn, your unID carrier on 6946.5 is there again. Strong in Europe at 0700. 73 thorsten`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 9585, May 23 at 0541, something new I haven`t encountered before in regular tuning during this hour: station in French with news about Africa, music bit, European football scores. Obviously a major station, could even be RFI. Nothing yet in HFCC, EiBi or Aoki to account for this. It`s S9, quite stronger than 9575 Morocco. Could be a mis-punch, so will it be there again 24 hours later? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Might be VOA from Sao Tome mis-punch of 9885; the time period fits 0530-0600 UT with an azimuth of 335. This has been heard on-frequency in Central CT USA (Paul S. in CT FN31nl (West), dxldyg via DXLD) Nothing heard in Jo'burg, May 24 at 0550-0600 (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Unthere right now, 0555, may 24. 73 (Thorsten Hallman, Germany, ibid.) 9585, May 24 at 0554, I`m checking 24+ hours after hearing a station in French on this unlisted frequency, and there is nothing on it, bolstering my suspicion that it was a mis-punch. Bill Bingham in RSA and Thorsten Hallmann in Germany agree 9585 is unoccupied May 24. While I couldn`t stay awake any longer last night, this time I scan the 31m band for some similar news programming, and the only thing I find is 9885, which is VOA São Tomé, altho not as strong as last night`s 9585, this only poor at S9. A mispunch of 9585 for 9885 on a keyboard would be quite possible. Paul S. in Connecticut independently makes the same suggestion. (The M-F 0530-0630 VOA French broadcast switches from ST to Greenville for the second half from 0600, why?) However, higher bands are open tonight, including RFI English after 0600 on 13725, where I hear a liner similar to what was on 9585 before (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 9860.000 UNID Arabic language program 2024 UT, little distorted audio, not // IRIB 7285 / 9810 kHz, not ARS 9870 kHz. wb 1932 UT May 21 (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Wolfy, If you mean today, time must be wrong on this as posted at 1932 UT. 73, (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Today, around this time, in the SDR Twente, various image frequency and distorted in the 31 meters from Radio Cairo. 73 (Jorge Freitas, Brasil, ibid.) UNIDENTIFIED. STRONG carriers observed on 9920.086 and 9938.622 kHz wb (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, May 25, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Time? Circa 20 UT per adjacent logs. If spurs, midpoint would be 9929.354. Thought it might be WTWW-2, but too far off nominal 9930.0 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 11690, 23/May 2156, UnID OM talk and music Arabic (?); Weak signal. Listening from the remote SDR Twente. Audio link http://www.ipernity.com/doc/107414/41993800 73 (Jorge Freitas, Brasil, May 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) It's Greek, not Arabic. Format's exactly like a MW pirate station. Maybe an odd-numbered harmonic? 11690 = 1670 x 7, a typical greek unauthorized frequency. 73 (Andy Lawendel, Italy, ibid.) Thank you. The mx really led me to be Greek. 73 (Jorge, ibid.) Typical Greek pirate radio station program, language and disc music is undoubtedly Greek. Maybe 11690 kHz produced harmonic of 5845 or 2922 or 1461 kHz? Or some other mixture produced at Twente SDR unit; their Twente receiver amplifier was known also for some strange ghost signals. When strong German MW 549 kHz DLF Nordkirchen Muensterland unit broadcaster signal mixed up, was once on air two years ago. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) Thank you. Really SDR Twente is not well regulated. 73 (Jorge, ibid.) UNIDENTIFIED. Regarding my unID off-frequency carrier yesterday, 11979.793v at 1215, Wolfgang Büschel replies: 11979.571 kHz S=5 peak tiny carrier at 1440 UT May 19, in MI-USA and Alberta-CAN remote SDRs, also on west coast of Europe like Belgium, Germany and Spain, but nothing noted in Asia, Near East and Mediterranean, Moscow-Russia. So still a mystery signal. On half harmonic in 5986.3 to 5989.4 kHz range, observed strong digital STANAG signal of S=9+15dB strength, noted here in western Europe. I guess, Radio Dniprovska Hvylya, Zaporizhia not heard lately anymore. wb df5sx`` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 13590.43, May 20 at 1253, S7 open carrier, dead air on this strange off-frequency, lite fading. Still the same after 1300, but now there is a weak het from something on 13590.0. HFCC shows 13590 with IBB in Pashto via SRI LANKA at 13-14, switching to Kuwait at 14-17. 13590.43 still OC at 1319, S5-S7; and at 1430 on 13590.432, OC vs CODAR. Could be another ute (not UTE, as short for utility is *not* an initialism) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. NTSC Channel A2, 55.25/59.75 MHz, +/- 10 kHz, May 25 at 1613 UT, fades in a video signal after countless hours of snowstorm monitoring of the analog TV by my long hours at the computer --- there is a circular design with the word DEPORTIVO around it --- Spanish for sporting, fades right out; at 1614 another surge up to the audio channel, confirming a few words of over-enthusiastic Spanish. Gone again, and the only sign of DX between 1400 and 1830+ UT today. At least I now know my antenna is really connected. The 6m DXMap http://www.dxmaps.com/spots/map.php?Lan=E&Frec=MUF&ML=M&Map=NA&DXC=N&HF=N&GL=N as of 1610 UT was showing an MUF of 105 MHz over grid square EL89. Now that ALL Mexican analog TV stations are gone from channel 2, and there is only one DTV station on 2, from Oaxaca, I know this has to be extra-Mexican, which is great from a DX standpoint, if only I could ID it. Only western Cuba is within single-hop range of ~2 megameters. Beyond that could be Dominican Republic, Colombia, Venezuela, or maybe somewhere in Central America, but the map at the moment does not show any openings that further. I devoutly hope for some such double-hop this summer Es season, now that there`s no single-hop from Mexico in the way. To that end, I have repositioned my C-490 antenna toward approx. 140 degrees, rather than 170 degrees which was a compromise between Oklahoma City and central Mexico; but it`s only 21 feet (6.4 meters) above ground level, which is way below the trees to the east and south of here, but those are more of an obstacle to UHF than low-VHF (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Since the 2009 transition, I've found that the dx zone between single and double hops is a lot more common that previously thought. I've had many repeat TV loggings in the 1600's & 1700's of miles. 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THE BATTLE FOR THE AIRWAVES AND THE BIRTH OF THE COMMUNICATIONS AGE Scott Wooley's recently published book, The Network. The Battle for the Airwaves and the Birth of the Communications Age, 2016, chronicles the invention and development of radio, and the machinations of its major innovators Marconi, Sarnoff, and Armstrong. Their technical, legal and ego battles make a riveting narrative. All radio enthusiasts would enjoy this fascinating history. Highly recommended. http://www.amazon.com/Network-Battle-Airwaves-Birth-Communications/dp/006224275X (Tom Schoen, Toledo OH, MARE Tipsheet May 20 via DXLD) Better yet, find it if you can at your local independent B&M bookstore (gh, DXLD) WORLD OF HOROLOGY +++++++++++++++++ RAMADAN: precesses even earlier by the Western calendar, 2016y: June 6 to July 5, approximately (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See UK for a barely mention ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV see also MEXICO; OKLAHOMA; U K [non] ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ SANSONIC FT-300A INITIAL IMPRESSIONS [DTV converter] The converter box was ordered a week ago Friday from an Amazon dealer for $45.38 including shipping and arrived a few days later while I was away. It's brand new. The batteries and everything were in unopened cellophane. I had previously read the manual online and quickly skimmed in again before putting the batteries in the Remote Controller, attaching the 5V wall wart power supply to the converter box and replacing the In Insignia tuner with the Sansonic. The Sonic tuner is very small, about half the size and weight of the Insignia and has the exact same interface: female RF input and output jacks plus the Yellow, Red, and White RCA output connectors. The Remote Controller is also very small, about half the size as the Insignia Remote. It has two functions (buttons) which are more convenient than the Insignia remote. CH SCAN and ANT LEVEL so it is not necessary to go to the menu and navigate in order to do a scan. More important for us DXers, the ANT LEVEL button takes you to the RF channels for manual tuning through the channels, much more convenient than my Insignia which again requires going to the menu. The ANT LEVEL gives a large, bright on-screen graph of signal strength and signal quality which extends almost the width of your monitor, much more readable than the Insignia signal strength graph. The RF channel number and frequency in MHz is also included. The signal strength graph gives a percentage from 0% to 100% and seems very sensitive to the fading ups and downs of stations. Somewhere between 30% and 40% a poor, pixelated picture appears and the tuner indicates the call letters by pressing the controller INFO button. I wish the call letters would be part of the ANT LEVEL chart, which would be more convenient. The good news is that the converter will hold the call letters, accessed by the INFO button even after a station has faded in and then faded out completely until, I suppose, another station fades in. The main criticism in the Sansonic reviews seemed to be quality control and the weakness of the remote controller. I can use the remote controller from my desk 12 feet away from the converter box so mine is not weak. I did a scan and the Sansonic found the channels I thought it would, but I have not compared the Insignia and Sansonic scans. However, I did want to check out its sensitivity which I did in a very crude way. I did this only on VHF where I use the Insignia with a large Antennacraft antenna mounted on the chimney. Channels 8 and 10 from Columbia, SC, 100 miles away are moderate strength and good signal quality almost 24-7 on the Insignia. I found the same on the Sansonic, (45- 50 signal strength for ch 8 and 55- 60 for channel 10). Channel 12 Augusta, 112 miles, is weak during the day and seldom watchable on the Insignia. The ch 12 signal strength on the Sansonic is fading between 20 (the green bar signal indicator only registers at a signal strength of 20 or higher) and 30 with no picture or call letters, but several times in an hour the signal faded up above 30, a pixelated picture and call letters was captured. Right now as I'm writing this at 2 PM, channel 12 faded in with a signal level of 38. I want to go back to the insignia and see if I can get call letters with it on ch 12 several times in the next hour as I have on the Sansonic. I think the Sansonic will work well for capturing brief E skip on the lower band channels, but that remains to be seen. I don't think it has analogue pass-though, but neither does my Insignia. So there you have my first impressions and first hour spent with the Sansonic. I am most interested in hearing about others experiences. Question. With two tuners and a signal monitor how would you set up an A/B test to evaluate the two tuners (Doug Allen, Inman, SC, May 21, WTFDA gg via DXLD) Great review, Doug. It sounds like a possibility for DX. I have both a DTT900 and a 901, the only difference is supposedly the analog pass through on the 901. I did an A-B test with a good splitter and equal length cables to the tuners. Interestingly, the 901 was able to decode a weak daytime station while the 900 could not. I use quick connectors and switched them back and forth several times with the same result. I suppose each unit is different even if the same circuits. Some of my HDHR-US tuners are different, some getting more DX than others on a regular basis (Mike Glass, Lebanon, IN, ibid.) RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ SONY ICF-SW7600GR DISCONTINUED, being replaced? Hi Glenn, I've called a couple of stores, Universal Shortwave and B&H, and they're telling me that the Sony ICF-SW7600GR was DISCONTINUED about 3 months ago. Do you know if this is getting replaced with something better, or is Sony leaving the shortwave radio business altogether? I know that I can still get one at Amazon or EBay, but I'm curious now. I feel that you're the best person to ask. Respectfully, (Ed Kastlie, Southern California, Sent from my Sprint iPhone 6S Plus, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Ed, I`m not really the best person to ask when it comes to equipment. I`m copying this reply to someone who is, Dave Zantow (Glenn to Ed, via DXLD) NOW OR NEVER FOR NEW SONY SW RADIOS Hi Glenn and Ed, I have been dragging my feet on this one as rumors have come and go at least over the last 10 years that the Sony ICF- SW7600GR has been discontinued. Well with great sadness, it appears this time it's indeed true. Also do not look for any new SW models to appear from Sony. Good news is Amazon still has LIMITED new samples left (at least as I type this) as well as a few Amazon satellite dealers. http://www.amazon.com/Sony-ICF-SW7600GR-Shortwave-Receiver-Reception/dp/B00006IS4X%3Fpsc%3D1%26SubscriptionId%3DAKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q%26tag%3Dduckduckgo-d-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB00006IS4X So as they say, it's NOW or never if you always wanted a NEW IC- SW7600GR. This is one Sony set I was never that impressed with. Also is prone to volume control wear early on in use (from brand new). Also a pain to tune and only one fairly narrow bandwidth that made for strained audio quality. http://webpages.charter.net/n9ewo2/sony.html So I guess will update my radio "news" web page now with this sad news. Best Regards, (Dave Zantow N9EWO, Janesville WI, May 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST) DON MOMAN`S ANTENNA FARM, ALBERTA [reply to Bruce Churchill`s remote logs of BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS] Glad the west beverage was working that morning. Some of the other antennas have changed. The 4-30 log has a bad balun so hope to repair that soon. I just picked up a balun for it at Dayton this past weekend. The DKaz loop is being changed to another location so it was replaced by an European beverage. That beverage was shortened to maybe 1000 feet since the grass mowing season has arrived. The Perseus on port 8023 has the ATT choices rewired to switch antennas instead of the 10,20 and 30db att steps. It's mentioned in the descriptor on the map that mentions "use ATT to select antennas". Unfortunately there's not enough room to label what the antennas actually are. The Perseus compensates for the ATT value so the S meter readings are inflated by 10,20 or 30 db when using it in this fashion. The antenna choices can vary, but currently they are: 0 or Off = Wellbrook loop beverage 20 db = 1000' western b#1, 80m of wire hung in a diamond loop with apex around 115 feet 10 db = 1000' south east beverage 30 db = 1000' north east beverage The other Perseus rx's are not modified for antenna switching and use the Wellbrook loop. For those without the ability to use the Perseus remotely, I have two other receivers that can be accessed - one is the SDR-IQ on the SDR Anywhere server and just recently I have used the software at Remotehams.com to put my ICOM R8500 on line. Both use the same Wellbrook loop. 73 (Don VE6JY Moman, AB, May 26, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) CAMPAIGN DEMANDS TELECOMS UNLOCK THE FM RADIO FOUND IN MANY SMARTPHONES --- Southgate May 19, 2016 http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/fm-radio-cellphone-telecoms-1.3577447 http://freeradioonmyphone.ca/ Your smartphone may include an FM radio chip but, chances are, it doesn't work. Now, an online campaign has launched in Canada, putting pressure on telecoms and manufacturers to turn on the radio hidden in many cellphones. Titled, "free radio on my phone," the campaign says that most Android smartphones have a built-in FM receiver which doesn't require data or Wi-Fi to operate. The U.S. arm of the campaign believes iPhones also have a built-in radio chip but that it can't be activated. Apple wouldn't confirm this detail. The radio chip in many Android phones also lies dormant. But the campaign says it can easily be activated -- if telecom providers ask the manufacturers to do it. In Canada, however, most of the telecoms haven't made the move to get the radio turned on. They'd prefer that you stream your audio, depleting your phone's costly data plan, claims campaign organizer, Barry Rooke. Our thanks to Stephen, G7VFY for spotting this item (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) FM CHIP BATTLE TAKES STAGE AT NAB CONVENTION IN VEGAS http://www.reviewjournal.com/business/conventions/fm-chip-battle-takes-stage-nab-convention-vegas (via Terry Krueger, May 25, DXLD) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ :Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts :Issued: 2016 May 23 0405 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 16 - 22 May 2016 Solar activity was low with only B-class and C-class flare activity observed. Regions 2544 (N20, L=295, class/area=Dai/160 on 16 May) and 2546 (S07, L=223, class/area=Cho/550 on 21 May) produced three low-level C-class flares between them, with the largest being a C1.8 at 16/1525 UTC from Region 2544. No Earth-directed coronal mass ejections (CME) were observed during the reporting period. No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit. However, there was a slight enhancement on 16 May from a long duration C3 flare that occured previous to the reporting period. The greater than 10 MeV proton flux reached a maximum of 1 pfu at 16/0030 UTC. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit reached high levels on 16, 17, and 19 May and moderate levels on 18, 20-22 May. Geomagnetic field activity was mostly at quiet to unsettled levels from 16-20 May with an isolated period of active conditions on 17 May in response to a positive polarity coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS). G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm levels were observed during the 0600-0900 UTC synoptic period on 21 May due to influences from another positive polarity CH HSS. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 23 MAY - 18 JUNE 2016 Solar activity is expected to be very low (B-class flares) to low (C-class flares) levels throughout the outlook period. No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to reach high levels on 28-29 May, 01 Jun, 03-09 Jun, 12-13 Jun, and 18 Jun. Moderate flux levels are expected for the remainder of the outlook period. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to reach G2 (Moderate) geomagnetic storm levels on 04 Jun and G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm levels on 05 Jun due to the influence of a negative polarity CH HSS. Active geomagnetic levels are expected on 26 May, 30-31 May, 02-03 Jun, 06 Jun, 11-13 Jun, and 17-18 Jun due to various recurrent CH HSSs. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2016 May 23 0405 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 2016-05-23 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2016 May 23 95 10 3 2016 May 24 95 5 2 2016 May 25 95 5 2 2016 May 26 90 12 4 2016 May 27 85 10 3 2016 May 28 90 8 3 2016 May 29 90 5 2 2016 May 30 95 15 4 2016 May 31 95 12 4 2016 Jun 01 95 8 3 2016 Jun 02 95 15 4 2016 Jun 03 95 15 4 2016 Jun 04 90 35 6 2016 Jun 05 90 30 5 2016 Jun 06 90 15 4 2016 Jun 07 90 5 2 2016 Jun 08 95 5 2 2016 Jun 09 100 5 2 2016 Jun 10 100 5 2 2016 Jun 11 95 12 4 2016 Jun 12 95 12 4 2016 Jun 13 90 12 4 2016 Jun 14 90 8 3 2016 Jun 15 90 8 3 2016 Jun 16 90 5 2 2016 Jun 17 85 15 4 2016 Jun 18 85 12 4 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1827, DXLD) GLENN`S PROPAGATION OUTLOOK FOR MEDIA NETWORK PLUS AS OF MAY 26, 2016 From IPS in Australia, the global HF propagation forecast thru May 28: normal to fair at middle and high latitudes; normal at low latitudes. From Spaceweather South Africa, thru May 28: magnetic conditions unsettled to quiet, shortwave fadeouts unlikely, MUF unstable. From Met Office UK thru May 31: Solar activity is expected to continue at low or very low levels, radio blackouts very unlikely. RSGB reports: Night time critical frequencies are remaining higher, which is a signature of summer HF propagation. By June we may see 20 metres remaining open all night. Contacts via sporadic-E on 10m should be abundant. And I say: no doubt also on 6 metres. F K Janda in Prague says the Geomagnetic field will be: quiet on May 27, June 9 - 10 quiet to unsettled on May 28, June 1 - 2, 7 - 8, 11, quiet to active on May 29, 31, Jun 4 - 5, 12 - 13 active to disturbed on May 30, June 6 mostly quiet on June 3, 14 - 15 From SWPC in Boulder: Geomagnetic field activity is expected to reach G2 (Moderate) geomagnetic storm levels on June 4 with A and K indices peaking at 35 and 6. Lowest A`s and K`s of 5 and 2 only on May 29 and June 7-10. Solar flux rising from 85 May 27 to a peak of 100 June 9 and 10, down to 85 again by June 17. William Hepburn`s VHF UHF DX maps show extreme tropospheric ducting over east central Texas on May 28 and 29; off the southwest coast of Mexico May 28 and 31. All week around the Cape Verde Islands; May 27 to 31 off the coast of Angola; Extremely extreme all week all around the Arabian peninsula as far as Pakistan (via DXLD) ###