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Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1874 CONTENTS: *DX and station news about: Albania, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Canada, China, Cuba, Germany, India, Iran and non, Korea North, Kuwait, Lithuania non, Montenegro, Netherlands non, Pakistan, Puntland, South Africa, Turkey, USA, unidentified SHORTWAVE AIRINGS of WORLD OF RADIO 1874, April 20-26, 2017 Thu 2130 WRMI 11580 [confirmed] Thu 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed] Fri 2230 WRMI 5950 11580 [confirmed] Fri 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed] Sat 0630 HLR 6190-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 1431 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio [not confirmed] Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed] Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM Sun 1030 HLR 9485-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v-AM Area 51 Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 9455? Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 9455? Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB Wed 1030 WRMI 5850 9455? 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 ANOTHER PODCAST ALTERNATIVE, tnx to Keith Weston: http://feeds.feedburner.com/GlennHausersWorldOfRadio NOW tnx to Keith Weston, also Podcasts via iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/glenn-hausers-world-of-radio/id1123369861 AND via Google Play Music: http://bit.ly/worldofradio 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/ ** ABKHAZIA. The transmissions of the Abkhaz radio to the SV [?] of 1350 kHz are apparently extended and now sound from 1500 to 1650 (and sometimes to 1750) every day, from 0400 to 0500 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, and from 0500-0700 (it is possible and Later, here it fades completely) every day (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, RusDX 16 April via DXLD) ** ALASKA. Re: USCG Kodiak AK in DRM on 6850 --- Listened this morning 1600z on 8000 kHz. Nothing heard. :-( (George, NJ3H, Redmond OR, April 12, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST Of course, George, there's nothing to be heard, only visual decoding. 73, (Walt Salmaniw, BC, ibid.) Hi Walt, I thought they were broadcasting a DRM signal. Can you explain what I am missing? I saw nothing on the waterfall. Thanks. Regards, (George, NJ3H, Redmond, Oregon USA, Perseus SDR a, Elad FDM- S2 SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530AL-2 antenna, ibid.) George, that explains it. If you didn't see a 10 kHz wide band of "noise" on the waterfall, then either it wasn't on, or wasn't propagating. Keep trying for that picture on the waterfall. The USCG Kodiak is not broadcasting any audio. It's only a "visual" service. 73, (Walt, ibid.) Thanks, Walt. I will need to reread the info file that had the schedule in it. It appears there aren't many transmission times. All the best. Regards, (George, NJ3H, Redmond, Oregon USA, ibid.) http://mt-milcom.blogspot.com/2016/12/us-coast-guard-testing-drm-journaline.html Based on this schedule, the last 3 transmissions would have been inaudible at 1600 on 2450 and 5200 assuming a full daylight path between Alaska and you. You'd have to be pretty close to hear these. Looks like the next possibility would be at 1600 on 8 May on 12100 (Mike ka3jjz Agner, MD, dxldyg via DXLD) Thanks, Mike. The one I tried for was 12 Apr 1600z 8000 kHz. Regards, (George, NJ3H, ibid.) George, I find that the MUF often is too low. To support 8 MHz at that hour, so perhaps that's the reason. 73, (Walt, ibid.) ** ALBANIA. At 0840 UT on April 5th, very weak tiny signal noted in various remote SDR stations in Italy (Calabria, Rome, Forlì-Rimini, Genua, Riviera), Zakynthos island in Greece and Steiermark in Austria. Probably Fllakë with reduced power of estimated 50 kW, or only exciter power level?, on measured exact 1394.960 kHz. MW Fllakë will be kept on air for time being during April and May 2017. Radio Tirana, Fllakë, MW 1394.965 kHz at 0832 UT on April 8, S=5 or - 91 dBm remotedly in Steiermark Austria, on west Hungaria border. News from Albania: Radio Tirana Fllakë 500 kW will be s t i l l on air during April and May 2017, [...] and in June there are political election in Albania ... though (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Apr 5 / 8, BC-DX 14 April via WORLD OF RADIO 1874, DXLD) ** ANGOLA. 4949.73, R. Nacional Angola. Fair good signal at 0508 with W doing the news in Portuguese ending with headlines over fanfare music at 0513. M announcer briefly, then nice canned ID, and more canned announcements by M with mention of musica, internet, Angola, a website URL, and "voz popular". Good audio. 19 April. 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S and 153 foot Delta Loop, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** ANTARCTICA. 15476, LRA 36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, Base Esperanza, 1920-1945, 13-04, Latin American songs, Spanish, comments, female. Very weak, best on USB. 14321. Also heard 1809-1931, 14-04, Spanish, female, comments, songs. Very weak,, barely audible and only on USB. 14321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Log in Reinante and Lugo, Tecsun PL-880, Sangean ATS-909X, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Also heard from Netherlands SDR (ENE of Dokkum) at nice S-3 level with occasional swing to S-3+. Music at 1911 tune and ID by man at 1925, then into more music. Xmtr seems to have increased power as we weren’t hearing this as well 2-3 weeks ago. S-3 level through tune-out at 2001 but relatively high noise level at receiver site (Bruce Churchill, CA, April 14, ibid.) 15475.972 kHz, LRA36 Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel from Base Antártida Esperanza. Much poor S=3 signal, but could measure the signal string on screen. Today April 17, at 2015 UT, heard in western England near Liverpool remote site. Nothing on air from RAE Buenos Aires on 15345 kHz tonight [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 17, dxldyg via DEX LISTENING DIGEST) 15475.972 kHz LRA36 Argentine Antarctica, at 2008 UT 20170418. S=4-5 or -94dBm signal in western England, poor signal. listen on the box: https://app.box.com/s/boja6nlbvl6f6h0tiji0tr49ccs0a2s1 (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) ** ANTARCTICA [non]. Radio Nacional lanza un programa desde la Antártida 16/04/2017 https://gruporadioescuchaargentino.wordpress.com/2017/04/16/radio-nacional-lanza-un-programa-desde-la-antartida/ Por primera vez en su historia, Radio Nacional emite un programa en vivo para todo el país realizado desde en la Base Esperanza de la Antártida. Centrado en el día a día de la base, el programa se podrá escuchar a través de las 49 emisoras que Radio Nacional tiene en todo el país los sábados de 17 a 17:30. La emisora antártica vio la luz el 29 de octubre de 1979, pero hasta hoy se transmitía sólo por onda corta, por lo que nunca había sido escuchada en todo el país. El programa será conducido por Carla Fassio y Adriana Martínez, dos esposas de trabajadores de la base que se capacitaron especialmente para la ocasión en el Instituto Superior de Enseñanza Radiofónica (ISER), al igual que el programador Guillermo Mamani. Resultado de imagen para radio nacional arcangel san gabriel [capción] Durante el año, en la Base Esperanza viven 55 personas, entre civiles, científicos y militares. Entre ellos hay una médica, dos enfermeras, una odontóloga, dos docentes, doce niños, y un grupo de militares y científicos. Ahora sus historias podrán ser conocidas en todo el país. (Infobae) (via GRA blog via DXLD) ** ARGENTINA [non]. Re: RAE still on SW? I also check 15345 regularly here around 1800 and have noticed it`s been missing for some time. There were a few logs in BDXC Communication in December, but has anyone heard RAE on SW this year? 73s (Dave Kenny, England, April 13, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) They need a new final tube on shortwave transmitter; my last entry of RAE: ARGENTINA 15345.120 RAE Buenos Aires, distorted propagation tonight, only the signal string of S=4-5 on threshold level visible at 2005 UT on Dec 16 [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 16, 2016) (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) 11709.84, UT Sat April 15 at 0205, JBA carrier. Could it RAEATTW reactivated, ex-11710.7v? More likely a birdie on the R75 or unknown station. 11709.8, UT Sun April 16 at 0042, there is a JBA carrier again on the other rx, NRD-545, so less likely receiver-generated. Anyhow, we have it from Arnaldo Slaen to the DXLD yg that RAE is still off as of April 13: ``Unfortunately, RAE Argentina al Mundo, the new name of Argentine Broadcasting Abroad, has left the air on shortwave due to the rupture of a valve in its transmission equipment located in the transmitting plant of General Pacheco. The purchase of the valve necessary to return to the air has already been authorized but in practice it was not yet acquired. For now the station is only available on the internet and its programming can be heard live at http://www.radionacional.com.ar/rae-argentina-al-mundo/ 73 Arnaldo Slaen`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1874, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re Argentina: checked yesterday Sunday 16, at 20-21 UT the Sat / Sun Spanish portion of R Nacional Buenos Aires Spanish, but nothing could be heard on v15345 kHz. 73 wolfie (Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. Restoring Radio Australia's shortwave [SIC! this is NOT about Radio Australia at all --- gh] Wireless Institute of Australia April 16, 2017 Radio Australia's shortwave service may have gone off air in January but shortwave radio proponents say it's not dead yet. In fact SWLing.com say based in the sleepy little town of Innisfail in North Queensland a NEW SHORTWAVE SERVICE IS BEING DEVELOPED: In May 2017 Radio 4KZ Innisfail is said to commence transmission on 5055 kHz between 4 pm and about 9 am seven days a week running 1.5 Kw into an inverted V antenna and will be a full simulcast of commercial outlet 4KZ AM/FM. It [is] expected that the service will provide satisfactory coverage to remote areas of the Cape where there are no AM or FM services available. Al Kirton, General manager NQ Radio, known as VK4FFKZ [sic] on the ham bands, is the 'genius' behind this plan to bring radio again to the North of Australia. http://swling.com/blog/2017/04/radio-4kz-in-queensland-to-begin-broadcasting-on-shortwave http://www.wia.org.au/members/broadcast/wianews/display.php?file_id=wianews-2017-04-16 Posted by: (Mike Terry, April 14, dxldyg via DXLD) 4KZ: More info about Australia’s new shortwave broadcaster http://swling.com/blog/2017/04/4kz-more-info-about-australias-new-shortwave-broadcaster/ Many thanks to Al Kirton, the General Manager at NQ Radio, who has kindly shared a few more details about NQ Radio and, specifically, 4KZ: ``Hello Thomas, NQ Radio operates about 20 AM & FM transmitters in North Queensland, Australia. Our stations are 4KZ, 4AM, 4AY, KIK FM & KOOL FM. In a couple of months or so we will be establishing a 4KZ shortwave service on 5055 kHz with 1 kilowatt. The antenna is designed to give primary coverage from 200 km to 800 km from Innisfail. We suspect it will be heard with a low quality signal much further away. Sincerely, Al Kirton, General Manager`` Many thanks, Al! We’ll be listening! (via Bruce MacGibbon, WORLD OF RADIO 1874, DXLD) I believe Stefano was considering tinkering with DRM on his SW freq/s (Ian, shortwavesites yg via DXLD) Stefano, who??? (gh, DXLD) ** AUSTRIA. Radio DARC has announced plans to broadcast six programs during the 24th International Amateur Radio Union-Region 1/IARU-R1 Conference this Fall, Sept. 17-22 in Landshut, Germany as follows: 1730-1800 on 9790 MOS 100 kW / 090 deg to N/ME English Sun-Fri 1730-1800 on 13775 MOS 300 kW / 175 deg to SoAf English Sun-Fri 1800-1830 on 6070 MOS 100 kW / non-dir to CeEu English Sun-Fri 1800-1830 on 9540 MOS 100 kW / 270 deg to WeEu English Sun-Fri http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/radio-darc-has-announced-plans-to.html (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BAHRAIN. 9745, Radio Bahrain, Abu Hayan, 2340-2402. Talk in Arabic by a man and sometimes a woman. Middle Eastern vocal music at 2344. Very weak signal with moderate fading, above the noise 25% of the time, and then just slightly. Declining after 2355 to just a hint of audio with a man talking at 2400. Best 2346-2350 with a few fairly good fades up. Carrier plus USB with no LSB component. 4/12/2017 (Jim Evans, Germantown, TN, IC-R75, Perseus, Various Portables, Random Wire, Eavesdropper Dipole, W6LVP Loop, Wellbrook Loops, NASWA Flashsheet April 16 via WORLD OF RADIO 1874, DXLD) ** BRAZIL [non]. 11780, April 19 at 1348, JBA carrier; could RNA/RNB be back? No, scheduled this hour is CRI Myanmarianese via Kunming. I`ve ceased reporting non-logs of 6180 and this, but keep checking in case they ever recur (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 11856.099, R. Aparecida. Noticed that this has been way off frequency for at least the last 5 days. 0730 Rosary recital, then soft religious music at 0734, studio W program host in Portuguese at 0736, then Rosary again. Weak and QRMed from 11855. //9630.02 which wasn't much better. 28 March. 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S and 153 foot Delta Loop, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 15190, Rádio Inconfidência, Belo Horizonte, 1902-1920, 13- 04, Portuguese, comments, ID: "...ondas curtas de 49 metros, 6010 kHz, ondas curtas de 19 de 19 metros, 15190 kHz, emisora da Rede Inconfidência de Rádio, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil". 24322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Log in Reinante and Lugo, Tecsun PL-880, Sangean ATS-909X, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15190.035, Rádio Inconfidência, Belo Horizonte, MG, rather well signal strength noted at 20.28 UT, S=7-8 or -84dBm.[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 17, dxldyg via DXLD) ** BULGARIA [and non]. SECRETLAND, SPL The Global specialist for International Communications on shortwave and provided to you strong, clear and quality signal around the world: Brother HySTAIRical via SPL, day by day with different start/stop of broadcast: 1800-2030 on 9400 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs English, ex 1800-2000 1805-2030 on 11590 SCB 100 kW / 306 deg to WeEu English, ex 1800-2000 1835-2005 on 6000*SCB 050 kW / 126 deg to N/ME English, ex 1800-2000 * irregularly on air, probably cancelled, due to co-ch Adygeyan Radio 1800-1830 on 6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Ad/Ar/Tu Mon 1830-1900 on 6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Adygeyan Mon 1800-1900 on 6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Adygeyan Fri 1900-2000 on 6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Adygeyan Sun http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/brother-hystairical-via-spl-day-after.html (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5900, April 19 at 0112, VP signal but sure sounds like Brother Scare mentioning The Overcomer. 5890 WWCR not on yet, but similar talk on 5850 WRMI inbooming, not expected to match. Latest sked for Secretbrod I can find from Ivo Ivanov shows: ``SECRETLAND Reception of Brother HySTAIRical via SPL on March 25 1658-0200 5900 SCB 050 kW / 306 deg to WeEu English, not 1400-2400`` As I tune further on 49m, brief RF noise burst above the background level as my streetlite ignites at *0116; sky at sunset is not clear but cloudily colorful, officially 0108* tonight (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BULGARIA. SECRETLAND, Powerful signal of Mighty KBC Radio via SPL Secretbrod on April 15 1500-1600 on 9400 SCB 100 kW / 306 deg to WeEu The Giant Jukebox, plus 2nd harmonic 18800 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/powerful-signal-of-mighty-kbc-radio-via.html (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Strong, but it sounded also slightly overmodulated. Mighty volume is not the only blessing criterion. The "digital flowers" at 1530z were (however) not damaged: ;-) http://www.rhci-online.net/radiogram/VoA_Radiogram_2017-04-15.htm#KBC (roger thayer, germany, ibid.) ** BULGARIA. SECRETLAND, Powerful signal of From the Isle of Music via SPL, April 16: 1500-1600 9400 SCB 100 kW / 030 deg EaEu Eng/Spa, plus 2nd harmonic 18800 kHz http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/powerful-signal-of-from-isle-of-music.html Strong signal of "Bye, bye Sitkunai" via SCB on April 16 1601-1658 9400 SCB 100 kW / 306 deg WeEu English via SPL+2nd hx 18800 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/strong-signal-of-bye-bye-sitkunai-via.html (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. CHMJ-730 [Vancouver BC, 50 kW] has been semi-regular recently, perhaps DA out of whack? 73 (Tim Hall, Near San Diego, Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone, April 14, ABDX via DXLD) There was a fire at the CHMJ transmitter site last July. There were reports that it was on an emergency antenna, which might mean nondirectional. I've tried to figure out how to look up stations on the CRTC website but gave up. I've heard it since the fire but never had before. Sent from my iPad (Dennis Gibson, CA, ibid.) CHMJ was reported in the upper Midwest to Eastern Ontario one morning. My guess it's outta whack (Todd Skaine, MN, ibid.) ** CANADA [and non]. 1650, CINA, Mississauga, Ontario. 0901 UT April 15, 2017. Briefly up with subcont-Bollywood-ish vocal, otherwise all XEARZ ZEr Radio insrtumentals and WHKT. No luck with CJRS, as all my other fellow Floridian DXers can hear (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. No Signal from CHU Canada --- After observing no signals from CHU on 3330 kHz SSB, I sent an email to OM Bill Hoover, who usually verifies QSLs. Here is his reply (Jawahar Shaikh, Chennai, India, April 15, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: Hello Jawahar, Thank you for your interest in our radio station. For more information about our time services please see http:/www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/services/time/short_wave.html We have had an equipment failure with our 3330 kHz antenna system. Bad weather has delayed the repairs. We hope to have the system back in operation very soon. The other two CHU frequencies, 7850 and 14670 kHz are both operating normally. Regards, Bill Hoger, Research Council Officer, Measurement Science and Standards, NRC Canada, April 13 (retyped from jpg by gh for WORLD OF RADIO 1874, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Thanks, Previously they said the ground was frozen over the antenna feed line. Should be thawing before long. 3330 must be a tough catch for you way over there (Glenn to Jawahar, April 18, via DXLD) ** CANADA. 6030, CFVP, Calgary, AB domestic broadcast in English, April 15, 2017, 1445–1503. Weak signal, but readable, better on outside antenna and RX-340. Stand-up comedy routines, one after another. ID as “Calgary’s Favorite Radio Station.” Slight QSB, significant QRN (Vince Henley, Anacortes, WA. Equipment currently in use: Tecsun PL-380, JRC NRD-525, Drake R8B, Sony ICF-2010, Ten-Tec RX- 340. Antennas are half-meter whip on PL-380, 1.2 meter whip on ICF- 2010, and Alpha-Delta DX-Ultra installed broadside east-west, NASWA Flashsheet April 16 via DXLD) ** CANADA [non]. Updated summer A17 of Bible Voice Broadcasting via Media Broadcast&BaBcoCk http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/more-unscheduled-transmissions-of.html (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHILE. 5825, R. TRIUNFAL EVANGELICA. Abril 14. 2213-2229 UT. Espacio con música evangélica pentecostal ochentera. SINPO: 45454. 5825, R. TRIUNFAL EVANGELICA. Abril 15. 2215-2230 UT. Música pentecostal de los años 80 y 90. A las 2227, la emisora se identifica con datos de contacto. Y luego continúa el espacio musical. SINPO: 55454 con ruido ambiental permanente (Claudio Galaz, RX: TECSUN PL 660; ANT: Hilo de 80 metros de largo, QTH: Barraza Bajo, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** CHINA. 5910, China Radio Int’l in (presumed) Filipino with ID at 1154 mentioning frequencies and times. BEFORE this was something that for all the world sounded like a church service in some pigeon [sic] language with LOTS of English thrown in, then segued into oriental music & this ID popped in with a clear "Radio Int’l de China" in pretty clear Spanish, and the frequencies & times were using ENGLISH numbers. Most odd. 3+5443+ (ALMOST O=4) 1153-1156* 9/Apr SPR4 (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Brighton MI DX-pedition, MARE Tipsheet 14 April via DXLD) ** CHINA. 6180, CNR1 at 1103 in Mandarin jamming RTI in Mandarin with a woman with excited talk – Very Good Apr 14 Coady-ON 7300, CNR1 at 1111 // 6180 in Mandarin jamming RTI in Mandarin with a man and woman with excited talk – Poor and noisy Apr 14 Coady-ON 11785, CNR1 at 1156 // 11845 and 11915 in Mandarin jamming the VOA in Mandarin via Thailand with a man with talk and into female vocals – Fair to Good Apr 14 Coady-ON 11845, CNR1 at 1154 // 11915 in Mandarin jamming AIR in Mandarin with a man and woman with excited talk – Fair to Good Apr 14 Coady-ON 11915, CNR1 at 1151 in Mandarin jamming RTI in Mandarin with a man with excited talk – Weak but audible Apr 14 (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA yg via DXLD) ** CHINA [and non]. 15110, April 19 at 1357, a very wobbly carrier gets our attention, unlike all other weak signals on 19m. Probably Doppler flutter caused by unstable ionosphere rather than transmission defect. Scheduled is VOA Chinese via THAILAND, and consequently ChiCom *jamming. Still wobbling but weaker after 1400, when the site changes to PHILIPPINES for another hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. Summer A-17 registered frequencies of CNR-1 in DRM mode: 0100-0900 on 11695 QIQ 150 kQ / 220 deg to EaAs Chinese, inactive 0100-0900 on 15580 DOF 030 kW / 016 deg to EaAs Chinese, inactive 0100-0900 on 17800 DOF 030 kW / 016 deg to EaAs Chinese, inactive http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/summer-17-registered-frequencies-of-cnr.html (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, April 19, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1874, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** COLOMBIA. 5910.05, April 14 at 0457, Alcaraván Radio is S9+20 of dead air, still so at 0546. 5910, April 15 at 0435, no signal from Alcaraván Radio, HJDH (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5910.02, R. Alcaraván [sic], 0520 nice canned ID/promo between lively LA songs. Really good signal. (Valko 18 April) 6010.14, LV de tu Conciencia, 0522 end of song "Heatwave" and into soft LA song. 0524 canned ID by W between songs. 0534 slow banjo version of the Christmas song "Silver Bells"!! 18 April, 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S and 153 foot Delta Loop, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** CUBA. 6060 // 6100 // 6000, April 14 at 1240, RHC Spanish now on all these 49m channels in the morning, the first two having been regulars only at night until this week. Also // 9640 and 9535, but no 9820 or 9850. 15230, April 16 at 0045, this RHC is still propagating altho much weaker than // 13740 in Spanish, and 15230 modulation is suptorted. 6145, April 16 at 0057 I am monitoring for the dreaded collision by RHC and The Mighty KBC, which has already been on 6145 for months at 00-02 UT Sundays only, but RHC moved here from 6165 as of April 10. The other RHC English frequency, 6000, is already on with OC at 0058, S9+35. But still no carrier on 6145 --- guess what, at 0059, I find that RHC is back on 6165 with OC, jazz prélude, 0100 sign-on, and now find // 6000 is just barely modulated. So Arnie must have been made aware of the pending conflict, and temporarily went back to old frequency. By next check 0328, it`s back on 6145. Kudos to Arnie for being considerate of another station. Maybe will do the same next two Sundays if KBC stay on 6145 for its weekly bihour. Failed attempts to hear the third airing of RHC`s weekly Esperanto service, with contradictory schedules, Sunday April 16: 15730, April 16 at 2231, is OFF, nor heard at all later. Supposed to be 2230-2430 in French (Esperanto Sunday), Creole, Portuguese, Quechua via Bejucal site; and not audible on ex-17730 either. Still on in Spanish with Filatelia show are 15370, 11760, 13740. One of the transmitters may be down, as 15730 has been confirmed previous days. ALSO missing is 11880, which is supposed to start at 2200 in French, 2230 Portuguese, 2300 English. Another transmitter down? 15370, April 16 at 2231, RHC in Spanish, 2258-2300+ continues past hourtop in talk during music show, but chopped off at 2301*. As European service is scheduled to end at 2300, but why is there not a clean break between programs? 11880, April 16 at 2258, still no signal here but *2302 with VG open carrier. As if it`s the same transmitter which just stopped on 15370. Now supposed to be an hour in English, which has started on 5040 but that is only poor here this early. 11880 remains dead air until at 2306.5 it suddenly cuts on --- in Spanish, not English! Still no English at 2332 recheck, just on 5040. Also in Spanish (not English or Esperanto or anything else) at 2302 April 16 are 15230, 11760, 13740, 11670, 11840, and 9535 with Chinese CCI which should now be IBB Kuwait and/or jamming rather than MWV Madagascar. One RHC version shows Esperanto at 2300 Sunday on 5040, replacing the first half of English: NOT. 5040, UT Monday April 17 at 0002, RHC in Creole, NOT Esperanto, as another schedule version alleges (and 11880 is now off). So still AWOL. La podkasto for 16.04 isn`t up yet at http://radiohc.cu/eo so I try to listen to the 09.04 opening schedule announcement, but it doesn`t want to play. Anyhow, the Esperantists in the studio are last to know the true scheduling for their own broadcasts (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1874, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15140, April 18 at 1910, no signal from RHC English, normally the SSOB at this hour, while 15520 & 15390 Spain are audible poorly; not rechecked until 1957 wrapup when 15140 is on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) More A-17 frequency changes of Radio Habana Cuba from Apr 9: 1100-1200 13670 BEJ 050 kW / 135 deg SoAm Spanish, ex 9640 A-16 1100-1300 6100 BAU 100 kW / 340 deg WNAm Spanish, ex 9850 A-16 1100-1400 6060 BAU 100 kW / 010 deg ENAm Spanish, ex 9710 A-16 0100-0700 6145 BAU 100 kW / 340 deg WNAm English, ex 6165 A-16 2100-0400 7340 BEJ 050 kW / 110 deg SoAm Spanish, ex 9710 A-16 2230-2300 15730 BEJ 050 kW / 135 deg SoAm French Mon-Sat, x 17730 A-16 2230-2300 15730 BEJ 050 kW / 135 deg SoAm Esperanto Sun, ex 17730 A-16 2300-2330 15730 BEJ 050 kW / 135 deg SoAm Creole, ex 17730 A-16 2330-2400 15730 BEJ 050 kW / 135 deg SoAm Portuguese, ex 17730 A-16 0000-0030 15730 BEJ 050 kW / 135 deg SoAm Quechua, ex 17730 A-16 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/more-17-frequency-changes-of-radio.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #1003 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, April 18, 2017 via DXLD) ** CUBA. Re spy numbers and digital modes: Glenn, The info about the software, and its use by HM01 is here: http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/eni.htm Regards, (Vince Ferme, Ottawa, ON, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. See USA: 1640 log ** EAST TURKISTAN. Dear DX-friends, After my return from the cruise in Africa and Asia, I am now back in Skovlunde, where I again listen on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire. Please note that the Xinjiang stations in a couple of weeks will change to summer frequencies. 3950.00, 0015-0025 18.4, CHN, Xinjiang PBS, Urumqi. Chinese talk, musical interlude 35233 // 5060 (33233 CWQRM) and 5960 (45444) APDNK 3990.00, 0025-0030 18.4, CHN, Xinjiang PBS, Urumqi. Uighur ann, local string music, talk 35333 // 4980 (25222), 6120 (35333) and 7205 (25222) APDNK 4500.00, 0040-0045 18.4, CHN, Xinjiang PBS, Urumqi. Mongolian talk 35233 // 6190 (35333) APDNK 4850.00, 0057-0100 18.4, CHN, Xinjiang PBS, Urumqi. Kazakh talk 25222 APDNK (Anker Petersen, April 18, WBradio yg via DXLD) ** ECUADOR. 6050. HCJB. Abril 15. 0210-0225 UT. Avisos de la emisora y luego espacio de música cristiana contemporánea en español e inglés. A las 0220, pequeñas lecturas bíblicas y microprograma “palabras de aliento” con testimonios de misioneros cristianos. SINPO: 55454 (Claudio Galaz, RX: TECSUN PL 660; ANT: Hilo de 80 metros de largo, QTH: Barraza Bajo, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** EGYPT. 9800, Radio Cairo at 2206 with female Middle Eastern vocals – Strong signal but very low level audio Apr 12 – At least the audio wasn’t the muffled stuff we are used to (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre- fed dipoles, ODXA yg via DXLD) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. SECRETLAND, IRRS Radio Warra Wangeelaa-ti via SPL on April 15: 1500-1506 on 15515 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to EaAf open carrier/dead air, 1506-1530 on 15515 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Oromo Sat, good signal http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/reception-of-irrs-radio-warra-wangeelaa.html (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. 3985 - R. 700, Kall , Germany 0042 18 April 2017 - Signal fair and readable at peaks playing what sounds like some pretty sappy pop ballads, Barry Manilow? Brief ham QRM but maintaining pretty steady signal level. Verified audio with web site. Some of the best audio I have had from them in quite a while. Now into Beatles song, much better. Ham net, 75 meter stateside net, coming up on adjacent frequency covering audio at 0100 (Stephen Wood, Harwich, Mass., dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1874, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. Weak signal of Radio der Dokumenta 14 via Shortwaveservice on April 13: 1000-1200 on 15560 KLL 001 kW / non-dir to CeEu Greek/English from April 8 to April 27 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2017/04/weak-signal-of-radio-der-dokumenta-14.html (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) [Earlier version?] Poor signal of R. Der Dokumenta 14 via Shortwaveservice, April 13 1000-1200 on 15560 KLL 001 kW / non-dir to CeEu unknown lang/English April 8-27 1500-1700 on 15560 KLL 001 kW / non-dir to CeEu April 8-27-but nothing April 13 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/poor-signal-of-radio-der-dokumenta-14.html Radio der Dokumenta 14 via Shortwaveservice, April 15 1000-1200 on 15560 KLL 001 kW / non-dir to CeEu English, very weak: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/radio-der-dokumenta-14-via.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #1003 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, April 18, 2017 via DXLD) RNW Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep back on air for one day on April 15 1200-1500 on 15560 KLL 001 kW / non-dir to CeEu Dutch via Shortwaveservice, very poor http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/radio-netherlands-wereldomroep-back-on.html (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. Reception of Radio Waves International via Channel 292 1000-1100 on 6070 ROB 025 kW / non-dir to CeEu En/Ge/Sp Mon April 17 //frequency 6235.2 unknown tx / unknown to CeEu visible on SDR Twente http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/reception-of-radio-waves-international.html (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY [and non]. Radio DARC to Cover IARU Region 1 General Conference on Shortwave this Fall from http://www.arrl.org/news/radio-darc-to-cover-iaru-region-1-general-conference-on-shortwave-this-fall ---------------------------------------------------------- 04/13/2017 --- Radio DARC — the shortwave broadcast program of the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club in Germany (DARC) — has announced plans to broadcast six programs during the 24th International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 (IARU-R1) Conference, September 16-22 in Landshut, Germany. IARU Region 1 includes Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Northern Asia. Rainer Englert, DF2NU, of Radio DARC said the broadcasts from the conference, in English, will keep the IARU Region 1 ham radio audience up to date with news and background reports. “Although targeted to IARU Region 1, the transmissions are likely to be heard in North America, too, as 2,000 kW EIRP from a log periodic antenna will be used for the Western European beam in the 31-meter broadcast band,” Englert said. Radio DARC is the weekly magazine of the German Amateur Radio Club for radio amateurs and shortwave listeners, with three broadcasts on 6,070 kHz for Europe. Typical programs contain DX news, technical features, and reports from the DARC, as well as commentary, propagation forecasts and music from the 1970s and 1980s. After the discontinuation of Deutsche Welle and other shortwave broadcasters, the weekly DARC program is one of the few remaining from Germany. “Several transmitters of up to 300 kW and three shortwave bands will be used to allow reception in different target regions of the world,” Englert said. In 2015, a group of radio amateurs in Germany obtained a license to broadcast on the 49-meter band after German national broadcaster Deutsche Welle closed down a 500 kW shortwave broadcast transmitter near Munich. Using parts scavenged from the Deutsche Welle site, the ham group built up its own 10 kW transmitter and launched Channel 292. The Austrian Broadcasting Transmitters Corporation (ORS) near Vienna is a broadcast partner for the IARU R1 General Conference, and broadcasts covering that event will air via ORS and Channel 292 transmitters. Preliminary Schedule: Sunday, September 17 through Friday, September 22, 2017 1730-1800 UT: 13775 kHz 300 kW for Africa 1730-1800 UT: 9790 kHz 100 kW for eastern Europe/Russia/ Middle East 1800-1830 UT: 6070 kHz 100 kW for central, northern, southern Europe 1800-1830 UT: 9540 kHz 100 kW for western Europe (via Jose Jacob, India, dxldyg via DXLD) See also AUSTRIA Someone please remind us a week or two before then (gh, DXLD) ** GERMANY [and non]. Hi Glenn and Kim, perhaps you have any information about this, just published? http://www.nprberlin.de/post/note-npr-berlin-1041-fm#stream/0 Obviously they have coordinated with MABB to go public at the same moment: http://mabb.de/uber-die-mabb/presse/pressemitteilungen-details/ausschreibung-der-von-npr-berlin-genutzten-ukw-frequenz-1041-mhz.html What's remarkable is that the actual invitation of applications is completely unconditional, thus raises the impression that this may end up in no NPR programming being relayed in Berlin anymore: http://www.mabb.de/files/content/document/REGULIERUNG/Ausschreibungen/Ausschreibungstext_UKW_Berlin_104_1.pdf Weasel wording like "NPR anticipates working with that local organization" only increases this impression further. All the best, (Kai Ludwig, Germany, April 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: A Note From NPR Berlin 104,1 FM By NPR Berlin Staff • Apr 13, 2017 Tweet Share Google+ Email Today we’re sharing the news that NPR is shifting its role with NPR Berlin. At NPR Berlin, NPR is currently both the content provider and the station operator. This is the only station NPR operates anywhere in the world and going forward NPR would like to focus its efforts in Berlin solely as a content provider. We anticipate this change will go into effect on July 31. This approach opens the door for a locally-owned entity to run the station. Over the next few months, the Media Authority of Berlin- Brandenburg (MABB) – the equivalent of the FCC in the Berlin- Brandenburg region of Germany – will accept and consider applications to operate the Berlin FM frequency. Once a new operator has been selected, NPR anticipates working with that local organization to continue to deliver our signature NPR programming to listeners in Berlin, a metropolitan area of approximately 4 million people. NPR Berlin launched on April 1, 2006, to serve Berlin’s English- speaking community, including international business people, diplomats, students, and tourists. The station carries programming including Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Here & Now as well as Fresh Air, On Point and 1A. Over the past decade, the station has built a loyal and passionate audience, and we look forward to finding new ways to continue to serve them. We look forward to this new chapter in our relationship with listeners in Berlin (via Kai Ludwig, DXLD) ** GREECE. Voice of Greece on 9420 and 9935 kHz on April 12: till 0700 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek*tx#3 till 0700 on 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek*tx#1 * incl.news in Arabic/Serbian 0652-0658 & off at 0700 UT! http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/voice-of-greece-on-9420-and-9935-khz-on_12.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #1003 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, April 18, 2017 via DXLD) Voice of Greece on 9420 and 9935 kHz on April 15: 0558&0758 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek tx#3 0558&0758 on 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek tx#1 Relay special Holy Saturday liturgy and off air at 0810UT. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/voice-of-greece-relay-holy-saturday.html (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of Greece, Easter Vigil -- 16 April --- With all the listening / recording going on during the Easter weekend, I forgot to report that Voice of Greece carried the Orthodox Easter Vigil service from the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens under the leadership of the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymos II. Excellent reception here in NB on 9420 kHz. Caught the last half hour or so starting at about 2030 UT or 23:30 Eastern European Summer Time. Following the service, there was regular music programming from ERT's Second Program (Deftero Programma), announced as being on 103.7, the FM channel for the Athens area (-- Richard Langley, NB, April 20, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUATEMALA. 4055, Radio Verdad, Chiquimula, 0545-0620*, 14-04, English, religious comments and songs, ID in several languages, anthem and close. 14321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Log in Reinante and Lugo, Tecsun PL-880, Sangean ATS-909X, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Like Japanese, Italian, Swedish (gh) 4055, April 17 at 0414, R. Verdad is still on with music, not NA. Thought they would be off by now on a UT Monday, instead of -0610v* othernights (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. Again unscheduled English broadcast of All India Radio, April 14 1315-1415 11560 BGL 500 kW / 325 deg to WeAs Dari, as scheduled A17 & 1415-1530 11560 BGL 500 kW / 325 deg to WeAs Pashto, as scheduled A17 1530-1545 11560 BGL 500 kW / 325 deg to WeAs English, unscheduled px: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/again-unscheduled-english-broadcast-of.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #1003 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, April 18, 2017 via WORLD OF RADIO 1874, DXLD) ** INDIA. AIR SW station updates --- AIR Thiruvanthapuram 5010, 7290 off air for about 1 week now. (Last week AWR Wavescan had a Station Profile on this station!) Radio Kashmir Srinagar noted with stronger signals than before on 4950 in evenings/night. AIR Gangtok 4835 noted with extended transmission hours lately. They now sign off at 1700 UT (ex 1600/1615). AIR Aizawl not heard lately on 5050. Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India Mobile: +91 94416 96043, http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos April 18, dx_india yg via DXLD) ** IRAN. 9785, V of Justice s/off in French with interval tune & French IDs to s/off. 35454 1927-1929* 8/Apr SPR4 + wire (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Brighton MI DX-pedition, MARE Tipsheet 14 April via DXLD) ?? Did you hear them say Voice of Justice, Voix de la Justice??? We thought that name was applied only to the currently dormant on SW English hour to North America (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9810, VoIRI with English news understandably fixating on the Syrian bombing & general situation there. Apparently Iran is ticked off at everyone but ESPECIALLY the US & Russia over what is going on in Syria. Apparently they provide ‘equal opportunity pissed-offedness’! In well -- too bad this time is generally poor for scheduling a listening & they’ve dropped the North American targeted stuff. Went away to finish erecting the antenna (it was just a coil of wire by the cabin as I was listening!) & still in well by the time I had finished & recuperated enough to recheck at 2015 when they were signing off in English with VoIRI ID & Ident tune, then Spanish. 454+44 and up to 454+44 on recheck. 1932-1945 7/Apr SPR-4 w/Non-random coil 500’ wire antenna! :) (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Brighton MI DX-pedition, MARE Tipsheet 14 April via WORLD OF RADIO 1874, DXLD) 9825, April 16 at 0340 check, no signal from VIRI, ``Voice of Justice`` to North America as now registered from 0323 for A-17; the // 9420 has a JBA carrier but likely Greece (as Iran always plans to collide with at least one other station during this service). Both are for Kamalabad site, the one which closed several months ago but continues to be registered, so is it coming back? Maybe only that is preventing the VOJ from existing (as well as several other English broadcasts except for the 1920 one which some are hearing on 9810 via Sirjan) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) A-17 English schedule of PARS TODAY / VIRI IRIB: 1523-1620 on 11830 SIR 500 kW / 102 deg to SEAs English 1923-2020 on 9800 SIR 500 kW / 216 deg to SoAf English 1923-2020 on 9810 SIR 500 kW / 313 deg to WeEu English The station used txs only via Ahwaz, Sirjan and Zahedan Transmitters in Kamalabad is not on air from A16 period All registered frequencies in HFCC as KAM, are inactive Summer A-17 schedule of PARS TODAY / VIRI IRIB is here: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/summer-17-english-schedule-of-pars.html (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1874, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN [non]. Sedoye Mardo, former Sedoye Bahar via BaBcoCk Grigoriopol, April 13: 1700-1730 7530 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg Farsi Thu/Fri Voice of Men, good http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/sedoye-mardo-former-sedoye-bahar-via.html (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1874, DX LISTENING DIGEST) An obscure service. Here`s what WRTH 2017 says about it in the target/clandestine sexion: Radio Sedaye Bahar, based in USA http://sedayebahar.com or http://voiceofspring.com calls itself ``Iran Prisoner Radio`` and aims at inmates in Iranian prisons. On SW since April 2016. No address, but phone number 1 209 210 2072; AC 209 is around Stockton, California. Had been 1900-1930 Thu & Fri on 7510 KCH. We thought original name Voice of Spring referred to the Iranian new year, but hardly applicable beyond then. Perhaps ``spring`` in the sense of springing prisoners out (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1874, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ITALY [and non]. 15000/RCUSB, ItalCable Time station with classical music bits (Wagner) as well as digital trill. pips to ToH then Italian minute announcement after ToM then more music. How geeky are we that hearing Italy, Colorado & Hawaii all at the same time and on the same frequency is 'exciting' and a highlight of the weekend? :) 2005-2016 8/Apr. In fair using the SPR-4 + 500' randomwire, USB helped (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Brighton MI DX-pedition, MARE Tipsheet 14 April via DXLD) ** JAPAN [non]. 6165, April 14 at 0454, JBA carrier in S8 local noise level. Must be NHK Russian via GERMANY as now scheduled 0430-0500, ex- Lithuania on 5910. Now in the clear with Cuba`s move to 6145. More useful for us on 6165 could be Turkey in English at 0300-0345v, 138 degrees from Emirler, // 9515, 325 for North America --- but if 9 MHz is not propagating well, maybe 6 MHz will be, even tho aimed oppositewards. Now if only CHAD would reactivate on 6165! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9710, NHK World via Santa Maria de Galleria with English news re Trump/Xi meeting in Florida re the US/China '100 day plan' to re- balance trade. ID at 1937 as NHK World Radio Japan. Then item re Stockholm truck crash & at 1239 another ID into "Music Journey" with music from a SW Prefecture of Japan (Kumamoto) and mention of some of its attractions such as Kumamoto Castle as well as music from the region. This ran the gamut from Japanese "crash & bang firedrake" stuff to Coatsworth and Wolfish and Punk Rock inspired ballads. Some ODD stuff! Sked at 1958 and off with pips. Fair to good 1932-1959* 8/Apr SPR4 + wire (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Brighton MI DX-pedition, MARE Tipsheet 14 April via DXLD) ** JAPAN. NHK World Radio Japan to broadcast Disaster Preparedness Programme in 17 Languages --- Friday 14 Apr 2017 NHK’s international radio service, NHK WORLD RADIO JAPAN, offers a monthly program, BOSAI (Disaster Preparedness), starting in April. The broadcasts are designed to share lessons learned from earthquakes, typhoons, and tsunami in Japan. The program will introduce overseas listeners to basic knowledge such as anticipating earthquakes and flood countermeasure as well as other activities that have saved lives and reduced damage in Japan. These include evacuation drills, risk reduction education, and mutual self- help. The April edition is How Should Evacuation Centers Be Run? - Lessons of the Kumamoto Earthquake. It presents examples of earthquake- affected people performing key roles in disaster areas by providing support to evacuees. At Kumamoto University, for example, nursing students provided nursing services. Students from overseas helped people from other countries. Sports teams provided night-time security, and students specialising in sports and wellness helped evacuees maintain their physical fitness. Experts add to the program with their perspectives on the significance of evacuees running shelters for themselves. Each broadcast will include a segment, hosted by Keio University’s Associate Professor Satoko Oki, a specialist in seismology and disaster preparedness education. She answers questions such as how fast a tsunami travels and what happens if you’re in an elevator when an earthquake strikes. http://www.abu.org.my/Latest_News-@-NHK_World_Radio_Japan_to_broadcast_Disaster_Preparedness_Programme_in_17_Languages.aspx (via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, 14 April 2017, DXLD) This PR obviously isn`t for ANYONE WHO MIGHT ACTUALLY WANT TO LISTEN TO IT, since it doesn`t bother to give any dates, times or frequencies! (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) ** KOREA NORTH. Noticed on Twitter that fellow DXer and Finnish broadcaster, Mika Mäkeläinen is in North Korea, on invitation from the North Korean authorities. Our own CBC reporter, Sasha Petrovic is also there and reporting. Some interesting photos and videos attributed to Mika, found here: https://twitter.com/i/moments/853874010563719168 73 (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, 0457 UT April 18, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) more stuff FYI 73 wb ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2017 Subject: Day of the Sun http://www.dprktoday.com/index.php?type=22&no=9511 http://www.dprktoday.com/index.php?type=42&no=9843 http://www.dprktoday.com/index.php?type=25&no=9515 http://www.dprktoday.com/index.php?type=24&no=9516 https://vorortanleitungen.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/170416-rs-02-kim-il-sung-tag-der-sonne-kim-jong-un-genosse-kim-jong-un-besuchte-den-sonnenpalast-kumsusan.pdf https://vorortanleitungen.wordpress.com/2017/04/16/genosse-kim-jong-un-wohnte-zum-tag-der-sonne-der-militaerparade-und-der-massendemonstration-der-stadt-pyongyang-bei https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7o5tmKq5Jg https://vorortanleitungen.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/170416-rs-01-kim-jong-un-genosse-kim-jong-un-wohnte-der-militc3a4rparade-und-der-massendemonstration-der-stadt-pyongyang-bei-ec9c84eb8c80ed959c-ec8898eba0b9-eab980.pdf https://vorortanleitungen.wordpress.com/2017/04/15/zentrale-veranstaltung-in-pyongyang-zum-105-geburtstag-von-kim-il-sung http://www.dprktoday.com/index.php?type=22&no=9503 https://vorortanleitungen.wordpress.com/2017/04/14/genosse-kim-jong-un-weihte-die-ryomyong-strasse-feierlich-ein https://vorortanleitungen.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/150415-rs-02-kim-jong-un-eca1b0ec84a0ec9db8ebafbceab5b0-ecb59ceab3a0ec82aceba0b9eab480-eab980eca095ec9d80eb8f99eca780eabb98ec849c-ed839c.pdf http://www.dprktoday.com/index.php?type=22&no=9482 (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) ** KOREA NORTH. 11680. KCBS. Abril 14. 2138-2149 UT. Marchas militares y declaraciones sobre el ejército en idioma coreano. SINPO: 45444. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBGo6SAwKLs 13760. VOK. Abril 14. 0538-0627 UT. Servicio en español. Noticias sobre las actividades del Mariscal Kim Jong Un, tales como la participación en actividades del Ejército Popular, la observación de la competición de las fuerzas especiales, junto a noticias sobre la preparación de la celebración del natalicio 105 de Kim Il Sung o “día del Sol”. Luego se dan a conocer informaciones de la Asamblea Popular Suprema, de las actividades culturales realizadas por el Comité Central del Partido, junto al recibimiento de delegaciones internacionales como la proveniente del Partido del Trabajo de México, entre otras. Luego saludos internacionales desde Laos, Japón, China y naciones africanas. A las 06, espacio musical con marchas militares y de canciones interpretadas por coros femeninos, incluso parte de una canción se interpreta en castellano. Luego se emite un popurrí de marchas militares instrumentales hasta las 0627, cuando se da finalizado el servicio en español. SINPO: 45343, mejora la señal a partir de las 0611 a SINPO: 55444 // 11735 SINPO: 45333, a partir de las 0607 con SINPO: 45454 // 15180, ¿Mala propagación o fuera del aire? 15180. VOK. Abril 15. 0330- 0426 UTC. Servicio en español. Himno norcoreano, canción del General Kim Il Sung y el General Kim Jong Il. A las 0338, se entregan informaciones acerca de la celebración del natalicio número 105 de Kim Il Sung y de las celebraciones asociadas al “Día del Sol” tales como saludos, discursos, actividades del Ejército Popular. El saludo de proporcionado por Kim Jong Un y del envío de ayuda a la asociación de coreanos en el Japón. Luego se emiten los saludos desde el extranjero, especialmente desde Palestina, Japón, Ecuador, Brasil y diversos países africanos. Posteriormente, se anuncia la publicación de la versión aumentada del tomo I de las Obras Completas de Kim Il Sung, por parte de la editorial del Partido del Trabajo de Corea, junto a otras publicaciones en torno a la Idea Juche. Luego, se alude a las declaraciones de la Asociación de coreanos en Japón, sindicatos y del Partido del Trabajo de Corea. A las 0400, se habla de las actividades culturales, ceremonias inaugurales de obras públicas, saludos de partidos a nivel mundial y grupos de estudios de la idea Juche dados durante el día 13 de abril. Luego se emite el saludo de la delegación de coreanos provenientes de Alemania, China y de aquellos participantes de la lucha anti japonesa. A las 0410, se lee una declaración acerca Donald Trump y sus provocaciones a Norcorea, luego se lee otra declaración de una organización sobre la reunificación de Corea y que denuncia a la presidencia de Surcorea de un saboteo continuo. Posteriormente, se dan informaciones acerca de los últimos sucesos en Siria hasta 0422, cuando se pasa a un breve espacio musical hasta las 0425, cuando se despide el servicio. SINPO: 55444 // 13760 SINPO: 55454 // 11735 SINPO: 45444. 15180. VOK. Abril 15. 0330- 0426 UT. Servicio en español. Himno norcoreano, canción del General Kim Il Sung y el General Kim Jong Il. A las 0338, se lee un artículo acerca del legado de Kim Il Sung, la idea Juche y de la reunificación de la patria coreana. A las 0344, se informa de los asensos dentro del Ejército Popular, del legado de la carta revolucionaria del Juche, así como de saludos desde Japón, China, el Partido del Trabajo de México presidido por Alberto Anaya, el Instituto Internacional de la Idea Juche, junto con varios grupos de estudio de la Idea Juche y Asociaciones de amistad con Corea, conjuntamente con las delegaciones presentes. Luego, se realiza una descripción de las ceremonias de presentaciones de cestos de flores, que han sido depositados frente a las estatuas de los líderes, las actividades realizadas por las organizaciones campesinas y por la Unión Juvenil como celebración del Día del Sol. También, se incluye una descripción de las actividades realizadas en la Universidad Kim Il Sung y la emisión de nuevos sellos postales conmemorativos. Posteriormente, se informa de la celebración del día del Sol en una fábrica metalúrgica en Rusia. Luego, noticias acerca de las delegaciones extranjeras presentes en el país y de sus reuniones con el Comité Central del Partido del Trabajo de Corea. A las 0408 se emiten marchas militares como: “Oda al General Kim Jong Un”, se lee una reflexión sobre el Día del Sol, una reseña de la vida del General Kim Il Sung y de las actividades conmemorativas realizadas en su casa natal. A las 0418, se lee un artículo del Instituto Internacional de la Idea Juche que recuerda las declaraciones de expresidentes sobre la figura histórica de Kim Il Sung. A las 0420, se lee un artículo de un periódico mexicano acerca de Kim Il Sung. A las 0423, se despide el programa especial, se lee la letra de la canción: “Cantemos al día del sol” y luego se escucha el tema musical de modo integral. A las 0426 se despide el servicio en español. SINPO: 45444 // 11735 SINPO: 45444 // 13760 SINPO: 55444 con leve ruido ambiental (Claudio Galaz, RX: TECSUN PL 660; ANT: Hilo de 80 metros de largo, QTH: Barraza Bajo, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) Voice Of Korea, 13760, 0430 to 0530 UT, English to "Latin America", S9+40 with a Tecsun PL880 and Wellbrook ALA1530LNP in Alaska. SINPO: 66666. 11735, 13760 and 15180 are all in English to "Latin America". All are strong, with 11735 and 15180 being about an S8 and slightly fadey. 13760 is the strongest, least fadiest by a somewhat noticeable margin. Here's the entire "hour long" broadcast, 0430 to 0526 UT April 17 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqjuBTXdlAk (Paul Walker, AK, ptsw yg via DXLD) The strongest I've heard them; judging by the noise at the beginning it sounded as though the transmitter was being used as a jammer. I wonder how many listeners they lose through starting each broadcast with anthems to deceased leaders? Anyone notice the voice in the background? It sounds as though it is the same newsreader a second or so ahead of the voice in the foreground (Paul, NZ ibid.) KOREA D.P.R. It's not easy to handle the various 8 x 200 kW unit power, PLUS Jamming facilities/antennas/feederlines at Kujang site at once. Always - since many years and since refurbished action with new BBEF Beijing, Made in China shortwave transmitters erected, 2 x 100 kW units combined, you can hear underneath jamming scratch audio as well other language section signal mixture, like on French service program in 19 mb, VOK carries English or Chinese language programm mix underneath too. Checked now remote Tokyo tiny short skip distance sidelobe signal on 13760 kHz at 0326 UT April 18, carrier on air already, though only S=5 in Japan (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 0430-0527 7220 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs English 0430-0527 9445 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs English 0430-0527 9730 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs English 0430-0527 11735 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to CSAm English 0430-0527 13650 KUJ 200 kW / 238 deg to SEAs French 0430-0527 13760 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to CSAm English 0430-0527 15105 KUJ 200 kW / 238 deg to SEAs French 0430-0527 15180 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to CSAm English 7220even S=9 9445even S=9+10dB 9730even S=9+30dB at 0448 UT 11735even S=9+20dB 13650.004 S=7 13760even S=5-6 15104.973 S=8 15179.982 S=6 at 0458 UT. all measured on remote Perseus units in Japan, April 18. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, April 18, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1874, DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH. HEAR EXCERPTS OF NORTH KOREAN ENGLISH LANGUAGE SHORTWAVE BROADCAST AIMED AT US, MONITORED IN LB LBReport.com - Apr 16, 2017 From our shortwave hobby listening years ago, we know that North Korea's "news" typically consists of stories praising North Korea's party and government officialdom and denouncing the "U.S. imperialists and the South Korean puppet clique." However on ... http://www.lbreport.com/news/apr17/nk.htm [LB = Long Beach, the one in California, judging from advertising -gh] NORTH KOREA BROADCASTS REALLY STRANGE MESSAGES AS NEW NUCLEAR WEAPONS TEST LOOMS --- The National Interest Online (blog) - Apr 14, 2017 North Korea has been stepping up its espionage game since it created the General Bureau of Reconnaissance in 2009, and while tactics like steganography have their uses, shortwave radio broadcasts are more reliable. “The old number broadcasts are still ... http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/north-korea-broadcasts-really-strange-messages-new-nuclear-20183 (both via Artie Bigley, DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. EMERGENCY BROADCASTS START FOR JAPAN ABDUCTEES IN NORTH KOREA --- 10:04 pm, April 17, 2017 April 19, 2017 The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun http://www.the-japan-news.com/news/article/0003644488 Jiji Press TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A private Japanese organization working to win the release of Japanese nationals abducted to North Korea has started emergency shortwave radio broadcasts to put abductees on alert for a possible U.S. airstrike against the reclusive communist state. In the emergency program, the Investigation Commission on Missing Japanese Probably Related to North Korea called on abductees to be always prepared for an emergency situation and prioritize ensuring their safety. The program was started on Sunday in the group’s “Shiokaze” shortwave radio broadcast service. It reported that North Korea conducted a missile launch on the same day despite repeated calls for restraint from the United States and warned that the prospect of a possible U.S. airstrike has loomed. The missile launch is believed to have ended in failure. The organization is considering live broadcasts on the latest information in the event of emergencies. It usually broadcasts prerecorded programs. Speech [button link] (via Artie Bigley, DXLD) ** KOREA SOUTH. Reception of KBS World Radio, Russian & English Apr 17 1255-1300 9645 KIM 100 kW / 319 deg CeAs INTERVAL SIGNAL/ANNOUNCEMENT 1300-1400 9645 KIM 100 kW / 319 deg CeAs Russian, fair to good signal 1355-1400 9880 KIM 250 kW / 264 deg SoAs INTERVAL SIGNAL/ANNOUNCEMENT 1400-1600 9880 KIM 250 kW / 264 deg SoAs English, weak to fair signal http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/reception-of-kbs-world-radio-in-russian.html (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH [non], USA. 9605. KBS. Abril 16. 0100-0200 UT. Noticias, del servicio del 15 de Abril, con informaciones sobre el 105 aniversario del natalicio de Kim Il Sung en Corea del Norte. La estrategia de máxima presión de Donald Trump en contra de Corea del Norte. La suspensión de vuelos de Air China hacia Pyongyang. Las declaraciones de China acerca del programa nuclear Norcoreano y las sugerencias de finalización de las provocaciones de ambos lados. Luego, informaciones acerca de la carrera presidencial en Corea del Sur. Anuncio del departamento del tesoro de Estados Unidos acerca de los manejos monetarios y prácticas comerciales de Corea y China. Informe meteorológico. A las 0110, se emite el programa: “Cine en la radio” con la descripción de la película “Un día“. Luego el micro programa: “Música en la pantalla” con una de las canciones principales de la banda sonora de la película “proyecto 577”. A las 0125 comienza “Buzón del Radioescucha” con el recuerdo de los 3 años del hundimiento del crucero Sewol, posteriormente se realiza una lectura de la correspondencia de papel. A las 0133, se emite: “Literatura en audio: la vegetariana” con la descripción, por parte del marido, de las actitudes de su mujer, además de expresar su deseo de llegar temprano del trabajo, así como del suceso del sueño sangriento de la protagonista que hace tirar la carne y que provoca el quiebre en la historia. Luego una canción. A las 0144, se leen los informes de recepción llegados electrónicamente. A las 0150, se emite el programa “Corea en 5 minutos”, con la temática del trato hacia los peros en Corea del Sur, junto al comercio asociado a esto. A las 0158 se despide tanto el programa como el servicio en español con una balada. SINPO: 55555 (Claudio Galaz, RX: TECSUN PL 660; ANT: Hilo de 80 metros de largo, QTH: Barraza Bajo, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) // 15575 de 02 a 0210 con SINPO: 35333 con mucho ruido atmosférico (Claudio Galaz, RX: TECSUN PL 660; ANT: Hilo de 80 metros de largo, QTH: Barraza Bajo, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** KURDISTAN [non]. Denge Kurdistan via Issoudun & Grigoriopol, Apr 13 0230-0500 11600 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish, powerful signal 0500-1400 11600 KCH 300 kW / 130 deg to WeAs Kurdish, poor/weak signal http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/reception-of-denge-kurdistan-via.html (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11600, April 14 at 1400, Denge Kurdistane seems to be mixing with some other station, but cuts off at 1402* leaving only a JBA carrier, past 1406+. Ivo Ivanov shows as of April 13, the PRIDNESTROVYE transmitter site runs until 1400, and thence? As of March 26, anyway, BULGARIA was next for two hours. Only others on 11600 per Aoki could be SOH relaying RFA and ChiCom jamming. Maybe the mixture was a D.K. site overlap, but then neither (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Denge Kurdistan via Grigoriopol and Secretbrod, April 18 till 1400 11600 KCH 300 kW / 130 deg to WeAs Kurdish, weak+SCB carrier 1400-1600 11600 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish, very good signal http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/denge-kurdistan-via-grigoriopol-and.html (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KUWAIT. Reception of Radio Kuwait in Urdu/weak/fair/ & English/poor/on April 15 till 1800 15540 KBD 250 kW / 310 deg WeEu Urdu instead of 100 deg SoAs from 1800 15540 KBD 250 kW / 310 deg WeEu English unstable & weak http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/reception-of-radio-kuwait-in.html (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15540, Radio Kuwait (finally!) at 2013 with pop music to 2019 and a man with ID, frequencies, and contact info and back to pop music from 2021 to 2050 and a man with news – Excellent Apr 16 Coady-ON – This one had been reported as reactivated for a few weeks now but this is the first time I have heard them since their return to the shortwave bands. I remember my first time hearing them back in the late 70s or early 80s. I thought, at first, their name was Radio Q8. Anyways, it’s certainly nice hearing of the reactivation of a station rather than a station closure (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten- Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1874, DXLD) 15540, April 19 at 1759, VP carrier, 1800 some music, probably national anthem with R. Kuwait opening reactivated trihour in English. I`ve yet to see logs of any other transmissions resumed since this appeared a dekaday ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1874, DX LISTENING DIGEST) {except for turning on few minutes early with Urdu} ** LIBERIA. 6050, ELWA Radio, Monrovia, 0635-0650, 14-04, English, religious comments and songs. 14321. Also 0633-0645, 15-04, English, religious comments. 14321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Log in Reinante and Lugo, Tecsun PL-880, Sangean ATS-909X, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LIBYA. MW Standorte. Ich hatte es schon mal vor Weihnachten hier in der A-DX ng Liste getan, ohne Resonanz bisher: An die Osterurlauber in Richtung Malta, Sizilien, Kalabrien, Korfu, Kreta, Sousse, Djerba Tunesien, etc.: kann mal einer seinen Sangean oder Tecsun auf den Frequenzen 677.500 kHz oder/und 1053.017 kHz in die Luft halten, und moeglichst ohne verfaelschende Nachtbedingungen die Richtung Tripolis, Bengazi, oder Al-Beida Libyen bestimmen. Die krumme 677.500 kHz kommt auch am Morgen/Vormittag knallbumm mit S=9+30 Signal in Italien an, duerfte also ein 500 kW Schaetzchen sein, mit guter Modulationsqualitaet, von den Ampegon oder RIZ Zagreb Leuten wieder nach dem Buergerkrieg her-gerichtet. Der starke Sender war frueher auf der Frequenz 1053.120v kHz zugange. Die andere Frequenz 1053.017 kHz, welche frueher auch ein 500 kW Signal hinstellte, ist seit einigen Monaten nur duerftig in der Luft, im Raum Sizilien oder Kalabrien nur gleich dem 20 kW Signal aus Malta 999 kHz zu empfangen. Es koennte sich also um den Reservesender Tripolis vom Kilometer-8 in Tripolis Standort handeln [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Apr 7, BC-DX 14 April via DXLD) ** LITHUANIA [non]. GERMANY(non), Reception of "Bye, bye Sitkunai" via Shortwaveservice on April 15 1200-1300 on 9875 DB 100 kW / 125 deg to AUS English via RED Telecom TJK, fair http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/reception-of-bye-bye-sitkunai-via.html (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ARMENIA, Weak signal of "Bye, bye Sitkunai" via Shortwaveservice ERV, April 16: 1800-1900 on 7465 ERV 100 kW / 330 deg to NoEu English via Noratus, strong in Twente http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/weak-signal-of-bye-bye-sitkunai-via.html (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UZBEKISTAN, Reception of "Bye, bye Sitkunai" via Shortwaveservice UZB, April 16 1200-1300 on 9875 TAC 100 kW / 070 deg to EaAs English via RED Telecom, weak to fair: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/reception-of-bye-bye-sitkunai-via_16.html (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also BULGARIA ** LITHUANIA. By(e) the way: The Sitkunai mediumwave transmitter 1386 kHz will cease operation on April 20th, 0500 UT. Posted by: ("Christian Milling", April 18, dxldyg via DXLD) [non]. See USA: WRMI The switchover to the new site is postponed by one day, so Sitkunai stops on April 21st 2017. Who likes to listen to the program online: Here is the Podcast (music removed due to legal issues): https://soundcloud.com/user-778506161/bye-bye-sitkunai-16042017 Best regards, (Christian Milling, April 19, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1874, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALI. 9635, Radio Mali, Bamako, *0759-0808, 14-04, tuning music, French, ID, comments. 14321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Log in Reinante and Lugo, Tecsun PL-880, Sangean ATS-909X, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Is the signal strength really at 1-level, or rather the modulation? (gh, DXLD) ** MEXICO. 650, April 14 at 1157, good signal from XETNT, Los Mochis, Sinaloa, which really gets out on skywave. Much better now than any other XE in the 500s, 600s or 700s, altho 730 XEHB Chihuahua is weakly audible too. XETNT with music, 1159 full ID for XHTNT 106.5 and XETNT 650, both Radio 65. 6 am timecheck, announces newscast, but not yet, back to songs. Today`s Enid sunrise: 1159 UT on way to earliest of the year in about two months, 1113 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. New log - XEARZ-1650 --- Tim Hall, Chula Vista CA (between San Diego and Tijuana) Perseus SDR-IQ, 560 ft unterminated mini-BOG aimed SSE(/NNW) Dates/Times UT. Conditions were pretty good again last night. This morning I had another new catch: 1650, XEARZ, México DF. 4/17 1100 - Fighting through KFOX with Mexican national anthem at 1100:50 and some kind of sign-on announcement. NEW. (This is the 40th new catch this antenna has hauled in, just one month after I rolled it out). 73 Tim Hall, CA, April 17, ABDX via DXLD) Good job! I can get Mexico on 1610 once in a while with Toronto in the termination null but haven't had 1650 as Iowa is really a pest most nights. 73 KAZ 35 miles NW of Chicago (Neil Kazaross, IL, ibid.) Does anyone ever hear the 1670? I'd be hard pressed to get rid of KHPY and KQMS. Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone (Tim Hall, ibid.) 1670 Mexican is XEANAH, 1 kW, R. Anáhuac in Huixquilucan, Estado de México. This and all the other XE X-banders continue to elude me, and I don`t recall any reports of XEANAH, not even from Europe; but website exists with 3-year-old program grid: http://pegaso.anahuac.mx/radio/images/stories/archivos/parrilla-programacion-2014.pdf (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 6185.01, R. Educación, 0417 lively instrumental XE ranchera music. Finally call and name ID by W in Spanish at 0454, and back to ranchera vocal music. All songs at this time seemed to be by the same W vocalist. Deadair after song at 0503 to at least 0507. Gone at 0518 recheck. Big signal with some 6180 splash QRM until it went off at 0456. Also some QSB. 19 April. 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S and 153 foot Delta Loop, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** MEXICO. RAYMIE`S MEXICO BEAT this week - including DTV There was so little information in that SPR radio article that I ignored it — it was their first official acknowledgement in their monthly publication on it, though. I actually have some news today. First, I want to get to what may be the dénouement of the Canal 10 La Paz saga. The union head, Patricio Flores Sandoval, was reelected https://colectivopericu.net/2017/04/12/es-mi-opinion-609/ at the SITATYR congress in Puerto Vallarta, two weeks after saying that the union could no longer help Canal 10's former employees. https://colectivopericu.net/2017/03/28/es-mi-opinion-598/ Unfortunately, I also have to tell you that you have just read the last "Es Mi Opinión" column by Max Rodríguez. Because he was murdered today. https://colectivopericu.net/2017/04/14/ha-sido-asesinado-max-rodriguez-reportero-de-colectivo-pericu/ Yet another journalist gunned down (Raymie Humbert, Phœnix AZ, April 14, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) IFT-4 reaches another critical phase this week: http://eleconomista.com.mx/industrias/2017/04/16/se-define-semana-quienes-continuan-licitacion-radio all bidders must declare whether they wish to continue and get the stations they want, or decline and have them reassigned to the next highest bidder. It may be the moment of proof for Tecnoradio: will it pay up for all those stations, only take some, or just pay the security deposit and run? (Raymie, April 17, ibid.) *Vieja Escuela* México FM radio stations....old skool So in my *almost daily* pursuit to update México FM listings in the WTFDA FM database, I come across documents that make me ponder things and curious of other things. I've found I am already way past Bill Cosby's "Why Is There Air?" Perhaps --- the IFT doesn't conduct regular inspections of licensed radio stations in México, such as inspecting the equipment and site inspections of where the equipment is located?? I am just curious why on radio stations that have been licensed for eons, I never find updated documents showing where their transmitter is located? My cell phone will tell me the GPS of any place I am standing on this globe. In the radio license documents from México, there is a line that says: Ubicación del equipo transmisor (location of transmitter equipment) and will generally list the city. On radio station modification documents, further down the document it will show the LAT/LONG for the transmitter coordinates. Here is an example of that... XHAH-FM 90.1 Juchitán, Oaxaca http://rpc.ift.org.mx/rpc/pdfs/090252648002b873.pdf Some of the radio stations in the bigger cities that have been around forever, in their documents, for the *ubicación del equipo transmisor*, it just says the name of the city! As an example, the location of the transmitter for a certain station is Hermosillo, Sonora. Duhhhh! A 784,000 population city and that's all they know. The antenna is *somewhere* in the city. I think we lost the antenna; uhmmm, I'm sure we lost the antenna but we're pretty sure its still in the city. But then that is par for course. I've gotten use to seeing that type of thing in the old radio documents from México. Seems to be the popular choice in days gone by. And then there are documents like this one..... XHW-FM 90.1 mc/s - does anybody use megacycles anymore??? This appears to be from 1964? What cracks me up is the original signor of the document, who was from the office of the SCT, was crossed out and someone else put their initials on it. Maybe someone was shoehorned out of office and their signature was no longer worth a..... http://rpc.ift.org.mx/rpc/pdfs/090252648002864e.pdf Researching FM radio stations from Latin America is almost as exhilarating as.... (you finish the line ) (Jim Thomas, Springfield, MO, April 17, ibid.) You have just described the reason AM-FM migration documents like the one you posted, older permits, technical modifications from recent years, and anything with an address on it are valuable. (Heck, this "somewhere in the following city" thing is still going on with those concession transfers!) The IFT definitely has this stuff, but it wasn't in the concessions themselves. That XHW concession makes it the oldest FM on the entire Baja peninsula (prior to the declaration of statehood for BCS in 1974!) — *the same man founded the first AM, FM and TV in BCS (though as you know, the TV station is long gone). Not sure why Walter Cross Buchanan's signature is crossed out, though you might notice his own signature includes a "cross" under it... (Cross Buchanan is definitely remembered in the field, and at his alma mater, the IPN. There are schools and facilities named for him!) http://www.decanato.ipn.mx/central8b10.htm You'll find more megacycles even through the mid-60s (it's on the XEH- FM 93.2 stuff from the mid-60s), though by 1969 they were using "mHz". XHW today is one of the Promomedios California stations — the ones with next to no web presence that have a near-total stranglehold on BCS radio listeners. This is one of the stations' web pages. http://www.xhzpl.com/ Most look like this. http://www.panoramainformativo.com.mx/jp.html (Raymie, ibid.) I'm kind of like Raymie. Sometimes I like to use Google Maps (with Street View when its available), to chase down radio towers in México, when I know they *might* be able to be tracked down. Especially the older stations that have a following and have found their way on to Google Maps. Case in point - XHSAT-FM 90.1 Villahermosa, Tabasco. We DON'T have an antenna HAAT in the WTFDA FM database. BUT, hold your horses, emus, ostriches or whatever you're riding. Their original license is from 1995 - http://rpc.ift.org.mx/rpc/pdfs/0902526480029936.pdf I do a little more snooping through the IFT Website; I find this document 100913 PRORROGA (not sure what that means) http://rpc.ift.org.mx/rpc/pdfs/40942_160519173804_3326.pdf I get a street address, which I can use on Google Maps. I find them, I use the *Whats Here* feature of Google Maps, to get the LAT/LONG coords for the Grupo Acir building that evidently XHSAT is located in. You can plug the LAT/LONG numbers into Google or Google Maps: 17 58'46.2"N 92 56'11.0"W Paste that into Google or Google maps, then go to street view. Hmmm, wonder what the height of that stick is? Its gotta be more than 30 meters. But the XHSAT document doesn't say a word about where their tower is located or what its antenna's height is. But I visually found it on Google Maps (Jim Thomas, Springfield, MO, ibid.) PRÓRROGA means RENEWAL (or more literally, EXTENSION). A few of them around the end of COFETEL (2013) have addresses. Finding station studios can sometimes be really useful. For instance, I recently found Grupo ACIR Irapuato in an 11-story office building from the 60s. The stick is there too. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Grupo+ACIR+Irapuato/@20.6880439,-101.3559816,3a,60y,145.76h,136.15t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s82QtlZ0QN1xOTL9M7IdN1w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x842c7fc36b07a71b:0x5ad10f0128b2c43!8m2!3d20.6880529!4d-101.356082!6m1!1e1 That said, the usefulness increases when there's not a mountain that makes more sense and offers better coverage. In somewhere like Chilpancingo (where I recently discovered that Guerrero's state TV network managed to hold on in the capital city — 435 watts ERP and it's enough to cover Chilpancingo!), the stations are on mountains or slopes. In the case of XHMZI which I mentioned last week, its mountaintop position gives it one of the best coverage areas in Coahuila. Another thing. If you need help, try listening for a TOH or BOH ID and hope you get a transmitter location. This is how I nailed XHZTA-FM Zihuatanejo (now in Mexican FM Station Coordinates as of today), which came to air just under six months ago after 16 years in permit limbo. Since XHZTA is currently simulcasting XHGRC-FM Acapulco, they're giving a dual ID which includes full info for XHZTA, "transmitiendo desde las oficinas del FIBAZI, Av. José María Morelos s/n, Col. Centro, C.P. 40880". The FIBAZI is a government agency, FIdeicomiso de la BAhía de ZIhuatanejo (which took forever to track down). There is no stick on Street View simply because of the newness of the tower (Raymie, ibid.) The IFT's first Comunicado since Easter break has some broadcasting news in it. http://www.ift.org.mx/comunicacion-y-medios/comunicados-ift/es/aprueba-el-ift-la-metodologia-para-evaluar-la-precision-de-la-localizacion-geografica-de-llamadas-al The headline for us is ostensibly not quite related to broadcasting. You're probably familiar with the push by American broadcasters for new cell phones to enable the FM capabilities in their hardware. This is now a Disposición Técnica in Mexico — new devices authorized for sale in the country that have FM capabilities must enable them. There were also some multiprogramming items: -XHABC Chihuahua was cleared for multiprogramming, adding a 28.2 subchannel. -Azteca 13 with a 2-hour delay was on XHTVM's second digital subchannel. This will be replaced with Azteca Noticias, which was booted off XHIMT by the launch of A+. -Something about XHBR switching out Las Estrellas and local programming. I have not quite understood the channel alignment for Televisa Nuevo Laredo since VC-Day because it was the opposite of what had been in place. -XHQRO Cancún's addition of Gala TV has been delayed. (Raymie, April 18, ibid.) "Be vewy vewy quiet, I'm hunting radio towers now, in Mexico City. Look, I think I found one...." It's 96.1 XEUN "Radio UNAM" radio tower, looking from Rafael Dondé. Ooh, I didn't have that one in my bag of goodies on the WTFDA FM database for the antenna locations. I'm guessing its 120 meters? Paste this in your URL line and enter: http://goo.gl/GUipTH Added one more: http://goo.gl/htBAm0 The Grupo Acir studios and towers in Cd. de México. Hard to know which one belongs to XHM 88.9, Radio Siempre. Sorry Raymie, didn't mean to hijack your forum :-( I just couldn't resist. Be warned, I am trying to recover from the flu this week and am doing drugs. Last edited by Jim Thomas; 04-18-2017 at 09:56 PM. Reason: Xtra nfo (Jim Thomas, Springfield, MO, ibid.) That's the studios, but --- Radio UNAM's FM stick is in Ajusco. https://www.google.com/maps/@19.2696102,-99.2055826,3a,77.1y,231.71h,99.03t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1siszkKhQVwQx-b_r_pos12w!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DiszkKhQVwQx-b_r_pos12w%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D122.71305%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656 Also in Ajusco is this big stick. https://www.google.com/maps/@19.2687786,-99.2138242,3a,74y,40.05h,100.55t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sOUA9D2Vnj4IUAkI642xZDQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Can you name what's on it? (Ajusco is also home to the headquarters of TV Azteca, which has earned itself the nickname "la televisora del Ajusco" over the years, and a backup xmtr site for the IMER. While Azteca has expanded the facilities, the core of the site was built for Canal 13 in 1976.) ——— Let's sell some stations. One transfer I know to be involuntary: XHMP-FM Torreón Coah., Braulio Manuel Fernández Aguirre to María Cristina Murra Talamás. After the Coahuila senator's death in February 2016, the stations are now in the hands of his widow who was married to Fernández Aguirre for more than 50 years. XHRE-FM Piedras Negras Coah. to XHMED, S.A. de C.V., and XHSL-FM to Master Radiodifusión, S.A. de C.V. Co-owned stations whose last known owner, Súper Medios de Coahuila, was said to be linked to associates of disgraced former governor Humberto Moreira. Súper Medios previously exited television by selling XHPNW to Grupo Zócalo, but given the number of stations they own in Piedras, a different buyer for the radio stations was to be expected. ——— And let's create some new stations. The Universidad Autónoma Intercultural de Sinaloa becomes the first intercultural university on the airwaves with XHMFS-FM 95.7 http://www.ift.org.mx/sites/default/files/conocenos/pleno/sesiones/acuerdoliga/pift25011740.pdf (calls likely mean Mochicahui, El Fuerte, Sinaloa), a class A broadcasting from, well, Mochicahui. We knew the calls and frequency, but in Santa María Huatulco, XHHDH-FM 106.3 http://www.ift.org.mx/sites/default/files/conocenos/pleno/sesiones/acuerdoliga/pift08021774.pdf will hit the air. 104.7 was requested but is apparently being reserved for some other applicant who also wanted a social station in Huatulco (Raymie, April 18, ibid.) That big stick is property of NRM Comunicaciones. I think it's used for FM broadcasts (SnoopyFan93, Tampico, Tamaulipas, April 19, ibid.) From that location, transmit the following stations: XEOYE-FM 89.7 MHz and XHSON-FM 100.9 MHz (Radardx, DF, ibid.) Do you know from which site XHMM-FM 100.1 broadcasts? I think it broadcasts from the same site (SnoopyFan93, ibid.) XHMM-FM transmits from Cerro del Chiquihuite in MVS facilities Quote Originally Posted by RadarDX: From 2017/04/12 the programming of the following television channels was changed due to the physical channel change. Soon a better video. https://youtu.be/ARsKgidQ-7Q (RadarDX, ibid.) A doubt, a transmitter for Digital Television can broadcast on two different transmission channels (RF). (RadarDX, April 19, ibid.) What's going on here is that the old and new transmitters are on at the same time. I suspect that with the repack and channel change, Televisa retired some fairly old digital television equipment. There would be room for two transmitters if the analog set had been removed to install these (Raymie, ibid.) More new calls: XHOCU-FM http://apps.ift.org.mx/publicdata/P_IFT_250117_36.pdf for the new indigenous station at Ocumicho (Mpio. de Charapan), Michoacán. It will be on 97.3 MHz and be a class A station (Raymie, ibid.) Something new's landing on the radio dial in Acatlán de Osorio, Puebla. Radio TexMex 97.1 FM https://radionotas.com/2017/04/19/llega-radio-texmex-97-1-fm-a-acatlan-de-osorio-puebla/ is just the second station won in IFT-4 to unveil more than ownership (after Radio Zócalo's Monclova rimshot in Cuatro Ciénegas). It is owned by Luis Fernández Álvarez Lasso and has spent the last two years as an Internet radio station. What makes it unique is that it calls itself the first radio station in Mexico to have a "migrant identity". Meanwhile, Radio Sonora is trumpeting a coverage expansion to Altar, Átil, Oquitoa and Pitiquito municipalities, https://infonogales.com/2017/04/17/radio-sonora-amplia-cobertura-a-la-region-de-altar/ bringing it to covering 97% of the state's population. The frequency given, 91.5, and the municipalities mentioned suggest a power hike or potential shadows of XHSOA-FM in Caborca, which previously did not cover any additional population centers beyond Caborca. http://ine.mx/archivos1/DEPPP/MapasCobertura/2016/FM/Sonora/XHSOA-FM.pdf I suspect there is a shadow campaign going on to put in low-power Radio Sonora transmitters in those areas that have Telemax transmitters already. (With plans to reach more areas, the state government may soon take over from XHNUC-FM as the holder of the most FM shadows in the country!) Este programa es público, ajeno a cualquier partido político. Queda prohibido el uso para fines distintos a los establecidos en el programa [tagline] (Raymie, April 21, ibid.) ** MONGOLIA. 12149.90, Voice of Mongolia; 1519-1533+, 13-Apr; Tune-in to low-key talk & music (listed Japanese) to 1529:30 tinkle IS (Thank heaven for intervalsignals.net). BoH into English with sked & “Welcome…”. SIO=222 with continuous ute clatter, SSB no help (Harold Frodge, MI, MARE Tipsheet 14 April via DXLD) ** MONTENEGRO. Members, Via the WRTH Facebook website I have seen with interest a discussion today between Mauno and Antonello Napolitano. Antonello lives in Taranto and is ideally placed to observe broadcasts by Radio Crne Gore. Thanks to them for updating me - and you. His conclusion is that 882 kHz is no longer used. The entry on Bruce Conti's Silent MW Countries website is "planned to close". I am prepared to accept that the transmitter plus the 196M monopole at Gorne Plavnica was recently closed. This closure has been subtle since the once mighty 600 kW facility had been operating at a vastly reduced 5 kW since October 2007. The Active Europe part of my spreadsheet is shrinking yet again. 73 and 88 (Dan Goldfarb, April 14, mwmasts yg via DXLD) That mention of a planned closure dates back to 2007, made in conjunction with the power reduction. I do not remember detailed follow-ups after this, but I think it had already years ago been mentioned, somewhere in passing, that the token operation on 882 kHz is gone. Which reminds again of the circumstance that a transmitter is not necessarily still on air (or still carrying the same programming) only because no one has posted a report about its closure (or the change). Positive confirmation by monitoring is indeed necessary (Kai Ludwig, ibid.) According to the info received by Svetomir Cuckovic from the manager of R. Crne Gore, 882 kHz was officially 'written off' in 2014, but it was decided to let run as long as the 5 kW transmitter [does not] dies off. It was definitely heard on the air still in 2015 (Mauno Ritola, Finland, ibid.) He contacted the technical manager again today and confirms that the 5 kWer is still 'alive'. Patrick, could you please check again around sunset? I can see a carrier via Greece and it might be them. Actual power can now of course be lower. But, but --- again official info contradicts actual observation: Svetomir checked in Beograd and I did the same via remote receivers in Austria, Hungary, Greece and Italy and even Ivano in Tirana put his Perseus online, but not even a carrier visible and at Montenegro sunset, only Saudi Arabia, Iran audible. So probably gone, but someone forgot to tell the manager (Mauno, April 18, mwmasts via WORLD OF RADIO 1874, DXLD) ** MOROCCO. Radio Medi 1 was back on shortwave on April 19 after week of absence: 0000-2400 on 9575 NAD 250 kW / 110 deg to NoAf Arabic/French, weak/fair signal http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/radio-medi-1-was-back-on-shortwave-on.html (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MYANMAR. 6165, Thazin Radio presumed the one at 1104 in Burmese with South Asian music and a man with talk – Very Weak Apr 14 (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA yg via DXLD) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. The Mighty KBC is blasting in here today (15 April) on 9400 kHz via Bulgaria (new on Saturdays 1500-1600 UT). According to their facebook page, they will have a special broadcast on Sunday 28 May from 0800-1500 on 6095 kHz. Transmitter not mentioned - but I guess it'll be via Nauen (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Nothing at all in the Americas but well heard on multiple remote SDR s in Europe. 73, (Walt Salmaiw, 1607 UT, ibid.) Powerful signal in Sofia, natural and understandable plus 2nd harmonic 18800. Videos will be uploaded later today on http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/ -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, ibid.) Unfortunately, not heard at my Manassas, VA QTH. Nothing heard on 9400 kHz, 15 UT to 16 UT. Difficult with WRMI on 9395 kHz and someone on 9400.111 kHz causing a het to 9400. Around 1537 UT had a brief spike on 9400 kHz. Was this the Mighty KBC? IDK as not hearing audio. 73, (Kraig, KG4LAC, Krist, ibid.) 6145, UT Sunday April 16 at 0014, The Mighty KBC is S9+25 via GERMANY, Mike Roberts inviting orders for T-shirts to Uncle Eric. Since RHC moved from 6165 to 6145 six nights ago, we fear there will be a big collision after 0100. But Arnie must have heard about it, since RHC is back on 6165 for a while tonight, leaving 6145 clear for KBC. See CUBA. But unfortunately it`s time for the season première of a new Doctor Who series on BBC America. Moving to 9925 for summer would not have helped, with superstrong WTWW on 9930 past 0030, but supposed to stop at 0000. HFCC does show 9920 is available, but would get het from WTWW spur on 9917, and still splash from 9930 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1874, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Upcoming frequency change of Mighty KBC Radio effective from May 7 0000-0200 NF 9925 NAU 125 kW / 300 deg to ENAm English Sun, ex 6145 to avoid RHC 0100-0200 on 6145 BAU 100 kW / 340 deg to WNAm English, A-17 scheduled 0100-0700 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/frequency-change-of-mighty-kbc-radio.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #1003 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, April 18, 2017 via DXLD) It`s not ``to avoid RHC`` --- the switch to 9925 has been standard for MKBC (and Croatian Radio before it) for years, a remnant of the HFCC J-season, and makes some sense propagationally. It was planned and publicized before RHC showed up on 6145, and as I monitored, RHC resumed 6165 April 16 during the hour KBC remained on 6145 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) GERMANY, Upcoming special transmission of The Mighty KBC Radio May 28: 0800-1500 on 6095 NAU 100 kW / 240 deg to WeEu English Sun via Media Broadcast http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/upcoming-special-transmission-of-mighty.html (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. Re: Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep former staff April 15 broadcast via Shortwave Service --- Unfortunately, not heard at my QTH in Manassas, VA. Listened to 3985 (hearing plenty of amateur radio talk), 6005, 7310 and 15560 at the times broadcast. 73, (Kraig, KG4LAC, Krist, 1745 UT April 15, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) The transmitters are only 1 kW, so not surprising. Some good signals using the U. Twente SDR receiver (Richard Langley, 1837 UT, ibid.) Altho publicity was in English, I suspected the program would be only in Dutch, right? See also GERMANY (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) Quite an enjoyable program as monitored on 6005 and 3985 kHz using the U. Twente SDR receiver. Couldn't listen live so recorded almost the whole thing. Mostly in Dutch but with several English segments and archived RNW material. A great trip down memory lane for us old farts. A few short-lived audio/transmitter problems -- not unusual for an outside broadcast (-- Richard Langley, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re: Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep former staff April 15 broadcast via Shortwave Service ---- There is a small video made by Lion Keezer inside the OB [outside broadcast = remote] van where everything is explained. Hope you enjoy it. https://youtu.be/IbT67BQKa0w Posted by: (Christian Milling, April 17, dxldyg via DXLD) First 7 minutes is an interview with Niels Zack who restored the RNW outside broadcast van that was used for it (Mike Barraclough, ibid.) ** NEW ZEALAND. 7425, R New Zealand National with "Saturday Night Requests" -- one of my fav RNZ shows! The usual highly eclectic mix of everything from show tunes, to Bonnie Raitt (Something to Talk About) to country & folk to standards. (Joan Baez, Diamonds, Rust & NZ folk tune "Why don't you start wearing purple" which was better than the title implies!) ID into news, with local items & international stuff including mention of the aftermath of a flood in NZ, home interest rates, the Auckland home building situation, the Swedish truck terrorist now IDd as an Uzbek national & reaction about Friday's Syrian attack. 44+4+4+4 with OCCASIONAL splatter from 7430 China (mostly when music was aired there) 0930-1005 8/Apr DX375 + whip whilst recording VoA Radiogram (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Brighton MI DX- pedition, MARE Tipsheet 14 April via DXLD) Frequency changes of Radio New Zealand Inter in DRM mode from April 19 1651-1745 NF 6115 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg English to Cook/Tonga/Samoa Sun-Fri, ex 5975 1746-1835 NF 6115 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg English to Cook/Tonga/Samoa Sun-Fri, ex 7285 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/frequency-changes-of-radio-new-zealand.html (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. YHWH, 7615/AM, RIGHT at the threshold of noise, but USB brought out the audio. Usual religious rant, but taking the 'Arab' view that you should not charge interest, you SHOULD feed the hungry etc. and especially cautioning about not following the 'false God, Jesus'! I don't know if he signed off, just faded away or both. 25442 0430-0448 8/Apr SPR-4 + 500' randomwire (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Brighton MI DX-pedition, MARE Tipsheet 14 April via DXLD) 7615, April 15 at 0247, very poor talk, must be Station YHWH on his favorite frequency. Still at 0425, better at S5, 0448 S8 with recognizable Martin K Elliot voice (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7615, PIRATE (Religious), ex-YHWH, 0509 Joshua with usual religious talk and mentions of Yaweh [sic]. Program end at 0510 coinciding with signal drop down to S8, but then came back up to S9+10 a minute later. So fady and very noisy signal. Deadair until finally going off at 0514:41. Didn't expect to find him on this late. If he's still coming on around 0230, then his sked is a good 2 and a half hours. 18 April. 7615, ex-YHWH on the air again tonight at 0434 19 April. 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S and 153 foot Delta Loop, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) 7615 (Pirate), YHWH, 4/19, 0404 (in progress). Usual M voice with a Yahweh or the highway lecture. Solid S-9 signal, but seriously undermodulated. At 0408, was taking hits from jackhammer-like (presumed) OTHR radar pulse. Was either a rerun or he hit on the same topics previously heard. Unfortunately I dozed off during the broadcast and cant say the time the station closed. Logs from the patio picnic table listening post. Unless otherwise stated, logs are with a RS SW-2000629/ATS-505/Model 20-629/DX-402, and a 20' wire. Times/dates UT. 73 from the desert, and Good Listening! (Rick Barton, Arizona, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) YHWH 7615 --- Decided to check at 0439 tune in, UTC 19 April 2017, and sure enough, there he is with the usual (sorry, but very boring) programming. Telephone quality audio. Maybe he needs to add a tune or two. Good reception. S9 +15 signal, but the modulation could be a little stronger. 73, (Walt Salmaniw, BC, ibid.) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6950, 6945, 6935, 6925, April 16 at 0015, four pirates at once! Must be a fest. Unravelling them individually: 6950-USB, April 16 at 0015, rock music at S9, stops at 0023 and nothing further on this frequency heard. Apparently back on later and sent SSTV ID as Radio Noid: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php?topic=34214.0 6945-USB, April 16 at 0015, pirate music at S8-S9; 0038 ID as Radio Free, What-ever. Many more logs here: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php?topic=34213.0 6935-USB, April 16 at 0015, song from the 30s/40s? S9+10, suspected Wolverine Radio. Yes, after 0025 cowboy song, 0030 ID. Still at 0048. Many more logs here; tonight`s keyword theme: live/living: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php?topic=34217.0 6925.07-AM, April 16 at 0016, pirate music at S8, but lo modulation. Still going at 0048. No logs of this at HFU, unless same as one a few hours earlier at 1949-2049 on 6925, ``This is Not WMPR``: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php?topic=34190.0 6955-USB, April 16 at 0048, hard rock at S9, stops at 0057* with no announcements heard. Not on earlier. Also UnIDs here with punk: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php?topic=34218.0 6950-AM, April 17 at 0003, JBA AM carrier. Too weak to pursue further, and nothing reported in HFU, altho there were USB stations earlier and later on 6950. In this case it may have been 5 x 1390 my local KCRC. 6925-AM, April 17 at 0003, very poor signal vs high noise level but seems undermodulated. These logs show it was Liquid Radio until 0155*: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,34240.0.html 6950.08, April 19 at 0103, poor signal with rock music, so certainly not my local sportster fifth harmonic; 0105 spoken spiel extolling the F-word, and providing several uncensored examples of how it may be employed. Several logs here say it was The Crystal Ship: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,34276.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORWAY. LLE3 on air today and Sunday on 5895 --- In addition to our regular schedule the LLE-3 transmitter at Bergen Broadcasting Station will broadcast later today and on Easter Sunday, 5895 kHz, USB. The transmission is led by CE Øystein Ask LA7CFA: Friday, April 14 1500 to 1600 UT Sunday, April 16 1600 to 1800 UT The program will be the Easter program 2017 from SDXF, Sweden's Dx- Förbund V. with QSL card for written reports with return postage of $3 to PO BOX 100, N-5331 RONG, NORWAY otherwise to styret@bergenkringkaster.no. We also remind you of Radio Northern Star's regular service on LLE-4 1611 khz and http://www.northernstar.cc Good listening! (Radio Northern Star via Facebook) (via Dave Kenny, Apr 14, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Nothing heard so far today. Any one getting reception? Sent from my iPhone (Dave Thorpe, 1640 UT April 16, ibid.) ** OKLAHOMA. 930, Friday April 14 at 1228 UT, WKY with no morning DJ show which was still shown on their website April 1, but repeated IDs as ``930 AM WKY Deportes`` The call letters always pronounced in English. String of national and local ads & PSAs, including one in English for an OKC Low-Testosterone business --- sports fans have got to keep it up! 1232 UT plugs WKY carrying Texas Rangers SBGs. 1233 UT rejoins network ESPN Deportes. The website still uses the old name, http://www.laindomable.com/ but has wiped musical show info, except for this presumably now outdated about the DJ known as The Roadrunner, (tho check to be sure whether he`s not on M-F at 21-01 UT). I am preserving here for posterity [sic without fixing up accents, horrendous comma splices]: http://www.laindomable.com/shows/jose-rivera-el-correcaminos/ ``20160421_JoseJaimeLeo-27 [portrait] http://www.laindomable.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/1023/2015/05/20160421_JoseJaimeLeo-271-300x200.jpg Mi nombre es Jose Rivera, me apodan El Correcaminos, naci en Nuevo Laredo, amps. Mexico en un 22 de Mayo de 1900 y algo, desde niño me gusto’ la locucion, no fue’ hasta finales de los 90’s que se me dio’ la oportunidad de estar en una radio al aire, en el 1340 AM, la caliente, con Chuy Vega, estaba en aquel entonces en ventas y chuy me daba la oportunidad de entrar al aire en su show, trabaje’ un tiempo , deje la radio, en Agosto del 2001, un amigo de nombre Mathew Mollman, me dio’ la oporunidad de ayudar en su estacion por 2 semanas, y entre’ a trabajar en la 106.7 para un total de 3 años y medio. La Indomable me contrato’ un 14 de febrero del 2005, y aqui estamos, gracias al publico, ahora de 4-8 PM. Me encanta la musica, especialmente el rock en español, amo la cumbia, la clasica, la norteña, la banda, la punta, la rumba, el danzon, la characa, el merengue y la salsa, me gusta toda la comida en moderacion, Tacos de Carne Asada, Abichuelas con Arroz, un buen Caldo 7 mares y un buen Sirloin con Camarones. Me gusta ayudar a mi gente, complacer a mis radioescuchas y siempre estar al tanto de lo que pasa en Okc, La Union Americana y el mundo entero. Si le gustaria conocerme mas a fondo, lo espero de 4-8 de Lunes a Viernes, Aqui, en La Indomable 930AM``. 930, Sunday April 16 at 1228 UT, tune-in just in time to hear closing of weekly 7 am CT pubaffs show in English, `Sunday Morning Magazine` which WKY is still carrying post-flip to SS ESPN Deportes elsewhen, inviting potential guests to contact them; immediately back to Spanish ID. Previously also heard but not synchro on sibling KWPN 640, both licensed to RADIO LICENSE HOLDING CBC, LLC along with some FM stations (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAKISTAN. Results of a monitoring project on Radio Pakistan (April 2017) 1. http://www.radio.gov.pk/player?6 provides links to 13 audio streams, but these are only active when the respective stations are active. This may result in many hours of silence during the day on a particular channel. For former shortwave listeners of Radio Pakistan, two streams are of special interest: "World Service" and "External Service". During the monitoring project the channel monitored was left running even when there was no programme feed. 2. The World Service stream provides programmes in Urdu and Chinese 0045-0215 Urdu 0500-0700 Urdu after 0700 generally silence but on different days at different times breaks into music (songs praising Pakistan) or spoken word not found on any of the other channels 0830-1104 Urdu, 1100 „4 pm news in English“ 1200-1300 Chinese 1330-1530 Urdu 1700-1900 Urdu The news are in parallel with some of the domestic internet streams. There are major information programmes (which may be repeats of domestic programmes). The "4 pm news in English" at 1100 h UT were the only element in English. The programmes provide for a plenty of pleasant music: There is film music, including titles you would also hear on Indian stations. Some titles seem to be Urdu renditions of western titles. Some music sounds more Near/Middle Eastern. Some programmes are even presented in a very youth oriented style. All programmes are preceded by a worn out recording of the interval signal and end with the national anthem. The audio quality is [otherwise] excellent. 3. The External Service stream provides the PST afternoon and evening line up of the traditional foreign languages (PST Pakistan Standard Time PST = UTC+5): 0900-1000 Bangla 1000-1030 Nepali 1030 silence 1045-1145 Hindi 1145-1215 Gujarati 1215 silence 1230-1300 Sinhala. 1300-1330 Tamil 1330 silence 1345-1445 Pushto 1445-1545 Dari 1700-1800 Farsi All programmes start with an Islamic greeting/Qur`an recital and end with the national anthem. Above all: All programmes have an awfully distorted audio. So, this nuisance to shortwave listeners was not the result of old transmitters. It seemed that the Qur`an recitals and some of the music suffered less from distortion. 4. The World Radio TV Handbook mentions English news bulletins at 0300*, 0800*, 1100, 1300*, 1600* and 1700 h UT. The "4 pm news in English" at 1100 h UT following the Urdu World Service programme were the only element in English. It is easy to see that for the benefit of international listeners the English news marked by an asterisk could easily be embedded in a musical interlude between the Urdu World Service programmes. 5. However, repairing the audio circuit of the External Service should have the highest priority (Dr Hansjoerg Biener, 14 April 2017, WORLD OF RADIO 1874, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAKISTAN [and non]. VOA URDU LAUNCHES NEW TELEVISION SHOW IN PAKISTAN http://www.insidevoa.com/a/voa-urdu-launches-new-television-show-in-pakistan/3809010.html (VOA PR April 14, also via Hansjoerg Biener, DXLD) ** PERU. 5980, April 18 at 0052, not even a JBA carrier from R. Chaski to time; must be totally off. April 19 at 0101:30 tune-in, not audible either. Last catch was a week ago, April 12 until 0100:58.5* so at the usual slippage rate it should be about 46 seconds later, until 0101:44.5 if it were still running at all (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PUNTLAND. 13800, 14.04.2017 1115-1130, SOMALIA, Puntland R. 1, Talk OM + YL. BN-IN +++ IN - Insufficiente-Poor, BN - Buono-Good (SWL I1- 0799GE, Luca Botto Fiora, QTH Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1874, DXLD) Still some other stations at various times sked on 13800, but no more Tamazuj and Dabanga, so one maybe can count on hearing Puntland later than 1130. Except Saturday only, HCJB from Austria to Russia at 1630- 1730 (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1874, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ROMANIA. 9730, UT Sunday April 16 at 0033, RRI English with classical music, VG at S9+25, next version of Ave Maria sounds like Zamfir (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11850, RRI at 2031 // 9610 (Fair at best) with a woman with news headlines for “Radio Newsreel” then news in depth at 2032 – Very Good Apr 17 – // frequency 6170, which worked so well during the winter months, won’t be heard in North America as it is the wrong time of day to receive it and 9535 seems to be covered by DRM noise (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA yg via DXLD) Ha2, the DRM noise on 9535 is RRI itself also in English as scheduled (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** RUSSIA. Weak to fair signal of Adygeyan Radio, April 16 1900-2000 on 6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Sun Adygeyan. No signal on 6000 SCB 100 kW / 306 deg to WeEu Brother Stair http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/weak-to-fair-signal-of-adygeyan-radio.html (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SLOVAKIA [non]. 11580, USA, Radio Slovakia International in Slovak via WRMI, Okeechobee, FL, April 10, 2017, 0017–0036. Music with choral singing, cultural programming, with interviews and music. A good, strong signal, with interesting program material including popular music. ID and contact information given at 0026. Slovak program ended at 0027, with WRMI ID in English at 0029. Radio Slovakia English program began at 0030. “Slovakia Today” program with F anchor in English. News of Slovakia helping on the Macedonian and Greek borders. Parliament votes, day by day news items read covering the last several days. M announcer joined the conversation with a discussion of dancing. This was one of the more interesting programs of this listening session (Vince Henley, Anacortes, WA. Equipment currently in use: Tecsun PL-380, JRC NRD-525, Drake R8B, Sony ICF-2010, Ten-Tec RX- 340. Antennas are half-meter whip on PL-380, 1.2 meter whip on ICF- 2010, and Alpha-Delta DX-Ultra installed broadside east-west, NASWA Flashsheet April 16 via DXLD) USA. 9955. R. SLOVAKIA INT. Abril 15. 0230-0257 UT. Vía WRMI. Presentación del servicio en español y saludos a los auditores por la programación de Viernes Santo. A las 0133, se realiza una explicación de la relevancia del sentido de estas fiestas, en Eslovaquia, por parte de un capellán que vive cercano a Bratislava, que además cita al Papa Francisco. A las 0237, se hace una descripción de costumbres antiguas realizadas en la Semana Santa, tal como consumir alimentos de color verde, la prohibición de trabajar el día de Viernes Santo, las celebraciones de Jueves santo o aquellas dedicadas a la limpieza de ventanas, vasos u objetos de metal. A las 0245, se entrevista a una mujer que habla de las antiguas costumbres de la Semana Santa, las que recuerda con nostalgia y además describe los platillos que se consumían, así como una reflexión acerca de pérdidas de la celebración de las mismas. A las 0250, se habla de una Iglesia de Bratislava de estilo modernista, financiada por una mujer y diseñada de un arquitecto del imperio Austro Húngaro, la que actualmente es un monumento histórico. A las 0256, datos de contacto de la emisora y despedida del servicio en español. SINPO: 55444 (Claudio Galaz, RX: TECSUN PL 660; ANT: Hilo de 80 metros de largo, QTH: Barraza Bajo, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, SIBC (presumed), English church service with an OM who had a SORT OF African accent preaching traditional Anglican/Presbyterian style service with lots of traditional choir hymns including The Old Rugged Cross, which the cut out in the middle of. No ID but what else could this be especially with Don's log yesterday? 253+42+ 1134-1143* 9/Apr SPR4 + wire (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Brighton MI DX-pedition, MARE Tipsheet 14 April via DXLD) ** SOMALIA [and non]. BBC SOMALI LAUNCHES TV NEWS PROGRAMME 10.04.2017 Last updated: 10.04.2017 at 11.34 Category: World Service BBC Somali launches a new flagship TV news programme on April 24 at 1700 GMT. As part of its growing investment in Africa, the BBC is launching a TV news programme for its Somali-speaking audience. The 15-minute daily (Monday to Friday) programme will cover global and regional news, business, technology sport and entertainment. It will be aired on some local free-to-air TV stations, bringing impartial, independent and objective information and analysis to millions of Somali speakers in the region and the diaspora. The TV programme will offer an international perspective on how global developments affect Somalia - and how events within the region are seen by the rest of the world. It will benefit from a growing network of journalists based in the region and overseas in countries such as the UK and the US. Broadcast from London, it will offer balanced and trusted news and the best of the BBC’s original journalism in a dynamic and engaging style. Viewers can interact with the progamme online @bbcsomali and bbcsomali.com Presenter Farhan Jimale says: “It’s the perfect moment to launch a TV news offer for our audience because BBC Somali service is this year celebrating its 60th anniversary. Our aim is to reach young and aspirational Somalis who are increasingly consuming news via TV, digital and social media platforms. We hope this TV programme will soon become essential viewing for Somali audiences globally.” Solomon Mugera, Regional Editor, BBC Africa says: “The BBC is responding to what Somali audiences want. Over the years we have built a strong audience base, particularly on Radio, and we know that the way audiences consume media content is changing. This news programme will deliver journalism, based on our long-standing principles of independence, accuracy and unbiased reporting.” The significant investment in Africa over the next few years will see establishing co-productions and commissions with local independent producers as well as training and mentoring for the next generation of African journalists. Notes to Editors BBC reaches 3.6 million weekly via all platforms for BBC Somali. It will be broadcast on the following partners; Horn Cable TV, Kalsan TV, Somali Broadcast Corporation and Star TV Network BBC World Service’s BBC Africa hub brings together the production of multilingual content about the continent on radio, on TV and online on bbcafrica.com. As it delivers content in English, French, Hausa, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Somali and Kiswahili, BBC Africa ensures a pan- African approach to the output, offering its audiences opportunities to join the global conversation. BBC Africa has teams based in London and across much of sub-Saharan Africa, and has well established production centres in various cities (BBC PR via Hansjoerg Biener, DXLD) ** SOUTH AFRICA. Hi Glenn, 702 kHz, at 1733 - LM Radio now seems to be up and running. 'This is your happy music station, LM Radio', playing soft rock oldies like Fogelberg, REO Speedwagon, Humperdinck and Dylan. With Portuguese and English ads and the long-ago LM Radio music cue. Good signal into Cape Town with apparently 50 kW from Welgedacht, east of Johannesburg. Seems like they're targeting the same audience that listened to the old LM Radio on shortwave [MOZAMBIQUE = Lourenço Marques, now Maputo] over 40 years ago, in this time slot at any rate! 73 (Graham Bell, Simon's Town, RSA, Apr 14, WORLD OF RADIO 1874, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH AFRICA. SenTech A-17 Meyerton operation schedule. 26 March 2017 to 28 October 2017. Start End kHz Broadcaster kW Azi Days Target Area Language deg 1700-1730 9600 AWR 250 19 1234567 East Africa Swahili 1730-1800 9600 AWR 250 19 1234567 East Africa Masai 1930-2000 11790 AWR 250 315 1234567 W Africa Fulfulde 0400-0500 7445 BBC 100 20 1234567 East Africa English 0500-0600 11945 BBC 250 5 ......7 East Africa Kirundi 0500-0600 12095 BBC 250 19 1234567 East Africa English 0500-0600 15490 BBC 250 5 7 East Africa Kirundi 0529-0600 9440 BBC 250 328 1234567 West Africa Hausa 0529-0600 11945 BBC 250 5 1...... East Africa Kirundi 0529-0600 15490 BBC 250 5 1...... East Africa Kirundi 0600-0700 12095 BBC 100 335 1234567 West Africa English 0600-0800 6190 BBC 100 360 1234567 East Africa English 0600-0800 7445 BBC 100 15 1234567 East Africa English 0700-0730 15400 BBC 250 340 1234567 West Africa French 0700-0800 17830 BBC 250 328 1234567 West Africa English 1130-1600 15420 BBC 250 32 ......7 East Africa Somali 1200-1230 17765 BBC 250 352 1234567 West Africa French 1330-1400 15420 BBC 250 32 ......7 East Africa Somali 1400-1430 17640 BBC 250 328 .23456. West Africa Hausa 1400-1500 15420 BBC 250 32 123456. East Africa Somali 1400-1600 15420 BBC 250 32 ......7 East Africa Somali 1500-1600 12095 BBC 100 19 1234567 East Africa English 1600-1700 12095 BBC 100 19 1234567 East Africa English 1630-1700 11660 BBC 250 5 .2345.. East Africa Kirundi 1800-1830 5930 BBC 250 76 1234567 IndianOcIsl French 1800-1830 7245 BBC 100 342 1234567 West Africa French 1800-1830 7265 BBC 100 30 1234567 Somalia Somali 1800-1830 9720 BBC 250 32 1234567 East Africa Somali 1800-1900 7375 BBC 100 30 1234567 East Africa English 1900-2000 7375 BBC 250 19 1234567 East Africa English [what`s the difference to them between `BBC` and `BBCW`?? --- gh] 0500-0600 3255 BBCW 100 360 1234567 Southern AF English 0500-0600 6190 BBCW 100 15 1234567 Southern AF English 1600-2000 3255 BBCW 100 360 1234567 Southern AF English 1600-2000 6190 BBCW 100 15 1234567 Southern AF English 0300-0500 3345 Channel Africa 100 5 .23456. Southern AF English 0300-0400 5980 Channel Africa 250 19 .23456. East Africa English 0500-0800 7230 Channel Africa 100 5 .23456. Southern AF English 0600-0700 15255 Channel Africa 250 328 .23456. West Africa English 0800-1200 9625 Channel Africa 100 5 .23456. Southern AF English 1200-1300 9625 Channel Africa 100 5 .23456. Srn AF Chinyanja 1300 1400 9625 Channel Africa 100 5 .23456. Southern AF Silozi 1400-1500 9625 Channel Africa 100 5 .23456. Srn AF Portuguese 1500-1600 9625 Channel Africa 100 5 .23456. Southern AF English 1500-1600 15660 Channel Africa 250 7 .23456. East Africa Swahili 1600-1700 15235 Channel Africa 250 328 .23456. West Afica French 1700-1800 15235 Channel Africa 250 328 .23456. West Afica English 0300-0400 6045 Deutsche Welle 250 19 1234567 East Africa Swahili 0630-0700 15200 Deutsche Welle 250 330 1234567 West Africa Hausa 1000-1100 17710 Deutsche Welle 250 7 1234567 East Africa Swahili 1600-1700 9670 Deutsche Welle 250 7 1234567 East Africa English 1700-1800 11610 Deutsche Welle 250 340 1234567 West Africa French 1800-1830 9755 Nippon Hoso Kyokai250 328 1234567 West Africa English 0000-0600 3320 R Sonder Grense 100 275 1234567 N Cape Afrikaans 0600 0700 7285 R Sonder Grense 100 275 1234567 N Cape Afrikaans 0700-1500 9650 R Sonder Grense 100 275 1234567 N Cape Afrikaans 1500-1700 7285 R Sonder Grense 100 275 1234567 N Cape Afrikaans 1700-2400 3320 R Sonder Grense 100 275 1234567 N Cape Afrikaans 0800-0900 7205 SoAfrican RLeague 100 5 1...... Southern AF English 0800-0900 17660 SoAfrican RLeague 250 19 1...... East Africa English 1630-1730 3230 SoAfrican RLeague 100 360 .2..... Southern AF English 1400-1500 15460 Voice of America 100 15 1.....7 East Africa Kirundi 1630-1700 11985 Voice of America 100 360 .23456. Ce Africa English 1700-1730 6080 Voice of America 100 335 1234567 West Africa English 1730-1800 12140 Voice of America 100 15 .23456. East Africa Oromo (hfcc database, March 24 via BC-DX 14 April via DXLD) ** TAIWAN. The chain of SOH Sound of Hope outlets in Chinese language, heard from Taiwan island: 12980.113 S=5-6 at 0408 UT 13130.194 S=4-5 13199.809 S=4-5 13229.995 S=7-8 at 0412 UT stronger signal 13530.221 S=5-6 at 0341 UT 13639.868 S=4-5 13680.196 S=4-5 13774.994 S=4 13820.201 S=6-7 13889.875 S=4 13919.927 S=7 the strongest 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, April 18, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Aoki estimates power on these as 0.1 kW; ham transmitters? (gh, DXLD) ** THAILAND. 15590, HSK9 R Thailand with English news including items re drinking & sexual harassment being discouraged at a Spring festival (Thai New Year). To paraphrase the Chaos agent talking to Maxwell Smart "What, no groping? This used to be a fun holiday!" Starting to fade & BRIEF QRM sounding like someone was tuning up a transmitter at 0211. Sig almost gone by end of log. 35444 to 1+5342 0205-0215 8/Apr SPR4 + 500' wire (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Brighton MI DX-pedition, MARE Tipsheet 14 April via DXLD) ** TURKEY. 9830, V of Turkey YL reading schedule in English, then news with the lead item about the Sweden ‘truck terrorist’ indicating that the latest is three dead. The SECOND item was about the Syria attack by the US, which either because they are anti-Russia or want to seem more ‘aligned’ with the west the seemed to approve of. Also items re Greek Cyprus issues. A bit of ute rattle at first, but it quit by 2204. AFTER the ute quit, 3+5444 2203-2213 7/Apr SPR4 + 500’ wire 15450, V of Turkey with English news by YL re Syria mostly, then "Eye on the Agenda" programme at 1241 re a March 25 Anti-Turkey rally in Berne & how this is not just an issue of allowing 'free speech', but that European democracies are "Allowing Terrorist Threats" that will endanger everyone. Then "The Culture of Living Together" talx re Islam & how we should 'love all people because that is the only way we will avoid destroying the planet' & waxing philosophic about indulgence & love. Then at 1255 Question of the month about how many tourists visited Turkey in 2016 into music at 1257. Started out 35443+ and up to 3+54+44 by 1240. 1232-1300 8/Apr SPR4 + 500' randomwire (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Brighton MI DX-pedition, MARE Tipsheet 14 April via DXLD) 9515, April 15 at *0256:15, JBA carrier comes on at S5-S6, 0258 starts IS, 0300:05, 5-pip timesignal ends, but VOT English to North America is way too weak to be listenable. As soon as this appeared, I switched to // 6165 and found it had come on too at about equal level, in the absence of RHC moved to 6145. Possibly if 6165 were aimed usward, swapped with 9515 to be aimed eastward, both targets would be better off. See also CUBA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1874, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of Turkey -- 17 April --- Powerful signal (S9 + 60dB) into the U. Twente SDR receiver for the English broadcast on 9785 kHz starting at 1830 UT. Sign-on announcement of times and frequencies seem all to be wrong. Perhaps they were right for the B season (didn't check) but they are not correct for the A season. News broadcast didn't mention anything about demonstrations by the no side in the referendum, only those of the yes side. Of course, we should not be surprised considering who operates the Voice of Turkey. The sign-off announcement has the correct current times and frequencies. Go figure! [later:] On listening again to my recording, they fail to mention the 1230 UT broadcast on 15450 kHz. Other times/frequencies correspond to HFCC registrations (Richard Langley, NB, April 19, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9770, April 19 at 0133, open ~S9 carrier, dead air from V. de Turquía which promptly cuts off the air. // 9870 with Turkish music is S6. Recheck at 0140, both are on at about equally poor levels with more music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UKRAINE. NATIONAL COUNCIL OF UKRAINE FINED 10 RADIO STATIONS FOR VIOLATING LANGUAGE QUOTAS The National Council for Television and Radio Broadcasting obligated the radio station to pay UAH 579 390.4 for broadcasting a large number of programs not in the state language. "The National Council applied penal sanctions to 10 radio companies that violated the norms of the law on quotas," - said in a message on the page of the department in Facebook. "Radio Vesti", "Glas", "104.FM", "Radio Chanson", "Kiss FM", "Radio 106.6", "MFM", "Europe Plus Dnepr", "Irta" and "TRK Mayak" Must pay 5% of the amount of the license fee for broadcasting programs and songs in the Ukrainian language below the level established by law. On the published infographics it is clear that Kiev, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovograd, Odesa, Donetsk and Zaporizhzhya regions became the penalty regions. The largest amount of penalties for conducting programs not in Ukrainian was written out to Glas company - 43.2 thousand hryvnia, in second place - Radio Vesti (39.6 thousand hryvnia), on the third - radio 104 FM (17.6 thousand) Hryvnia). Most violations during the broadcast of songs recorded on the radio "Chanson" (125.7 thousand hryvnia). On March 16, the Ukrainian parliament passed a bill in the first reading, providing that at least 75% of films and programs should be broadcast in Ukrainian. The document allows a situation where the presenter speaks the official language, and the guests respond to the other. For regional TV companies, a cat is established - 50%. All programs and films that are not their own product must be accompanied by subtitles in Ukrainian, if speakers and actors speak other languages. Ukraina.ru http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__65219/ (RusDX 16 April via DXLD) ** U K. BRIAN MATTHEW RADIO 2 TRIBUTE The Brian Matthew Story - BBC Radio 2 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01b8vhc 27 days left to listen, 57 minutes James Moir celebrates Brian Matthew, a true icon of the airwaves, who began his broadcasting career in Germany and trained as an actor at RADA before joining the BBC in 1954. Here Brian became a popular voice on the BBC Light Programme, hosting Saturday Club and Easy Beat, which attracted audiences in their millions with just about every pop personality of the day lining up to appear, including The Beatles. In 1961, Brian became the regular host of ABC TV's Thank Your Lucky Stars, a Saturday evening pop music fixture that went head-to-head against BBC TV's Juke Box Jury. The show featured big acts from Britain and the US and also made a personality of young Janice Nicholls from Wednesbury, who became a permanent fixture in Spin A Disc. During this segment, a panel made up from the audience gave marks out of five to the latest releases and Janice, in her broad Midlands accent, started something of a national catchphrase with "Oi'll give it foive". In 1973, Brian hosted a series called My Top Twelve, in which popular performers like Duane Eddy, Brian Ferry and Ringo Starr were invited to share their thoughts and favourite music (a sort of Desert Island Discs for Radio 1). And from 1978 to 1990, he hosted the nightly Radio 2 Arts programme, Round Midnight, for which he won the 1987 Pulitzer Publishing Award. Prominent figures from the world of arts regularly appeared including Sir George Solti, James Cameron, Henry Mancini, Peter Schaufuss and John Fowles. In 1990 came another long-running show, Sounds Of The 60s, which won a Gold Sony Radio Award in 1996. And at the 2008 Sonys, Brian was presented with another Sony Gold Award to celebrate his impressive record of more than 50 years of national and international radio broadcasting. Brian presented Sounds of the 60s for 27 years. James Moir, Controller of Radio 2 until 2004, introduces contributors including singers Craig Douglas, Helen Shapiro, John Leyton, Mark Wynter, Maureen Evans, Thank Your Lucky Stars' Janice Nicholls, clarinettist Acker Bilk, and broadcasters David Jacobs and Ken Bruce (via Mike Terry, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) ** U K [non]. 9585, April 16 at 1328, B-B-C- chimes at S4-S7, 1329 opening S Asian language? HFCC shows it`s Myanmarianese via Singapore, 250 kW, 340 degrees at 1330-1415 daily (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. VOA Radiogram this weekend is the usual, MFSK32 with one item in MFSK16 in case conditions are uncooperative: http://voaradiogram.net/post/159571567527/voa-radiogram-15-16-april-2017-loud-shrimp (Kim Elliott, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1873 monitoring: confirmed Thursday April 13 at 2130 on WRMI, 11580, very poor. NOT confirmed Thu Apr 13 at 2330 on WBCQ 9329.1v-CUSB, instead Overcomer continued. This was an operational error and the schedule has not changed. Next: Fri 2230 WRMI 11580 to NE, 5950 to S Fri 2330 WBCQ 9329v-CUSB to WSW Sat 0630 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW [off for maintenance this week only] Sat 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB to WSW [off for maintenance this week only] Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sat 2230 WBCQ 9329v-CUSB to WSW Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sun 1030 HLR 9485-CUSB to WSW [off for maintenance this week only] Sun 2330 WBCQ 9329v-CUSB to WSW Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to SSE [pre-empted this week only] Mon 2330 WBCQ 9329v-CUSB to WSW Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 to SSE, 6855 to WNW Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE, 6855 to WNW Tue 2330 WBCQ 9329v-CUSB to WSW Wed 1030 WRMI 5850 to NW, 6855 to WNW Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9329v-CUSB to WSW WORLD OF RADIO 1873 monitoring: after 2229 ``WNYW`` style WRMI ID, confirmed Friday April 14 at 2230 on WRMI 5950, very poor, // VG 11580 (and 6855 is still off; see separate report). Also confirmed Friday April 14 at 2330 on WBCQ 9330, very poor vs high noise level (7490 good, 5130 off). Also confirmed Saturday April 15 at 2230 on WBCQ 9330.15v-CUSB, fair (so frequency now has been bumped up a kHz, closer to nominal). Also confirmed UT Sunday April 16 at 0327 about 5 minutes into program on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO, poor with storm noise level, so started circa 0322. Next: Sun 1030 HLR 9485-CUSB to WSW [off for maintenance this week only] Sun 2330 WBCQ 9329v-CUSB to WSW Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to SSE [pre-empted this week only] Mon 2330 WBCQ 9329v-CUSB to WSW Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 to SSE, 9455? to WNW Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE, 9455? to WNW Tue 2330 WBCQ 9329v-CUSB to WSW Wed 1030 WRMI 5850 to NW, 9455? to WNW Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9329v-CUSB to WSW WORLD OF RADIO 1873 monitoring: confirmed Sunday April 16 at 2330 on WBCQ 9330.05v-CUSB, good. Also confirmed but JBA, UT Monday April 17 at 0305 the 0300v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5129.8. Next: Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 to SSE, 9455? to WNW Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE, 9455? to WNW Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Wed 1030 WRMI 5850 to NW, 9455? to WNW Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW WORLD OF RADIO 1873 monitoring: confirmed Monday April 17 at 2330 on WBCQ 9330.0v-CUSB, good; also confirmed UT Tuesday April 18 at 0051 the 0030 on WRMI 7730, S9+40. Also confirmed Tue Apr 18 at 2130 on WRMI 15770, fair-good; also confirmed Tue Apr 18 at 2330 on WBCQ 9330.0v-CUSB, F-G. Next: Wed 1030 WRMI 5850 to NW, 9455? to WNW Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW WORLD OF RADIO 1873 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday April 19 at 1315 on WRMI 9955, fair above pulse jamming; tnx a lot, Arnie! Also confirmed Wed Apr 19 at 2100 on WBCQ webcast, but 7490 not checked. Also missed checking Wed Apr 19 at 2330 on WBCQ 9330v-CUSB. WORLD OF RADIO 1874 monitoring: ready for first SW broadcasts April 20; CONTENTS: Albania, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Canada, China, Cuba, Germany, India, Iran and non, Korea North, Kuwait, Lithuania non, Montenegro, Netherlands non, Pakistan, Puntland, South Africa, Turkey, USA, unidentified Thu 2130 WRMI 11580 to NE Thu 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Fri 2230 WRMI 11580 to NE, 5950 to S Fri 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sat 0630 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW Sat 1431 HLR 7265-CUSB to WSW Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sun 1030 HLR 9485-CUSB to WSW Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to SSE Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 to SSE, 9455? to WNW Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE, 9455? to WNW Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Wed 1030 WRMI 5850 to NW, 9455? to WNW 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. 5129.8-AM, April 14 at 0450, no signal from this WBCQ, off the air. 7490 is still on and so is 9329.1-CUSB with Brother Scare (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Allan Weiner Worldwide [UT Sat Apr 15 from 0000 on WBCQ 7490] --- Show this evening lasted for an hour and 53 minutes. Allan and Dr. Becker. Dr. Becker brought in a bottle of "apple juice" and they were both drinking from it. No programming info at all this evening. 5130 transmitter is down this evening but should be back up for tomorrow's Area 51. Tom Barna is sick so things are running slow at the station. No internet problems during the show this evening. Allan's story this week was about a Model T Ford and he never got it completely finished. Lots of phone calls and all but one had to do with repairing of old radios. Allan says a busy summer coming up. Moving in more transmitters, reworking of antennas etc. (John H Carver, Jr., Mid- North Indiana, UT April 15, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5129.82-AM, April 14 at 2330 check, this WBCQ is off like last evening. Still off at 0301; still inaudible April 15 at 2230. But by 0013 April 16, I do make out a JBA carrier on 5129.83 vs high storm noise level. It was expected to be back on in time for Area 51. 7490, April 15 at 0425, WBCQ is a JBA carrier! Unusual for this frequency, and no signal at all from 7850-CUSB CHU. MUF must have plunged in disturbance. 7490.08, UT Sunday April 16 at 0019, WBCQ now good with usual strange `Mitch & Kathy Show` during this hour. 9330-CUSB also good with Full Gospel as always during this hour, a.k.a. Blalock the Blaster. 7490.1, Sunday April 16 at 2101, WBCQ with classic rock music, certainly unfitting for scheduled `Marion`s Attic` of old old old tunes. Recheck webcast at 2130, now it`s Webster; late start? 9330v-CUSB, April 16 at 2101, JBA carrier, presumably with TOM. This is supposedly on air 24 hours, but often can`t hear it at night or at day. 5129.8-AM, April 16 at 2334 check, JBA carrier here too, while 7490 is sufficient with Harry Shearer`s `Le Show`. Are the others running low power, or just very poor propagation? 5129.82-AM, UT Wed April 19 at 0107, YL discussing ham radio, S9+20 but noisy, from WBCQ. So `Amateur Radio Roundtable` is still on winter frequency, soon QSY to 9330? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. FROM THE ISLE OF MUSIC AND UNCLE BILL'S MELTING POT, APRIL 16-22 From the Isle of Music, Week of April 16-22, 2017 --- No guest this week, just a wonderful mix of multiple styles of Cuban music from the 1950s to today. Four possibilities to listen via shortwave: 1. For Eastern Europe but audible well beyond the target area in all directions with 100 kW, Sunday 1500-1600 UT on SpaceLine, 9400, from Kostinbrod, Bulgaria (1800-1900 MSK) 2. For the Americas and parts of Europe, Tuesday 0000-0100 UT on WBCQ, 7490 from Monticello, ME, USA (Monday 8-9 PM EDT in the US) 3 & 4. For Europe and sometimes beyond, Tuesday 1900-2000 UT and Saturday 1200-1300 on Channel 292, 6070 from Rohrbach, Germany. From the Isle of Music is not available for listening on demand but some broadcasts can be heard online during the time of the broadcast using Web SDRs or the WBCQ website (during their broadcast) if you are not receiving the radio signal. 2. Episode 8 of Uncle Bill's Melting Pot, a clandestine musical variety program that features everything from everywhere EXCEPT songs that you are probably familiar with, will air on WBCQ the Planet, 7490, Thursday, April 20 from 2300 to 2330 UT (7:00-7:30 pm EDT in the Americas). Brought to you by Tilford Productions, which also brings you From the Isle of Music. (The WBCQ website keeps us Top Secret, but we'll be on, and propagation has been great lately....) (William "Bill" Tilford, Owner/Producer Tilford Productions, LLC 5713 N. St. Louis Av Chicago IL 60659-4405 email: bill@tilfordproductions.com phone: 773.267.6548 website: http://www.tilfordproductions.com April 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 6855, April 14 at 0455 check, WRMI-5 is still off the air. What`s wrong? Not found on any other WOOB frequency in case it have to move again. 6855, April 16 at 0018 still no WRMI-5. Now we know why: From WRMI Facebook page: "WRMI Radio Miami International 14 April 2017 6855 kHz off air - Due to interference with a U.S. Army frequency, WRMI has been asked to vacate 6855 kHz. We are now off of this frequency. However, a replacement frequency of 9455 kHz has been assigned, and we expect to be on the air on 9455 kHz sometime next week. This frequency will be directed primarily to the Southwestern United States and Mexico, although it will probably be audible in other areas as well, depending on propagation conditions." I imagine the programming contained will be changed, as it will no longer make much sense to duplicate nearby 9395, or 9955. It does make sense to move to a higher band, anyway for summer, if running 24 hours. 9395, UT Sunday April 16 at 0040, ``Sleigh Ride`` --- sounds like `Xmas Radio` program is now here. Had been on defunct 6855, listed as UT Mondays only during this hour, but suspected to be daily. Still nothing sacred heard even on Holy Saturday into Easter (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1874, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Bye bye, Bye bye, Sitkunai --- The 2130 Sunday broadcast on 9955 is ruined by jamming (pre-empting `Noches con Mirka` --- worthy of regular jamming?) But I`m hearing the last part of it on 9955 webcast. Should get the rest at 0300 UT Monday when 9955 itself is often barely audible here even if not jammed much. Tuned in during music break and first suspected it was not this. More music interrupts the history. Now an additional repeat is shown on this sked via BC-DX, presumably meaning WINB, tomorrow night, UT Tuesday. (gh, DXLD) ``2017-04-16 2130-2230 via YFR 9955 100 kW 160 degr towards CeAmerica 2017-04-17 0100-0200 via YFR 9395 100 kW 355 degr towards No-Ea- America 2017-04-17 0300-0400 via YFR 9955 100 kW 160 degr towards CeAmerica 2017-04-18 0300-0400 via IMB 9265 50 kW 242 degr towards CeAmerica (Christian Milling-D, milling.international April 11)`` BTW, 160 from Okee is not toward Central America but Caribbean/South America, and 242 from Red Lion is more like Mexico (and US). (Glenn Hauser, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) "There were several broadcasts via the streams of WRMI-SYS D (11580 kHz)" ---- 11580 kHz? Are you sure? Was this an unscheduled broadcast? Date and time? -- (Richard Langley, NB, ibid.) NOT an unscheduled broadcast ("5950 kHz" planned!), but an unscheduled QRG: 11580 kHz (roger, germany, ibid.) Thanks. Wish I had known ahead of time that it would be on 11580 kHz. That is usually the best WRMI frequency for me (Richard Langley, ibid.) "2017-04-17 0100-0200 via YFR 9395 100 kW 355 degr towards No-Ea- America" --- Seems to be just oldies. Screwup? (Richard Langley, 0148 UT April 27, ibid.) 9395 at 0140 with Simon & Garfunkel song, "Sounds of Silence", followed by canned announcements requesting reports to WRMI. Right now seems to be one of WRMI’s music filler programs. Signal is S9+ at peaks with some brief fades below threshold audio (Stephen Wood, Harwich, Mass., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, same at 0157 on 9395 with good reception on the west coast. No sign of any Lithuanian good bye for the last 10 minutes (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, ibid.) Altho there are no details on the WRMI sked for the 22-23 hour on 11580, I have noted previously that it is // 5950 programming whenever checked. As for before 22, 11580 should be on System F, and thus not // 5950 (or rather 5950 is not even on before 22). Defunct 6855 was supposed to be on System D at 20-22, perhaps also pending 9455 replacement. Anyhow, I suspect the Sitkunai special was not on 11580 for the first half before 2200, even tho on the SysD stream. To add to the confusion, the special had been publicized as only on 9955 at 2130 Sunday, i.e. System C. A last reminder that another playback has been publicized in less than an hour, 0300 UT Tuesday on WINB, 9265 and its webcast (Glenn, 0209 UT Apr 17, ibid.) Finally, good reception of the final broadcast at 0300 today via WINB. Some deep fades, but overall at good, even very good levels into the west coast of Canada. I simultaneously recorded the on-line feed, but it cut before 0300, so no idea whether there was a technical fault or what. Initial ID stating via WINB, so nice to have the personal touch. All English up to 0310 UT so far. 73 (Walt Salmaniw, UT Apr 17, ibid.) 9955, Sunday April 16 at 2215, WRMI under jamming, no good for special airing of `Bye, Bye, Sitkunai`, but confirmed clearly on webcast. Will have to catch the first part on a later repeat. Scheduled normally at 2130-2230 Sundays is a repeat of Mirka`s new show, eligible for jamming? They are gusano Miami Cubans, after all. Next scheduled airing on WRMI is UT Monday April 17 at 01-02 on 9395 - -- but at 0123 check, it`s WRMI ID amid Oldies music! Others report the same at various times during this hour. No show. Next airing is 03-04 UT Monday April 17 on 9955. I don`t even try that, but webcast tuned in at 0320 so hear the middle of the program. There is one more repeat publicized, a late addition, UT Tuesday April 18 at 0300 on WINB 9265. I believe they webcast too, so need to catch the first 20 minutes there. Surely the whole thing will be preserved somewhere in online audibility (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Nevertheless, I did record WRMI on 9395 kHz for that hour and a bit more. So, the current 9395 kHz schedule for the beginning of the day (UT) is (at least on Sunday evenings) [UT Monday April 17]: 00:00 -- Countdown to Christmas Radio 01:00 -- Oldies (and not "Bye-Bye to Sitkunai" on this occasion) 02:00 -- Voice of Hope program "Swing Shift" with Pat Conrad (jazz program with Christian messages) (-- Richard Langley, April 19, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) During the 0300 hour, 9955 did come through with the correct program, but reception was marginal into Victoria, and fair into Don Moman's remote receivers in Alberta. I do hope the program is archived somewhere. 73, (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, ibid.) Any chance of Internet repeats? (Erik Koie, Copenhagen, ibid.) [yes, a podcast --- see LITHUANIA] Here on the east coast, in NB, the signal was mostly buried in the noise. Although we sometimes get good reception of WINB off the back of the beam, it was not the case last night. Willing to share your recording, Walt? (-- Richard Langley, ibid.) ** U S A. 11580, April 19 at 0136, hot DX news: R. Bangladesh English broadcast at 1230 is on two new frequencies, 15525 and 12030, likewise V. of Islam at 0800. More DX news about KTWR and Abu Dhabi as heard ``here in Sri Lanka`` --- o yes, it`s Victor Goonetilleke, and the news is very, very cold, as this is a vintage playback of `Media Network Minus` during the PCJ Radio International hour on WRMI, from when, 20 or 25 years ago? As of 0330 UT April 19, I see that the WRMI transmission schedule http://tinyurl.com/WRMIfqs has finally replaced 6855 with 9455 for #5 at 285 degrees, but the 24- hour schedule of programming matching diverse other transmitters seems not to have changed at all, so far. I am yet to hear 9455 really back on the air. Checked for it April 18 at 2130 during WOR on 15770 which had been // 6855. 9455 used to be one of WRMI`s weakest frequencies here, but not sure if on same antenna. Anyhow in the summer, day and night, it should do better than deleted 6855 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1874, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Upcoming frequency change of WRMI Okeechobee tx#5 sometime next week: 0000-2400 NF 9455 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg to WNAm various px, ex 6855, due to interference with a US Army frequency & WRMI has been asked to vacate 6855. A-17 schedule 9455 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg to WNAm vary broadcasts as follows: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/upcoming-frequency-change-of-wrmi.html (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, April 15, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9942.9, UT Sunday April 16 at 0030, O o, here`s that parasitic spur from WTWW-2 as I tune down; sure `nuff, huge fundamental 9930 is next, still on at S9+55, 0030 canned ID, music, and matching spur on 9917.1. By next check 0142, has QSYed to 5085; probably circa 0100 for `TOFTO`. So 9925 would have been no good for Mighty KBC from 0000 instead of 6145, which is due to change from May 7. If WTWW-2 keep running here until 0100, that will still be the case. However, HFCC shows it`s supposed to stop by 0000, so maybe a sloppy Ted anomaly. 9930 & 5085, Sunday April 16 at 2307, WTWW-2 is not on either, unlike on Saturday when 9930 ran past 0030 Sunday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5050, UT Sunday April 16 at 0045, WWRB has made its seasonal switch to here ex-3215/3195, usual paranoid huxters on weekends. S9+40, enough to cut thru storm noise level better than it would on 90m. 5050, April 16 at 2307, WWRB is not on yet, summer frequency reactivated. Previously ex-3215 would be on as early as 0000 UT weekends during standard time; but now it is on by 0003 April 17 recheck (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1874, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WWCR-1 World Wide Christian Radio with AM mode on 15795/15825, April 12 till 1200 15795 WCR 100 kW / 046 deg WeEu English instead of FM Apr 11 from 1200 15825 WCR 100 kW / 046 deg WeEu English, traditional AM mode http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/wwcr-1-world-wide-christian-radio-with.html (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 15555/USB, WJHR, Milton FL with screaming Bible Bumper and a rather easily amused congregation chuckling along to his sermon about why people don't go to church any more. He went off on a REALLY strange tangent about Michael Faraday by mentioning 'ladies, you'd be washing underwear on a scrub board but for Faraday, yet you never hear about him in the secular world because he loved Jesus more than the rewards of this world.’ Apparently he left a scientific conference to attend a tent revival meeting to listen to a preacher who was illiterate (his wife had to read the Bible passages) rather than hang around with the greatest minds of his era. I have NO idea if this is true or not, but it IS a good story! Especially when he tells the women of the congregation they should be washing their husband's underwear! ;) 2+5444 1823-1833 8/Apr SPR4 + 500' wire (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Brighton MI DX-pedition, MARE Tipsheet 14 April via DXLD) ** U S A. 17775, April 18 at 1911, KVOH on late at S9, still with praise music in Spanish; off by next check 1957 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. La Rosa de Tokio para este fin de semana: homenaje a Jose Hollowaty [sic] La Rosa de Tokio es un programa dedicado a difundir el apasionante mundo de la radio y del diexismo que se transmite semanalmente desde los estudios de LS11 Radio Provincia de Buenos Aires. En el programa de este fin de semana haremos un homenaje al Pastor José Hollowaty, voz representativa de KGEI y creador de Radiodifusión America. La Rosa de Tokio puede ser escuchada los días sábados de 2300 a 2400 Tiempo Universal Coordinado (20:00 a 21:00 hora LU) por los 1270 kHz y en Internet por http://www.amprovincia.com.ar Además, una extensa red de emisoras de frecuencia modulada de toda la República Argentina retransmite en forma semanal nuestro programa en diferentes días y horarios. La Rosa de Tokio también sale por onda corta gracias a las facilidades brindadas por WRMI Radio Miami Internacional, http://www.wrmi.net También puede ser escuchada en cualquier momento entrando en la página ProgramasDX y haciendo "click" en http://programasdx.com/larosadetokio.htm Desde este vínculo también podrán acceder al archivo que recaba ediciones anteriores del programa. La Rosa de Tokio es producida y conducida por Omar José Somma y Arnaldo Leonel Slaen y cuenta con la colaboración habitual de Rubén Guillermo Margenet, desde Rosario y Alejandro Daniel Alvarez, desde Neuquen (Arnaldo Slaen, April 14, playdx yg via DXLD) ** U S A. 1070 Lookout Mountain (Chattanooga) TN: WFLI Back on? Clear ID and into USA news at 1900 EDT 4-14. Good signal into the Atlanta area. Still good at 1903 (Robert LaFore, April 14, 2301 UT, IRCA via DXLD) Anyone who buys this old rotting RF heap of a radio station has more dollars then sense. The cost of improvements and monthly operating expenses would make this a losing proposition from the get-go, unless you have another business that can absorb the costs. This place needs some serious upgrades. They are apparently on, I'm told, testing in hopes of finding or for a potential buyer. This one just needs to fade into the sunset. Nostalgia doesn`t pay the bills (Paul Walker, AK, ibid.) Thet went into some third tier talk show after the news. the "War Show". Audio sounds pretty spongy. (LaFore, ibid.) Yes, they've been on as usual since at least last week. If that farewell announcement was a bid for attention, it sure worked - scores of postings on the DXing and I Love AM Radio Facebook sites by people weeping and crying and pounding their breast about how it signals the end of an era in Chattanooga Top 40 history etc. etc. This despite the fact they've been paid religion for the past 36 years (Steve Francis, Alcoa, Tennessee, WORLD OF RADIO 1874, ibid.) Paul, I'm not sure I understand. Are you really saying you want this station, or any station to close? Are you maybe mixing programming you don't like, or agree with, with having a station on the air? Regards, (Vince Ferme, Ottawa, ON, IRCA via DXLD) Nice job of putting words in my mouth and assuming what I meant. No, but this station needs some technical upgrades. (I heard the sign off aircheck someone made, and it sounded horrible). That combined with monthly operating costs and maintence make it a losing proposition. 50 kW AM's don't necessarily mean lots of money anymore. The station is pretty directional and is in an over-saturated radio market. I could care less what they`re programming, doesn't bother me. But the power bill alone for 50 kW day and 2500 watts night is several thousand a month, minimum, nevermind maintenance and repairs. There's already plenty of religion, talk radio and music on the radio in Chattanooga. Nostalgia --- the old top 40 days, 50000 watts on AM, don't pay the bills anymore. A lot of DX'ers don't seem to realize that, nor do they understand the business side of radio (Paul Walker, AK, ibid.) I'm not a mind reader; I can only go by what you wrote. Since I did not understand, I thought I would ask. When you seemed to be discouraging potential buyers, I was even more confused. >>> Alot of DX'ers don't seem to realize that nor do they understand the business side of radio. A lot of DXers want stations to DX. Communities want service. Now, if a person, or a group wants to buy an "old rotting RF heap of a radio station", what's wrong with that? Maybe they have an idea nobody thought of. Maybe they will change the technical parameters. Maybe... Do you want the 'channel' to remain vacant? Regards, (Vince Ferme, Ottawa, ON, ibid.) I'm a broadcaster and a DX'er; been DXing since I was 12 or 13. Been a broadcaster for nearly 15 years (I'm 33). They could drop a few towers and go with lower power, which would make this a potentially viable option. There's just not a lot you can do with an AM signal that has high operating expenses, especially as a standalone in a market where everything is already being done 2-3-4 times over (Paul Walker, ibid.) DXing on/off since about the same age. Around 20 years in telecom, but not broadcasting. As for current age, let's say you are young enough to be my son. :^) ``They could drop a few towers and go with lower power, which would make this a potentially viable option. THere's just not a lot you can do with an AM signal that has high operating expenses, especially as a standalone in a market where everything is already being done 2-3-4 times over.`` This is a much more interesting reply. Let's hope somebody buys this "old rotting RF heap of a radio station", and implement your sugestions. As a DXer, I much prefer low power stations. Regards, (Vince Ferme, Ottawa, ON, ibid.) As a broadcaster first and foremost, I`d rather lose a station and have it go off the air then have a station limping along doing no one any good. Broadcasting is a business and the only reason this station lasted as long as it did, was because I think the same family had it, like, forever (Paul Walker, ibid.) The world of broadcasting today is not what it was. Energy costs are much higher. There are more stations in every market, and more stations listenable from outside. Formats have been condensed and with more stations and fewer formats there's more duplication. Add to that the fact that AM's audience has eroded, not just from FM, but from all sorts of other media and devices. So more stations, fewer formats, fewer listeners and higher costs aren't a good formula for success. That in turn leads to neglect of maintenance due to lack of funds. Paul is telling it like it is (Russ Edmunds, WB2BJH, Blue Bell PA, ibid.) How much is it going for? (Ira Elbert New III, GA, Sent from my iPhone, ibid.) One source told me $150,000 for the land, equipment and license. That should tell you something right there (Paul Walker, ibid.) ``Nice job of putting words in my mouth and assuming what I meant. No, but this station needs some technical upgrades. (I heard the sign off aircheck someone made, and it sounded horrible) That combined with monthly operating costs and maintence make it a losing proposition.`` Like WHAT? Their main transmitter is a Harris DX-50. I could often hear them before local sunset Chattanooga and they sounded good. ``50kw AM's don't necessarily mean lots of money anymore. The station is pretty directional and is in an over saturated radio market.`` Over saturated? If your format is country, otherwise you are full of it. `` Alot of DX'ers don't seem to realize that nor do they understand the business side of radio.`` And sometimes YOU don't either. ONLY one AM station showed up in ratings. (Interesting that 2 HD-2s did. I wonder if they were on a translator) There are a lot of 50,000 watt AMs making money. If you are a stand-alone you have to work HARD and have really good sales people. Modern day radio (both AM and FM) do not have many of this type person. Even IF I were 40 again and had expertise in sales as well as what I have now, I would not want the stress (Powell E Way III, SC, IRCA via DXLD) ** U S A. 1380, April 15 at 0446 UT, Spanish religion about ``el caudillo de Israel``, i.e. KRCM Shenandoah TX, probably on 22 kW day power (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1480, April 14 circa 1200-1230 UT, no R. Namaste from KBXD Dallas unless it`s the SAH vs dominant KQAM Wichita. Should be in on SRS with 50 kW day power; meanwhile KTNO Spanish religion also from The Metroplex is good and dominant on 1440; so is KBXD off again? Recently was hearing it dominant at night. 1480, April 15 at 0445 UT, South Asian songs dominating again this time of night, no doubt KBXD Dallas (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Re: https://radioinsight.com/headlines/116211/1580-the-fanatic-to-launch-in-phoenix/ 1580 in Phoenix became The Fanatic, an all-sports station and the call is KQFN. It really rocked the house up here this afternoon. I swear its signal was bouncing off these mountains. Its signal seemed to be more east-west than north-south off the loop. From the updated FCC Database, it appears to be radiating from the KXEG 1280 site. You guys might want to look this way along the greyline and pick it up before it switches to low power. Later (Art Jackson, KA5DWI/7, Dewey AZ, 80 miles north of Phoenix, April 13, ABDX via DXLD) I think I caught a bit of those guys a night or two ago. They're running CBS Sports Radio, yes? 73 (Tim Hall, San Diego CA, ibid.) How does their night signal do? (Todd Skaine, MN, ibid.) It's only 95 watts nondirectional, but it made it to San Diego (300+ miles) through 50 kW pest KBLA even though my antenna was aimed at KBLA and hardly picks up any Arizona stations. For decades 1580 was a hopeless channel here, because we had 3(!) nearby pests all running 50 kW at night. Of those, XEDM appears to have moved to FM, and KQFN (ex-KMIK etc.) has dropped to 95 watts, leaving only one big pest (although as you go east of here, Colorado Springs soon becomes a very big pest). 73 (Tim Hall, ibid.) Fortunately, in the 70s, the 1580 in Santa Mónica wasn’t a California Angels affiliate. It was so directional that XEDM dominated the frequency at Anaheim Stadium – (Rick Lewis, ibid.) I had a button on the car radio set for XEDM when I lived in Albuquerque in 1980 because they came in every night like a local. I would usually listen to them for a bit while in the car in the evening. They had a couple of good jingles. One said something like "La Grande in Sonora" or maybe it was "El Grande in Sonora." Not sure which is proper since I don't know the language, but a friend told me it meant "the big one in Sonora." I could never understand how the 1580 in AZ was licensed, especially at night since they were right in the back yard of XEDM. I don't care how directional they were, XEDM was ND, and they were way too close to have anyone else on their frequency. 73, (Kit W5KAT, CO, ibid.) Hi Tim, They are a CBS Sports affiliate. Their new application is 700 watts non-directional at night. I noticed others coming in as the sun set last night. They are carrying the IndyCar race in 2 weekends. I will listen in there at the race (Avondale AZ) to see what kind of signal it is. 73 (Art KA5DWI/7, ibid.) The application for 700 watts at night is interesting in that it specifies 216 feet of top loading on a 180 foot tower. Sent from my iPad (Dennis Gibson, CA, ibid.) ** U S A. 1640, April 15 at 0437 UT, local KZLS (Alex Jones accusing salon.com of lying about him; he makes me want to puke), with an understation, traces of Spanish. Rather than Argentina or Perú, I`m confident it is KBJA Sandy UT, the only SS known in North America on 1640. No sign of WTNI Biloxi MS with silly sportstalk in English, which is the usual understation, and often QRMing KZLS as if on daypower (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn - re 1640 don't forget Juventus don Bosco from Dominican Republic. I have pointed out to the editors that the current edition of WRTH omits all Dominican Republic stations from their Central American listings. 73 (/Andrew Brade, England, DX LISTENING DIGESET) O yes, I had a gnawing feeling something was missing. But still KBJA would be far more likely here. DR is of course not in Central America, but grouped with Caribbean, Bermuda & Mexico for the by-frequency pages in the back, no DR at the end of the list on page 551. The National Radio page for DR, 186, does include that 1640 station, plus others on 1620, 1670 and 1680. They were all in the 2016 edition page 551; strange (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. FCC PROPOSES LEVYING HUGE FINE ON NEW YORK POLICE RADIO JAMMER --- 04/17/2017 http://www.arrl.org/news/view/fcc-proposes-levying-huge-fine-on-new-york-police-radio-jammer The FCC has proposed a fine of more than $400,000 on a Queens, New York, man who has admitted making unauthorized transmissions on New York City Police Department (NYPD) radio frequencies, maliciously interfering with NYPD officers’ communications. Peralta, 20, is alleged to have transmitted false bomb threats, false claims of criminal activities involving firearms, false distress calls from purported NYPD officers, and threats against individual NYPD officers. The unauthorized transmissions began a year ago, according to the FCC. “Through his actions, as he described them to the NYPD, Mr. Peralta has demonstrated not only a deliberate disregard of the Commission’s authority and rules, but of the safety of NYPD officers and the public that they are called to serve and protect,” the FCC said in a Notice of Apparent Liability (NAL), issued on April 14. “Commission action in this context is therefore essential to safeguard authorized operations on spectrum licensed for public safety uses, and, accordingly, a substantial penalty appears warranted.” The FCC said the NAL addresses nine unauthorized and interfering transmissions that Peralta has admitted to the NYPD that he made on its radio system. The FCC said Peralta’s unauthorized transmissions included false bomb threats, false claims of criminal activities involving firearms, false distress calls from purported NYPD officers, and threats against individual NYPD officers. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, said that with the NAL, the FCC is making it “abundantly clear that it will not tolerate unauthorized and illegal use of the radio spectrum.” The entire Commission now must sign off on such proposed fines, and Pai said he was grateful to his fellow FCC members for “agreeing to act swiftly and strongly” in the matter. “This may not be a typical pirate radio case in which an unauthorized operator inflicts damage on a radio broadcaster that is operating with a valid FCC license,” Pai said, “but it does involve unauthorized interference to critical public safety communications systems.” Peralta was arrested last fall along with two other men suspected of committing several robberies. According to news accounts, police found a cache of scanners and radios in one of the suspects’ homes. The FCC said it was alerted by a Twitter post about an unlawful intrusion on the NYPD radio system and dispatched an Enforcement Bureau agent to check it out. On September 30, the NYPD contacted the FCC’s New York Office and advised that it had arrested Peralta and another individual in connection with unauthorized transmissions on NYPD’s radio system. According to police reports, the other individual arrested — Ricardo Torres, 29, described as “a ham radio enthusiast” in some news accounts — allegedly provided the radios used. Torres, is said to hold an FCC General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS) license but his name does not appear in the Amateur Radio licensee database. Police said they found 15 portable radios, 9 scanners, roof- top antennas, an amplifier, and assorted other electronics in Torres’s apartment. Peralta has 30 days to pay or contest the proposed $404,166 FCC forfeiture (ARRL via Artie Bigley, WORLD OF RADIO 1874, DXLD) ** U S A. FCC actions of "more than routine interest" The FCC went into considerable detail today into misuse of Broadcast Experimental licenses and the Experimental Radio Service. It rejected frenetic pleas by a Puerto Rico station owner who wants to keep operating synchronous transmitters. https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-17-372A1.pdf The FCC also rejected a petition to allocate an FM frequency to the Travelers Information Service (TIS). https://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2017/db0417/DA-17-364A1.pdf Editorial comment: In both cases, the petitioners did not do their homework. Experimental licenses such as the one in Puerto Rico can't be used to provide regular programming or commercial service absent special FCC permission. They are granted for limited periods, only to research scientific questions and develop technology or equipment that uses radiofrequency energy. The FCC takes a dim view of using the experimental service as an excursion around its regular licensing process -- a process that can be protracted and costly, as it now involves auctions. The station operator in this case, his engineers and legal counsel should all have been very aware of this policy. With regard to the TIS petition, reallocating spectrum to a service that has never had it would normally require unimpeachable engineering, deflection of opposition, Congressional visits and coordination with affected parties. The advocates of Low Power FM, for example, surmounted such challenges and now many hundreds of these LPFM stations are on the air. But after this unsuccessful attempt, TIS will remain an AM service for the foreseeable future (Benn Kobb, AK4AV, April 19, WORLD OF RADIO 1874, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VATICAN [and non]. EWTN CHAIRMAN NAMED CONSULTOR FOR VATICAN COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE On Wednesday, the Vatican announced that EWTN’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Michael P. Warsaw has been named by Pope Francis as a consultor to the Vatican Secretariat for Communications. . . http://www.ewtnnews.com/catholic-news/Vatican.php?id=15385 (via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, 13 April 2017, DXLD) EWTN also owns and operates US international short wave station WEWN Birmingham (Biener, ibid.) Consultor is RCC-speak for consultant (gh, DXLD) SPECIAL EASTER BROADCASTS FROM VATICAN RADIO Also a decent signal initially on Saturday, 15 April, on 15570 kHz, again beamed to Africa from Santa Maria di Galeria, between 1825 and 2100 UT for the English commentary of the Easter Vigil liturgy from St. Peter's Bascilica. But the beginning of the broadcast (first 30 minutes or so) suffered from some kind of scratchy random interference -- kind of reminiscent of the garbage put out by Radio Cairo lately. And the signal went into the noise at about 1945, never to return. Too bad, only a single frequency for the English commentary was used. Sure, we could listen to streaming on the Web. But where's the fun in that? Unfortunately, there was no audible signal using the U. Twente SDR receiver for the Easter Mass on Sunday, 16 April, on 17785 kHz between 0755 and 0930 and 0955 to 1020 UT. Frequency too high for reception in Europe. Ditto the remark above (-- Richard Langley, dxldyg via DXLD) Vatican Radio Romanian & Ukrainian liturgy on Sun, Apr 16 0615-0730 on 7250 SMG 250 kW / 054 deg to EaEu Romanian liturgy Sun 0615-0730 on 9645 SMG 100 kW / 054 deg to EaEu Romanian liturgy Sun 0615-0745 on 9850 SMG 250 kW / 055 deg to EaEu Ukrainian liturgy Sun 0615-0745 on 11740 SMG 250 kW / 058 deg to EaEu Ukrainian liturgy Sun http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/vatican-radio-romanian-ukrainian.html (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** YEMEN [non]. Republic of Yemen Radio via Jeddah & unknown transmitter, April 13 from 0858 11860 JED 050 kW / non-dir N/ME Arabic fair signal plus echo from 0902 11860 unknown tx / unknown N/ME Arabic very poor/weak signal http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/republic-of-yemen-radio-via-jeddah.html (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZANZIBAR. TANZANIA, re: pulsing sound. Yes, the 11735 / 6015 kHz unit is now again OKAY, the failure on the 'Made in China' shortwave tx fixed already (Wolfgang Büschel, Apr 9, BC-DX 14 April via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 1580 UNIDENTIFIED 0923 April 15, 2017. This one, this one. I've been hearing this for a few months and cannot ID. But today, I eliminated lots of possibilities via streaming sites. Let's start with that: it's ***NOT*** CKDO, WVOK, KCHA, WDAB, WZKY (all allegedly with Oldies format). Could be a sat-fed Oldies subscriber feed, WPGY, Elljay, GA is D1 500 watts, but no functioning stream located to eliminate that one as mayybe violating hours. Points N/NE. Look at this perfect monitoring of song tracks (sometimes a big train wreck). Interesting, the occasional Country track drops: 0923 - The Band - TNTTODD 0926 - Billy Joel - Just The Way You Are 0931 - Journey - Feeling That Way/Anytime (well, at least they didn't cold stop the segue of these two) 0937 - low mix/mumbling/badly enunciating and very, very stupid kid voice liner beginning with, "Hey, everybody..." then male with promo for something program promo with times, phone number not copied (648 maybe in the sequence) 0938 - Lady Antebellum - Downtown 0940 - [digital alarm X 5 SFX atop above song -- different source -- see separate UnID log] 0941 - CCR - Down On the Corner 0944 - Every Brothers - Cathy's Clown 0947 - Kristen Kelley - He Loves To Make Me Cry 0950 - The Eagles - Best Of My Love 0953 - Tyler Farr - Redneck Crazy 0957 - Great White - Save Your Love 1001 - Bob Dylan - Positively 4th Street 1005 - Toby Keith - Wish I Didn't Know 1008 - Blondie - Heart Of Glass 1012 - Big & Rich - Cheat On You 1016 - same stupid mumbling kid liner as at 0937 1016 - Jimmy Buffett - Fins 1019 - Tracy Lawrence - Sticks & Stones No ID across both top-of-hour listens. Tuned out at 1020. Re-tuned at 1057, with Miranda Lambert "Only Prettier" in progress but smashed by 1100 by WSRF, WCCF, WTCL (in that order). 1580, UNIDENTIFIED, "The Alarm" 0940 April 15, 2017. Exact format as heard on 1560 back on October 8, 2016, then appearing in the co- channels every 15 minutes, consisting of 5 X high-pitched double beeps, sounding exactly like an electric digital alarm clock. This time, not heard except for the 0940 cycle though, and 20 kHz higher. (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 6174.0-USB, April 19 at 0119, 2-way Spanish intruders, QRMing the JBA carrier on 6173.9 no doubt R. Tawantinsuyo, Perú (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 6780, April 19 at 0543, S9-S6 AM carrier; still there at 1305, weakening by 1354. 6780 is probably an ISM Part 15 device, like could be on its second harmonic frequency 13560, where nothing in particular is now audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 7615/USB, UNID net with check-ins; 0111-0118+, 14-Apr; Non-IDs including; Atria 80, Big Ben 2, Big Ben 62, Caroline 4, Cowboy 68, Downeast 42, Golden Rod 62, Gray Sky 15, Long Leaf 44, Patriot 80, Red Fox 17, Red Robin 41, Sideway 68, Skyline 4, Triblade 51. This is the same freq used by the Yahweh pirate (Harold Frodge, MI, MARE Tipsheet 14 April via DXLD) Civil Air Patrol: see my logs (gh) UNIDENTIFIED. 19050.223 kHz, USB mode station audio interval signal -- - In remote SDR unit in South Korea came across of an UNKNOWN station interval theme audio. USB mode transmission, not clean audio, on 19050.223 kHz lowest SSB peak measured. At 0640 UT on April 17, S=7-8 or -81dBm signal. KLINGENFUSS database has no station entry on this range; Radio Free Afghanistan requested usage on 19010 kHz. Russian ship broadcast [?] entries on 19201 and 19210 kHz Sevastopol and Smolensk. Any comments? Listen to the audio file on https://app.box.com/s/02eefx2xjtel40ovahsaz1q4ytpzam75 vy73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Intriguing. Don`t recognize it. Nothing further later? Consider possibility of harmonic: 9525+, no fit and not Indonesia, of course. 6350: Korean radio war 6348? (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Sounds like wrong pitch to me. 3 x 6348 kHz indeed comes to mind immediately. Where exactly is this SDR located? (Kai Ludwig, Germany, ibid.) Listen in broadband AM mode on 6348 kHz at 1751 UT Apr 17, S=9+35dB, 2 x 8 kHz wide = 16 kHz bandwidth. 73 wb (Büschel ibid.) [indicating it sounds nothing like the other clip. Korean talk has noise jamming in background --- gh] re: 19050 is u s b mode, likely marine or ship broadcast. There are lots of war ships between Alaska, Kamchatka, Hainan Island and Singapore around Korea these days. Compare also IBB RFA Tibetan 06-07 UT both 21540 Tinian-MRA and 21690 kHz UAE Tibetan were much stronger in South Korea today, than China mainland jammers this morning on co-channel (Wolfgang Büschel, WORLD OF RADIO 1874, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 1874: Hi Glenn, here`s a bit to help out all your fine work on DXLD (& perhaps get the DXLD World Headquarters staff* a nice lunch). Props to you for keeping DXLD a veritable fount (dunno what this means, but it sounds neat) of reliable & very entertaining DX info. 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Thanks (John Spicer) PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ LOWBAND TV DX TARGETS FOR NORTH AMERICA In time for skip season: I've replaced my channel 2-6 maps for North America with new tables similar to my Latin American lists. This allows for more details and more frequent updates. All digitals & analogs 200+ watts shown. http://dxinfocentre.com/tv-nam.htm (Bill Hepburn, April 18, WTFDA gg via DXLD) HF AIRBANDS Hi everyone, Could anyone help with frequencies for south American HF Aero; finding this interesting especially after noticing Don's recent logs of ATC's I`ve never heard of (Mark, Isle of Anglesey, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Try this list for starters (yes; it's big...) http://monitor-post.blogspot.com/p/this-international-hf-aero-frequency.html (Mike Agner, ibid.) CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES +++++++++++++++++++++++++ RADIOCITY: IN MILAN THE RADIO BROADCASTING FESTIVAL 21-23 APRILE: https://playdxblog.blogspot.it/2017/04/radiocity-milano-il-festival-della-radio.html Ciao (Giampiero Bernardini, Milano, Italia, April 18, dxldyg via DXLD) Which leads to: https://www.avvenire.it/attualita/pagine/a-milano-radio-city-festival (gh, DXLD) US-AMATEURFUNKMESSE HAMVENTION STARTET AN NEUEM VERANSTALTUNGSORT Vom 19. bis 21. Mai findet die US-Amateurfunkmesse Hamvention erstmals im Greene County Fairgrounds und Expo Center in Xenia, im US- Bundesstaat Ohio/USA statt. Der Bauzustand der bis im vergangenen Jahr genutzten Hara Arena hatte sich zusehends verschlechtert und steht nicht mehr fuer eine erneute Messe zur Verfuegung. Die Oeffnungszeiten sind Freitag von 9 bis 18 Uhr, Samstag von 9 bis 17 Uhr und Sonntag von 9 bis 13 Uhr. Die Anfahrtsadresse fuer Navigationssysteme lautet: 120 Fairgrounds Road, Xenia, OH 45385, USA. Weitere Informationen zur Amateurfunkmesse gibt es auch im Internet auf der Veranstaltungswebseite. (DARC - Deutschland-Rundspruch 15/2017, April 13 via BC-DX 14 April via DXLD) DX-PEDITIONS ++++++++++++ KONA, HAWAII ULTRALIGHT TP'S FOR 4-12 My final session on the Big Island featured the usual overwhelming Pacific Island signals from 0730-1030 as well as a modest recovery of the Asians which had been hit by a solar disturbance on the previous couple of days. Despite Kona's general reputation as a DXer's paradise the Asian propagation does go through the typical cycles that we experience, although the superb Pacific Island propagation seems to be practically guaranteed. The sunrise enhancement period on Kona seemed relatively short in comparison to those observed at Rockwork 4 and Grayland in April, possibly because during this month both the sunrise and sunset dusk periods in Hawaii are substantially shorter than what we experience here in the northern latitudes. As a result it was always a wild scramble to track down the Asians during this typically enhanced period from 1530-1615, and choose frequency priorities before the propagation reaper crashed the party. My fifth floor oceanfront motel room was ideally situated for both DU's and TP's, but when the latter got hit by solar disturbances the motel's moderate RFI issues became more of a challenge. It would have been possible to take my lightweight gear to a local area to escape the RFI, but the Kona motel complex on Alii Drive is extremely crowded, featuring all sorts of curious tourists and vigilant property owners who would no doubt congregate and attempt to ask multiple questions (and use up a live DXer's limited sunrise enhancement time). Overall my oceanfront room certainly fit the bill for a thrilling Mini-DXpedition, though, especially considering the fact that during this four day Kona trip the transoceanic DXing was supposed to be a secondary priority to an anniversary trip with my wife (who actually seemed convinced that I had managed to honor this priority :-) 540, 2AP Apia, Samoa Vibrant island music continuing well past 1000 (and shooting down my initial plans to record a 2AP sign off routine when the PAL said it should sign off) https://app.box.com/s/tbo84s7gb2jci6gfxkawo7rsqpmpkyp3 621, Radio Tuvalu Funafuti, Tuvalu Overwhelming island music (its typical strength each evening) at 0835; this station's powerful signal was one of the trip's huge surprises https://app.box.com/s/whp0jcdrbi2fqq413m9idu4vuch45yph 630, HLSA Namyang, S. Korea Interval music and KBS2 deep-voiced male at moderate strength at 1521 https://app.box.com/s/9s3g67w2j5ge9ggsj31kwuwnqmfdiyh9 972, HLCA Dangjin, S. Korea Male-female speech at moderate level at 1525; Asian propagation was still halfhearted after a two-day solar disturbance https://app.box.com/s/oeq8zwacpt4vt8k4dx3ysar1lbzdn1ub 1035, Newstalk ZB Wellington, New Zealand Anemic DU male conversation at 1611; oddly enough this was the only NZ reception during the entire trip. It certainly seemed like the Kiwis were taking a vacation coinciding with mine-- I have no idea what was going on, but even the Western Australians on 531 and 558 were fairly regular. Bizarre! Kona certainly seems to be the opposite of the Rockwork 4 cliff, which typically enhances New Zealand in a freakish kind of way. https://app.box.com/s/1lwotewd38bn4z26l786ihjv5eyuklzf 1440, Radio Kiribati Bairiki, Kiribati Potent strength with the usual female announcer at 0832; an unknown Spanish station from the Mainland attempts to compete around 2:00 into the recording, but pays the usual price of a Mainlander trying to compete with a Pacific Island DU https://app.box.com/s/qxzl4ume5xv5bnjbn6ewbmh1kd3jxjse 1593, CNR1 Changzhou, China Male speech at a fairly good level at 1525; frequently in a mix with NHK2 https://app.box.com/s/3shbri3d8hfpaej6kvzyklkz6kl1oq4j 1593, NHK2 Synchros Matsue and Niigata, Japan Mixing with CNR1 during moderate Asian propagation at 1520 https://app.box.com/s/my9bdqgobvo4iuvgd3hhrkh9yap28xgr 73 and Good DX, (Gary DeBock (DXing at the Royal Kona Resort motel in Kona, Hawaii), 7.5" CC Skywave Ultralight + 5 inch "Frequent Flyer" FSL antenna https://app.box.com/s/2lixzaly97goivq7i3qqj6etrr0ce109 The link for the 1440-Kiribati sign off routine (from two days ago) was accidentally posted again in the April 12 report posted a few minutes earlier, instead of the correct MP3 link, which is posted at https://app.box.com/s/rihnibtmpwfiicw4tob1grn2n44yvjlw This recording features a Mainland Spanish pest attempting to compete for the frequency around 2:00 into the recording, only to suffer the usual fate of a Mainland station trying to compete with a Pacific Island DU. Radio Kiribati was one of the obscure Pacific Island DU's which regularly showed up in Kona with overwhelming signals every evening from 0800-0930. 73, (Gary DeBock, (now once again back in the DU-dead zone of Puyallup, WA), IRCA via DXLD) KONA, HAWAII DXPEDITION -- MORE EXOTIC DU RECORDINGS From April 9-12 a Mini-DXpedition was conducted on a sixth floor oceanfront room at the Royal Kona Resort Motel in Kona, Hawaii. A newly-designed 5 inch "Frequent Flyer" FSL antenna (specifically constructed to be "airport friendly") was used to boost DX station gain on a 7.5" loopstick C.Crane "Skywave" Ultralight radio. This combination was effective enough to track down many exotic Pacific Island stations (540, 621, 1440, etc.) at S9 levels during transmitter-site sunset skip propagation into Kona. Knowing very well that all of these Pacific island stations are extremely tough catches in North America (even on the west coast), a deliberate effort was made to record their formats, announcers, sign off routines and times. Linked below are some of these exotic Pacific island MP3's -- which hopefully will be useful to those DXers (like me) who have never heard any of these stations at home. 540, 2AP Apia, Western Samoa --- This station features a lot of Samoan music with both male and female announcers, and dominates the frequency in Kona at night as long as it transmits. Unfortunately it doesn't follow the listed PAL sign off time of 1000, but runs past this time routinely, making it tough to track down an exact sign off time. My guess is that it signs off sometime between 1030 and 1100. The following MP3 is of S9+ level Samoan Christian worship music at 0931 on 4-9. This overwhelming signal was one of the most awesome recorded during the entire DXpedition https://app.box.com/s/8ejvx8s7udh5ibtqymtxs5ew65mquqcl Energetic Samoan music at 0956 on 4-12. This is typical of the station's music format https://app.box.com/s/tbo84s7gb2jci6gfxkawo7rsqpmpkyp3 More typical Samoan choral music at 0835 on 4-11 -- a staple of programming in the station's format https://app.box.com/s/z8ecbvx14fyqx0tpjtw2ahy2r7omhst4 The usual male announcer in Samoan at 0845 on 4-11 https://app.box.com/s/zirqxu76dj7bywxyk1jynoushnw0zyv6 The usual female announcer in Samoan at 0856 on 4-11 https://app.box.com/s/6rkd8ckcd1005fyc5itupxowaf6jqhex [reply comment below] 612, Radio Tuvalu Funafuti, Tuvalu --- A very tough station to track down on the mainland, but certainly a "piece of cake" in Kona. Routinely has sign off at 1003 UTC, preceded by island choral music and the national anthem (sung by the same choral group). Around 0950 a female announcer begins the routine by giving a monolog news broadcast about 5 minutes long, typically followed by an island music song right before the fixed 5-minute sign off routine. The latter two features are included in the following 8 minute recording (at near S9 strength) made at 0955 on April 10 https://app.box.com/s/3z2ql91i5afhhi6kmjsnvos4p9q2j56y The usual female announcer with her 5 minute news broadcast at near S9 strength at 0955 prior to the sign off routine on April 11. The lady giving the correct pronunciation for "Tuvalu" is at the 11 second point https://app.box.com/s/knpjrxdb40p7hfe9xx7djlwyz3fzf8j3 Around five minutes of typical Island choral music at good-level strength at 0921 on 4-9 https://app.box.com/s/0vouj030pvoxy96o7xtvg45zq0uxed1n 1440, Radio Kiribati Bairiki, Kiribati --- Because of its domestic frequency this obscure station is another of the toughest Pacific island stations (and countries) to receive on the Mainland, but some very helpful identity clues were discovered in Kona (where the station is a breeze to hear). The station routinely signs off at 0936 UTC each evening, with a very loud 1000 Hz audio tone right before it cuts power. The sign off routine includes station ID's in both the local language and English around 0932 prior to the choral music national anthem, although because of her heavy accent the fact that the female announcer is talking in English might well go unnoticed. The full sign off routine is included in the following MP3, preceded by an Island music number (during which a 1400 Spanish pest attempts a run on the frequency, only to be immediately drowned out) https://app.box.com/s/s9sgwesnmi3ljjf1fkuhlsb08st7ty5y The station uses a distinctive 4-bong time signal on the half hour, as in this recording made at 0929 UTC at the 35 second point (after some American music) https://app.box.com/s/ks6n49yjreqdykdu2am76jl7qqj9mvyu Prior to the sign off routine this station also uses its female announcer to give a final news update (like 621-Tuvalu). This recording is of such a news update at 0925 on 4-11, with several mentions made of the American president https://app.box.com/s/a1zx6jelrvhguyzjfy6b5dgwlfjfceij Hopefully these clues will enable a few DXers (maybe even me) to track down these exotic stations at home. 73 and Good DX, (Gary DeBock (DXing in Kona, Hawaii), 7.5" loopstick C.Crane Skywave Ultralight + 5 inch "Frequent Flyer" FSL antenna (a combo photo, including a sleep- deprived DXer, is posted at https://app.box.com/s/2tjufcycjbzzm4gr01now9rsc24kiwrw Re 540, Samoa. In the past they were always seriously undermodulated, even when I was on a trans-Pacific cruise a few years back, and visited Apia. The transmitter building and antenna looked like they needed a facelift, and I was shooed away when asking about the station or whether I could visit. Not entirely sure whether that modulation is any better now compared to the past. Or the usual, that the music modulation is great, compared to poor, undermodulated announcements. Thanks for sharing, Gary! 73, (Walt Salmaniw, BC, ibid.) Now that you mention it, Walt, it did seem like the voice modulation on 540 was somewhat weaker than the music modulation. I made about ten recordings of 540-Samoa while in Kona, but all of the strong ones were with music, and I had to really search around for the two voice recordings. Like in the clip with the Samoan worship music, there seemed to be a great delay between the music and an announcer's voice (which was usually at a lower level). Maybe they needed time to flip a switch to an old-fashioned microphone? (Gary DeBock, IRCA via DXLD) ANKER PETERSEN CRUISE LOGS, NOT FM Tips from Africa and Asia Dear DX-friends. It is a month ago, since you last heard from me. I am now back after an unusual 4 weeks holiday on the Italian Cruise Ship Costa neo Romantica sailing the 7.397 nautical miles (= 13.699 km) from Mauritius to Shanghai and visiting several countries. I brought with me my portable Sangean ATS909 with a 90 cm long whip antenna and had a few chances to listen on it. It was impossible to listen in my cabin due to local noise, so the only chance on board was to sit between bathing guests in the two swimming pools on the open, top deck! Here are some of my loggings in UT on MW and SW from the various places. I also heard many local FM-stations, but they are not included here. In Singapore I heard 51 and in Hong Kong no less than 70 different FM-stations! *Flic en Flac, Mauritius* MW 684, 1735-1745 16.3 MAU RM 1, R Maurice, Malherbes. French ann, Chansons d'Amour, 1744 ann "NBC Radio" 45444 AP 819, 1755-1805 16.3 MAU RM 2, R Mauritius, Malherbes. Hindi ann and folksongs, 1800 ID: "RM 2 Radio, 24 hours a day", more Indian songs 55353 AP *Victoria, Seychelles* MW 1368, 0340-0345 21.3 SEY SBC, Victoria. French talk 55555 AP SW 11825, 0450-0455 21.3 MDG Madagascar World Sce., Mahajanga. II English ID, religious talk 35444 AP 11860, 0455-0500 21.3 CLA Republic of Yemen, via Saudi Arabia. Arabic ann, Arab songs 35433 AP 15380, 0455-0500 21.3 CHN Voice of China, Beijing. Chinese ann, music 25333 // 15480 (25333) and 17550 (35344) AP 15540, 0455-0500 21.3 CHN China Business R, Lingshi. Chinese ann and jingles 25322 AP *Malé, Maldives* MW 1449, 0640-0650 25.3 MLD MBC, Malé. Dhivehi interview 55555 AP *Colombo, Sri Lanka* I visited Victor Goonetilleke in his home and made monitoring on his Perseus. *Andaman Sea north of Banda Aceh* MW 783, 0920-0925 30.3 THA R Thailand, Ranong. Thai talk 25222 AP 1062, 0905-0910 30.3 THA R Thailand, Pukhet. Thai talk 25232 AP 1251, 0900-1010 30.3 INS RRI, Banda Aceh. Bahasa Indonesian interview, mentioning Jakarta, Sumatra and RRI, 0954 ID: "Radio Republik Indonesia, Banda Aceh, Indonesia", Indonesian songs, 1000 I/S, time signal, ann of frequencies of FM stations, news 45444 AP SW 9730, 0830-0835 30.3 MMR Myanma R, Yegu. Bamar ann, Myanma pop music 25332 AP 9835, 0835-1030 30.3 MLA RTM, Kajang. Malay talk, music and songs 25333 AP 11665, 0930-0935 30.3 MLA RTM, Kajang. Malay talk 25333 AP 11720, 0840-0845 30.3 CHN Voice of China, Huikou. Chinese report 35333 // 13610 (45444) AP 11950, 0845-0850 30.3 CHN Xizang PBS, Lhasa, Tibet. Chinese talk 25222 AP 15710, 0850-0855 30.3 CHN Voice of Shenzhou, Beijing. Amoy songs 25333 AP *Strait of Malacca between Sumatra and Malaysia* MW: No stations audible! SW 15500, 0635-0640 1.4 CHN China Business R, Beijing. Chinese talk with music 35333 // 15540 (25222) AP 15570, 0640-0645 1.4 CHN China National R-11, Baoji. Tibetan talk 25222 AP 15710, 0645-0650 1.4 CHN Voice of Shenzhou, Beijing. Amoy talk 25222 AP 17605, 0650-0655 1.4 CHN Voice of China, Beijing. Chinese talk 15221 // 17550 (35333) AP *Singapore* MW: No stations audible! SW 3915, 2255-2305 1.4 SNG BBC, Kranji. English talk, timepips, English news 25333 // 6195 (Noisy) and 9470 (25332) AP 13610, 0000-0005 2.4 CHN Voice of China, Nanning. Chinese report 35333 // 17890 (45444) AP 15570, 0350-0400 2.4 CHN China National R-11, Baoji. Tibetan talk 25333 AP *South China Sea south of Vietnam* MW 612, 0905-0910 3.4 VTN Voice of the People of Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnamese talk, mentioning Hanoi 3 times, pop music 45444 AP 711, 0900-0905 3.4 VTN Can Tho, Thoi Long. P-1 Vietnamese news, mentioning Hanoi and Vietnam, 0902 military march, talk // 657 Ho Chi Minh City (35444) AP 783, 0850-0900 3.4 VTN Can Tho, Thoi Long. P-2 Vietnamese ann, typical indigenous Vietnamese songs 45343 AP SW 9635, 0925-0930 3.4 VTN Voice of Vietnam, Son Tay. Vietnamese talk, mentioning Hanoi, Vietnamese romantic song 35433 AP 9730, 0920.0925 3.4 MMR Myanma R, Yegu. Bamar talk 25322 AP 9750, 0915-0920 3.4 CHN Nei Menggu PBS, Hohhot. Mongolian conversation 25333 AP 9835, 0910-0915 3.4 MLA Sarawak FM, via Kajang. Malay talk 25333. 11665 not heard at this hour. AP *Da Nang, Vietnam* MW 549, 0805-0810 5.4 VTN Hung Yen, My Hao. Vietnamese talk, piano music 25343 AP 594, 0810-0815 5.4 VTN Da Nang, An Hai. Vietnamese talk, mentioning "World Today" and twice Vietnam 55555 // 610 Quang Binh (35343), 666 Khanh Hoa (35232) and 675 Hung Yen, My Hao (35444) AP 702, 0815-0820 5.4 VTN Da Nang, An Hai. Military march, Vietnamese talk mentioning Hanoi 3 times 55555 // 729 Quang Binh, Dong Hoi (35444) AP SW 6020, 0820-0825 5.4 VTN Voice of Vietnam, Buon Ma Thout. Vietnamese ann, music 25222 AP 7210, 0825-0830 5.4 VTN Voice of Vietnam, Buon Ma Thout. Vietnamese conversation 25232 AP 9635, 0830-0835 5.4 VTN Voice of Vietnam, Son Tay. Vietnamese interview 35444 AP Other Vietnamese SW stations not heard due to propagation. 11665, 0835-0840 5.4 MLA Sarawak FM, via Kajang. Malay songs 25333 AP *Hong Kong, China* MW 567, 0630-0635 7.4 HKG RTVHK R3, Golden Hill. English ID, pop songs 45555 AP 621, 0635-0640 7.4 HKG RTVHK Putonghua Channel Cantonese talk 45555 AP 675, 0640-0645 7.4 HKG RTVHK R6, Peng Chau relays BBC WS in English, talk 55555 AP 783, 0645-0650 7.4 HKG RTVHK R5, Golden Hill. Mandarin talk 45555 AP 864, 0650-0655 7.4 HKG Hong Kong Commercial Broadcasting Co., Peng Chau. English ann, music 55555 AP 1044, 0655-0700 7.4 HKG Metro Broadcasting Co., Metro Plus, Peng Chau. Mandarin talk 55555 AP 1062, 0700-0705 7.4 CHN Zhuijang EBS, Guangzhou. Cantonese talk 45555 AP *Shanghai, China* SW 2850, 1000-1010 10.4 KRE KCBS, Pyongyang. Korean ann, military songs 35333 AP 3220, 1010-1015 10.4 KRE PBS, Pyongyang. Korean ann, songs 25222 // 3320 (35333) AP 3925, 1020-1030 10.4 J R Nikkei-1, Nagara. Japanese talk and song 35444 // 6055 (35333) AP 3945, 1030-1035 10.4 J R Nikkei-2, Nagara. Japanese ann, English song 35333 AP 6165, 1235-1245 10.4 MMR Thazin R, Pyin U Lwin. Bamar ann, Myanmar songs 45444 AP 6200, 1300-1305 10.4 CHN Xizang PBS, Lhasa, Tibet. Tibetan discussion QRM Voice of Jinling 33333 // 7255 (35333) AP 9665, 1015-1020 10.4 CHN Voice of Zhonghua, Beijing. Amoy talk 45444. KCBS not heard, neither on 11680. AP Best 73, (Anker Petersen, WB Radio yg via DXLD) WORLD OF HOROLOGY +++++++++++++++++ WORLD AMATEUR RADIO DAY TODAY Southgate: Radio amateurs around the world are taking to the airwaves today to celebrate World Amateur Radio Day (WARD) April 18 is the day for all of Amateur Radio to celebrate and tell the world about the science we can help teach, the community service we can provide and the fun we have. We hope you will join in the fun and education that is World Amateur Radio Day! The ARRL reports: Tuesday, April 18, will mark the 92nd anniversary of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU), and radio amateurs around the world will take to the airwaves to celebrate the day in 1925 that the IARU was formed in Paris. “Celebrating Amateur Radio’s Contribution to Society” is the WARD theme. Amateur Radio experimenters were the first to discover that the shortwave spectrum — far from being a wasteland — could support worldwide propagation. In the rush to use these shorter wavelengths, Amateur Radio was “in grave danger of being pushed aside,” IARU’s history notes. Amateur Radio pioneers, including ARRL co-founder Hiram Percy Maxim, 1AW, met in Paris in 1925 and created the IARU to support Amateur Radio worldwide. Just 2 years later, at the International Radiotelegraph Conference, Amateur Radio gained the allocations still recognized today — 160, 80, 40, 20, and 10 meters. Since its founding, the IARU has worked tirelessly to defend and expand the frequency allocations for Amateur Radio. Thanks to the support of enlightened administrations in every part of the globe, radio amateurs are now able to experiment and communicate in frequency bands strategically located throughout the radio spectrum. From the 25 countries that formed the IARU in 1925, the IARU has grown to include 160 member-societies in three regions. IARU Region 1 includes Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Northern Asia. Region 2 covers the Americas, and Region 3 is comprised of Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific island nations, and most of Asia. The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has recognized the IARU as representing the interests of Amateur Radio. Read the full ARRL story at http://www.arrl.org/news/world-amateur-radio-day-on-april-18-marks-iaru-s-92nd-anniversary IARU World Amateur Radio Day http://www.iaru.org/world-amateur-radio-day.html (Via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) QST de W1AW Special Bulletin 2 ARLX002 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT April 5, 2017 To all radio amateurs SB SPCL ARL ARLX002 ARLX002 30TH INTERNATIONAL MARCONI DAY EVENT SET FOR APRIL 22 Dozens of official "award stations" have registered to take part in the 2017 International Marconi Day (IMD) event, this year being held on April 22, 0000-2359 UTC (starting on April 21 in US time zones). All contacts counting toward the Marconi Award must be made on HF with registered stations, but other participating stations do not need to be registered to claim awards. This year marks the 30th IMD, held each year to mark the anniversary of wireless pioneer Guglielmo Marconi's birth on April 25, 1874. IMD is observed each year on a Saturday close to Marconi's birthday. Many special event stations - some operating from Marconi-related sites - will be on the air. Marconi Award certificates are available for both transmitting stations and shortwave listeners (SWLs). The event is not a contest but an opportunity for amateurs around the world to make point-to-point contact with historic Marconi sites using HF communication techniques descended from those used by Marconi, and to earn an award certificate for working or hearing a requisite number of Marconi stations. There are two categories. Transmitting amateurs attempt to complete contacts with 15 of the official award stations, while shortwave listeners attempt to log two-way communications made by 15 of the official award stations. International Marconi Day special event station GB4IMD will be on the air from Cornwall, helmed by members of the Cornish Amateur Radio Club, which organizes the IMD event. Cornwall was home to some of Marconi's early work. A list of participating stations is on the Cornish Amateur Radio Club's website at, http://gx4crc.com/imd-stations/ The Kerry Amateur Radio Group in Ireland will be taking part as an IMD award station. EI6YXQ will be set up on the site of the former Marconi Station at Ballybunion. The YXQ suffix commemorates the call sign of the Marconi Station at Ballybunion. In the US, special event station K2M will be on the air from Binghamton, New York, the site of the remaining Marconi tower, where the inventor demonstrated in 1913 that it was possible to communicate via radio with a fast-moving train. For the seventh year, radio amateurs in Norfolk, England, will be active from Caister Lifeboat as part of the IMD celebration. The Norfolk Amateur Radio Club (NARC) will be on the air from special event station GB0CMS at the Caister Lifeboat Visitor Centre to commemorate the village's original Marconi wireless station, established in 1900. The station's original purpose was to communicate with ships in the North Sea and the Cross Sands lightship. Other IMD sites with historical links to the inventor's work include Cape Cod, Massachusetts (WA1WCC and KM1CC); Nantucket Island (W1AA/MSC); Glace Bay, Nova Scotia (VE1IMD); Villa Griffone, Bologna, Italy (IY4FGM), and many others. A Facebook page is also available at https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=gb4imd (via Paul Dobosz, MARE Tipsheet April 14 via WORLD OF RADIO 1874, DXLD) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- IBOC +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ IBOC checkup on major CBS AM stations April 19 at 0148-0150 UT: NOT heard around 1160 KSL, 1120 KMOX, 830 WCCO, 780 WBBM; maybe still on 670 WSCR; noise definitely still infesting 1080 KRLD. Altho updated 21 March 2017, I think quite a few more here are now ex-IBOC: http://topazdesigns.com/iboc/station-list.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Later: yes, still 670 WSCR DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See ALASKA; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; NEW ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ZEALAND; ROMANIA DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV See also MEXICO; PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ REPACKING ERP QUESTION On one of Trip's tables I see ERP(LV), ERP (HV) and ERP (14). WGBH's ERP(14) is 619 kW. Is this the actual power they are going to be transmitting on ch 5, once they get there? WSBE's ERP(14) is 42 kW. If that's going to be their actual transmitting power, then that station will be heard everywhere east of the Mississippi via skip and good-bye for any kind of DX for me. One thing that surprises me is the lack of curiosity about this from people on this list and others. I'm thinking nobody cares anymore. Am I wrong? (Mike Bugaj, Enfield, CT, April 14, WTFDA gg via DXLD) Mike, If I'm reading the info correctly, given its current ERP on UHF, it will have 5.3 kW on LV (lo-VHF), or would have 22 kW if it were moving to hi-VHF or 619 kW if it were moving to ch 14 on UHF. Then there appears to be a sliding scale which gives higher UHF channels more power. That's my take. I am interested in this repacking plan, but just trying to absorb the current information first. I have asked Trip a few questions (Steve Rich, Indianapolis, ibid.) Confusion, n. - lack of understanding. "There seems to be some confusion among the dxers regarding what the FCC is doing." "After reviewing the FCC documents, the rattled DXers retreated in a state of confusion." Perplexity, n. - inability to deal with or understand something complicated or unaccountable. "The announcement of the results of the Spectrum Auction left the WTFDA crowd at large in a state of perplexity." Bewilderment, n. - a feeling of being perplexed and confused. "There is bewilderment in the ranks, realizing the chaos that will follow from the Spectrum Auction results." :-) ..... (Jim Thomas, an equally puzzled DXer, ibid.) Steve, now that I look at it again, you make perfect sense. But then I wonder, if you're going to run 459 watts on ch2 then why even bother transmitting at all? The only reason they're doing it is to stay on cable. My how WGBH has fallen. From 100 kW on ch 2 analog to just 5300 watts on ch 5 digital. But then, it's all about cable anyway. I might see WGBH if the trop is strong enough but I have my doubts about Providence. WSBE may not even get out via skip in the summer. After all, has anyone ever seen WSBS in Key West via Es? I don't think so. Granted, WSBE will be a couple hundred watts stronger, but still.... (Mike Bugaj, Enfield, CT, ibid.) If only there were an FCC staffer who was a member of the WTFDA. He could help resolve the confusion, perplexity, and bewilderment if people asked him questions they had. ;) To the discussion here, remember that these are the FCC-assigned values. Stations will have an opportunity to seek expanded facilities in the coming months, after the initial 90 days passes. I fully expect these low-VHF stations to ask for more power (Trip Ericson, FCC staffer, ibid.) I'm not sure what it will look like in 3-4 years, but until then I see lots of opportunity for new logs (and not just locals moving to new channels). If you live in an early construction area you will have channels 38-51 wide open for several years. Here in the Indy area we lose two full power stations outright which will add a couple of open channels this year. C'mon guys, lets be ready for some interesting DX! (Mike Glass N9BNN, Lebanon, Indiana USA, ib id.) Where is the station by station information? I have tried to find information about which stations are going off the air and where remaining stations will be as a result of the auction. I tried the FCC and NAB websites but couldn't find that information. Can somebody identify how to find the information? Thanks (Dave Pomeroy, Topeka, Kansas, April 14, ibid.) https://www.rabbitears.info/blog/index.php?post/2017/04/13/RabbitEars-Repacking-Tools (Blaine Thompson, Editor, Indiana RadioWatch, ibid.) The way it shakes out here --- As Chris said, WCTX almost certainly has to go with WTNH-10. WUVN is a huge question mark. Here's what it should look like here; see the attachment. Not much to DX from 30 on up except for 32 and 35. On VHF HI that leaves 7,8,13. Low VHF is okay, I guess. 14-20 and roughly 23-29 are okay too. It could have been worse (way more discussion of this over on Facebook on the TV and FM Dxing group.) (Mike Bugaj, Enfield, CT, ibid.) Here in Poughkeepsie, VHF-Lo is untouched. I was fearing I'd lose ch 5 and possibly ch 4. Still possible for LD's in NYC area to apply for either 4 or 5. Best news is BOTH my local megawatters WTBY & WRNN are going off, leaving only 3 low power DTV's and one analog in the local area. One translator (WNYW-32) should be able to stay in place. The other (WRGB-24) will be displaced; don't know where they'll end up. The there's analog W42AE which will be displaced. Next closest station is WZME-CT, (48 miles) and they are going off too. WEDW-(49>21) Bridgeport will be the closest "full power", and I can't usually get them. Next we have most Hartford market stations at 53 miles, and they are much weaker here than both Albany and New York City more-distant stations. Biggest issues are pairing of NYC and Albany stations on 7, 12, 24 & 25. I have had serious issues currently with ch 7 (WXXA & WABC). I may lose several regular viewing stations. Attachment shows new dial make-up here in Poughkeepsie. This whole region is Phase 4; deadline is more than two years away. The fun begins in the next 90 days (Chris Lucas, Poughkeepsie, NY, ibid.) Can't Believe These Are Going Away. Check the attachments. WCDC-19 goes away. WCTX-19, WUVN-46, WZME-42, WRDM-19. I end up with more empty channels than I have NOW (Mike Bugaj, Enfield, CT, ibid.) I didn't think WUVN would go; maybe they're pairing up with someone. Otherwise I'm not surprised, and I think WCTX is likely pairing up with WTNH, which is staying on RF-10 (Chris Lucas, Poughkeepsie, NY, ibid.) WNBC repack --- Read carefully, sports fans. NBC will still be on the air in NYC. NBC retains Channel 35 WNJU to be on Channel 35. Probably multiplexing with their Telemundo outlet. I'll put good money on a callsign change (Karl Zuk N2KZ, April 13, ibid.) The way it shakes out here: I was very surprised to see how Canadian markets are affected by this, and having to accommodate US markets! There will be changes in the main three markets in Southern Quebec (Montréal, Sherbrooke, Trois-Rivières). As far as TV DXing goes, I gave that up a few years back. Watching a yellow bar going up and down isn't exactly my idea of fun. And catching a few Rochester or Buffalo TV stations 2 or 3 times a summer was getting old. Those are my reactions! :) (Charles Gauthier, Montreal, ibid.) You should set up an autologger, Charles. Since the transition I've had tropo TV-DX from cities that I've never had before: Duluth MN, Saguenay QC & Portland ME. In the analog days I might have missed them amongst the clutter (Bill Hepburn, Niagara, Ont, ibid.) And ATSC 3.0?? I've read that one way to avoid mass confusion between ATSC 1.0 and 3.0 is to put a station's 1.0 on one transmitter and 3.0 on another transmitter so people with 1.0 TVs don't lose service and everyone is happy. Could a station use an unused channel to transmit either one of those (if one was available), or would that have to happen via a sub-channel on another station. I could see any vacant channels filling up rather quickly (Mike Bugaj, Enfield, CT, April 14, ibid.) What vacant channels? lol-lol-lol wrh (William Hepburn, Ont., ibid.) I think he meant subchannels (Russ Edmunds, Blue Bell, PA, ibid.) FCC hasn't settled that out yet. The ATSC 3.0 NPRM mentioned the idea but didn't presuppose a decision. In many markets, especially once LPTVs are accommodated, there aren't going to be any unused channels left. 3.0 and 1.0 cannot share the same transmitter. We can't transmit WSMV in ATSC 1.0 on subchannel 4.1 of RF-10 and in ATSC 3.0 on subchannel 4.2 of RF-10. We could transmit WSMV in ATSC 1.0 on subchannel 4.1 of RF-10 and in ATSC 3.0 on subchannel 4.2 of RF-4. We could transmit WSMV in ATSC 1.0 on subchannel 4.1 of RF-10, and WTVF in ATSC 1.0 on subchannel 5.1 of RF-10 -- while at the same time -- transmitting WSMV in ATSC 3.0 on subchannel 4.1 of RF-25, and WTVF in ATSC 3.0 on subchannel 5.1 of RF-25. Not sure whether that all makes more sense, or less :) == (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, ibid.) I am actually pretty happy with the repack assignments here in Elkton MD. Most of the Tidewater VA area new channels are free of other signals in the area and will be a nice indicator of tropo. Take 19 and 20 for example. Richmond on 10 will also be nice. Finally have a chance to get Scranton PA DTV with WNEP moving back to its analog channel - 16. Only real disappointment is losing Myrtle Beach SC 18 (Dan Oetting - Elkton MD, April 14, ibid.) I agree with Mike Glass, that DTV DXing should be quite interesting over the next 3-4 years as some stations go dark and many others move to a different RF channel. In some ways it will be similar to the final phase of the analog to digital transition not too many years ago. Mike G. and I have been trying to figure out a tentative timeline as to when we might expect some of the first sold stations to go dark. Apparently that isn't an easy question to answer now as there are a number of variables involved, according to Trip. First, the wireless carriers must be licensed and pay the compensation for the spectrum to the FCC and then the FCC can pay the stations with a check. Then several variables could determine the date a particular station must go off the air. At this time, is there any timeline as to when the displaced stations (CDs, LDs, translators) must leave the air? Would this timeline coincide with the given phase dates of a particular location? (Steve Rich, Indianapolis, IN, ibid.) All the phase dates are organized on this page.... http://www.commlawcenter.com/2017/04/fcc-announces-auction-results-and-sets-tv-repack-deadlines.html Trip mentioned that page link on the Forums on his topic thread about the DTV repacking (Jim Thomas, Springfield, Missouri, ibid.) I care - in fact I thought I'd posted but I see that I didn't hit 'reply all'. Everything here is moving except 6 and 17, but of course to lay people it's all transparent. We lose 48 and a few smaller ones which I can't get anyway. But since I can't DX TV here without a large external antenna, which I can't do, I mostly don't say much about TV. (Russ Edmunds, Blue Bell, PA ( 15 mi NW of Philadelphia ), ibid.) Befuddlement = a combo of the other 3 (Russ Edmunds, ibid.) Regarding LD's and CD's. CD's are part of the auction, and they follow the same schedule as full powers. An LD or translator (including a fill-in translator with same calls as "parent") operating currently 38-51 can stay on the air until the 39 month deadline (early summer 2020) or until a wireless company is ready to start using their channel (with 120 days notice). An LD/translator 2-36 not being displaced can stay on indefinitely as though nothing happened. If they are displaced, they have to go off the air when the new station is ready to begin broadcasting. They should in the meantime be applying for a new (if available) channel. Such applications will be accepted starting around January 2018. I am looking forward to the repacking, especially the transition. I have reached the point where any new loggings are very hard to come by, so the transition and repack will offer many new opportunities. I am fortunate that in this area, most of the channels 14-21 are "off- limits" to DTV, and very little is changing locally on these channels (I'm losing a weak decode on 20, and gaining a usual sub-decode on 16). Lots of new (non-local) stations are coming on the air on these channels, so hopefully DX will ensue. Currently channel 14 is so dead, that I can go a whole year without as much as a sub-decode, although I 've had some fine DX on 14: WCMH-OH, WKBD-MI, WLPS-LD NC for example. And add in that my two local megawatt blow torches (RF-27 & RF-48) are leaving the air, and I'm happy. I discovered that channels 27-29 will all become empty locally during the transition; particularly good since I have only 2 loggings on 27, 1 on 28 (and 5 on 29.) And 29 remains good after the repacking, unless a local translator takes it. I can't wait for the new DX to roll in!! (Chris Lucas - Poughkeepsie, NY - FN31bs Insignia NS-DXA1-APT DTV Converter Antennas Direct 91-XG UHF antenna @ 25' w/ CPA19 pre-amp Winegard YA-1713 VHF-Hi antenna @ 21' w/Channel Master 7778 pre-amp. Winegard YA-6260 VHF-Lo antenna @ 14' w/Chromstar 2000 pre-amp, ibid.) First, I thought that Trip did a great job presenting the data. There's a lot to absorb there. At some point in time in the future it appears there will be more lower VHF channel DX again, unless you are in the NY/Phila area where there will be more locals. I was sad to see WFMZ in Allentown give up their channel. On my "at home office" desk with a little RCA panel antenna they are the only station I receive. Now someday I'll have to run an antenna cable into my office (Mike Hunter, W2MHZ, Neshanic Station, NJ, ibid.) First hat's off to Trip for all his help. For myself I take things as they come to me good or bad. I am not concerned with what channel a station is on and what goes off, etc. I am a hands on man and will enjoy scanning for whatever comes my way as long as I am vertical. The next few years will be fruitful and then after that it will go the other way. Good hunting, (Roy Barstow, Falmouth, ibid.) Are you saying two ATSC 3.0 stations can share one transmitter? (Allan Dunn, K1UCY, April 15 ibid.) Yes, although the same can be said for ATSC 1.0. There's nothing that says WNBC and WNJU couldn't *today* send their bitstreams from their respective studios to a common transmitter site and multiplex them into a single transport stream. There's nothing that would prevent that stream from identifying WNBC's stream as channel 4.1 and WNJU's as 47.1. Today, from a legal standpoint either WNBC or WNJU would need to take responsibility for the entire transmission and identify both bitstreams with their call letters. What's changing is strictly legal (and not tied to ATSC 3.0). Stations in a channel-sharing agreement take joint responsibility for the single transmitter. The transmitter will have two (or more) callsigns (yes, that's potentially confusing!) The stream(s) for which WNBC is responsible will ID with the WNBC callsign, the stream(s) for which WNJU is responsible will ID with the WNJU callsign. (I realize this isn't the best example as WNBC and WNJU are co-owned and the same company is legally responsible either way :)) == (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, ibid.) Thanks for the info, Trip. I've taken a quick look through the list. I already experience same-channel interference and we haven't repacked, yet. Just a few nights ago a north MS station (140-ish miles) wiped out one of my locals. This happens quite a bit. I suspect there will be a lot of, post-repack, interference in the mid south / mid west during tropo events. We'll see. 73, (Ed NN2E, Owner / Operator - Murphy's Law Test Site & Thunderstorm Proving Grounds, KY, April 14, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) Would my current CECB show a yellow bar in the future on 38-51, as people yakety-yak/text on their mobile devices (if "en masse")? And what if aliens use their smartphones on 37? --- scratch that last question cd (Chris Dunne, FL, ibid.) Having taken more time to study the list, I've spotted one BIG boo- boo: WJKT 21 Jackson, TN and WUXP 21 Nashville, TN are going to QRM each other. Bet the ranch on it. They're just too close considering how often tropo enhancement occurs in this area. I'd hate to live between those two cities and try to watch ch 21. There are several other channels that are going to have QRM problems during the typical, Summer evening / morning, regional tropo (out to 150-ish mi) that is so common, here. It's gonna be interesting. I see no mention of WTVF 5 Nashville... Does it stay or go? cd: I wonder if the FCC can run these guys off of ch 37? http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?7992-Channel-37-un-ID see post #s 1, 14 and 19. 73, (Ed NN2E, KY, ibid.) WTVF [Nashville TN] is moved from 25 to 36. Tropo is not considered in any large way in the Longley-Rice propagation model the FCC uses. If it were, there would be some small fraction of the TV stations nationwide. I doubt that most people regularly see stations 140 miles away; you just have a fantastic location and setup (Trip Ericson, FCC, ibid.) Great Job on the site, it's done really well. Few things I'm Curious about, first, how are they gonna deal with adjacent-channel interference? In Milwaukee there will be a station on every channel from 27 to 32. A lot of these are on the same tower or are less than a mile apart, how does the current ATSC preform with a channel beside, or on either side of itself? I suppose there will be a lot of new multi-plexing. When will or do we know the timing of the phases? What will the new power / heights and coverage maps be released? Thanks, (Ian, Janesville WI - Kaito KA1103 & Insignia HD portable, ibid.) Chris, with regard to your second question you can already test it. Because during the transition there were DTV stations above channel 51, your box should tune up there & see the mobile devices in 52-69. Honestly I've never tried it! (since on most CECBs it's a signal quality indicator rather than a signal strength indicator, I suspect you'll see nothing) (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, ibid.) I suspect Ed is referring to WTVF's Digital Replacement Translator on RF channel 5. Ed, because it's licensed as a LPTV (not a Class A or full-power station) it wasn't auction-eligible or protected, and thus doesn't appear in Trip's document. Off the top of my head I don't see anything new on RF-5 that would bump it, so it may well be unaffected. Although --- as Trip mentions, WTVF's main transmitter is moving from 25 to 36. Which means they'll need to put an additional antenna on their tower during the switchover. It is possible they'll need to remove the channel 5 antenna for mechanical reasons to accommodate the channel 36 unit. For years Jackson had only one TV station (WBBJ channel 7) and viewers there *did* watch Nashville (and Memphis) stations. Until a few years ago, WSMV and WTVF were on cable there. But cable came along before WUXP and I doubt more than a literal handful of people ever watched Nashville *UHF* stations in Jackson (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, April 14, ibid.) Adjacent-channel operation was already permitted if the stations were close enough. In Milwaukee every station except WWRS 52 (and possibly a Class A or two) was already close enough that adjacent-channel operation would be fine. The IF filters and local oscillator stability in TV sets have improved DRAMATICALLY since the analog UHF rules were adopted in 1952. DTV *transmitters* require an effective (and large and expensive) "mask filter" which nearly eliminates any "spillover" outside the assigned channel. To be honest, most of the interference protections in the analog rules were long obsolete before DTV came along. I thought I saw phase timing information on Trip's site? (I've been absorbing a LOT of information over the last 18 hours and some of it is spilling out of my ears) (Doug Smith W9WI, ibid.) Ed, WTVF on ch 5 is licensed as a translator, and as such was not included in the auction or the repack. It can stay operational on ch 5, since the FCC did not repack anyone else to 5 (or 6) in the Nashville area. While WTVF-5 is licensed for 3 kW, it has special "temporary" authority to run 22 kW. How long that will continue is anyone's guess, but the 22 kW appears to be quasi-permanent. To me, this seems to be cheating. WTVF-5 is very common here on E-skip (Chris Lucas, Poughkeepsie, NY, DTV DXer since April 2009, ibid.) RE checking 52-69, it is true that I could check now; probably not worth the effort. amfmtvbrla had a bar on 60 a while back; we're not sure if we ever got to the bottom of that. Until 2021, if there is hot Tropo to Cuba, I could go to Flamingo FL - -- albeit not as close as the Keys --- and check channels 57 to 61, where there is no 4G reception. The year 2011 is now a distant memory: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3X0PNcnE6_0 cd (Chris Dunne, Pembroke Pines FL, ibid.) I think Doug took care of the adjacency questions. The phase dates are already out but I don't have them on RabbitEars. You can see them here about half-way down the page: http://www.commlawcenter.com/2017/04/fcc-announces-auction-results-and-sets-tv-repack-deadlines.html The heights, antenna patterns, and locations were unchanged. Power levels were released in the FCC's parameters file. http://data.fcc.gov/download/incentive-auctions/Transition_Files/Post_Auction_Paramters.xlsx So the maps shouldn't change significantly. It does seem to be, a bit, but there's no real mechanism to do what WTVF is doing, and doing it via STA means that if the channel is ever needed for something else, WTVF can be made to vacate. It seems win- win to me; the spectrum is in use and serving the public, but the moment someone else needs it, it's available (Trip, ibid.) And, yes, I was talking about WTVF RF 5 in post #7. The bottom line is, channel 5 remains clogged. cd: I remember seeing some random signal indications above ch 51. And I did log these: WQJY-980 channel 56 Atlanta, GA. 310 mi. Echostar WQJZ-220 channel 56 Tuscaloosa, AL. 240 mi. Echostar before I had to install low-pass filters (everything above 51 cut off) to get rid of the local cell site QRM. I don't count them in the 'official' DTV log because they don't operate under the same rules / regs as 'normal' DTV stations. 73, (Ed NN2E, KY, ibid.) The map I find interesting is the one which shows the stations that sold: https://www.rabbitears.info/repackmap.php?channel=0&adj=N Note the areas where all the stations had to sell in order to cram the remaining stations below 37. The major congested areas were the northeast, Cleveland-Pittsburgh, Chicago-Milwaukee, Indy-Cincy-Dayton, and Charlotte and surrounding area. All other areas didn't need to sell anything because there were plenty of open DXable channels available. So that left the less-congested, more rural areas (like where you live, Ed) becoming more like the more congested areas. I had a good beer last night to celebrate that my local blowtorch WDLI sold. I'll be glad when this 900 kW overloader goes away. Here is a photo showing how close they are to my antennas: Click image for larger version. Name: FullSizeRender.jpg Views: 3 Size: 297.1 KB ID: 20095 I'm also anxiously waiting for WRLM, WAOH-CD, WUAB, and WKBN to go away (crazymonkey, Akron OH, ibid.) ^ A note: not all of those 0's are going away, but rather, sharing channels or "piggybacking." Trip said that WNBC NY (maybe the biggest one on that list) plans to share with co-owned WNJU, which has the better facility. All in all, it's just a matter of what actual *RF* channels will be vacant. Providence getting an RF 2---how many of you out there need RI to add to the logs? I'm just glad that FL has no new full power low-V's; and of course WSBS 3 Key West (who isn't budging) is as far from "full power" as it gets. Ed: Yes, there were 56's in Jacksonville FL & Atlanta, but I believe they are gone now. cd (Chris Dunne, FL, April 14, ibid.) Bad news, the transmitter for WSBE Providence is actually in Massachusetts, not Rhode Island. I'm still wondering where my local LDs and translators will go and further clog up the dial. They're still a threat to DX (crazymonkey, ibid.) Ahh yes, the old New-Bedford-posing-as-Providence Trick! (Dunne, ibid.) GOOD NEWS FOR LPTVS AND TRANSLATORS --- Seems like it to me. The repack officially commenced April 13 with the release of the “Auction Closing and Channel Reassignment Public Notice ,” which states that “LPTV and TV translator stations may remain on their existing channels in the 600 MHz band until they are notified that they are likely to interfere with a forward-auction winner that is ready to commence operations. This could mean continued operations for many years until wireless licensees commence operations. http://www.tvtechnology.com/news/0002/extended-channelsharing-becomes-law-may-18/280885 -- (Mike Bugaj, Enfield, CT USA, April 19, WTFDA gg via DXLD) RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ REMOTE SDR MONITORING STATION IN VILLAGE PATRESHKO, NEAR CITY TROYAN, BULGARIA http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/04/remote-sdr-monitoring-station.html (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, April 13-14, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) GREAT NOISE CANCELLATION I was messing around with the microphone input on my laptop. I have Windows 10 installed on my PC. I ran the audio out of my DX-440 via a 1/8 inch cable. I plugged the other end into the input of the computer in the Mic jack. Down on the little speaker icon on the bottom right, Right click and open up Recording Device. This will bring up Microphone Properties. Go over to Enhancements tab and left click it. Mid way down you will see Noise Suppression. Left click to check that box and left click Disable All Sound Effects so that that box is unchecked and that's it. You may have to adjust the volume level to a comfortable level for it seems to lower the volume. I hope this helps you in your listening. Take Care (John Spicer, ptsw yg via DXLD) BUZZ KILL FILTER From the ARRL Contest Update (which is a great source of technical news). This device might be of interest to AM DX’ers: The Four States QRP Group has introduced the new BUZZ-KILL kit for removing power-line buzz from an audio channel. http://www.4sqrp.com/buzzkill.php The BUZZ-KILL is a comb filter - a notch at 60 Hz and every harmonic of 60 Hz. According to the website, "This is a compact, flexible design that can be used as a stand-alone outboard unit, or it can be easily integrated into an existing receiver (see manual for details). Its onboard audio amp is capable of driving a speaker or headphones. Gain is constant from 100 Hz to 5kHz, so it can be used with any CW, SSB or AM receiver." The circuit uses two analog delay lines to combine the signal with a time-shifted version of the signal, which creates a comb filter. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comb_filter (QRP-L mailing list) 73, (Les Rayburn, N1LF, 121 Mayfair Park, Maylene, AL, EM63nf, April 19, NRC-AM via DXLD) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ :Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts :Issued: 2017 Apr 17 0204 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 10 - 16 April 2017 Solar activity was at very low levels throughout the summary period. Region 2650 (N11, L=193, class/area=Cao/40 on 11 Apr 2017) produced numerous B-class flares throughout the period and was the only active region with sunspots this period. No Earth-directed CMEs were observed. No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit reached moderate levels on 16 Apr and high levels on 10-15 Apr with a peak flux of 3,860 pfu observed at 1715 UTC on 10 Apr. Geomagnetic field activity was at quiet levels on 10, 13, and 16 Apr. Quiet to unsettled levels were observed on 12 and 15 Apr, and quiet to active levels were observed on 11 and 14 Apr due to waning CH HSS influence and a solar sector boundary change. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 17 APRIL - 13 MAY 2017 Solar activity is expected to be very low with a chance for C-class flare activity 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 very high levels on 29-30 Apr and high levels on 18-28 Apr and 01, 06-12 May. Moderate flux levels are expected throughout the remainder of the period. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to reach G2 (Moderate) geomagnetic storm levels on 23 Apr and G1 (Minor) storm levels on 17, 24-27 Apr, and 01 May due to the influence of recurrent CH HSSs. Active conditions are expected on 19, 28 Apr and 05-06 May with generally quiet or quiet to unsettled levels likely throughout the remainder of the period. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2017 Apr 17 0204 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 2017-04-17 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2017 Apr 17 83 20 5 2017 Apr 18 88 15 3 2017 Apr 19 90 18 4 2017 Apr 20 90 12 3 2017 Apr 21 90 8 3 2017 Apr 22 85 5 2 2017 Apr 23 85 40 6 2017 Apr 24 85 30 5 2017 Apr 25 85 20 5 2017 Apr 26 85 25 5 2017 Apr 27 85 30 5 2017 Apr 28 80 15 4 2017 Apr 29 80 10 3 2017 Apr 30 80 5 2 2017 May 01 80 20 5 2017 May 02 75 10 3 2017 May 03 75 10 3 2017 May 04 75 10 3 2017 May 05 75 15 4 2017 May 06 75 15 4 2017 May 07 75 5 2 2017 May 08 75 8 3 2017 May 09 75 5 2 2017 May 10 75 5 2 2017 May 11 75 5 2 2017 May 12 75 5 2 2017 May 13 75 5 2 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1874, DXLD) THE LYRIDS The annual Lyrids meteor shower peaks on the night of 22-23rd April. These meteors are caused as the Earth ploughs into the dust left by Comet C/1861 G1 Thatcher. This dust falls though our atmosphere, glowing brightly as it does. The meteors can be seen all over the sky but will appear to radiate from the constellation of Lyra – high in the southern sky. At its maximum, you’ll be able to see about 18 meteors per hour – not many, but these meteors can leave persistent trains and the Moon will be in its waning crescent phase making viewing conditions more favourable. Head out to a dark area after midnight – you don’t need any equipment, just your eyes as they’ll give you the widest field of view. More here: GREENWICH ASTRONOMER SAYS TREATS FOR APRIL INCLUDE LYRIDS METEOR SHOWER https://www.londonnewsonline.co.uk/22183/greenwich-astronomer-says-treats-april-include-lyrids-meteor-shower/ (via Mike Terry, April 19, dxldyg via DXLD) GLENN`S PROPAGATION OUTLOOK FOR MEDIA NETWORK PLUS AS OF APRIL 20 2017 Keith, From IPS in Australia, the Global HF propagation forecast thru April 22: normal at low and middle latitude bands; normal to fair at high latitudes. From Spaceweather South Africa thru April 22: magnetic conditions quiet to unsettled, shortwave fadeouts unlikely, MUF unstable. From Met Office UK, thru April 23, a 20 percent chance of moderate class flares with R1 or R2 radio blackouts. 60 percent chance of minor storm intervals on April 23. From F K Janda of the Czech Propagation Interest Group, the Geomagnetic field will be: mostly quiet on April 21, May 3 - 4, 6 quiet on April 22, 30, May 5, 9 - 10 quiet to active on April 23, 25 - 28 active to disturbed on April 24 quiet to unsettled April 29, May 1, 2, 7, 8 From SWPC in Boulder, geomagnetic activity reaching G2 moderate storm levels April 23 with A and K indices of 40 and 6. G1 minor sotrms on April 24 27 and May 1, peaking on the 27th at 30 and 5. Lowest As and Ks of 5 and 2 on April 22 and 30 and again from May 7. Solar flux declining from 90 April 21 to 75 from May 2. The Lyrid meteor shower will peak on the morning of April 22. Listen for bursts of FM DX on open channels. William Hepburn`s VHF UHF DX maps show extreme tropopshic ducting all week in these areas: off the west coast of Mexico, off west Africa around Cabo Verde, off the southwest coast of Africa from Angola to Namibia to South Africa, the Red Sea, Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea from Djibouti to India, and along the east coast of India to Bangladesh (via DXLD) ###