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Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1883 contents: Alaska, Anguilla, Antarctica non, Australia, Benin, Bougainville, Brazil, Canada, Cuba, Eritrea and non, Ethiopia, Europe, Germany, Guatemala non?, New Caledonia, Nigeria non, Sudan South non, USA, Zambia, unidentified SHORTWAVE AIRINGS of WORLD OF RADIO 1883, June 22-28, 2017 Thu 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed] Fri 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed] Sat 0630 HLR 6190-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 1431 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB Sun 0200 WRMI 11580 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 2130 WRMI 9455 15770 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/ ** AFGHANISTAN. Very weak signal of Radio Afghanistan External Service on June 15: 1551 & 1604 6100 YAK 100 kW / 125 deg English/Urdu & off air at 1626 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/06/very-weak-signal-of-radio-afghanistan.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ALASKA. 9655, KNLS at 1505, pop rock vocal When the Sun Goes Down, two male announcers in Russian. Excellent June 13 (Rick Barton, AZ, mostly with RS SW-2000629, outdoor wire, English language unless otherwise stated, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11870, KNLS, Anchor Point, 0810-0855, 18-06, English, religious comments. 14321. (Méndez) 11885, KNLS, Anchor Point, 0812-0817, 18-06, Chinese, comments. 13221 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun PL-880, Sangean ATS-909X, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11885, June 19 at 1314, KNLS back on wrong(?) frequency again in Chinese at S8, much stronger than // 9655 JBA. By now 11870 is off. So in the 12-13 hour, was English again on both 11870 & 11885? Recheck June 20 at 1258: 11885 is not on, and 11870 is just finishing with song, 1259 open carrier, off at 1301*. 9655 can be heard from *1300 with KNLS IS before Chinese. 11885 // 11870, June 21 at 1205, KNLS English once again doubling up only a sesquidekakHz apart, instead of one on 7355; 1307 ``New Life Station`` ID. About equal, fading around S6. At 1315, Chinese still on 11885 much stronger than // 9655. I suppose they are on different azimuths, of which KNLS has four available, thanks to slewing at 15- degree intervals: 270, 285, 300 and 315 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1883, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANGUILLA. 11865 Caribbean Beacon --- Glenn, it's 1925 now and I've been hearing a spur of 11775 Caribbean Beacon on 11865 for about the past 45 minutes. Quite readable when it peaks. Very fady. I've never heard this before. Nothing on 11685 low side. Also noted on a couple NE US web receivers, best in VA. They must be having some serious problems in Anguilla. 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, June 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Dave, Tnx for tip. Not audible here at 1937 (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1883, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Nor some other random chex later (gh) ** ANTARCTICA [non]. BBC British Antarctic Midwinter Special 21 June Reminder the BBC BAS midwinter's day broadcast to Antarctica is scheduled tomorrow Wednesday 21 June at 2130 UTC, presumably on 3 of the frequencies tested last week, i.e.7360, 6035, 7230 and 5985. (NB 21 June is Wednesday, not as printed in Communication and on the BDXC website) Posted by: (alan.pennington, June 20, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) It will be on 5985 from Wof, 7360 from Asc & 6035 from DHA. No broadcast on 7230. Regards (Martin Goulding, June 20, BDXC-UK yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1883, DXLD) BBC World Service Midwinter’s Day 2017 program on June 21: 2130-2200 on 5985 Woofferton, 6035 Dhabayya, 7360 Ascension Same frequencies in 2016, but today until 2200, in 2016 till 2145! -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, June 21, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Last years's transmission went for the full half hour until 22:00 UTC: https://archive.org/details/BBCWSBASAnnualMidwinterBroadcast7.360MHz21June20162130UTC (-- Richard Langley, NB, ibid.) And here´s a press info coming from BAS: https://www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/midwinters-day-2017/ Regards (Harald Kuhl, BDXC_UK yg via DXLD) Viz.: Midwinter’s Day 2017 --- 21 June, 2017 News stories As darkness cloaks Antarctica, science and support staff wintering across the white continent will today celebrate Midwinter’s Day – the shortest day in the Austral winter. With some staff experiencing 24- hour darkness, this day represents a turning point where the return of the sun gets ever closer. Aurora Australis looking south from Rothera Point in Antarctica [caption} In a tradition that goes back to the days of Scott and Shackleton, BAS staff at Rothera, Bird Island and King Edward Point Research Stations, will celebrate with a festive meal and exchange gifts. Prime Minister Theresa May has sent a letter congratulating BAS staff on the achievements of this year, and wishing them a happy Midwinter’s Day. A highlight, which brings family and friends closer, is listening to the BBC World Service’s annual Midwinter’s Day broadcast. This year’s programme is presented by radio DJ Cerys Matthews of BBC6 Music and will include personal greetings to everyone working at BAS’s research stations. The world-class polar research carried out by BAS scientists continues throughout the year, so festivities must fit around ongoing science and maintenance tasks. Some of the fun activities this year include “Winter Olympics”, breakfast in bed served by station leaders, and exchanging home-made gifts with each other (via WORLD OF RADIO 1883, DXLD) I don`t expect to get much of it directly here, but in case you haven`t heard about it, the annual BBCWS special to Antarcticans is imminent, June 21 at 2130-2200 on 5985 Woofferton UK, 6035 UAE, and 7360 Ascension. Via Harald Kuhl, BDXC-UK, a notice about it but lacking these significant details: https://www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/midwinters-day-2017/ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5985, June 21 at 2150 check, VG signal from BBCWS mid-winter special, Woofferton site as heard via UTwente SDR in Netherlands, family greeting. Didn`t even try for it direct here on any of three frequencies. Richard Langley, NB, will be archiving his recording of the whole thing, accessible to DXLD yg members (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1883, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Have reception here in upstate NY via Ascension on 7360. Very noisy. Can hear conversational female and male voices but can’t make out their speech at this point. (2132 GMT) SINPO - 35232 (John Figliozzi, Halfmoon, NY, Eton E1-XM, Alpha Delta DX Sloper, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5985 excellent signal. 6035 and 7360 not so good. Usual greetings to base personnel (David J Morris, Poole, UK, 2134 UT, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Nothing here in central Ohio, US as anticipated. Thank goodness for the KiwiSDR in Brazil. 20-over on 7360. – (Mike Bott, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Decent signal on 7360 kHz here in NB just outside Fredericton. Will archive later. All three frequencies heard using the U. Twente receiver. 5985 kHz from Woofferton by far the strongest (-- Richard Langley, 2155 UT, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) In Bologna, 5985 fair to good, 7360 weak, 6035 nil. 73, (Stefano Valianti, Inviato da Tablet Samsung, 2156 UT, BDXC_UK yg via DXLD) 5985 good, 6035 weak, 7360 fair in Sofia, Bulgaria. Videos after end of broadcast – 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, 2158 UT, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Reception of BBC World Service Midwinter’s Day program, June 21: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/06/reception-of-bbc-world-service.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, 2220 UT June 21, ibid.) Strong signal on 5985 via Woofferton down here in Cornwall on Sony 7600GR with telescopic. 7360 from Ascension only fair and 6035 via UAE not audible at all here. Off at exactly 2200 UT. 73, Alan Posted by: (alan.pennington, 2208 UT, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) ** ARGENTINA [non]. 9395, June 16 starting at 0100:30 as usual, after WRMI ID at hourtop instead of 0059:30, RAE multilingual ID, and opening English, so it`s back after a mixup missing it the past three nights. YL always gives date of current broadcast, but couldn`t copy it in fade. Still RAE after 0130 when I hear some bandoneón. Welcome back! 11580, Monday June 19 at 1319, RAE in French via WRMI during `Actualité DX` about DW broadcasts to Afghanistan, outro at 1323 as ``tous les samedis``, pas vendredis, not lundis. 11580, June 21 at 1400, RAE via WRMI, opening Spanish still as ``primera edición`` on 5950 at 2200 UT June 20. By now there should be a ``segunda edición`` available to broadcast, if not a primera for this day. It seems RAE announcer is still unaware of this transmission (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ARMENIA. THANK YOU RON O QUINN Hello to all Radio Mi Amigo International friends, After 57 years in radio business, Ron is hanging up his 'Rockn-Roll-shoes'. Radio Mi Amigo International presents his very last live broadcast on the airwaves with a special show remembering his career and each jock in our team saying a special 'thank you' and of course you will hear the 'boss-jock' himself. The show will be aired on June 25 from 19 to 21 hr CET (17-19 hr UT) on 11845 kHz in the 25m SW-band with 100 KW and also online on our webstreams. All infos on our webpage: http://radiomiamigointernational.com/english/news.html Nach 57 Jahren im Radio haengt Ron O Quinn seine Rockn Roll Schuhe an den Nagel. Wir ehren ihn mit einem 2-stuendigen Special in dem alle DJs in unserem Team ein ganz spezielles Dankeschoen sagen und natuerlich kommt der 'boss-jock' selbst auch zu Wort. Die Sendung wird am 25. Juni von 19 - 21 hr CET (17 - 19 hr UTC) auf 11845 kHz im 25m SW-band mit 100 KW ausgestrahlt und natuerlich auch in unseren webstreams. Alle Infos gibt es hier: http://radiomiamigointernational.com/deutsch/news.html And don't forget: the MI AMIGO SUMMER COMPETITION 2017! is still running, all infos: http://radiomiamigointernational.com/english/competition.html kind regards (Cpt. Kord and the whole team http://radiomiamigointernational.com (via Manuel Méndez, Spain, June 22, dxldyg via DXLD) Probably via Yerevan 305 deg to Europe -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, ibid.) ** AUSTRALIA. Hi Glen[n], Some important info although vague at this stage until details are known --- The ACMA is preparing the way for some (whoever wants to convert) commercial AM stations to convert to FM. Western Australia is head of the cue for AM to FM conversions. 2XL Cooma (my local on 918 kHz) is one slated to change in August but has delayed that further due to the wait for transmitters to arrive from overseas (perhaps late 2017 or early 2018?) The 4WK/t at Toowoomba (1359 kHz) is also another that will convert to 95.5 MHz. So better DX for these stations whilst you still can. A simulcast period of 28 days will be required after conversion before switching off the AMs (Geoff Wolfe, Numeralla NSW Australia / Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/dxer22000/videos June 18, WORLD OF RADIO 1883, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. Engineer at inquiry --- by Barclay White June 20, 2017 http://www.sheppnews.com.au/2017/06/20/95151/engineer-at-inquiry A radio engineer from the defunct Radio Australia broadcasting facility at Shepparton has been brought to Federal Parliament to speak to senators about the importance of shortwave. Gary Baker, who once worked at the facility, has been campaigning for the service to return to the airwaves since it was shut down by the ABC earlier this year. He issued a submission to a senate inquiry, spearheaded by South Australian senator Nick Xenophon and, on Friday, spoke to senators at a public hearing of the inquiry. ‘‘It seems like the evidence is there to keep HF (high frequency) radio going into the Pacific from out of Shepparton,’’ Mr Baker said. The Shepparton shortwave broadcasting facility on Verney Rd sent out the Radio Australia broadcast to the Pacific and could be heard by people with special radios across the globe. Although it could be months before parliament votes on bringing back shortwave, it could be too late, as BAI Communications has put the broadcasting site on the market. ‘‘To rebuild a site like that it would probably cost more than $50 million,’’ Mr Baker said. Mr Xenophon said the ABC representatives who spoke at the inquiry did not have a convincing argument for shutting down the service. ‘‘This has been a very narrow-minded and backwards decision on behalf of the ABC,’’ Mr Xenophon said. ‘‘I’m not giving up on this, it is too big an issue.’’ By Barclay White, June 20, 2017 (via Artie Bigley, OH, DXLD) ** AUSTRIA. 11880, June 15 at 0635, lite music and Arabish talk at S7- S5. HFCC shows AWR via Moosbrunn, 300 kW, 175 degrees at 0600-0700 --- but also Riyadh BSKSA at 0600-0900, 250 kW at 310 degrees. Aoki breaks the tie showing AWR only, no Saudi on 11880 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BAHAMAS. 96.1, ZNK-FM, Nassau, June/13/17, 1800 EDT, English, VG, female DJ with Caribe accent with local Bahamas news at 1700 [sic] EDT. Item on a Canadian Woman assaulted on Cabbage Beach in Nassau. Many local Nassau news items. RELOG, 5 kW. RECEIVERS: ELAD FDM-S2 SDR and SANGEAN HDT-1X TUNER; ANTENNAS: APS-14 - 14 Element Beam at 50 FEET on TOWER and FM DIPOLE at 5 FEET on Back Deck. FM LOG TOTALS are now 3134 Stations Heard. 73 ROB VA3SW (Robert S. Ross, London, Ontario CANADA, ODXA yg via DXLD) ** BENIN. UNIDENTIFIED. 1566 carrier --- Quite a respectable carrier on 1566 now at 0447 UT in Alberta, on both the Wellbrook loop and slightly better on the 60 degree African beverage. Almost thought I heard traces of actual mumbles of audio, so maybe... (Don VE6JY Moman, Lamont, Alberta, Perseus etc., UT June 20, IRCA via DXLD) Thanks for the heads up, Don; carrier in Victoria at 0520 UT also, but nowhere near audio. best wishes, (Nick Hall-Patch, BC, ibid.) Suspicion being, of course, that it`s TWR BENIN, one of the strongest W African signals and at top end of band more propagable (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1883, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Benin in on 1566 MW --- From 0353 past 0412 June 21 I had a JBA carrier on 1566 looping about 80 degrees, which fits for TWR`s 100 kW transmitter. Tnx to tip from guys in western Canada (Don Moman, AB and Nick Hall-Patch, BC) who were hearing 1566 before and after 0500 last night. WRTH says TWR morning schedule is 0315-0545. No other splits audible here in the 1500s. Later, on globe refined the true bearing to 76 degrees; Parakou is slightly north of central Benin. If this carrier is audible in Oklahoma and AB/BC, it may well be heard all over North America; go for it! No audio here but very little doubt this is it: also very close to 1566.00, so unlikely to be any spur (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, and welcome to Summer! 0433 UT June 21 as amended, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1883, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BERMUDA. 89.1, ZBM-FM, Ocean 89, Hamilton, June/13/17 1647 EDT, English, VG, RDS Capture as "Ocean 89 - KUI - Top 40". Hip and Pop Music. Relog, 15 kW. RECEIVERS: ELAD FDM-S2 SDR and SANGEAN HDT-1X TUNER; ANTENNAS: APS-14 - 14 Element Beam at 50 FEET on TOWER and FM DIPOLE at 5 FEET on Back Deck. FM LOG TOTALS are now 3134 Stations Heard. 73 ROB VA3SW (Robert S. Ross, London, Ontario CANADA, ODXA yg via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 6134.8, Radio Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, 0056- 0116, 18-06, Spanish, comments, news: “Las cajas negras de los partidos políticos, la finalización de la campaña”, “Continuamos informado”, “Radio Santa Cruz. 14321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun PL-880, Sangean ATS-909X, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOUGAINVILLE [and non]. NBC Bougainville audible this morning for the first time this week, tuned in 1112, listened till sign-off at 1130. NBC Bougainville - 3325 - 1112-1130, lively Reggae music 1114, to yl announcer 1118, to ballad, yl again at 1122, music till sign off at 1130. No audio from Milne Bay on 3365, I can see a trace on the waterfall but can`t pull out even a carrier. I recently purchased a second hand Bonito Radiojet pc controlled IF receiver. Software is buggy but it`s a very cable receiver when it works. 73 (Chris KC5IIE Krug, Tulsa, OK, Bonito Radiojet 1102, 40m loop, June 16, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1883, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. [Re 17-24:] Rádio Clube AM de Pernambuco de volta! É verdade, Ed Santos, A Rádio Clube de Pernambuco retorna às suas origens. Aquí, em Cabedelo [Paraíba], o sinal chega satisfatório no período cedo da manhã e à tardinha. Esta é uma boa notícia. Saudações do, (Jota Xavier, June 18, radioescutas yg via DXLD) Ela voltou com os 100 kW? ("PY8WW- Renato Araujo", ibid.) Olha, pelo que eu ouvi na programação, eles não estão usando a potência total de 100 kW nos transmissores. Mas um dos locutores falou que a direção atual da emissora quer voltar o quanto antes com a potência máxima, apenas esperando uma melhora no caixa da rádio. A julgar pela qualidade com que a Clube chega pra mim à noite, eu diria que ela deve estar operando no momento com cerca de 25, 30 kW. 73's a todos, (Ian José Silva, PS8023SWL, Fronteiras - Piauí - Brasil, ibid.) Estava ouvindo a Rádio Clube de Pernambuco pela internet. No próximo final de Semana, estarei indo para o sítio, e lá vou ver se consigo escutá-la. Vou usar meus equipamentos de radioamador, inclusivo antena direcional. Vou tentar no cair da tarde. Vamos ver se dá. Audio da Internet da Rádio Clube de Pernambuco: Site http://www.radioclubepe.com.br/ (JACSON - PY1PDF, ibid.) Isso que imaginei; em Belém a clube entrava muito forte em 720 kHz, ouvi com muito QSB esses dias. Acredito que o grande custo de energia elétrica tem forçado a muitas rádios a trabalhar com baixa potencia, enquanto isso aqui no Pará a Radio Clube do Pará, ondas medias e tropicais continuam fora do ar. 73 (py8ww, Renato Araujo, ibid.) ** BRAZIL. RADIO CLUBE DO PARA FORA DO AR --- Desde a sexta-feira passada [June 16] a Rádio Clube do Pará está fora do ar, por determinação do Tribunal Regional Federal da 1ª Região, em caráter de antecipação de tutela. Em caso de descumprimento, a multa pecuniária será no valor de R$50 mil por dia. // O senador Jader Barbalho se antecipou à intimação, hoje, a fim de ganhar tempo na tentativa de reverter a situação perante a Quinta Turma do TRF1. Se mantida a liminar e acatadas as razões de mérito, as consequências serão graves, podendo resultar inclusive na perda dos mandatos do senador e da deputada federal Elcione Barbalho, donos da emissora. A liminar foi concedida em sede do Agravo de Instrumento nº 0012093-34.2017. 4.01.0000/ PA (processo original nº 0027003-40.2016. 4.01.3900), interposto contra decisão proferida pelo Juízo da 2ª Vara Federal da Seção Judiciária do Estado do Pará, nos autos da ação civil pública ajuizada pelo Ministério Público Federal contra a União Federal, Rádio Clube do Pará PRC-5 Ltda., Elcione Therezinha Zahluth Barbalho e Jader Fontenelle Barbalho. O MPF requer o cancelamento da concessão do serviço de radiodifusão sonora outorgado à Rádio Clube do Pará PRC-5 Ltda., em razão de Elcione e Jader serem titulares de mandatos eletivos de deputada federal e de senador e figurarem em seu quadro societário, em desconformidade com a Constituição Federal. Também reivindica a condenação da União na obrigação de licitar novamente o serviço de radiodifusão outorgado à Rádio Clube e, ainda, que a União e o Ministério das Comunicações se abstenham de conceder à Rádio Clube renovação ou futura outorga para exploração do serviço de radiodifusão, mesmo que por intermédio de pessoas jurídicas das quais sejam sócias. O desembargador federal Souza Prudente, relator do caso, assim decidiu: "/Defiro o pedido de antecipação da tutela recursal, para determinar a imediata suspensão da execução do serviço de radiodifusão sonora da requerida Rádio Clube do Pará PRC-5 Ltda., devendo a União Federal se abster de conceder-lhe novas outorgas de serviço de radiodifusão, até o pronunciamento definitivo da Turma julgadora./ /Nos termos do artigo 139, inciso IV, do CPC vigente, oficie-se, com urgência, via email, aos Sr. Presidente da Agência Nacional das Telecomunicações – ANATEL e Srs. Diretor do Departamento de Radiodifusão Comercial, Coordenador- Geral de Outorgas e Coordenador- Geral de Fiscalização de Outorgas, da Secretaria de Radiodifusão do Ministério das Comunicações e ao Diretor da empresa Rádio Clube do Pará PRC-5 Ltda., para fins de ciência e imediato cumprimento deste decisum, sob pena de multa pecuniária, no valor de R$ 50.000,00 (cinqüenta mil reais), por dia de atraso, nos termos do art. 537, parágrafos, §1º, incisos I e II, e 2º, do novo CPC vigente, sem prejuízo das sanções previstas no parágrafo 3º do art. 536 do referido diploma processual civil./ /Oficie-se, ainda, ao juízo monocrático, comunicando-lhe o inteiro teor desta decisão, na dimensão eficacial do art. 1008 do CPC. Intimem-se os agravados, nos termos e para as finalidades do art. 1019, II, do referido dispositivo legal, abrindo-se vistas, após, à douta Procuradoria Regional da República. Publique-se. Brasília, 31 de maio de 2017." / Elcione e Jader alegam perda do objeto da demanda, em razão da sua superveniente exclusão do quadro de sócios da empresa, em 06 de março de 2017. Mas, conforme demonstra a alteração do contrato social nos autos, registrada na Junta Comercial do Estado do Pará no dia 24/03/2017, ela é posterior ao ajuizamento da ação. Para o desembargador federal Souza Prudente restou claro que, efetivamente, Elcione e Jader foram excluídos do quadro societário, mas tal circunstância, contudo, não tem o condão, por si só, de caracterizar a perda superveniente do objeto da demanda, na medida em que ali se discute, justamente, a legalidade da concessão dos serviços de telecomunicação anteriormente realizada. "Ademais, da simples leitura da alteração contratual em referência, verifica-se que o quadro de sócios da mencionada empresa é constituído por membros outros da família dos promovidos nominados, sendo de se destacar que o próprio Jader Fontenelle Barbalho, embora excluído da sociedade empresarial, continua a representar a sua substituta – Giovanna Centeno Barbalho –, conforme assentado na Cláusula Segunda do referido documento, a demonstrar, em princípio, a ocorrência de possível manobra para ocultar o nome dos reais controladores da sobredita empresa de radiodifusão" , fulminou o desembargador relator. -- 73´S (Renato Araújo (Ren) - PY8WW, http://www.paradxgroup.com June 19, radioescutas yg via DXLD) [Google translation; good luck with the legalese]: Since last Friday the Rádio Clube do Pará is out of the air, for Determination of the Federal Regional Court of the 1st Region, in Temporary relief. In case of non-compliance, the pecuniary fine Will be worth R $ 50,000 per day. /// Senator Jader Barbalho Anticipated the summons, today, in order to gain time in the attempt to reversing the situation before the Fifth Panel of TRF1. If held to injunction and on merit, the consequences will be serious and result in the loss of the mandates of the senator and federal Elcione Barbalho, owners of the station. The injunction was granted in the 0012093-34.2017. 4.01.0000 / PA (original dossier no. 0027003-40.2016. 4.01.3900), against a decision of the European Judgment of the 2nd Federal Court of the Judicial Branch of the State of Pará, in of the civil action filed by the Federal Public Ministry Against the Federal Government, Rádio Clube do Pará PRC-5 Ltda., Elcione Therezinha Zahluth Barbalho and Jader Fontenelle Barbalho. The MPF requires the cancellation of the concession of the broadcasting service to Radio Rádio do Pará PRC-5 Ltda., Due to Elcione and Jader are holders of elective mandates of federal Senator and appear in its corporate structure, in disagreement with the Federal Constitution. It also claims that the Union should be obligation to resubmit the broadcasting service granted to the Radio Clube and also that the Union and the Ministry of Communications refrain from granting to Radio Clube a renewal or future grant to exploitation of the broadcasting service, even if by means of legal persons of which they are members. The federal judge Souza Prudente, rapporteur of the case, decided as follows: "/I defend the request of anticipation of the recursal guardianship, to determine the immediate suspension of the performance of the radio broadcasting service of the required by Rádio Clube do Pará PRC-5 Ltda., And the Federal refrain from granting it new broadcasting service concessions until the Definitive pronouncement of the judging Panel./ /Pursuant to article 139, item IV, of the prevailing CPC, make an official Urgency, via email, to the President of the National Agency for Telecommunications - ANATEL and Messrs. Director of the Broadcasting Department Officer, General Coordinator of Grants and General Coordinator of Supervision Inspection, of the Ministry of Radio Broadcasting Communications and the Director of Radio Clube do Pará PRC-5 Ltda., For the purposes of science and immediate compliance with this decision, under Penalty in the amount of R $ 50,000.00 (fifty thousand Reais) per day of delay, pursuant to art. 537, paragraphs, §1, Items I and II, and 2, of the new CPC in force, without prejudice to Provided for in paragraph 3 of art. 536 of the said civil procedural law. /It is also a matter of the monocratic judgment, communicating to it the entire content of this decision, in the effective dimension of art. 1008 of CPC. Intimem the Aggravated, in the terms and for the purposes of art. 1019, II, of referred to in this legal provision, opening up views after the Regional Office of the Republic. Post it. Brasília, May 31, 2017." Elcione and Jader allege loss of the object of the claim, due to their supervening exclusion from the company's membership on March 6, 2017. But, as the amendment to the articles of association in the case shows, registered at the Commercial Board of the State of Pará on 03/24/2017, it is subsequent to the filing of the lawsuit. For federal judge Souza Prudente it was clear that, effectively, Elcione and Jader were excluded from the corporate. This circumstance, however, does not have the power, in itself, to characterize the supervening loss of the object of the claim, insofar as it rightly discusses the legality of the Telecommunication. "Furthermore, from the simple reading of the contractual amendment in question, It appears that the membership of that undertaking is made up of Members of the family of the nominees. It should be noted that Jader Fontenelle Barbalho himself, while company, continues to represent its replacement - Giovanna Centeno Barbalho - as set forth in Clause Two of the Document, in principle to demonstrate the maneuver to hide the name of the actual controllers of the above company Broadcasting, "the rapporteur rapporteur struck. - 73'S (Renato Araújo (Ren) - PY8WW http://www.paradxgroup via DXLD) [Summarized on WORLD OF RADIO 1883; clears way for R Dif Acreana also on 4885. However, UT June 23 a very weak signal still audible on 4885.02, signature off-frequency previously from Pará --- gh] ** BRAZIL. 9724.81 approx., June 16 at 2356, S3 signal with music, presumed Rádio RB2, stronger than 11855.57 Aparecida, probably //. It`s also stronger than another ZY on 9674.9 and weaker than 9665.8. Next check on other receiver at 0318 June 17 puts it on 9724.835. And at 0325 June 17, Rosary in Portuguese on 11934.934, another RB2 frequency, probably // Aparecida 11855.596. 9724.8 & 11934.9 approx., June 18 at 0043, JBA carriers, the former suffering from 9730 Romania splash; both now must be designated Rádio Evangelizar, ex-Rádio RB2: Re my logs of RB2 on 9724.835 and 11934.934, Rudolf Grimm in Brasil replies: ``Hi Glenn, 1430, 6040, 9725 & 11935 no more RB2, but Rádio Evangelizar, Curitiba``. I reply: ``Hi Rudolf, Yes, I saw those reports of Evangelizar, but it wasn`t clear whether that was a total name change. Are they still relaying R Aparecida most or all of the time? 73, Glenn`` ``Hi Glenn, Better in PP: Radio Evangelizar em base não é o mesmo segmento das demais correntes católicas do Brasil. Eu diria que estariam mais próximas ao estilo da Radio Canção Nova (outro segmento) do que da Rádio Aparecida (um segmento mais conservador). Eu não acompanhei a Radio Evangelizar por muito tempo, mas, seguramente devem estar programando a retransmissão de outra estação católica, no caso, sem dúvidas a Rádio Aparecida. 73, Rudolf Grimm, http://dxways-br.blogspot.com Youtube Channel GrimmSBC`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1883, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Here still reported under old name: 6040.3, Radio RB2, Curitiba, 2105-2115, 17-06, Portuguese, religious comments. // 9524.8. 14321. (Méndez) 9724.8, Radio RB2, Curitiba, 2024-2035, 17-06, Portuguese, religious comments. 23322. (Méndez) 11934.9, Radio RB2, Curitiba, 2026-2037, 17-06, Portuguese, religious comments. // 9724.8. 22322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun PL-880, Sangean ATS-909X, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. Some observations 0900-1130 UT June 18: [presumably via unspecified remote receivers; apparently referring to Danile Wyllyan`s listings, confirming and refining exact frequencies] 4865 (5 kW) ZYG641 Radio Alvorada Londrina PR tent 4865.005 kHz 1100 UT 4885 (5 kW) ZYG362 R. Clube do Pará, Belem PA tent 4884.997 kHz 1108 UT 9515 (10 kW) ZYE726 "Radio Marumby onda media e onda curta", Curitiba PR 9514.967 kHz 1010 UT 9550 (10 kW) ZYE855 R. Boa Vontade, Porto Alegre RS tent. 9550.029 kHz 1117 UT 9665 (10 kW) ZYE890 "a melhor estacao, Radio Voz Missionaria", Camboriu SC 9665.787 kHz 0952 UT 9674.943 kHz 0945 UT R Cancao Nova, Cachoeira, Paulista SP (9674.998 CNR1) 9695 (7,5 kW) ZYE254 R. Rio Mar, Manaus AM tentat 9694.828 kHz; 9694.987 kHz 1124 UT 11815 (7,5 kW) ZYE440 R. Brasil Central, Goiania GO tentat. 11815.036 kHz 1129 UT 11855 (1 kW) ZYE954 R. Aparecida, Aparecida SP 11855.592 kHz 1000 UT 11935 (10 kW) "Radio R-B Dois, AM 14-30", Curitiba PR tentat 11934.990 kHz 1010 UT (CRI Russian 11935.0) [so did you still hear the RB2 ID rather than Evangelizar? gh] 15190 (5 kW) ZYE522 R. Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte MG 15190.096 kHz 1130 UT (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 11855.57 approx., June 16 at 2351, S3 signal with JBM music, presumed R. Aparecida reactivated. When last heard it was slightly above 11856. Another check June 17 at 0328 achieves S9 of JBM on the other receiver, measured now 11855.596 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11858.9v, R. Aparecida. Found that this had moved up even higher now varying between 11858.9 – 11859.0, mostly hanging around 11858.93. Portuguese talk by M and W on peaks after 0045, // 9630 barely audible. Creating a big het against 11860 Yemen (Saudi Arabia) which had to be notched out. (Valko, 20 June) 11858.4v, R. Aparecida, Came down a little by 1015 check. Similar varying signal to 10 hours earlier, but no het as Yemen not present. M announcer in Portuguese on peaks. Signal is much like how 6010 Conciencia used to be. Varying between 11858.3–11858.5 mostly, but did go up to 11858.7 briefly at 1030 (Valko, 20 June) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus with Wellbrook ALA1530S, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via WORLD OF RADIO 1883, DXLD) At 2005 UT on June 20: 11858.243 ... x.263 kHz, ZYE954, R. Aparecida, much fluttery and hopping of 20 Hertz unstable distance range. S=6-7 signal here in southern Germany. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) ** BULGARIA. [re 17-24:] ``5950, 05/11 at 2305, Overcomer Ministry Sofia. English. Lots of wailing and "woe-is-me". 45444 (Alan Roe, UK, June CIDX Messenger via DXLD) ?? New frequency on me; had been on 5900; error? (gh, DXLD)`` In fact it was my error - I had entered 5950 into my logbook, but on checking the short video I made of reception at the time, I see that the frequency was 5900 kHz after all. Apologies and thanks to Glenn. (Alan Roe, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. 6030, CFVP, Calgary at 2225 with comedy skits, 2229 ID “Calgary’s All New Funny 10-60 A-M”. - Good, could also hear 1060 kHz on my car radio, although very weak, June 16 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, listening in my car, parked by the lake and using the CommRadio CR-1a with a 50 ft wire antenna connected to a Sony AN-1 active antenna. Editor of World English Survey and Target Listening, available at http://www.odxa.on.ca dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. 7850-CUSB, June 18 at 0041, no signal from CHU, which surely would be audible if on; JBA in storm noise level on 3330-CUSB. 14670-CUSB not audible either but could be on above MUF. May well be that 7850 is down to replace the underground antenna cable before it fails like the 3330 one did. Recheck at 0609 June 18: still no 7850, but 3330 is more audible. 14670-CUSB, June 18 at 1719, CHU audible poorly, but not on 7850. June 19 at 0230, no signal on 7850 but audible on 3330. 7850-CUSB, June 20 at 0601, CHU reactivated after a few days off this frequency, to replace antenna cable? Also audible on // 3330-CUSB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Just received from the CHU engineer: "The Tx failed last Friday night and was fixed yesterday [Monday {June 19}]. We are having problems with the automatic switch over to the back up unit lately." (-- Richard Langley, 1952 UT June 20, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1883, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. An essay collected by the National Film Board of Canada makes a brief reference to RCI: "I wanted Canada. I knew a bit about the place. I listened to Radio Canada International on shortwave radio -I even had a Radio Canada Short Wave Club flag displayed proudly on my bike." Full article at http://nationalpost.com/news/canada/whats-your-dream-of-the-yukon-my-dream-began-in-germany-in-the-1960s/ (via Mike Cooper, GA, Jun 21, DXLD) ** CANADA. Sporadic E FM DX opening from NY, PA, OH, IN, see USA for intro: concludes with several Ontarians, June 18, all times UT: 91.9, at 1643, discussion of French politix, interviewing someone in ``our Ottawa studios``, so CBC Radio 1. Assuming this has got to be Ontario, the two CBC stations are: CBCC-FM way up in Hearst, NW Ontario, and right in our PTA: [CBEW-FM-1, //CBEW-FM 97.5, 91.9, LEAMINGTON ON, 10.45 kW H&V, 73.6m HAAT, 42-06-46, 82-39-52, ----, Radio 1, CBC RADIO ONE WINDSOR, NEWS/TALK] 1457 km/906 stmi 92.7, at 1646, ad/PSA string including: Canada`s best national network, bell.ca; blood.ca; food basics (as RDS is trying to lock in, but won`t); Canada 150 this summer: start in London and go anywhere; therapy.ca, another London ad with 519 phone, correct AC for there. [CJBX-FM, 92.7, LONDON ON, 50.0 kW H&V, 121.0 m HAAT H only?, 42-56- 40, 81-04-47, C976, Title & Artist on BX93, TODAY'S COUNTRY BX93, Country, BX 93, COUNTRY] 1599 km/993 stmi I bet Rob Ross is getting plenty of Okies again, while I seldom get Ontaries. I`m away from the analog TV or I might have seen CIII. There are several other 92.7s in ON, including one in Leamington which I just heard on 91.9. 93.5, at 1650, discussion of Canadian politix like a few minutes ago on 91.9, probably also `Sunday Edition` from CBC Radio 1 (which used to be on SW! Sob). See log below at 1658. 95.3, at 1653, a .ca ad, ``HD radio 1 on 95.3``, ad for green trucks air conditioning service with 905 AC; froyofranchising.ca (frozen yogurt); 1655, Plaza Nissan in Upper James, ``Fresh Radio``, rap. Clues lead to Hamilton ON, so: [CING-FM, 95.3, HAMILTON ON, 100.0 kW H&V, 305.0 m HAAT H only? 43-12- 27, 79-46-27, HD, C7E9, SONG BY ARTIST on 953 FreshFM, SONG BY ARTIST on 953 FreshFM, Adult Hits, 95.3 FRESH RADIO, HOT AC] 1714 km/1065 stmi 96.3, at 1656, creditreport.com ad, weak CCI from band music, so a classical station? Certainly not WQXR or KHFM, long banished from this to inferior frequencies! No likely US stations now, but next to Hamilton: [CFMZ-FM, 96.3, TORONTO ON, 60.0 kW H&V, 284.0 m HAAT H only? 43-38- 56, 79-22-54, C260, CFMZ, New Classical 96.3fm, Classical, CLASSICAL FM, 96.3 & 103.1, CLASSICAL] 1766 km/1097 stmi This might have been helpful: http://www.classicalfm.ca/what-was-that-piece but today`s playlist checked 5 hours later does not go back that far, and seems to display time in pm 5 hours ahead since my computer runs on UT. Didn`t think of that? 93.5, at 1658, ``93.5 FM in southwestern Ontario``, The Concert(?) promo, ``NRC official timesignal, at the beginning of the long dash it will be 1 pm EDST``: I hear it all including some almost silent pips, and make a note against my watch to compare ASAP to WWV --- and find CBC/NRC were one second slow! Then CBC News starting with wildfire in Portugal. (OK, Carlos?) [CBCL-FM, 93.5, LONDON ON, 100.0 kW H only, 267.2 m HAAT, 42-57-20, 81-21-19, CBC RADIO ONE LONDON, NEWS/TALK] 1599 km/993 stmi Promptly fade out, and so has everything else, down to 87.75, but I keep tuning for another few minutes before quitting, just in time for br/unch. Subsequent 6m map chex indicate Es has died out around here (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1883, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. RF channel A2, 55.25v MHz video, June 19 at 1614 UT, another rare glimpse of some NTSC DX, during sporadic E opening, which on 6m almost spans Ontario to Oklahoma. It`s a YL anchor in center frame, and a letter graphic, I think in English, gone again. And no audio. This fits for the EDT noon news on both Global and CTV networks, but per 6m map more likely from CIII-TV-2, 100 kW ERP in Bancroft ON, which is Global; rather than CHBX-TV, Sault Ste. Marie, 100 kW with CTV. These are the only two known remaining non-DTV channel 2 full power TV stations in eastern Canada, both at easy E-skip range from here and seen many times before. Another flash of video attained at 1634, but can`t tell what. Global news is for half an hour, then ET Canada, while CTV news takes a full hour. My antenna is still aimed at OKC, so anything from Ontario is way off to the side. Bancroft is a small town of 3K+ which must have been chosen as a good spot for a satellite TV station relay covering a large rural area, centered about halfway between Ottawa and Barrie, or between Trenton and Algonquin Provincial Park. 1937 km / 1204 statute miles from Enid. My analog Zenith 12-inch TV set will lock into video only on peaks, otherwise, horizontal hold is lost, with diagonal lines at least tipping off that a signal is trying to come in. Earlier sets had accessible HH adjustments. This one on the back has pots for contrast and black level, and a third hole for HH but requires a tool to reach it. Besides, if I started messing with it, might be out of whack when a full signal infade. I still put in very long hours of monitoring nothing but snow on this set next to it while at the computer, and there is any Es activity. Also checking RF channel 48 when there is any tropo, but no sign of KOCY-LP OKC since last reported weeks ago with transmitter cutting off and on the air (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1883, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 5050even, Beibu Bay Radio Nanning, Voice of Guangxi, IS at 2245 UT S=9+25dB in Ea THA, 14 kHz wideband, 2248 UT singer group. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, logs from Thailand and Sri Lanka June 16 / 17, Log taken on Uwe's remote SDR installation in eastern Thailand and on Perseus SDR in Piliyandala, Sri Lanka at Victor 4S7VK place, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also VIETNAM [and non] ** CHINA. 9620, This seems to be CNR 2 in Chinese overstaying its summer schedule by a few hours. Excellent signal. June 18, 2017, 1504– 1532. M & F commentators, children’s voices, Chinese music. F harangue in Chinese, then F/F conversations and interviews. Children’s chant or game, M announcer with music and bird sounds. Format is definitely more CNR than CRI, with ads, comedy routines, and conversations. Seems more oriented toward a domestic audience rather than an international one (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 via DXLD) After 1300 it`s not CNR2 but CNR10 as covered in DXLD and listed in Aoki [why don`t people just look it up there?!]: ``9620 CNR 2 2300-1300 1234567 Chinese 150 0 Beijing 491 CHN 3955N 11625E CNR2=7245 a17 9620 CNR 10 1300-1805 1234567 Chinese 100 15 Dongfang CHN 1854N 10854E CNR10 a17 May 17-Jun.29 9620 CNR 10 2025-2300 1234567 Chinese 100 15 Dongfang CHN 1854N 10854E CNR10=17875 a17-Jun.29`` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11980, CRI in Chinese. June 12, 2017, 1448–1501. Excellent signal with almost no QRN/QSB. Ads as if domestic service, but it does seem to be CRI. Lively programming in conversational format. Music, vocals. Time pips at top of hour. Carrier off after 1500 (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 via DXLD) VOA Chinese is on 11980 during this hour so there surely would be CNR1 *jamming. And I don`t think CRI runs timesignals: Aoki: ``11980* VOICE OF AMERICA 1400-1500 1234567 Chinese 250 332 Tinang PHL 1521N 12037E VOA/IBB a17 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also PHILIPPINES ** CHINA [non]. 9570, Thu June 15 at 1320, CRI English via CUBA with emotional drama/soapera, involving a Dr. Wu, a nurse, and a hospital; complete with foley SFX and music. I don`t quite get the point of it in a few minutes, but seems unusual programming for CRI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [and non]. June 16, SOH 'Xi Wang Zhi Sheng', monitoring remote SDR in various in Japan and in eastern Thailand TAIWAN SOH tiny outlets in Chinese language on Friday June 16. 21799.769 SOH, the highest frequency ever noted on SOH Taiwan outlets. S=4 signal at 0445 UT. 18869.780 S=6-7 at 1055 UT 17770.394 S=5 at 1058 UT, Gregorian singer chorus 17440.126 S=8-9 0450 UT 17398.328 usb mode S=5 at 1104 UT 17200.335 S=7-8 at 1102 UT station ID 17169.909 S=7 at 1109 UT 16979.947 S=8 at 1141 UT 16770.032 S=8-9 0452 UT 16680.326 S=8 at 1110 UT 16599.916 S=8-9, at 0454 UT 16299.969 S=5-6, at 0455 UT 16250.095 S=8-9, at 0457 UT 16160.082 S=6-7, at 0458 UT 16100.236 S=5-6, music px at 0459 UT 15969.885 S=7-8 some music played at 0500 UT 15939.975 S=7-8, at 0502 UT 15919.965 S=6-7, music played at 0557 UT 15869.936 S=6-7, at 0504 UT 15839.997 S=8 at 1116 UT 15799.746 S=8-9, at 0506 UT 15775.094 S=8-9, at 0507 UT 15339.866 S=5 at 1117 UT 15294.889 S=8-9, at 0508 UT 15070.208 S=8-9, at 0510 UT 14980.184 talk on Mao Tse Tung by male/female 0512 UT 14919.836 S=6-7, at 0513 UT, 14919.851 at 1400 UT 14870.196 S=5-6, at 0530 UT, 14870.212 at 1401 UT 14849.854 S=4 poor at 1139 UT 14820.168 S=5-6, at 0533 UT 14800.165 S=9 at 1140 UT, 10 kHz wideband signal, 14800.152 at 1403 UT 14774.856 S=9, at 0534 UT, piano mx at 0536 UT 14690.243 S=7 carrier and very low modulated SOH - tentat., 1147 UT 14600.174 S=5, at 0538 UT 14499.871 S=5-6 at 0540 UT 14430.071 S=7-8 spoken SOH at 0541 UT 14370.030 S=6 at 0542 UT 13979.968 not observed 13919.939 S=7 at 0544 UT, CODAR 13918-13972 kHz, and 13920even CNR spoken jammer heard later the day at 1150 UT. 13889.859 S=9dB, at 0546 UT 13870.000 parked CNR1 spoken jamming tx ? at 0548 UT, but CRI Kashgar 1630 UT Hausa, requested. 13820.176 S=8 at 1152 UT 13774.985 S=4 at 0550 UT, covered by BSKSA Urdu 13775.052 at 1410 UT 13680.187 S=6 at 0552 UT 13639.870 S=7 at 0555 UT 13530.222 S=910dB at 0556 UT 13229.998 S=8-9 some mx piece at 0558 UT 13199.823 S=5 at 0600 UT 13130.188 S=5-6 at 0602 UT 13070.434 S=5 at 1157 UT, and UTE noise nearby. Hopping 13070.310 1412 UT 12980.120 S=6 at 0603 UT 12950.259 S=4-5 at 1158 UT 12870.179 S=5 at 1159 UT 12800.139 S=5-6 at 0604 UT 12560.152 S=6 at 0606 UT, S=8 at 1414 UT 12500.217 S=6, at 0607 UT, and scratch noise jammer harmonic of KRE 6250 kHz! 12429.838 S=6 at 0635 UT 12369.968 S=5-6 at 1201 UT 12344.970 S=8, scratchy sound music piece at 0640 UT 12230.027 S=5-6 at 0643 UT 12189.914 S=6-7 at 0645 UT, 12189.925 at 1417 UT 12149.878 S=6 at 0646 UT 11970even S=5-6 at 0648 UT, SOH px mentioned Mao Tse Tung. 11890.567 not observed 11775.058... .068 wandered upwards S=8 at 0654 UT, QRM AIR Goa Panaji Nepali 11774.984 at 1421 UT 11765.132 S=6 at 0655 UT 11715.075 S=6 music piece played flute/violine at 0657 UT 11599.952 S=6 rough harsh modulation, mx piece at 0659 UT 11579.998 S=6 at 0700 UT, 11580.006 at 1424 UT 11529.919 S=8-9 rather RFA Mandarin program relay via SOH?, at 0703 UT 14 kHz wide signal, little scratchy audio quality. 11499.839 S=8 at 0705 UT 11459.921 S=7 at 0707 UT 11440.007 S=7 at 0708 UT 11430.002 empty carrier or low modulation? of Taiwanese XingXing guangbo diantai Kuanyin, S=7 at 0710 UT 11300.087 S=4-5 poor at 0712 UT 11150.153 not observed 11120.142 S=6 at 0714 UT, 11120.167 at 1428 UT 11099.889 S=6 at 0716 UT 11070.064 S=7-8 at 0955 UT 10959.833 S=7 at 0959 UT, like SoEaAS Shangri La pause mx. 10920.103 S=5 at 1000 UT, stn ID 10869.972 S=6 at 1002 UT 10820.001 S=7 at 1003 UT, 10819.986 at 1440 UT 9970.197 S=7 at 1005 UT 9920.096 S=7 at 1007 UT, 6 kHz wideband audio. 9849.965 S=7-8 at 1008 UT, PBS CHN Tibetan on 9850even. 9729.903 underneath Myanmar Radio 9729.994 kHz, at 1010 UT 9634.872 underneath VoVietnam, Son Tay 9635.849,latter S=9+15dB 1013 9539.970 S=6-7 at 1015 UT {9525.939 VoIndonesia Cimanggis, S=9+10dB low modulation at 1016 UT} 9359.956 S=7 at 1019 UT 9320.031 S=6 at 1021 UT, rough harsh modulation 9300.003 ? SOH or spur ? S=4-5 at 1110 UT 9279.841 S=6 at 1022 UT 9254.933 S=5 at 1208 UT, QRM of OTHR center 9250v kHz. 9230.033 S=6, rough harsh modulation 9200.171 S=7 at 1025 UT 9180.023 S=6 at 1026 UT, rough harsh modulation 9155.028 S=6 at 1028 UT 9099.943 S=6-7 at 1030, underneath KOR EoH Korean 9100even S=9+10dB 9099.956 S=5 at 1448 UT 7800.082 not observed 7729.958 S=6 at 1040 UT 6900.037 S=8 at 1046 UT, OTHR around. 6729.928 S=8-9 at 1047 UT. 6369.929 S=8-9 at 1050 UT. 6279.920 not observed 6230.071 S=9+10dB at 1051 UT, June 16. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 16) (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DXLD) Re: "7800.082 not observed" Wolfie, Thanks for the detailed SOH monitoring. Looks like CNR1 jamming is rarely heard. Note the following info. Ron Taiwan, SOH on 7810 kHz. Jun 5, -1124- ID; "Xiwang zhi sheng guoji guangbo diantai jizhe, ~~~,~caifang baodao" * "Sound of Hope reporter, ~~~, ~ interview reports" in English. * This time is a program called "Tianxia Zongheng", SOH news program. -1132- "Jinri Dianji"; "Today's point" in English. -1201- SA/ID on service on music; Male voice "Xiwang zhi sheng guoji guangbo diantai", and female voice "Xiwang zhi sheng guoji guangbo diantai". * This SA/ID is frequently announced at the hour. Amano, listening my home at Saitama, Japan posted http://radio.chobi.net/DX/bbs/?res:2218#2329 (via Ron Howard, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [and non]. 9355, June 18 at 1715, very poor signal with music, probably CNR1 jamming against RFA Chinese via Saipan; no comparison to VOK on 9435 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [and non]. vs. TAIWAN, China National Radio-1 Jamming vs. Xi Wang Zhi Sheng, June 20 1229&1259 on 15800 unknown kW / unknown to EaAs Chinese China National Radio-1 0000-1700 on 15800 UNID .1 kW / non-dir to EaAs Chinese SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/06/china-national-radio-1-jamming-vsxi.html China National Radio-1 Jamming vs. Empty channel 17580 on June 20: 1400-1500 on 17580 unknown kW / unknown to EaAs Chinese China National Radio-1 1400-1500 on 17580 nothing in HFCC Database, nothing in Aoki, nothing in Eibi. A-17 on 17580 2330-1200 on 17580 LIN 100 kW / 286 deg to EaAs Chinese China National Radio-1 1100-1200 on 17580 BAU 100 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish Radio Habana Cuba http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/06/china-national-radio-1-jamming-vs-empty.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** COLOMBIA. 5910, ALCARAVAN RADIO, Junio 16, 0407-0418 UT. Música en español, especialmente salsa. SINPO: 45343 (Claudio Galaz, RX: TECSUN PL-660; ANT: Hilo de 60 metros de largo; QTH: Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) 5910.273 kHz 1111 UT CLM (Wolfgang Büschel, June 18, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) presumably unspecified remote receiver 5910.274, June 20 at 0607, undermodulated music on carrier wavering a bit and way off-frequency as usual: Alcaraván Radio reactivated after missing a week or two during random evening chex; also with sporadic ``running water`` ute QRM as usual against this frequency. JBA carrier on 6010+, likely Brasil rather than sibling HJDH, which would be weaker than 5910v, but not that weak (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. Re: ``9570, Thu June 15 at 1320, CRI English with emotional drama/soapera, involving a Dr. Wu, a nurse, and a hospital; complete with foney SFX and music. I don`t quite get the point of it in a few minutes, but seems unusual programming for CRI (Hauser, OK, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD)`` Mark, I did not write ``foney``, but ``foley`` --- it`s a real word and term for this: ``Foley (filmmaking) - Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foley_(filmmaking) Foley is the reproduction of everyday sound effects that are added to film, video, and other media in post-production to enhance audio quality`` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 15230, June 16 at 0012, RHC music is undermodulated, then Spanish talk with breakup. Weaker signal but better modulation on 15730 with other programming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6145, Radio Havana Cuba, 0243 UT June 18 with Bruce Cockburn tunes including "If I Had A Rocket Launcher". Good. I suspect we might hear this tune of Voice of Korea one day. I wish RHC would stay with beautiful Cuban songs instead of their recent move to classic pop/rock reviews. 73 (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA100 loop antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11840, RHC. Junio 18. 2242-2300 UT. Programa “En Contacto” con informaciones sobre la salud del Arnaldo Coro, las manchas solares y ciclo solar 24; información sobre estados de las bandas de contacto de radioaficionados como 40 y 80 metros; las antenas de lazo magnéticos, las frecuencias en FM de Radio Habana Cuba, la TDT en Cuba, pequeña reseña de la historia de ICRT; información acerca de la banda VHF. SINPO: 55444 (Claudio Galaz, RX: PHILCO IC 18 R; ANT: Loop; QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) So what was the info on the Arnie`s health?? (gh) 5010, June 19 at 0237, JBA carrier from RHC leapfrog. At first I could not detect it but blanker vs S9 local noise level on the NRD-545 made the difference. Would have expected more and a match on 5055, since both 5025 with Rebelde on! and 5040 RHC were S9+45. The spurs could be suppressed, or if they totally vanish, clue us that the two fundamentals are no longer from same site. 6000, UT Monday June 19 at 0624, RHC with Arnie Coro still speaking, so `DXers Unlimited` lasting longer than the :09-:23v span I had in DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS. Tho S9, 6000 is just barely modulated (JBM) as too often the case. 6060 and 6100 are OK, while 6145 is also undermodulated, but better than 6000. 5040 is off during this final repeat English hour. 6145, June 21 at 0406, this RHC is OFF; English still on 6000, and Spanish 6060 also on, but not enough to make a leapfrog onto 6230 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. NTSC channel A2, June 17 at 1409 UT, after months of snow, my analog TV set finally shows signs of a video raster. 6m maps show Es over SE quadrant of US, including south FL, so very likely this is Tele-Rebelde, Habana, the only Cuban within range circa 1300 miles. I keep on it, and at 1437 a glimpse of video locking in, looks like ice hockey! Now I must consider Canada. The two analogs in Ontario, one with CTV, the other Global, neither show anything like that at this time on network program skeds, nor do Es maps show any paths to there. I finally find the Cuban TV schedule, which must be unzipped: http://www.tvcubana.icrt.cu/cartelera-de-la-tv-cubana/telerebelde CV SABADO 17 DE JUNIO DE 2017 [in Yanqui EDT:] ``09:00 TREN DE MARAVILLAS BOB ESPONJA: UN HÉROE FUERA DEL AGUA TÍTULO ORIGINAL: THE SPONGE BOB MOVIE: SPONGE OUT OF WATER 2016 / 93 MIN / ESTADOS UNIDOS / COMEDIA INFANTIL DIRECTOR: PAUL TIBBITT REPARTO: ANIMATION, ANTONIO BANDERAS Bob Esponja emprende un viaje para recuperar una receta que ha robado un pirata. Estación cine: Bob esponja, un héroe fuera del agua Estación animados: La guarida del león la primera aventura Estación saber: ¿Por qué flotan los barcos? Estación natura: Las aves Estación sorpresa: El valle de las flores Estación música: Nana de los cocuyos 11:15 PONTE AL DIA`` No ice hockey there either, but if the Spongebob movie ran straight thru for 93 minutes, would have finished at 1433 UT, and nothing on sked until 1515, so conceivably TR was filling with ice hockey. I am certainly open to other suggestions, as I could really use some double-hop Es from further Caribbean, like HIJB-TV, Tele-Antillas, Dominican Republic, which is often seen single-hop in SE USA; or Central/South America! Nothing further viewed on 2 during next hour+. With MUFs allegedly to 108 MHz, on the 98-degree porch (high predicted: 106 F), I keep making some quick FM bandscans during the next few hours until 1900 UT, but no Es to be heard here (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1883, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [non]. USA, 7435, IBB Radio Martí service in Spanish from Greenville NC. Full-bodied, over-arching report from the President's 'live recording' speech trip to Miami Cuban immigration community / society. S=9+30dB signal in Detroit-MI. At 0350 UT speech of "fuerza bandera..." etc. etc. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, June 18, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CZECHIA. Czech Republic -------- In the Czech Republic, broadcasted 14 digital radio stations operating in the DAB + standard. This event was preceded by two years of tests, writes Médiár. On June 1, two years after the start of the test broadcasting in the digital standard DAB + in the Czech Republic, the multiplex, which is used by the public broadcaster Czech Radio, was put into full operation. The country has earned four transmitters, providing coverage by digital radio signal territory, which is home to 40% of the country's population. Currently, a total of 14 radio stations broadcasting in the DAB + standard are available to residents of Brno, Ostrava and Plzen and their surroundings. Currently, there are no clear plans for further development of DAB + in the Czech Republic. Apparently, his future depends on the general interest that residents of the districts, where the digital radio signal is already available, will show to the technology. Boris Skuratovsky. Mediasat.info http://mediasat.info/2017/06/15/v-chexii-oficialno-zapustili-cifrovoe-radioveshhanie-v-dab/ (via RusDX June 18 via DXLD) ** ECUADOR. Radio Oriental - studios --- Past & present locations of Radio Oriental, Tema studios. Site of studios for Radio Oriental - 4781 kHz c1990’s https://goo.gl/maps/3v8qVc68w5t http://www.qsl.net/yb0rmi/ecuador/oriental.htm And recently (July 2015) at: https://goo.gl/maps/pYBbeKsZZZB2 One report above says SW started on February 12, 1987 other report Sept 1993. The later seams(?) correct in as far as awareness from the SWL community re reception. The TX site for the station for the above report is 7 km out of town (Tema). Doesn't seam to be enough satellite imagery to even contemplate a serious look for the site (Ian, shortwavesites yg via DXLD) It`s Tena, not Tema as in Ghana (gh, DXLD) R. Oriental was heard on SW by N.Am DXers starting in September 1993. First appearance in WRTH was in the 1994 ed. (Jerry Berg, ibid.) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA ECUATORIAL. 5005, Radio Nacional, Bata, *0505- 0517, 18-06, songs. Very weak, barely audible and only on LSB. 15321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun PL-880, Sangean ATS-909X, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ERITREA. UNIDENTIFIED. Re: [dxld] Log unidentified 7200 -1837* Thorsten Hallmann thh@free.de [dxld] kirjoitti 26.5.2017 klo 21:41: Today, May 26, 1831-1837* UT, 7200 straight, fair signal, likely north or east African music with breaks. Sudan would be my first guess; currently missing on both 7205 and 9505. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Germany, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1883, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Or maybe Eritrea? Sudan is heard again on 7205 kHz. Happy Midsummer, (Mauno Ritola, Finland, June 21, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1883, DXLD) SUDAN: Various checks in remote Doha Qatar, Delhi, Italy and southern Germany: Omdurman is still on 7205 kHz even fq. June 21. ERITREA YES Sir, today June 21, 7180.020 S=8-9 signal heard in southern Germany, is likely Asmara Eritrea with Horn of Africa music at 1723 UT. (Wolfgang Büschel, WORLD OF RADIO 1883, DXLD) Thanks for reminding me of that, Mauno. Actually I didn't observe anything on 7200 any more, but didn't check to often because of gardening season and wunderful weather lately. But today, as Wolfgang already reported earlier, I can hear a station on 7180, just now from 1755 with talk in presumed Arabic and EAf music, Eritrean Anthem at 1830. so his guess was right. 73 (Thorsten, June 21, WORLD OF RADIO 1883, DXLD) ** ERITREA [non]. ERITREA’S ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWS RADIO STATION AWARDED IN LONDON --- 12/06/2017 04:50 http://www.signis.net/news/human-rights/12-06-2017/eritreas-only-independent-news-radio-station-awarded-in-london London, June, 12th, 2017 (RSF). The London-based charity One World Media presented its 2017 special award at a ceremony in London last week, to Radio Erena, Eritrea’s only independent news radio station, launched eight years ago in Paris with the support of Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Received on behalf of Radio Erena by Fathi Osman, the special award has been given annually since 1988 to independent journalists covering politics, social issues or local culture in their own country, usually developing countries like Eritrea. “It is great to have the award,” Osman said. “I feel really great because honouring Radio Erena is an honour for the voiceless and the journalists behind bars in Eritrea. It is a special day for Eritrean media." In Paris, Radio Erena journalist Amanuel Ghirmai said: “On this occasion, I felt Radio Erena's voice won over ‘the fear,’ which is the Eritrean government’s preferred instrument for silencing its citizens. I am so proud of Radio Erena’s team for their fight to expose the realities in Eritrea and at the same time remain independent. I hope, one day Radio Erena will be able to broadcast from Asmara.” There is no independent media outlet within Eritrea that covers what life is like for Eritreans and the political and social conditions in their country. Radio Erena is a unique entity that links Eritrean exiles and Eritrea, covering not only diaspora issues but also Eritrea’s history, what is happening there now and international developments. Both Eritreans in Eritrea and the Eritrean diaspora worldwide can listen to hear Radio Erena’s impartial and professional news coverage. Broadcasting from Paris in Tigrinya and Arabic – the country’s two national languages – it is recognized by its people as the most reliable Eritrean radio station. Its creation realized the dream of Biniam Simon, a well-known journalist with Eritrea’s state-owned national broadcaster Eri TV who fled Eritrea and arrived in France in 2007. He wanted to be able to exercise his profession freely and provide fellow Eritreans with independently reported news. Thanks to his perseverance and RSF’s support, he was finally able to launch Radio Erena (which means “Our Eritrea” in Tigrinya) in Paris in 2009. Radio Erena’s reporting is produced by a team of four professional journalists based in Paris and a dozen correspondents throughout the world. Far from being an opposition mouthpiece, like other Eritrean exile radio stations, Radio Erena is committed to balanced news coverage. But this has not stopped the regime from turning Radio Erena into a target of its propaganda and disinformation campaigns. The attacks on the radio station in 2012 (when its website was hacked and its satellite signal was jammed by a pirate transmission from within Eritrea) and the frequent attempts from within Eritrea to jam its shortwave signal, are all evidence of Radio Erena’s importance (12 June 2017 via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, June 16, DXLD) Only? There are several other clandestines for Eritrea in WRTH, but mostly based in Ethiopia and thus suspect. And VOA has a M-F semihour in Tigrinya; doesn`t that matter? (gh) SECRETLAND, Dimtse Radio Erena via BaBcoCk SPL Secretbrod, June 17 till 1700 11965 KAS 500 kW / 298 deg to WeEu English China Radio Int. 1700-1730 11965 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Mon-Fri 1730-1800 11965 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Arabic Mon-Fri 1700-1800 11965 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Sat 1700-1800 11965 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Arabic Sun http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2017/06/dimtse-radio-erena-via-babcock-spl_17.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Erena: Missing Today (19 June) --- As monitored with the U. Twente WebSDR receiver, the daily Radio Erena broadcast from Kostinbrod between 1700 and 1800 UT on 11965 kHz was missing. No carrier, no nothing. Had been providing good reception for the U. Twente receiver for the past few days (-- Richard Langley, NB, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1883, DX LISTENING DIGEST) A quote from https://www.opendemocracy.net/sophie-baggott/radio-erena-wins-one-world-media-award-delivering-independent-news-to-eritreans-wor-0 "We’ve been planning to expand but are having problems with funding – it runs out this summer." And shortwave was already a week ago no longer mentioned at http://erena.org/index.php/about-us-53 So it's quite possible that they now indeed left it, fully relying on their Eutelsat 8 West B distribution as Radio Assenna and Eritrean Forum Radio already do (Kai Ludwig, ibid.) SECRETLAND, Clandestine transmissions of Dimtse Radio Erena via BaBcoCk SPL Secretbrod are cancelled from Monday June 19 The final broadcast was on June 18 according to IBB Monitoring. My last videos of Dimtse Radio Erena were from Saturday, June 17 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/06/broadcast-of-dimtse-radio-erena-via-spl.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/ ibid.) Dimtse Radio Erena via BaBcoCk SPL Secterbrod [sic] is back on SW 11965 kHz 17-18 UT, June 20, videos after few minutes -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1883, DXLD) SECRETLAND, Dimtse Radio Erena via BaBcoCk SPL is back, June 20 1700-1730 on 11965 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Mon-Fri 1730-1800 on 11965 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Arabic Mon-Fri 1700-1800 on 11965 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Sat 1700-1800 on 11965 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Arabic Sun http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/06/dimtse-radio-erena-via-babcock-spl-is.html and please delete this: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/06/broadcast-of-dimtse-radio-erena-via-spl.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA. Voice of Democratic Alliance and Radio Ethiopia June 20 Voice of Democratic Alliance 1500-1600 on 7236.6vGDR 100 kW / non-dir to EaAf Tigrinya/Afar Radio Ethiopia 1600-1800 on 7236.7vGDR 100 kW / non-dir to EaAf Arabic, not English http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/06/voice-of-democratic-alliance-and-radio.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1883, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7236.739, Drums, Xylophone + HoA music heard at 1458-1503 UT on June 21, VoDA wandered up to 7236.792 kHz at 1504 UT, but 2 minutes later back downwards, much variable frequency. ? 1500-1700 UT ? 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid., WORLD OF RADIO 1883) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. Radio Voice of Independent Oromiya via TDF Issoudun, June 18 1600-1630 17850 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg EaAf Oromo Sun via BRB Alyx&Yeyi Transmission jammed by Ethiopia with fair white noise digital jamming http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/06/radio-voice-of-independent-oromiya-via_18.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EUROPE. 4914.965, June 5, 1920, EMR Dance Netherlands. The Swedish station "Guldkanalen 70-tal" was heard here. The station retransmitting this FM service is said to be European Music Radio Dance. The program was // to their website. Good signal. According to Alf Persson's verification, several frequencies around 4.9 MHz like 4845, 4870, 4915 & 4970 have been used. According to Achim Brückner's website this station has been heard quite often lately on 4915 kHz. Location most likely in the Netherlands (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, (SW Bulletin June 18 via WORLD OF RADIO 1883, DXLD) ** FRANCE. [Re 17-24:] The referenced page http://www.anfr.fr/gestion-des-frequences-sites/signal-horaire/les-tests-du-signal-horaire/#menu2 actually says that no problems had been reported when they reduced the power to 800 kW as a trial, thus 1100 kW had been agreed as the new regular level. And the weekly maintenance break on Tuesdays has been rescheduled to 8-12 AM, with of course there being no need to work at night anymore. http://www.csa.fr/Espace-juridique/Decisions-du-CSA/Synthese-de-l-appel-a-manifestation-d-interet-pour-la-diffusion-d-un-service-de-radio-sur-la-frequence-162-kHz actually says that CSA received four messages that stated an interest in broadcasting on this frequency. But they all did not show a concept for sustaining such an operation, in particular a business model to cover the heavy operational costs. Thus CSA decided to not open formal allocation procedures that in the end would lead to nothing. (The previous mistranslations, not discovered by yours truly himself, shows the size of the language barriers between European countries. They are a fact many people refuse to see.) (Kai Ludwig, Allemagne, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. DWD Deutscher Wetterdienst was back on air, June 15 0600-0630 on 6180 PIN 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu German, fair http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/06/dwd-deutscher-wetterdienst-was-back-on.html Reception of DWD Deutscher Wetterdienst in AM mode on June 15 2000-2030 6180 PIN 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu German, QRM CRI Arab 6185 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/06/reception-of-dwd-deutscher-wetterdienst_16.html Very weak signal of DWD Deutscher Wetterdienst, June 19 1200-1228 on 6180 PIN 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu German in AM mode http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2017/06/very-weak-signal-of-dwd-deutscher.html Weak/fair signal of DWD Deutscher Wetterdienst, June 21 0600-0630 on 6180 PIN 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu German in AM mode http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/06/weakfair-signal-of-dwd-deutscher.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. 15560 kHz, Neue Sendezeiten von "Radio Documenta 14" via Kall Eifel Germany. 15560 kHz, betreffen die Aussendungen diese Frequenz weltweit, Radio Documenta 14, neue Sendezeiten ab morgen June 17 all in MESZ / CEST / UTC +2 hours. [SO GH ADDS FIRST COLUMN IN UT!] 2200-0200 2400-0400 Uhr am 17.6. / 23.6. / 29.6. / 05.7. 0200-0600 0400-0800 Uhr am 18.6. / 24.6. / 30.6. / 06.7. 0600-1000 0800-1200 Uhr am 19.6. / 25.6. / 01.7. / 07.7. 1000-1400 1200-1600 Uhr am 20.6. / 26.6. / 02.7. / 08.7. 1400-1800 1600-2000 Uhr am 21.6. / 27.6. / 03.7. 1800-2200 2000-2400 Uhr am 22.6. / 28.6. / 04.7 (Christian Milling, Germany, A-DX ng June 16, BC-DX 17 June via WORLD OF RADIO 1883, DXLD) [Note the repeat cycle every SIX days, not seven = one week --- gh] Hier ein Foto: Der Strahler ist eine Antenne fuer den maritimen Einsatz, eine Beschreibung unter PDF file (via Tom DF5JL, A-DX ng June 16, ibid.) 1 kW at Geroh vertical antenna St A19 / tx: R&S SK1. Quelle: (Felix, A-DX ng June 16, ibid.) [and non]. Reception of Radio der Dokumenta 14, June 19: 0600-1000 on 15560*KLL 001 kW / non-dir to CeEu English/various * co-ch CRI 15560 XIA 500 kW / 292 deg to CeAs Chinese 08-10UT The next broadcast of Radio der Dokumenta 14 will be on June 20 1000-1400 on 15560 KLL 001 kW / non-dir to CeEu English/various http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/06/reception-of-radio-der-dokumenta-14.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1883, DXLD) ** GREECE. Voice of Greece on 8 of 9 languages on 9420 kHz, June 20 0500-1130 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek* tx#3 & off NO SIGNAL on 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu or alt 11645 tx#1 * including news in Arabic 0651 & in Serbian 0654. From 0707 frequency announcement: 9420 and 9935 to WeEu/ENAm, 11645 to NoAf: But frequency 11645 is not active from beginning of summer A-17. Extra news today in Spanish 0805-0810, in Russian 0906-0909, in Romanian 1005-1009 and Polish/Albanian 1052-1100. VOG/ERT First Program 1100-1130 UT & off. No English program 1200-1203. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/06/voice-of-greece-in-8-of-9-languages-on.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUATEMALA [non?]. RADIO VERDAD TRANSMUNDIAL Saturday, June 17, 2017 3:09 PM [1509 UT] [sic, all caps] ANUNCIO URGENTE DE RADIO VERDAD TRANSMUNDIAL: AYER EN LA MADRUGADA, A LAS 4:12 AM HORA DE GUATEMALA (10:12 UTC o GMT) HICIMOS UNA TRANSMISIÓN DE PRUEBA DURANTE 35 MINUTOS, TRANSMITIENDO SEÑAL DE RADIO VERDAD TRANSMUNDIAL EN NUESTRA FRECUENCIA REGULAR 4055 KHZ, ESPAÑOL E INGLÉS. LA SEÑAL SE DIRIGIÓ AL JAPÓN, PARTE DE ÁFRICA, PAÍSES BAJOS Y CUBA-PUERTO RICO. LE AGRADECEREMOS MUCHO A USTED DE ESOS PAÍSES, QUE NOS INFORME POR FAVOR SI LOGRÓ CAPTAR NUESTRA TRANSMISIÓN DE PRUEBA. DIRÍJASE POR CORREO ELECTRÓNICO O FACEBOOK A: radioverdad5@yahoo.com SU REPORTE ES MUY IMPORTANTE. TOME NOTA: AYER A LAS 11:45 HORA DE GUATEMALA (17:45 UTC O GMT), SE HIZO OTRA PRUEBA. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = IN ENGLISH -EN INGLÉS: URGENT ANNOUNCEMENT FROM TRANSWORLD RADIO TRUTH: YESTERDAY MORNING, AT 4:12 HOURS GUATEMALA TIME (10:12 UTC o GMT) WE HAVE MADE A TEST TRANSMISSION DURING 35 MINUTES, TRANSMITTING THE SIGNAL OF TRANSWORLD RADIO TRUTH ON OUR REGULQUR FREQUENCY 4055 KHZ, SPANISH AND ENGLISH. THE TRANSMISSION WAS POINTED TO JAPAN, A PART OF AFRICA, NETHERLANDS, AND CUBA-PORT RICO. WE'LL APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH IF YOU, IN SUCH COUNTRIES, TO INFORM US IF YOU GOT TO TUNE OUR TEST TRANSMISSION. ADRESS YOUR REPORT BY E-MAIL OR FACEBOOK TO THIS ADDRESS: radioverdad5@yahoo.com YOUR REPORT IS VERY IMPORTANT. NOTICE: YESTERDAY BY 11:45 HOURS (17:45 UTC O GMT), WE MADE SOME OTHER TEST TRANSMISSION. That`s the notice from Dr Madrid. No way from Guatemala it`s going to reach Europe or Africa at 1012 UT; nor anywhere beyond Central America at 1745. It would have been helpful to give some advance notice. Normally on air and propagating to the darkside at 1012, so what was different about this? Direxional antenna? Or resumpton of the alleged mysterious emanations from other countries on same frequency? Which he does not refer to explicitly (Glenn Hauser, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) [Later:] Yes, he is talking about the inexplicable co-channel relays in other worldparts, replying to this reception(?) report from Japan [sic] (gh) De: hayato thakumi Para: Édgar Madrid Enviado: Sábado, 17 de junio, 2017 7:48:51 Asunto: SAÑAL MUY MUY BUENA Edgar, muy amigo, Yo reporto señal excelente very good, sin antena solo con radio receptor mio muy pequeño señal de programa en ingles suya radio verdad, señal muy muy buena, muy poco ruido, casi nada. hora de transmisión 15:25 utc hora aqui en Shinagawa ku tokyo. muy contento, felicidades Mr. Madrid, yo informar por mas señal, con grande antena o no antena. señan con grande antena muy mala, mala, casi nada. en otras ocasiones. pero a las 15:25 señal fue excelente. yo queres enviar colaboracion I need to know how to do it Hayato Thakumi, 1 - 4 - 6 Shinagawa-ku tokyo (via dxldyg via DXLD) Thank you, Hayato Thakumi, for your good report. This encourages our effort. These are only test transmissions. We plan to come on the air with this new system of Transworld Radio Truth very soon, but we can`t do it yet, because we have to pay the rest of money for connecting the satelite. We are still missing $280 dollars to pay. Transworld Radio Truth is going to be marvelous, as soon as we are able to put it on 4055 KHz. Regarding to your question of How you can help to finance Radio Truth, I am attaching some instructions. We plan to make some other test transmissions these days. These test transmissions are being addressed to Japan, Netherlands, a part of Africa and Cuba-Port Rico. May God bless you. Dr. Édgar Amílcar Madrid Transword Radio Truth [Later2:] Apreciado Hayato Thakumi: Gracias por su excelente reporte de las pruebas que estamos haciendo con Radio Verdad Transmundial. Sólo estamos haciendo pruebas. Después, vamos a salir al aire permanentemente con este nuevo sistema. Esté pendiente. Aquí le envío nuestra Tarjeta QSL virtual, para que usted la imprima, siendo que en Guatemala todavía no hay correo postal. Que Dios le bendiga. Dr. Édgar Amílcar Madrid Radio Verdad Transmundial And he attaches to us and entire mailing list, the e-QSL for Hayato and pennant, calendar, etc. Still no explanation of exactly how anyone in Japan could hear R. Verdad on 4055 when it is 9:45 am in Guatemala. But previously admitted he did not understand it completely, somehow the internet signal they are paying to send out from studio gets into SW receivers in various places without the use of relay transmitters! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Wayne, Since Dr Madrid is again writing about Radio Verdad going out Transmundial, like heard in Japan on 4 MHz when it is 9:45 am in Guatemala, I ask you again from your intimate familiarity with Radio Verdad, how this is possibly accomplished? Thanks, Glenn Hauser [to Wayne Borthwick of British Columbia, engineer who previously went to Guatemala to assist R. Verdad, and now is in Perú with Radio Logos --- he did not reply before and does not reply now about this] De: Magdiel Cruz Rodríguez Para: Édgar Madrid Enviado: Lunes, 19 de junio, 2017 11:05:05 Asunto: Re: RADIO VERDAD TRANSMUNDIAL Excelente nota, Hno. Édgar Amílcar Madrid Morales. Pero, tengo una duda: ¿A qué se refiere con prueba? ¿Está operando con el mismo equipo o es otro? Es decir, es otro transmisor, otra antena, otra potencia o sólo se refiere a que está experimentando en otro horario, fuera del usual. Esto puede ser de utilidad para los diexistas. Dios les bendiga. Magdiel Cruz, México (via Dr Madrid, and his replyJ Hermano Magdiel: Gracias por interrogarme. Tenemos próxima a salir al aire lo que denominamos "Radio Verdad Transmundial". El principal problema por el que no po0demos salir al aire todavía en forma permanente, es financiero (mucha escasez de dinero). Le informaré cómo está todo, aunque mi correo será muy largo: Se trata de un nuevo invento muy novedoso para la onda corta, a través de la empresa "Short Wave Alliance Euro-USA". Se tiene el aval de las Naciones Unidas. Se juntaron un grupo de Ingenieros de Estados Unidos, Europa y un mexicano, y formaron dicha empresa. La idea es que la onda corta se pueda escuchar como una estación de radio local en todos los países del mundo. La mira final es rescatar la onda corta del colapso. El sistema consiste en transmitir uno hacia infinidad de transmisores y antenas de onda corta locales. Dichos transmisores, con sus antenas locales, transmiten nuestra señal en forma local y muy potente en su localidad. Por esa razón, Radio Verdad se puede escuchar en todo el mundo como una estación de radio local, y se escucha sin necesidad de antena. El sistema sólo tiene capacidad como para 6 estaciones de radio, de las cuales Radio Verdad es una, y la han utilizado para hacer todos los experimentos respectivos. Durante el año pasado, estuvimos haciendo transmisiones de prueba a través de un transmisor que estaba situado en la ciudad de Guatemala. Por fuera, el transmisor parecía una computadora, pero, por dentro, tenía todos los elementos de un transmisor de 1,200 watts. El año pasado, recibí tres reportes muy notables y maravillosos: Dos fueron de El Japón: Uno de El Japón me decía que se sentía muy feliz porque ahora podía ir por la calle con su pequeño radio portátil escuchando Radio Verdad, y sin antena. El otro japonés, me decía que se sentía muy feliz porque ahora podía escuchar Radio Verdad al medio día y sin antena. El otro reporte muy notable, lo recibí de un hombre de Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Éste me decía que él siempre se sintió incrédulo al anuncio que yo publiqué en Facebook, y por eso no le daba importancia. Creía que dicha empresa sólo me estaba engañando y estafando, porque eso no era posible hacer. Pero, un día (eso fue como en febrero del año pasado), él acababa de instalarle una nueva antena a su radio de onda corta y, para probarlo, lo encendió. Al encenderlo, se llevó una enorme sorpresa, al recibir una señal de Radio Verdad exageradamente fuerte. Al ver que la señal era tan fuerte, decidió desconéctale la antena, y la desconectó. Su sorpresa fue mayor, al ver que la señal continuó exageradamente fuerte sin antena. Se emocionó mucho y se convenció de la funcionalidad del nuevo sistema. Entonces, decidió viajar como a 8 ciudades de Bolivia muy lejanas entre sí, tales como Cochabamba, La Paz y otras que no recuerdo. Su sorpresa fue mayor al ver que en todas las ciudades visitadas de Bolivia, menos una, encontró la misma señal fuerte. Hubo una ciudad en la que la señal no era tan exageradamente fuerte, pero sí era siempre fuerte y siempre sin antena. Pues bien, ese transmisor se quemó como el 20 de diciembre del 2016 por un accidente. El transmisor estaba suspendido en la parte más alta de un edificio muy alto de la ciudad de Guatemala. Dos albañiles, colocaron un andamio metálico muy alto junto al punto donde estaba suspendido el transmisor. Mientras trabajaban, se les movió un poco el andamio, y golpearon el transmisor, el cual se desprendió y cayó al suelo desde ese edificio tan alto. Al caer el transmisor, se envolvió en llamas de fuego y se destruyó casi totalmente. Los albañiles callaron sobre el accidente, por temor a perder su trabajo. Al hacer las investigaciones, fueron descubiertos, pero no pagaron nada. A principios de este año, hicimos gestiones ante una fábrica de Alemania y construyeron un transmisor nuevo, el cual no dio resultado por asuntos técnicos. Entonces construyeron otro, el cual está por llegarnos. Los Ingenieros tenían una sospecha en el caso de Radio Verdad. Como Radio Verdad se escucha en casi todo el mundo, pensaban que existía la posibilidad de que la nueva señal se chocara con la señal de nuestro transmisor, y se escuchara con eco. Por dicha razón, ahora pensaron en la posibilidad de enlazarnos a través de un satélite mexicano. Ésas son las pruebas que estamos haciendo ahora: Enviando señales de Radio Verdad a ciertos países del mundo en ciertas horas, para ver cómo es la reacción. Todavía no podemos hacer pruebas desde Chiquimula, porque no hemos tenido dinero para terminar de pagar el derecho de conectarnos al satélite. Aún nos falta pagar $480 dólares. Hace 4 días, se hicieron dos transmisiones de prueba, de 35 minutos cada una, a través del satélite. La señal se está enviando sólo a: Japón, Nederlands, parte de África, Cuba y Puerto Rico. Desde ese día, se han hecho varias transmisiones cortas. No nos permiten conectarnos a más países, porque todavía no hemos pagado todo lo que hay que pagar. Yo estoy procurando que nos conectemos hacia Bolivia y Estados Unidos. La primera transmisión de prueba que se hizo hace 4 días durante 35 minutos, fue todo un éxito. De inmediato, recibí un reporte muy notable de El Japón (de un oyente bien conocido de nosotros), en el cual me dice que escuchó la señal de Radio Verdad con un radiecito portátil, sin antena, con una señal fuerte y sin ruidos. Ese reporte llegó del Diexista Hayato Thacumi, con fecha 17 de junio. Estoy tratando de pagar $100 dólares más mañana, para ver si nos permiten conectarnos a más países. Por supuesto, he tenido una enorme oposición e incredulidad entre muchos. Me está tocando que sufrir muchos ataques, pero el gran triunfo está cerca. Yo tengo listos 3 diminutos radios presintonizados para que capten nuestra nueva señal en Bolivia. Bueno, hermano Magdiel, ya le informé casi todo. Que Dios le bendiga y guarde. No revisaré este correo para localizar posibles errores, porque es muy largo y ya es muy noche. Édgar Amílcar Madrid Radio Verdad, Radio Verdad TV y Radio Verdad Transmundial -------------------------------------- (via Dr Madrid, Radio Verdad, DXLD) Wayne, Now we have received his explanation to Magdiel. It still doesn`t make sense. Of course the Verdad audio could be sent anywhere via satellite or internet, but how can it be heard in various places on radios without even an antenna? I still think he is being fooled. The reporters from Bolivia and Japan (note how few reports he actually got in the original tests), may be plants. No info could be found anywhere else about this `Shortwave Alliance`` (Glenn to Wayne Borthwick, last try to get him to reply; he does not) If there are low-power relays all over the world on 4055 kHz, the expense would be enormous, and not cost-effective. (Summarized on WORLD OF RADIO 1883) ** GUINEA. 9650, Radio Guinea, Conakry, 0800-0815, 18-06, French, ID. “Radio Guinée, la marque du savoir faire, Radio Guinée, 24 heures sur 24, Radio Guinée, emettant du Conakry, Afrique de l’Ouest”, news, comments. 34433 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun PL- 880, Sangean ATS-909X, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) But not 24h on SW, only 18? (gh, DXLD) ** INDIA. 4810even, most likely -- strong AIR Bhopal Madhya Pradesh transmitter as empty carrier on air at 2355 UT June 16, S=9+15dB in Thailand 7270even, AIR Chennai Tamil Nadu, Hindi subcontinental music at 0351 UT on June 17. Poor S=5 signal. 7289.995, AIR Thiruvananthapuram, Muttathura, Kerala, at other times of the day on 5010v kHz. Hindi program poor at S=5 in Ea Thailand post at 0342 UT June 17. 7380.007, AIR Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Hindi prog poor S=4-5 at 0343 UT 7420.005, AIR Hyderabad, Telingana, ahead stronger violin and string instrument music at 0345 UT. - and 7419.989, CHINA, underneath lower S=4 signal Chinese from PBS Nei Menggu. 7430.002, AIR Hindi at 0348 UT from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, poor S=5 after grayline path at 0348 UT on June 17 9380.002, AIR Vividh Barati national service from Aligarh site, Hindi music at 0353 UT poor S=5 9865even, AIR powerhouse Bangalore at S=8 level, 0434 UT flutter [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, logs from Thailand and Sri Lanka June 16 / 17, Log taken on Uwe's remote SDR installation in eastern Thailand and on Perseus SDR in Piliyandala, Sri Lanka at Victor 4S7VK place, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. Unscheduled broadcast of All India Radio in English June 21 0830-1135 on 11620*DEL 250 kW / 334 deg SoAs Urdu, as scheduled A-17 1135-1140 on 11620*DEL 250 kW / 334 deg SoAs English, bad modulation * co-ch same 11620 XIA 500 kW / 073 deg EaAs Japanese CRI from 10UTC http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/06/unscheduled-broadcast-of-all-india.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. Voice of Indonesia on new 9525.95v, ex 9524.95v: Very weak to fair signal of VOIndonesia in English on June 15 1000-1100 on 9525.95v JAK 250 kW / 135 deg to AUS English 1100-1200 on 9525.95v JAK 250 kW / 010 deg to EaAs Chinese 1200-1300 on 9525.95v JAK 250 kW / 010 deg to EaAs Japanese 1300-1400 on 9525.95v JAK 250 kW / 010 deg to EaAs English 1400-1500 on 9525.95v JAK 250 kW / 010 deg to EaAs Indonesian 1500-1600 on 9525.95v JAK 250 kW / 010 deg to EaAs Chinese 1600-1700 on 9525.95v JAK 250 kW / 290 deg to N/ME Arabic 1700-1800 on 9525.95v JAK 250 kW / 290 deg to WeEu Spanish 1800-1900 on 9525.95v JAK 250 kW / 290 deg to WeEu German 1900-2000*on 9525.95v JAK 250 kW / 290 deg to WeEu English 2000-2100*on 9525.95v JAK 250 kW / 290 deg to WeEu French *1900-2100 UT slot is totally blocked by CRI Russian on 9525.0 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/06/voice-of-indonesia-in-english-on-new.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. Algo novo para se escutar! Bom dia! Vejam aqui: http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/lilac1.htm 73 de (Roland PY4ZBZ, 17 June, radioescutas yg via DXLD) LilacSat-1, Chinese cubesat - lots of detail about how to work it (gh) ** IRAN [non]. Radio Ranginkaman/Radio Rainbow via BaBcoCk- Grigoriopol, June 16 1600-1630 7575 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg WeAs Persian+BBC English* Mon/Fri * including BBC English teaching program "Beta Speaking", but only on Friday. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/06/radio-ranginkamanradio-rainbow-via_16.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN [non]. 17690, June 21 at 1424, poor S9 signal sounds like hymn, then just pop music; 1430 widely-spaced 3 or 4 pip timesignal ending 2 seconds late, Radio Farda ID and presumed news. HFCC shows 0930-1530, 100 kW, 85 degrees from Biblis, GERMANY (but also registered on 17690 at 1200-1600 ``for tests`` is imaginary Algerian 300 kW). Via David Cole, here`s a rather critical opinion in the WSJ: https://www.wsj.com/article_email/in-iran-radio-liberty-doesnt-live-up-to-its-name-1497213690-lMyQjAxMTI3MTExMjUxNDIwWj/ Well, of course it doesn`t, since Farda means Tomorrow, not Liberty! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) LETTERS --- RADIO LIBERTY PERSIAN SERVICE: MIXED REVIEWS https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/radio-liberty-persian-service-mixed-reviews-1498080589 The suggestion that Radio Farda somehow mirrors the Iranian press is ludicrous. Nenad Pejic, then the interim head of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, in 2014.Photo: Agence France-Presse/Getty Images [caption] June 21, 2017 5:29 p.m. ET Sohrab Ahmari's June 12 commentary "In Iran, Radio Liberty Doesn't Live Up to Its Name" asserts that the Persian service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty parrots the editorial line of Iranian state media. While we will acknowledge any individual story that falls short of our editorial standards, as any news organization should, the suggestion that Radio Farda somehow mirrors the Iranian press is ludicrous. The government and its supporters make clear their view of Farda by blocking it on the internet, jamming its radio broadcasts, threatening Farda's staff members outside Iran and harassing their relatives inside the country. Meanwhile, Farda's audience in Iran finds it such an important alternative to state media that they use circumvention software to reach Farda despite government blockages. By such techniques, Iranians view Farda's internet site millions of times a month. They also use Farda's social network platforms as a means to discuss events in the country free of government control. Farda's goal is to provide its large Iranian audience with honest journalism. The commitment of its audience and the reactions of Iranian authorities suggest Farda is doing just that. Thomas Kent President and CEO Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Prague Mr. Ahmari is right on the mark. I was director of Radio Liberty when the Berlin Wall came down and the U.S.S.R. collapsed, arguably the most successful period in the radio's history. Later I was a Republican member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (2010-12), leaving that position when it became evident to me that U.S. international broadcasting was hopelessly lost, operating without a strategy and increasingly detached -- indeed, often antithetically -- to U.S. interests. When I was nominated to the board, several senators asked me to undertake an investigation into the Voice of America's Persian News Network (PNN), which was widely seen as having gone off track. I presented my findings to the first meeting of the board after my confirmation by the Senate. The PNN was a complete mess: operating without serious supervision, staffed haphazardly and perhaps penetrated at different places by Iran's intelligence services. I recommended its complete overhaul, but little happened given that most of PNN's employees enjoyed civil-service status. I understand that little has changed today. It's not just the PNN or Farda, which are the tip of the iceberg. Unless U.S. international broadcasting can be completely rethought, we are probably better off closing it down and starting over. This three-quarters of a billion dollar enterprise is vital, but now it is not serving American interests. President Trump should shake up this enterprise. S. Enders Wimbush Washington, Va. (Wall Street Journal via Mike Cooper, DXLD) Jammed? You would think so, but we SW listeners never report any signs of jamming on Radio Farda frequencies! (gh, DXLD) ** JAPAN [and non]. Full frequency schedule of Radio Japan can be viewed here: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/resources/brochure/pdf/rj_frequency.pdf (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan / "deneb-radio-dx" via RusDX June 18 via DXLD) ** JAPAN [non?]. Hello DXers, Been tuning to NHK from around 0300 UT on 9820 kHz Is that a new frequency for them I checked and can see only 9820 used for NHK Hindi but in a different time slot. 73 from Egypt (Tarek Zeidan, Cairo, Egypt, 0325 UT June 16, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UZBEKISTAN Maybe the technician check their Rhombic antenna equipment at 163 degrees towards Indian subcontinent at RED Telecom Tashkent Uzbekistan broadcast center, and used the NHK Japanese satellite feed - on air? Aoki Nagoya Japan database list show 0300 UT outlet of BBC Tashkent in Pashto on 7445. 73 wolfie df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) ** KASHMIR. 4950, May 25, 1733, AIR Srinagar. An diesem Tag (25.Mai) wurde allerdings 5 Minuten hindurch in Englisch von 1730-1735 UT von einer Einstellung des Service berichtet - ein bisschen lange für ein tägliches Ritual. Es begann schon bei der Begrüßung um 1730 UT: "This is AIR Srinagar station with the circumstance that the station has to be closed...BJP 50 percent..". Dann fielen Ausdrücke wie "in a closing period" und "close purpose" sowie "...in a period... we are closing this station." Der Ausdruck "closing period" deutet für mich eher auf einen Abschaltzeitraum in naher Zukunft hin. Da wurde auch vom Uttar Pradesh Foreign Board als neuen Partner berichtet. Ich hatte das so verstanden, dass die Station selbst schließt, und der Uttar Pradesh Foreign Board als Partnersender übernimmt, also Kashmir von Uttar Pradesh aus versorgt wird. Leider war der Empfang durch starke atmosphärische Störungen, Fading und die verzerrte Modulation stark beeinträchtigt. Um 1735 gab es dann noch einen Bericht über Muslim Bombers in Kashmir, ebenfalls in Englisch. Abgeschalten wurde an diesem Tag erst um 1746 UT - in der letzten Sendeminute war noch ein Lied zu hören. Der Empfang war bestenfalls O=2-3, zwischen 1735 und 1745 nur O=2. 73, Gerald Kallinger via A-DX via SW Bulletin June 18 via DXLD) Ja, das stimmt. In all meinen Aufnahmen sind immer die "News at nine" in Englisch zu hören, dieser Hinweis wurde dann wohl bis jetzt nur am 25. Mai gesendet. Auch auf den beiden Facebook Seiten des Senders ist (noch?) kein Hinweis zu finden. In Kashmir war die Situation ja immer etwas kompliziert, denn eigentlich ist „AIR Kashmir“ oder "AIR Srinagar" ja nicht korrekt, und „Radio Kashmir" oder "Radio Srinagar Kashmir“ der richtige Stationsname. 73 (Christoph Ratzer, ibid.) 4950.035, June 5, 2200, AIR Kashmir on extended schedule. Local news at this time (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, ibid.) AIR Srinagar heard saying the station would be closed, so meaning permanently, or just for tonight? Here`s Google translation: (gh) 4950, May 25, 1733, AIR Srinagar. On this day (May 25), however, was held in English by 1730-1735 UT from a setting of the service reports - a bit long for a daily ritual. It started with the welcome at 1730 UT: "This is AIR Srinagar station with the circumstance that the station has been closed ... BJP 50 percent .. "Then expressions fell such as "in a closing period" and "close purpose" as well as "... in a period ... we are closing this station." The term "closing period" suggests for me rather a shutdown period in the near future. The Uttar Pradesh Foreign Board has also been reported as a new partner. I had that so that the station itself closes, and the Uttar Pradesh Foreign Board as a partner, So Kashmir from Uttar Pradesh is served. Unfortunately, the reception was due to strong atmospheric disturbances, fading and the distorted modulation strongly affected. At 1735 UT, there was a report about Muslim bombers in Kashmir, also in English. On this day was disconnected only at 1746 UT - in the last Sendminute was still a song to be heard. The reception was at best O = 2-3, between 1735 and 1745 UT only O = 2. (73, Gerald Kallinger via A-DX via SW Bulletin June 18 via DXLD) Yes that's true. In all my recordings are always the "News at nine" in English to be heard. This note was probably only sent on May 25th. Also on the two Facebook sites of the sender is (still?) no hint to be found. In Kashmir the situation was always somewhat complicated, because actually "AIR Kashmir" or "AIR Srinagar" is not correct, and "Radio Kashmir" or "Radio Srinagar Kashmir" the correct station name. 73 (Christoph Ratzer, Austria, ibid.) ** KOREA NORTH. 9435, June 18 at 1712, surprisingly VG signal with sweet orchestral music typical of VOK, but especially during a pause after French ID, self-imposed jamming noise also evident. Better than WRMI on 9395 & 9455. As expected, this is on the ubiquitous 28 degree azimuth toward North America, 200 kW from Kujang. Same // 11710 considerably weaker at 1717 now a song (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. 9560, TAIWAN (via Paochung), Furusato no kaze at 1445. Long talk by W in Japanese over piano music to sudden close, mid sentence, at 1459. Good June 12. 9560, JAPAN. Furusato no kaze at 1445. Long talk by W in Japanese over piano music to sudden close, mid sentence, at 1459. Good June 12 (Rick Barton, AZ, mostly with RS SW-2000629, outdoor wire, English language unless otherwise stated, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Special transmission of Furusato no Kaze via BaBcoCk Tamshui [TAIWAN]: 1030-1200 11855 TSH 300 kW / 002 deg to NEAs Japanese, Saturday Aug 19 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/06/special-transmission-of-furusato-no.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH. 15575, KBS World at 1359. Opening in Korean. Sadly, I wanted to hear them in English the previous hour, but the signal was too weak. Now at least at Fair level. June 12 (Rick Barton, AZ, mostly with RS SW-2000629, outdoor wire, English language unless otherwise stated, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KURDISTAN [non]. 7350, June 19 at 0233, S9 military band probably with Kurdish non-national anthem, but dumped off air for a semiminute, by when resuming now in a song. Presumed Denge Kurdistane via FRANCE (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LAOS. 6129.970, LNR Lao National Radio Vientiane, heard at 2305 UT June 16 but wandered later warm-up to 6129.976 kHz at 0012 UT, 9.2 kHz wideband signal. S=9+30dB strong. News read by male. 6129.981, LNR Lao National Radio Vientiane, heard at 0330 UT June 17 wandered warm-up see log above given at 2305 UT on June 16, 9.2 kHz wideband signal. S=9+30 strong, local folk music 0337 UT [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, logs from Thailand and Sri Lanka June 16 / 17, Log taken on Uwe's remote SDR installation in eastern Thailand and on Perseus SDR in Piliyandala, Sri Lanka at Victor 4S7VK place, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALAYSIA. 9835even, RTM Kajang K-L, Sarawak? Malay FM, most modern pop music, S=9 fluttery signal, machine gun speed female reader in Bmalay, 10 kHz wideband signal audio block visible, 0428 UT. 11665even, RTM Kajang K-L, funny Malay pop music program, S=7 fluttery at 0439 UT [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, logs from Thailand and Sri Lanka June 16 / 17, Log taken on Uwe's remote SDR installation in eastern Thailand and on Perseus SDR in Piliyandala, Sri Lanka at Victor 4S7VK place, wwdxc BC- DX TopNews June 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 6185, Radio Educación, Ciudad de México, 0456-0603*, 18-06, classic music, Lyrics, id. “Radio Educación presentó, Mujeres Compositoras, el panorama de la música clásica compuesta por mujeres desde el siglo XII hasta nuestros días”. 24322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun PL-880, Sangean ATS-909X, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. RAYMIE`S MEXICO BEAT this week --- The IFT has authorized new links in the Imagen Televisión network. XHCTJA-TDT 20 will fill one of the network's largest coverage gaps, covering central Veracruz from Xalapa (or Jalapa, as you might see it). No technical info yet. XHCTCZ-TDT 26 will serve northern Veracruz from a transmitter at Cerro Azul. 10 kW ERP. http://rpc.ift.org.mx/rpc/pdfs/93584_170615205015_7385.pdf They might need additional transmitters with that low of an ERP to serve a fairly large coverage area (Raymie Humbert, Phœnix AZ, June 15, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) DTV Grupo Radio Centro was fined by the IFT last month for anticompetitive alliances with other broadcasters, http://www.cronica.com.mx/notas/2017/1029195.html it has been revealed. The IFT approved the fine on May 15. GRC has appealed, but noncompliance leads to the fine growing under the provisions of the Federal Economic Competition Law. The fine, like most fines in Mexico, is defined as a multiple of the minimum wage: 3,000 minimum wages. Apparently, according to other reports, the cause of the fine was that Radio Centro and Grupo Siete failed to notify the IFT of the renewal of the LMA that GRC has to run XHFO; said operating contract is now at risk, as are (according to these reports) the AM concessions for the stations GRC shut off. Last edited by Raymie; 06-19-2017 at 07:47 PM (Raymie, June 19, ibid.) ** MYANMAR. 5914.988, Myanmar Radio from capital Naypyidaw, female voice reader in vernaculars?, at 0000 UT, S=9+25dB strength in Ea THA. 5985even, Myanmar Radio, Yegu Yangoon, carrier already on air when eastern Thailand remote connected at 2252 UT, S=9+35dB much powerful signal in Ea Thailand remote installation, technical 1000 Hertz tone noted in 2254 to 2255 UT. 5985even, Myanmar Radio Yegu Yangoon, at 0005 UT June 17, S=9+35dB much power signal in Ea Thailand remote installation, excellent music audio quality, transmit 16 kHz wideband range. 6029.993, Thazin Radio from Pyin Ou Lwin northern broadcast center site, long interview given in probably Bamar language, at 0006 UT on June 17. Powerful S=9+30dB strength. 6164.996, Thazin Radio from Pyin Ou Lwin in Mandarin Chinese likely singer group at 0013 UT June 13, S=9+15dB signal in Ea Thailand. 7200even, Myanmar Radio Yengu Yangoon, S=8 signal at 2333 UT on June 16. 7200even, Myanmar Radio Yengu Yangoon, morning path S=9+20dB signal at 0337 UT on June 17. Endless talk by two men noted. 9459.989, Thazin Radio from Pyin Ou Lwin northern broadcast center site, in probably Bamar language, at 0356 UT June 17. Burmese folk music. S=9+10dB signal strength. Smooth sweet songs by female, at 10.8 kHz wideband signal. 9729.994, Myanmar Radio Yegu Yangoon, S=5 poor signal to morning signal skip zone at 0422 UT on June 17 [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, logs from Thailand and Sri Lanka June 16 / 17, Log taken on Uwe's remote SDR installation in eastern Thailand and on Perseus SDR in Piliyandala, Sri Lanka at Victor 4S7VK place, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEW CALEDONIA. New Caledonia off the air --- Forwarded from Bryan Clark at NZDXL: Stuart Mark Forsyth, who has taken on responsibility for updating the 2018 WRTH listings for New Caledonia, has received official confirmation from RNC that 666 and 729 have gone off air. NZ DXers noted the absence of 666 in early June, but it has taken till now to secure official confirmation. Bryan Clark -- (via Bruce Conti, June 15, mwmasts yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1883, DXLD) [and non]. CLOSURES --- Members, The overall result of stations closing within the past months now means that the following countries no longer broadcast on MW: French Polynesia, Réunion, Guadeloupe, and Martinique. France's La Première is FM only in all of its worldwide territories. My sources are René-Paul Grondin, Thierry Vignaud, and WRTH Facebook page. Further thanks go to mwlist for their successful find of the mast for 640 kHz Point-à-Pitre which is at 16 13 31N 61 35 37W or 16.225170, -61.593494 Of course Nouvelle Calédonie needs to be added to my list. Bruce Conti's earlier post is my source for that. Closure of this Pacific site would fit the pattern. 73 and 88 (Dan Goldfarb, June 18, mwmasts yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1883, DXLD) ** NEW ZEALAND. 11725, June 17 at 2017, poor signal in English talk. Must be RNZI, rarely audible at this hour, while 11725 is great after 0459. No wonder: current sked shows 1959-2058 on 11725-AM is UT Saturdays only! Otherdays, 1951-2050 on 11690-DRM. 13839.98, UT Monday June 19 at 0250, RNZI with very interesting discussion about Monarch butterflies, how to raise them from caterpillars, what plants they like to eat and lay up to 1100 eggs on – so only a few of those need to survive to assure this threatened species survives. When they mate, they stick together for 24-36 hours. Trouble is, humans don`t like milkweed and other plants the flutterbys require. Evidently the Monarchs found in NZ migrate to Tahiti in the summer. Refers to http://monarch.org.nz or http://mb.org.nz for more info. But no guest or program ID before cutting to Maori and English RNZI IDs, accurate timesignal and RNZ news, leading with death of Vanuatu President Lonsdale. So what show was this? Allegedly scheduled for 2-3 PM NZT Mondays is BBC Newsday! But this was certainly a NZ show. Fortunately, searching on Monarch leads right to it: EXPERT FEATURE: MONARCH BUTTERFLIES Audio science 2:26 pm today Did you know the monarch caterpillar will increase in size by 3 thousand times over two weeks as it devours the leaves of a swan plant, before transforming into a chrysalis? The monarch is a very well recognised butterfly, mainly because it is so common people's gardens. Jacqui Knight of the Monarch Butterfly Trust https://www.monarch.org.nz/ tells us all about these unique insects. To report a butterfly sighting, click here https://www.monarch.org.nz/introduction-to-research/report-a-sighting/ Audio, Gallery Listen duration 33:48 Add to playlist Download Download as Ogg Download as MP3 Play Ogg in browser Play MP3 in browser http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201848045/expert-feature-monarch-butterflies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEW ZEALAND. John Clarke: Australian TV to air new interview with Kiwi comedian two months after his death | Stuff.co.nz http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/celebrities/93575877/John-Clarke-Australian-TV-to-air-new-interview-with-Kiwi-comedy-Maverick (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) ever-so-slight shortwave angle (gh) ** NIGERIA [non]. Temporarily Radio Dandal Kura Int via BaBcoCk from June 20 is: 1800-1900 12050.1 DHA 250 kW / 270 deg WeAf Kanuri, ex ASC / 065 deg 1900-2100 12050.0 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg WeAf Kanuri, ex 1800-2100 UTC http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/06/temporarily-radio-dandal-kura-int-via.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1883, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6940-USB, June 16 at 0008, sitcom, hard to copy vs heavy storm noise approaching at S9; off at 0022 recheck. These logs say it was Unclever Name Radio, and the bit was from Leave It To Beaver before QSY to 6945 (which I did not notice): https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,35533.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6940 USB, PIRATE (No. Am.) Mess of Clever Name Radio (CNR) and Unclever Name Radio (UNR), 0004–0150, 6/16/17. Unclever Name Radio jamming Clever Name Radio who has been using this frequency a lot lately. UNR was using a female voice with interfering ID’s and perhaps other announcements to jam CNR who was trying to play a program of rock music and ID’s. Rock music with CNR ID’s with UNR announcements over music. CNR moved to 6955 USB at 0116 with UNR following, then back to 6940 USB after 3 minutes. 0128 long monologue with lots of F words by man eventually with woman identifying as UNR (couldn’t really tell who was who) into more monologue, CNR with ID and off at 0147, UNR with a couple more announcements, the last at 0150, “Unclever Name Radio. We compete.” All Fair [signal levels, he means]. All unfortunately reminiscent of pirate radio wars (Mark Taylor, Madison, Wisconsin. Equipment: Perseus, SDRPlay, RTL2832 V3 dongle for SDR’s; E1, Satellit 800, PL 660, and various other portables for physical radios; 40 meters dipole, 100’ long wire, Mini whip, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) ** NORTH AMERICA. 7585, USA [sic] (Pirate), YHWH at 0315 tune-in, already in progress, Still going on rechecks at 0339, 0415, but gone when checked at 0445. Fair / Good June 12 7585, YHWH at 0420. At tune-in, lecture by "Josiah" to creepy "Days of Hard Life"/Lace music. Good signal with muted audio. He clicked the "X" at 0424. June 14 7585, YHWH (?) at 0420 tune-in, Good carrier with no audio and a whine. (Assumed from YHWH). June 15 (Rick Barton, AZ, mostly with RS SW-2000629, outdoor wire, English language unless otherwise stated, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) YHWH tonight on 7585 --- Joshua came in quite well tonight, besides the static crashes. He signed off with the creepy music at 0541 UT on 7585. 73, (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, June 16, ibid.) YHWH ends short hiatus --- HI ALL - to whom it may concern. I stumbled on to YHWH on random bandscan, he's back on new favorite 7585. I have a strong signal here in Arizona with reasonably good modulation. 73 to all and Good Listening! (Rick in AZ Barton, 0222 UT June 19, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Heard very well in Masset last night. Will check tonight (Walt, June 19, ibid.) 7585, June 19 at 0232, S8 from Station YHWH with just enough modulation to recognize (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7585, USA [sic] (Pirate), YHWH, 0210 (at tune-in). Josia with another Yahweh or the highway sermon. Creepy music song (Days of Hard Life by Lace) at 0300, followed by ID, brief signoff announcement & off. Good signal with fairly decent modulation. I had reported YHWH taking a "hiatus", but Walt Salmaniw (Canada) says he heard the station on the 18th, so I hit at the wrong time or had bad condx here. Good on RS SW- 2000629, outdoor wire. June 19 7585, YHWH, 0240 (at tune-in). Usual personality and sermon. Creepy music song (Days of Hard Life by Lace) at 0320, followed by s/off announcement, loud tone & off at 0326. VG signal level with fairly decent modulation. Copied on Zenith transoceanic portable and stock antenna (Zenith Royal-7000). June 20. Times/dates UT. English unless otherwise stated language. Outdoor wires and RS SW-2000629 unless otherwise noted. 73 and Good Listening (from Peoria/Sun Cities Arizona, Rick Barton, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORWAY. NORWEGIAN NATIONAL FM NETWORKS CONTINUE SHUTDOWNS Radio Magazine June 20, 2017 By Doug Irwin, CPBE AMD DRB http://www.radiomagonline.com/around-the-world/0020/norwegian-national-fm-networks-continue-shutdowns/38989 OSLO — On June 16, P4 and Radio Norway shut down FM transmitters in Telemark, Buskerud, Hedmark and Oppland. Public broadcaster NRK had already done so, on April 26. On June 21, NRK will shut down FM in the counties of Aust-Agder, Vest- Agder, Rogaland, Hordaland and Sogn og Fjordane. P4 and Radio Norway will continue on FM in those same counties until Sept. 15. The Norwegian Parliament decided previously that major cities will no longer have access to FM transmission, “for fear that they might take listeners from NRK and the other national channels,” according to radionytt.no The vast majority of local stations in Norway do continue to transmit on FM; around 200 local radio stations have licenses to transmit on FM to until Dec. 31 of 2021. It is not certain what will happen with the FM after that date. In 2017, the NRK, P4 and Radio Norway will disappear from the FM band in all counties in Norway. On Sept. 20 NRK will shut down its FM transmitters in Oslo, Akershus, Østfold and Vestfold, while P4 and Radio Norway, as well as the major local stations in big cities, will shut down on Dec. 8. The final phase of national FM “extinction” happens on Dec. 13, when P4 Broadcasting Corp. and Radio Norway goe off the air in Troms and Finnmark. The consequences for over-the-air broadcasting are unclear in Norway. “So far...the players [broadcasters] slightly disagree with how the figures should be interpreted. What is clear is that radio listening has declined and this has particularly affected the major channels. On the other hand, local stations received more listeners in those areas where the national radio has already been extinguished,” according to the same article. Managers of the national channels thinks it is natural that listening goes down somewhat and strongly believe that listeners will pick up again as people acquire DAB radios. In-car is still the major challenge: Latest reports show that there are still two million cars that do not have DAB radio in Norway (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) Doug Irwin thinking I haven't a clue what's going on in Norway so I'll just translate an article from one source, which I don't know is reliable or not, in a language I don't understand and publish it making out I'm a journalist. I'll also put a load of letters after my name; hardly anyone will know what they mean but it looks impressive. (Mike Barraclough, ibid.) CPBE = Certified Professional Broadcast Engineer, a title granted by the SBE. DRB not so clear on a simple search, but among the suggestions at Wikipedia is: Digital Radio Broadcast Specialist, a professional title regulated by the Society of Broadcast Engineers. And what is AMD? Top search hits: Advanced Micro Devices, Age-Related Macular Degeneration (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. Heavy tropo around here the morning of June 20, at 1455 UT, lots of Bad DTV signals on UHF, but nothing DX decoding. One OKC local is unusually breaking up, implying DX QRM: KOKH RF 24. Consulting W9WI.com for possible sources: low powers in Ardmore OK, Tulsa OK (why would KTUL, virtual 8, have an extra transmitter here, in addition to RF 10?); Dallas and several other TX towns; megawatts in Houston and Abilene (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OMAN. 15140 kHz, 'Radio Sultanate of Oman' today June 16th, from 1449 to 1500 UT (English). Then 1500 to 1800 UT (Arabic), From what I have read on the internet, these broadcasts are to Western Europe, and are a relay of a 'Radio Sultanate of Oman 94.7 FM'. Signals were mostly very good at SINPO 44444, but fell at 1510 to 1540 UT to SINPO 24432. Then rebounded at 1540 to 1800 UT between SINPO 44444 and 55455. I quit listening at 1800 when 'Radio Habana Cuba' started broadcasting (Spanish) with a very strong signal, although I heard 'Radio Sultanate of Oman' underneath the 'Radio Habana Cuba' signal most of the time. Anyone know how to obtain a QSL card from 'Radio Sultanate of Oman'? Do they QSL an email report? If so, does anyone have a good email address? Posted by: (w3on, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi, I used the WRTH address a couple of years ago and received no reply. Perhaps there is another address. I wish you luck. 73/Liz (Cameron, MI, ibid.) Hi Liz, Thanks for your reply. So far, I have not tried sending out reception reports via USPS mail. I have tried several email's to several US religious broadcasters. One sent me a QSL in the mail. The other sent me an email attachment that I could print. I have just started with shortwave listening again after many many years of doing nothing, as I have been a very active ham radio operator for over 40 years. Take care. 73 de (Chuck W3ON, ibid.) I've never received a QSL from Oman after several tries by USPS - I have seen a facsimile of a QSL folder but I have not heard of anyone receiving same in many years. Samo samo for Radio Bahrain. The last report I sent was for an unusual extended English broadcast during the Muscat Festival in 2016 - thought that would be of interest to them, but again, no luck (Bruce Churchill, CA, ibid.) Hi Bruce, Thanks for your reply. Hmm. I did try sending an email report, but it bounced, stating the email account was FULL. I guess I am going to be out of luck with QSL from many of these stations. 73 de (Chuck W3ON, ibid.) ** PERU. 5980. R. CHASKI. Junio 12. 2140-2150 UT. Programa: “Instituto Bíblico del aire” sobre las diferencias entre Jesús y Juan Bautista. Luego, espacio musical e identificación como: “Red Radio Integridad” de Lima. SINPO: 45454. Comentario: la modificación de horario, no se encuentra indicada, ni en la lista Aoki, ni EiBi. 5980. RCHASKI. Junio 13. 2225-2240 UT. Música de huaynos en quechua. A las 2230, se da la hora en español: “son las 5 y 30 minutos”, luego continua el espacio musical. A las 2233 se identifica como: “Desde Cusco, Perú, transmite Radio Chaski en los 5980 kilociclos, con la palabra de Dios”. SINPO: 55555. 5980. R. CHASKI. Junio 17. 2305-2335 UT. Espacio musical, a las 2308 avisos de una conferencia en una Iglesia Bautista de Lima e Identificación como: “Red Radio Integridad”, luego espacio de himnos, avisos de la Fundación Billy Graham, nuevamente música y avisos de “Red Radio Integridad”, otro espacio musical. A las 2330 identificación como: “Red Radio Integridad, la voz de [que?] glorifica a Dios” y luego el programa: “Jungla Semántica”. SINPO: 55454 (Claudio Galaz, RX: TECSUN PL-660; ANT: Hilo de 60 metros de largo; QTH: Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** PHILIPPINES. 11785, VOA relay heard at 1342 on 6/14/17. Two men conversing in Mandarin. Mostly poor (Bob Brossell Pewaukee, WI. Equipment: JRC NRD-545 (Godar DXR-1000 antenna); ICOM IC R-75 (Grove Flex antenna); Drake DSR-2 (Longwire); Eton E1; Sony ICF SW77, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) What about the CNR1 jammer which surely attacks it?? (gh, DXLD) ** PHILIPPINES [non]. Radio Veritas Asia via SM di Galeria, June 15 1430-1457 11630 SMG 250 kW / 089 deg to SoAs Urdu, powerful signal 1500-1553 15620 SMG 250 kW / 107 deg to N/ME Filipino, strong signal http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/06/radio-veritas-asia-via-sm-di-galeria.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. online broadcast of NBC-Sakha Iakutsk. Start the black player, center column: (Anatoly Klepov, RUSSIA, RUS-DX #928, June 11, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 17 June via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. Project - https://vse.fm -------------------------------- 1. We record - archive the radio! We write stations that broadcast from Moscow, or from some other cities, for 200 days! We write everything, from beginning to end! Retranslating stations (for example, DFM Novosibirsk) in cities with a million population, we record for 60 days. At the moment, 400 FM radio stations are being recorded! 2. We are broadcasting - most of the radio stations! They are broadcast in a specially modernized, audio codec, which is designed for digital broadcasting. It is modernized in such a way that three factors work: first - sound quality, the second - availability, at the speed of the Internet, from 5-6 kbps, and traffic saving - no more than 21 megabytes per hour. This makes listening, including archives, accessible in any remote place of our country and the world. We often listen to radio in the country, in the countryside or along the tracks in cars. Also, we collect all the stations of the country, and if possible we try to record them. At the moment: Recorded: 401 stations, of which 180, 200 days, and 221 for 60. They are broadcast with play lists, the songs appear in real time !!! And also, in the codec, at a speed of 48 Kbit/s. Another 600 stations, broadcast in the original streams, from more than 200 cities! 3. We have a database of sound prints, it's more than 300 thousand tracks, with it, we ourselves recognize the songs, at the same moment that plays on the air. We can recognize and backdating, anything, even the movie in 3 seconds. 4. We try not to use publicly available threads, because They are not always reliable. Most of the metropolitan stations are received from space, with 5 key satellites, and, as far as possible, we establish a unique, unique development in the cities, a receiver capable of receiving up to 20 radio stations at once and giving them to the network. 5. We give - direct links to records: Here you go, go, or in the store, but at least where! Listen to the radio - hello you passed, or a cool track of what it is. All you need is to remember the time when you heard it! For example, we will immediately write you a link from the future, which has not been recorded yet, but will be written down, by the time you read it. For example, radio DFM Moscow (it has a unique ID on the project - station_99) and time, in the Moscow time zone - (UTC + 3) https://vse.fm/station_99/UTC+3/2017/06/10/00:00:00/p .. Or in Novosibirsk (UTC + 7) https://vse.fm/station_99/UTC+7/2017/06/10/04:00:00/p .. The time on the project is the same as that on your computer, you do not have to suffer and recount it, to Moscow and other cities, listen in your time! Rest assured! If the station is on the project, and all the top stations are there, even regional ones - it will be recorded! You can place the link in advance, knowing these parameters here. 6. We think - all the songs - when, how many times they played, which station. You can send any of your tracks that sound on the radio, and if it is in the archive, it will be taken into account! Also, we draw all the top-charts, for all the archived stations, and for each separately! According to two parameters: what is rotated in the air, as well as what you listen to in the archive. Full version of the site, with archive - https://vse.fm Mobile, simplified version, without archive - https://m.vse.fm applications: VKontakte - https://vk.com/app5874605_985009 Facebook - https://apps.facebook.com/vsefmradio Android - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wVS .. https://vk.com/radio.tv_31 "It was recently, it was a long time ago" (Retro) -------------------------------------------------- ------------- Dear friends! Having glanced at the "light" on our RETRO-PAGE, you can meet not only with your favorite films and performances! Also, under the heading "OLD TELEVISION" you can see the old "Blue lights", the programs "Kabachok 13 chairs", "Kinopanorama", "What? Where? When?", "Around laughter", "Musical ring", KVN, Theater Meetings "," Song of the Year ", etc. popular programs of past years; To visit retro-cinema shows, listen to your favorite songs performed by your favorite artists, learn about the fate of your favorite actors and performers, look into the most diverse categories of our group, in a word, return to our youth ...) If you like - click on the icon "Share" and "heart" - invite your friends! Good people are always welcome! https://vk.com/club33635776 https://vk.com/club59176345 RADIO AND SIGNAL FROM SPACE? --------------------------------------- The ether of radio stations MAXIMUM, DFM and HIT FM is interrupted by interference of unknown origin! June 15, 2017 Today, early in the morning from 7:00 am to 8:00 am Moscow time, the broadcasting of three radio stations of the Russian Media Group - MAXIMUM, DFM and HIT FM - was interrupted due to sudden sounds of incomprehensible origin on the air. Intermittent signals did not stop for more than 30 seconds, completely paralyzing the radio air. At the moment, interference has been repeated three times already. All the efforts of the technical services of the holding are aimed at eliminating the problems that have arisen. In order to correctly assess what happened, the representatives of the radio stations turned to the expert of the private Russian space company Dauria Aerospace, a well-known blogger and popularizer of the topic of space Vitaly Egorov, who reported that such signals are recorded quite regularly. "If this signal came from space, then it probably would have enveloped the whole hemisphere. Of course, the easiest way to explain this is the actions of the military, but in this situation it is necessary to continue monitoring, because at the moment we do not understand the true nature of these signals and therefore can not deny their potentially alien origin, "Vitali said. For the first time, such a radio pulse, subsequently called "WOW", was first recorded by the scientist Jerry Eiman in 1977 and was no longer repeated. Decipher this alien message has not yet been possible. Recently, US astronomers assumed that the signal could be provoked by a comet flying at that time in the solar system. But not all experts agree with this statement. Therefore, the question of the origin of the signal "WOW" remains open. And now, there is a possibility that the collection of observations of cosmos has been replenished with the invasion of the alien signal into the air of three popular radio stations - MAXIMUM, DFM and HIT FM. http://russianmediagroup.ru/live/thenews.asp?id=33856 Quote ----------- "Each program director complains about the callers on the air of his station, and as a result, almost every station is forced to keep a" black list "of the most active and useless / harmful for the air of callers listening. At the same time, every presenter dreams of bright and interesting calls to the studio ... " http://www.radioportal.ru/news/novosti-fnr-i-korporacii-radio/onlayn-masterskaya-radio-nam-zvonyat-my-slushaem In the range of approximately 25,700 kHz and higher to 28 MHz, there are a lot of all kinds of office radio stations, such as dispatching taxis. It is interesting to identify their geography, although the intelligibility is weak in very brief negotiations and the absence of any identification. Usually, they say which street to go to, and the city is mentioned very rarely. But that's why it's more interesting to hunt for it. And in Moscow, Taxi drivers in the SI-BI civilian band were fined: businessmen do not pay taxes, and the State does not need it. Another thing ordinary citizens. Listen to the 27200 FM or truckers at 27135 AM. At us the people is full both day and night, in spite of the fact that everyone has a mobile phone. This is another connection. http://dxing.ru/forum.html?func=view&catid=23&id=37213#37219 Journal of Radio No. 12/1991. Article "Clubs of Soviet DXists" Author: M.Paramonov, Moscow Part 1. DX - movement in the USSR, as well as in other countries, began to develop in the early twenties, i.?. Simultaneously with the appearance of broadcasting stations. On July 28, 1924, the Council of People's Commissars passed resolutions "On Private Receiving Radio Stations," known as the "Law on the Freedom of the Air." It stated that "in order to increase the population's use of radio communications for economic, scientific and cultural needs, to promote the development of the radio industry and to impose radio technical knowledge in the country," citizens of the USSR are permitted to use radio receivers. The resolution marked the beginning of a broad radio-identification of the country, the development of radio broadcasting, and mass radio-amateurs. Everyone has the right to listen to the radio without hindrance, and therefore, to engage in DXing. Radio listeners began to publish special "Guidebooks on the air," which were a list of radio stations in the world. These "Guidebooks" indicated frequencies, capacities, addresses and working hours of radio stations. A lot of attention was paid to the long-distance radio reception in those years, and the magazine "Radio Front", whose editor-in-chief V. Chumakov was one of the founders of the Soviet DX- movement. A lot of articles and directories came out in those years from the pen of this amateur radio enthusiast. But such a seemingly successful development of the Soviet DXing did not last long; In the spring of 1937 V.Chumakov was arrested. He was accused "in cooperation with imperialist intelligence and in anti- Soviet agitation by involving Soviet citizens in listening to foreign radio stations." Thousands of Soviet DXists were among the traitors of the Motherland. The DX movement in the Soviet Union has come to black times. With the arrival of the "Khrushchev thaw" the situation has changed. DXists again got the opportunity to send unannounced reports on the reception and receive the long-awaited QSL-cards. But the "thaw" quickly passed into "freezing", and the Soviet DXists again fell into the lists of unreliable ... http://radiowiki.ru/index.php?title=File:Radio_1991_?._?12.djvu&page=15 Supplement to information: LAW ON FREEDOM OF THE ETHER --- Resolution of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR on private receiving radio stations In order to increase the population's use of radio communications for economic, scientific and cultural needs, to promote the development of the radio industry and to impose radio technical knowledge in the country, the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR decides: 1. To grant to private organizations and individuals, on the basis of this resolution, the right to design and operate receiving radio stations. 2. Private receiving radio stations of the following groups are allowed: I group. - Radio stations not intended for public use, arranged for receiving low-power broadcasting stations. Group II. - Radio stations not intended for public use, arranged to receive powerful broadcast stations. III group. - Radio stations for the scientific study of radio radios, allowed to be used by persons who actually conduct scientific work in the field of radio engineering. IV group. - Radio stations for receiving low-power broadcasting stations, intended for public use for cultural and educational purposes, without commercial profit. V group. - Radio stations for reception of powerful broadcasting stations, intended for public use for cultural and educational purposes, without commercial profit. VI group. - Radio stations for the reception of low-power broadcasting stations, intended for public use for commercial purposes. VII group. - Radio stations for reception of powerful broadcasting stations, intended for public use for commercial purposes. 3. The right to design and operate private radio reception stations is granted to citizens of the USSR upon receipt by them of the appropriate authorization from the bodies of the People's Commissariat of Posts and Telegraphs that are subject to the authorities, as determined by the latter. A person wishing to obtain a permit for the device and operation of a radio station must file an application with the nearest postal and telegraph office in accordance with the form established by the People's Commissariat of Posts and Telegraphs. Note. Issuance of permission for the establishment and operation of private receiving radio stations in the border areas is carried out in a special order. 4. The owners of private receiving radio stations are charged an annual subscription fee for fees approved by the SNK of the USSR. Note. The subscription fee does not exempt owners of private receiving radio stations from the established taxation when the radio is used as a commercial enterprise. 5. The People's Commissariat of Posts and Telegraphs is responsible for monitoring and supervising the activities of private receiving radio stations. Agents NCPiT should be freely allowed by the owners of radio stations to inspect them. 6. The equipment of private receiving radio stations must meet the technical requirements of the special rules issued by the NCIP and in agreement with the NKVenomor. These rules should be issued to the owner of the radio station simultaneously with the permission for the device and operation of the radio station. 7. Industrial enterprises that wish to sell radio equipment, instruments and materials for private radio reception stations to private persons must register with the People's Commissariat of Posts and Telegraphs and submit to the survey of the latter all types of receivers produced for private receiving stations. In the sale of these receivers are issued only with the seal of the People's Commissariat of Posts and Telegraphs. 8. The persons authorized to design and operate radio stations are allowed to make by their own handicraft the receiving device, but subject to the technical requirements (Article 6) and the submission of the receiver for examination to the postal and telegraph institution from which they received permission. 9. Private radio stations can receive material sent by radio stations specially for private receiving radio stations in the order of broadcasting: special broadcast information, speeches, reports, concerts, training transmission by Morse symbols, weather bulletins and time signals. It is forbidden to record and distribute the work done by radio stations of the USSR in the order of two-way exchange, the transmission of circular orders and information for the press transmitted by the scheme of certain addressees. It is forbidden to record and distribute the work of foreign radio stations, including broadcasters. 10. If the owner of a radio station violates the established rules for use, the NCP & T, in the person of the relevant Head of the Communications District, is given the right to revoke permits for the operation of radio stations and in the cases of initiation of criminal proceedings. 11. The bodies of the People's Commissariat of Posts and Telegraphs are entitled to the right to close private radio stations, in case of non-payment of subscription fees within 2 months after the due date. 12. Violation of the rules of this resolution, consisting of: A) in the design and operation of illegal radio stations; B) in the use of radio stations to the detriment of the USSR; C) in the recording and distribution of the material prohibited by the present, is punishable under the relevant articles of the criminal codes of the Union republics. 13. Instructions for the application of this decree are issued within 2 weeks of the NCIP under an agreement with the Supreme Economic Council of the USSR, NKVenomor and OGPU1). Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR - AI Rykov. Managing Director of the SNK Union SSR - N. Gorbunov. Moscow, the Kremlin, 28 / VII-24 (The Internet) (ALL via RusDX June 18 via DXLD) See also RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM ** SAUDI ARABIA. 11820.044, June 17 at 2040, BSKSA in Arabic, hoping for some music or Qur`an to help lull my nap, lacking anything else worth listening to on SW at this hour, despite in splash from the BS on 11825, so LSB tuning helps --- until cuts off abruptly at 2046*, must be failure. Recheck at 2147, it has resumed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH AFRICA. [Re 17-24, Radio Today relaying BBCWS] Hi Glenn, I can't fault the WRTH power rating, but the WRTH location seems incorrect. The 1485 transmitter and antenna are in Marks Park, right next to Emmarentia Botanical Gardens, a short distance from my location. Close enough to require a 1485 kHz rejector in the antenna input of my Drake, and judicious use of attenuators on the Sony. Not sure what the Honeydew connection is; I believe the studios are in a garden centre in a neighbouring suburb, Parktown North. Honeydew is a suburb some 11 km (8 miles) to the northwest of the antenna site (Bill Bingham, Jo`burg, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) re p366, WRTH 2017, Radio Today, Johannesbourg RSA in Google.Earth some 13.3 km difference south-eastwards distance. 26 09 40.83 S 28 00 12.85 E at Marks Park, Gaudeng https://goo.gl/maps/4uw8chAsUup see attached screenshots 73 wolfie (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn and Wolfie, Thanks, Wolfie, for the maps. The maps accurately show the transmitter and antenna position. The symbol of the running man on the second map seems to be right over my roof! Despite the label on the second map, this is nowhere near Honeydew, or as they label it "Honeyday" (I know of no such place). (Bill Bingham, ibid.) Honeydew Park, close to LASER PARK https://goo.gl/maps/DJ6FBRThLCk https://goo.gl/maps/soEKCzhdHhu wb (Büschel, ibid.) Yes, Honeydew Park is a small shopping centre, neighbouring Laser Park is a light industrial area. Roughly 11 km-13 km northwest from here. (Bill Bingham, RSA, ibid.) ** SOUTH CAROLINA. Brother Scare video --- On his Overcomer website he’s posting 20 minute videos from the ‘radio room’. Not much preparation for the broadcasts, on the first one at 1:19 he treats us to the removal his dentures. He appears to take a wad of snuff on the third one (Ron Keillor, June 15, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I don`t see where those are at http://overcomerministry.org/ Mostly audio clips, or live for the Sabbath morning video. How about direct linx? ! This item may be phony as attempts to reply to Ron have bounced (gh) Brother Stair has voice-synthesized "guests" reading texts on occasion. Entertaining (Chuck Ermatinger, DX LISTENING DIGEST) And non-synthetic clips from other broadcasters are not identified or credited (gh, DXLD) [non] SECRETLAND, Brother HySTAIRical TOM via SPL Secretbrod: 1805-2032 on 11590 SCB 100 kW / 306 deg to WeEu English Daily 1830-2029 on 9400 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to EaAf English Daily 1835-2002 on 6000*SCB 050 kW / 126 deg to N/ME English Mo-Fr 2100-0302 on 5900 SCB 050 kW / 306 deg to ENAm English Daily *1800-1900 on 6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Ad/Ar/Tu Mon# *1800-1900 on 6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Adygeyan Fri# #strong co-ch Adygeyan Radio, bad frequency choice of SPL TOM The beginning and end of each broadcast often slightly varies Overcomer SW Radio Schedule from Bulgaria is full of mistakes http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/06/brother-hysterical-tom-via-spl.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SPAIN. Open carrier probably from Radio Exterior de España June 20 1230&1330 on 15520 NOB 200 kW / 110 deg to N/ME, dead air & continues http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/06/open-carrier-probably-from-radio_20.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) In past UT night heard REE Noblejas with live coverage of 21-Youth national soccer team match, Portugal vv Spain 1-3. But NOT on 17715 kHz, only 3 channels 15390, 15520, and 17855 kHz on air, Mostly more than S=9+20dB strength in southern Germany. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, June 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN. Hello DXers, Picked up Radio Sudan from Om Dourman on 7205 from around 0245 UT with Religious programmes and Sudanese music. They are getting stronger now 0340 UT with more religious programmes for the month of Ramadan. 73 from Egypt (Tarek Zeidan, Cairo, Egypt, June 16, ibid.) Ramadan ends Saturday evening June 24 in USA at least (gh, DXLD) Log in Detroit-MI remote SDR noted: 7205, Sudan Radio from Omdurman, well sounded AHEAD of NAm ham radio operators. Real S=8-9 signal across the Atlantic Ocean into Detroit-MI at 0343 UT. Female Arabic speaking presenter. btw. at this time Grayline was further north between Nebraska and Calgary. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, June 18, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. BELGIUM(non), Reception of Eye Radio via Alyx & Yeyi TDF Issoudun on June 15 1600-1900 on 17730 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Arabic/English/other*, good * other languages in different times: Dinka/Nuer/Shilluk/Bari/Zande/Lutoho. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/06/reception-of-eye-radio-via-alyx-tdf_15.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. USA (non), Reception of Voice of America South Sudan in Focus, June 19: 1630-1700 on 11985 MEY 100 kW / 000 deg EaAf English Mon-Fri, good // frequency 13750 DHA 250 kW / 255 deg EaAf English Mon-Fri, weak // 3rd freq. 15180 SMG 250 kW / 146 deg EaAf SOMALI, instead English http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/06/reception-of-voice-of-america-south.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1883, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN. 9920.096, SOH Sound of Hope Chinese, S=6 at 0437 UT June 17 [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, logs from Thailand and Sri Lanka June 16 / 17, Log taken on Uwe's remote SDR installation in eastern Thailand and on Perseus SDR in Piliyandala, Sri Lanka at Victor 4S7VK place, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** THAILAND. Reception of HSK9 Radio Thailand WS, June 19 1900-2000 on 9390 UDO 250 kW / 321 deg to WeEu English 2000-2015 on 9390 UDO 250 kW / 321 deg to WeEu German* 2030-2045 on 9390 UDO 250 kW / 321 deg to WeEu English 2045-2115 on 9390 UDO 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu Thai * but no program, only Interval Signal, dead air, music http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2017/06/reception-of-hsk9-radio-thailand-wworld.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TURKEY. 9515, Voice of Turkey, 0312 UT June 15 with "Review of foreign media" "Question of the month" music and sign off at 0346 for English followed by beautiful Turkish music to 0355 transmitter off. Good. 73 (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA100 loop antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. [Re 17-24:] USA MBN --- See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Fernandez_(diplomat) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East_Media_Research_Institute https://web.archive.org/web/20070620163049/http://www.infocusnews.net/content/view/15069/135/ VOA: Something I did not remember before: http://talkingbiznews.com/1/pulitzer-winner-bennett-leaving-bloomberg/ ... it's all just a little bit of history repeating ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzLT6_TQmq8 (Kai Ludwig, Germany, June 18, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. To Monitor and Be Monitored: RFE & RL during the Cold War @radio_history on Twitter, just published "Paper by A Ross Johnson:'To Monitor and be Monitored – Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty during the Cold War' " RFE and RL had their own monitoring services and audience research departments. https://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/happ_occassional_paper_to_monitor_and_be_monitored.pdf Posted by: (Mike Barraclough, June 15, dxldyg via DXLD) See alsoo IRAN non ** U S A. Free news --- AMERICA’S ANSWER TO RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA TV CURRENT TIME BROADCASTS IN RUSSIAN FROM CAPITOL HILL Print edition | United States Jun 15th 2017 | http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21723449-current-time-broadcasts-russian-capitol-hill-americas-answer-russian-propaganda WASHINGTON, DC --- IGOR TIHONENKO, green-eyed, with sandy blond hair and a trim beard, looks into the camera and intones, “I took his words as a direction.” He is paraphrasing the explosive testimony of the former FBI director, James Comey, about President Donald Trump. Mr Tihonenko, a native of Belarus, is broadcasting live in Russian on the day of the Comey hearing to an audience in Russia and the states on its periphery. Shortly afterwards his Russian colleague, Roman Mamonov, checks in with a correspondent at one of the Washington bars that opened early to allow political junkies to drink along with the testimony. The hearing was broadcast in its entirety on the network (and on Facebook) in simultaneous Russian translation. This is American state television, beamed from a studio beside Capitol Hill. Mr Tihonenko and Mr Mamonov are two of the youthful faces of Current Time, America’s answer to Russia Today (RT), the Kremlin’s propaganda network. The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), which oversees Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, has started a 24-hour Russian-language TV channel to counter the rise of RT and Sputnik, another pervasive Russian broadcaster. Viewers of Current Time in Russia proper cannot be many—it started quietly in October, and is available there only online or by satellite. No cable providers will carry it. Current Time reflects something of a return to cold-war thinking: for the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russian- language broadcasting is the priority for American counter-information efforts. Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and its aggressions in Ukraine, followed by the Kremlin’s disinformation campaigns to obscure or justify those incursions, jolted the leadership of Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty into action. In addition to news, Current Time features documentaries from independent filmmakers depicting people’s lives inside Russia. The two services have also set up a fact-checking unit to correct Russian official statements, called Polygraph. At present it is available only in English, but its backers hope to get funding to offer it in Russian and other languages. It is unclear what Mr Trump thinks about this. His administration is said to have considered replacing the CEO of BBG, John Lansing, with an ally of the president. Mr Lansing has not had a chance to brief senior White House officials on the new initiative. But congressional leaders seem to approve. The BBG will spend $22m this fiscal year on Current Time; information warfare is politically in vogue. “We’re trying to fill the void” of real news and information left by Russia, Mr Tihonenko says. Just do not liken it to Russian propaganda, the Americans say. Russia’s slickly produced English-language version of RT, featuring American and west European presenters and guests, could pass at times for a non-Russian channel, save for the messages the channel delivers (many of them, in 2016, attacking Hillary Clinton and supporting Mr Trump). The network is just one stream of what RAND Corporation, a think-tank, calls Russia’s “firehose of falsehood”. People do not even have to trust Russia’s propaganda outlets for this saturation strategy to work. Detektor Media, a Ukrainian NGO, found in a survey that only 1.3% of Ukrainians trusted Russian TV channels for news about the conflict in the country’s Donbas region. Yet in the same poll, more than a third of respondents believed the official Russian line on it. It is in places like Ukraine — where the media are more open and competitive — that Current Time could get some traction with viewers. The channel is available there on cable TV as well in all the Baltic states, Poland, the Czech Republic, Turkey, Georgia, and Moldova. The BBG is running surveys to measure viewer numbers in these markets, and in Russia itself. In May Current Time videos were viewed 40m times online. Current Time could provide a template for broadcasting in other places: plenty of congressmen and officials want to broadcast into North Korea. But even in more open Russia, getting large numbers to watch Current Time (mostly through the internet) will be difficult. These are not Soviet days, when Western government radio services could reach up to 25% of the population in a given week. People have more options for information about the West, including social media. Also, under American law, Current Time must provide objective journalistic coverage, on topics consistent with American policies and values. Many Russian viewers will not be clamouring for that. But in the age of RT and Sputnik, the bet in Washington is that at least some of them will be. This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline "Current Time" Copyright © The Economist Newspaper Limited 2017. All rights reserved (via David Cole, OK, and Gerald T Pollard, NC, DXLD) ** U S A. TRIBUTES CONTINUE FOR VOA'S 75TH ANNIVERSARY https://www.insidevoa.com/a/tributes-continue-for-voas-75th-anniversary/3900750.html WASHINGTON D.C., June 14, 2017 -- Former U.S. presidents Carter and Bush recently joined other dignitaries in sending their congratulations to Voice of America in honor of VOA's 75th anniversary. Thirty-ninth president Jimmy Carter said, "We know that Voice of America broadcasts have encouraged generations of human rights defenders all over the world. And I'm proud that this U.S.-based media outlet is giving voice to oppressed people and marginalized people everywhere." He also called VOA, "a good model of a robust, independent press." Forty-third president George W. Bush mentioned the people who have taken risks over the years to listen to VOA's "free voice," which answered the desire deep in everybody's soul to be free. He also called Voice of America "a realistic voice for peace. Not a hopelessly idealistic voice." To hear more from Jimmy Carter, George W. Bush, other dignitaries, and our broadcast partners, visit http://VOA75.com VOA reaches a global weekly audience of more than 236 million people in over 40 languages. VOA programs are delivered on satellite, cable, shortwave, FM, medium wave, streaming audio and video on more than 2,500 media outlets worldwide. It is funded by the U.S. Congress through the Broadcasting Board of Governors (via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, Germany, DXLD) ** U S A. BBG Watch > Featured News > Time to Revisit Status of VOA BBGWatcher June 7, 2017 1 Comment Featured News, Hot Tub Blog [also see sidebars!] http://bbgwatch.com/bbgwatch/time-to-revisit-status-of-voa/ OPINION --- TIME TO REVISIT STATUS OF VOA, OTHER GOVERNMENT MEDIA, IN WASHINGTON PRESS GALLERIES --- By Dan Robinson For decades, the Voice of America has enjoyed the use of physical working space in the press galleries in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, and at the White House. In these places, VOA’s status has been protected, grandfathered year after year by the Radio Television Correspondents Association (RTCA), and the White House Correspondents Association (WHCA). However, on Capitol Hill, VOA reporters are denied full voting status precisely because they are part of a federal agency. You’ll find this statement in the section on membership criteria: “[Gallery members must not] be employed by any legislative or executive department or independent agency of the government.” And this: “The applicant. . .must not work for any individual, political party, corporation, organization, or agency of the U.S. Government, or in prosecuting any claim before Congress or any federal government department, and will not do so while a member of the Daily Press Galleries. . .” It should be noted that numerous reporters representing foreign governments, to cite some examples — Russian State Radio/TV, and various Chinese media outlets — are among those with general credentials issued by the congressional press galleries. However, VOA’s membership is a direct technical violation of a guideline that, one has to assume, is still applied when assessing applications by other organizations. PROTRACTED DEBATE Historical notes show that beginning in the 1950’s (VOA moved from New York to Washington in 1954) the question of the presence and accreditation of VOA’s and other government-funded media, was the subject of protracted debate. In 1951, rules of Congress “[did] do not permit members of the Galleries to accept regular employment with any Government agency.” In fact, when any non-government reporters “[planned] to engage in any temporary work such as special broadcasts for the Voice of America” a public notice had to be posted. In 1962, the press gallery association reaffirmed a ban on membership for VOA, though VOA reporters were allowed use of facilities. There was actually a subcommittee on the question, with records showing a notation “VOA – Conflict of Interest”. In 1968, a requirement was renewed for anyone performing work for any government agency to notify the Executive Committee. In 1973 and 1976, VOA and Radio Liberty applications for membership were rejected. But in 1979, the association voted to move a recommendation to the House Speaker and Senate Rules Committee for full membership status for VOA congressional correspondents. There’s a long gap in the record until 1981, when the Gallery Executive Committee (by a 6 to 1 vote) agreed to admit VOA if the Senate Rules Committee agreed. In 1982 it was agreed that VOA did not qualify for membership, but the option was left open for VOA to ask for an exemption from the Senate Rules Committee and House Speaker. In 1983, Vic Ratner (then with ABC News) objected to a rules change or exception “. . .on the grounds that it would open the doors for Membership for the government agencies. . . blur the distinction between private news agencies and government agencies. . .and raise the specter of government control of the gallery.” Also rejected was an amendment that would have allowed “government news correspondents and broadcasters. . . [to have non-voting] status…” Finally, in July of 1983, the correspondents committee, Senate Rules Committee, and Speaker’s Office agreed to admit VOA, and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (which were directly overseen by the CIA at one point in history), as non-voting members. A considerable degree of Washington-style persuasion occurred behind the scenes . The single piece of remaining evidence in the record is a letter from then VOA Director Ken Tomlinson to Gene Gibbons, then chairman of the Radio Television Correspondent Association. Tomlinson (who passed away in 2014) referred to Gibbons’ efforts and “informal conversations” that enabled “us to put the VOA accreditation controversy behind us.” And Tomlinson said: ” . . . one of the positive aspects about our not participating in Gallery elections is that no one will confuse our journalistic needs with political desires [emphasis added].” No record exists apparently of any communications from Gibbons to Tomlinson, and there are no other notes that detail the substance of actual debate in RTCA meetings, or notes from those “informal conversations” referred to by Tomlinson. In 2004, the last date in the historical notes, the RTCA Executive Committee also granted admission to U.S.-funded Middle East Television Network (now called the Middle East Broadcasting Network, or MBN), but again only with non-voting status. FEDERALLY-FUNDED MEDIA INCREASINGLY ENMESHED IN NATIONAL SECURITY, FOREIGN POLICY OBJECTIVES So, back to the guidelines of the RTCA — while VOA’s working space and non-voting status in Capitol galleries were grandfathered, there has been no change in language barring those “employed by any legislative or executive department or independent agency of the government.” I would argue it’s time for non-government news organizations that have traditionally held key leadership roles in media associations to revisit the question of accreditation for VOA and other US government media. This is especially relevant amid developments that at the end of the day more completely associate and enmesh VOA and other government- funded media with national security and foreign policy objectives of the United States, as well as government programs for Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) and Russian disinformation. Two executive orders signed by President Barack Obama set the stage. The first was in 2011, the second was Executive Order 13584 in 2016 calling for an “integrated strategic counter terrorism communications initiative” and “collaborative work among executive departments and agencies [to bring] together expertise, capabilities, and resources to realize efficiencies and better coordination of U.S. Government communications investments to combat terrorism and extremism.” A Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications (CSCC) (criticized in subsequent years as ineffective) was also established. A steering committee was to advise the Secretary of State, to include representatives of all departments and agencies — from Defense and CIA to USAID and others, but notably including VOA’s parent agency, the Broadcasting Board of Governors. Near the end of his presidency, Obama’s signing of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) formalized creation of a State Department-based Global Engagement Center to counter ISIS, Russian and other disinformation, costing $160 million in FY 2017/2018, sourced initially from the Pentagon budget. Under this law, BBG is to be reduced to advisory status, and a CEO (as of this writing still John Lansing, an Obama holdover) was made a powerful figure directing a supposedly independent agency. I say supposedly, because it should be apparent to anyone watching controversies surrounding the BBG, and monitoring sentiment on Capitol Hill, that VOA and other government media outlets are federal entities. They are not news companies, as one former VOA director tried to assert at one point. I include Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, and Middle East Broadcasting Networks (which are known as “grantee” agencies) in this description because without congressional funding, they too would not exist. All are part of a larger effort, taxpayer funded to support larger national policy agendas. As I wrote in an opinion piece in the Columbia Journalism Review, the Obama-signed NDAA created a five member International Broadcasting Advisory Board (IBAB), not yet formed. Like the BBG, it will include the Secretary of State, who will “[advise] the CEO [emphasis added]“ empowered by the legislation. It’s difficult to think that there will not be significant regular coordination between this board and the CEO overseeing VOA and other government media now accredited with Washington press galleries, and with the Global Engagement Center. Remember — that State Department center’s job is to “[lead], synchronize, and coordinate efforts of the Federal Government to recognize, understand, expose, and counter foreign state and non-state propaganda and disinformation efforts aimed at undermining United States national security interests.” The much-vaunted firewall that supposedly insulates VOA from interference in its journalistic functions is unlikely to be much more than a paper tiger against the background of larger CVE and counter- Russian disinformation policy goals. I cited one example, what is called the Extremism Watch Desk, which was established by BBG/VOA officials so they could be seen to be doing more in line with the Obama administration’s CVE agenda. It challenges common sense to think that there won’t be interaction between this VOA unit, and the Center for Global Engagement, which will be “[supporting] the development and dissemination of fact-based narratives and analysis to counter propaganda and disinformation directed at the United States and United States allies and partner nations.” When I covered Congress for VOA in the House of Representatives between 2002 and early 2010, I got along with colleagues in non- government media. But I could always sense that VOA reporters were seen as different, held at arm’s length to a significant degree because VOA was a federal agency. During four years as VOA Chief White House Correspondent, I was again struck by how the White House and other journalists viewed VOA reporters, and their parent agency. Speaking generally, we were respected as professional journalists. However, the Broadcasting Board of Governors most certainly was not. I’ll always remember comments to this effect by a then chief White House reporter for a major network, which interestingly came during a discussion of how many tickets would be granted to VOA to attend the annual White House Correspondent’s Dinner, who had some choice derogatory comments about specific members of the BBG. In essence, BBG members themselves were considered to be little more than bureaucrats serving on a board overseeing propaganda media. As good as we were, VOA reporters were nonetheless tainted by that attitude which, to a great degree, is still pervasive in the Washington press corps. It should be noted that at the White House, where VOA’s working space has been grandfathered year after year as on Capitol Hill — VOA White House reporters do vote in WHCA elections. Yet, VOA faced restrictions, whether formally written somewhere or not, the most glaring that presidents do not call on VOA reporters during formal news conferences. In one rare occurrence, at a joint press conference with President Obama, Pakistan’s president called on a VOA language service reporter. What no one knew, including VOA’s main White House reporters, was that this had been pre-arranged through contacts with the Pakistani embassy. The same thing applied overseas, where in my experience VOA White House correspondents were never called on by the president at final news conferences wrapping up major regional summits and other events. As for daily White House press briefings, VOA reporters were still considered second or third class citizens, struggling for question opportunities. Meanwhile, organizations that were seemingly of much lower stature were called on frequently in the course of the average week. In my four years covering the Obama White house, VOA was excluded from all but one foreign policy-related background briefing. The exception (on Syria) came only after I and my No. 2 correspondent complained to the press secretary (then, Jay Carney). By the way, like Congress, the Obama administration was fed up with ongoing morale and performance crises at VOA and BBG. Obama granted more interviews to Between the Ferns, You Tube, Linked In and various bloggers than he did to VOA: one brief and limited in scope, in 2011. VOA still operates under its congressionally-approved 1976 Charter, requiring it to report accurately, objectively and comprehensively, and reflect a range of opinions. But it also still carries what are called “editorials” reflecting U.S. government policies and positions, written by a special policy office in the VOA building with links to the White House and NSC, the State Department, and other agencies. TIME TO RE-VISIT GUIDELINES ON FEDERALLY-EMPLOYED JOURNALISTS VOA has successfully made the case to Washington press associations that its government-paid reporters are no different than those working for commercial media. But the defense bill signed by Obama marked a new stepping off point, and it’s one that correspondent organizations on Capitol Hill and at the White House must take note of, and at the very least need to decide where they stand. Are they OK with maintaining full or partial memberships for VOA reporters who, in the end, are paid by a U.S. federal agency being drawn ever closer to government policy and direction? Will they put to a vote whether government-paid journalists should have full voting status in the galleries? Will they continue with a wink and a nod allowing government-funded media to maintain physical working space in a White House media gallery that, especially under Trump, is much sought after by a range of non-government media? If the answer is yes, then VOA should retain its two person booth in the White House basement next to NPR. However, President Donald Trump should break with decades of accepted practice and begin answering questions from VOA White House reporters at formal news conferences, in Washington and abroad. There should be no grousing by non-government reporters, many of whom privately still disparage VOA as a “propaganda” outlet. But if it’s to be business as usual, it will be in the face of evidence that VOA and similar media are, in fact, card-carrying members of the government’s national security and foreign policy apparatus. In the ongoing environment of animosity between President Trump and media, press organizations may choose to strike what they see as a symbolic blow for press freedom, and end the last vestiges of discrimination against government media. If that is the case, it’s also time for commercial media to end policies that still prevent their own journalists from appearing on government-funded media such as VOA. This would be the time for The Washington Post, which in one article described VOA and RFE/RL as being staffed with “professional journalists”, to get fully on board should the congressional RTCA decide to fully “normalize” VOA’s status. So, again: fully recognize VOA and other government media reporters as being no different from commercial counterparts, revise gallery guidelines that still technically bar them from full voting status, and at the White House revise policies restricting questions by VOA... Or leave things the way they are, with congressional galleries in technical violation of their own criteria on the books for decades, and at the White House, news organizations imposing unspoken levels of discrimination against VOA and other government-funded media. It will be interesting, to say the least, to observe what course non- government media organizations take on this issue, especially against the background of the latest speculation about who President Trump may appoint to replace Obama holdovers at the BBG, and at VOA. A close ally of Steve Bannon is apparently being considered, Michael Pack, a conservative who heads the Claremont Institute. He had served as director of USIA’s WORLDNET TV, as senior vice president for television programming at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and produced award-winning documentaries, principally for PBS. This was reported by Politico, which quoted an unidentified “senior government official” about worries that government media independence would not be protected. But I’ll say it again — anyone who believes government-funded broadcasters can be truly independent needs to read up on the history of the organizations themselves, from their founding to present day, but especially the most recent legislative history — which makes clear where things are headed. Dan Robinson(BIO) Dan Robinson had a nearly 35 year career at Voice of America, as Senior White House Correspondent from 2010 until 2014, Congressional Correspondent from 2002 to 2010, chief of VOA’s Burma broadcast service, as well as Southeast Asia Bureau Chief and East Africa Bureau Chief. Dan is a 1979 graduate of the School of International Service at The American University. ALSO SEE: http://bbgwatch.com/bbgwatch/dan-robinson-at-the-bbg-a-world-of-alternate-universes/ DAN ROBINSON: At the BBG — A World of Alternate Universes, BBG Watch, December 5, 2016 (via WORLD OF RADIO 1883, DXLD) ** U S A. VOA Radiogram, 17-18 June 2017: One more show before I leave the building http://voaradiogram.net/post/161895575377/voa-radiogram-17-18-june-2017-one-more-show All in MFSK32, with lots of images (Kim Elliott, dxldyg via DXLD) Viz: VOA Radiogram is a Voice of America program experimenting with digital text and images via shortwave broadcasting. It is produced and presented by Dr. Kim Andrew Elliott. The last VOA Radiogram is this weekend. The successor to VOA Radiogram is Shortwave Radiogram, which will be broadcast for the first time on 25 June on the WRMI times and frequencies in the schedule below. To help us keep in touch after the migration from the old Radiogram to the new Radiogram, please note the following changes … Email address: Old: radiogram@voanews.com New: radiogram@verizon.net Website: Old: http://voaradiogram.net New: http://swradiogram.net Twitter: Old: @voaradiogram New: @swradiogram This weekend’s VOA Radiogram will be all MFSK32 and will include seven images, including one optical illusion. Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, program 222, 17-18 June 2017, all in MFSK32 centered on 1500 Hz … 1:54 Program preview 2:59 Transition to Shortwave Radiogram* 7:48 Digitizing old reel-to-reel tapes* 10:57 Thanks to W1HKJ and the Murrow station* 20:48 Thanks to listeners* 23:10 Closing announcements* * with image(s) Please send reception reports to radiogram@voanews.com. See and submit results on Twitter: @VOARadiogram (via DXLD) Shortwave Radiogram premiere --- The first Shortwave Radiogram is Sunday. All MFSK32. All via WRMI. http://swradiogram.net/post/162168963047/shortwave-radiogram-25-june-2017-first-show (Kim Elliott, June 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: Shortwave Radiogram transmits digital text and images on an analog shortwave broadcast transmitter. The program is produced and presented by Dr. Kim Andrew Elliott. Shortwave Radiogram, 25 June 2017: First show. Holding my breath. The first Shortwave Radiogram has been uploaded to WRMI. Instead of the .wav file that I sent to the VOA North Carolina transmitter site, the file for WRMI is .mp3, 128 kbps. This should be more than adequate for good decoding, but if you experience problems that might be related to the audio format, please let me know. To keep things simple, the first Shortwave Radiogram will all be in MFSK32. It will include six images. Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 1, 24-25 June 2017, all in MFSK32 centered on 1500 Hz: 1:20 Program preview 2:34 About Shortwave Radiogram* 7:10 Soviet-US “hotline” created in 1963* 13:45 More Earth-sized planets found* 19:12 Shortwave listening guide* and amateur radio Field Day* 24:54 Closing announcements * With image Please send reception reports to radiogram@verizon.net And visit http://swradiogram.net Twitter: @SWRadiogram (especially active just before, during, and after broadcasts) Shortwave Radiogram Transmission Schedule All via WRMI Florida Sunday 0600-0630 UT 7730 kHz Sunday 2030-2100 UT 11580 kHz Sunday 2330-2400 UT 11580 kHz The Mighty KBC transmits to Europe Saturdays at 1500-1530 UT on 9400 kHz (via Bulgaria), with the minute of MFSK at about 1530 --- if you are outside of Europe, listen via http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/ And to North America Sundays at 0000-0200 UT (Saturday 8-10 pm EDT) on 9925 kHz, via Germany. The minute of MFSK is at about 0130 UT. Reports to Eric: themightykbc@gmail.com See also http://www.kbcradio.eu/ and https://www.facebook.com/TheMightyKbc/ (via DXLD) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1882 monitoring: confirmed first SW broadcast Thursday June 15 at 2330 on WBCQ 9330.25v-CUSB, fair (in fact, varied down from 9330.30 to 9330.20 as I was measuring it). Next: 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 [or 2330 now??] Sun 0200 WRMI 11580 to NE 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 2130 WRMI 9455 to WNW, 15770 to NE Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Wed 1030 WRMI 5850 to NW, 9455 to WNW Wed 1315 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW WORLD OF RADIO 1882 monitoring: confirmed Friday June 16 at 2330 on WBCQ 9330.18v-CUSB, fair. Also confirmed by Ivo, Bulgaria, Sat June 17 at 0630 on HLR 6190-CUSB. Also confirmed here Saturday June 17 at 1431 on Hamburger Lokalradio, 7265-CUSB via UTwente remote --- sufficient, steady but noisy, no QRM (also for Media Network+ before 1430 with gh propagation outlook near end). Next: Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW [or 2330 now?? check both] Sun 0200 WRMI 11580 to NE 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 2130 WRMI 9455 to WNW, 15770 to NE Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Wed 1030 WRMI 5850 to NW, 9455 to WNW Wed 1315 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) GERMANY, Weak signal of HLR relays on 6190-CUSB, June 17 Switzerland In Sound 0600-0630 on 6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu Sat English World of Radio#1882: 0630-0700 on 6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu Sat English http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/06/weak-signal-of-hlr-relays-on-6190cusb_17.html (Ivo Ivanov, dxldyg via DXLD) WORLD OF RADIO 1882 monitoring: confirmed Saturday June 17 at 2230 on WBCQ 9330.1-CUSB, poor, so the Saturday-only-one-hour-earlier time continues despite revamped online schedule showing 2330 UT seven days a week. And which still has not been corrected. Again I missed checking the UT Sun 0200 on WRMI 11580, but Richard Lemke, Alberta, confirmed it last week. On WA0RCR, 1860-AM, Wentzville MO, I check at 0339 UT Sunday June 18, and JBA vs heavy storm noise level from southern Kansas, sounds like ARRL, not me; so WOR may have started way earlier than nominal 0315, or delayed until way later. Next: 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 2130 WRMI 9455 to WNW, 15770 to NE Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Wed 1030 WRMI 5850 to NW, 9455 to WNW Wed 1315 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) GERMANY, Poor signal of HLR relays on 9485-CUSB, June 18 PCJ Media Network Plus 1000-1030 on 9485 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu English Sun World of Radio#1882 1030-1100 on 9485 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu English Sun Radio Tropicana 1100-1200 on 9485 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu Spanish Sun http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/06/poor-signal-of-hlr-relays-on-9485cusb.html (Ivo Ivanov, dxldyg via DXLD) WORLD OF RADIO 1882 monitoring: confirmed Sunday June 18 at 2330 on WBCQ, 9330.0v-CUSB, fair. Disrupted on Area 51 via WBCQ 5129.8: UT Monday June 19, JL runs slightly over but cut off at 0301 for a couple minutes dead air, and some canned WBCQ IDs. Then at 0303 WOR upcut opening, so seems OK now, but 0313 recheck, WBCQ IDs are playing over and over every 14 seconds, more dead air from 0315, music at 0316: Peter Gunn variations. 0330 recheck dead air; 0347 some music but not HRI. Must have had a big problem with the automation and/or feed to the transmitter. Also confirmed UT Monday June 18 at 0330 on WRMI 9955, good. Next: Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW Tue 2130 WRMI 9455 to WNW, 15770 to NE Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Wed 1030 WRMI 5850 to NW, 9455 to WNW Wed 1315 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [Area 51 on WBCQ 5129.8v-, UT Monday June 19:] Picked up John Lightning in progress. Signal was better. Just before the end of the show it dropped out in the middle of a word. Dead air until 0303 when WOR started. At 0311 or so dead air again. Carrier stayed up. At 0316 some station IDs by Allan. Dead air, some music, dead air, some music, more IDs and so on until 0336 and more music started, this time a WHVW or whatever program by Pirate Joe. No Hobart Radio. Since carrier never dropped obviously another damn internet problem (John Carver, mid-North Indiana, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Continued at TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING WORLD OF RADIO 1882 monitoring: confirmed Monday June 19 at 2330, on WBCQ 9330.00v-CUSB, fair. Also confirmed UT Tuesday June 20 at 0030 on WRMI 7730, very good. Next: Tue 2130 WRMI 9455 to WNW, 15770 to NE Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Wed 1030 WRMI 5850 to NW, 9455 to WNW Wed 1315 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW WORLD OF RADIO 1882 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday June 20 at 2130 on WRMI 9455 & 15770. This time the two are about equal F-G level, but different modulation quality: ``fuller`` on 9455 than 15770. Also confirmed Tue June 20 at 2330 on WBCQ 9330+v-CUSB, fair. Also confirmed Wednesday June 22 at 1315 on WRMI 9955, S9+10 vs my hi line noise level. Next: Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW WORLD OF RADIO 1882 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday June 21 at 2114, the 2100 broadcast on WBCQ 7490.1v-AM, poor S6. Also confirmed Wednesday June 21 at 2330 on WBCQ, 9330.20v-CUSB, fair. WORLD OF RADIO 1883 contents: Alaska, Anguilla, Antarctica non, Australia, Benin, Bougainville, Brazil, Canada, Cuba, Eritrea and non, Ethiopia, Europe, Germany, Guatemala non?, New Caledonia, Nigeria non, Sudan South non, USA, Zambia, unidentified WORLD OF RADIO 1883 monitoring: confirmed first SW broadcast Thursday June 22 after 2330 on WBCQ, 9330.3v-CUSB, poor-fair. Next: 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 0200 WRMI 11580 to NE 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 2130 WRMI 9455 to WNW, 15770 to NE Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Wed 1030 WRMI 5850 to NW, 9455 to WNW Wed 1315 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Full WOR schedule on all affiliates, AM, FM, satellite, webcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html Also access to podcasts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WOR times on WBCQ and WRMI cited (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1883) ** U S A. 11580, Thursday June 15 at 2026, ``Walk On By`` from this WRMI, 2028 ID as `Voice of the Report of the Week` --- contrary to his Newsletter dated May 28 that as of June 1 this broadcast would be dropped due to poor listener response. Perhaps WRMI has not come up with anything yet to replace it (I could think of something). However, later that evening, here he is again on four (!) frequencies from two stations, encountered in a bandscan at 0018 UT June 16: 9455 // 9395 WRMI review of his eating a pizza which he found to be ``terrible, disgusting and horrible`` (whew, I had a very good one at Schlotzsky`s today!). Find him again on 7730, but NOT //, or I suppose not synchronized in a separate playout as those three frequencies are not normally duplicative. And AGAIN, on 7490v WBCQ about the pizza but not synchronized with others. He`s on the way to becoming another Brother Scare (hi). This VORW quadruplicate was publicized in his newsletter, plus one more, Sunday 2200 on 7490v, i.e. in between `Marion`s Attic` and `Le Show`; hard to imagine better leads-in & out (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WRMI - 11580 kHz - Missing Programs --- Last night (Thursday), the 2300 UT slot had Family Radio en español for the hour. The WRMI online schedule says that FG Radio, Moments in Bible Prophecy, and Radio Ukraine International is supposed to be in this hour on 11580 kHz with Family Radio on 5950 kHz. A mix-up? (-- Richard Langley, June 16, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9395, UT Monday June 18 at 0220, another secret airing of `AWR Wavescan`, on the WRMI Oldies channel, in progress ending NASB segment, then Latin American DX Report, a new feature, third edition (monthly?), with three topix: RAE relays via WRMI. Only other high power South American station, Brasília out of axion since mid-March, but low-power DRM tests with 300 watts at 344 degrees. Schedule change of R. Chaski, Perú, 5980, to 1100-1630 & 1730-2330. (All of which we already know about.) Produced by Omar Ortiz en Bogotá, translated and spoken with heavy accent by Fernando --- in Santiago de Chile. Took almost 7 minutes until QSL of the Week. In wrapup I check 11580, and find WS also playing there but about a semi-minute ahead of 9395. That`s probably because 9395 likes to run IDs at top of hour rather than just before ToH (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7490, UT Thu June 15 at 0143, WBCQ with `Allan Weiner Worldwide` playback as he is remarking that ``Terry is a good Christian; he shouts a bit``, i.e. Blalock on ``The Full Gospel Hour` at 00-01 on 9330. Current 7490 sked has AWWW at 0000-0200 UT Thursdays, unlike other weeknights, when Brother Scare reappears. This block was originally cleared for Hal Turner, who came and went again. All the extra hours of BS have now been removed from the WBCQ program schedules. 9330 is shown as *nothing* but me and `Full Gospel Hour`, same every day: 2330-2400 WOR, 0000-0100 FGH. There had been a few other shows such as repeats of `Allan Weiner Worldwide`, and WOR was shifted an hour earlier on Saturdays only to 2230-2300, so I`m not sure yet if this has really changed. `Amateur Radio Roundtable` *really* needs to get back on 9330 for the summer, now buried in the noise level on 5130v, UT Wednesdays at 0100- 0230. 7490.03-AM, UT Sat June 17 at 0003, WBCQ with `Allan Weiner Worldwide` --- he starts off saying his fingers are sore from twisting dials, working on the #5 transmitter, a ``10-ton monster`` (really?) which is installed in the same building as the backup steam engine, and to be used on ``Nifty 32-50``. It seems someone else had done a lot of work on it over winter, but still needs more. He`s tweeting photos of the process; all WBCQ SW transmitters are used, converted from MW. 0022 takes a call from Mark Sills in Dallas with an update on George Thurman`s condition in Houston: terrible injury, real serious, brain damage, may not be same person if he recovers. Mark laments he can`t travel to Houston to see him. Allan calls for prayers for George (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Show started exactly on time. No dropouts or interruptions. Allan said that he has spent most of the previous week working on the 3250 transmitter. Talked about the procedure of changing over a MW transmitter to SW. The transmitter was built in the nineties so not as ancient as the other transmitters. Was a fascinating discussion. The transmitter was set in place and wiring roughed in over the winter by his electrician. Started talking about the problems of converting a transmitter from three phase power to single phase. Was then interrupted by a phone call, followed by several more and as usual, multiple topics came up. Back to transmitter talk at 0104 and touched on three phase to single phase conversion again and almost immediately started reading emails. Email comments about the signal on 5130 which I hadn't checked yet. Did so and nothing was there so they must be shutting down AWWW on 5130 at 0100 as they used to do when Brother Scare was on. Show was off the air at 0130 (John Carver, Mid-North Indiana, UT June 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9330-CUSB, June 17 at 2333, WBCQ sounds like `Allan Weiner Worldwide` repeat as AW is defining fascism. AWWW previously occupied this hour on Saturdays, but not showing on revamped online schedule. WORLD OF RADIO still aired an hour earlier on Sat only, 2230 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5129.823, WBCQ, pop song music, S=5 not much strong at 0352 UT June 18, guitar solo + orchestra music. 7490.071, WBCQ - played OVERMODULATED DISTORTED sound pop music program at 0340 UT June 18, 12.8 kHz wideband transmission. S=9+35dB strength in Detroit-MI remote SDR unit. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7490.068, UT Sunday June 18 at 0610, WBCQ is on at S9+10, talkshow discussing remote viewing, so like last UT Monday during the 04-07 period, WBCQ is also carrying the early-Sunday airing of `The Other Side of Midnight`. You heard about it only here, as still not shown on the WBCQ website, nor that of TOSOM. 5129.8, UT Monday June 19 at 0236, Area 51 via WBCQ, Johnny Lightning explains why we do not need The Ten Commandments. More at WORLD OF RADIO monitoring (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7490v, UT Monday June 19 at 0628, WBCQ again with `The Other Side of Midnight` far-out conspiracy talkshow, now apparently UT Sun & Mon at 0400-0700. Other nights not on air this late; at 0700 IDs for WBCQ and WXME 780, which is WBCQ`s AM station in Maine, so evidently just adding SW // for this (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1883, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Switched to 7490 at 0400 and caught the intro the late night program you've mentioned. Opens with Allan saying WXME, Holton and Presque Isle, Maine. Is it possible that these programs are that old? (John Carver, Mid-North Indiana, UT June 19, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Why would that make them old? (gh, DXLD) Amateur Radio Roundtable Live Tuesday tom Medlin (W5KUB) on June 18, 2017 Add a comment about this article! This Tuesday on Amateur Radio Roundtable, we will be showing some unseen video of Hamvention 2017, Mag loop antennas, new SDRs, Dave will review the new MFJ cobweb antenna, Tom will give a 15 year history of our webcast, discuss field day plans to webcast, and much more. Chat room and phone lines open for our viewers questions. Watch on W5KUB.COM at 8:00 PM Central time. This show is also simulcast on famous international shortwave station WBCQ on 5130 kHz. Please join our facebook group for more info Security Check Required https://www.facebook.com/groups/w5kub/ (Eham) Posted by: (Mike Terry, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. From the Isle of Music & Uncle Bill's Melting Pot, June 25- July 1 From the Isle of Music, June 25-July 1 This week, Bobby Carcassés discusses some of his new Cubadisco-winning album Blues con Montuno with us, and we listen to some of the best tracks. Later, we listen to music from the other nominated albums in the Jazz Soloists category of Cubadisco 2017 Four opportunities to listen on 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 kHz, from Kostinbrod, Bulgaria (1800-1900 MSK) 2. For the Americas and parts of Europe, Tuesday 0000-0100 UT on WBCQ, 7490 kHz 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 KHz from Rohrbach, Germany. Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot, June 29 Episode 18 of Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot, a musical variety program that features everything from everywhere EXCEPT music that you are probably familiar with, will air on WBCQ the Planet, 7490 KHz, Thursday, June 29 from 2300 to 2330 UT (7:00-7:30 pm EDT in the Americas). Promo graphics attached. Thanks for all you do for radio (William "Bill" Tilford, Owner/Producer, Tilford Productions, LLC, June 23, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 12105 & 9930 & 9475, June 15 at 2023, all three WTWWs are OFF. 2029 rcheck, now 9475 is back on but only with dead air. Not checked again until 0018 June 16 when it is *still/again* dead air! 12105 still off, and AAMOF, have not heard WTWW-3 at all for several days. Is it off for good? Finally got enough of boring Bible repetition in a few odd languages? But tsk2, no racist white identity disservice on 9475, WTWW`s #1 objective featuring passed Pastor Pete Peters. #2 9930 also prevented Dave Ramsey fans from hearing him, quite irregular. Does he know about that? 12105, June 16 at 2350 check, WTWW-3 is still OFF. When did anyone hear it last? Propagation is OK, with 12050 WEWN audible. 9475, June 17 at 0008, WTWW-1 is *still* dead air. At 0311, the QSY to 5830 has been successful, but *still2* dead air, ditto at 0346. I guess Ted didn`t notice lack of modulation, since he was paying more attention to #2 which he gets to play DJ on, 5085 now running at S9+30 with music, a jazzed-up classic. Despite hi storm noise level on 60m, I can still barely detect the parasitic spurs on 5072.1 and 5097.9. 9475, June 17 at 1706 & 1802, WTWW-` is *still3* dead air. 12105 off. 9930 off at 1803, when it should have been starting `Theater Organ from the Ozarx``. 12105 & 9930 & 9475 & 5830 & 5085, June 17 at 2232, all three WTWW transmitters are missing from all possible frequencies, day or night. Ditto at 0046 check June 18. Previously, #1 of 9475/5830 was on but dead air for hours and hours and hours, so this is an improvement. 9475, June 18 at 1710, WTWW-1 is back on with VG signal but suppressed modulation and noisy. Something`s wrong with the transmitter or maybe just the modulation input. 12105 & 9930 are still off. 5830, June 19 at 0241, corresponding night frequency of WTWW-1 has same suptorted modulation problem, plus hum. 12105 & 9930, June 20 at 2005, these WTWWs are still AWOL, while 9475 only remains (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1883, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7505.00, June 17 at 0316, WRNO is on tonight with Chinese, and incredibly, right on frequency; don`t stay with it long enough to tell if varying (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7504.992, WRNO in Chinese program, at 0330 UT on June 18, superpower S=9+40dB signal noted in remote Detroit-MI unit, 10 kHz wide signal of Chinese singer "Maria ..." sung. Excellent audio quality sound. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9370, June 18 at 1711, WWRBS is off. 3185 was nominal circa 0600 last night. And so is 3185 at 0231 check June 19 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) But 9370 back the next day ** U S A. 5890, UT Monday June 18 at 0243, hokey old time radio drama, ``The Planet Man``, on Golden Age of Radio, but makes more sense than the primary occupant of WWCR-4, Brother HyStairical. PDF sked still fails to convert CDT to UT correctly, claiming this is on Sundays at 8-10 pm, = (not) 02-04 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Just received the email newsletter from the Powerhour. Contains a link to a survey of how one listens to the program. It lists everything. Satellite, local stations, shortwave, cellphones, etc. I imagine that now that Joyce is pretty much out of it, they're looking to eliminate the expensive shortwave and the small local stations that Joyce buys time on. Of course, the survey would not work on my computer and have no idea why. Sent them an email with my vote but don't know if they will accept it (John Carver, mid-North IN, June 20, WORLD OF RADIO 1883, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4840, June 20 at 0605, WWCR starting `Real Radio`, with QRM on hi side sounding like pulse jamming; evitable by switching to LSB tuning. 3215, June 21 at 0403, WWCR is open carrier/dead air. Unfortunately there`s still Brother HyStairical nearby on 3185 WWRB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) and continues here: Weak signal and open carrier / dead air of WWCR-1 on 15795 kHz 100 kW / 046 deg to WEu on June 21: 0900-1000 English Dly various rlg programs 1000-1034 English today with open carrier* 1034-1100 English Mon-Fri Brother StairTOM 1100-1115 English Dly various rlg programs 1115-1130 Arabic Mon-Fri religious program 1130-1145 Russian Mon-Fri, Focus on Family 1145-1200 English Dly various rlg programs * dead air, instead of Brother HySTAIRical The Overcomer Ministry Monday-Friday: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/06/weak-signal-and-open-carrierdead-air-of.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 17775, KVOH, California at 2202 in Spanish, Christian music and some announcements over music. - Fair, June 16 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, listening in my car, parked by the lake and using the CommRadio CR-1a with a 50 ft wire antenna connected to a Sony AN-1 active antenna. Editor of World English Survey and Target Listening, available at http://www.odxa.on.ca dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ! Wow, on much later than nominal 1900*. I`ve sometimes heard them an hour or so later, but not three (gh, DXLD) 17775, June 21 at 1424, no signal from KVOH, yet several on 16m from Eurasia: Germany, Saudi Arabia, and on 17770 Turkey. Retune at 1426 now there`s an S8 on 17775 from KVOH, so just turned on, or MUF popped up from the west? Usual wobble upon carrier, still notable after 1800 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7385even, WHRI "Your Story Hour" seemingly, in Russian language of course, at 0348 UT on June 18, S=9+25dB signal in Michigan post. Radioplay in Russian performed. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) That would be Adventist, UT Sunday only (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. 690, June 17 at 0617 UT, long string of Ad Council PSAs, 0619 UT Fox Sports Radio promo for FS1 (TV?), 0620 UT back to ``live`` stupid sports talk on FSR. It`s obviously my nearest, KGGF Coffeyville KS. Own program schedule http://kggfradio.com/kggf-am/kggf-am-line-up ignores the 12-5 am CT period (when it used to be silent), as well as weekends, but a wide variety of local and network non-sports talkshows elsewhen. I suppose they are just filling in overnight with FSR, rather than 100% now. I need to check it more often (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 880, June 17 at 0624 UT, surprised to find Jim Bohannon here, looping N/S so must be KRVN Lexington NE, and best on LSB to avoid USB-only KHAC Window Rock AZ cheater, altho it`s close to 90 degrees away. 0628 UT Jimbo break includes an ad/PSA for something in Nebraska. Jimbo website, undated http://www.jimbohannonshow.com/station-finder/ convenient for searching all on one page, includes not a single 880 station, and as always not a single Okie. Does still show 690 KGGF Coffeyville KS, at live time of 9-12 midnight CT, whence he`s been gone for months; out of date! http://krvn.com has lots of stuff, including, rather than soft-core Babes some stations purvey, Tractor of the Week! http://krvn.com/tractor-of-the-week/ but no plain old program schedule! No hits searching site on Bohannon! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1883, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn, Scraped that and quick determination was that it hadn't been updated since 2014. Still had 760 Thornton as KKZN carrying JimBo. 73 (Wayne Heinen, Editor AM Radio Log, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1060+, June 17 at 0631 UT, praise music in Spanish looping WSW/ENE, and giveaway off-frequency fast SAH on the hi side against any other 1060 stations, i.e. KIJN Farwell TX, 10 kW daytimer, *still cheating*, but that`s OK, since it`s In Jesus` Name. WWJD? Not known to be a broadcaster or DXer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1080, June 17 at 0607 UT in bandscan on DX-398, NO signal from KRLD Dallas! Not even a carrier. Sometimes it`s weak here at an awkward 400-km distance, but now it`s definitely off. Band is noisy and maybe somewhat auroral, as other clears including CBS stations are barely audible if at all, WBBM 780 and WCCO 830; nor WHAS 840, and 650 at 0621 UT instead of WSM is occupied by Spanish, probably XETNT. Recheck at 0633 UT, now I have an open carrier on 1080 from SSE (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1130, June 15 circa 1830 UT check, KLEY Wellington, Kansas, is still off the air: 250 watt daytimer was easy on groundwave here, not at night with (ha, ha) ONE watt. Wikipedia entry leads to this website: http://rockingmradio.com/kley-100-31130/ Claims format is A/C, plus sports, plus farm-and-ranch. 100.3, which is really a negligible FM translator, K262CQ, now gets top billing, and the frequencies sort of match. But if the translator is still operational (too far from here to tell under normal conditions), how long can that last without the AM primary being on the air? Is there a loophole? jpg graphic shows kleythewave.com but that website (nor with www.) is imaginary, still for sale by godaddy. KLEY was poorly managed, captured sometimes with long dead air periods, but at least the carrier was on. I should also seek sibling stations on 1550, 92.7. 1130, June 17 at 1338 UT, Adèle song from KLEY Wellington KS, finally back on the air after a few weeks` silence; ad for a 401K with an 844 toll-free number; ``from the Wheat Capital of the World [not Enid???], The Wave, 100.3 and 1130``. Still on at 1705 UT recheck, via groundWave (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1883, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Re: USA WPBC, Decatur GA AM 1310, is for sale --- Following up on this item from last year, a radio management newsletter, TomTaylorNow.com posted this a few days ago. Greg Davis buys Atlanta-market WPBC Decatur/1310 for $150,000, knowing it’s got some history. WPBC’s currently off-air, due to problems with a lost transmitter site. In 2011, seller Hanmi Broadcasting signed an FCC consent decree to settle allegations of unauthorized transfer of control, failure to maintain a public file and failure to file ownership reports. Hanmi principal Chang Soo Kim originally bought WPBC in 2005 for $3.3 million. Now Hanmi’s selling it for $150,000 – half in cash, and half in a seller note signed by the buyer, Greg Davis. Greg’s other Georgia interests include Atlanta-market regional Mexican “La Raza” WCHK Canton/1290, plus stations in his home-base of Columbus, Georgia like urban “Foxie 105” WFXE. I had wondered if anybody in the group with an interest in the state of AM radio in the US had an idea of whether this could be a viable station in a major market. Stephen Luce replied then "There is a longstanding joke within the broadcast industry: "How do you make a small fortune in broadcasting? Start out with a large fortune." Looks like it truly went for pennies on the dollar. Posted by: (Wally Leisering, GA, June 17, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1440, June 17 at 0603 UT, ``estamos en todo el mundo en www.lapatrona.com`` and on to music, vs various English talkers --- that should be enough to downpin it; usually dominant SS on 1440 is KTNO The Metroplex, but it`s Christian, surely no such slogan unless a recent flip. But no hits on that website. OR was it www.lapadrona.com? I don`t think so: that`s an Italian bondage site! Search soon finds station Facebook, which is from: KTUV Little Rock AR, 5000/240 watts U2 and previously `La Mexicana` as in NRC AM Log: https://www.facebook.com/La-Patrona-Ktuv-1440-am-437504819943372/ which started about a month ago, and that leads to its correct website, not as I had heard it: http://www.radiolapatrona.com But this site they link to from FB is NOT KTUV, rather a different Patrona, ``la que manda``, implying not bondage but dominance! 88.1, WHPR --- where is that? Certainly not in Arkansas. Has the same grafix design, so obviously related. Here it is in WTFDA Database, apparently no longer only a 44-watt ``power talk`` (ha3) English in Michigan: [WHPR-FM 88.1 HIGHLAND PARK MI USA 0.044 0.044 32.0 32.0 42-24-29 83- 05-30 POWER TALK RADIO OLDIES/TALK] (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1883, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1570, June 21 at 0358 UT, long string of FM translator IDs including some in AR and KS; no doubt it`s Bott network station KBCV, Hollister MO (Springfield address), 5000/3000 U4 whose own translator is K280FP on 103.9 per NRC AM Log --- at the moment atop XERF without really trying (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Misc. updates (mostly TIS/HAR) from quick CA/OR road trip June 2-10 Here are a few notes from our recent road trip. These are mostly just TIS logs and a few notes about local stations. I have a few DX-worthy logs from my Perseus scans at the hotel parking lot in Central Point OR but I'm still reviewing the recordings. 73 Tim Hall Roads traveled included I-15, CA-210, I-210, I-5, CA-99, CA-4, OR-234, OR-62, CA-3, CA-299. CA/OR TIS UPDATE: 530, WNWZ660 CA, Castaic Lake appears to be long gone. Didn't notice any signs up anymore. 530, WNHI810 CA, Simi Valley - city TIS is on and getting out well. 530, TIS CA, Vacaville - City TIS (fire, police department), poor signal but audible for a long way along I-5 from north of the I-5/I- 505 split down to Stockton. 620, (WPFK505) CA, Corona was off, but one of the stations in this group is still active (probably Beaumont? I think that's the only one I've noted active in the last 10 years or so). 1440, KMC769 CA, Whiskeytown - Whiskeytown Recreation Area TIS long message with male, female announcers using call letters and mentioning they are broadcasting "on frequency K-1-4-4-0." 1610, (Many) CA, old signs noted along I-5 and I-210 (Sylmar, Santa Clarita, Valencia-Magic Mountain, etc.) but no stations were on the air. 1610, (Many) CA, lots of very old signs still noted along I-5 north of the Grapevine and all the way up CA-99 to Stockton, but no stations were on. This would not be a very useful frequency anymore, given the strength of KGST-1600 throughout the San Joaquín Valley. 1610, WPFK506 CA, Corning - CalTrans HAR with information about long delays for road repairs on CA-299 about 70 miles west of I-5. This station was running OC on our way up, but was active several days later. 1610, (WPFK506) CA, signs noted around Orland and also Willows if I recall correctly, but no stations were audible there. 1610, WPFK506 CA, Hornbrook - instead of the old station listed at the agricultural inspection station (WNJR464), I just heard another WPFK506 outlet here, with CA-299 info as noted on other stations with this call. 1610, WPFK506 CA, Red Bluff - CalTrans HAR with information about long delays for road repairs on CA-299 about 70 miles west of I-5. 1610, WPFK506 CA, Redding - CalTrans HAR with information about long delays for road repairs on CA-299 about 70 miles west of I-5. This station was running OC on our way up, but was active several days later. 1610, (WPFK506) CA, signs noted about every 10 miles north of Redding (Lakehead, Pollard Flat, Dunsmuir-Mt. Shasta) but no stations were on the air until we got to Weed. 1610, WQKR325 CA, San Marcos - city TIS is on and getting out well. 1610, (WQIQ379) CA, Temecula was off. 1610, WPXX879 CA, Weaverville - CalTrans HAR - scratchy female voice; my notes say they were running the same message as the station in Weed, with information about closure on CA-96 at Happy Camp, many miles west of I-5. (The message from WPFK506 about CA-299 would have been much more useful here). 1610, WPXX879 CA, Weed - CalTrans HAR - scratchy female voice with information about closure on CA-96 at Happy Camp, many miles west of I-5. 1610, WPFK506 CA, Yreka - CalTrans HAR running same info as other stations with this call. 1610, TIS OR, Annie Spring - Crater Lake NP South Entrance TIS is on, but not using call letters. Announcer gives frequency as "16 hundred and ten." Mentions Mazama Campground, Rim Village Café, Annie Creek Restaurant, Mazama Village Store. Only the south entrance and about a mile of the rim road were open, the rest of the park still being covered in many feet of snow. Even the areas that were open had snowdrifts that occasionally extended up over the tops of the buildings. 1610, KNNH639 OR, Ashland - OR DoT HAR getting out well with driving info for I-5 south across Siskiyou Pass. Message does not include a call letter ID. 1620, WPIH303 CA, Burbank - city TIS was on and getting out well. 1630, WQMJ698 CA, Alta Loma - Chaffey College station is still on and getting out very well, still broadcasting as a student radio station but seemingly licensed as a TIS, presumably not legal? 1630, WQKW561 CA, Sierra Madre - Getting out well with city info. 1640, (WQKG940) CA, Murrieta Hot Springs was off. 1670, (Many) CA, signs noted along CA-99 and CA-4 around the Stockton area, but no stations were on. 1680, TIS CA, San Diego or Del Mar - new TIS for San Diego County Fair, "brought to you by Albertsons-Vons. " A TIS with a sponsor? Probably not legal. Professional- sounding audio with up-to-date information about parking and tonight' s Toby Keith concert. Transmitting antenna must be very near the ocean, so this will probably be audible up the coast. The fair usually runs through July 5th. It seemed to start several days earlier than normal this year. 1680, WQPD320 CA, Stockton - Port of Stockton TIS was getting out well with the same message as before, giving contact information for the Port. 1690, WQHR432 CA, San Fernando - city TIS was getting out well. 1700, WNCM749 CA, Burbank - airport TIS was on and getting out well. 1700, WQBA734 OR, Ashland - city TIS with emergency information and notice of controlled burns in the area. Gets out well. Miscellaneous station notes: 1370, KRAC CA, Red Bluff - gets out very poorly. They give a terse mumbly ID on the hour, quickly followed by "ABC News is next" which is said in a slightly clearer tone of voice. Occasionally they give a longer ID claiming to be //KIQS-1560 Willows, but KIQS was still running Spanish Catholic programming both days we passed through the area. 1400, KFJL OR, Central Point - This station often fails to give legal IDs on the hour, but almost always mentions "3ABN" or "Three Angels Broadcasting Network." When they do ID, they give the old calls for their former FM translator (K276FS-103. 1) before it changed frequency from 103.1 to 103.9. 1600, KUBA CA, Yuba City - OLD, slogan is now "Yuba-Sutter&# 39;s classic hits." (Tim Hall, CA, June 15, ABDX via DXLD) ** U S A. 87.9 [sic], KBFW-LP, La Pantera, Arlington, TEXAS June/12/17, 1156 EDT, Spanish, VG, Spanish Music - vocals and accordions. ID as "Aquí La Pantera, 87.7 Puras Rolonas". Several more "La Pantera" IDs and more SS Music. FRANKEN-FM Low Power TV Relay. RECEIVERS: ELAD FDM-S2 SDR and SANGEAN HDT-1X TUNER; ANTENNAS: APS-14 - 14 Element Beam at 50 FEET on TOWER and FM DIPOLE at 5 FEET on Back Deck. FM LOG TOTALS are now 3134 Stations Heard. 73 ROB VA3SW (Robert S. Ross, London, Ontario CANADA, ODXA yg via DXLD) ** U S A [and non]. Another sporadic E DX opening into the FM band, midday June 18. I head to the porch, where it`s not so hot today, only in the 80s. ``All logged on my own receivers, with my own ears, in real time``. And only using attached rod antennas, easily manipulable. These are mostly on the handheld PL-880, with the DX-398 also set on the table, hoping for some RDS ID help, but the signals are fading so much and/or with so much CCI, that I never get any RDS readings during this opening, except when tuning across Okies! Local atmosphere is rather turbulent, producing deep fading on groundwave signals much like Es. Lots of stuff coming in from around Lakes Erie and Ontario. Bracketed info is from the WTFDA FM database, and in the case of TV from W9WI.com. Distances are approx., city-to-city, not site. All times UT, June 18: 92.7, at 1616, amid CCI mix, ``Happy 92-7`` (hyphen means a pause, no ``point`` spoken). WTFDA DB gets no hits, so Yahoo search converts to Happi. Searching WTFDA on Happi leads only to this: [WEHP, 92.7, LAWRENCE PARK PA, 6.0 kW H&V, 3.0 [three!] meters HAAT, 42-07-25, 80-07-02, HD, 5FFD, HAPPI RADIO 927, Top 40, HAPPI RADIO 92.7, CONTEMPORARY HIT RADIO] 1663 km/1033 stmi, near Erie 90.7, at 1624, obviously public radio show `From the Top` of up-and- coming young classical performers. Lots of hunting on the show website finally leads to this ``NPR Carriage Report`` which is over a year old: https://www.fromthetop.org/wp-content/uploads/From-the-Top-Spring-2016.pdf Of the 12 stations with 15 entries, this is the only one at the right time on the right frequency (and the right PTA): WGLE-FM OH Lima 90.7 Associate 228 188 Sun 12:00PM 01:00PM [EDT] The 228 and 188 refer to the Metro area and DMA rankings. WGTE/WGLE current sked confirms `From the Top` still at noon Sundays. [WGLE 90.7, LIMA OH, 50.0/46.0 kW H&V, 128.0 m HAAT, 40-39-15, 84-06- 36, 65A2, WGLE, NPR News, Jazz, NEWS/TALK] 1291 km/802 stmi 87.75, at 1626, Spanish non-ID by SHVA (super-hype voice actor), as ``Omega? 87.7``; 1627 YL ad as ``abogada de inmigración``, phone 216 861-44-14, http://www.brown-immigration.com (titled: Ohio Immigration Lawyer) and another ID more clearly merely as ``La Mega 87.7``, Tex- Mex music. AC 216 leads to Cleveland OH, so it`s one of many Franken- FMs, TV licensee pretending to be a radio station, and who cares about the video 4.5 MHz below? [WLFM-LP, 87.7, CLEVELAND OH, 3.0 kW H only, HAAT unknown, 41-22-58, 81-42-07, Spanish, 7242, LA MEGA 87.7, LATINO AND PROUD, SPANISH, CHR] Spanish is specified for 13 of them! W9WI.com shows WLFM-LP as E:HSN, i.e. English with Home Shopping Network, so video only, or outdated? On the PL-880 seems slightly clearer at 87.76, so analog TV 6 maybe offset plus. But listed as zero offset, OK. Certainly NOT 87.70!! 1509 km/938 stmi 88.3, at 1630, CCI between sports talk in English, ``division race``, and a bit of Spanish. The only 88.3 SS in NE USA (none in Canada) is: [WHWN, 88.3, PAINESVILLE OH, 0.7 kW H&V, 44.0 m HAAT, 41-42-17, 81-14- 34, Spanish, LA NUEVA MIA, SPANISH] 1552 km/964 stmi beyond Cleveland 88.3, at 1631, local weather info ``Mostly cloudy in Elyria``. There is no Elyria CoL station, but Berea is close, both just SW of Cleveland: [WBWC, 88.3, BEREA OH, 4.0 kW H&V, 78.0 m HAAT, 41-25-05, 81-54-03, 88.3 THE STING, ADULT ALTERNATIVE]. Or did they say Berea? This name was pronounced ``el-ERIE-uh`` not ``el-EYE-ree-uh``. 1492 km/927 stmi 88.3, at 1633, area code 260 phone number, and mention Fort Wayne. Those correlate, so it`s: [WLAB, 88.3, FORT WAYNE IN, 7.5 kW H&V, 108.0 m HAAT, 41-06-24, 85-11- 46, STAR 88.3, CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN] 1221 km/759 stmi 90.3, at 1636, gospel rock, Es fading vs nearby Okie. At 1642, ``Life changing message for the whole family, WBCL Radio Network``, ergo: [WBCL, 90.3, FORT WAYNE IN, 26.0 kW H&V, 211.0 m HAAT, 41-06-13, 85- 11-46, 578B, WBCL90.3 WBCL Radio Network.wbcl.org, Title & Artist, No Program Type or Undefined, FAMILY FRIENDLY - COMMERCIAL FREE, CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN/RELIGION] 1221 km/759 stmi 92.9, at 1637, station promo, ``929jackfm.com`` over Tulsa`s Bob: [WBUF, 92.9, BUFFALO NY, 76.0 kW H&V, 195.0 m HAAT, 42-57-13, 78-52- 36, HD, 5959, Jack FM, 92-9JACK FM PLAYING WHAT WE WANT, Adult Hits, 92.9 JACK FM, ADULT HITS] 1777 km/1104 stmi 87.75, at 1638, has some Cleveland ads by SHVA in Spanish, still from WLFM-LP above, but seems CCI from a second station also in Spanish, mentioning Lake Worth, implying Florida. At 1640 ``87.7 - algo`` ID in fade at same time as WLFM-LP also does it. L.W. is just south of West Palm Beach, pretty far from the nearest FL ch 6, per W9WI.com: [Miami FL, WEYS-LP, 3,000 W ERP, + offset, 25-58-15N, 080-12-32W, LIC, S:Almavision R. 1] but possible; only two others are in faraway Key West and Pánama City. WTFDA: [WEYS-LP, //WEYS-LP CH 6 AUDIO, 87.7, MIAMI FL, 3.0 kW H only, HAAT unknown, 35-58-15, 80-12-32, Spanish, 5158, WEYS87.7, 877 FM, ALMAVISION RADIO COMPROMETIDOS CON LA VERTAD {sic} TEL 305-947-8879, ALMAVISION, SPANISH] Maybe Miami: 2055 km/1277 stmi 88.5, at 1641, 419 area code phone briefly vs House FM in OK. 419 is NW Ohio circa Toledo, so Wauseon, which is W of Toledo halfway to IN: [WYSA, 88.5, WAUSEON OH, 10.0 kW H&V, 89.0 m HAAT, 41-33-29, 84-11-08, YES FM, CHRISTIAN CHR/ROCK] 1318 km/819 stmi BTW, it would have been very nice to hear on 88.5, apparently unrelated WYSU Youngstown OH, as if not DXing, I listen to its HD2 online every Sunday at 17-20 UT for `Pipedreams` and `With Heart And Voice`! including most of those today after 1730. CONTINUED, under CANADA (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 93.5, June 21 at 1520 UT, ``Number one new music station, Power 93.5``, i.e. KDGS Andover KS near Wichita, 15 kW, 114 m HAAT. There is supposed to be a sporadic E opening thru the entire FM band, but not reaching here --- instead enhanced area tropo from KS and OK (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. STRONG TIES BIND AMATEURS AND BROADCASTERS Radio World By James Careless June 13, 2017 Many people who work in broadcast radio got their start as amateur radio operators — hams — and remain active in the hobby. At iHeartMedia alone, “we have 157 people on our ham radio list,” said Charles Wooten, director of engineering and IT at iHeartMedia Panama City, Fla. An amateur radio operator himself since the age of 12 (call sign NF4A), Wooten maintains that list. “Ninety percent of them are engineers, but we also have DJs, program directors and operations directors.” At least four of the company’s regional engineering VPs are hams. Much more of this interesting article here: http://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/0002/strong-ties-bind-amateurs-and-broadcasters/339846 Posted by: (Mike Terry dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1883, DXLD) I`ve wondered if he is the same Charles Wooten we used to hear from many years ago as a SW DXer; I think he was staitioned in Morocco for a while (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. HANK BENNETT --- I just discovered that Hank Bennett passed away in Oct 2016 in Harvey, Louisiana. He was 92. For many of us, he was our introduction to SWLing, through his Popular Electronics and Newark News Radio Club columns. And who could forget the WPE callsign program he managed for many years through Poptronics? I remember there was a time when he was one of the biggest names in the hobby: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theneworleansadvocate/obituary.aspx?pid=182050672 (John Herkimer, DXPlorer via SW Bulletin June 18 via WORLD OF RADIO 1883, DXLD) Viz.: HENRY R. BENNETT OBITUARY Guest Book 3 entries "I am sorry to hear about the loss of your loved one. May..." The Guest Book is expired. Restore the Guest Book Henry R. Bennett passed away on Saturday, October 8, 2016 at the age of 92 years. Beloved husband of the late Amelia Jean Greenwald Bennett. Father of Marion McAllister, and James Bennett, Sr. (Lottie). Son of the late Bertha Hobbs Bennett and David Kaighn Bennett. Brother of the late May Kaighn Bennett. Grandfather of Dale McAllister, Susan Saab, Jacqueline Kennedy, Bruce McAllister II, James Alan Bennett, Jr., Heather Bennett, Kelly Bennett, and the late Sandra Ann McAllister and Seth Coleman. Also survived by 10 great grandchildren. Dear friend of Darren Cotton. He was a WWII veteran having served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. He was a native of Collingswood, New Jersey and a resident of Terrytown, LA for the past 12 years. A private Memorial Service will be held at a later date. Family and friends may view and sign the online guest book at http://www.mothefunerals.com (via WORLD OF RADIO 1883, DXLD) Thanks for sharing this, Glenn. Hank had a column that I read in Elementary Electronics called "Ask Hank, He Knows". I think it also carried over into the Communications World specials that were produced for a few years. He definitely influenced my interest in listening to shortwave. 73, (Dan Srebnick, Aberdeen, NJ, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Boy, that's a blast from the past. I swear I have a book around here somewhere written by him. Have lots of his articles that were reprinted in various books also. Of course that's back when people bothered printing books. Now they just put it on a website somewhere (John Carver, Mid-North Indiana, Carver, ibid.) ** VATICAN. 11625, June 15 at 0630, Vatican Radio opening English to Africa, S8 to S5, with program summary, into ``news`` of Pope`s doings. This one is 210 degrees direct from SMG at 0630-0700, so almost off to the side here; follows 0600-0630 French, but on same frequency 0530-0600 Portuguese is due west via Madagascar (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VATICAN [non]. 11700, PHILIPPINES, Vatican Radio, 1537 UT June 17 with English Mass. Good. 73 (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA100 loop antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Saturdays, only remaining ``English`` to S Asia (gh, DXLD) ** VATICAN [non]. MD shared this list with her husband. Since doing so, their relationship couldn't be better. KR/VA: http://www.signis.net/news/media/13-06-2017/vatican-radios-new-korean-section-to-be-a-role-model VATICAN RADIO'S NEW KOREAN SECTION TO BE A 'ROLE MODEL' Seoul, June, 13th, 2017 (Ucan). Church officials met in Seoul to discuss the newly-established Korean section of Vatican Radio, the first language version produced outside of the Vatican. Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung of Seoul and Monsignor Dario Edoardo Vigano, the Vatican's communications director, discussed further cooperation for the newly-established Korean section of the Vatican Radio on June 2. "The project is a role model on cooperation between a local church and the Vatican," said Monsignor Vigano. "As the translation work is done in Korea, our stories are sent to Korean Catholics faster and more accurately. It is the first such trial for us to run a language section outside the Vatican," he said. On March 14, the Seoul Archdiocese and the Secretariat for Communication signed the MoU to operate Vatican Radio's Korean section. Under the direct supervision of Cardinal Yeom, the archdiocesan Communications and Media Affairs Department are translating all content provided by Vatican Radio, including Pope Francis' speeches, and the activities of the Vatican and local churches worldwide. The Korean section is staffed with eight translators and an editorial team of five priests who studied in Rome. In total, eight priests and seven lay people are carrying out the project, working in an office in Seoul and in Rome (via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, DXLD) So, will it be broadcast on SW, or what? (gh, DXLD) ** VIETNAM [and non]. 5925even, Xuan Mai VoV 2nd program, S=9+35dB powerhouse at 2250 UT, 2 x 9.7 kHz wideband signal, 2 female language presenters, excellent audio signal, 2 x 50 Hertz away distance strings visible. 6020even, VoV 4th program from Daclac Buon Ma Thuot, heard at 2258 UT with hill tribe sung in probably Hmong language, 2 x 50 / 188, 376, 752 Hertz apart distance strings visible, S=9+30dB strong in Ea Thailand, at 2259 UT chimes interval signal, time pips at 2300 UT. And also accompanied by two strong spur signals (on 6020 and 7210 broadcasts), on both sides on 6006.61 and 6033.39 kHz. 5975even, VoV 1st program, Me Tri site {older broadcast center in central Hanoi, a center from French empire after WW II, but Aoki mentioned Son Tay site, so additional transmitter and antennas built up on modern Son Tay site now ?? } S=9+35dB signal in Ea Thailand remote. 5975 0400-0600 49 MET 50 0 0 975 Vie VTN VOV 5975 1100-1500 49 MET 50 0 0 975 Vie VTN VOV 5975 2145-0100 49 MET 50 0 0 975 Vie VTN VOV 7210even, VoV 1st program from Daclac Buon Ma Thuot, heard at 2310 UT, BUT HEAVY BUZZY and WHISTLE audio, never heard before from Daclac, three signal strings seen on 50, 100, and 187 Hertz apart, some short breaks of 3 seconds and reappeared again on air, seems a local nation main power problem this summer morning, S=9+20dB strength, and accompanied two spurious at 13.8 kHz away distance on 7196.17 + 7223.83 kHz frequencies, latter S=8 signal 6020 and 7210 kHz, Daclac Buon Ma Thuot from Vietnam, many main power breakdowns again in 0000-0030 UT range. 9630, CHINA, CNR1 Geermu #916 site, weak S=4 signal at 0408 UT, but heavy QRM by adjacent 9635.849, VoV1, Son Tay. 9.6 kHz wideband signal at 0409 UT Vietnamese service S=9+5dB 9850even, V Of Vietnam 4th service Dao Xuan Mai site, 04-06 UT, at 0432 UT fair S=8 carrier, but low modulated transmission. and ... 9849.966, CHINA, PBS Qinghai, Xining, Qinghai underneath S=5 at 0432 UT. Tibetan Amdo dialect language service tentatively according to DBS#19. 11720 - non log - nothing observed of VoV Son Tay 2145-1030 UT sched. Instead: 11720, CHINA, CNR1 Shijiazhuang #723 site at 0440 UT. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, logs from Thailand and Sri Lanka June 16 / 17, Log taken on Uwe's remote SDR installation in eastern Thailand and on Perseus SDR in Piliyandala, Sri Lanka at Victor 4S7VK place, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. ALGERIA, 1550, Radio Nacional República Árabe Saharaui, Rabuni, 2033-2040, 17-06, Arabic, comments, male and female. 24322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun PL-880, Sangean ATS-909X, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZAMBIA. To update the last ZNBC1 non-log by Ron Howard on June 12, one week on they are still missing (June 19 as of 0300) and have not been heard at several morning and evening checks throughout the week. 5915 Zambia, ZNBC1, Lusaka. Jun 19, 2017 Monday. 0255-0305. Nothing heard. More than a week now. Jo'burg sunrise 0454 (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1883, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 6055, June 18 at 0048, JBA signal with talk, where there is normally nothing. What could it be? Nothing in HFCC at this hour except Japan registered available 24h, but surely not propagating to here near 10 am local in the summer. Aoki shows what used to be here from Latin America: Radio Universo Internacional, 300 watts from Uruguay, 24 hours; and R. Cultural Juan XXIII, 3 kW from Bolivia but at 1030-2300, and on 6054. Not reported lately but possibly active, and I didn`t note this as being off-frequency. Maybe temporary Iran transmission for Ramadan? NO, not on that schedule as in DXLD 17-22 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1883, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 8992-USB, June 15 at 0646, cypher message, long string of alfanumeric fonetix, each one accompanied by a squeal, something wrong with mike vox? And the usual mysterious reverb imposed on these by the US military. Soon finishes, ID once sounds like ``Raymond, out`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. EGYPT, station with Egyptian music on June 21 0900-0920 on 9400 unknown tx / unknown to UNID, weak/fair: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/06/unidentified-station-with-egyptian_21.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. NUMBERS STATION, E11 Oblique in "the heart of 31 mb" on June 16: 1910-1913 on 9510*unknown secret tx site to Eu English USB, fair *strong QRM 9515 SZG 500 kW / 315 deg to CeEu Czech CRI AM mode http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/06/reception-of-e11-oblique-in-heart-of-31.html E11 Oblique in "the heart" on 31mb, June 19 0745-0748 on 9610 unknown secret tx site to Eu English USB http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/06/good-signal-of-e11-oblique-in-heart-on.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #1014 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, June 20, 2017 via DXLD) See also UNID 15825 below Reception of E11 Oblique in 19mb, June 17 1345-1348 on 15825*unknown secret tx site to Eu English USB *weak signal 15825 WCR 100 kW / 046 deg to WeEu WWCR1 in AM http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/06/e11-oblique-in-19mb-in-wwcr-1-frequency.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #1014 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, June 20, 2017 via DXLD) NUMBERS STATION, Reception of E11 Oblique in 25mb, June 20 1925-1928 on 11581 unknown secret tx site to Eu English USB http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/06/reception-of-e11-oblique-in-25mb-june-20.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Ivo reports a lot more numbers stations than we quote here, in various languages, mostly out of broadcast bands (gh, DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 13623.0-USB, June 18 at 0054, INTRUDER, 2-way in colloquial Spanish, S4; mentions ``trampa`` which may be a cut above ``puta`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Ogni tanto c'è qualche novità. Un piccolo mistero che prima o poi sveleremo. Ascolto inaspettato stamani sulla strana frequenza dei 24997.3 kHz: musica e qualche annuncio in tedesco e italiano: "Prove tecniche di trasmissione sui 24,997 MHz". Ma non si è capito che radio fosse. Il segnale è stato buono per po', verso le 1100 UTC, ma poi è calato rimanendo al livello del rumore di fondo o poco più. Me lo ha segnalato Mauro Giroletti che vive a Buccinasco (Milano sud). Da me (Milano sud-est) il segnale c'era ma ormai in fase calante. Piccolo mistero! Pubblicato da Giampiero Bernardini a giugno 17, 2017 (via Giampiero Bernardini, Italy, June 17, playdx blog via DXLD) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 1883: Thanks to Gerald T Pollard, Raleigh NC, for a generous summer solstitial cheque to P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED FUTURELY: Hi Glenn, Thank you for all the great things you do for our hobby. Best Regards (Ron Howard, Monterey CA, with a check to P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702) Thanks also to Chuck Ermatinger, for a contribution, in US funds, but not necessarily, via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ MUSIC ON SHORTWAVE LISTING FOR A-17 BROADCAST PERIOD. I just have uploaded my Music on Shortwave listing for the A-17 broadcast season to the files section of this Yahoo group. I hope that you find it of interest. This is the full consolidated version comprising both English and non-English broadcasts. As always, I appreciate any updates or corrections (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, June 20, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1883, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [AUDIO-]VIDEOS AT SWLDX BULGARIA Dear readers/user of SWLDXBulgaria, Please vote in a poll on our blog http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/ to the right. Thanks in advance, (Ivo Ivanov, June 20, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: Would you like us to reduce the number of videos published on our channel? (via DXLD) CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES +++++++++++++++++++++++++ Re: [IRCA] Registration and airline tickets to the RENO convention I hope that I can make this an interesting and worthwhile event. The highlight of any convention is of course a chance for DXers and radio fans to visit with each other and network. Of course a couple nice station tours and a tasty banquet help things along. Yes, the hotel is literally right across from the airport. Best Western Rewards can be earned for your stay and can be applied towards future free nights. Plumb Lane where the major station studios are located extends westward from the hotel. We have a nice "buy-what-you-wish" banquet arranged at Black Bear Diner nearby. We are two months out now and I am still biting my fingernails hoping that this all comes together well. 73 and good DX! (Mike Sanburn, KG6LJU, IRCA via DXLD) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV See MEXICO; OKLAHOMA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DAB See CZECHIA; NORWAY DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See also NEW ZEALAND; USA: WRMI ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARMSTRONG TOWER COULD BE TEST SITE FOR DRM ON SHORTWAVE BANDS Radio Magazine By Doug Irwin, CPBE AMD DRB June 20, 2017 http://www.radiomagonline.com/around-the-world/0020/armstrong-tower-could-be-test-site-for-drm-on-shortwave-bands/38988 LOS ANGELES — In our e-newsletter, we cover all manner of digital transmissions of radio, including streaming/mobile, HD Radio, DAB and, though not as frequently, the other digital radio standard known as Digital Radio Mondiale. Let’s get caught up on the DRM news front. At the annual meeting of the National Association of Shortwave Broadcasters, the topic of DRM receivers was of great importance: Jerome Hirigoyen spoke about three different receiver types: a portable, a dongle and a shipboard unit. A prototype of one of the solutions was available for inspection. George Ross of Transworld Radio shared information on the current status of the PantronX Titus II receiver. He believes production units of this Android tablet-based solution available within a couple of weeks. The Gospell GR-216 table top receiver was also mentioned. http://www.drm.org/drm-dominates-conversation-at-nasb-conference-in-the-us/ Of interest in the U.S. is the recent application of Turms Tech LLC to broadcast DRM from New Jersey toward Europe and the Middle East. https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/104112444521024/TURMS%20TECH%20-%20FCC%20Form309%2004-11-2017.pdf Specifically, they plan on using the Armstrong tower, just west and north of New York City, with yagi-type antennas, generating an ERP of 10 kW on 9.65 and 15.45 MHz. From DRM news we learn that during May and June of 2017, experimental DRM transmissions were resumed by Brazilian Public Broadcaster (EBC) from the Rodeador Park, where the Rádio Nacional transmission facility is located. Different antennas and frequencies were tested, and reception reports from places more than 1000km away were received. The transmissions are being carried by Brazilian Digital Radio Association (ABRADIG) in partnership with EBC. The intention of these low power transmissions is to raise awareness of the DRM digital radio system for the broadcasters and the new government towards its adoption as a national standard and to enable permanent high-power DRM transmissions from EBC. In a recent posting in our newsletter, we described a DRM test carried out on Batam island, adjacent to Singapore. More details of the test are now forthcoming. The existing FM transmitter is on 105.1 MHz and DRM was placed at 105.25 MHz. The current analog transmitter chosen for the demo has a power of 5kW, but 2.5 kW was used for simulcast mode (FM and DRM) with only 0.2 kW of DRM power. The DRM signal power was thus 11 dB below the analog FM. The mode used was DRM Mode E (DRM+), 4 QAM and the protection level PL-1. The content available during the demo was 2 audio services (16 kbit and 17.7 kbit/s) and Journaline service. For mobile reception, the predicted coverage area was calculated to be within 40 dBuV/m contour. “Both the indoor and mobile reception were excellent and no interference was noted to the neighboring FM stations at 105.1MHz and 105.5 MHz,” according to DRM news (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) HYUNDAI BRINGS DRM DIGITAL RADIO TO CAR USERS IN INDIA http://mailchi.mp/drm/drm-newsletter-april-1255145 Hyundai has recently launched a fourth model with line fit DRM receiver for India. The Hyundai Xcent will include DRM as a standard feature. Four models of Hyundai cars are now be available in the Indian market with line-fit DRM receivers – the Electra, Xcent, Tucson and Grandi10. http://www.hyundai.com/in/en/Showroom/Cars/Grandi10/PIP/index.html DRM Newsletter June 2017 (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) What does ``line-fit`` mean? Original equipment?? (gh, DXLD) IN FRANCE THE SMARTCAST PROGRAMME TO RUN DRM TESTS TDF of France is to run DRM tests under the so-called SmartCast programme on 6175 kHz from 0900 to 1100 UT between 29 May and 30 July. Digital Radio Mondiale | The future of global radio (via Mike Terry, June 16, dxldyg via DXLD) GLOBAL DRM TRANSMISSIONS SCHEDULE --- Full listing here: http://www.hfcc.org/drm/ Posted by: (Mike Terry, June 16, dxldyg via DXLD) Global Humor --- The listing must be from April 1st, 5 years ago. I would try it with the EIBI list in this case - because the number of DRM-entries is significantly lower, and more credible (roger thayer, germany, ibid.) All India Radio DRM programs are temporarily off air now. -- Thanking you, Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India, http://www.niar.org dxldyg via DXLD) Shortwave, or allwave? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ 3.5 inch (89mm) Airport-Friendly "Baby FSL" Construction Article For those interested in the upcoming "Heathkit-like" full construction article for the airport-friendly 3.5 inch (89mm) "Baby FSL" antenna, article's introduction and required parts list have been uploaded at http://www.mediafire.com/file/p1pn75do5bvh111/3.doc This initial information is being posted because of the typical delay in receiving the 160 mm ferrite rods from Ukraine (normally from 20-30 days), during which time the remainder of the article should be completed. This antenna was designed to enable DXers to enjoy exciting weak signal MW-DX reception within a motel room (or out on a balcony) after long range air travel, such as Craig Barnes and I enjoyed during our recent Hawaii vacations. All of the required construction parts are readily available, and the antenna fits inside a custom-sized plastic tote designed to be packed within hand-carry luggage. The step-by-step construction procedures are currently being drafted, which will include operating tips on getting the best performance from the compact FSL antenna (designed to provide inductive coupling performance roughly comparable to that of a 4 foot air core box loop, once the DXer becomes skillful in its operation). 73 and Good DX, (Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA), IRCA via DXLD_ IN RUSSIA, A LOCATION COMPLEX WAS CREATED TO PROTECT ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FACILITIES MOSCOW, June 9 - RIA Novosti. The joint holding RosElectronics (part of the Rostekh state corporation) has created a passive coherent location complex (PCL) designed to covertly detect moving air, surface and surface targets in a critical area, the press service of the holding said on Friday. The principle of PCL operation is based on the re-reflection of radio transmitting centers by moving objects of TV and FM signals, which makes it possible to use the complex where classical radar systems are difficult to use. In particular, it provides the possibility of detecting small-scale targets, including unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), at extremely low altitudes in populated areas. "The joint holding RosElectronics created a PCL designed for the latent detection of moving air, ground and surface targets in the security zone of critical facilities." The lock complex can be used to protect critical facilities, including chemical plants, defense plants, power stations, airports , Mines, as well as used to ensure the safety of water areas and large areas, "- said in a statement. It is noted that the PCL "provides an overview, allows you to detect targets, determine their coordinates in a radius of up to 100 kilometers, perform trajectory tracking of targets and display information on the operator's monitor, and take action against unauthorized intrusion." Due to the use of the existing digital television signal and FM radio broadcasting, the complex does not require the presence of its own transmitter. As part of the United Holding "RosElektronika" the research institute "Vector" is developing the system. Currently, an experimental station has been developed. It has 15 antennas, one of which is aimed at the source of radiation, and the others perceive the reflected signal from aircraft, ships, cars and people. Detection range of UAV is 10 kilometers, cars and people less than 20 kilometers, ships - 80 kilometers. The complex includes an antenna system, a device for receiving and processing signals, a complex of computer facilities with special software. In addition, PCL can be equipped with video monitoring and other additional equipment to protect the object. The complex has no harmful effect on people and the environment, has low energy consumption and low operating costs. Small dimensions allow the release of a mobile version of the complex. Https://ria.ru/defense_safety/20170609/1496197923.html https://vk.com/vcfm2014 (via Rus-DX June 18 via DXLD) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ FM BROADCASTING STATIONS AS VHF BEACONS The South African Radio League In the USA they have often observed strong signals from distant FM broadcasting stations during Sporadic-E openings beyond the skip distance. This is also possible in South Africa during December and January months, which is our Sporadic-E season. Just keep an eye on those clear spaces on the FM band where distant FM stations are hiding in the noise. FM stations could also act as VHF beacons on Tropospheric modes, as well as indicators of meteor scatter and lightning scatter. ZS2FM at Port Elizabeth studied the propagation from an East London FM station for about a year over a distance of 250 km, while using a four element vertically polarized Yagi in the attic connected to a domestic FM receiver. The FM station was audible daily via Tropo Scatter, but with very deep QSB cycles, and yielded a peak signal of about 2 microvolts as measured at the antenna terminals of the receiver. During Tropo Enhancement, where a temperature inversion was present below 450 metres, the signal increased to around 20 microvolts with full quieting and no QSB. When a cold front approached from the west it created a Tropo Duct ahead of it, which is a temperature inversion at an altitude of 500 metres or higher. This produced a super FM signal that peaked above 50 microvolts, and the maximum that could be measured at the receiver. So give it a try, http://www.sarl.org.za Posted by: (Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) Beacons? As if DXing FM stations were not an end in itself (gh, DXLD) :Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts :Issued: 2017 Jun 19 0025 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 12 - 18 June 2017 Solar activity was very low throughout the period. Regions 2661 (N06, L=211, class/area=Dao/200 on 02 Jun) and 2663 (N12, L=095, class/area=Dso/100 on 17 Jun) were the most prominent regions this period, but only produced low and mid-level B-class flare activity. No Earth-directed CMEs were observed during the period. No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at normal levels on 12-16 Jun with moderate levels observed on 17-18 Jun. Geomagnetic field activity reached G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm levels on 16 Jun and active levels on 17 Jun due to the influence of a recurrent negative polarity CH HSS. Geomagnetic field activity was at quiet or quiet to unsettled levels throughout the remainder of the period. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 19 JUNE - 15 JULY 2017 Solar activity is expected to be very low throughout the outlook period with a slight chance for C-class flare activity. No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to reach high levels on 19-22 and 25-27 Jun with normal and moderate flux levels expected throughout the remainder of the period. Geomagnetic field activity is likely to reach G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm levels on 13 Jul with active levels likely on 23-24 Jun, and 14 Jul due to the influence of multiple, recurrent CH HSSs. Generally quiet and quiet to unsettled activity is expected throughout the remainder of the period as a nominal solar regime prevails. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2017 Jun 19 0025 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 2017-06-19 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2017 Jun 19 75 10 3 2017 Jun 20 75 5 2 2017 Jun 21 74 5 2 2017 Jun 22 72 8 3 2017 Jun 23 70 12 4 2017 Jun 24 70 12 4 2017 Jun 25 70 10 3 2017 Jun 26 70 8 3 2017 Jun 27 74 5 2 2017 Jun 28 74 5 2 2017 Jun 29 74 5 2 2017 Jun 30 74 5 2 2017 Jul 01 74 5 2 2017 Jul 02 74 5 2 2017 Jul 03 74 5 2 2017 Jul 04 74 5 2 2017 Jul 05 75 5 2 2017 Jul 06 75 5 2 2017 Jul 07 75 5 2 2017 Jul 08 77 5 2 2017 Jul 09 77 5 2 2017 Jul 10 74 5 2 2017 Jul 11 74 5 2 2017 Jul 12 74 5 2 2017 Jul 13 74 20 5 2017 Jul 14 74 12 4 2017 Jul 15 75 10 3 (via WORLD OF RADIO 1883, DXLD) WWV E-MAILS One can order them and various alerts of personal choice to one's own email address: https://pss.swpc.noaa.gov/LoginWebForm.aspx I have used this excellent service for almost two decades. 73, (Mauno Ritola, Finland, ABDX via DXLD) GLENN`S PROPAGATION OUTLOOK FOR MEDIA NETWORK PLUS AS OF JUNE 15 2017 Keith, from Spaceweather Services Australia, the global HF propagation forecast thru June 24: normal at low and middle latitudes. normal to fair at high latitudes. From Spaceweather South Africa thru June 24: magnetic conditions unsettled; shortwave fadeouts unlikely; MUF unstable. From the Space Environment Predixion Center of China: greatest planetary A-index of 22 on July 13. Little variation in solar flux between 73 and 75 thru July 18. From Met Office UK thru June 25: Solar activity low or very low. Geomagnetic activity mainly Quiet to Unsettled. From F. K. Janda, OK1HH, of the Czech Propagation Interest]ed[ Group, the Geomagnetic field will be: active to disturbed on June 23 - 24, July (9 - 10) quiet to active on June 25, 29 - 30, July 2, 8, 11 mostly quiet on June 26, 28, July 6 quiet to unsettled June 26, July 3 quiet on June 27, July 1, 4 - 5, 7 From Spaceweather Canada, the greatest DRX nanoteslas will be in the auroral zone on July 9 and 10. From SWPC in Boulder: Geomagnetic field likely active on June 23-24, and July 14 with A and K indices of 12 and 4. And reaching G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm levels on July 13 with A and K of 20 and 5. {Lowest A`s and K`s of 5 and 2 from June 27 to July 12.} Solar flux rising from 70 June 26 to a peak of only 77 on July 8 and 9. William Hepburn`s VHF-UHF DX maps show extreme tropospheric ducting all week at least thru June 24 off the coasts of southern California, and Baja California. All week off the northwest coast of Africa around the Canary Islands, and all around the Arabian peninsula as far as India. Across the central and eastern Mediterranean and also along the coast of Angola, June 24-27 (via DXLD) TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Allan commented Friday night during his show that transmitters no longer come with operating manuals, repair manuals or troubleshooting manuals. Just a web address and one goes online for information. One reads about all the recent computer hacks of department stores, insurance companies, hospitals, schools and the government. None of those computers should be connected to the internet for any reason. I'm reading a trilogy about an EMP attack consisting of One Second After, One Year After and The Final Day. In the second volume it's brought out, as people are scrambling for technical information to get things working again, that there is a great gap in that sort of information with the advent of computers, the internet, the cell phone etc. A crew spends months digging through the basement of a university library trying to uncover old books and technical magazines that contains that information as not only was the old stuff moved out of circulation but the old card catalog was also disposed of in favor of a laptop. I will admit that I use a computer. Whether or not I actually use the internet is up in the air. It's mostly an email system for me. Even though cellphones don't work in my area, I'm in a dead zone, I don't think I would own one. Don't have a flat screen TV. When I drove I didn't have GPS. I think people make too much of technology now and it could be our downfall. Just tired in general and tired of all the internet screwups with the radio. They should never have married (John Carver, mid-North Indiana, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###