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Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1887 contents: Anguilla, Bonaire, Bougainville, Brasil, Canada, China, Congo, Cuba, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel non, Koreas North & South, Kuwait, México, Morocco, Newfoundland, Oklahoma, Pakistan, Perú, Russia, Somalia, Tibet, UK, USA SHORTWAVE AIRINGS of WORLD OF RADIO 1887, July 20-26, 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 Sat 2300 WRMI 11580 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 [non]. Frequency changes of IBB Radio Mashaal via Udorn Thani & Kuwait 0400-0500 NF 15755 UDO 250 kW / 304 deg to WeAs Pashto, ex 15760 0500-1300 NF 15755 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to WeAs Pashto, ex 15760 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/07/frequency-changes-of-ibb-radio-mashaal.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, July 16, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15359.984, UAE, US IBB Mashaal Radio via Al Dhabbaya relay, in Pashto language, S=9 strong in eastern Thailand SDR installation. This is one of four UAE transmitters, shows always string peaks only on lower sideband side. 0444 UT on July 17. 17879.962, THAILAND, R Azadi, R Free Afghanistan, in Pashto via RFE IBB BBG Udorn Thani bcast site in Thailand. S=5 poor signal in sidelobe short skip zone. 0425 UT on July 17 (Wolfgang Büschel, Wolf's log 0400-0550 UT July 17, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANGUILLA. 6090, University Network; 2314-2321+, 12-July; Dead Dr. Gene pontificating. SIO=454- Audio not crisp, but not distorted (Frodge-MI) 11775, No sign of Rev. Barbie or Dead Dr. Gene. 1745, 11-July +++ [same], 1416-1422:10*, 12-July; Rev. Barbie preaching & not distorted! SIO=454; Off abruptly in mid-Barbiepreach, so apparently the xmtr angel isn’t done yet. Still not back on by 1502. Checked again at 1600, no audio but occasional brief buzzes. 1740, 1930, 2146 still nuthin’. +++ [same], 1421, 13-July; missing again (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ----- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! -----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11865 kHz -- 1856 UT - University Network-English-probably Anguilla Island transmitter. Hmm. As I write this at 1856, I hear them with a signal of SIO 252. What I think is the University Network transmitter on Anguilla Island with Pastor Melissa Scott talking. Then at 1910 I rechecked 11865, and I heard Pastor Gene Scott talking. Not the scheduled 11775 kHz, where they had distorted audio for many months. The distorted audio problem appears to have been taken care of. 73 de (Chuck W3ON Rig: Icom IC756 Pro 3, Cushcraft MA5B Beam, 1931 UT July 12, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST 17-28 via WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DXLD 17-29) 6090, July 14 at 0542 check, CB is off again, but none of the other 6090s audible now. Are Ethiopia, Nigeria active? Presumably not Brasil any more (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [non] 6089.853, Radio Nigeria Kaduna heard here last time in Sept 2nd, 2016, and my archive show last report of David Sharp-NSW_AUS on Sept 1st, 2016. Anguilla and Ethiopia are still active. wb (Wolfgang Büschel, July 19, DX LISTENING DIGEST) In central Florida remote: 11775 kHz at 1830 UT July 14 is empty channel in USA FL/MI. except CRI German program on air, heard in Europe. 73 df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11775, July 15 at 1702 check, so-called Caribbean Beacon is still off. 6090 is also off at 0055 July 16 check. And still off as of July 19 at 1952 check. Part of the problem may be, is that I hear their engineer in charge`s main job is a TV repairman (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11775, University Network; 7/20 missing & not heard since 1422 7/12 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ----- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! -----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ARGENTINA. SV of Radio Nacional - Mendoza --- SV of Radio Nacional - Mendoza is now available. Plenty of SW masts (all verticals?) still there to be seen. https://goo.gl/maps/KsbvPq1zjeM2 (Ian, July 14, shortwavesites yg via DXLD) Was long ago on 6180? (gh) here in Germany access Google Maps Oct 2014, https://goo.gl/maps/cN7JDCdAZy22 one tall mast, and 3 x lower height masts at https://goo.gl/maps/JM6V7N1VfVm 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) Hi Wolfy, At least 8 masts in total (ref SV imagery). One is MW (+ perhaps another of the total might be a standby MW mast.) (IB, ibid.) Yes, G.E. sharp image of 5 June 2012 shows more masts, 73 (wb, ibid.) ** ARGENTINA [non]. 9395, UT Sat July 15 at 0127, RAE Argentina to the World via WRMI, YL announcer in mailbag, acknowledging reports from Pakistan, and from Edward Kusalik, Alberta. 0130 produced announcement about the DX program so is this opening, or closing, or merely a promo? Then music until 0135, more mailbag prompts with contact info, offering numbered QSL cards (BTW, I have yet to receive #001 as promised; hope it is not lost in the p-mail; has anyone got theirs?), 0137 into an article about deforestation, so maybe that was the DX program earlier? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BANGLADESH [non]. BBC BANGLA TV AND RADIO CONTENT REACHES 15M PEOPLE IN BANGLADESH http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2017/bbc-bangla-15-million (via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 3310, Radio Mosoj Chaski, Cochabamba 0045 om in Quechua, 0057 same om, 0113 yl in Q. 0028 same yl, very brief music bridge 0130, continue with yl, gone recheck at 0041 15 July. 3310, Radio Mosoj Chaski, Cochabamba 1012 to 1017 yl in Quechua 15 July (Bob Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, Florida, 746Pro - Drake R8, NRD 525, 60 meter dipole and noise reducing antenna, 90 meter dipole, NASWA yg via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 6134.8, July 16 at 0053, R. Santa Cruz is fair with no het from Brasil, during news from different departments, Potosí, Oruro, Beni (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BONAIRE. "Bonaire Set to Reach Millions More" TWR Global Update for July 2017 TWR Bonaire Sign with Towers.jpg [caption] How big a deal is it that the Power Up campaign exceeded its fundraising goal? Imagine this image: thousands, or even millions, of TWR radio listeners across Latin America and the Caribbean cheering at the top of their lungs. That’s only an illustration, of course, but it’s one based on plenty of previous input from our listeners. When the Bonaire transmitter was reduced to 100,000 watts about 17 years ago, a potential audience of about 50 million still could tune in the signal, but TWR frequently received messages from others lamenting that they no longer could listen to the programs or could pick them up only sporadically. “Our prayer is that TWR can regain the power that it once had so people in those distant places today can hear it once again,” one man wrote from Venezuela. A woman from the same country wrote, “Sometimes the signal comes, but very weakly. I am praying that we will be able to hear the signal from Bonaire like before.” Pleas from them and many others are soon to receive an affirmative response now that TWR supporters have met the challenge and pledged over $3.8 million to more than quadruple Bonaire’s AM transmitter power. That means an additional 50 million people will have the opportunity to listen to daily gospel programming. Read all about TWR CEO Lauren Libby’s exciting announcement that the three-year Power Up campaign goal has been met and surpassed. Posted by: (Mike Terry, July 19, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DXLD) Viz.: CAMPAIGN TO BOOST BONAIRE RADIO SIGNAL CROSSES GOAL LINE Jul 12, 2017 [illustrated including coverage map, 4 towers at night] https://www.twr.org/news/campaign-to-boost-bonaire-radio-signal-crosses-goal-line CARY, N.C. (July 12, 2017) – It’s official: The three-year campaign to expand TWR’s gospel broadcasting to Latin America and the Caribbean has exceeded the $3.8 million goal. TWR CEO Lauren Libby announced the success of the Power Up campaign to the media ministry’s worldwide staff in a June email. “I am overjoyed to announce that the financial need to upgrade the station from 100,000 watts to 450,000 watts has been met!” Libby wrote. “The transmitter has been ordered, the antenna array will be tuned in early July and, Lord willing, the sign-on will occur by the end of January.” Libby made the announcement soon after returning to TWR’s corporate office in Cary, North Carolina, from Pennsylvania, where he had appeared on the air in a two-day campaign that involved 14 radio stations and aimed to raise the roughly $80,000 still needed to reach the goal. The results of that radio drive, combined with a direct-mail appeal about the same time, pushed Power Up over the goal line. The upgrade will boost TWR’s signal to cover all of Cuba and more of Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia and Central America, making the Christian facility on the island of Bonaire the most powerful station in the Western Hemisphere. The potential audience for the TWR’s daily Bible- based programming will double to about 100 million people. “God has been very gracious throughout the entire project,” Libby said. “Over 220 volunteers have visited Bonaire to work on the project. U.S. churches have been involved, large donors have given generously and thousands of people have given toward the project.” TWR is planning a special event for Jan. 30, 2018, on Bonaire to celebrate the fruition of the Power Up project and the potential impact of the enhanced signal. “I have noticed when TWR moves forward by faith, God motivates people to be involved,” Libby added. “This is key not just for finances but also because these projects raise the profile of TWR in the body of Christ.” Gifts beyond the goal will help pay for the increased electricity required to run the more powerful transmitter, Libby said. The culmination of Power Up represents an answer to prayer for many listeners across Latin America and the Caribbean who have called for the signal boost and sometimes even donated to the fund drive out of scarce resources. For Alberto Gonzalez, a pastor and broadcaster who is TWR’s representative in Cuba, the timing of the expanded broadcast reach is critical. “More than a political change in Cuba, we need Jesus,” he says. “People in Cuba are expecting a lot of changes, new opportunities for life, and they are really open to receiving new things into their lives. So this is the moment to have Jesus for them." (via WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DXLD) ** BOUGAINVILLE [and non]. RRI returns to 3325 kHz July 13, at 1117, heard NBC Bougainville reception, on 3325, with moderate QRM from RRI, which had been silent for a while. By 1150, mixing together at equal strength, producing a mess here. Today NBC with DJ in Pidgin; playing pop songs; no election coverage noted and not running the NBC National Radio audio feed; RRI signal improving the whole time. Suppose I should be glad to hear the return of RRI, but in truth, I had very much been enjoying NBC with clear reception! NBC at 1200 continued on with extended broadcast; no NBC news, just continuing DJ in Pidgin and pop songs, while RRI went into the usual Jakarta news feed, which ended at 1225 with patriotic song and then local ID. Tuned out at 1235. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 0957-1016 & 1101-1110, July 14. Local programs in Pidgin; no "NBC National Radio" audio feed today; local segments of election results (vote count) and pop songs; by 1110 started to hear QRM from RRI, making reception of NBC unpleasant, so will not be reporting this as much as when NBC was QRM-free. Thanks to Hiroyuki Komatsubara (Japan), who today reported an extended broadcast here at 1250, mixing with RRI. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 0947-1041, July 15. Local (non-NBC National Radio) segments with the vote count in Pidgin and pop songs (Celine Dion - "My Heart Will Go On," etc.); by 1041, had QRM from RRI. July 16 (Sunday), 0954-1106. Local (non-NBC National Radio) segments with the vote count in Pidgin and religious (Christian) songs as usual on Sunday; local IDs; 1030 noted Indonesia underneath with reciting from the Qur'an. No extended broadcast today; instead an early sign off; gone by 1156, leaving frequency clear for Pro 1 RRI Palangkaraya, which by 1211 was doing very well with the Jakarta news audio feed. 3325, NBC Bougainville, July 17, with outstanding reception; 1012- 1028*; in Pidgin; "regional" voting results for "North Bougainville," with long list of candidates and their vote count (one received 18 votes); "total number of allowable ballot papers," etc.; fairly readable; suddenly off, leaving a very weak RRI Palangkaraya in the clear, with reciting from the Qur'an. *1034 suddenly back on with music program of pop Pacific Islands songs; still on the air at my last check at 1220. My readable audio at http://goo.gl/C8kj14 (Ron Howard, San Francisco, at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Signals have been sparse on 90 meters for the past few weeks, but things perked up this morning (a little...): NBC Bougainville – 3325 (1055-1150) – YL reading names of different regions and numbers associated, I think it must be polling numbers from recent elections, 22122 at peak, checked back at 1150, music barely audible and fading (Chris, KC5IIE, Krug, Tulsa, OK, Rec: Apache Labs Anan10e; Ant: 40m loop at 12ft, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DXLD) 3325, NBC Bougainville, still on at 1245+, July 19. Usual local programming in Pidgin; election results and mostly pop songs with DJ. The significance of today's broadcast is that there was no trace of any RRI Palangkaraya signal; no carrier at any time. A short lived reactivation? (Ron Howard, San Francisco, at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 3375.1, Brasil, Rádio Municipal São Gabriel da Cachoeira, 1014 om chat in Portuguese, weak and fading out by 1023 15 July (Bob Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, Florida, 746Pro - Drake R8, NRD 525, 60 meter dipole and noise reducing antenna, 90 meter dipole, NASWA yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DXLD) On the air now --- 3375.1, Brasil, Rádio Municipal São Gabriel da Cachoeira, 0000 weak but steady signal om Portuguese to 0008. This one seems irregular. /rlw/ (Bob Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, Drake R8 noise reducing antenna, 0009 UT July 19, ibid.) ** BRAZIL. 4885, Rádio Clube do Pará, Belém, 0510-0625, 10-07, Brazilian songs and comments, program “Clube na Madrugada”. 24322. 11- 07 out of air at this time, 12-07 on air and 13-07 out again (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. BRASIL: 9725.46, Rádio Evangelizer (tentative); 0051-0102+, 10-July; Tune-in to M preaching in Portuguese; 0053+ abruptly into series of hymns. 0100 M&W PP promos, mentioning Brasil — didn’t hear “Evangelizer”. 0101 into more PP preaching. Need LSB due to strong Romania on 9730. This was barely audible prior to 0000 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ----- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! -----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. Radio Nacional (?) 11780 --- Brasil (tentative) 11779.83 – Heard a weak station here around 2255 this evening. Talk by male announcer sounded like it could be Brazilian Portuguese, but pretty far down in the noise. Went to check a few other things, and it was gone when I returned about 3 minutes later. Perhaps Rádio Nacional tuning up for a return to the air? If so, they seem to have been running without their amp; it’s a good night for Brazilians on 25 meters, but they were barely audible. Watch this space (Art Delibert, Vineyard Haven, MA, 2313 UT 7/15/17), NRD 545, 40-foot vertical antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list, via WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DXLD) I have watched that space, 11780 as well as 6180 at night, and no trace of RNA whatsoever since then as of July 19. Following PR asserts at the end that RNA is really on those frequencies, in a new programming exchange setup. EBC don`t even know the SWs are not on? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DX LISTENING DIGEST) RÁDIOS DA EBC ESTREIAM PROGRAMAÇÃO CONJUNTA COM FOCO NA NOTÍCIA URL: http://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/geral/noticia/2017-07/radios-da-ebc-estreiam-programacao-conjunta-com-foco-na-noticia Versão para impressão 03/07/2017 13h14 Brasília Da Agência Brasil As rádios Nacional de Brasília, Nacional do Rio de Janeiro e Nacional da Amazônia estão implementando a reformulação de suas programações, com uma grade conjunta focada na informação jornalística. No dia 27 de junho, elas iniciaram a transição, que deve durar 20 dias, indo ao ar ao vivo e em rede com o programa Madrugada Nacional, de 0h às 5h. O Brasil Rural unem as emissoras do Rio de Janeiro e de Brasília logo em seguida. As mudanças incluem a atuação em rede das rádio de Brasília e do Rio de Janeiro, da meia-noite às 20h, de segunda a sexta-feira, com conteúdo da Nacional da Amazônia e valorização da música e do esporte. As emissoras vão alternar a cabeça de rede e a produção dos programas, sem deixar de lado o conteúdo local e abrindo espaço para informações das cidades onde as emissoras estão situadas. Já a rádio da Amazônia se juntará à transmissão da meia-noite às 5h e de 7h às 10h. No restante do dia, a emissora seguirá com sua programação regional. Durante a apresentação da nova programação aos empregados da Empresa Brasil de Comunicação (EBC), o diretor de Jornalismo, Lourival Macedo, ressaltou que a nova grade é um modelo aberto construído por meio de diversas propostas. “É um modelo que está sendo implantado para ampliar a comunicação com o público ouvinte. Somos uma empresa pública de comunicação e as rádios têm esse papel de levar a informação ao cidadão quase que de imediato. Mas informação de qualidade, apurada, para não confundir o ouvinte e para que ele saiba que pode confiar”, disse Macedo. A próxima etapa da transição das rádios EBC é o lançamento do programa Repórter Nacional, antes chamado de Repórter Brasil, que levará ao público informações jornalísticas e de serviços em quatro edições diárias, sendo três com uma hora de duração, e um com meia hora. Durante a transmissão, haverá dois blocos, de cinco minutos cada, para a veiculação de informações locais. A ideia é que, para esses blocos, as emissoras produzam matérias de serviço, como a situação do trânsito e a mobilidade urbana e o clima. O Nacional Informa continuará sendo veiculado de hora em hora, mas também será reformulado. A ideia é dar mais agilidade, levando ao ouvinte mais informação no mesmo espaço de tempo, três minutos. Programas tradicionais como o Cotidiano (Brasília) e Alô Daisy (Rio de Janeiro) ganharão novo formato, mais dinâmico e mais moderno. A programação musical também será mais qualificada. O momento especial do esporte será de 17h às 18h, com a transmissão em rede do programa No Mundo da Bola. Mas as notícias de esporte serão transmitidas durante todo o dia. As rádios da Empresa Brasil de Comunicação estão no ar nas frequências: AM 980 kHz (Rádio Nacional de Brasília), AM 1130 kHz (Rádio Nacional do Rio de Janeiro) e OC 11780 e 6180 kHz (Rádio Nacional da Amazônia). A programação também está disponível pela internet no http://www.radios.ebc.com.br (via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, July 18, WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DXLD) ** BULGARIA. Re: Radio Bulgarien - Tuerkisch nicht mehr auf MW 576 kHz? Hello Wolfie! Many special thanks for Your mail! I returned from the village on 6th July at the evening. Yesterday Friday & today Saturday 7 & 8 July I checked 576 MW - no more programs from 0500, from 1200 & from 1730 UT in Turkish language, as was 3 times daily earlier. I do not know whether the transmitters at Kardzali are existing now on MW or the program will be only via FM (it is bad work to use FM in the big net of many Turkish FMs.) On all Black Sea coast the Turkish FMs are dominating on the air and is hard to listen to even local Bulgarian FM stations (Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 7 / 8, BC-DX 13 July via DXLD) ** CANADA. NEW MONTREAL TALK RADIO STATIONS TESTING, NEW PROGRAMMING COMING BY YEAR'S END ---- Steve Faguy cartt.ca MONTREAL – Six years ago, in the summer of 2011, a pair of Montreal businessmen went public with a project to revitalize the radio market in Montreal. Using two clear-channel AM frequencies, one for each language, they would provide a new kind of talk radio that wouldn’t be afraid to invest in content and would provide a much needed alternative to the cost-cutting machines at Bell Media and Cogeco. Six years later, after going through several bumps in the road, the company finally has two AM stations on the air, though we’re still waiting for them to broadcast the high-quality talk programming they have promised. 7954689 Canada Inc., known as Tietolman Tétrault Pancholy Media, flipped the switch on CFQR 600 AM, its English station, on the evening of June 30, just hours before the final deadline the CRTC gave them to launch the station. Though it is still in on-air testing mode, the Commission appears to be satisfied that it has met the deadline. “From CRTC’s perspective they have informed us that they are operational,” wrote Patricia Valladao, media relations manager at the CRTC in an email. She could not say when the notice was given, because “this information is not public.” TTP Media’s other station, CFNV 940 AM, was similarly launched right before its last deadline last November. Both stations are currently broadcasting an automated music lineup. Rajiv Pancholy, president of TTP Media, said the plan is still to launch both stations simultaneously. He wouldn’t give a date, but said the group is impatient. Steve Kowch, a former program director for Montreal’s CJAD and Toronto’s News Talk 1010, who has been involved with the TTP Media group since 2011, said it would be by the end of this year. No announcements have been made about on-air staff at either station, though Pancholy said they have spoken to many people and have several agreements in place. He said many of the names would be recognizable to Montreal radio listeners. The Montreal market has no shortage of unemployed or underemployed radio personalities who have resigned, been laid off or otherwise left their jobs, often to jeers of protest from loyal listeners. The road has been a long one for TTP Media, which started in 2010 when Paul Tietolman and Nicolas Tétrault tried to present an alternative to Cogeco’s $80-million deal to acquire Corus’s Quebec radio stations. Their $81-million offer was unsuccessful. In 2011, they scored a partial victory in a five-way battle for two clear-channel AM frequencies in Montreal, winning 940 kHz for their French station. A year later they settled on 600 kHz for their English station. Applications for FM music stations in Toronto and Calgary, both heavily contested, were unsuccessful, and a plan for a French-language sports talk station at 850 AM in Montreal was abandoned for technical reasons. Despite promises to be on the air quickly, TTP Media applied for several extensions on their two-year deadline to launch. After a “final” extension in 2014 for 940, the commission changed its mind and gave a second “final” extension a year later. It did the same for the English station. TTP Media gave many reasons for the delays. At first, it wanted to wait to see how the Bell acquisition of Astral Media would turn out, hoping it might acquire one of the AM stations that would put Bell over the common ownership limit. (Bell ended up getting an exception to the rule.) “There were a lot of question marks about the future of radio,” Pancholy said. So TTP Media chose to “take a step back and see how the landscape is changing.” Then, it was technical issues. The only transmitter that would work on 600 was owned by Cogeco on the Mohawk reserve of Kahnawake. TTP Media had to negotiate a new deal with Cogeco, the band council and the land owner that eventually saw TTP Media acquire the equipment on the site and a new lease for the land. Then it had to fix the transmitter, which had last been used in 2010 at 690 and 940. Other technical delays, including the sudden death of their broadcast engineer, pushed the launch right to the deadline. But now that the technical aspects are out of the way (assuming testing goes well on 600), the group can turn to programming. Pancholy said they will have a temporary studio as they prepare a permanent one. Exactly what kind of talk programming should be expected is also being kept close to the vest. In their CRTC application, TTP Media spoke of a debate format, where shows would be hosted by two people with differing political opinions. But the broadcasting industry has changed in the past six years, and Pancholy said the group is constantly reassessing its strategy. Asked about trying again to launch stations in other markets, Pancholy said “we always have ideas, but now it’s a credibility issue.” The group needs to prove it can get its Montreal stations going before it looks to other projects. Montreal radio listeners who are disappointed with the major broadcasters are impatiently waiting for those stations to offer them something new (via Kevin Redding, ABDX via DXLD) ** CANADA. 6070-, UT Sat July 15 at 0122, check of CFRX, interview about some show at York University, so is it still `Geeks and Beats` as previously on the CFRB programme shedule? I wouldn`t think so, but finding the website, http://www.geeksandbeats.com/ show topics, still new ones on podcast at least, are quite wide- ranging. Unless someone can definitely tell me, will remain Unconfirmed on DX/SWL/Media Programs (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. Many thanks from Ian McFarland! For a guy who just turned 80, Ian McFarland looks and sounds amazing - Photos over on the http://DXer.ca homepage - For the 50+ folks that sent their best wishes for this veteran of World Band Radio, thank you, thank you and thank you. – (Colin Newell, VA7WWV, Victoria - Canada, July 19, Hard- Core-DX mailing list via WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DXLD) ** CHINA. 6035, PBS Yunnan (Voice of Shangri-la), 1135-1203*, July 14. In Chinese; some EZL songs; 1201 the usual filler instrumental music till cut off; weak, but clear frequency. No BBS/Bhutan heard today. 6060, Sichuan PBS-2, 1214, July 14. A quick check today confirms again what I have recently been hearing - Cuba is now here (1100-1400), mostly blocking the former clear reception of PBS-2; now making a mess (Ron Howard, San Francisco, at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 7118-USB, VC01 (Chinese Military numbers station), at 0950, on July 14. Numbers in Chinese; still in the ham band where they shouldn't be. 7118-USB, VC01 (Chinese Military numbers station), 1112 & 1136, July 15. Numbers in Chinese; fair. July 16, at 1150 & 1225; fair. 7118-USB, VC01 (Chinese Military numbers station), 1134, July 19, with "ham jam," which is a ham in CW jamming the Chinese numbers station. My audio at http://goo.gl/At9G2L Feedback from Lou (VK5EEE) in Australia: "A pity when hams don't do this with their call signs to be legal. Sending a test VVV is perfectly legal so long as ID is given at required minimum periods. It can encourage additional 'ham jammers' to test their equipment, but a solitary VVV without callsign is likely to end up being solitary and ineffective. CW QRM especially Contest QRM sends our Indonesian pirates off the 40m band, so it can be effective!" (Ron Howard, San Francisco, at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [and non]. 11845, July 15 at 1256, Chinese song, 1300 timesignal, CNR1 ID and theme. This is jamming India`s only broadcast in Chinese scheduled until 1315 on 11845; but CNR1 goes off, and no AIR heard, rather residual Cuban pulse jamming against this long- abandoned Radio Martí frequency. CNR1 was same as on 11785 jamming VOA Chinese via Philippines (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [and non]. 17520even, CNR1 px jamming 03-07 UT against RFA IBB BBG Saipan Agignan Point, Marianas, noted at 0410 UT July 17 on 17519.985 MRA S=9+25dB in Eastern Thailand, 13 kHz wideband jamming. 17615even, and 2nd jammer on 17614.998 kHz, CNR1 px jamming 04-05 UT covered against VoA IBB BBG Udorn Thani relay in Thailand, S=9+20dB at 0415 UT, on 17614.962 THA Udorn Thani relay site, Tibetan language. at same time a lot of CRI Hakka language transmission heard in 16 mb. 21505even, CNR1 px jamming 04-05 UT against RFA Chinese via IBB BBG Tinian island on Marianas, S=7 noted at 0430 UT on July 17. 21610even, CNR1 px jamming 04-05 UT against RFA Tibetan via IBB BBG Tinang the Philippines, S=6 signal only at 0432 UT, mondays only 04-05 UT, varying fq and bcast hour schedule from day to day, i.e. 21600 sun, 21620 tues, 21630 wed, 21640 thur, 21650 fri, 21660 sat. 15150even, KUWAIT, VoA Tibetan sce bcast via IBB BBG Kuwait relay site, S=9+15dB at 0437 UT on July 17, + various CNR1 jamming by China mainland ECHO SOUND! 15615even, CNR1 jammer of S=9+35dB powerhouse, 16 kHz wideband signal, meant against US IBB BBG RFA Tinian MRA 04-07 UT Chinese lang program, few CNR1 ECHO SOUND jammers. 13790even, CNR1 jammer of S=9+25dB powerful, 16 kHz wideband signal, few CNR1 ECHO SOUND jammers at 0518 UT, meant against 13790.037 MRA US IBB BBG RFA Saipan, Agignan Point, Marianas 03-07 UT Chinese lang program. 15140even, CNR1 jammer of S=9+30dB powerful, 16.4 kHz wideband signal, few CNR1 ECHO SOUND jammers. Meant against 15140even KWT US IBB BBG RFA Kuwait Tibetan sce underneath at 0535 UT on July 17 (Wolfgang Büschel, Wolf's log 0400-0550 UT July 17, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [and non]. 11785, PHILIPPINES, VOA at 1130 in Mandarin with a woman with talk with English translation for some phrases and a singing ``Voice of America`` ID --- Good with CNR1 Jul 18 --- To report stations like this one, RFA, and RTI in Mandarin (or Tibetan) you do need definite proof like the singing ID noted; otherwise you are probably listening to a Chinese jammer. 11825, CHINA, CNR1 at 1134 // 11640 in Mandarin jamming the VOA via the Philippines in Mandarin with a man with excited talk --- Good Jul 18 13830, CHINA, CNR1 at 1136 // 11640 and 11825 in Mandarin jamming RFA via Tajikistan in Tibetan with a man with excited talk --- Fair mixing with Firedrake jammer Jul 18 13830, CHINA, Firedrake at 1138 with the usual cacaphony of percussion and woodwind instrumentals jamming RFA via Tajikistan in Tibetan --- Fair under CNR1 jammer Jul 18. I guess one jammer isn`t enough for this one (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles or 40/80 meter NVIS antenna, ODXA yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DXLD) 11785, CHINA, CNR1 at 1253 // 11845 in Mandarin jamming the VOA in Mandarin via the Philippines with a man and woman with excited talk – Fair Jul 19 Coady-ON – No sign of the VOA on this day. 11845, CHINA, CNR1 at 1255 // 11785 in Mandarin jamming AIR in Mandarin with a man and woman with excited talk – Fair Jul 19 (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles or 40/80 meter NVIS antenna, ODXA yg via DXLD) ** CHINA. 7269.986, PBS Nei Menggu, Mongolian sched, S=4 poor + tiny at 0408 UT 7419.988, PBS Nei Menggu, Chinese sched, S=4 poor + tiny at 0410 UT 9519.985, PBS Nei Menggu, Chinese sched, S=7-8 fair at 0448 UT. 9610even, CNR 8th Mongolian program scheduled, light music progr, S=8-9 signal in Jpn, from Beijing #491 bcast TX center. 0452 UT 9685even, CNR 5th Chinese program scheduled, light music female voice singer progr, S=9+5dB signal in Jpn, from Beijing #491 bcast TX center. 0459 UT. 9749.974, PBS Nei Menggu, Mongolian px scheduled, S=7 fair at 0504 UT (Wolf's log on July 19 at 0340-0515 UT noted in remote SDR unit in Hiroshima Japan [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 19, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CONGO. 6115, July 14 at 0543, VP signal with some talk, presumably R. Congo nominally from *0500, as it`s rather too early, especially in summer, for JOZ6 to be propagating from Japan, before 3 pm local. Don`t you believe the La Voz del Llano, Colombia, 6115 listing still in Aoki, long defunct (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 1000 / 1020, Radio Artemisa, Artemisa and Bahía Honda, Artemisa respectively. 1659 "Don't Give Up" Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush duet, abruptly cut mid-song for Noticiero Nacional de Radio feed. 1000 kc/s clear and fair, 1020 kc/s very good. NNdR exit theme 1730:17, male and female ID, station theme, 1:30 pm time check at 1:31:20, into Cuban pop vocal (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, NRD- 535, IC-R75, longwires, active loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 9575v & 9585v approx., July 13 at 0101, CRI relay on 9580 is dead air at least past 0103 at S9+30, but entertaining us with blobspurs on each side, the lower one QRMing the other CRI English relay on 9570 via Albania. Not rechecked 9580 until 0140 when it has managed to modulate. 6145, July 13 at 0114, RHC English is back on the air! Had been missing more than a week from this frequency at random evening chex. Now it`s S9+45 with good modulation level but some hum. // 6000 at 0117 check is less modulated at S9+30, also some hummy. 5955, July 15 at 0056, lite pulse jamming is still here against nothing, since 5954 was occupied until several years ago by Radio República`s little transmitter in Costa Rica. Nothing, except 5952.4, Radio Pio Doce, Bolivia, innocent bystation. 12060, July 15 at 0059, pulse jamming very poor, but obviously second harmonix out of the wall of noise on 6030. 11775, Also lite pulsing here, on another long-abandoned R. Marti frequency, both much weaker than 11930, which is a current RM frequency, but only in the daytime! What incompetence and wastage at the DentroCuban Jamming Command (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also CHINA 11845 15730. Sun, July 16 at 2231, Radio Habana Cuba, Bejucal, in Esperanto. No signal and/or programming until 2235! (DXer: José Ronaldo Xavier, Location: Cabedelo-PB, Brazil, RX (s): Tecsun S-2000, Antenna: Longwire, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** CUBA [and non]. CHINA vs. CUBA, China Radio International vs Radio Habana Cuba on July 16 1200-1400 11760 KUN 500 kW / 135 deg to AUS English China Radio Inter 1245&1300 11760 BAU 100 kW / non-dir to NCAm Spanish Radio Habana Cuba http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/07/china-radio-international-vsradio.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Commies vs commies! But only Cuba heard here (gh, OK, DXLD) ** CUBA. EN CONTACTO DE RADIO HABANA CUBA Emisión nº 29 del 16 de Julio 2017 Programa diexista “En Contacto” emitido por Radio Habana Cuba todos los domingos, dedicado a los oyentes de las ondas cortas, Diexistas y Radioaficionados del mundo, con Manolo de la Rosa. Página Web de RHC: http://www.radiohc.cu/ Dirección Postal: Radio Habana Cuba - Programa En Contacto Apartado Postal 6240 La Habana, Cuba. Email: encontacto@rhc.cu Para escuchar otros programas diexistas en español en: http://programasdx.com/ Programas grabados de Radio Habana Cuba: http://www.radiohc.cu/audios Programas DX en facebook: https://www.facebook.com/programasdx Programas DX en twitter: https://twitter.com/programasdx Cordiales 73 - Programas DX (José Bueno, Spain, playdx yg via DXLD) Con Manolo de la Rosa? I thought he had retired. I haven`t listened lately to reconfirm who`s a cargo (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** CUBA. 9530, July 17 at 0122, no JBA carrier here, so suspect R. Progreso is also absent from fundamental 4765 where it`s supposed to start at 0030: yes, it`s off. No RHC fundamental on 9535 either, power failure at site? No, Cuba still rampant on 5025, 5040, 6000, 6060, 6145; but MUF is also depressed: poor on 11760, 11840. 6100, July 17 at 0526 check, RHC English is AWOL from this frequency leaving only four of the Cuban Five, 5040, 6000, 6060, 6145. 11760, July 17 at 1301, RHC Spanish QSY announcement for 6100 to 15370 until 1500. (The other two 49m, 6000 & 6060, are supposed to continue another hour until 1400). 11760, July 18 at 1353, this RHC with `Escalas de Cuba` suffers from hum; wiggle that patchcord? Not QRM from China which is also here. 6060, July 19 at 1200, RHC with frequency announcement: 6100 until 1300 and 9535 until 1500, but fails to mention the frequencies already in use, such as the one I am listening to as well as 6000, and the fact that 6100 which I then check is mixed with CCCCI (Chinese Communist Co-channel interference); and furthermore, per Aoki, 6100 & 9535 should have already been on since 1100 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EAST TURKISTAN. Maintenance break CRI Beijing via 500 kilowatt Urumqi relay site in northwestern China, July 23 to July 30, 2017 ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Gager, Austria Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 Subject: WG: Hinweis von CRI (=freie QRGs) ----- Weitergeleitete Nachricht ----- Datum: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 10:17:29 +0800 Von: CRIger An: Paul Gager Betreff: Hinweis Liebe Hoererinnen und Hoerer, hier noch ein Hinweis: Aus technischen Gruenden ist vom 23. Juli bis 30. Juli unsere Sendung von 20 Uhr bis 22 Uhr auf der Frequenz 11650 kHz, sowie von 7 Uhr bis 9 Uhr MESZ auf den Frequenz 17615 kHz nicht zu empfangen. Wir bitten um Ihr Verstaendnis. ----------------- Deutsche Redaktion von CRI Beijing (via Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DXLD) Thanks, dear Paul in Vienna, Austria. Maintenance break CRI Beijing via 500 kilowatt Urumqi relay site in northwestern China, i.e. German service July 23 to July 30, 18-20 UT 11650 kHz, 05-07 UT 17615 kHz. Full schedule, time hour sorted [not necessarily applying to ALL of them --- gh] CHINA CRI Urumqi 500 kW entries in A-17 season 11650 0100 0200 41W URU 500 212 216 Chn CHN CRI RTC 15435 0300 0400 30,31S,40E URU 500 270 218 Rus CHN CRI RTC 15665 0400 0500 29,30 URU 500 308 216 Rus CHN CRI RTC 15665 0500 0600 29,30 URU 500 308 216 Rus CHN CRI RTC 17615 0500 0700 28NW URU 500 308 288 Deu CHN CRI RTC 15665 0800 0900 29,30 URU 500 308 216 Rus CHN CRI RTC 15525 0900 1100 41W URU 500 212 216 Chn CHN CRI RTC 15665 0900 1000 29,30 URU 500 308 216 Rus CHN CRI RTC 17570 0900 1000 18,27-29 URU 500 308 288 Eng CHN CRI RTC 11650 1100 1300 41W URU 500 212 216 Eng CHN CRI RTC 13575 1200 1300 29,30 URU 500 308 216 Rus CHN CRI RTC 15110 1200 1300 30,31S,40E URU 500 270 218 Chn CHN CRI RTC 17630 1200 1300 18,27-29 URU 500 308 216 Eng CHN CRI RTC 11675 1300 1400 41W URU 500 212 216 Hin CHN CRI RTC 13650 1300 1400 30,31S,40E URU 500 270 218 Chn CHN CRI RTC 17630 1300 1400 18,27-29 URU 500 308 216 Eng CHN CRI RTC 11675 1400 1500 41W URU 500 212 216 Eng CHN CRI RTC 11765 1400 1500 41W URU 500 212 216 Eng CHN CRI RTC 11815 1400 1500 30S,31S,40E URU 500 270 216 Eng CHN CRI RTC 12025 1400 1500 30,31S,40E URU 500 270 218 Chn CHN CRI RTC 17630 1400 1500 18,27-29 URU 500 308 216 Eng CHN CRI RTC 7225 1500 1600 41W URU 500 212 216 Hin CHN CRI RTC 7395 1500 1600 41W URU 500 212 216 Eng CHN CRI RTC 9570 1500 1530 40 URU 500 270 216 Fas CHN CRI RTC 9720 1500 1600 38,39N,40W,47NURU 500 270 216 Eng CHN CRI RTC 11790 1500 1600 18,27-29 URU 500 308 216 Rus CHN CRI RTC 9570 1530 1600 40E URU 500 270 216 Pus CHN CRI RTC 6165 1600 1700 39NW URU 500 270 216 Tur CHN CRI RTC 9770 1600 1700 53S,57N URU 500 212 216 Hak CHN CRI RTC 11875 1600 1700 29,30 URU 500 308 216 Rus CHN CRI RTC 15250 1600 1700 38,39N,40W,47NURU 500 270 218 Eng CHN CRI RTC 9435 1700 1800 53S,57N URU 500 212 216 Yue CHN CRI RTC 11875 1700 1800 29,30 URU 500 308 216 Rus CHN CRI RTC 13640 1700 1800 29,30 URU 500 308 216 Rus CHN CRI RTC 7275 1730 1830 38,39N,40W,47NURU 500 270 216 Chn CHN CRI RTC 9685 1730 1830 18,27-29 URU 500 308 218 Chn CHN CRI RTC 7210 1800 1900 29,30 URU 500 308 216 Rus CHN CRI RTC 11650 1800 2000 28NW URU 500 308 288 Deu CHN CRI RTC 13700 1800 1900 27SE URU 500 308 216 Nan CHN CRI RTC 7265 1830 1900 28SE URU 500 308 218 Bul CHN CRI RTC 7350 1830 2030 46 URU 500 270 216 Fra CHN CRI RTC 6090 1900 1930 28E URU 500 308 216 Ron CHN CRI RTC 7415 1900 1930 28NW URU 500 308 218 Ces CHN CRI RTC 9560 1900 1930 28N URU 500 308 216 Hun CHN CRI RTC 6090 1930 2000 28E URU 500 308 216 Ron CHN CRI RTC 7265 1930 2030 18,27-29 URU 500 308 216 Epo CHN CRI RTC 7415 1930 2000 28NW URU 500 308 218 Ces CHN CRI RTC 9745 1930 2030 18,27-29 URU 500 308 216 Epo CHN CRI RTC 7305 2000 2100 28N URU 500 308 218 Pol CHN CRI RTC 7325 2000 2030 28SE URU 500 308 216 Srp CHN CRI RTC 9720 2030 2100 28SE URU 500 308 216 Bul CHN CRI RTC 7265 2030 2130 28SW URU 500 308 216 Ita CHN CRI RTC 9430 2030 2230 27SE URU 500 308 216 Fra CHN CRI RTC 7445 2130 2200 28N URU 500 308 216 Hun CHN CRI RTC 7260 2200 2300 37NW URU 500 308 218 Por CHN CRI RTC 7250 2200 2400 37NW URU 500 308 216 Spa CHN CRI RTC 7395 2200 2300 38,39N,40W,47NURU 500 270 216 Chn CHN CRI RTC 9865 2300 2400 18,27-29 URU 500 308 218 Chn CHN CRI RTC (July 20) (via Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, Radio Nacional, Bata, *0505-0516, 14-07, carrier and some songs heard on LSB, barely audible. 15321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante, Tecsun PL-880, Sangean ATS- 909X, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ERITREA. On July the 4th on 7175 kHz at 1820 UT a program & songs in Arabic, ID at 1835 UT & choir singing the National Anthem of Eritrea & close/down (Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 8, BC-DX 13 July via DXLD) No jamming? [and non]. 7150.020, Asmara radio lower poor S=6 level underneath jamming, the other 7174.989 kHz is at S=8-9 stronger at 0423 UT. and the accompanied Ethiopian security forces Broadband White Noise jamming signals on 7142 - 7157 kHz S=9 and 7169 - 7180 kHz S=9 too, at 0426 UT on July 15. Wolf's log 0400-0450 UT July 15 [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7175, Voice of The Broad Masses, Asmara, 1735-1755, 16-07, vernacular comments, East African songs. 25322. Also 1815-1822, 17-07, vernacular comments, East African songs. 14321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante, Tecsun PL-880, Sangean ATS-909X, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) at 0630 UT July 19 noted in SDR remote unit at Qatar too: 7150.019 ERI Asmara VoBM 7174.988 ERI Asmara VoBM different program 2nd? 73 wb, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DXLD ** ERITREA [non]. Again no signal of Radio Voice of Adal via MBR Issoudun on July 15: 1500-1558 on 15205 ISS 100 kW / 125 deg to EaAf Arabic/Tigrinya Sat But in previous Saturday July 8 Radio Voice of Adal was on the air: -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ERITREA [non]. RADIO ERENA: A BEACON OF HOPE FOR ERITREA Long article published today on Radio Erena. Article includes "Making sure it can be picked up in Eritrea, however, remains a constant struggle. In 2012, the government managed to block it – seemingly unbothered by the fact that in doing so, it also blocked its own television channel (both broadcast on one satellite frequency). It has also successfully jammed it on shortwave, and on at least one occasion has hacked into the Radio Erena website, destroying it completely. “It’s a nonstop challenge,” he says. “We’re constantly fighting them, and it’s getting harder and harder because they are now employing new experts from China and Indonesia.” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/16/radio-erena-beacon-of-hope-for-eritrea-biniam-simon-paris Posted by: (Mike Barraclough, July 16, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DXLD) SECRETLAND, Dimtse Radio Erena via BaBcoCk SPL Secterbrod [sic], July 17 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/2017/07/dimtse-radio-erena-via-babcock-spl_18.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA [and non]. 13. Juli, 1650 bis 1710 UT, in Doha Qatar und Brisbane Australien, den Perseus Schätzchen: ansonsten nix auf ETH 7236 ... 7237 kHz, 7119.998 SOM Radio Hargeysa, S=9+15dB 7150.019 ERI Asmara, fulle Kracht, S=9+15dB und brummiger Heterodyne Träger auf 7150.024 ETH Ethiopische Sicherheitsbehörden (von Stasi geschult) sowie 7174.988 ERI Fulle Kracht, S=9+15dB um 1704 UT und brummiger Heterodyne Träger auf 7175.032 ETH nur carrier. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also ERITREA ** ETHIOPIA [and non]. GERMANY, Reception of Voice of Oromo Liberation via MBR Nauen on July 16 1700-1730 15420 NAU 100 kW / 139 deg EaAf Afan Oromo Wed/Fri/Sun, strong Transmission is jammed by Ethiopia with very weak white noise digital jamming: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/07/reception-of-voice-of-oromo-liberation_16.html Reception of Sagalee Qeerroo Bilisummaa via TDF Issoudun, July 18 1630-1658 on 17840 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Oromo Tue/Thu/Fri via Alyx&Yeyi. Transmission is jammed by Ethiopia with very strong white noise digital jamming: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/07/reception-of-sagalee-qeerroo-bilisummaa_18.html Reception of Radio Xoriyo Ogaden via MBR Issoudun, July 18 1600-1630 on 17630 ISS 500 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Somali Tue/Sat, fair/good Transmission is jammed by Ethiopia with fair white noise digital jamming: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/07/reception-of-radio-xoriyo-ogaden-via_18.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FALKLAND ISLANDS [and non]. [Re 17-28:] Because the quoted source does not appear to fully realize it: These "Liberty" broadcasts primarily went out on shortwave from Buenos Aires. I assume it is not too much of a simplification to call them special Radio Nacional / RAE programming. Rebroadcasts through FIBC transmitters obviously were just relays of this shortwave signal. http://www.radiodx.com/articles/station-profiles/the-americas/f-i-b-s-the-falklands-island-story/ http://www.ontheshortwaves.com/Wavescan/wavescan120722.html Silvia Fernández Barrios on her TV gig: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAQixV3yWaM and much more from back then on this Youtube channel (Kai Ludwig, Germany, July 14, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. Reception of HLR relays on 9485-CUSB, July 16 Hamburger Lokalradio 0900-1000 on 9485 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu German Sun PCJ Media Network Plus 1000-1030 on 9485 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu English Sun World of Radio#1886 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/2017/07/reception-of-hlr-relays-on-9485cusb_16.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GOA. 15209.981, INDIA, AIR Arabic service via Goa Panaji relay, 0430-0530 UT, S=6-7 backlobe signal at 0500 UT (Wolfgang Büschel, Wolf's log 0400-0550 UT July 17, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GREECE. 9420.005, Voice of Greece, Helenic Radiophonia, Avlis, for the FIRST TIME since months, - using the 3rd FAULTY Continental 250 kW transmitter this July 15!! HEAVY BUZZ AUDIO annoying, 0445 UT on July 15, music program from the 30ties of the past century played. Either sideband, 20 or more terrible buzzy audio peak strings visible, 11 kHz wideband signal block. Wolf's log 0400-0450 UT July 15 [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 15, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Fortunately, not so here next night (gh) Voice of Greece on 9420 kHz & 9935 kHz on July 16 0500&0600 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek*tx#3 0500&0600 on 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek*tx#1 * 0515-0700 UT Sunday Orthodox Liturgy & off air at 0700. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/07/voice-of-greece-on-9420-khz-9935-khz-on.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUAM. Weak/fair signal of KTWR Trans World Radio Asia, July 17 1430-1500 on 9975 TWR 200 kW / 285 deg to SoAs English Mon-Sat http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/07/weak-to-fair-signal-of-ktwr-trans-world.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUATEMALA. Apreciado Claudio Galaz: Muchas gracias por su reporte de nuestra señal de onda corta. Lamentablemente, en Guatemala ya no existe correo postal desde hace como 9 meses, pero, le estoy enviando nuestra QSL y otros recuerdos en forma virtual, para que usted los imprima. Estamos próximos a salir al aire con Radio Verdad Transmundial, con la cual usted nos podrá sintonizar en Chile con toda potencia, como una radio local. No necesitará antena. Espero que mantenga nuestra sintonía. Abra los adjuntos. Que Dios le bendiga (Dr. Édgar Amílcar Madrid, Gerente General, Radio Verdad y Radio Verdad TV, July 17, cc to gh, DXLD) Don`t believe it; prove me wrong ** INDIA. AIR's Faithfully Yours is now timed as follows on Mondays: 1030-1040 1430-1440 (x 1425 in Glenn's WoR list) 1910-1920 (x 1830 in BDXC list) 2210-2220 (x 2120 in BDXC list) 2330-2340 I have still to confirm whether the programme is 2-weekly or 1st/3rd Mondays - we will know on July 31 with a show/no-show on that date. 73 - (Alan Roe, July 17, WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA [and non]. RRI returns to 3325 kHz --- July 13, at 1117, heard NBC Bougainville reception, on 3325, with moderate QRM from RRI, which had been silent for a while. By 1150, mixing together at equal strength, producing a mess here. Today NBC with DJ in Pidgin; playing pop songs; no election coverage noted and not running the NBC National Radio audio feed; RRI signal improving the whole time. Suppose I should be glad to hear the return of RRI, but in truth, I had very much been enjoying NBC with clear reception! NBC at 1200 continued on with extended broadcast; no NBC news, just continuing DJ in Pidgin and pop songs, while RRI went into the usual Jakarta news feed, which ended at 1225 with patriotic song and then local ID. Tuned out at 1235 (Ron Howard, San Francisco, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA [and non]. Good signal of Voice of Indonesia, July 16 1500-1600 on 9526#JAK 250 kW / 010 deg to EaAs Dutch: # QRM 1530UT 9530 EMR 500 kW / 105 deg to WeAs Azeri TRT/VOT http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/07/good-signal-of-voice-of-indonesia-in.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN [and non]. 7424.0-AM, July 13 at 0112, odd frequency in S6 Arabic talk and music catches my attention in bandscan. Must be VIRI, Zahedan, as scheduled on 7425 at 1730-0230, 500 kW at 289 degrees, per HFCC. Still at 0125, dead-air break at 0129, back with talk but only briefly, more dead air 0130-0138+. That`s demerit piled upon demerit. By now, Greenville OC before Vatican relay violating Separation of Church and State, is already on early from 7305, and Martí continues on 7365, so I`m listening for the leapfrog mixing product another 60 kHz higher on 7425.0, which VOA used to accomplish sometimes, but Iran carrier remains hetless. 7425.0, July 17 at 0130, algo JBA and nothing on 7424, so presumed VIRI Arabic via Zahedan back on proper frequency, scheduled all the way from 1730 to 0230 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ISRAEL [non]. Suddenlink cable in Enid, channel 283, UT Sunday July 16 after 0200, I find by surfing around is now relaying i24, the new 24-hour news channel from Israel. But this program hour is called `High Definition`, docu about prostitution in Israel, and later surrogacy. What an introduxion. Looking thru their program sked, it seems i24 have a lot of duplication, maybe a few hours a day of new material repeated over and over. Abottom shows weather info in C and F for various worldcities along with rain to shine icons. Harder news (repeat) after 0300, which is obviously from the Israeli POV, but is this government-controlled? What is financing this? No commercials seen. Its objectivity not yet assessed. Oh, they tell us it`s unbiased, OK!! Anyhow i24 is the closest we are going to get to Al Jazeera for TV news from the Mideast; with SW from Israel (and Qatar) long defunct. Senior ME Correspondent, pundit in the studio, is Mohammed al-Kassim. Senior Washington Correspondent is Dan Raviv, a familiar name from other networx. Another familiar, David Shuster does a 9 pm M-F newscast from Stateside. Default promo times spoken are US Eastern, tho additional zones are displayed (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Of course they're now relaying the TV channel operated by those who took over this cable company in 2015: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Drahi PR puff (or what passes for journalism at media industry publications) about the USA launch in February: http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2017/02/13/israels-i24news-launches-in-the-us/ And be prepared that within the next months Suddenlink itself will suddenly become Altice, too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suddenlink_Communications >>> Anyhow i24 is the closest we are going to get to Al Jazeera for TV news from the Mideast <<< You mean, no Al Jazeera available? https://www.suddenlink.com/tvlineup indeed shows, when entering 73701, neither this nor RT, DW, France 24, Arirang (KBS), NHK World, CCTV (China; what I saw from them so far was pretty crude, by the way) or, godforbid, Cubavision and Telesur (Venezuela). So really nothing of this all available?? (Kai Ludwig, Germany, ibid.) nope i24, news channel now available via Suddenlink, Enid, on cable channels 83 & 283 --- the lower one meaning it`s within extended basic tier, and 283 supposedly better in HD, but I think both of them are, like other such pairs. What was on C83 before? I don`t remember, but find an old lineup sheet which said Pivot --- never watched it tho might have been some worthwhile shows, but now it`s nowhere on S/Link, per zap2it listings for here. Since last report, anyway, I have viewed i24 a bit more and find they do have some commercials, but just a few seen over and over, Galbani = mozzarella cheese, evidently; Swiss American, NOT cheese but another yellowish thing, Pat Boone pushing gold; Sesame Place in Pennsylvania. Lots of repetition in programming too: saw exactly the same news on the hour at 20 and 21 UT; and 04 UT, or almost the same. The news does tend to be Israeli-centric, surprise2. `Stateside`, however at 01 UT, with David Shuster, originates from ``studio in Times Square, New York``. Of the half-hour, 3 minutes concerned Israel (about the Temple Mount problems). 1-minute break at :11 minutes in merely for self-promotion, no commercials there. Could be optional for cable systems to insert own ads. Two-minute break at :21, introduced as ``commercial break``, but first for Altice, which is the corporate master of Suddenlink and i24; and promo for Africa- Israel Summit, October in Togo; and another minute of i24 promotion (Glenn Hauser, OK, July 18, WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN. 7795.400, JMH in F3C mod mode, S=9+15dB at 0415 UT July 19. 8006even, HFD [sic] radio stn, H3A mode, ship comm, S=7-8 at 0418 UT (Wolf's log on July 19 at 0340-0515 UT noted in remote SDR unit in Hiroshima Japan [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 19, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN [non]. 11685, July 13 at 1344 a popsong and off 1345*, separable from NAA RTTY on 11687.5. Aoki shows it`s NHK in Bengali, due northwestward from SINGAPORE at 1300-1345 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN [and non]. Reception of JSR Shiokaze Sea Breeze on July 13 1600-1700 on 6090*YAM 300 kW / 280 deg NEAs English Thu * co-ch same 6090 GEM 100 kW / 172 deg EaAs Chinese CNR-2 till 1605 * co-ch same 6090 GDR 100 kW / non-dir to EaAf Amharic Radio Amhara http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/07/radio-amhara-vs-jsr-shiokaze-sea-breeze.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KASHMIR AZAD. 18.07.2017, Radio Mirpur (Azad Kashmir), Time UTC: 1600-1700, Frequency: 936 Medium wave, SIO: 544, Remarks: Good Signal, Program: Bhagban in which this program broadcasting Pakistani Film Actress "Rani" Life, Films, songs (Abid Hussain Sajid, Pakistani DXer, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [and non]. RADIO REACHES BLOCKED COUNTRIES Southgate July 12, 2017 International radio remains the most reliable, robust source of information for people in some nations North Korea is rated as the second most censored county in the world after Eritrea, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. North Koreans who are caught accessing information not approved and disseminated by the government can be sent to brutal prison camps for extended terms, or face execution. Yet such is the human hunger for reliable outside information, that many North Koreans brave these risks by tuning into international radio and cross-border TV broadcasts wherever practical. Many also watch banned South Korean TV programs on black market DVDs, SD cards, and USB sticks; plus computers and mobile phones smuggled in from China. (South Korean movies and soap operas are hugely popular in the North, according to the New York Times.) The conclusions they draw from this content are subsequently shared with other North Koreans by word-of-mouth; despite the fact that such sharers can get in serious trouble with the Kim Jong-Un regime. Read the full RadioWorld article: http://www.radioworld.com/global/0007/radio-reaches-blocked-countries/339993 Posted by: (Mike Terry, July 13, dxldyg via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH. 15105.004, Voice of Korea from Kujang, in French language, S=8 signal strength logged in remote SDR in eastern Thailand. Martial song performance by soldiers chorus, at 0435-0528, English language section started later at 0531:15 UT. All outlets from Kujang suffered by MIXTURE WITH THEIR NOISY SCRATCHING AUDIO JAMMING signals, also on 15179.982 and 13649.969 kHz. 15179.982, Voice of Korea from Kujang, in English scheduled, news read by female presenter on Kim Jong Un and Kim Il Sung at 0439 UT on July 17, S=8 signal in eastern Thailand remote SDR unit sidelobe. Then in Spanish language at 0535 UT. 13649.969, Voice of Korea from Kujang, in French language, S=8 signal strength logged in remote SDR in eastern Thailand, martial song performance by soldiers chorus, at 0435-0528 UT, program end at 0527:35 UT, then empty carrier till 0531. English language section started later at 0531:15 UT. All outlets from Kujang suffered by MIXTURE WITH THEIR NOISY SCRATCHING AUDIO JAMMING signals, 15179.982 and 15105.004 kHz (Wolfgang Büschel, Wolf's log 0400-0550 UT July 17, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9445even, V of Korea Kujang Chinese program scheduled, carrier only, but no modulation, S=9+25dB at 0446 UT on July 19 Wolf's log on July 19 at 0340-0515 UT noted in remote SDR unit in Hiroshima Japan [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 19, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Slip last week on WOR 1886, about Steve Zimmerman`s bike monitoring of KCBS 11680, I said ``17 kHz`` instead of ``1710`` for the conversion frequency (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH & SOUTH. Bandscan July 14 at 1140-1145 finds some signals on: 2850 JBA carrier; 3910- S4 Korean on lo side; 3930; 3985; 4450; 4885; 5995; 6015; No 4557 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH. 3277 (AM), V28 ("The Parrot"), 1232-1240*, July 16. With Korean numbers; poor, but signal improving (Ron Howard, San Francisco, at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH. Additional two frequencies registered in HFCC Database for clandestine program Voice of Freedom http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/07/additional-2-frequencies-of-voice-of.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, July 12-13, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz., two terrible choices: Two additional freqs of Voice of Freedom, registered in HFCC July 13 0000-2400 on 6055*HWA 010 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean 0000-2400 on 6100#HWA 010 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean * co-ch Radio Nikkei 1 in Japanese 2200-1500, 2x050 kW # co-ch KCBS Pyongyang in Korean 2030-1830UT, 1x250 kW Other frequencies of VOFreedom 5920; 5940; 6020; 6135. Voice of Freedom is on air 03-08; 09-15; 16-20; 21-02. (??????????? ?? Observer ? 11:29 AM via WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DXLD) ** KOREA SOUTH. On July 17: Echo of Hope - VOH, at 1138: 3985 // 5995 // 6250 // 6350, but found 9100 clearly off the air which is rare for them to be silent; leaving frequency clear for faint SOH (Taiwan) reception, which is normally heard far underneath VOH. At the same time, VOH on 4885, as usual, with program "Radio Broadcasting Guide," in Korean and not // to the other frequencies. Voice of Freedom, first day back on former 6135 (ex 5920), at 1144. Both 6135 and ex 5920 both heavily jammed, while former ex 5940 remains a clear frequency. I again wonder why they don't go back to clear 5940? (Ron Howard, San Francisco, at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH [and non]. 5920.010, KOR V of Freedom in Korean language, S=8 in JPN, Korean singer, but slight noise scratching jamming underneath. 0340 UT. 5994.9, KRE wideband jamming 5993-5997 kHz, S=9 in JPN, also 6003 and 6015 kHz, 8 kHz wideband scratching jamming, but 6015even KOR ahead KBS Hanminjok Bangsong, Hwaesong S=9+10dB Korean in JPN 6135, 6250, 6348 kHz KRE 10 kHz wideband jamming (Wolf's log on July 19 at 0340-0515 UT noted in remote SDR unit in Hiroshima Japan [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 19, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH. Maintenance notice of KBS World Radio. The reception condition of broadcasts toward South America will temporarily be affected, due to maintenance work at Kimje Transmission Station. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you in advance for your patience. Period: from July 7, 2017 to November 30, 2017 0100-0300 9580 KIM 250 kW / 081 deg SAm Japanese/English KBS World R. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/07/maintenance-notice-of-kbs-world-radio.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ``Affected`` --- WTH does that mean? Anything from off the air completely, to part of the time, to reduced power, to different azimuth, or part of the time, or even partly substituted by other relay sites? And is that all? Two hours a day for 4+ months? But not any other transmissions, transmitters or antennas involved? If so, why can`t they do the maintenance at some other time when would not be on air anyway? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KURDISTAN [non]. 7350even, FRANCE, Radyoya Denge Kurdistane morning service to all-Kurdistan in Central Asia/Near East, from TDF Issoudun center in central France, S=9+30dB at 0436 UT, Kurdistan forces power singer against Turkey Osman empire struggle. 10.5 kHz wideband audio block visible on screen. Wolf's log 0400-0450 UT July 15 [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KUWAIT. 15540, R Kuwait, English with pop music into English translation of the Kor`an at 1906 with discussion of what the Kor`an requires of us. Personally, I don't take orders from books, but I guess that is just me. ;) 3+54+44, 1855-1915 8/Jul, SPR-4 + randomwire (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Port Hope MI, MARE Tipsheet 14 July via DXLD) AM Radio Kuwait in Urdu AM mode and English DRM mode on July 13 1600-1800 15540 KBD 250 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Urdu AM mode, new on SW 1800&1830 15540 KBD 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu English DRM mode, ex AM videos will be added after few minutes -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, 1823 UT July 13, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Kuwait in Urdu AM mode and English DRM mode July 13: 1600-1800 15540 KBD 250 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Urdu AM mode, new on SW 1800-2100 15540 KBD 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu English DRM mode, ex AM http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/07/radio-kuwait-in-urdu-am-mode-and.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15535-15540-15545, July 13 at 1916, no AM carrier detectable from R. Kuwait in English, just imagination-level traces of slightly higher noise than background circa 15537 & 15543, presumably DRM as just reported by Ivo Ivanov to have switched to that mode, but forever, or experimentally? They sure know how to lose an audience. Even in England, Alan Roe says the DRM is too weak to decode. This applies to the 18-21 English, but Ivo says Urdu on 15540 preceded it in AM mode from 1600 instead of turning on a few minutes before 1800. What next? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Has anyone decoded the new Radio Kuwait DRM transmission to confirm that it is in English and of good quality? (Richard Langley, NB, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Richard, I tried to decode the R Kuwait DRM transmission this evening - however the signal was too weak so the decoding was unsuccessful (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK 2133 UT July 13, ibid.) Strong signal of R Kuwait in English in DRM on 15540 this evening 14 July at 1855 UT tune-in (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Kuwait DRM - very good tonight! Hi All,Whatever the problem was with Kuwait's DRM broadcast yesterday seems to have been fixed, the signal has been very good since 1800 UT this evening, and the audio sounds very good as well. There was an announcement on a little while ago asking for reports (not specifically for DRM though), but I'm sure they'll be glad to hear that the signal is working well now. Mostly pop music, but with the odd short religious piece and public service announcement, and from the frequencies given, this is the same programme that is going out on AM and on 963 kHz MW as well. It will be interesting to see if it holds up till 2100 tonight. ID is showing as 'DRM Service A', and mode as AAC+ P-Stereo 17.0 kbps. [later at 2058:] 15540.0 kHz same as the AM signal used. Still going strong yet, but will be off in a couple of minutes. Try 1800-2100 UT again tomorrow (Alan Gale, UK, July 14, ibid. WORLD OF RADIO 1887) Thanks! I ascertained that. Not propagating to the west coast, nor Alberta SDR remotes, but excellent all over Europe. 73, (Walt Salmaniw, BC, ibid.) In DRM mode at 1835 UT July 14, 10 kHz wideband, S=9+25dB signal in England, but I've all these Dream software and Fraunhofer decoding deleted off the PC; had used decoding since 2001/2002 year, but all this is rather nonsense on especially handheld units, as HIGH power consumption and difficult for non-technician person to handle that receiving mode and decode procedure under different propagation condition. 73 df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Reception of R. Kuwait in Urdu AM and English DRM, July 16 1600-1800 15540 KBD 250 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Urdu AM mode, fair/good 1800-2100 15540 KBD 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu English DRM mode http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/07/reception-of-radio-kuwait-in-urdu-am.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15515, R. Kuwait (Presumed), Jul 17, 0535-0605, 25322-25222, Arabic, Arabic music and talk. 15515, R. Kuwait, Jul 18, 0555-0614, 35333-35232, Arabic, Arabic music and news and talk, ID at 0602 (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX IC-R75, ANT 130m Sloper Wire, WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DX LISTENING DIGEST) HFCC: 15515 1234567 260317 291017 D 14750 Ara KWT RKW MOI 4111 MOI 0500 0900 43,45 KBD 250 59 0 216 (WORLD OF RADIO 1887) KUWAIT 15515 Radio Kuwait Arabic service, YES, poor signal in Hiroshima Japan remote unit heard at 0550 UT, full powerful on remote Doha Qatar SDR installation, and also checked local \\ Kuwait MW 540 and 1134 kHz, same program \\ both powerhouse. RADIOPLAY read by female voice from 0600 to 0620 UT. S=9+15dB in Rimini - Ancona SDR in Italy. S=9+15dB in Moscow Russia SDR. S=9+5dB in Delhi, India. S=7 in Brisbane Queensland, Australia. S=5 poor tiny signal in Hiroshima and Tokyo Japan. S=7 in southern Germany, side-/back-lobe. S=5-6 in central Belgium, western Europe. S=3 in Liverpool England. Ciraf 43/45 Iran, China, Taiwan, Koreas, Japan 59 degree azimuth. HFCC A-17 registration 5960 0200 0900 39,40 KBD 250 0 0 935 Ara KWT RKW MOI 6050 1600 2100 39,40 KBD 250 0 0 935 Ara KWT RKW MOI 7250 0800 1000 39,40 KBD 250 0 0 935 Fas KWT RKW MOI 9750 1100 1600 37,38 KBD 250 286 0 210 Ara KWT RKW MOI 11630 0930 1600 52,47-48 KBD 250 230 12 207 Ara KWT RKW MOI 13650 1700 2000 6,7,8 KBD 250 350 0 216 Ara KWT RKW MOI 15515 0500 0900 43,45 KBD 250 59 0 216 Ara KWT RKW MOI 15540 1600 1800 41 KBD 250 100 -10 217 Urd KWT RKW MOI 15540 1800 2100 27,28 KBD 250 310 9 211 Eng KWT RKW MOI 17550 2000 2400 6,7 KBD 250 350 0 216 Ara KWT RKW MOI 21540 0945 1730 27,28 KBD 250 310 9 211 Ara KWT RKW MOI 21580 1000 1200 50 KBD 250 84 0 216 Fil KWT RKW MOI 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DXLD) Maybe the 17-20 on 13650 and 20-24 on 17550 Arabic to *western* North America will also be resuming? (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DX LISTENING DIGEST) DRM mode in Arabic on 13650 at 1700 July 20 (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) Very weak signal here in Sofia on 15515 at 0720, July 19 (Ivo Ivanov, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ITU type #935, crossed dipole antenna like non directional pattern around Iran / Kuwait: 7250 0800-1000 39,40 KBD 250 0 0 935 Fas KWT RKW MOI 7250 kHz Radio Kuwait in Persian heard on check at remote SDR in Doha Qatar, at 0905 UT on July 19. S=9+35dB powerful signal, wideband 19.8 kHz audio block signal visible on Perseus software screen. Station ID read by female voice at 09.09 UT. 73 wb df5sx 7250, R Kuwait in Persian, with final Kuwaiti National Anthem play heard at 0959:20 UT, switched into 1000 UT Filipino language audio feed, R Kuwait station announcement till 1000:36 sudden TX OFF. But Filipino sce n o t on air on 21580 in 13mb. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Kuwait (Urdu Service), again on Shortwave, 19.07.2017, 1600-1800 UT, Frequency: 15540, SIO: 544, Remarks: Good Signal (Abid Hussain Sajid, Pakistani DXer, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MADAGASCAR. 11610, World Christian Radio at 2134 in Mandarin with an English language lesson talking about “A pick pocket stole $50 from me” among other phrases - Very Good Jul 17. 11790, World Christian Radio (KNLS) at 2158 in Mandarin with IS and opening music at 2200 with a man with ID and then a Lionel Ritchie song – Very Good Jul 17 Coady-ON – Another mistake as this was supposed to be the Egyptian Arabic hour. It has happened before (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles or 40/80 meter NVIS antenna, ODXA yg via DXLD) ** MEXICO. July 14 at 1110 UT, I happen to awaken, and instead of immediately turning over for another two hours, I turn on and tune in for some long-missed sunrise skip (SRS) from México, since my sunrise is not until 1125 today. As for SR in various Mexican cities, incredibly, http://www.gaisma.com/en/dir/mx-country.html includes a number of locations one has never heard of, but omits decent-sized cities like Los Mochis, Ciudad Cuauhtémoc (and not even Chihuahua capital!); but safe to assume their SRs are considerably later than mine. Good conditions, with only an occasional lightning crash, not nearby. First a quick bandscan from the bottom finds SS probable XEs on: 540, 560, 610, 640, 650, 660, 690 (two, despite KGGF), 720, 780 (under Pete 94-3, Stillwater), 790, 800 (vs KQCV), 1030, at least. Specifically: 710, July 14 at 1112, Low German preacher about Jesus, a dead giveaway for XEDP as logged with him many times before. Now it`s on-frequency with no het, while I had noticed the 710-minus het in bedtime bandscan circa 0600 UT. By 1125 recheck he`s done, over to a YL DJ in Spanish, plus ``La Ranchera de Cuauhtémoc`` jingle. This one is listed as only 100 watts at night; yeah, sure. As previously researched, they switch between two different transmitter sites, one of which is significantly off-frequency. [WORLD OF RADIO 1887] 650, July 14 at 1117, Los Mochis ad at tuneby, so XETNT as expected. 790, July 14 at 1119, Spanish news about Nuevo León. One thing for sure, there is no 790 XE in NL, but in a bunch of other states. 770, July 14 at 1126, ``Sinaloense`` state song, 1127 ID for ``Grupo Chávez Radio, su radiodifusora local, la voz de esperanza``; 1128 TC for 5:29; ``Los Cuarenta``, rock music. This is XEREV also in Los Mochis. The ``40`` brand has dropped ``Principales``, which was really a cumbersome translation for ``Top``. We should not assume that La Voz de Esperanza is a real station name now altho they did utter that (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 660, XECPR, Radio Chan Santa Cruz, Felipe Carillo Puerto, Quintana Roo. 1020 July 16, 2017. Choral anthem in progress at tune- in, male quick time check, into amateur-ish choral rendition of the Quintana Roo state anthem that seemingly would never end, followed by male and female inspirational vocal, then female "... XECPR... Somos Radio Chan Santa Cruz..." and frequency, power, into Mexi-tunes through 1038 tune-out. Approaching local level signal until 1030. This is the slightly variable Sunday-only early sign-on for this otherwise daytime station, the best shot at a log for East Coast USA listeners. 730, XEX, W Deportes, México, DF. 1042 July 16, 2017. "Stand By Me" by Oasis, female canned "W Deportes" into "Bitter Sweet Symphony" by The Verve, "Free Fallin"" by Tom Petty, "Close To Me" by The Cure, into highly truncated national anthem at 1100. 1140, XEMR Radio Esperanza, Monterrey, Nuevo León. 1041 July 15, 2017. Spanish male preacher, national anthem from 1101, ID, into Spanish gospel vocals. (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, NRD-535, IC-R75, longwires, active loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. COMENZARÁ A TRANSMITIR UNA NUEVA EMISORA DE ONDA MEDIA EN SAN LUIS POTOSÍ --- 16/07/2017 El corporativo Escápate al Paraíso SA de CV ganó la licitación para operar una nueva frecuencia radiofónica de 710 kilohertz en San Luis Potosí. La empresa obtuvo el fallo ganador luego de presentar una oferta económica por 14 millones de pesos. Imagen relacionada [capción] Así lo informó a Exprés el área de Comunicación Social del Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones (IFT). Para el proceso de licitación que finalizó el pasado 30 de mayo también se incluyó una frecuencia de radio AM de 880 kilohertz en el municipio de Rioverde, misma que fue declarada desierta pues no hubo ninguna oferta para operar dicha señal. . . https://gruporadioescuchaargentino.wordpress.com/2017/07/16/comenzara-a-transmitir-una-nueva-emisora-de-onda-media-en-san-luis-potosi/ (from http://www.elexpres.com via GRA blog via DXLD) ** MEXICO. RAYMIE`s MEXICO BEAT this week --- Radiorama format changes are still bubbling up under the surface. The first is that one of the two Radiorama clusters (I believe this one is from the Pereda Gómez family) in Mexicali is now in the hands of an RR partner: Grupo Larsa Comunicaciones, which in 2017 is showing an appetite to bust out of its home state. Only one station changed formats, XHMUG, picking up the trademark Toño adult hits format of Larsa. (Fun fact: both names come from the same place. Larsa gets its name from the initials of president Luis Antonio Ramos Méndez. He's often known as, you guessed it, Toño.) Last edited by Raymie; 07-13-2017 at 06:19 PM (Raymie Humbert, Phœnix AZ, July 13, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) Just 16 bidders will be in the running for the stations of IFT-6 [DTV] http://www.ift.org.mx/comunicacion-y-medios/comunicados-ift/es/se-expiden-constancias-de-participacion-16-interesados-en-la-licitacion-ift-6-television And they're seeking stations in just 36 coverage areas in 22 states. The IFT also approved a plan to reorganize television spectrum below 608 MHz, including some bands used for land mobile services which will be relocated. Bidding for IFT-6 begins August 14. Additionally, there was not so great news for Calvillo, Aguascalientes. Transmisiones Mik, the second-place bidder for the Calvillo, Ags. station after Tecnoradio dropped, decided not to move forward and has been disqualified from IFT-4 (Raymie, July 13, ibid.) MEXICO BEAT EXCLUSIVE: UAM Radio on the Move In the two years I've been writing in this massive thread, I've had scoops from reading IFT data. But I've never had an interview. On Sunday, the IFT announced the changes coming to UAM Radio: one transmitter instead of five with an ERP of 3 kW from the Cuajimalpa site. I sent some questions to the chief engineer of UAM Radio, Ing. Octavio Francisco Rodríguez, asking about some of the reasoning behind the changes. A translated version of the responses is below. The original Spanish is also available. http://raymie.xyz/files/uamentrevista.pdf I've added a few notes. 1. Where did the idea come from to dismantle the single-frequency network thas has been operating since 2011 and replace it with just one transmitter? The University Radio Production Program, UAM Radio 94.1 FM, presented two applications prior to the one that was approved, one to Cofetel and the other to the IFT, which were denied for technical reasons. These requests entailed an ERP of 6 kW for XHUAMC-FM without turning off the other stations in the SFN. In 2016, the IFT, through the Radioelectric Spectrum Unit, accepted an invitation to a meeting with Claudia Meléndez Estrada, managing subdirector of UAM Radio, and with Ing. Ignacio Espinoza Abonza, the technician responsible for UAM Radio and registered Telecommunications Peer with specialization in broadcasting (1), to explain the importance and the necessity of expanding coverage of the University Radio Production Program, UAM Radio 94.1 FM. In the meeting, the IFT proposed the possibility of accepting the ERP increase for XHUAMC-FM to 3,000 watts, as long as a directional antenna was used to aim the signal at Mexico City, and the other transmitters in the single-frequency network were removed, arguing that the power increase would cause undesirable interference to the SFN. Since we would be going to just one transmitter, we asked for the callsign XHUAM-FM. (1) In Mexico, all engineering applications must be prepared/approved by certified Telecommunications Peers, which have registration numbers (Abonza's is 201). Peers may also have specializations, for instance the broadcasting specialization mentioned. These are mentioned in every Cofetel and IFT approval I've ever seen. For larger companies (Televisa, TV Azteca and Imagen, for instance), these peers are often employees. 2. Why was the Unidad Cuajimalpa chosen to house the new station? It helps to mention that when the permits were issued in 2010, the coordinates corresponded to the academic units: Azcapotzalco, Iztapalapa, Xochimilco y Rectoría General [Rectory Building]. These facilities have not moved. In the case of the Unidad Cuajimalpa, this unit moved in 2013. The transmitter remains at Av. Constituyentes 1054 (2), which was one of the four buildings that housed this campus. This facility has been XHUAMC-FM since the beginning, since at the time it was one of the buildings that housed the Unit. Currently, the Unit operates from another facility. This location was chosen because of geographic conditions, as height plays an important role in FM broadcasting. FM broadcasting is tropospheric in nature. Because of this, and because XHUAMC had the highest altitude of the other sites, it was the ideal to location to broadcast to Mexico City. As such, we are not talking about a new station. The station remains at Av. Constituyentes 1054. (2) If the address looks familiar to you, Grupo Radio Centro is Av. Constituyentes 1154. The hilly west side of Mexico City is also home to a station that may serve as a technical comparison: XHUIA-FM 90.9. 3. At what ERP will XHUAM-FM broadcast? We're awaiting the official receipt of the document that will certify the changed technical parameters, power increase and the conditions that must be met. The filing we made to the IFT proposes an ERP of 3,000 watts, the maximum permitted for a Class A station as prescribed in Technical Disposition IFT-002-2016. (3) This was the proposal that the IFT's Commissioners approved on July 5. (3) While Class A stations in the US can now go up to 6,000 watts, in Mexico, stations with that ERP are in a separate "AA" class. 4. With the new station, are you considering using IBOC (HD Radio) technology, which is already being used on commercial stations in Mexico City as well as Ibero 90.9? The application that was filed with and approved by the IFT only considers analog broadcast. We hope to later join our fellow concessionaires in providing HD Radio service. ——— My thanks to Ing. Francisco Rodríguez for giving me this interview and for shedding some light on how this project evolved from the initial proposals to go to 6 kW. I imagine these were rejected because of the 400 kHz station spacing. IFT-002-2016 certainly made the 3 kW increase possible (Raymie, July 14, ibid.) Raymie, thanks for sharing the interview on UAM Radio. ___ About El Politécnico en Radio, the agreement is reached through which the creation and operation of the XHUPC-FM 95.7 MHz broadcasting station of the National Polytechnic Institute is formalized. http://www.ipn.mx/DG/Documents/CONSEJO-2017/7ma-SO-ODP-7.pdf (RadarDX, DF, July 14, ibid.) Hrmm, that is an interesting document right there. They've also desired a power increase and a callsign change to XHIPN-FM. But I don't think they can get 10 kW sandwiched between XHSH and XEUN. They may want to apply for 3 kW. Let's Move We don't know the identities of these stations yet, but Mexico is getting 41 new FM stations: second-round migrants. http://www.ift.org.mx/comunicacion-y-medios/comunicados-ift/es/el-ift-autoriza-41-cambios-de-frecuencias-de-am-fm-diversas-estaciones-de-radio-aso-colo-la-prorroga Second-round migrants will be operating in Guanajuato, Jalisco, the State of Mexico, Puebla, Baja California, Chihuahua, Nuevo León, Sonora, Tamaulipas and Mexico City. In eight cases, there will need to be a drawing to determine which of two equally qualified applicants gets to migrate. Six frequencies in Sonora and Tamaulipas were not assigned — they may be added to future auctions. Remember that second-round migrants are required to broadcast in HD Radio. In other IFT action, XHACA, XHCMR and XHDD will be carrying out power increases. http://www.ift.org.mx/comunicacion-y-medios/comunicados-ift/es/el-ift-inicia-dos-consultas-publicas-una-sobre-la-disposicion-tecnica-ift-011-2017-y-otra-sobre-las We'll probably be waiting a while to learn more about these. (Raymie, July 16, ibid.) The IFT's on Break. No business happened today at Insurgentes Sur, or indeed no business will happen at the IFT for two weeks. That's because the agency today ushered in its annual two-week summer break. It's a good time to reset and look at the events of the year and the developments we can look forward to from now through December. IFT-4 IFT-4 is almost over. Aside from some deadlines for second-place bidders to pay, their concession awards, the formal declaration and the external audit, we can close the books on IFT-4 as an auction. At some point, I anticipate that we will get information on the callsigns of the new stations (see below, actually), and further down the line, technical information. However, this may be hard to come by early on. Information on studios and transmitter facilities may come at first from station IDs. Many stations should be on air by the end of the year. The presence of new stations, especially in regions of the country friendly to Es and tropo DX and with stations in classes as high as B1, should lead to a variety of new logs for DXers. The return of a number of AM frequencies may satisfy DXers who haven't had new commercial AMs to log from Mexico in a very long time, though programming may not be that exciting. —— We have callsigns for 14 stations now as a result of mostly RPC additions. FM callsigns begin with P (why, I have no clue) and three letters denoting the community. Examples: XHPGYM 93.3 (Sonora Emedios in Guaymas), XHPCTN 88.3 (Multimedios Radio dba Radio Informativa in Compostela, Nay.), XHPCIE 90.5 (Radio Zócalo in Cuatro Ciénegas, Coah.). This latter callsign was announced publicly by Zócalo themselves. AM callsigns integrate the concessionaire's name and the location. We know of two. Radio Operadora Pegasso will be putting on air 1030 kHz in Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco, as XEROPJ. XEFRTM 770 in FResnillo, Zacatecas, belongs to Transmisiones Mik. IFT-6 IFT-6, while set to deliver far less than a national network (the 36 stations in 22 coverage areas cover about 60% of the country), will be bid out next month. We will learn the identities of the 16 bidders at that time. Here's a list of the folio numbers and the number of stations each bidder has sought: A1-431222 2 AF-223042 1 C9-504525 2 I0-220022 1 M9-531341 7 P0-340204 3 Q0-250031 1 R1-103343 1 R1-151504 3 R5-415113 1 R9-502524 2 T0-551252 5 T1-013032 1 T1-510541 13 T9-012555 1 TG-550512 1 The bidders AF and TG are people with initials FA and GT, respectively, if the pattern from IFT-4 holds. The others are companies. Half of the bidders are seeking just one station, while only two bidders seek six or more. Second-Wave Migration This past week's announcement of second-wave migrants being authorized begins the ticking clock for what will be remembered more as the most important HD Radio expansion in Mexican history than a cleanup from migration. We don't know eight of these yet, because there are tied applicants that must be separated by drawing. New Public and Social Stations There has been an unusual dearth of new noncommercial assignments in the last few months, probably because of demands related to IFT-4, IFT-6 and second-wave migration. We should see activity pick back up to usual levels in the second half of the year (Raymie, July 18, ibid.) The fact that concessions and callsigns have been trickling in is giving us a chance to review ownership ties. The biggest story so far concerns two bidders, Radio Operadora Pegasso and Transmisiones Mik, which each acquired AM stations (Lagos de Moreno and Fresnillo, respectively). The two stations have different legal addresses, but they share something in common: Avenida Aguascalientes Norte 711 in Aguascalientes https://www.google.com/maps/@21.9154165,-102.2948136,3a,75y,159.63h,89.24t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sntbzvR3gQcgAejhzA4mxww!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 and Carretera Panamericana Salida Norte s/n, Colonia Industrial, Fresnillo, Zacatecas. https://www.google.com/maps/@23.1897312,-102.8831133,3a,75y,203.27h,100.33t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sG0vEBHSL9kw1LqlCFPFsXA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Both of these locations are home to car dealerships. And not just any car dealership. Torres Corzo Nissan. At first, I thought the Torres might be tied to Torres Corporativo Radio, which ultimately decided not to go through with its pursuit to reclaim 610 AM Fresnillo. Instead, I learned that Torres Corzo has an automotive presence in other states. And that there's a senator for San Luis Potosí named: Teófilo Torres Corzo. http://sil.gobernacion.gob.mx/Librerias/pp_PerfilLegislador.php?SID=&Referencia=9219145 His SIL profile includes mentions of sitting on the board of directors of a bunch of companies, including some newspapers. While I attempted to figure out what was going on, this article provided the lead. http://pulsoslp.com.mx/2013/08/12/entrevista-el-senor-fm-una-charla-con-don-elias-navarro-martinez/ It's from SLP as well, an interview republished on the occasion of the death of Elías Navarro Martínez, who was one of FM's biggest promoters there — he started XHOD and XHPM. It mentions that he combined his stations with those of Carlos Torres Corzo (there's our name again) to form...GlobalMedia. So will this be GlobalMedia's expansion outside of San Luis...on AM stations, no less, having avoided the Calvillo FM? It sure makes you wonder (Raymie, July 18, ibid.) I can't find this information for anywhere other than Puebla, but we know the identities of the five AM-FM migrants in Puebla. I predicted the migrants in January: Radiorama's XEZAR 920 and ABC Radio's XEEG 1280 are shoe-ins as neither owns FMs in Puebla. XEPA is sort of independent and could also migrate. Simply because of the amount of available stations, Grupo Oro, Grupo ACIR and maybe Cincoradio are likely to get one FM each. Indeed, XEZAR, XEEG and XEPA are among the migrants, and Grupo Oro (not Cincoradio, whoops) got on the board with XECD. I whiffed on #5 because I forgot about Tribuna Comunicación, the franchisee for MVS in Puebla with one FM already. Its 1250 AM XEZT was given the green light. As such Puebla will have these new stations: XEPA 89.7 XEEG 92.1 XECD 92.9 XEZT 95.5 XEZAR 96.1 Callsigns are not available, but XHPA and XHCD are already in use for other radio stations and will not be assigned. XHEG, XHZT and XHZAR are available, in the case of the latter reviving a callsign that was used for a former Nuevo León state network FM. Last edited by Raymie; 07-19-2017 at 11:18 PM. Reason: correct owner of XECD (Raymie, July 19, ibid.) Yarrrr! Another pirate has attracted attention, this time on 102.1 in Saltillo. "La Estación de la Raza" doesn't have a concession, so the CIRT and state deputy Melchor Sánchez de la Fuente (more on him in a minute) want it shut down by the IFT. http://www.zocalo.com.mx/seccion/articulo/exigen-bajar-estacion-pirata The deputy says this pirate is causing interference to Saltillo's licensed radio stations. https://elheraldodesaltillo.mx/2017/07/18/opera-en-saltillo-radiodifusora-pirata/ Sánchez knows more than something about radio. He's the son of Radio Medios de Coahuila (Monclova) founder Melchor Sánchez Dovalina, who put XHMS, the state's first FM, on the air in 1966. More recently, he's been a state and federal deputy and is a member of the PRI (Raymie, July 20, ibid.) This has been the most un-break-like break ever. Not only are all the IFT-4 concessions dribbling in (providing callsigns, ownership mysteries and little else), but there's community radio activity! En Neza Radio, which has been operating for the last 14 years in Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico, finally got its social community concession. It will operate as Voces Urbanas, A.C., and broadcast as 97.3 XHNEZ-FM. https://www.facebook.com/AsociacionMundialRadiosComunitarias/posts/1017339081701995 We missed this for the same reason I missed XHMRT-FM Tampico: the concession was obtained by a juicio de amparo against a previous unfavorable ruling by the IFT. The station will not have a high ERP (it's under 40 km away from Amecameca, also with a social community 97.3), but the fight has finally ended for this station (Raymie, July 21, ibid.) ** MOROCCO. 171 kHz, Médi 1, 0120 weak; 0223 to 0225 music, weak signal 15 July (Bob Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, Florida, 746Pro - Drake R8, NRD 525, 60 meter dipole and noise reducing antenna, 90 meter dipole, NASWA yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DXLD) Turned off the last SW transmitter in Morocco, but can be heard on LW! Listed as 1600 kW, 32 x the max MW in USA of 50 kW (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MYANMAR. 5985, Myanmar Radio, at 1205, on July 19. Special coverage of Myanmar vs Singapore soccer match; in vernacular; usual background sounds for such an event (crowd cheering, loudspeaker, etc.); preempted regular programming; at half-time break, played indigenous music till resuming coverage again (Ron Howard, San Francisco, at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEWFOUNDLAND [and non]. 2598-USB, Canada, VCP-4, Placentia, Newfoundland, 0047 to 0050, weather. 50 knots, good signal, 15 July 2749-USB, VCO, Sydney, Nova Scotia 0050 robot like voice, 0051 second voice, good signal 15 July (Bob Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, Florida, 746Pro - Drake R8, NRD 525, 60 meter dipole and noise reducing antenna, 90 meter dipole, NASWA yg via DXLD) ** NEWFOUNDLAND. Re: CKZN: Still Off the Air and Still Wanting Comments --- I got the same message: Good morning Mr Hosmer, Thanks for your comments on the CKZN shortwave service. CBC is currently undertaking an evaluation of the sustainability of this shortwave service and your comments will certainly be considered in the analysis. Regards Larry Wartman Regional Supervisor,Transmission Operations Atlantic Canada CBC/Radio Canada 902.445.6040 office 902.229.5595 cell www.cbctransmission.ca (via Don Hosmer, MI, July 14, dxldyg via DXLD) Greetings, Glen[n]: Thanks for the update on the status of CKZN. The following is a copy of my e mail to Larry Wartman at CBC. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 12:35 AM Subject: CKZN To: larry.wartman@cbc.ca Dear Mr. Wartman: For the past few weeks I have been thinking that CKZN was off the air due to technical problems. Now I've heard a report that CBC has just been playing games to see if anyone is really listening. Well, we are. My job involves a considerable amount of travel, much of it into the U.S. When I travel I always pack an AM/FM/SW portable radio for my hotel room. Since the CBC Radio 1 network has mostly migrated to the FM band it isn't possible to receive it any more than a few miles from the border. But I am usually able to catch CKZN at night. See if you can convince your bosses at CBC to quit playing games and turn it back on. Please don't suggest that I listen to CBC online. I don't listen to radio online. Internet streaming is no more like real radio than intravenous feeding is like fine dining. Shutting down CKZN is just a bad idea. Tell them. Doug Brown 166 Dawn Dr. London ON N5W 4W7 (via WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DXLD) Doug later got the same form reply as others (gh, DXLD) Re: CKZN: Still Off the Air and Still Wanting Comments And this today from CBC Audience Services: "The CKZN shortwave service from St. John's is currently off the air while its future is under evaluation by CBC Radio. "There is no timeline for a decision at this time." (-- Richard Langley, UT July 19, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DXLD) ** NEW ZEALAND. 7425, July 19 at 1035, RNZI with interesting interview about social awkwardness, guest with a North American accent; evidently part of an evening magazine show, on to another topic at 1046; sufficiently good reception, as before the switch to NNW antenna at 1059 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 7585, July 15 at 0242 and 0324, still no sign of anti-Christ, Station YHWH here nor on any frequency scanning the 7 MHz band and also checking his previous 5790/5792 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Since I first recently noticed him back on air on 11/24/16 he has been on 102 days according to my logs and not since 6/30/17 (Rich near Chicago Ray, July 15, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Thanks, Rich. Wow, you keep detailed notes! Anyone live near him in CA, if that's still his QTH in the desert? Would be nice to pay him a visit and see what the issue is! 73 (Walt Salmaniw, BC, ibid.) A report some time ago said he had moved, perhaps even out of CA (gh) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6940-USB, July 15 at 0244, really wild pirate music, with beeps, SFX, voices, techno/electronica, overmodulation, noises, S9+10; 0251.5 cuts off the air and on and off again until 0253.5, back on (same station?) with soft soul music, never any announcements, 0302.5-0304.5 SSTV ending with K in CW, but does not go off immediately, rather electronic music until stops at 0309.5 and does not return by 0316.5 when I quit. These matching logs https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,36105.0.html say it was Pee Wee, IDing some of the music, and the station ID evidently came only from the cartoon SSTV image (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6950-USB, UT Sunday July 16 at 0048, S9+5 with jazz piano and ``Rock me all night long``, so I bet the keyword tonight is ``night``. 0050 & 0058 Wolverine Radio IDs. Loads of logs here https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,36122.0.html from *0027 to 0155* confirm that, with extensive playlists, tnx to some app. Another night song at 0119 and still going at 0133. As always, competes with lots of other SW musical programming on Saturday night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6924.97-AM, July 16 at 0120, S8 signal with undermodulated music, very poor. 0131 better, enough to tell the beat is heavy. No HFU reports at this time, but some had earlier on the lo side of 6925 guessing Liquid Radio; and after 0230 was Hot Legs/Licks Radio on 6924.75-AM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. Broad Spectrum Radio - back on medium wave, soon to be on Shortwave as well Hi Glenn, I wanted to let you know that Broad Spectrum Radio is resuming weekly shows on KTLR 890 am in Central Oklahoma (and I believe out as far as Enid), and on their FM translator 103.7 FM. The programs will air on Fridays, 11-11:15 am Central time (1600 UT this time of year). The first new episode is at: http://broadspectrumradio.com/2017/07/14/bsr-oklahoma-magazine-show-from-broadspectrumradio-com-july-14-2017/ Plans are also in the works to resume shortwave broadcasts, probably an hour long program, starting in August. The hour long program will air some of the segments from the weekly local show, but also some unique content and possibly some short experimental digital mode broadcasts. 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My PGP Public Key block can be found at http://www.jmbranum.com/contact.htm UT July 14, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 890, Friday July 14 at 1600-1614 UT, KTLR OKC with reactivated `Broad Spectrum Radio`. Easily heard here in daytime coverage area, but not on alleged FM // 103.7, which is really K279CR: how can that exist with 100 kW rimshotter from Anadarko KVSP on 103.5? James Branum of BSR notified us yesterday he was resuming produxion starting with this weekly quarter-hour on KTLR, so I make a point of listening, altho he has already posted his rough script at http://broadspectrumradio.com/2017/07/14/bsr-oklahoma-magazine-show-from-broadspectrumradio-com-july-14-2017/ whence it may also be downloaded. Notable excerpt: ``The new vision of the BSR project will revolve around 4 principles: Solidarity, Socialism, Spirituality and Science. Let me explain a bit more about each of these 4 S’s… First, by Solidarity, I mean the idea that this is not a neutral media outlet. BSR does take sides, and we seek to be on the side of the oppressed, the marginalized and the forgotten, both locally and around the world. Second, by Socialism, I mean the idea that I first heard expressed by the National Lawyers Guild, that human rights should have primacy over property rights, and hence our economic structures should exist to serve human needs and not human greed. I also should say for those who are scared of this particularly "S- Word," that my kind of Socialism is grassroots, democratic, and to the extent possible, nonviolent in nature. Third, by Spirituality, I mean the idea of "a sense of connection to something bigger than ourselves" and the "search for meaning in life." Spirituality does include religion, but it includes more including the arts, music, literature, as well as some of the secular forms of spiritual practice, such as non religious meditation. And finally, by Science, I mean the quest for knowledge by way of the scientific method, but I also more specifically seek to explore the citizen scientist concept, the hobbyists and other individual experimenters who work independently and/or collaboratively in discovery. And because of my own interests, I will especially look at science through the eyes of the DIY/maker culture, particularly in the areas of ham radio, shortwave radio listening and related hobbies.`` He plans to resume SW with a monthly one-hour show by end of July. No details yet but previously employed WBCQ, WINB, and two mini-stations in Germany and Australia. Welcome back, James; I endorse your worldview and urge to provide such programming to counter all the crap, especially on US SW. And also on KTLR! Earlier at 1134 UT they had a talkshow with Angie & Malcolm, americaoutloud.com making fun of Al Gore and his ``brand`` of Global Warming. You`ll be sorry! (Or your grandkids will curse you) (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re my log of KTLR 890 with Broad Spectrum Radio, James Branum replies: ``First, I wanted to say thanks, Glenn for mentioning the relaunching of Broad Spectrum Radio on MW and FM in Oklahoma. Second, for everyone DXLD, I thought I would share a few bits of additional information that might be of interest... K279CR is the FM translator for KTLR. Reception covers a pretty narrow swath of territory (from West to East) but a longer bit of territory from North to South in the OKC metro area. A predicted coverage map is at https://radio-locator.com/ cgi-bin/patg?id=K279CR-FX and I have successfully received the FM translator throughout the North OKC-Edmond area, but it was a bit scratchy. The mediumwave/AM station of KTLR has much better range, which according to https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/patg?id=KTLR-AM&h=D shows it reaching as far as parts of Kansas and Texas. As to the QRM issues, it looks like there was a bit of kerfluffle between KVSP and KTLR when KTLR first moved the K279CR translator to the OKC metro area, but it looks like KTLR prevailed. Here's a blog post that discusses the story in more detail: https://okcradio.wordpress.com/2016/03/29/perry-tyler-square-off-over-103-7-translator/ Thankfully for me, KTLR didn't increase the price when they added the FM translator, so it's just a nice added bonus. James Branum, BroadSpectrumRadio.com`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) viz: Perry, Tyler Square Off Over 103.7 Translator March 29, 2016 okcradionet OKC Radio News, Radio WarsFCC, KVSP, Perry Broadcasting, Translator, Tyler Media KVSP-1037-translator map Tyler Media provided this map to the FCC of their new translator’s coverage area compared to KVSP. Perry Broadcasting, owners of 103.5 KVSP (Power 103.5) are at odds with Tyler Media over Tyler’s move-in translator (Yes, another one!) at 103.7 FM. The “Kings of OKC Radio’s Great Translation Invasion” plan to move the newly-christened K279CR from being licensed to Coweta (where it was at 107.5) to Oklahoma City. At 103.7, that puts it right next door to KVSP and they’re not happy about it. Translators can not interfere with full-power FM stations. However, it appears K279CR doesn’t encroach on KVSP’s 60 dBu contour. That is normally the standard when it comes to a station’s “protected contour.” Perry halfheartedly admits that Tyler’s translator doesn’t overlap with their protected contour, but takes the argument a step further saying that the new signal should not “overlap a populated area already receiving a regularly used off-the-air signal of any authorized co-channel, first, second or third adjacent channel broadcast station . . .” Perry cites FCC regulations in their filing. Tyler, on the other hand, says Perry’s technical “is erroneous.” They also question the handful of listeners that complained about the interference, saying the affidavits were turned in late in the game, making it unfair. They also point out how far each KVSP listener lives from the 103.5 transmitter site, implying that the signal would be weak in homes and buildings where they live. Tyler also requests that the commission “not grant KVSP the unique privilege of a protected contour of 48 dBu while all other similar stations have a 60dBu protected contour.” It’s not surprising that KVSP doesn’t want a neighbor which could give it interference issues in northeast Oklahoma City. That part of town is important to Perry and KVSP’s urban format. However, whether that’s actually KVSP territory is up for debate. KVSP’s weakness has always been being so far out from Oklahoma City proper and being on the wrong side of town, covering listeners who might not be in tune with their format. Tyler, in essence, is saying “This isn’t your territory.” They’re probably right. (via DXLD) ** OKLAHOMA. 92.1 FM, July 13 at 1914 UT and July 14 at 0054 UT chex, KAMG-LP is still on with dead air. Greg Hardison, CA, replies to my previous report: ``Glenn: -- Just for the helluvit, I looked at the QTH on Google Street View. An image-capture dated June 2014 shows a black mailbox, with the number "627", displayed next-door (East side) to your 625. This is across the road from a similar one-story house, with what looks like a utility structure-a glorified tool shed, or possibly metal of some sort immediately SW of the main house. Could be the great 92.1 Sanctuary??`` (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 95.7, July 15 at 0329 UT tune-in, I finally get around to checking KXLS Lahoma/Enid, which had been promoting a drastic format change from July 14, and immediately hear their new ID, ``Your music, your station, The New My 95-7``. And the previous website http://95.7kxls.com now converts to http://my957kxls.com/ where you can read all about it, ``the best variety from the 80s to now``. I guess they figured would make better ratings/money by focusing on that demographic. `My` branding is spreading both on radio and TV, even tho for sure it is merely some satellite network feed replacing another one (I just logged the MY in Hutchinson on 93.1; I wonder if the music will now match?). Much of the website promotes its other station 107.1 KNID, but also tries to get new KXLS members (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OMAN. 12015, July 13 at 0054, Qur`an at S1-S4, something I have not noticed before. HFCC shows only thing at 22-02 is RSO, 100 kW at 220 degrees. Aoki agrees except 315 degrees, which is more likely as that would be aimed USward. RSO makes lots of wooden registrations, with only one transmitter, could also be on 9500 or 9650 at this hour. Not to mention 15140, left on the air far beyond 2200 as sometimes happens. Could be a convergence of luck: solar flux unexpectedly bumped up to a hefty 90 yesterday, and axually transmitting on this frequency! But not much else trans-Atlantically on 25m (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAKISTAN. 15700 kHz R Pakistan Islamabad, Urdu service 0500-0548 UT, July 17 --- For the first time since a lot of months back, I heard Radio Pakistan from Islamabad again this morning. The signal was weak and tiny and also heavy NOISY quality, like Taiwanese SOH Sound of Hope audio level on 13680.186, 15070.203 or 15339.853 kHz at same time slot. 15700 kHz, 0500-0700 Radio Pakistan, Islamabad in Urdu language, to ME, Iran, Turkey & No/We Africa, noted in Eastern Thailand at 0500 UT till sudden OFF air at 0548 UT on July 17. Noisy S=5-6 signal, Pakistani music and typical drums singer. Listen to the noisy tiny signal, taken at Uwe's remote SDR installation place. Access via the box recording file via URL 15700PAK_Islamabad_Urdu_0500_0548UT_20170717.mp3 _ by Box.html [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 17) (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Box link does not work; goes into a yahoo search for me. One may attach clips directly to the DXLD yg, altho external linx are preferred (Glenn Hauser, dxldyg via DXLD) wb then sent me a clip direct and a link like the above which did work (gh) R Pakistan 15700 at 0500 - nothing heard on 19 July from any Perseus site: Doha, India, Japan, Australia, W Europe, etc. (Bruce Churchill, CA, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, NBC Madang, on July 14, at 1017, with just open carrier; by 1110 some faint audio; unusable. Thanks to Hiroyuki Komatsubara (Japan), who today reported an extended broadcast here at 1250. 3275, NBC Southern Highlands[non-log]. July 14, continues silent. 3365, NBC Milne Bay[non-log]. July 14, continues silent. 7324.95, Wantok Radio Light[non-log]. On July 14, did one of my periodic checks here at 0948 (before the *1000 sign on of CRI) and found 7325 a clear frequency with no stations present. Aoki now shows "7325" in red, with an "x" ("off the air") (Ron Howard, San Francisco, at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, NBC Madang, anomaly on July 16, as not heard at usual checking of 0951, 1026 & 1042, but was on the air at tune in of 1158 till cut off at 1230*; giving vote count, saying the number and then repeating with individual digits (e.g. 816, then 8 1 6); poor. Madang come back on the air later, as Hiroyuki Komatsubara today reports them on the air at 1340, so perhaps anomaly due to some type of transmitter problem today? 3275, NBC Southern Highlands, at 0951, 1026 & 1042, on July 16, heard a decent level open carrier here that I believe was them; off the air by 1050; never any audio. 3365, NBC Milne Bay [non-log]. July 16, continues silent (Ron Howard, San Francisco, at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, NBC Madang, July 17, with well above the normal reception; 1043 pop Pacific Islands song; 1047, in Pidgin with election results; still on at 1220. 3275, NBC Southern Highlands, on July 17, with another day of just hearing an open carrier; still heard at last check of 1220. 3365, NBC Milne Bay[non-log]. July 17, continues silent (Ron Howard, San Francisco, at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. R. Madang, 3260 (1120) – it`s been a LONG time since I logged this one, thanks to Ron H for tipping this, I could see it on the panadapter but had trouble digging it out, om and yl announcers with music, fading in and out, gone by 1140, 13311 at best, this one made my day! (Chris, KC5IIE, Krug, Tulsa, OK, Rec: Apache Labs Anan10e; Ant: 40m loop at 12ft, dxldyg via DXLD) ** PERU. 4747.20, drifting Perú Radio Huanta 2000, Huanta, Ayacucho 0020 to 0033, under CODAR, om en español, fair signal at best, thanks David Sharp tip 17 July (Bob Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, Drake R8, NASWA yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DXLD) ** PERU. 4774.9, Perú, Radio Tarma, Tarma 0050 om español being killed by CODAR, 0123 back with om chat, better signal 15 July (Bob Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, Florida, 746Pro - Drake R8, NRD 525, 60 meter dipole and noise reducing antenna, 90 meter dipole, NASWA yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DXLD) ** PERU. 4810, Perú, Radio Logos, Chazuta, Tarapoto 1017 to 1030 OA musical selections, fair to good signal 15 July (Bob Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, Florida, 746Pro - Drake R8, NRD 525, 60 meter dipole and noise reducing antenna, 90 meter dipole, NASWA yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DXLD) 4810, Radio Logos, 1113, July 16. Unusually good signal, with religious songs. Rare for me to hear them at this level! My audio at http://goo.gl/ZZncpr Also heard at the same time in Japan by DFS - http://goo.gl/K5eUqR (Ron Howard, San Francisco, at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 5980, Jul 10, -2337v, R Chaski, Urubamba, better audio this evening than usually, rather low modulation compared to f.ex. Pio XII and Santa Cruz. After monitoring this several evenings it seems the c/d really goes forward about 7-8 seconds a day. Seems to be pretty stable on 5980.008. Myanmar is very strong also after about 23 z on 5985 producing some splash here (Tarmo Kontro, Kotka, Finland, SW Bulletin July 16 via DXLD) ** PERU. 6173.8, Jul 5, -0203v, Radio Tawantinsuyo Cuzco. Better today than usually, c/d around 0203v daily. Today ID at 0156. A carrier and some audio on 6185 might be Mexico or what? (Tarmo Kontro, Kotka, Finland, SW Bulletin July 16 via DXLD) ** PHILIPPINES. {Hong Kong radiohouse] Radio Liangyou. Habe von Radio Liangyou aus Hong Kong eine sehr attraktive und detaillierte QSL-Karte nach etwa 2 Monaten Laufzeit erhalten. Gehoert habe ich die Station auf 9345 kHz um 1400 UT. Gibt es noch weitere Sendungen von Radio Liangyou? Habe im Netzt keinen entsprechenden Sendeplan der Station gefunden,der darueber Auskunft gibt (Michael Lindner, Germany, A-DX ng July 4 via BC-DX 13 July via DXLD) Re: Radio Liangyou 9345 FEBC RADIO 1400-1600 Chinese 100 330 Iba PHL FEBC a17 FEBC Chinese Days Area kHz 1000-1600 daily EAs 9430boc 1030-1400 daily EAs 9400iba 1400-1600 daily EAs 9345iba 2230-0030 daily EAs 9405boc 2300-0100 daily EAs 12070iba (WRTH Update) Handelt sich um ein weitverzweigtes Radio Missionsnetzwerk, ueber Kurzwelle, Internet und China inland FM Stationen in diversen Sprachen fuer die 1.4 Milliarden (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 4, BC-DX 13 July via DXLD) ** PHILIPPINES. Hi Glenn, how are you? My wife, who is Filipina, would like to hear a station from the Philippines. Do you have any suggestions? Sincerely (Todd Skaine, MN, July 16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Todd, VOA has a major relay base at Tinang, but of course no programming from the Philippines itself. I assume she means something with Phil. programming; in English or Tagalog? VOA base does carry two external services from Radio Pilipinas, in one or both languages mixed, currently, UT, per the EiBi list: 0200 0330 PHL Radyo Pilipinas E ME 12010t 15640t 17820t 1730 1930 PHL Radyo Pilipinas TAG ME 9910t 12120t 15190t Tough to hear over here, however. FEBC is a major religious broadcaster, but only in Asian languages, no English, no Tagalog. Radio Veritas Asia (Catholic of course), is probably easiest to hear, 1500 1553 PHL Radio Veritas Asia TAG ME 15620/CVA i.e. relayed via Vatican; no English either (except all of them may have IDs in English). Hope this helps (Glenn to Todd, via DXLD) Thanks for the info. We will try for the latter (Todd, ibid.) {also heard at 2300 in Tagalog on 15355, direct, aimed at W China??} ** PRIDNESTROVIE. ============== Programs in Russian. Vladimir Emelyanov --- Now opened yesterday's base EiBi. If you believe her, from the Grigoriopol 24 hours go Vesti FM for 1413, the radio PMR on weekdays 0400-0430 UT at 621 kHz, and, oddly enough, the radio of Moldova in Russian, tattered fragments for several minutes in separate hours at 873. And just fragmentary Radio Svoboda on 873 and TWR on 999. But on the KV [SW] there is nothing. https://vk.com/dxing (Rus-DX July 16 via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. Radiorama, AIR Associazione Italiana Radioascolto Torino, Italy ----------------- mercoledì 5 luglio 2017 CHECKING THE RUSSIAN BETA VLF FREQUENCY AND TIME NETWORK STATION RJH69 Following the posts at the links : http://air-radiorama.blogspot.it/2017/06/daily-recurrent-ladders-in-vlf.html http://air-radiorama.blogspot.it/2017/06/the-solution-daily-recurrent-ladders-in.html https://air-radiorama.blogspot.it/2017/06/following-posts-at-links-httpair.html I have recorded and demodulated the first pattern that occurs daily at 0900 UT, the stronger one. The CW identification, transmitted fast for a minute, is : RJH69 that is the nearest station in Belarus. Time sequence and other modulations was found according to the good document at: http://www.vlf.it/russianvlf/russianvlf.htm The following spectrogram tells much more than descriptions :… Here the map of the stations :… http://air-radiorama.blogspot.ru/2017/07/checking-russian-beta-vlf-frequency-and.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+blogspot/cKXeM+(AIR+-+RADIORAMA)) (via Rus-DX July 16 via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. Digital radio in Russia - How quickly to convey information and make the press more modern? How to quickly deliver information to the consumer, to make the press more modern? These and other questions were discussed by the leaders of the Kursk mass media with Deputy Minister of Communications and Mass Media of Russia Alexei Volin. - Quote: But there will not be a digital radio in Russia. Alexei Volin: "This is due to the fact that the transition of the radio to" digital "allows 3-4 times to increase the number of operating radio stations. In conditions when the advertising market radio advertising is barely enough to feed existing radio stations, to switch the radio to "number" and multiply the number of radio stations means to kill radio as an industry." And yet, there will be changes in broadcasting. In the air, according to experts, there will be more live communication and useful information. Olga Eremin Video of television and radio company "Seim", http://www.seyminfo.ru http://seyminfo.ru/kak-by-stree-donesti-informatsiyu-i-sdelat-pechatnuyu-pressu-sovremennee.html https://vk.com/volgograd_fmtv?z=video-35543327_456239232%2F9834e631ed4fed73af%2Fpl_wall_-67247495 (Rus-DX July 16 via DXLD) Is this about not going DAB, DRM, or what? ** RUSSIA. 7345, Radio Sakha, via Yakutsk, 1025-1100, July 14. Above average reception; music program (folk, ballads, pop, etc.); 1050 usual ID ("Radio Sakha") and gave phone number; 1100 IS (Jew's harp - khomus) and 4+1 time pips; then at almost 1101 covered by strong CRI sign on here. This is one of my favorite stations for listening to their nice music. My audio http://goo.gl/XqY8gP Former // 7295 is no longer on the air. Reactivated 7295, Radio Sakha, via Yakutsk, 1022-1104, July 18. Phone conversation; EZL music; 1051 usual "Radio Sakha" ID; recently noticed they no longer run a series of commercial announcements after the ID as they did in the past; best reception in LSB to get away from moderate QRM from 7300. Several times stronger than // 7345, which was much weaker than usual; 1100 IS (Jew's harp - khomus) and 4+1 time pips. At *1101, CRI (7345) signed on and blocked the weak R. Sakha reception; certainly after 1101, no question that 7295 is the best frequency for me to hear them on. I last heard them here on Feb 26, so very nice to again hear this former frequency active again! (Ron Howard, San Francisco, at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7295.003 and 7345even kHz both tiny strings visible on pure daytime path, probably Iakutsk Russia in Yakutian/Russian at 0409 UT on July 19 (Wolf's log on July 19 at 0340-0515 UT noted in remote SDR unit in Hiroshima Japan [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 19, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. Yandex - a search engine in Russia - the actual censorship for the DX websites Hello from Saratov, Russia! My name Dmitry. This is my first post. Sorry for my English. It is possible that it will interest radio fans who have the websites and blogs on our hobby. Large search engines (Google, Yandex, the Mail, ??) have sections for webmasters - owners of the websites or blogs. https://webmaster.yandex.ru You register and you add the website to a toolbar. It allows to see detailed statistics and to correct problems in retrieval outputs of the website or the blog. Recently Yandex updated the https://webmaster.yandex.ru interface. I saw a problem with my website freerutube.info. Violations and security risks on the website freerutube.info The low-useful content, spam, excess of advertizing Website line items in search results are reduced The website does not correspond to the basic principles on which our algorithms estimate its quality: contains useless content, the excessive number of advertizing, a retrieval spam, etc. Usually limits are lifted within a month after violation elimination. Several times I tried to achieve the response in what specifically a problem. I asked and asked again: The website is devoted to a hobby - distant reception of broadcasting radio stations - DXing. On the website content, unique and interesting to radio fans. Apropos - existence of lists of search queries, use of SEO links - I do not understand about what you. Number of advertizing moderate. I ask to revise your decision and to remove filters. But everything that managed to achieve, does not explain in any way what needs to be corrected and as: After the analysis of your website we came to a conclusion that it does not correspond to our idea of the qualitative websites reflected in our recommendations of https://yandex.ru/support/webmaster/yandex-indexing/webmaster-advice.xml The set of factors, such as absence of original and interesting content, existence of lists of search queries, use of SEO links, overutilization of advertizing and others could influence the solution of an algorithm. We cannot specify more specific reasons. We try to set up and improve search algorithms so that the websites corresponding to these recommendations quickly and fully were indexed and were on high line items on relevant requests. If you develop the website for users, to place unique and useful information and to follow our recommendations, then over time its line items in search results will be able to improve. Yandex.Search support Hello, Dmitry! After repeated check of your website its mismatch to the principles described in the document https://yandex.ru/support/webmaster/yandex-indexing/webmaster-advice.xml was confirmed. As the website is evaluated in a complex, on set we cannot specify the described on the specified link of factors, specific reasons. For improving of line items in search results we can only advise to continue to develop the project, being guided by earlier provided recommendations. Considering that Yandex was caught by a hand on jugglings of news and manual manipulation with search more than once, it doesn't surprise: https://www.searchengines.ru/navalnyj-obvinil-yandeks-novosti.html http://albert-lex.livejournal.com/190580.html https://navalny.com/p/5430/ Not it is clear, than Yandex was pleased by the websites with QSL cards? [later:] Original message from https://webmaster.yandex.ru Fatal Violations or security issues detected --- The site might threaten user security, or it violates the search engine's rules. This problem negatively affects the site's position in search results. Violations and security threats on freerutube.info Low-value content, spam, excessive advertising Submitted notification of fixes. Rechecking will be available in 17 days Site's positions in search have been lowered This site does not meet the primary criteria by which our algorithms determine site quality: it contains low-value content, an excessive amount of advertising, search spam, etc. Restrictions are usually lifted within a month of the violation being removed. (via Dmitry Elagin, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) YANDEX SEARCH ENGINES HAVE BEEN IMPLICATED WITH LINKS TO RUSSIAN CYBER ESPIONAGE, SO PERSONALLY, I WOULD NEVER USE THEM (Walt Salmaniw, ibid.) ** RUSSIA [non]. RADIO SPUTNIK update --- Glenn, I live in Reston, VA and can confirm the station is on the air loud and clear in Reston. The listener in Manassas VA that you mentioned that attempted to receive the station is out of the coverage map according to radio- locater.com. According to the coverage map it does appear to cover DC even with its 99 watts probably due to its 600+ antenna height. I will update that the next time I drive to DC (Philip Bronfin, Reston VA, July 12, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Much more about this included on SW Radiogram, also WAMU`s Bluegrass HD coverage map comparison: http://www.rhci-online.net/radiogram/SW_Radiogram_2017-07-15.htm#SWRG (via Roger, dxldyg via DXLD) ** RUSSIA [non]. MAKE NO MISTAKE: RADIO SPUTNIK IS SPEWING RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA [letter to the editor] https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/make-no-mistake-radio-sputnik-is-spewing-russian-propaganda/2017/07/16/ed2732f4-68c7-11e7-94ab-5b1f0ff459df_print.html The July 13 Metro article "Kremlin to K St., live on Sputnik 105.5 FM" perfectly illuminated that station's designed role as a state- sponsored purveyor of Russian disinformation. Sputnik's D.C. bureau website blithely noted that the station points the way to "a multipolar world that respects every country's national interests, culture, history and traditions." Not quite. Since the Yeltsin period, the Kremlin has advanced the notion of a multipolar world as a direct challenge to the international order led by the United States and Western Europe based on universal principals of democracy, the rule of law and human rights and backed up by our combined economic and military power. The Kremlin views Western democratic values as a direct threat to President Vladimir Putin's authoritarian regime, so these aspirations are countered by the innocuous-sounding concept of a multipolar world. Sputnik 105.5 FM forgets that the strategic essence of multipolarism is an international order based upon spheres of influence and military force. In this world, Russian hegemony over the former Soviet Union, central and southeastern Europe and other areas where Russian interests are in play is unchallengeable. Do not be fooled, Russian multipolarism has nothing in common with the benign internationalism enshrined in the charter of the United Nations. The Russians have a term for the American staffers at Radio Sputnik: "useful fools." Regardless of motivation, each of these folks is contributing in a very small way to Mr. Putin's vision of tomorrow's world order. Edward Grimes, Springfield [VA] (c) The Washington Post Company (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) ** SAMOA AMERICAN. [Re KVZK-TV] Thanks, Glenn. I still had Mr. Wolfe's email address in my phone, but didn't write yet. I still think it's sad that the KVZK staff seems to be in a cubbyhole, not giving out info like this. It took an Australian DXer! That was my main issue: whether any South Pacific DXers still see/hear it. I'm satisfied now. FCC controls WVUV/KKHJ FM there, but Dept. of the Interior handles the KVZK's. FCC info would have been easy to get. Now for someone to "adjust" Wikipedia. cd (Chris Dunne, FL, July 13, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) ** SAO TOME E PRINCIPE. São Tomé e Príncipe politely refused to confirm the report on the QSL card. Mr. Alexander Golovikhin, We are pleased to confirm your reception report as follows: Date: May 18, 2017 Time (UTC): 0400-0421 Frequency: 6080 kHz Transmitter: SAO-4, 100 kW TX Location: Pinheira, São Tomé, Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe Unfortunately, we have stopped issuing QSL cards, so we can not satisfy your request. Thank you for listening to our station! Best regards, Helena de Menezes Manager's Secretary IBB Sao Tome Transmitting Station C.P. 522 PInheira, Sao Tome Sao Tome e Principe Tel: (+239) 222-34-00 (via Alexander Golovihin, Togliatti, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" & "open_dx, via QSL-World, Rus-DX July 16 via DXLD) I received an electronic response from the IBB transmitting station in Sao Tome and 1 day Principe. Unfortunately, they no longer produce QSL and are limited E-mail confirmation in text form. Well, thank you for that. Reported on the transfer of Afia Darfur (this is a special service in Arabic For the Darfur region of Sudan), the frequency was 11615 kHz, and was waiting for a reply for 1 day. Confirms the reports of Helena de Menezes, secretary, Manager of the radio center. Screenshot of confirmation with all coordinates here: http://dxsignal.ru/qsl/new/Sao%20Tome%20Tr%20Stn_170713_e.png (Dmitry Mezin, Kazan, Russia / "open_dx", QSL World, Rus-DX 16 July via DXLD) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 15170.058, very odd BSKSA Riyadh HQ program outlet, S=7-8 signal in Eastern Thailand remote SDR unit. Phone interview by men. 15284.971, BSKSA Riyadh's Swahili morning sce, female voice noted at 0502 UT on July 17. S=6-7 in Eastern Thailand (Wolfgang Büschel, Wolf's log 0400-0550 UT July 17, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. Solomon Islands BC – 5020 (1153) – another tough one of late, heavy metal pop music (Slade?), fading. Cuba (5025) not so intrusive this morning, 14311. Poor conditions on the bands lately, looking forward to fall dx season :) (Chris, KC5IIE, Krug, Tulsa, OK, Rec: Apache Labs Anan10e; Ant: 40m loop at 12ft, dxldyg via DXLD) ** SOMALIA. KENYA/SOMALIA/UNIDENTIFIED {PIRATE HOBBY STATION?} Radio Warsan FM (presumed) broadcasting in vernaculars on 7750 AM was confirmed on 28 June; 4 July around 1735 UT with emotional talks; discussions, march at 1800 UT followed by news, talks, song; close/down at 1834 UT. The other similar station operating on 7700 AM was confirmed on 28 June with vernaculars(?) talks till 1738 UT, followed by only carrier and close/down at 1758 UT - whether these broadcasts (it seems they are daily) are related with Marconi Radio International? (Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 9, BC-DX 13 July via WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DXLD) ** SOMALILAND. 7119.998, Radio Hargeysa, Somali morning service at 0415 UT, S=7 signal in southern Germany. Wolf's log 0400-0450 UT July 15 [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 3185, July 17 at 0135, BS via WWRB; had been on 9370 at 0120 scanby, so the QSY accomplished at odd time between (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENNG DIGEST) see also BULGARIA ** SUDAN. 7205even, Omdurman S=8-9 strength level in southern Germany at 0430 UT, Arabic talk, and music pieces in between. Wolf's log 0400- 0450 UT July 15 [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN [non]. VATICAN Reception of Afia Darfur via SM di Galeria, July 13: 1900-1930 on 9775 SMG 250 kW / 146 deg to EaAf Arabic, very strong http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/07/reception-of-afia-darfur-via-sm-di.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. BELGIUM(non), Reception of Eye Radio via Alyx&Yeyi TDF Issoudun on July 12 1600-1900 17730 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg EaAf Arabic/English/other*, good * other languages in different times: Dinka/Nuer/Shilluk/Bari/Zande/ Lutoho. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/07/reception-of-eye-radio-via-alyx-tdf_12.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #1018 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, July 18, 2017 via DXLD) ** SWITZERLAND. Swiss Radio International --- I sorely miss SRI. Have there been rumblings about their return? What have you heard? Have been a fan of your broadcast since 1970 (Russ C, July 15, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Russ, Sorry - no rumblings whatsoever. This is sort of the successor: http://www.swissinfo.com/ Bob Zanotti is still doing his thing: http://www.switzerlandinsound.com/ but not on SW (Glenn to Russ, via DXLD) ** TAIWAN [and non]. > Politics --- CHINA'S BID TO SQUEEZE RADIO TAIWAN INTERNATIONAL OUT OF AIB FAILS === 2017/07/06 17:41:47 Taipei, July 6 (CNA) An attempt by China to squeeze Radio Taiwan International (RTI, ??) out of the Association for International Broadcasting (AIB) has failed, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Thursday. The AIB, founded in 1993, is a non-profit, non-government trade association that represents and supports international television and radio broadcasters and online broadcasters. MOFA spokeswoman Eleanor Wang (???) said the ministry has stayed "on top of the situation," and that such a possibility has been ruled out. She said RTI has been an AIB member since 1999, and RTI Vice President Travis Sun (???) was elected one of the 17 members of the AIB executive committee in January 2016, with a high support rating. Wang said that China's suppression has always been there, and that the ministry has been keeping close tabs on the matter. Media reports have said that during an AIB conference in London at the end of June, China said its state-run China Central Television (CCTV) has not joined the AIB because RTI is a member, and asked the executive committee to discuss the issue of RTI's withdrawal in exchange for CCTV's participation. RTI called a meeting over the matter and released a statement in which it argued that the media should focus on freedom, equality and the pursuit of truth, and should avoid political interference. It stressed that the AIB should not encroach upon or strip the basic rights of the existing members simply because it wants the participation of new members. The statement received positive responses from AIB members from Britain, France, Germany and Russia, and RTI retained its membership. (By Scarlett Chai and Lilian Wu) ENDITEM/J (via DXLD) ** TAIWAN. 15070.203, SOH Sound of Hope, in Chinese from Taiwan, S=6 at 0433 15339.853, SOH Sound of Hope, in Chinese from Taiwan, S=6 at 0442 13680.186, SOH Sound of Hope, in Chinese from Taiwan, S=7 at 0525 (Wolfgang Büschel, Wolf's log 0400-0550 UT July 17, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6369.923 TWN SOH female Chinese, S=4-5 poor at 0401 UT. 7210even TWN SOH female Chinese, S=4-5 poor at 0407 UT. 7729.959 TWN SOH female Chinese, S=7 fair signal at 0413 UT. 9099.934 TWN SOH female Chinese, S=5 poor signal at 0420 UT. 9200.184 TWN SOH female Chinese, S=5-6 signal at 0438 UT. 9230.030 TWN SOH female Chinese, S=5-6 signal at 0440 UT, mx piece. 9320.009 TWN SOH female Chinese, S=6-7 fair signal at 0443 UT. 9634.868 TWN SOH Chinese, S=6-7 fair signal at 0453 UT. 9729.904 TWN SOH Chinese, S=7-8 signal at 0501 UT. 9834.909 NEW ! TWN SOH Chinese, S=5-6 poor signal at 0504 UT, not yet in Aoki Nagoya database mentioned. 9849.954 TWN SOH Chinese, S=8 rather well signal at 0507 UT, but rough harsh modulation though. 9920.103 TWN SOH Chinese, S=8 rather well signal at 0509 UT. 9970.196 TWN SOH Chinese, S=5-6 poor signal at 0510 UT. 10819.955 TWN SOH Chinese, S=5-6 poor signal at 0511 UT. 10869.962 TWN SOH Chinese, S=5-6 poor signal at 0512 UT. 10920.105 TWN SOH Chinese, S=5-6 poor signal at 0513 UT. 10959.808 TWN SOH Chinese, S=8 rather well signal at 0515 UT. (Wolf's log on July 19 at 0340-0515 UT noted in remote SDR unit in Hiroshima Japan [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 19, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN. 15320even, RTI in Hakka language sce via Paochung site, S=9+20dB strong and powerful, excellent audio heard on latest new French-Swiss Thomcast transmitter and antennas. This Hakka language bcast at 0441 UT is totally jamming-free by CHN mainland security organization. 15455even, RTI in Vietnamese language sce via Paochung site, S=9+20dB strong and powerful, excellent audio heard on latest new French-Swiss Thomcast transmitter and antennas. This Vietnamese language bcast 05- 06 UT at 0538 UT. 10.5 kHz wideband audio signal (Wolfgang Büschel, Wolf's log 0400-0550 UT July 17, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** THAILAND. 15689.967, US IBB BBG Udorn Thani outlet of Radio Farda in Persian, 0230-0530 UT heard at 0510 UT on July 17. Only poor S=5 tiny signal in short skip zone in East Thailand (Wolfgang Büschel, Wolf's log 0400-0550 UT July 17, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** THAILAND [and non]. 15589.94, July 16 at 0113, VP carrier at S1-S2 with music(?), must be R. Thailand to North America. Hardly anything else on 19m now, just good signal from Cuba on 15230, and a JBA carrier on 15435 --- noting scheduled now in HFCC or Aoki unless FEBC stayed on after 0100 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15590, Radio Thailand World Service, July 16, 2017, 0155–0200 in Thai. SIO 444. Thai music, some jazz, M announcer with talk. Listed target is NAm. Off air at 0159. Carrier gone by 0200 (Vince Henley, Anacortes, WA, Tecsun PL-380, Ten-Tec RX-340, Drake R8B, ICOM IC- R8600, Sony ICF-2010. 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) 0200 is when the same(?) transmitter is supposed to change from 38 to 6 degree azimuth, i.e. from western to eastern North America, and stay on for another sesquihour until 0330, the first third in English. Maybe you would have heard that if stayed tuned a bit longer. Or drastic LOS due to beam change? (gh, DXLD) ** TIBET. PBS Xizang. July 16, back on the air again after being silent for several months. Heard 4920 in Tibetan, causing severe QRM for AIR Chennai at 1209; also heard // 6200, at the same time, which was in the clear before the sign on of Voice of Jinling (China), which happens about *1230, but fortunately VOJ is much stronger than Tibet, so very light Tibet QRM after 1230. Maybe the others are also back today? Needs confirmation! Chinese : 4820, 5935, 6050, 7240, 7450 kHz. Tibetan : 4905, 6025, 6110, 6130, 7255, 7385 kHz. (Ron Howard, San Francisco, at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DX LISTENING DIGEST) All confirmed at 1700 UT, July 16 Chinese : 4820, 5935, 6050, 7240, 7450 kHz. Tibetan : 4905, 6025, 6110, 6130, 7255, 7385 kHz. -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/ dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DXLD) July 18 at 2155 UT in remote Doha Qatar: Chinese : 4820 S=9, 5935 tiny S=4 85degr eastwards, 6050 S=9+10dB, 7240 S=9+10dB, 7450 kHz tiny S=4 85degr eastwards. Tibetan : 4905 S=9, 4920 S=9, 6025 S=9+10dB, 6110 S=5-6 220degr, 6130 S=9+10dB, 6200 nothing 85degr eastwards, 7255 tiny S=4 85degr eastwards, 7385 kHz S=9+10dB. (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 18, dxldyg via DXLD) July 18 at 2225 UT in remote Moscow Russia: Chinese : 4820 S=9+15dB, 5935 tiny S=3 at 85degr eastwards, 6050 S=9+15dB, 7240 S=9+15dB, 7450 kHz nil 85degr eastwards. Tibetan : 4905 S=9+15dB, 4920 S=9+20dB, 6025 S=9+15dB, 6110 S=7-8, 6130 S=9+20dB, 6200 S=1-2 85degr eastwards, 7255 nil 85degr eastwards, 7385 kHz S=9+20dB. (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TURKMENISTAN. ================ In Turkmenistan, television and radio are translated into self-financing. President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed a decree according to which the State Committee on Television, Radio Broadcasting and Cinematography is transferred to self-financing - "for the purpose of further development of the industry". This is reported by the Turkmen service of Radio Liberty - Radio Azatlyk. The termination of state financing of television and radio broadcasting will be implemented in stages over 4 years and will begin in 2018. As the interlocutors of "Radio Azatlyk" note, the broadcasts of the country's national television are monotonous, the information is extremely scarce, the content of the programs is based on the official chronicle and propaganda of achievements. In this connection, the residents of the country prefer foreign television channels available on satellite television, mostly Russian and Turkish. Against this background, the programs of the state television of Turkmenistan were repeatedly criticized by the president of the country. In particular, Berdymukhamedov expressed dissatisfaction with the pace of development of domestic television. At the same time, the Turkmen authorities have been campaigning for several years to dismantle satellite dishes installed by residents of the country to watch the broadcasts of foreign TV channels. Eadaily.com http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__66160/ (Rus-DX July 16 via DXLD) ** U K. ARTHUR WARD, WORLD DX CLUB R.I.P. --- Arthur Ward's son Graham rang me this afternoon to tell me that Arthur had died aged 92. He had an infection of the lungs and did not recover. He had been in relatively good health for his age. He also told me that his wife Olive died about 18 months ago which I did not know. Graham mentioned to me that he remembers the Gestetner duplicator arriving at Motspur Drive from the Channel Islands where Simon Guettier had been printing Contact, the World DX Club bulletin. I went to the archives and the first bulletin published in Northampton was July 1974. I can remember in those days going round the table picking up the pages and then handing them over to be stapled and put in members envelopes to be mailed out. Arthur carried on his work for the club, expanding to secretary and producing a great deal of written information for the club until it closed and merged with the British DX Club in 2012 due to Olive's poor health. R.I.P. Arthur (Mike Barraclough, July 16, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DX LISTENING DIGEST) obit Sad news. Arthur did very well to carry on running WDXC well into his 80s (Stuart Satnipper, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Very sad news but Olive and Arthur are now back together; RIP both (John, Faversham Kent, Hoad, ibid.) ** U K. BBC SOMALI CELEBRATES ITS 60TH ANNIVERSARY Date: 14.07.2017 Last updated: 14.07.2017 at 11.40 Category: News; World Service http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2017/bbc-somali-sixty To mark the 60th anniversary of BBC Somali, specially commissioned programming will be broadcast starting today (Friday 14 July). BBC Somali launched on 18 July 1957, and now reaches Somali-speaking audiences around the world on TV, online, social media and on radio, where the service began. This will culminate in an event on the day of the 60th Anniversary (Tuesday 18 July) in Hargeisa to announce the winner of BBC Somali’s first ever Young Female Poet of The Year Award. Listeners will hear the winning poem as well as special features from the event. Other content will include: Interviews with past BBC Somali presenters, looking back at how things have changed since the very first bulletin. The stories of young BBC Somali social media fans across different Somali regions. The views of those from Dadaab, one of the largest refugee camps in the world and how Somali content reaches and affects them, especially Baafin (programme about missing people). Highlights from the BBC Somali 60 years of archives and a look back at key events that the service has covered. A live discussion looking at the future of BBC Somali, with participants in Africa and the UK. A look at culture in the Somali community and how this has changed over the years. Caroline Karobia, Editor BBC Somali, says “We have achieved 60 great years of broadcasting and have made many improvements to keep up with our audiences. This is an exciting time for BBC Somali and with the recent introduction of Somali TV we are looking to engage with our audiences of the future.” Notes to Editors: BBC Somali is part of the BBC World Service and is the most listened to international station in Somalia. It broadcasts to Somali-speaking audiences, providing radio, online and TV content in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa and for Somalis around the world. It reaches a weekly audience of four million people. BBC Somali recently began broadcasting its flagship new TV programme - details are here and they can also be found on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram (via Hansjoerg Biener, July 16, DXLD) ** U S A. EXPANDED USE OF MARINE HF FREQUENCIES ON LAND. FYI July 13 2017 WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU SEEKS COMMENT ON REQUEST BY SHIPCOM, LLC, AND GLOBAL HF NET, LLC, TO ALLOW USE OF HIGH SEAS MARINE FREQUENCIES BY FIRST RESPONDERS AND FEDERAL AGENCIES DURING DISASTERS https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-17-670A1.pdf (via Benn Kobb, DC, WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DXLD) Shipcom5 and Global HF Net, LLC (GHFN), which is licensed for other HF public coast stations,6 are commonly owned. 5 Shipcom holds licenses for HF public coast stations KDD, KLB, KLK, KNN, WDA, WDI, WHD, WHU959, WLO, WRN, and WSC. Authorized transmitters are located in Alabama, Alaska, California, Iowa, New Jersey, New York, Texas, and Washington. 6 GHFN holds licenses for HF public coast stations KEJ, KEM, KFS, KHF, KLN, KPH, WCC, and WNU. Authorized transmitters are located in Alaska, California, Guam, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maryland, and New York [selected footnotes via DXLD) ** U S A. 7615-USB, July 13 at 0106, Civil Air Patrol net starting with contact between Triblade 20 and 19; one announces that Alert Level 3 is in effect (OMG!), and cites traffic list. Much weaker Beaver Fox 8 replies as willing to accept traffic. Cloak & dagger stuff from these para-militarists (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1886 monitoring: confirmed first SW broadcast, Thursday July 13 at 2330 on WBCQ 9330.1v-CUSB, fair-good. 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 Sat 2300 WRMI 11580 to NE 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 WORLD OF RADIO 1886 monitoring: confirmed Friday July 14 after 2330 on WBCQ 9330.097v-CUSB, fair S9. Next: 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 Sat 2300 WRMI 11580 to NE 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) WORLD OF RADIO 1886 monitoring: 6190, Hamburger LokalRadio, Goehren, *0600-0635, 15-07 [Saturday], English, comments. Very weak today, barely audible. 15321 (Manuel Méndez, Spain, dxldyg via DXLD) Also confirmed Saturday July 15 at 0630 on HLR 6190-CUSB by Nino Marabello in Italy at SINPO 15532 with a clip of the opening. Not confirmed Sat July 15 at 1431 on HLR 7265-CUSB as I try repeatedly during the semihour to hear anything but noise via UTwente --- but that does not necessarily mean it was not on the air. Also confirmed Saturday July 15 after 2230 on WBCQ 9330.00v-CUSB, fair. Also confirmed UT Sunday July 16 at 0325 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, vs storm noise elsewhere in OK, 6 minutes in, so started circa 0319. Next: 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) WORLD OF RADIO 1886 monitoring: confirmed Saturday July 15: ``11580 USA WRMI at 2300 with Glenn Hauser’s "World of Radio" - Very Good Jul 15 Coady-ON``. 11580, U. S. A, WRMI, July 16, 2017 [UT Sunday], 0208–0228 in English. SIO 555. Glenn Hauser’s “World of Radio” program. Radio news and commentary. (Henley, WA, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) Also confirmed by Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, Sunday July 16: ``GERMANY, Reception of HLR relays on 9485CUSB, July 16 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/07/reception-of-hlr-relays-on-9485cusb_16.html World of Radio #1886, 1030-1100 on 9485 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu English Sunday`` 9485, Hamburger LokalRadio, Göhren, 1030-1115, [Sunday] 16-07, English, Glenn Hauser’s program "World of Radio", at 1100 Spanish, "Radio Tropical". 25322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante, Tecsun PL-880, Sangean ATS-909X, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Also confirmed UT Monday July 17 from 0301.5 on Area 51 webcast (after JL says he doesn`t give an F what comes on after him); also JBA in noise ending at 0330 Monday July 17 on WBCQ 5129.8. Also confirmed from 0330 UT Monday July 17 on WRMI 9955, JBA with depressed MUF. 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 WOR 1886: Confirmed Tuesday July 18 at 2130 on WRMI 9455 & 15770; initially stronger on the higher, but quickly faded, both to fair level. Also confirmed Tue July 18 at 2330 on WBCQ, 9330.1v-CUSB, fair. Also confirmed Wed July 19 at 1030 on WRMI, 5850, VG S9+10, but // 9455 is JBA, above the MUF. Next: Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9955, WRMI, Radio Miami Int’l; 1341-1345+, 19-July; Glenn Hauser’s World of Radio #1886 to 1344:26 Rudy Espinal WRMI spot. SIO=4+54 peaks & no jamming. Tnx Arnie? [Wednesday from 1315.5] 7490, WBCQ, Monticello ME, 2109-2131+, 19-July; Glenn Hauser’s World of Radio #1886; noted an item from Don Hosmer about the closing of CKZN. WoR to 2129:00 to music fill, then BoH WBCQ ID by the Goddess Irina & into her dulcet tones. S10 peaks (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ----- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! -----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Also here from 2100 on webcast, the ``Q`` of the sung ID as always cut halfway off, into WOR; and then poorly audible in noise on 7490. Also confirmed Wednesday July 19 after 2330 on WBCQ 9330.1v-CUSB, fair (gh) WORLD OF RADIO 1887 contents: Anguilla, Bonaire, Bougainville, Brasil, Canada, China, Congo, Cuba, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel non, Koreas North & South, Kuwait, México, Morocco, Newfoundland, Oklahoma, Pakistan, Perú, Russia, Somalia, Tibet, UK, USA WORLD OF RADIO 1887 ready for first SW broadcast July 20: Confirmed Thursday July 20 at 2330 on WBCQ, 9330.10v-CUSB, 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 Sat 2300 WRMI 11580 to NE 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) ** U S A. 5129.8, July 13 at 0143, WBCQ is very poor in summer noise level, but I can tell it`s Allan Weiner with a `Worldwide` playback. 7490.05 meanwhile, this being UT Thursday July 13 at 0144, is still airing `Hal Turner`, who earlier in hour was gloating about someone stringing an anti-Democratic banner across I-95 near Baltimore; and also musing whether he would get enough financial support to continue his revived show (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Tonight's AWWW [UT Sat July 15 0000 on 7490 WBCQ] --- Show started on time with no interruptions or dropouts. Talk about the current issue of Scientific American. Long phone call at 0006. Talk changed to TV and then the Secret Service. Back to talk about the magazine at 0022. Tony Straka on the phone at 0024. Longish call and then several phone calls and then talk about the Sarah and RNI's anniversary coming up next weekend. Allan said next week's show would be about the anniversary. Scientific American again at 0056. Reading of the emails started at 0104. 5130 off air at 0100. Free Radio Weekly at 0122. Program off the air at 0129 (John H Carver Jr, Mid-North Indiana, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. From the Isle of Music, July 16-22 --- This week, our special guest is Juan Carlos Bonet, director of Leyendas.com, one of Cuba's most entertaining show bands and a nominee in Cubadisco 2017 for their album Sabroseando. Fans of groups like Rumbavana and artists like Juan Pablo Torres will especially appreciate this group. As always, we'll have plenty of great music. 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, from Kostinbrod, Bulgaria (1800-1900 MSK) 2. For the Americas and parts of Europe, Tuesday 0000-0100 UT on WBCQ, 7490 from Monticello, ME, USA (Monday 8-9 PM EDT in the US) 3 & 4. For Europe and sometimes beyond, Tuesday 1900-2000 UT and Saturday 1200-1300 on Channel 292, 6070 from Rohrbach, Germany. Episode 21 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, Thursday, July 20 from 2300 to 2330 UT (7:00-7:30 pm EDT in the Americas). This week, we'll have some laughs, but we'll also wander through Switzerland, Haiti and Argentina. Promo graphics attached. Thanks for all you do for radio (William "Bill" Tilford, Owner/Producer, Tilford Productions, LLC, July 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) FROM THE ISLE OF MUSIC, JULY 23-29 --- This week, to celebrate the nomination of Abracadabra in the Fusion category of Cubadisco 2017, we are rebroadcasting our interview (with music) with Oriente López. We will also taste a little of Daniel Martin’s new album Distintos. 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 from Monticello, ME, USA (Monday 8-9 PM EDT in the US) 3 & 4. For Europe and sometimes beyond, Tuesday 1900-2000 UT and Saturday 1200-1300 on Channel 292, 6070 from Rohrbach, Germany. From the Isle of Music is not available for listening on demand but some broadcasts can be heard online during the time of the broadcast using Web SDRs or the WBCQ website (during their broadcast) if you are not receiving the radio signal. Last week, there was fair to good reception of the signal on 9400 in Japan! Episode 22 of Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot, a musical variety program that features a little bit of everything from around the planet, will air on WBCQ the Planet, 7490, Thursday, July 27 from 2300 to 2330 UT (7:00-7:30 pm EDT in the Americas). This week some of our stops include Colombia, South Korea and Bosnia. Lately the WBCQ signal has been punching well into Central Europe as well as the Americas. Graphics attached, thanks for all you do for radio (William "Bill" Tilford, Owner/Producer, Tilford Productions, LLC, July 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 17775, July 13 at 1915, KVOH is still on late with song in Spanish, presumably mandatory to be praiseworthy. Not too distorted this time and not wobbly carrier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 17774.984 kHz, KVOH S=9+15dB in central Florida. 73 df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, circa 1830 UT July 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 17775, Friday July 14 at 2104 tune-in, KVOH is still on more than a bihour past nominal 1900*. Maybe it depends on whether someone gets back from lunch in time? Not sure if there is a pattern, but maybe tends to run later on Fridays since they are off the air weekends. Strangely, sounds like Pat Robertson talking in English, with alternate/consecutive translation into Spanish, mentioning that it`s the day after Trump launched the Tomahawk missiles into Syria, i.e. several weeks ago. VG signal level now but wobbling, and cut off abruptly at 2106*, still off past 2116. ** U S A. 17775, Tuesday July 18 at 1958, KVOH is still on with music, good but wobbly; 2000 ID in English, more music. I finally recheck their complex program grid which combines 24h webstream with SW at certain limited hours, now updated as of June 1: http://www.voiceofhope.com/schedule/kvoh_program_grid.pdf Which shows 17775 is supposed to run until 2100 on Thu & Fri only, until 1900 Mon/Tue/Wed, but furthermore: ``*Las emisiones Lun-Mie en 17775 kHz pueden continuar más allá de 1900 UTC dependiendo de los requisitos operacionales``. Further2more, ENGLISH is now inhabiting the Friday extension, starting with `Music in the Afternoon` until 1930, then a sesquihour of preaching. The grid no longer makes any reference to long defunct 9975. (Tho e.g. AWR Wavescan weekly scripts continue to claim a broadcast on it.) (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9265, Thu July 13 at 1920, no signal from WINB; must be signing on later than before. Website new program schedule dated July 9 shows *2030 UT on weekdays, *1430 on Sat, *1200 on Sun. However, America`s oldest private SW station still hasn`t figured out how to convert Eastern to Universal, with a 5-hour difference as if EST were in vigor now! So in Eastern it`s from ``*3:30 pm``, i.e. really 1930 UT. It`s amazing yet how many ministries they do manage to attract to this modest signal never blasting in like much of the competition (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9265, WINB (Red Lion, PA) at 1751 with a male fire and brimstone preacher – Weak Jul 16 – One of the original religious shortwave broadcasters in the US dating from October 1962 (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles or 40/80 meter NVIS antenna, ODXA yg via DXLD) ** U S A. 5085even, WTWW Lebanon TN, S=9+10dB signal in southern Germany, at 0405 UT on July 15, ROCK! pop music program, 12 kHz wideband signal. Wolf's log 0400-0450 UT July 15 [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5085, UT Sunday July 16 at 0102, WTWW is on as Ted is summarizing what`s on this #2 transmitter: On 9930, Dave Ramsey at 1 pm ``Eastern`` [NO, not 17 UT but 18 UT, but off the air most of the time lately, and weekdays only]. Starting at 8 pm [Central?], country or classic hits, requests [Sometimes, not every night]. Bob Heil organ show Saturdays at 1 and 8 pm [always starting late and ending even later]. QSO ham show at 8 pm CT Tuesdays; Ham Nation, Wednesdays at 8 pm on 5085; On the second Tuesday, QSO Live with guest Don Wilbanx (sp?). 0104 coffee commercial, finally at 0104:40, `Theater Organ IN the Ozarx` starts, per canned opening, so it`s TOITO for short. All at S9+50 fading to only S9+30, and constant horrible HUM. Does Bob Heil ever listen to the broadcast and notice it? He surely has a good ear for audio frequencies. I listen to this mostly on the PL-880 despite the hum, while bandscanning elsewhere. TOITO does not start closing theme until 0139, finished at 0140, then two minutes of dead air (except for the HUM!) --- wake up, Ted. 0142 ham promos and ads before ARNL (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9825, UT Monday July 17 at 0530, it`s not often that anything on WHRI causes me pause, but a version of ``Hallelujah`` nice song catches my ear --- not to a familiar tune, sounds rather Jewish, very minor key. Continues without announcements with other unfamiliar hymns in robust performances at 0533, 0538 past 0552 when I doze, and off when checked at 0600. WHR sked and consequently Aoki show: 9825 WHRI2 Water of Life Ministries 0500-0600 12345.. English 250 47 Searching on that leads to: http://www.doyledavidson.com/ and on the contrary, to: https://exposedd.wordpress.com/ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. UT Sunday July 16 at 0107+, I note so much competing musical programming: 5085, Theater Organ In the Ozarx on WTWW 3215, Martha Garvin`s Musical Memories on WWCR, hymns with self-piano 4840, The Talking [Singing] Machine Show on other WWCR 9925, The Giant Jukebox, The Mighty KBC via Germany, S9+20 fades to 10 9420, Voice of Greece, S9 usual excellent Greek music, weaker // 9935 9790, Romania with classical orchestral music // weaker 7335 6950-USB, Wolverine Radio, pirate with ``night`` tunes 6925-AM, another pirate with heavy beat music 6185, XEPPM, at 0052 song with marimba, better modulation than usual (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1020, July 14 at 0557 UT, gospel huxter in Spanish making 5- 6 Hz SAH with nearby KOKP Perry OK, no doubt usual KCKN Roswell NM, relaying Radiovisión Cristiana, WWRV 1330 NYC, and also as usual failing to null its 50 kW(?) toward KDKA and us. I recently saw a listing in some MW DX publication showing KCKN as ``silent`` ---- it comes and goes, and may well have been silent at some previous date not specified (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1050, UT Monday July 17 at 0141 UT, start of interview in English with author of a book about guns, no sign of XEG yet but CCI from another; 0142 UT cut to ad for MO State Fair in Sedalia, and 0143 UT sig drops off, LSS for KSIS, 1000/86 watts U1 in Sedalia? Yes, official FCC sunset in June & July is 0145 (August: 0115). At first I thought the first station was something else, since the interview was interrupted just after it started. But sked for KSIS http://ksisradio.com/shows/sunday/ confirms at 8 pm CT Sunday is: `Armed America Radio`, and if that`s not enough, at 11 pm, `The Gun Owner`s Newshour`, both from Townsquare network. A turn-off for visiting Sedalia? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. [Re 17-28:] WFLI CHATTANOOGA RETURNS --- By Lance Venta on July 10, 2017 ---- Well, they were there way back on May 23, 2017 as monitored from Waterrock Knob on the Blue ridge Parkway: ``1070 TENNESSEE WFLI, Lookout Mountain. 1333 syndicated talk, under WCSZ`` (Terry Krueger, FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Maybe off & on again? ** U S A. 1257 & 1283 kHz, July 17 at 0139 UT, IBOC noise is very evident QRMing 1260 and 1280 stations, therefore emanating from something on 1270. No doubt KFLC Fort Worth TX, 50/5 kW as still listed only IBOC active on 1270: http://topazdesigns.com/iboc/station-list.html And on 1270 itself Spanish is atop sports in English from OK (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1650, TEXAS, KSVE, El Paso. 1001 July 15, 2017. Two Spanish guys with sports bantering, female mentioning ESPN Deportes at 1031. Co-channel WHKT, XEARZ, WQQJ297. Presumed the one as still listed as ESPND on the station's website http://www.espn1650.com/ as well as ESPN Deportes http://espndeportes.espn.com/futbol/nota/_/id/226774/lista-de-afiliados but other sites claim José FM 93.9 KINT-FM simulcast (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, NRD-535, IC-R75, longwires, active loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1650, FLORIDA, WQQJ297 (pretending to be WQVF594), Tampa. 1400 July 14, 2017. Noted rather poorly on the lousy sensitivity Hyundai car radio in the office parking lot on the Pinellas side of the Howard Frankland Bridge, where WQQJ297 (the I-275 FDOT HAR transmitters at Exits 39 and 44) are normally heard. Same generic compu-male loop as used everywhere in the state, but opening with these calls. I initially assumed they flipped or uploaded an old call. But back at the house, I still hear WQQJ297 calls. So, where is this? It is not listed in the FCC dB, but was once assigned to the I-75 Wesley Chapel area transmitter on 1630 kc/s, which along with another nearby one on 1650 kc/s, are confirmed active as on late May in a drive past. But they were using WQQJ297 calls on both 1630 and 1650 then, those being generic calls used by various mobile FDOT transmitters. And on July 17 back at the office, it's the same signal level as on July 14, and identifying again as WQQJ297. So I can only tentatively conclude the wrong ID loop was uploaded at some point and reverted back to the correct one between my listens. **************************************** Florida Low Power Radio Stations: https://sites.google.com/site/floridadxn/florida-low-power-radio-stations (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, NRD-535, IC-R75, longwires, active loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WBRU 95.5 is a fixture of the Providence, RI. landscape. At one time you would never have thought they could be gone (Kevin Redding, TN, ex-RI, ABDX via DXLD) Viz.: WBRU's Radio Silence -Brown student and BRU General Manager Kishanee Haththotuwegama By Julie Tremaine [caption above] It was hard to believe the rumors that WBRU was going up for sale. How could a thing that’s so deeply ingrained in the Providence culture be at risk of ending? But it is. As you read this, the signal that broadcasts WBRU is being shopped around nationally to potential buyers, and what replaces it won’t be anything resembling what WBRU is today. . . [long story] http://providenceonline.com/stories/radio-silence,24147 (via Redding and gh, DXLD) ** U S A. 93.1, July 14 at 0102 UT, in another fruitless scan for sporadic E hitting the CONUS nearby, I catch this ID: ``Your Summer Station, KHMY, Pratt-Hutchinson [KS], My 93.1, Hutchinson`s #1 music station``. So are they also Your Winter, Spring, or Fall station as appropriate? And do they observe astronomical dates, or popular seasonal datespans? (Glenn Hauser, oK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 100.5, WBOU-LP, Nashville TN: George McClintock tells me that the Catholic LPFM he helped establish is now carrying the Maryland Radio Reading Service on 67 kHz SCA. After surveying several such RRS, he chose this one for its wide variety of programming, and also filling time by relaying some other RRS. Includes oldtime radio on weekends. Unpublicized; initially has some dropouts, but being replaced with a better computer to take the webfeed. This must be it, Network rather than Service: http://www.radioreadingnetwork.org/programs/ WBOU Main channel carries Relevant Radio which also includes secular programs such as about health (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VATICAN. Strong signal of Vatican Radio on July 14 1130-1200 on 15595 SMG 100 kW / 107 deg to N/ME English Fri 1130-1200 on 17590 SMG 100 kW / 112 deg to N/ME English Fri http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/07/strong-signal-of-vatican-radio-in.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Any English from VR is now a rarity, so what program was this? (gh) ** VENEZUELA [non]. It's incredible, but almost a year later a card was obtained from Venezuela. QSL from Ecos del Torbes through WRMI for receiving a special program on August 13, 2016. Special DX program "International Day Ecos del Torbes," celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Club of the Diexistas de la Amistad (CDXA, Friendship DX Club) and the 26th anniversary of the program "América en Antena" (American Antenna). The card is here http://freerutube.info/2016/08/22/e-qsl-ecos-del-torbes-wrmi-venesuela-ssha-avgust-2016-goda/ (Dmitry Elagin, Saratov, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx", QSL World, Rus-DX 16 July via DXLD) ** VIETNAM. There came 3 envelopes from the Voice of Vietnam - 5 cards in April and May, a rectangular pennant + a set of stamps (a pleasant surprise). Everything was sent on June 19 (Victor Varzin, Kommunar, Leningrad region, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx", QSL World, Rus-DX July 16 via DXLD) ** ZAMBIA. 13680, Voice of Hope, Lusaka, 1650-1700*, 16-07, English, religious comments, id. “From Zambia, this is The Voice of Hope broadcasting to all Africa on 13680 kHz”, close. 34433 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante, Tecsun PL-880, Sangean ATS-909X, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZANZIBAR. 11735, Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation, Dole, 1757- 1815, 11-07, Swahili, comments, at 1801 English, “It’s nine o’clock” news, female, “This news comes to you from Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation”, “The main points again”, “This is Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation”, at 1812 Swahili again. 34333 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 1710 kHz oddities this week --- 0004 UT: I'm currently hearing a 400 Hz test tone on 1710 kHz, fair signal at times but exhibiting deep fading (ruling out local RFI). Earlier in the week I had an UNID pirate here playing oldies but never any announcements or informal IDs, and tonight the continuous test tone. A recording of the oldies medium wave pirate from a few nights ago: https://youtu.be/oBA5NwGBMi0 73, (Tim Tromp, West Michigan, UT July 20, ABDX via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 3325, July 14 at 1139, VP signal talk, seems only one; still a carrier at 1203, 1219. Bougainville or Palangkaraya, as perhaps Ron Howard will have unraveled which. 3260, also a JBA carrier at 1139, which would be PNG (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) BOTH on 3325, July 13 and 14, says Ron; see BOUGAINVILLE, INDONESIA UNIDENTIFIED. 3945-, July 14 at 1142, JOZ and another carrier beating slightly off-frequency, so Vanuatu? At 1146 the JBA carrier on 7260 is NOT off-frequency to lo side like Vanuatu (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 6106.0-USB, July 16 at 0134, INTRUDERS, 2-way in colloquial Spanish. Stronger one S8 sounds distressed, mentions twice ``el equipo en el agua``, and ``faltan 8 pescados``, so maybe having trouble meeting his quota (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 6110.30v, July 14 at 1152, slightly wavering het to 6110.0 which infests CNR1 echo-jamming to VOA Chinese via Thailand. Assume this is more ChiCom jamming as also logged some weeks ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Vielleicht kommt mal wieder was aus Zentralafrika ?! Wenn Kongo spielt dann meist von gegen 1700/1730 bis zum Sendeschluss immer gegen 1815/1820 UT. Der Testton war pünktlich um 19 UT vorbei. 73 Christoph Ratzer, http://ratzer.at http://remotedx.wordpress.com July 7, A-DX, via Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD) Re: [A-DX] 1 kHz Testton auf der Frequenz von Radio Kongo. Hallo Nochamal, vorgestern, Montag: Testton auf 6115 bis ca. 1900 UT gestern, Dienstag: nix. heute, Mittwoch: Träger auf ca. 6113.9, schon seit kurz nach 1700 beobachtet. Seltsam, seltsam. Der 1 khz-Pfeiffer ist mir irgendwie zu stark für ein Afrikasignal, der krumme Sender hingegen ist jedenfalls heute auf Web-SDRs im Nahen Osten stärker als in Europa. Eine erste plumpe Vermutung meinerseits war, dass dort jemand mit völlig unzureichenden Mitteln Radio Fana zu stören sucht. Wer? Eritrea? 7175 ist heute gg. 1710 off gegangen. Bin mir leider nicht sicher, ob da der 6113.9er schon auf Sendung war. Neee, und irgendwie glaube ich auch nicht so recht dran. 73 thorsten Hallo, den 1 kHz-Testton dort hatte ich auch vor ca. einer Woche schon mal, an einem anderen Tag einen Träger auf 6114. Beide waren aber eigentlich zu stark für ein Afrikasignal zu der Zeit (teils schon vor 1800 dort und bis nach 1900). 73 (Thorsten Hallman, Germany, July 12, ibid.) 13. Juli, 1650 bis 1710 UT, in Doha Qatar und Brisbane Australien, den Perseus Schätzchen: 6114.998 kHz Träger, unidentified, S=7, keine Sprache, kein Inhalt aufzunehmen, Signal wird vielleicht abends noch besser, wenn Grayline COG Brazzaville Congo bis OE reicht (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 6160, UNID strong carrier 0103 to 0158, weak audio.15 July (Bob Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, Florida, 746Pro - Drake R8, NRD 525, 60 meter dipole and noise reducing antenna, 90 meter dipole, NASWA yg via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 6915.0-LSB, July 15 at 0317-0324, ham-like QSOs mentioning Héctor en Tamaulipas, but never any XE-calls, discussing propagation, DX, radios, 6914 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. On July 4th at 1815 UT checked range 7000-7200 kHz I heard a known jamming sound type "Syren" on 7161 kHz. That Syren usually is used versus 'Sound of Hope/Radio Free Asia', for example on 11100, 15800 kHz, etc. (Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 8, BC-DX 13 July via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. EGYPT [sic] Unidentified station with Egyptian music on July 15 0900-0915 on 9400 unknown tx / unknown to UNID, very weak: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/07/unidentified-station-with-egyptian.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) If it`s so unidentified, unknown, unknown, why do you attribute it to Egypt? Anystation could play ``Egyptian`` music. Is there some other evidence? It is I who headline this UNIDENTIFIED, rather than just EGYPT (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. EGYPT, Unidentified station with Egyptian music July 17 0930-0940 on 9600 unknown tx / unknown to UNID, very weak: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/07/unidentified-station-with-egyptian_17.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #1018 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, July 18, 2017 via DXLD) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 1887: Glenn, you are doing a great service for us SWLers. Hope this helps (John Dailey, with a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com) One may also contribute by check or MO in US funds on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ AM RADIO LOG 38TH EDITION Hi all, Log production is underway and preorders are being taken! Expect shipping in late August! Order by snail mail by check or money order in US funds to National Radio Club, P.O. Box 473251, Aurora, CO 80047-3251 or order using your Pay Pal account at http://www.nrcdxas.org MEMBER USA Price $26.95 Priority Mail NON-MEMBER USA Price $32.95 Priority Mail MEMBER/NON-MEMBER Canada Price US$39.25 Global Priority Mail MEMBER/NON-MEMBER outside US/Canada US$49.75 Global Priority Mail 73 (Wayne Heinen, Editor AM Radio Log, July 15, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Circa 300 pages on paper only, punched for 3-hole binder. Essential for the MW DXer (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2017 IRCA/NRC/DecalcoMania CONVENTION IRCA will be hosting the 2017 IRCA/NRC/DecalcoMania Convention held Thursday August 17-Saturday August 19 (checking out on Sunday) at the Airport Plaza hotel, 1981 Terminal Way, Reno NV 89502. For reservations use phone number 775-348-6371 and request International Radio Club of America rate of $100 per night plus tax (although several have received an $89.99/night rate). Major credit cards accepted. (Attendees are encouraged to double up, share a room and save). Airlines serving Reno include Alaska, Allegiant, American, Delta, JetBlue, Southwest, United, and Volaris. Amtrak passenger train service is available as well. Registration fee (not including banquet) is $25 payable to Mike Sanburn, PO Box 1256, Bellflower CA 90707-1256. Or, by PayPal (add $1 to cover fee) mikesanburn@hotmail.com Include contact info and club affiliation(s) if any. Visitor’s information can be found online at http://www.visitrenotahoe.com This year’s IRCA/NRC/DecalcoMania convention in Reno will be an excellent chance to re-connect with old friends and to share DX stories. Speaking of sharing, we issue our annual call to action for those who wish to present a talk or paper during the convention. As you know, this can be as formal or informal as you want. To make it easier, we can provide you with audio-visual support, including slide- preparation and display. If you’re interested in sharing your experiences; or if you want to present questions for discussion that might lead to a better understanding of a particular aspect of your own DXing, please contact Mark Durenberger at Mark4@durenberger.com It is the tradition of both IRCA and NRC to have a Saturday Night auction at their annual conventions. This August is no exception. If you are planning on attending Reno, if you are able to find any interesting and preferably radio/DX related items that can be donated it is always greatly appreciated. Perhaps raid the local thrift store for some radio station coffee mugs, or maybe there is that station T- shirt which no longer fits, some DX books which you have already read 10 times. Best if you can bring them directly to the convention hotel, but I can accept smaller and midsized items mailed via USPS to my PO Box (1256 Bellflower CA 90707-1256) Auction proceeds will be divided between the clubs and hopefully all attendees can leave with a little item or two for their shack. Thank for your time. Mike Sanburn KG6LJU 2017 Convention Schedule (tentative) Thursday, August 17 2017 Note: All meals are on your own funds, including the banquet. Guests arrive by air, train, bus and cars – Airport Plaza Hotel, 1981 Terminal Way, Reno NV 89502 (775-348-6371 or 1-866-599-6674) Late afternoon – early convention registration in hotel lobby 17:00 Dinner at near-by restaurants (see enclosed maps) Friday, August 18 2017 Breakfast 09:00 Meeting room opens – Convention registration continues 10:20 Assemble for car pools for the KKOH tour 10:30 Leave for KKOH tour 11:00 KKOH tour (1 hour max) 12:00 Lunch (near KKOH – A&W/McDonalds/other) 13:00 KPLY 630, KHIT 1450, and +5 FMs tour (near KKOH) 17:00 Dinner (Outback nearby-Hotel Buffet-Texas Roadhouse-other) 19:00 Discussion groups (topics TBD) 23:00 Meeting room closes – Good night Saturday, August 19 2017 Breakfast 09:00 Meeting room opens – Convention registration continues 10:30 Gather for Kimmie Candies tour 11:00 Kimmie Candies tour 12:00 Lunch 13:00 Gather for tower tour(s) 13:15 Leave for tower tour(s) 15:00 Discussion group (topic TBD) 16:30 IRCA business meeting in meeting room 17:00 NRC business meeting in meeting room 18:00 Banquet (Black Bear Diner) 20:00 Auction in meeting room 23:00 Meeting room closes – Good night Sunday, August 20 2017 Breakfast 12:00N 2017 gathering ends. (IRCA DX Monitor July 22, published July 18, via DXLD) Convention Is Drawing Closer --- I received several items at the post office today including some auction items donated by Tom Jasinski and Gary Stoklas (Thank you both) plus a registration from Mr. Peterson, some KTWO bumper stickers for the goodie table, and some ad sheets from one of the radio manufacturers. We're a month out now and there is still time to make plans on attending. See you in Reno! 73 (Mike KG6LJU Sanburn, July 19, IRCA via DXLD) EDXC CONFERENCE 2017 Hello friends, the big DX event of this year is approaching and we have one month to go. The EDXC Conference joined with the annual summer meeting of the Finnish DX Association will be held on 18-20 August in Tampere, Finland. The meeting is also jubilee for EDXC 50th anniversary, for the 50th anniversary of the local club Tampereen DX- Kuuntelijat and for the centennial of Finland! The meeting information can be found at the web pages http://www.sdxl.fi Right now we are having slightly over 100 participants. It is still possible to book for the meeting, we have some hotel rooms and meeting packages available. All inquiries are welcome to e-mail rv at sdxl dot org. Don't miss this meeting, unfortunately it can be the last big DX meeting in Europe! Welcome to Finland! (Risto Vähäkainu, FDXA, July 17, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) MUSEA +++++ NORTH BAY'S NORAD BUNKER MAY HOUSE COUNTRY'S ENDANGERED ARCHIVES Mothballed complex in North Bay, Ont. eyed by museum foundation to store AV collection By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press Posted: Jul 13, 2017 8:22 AM ET Last Updated: Jul 13, 2017 11:26 AM ET [illustrated, and with videos] http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/norad-bunker-film-storage-1.4202668 An underground bunker in North Bay may become a repository for millions of films and videos, if the Canadian Broadcast Museum Foundation has its way. (civildefencemuseum.ca) [caption] It could give a whole new meaning to buried treasure. A national foundation wants to store millions of videos, films and other recordings 60 storeys underground in an old Norad bunker near North Bay, Ont. in an effort to preserve the vast electronic record of Canadian history. The Canadian Broadcast Museum Foundation is talking to federal officials about turning the mothballed complex into a secure repository for the country's endangered audio-visual archive. It would also include photographs, scripts, set designs and other items of interest. CBC archives back to the 30s The foundation, a charitable organization dedicated to preservation of broadcast heritage, is working with the CBC to document its analog collection dating from the 1930s — a move that will help smooth its eventual transfer to the foundation's custody. The space needed to safeguard the CBC/Radio-Canada collections alone will be about one million cubic feet, said Kealy Wilkinson, the foundation's executive director. What can you fit into a million cubic feet? The foundation is also aware of other significant collections held on a makeshift basis in institutions around the country. Inclusion of these materials would require another 800,000 to one million cubic feet. The idea is to preserve original items even after they are copied into digital formats. "It's absolutely critical to preserve the originals," Wilkinson said. Digital copies don't last forever and must be moved to new formats when old ones fall out of use, and each transfer carries a risk of quality loss, she added. "You're not dealing with the original thing any longer, not even necessarily a very good copy as time goes on." Throwing decades-old tapes and films in the dumpster would be akin to tossing out Emily Carr paintings, early settler maps or Canadian war- service records, she said. "You just don't do that." In addition, digital materials stored on hard drives are vulnerable to viruses and electromagnetic attacks that can wipe out records. Library and Archives Canada doesn't have the needed space for the collections, Wilkinson said. The foundation has an audio-visual storehouse in Toronto, but it is getting full. Wilkinson considers the Norad site ideal due to its size, humidity and temperature controls, and other construction features that insulate it from seismic shock or external blast damage. Complex built to withstand 4-megaton explosion The military says the underground complex — completed in 1963 to monitor the skies for signs of enemy aggression — was engineered to withstand a four-megaton nuclear explosion, 267 times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb. Known to locals as "The Hole," it housed a cafeteria, medical facility, operations rooms, command post and computer area. Three 19- ton steel blast doors could be closed to protect the hundreds of workers inside. Post-apocalyptic sci-fi film "The Colony," starring Bill Paxton and Laurence Fishburne, was filmed there five years ago. The Colony The 2013 movie 'The Colony,' starring Laurence Fishburne and Kevin Zegers, was filmed in the Norad bunker. (RLJ Entertainment/Image Entertainment) [caption] Wilkinson's inquiry late last year to Canadian Heritage about the underground complex led her to National Defence. The foundation has hired consultants, with a nod from Defence, to evaluate the state of the facility. "There's obviously no point in our trying to push this idea forward unless we know that it's feasible." Many details, including the cost of refurbishing the complex, are uncertain. But Wilkinson anticipates there would be an above-ground visitor centre for research purposes. "That's the whole point of this — to make sure that it is accessible to Canadians. It's their cultural product, and their history." (via Gerald T Pollard, NC, DXLD) Also via Dan Say, alt.radio.networks.cbc as: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/group-proposes-storing-canadian-broadcast-archive-in-ontario-cold-war-bunker/article35688458/ (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) PHOTO TOUR OF DAN ROBINSON’S RECEIVER COLLECTION A tour of my radio collection. As most readers of SWLing Post probably know by now, I have had a lifelong love affair with radios (as many of us have had). My collection of receivers has changed through the years, with some exceptions being radios that have stayed with me for decades and which Tom was able to photograph during his visit to my home in Potomac, MD. Take a look at this fantastic receiver collection here: http://swling.com/blog/2017/07/photo-tour-of-dan-robinsons-receiver-collection/ (Dan Robinson via swling.com via SW Bulletin July 16 via DXLD) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV [non] See also MEXICO ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ MICROSOFT EYES BUFFER ZONE IN TV AIRWAVES FOR RURAL INTERNET By matt o'brien, ap technology writer Jul 11, 2017, 5:04 PM ET http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/microsoft-announces-rural-broadband-initiative-48562282 Microsoft is announcing a project to bring broadband internet access to rural parts of the United States. Microsoft President Brad Smith said in a blog post that he plans to unveil details about the initiative at a Tuesday, July 11, 2017, event in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File) [caption] Microsoft wants to extend broadband services to rural America by turning to a wireless technology that uses the buffer zones separating individual television channels in the airwaves. Microsoft plans to partner with rural telecommunications providers in 12 states stretching from Washington to Maine to get about 2 million rural Americans connected to high-speed internet over the next five years. It's also calling for regulatory cooperation from the Federal Communications Commission and broader support from the public sector to expand rural broadband to the more than 20 million people who don't have it. Microsoft's initiative, unveiled Tuesday , comes as policy makers struggle to extend high-speed internet services to rural areas, which cable and phone companies have often shunned as cost prohibitive. Getting more people connected in rural areas has been a priority of President Donald Trump's administration. Brad Smith, Microsoft's president and chief legal officer, said the company won't make money on the operations, but could benefit from serving rural users with its services, many of which run ads or require paid subscriptions. The project still faces several challenges, including the costs of setting up antennas and service base stations, as well as the devices individual homes will need. Those costs are expected to decline over time, though. Microsoft has tried using the TV buffer zones, or white space, to provide broadband internet in several countries. But the idea is "still in its infancy," said Parmesh Ramanathan, an engineering professor at the University of Wisconsin. Ramanathan said this technology could prove cheaper than existing methods, such as laying down fiber-optic cables, but telecom companies will still need subsidies to make it economical. "It requires a sustained effort," he said. "It's not something where you can show profit in a quarter. They have to have longer-term vision." The initiative also faces objections from the National Association of Broadcasters, which said it was the "height of arrogance" for Microsoft to "demand free, unlicensed spectrum after refusing to bid on TV airwaves" in a recent FCC auction. The group said the buffer zones, though currently unused, are important for preventing adjacent channels from interfering with each other. That's less of a problem in most rural areas, said Doug Brake, a telecommunications policy analyst with the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, a think tank that includes Microsoft among its donors. "In rural areas, there aren't that many television broadcasters so there's a lot of unused spectrum," Brake said. "The real challenge is getting the number of users, the scale. Is there enough of a market for the device manufacturers to build these devices?" To make it work, Microsoft said the FCC will have to guarantee that these buffer zones remain available nationwide — and make even more such zones available in rural areas. Other companies, including Google, have made similar requests. Of the three TV channels that Microsoft wants the FCC to free up around the country for what it describes as "public" use, the biggest controversy has centered around one used by low-power television broadcasters that often provide niche programming to small communities. Brake said some of those stations "might get bumped off in a few markets" if those airwaves are reserved for broadband internet service. Microsoft is already piloting its idea in a sparsely populated region of southern Virginia, where it's providing $250,000 to the Mid- Atlantic Broadband Communities Corp. The South Boston, Virginia-based telecommunications provider will contribute another $250,000 and use a $500,000 grant from the Virginia Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission. The project is providing free internet for local students to access educational websites, and charging customers who want expanded service. Mid-Atlantic's chief executive, Ted Deriso, said he reached out to Microsoft several years ago after seeing the Redmond, Washington, company deploy the technology in other parts of the world. "We said, 'Wow, the problems they're trying to solve in rural parts of Africa are the same we have in rural Virginia, on the technology side,'" Deriso said. He said the use of television white spaces is great for rural areas with lots of trees, hills and other obstacles. "You need a type of technology that can go longer distances and has better penetration," he said. "You're trying to reach more customers without using a ton of equipment." FCC Chairman Ajit Pai visited Deriso's southern Virginia office on Tuesday to talk about the project, around the same time Smith was unveiling Microsoft's plan to industry and political leaders at a Washington hotel near the White House. Microsoft said it will pilot its initiative in rural communities in Arizona, Georgia, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, New York, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin (via DXLD) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- IBOC See MEXICO incidentally; USA 1270 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See also KUWAIT! RUSSIA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ GOSPELL GR-216 MULTI-BAND RADIO A new generation AM - Digital (DRM) - FM receiver --- 12 July 2017 Listen to DRM Digital Radio Broadcasts. Some tests with the Gospell GR-216. http://www.hobbyradio.se/en/drm/gospell_en.html (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ VIDEO TOUR OF THE E-4B NAOC DOOMSDAY PLANE This is a pretty interesting video of the inside of the flying Pentagon or Doomsday Plane. There is a lot of radio equipment on board including a radio antenna that can fly out of the back of the plane. Look at the video here: http://swling.com/blog/2017/07/video-tour-of-the-e-4b-naoc-doomsday-plane/ (from swling.com via SW Bulletin July 16 via DXLD) NEW SDR SOON TO BE RELEASED http://www.rtl-sdr.com/new-airspy-hf-pics-and-sensitivity-test/ The price is rumoured to be $149. Release is said to be a couple of weeks from now. It will not cater to those recording entire bands, the focus is on dynamic range. Regards, (Vince, Ottawa, ON, Ferme, July 19, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) SONY SRF-A2 AM STEREO RADIO The good sound is due to product detection instead of envelope detection. I have found it to be a good DX ultralight due to the large diameter ferrite bar inside (Bruce Carter, ABDX via DXLD) The SRF 42 was fantastic for DXing. Especially since it could detect if a station had stereo if the pilot tone was absent. One of my favourite features was how it would find the single stereo station out of 8 or so on the same frequency, boost that one when in stereo when it was not detectable in mono. The boost was often enough to make the desired station listenable. I used to listen to XEMU [580 Piedras Negras] that way when I was in the Midwest. If the radio was mono, sometimes I couldn't even identify the signal (Justin Nielsen, July 12, ibid.) RE: FCC NOISE INQUIRY, WHAT TO DO? http://www.radioworld.com/columns-and-views/0004/steps-to-lower-noise-floor-and-revitalize-am-radio/339995 *The author is president of Kintronic Labs Inc.* Background noise interference is degrading the quality of broadcast reception, two-way communications, mobile cellphone services and every other form of wireless communications used today at an alarming rate. RELATED ARTICLES Noise Inquiry Spurs Recommendations Test setup. The FCC and the ITU agree that the DC to 60 GHz+ wide-spectrum background noise floor is increasing as more and more unregulated electronic devices are used by more consumers in more ways every day. While it is true that large numbers of these devices have been in use for some time, the question becomes: What can we do to lower the noise floor now that the floodgates of unregulated devices have been open for so long? Is this an impossible task? I believe the answer is an emphatic “no.” On June 15, 2016, the FCC Office of Engineering and Technology Technical Advisory Council opened a noise floor technical inquiry in the form of ET Docket No. 16-191 to seek answers to the following basic questions: 1. Is there a noise problem? 2. Where does the problem exist? Spectrally? Spatially? Temporally? 3. Is there quantitative evidence of the overall increase in the total integrated noise floor across various segments of the radio frequency spectrum? 4. How should a noise study be performed? The most prominent responses were from the American Radio Relay League, the Society of Broadcast Engineers, the NAB, the National Public Safety Telecommunications Council, the National Electrical Manufacturers Association, the State of California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services Public Safety Communications, Verizon and AT&T. Unfortunately, most were anecdotal, not accompanied with measured quantitative data. This is largely because the responders did not have the instrumentation resources nor the budget to provide the quantitative evidence being sought. Despite the scarcity of quantitative data submissions, one clear outcome of this TAC technical inquiry is an unmistakable consensus among the responders: A noise floor study is not only needed but overdue. AC power cord +/- 3 V P-P impulse noise. Testing In August 2016, Jack Sellmeyer, P.E., and I measured the electric field intensity and the associated (power cord) impulse noise voltages produced by various LED lights that we purchased off the shelf at a Home Depot that resulted from the lack of filter components in the lamps. One of the lights we tested was a Phillips 100 W LED light bulb. The test setup in the image above shows the flat line trace on the oscilloscope with the LED light off, and the oscilloscope trace on the right shows the +/- 3 V peak-to-peak impulse noise that was measured using a current probe on one of the two AC power cord conductors when the light was turned on. The associated field intensity measured at 3 MHz was 35 uV/m with the loop antenna immediately adjacent to the lamp. This value quickly decreased to the noise level in less than 1-foot distance from the lamp. Hence, the most significant noise contributor from this particular lamp was the conducted impulse noise that was due to the fact that the currents on the two AC power leads were not equal and opposite. The proper filter components had not been included in the lamp design. Another lamp that we tested was a Philips 100 watt flood lamp. This light yielded a field intensity at 3 MHz of 400 uV/m at a distance of 3 inches from the light, which decreased to the noise level 5 feet from the lamp. We located the FIM-41 loop antenna adjacent to the lamp power cord feeding this lamp and walked it down the length of the power cord for a distance of approximately 10 feet from the lamp. The field intensity ranged between 60 and 70 uV/m over the length of the power cord measured. It never dropped below 60 uV/m. The audible noise associated with the RF emissions from these lights at 3 MHz was undeniable. These results together with other video recorded test results were submitted in response to the TAC inquiry. These are just a small sample of the numerous LED lights that are available. You can imagine the cumulative results for multiple LED lights in one residence or manufacturing plant. These lights are just two examples of a plethora of RF-emitting consumer products, including compact fluorescent lights; LED traffic lights; all manner of switching power supplies associated with commonly used consumer electronic devices, such as computer modems, LCD and plasma TVs, cell phones, computers and UPS units; automobile electrical systems and controllers; and photovoltaic power systems that are now commonly used throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and the developed world. What to do We at Kintronic Labs believe that the following steps should be taken to lower the noise floor and specifically to revitalize AM radio: 1. FCC Lab should perform random off-the-shelf product testing of consumer electronic products to confirm compliance. Manufacturers found to be guilty of selling non-compliant products should be issued commensurate fines that will serve to inform them and other manufacturers that the manufacture and importation of non-compliant products into the US market will not be tolerated. 2. AM stations must become actively involved in reporting utility and Part 15 and Part 18 home device offenses to the FCC. Provisions for doing so are now available on the FCC website ) 3. The NAB, SBE, ARRL and other wireless communications associations need to take an active role in keeping up with new technology developments and identifying the potential impact they may have on the RF noise floor. One example is the wireless charging systems being developed for electric cars. Some of the planned systems will operate at power levels of tens or hundreds of kilowatts at frequencies of a few hundred kilohertz. One can expect that even a relatively small amount of harmonic emission from such devices could wipe out radio reception over long distances. *The author thanks Bob Weller, P.E., president of the Association of Federal Communications Consulting Engineers, for helpful comments incorporated in this article.* Thanx 73 de (Jordan ve7jjd Dobrikin, ptswyg via DXLD) OPEN DAY AT BALDOCK RADIO STATION Ofcom's Baldock receiving station is advertising an open day 28 July - https://build.falcon.io/-KoldM1TwMd2aXSQNdyQ/ Seems to be mainly aimed at schoolchildren, but it could be a chance to learn more about their work. I've never visited the station, but have driven past it many times over the past decades. I've noticed big changes over the years, with new buildings, satellite dishes, etc added to what looked in the 1980s like a very modest-sized operation. Now apparently they use drones - presumably carrying receivers (Chris Greenway, July 17, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Baldock also carry out lots of HF monitoring (unlike BBCM?) as published in the ITU quarterly frequency files, e.g. http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-R/terrestrial/monitoring/RegMon/PDFfiles/354.pdf 73, (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) 80 years ago Guglielmo Marconi died I just wrote some on line: 80 ANNI DALLA MORTE. MARCONI, UNA VITA PER LA SCIENZA. DALLA RADIO ALLA GUIDA DEL CNR --- Giampiero Bernardini giovedì 20 luglio 2017 Il grande scienziato italiano moriva il 20 luglio 1937. Ha cambiato il nostro modo di vivere puntando sulle onde elettromagnetiche: dalla radio alla televisione, fino agli smartphone e i satelliti Ottanta anni fa, il 20 luglio 1937, moriva Guglielmo Marconi, il padre della radio. La sua invenzione, nata dalla scommessa di potere utilizzare le onde elettromagnetiche per ricavarne modi di comunicazione, ha sconvolto la nostra era. Non solo la radio, ma anche la televisione, i satelliti, gli smartphone, il Wi-Fi, il Gps e tante altre tecnologie oggi irrinunciabili nascono dalla sua intuizione. Da quel giorno in cui in cui, vicino a Bologna, un colpo di fucile avvisò che un segnale elettromagnetico aveva valicato una collina, di strada ne è stata fatta davvero tanta lungo le vie del "telegrafo senza fili". . . [piu] https://www.avvenire.it/attualita/pagine/80-anni-fa-moriva-guglielmo-marconi (Via Giampiero Bernardini himself, dxldyg via DXLD) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ BBC PROGRAMME ON VAN ALLEN BELTS Glenn & Giles: I was listening to the BBC World Service this afternoon and the program, "Science in Action". The link I'm sending you should be the approximate start time (17:24 into the episode) of a feature on the Van Allen Belts. Interesting stuff about science and space weather. Definitely worth listening to. Best. Science in Action: Plastic Planet http://pca.st/episode/c7485260-4fb2-0135-902b-63f4b61a9224?t=1047 Sent from my iPhone (Charles Harlich, DX LISTENING DIGEST) GEOMAGNETIC INDICES – Compiled by: Phil Bytheway E-mail: phil_tekno@yahoo.com Geomagnetic Summary June 1 2017 through June 30 2017 Tabulated from daily status (K @ 0000 UTC). Flux A K Space Wx 1 76 7 3 no storms 2 78 5 1 no storms 3 78 9 1 no storms 4 78 3 1 no storms 5 79 5 2 no storms 6 75 5 1 no storms 7 76 4 2 no storms 8 74 5 1 no storms 9 74 5 1 no storms 10 75 4 1 no storms 11 74 17 3 minor, G1 12 75 8 3 no storms 13 75 8 1 no storms 14 74 5 1 no storms 15 77 4 0 no storms 16 74 24 5 minor, G1 17 75 15 3 minor, G1 18 75 10 2 no storms 19 74 5 1 no storms 20 74 3 0 no storms 21 74 4 2 no storms 22 74 6 2 no storms 23 74 5 2 no storms 24 74 9 3 no storms 25 74 11 2 no storms 26 74 7 2 no storms 27 75 5 0 no storms 28 72 4 1 no storms 29 72 5 1 no storms 30 72 4 2 no storms Gx – Geomagnetic Storm Level Rx – Radio Blackouts Level Sx – Solar Radiation Storm Level (IRCA DX Monitor July 22, published July 18, via DXLD) MASSIVE ATMOSPHERIC EXPERIMENT PLANNED FOR AUGUST SOLAR ECLIPSE https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/07/12/a-massive-atmospheric-experiment-is-planned-for-august-solar-eclipse/ (via Bill Carney, MARE Tipshet via DXLD) Viz.: The Washington Post [with many embedded linx; see original] Solar Eclipse 2017 A massive atmospheric experiment is planned for August solar eclipse Here’s every total solar eclipse happening in your lifetime. Is this year your best chance… [but first, sidebar linx:] That time a city scared itself silly over a total solar eclipse Here’s what happened to people who tried to watch a solar eclipse without special glasses Want to see this summer’s solar eclipse? Here are some viewing options across the U.S. Perspective How to get kids ready for, and excited about, the Great American Eclipse You’ll need special glasses to see the solar eclipse. Here’s where to get them free. Two-month countdown: Watch Bill Nye and Phil Plait talk about the total solar eclipse Perspective I watched a total eclipse of the sun. You don’t want to miss the next one. How to avoid clouds that could spoil the Great American Eclipse Dear Science: Is the eclipse moving backward? Solar power will take a hit during the Aug. 21 eclipse Scientists are gearing up to take the longest-ever video of a solar eclipse A major eclipse is coming this summer. There’s proper attire for it. The U.S. Postal Service designed this awesome stamp to celebrate the eclipse Don’t let clouds ruin your solar eclipse — here’s where it’s most likely to be clear The first solar eclipse to cross America in 99 years is coming. To some, it’s an act of Go… In 6 months, the moon will block out the sun, and social media will explode The sun is disappearing, and you have only 10 months to prepare A MASSIVE ATMOSPHERIC EXPERIMENT IS PLANNED FOR AUGUST SOLAR ECLIPSE Speaking of Science, By Ben Guarino July 12 The Hinode spacecraft captured this image of the Jan. 6, 2011, solar eclipse. (NASA) [caption] On Aug. 21, as the moon passes in front of the sun and casts a shadow across the United States, millions are expected to gaze at the totality. Meanwhile, a smaller crowd will be glued to 150 custom-made radio receivers set up across the country. The project, called EclipseMob, is the largest experiment of its kind in history. By recording changes in the radio signal, these citizen scientists will collect data on the ionosphere — the region of the atmosphere where, miles above Earth's surface, cosmic and solar radiation bumps electrons free from atoms and molecules. It plays a crucial role in some forms of long-distance communication: Like rocks skipped across a pond, radio waves can bounce along the top of the ionosphere to travel farther around the globe. But signals passing through the ionosphere sometimes behave in unpredictable ways, and scientists still have a lot of questions about its properties and behavior. “Any solar eclipse is a good opportunity to study the ionosphere,” said Jill K. Nelson, an expert in signal processing at George Mason University in Virginia. The level of ions in the ionosphere fluctuates from day to night, decreasing in the absence of sunlight. But this change happens gradually during normal sunrises and sunsets. The sudden light-to-dark switch as it occurs during the eclipse, then, is an opportune moment to observe this layer of the atmosphere. “We’re using the radio signal strength to understand what’s going on in the ionosphere,” Nelson said. The first attempt to study radio signals during an eclipse occurred in 1912, Nelson said. But EclipseMob has a few advantages over past studies: the number of people involved, the consistency of the radio signals and, by hooking receivers to smartphones, accurate data on location and time. And because the eclipse passes over populous regions in the continental United States, the August totality will be particularly useful. EclipseMob participants are scattered, with some close to the path of the eclipse and others located in far corners of the country. Play Video 2:26 Dear Science: Why does the eclipse shadow travel from west to east? The total solar eclipse in August 2017 will travel across the United States from Oregon to South Carolina. But if the moon rises in the east and sets in the west, why does the eclipse shadow travel from west to east? Dear Science is on the case. (Daron Taylor, Jorge Ribas/The Washington Post) [sidebar] This experiment will test low- and medium-frequency signals. But high- frequency radio waves play an important role in the ionosphere, too. They can be transmitted into the upper level of the ionosphere where, in a layer called the F region, they bounce back down to Earth. These far-reaching lines of communication are useful when, say, hurricanes knock out cell towers, per George Mason University's description of the project. But fluctuations in the ionosphere can also disrupt radio waves. Increased free electrons in lower regions of the ionosphere during the day alters radio wave transmission, which is why AM radio signals are stronger at night, Nelson said. During the Aug. 21 eclipse, the citizen scientists will use their radio receivers to listen to two signals. One comes from a Navy transmitter in California. The other is the 60 kHz broadcast from the National Institute of Standards and Technology facility in Colorado, the radio station WWVB, which transmits digital time codes across the United States. (Consumer electronics set their clocks by WWVB time.) The radio receivers, developed by K.C. Kerby-Patel, an electromagnetics expert at the University of Massachusetts at Boston, and her students, will measure the strength of these signals during the eclipse. Previous experiments indicate that, as the moon's shadow sweeps across the country, the radio signal strength will undergo “fairly dramatic” changes, Nelson said. She expects the signal will look different depending on whether the waves have to cross through the path of totality to reach the receivers. Those close to the center path of the eclipse may see a more dramatic change. The eclipse could have wide-reaching effects on radio signals, as suggested by earlier studies. In 1999, British citizens listened in for a 639 kHz radio station, broadcast from northern Spain, during an eclipse. Radio La Coruna was typically heard only at night in southern England. But, in the middle of the eclipse, residents reported receiving it much further to the north. Though all 150 receiver kits created with a National Science Foundation grant have been claimed, it is not too late to join the EclipseMob, Nelson said. The project's website includes instructions for ordering parts and constructing your own radio receiver. Read more: Dear Science: Is the eclipse moving backward? That time a city scared itself silly over a total solar eclipse Scientists are gearing up to take the longest-ever video of a solar eclipse Ben Guarino writes for The Washington Post’s Speaking of Science section. Follow @bbguari 31 Comments [selected; many of them off-the-wall nonsense --- gh] swampwiz 7/13/2017 12:14 PM GMT The answer by that NASA expert is wrong. He just said the sidereal period of the Moon is half of an Earth sidereal day! swampwiz 7/13/2017 12:34 PM GMT OK, I see what's going on. The ratio of the radii of the Earth's surface and the Moon is about 60 whereas the ratio of the angular frequency is 30 the other way (i.e., the length of a Moon cycle, which is why it's called a month), so in terms of motion from the reference point of the Earth's center, the Moon is moving at twice the linear speed of the Earth's surface, so the shadow ends moving about twice as fast as the Earth's surface. Chris Smolinski 7/13/2017 1:03 AM GMT Several of us radio hobbyists make frequent recordings of DGPS (Differential GPS) stations that transmit GPS correction data on the longwave band (that's below the AM band), partly to help study propagation on this band. We'll be recording the day of the eclipse as well, to see what the effects are. We log our results here: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php?board=32.0 Mantuano 7/12/2017 11:03 PM GMT [Edited] Maybe another kind of experiment on the athmospheric temperature variation and short term thermal inertia could be done, with more quick results obtained, With some electronic thermometers and recorders this should give quick results. skramsv 7/12/2017 5:27 PM GMT I am rather surprised that my Ham radio friends did not know about this. Most Ham people are willing to lend an ear. I really believe that many people are willing and capable of helping with scientific data collection; they just are waiting for instructions on how to help. Is there a website where people can go to find research programs that are in need of citizen scientists? And what a better way to gain new scientists and increase Science's voice in government. The more people that have money or skin in the Sciences game, the more they will lean on their representatives in government to fund new research. Bartbeast 7/14/2017 11:44 PM GMT Try this for a ham project; http://hamsci.org/basic-project/2017-total-solar-eclipse Independence 7/12/2017 4:57 PM GMT Awesome! Just ordered the parts! Mary_M_ 7/12/2017 3:35 PM GMT Oh, we missed this, and I don't have the time or skills to build that. I would have taken one to our Idaho spot. Chiral 7/12/2017 3:30 PM GMT If radios were using traditional AM signal in the previous eclipse study, then why is there no accommodation for AM signal testing mentioned and why would a person need to order special parts for doing a similar AM signal test and being able to report one's findings? lcs1h 7/12/2017 9:46 PM GMT They want to study the D-layer which, is the lowest layer of ionization and causes the absorption of RF waves during the daytime. This layer goes away at night and during eclipses. To study the layer it is best to use VLF (very low frequency) which is why the 60 kHz signal from WWVB is ideal. The kit is designed to receive this frequency and record the signal data. paul0207 7/12/2017 10:16 PM GMT There will be an experiment using AM radios with the same purpose. Please google: “Observe” August’s Eclipse with Your AM Radio. (via DXLD) STUDENT TEAMS READY FOR SOLAR ECLIPSE EXPERIMENT Southgate July 14, 2017 Radio amateurs Magdalina Moses KM4EGE, Xiaoyu Han KM4ICI, Bob McGwier N4HY and Greg Earle W4GDE feature in an article on a propagation experiment for the upcoming solar eclipse The Roanoke Times reports: Teams from Virginia Tech and Radford University have been readying for a while for what will be a few moments of prime research time on Aug. 21. That’s the day of the first total solar eclipse visible from the United States since 1979. On Wednesday, Magda Moses' [KM4EGE] backyard off Blacksburg’s North Main Street was crisscrossed with wires. The Virginia Tech senior, along with a team of students and faculty, was using the yard as a laboratory to test equipment for a project that will measure the effects of next month’s total solar eclipse on the ionosphere — the part of Earth’s atmosphere where many satellites orbit and signals from ham radios and over-the-horizon radar bounce off and through which GPS signals must penetrate. The project, led by Tech electrical engineering professor Greg Earle [W4GDE], has been three years in the making. That time has been spent prepping for an event that will last just a couple of minutes in the path of totality. Three teams of students and faculty from Virginia Tech will be spread out to measure the eclipse’s effects on low frequency radar waves: one team in Oregon as the eclipse arrives in the U.S., one in Kansas at mid-eclipse and one in South Carolina as it leaves the country. The students have already given up their summers to work on the project, something well worth it, Moses said. The Wednesday session in Moses’ backyard was a practice run in measuring the high frequency waves. The team set up four antennas connected to poles in the ground, Earle said. “The eclipse offers us a chance to test what happens when there’s something unusual [going on],” Earle said. The data will be collected and analyzed to see what happens to radio waves when the ionosphere suddenly isn’t being pounded by solar radiation, which will be blocked by the moon. The scientists will measure how long the waves take to go up and down off of the ionosphere and compare it to normal conditions. Understanding the data and comparing it to models can help scientists better analyze the effects of space weather events on the earth , Earle said. As humans use more and more computer chips, solar radiation will have a greater effect on technology, said Robert McGwier, director of research for Tech’s Hume Center, which leads the university’s research efforts related to national defense. McGwier is helping design and assemble the hardware for the project. Many researchers and other eclipse-seekers are traveling to the path of totality — where the sun will be totally obscured. And devices such as pinhole cameras are a hot purchase. Mike Freed, a solar physicist who teaches at Radford University, recommended using special eclipse glasses available for purchase online for home viewing of the eclipse . It’s a big event for scientists because it’s the first in almost four decades, Freed said. The 1979 eclipse brushed part of the Pacific Northwest, but this one will travel across the country from Oregon to South Carolina. Freed is leading a team of 10 Radford University students who will record the eclipse in Nashville, Tennessee. The RU team is working as part of the Citizen Continental-America Telescopic Eclipse Experiment, which will capture images of the solar corona using telescopes in 60 locations . Freed and his team will record the event and livestream it to Radford University’s Planetarium . The eclipse provides some of the best conditions for any scientist studying the sun and will serve as the genesis for a multitude of projects. “There’s really good science to be had,” Freed said. “There just aren’t any tools we have that can do a better job than mother nature for study [of science].” Read the full article at http://www.roanoke.com/news/education/higher_education/radford/virginia-tech-radford-university-teams-readying-for-eclipse/article_3c0e4dce-fa19-5c69-8e7a-b9a405cac018.html (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) THE SUN'S SOUND WAVES REVEAL THAT ITS SURFACE IS THINNING Seeker.com By Doris Elin Salazar, Space.com July 11, 2017 Celestial acoustic research shows that the sun's outer layers are more sensitive to medium and higher frequencies, indicating that some areas of the solar surface have weakened. Article here: https://www.seeker.com/space/sound-waves-from-the-sun-reveal-that-the-solar-surface-is-thinning Posted by: (Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) TWO DX-ERS AND THE ECLIPSE There's been a lot of chatter in the ham newsletters and the scientific community about RF-signal measurements during the August 21st eclipse. But not much has appeared in the “DX” newsletters. In the hope of stimulating an exchange about proposed listening methodologies, we want to share the eclipse-monitoring plan of two DX- ers --- Nick Hall-Patch and myself. We plan to take advantage of a technology that wasn't available during the last major eclipse: the Software-Defined Radio (SDR). To give all signals an equal chance, the Medium-Wave antennas used will be high- gain omni-directional. The SDR listening posts at Nick's Victoria British Columbia home and my cabin in North-Central Minnesota will be connected by a balanced wire-pair, with the separated antennas forming a Very-Long-Baseline Eclipse-Catcher Array ("VLBECA"). RF measurements will be taken from 9.01 kHz through 66.666 MHz in 1.1-Hz increments. For connectivity between us to form the VLBECA, we will use pair 3 (green/white) of special Cat-5 cable with pink jacketing. (From our recent desert DXPedition we found the pink outer jacket to be the best color for optimal velocity factor in the Cat-5, and we were already aware that an odd-numbered pair would maintain better polarity.) The exact distance between our two locations is 1,359.37 miles (or 2187.69395328 kilometers if you're Canadian). Since there are a lot less miles than kilometers along the VLBECA, we chose to save money by buying the connecting cable by the mile rather than the kilometer, and that meant purchasing our Cat-5 in the United States. Further input on velocity factor from the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) led us to choose stranded rather than solid wire for the Cat-5. This created some contention between Nick and myself, since stranded copper is more expensive. However, when we realized the Cat-5 route took us through the Bakken Oil Fields of North Dakota, we knew the superior mechanical performance of stranded wire would provide additional integrity against rough handling. For Cat-5 pair 3 termination consistency on the two ends, we asked for bids for a pair of 2.2:1 matching transformers that would match the Cat-5’s native 110-ohm impedance to the 50-ohm input of the 273 dB- gain RF amplifier. However no one could meet our specifications. So we ended up using the Western Electric 111C “repeat coil” since this device is known to significantly reduce Group Delay https://www.jmu.edu/wmra-eng/archive/repeatcoil.pdf To guard against inaccuracies in the eclipse schedule, we agreed to begin recording at both monitoring stations at 0301 UTC July 27th, and to conclude at 1921 UTC, September 31st. For the SDRs, 5600 Terabyte storage devices were acquired from Best Buy. Since we will be measuring signals expected to be at the very limits of receiver noise performance, we spent a good deal of time thinking about continuous battery power since, because of possible eclipse- schedule inaccuracies, we don’t want to stop the recordings during the above period, lest we miss something. Fortunately we were able to negotiate access to the battery rooms of the phone companies at our respective locations. For Nick, that’s BC Telus (formerly BC Tel; formerly the Victoria & Esquimalt Telephone Company and the New Westminster & Burrard Inlet Telephone Company) and, for me, the Upsala MN Telephone Company (formerly the Upsala MN Telephone Company). Connectivity to these battery rooms will use fabric-covered lamp cord acquired from Mark Connelly. We believe the color of the lamp cord fabric will not impact the Group Delay. Once the recordings have been made (assuming there really IS an eclipse) Nick and I will meet in Salt Lake City Saturday October 7th late afteroon to review all the recordings, and we plan to publish our results here and in QEX on Sunday October 8th. Please let us know if you think we’ve missed anything in our planning. Nick and I are both “elderly” and we want to get this eclipse right so we don’t have to wait for the next one. Cheers! (Mark Durenberger, mobile, July 16, NRC-AM via DXLD) Really? (gh) Surely this is a joke. it's not even April. A 2k km CAT 5 line between your SDRs, and it's a mighty large Terabyte storage you have! ;-) (Walt Salmaniw, IRCA via DXLD) No joke here, Walt. Mark got a really great deal on surplus CAT 5 in bulk and I've spent three weeks doing almost nothing but modelling the setup in EZNEC. 73 KAZ (Neil Kazaross, IL/WI, ibid.) A friend reminded me that we probably should specify oxygen-depleted copper for the Cat 5. We think oxygen-depleted copper is necessary for a uniform velocity factor in pair 3 of a copper wire cable.'' Cheers! (Mark Durenberger, mobile, ibid.) Yes, of course, Mark. Certainly you don't want phasing errors to mess up that great array pattern. 73 (KAZ, ibid.) Hi Walt, One of the beauties of being retired is that it can be April Fool's Day every day of the year, though more and more the joke is only on the retiree. No, we won't go into that. As to this proposal --- shortly afterwards I was reading a trade journal, and saw an article to do with further offshore wind power in the North Sea --- some of the "all we have to do is develop XYZ". I read there make 273dB gain amplifiers and the like look almost feasible. Maybe Mark missed his calling as a pitch man for a high tech firm looking for government handouts. best wishes, (Nick, IRCA via DXLD) Is the rumor true that Trump wants to re-use parts of the array in a Canadian border wall? (Chuck Hutton, ibid.) Adding the Mexican wall, this can become a Faraday cage for you guys. LOL. Regards, (Vince, Ottawa ON, Ferme, ibid.) Shhhh, it will be sort of like those electric dog fences, only for people. How did you think we got the funding? (nh-p, ibid.) Sounds like a big project, but if the DX is good then it will all be worth while. I will be using my loop here so I know you guys will hear more than me even if the eclipse does occur as predicted. Did Nick notice any savings by buying by the mile instead of the kilometer even with the lower Canadian dollar? (Shawn Axelrod, Manitoba, NRC-AM via DXLD) Am I missing something here? It's an eclipse, therefore not something that is predicted. It WILL happen, unless North Korea tries to blow up the moon between now and August 21. Only way that it won't be seen in Winnipeg (in its partial phase, that is) is if you have overcast or mostly cloudy skies that day, i.e., the kind that spoiled Portland, Oregon's viewing of the total eclipse on 2/26/1979. 73, (Rick Dau, South Omaha, Nebraska, NRC-AM via DXLD) Hi Shawn. I probably stated that poorly. I meant to report that we would buy a length of Cat-5 that was 1359 miles long, rather than 2187 kilometers long. Cheers! (Mark Durenberger, mobile, ibid.) Penny wise, cent foolish, I say. Sure, it may LOOK appealing to buy by the kilometer, but you'll pay all of that savings back and then some when they hit you up for that expensive, lossy km-to-mile adapter at the border. If you just buy by the furlong in the first place, you may spend a little more in the short run, but you'll be miles ahead in the end (Scott Fybush, NY, ibid.) But that’s precisely why we’re buying it on the U.S. side! I’m sure you’ve been through that near your own border. Cheers! (Mark Durenberger, mobile, ibid.) :Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts :Issued: 2017 Jul 17 0154 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # Product description and SWPC contact on the Web # http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/weekly.html # # Weekly Highlights and Forecasts # Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 10 - 16 July 2017 Solar activity was at very low levels on 12 Jul, low levels on 10, 11, 13, 15 and 16 Jul and moderate (R1-Minor) levels on 14 Jul. Region 2665 (S06, L=111, class/area Ekc/710 on 09 Jul) produced a majority of the flare activity. However, new Region 2667 (N12, L=155, class/area Axx/010 on 14 Jul) produced all of the C-class activity on 13 Jul including a C8 x-ray event with a Type II radio emission (770 km/s). The largest event of the summary period was a long-duration M2/1n flare from Region 2665 observed at 14/0209 UTC. Associated with this event was a Tenflare (130 sfu) and Type IV radio emission. At 14/0125 UTC, LASCO C2 imagery detected an asymmetric halo CME that was analyzed and modelled to reveal an Earth-directed component with a likely arrival at Earth on 16 Jul. A greater than 10 MeV at greater than or equal to 10 pfu proton event (S1-Minor) began at 14/0900 UTC, reached a maximum flux of 22 pfu at 14/2320 UTC and ended at 15/1115 UTC. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at moderate flux levels then entire summary period. A maximum flux of 942 pfu was observed at 14/1750 UTC. Geomagnetic field activity was at quiet to unsettled levels, with isolated active intervals, on 10-11 Jul due to waning effects from a positive polarity CH HSS. Solar wind speeds reached a peak of about 650 km/s early on 11 Jul and steadily decreased through the summary period to reach a low speed of 287 km/s at 16/0446 UTC. Quiet levels were recorded from mid-day 11 Jul through early on 16 Jul. At 16/0515 UTC, an interplanetary shock associated with the arrival of the 14 Jul CME, was observed in DSCOVR solar wind data. Solar wind speeds sharply increased from around 320 km/s to 502 km/s. Solar wind speeds then slowly increased to a peak value of 643 km/s observed at 16/2037 UTC. Total field strength values reached 28 nT at 16/0836 UTC while the Bz component was sustained at around -23 nT for a prolonged period following the shock arrival. Solar wind density reached a peak of around 56 particles/cubic cm following the shock and the phi angle became highly variable after 16/0515 UTC. Phi angle settled into a mostly positive (away) solar sector after 16/1100 UTC. The geomagnetic field was quiet until 16/0601 UTC when a geomagnetic sudden impulse was observed (40 nT at Hartland magnetometer) indicating the arrival of the 14 Jul CME. The geomagnetic field responded with active to G1 and G2 (Minor to Moderate) geomagnetic storm levels through the remainder of 16 Jul. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 17 JULY - 12 AUGUST 2017 Solar activity is expected to be low with a chance for M-class flare activity (R1-R2 / Minor-Moderate) through 19 Jul when Region 2665 exits the visible disk. Very low to low levels are expected from 20-28 Jul. A chance for R1-R2 activity is possible with the return of old Region 2665 from 29 Jul - 12 Aug. There is a chance for an S1 (Minor) solar radiation storm through 19 Jul due to potential significant flare activity from Region 2665. No proton events are expected from 20-28 Jul. A chance for S1 (Minor) solar radiation storms is possible with the return of old Region 2665 from 29 Jul - 12 Aug. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be reach high levels on 19-20 Jul due to influence from the 14 Jul CME. Normal to moderate levels are expected for the remainder of the outlook period. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at G1-G2 (Minor-Moderate) geomagnetic storm levels on 17 Jul due to continued CME effects. Unsettled to active levels are expected on 21-22 Jul and again on 05-06 Aug, with G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm levels likely on 05 Aug, due to positive polarity CH HSS influence. Quiet to unsettled levels are expected for the remainder of the outlook period. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2017 Jul 17 0154 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 2017-07-17 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2017 Jul 17 85 30 6 2017 Jul 18 80 12 4 2017 Jul 19 74 8 3 2017 Jul 20 74 8 3 2017 Jul 21 74 15 4 2017 Jul 22 74 12 4 2017 Jul 23 74 5 2 2017 Jul 24 75 5 2 2017 Jul 25 75 5 2 2017 Jul 26 75 5 2 2017 Jul 27 75 5 2 2017 Jul 28 75 5 2 2017 Jul 29 90 5 2 2017 Jul 30 90 5 2 2017 Jul 31 90 5 2 2017 Aug 01 90 5 2 2017 Aug 02 90 5 2 2017 Aug 03 90 5 2 2017 Aug 04 90 5 2 2017 Aug 05 90 25 5 2017 Aug 06 90 10 3 2017 Aug 07 90 8 3 2017 Aug 08 90 5 2 2017 Aug 09 90 5 2 2017 Aug 10 90 5 2 2017 Aug 11 90 5 2 2017 Aug 12 85 5 2 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1887, DXLD) ###