DX LISTENING DIGEST 9-077, October 21, 2009 Incorporating REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING edited by Glenn Hauser, http://www.worldofradio.com Items from DXLD may be reproduced and re-reproduced only if full credit be maintained at all stages and we be provided exchange copies. DXLD may not be reposted in its entirety without permission. Materials taken from Arctic or originating from Olle Alm and not having a commercial copyright are exempt from all restrictions of noncommercial, noncopyrighted reusage except for full credits For restrixions and searchable 2009 contents archive see http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html NOTE: If you are a regular reader of DXLD, and a source of DX news but have not been sending it directly to us, please consider yourself obligated to do so. Thanks, Glenn SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1483, October 22-28, 2009 Thu 0530 WRMI 9955 Thu 1200 WRMI 9955 Thu 1900 WBCQ 7415 9330-CUSB? Fri 0000 WBCQ 5110-CUSB Area 51 Fri 0100 WRMI 9955 Fri 1130 WRMI 9955 Fri 1430 WRMI 9955 Fri 1900 WBCQ 7415 9330-CUSB? Fri 2028 WWCR1 15825 Sat 0800 WRMI 9955 Sat 0800 IPAR/IRRS/NEXUS/IBA 9510 [2, 4, 5 Sats] Sat 1330 WRMI 9955 Sat 1630 WWCR3 12160 Sat 1830 IPAR/IRRS/NEXUS/IBA 7290 Sun 0230 WWCR3 5070 Sun 0630 WWCR1 3215 Sun 0800 WRMI 9955 Sun 1230 SHR 5835 [shifted one UT hour later] Sun 1515 WRMI 9955 Mon 0500 WRMI 9955 Mon 2200 WBCQ 7415 Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 Tue 1530 WRMI 9955 Tue 1900 WBCQ 7415 9330-CUSB? Wed 0700 WRMI 9955 [or new 1484 starting here?] Wed 1530 WRMI 9955 Wed 1900 WBCQ 7415 9330-CUSB? Wed 1930 SHR 3935 [shifted one UT hour later] 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 WRN ON DEMAND: http://new.wrn.org/listeners/stations/station.php?StationID=24 WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS VIA WRN NOW AVAILABLE: http://podcast.worldofradio.org or http://www.wrn.org/listeners/stations/podcast.php OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO: http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html or http://wor.worldofradio.org ** ABKHAZIA. Ron Killick, Christchurch relates: “Acting on a tip from Ian Cattermole that Abkhaz Radio was being heard on 9495 kHz at 0330Z, a tune around produced a mumble signal. So keep trying, and on 13th August I got pretty good reception from 0300. Some music, lots of talk and mentions of Abkhaz. So emailed a report thinking, bye bye nice to know you, and using a report form that the Chief Editor came up with years ago, filled in the gaps in English and some postcards and prepared card and hope that one day --- Anyway, the email got a reply a person (cannot read) from apsuaradio 1, all in the Russian language. Can normally sort them out, but not this time. So after just about 3 weeks my niece found a lady who “speaka da lingo” and lo and behold, the report is confirmed, and reads.... ‘Good Morning Sir Ron. Thank you for your message. Yes, you listen to our Abkhaz Radio. Yes, we often get a lot of letters from different countries like Germany, Italy, Greece, Finland and New Zealand also. We work since 6 am every week day and on week ends start from 8 am. Thank you very much for your attention. Welcome to Abkhazia and you will really enjoy our hospitable and beautiful country. Abkhazia is not a big country but our people have big hearts. Good luck for every success and goodbye’ Apparently there is a web site that translations can be got from, but I don’t know it, however friends of friends got me a translation off that, which says basically the same, with just odd word different, such as “soul” for “heart”. Power given in books as 5 kW, so nice to get a confirmation and a new country no. 237” (Oct NZ DX Times via DXLD) If you accept Abkhazian separatism; why not? See also GEORGIA ** ALASKA. Yesterday, I received a QSL from a long sought DX target. KBRW 680 sent a friendly e-mail reply to e-mail report + audio file in less than a day. V/s Mike Lane, GM said he tried DXing when he first arrived in Barrow 30+ years ago, but the only station he could regularly hear was WLW (in addition to unid Asians). I've uploaded the audio clip in case anyone wants to hear it http://home.comcast.net/~bportzer/KBRW-680_0900_10-3-09.mp3 This was at Grayland on October 3. I'm still amazed at how well KBRW made it through KNBR (Bruce Portzer, WA, IRCA via DXLD) ** ALASKA. 7355, bit of English mentioning next transmission, Oct 21 at 1256, then nothing but praise music until 1259* No doubt KNLS, which does these postludes instead of sign-off being the last word. Their English broadcasts on 7355 are about to become a pastthing with the advent of B-09. KNLS B-09?? On English website they still have the B-07 as ``current`` and A-08 as next!! http://www.knls.org/English/ksched.htm However, the two schedules on the Russian-language site http://www.knls.net/rus/schedule.htm are dated 30 March-25 Oct 2009, and 26 Oct 2009-28 March 2009 [sic!]. So altho starting on Monday instead of Sunday, the latter probably really means B-09 into 2010y. The Angliyskiy/English portion: 08-09, 10-11 and 12-13 6150 12-13 also 6915 14-15 6890 (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ALBANIA. 7425, R. Tirana, Shijak, at 2322 in Albanian, Oct 17. Great-sounding East European folk vocals. Very strong (Eton E1XM, Mike Bryant, KY) 13640, R. Tirana, Shijak, at 1850 in English, Oct. 17. Woman with slow heavily-accented travelogue description of seasonal festivals in Albania. Accent, background noise and low modulation seemed to limit understandability more than signal strength, which seemed pretty good given the receiver (Redsun RP2100 w/ whip, Mike Bryant, Louisville KY, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ALBANIA. B09 ALR 19-oct-2009 ALR upload time: 19-oct-2009 16:26:46 All Shijak site, 100 kW, dates 251009 to 270310 Note: 1=Sunday, 2=Monday,..., 7=Saturday. FREQ STRT STOP CIRAF ZONES DAYS LANGUAGE 6000 1800 1830 27,28,37NE,38N,39N 234567 ITALIAN 6040 1900 1915 27,28,29W 234567 SER/CRO 6100 0430 0500 7,8,9 1 34567 ENGLISH 6110 0000 0130 7,8,9 1234567 ALBANIAN 6150 0330 0400 7,8,9 1 34567 ENGLISH 6155 2001 2030 28 234567 ITALIAN 6165 2130 2300 18SE,27,28 1234567 ALBANIAN 7390 0730 1000 18SE,27,28 1234567 ALBANIAN 7425 0245 0300 7,8,9 1 34567 ENGLISH 7425 0000 0130 7,8,9 1234567 ALBANIAN 7425 0130 0145 7,8,9 1 34567 ENGLISH 7435 2130 2300 7,8,9,27 1234567 ALBANIAN 7465 1830 1900 27,28 234567 FRENCH 7465 1945 2000 27,28 234567 ENGLISH 7465 2001 2030 27,28,37NE,38N,39N 234567 FRENCH 7465 2031 2100 27,28 234567 GERMAN 7520 2100 2130 27,28 234567 ENGLISH 9895 2100 2130 7,8,9,27 234567 ENGLISH 11635 1945 2000 7,8,9 234567 ENGLISH 13640 1530 1600 7,8,9 234567 ENGLISH (Drita Çiço, R. Tirana Monitoring, Oct 19, DX LISTENING DIGEST) The English portion in time order, all azimuths 300 or 310 degrees: Mon-Sat: 1530-1600 13640 1945-2000 7465 11635 2100-2130 7520 9895 Tue-Sun: 0130-0145 7425 0245-0300 7425 0330-0400 6150 0430-0500 6100 Albanian daily: 0730-1000 7390 2130-2300 6165 7435 0000-0130 6110 7425 (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ALGERIA [non]. FRANCE/ALGERIA, Winter B-09 of RTAlgeria Holy Qur`an in Arabic via TDF 0400-0457 on 5865 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf till Feb. 27 0400-0457 on 7295 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf from Feb. 28 0500-0557 on 5865 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf 0500-0557 on 7295 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf 0600-0657 on 5865 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf till Feb. 27 0600-0657 on 7295 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf from Feb. 28 1800-1857 on 9390 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf 1900-1957 on 7455 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf 1900-1957 on 9390 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf 2000-2057 on 7455 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf 2000-2057 on 7455 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, Oct 16 via DXLD) ** ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS. 4760, AIR Port Blair, *2354-2400, Oct 11, AIR IS, Vande Mataram hymn, announcement in vernacular, 25222. (Anker Petersen, Denmark, DSWCI DX Window via DXLD) 4700, AIR Port Blair (tentative). Not heard on their normal 4760. This same situation was also observed earlier this year. Heard at 1401, Oct. 21 with subcontinent music; in Hindi. At 1512 switched over to Delhi programming with ads and news in Hindi. Noted that both 4970 (fair-poor) and 5040 (fair) also switched over to Delhi at the usual time of 1512 (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hmmm. I missed it. Read your mail at 1658 UT and caught only the carrier on 4700 signing off at 1700 (Jari Savolainen, Kuusankoski, Finland, ibid.) ** ANGOLA. 4949.85, R. Nacional de Angola, Mulenvos, 0050-0112, Oct 10, Portuguese. W announcer with talk and music at tune-in; 4 pips at ToH & canned ID; presumed news and soundbites; zinger ID at 0104; W announcer with up-tempo music selections; poor-fair in ECCS-LSB, tho best reception in quite some time (Scott R. Barbour Jr. Intervale, N.H. USA, NRD-545, RX-350D, MLB1, 200' Beverages, 60m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4949.7, RNA-Canal "A", Mulenvos, 2150-..., 18 Oct, Portuguese, music; 35322, extremely undermodulated, "à la" R. Nigeria 4770, so yet another useless signal (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANGUILLA [and non]. 6090 missing again Oct 16 at 0536 tuneby, but nothing else audible, squeezed by 6085 and 6095 transmissions. Assuming it was off all evening, should have been another opportunity for Ethiopia, etc. two hours earlier. The odds are fairly good that Caribbean Beacon will be missing, so keep checking (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, see ETHIOPIA; NIGERIA 11775 missing at 1411 check Oct 20. The only thing of possible interest that might have been heard instead was inaudible, AIR via GOA with Tibetan and Nepali services at 1200-1430, 250 kW, 25 degrees, and continuing in B-09. I assume at least the Tibetan until 1330 is jammed by the ChiCom, probably with CNR-1 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANTARCTICA. 15476, 2045, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel a surprise appearance 8/9, poor with female announcer in Spanish and popular vocals. Off 2103. Suffers from very deep fading pattern. Similar reception noted 2019 on 6/10 with signal peaking 2045 (Bryan Clark at Mangawhai, New Zealand, with AOR7030+ and Alpha Delta Sloper, EWEs to NE, E and SE, plus various 100 metre BOGs to the Americas, Oct NZ DX Times via DXLD) ANTARTIDA, 15476, LRA 36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, Base Esperanza, 1815-1857, locutora, comentarios, canciones, 1833: comentario sobre transplante de órganos en las distintas provincias argentinas, canciones argentinas tipo Horacio Guaraní, identificación: "Desde Base Esperanza, Antártida Argentina, transmite LRA 36 Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, por la frecuencia de 15476 kHz.". Comentario sobre salud ocular en Argentina y cirugía de cataratas. Buena señal. 24332 variando a 34333 (Manuel Méndez, España, Grundig Satellit 500 y Sony ICF SW7600 G, Antena de cable, 8 metros, Escucha realizada en casco urbano de Lugo, DX LISTENING DIGESET) No date but apparently sent promptly at 1901 UT Oct 14 (gh) ** ANTIGUA. Amigos, estou ouvindo uma FM caribenha nesse exato momento. É a ZDK/Liberty Radio International, 97.1 MHz. As FMs caribenhas estão chegando mas cedo hoje. Só esperava tais sinais à partir das 0000 horas UT. Essa temporada de TEP 2009/2010 promete. (Rubens Ferraz Pedroso (SWL1033B). Bandeirantes/ PR. Engenheiro Agrônomo. Membro do DXCB e do DX Clube do Paraná, 0125 UT Oct 18, dxclubepr yg via DXLD) Timestamp may be off then as he implies he was getting ZDK before 0000 UT; ``right now`` doesn`t cut it. O see follow up under PROPAGATION abottom, many more such logs (gh, DXLD) ** ARGENTINA. 6060, R. Nacional Argentina, General Pacheco at 2335, in Spanish, Oct. 17. Very rapid-speaking male with Radio Nacional ID. Fair, in noise, but much better than // 15345.2 (Eton E1XM, Mike Bryant, Louisville KY, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Just a tip: 11710.71v, 14/10 0006, RAE, Argentina, Portuguese, talks, nice songs, fair-good in USB to avoid CRI. RX: SDR-IQ - T2FD antenna, QTH Milano, (Giampiero Bernardini, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) The famous multi-lingual identification and interval signal from RAE heard today, October 19th, on measured 11710.6 kHz at 10:57 after the end of the Japanese program. Signal about S 3, glad to be able to use the Collins' 2 kHz Filter to eliminate interference from 11710 kHz. That's all for the moment, good DX & 73s (Robert Foerster, Germany, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15345.15, R. Nacional, 0030-0100, Oct. 12. Relay of LRA14; pips; ID “Radio Nacional Santa Fe”; music show of LA ballads; // 6060 (poor under Cuba); 0100 starts mixing with assume DW on 15345.0 (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ARGENTINA. EL GOBIERNO CONFIRMÓ QUE ESTE DOMINGO NO SE ADELANTARÁ LA HORA Así lo declaró en exclusiva por Radio 10 el ministro de Planificación, Julio De Vido. Precisó que este año no se firmará "por el momento" ninguna resolución para cambiar de huso horario en verano. "Este año la situación es muy diferente a la del año pasado", aclaró Ver galerias de imagenes Crédito: NA Desde el gobierno nacional confirmaron que "por el momento" no se modificará el uso horario oficial para el período estival ante las buenas condiciones energéticas que registra el país, a diferencia de años anteriores. Así lo remarcó el ministro de Planificación Federal, Julio De Vido, en diálogo exclusivo con el periodista Oscar "El Negro" González Oro, en el programa El Oro y el Moro de Radio 10. El funcionario destacó que "ante las condiciones en la que se encuentra la Argentina, no se necesitaría por el momento ningún tipo de cambio" de hora. "Sería una medida inconducente", consideró. "La realidad es que este año la circunstancia es muy diferente al período 2007 y 2008", remarcó De Vido al tiempo que detalló que todas sus represas están con agua y que hay un 13 por ciento más de oferta de generación energética. El ministro de Planificación recordó que el Ejecutivo nacional cuenta con la facultad, que le otorga la Ley 26.350, de modificar el uso horario oficial. Agregó que esa medida se aplicó anteriormente ante una recomendación que elaboró la cartera que preside para evitar una sobredemanda energética en el verano. "El ministerio a mi cargo a asesorado a la señora Presidente (Cristina Kirchner), quien ha dispuesto, por el momento, no realizar ningún tipo de corrimiento de uso horario salvo que las situaciones más adelante lo ameriten", insistió De Vido. Fuente: infobae.com http://www.infobae.com/contenidos/478289-101275-0-El-Gobierno-confirmó-que-este-domingo-no-se-adelantará-la-hora (Via Yimber Gaviria, Colombia, Oct 16, DXLD) Will not go on DST of UT -2 now, as unlike last year, the energy conservation situation is not so bad. But says several times ``for the moment`` so they could still change their minds and do it on short notice. This of course also means that RAE transmissions will stay at the same UT rather than one hour earlier, altho domestic time changes should have NO bearing on external broadcasts (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DXLD) ** ASCENSION. Only one minute, but some nice views of antennas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBpQzU-rQxM (via Max Power, DXLD) ** ASCENSION. PLANNED OUTAGES OF INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS Submitted by The Islander (Islander Internet Editor) 15.10.2009 (Current Article) Cable & Wireless South Atlantic Ltd will be carrying out their annual Earth Station Antenna inspection and essential maintenance work Cable & Wireless South Atlantic Ltd will be carrying out their annual Earth Station Antenna inspection and essential maintenance work therefore all international services (Voice and Internet) will be interrupted during the following periods:- Tuesday 27th October 2009 07:00 - 10:30 am Friday 30th October 2009 07:00 – 10:30 am Cable & Wireless regrets any inconvenience this may cause. If you have any questions regarding these downtime periods please call Customer Services on telephone 111. (via Juan Franco Crespo, DXLD) Not including SW?? ** ASIA [non]. USA [non] Tentative B-09 RFA daily broadcast frequencies. All times in UTC. Burmese (4 hours daily) 0030-0130 13710TIN, 13815IRA, 15700SAI 1230-1330 11795TIN, 12105IRA, 15700TIN 1330-1400 9670TIN, 11795IRA, 13855IRA 1400-1430 11795KWT, 13855IRA 1630-1730 7570TIN Cantonese (2 hours daily) 1400-1500 5810TIN, 7280TIN 2200-2300 9570TIN, 11740SAI, 11775TIN Khmer (2 hours daily) 1230-1330 13725IRA, 15160TIN 2230-2330 9355IRA, 11850TIN Korean (5 hours daily) 1500-1700 1350 , 5860TIN, 7210IRK, 9385SAI 1700-1900 1350 , 5860TIN, 9385IRA 2100-2200 1350 , 7460 , 9385TIN, 12075TIN Lao (2 hours daily) 0000-0100 11830IRA, 15535TIN 1100-1130 9355SAI, 15120IRA 1130-1200 9355SAI, 15120SAI Mandarin (12 hours daily) 0300-0600 11980IRK, 13710TIN, 15150TIN, 15665TIN, 17615SAI, 17880SAI, 21540TIN 0600-0700 11980IRK, 13710TIN, 15150TIN, 15665TIN, 17615SAI, 17880SAI 1500-1600 5810TIN, 7445TIN, 9440TIN, 9905PAL, 11945TIN, 13725TIN, 15495TIN 1600-1700 5810TIN, 7415TIN, 7445TIN, 9455SAI, 9905PAL, 11945TIN, 13725TIN 1700-1800 5810TIN, 7415TIN, 7445TIN, 9355SAI, 9455SAI, 9905PAL, 11945TIN, 13670TIN, 13625TIN 1800-1900 5810TIN, 7385TWN, 7415TIN, 7445TIN, 9355SAI, 9455SAI, 9905TIN, 11790SAI, 11945TIN, 13670TIN 1900-2000 1098TWN, 5810TIN, 5990TIN, 6095TIN, 7385TWN, 9355SAI, 9455SAI, 9875PAL, 9905TIN, 11790SAI, 11945TIN, 15510TIN 2000-2100 1098TWN, 5810TIN, 5990TIN, 6095TIN, 7355TWN, 7495TIN, 9355SAI, 9455SAI, 9875PAL, 11900SAI, 11945TIN 2100-2200 1098TWN, 5810TIN, 6095TIN, 7355TWN, 7495TIN, 9355SAI, 9455SAI, 9875PAL, 11945TIN, 13745TIN 2300-0000 7540 , 11775TIN, 11975TIN, 15265SAI, 15430TIN, 15550TIN Tibetan (10 hours daily) 0100-0300 7470KWT, 9670WER, 11695UAE, 15220TIN, 17730 0600-0700 17515 , 17715KWT, 21500TIN, 21695UAE 1000-1100 9690LTU, 15140LAM, 17750KWT 1100-1200 7470 , 11540 , 11590KWT, 15375UAE 1200-1400 7470 , 11540 , 11590KWT, 13625TIN, 15375UAE 1500-1530 7530ERV, 9410BIB, 11500KWT, 15145UAE 1530-1600 7470KWT, 7530ERV, 11500KWT, 15145UAE 2200-2300 5820TIN, 7470TIN, 9835LAM 2300-0000 6010UAE, 7470 , 7550KWT, 9875LTU Uyghur (2 hours daily) 0100-0200 7480 , 9480LTU, 9645UAE, 9690UAE, 13605TIN 1600-1700 7470IRA, 7510 , 11720SAI, 11730UAE Vietnamese (2 hours daily) 1400-1500 5855TIN, 7515TIN, 9990SAI, 11605TWN, 12130IRA 13865IRA, 15195TIN 1400-1430 1503TWN 2330-2400 5855IRA, 11605TWN, 11965TIN, 15135SAI, 15565VLD 0000-0030 5855IRA, 11605TWN, 11965TIN, 15135SAI, 15565VLD (Radio Free Asia, via Gordon Brown-UK, NWDXC Oct 16 via BCDX via DXLD) T i b o r S z i l a g y i, Juan Franco Crespo and Alokesh Gupta also forward the B09 sked sent out by RFA in pdf, but it lacks any transmitter site info (gh, DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. 1611-1701 AM RADIO GUIDE RELEASED Australian AM Radio 1611-1701 Italian, Country, Arabic, Greek and Gold Almost 70 low power stations are now broadcasting in Australia's expanded AM radio dial almost two decades after the new channels became available says the Radio Heritage Foundation which has released a contemporary guide to them at http://www.radioheritage.net Originally populated by ethnic broadcasters and niche formats, the situation remains little unchanged in 2009 as attempts to bring the low cost extra frequencies into mainstream media have largely failed to materialize. Existing commercial broadcasters saw these licences as a dangerously cheap back door into digital broadcasting and lobbied strongly to exclude 1611-1701 AM stations from digital entitlements. Coupled with poor availability of AM radios able to tune to the new frequencies, attempts by commercial aspirants like Radio 2 to establish economics of scale and a nationwide network collapsed. In 2009, the major players on air are Rete Italia [part of the Italian Media publishing and media group], Radio 16 The Goanna [a fledgling country music network co-owned with 2ME an Arabic language station], Smart Group's Hot Country from Queensland, whilst a small foothold in the band has been claimed by Queensland based Christian network Vision FM. A small cluster of independent stations air a variation on the 'Gold' music format of 1960's hits popular with babyboomers, two Greek language stations compete for listeners in Sydney, and a handful of other stations serve ethnic markets for Chinese, Hindi, Arabic, Islamic and Lebanese Christian audiences. A large number of licences held in the 1611-1701 AM band have remained silent for many years and are unlikely to ever come on air. The Radio Heritage Foundation has released a detailed list of Australian stations currently operating in the 1611-1701 AM band together with analysis of this fascinating and little known broadcasting landscape. It's currently available as a downloadable Word document at http://www.radioheritage.net and will be updated regularly. ____________________________________________________ Radio Heritage Foundation is a registered non-profit organization connecting popular culture, nostalgia and radio heritage across the Pacific (David Ricquish, RHF, Oct 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. Morning monitoring session starts Oct 17 at 1237 with lowest frequency 2310, and there is weak country music from VL8-land; a bit stronger on // 2325, and even better on // 2485 at S9+12; 1239 Strine-accented YL DJ mentions Abbey Lane before more music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 2325, VL8T Tennant Creek, 1221-1245+, 10/16/09, English. Disco favorites for a Friday night, promo with clear "105.7 ABC Darwin and 783 Alice Springs", into local ABC news at 1230 with lots of N. Territory-specific items. Noisy but all 3 VL8s audible and //, with VL8T probably the best, peaking S9+ on the meter. Best reception here in a while. Fair at peak (Mark Schiefelbein, MO, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 2310, VL8A, Alice Springs NT, 2024-2050, 16 Oct, talks, ABC news at 2030, music; 15241. 2325, VL8T, Tennant Creek NT, 2025-2049, 16 Oct, cf. \\ VL8A 2310; 25241. 2485, VL8K, Katherine NT, 2026-2042, 16 Oct, cf. \\ VL8A 2310 until 2040, then talks; 25241. 4835, VL8A, Alice Springs NT, 2141-2154, 17 Oct, Aus. songs, chatter on the weather around Australia, phone-ins; 34332, CODAR QRM; \\ 4910 very bad, 5025. 5025, VL8K, Katherine NT, 2143-2155, 17 Oct, cf. \\ 4835 above; 34342, QRM de CUBA, and only means to alleviate this was by using either the 20 m T2FD or the K9AY; \\ 4910 also parallel, but very poor (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. 11825 with country-rock music Oct 21 at 1350; I thought it had a gospel tinge too, but could that be? Since it`s RA`s Chinese service via Darwin, easily // 9475. 11825 has no AIR blob to contend with, but splash from WYFR 11830. Do the Chinese really crave Australian country-rock? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. HCJB Australia B09 [everything, or just English?] Broadcast Schedule 25 October 2009 to 27 March 2010 Region U Time Freq ------------------------------------------ East Asia Morning 2200-0030 15525 kHz South East Asia Morning 2345-0100 15400 kHz South Asia Morning 0100-0300 15400 kHz South Pacific Evening 0730-0930 11750 kHz East Asia Evening 1030-1430 15400 kHz South East Asia Evening 1145-1300 15340 kHz South Asia Evening 1300-1530 15340 kHz Oct 2009 issue of HCJB Australia newsletter "Voice & Hands" is now available for download using this link: http://www.hcjb.org.au/docs/134_Aus_Oct09.pdf (via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, DXLD) ** AZORES. 828, Antena 1 Açores, Monte das Cruzes, Flores Island, 0925-f/out 0950, 16 Oct, local program, talks, songs; 13441, adjacent QRM de E. This is simply the best AZR frequency to be received here on mainland despite its very low power (1 kW): 2225-2241, 18 Oct, local program, songs; 45433, so even co-channel QRM (de E) can be nulled (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, Oct 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BAHAMAS [non]. 1540 Beware of Caribbean Music --- 1540 unID / IDed Oct 17, 2009 0420 UT. East Coast DXers beware: If hearing Caribbean music at midnight ET on 1540 kHz with “Caribbean” mentioned in commercials, and radio direction is towards the Caribbean, beware: this is NOT ZNS Bahamas, but instead the program “Caribbean” on CHIN- 1540 Toronto scheduled for Tue-Fri 11:30 to 1 AM ET & SAT to 2 AM ET, as per web page: http://www.chinradio.com/radio-programs?sch2=1 Listen for the word “chin” ID. I fell for it (Konnie Rychalsky, S CT Oct 17, 2009 1420-UT, HCDX via DXLD) ** BELARUS. B09 Radio Belarus [English not specified] 1200-2400 7390 kHz, 150 kW, Azimut 246 7360 kHz, 75 kW, Azimut 270 1805-2400 6155 kHz, 250 kW, Azimut 252 2000-2400 1170 kHz Sosnovy 800 kW, Azimut 244 Belorusskoe Radio To Russia 0500-0800 and 1600-1800 7255 kHz, 250 kW, Azimut 72 To Ukraine 1600-2200 6080 kHz, 150 kW, Azimut 127 To Europa 1600-1800 6115 kHz, 75 kW, To Belarus 0400-2200 279 kHz Sosnove 500 kW 1600-2200 1278 kHz Brest 10 kW 6010 kHz Brest 5 kW 6070 kHz Brest 5 kW 6040 kHz Grodno 5 kW 7280 kHz Grodno 5 kW 6190 kHz Mogilev 5 kW 7235 kHz Mogilev 5 kW Kanal Kultura 7265 kHz Grodno 5 kW (Alexander Mazgo, Vitebsk, Belarus, RusDX Oct 18 via DXLD) ** BELGIUM [non]. RADIO VLAANDEREN INTERNATIONAAL CONFIRMS END OF SW Radio Vlaanderen Internationaal (RVi) has officially confirmed that it is dropping its shortwave transmissions. The final shortwave broadcast will be on Saturday 24 October. RVi has been broadcasting a limited shortwave service to expats in southern Europe, but replies to a recent listeners’ questionnaire showed a declining audience for this service in favour of satellite and Internet, and the costs of using shortwave can no longer be justified. (Source: RVi website, October 19th, 2009 - 16:57 UT by Andy Sennitt, Media Network blog via WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DXLD) 2 Comments on “Radio Vlaanderen Internationaal confirms end of SW” 1. #1 J G Miller on Oct 20th, 2009 at 00:36 Once RVI dropped languages other than Dutch back in 2004, due to the decision of the Vlaanderen government to remove funding for other languages, the fate of RVI on the HF bands was inevitable. 2. #2 Henk on Oct 20th, 2009 at 17:54 The problem is, during the last few years RVI never took into account what the listeners said. So if they talk about “a recent listeners’ questionnaire”, I ask “what questionnaire”? I think they should stop the hypocrisy and explain how they slowly strangled SW (by cutting transmission time and languages, technical failures, etc.) and came to the conclusion (surprise, surprise) that nobody listens any more. In the end, you had to be some kind of masochist to want to listen to Flemish News without the first minutes (because some idiot forgot to throw a switch). The big irony of all this is that a Flemish nationalist (Geert Bourgeois) is mainly responsible for the slow agony of Flemish international radio. If you know his idea of Flemish culture is some cheap tearjerking braindead blond bimbo, than you realize the writing is on the wall (Media Network blog comments via DXLD) Of course, has not been transmitting direct from Belgium for years, but relays for a few more days: Summer Schedule 2009 Dutch Days Area kHz 0400-2105 daily Eu 927wol 0600-0700 daily Eu,NAf,ME 13685msk 1000-1100 daily Eu,NAf,ME 13675skn 1400-1500 daily Eu,NAf,ME 13675skn 1700-1800 daily Eu,NAf,ME 13685msk RTBF INTERNATIONAL (Pub) Summer Schedule 2009 French Days Area kHz 0300-2115 daily Eu,Af,ME 9970wav 0300-2215 mtwtf.. Eu 621wav 0400-2215 ......s Eu 621wav 0400-2300 .....s. Eu 621wav 0700-1100 .t.t... Eu 9925wav+ Key: + DRM (WRTH A-09 Update via WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DXLD) As you can see, RTBF still has been direct from Belgium, but per the next item is also about to quit SW (gh) ** BELGIUM [and non]. RTBF. Hello Wolfgang, Here's an article (in French) where it is said that SW will be cancelled (no date given). (Jean-Michel Aubier, France, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 15 via WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DXLD) Gehoert zur jetzigen Diskussion (VRT, R Prag, RSI usw.). Kein Termin wurde bisher genannt, wann denn das franzoesisch sprachige RTBF Wavre auch die Kurzwelle aufgibt (wb, ibid.) ** BELGIUM [non]. Hi Glenn, I met David Monson twice on Sunday and Monday and boy can he talk. He’s so interesting. I also met his wife and his son on Sunday. He had asked me to transfer an LP that came out in 1980 called Mail & Mobile Monologues which was made up of recordings from Brussels Calling that were all live. He asked about you because the liner notes in the LP had something from you. When I was listening to the LP, it makes me wonder if international broadcasters had more personalities on air and less things voice tracked, maybe SW might have a larger audience. We didn’t record anything yet as we were talking about everything else under the sun, but it’s coming soon. [Later:] David Monson has asked me to see if anyone crazy enough might have any airchecks of Belgium Radio International's Brussels Calling. He only has a few clips, because many years ago someone sold all the tapes he had in storage back in Belgium (Keith Perron, Taiwan, WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BELGIUM [non]. TDP B09 Time-UTC FREQ AM/DRM DAYS LANG TARGET SITE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Moj Them Radio 0130-0200 15260 AM m.w.f.. Hmong AS TWN Denge Mezopotamya 0500-1500 11530 AM mtwtfss Kurdish ME KOP-UKR Denge Mezopotamya 1500-2100 7540 AM mtwtfss Kurdish ME KOP-UKR TDPradio 0700-0800 17755 DRM mtwtfss English AS DRW-AUS TDPradio 0800-0900 6015 DRM m...... English EUR ISS-F TDPradio 0900-1000 6015 DRM .t..... English EUR ISS-F TDPradio 1000-1100 6015 DRM ..w.... English EUR ISS-F TDPradio 1100-1200 6015 DRM ...t... English EUR ISS-F TDPradio 1200-1300 6015 DRM ....f.. English EUR ISS-F TDPradio 1300-1400 6015 DRM .....s. English EUR ISS-F TDPradio 1400-1500 6015 DRM ......s English EUR ISS-F TDPradio 1500-1600 6015 DRM mtwtfss English EUR ISS-F Que Huong Radio 1200-1300 15680 AM ..wtf.. Vietnam. AS DB-TJK Addis Dimts Radio 1200-1300 21525 AM ......s Amharic AF SAM-RUS EOTC Holy Synod Radio 1600-1700 15195 AM m...... Amharic AF SAM-RUS Radio Xoriyo Ogadenia 1700-1730 7530 AM m...f.. Somali AF SAM-RUS Radio Xoriyo Ogadenia 1700-1730 9610 AM m...f.. Somali AF SAM-RUS Voice Of Asena 1730-1800 9605 AM m.w.f.. Tigrinya AF SAM-RUS Ginbot 7 1700-1730 7530 AM .t.t.s. Amharic AF SAM-RUS Ginbot 7 1700-1730 9610 AM .t.t.s. Amharic AF SAM-RUS Radio Bilal 1700-1800 9605 AM ......s Amharic AF SAM-RUS Suab Xaa Moo Zoo HCM 2230-2300 11760 AM mtwtfss Hmong AS TWN TDPradio 2300-2400 9790 DRM mtwtfss English AM SAC-CAN [sites added by Wolfgang Büschel] Reports to: TDP c/o Ludo Maes P.O.Box 1 2310 Rijkevorsel BELGIUM Fax: +32 33 14 12 12 E-mail: Web: (Alokesh Gupta-IND, via WWDXC BC-DX TopNews Oct 21 via DXLD) Seemingly ceased now these TDP programs Haiv Hmoob Radio 0100-0130 15260 AM .t..... Hmong AS TWN Hmong Lao Radio 0100-0200 15260 AM ...t..s Hmong AS TWN Hmong World Chr. R. 0100-0130 15260 AM .....s. Hmong AS TWN Aso Radio 0530-0600 9680 AM mtwtf.. Hausa AF SAM-RUS Aso Radio 1600-1630 15215 AM mtwtf.. Hausa AF SAM-RUS V. Of Meselna-Delina 1730-1800 15350 AM .t.t.s. Tigrinya AF SAM-RUS (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BENIN. 1566, TWR, Parakou, 1832-1846, 16 Oct, Vernacular, talks (=preaching); 54444, QRM de G. Earlier than that, i.e. at about 1502, on 18 Oct, two very low powered UK stations were putting jolly nice signals too (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, Oct 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 4700, R. San Miguel, Riberalta, 2216-2228, 15 Oct, Castilian, advertisements, infos; 35332. 4782.1, R. Tacana, Tumupasa, 2225-2233, 15 Oct, Castilian, infos, TCs; 24321. 4865, R. Logos, Stª Cruz de la Sierra, 2214-2226, 15 Oct, Castilian, pops in rlgs. propag. prgr; 34322, QRM de B (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6155.25, Radio Fides, La Paz, 0150-0159*, Oct 17, Bolivian music. Spanish announcements. Sign off announcements over their usual closing theme music at 0158. Poor. Weak (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) ** BRAZIL. 3365.1, presumed R. Cultura Araraquara, 0106-0132, Oct 13, Portuguese. Ballad at tune-in; announcer with lengthy talk; music bridge at 0127 with brief announcer; ballad thru BoH; presumed ID at 0132; poor (Scott R. Barbour Jr. Intervale, N.H. USA, NRD-545, RX- 350D, MLB1, 200' Beverages, 60m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 4915 the best and almost only signal audible below 5 MHz on 60m, Oct 17 at 2250 with singing vs CODAR, 2252 to preacher, building up by 2258 to a frenzy about Jesus, 2259 piano hymn, but cut off the air at 2300 sharp, as if on a timer. A second carrier had been present making a fast SAH and now that much weaker one was uncovered. 2300 is an odd time to sign-off, unless the two Brazilians here have reached some kind of agreement about avoiding mutual interference all the time? Radio Daqui and Rdif. de Macapá. Both have been reported at various times with religious [note spelling] programming, so I have no idea which I had. Then another Brazilian signal was trying to poke thru on 4985 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 10000/AM, PPE Observatório Nacional, Brasil; 2157-2205+, 10-Oct; Time announcements in Portuguese every 10 seconds followed by a pip; starts with "Observatório Nacional" each time. Mixing with WWV pips. First time ever heard copiable. Not heard at all at 2037, 14-Oct (Harold Frodge, MI, Cumbredx mailing list via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. Not much making it on 25m, Oct 15 at 0540, besides NZ on 11725 and 11670-11680 DRM, and a trace of NHK Russian on 11715 --- but weakly on 11925 definite Brazilian intonation from R. Bandeirantes; nothing on other possible Brazilian frequencies. Lots of axion on 31m Oct 16 after 0600, when 25m was closed: At 0603 on 9565, listing SW frequencies and asking for reception reports to a phone number. This is Súper Rádio Deus é Amor, Curitiba. At 0618 wacky wailing preacher David Miranda, who occupies most of the SRDA airtime on more and more SW frequencies, spreading like a cancer. He was also on 9665 at this time but not //. At 0604 a Brazilian on 9819.9, must be Rádio Nove de Julho, São Paulo. Poor signal tho registering S9+10 on the generous FRG-7, but with deep fades. I have had little luck hearing this in the afternoon or evening, and don`t recall it being reported in the nightmiddle before, so now it`s 24 hours? Aoki shows it 24h, anyway. 0605 to a song, seems EZ listening music preferred, 0612 announcement, 0615 mention radio, Estado do Espírito Santo, 0616 mention Aparecida, Nossa Senhora, none of which refer directly to the 9820v station, where I have yet to hear its own ID. At 0618 heard wacky wailing preacher David Miranda on 9665, but not // 9565. 9665 is R. Marumby, per Carlos Gonçalves` recent log; R. Voz Missionária per Aoki and WRTH. The latter agree that schedule is supposedly 0900-0100. Once the Mirandistas take over a station, they may expand its schedule. Note that from Sunday Oct 18, most of the E & S states go on DST of UT-2, so stations which are not 24h should be signing on and off one UT hour earlier. At 0618, Brazilian talk on 9645v, i.e. Radio Bandeirantes, with a slightly-varying het, as it`s always off-frequency beating against whatever is really on 9645.0 such as the WYFR 9715/9680 mixing product. At 0618, also Brazilian on 9675 and close enough to produce a subaudible heterodyne with some other station; R. Canção Nova (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 6009.96, Rádio Inconfidência, Belo Horizonte, *0702-0720, Oct 16, abrupt sign on at 0702 after Cuba 6010 signed off at 0658. Portuguese talk. Local music. ID. Promos. In the clear with a good signal. 6089.95, Rádio Bandeirantes, São Paulo, 0235-0300+, Oct 16, Anguilla off the air allowing reception of Brazil with promos, Portuguese talk. Ads, jingles. Good, strong signal. 9565.05, Súper Rádio Deus é Amor, 0625-0645, Oct 16, Portuguese religious talk. Promos, jingles. Emotional preacher. Weak but in the clear. // 6060 - weak under Cuba. 9645.32, Rádio Bandeirantes, 0630-0645, Oct 16, Portuguese talk. Weak with QRM from Vatican Radio on 9645.0. // 6089.95 (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) ** BRAZIL. A Rádio Marumby na frequência de 6080 kHz está com o TX de ondas curtas desregulado. Ele está espalhando harmônicos ou espúrios pra baixo e pra cima de sua frequência, com sinal forte saindo em 6040 kHz e 6120 kHz, ou seja, 40 kHz pra baixo e 40 kHz pra cima. E por falar em 6040 kHz, cadê a Rádio Clube Paranaense nessa QRG? Desativaram as ondas curtas? Não é de se duvidar. 73 (Luiz Chaine Neto, Limeira SP, 20-10-2009, radioescutas yg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 6070, 0559, Radio Capital, Rio de Janeiro with religious program ‘A Voz de Liber[t]ação’, good 24/9, hetting CFRX 6070. 0600 fanfare & own ident in Portuguese (Bryan Clark at Mangawhai, New Zealand, with AOR7030+ and Alpha Delta Sloper, EWEs to NE, E and SE, plus various 100 metre BOGs to the Americas, Oct NZ DX Times via DXLD) 6070, R. Capital (reactivated or some other [new] station?), Rio de Janº RJ, 2219-2229, 16 Oct, A Voz do Brasil; 24442, adjacent QRM. Heard on 17 Oct at 2126 with IPDA preacher, rated 43443. 6105, R. Canção Nova, Cachoeira Paulista SP, 2101-2116, 17 Oct, rosary; 23431, adjacent & co-channel QRM (de B); \\ 4825, 9675. 6105, R. Cultura Filadélfia, Foz do Iguaçú PR, 2114-2123, 17 Oct, religious propaganda; 23441, adjacent & co-channel QRM (de B). 9665.05, R. Marumby, Florianópolis SC, 2046-2102, 16 Oct, religious propaganda; 34433. 9675, R. Canção Nova, Cachoeira Paulista, which according to DSWCI-SWN nº 387 of 14Oct'09 was reactivated; well, it was indeed, but at least as early as my 16 Sep last observation, i.e. almost a whole month ago! And now for an updated evening obs.: 2039-2103, 16 Oct, religious propaganda program, songs, listeners sending in their requests for blessings, rosary at 2100; 44433, distorted modulation. 9695, R. Rio Mar, Manaus AM, 2041-2100*, 16 Oct, religious propaganda, sudden s/off (as late as at 2106 on 18 Oct); 54433. 9695 ditto, 1245-1455, 19 Oct, talks, music, ads; 13441, adjacent QRM de NIGERIA 9690. 9819.88, R. 9 de Julho, São Paulo SP, 2044-2100, 16 Oct, religious propaganda program Falando com o Pastor, ID+frequency announcement, TS; 54433; very strong adjacent QRM de CHINA at 2100. 73, (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) plus many more Brazilian logs in the dxldyg ** BRAZIL. Two stations noted here this morning, October 16th: R. Canção Nova on 9675 with religious program in Portuguese until 0800, followed by IDs and modern religious music, 33533. Súper Rádio Deus é Amor heard at 0807, weaker, with usual continuous prayer on 9565 kHz. 73 & good DX (Robert Foerster, Germany, Oct 16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. BRASIL – A Rádio Cultura Ondas Tropicais, de Belém (PA), foi reativada, na frequência de 5045 kHz, após 11 anos de silêncio. A iniciativa é do Governo do Estado do Pará. A transmissão em ondas tropicais é uma ferramenta que faz parte da política de integração do Estado defendida pela governadora Ana Júlia Carepa, do Partido dos Trabalhadores. O Governo investiu R$ 1,1 milhão na recuperação da emissora. A proposta é atender o público do interior paraense, com informações relevantes, comunicados e programação musical especial. As informações são do Blog do Paulo Henrique Lima, de Santarém (PA). O endereço da emissora é o seguinte: BR-316, Estrada da Pirelli, na Área de Proteção Ambiental da antiga Fazenda da Pirelli, Bairro Marituba, CEP: 67105- 740, Ananindeua (PA). [WORLD OF RADIO 1483] BRASIL – A hora brasileira de verão começou neste dia 18 de outubro e vai até o dia 21 de fevereiro de 2010. Durante a sua vigência, a diferença é de duas horas a menos em relação ao Tempo Universal Coordenado. BRASIL – Com a compra das freqüências do Sistema Globo de Rádio, a Super Rádio Deus é Amor, de Curitiba (PR), aumentou sensivelmente sua penetração nas ondas curtas. Na faixa de 31 metros, a programação evangélica da Igreja Pentecostal Deus é Amor pode ser ouvida em canais próximos: 9565 e 9585 kHz. O último canal era da Rádio Globo paulista. BRASIL – A Super Rede Boa Vontade de Rádios, de Porto Alegre (RS), transmite alguns jogos de futebol em cadeia com a Rádio Brasil AM, do Rio de Janeiro (RJ), em suas frequências de 6160 e 9550 kHz. Foi assim em 11 de outubro, por volta de 1938, no Tempo Universal, para acompanhar a partida entre Brasil e Bolívia. BRASIL - Além Fronteiras é o nome do programa que fala de dexismo e ondas curtas na Rádio Canção Nova, de Cachoeira Paulista (SP). Vai ao ar, nos sábados, entre 2100 e 2200, no Tempo Universal, Durante a vigência da hora brasileira de verão, nas frequências de 4825, 6105 e 9575 kHz. O programa conta com a participação especial do dexista Antonio Kosta Oliveira. Confira! (Célio Romais, Panorama, @tividade DX Oct 18 via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. Ondas Curtas em modo FM... Novamente. Pessoal, 12330 kHz. A Radio Daqui (1230 AM) é uma nova emissora de Goiânia. O interessante é que estou captando em modo FM e nessa frequência toda maluca. Também pode ser escutada em 12840, porém com sinal um pouco mais fraco... Mais tarde vou postar no youtube. NOTA: escutada em todos os meus RX e só demodulada mesmo em modo FM. Algum desses fenomenos inexplicáveis com o TX deles. Creio que deva ser o mesmo TX da antiga CBN Anhanguera que acontecia a mesma coisa! Um forte 73 a todos e boas escutas! (PU2LZB RENATO ULIANA, Grid Locator: GG66rn, Guarulhos SP Brasil, Oct 15, radioescutas yg via DXLD) Oi Renato, imagina a seguinte situação: a Radio Daqui coloca um sinal de áudio de 1 kHz. Logo ela vai "modular" a faixa entre 1229 e 1231 kHz. Pelo jeito, o transmissor está jogando um espúrio que é aproximadamente 10 vezes a frequência nominal. Então aquele mesmo sinal de 1 kHz (descrito acima vai ocupar 12290 e 12310! São 20 kilohertz! Seria legal usar SDR para "enxergar" este sinal e descobrir se ele tem aparência de AM ainda. Estava lendo aqui na Wikipedia: é comum o demodulador FM usar (em parte) um demodulador AM. Isso explicaria porque você consegue ouvir a transmissão em FM :) 73, (Huelbe Garcia, ibid.) Olá Huelbe, A transmissão está mesmo em modo FM, isso eu já tinha percebido, pois inclusive o sinal variou várias vezes de intensidade no Kenwood R-2000 de 0dB a 20dB e o áudio se manteve perfeito e sem variações, "imagine ver um sinal com 0dB (sem sinal na verdade) porém com o áudio como se fosse de 40dB, o que não aconteceria se fosse um sinal de AM sendo escutado e demodulado em FM. Eu não estou afirmando que está sendo gerada em FM mais esta chegando como FM, inclusive no comportamento ok... No entanto para não ficar duvidas capturei o sinal com o SDR que pode ser observado no final do vídeo que eu gravei e disponibilizei no YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i4y2LOJOvU A largura da TX é de +/- 6kHz ( FM Narrow ). Observe na gravação a qualidade sonora do áudio no R-2000 e entenderá por que eu gosto desse RX. A impressão que eu tive é como seu eu estivesse ouvindo DRM devido a excelente qualidade sonora em Ondas Curtas, porém com a vantagem de ser muito mais simples e deixar passar audio de qualidade mesmo com faddings de 0dB (no DRM é necessário uma parafernália além de não funcionar abaixo dos 12 dB de sinais) Espero que curtam o vídeo ! 73, (Renato Uliana, Guarulhos-SP, http://www.amantesdoradio.com.br ibid.) Excelente Renato! Que vídeo bem legal! Eu não imaginava como o áudio da emissora chega bem em FM. E pela foto do SDR dá para notar que NÃO é AM, não existe portadora no centro (como todo sinal AM). Obrigado pelo tempo e talento em produzir a escuta e o vídeo! --hg (Huelbe Garcia, ibid.) Renato e amigos! Também estou ouvindo, neste momento, a Daqui AM pelos 12330, no meu TECSUN PL-300wt. O receptor não tem todos esses recursos, mas dá pra ouvir a rádio bem nítida. Quase agora, ouvi a ID completa. Sinal bem forte, mas nada pelos 12840 ou ali perto. Muito interessante isso tudo! Eu adoro ficar correndo por fora das bandas regulares de ondas curtas, justamente para me deparar com essas surpresas! Grande 73! (Marcelo X. Vieira, Maringá - PR, ibid.) Radio DAQUI chegando no Rio em 12330 kHz, modo FM, com sinal fortissimo ... S9 em média no Kenwood R-2000 e uma antena telescopica. ID, propaganda da TV Anhanguera e a revista de programação de TV, cinema, esportes etc, e música. Impressionante a qualidade do áudio e a intensidade do sinal. Anunciaram agora Radio DAQUI 1230 (Sarmento Campos, RJ, 1812 UT 19 Oct, ibid.) Também estou pegando bem aqui na Zona-Oeste do RJ (Realengo) no ICOM IC-R20 no modo FM, com a anteninha dele, alguém poderia me dizer se é defeito no transmissor principal ou outra coisa? O som está limpinho. (Jorge Mandoju, 1837 UT Oct 19, ibid.) ** BULGARIA. Radio Bulgaria launches new website ---Radio Bulgaria has launched its new website. Unfortunately the URLs have changed, and there is no redirecting. The English website is now here http://bnr.bg/sites/en/Pages/default.aspx Our Hitlist has been updated (October 20th, 2009 - 12:22 UTC by Andy Sennitt, Media Network blog via DXLD) Does not take kindly to enlarging (gh, DXLD) ** BULGARIA. 15700, R. Bulgaria, at 1511 Oct 19, Bulgarian talk muffled and distorted (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BULGARIA. Winter B-09 of RADIO BULGARIA from Oct. 25, 2009 to March 28, 2010: ADDR: 4, Dragan Tsankov Blvd., 1040 Sofia and P O Box 900, 1000 Sofia. Tel: +359 2 933 66 33; fax: +359 2 865 05 60; Web: http://www.bnr.bg Transmitter sites: MW: Petritch (G.C: 41N28/023E19): 747 kHz, 500 kW / non-dir Vidin (G.C: 43N50/022E43): 1224 kHz, 500 kW / 205 deg SW: P=Plovdiv (G.C: 42N23/024E52): 2 x 300 kW, 3 x 170 kW S=Sofia (G.C: 42N49/023E11): 2 x 100 kW, 2 x 020 kW(DRM) V=Varna (G.C: 43N09/027E52): 2 x 100 kW ALBANIAN / e-mail: albanian @ bnr.bg 0630-0700 Mon-Fri Balkans 6000 P170/248, 1224 0700-0800 Sat/Sun Balkans 6000 P170/248, 1224 1700-1730 -daily- Balkans 1224, 747 2000-2100 -daily- Balkans 1224, 747 BULGARIAN / e-mail: bulgarian @ bnr.bg 0100-0200 -daily- North America 5900 P300/306, 7400 P300/295 0100-0200 -daily- South America 7300 P170/258, 9400 P170/245 0530-0600 Mon-Fri Balkans 6000 P170/248, 1224 0530-0600 Mon-Fri East Europe 5900 S100/030, 7400 S100/030 0530-0600 Mon-Fri West Europe 5900 P300/306, 7400 P300/295 0500-0600 Sat/Sun Balkans 6000 P170/248, 1224 0500-0600 Sat/Sun East Europe 5900 S100/030, 7400 S100/030 0500-0600 Sat/Sun West Europe 5900 P300/306, 7400 P300/295 1400-1500 -daily- Balkans 6000 P170/248, 1224 1400-1500 -daily- West Europe 11700 P300/306, 15700 P300/306 1600-1700 -daily- Balkans 1224, 747 1600-1700 -daily- Middle East 7400 P300/115 1600-1700 -daily- East Europe 5900 S100/030, 7400 S100/030 1600-1700 -daily- South Africa 15700 P300/185 1900-2000 -daily- Balkans 1224, 747 1900-2000 -daily- West Europe 5900 P170/330 1900-2000 -daily- Middle East 5900 P170/115 1900-2000 -daily- West Europe 9700 S020/306 DRM ENGLISH / e-mail: english @ bnr.bg 0000-0100 -daily- North America 5900 P300/306, 7400 P300/295 0300-0400 -daily- North America 5900 P300/306, 7400 P300/295 0730-0800 -daily- West Europe 5900 P300/306, 7400 P300/295 1830-1900 -daily- West Europe 6200 P300/306, 7400 P300/295 1830-1900 -daily- West Europe 9700 S020/306 DRM 2200-2300 -daily- West Europe 6200 P300/306, 7400 P300/295 [WORLD OF RADIO 1483] FRENCH / e-mail: french @ bnr.bg 0200-0300 -daily- North America 5900 P300/306, 7400 P300/295 0700-0730 -daily- West Europe 5900 P300/306, 7400 P300/295 1800-1830 -daily- West Europe 6200 P300/306, 7400 P300/295 1800-1830 -daily- West Europe 9700 S020/306 DRM 2100-2200 -daily- West Europe 6200 P300/306, 7400 P300/295 GERMAN / e-mail: german @ bnr.bg 0630-0700 -daily- West Europe 5900 P300/306, 7400 P300/295 1730-1800 -daily- West Europe 6200 P300/306, 7400 P300/295 1730-1800 -daily- West Europe 9700 S020/306 DRM 2000-2100 -daily- West Europe 6200 P300/306, 7400 P300/295 GREEK / e-mail: greek @ bnr.bg 0600-0630 Mon-Fri Balkans 6000 P170/248, 1224 0600-0700 Sat/Sun Balkans 6000 P170/248, 1224 1730-1800 -daily- Balkans 1224, 747 2100-2200 -daily- Balkans 1224, 747 RUSSIAN / e-mail: russian @ bnr.bg 0000-0100 -daily- Central Asia 6200 P170/045 0400-0500 -daily- East Europe 5900 S100/030, 7400 S100/030, 1224 0600-0630 -daily- East Europe 5900 S100/030, 7400 S100/030 1500-1600 -daily- East Europe 5900 S100/030, 7400 S100/030, 1224 1500-1600 -daily- Central Asia 7400 P170/045 1630-1700 -daily- East Europe 9400 S020/306 DRM 1700-1730 -daily- East Europe 5900 S100/030, 7400 S100/030 1900-2000 -daily- East Europe 6200 S100/030, 7400 S100/030 SERBIAN / e-mail: serbian @ nbnr.bg 0700-0730 Mon-Fri Balkans 6000 P170/248, 1224 0800-0900 Sat/Sun Balkans 6000 P170/248, 1224 1800-1830 -daily- Balkans 1224, 747 2200-2300 -daily- Balkans 1224, 747 SPANISH / e-mail: spanish @ bnr.bg 0000-0100 -daily- South America 7300 P170/258, 9400 P170/245 0200-0300 -daily- South America 7300 P170/258, 9400 P170/245 0200-0300 -daily- Central America 7300 P170/295 0700-0730 -daily- South Europe 6200 P170/258, 7300 P170/260 1730-1800 -daily- South Europe 5900 P170/260, 9400 P170/258 2230-2330 -daily- South Europe 5900 P170/260, 9400 P170/258 TURKISH / e-mail: turkish @ bnr.bg 0600-0630 -daily- Middle East 6200 P170/115, 7300 P170/126 1830-1900 -daily- Middle East 5900 P170/115, 1224, 747 HORIZONT HS-1 Bulgarian 1000-1300 Mon-Thu West Europe 11900 S020/306 DRM 0500-0800 Friday West Europe 9400 S020/306 DRM 0700-1000 Sat/Sun West Europe 11900 S020/306 DRM EURANET English 1000-1030 Sat/Sun West Europe 11900 S020/306 DRM RADIO VARNA 2200-2400 Sunday Black Sea 6000 V100/ND 0000-0400 Monday Black Sea 6000 V100/ND DX MIX NEWS in Bulgarian: 0545-0600 Sun 1224 5900 6000 7400 1445-1500 Sun 1224 6000 11700 15700 1945-2000 Sun 747 1224 5900 9700 DRM DX MIX NEWS in English 2230-2240 Fri 6200 7400 0030-0040 Sat 5900 7400 0330-0340 Sat 5900 7400 0740-0750 Sun 5900 7400 [previously, R. Bulgaria`s DX program in English and some but not all other languages has NOT been from DX Mix News, but from Rumen Pankov, et al.; is this instead of or in addition to that? --- gh] DX MIX NEWS in French: 2130-2140 Tue 6200 7400 0230-0240 Wed 5900 7400 2130-2140 Sun 6200 7400 0230-0240 Mon 5900 7400 DX MIX NEWS in German: 2050-2100 Tue 6200 7400 0650-0700 Thu 5900 7400 2020-2030 Sat 6200 7400 DX MIX NEWS in Russian: 1540-1600 Sat 1224 5900 7400 1640-1700 Sat 9400 DRM 1710-1730 Sat 5900 7400 1940-2000 Sat 6200 7400 0040-0100 Sun 6200 0440-0500 Sun 1224 5900 7400 0610-0630 Sun 5900 7400 0610-0630 Mon 5900 7400 DX MIX NEWS in Spanish: 1750-1800 Sun 5900 9400 2250-2300 Sun 5900 9400 0020-0030 Mon 7300 9400 0220-0230 Mon 7300 9400 (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, Oct 16 via DXLD) ** BURMA [non]. Democratic Voice of Burma (via Armenia) on 15480, Oct 10 at 1523. OM presumably speaking scheduled Burmese. Fair signal with moderate fading (Terry Wilson, MI, Eton E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15480, Oct 17 at 1427 with tone test. Must be Democratic Voice of Burma about to start; 1430 to surprisingly well modulated music compared to what I expected from the tone level, cut to another piece of music and starting announcement in Burmese. This is via ARMENIA, so one can only wonder if relations between that country and the junta, if any, have been damaged or even brought about retaliation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BURMA [non]. 9320 with music at 1331 Oct 16, good steady signal, uncertain origin, but 1336 into Burmese announcement, mentioned ``Farewell, My Concubine`` twice in as many minutes. This is scheduled as R. Free Asia; Aoki says 49 degrees from Sri Lanka, but this does not sound like a transpolar signal; instead, I believe the site is now Tinian (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. 6070, CFRX, Toronto ON, 2211-2220, 16 Oct, CFRB relay, talks about various topics, infos; 32441, adjacent QRM (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [see BRAZIL, 6070 too] ** CANADA [and non]. 6100, RCI in English at 0030 UT Oct 18 in Masala Canada show with Wojtek Gwiazda interviewing a Moslem comedian who has had, what else, immigration problems at the border. 0045 to next interview, author of a book about the dangers of Googlization. But annoying thruout was co-channel talk underneath, rumbling tnx to RCI being slightly off frequency, but how could something else in uncertain language be QRMing Radio Canada Internal here in NAm? Clue at 0045 was mention of Washington and a quick jingle. Uplooked later, it has to be VOA Urdu a.k.a. Radio Aap ki Dunya, 0000-0100 at 340 degrees from Sri Lanka, and thus also USward, more or less grayline. Would VOA please limit this signal from going beyond Pakistan, such as by using higher takeoff angle from Iranawila, and/or reducing power, if it must be co-channel to Canada (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA [and non]. Radio Canada International - Final Schedule for Shortwave Winter 09-10. Effective from November 1st, 2009 (0700 UTC) To March 14th, 2010 (0700 UTC) [NOTE: there will also be a different interim schedule for the week NAm is still on DST but Europe is not --- gh] Language UTC Days tx kHz kW Azi Antenna type CIRAF Zones Mandarin 0000-0059 7 DAYS HBY 5840 350 70 HR 4/4/0.5 42,43W 7 DAYS KIM 9565 250 225 HR 2/4/0.5 43SE,44S,49,50 7 DAYS KIM 11785 250 290 HR 2/4/0.5 42N,43N,44N English 0000-0057 7 DAYS KUN 9880 100 175 HR 4/4/0.5 49,50,54 Spanish 0000-0059 7 DAYS SAC 9640 250 212 HR 2/1/0.5 8S,10,11W 0005-0104 7 DAYS SAC 11990 250 176 HR 4/4/1.0 11-16 English TUE-SAT SAC 9755 250 268 HR 2/1/0.5 7 Portuguese 0005-0105 SUN&MON SAC 9755 250 268 HR 2/1/0.5 7 English 0100-0159 7 DAYS EMR 6165 250 105 HR 2/2/0.5 41 7 DAYS SKN 7255 300 90 HR 4/2/0.5 41 Spanish 0100-0159 7 DAYS SAC 6100 250 240 HR 2/1/0.5 10,11NW English 0105-0204 7 DAYS SAC 9755 250 268 HR 2/1/0.5 7 Spanish 0200-0259 7 DAYS SAC 9800 250 227 HR 4/4/1.0 10,11NW Mandarin 0205-0304 7 DAYS SAC 9755 250 268 HR 2/1/0.5 7 Arabic 0300-0359 7 DAYS HBY 5840 350 140 HR 4/4/0.5 39,40 7 DAYS SMG 6025 100 114 HR 3/2/0.5 39,40 Spanish 0305-0404 7 DAYS SAC 9755 250 268 HR 2/1/0.5 7 Arabic 0400-0459 7 DAYS SMG 5995 300 114 HR 4/4/0.5 39,40 7 DAYS SKN 7265 250 110 HR 4/4/0.5 39,40 Arabic 1205-1304 7 DAYS SAC 7310 250 277 HR 2/1/0.5 7NE,8N Spanish 1305-1404 7 DAYS SAC 7310 250 277 HR 2/1/0.5 7NE,8N Mandarin 1400-1459 7 DAYS KIM 6160 100 ND HQ 1/0.3 44N 1405-1504 7 DAYS SAC 9610 250 277 HR 2/1/0.5 7NE,8N English 1500-1557 7 DAYS XIA 9635 500 252 HR 4/4/0.5 40,41 7 DAYS URU 11975 500 212 HR 4/4/0.5 40,41 Mandarin 1500-1559 7 DAYS YAM 5965 300 235 HR 4/2/1.0 43S,44S 7 DAYS YAM 9560 300 240 HR 4/2/1.0 43S,44S Russian 1505-1604 7 DAYS SAC 9610 250 277 HR 2/1/0.5 7NE,8N 1600-1629 7 DAYS SMG 9830 250 54 HR 3/4/0.5 29,30 7 DAYS SMG 11935 250 58 HR 4/4/0.5 29,30 English 1605-1804 7 DAYS SAC 9610 250 277 HR 2/1/0.5 7NE,8N Russian 1700-1729 7 DAYS RMP 9555 500 48 HR 4/4/0.5 29,30 7 DAYS WOF 11935 250 78 HR 4/3/0.5 29,30 English 1800-1859 7 DAYS KAS 9740 100 239 HR 4/2/0.5 48 7 DAYS SMG 11845 250 210 HR 2/3/0.5 38,47,48 7 DAYS SAC 13650 250 73 HR 4/4/1.0 37,46N,38W 7 DAYS SAC 15365 250 105 HR 4/2/1.0 37,46,47,52 7 DAYS SAC 17790 250 105 HR 4/4/1.0 37,46,47,52 French 1805-2004 7 DAYS SAC 9610 250 277 HR 2/1/0.5 7NE,8N 1900-1959 7 DAYS SKN 9670 300 177 HR 4/2/0.5 37E,46E,47W,52 7 DAYS KAS 9770 100 239 HR 4/2/0.5 48 7 DAYS SKN 11845 300 195 HR 4/4/0.5 37,46W 7 DAYS SAC 13650 250 73 HR 4/4/1.0 37,38W,46N 7 DAYS SAC 15365 250 105 HR 4/2/1.0 37,46,47,52 7 DAYS SAC 17790 250 105 HR 4/4/1.0 37,46,47,52 Portuguese 2000-2029 FRI/SAT/SUN SAC 15305 250 163 HR 4/4/1.0 12E,13,15N FRI/SAT/SUN SAC 17765 250 163 HR 4/4/1.0 12E,13,15N Arabic 2000-2059 7 DAYS SAC 9710 300 73 HR 4/4/1.0 37,38 7 DAYS SAC 11865 250 73 HR 4/4/1.0 37,38W 7 DAYS SAC 13650 250 73 HR 4/4/1.0 37,38W,46N 2005-2104 7 DAYS SAC 9610 250 277 HR 2/1/0.5 7NE,8N Portuguese 2030-2059 FRI/SAT/SUN SAC 15305 250 163 HR 4/4/1.0 12E,13,15N FRI/SAT/SUN SAC 17765 250 163 HR 4/4/1.0 12E,13,15N 2100-2129 FRI/SAT/SUN SAC 15305 250 163 HR 4/4/1.0 12E,13,15N FRI/SAT/SUN SAC 17765 250 163 HR 4/4/1.0 12E,13,15N French 2100-2159 7 DAYS SAC 11845 250 92 HR 4/3/1.0 37,38W 7 DAYS SAC 15365 250 105 HR 4/3/1.0 46 2105-2204 7 DAYS SAC 6100 250 268 HR 2/1/0.5 7NE,8N Portuguese 2130-2159 FRI/SAT/SUN SAC 15305 250 163 HR 4/4/1.0 12E,13,15N FRI/SAT/SUN SAC 17765 250 163 HR 4/4/1.0 12E,13,15N Mandarin 2200-2259 7 DAYS KIM 6160 100 305 HR 2/4/0.5 43N,44N Portuguese 2200-2229 FRI/SAT/SUN SAC 11990 250 163 HR 4/4/1.0 12E,13,15N FRI/SAT/SUN SAC 15305 250 163 HR 4/4/1.0 12E,13,15N Mandarin 2205-2304 7 DAYS SAC 6100 250 268 HR 2/1/0.5 7NE,8N Portuguese 2230-2259 FRI/SAT/SUN SAC 11990 250 163 HR 4/4/1.0 12E,13,15N FRI/SAT/SUN SAC 15305 250 163 HR 4/4/1.0 12E,13,15N French 2300-2329 7 DAYS KIM 6160 100 305 HR 2/4/0.5 43N,44N Spanish 2300-2359 7 DAYS SAC 11990 250 176 HR 4/4/1.0 11-16 7 DAYS SAC 9640 250 176 HR 4/4/1.0 11-16 Spanish 2305-2359 7 DAYS SAC 6100 250 268 HR 2/1/0.5 7NE,8N Radio Canada International - Final Schedule for Shortwave Winter 09- 10. Effective from November 1st, 2009 (0700 UTC) To March 14th, 2010 (0700 UTC) DRM Transmissions (Digital Radio Mondiale mode) Language UTC Days tx kHz kW Azi Antenna type CIRAF Zones Russian 1505-1604 7 DAYS SAC 9800 70 268 HR 2/1/0.5 7NE,8N English 1605-1804 7 DAYS SAC 9800 70 268 HR 2/1/0.5 7NE,8N French 1805-2004 7 DAYS SAC 9800 70 268 HR 2/1/0.5 7NE,8N English 2200-2259 7 DAYS SAC 9800 70 268 HR 2/1/0.5 7NE,8N TRANSMITTER SITES EMR = EMIRLER, TURKEY SAC = SACKVILLE, CANADA HBY = HOERBY, SWEDEN SKN = SKELTON, UK KAS = KASHI, CHINA SMG = SANTA MARIA GALERIA, VATICAN STATE KIM = KIMJAE, REP OF KOREA URU = URUMQI, CHINA KUN = KUNMING, CHINA YAM = YAMATA, JAPAN RMP = RAMPISHAM, UK Schedule Issued on Oct. 13th, 2009. (RCI; via ADDX Andreas Volk-D, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 14 via DXLD) ** CANADA [non]. 12140, Oct 19 at 1532 YL spelling out address in Larnaka, Cyprus with English letters, but really speaking Persian, and address @persianvoice.org for e-mail. Good signal. Aoki says it`s Bible Voice via Jülich at 1530-1730. Remember that Jülich site is to be abolished as of Oct 25, so all transmissions via there will have to be moved elsewhere if they continue, such as Nauen, Wertachtal or Issoudun (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA [non]. Radio City Relay on 9510 kHz Dear Listeners, This Saturday Radio City will return to the Airwaves via Nexus (ex. IRRS) with 150 kW on 9510 kHz [SLOVAKIA]. The time slot is 10.00 - 11.00 CET (at the moment 0800-0900 GMT). The first broadcast will be on the 17 October 2009. [pre-empting WORLD OF RADIO] Our contact address is still citymorecars @ yahoo.ca Best regards Radio City - the Station of the Cars Good listening 73s (Tom Taylor, HCDX via DXLD) Where is it based, really? I put it under CANADA solely because of the e-mail address which any unCanadian could also use. However, the info with QSL below seems quite European (gh, DXLD) Hello, Radio City is coming in very nicely on 9510 KHz from 0800 UTC, pushing +10db over S-9 on my Eton E1 with PAR Electronics EF-SWL 15 metre wire/balun antenna. There is some slight QRM from Family Radio Okeechobee USA on 9505. Some nice pop songs being played with a male announcement about the songs at 0810 UT. Best wishes from Australia! (Michael Stevenson, Oct 17, GRDXC via DXLD) Hello, Really? Here only Xinjiang PBS, China is being heard on 9510 kHz :( No sign of Radio City! 73s, (Harjot Singh Brar, Punjab, ibid.) Hello Harjot, Signal has weakened to S-8 to S-9 with slight QRM now being revealed from China at 0835 UT but songs and announcements can still be heard extremely well, male voice announcements sound a little high (in tone) and a little strained, could have a throat problem?! It is a pity you cannot hear it in India! Best regards! (Michael Stevenson, Australia, ibid.) Hi, Actually the transmitters in Xinjiang and Xizang (Tibet) are so powerful that other stations on those frequencies are hardly audible. Here it is difficult even to hear All India Radio stations in Hyderabad(4800 kHz), Chennai(4920 kHz)and Kolkataa(4820 kHz) since all of these stations are obliterated by powerful transmitters in Tibet. But here there is not even a trace of Radio City on 9510 kHz at the moment. 73s, (Harjot Singh, ibid.) Hello again! The signal faded to S-5 by 0855 UTC and was really fighting with China on 9510 and Family Radio on 9505 KHz, it was difficult to then hear what was going on, I am happy that I did hear Radio City so well for most of the transmission which is really great! Best wishes! (Michael Stevenson, Australia, ibid.) Also heard R. City on 9510 kHz at 0815 with OK signal, 333, maybe China in the back? Cheers (Terry Nielsen, NZ, ibid.) Log for radio City http://zlgr.multiply.com/journal/item/235 At 0757 I heard a carrier of S9 max on a 16 [?] inverted V antenna. Program started with opera music with IRRS ID, then with ID as Radio City, the stations of the cars. Then a mixture of song clips most of them with YL singers (all oldies), one of them with "I am hooked on you" at 0805. Man speaker said Sunday [some day?] will be together, then with a German song, Signal 34544 (Zacharias Liangas, Greece, DX LISTENING DIGEST) QSL de Radio City ---- ESLOVAQUIA, 9510, Radio City, recibido vía e- mail, archivo PDF conteniendo carta de confirmación QSL de la emisora Radio City. Tardaron en responder tan solo 5 minutos. El informe de recepción se envió a la siguiente dirección de correo electrónico: citymorecards @ yahoo.ca La carta QSL de 2 páginas, lista para imprimir, se presenta con el título "Radio City, the Station of the Cars", y luego sigue con una amplia historia de la emisora y contenido de la programación, además de los datos de confirmación: "This letter will verify your reception of Radio City on October 17 2009 at 0800 - 0900 Z on 9510 kHz NEXUS 150 kW at Rimavska Sabota, Slovakia". El próximo programa de Radio City, según informan en el e-mail, será el próximo 21 de Noviembre (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, España, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ITALIA [sic], 9510, Radio City vía Nexus IRRS Milano [sic], *0758- 0859*, 17-10, Música de sintonía, identificación: "IRRS Milano signing on", locutor, inglés: "Radio City", música pop en inglés, comentarios, e-mail: "citymorecards @ yahoo.ca" [sic], canción: "Rivers of Babylon". Cierre a 0859: "IRRS Milano signing off. 45444 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, España, Grunding YB 400, Escucha realizada en casco urbano de Lugo, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Ciao! Radio City 9510 kHz Conferma con QSL elettronica in 28 minuti! Email : citymorecars @ yahoo.ca (Roberto Pavanello, Italy, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) From Pdf, text portion, gulp, all caps: RADIO CITY - THE STATION OF THE CARS – THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN RADIO CITY. WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE STATION AND ALSO PRESENT THE AIMS OF THE STATION. THIS IS NOT ANOTHER OLDIE STATION. RADIO CITY WILL NOT PLAY ALL THOSE PREDICTABLE TUNES YOU NORMALLY FIND ON OLDIE STATIONS. IN FACT IT IS AN OLDIE BASED STATION PLAYING A VARIETY OF LESSER HITS, OFF SHORE TUNES, CRUISING MUSIC, NON HITS, ALBUM TRACKS, ODD INSTRUMENTAL TRACKS AND HITS FROM THE US AND DOWN UNDER NOT NORMALLY HEARD ON EUROPEAN AIRWAVES. WE ARE THE STATION OF THE CARS. ALL PROGRAMMES REFLECT THIS IN THE CHOISE OF SONGS. YOU WILL ALSO FIND THAT OUR PROGRAMMES ARE MADE TO A HIGH STANDARD AND TIGHTLY FORMATTED (DESPITE THE VARIETY OF MUSIC) AS WE NEVER CLASH WITH THE SINGERS. WE TALK IN INTROS AND OVER SPECIFIC DJ TUNES. RADIO CITY WENT ON THE AIR FEBRUARY 1992 WITH A HOMEBREW TRANSMITTER WHICH GAVE US A LOT OF PROBLEMS. SOON WE HAD TO RELY ON RELAYS. A NEW TRANSMITTER BROUGHT US BACK ON THE AIR AND WE BUILT A NEW TOWER USING FOLDED DIPOLE ANTENNAS ON 76 AND 41 METRES. OVER THE YEARS THE STUDIO HAS SEEN MANY UPGRADES AND WE ARE USING TOP GRADE MIKES, MIXERS, RECORD DECKS, CD AND MD PLAYERS AND SOME OTHER EQUIPMENT. WE HAVE 30+ YEARS EXPERIENCE IN PROGRAMMING STATIONS AND HAVE AN EXTENSIVE RECORD LIBRARY WITH SEVERAL THOUSAND TITLES. LATER THE STATION HAS SEEN NEW TECHNICAL PROBLEMS AND WE HAVE THEREFORE INTRODUCED RELAYS. ORIGINALLY WAS THE 100 KW FACILITY AT ULBROKA IN LATVIA OPERATING ON 9290 KHZ USED FROM SEPTEMBER 2005 UNTIL DECEMBER 2008. RADIO CITY IS NOT A COMMERCIAL VENTURE BUT FINANCED BY THE OPERATOR. THEREFORE OTHER EXPENDITYURES FORECED A BREAK IN TRANSMISSIONS BUT STARTING AUTUMN 2009 THE STATION WILL BE BACK ON THE AIR. THE PROGRAMMES WILL RUN BETWEEN 10.00 AND 11.00 CENTRAL EUROPEAN TIME THE THIRD SATURDAY EVERY MONTH ON 9510 KHZ WITH A POWER OF 20 [sic!] KW THROUGH THE FACILITIES USED BY NEXUS. WE HOPE THIS TIME SLOT WILL PROVIDE GOOD RECEPTION IN CENTRAL EUROPE. WE DON’T KNOW IF A 1940’S RADIO HAT IS STILL AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE IT MIGHT BE A GOOD CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR YOUR GIRLFRIEND! AT LEAST IF SHE MANAGE TO CARRY A CAR BATTERY. THIS LETTER WILL VERIFY YOUR RECEPTION OF RADIO CITY ON OKTOBER 17, 2009 AT 08.00 – 09.00 Z ON 9510 KHZ NEXUS 150 [sic!] KW AT RIMAVSKÁ SOBOTA, SLOVAKIA TUNE 2 RADIO CITY 4 GR8 6T’S MUSIC 2-DAY, 2-MORROW, 4-EVER! OUR FEATURED ACT WAS BRENDA AND THE TABULATIONS FORMED 1966 IN PHILADELPHIA PA AND RECORDED ON THE LOCAL LABEL TOP AND BOTTOM RECORDS. IN 1970 THEIR RECORDINGS WERE PRODUCED BY VAN MCCOY AND THE GROUP WAS MANAGED BY A WDAS RADIO DJ AND HIS WIFE. WE HEARD ”YOU’VE CHANGED”, ”SOMEDAY WE’LL MEET AGAIN” AND ”THE TOUCH OF YOU”. THE PROGRAMME ALSO INCLUDED COMEDY. TOM LEHRER PERFORMED ”POSONING PIGEONS IN THE PARK” AND HIS FIRST ALBUM HAD A TOTAL STUDIO COST OF 15 DOLLARS AND ENDED UP SELLING 370.000 COPIES. IT IS BELIEVED TO BE THE MOST PROFITABLE COMEDY ALBUM EVER. HOMER & JETHRO PERFORMED ”HART BRAKE MOTELL” WHICH HAPPENED TO BE CLOSE TO A ELVIS PRESLEY HIT IN 1956. RADIO CITY IS THE STATION OF THE CARS SO THE PROGRAMME INCLUDED ”LITTLE FORD RAGTOP” BY THE ASTRONAUTS, A SURF BAND LOCATED IN COLORADO! A RAG TOP IS A CONVERTIBLE. WE ALSO PLAYED THE BEACH BOYS, A SURF BAND BASED IN CALIFORNIA BUT IN 1965 THEY SANG ABOUT SALT LAKE CITY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CONTINENT! THIS PROGRAMME ALSO INCLUDED A SONG THAT MANAGED TO INCLUDE TWO OTHER FORMS OF COMMUNICATIONS. IN ”DARLING JANE” JOHN D. LOUDERMILK SUNG ABOUT A CABIN CRUISER AND SHORT WAVE RADIO. FROM LOUISIANA WE HERD MARCO WHITE SINGING ”DON’T MESS WITH MY MAN” AND FROM TEXAS THE FAMOUS ACCORDEON PLAYER FLACO JIMENEZ GAVE A RENDITION OF THE RANCHERA TUNE ”MUJER FATAL”. WE ALSO INCLUDED THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF ”RIVERS OF BABYLON” RECORDED 1970 IN JAMAICA BY THE MELODIANS. AND FROM CUBA WE HAD THE SOUND OF ISSAC DELGADO Y SU GRUPO SINGING ”ELLA ES UN RELOJ”. A DANISH ARTIST THAT WAS POPULAR IN GERMANY AND MANY OTHER COUNTRIES IS GITTE HÆNNING. FROM 1962 WE HEARD HER IN HER NATIVE DANISH SINGING ”TA’ MED UD Å FISK’”, AN INVITATION TO GO FISHING FOR A WEEK. THIS SONG WAS WRITTEN BY TEX ATCHINSON AND ORIGINALLY A COUNTRY & WESTERN HIT FOR HANK LOCKLIN. FROM EASTERN GERMANY WE HEARD CHRIS UND FRANK WITH THEIR 1967 HIT ”LIEB MICH SO WIE DEIN HERZ ES MAG”. FROM 1965 WE PICKED THE FRENCH EUROVISION SONG CONTEST ENTRY THAT REACHED THE NUMBER THREE SPOT. GUY MARDELL SUNG ”N’AVOUE JAMAIS”. IN SOME COUNTRIES THE EXPRESSION ”OVERLOAD” DOES NOT EXIST. TRUCKS EASILY LOAD THREE TIMES THE VOLUME INTENDED. IT SEEMS IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE TO SEND MORE THAN SMALL PARCELS BY BUS! [ref illustration] WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE PROGRAMME AND THAT YOUR RECEPTION WAS GOOD. WE WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU SPREAD THE INFORMATION THAT RADIO CITY IS BACK ON THE AIR, INCLUDING OUR SCHEDULE. MANY THANKS IN ADVANCE! THIS HAS BEEN A GOOD COME BACK AS OUR SIGNAL ALSO REACHED NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA (via Pavanello, ibid.) sic, caps and spelling (gh) ** CANADA. CFUN-1410 and CKST-1040 transmitter news from Northwest Broadcasters site http://members.shaw.ca/nwbroadcasters/recentnews.htm CFUN AM 1410 Vancouver is now fully operational from its new transmitter site in Delta. The old site will be kept operational until December to allow CFUN to remain on the air while engineers tune CKST AM 1040 which is currently operating at half power from the new site. The old CKST towers, immediately to the north of the new ones, will be cut down next Monday. CHUM Radio engineers expect to have CKST fully operational at its new location by the end of this month. Both stations will broadcast with 50 kW from the new state-of-the-art seven tower site at 49-05-33, 122-55-57 CFUN will radiate directionally from two towers with the same constants day and night, while CKST will be directional from 5 towers with different constants day and night (via Eric Flodén, BC, Oct 16, IRCA via DXLD) ** CAPE VERDE [and non]. 1700-mile FM Tropo! This has not been mentioned here, but WTFDA member Hugh Hoover in southern Portugal has received 1,700 mile FM tropo from Cape Verde. These receptions rank up at the top of the heap, and he's got the audio also. Check this thread on the WTFDA discussion boards: http://www.wtfda.info/showthread.php?t=3711 (Mike Bugaj, Enfield, CT, WTFDA via DXLD) Viz.: 1700 Mile Tropo in Portugal Hi, Received Crioula FM from Cape Verde on 88.5 MHz in south Portugal. Distance around 1700 Miles via tropo. Audio file posted, there is a brief reference to Cape Verde just after 2 minutes into the recording. Using a Sony XDR radio and a narrowband tuneable FET preamp plus a 6 element antenna at 30 ft. This would make a good sporadic E target on North America possibly. Website here but the streaming doesn't seem to work for me. http://www.crioulafm.cv/online/online.html (Hugh Hoover, WTFDA board via WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DXLD) Attached Files File Type: mp3 Crioula Fm C Verde 88.5 14 Oct 2009 .mp3 (1.61 MB, 20 views) Radio Cape Verde now on 91.6 MHz. Sound file attached. ID RCV a few seconds in to recording Attached Files File Type: mp3 RCV 91,6 MHz.mp3 (2.77 MB, 14 views) (Hugh Hoover, Oct. 14, ibid.) Congratulations, Hugh. Very impressive, right up there with the California to Hawaii tropo ducting, possibly the longest FM tropo to be documented with audio recordings? Do you have any idea what kind of power levels or antenna heights these stations are running? (Bryce Foster - KG6VSW, Murfreesboro, TN EM65, ibid.) Hi Thanks. Power is a few KW I think. More info on http://www.fmlist.org and select CPV as a country after logging in as a guest. Radio ham CT1HZE in the extreme west of the Algarve S Portugal is currently in contact with Cape Verde on 144 MHz (Hugh Hoover, ibid.) No Cape Verde as yet today but Canary Island tropo continues. This might be of interest. http://www.df5ai.net/ArticlesDL/AtlanticTropoAug05.html (Hugh Hoover, Oct 15, ibid.) The attached sound file shows the 88.5 MHz Crioula FM signal recorded today around 1600 UT. Around 1 minute in the FM preamp is disconnected and the antenna connected direct to the Sony XDR 1 radio, audio is much quieter. After 1:30 the preamp is reconnected for the rest of the recording. The DJ is quite "excited" he keeps on saying "Bom Fim De Semana" in Portuguese which is have a good weekend! The signal isn't often as clear as this, a Spanish speaking signal fades up which is probably from the Canary Islands, around half the distance but exactly the same direction! (Hugh Hoover, Oct 16, ibid.) Attached Files File Type: mp3 Crioula Fm C Verde 88.5 16 Oct 2009 1600 utc .mp3 (3.17 MB, 12 views) 88.5 MHz Cape Verde is in again now (Saturday 1530 UT) just faded up. (Hugh Hoover, ibid.) Attached a clip of RCV 91.6 fading up. It starts with weak music from Cape Verde and talk from Cadena Dial 91.6 Tenerife, Canary Islands (Reference to Tenerife at 0:17 and 0:34) around 800 miles out and then and ID from Cabo/Cape Verde at 0:48 with the signal gradually getting stronger. Spanish time tones can be heard at 1:25 under the Cape Verde phone in (Hugh Hoover, Portugal, ibid.) ** CHAD. 4905, Radio National Tchadienne (N'djamena), 0457-0507, 10/13/2009, vernacular. Short talk by woman followed by very enjoyable West African pop music. Fair to good signal with heavy CODAR interference (Jim Evans, Germantown, TN, RX-340, R8B, E1, ICF-SW7600G, Attic Mounted Random Wire (90') and Eavesdropper Dipole, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4904.97, RNT, 2120-2231*, Oct 17, local Afro-pop music. French talk. Sign off with National Anthem. Poor to fair with CODAR QRM. 4904.97, RNT, *0428-0440+, Oct 18, sign on with Balafon IS. National Anthem at 0429 & opening French announcements. Afro-pop music at 0433. Weak (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) 6165, RD Nationale Tchadienne, Gredia, 1409-1557, 16 Oct, vernacular, talks, ID at 1418, Koranic prayer in progress at 1555; 25342; blocked at 1600. I have observed it on 4905 too where it is heard irregularly, but not on 7120 (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO. 4319, AFN, Diogo Garcia, 1838-1857, 18 Oct, Weekend Roundup of CBC News; 33442, adjacent utility QRM (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, DX LISTENING DIGEST) You mean CBS News? (gh) ** CHINA. Firedrake scan, 0120-0144, Oct. 12. Both against SOH, on 13970 (strong) // 17470 (strong). No hint of SOH. Prominent CNR-1 echo jamming on 15150 (vs VOA), 15385 (vs VOA), 17640 (vs RFA) and 17765 (vs VOA). Firedrake scan, 0219-0245, Oct. 13. 13970 // 14970, both good and not // with 14430 // 15150 // 17470; all good and all against SOH. Finally found some non-parallel FD to measure and found their separation to be 5:20 out of sync. Firedrake, 0219, Oct. 14. Found on new 15140 (just 24 hours earlier heard them on ex: 15150) with good signal; // 14970 (weak); both against SOH (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Firedrake Oct 14: at 1347 fair but fluttery at S9+15 levels on both 8400 and 9000, where we never ever hear a trace of presumed target, Sound of Hope, but weak ham transmitters there are enough to tie down ChiCom jammers which could do more damage elsewhere. At 1352, Firedrake was much better with less flutter on 10210 at S9+18, also SOHless. Still the same at final check 1443. Firedrake Oct 15: at 1354, fair on 9000, poor on 8400, but much better to good level on 10210. CNR-1 evidently covering some live patriotic event as heard // on many frequencies, some of them legal, others as jammers, Oct 16 at 1242 on 7365, 7420 with ChiCom anthem, speaker resonating before a crowd. More of same chauvinistic music at 1353 on 6030, 6085, 6095, 6110, 6150, 6180, 7420. Firedrake, Oct 16: at 1245 poor on 8400, fair on 9000; at 1253 poor on 10210 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Firedrake report for October 17. 14970, heard at 0209 and 0243; fair. 15140, heard *0210 and still on at 0243; fair. Earlier heard CRI here till 0157*, in Chinese. 17470, heard 0210* and still off at 0243. All of these parallel (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Besides the usual culture clash of CNR1 jamming VOA Cantonese via Tinang, Oct 17 at 1312 on 7365, there was also a big hum/buzz, and could not really tell from which source, or something else. CRI site is Shijuazhuang per Aoki at 37 degrees USward. Firedrake Oct 17: at 1316, fair on 9000, very poor on 8400; at 1409, poor on 10210 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) JAMMERS: 8400 Crash & Bang Chinese Music Jammer; 2205, 17-Oct; weaker than 9000; 9000 Crash & Bang Chinese Music Jammer; 2205, 17-Oct (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re: ``Some eschew the Firedrake monicker`` --- I refuse to give them the slightest hint of credibility or dignity --The Eschewer (Harold Frodge, MI, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Firedrake Oct 18: at 1341, poor on 8400, much better to good level on 9000, but not // each other so 5-6 minutes offset; at 1349 found that 10210 was much better yet, VG inbooming at S9+20 and // JBA 8400, not 9000. Firedrake Oct 19: at 1342, fair on 8400 with flutter, poor on 9000 which this time is // unlike yesterday. At 1426, 10210 good at S9+20 but fluttery, // 8400 and 9000. At 1541, all three still audible: 8400 very poor, 9000 fair, 10210 good with flutter. Firedrake Oct 20: at 1322, nothing on 8400; good on 9000 and 10210, the latter with more flutter. Firedrake Oct 21 at 1407: 10210, 9000 and 8400 all //, all fairly good, but best on the highest (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 4460, Voice of China, Beijing, 2134-2146, 18 Oct, Mandarin, talks with music background, light music; 34343; \\ 4750, 4800, 5030. Best received via the K9AY antenna. 4750 ditto, Nanning, 2132-2140, 18 Oct, Mandarin, talks; 25321; \\ 4460, 4800, 5030 all better (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 5050, Beibu Bay Radio, 1330, Oct. 20. Multi language IDs (Chinese/Vietnamese/English), with the English ID having an echo effect at the end it; in Vietnamese with “Top Music” program (only program name was in English); ToH pips; repeated multi-IDs; “BBR News”; “Weather report” for Hanoi, Manila, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, etc.; back to music till tune out at 1424; // 9820 (CNR-2 QRM); mostly fair with light AIR QRM (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [and non]. 7280, CNR-1, 1156 tune in to 1300 abrupt off on Oct. 17. Heard ID at 1200 and it matches CNR-1 (first example) at intervalsignals.net. Talk between M and F, segment/feature at 1230 might be for younger listeners and included "Happy Birthday to You" in English and assumed Chinese. No echoing as reported in DXLD 9-073 and 9-076. Good signal strength. Reported // 5030 not heard here. For my education, what is the first word of that ID, "(poongyung?) renmin guangbo diantai" and does it have a direct/approximate translation? Thanks! (Greg Neide, Euclid, OH, Grundig YB 400 and 35' outdoor wire antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Zhongyang = Centre, Central. Regards, (Alan Davies, Asia, ibid.) CNR-1 ID as "Zhong-yang ren-min guang-bo dian-tai". Zhon yang=Central, renmin=peoples, guangbo=bradcasting, diantai=radio station (S. Hasegawa, NDXC, ibid.) Remin guangbo diantai means People's Broadcasting Radio Station. Getting back to poongyang are you sure they didn't say Pyongyang? Because it could also be Pyongyang People Broadcasting Radio Station. The DPRK also has a Chinese station which is picked up in Liaoning province which has many thousands of Koreans living in Dalian (Keith Perron, Taiwan, ibid.) But Pyongyang PBS would not be on 7280 (gh) Thanks all for your help with translation! My intent was to confirm the station on this frequency since "ID heard" was not in the comment for the disputed Sound of Hope log in DXLD 9-076. I definitely did not hear "xi wang zhi sheng..." in the identification. Hopefully, I can record the ID on 7280 at 1200 on Sunday or Monday to confirm my own questionable first word in the announcement (Greg Neide, ibid.) CNR-1 on 7280 heard from 1155 to 1205 on Oct. 19. "Zhongyang renmin guangbo diantai" ID clearly heard after time pips at 1200. CNR-1 on 9450 heard from 1400 start to 1515 fade out on Oct. 19. ID in Chinese heard at 1400 and at 1500. Mostly musical selections including vocal rendition of "Midnight in Moscow". Found parallel 12040 at approx 1445 that Voice of Russia in English took over at 1500 with a stronger signal (Greg Neide, Euclid, OH, Grundig YB 400 and 35' outdoor wire antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Greg - Very nice with the Chinese ID. From the list by Aoki, which is the best reference for these echo jamming frequencies of CNR-1: 7280* Xi Wang Zhi Sheng SOH 1100-1200 7280* Xi Wang Zhi Sheng SOH 1200-1300 (* Jammed by CNR1) Usually the regular CNR-1 programming (used for jamming) has an echo effect, but sometimes it is not very noticeable. 9450* Xi Wang Zhi Sheng SOH 1400-1500 9450* Xi Wang Zhi Sheng SOH 1500-1600 (* Jammed by CNR1) 12040* VOICE OF AMERICA 1100-1500 (* Jammed by CNR1) Again, usually heard with echo effect. 12040 has recently been heard not only with CNR-1 echo jamming, but also with Firedrake (non-stop Chinese music jamming). Examples of both types of jamming can be heard at dxldyg "Files > Station Sounds", under "Chinese jamming". (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re 9-076, UNIDENTIFIED. 7420, Oct 8 at 1329. Heard here on Oct 20 1400 ID as “Zhongyang Renmin Guangbo Diantai, Zhongguo zhi Sheng” (Tony Ashar, West Java – Indonesia, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Domestic service CNR1 JAMMING against both AIR Tibetan/Nepali and BBC Mandarin on 7420. see AOKI Nagoya list: 7420*ALL INDIA RADIO 1215-1330 Tibetan 50 130 Guwahati IND AIR 7420*BBC 1300-1530 Chinese 250 20 Nakhon Sawan THA BBC (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) 7420 with big Chinese clash, Oct 21 at 1308, CNR1 jamming BBC via Thailand, which is scheduled 1300-1530 per Aoki A09. One wonders if PBS Nei Menggu, scheduled 2230-1605 on 7420 remains on air too, also becoming a victim of ChiCom jamming, which trumps everything else. At 1410 check, the CNR1 jamming was easily // 7365 and 6110 against other stations, and // 7305 and 6095 seemingly alone (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. I should note that CNR1 is playing a lot of Chinese classical music, often opera, after 1400. It is a real help in IDing //s, especially if the signal you are watching is far underneath a dominant on that frequency. Imagine a herd of cats inside a steel drum, with someone hitting the drum with a ball bat. Sorry if that sounds culturally insensitive. I was on a national delegation to China at the end of the Cultural Revolution and had to attend 8 or 10 two- hour performances (usually on the front row) AND PRETEND TO LIKE THEM. Earplugs would have been excellent. In any case, the Chinese opera is a great help in IDing //s of CNR1!!! (John Bryant, DXing from Grayland, WA, USA, Winradio G313e and various Ultralights, Wellbrook Phased Array, Oct 16, IRCA via DXLD) Referring to MW DX, but I have also noticed a lot of it on SW CNR1 jamming or non-jamming transmitters. Not to be confused with Firedrake, where there are never any vocals (gh, DXLD) Fellas, CNR1 was running an hour long music program this morning starting at about 1403. Not classical opera, at least when I was listening. It was more an Asian pops program. I think that it was an hour long (John Bryant, WA, Oct 20, IRCA via DXLD) ** CHINA. 9430, 1330-1402 on Oct. 17, waiting for some ID for FEBC Philippines and instead heard IS and ID in Chinese for China Radio Int'l. Beware! (Greg Neide, Euclid, OH, Grundig YB 400 and 35' outdoor wire antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) One of the FEBC Chinese services is here at 0900-1630, while CRI Chinese via Kashgar is at 1400-1500 only, or rather *1357. You weren`t hearing CRI before then, were you? If so it may have morphed into jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** COLOMBIA. 5910, Marfil Estéreo, active Oct 17 at 0531 with ID as HKI79-FM, usual non-soporific music for the nightmiddle, marred by ``running-water`` intermittent ute bursts overriding it, and continuous beeps on hi side; also bleedover from superstrong Cuban cut-numbers on 5898, Morse code spy letters sending like Arnie Coro`s DXers Unlimited keying at closing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** COLOMBIA. QSLs dalla Colombia --- Piacevole sorpresa ques'oggi nella cassetta delle lettere: in un'unica busta le conferme di Marfil Estereo 5910 e La Voz de Tu Conciencia 6010 dalla Colombia; due QSL separate della nuova serie stampata in questo 2009 e due adesivi, uno per ciascuna radio. I rapporti risalgono allo scorso anno, ma i rapporti inviati nel 2008 non avevano trovato risposta, anzi una delle lettere mi era stata rispedita perché l'indirizzo era inesistente! Indirizzo corretto: La Voz de Tu Conciencia, Calle 44 No. 13-67, or Apartado Aéreo No. 67751, Bogotà, DC, Colombia (Alessandro Groppazzi, 19 Oct, playdx yg via DXLD) ** COLOMBIA [non]. Hello, No sign of European Music Radio at all from 0900 UT; I can only hear Radio Líder, Santafé de Bogotá, Colombia on 6140 with a fairly good QRM free signal with Spanish programs, could hear this station from before 0800. It is still on air but NHK Japan has come on air via Singapore at 0945 but not sure of its language. Will try again at other times. Best wishes from Australia! (Michael Stevenson, Oct 18, GRDXC via DXLD) As I would have predicted, nothing here in the Philippines between 0900 and 1000 from EMR on 6140. Between 0920 and 0945 I heard a weak Spanish signal on the frequency which while audible, I was unable to positively identify. Of course 6140 is a regular Radio Havana frequency for their Spanish service but is not scheduled at this hour. All I can say is a mystery Spanish station. Regards, (T.C. Patterson, Cebu, Philippines, ibid.) Hi Michael; Glad you heard the Spanish broadcast on 6140 as well. I ruled out the Bogota, Columbia broadcaster (although listed by AOKI) as it reportedly is only using one kW of power. If you heard a firm station ID it solves my mystery. Regards, (T.C. Patterson, ibid.) Hello T.C. Patterson and all, Yes, I got a positive ID on Radio Líder, Colombia; the Latin American stations can come in here very well sometimes because we are on the east coast of Australia with nothing but water between here and the Americas. NHK was only pushing +10db over S-9 on my E1 here, of course, you are closer to Singapore and the transmission is no doubt directed to South Asia? Bogotá could still be heard in the background under NHK. Of course, like you, no sign of EMR at all! Best regards from Australia! (Michael Stevenson, ibid.) Thanks Michael, To the best of my recollection that is the first time I've heard a Colombian station in the Philippines, but I guess I did. WRTH indicates Radio Lider's power at 5 kW, not one as indicated by AOKI. Remarkable on AM - SSB propagation wouldn't be quite that surprising. Regards, (T.C. Patterson, Cebu, Philippines, ibid.) T. C. and Michael, Just how definite is your Radio Líder ID??? Do you have a recording? That station has been inactive for years and have had no other reports of it. On the other hand, RHC is in fact scheduled on 6140 at that time, 0700-1100 as in http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/c_frecuencia/frecuencias.htm Altho their own info is unreliable and frequency usage varies. 73, (Glenn Hauser, OK, ibid.) Hello Glenn, I am not 100% certain, fading noisy signals and my understanding of Spanish is rusty these days, maybe I was hearing things, will have to monitor the frequency further over the next few evenings, will let you and the group know. Best regards from Australia! (Michael Stevenson, ibid.) Glenn: The confirmation was Michael's and as he indicated to you he is trying to reconfirm. I had another listen to 6140 this afternoon/evening between 0830 and 0945. The station with the Spanish programming faded in around 0830 but failed to reach yesterday's signal strength levels. While marginal at times the signal was well above threshold at others, but again I could not get a positive ID. The signal was again totally obliterated here at 0945 when Radio Japan's Indonesian relay via Kranji, Singapore signed on. From what you have indicated and what I heard today, I lean toward Radio Havana rather than the Colombian station. Give me another few days and with improved conditions, I too will try to provide a positive ID. Regards, (T.C. Patterson, Cebu, Philippines, Oct 19, ibid.) T.C., Another thing you could do is try to parallel whatever you hear on 6140 with any of RHC`s other frequencies supposed to be on the air overnight, 6000, 6060 and 11760. 73, (Glenn, ibid.) Hello Glenn and All, I have to apologise to everyone for jumping the gun, 6140 KHz is in parallel with 6000 so it is indeed Radio Habana Cuba. Just goes to show that one should listen carefully perhaps over several days before one goes blabbing off! Now I have the tail between my legs and am running for cover!!!! In total disgrace!!! (Michael Stevenson, Australia, Oct 21, ibid.) Glenn, Michael and all, Conditions much better here this evening on 49 meters and I was able to get positive IDs at 0840 and 0912 from Radio Havana on 6140. The program on 6140 is also parallel with that on 6120 but I am unable to hear anything on 6000 which Michael has matched with 6140. One further note in reference to the schedule which Glenn referred us to, I note a loud and clear signal (S9) with little QRN or QRM from Radio Havana on 6060 between 0800 and 0900 but it`s in English, not Spanish. Caught a number of positive IDs on this one as well. Glad the mystery is solved and Michael you shouldn't have your tail between your legs. We've all had similar experiences in attempting to ID fleeting and noisy signals. Regards, (T. C. Patterson, Cebu, Philippines, ibid.) However, see UNIDENTIFIED 6140 ** COLOMBIA. Emisoras FM de Cali en la red --- Hola Amigos, He actualizado los enlaces de las emisoras en FM de Cali, que transmiten en la red, pero aun no me explico porque con los navegadores Mozilla y Chrome, la información no sale como quiero, pero el Internet Explorer sí lo muestra como es. Por favor si navegan en esa parte de la página hacerla con el navegador Internet Explorer (6+). Gracias y disfruten la escucha de las emisoras de Cali. La URL es: http://yimber.blogspot.com/2008/08/emisora-fm-de-cali-colombia-26-agosto.html Comentarios a: (dxreport @rroba yahoo punto com) (Yimber Gaviría, Cali, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CROATIA. Winter B-09 schedule of Croatian Radio HS-1 in Croatian: 0558-0857 on 6165 DEA 100 kW / 320 deg to WeEu/NoAf 0858-1427 on 7370 DEA 100 kW / 320 deg to WeEu/NoAf 1428-2127 on 6165 DEA 100 kW / 320 deg to WeEu/NoAf 2128-0557 on 3985vDEA 100 kW / non-dir to WeEu/NoAf (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, Oct 20 via DXLD) ** CROATIA [non]. 7375, Croatia Radio via Wertachtal, 0200, Oct. 12. In English; “Croatia Today”; news; good reception (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [and non]. 6060, 0843, Radio Havana Cuba running on extended schedule in English from 0700, good in the clear till off abruptly 0852 9/9. Following day ran past 0930 and mixed with LRA Buenos Aires after 0900 (Bryan Clark at Mangawhai, New Zealand, with AOR7030+ and Alpha Delta Sloper, EWEs to NE, E and SE, plus various 100 metre BOGs to the Americas, Oct NZ DX Times via DXLD) 6000, R. Havana Cuba with English programming including “news” of the “Cuban Five” and some nice Cuban music and Arnie Coro’s DXers Unlimited, but, as noted by Jerry C yesterday, the entire time what sounds like an electronic telephone ringer was warbling under the program audio. My ears are still ringing! In well SIO 554 because of the blasted ringing! They supposedly also use 9820 [says who?? not for sesquiyears --- gh] (not heard) in English and the ringing was only heard on this frequency – not any of their Spanish channels. It also was not on their web stream which has the same programming a few seconds behind the radio broadcast. 0220-0405 11/Oct 6060, R. Havana Cuba, English News including item re Honduras President’s condition in the Tegucigalpa Brazilian Embassy, info about Bolivia, and Obama’s award of the Nobel Peace Prize. There was no telephone ringing in the background. Except (was I imagining it?) for a few seconds starting 0552-0555 when I tuned away because I was afraid I was starting to hallucinate phone ringing! The ringing was far less prominent on this channel that it was on 6000 kHz a few hours earlier! SIO 444 with splatter from 6055 [SPAIN] 0545-0555 11/Oct (Kenneth Vito Zichi, MI, MARE Tipsheet via DXLD) RHC check Oct 14 at 0617: 6140 in English tonight and has phone ringing audible, otherwise // 6060 and 6010. Then could barely hear ringing also on 6060, but not 6010. 6140 is weaker than usual. Spanish on 6120; and 6000 which is much stronger than usual --- hmmm, have they swapped transmitters/antennas on 6140 and 6000? 5800, the spy-numbers transmitter, Oct 14 at 0622, had open carrier with hum, plus: phone ringing; irregular weak tones, not Morse code; weak crosstalk from a voice transmission, maybe RHC. Then all this overridden by a loud tone and data burst for a few sex, and back to the other stuff. The 11760 transmitter still outputting spurs at multiples of plus and minus 51.2 kHz, Oct 14 at 1354, altho could not detect 23 of them as before, perhaps due somewhat weaker signal on fundamental. ``Best`` of course on nearest ones, 11708.8 and 11811.2; some others audible: 11452.8 with big tone; 11504.0; 11657.6 also with RHC audio; 12067.2 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glen[n], The phone ringing was also audible on 6000 from 0100 to 0300Z (and likely right through to 0500Z) when I listened last night. My guess is they have a partial cabling short between a telephone key system that provides its own ring/busy/ringback signaling and their transmitter feeds, having worked on similar systems here in Canada in the 1980s (Bob Lyle (former Scanning VHF/UHF Editor ODXA in the 1990's), Milton, Ontario, Oct 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) RHC was a stronger signal than usual today at 0630 UT in English on 6140, and good enough for me to hear the telephono ringing. But signals on the other 6 MHz channels were not as good. There was a het on 6010 (LSB I think) so one of the occupants is slightly off frequency (Noel R. Green (NW England), Oct 14, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) That`s about when I was finding 6140 weaker than usual; so good evidence they had at least changed the azimuth, perhaps to NY/Europe. As for 6010, has anyone heard LV de tu Conciencia, COLOMBIA lately at any hour? I usually tune after 0500 when it`s totally blocked by Cuba here. Impression is that their DX signal has been considerably reduced by their self-restrixion to an NVIS antenna, but activity had always been rather sporadic, perhaps even more so than Marfil Estéreo on 5910 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Some reports before 0500 (gh) I'm just listening to Radio Havana Cuba now via Globaltuners.com on 6000 kHz in Spanish and can hear the phone ringing in the background. After listening for a bit it made me remember fond memories of the Cuba phone system. It is obvious that RHC is using phone lines to feed the signal to the transmitter site and there is a crossed line somewhere along the way. If I had a dollar for every time I heard this on my own phone while living in Havana I would be a rich man. The technical department would know for sure this is happening, but Cuba being Cuba the reaction if any is, "oh well that's the way it is" to maybe Coro saying "the blockade is to blame for Cuba's problems". But some people within RHC (no names mentioned) would say "love live the (6 letter word beginning with s) revolution". (Keith Perron, Taiwan, 0036 UT Oct 15, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Actually the whole discussion is a bit unclear. I understand that there is/was no sound of a ringing telephone that happens to be in the same room than an open mic, but instead the signal tone send back to the caller, right? If so this could of course well happen. Reminds me on the story of the first FM transmitter on the Petersberg site near Halle/Saale, which for some time had dialling pulses in the right channel. They were faint, but the transmitter also carried a program with lots of classical music, so there were enough quiet moments for the noises to become prominent. It is no surprise at all that RHC programming is fed through copper wires in the same bundles than wires used for telephone services, this is old standard technology. The circumstance that the same audio leaking could be found on spy number transmissions confirms that at least some of the shortwave broadcasting infrastructure is in use for these numbers transmission, something that is suspected for the USSR and even still for Russia, too. The circumstance that the leaking did not appear on Radio Rebelde could be related to different audio routing, maybe required for stereo service. The necessary equalizing makes it quite difficult to use straight copper connections (i.e. without carrier systems) for stereo feeds over greater distances. Or does Radio Rebelde simply using studios in another building than RHC? And the CRI relays are presumably not routed through RHC studio facilities at all (Kai Ludwig, Germany, ibid.) Programming from RHC has the sound in the background of a telephone ringing. It's not the sounds of a physical phone, but rather the lines being feed to the transmitter site. Normally they feed using microwave, but I suspect there is a technical problem with this and they have switched back to landlines. As I wrote earlier. This sound made me remember making local phone calls in Havana and a number of times hearing the same sound. This morning (2230 UT Oct 16 or 730 am [Oct 17] local time) I gave Manolo De La Rosa a call about something else and asked him about the sound of a phone ringing going on air. He said "are you surprised?" He then confirmed my earlier thought. The microwave link at the site was damaged recently and they didn't have any spare parts. So until it's fixed they went to the old backup system of feeding the audio. CRI's audio is sent directly to the sites by satellite (Keith Perron, ibid.) If not for that revolution Cuba most likely would have no SW presence by now. Ringing is heard on 6000 in the background of English broadcast right now, too. Radio Rebelde on 5025 has no ringing. A CRI relays that I monitored earlier was, too (Sergei S., IL, 0359 UT Oct 15, ibid.) So if I understand you from your first line. You`re happy that Cuba had a revolution just so they can have a SW presence and you have something to listen to? Is that what you`re saying? Please make it clear because that's how it comes across to me (Keith Perron, ibid.) Keith: I'm just stating the obvious - without the revolution Cuba wouldn't be a major player in international broadcasting. Most likely it wouldn't have the external radio service and you wouldn't have a chance to work at RHC. Other logical constructs that you are voicing out are not mine. It's unfair to blame the US blockade or revolution for that ringing phone. As you mentioned, it's mostly a cultural thing. A CRI relay that I monitored earlier was clear of ringing, too (Sergei S., ibid.) Yes but if I didn't go to RHC if there was not RHC I would have gone somewhere else. What I said was some (no names) would blame the revolution and or the US blockade. Cuba's telephone system is pieced together of technology from the old Eastern Bloc. The majority of which was rubbish. I remember my telephone it was made by RTF in the former GDR it was only 6 years old, but it was from the stone ages. Same with my Selena radio and the Lada I had. Manolo De La Rosa who in the 80s worked at Radio Moscow, who remembered what things were under Batista said things were not great, but there were no food shortages. I remember when I arrived, RHC was using Philips tape recorders from the late 60s, the same kind Radio Netherlands used until the late 90s. Then in 1994 they got hold of some old Hungarian and Soviet stock from the 80s. They were new old stock, never used. The times they broke down was insane, almost monthly. Originally they had a budget in 1994 to buy some new DENONS from Japan, but the money vanished. Then two months later, the then director of RHC, Hernández Cuba, showed up with a new Honda. Even Coro who is part of the revolution machine is well. How should I put it. I remember going to his home and shocked to see a new SONY TV, new VCR which he was boasting that he just bought. On his salary of 250 Pesos a month, I wondered how he could afford it. But then again we were supposed to get some new SONY TCM5000 tape recorders which Coro was supposed to get for us, but they never arrived. Strange, don't you think? LOL (Keith Perron, ibid.) Keith, Here's a radio I used to have: http://www.rv3bc.narod.ru/RX/pr_tranz/okean209.htm It's Okean-2009 made in Minsk. The export versions of Okean were called Selena. I liked this radio for its great sound and amazing noise-resistance (I lived less than 10 km away from a huge jamming station near Balashiha). No frequency display, though. As with all Soviet radios produced for "internal consumption", there were no frequencies higher than 25 m-band. But you could easily expand it. This particular model was first produced in 1978. I got it as a gift in 1984. It lasted through 8 years of very heavy use and occasional abuse. Eventually, only OIRT FM-band worked well. I gave it to my blind friend who was looking for a reliable AC-powered radio to listen to OIRT-FM stations. I guess the main issue in Cuba is that their equipment is very old. I'm sure those Philips tape recorders were great back in 1960s. Nowadays much of phone and radio equipment sold in both Russia and the US is produced in PRC. Perhaps the same is true for Cuba (Sergei S., IL, ibid.) Yes but my point was they discontinued the use of the Philips tape recorders which had no reported problems to used junk ones made the old communist allies. Like I said Radio Netherlands had the same models and took them out of service when they started going digital. RHC took them out of service not to use something better, but to use something worse. And as of 2009 Cuba's telecom system is still using the old East German and Soviet equipment sent to them in the mid 1980s (Keith Perron, ibid.) Was it the Variant model that was ubiquitous in the GDR? http://home.saxonia.net/kesselboth/Grafik/zb/variant_gr.jpg > I remember when I arrived RHC was using Philips tape recorders from > the late 60s they same kind Radio Netherland used until the late > 90s. Ah, I was not aware of Philips ever having produced professional tape machines so far: http://www.vintagerecorders.co.uk/VR_View_Page.asp?IDS=76 A photo of an RNW studio I saw revealed a Telefunken M15 instead, the export version for layer inwards of course. > Then in 1994 they got hold of some old Hungarian and Soviet stock > from the 80s. They were new old stock never used. Ah2, so far I believed the Mechlabor recorders in the RHC Youtube video went directly from Hungaria to Cuba. Instead they took a deroute via the USSR where they never had been installed? It seems that Hungarian tape machines and consoles were widely used for Soviet radio studio installations, with the Oktava mics being the only obvious pieces from domestic production. For these machines a joke circulated in GDR radio circles: If a Mechlabor falls down the stairway, the stairs will be broken. (Kai Ludwig, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Oh no!!!! Help!! That telephone. Millions of those in Cuba. Have one myself, a green one. Yes RNW had the Telefunken M15, they also have the Philips (something something) which they used in the transcription service, this was the one the Cuban's had. It looked a little like the Telefunken except for the position of the functions on the deck. The mics at RHC were mostly Shures and a couple of AKGs (Keith Perron, ibid.) See RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM RHC anomaly check Oct 15 at 0552: 6140 in English tonight, weak signal and weak phone ringing still audible in background, then I switched to better 6060 but phone also ringing there as `Ed Newman` was pre- offering RHC`s vaunted pocket calendar for 2010y, to be available shortly, so get your request in now! I used to get these, just one little card with Che or some other antihero on the obverse. I suppose it`s The Five Heroes now. 6010 English was good with no ringing, tough luck, Mr. Stendahl. 6120 and 6000 in Spanish also weaker than usual. 6060 was weak enough to be bothered by ACI from 6055 Spain, not usually the case in CNAm unlike ENAm, but that shortly closed down by 0556. Spy transmitter on 5800 at 0558 was open carrier with hum, no ringing or other extraneous sounds at the moment. 11760 spurs at multiples of plus and minus 51.2 kHz still running Oct 15 at 1409 check, worst at 11708.8 and 11811.2 producing identical 3.8 kHz hets against NHK via Canada on 11705 and NHK direct in Japanese on 11815. Some others audible: 11504, the lowest at 11452.8, the highest at 12067.2. At 1500 on 11760, copied frequency announcement for the no longer secret midday transmission: 13760, 11760, 11800, 5965, 6000 in typical out-of-order Soviet-style. Trouble is, no signal on 11800, and heard at 1525 on unmentioned 11690 instead versus RTTY. At RHC they only read what they are told, and no one has the initiative to turn on a radio and find out what frequencies are really in use. If they did, would they be disciplined by the dictatorship? Or are they really so demoralized that they don`t give a damn? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) You know the phone ringing on RHC. I tuned into Globaltuners.com and when I heard that it reminded me so much of living in Havana and trying to make a local phone call. I use to live in the Focsa Building in Vedado which was a 10 minute walk to RHC and a few times when I would make international calls you would hear a click and noise in the background. One time I was talking to a friend in Europe and in the middle of our conversation he said let`s say hello to the ones listening. So in Spanish we said "Hola amigos cómo anda hoy. ¿Usted quiere nuestra conversación?" Then they just hung up. But the phone ringing is very very normal. Ahhhh what memories! LOL, 73, (Keith Perron, Taiwan, Oct 15, DX LISTENING DIGEST) RHC anomaly report Oct 16: there was NO telephone-ringing audible on any of the frequencies! At 0535 on 6060, outro by announcer Alex (or is it Oleg?) Silva, over to the YL announcer with a very heavy accent; she gave her name too, but I couldn`t understand it due to mumbling and heavy accent. At 0540, found 6140 in English this time; 6120 in Spanish with hum. At 1254, the 11760 transmitter`s spurs were audible at least with matching tone, and most of them also with RHC modulation: as low as 11452.8 and as high as 12374.4, which is one step above previous accomplishment; and every 51.2 kHz in between. At this hour the strong 11708.8 one is QRMing another RHC transmitter, relaying Venezuela in Spanish on 11705.0. Way to go! DentroCuban Jamming command still wasting countless kilowatts which could have been used for something constructive, by pulsing against nothing, Oct 17 at 0519: on 9545, 9565, 9825. Well, not nothing, but not anything threatening The Revolution, unlike at other dayparts. 9825 was ruining something in English, i.e. Deutsche Welle via South Africa at 0500-0530. Will the foreign ministry of Germany complain to that of Cuba? Of course not! 9565 bothered the wacky wailing preaching of Brasil`s IPDA, so no loss there. Over at RHC itself, what`s happening? At 0527 Oct 17, 6010 and 6060 in English, but toss-up frequency 6140 this time in Spanish, along with 6120 and 6000. No phone ringing any more on these RHC frequencies, but still could hear that on 5898 underneath cut numbers spy transmission at 0532. RHC 11760 spur check Oct 17 at 1407: typical tones on 11504.0 and 12067.2, but not much higher or lower. After hearing all the 11670 spurs --- see VENEZULA [non] ---, Oct 17 at 2225 I found RHC audible on 17660 with speech in Spanish, and then found // synchronized 11800 and // an echo apart from other transmitter site on 5965, 6000, 11770, 13760, 13790. Nothing on 9640 which is on the air certain days at this time for Mesa Redonda or other special programming. The speech turned out to be just a clip, as soon back to studio announcer. 17660 does not appear at all on the supposedly current transmission schedule at http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/c_frecuencia/frecuencias.htm which we have already picked apart for numerous other errors. 17660 began with the April schedule shakeup for the 2030-2130 English broadcast, which now continues to be sporadic even on its other nominal frequency 11760; EiBi and Aoki show 17660 also at 2130 Creole, 2200 French, 2230-2300 Creole, all to Caribbean. Anyhow, 17660 is obviously still in use, if only for Spanish. Will the RHC webmaster ever find out? RHC check Oct 18 at 0527: 6140 in English this time, Alex Silva outroing a report, phone ringing just barely audible in background. 0534 starting DXers Unlimited; Arnie, answer the phone on 6140! But on 6010 no phone ringing; on 6060 maybe a trace of that but hard to tell with splash from Spain 6055 --- these two should really get farther apart, and age-old near-collision. One Coro topic this week is using copper foil tape from art suppliers to make antennas; it is of course conductive, second only to silver, and looks nice too. Spur search Oct 18 at 1351 found 11760 still irradiating the spectrum, such as 11504, 11657.4; 11708.4 or so hetting VOK 11710 as it was closing English at 1354, Commies vs Commies! The usual 51.2 kHz displacement is varying slightly and anyhow hard to downpin with no sharp carrier, but distorted blobs at each landing so I won`t attempt to be any more precise either (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, Very interesting to read about your search for Cuban spurs over the weekend, received your postings on bclnews.it (Geir Stokkeland, N-6390 Vestnes, Norway, Oct 18, ibid.) RHC Oct 19 at 0532: 6140 in English this time, // 6060 and 6010, no phone ringing audible; 6120 distorted in Spanish, 6000. At 0536 on 5898 spy transmitter open carrier with hum, and could still hear phone ringing. 11760 spurcheck Oct 19: at 1356 there it is on 11504. Lowest audible around 11198, highest 12075, approximately. But another check at 1528 found NONE of these two dozen spurs, altho 11760 was still on the air. Must have changed transmitters around 1500 for the mid-day service, which was then // other fundamentals on 11690 vs RTTY, and perpetually distorted and breaking up 11800. RNV transmission also on 11680 briefly in English about TeleSur, then to HCF blustering in Spanish. RHC, 11760 on the air Oct 20 at 1323, but WITHOUT the two dozen spurs covering more than one MHz every 51.2 kHz or so, which had been spewing from that transmitter ever since first noted Oct 10. Either fixed or they finally heard about the problem and switched to a less defective transmitter, so be vigilant for the same surrounding some other frequencies, as I previously also found them with the 11670 Venezuelan relay at 22. RHC Oct 21 at 0536: 6140 in Spanish instead of English, along with 6120. See also UNIDENTIFIED (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6000, Radio Havana Cuba. 0354-0410 October 19, 2009. Excellent for me! I finally got to hear the nonstop phone rings, and this time it wasn’t just in my head. Mediocre audio level rings, under English programmed Arnaldo Coro Antich, voicing “Breakthrough For Today” (and tagging himself as Science Editor Arnie Coro). So, Arnie is good at all things electronics but he can’t kill the phone ringing? This would never have been allowed if Fidel was still feeble and in control; damn that younger bastard child Raúl (such a slacker dude). Then into – what else? – The Cuban Five canned blather segment (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, 27.55.83 N, 82.46.08 W, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also EUROPE. Pirate 6220 with RHC spur Cuba, (presumed) 5930, 0930-0952, Noted a steady telephone ringing in AM mode. No voice or music noted, just the telephone ringing. The carrier was good. Rechecked frequency periodically and the phone continued to ring. At 0952 the carrier and the ringing dropped off the air and all of the splatter it was covering, came oozing in (Chuck Bolland, October 20, 2009, FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Not a known RHC channel; is it a known spy-numbers frequency? (gh, DXLD) ** CUBA. 17705, 15/10 2340, R Havana Cuba, em Guarani, desde La Habana, com 50 kW, OM Talk, as 2342 UT curtos interlúdios musicais entre falas do OM, ainda as 2342 OM soletra algo, as 2343 deu para entender que o OM soletrava o endereço da R Havana Cuba, as 2344 OM e YL se revezam na fala, as 2357 pop mx Cubana, as 0001 ID e logo após sinal ID, programação continua com a programação em Quéchua, 25332 17705, 16/10 0027, R Havana Cuba, em Quéchua, desde La Habana, com 50 kW, YL Talk, as 0028 pop romantic mx Cubana, as 0031 fim da mx e logo após fim da tx, 25322 (Jorge Freitas, SWL1023B, Feira de Santana Bahia - Brasil, Degen 1103, Antena Dipolo de 16 metros Balun 4:1, Direção Leste/Oeste, HCDX via DXLD) Well2, axually in scheduled languages? Had been substituting French or Portuguese (gh, DXLD) ** CUBA. ESPN on 2 --- I'm watching Tele Rebelde CMBA-2 on satellite now with ESPN-2 soccer. This might confuse some DXers out there as obviously you would not expect to see ESPN from Cuba. Cuban stations seem to relay US cable stations a lot (especially for cartoons). -- (William R Hepburn, Grimsby ON CAN 43 10 58.7 -79 33 34.1, 1712 UT Oct 17, WTFDA via DXLD) I wonder if they are "stealing" the feed? I do not recall our network ever giving CUBA the rights to anything (Jeff Rostron, Springfield MA, ibid.) One would expect that they are stealing the feeds; does anyone know for sure? (Neil Kazaross, IL, ibid.) See INTERNATIONAL VACUUM Are you sure ESPN is originating the soccer, or are they getting it from the same other source as Cuba? I believe that Cuban TV covers up any giveaway bugs in the corners with their own larger ones (gh, DXLD) ** CUBA [and non]. SW monitoring help needed - Florida. Hi. I am wondering if there is someone in Florida who could tell me about the signals of Radio Martí and Radio Havana? Radio Martí (the US State Department Cuban Radio) is broadcast at 5980 kHz (and four other repeaters) from North Carolina. Radio Habana Cuba Int'l (Cuban government Radio) is broadcast at 6000 kHz from Cuba. Are both of these stations distinct in Florida? Or do they interfere? And, what does the noise sound like in between? Any responses greatly appreciated. I'd also be curious to hear a recording of the noise in between, if you felt like sharing a recording. Thanks! (Alexis, swl at qth.net via DXLD) I am not in Florida but your question indicates an incomplete understanding of what is going on here. Both Radio Martí and Radio Havana Cuba (not ``International``) have numerous other frequencies besides these two. Some others are fairly close but normally far enough apart to avoid interfering with each other. Radio Martí is not run by the US State Department but by the Office of Cuba Broadcasting, in reality a group of hard-line exiles in Miami. The main problem is not `the noise in between` but that Cuba heavily jams 5980 itself, which is currently in use only between 0700 and 1200 UT. Cuban jamming typically extends beyond the bandwidth of the victim station, sometimes far beyond. RHC, of course, comes thru unjammed on 6000, which now remains on the air all night too, but with different antennas and strengths depending on the time. A cheap non-selective receiver would have more of a problem separating any stations 20 kHz apart than a good receiver, so that is another variable. After 1200 UT, it might sound like there is noise jamming on RHC 6000, but it`s really DRM noise from Australia centered on 5995. Regards, (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, ibid.) Dear Glenn, Thanks for the clarification. I was aware that Radio Martí is available on numerous other frequencies. (I didn't realize that RHC was broadcast in SW on several frequencies.) I am curious what you mean about Radio Martí broadcasting only from 0700 to 1200: When I tested (on my friend`s Grundig in Pennsylvania) we had noise at 5980, no Radio Marti, but could tune into 6000. Perhaps it was a bad time of the day? I am a little confused since it says Martí is on 24-hours a day on their website. I will try again when I am in PA with my friend`s radio. In any case, I still hope I find someone in Florida who sends me a tape of the noise in between, just out of curiosity. Would you happen to know of any of the other spots where the two stations have frequencies in proximity? Thanks! (Alexis, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Alexis, Radio Martí is on the air 24 hours a day (except for a weekly break for a few hours Monday morning), but not on all frequencies. Each frequency is on the air for certain hours but not others. This is typical of SW stations, since propagation changes greatly from day to night. I have not looked at RM`s website lately but the last time I did, the frequency schedule grid was totally out of date; that doesn`t fool the DentroCubans doing the jamming. However, sometimes the jamming runs beyond the hours RM is really on a frequency, so you might hear jamming against nothing on 5980 before 0700 or after 1200 too. If you really want to research the frequencies for each station, you could do a search on Marti and Habana in this list, which is pretty accurate: http://www.geocities.jp/binewsjp/bia09.txt Regards, (Glenn to Alexis, ibid.) Transmissions to Cuba via VOA are also heavily jammed. In fact, after the hurricane disasters a couple of years ago, it was more important for the Cuban authorities to maintain the jamming above anything else. Best 73s (Guido Santacana KP4FAR, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CYPRUS. Haven`t heard BBCWS in English on 21470 for months since they moved this frequency off Ascension, but Oct 14 at 1434 it was fairly audible while stronger Sa`udi Arabia [q.v.] was in on 21460, 21505, 21640. Current schedule has this fittingly as Cyprus, 250 kW at 175 degrees, 14-17; preceded by Seychelles 08-14, 250 kW at 240 degrees. OTH radar pulses also likely from nearby Cyprus site were propagating too: see UNIDENTIFIED (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CZECHIA. Re 9-076: CLOSURE OF RADIO PRAHA Dear Friends at Radio Prague: I am indeed saddened to hear the news of the impending closure of one of my favorite sources of news and Entertainment, Radio Praha. I have been listening since 1976 and treasure it as a trusted friend informing me of international news and information. I ask that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs find a way to keep RP's programs on the air at it's only relay station to the world, and in North America. I fervently hope and pray you will continue to entertain me for many years to come. Your Devoted fan since 1976, Noble West, USA (e-mail to RP, via Noble, dxldyg via DXLD) DX'ers: Here is a message I received regarding the situation involving Radio Prague. Dear Sir, Thank you very much indeed for your support and concern. It is unclear as to whether Radio Prague will actually lose its shortwave broadcasting - discussions are still taking place on the subject. However, if that does come to pass, or there are any changes whatsoever in our shortwave broadcasting, we will of course let you know. Best regards, Radio Prague English Section Vinohradska 12 120 99 Prague 2 Czech Republic tel.: +420 22155 2900 fax: +420 22155 2903 Radio Prague Online: http://www.radio.cz Listen now in MP3: http://www.radio.cz/mp3/english.pls (via Noble West, ibid., WORLD OF RADIO 1483) Glenn, I was disturbed to hear the news about the Czech government's shortsighted desire to close Radio Prague's shortwave broadcasts. I have written to the Czech embassy in London about this and I hope that other Radio Prague listeners will also write to their local Czech embassies, or direct to the Czech government, to save Radio Prague on shortwave. The email address of the London embassy is london @ embassy.mzv.cz and for the Washington embassy, washington @ embassy.mzv.cz (Roger Tidy, UK, Oct 15, DX LISTENING DIGEST via dxldyg) Glenn, I've just received the following from the Czech Embassy in London in response to my email: "Thank you very much for your opinion. I regret it is such a sad occasion you are contacting our Embassy. I have forwarded your email to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Prague. I would recommend you to send your message also to english @ radio.cz I believe the decision will not influence your attitude to our country and stay with my best regards. Pavla Skachova, Press and Publicity. (email reproduced exactly as received). Pavla's email address is Pavla_Skachova @ mzv.cz, and I hope all other British listeners to Radio Prague will contact her to make clear their opposition to the removal of the station from shortwave, and that listeners elsewhere will email their local Czech embassy, as well as emailing Radio Prague (Roger Tidy, UK, DX LISTENING DIGEST via dxldyg) Amigos, No nos quedemos callados, enviemos las cartas de apoyo en este momento a Radio Praga, que sientan que aun tienen OYENTES. Actuemos y ayudemos a Radio Praga (Yimber Gaviría, Colombia, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, I was listening to your latest program tonight on Internet streaming on my new Iphone 3GS through my car radio while coming back home. Unfortunately, this was the best way to tune to IRRS, not having a Shortwave radio in my car, and being in the middle of town amid all sort of electrical noise/interference. It may be a sign of times. I really could not imagine to be able to listen to streaming radio on a car radio a few years ago, but with 3G/UMTS internet flat rate it's now possible. I was experimenting this last week while traveling in Switzerland, where I got a Swiss pre-paid 3G phone card with daily flat/unlimited internet on the go at 4 Swiss Francs (4 USD) a day, only for the days I needed it. Anyway, it is really a pity that Czech Radio may be closing down shortwave. I can only guess Czech radio managers & politicians may have be given an iphone, or Google-phone, and they may be listening more to podcasts or streaming radio thee days, and forget about those who still cannot afford either Internet or an Iphone. I strongly believe that (analogue) Shortwave is NOT "anachronistic", and has a large, faithful audience scattered around the world. There is so much fragmentation among all media (FM, AM, Shortwave, analogue, digital/DRM, satellite, internet, DAP, streaming, radio, TV, Internet) that shutting one of these media is only killing a fragment of the audience, and this audience will be lost. Somehow the time has not yet come when they can convince all the Shortwave audience to tune into streaming media or to check Czech radio out of their Internet news portal. They won't. As you pointed out, it would be mad to close down newspapers, just because they are available (somehow) on the Internet, and only because they could save the cost of paper and mailing. At least not yet. Given the fact that most Shortwave radio is public (i.e. funded by public money in most places outside NA), it's nonsense to cut costs when you lose an audience. Keep on with the good work & take care. 73s, (Alfredo E. Cotroneo, CEO, NEXUS-Int'l Broadcasting Association, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** DENMARK. Denmark Kalundborg 243 kHz reactivated. Surprisingly Kalundborg 243 kHz longwave was on air briefly October 15th at 09:00- 09:10 AM local with same program as mediumwave 1062 kHz Radioavisen/News) and full power, otherwise it has sent DRM with 0.2 kW since 3 October 2008. From October 16th and until end of the month Danmarks Radio's longwave 243 kHz AM Kalundborg will take over three of the daily programs, normally sent via 1062 kHz: 243 kHz 05:35-06:13 05:45-05:51 Weather 06:00-06:07 News (Radioavisen) // with P4 11:35-12:36 11:45-12:00 Weather 12:00-12:30 News (Radioavisen) // with P4 17:35-18:26 17:45-18:00 Weather 18:00-18:16 Announcements from the (Navy Operational Command) 1062 kHz 08:25-09:13 08:30-08:40 Gymnastics 08.45-09.00 Weather 09:00-09:07 News (Radioavisen) // with P4 First 5-10 minutes and last 6-10 minutes of transmission an active carrier is on. Time is local = UT +2 until 24/10, UT +1 from 25/10. Listeners' reports can be sent to info at bsd . dk 73s (Ydun Ritz, Oct 17, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Is the above instead of the broadcast on 1062? (or, in parallel with 1062?) Thanks (Nick Hall-Patch, Victoria, BC, Canada, mwcircle yg via DXLD) Nick, Only 243 kHz on air 0535-0613 local as well as at 1135 and 1735 local time. 1062 kHz on air 0835 local time (Ydun Ritz, ibid.) Postings in the German-language A-DX list indicate that yesterday the carrier on 243 was on more or less throughout the day, without modulation outside the specified slots. Any information about the rationale for this measure? An obvious explanation would be antenna maintenance, but in this case all transmissions on 1062 should be suspended? (Kai Ludwig, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Kai, This temporarily reactivation of 243 kHz has nothing to do with antenna maintenance. Translated from a message in DR: "For technical reasons [unknown], DR is forced from 16 October 2009 through the rest of the month to broadcast Notices to Seafarers only once every 24 hours on mediumwaves 1062 kHz. The remaining programmes will be broadcast via the longwave transmitter on 243 kHz. The mediumwave broadcast is transmitted from 8:25 to 9;13 (local time) each morning." (73, Ydun Ritz, ibid.) Yes, but which "technical reasons" could this be? Perhaps it is a peculiarity of the German language, but in German "technische Gründe" is a common non-explanation, given instead of mentioning the real reasons, no matter if they are of an engineering, an organizational or whatever kind. Thus I really wonder what's going on here. Took a listen shortly after 1600: Yes, there it was again, like almost three years ago. Must be full 300 kW or at least not too much less. Have they actually kept all three transmitters in operational condition? The Kalundborg equipment consists (consisted) of three Telefunken PDM transmitters, a 300 kW mediumwave (S 4003; 576, 972, 990 kHz in Germany were also run with such rigs until they had been replaced by solid-state units), a 250 kW longwave (not so common) and another 250 or 300 kW unit than can operate on both LW and MW (really seldom, perhaps it is the only one ever built). (Kai Ludwig, ibid.) ** DJIBOUTI. 4780, RTV Djibouti (Djibouti), 0310-0320, 10/13/2009, Arabic. Koran recitation by man followed by talk. Moderate signal with increasing strength. Occasional utility interference (Jim Evans, Germantown, TN, RX-340, R8B, E1, ICF-SW7600G, Attic Mounted Random Wire (90') and Eavesdropper Dipole, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4780, Radio Djibouti, *0300, Oct. 17. Open carrier noted at 0254; sign on with Anthem; reciting from the Qur’an; 0310 into assume Arabic; poor with CODAR QRM. Even in the middle of winter, with the best of propagation, I do not often hear this one (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Get this while you can as R. Discovery, Dominican Republic is destined to occupy frequency; let us hope not after 0300 but no promises (gh) ** DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 6025.05, Radio Amanecer (Santo Domingo), 0314- 0321*, 10/13/2009, Spanish. Contemporary religious vocal music. ID by woman at 0318, then more music. Short announcement by man at 0321 followed by abrupt end of broadcast. Good signal with heavy broadcast interference. Have heard them at this time and in the late afternoon (2145-2300) for the past week, but this is the first positive ID (Jim Evans, Germantown, TN, RX-340, R8B, E1, ICF-SW7600G, Attic Mounted Random Wire (90') and Eavesdropper Dipole, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6025.08, Radio Amanecer, 0250-0334*, Oct 16, Spanish religious talk. Religious music. ID at 0303. Abrupt sign off. Sign off time seems to vary a lot. Poor with strong adjacent channel splatter. 6025.08, Radio Amanecer, 1006-1020, Oct 17, Spanish religious talk. Some religious music. Poor signal with adjacent channel splatter. Audio slightly distorted (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) ** EAST TURKISTAN [and non]. China --- 1323 - Alan Davies reports: I think I have an answer at last to the "Lhasa" 1323 kHz mystery. Listening in Urumqi, 1323 kHz comes on with CRI Russian at 1100 with a very strong, stable, local signal. This is well before sunset in Urumqi, and no other distant MW signals have yet faded in (for example Golmud 1134, Lhasa 1377, Kashgar 1422 etc), so I have no doubt that "Lhasa" 1323 kHz is actually Urumqi. Later in the evening, reception of 1323 deteriorates rather. Although the signal is still very strong, later in the evening there is some fading, doubtless a mix of groundwave/skywave reception. Overall, reception in Urumqi City of 1323 kHz is very similar to 1521 kHz. 1323 has a break of a few minutes before 1200, and comes on air at exactly the same time (as far as I can tell, to the second) as CRI Russian on 1521 kHz. After an hour of CRI Mongolian, 1323 kHz is in Russian from 1300-1500 while 1521 kHz also continues in Russian. Both 1323 and 1521 have a short break of a few minutes before 1500 (again, both go off and on at exactly the same time), then from 1500, 1323 is in English and 1521 continues in Russian. There's another simultaneous break on both frequencies just before 1600, then both continue in English and Russian (presumably one or both of the frequencies has a beam change at 1600). I didn't stay up late enough to find out what happens at 1700 and later. In the local morning, I could only hear 1521 kHz in Russian at 0000-0100. Listening in Kashgar, 1323 is inaudible at 1100, but later in the evening 1323 and 1521 both fade in at about the same time. 1323 seemed to be rather stronger than 1521 most of the time. Conclusion: both 1521 kHz and 1323 kHz are from Urumqi-Hutubi, but in NE China there are two more CRI transmitters on 1323 kHz, one of which is known to be Huadian 600 kW carrying CRI Korean and VOR English, while the location of the other transmitter for CRI Russian is still uncertain (but probably either Shuangyashan or Heihe, both in Heilongjiang Province). 963 kHz CRI Russian is most likely from whichever of Heihe or Shuangyashan isn't on 1323! The fact that I can't hear 963 kHz in W China doesn't suggest it's inactive -- I think the distance and QRM is just to great to draw any conclusion. 1233 - One other Urumqi observation: I think Xinjiang PBS on 1233 kHz for the Urumqi area in Mongolian/Kyrgyz is actually from a lower- powered transmitter in Urumqi city (perhaps 10 kW from the same site as 702/855/1044), rather than a higher-powered 100/120 kW unit at the Xinjiang PBS Hutubi MW site from where 558/738/1107 are transmitted. Would that fit with your observations from N Europe? /Fits very good with my observations - oa/ (ARC Information Desk 12 Oct, via editor Olle Alm, DXLD) ** ECUADOR. Radio Quito on the air again: 4919.063, 0743+, Spanish, mostly music and very few announcements. Was away from the radio briefly at 0800 so missed an ID if given but heard a time check by a man at 0805. Then back to solid music. Very brief, "Radio Quito, La Voz de la Capital" ID around 0830. Very good signal but somewhat overmodulated, audio not as good this time, as during previous recent logging. 15 OCT (David Sharp, NSW Australia, FT-950, NRD-535D, etc., dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I also caught this on Thursday morning at 1100z. I wonder if R Quito's decision to resume SW is in any way related to the loss of HCJB? I realize it's not a religious station but there are surely those in remote areas that are not served well by urban broadcasters (Jerry Lenamon, Waco, Oct 15, ibid.) 4918.92, Radio Quito, 1019-1030 Oct 15, Tuned in as ID is being presented. "... escucha Radio Quito ..." canned ID followed with music. Signal remained at a fair level during the period (Chuck Bolland, Clewiston FL, Watkins Johnson HF1000, 26.37N 081.05W, WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ECUADOR. LA RADIO ARUTAM ES INVESTIGADA El Consejo Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (Conatel) abrió un proceso de investigación a Radio Arutam. Esta emisora, que pertenece a la Federación Shuar, es acusada de haber emitido mensajes que incitaron a la violencia en Macas, durante los días de paralización indígena en la Amazonia, que terminaron con la muerte del maestro Bosco Wizuma. El Conatel dio un plazo de 30 días para que los dirigentes indígenas presenten las respectivas pruebas de descargo. La investigación de estos incidentes es el quinto punto del acuerdo que firmaron el Gobierno y los dirigentes indígenas. El presidente Rafael Correa denunció que a través de ese medio se incitó a que los indígenas shuar “salgan con armas y flechas con bastante veneno”. Ayer, la ministra Doris Soliz insistió que aún hay declaraciones de dirigentes que insisten en desconocer los acuerdos. “Son declaraciones violentas que se dicen al aire. Ante eso no se puede pretender que el Estado no haga nada”. Fuente: elcomercio http://ww1.elcomercio.com/noticiaEC.asp?id_noticia=310464&id_seccion=3 (Via Yimber Gaviria, Colombia, DXLD) Until several years ago, Federación Shuar had some SW outlets, tho none by the name of Radio Arutam (gh, DXLD) ** EGYPT. 6860, Radio Cairo (presumed); 2152-2159:15*, 17-Oct; M&W in Arabic with short Arabic music bits; anthem at s/off. SIO=352+; not // 6290 with Arabic music which continued past 2200 with Arabic talk. SIO=443-, distorted audio with minor ute trill (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9250, UNID, 2035–2040, 10/16/09. YL in unrecognizable language, perhaps middle eastern, then brief interlude of clearly middle eastern music. Under apparent het but no other carrier nearby. Who might this be? (Jay Golden, Rochester, NY, Collins R390A, 35' wire, NASWA Flashsheet Oct 18 via DXLD) R. Cairo, scheduled on 9250 via Abu Zabaal at 1700-2300, 250 kW, 180 degrees in Arabic; also via Abis at 2330-0045 in Arabic, 250 kW, 241 degrees; and at 1500-1600 Abu Zabaal, 250 kW, 50 degrees in Uzbek, A09 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, RNGE/"R. Bata", Bata, 2123-2152, 17 Oct, Castilian, newsreel, Spanish songs, African pops after 2200; 55333 but distorted & a bit undermodulated (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA. 6030, Radio Oromia, *0321, Oct. 19 (Monday). This definitely is their new schedule. Xylophone IS mixing with Calgary (CFVP); 0329 clearly heard talking for about 4 minutes, but then lost to Calgary for about 5 minutes; picked up again with talking; 0344 seemed to be HOA music and then back to talking. Finally lost about 0350. Better reception today than two weeks ago on Monday, but still a challenge due to the constant C&W music from Calgary (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Ron, I didn't get to my receiver until after 0400 but they were in the clear with a decent signal with apparent news program followed by some Horn of Africa music and more talk features. Best signal yet with no QRM. Began to fade around 0430 and seemed completely gone by 0445 (Rich D`Angelo, PA, Oct 19, NASWA yg via DXLD) ** ETHIOPIA. 6090, Amhara State Radio, *0256-0415+, Oct 16, Anguilla off the air allowing reception of Ethiopia. Sign on with IS. Announcements at 0300 followed by Horn of Africa music. Local vocals. Echo announcements. Talk. Weak at sign on under a strong Brazil, but improved to a fair level by 0320 but mixing with Brazil. Improved further by 0324 with a much stronger signal dominating Brazil. Reception best at 0324-0345. No sign of Nigeria (Brian Alexander, PA, WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DX Listening Digest) ** ETHIOPIA. 6890, Radio Fana, *0258-0325, Oct 17, sign on with IS. Opening ID announcements at 0300 and vernacular talk. Horn of Africa music at 0304. Weak but readable. Better on // 6110 (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) 6890, R. Fana, Geja Dera (or Geja Jawe?), 1817-1835, 16 Oct, Vernacular, talks, reports; 35443, deteriorating. 7110, R. Ethiopia, Geja Dera, 1609-1812, 16 Oct, vernacular, talks, local pops, news at 1800; 35433. Evening reception is superb. 7165, R. Ethiopia, Geja Jawe (or Geja Dera?), 1605-1811, 16 Oct, vernacular, western pops, talks; 35433, but improved to 45444 at 1800 (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA. While I'm writing this October 16th, 1700, I'm listening to the Ethiopian External Service on 7165 kHz. Full ID and sort of gong were heard at 1630, followed by news in English. S 3 and not too much ham activity this evening; they all concentrate on the Midway expedition elsewhere. 73 & good DX (Robert Foerster, Germany, Oct 16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA. 9704.13, R. Ethiopia, Gedja, in African lang (listed Amharic), Oct 16. HOA vocals, very primitive-sounding music. Male announcer. Fair-to-good, much better than they've ever sounded on this freq for me before (Eton E1XM, Mike Bryant, KY, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. BELGIUM(non) Some TDP changes from Oct. 11: Addis Dimts Radio in Amharic, new station: 1200-1300 on 21525 SAM 250 kW / 188 deg to E Af Sun Radio Bilal in Amharic: 1730-1800 NF 17775 SAM 250 kW / 188 deg E Af Sun, ex 1700-1800 on 15350 (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, Oct 16 via DXLD) ** EUROPE. EUROPirates: 3240, UNID Greek, 2052-, 15 Oct, Greek songs; 35342, occasional utility QRM; 2nd harmonic of 1620. 3295.3, UNID Greek, 2204-, 18 Oct, Greek songs; 34332; 2nd harmonic of 1647.65, which was very poor (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6870, EUROPIRATE (Netherlands?) Playback Radio. 0411-0427 October 18, 2009. Richard Starkey “It Don’t Come Easy” followed by seemingly Dutch-accented man, “Ringo Starr and George Harrison together… on Playback Radio…” into “Woman” by Gary Puckett. Clear and fair. 7550.55, EUROPIRATE (Italy?) Radio Amica. 0427-0435 October 18, 2009. Presumed, with weak traces of techno-ish music, nothing else making it. Fair carrier but low modulation (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, 27.55.83 N, 82.46.08 W, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6220, EUROPIRATE (Italy?), Mystery Radio. 2329-0015 October 19/20, 2009. A mix of rock; ballads; techno-ish vocals; Otis Redding’s “(Sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay” at 2344; then canned female reverb “Mystery Radio” ID at 2347. Good. But clobbered from abrupt 0003 appearance of Radio Habana Cuba spurious signal, leaving Mystery only weak underneath. [leapfrog, 6060 over 6140, 80 kHz higher --- gh] Arnie: you are killing legitimate DX that you so tout. Give it up and hire a cheap sub-human ChiCom contractor (or two) to replace you, and stay in your air-conditioned apartment with the flat screen TV. Consider enjoying a life in retirement, you deserve it, while those in the flat below you wallow in the heat. After all, think about the airplanes and the Bay of Pigs that you allegedly experienced. Damn yes, you deserve it (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, 27.55.83 N, 82.46.08 W, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) PIRATE. 15070.51, Cupid Radio, 1535-1545, Oct 17, pop music by Creedence Clearwater Revival and others. ID. Netherlands address for reports. Very weak but fair on peaks (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) Other test from Cupid 15070 --- we`re going on with the broadcast on 15070 am towards South America at 0130 till 0230 UT, then the beam will be aimed towards the USA till I don`t got fun anymore. The propagation is awesome for today. The signal was booming in today in Israel, so curious what will happen when I aimed towards the other continent. A special DX QSL card will be sent out for this broadcast. It`s for free!!! But please inclose a nice photo card from your city with it [that is my trophy ] cupidradio @ hotmail.com snailmail: Cupidradio p.o.box 9 8096 ZG Oldebroek Netherlands (via Roberto Scaglione, 1717 UT Oct 17, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) So presumably refers to early UT Oct 18 (gh) ** FRANCE? 6239m, 0620, Radio France International fair in French 1/10 parallel 15300 & 9790. Best on NE EWE. Not sure if this is some form of spur (Bryan Clark at Mangawhai, New Zealand, with AOR7030+ and Alpha Delta Sloper, EWEs to NE, E and SE, plus various 100 metre BOGs to the Americas, Oct NZ DX Times via DXLD) ** FRANCE. 15605, Radio France International; 1606-1612+, 18-Oct; ID as R-F-I Radio France International; English African news; announcer pronounced Khartoum as, Ka-toom; reporter pronounced it as Koo-tum (I must be sure to listen when they discuss Qatar). SIO=333+, QRMass from WEWN on 15610 with English mass (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FRANCE. After monitoring the Turkey/BBC clash on 15160, Oct 19 a few sex before *1500, on came AWR with better signal, ID in English as Adventist World Radio, Voice of Hope, then same in off-topic French, German and Italian, reference to awr.org and in English introducing broadcast in Nepalese. This is via Issoudun, 250 kW at 80 degrees followed by another semihour in Hindi (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FRANCE [non]. French Overseas radio station via webradio. Ich finde die einzelnen Tonstroeme aus den franzoesischen Ueberseegebieten eigentlich ganz ansprechend. Wer sie noch nicht kennt, ich habe sie mal aus dem Quelltext gepfriemelt. Fuer acht Inselregionen und Franzoesisch-Guyana haelt Frankreich eine eigene Rundfunkanstalt bereit. Das Reseau France outre-mer, kurz RFO, stellt das "Ueberseenetz" mit zehn Radio- und Fernsehstationen dar. Eine Mischung aus toller, exotischer Musik aller Regionen und einigen Informationsprogrammen ist "Radio O". Das "radio de tous les accents" ist ein idealer Musikteppich zum Laufenlassen im Hintergrund. Irgendwie nie nervig, immer schoen weichgespuelte Musik aus dem indischen Ozean, dem Pazifik, Suedamerika. Produziert wird diese klangliche Idylle uebrigens ganz unspektakulaer im RFO-Sendezentrum bei Paris. Wer Informationen und Musikauswahl doch lieber auf eine bestimmte Region fokussieren moechte, dem stehen auf der bunten RFO-Webseite die neun weiteren Livestreams zur Verfuegung. Wohlbemerkt, in unterschiedlicher Klangqualitaet und unterschiedlicher Stabiltaet. Absolutes Positivbeispiel aus dem pazifischen Ozean ist die Insel Neukaledonien. Mit 128 kbps saeuseln wohlausgebildete Saengerinnen den Stationsnamen hinter einer wohlig, warm, fremd und irgendwie doch beruhigend berechenbar klingenden Melodie. Ueberhaupt scheint es nichts in diesem Sender, auf dieser Insel zu geben, was irgendwie traurig, melancholisch oder gar negativ ist: Ein Lied nach dem anderen in dahinfliessendem Dur; Saengerinnen und Saenger auf Franzoesisch, komplett vermurkstem Englisch oder einer unidentifizierbaren Inselsprache. Sprache wabert mit der Musik zu einem ganzen, grossen Tonfluss einfach dahin. Keine Hektik mehr. Schoen. Ruhig. Relaxed. Einfach nur angenehm, zum Entspannen, Augen schliessen, Fernweh haben. Sonne im Ohr. Ab und zu raunt der Pfarrer aus Paris allerdings dem geneigten Zuhoerer etwas Mut entgegen. Wer hier nicht reinhoert, hat was verpasst. Nettes Feature der RFO-Webseite: Neben den Links zu den Flash- Livestreams wird auch die aktuelle Ortszeit angegeben. So hat auf Wallis und Futuna vor einer Stunde, um sechs Uhr morgens, der Sendebetrieb begonnen. Der Livestream broeckelt vor sich hin, setzt ab, stottert und streamt dann wieder fuer einige Minuten. Interessantes Hintergrundbrummen, zweiunddreissig kbps. Via Satellit abgezapfte Nachrichtenuebernahme aus Paris von France Info, dann Ansage aus dem Studio vor Ort. Uebersteuert, ohne Ploppschutz, sonderbare und unfoermig klingende Sprache, Spot zur Vorsorge gegen die Schweinegrippe in lupenreinem Franzoesisch. Auch das hat Charme. Die zehn Radioprogramme gehoeren einfach entdeckt, vielleicht jeden Tag einen neuen? :) Guadeloupe: Guyana: Martinique: Mayotte: Neukaledonien: Polynesien: Reunion: St. Pierre und Miquelon: Wallis und Futuna: Radio O: Homepage RFO: (Douglas Kaehler-D, netradio Oct 9 via BC-DX via DXLD) ** GABON. 9580. ANU, Moyabi, at 2100 in French, Oct 17. W with Afro music up to TOH, 3 time pips, I believe, and Man with ANU ID, into five or six minutes of talk (possibly news, by lower-voiced male. Good signal, despite high noise levels (Redsun RP2100 w/ whip, Mike Bryant, Louisville KY, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GEORGIA. Abkhazskoe Radio. 9495 and 1350 kHz. Abkhaz, Russian, Georgian Mon-Fri : 0330-0500, 0700-0810, 1400-1500 and 1700-1720 Sat 0400-0500 and 1400-1500 Sun 0400-0420 and 1400-1420 Daily 1100-1120 (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria / "open_dx" via RusDX Oct 18 via DXLD) See also ABKHAZIA, same station ** GERMANY. AFN Bavaria put a new 1485 kHz transmitter on air at Garmisch-Partenkirchen: http://bavaria.afneurope.net/ArticleDisplayDD/tabid/707/aid/10052/Default.aspx They say that it took them quite some time to find an environmental- wise suitable location. So this is apparently indeed a new location, not the old one that had been closed down at some point in the past, probably towards the end of the nineties. http://www.northernstar.no/afrs.htm says that this old transmitter was infamous for poor groundwave coverage, hardly exceeding three kilometres. For the new transmitter the engineer says that he hopes it will reach "to the autobahn", which would be about ten kilometres. The video footage reveals a quite simple antenna, just a long whip with some wires as top load. Noteworthy in the audio rack is an old analogue Optimod, almost dwarfing all the other equipment. Concerning the soldier (actually I was surprised about an AFN presenter only ranking as Private) announcing new FM coverage for Grafenwöhr, Vilseck and Bamberg, complementing but presumably not replacing 1107/1143 kHz: A few days ago a new transmitter in Grafenwöhr already went on air, on 98.5 MHz (Kai Ludwig, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. EMR relay this Sunday Date 18th of October 2009 Time 0900 to 1000 UT Channel 6140 kHz Programmes: 0900 Tom Taylor programme 0930 Mike Taylor (Mail Box programme) EMR Internet radio service on Sunday and Monday Programme repeats are at the following times: 0900 - 1200 - 1500 - 1800 and 2000 UT Please visit http://www.emr.org.uk and click on the "EMR internet radio" button which you will find throughout the website (see the menu on the left). Please send all reception reports to studio @ emr.org.uk Good Listening, 73s (Tom Taylor) (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) Timing problems at the EMR relay --- I tuned in at 0900 UT which is currently 10 BST in the UK. The transmitter had fired up with a signal but nothing there until approx. 1010. Then at around 1058 BST the transmitter cut off with the show still running. Don't know what happened there? (Gaz, UK, ibid.) EMR announcement to the listeners: EMR would like to apologise for the problems you may have experienced tuning in to our regular 3rd Sunday of the month" transmissions on 6140 kHz at 0900 UT on Sunday, October 18th 2009. Listeners who attempted to tune in to EMR via the internet at the same time would have also only heard our 24 hour automated service at the same time. The lack of our regular 6140 broadcast programmes on the internet at 0900 was our mistake, and we would like to apologise to you if you tried to hear the broadcast shows between 0900 and 1000 that morning. This was a scheduling error on the internet broadcast computer system. The other scheduled repeats of the 6140 broadcast programme were available on the internet as scheduled. The lack of programmes from EMR between 0900 and 0915 was beyond our control, as was the abrupt start and end to our transmission. We are currently in discussions with our broadcast facility partner to understand what exactly went wrong and will make an announcement in our next scheduled broadcast on November 15th at 1000 UT on 6140 kHz. All the best (Mike and Tom Taylor, Oct 20, HCDX via DXLD) ALEMANIA, 6140, European Music Radio, 0915-0940, 18-10, inglés, comentarios, Tom Taylor, identificación: "EMR, European Music Radio", "e-mail: studio@emr.org.uk ", English pop music. A las 0930 Mail Box, con Mike Taylor. 24322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, España, Grundig YB 400, antena telescópica, Escucha realizada en casco urbano de Lugo, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY [non]. While writing about DRM [see VATICAN], WDR Langenberg has been missing from 1593 since at least last Monday. Instead I have been hearing Romania at around 0630. Hopefully, the "long term engineering test" (as in the WRTH) is over, but perhaps it's too much to expect it not to return! Meanwhile it's now possible to hear TransAtlantic stations using 1590, and the channel sounds very busy with none IDed so far (Noel R. Green (NW England), Oct 14, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY [non], What might have been a test transmission from (or maybe for) Deutsche Welle was noted today, October 16th, at about 1015 on 9410 kHz. The program consisted of a news report in something like Farsi or one of the Afghan languages until 1009, a break until 1014 with carrier off, followed by the German Service for about 10 minutes, signing off and not returning again. Signal strength was excellent as used to be from the BBC when they used 9410 kHz at that time years ago. 73 & good DX (Robert Foerster, Germany, Oct 16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY [and non]. The Schedule of Media Broadcast beginning next Sunday can be found under http://www.media-broadcast.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Downloads/B09_operational_201009.pdf (Peter Kruse, waverider, Germany, Oct 21, dxldyg via DXLD) Viz.: AUSTRIA/FRENCH GUIANA/FRANCE/GERMANY MEDIA BROADCAST GmbH Cologne (formerly T-SYSTEMS - DTK) B-09 operational DTK winter schedule, period (25/10/2009 - 28/03/2010) freq startstop ciraf loc pow azi bca day from to, u.o.s. above 3975 1800-2000 28 WER 250 ND YFR 1234567 5850 1630-1930 40 WER 250 105 IBB 1234567 5910 1645-1800 39,40 WER 100 120 BVB 2 4 5910 1715-1730 39,40 WER 100 120 BVB 6 5915 2000-2100 44N,45E WER 250 45 BVB 1 5930 0200-0300 12,14 GUF 500 215 YFR 1234567 5945 0800-0830 27,28N NAU 125 280 BVB 1 5945 0800-0845 27,28N NAU 125 280 BVB 7 5955 0658-0858 27S,28SWNAU 500 220 RNW 1234567 5955 1100-1459 18,27,28WER 250 ND RNW 1 5960 1900-1959 28E,29 WER 100 75 CHW 7 5960 2000-2200 37,38W NAU 250 210 YFR 1234567 5960 2200-2300 37,38W NAU 250 210 YFR 1234567 5965 1726-1759 30S,40 WER 100 105 TWR 1234567 5965 1800-1859 29,30 WER 250 60 YFR 1234567 5980 0430-0500 27,28 WER 500 60 NHK 1234567 5980 1626-1659 28 WER 100 105 TWR 7 5980 1626-1659 29S,39N WER 100 90 TWR 23456 6010 1659-1757 27,36,37WER 500 240 RNW 1234567 6020 1930-2015 37,38 WER 250 150 PAB 1 6020 1930-2030 37,38 WER 250 150 PAB 7 6025 0500-0600 28E WER 100 120 AWR 1234567 6030 0030-0100 41 WER 250 90 BVB 1234567 6030 1900-1915 28,29 WER 125 60 BVB 5 6030 1900-1915 28,29 WER 125 60 BVB 6 251009-051109 6030 1900-1930 28,29 WER 125 60 BVB 3 6030 1900-1945 28,29 WER 125 60 BVB 6 061109-270310 6030 1900-2000 28,29 WER 125 60 BVB 1 6030 1930-1945 28,29 WER 125 60 BVB 7 6040 2030-2100 47,48-53NAU 250 190 IBB 1 7 6045 1000-1100 27E,28 WER 100 ND HLR 1 6050 1800-1859 28E WER 100 90 YFR 1234567 6055 1000-1059 27,28 WER 100 90 CHW 1 6055 1130-1200 27,28 WER 125 ND EMG 1 7 6055 1200-1215 27,28 WER 250 ND MWA 1 6105 0400-0500 28,29 WER 250 60 IBB 1234567 6105 0742-0850 27 NAU 100 285 TWR 1 6105 0757-0850 27 NAU 100 285 TWR 23456 6105 0812-0850 27 NAU 100 285 TWR 7 6105 1700-1800 40 NAU 500 105 YFR 1234567 6110 1400-1559 27,28W MOS 100 ND TOM 1234567 6110 1559-1657 27,37,28NAU 500 220 RNW 1234567 6110 1800-1859 39,40 WER 125 120 BVB 7 6110 1830-1859 39,40 WER 125 120 BVB 1 6120 0400-0600 29 WER 250 55 IBB 1234567 6120 0559-0658 27,37,28NAU 500 210 RNW 1234567 6120 0759-0859 27,37,28WER 250 300 RNW 23456 6120 0759-0900 27,37,28WER 250 300 RNW 1 7 6120 0859-1100 27S,28SWWER 250 255 RNW 23456 6120 1802-1902 37N NAU 250 230 YFR 1234567 6130 0330-0400 27,28 WER 500 45 NHK 1234567 6140 1000-1100 27,28 WER 100 ND MVB 1 6140 1800-1900 27W,28 ISS 100 60 HCJ 1234567 6180 1400-1500 27,28 MOS 100 ND RTR 1 7200 2330-0030 41,43,49ISS 250 75 GFA 1234567 7205 0230-0330 40 WER 250 105 IBB 1234567 7215 0030-0130 40E,41NWWER 250 90 GFA 1234567 7220 1600-1700 29,30,31WER 250 55 IBB 1234567 7220 2000-2200 29 WER 250 55 IBB 1234567 7235 1900-1930 39N WER 250 105 FEB 1234567 7305 2100-2159 46,47-52WER 500 180 YFR 1234567 7315 0300-0330 48 WER 250 135 AWR 1234567 7315 0330-0359 48 WER 250 135 AWR 1234567 7315 1457-1530 28,29,30WER 100 60 TWR 2 7315 1457-1600 28,29,30WER 100 60 TWR 1 34567 7315 1530-1600 28,29,30WER 100 60 TWR 2 7335 0200-0600 6,7,8 GUF 250 318 VOR 1234567 7360 2200-0100 12,13,15GUF 500 170 YFR 1234567 7365 1800-1815 39,40 WER 100 90 BVB 7 7365 1800-1829 37NW WER 100 240 BVB 1 7365 1800-1830 39,40 WER 100 90 BVB 2 4 6 7365 1800-1859 39,40 WER 100 90 BVB 3 5 7365 1830-1859 39,40 WER 100 90 BVB 1 7370 0300-0330 48 WER 250 135 AWR 1234567 7375 0000-0400 7,8,9,10WER 100 300 HRT 1234567 261009-280310 7375 0200-0600 2,3,6-10WER 125 325 HRT 1234567 7375 2300-0400 11,12-16WER 100 240 HRT 1234567 261009-270310 7390 0000-0100 12,14 GUF 500 215 YFR 1234567 7410 0430-0500 39,40 WER 250 120 BVB 2345 7410 0430-0515 39,40 WER 250 120 BVB 6 7425 0400-0429 39,40W WER 250 120 AWR 1234567 7440 2330-0030 41,49 WER 125 75 DVB 1234567 9405 1600-1700 41 WER 500 90 YFR 1234567 9410 1530-1545 39,40 WER 250 105 BVB 1 9430 0400-0500 40 WER 250 105 IBB 1234567 9430 1600-1659 39 WER 250 120 YFR 1234567 9445 1700-1729 39,40W WER 250 120 AWR 1234567 9460 1630-1915 39,40 NAU 100 130 BVB 1 9460 1645-1700 39,40 NAU 100 130 BVB 2 4 9460 1645-1715 39,40 NAU 100 130 BVB 6 9460 1645-1720 39,40 NAU 100 130 BVB 3 9460 1645-1745 39,40 NAU 100 130 BVB 5 9460 1645-1900 39,40 NAU 100 130 BVB 7 9460 1800-1900 39,40 NAU 100 130 BVB 3 9460 1830-1859 39,40 NAU 100 130 BVB 6 9465 1600-1629 29S WER 250 105 IBB 1234567 9465 1800-1859 46E,47W NAU 500 183 YFR 1234567 9465 2200-2300 12,14 GUF 500 215 YFR 1234567 9465 2300-2357 12,14 GUF 500 215 YFR 1234567 9470 1900-1959 39,40 WER 250 120 BVB 7 9470 1915-1945 39,40 WER 250 120 BVB 1 9470 1930-1959 39,40 WER 250 120 BVB 6 9480 1900-2200 46,47,52NAU 500 185 YFR 1234567 9485 1600-1700 29 NAU 250 103 IBB 1234567 9485 1730-1800 48 WER 250 135 IBB 23456 9485 1800-1859 48 NAU 250 140 IBB 1234567 9485 1900-1930 48 NAU 250 140 IBB 23456 9495 0230-0330 40 WER 250 105 IBB 1234567 9495 1830-1859 29SE WER 250 90 IBB 1234567 9500 1900-2000 37E,38 WER 250 150 YFR 1234567 9510 1830-1915 46E,47 WER 125 180 BVB 1 9510 1930-2000 46,47 WER 125 180 BVB 7 9540 1730-1830 40 NAU 125 100 IBB 1234567 9565 1400-1500 40E,41NWWER 250 75 IBB 1234567 9595 1400-1459 30S WER 250 60 IBB 1234567 9595 1730-1800 37,38W WER 100 210 AWR 1234567 9595 1800-1900 40 WER 250 105 IBB 1234567 9595 2000-2059 46,47-52WER 500 180 YFR 1234567 9605 1600-1630 29,30 WER 250 60 EMG 7 9610 1000-1100 28W NAU 100 180 AWR 1 9630 1700-1758 58W NAU 500 160 YFR 1234567 271009-270310 9650 1600-1659 41 WER 125 90 RMI 7 9660 1730-1759 47E,48 NAU 125 140 RMI 6 9670 0100-0300 42,43 WER 250 75 IBB 1234567 9680 1830-1929 40 WER 100 105 IBB 1234567 9685 1626-1659 29S,39N WER 100 90 TWR 23456 9695 1900-1959 37,46 WER 500 210 YFR 1234567 9730 1600-1759 38S,-48 ISS 100 131 BVB 2 45 9730 1600-1830 38S,-48 ISS 100 131 BVB 1 6 9730 1630-1759 38S,-48 ISS 100 131 BVB 3 9730 1630-1830 38S,-48 ISS 100 131 BVB 7 9750 1559-1657 27,37,28NAU 500 225 RNW 1234567 9760 1831-1846 52,53 WER 100 165 RRP 3 5 9770 1530-1759 40 WER 250 105 IBB 1234567 9790 1200-1230 27,28 WER 500 300 NHK 1234567 9790 1600-1700 29 WER 250 45 IBB 1234567 9800 1830-1859 46S,47SEWER 500 180 LWF 1234567 9805 1800-1830 47,48 WER 250 150 IBB 1234567 9805 2000-2030 37,38W WER 100 210 AWR 1234567 9815 1900-1930 47E,48W WER 250 150 IBB 1234567 9820 1630-1659 38,39-48WER 100 135 RHU 3 6 9830 0559-0657 28,38,39WER 500 120 RNW 1234567 9845 1800-1859 37E,38 WER 250 150 YFR 1234567 9850 0530-0600 46,47 WER 500 195 NHK 1234567 9850 1700-1759 39 WER 250 120 YFR 1234567 9880 0100-0300 12,14,16GUF 250 195 VOR 1234567 9880 1600-1659 40 NAU 500 108 YFR 1234567 9885 1700-1759 29,30 WER 250 60 YFR 1234567 9895 1100-1557 27,37,28WER 250 240 RNW 1 9925 1630-1829 39,40 WER 100 105 BVB 1234567 11605 0000-0100 12,13 GUF 250 181 VOR 1234567 11610 1500-1559 41E NAU 500 84 YFR 1234567 11645 1530-1629 40E,41NWWER 250 90 GFA 1234567 11655 1629-1727 47,48-53WER 500 150 RNW 1234567 11675 1500-1530 41N WER 250 75 AWR 1234567 11675 1530-1559 41N WER 250 75 AWR 1234567 11675 1800-1900 48 WER 250 150 IBB 1234567 11685 1700-1759 37,38 WER 125 180 YFR 1234567 11705 2030-2100 46,47 NAU 250 190 IBB 23456 11720 1300-1329 42,43W NAU 250 70 AWR 23456 11720 1300-1329 42,43W NAU 250 70 AWR 1 7 11725 1330-1459 42,43W NAU 250 70 AWR 1234567 11750 0530-0600 46,47 WER 500 180 NHK 1234567 11760 1900-1930 37,38W WER 100 210 AWR 1234567 11760 1930-1959 37,38W WER 100 210 AWR 1234567 11790 1500-1529 30,31 WER 250 75 IBB 1234567 11795 0500-0530 48 WER 125 135 BVB 7 11795 1730-1759 48 WER 250 135 AWR 1234567 11805 1600-1629 47E,48 WER 500 135 RMI 1 3 5 11810 1700-1758 38,39,48ISS 100 126 SBO 1 4 11830 1700-1759 47E,48 NAU 500 145 ADM 7 11830 1701-1759 38E,-48 NAU 250 145 EFD 1 4 11830 1701-1759 38E,-48 NAU 125 145 ELF 5 11840 1200-1230 19,20-26NAU 250 20 EMG 7 11860 1500-1529 41N WER 250 90 AWR 1234567 11875 1630-1729 47,48 WER 100 150 BVB 1234567 11875 1729-1745 47,48 NAU 100 153 BVB 6 11880 1515-1530 41 NAU 250 87 BVB 7 11900 1600-1629 39,40 WER 100 90 PAB 1 11905 1530-1559 41N WER 250 75 AWR 1234567 11905 1730-1800 48 WER 250 150 IBB 23456 11935 1500-1557 41SE NAU 500 94 YFR 1234567 11955 1600-1758 47,48 WER 500 150 YFR 1234567 11955 1900-1935 37,38W NAU 125 215 AWR 1234567 11955 1935-2000 37,38W NAU 100 215 AWR 1234567 11970 1655-1715 39,40 WER 250 120 BVB 23 56 11970 1655-1729 39,40 WER 250 120 BVB 4 11975 0700-0800 37,38W WER 100 210 AWR 1234567 11975 0800-0830 37,38W WER 100 210 AWR 1234567 12005 1330-1529 41,43,49WER 250 75 GFA 1234567 12010 0800-0830 37,38W WER 100 210 AWR 1234567 12010 0830-0900 37,38W WER 100 210 AWR 1234567 12015 1400-1459 30S WER 250 75 IBB 1234567 12035 1500-1515 41,49NW WER 250 90 BVB 1 12035 1515-1615 40,41 WER 100 90 BVB 5 12035 1530-1545 40,41 WER 100 90 BVB 7 12035 1530-1559 40,41 WER 100 90 BVB 3 12035 1530-1559 40,41 WER 100 90 BVB 1 12035 1530-1559 40,41 WER 100 90 BVB 4 6 12045 1759-1957 47,48-53WER 500 150 RNW 1234567 13605 1400-1459 30S,40N WER 250 75 YFR 1234567 13645 1400-1430 41 NAU 125 85 PAB 1 13645 1415-1430 41 NAU 125 85 PAB 234567 13645 1430-1445 41 NAU 250 85 PAB 1 13655 1400-1559 41 WER 500 90 YFR 1234567 13680 1230-1559 40 WER 250 105 IBB 1234567 13700 1400-1557 41 NAU 500 95 YFR 1234567 13730 1400-1459 41 WER 250 90 BVB 7 13730 1430-1458 41 WER 250 90 BVB 1 13740 1400-1459 39N,40W WER 250 105 IBB 1234567 13740 1529-1627 47,48-53WER 500 150 RNW 1234567 13810 1400-1600 28,29-39NAU 100 129 TOM 1234567 13820 1300-1457 41E NAU 500 84 YFR 1234567 15190 0830-0900 38-40 WER 500 105 NHK 1234567 15285 1230-1459 41 WER 250 90 GFA 1234567 15325 1400-1459 41E WER 500 90 YFR 1234567 15495 1200-1230 41NE NAU 250 85 AWR 1234567 15495 1230-1259 41NE NAU 250 85 AWR 1234567 15525 0500-0600 39N,40W NAU 250 105 IBB 1234567 15565 1200-1230 31S,42N NAU 250 70 BVB 23456 15620 1630-1700 48 WER 250 135 IBB 1234567 15750 1200-1300 49E NAU 500 80 YFR 1234567 271009-270310 17485 1500-1559 46,47-52WER 100 180 TOM 1234567 17545 0900-1000 38,39 WER 125 135 BVB 6 17575 1630-1659 48 ISS 250 125 AWR 1234567 17670 1400-1459 41S WER 500 105 YFR 1234567 17675 0600-0700 40 WER 250 105 IBB 1234567 List of Broadcasters which are using MEDIA BROADCAST technical equipment ADM Ethiopia Adera Dimtse Radio AWR Adventist World Radio BVB High Adventure Gospel - Bible Voice Broadcasting CHW Christliche Wissenschaft CVC Christian Vision DVB Democratic Voice of Burma EFD Ethiopeans For Democracy ELF VO Eritrean People EMG Evangelische Missionsgemeinden in Deutschland FEB FEBA Radio UK GFA Gospel for Asia HCJ Voice of the Andes HLR Hamburger Lokalradio HRT Hrvratska Radio Televizija IBB International Broadcast Bureau IBR IBRA Radio Sweden LWF Lutheran World Federation MVB Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Baltic Radio MWA Missionswerk Arche NHK Nippon Hoso Kyokai PAB Pan Am Broadcasting PRW Polskie Radio Warsaw RHU Radio Huriyo (Xoriyo) RMI Radio Miami International RNW Radio Netherlands World Service RRP Radio Reveil Paroles de Vie RTR Radio Traumland (Belgium) SBO Sagalee Bilisummaa Oromoo TOM The Overcomer Ministry TWR Trans World Radio VOR Voice of Russia YFR WYFR Family Radio DTK MEDIA BROADCAST (ex Deutsche Telekom) (M&B Media Broadcast, via ADDX Andreas Volk-D, WWDXC BC-DX TopNews Oct 20 via Büschel, DXLD) ** GREECE. ERA-5, THE VOICE OF GREECE, ERT S.A. B-09 SHORT WAVE TRANSMISSION SCHEDULE Effective from 25/10/09 to 28/03/10 (0000 UTC) Wavelengths-Frequecies Languages [Greek, u.o.s.] SERVICE AREA GMT/UTC m kHz m kHz m kHz EUROPE: 0000-0300 31 9420 41 *7475 0300-0600 31 9420 41 7475 41 *7450 0600-0700 31 9420 41 *7475 0700-1000 31 9420 19 15630 1100-1600 31 9420 1600-2000 31 9420 19 *15630 2000-2400 31 9420 41 7475 EUROPE (Foreign languages): 0600-1000 665 25 12105 (Albanian, English, French, Spanish 1000-1200 665 German, Russian, Arabic, 1200-1700 665 Serbocroatian, Bulgarian, Polish Roumanian, Turkish) TASHKENT 1200-1400 31 9420 MIDDLE EAST, INDIAN OCEAN 1100-1300 19 15650 1300-1600 19 *15650 ATLANTIC OCEAN 0000-0300 41 *7475 0300-0600 31 9420 41 7475 41 *7450 0600-0700 31 9420 41 *7475 0700-1000 31 9420 19 15630 1100-1600 31 9420 1600-2000 31 9420 19 *15630 2000-2400 31 9420 41 7475 AFRICA 2300-0300 25 *12105 0300-0600 41 *7450 AUSTRALIA 1200-1600 19 *15650 NORTH AMERICA 0000-0300 31 9420 41 *7475 0300-0700 41 *7475 2300-2400 31 9420 SOUTH AMERICA, SOUTH ATLANTIC, AND PANAMA ZONE 2300-0300 25 *12105 [WORLD OF RADIO 1483] 0300-0600 41 *7450 (*) Transmission ends 10 minutes earlier LIVE RADIO URL: http://www.voiceofgreece.gr http://www.ert.gr Tel studio 210 606 6439 Reports via e-mail: era5@ert.gr, apodimos_era5 @ ert.gr Technical information: bcharalabopoulos @ ert.gr PROGRAM INFORMATION: ERA5 "THE VOICE OF CREECE" Messogion 432, 15342 Aghia Paraskevi, ATHENS Tel: (+30)-210 606 6895-96, (+30)-210-606 6297-98,(+30)-210 606 6398, Fax (+30)-210 606 6309 (John Babbis for DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GREENLAND. 3815-usb, Auch Kalaalit Nunaata Radioa - KNR ist heute wieder vertreten. Schon vor 2000 UT mit Wortprogramm und seit 2125 UT mit Musikprogramm. Qrg (fuer die, die es nicht wissen und die auch nirgendwo nachschlagen koennen oder wollen): 3815 usb mode. SINPO 34343 (Wolf-Dieter Behnke-D, A-DX Oct 12, via BC-DX via DXLD) Had been reported signing off before 2115, its normal schedule during DST which is still in effect (gh, DXLD) 3814.97, Often, KNR/Tassillaaq can be heard every evening. The transmitter is automatically switched on at 1954 and off at 2108 UT. From 2100 Danish language (Stig Adolfsson, Vallentuna, Sweden, SW Bulletin Oct 18, translated by editor Thomas Nilsson for DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3815, 3.10 2100, KNR/Tassillaaq with news where they commented the result pool (Dan Olsson, Sweden, SW Bulletin Oct 18, translated by editor Thomas Nilsson for DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUINEA. 7125, Radio Conakry; 2144-2201+, 12-Oct; Afro-pop music with brief announcements by M in French between; ID as RC at 2156; 2159 thumb harp tune & Ici Conakry; ID at 2201+ sounded like Radio Nationale Conakry & into French news. SIO=2+33- in LSB needed to kill ARO; not much better in AM when ARO quit (Harold Frodge, MI, Cumbredx mailing list via DXLD) 7125, Radio Conakry, 2000-2010, Oct 16, tentative with open carrier at fair to good level but no audio (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) ** HONDURAS. RADIO BROADCASTERS TARGETED BY HONDURAN GOVERNMENT The interim leader in Honduras has threatened to put broadcasters off the air. New rules have been put in place to restrict broadcasters which, in the government’s eyes, might "attack national security." The restrictions follow the closure of two stations by self-proclaimed President Micheletti, who also confiscated equipment from the broadcasters. He has said they will remain shut down until their owners front the local courts. The two broadcasters targeted had backed the return of exiled president, Jose Zelaya. Source: http://story.malaysiasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/552961/cs/1/ (via Jaisakthivel, Chennai, India, Oct 13, dxldyg via DXLD) ** HONDURAS. Clausura de Radio Globo --- Grabación del programa Planeta RFI (Radio Francia Int.) titulado Clausura de Radio Globo sobre la clausura de emisoras en Honduras. 73's (J. C. Menotti, 15 Oct, noticiasdx yg via DXLD) ** HONDURAS. Ondashonduras 16/10/09 --- La emisora de radio hondureña Radio Globo, cerrada por el gobierno de facto de Roberto Micheletti a finales del mes de septiembre, ha sido elegida Premio Ondas Iberoamericano a la mejor emisora de radio. La cadena fue una de las primeras en sufrir el acoso por parte del Gobierno resultante del golpe de Estado y vio cercenada su derecho a informar y a la libertad de expresión. El ejército hondureño afín al nuevo régimen irrumpió en la sede de la emisora y sus locutores pudieron narrar en directo el violento fin de su programación. Sin embargo, sus responsables escaparon de las redes de la censura y consiguieron seguir en el aire a través de Internet. La señal se pudo seguir escuchando a través de la web corporativa desde la que se hacía un llamamiento al pueblo hondureño para el rescate de la emisora. Reporteros Sin Fronteras también emitió un comunicado a la comunidad internacional. Ahora todo el esfuerzo del equipo de Radio Globo y su lucha contra la censura informativa del Gobierno de facto se ven recompensados con un Premio Ondas muy merecido. Fuente: http://www.prnoticias.es/index.php/prlatam/140/10040218 (Via Yimber Gaviria, Colombia, DXLD) Honduran radio station Radio Globo resumed broadcasting at 1700 gmt on 19 October, having been closed 22 days ago by the de facto government, China's Xinhua news agency said on 20 October. "We feel like a child with new toy," said news presenter Gustavo Blanco as broadcasts resumed with the national anthem. TV station Canal 36, which was also taken off the air in September, remains closed. Source: Xinhua news [sic] agency, Beijing, in English 20 Oct 09 (via BBCM via DXLD) Vuelve al aire Radio Globo tras el cierre de 22 dias por el gobierno de facto. Radio Globo, que transmite desde Tegucigalpa, volvió hoy al aire luego de haber sido cerrada durante 22 días por un decreto del régimen de facto que preside Roberto Micheletti. La radio fue cerrada el 28 de Septiembre, dos días después de que el Gobierno de Micheletti emitiera un decreto que restringía las garantías constitucionales, pero el sábado pasado fue publicado un decreto donde se suprimió esa medida. Las suspensión de garantías se sumaron a otras acciones como toques de queda decretados por Micheletti desde el golpe de Estado contra el presidente Manuel Zelaya, el 28 de Junio pasado. Con Radio Globo también fue cerrado el 28 de Septiembre Cholusat Sur Canal 36, que sigue fuera del aire. El propietario de Radio Globo, Alejandro Villatoro, dijo al reanudar las transmisiones de su emisora, que hoy es "un día de alegría para el pueblo", porque la señal de la radio ha vuelto al aire. Agregó que regresar al aire es como "revivir un muerto", porque la radio "tenía un estatus de muerte". "Estamos volviendo, el muerto tiene que revivir", acotó Villatoro, quien era funcionario del depuesto presidente de Honduras, Manuel Zelaya. Zelaya permanece desde el 21 de Septiembre pasado en la embajada de Brasil, desde donde ha exigido su restitución en el poder y la reapertura de Radio Globo y Cholusat Sur Canal 36. La emisora reanudo sus transmisiones a las 11.00 horas locales de hoy (1700 UT), con el himno nacional. Según explicó uno de sus conductores, la radio ha vuelto al aire a partir de que el sábado pasado fue publicado el decreto mediante el cual se suprimió el estado de sitio que Micheletti impuso el 26 de Septiembre. Micheletti anunció hace dos semanas la derogación del decreto que restringia las garantías constitucionales, pero la ordenanza no había sido publicada en el diario oficial La Gaceta, por lo que hasta entonces no era ley. Durante el cierre formal de sus transmisores, Radio Globo estuvo transmitiendo por Internet y a través de una frecuencia en amplitud modulada de Radio Gualcho, en Tegucigalpa, con señal local muy debil. (Fuente: EFE y AFP, Honduras, 19/10/2009) (via Gabriel Iván Barrera, oct 19, condiglist yg via DXLD) Amigos... En este momento están emitiendo un programa especial por la reactivación de RADIO GLOBO con tetimonios de oyentes. Entrar a http://www.radioglobohonduras.com/ (Ruben Guillermo Margenet, Argentina, 2231 UT Oct 19, ibid.) ENÉRGICA PROTESTA JUDÍA CONTRA RESISTENCIA DECLARACIONES DE PERIODISTA ZELAYISTA SON RACISTAS Y CRIMINALES Tegucigalpa, Honduras --- Los miembros de la comunidad judía en Honduras y sus descendientes se encuentran indignados por las declaraciones vertidas por el periodista zelayista David Romero Ellner a través de radio Globo donde denunció que los judíos e israelitas son "personas que hacen daño a este país". . . Fuente: http://www.elheraldo.hn/Ediciones/2009/10/07/Noticias/Energica-protesta-judia-contra-resistencia (via Dino Bloise, ibid.) Sí, Dino, el audio de ese exabrupto se encuentra aqui: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr4lcwBCPqE y también en http://vimeo.com/6825710 (Henrik Klemetz, Sweden, ibid.) ** HUNGARY. NEW OPENNESS RAISED THE FREQUENCY OF RADIO FREE EUROPE As we approach the 20th anniversary on Nov. 9, we will chronicle the events that precipitated the fall of the Berlin Wall as they played out in the pages of The Wall Street Journal. . . http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125547129458883397.html?mod=googlenews_wsj (via Artie Bigley, DXLD) What does `raised the frequency` really mean? ** ICELAND. 189, Rikisútvarpid, Gufuskalar, OCT 16, 0340 - playing some hard rock music selections done by a man in Icelandic. Poor-fair with static scratches; the only LW broadcaster audible then. (Bogdan Alexandru Chiochiu, Montreal Est QC, HCDX via DXLD)) OCT 18 at 0450 - playing some psychedelic classic rock with some "Ruv Fur" jingles interspersed in between. At 0600 had a short IS followed by news in Icelandic. Powerful signal, but disturbed by static scratches with the PK's Shielded Magnetic longwave loop on a SW-NE bearing! SINPO 45252 (Bogdan Alexandru Chiochiu, DXing from Pierrefonds, QC, HCDX via DXLD) ** INDIA [and non]. AIR Aligarh blob on Oct 14 at 1320 with sign-on anthem Vande Mataram // 9425, centered on nominal 9470, but still a huge mess of distorted audio, and extending 9465-9490. At 1349 it was bothering at its edge R. Thailand on 9455, and covering R. Australia on 9475. At 1441, Russian on 9465 was trying to make it thru the blob which covered up to 9480. 9465 would be KFBS, Saipan, 323 degrees from Marpi per Aoki and EiBi. In case these items seem repetitive, sorry, but we shall keep reporting the Aligarh abomination whenever monitored until fixed. Have AIR no shame? Or unmotivated to make any repairs, instead waiting till DRM comes along and `fixes` everything (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I don't know what "blob" means but AIR has a somewhat distorted signal on 5015 kHz which is supposed to be transmission from Delhi for domestic or South Asian audiences. 73s, (Harjot Singh, Punjab, GRDXC via DXLD) I have been reporting almost every day for more than a week about this extremely malfunxioning AIR transmitter at Aligarh for the National program from 1320 UT all night, which is supposed to be on 9470. It is not external jamming. The transmitter is in awful shape and is unlistenable, extremely distorted modulation which can occasionally be matched to the Bengaluru transmitter on 9425. It`s only interfering with other stations spreading over 30-40 kHz from wherever it lands on any given night, and should be turned off unless it can be fixed. I have explained in detail the frequencies where it appears and how it sounds. Blob is just a shorthand way of referring to it. See my previous reports. I gather you, HSB, are resuming SW listening after a long break. If you can find some time, I urge you to read or skim thru past issues of DX Listening Digest to get up to speed on what is happening, as I have already spent a lot of time and effort to explain much of this. 73, (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Yes Sir, You are right. Not only me but quite a few of other present GRDXC Members have "resumed" DXing after a long gap. Some even in the group are still waiting. Next time I'll search the archives before posting. Best DX & 73s, (Harjot Singh Brar, Punjab, GRDXC via DXLD) Continued at UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS AIR Aligarh blob Oct 15 at 1355: centered close to nominal 9470, but covers 9460-9480 with extremely distorted modulation // 9425 but not exactly synchronized. After 1400 the main victim was KFBS on 9465. On Oct 16 I was standing by for the Aligarh aberration to cut its extremely distorted blob on the air, but never found it, so off the air today? Have AIR finally realized this should be closed down until repaired? Don`t bet on it. Could be off for any other reason, or spread out to even wider bandwidth and less distinguishable from general noise level. So I listened to National Channel on 9425 Bengaluru instead with its healthy signal, altho weaker than usual today: 1316 tone test underway; 1318 IS starts but with split-second audio dropouts, so this one has problems too but relatively minor. 1320 Vande Mataram introduced and played, still with dropouts. 1321 Hindi sign-on mentioned kHz thrice, so what`s the third frequency? Then musical break/prélude. 1329 mentioned several kHz, so a MW frequency listing now? 1430 2+1 timesignal and into news in Hindi. Meanwhile I had been scanning frequently between 9.2 and 9.6 MHz, but no sign of the blob, and no normal signal on 9470 either. And still not at final check 1448 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Today I tuned in to the radio around 1354 UT particularly to hear the blob but I found clear signals from 9465 kHz to 9480 kHz as follows : 9465 Radio Liberty in Kazakh 9470 Nothing although listed for AIR-Instead there was some spill over from the strong Radio Liberty on 9465 kHz 9475 Radio Australia in Mandarin. Weak reception 9480 CNR11 in Tibetan So I can also confirm there was no blob today. 73s, (Harjot Singh Brar, Punjab, Oct 16, GRDXC via DXLD) AIR Aligarh blobcheck Oct 17: it`s back, after missing yesterday. Now centred approximately on proper frequency 9470, but spreading 9460- 9480 with extreme distortion. At 1317 tone test matched that on Bengaluru 9425, and remained // for: 1318 IS, again with split-second audio dropouts at least on 9425, could not really tell on 9470, and so on. The AIR Aligarh blob varies its frequencies, however unintentionally, and so varies its victims. After centering on nominal 9470 for a while, on Oct 18 at 1318 with AIR IS it ranged 9490-9515, strongest around 9500. Now RA 9475 escapes the mess, but by 1344 not something on 9480 nor BBCWS Burmese with B-B-C- chimes at 1344 on 9500, 1345 timesignal one second later than WWV (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) After repeated phone calls it seems AIR adjusted the transmitter and the spurs on 9470 kHz is less. During the past 2 weeks or so AIR uses a different Aligarh transmitter from 1600 onwards which is very clear and idle during this 1600-0040 period. The old transmitters that produces spurs is still on air between 1320 & 1600 but is NOT coming daily. So the spurs are expected between 1320-1600. According to last information received they'll try to rectify the transmitter before B09 starts on next Sunday or move it to a different transmitter. Please watch it. Today 18th spotted on 9495/9500 and stopped at 1600. 73 (Alok Dasgupta, Kolkata, Oct 18, WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DX LISTENING DIGEST) AIR Aligarh blobcheck Oct 19: at 1345 centered about 9445 and spreading 9435-9455, bothering Thailand on 9455. Alok Dasgupta has been diligently trying to get AIR to fix this for months, and now reports that something may be done at B-09 seasonal changes. And already they are running the defective transmitter only from 1318 to 1600, then switching to a good one that is available. I don`t usually monitor that late, but did so Oct 19. At 1556 the blob on 9445 is so bad it sounds like DRM, nothing but noise. Wait a minute, that *is* DRM, the IBB/HCJB Greenville test still in force, 9445-9455 and centered on 9450. At 1600 I could hear a weak but non-distorted signal on 9470 // 9425 but a few syllables out of synch, so the AIR change had happened. You won`t find anything about 9450 DRM on the DRM DX forums, but it is discussed on the drmna yahoogroup, still being reported as scheduled 16-20 on 9450. So this should have just started; complicating the picture is the DRM from VOR in Hindi scheduled until 1600 via Irkutsk on 9440-9445-9450, which must have really got a drubbing today from the AIR blob. What I don`t get is the wacky and totally self-defeating mindset by the PTB at AIR that the horribly defective transmitter must be kept on the air no matter what, at least until 1600. Burocracy says: punch the on-button and don`t ask questions. AIR Aligarh blob covering 9465-9485, extremely distorted and FMy, Oct 20 at 1318 with AIR IS, 1319 Vande Mataram, etc., // clear Bengaluru 9425. AIR still insists on running this monstrosity which only serves to interfere with other stations, and demonstrate its own incompetence. 1504 check, still centred around 9475, but VOA unscathed on 9485, 1506 into New Dynamic English, but Russian on 9465 from KFBS was scathed. Not to be confused with DRM from Irkutsk 9440-9450 bothering the Chinese radio war on 9450. AIR Aligarh blob, Oct 21 at 1319 with AIR IS, 1320 Vande Mataram, covering at least 9460-9480 with extreme distortion, victimizing Australia on 9475 and Thailand on 9455 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. Just a quick question. Has any other member noticed that All India Radio listed on 9620 is just off frequency on 9618 kHz. Time is 1358 gmt on Monday 19th. I did hear them yesterday also adrift (Steve Calver, UK, BDXC-UK via DXLD) Have not noticed, but not surprised. Also Aligarh, 1215-1600 Sindhi / Baluchi service, 250 kW, 245 degrees (gh, DXLD) ** INDIA. 3945.0, AIR Gorakhpur, 1640-1645, Oct 10, Hindi program with phonecall, 333 (Max Van Arnhem, Netherlands, DSWCI DX Window via DXLD) Glenn, I attach a file recorded on 3945 kHz tonight. It is AIR Gorakhpur signing off. [1730 UT Oct 15] There was a good two-hour signal run ahead of close down here in NW Europe (I was looking for Pacific earlier), I have two other good recordings of speech. I wonder if this frequency is "local" or if they are fed from new Delhi? Any ideas, in particular regarding their sign off which was very brief. I cannot pick out any mention of the city or perhaps region or state? Best regards, (Geir Stokkeland, N-6390 Vestnes, Norway, Oct 15, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I really don`t know but would expect something local. Perhaps one of the Indian DXers could listen to it for you. Have not heard it myself, as starting at 1330 is a bit late for much chance here, and there is always ham interference (Glenn to Geir, via DXLD) Thank you. Yes sounds local, says Alokesh Das Gupta [sic], but will check some more. Good DX! (Geir, ibid.) I checked AIR Gorakhpur 3945 tonight. during past week they were on until 1730 UT. I heard them today Sunday around 1530, but their audio feed was gone by 1630 - however the transmitter was still on. Maybe they are scheduled to close programming earlier on Sundays or weekends, but the transmitter remains on. Best regards, (Geir Stokkeland, N-6390 Vestnes, Norway, Oct 18, ibid.) ** INDIA. 4970, AIR Shillong, 1432, Oct. 15. In English with “Golden Classics” music show; songs by Nat King Cole, Elvis, etc.; “The North Eastern Service of All India Radio broadcasting from Shillong”; 1445 “News headlines” (Nikhil Kumar sworn in as Governor of Nagaland, etc.); back to Golden Classics. Nice program! Oct. 16 at 1442 “News headlines”; music request show; 1512 “Now it’s over to Delhi” for their programming and started to be // 9425; ads and news in Hindi (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 3976.0 fairly good with music, then soft YL talk, Oct 14 at 1318; some QRhaM from SSB on 3977. Doubtless RRI Pontianak on its unique frequency, confirmed as such by comparing to 5975.0. My local noise level has abated, and 90m was hopping with signals too on PNG frequencies but did not take time to log them; not 120m at this hour. 4750 signal is steadily improving, peaking S9+10 today and my compliments too on their good modulation, unlike Jakarta. Oct 14 at 1324 Indonesian talk and just as I tuned in, ID in passing clearly heard as ``Radio Republik Indonesia, Makassar``. No co-channel QRM from the other two Asians on frequency. Something much weaker audible at 1326 on 4925, presumably Jambi, and even weaker on 4870. 9525.9, VOI in English at 1350 Oct 14, YL talking about acoustic music album, then playing something from it ``to conclude``; fair modulation today with hum as always (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9680, RRI Jakarta, 1103-1115, Oct 15. At tune in, noted a good signal with Indonesian popular music being presented. There's stuff under Jakarta but it's of no consequence. Jakarta remained at a good level during the period. 9525.86, Voice of Indonesia, 1106-1115 Oct 15, Noted a female in Chinese comments. The VOI has a unidentified type of interference over it. I think it's splatter from something on 9530. Anyway VOI remained at a poor level with the Chinese comments continuing (Chuck Bolland, Clewiston FL, Watkins Johnson HF1000, 26.37N 081.05W, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4750 with poor signal Oct 16 at 1315, presumably RRI. When I first started checking at 1225, nothing extracontinental making it on 120, 90, 75 or 60 meter bands, contrary to my early-rising expectations. 4750, Oct 17 at 1259, RRI Makassar, Indonesian talk atop CCI, but not much else on 60m. VOI, 9525.9, with good modulation for a change, proving it can be done if anyone is paying attention, Oct 17 at 1324 YL with news in brief, mentioning aid to W Sumatera, and another quake Friday. 1325 ID with www site for streaming, and claiming to be on three frequencies. 1326 Indonesian Wonders about something flavorful in east Java. Readability had soared to better than 50 percent. Unusual on Oct 18 to find more of a signal on 4925 than 4750, at 1326, slow ballad singing on 4925, presumably RRI Jambi, bothered by OTH radar pulses up to 4930. VOI, 9525.9, back to just barely audible modulation level Oct 19 during English hour at 1346 in music, flutter; after a few days of decent modulation. Is anyone paying attention at Cimanggis? I see reports from ENAm of Poland via Germany being heard in English at 12-13 on 9525, no mention of QRM de Indonesia. Here in CNAm, VOI is certainly dominant; however, at 1257 Oct 20 just before Poland finished, I could hear a het. But the het is no longer 900 Hz, more like 100 Hz, as VOI has switched back from the transmitter on 9525.9 to the one on 9524.9. During the hour clear of QRM for English from 1300, VOI had good tho fluttery signal, but modulation once again just barely audible. I could recognize the voice of the guy from Banjarmasin who appears every Tuesday for the Exotic Indonesia co- produxion, but a total loss as far as readability. At 1418 check, big het from CRI in Russian on 9525.0 and the pitch varied slightly, likely due to VOI instability. At 1502, the VOI carrier was still on, and in the clear again, registering S9+18, modulation still JBA so useless as English restarted, only to be cut off anyway at unpredictable time. In B-09 from Oct 25, both Poland/Germany and CRI should be gone, so if VOI can manage to modulate, they should have a clear shot on 9525v --- until 1457 when CRI then starts a bihour of English via Kashgar, East Turkistan (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, October 20, VOI did indeed change their transmitter. Now on 9524.88v (ex: 9525.88v). Heard with both good signal strength and modulation, but usual hum; 1226 news in Indonesian; light QRM in English (Poland via Germany); ID. Very disappointed when I checked again at 1303 to find almost no modulation. If they had the earlier good modulation on during the English segment, we could have easily enjoyed the Jakarta-Banjarmasin Tuesday banter. Hope someday they can put it all together! (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) They have THREE transmitters at their disposal, all different Hertz [re]solution (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, ibid.) VOI modulation improved a bit Oct 21 at 1345 on 9524.9 during music, and then YL talking in English about Indonesian music, still at near- strain-level. More like 9524.88 as measured by Ron Howard (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. DANGERZONE JOINS THE WRN NETWORKS On 1st August 2009, WRN welcomed its newest network programme producer, Danger Zone, to the WRN airwaves. Danger Zone is a dynamic radio broadcast that focuses on developments in terrorism, international foreign policy, intelligence agencies, democratic movements and related security subjects, particularly “insider” news and expert interviews about events in America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and South and Central Asia. Danger Zone is hosted by retired U.S. Ambassador Dick Carlson, former director of the Voice of America and a long time journalist, winner of dozens of awards, including the George Foster Peabody Award and four “Emmys”. Retired US Marine Colonel Bill Cowan, a former special forces operator and Dr. Renee Garfinkel, who is widely published in the fields of peacemaking, terrorism, religion and a range of human behaviour and development issues, are the programme’s co-host contributors. “The show is unusual and we had a respectable following; intelligence operators, senior military officers, defense contractors, and citizens with an interest in security and foreign policy. But, I’ll tell you when we went on WRN our international listenership really exploded. It has been a great adventure and we are grateful to WRN for their incredible carriage. We now have listeners from London to Vienna to Capetown, from Dublin to Tokyo. WRN’s reach is incredible” said Ambassador Carlson. Danger Zone broadcasts have delivered hundreds of hours of sophisticated international news and analysis on terrorism and international security, and more than 500 interviews with some of the world’s most outstanding experts: essayists, foreign ministers, military flag officers, agents and former agent-runners and case officers from CIA, MI 5, the FBI, MI 6, the NSA and the KGB. Danger Zone is an international radio programme made possible through the global reach of WRN (Oct WRN Re:broadcast newsletter via DXLD) So when is DZ on?? It`s missing from the program list at http://www.wrn.org/listeners/stations/index.php?CurrentLetter=1 also when searched under Danger and under Zone. Finally found under Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, linked to http://www.defenddemocracy.org/ And in the WRN schedules on Sat & Sun: 0630 UT to Asia/Africa 1330 UT to Europe 1400 UT to N America Searching the website further for Danger Zone itself, we find the audio archive at http://www.defenddemocracy.org/index.php?option=com_displaycat&Itemid=358 but it`s been on hiatus since Aug 31, *2008* and before that were not producing new shows every week. Page for last show said it was on WMAL, Sundays 9-10 pm. So what of it now? Furthermore, some or all of the times probably shift from next week due to non-DST (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. It's not actual DX but WSEE-TV Erie PA (The Caribbean version and they are running CBS programming) recently started running a free-to-air satellite signal on AMC 21 satellite, on the KU band. That seems pretty far west in the hemisphere to benefit anyone in the Caribbean region, so I'm not really sure why they are there. They are part of a C-band mux with the Miami networks on another satellite further east in the sky. FYI for any satellite enthusiasts (Jim Thomas, Colorado, Oct 20, WTFDA via DXLD) Hey Jim, I watched WSEE for years on C band analog over on W3 at 87W, when they had "Parrot Bob" and Caribbean Weather channel. That Parrot was so fake I couldn't believe it was a CBS affiliate. At the stroke of midnight this past January 1 they disappeared, I thought forever, and I had to move onto WGCL Atlanta. Thanks for telling me that they resurfaced as a FREE channel. Hope they dropped the Parrot. As far as AMC21, the old Galaxy5 slot at 125W, they are a lot closer to the equator and well within the spotbem footprint as shown by http://www.lyngsat-maps.com/amc21.html Yours in C band (Tim Alderman, Microwave Engineer, FCC License PG00011282, ibid.) I wonder how WSEE in an out of the way place like Erie got to be such a bit shot in satellite TV. I remember running across it as the CBS source at some western motel. Perhaps it was already feeding CBS to lots of cable systems in Ontario, giving it delusions of grandeur (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. Re: [Tvfmdx] Cuba on satellite Just catching up on an old thread here after a week away. > I don't think you'll find any Ku signals further to the east. As > far as I can tell, none of the Ku sats in that part of the Clarke > Belt have footprints over North America. There are at least two: Telstar 12 at 15W, and NSS 7 at 22W. Telstar 12 is the more interesting one of the two. Services in the clear include a full-time MSNBC channel, two TV Pampa affiliates from Brazil, and a nice mux with SIC Noticias from Portugal, Bulgarian National TV, the French music video channel Trace TV, and TPA from Angola. There's also a Uruguayan mux (mostly scrambled now), three Iranian channels (duplicated elsewhere), a BYU TV service, and about 90 encrypted cable-type channels, also from Uruguay. NSS 7 is almost completely empty, but there's a very regular US military publicity feed from Iraq that scans as FEED, and an encrypted Reuters News Service channel that's beamed to the Caribbean. This is probably a good time to mention that we have a full-time IRC channel available to discuss satellite-related matters; there are only a few regulars, but the channel is open 24/7 and I'm always monitoring it unless asleep or commuting. We may be idling for long periods - there's usually some chat in the evenings and weekends (Eastern time). Use server us.starchat.net and join #satellite - hope to see a few interested parties there! (Jay Novello, Wake Forest NC, Oct 20, WTFDA via DXLD) ** IRAN. The Iranian station on 1026 kHz was identified by Mauno Ritola and me as the East Azerbaidjan regional programme from Tabriz on the air until midnight Iranian local time. Attached a recording I made of the ID in late August (Patrick Robic-AUT, A-DX Oct 10 via BCDX via DXLD) ** IRAN. 15555, Oct 20 at 1333 with Qur`an, then Japanese announcement by YL, as VIRI imagines there are enough Japanese-speaking Moslems worth bothering with. Know thy audience! Try Shinto stuff instead (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN [non]. USA. Farda (via Lampertheim) on 9505, Oct 9 at 1955. Weak signal, but very nice Persian music. Bothered by RCI, off- frequency at 9514.92 (Terry Wilson, MI, Eton E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 17670, R. Farda via Wertachtal, GERMANY during this hour only, 1406 Oct 15 with clip of elected Pres. Obama opposing Iranian nuclear development, a PSA with musical produxion, and presumably translation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAQ [and non]. Have the HR Type antennas at Balad Relay Station been sold or salvaged for scrap metal? Photo interpretation help needed. I need help solving a mystery: Was the Iraq Balad Relay Station totally dismantled, at least with respect to its antennas? I was doing a web based map search and came up with 2 candidate locations that make me suspect that the aerials are no more * Candidate 1 : http://wikimapia.org/#lat=33.9759742&lon=44.0768158&z=17&l=0&m=s&v=9 * Candidate 2 : http://wikimapia.org/#lat=34.019301&lon=43.9813614&z=15&l=0&m=s&v=9 * Close up #2 : http://wikimapia.org/#lat=34.021533&lon=43.9809108&z=17&l=0&m=s&v=9 and http://wikimapia.org/#lat=34.0214708&lon=43.9815545&z=17&l=0&m=s&v=9 With respect to Candidate 2, the long somewhat weather protected awning hints to me more that it is a SW relay station. However, I see no clear visible trace of HR type antennas. HRS antennas, even if they are just tethered dipoles -- cast impressive shadows in the desert. I assume Iraq ordered self supporting towers at Balad. Help with deciphering the images if you need it * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HRS_antenna * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shortwave_relay_station * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_broadcasting Nauen rotatable HR type antenna : http://wikimapia.org/#lat=52.6462923&lon=12.8882074&z=17&l=0&m=s&v=9 Nauen conventional relay station : http://wikimapia.org/#lat=52.648896&lon=12.8772211&z=15&l=0&m=s&v=9 The Delano relay station is most like Balad with respect to HR antennas and probable appearance with respect to photo surveillance... Darwin, NT relay station : http://wikimapia.org/#lat=-12.4099215&lon=130.6253171&z=16&l=0&m=s&v=9 Delano, CA relay station : http://wikimapia.org/#lat=35.7550801&lon=-119.2828131&z=15&l=0&m=s&v=9 BBCWS AC Relay Station : http://wikimapia.org/#lat=-7.8988777&lon=-14.3788934&z=16&l=0&m=s&v=9 http://wikimapia.org/#lat=-7.8979159&lon=-14.3791938&z=18&l=0&m=s&v=9 Sincerely, (Max Power, CEO, Power Broadcasting, Oct 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also KURDISTAN [non] ** ISLE OF MAN. UK, 1368, Manx R, Foxdale, IoM, 1446-1506, 18 Oct, interview on airport activity, with lots of announcements coming from the hall loudspeakers, advertisements, Triple Gold program, ID+TC, news; 35443, very good, and in good days, even better than during night time. 73, (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, Oct 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ISRAEL [and non]. Galei Tsahal changed frequency again. Heard October 19th at 0829 with the usual mixture of Hebrew phone-in, music, advertising and jingle at 0830 on 15786.4 kHz. The carrier, by the way, is unstable and seems to be slightly frequency-modulated. This frequency could theoretically cause interference to Radio Cairo on 15790 kHz but the fact that currently only an unmodulated carrier is on the air there certainly helps to "de-escalate" the situation (Robert Foerster, Germany, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15786.6 approximate measured frequency for Galei Tsahal, Oct 20 at 1428 with music, 1430 Hebrew announcement; hetting Arabic on 15790 which is BBC due south from Cyprus. Galei Zahal masked by heavy hi-speed RTTY(?) around 15786, Oct 21 at 1318; but clear of that at 1357 check when I found GZ on 15785.9 or so, but then less-than-5-kHz het from B-B-C- chimes about to open Arabic via Cyprus on 15790.0 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN. 774, JOUB Akita (NHK-2), 1407, Oct. 19. Chinese language lesson; poor. It was John Wilkins who originally pointed out to me that they carried lessons other than the usual English, but this is the first I have heard them (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Our best chance for MW de Asia in OK ** JAPAN. 3925, R. Nikkei, 1158, 10/17/09. Two YLs with high-pitched voices in continuous laughing and chatter. Was // to equal strength 6055. Single tone precisely at 1200 followed by announcements and jazz (Jerry Strawman, Des Moines, IA, Drake R8B, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook 1.1 M Loop, Par Electronics 45' Random Wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KASHMIR. INDIA. 6110, AIR Srinagar, 0228, Oct 15, Hindi adverts?, into presumed news after pips at BOH. Then continued in English from 0245 on. Frequency seemed clear until co-channel R Fana showed up at 0254:22. Very pleased to hear this albeit at poor level. 73, (Martien Groot, Schoorl, Netherlands, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Srinagar QSL -- Radio Kashmir, Srinagar verification letter has just been received in one month for a report on 4950 for report sent by email and post. v/s is Ayaz A. Malik, Station Enginer. The email ID is rks_se @ yahoo.co.in The Postal address is: Mr. Ayaz A. Malik Station Engineer Radio Kashmir Srinagar 190001 Jammu & Kashmir 73 (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Raj Bhavan Road, Hyderabad 500082, India, dx_india yg via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH. 2850, KCBS, 1154, 10/17/09. Usual patriotic, operatic- style vocals. Very weak signal but in the clear (Jerry Strawman, Des Moines, IA, Drake R8B, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook 1.1 M Loop, Par Electronics 45' Random Wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Oct 17 a good NK morning: at 1240 on 2850, Juche soprano at S9+15, 1241 Korean announcement and more inspirational music. At 1245, 3912 had roaring jamming with S Korean victim also audible; at 1246, VOK feeder on 3560 audible in music, 1247 announcement not // 2850. At 1251, warbling jamming on 3480. At 1255 on 3280 music and presumed Korean. Just had time to scan 90m and not find much on the PNG frequencies except maybe 3325, before some neighbor turned on TVI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 2850.02, Pyongyang Broadcasting Station, 1319-1335+ Oct 17. Classical instrumental music and Korean operatic vocals; YL spoke briefly after each segment. VG signal (John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge, Colorado, Oct 18, Drake R-8, 100-foot RW, Cumbredx mailing list via DXLD) 2850, KCBS at 1233 with opera chorus singing, 1302 man in Korean, 1404 re-check and again with operatic vocals. Fair Oct 20 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, BC DXing portable with Eton E-1 and Sony AN-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) KCBS Kanggye is now on almost exactly 11680 kHz. I measured 11679.8 kHz this morning, October 19th, at 0755 and later, interfering with the BBC in Arabic on 11680 kHz until 0759 s/off (Robert Foerster, Germany, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. 9585, TAIWAN. Furusato no Kaze, 1345, 10/18/09. Fair signal. OM & YL alternating Japanese comments with musical interludes (Jerry Strawman, Des Moines, IA, Drake R8B, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook 1.1 M Loop, Par Electronics 45' Random Wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) AUSTRALIA. Furusato no Kaze (Darwin) on 11825, Oct 10 at 1449. Nice song in Japanese followed by YL speaking same. Instrumental at 1457. Off abruptly midsong at 1459. Fair signal in moderate band static and mild fading (Terry Wilson, MI, Eton E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. I send a recording of R Free Chosun from today, the only North Korea targeted clandestine I could pick up today. Do they use Yerevan, or Tashkent as a couple of years ago? [1200 UT Oct 15 on 11560] Best regards, (Geir Stokkeland, N-6390 Vestnes, Norway, Oct 15, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Neither, it`s currently listed as via Dushanbe, Tajikistan. 73, (Glenn to Geir, via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. 7530, 20 October at 2012. Presumed "Free North Korea Radio" clandestine station broadcasting to North Korea from Armenia. Various OM and YL talks, sometimes over background music. If there was an ID, I didn't catch it. Generally fair reception. At 2056: Played song and transmitter abruptly off mid-song at 2059. Immediate spin of the receiver dial to 7510 just in time to hear (audible between notes of R. Ukraine International's IS) the same song as on 7530 coming to an end. At 2100 YL just audible underneath RUI which I therefore presume is "Open Radio North Korea" clandestine station, also broadcasting to North Korea and from the same transmitter in Armenia (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Axually, 7530 at 19-21 is supposed to be via Dushanbe, Tajikistan; but 7510 after 21 is supposed to be WRN via Armenia (gh) ** KOREA SOUTH. Surprised to hear singing on 6730.0, as I tuned by looking for OTH radar pulses, Oct 14 at 1332, good signal at S9+18, but before I could decide on language, in less than a minute changed to assertive YL with repetitive Korean syllables. They were in groups of 5, but always a pause between the first triad and the second dyad. Some continuous RTTY QRM on lo side. This is the same as the Korean numbers station previously logged several times on 6215, but nothing there now; nor on 6730 at next check 1347. Per S. Hasegawa in DXLD 9- 011, 6215 was from South Korea. You will not find either frequency in SWBC frequency references, since despite the music and the broad coverage, they are not considered broadcasts (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also UNIDENTIFIED 5715 ** KOREA SOUTH. V. of the People, clandestine to the North, doing equally well on 6518 and // 6600, Oct 18 at 1337 music atop jamming noise; likewise 6348, Echo of Hope (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENINIG DIGEST) ** KURDISTAN [non]. IRAQ: 7540, 20 October at 1844. Denge Mezopotamya heard with good to fair reception with programme of Qur'an, talk and music. Multiple IDs at 1955 and sign-off with a patriotic-style song (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) This is via TDP via ``Simferopol```, Ukraine, a.k.a. Mikolaiv. In B- 09: 05-15 11530, 15-21 7540 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LAOS. 6130, Lao National Radio, 1358-1412 Oct 11. Lao vocal music to 1412 tuneout. Fair in the band noise (John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge, Colorado, Oct 18, Drake R-8, 100-foot RW, Cumbredx mailing list via DXLD) 7145, LNR, 1340, Oct. 13. In English with news; item about number of people who are blind, etc.; 1357 “We have come to the end of our local news”; ID; “We have now come to our International News”; ID; 1400* (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7145, LNR Vientiane, 1353, Oct 21, English female newsreader twice referred to Philippines, continued to 1357 off after brief musical outro. Tantalizingly close to being able to make out a few more occasional words. Hams out of the way for a few minutes only (Martien Groot, Schoorl, Netherlands, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6130, LNR Vientiane, 1543, Oct 19, Lao female announcer, songs to presumed 1602 off. Would have been quite a decent signal if Tibet PBS hadn't been solidly on top. 73, (Martien Groot, Schoorl, Netherlands, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LAOS [non]. Since Hmong Lao Radio was missing last weekend from its Sat/Sun 13-14 sked via WHRI 11785, I was standing by at 1300 Oct 17 to see what happen. Very strong open carrier came on for less than a minute 1300-1301, overriding VOA jingles. Surely this was WHRI, just reminding us they are still entitled to use that frequency hour, but are not doing so currently. Recheck at 1410 found them on the air with other Hmong program, World Christian Radio at 1400-1430 Saturdays only. Since last I checked, HLR webpage http://www.h-lr.com/ has added one more audio file, dated Oct 8, but it`s already Oct 17. Archive had two files per week in September on dates which correspond to Thursdays and Sundays, so was one of them different via Taiwan, and is that still on the 15260 air? In Oct the only two dates are 1 and 8, both Thursdays, implying that the WHRI broadcasts are indeed out of produxion (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LIBYA. 21695, Voice of Africa, 1402-1445+, Oct 17, English programming with local drums. Announced schedule. IDs. Local music. News. Very weak at 1402 but improved to a fair to good level by 1445. Good on // 17725 (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) ** LIBYA. Winter B-09 of LJBC Voice of Africa: Swahili 1200-1357 on 17725 SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to NEAf 1200-1357 on 21695 SAB 500 kW / 130 deg to ECAf English 1400-1557 on 17725 SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to NEAf 1400-1557 on 21695 SAB 500 kW / 130 deg to ECAf French 1600-1657 on 15215 SAB 500 kW / 230 deg to WNAf 1600-1657 on 17725 SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to NEAf 1700-1757 on 11965 SAB 500 kW / 230 deg to WNAf 1700-1757 on 15215 SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to NEAf Hausa 1800-1857 on 11965 SAB 500 kW / 230 deg to WNAf 1800-1857 on 15215 SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to NEAf 1900-1957 on 11860 SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to NEAf 1900-1957 on 11965 SAB 500 kW / 230 deg to WNAf (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, Oct 20 via DXLD) ** MADAGASCAR [non]. WRN is transmitting Radio Mada to Madagascar. 1530-1600 UT on 15640 (15670 kHz in B09) from Moldova. Currently Saturdays and Sundays only (WRN Oct 14, WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DX LISTENING DIGEST) This was on the air earlier this year but suspended April 6. See reports in DXLDs: 9-025, 9-026, 9-028, 9-031, 9-033, 9-034 and in 9- 035. This was in 9-034: WRN BROADCASTS RADIO MADA INTERNATIONALE ON SHORTWAVE WRN recently broadcast a series of special, one-off shortwave broadcasts for Radio Mada Internationale, a clandestine station which supports the deposed Madagascan president Marc Ravalomanana. WRN was contacted on 17th March by followers of the deposed president who had aspirations to broadcast into Madagascar on shortwave. At the time, Radio Mada existed purely as an idea, however, under WRN's guidance, the station was launched and broadcasting on shortwave within 24 hours. The station is an initiative of Tiako I Madagasikara (I Love Madagascar, TIM) which is a political party in Madagascar founded by a group of individuals on July 3, 2002. It is now the largest party in the National Assembly of Madagascar with 106 of 127 seats, after the parliamentary election held on September 23, 2007. For more information on WRN’s shortwave services, contact Sales at sales@wrn.org (Wired [sic], WRN News April 2009 via DXLD 9-034 via 9- 077) So Ravalomanana is still trying to make a comeback? (gh, DXLD) Glenn, The description of the station in the item above is out of date. That's the description I originally wrote for the Media Network Weblog on 22 March. Since then, the opposition to the current regime in Madagascar has expanded. This is the current situation as reported in my blog: "The reactivation of shortwave is connected with the GTT (Gasy Tia Tanindrazana) which describes itself as a collective of various associations and individuals from Madagascar, Europe and other countries opposed to the coup in Madagascar, that is striving for respect and legality. Radio Mada Internationale now describes itself as the radio station of the GTT." There is a demo taking place in Paris this afternoon, and a conference in Geneva tomorrow. So it looks like the GTT is mobilising its support in an attempt to solve the ongoing political crisis (Andy Sennitt, Oct 17, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Tnx for the update. You wrote that? As credited, I thought it came directly from WRN`s Wired newsletter. So how is reception in the Eastern Hemisphere? (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Yes, I wrote it. WRN picked up the text when they wrote their original press release. They probably assumed I had got it from the station. I remember thinking at the time that the text looked familiar :-) (Andy Sennitt, ibid.) [11 minutes later] On second thoughts, some of that information came from Wikipedia, which I credited in the item I wrote. But I think I changed the wording slightly. No matter, the essential thing is that the station now represents a number of opposition movements instead of just the one (Andy Sennitt, ibid.) WRN says they are again broadcasting Radio Mada, the clandestine service opposing last January/February`s coup, Sat and Sun 1530-1600 on 15640 via Moldova. At 1530 Saturday Oct 17 here in OK, Western Hemisphere, only detectable a very weak and fluttery signal on 15640; the frequency also flutters, i.e. Doppler-affected. O o, I see that DW English via Portugal has been scheduled during this hour, so did WRN get them to cede, or is there a collision audible elsewhere? How is reception in the Eastern Hemisphere? Kai Ludwig points out that DW 15640 is really DRM (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: Read it all too late, but this 15640 from Sines is supposed to be DRM and at http://www.drm-dx.de still shown as on air 1400-1600, running 90 kW, which would interference-wise equal an AM signal of about 320 kW. So if this DRM signal still exists they can start planning a new frequency for the Grigoriopol transmission right now, without wasting time for checking out if the different beams are good for at least 20 dB signal difference in the target area (Kai Ludwig, Germany, 1556 UT Oct 17, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) The conference in Geneve has been terminated. Probably this escalation prompted the revival of Radio Mada shortwave transmissions. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gBugD_-ucXVwtPWjvGz_0ZJrVMPg http://www.forextv.com/Forex/News/ShowStory.jsp?seq=1096196&category=Political+News (Kai Ludwig, 2233 UT Oct 17, ibid.) The DRM from Sines is indeed still on 15640, now after 1530 drowning out anything else that may be on this frequency, too. So just forget it until next Sunday, when it finally should be in the clear, unless some bad surprise will be waiting on 15670. Or are they perhaps already on 15670? But if so it would clash with Family Radio via Wertachtal. There is a faint carrier on this frequency, but perhaps rather some backscatter of this transmission than Grigoriopol already on winter frequency (Kai Ludwig, Oct 18, ibid.) Radio Mada Internationale to change frequency a day early --- According to the website of Radio Mada Internationale http://radiomada-int.blogspot.com/ the new frequency of 15670 kHz will replace 15640 as of Saturday 24 October, i.e. one day earlier than the official start of the B09 broadcast season (October 19th, 2009 - 12:33 UTC by Andy Sennitt, Media Network blog via DXLD) ** MALAYSIA. 7270, Limban FM (?), via RTM (presumed), Kuching, Sarawak, 1425-1437, 18 Oct, vernacular (didn't seem like Malay, but then the conditions were adverse), songs; 23431, QRM de UNID in Mandarin (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALI. Radio Mali's 41m frequency is now 7285.86 kHz. Heard (and measured) this morning, October 16th at about 0820 with "rentrée universitaire" information for students in French in parallel to 9635. The latter one is a bit stronger, but 7285.86 is also heard well during most of local morning. 73 & good DX (Robert Foerster, Germany, Oct 16, WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7285.88, RTVM, 0745-0755, Oct 18, vernacular talk. Rustic vocals. // 5995 - both frequencies with fair signal strength but weak modulation. Also heard a weak 7285.88 at 0815-0830 along with a fair to good // 9635 with vernacular talk and rustic tribal music (Brian Alexander, PA, WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DX Listening Digest) Radio Mali noted in parallel to 9635 kHz at 0822, vernacular talk October 19th on 7285.8 kHz. Not too strong but in the clear (Robert Foerster, Germany, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7285.8, R. Mali, Kati, 1237-1452, 19 Oct, French, African pops, vernacular, talks; 35443; \\ 9635 also very good (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MAURITANIA. 783, R. Mauritanie, Nouakchott, 1821-..., 16 Oct, Arabic-related vernacular, talks; 44444, adjacent & co-channel (de E) QRM, weak modulation. The parallel 4845/7245 outlets remain silent (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, Oct 20, WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. Some DXers are wringing their hands about the Mexican AM stations being mandated to move to FM in 5 years. Frankly, I can't feature small city independent Mexican station owners doing much of anything that Mexico City bureaucrats mandate. And the big city owners??? They'll likely only move if it's proven that listeners have abandoned AM. It will be entertaining to watch, I suspect (John Bryant, Orcas Island, WA, USA, IRCA mailing list via DXLD) But, but everyone knows FM is better than AM; ask any Canadian station (gh) ** MEXICO. Winterish conditions are oncoming, with the lowering sun; Oct 16 already at 2100 UT, Spanish atop 1570, historical talk credited in 2103 outro as from Casa de la Cultura de Ciudad Acuña; but by next check 2123, the OK station was dominating with local ad for Tulsa. Both on caradio, nondirexional antenna. This has happened before, as the powerful XERF gets into skywave early, but then fades back down, all long before sundown which was 2353 UT (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 6104.7, 0550, Candela FM audible 22/9 and most subsequent days, usually poor with Spanish talk, vocals. Blocked 0600-0630 [by ASCENSION] then clear again (Bryan Clark at Mangawhai, New Zealand, with AOR7030+ and Alpha Delta Sloper, EWEs to NE, E and SE, plus various 100 metre BOGs to the Americas, Oct NZ DX Times via DXLD) XEQM 6105 día 17 de octubre a las 1315 UT, señal aceptable, con algunas interferencias de “bips” sin zumbidos. Envío archivo de audio. http://rapidshare.com/files/295078500/SW6105KHZ-17OCT2009-1315UTC.zip.html Atte: (Ing. Civ. Israel González Ahumada, M.I., Yucatán, Oct 19, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hola Israel, Después de deszipear el fichero aun no se toca. Sería mejor enviarme en directo ficheros de audio aunque grandes. O ponerlos en radidshare sin zip (Glenn to Israel, via DXLD) Aquí va de nuevo en 2 direcciones, la última versión es archivo más pesado: http://rapidshare.com/files/295508981/SW6105KHZ-17OCT2009-1315UTC.WAV.html http://rapidshare.com/files/295512253/SW6105KHZ-17OCT2009-1315UTC.WAV.html Es posible que no suene en su computadora debido a algún error de códec, ya lo probé en 2 computadoras y suena en ambas, de todas maneras si falla hágamelo saber. Gracias (Israel González, ibid.) ** MEXICO. Re 9-076, gh`s TVDX on ch 2: El programa de TV que al parecer vió por XHY-TV Canal 2 es un programa de vídeos musicales llamado "TVO Evolution": http://www.sipse.com/television/canal2/mtoevolution su horario es 22:00-00:00 UTC. Atte: (Ing. Civ. Israel González Ahumada, M.I., Yucatán, Oct 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO [and non]. Recent TV DX Sunday XHBC-3 Mexicali BCN (3/Tu Canal lower right, full ID, local mentions) XEWO-2 Guadalajara (TVT) Monday XEWO-2 (TVT, supered text ID 2103 CT) XHG-4 Guadalajara (Time/temp bar upper right) TGV-3 Guatemala (Canal 3 logo upper right) XHFM-2 Veracruz (tele ver blue box logo upper right) XHAJ-5 Las Lajas VER (tele ver) XHTAO-6 Tampico (Multimedios to south) XHGV-4 Las Lajas VER (RTV) XHTV-4 DF (4tv) XEFB-2 Monterrey (big TELEACTIVA ID during commercial break) XHQ-3 Culiacán SIN (Grupo Pacífico logo) XHQ-2 or XHI-2 (Grupo Pacífico logo) XHDRG-2 Durango DGO (Supered text ID upper left 2143 over Azteca-7 programming) The channels were packed on Monday night. I taped my third *different* XHBC-3 TOH ID Sunday. These are big, animated IDs. The pictures will be nice (Danny Oglethorpe, Shreveport, LA, Oct 13, WTFDA via DXLD) Tonight's TV Es [Wednesday] XHGV-4 Las Lajas (rtv logo upper right) XHFM-2 Veracruz (tele ver blue box uppere right) XHP-4 Tehuacan PUE TGV-3 Guatemala (Canal 3 logo upper right) XHDY-5 Chiapas (5 logo upper right) XEWO-2 Guadalajara (TVT upper right) unID-3 TV3 logo upper right I posted the unID-3 ("TV3") logo on the Forums a few days ago. That logo was seen again tonight. The station was carrying the same old movie as XEWO-2. I'm 90% certain that is XHP-3's new logo, replacing the "3tv" logo. Oddly, I saw XHP-3's channel 4 relayer tonight, but all I saw was the community bulletin board feature "Teleavisio." [sic] XHP's logo is not used on that feature (Danny Oglethorpe, Shreveport, LA, Oct 14, ibid.) ** MIDWAY ISLAND [non]. Have yet to get a definite log of the K4M DX- pedition, tho with nothing to prove, I have not been tearing my hair out trying to nab it. 7078 is the publicized SSB frequency on 40m, but nothing going on around there when I check. Oct 18 at 0619 I do find a pileup on 7092-LSB, lots and lots of ham stations giving their callsigns over and over, and little else, hoping they will luck out and override everyone else momentarily for some DX station to establish contact, however fleeting. What a circus. I never could hear anyone say K4M in any phonetic form, but the DX targets typically don`t want to waste time giving their own callsign in each contact. You have to recognize their voice or style instead and assume it`s not a pirate. Among many Europeans calling was one callsign I copied: I1HJR, and enough of that for me after a few sesquiminutes. Could be that this was listen-only frequency for K4M, and they were really transmitting somewhere else, as certainly makes sense in such pileup circumstances (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) And it`s over now ** MONACO [non]. Trans World Radio - Europe B-09 table of MW 1467 kHz ROUMOULES outlet towards Algeria and Morocco target show the new azimuth 216 degrees instead of former 241 degrees. The MW directional antenna has been rebuilt recently. Strange is the usage of 7170 kHz via Wertachtal in new ham radio frequency segment 7.1-7.2 MHz! [15-16 in Belo/Russian] TWR has its own FMO frequency management. DTK/M&B Cologne is not responsible for frequency selection 7170. [later:] Re: incorrect frequency in 40 meter ham radio band. TWR replaced faulty 7170 kHz by 7315 kHz now (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) English portion only: TRANS WORLD RADIO - NAUEN, GERMANY TIME/UTC DAYS LANGUAGE FREQ PWR AZI ZONES =========================================================== 0745-0850 7 ENGLISH 6105 100 285 27 0800-0850 12345 ENGLISH 6105 100 285 27 0815-0850 6 ENGLISH 6105 100 285 27 (via Büschel, DXLD) Entirely gospel-huxters, I think (gh, DXLD) ** MONGOLIA. 12085, Voice of Mongolia, Khonkhor, 1016-f/out 1052, 17 Oct, Mandarin, folk music, IS, Mongolian & English ID prior to English program at 1030, news, music; 35433 (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MOROCCO. Radiodiffusion Télévision Marocaine (Nador) on 15345, Oct 10 at 1512. Excited OM providing Arabic play by play commentary for some sports match. One team is Brasília. Weak signal with mild fading (Terry Wilson, MI, Eton E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MOROCCO. 9575, Medi Un, Nador, OCT 17, 2245 - news in Arabic. Fair to sometimes good, better than during the last few months! Have they improved their SW transmitter in order to allow 171 to become silent? I like them better on LW than on SW since it's more challenging to get them ! (Bogdan Alexandru Chiochiu, DXing from Pierrefonds, QC using a Sangean ACS-818 CST / random wire combo for SW, HCDX via DXLD) ** MYANMAR. 5770, Myanmar Defense Forces Broadcasting Station (presumed), 1510, Oct. 15. In vernacular; mostly talking; played one pop song; usual indigenous music at sign off; 1528*; fair to almost good (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) BURMA. 5915, Myanma R (presumed), Yegu, 1439-1500, 18 Oct, vernacular, talks, light songs 6 music; 24421, blocked at 1500 (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5985.00, Myanma Radio, 1325, Oct. 13. Back on their normal frequency again (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5985, R. Myanmar, 1329-1333 Oct 13. Usual IS and chimes, followed by talk or news. Good signal punching through the band noise (John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge, Colorado, Oct 18, Drake R-8, 100-foot RW, Cumbredx mailing list via DXLD) 5985.0, Myanma R., 1530, Oct. 19. Recently heard fairly well. In English; ID; local and “international” news; weather conditions and forecast; repeat of the usual slogans: “Only with stability and peace will the nation develop. Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful. Anarchy begets anarchy, not democracy. Riots begets riots, not democracy. Democracy can be introduced only through constitution. We favor peace and stability. We favor development. We oppose unrest and violence. Wipe out those inciting unrest and violence. VOA, BBC sowing hatred among the people. RFA, DVB [Democratic Voice of Burma] generating public outrage. Do not allow ourselves to be swayed by broadcasts designed to cause trouble”; was able to confirm the exact wording via “The New Light of Myanmar” < http://issuu.com/myanmar/docs/nlm-11-oct-2009 >, which also contains the local news items carried via Myanma Radio; 1547 into “Evening music” with EZL pop songs in English. For the past few days they have had many stories regarding the 17th Myanmar traditional cultural performing arts competitions (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEPAL. 5005.03, UNID, maybe very irregular R Nepal, 0043-0140 fade out, Oct 04, vernacular talk, 15321. Nothing heard on Oct 11 at 2312- 2355 (Anker Petersen, Denmark, DSWCI DX Window Oct 14 via DXLD) Almost daily I have a S-3 carrier on 5005 before Thrivananthapuram signs on on 5010 and then it`s sooooo strong, that it knocks out anything. I have wondered whether it could be Nepal, but impossible to confirm anything (G. Victor A. Goonetilleke, Sri Lanka, WORLD OF RADIO 1483, ibid.) Just tried listening to the frequency 5005, Oct 05. There was a strong carrier on the channel with occasional unID talk until 0050. When AIR Thiruvananthapuram signs on at 0050 at 5010, strong co-channel splatter made reception impossible. Perhaps it may be R Nepal with their damaged transmitter or something else. Could not confirm (T. R. Rajeesh, Thrissur, Kerala, India, ibid.) It is indeed R Nepal. During the past 10 days or so I am regularly monitoring 5005. The carrier is with S3 level very steady, but the modulation is very very faint. Very difficult to get any voice on this channel. On Oct 04 around 0400 I could hear the carrier. I have just written to R Nepal on this and hope to get a reply very soon (Alok Dasgupta, Kolkata, India, ibid.). Respected Anker Petersen, For past several months I am keeping a close watch on this frequency of 5005 specially in the early morning hours, i.e. from 2330 to 0300 UT or so both via my Grundig YB 400 plus with ordinary Philips analog receivers. It is no other radio station but R Nepal broadcasting with their what TR Rajeesh rightly pointed out ("damaged transmitter") with their not so good transmitter. And sometime around 0045 UT onwards, I can hear poor audio of Nepali language broadcast and yes, the carrier's signal was strong, but the audio was very poorly heard. I recorded earlier several audios of R Nepal on 5005 kHz in the early morning. With both kinds of receivers, I got the almost the same reception. I shall try to send you all a few audio files of R Nepal recordings via e-mail attachment. Alokesh Gupta, my first DX Friend, from time to time seeks updates on R Nepal on 5005 kHz. Alokesh Gupta also informed me a few months back about poor condition of the shortwave transmitter of R Nepal might be the sole cause of such poor audio of R Nepal. But there was a time during my school days (1980s), R Nepal used to be heard almost all parts of Assam with loud and clear signal on SW even with ordinary receivers available then in the market. I used to listen to their Hindi Film Music programme perhaps during 1000-1030 UT. Many persons used to listen to R Nepal's Hindi Filmmusic Programme slot. Still the sound of their promos plus signing off music announcements are fresh in my mind. Time has changed everything. Perhaps now-a-days no such programmes are on air. This morning i.e. Oct 09, I also found around 0059 UT Nepali broadcast of R Nepal on 5005 kHz with weak signal. Thanking You. 73 and 55, Yours Faithfully, (Gautam Kumar Sharma, 26º18´20´´N, 90º37´50´´E, Abhayapuri, Assam, India, ibid.) ** NEPAL. Radio broadcasting in Nepal It is already proven that the Radio Broadcasting is only one effective mass media, which reaches to people instantly. Because of such difficult terrain of Nepal, Satellite Radio Broadcasting is only the means of media to educate, aware and entertains the People. Today we are in the verge of a revolution in radio broadcasting since digital Radio Broadcasting is just around the corner. This new Digital Broadcasting Service will ultimately replace the current AM and FM radio services that have filled the airwaves since the 1920’s for AM and the 60’s for FM. But this will not replace in short time, a lot of work has to take place in terms of technology development. Thus this satellite communication is to establish multi-channel radio broadcast network for terrestrial broadcast the means of Studio to transmitter link now. Later on it has aimed to establish direct satellite broadcast. The regional station as well as the fill in station of Radio Nepal spread throughout the country are required to relay corresponding programs and news services which originated at the central studio i.e. Kathmandu. Thus to establish studio to transmitter link using satellite communication without any degradation of signal quality. This information includes the over view of system requirement for multi-channel digital Radio Broadcasting for Radio Nepal to rebroadcast by the relay station in their belonging regional language from the central studio i.e. Singhadarbar. As well as this is very much easy way to reduce the number of staff in the regional station as well as the effective means of media since aired in their own local language. A brief History & Current Infrastructure of Radio Broadcast in Radio Nepal: The history of Radio Broadcast with the establishment of Radio Nepal on 1st April 1951 with 250 Watt transmitter. Initially transmission was about 4.5 hours per day. Over the 43 years transmission Radio Nepal has strength its capacity technically as well as diversified itself in terms of programmed format. It is proved that radio broadcasting is the cheapest and quickest means of mass communication in Nepal and also has proved to be a very effective medium in disseminating information, educating and entertaining the people. Radio Nepal airs programs on AM - Short Wave and Medium Wave as well as on FM fill in stations where its signal is low. Radio Nepal transmits 18 hours everyday, which includes 2.15 hours of regional broadcasts 09.45 to 11.00 o’clock in the morning and 16:00 to 18:00 o’clock in the evening. Radio Nepal broadcast news and other awareness oriented programs in 20 different languages. Radio Nepal Transmits on Medium Wave frequency from each regional station (648 KHz (ER), 792 & 1143 KHz (MR), 684 KHz (WR), 576 KHz (MWR), 810 KHz (FWR), Frequency Band) and on Short Wave (5005 KHz, Frequency Band) from Lalitpur to cover whole nation and neighboring country. Now the low power FM transmitters established as a regional fill in station in various parts of the country, all together currently it is became 12 FM Fill in stations all over the country in (98, 100 & 103 MHz Frequency Band). In the Year 2000 AD Radio Nepal has entered V-SAT network system for radio networking for the Short Wave and Medium Wave regional broadcasting Stations i.e. studio to transmitter link. In the year 2003 Radio Nepal introduced the FM Fill in Stations where its signal is low and the main objective is to cover the whole country by latest means of media accepted by Nepalese Peoples. But we need to rebroadcast the belonging regional languages from the FM fill in stations which is located at corresponding development regions. Where as we could not do so since the same programs which is designated for the mid development region is broadcasted from FM fill in Stations which are located at the different development regions. Till now we have 12 fill in Stations in FM Band all over the country. Current coverage area of Radio Nepal is about 85% of total population and 70% of land approximately. Regional Radio Stations: No. Location Freq.(KHz) Mode Power Main/Standby On Airtime Region 1 Lalitpur* 5005/3232 SW 100 KW/ 100 Kw 18 hr. Central 2 Kathmandu 792 MW 100 KW/ 10 KW 18 hr. Central 3 Kathmandu 100 MHz FM 1 KW/ 300 W 18 hr. Central 4 Dharan 648 MW 100 KW/ 10K W 18 hr. Eastern 5 Bardibas 1143 MW 10 KW/*[sic] 18 hr. Eastern 6 Pokhara 684 MW 100 KW/ 10K W 18 hr. Western 7 Surhket 576 MW 100 KW/ 10K W 18 hr. Mid Western 8 Dipayal 810 MW 100 KW/ 10K W 18 hr. Far Western * SW for National coverage Current Low power Fill in Stations of Radio Nepal’s are as follows: No. Location Freq Mode of Tx. Power Main/Standby On Air time Region 1 Ilam 100 MHz FM 1 KW/1 KW 18hrs. Eastern 2 Birganj 100 MHz FM 1 KW/1 KW 18hrs. Central 3 Hetauda 98 MHz FM 100 Watts 18hrs. Central 4 Bharatpur 103 MHz FM 1 KW/1 KW 18hrs. Central 5 Kathmandu 100 MHz FM 1 KW/1 KW 18hrs. Central 6 Daunne 100 MHz FM 1 KW/1 KW 18hrs. Western 7 Jomsom 100 MHz FM 10 Watts 18hrs. Western 8 Jumla 103 MHz FM 1 KW/1 KW 18hrs. Mid Western 9 Dang 98 MHz FM 1 KW/1 KW 18hrs. Mid Western 10 Humla 100 MHz FM 50 Watts 18hrs. Mid Western 11 Buditola 103 MHz FM 1 KW/1 KW 18hrs. Far Western 12 Manma 100 MHz FM 250 Watt 18hrs. Far Western Current private Low power FM Stations: After the restoration of democracy on 1990, government policy has opened the license for low power FM community as well as commercial transmission. And currently it is about more than 200 FM stations few of them are listed below: S.No. Stations Name FreqMHz Power Location Region 1 Kantipur 96.1 500 W Lalitpur Central 2 Kosi 93.4 500 W Biratnagar Eastern 3 Annapurna 93.40 1000 W Pokhara Western 4 Bageshwori FM 94.6 1 KW Banke Mid Western 5 Dedesh FM 93.8 1 KW Dhangadhi Far Western Radio Nepal has to broadcast via satellite six different programs, five for regional stations and one for national broadcasting station. The regional stations as well as corresponding fill in stations receive their corresponding programs and rebroadcast it. All the Regional Broadcasting Stations as well as their satellite FM fill in stations receives their corresponding programs from the central Studio Singhadarbar Katmandu. (Excerpts from an article written by Krishna Chandra Paudel, Deputy Director, Regional Broadcasting Centre, Pokhara published in "Jhankar" Bi-annual newsletter of Radio Nepal) ---- (via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India, http://alokeshgupta.blogspot.com/ dxldyg via DXLD) If you`re interested in radio broadcasting in Nepal please help yourself to my selection on studio recordings of many stations in Katmandu. Included is the full extended interval signal and daily opening of Radio Nepal. Also Radio Sagarmatha, Hits FM, Classic FM, BFBS Gurkha and lots more. There is over 75 minutes of Nepalese recordings available all in perfect hi-fi quality! http://www.satdirectory.com/audio.html Cheers, (Mark Fahey, Australia, ibid.) ** NETHERLANDS. The following comments arose from the news about Radio Prague: Andy Sennitt adds: Just for clarification, Radio Netherlands Worldwide has also cut back on shortwave usage in recent years. In our case, the decisions on what to cut, and when, have been made internally after extensive research into listening patterns, and a re-evalution of our core tasks and target areas. There has been absolutely no input from bureaucrats or politicians. Because of the rapidly-changing nature of international broadcasting, we now have a strategy department - of which I am a member - that advises management and colleagues in other departments on the options available. #4 Bill H. on Oct 14th, 2009 at 19:48 Andy, Please don’t confuse the issue of listening patterns and budget cuts. What RNW did a year ago was to disguise a budget cut with a lame survey (very few even knew existed) that claimed listeners were moving away from shortwave to the internet. I would challenge RNW to produce statistics showing an increase in listenership via the internet one year on. Ultimately, it is the bureaucrats that hold the purse strings that control your operating budget. As for Radio Prague, I agree with one post suggesting a schedule reduction but I would not advise them to abandon shortwave altogether. Remember that shortwave service is in many ways an instrument of foreign policy to many parts of the world that don’t have reliable internet service. #5 Andy Sennitt on Oct 14th, 2009 at 20:54 Budget cut? What budget cut? We haven’t had a budget cut in the last couple of years. What we have done is reallocate our budget. You say that very few people knew the survey existed. That’s exactly the point - most didn’t know because they weren’t listening to us. Neither have I, or anyone at RNW, made the claim that these people have switched to listening on the Internet. A few have, many haven’t. I don’t mind criticism - I’ve had it most of my working life. But please don’t criticise me or RNW for something we haven’t said. That the shortwave audience in North America has dropped dramatically is a fact that isn’t in dispute, even amongst the most diehard SWLs. That’s why Passport to World Band Radio isn’t publishing a 2010 edition. As a hobbyist, you have the luxury of being able to pretend nothing has changed. As broadcasters, we have to deal with the situation as it really is. I do agree with your comments about Radio Prague. RNW does not plan to abandon shortwave altogether either, for the reasons you state. That has been clearly stated by our DG Jan Hoek, and reported in this blog. #6 Andy Sennitt on Oct 15th, 2009 at 09:14 I have been racking my brain trying to come up with a reason why you might think I said there had been an increase in listening to RNW on the Internet. I did, I believe, mention somewhere that more than 50% of users on our English website were from North America. But I was referring to the website in general, not specifically audio. RNW has never bought the argument that Internet listening is a direct replacement for shortwave. The numbers are much smaller. Even so, the cost per listener is a small fraction of what it costs to broadcast on shortwave. There comes a point at which the number of listeners on shortwave is too small to justify the expense. That’s what happened with English to North America. You may not like it - as a longtime SWL, neither do I - but unfortunately facts are facts (Media Network blog via DXLD) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. This is Happy Station's Tribute to Dxers with Bob Zanotti. Just to let you know, Glenn and two others informed me the transmission at 1500 UT was not on air. Signal [9955] went off air just before 1500. This show is airing to all regions. http://www.radio4all.net/files/kperron@gmail.com/3101-1-happy_station_dx_special_bob_zanotti.mp3 (Keith Perron, Taiwan, Oct 15, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Seems to me `Tribute to DXers` is not exactly appropriate, since Bob Z., for one, made a point of NOT appealing just to DXers but to those really interested in programming content, something he made quite clear in this interview (gh) PCJ Media Special coming up next week. Next week on the 23 and 24 of October the first PCJ Media special will be on the air. Show name: Come Aboard The Faith Train! Who or what is Faith? No it has noting to do with religion. I should say that because some people might think it's some Christian show, but it's not!! Faith is a dog. A very special dog that was born with two legs. She has been on Montel, Oprah, CNN, BBC World and NHK TV did a TV special about her. She is also a E-5 Sergeant in the US Army. Faith's owner Jude Springfellow contacted me a while ago and asked if I would be interested in doing a special radio show about Faith and a tour she will be doing called Come Aboard The Faith Train. This special will air: [in addition to, NOT instead of Happy Station] October 23, 2009 - North America - 0100 to 0155 UT [Friday] October 24, 2009 - Latin America - 1300 to 1355 UT [Saturday, jammed] Frequency: 9955 kHz There are also a list of local times and frequencies for stations in Europe. The special will also air on World FM in New Zealand on October 24 and in Indonesia on October 25 on Radio Sonora. To find out more about Faith and Jude Springfellow go to: http://www.boardthefaithtrain.com (Keith Perron, Taiwan, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Many SWL listeners remember Dody Cowan (Deborah Rey) as one of the hosts of His and Hers on Radio Nederland in the 60s and 70s. She will be on an upcoming Happy Station Show. Broadcast date TBA. Keep listening, (Keith Perron, Taiwan, Oct 17, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn, Tonight I just finished doing an interview with Dody who did His and Hers on Radio Netherlands for many years. It was a very in- depth interview about her life before RN, her life with Jerry and what led to the divorce in 1991 to her life now as writer Deborah Rey and everything in between. Including stuff she never talked about publicly like when she was raped as a young girl, the Radio Netherlands management giving them a hard time to her and Jerry for two years in the 1970s, living under police protection because of threats to them while at RN (Keith Perron, Oct 19, DX LISTENING DIGEST) From 10 pm local Taiwan time (1400 UT) to 12 am (1600 UT) I was recording an interview with Deborah. During the interview we talked about so many aspects of her life that this edition of Happy Station will be in two parts. Having worked in radio now for 22 years, I honestly have to say this was the most heart-warming interview I've ever done with anyone in my life. I'm sure that after you hear it you will now know why His and Hers was such a special show at RNW. I will post the dates and broadcast times later (Keith Perron, Oct 19, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEWFOUNDLAND [and non]. 6159.96, CKZN (presumed), 0201, Oct. 13. CBC news heard under Vancouver, which for some reason did not carry the news, just had non-stop EZL music till 0205 and started their “As It Happens” show. 0301 both stations carrying the same news, causing an echo; some QRM from assume Russia (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEWFOUNDLAND/CANADA. 6159.97, CKZN St. John's, 0849-0920+, 10/16/09. Folksy rendition of "O Canada", followed by ID, a rundown of the callsign/freq/location of numerous FM relays (all in Labrador, I think) and "we can also be picked up on shortwave in the 49 meter band, on 6160 kHz"(!!). Into local news and detailed weather roundup, followed by CBC World Report and then Labrador Morning show. CBC Radio 1 website shows that Newfoundland and Labrador each have their own morning shows; does this mean that CKZN relays CBC in Labrador instead of its own local programming at least some of the time? Mostly atop CKZU which seemed to be right on 6160. Fair/good aside from QRM. (Mark Schiefelbein, MO, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, programming from Goose Bay and to Labrador has been reported before on 6160. Glenn 6159.95, CKZN, St. John's NF, 2116-2135, 15 Oct, CBC-Radio 1 IDs, issue on olympic games, interviews; 33442, adjacent QRM; \\ 1400 CBG Gander NF. 6159.1, ditto, 0923-f/out 1030, 19 Oct, talks, CBC news at 1000; 24432, adjacent QRM (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ?? Really 6159.1? Did not think CKZN was varying downward (gh) ** NEW ZEALAND. If anything makes it on 25m these nites, it`s RNZI in AM on 11725, DRM buzz on 11670-11680, but nothing to be heard around 0550 Oct 16. Has propagation totally dropped out, even from DU? No, all the RNZI frequencies were back strong at next check 0623. Must have been down for maintenance (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn, wonder if you noticed RNZI remained on 6170 this Sat. 17 as they caught my attention at 1145 on this frequency in place of the 31 mb, which I don´t have any luck. Don´t think they have made any change this early for next season (Raúl Saavedra, Costa Rica, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) No, I was not listening that early, but no surprise, as we are into their transition week and lots of unexpected things could happen (gh) We have a late change to the B09 schedule : 1300-1550 UT, 6170 kHz will be used, not 7440 as previously advised. Best regards (Adrian Sainsbury, Technical Manager, Radio New Zealand International, P O Box 123, Wellington, Oct 20, WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Ceding 7440 to VOA Urdu at 13-15 via Sri Lanka, then Thailand (gh, WORLD OF RADIO 1483, ibid.) 6170, RNZI, Rangitaiki, 1818-1850*, 14 Oct, Dateline Pacific, news in Pacific vernaculars; 55533, QRM de VoA in French at *1830. 6170 ditto, 0946-f/out 1125, 17 Oct, classic music "oldies", news & weather report from National R, music oldies, IS, news & weather again; 55433. 9655 ditto, 1201-1246, 19 Oct, music, talks; 344433 [sic]; gone at recheck at 1330. According to their webpage, the 17-24 Oct schedule indicates 1059-1158. 11725 ditto, 2041-2050*, 18 Oct, report on Fiji, frequency announcement, IS; 25433. QSY 17675. 17675 ditto, *2051-2237*, 18 Oct, IS, Pacific politics, interview, music, news at 2100, ditto at 2200 followed by sports and the Dateline Pacific program until s/off, frequency announcement, IS; 15432; QSY 15720 (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEW ZEALAND [and non]. RNZI Airs New Radio Heritage Documentary 'SURVIVING TSUNAMIS' --- RADIO IN THE PACIFIC RING OF FIRE Join us from Monday October 19 2009 when we air our new radio heritage documentary about surviving tsunamis in the South Pacific on the next Radio New Zealand International [RNZI] Mailbox program. You can listen directly via shortwave or audio on demand [for the following month] with full details of broadcast frequencies and times in your area and audio download at http://www.rnzi.com The recent tsunamis in Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga brought forward brave dedication to duty from several radio stations, and the program includes an interview with the morning DJ at KKHJ-FM in Pago Pago who was trapped in the studios as the waves smashed into the ground floor of her building. However, as the program explains, it's by pure luck that the radio station studios in Pago Pago and Apia weren't swept out to sea, their buildings being totally exposed to the Pacific. Across the Pacific, other radio station studios and facilities are at sea level and wouldn't stand a chance if the wrong tsunami hit in the wrong place. Both Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands also had major earthquakes and tsunami warnings within hours. Radio everywhere is an extremely fragile lifeline. The program also looks at the problem of most local Pacific radio stations broadcasting in local languages. Yet local economies increasingly depend on tourists. When emergency strikes, tourists are told to listen to the local radio for instructions. In Samoa, the only two English speaking stations were no longer broadcasting live, and hundreds of tourists had no idea what was happening, as the only live broadcast they could hear was completely in Samoan. Just how fragile the broadcasting infrastructure is and how vulnerable local residents and tourists alike can be in an earthquake, tsunami or cyclone in the Pacific Ring of Fire is discussed. Join David Ricquish of the Radio Heritage Foundation as we celebrate the bravery of Pacific broadcasters and warn of the dangers facing the islands in future natural disasters. A full list of AM radio stations broadcasting in the Pacific is available free in the Pacific Asian Log AM Radio Guide at http://www.radioheritage.net where you'll also learn more about broadcasting in these beautiful but vulnerable islands in features from our Island Radio Pacific Style series. RNZI's Mailbox program from Monday October 19 2009, via shortwave and audio on demand with full times and schedules online at http://www.rnzi.com (David Ricquish, RHF, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA. 4770, R. Nigeria, Kaduna, 2120-2130, 17 Oct, English, talks, seemingly some news magazine; 45433 but terribly undermodulated (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6925 USB, Radio Paisano, 2207-2246*, 10/12/09. Italian-American music, comedy sketches, and more, IDs and email address for reception reports. Station is only on each year around Columbus Day. Rather weak and tough to follow in the noise. Poor. (Mark Schiefelbein, MO, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. Pirate: CRYSTAL SHIP: 5384.45/AM; 2206-2217+, 18-Oct [Sunday]; Repeated bit to 2210 with parts of a Doors? tune & Yo Ho Ho & a bottle of rum; Russian anthem sung in English (anthem of the Socialist, Deeply Indebted, Blue States Republic?); Doors? tune repeated & ID. SIO=4+44, weak ute trill (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORWAY. BTW, I noticed recently that Tehran now leases airtime on the 1386 AM site at Sitkunai, Lithuania. Beijing already uses Pori 963 extensively. When will some of those guys think of the 1,200 kW site at Kvitsøy, Norway (1314 AM) - which is silent (and available for hire) ...? (Geir Stokkeland, Norway, Oct 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Perhaps it would be better to stay off the air than sell out to these hostile broadcasters (gh, DXLD) ** OKLAHOMA. Driving around western Enid, still hearing a Talking House on 1670 in the daytime. Listening to the spiel, it`s exactly the same T.H. first heard in early August! One of the realtor`s claims is that if YOU take advantage of his T.H. deal, your house will sell quickly. Ha, this one still hasn`t sold in over two months. It`s the one with three stories, and all bedrooms on the top floor. Altho no exact address announced, as we were assumed to have been parked right in front of it, I was able to locate it as reported in DXLD 9-057: http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld9057.txt --- ``Soon found a match, 202 Tanglewood in Whispering Hills, altho nothing mentioned there about its being a radio station! http://www.enidhomes.com/homes/684398.htm Yes, map finds address near intersexion of Wheatridge and Purdue.`` And followed up a month later in http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld9069.txt How many more months will this be running for follow-ups? Still have not visited this out-of-the-way radio station, but must do so, as this `part 15` transmitter has quite some range. While approaching I will be alert for smoke coming out of my caradio. Meanwhile the neighbors are no doubt out of luck from listening to any of the five real North American broadcasters on 1670. Then the afternoon of Oct 16 I finally drive out to the place. To stay on paved roads, go west on Willow, north on Wheatridge almost to Purdue, and turn right into the little housing development, where some more are under construxion. You will not see a Tanglewood street sign on Wheatridge, as it is the parallel street to the east. This is indeed a big gray 3-story house, but it`s obviously occupied, with about 5 SUVs around it, a child`s yellow plastic wading pool not currently in use; At gable peak there is not only a satellite dish, but a one-foot square antenna (? Or light?) aimed east, not what you would expect for a 180-meter wavelength. There were some cables hanging loose around these into the attic, so perhaps some of that goes with the 1670 kHz unit, but could not be sure. The road sign bearing 1670 frequency was propped up against the house, not really visible from the street, and surely on its way to being moved elsewhere, but the transmitter still running, so at 2035 UT I recorded the spiel at local range. Despite my apprehension, caradio did not start to smoke, and I could even still hear adjacent KXTR 1660 Kansas City in the daytime, parked next to the site. However the inhabitants are subject to huge Part 15 RF at point- blank range. Maybe I should remind Mr Winklejohn about it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. During a MW bandscan while waiting in a western Enid store parking lot, which is known to be a good hotspot for MW reception, I was getting only a very weak SAH on 1210, Oct 16 at 2105 UT. KGYN Guymon, despite its great distance in No Man`s Land, normally owns the channel in daytime. I must conclude they were either off the air or doing penance for running nondirexional at night so much, by running the direxional antenna with null toward Philadelphia, and almost toward Enid, in the daytime! ``Newsradio 1200, WOAI`` already audible at 2107, but weak enough that its IBOC on 1210 was not yet a problem. Next check at 1740 UT Oct 17, on DX-398 in the yard away from home noise sources: nothing audible on 1210. Station seems to have two real websites, http://www.kgynradio.com/ and http://www.kgynradio.net unlike the squatters you get if you leave out the -radio-, neither of which hints at anything wrong (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn, I have heard KGYN here in TN many times as of late but my band is KGYN free as of this moment (Kevin Redding, Crump, TN, 0142 UT Oct 18, IRCA via DXLD) Glenn, I just heard a ID for KGYN-1210 so they are on the air. At this time they have football Oklahoma State vs Missouri (Bill Block, Prescott Valley, AZ, 0203 UT Oct 18, ibid.) Glenn and all, Listening to KGYN(US country 1210) in Guymon right now, loud and clear in Roswell, they are carrying the Okla State football game. They throw about 25 kW in my direction (SSW). (Jerry Kiefer, NM, 0353 UT Oct 18, NRC-AM via DXLD) With WPHT phased, KGYN was under KOKK here in IL. I have noticed that KGYN seems to be behaving and using nite rig this season. 73 KAZ (Neil Kazaross, Barrington IL, 0452 UT Oct 18, ibid.) Tnx everyone for your observations; but this does not explain why I am not hearing it in the daytime, unless they are as I suggested, running the direxional antenna unnecessarily in daytime too (gh, Enid, DXLD) ** OKLAHOMA. FEEDBACK ON THE OKLAHOMA NEWS REPORT, OETA Dear ONR: I find the commercial TV news in OK extremely expendable, except for the weather bits and Is This a Great State or What? Far too much tabloid, if it bleeds, it leads. So I catch ONR whenever possible, including on a repeat later if necessary, and thank you for the playbacks. I have noticed the recent changes. On the positive side: Less happy talk. We are convinced the three+ of you are friendly, and you didn`t need to keep trying to reinforce that with casual gab which has nothing to do with the news. You still have a tendency to imitate commercial anchor style. Good in-depth stories by your reporters in the field. On the negative side: Not enough good in-depth stories originated by OETA. There must be more of importance going on in OK than we hear about even on our statewide newscast. Too much time taken up by clips of other OETA shows. These are so long that when the real show comes along, I have to wonder, did I see the whole thing already, or just a promo clip? We are going to watch Gallery, Stateline, OKC Metro, Tulsa Times, etc., anyway, so keep the ONR for original NEWS. Apparently you have dumped all the input from commercial news stations around the state. Or did they dump you? I realize the amount of non- tabloid stories from them and worthy of OETA has been declining, but there must still be a gem here and there. Apparently even Is This a Great State is among those no longer available on OETA. Now it`s a pain to try to find them on KFOR. And I have always wondered if you were contractually forbidden ever to use the tagline, or why did you always cut him off at the end before he could say it? Anyhow, keep up the work, which is certainly better than we get from the commercial stations. Regards, (Glenn Hauser, Enid, to ONR, via DXLD) Later, still saw closing credits for commercial stations` input ** OMAN. 15140, R. Sultanate of Oman, Oct 15 at 1416 barely audible with western pop music, but not much left by 1430 when news in English should have started (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15140, Radio Sultanate of Oman, 1428-1444, Oct 16, tune-in to instrumental music. Chimes/gongs at 1430. Their usual theme music at 1431 along with nice clear ID. English news at 1432. Theme music again at 1441 followed by pop music. Very weak in noisy conditions. Too weak to make out many program details. Buried in noise by 1444 (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) BBCWS on seldom-heard 15310, Oct 19 at 1439 with American-accented YL discussing women`s health problems and mistreatment, not // 17640, 17830 or 21470 which are on African stream. 15310 at 14-16 is via Oman at 63 degrees toward zone 41, i.e. S Asia from Pakistan to Bangladesh. Better signal than Radio Sultanate of Oman`s English on 15140, nevertheless. 15140, R. Sultanate of Oman, Oct 20 at 1432, British-accented YL with news in English, such as Taliban/Pakistan, Afghan elexions; most if not all items concerned the region, rather than the whole world; how provincial. Is nothing going on e.g. in the USA worth mentioning? 1439 said ``next news will be at 10 pm; good evening`` [that would be 18 UT, but not on SW] and into western pop music. Signal S9+8 at peaks, but with undermodulation, still a strain to copy (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Quick check of 90m, Oct 15 as late as 1333, found non // music audible on 3260, 3335 and 3385 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Central on 3290 kHz (when it is there) seems to stop modulating abruptly at any time, but the carrier can stay on for hours unmodulated. I didn’t hear the Catholic Radio Network on 4960 kHz or Radio Wantok Light on 7325 kHz, a frequency now usually dominated by strong international broadcasters (Barry Hartley, Queensland, Australia, Sony ICF SW7600W with 10 metres of wire that I strung across the balcony of my apartment, Oct NZ DX Times via DXLD) 3290, Boroko. NBC Central, 1130-1200, 16 October 2009, Pidgin. Program Details: 1130: Local type music, 1135: Male announcer, time check, followed by local type vocal music, 1142: Popular C&W song by Shania Twain, 1146: Male announcer, time check, followed by another local musical selection, 1150: Male announcer, station ID. Signal: Good, best this season so far (Ed Wlodarski, N2ED, NJ, NASWA Flashsheet Oct 18 via DXLD) 3335, R. East Sepik, 1250, 10/13/09. Reggae-style music, with chatter between selections. Announcements by YL at 1256 through TOH; into presumed news at 1300+. Signal fading down from good peak (Jerry Strawman, Des Moines, IA, Drake R8B, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook 1.1 M Loop, Par Electronics 45' Random Wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3334.97, R. East Sepik, 1318-1336 Oct 18. "Hotel California" and other English pops; YL announcer; a canned announcement at 1329 mentioned 3335 kHz and "?? point 7 FM"; more pop and island music followed at 1330. Good signal (John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge, Colorado, Oct 18, Drake R-8, 100-foot RW, Cumbredx mailing list via DXLD) ** PARAGUAY. Radio Nacional, 9737, 0238, Spanish, 433, Oct 17, YL and OM with comments. OM with Radio Nacional ID 0240 (Stewart MacKenzie, WDX6AA, Huntington Beach, California, USA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I don`t think so; has been off the air for years. Are you sure it was on 9737 rather than 9735, inhabited by VOR in Spanish via big signal from Guiana French?? If 9737 RNP were really back on, there would be a big 2 kHz het with GUF which you should mention (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Um, there was no sign of La Voz de Rusia? I wasn't home on Friday evening, but 0200-0300Z+ 18 Oct in Metro Vancouver, the frequency was solidly VoR in Spanish as is usual, supposedly via French Guiana. No sign of any other carrier slightly off frequency per the Eton E1 either, and Paraguay has been inactive for a number of years (Theo Donnelly, BC, Oct 17, ptswyg via DXLD) ** PHILIPPINES. 6170.39, 0945 (tentative), Weak station putting mild heterodyne on RNZI 6170 1/10 is likely Radio Magasin, reported by Asian DXers. Will have to wait till end October when RNZI vacates channel to try for this again (Bryan Clark at Mangawhai, New Zealand, with AOR7030+ and Alpha Delta Sloper, EWEs to NE, E and SE, plus various 100 metre BOGs to the Americas, Oct NZ DX Times via WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DXLD) 6170v, 1058, 13 September, When RNZI closed at 1058, I heard music until 1100 UT and the canned announcement: “PBS, Philippines Broadcasting Service” in English, D(call sign I missed) and then speech in Tagalog and music that seemed to last some days until after 1200 UT. Best on 13 September. By then, BBC and Voice of Vietnam on 6165 and Suara Malaysia on 6175 were overpowering PBS, so I couldn’t tell if or when PBS closed. This station was causes a very annoying heterodyne of about 400 Hz on RNZI, 6170 kHz from about 0900 UT (Barry Hartley, Queensland, Australia, Sony ICF SW7600W with 10 metres of wire that I strung across the balcony of my apartment, Oct NZ DX Times via DXLD) 6170.4, continuous [note spelling] het to RNZI, Oct 17 at 1309, presumably little DZRM and still at 1420; the day before there was no sign of it. To pull some audio from DZRM one needs to try before RNZI *1259, which I have not yet managed to do. However, RNZI will soon abandon 6170 for 7440 in B-09, but then 6170.4 listeners will have VOR Khabarovsk 6170 to cope with covering 1000-1500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6170.4, DZRM R. Magasin, 1250, Oct 21, weak carrier in the clear until RNZI appeared 1259:41, then het noted to suspected 1347 s/off. Difficult to pin down exact frequency. Tentative, can anyone confirm closing time? 73, (Martien Groot, Schoorl, Netherlands, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Seems to vary; as above I still had the het one day at 1420 (gh, DXLD) ** PHILIPPINES. 9430, FEBC, 1335, 10/18/09. Weak extended Mandarin chatter was in the clear (Jerry Strawman, Des Moines, IA, Drake R8B, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook 1.1 M Loop, Par Electronics 45' Random Wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also CHINA 9430 FEBC on 9430 from 1205 to 1340 fade out on Oct. 19. M & F hosts in Chinese. Several vocal music selections and one hymn-like song. ID around 1300 not real clear, but definitely not familiar ID of CRI during this time (Greg Neide, Euclid, OH, Grundig YB 400 and 35" outdoor wire antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** POLAND [non]. 9525, GERMANY, Polskie radio, via Wertachtal, 1240, 10/17/09. English service. Good signal. News and features to 1258 closing announcements. Pulled plug at 1259 (Jerry Strawman, Des Moines, IA, Drake R8B, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook 1.1 M Loop, Par Electronics 45' Random Wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) AUSTRIA/U.K./UAE {POLAND non} B-09 schedule. Radio Polonia [sic] B-09 BC schedule - 25 Oct 2009 to 25 March 2010 ENGLISH 1300-1359 11675ors 11860wof 1800-1859 6130wof-DRM 9650uae POLISH 1130-1159 11785ors 15170wof 1630-1729 6050skn 2200-2300 5980uae 5990wof GERMAN 1230-1259 9470wof 9850wof 1630-1659 6100wof 2030-2059 3975skn-DRM 6000uae RUSSIAN 1200-1229 17670wof 17715wof 1400-1429 11770rmp 15245wof 1530-1559 9580wof 1900-1929 5920rmp 2000-2030 6135wof BELARUSS 1430-1530 11905wof 15245wof 1730-1759 6050skn UKRAINIAN 1530-1600 7365wof 1600-1629 7365wof 7390wof 1930-1959 6040wof 6180rmp HEBREW 1900-1930 6085skn (Wolfgang Büschel, Oct 14, dxldyg via DXLD) yes, Polskie Radio Warsaw leaves DTK/M&B broker in favour of VTC management in B-09 season from October 25, 2009. I.e. via VTC Al Dhabbaya UAE and ORS Moosbrunn Austria, instead of formerly Issoudun, Juelich, Monaco-Fontbonne, Montsinery, Nauen, or Wertachtal. Still two transmissions in DRM mode also (Wolfgang Büschel, BC-DX Oct 16 via DXLD) ** PORTUGAL. Radio Portugal International (Lisbon) on 15560, Oct 10 at 15560. Alternative rock song presumably in scheduled Portuguese followed by YL. OM announcing Europa Africa at 1529. Excellent reception with S9+20 and faint fading (Terry Wilson, MI, Eton E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PORTUGAL. RDPi - R.Portugal_B09. Portuguese prgrs. only. 4 x 300 kW txs at CEOC-Centro Emissor de Onda Curta, São Gabriel; reduced power for 81.5 & 261º bearings. 2 x 250 kW txs at Pro-Funk (DW), Sines. hhmm-hhmm E = extra b/cast; "xxxx kHz D" = DRM (via Sines) UTC Day Target Azimuth kHz power 0000-0300 Tue-Sat NAm 300 9455 300 0000-0300 ditto NW SAm 261 9855 100 0000-0300 ditto E SAm 226 11655 300 0600-0700 M-F Eur 45 7345 300 0700-1300 ditto ditto 45 9815 300 0745-0900 ditto ditto 52 7360 250 0800-1055 Sat+Sun ESoAm 226 15555 300 0800-1200 ditto Eur 45 12020 300 0800-1500 ditto Afr 144 17590 300 0930-1100 ditto Eur 52 9815D 80 1100-1300 M-F Afr 144 17745 300 1100-1300 ditto ESAm+WAfr 226 21655 300 1100-1700 Sat+Sun ditto 226 21655 300 1200-1500 ditto Eur 45 11885 300 1300-1700E M-F NAm 300 15560 300 1300-1700 Sat+Sun ditto 300 15560 300 1400-1600 M-F IND+MEast 81.5 15690 100 1500-1700 Sat+Sun Eur 45 11635 300 1500-1700 ditto Afr 144 15520 300 1700-1900E M-F NAm 300 17825 300 1700-1900 Sat+Sun ditto 300 17825 300 1700-2000 M-F Eur 45 9455 300 1700-2000 ditto Afr 144 13720 300 1700-2000 ditto E SAm+WAfr 226 15465 300 1700-2100 Sat+Sun Eur 45 9455 300 1700-2100 ditto Afr 144 13720 300 1700.2100 ditto E SAm+WAfr 226 15465 300 1900-2100 ditto NAm 300 12040 300 1900-2400E M-F ditto 300 12040 300 2000-2300E Sun~Sat Eur 45 9795 300 2000-2400E ditto Afr 144 11825 300 2000-2400E ditto E SAm+WAfr 226 11960 300 2100-2400E Sat+Sun NAm 300 12040 300 2300-2400E Sun~Sat Eur 45 7285 300 73, (via Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, Oct 20, DXLD) ** PRIDNESTROVYE. 9665 with strong open carrier, Oct 17 at 2212, off at 2213:45. Surely Grigoriopol, but unneeded until 2300 for VOR relay, as Radio PMR 2215-2300 transmission is never on Saturday. Perhaps a warmup/checkout, or operator forgot he didn`t really need to turn it on just yet (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ROMANIA [and non]. RRI Arabic service, 15160, Oct 19 at 1445 with ID and Romanian folk music, winning the battle for my attention vs the Turkish music on 15180. As hourtop approached, increasing co-channel QRM underneath 15160 including during RRI sign-off at 1455, IS at 1456-1457:30*. Then the CCI was in the clear until its 1459:30* but too weak to ID. Listed as BBC Hindi via Cyprus at 97 degrees, while Tiganeshti Arabic is at 247 degrees, so theoretically no collision, but I bet there really is for anyone trying to listen from N Africa to S Asia. 11945 in Arabic, Oct 21 at 1404 repeatedly mentioning Romania, as scheduled on RRI, 140 degrees from Galbeni, with heavy long- path/short-path echo. It`s approximately oppositely aimed from US, so boosts the LP plus the commonly received SP off the back (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ROMANIA. RADIO ROMANIA INTL ENGLISH B09 FREQUENCY SCHEDULE VALID FROM 25 OCTOBER 2009 All hours UT, Frequencies kHz WESTERN EUROPE [same azimuth as N America so try these there too - gh] 0630–0700 7370, 6020 (DRM) 1200–1300 15105, 11970 1800–1900 7215, 6065 (DRM) 1800-1830 5895 (DRM for Great Britain alone) 2130–2200 6030 (DRM), 7380 2300–2400 6015, 7220 We also broadcast for listeners in Western Europe via satellite Hot Bird 6 on 11 623.28 MHz, vertical polarisation, azimuth 130 East. CENTRAL AFRICA 1200-1300 15430,17760 NORTH AMERICA 2130–2200 6115, 9755 0100–0200 6145, 9800 0400–0500 (West Coast) 6130,7310 JAPAN 2300–2400 5915, 7300 THE PACIFIC AREA - AUSTRALIA 0630–0700 21600, 17780 SOUTH-EAST ASIA - INDIA 0400–0500 9690, 11895 RRI programmes can be heard on the Internet, in WMA format, courtesy of Radiocom at http://www.rri.ro Listeners in western Europe and the UK can listen to some of RRI’s programmes on demand, also in the DRM system (a 30-minute daily broadcast starting at 1800 UT in winter time), on 6065, 6030, 6020 kHz across Europe and on 5895 kHz in the UK respectively, by means of World Radio Network, at http://www.wrn.org RRI has also resumed a weekly podcast in English, with an RSS feed; RRI’s programme, broadcast on Sunday at 1800 hours UT, will be available on the WRN servers and also on podcast directories, such as iTunes and Juicer. The schedules for the English shows, updated every week, can be downloaded from the World Radio Networks’ web site at the following address: http://www.wrn.org If you are looking for a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe you can listen to Network Europe, a weekly co-production of leading international broadcasters, Radio Romania International included, at http://www.networkeurope.org (RRI Website via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, dxldyg via DXLD) ** ROMANIA. Winter B-09 schedule of Radio Romania International: ARABIC 0730-0756 on 11710 11905 15155 15330 1500-1556 on 9655 11730 11880 15235 AROMANIAN 1530-1556 on 6105 1730-1756 on 6015 1930-1956 on 6110 CHINESE 0500-0526 on 15160 17870 1400-1426 on 5975 9660 ENGLISH 0100-0156 on 6145 9800 0400-0456 on 6130 7310 9690 11895 0630-0656 on !6020 7370 17780 21600 1200-1256 on 11970 15105 15430 17760 1800-1830 on @5895 1800-1856 on *6065 7215 2130-2156 on 6030 6115 7380 9755 2300-2356 on 5915 6015 7220 7300 FRENCH 0200-0256 on 5975 7325 0600-0626 on $6100 7370 9690 11790 1100-1156 on 15150 15255 17780 17800 1700-1756 on 7370 9690 2100-2126 on $6030 7370 GERMAN 0700-0726 on *6025 7210 1300-1356 on 9660 11970 1700-1730 on #5875 1900-1956 on *5930 7370 ITALIAN 1500-1526 on 7300 1700-1726 on 7415 1900-1926 on ^6180 ROMANIAN 0100-0156 on 5910 9640 0200-0256 on 5910 9640 0500-0556 on 6055 7220 0800-0856 on 11730 15370 15430 17775 Sun "Curierul romanesc" 0900-0956 on 15380 15430 17745 17775 Sun "Curierul romanesc" 1000-1056 on 15260 15380 17780 17825 Sun "Curierul romanesc" 1300-1356 on 9610 11940 15170 1400-1456 on 11940 15170 1600-1656 on 9700 11870 1700-1756 on 5995 7325 1800-1856 on 5990 7350 1900-1956 on 5990 7430 2000-2056 on 5990 7380 RUSSIAN 0530-0556 on &6175 7210 1430-1456 on 9535 11870 1600-1656 on &6030 7445 SERBIAN 1630-1656 on 6025 1830-1856 on 7440 2030-2056 on 6155 SPANISH 0000-0056 on 5960 9525 9665 11960 0300-0356 on 6140 9635 9765 11825 2000-2056 on 7430 9620 2200-2256 on 6070 9575 UKRAINIAN 1600-1626 on 6130 1800-1826 on 6090 2000-2026 on 5960 ! DRM via GAL 090 kW / 300 deg $ DRM via GAL 090 kW / 285 deg * DRM via TIG 090 kW / 307 deg ^ DRM via TIG 090 kW / 270 deg & DRM via TIG 090 kW / 027 deg @ DRM via KVI 035 kW / 220 deg # DRM via KVI 035 kW / 160 deg (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, Oct 20 via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. Glenn, Item received from Voice of Russia. I hope this does not mean they will be cutting back or eliminating SW. 73, (Kraig (busy studying for Extra license exam), KG4LAC, Krist, Oct 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: RADIO VOICE OF RUSSIA STARTS BROADCASTING IN CELL PHONE FORMAT Moscow, October 15. As of Tuesday, Radio Voice of Russia ’s broadcasting will be available for owners of cellular phones. Voice of Russia Chairman Andrei Bystritsky explained that the Mobile Voice of Russia project made it possible to listen to VOR broadcasting in any part of the world with good-quality mobile re-translators. This project shows, Bystritsky stressed, that a state-of-the-art and professional service, Russia ’s foreign-language broadcasting is now able to give a relevant content to its listeners in all necessary formats in terms of the development of wireless technologies. The Mobile Voice of Russia project is mainly designed for those living in countries which have a sophisticated telecommunication network – something that will help them swiftly get relevant information about the latest developments in Russia and beyond. Right now, the Mobile Voice of Russia-related programs in 17 languages are available for owners of smart phones which have the Windows Mobile operating system. The smart phone owners should first visit VOR’s website at http://www.ruvr.ru and download special software which is needed to listen to the VOR’s mobile broadcasting. The software is distributed on a free-of-charge basis. The beginning of next year will see more mobile gadgets and relevant operating systems used by listeners to listen to the Mobile Voice of Russia , which plans to start broadcasting in 39 languages before the end of 2010. Russia’s state-run broadcasting company Voice of Russia is founded in 1929 and daily broadcasts in 39 languages to 53 countries with the help of various transmitters, including those in digital format. The Voice of Russia ’s official website is http://www.ruvr.ru (via Kraig Krist, DXLD) I got the same message earlier today about the Voice of Russia broadcasting to my cell phone. While I am sure there is a big fan base of VoR listeners, I just can't imagine using my cell phone for their broadcasts. 73, (Rich D`Angelo, PA, NASWA yg via DXLD) Rich, you might not, but young-uns under 30 use their cell phones for many things we older folks don't. That's why wristwatch sales are down - young folks rely on the clocks on their cell phones to keep track of time. Meanwhile, many smart phones contain the software for playing MP3 audio and also have memory cards on which to store that audio. Many of these phones have unlimited data plans, so it's not a big cost to be streaming audio to them. In the Internet Radio forum at the Fest last year, Dan Srebnick demonstrated applications and software for smart phones that turn them into de facto Internet radios. Much as we might not want to admit it, I'm wiling to bet that a larger percentage of the US population owns Smart Phones capable of utilizing this new technology (and uses them regularly) than those who own shortwave radios (and use them regularly). The percentage difference is especially acute for folks under age 40. If I were a broadcaster, I'd do the same thing, and then keep track of listener feedback or run surveys to sort out how & where my motivated listeners tune in (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA, ibid.) ** RUSSIA. 4831, Voice of Russia, site?, 2119-, 18 Oct, Russian, talks, ID at 2130, announcements; surely an external mixing spur; 23442, CODAR QRM (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. 5920, Radio Rossii, 1007-1100 Oct 16. Noted two males in Russian language comments. Can hear WBOH, but Rossii dominates this morning. At 1010 ID as "Radio Rossii" heard. Parallel on 5940 KHz but very weak this morning. Rossii on this frequency was good. Rechecked at 1100 and still with a good signal (Chuck Bolland, Clewiston FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5920 with nice easy listening music // weaker 5940, and 5920 for once without all that WBOH QRM which was absent, Oct 16 at 1230. 5920 is R. Rossii, Pet/Kam, 5940 Magadan, but in B-seasons, 5920 moves to 6075, maybe accompanied by the mystery CW marker at 1400* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WBOH remained absent day and night thru Oct 18 at least; see U S A Russia, 5920, Radio Rossii, 1059-1110, Noted canned ID's by female and a male on the hour. This was followed with live Russian language news by a male. No sign of WBOH at this time on the frequency. Rossii was at a good level. October 18, 2009. Russia, 5940, Radio Rossii, 1100-1110, Noted a parallel transmission of Rossii on 5920, here. This transmission was at a fair level. (Chuck Bolland, October 18, 2009, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5920, R. Rossii, Oct 19 at 0538 song by a Russian bass, but hum and motorboating on carrier; with BFO on, carrier obviously unstable, much like was once the case on 7200, 5900. This could be nothing new on Pet/Kam 5920, but masked until now by off-frequency QRM from WBOH, now deleted (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. 6160, R. Rossii via Monchegorsk (site per Aoki), 0231-0241, Oct. 17. Equal strength and mixing with Vancouver (talk show); Newfoundland not heard. In Russian; music program (Michael Jackson, Perry Como, etc.); clearly // 5920 (fair – very nice to hear them here without the QRM), 5940 (fair), 7200 (the best of all of them) and 7320 (fair) (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA [and non]. Typical autumn conditions bring in Radio Sakha regularly at about 0730 on 7200 kHz. Sometimes regional program is heard, as on October 14th at 0744, other times Radio Rossii relay. It is yet too early to look for the parallel frequency of 7345 kHz, usually weaker and appearing later in the year. 73 & good DX (Robert Foerster, Germany, Oct 16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yakutsk heard this morning, October 19th, at 0816 on 7200 kHz, with an interview in the local Yakutian language. 7345 heard in parallel, yet a bit weaker, bur no QRM from China at that early time. Magadan also noted with fluttering signal at 0830 on 7320 kHz, on October 19th, too (Robert Foerster, Germany, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7230, Radio Rossii, 0804 - 0823, Oct 20, Russian "Novosti Sport", mentioned Komsomolska Pravda, adverts, 0810 ID as "R Rossii Sakha' into presumed Yakut news // 7200 about equal level. As far as I could make out regularly heard 7345 was silent, 7320 had different programming from 0810 onwards. Seems recent NF from what site? 73, (Martien Groot, Schoorl, Netherlands, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7230 is also registered as Yakutsk, 100 kW, 310 degrees at 19-15 (gh) 7230, Radio Rossii, 0250-0312, Oct. 21. Noted parallel with 5920 (with hum), 5940 (best reception) and 7320. Clearly 7200 was off the air, as R. Rossii normally would be dominating against assume R. Omdurman, which today was totally in the clear. After 0310 they were still all //. Impossible to check 7230 during the scheduled time for CNR-1 (0900-1735) and believe that I was also hearing PBS Xinjiang/Tibet under CNR-1 on Oct. 20, when checking after 1230, so totally covered (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I can confirm Martien`s logging of new Yakutsk 7230. It was also audible at my location at around 0645 tune in and past 0900 UT today (Oct. 21). I last heard 7345 on the 18th of this month - but didn't tune it on the 19th. The signal here on 7230 is not quite as strong as 7200. The current public information via the HFCC lists this below - - - so maybe they meant to change frequency from 7345 (not listed) on March 29??? 7200 1900 1500 23,24 IAK 250 45 1234567 290309 251009 D RUS RRS GFC 7230 1900 1500 23 IAK 100 310 1234567 290309 251009 D RUS RRS GFC Reception was good today of 5920, 5930 (after CZECHIA off at 0657), 5940, 7200, 7230 and 7320. Current registrations for these are: 5920 1700 1300 34,35 P.K 100 15 1234567 290309 251009 D RUS RRS TRW [WRTH lists site as Yelizovo] 5930 0100 2100 19 MUR 50 340 1234567 290309 251009 D RUS RRS GFC [actually at Monchegorsk some kM/miles south of MUR] 5940 1700 1300 25,26 OKH 100 40 1234567 290309 251009 D RUS RRS GFC [OKHotsk - which doesn't seem to be the location] 7320 1700 1300 24,25 OKH 100 45 1234567 290309 251009 D RUS RRS GFC [ditto] But there was no trace of Ron Howard`s recently heard Arkhangelsk - two signals, too weak to even guess at, were using 6160 at 0900. This below is registered but details may be incorrect. 6160 0100 2100 19 MUR 50 325 1234567 290309 251009 D RUS RRS GFC I couldn't hear anything on 6150 from YAK or Perm, while 7140 was messed about by hams, though seemed to have at least one bc station before Pyongyang was due there. 73 (Noel R. Green (NW England), Oct 21, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re NVK Yakutsk --- What about former low power 7140 kHz IAK, they moved already to planned 7440 kHz ??? wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) I didn't think to try 7140 until after 0700 when I thought I could hear a bc station, but very weak if so, and mixing with hams. 7440 now has RNZI DRM after 0700 - very loud today (Oct. 21) - until the changeover to B-09. And re Ron's comments - 7200 was a strong signal here at tune in around 0645 (tipping my S meter over 9 at times) whereas 7230 was less strong than that at about S7+. Could it have been off air at the time you were listening, Ron? Both frequencies suffer from rapid fading here, and around 0900 this had increased to almost flutter fading, so I assume a polar route to me. And both frequencies were clear channel, with perhaps just a little splash on 7230 at times from the enormous RDP Portugal on 7240 (Noel R. Green (NW England), ibid.) ** RUSSIA. 15605, VOR with Jew`s harp (excuse me) music, twang-twang, Oct 18 at 1436, then interviewing someone in Russian about it. The Russian clips go on too long before the English voiceover starts. Found the audio file of Folk Box show which is scheduled at 1430 Sundays: mms://media.ruvr.ru/English/MUSIC/Folk_Box.mp3 but it`s not the same one, kept referring to harvest festivals in August! tho equally enjoyable. What about all the shows since then? BTW, Kraig Krist warns that VOR website has a trojan if you allow pdf files to open (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: BEWARE THE V. OF RUSSIA WEBSITE HAS A TROJAN --- October 17, 2009 around 2250 UT I visited the V. of Russia website to listen to "Moscow Mailbag" as I missed the shortwave broadcast. Immediately I got the warning "Auto-Protect has detected Trogan.Pidief.F". It has a pdf extension. I have my browser set to NOT automatically open PDFs. I was also told the severity is high. My security blocked the trojan. I clicked a few other links at the Voice of Russia site and got the same warning about the same trojan. http://ruvr.ru/main.php?lng=eng&rt=130&p= Be careful. 73, (Kraig, KG4LAC, Krist, Manassas, VA USA, Oct 17, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) No problem with Firefox link http://ruvr.ru/main.php?lng=eng&rt=130 but problem of the 'eng' page with MS IE browser! Loop stopped after 2nd attempt. No problem at all with http://ruvr.ru/main.php in Russian language. No problem with VLC Media Player access to Russian worldservice mms://live.wm.t-bn.de/live/st_ru/stimme_russl [later:] mms://media.ruvr.ru/English/Mailbag.mp3 is n o t functioning at all. But click "download" ftp://media.ruvr.ru/Video/English/Mailbag.mp3 of mailbag.mp3 file which is functioning well. 20.1 MB file (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) Sunday, October 18, 2009 1600 UTC. Same problem. Go to http://ruvr.ru/index.php?lng=eng and get dialog telling me "You have chosen to open likeDolor.pdf". My security software has identified this as a trojan. If ones browser is set to automatically open pdf then infection will probably happen. Beware. 73, (Kraig, KG4LAC, Krist, Manassas, VA, USA, ibid.) Kraig, I don't think it's RUVR.ru's fault. I suspect your computer got a virus that is trying to receive your permission to be installed at the moments when you are using your browser. I've had similar experiences... Just make sure not to open that fake PDF-file. (Sergei S., IL, Oct 19, ibid.) Sergei, My system is clean. Checked with 3 different software apps. The problem only happens when I visit the Voice of Russia site. I believe the VOR site has been compromised. 73, (Kraig Krist, Oct 20, ibid.) [slightly later:] VINDICATION --- I emailed Voice of Russia about the trojan at their site. Here is their reply. Dear Mr. Krist, I am very glad to be in touch with you. Thank you very much for the information about the Trojan at the VOR website. I would like to inform you that we have already been working at this problem. I hope that in the near future it will be solved. I wish you all the very best and look forward to hearing from you again. Sincerely yours, Alexandra Kamyshanova Letters Department World Service Voice of Russia (via Krist, ibid.) Well, that's a typical polite answer you get from the Russian authorities whenever you contact them in writing. Doesn't really mean much. It seems like no one else reported similar problems with trojans supposedly disseminated by ruvr.ru. But I had a trojan seemingly coming from reuters.com and a few other sites. They all come in PDF- like format. The key is not to open those fake PDF-files (Sergei S., IL, ibid.) That is why one sets their browser to NOT automatically open these things. Have the browser prompt on what action to take (Kraig Krist, ibid.) ** RUSSIA. IMPACTFUL SYMPOSIUM IN RUSSIA CREATES A WORKING PARTY DRM top experts attended a specialised symposium in Moscow from 14th to 16th of October and the feedback has been very good. With more than 30 attendees coming from all around Russia, the symposium organised by the General Radio Frequency Russia on digital radio broadcasting confirmed the great interest from the Russian representatives in the digital radio standard DRM as well as the work they have done on DRM and their own take on DRM+. This interest has been reinforced by the signature of a common referendum between the Russian General Radio Frequency Center (GRFC) and the DRM Association. The scope of the memorandum is to formalise and firmly establish the exchange of information and cooperation on deployment of digital radio broadcasting systems supported by the two organisations. Ruxandra Obreja, DRM Chair said “This was a most interesting and fruitful exchange of real information between Russian and DRM international experts. We hope this will give the right signal to Russian authorities, already committed to DRM, for its mass scale introduction. The presence of broadcasters, manufacturers, academics alongside the GRFC specialists underlines that there is real interest in the DRM 30 development in Russia. Digitising the FM bands is a challenge for which there are different options and I hope that through joint activities the most appropriate solution will be chosen. ”The DRM Consortium thanks the Russian General Radio Frequency Center for organizing and hosting this symposium.” http://www.drm.org/news/detail/news/impactful-symposium-in-russia-creates-a-working-party-1/ (via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India, dxldyg via DXLD) ** RUSSIA [non]. 9950, KAZAKHSTAN, presumed V. of Orthodoxy, Almaty, *1430-1500*, Oct 13, Russian. Choral music at sign/on; alternating talk with M & W announcer; occasional choral music; s/off announcement and music bit (IS?) at 1459; off at 1500 sharp; poor-weak but audible (Scott R. Barbour Jr. Intervale, N.H. USA, NRD-545, RX-350D, MLB1, 200' Beverages, 60m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RWANDA. Something Amok in Rwanda --- Both Deutsche Welle frequencies out of Rwanda, 11865 and 15205, were missing at 2100 and stayed off well in "Hits in Germany". Fortunately 9735 via Sines, Portugal made a nice trip today. After all, people like Fred Waterer and myself need our fill of Deborah Friedman (Mark Coady, Peterborough, ON K9J 6X3, 2205 UT Oct 19, ODXA yg via DXLD) ** SAINT HELENA. The special email address only for this year for RSD 2009 will be: >>>> Radio.Announcements4669(at)msn.com This is an easy way to contact RSH during the RSD 2009 broadcasts. Radio St. Helena Day 2009 will be on Saturday, 14. November 2009. The "Party On-The-Air" will have the following schedule. Time in UT Target Area(s) 2000–2100 India / Southeast Asia 2100–2200 Japan / Asia 2200–2330 Europe 2330–0100 North America / Central America / Caribbean The transmission will be on 11092.5 kHz in Upper Side Band, as usual. To get a QSL from Radio St. Helena, you must send a written and verifiable reception report by AIRMAIL and include sufficient return postage. Email-reports will be not be verified. Recordings will not be returned. In EURO-countries, please send a 5- Euro banknote. Otherwise, please send 3 or more US dollar banknotes to cover the required return postage. Radio St. Helena P. O. Box 93 Jamestown, St. Helena STHL 1ZZ South Atlantic Ocean ----------------------------- via AIRMAIL via United Kingdom & Ascension ------------------------------------------------ The last two lines of the above address are very important and should be written as shown. Be sure to use sufficient postage on your letter to RSH. Ask at your local post office for the correct AIRMAIL postage for your letter to go all the way to St. Helena. With best greetings and best wishes for good listening, (Robert Kipp, and Gary Walters, Radio St. Helena, Station Manager, Oct 16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio St Helena Shortwave 11092.5 KHz USB --- If you happen to catch this broadcast on Saturday November 14th, 2009 you might just hear my voice from time to time doing a Station ID for them! Here is information on Radio St Helena Day 2009: http://www.sthelena.se/radioproject/Broadcast_Times_2009.htm Sincerely, (Paul B. Walker, Jr., IRCA via DXLD) But, you aren`t a SW DXer, are you? (gh) I just got word from Radio St Helena Station Manager Gary Walters that he was very pleased with the liners I sent in and he will start producing them and putting them together for Shortwave night which is on Saturday November 14th from 20:00 to 24:00 UT at 11092.5 USB. I don't know exactly when they will be used during the broadcast, but keep an ear out! Feel free to pass this email along to any other DX related lists who might be interested in Radio St Helena's Shortwave broadcasts for the day! (Paul B. Walker, Jr., http://www.facebook.con/onairdj Oct 18, IRCA via DXLD) I just made a deal on an E1, to "play with" this winter. I hope you have a good DX season. With St. Helena coming up, I remember your comments from last year. I had the same results in Mass. 73, (Ben Feller, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SAIPAN. Reboto este correo; al parecer la programación desde este transmisor está en peligro por los elevados costos. CORDIALES SALUDOS / GOOD LUCK / (JUAN FRANCO CRESPO) Viz.: Friend, I have an important request to share with you today regarding our Saipan programming. Because of the global economic collapse and the resulting steep decline in giving, FEBC has been forced to cut gospel programming in this country by 28%. Please consider giving an immediate online gift to help ensure no further programming cuts will be made. As you may know, our Saipan station is one of FEBC’s key broadcast facilities. It broadcasts the gospel into remote and unreached areas of 8 countries in 15 languages --- with a potential audience of over 1 billion people. What you may not know is in the next 60 days, it will cost $58,167 just to maintain our current programming levels from our Saipan site. So thank you for giving a generous online gift to prevent us from having to make further cuts in programming on Saipan. And thank you for your prayers at this important time. In Christ, Gregg Harris, President, FEBC (via Juan Franco Crespo, Spain, DXLD) Sounds like a typical fund-raising ploy. But if there is a steep decline in giving, it must mean that God disapproves of the way you are misrepresenting him; it`s God`s will. Did you think of that? And ``potential audience`` claims are worse than meaningless especially with SW (gh, DXLD) ** SAUDI ARABIA [and non]. Broadcasting Service of Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) on 9555, Oct 9 at 1959. Very good with music and YL, but bothered by FEBA (Kigali) on 9550 (Terry Wilson, MI, Eton E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Sawt al-Buzz, 21505 at 1433 Oct 14 also with Arabic talk and // stronger unbuzzy 21640; different program, Qur`an on 21460. If I were in Sofia, Bulgaria, these would be strong enough to bear several combinations of intermodulation mixing products among them. At the moment BSKSA was dominant on 13m, while Spain was JBA on 21570, 21610; but BBC in on 21470; see CYPRUS. 17660, Oct 15 at 1405 BSKSA with Qur`an, heavy flutter, shortly into French; nothing audible on 21 MHz band today. 1515 check, 17660 again Qur`aning, flutter. BSKSA barely making it on 13m again today Oct 17 at 1358, poor on 21460 not // 21640; 21505 // 21640, and the buzz on 21505 was not so bad, still allowing some Arabic to be audible. At hourtop, 5+1 timesignal heard on 21505, which one minute later on WWV I determined to have been one second early! See also UNIDENTIFIED OTH radar BSKSA doing well on 13m Oct 19 at 1432, Qur`an on 21460, big buzz plus Arabic on 21505, // clear Arabic on best 21640. BBC Cyprus 21470, Spain 21570 and 21610, Libya 21695 were also audible, in a geographically broader opening than usual. But at 1508, all the Sa`udi frequencies were gone and presumed off, moved to lower bands. Usual huge buzz around 15435, weaker but clear on 15225, and at 1522, not // Qur`an good on 13710. Enjoyed that for a while pro arte, as I am able to, not being burdened by the baggage of belief and understanding only a few words of Arabic (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 17660, SA’UDI ARABIA, BSKSA, Riyadh. 1412-1445 October 18, 2009. French service with mostly female slow, monotone talk, techno fills. Clear, good (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, 27.55.83 N, 82.46.08 W, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) BSKSA dominated 13m, Oct 20 at 1327 with Arabic and buzz on 21505, clear on 21640 and Qur`an on 21460; Libya also audible on 21695 // 17725, but no Spain to speak of. Until next check at 1454: see SPAIN. BSKSA 13m check Oct 21: at 1313 only 21640 was making it weakly, but stronger by 1352, still best, joined by // 21505 with big buzz plus same Arabic talk, and 21460 with Qur`an in, what else, Arabic (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SEYCHELLES [non]. FEBA RADIO B09 25th October 2009 to 28th March 2010 Tx Site Codes - ARM Armavir Russia MOS Moosbrunn Austria ASC Ascension Island NVS Novosibirsk Russia DHA Dhabayya TAC Tashkent Uzbekistan KIG Kigali Rwanda WER Wertachtal Germany MEY Meyerton S. Africa Day 1 = Sunday (ITU Convention) [but not according to The Bible!] NORTH INDIA, NEPAL, TIBET - B09 winter schedule Days Frequency Metre Site Time UTC 1234567 Languages kHz band code ------------------------------------------------------------------- 0015-0030 smtwtfs BANGLA rural 7370 41 TAC 0030-0045 s..w... HINDI 7370 41 TAC 0030-0045 .mt.... MIXED LANGUAGES 7370 41 TAC 0030-0045 ....tfs BANGLA 7370 41 TAC 0045-0100 smtwtfs HINDI 7370 41 TAC 1200-1230 smtwtfs TIBETAN 15215 19 DHA 1430-1445 smtwtfs URDU 12045 25 DHA 1445-1500 ...wtfs KASHMIRI 12045 25 DHA 1445-1500 smt.... MIXED LANGUAGES 12045 25 DHA 1500-1530 smtwtfs BANGLA rural 7370 41 TAC SOUTH INDIA - B09 winter schedule 0130-0200 s...tf. TELUGU 6140 49 DHA 0145-0200 .mtw..s MIXED LANGUAGES 6140 49 DHA 1400-1430 s...... ENGLISH 12045 25 DHA 1400-1415 .mtwtfs MALAYALAM 12045 25 DHA 1415-1430 .mtwtfs MIXED LANGUAGES 12045 25 DHA PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN - B09 winter schedule 0200-0300 s...... URDU 7335 41 DHA 0200-0230 .mtwtfs URDU 7335 41 DHA 0230-0300 .mtwtfs MIXED LANGUAGES 7335 41 DHA 0200-0230 smtwtfs PASHTO 6125 49 DHA 0230-0300 smtwtfs DARI 6125 49 DHA 1400-1445 smtwtfs URDU 7230 41 NVS 1445-1500 smtwtfs MIXED LANGUAGES 7230 41 NVS 1430-1500 smtwtfs PASHTO 7275 41 ARM 1500-1530 smtwtfs DARI 7275 41 ARM 1530-1545 smtwtfs MIXED LANGUAGES 7275 41 ARM AFRICA, ETHIOPIA, SUDAN - B09 winter schedule 1600-1630 s...tfs AMHARIC 12125 25 MEY 1600-1630 .mtw... GURAGENA 12125 25 MEY 1630-1700 smtwtfs AMHARIC 12125 25 MEY 1600-1630 smtwtfs ETHIOPIA 11875 25 KIG 1630-1700 smtw... TIGRINYA 9850 31 DHA 1630-1700 ....tfs AMHARIC 9850 31 DHA 1700-1730 smtwtfs OROMINYA 9595 31 KIG 1730-1757 smtwtfs TIGRINYA 9595 31 KIG 1700-1730 smtwtfs SOMALI 6180 49 DHA 1730-1800 smtwtfs ETHIOPIA 5890 49 MEY 1830-1845 smtwtfs FRENCH (Cent+West Af) 15250 19 ASC 2145-2215 .mt.tf. HASSINYA/PULAAR (WAf) 11985 25 ASC MIDDLE EAST - B09 winter schedule 0800-0830 smtwtfs ARABIC 15220 19 MOS 1900-1930 smtwtfs ARABIC 7235 41 WER 1900-2030 smtwtfs ARABIC 9550 31 KIG Schedule Engineer, FEBA Radio, Ivy Arch Road, WORTHING BN14 8BX, UK. WEBSITE: http://www.febaradio.info Updated : 16th Oct 2009 (via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India, dxldyg via DXLD) ** SLOVAKIA. ADXB QSL in cooperation with Radio Slovakia International Dear Listeners, Together with Radio Slovakia International, the Austrian DX Board (ADXB) is sponsoring an initiative for a special QSL card for correct reception reports between 1 November-2009 and 31 January 2010. This is part of the celebrations on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of ADXB, the only Austrian DX club. The special QSL card may be earned under the following conditions: • Irrespective of club affiliation, any correct reception report about a transmission of Radio Slovakia International between 1 November-2009 and 31 January 2010 will be honoured with a special QSL card. • Only ONE special QSL card will be issued per operating frequency. • Any reports that do not comply with these conditions shall be verified with a standard card from Radio Slovakia International (RSI), and shall not count towards the statistics of the ADXB sponsored initiative. • The reception report must be submitted via the following address: ADXB, P.O.B. 1000, A-1081 VIENNA, Austria. • All six language services of Radio Slovakia International shall take part in the initiative. These are: Slovak, German, Russian, English, French, and Spanish. • The handling fee is 1 IRC, 1 USD or 1 EUR. The fee is determined for the cost recovery of ADXB-club, whereas RSI isn´t eligible to receive handling fees. The QSL cards will be sent directly from Bratislava. Please check the websites of ADXB-OE http://www.adxb.at and Radio Slovakia International http://www.rsi.sk for the current transmission schedule. Information is also available by snail mail. All transmissions originate from the Slovak short wave centre at Rimavska Sobota. If you have any further questions, please contact ADXB, P.O.B. 1000, A-1081 VIENNA, Austria, or use the following e-mail address adxbsuess @ aon.at in German, English, French, Italian or Spanish. http://www.rozhlas.sk/inetportal/rsi/core.php?page=showSprava&id=21434&lang=2 Have fun and lots of success! (Harald Süss, Oct 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST; also via Alokesh Gupta) ** SLOVAKIA. Eslovaquia: El Ministerio de Cultura y la Radio Eslovaca no han firmado el contrato - Maria Mangova, RSI [15.10.2009, 13:58:50] Según la ley aprobada el 30 de junio de este ano, la relación entre la Televisión y la Radio Nacionales Eslovacas (SRo) y el Estado tiene que estar fundamentada en el contrato firmado directamente entre ellos y el Estado. A decir del ministro de Cultura, Marek Madaric, se trata de una modalidad ya bien conocida en el territorio europeo. Gracias al nuevo procedimiento la radio y la televisión deberían recibir dinero según las nuevas directrices, definidas hasta el último detalle. Sin embargo, el Ministerio de Cultura y la Radio Eslovaca no han firmado el contrato sobre el contenido, las metas y la administración de los servicios de radiodifusión para el ano 2010. . . La situación de Radio Internacional de Eslovaquia formaba parte del contrato. Sin embargo, a consecuencia de que los socios no han sido capaces de firmarlo, el futuro funcionamiento de RSI será tratado separadamente. Según las palabras del portavoz de la cartera Jozef Bednár, el ministerio está dispuesto a seguir apoyando el funcionamiento de RSI. Ahora todo depende del consenso que muestren ambas partes respecto a la propuesta de contrato. Fuente: Pagina web de Radio Eslovaquia Internacional http://www.slovakradio.sk/inetportal/rsi/core.php?page=showSprava&id=21811<=6 (Via Yimber Gaviria, Colombia, DXLD) Radio City: see CANADA [non] ** SLOVAKIA. ESLOVAQUIA, 9510, Nexus IRRS, 0942- 18-10, inglés, locutor, programa religioso, sermón, comentarios, canciones religiosas. A las 1000 identificación por locutor: "IRRS, Milano, Italy", y luego otro programa religioso en inglés. 35433. (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, España, Grundig YB 400, antena telescópica, Escucha realizada en casco urbano de Lugo, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5019.7, presumed SIBC Honiara, 1046, Oct 13. Announcer with talk and music bridge; audible when not blown out by 5025 R. Rebelde-Cuba, tho still too weak for details and language ID; poor; Ever since Rebelde either upgraded or repaired their transmitters a few years ago, SIBC, when active, has become a tough catch at my location. Not so prior (Scott R. Barbour Jr. Intervale, N.H. USA, NRD-545, RX-350D, MLB1, 200' Beverages, 60m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOMALILAND. SOMALIA. 7145, R. Hargeisa, Hargeisa, Somaliland, 1607- 1810, 16 Oct, Somali, local songs, talks; 25432, but improved to 35433 at 1800. 73, (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOMALILAND. VOA LAUNCHES FM RADIO STATION IN HARGEISA, SOMALILAND The launch of 88.0 FM brought together journalists, government officials, opposition members and civil society activists who gathered for a Town Hall Washington, D.C., October 14, 2009 – Panelists emphasized the role of free press in promoting democracy at a Town Hall in Hargeisa, Somaliland today as the Voice of America (VOA) launched a new radio station in the Somalia breakaway region. “We expect this station to serve our people impartially and to inform us – not just with news – but with balanced reports and knowledge,” Somaliland President Dahir Rayale Kahin said as he welcomed VOA’s new broadcast. The launch of 88.0 FM brought together journalists, government officials, opposition members and civil society activists who gathered afterwards for a discussion entitled, “A Free Press in a Democracy.” Panelists praised the gains in independent media, but said challenges remain. Faisal Ali Sheikh, chairman of Jamhuriya newspaper, opposed pending legislation that would require the Ministry of Information to review advertisements. “The media should lobby against the amendment … which is aimed at restricting the freedom of the press,” Ali Sheikh said. Other panelists included Su’as Hussein Hagi Elmi, a female activist and Mohamoud Hussain Farah, dean of Hargeisa Univesity’s Department of Law. During an interview with VOA’s Somali service, Somaliland’s main opposition leader, Ahmed Mohammed Silanyo, also expressed his appreciation for the new station. “We are happy to see the Voice of America launch this FM station which will help the people of Somaliland,” Silanyo said. VOA Hargeisa 88.0 will air 24 hours of VOA programs daily. The broadcast stream includes three and half hours of news and features from VOA’s Somali service along with popular English news, discussion and music programs such as World News Now, Daybreak Africa, Hip Hop Connection and Music Mix. Besides Somali, VOA also broadcasts in English and 11 other languages throughout Africa. More information is available at http://www.voanews.com/Somali and http://www.voaafrica.com (VOA press release Oct 14 via DXLD; also via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, DXLD) Good but how come publicity about these FM relays abroad, not only by VOA, never includes such details as the effective radiated power, antenna height above ground or average terrain, which have a crucial bearing on the coverage area. Big deal? For all we know, this could be 100 watts covering nothing but Hargeisa; while a single SW frequency, properly positioned, could cover the entire country (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 17485, Oct 19 at 1505 song about God`s Holy Mountain, into preaching by a non-Brother Scare; no // on 9385 since WWRB was off the air, but must be the BS service via Jülich. Poor audio from internet feed with artifacts. Next check at 1534, WWRB was back on and running 14 seconds ahead of 17485, still the voice of some BS psychophant rather than himself, and now still had CCI underneath from Radio Prague after 1530; both off by 1559* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 17485 stays in B-09, moved to Wertachtal 180 degrees I hear him because of insomnia. Early this month there was an intriguing conversation with a caller about the restoration of “Sister Stair” to the fellowship and family. A few days later he seemed quite distressed by the lack of calls from this area. As the station is on low power and there aren’t many listeners at 5 am, this is quite understandable. The broadcast is often covered over by the signal from CBK [540] Sask! Then he announced the next day or so that the end had come, somewhat vague about details, but suggesting that callers were too late to help. This Sunday his fill-in speaker on the 11 AM broadcast delivered a 1-hour diatribe on the evils of women (daughters of Lucifer, etc.) He now speaks often of the woman taken in adultery and believes he can be similarly forgiven. I guess he’s thinking there’s 489 opportunities left (70×7) – 1 KARI 550 [Blaine WA] through the night, except for a few interruptions when others can cough up the $25 or 30 for the half-hours. He's against women speaking in church (particularly Mary Booth, wife of William Booth of the Salvation Army), women whose hair is braided or too long to be fully covered, men who wear head covering (the sun does not shine in Alabama??) or sweat bands (Ron Keillor, Canada, Oct 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST) We are hearing more from non-BS preachers ** SPAIN [and non]. 15170, REE via COSTA RICA, Oct 19 at 1442 with phone interview about Spanish music programs on radio stations in parts of France. Earlier at 1327 Sa`udi Arabia provided the main signals on 13m, but at 1425 Oct 20 found Spain instead on 21540, 21570 and 21610. However, at 1453, 21540 was not // the others, with music vs talk, the latter // Costa Rica 15170. At 1454, 21540 was giving e-mail address in Castilian, announced a 17 MHz frequency, weak and fading, and apparently off at 1455. This 13m triad always used to be //, so what`s going on? 21540 is for Equatorial Africa, 21570 for SAm, 21610 for ME. Apparently EqAf gets separate programming. Or maybe it cut away early to start signing off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN [non]. via Sines, Portugal, 17745, Sudan Radio Service, *1500-1530, Oct 17, English programming with opening ID announcements. Contact information. “Lets Talk” program about the role of a Sudan constitution. Arabic talk at 1528. Very good. English scheduled for Sat & Sun only (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) ** SUDAN [non]. "SUDAN" - 15650, Miraya FM via RimSobm 1501-1530 Oct 11. Five pips to 1501:09, then "Miraya FM" ID, a time check tor 6 PM, then English news by YL; many Sudan datelines; talks in [unknown] language followed from 1511-1530 tuneout. Good signal (John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge, Colorado, Oct 18, Drake R-8, 100-foot RW, Cumbredx mailing list via DXLD) Via Slovakia, 15650, Miraya 101 FM, *1458-1512, Oct 17, sign on with Euro-pop/rap music. Time pips at 1501 followed by “Miraya 101” IDs and English news. Other IDs as “101 Miraya FM” and “Miraya FM”. Mentioned _www.mirayafm.org_ --- http://www.mirayafm.org website. Arabic talk at 1511 (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest) 15650, Miraya FM via Slovakia, Oct 19 at 1510 in English with several IDs; 1512 interview about land mines in southern Sudan, hard to understand due to accents and flutter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SVALBARD. 14207-USB, SVALBARD ISL. JW/G4ATA, 1450, 10/12/09. Operator John talking to US hams. Fair to good signal (Jerry Strawman, Des Moines, IA, Drake R8B, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook 1.1 M Loop, Par Electronics 45' Random Wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SWAZILAND [and non]. TWR-Africa Launches New Web Site TWR-Africa announces its newly revitalized Web site at http://www.twrafrica.org The first phase of the site officially went live this morning. Phase two should follow within the next ten days and will include: National partner pages, a link to TWR.org, a flash photo gallery and an archive of past articles. Visit to find out how God is ministering through radio in Africa (Source : TWR via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, Oct 14, dxldyg via DXLD) No, it`s wacky humans (gh) ** SWEDEN. R. Sweden, 15735 in Swedish at 1304 Oct 16 but with heavy RTTY QRM. Fortunately, RTTY was gone during English broadcast at 1342 check. Just as 15735 builds up to a good reliable signal in NAm, toward the end of the A-09 season, for English at 1330 even tho it`s aimed eastward, this transmission is about to be cancelled. Circa 1340 Oct 20, George Wood accompanied by old theme music to MediaScan, announced B-09 R. Sweden English schedule, later confirmed by checking http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/international/artikel.asp?Artikel=3138106 `Morning` English direct from Hörby will then be: 1330-1400 7465 (40 ) 1430-1500 9400 (85 ) 1530-1600 9360 (125 ) 1700-1730 7465 (125 ) Lotsa luck getting decent reception from any of these in NAm (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi everyone, I have just learned from Radio Sweden's website, that they are discontinuing the mailed program schedule, as well as QSL CARDS! This will be effective by October 23rd 2009. The decision was made to encourage more use of the internet versus shortwave. I'm afraid they probably will AXE shortwave altogether, but nothing said about it yet. It is unfortunate that weakening budgets around the world are leading to these cuts. I've been a listener to them since 1978, and will be very disappointed, if they disappear from shortwave. Read more about this at http://www.radiosweden.org 73's (Tim Marecki, Oct 17, ptsw yg via DXLD) Reported some time ago in DXLD (gh) ** SWEDEN. Grimeton Radio/SAQ transmission CW on VLF 17.2 kHz --- We deeply regret we have to cancel the previously announced transmission on United Nations Day, October 24th 2009. Next planned transmission will be on Christmas Eve, December 24th 2009, at 0800 UT (Lars, SM6NM via Mike Terry, Oct 18, dxldyg via DXLD) ** TAIWAN. RTI Japanese service on 9730 was spurry today, Oct 18 at 1322, narrow blobs against CRI 9730 and BBC 9740, almost but not exactly same pitch hets, indicating RTI is also very slightly off frequency from 9730.00 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN [non]. FRANCE/TAIWAN, Winter B-09 of Radio Taiwan International via TDF: 1400-1500 on 15225 ISS 500 kW / 060 deg to RUS in Russian 1600-1700 on 9785 ISS 500 kW / 085 deg to SoAs in English 1700-1800 on 6120 ISS 500 kW / 055 deg to RUS in Russian till Feb 27 1700-1800 on 9840 ISS 500 kW / 055 deg to RUS in Russian from Feb 28 1700-1800 on 11850 ISS 500 kW / 160 deg to SoAf in English till Feb 27 1700-1800 on 15690 ISS 500 kW / 160 deg to SoAf in English from Feb 28 1800-1900 on 3965 ISS 250 kW / 345 deg to U.K. in English 1900-2000 on 9365 ISS 500 kW / 190 deg to NoAf in French till Feb 27 1900-2000 on 11875 ISS 500 kW / 190 deg to NoAf in French from Feb 28 2000-2100 on 3965 ISS 250 kW / 215 deg to SoEu in Spanish 2100-2200 on 3965 ISS 250 kW / 050 deg to WeEu in German 0200-0300 on 9840 GUF 500 kW / 195 deg to SoAm in Spanish (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, Oct 16 via WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DXLD) ** TAJIKISTAN. Oct 14 at 0950 noted rather strong harmonic of Radio Tojikiston on approximately 14295.15 (3 x 4765.05). The fundamental was not audible in local daylight (Jari Savolainen, Kuusankoski, Finland, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** THAILAND. 8743-USB, Bangkok Meteorological Station, 1252, 10/18/09. Very weak signal, but in the clear. Mixture of English/Thai talk and semi-classical music. Music theme loop 1257 to TOH. Signal held up well past 1300 (Jerry Strawman, Des Moines, IA, Drake R8B, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook 1.1 M Loop, Par Electronics 45' Random Wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** THAILAND. 9390, R. Deewa via Udon Thani, Udorn Province, 1339, 10/18/09. Weak signal. Pashto service. Suffered splatter from adjacent signals (Jerry Strawman, Des Moines, IA, Drake R8B, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook 1.1 M Loop, Par Electronics 45' Random Wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TIBET [and non]. 6110, PHILIPPINES / AUSTRALIA / TIBET. A mess; Voice of America – Tinang / CVC International – Darwin / PBS Xizang – Lhasa, 1253, 10/17/09, in Mandarin / Indonesian / Tibetan. OM, correspondent report with OM interviewee, VoA continuity / Mellow guitar, YL talk, mellow vocal (this sounded more Indonesian) / Woman speaking at length. Each arose to the top seemingly in turn. Any would have been fair, together poor (Mark Taylor, Madison, WI, R-75, Winradio g313e, Eton E1, Satllit 800, G5, Kaito 1103; 2 Flextennas, EWE, attic mounted Flextenna, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) If VOA was in Mandarin, ChiCom jamming should also have been on there, regardless of their own Tibetan service, a lower priority (gh, DXLD) ** TURKEY. VOT (Emirler) on 9460, Oct 9 at 1951. Very good reception, with OM pontificating in Turkish. VOT (Emirler) on 9840, Oct 13 at 1510. Fair signal with mild fading and what sounds like Persian music to me. I also see WHRI and VOV listed, but it's neither of those (Terry Wilson, MI, Eton E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9460, VoT, Emirler, at 1812 in Turkish, Oct 16. Turkish music. Wave of nostalgia swept over me listening to Turkey on this old frequency of theirs. Good, particularly for being listed at only 50 kW (Eton E1XM, Mike Bryant, Louisville KY, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Sez who? These Emirler transmitters are all rated 500 kW, tho probably running somewhat less, and also some 500 or 250 kW at Çakirlar, only one of which may still be running on a few transmissions, but not this one (gh, DXLD) 9460, Voice of Turkey, Çakilar [sic], OCT 17, 2149 - playing a wonderful dark-edged Turkish vocal Eurotrance track followed by a cheap Turkish pop. Good signal with some fading. SINPO 45543 - an overall of 4 or 3 over 5 depending on a good but less than stellar signal and a good but less than stellar propagation mixed together, so SINPO 45543! (Bogdan Alexandru Chiochiu, DXing from Pierrefonds, QC using a Sangean ACS-818 CST / random wire combo for SW, HCDX via DXLD) 15180 at 1441 Oct 19, familiar music bit which also fills time on VOT English broadcasts, then ID starting ``Hee nee`` which is Swahili, not a language on the VOT sked, and this was not one of their two-minute fillers of multilingual IDs either. Instead 14-15 on 15180 is supposed to be Uighur. No jamming audible, tho the ChiCom do not take kindly to anyone else broadcasting to their own oppressed minority. At 1444 a long period of dead air, finally music resuming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TURKEY. Last minute B-09 changes for Voice of Turkey: Arabic 1500-1555 on 11660 CAK 500 kW / 252 deg, additional freq \\ 9665 Tatar 1100-1125 on 15360 EMR 500 kW / 072 deg, ex 1100-1155 on same freq Uyghur 1500-1555 on 11620 EMR 500 kW / 072 deg, ex 1400-1455 on same freq Uzbek 1130-1155 on 11865 EMR 500 kW / 072 deg, ex 1100-1155 on same freq (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, Oct 16 via DXLD) ** TURKEY. TRT's Latest MW Broadcasting Stations are as follows: Frequency/stns name/location/program name/daily broadcast (UT). 594, Diyarbakir, Malatya, Radio-1, 1000/1100, 1 hour 630, Cujurova, Mersin--Kazanli, Regional, 0600/1500, Radio-4, 9 hour 702, Istanbul, Catalca, Radio-1, 0300/0700, 4 hour 765, Cukurova, Gaziantep, Radio-1, 0300/0700, 4 hour 891, Antalya, Aksu, Regional, 0600/1500, Radio-4, 9 hour 927, Izmir, Izmir, Radio-4, 0600/1500, 9 hour 954, Trabzon, Trabzon, Regional, 0600/1500, Radio-4, 9 hour 1062, Diyarbakir, Cinar, Radio-6, 0600/1700, 11 hours (Mustafa Cankurt 29.9.2009 via Ydun Ritz mediumwave info via ARC Information Desk 12 Oct via editor Olle Alm, DXLD) i.e. mostly avoiding nighttime, anti-DX (gh) ** U K. 4-minute report on the Skelton SW transmitter site: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Yu8DDBq3ws (via Chris Lewis, England, DXLD) Squeezed video, so circular knobs become oval, humans become skinny. Correspondent remarx that Skelton will soon be home of Britain`s highest man-made struxure, without any further elaboration. As if excessive height were needed for more effective SW broadcasting. So why build a tall new mast? Either longwave or UHF could account for that, but hardly seem likely. She also said that Skelton transmissions reached as far as the Pacific. Well, duh, of course, like any major SWBC centre, they reach every square metre on Earth at one time or another, no matter how direxional they may be intended (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K. This is slightly off topic for SWLs because Andy Kershaw (who at one time had a very popular show on BBC WS) is -- initially at least -- resuming his career only on BBC Radio 3, which is not available via shortwave. The article in The Independent begins: "After more than two years off the radio airwaves, following a nervous breakdown and family disintegration, the award-winning presenter Andy Kershaw has confirmed that he is to make a comeback to BBC Radio 3..." There's also a picture of him looking very healthy. Welcome back, Andy. (John Figliozzi, Halfmoon, NY, Oct 17, Swprograms list via DXLD) ** U S A. IN WASHINGTON STATE, THE VOICE OF AMERICA IS THE BARK OF THE HARBOR SEAL "The Dungeness Wildlife Refuge, which includes the Dungeness Spit and surrounding forest, has a new center the public is invited to visit. A dedication and open house will take place at the new building, adjacent to the refuge off of Voice of America Road northwest of Sequim, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday." Peninsula Daily News, 18 October 2009 (kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD) Voice of America Road is named for a VOA transmitter site near Sequim, Washington, that was planned in the 1950s, but never built. In 1953 and 1954, the project ran afoul of Senator Joseph McCarthy and his Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Other senators on the subcommittee included Karl Mundt, earlier of the Smith-Mundt Act, Everett Dirksen, and Henry Jackson. See previous post, including link to Senate historical documents. See also Dungeness Wildlife Refuge website. And on the subject of history, Art Chimes, host of VOA's Our World, unearthed this 1950 VOA schedule publication. Note that instead of frequencies, dial position is indicated by wavelengths in meters. Posted: 21 Oct 2009 (Kim Andrew Elliott, see http://kimelli.nfshost.com/index.php?id=7609 for linx, via DXLD) Plus articles, even cartoons. Some transmissions also show megacycles (gh, DXLD) ** U S A [and non]. VOA Uzbek (via Sri Lanka) on 15450, Oct 10 at 1518. Very strong and clear signal today. EiBi lists an accompanying CNR-1 Jammer. Why would China be jamming Uzbek? Maybe they'll use their new transmitter in Hawaii to jam all US radio (Terry Wilson, MI, Eton E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Because Uighurs can understand Uzbek; and there are even some ethnic Uzbex trapped inside China (gh) VOA (via Wertachtal) on 12140, Oct 9 at 1921. OM speaking presumably in scheduled Tigrinya, which The Internets tells me has 6.7 million speakers in Eritrea and Ethiopia. Weak signal in band gusts (Terry Wilson, MI, Eton E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5955 at 1329 Oct 14, VOA outroing Vietnamese, ``from Voice of America --- Washington``, open carrier for a semi-minute, then ``Welcome to the Voice of America in Khmai`` a.k.a. Khmer, all the while mixed with CRI English, but VOA on top. Take that, you ChiCom spoilers! Axually, CRI is aimed eastward from Beijing, and VOA aimed westward from Tinang, PHILIPPINES, so theoretically there is no collision. Tell that to the frustrated Oklahoman. 7575 until recently was a reliable VOA English frequency here in the mornings, but nothing audible Oct 14 at 1345; instead, VG signal on 7520. 7575 had been scheduled at 13-14 as 21 degrees usward from Tinang, but I don`t find 7520 on any schedules yet during that hour, so cannot be sure of site; could be Philippines, Thailand or NMI. IBB keeps swapping sites and frequencies around for no discernible reason; perhaps to demonstrate they are keeping busy in the office, and/or to keep the overseas operators on their toes. Speaking of which, how is VOA doing now in coping with the unnecessary site-switch at 1430 in the middle of a continuous hour of News Now programming on 17585? Oct 14 at 1427 I start monitoring, with Today in History at 1428, in the clear from Greenville, nor anything audible on 17575 where Botswana might be warming up. At the very end of the 2- minute TIH feature, Greenville dropped carrier immediately at exactly the right instant; 5-7 seconds later on came weaker Botswana with a crash-start as VOA NN continued. Neither one played a sign-off or sign-on Yankee Doodle Dandy routine. [WORLD OF RADIO 1483] They have finally got it together, with my congratulations, just the way it should be done, and should have been done ever since A-09 started without any prompting from yours truly. However, there could be a relapse if uninformed personnel take over in shift changes, so be ever-vigilant. VOA frequency usage quite different Oct 15 on 7 MHz band from what I had observed Oct 14. Are they confused, or just trying to lose listeners? Now at 1353, 7575 is back on in English but nothing on 7520; 7550 has a strong open carrier. At 1359, 7550 YDD sign-on, ``this is not a test``, Voice of America jingle, ``Inilah VOA``, therefore Indonesian service, and now 7575 is off. At 1512, I find that 7520 is on in the Spe-cial Eng-lish hour, with man-on-the-street at Washington Monument. Another check Oct 15 of 17585 for the site hand-off from Greenville to Botswana at 1430: GB quite weak, but a break of about 6 seconds before Botswana comes on stronger, OK with no overlap. Configuration of VOA relays amid 7 MHz band Saturday Oct 17 at 1313: 7575 VG with jazz singer in English service. At 1414 on 7550 in English momentarily, but just a clip before back into Indonesian. This one had the best signal by far, Tinang at 220 degrees, Fri/Sat/Sun only, and much too close to VOA on 7545, Tinang due west, in English report about Croatia, // 9760. So IBB is deliberately running two transmitters 5 kHz apart from same site during the 14-15 hour. At 1416 a JBA signal on 7575, so site must have switched at hourtop from Tinang USward, to Udorn westward; eventually decided it was // 7545 but not synchronized, a few words off when speaking, and then with C&W music. Also something very weak on 7520, apparently Vietnamese via Sri Lanka scheduled. VOA English was good on 7575 until off at 1359, so I then tuned to 7545. Shortly transmitter came on at same level, but cut off again before any modulation. After a semi-minute came back on at much weaker level. I suppose the first turn-on was with the same antenna USward by mistake, so went back off to switch to proper antenna westward. Both from Tinang, PHILIPPINES, 7575 is 21 degrees usward until 1400, then 7545 is 270 degrees westward. Then checked Greenville 17585 and found it inbooming with VoA news, sporadic-E help? If so, not affecting closer WWCR 15825, tho it was a bit better than usual, hollow-sounding backscatter. But from 1405 to 1407, 17585 dumped off the air repeatedly. Missed the 1430 transition to Botswana, but some time after that, noticed 17585 from Botswana was much weaker than Greenville had been, not always the case (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) VOA LAUNCHES FM RADIO STATION IN HARGEISA: see SOMALILAND; small deal? ** U S A. HAWAII. 10320 (USB), AFN Pearl Harbor, 0258-0326, Oct. 14. Playing trance/house music; ToH ID “Drive FX”, which is produced by Dial Global, as part of their “Dial Global Total” format http://dialglobaltotal.com/overview.php?format=14 Note their precise “Format Clock”. 0320 “Drive FX” ID and PSA; sports news; “24/7, American Forces Network. This is Drive FX”; good reception (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ? How much of this is AFN carrying on SW now? What became of the news/talk format? I did notice some music as I tuned across 10320-USB the morning of Oct 14 but figured it was only a brief break. Maybe they plugged the SW transmitter into the wrong downlink. Main master schedule at http://myafn.dodmedia.osd.mil/AFNRadio.aspx still shows all the talk before and after 2000 PT, but Drive FX is one of many `stations` linked in the banner at the bottom (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [nonish]. Since AFN Hawaii 10320-USB has been reported with music instead of talk network, checked Aug 15 at 1338 and found it not // talker Guam 5765-USB. At the moment Hawaii was also talk, in ``One Minute of American History`` about Wilson getting USA into WWI, the Zimmerman telegram warning that Mexico could be allied with The Kaiser, so be very afraid. On a somewhat lighter note, clip of a Hans & Franz routine in fake German accents, but no pump-you-upping. Immediately followed by a second OMOAH, then military PSAs, 1342 American Forces Network ID, and into C&W music show not // 5765. Next check at 1401 during some network newscast they were back // or almost, a syllable or so apart, and by 1413 check again separated with C&W on 10320, talk on 5765 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 10320 (USB), AFN Pearl Harbor, randomly from 1228 to 1431, Oct. 15. Mostly C&W songs; music portions not parallel to the usual programming of PSAs, news, talk shows and the like from AFN Diego Garcia – 4319 (U) and AFN Guam – 5765 (U), but at times, like the ToH, was //. Pearl Harbor seems to be unique with this format of music shows. First noted this back in early September (DXLD 9-069), with Diego Garcia not being parallel to Hawaii. Oct. 16 same music format noted at 1331 and 1423; both times not // to Diego Garcia or Guam, both of which were //. 10320 (U), AFN Pearl Harbor. Not heard at all Oct. 19 and 20, about 1430. Both AFN Diego Garcia – 4319 (U) and AFN Guam – 5765 (U) were heard (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [non]. 15715, strong signal but heavy flutter at 1518 Oct 15, instrumental hymns ``Were You There?`` and ``I Know My Redeemer Liveth``. What does PWBR `2009` say? CVC via Wertachtal. No, they`re modern stealth-evangelists, not playing hoary old hymns! At 1520 S Asian language announcement but clearly mentioning Family Radio, with Oakland address. Aoki say it`s 14-16 in Kannada, YFR via Wertachtal 500 kW at 90 degrees. WRTH A-09 update from May agrees. But EiBi says the first hour in English, the second in Kannada (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9935, Oct 17 at 2214 predicating in Spanish about fornication among the Canaanites; altho not // (or not synchronized) WYFR 15130, surely it`s YFR as relayed by GUIANA FRENCH, reported by DX Mix News Sept 25 --- DXLD 9-073 --- as 2200-0100, 250 kW, 215 degrees to SAm, then in English. But not listed currently in Aoki, EiBi or HFCC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) FAMILY RADIO PLANS TESTS VIA MADAGASCAR Family Radio plans some test transmissions from the RNW relay station in Madagascar starting Tuesday 27 October 2009. The duration (in days) isn’t known yet. The following transmissions in English are planned: 1200-1300 UT on 21480 kHz (azimuth 55 degrees) 250 kW 1700-1800 UT on 9515 kHz (azimuth 265 degrees) 50 kW (Source: RNW Programme Distribution October 16th, 2009 - 16:36 UTC by Andy Sennitt, Media Network blog via DXLD) MOLDOVA: 7430 Family Radio; 2155-2159:56*, 16-Oct; Harold Camping (with whom I have never been camping) pontificating in English about Judgment Day, which is getting closer all the time. Off after African language spot, ID & IS tune. S15-20. Tuned immediately to 7420 -- Family Radio via Germany (tnx GH); IS was on -- was not there only a few seconds earlier. Arabic program started at 2200:25. SIO=4+22+ with WBCQ QRM (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7415, WBCQ at 2220 UT Oct 19, during the Monday 2200 WORLD OF RADIO transmission, with heavy QRM from 7420, YFR Arabic via Wertachtal at 210 degrees to NW Africa, but grossly exceeding its mandate. I recently said this was not a problem in CNAm, but it certainly is now, as WBCQ is already starting to fade down. Fortunately, this transmission will be gone in B-09 from Oct 25; however, VOR from a Moscow site at 275 degrees to Europe is then scheduled on 7420 during that hour. Fortunately, after one Week of Confusion, on Nov 1 DST ends in NAm, and all WBCQ programming shifts one UT hour later, so WOR will be at 2300, when there is nothing scheduled on 7420, but WBCQ will be one hour further into the night (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WRMI on 9955, Oct 13 at 1515. Fair signal in heavy fading, readable but not good, with moments of E1 struggling to hold sync lock. Anti-Castro show, followed by World of Radio 1481 starting at 1529. Reception improved slightly starting 1540 (Terry Wilson, MI, Eton E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) WRMI 9955 was as usual well-received during R. Prague relay of yesterday`s English after 1400 Oct 15, but at 1455 recheck, off the air, and did not return during following hour when Happy Station was on. Brought up web stream with a slight hum, and missed only the first few minutes of Keith Perron`s interview with Bob Zanotti, who among other things revealed, he said for the first time, that he was badly mistreated by management during the final months (years?) of Swiss Radio International, as they were trying to get him and other unwanted staff to resign; it even affected his health. Around 1549 also QRMed on the stream for less than a minute by a bit of Italian, presumably Studio DX starting to play for another unknown reason (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) We had a power outage around 1500 UT Thursday. The UPS's kept the audio stream going, but 9955 was off during Happy Station. The 36 seconds of Italian audio was my fault, as I was downloading Studio DX and it accidentally started playing (Jeff White, WRMI, Oct 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WRMI, 9955 back on the air Oct 16 at 1448, VG signal on NW antenna with WORLD OF RADIO. Trouble is, it was edition 1465 from a third of a year ago, not current 1482; as also heard me introducing it on webstream check at 1430 Friday. This has happened before, as automation is reluctant to let go of the old stuff even when new stuff has been uploaded; I hope not thus on other scheduled repeat times (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 3125, WWCR, 0155-0201, 10/17/09. YL/English with ads for medicine, Freedom Calendar, fone numbers, then OM with call-ins. "Broadcasting from America's music city Nashville Tennessee this is World Wide Christian Radio" at 0200. Feed from CNN with story about Lush Rimbaugh at 0201. Easy copy, slight fade (Jay Golden, Rochester, NY, Collins R390A, 35' wire, NASWA Flashsheet Oct 18 via DXLD) I would assume somebody made a typo for correct 3215, but considering that WWCR was also heard on 4755, not so sure about that (gh, DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. WWCR ANOMALY? 4755, WWCR (Nashville) (presumed), 0415- 0500, 10/18/2009, English. While scanning across 60 meters comparing antennas, found what appeared to be a WWCR anomaly. Program consisted of old, mournful, C&W music ("The Green Grass of Home", etc.) with announcements by a man and identification as "Worldwide Country Radio". Signal was good but with raspy and popping periods. It disappeared abruptly at 0427. Recheck at 0437 found it back with a somewhat cleaner signal. At 0459 there was identification as "Worldwide Christian Radio". More country music followed at 0500. The broadcast was received on all receivers and antennas, thereby ruling out equipment overloading or malfunctioning. Checked listed WWCR frequencies, and no parallel programs were found. My location is approximately 180 miles Southwest of Nashville (Jim Evans, Germantown, TN, RX-340, R8B, E1, Attic Mounted Random Wire (90') and Eavesdropper Dipole, Fence Top Mounted Random Wire (200'), WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Jim, You are correct! Dan Sheedy (So. Calif.) also noted WWCR on 4755 from tune-in at 0513 to 0557. Back to 3215a (Dan said they seemed a skosh on the low side) from 0557 to past 0600 (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, NASWA yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DXLD) Ron, Could not figure out any logical mixture of frequencies on air at that time which would land on 4755: 1300, 3215, 5070, 5890, 5935. Does he mean that it was definitely the transmitter supposed to be on 3215, since that was off the air while 4755 was being heard? Jim did not say anything about 3215 being off, just that no WWCR frequencies were // 4755. According to the pdf schedule dated 1 October, Worldwide Country Radio is indeed on 3215 UT Sundays 0400-0500, followed at 0500 by Nashville Cowboy Church. 73, (Glenn to Ron, via DXLD) Hi Glenn, Portion of email from Dan: "NDBs buried under local noise last night, so I rolled up to 60M & found WWCR thumping on 4755 from 0513 t/in to 0557 & back on 3215a (a skosh low, it seems) 0557-0600+ . . . Dan". (Ron Howard, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn, 3215 was off at the time. I neglected to mention that very important point. Not sure how they ended up on 4755. The period from their disappearance on 4755 at 0427 to their reappearance upon my recheck of the frequency at 0437 is also interesting (Jim Evans, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Perhaps serious mistuning of transmitter, as has happened before; ever heard on 4755 again? Not so far here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DXLD) Artyom Prokhorov, quien es un periodista ruso que vive en Moscú y maneja muy bien el español está de viaje por la más que exótica Ethiopia. Me acaba de mandar una serie de captaciones que quiero compartir con Uds (Gabriel Iván Barrera, Argentina, condiglist yg via DXLD) Including: September, 31 [sic] – 2009 (Lalibela, Ethiopia) 5070 WWCR (USA), 0230 historical program, then advertisements, all 5s (via WORLD OF RADIO 1483, ibid.) Ergo must also be all 5s for WORLD OF RADIO UT Sundays ** U S A. 5920 lacking WBOH so clear for RUSSIA, q.v., Oct 16 at 1230. There have been unconfirmed reports that WBOH would be closing down permanently at end of A-09, so gunjumping, or just another breakdown? WTJC, anyway, on 9370v as usual at 1247 check, lofi hymns by choir with amateur piano accompaniment. Still no WBOH at 1350 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) However, Chuck Bolland says he was hearing it at 1000+ same date mixing with RUSSIA, q.v. As of Oct 21, I am still hearing no trace of WBOH day or night, so presume it is gone for good already (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) Bye bye WBOH. Better QSL while you can. Between WBOH 5920 and WTJC 9370 the signal of WBOH was usually stronger, likely it was more aimed in my direction (Travers DeVine, MD, Oct 16, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Au contraire, FCC shows 5920 at 170 degrees and 9370 as 40 degrees; skip distance trumps azimuth. Both were usually plenty strong here sidewise (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) They will QSL both stations on the same card. 73/Liz (Cameron, MI, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Why did they bother to have two `separate` stations, almost always duplicating, rather than two transmitters of one station? (gh, DXLD) Hi, Liz: I tuned in to see if WBOH was still on but could not receive them as of 1500 UT on Thursday, October 15, 2009. I do Hope FBN reconsiders its decision to suspend its station in North Carolina as they do play great music like they do over WYFR. 73's, (Noble West, TN, ibid.) 5920, still no sign of WBOH, at 0533 check Oct 17, Radio Rossii in the clear with Radio Zhurnal // 5940, nor at next check 1310, while at 1316, WTJC was running as usual on 9370v with overconfident preacher. Good riddance at least to the never-on-frequency mess they had been putting out 24/7 on 5920v. Is there anything on their homepage http://www.fbnradio.com/ about closing down WBOH? Of course not! That could detract from the fall share-a-thon`s receipts, news about that just added, so it is possible to update their site. How many donors will be aware that at the same time, FBN are cutting their SW service in half? Still claims to be running both WBOH and WTJC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 17775, KVOH already on at 1445 Oct 20, distorted praise music with a beat, applause from crowd at revival. S9+22 and splattering 17760-17790. As always, looked for the plus/minus 145 kHz spurs, but nothing audible on 17920v, while CRI English via Mali on 17630 maybe had a slight het. 1501 still distorted with bienvenidos to the day`s programming, so 1445 was just a runup prélude, and then many IDs as ``KVOH, La Voz de Restauración Bróadcasting, Los Ángeles, California``. Unsure why they insert that English-derived word, and whether to accent it Broádcasting, or even Bróádcasting. However, there is precedent for this, as a few early Latin American radio stations liked to include `Broadcasting` in their names, and might be stressed on the middle A, which would also require an accent in Spanish orthography (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. You can be a convicted child molester, and still be welcome to broadcast on WINB as long as you pay up and pretend to be an evangelist: Oct 16 at 1246, Tony Alámo on 9265 informing us all about confession. But he denied the charges against him, since it`s Biblical to ``marry`` plenty girls past puberty (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 17314, came upon strong SSB signal listing several frequencies including this one, Oct 17 at 2228, weather for Pacific Ocean to follow, by male robotic voice. Some of the forecasts seemed a bit dated, from Oct 16. Mr. Robot says the words, mostly numbers, but he has no concept of pauses, intonation, just patching them together, sounding inhuman. Missed ID, but uplooked later, this frequency belongs to USCG stations. If the list in DXLD 7-101 is still correct, at 2230 it`s NMC San Francisco: 17314.0 USB USCG wx from NMN Portsmouth (1730) 17314.0 USB USCG wx from NMC San Francisco (1630 2230) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1860, 0755, USA, Ham Radio broadcast – talking about satellites and Antennas, Fair (Paul Aronsen, TIWAI, Kenwood R-5000 with various longwire antennas, Oct NZ DX Times via DXLD) Off topic in the utility sexion here which for some unknown reason deletes all dates of loggings; at least it would have been helpful to include the day of week, since anyone trying for this on any day but Sunday would not hear it: WA0RCR, in Missouri, of course, per our DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS (gh) ** U S A. Tuning around MW for traces of TA carriers (there were a few), Oct 18 at 2310 UT I found that WWLS OK had turned off its IBOC noise surrounding 640 and was also quite nullable on the DX-398, so I could hear instead a strong, steady signal from elsewhere: disgusting anti-choice discussion mentioning what was going on in Southern California. KFI? Surely not this early. Continued without breaks until wrap-up at 2327, someone on phone from Kansas with Operation Rescue, then about Nebraska and Wichita, turned out to be Troy Newman, but show host sounded like Dick Fox, on The Complete Chapter? Not at all sure of either name as mumbled quickly. But nice clear full ID at 2329 as ``Covering Memphis, WCRV, Collierville-Memphis.`` LSS is 2330 UT in October, so was still running 50 kW non-direxional daytime; no wonder it overcame WWLS. Unfortunately I did not keep listening to hear if and when they really dropped to 480 watts night, direxional away from LA and OK. Looking further thru FCC info via AM Query, for facility number 6486, I see that WCRV transmitter site is axually barely in Mississippi. Tiger map shows it right on the state line, but coordinate is: 34 59' 35.00" N Latitude Power: 50.0 kilowatts (kW) Daytime i.e. 25 seconds south of the 35th parallel which forms the southern boundary of Tennessee from end to end (tho there is a jog in the middle at Pickwick Lake, per Rand McNally atlas, presumably due to a surveying error long ago) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn, WCRV is easily audible in the daytime here year-round (Randy Stewart, Springfield, MO, NRC-AM via DXLD) ** U S A. KVNS 1700 Brownsville --- May be operating at night under their daytime power; the last few nights they have been booming into Houston at night, swamping KKLF. They play an oldies format (R Bruce Carter, Metroplex, Oct 14, ABDX via DXLD) I think I've heard them too, about a week or so ago with their oldies format with callsign mention, here in Palm Coast, FL (N of Daytona Beach) in the truck enroute to another fun day at work here at newsradio WNZF, at about 6 AM eastern. Nice signal level, easy to understand (Ron Gitschier, Palm Coast, FL, ibid.) I enjoyed KVNS coming in very strongly here in Oklahoma City, a few nights ago (Jim Glover, OK, ibid.) ** U S A. REMEMBERING THE CBS RADIO MYSTERY THEATER October 18, 2009 at 5:33 am by Chuck Miller I know this is going to sound like I accidentally mixed up my Flintstones Chewables and a bottle of Brown’s Cherry Raspberry Ale… but bear with me on this. . . http://blog.timesunion.com/chuckmiller/cbs-radio-mystery-theater/444/ (via Kevin Redding, ABDX via DXLD) ** U S A. WXNY "X96.3" La Mezcla de New York, kick off today at 6 a.m (1000 UT) (Spanish) --- More info: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2009/10/15/2009-10-15_as_la_calle.html (via Dino Bloise, Frecuencia Al Día, Miami, USA, DXLD) ¡Escúchanos en vivo! Cada saga tiene un principio; hoy jueves 15 de octubre desde las 6 am ha comenzado la batalla radial por el dominio del imperio latino radial en New York. Ahora nace una nueva estación de radio para los latinos de New [sic] York con la mezcla de música que refleja el estilo de vida de los hispanos. Llegó el momento de comenzar una nueva era en la historia de la radio en NY, llega: "X96.3" La Mezcla de New York !!!! Cabe señalar que han cambiado sus letras de identificación de WCAA a la nueva WXNY. Originalmente esta radio inició sus operaciones como WCAA Latino Mix, más adelante como La Kalle [sic] hasta cambiar ahora a su nueva frecuencia y programación. Buena suerte a toda la gente de la X96.3 en la ciudad de New York. More info: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2009/10/15/2009-10-15_as_la_calle.html (Dino Bloise, Frecuencia Al Día, Miami, USA, via Yimber Gaviria, Colombia, DXLD) Hmmm, why aren`t there enough Spanish-speakers in a huge place like NY to support a classical music station of their own? Most LAm cities have them, e.g. Lima, Santiago, São Paulo which I listen to online (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. 97.5 in Philly is now sports-talk --- As of Oct. 9 at 5pm ET (2100 UT), the Greater Media-owned station on 97.5 stopped its failed adult-contemporary music format (Now 97.5, WNUW) and began simulcasting 950 ESPN's sports-talk programming, under the moniker "97.5--The Fanatic, powered by ESPN". Programming, especially regarding local hosts, has been increased some more, further diluting the affiliation with ESPN Radio (which I feel should be more BALANCED and include more ESPN fare such as Brian Kenny's two-hour talk show at 00 UT, 01 in winter, local M-F evenings). But ESPN's Mike and Mike remains on weekday mornings. More info on the switch, including the complete weekday temporary schedule which will soon include more (American) football-related shows (yep, it's an Eagles town!), is available at go.philly.com/fanatic (from the Philadelphia Inquirer). This move also puts 97.5--The Fanatic up against the sports station on 97.3 in Atlantic City which carries mainly ESPN programming (Joe Hanlon, NJ, Oct 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. HOUSE COMMITTEE APPROVES LOW-POWER FM STATION, INTEROPERABLE COMMUNICATIONS BILLS --- Votes in favor of increasing the number of low-power FM stations, extending interoperable comm programs By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 10/15/2009 2:21:25 PM http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/358263-House_Committee_Approves_Low_Power_FM_Station_Interoperable_Communications_Bills.php The House Energy & Commerce Committee Thursday approved bills to increase the number of low-power FM stations and extend a program to fund interoperable communications. Both had passed easily in the Communications Subcommittee the week before. On voice votes, the committee approved and reported favorably to the House the Local Community Radio Act and the Public Safety Interoperable Communications Act. The first bill, long opposed by broadcasters, reduces the channel separation between low-power and full-power stations to allow more of the former to share the band with the latter. Broadcasters have always been concerned about increased interference, but after conducting a study, the FCC concluded they could be allowed in without undue interference, and the bill includes an expedited complaint process about such interference if it occurs, as well as extra protections for translators that extend full-power signals to hard-to-reach places. That latter protection was pushed by National Public Radio. The Interoperable Communications bill provides a two-year extension for making use of up to $1 billion in government funding for state and local interoperable communications systems. The money comes from the auction of the 700 mHz DTV spectrum. The bill does not increase the funds, but allows states and localities another two years to make use of them. That came after a Commerce Department report concluded that the December 2010 deadline was insufficient. An identical bill, sponsored by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tex.), already passed the full Senate by voice vote this week. The FCC has yet to decide how to reauction spectrum in the D-block in order to achieve its goal of a national interoperable communications network. Its initial auction failed to produce the public-private partnership it envisioned (via Artie Bigley, DXLD) FCC TO DROP NCE-FM/TV6 PROTECTION The FCC has announced that non-commercial FM applications filed after October 27th will not need to protect analog channel 6 TV stations. Regulation 73.525 had restricted new 88-92 FM stations and technical changes to existing stations, to prevent interference to channel 6 TV between 82-88 MHz. I think the point in protecting non-existent full-power analog TV-6 stations between July 13th and October 27th was to ensure all FM applicants left the starting gate at the same time. And to give FM applicants in places where TV-6 remained on until the last minute a bit of lead time. Otherwise, an FM application filed in a place where the analog TV-6 was already off (say, as of February) would have prevented acceptance of an application that had to wait until July for the TV-6 to go away. I can't really explain why a couple of handfuls of vertical- polarization-only FM stations have already been granted permission to add horizontal polarization at the same power as their existing vertical signals. To my knowledge the only way an FM station can be granted permission to operate vertical-only is if necessary to avoid TV-6 interference. The few full-power *digital* stations operating on channel 6 are still protected, but on a case-by-case basis. – (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, Oct 13, WTFDA via DXLD) I don't know if anyone has heard of this yet, but at the Connecticut Broadcasters Convention the head engineer that was running the engineering exhibit (which I happened to be at, at the time) spoke of a proposal that apparently has minority broadcaster support and looks like it might happen, that would take the Ch. 5 space and Ch. 6 space and create an expanded FM band; that would expand the non-comm band to 82 or so, and all the space towards the 72-82 MHz range from there would be re-allocations of AM stations. AM stations would have the options of taking an equivalent FM station in this new band or staying on AM. DT Channels 5 and 6 would be forced to go to UHF all together (Adam Rivers, ibid.) Such proposals have certainly popped up. I would be surprised if anything that *forces* DTV stations to leave channels 5 and 6 happens. Channel 5 here in Nashville filed for a DTV Replacement Translator on channel 50 -- not to move their DTV to UHF altogether. There are certainly UHF channels (quite possibly including 50) where they could have moved their full-power DTV operation. But I'm not sure any of them would have matched channel 5's coverage in the more rural areas. I know of a number of places 70-75 miles east of Nashville where WTVF is the only DTV station (besides Cookeville's PBS WCTE-28) that people get. I think you can say the same for a number of other more-rural channel 5 and 6 stations like KHAS and KBSD. Even Philadelphia's much=maligned WPVI would probably prefer a full-power channel 6 facility to a limited-power UHF. Especially as the *theoretical* coverage of the channel 6 facility earns them a must-carry spot on cable, in places where a limited-power UHF wouldn't. WPVI would happily sacrifice OTA reception in Allentown if the alternative is to lose *cable* reception there! I can see some chance of a system that allows FM in 76-88 MHz *on a secondary basis to TV*. In Philadelphia and New York (among a few other places) the new FM spectrum would be limited to 76-82 MHz; in most of Tennessee it would be limited to 82-88 MHz; etc... There are 116 AM channels. (106 if you don't count the expanded band) At 200 kHz per FM channel, it would take 23.2 MHz (21.2 if you don't count the X-band) of FM spectrum to handle a channel-for-channel swap. Obviously there isn't that much spectrum in this proposal. But, IMHO the four-channel separation between AM stations in the same city is not necessary for FM. (Four channels of separation - 800 kHz - *is* the current standard on FM, but IMHO 400 kHz is enough.) Going to 2-channel separation would double channel availability. With a bit of refarming, you could probably make it work. Personally, I think the best route is to open the entire low-band 54- 88 MHz to FM, on a secondary basis to TV. The other thing that enters into this, is that a few thousand applications for new rural digital LPTV stations were filed in a recent window. Another window for urban stations opens shortly. 51 such applications were filed for channels 5 and 6. I rather suspect the urban window will see a greater number filed. I won't say they *can't* force these applications to find another channel or give up, but it might be politically difficult, given they spent good money to prepare these applications in the good faith belief they would be fairly considered. In other words, to be brief about it, while I think the FCC would consider a move to allow FM to *share* 76-88MHz with TV, I don't think they'd force TV to abandon that band. There are airnav aids and other non-broadcast operations in 72-76MHz. I'm not sure how difficult it would be to remove them. – (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, ibid.) I don't think they should try to use 72-76 for FM, too many things there already, model aircraft and model cars, the little-used mid band mobile radio, even radio astronomy, and the big one: 75 MHz aircraft glide-path navigation, an international standard that aircraft of every flag depend on when landing at airports in any nation. As for the 60 channels of 76-88 MHz versus the 106 or 116 channels of AM (don't get me started on the fact that the expanded band was deliberately wasted), on the larger scale, IMHO, 60 FM channels have more capacity than 106 of AM, since there is no (persistent) skywave interference, and because of the capture effect. Just compare how many square miles get a useful signal on 1400 against how many get a useful signal on 96.7. In a crowded urban market, where there are more than 15 AMs, we have a problem. Co-locating second adjacents with the same site and power level could work (though the 10.6/10.8 IF mixing problem with stations in the original band could be an issue). Co-locating 400 kHz could ruffle some feathers. I'm sure WFCM would just love to be set as an equal to WSM, but I bet WSM and every other station in town would be quite peeved. Though I hope the aural broadcasting capacity will be meaningfully expanded, I doubt it will happen in this country. These days, a station is not worth its equipment, not even by the advertising it can generate. A station's value is its protected scarce license. If 76-88 (or even 54.7-72 and 76-88) were added to FM, it would devalue all those overpriced licenses held by the existing FM license holders (fine by me). (Robert Grant, ibid.) EDUCATIONAL FM -TO- TV CHANNEL 6 PROTECTION CHANGE The Media Bureau announces that as of October 27, 2009, a noncommercial educational FM applicant will not be required to demonstrate compliance with Section 73.525 of the Commission's Rules with regard to protecting an "affected" TV Channel 6 station that has ceased analog transmissions and that has a new DTV channel assignment. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-09-2214A1.doc FCC NEWS BRIEFS o FCC announces the public launch of the Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) Version 2.0: http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-293952A1.doc o Media Bureau announces freeze for FM minor change applications and certain rulemaking filings: http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-09-2221A1.doc o Media Bureau announces filing window for vacant FM allotments reserved for noncommercial educational use: http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-09-2220A1.doc http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-09-2220A2.pdf o Here are some details on H.R.6209, the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation ("CALM") Act: http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6209/show (all: CGC Communicator Oct 20 via Kevin Redding, ABDX via DXLD) ** U S A. COMMERCIAL VACANT ALLOTMENTS RESERVED FOR NONCOMMERICAL EDUCATIONAL USE http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-09-2220A2.pdf (via CRA via DXLD) ** U S A. Dear Glen[n], Attached is the silent station study for October. As always, if anyone would like a copy, they can email me alexhorton55 @ gmail.com (Alex Horton, Oct 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Separate lists for AM and FM based on FCC info, with his comments (gh) ** U S A. Hi Ed, I listen to KUHF [Houston TX] webcasting at certain times, and it`s always confusing. For instance, Saturday night I was listening to Hearts of Space, which is on the Global stream. It`s over a few minutes before midnight and something interesting starts, Navajo Oratorio. I wanted to listen to that but suddenly at midnight the global stream interrupts it and goes to old archive stuff in Spanish from R Nederland, Europarada. Why in the world don`t they match up the webstreams with the different HD programming streams instead of jumping around from one to another? I also clicked on Playlists, but don`t get anything about the content of Night Classics, so I can`t find out about Navajo Oratorio, not from KUHF, anyway. After missing several minutes, I did get it back on the classical stream. I realize this is probably not your department, but I`d rather write to someone I know than to an anonymous contact address. Please pass it on. 73, (Glenn Hauser, OK, to Ed Mayberry, KUHF News, ex-International Listener, via DXLD) Glenn, Great hearing from you. Missing your Monitoring Times input. Our station's main signal is a hybrid of NPR and local news during drive times and classical music at all other times. HD-2 on the air is playing classical when news is on the main channel. And the second channel broadcasts news/NPR features when classical music is on. The idea is for the radio listener to always have access to either. But for the Web streams, the general idea is all news and talk on one stream, classical music on one and Spanish programming on the third HD channel. Switching is automated, and depends on announcers being exact with their start and ending times. I know there are occasional complications as a result. Announcers are responsible for updating their sections of the Web with song titles, etc., although I see that "Navajo Oratorio" wasn't logged. I passed your comments on to our general manager and one of the Web people (Ed Mayberry, to gh, via DXLD) ** U S A. We had been watching the late Sunday evening lineup of talk shows, but you have diluted those, with McCuistion; you moved Foreign Exchange to a slot that was too early, 8:30, and now you have dropped it altogether! I had been intending to ask you for a repeat later in the night of that, like some of the other shows get. Please bring it back, at some time. I could go on... Regards, (Glenn Hauser, Enid to OETA via DXLD) Thank you for your email. FOREIGN EXCHANGE is no longer in production. That was a decision made by the producing station, not OETA. If the series goes back into production, OETA will put it back on. Thank you, (Holly Emig, OETA to gh, via DXLD) ** URUGUAY. 6125, 0919, CXA4 SODRE with Spanish talk, soft music, idents for Radio Nacional and “Radio Uruguay 1050 AM, Montevideo, Uruguay”. Poor, with some ute QRM after 0930 1/10 (Bryan Clark at Mangawhai, New Zealand, with AOR7030+ and Alpha Delta Sloper, EWEs to NE, E and SE, plus various 100 metre BOGs to the Americas, Oct NZ DX Times via DXLD) ** VANUATU. 3945, R. Vanuatu, 1201, Oct. 13. “11:00”, “Radio Vanuatu, Voice of the . . . ” (possibly “people”?); religious music; religious sermon given with background music; probably in Bislama; sign off announcement; Anthem; 1219*; Idaho ham weather net also on this frequency (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VATICAN [and non]. Vatican Radio on 1611 was in AM instead of the usual DRM this morning at tune in 0645 UT and // 9850 and 11740. These are the usual Sunday frequencies for Ukrainian Liturgy, and the transmission was identical to what I hear then, so maybe a special religious day in the Ukraine? Frequencies 9645, 7250 and 5965 were off air - REE via CTR was clear channel instead on the latter. And due to the lack of DRM on 1611 I could hear Melissa on 1610 via AIA peaking to fair strength and // 6090 (using USB to avoid DRM on 6080-6085-6090 (Noel R. Green (NW England), Oct 14, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9850, surprised to hear Bells of St. Peter`s at 0614 Oct 18; a relay from somewhere? Only in the sense of extraterritoriality; no wonder had not noticed before as this is scheduled Sundays only, Santa Maria di Galeria in Latin per HFCC; 0615 opening with catch-phrase slogan ``Laudetur Jesus Christus`` but they say that in all language services. Poor reception and hard to tell which; EiBi lists Ukrainian, and WRTH A09 update says this is Ukrainian liturgy at 0610-0745 // 11740 and 1611 on Sundays only. And in B09 9850 will continue, one hour later, as far below. 17765 at 1314 Oct 21, VR IS, 1315 opening Vietnamese, fair. This is 72 degrees from SMG; we keep hearing Vietnamese from VR in CNAm on various frequencies; how much better would it be in the target if not so much leaked out way over here? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VATICAN [and non]. /CANADA/ MADAGASCAR/ PHILIPPINES/ RUSSIA/ TAJIKISTAN/ UZBEKISTAN Vatican Radio B-09 schedule. [NOTE: VR refuses to publish end-times of transmissions, not always what you might guess depending on start time of next one, if any – gh] Africa Programmes 0230 French 7360 0300 English 7360 9660MDG 0330 Kiswahili 7360MDG 9660MDG 0345 Sun Somali 7360MDG 9660MDG 0400 Amharic, Tigrigna 7360 9660MDG 0430 French 7360 9660MDG 0500 Arabic 1260 9645 11715 0500 English 7360 9660MDG 11625 0530 Portuguese 7360 9660 11625 0600 French 7360 9660 11625 0630 English 7360 9660 11625 0630 Mass in Latin 585 1530 9645 15595 0700 weekdays Italian-French-English 585 1530 1611drm 9645 15595 0745 weekdays Arabic 1530 5965 7250 9645 15595 0930 Sun/Hol Ge'ez liturgy 15595 17765 1100 Sun/Hol Angelus 585 1530 1611drm 5965 7250 9645 11740 15595 17765 21680 1130 Mass in English 15595 17765 1300 Italian 585 1611drm 5965 7250 9645 15595 21680 1600 Kiswahili 11625 13765MDG 1615 Sat Somali 11625 13765MDG 1630 Amharic, Tigrigna 11625 13765 1630 Arabic 1260 7290 9635 1700 French 11625 13765 1700 French-English 585 1530 7290 1730 English 9755 11625 13765 1800 Portuguese 9755 11625 13765 1900 Sat Spanish 9755 11625 1940 Rosary 585 1530 4005 5885 7250 7365 7435 9755 11625 2000 English 7365 9755 11625 2030 French 7365 9755 11625 2140 Arabic 1530 4005 5885 7250 America Programmes 0030 Portuguese 1260 7305 9610SAC-CAN 0100 Spanish 1260 7305 9610SAC-CAN 11910 0145 Spanish 7305 9610SAC-CAN 11910 0230 French 6040SAC-CAN 7305 0250 English 6040SAC-CAN 7305 [WORLD OF RADIO 1483] 0320 Spanish 6040SAC-CAN 7305 0900 weekdays Portuguese 1260 1000 weekdays Portuguese 1260 21680 1130 weekdays Spanish 1260 21680 1500 Mon/Fri Spanish 1260 1500 Thur Portuguese 1260 1600 Portuguese 1260 1730 Spanish 1260 2045 English 9800drmSAC-CAN 2300 English 7370drm Asia & Oceania 0025 Mon/Thur Urdu 5895TJK[alternate5820] 7335 (M-10 season 7335 9580TJK[alternate 9395]) 0040 Hindi-Tamil-Malayalam-English 5895TJK[alternate 5820] 7335 (M-10 season 7335 9580TJK[alternate 9395]) 0200 Hindi-Tamil-Malayalam-English 15460RVA-PHL 0500 Arabic 1260 9645 11715 0630 Mass in Latin 585 1530 15595 0700 weekdays Italian-French-English 585 1530 1611drm 15595 0745 weekdays Arabic 1530 5965 7250 9645 15595 0930 Sun/Hol Oriental liturgy 15595 1100 Sun/Hol Angelus 585 1530 1611drm 5965 7250 9645 11740 15595 17765 21680 1130 Fri Mass in English 15595 17765 1230 Sun-Fri Chinese 5985NVS-RUS 6020RVA-PHL 15235 1230 Sat Mass in Chinese 5985NVS-RUS 6020RVA-PHL 15235 1300 Italian 585 1611drm 5965 7250 9645 15595 21680 1315 Vietnamese 13765 15235 1330 Russian 1260 5900TAC-UZB 9695 1415 Wed/Sun Urdu 11850 13765 1430 Hindi-Tamil-Malayalam-English 7585TJK 9310 11850 13765 1530 Sat Mass in English 7585TJK 11850 13765 1630 Arabic 1260 7290 9635 1700 French-English 585 1530 7290 1940 Rosary 585 1530 7435 2100 Russian 1260 5910 7385 2200 Chinese 5900KHB-RUS 7395 9600 2315 Vietnamese 7395 9600 Europe 1st Programme 0330 Slovenian 1530 4005 0350 Croatian 1530 4005 0410 Czech 1530 4005 5965 0425 Slovak 1530 4005 5965 0440 Hungarian 1530 4005 5965 0500 Polish 1530 4005 5965 0500 Arabic 1260 9645 11715 0520 German 1530 4005 5965 0540 French 1530 4005 5965 7250 0600 English 1530 4005 5965 7250 0630 Mass in Latin 585 1530 4005 5965 7250 9645 11740 15595 0700 weekdays Italian-French-English 585 1530 1611drm 4005 5965 7250 9645 11740 15595 0710 Sun/Hol Rumanian liturgy 7250 9645 0745 weekdays Arabic 1530 5965 7250 9645 15595 0830 Sun/Hol Mass in Italian 585 7250 0915 Wed Papal audience 585 1611drm 5965 1100 Sun/Hol Angelus 585 1530 1611drm 5965 7250 9645 11740 15595 17765 21680 1100 weekdays Italian 585 1611drm 5965 1115 Sun/Hol Italian 585 1611drm 5965 1200 weekdays French 585 1611drm 5965 1300 Italian 585 1611drm 5965 7250 9645 15595 21680 1400 Spanish 1260 1611drm 7250 9645 1415 Portuguese 1260 7250 9645 1500 German-Polish 5885 6060drm 7250 9645 1530 Sat-Thur Music 5885 7250 9645 1530 Fri Italian 5885 7250 9645 1600 Vesper 5885 7250 9645 1630 Italian 585 1530 5885 7250 9645 1630 Arabic 1260 7290 9635 1700 French-English 585 1530 4005 5885 7250 7290 9645 1730 Slovenian 1530 4005 5885 7250 1750 Croatian 1530 4005 5885 7250 1810 Hungarian 1530 4005 5885 7250 1830 Italian 585 1530 1830 Czech 4005 5885 7250 1845 Slovak 4005 5885 7250 1900 Polish 1530 4005 5885 7250 1920 German 1530 4005 5885 7250 1940 Rosary 585 1530 4005 5885 7250 7435 2000 Italian 1530 4005 5885 7250 7435 2020 Sun/Hol Esperanto 1530 4005 5885 7250 7435 2030 French 1530 4005 5885 7250 2050 English 1530 4005 5885 7250 2120 Spanish 1530 4005 5885 7250 2140 Arabic 1530 4005 5885 7250 2200 Italian 585 1530 1611drm 4005 5885 2220 Compieta/Complien/Night Prayer 585 1530 1611drm 4005 5885 2310 German-English-Italian 1611drm Europe 2nd Programme 0310 Armenian 1260 6185 9645 0330 Russian 1260 6185 7335 9645 0400 Ukrainian 1260 6185 7335 0420 Byelorussian 1260 6185 7335 0440 Lithuanian 1260 6185 7335 0500 Latvian 6185 7335 0520 Rumanian 1611am 6185 7335 0540 Bulgarian 1611am 6185 7335 0600 Scandinavian 1260 1611am 6185 7335 0620 Albanian 1260 1611am 0710 Sun/Hol Rumanian liturgy 7250 9645 0715 Sun/Hol Ukrainian liturgy 9850 11740 0930 Sun/Hol Oriental liturgy 11740 15595 17765 1330 Russian 1260 5900TAC-UZB 9695 1650 Armenian 1611am 7365(M-10 11715) 9585 1710 Russian 1611am 6185(M-10 11715) 7365 9585 1740 Ukrainian 1611am 6185(M-10 9585) 7365 1800 Byelorussian 1260 1611am 6185(M-10 9585) 7365 1820 Lithuanian 1260 1611am 6185(M-10 9585) 7365 1840 Latvian 1260 1611am 6185(M-10 9585) 7365 1900 Rumanian 1260 1611am 6185 7365 1920 Bulgarian 1260 1611am 6185 7365 1940 Scandinavian 1260 1611am 6185 7355 2000 Albanian 1260 1611am 6185 7355 2020 Wed-Thur Esperanto 1260 1611am 6185 7355 2020 Philippine-Tagalog 1260 1611am 2100 Russian 1260 5910 7385 (VR via Alokesh Gupta, INDIA, via WWDXC, transformed from XLS to ASCII transformed by wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 15 via DXLD) ** VATICAN [and non]. RADIO VATICANA PRESCRIZIONE PER ELETTROSMOG P LOMBARDI INSODDISFATTO La Corte di Appello di Roma ha emesso oggi sentenza nell'ambito del procedimento a carico del card. Roberto Tucci e del p. Pasquale Borgomeo per il reato di ''getto pericoloso di cose'' per le emissioni elettromagnetiche del Centro della Radio Vaticana di Santa Maria di Galeria. La Corte ha dichiarato di non dover procedere nei confronti del p.Borgomeo, perche' deceduto nel frattempo, e nei confronti del card. Roberto Tucci per prescrizione. Interrogato a proposito della sentenza, il direttore della Radio Vaticana, p. Federico Lombardi, ha dichiarato: ''La sentenza non ci soddisfa, perche' ci aspettavamo il proscioglimento degli imputati perche' il fatto non sussiste o comunque non costituiva reato. Tuttavia per una valutazione piu' approfondita occorre attendere il deposito delle motivazioni, che deve avvenire entro 60 giorni''. (via Roberto Scaglione, Sicily, Oct 14, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) Here the original source [note and preserve some double__underscores] http://www.asca.it/news-RADIO_VATICANA__PRESCRIZIONE_PER_ELETTROSMOG__P__LOMBARDI_INSODDISFATTO-866927-ORA-.html (via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) VATICAN RADIO REQUIREMENT FOR ELECTROSMOG P LOMBARDI DISSATISFIED The Court of Appeal of Rome has today issued a ruling in the proceedings against the card. Roberto Tucci and Father Pasquale Borgomeo for the crime of ''project dangerous things'' for the electromagnetic emissions of Vatican Radio Center of Santa Maria di Galeria. The Court ruled not to have to proceed against the p. Borgomeo, because died in the meantime, and against the card. Roberto Tucci barred. Asked about the ruling, the director of Vatican Radio, Fr Federico Lombardi, said: ''The ruling does not satisfy us, because we expected the acquittal of the accused because the fact there was not a crime or otherwise. However for a more depth should wait for the filing of its rationale, which must occur within 60 days.'' (Google translation of the above, for DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VENEZUELA. Radio confiscada --- Tras 2 meses del cierre de 34 emisoras y dos televisoras regionales, el Gobierno continúa sin exhibir otra razón para la medida que no haya sido la retaliación política . . . Fuente: TalCualDigital.com http://www.talcualdigital.com/Especiales/Viewer.aspx?id=26854 (Via Yimber Gaviria, Colombia, Noticias de la Radio, DXLD) Starts with early history of bróadcasting in Venezuela (gh, DXLD) ** VENEZUELA [non]. I have reported numerous times the past week on how the Radio Habana Cuba transmitter on 11760 puts out a couple dozen spurs at multiples of plus and minus 51.2 kHz. Incredibly, I have seen no reports of this from anyone else. 11760 is currently scheduled 22 hours a day, 00-22 UT, but what of the rest? Oct 17 at 2200 as I was tuning up the 11 MHz band, heard the RNVCI IS on about 11515 kHz, and then standard sign-on, quickly matched to the fundamental frequency 11670. So that is very obviously the same transmitter used the rest of the time on 11760. This time the spurs were detectable as high as 12233.2 and as low as 11209.2. No, I did not measure each and every one of them, but later computed them using multiples of 51.2 kHz displacement. All could be heard except as noted: 11618.8 with most audio 11567.6 11516.4 11465.2 11414.0 11362.8 11311.6 11260.4 11209.2 11721.2 11772.4, big het on another RHC transmitter, 11770.0 11823.6 11874.8 11926.0 11977.2 12028.4 12079.6 12130.8 – this one not audible for some reason 12182.0 12233.2 - tuning reached the top at 2208 Next to check all the RHC, RNV and CRI relay frequencies at 23-24 to find yet another spurset, unless they give it a one-hour daily rest. See also CUBA! No sign of any activity on alleged Aló, Presidente frequencies via CUBA, Sunday Oct 18 at 1600 check: 12010, 13680, 13750, 17750 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VIETNAM. Conditions seem to be "healing" somewhat along with the arrival of the fall rainy season. In general, signals seemed somewhat better and the more northerly routes (the Russians) were at least present, if not at full strength. I managed a long log for a reception report (yet again) for Voice of Vietnam, with the 675 signal being up and down a lot, but a solid 9 on peaks. Even better the VOV1 transmitters on 5975, Hanoi and 7210 Buon Me Thuot were both in, with 5975 doing quite well. The third SW transmitter on 9530 did not seem to be on the air, the best that I could tell (John Bryant, WinRadio 313e + Ultralights, Wellbrook Phased Array NW, Grayland, WA, USA, Day Three at Grayland, 1903 UT Oct 14, IRCA via WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DXLD) Buon Me Thuot on 7210? No time mentioned, as these are general remarx aside from his main interest, MW, but presumably local morning, Rarely if ever reported. Aoki does show it as: 7210 Voice of Vietnam 1 2145-1700 1234567 Vietnamese 20 ND Daclac VTN 108 03E 12 41N VOV 1 b08 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7435, VOV-1, Hanoi, 1359, Oct 17, Vietnamese surfaced after co-channel Farda had closed. Clear frequency right thru to 1559:25 s/off which is one hour earlier than listed in Aoki. // 5975 was also audible. 73, (Martien Groot, Schoorl, Netherlands, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) The VOV-1 for Gulf of north is unstable in s/off. It is different by a day. i.e. 1300, 1500, 1600 and 1700 UT (S. Hasegawa, NDXC, ibid.) ** VIETNAM [non]. VOV (via Skelton) on 9430, Oct 9 at 1949. Weak and gusty, but in scheduled German (Terry Wilson, MI, Eton E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Hi All, Although this is mainly a shortwave group, today early morning (i.e. late 12th October, 2009 around 2200 UT) I heard some surprising signals on MW so I thought I should share with you. The most unusual signal I got today was an "Indonesian" station on 1152 kHz. Interestingly there was hardly any fading. I listened to it patiently to get a positive ID from the station but the station abruptly signed off at 2200 UT without any announcement! What I`m sure is that the language was indeed Bahasa Indonesia and there were repeated references to "Radio Indonesia" although most Indonesian stations on Shortwave refer to themselves as "Radio Republik Indonesia"! This was the first Indonesian station I ever heard on MW! I call the stations which I have not been able to identify or whose no positive ID is heard as "unidentified". I just hope it is not some distortion in my receiver or some harmonic or some image of another frequency or... Any one has any knowledge of this station then please let me know. Thanks & 73, (Harjot Singh Brar, Punjab, GRDXC via DXLD) 2200 UT would be a very unusual time for an Indonesian MW station to be signing off, rather than on. WRTH 2009 lists 8? Indonesians on 1152, only one of which is RRI. More likely the UAE station listed as signing off at 2000, with programming for Gastarbeiter, probably added another hour for Indonesians (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Check this .... http://www.asiawaves.net/mediumwave-1150.htm#mediumwave-1152 (Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) Yes, I checked that site before posting my message. It is not Indonesia. It is perhaps Radio Asia from UAE. Today again it was audible in Phillipino language before Indonesian starts. The same station broadcasts in Phillipino before Indonesian. 73s, (Harjot Singh Brar, Punjab, ibid.) Hi All, Here is an update of the unidentified 1152 kHz MW station. I heard the station again today early morning (14 OCT, 2009 local time) from 2000 UT 13 OCT, 2009 onwards. The station does announce itself as "Radio Indonesia" with continuous songs including English and Indonesian. The announcer repeatedly said "Salaam Aleikum" and read out some names for song requests. Besides this in between there was reference to "Western Union Money transfer"! Perhaps the station/program is sponsored by Western Union. In between I heard "Middle East". From the above I have concluded that the station is broadcasting for Indonesians in the Middle East from a transmitter in Middle East. It could be from UAE but I would still call it unidentified till it is confirmed. 73s, (Harjot Singh Brar, GRDXC via DXLD) Has anyone else also heard this station on 1152 MW or I`m the only one hearing it!? After listening for 3 days I`m sure the station is indeed there on this frequency and it's not a distortion or harmonics or receiver problem (Harjot Singh, Punjab, for GRDXC, Oct 15, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Certainly not hearing it in OK, but surely you are in the reasonable coverage area of 200 kW Ras al Khaimah station, and everything fits, so what is there to doubt? (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) UNIDENTIFIED. 3325, best extracontinental signal on 90m, Oct 21 at 1250 with music presenting usual conundrum: PNG or INDONESIA? If I had stayed with it for clues, would have missed other stuff upfrequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 4782.0, 10.10 -0201, UnID station playing Clyderman and finished with "Radio xxxx(thunder), xxxx onda larga y 4780 onda corta" Probably Radio Tacana. Heard Oct 8 at 2220 (John Ekwall, Norrköping, Sweden, SW Bulletin Oct 18, translated by editor Thomas Nilsson for DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Re 9-076: 4800, no sign at 1325 Oct 14 of the MW harmonic(?) cutting on and off, nor at several later chex. They could at least let it go until we could ID it. Assuming it was from Texas, due to the clear mention of Dallas-Fort Worth when I first heard it, but that could have been the origin of a networked program, and we know it`s not KRVA, in the Vietnamese Metroplex, the other 1600 kHz possibilities are KOGT in Orange, which per NRC AM Log 2009-2010 has a C&W format; KOKE Pflugerville, but that`s no match with Mexican; OR --- a new station not yet on the air as of publication, in Dalhart, 3000/250 watts. That could fit for a new station still installing or adjusting equipment. Checking FCC AM Query, apparently not. No calls assigned yet, is still only a CP, and now with an application by Amy Meredith to change city of license to Vega, a town known to everyone who has driven I-40 west of Amarillo, while Dalhart is out of the way except for US-54, 87 or 385 travellers, in the extreme NW corner of the Panhandle. Could be she`s aiming to rimshot the huge Amarillo market; hope it doesn`t upmess the NWS TIS relay on 1610. Yes, tho day power reduced to 2.5 kW, pattern puts the major lobe toward AMA. But I digress (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. OTH radar, presumably China in approx. 50-kHz wide pulsing segments, Oct 18: at 1326 on 4870-4930 bothering Jambi 4925; at 1332, 5190-5240, vs some 2-way Spanish SSB around 5215, and also overlapping with CODAR above 5225. At 1336 on 6850-6900 and 6960-7000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 5715, S. Korea Spy Station?, 1433-1435*, Oct. 20. Woman with series of numbers in Korean; fair. Same as heard in the past on 4900 and 6215 (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) And 6730 UNIDENTIFIED. I heard a "jamming" sort of noise (bubble jammer) yesterday on 6005 kHz late at night (local time)! Don't know what this was. Blob? Jamming? Haven't heard lot of jamming on Shortwave of late although it was very common some years back. 73s (Harjot Singh, Punjab, GRDXC via DXLD) Noise jamming on 6005 may be against a S. Korean clandestine on 6003, from you know where. Jamming is all over the SW bands from China, but it sounds like continuous music (Firedrake), or the CNR1 (main domestic program) often with an echo. If you don`t think you are hearing jamming, the ChiCom have succeeded in masking what they are really doing, trying to prevent the People of China from getting any info from outside (in Mandarin especially), by blocking not only overtly clandestine broadcasts, but even AIR`s Chinese service, as well as VOA, BBC, etc. (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) UNIDENTIFIED. 6140, Oct 21 at 0536 was hearing a het on RHC. Much weaker than it, less than 1 kHz away, maybe a semikHz, but hard to tell whether it was on hi or lo side, as both seemed to be the case as I rocked back and forth. Could it be R. Líder, Colombia coming back as some thought they already heard? Or if really on both sides, maybe just a modulated tone instead of intermittent phone ringing out of the RHC transmitter. Needs further chex especially when RHC is off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. OTH radar pulses from China, presumed, covering roughly 50 kHz each: Oct 17 at 1308 on 6460-6510, 6770-6820, 6860-6920; at 1317 on 8020-8070 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 6760-6865, OTH radar, presumed, or rather at least two of them on adjacent ranges, with individual center peax, Oct 13 at 1332. As with all these OTHR logs, the exact edges are difficult to pin down, so consider the frequency ranges approximate (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 6855/AM, 2148, 16-Oct; Phone ringing & huge hum (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Longtime spy numbers frequency around this hour, neighbor to RHC (gh, DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 6930-usb, Oct 16 at 1233, rap? music, distorted audio and unstable reduced carrier, presumably a N American pirate at unusual time of day. Gone at 1350 recheck (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Could be this: 6930.0, USB, PIRATE (UNITED STATES), Uncle Bob Radio, 1247, Oct 11, English, 1247 I gotta big gun, I gotta big gun and lots of ammunition and I ain't afraid to use it, Dueling Banjos 1302 Talking about shooting beer cans, "Uncle Bob stop it!", Bob invented a "beer warning system" that lets you know when you are running low on beer 1304 "I keep 350 guns in the back of my automobile" Fair (Mike Rohde, OH, FRW via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. I hear a badly modulated station from South Asia on 7105 kHz around 1400 UT. Haven't spent much time on it yet. I feel this is Jammu Kashmir Pakistan based clandestine (Victor Goonetilleke, 4S7VK, DXplorer Oct 11 via BC-DX via DXLD) This is very interesting, and the last report I read about this clandestine was from Aslam in Lahore - he told me it was then using 3995 kHz. The transmitter used was always API-8, and this transmitter also carried Azad Kashmir as you know. But there are no reports that AZK is on air on any frequency, and API-8 did not appear in their summer schedule. The recently re-introduced service in Balti/Sheena is almost certainly via API-4 which just happens to use 7470 kHz for the previous programme in Gujrati at 0400-0430 UT. This same transmitter is unused between 1245 and 1700 UT, so could it be this transmitter that is being heard? (Noel R. Green-UK, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 11 via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. OTH radar pulses, presumed, the ChiCom kind roughly 50 kHz wide: Oct 16 at 1244, 7460-7510, and astonishingly, this was strong enough to be heard QRMing WWCR`s super signal on 7490, at the moment with the paranoid YL reading article about HAARP. I bet some of her gullible listeners figured this was HAARP trying to jam her! And still going at 1446. Also at 1246 on 8100-8150 not bothering much of anything (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED [and non]. Intruder on 9621, Oct 20 at 1416, strong carrier on and off at the regular rate of 24 times per minute, bothering CBCNQ 9625. Have not heard anything like this before. Something similar then found on 7360.3, also at the average rate of 24 times a minute, but these were irregular, often in groups of two with a longer pause, perhaps `hand-keyed` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 8000.5, sounds like time signal pips, Oct 17 at 1315. Trouble is, the CW beeps are at the rate of 80 per minute instead of 60, so perhaps from an alternate universe with 80-second minutes, or everything happens 33 percent faster (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Intruder in middle of 31m SWBC band, Oct 15 at 1453 on 9547.0 SSB, 2-way contact in Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. This morning also, I heard a long CW transmission at 9785. Rare to me for which I have heard the mysterious "number station" in Spanish and English but never, an airing similar to this one (Luigi KP3003SWL San Juan, Oct 18, HCDX via DXLD) Was the CW on 9785 made up of only 10 letters, substituting for digits, in groups of five, known as cut numbers? Otherwise it had nothing to do with Cuban spy transmissions (Glenn Hauser, OK, ibid.) UNIDENTIFIED [non]. Hearing today a station in Asiatic Language from 0900 until 1000 UT on 9795. No info on my Passport. Anyone could help please? (Luigi Pérez, Puerto Rico, Oct 18, HCDX via DXLD) Luigi, You don`t need a Passport, which is anyhow well over a year out of date now. Are you aware of the Aoki listing? http://www.geocities.jp/binewsjp/bia09.txt That is one of several online resources, which shows: 9795 R.JAPAN 0900-1000 1234567 Japanese 250 163 Sackville CAN 06419W4553N NHK1 a09 But use with caution as it too includes outdated info. 73, (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) UNIDENTIFIED. I attach a clip from 11655 kHz today, up to BOH 1630 UT. This should be FEBA Radio from the Krasnodar site? The transmitter was shut off nearly precisely 1630. I see two different languages listed, Afar and Amharic, the latter from their own (outdated??) web site. Turning on five minutes earlier I thought the lingo sounded like Farsi, then the next OM talking sounded like the Afar heard on R Hargeysa 7145 (weak signal from them tonight). Maybe this is Amharic, and the dialects are very similar (Geir Stokkeland, N-6390 Vestnes, Norway, Oct 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST)) Geir, FEBA is certainly what`s scheduled on 11655 until 1630. I can`t make out any ID, tho maybe they mention FEBC quickly in the middle after music and later I think I hear `Ethiopia` (Glenn to Geir, ibid.) Thanks a lot! I will try to remember to check their sign-on at 1600 tomorrow. (It is much of the fun of short wave radio these days, to check the odd "clandestine" broadcasts to those countries still out- of-line. In some ways one should wish they remain stubborn for a while ... like the North Koreans, Ethiopians and Zimbabweans (Geir Stokkeland, ibid.) UNIDENTIFIED. 12210-12240, Oct 19 at 1430 with weak OTH radar pulsing, presumed from CYPRUS. Stronger covering 21790-21815 at 1434 when BBC Cyprus was also audible on 21470, and still at 1508 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED [non]. SOUND OF HOPE RADIO INTERNATIONAL --- I am hearing just right now this station playing music at 13970 with a big signal. It is 1055 UT. I wonder if anybody here knows as to from what location this station is airing this program. For me, is a new one (Luigi KP3003SWL San Juan, Oct 18, HCDX via DXLD) Hi Hector, I think you have heard: 13970*Xi Wang Zhi Sheng SOH 0000-2400 1234567 Chinese (Sound of Hope) which is a Falun Gong related shortwave programme with address in Taiwan. You can find it in WRTH 2009 on page 491, clandestines. Best wishes and 73 from (Björn fransson on the island of Gotland, Sweden, ibid.) 13970 is Chinese Firedrake jamming against Sound of Hope. This continuous music jamming has been explained repeatedly in DX Listening Digest. Some other frequencies with the same are 8400, 9000 and 10210, heard most mornings here (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Hi Hector and the list, I thought you had heard an identification of the station, because you named your message "Sound of Hope International". So I wonder: Did your that station or did you only hear the firedrake music? 73 from (Björn, ibid.) Dear Hector, I have them right now, at 0930 UT on 13970 kHz, and I am quite convinced that it is the Chinese firedrake music we hear. They play this music to cover the programmes of the Sound of Hope Radio - and they are very successful! 73 from Björn Fransson, Sweden, Oct 20, HCDX via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. Over the Horizon radar pulses, presumably from Cyprus, Oct 15 at 1415 on 15990-16015; also at 1448 on 15490-15515, victimizing DW Russian via Rampisham on 15510, British military vs British civilians! The one straddling 16 MHz also still going. At 1523, more 25-kHz-wide OTHR 13605-13630, this one QRMing broadcaster on 13625, i.e. RFI Russian via Issoudun. Perhaps the French should retaliate from their own OTH radar near Paris against some BBC broadcast (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. OTH radar pulsing, the British Cyprus kind presumed, roughly 25 kHz wide: Oct 16 at 1300 on 14590-14615 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 14632-14657, OTH radar pulses, presumed, Oct 14 at 1404. Also 17790-17815 in the middle of the 16m SWBC band! Oct 14 at 1432, primarily degrading WYFR 17795. Wolfgang Büschel says these ones covering 25 kHz are typical of the British facility on CYPRUS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 15151, intruder, 2-way Spanish USB at 1458 Oct 19 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED [and non]. 17480-17505, OTH radar pulsing, presumed from CYPRUS, Oct 20 at 1330; not a problem until 1404 when found the newish IBB Tibetan service via Lampertheim, GERMANY on 17500 suffering from this noise; 1444 check, OTHR off and 17500 in the clear. Still off at 1457, when Brother Scare had already started via doomed Jülich on 17485 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. OTH radar pulses from Cyprus, presumed, covering roughly 25 kHz: Oct 17 at 1402 at 17640-17660, neatly bothering both BBC English on 17640, and Saudi Arabia French on 17660. 17640 site is Ascension, so one must wonder if the British OTHR operators on Cyprus would have avoided that range if it too were via Cyprus? Why don`t these radars pick a few ranges which are really clear of other signals and stick with them?? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ I have written "Monitoring Times" to cancel my subscription. Why? Because they eliminated the "Global Forum". 73, (Kraig (busy studying for Extra license exam), KG4LAC, Krist, Oct 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Mr Glenn Hauser, you have been relentlessly reporting DX news although many in GRDXC have come and gone. This is great and thanks a lot for your efforts for keeping DXing alive. Actually your tireless efforts are one reason which have kept many DXers like me going on despite the long period of hibernation. Best DX & 73s, (Harjot Singh Brar, Punjab, GRDXC via DXLD) Glenn, below is an email I sent to MT. I’m sure it won’t mean much, but want you to know your column was one of my first reads and most enjoyable. It will be missed. Thanks for this column and of course World of Radio. Regards, 73 (Ben Feller) Viz.: From: Ben Feller Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 10:45 AM To: editor@monitoringtimes.com Subject: Global Forum Very sorry to read Global Forum is ending. It is still pertinent information that can be accessed at a glance. I am a long time MT subscriber, also MTXpress subscriber and Grove equipment customer. I really believe a similar column needs to continue, at least in MT Xpress if not in print. I really feel very strongly about this and would like to hear what other readers are saying. Shortwave station notes on 1-2 pages --- how did this become a “miss” ??? Please advise. Regards, Ben Feller, Mansfield, MA (to MT, via DXLD) Ben, Tnx for your support. I got the impression they do plan to continue with some kind of SW news; they just don`t want it from me, nor are they entitled to anything from me or DXLD. Did you receive a reply from them? (Glenn to Ben) Hi Glenn, I have not heard from them, and would be surprised if I did. I'm sorry it ended as it did. I know they are trying some new things but your knowledge and resources will be missed. I'll follow your news and listings through your other information streams. Thanks for the reply, always appreciated when you respond to me (Ben Feller) My Monitoring Times subscription Dear Sir or Madam, I have received notice that my subscription to Monitoring Times is coming up for renewal. While I have enjoyed the publication for several years, I have decided not to renew, and wanted you to know why. Glenn Hauser's shortwave coverage, I thought, was remarkably well done, and I was quite disappointed to read that you have decided to cease carrying it. Without that feature, there is just not enough material in keeping with my interests to warrant a renewal. But I do thank you for years of enjoyable reading, and wish you the best of success in the years ahead. Best regards, (Tim Noonan, Oak Creek WI, Oct 19, to MT, cc to DXLD) While I am grateful for those so supportive of my ex-column that they are canceling subscriptions, I would like to make it clear if anyone at MT is reading this, that I have *not* encouraged anyone to do that. If they do, it`s solely of their own volition. Considering what I was paid, it would not take many canceled subs, or eventually non-renewed to make their axion a net financial loss for MT (gh) For World of Radio, in memory of Gigi Lytle (Tom McLaughlin, Lubbock TX, Oct 12, with a check to P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, WORLD OF RADIO 1483) Thanks for all your great news & material that you tirelessly produce Glenn. Good dxing. Best regards (Ian Baxter, Australia) Glenn, thanks for all your work & expertise keeping DXLD the most reliable DX info center available. Alla best from damp cool Socal (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas, a calligraphic card with a check in the p-mail to P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702) Thanks Glenn for your continued support of shortwave! It's too bad that stations are slowly disappearing from the bands, and listeners don't always voice their opposition or support (Tim Marecki, ptsw yg via DXLD) Thanks for your good work in collecting your SW news and spreading it by audio and Internet. I know that Shortwave radio listeners will make good use of it all around the world, and despite the crazy demise some station it does help keeping our community of global listeners alive :-) 73s (Alfredo E. Cotroneo, CEO, NEXUS-Int'l Broadcasting Association) Glenn, Thanks for all your continued hard work for this hobby, have listened to you since the 70's (Tom Katzele, Saint Croix Falls WI, with a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com) WORLD OF RADIO 834 To whom this may concern: shot in the dark, but I`m looking to talk to someone who could locate world of radio #834 for me, it would be appreciated. Thanks, joe (Joe Johnson, Oct 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I would be hard pressed to find something that old, but I wonder why you want it. Perhaps I can recall a particular piece of info. Did you want to hear it or find out what was covered in it? (Glenn Hauser, producer, World of Radio, to Joe, via DXLD) Not sure if my last email went through. I`m really interested in actually hearing that episode, because from what I`ve been told William Cooper is mentioned, and I`m currently trying to archive his life and most aspects of. I suppose you and Cooper didn`t get along well (I hear he didn`t get along with many). Your response would be appreciated, sorry if I offended you in any way (Joe Johnson, ibid.) Joe, Not offended, it was just a long time ago. I believe he did attack me for some reason, probably something disrespectful I may have said about wackos of his ilk, but I really don`t remember the details. Perhaps I have some listener who has archived tapes back that far, so I will put your request in DX Listening Digest (gh to Joe, via DXLD) DX-PEDITIONS ++++++++++++ PEI DXPEDITION I haven't seen much chatter about the wildly successful PEI DXpedition on this list yet (.. a bit surprising) but here are two useful links for those who'd like to be clued in on all the activity: Report with logs and photos on Bruce Conti's 'bamlog' site: http://www.bamlog.com/peidxped.htm Brent Taylor's DXpedition audio files page (with links to photos and other related material): http://www.vy2hf.com/ppaudiofiles.html DX that will make you drool, including one of the largest ever hauls of TP's (... yes, TP's!) from the East Coast. The participants are still adding more logs as Perseus and SDR-IQ captures are reviewed (Mark Connelly, WA1ION - Billerica, MA, Oct 16, NRC-AM via DXLD) Because the report and website are a work in progress, I didn't want to announce the URL prematurely to the general public, but now that the "DX cat is out of the bag": I'm still working on the details of some of my own logs, and will add more logs, photos, plus audio clips as time permits. I cleaned up a couple photos today that previously uploaded dirty, so now they all look decent. The website also has logs from Niel Wolfish. Chris Black submitted his logs yesterday which will be added shortly. (A few logs have been leaked out to IDXD.) When the report is complete I'll post a general announcement, and the logs will be published on e-dxn and submitted to DX News for publication. I'll also do something for the January edition of Pop' Comm. It was quite the DXpedition, and I certainly appreciated the hospitality of Brent Taylor and our "Northshore DX Cottages" innkeeper, plus the camaraderie of fellow DXers. Stay tuned, more on the way (Bruce Conti - Nashua NH, ibid.) Bruce, sorry to spring the news sooner than intended. (Though I suppose some could run across it via Googling.) The online report looked more complete and polished than many other final-version DXpedition reports I've read. With a DXpedition group going to the NJ shore before long and then Newfie sometime in November, I figured that the logs - even in their preliminary form - had a lot of "actionable" items during this very active TA DX time of the year. Afghanistan 1296 and Tajikistan 972 on the TA front and all of the TP items decidedly qualify as eye-poppers and jaw-droppers: juicy targets that many hadn't given much thought but will now decide to pursue. You've done us all a valuable service ... thanks (Mark Connelly, WA1ION - Billerica, MA, ibid.) LAPLAND DXPEDITION ON DXING.INFO Hi, I have published a report on the recent LEM278 DXpedition to Lemmenjoki in Finland's Arctic North. Lots of reindeer, but even more radio stations. Conditions on the AM band were pretty good, with many interesting catches especially from the Americas. Check out the details at http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/lem278rep.dx - a log will follow some time next year, as listening with Perseus takes time. 73 (Mika Makelainen, Oct 16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Let me know if you ever plan to come DXing to Finland. However, if Finland seems a bit far and too expensive, why not Alaska or northern Canada? DXing could be extremely exciting up on those same latitudes, but I have never seen any DXpedition reports with long beverage antennas used up there. If results from Grayland WA are already impressive, how about setting up a few longer beverages for example near Nome Alaska? I was there a couple of years ago, but in midsummer. It could be a sensational turning point in AM DXing in America, who knows what you could hear, in midwinter you could have conditions close to 24 hours a day. I think it was back in 1973 when AM DXers for the first time ventured to Lapland. The results were so sensational that since then DXers have already organized 278 DXpeditions in just this one location (Lemmenjoki), let alone many others in the region. Who's the first to revolutionize AM DXpeditions in America by taking DXpeditions to Arctic latitudes? 73 (Mika, ABDX via DXLD) PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ DSWCI NEWSLETTER: NEW TRIAL ISSUES OF DSWCI PUBLICATIONS This is the promised message especially to our not-yet-members: We have uploaded new trial issues of DSWCI publications. Amongst them are the latest DX Window (No. 387 of 14th October 2009) and the September/October issue of Shortwave News. You can download them at http://www.dswci.org/try This page also gives an overview of the free material the DSWCI offers on the Internet. Most material is for members only though, as members fees are essential for the existence of a DX club. Best 73 (Rolf Wernli, DSWCI Webmaster, Oct 17, WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DX LISTENING DIGEST) MONITORING MATTERS - THE FUTURE After numerous discussions, tests, trials and tribulations, the Monitoring Matters site is up and running with the latest news on your Monitoring Matters magazine (E-zine). The link is: http://www.monitoring-matters.com Thank you for your continued support, and further comments would be appreciated via this forum (Pat Carty and the team, Oct 20, monitoring-matters yg, UK, via WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DXLD) Focuses on utility, not broadcast. Website says: Over the next two months, complimentary issues will be published on 1st November and 1st December, which will show you how "Monitoring Matters" will become your most popular source for information, advice and monthly entertainment. From January your financial support by becoming a yearly subscriber - £20 for 12 issues, will provide us with the resources to improve, increase the content and add extra contributors to join some of those you have enjoyed in the past (via gh, DXLD) BCmap BROADCAST PATTERN PROGRAM Gents: I am the author of BCmap, a free program that shows you the patterns of broadcast stations right on your computer. By this I mean that it gets the antenna array data from the FCC site and then does the math to plot the pattern. A large number of options are available and the program is apparently fairly well thought of. However - to get that data requires parsing an HTML file. This is *not* fun. Simply downloading the FCC-generated PDF pattern files is a far less informative way to go about this for the "casual" (i.e., not- professional-engineer) user. And it does not fit in with the BCmap way of doing things. The work involved to update the data files is significant. For this reason, I am for the time being pulling BCmap from my site. If you click on the Download button you will get a request for input. If the response is insufficient, the program will no longer be available. I really want to keep it as a freebie but I need some kind of support. Larry? Bob? Jump in here. The web page under discussion is: http://tonnesoftware.com/bcmap.html (Jim Tonne Tonne Software http://www.TonneSoftware.com Oct 15, ABDX via DXLD) It is a KEWL program. I have it on my Laptop and it runs GREAT in Windows Home Vista Premium, as well as XP-Pro at the station. Just for giggles, I am going to try it in Windows 98 on one of the old computers :-) I do hope it stays around. It comes in HANDY when looking for an Interfering Station, or seeing what can fit where. -- 73, (Kevin Raper, KJ4HYD, CE WCKI WQIZ, ibid.) There is no limitation to the fidelity of AM radio. From a mathematical standpoint, AM does better in frequency response than FM. - Leonard Kahn (Kevin`s tagline) I have worked on something similar for the AM-DX.COM site. Originally I had a utility which pulled the antenna data from the HTML files and then ran a program to create the pattern in a bitmap format. However, due to some differences in how the pattern data was reported, it was inaccurate on an unacceptably large percentage. What I also tried to do was overlay that bitmap on a map picture so it was easier to understand. I could never find the appropriate map files. It would have taken a lot more time to build than I had available. And, I'm not positive I could have succeeded. I never did get the patterns to an acceptable +99% accuracy. What I did as a compromise is exactly what you mentioned. I made a link for each directional station so the FCC PDF of the pattern could be viewed. Something is better than nothing. The AM-DX.COM WestList has an automatic utility to download the data from the FCC web site, pull it out and then sort by a number of ways to make searching easy. That utility takes at least 8 hours to run. I click the link on my computer desktop and it runs. It verifies the data at every step, and stops the utility if something is missing or corrupt. It works probably half the time. The internet isn't 100%. If you think that the WestList utility might help what you want to do, contact me offlist. It has a half dozen different .exe programs, plus a batch file. It runs off a command line and requires a specific FTP program called iFTP. Most of the .exe programs are ones that I wrote. It would be very helpful to all of us if there could be a pattern overlay to a map (Craig Healy, Providence, RI, ibid.) Re: BCmap broadcast pattern program The file is still on the server: http://tonnesoftware.com/downloads/BCmapInstall209.exe If you type this by hand observe the case (JimTonne, NRC-AM via DXLD) MAGNA DATABASE While using the MAGNA Database which is a compilation of both the AOKI and EIBI datafiles, I am able to pull up different records on different frequencies rapidly to help with identifying unknown radio stations. It is a real help in DXing. If you are interested in having a free copy, go to: http://www.orchidcitysoftware.com/IMAGE59.HTML (Chuck Bolland, Clewiston FL, 26.37N 081.05W, DX LISTENING DIGEST) SWL BOOSTER SHOT . . .I tell you that little story only to explain why, after 59 years of enjoying Shortwave Radio Listening, I am saddened to know that this wonderful hobby has fallen by the wayside due to the ease of gaming and chatting online and other various enticements accessible to young people these days. It is for that reason that I decided to try giving SWL'ing a 'shot in the arm.' A bit of a boost; if you will. Although it has been tried before, I have gone ahead and designed a website whereby individuals anywhere in the world, young or old, Ham or CB'er, male or female can easily obtain their own (or give as a gift) free International SWL Designator. I am using a 56 sectored (Time-Zone Based) system as an SWL'er locator on our shrinking world. Applicants are assigned a unique monitoring station designator (i.e. callsign), and can also obtain an Official SWLR Certificate should they desire to order one. It will be my pleasure and an honor to issue anyone their SWLR Designator and add them to the International Online Directory. For more details visit: http://www.swl-registry.com Or contact me: Clifford R. Williams - W2CRW Email: registrar @ swl-registry.com Write: 87 Everett St., Rochester, NY 14615 USA [more:] (via Southgate http://www.southgatearc.org/news/october2009/swl_booster_shot.htm via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) Beats me why anyone needs a ``callsign`` unless they are transmitting; what`s wrong with being known by one`s own name? Anyhow, unlike Hank Bennett, he doesn`t seem to be in this for the money, as the registration is free, and optional certificates cost only one sesquidollar (gh, DXLD) LANGUAGE LESSONS ++++++++++++++++ 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF VOA SPECIAL ENGLISH ON OCTOBER 19, 2009 The Roots of Special English --- On October 19, 1959, the Voice of America broadcast the first Special English program. It was an experiment. The goal was to communicate by radio in clear and simple English with people whose native language was not English. Special English programs quickly became some of the most popular on VOA. They still are. Special English continues to communicate with people who are not fluent in English. Over the years, its role has expanded. It helps people learn American English while they learn about American life and stay informed about world news and developments in science. It provides listeners with information they cannot find elsewhere. . . http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/about_special_english.cfm (via Yimber Gaviría, Colombia, DXLD) WORLD OF HOROLOGY see also ARGENTINA +++++++++++++++++ AT THE CENTRE OF TIME --- By Lucy Rodgers, BBC News Without it international travel would be in turmoil and calling friends in faraway places at the right time impossible. Exactly 125 years after the Greenwich Meridian line was drawn, how and why did Britain become the centre of time? At longitude 0 0' 00", the arbitrary stroke on our maps that passes from pole to pole and bisects the UK, France, Spain, Algeria, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana divides the Earth into east and west, just as the Equator splits it into north and south. This imaginary line now known as the Greenwich Prime Meridian not only allows us to navigate the globe but also keeps the world ticking to the same symbolic 24-hour clock. But it has not always been so. . . Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8266883.stm Published: 2009/10/20 09:44:49 GMT © BBC MMIX (via Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, DXLD) CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES +++++++++++++++++++++++++ THE 46TH ABU GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN MONGOLIA - A report by DRM Chair Ruxandra Obreja http://tinyurl.com/yzq3fpg (via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India, DXLD) RADIO PHILATELY +++++++++++++++ CIRCUITO INTEGRADO - O chip que mudou o mundo Dear friend: If you have interests on Electronics, I invite you to watch my one frame exhibit at: http://www.afsc.org.br/umquadro/c002/c010_a.html Greetings from Brazil (FABIO FLOSI, radiostamps yg via DXLD) RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ RADIO AND TV STUDIO AND TRANSMITTER SITE PHOTOS For those of you into such things my flickr site has some new photos you may not have seen before. In April of 2008 Scott Fybush was kind enough to invite me to join him on one of his well known road trips. This one was in Los Angeles, San Diego and Northern Baja California, Mexico. After arriving home I couldn't find the media card I'd used. I found it a couple of weeks ago. There are some very good, some average and some "what was I thinking?" photos. I've learned a lot and future photos overall will be better (I hope). The camera I used to take these died. It has been replaced with a somewhat better camera. There's a saying in photography that goes "95% of photography is what's six inches behind the lens" so a better camera is no guarantee of better photos. I almost forgot to mention if there's a baseball game anywhere nearby Scott and his friend/co- conspirator/driver on these trips Garrett Wollman from Boston will take one in so we went to a Dodgers game. That was fun too. I'll be happy if only one of you has 1% as much fun looking at them as I did circling the globe (well, not exactly) taking them. http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcgibson55 http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcgibson55/sets 73 (Dennis Gibson, WB6TNB, Oct 18, ABDX via DXLD) TALKING HOUSE TRANSMITTERS I am in need of a Talking House Transmitter for my middle school. If anyone has one, please contact me. Thanks (Bert New, Watkinsville, Georgia, Proudly Serving You Since 1964! NRC-AM via DXLD) For AM: http://www.drivethruradio.com/id18.htm for FM look at the Ramsey 30B Both will work fairly good, with OK range. I know of only one person using AM, but there are a lot of people using the Ramsey 30B because it's so easy to set up (Fred Vobbe, OH, NRC-AM via DXLD) 24 HOUR ANALOG CLOX Patrick Martin, OR has been seeking advice on replacing his old 24- hour clock set on UT, culminating with this: http://www.mfjenterprises.com/Product.php?productid=MFJ-130R Thanks Mike, I see it can be set for UTC!! And Atomic! I will call MFJ tomorrow. $30 is better than $80. 73, Patrick (IRCA via DXLD) I too am in the market for a 24 hour analog clock, doesn`t need to be `atomic` as 60 Hz power takes care of accuracy, don`t you know? My old reliable Timing Devices Co., Saltsburg, Penna., 10-inch diameter, including sweep second hand in red, and a time-conversion dial in the center, copyright 1949, but purchased in the late 50s or early 60s, consuming 1.5 watts, with hefty glass bezel, survived numerous moves tnx to a well-designed impact-resistant box, and otherwise has run continuously for some 50 years, but suffering from a grinding noise the last decade or so, finally got to be so loud that I unplugged it from its suffering. Perhaps should try to oil it, but I suspect some gears are just outworn. This is a true 24-hour clock, not a mere 12-hour clock with a double dial, 13 lining up with 1, etc. I get a blank page clicking on MFJ link above, but searching on clox, here is their list including a 130RC which is not analog, but giant LCD: http://www.mfjenterprises.com/Catergories.php?sec=23 There are some others which should fit the bill (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Patrick, The Universal Radio catalog carries the MFJ-131RC, an analog atomic wall clock. I imagine you could set it to UTC. The URL is: http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/clocks/1509.html You might have a look at it. 73, (Steve N5WBI Ponder, Houston TX, NRC- AM via DXLD) Steve, That is the one I ordered, but it is defective and it is going back. It is 2 minutes off per day. 73, (Patrick Martin, ibid.) Patrick, I had an old 24 hour analog wall clock (not atomic) years ago. I finally trashed it because it lost about 2-3 minutes a day, too. I wonder if it's due to the analog mechanism and having to push the hands of the clock around the face. Food for thought. Hope you get a good one in return! 73, (Steve N5WBI Ponder, Houston TX, ibid.) FM AS IT WAS — OR MIGHT HAVE BEEN Once upon a time all broadcast media were AM, including police radio. Shannon Huniwell, writing in Popular Communications, again came up with some interesting history, much of it FM related. AM police radio was all the rage in the 1940s and 1950s. Stations resided on a band above the AM broadcast band, which ended at 1500, and later ended at 1600. One could tune a radio a bit up and away from the "normal" band and hear police calls, sometimes maritime radio, and amateurs. Bruce Elving remembers hearing images of stations above the AM band on frequencies down into that band. AM reception on the police bands was not that different from the AM of today, with static caused by thunderstorms, stations interfering with each other, especially at night, and worst of all, no squelch or muting. When a call came in about a robbery in progress, it ended, and the transmitter went silent, with noise coming out of the police receiver's speaker, not the velvety silence found with today's digital and analog VHF and UHF transmitters. Elving remembers a retired cop telling how nerve-wracking it was to listen to that noisy radio for a whole shift, with most of the noise being static. The police and public safety sector embraced FM technology earlier than the broadcast industry—especially in that it replaced the moribund AM system earlier than did the commercial broadcast industry. As a guest on Harry Maynard's Men of High Fidelity program over WNYC- FM *93.9 New York in 1978, Elving stated that FM will replace AM, just as it had with police and fire radios. The first state to go all-FM with its police radio system was Connecticut, and the year was 1940. University of Connecticut electrical engineering professor Daniel E. Noble convinced the State Police to adopt FM, not only for two-way communications, such as from car to car and car to base, as well as base to car, and that static could be done away with at the same time. The article surmises that Noble knew not only Major Edwin H. Armstrong, FM's acknowledged inventor, but also Franklin Doolittle, an FM devotee who founded the 1936 experimental "Apex" station that became WDRC-FM 102.9 Hartford and WHCN 105.9 there, each of which might be considered the world's oldest FM broadcast operation. According to other published accounts, Noble had already designed two- way AM units and FM transmitters, and melded this experience into "a circuit design and specifications, from which a practical unit was built by the chief engineer at the Fred M. Link Company." Noble later said the success of this system was due to choosing phase modulation, which Armstrong also used, and selecting proper station sites, using rooftop antennas on the patrol cars, and employing different transmitting frequencies for the base stations and the mobile units. Some of those developments also carried the Motorola trademark and copyright. Anyway, Hartford's experience in 1940 signaled the nationwide switch of public service communications from AM to FM, some of which did not happen until the 1970s, or just before Elving's WNYC- FM in-studio interview (via Bruce Elving, MN, for FMedia! Via DXLD) AM RELEVANCE: 10 STEPS TO FIX AM’S PROBLEMS by Mark Heller, 10.13.2009 One in a series of responses from readers to RW’s Sept. 1 article exploring whether AM radio is "still relevant." Radio World in recent issues has asked, "Is AM radio relevant?" Previously they’ve asked, "Is the FCC relevant?" I’m sure you would have had a bigger response if you’d asked if shortwave radio or ham radio is relevant. Since Radio World is read widely in many radio stations, I’d like to address not only engineers but talent, PDs, managers and owners. I can’t help get an AM radio application built into a cellphone without wireless Internet or a 60-foot antenna attached to an iPod, so my comments are limited to what we can do today, with the equipment that now exists. To fix AM’s problems, we have to take a 10-step approach. Nothing is as sweet as a well-run AM signal that someone actually cares about. When you hear it, you know. Unfortunately, they’re not as prevalent as they were 30 years ago. Mother Nature has always affected AM broadcasts when lightning was involved. But today, man-made devices interfere around the clock. Sodium vapor lights, farm fences that are electrified, aging power transformers and even the common personal computer monitor affect us. Here are some "nuts and bolts" solutions. Not the latest, shiniest thing. We in broadcasting sometimes chase after things that sparkle, are new and trendsetting. Roll up your sleeves, and feel free to cross the items off as you complete the list. 1. The 5 kHz reduction of audio of recent years was a disaster. It was started by one major group and others quickly followed in lock step. You’ve surrendered your bandwidth for the benefit of a few IBOC operators. Here’s a little-known secret. AM radio does not have to be all-talk or all-sports. Music can be played on AM radios. Put your radio station back at your original specs, according to FCC rules, the way the transmitter manufacturer worked so hard to build it. The guys who invented AM radio never wanted it to sound like a police scanner. Knock it off! Your advertisers with music beds and singing jingles will appreciate it, too. 2. Frequency synchronization has been patented for AM radio carriers at least twice since 2001. It came out of Oak Ridge, Tenn., and the University of Tennessee. Simply put, end the fluttering noise at night on AM with every one of the licensed frequencies, coordinated using a GPS device to stay exactly on frequency. Listeners know the difference, especially at night. P.S. It’s not expensive to do, either. 3. Power levels on AM must be legal and honest. If you have a license that says 11 watts at night and you are running 125 watts, you deserve to get fined. You are contributing to the overall noise at night. If you are the manager or licensee, ask your engineer how he computes your nighttime power. 4. Doing high school sports on AM with a simple cellphone? Grow up! Just because your station has a trade-out with a cell provider doesn’t mean you have to do four-hour remotes with "tin-can" audio. Dust off your Marti transmitter. Find that Comrex audio extender. If you can’t afford the latest "near-studio-quality" equipment, check out the used items on eBay or from your audio dealer’s used inventory. It’s OK to put a cellphone on the air at an emergency or breaking news like an accident, but stop kidding yourself. 5. A major issue is expanded-band AMs that kept the original frequencies they were supposed to give up. Please explain how 80 broadcasters were given a new frequency and, to win them, were graded on how much interference their current old AM signal caused; then, after five years, they kept the original frequency as well. There is a small corner in hell reserved for these licensees. The expanded band was created exclusively to clean up interference in the rest of the AM band. 6. IBOC at night didn’t work, doesn’t work and won’t work. Turn it off at night until a fix is found and proven. Citadel Media, one of the early adapters, was sensitive to their adjacent neighbors and did the right thing. They deserve a lot of credit for their common sense. 7. When was the last time you "proofed" your AM station? I don’t mean getting that annual 20-minute drive by R.F. Emission Measurement, either. Take the station down on a Sunday night and proof the audio chain with a tone, including the processor, and check your connections on the ATU at the antenna. I’m betting your answer to the question is, "I can’t remember." Proof it! 8. The next two points have a political overtone. They need to be said. NRSC standards were adopted back in the 1980s to address solid-state florescent bulbs, solid-state vapor lights and other interference. It’s time to reconvene this group. Some of the original members of this group have either passed away or long since retired from the business. 9. Marathon, Fla., has one AM station, with a directional array pointed away from the U.S. It’s time to make a deal to make it go away. It’s not an FCC problem, either. We as loyal broadcasters stood mostly silent while our government attempted to reach Cuba with up to 100 kilowatts from this station, only to have Cuba successfully jam more than one frequency back at us. That jamming continues today. Write your congressman. The NAB and SBE right now don’t care. 10. Finally, to managers and program directors: You’re busy giving away concert tickets, free pizzas and the kitchen sink on your FM station to maintain your cume and share of audience. When are you going to do this with your AM station? One of my colleagues says, "All that AM needs after these corrections is one ‘gangbuster’ promotion, more than giving away a box of cereal or tickets to a minor-league baseball team." Do something dramatic. Mark Heller is president and general manager of WGBW Radio in Two Rivers, Wis. Plus comments, including someone who is very confused about SW: http://www.radioworld.com/article/88604 (via Artie Bigley, DXLD) BLACK SCREEN ON ANALOG TV I have a new Sylvania TV, with digital and analog tuners. When I do a direct entry for any of the analog channels, the screen is black and a box appears in the screen that says 'Weak Signal'. It doesn't even give me the opportunity to see snow on the screen. Yesterday during the skip that was flying around, I wanted to check the low-VHF analog channels for any potential skip reception, but this is the *greeting* I get from the TV. Does anyone know a work around for this or is it possible to defeat this function? (Jim Thomas, Colorado, WTFDA via DXLD) Are you sure it was looking for an *analog* signal? Kinda sounds like a symptom of a set looking for a digital signal on a channel where there was none. In which case there has to be a menu option somewhere to tell it to look for analog. If you have any VCRs & tapes kicking around, you could use one to generate an analog signal on channel 3 & see if the set will receive it. Actually, you could use a DTV converter box the same way, to generate an analog signal to check the set. -- (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, ibid.) The procedure for this TV expects you to run an autoscan where it looks for all digital and analog signals and puts into memory everything it finds. IF IT finds a 2-1, it then WILL NOT allow you to use the analog 2, if it didn't find a analog 2 in the autoscan. Since I have a 2-1 from the Denver market, when I entered only the channel 2 number, it immediately defaulted to 2-1. This is even after I did the step described below regarding the Manual Register. I had previously ran an autoscan and had all the local channels in the channel list. SO, I disconnected the coax cable from the antenna, ran the autoscan again which wiped everything out and it told me there were no signals. Then I reconnected the coax cable. Then, I went to the Manual Register function in the Channel Setup. This allows you to manually add channels to the list. You can add 2, 2-1, 3, 3-1, and so on. If there is a signal present on one of the digital RF channels, it will appear on the screen but it won't be added to the channel list. Since there is almost nothing available in low power in analog in the Denver market, this is hard to test for the presence of any analog signals. At any rate, I added channels 2 through 6 through the Manual Register function. Then, when I tune to one of those channels, it shows a black screen and says 'No Signal'. So perhaps the way Sylvania designs their new TV's, they want the analog tuner to resemble the way a DTV tuner works and I may be out of luck using it for a dx TV. I cannot figure out how to get this analog tuner to act like a conventional analog tuner. I am open to suggestions (Jim Thomas, Colorado, ibid.) Interesting your Sylvania is configured differently than my 2005 Sylvania. On mine, there is a "DTV/TV" button on the remote, that switches between seemingly independent analog and digital tuners. In yours, analog and digital channels are lumped together. My guess is that they did this to cause less confusion to "ordinary" viewers. They figure that since the transition, getting analog signals means you're on cable, and having an antenna means digital signals (with possibly some analog channels if you have LPTVs, or live near the Mexican of Canadian border, in which case you may have a few analog stations lumped in as ".0s" One cheap (but ugly) solution, would be to get an old VCR (about $5 at thrift stores now!) with a cable ready analog tuner, and use it for analog DXing (if you're lucky, find one that does not blue out the screen and mute the audio when no signal is present). (Robert Grant, ibid.) SOVIET RADIOS etc. Re: Here's a radio I used to have: http://www.rv3bc.narod.ru/RX/pr_tranz/okean209.htm Here's one I still have: http://www.rv3bc.narod.ru/RX/pr_tranz/orlenok.htm The export version was called Cosmos, the one I have looks a little bit different in details and indeed carries the inscript Cosmos-M. The original design was known in the GDR as well. The manual says that the radio picks up "either long waves or medium waves", and as far as I recall was this circumstance known here, too, like "beware of the LW version, there you will get only the Russians" (i.e. Radio Volga). The one I have is for MW. It used to be sufficient for picking up strong signals. The real weak point of this radio was the speaker, perhaps also the PA amplifier, the audio quality can be described as croaking. Perhaps with an earphone it was better. (However, it must been added that the sound of a similar radio from the western hemisphere was a similar joke.) Noteworthy is that this set worked with two proprietary accumulator knob cells, a charger for them had been provided with the radio. They were leaking and already in the eighties not much life was in them anymore. Now they are of course dead, leaving the radio without a power source. Further checking out this website suggests that the assumed (was it really officially required?) policy to limit the frequency range of shortwave radios appeared during the early seventies. Quite remarkable are the wavelenghths even for FM. Has it really been specified at any point that, as an example, Radio Mayak broadcasts in Leningrad on 4 metres, 44 centrimetres and 8 millimetres (rounding it to full centimetres would have already been too inaccurate)? Where did this passion for wavelengths originate? Anyway: http://spb.rtrn.ru/data/lrtpc_photo_3.jpg The antenna appears to be an eight-bay system, if I interpret the tower photos correct, so the ERP should exceed 100 kW. Back to the referenced website: It is also interesting which station names appear on the sets. It seems that generally stations from none- NATO countries were OK, thus Stockholm or Vienna had been included. Note also the video recorders, some of them for reel-to-reel tapes. It was quite widely known in the GDR that such things existed as consumer goods in the USSR, even in the shops of the Soviet Army carrisons in Germany. At least some of them and at some point also sold to German civilians, the candies were quite famous. And yes, these shops were in the Soviet barracks, but this did not mean they were out of reach. http://rv3bc.narod.ru/RX/tv/saturn505.htm http://rv3bc.narod.ru/RX/tv/vm-12.htm B&W video cameras were apparently available as well: http://rv3bc.narod.ru/RX/tv/tv-el801.htm http://rv3bc.narod.ru/RX/tv/tv-el841.htm Speaking about Soviet equipment in general: Yesterday I had the first opportunity to take a look at a Soviet interlocking system, a set of standardized equipment for small stations called EZM, in this case EZMG, the export version for Germaniya. As the local engineers told there are all kind of hazzle with this equipment, in particular getting spare parts (all contacts to the original manufacturer somewhere in the FSU are lost), but they also say that these installations are amongst the most reliable, with failures being comparatively seldom (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Oct 16, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV [more above under RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM] ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ SDTV DUPLICATE CHANNELS We have several channels here in the Twin Cities that run SDTV signals (same as their HDTV signals) on their sub channel. Is there any specific reason to do so?? JE (John Ebeling, Oct 16, WTFDA via DXLD) Quite possibly to maintain control over how the 16:9 HDTV signal is converted by those cable systems that use off-air reception. WSMV generates a 4:3 standard-definition version of our 16:9 HDTV signal; we also "mixdown" the six-channel surround sound to two- channel stereo. This standard-definition signal is fed to Comcast Cable via fiber and delivered to standard-definition subscribers in Nashville and adjoining areas. But that fiber feed doesn't hit *all* the cable systems. Some outlying systems pick up our HDTV signal off-air. They then have to downconvert it to 4:3 standard-definition themselves. **We hope** they're all center-cutting it (lopping off the edges and filling the entire screen, rather than squeezing the whole picture so it fits in the 4:3 screen -- and leaves black bars at the top and bottom. Or worse, squeezing the sides to fit horizontally in the 4:3 screen without squeezing it vertically, and making people REALLY THIN...) If we had a 4.2 subchannel with a standard-definition simulcast of the HD on 4.1, we could do the center-cutting here and ask cable systems to deliver 4.2 to their standard-definition subscribers. We decided this isn't enough of a problem in Nashville to worry about it; we're using our 4.2 for Telemundo instead. No Nashville station is doing the SD simulcast thing (well, if I recall properly one of the Sinclair stations is running a *hidden* SD version on one of the *other* Sinclair transmitters. Most consumer TVs can't see it but TSReaderLite can). – (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, ibid.) I noticed a couple of stations doing that in Detroit earlier this week and wondered what that was all about. No station in Kansas City or Topeka does that. Thanks for your answer (Dave Pomeroy, Topeka, ibid.) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See BELGIUM non; BRAZIL; BULGARIA; CANADA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ CUBA; CZECHIA; DENMARK; GERMANY; INDIA; MADAGASCAR non; NEW ZEALAND; POLAND; PORTUGAL; ROMANIA; RUSSIA; VATICAN; CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- IBOC See OKLAHOMA: KGYN; USA: WCRV; RADIO +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ EQUIPMENT FORUM: AM relevance Interesting use (unintentional?) for HD Radio http://www.wwl.com/pages/5107068.php I note they don't have a solution for those listeners who are actually at the game(grin)... -- (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, WTFDA via WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DXLD) Viz.: 3 WAYS TO SYNC UP YOUR TV TO SAINTSRADIO, WWL Posted: Saturday, 29 August 2009 12:37PM WWL.com Reporting Turn DOWN your TV & turn UP Saints Radio! In an effort to accommodate today’s multiple methods of TV reception, over the air, cable and satellite, our Saints Radio broadcast are now available with three incremental amounts of audio delay. One of the three should either match or be very close to your TV picture. 5 seconds of delay on WWL 870 AM should closely match the video on over the air antenna connected TV sets, or on most analog cable systems. A 10 second delay on WWL-FM, 105.3, should work if you watch the game on digital cable, in either HD or Standard Definition. 15 seconds of audio delay is available on WWL-HD1, 105.3 HD, for satellite TV subscribers. (Requires the use of an HD digital Radio for reception) Feel free to experiment with the 3 radio reception options listed above to obtain your best sound to picture synchronization. You’ll find Minimum delay on WWL-AM, Medium delay on WWL-FM and Maximum Delay on WWL-HD1. Three new reasons to turn DOWN your TV & turn UP Saints Radio! (WWL via WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DXLD) I was at a Patriots pre-season game back in August, and overheard at least 2 people complaining about the delay as they listened to the game on 98.5 WBZ-FM with headphones. They were all thinking that it was a profanity delay, but I didn't bother trying to explain the real reason. At the stadium, which is just about halfway between Boston and Providence, it may be possible to hear 630 WPRO or 99.7 WEAN-FM where there would be less (maybe none at all) of a delay. In past years, when the games were on 104.1 WBCN, they would shut off the HD delay on the analog signal during the games, so people like this would be able to hear the game live. Maybe this was something that they had set up only on the 104.1 transmitter that they weren't able to do once moving to 98.5 (Jeff Lehmann - N1ZZN, Hanson, MA FN42NB, Sangean HDT-1X, Yamaha T-85, APS-13, ibid.) KOA radio is advertising and selling a radio that they say will get rid of the delay completely on any TV system you are using for the Bronco games. It sells for $39.99 and it says ScannerMaster on the their web site (Craig, Denver, ibid.) How would they do that? Maybe by tuning in to the non-delayed feed on their 25950 kHz transmitter! But they would need to boost power for general coverage of the city, let alone the continent (gh, WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DXLD) WPHT IBOC TURNED OFF DURING SILLY BALLGAMES Los Angeles Dodgers at Philadelphia Phillies. WPHT 1210 kHz IBOC is off as of 0000 UT 20 October 2009. WPHT IBOC broadcast resumed after the Phillies won the baseball game (before 04 UT 20 OCT 09). The IBOC was also off for the game on 19 Oct 09 (Leonard J. Rooney, Springfield PA, Delaware County, WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DX LISTENING DIGEST) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ LONG-HAUL TRANS-EQUATORIAL FM DX, CARIBBEAN TO SOUTHERN BRASIL Olá amigos. Ontem literalmente o dial em FM estava repleto de sinais provenientes do Caribe. O interessante é que comecei a captá-los por aqui pouco depois das 2300 horas UT, coisa incomum aqui. Outra coisa interessante foi ter ouvido algumas FMs caribenhas no meu smartphone Nokia N73. Sabia que se tentasse ouvir alguma FM caribenha no meu Nokia N73, iria conseguir. É claro que a qualidade do áudio não era tão boa quanto no Sony ICF SW 7600G, mas dava para ouvir. ANTIGUA & BARBUDA 97.1 ZDK - Liberty Radio International, Saint John´s, EE, 2318, 17/10, OM, mx caribenha variada 45344 RFP 102.7 ZJF Radio, Saint John´s, EE, 2342, 17/10, mx pop internacional variada. Obs: ela ficou no ar por um bom tempo e com uma boa qualidade de sinal 45333 RFP** 91.9 Hitz FM, Saint John´s, EE, 0007, 17/10, mx caribenha 33333 RFP SAINT VINCENT & GRENADINES 96.7 Nice FM, Kingstown, EE, 2328, 17/10, mx caribenha, OM 43333 RFP 107.5 NBC, Kingstown, EE, 2331, 17/10, OM, nxs 55344 RFP* 105.7 Praise FM, Kingstown, EE, 2335, 17/10, OM/YL, mx gospel, relg 54344 RFP 103.7 Hitz FM, Kingstown, EE, 2338, 17/10, mx caribenha 45333 RFP** 99.9 WE FM, Kingstown, EE, 2354, 17/10, mx caribenha 44333 RFP UNIDENTIFIED 101.4 Unid (provável da Martinica), FF, 2346, 17/10, mx pop, OM às 00:21 horas UTC 45333 RFP 100.9 Unid, idioma unid, 2351, 17/10, mx caribenha 45333 RFP 91.5 Unid (provável Jamaica), EE??, 0005, 17/10, mx reggae "One more night" 45333 RFP 93.7 Unid (The Wave - Castries South/LCA??) , EE, 0010, 17/10, mx caribenha 33333 RFP 94.1 Unid, EE, 0013, 17/10, mx caribenha 35333 RFP JAMAICA 92.7 FAME FM, Coopers Hill, EE, 2329, 17/10, mx reggae variada 34333 RFP SAINT LUCIA 97.3 Radio Saint Lucia, Castries, EE, 0000, 17/10, OM, nxs 32332 RFP MARTINICA 91.2 RCI Martinique, Martinique, FF, 0003, 17/10, YL, nxs, mx 34333 RFP GUADELOUPE 106.6 RCI Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe, FF, 0023, 17/10, mx caribenha, OM 34333 RFP RFP = Escutas realizadas com um Sony ICF SW 7600G + antena RC3-FM. RFP* = Escuta realizada com um Kchibo KK-C37 + antena telescópica. RFP** = Escutas realizadas com um Smartphone Nokia N73 + fone de ouvido (funcionando como antena). 73! (Rubens Ferraz Pedroso (SWL1033B). Bandeirantes/ PR, Brasil, Engenheiro Agrônomo, Membro do DXCB e do DX Clube do Paraná via DXLD) Says he was even able to hear some of these on his Smartphone, i.e. on its little FM tuner (gh) Amigos, ontem novamente ouvi várias FMs caribenhas por aqui. Já anteontem, não ouvi nenhuma. Pelo menos até o horário em que fiquei acordado (até pouco antes das 23:00 horas de Brasília - horário de verão [0100 UT), não apareceu nenhum sinal. Das escutas feitas ontem, destaco cinco. Ouvi novamente a The Observer (91.1 MHz), emissora de Antígua & Barbuda, a qual já fazia um bom tempo que não a ouvia. Ouvi também uma nova emissora transmitindo em francês nos 90.1 MHz (suponho ser do Haiti). A outra se trata de uma emissora religiosa nos 92.3 MHz, com transmissão em espanhol (já ouvida anteriormente por aqui). Voltei a ouvir a Voice of Barbados (mais difícil de ser ouvida por aqui). Finalmente a outra se trata da Radio AS, Martinica, que voltou a dar o ar da sua graça por aqui. Até no meu aparelho de som Polyvox PS 1000 Digital System deu para ouvir a The Observer ((91.1 MHz). Luizinho, realmente ontem a TEP estava bem forte como você disse na lista. Esse início de TEP já está mostrando que a mesma promete muito. Estou feliz em morar em uma cidade onde se é possível ouvir FMs caribenhas. Seguem as escutas. 73 e bons dx. Rubens Ferraz Pedroso (SWL1033B). Bandeirantes/ PR. Engenheiro Agrônomo. Membro do DXCB e do DX Clube do Paraná. SAINT VINCENT & GRENADINES 107.5 NBC, Kingstown, EE, 2305, 19/10, YL/OM, talks 45344 RFP 95.7 Praise FM, Kingstown, EE, 2348, 19/10, OM, pregação, relg 43333 RFP ANTIGUA & BARBUDA 97.1 ZDK - Liberty Radio International, Saint John´s, EE, 2307, 19/10, OM, mx como fundo musical 44333 RFP 102.7 ZJF Radio, Saint John´s, EE, 2308, 19/10, mx pop internacional variada. Obs: sinal muito bom por um bom tempo 55333 RFP 91.9 Hitz FM, Saint John´s, EE, 2317, 19/10, mx caribenha 44333 RFP 91.1 The Observer, Saint John´s, EE, 2319, 19/10, OM/OM, talks, EE 44333 RFP UNIDENTIFIED 101.4 Unid (prov. Martinica), FF, 2310, 19/10, OM, nxs 34333 RFP 91.5 Unid (prov. Jamaica), EE, , 2314, 19/10, mx caribenha, YL 43333 RFP 90.1 Unid (R. Phare - Haiti?? - consta na lista do Flávio Archangelo), FF, 2320, 19/10, OM/OM, talks, depois YL w/ nxs, menção ao Haiti 44333 RFP 92.3 Unid, SS, 2328, 19/10, OM, retx de px relg da WYFR (Family Radio) 33333 RFP MARTINICA 91.2 RCI Martinique, Martinique, FF, 2327, 19/10, OM, nxs 33333 RFP 106.2 Radio AS, QTH??, FF, 2346, 19/10, mx caribenha 23232 RFP BARBADOS 92.9 Voice of Barbados, Bridgetown, EE, 2351, 19/10, mx caribenha, YL 34333 RFP Receptor: Sony ICF SW 7600G. Antena: RC3-FM. DXCP (Rubens Ferraz Pedroso, Bandeirantes PR, ibid.) GEOMAGNETIC SUMMARY JULY 28 2009 THROUGH OCTOBER 12 2009 Tabulated from email status daily. Date Flux A K Space Wx JULY 28 69 4 1 no storms 29 68 1 1 no storms 30 68 2 1 no storms 31 69 4 2 no storms AUGUST 1 68 3 1 no storms 2 68 2 2 no storms 3 67 11 1 no storms 4 66 4 1 no storms 5 66 7 2 no storms 6 67 12 2 no storms 7 68 8 3 no storms 8 67 3 1 no storms 9 67 8 2 no storms 10 67 2 0 no storms 11 67 2 2 no storms 12 67 6 1 no storms 13 67 6 1 no storms 14 68 2 0 no storms 15 68 3 1 no storms 16 69 1 0 no storms 17 68 3 2 no storms 18 67 3 1 no storms 19 67 7 2 no storms 20 67 7 3 no storms 21 66 8 2 no storms 22 67 5 1 no storms 23 67 3 1 no storms 24 68 1 0 no storms 25 67 2 1 no storms 26 67 4 0 no storms 27 68 5 2 no storms 28 68 2 1 no storms 29 68 3 1 no storms 30 67 16 3 moderate 31 68 7 1 no storms SEPTEMBER 1 69 2 2 no storms 2 68 2 1 no storms 3 69 5 3 no storms 4 68 6 1 no storms 5 69 3 1 no storms 6 69 4 1 no storms 7 69 2 1 no storms 8 69 3 1 no storms 9 69 1 1 no storms 10 69 2 1 no storms 11 69 4 1 no storms 12 69 4 2 no storms 13 69 5 2 no storms 14 69 5 1 no storms 15 69 5 1 no storms 16 69 7 2 no storms 17 69 6 2 no storms 18 69 4 1 no storms 19 71 2 1 no storms 20 71 4 2 no storms 21 72 7 1 no storms 22 75 3 1 no storms 23 76 2 1 no storms 24 75 1 1 no storms 25 72 2 0 no storms 26 72 2 2 no storms 27 72 8 0 no storms 28 73 10 2 no storms 29 72 1 0 no storms 30 72 6 1 no storms OCTOBER 1 72 2 0 no storms 2 72 1 0 no storms 3 72 0 0 no storms 4 71 3 1 no storms 5 70 1 0 no storms 6 69 0 0 no storms 7 69 0 0 no storms 8 69 1 1 no storms 9 68 2 0 no storms 10 70 1 0 no storms 11 70 7 0 no storms 12 70 1 0 no storms (compiled by Phil Bytheway, IRCA DX Monitor Oct 17 via DXLD) Geomagnetic field activity was at predominantly quiet levels during the period. Isolated unsettled periods were observed at mid-latitudes early on 16 October. The period began with ACE solar wind velocities at 419 km/s, before reaching a peak of 431 km/s at 12/0114 UTC, and decreasing to 292 km/s at 15/0345 UTC. A second velocity peak reached 439 km/s at 16/0015 UTC and ended the period around 291 km/s. Interplanetary magnetic field activity showed intermittent periods of southward Bz during the period (minimum -5 nT at 15/1641 UTC). Bt reached a maximum of 11 nT at 15/1033 UTC. Density reached a maximum of 16 p/cc at 15/0912 UTC. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 21 OCT - 16 NOV 2009 Solar activity is expected to be very low. No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at normal levels through the period. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at predominantly quiet levels during 21-23 October. Quiet to unsettled levels, with isolated active to minor storm conditions at high latitudes, are expected on 24-25 October, due to a recurrent coronal hole high-speed stream. Predominantly quiet levels are expected for the rest of the period. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2009 Oct 20 1951 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 2009 Oct 20 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2009 Oct 21 72 5 2 2009 Oct 22 72 5 2 2009 Oct 23 72 5 2 2009 Oct 24 72 8 3 2009 Oct 25 72 8 4 2009 Oct 26 72 5 2 2009 Oct 27 72 5 2 2009 Oct 28 72 5 2 2009 Oct 29 72 5 2 2009 Oct 30 72 5 2 2009 Oct 31 70 5 2 2009 Nov 01 70 5 2 2009 Nov 02 69 5 2 2009 Nov 03 69 5 2 2009 Nov 04 69 5 2 2009 Nov 05 69 5 2 2009 Nov 06 70 5 2 2009 Nov 07 70 5 2 2009 Nov 08 70 5 2 2009 Nov 09 70 5 2 2009 Nov 10 70 5 2 2009 Nov 11 70 5 2 2009 Nov 12 70 5 2 2009 Nov 13 70 5 2 2009 Nov 14 70 5 2 2009 Nov 15 72 5 2 2009 Nov 16 72 5 2 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1483, DXLD) ###