DX LISTENING DIGEST 13-18, May 1, 2013
Incorporating REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING
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Indonesia, Israel, Korea North, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar,
Netherlands non, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Sarawak non,
Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Taiwan, Tannu Tuva, USA
SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1667, May 2-8, 2013
Thu 0330 WRMI 9955 [confirmed]
Thu 2100 WTWW 9479 [confirmed]
Fri 0328v WWRB 3195 [confirmed]
Sat 0130v WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Area 51
Sat 0630 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Sat 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Sat 1500 WRMI 9955
Sat 2330v WTWW 9930 [aired 1666 instead at 2305]
Sun 0400 WTWW 5830 [confirmed]
Sun 2330v WTWW 9930 [aired 1666 instead]
Tue 1100 WRMI 9955
Wed 0630 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Wed 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Thu 0330 WRMI 9955 [or maybe 1668 if ready in time]
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** ALBANIA. Hello everyone, Radio Tirana with excellent signal and
modulation to North America tonight at 0130 UT in English on 9850;
really nice to hear them with such a good signal. Hope the modulation
and signal keeps up! Interval signal, ID by woman and then news read
by a man. 73 (Gilles Letourneau, Montreal, Canada, UT April 27, dxldyg
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ALGERIA. Bechar site news --- Re: Google Earth new SW installation
at RTA Bechar site next to 153 kHz LW site at 2 x 600 kW = 1200 kW:
SW erected now, as explained on their website.
ALG Bechar MW 576 kHz 837 kHz 400d / 90n kW n20kW 130m mass
SW Bechar 135 degree image of 18 February 2013
31 33'42.39"N 02 20'16.66"W
either MW 837 kHz or 3 mast SW mast to have 135 degree direction
equipment? Nothing visible at Qargla 206 degrees installation - yet.
73 wolfy (Wolfgang Büschel, Stuttgart, April 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ALGERIA [non]. 7295, April 25 at 0503-0505, rather repetitive
martial music is playing from RTA via FRANCE, suspect national anthem;
0505 on to other programming, just one audio for a change (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
ALGERIA (via France), S/on of Koran program 0400 4/28 on 7295, time
pips, National Anthem and then into morning prayer call in Arabic.
Also heard 4/29 at same time, but weaker (Chuck Albertson, Seattle,
Wash., Sony ICF-2010 and squalid apartment balcony long-wire, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** ANTARCTICA. Feedback en Youtube --- Pequeñas satisfacciones que
aporta el tener un canal dedicado al DX en Youtube.
http://cx2abp.blogspot.com/2013/05/feedback-interesante-en-youtube.html
(Rodolfo Tizzi, http://cx2abp.blogspot.com/ May 1, condiglista yg via
DXLD)
Mirta también escribió en comentarios de la página correspondiente a
Arcángel San gabriel, en mi blog
le hicimos repreguntas, pero nunca más contestó. Escribí a la
Fundación Marambio, hace unas semanas, por si tenían alguna novedad
sobre LRA36, y hasta ahora nada (Horacio Nigro. Montevideo, Uruguay,
ibid.)
Good article and follows-up but nothing recently new there (gh)
Yo mandé consultas también a la Fundación Marambio y me contestaron,
pero sin decirme nada preciso. Aparentemente el repuesto que le hace
falta a LRA36 nunca llegó (Arnaldo Slaen, ibid.) Apparently the
replacement part needed never arrived, he says (gh)
Recuerdo que en su momento se habló algo al respecto de un repuesto
para la emisora pero luego aparentemente todo se dejó caer y quedó en
la cuenta del olvido (Rodolfo Tizzi, ibid.) Fell into oblivion
** ARGENTINA. 15344.72, RAE, General Pacheco. Portuguese programming
with songs and chats 1115, fair. Also noted at 2048, although very
weak at this time. 1/4 (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, Vic (Kenwood
TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Double Bazooka antennas for 80 and 40 metres,
Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital Noise Eliminating
Module, MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling Module, ATU), May Australian DX News
via DXLD)
15345, Radio al Exterior; 2149-2202+, 24-Apr; Tune in to Spanish
balada; RAE & noticias promos at 2155, into Spanish news; Full ID at
2200+ and continued in Spanish. SIO=2+52+; may be slightly below 15345
(Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft.
RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in
real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST)
11710.732, Very ODD frequency signal of RAE Buenos Aires in French
language about South American culture feature report, S=9 strength
here in southern Germany at 0357 UT Apr 26. \\ co-channel IRIB
Kamalabad in Spanish, and - tentatively Chinese sounded radio program
(Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 26 via DXLD)
Odd, but RAE is always off-frequency around 11710.7 (gh, DXLD)
** ASCENSION. BBC & RENEWABLE POWER [wind replacing diesel]:
http://www.ricardo-aea.com/cms/assets/SIRS/BBC-Renewable-Power-on-Ascension-Island.pdf
(Olaf Biese, Germany, A-DX Apr 2 via BC-DX 26 April via DXLD)
** ASIA [non]. More and more frequency changes of IBB, all NFs: Radio
Free Asia
[note: this is all about making the schedule extremely complex in
Chinese and Tibetan, depending on day of week, presumably to avoid
jamming: but by publishing the exact details, all the ChiCom have to
do is go by it --- unless it is disinformation. It would be much
more effective to switch around randomly, tho bad for listeners, gh]
0100-0200 17505 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg CeAs Tibetan Mon, ex daily
0100-0200 17510 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg CeAs Tibetan Fri, ex 17505
0100-0200 17515 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg CeAs Tibetan Tue, ex 17505
0100-0200 17520 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg CeAs Tibetan Sat, ex 17505
0100-0200 17525 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg CeAs Tibetan Wed, ex 17505
0100-0200 17530 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg CeAs Tibetan Sun, ex 17505
0100-0200 17535 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg CeAs Tibetan Thu, ex 17505
0300-0400 17490 TIN 250 kW / 279 deg EaAs Chinese Mon, ex 17485
0300-0400 17495 TIN 250 kW / 279 deg EaAs Chinese Fri, ex 17485
0300-0400 17500 TIN 250 kW / 279 deg EaAs Chinese Tue, ex 17485
0300-0400 17520 TIN 250 kW / 279 deg EaAs Chinese Wed, ex 17485
0300-0400 17525 TIN 250 kW / 279 deg EaAs Chinese Sat, ex 17485
0300-0400 17530 TIN 250 kW / 279 deg EaAs Chinese Thu, ex 17485
0300-0400 17615 TIN 250 kW / 279 deg EaAs Chinese Sun, ex 17485
0400-0500 21455 TIN 250 kW / 313 deg EaAs Chinese Mon, ex 21480
0400-0500 21465 TIN 250 kW / 313 deg EaAs Chinese Wed, ex 21480
0400-0500 21475 TIN 250 kW / 313 deg EaAs Chinese Tue, ex 21480
0400-0500 21485 TIN 250 kW / 313 deg EaAs Chinese Thu, ex 21480
0400-0500 21495 TIN 250 kW / 313 deg EaAs Chinese Sat, ex 21480
0400-0500 21505 TIN 250 kW / 313 deg EaAs Chinese Fri, ex 21480
0400-0500 21520 TIN 250 kW / 313 deg EaAs Chinese Sun, ex 21480
0500-0600 21460 TIN 250 kW / 313 deg EaAs Chinese Mon, ex 21710
0500-0600 21470 TIN 250 kW / 313 deg EaAs Chinese Tue, ex 21710
0500-0600 21480 TIN 250 kW / 313 deg EaAs Chinese Wed, ex 21710
0500-0600 21510 TIN 250 kW / 313 deg EaAs Chinese Thu, ex 21710
0500-0600 21530 TIN 250 kW / 313 deg EaAs Chinese Fri, ex 21710
0500-0600 21540 TIN 250 kW / 313 deg EaAs Chinese Sun, ex 21710
0500-0600 21550 TIN 250 kW / 313 deg EaAs Chinese Sat, ex 21710
0600-0700 17790 SAI 100 kW / 310 deg EaAs Chinese Mon/Wed/Fri ex 17855
0600-0700 17795 SAI 100 kW / 310 deg EaAs Chinese Sat, ex 17855
0600-0700 17805 SAI 100 kW / 310 deg EaAs Chinese Tue/Thu, ex 17855
0600-0700 17810 SAI 100 kW / 310 deg EaAs Chinese Sun, ex 17855
0600-0700 21500 TIN 250 kW / 297 deg CeAs Tibetan Mon, ex daily
0600-0700 21515 TIN 250 kW / 297 deg CeAs Tibetan Tue, ex 21500
0600-0700 21530 TIN 250 kW / 297 deg CeAs Tibetan Wed, ex 21500
0600-0700 21540 TIN 250 kW / 297 deg CeAs Tibetan Thu, ex 21500
0600-0700 21550 TIN 250 kW / 297 deg CeAs Tibetan Fri, ex 21500
0600-0700 21565 TIN 250 kW / 297 deg CeAs Tibetan Sat, ex 21500
0600-0700 21575 TIN 250 kW / 297 deg CeAs Tibetan Sun, ex 21500
1000-1100 15320 TIN 250 kW / 297 deg CeAs Tibetan Mon, ex 15435
1000-1100 15330 TIN 250 kW / 297 deg CeAs Tibetan Tue, ex 15435
1000-1100 15340 TIN 250 kW / 297 deg CeAs Tibetan Wed, ex 15435
1000-1100 15600 TIN 250 kW / 297 deg CeAs Tibetan Thu/Sun, ex 15435
1000-1100 15620 TIN 250 kW / 297 deg CeAs Tibetan Fri, ex 15435
1000-1100 15650 TIN 250 kW / 297 deg CeAs Tibetan Sat, ex 15435
1400-1500 11520 TIN 250 kW / 287 deg EaAs Cantonese Thu, ex 11715
1400-1500 11590 TIN 250 kW / 287 deg EaAs Cantonese Fri/Sun, ex 11715
1400-1500 11715 TIN 250 kW / 287 deg EaAs Cantonese Wed, ex daily
1400-1500 12095 TIN 250 kW / 287 deg EaAs Cantonese Mon/Sat, ex 11715
1400-1500 12140 TIN 250 kW / 287 deg EaAs Cantonese Tue, ex 11715
1500-1600 13790 TIN 250 kW / 303 deg EaAs Chinese Sat, ex 13855
1500-1600 13795 TIN 250 kW / 303 deg EaAs Chinese Tue/Thu, ex 13855
1500-1600 13805 TIN 250 kW / 303 deg EaAs Chinese Mon/Wed/Fri ex 13855
1500-1600 13805 TIN 250 kW / 303 deg EaAs Chinese Sun, ex 13855
1600-1700 15340 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg EaAs Chinese Tue, ex 15435
1600-1700 15380 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg EaAs Chinese Mon, ex 15435
1600-1700 15385 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg EaAs Chinese Wed, ex 15435
1600-1700 15390 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg EaAs Chinese Fri, ex 15435
1600-1700 15395 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg EaAs Chinese Sun, ex 15435
1600-1700 15405 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg EaAs Chinese Thu, ex 15435
1600-1700 15410 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg EaAs Chinese Sat, ex 15435
1800-1900 11555 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg EaAs Chinese Mon/Wed/Fri ex 11545
1800-1900 11590 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg EaAs Chinese Tue/Thu, ex 11545
1800-1900 11600 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg EaAs Chinese Sat, ex 11545
1800-1900 11605 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg EaAs Chinese Sun, ex 11545
1900-2000 9745 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg EaAs Chinese Sat, ex daily
1900-2000 9775 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg EaAs Chinese Mon/Wed/Fri, ex 9745
1900-2000 9780 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg EaAs Chinese Tue/Thu, ex 9745
1900-2000 9825 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg EaAs Chinese Sun, ex 9745
2200-2300 9345 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg CeAs Tibetan Sun, ex 9880
2200-2300 9360 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg CeAs Tibetan Sat, ex 9880
2200-2300 9370 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg CeAs Tibetan Fri, ex 9880
2200-2300 9510 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg CeAs Tibetan Thu, ex 9880
2200-2300 9625 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg CeAs Tibetan Wed, ex 9880
2200-2300 9720 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg CeAs Tibetan Tue, ex 9880
2200-2300 9735 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg CeAs Tibetan Mon, ex 9880
2200-2300 15110 TIN 250 kW / 280 deg EaAs Cantonese Thu, ex 15290
2200-2300 15120 TIN 250 kW / 280 deg EaAs Cantonese Fri, ex 15290
2200-2300 15130 TIN 250 kW / 280 deg EaAs Cantonese Sat, ex 15290
2200-2300 15140 TIN 250 kW / 280 deg EaAs Cantonese Sun, ex 15290
2200-2300 15150 TIN 250 kW / 280 deg EaAs Cantonese Mon, ex 15290
2200-2300 15160 TIN 250 kW / 280 deg EaAs Cantonese Tue, ex 15290
2200-2300 15170 TIN 250 kW / 280 deg EaAs Cantonese Wed, ex 15290
2300-2400 15535 TIN 250 kW / 321 deg EaAs Chinese Mon, ex 15430
2300-2400 15545 TIN 250 kW / 321 deg EaAs Chinese Wed, ex 15430
2300-2400 15555 TIN 250 kW / 321 deg EaAs Chinese Tue, ex 15430
2300-2400 15570 TIN 250 kW / 321 deg EaAs Chinese Fri, ex 15430
2300-2400 15580 TIN 250 kW / 321 deg EaAs Chinese Sat, ex 15430
2300-2400 15590 TIN 250 kW / 321 deg EaAs Chinese Thu, ex 15430
2300-2400 15610 TIN 250 kW / 321 deg EaAs Chinese Sun, ex 15430
2315-2400 9335 KWT 250 kW / 080 deg CeAs Tibetan Mon/Wed/Fri, ex 9900
2315-2400 9355 KWT 250 kW / 080 deg CeAs Tibetan Tue/Thu, ex 9900
2315-2400 9930 KWT 250 kW / 080 deg CeAs Tibetan Sun, ex 9900
2315-2400 9945 KWT 250 kW / 080 deg CeAs Tibetan Sat, ex 9900
(DX RE MIX NEWS #778 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, April 30, 2013
via DXLD)
Hi all, RFA is happy to announce our next QSL card. This is the second
card in our series on IBB relay site used by RFA. This card highlights
IBB Saipan. Please see the attached .DOCX or .PDF for more details
Radio Free Asia (RFA) announces the release of the second QSL card in
the series highlighting the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB)
transmitter sites used for RFA programming. RFA programs are broadcast
from the following IBB sites: Biblis, Iranawilla, Kuwait, Lampertheim,
Saipan and Tinian. The 7.4 acre Saipan site has three curtain antennas
with main beam bore sights of 195, 270 and 340 degrees. These antennas
can be electronically slewed horizontally. IBB Saipan is equipped with
3 high-power shortwave transmitters that carry RFA’s programming to
China, Korea, Southeast Asia, and Tibet. This is RFA’s 50th QSL
overall and will be used to confirm all valid RFA reception reports
from May 1-August 31, 2013 (RFA mailing list via Juan Franco Crespo,
DXLD)
** AUSTRALIA. AUSTRÁLIA, 2325, VL8T, Tennant Creek, Territ.º do Norte,
2108-2130*, 25/4, inglês, canções, texto; 25331. Emissão não // com a
VL8K, em 2485, mas sim não com a VL8A, em 4835, que há já longos meses
não surge em 2310 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
2325, April 30 at 1138, music audible at very poor level, but anything
at all from VL8T is welcome one minute before sunrise here: no way
Radio Symban with 1/50 the power is going to make it on 2368.5 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
VL8K, 2325 kHz, 1045 UT May 1. OM announcer playing pop music,
including China Grove and John Lennon's Watching the Wheels. Parallel
to 2485 and 4835, the latter of the three being the best signal here
in central Iowa in spite of WWCR on 4840. 2485 was audible, but
suffered from a progressively worsening QRM (Tim in Luther IA, Rahto,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA. 2368.5, R. Symban, Peats Ridge. Appear to have fixed
their transmitter problems! Noted back here with a strong signal at
1900 with Pacific Island languages programming. 30/3 (Rob Wagner,
VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, Vic (Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Double
Bazooka antennas for 80 and 40 metres, Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI
NEIM1031 Digital Noise Eliminating Module, MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling
Module, ATU), May Australian DX News via DXLD)
2368.48, Radio Symban. What a difference 24 hours makes! April 25 only
heard with below threshold level open carrier. This needs to be
checked daily to catch those special days when the propagation is just
right for decent reception. Certainly not heard every day! (Ron
Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
2368.477, R Symban (presumed), April 26, 2013 at 1110, Carrier
peaking, able to accurately measure frequency. While I could hear
music and talking, there was not enough coherence to log program
details or make an ID. Static crashes and atmospheric noise. Many
peaks, deep fades. Interestingly, the Aussie domestic services were
listenable, except ABC NT, which was banging in. Carrier faded at my
sunrise (Mike Gilchrist in rural EC Iowa, April 26, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA. 2485, ABC Northern Territory, 33232, In Aussie, Friday
night cricket. If it weren't for severe static crashes, this would be
like listening to a semi-local station here. Continued after my
sunrise, which is a typical winter event here (Mike Gilchrist in rural
EC Iowa, April 26, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA. 4835, VL8A Alice Springs, 1230-1300+ Apr 25 - ABC
National News to 1235, then chat segment going past ToH. Fair signal
at 1230 but fading away by 1300 (John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge, Colorado,
Drake R-8, 100-foot RW, dxingwithcumbre yg via DXLD)
** AUSTRALIA. 9475, April 25 at 1029, drumming from RA, Tok Pisin
timechex for Cook Islands and 8:30 in PNG, numbers pronounced in
English, news theme and news, something about Gallipoli in 1915y. It`s
always fun to try to understand TP with all its `blongs`. VG signal
here on 30 degree beam from Shep, much better than // 9710 which is
353. Aoki shows both run Pidgin at 09-10 daily, and 10-11 M-F,
weekends in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
25 April: Anzac Day, DU's commemoration of war dead, on date of the
initial landings at Gallipoli in 1915 (Theo Donnelly, New Zealand And
Canada, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
11665, Radio Australia; *1259-1301+, 25-Apr; On suddenly with English
ID and Summer in Australia spot; into Chinese at 1300. SIO=3+43+
Covered Malaysia? (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft.
bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on
my receiver, in real time! WORLD OF RADIO 1667, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
[and non]. 11665, May 1 at 1310, CCI between Chinese and presumed
Malay, as for A-13, RA moved its 1300-1430 Chinese service (and
English 1430-1530) from 11660 to 11665 (presumably because CRI is now
registered on 11660), but what about poor MALAYSIA, which has been on
11665 up to 24 hours a day with the Wai and Sarawak FM relays from the
peninsular mainland back to Borneo? RA`s move-in would surely cause a
collision not only here but in the SE Asian target area. Compared to
RA Chinese via PALAU on 9965, which is clear and a few seconds behind
11665 from Shepparton. Not sure if the Malaysian 11665 transmitter is
// 9835, but a similar-sounding song was playing. I think they are
normally different networks, Sarawak FM on 9835 and Wai FM on 11665
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1667, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA. 15340, April 30 at 1217, HCJB is very good with gospel
rock song, 1220 Indonesian talk, as confirmed in Aoki, daily 1145-1230
except Sundays 1200-1230 in Malayalam (which has nothing to do with
Malay or Malaya or Malaysia, despite the scheduling).
15400 not yet on, until *1225:15 with ``programmes on this frequency
will commence shortly`` loop, and a variety of music. It seems that
like its progenitor in Ecuador, HCJB Australia isn`t interested in
establishing a particular oft-played interval signal (how about ``Tie
Me Kangaroo Down``? Perhaps too light for the serious business of
convincing heathen Asians that their original religions are nonsense).
1230 official sign-on of S Asian service, starting with English. This
is the semi-hour proving that two transmitters are operational in
Kununurra, and habitually both heard very well now, longpath? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA. UNIDENTIFIED. 5755.0, April 25 at 1152, as I am tuning
up by MHz to compare the offset of MICRONESIA 4755+, I cross a very
weak carrier here. Could be an OOB broadcast station, but none
currently listed in HFCC or Aoki; however, EiBi who also includes some
utilities, has:
5755 1100-1715 AUS VMW Wiluna Met Fax Oc w
Did not hear any faxy sounds, just steady carrier, so maybe between
weather map transmissions.
5755, April 26 at 1224, now fax sounds are audible, so VMW Wiluna WA
as in EiBi.
12365-USB, May 1 at 1348, poor signal with marine weather in Aussie
robo-accent; altho well-enunciated, never can copy names of locations,
but frequent references to knots. Even weaker signal with same voice
but not // on 12362-USB causes QRM to 12365 on the FRG-7`s wide
bandwidth. At 1355, 12362 apparently IDs and gives schedule with times
and kHz, and both stop. Then 12365 resumes with a different voice.
EiBi shows 12365 is VMC Charleville, Queensland, while 12362 is VMW
[not VLW as typoed in original report], its sibling station from
Wiluna, Western Australia (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1667, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA. Australia 1988, Queensland AM Retro Radio Dial
Radio Heritage Foundation http://www.radioheritage.com April 27 2013
Media Release
____________________
A fascinating look back 25 years ago to 1988 and radio stations that
could be heard in Queensland Australia has just been released by the
Radio Heritage Foundation at http://www.radioheritage.com
As well as a complete list of AM stations along the dial, the
new feature includes the name of the radio station owners of that
era, nearly all of which were local corporations and individuals in
the days before mergers and acquisitions led to big changes in what
Australians could listen to.
Retro Radio Dial Queensland Australia 1988-2013 is the latest of a new
series exploring all Australian & US states in the coming months, as
well as other parts of the world.
The feature includes the Top 20 music Hits of 1988, popular
movies and books and other aspects of popular culture that add to the
flavor of the AM & FM radio dials of the past 25-50 years.
The Retro Radio Dial series also includes features exploring radio as
early as 1928 in California, Japan and Shanghai in 1941, Hawaii in
1961, Idaho and Texas in 1963, ACT/NSW and Victoria/Tasmania
Australia in 1988 and many new titles are currently in preparation.
The Radio Heritage Foundation is an independent non-profit
organization with no connections to the broadcasting industry or any
government agency, and is supported by people worldwide who think
it's important to protect radio memories for the future. Content at
http://www.radioheritage.com is free.
Come along and visit the Queensland Australia AM radio dials in 1988
with us. There's even a place for you to share your own radio
memories of those times.
Radio Heritage Foundation, http://www.radioheritage.com
The Global Radio Memories Project
'where today's people connect with yesterdays radio'
May 1 2013 Media Release
Australia 1988 South Australia/Northern Territory AM Retro Radio Dial
____________________
A fascinating look back 25 years ago to 1988 and radio stations that
could be heard in SA/NT Australia has just been released by the
Radio Heritage Foundation at http://www.radioheritage.com
As well as a complete list of AM stations along the dial, the
new feature includes the name of the radio station owners of that
era, nearly all of which were local corporations and individuals in
the days before mergers and acquisitions led to big changes in what
Australians could listen to.
Retro Radio Dial SA/NT Australia 1988-2013 is the latest of a new
series exploring all Australian & US states in the coming months, as
well as other parts of the world.
The feature includes the Top 20 music Hits of 1988, popular
movies and books and other aspects of popular culture that add to the
flavor of the AM & FM radio dials of the past 25-50 years.
The Retro Radio Dial series also includes features exploring radio as
early as 1928 in California, Japan and Shanghai in 1941, Hawaii in
1961, Idaho and Texas in 1963, ACT/NSW, Victoria/Tasmania & Queensland
Australia in 1988 and many new titles are currently in preparation.
The Radio Heritage Foundation is an independent non-profit
organization with no connections to the broadcasting industry or any
government agency, and is supported by people worldwide who think
it's important to protect radio memories for the future. Content at
http://www.radioheritage.com is free.
Come along and visit the SA/NT Australia AM radio dials in 1988
with us. There's even a place for you to share your own radio
memories of those times.
Radio Heritage Foundation http://www.radioheritage.com
The Global Radio Memories Project
'where today's people connect with yesterday`s radio'
(David Ricquish, RHF PR via DXLD)
** AZERBAIJAN. 9677, V Talishistan, poor carrier at 0900 but no
content! (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, May 1, R75 with
2x16inv V and HF150 with 16 m horizontal antenna, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AZERBAIJAN [and non]. US-FUNDED RFE/RL ALLEGES "THREATS" AGAINST
AZERI REPORTERS | Text of report by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
website on 26 April
Washington: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) reports
persistent campaigns of intimidation against two of its Radio Azadliq
journalists, Xadica Ismayilova and Yafiz Hasanov, in retaliation for
their reporting. The threats to these Azerbaijan Service reporters
come days before a UN-mandated review of Azerbaijan's human rights
performance and months ahead of presidential elections that President
Ilham Aliyev has pledged will be free and fair.
In a return to the defamation tactics that targeted Ismayilova in
March 2012, on 25 April, a pro-government website posted a
pornographic video that was fabricated to portray Ismayilova engaging
in sexual acts. Ismayilova's investigative reports for RFE/RL, which
earned her the 2012 International Women's Media Foundation's "Courage
in Journalism" award, have implicated the president's family in
financial activities and arrangements worth hundreds of millions of
dollars.
Over the past two weeks, Hasanov, who was abducted and threatened in
[the autonomous Azeri exclave of] Naxcivan in August 2011 following
his investigation into the death of Turac Zeynalov and who was
threatened by text, email and social media in November 2012, has been
targeted in new incidents that he believes are intended to silence
him.
On April 4, a package was sent to Hasanov's home with documents that
suggested he was having illicit relationships with several women. Soon
after, Hasanov received a call from a man who identified himself as an
agent of the Naxcivan Ministry of National Security (MNS), who recited
orders from Naxcivan regional governor Vasif Talibov to cooperate with
MNS. The caller also warned that if Hasanov reported on Naxcivan again
he would be "exposed" and his life and the lives of his family members
would be in danger. On 19 April, the pro-government internet TV
station "Ses" aired recordings of cellphone conversations between
Hasanov and residents of Naxcivan that Azerbaijan's Media Rights
Institution told the website contact.az could only have been obtained
from the country's security services.
In addition, three close relatives of Radio Azadliq's Baku Bureau
chief Babek Bakirov were dismissed from their jobs on 11 April, an act
Bagirov said was reprisal for his work and as an effort to intimidate
him and other bureau employees.
Azerbaijan Service director Kenan Aliyev called these latest attacks
shameful and said, "An attack against Xadica and Yafiz and any of our
journalists is an attack against the entire Radio Azadliq staff and an
attack against all independent voices in Azerbaijan."
"These are actions of a deliberate and serious nature that the Azeri
authorities must take very seriously, especially since many directly
or indirectly suggest the involvement or endorsement of official Azeri
entities and agents," said Kevin Klose, acting president and CEO of
RFE/RL. "Yafiz and Xadica are exercising their rights and professional
duties as journalists and, as a journalists, their well-being is a
matter of public and societal concern. I urge the Azeri authorities
and President Aliyev personally to take steps immediately to stop the
threats."
Naxcivan, an autonomous republic of Azerbaijan, is an exclave bordered
by Iran to the west and Armenia to the east, and Radio Azadliq is one
of the only media organizations reporting on the region.
Azerbaijan will hold presidential elections in October in which
President Ilham Aliyev will run for a third consecutive term. A joint
statement issued in March by the Committee to Protect Journalists and
leading international press freedom and human rights groups condemns
the recent imprisonment of at least seven journalists in Azerbaijan,
criticizes recent government attempts to restrict local press freedom
groups and on-line expression and warns that such a crackdown
threatens the integrity of the October polls.
Freedom House characterizes Azerbaijan as "not free" and ranked it 172
out of 197 countries surveyed in its 2012 Freedom of the Press Index.
The Reporters Without Borders 2013 Press Freedom Index placed
Azerbaijan at 156 on a scale of 179 countries.
Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty website, Washington D.C., in
English 0000 gmt 26 Apr 13 (via BBCM via DXLD)
** BAHRAIN. 9745, R. Bahrain. Arabic at 0135 on 16/4 with pop songs in
Arabic, but seems there is not on 6010 already English program (Rumen
Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF 2001D ant Folded Marconi own made),
May Australian DX News via DXLD)
30 April 2013, 2243: Radio Bahrain on 9745, Carrier+USB, with Arab
popmusic, no announcement, pretty good today (35322). (Eike Bierwirth,
Leipzig / Germany, Perseus SDR + DX-10 Pro active antenna, dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BANGLADESH. 15505, Bangladesh Betar *1512-1545* Apr 23 Open carrier
at 1511, then 2 minutes of IS, s/on in listed Hindi, then usual mix of
talk and music. Closedown and off at 1545. Good (John Wilkins, Wheat
Ridge, Colorado, Drake R-8, 100-foot RW, dxingwithcumbre yg via DXLD)
15505, April 25 at 1357:25 tune-in, BB already on with hum and tone;
1358:40 IS with hum; timesignal ends at 1359:39, opening Urdu, poor-
fair today but better than most other 19m weaksigs (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15505, 25/Apr 1407, Bangladesh Betar in Urdu. OM talk. At 1410 quick
local music, then YL talk. Good signal, but like Glenn, modulation
with strong hum. Listening in SDR, Twente. 73 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de
Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
15505, April 26 at 1359 tune-in, just in time to hear a few iterations
of the BB IS, and timesignal ending at 1359:40.5, opening Urdu; very
poor, but somewhat impressive considering very degraded hi-latitude
propagation conditions; even lo-latitude HCJB Australia 15400 was
quite weaker than usual.
15505, April 27 at *1359:24, Bangladesh Betar carrier on late, no time
for tone or IS, or even TS, 1359:46 joining sign-on announcement in
Urdu; fair with flutter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) NOT
1559+ as in original report
15505, Bangladesh Betar, *1359-1430* Apr 27 - Short IS, talk in listed
Urdu, then music for last half of transmission. Good signal (John
Wilkins, Wheat Ridge, Colorado, Drake R-8, 100-foot RW,
dxingwithcumbre yg via DXLD)
15505, April 28 at 1358, no signal from BB, nor at 1400, but at 1407
can detect a JBA carrier; bad propagation today, maybe combined with
late opening. 15500 new SAUDI [q.v.] frequency not strong enough to
bother here, but there? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15105, 29/Apr 1239, Bangladesh Betar in English. YL talk. At 1244
local music. Yes, a morning of good propagation! Very weak signal in
my QTH, but, audible modulation. The signal is degrading. 25332. 73
(Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15505, April 29 at *1356 approx., BB carrier with tone, 1358 IS, poor
with flutter, timesignal ending at 1359:39, opening Urdu.
15505, April 30 waiting for BB to come on: *1359:01, leaving time for
only one play of the IS before too-early timesignal ending at
1359:40.5, then opening Urdu; very poor signal, so it`s hard to hear
it, but I think there is still some hum (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
30 April 2013, 1537: Bangladesh Betar in Hindi on 15505. Strong signal
with regional music but totally distorted audio. 55442 (Eike
Bierwirth, Leipzig / Germany, Perseus SDR + DX-10 Pro active antenna,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15505, May 1 at 1358, open carrier with flutter, 1359 BB IS is JBA,
timesignal at imagination level maybe ending at 1359:38 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BOLIVIA. 4716.7, April 26 at 0058, Yura with music, back on the low
side of 4717 instead of 4717.15 previously (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** BOLIVIA. 5952, Emisoras Pio XII (5 kW, Siglo Veinte) 0135 UT el 1
de mayo. Música en quechua y español. A las 0037 UT comienzan los
avisos comerciales en español y quechua como los de centros médicos,
instituciones de créditos y almacenes varios. Además se avisa del
aniversario de la emisora. SINPO: 45544 (Claudio Galaz, realizo mis
escuchas casi siempre desde Ovalle, u otros lugares aledaños. Rx:
Tecsun PL-660Antena: Cable de cobre de 5 metros unido a coaxial de 5
Ohms de 20 Metros. QTH: Centro de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglist
yg via DXLD)
** BOLIVIA. 6054.48, Apr 17, 2204 tentative Radio Juan 23 again on Apr
17 with some audio. The recording was sent to Henrik Klemetz who
managed to extract some of the contents. He says:
``I think the conversation - the interview? - is about "economía" and
perhaps some political edge in any direction because I heard the word
"camaradas" shortly afterwards. It is used in Spanish only when
speaking of communists / socialists. Otherwise, it was a quick and
baffled sign off. No station name mentioned but I can well imagine
that this is R Juan 23.`` /HK
Henrik, thanks a lot for your comments. I will follow this frequency
the coming weeks to see if audio improves. Also heard with audio again
on Apr 22 and 24, sign off as usual at ~2205 (Thomas Nilsson, SW
Bulletin April 28 via WORLD OF RADIO 1667, DXLD)
** BRAZIL. 4754.9, April 26 at 0059 music, presumed the only American
station known circa 4755, Radio Immaculate Conception, Big Field,
Thick Bush. (Since Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, translates names of
stations never broadcasting in Portuguese, into Portuguese, I am no
less justified in translating Brazilian names to English, hi) (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. A Rádio Caiari, 4785, de Porto Velho - RO, chega aqui em
São José do Povo, interior do Mato Grosso. Quase sempre sem
aproveitamento, ontem foi uma excessão, consegui ouvir-lá por vários
minutos com meu Motoglobe, em alto e bom som, estava sendo apresentado
o programa "canta Brasil". Ouvi por meia hora, 2100 às 2130 UT (José
Raimundo, Brasil, April 30, radioescutas yg via DXLD)
** BRAZIL. 4885.015, Clube do Pará, April 25, 2013 at 0751, "Pará" ID
0756 "Pará Música". Bold Portuguese man, cuckoo clock sound effects.
Lots of talking, reading ads. 0758 Brazilian Pop song (Mike Gilchrist
in rural EC Iowa, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. BRASIL, 4905, R. Relógio Federal (*) (presumed), Rio de
Jna.º RJ, 2130-..., 25/4, canções anúncios comerciais; 32331, QRM da
CHINA. *) Tenho visto refs. a uma certa "R. Nova Relógio", nesta
freq., mas será, julgo, um equívoco, pois um nome assim faz pouco ou
nenhum sentido. Algum dos colegas brasileiros poderá explicar,
inequìvocamente, o que se passa em torno do nome? (Carlos Gonçalves,
PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Como sempre os seus logs são ricos e de extremo DX. A Rádio Relógio
não é mais do governo federal e a sua licença foi comprada pela Igreja
Internacional da Graça de Deus do missionário R. R. Soares. Assim, seu
nome foi mudado para Nova Rádio Relógio. 73 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de
Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, ibid.)
Caro Jorge: Grato pelas suas palavras e bem assim a ajuda quanto à ex-
R. Relógio Federal. Assim, sim, "R. Nova Relógio" já é algo que faz
sentido, não só linguìsticamente como pela decorrer da evolução que a
emissora sofreu, com a compra, etc.
Depreendo que o tal nome estropiado de "R. Nova Relógio" terá sido
invenção, enfim, corruptela gerada por estrangeiros não lusófonos, que
se terão contentado alegremente com tal nome sem nexo. Enfim... Vou
passar a sua info. ao seu Colega Fabrício Andrade Silva, de Tubarão
SC, que me enviou uma mensagem privada a este respeito. Melhores 73 e
bons DX! (Carlos Gonçalves, ibid.)
** BRAZIL. 4915, April 26 at 0100, Brazilian music vs CODAR, 0101 TC
as ``dez horas`` and ID as R. Daqui, best ZY on band. Any station
might utter ``daqui`` as it merely means ``from here``, but only
ZYF691 in Goiânia turns the expression into a proper name. Perhaps at
founding they had a hard time thinking of a more original, less
generic name (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1667, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 5035, R Aparecida, April 25, 2013 at 0913, Portuguese man,
bird call sound effects. At their sunrise. Just outside Rebelde
splash. Usually an evening catch for me. Fair signal. 0918 Braz pop
song. 0924 ballad (Mike Gilchrist in rural EC Iowa, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 6010.114, Apr 25 0056, R Inconfidência completely alone on
6010. No sign of any R Mil or LV de tu Conciencia at this time (Thomas
Nilsson, SW Bulletin April 28 via DXLD)
** BRAZIL. 6105, R. Filadélfia, Foz do Iguaçu PR, 2202-2217, 25/4,
noticiário A Voz do Brasil, 1.ª parte; 33431, QRM adj. e na mesma freq
(Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
6105.073, Apr 15 2256, R Filadélfia drifting upwards. But weak most
times I have noted them (Thomas Nilsson, SW Bulletin April 28 via
DXLD)
** BRAZIL [and non]. 9565.05, SRDA, Curitiba PR, 2114-2124, 27/4,
pregador [David Miranda] com voz deliberadamente trémula, como é
habitual...; 34432, QRM da R. Martí e do respect.º sinal de
empastelamento cubano (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. Degen DE15 - gravação horário pelo Observatório Nacional:
[PPE, 10000 kHz] Gravação feita em 26 de abril 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzwQIdt8ERs&list=UUzOvFuG_XaG5-K_dnPIS76w
(Heracles Abramides, April 30, radioescutas yg via DXLD)
** BRAZIL. 30 April 2013, 2221: "Voz do Brasil" network heard on 11765
(SRDA, 45131), 11780 (RNA, 45232) and 11855 (Aparecida, 25322). First
two channels with strong noise blob of unknown origin (Eike Bierwirth,
Leipzig / Germany, Perseus SDR + DX-10 Pro active antenna, dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL, 15190, Rádio Inconfidência, Belo Horizonte, 0937-9955, 27-
04, Brazilian songs, male, female, "6 horas 43 minutos, Trem Caipira".
24322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15189.9, R. Inconfidência, Belo Horizonte MG, 1652-1740, 28/4,
canções, comunicado do departamento estadual de saúde, anúncio das
freqs., e programa Desportos sem Barreiras; 35433, QRM após as 1800
(Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA [non]. 9510.00, 20 04, 0800, R. City, English, rock ballad,
ID; Take away, rock and roll oldies, pops, Cara amica mia, email,
34433. 73's (SILVERI GOMEZ, FRAGA - PONENT CATALAN, [SPAIN], ATS 909 &
DEGEN 1103, ANTENA : 16 mt hilo externo, playdx yg via DXLD)
** CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC. Death of Another Family Member Rattles
Agency in Central African Republic [illustrated]
http://www.hcjb.org/hcjb-global-news/sub-saharan-africa/death-of-another-family-member-rattles-agency-in-central-african-republic.html?print=1&tmpl=component
The son of ICDI staff member Albert Yahimi was recently shot to death
by Séléka troops in the Central African Republic. [caption]
(April 26, 2013 - by Ralph Kurtenbach and Harold Goerzen) His radio
station is still off the air with plans delayed for his return to help
the Central African Republic staff get it up and running. Could the
news get any worse for Jim Hocking of Integrated Community Development
International?
In fact, it could. On Tuesday, April 23, Hocking’s son, Jay, learned
via telephone of the death of the son of Albert Yahimi, an ICDI well
driller in the town of Bocaranga, a city in the northwestern part of
the country.
“We’ve now had two staff members lose their sons—both shot by Séléka
troops—as well as the young nephew of a staff member who became ill
and died, most likely due to the fact that the hospitals were closed,”
said Jay, who serves as communications director for ICDI.
Hocking, the agency’s executive director, founded the faith-based
organization in the African country, a nation the size of France,
where he grew up as a son of evangelical missionaries. Independent
since 1960, CAR has struggled through a series of civil and military
governments. Late last month a coup by Séléka rebels unseated
President François Bozizé and placed Michel Djotodia in leadership. He
has promised to hold elections in 18 months.
“We [normally] broadcast the gospel in four languages,” said Hocking,
referring to the country’s official languages of French and Sango
along with Fulbe and Bayaka. Contrasting the continued off-air status
with what influence Radio ICDI could be having, he said, “We can’t
have any impact without the radio station.” Restoring the signal,
however, “would add a sense of stability in the country that is in
turmoil and help people know things are going a bit better.”
Engineers from the HCJB Global Technology Center in Elkhart, Ind.,
have helped Hocking assemble the necessary equipment such as a mixing
board, cassette and compact disk decks, three computers and software.
Hocking, optimistic about local workers’ abilities to help him put the
low-power shortwave station back on the air, said, “Our guys have done
it before, and I’m confident they can put it together.”
Séléka troops continue to cause havoc in the Central African Republic
(AFP photo). [caption]
As Séléka troops moved on the capital, Bangui, staff at Radio ICDI
attempted to safeguard the broadcast equipment ahead of the advance,
but wound up losing equipment anyway. In the ensuing weeks, the
Central Africans have endured a host of challenges, including two
deaths directly related to the fighting and aftermath, and four
families’ homes and offices being looted and agency vehicle thefts,
causing $300,000 in losses. So far donors have given about $100,000
beyond their normal giving to help restore the outreach.
Hocking is kept abreast of events from Warsaw, Ind., where he and his
wife, Faye, have lived since 2002 after spending more than 15 years as
a family in CAR. “It’s been very hard to hear from my friends who are
struggling through this and have fear in their voices when things
aren’t going well,” Hocking said. “They want me to come when the time
is right.”
Plans had been in place for him to rendezvous with ICDI’s Rich Klopp,
based in France, for an April 23 trip to Bangui with equipment needed
to get Radio ICDI back on the air. Now delayed by a week, the trip is
“contingent on things settling down,” Hocking said.
Edmond, ICDI's lead orphan care manager [caption]
Whether or not they go will hinge on the arrival of 1,500 to 2,000
troops from a multinational peacekeeping force from CAR’s neighbors.
“If the African security forces arrive we’ll be OK,” he explained.
The term “OK” is relative as hostage taking has entered the post-coup
scenario in CAR. Conscious of risks he may confront, Hocking balances
the concerns with his desire to join workers.
“The national staff members have been risking their lives in many
ways,” he said. “The least I can do is encourage them and hear their
stories and be a part of what they are going through. We want to show
solidarity so the national staff won’t bear all the risk.”
ICDI’s personnel at Bangui, Berberati and other locations haven’t
endured any kidnappings yet, but Hocking describes staffing levels as
minimal. “We just have enough people onsite to maintain a presence,”
he said. Twenty-five to 30 percent of staff members have fled their
homes, living in lean-tos or shacks out in the bush where Séléka
troops won’t find them.
A vehicle with a "camouflage" paint job by Séléka troops was returned
to ICDI, but it wasn't in running condition [caption]
“None of our staff has moved to another country,” he continued. “But
more than 50,000 refugees have left CAR.” He urged Christ-followers to
pray for his team to persevere amid the difficulties.
“Pray for protection for their families and for the government of CAR
to establish a base of operations and to be a functioning government,”
he implored. “It’s hard. It’s a country I love and grew up in. The
Lord is getting us through, and we must seek His face.”
In other developments, one of the six vehicles stolen from ICDI has
been retrieved, but it no longer runs. Three other vehicles haven’t
been seen; two others are back at the ICDI compound, but under the
control of the new government. “The Séléka won’t let us use them. They
have the keys,” Hocking said.
“I really want to thank everyone for their prayers,” he added. “We do
see the results and we see our staff continuing to be sustained
through difficult times. I hope people see the value of that.”
Source: HCJB Global (via DXLD)
** CHECHNYA. RUSSIA --- April 17 this year marks 85 years since the
first radio call sounded in the Chechen Republic in the Chechen
language.
The first airing of Grozny broadcast station PB-23 [probably means RV-
23 in Roman --- gh] was held April 17, 1928. She worked as a station
on the wave of 380 meters with 500 watts. November 20, 1936 radio
station was an independent organization with a staff of 6 people. Less
than a year later PB-23 already had a radio unit for receiving the
circular [network?] radio messages from the city of Pyatigorsk and
radio coverage of Grozny to the remote mountain regions of the
country.
At the birth of the Chechen radio were such luminaries as Chechen
journalists Saidy Hasanov, Mahammad Mamakayev, Arby Mamakayev,
Andarbek Shamilev and others. RTPTS (Broadcasting House) Chechnya -
this is one of the first stations of the North Caucasus.
In 1944, after the expulsion of the Chechens and Ingush, radio work
was stopped. But in spite of the difficult years of deportation in
1955 to Kazakhstan, representatives of creative intelligentsia resumed
work Chechen Broadcasting, which was continued after returning to
their historic homeland in 1957.
During this period, were actively involved in the work journalists
Andarbek Shamilev, Shama Tsakayev, Khamzat Sarakaev, Salman Aiskhanov,
Shaid Deegan and others. Broadcasting was conducted in three languages
- Chechen, Ingush and Russian. In autumn 1958 began construction of a
television center in Grozny, and from November 7, 1959, opened an
experimental television broadcast on TVK 3, 2 kW. May 1, 1961 the
Grozny television station building was completed, was made official
the facility into operation.
Back in 1943 the staff of the Chechen radio and RTPTS ensure
uninterrupted broadcasting and radio communications during air strikes
on Grozny and massive fires in oil wells of the city. It took 49
years, and again RTPTS the Chechen Republic was in the maelstrom of
war. In the early 90's radio work was again suspended. July 1st, 1992
at 1:00, 50 minutes on VHF station in Grozny was all about. As a
result of a terrorist act tragically killed the watchman Zabnin B. and
M. Piminova operator, was completely destroyed by an orudovanie trunk
signaling TV and radio programs are incapacitated all feeder line
transmitters. Employees RTPTS made great efforts to restore equipment,
and July 16 broadcast of all programs again been continued as usual.
As a result of the fighting in the period from December 1994 to
February 1995 infrastructure RTPTS CR was significantly destroyed,
completely destroyed by two powerful radio center and a powerful VHF
station. In 1995, the efforts of the Beslan Haladova and other
journalists it was renewed. The same structure also contributed to the
revival of the regular broadcasting in 2000. Since 2001, the
restoration of the network broadcasting the beginning of the line
provided by the federal target program "Restoring the economy and
social sphere of the Chechen Republic."
May 27, 2001 by Ter ridge in the Mount Hawk was commissioned
television and radio transmitters power of 1 to 5 kW. During 2002 to
2006, renovated and restored in broadcasting Nadterechniy, Naur,
Shelkovskom, Gudermes, Grozny districts, established distribution
network of satellite television and radio programs STRC "Vainakh"
restored television broadcasting on a temporary basis in the mountain
villages Greyhound Chatou and Kharachoy.
Today, the airwaves is represented mainly by two major radio channels
from Chechen broadcasters - RTR "Vainakh" and CGTRK "Terrible".
Television and Radio Broadcasting "Grozny" is working in satellite
mode and packet-switched networks (computer networks - the Internet
radio). In December 2008 RTRS FSUE «Chechen RTPTS" together with
"Telecom-project-5" assembled and installed equipment transmitting and
receiving control and satellite TV stations broadcasting in the city
of Grozny.
A little earlier in Grozny assembled and erected a 120-meter radio and
television tower on the mountain hawk-like. In addition, at about the
same time earned three relay and the administration building
radioteleperedayuschego center CR.
The country achieved expansion of the zone of federal television
channels and distribution teleradiosignala in mining and in the
plains.
Radio is now very much in demand in the country, especially among
young people. Every day, watching as public transport youth listening
to music on headphones. Basically - it is the students, high school
students. Also, it's interesting to know the latest news on the go,
which keeps you informed of new developments. Radio has become an
integral part of society.
http://www.grozny-inform.ru/main.mhtml?Part=26&PubID=41537
(via Moscow Information DX Bulletin Weekly electronic publication #
838, April 23, 2013, The editor of the current issue: Alexander
Dementyev, via RUSDX 28 APRIL via DXLD)
** CHINA. EASTERN JAMMERSTAN: Which is the reason we find CNR1 program
on the frequencies of BBC in Uzbek and VOA in Uzbek but CNR 1 (or Fire
Drake) is not over Radio Liberty in Uzbek as was observed on 7 and 12
April 2013 as follows:
1300-1330 15330, 17510, 17735 CNR1 + Fire Drake (pseudo opera music)
over BBC in Uzbek
1500-1530 9540, 9580, 11920, 15100 CNR1 over VOA in Uzbek
Without CNR or FD were Liberty in Uzbek:
1400-1500 on 13615 and 15480 and 1600-1700 7555 and 11780
With kindest regards, (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria on 27 April 2013,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
EAST JAMMERSTAN: 13795, Crash & Bang Chinese music jammer; 1321, 25-
Apr; no other audio detected; no others found 11.7-14 MHz (Harold
Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180
ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real
time! DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Firedrake [non], April 25 before 1400: again no real FD, but CNR1
audio appearing on former FD OOB outlets, compared to CNR1 jammer on
11785:
13530, good at 1347 // synch with 13920
13920, fair at 1345, a few seconds behind 11785
14700, poor at 1347, synch with 11785, not 13920
14980, fair at 1348, slight echo with 11785
15970, good at 1349, echo with 11785; all have some flutter
16360, poor at 1350, synch with 11785; none in the 17s, 18s
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Firedrake Lives! Firedrake has been on against RFA Tibetan this
morning. I heard them starting at 1250 GMT on 13795 kHz and it is now
1303 and they are still going strong. No s/off at ToH (Steve Handler,
IL, April 26, WORLD OF RADIO 1667, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Glenn, 1420-1425 No Firedrake heard but CNR-1 heard on the
following traditional Firedrake frequencies: 13130, 13920, 15560,
15800, 15870, 15900, 16100, 16160 and 17300 kHz, all SoH targeting
except 15560 targeting VOT (Steve Handler, IL, April 26, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Hello all, Thought you would like to know that Firedrake is back, at
least for today. Heard them on 13575 and 13795 in the 1230-1300 time
slot and on 13795 in the 1330-1359 time slot. CNR-1 is on many of the
traditional Firedrake frequencies today including 11970, 12230, 12370,
13130, 13920, 13970, 15565, 15560, 15565, 15800, 15870, 15900, 16100,
16160, and 17300 (Steve Handler, April 26, NASWA yg WORLD OF RADIO
1667, DXLD)
Firedrake April 26 before 1300:
13795, poor at 1245 vs R. Free Asia Tibetan via Kuwait, and very poor
an hour later at 1350. All the other traditional FD frequencies
audible are still occupied instead by CNR1 jamming:
12230, poor at 1242
12370, fair at 1242, not synchronized with 12230
13970, poor at 1245; none in the 14s, 15s, 16s, 17s; in fact the 16m
band was totally dead, not even Cuba, and 19m had only a few weakies
Before 1400:
13970, CNR1 very poor at 1348; none in the 12s, 14s, 15s
Firedrake, April 27 before 1300:
13795, fair at 1257, FD doggedly sticking to this frequency only while
all the others remain replaced by CNR1 audio jamming:
16100, fair at 1251; none higher
15970, poor at 1251
15560, poor at 1251 // 16100
14700, poor at 1251
13830, fair at 1257; none in the 12s except:
12000, poor at 1258, not synch with 16100, and 1300 timesignal is 3
seconds late, now with CCI, Vietnam? This is presumably the earthquake
emergency radio service rather than as jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Crash & Bang Chinese Music Jammer, a.k.a. Firedrake, a.k.a. Chinese
Opera Music Jammer
From A13 (beginning 31-Mar-13) posted logs (various sources); during
the UT hours noted; may not run through the full hour.
All broadcasts originate from East Jammerstan (a.k.a. The People's
Republic of You're Not Allowed Listen to This)
Transmissions will typically change frequency and time often, as the
jammer's target moves.
* Not reported on this frequency during B12.
MANY additions this time thanks to Harry Smith DXing in China,
reporting via Glenn Hauser's DXLD. [Note: some of these may actually
be CNR jamming and not Firedrake. Firedrake and CNR have been known to
"trade off" occasionally. It also appears that use of Firedrake may
being replaced in many cases by CNR programming. Listen and report
what you hear.]
5925* 11
6030 11, 13
6055* 11
6110* 11 12
6115* 11
6125 11
6135* 11
6155* 11
6165* 11
6175 11
6185* 11
6220* 11
6240 11
6345* 11
6400* 11
6970 21
7230* 11
7250* 12
7280* 11
7345* 11
7470* 13
9280* 11
9325* 11
9410* 11
9420* 11
9430* 11
9445* 11
9500 11
9515* 11
9540* 11
9550* 11
9620* 11
9645* 11
9660* 11
9680 11
9830* 11
9845* 11
9910* 11
9970* 09
11500 11, 12, 13, 14
11640 11
11680* 11
11735* 11
11750* 11
11760 11
11765* 21
11775 11
11785* 11
11790 19
11800* 11
11825* 11, 12
11835* 11
11875* 11
11945 11
11954* 11
11962* 11
11970 12, 13, 16
12055* 11
12105* 11
12120* 11
12230 10, 12, 13, 14
12320 12, 13
12370 10, 12, 13
12500 12
12670 12, 13
12870 12, 13
13130 12, 13
13430 12
13530 12, 13, 14
13580* 11
13605* 10
13610* 11
13620* 10
13680* 10
13700* 11
13740* 10
13790* 06
13795* 12, 13
13805* 10
13820 11, 12
13830* 12
13850 11, 12
13920 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
13970 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
13980 12
14370 12
14400 10, 11
14700 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
14750 11, 12, 13, 14
14800 12, 13, 14
14980 12, 13, 14
15160* 10
15195* 11
15250* 10, 11
15400 10, 11
15435* 10
15440* 10, 11
15480* 10
15515 13
15525* 14
15535* 13
15560* 12, 13
15565 13
15570 13, 14
15595* 13
15605 12, 13
15610 13
15800 12, 13
15870 12, 13
15900 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
15970 13
16100 10, 11, 12, 13
16160 01, 10, 11, 12, 13
16250 12, 13
16360 11, 12, 13
16850* 10, 11
16920 11, 12, 13
16980 12
17080 11, 12, 13
17170 12, 13
17250 10, 11, 12, 13
17300 10, 11, 12, 13
17370 12
17450 12, 13
17645 00
17740* 14
18180 12, 13
18790* 12
21710* 05
--Updated 28-April-13 (Harold Frodge, DX LISTENING DIGEST) and since:
15385, Firedrake Jammer. Apr 28, 0035. Crashing and banging,
presumably, over VOA in Chinese via Philippine relay site. Very Good.
Uh, the signal level, that is to say. No //s noted in quick bandsweep.
17300, CNR 1 (Tentative) Apr 28, 0150. F in Chinese and with // on
16360. Both poor and fair on peaks. Both disappeared on the hour (Rick
Barton, Arizona, Drake R8, Hammarlund HQ-120X; R.W. and Slinky, ABDX
April 30 via DXLD)
Heard Firedrake 13795 on and off frpm 1200+ to 1359 GMT today. Also,
many CNR-1 frequencies using former Firedrake frequencies including
18970 CNR-1 and not Firedrake at 1356 with a good signal targeting SoH
on 4/28/13 (Steve Handler, IL, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Firedrake jamming, April 28 before 1300:
13795, very poor at 1245, continues to be the only FD frequency found
for what has become a rarity. All others are CNR1, with serious if not
``classical`` music, including ex-Firedrake channels:
13920, fair at 1245
14700, poor at 1245
15250, fair at 1245 (longtime CNR1 jammer, not FD)
15560, poor at 1249 with flutter
16160, very poor at 1249, also CODAR, unusual here
16250, fair-good at 1249 with flutter; none in 17s or 18s altho CRI
Kashgar in well on 17560, 17630, 17650
After 1300:
11990, fair at 1313, CNR1 now serious orchestral/choral music
12000, fair at 1313, a couple seconds behind 11990, emergency net?
Usual CNR1 jammers also good on 11805, 11785
15115, good at 1324, 15195 very poor, 15265 poor, usual non-FD CNR1
jammers
16160, very poor at 1323
17250, good at 1321 with flutter, now with opera, i.e. singing
17370, good at 1321
Firedrake April 29 before 1300:
13795, poor at 1336 with CCI, continues to be the only one left. All
the other former FD frequencies heard are occupied by CNR1 jamming:
12230, fair at 1234
13130, poor at 1238 with CCI
13830, poor at 1234
13850, poor-fair at 1234
13920, fair-good at 1234
14700, poor at 1240
15800, fair at 1242, not synch
16360, poor at 1245
17080, fair at 1249
17170, very poor at 1249
17300, poor at 1249; none in the 18s
That`s a total of 11 transmitters at once
Before 1400 April 29:
11500, poor at 1341
13830, fair at 1348; echo apart from 14700
13970, good at 1348
14700, fair at 1347
14980, very poor at 1347
15970, poor at 1343
16360, very poor at 1344
16920, fair at 1344
Firedrake April 30, circa 1230:
13795, fair at 1224, again the only one with all other frequencies
still overtaken by CNR1 audio jamming instead:
17170, fair at 1235
16100, very good at 1228; none in the 17s yet
14980, poor at 1227
14750, fair at 1227
14700, poor at 1228
13970, good at 1223
13920, good at 1223
13850, fair at 1223
13830, fair at 1223; none in the 12s
Before 1400 April 30:
17370, poor at 1347 mixed with utebeeps
17170, very good at 1347 with flutter
16920, fair at 1347
16360, poor at 1347
16100, poor at 1349
None in the upper 15s, just usuals in the lowers
14700, poor at 1351
13830, very poor at 1352, not synch with 17170
13920, poor at 1352, ditto
12670, poor at 1352, ditto
11990, fair at 1354, ditto
Also usual inbanders on 11785,
and with heavy CCI on 11805 at 1355, i.e. VOA Mandarin via SAIPAN this
hour only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
30 April 2013, 2231: CNR1 on unlisted 9440, 25332. Also heard on
regular 9455-Lingshi (44433), 9500-Shijiazhuang (25332), 9520-Hohhot
(25322) and jammer channel 11630 (Eike Bierwirth, Leipzig / Germany,
Perseus SDR + DX-10 Pro active antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
9440 - CNR1 jamming of Radio Free Asia? (Ron Howard, CA, ibid.)
13795, May 1 at 1306, Firedrake very poor but only audible here. Still
at 1344, with CCI from RFA Tibetan via KUWAIT.
CNR1 jamming instead of Firedrake, before 1400:
13830, very poor at 1344
13920, fair at 1344 with flutter
Cursory search 12-18 MHz did not find any others, with subnormal
propagation today (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1667, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CHINA. 11752, 11768, etc., April 29 at 1342, despite sufficient
east Asian propagation today, the 8-kHz spur field from 11760 CNR1
jammer is inaudible, as it has been since last heard April 22, so
apparently repaired again and/or moved elsewhere (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. RE: email - China Huayi BC - Jonathan Short
Hi Glenn, Received the following additional email April 27. Is great
to have someone like Jonathan Short in China who knows
about SWL/DXing and is indeed active himself.
His email address: dxswl <2883752 @ 163.com>
"Hi Ron, I never expected that you will send me another airmail. It
has arrived today, thank you for your kind reply. As I think we
contacted each other during 2008 or so, and I think you also send me a
reception report and I answered a blue QSL to you via snail mail.
Also I remember you sent me a personal photo, with Mao Ze'dong
pics on the wall. And thank you for telling other DXers about my
little e-qsl service of CHBC, as I see it on WWDXC.
If you have any other need on DXing Chinese stations, I would
like to be of some help. My personal DX web-page is:
http://jshort.blog.163.com/
Now I use an English name as Jonathan Short when I contact foreign
stations or DXers. 73, Jonathan Short "
(Ron Howard, CA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 6060, Sichuan PBS-2, minority service via Chengdu. April 25
continues to be completely free from the N. Korea jamming of the past
year; 1318 with fair to poor reception.
Back in 2008, after their big quake, in addition to the usual Sichuan
PBS-2 on 6060 // 7225, their Sichuan PBS-1 started broadcasting on
both 9740 and 12015. Have recently been checking these frequencies,
but find no PBS activity now after their most recent quake (Ron
Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Some frequencies of CNR-1 relays "Lushan Emergency Radio-Lushan ying
ji guang bo" for 24 hours on 5945, 6125, 7230, 7290 and 9710 kHz. de
Hiroshi (S. Hasegawa, Japan, Apr 25, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1667,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Have also been hearing unID Chinese on 6065 on April 23, 24, 25 from
1800 tune-in to past 1900. No // frequencies found, 5945 & 6125
audible as well but carried different programming. So what station
does this CNR-2 outlet relay? Sei-ichi can you help? (Martien Groot,
Schoorl, Netherlands, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Dear Martien, According to Hiroshi, CNR-2 on 6065 started 24 hours
service from Apr. 22. The parallel frequency is not yet found. CNR-2
FM always 24 hours service (S. Hasegawa, Japan, April 26, ibid.)
Lushan Emergency Radio Live streaming;
http://bfq.cnr.cn/zhibo/index_yjgb.html
de K. Inoue // 9800, 12000 kHz (S. Hasegawa, April 29, ibid.)
12000, Lushan Emergency Radio (presumed), 0956, April 29. Heard with
non-CNR1 programming; played a more subdued music than CNR1; gave
phone numbers; sometime around 1007 switched over to CNR1 programming;
// 9800; at 1158 also noted non-CNR1; instead had children singing;
1200 QRM and seemed to switch back to CNR1.
So it looks as if before the ToH they are carrying the actual "Lushan
Emergency Radio" programming. Needs more monitoring! (Ron Howard, San
Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Eton E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9800, Lushan Emergency Radio (LER) (presumed), 1101-1108, April 30.
The scheduling of the non-CNR1 programming is rather fluid; this
segment not // CNR1 (6125) and sounded appropriate for the post
earthquake emergency broadcasting; gave out phone numbers; at 1108
switched over to CNR1 programming. Noted 1136 to 1200 with LER
coverage; YL announcer with background piano music; played a lot of
EZL songs. 1200 QRM and again switch back to CNR1 programs; // 12000.
MP3 audio at https://www.box.com/s/f9p19dalw1ukqttt9956 (Ron Howard,
San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Eton E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Hi Glenn, Monitoring May 1 randomly from 1005 to 1115 on 9800 //
12000. Times that I heard Lushan Emergency Radio (presumed), i.e.
non-CNR1 programming (not // CNR1):
1005-1007; 1016-1018; 1029; 1101-1107 and 1114-1115.
Times carrying CNR1 programming (// CNR1):
1007; 1018; 1107 and 1115.
Clearly they are frequently switching back and forth between their own
Lushan Emergency Radio programming (usually either woman announcer
with background piano music or playing EZL music) or carrying the
normal CNR1 programs (Ron Howard, San Francisco, WORLD OF RADIO 1667,
ibid.)
Dear Ron, The ID of LER is "Zhe li shi Goujia yingji guang bo he
Lushan kang zhen jiuzai yingji diantai - This is National Urgent
Radio, Lushan Earthquake Rescue and Emargency Radio". The phone number
during a program is a contribution offer (S. Hasegawa, May 1, ibid.)
9800, CNR1 National Emergency Channel, Shijiazhuang. Earthquake
reports 24/4 at 2200+. Also // 9810 (stronger signal here) and 6065.
12000, CNR1 National Emergency Channel - Shijiazhuang. Earthquake
reports and passing of traffic first noted at 2245, very strong
signal, Apr 24 (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, Vic (Kenwood TS2000,
Yaesu FRG100, Double Bazooka antennas for 80 and 40 metres, Par EF-SWL
End Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital Noise Eliminating Module, MFJ-
1026 Noise Cancelling Module, ATU), May Australian DX News via DXLD)
April 27 - A day of mourning for Lushan quake victims --- Hi Glenn,
Look for possible special programming on stations from China tomorrow
(Saturday - April 27).
“CHENGDU, April 26 (Xinhua) -- A period of public mourning will be
observed on Saturday for those who died in a 7.0-magnitude quake that
jolted Lushan County in Sichuan Province on April 20.
The provincial government issued a notice that all entertainment
activities throughout the province would be halted in public places on
Saturday.
The public mourning will begin with all transportation vehicles
sounding their sirens at 8:02 a.m., the time the devastating
earthquake hit. A silent tribute will follow and last 3 minutes,
according to the notice.
The strong earthquake has claimed nearly 200 lives and destroyed about
126,000 homes, according to official figures.”
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-04/26/c_132342023.htm
Updated information and photos of the Lushan (Sichuan Province)
earthquake at the following website:
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/special/earthquake20130420/index.htm
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, April 26, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Regarding the TN log on 6105, Apr 5 at 2159 of CNR1:
``"Zhongguo Guoji Guangbo Diantai" is CRI in Chinese, not CNR. Guoji
means international, guo means land, kingdom, state. The specified
call is used as an introduction to all international broadcasts on at
least almost every language from Beijing. The key domestic programs
call "Zhongyang Renmin Guangbo Diantai" [ZRGD] = "Central People's
Broadcasting Station" just as it has always done since the Mao era.
The individual channel is defined by an extension, such as Zhongguo
zhi Sheng = Voice of China. When listening to "renmin" it should be
remembered that the “r” practically is pronounced as a voiced sh-
sound.
When something is disturbed by CNR1 you usually also hear an echo from
several parallel jammers with slightly different delay, which reveals
what it is. CRI is never used as jammer, but if they show up at an
undesired station frequency it is a technical and not a political
collision.
Taiwan chih Yin literally means Voice of Taiwan (or word for word
"Taiwan's Voice"). Regards Olle Alm``
Olle, Thanks a lot for the explanation which I didn’t know of. I
checked my recording once more and I am now quite certain they say
“renmin” instead of “guoji” which I thought it first sounded like
(Thomas Nilsson, SW Bulletin April 28 via DXLD)
** CHINA. CNR-2/China Business Radio, at 1210, April 26. Comedy /
variety “Haiyang live show”; in Chinese; 6065 // with 6155, 7315,
7375, 9755, 9775 (strong het produced by Taiwan’s Fu Hsing BS on 9774)
and 9810 (suddenly off 1229*; conforms to schedule). Several program
IDs in English; “Ladies and gentlemen - Haiyang live show”, per
attached audio.
At 1230 additional frequency of 7265 and also heard 6090 (which
earlier was blocked by R. Japan in Chinese); continuing with the
“Haiyang live show”.
1300 heard 6065 // with 6090, 6155, 7245, 7265, 7315, 7375, 7425,
9755, 9775 (no het - Fu Hsing BS signed off 1300*) and 9820 (Ron
Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO
1667, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 11760, May 1 at 1308, the only signal mixing with RHC
Spanish is CRI English, which has always been scheduled at 12-14 via
Kunming, but had been covered by CNR1 jamming vs Sound of Hope,
Taiwan, at 13-15, that CNR1 jammitter also the source of the 8-kHz
constellation of spurs we heard until a week+ ago. The ChiCom even jam
their own transmissions if something else ``happens`` to be on same
frequency. Therefore this SOH broadcast, which was a 300 kW Tanshui
site transmitter, is off.
Falung Gong`s Epoch Times recently revealed that due to ChiCom
pressure, Taiwan is closing down some SW transmitter sites, and
canceling relays of SOH among others. The article even said that RTI
would be going off SW, but this has been explicitly denied by Paula at
RTI to monitor Don Rhodes, Australia.
Keith Perron explains in the next DXLD [this one: TAIWAN] that there
is a lot more to this than meets the eye; but in any event, there may
be less SOH on high-power Taiwan transmitters and consequently less
need for ChiCom jamming of one kind or another (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [non]. 15120, CUBA, CRI (via Habana site) Apr 28, 0030. F in
Spanish, Chinese classical music. At first thought reactivated
Firedrake, but, no, just a music program reminiscent of RTI's Jade
Bells and Bamboo Pipes. Ironically, would find newly reactivated
Firedrake moments later just up the dial (Rick Barton, Arizona, Drake
R8, Hammarlund HQ-120X; R.W. and Slinky, ABDX April 30 via DXLD)
** COSTA RICA. 5965, April 30 at 0539, REE relay is back on proper
frequency after excursion to 5995, 24 hours earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Glenn: Interesting about the REE relay on 5965. From my logs; on
February 28, 2013 and for a couple more days, the REE relay usually on
3350 had moved up 900 Hz to 3350.9. This day I logged it at 0300.
(Mike Gilchrist, IA, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 13780, R. Havana. Spanish 2300-2400, NF, 3/4 (Rob Wagner,
VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, Vic (Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Double
Bazooka antennas for 80 and 40 metres, Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI
NEIM1031 Digital Noise Eliminating Module, MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling
Module, ATU), May Australian DX News via DXLD) This is the separate
`Mesa Redonda` TV simulcast; 13780 is not new in the mornings (gh)
** CUBA. 11680, April 25 at 1135, RHC on wrong frequency again, by
lysdexic punchupper instead of missing 11860, altho 11680 is an
intentional channel in the tarde. 11680 is an echo apart from //
11690, so different sites. 1402 frequency list on 17580 et al. still
claims 11860 until 1500. 11680 not there at 1405 recheck, figured
they`d fixed it, but 11680 cuts back on kovering Korean music, commies
vs commies; then modulation cuts off and on, and the carrier drops out
too, not correlating with times of modcuts. SNAFU
11760, April 26 at 0056 surprised (not really) to find RHC in wrong
language, French, which is supposed to be on 5040 only, with 11760 in
Spanish. Probably was also in Kriyol at 0000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
[and non]. 11680, Terrible mixture signal of NHK Radio Japan World
Tokyo via MBR FMO provider with 250 kW of power at Nauen Germany in
Japanisch, RHC Cuba in Spanish, and CNR Shijiazhuang #723 site in
Chinese logged all Co-CHANNEL at 0352 UT Apr 26, S=8-9 signal in
southern Germany (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 26 via
DXLD)
5040, April 27 at 0534, today`s anomaly #1 is absence of the RHC
tropical frequency during English hour; still overkill on 6010, 6060,
6125, 6165.
Anomaly #2: 15482 approx., April 27 at 1400, RHC riff as I tune by,
that weak distorted spur again.
17580, RHC, Apr 27, 1025. F in Spanish, barely above threshold level.
Not usually heard here this hour, as well before local daybreak (Rick
Barton, Arizona, Drake R8, Hammarlund HQ-120X; R.W. and Slinky, ABDX
April 30 via DXLD)
And not usually transmitting either, before 1100, but anything is
possible at RHC; I assume you are sure of the time? (gh, DXLD)
17730, Radio Habana Cuba. 1122 April 28, 2013. Clear, fair and no skip
flutter, in Spanish. Surprised more of this wasn’t skipping over west-
central Florida (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, JRC NRD-
535; ICOM IC-R75; Hammarlund HQ-180A; Sony ICF-7600GR; Sangean PR-D5;
Aqua Guide 705 RDF Marine Radio; GE Superadio III; JPS NF-60 Notch
Filter; JPS ANC-4 Noise Phase; 1 X roof dipole; 1 X room random wire;
Terk Advantage non-active portable loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
I wouldn`t be too surprised if and when it finally activates, the new
Venezuelan SW site at Calaboose starts relaying RHC without notice, at
least as a test. They owe the Cubans a lot (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
RHC anomalies:
15200-15260, April 28 at 1306, the weakish 15230 transmitter is again
emitting a buzzy field above and below, loudest circa 15220.
11750, April 28 at 1315 check is in English! about Cuban stamps, but
cut off the air at 1316; should be in Spanish, of course. Then
surveyed all other frequencies at 1318, with // music in Spanish
service: 9540, 11690, 11760, 11860, 13780, 15230, 15340, 17580, 17730
15482, April 28 at 1319, weak distorted spur // 15340 et al.
17580, April 28 at 1410, carrier cuts off and on, then stays on but no
modulation. Then found others only with open carrier: 13780, 11760,
while at 1411 the rest nominal Spanish modulation: 17730, 15340,
15230, 11860, 11750, 11690; and 9540 too weak to tell, maybe not on.
13740, April 28 at 1411, CRI English relay is quite undermodulated,
but sufficient if volume turned up.
6165 & 6000, April 30 at 0103, both RHC English frequencies are in
dead air. I have better things to do than wait to find out how late
they will be coming up.
5040, unlike 24 hours earlier, is on and modulating English at 0539
April 30.
6165, May 1 at 0058, RHC is already on prior to scheduled 0100
English, but now with Spanish undermodulation // 6100. Same at 0103,
no English yet unlike 6010. One can only envisage a mess of patchcords
on the distribution panel always getting misplaced.
13740, May 1 at 1401, CRI English relay is supposed to be underway,
but dead air until JIP at 1401:50 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA. 12180, (Presumed), Numbers station broadcast. Apr 27, 1030.
Found on sweep of band for Firedrakes / CNR 1 (none found). Noted a //
signal on 11635, but this one devoid of any adequate modulation. Usual
mix of female / Spanish and digital sounds (Rick Barton, Arizona,
Drake R8, Hammarlund HQ-120X; R.W. and Slinky, ABDX April 30 via DXLD)
9155, 01/May 1004, Cuban Spy Numbers. 25332 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de
Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, Degen 1103 - All listening
in mode of narrow filter at 4 kHz. Dipole antenna, 16 meters -
east/west, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Cubana numbers lady --- For those who want to hear, the Spanish
numbers lady is on 10715 right now, at 2225 UT Tuesday 1 May. Clear
but somewhat weak modulation in St. John's, Newfoundland (Philip
Hiscock, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Yes, Here signal almost local and end of transmission at 2254. 73
(Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, ibid.)
And she's off air at 2253 UT. Five numbers in each sequence with those
fax-line sounds in between. I didn't time them but three or four
sequences per minute (Philip Hiscock, ibid.)
Also on 11530 at 2301, here signal almost local. 73 (Jorge Freitas,
ibid.)
Jorge, at 2305, here in St John's, I'm getting a strong but empty
carrier on 11530. The schedule for HM01 as the Cuban number station is
known, and some info on decoding the digital component of the
transmissions is here:
http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/en.htm#k
(Dave Hughes, MO, ibid.)
** CYPRUS TURKISH. [NORTHERN TURKISH occupied zone] 6150, Radio Bayrak
verified with a full data personal letter and full data card ("The
best station in the nation") with a big envelope of goodies in 472
days from initial report and 152 days from a follow up report from v/s
Mustafa Tosun, Department Head of Transmissions.
His letter was dated November 27th so there was quite a delay in
getting the package to me. Among the items in the package were several
tourist booklets in English, several local magazines in Turkish, a
booklet about Myths and Legends in English, several city maps
Gazimagusa, Girne, Iskele and Lefkosa, other road maps of North
Cyprus, half dozen tourist things to do? brochures and two tote bags.
I presume the late November posting was by surface mail and the size
and weight of the package made the postal trip a long one (Rich
D'Angelo-PA-USA, DXplorer Apr 22 via BC-DX 26 April via DXLD)
** CZECHIA. 18 DE MAYO SE CELEBRA EL NOVENTA ANIVERSARIO DE LA
RADIODIFUSIÓN
Amigos Dxistas atención para esta información de Radio Praga:
Oyentes de Radio Praga, queremos informarles que el día 18 de mayo se
celebra el noventa aniversario de la Radiodifusión Checa, y es por
ello que queremos celebrarlo con todos nuestros oyentes de una manera
muy especial.
Desde Radio Praga, mandaremos una tarjeta QSL especial, que conmemora
este noventa aniversario de la Radio Checa, a todos los que nos envíen
el informe de recepción del día 18 de mayo. Así que, si desean obtener
un bonito recuerdo de esta ocasión especial, no duden en escucharnos
en la fecha del aniversario de la Radiodifusión Checa (via Antônio
Avelino da Silva, Universal DX Club, página en FB via Horacio Nigro
Geolkiewsky, Montevideo, Uruguay, Mi blog: "La Galena del Sur"
condiglista yg April 24 via DXLD)
Deleted own shortwave, but still via WRMI; I suppose they liberally
supply QSLs for webcast listeners. Following the Brother Scare
onslaught, only surviving R. Prague relay via WRMI in English is UT
Tue-Fri 0100-0130, but May 18 is Saturday! (following Slovakia 0030 UT
Tue-Sat); R. Praga in Spanish is only 0200-0230 UT daily, followed by
Eslovaquia, just like in the olden days, never Slovakoczechia (Glenn
Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** DENMARK. DR Kalundborg 243 kHz will make a special transmission on
Saturday May 4th 2013 between 20:03-21:00 [1803-1900 UT], simulcast
with DR P5 DAB, to commemorate the liberty message from BBC's Danish
Service on that date in 1945, marking the end of Denmark being
occupied by Nazi Germany during World War 2. 73 (Ydun/mediumwave.info,
dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1667, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Comment from Sergio Nuzzi from Sicily: 1803–1900 UT, all Europe is
under daylight! How can them expect to have DX reports ??? (Sergio via
Dario Monferini, playdx yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1667, DXLD)
LW has pretty good groundwave range even in daytime, but this is only
50 kW now per WRTH (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1667, DXLD)
Reception reports should be sent to info at teracom.dk
BTW DR Kalundborg 243 kHz schedule is
Local time (UT +1, UT +2 during summer) - all programs in Danish:
05.45-05.51 Weather forecast
06.00-06.07 News in parallel with P4
08.00-08.03 News
08.03-08.30 Morning prayer/service (not Sunday)
08.30-08.40 Gymnastics
08.45-09.00 Weather forecast
09.00-09.07 News in parallel with P4
11.45-12.00 Weather forecast
12.00-12.30 News in parallel with P4
17.45-18.00 Weather forecast
18.00-18-03 News in parallel with P4
18.03-18.19 Shipping info for Danish waters
73s (Ydun/mediumwave.info May 1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1667, DXLD)
Long Wave transmitter on 243 kHz is switched off between these times
(Alan Pennington, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)
** DEUTSCHES REICH. The latest episode of PBS` `Secrets of the Dead`
has some radio angles:
``BUGGING HITLER’S SOLDIERS premieres Wednesday, May 1, 10-11 pm ET on
PBS (check local listings). About This Episode
Spied upon by MI19 in a bugging operation of unprecedented scale and
cunning, 4,000 German POW’s revealed their inner thoughts about the
Third Reich and let slip military secrets that helped the Allies win
WWII. Based on groundbreaking research conducted by a German
historian, the film tells the story of how those conversations were
recorded and how they can now reveal, in more shocking detail than
ever before, the hearts and minds of the German fighter. In total,
more than 100,000 hours of these secret recordings were made. Only now
have they all been declassified, researched and cross referenced. They
represent a startling new body of evidence with which to revisit
events of the war and they show the political divisions between those
top generals who supported the Nazi ideology and those that did not.
They also demonstrate the complicity of the rank-and-file soldiers in
taking part in Nazi war crimes. Now, 60 years later the chilling and
totally uncensored thoughts of the Nazi elite will be heard. The
documentary includes intense, full-dialogue dramatic reconstructions
that use the verbatim transcripts of these bugged conversations to
reveal the dark heart of the Nazi regime as never before. Hearing
these shocking conversations will be like taking a time machine back
into psyche of Hitler’s Germany.``
I believe that like previous eps, this one will later be viewable
online (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** DIEGO GARCIA. ARQUIPÉLAGO DAS CHAGOS, 4319bls, AFN, Diogo Garcia,
2221-2230, 26/4, música pop'; 34231, QRM adj. de estação de ponto a
ponto (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EAST TURKISTAN. 7270, CHINA, China Radio International, Ürümqi.
2315 April 25, 2013. Spanish, with idle bantering, into Chinese
lessons with male and female taking on both mutually-unintelligible
languages in the translations. Clear and very good. USB to avoid pig
QRM. Presumed site (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, JRC
NRD-535; ICOM IC-R75; Hammarlund HQ-180A; Sony ICF-7600GR; Sangean PR-
D5; Aqua Guide 705 RDF Marine Radio; GE Superadio III; JPS NF-60 Notch
Filter; JPS ANC-4 Noise Phase; 1 X roof dipole; 1 X room random wire;
Terk Advantage non-active portable loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. 11560, R. Cairo, Abu Zaabal. Disgraceful audio quality was a
feature of this French transmission to Europe at 2005. I just love the
"under-water" sound of Egyptian songs and warbling announcements. A
wonderful advertisement for deserting SW and listening online! For
God's sake!! 31/3
12050, R. Cairo, Abis. 2000-2115 in French with crappy audio, NF ex
11560 and collides with WEWN. 6/4 (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn,
Vic (Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Double Bazooka antennas for 80 and
40 metres, Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital Noise
Eliminating Module, MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling Module, ATU), May
Australian DX News via DXLD)
Hello everyone, Radio Cairo in English on 9720 with surprisingly good
modulation tonight with English program at 0200 UT. Signal is fair to
good; ID and program details by woman. It's been a very long time
since I've heard them well enough to actually understand the program!
73 (Gilles Letourneau, Montreal, Canada, UT April 27, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Yes, I was listening during that hour also, quite good RX here in CT,
USA (450 km South). Semi-auroral conditions in our neck of the woods
being close to the "area". Signal strength 40-48 db-micro here;
usually in the mid 30's and in the noise-field. Also of note in this
time-frame 02-03 UT was RHC putting out a monster 68-72db-micro signal
in Chinese on 9580 kHz with low modulation in the North direction
(Paul S. in CT, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) OTOH:
Radio Cairo: Ciao a tutti, sono un nuovo iscritto al gruppo; mi chiamo
Francesco Morsilli e scrivo da Terni in Umbria. Sono un semplice
appassionato di Radioascolto dal 1997, soprattutto di quelle in lingua
italiana, anche se negli ultimi anni non sempre sono riuscito a
seguire tutte le trasmissioni, causa impegni vari e famiglia. Una
delle mie radio preferite è la famosa Radio Cairo che ogni giorno
CERCA di trasmettere sulle onde corte, sui 9490.
Scrivo così perchè è sempre un terno a lotto poterla ascoltare, causa
la pessima modulazione del trasmettitore che non funziona a dovere. Ho
notato dall`inizio di aprile (da quando ho ripreso a riascoltare le
onde corte) che sono più i giorni che non si sente di quelli
percettibili. Fino al 2011 almeno si aveva anche la possibilità di
ascoltarli via satellite, che per fortuna funzionava a dovere, ora
neanche più quello.
Ricordo poi quando c`era la mitica Concetta Corselli (a proposito,
nessuno ha un suo indirizzo mail o su FB? mi piacerebbe tanto poterla
salutare), che ci diceva che i tecnici stavano cercando di aggiustare
la modulazione. Insomma dopo tutti sti anni siamo sempre allo stesso
punto???
Ma come è possibile, perchè non cercano di arginare il problema?
Magari in attesa potrebbero fare uno streaming internet oppure fare
come fa il servizio spagnolo che inserisce tutte le sue trasmissioni
su youtube, o quello inglese che è presente sul sito WRN. Se non fanno
qualcosa nessuno più riuscirà a sentirli. A febbraio avevano attivato
una pagina facebook, ma ora neanche più quella è aggiornata!!
Voi che mi dite? Qualcuno ha contatti più diretti con loro e magari ha
notizie particolari? Io ho provato a scrivergli dicendogli del
problema, ma non hanno risposto. Grazie mille e scusatemi per questo
sfogo! (Francesco Morsilli, Italy, April 28, bclnews.it yg via DXLD)
15535, R Cairo (by frequency scan veried by DX Remix), 1327 with talks
in Arabic then typical Arabic pop song. Garbled modulation (Zacharias
Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, May 1, R75 with 2x16inv V and HF150
with 16 m horizontal antenna, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ERITREA. 4700, Common IS and IDs in 4 languages, including Arabic
at 0256 on 13/4 // 7180, 7205, 9705. From 0300 news in Arabic on
4700/7180/9705 and music program on 7205 (Rumen Pankov, Sofia,
Bulgaria (Sony ICF 2001D ant Folded Marconi own made), May Australian
DX News via DXLD).
** EUROPE. Domenica 28 aprile 2013, 0623 - 12257, WRECKIN' R. INT.,
Music rock. SF-IN (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo
(Genova) - Italia, playdx yg via DXLD)
** EUROPE. 7610.00, 28 04, 2010, North Pole R. Int, English, Koto, Man
of action, dance, ID, greets listeners, 24322. 73's (SILVERI GOMEZ,
FRAGA - PONENT CATALAN, [SPAIN], ATS 909 & DEGEN 1103, ANTENA : 16 mt
hilo externo, playdx yg via DXLD)
** EUROPE. 11401.00, 27 04, 1515, R. Waves International, English,
French, ballads, pops, jingle, ID, I'm not in love, 34433. 73's
(SILVERI GOMEZ, FRAGA - PONENT CATALAN, [SPAIN], ATS 909 & DEGEN 1103,
ANTENA : 16 mt hilo externo, playdx yg via DXLD)
** EUROPE. Good morning --- Radio Spaceshuttle has made lots of
calculations (= drinked few beers), more massive investigations (=
much more beeeeer, hic)... and has got strange results....
1. We are working to have more radio propagation tests and have
learned that our 19mb frequency is quite good in many cases for longer
skips. Most tests might be realized on SSB mode
2. But wishing we can have few transmissions also a bit higher bands
(during May and June). That means perhaps tests on 15 or 16 mb (17.5
or 19 MHz area). So we are building a new antenna somewhere of these
areas.
3. Propagation also changes, so results are different in May and in
June.
4. Our wish is to reach better results in Oceanian area - main target
Australia, but also in all Far-East area. (Japan and New-Zealand seems
to be a challenge to us that time, but would like to have listeners
also there, please!). So more activity from listeners in whole Far-
East area and ALL COUNTRIES there is wanted - Please tell us if you
can try to listen R Spaceshuttle.
5. We did see we might have propagation also in different parts of
AFRICA in some times. But now I would like to know if there is any
listeners to try us? (In different parts of the continent) Please tell
me if you are interested try to listen us in there?
6. We have found best times to reach South and Central-American areas
as well, but mostly our signal will be quite weak in there. (Best
chances might be June than on May). But wishing also know persons who
are willing try to listen us also in that area!
7. North-America might be even more challenge during these months to
us. We studied that there might be some hours when it might be worth
of try WESTERN and SOUTHERN parts of USA. So, if you are that area,
please give us info if you could try our signals in there.
8. All remarks of Europe (especially its eastern side and south),
Mediterranean area are of course ALWAYS very wanted! Tell your
possibilities to try and report our tests, please!
9. Our near area service shall return as well soon, perhaps on 48 mb,
but might be 41 mb as well. (And to 31 mb occasional transmissions).
So, please drop few lines of your interests to our e-mail
spaceshuttleradio @ yahoo.com please!
Best greetings, Dick and test-comity of Radio Spaceshuttle
PS. We shall send our test plans for your area after your contacts.
Our motto is "Please tell your friend that Radio Spaceshuttle is back
on air again" (Dick Spacewalker, April 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Spaceshuttle Radio 15880 kHz in Usb 0715-0746* weak to fair signal
with deep slow fading. Songs, talks, IDs. Off at 0746 27/4 (Giampiero
Bernardini, Italy, playdx yg via DXLD)
15880.00, 27 04, 1500, R. Spaceshuttle International, English, pop
dance, jingle, Roxette, ID, email, box Herten, asking for reports,
35433. 73's (SILVERI GOMEZ, FRAGA - PONENT CATALAN, [SPAIN], ATS 909 &
DEGEN 1103, ANTENA : 16 mt hilo externo, playdx yg via DXLD)
Spaceshuttle Radio on 15880 kHz this afternoon (1520 UTC 28-April).
Good reception here. (Thanks to Tony Ashar for tip on WRTH FB page)
About to close down now I think at 1537 UT (Alan Pennington,
Caversham, UK, AOR 7030+, ALA 1530 loop, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)
** FINLAND. SWR 3-4 May - but no 25 mb frequencies --- We can now
confirm our transmission hours for the 3/4th May. The schedule can be
found at:- http://www.swradio.net/schedule.htm
Regretfully we are unable to confirm when our 25m transmissions will
be back on the air; if there is change we will post it on here
(Scandinavian Weekend Radio (Finland) Facebook page 28 April via Alan
Pennington, April 28, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)
2100 Friday 3rd May - 2100 Saturday 4th May - shortwave 6170
alternating with 5980 kHz - note to schedule says: "Note: No broadcast
on 25 freqs!" (Pennington, ibid.)
** FRANCE. 30 April 2013, 1533: The Disco Palace puts DRM noise on
15775 at S=3, but DREAM can't decode anything, not even a label (Eike
Bierwirth, Leipzig / Germany, Perseus SDR + DX-10 Pro active antenna,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GABON [and non]. 30 April 2013, 2236: Africa No 1 still active on
9580, French talk bothered by Medi-1 on 9579.15. 42442 (Eike
Bierwirth, Leipzig / Germany, Perseus SDR + DX-10 Pro active antenna,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY. 1 May 2013, 1841: MDR Info is still on air with the loop
that advises listeners about the MW closure - please change to digital
radio! Strong on 783 (55555), medium strength on 1044 (45343) and now
that it's getting dark also on 1188 (45322). In the daytime, 783 and
1044 are the same as now, 1188 JBA (Eike Bierwirth, Leipzig / Germany,
Perseus SDR + DX-10 Pro active antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** GERMANY. MDR-Info MWs off the air since midnight --- As announced
in the "WRTHmonitor" (2013-04-05) the MW-QRGs 783 (Leipzig-Wiederau),
1044 (Dresden-Wilsdruff) and 1188 (Görlitz-Reichenbach) kHz of
"Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk" (MDR) having aired the "MDR Info" 24 h news
programme until the end of April are now off the air except for a
repeated announcement referring to the DAB+ airing. The low power FM
transmitters are not affected. -- (Harry Niebuhr, Klein Hehlen,
Bonifatiusstraße 5, 29223 Celle, Tel (p): 05141 53848, Tel (d): 05141
9939483, Mobil: 0162 7168189, 2013-05-01, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)
784/1044/1188 transmitters --- In case you have not read it elsewhere
yet: The brainwashing loop currently airing on 783/1044/1188 replaced
MDR Info on April 30 at 0400 UT. It is understood that the
transmitters will be finally turned off next Monday in the morning
("between 0400 and 0600 UT"; apparently in practice = when the
maintenance crews arrive at the sites to throw the switch). (Kai
Ludwig, May 2, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Kai: Yes I also hear the final sign of life of MDR Info on all three
frequencies. They used to have a useful format and I did tune in at
times. We don`t hear or read much about the happenings in Germany over
here in Sweden (Olle Alm, Sweden, ibid.)
Re: ``1 May 2013, 1841: MDR Info is still on air with the loop that
advises listeners about the MW closure``
They (= MDR radio headquarters at Halle/Saale) made the switch from
MDR Info to this loop on April 30 at 0400 UT, causing problems due to
a combination of a pretty high audio level and their typical
overproduced style, with every gap between words being filled by this
oh-so dramatic and emotional bumper bed (as they would use it to
produce promos with hooks from reports about someone's death, as done
in 2005, driving me finally and definitely away after I found this too
disgusting) with its distinctive bass component. It brought them very
soon a phone call, urging them to reduce the audio level.
Vague but plausible word is that the transmitters will be finally
turned off on Monday in the morning ("between 6 AM and 8 AM"), when
maintenance staff is at work again and will drive out to kill these
babies.
Here are a recording of the switch-over and two so far unseen video
clips from the Wilsdruff transmitter, with the second one from June 30
1993 showing the original, 1953 vintage 250 kW transmitter on its last
day of regular operation (it has been turned on again only one more
time, 2.5 months later for presentation on an open house day):
http://www.wwwagner.tv/?p=21450
(Kai Ludwig, May 2, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY. /USA, Compliance Follow-up Review, of the International
Broadcasting Bureau Germany Transmitting Stations [Biblis and
Lampertheim]. Posted on March 26, 2013
most interesting item:
One Foreign Service officer serves as the station manager, and there
are 19 locally employed staff members at two functioning sites,
Lampertheim and Bib1is, both located in the Consulate General
Frankfurt consular district. The IBB Germany Transmitting Station sold
the property at Erching, a third nonfunctioning site (March 28)
(Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 26 [sic], BC-DX 26 April
via DXLD)
** GERMANY. 9480.00, 21 04, 0850, EMR, English, Jerry Raferty, reading
reports, rock, 24222. 73's (SILVERI GOMEZ, FRAGA - PONENT CATALAN,
[SPAIN], ATS 909 & DEGEN 1103, ANTENA : 16 mt hilo externo, playdx yg
via DXLD)
** GERMANY. 13820, Kall, 0812 on 13/4 with song of Adamo, // 7310
(Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF 2001D ant Folded Marconi own
made), May Australian DX News via DXLD).
13820, KLL, 0907 song ‘chary chery lady’ and signal S3 max. At 1057
talks by man in German. At 1100 there was the German version of ‘easy
rider’ (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, May 1, R75 with
2x16inv V and HF150 with 16 m horizontal antenna, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Domenica 28 aprile 2013:
0708 - 7310, Kall Krekel (D) in portante muta. SF-BN
0710 - 6005, Kall Krekel (D) in portante muta. SF-IN
(Luca Botto Fiora, QTH G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia,
playdx yg via DXLD) silent carrier
** GERMANY. Upcoming frequency change of HCJB via Weenermoor:
0000-2400 on 3995 WNM 1.5 kW / non-dir to CeEu till Apr 30
0000-2400 NF 7365 WNM 1.5 kW / 145 deg to CeEu from May 01 (DX RE MIX
NEWS #778 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, April 30, 2013 via DXLD)
3995 and soon also on 7365 kHz from May 1. "Missionswerk Voice of
Hope" ab sofort Dienstags auf Radio HCJB um 1630 UT. / Tuesdays at
1630 UT (not AWR V of Hope ...)
Hallo zusammen, ab sofort laeuft jeden Dienstag ein einstuendiges
Programm des "Missionswerkes Voice of Hope e.V." (nicht zu verwechseln
mit dem gleichnamigen AWR-Programm). Zeit: 16.30 UTC, Frequenz 3995
kHz (demnaechst auch \\ 7365 kHz) from Weenermoor.
Adresse muesste lauten (wird aber sicher auch am Ende der Sendung
angesagt):
Missionswerk Voice of Hope e.V.
Eckenhagener Str. 21
51580 Reichshof
Germany
Man freut sich dort ueber Empfangsberichte.
(Stephan Schaa-D, A-DX Apr 2 via BC-DX 26 April via DXLD)
** GERMANY. 7265, Radio Gloria International, *0600-0610, 28-04,
tuning music, identification: "Radio Gloria International", pop music.
34433 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) On
a Sunday
7265, HLR at 1333 found with sub-marginal signal (S1 with preamp!) 1
sec fades!! (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, May 1, R75 with
2x16inv V and HF150 with 16 m horizontal antenna, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY [and non]. AUSTRIA/BULGARIA/FRANCE/GERMANY/MADAGASCAR
MEDIA BROADCAST GmbH (formerly T-SYSTEMS - DTK)
A-13 operational MBR/DTK schedule of April 15th, 2013.
Times are in UTC. A-13 period (31/03/2013 - 26/10/2013)
sorted by broadcaster
frq startstop ciraf loc pow azi day from to broad
6020 0400-0430 28SE NAU 100 130 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
9530 0300-0330 48 ISS 250 125 1234567 110413-261013 AWR
9610 1900-1930 37,38W NAU 100 210 1234567 110413-261013 AWR
9610 1930-2000 37,38W NAU 100 210 1234567 110413-261013 AWR
9610 2000-2030 37,38W NAU 100 210 1234567 120413-261013 AWR
9790 0900-1000 28W NAU 100 180 1...... 310313-261013 AWR
9830 1600-1630 28SE NAU 100 133 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
11610 0300-0330 48 NAU 250 140 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
11610 0330-0400 48 NAU 250 140 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
11610 1900-2100 38E,39 NAU 250 130 1234567 110413-261013 AWR
11755 2030-2100 46SE,47W NAU 100 180 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
11945 1900-1930 46W ISS 250 200 1234567 110413-261013 AWR
15140 0800-0830 37,38W NAU 100 205 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
15155 1730-1800 48 NAU 250 140 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
15170 1730-1800 37,38W NAU 100 210 1234567 050413-261013 AWR
15205 1900-1930 46S,47SW NAU 100 195 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
15205 1930-2000 46SE,47W NAU 250 180 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
15225 0400-0600 38E,39 NAU 250 130 1234567 120413-261013 AWR
15225 0700-0800 37,38W NAU 100 210 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
15225 0800-0830 37,38W NAU 100 210 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
15225 0830-0900 37,38W NAU 100 210 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
15260 1900-2000 37,38W NAU 100 215 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
15265 1500-1530 41N NAU 250 90 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
15265 1530-1600 41N NAU 250 90 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
15335 1530-1600 41N NAU 250 75 ....56. 310313-261013 AWR
15335 1530-1600 41N NAU 250 75 1234..7 310313-261013 AWR
15735 1500-1530 41N NAU 250 80 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
17575 1630-1700 48 ISS 250 125 1234567 110413-261013 AWR
17610 2000-2030 46E,47W NAU 100 180 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
17810 1300-1330 42,43W NAU 250 70 1.....7 310313-261013 AWR
17810 1300-1330 42,43W NAU 250 70 .23456. 310313-261013 AWR
17810 1330-1500 42,43W NAU 250 70 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
5930 2000-2015 39N NAU 250 120 1234567 310313-261013 BVB
5945 0700-0730 27,28N NAU 100 222 1...... 310313-261013 BVB
5945 0700-0745 27,28N NAU 100 222 ......7 310313-261013 BVB
6130 1800-1815 28,29 NAU 100 90 ....56. 050413-261013 BVB
6130 1830-1845 28,29 NAU 100 90 ......7 050413-261013 BVB
6130 1800-1830 28,29 NAU 100 90 ..3.... 050413-261013 BVB
6130 1800-1900 28,29 NAU 100 90 1...... 050413-261013 BVB
7310 0300-0315 39S NAU 250 124 1234567 310313-261013 BVB
9410 0400-0430 39NE,40 NAU 100 110 12....7 050413-261013 BVB
9430 1800-1830 39,40 MOS 300 ND 1...... 310313-261013 BVB
9430 1800-1815 39,40 MOS 300 ND ......7 310313-261013 BVB
9440 0330-0345 40 NAU 125 105 1234567 310313-261013 BVB
9460 0430-0445 39N NAU 125 120 1.....7 050413-261013 BVB
9460 0430-0450 39N NAU 125 120 .23456. 050413-261013 BVB
9490 0100-0115 41 NAU 250 90 1...... 310313-261013 BVB
9515 2030-2045 46N,47NW ISS 250 180 1234567 310313-261013 BVB
9635 1830-1915 39 SOF 100 126 1...... 310313-261013 BVB
9735 0500-0515 39,40 NAU 250 120 .....6. 310313-261013 BVB
9735 0500-0530 39,40 NAU 250 120 ....5.. 310313-261013 BVB
11655 0600-0615 46N,47NW NAU 125 180 .234567 070413-261013 BVB
11655 0600-0630 46N,47NW NAU 125 180 1...... 070413-261013 BVB
11855 1815-1900 39,40 NAU 100 105 1...... 050413-261013 BVB
11855 1800-1830 39,40 NAU 100 105 .....6. 050413-261013 BVB
11855 1830-1900 39,40 NAU 100 105 ..3.... 050413-261013 BVB
11855 1800-1900 39,40 NAU 100 105 ....5.. 050413-261013 BVB
13580 1700-1715 39,40 MOS 300 125 .23.56. 080413-261013 BVB
13580 1700-1730 39,40 MOS 300 115 ...4... 310313-261013 BVB
13810 1700-1800 38E,39,40WISS 100 120 .2.456. 070413-261013 BVB
13810 1700-1745 38E,39,40WISS 100 120 1.3.... 070413-261013 BVB
13810 1700-1715 38E,39,40WISS 100 120 ......7 310313-261013 BVB
15160 1630-1730 47,48 NAU 100 150 1234567 310313-261013 BVB
15215 1700-1900 39 MOS 100 115 1.....7 310313-261013 BVB
15215 1700-1715 39 MOS 100 115 ..3..6. 310313-261013 BVB
15215 1700-1730 39 MOS 100 115 ....5.. 310313-261013 BVB
15215 1630-1645 41S MOS 125 115 1...... 310313-261013 BVB
15215 1630-1645 41S MOS 125 115 .....6. 310313-261013 BVB
15320 1600-1615 40 ISS 250 105 1234567 310313-261013 BVB
17495 1400-1430 41 ISS 250 83 1...... 310313-261013 BVB*
17495 1430-1500 41 NAU 250 95 1...... 310313-261013 BVB
17495 1430-1500 41 NAU 250 95 ......7 310313-261013 BVB
17515 1600-1900 38S,39S,47NAU 100 142 1...... 310313-261013 BVB
17515 1600-1900 38S,39S,47NAU 100 142 .....6. 310313-261013 BVB
17515 1700-1845 38S,39S,47NAU 100 142 ......7 310313-261013 BVB
17515 1630-1830 38S,39S,47NAU 100 142 ..3.... 310313-261013 BVB
17515 1630-1830 38S,39S,47NAU 100 142 ...4... 310313-261013 BVB
17515 1600-1800 38S,39S,47NAU 100 142 .2..... 310313-261013 BVB
17515 1600-1830 38S,39S,47NAU 100 142 ....5.. 310313-261013 BVB
17535 0830-1000 38,39 NAU 125 140 .....6. 310313-261013 BVB
17600 1515-1530 40,41 NAU 100 95 ......7 310313-261013 BVB
17600 1530-1559 40,41 NAU 100 95 .....6. 310313-261013 BVB
17650 1300-1330 44E,45W NAU 250 48 .234567 310313-261013 BVB
17650 1300-1400 44E,45W NAU 250 48 1...... 310313-261013 BVB
21460 1500-1515 41,49NW WER 250 75 1...... 310313-261013 BVB
21480 1115-1157 43S,44S MDC 125 45 1...... 140413-261013 BVB
21480 1100-1130 43S,44S MDC 125 45 ......7 140413-261013 BVB
21480 1115-1130 43S,44S MDC 125 45 .2..... 140413-261013 BVB
21480 1100-1115 43S,44S MDC 125 45 ..345.. 140413-261013 BVB
9585 1800-1900 28E,29 NAU 100 90 ......7 310313-261013 CHW
6055 1030-1100 27,28 NAU 125 222 1.....7 310313-261013 EMG
11695 1500-1530 29,30 ISS 250 60 ......7 310313-261013 EMG
13710 1100-1130 19,20,21 NAU 250 45 ......7 310313-261013 EMG
15310 1730-1800 48N ISS 100 125 ..3..6. 090413-261013 EYS
9520 0030-0130 40E,41NW NAU 250 100 1234567 310313-261013 GFA
9520 2330-0030 41NE,43S NAU 250 85 1234567 310313-261013 GFA
15215 1530-1630 40E,41NW NAU 250 99 1234567 310313-261013 GFA
15350 1230-1500 41 NAU 250 89 1234567 310313-261013 GFA
15390 1330-1530 41NE,43S NAU 250 85 1234567 310313-261013 GFA
13800 1530-1630 29S NAU 100 95 ......7 310313-261013 HCJ
5930 1700-1800 28E,29W NAU 250 90 1234567 050413-261013 IBB
5995 1600-1700 29,30 NAU 250 60 1234567 010413-261013 IBB
7280 0030-0400 40 NAU 250 105 1234567 310313-261013 IBB
9490 1630-1700 47,48 NAU 250 150 .23456. 310313-261013 IBB
9600 1900-1930 47,48 WER 250 150 1234567 310313-310313 IBB
9600 1900-1930 47,48 ISS 250 150 1234567 010413-261013 IBB
9645 1800-1830 47,48 WER 250 160 1234567 310313-310313 IBB
9645 1800-1830 47,48 ISS 250 160 1234567 010413-261013 IBB
9780 1700-1800 40E,41NW WER 250 90 1234567 310313-310313 IBB
9780 1700-1800 40E,41NW ISS 250 90 1234567 010413-261013 IBB
9815 0300-0330 47,48 WER 250 160 1234567 310313-310313 IBB
9815 0300-0330 47,48 ISS 250 160 1234567 010413-261013 IBB
9815 2030-2100 46,47 NAU 250 190 .23456. 310313-261013 IBB
11655 1630-1700 47,48 WER 250 150 .23456. 310313-310313 IBB
11655 1630-1700 47,48 ISS 250 150 .23456. 010413-261013 IBB
11925 1800-1900 48 ISS 250 130 1234567 090413-261013 IBB
11925 1900-1930 48 ISS 250 130 .23456. 090413-261013 IBB
13615 1500-1600 29SE NAU 250 90 1234567 310313-261013 IBB
13870 1630-1700 47,48 WER 250 150 .23456. 310313-310313 IBB
13870 1630-1700 47,48 ISS 250 140 .23456. 010413-261013 IBB
13870 1800-1900 48 NAU 250 140 1234567 310313-261013 IBB
13870 1900-1930 48 NAU 250 140 .23456. 310313-261013 IBB
15180 1400-1500 30S WER 250 75 1234567 310313-310313 IBB
15180 1500-1600 30S WER 250 75 1234567 310313-310313 IBB
15180 1400-1500 30S ISS 250 75 1234567 010413-261013 IBB
15180 1500-1600 30S ISS 250 75 1234567 010413-261013 IBB
15360 0600-0900 40E,41NW NAU 250 90 1234567 310313-261013 IBB
15470 1600-1700 40 NAU 250 105 1234567 310313-261013 IBB
15560 0400-0600 40E,41NW NAU 250 90 1234567 310313-261013 IBB
15620 1800-1900 48 ISS 250 130 1234567 090413-261013 IBB
7330 1000-1100 27,28 ISS 100 60 1...... 310313-261013 JOY*
6095 0800-1500 18SW,27,28NAU 100 240 1.....7 310313-261013 KBC
7375 0000-0200 2,3,4,6,7 NAU 125 300 1...... 310313-300413 KBC
7375 0000-0200 2,3,4,6,7 NAU 125 300 1...... 010913-261013 KBC
9925 0000-0200 2,3,4,6,7 NAU 125 300 1...... 050513-300813 KBC
9655 1830-1900 46S,47SE WER 500 180 1234567 310313-261013 LWF
15315 1830-1900 46S,47SE ISS 500 180 1234567 310313-261013 LWF
6115 2000-2200 37,38W WER 250 210 1234567 310313-261013 MBR AR
7420 2200-2300 37,38W WER 250 210 1234567 310313-261013 MBR AR
9595 2000-2100 37,46 WER 500 210 1234567 310313-261013 MBR FR
9715 2100-2200 46E,47,52NWER 500 180 1234567 310313-261013 MBR FR
11600 1700-1900 29,30 WER 250 60 1234567 310313-261013 MBR RU
11840 1900-2000 37,46 WER 500 210 1234567 310313-261013 MBR FR
13750 1800-1900 46SE WER 500 180 1234567 310313-261013 MBR EN
13840 1700-1800 37,38 WER 100 180 1234567 310313-261013 MBR AR
6045 0900-1000 27E,28 NAU 100 275 1...... 310313-261013 MSM#
5945 1100-1115 27,28 NAU 250 222 1...... 310313-261013 MWA
11680 0200-0400 38,39,40 NAU 250 140 1234567 310313-261013 NHK
15445 1700-1900 38,39,40 NAU 250 140 1234567 310313-261013 NHK
17630 1600-1630 47E,48 ISS 500 130 ..3...7 310313-261013 OGM
9515 1930-2000 37,38 NAU 250 155 1...... 310313-261013 PAB
15205 1400-1430 41 ISS 100 90 1...... 310313-261013 PAB
15205 1415-1430 41 ISS 100 90 .234567 310313-261013 PAB
15205 1430-1445 41 ISS 250 90 1...... 310313-261013 PAB
9610 0530-0600 46SE NAU 100 180 .23456. 310313-261013 RMI&
11945 1930-2000 46SE WER 100 180 1234567 310313-261013 RMI
[Jeff White has recently confirmed to us that these are NOT on the air
currently; how many other entries are likewise??? -gh]
13830 1700-1800 38E,39S,48ISS 100 125 1..4... 090413-261013 SBO
9450 1400-1600 18,27,28 WER 100 300 1234567 310313-261013 TOM
9655 1400-1600 18,27,28 NAU 100 275 .2345.. 310313-261013 TOM
9655 1400-1600 18,27,28 MOS 100 285 1....67 310313-261013 TOM
13810 1400-1600 28,29W,38EISS 100 120 1234567 310313-261013 TOM
6095 0800-1000 18SW,27,28NAU 100 230 .23456. 310313-261013 TRS
6105 0657-0750 27 NAU 100 285 .234567 310313-271013 TWR
6105 0657-0720 27 NAU 100 285 1...... 310313-271013 TWR
7215 0827-0900 28 NAU 100 135 1234567 310313-271013 TWR
7215 1400-1428 28,29,30 NAU 100 65 .2..... 310313-271013 TWR
7215 1400-1428 28,29,30 NAU 100 65 1.34567 310313-271013 TWR
9835 2300-2330 12,13,14 NAU 100 240 1234567 310313-261013 VZM
11920 2300-0045 12,13,14 NAU 100 240 1234567 310313-261013 VZM
11840 1900-2000 46E WER 125 180 ....5.7 310313-261013 WRN
sorted by frequency::
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5930 1700-1800 28E,29W NAU 250 90 1234567 050413-261013 IBB
5930 2000-2015 39N NAU 250 120 1234567 310313-261013 BVB
5945 0700-0730 27,28N NAU 100 222 1...... 310313-261013 BVB
5945 0700-0745 27,28N NAU 100 222 ......7 310313-261013 BVB
5945 1100-1115 27,28 NAU 250 222 1...... 310313-261013 MWA
5995 1600-1700 29,30 NAU 250 60 1234567 010413-261013 IBB
6020 0400-0430 28SE NAU 100 130 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
6045 0900-1000 27E,28 NAU 100 275 1...... 310313-261013 MSM#
6055 1030-1100 27,28 NAU 125 222 1.....7 310313-261013 EMG
6095 0800-1000 18SW,27,28NAU 100 230 .23456. 310313-261013 TRS
6095 0800-1500 18SW,27,28NAU 100 240 1.....7 310313-261013 KBC
6105 0657-0720 27 NAU 100 285 1...... 310313-271013 TWR
6105 0657-0750 27 NAU 100 285 .234567 310313-271013 TWR
6115 2000-2200 37,38W WER 250 210 1234567 310313-261013 MBR AR
6130 1800-1815 28,29 NAU 100 90 ....56. 050413-261013 BVB
6130 1800-1830 28,29 NAU 100 90 ..3.... 050413-261013 BVB
6130 1800-1900 28,29 NAU 100 90 1...... 050413-261013 BVB
6130 1830-1845 28,29 NAU 100 90 ......7 050413-261013 BVB
7215 0827-0900 28 NAU 100 135 1234567 310313-271013 TWR
7215 1400-1428 28,29,30 NAU 100 65 1.34567 310313-271013 TWR
7215 1400-1428 28,29,30 NAU 100 65 .2..... 310313-271013 TWR
7280 0030-0400 40 NAU 250 105 1234567 310313-261013 IBB
7310 0300-0315 39S NAU 250 124 1234567 310313-261013 BVB
7330 1000-1100 27,28 ISS 100 60 1...... 310313-261013 JOY*
7375 0000-0200 2,3,4,6,7 NAU 125 300 1...... 010913-261013 KBC
7375 0000-0200 2,3,4,6,7 NAU 125 300 1...... 310313-300413 KBC
7420 2200-2300 37,38W WER 250 210 1234567 310313-261013 MBR AR
9410 0400-0430 39NE,40 NAU 100 110 12....7 050413-261013 BVB
9430 1800-1815 39,40 MOS 300 ND ......7 310313-261013 BVB
9430 1800-1830 39,40 MOS 300 ND 1...... 310313-261013 BVB
9440 0330-0345 40 NAU 125 105 1234567 310313-261013 BVB
9450 1400-1600 18,27,28 WER 100 300 1234567 310313-261013 TOM
9460 0430-0445 39N NAU 125 120 1.....7 050413-261013 BVB
9460 0430-0450 39N NAU 125 120 .23456. 050413-261013 BVB
9490 0100-0115 41 NAU 250 90 1...... 310313-261013 BVB
9490 1630-1700 47,48 NAU 250 150 .23456. 310313-261013 IBB
9515 1930-2000 37,38 NAU 250 155 1...... 310313-261013 PAB
9515 2030-2045 46N,47NW ISS 250 180 1234567 310313-261013 BVB
9520 0030-0130 40E,41NW NAU 250 100 1234567 310313-261013 GFA
9520 2330-0030 41NE,43S NAU 250 85 1234567 310313-261013 GFA
9530 0300-0330 48 ISS 250 125 1234567 110413-261013 AWR
9585 1800-1900 28E,29 NAU 100 90 ......7 310313-261013 CHW
9595 2000-2100 37,46 WER 500 210 1234567 310313-261013 MBR FR
9600 1900-1930 47,48 ISS 250 150 1234567 010413-261013 IBB
9600 1900-1930 47,48 WER 250 150 1234567 310313-310313 IBB
9610 0530-0600 46SE NAU 100 180 .23456. 310313-261013 RMI&
9610 1900-1930 37,38W NAU 100 210 1234567 110413-261013 AWR
9610 1930-2000 37,38W NAU 100 210 1234567 110413-261013 AWR
9610 2000-2030 37,38W NAU 100 210 1234567 120413-261013 AWR
9635 1830-1915 39 SOF 100 126 1...... 310313-261013 BVB
9645 1800-1830 47,48 ISS 250 160 1234567 010413-261013 IBB
9645 1800-1830 47,48 WER 250 160 1234567 310313-310313 IBB
9655 1400-1600 18,27,28 MOS 100 285 1....67 310313-261013 TOM
9655 1400-1600 18,27,28 NAU 100 275 .2345.. 310313-261013 TOM
9655 1830-1900 46S,47SE WER 500 180 1234567 310313-261013 LWF
9715 2100-2200 46E,47,52NWER 500 180 1234567 310313-261013 MBR FR
9735 0500-0515 39,40 NAU 250 120 .....6. 310313-261013 BVB
9735 0500-0530 39,40 NAU 250 120 ....5.. 310313-261013 BVB
9780 1700-1800 40E,41NW ISS 250 90 1234567 010413-261013 IBB
9780 1700-1800 40E,41NW WER 250 90 1234567 310313-310313 IBB
9790 0900-1000 28W NAU 100 180 1...... 310313-261013 AWR
9815 0300-0330 47,48 ISS 250 160 1234567 010413-261013 IBB
9815 0300-0330 47,48 WER 250 160 1234567 310313-310313 IBB
9815 2030-2100 46,47 NAU 250 190 .23456. 310313-261013 IBB
9830 1600-1630 28SE NAU 100 133 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
9835 2300-2330 12,13,14 NAU 100 240 1234567 310313-261013 VZM
9925 0000-0200 2,3,4,6,7 NAU 125 300 1...... 050513-300813 KBC
11600 1700-1900 29,30 WER 250 60 1234567 310313-261013 MBR RU
11610 0300-0330 48 NAU 250 140 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
11610 0330-0400 48 NAU 250 140 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
11610 1900-2100 38E,39 NAU 250 130 1234567 110413-261013 AWR
11655 0600-0615 46N,47NW NAU 125 180 .234567 070413-261013 BVB
11655 0600-0630 46N,47NW NAU 125 180 1...... 070413-261013 BVB
11655 1630-1700 47,48 ISS 250 150 .23456. 010413-261013 IBB
11655 1630-1700 47,48 WER 250 150 .23456. 310313-310313 IBB
11680 0200-0400 38,39,40 NAU 250 140 1234567 310313-261013 NHK
11695 1500-1530 29,30 ISS 250 60 ......7 310313-261013 EMG
11755 2030-2100 46SE,47W NAU 100 180 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
11840 1900-2000 37,46 WER 500 210 1234567 310313-261013 MBR FR
11840 1900-2000 46E WER 125 180 ....5.7 310313-261013 WRN
11855 1800-1830 39,40 NAU 100 105 .....6. 050413-261013 BVB
11855 1800-1900 39,40 NAU 100 105 ....5.. 050413-261013 BVB
11855 1815-1900 39,40 NAU 100 105 1...... 050413-261013 BVB
11855 1830-1900 39,40 NAU 100 105 ..3.... 050413-261013 BVB
11920 2300-0045 12,13,14 NAU 100 240 1234567 310313-261013 VZM
11925 1800-1900 48 ISS 250 130 1234567 090413-261013 IBB
11925 1900-1930 48 ISS 250 130 .23456. 090413-261013 IBB
11945 1900-1930 46W ISS 250 200 1234567 110413-261013 AWR
11945 1930-2000 46SE WER 100 180 1234567 310313-261013 RMI
13580 1700-1715 39,40 MOS 300 125 .23.56. 080413-261013 BVB
13580 1700-1730 39,40 MOS 300 115 ...4... 310313-261013 BVB
13615 1500-1600 29SE NAU 250 90 1234567 310313-261013 IBB
13710 1100-1130 19,20,21 NAU 250 45 ......7 310313-261013 EMG
13750 1800-1900 46SE WER 500 180 1234567 310313-261013 MBR EN
13800 1530-1630 29S NAU 100 95 ......7 310313-261013 HCJ
13810 1400-1600 28,29W,38EISS 100 120 1234567 310313-261013 TOM
13810 1700-1715 38E,39,40WISS 100 120 ......7 310313-261013 BVB
13810 1700-1745 38E,39,40WISS 100 120 1.3.... 070413-261013 BVB
13810 1700-1800 38E,39,40WISS 100 120 .2.456. 070413-261013 BVB
13830 1700-1800 38E,39S,48ISS 100 125 1..4... 090413-261013 SBO
13840 1700-1800 37,38 WER 100 180 1234567 310313-261013 MBR AR
13870 1630-1700 47,48 ISS 250 140 .23456. 010413-261013 IBB
13870 1630-1700 47,48 WER 250 150 .23456. 310313-310313 IBB
13870 1800-1900 48 NAU 250 140 1234567 310313-261013 IBB
13870 1900-1930 48 NAU 250 140 .23456. 310313-261013 IBB
15140 0800-0830 37,38W NAU 100 205 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
15155 1730-1800 48 NAU 250 140 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
15160 1630-1730 47,48 NAU 100 150 1234567 310313-261013 BVB
15170 1730-1800 37,38W NAU 100 210 1234567 050413-261013 AWR
15180 1400-1500 30S ISS 250 75 1234567 010413-261013 IBB
15180 1400-1500 30S WER 250 75 1234567 310313-310313 IBB
15180 1500-1600 30S ISS 250 75 1234567 010413-261013 IBB
15180 1500-1600 30S WER 250 75 1234567 310313-310313 IBB
15205 1400-1430 41 ISS 100 90 1...... 310313-261013 PAB
15205 1415-1430 41 ISS 100 90 .234567 310313-261013 PAB
15205 1430-1445 41 ISS 250 90 1...... 310313-261013 PAB
15205 1900-1930 46S,47SW NAU 100 195 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
15205 1930-2000 46SE,47W NAU 250 180 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
15215 1530-1630 40E,41NW NAU 250 99 1234567 310313-261013 GFA
15215 1630-1645 41S MOS 125 115 .....6. 310313-261013 BVB
15215 1630-1645 41S MOS 125 115 1...... 310313-261013 BVB
15215 1700-1715 39 MOS 100 115 ..3..6. 310313-261013 BVB
15215 1700-1730 39 MOS 100 115 ....5.. 310313-261013 BVB
15215 1700-1900 39 MOS 100 115 1.....7 310313-261013 BVB
15225 0400-0600 38E,39 NAU 250 130 1234567 120413-261013 AWR
15225 0700-0800 37,38W NAU 100 210 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
15225 0800-0830 37,38W NAU 100 210 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
15225 0830-0900 37,38W NAU 100 210 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
15260 1900-2000 37,38W NAU 100 215 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
15265 1500-1530 41N NAU 250 90 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
15265 1530-1600 41N NAU 250 90 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
15310 1730-1800 48N ISS 100 125 ..3..6. 090413-261013 EYS
15315 1830-1900 46S,47SE ISS 500 180 1234567 310313-261013 LWF
15320 1600-1615 40 ISS 250 105 1234567 310313-261013 BVB
15335 1530-1600 41N NAU 250 75 ....56. 310313-261013 AWR
15335 1530-1600 41N NAU 250 75 1234..7 310313-261013 AWR
15350 1230-1500 41 NAU 250 89 1234567 310313-261013 GFA
15360 0600-0900 40E,41NW NAU 250 90 1234567 310313-261013 IBB
15390 1330-1530 41NE,43S NAU 250 85 1234567 310313-261013 GFA
15445 1700-1900 38,39,40 NAU 250 140 1234567 310313-261013 NHK
15470 1600-1700 40 NAU 250 105 1234567 310313-261013 IBB
15560 0400-0600 40E,41NW NAU 250 90 1234567 310313-261013 IBB
15620 1800-1900 48 ISS 250 130 1234567 090413-261013 IBB
15735 1500-1530 41N NAU 250 80 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
17495 1400-1430 41 ISS 250 83 1...... 310313-261013 BVB*
17495 1430-1500 41 NAU 250 95 ......7 310313-261013 BVB
17495 1430-1500 41 NAU 250 95 1...... 310313-261013 BVB
17515 1600-1800 38S,39S,47NAU 100 142 .2..... 310313-261013 BVB
17515 1600-1830 38S,39S,47NAU 100 142 ....5.. 310313-261013 BVB
17515 1600-1900 38S,39S,47NAU 100 142 .....6. 310313-261013 BVB
17515 1600-1900 38S,39S,47NAU 100 142 1...... 310313-261013 BVB
17515 1630-1830 38S,39S,47NAU 100 142 ...4... 310313-261013 BVB
17515 1630-1830 38S,39S,47NAU 100 142 ..3.... 310313-261013 BVB
17515 1700-1845 38S,39S,47NAU 100 142 ......7 310313-261013 BVB
17535 0830-1000 38,39 NAU 125 140 .....6. 310313-261013 BVB
17575 1630-1700 48 ISS 250 125 1234567 110413-261013 AWR
17600 1515-1530 40,41 NAU 100 95 ......7 310313-261013 BVB
17600 1530-1559 40,41 NAU 100 95 .....6. 310313-261013 BVB
17610 2000-2030 46E,47W NAU 100 180 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
17630 1600-1630 47E,48 ISS 500 130 ..3...7 310313-261013 OGM
17650 1300-1330 44E,45W NAU 250 48 .234567 310313-261013 BVB
17650 1300-1400 44E,45W NAU 250 48 1...... 310313-261013 BVB
17810 1300-1330 42,43W NAU 250 70 1.....7 310313-261013 AWR
17810 1300-1330 42,43W NAU 250 70 .23456. 310313-261013 AWR
17810 1330-1500 42,43W NAU 250 70 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
21460 1500-1515 41,49NW WER 250 75 1...... 310313-261013 BVB
21480 1100-1115 43S,44S MDC 125 45 ..345.. 140413-261013 BVB
21480 1100-1130 43S,44S MDC 125 45 ......7 140413-261013 BVB
21480 1115-1130 43S,44S MDC 125 45 .2..... 140413-261013 BVB
21480 1115-1157 43S,44S MDC 125 45 1...... 140413-261013 BVB
sorted by transmitter site::
frq startstop ciraf loc pow azi day from to broad
7330 1000-1100 27,28 ISS 100 60 1...... 310313-261013 JOY*
9515 2030-2045 46N,47NW ISS 250 180 1234567 310313-261013 BVB
9530 0300-0330 48 ISS 250 125 1234567 110413-261013 AWR
9600 1900-1930 47,48 ISS 250 150 1234567 010413-261013 IBB
9645 1800-1830 47,48 ISS 250 160 1234567 010413-261013 IBB
9780 1700-1800 40E,41NW ISS 250 90 1234567 010413-261013 IBB
9815 0300-0330 47,48 ISS 250 160 1234567 010413-261013 IBB
11655 1630-1700 47,48 ISS 250 150 .23456. 010413-261013 IBB
11695 1500-1530 29,30 ISS 250 60 ......7 310313-261013 EMG
11925 1800-1900 48 ISS 250 130 1234567 090413-261013 IBB
11925 1900-1930 48 ISS 250 130 .23456. 090413-261013 IBB
11945 1900-1930 46W ISS 250 200 1234567 110413-261013 AWR
13810 1400-1600 28,29W,38EISS 100 120 1234567 310313-261013 TOM
13810 1700-1715 38E,39,40WISS 100 120 ......7 310313-261013 BVB
13810 1700-1745 38E,39,40WISS 100 120 1.3.... 070413-261013 BVB
13810 1700-1800 38E,39,40WISS 100 120 .2.456. 070413-261013 BVB
13830 1700-1800 38E,39S,48ISS 100 125 1..4... 090413-261013 SBO
13870 1630-1700 47,48 ISS 250 140 .23456. 010413-261013 IBB
15180 1400-1500 30S ISS 250 75 1234567 010413-261013 IBB
15180 1500-1600 30S ISS 250 75 1234567 010413-261013 IBB
15205 1400-1430 41 ISS 100 90 1...... 310313-261013 PAB
15205 1415-1430 41 ISS 100 90 .234567 310313-261013 PAB
15205 1430-1445 41 ISS 250 90 1...... 310313-261013 PAB
15310 1730-1800 48N ISS 100 125 ..3..6. 090413-261013 EYS
15315 1830-1900 46S,47SE ISS 500 180 1234567 310313-261013 LWF
15320 1600-1615 40 ISS 250 105 1234567 310313-261013 BVB
15620 1800-1900 48 ISS 250 130 1234567 090413-261013 IBB
17495 1400-1430 41 ISS 250 83 1...... 310313-261013 BVB*
17575 1630-1700 48 ISS 250 125 1234567 110413-261013 AWR
17630 1600-1630 47E,48 ISS 500 130 ..3...7 310313-261013 OGM
21480 1100-1115 43S,44S MDC 125 45 ..345.. 140413-261013 BVB
21480 1100-1130 43S,44S MDC 125 45 ......7 140413-261013 BVB
21480 1115-1130 43S,44S MDC 125 45 .2..... 140413-261013 BVB
21480 1115-1157 43S,44S MDC 125 45 1...... 140413-261013 BVB
9430 1800-1815 39,40 MOS 300 ND ......7 310313-261013 BVB
9430 1800-1830 39,40 MOS 300 ND 1...... 310313-261013 BVB
9655 1400-1600 18,27,28 MOS 100 285 1....67 310313-261013 TOM
13580 1700-1715 39,40 MOS 300 125 .23.56. 080413-261013 BVB
13580 1700-1730 39,40 MOS 300 115 ...4... 310313-261013 BVB
15215 1630-1645 41S MOS 125 115 1...... 310313-261013 BVB
15215 1630-1645 41S MOS 125 115 .....6. 310313-261013 BVB
15215 1700-1715 39 MOS 100 115 ..3..6. 310313-261013 BVB
15215 1700-1730 39 MOS 100 115 ....5.. 310313-261013 BVB
15215 1700-1900 39 MOS 100 115 1.....7 310313-261013 BVB
5930 1700-1800 28E,29W NAU 250 90 1234567 050413-261013 IBB
5930 2000-2015 39N NAU 250 120 1234567 310313-261013 BVB
5945 0700-0730 27,28N NAU 100 222 1...... 310313-261013 BVB
5945 0700-0745 27,28N NAU 100 222 ......7 310313-261013 BVB
5945 1100-1115 27,28 NAU 250 222 1...... 310313-261013 MWA
5995 1600-1700 29,30 NAU 250 60 1234567 010413-261013 IBB
6020 0400-0430 28SE NAU 100 130 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
6045 0900-1000 27E,28 NAU 100 275 1...... 310313-261013 MSM#
6055 1030-1100 27,28 NAU 125 222 1.....7 310313-261013 EMG
6095 0800-1000 18SW,27,28NAU 100 230 .23456. 310313-261013 TRS
6095 0800-1500 18SW,27,28NAU 100 240 1.....7 310313-261013 KBC
6105 0657-0720 27 NAU 100 285 1...... 310313-271013 TWR
6105 0657-0750 27 NAU 100 285 .234567 310313-271013 TWR
6130 1800-1815 28,29 NAU 100 90 ....56. 050413-261013 BVB
6130 1800-1830 28,29 NAU 100 90 ..3.... 050413-261013 BVB
6130 1800-1900 28,29 NAU 100 90 1...... 050413-261013 BVB
6130 1830-1845 28,29 NAU 100 90 ......7 050413-261013 BVB
7215 0827-0900 28 NAU 100 135 1234567 310313-271013 TWR
7215 1400-1428 28,29,30 NAU 100 65 1.34567 310313-271013 TWR
7215 1400-1428 28,29,30 NAU 100 65 .2..... 310313-271013 TWR
7280 0030-0400 40 NAU 250 105 1234567 310313-261013 IBB
7310 0300-0315 39S NAU 250 124 1234567 310313-261013 BVB
7375 0000-0200 2,3,4,6,7 NAU 125 300 1...... 310313-300413 KBC
7375 0000-0200 2,3,4,6,7 NAU 125 300 1...... 010913-261013 KBC
9410 0400-0430 39NE,40 NAU 100 110 12....7 050413-261013 BVB
9440 0330-0345 40 NAU 125 105 1234567 310313-261013 BVB
9460 0430-0445 39N NAU 125 120 1.....7 050413-261013 BVB
9460 0430-0450 39N NAU 125 120 .23456. 050413-261013 BVB
9490 0100-0115 41 NAU 250 90 1...... 310313-261013 BVB
9490 1630-1700 47,48 NAU 250 150 .23456. 310313-261013 IBB
9515 1930-2000 37,38 NAU 250 155 1...... 310313-261013 PAB
9520 0030-0130 40E,41NW NAU 250 100 1234567 310313-261013 GFA
9520 2330-0030 41NE,43S NAU 250 85 1234567 310313-261013 GFA
9585 1800-1900 28E,29 NAU 100 90 ......7 310313-261013 CHW
9610 0530-0600 46SE NAU 100 180 .23456. 310313-261013 RMI&
9610 1900-1930 37,38W NAU 100 210 1234567 110413-261013 AWR
9610 1930-2000 37,38W NAU 100 210 1234567 110413-261013 AWR
9610 2000-2030 37,38W NAU 100 210 1234567 120413-261013 AWR
9655 1400-1600 18,27,28 NAU 100 275 .2345.. 310313-261013 TOM
9735 0500-0515 39,40 NAU 250 120 .....6. 310313-261013 BVB
9735 0500-0530 39,40 NAU 250 120 ....5.. 310313-261013 BVB
9790 0900-1000 28W NAU 100 180 1...... 310313-261013 AWR
9815 2030-2100 46,47 NAU 250 190 .23456. 310313-261013 IBB
9830 1600-1630 28SE NAU 100 133 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
9835 2300-2330 12,13,14 NAU 100 240 1234567 310313-261013 VZM
9925 0000-0200 2,3,4,6,7 NAU 125 300 1...... 050513-300813 KBC
11610 0300-0330 48 NAU 250 140 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
11610 0330-0400 48 NAU 250 140 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
11610 1900-2100 38E,39 NAU 250 130 1234567 110413-261013 AWR
11655 0600-0615 46N,47NW NAU 125 180 .234567 070413-261013 BVB
11655 0600-0630 46N,47NW NAU 125 180 1...... 070413-261013 BVB
11680 0200-0400 38,39,40 NAU 250 140 1234567 310313-261013 NHK
11755 2030-2100 46SE,47W NAU 100 180 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
11855 1800-1830 39,40 NAU 100 105 .....6. 050413-261013 BVB
11855 1800-1900 39,40 NAU 100 105 ....5.. 050413-261013 BVB
11855 1815-1900 39,40 NAU 100 105 1...... 050413-261013 BVB
11855 1830-1900 39,40 NAU 100 105 ..3.... 050413-261013 BVB
11920 2300-0045 12,13,14 NAU 100 240 1234567 310313-261013 VZM
13615 1500-1600 29SE NAU 250 90 1234567 310313-261013 IBB
13710 1100-1130 19,20,21 NAU 250 45 ......7 310313-261013 EMG
13800 1530-1630 29S NAU 100 95 ......7 310313-261013 HCJ
13870 1800-1900 48 NAU 250 140 1234567 310313-261013 IBB
13870 1900-1930 48 NAU 250 140 .23456. 310313-261013 IBB
15140 0800-0830 37,38W NAU 100 205 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
15155 1730-1800 48 NAU 250 140 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
15160 1630-1730 47,48 NAU 100 150 1234567 310313-261013 BVB
15170 1730-1800 37,38W NAU 100 210 1234567 050413-261013 AWR
15205 1900-1930 46S,47SW NAU 100 195 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
15205 1930-2000 46SE,47W NAU 250 180 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
15215 1530-1630 40E,41NW NAU 250 99 1234567 310313-261013 GFA
15225 0400-0600 38E,39 NAU 250 130 1234567 120413-261013 AWR
15225 0700-0800 37,38W NAU 100 210 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
15225 0800-0830 37,38W NAU 100 210 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
15225 0830-0900 37,38W NAU 100 210 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
15260 1900-2000 37,38W NAU 100 215 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
15265 1500-1530 41N NAU 250 90 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
15265 1530-1600 41N NAU 250 90 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
15335 1530-1600 41N NAU 250 75 1234..7 310313-261013 AWR
15335 1530-1600 41N NAU 250 75 ....56. 310313-261013 AWR
15350 1230-1500 41 NAU 250 89 1234567 310313-261013 GFA
15360 0600-0900 40E,41NW NAU 250 90 1234567 310313-261013 IBB
15390 1330-1530 41NE,43S NAU 250 85 1234567 310313-261013 GFA
15445 1700-1900 38,39,40 NAU 250 140 1234567 310313-261013 NHK
15470 1600-1700 40 NAU 250 105 1234567 310313-261013 IBB
15560 0400-0600 40E,41NW NAU 250 90 1234567 310313-261013 IBB
15735 1500-1530 41N NAU 250 80 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
17495 1430-1500 41 NAU 250 95 ......7 310313-261013 BVB
17495 1430-1500 41 NAU 250 95 1...... 310313-261013 BVB
17515 1600-1800 38S,39S,47NAU 100 142 .2..... 310313-261013 BVB
17515 1600-1830 38S,39S,47NAU 100 142 ....5.. 310313-261013 BVB
17515 1600-1900 38S,39S,47NAU 100 142 .....6. 310313-261013 BVB
17515 1600-1900 38S,39S,47NAU 100 142 1...... 310313-261013 BVB
17515 1630-1830 38S,39S,47NAU 100 142 ..3.... 310313-261013 BVB
17515 1630-1830 38S,39S,47NAU 100 142 ...4... 310313-261013 BVB
17515 1700-1845 38S,39S,47NAU 100 142 ......7 310313-261013 BVB
17535 0830-1000 38,39 NAU 125 140 .....6. 310313-261013 BVB
17600 1515-1530 40,41 NAU 100 95 ......7 310313-261013 BVB
17600 1530-1559 40,41 NAU 100 95 .....6. 310313-261013 BVB
17610 2000-2030 46E,47W NAU 100 180 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
17650 1300-1330 44E,45W NAU 250 48 .234567 310313-261013 BVB
17650 1300-1400 44E,45W NAU 250 48 1...... 310313-261013 BVB
17810 1300-1330 42,43W NAU 250 70 .23456. 310313-261013 AWR
17810 1300-1330 42,43W NAU 250 70 1.....7 310313-261013 AWR
17810 1330-1500 42,43W NAU 250 70 1234567 310313-261013 AWR
9635 1830-1915 39 SOF 100 126 1...... 310313-261013 BVB
6115 2000-2200 37,38W WER 250 210 1234567 310313-261013 MBR AR
7420 2200-2300 37,38W WER 250 210 1234567 310313-261013 MBR AR
9450 1400-1600 18,27,28 WER 100 300 1234567 310313-261013 TOM
9595 2000-2100 37,46 WER 500 210 1234567 310313-261013 MBR FR
9600 1900-1930 47,48 WER 250 150 1234567 310313-310313 IBB
9645 1800-1830 47,48 WER 250 160 1234567 310313-310313 IBB
9655 1830-1900 46S,47SE WER 500 180 1234567 310313-261013 LWF
9715 2100-2200 46E,47,52NWER 500 180 1234567 310313-261013 MBR FR
9780 1700-1800 40E,41NW WER 250 90 1234567 310313-310313 IBB
9815 0300-0330 47,48 WER 250 160 1234567 310313-310313 IBB
11600 1700-1900 29,30 WER 250 60 1234567 310313-261013 MBR RU
11655 1630-1700 47,48 WER 250 150 .23456. 310313-310313 IBB
11840 1900-2000 37,46 WER 500 210 1234567 310313-261013 MBR FR
11840 1900-2000 46E WER 125 180 ....5.7 310313-261013 WRN
11945 1930-2000 46SE WER 100 180 1234567 310313-261013 RMI
13750 1800-1900 46SE WER 500 180 1234567 310313-261013 MBR EN
13840 1700-1800 37,38 WER 100 180 1234567 310313-261013 MBR AR
13870 1630-1700 47,48 WER 250 150 .23456. 310313-310313 IBB
15180 1400-1500 30S WER 250 75 1234567 310313-310313 IBB
15180 1500-1600 30S WER 250 75 1234567 310313-310313 IBB
21460 1500-1515 41,49NW WER 250 75 1...... 310313-261013 BVB
# (per RA)
* = 1st Sunday of the month Day 1 = Sunday ... Day 7 = Saturday
List of Broadcasters using MEDIA BROADCAST technical equipment:
ADM internal name (not "Abu Dhabi Media Company")
AWR Adventist World Radio
BVB High Adventure Gospel - Bible Voice Broadcasting
CHW Christliche Wissenschaft
EMG Evangelische Missionsgemeinden in Deutschland
EYS MBR internal customer name
GFA Gospel for Asia
HCJ Voice of the Andes
IBB International Broadcasting Bureau, USA
JOY MBR internal customer name
KBC§ Mighty KBC Radio
LWF Lutheran World Federation
MBR MEDIA BROADCAST (ex Deutsche Telekom, DTK),
comment by wb.: TENTATIVELY -
in HFCC list requested under YFR Ar, En, Fr languages [see below]
MSM% XVRB Radio 3rd Sun and Radio Iceman 4th Sun (wb.)
MWA Missionswerk Arche
NHK Nippon Hoso Kyokai, Radio Japan Tokyo
OGM NGO [RHU Radio Huriyo Xoriyo Ogaden]
PAB Pan Am Broadcasting
RMI Radio Miami International
RMI& [Hamada Radio International], not in MBR schedule, but HFCC file
SBO Sagalee Bilisummaa Oromoo, Voice of Oromo Liberation
TOM The Overcomer Ministry
TRS Transport Radio Mon-Fri; KBC Mighty KBC Radio, Sat/Sun
TWR Trans World Radio
VZM [HCJB transmissions, Spanish, German, Kulina, Portuguese]
WRN World Radio Network [Radio Biafra London] [long inactive -- gh]
§ For reception reports please mail to
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The Mighty KBC
Argonstraat 6
6718 WT Ede
The Netherlands, Europe
Website:
% XVRB Radio - It's The Music Museum
Website:
E-mail:
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Order Management & Backoffice
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D-50933 Cologne, Germany
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(MBR via WORLDWIDE DX CLUB, transformed and condensed to 71 column
by Michael Bethge-D, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Apr 28 via WORLD OF RADIO
1667, DXLD)
Perhaps I missed it, but in case it has not been gathered from all the
clutter yet:
No use of Trincomalee by Media Broadcast anymore, so apparently the
Germans have finally withdrawn and SLBC is on its own with this
facility now. Placements at Moosbrunn have revived, and for the first
time bookings have been placed at Kostinbrod and Talata Volonondry,
both for Bible Voice Broadcasting.
But by far the biggest bummer: Wertachtal has essentially been
withdrawn, almost all transmissions have been transferred to other
sites in at least three steps during April. Have VOA and RFE/RL ever
used Issoudun before April 1st? (As far as I know: No.)
Still scheduled for Wertachtal are Brother Scare 1400-1600 on 9450,
Lutheran World Federation 1830-1900 on 9655 and, if this transmission
exists at all, WRMI with what? 1930-2000 on 11945. On Thu and Sat
there is also Radio Biafra London 1900-2000 on 11840 and only on Sat
Bible Voice Broadcasting 1500-1515 on 21460. That's all now.
[Like I said, the RMI bookings are NOT currently active; both 0530 and
1930 were once Hamada Radio International, I believe; nor RBL, but you
may want to check --- gh]
Reminds me badly of the final weeks/months of Jülich, when only two
transmissions in a very limited time frame remained to facilitate
maintaining the equipment in operational condition. I suspect that's
also the state in which the Wertachtal plant is now, for the time
being, until a final closure at a not too distant point in future if
not something completely unexpected will happen (Kai Ludwig, WORLD OF
RADIO 1667, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Re: MBR MEDIA BROADCAST (ex Deutsche Telekom, DTK),
comment by wb.: TENTATIVELY -
in HFCC list requested under YFR Ar, En, Fr languages.
I.e. merely wishful thinking. Is Harold Camping still able and, more
importantly, willing to grasp that he has killed his life's work
himself, even hit more than just the final nail into the coffin of the
largest shortwave plant in Central Europe? What a tragic figure (Kai
Ludwig, May 1, ibid.)
Not looking good for Wertachtal. Perhaps corporate cousin TDF Issoudun
provides enough capacity along with Nauen. I recall hearing the
original test transmissions from Wertachtal in the early 1970's. Big
improvement over Jülich for DW reception.
Speaking of Madagascar and BVB, I notice that tdp.info shows the two
Thomson transmitters from Bonaire being moved to the MGLOB facility. I
think there were three units moved from Hörby. Could MGLOB have as
many as six transmitters operating, assuming the electrical supply
will handle it? Might be as many as seven if the old "third" (ABB?)
250 kW unit is also still running? I assume the original two Philips
from 1972 were scrapped (Steve Luce, Houston, Texas, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Obviously Nauen and Issoudun can fulfill the remaining demand after
RNW and Family Radio went away. It is also worth it to check out what
is broadcast in detail. If IBB goes away, too, as explicitly announced
in the latest BBG budget request, very little secular broadcasts will
remain.
The start and end dates show in detail how transmissions have been
withdrawn from the Wertachtal plant. It happened in a couple of steps,
starting on April 1 (thus the list is such a clutter, with a number of
transmissions being listed for Wertachtal from March 31 to March 31).
Looks like being decided at rather short notice after earlier plans
were to reduce the transmissions, but not to such a very basic limit
to merely keep the equipment alive.
The question is how well it works to replace the Wertachtal HQ
antennas by transmissions through the ALLISS and DuS systems at Nauen.
Right now I cannot even detect the transmission on 6095 here indoors,
or is it simply not on air right now?
Talata Volonondry: I doubt that they really have use for all the ex-
Hörby and ex-Bonaire transmitters. It is a matter of the antennas,
including the matrix switch and diplexing capabilities, if existing
there at all. Probably the transmitters have simply moved in to avoid
the Sines approach (Kai Ludwig, Germany, ibid.)
** GERMANY [non]. When checking China mainland jamming this morning,
also observed these two log entries [see also RUSSIA 21820]:
21780.013, DWL Bonn TV {and still small mini radio program} operation
in Hausa seldom heard these days after their self-mutilation in past
three operation years: Hausa morning service to West Africa at 0630-
0700 UT via Babcock brokered transmission center from Al Dhabbaya-UAE,
little odd frequency operation, sidelobe signal into southern Germany
at S=9+5dB level (Wolfgang Büschel, April 27, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
DEUTSCHE WELLE --- Dear Friends of the DW, Deutsche Welle is
celebrating its 60th birthday this year. On May 3, 1953, Germany’s
international broadcaster went on air with its first radio broadcast.
In 1992 Deutsche Welle added international television programs, and in
1994 launched its first website. Since then much has changed from the
media landscape and the technical possibilities for receiving DW
content to the diversity of language programs - even Deutsche Welle
itself has changed locations.
Join DW as it looks back at more than a half century of broadcasting
history. That’s 60 years in dialogue with the world - all the reason
to celebrate!
Great prizes for the best presents
Birthdays mean presents. So to celebrate DW’s anniversary, we’re
asking all fans to send us photos with pictures showing their birthday
greetings - from cakes and cards to creative surprises. Show us your
support; we’re looking forward to your photos. The more creative the
pictures are, the better.
Virtual birthday table
You can upload photos of your birthday present here until May 30,
2013. Starting in June you can help us select the best photos. For the
winners, we’re offering one SLR-digital camera and five digital
cameras. The most original photos will be published on our virtual
birthday table on My DW.
See for linx:
http://nl.dw.de/HM?a=FtX7Cqg1pi9G8SA9MKJVuwvnGHxKLJ38AwjtS5kGaOAz0bBhOG5mpqVsje_Hhe-g20uW
Best Wishes
From the DW Team
mydw@dw.de
http://www.dw.de/dw-anniversary
http://www.dw.de/top-stories/60-years-dw/s-100254
(DW mailing list via gh, WORLD OF RADIO 1667, DXLD)
On May 3 Deutsche Welle is celebrating its 60th anniiversary.
Here is a link to the special English Webpage detailing DW history
http://www.dw.de/top-stories/60-years-dw/s-100254
I am wondering what their Audience Figures are these days
(Art Preis, Canada, swprograms via DXLD)
DW is turning 60 – Celebrate with us!
EDXC News By OH6001SWL 27 April 2013
Deutsche Welle has its 60th anniversary! [as above; except:]
Virtual birthday table:
You can upload photos of your birthday present here
http://www7.dw-world.de/Kundenservice/upload/?lang=en
until May 30, 2013. Starting in June you can help us select the best
photos. For the winners, we’re offering one SLR-digital camera and
five digital cameras. The most original photos will be published on
our virtual birthday table on My DW here
http://www.dw.de/about-dw/stories/s-100300
Best Wishes From the DW Team mydw@dw.de
http://www.dw.de/dw-anniversary
(via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)
A grave singing: I've been an avid listener of DW from Osterloog in
1953 til mid nineties.
http://www.fdeiters.de/Kustenfunk/Norddeich_Radio/Bilder_Utlandshorn/Bilder_Osterloog_I/Dan_02a.jpg
[Not Found when I tried --- gh]
But DWL is a dead radio station now. Is more of a TV station branch at
Berlin, played out any arbitrariness, as like thousands of other TV
programs worldwide also. The program and the station staff were ruined
in past decade. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via WORLD OF
RADIO 1667, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY [non]. Interesting. I was listening to WRNO and they ID'd
at 0311 UT followed by DW news in English. First I've heard of this.
All this on about 7506.403 kHz. Excellent reception, UT 26 April,
2013. 73 (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1667,
DX LISTENING DIGEST) Have been doing it for quite a while, at odd
times and only briefly, it seems (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY [non]. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: 9955, Rhein-Main-Radio-
Club, via WRMI, Florida. In a special broadcast at 0200-0300 on Jun
01, Nick Barker informs us in English about: RMRC and its activities:
Visits, meetings, actual loggings, SW-transmissions, QSL-Calendar, DX-
Camps and much more. The target area is South/Central and North
America. But also DX-ers in Europe should have the possibility to
receive it (RMRC-Aktuell 2/2013, via Harald Gabler, DSWCI DX Window
via DXLD)
** GREECE. 15630, April 30 at 0526, VOG has quite good signal with
Greek music, a sign of summer MUFs, while there is not much else from
Europe on 19m, until VATICAN shows up, q.v. 15630 should also be good
for Byzantine chanting on Sunday mornings, a.k.a. `Divine Liturgy` at
05-08 as in John Babbis` program schedule in DXLD 13-17, which also
shows the Tuesday 0503-0600 show translates to `Let Us Go As Before`
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUAM. 15190, Trans-World Radio; 1424-1429:37*, 25-Apr; Aussie-
accented New Testament English huxter program; TWR/15190 ID at close.
SIO=2+53-; nothing there after s/off (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA,
Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All
logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUATEMALA. 4054.996, R Verdad, April 26, 2013 at 0238. Man talking
over soft flute music. Strong steady different times of night.
Difficult to ID but characteristic "beautiful" religious music and
soft spoken announcers, usually men. Has always been in the clear
(Mike Gilchrist in rural EC Iowa, April 26, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
4055, Saturday April 27 at 1126 in assertive Chinese! presumably
preaching, with `inspirational` music background, fair signal at
S9+18, from TGAV, Radio Verdad, whose SW license may have only a month
or two left. Program schedule
http://www.radioverdad.org/programaci%C3%B3n
mentions nothing in chino, but it`s one of several unexpected
languages they really insert, a 700-watt station which may axually
have been DXed in China (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1667, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
At least by webcast:
http://jshort.blog.163.com/blog/static/20971528920132224194196/
Views of all the stuff they sent him (via Ron Howard, WORLD OF RADIO
1667, DXLD)
4055, Radio Verdad, Chiquimula. 1036 April 29, 2013. Excellent with
US-accented male canned preacher. Still there almost as strong 1112
with US English gospel vocals and preacher (Terry L. Krueger,
Clearwater, Florida, USA, JRC NRD-535; ICOM IC-R75; Hammarlund HQ-
180A; Sony ICF-7600GR; Sangean PR-D5; Aqua Guide 705 RDF Marine Radio;
GE Superadio III; JPS NF-60 Notch Filter; JPS ANC-4 Noise Phase; 1 X
roof dipole; 1 X room random wire; Terk Advantage non-active portable
loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. AIR external service MW transmitter at Mogra, testing on 594
kHz === AIR Mogra testing their brand new transmitter. Noted with
excellent modulation, not the usual AIR MW grubby audio. 44444 at 0525
UT today 27.4.2013. Abrupt s/off at 0535. Tip via Sudipto Ghosh(SG)
and Babul Gupta (BG). SG adds that they are only testing the antenna
systems today. Relaying FM service Rainbow Service of AIR, ID as
"Akashvani FM Rainbow". News at 0530 UT. Full power transmitter
testing is scheduled for Sunday 28th April (Supratik Sanatani,
Kolkata, India, April 27, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1667, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
The 10 kW simulcast DRM on 604 -- One of those (Sudipta Ghose, ibid.)
All India Radio, Chinsurah (near Kolkata) is testing its new 1000 kW
DRM compatible transmitter on 594 kHz. Test transmission carrying FM
Rainbow program noted in AM mode around 10.30 IST (0500 UT). (Sudipta
Ghose, Kolkata via Alokesh Gupta, April 27, dx_sasia yg via WORLD OF
RADIO 1667, DXLD)
** INDIA. 7550, All India Radio; 2207-2213+, 24-Apr; 2W in English
with Asian news. SIO=2+22 with wavering hissing--sounding a lot like a
jammer; none of the usual targets listed here this time. // 11670,
SIO=3+43, no jamming, just a bit of ute rattle (Harold Frodge, Midland
MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed
RW, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
[and non]. 9870+, April 25 at 0105, there is some DRM-like noise 9872-
9875 on the hi side of Romania in Spanish, but not on the lo side, so
is it semi-DRM? Presumably not ready for full DRM yet. More likely
some unrelated utenoise. So is AIR still in AM under RRI? Maybe, trace
of something (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9950 26/Apr 0147, UNID, Indian music. At 0151 YL talk in Asian
language, then more Indian music. Follows sequence of YL talk and
music. 35433. The signal is degrading.
https://www.box.com/s/h6bnbz2otv7qyu3afane
(Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Jose Jacob: ``I also noticed it. It was AIR Urdu Service (// 6155,
11620). Usual frequency of 9595 was missing and 9950 was heard."
73 (via Jorge Freitas, ibid.)
30 April 2013, 1643: AIR Khampur with DRM noise at S=4. DREAM
translates this into a label "RUSSIAN SERVICE", but 6-8 dB aren't
enough to produce any audio (Eike Bierwirth, Leipzig / Germany,
Perseus SDR + DX-10 Pro active antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
A good example of why I prefer to put the frequency first, after the
country header, less likely to omit it by mistake: I had to search
thru the EiBi list to find that this must have been 15140 at 1615-1715
(gh, DXLD)
1 May 2013, 1830: AIR GOS Arabic program on 11710-Khampur (53443),
13640-Bangalore (45433), and 11580-Aligarh (55333). English program on
7550-Bangalore (55544), 11670-Bangalore (55444), 11935-Mumbai (23322),
13695-Bangalore (33322), 9445-Khampur (45322), 9620-Aligarh (43443).
Apparently Aligarh mixed up the feeds for 9620 and 11580, or a slight
change (Eike Bierwirth, Leipzig / Germany, Perseus SDR + DX-10 Pro
active antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15410, All India Radio, Bengaluru. 1040 April 29, 2013. English with
man and woman, clear and good, parallel slightly weaker 15030 Aligargh
very poor 13605 Bengaluru. All presumed sites (Terry L. Krueger,
Clearwater, Florida, USA, JRC NRD-535; ICOM IC-R75; Hammarlund HQ-
180A; Sony ICF-7600GR; Sangean PR-D5; Aqua Guide 705 RDF Marine Radio;
GE Superadio III; JPS NF-60 Notch Filter; JPS ANC-4 Noise Phase; 1 X
roof dipole; 1 X room random wire; Terk Advantage non-active portable
loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. GOVT TO HONE PRASAR BHARATI FOR PROPAGANDA WAR
An inter-ministerial group is likely to be constituted soon to guide
the country’s national broadcaster, Prasar Bharati, to take on
propaganda emanating from its neighbouring countries. Several
ministries, including those of defence, home affairs and information
and broadcasting, will hold consultations on the issue next month.
The Asian Age story at ....
http://www.asianage.com/india/govt-hone-prasar-propaganda-war-280
(via Alokesh Gupta, dx_india yg via DXLD)
concluding with:
``“As the defence and home ministries deal with the subject, their
inputs will be sought to set up transmitters in bordering areas. Their
help will also be sought in content evolution in the propaganda war
against the country’s enemies and extremist elements,” Mr Varma added.
The bordering areas to be chosen for strengthening of coverage are
those along Pakistan, China, Nepal and Bangladesh. Doordarshan is
expected to set up at least 10 high-power transmitters along the
international border and upgrade and set up 25 low-power transmitters.
All-India Radio is expected to set up 72 FM transmitters. It is
understood that the a meeting of the inter-ministerial consultative
panel will be held soon where a detailed presentation will be made by
the I&B ministry.``
So not concerning SW, apparently (gh, DXLD)
NOW, INDIA TO BATTLE CHINA’S RADIO INCURSION
Zia Haq, Hindustan Times New Delhi, April 28, 2013
http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Now-India-to-battle-China-s-radio-incursion/Article1-1051838.aspx
(via Alokesh Gupta, dx_india yg via DXLD) Viz.:
First Published: 23:05 IST(28/4/2013) | Last Updated: 23:07 IST
(28/4/2013)
Between 5.45 pm and 11.45 pm everyday, Chinese radio hosts broadcast a
rich blend of multi-lingual news, political commentary, cultural talk
shows and Mandarin classes across Nepal, which ripple into Indian
homes along the border, from Ladakh in the north to Bihar’s Sitamarhi
in the east.
The programmes have heightened concerns in Delhi, as India remains
locked in a territorial standoff with China in eastern Ladakh,
prompting the I&B ministry to urgently recast programmes by All-India
Radio and enhancing their reach.
In pockets with weak Indian signals, listeners are greeted by Chinese
radio with its growing Nepali network. Along a nebulous border,
Chinese radio and television could do the job of enhancing China’s
influence, India fears.
After high-level discussions last week between information secretary
Uday Kumar Varma, officials from the National Security Adviser’s
office and the home ministry, it was decided that a “course
correction” was needed to match the broadcast blizzard. An inter-
ministerial panel will oversee the plans.
Apart from reshaping content, in line with India’s national ethos, the
I&B ministry will install several more high-power transmitters for
wider reach. The ministry has nearly Rs. 400 crore to jack up
networks, Varma said.
Amid growing Chinese engagement with Nepal’s ruling elite, its China
Radio International (CRI), three years ago, acquired “downlink”
permission to rebroadcast its programmes across Nepal, in Nepali,
Chinese and English. CRI now has a Kathmandu bureau staffed by locals,
its programmes re-relayed by over 200 smaller Nepali FM stations (via
DXLD)
** INDIA [non]. 12055, TWR India via Irkutsk. Obscure Indian dialect,
Maithili listed, talks. Good on this NF, 26/4. My curiosity got the
better of me, so I looked up Maithili and it turns out to be the
second most popular language spoken in Nepal, and also northern India.
The term “Maithili” comes from the ancient independent state of
Milhila, where the Hindu goddess Sita was supposedly born. Wikipedia
to the rescue, and the Shortwave Trail continues its unheralded role
as a selfimprovement tool! (Craig Seager, Bathurst NSW (Icom R75,
Racal RA-6790/GM, Yaesu FRG7700, Loop Skywire, amplified 1m rotatable
loop), May Australian DX Nes via DXLD)
** INDONESIA. 4749.96, RRI Makassar, 1240-1256, April 30. Since last
August I have been enjoying tuning in on Tuesdays to listen to the
half an hour Kang Guru Indonesia (KGI) program in English, but looks
like that show has now been dropped. Last Tuesday (23rd) heard a
shorter segment in English which did not sound anything like the usual
KGI, but I was not sure what had happened. Today I am positive the new
segment in English is definitely not KGI. Intro and closing
announcements mentioned “information program” and seemed to be a local
Makassar production; show had only one woman announcer; unable to make
out much of what was said; played some pop songs (“You Had a Bad Day”
by Daniel Powter and “Love You Like a Love Song” by Selema Gomez); as
usual moderate QRM from stations on 4750.0 Will miss Kevin and Ana
presenting KGI (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Eton E1,
dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1667, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9525.88, Voice of Indonesia. April 25 with better than
normal reception; 1341 in English telling about the life of an
Indonesian composer and playing some of his music; fair to good (Ron
Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
9526-, April 27 at 1303, VOI open carrier/dead air with flutter; 1304
join in progress news in English, undermodulated. Had noticed some
special Japanese during previous hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
INDONÉSIA, 9525.9, Voz da Indonésia, Cimanggis, 1607-1703, 27/4,
castelhano, notícias,..., música, anúncio das (!) freqs. (só uma é
captada) e dos endereços electr.º e postal; progr. em alemão, às 1701;
44433, QRM adj., mas sinal em franca ascensão no decurso de 1 hora.
9680.03, RRI, Cimanggis, 1000-desvan. total 1145, 28/4, indonésio,
conversa com ouvintes, canções; 35433 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9526-, April 30 at 1306, VOI is on but so undermodulated that it`s
another total waste of the presumed Tuesday linkup with RRI
Banjarmasin (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
April 30 (Tuesday) on 9525.90 at 1040 chatting about the use of
coconut butter; 1053 closing announcement for "Exotic Indonesia";
during the entire time never any mention of distinctive
"Banjarmasin" or "South Kalimantan", but did mention "from Bali",
so assume during 1000 to 1100 is actually VOI and 100.9 Paradise
FM/RRI Denpasar producing "Exotic Indonesia". It was just last
year that I also noted the same thing during that time period.
Today I checked back at 1300 to find the usual "Exotic Indonesia" with
chatting between Jakarta and Banjarmasin.
So it looks as if on Tuesday they run two different versions of
"Exotic Indonesia"? (Ron Howard, CA, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1667,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9525.9, 01/May 1018, JBA with very weak modulation, what can be the
Voice of Indonesia in English (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia,
12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, Degen 1103 - All listening in mode of narrow
filter at 4 kHz. Dipole antenna, 16 meters - east/west, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
9680, May 1 at 1315, open carrier/dead air is atop the China radio
war, i.e. RRI; 1316 Indonesian audio cuts on. 1342 check, dead air
again. What a messed up station. They are oblivious to heavy co-
channel QRM, and can`t keep their own modulation going either (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INTERNATIONAL INTERNET. Live broadcast [sic] of Hamvention ---
April 30, 2013
It's time again for the W5KUB.com world wide broadcast of Hamvention
This is our 11th year to broadcast. After 34 years outside in the
fleamarket, W5KUB.COM had moved inside the building for Hamvention.
Space SA302.
Our live broadcast begins on Wed May 15th at 8:00 AM Central time as
we broadcast the 550 Mile drive from Memphis to Dayton live. The
broadcast will be up Thurs as we show various vendors setting up. Then
the show Friday-Sunday.
As in the past, we will be giving out thousands of dollars of ham
prizes to our viewers. Join in on the fun at W5KUB.Com chat room and
talk directly to us or other hams around the world. Last year we have
47,300 viewers follow us during this trip.
See you soon when the fun starts. Tom W5KUB (via Southgate
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/may2013/live_broadcast_of_hamvention.htm
via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)
** INTERNATIONAL INTERNET. Schedule Inaccuracy --- Glen[n]: C-Joy is
not airing WOR now (Des Preston, Sent from my iPhone, 2007 UT Saturday
April 27, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Had been at 2000 UT Saturdays. Current program schedule on website
lists only religious programs, but there is a gap Saturdays at 2000-
2130 UT; maybe somewhen in there? Please monitor. They have not
replied to my inquiry but WOR is still linked elsewhere on site (Glenn
Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. Sirius/XM Drops WRN on Channel 120
As of April 25, 2013, Sirius/XM satellite radio has dropped World
Radio Network (WRN), formerly on channel 120, from its line-up of
offerings. As is always the case with Sirius/XM, the act was
accompanied by no explanation or justification. WRN had informed its
listeners that such an eventuality was imminent in a posting earlier
in the month on its web page. There, too however, there was no
explanation forthcoming.
This seems a curious move by Sirius/XM. Radio is becoming increasingly
a niche medium and serving those many niches would appear to be the
preferred strategy for attracting and retaining subscribers to a
satellite delivery service. Music radio is in some jeopardy, given the
competition posed to it by services such as Spotify, Pandora, etc.,
and its future as a prime program source would seem less than secure.
WRN is definitely a niche service with interest to the relatively
small community of listeners seeking international news accompanied by
international perspectives on that news. Stating to listeners who
complain (as I did) that they still have BBC World Service on channel
118 is a rather insulting response in that it implies that such
listeners should be satisfied with one alternative on a distribution
platform with over 200 channels.
“Spoken word” programming on Siriius/XM are accorded very limited
bandwidth as evidenced by the satellite provider’s poor audio quality
on those channels. Little is saved in this regard or available for
other services by dropping WRN. It’s possible that a dispute over
costs or full time availability could be the genesis of this act, but
that is only speculation.
I have contacted both WRN and Sirius/XM for their perspectives,
explanations and justifications; but I’m not at all sanguine about
receiving an acknowledgement of my correspondence, let alone any
useful details. WRN remains available via other platforms, including
via internet-delivered audio, the Tune-In app for Mac and Android and
partially via WRMI, Miami on 9955 kHz. shortwave. The latter has
indicated that it may increase its carriage of WRN as a result of
Sirius/XM’s decision.
(John Figliozzi, The Worldwide Listening Guide
http://www.wwlgonline.com April 25, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Subscribers who have expressed displeasure about the removal of WRN on
Sirius/XM have received a basic return email stating that BBCWS should
be able to provide all the international news one could possibly need.
(Paul Demsky, swprograms via DXLD)
What new owners of SXM know about radio would fill a thimble in
comparison, a BB in a boxcar (Bill Eckart, Sent from my iPhone, ibid.)
So what have they replaced WRN with on channel 120? I`ve always
wondered who was paying whom for WRN on SXM, or was it quid-pro-quo?
WRMI planned to end the 110 hours/week of Brother Scare contract at
Mayend, and then could presumably resume filling a lot of time with
WRN. 73, (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)
Right now they're playing a loop that essentially says "SiriusXM is no
longer carrying WRN. You 'may' enjoy BBC World Service on channel
118." No mention of what's coming next (Bill Mead, Harrisburg, PA,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Glenn asked what has replaced WRN on Sirius 120. Well, I checked a
couple of hours ago and it was a repeated announcement that WRN could
no longer be heard on Sirius XM but that, if the listener was
interested in world stuff, they could retune to the BBC WS on another
channel. Repeated over and over. Sirius XM keeps digging holes for
itself to fall into (Philip Hiscock, ibid.)
Nothing, right now they are playing a loop saying WRN is no longer
available on SiriusXM ch 120 and to tune to the BBC WS on ch. 118
(Chris Lobdell, MA, NASWA yg via DXLD)
There will be a few channel updates on May 9th including CBC finally
being available on the XM service since the Canadian merger. Certainly
no replacement for WRN but at least another international news source
will be on XM once again besides just the BBC.
http://www.siriusxm.ca/Spruce-It-Up/Canada-Update.aspx
(Travers, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. Glenn, In DXLD 13-17 you wrote:
``What`s this about? Old satellite transponder pix up terrestrial
signals in a certain nearby VHF band occupied in some countries by
broadcast station studio-transmitter-linx (or 2-way) and rebroadcasts
them as above. IIRC you don`t need a dish to get this
(Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1666, DXLD)``
I worked with the NASA Applications Technology Satellites #1 and #3
from 1969 to 1975. These satellites had transponders in the vicinity
of 149 MHz uplink and 137 MHz downlink. We often heard delivery
services in Canada and remote special event broadcasts in Spanish when
the transponder was not occupied by a deliberate user. These
transponders were used by NASA and others for a variety of purposes
including communications between Apollo recovery ships and doctors in
NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston and medical technicians living in
remote Alaskan villages and doctors at a hospital in Tanana, Alaska.
The stations in Alaska used converted taxi-cab type radios and home
made helical beams. There are US military satellites operating in the
part of the spectrum logged (Joe Buch, N2JB, Florida, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** IRAN. Domenica 28 aprile 2013, 0603 - 17630v35 + 17765v70 kHz.
Spurie di IRIB in Spanish (da 17700 o 17530 kHz). La solita
intermodulazione tra due impianti vicini. (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH G.C.
09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, playdx yg via DXLD)
30 April 2013, 2226: IRIB in Arabic on 12080 via Zahedan. Song. Audio
distorted so one would first guess that this is Egypt. No, others can
do it, too (Eike Bierwirth, Leipzig / Germany, Perseus SDR + DX-10 Pro
active antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
13785, April 29 at 1237, Arabic modulation is distorted and suppressed
compared to carrier level, worthy of Cairo, but instead per Aoki &
EiBi, it`s IRIB, 0530-1427, 500 kW, 178 degrees from Kamalabad. Atop a
weak Chinese? signal, nonesuch scheduled. 1348 recheck, Arabic music
and talk, modulation much better now but overshadowed by Habana 13780
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Some changes of VIORI/IRIB from May 5:
0730-0827 11810 SIR 500 kW / 060 deg to WeAs Pashto, new transmission
0730-0827 13730 SIR 500 kW / 065 deg to WeAs Pashto, new transmission
1430-1527 5890 SIR 500 kW / 065 deg to WeAs Pashto, cancelled
1530-1627 6060 SIR 500 kW / 090 deg to SoAs Urdu, ex 1530-1727
(DX RE MIX NEWS #778 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, April 30, 2013
via DXLD)
** ISRAEL. Summer A-13 SW schedule of Kol Israel from April 28:
1400-1500 NF 13850vISR 250 kW / 090 deg WeAs Persian Fri/Sat, ex 11595
1400-1500 NF 15760 ISR 250 kW / 090 deg WeAs Persian Fri/Sat, ex 9985
1400-1530 NF 13850vISR 250 kW / 090 deg WeAs Persian Sun-Thu, ex 11595
1400-1530 NF 15760 ISR 250 kW / 090 deg WeAs Persian Sun-Thu, ex 9985
(DX RE MIX NEWS #778 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, April 30, 2013
via WORLD OF RADIO 1667, DXLD)
** ITALY [non]. ROMANIA: 15190 IRRS; 1525-1529:45*, 21-Apr; "Radio
Sentec [sic = Santec] a public wave" English feature on farming in
harmony with nature. IRRS/Nexus ID at close. SIO=243, sounded like
weak co-channel QRM, but nothing there after s/off (Harold Frodge,
Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft.
center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX
LISTENING DIGEST) Sundays only (gh)
Hi Glenn, I sent a reception report to IRRS at the following address
on 12 February 2013:
IRRS NEXUS - IBA
P.O. Box 10980
I-20110 Milano
Italy
It was returned to me today as "Undeliverable As Addressed - Unable To
Forward." This address was taken from the 2012 WRTH, having not
purchased the 2013 Edition. Has their postal address changed, or was
there a disconnect along the delivery process? 73's, (Ed Insinger,
Summit, NJ, April 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Ed, Same address in the 2013 WRTH. Website gives only e-mail
addresses:
http://www.nexus.org/contact.htm
Why don`t you ask them about their p-mail address, or just e-mail your
report? (Glenn to Ed, via DXLD)
Thanks, Glenn. I actually did a postal and e-mail address reception
report. The e-mail was answered in their usual manner: "Thank you for
contacting us. A human person will be in touch." What that actually
means is that if your reception report is of special value to IRRS,
they will reply. Per your suggestion, I will e-mail them and request a
clarification as to why my letter was returned. 73's, (Ed, ibid.)
** JAPAN. 9595, Tuesday April 30 at 1307, R. Nikkei poor in Japanese
talk with occasional German words, presumably a lecture on vocabulary
or grammar rather than an on-air lesson as there are no pauses for
listener participation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN [non?]. 15290, LOCATION UNKNOWN. NHK's Interval signal first
noted 1043 and played continuously to past 1210! No programming heard
throughout this period. Obviously testing, maybe something will
develop. Needs further checking. 2/4 (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount
Evelyn, Vic (Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Double Bazooka antennas for
80 and 40 metres, Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital
Noise Eliminating Module, MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling Module, ATU), May
Australian DX News via DXLD)
** KOREA NORTH. 6600, (Presumed), jamming. Apr 25, 1020. Likely over
Voice of the People (Presumed), barely heard under. Found similar
jamming sounds on 6510 (target unknown) and 6400 (used by Pyongyang;
jamming themselves?). (Rick Barton, Arizona, Drake R8, Hammarlund HQ-
120X; R.W. and Slinky, ABDX April 30 via DXLD)
** KOREA NORTH. 9335, Voice of Korea, Apr 24, 1550. All male military
chorus, VG. Also good // 11710 (Rick Barton, Arizona, Drake R8,
Hammarlund HQ-120X; R.W. and Slinky, ABDX April 30 via DXLD)
So this one had not, yet, shifted to 9435? (gh, DXLD)
9435, Voice of Korea, Apr 25, 1540. Military chorus. Male in
unidentifiable language, audio too muddy to make out. Noted nothing
heard on 9335. Frequency swap?
9435, Voice of Korea, Apr 27, 1540. Good with piano music, F[emale?]
in Korean. Noted good // 11710 to confirm, but no // on 9335, so this
could be something new. Noted that I have fallen behind on checking my
own updates, I now see that Glenn H. has caught this already and
reported via ABDX, et al., so no big rush getting this out (Rick
Barton, Arizona, Drake R8, Hammarlund HQ-120X; R.W. and Slinky, ABDX
April 30 via DXLD)
13760, April 28 at 1311, VOK in extremely stilted English, and heavy
cross talk from Chinese service plus Juche jamming noise. Same mixture
on // 11710 at 1317. It seems their new ChiCom transmitters have been
installed incompetently, insufficiently isolated from each other. They
wouldn`t let Chinese engineers do it at top-secret location, instead
supposedly trained their own (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1667,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
30 April 2013, 2210: Spanish program on 13760 is subject to self-QRM
with the audio mixing with the Chinese program, weak in the background
// 11635; also noise in the audio, mixing with jammer feed?? 44333
(Eike Bierwirth, Leipzig / Germany, Perseus SDR + DX-10 Pro active
antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Re noisy vs. clean signals from VOK. During peak propagation from East
Asia in the European evening I have been able to pick up all of the
eight SW transmitters listed as KUJ. As far as I can hear, six of
these have the noisy background, while two (12015, 9425, from 2100 on
9650, 11865) are perfectly clean. The noise on the noisy ones, as far
as I can hear, is synchronous on all six units. When both the noisy
and the clean ones have Korean there is a slight but clear delay
difference between the noisy and the clean signals. An educated guess
then would be that the noisy transmitters are located at a distance
from Pyongyang and have to rely on the faulty satellite signals, while
the clean signals originate from a second site closer to Pyongyang and
are fed by a terrestrial link. 3250 is too weak for reliable
measurements here, but appears to be close to the clean "KUJ" units.
(Olle Alm, Sweden, 30 April, WORLD OF RADIO 1667, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
I prefer my theory that the noise is simply bleedthru due to
insufficient isolation among neighboring transmitters/antennas (Glenn
Hauser, ibid.)
These station intermodulations have nothing to do with the new BBEF
Beijing transmitter delivery, which were erected and put into service
between February and mid March 2013.
I suppose all - former old - as new BBEF TX - are hidden inside
the mountain hillock. See enclosed screenshot.
These 9425/12015 kHz, 325 degr
and 9650/11865 kHz, 109 degr
outlets are protected / attenuated away against direct nearby
intermodulation into feeder line TX house to antenna installations
due of the small lower mountain hillock. vy73 wolfy (Wolfgang Büschel,
ibid.)
I overlooked one point in what I wrote. Since the delay difference
between the two groups, when airing the same programme, is small all
must be fed by the same kind of circuit, satellite OR terrestrial.
However, since the noise reportedly is already on the satellite feed
the noise free transmitters must have a separate, clean feed. From
Wolfgang's map research it seems likely that there is just a Kujang
A and a Kujang B site. But why are the North Koreans putting all eggs
in one basket (all transmitters and one site)? Security considerations
would seem to call for two or more sites at different locations. We
already know what happens when there is a major blackout in the
Kujang area. Even the jammers go dark (Olle Alm, ibid.)
I don't think that the Thaicom signal can be the signal source for the
shortwave transmitters. It is shown as carrying only two audio
signals, the TV sound on APID 256 and a single radio channel on APID
257. But as well known, they run up to three different program streams
already as foreign service on shortwave.
Yes, recordings of this Thaicom signal show bleed-in of other program
audio, but the ones I heard have it only in the background. Here it
should be considered that the problem may very well be the same on the
satellite signal and the feeds to the shortwave transmitters,
emanating from an earlier point in the circuits.
One possibility: The shortwave transmissions use now a very hard
dynamics compression that sucks up the background audio to the
prominent appearance found at present.
The other possibility: The mixing heard on shortwave is another
problem, unrelated to the unclean feeds and indeed the result of RF
penetrating the program audio inputs of the transmitters. Hasn't it
been found that the bleed-in contains also noise jamming? If so it
must be local RF stray-in; there are certainly no program audio
circuits with jamming racket in place.
Has it been determined if the serious mixing started at the same time
the frequencies were suddenly spot-on, as it has been reported? It
would have to be so if it is related to new transmission equipment.
Concerning all eggs being put in one basket: Remember how you found
already back in the late nineties that almost all foreign service
transmissions must originate from a single location in some distance
from Pyongyang, with the apparent Swiss transmitters in use elsewhere
on 6070/6100 being the most notable exception? Already back then I was
quite surprised about this circumstance (Kai Ludwig, ibid.)
Thank you, Kai, for your additional information. My first thought when
I noted the background noise problem was that it would have to be an
internal bleed-through at the transmitter site, and considering Kai's
additional information I think we can now conclude that this is what
really happens. Wolfgang's findings provide the explanation to why not
all transmitters are affected. I recall that in the early 1970s I used
to hear a neighbourhood ham on my tape recorder or stereo amplifier
when he was transmitting. So that is the technical state of the art in
today's North Korea (Olle Alm, ibid.)
** KOREA SOUTH. 4925, MND Radio, Chuncheon. S/on 0954 with a song,
into announcements 0958 and long talks. Noted with a fair signal while
waiting in hope for a glimpse of Brazil on 4925.2. Also noted the
Brazilian het start up at 0959 at their scheduled s/on but no audio
from them on this evening. 23/4 (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, Vic
(Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Double Bazooka antennas for 80 and 40
metres, Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital Noise
Eliminating Module, MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling Module, ATU), May
Australian DX News via DXLD)
** KOREA SOUTH. 15575, April 28 before 1248, KBSWR carrier is again on
way early, foretelling good reception today for the 1300 English to
``North`` America, unlike yesterday when it was unreadable for
Saturday`s `Listeners Lounge`. Indeed it is: 1258 with IS and IDs in
English and Korean, 1300 opening English and news (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. 15540, Sunday April 28 at 2050, R. Kuwait English pauses
for token news headlines; these had been missing on several recent
chex; better than nothing, as I am seldom listening for the somewhat
longer but still insufficient newscast at 1830.
17550, April 28 at 2303, R. Kuwait in Arabic akhbar (or is news =
akbar; never can remember which), good signal with flutter on strange
service to us from 2 am there, possibly propagating only in
lighter/warmer months. In fact, it`s the second SSOB after Habana
17705 and nothing else of any significance on 16m (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
30 April 2013, 2208: Radio Kuwait, Arabic, strong on 17550 (45444).
(Eike Bierwirth, Leipzig / Germany, Perseus SDR + DX-10 Pro active
antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** LITHUANIA. The transmitting station Vilnius (Viršuliskes) has been
closed. The frequency 612 kHz was transferred to Sitkunai, the power
is 75 kW. Also 1386 kHz from Sitkunai is transmitted with 75 kW. These
are the two blocks of a 150 kW Shtorm transmitter, fed independently
into different antennas. The 500 kW transmitter is still there, but
currently not in use (Bernd Trutenau, Lithuania, via ARC mv-eko 15
April via DXLD)
** MALAYSIA. 7295, Traxx FM, 1150, April 25. Tuned in to their
religious Islamic program in English called “Reflections”; “brought to
you by the Radio Broadcasting Department of Islamic Development
Malaysia, JAKIM”; http://www.islam.gov.my/en/about-jakim ; ID “Traxx
FM Travel n’ Music”; into pop songs; fair. Dan Sheedy (So. Calif.) has
also been noting Traxx FM with better than normal reception.
Website at http://traxxfm.rtm.gov.my/traxxfm/ with audio streaming
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
7295, Traxx FM, 1300-1309 Apr 25 - Two time pips, then presumed news
in English. No QRM but poor conditions and poor copy (John Wilkins,
Wheat Ridge, Colorado, Drake R-8, 100-foot RW, dxingwithcumbre yg via
DXLD)
MALÁSIA, 9835, Sarawak FM via RTM, Kajang, 1001-desvan. total 1155,
28/4, malaio, notícias, canções; 35433 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9835, 01/May 1040, MALAYSIA, RTM Sarawak FM in Vernacular. Local pop
music and Yl talk. At 1041 Call to the Koran. 44444 (Jorge Freitas,
Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, Degen 1103 - All
listening in mode of narrow filter at 4 kHz. Dipole antenna, 16 meters
- east/west, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
11665, collision with AUSTRALIA: q.v. [WORLD OF RADIO 1667]
** MALI. 9635, Radio Mali, Bamako, 0915-0923, 27-04, French, male and
female, comments about Mali. 14321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, dxldyg
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9635, R. Mali, Kati, 1101-1209, 27/4, dialecto local, canções
tribais,..., sinais de ID, pelo meio-dia, e progr. em francês, com o
noticiário; 25432, em perda (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MALI. 15505, April 28 at 2233, open carrier/dead air with flutter,
as I am checking 15500 for Cumbre, where there is zilch. What`s this?
O yes, HFCC reminds us that CRI Bamako relay is scheduled during this
semihour only, in Chinese. So apparently it still exists, totally
pointlessly (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Glenn, All transmissions via Mali, have modulation inaudible or almost
inaudible, here at my QTH. 73 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia,
12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MARIANAS [and non]. 1 May 2013, 1613: Radio Free Asia via Tinian in
Uyghur, interview, no jamming, 45333. The Chinese CNR jammer is
playing strong on 12140, bothering nobody. Alas, the Chicoms noticed
and at 1619 the CNR jammer switched to 12130. RFA now rated 42332
(Eike Bierwirth, Leipzig / Germany, Perseus SDR + DX-10 Pro active
antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
So 12130 was original kHz. We don`t usually file under this header,
instead TINIAN, or SAIPAN, or NORTHERN MARIANAS, or ASIA [non]. In
this case it`s more about the jamming from CHINA than the victim (gh,
DXLD)
** MAURITANIA. MAURITÂNIA, 7245, R. Mauritânia, Nuaquechote. Continua
ausente; apenas captável nos 783 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 540, April 30 at 0600 UT at tune-in, immediate ID for ``La
Ranchera de Paquimé`` and into NA; i.e. XETX, Nuevo Casas Grandes,
Chihuahua at local midnite (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 620, April 27 at 0540 UT, Spanish ad for an event
mentioning 93.3, apparently an FM sponsor of it; hoped I had something
other than XEBU Chihuahua city, since its own FM is 91.7, but after
some federal PSAs for Diputados, Suprema Corte, ID as Chihuahua, La
Rancherita. The 93.7 there per Cantú is XHBW, Magia Digital, whose AM
is 1280. Maybe they are same group? Or just a crossover commercial
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 650, April 25 at 1112 UT, XETNT Los Mochis, Sinaloa with
5:12 TC, unique show ``Buenos Días, Yarderos``.
650, April 27 at 1155 UT, Mexican music, fading at 1156 during Radio
65 sung ID, polca. Tuning down the band, XETNT Los Mochis, Sinaloa, is
the only XE still audible on lowband here, 12 minutes after our
sunrise (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 660, April 25 from 0455 UT, I am switching back and forth
with 690 KGGF, here trying to nail down which XE is the one switching
to a big hum heard several nights after NA finished at 0500. But now
there are two or three stations mixing. Initially Mexican music is
atop, not NA starting before hourtop. 0500 full ID for ``La Mexicana,
12 en punto`` and then short choral NA, 0501 another slogan ID. That`s
XEAR in Tampico, Tamaulipas, 5/1 kW, listed as 24 hours by IRCA. I can
barely hear some hum in the background from the other mystery station.
660, April 25 at 0504 UT, another station which is not the hummer, ID
as La Lupe, i.e. XEACB, Ciudad Delicias, Chihuahua, 5/1 kW, still on
tho listed as sign-off at 0600 which would be 0500 during DST.
660, April 26 at 0452 UT, choral NA is already playing early, maybe
the station which will cut to big hum afterwards, but by 0454 losing
out to other Mexican music stations, so all unID now.
660, April 27 at 0452 UT, early NA already playing on unID station,
presumably the one which has been followed by big hum; but losing out
by 0454 to `The Answer`, KSKY The Metroplex. Some chex after 0500 did
not detect the hum, maybe no longer in effect?
660, April 28 tuning in even earlier at 0449 UT trying to sort out the
one about to hum: initially preacher in Spanish on top; 0450 music
station takes over, 0457 mentions 98.9 so that`s XEACB, La Lupe in
Ciudad Delicias, Chihuahua; only now do I hear an XE NA weakly
underneath and no hum after 0500; probably from the preaching one
earlier.
660, UT Monday April 29, I tune in even earlier at 0450 UT to hear
Spanish preacher finishing with Monterrey address, 0451 ID for Radio
ABC, XEFZ in Monterrey and into choral multiverse NA. Mixing with
others and they overtake by 0456, but this virtually confirms it`s the
station which had been broadcasting a big hum after the NA finished
around 0500, but which is no longer heard.
660, April 30 at 0501 UT, probably XEACB Delicias, Chih, main signal
of Mexican music looping SW, but in its null toward the SE, can hear
some hum, which fits for post-midnite XEFZ Monterrey NL, which is
considerably further east (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 660, April 25 at 1109 UT, NA is ending late, in mix of
several stations, then full sign-on by an IMER station with 5-letter
call, also mentioning its HD channel, i.e. on FM. This has to be
XEDTL, Radio Ciudadana in México DF, 50/1 kW (remember when it was
commercial XERPM? That call is no longer in use anywhere per IRCA
cross-reference). IRCA and Cantú do not list an FM for it, but
probably refers to 660 programming being simulcast on one of their FM
IBOC subchannels. Yes, explained here:
http://imer.gob.mx/imerdigital/
with Ciudadana on 107.9 HD2. Looks like they have some good cultural
programming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 690, April 27 at 0642 UT, international exchange rates in
Spanish, 0644 news about Tabasco. Main signal, with KTSM El Paso and
KGGF Coffeyville OC more or less nulled, and peaks further east than
most Mexicans I get. All adds up to presumed XEN, México DF with its
news/talk format. There is only one XE further east than that, in
Veracruz but it`s a Ke Buena, likely musical --- or not? IRCA shows
XEAFA in Coatzacoalcos as News & Ranchera. Still, XEN most likely,
especially if running 50 kW nites as claimed instead of 5. (IIRC, 690
used to be a major frequency from Cuba, but not any more.) (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 700, April 25 at 1045 UT, ID for Radio Red on 1110, and FM.
XEDKR, Guadalajara relay of XERED DF on 1110, per Cantú 10000/150
watts, but nevertheless the default station at night with WLW nulled
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 700, April 25 at 1108 UT, dominant signal now with FM
frequency 102.5, ``Noticias MBF`` (or NDF? Or some combination of
similar sounding letters). Cantú and IRCA show no 700 with an FM on
102.5, nor XERED 1110 either. However, Cantú does list in the DF:
`` 102.5 Noticias MVS, Noticias, programas hablados. XHMVS 80,100
watts. Grupo MVS Radio.``
So the question is, which XE on 700 would be relaying this? As far as
I can tell from their website with lots of news and visuals,
http://www.noticiasmvs.com/#!/home it`s an independent company, and no
affiliate list to be found. Search site on 700 and you get loads of
news stories mentioning this figure. By now, it has 700 to itself, WLW
faded out (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 710, April 27 at 0546 UT, béisbol with crowd noise,
presumably a live late game if in Mexico too they are open-ended;
loops SW and soon mentions Cuauhtémoc as one of the teams, so usual
XEDP Chihuahua, breaking away from ranchera format. It`s almost local
midnite in the UT-6 zone. Surely more nite games to come when it`s
cooler around the diamond (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 720, April 27 at 0549, timecheck as ``48`` and temp as 18
grados, back to music; typical automated time & temp format at every
break of XEDE Saltillo, Coahuila. Altho 50 kW WGN has as strong a
signal as 250-watt(?) XEDE, WGN is totally nullable, avoiding slow
SAH; not too far from collinear either, e.g. around Dallas, where
listening to WGN must be quite a problem (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 830, April 28 at 1215 UT, Spanish weather in C, mentions
100.9 FM; 1216 TC for 7:17. No doubt it`s XEIK Piedras Negras,
Coahuila, a semihour after sunrise here and soon to fade out (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO [and non]. 1570, April 27 at 1142 UT, XERF with 6:42
timecheck on ``La Poderosa``, brief Efemérides = day in history with
Col. Bogey whistling theme, 1144 federal and Coahuila state PSAs; 1145
Spanish music CCI grows apparently as KZLI Tulsa icoses its 50 watt
PSRA per NRC AM Log to 1000 watts day at official sunrise there; but I
can still hear at 1145 XERF mentioning some cumpleaños and at 1146 an
instrumental-only version of ``Mañanitas``, unlike last time. Anyhow
this seems to be a regular morning ritual for them. But in May, KZLI
goes to day power at 1115 UT, and in June, 1100. Never mind the 50
watts: FCC AM Query shows PSRA is only 8 watts, limited by XERF every
month except June when unneeded. Can anyone in Tulsa or even Catoosa
really hear them on 8 watts atop XERF?
1570, April 30 at 1151 UT, probably just finished `Mañanitas`, XERF
now in ``Servicio Social`` with missing-person ``avisos personales``
requests, including those last known to be in Coahuila, Chihuahua,
phone numbers to be contacted. Have also heard this at other times on
XERF. Good for a broad-coverage public radio AM station like this, and
something you don`t hear elsewhere on either side of la frontera.
1208, XERF still in with stox in pesos, other Mexican tipoffs instead
of SS KZLI Tulsa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 2910, April 25 at 1034, weak talk and music vs storm noise
level, presumably XEVT 970 x 3 from Villahermosa, Tabasco, as
previously IDed. In winter it was signing on at 1059, off at 0600, so
now should be 0959-0500 UT with carrier on a few minutes earlier.
2910, April 27 at 1118 UT, YL giving phone number, ``pide que se
comunique``, missing person perhaps; then about something happening
``hoy a las 8 de la mañana``, brief bits audible at peaks between
lightning crashes, typical morning news format of 970 x 3, XEVT,
Villahermosa, Tabasco. Their sunrise today 1147, almost same as here,
but they will lose only a dekaminute of darkness by June (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 6010 is Mil-less at 1222 April 29, just CRI English JBA.
However, Julián Santiago in the DF told me April 27: ``efectivamente
XEOI está fuera del aire debido a una avería en el transmisor, misma
que, el Ing. Rodríguez está reparando. Esperemos que pronto vuelva al
aire`` --- transmitter breakdown which the engineer is repairing, and
we hope will be back on air shortly (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO
1667, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 6185, April 29 at 0514, XEPPM, R. Educación is still not
only on the air with carrier, but modulating it with news in Spanish;
suspect it`s the relay of RFI which normally is suppressed from their
SW transmitter after 0500, only on MW 1060; first heard report about
eradicating malaria and its mosquitoes in Africa including Burkina
Faso; next report from ``aquí en París``.
And it`s still/again on at 1222 when I awaken, Spanish talk and
singing, story-telling? making fast SAH with Chinese; which one will
fade out first? Hope it`s a new expanded all-night schedule like they
used to do, but may have just forgotten to turn off the SW.
6185, April 30 at 0538 check, XEPPM is not only not modulating but not
transmitting at all; nor around 1145, so it`s back to usual silent
period unlike 24 hours earlier.
6185, May 1 at 0510, XEPPM carrier is still on but no modulation when
they might as well let RFI news relay be heard in the western
hemisphere (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1667, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** MICRONESIA. 4755.513, PMA Cross Radio April 25, 2013 at 0838,
Christian music and announcers in English. The Cross continues its
drift up in frequency. I don't usually look this early for them and
was surprised. My logs show off at 1200. Always in the clear and a
fairly easy catch (Mike Gilchrist in rural EC Iowa, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
4755.5, April 25 at 1151 some weak music, no doubt PMA The Cross, as
usual somewhat on the hi side, compared to a 9755 station; automatic
closedown tones at 1159:14 and cut carrier at 1159:16*. If I were up
every day at this time, I certainly hope not, it would be interesting
to time variations in cutoff times like with Chaski in the evenings.
4755+, April 27 at 1159 I monitor the carrier from PMA The Cross,
which goes off about 1159:20* without any DTMF [dual tone multi-
frequency] signaling tones being heard. Is it precessing two seconds
later each night? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
PMA, Cross Radio, 4755 kHz, 1050 UT May 1. Pop sounding music and an
OM announcer, but way down in the mud. Not a lot of recoverable audio
here (Tim in Luther IA, Rahto, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MONGOLIA. 12085, Voice of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, 0904-0920, 27-04,
English program, female, news about Mongolia, Mongolian songs,
identification: "Voice of Mongolia". 24322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo,
Spain, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MOZAMBIQUE. Radio Mozambique medium wave trawl, Monday April 29,
2013, 1753-1815. All stations in // with Portuguese talk. Jo'burg
sunset 1539.
E Nacionale, 738 Maputo. Fair.
EP Nampula, 765 Nampula. Poor.
EP Gaza, 810 Xai-Xai. Good.
Delagacao de Beira, 873 Sofala. Fair, some co-channel QRM.
EP Tete, 963 Tete. Nothing heard.
EI Maputo & Gaza, 1008 Maputo. Very good.
EP Manica, 1026 Chimoyo. Good.
EP Zambezia, 1179 Quelimane. Very weak and poor.
E Nacional, 1206 Inhambane. Good.
EP de Cabo Delgado, 1224 Pemba. Poor. Severe co-channel QRM.
EP de Niassa, 1260 Lichinga. Poor. Severe co-channel QRM.
(Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MYANMAR. 7200.10, Myanmar Radio. April 25 still heard with two
noticeable audio feeds at 1257 along with spur on 7185.82; surprised
to find // to 5985.82 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9730.000, Myanmar Radio, Rangoon: But when checked this channel before
CRI starts at 1200 UT: At 1055-1105 UT Apr 28 heard undoubtedly
Myanmar Radio phone in program - today on different new unit on EVEN
9730.000 kHz - by female announcer in 'singing' Burmese tonality, to
male in-caller. Poor signal on remote SDR unit at Brisbane AUSTRALIA
(Wolfgang Büschel,, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Apr 28, dxldyg via WORLD OF
RADIO 1667, DXLD)
Thanks, Wolfy for the tip. April 30 also heard on 9730.00 at 1123; ex-
9730.83; poor in vernacular (Ron Howard, San Francisco, ibid.)
Hi Wolfy, Please check this out! May 1 at 1023 heard the Myanmar tx on
9730.81, but by my next check made at 1119, had switched tx to the one
with exact frequency (9730.00).
This is the identical situation that Myanmar used with their tx's some
years ago on another frequency. An hour or two before they ended their
broadcasting day they, for some reason that I never figured out, would
stop using the off frequency tx (5985.83) and started transmitting
with a tx with the exact frequency of 5985.00.
Needs more monitoring to confirm this is what is happening with
9730.81/9730.00. The switch perhaps is happening around 1030 or
so? (Ron Howard, San Francisco, ibid., WORLD OF RADIO 1667 via DXLD)
** NETHERLANDS [and non]. Em OMédia, bastantes obs. desta classe de
emissoras... mas apenas dois países na amostra, a Grécia e a Holanda,
que continuam a ser os "campioníssimos" da pirataria da rádio, talvez
com a característica de os gregos poderem chamar a si a maior
quantidade em emissoras OM, logo seguidos dos holandeses, enquanto
estes últimos também operam em OC.
E no que a pirataria diz respeito... bom, quanto aos gregos, não sei,
mas, da Holanda, em termos de pirataria pura e simples, sabe-se que
foi bem preenchida, demasiadamente prolífica no ramo naval dessa
actividade, tal como a dos vizinhos do outro lado do Canal da Mancha.
Genético? (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. Here is the text to this "fax modem sounds":
======================================================================
@01.33utc on 7375 kHz/Thor50x2 on 1500 Hz:
======================================================================
This is a Mighty KBC digital text transmission in the Thor50x2 mode,
which is about 180 words per minute and, as you can see, takes up 1800
Hertz of bandwidth.
NEW FREQUENCY NEXT WEEKEND
Effective next weekend, May 5th, the Mighty KBC will transmit on a new
frequency, 9925 kHz, for its North America broadcast, Sundays 0000-
0200 UTC. (Saturday evening 8 to 10 pm EDT.)
On September 1st, the frequency will return to 7375 kHz.
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|T|H|E| |M|I|G|H|T|Y| |K|B|C|
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
======================================================================
@01.58utc on 7375 kHz/MFSK32 text on 1000 Hz:
======================================================================
The North America broadcast of The Mighty KBC will return next Sunday,
May 5, 0000-0200 UTC, on a new frequency of 9925 kHz.
More digital text a half hour from now on VOA Radiogram, at 0230 UTC
on 5745 kHz, via North Carolina.
Here is the VOA Radiogram schedule:
(all days and times UTC)
Sat 1600-1630 17860 kHz
Sun 0230-0300 5745 kHz
Sun 1300-1330 6095 kHz
Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz
And please visit voaradiogram.net
Thanks to The Mighty KBC
======================================================================
@01.58utc on 7375 kHz/MFSK32 image on 2000 Hz: ???
Looked like a chameleon in a pile of confetti, no idea what this
should mean.... ;-) (roger, from the south of Saxony-Anhalt, April 28,
dxldyg via DXLD)
The Mighty KBC, April 28, 2013 broadcast on 7375 kHz via Nauen,
Germany began ontime at 0000 UT. Program ended at 0200. SIO 444 with
QRM from R. Martí on 7365 kHz via Greenville, NC.
"Giant Jukebox", complaint from a listener about needing a bathroom
break, listeners are told of the switch to 9925 kHz on May 5, 2013,
Eric's special diet, holidays in May, "A Day in History", "Dutch
News", "Hello to Listeners" and digital text
Digital text results.
****************************************************
2013-4-28 0133 UTC THOR50x2 centered on 1500 Hz. Fldigi picks 1496 Hz
as the sweet spot
This is a Mighty KBC digital text transmission in the Thor50x2 mode,
which is about 180 words per minute and, as you can see, takes up 1800
Hertz of
bandwidth.
NEW FREQUENCY NEXT WEEKEND
Effective next weekend, May 5th, the Mighty KBC will transmit on a new
frequency, 9925 kHz, for its North America broadcast, Sundays 0000-
0200 UTC. (Saturday evening 8 to 10 pm EDT.)
WORLD OF RADIO 1667,
On September 1st, the frequency will return to 7375 kHz.
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|T|H|E| |M|I|G|H|T|Y| |K|B|C|
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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2013-4-28 0159 UTC MSFK32 centered on 1000 Hz. Fldigi picks 995 Hz as
the sweet spot
The North America broadcast of The Mighty KBC will return next Sunday,
May 5, 0000-0200 UTC, on a new frequency of 9925 kHz.
More digital text a half hour from now on VOA Radiogram, at 0230 UTC
on 5745 kHz, via North Carolina.
Here is the VOA Radiogram schedule:
(all days and times UTC)
Sat 1600-1630 17860 kHz
Sun 0230-0300 5745 kHz
Sun 1300-1330 6095 kHz
Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz
And please visit voaradiogram.net
Thanks to The Mighty KBC
****************************************************
2013-4-28 0159 UTC MSFK32 centered on 2000 Hz
Sending Pic:330x40C;
KBC logo "We Want What You Want"
see image here
misc.kg4lac.com\2013-4-28-MightyKBC-7375kHz-0159UTC-MSFK32.jpg
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Thanks for another fun and interesting broadcast.
73, (Kraig, KG4LAC, Krist, Manassas, Virginia, United States of
America, ibid.)
Thanks for the information about the image. With the text I had no
problems - just the image here was a colorful disaster (roger, ibid.)
Roger, Maybe too close to the transmitter in Nauen, Germany? Signal
skipping over your location. 73, (Kraig, KG4LAC, ibid.)
Yes, such a thing can be a problem. My position to Nauen:
Nauen ===> Petersberg (near Halle) 207 135 km/84 miles
But the signal was still relatively good.
MSFK32 text @1000 Hz and image @2000 Hz came simultaneously --- Text
was good - image was bad. The image transfers seem to be problematic,
not much better than normal SSTV.
But I think next week on 9925 kHz the signal will definitely skipping
me here at my location. And the groundwave I can only receive when
Nauen is beaming in my direction, but this is not the case. Recordings
for later-decoding of data-signals am I doing here always as 24 kHz
IF-recording, never as pure audio recording (roger, ibid.)
Roger, In general I have the same problem with VOA Radiogram digital
images on 17860 kHz via Greenville, North Carolina. I'm further away
than 135 km/84 miles, but still have problems with being too close and
the images. 73, (Kraig, KG4LAC, ibid.)
** NEW ZEALAND. 9700, April 25 at 1032, C&W music segués with VG
signal, reminding us that this is now the RNZI channel from 0759 to
1058; also DRM noise circa 9890 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Frequency change of Radio New Zealand International from May 1
1059-1259 NF 9700 RAN 100 kW / 325 deg to Timor, NW Pacific, ex 9655
73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m.
long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1667, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEW ZEALAND. Martin Greer Launceston Tasmania 7250 AUSTRALIA
FM - TV DX SEASON in TASMANIA 2013
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launceston,_Tasmania
Receivers: Digitech AR 1747 and a Digitor-by Sangean PR-D3L
Television is a HMV brand (analogue)
The antenna I use a VHF Phased Array fixed to due North East.
Hello DXers, listed below are some FM And TV DX for Summer-2013. All
dates and times are UT. + 10 Hours = Local time in Tasmania.
[skipping the relatively close tropo]
ESPORADIC TV
The TV DX news is that I received via Sporadic on 26/11/2012 from 6:55
until 8:04 TV ONE from Hedgehope New Zealand; also on the same day
from 7:50 till 8:00 was TV ONE from Dunedin. This is the only
Sporadic E reception noted all Summer.
The other news is that on coming 9th April 2013 all analogue TV goes
off in Tasmania. All the Best from Martin Greer in Launceston.
Launceston Tasmania 7250 AUSTRALIA
800 km distance Tasmania to Melbourne area.
1400 km distance Tasmania to New Zealand area
(via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD)
** NIGER. NÍGER, 9705, A Voz do Sahel, Goudel. Continua sem sinal
(Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) unheard
** NIGERIA. 9689.92, V of Nigeria, Ikorodu. Sudden s/on 0759 with ID,
then News at 0800 in Hausa. Started out very weakly then a big boost
to the signal at 0804 (almost as if they had turned on the
"afterburners"). 16/4 (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, Vic (Kenwood
TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Double Bazooka antennas for 80 and 40 metres,
Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital Noise Eliminating
Module, MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling Module, ATU), May Australian DX News
via DXLD)
Domenica 28 aprile 2013, 0619 - 15120 V of NIGERIA, overmodulated. MB
(Luca Botto Fiora, QTH G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia,
playdx yg via DXLD)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. April 27 at 1833-1845 UT, right at local mean
noon, a MW bandscan while visiting squirrel haven, some 10 miles north
of Enid, on caradio with vertical antenna, so no DFing or nulling.
Skipping many normal signals, just some of the mostly weak ones of
interest by groundwave in a low-noise area away from powerlines.
Axually done from top down, reversed here for convenience:
530, far enough away from Vance on the south side, to hear some CCI
under ``K530AM``, no doubt the HAR near South Haven just across the KS
border operated by the Kansas Turnpike Authority
540, alabanza music over C&W, i.e. KDFT Dallas over KWMT Iowa
570, slow SAH, CCI audible under KLIF Dallas, i.e. WNAX South Dakota
670, weak religious discussion, or self-help? Also thought I heard
Waziristan mentioned. Anyhow, it`s not WSCR Chicago (sportstalk, which
is possible), but KLTT Denver
700, romantic music in Spanish, KHSE Dallas, ex-Asian
840, weak C&W, must be KTIC West Point, Nebraska, 5 kW daytimer at the
margin of its range; but also a fast SAH: second closest is KWDF Ball,
central Louisiana, 8 kW daytimer. I also had it more definitely around
sunrise last November, in DXLD 12-48
850, weak Spanish, so KJON Dallas, rather than KOA Denver, which is
also possible, and might be there without KJON or if I could null it
890, KTLR OKC & 910, without KVIS Miami OK, both suffer from IBOC
noise out of 900 KSGL Wichita, 250 watts nostalgia when not huxtering
1090, RCC programming obviously, so 8 kW daytimer KEXS Excelsior
Springs (KC) MO, with EWTN
1100, gospel music in English, very poor, KKLL Webb City (Joplin),
Missouri, 5 kW daytimer
1120, alabanza music, so KEOR Catoosa/Sperry/Tulsa OK is back on after
missing since April 16
1190, weak CCI, SAH, one mentioning Irving, so 50 kW KFXR Dallas; no
higher Metroplexers were making it for sure except 1700. Other 1190
could be AR, KS or MO
1310, JBA carrier, could be Joplin MO, Beloit KS or Dallas TX
1350, fast SAH. I would gladly take either rare Okie, KTLQ Tahlequah
or KPNS Duncan
1370, too much splatter and desensitization from local KCRC 1390 on
north side of Enid, to hear KGNO Dodge City which I know starts making
it somewhat further north. Forget 1380 and 1400
1420, ad for BancFirst somewhere in Oklahoma, so KTJS Hobart
1430, weak CCI music & talk, i.e. KALV Alva in its null toward KTBZ
Tulsa
1450, heavy CCI, one music, another ballgame, i.e. KGFF Shawnee and
KSIW Woodward respectively; maybe a third? Could be KWBW Hutchinson KS
or KWHW Altus OK
1470, JBA carrier with SAH, suppose KGND Vinita in northeast OK with
one of the Kansans, all really too far, KSMM Liberal or KAIR Atchison
1480, KQAM Wichita KS has NO CCI from 50 kW KBXD Dallas, but wait till
some skywave kix in
1490, notable by its absence: KMFS Guthrie OK, Jimmy Swaggart`s
station. Must check whether that`s temporary. Last we heard from Bruce
Winkelman, KBIX Muskogee was silent. Leaves JBA carriers, SAH; two
Kansans: KKAN Phillipsburg, KTOP Topeka
1510, alabanza music, fair vs KOKC 1520; as previously tracked down,
KNSS Larned KS, ex-ESPN
1570, alabanza music, KZLI Tulsa with no XERF for a change
1610, nothing but quite a hum from WQCL720, Great Salt Plains State
Park OK
1700, comedy JBA, no doubt 10 kW KKLF Dallas/Richardson; at top end
one might still wonder if it could be skywave (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 930, April 28 at 1206, WKY should be in weekly English
pubaffs show, but instead adstring in Spanish mixed with a couple in
English; finally at 1211 played *outro* for Sunday Morning Magazine,
more ads, and 1212 back to Indomable music. SMM must have lasted 6
minutes at most instead of 30, or the automation screwed up (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1120, April 27 circa 1837 UT in daytime bandscan, KEOR
Sperry/Catoosa/Tulsa is on the air again with what else but alabanza =
praise music in Spanish. Not on circa 1200 UT April 28, when it could
be, well after sunrise, but it is on at 1453 check. I`ve yet to catch
when they come on, if the time is even fixed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1490, April 27 circa 1835 UT, notable by its absence:
KMFS Guthrie OK, Jimmy Swaggart`s station. Still maybe off circa
sunset when logged others on 1490, see UNIDENTIFIED. But back on with
gospel huxter April 28 at 1516 check. Last we heard from Bruce
Winkelman, the other 1490 Okie from Muskogee, KBIX, was silent (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. KZLI, 1570, PSRA etc.: see MEXICO: XERF
** OKLAHOMA. WTFK? Six new wireless mikes have been donated by a
benefactor to the drama department at Enid High School, and made good
use of in a produxion of ``The Wiz``, UT Saturday April 27 at 0030v,
which caused me to miss a Chaski-check this date. I understand that
FCC is being pressured to assign some WL mike frequencies to other
users, which could result in QRM at concentrated theatre districts,
such as Broadway; no chance of that in Enid. EHS is eight blox from
Broadway. Need to bring scanner to performances (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** PAKISTAN. 17520, 25/Apr, 1359, R Pakistan in Urdu, or what should
be. Only carrier without modulation audible, also on 15235. Listening
on SDR, Twente.
11570, 25/Apr, 1730 R Pakistan in Urdu. OM talk. Modulation totally
distorted. Listening in SDR, Twente.
15490, 01/Mai, 0052, R Pakistan in Urdu. Prayer of the Qur`an. At 0054
OM talk. At 0100 beep signal and OM presents newscast. At 0118 Qur`an.
25332. 73 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W -
Brasil, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Frequency change of Radio Pakistan:
0045-0215 NF 15490 ISL 250 kW / 118 deg to SoAs Urdu, ex 17710 //
11580. 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-
2001D 30 m. long wire, May 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15275, 0535 rather poor at S1 mean with S3 while 17830 is just
marginal.
15720 (S4) and 17720 (S1), Pakistan in Chinese program with Qur`anic
sermons like program on 1210. Clock (!) then man with news. Both with
garbled modulation (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, May 1,
R75 with 2x16inv V and HF150 with 16 m horizontal antenna, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** PALAU. 9965, April 25 at 1312, R. Australia Chinese relay has big
problems again: instead hearing tones changing pitch slightly like
Doppler from an airplane flying over (e.g. the Vance jet trainers all
the time atop Enid), then cutting off after making a big noise,
resuming; carrier also cuts off at end of at least one cycle; then at
1313 Chinese audio mixes in with the tone; 1315 tone off and on, noise
bursts, but in a few minutes clears up with Chinese audio only. Feed
circuit problem and/or transmitter problem at T8WH. One might mistake
this for external jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See
also AUSTRALIA
** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3384.997, NBC affiliate April 25, 2013 at 1122,
Typical programming in Pidgin, was surprised to hear at 1125 English
Christian motivational PSA in English. Other NBC outlets also fair to
strong this morning. 3205v still struggling with whatever it is
happening on 3185 that continues to QRM over 50 kHz of the band, 3260v
fair, 3365v poor. 3905 is still missing (Mike Gilchrist in rural EC
Iowa, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) More below
April 25 from just before sunrise 1145 UT I search for NBC signals on
90m, finding, all too weak vs noise level:
3205, Vanimo, is second best at 1141 with talk; 1202 still a carrier,
but open? 1204, no it`s JBM, and 1209 can make out some music still
past 1218 when I quit. [more below]
3260, Madang, 1141 carrier, 1149 music and talk, 1203 weaker than 3205
but modulating better, bit of music at 1209* before carrier cut.
3325 & 3365, from 1141, weaker carriers so I concentrate on the others
3385, Rabaul, best signal at 1142 with talk, could be in English; 1146
music with a beat; 1159 still on, but off at next check 1202.
3905, also checked at some point but nothing audible (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1667, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
3204.96, R. Sandaun (presumed), 1203-1230+ Apr 25 - Sounded like
English news // 3260, which left the air at 1209; Sandaun continued
with talk past BoH; still there at 1300 re-check, although very weak
by then. Signal had been fairly good earlier, almost even with local
band noise (John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge, Colorado, Drake R-8, 100-foot
RW, dxingwithcumbre yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1667, DXLD)
** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. WRL, 7324.963, April 24, 2013 at 0925, Fair
signal with open carrier on 7325. Usual religious programming in
Pidgin. 0931 Signal suddenly degraded with modulation on 7325. 1042
when I rechecked the signal on 7325 was gone and WRL was alone with a
fair signal.
April 25, 2013 at 0930, fair signal with open carrier on 7325, usual
programming
1000 open carrier on 7325
1030 open carrier suddenly off with no modulation at all this morning
1100 still in the clear, stunning signal
1139 still in the clear and strong! Well past my 1114 sunrise.
1147 a USB convo in Spanish on 7325.360 (short lived)
1200 still in the clear and absolutely listenable
1203 carrier came up on 7325 for several seconds and then off
1215 still in clear, going strong, one hour after my sunrise! 1 kW???
1220 starting to fade
The engineers must be testing the [Chinese] transmitter. I suspect we
may lose the opportunity for this DX station soon (Mike Gilchrist in
rural EC Iowa, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7324.96, Wantok Radio Light, 1231, April 25 with the start of “Back to
the Bible” with Tami; weaker than usual (Ron Howard, Asilomar State
Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7325, April 27 at 1157, Wantok Radio Light still in the clear but
weak; stronger Magadan 7320 no problem. Talk and hymn, 1201 hymn, 1203
strange SFX, 1206 ``Old Rugged Cross`` but not to usual tune; 1215
sounds like a children`s drama (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1667,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Glenn, Saturday (April 27) WRL noted with a different program
schedule than during weekdays. No "Back to the Bible" around 1230.
Instead, as you reported, they had a radio dramatization; "Unshackled"
presented by Pacific Garden Mission. Noted from tune in at 1215 to
past 1235 (Ron Howard, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1667, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
DXing in my preferred bands has been horrible for a few days because
of summer storms. WRL still strong here on the low side of 7325 most
mornings. There is a carrier that has been present, without
modulation, which I presume is CRI on 7325. Here are some of those
observations. It may be getting ready to come back on line with
programming after the upgrades to the transmitter site. I would be
curious if anybody farther west is seeing this carrier later. My
sunrise is of course coming earlier and earlier.
130428, 1020 check open carrier, strong on 7325 1030 suddenly off
130429, 0930 other carrier on, at least as strong as WRL but
unmodulated
130429, 1000 “ ”
130429, 1030 carrier off (Mike Gilchrist, EC Iowa, dxldyg via DXLD)
Wantok Radio Light, 7325 kHz, 1125 UT May 1. Two OM announcers with
religious programming in English along with country sounding hymns
(Tim in Luther IA, Rahto, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 1499.85, Radio Santa Rosa, Lima; nice ID + something strange:
they also announced "onda corta 555.." the last cipher I could not
understand. Are they back on SW on a strange frequency? Can anybody
confirm this? 73 (Max van Arnhem, The Netherlands, April 29, MWCircle
yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1667, DXLD) time?????
Conditions were generally poor yesterday, dominated by NA, but noting
Max's log of 1500 R Santa Rosa I found a very good short opening to
Peru with strong signals lasting from 0415 to 0425.
Clip of R Santa Rosa followed by Callao Super Radio.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mwcircle/files/Paul_Crankshaw_-_audio_files/peru.mp3
1499.83, OBX4I, R Santa Rosa, Lima; “Radio Santa Rosa, positivamente
superior” F/G, 0424 29/04 PC
1400, OBX4W, Callao Super Radio, Callao; “Golazo de Callao Super
Radio”, F/G, 0421 29/04 PC
1540.5, OCU2X, R Turbomix, Cajamarca; “Turbo Mix AM” ID between
tracks, F, 0423 29/04 PC
1360, OAX4I, R Nueva Q, Lima, “Nueva Q” ID with echo effects, F, 0421
29/04 PC
1250, OA4L [sic], R Miraflores. Promo for talks by visiting pastors
“en Cono Norte, Cono Sur, Cono Este” (districts of Lima) HK adds
“there is the mention of Pastor Antonio Osmar de Oliveira at sec. 30.
He is the "Responsable Nacional" of the IPDA church in Peru.” Personal
First, W/F, 0419 29/04 (Paul Crankshaw, Troon, Scotland, ibid.)
Paul, very similar trend here in my Italian QTH (just arrived..) Short
but great OA opening at 0355-0410, I also have a good Miraflores 1250
(presumed) recording with the same religious promo from IPDA. Greatest
signal however here was Milenia 1530, a first for me and for Italy, I
suppose (Rocco Cotroneo, L'Ago - Liguria, Italy, ibid.)
** PERU [and non]. 4789.886, Radio Visión on April 25, 2013 at 0814;
Besides having to contend with the obnoxious CODAR windshield wiper
QRM, now it seems the frequency is being jammed by a signal stronger
on a SW heading/lesser on SE heading. Typical religious programming
with music audible underneath the mess (Mike Gilchrist in rural EC
Iowa, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 4810.00, Radio Logos, 0920-0945 April 26. Starting out with a
threshold signal and plenty of noise, heard a steady stream of music.
As the minutes passed however, the signal improved as traditional
Peruvian ballads were heard. Settings used on the NRD545 to pull in
the signal better were, ATT, notch, LSB (030 Khz), Narrow Filter, BWC
(180 Khz). At 0936 music is interrupted as a male comments in Spanish
language. Noise is too pronounced to hear details of his comments. By
0937 music continues as the signal loses some of its strength. At
0940, more comments by the male are heard which sound like regular
news. Back to music at 0949. Signal has degraded to a threshold
quality at this point (Chuck Bolland, Clewiston FL, 26N 081W, NRD545,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5024.908, Apr 24, 2302, R Quillabamba stronger than Habana
Cuba this early. Nice ID (Thomas Nilsson, SW Bulletin April 28 via
DXLD)
** PERU. 5980, April 25 at 0058, R. Chaski is audible with Spanish in
the noise, and carrier cutoff timed at 0104:21* which is about 6
seconds later than last night.
5980, April 26 at 0053, R. Chaski carrier audible as usual with BFO vs
the pervasive local and band noise level; automatic cutoff at
0104:26*, five seconds later than last nite.
5980, April 28 at 0100, R. Chaski carrier as usual audible with BFO
amid the hash of local and propagated noise; cut off at 0104:13.5*
[sic] which is 10.5 seconds later than two nights ago.
5980, April 29 at 0053, R. Chaski carrier audible in hash with BFO; by
0103 can make out some talk before cutoff at 0104:41*. A pleasant 75
degrees on the porch with DX-398, but we have another cold snap
coming. Yesterday`s reported timing was incorrect; should have been
0104:36.5*, as I forgot to add the 23-second correxion factor to my
watch reading.
5980, April 30 at 0104, tune in R. Chaski in time to find weak carrier
in the noise, but some modulation detectable, and it cuts off at
0104:47* amounting to six seconds later than last night.
Hold on to your chair; patron HCJB provides this shot of R. Chaski:
http://www.hcjb.org/images/stories/news-stories/Peru_radio_station_lr.jpg
accompanying a story alleging that R. Chaski persuaded someone not to
commit suicide. I for one should have something to live for from day
to day, just to time its ever-latening cutoff, as no one else seems to
bother. Last time it approached 0105 weeks ago, timer was reset closer
to 0100 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
We all count on you to do your Chaski chasing, Glenn. My “seconds”
reconciliation would be suspect anyway because of the delay in the
receiver/audio chain in my SDR setup. I do regularly check there, and
hope to make a positive ID. If I do, I’ll let you know (Mike
Gilchrist, IA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5980, May 1 at 0053 carrier is audible from R. Chaski; some modulation
audible after 0100 until cut off in mid-word at 0104:53* (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5980, R. Chasqui (Urubamba, Perú), 2305 UT primero de mayo. ID de la
emisora como Radio Integridad y comienzo de reflexiones cristianas en
español. SINPO: 33333 (Claudio Galaz, realizo mis escuchas casi
siempre desde Ovalle, u otros lugares aledaños. Rx: Tecsun PL-
660Antena: Cable de cobre de 5 metros unido a coaxial de 5 Ohms de 20
Metros. QTH: Centro de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglist yg via
DXLD)
Radio Chasqui --- está en 5980 kHz con desvanecimientos importantes y
apenas puedo escuchar algunas palabras; presumo que es Radio Chasqui,
(publicada por el colega chileno Claudio) (Ernesto Paulero, Argentina,
UT 2338 May 1, condiglista yg via DXLD)
Hola Colega: Efectivamente es Chasqui, aunque se identifica como Radio
Integridad, ya que la transmite por onda corta. Además de ello,
después del arreglo del transmisor de la semana pasada, parece que
bajaron un poco la potencia o tiene un problema con la modulación.
Saludos ! (Claudio Galaz, Chile, ibid.)
** PERU. 9674.85, R. Del Pacificó, Lima. Adverts and canned
announcements 0740, then a pop ballad at 0746. ID at 0752 and thanking
listeners for listening. Fair signal and at equal level to the plasma
TV signal from next door! Best heard in LSB. 16/4 (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW,
Mount Evelyn, Vic (Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Double Bazooka
antennas for 80 and 40 metres, Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI
NEIM1031 Digital Noise Eliminating Module, MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling
Module, ATU), May Australian DX News via WORLD OF RADIO 1667, DXLD)
Same fair in Spanish on 11/5 at 0650 (John Adams, Beech Forest Vic
(JRC NRD-535 Ewe and Folded Dipole), ibid.)
** PHILIPPINES. 9400, 01/May 1006, FEBC Radio in Chinese. OM talk.
35333 (Jorge Freitas-B)
9430, 01/May 1009, FEBC Radio in Chinese. YL interview a man by phone.
A different schedule for two transmissions of the same language and
almost the same direction. 35433 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana,
Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, Degen 1103 - All listening in mode of
narrow filter at 4 kHz. Dipole antenna, 16 meters - east/west, dxldyg
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PHILIPPINES. 12095, May 1 at 1233, gospel harmonies from FEBC, no
sign of the distorted blob 12097-12098 heard 48 hours earlier, and not
checked 24 hours earlier; 12105 KSDA is a lot stronger on the other
side (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See SRI LANKA;
UNIDENTIFIED
Logs 27/4 Using 1102 and mag loop (sorted ) not filled with Eibi
listing
12095, 1347, two mixed signals poor Hmong? FEBC in Hmong
12095, 1402, talks in Cantonese fair - not listed -
(Zacharias Liangas, Greece, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PHILIPPINES. 1 May 2013, 1743: Radyo Filipinas not in English,
rather Tagalog with a few English words here and there. 11720 43333,
9915 45433, 15190 45333 (Eike Bierwirth, Leipzig / Germany, Perseus
SDR + DX-10 Pro active antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. 17510, April 30 at 1135, serious music, then English
opening ``RRI Encyclopedia`` segment, something about Jews. Good
signal a bit before sunrise here, only exceeded on 16m by RHC. //
15430 much weaker, but can`t hear any CCI from R. Free Sarawak, q.v.
which now appears to be on 15460 instead, as well as 17840 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
21540?? RRI, Tiganeshti. Chinese service 0409 in DRM mode, but not
enough signal to resolve even though the white noise was pretty
evident. Interestingly, not audible at all on my main wire antenna,
but very much there on my loop and Bulgarian amplifier, indicative of
relative resonant frequencies, 27/4 (Craig Seager, Bathurst NSW (Icom
R75, Racal RA-6790/GM, Yaesu FRG7700, Loop Skywire, amplified 1m
rotatable loop), May Australian DX Nes via DXLD)
** RUSSIA. Frequency changes of Voice of Russia from April 30:
1300-1600 NF 7505 DB 100 kW / 137 deg to SoAs Hindi/Urdu/Hindi, ex
7585 -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-
2001D 30 m. long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA [and non]. Something big is brewing! at 0349 UT [May 1] the
Iranian Radar is already up to 36 MHz and I have R Rossii 24140, 2 x
12070! -- (Tim Bucknall, Congleton, UK, RDR54D1 + CLP5130, harmonics
yg via DXLD) Sporadic E?
** RUSSIA. 25900, Moscow Technical University. 1300 on 12/4, featuring
discussions in studio and playing songs. It seems is on the air only
on Fridays. With 0.4 KW transmitter (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria
(Sony ICF 2001D ant Folded Marconi own made), May Australian DX News
via DXLD).
** RUSSIA. When checking China mainland jamming this morning, also
observed these two log entries [see also GERMANY [non] UAE 21780]:
21820.007, Very seldom noted ODD FREQUENCY operation of an ex-Soviet
radiocenter. Novosibirsk outlet some 7 Hertz less in 13mb, at 0650 UT
Apr 27, against [on other frequencies] RA SHP, CHN jamming stns in
13mb and VOR Irkutsk 21800 even transmission. S=9 signal in Tokyo
Japan (Wolfgang Büschel, April 27, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. Buryatia --- 22.04.2013, Radio Buryatii by Russian and
Buryat from 2220 to 2300 UT on 6195 kHz, regional news and other
notes. At 2243 transmission began in the Buryat language, Buryat song.
SINPO: 33333. Website GTRK "Buryatia": http://bgtrk.ru/
Here you can see photos of employees GTRK "Buryatia":
http://bgtrk.ru/materialyi-o-bgtrk/2010-08-03-09-26-34/radio.html
I know that in the first photo - Lyudmila Moses, she had confirmed
reports about receiving an e-mail. Admission to the village - 150 km
Southeast of Ryazan. Receiver: Degen 1103, Antenna: Telescopic (Dmitry
Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" via RusDX 28 April via
DXLD) See also CHECHNYA; TANNU TUVA; TATARSTAN
** SARAWAK [non]. 15400, Kenyalang is blocked (?) by the local FDM
like beacons of signal S4 (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece,
May 1, R75 with 2x16inv V and HF150 with 16 m horizontal antenna, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) Time? presumably 09-10 UT
** SARAWAK [non]. 15420, R. Free Sarawak via Taipei. NF ex 11600. Good
level signal and readable, speakers in listed Iban easy to follow.
Improved reception compared with previous transmitter site (Sri
Lanka?). Also heard well on 17/4 1105 15/4 (Charles Jones, Castle Hill
NSW (JRC NRD-535D with 7m. vertical antenna), May Australian DX News
via DXLD)
15430, R. Free Sarawak. Moved from 11600 to 15430 at the start of A13
on Mar 31, then to 15425 on 5/4, possibly to avoid Romania co-channel,
then down to 15420 on 8/4 from 1100. Now noted on Apr 19 back here on
15430 at 1155. Then on Apr 20, the transmission did not get started
till 1115, very weakly at first but then increasing in strength
within three minutes. Occasionally subject to variety of deliberate
jamming noises. I cannot confirm the transmitter site – rumours have
Sri Lanka, Taiwan or Palau. I have it on good authority from Victor
Goonetilleke 4S7VK that it's certainly not Trincomalee (Rob Wagner,
VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, Vic (Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Double
Bazooka antennas for 80 and 40 metres, Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI
NEIM1031 Digital Noise Eliminating Module, MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling
Module, ATU), May Australian DX News via DXLD)
17840, April 29 at 1246, surprised to find a new signal here, and
promptly IDed in passing as Radio Free Sarawak during otherwise YL
talk in presumed Iban, fairly sufficient signal, from where? Kashgar
is in well on 16m, 17560, 17630, 17650, so could be as far as central
Asia, unlikely Taiwan. Listened continuously and at 1252 OM speech to
enthusiastic crowd inserting some English words, democracy, television
control, Malaysia, ``you are disqualified as a democratic country``;
1254 dramatic music bit and other announcements, cut off the air in
mid-sentence at 1258:20* without any further clews. They are still
clueless in the studio that they should wrap it up by 1258.
Presumably now on here from 11 to 13, which could be a problem for BBC
French via Ascension as scheduled in Aoki 1200-1230, before I intuned;
or not: since that is not in EiBi or HFCC.
Presumably ex-15420/15430 where it had been this month, unchecked
today. However, today`s Aoki has replaced those with:
15460 Radio Free Sarawak 1100-1300 1234567 Iban 250 45 Trincomalee CLN
08108E 0844N RFS a13 Apr. 28 [i.e. effective yesterday]. HFCC and EiBi
do not show that 15460. I certainly did not notice it today either
when tuning around. As usual, own website is wrong,
http://radiofreesarawak.org/ still showing long-gone 11600 in the
title line, and 15430 at the top of the page.
17840, April 30 at 1214, poor signal in presumed Iban talk from R.
Free Sarawak on new frequency from secret site at 11-13 UT, better
before axually cut off again a few secs past 1258*. Apparently an
additional rather than replacement frequency, because of jamming, as
the lengthy elexion campaign is coming to a head on May 5, after which
these clandestines are likely to reduce if not cease.
Also something on 15460, probably this, and should be checked for //
or offset audio; nothing on ex-15430 (which at 1137 was occupied by
ROMANIA, q.v.). RFS website http://radiofreesarawak.org/ still claims
it`s on 15430 if not 11600 in the title, nothing about 15460 or 17840:
perhaps that`s deliberate disinformation, but no good info for
friendly would-be listeners (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1667, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Radio Free Sarawak received at two frequency.
On Apr. 28 and 29 at 1100-1300 UT 15430 // 15460 kHz.
On Apr. 30 at 1100-1300 15460 // 17430 kHz. [sic, 15430??]
I can't confirm the transmitting site. de Hiroshi
(S. Hasegawa, May 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Frequency change of Radio Free Sarawak from April 28:
1100-1300 NF 15460 TAI 100 kW / 200 deg to SEAs Iban, ex
15430/15420/15425 (DX RE MIX NEWS #778 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo
Ivanov, April 30, 2013 via WORLD OF RADIO 1667, DXLD) Missed 17840 I
reported (gh)
15430, RF Sarawak, 1118 heard under Romania. Both have same center
carrier frequency so that someone could suppose that RFS is
transmitted together with RRI! Program: discussions in Malay at 1157
tune in, found RRI off the frequency, leaving RFS in the clear with S5
max signal (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, May 1, R75 with
2x16inv V and HF150 with 16 m horizontal antenna, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
17840, May 1 at 1205, trying to sort out what`s happening with R. Free
Sarawak during what may be its final days leading up to the elexion
May 5: 17840 is weak but stronger than 15430 and 15460 which also have
signals, upon all of which RFS has been reported recently, but nothing
on the fourth alleged channel, 17430 (a typo for 15430??). Almost all
talk in presumed Iban; checked periodically the rest of the hour, as
signals improved marginally, but all too weak to evaluate synchrony
adequately, except they sound similar but don`t match exactly. Also
bothered by local line noise level coming and going. Altho DX Re Mix
News` latest schedule missed 17840 completely, it is best here, then
15430, then 15460. At 1253, 15460 seems to be closer to 17840; 17840
cuts off at 1258:48* after a bit of music which revealed 17840 was a
few seconds behind 15430, which then cut off at about 1259:25*.
HFCC May 1 now accounts for 15430: ``15430 1100 1300 51W,54 DHA 500
105 15 218 14567 010513 271013 D 20600 Iban UAE BAB BAB 18683``
Note the effective date is only today while 15430 has been heard
previously. And note the limited days of week: Wednesday thru Sunday,
perhaps alluding to termination after May 5, elexion day, despite the
default end-date of 27 October. But what if the RFS side loses --- are
they just going to give up broadcasts and everything?
Nothing about this in HFCC on 15460, supposedly with NHK Japanese from
Yamata at 12-14; and nothing on 17840. 15430 is the only entry in the
entire HFCC roster specifying Iban language, tho many lack any
language info (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Present footprints today are:
15430.000, suffers by minus 60 Hertz whistle tone in Tokoy though,
but latter not heard in Europe,
and 17840.006 kHz.
On various remote units near Tokyo Japan the 15430 kHz signal is poor
S=4-5, but little stronger on 17840 kHz. Both heard stronger in Europe
than in Japan. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Buschel, 1258 UT May 1 dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
According to Hiroshi, Radio Free Sarawak broadcasts at three frequency
when he checks data of the SDR. Apr .29 to May 1 on 17840 // 15460 //
15430 kHz (S. Hasegawa, Japan, May 1, ibid.)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 15500, new frequency from BSKSA, first heard today
April 28 at 1248 in Arabic vocal music with long pauses, reverent but
unsounds like normal Qur`an recitation; 1252 YL with Saudi ID; still
on at 1304, and 1358 past 1400. Good modulation, not // 17705. Maybe
one of their new transmitters? Not in Aoki or HFCC, 15500 an open
frequency after 1200/1157. Fair signal while 17705 is JBA today. Sure
I would have noticed 15500 if it were on, in daily chex for Bangladesh
15505 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1667, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. Hello everyone, I have just come across Radio Riyad,
English language. Is this a new broadcast? Really strong into Montreal
on 15500 at 1915 UT April 28, multiple ID's as Radio Riyad English
service and now it's sports. 73 (Gilles Letourneau, Montreal, Canada,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hearing this with very strong signal in Teddington, UK with
"SportsWorld" programme since 1922 tune-in on 15500 28 April. ID
sounded like Radio Riyadh, and football talk is about Saudi Arabian
football teams. HFCC shows 15500 registered via Issoudun 1700-2000
brokered by MBR. Nothing in EiBi or AOKI (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK,
ibid.)
Gilles: Yes, I detect English as per your tip, intuned and there they
were in progress with an interview with YM and OM talking about
something to do with topical issues. Thanks for the tip. Received at
my QTH on 15500 in English at 1940 UT Sunday, April 28, 2013, Radio
Ryadh. 73's, (Noble West, WA2048SWL, Clinton,Tenn., USA, Tecsun PL380
DSP Receiver, Built In Metal Rod Type Telescopic Whip Antenna, ibid.)
Radio Riyadh is also a very strong signal here in NW England. I also
found it at the same time as Gilles and with a lengthy sports
programme - Sportsworld it's called with interviews etc. At end of
programme said "see you next Tuesday". Very up-beat western 'music'
between items and at end. ID and programme title at 1943. Six pips at
1945 - last one extended - then "News Brief at 1045". Sounds like a
rebroadcast of a domestic service. At 1948 a programme about blues
music, including Count Basie to begin with (Noel R. Green, ibid.)
Very strong here as well at the Winter Hill basecamp, +70dB/-5dBm at
peak but with some QSB now starting. Even on the Tecsun PL-380 with
just the short whip, it's 50dBµ with 20 dB S/N. 73 (Tony Molloy, UK,
CCW SDR-4+ and CCW HF Active Antenna, Tecsun PL-380 DSP, @swlistener
http://swlistener.wordpress.com ibid.)
That's interesting. Riyadh sometimes accidentally runs the wrong feed.
That's my suspicion, but nothing listed for BSKSA in any of my
listings. Hmmm. That would be nice! I remember attending a SW
conference (Challenges, I think it was called) for international
broadcasters sponsored by the now defunct RCI in Vancouver back in the
early/mid 90s. I remember speaking with a rep from BSKSA who was
adamant that there was an English North American service from them
(and of course, there wasn't)(Walt Salmaniw, Victoria BC, ibid.)
It is possible that it was a feed error. But would sure be Nice to
have an English broadcast! (Gilles, ibid.)
It's now 2005 UT, and the Blues/Jazz programme continues (Alan Roe,
Teddington, UK, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This could be way off, but - I just saw all the messages about this
station. I didn't hear it; but I couldn't help recalling that the word
for "sports" in Arabic is almost identical to the city named "Riyadh".
My dictionary transcribes it as "riyada" where the "d" is emphasized.
Could this mean anything??? (Bruce Fisher, NY, USA, ibid.)
Hi Bruce, Thanks for the idea - but this was definitely a relay of
Radio Riyadh IDing as "Radio Riyadh English Service" and frequency of
FM frequency 97.7 (& others) with a sports programme in English
followed by a music programming until abrupt off at 2035 (Alan Roe,
Teddington, UK, ibid.)
This transmission went off suddenly around 2039 today. I, too, heard
an ID for what sounded like "Radio Riyadh" at about 2009 after the
close of a documentary music program and then into more of a
contemporary pop music program with a DJ. BSKSA does have a Foreign
Language network that has English listed from 1600-2100. Two of the
frequencies listed are Jeddah on 96.2 FM and Riyadh on 97.7 FM. During
the ID there was mention of two FM frequencies for these cities, but I
failed to make proper note. If someone else did or recorded the
broadcast, there may be a clue to proper ID there (John Figliozzi,
Halfmoon, NY, ibid.)
Since no one has cited my earlier report today of this new frequency
(or even read it?), here it is:
15500, new frequency from BSKSA, first heard today April 28 at 1248 in
Arabic vocal music with long pauses, reverent but unsounds like normal
Qur`an recitation; 1252 YL with Saudi ID; still on at 1304, and 1358
past 1400. Good modulation, not // 17705. Maybe one of their new
transmitters? Not in Aoki or HFCC, 15500 an open frequency after
1200/1157. Fair signal while 17705 is JBA today. Sure I would have
noticed 15500 if it were on, in daily chex for Bangladesh 15505 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Good Morning, SAUDI ARABIA, any strange ideas? New built Jeddah 250 kW
shortwave site finished on new location some two years ago, when
played Yugoslav CD music on their tests from 41 to 13 mband on same
tremendous signals. But BSKSA came never real on air in past two
years. We had these WOODEN REQUESTS at 1600-2100 UT on HFCC group
conference in A-13 yet:
7260 1600 2100 27,28,37N JED 250 310 ENGLISH ARS
9710 1600 2100 47,52 JED 250 220 ENGLISH ARS
9840 1600 2100 47,52 JED 250 220 ENGLISH ARS
- - -
Jeddah shortwave site technical data:
ARS new Jeddah Algwizain PC22711 postal code,
"Al Kurnayash South" SW site TX house
dimmly cross-dipole non-dir antenna HQ ant ITU #925
6 Jan 2012 image at
21 14'49.81"N 39 09'45.29"E
image STILL DIMMED on Google and Bing maps !
G.E. time slide pool deleted some excellent images of this cross-
dipole antenna area a year ago.
ARS new Jeddah TCI ants, 255deg (220-270deg)
to No+WeAF/Sahel Zone, SDN, TCD, CAF, MLI, CTI, LIB
21 14'55.01"N 39 09'59.52"E
http://goo.gl/maps/1ScKN
http://bit.ly/129t2eo
ARS new Jeddah TCI antennas 315degr (300-340degr)
21 14'42.58"N 39 09'55.96"E
http://goo.gl/maps/qCPlF
http://bit.ly/129titQ
History of June 2010:
Continental Electronics will supply a quantity of 4 each 250 kW HF
DRM-ready transmitters and associated equipment to the Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Information (MOI) ... The new high-power HF DRM-ready
transmitters will enhance the Saudi MOI's digital broadcast
capabilities and can reach targeted audiences at long distance ranges
with a clear, high quality signal. The DRM-ready transmitters are
similar to those recently supplied to Broadcast Australia and to
Radio-TV Malaysia (David Sharp-NSW-AUS, dxld June 26, 2010)
[continues with much more stuff from DXLD in June, 2010, q.v., and
tone tests widely heard in May-June, 2011; back to the present]:
Radio Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is currently on 15500 kHz with what seems
to be a new SW broadcast in English - or maybe a test. Heard here from
tune-in since 1925 UT with sports news, now at 1950 with Jazz music.
Massive signal (SIO 555!) here (thanks to initial tip from Gilles
Letourneau in Canada via dxld yg)
Went off abruptly at 2035 UT. Probably Saudi Arabia testing a new
transmitter? Back in the 1990s they used to have an English service to
Europe on SW at 1600-2100 UT - also a relay of their domestic service
if I recall. But in recent years they have only had English on SW to
Africa (Dave Kenny, Caversham Berks, AOR 7030+ 25m Longwire, April 28,
2013, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)
15500, after my first log yesterday of this new frequency for BSKSA in
Arabic from 1248 past 1400, several DXLD yg members were hearing it in
English after 1600 almost until 2100: those are hours when BSKSA has
long provided English on a domestic service, but refused to put it on
even one SW transmitter. As we suspected, must have been test of
possible new transmitter as several are being installed, since absent
next day April 29 at 1245, 1344, 1400 and 1626 chex. We can only hope
such a 5-hour English service on SW will eventually be permanentized
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hello everyone, Since I was not working today, kept an eye on 15500
for Radio Riyadh in case it was back: nothing heard; it's now 1935 UT
and will keep an eye on the frequency up to 2000. Either it was a
mistake or a test. If I don`t hear it this week, I'll try again next
Sunday. Was fun; would be cool if they had such a service. They have
so many frequencies going at the same time; would not cost anything
more to just choose one frequency and put English on it! 73 (Gilles
Letourneau, Montreal, Canada, April 29, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Dear Glenn, Japanese many DXer received "Call of Islam" in Arabic of
new frequency for BSKSA on 7500 kHz from past 1400-2036 UT s/off on
Apr. 28.
http://ani.atz.jp/FBDX/LogBBS/img/3398.mp3
by Amano, at 1900, 1905 and 1939 UT. As ID "Idhaat Nidda al Islam min
Makka al Mukaram". I was not able to receive this broadcast on Apr.
29. Would this be some kind of tests with 7500 and 15500 kHz? (S.
Hasegawa, Japan, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1667, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15500, again April 30 before and after 1349 chex, no signal from
BSKSA, which so far has appeared only on April 28, including English
after 1600.
During the same hours, 1400-2036* on that date, S. Hasegawa tells me
that many Japanese DXers were hearing the ``Call of Islam`` Arabic
service on another new test frequency, 7500; but not on April 29
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1667, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SERBIA [non]. 9685, April 28 at 0103, IRS is off the air already,
instead of extending a semihour for English as sometimes happens on UT
Sundays (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOMALIA. Return to sender? Maybe not as Somalia to restart mail 22
years on
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE93P0QF20130426?irpc=932
GENEVA (Reuters) - Somalis may soon be receiving letters from abroad
for the first time in more than 20 years after a deal was struck with
the United Nations' postal agency, the latest step towards ending
Somalia's isolation following two decades of civil conflict.
But the challenges to bringing the Horn of Africa country back into
the global postal community are manifold - there are no functioning
post offices, only the main roads are named and most houses do not
have a number.
Add to that the ongoing struggle with al Qaeda-linked insurgents, who
still control much of the countryside, and parts of the coastline
infested with pirates, and it is clear the U.N.'s Universal Postal
Union (UPU) and its partners have their work cut out.
The Swiss-based UPU said in a statement on Friday that international
postal services could start operating again in Somalia within the next
few months.
Somalia's Minister of Information and Communication Abdullahi Hirsi
signed a memorandum of understanding with Emirates Post Group this
week for Dubai to act as a hub for handling mail destined for Somalia,
it said.
The UPU, which brokered the deal, said its 192 member countries could
resume sending mail to Somalia once the arrangements were finalized.
About 2 million Somalis live abroad and 9.9 million in Somalia, served
by a postal network that is "basically inexistant", the UPU said,
having dwindled from 100 post offices in 1991.
UPU spokesman Rheal LeBlanc said Somalia had created an office at the
airport to handle mail moving in and out of the country, initially to
service the government, embassies and universities, "but they seem to
have plans to phase in postal services across the country over the
next few months and years".
Hirsi said his country would need help getting the post going again.
"We ask for all means of assistance as we have to start from ground
zero," the UPU statement quoted him as saying.
In the latest sign of optimism that Somalia was emerging from its
violent recent past, Britain opened an embassy at Mogadishu airport on
Thursday after its previous mission closed in 1991 as civil war broke
out (Reporting by Tom Miles; editing by Mike Collett-White) (via Ulis
Fleming, K3LU, Maryland USA, via Joe Talbot, AB, DXLD)
** SOMALIA [non]. My most awaited catch: 11610, Sharooqa finally
heard!!! 1610 YL with stringed instrument, S6-7, ID by OM and echoed
(not clear with many talks in Arabic). Program seems religious (??
Catholic?) as ‘al kitab’ was mentioned several times. Then HOA songs
were aired. Therefore I can suppose that the program is aimed towards
Somalia (??). Question: I read that Sharooqa means sunrise. Is this
station related to R Sunrise of UK? AFAIK in older times was a
possibly successful Indian song station. Is far as I can remember it
was transmitted on 1458 and via satellite (Zacharias Liangas,
Thessaloniki, Greece, May 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST) No
** SOMALILAND. SOMALIA, R. Hargeisa on 7120kHz, Times of sign off:
Apr 01 1859*
Apr 02 1859*
Apr 03 1900*
Apr 04 1859*
Apr 05 1900*
Apr 06 1859*
Apr 07 1859*
Apr 08 1859*
Apr 09 1859*
Apr 10 1901*
Apr 11 1859*
Apr 12 1900*
Apr 13 1858*
Apr 14 1901*
Apr 15 1900*
Apr 16 1900*
Apr 17 1859*
Apr 18 1859*
Apr 19 1859*
Apr 20 1900*
Apr 21 1858*
Apr 22 1859*
Apr 24 1901*
Apr 25 1859*
Apr 26 1904*
Apr 27 1900*
Apr 28 1902*
Apr 29 1900*
(Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH AFRICA. On the subject of missing stations, note that here in
South Africa we are being threatened with rolling power cuts during
the coming winter. Due to government and parastatal (Eskom)
incompetence over the past many years, the country has virtually no
reserves of electricity-generation capacity to cope with even minor
emergencies. I mention this because power cuts played havoc with
transmissions from Meyerton earlier this year, and the same problem
may soon be encountered again when the cold weather hits us. During
the 2008 winter season, Eskom's solution was simply to initiate
rolling blackouts of four or five hours duration on a daily basis to
ensure reduced electricity consumption (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg
RSA, April 27, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
I didn`t realize Jo`burg is (more than) a mile-high city; here`s a
page about its climate showing the average minimum in June/July is 4
degrees, and there is hardly any frost. Latitude is only 26, like
Miami, but there the similarity ends at altitude and also inland. But
then beyond Cape Town, there is nothing but ocean to Antarctica. Does
this make for a milder or harsher climate than at the same latitude
north in America with large land masses toward the pole? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH AFRICA. Radio Pulpit, 729 Klipheuwel, near Stellenbosch. Apr
29, 2013 Monday. 1903-2005. African choir and other vocalists singing
hymns. Initially too poor to get an id, but the sound seemed
consistent with their internet stream, although definitely not
synchronized with it. Finally got a full id at 2000, “729 Cape Pulpit,
your daily companion”. This is a newish religious station on that
frequency, I have never heard it before. 729 has always been a clear
frequency here in Jo'burg. Poor. Jo'burg sunset 1539 (Bill Bingham,
Johannesburg RSA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Is it all in English? Locations look Afrikaans (gh, DXLD)
Hi Glenn, Reception was generally poor but the bits I could make out
last night were all in English. The Western Cape is home to a massive
English speaking population. Having said that, I am hearing them
tonight as well, but much better, and it is a YL talking in what
sounds like isiXhosa, the main indiginous language in that area.
729 Cape Pulpit. 729 Klipheuwel, near Stellenbosch. Apr 30, 2013
Tuesday. 1802-1830. isiXhosa, YL introducing religious songs sung in
both English and isiXhosa. At 1807 “Your daily companion”, at 1812
“729 Cape Pulpit, your daily companion”. At about 800 miles, reception
is surprisingly good, far better than the Voice of Zimbabwe on 999
from the somewhat closer Gweru. At least it was until 1826 when
someone around here switched on an appliance, which has decimated
reception. Jo'burg sunset 1539. So it could well be multilingual, but
I'll keep an eye on it.
729 Cape Pulpit. 729 Klipheuwel, near Stellenbosch. Apr 30, 2013
Tuesday. 1900-1922. English, a different YL introducing more religious
songs, still sung in both languages. At 1900 ID “729 Cape Pulpit, your
daily companion”. At 1907 ID “729 Cape Pulpit, radio with heart and
soul”. Noted that this station is quite different programming from the
current transmission of Radio Pulpit on 657 from Meyerton. I don't
know if there is any connection between the two. Very good now a
neighbour's appliance has been turned off. Jo'burg sunset 1539 (Bill
Bingham, Johannesburg RSA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH AFRICA. 3319.996, Radio Sonder Grense, 32333, Idling ute on
low side, SSB on high side. American show tune. Afrikaans male
announcer. Well before sunrise in SA. 0215 Johnny Mathis song. Cow
sound over song. Usually I hear cow sounds and rooster crows on this
one. Might be considered a signature of sorts. 0223 into another song
with no talk between (Mike Gilchrist in rural EC Iowa, April 26,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7230, May 1 at 0513, Channel Africa with English news about Angola,
poor signal. Don`t hear this much, while domestic R. Sonder Grense
also via Meyerton on 7285 is regular. 7230 is 100 kW at 5 degrees and
M-F only; 7285 is 100 kW at 275 degrees, which happens to be much more
favorable USward (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN. Radio Vitoria apaga su onda media. Programa especial
Radio Vitoria al igual que Radio Euskadi y Euskadi Irratia del grupo
eitb, va a dejar de emitir en onda media. Este 30 de abril a las 00
horas finalizarán nuestras emisiones en onda media. En el caso de
Radio Vitoria, tras 80 años de emisiones, finalizará con un programa
especial dedicado a nostálgicos y diexistas. Será una hora y media en
la que se emitirán partes de programas, sintonías, indicativos,
promociones y voces que han sonado a lo largo de estos 80 años. Para
la ocasión habrá una QSL que se enviará via e-mail a los informes de
recepción que llegue a la dirección de correo radio_vitoria@ eitb.com.
Radio Vitoria seguirá emitiendo a través de su red de FM y a través de
internet y todos los dispositivos móviles.
El programa especial dedicado a nostálgicos y diexistas será de 22:30
a 00:00 (2030-2230 UT) del 30 de abril por la frecuencia de 1602 kHz.
Web de la emisora:
http://www.eitb.com/es/radio/radio-vitoria/
(Información recibida de Francisco Txabi Matxain)
73 (José Bueno, Spain, April 26, condiglista yg via DXLD)
Radio Vitoria 1602 kHz - special final MW broadcast on 30 April
Radio Vitoria like Radio Euskadi / Euskadi Irratia EITB group, will
stop broadcasting on medium wave. This 30 April at midnight our
broadcasts on medium wave end. In the case of Radio Vitoria, after 80
years of broadcasting, we end with a special program devoted to
nostalgia and DXers. It will be an hour and a half including examples
of programmes, promotions and voices that have been heard over the
past 80 years. For the occasion there will be a QSL sent via e-mail
for reception reports sent to radio_vitoria@eitb.com mailing address.
Radio Vitoria continue to emit through its network of FM and via the
internet and all mobile devices. The special program devoted to
nostalgia and DXers will be from 22:30 to 00:00 (2030 to 2230 UT) on
30 April on the 1602 kHz frequency. Station Web:
http://www.eitb.com/es/radio/radio-vitoria/
(Information received from Francisco Txabi Matxain via Jose Bueno,
mwdx yg. Translated from Spanish via Google (via Dave Kenny, April 26,
BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)
Thx Jose, I was aware that Euskadi was leaving AM but unaware that
Vitoria was. Vitoria on 1602 could sometimes make it into the US
Midwest during good TA cx. These departures will open up some channels
for DXers here. Perhaps Newfoundland Canada is far enough east and
dark enough to catch some of the special program. 73 KAZ Barrington
IL, USA, (Neil Kazaross, mwdx yg via DXLD)
Radio Vitoria, Radio Euskadi and Euskadi Irratia last hours: MW
stations switch off today 30 April 2013 at 24:00 Spanish time. [2200*
UT] These stations remain on the internet and FM:
Euskadi Irratia: 1197, 1386, 1476
Radio Euskadi: 756, 819, 963
Radio Vitoria 1602
A special program can be heard via Radio Vitoria (1602 kHz) 2030-2200
UT and reception reports are welcome radio_vitoria @ eitb.com
A special e-QSL for this event will send to correct reports.
(Juan Antonio Arranz Sanz, http://jaarranzs.blogspot.com/
http://www.jaarranzs.com dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Euskadi Irratia: 1197, 1386, 1476 was still going strong at 0400 UT
this morning as was Radio Euskadi on 756, 819, and 963. I could hear R
Vitoria weakly at 2200 utc with a closedown announcement, "última
emisión de Radio Vitoria en onda media" (Paul Crankshaw, Troon,
Scotland, May 1, MWCircle yg via DXLD)
It seems Euskadi Irratia stations are still on. Reception quality of
the closing down Radio Vitoria on MW was moderate here. Nice
announcement at the end mentioning in all years they received
reception reports mostly from Scandinavia, Germany, Italy, France and
Great Britain, but also from Japan.
And they sent greetings to all listeners who were now listening to
this last transmission. Also many times I heard the old announcement
with callsign EAJ62. They asked for reception reports to radio_vitoria
@ eitb.com (Max van Arnhem, The Netherlands. 2015 UT May 1, ibid.)
2015 UT check on Twente SDR shows Euskadi Irratia still on 1386 &
1476. Radio Euskadi is still on 819 & 963 also DH KCMO (Dave Hughes,
Kansas City MO, May 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Euscadi Irratia was still active in the evening of May 1st, but today
on the 2nd, 1386 and 1476 (the only channels usually audible here)
seem to be gone. I did tune in at times just to enjoy this unusual
language. The intonation was much like Spanish, but the difference was
that it was hard to understand even a single word (Olle Alm, Sweden,
ibid.)
** SPAIN [and non]. 30 April 2013, 1454: Just tuned into REE Spanish
service on 21610 to hear their IS and an announcement saying that on
Thursday some frequencies for Central America will be off due to
maintenance works at Cariari. Alas, I missed which ones. 55544, //
21515 (55555). (Eike Bierwirth, Leipzig / Germany, Perseus SDR + DX-10
Pro active antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
If I caught it right (lots of local noise) REE is announcing that
there will be maintenance at the Cariari, Costa Rica relay
transmission site from 18 to 19 UT on Thursday, May 2. Their
frequencies for C. America (9765) and S. America (11815) will be off
the air for one hour (David Williams, ibid.) teamwork
5995, April 29 at 0520, REE COSTA RICA relay is again on wrong
frequency after 0400 instead of vacant 5965. Seems this happens about
once a week (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also COSTA
RICA
** SRI LANKA. Iranawila transmitter for VoA Kurdish, 11985 kHz (55555
at 1725 UT), creates spurs on +/- 103.8 kHz: it is also on 12088.85
(carrier wobbling around 100 Hz, decent audio, SINPO 43333) and on
11881.2, also decent audio, with QRM from CRI 11875. 73, (Eike
Bierwirth, Leipzig, Germany, Perseus SDR+DX-10 Pro Active antenna, May
1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
1 May 2013, 1725: Iranawila is producing spurs! Heard children
screaming on 12088.8, so looked for possible sources and quickly found
same program on strong 11985, VoA Kurdish Iranawila. Also heard mirror
spur on 11881.2. The spurs had actually pretty decent audio, just a
wobbly carrier (moving within 100 Hz or so). (Eike Bierwirth, Leipzig
/ Germany, Perseus SDR + DX-10 Pro active antenna, ibid.)
Maybe related to the spur 12097-12098 I heard? See UNIDENTIFIED,
PHILIPPINES. But 11985 fundamental not on the air at that hour, circa
1230. IRA is listed on 12005 at 11-17 and 12130 at 12-13 (gh, DXLD)
** SUDAN. 7205, Radio Omdurman. 0303-0325 21/4, news in Arabic
followed by music program. Poor signal and mainly covered by heavy
amateur radio operator contest QRM (Richard A. D’Angelo, Wyomissing,
PA, U.S.A. (Ten-Tec RX-340, Drake R-8B, Eton E1, Eton E5, Alpha Delta
DX Sloper, RF Systems Mini-Windom, Datong FL3, JPS ANC-4), May
Australian DX News via DXLD)
Same, S/on at 0227 on 13/4, ex 7200 with program in Arabic, but mixed
with Eritrea from around 0254 (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF
2001D ant Folded Marconi own made), May Australian DX News via WORLD
OF RADIO 1667, DXLD)
** TAIWAN. Keith Perron writes today on the PCJ Media and PCJ Radio
Facebook group: PCJ Domestic is dropping all remaining BBC WS programs
from May 1st, 2013. In it's place will be increased hours for Radio
Australia and Radio New Zealand International. This decision has to do
with the fact the BBC World Service programs have no relevance to
listens in Taiwan. RA and RNZI have excellent international news
coverage and excellent coverage of news in the Asia Pacific (via Mike
Terry, April 24, dxldyg via DXLD)
What`s PCJ Domestic? On the air or just on the web? Which reminds me,
are any of those new PCJ SW transmitters on the air yet in regular
service or even testing? (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)
** TAIWAN. UNKNOWNISTAN: 12500, Sound of Hope, Taiwan (list log);
1323, 25-Apr; 2M in Chinese talking. Poor at QRN level, but no jamming
evident (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie;
85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on my
receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) So it`s not CNR1 jamming
by itself? (gh, DXLD)
14400, TAIWAN: Sound of Hope Radio International, Xi Wang Zhi Sheng,
??, Chinese, 26.04 2240. OM/YL: Talk, talk, and talk, 2300 UT, time
signal, a estação deu sign-off nas transmissões, 25422. Rx: Kenwood R-
1000, Ant.: PA0RDT Mini-Whip, 73, (Rudolf Grimm, São Bernardo SP,
http://dxways.blogspot.com
http://www.ondascurtas.com radioescutas yg via DXLD)
Unless you are fluent in Chinese and/or check // frequencies
carefully, you should not assume you are hearing SOH instead of CNR1
or other ChiCom jamming!!! I have to say this over and over. The
timesignal at TOH sign-off is a signature of CNR1 jamming. Does SOH
ever do timesignals itself??? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
14700, Sound of Hope TWN, 1150 27 Apr, px loc + jamming, 23333
16920, Sound of Hope TWN, 1220 27 Apr, px loc + jamming, 23333
(Mauro Giroletti, -Swl 1510- -IK2GFT- -JRC525Nrd - Lowe HF150-
Filter PAR Electronics - BCST-LPF + BCST-HPF- DSP 9 -Eavesdropper SWL
Sloper 11mt to 120mt Band- Loop ALA 100 M -Lat. 45 25'0" N Long.
9 7'0" E -Locator grid. Jn 45 Nk- playdx yg via DXLD)
What kind of jamming??? (gh, DXLD) See also CHINA for FD and non jam
** TAIWAN. INDEPENDENT RADIO BROADCASTERS AT PERIL IN TAIWAN
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wBxvidde-68/UXlFpwutt1I/AAAAAAAAOmw/ZcuWJL28mAc/s1600/1304210957131770-676x406.jpg
Radio Taiwan International (RTI) substation in Tianma has 20 antennas,
each 75 meters high, forming a circle. Its coverage area is no. 1 in
the world. RTI is planning to shut down its substations and end its
contracts with Sound of Hope Radio and Radio Free Asia, which have
been broadcasting uncensored news to the mainland. (Li Yuan/The Epoch
Times) [caption]
By Li Miaoren/Epoch Times Staff - April 25, 2013
Media freedom in Taiwan is again under attack by political forces from
mainland China, resulting in a sudden decision by Radio Taiwan
International (RTI) to dismantle two of its substations. Among RTI’s
customers who will lose their contracts are Sound of Hope Radio and
Radio Free Asia, which have played an important role in broadcasting
uncensored news to the mainland.
Earlier this month, RTI’s largest customer, Sound of Hope Radio (SOH),
received a notice that the Huwei substation in Yunlin County will be
dismantled beginning June 1. The eight radio antennas pointing towards
China will be removed ahead of schedule, and the broadcasting business
will also stop at the end of May.
Tainan, another RTI substation in Tianma, will also be dismantled in a
few months’ time, according to an insider.
This has caused great concern at SOH headquarters in California. SOH
has worked with RTI for over nine years, utilizing RTI’s shortwave
spectrum to broadcast independent newsprograms from the West into
mainland China.
According to insider information, RTI high-level executives visited
mainland China at the end of February. Soon after, RTI announced its
intention to take down the two substations.
Following the removal of the substations, RTI will terminate all its
rebroadcasting customers and also stop its own shortwave broadcasting,
and develop a mobile platform and Internet broadcasting instead, the
insider said.
Zeng (Allen) Yong, President of SOH, told The Epoch Times he had
rushed to Taiwan as he was very concerned about RTI’s move to
terminate its main customers in the name of consolidating substations
and eventually ending shortwave broadcasting into China–a matter of
great concern to the Communist Party, which censors media in the
mainland.
SOH has been doing business with RTI since 2004. At the end of 2009,
due to pressure from the Party, RIT wanted to reduce SOH’s time slots
by 50 percent. This move alerted the European Parliament and the U.S.
Congress. A number of Congressmen publicly spoke out on the matter,
forcing the Taiwanese government to step in. Coupled with pressure
byTaiwan media, the cutback plan was withdrawn.
“We hope this matter is not a repeat of 2009,” Zeng said. “The
Republic of China is a free and democratic country. Free media
broadcasting into China plays a big role in bringing truthful
information to mainland Chinese. It should be protected and
encouraged, rather than suppressed and eradicated.”
Zeng appealed to Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou to pay attention to
the matter, saying SOH Radio, Free Asia Radio, and others have played
a positive role in broadcasting free information to mainlanders. RTI’s
plan to dismantle its substations looks like “some black box
operation,” using shortwave radio as a bargaining chip in exchange for
political interests on the other side of strait.
Written by Li Miaoren. Translation by John Wang. Written in English by
Gisela Sommer.
SOURCE
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/24271-independent-radio-broadcasters-at-peril-in-taiwan/
Publicado
http://yimber-gaviria.blogspot.com/2013/04/taiwan-independent-radio-broadcasters.html
(Via Yimber Gaviria, Colombia, DXLD)
Hi Glenn, I heard strong rumours some months ago that Huwei & Tainan
were to close. Mind you digging through my archives, an announcement
about Huwei closure occurred as far back as 2009 after a meeting,
along with two MW sites. The official line is that RTI will remain on
SW.
The Taiwanese KMT government has always been more China friendly than
the DPP, but I don't know if the downsizing decision is an economic
one or a political one. Either way one shouldn't be surprised at SW
TXion downsizing these days. An interesting article - thanks for
sharing. Regards (Ian Baxter, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This story published by Epoch Times is a piece of Falun Gong
propaganda. Epoch Times is leaving vital information out and has
created much of the information in its story. First Epoch Times is
funded by Falun Gong, just as New Tang Dynasty Television.
While it's true that the Huwei station is being taken off line, there
is a good reason. First: This site is one of the older ones in Taiwan
and has many technical issues. Second: These antennas and this site is
and was used for targeting South East Asia. Never China. Third: The
other site they mention is in the same position as the Huwei site. And
broadcasts from these two relays will be moved to the more modern
stations. Fourth: RTI managers have met with CRI managers many times
before. Fifth: The meeting that took place was at a meeting of Asia
broadcasters. Other broadcasters were there. Sixth: These two sites
were slated to be cut years ago.
Epoch Times is very pro-Democratic Progressive Party or PAN GREENS.
Ever since Ma Ying Jeou was elected as President of Taiwan, Epoch
Times and New Tang Dynasty Television have been on a all out attack
against the Kuomintang or PAN BLUES. This story is nothing more than
political propaganda against the Ma government. It increased when the
former DPP and President Chen Shibien was sentenced to 20 years in
prison over corruption. The DPP and Falun Gong keep saying these
charges are all fake.
This is despite the fact that the US Government has seized property
worth 30 million USD, The Swiss Government returned to Taiwan over 20
million in Swiss Bank accounts. Chen's children who fled Taiwan have
an arrest warrant against them for making a transfer of Taiwan state
funds to Singapore worth 2 million (Keith Perron, Taiwan, April 27,
dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1667, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Keith, rather EXTENSION work on Paochung SW. Recent Google Earth image
of Paochung SW site tells the true story, some new Thomson RIGID
antenna refurbishing work is underway at present on Paochung SW site.
73 wolfy (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.)
RTI (Taiwan) SW transmitter Site News 2013-Apr-11: As I expected RTI
finally officially announced that the Huwei transmitter will close in
the near future. Also new from my observations; I note new (just
released) GE imagery of the Kouhu & Paochung SW site.
Kouhu appears to still have the two SW 'net style LP antennas, as
previously in other imagery.
Of particular interest to me is the very recent imagery of the
Paochung SW site. At the northern section of this site there "appears"
to be new SW antenna mast sections (lying on the ground) ready for
assembly of a possible new SW curtain array at this site.
It could 'possibly' be that the mast sections are from a disassembled
curtain array from one of the long since unused arrays at either Huwei
or Tainan - we need confirmation of this (Ian Baxter, Australia,
SWsites Apr 11 via BC-DX April 26 via DXLD)
Ian, I guess Taiwan is awaiting new Thomcast ant and TX equipment
soon, right? (Wolfgang Büschel, April 18, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Apr 26
via DXLD)
Re: Kouhu site location ?
Hi Wolfy, The SW antennas easily seen here:
23.534195 N 120.167644 E
The MW antennas found a long time ago (re Alan's notes). the SW
antennas only very recently seen in GE with the new higher resolution
imagery.
Maybe Keith Perron knows more about the Thomcast Txers etc. I suspect
those plans were cancelled, if RTI was the client? RTI doesn't claim
to know anything about new SW DRM transmitters.
Could this leave one of the two other Taiwanese SW broadcasters? I
don't know (Ian Baxter-AUS, SW TX site Apr 19, ibid.)
This is your e-mail of 2010, see also the log-periodics ?
both antennas at Kouhu ARE HORIZONTAL LOG PERIODICS at
Kouhu - Hukou Village. Here's a new Panoramio image of a net style LOG
periodic at or near the RTI Kouhu site. I didn't know RTI utilised any
log periodics SW antennas at any of its sites?? Perhaps this antenna
is used by a different organisation adjacent to the RTI site?? I'm
really not sure - more investigation needed.
Below is the link to the previously seen RTI MW antenna at Kouhu.
(Ian Baxter-AUS, SW TXsite Jan 17, 2010, via ibid.)
Ian, according to Ampegon/Thomson prospectus
- the easy RIGID antenna is NOT of revolving type,
- but can be slewed +/-30 degrees,
- revolving unit of RIGID type, but called Ampegon RCA 2/2 or 4/4
dipole element are revolving types though (Büschel, April 20, wwdxc
BC-DX TopNews Apr 26 via DXLD)
Re: TWN_PAO Pao-Chung Bau Jong_new Thomcast antennas 23Feb2013
Hi Wolfy, Thanks for the information. You may well be correct with
your thoughts re *Bau Jong & *Thomson Ampegon antennas. Time will
tell, I guess. I'll keep an eye on that. Also perhaps a new
electricity substation added there recently or so it appears?
I found an email item today from a year ago that Huwei TX site would
close. That decision was made back in 2009 apparently!
Also seemingly that either a 90 or 75mb outlet SW antenna removed from
Kouhu site some time ago (assume many years ago now), but I find no
early imagery to confirm that.
New land clearing around the old PaLi site. But the disused PaLi site
remains (Ian Baxter-AUS, SW TXsite Apr 20, ibid.)
Re: TWN_PAO Pao-Chung Bau Jong_new Thomcast antennas 23Feb2013
Hi Wolfy, Thanks for the information. You may well be correct with
your thoughts re *Bau Jong & *Thomson Ampegon antennas.
Time will tell I guess. I'll keep an eye on that. Also perhaps a new
electricity substation added there recently or so it appears?
I found an email item today from a year ago that Huwei TX site would
close. That decision was made back in 2009 apparently!
Also seemingly that either a 90 or 75mb outlet SW antenna removed from
Kouhu site some time ago (assume many years ago now), but I find no
early imagery to confirm that.
New land clearing around the old PaLi site. But the disused PaLi site
remains (Ian Baxter-AUS, SW TXsite Apr 20)
See my finding in BING, seen is an easy Dipole two mast in 267 and 310
degree direction. Kouhu appears to still have the two SW 'net style LP
antennas, as previously in other imagery.
G.E. image of 23 Febr 2013
New Thomcast RCA / RIGID antennas on CBS / RTI site ?
TWN _ PAO Pao-Chung / Bau Jong,
new Thomcast antennas, image of 23 Febr 2013,
seemingly two revolving RIGID type antennas, like at Sines Portugal
23 43 38.83 N 120 18 02.96 E
see older Terraserver image of 21 May 2012
but probably also remove of the older easy dipole masts and will be
replaced by another Thomcast antenna ?? RCA 2x2 / 4x4 dipoles,
or RIGID antenna.
The tx building site is being cleared? at:
23 43 38.68 N 120 17 57.70 E
probably dipole antennas and the four poles to be removed, and
replaced by revolving RIGID ANTENNA unit (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.)
You have to understand there are a number of "sleeper sites" as they
are called in Chinese, located in Taiwan that RTI would not know
anything about. And discussing about these sites in an open forum such
as this one --- I know for a fact that China checks out, just passes
along information that should not be known. Taiwan is not the only
place to do this. Israel also does the same (Keith Perron, Taiwan,
April 28, dxldyg via DXLD)
** TAJIKISTAN. 1251, BBC WS is on new 1251 kHz from 1630 to 1800 UT.
Transmitter site is Dushanbe/Yangiyul 38 28 44 N, 68 28 20 E, 1630-
1700 interval signals, 1700-1730 English, 1730-1800 Russian (Christian
Bruelhart via Ydun’s Medium Wave Info 5.4.2013 via ARC mv-eko 15 April
via DXLD)
** TAJIKISTAN. 11530, April 26 at 1234, nothing but big hum and
flutter, no modulation, as Voice of Russia is wasting its relay rubles
on this site; the hum is always there even when modulating. Was it
thus for the entire scheduled 5-hour span, 10-15 UT in English except
13-14 Hindi? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TANNU TUVA. 22.04.2013, took Tuvinskoye Radio in Russian from 2310
to 2333 UTC on 6100 kHz frequency. At 2310 identification "says
Kyzyl." [Govorit Kyzyl] Then the news in Russian. Unfortunately
audibility was very bad and the interference created Radio Havana Cuba
in Spanish. SINPO: 22332. Receiver: Degen 1103, Antenna: Telescopic
(Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" via RusDX via WORLD
OF RADIO 1667, DXLD)
** THAILAND. 6765.1-USB, Bangkok Meteorological Radio heard 4/21 from
1200 tune with man and woman with typical weather forecasts and the
musical interlude between weather reports. Thai and English, but more
of the former than the latter. From 1200 to 1300 the reception was
overall poor, but improved in the 1300-1400 hour to fair with some
adjacent channel ute QRM and a noisy channel. Nothing heard in this
time period from the 8743 USB channel - this is nominally a 10 kW
transmitter while the 6765.1 USB channel is 1 kW (per their QSL card),
so I'm assuming the 8743 frequency is not being used for some reason
(Bruce Churchill via DXPlorer via SW Bulletin April 28 via DXLD)
** TIBET [non]. 15525, 25/Apr 1420, MADAGASCAR (Relay), Voice of Tibet
(PRESUMED) in Tibetan. Animated chat between OM and YL. Very weak
signal and degrading in my QTH, but modulation audible. Good signal in
SDR, Twente, Chinese jammer audible and continues after the end of
transmission. At 1430 end of transmission. 73 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de
Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** TIBET [and non]. TAJIKISTAN/CHINA/UNIDENTIFIED, 15568 kHz, V of
Tibet in Tibetan via Yangi Yul-Dushanbe TJK at 1305 UT May 1, at
S=9+5dB level also heard here in central Europe. NO JAMMING nearby.
15608 kHz Chinese Unidentified odd frequency broadcast, at 1308-1315
UT heard on May 1. Noted nearby CNR{probably as jamming program} on
15610 kHz and co-channel US WEWN English underneath.
AOKI list shows 15608/15607 also V of Tibet shortwave broadcast, but
in Chinese language, also from Yangi Yul-TJK at 1200-1230, 1300-1335,
and 1333-1400 UT. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DXLD)
** TUNISIA. [Re 13-17:] Checking here, in Massachusetts, at 2110 no
sign of Tunisia on either frequency. Normally these are quite good
here at this time. Currently hearing CRI on both 7225 (Croatian with
poor signal) & 7345 (Italian with good signal). (Stephen C Wood,
Harwich, Mass. Perseus SDR with 25 x 50 Northeast terminated superloop
antenna, April 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7275, April 25 at 0454, IWT is still missing for a second day. Next
news will be if and when it come back (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Radio Tunis seems is on the air only from 0300 on 17735, from 0400 on
7275 and from 0600 on 7335 but not in their evening from 1600 on
17735. But only on April 22 was heard 1800-1900 on 7225, 17735, MWs
585 and 684 - all in Arabic. With kindest regards, (Rumen Pankov,
Sofia, Bulgaria on 27 April 2013, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7275, still nothing from IWT April 27 circa 0530. However, Rumen
Pankov in Sofia, Bulgaria reports today: [as above] (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
TUNISIA [not], RTT Sfax WAS NOT ON AIR on various checks on Apr 26,
and also EMPTY channels on Apr 27 morning on 17735, 7275, and 7335
kHz. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7275, April 28 at 0447, IWT still absent. Wolfgang Büschel says it is
missing from all frequencies, contrary to Rumen Pankov`s observations
I quoted yesterday.
7275, April 30 at 0539, 7275 is still off, and at 0600 so is 7335,
since IWT vanished last week. BTW, I see others still like to call
this RTT, abbreviation for its French name, even tho on SW it only
broadcast in Arabic! IWT abbreviates the Arabic ID listed in WRTH:
``Idha`atu-l-Wataniya at-Tunisiya``. Soon to be moot if it never come
back (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. Uebrigens meldet Vlad aus der Ukraine, dass Istanbul
Catalca 702 kHz wieder im alten Sendeplan sendet. Schedule OBSERVED
at *0258-2202* UT by Vlad.
702 kHz Istanbul Catalca Izzettin, 1200 kW (2 x 600 kW)
41 11 03.30 N 28 30 44.21 E
2nd most active mediumwave broadcaster in Turkey
Antalya Aksu Gücünde 891 kHz 600 kW.
(Wolfgang Büschel, April 21, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Apr 26 via DXLD)
Btw, Wolfy, may be this is news to you: I've noted TUR-702 kHz active
full day now, heard them as late as ~20z, s/on *0258- UT, have to
check sign-off time (presumed -23* UT) - 73, (Vlad Titarev, Ukraine,
April 21, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Apr 26 via DXLD)
TRT MW schedules had been drastically curtailed last year(?) (gh)
** TURKEY. Voice of Turkey on 13510 --- Heard via Twente sdr at 1220-
1230 UT, not very strong. Sounded like the end of English program,
into VOT IS and off at 1230. Not found in Aoki or EiBi. Leapfrog?
DH KCMO (Dave Hughes, Missouri, April 26, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Yes; that would be the beginning of the English program at 1230 which
is supposed to be on 15450; typical sloppiness, changing frequency too
late while the program feed goes on inexorably from the studio at
proper timing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Easy INTERMODULATION formula task at the TX center EMIRLER:
13635 0600-1300 EMR 500kW 310deg TURKISH EUR/AM
13760 1130-1230 EMR 500kW 310deg GERMAN EUR
13635 x 2 = 27270 minus 13760 = 13510 kHz German px
symmetrically maybe COULD also be on 13885 kHz, Turkish px.
37 wb df5sx wwdxc, (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.)
Thank you WB. I am at work & I sneak in a little DX'ing via Twente in
the morning but I didn't have a chance to "run the numbers" & figure
that one out. regards, (DH KCMO, ibid.)
Since 27270 is just an interim figure in the computation, where no
signal necessarily appears, it`s even easier to subtract 13635 from
13760, and then subtract the difference again (125 in this case) to
get the leapfrog spur; or vice versa. Much easier to visualize this
way (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** UGANDA. 4976 UBC, Kampala. Very poor in EE on 1905, 16/4 (John
Adams, Beech Forest Vic (JRC NRD-535 Ewe and Folded Dipole), May
Australian DX News via DXLD)
This signal has been variable here over the past couple of months, but
today it was strong and clear. However, the audio often appears to be
low even when the carrier is strong. Preserving the transmitter
valves?? ;-) African pops with English announcements at 2015, and a
quick ID at 2030. 30/3 (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, Vic (Kenwood
TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Double Bazooka antennas for 80 and 40 metres,
Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital Noise Eliminating
Module, MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling Module, ATU), May Australian DX News
via DXLD)
** UKRAINE. Domenica 28 aprile 2013, 0625 - 11980, R. DNIPROVSKA
HVYLYA (AM reduced). SF (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH G.C. 09E13 - 44N21,
Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, playdx yg via DXLD)
** U K. QSL: RAF Volmet, 11253, date/frequency/"time slot" letter in
35 days for English airmail report and US $2 return postage
(returned). V/s Squadron Leader John A Lawson, BEng RAF, john dot
lawson748 at mod dot uk. For anyone who is interested, Squadron Leader
is equivalent to the US rank of Major. 73, (Al Muick, Whitehall PA
USA, Microtelecom Perseus / Wellbrook ALA1530P active loop, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) Good idea to write in English, hi (gh, DXLD)
** U K [and non]. Upcoming changes of BBC from May 5:
0300-0400 11820 WOF 300 kW / 137 deg CEAf Arabic, additional
0600-0700 7355 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg WeAf English, ex 9410
0600-0700 9410 WOF 300 kW / 170 deg WeAf English new site, ex ASC
1345-1430 5890 SNG 100 kW / 340 deg SEAs Burmese, ex 7465 from Apr 22
2000-2100 12095 WOF 250 kW / 170 deg WeAf English, ex 9915 (DX RE MIX
NEWS #778 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, April 30, 2013 via DXLD)
** U S A. BBG Expands Its Reach With SoundCloud
May 1, 2013 WASHINGTON - The Broadcasting Board of Governors today
announced a new strategic partnership with leading audio platform
SoundCloud, adding hundreds of hours of audio programming weekly for
users to access worldwide. The move is expected to expand the BBG's
online audience by introducing its radio broadcasts to a new, widely-
available mobile platform and to content-sharing through social media.
"Audio programming is the lifeblood of our broadcasters' connection to
much of their worldwide audiences," said Syndication Product Lead
Addie Nascimento with the BBG's Office of Digital and Design
Innovation. "Reinventing that experience through the SoundCloud
platform and allowing for audio to become a social experience will
revitalize our audio content in a powerful way."
From Khmer to Kurdish, content in more than 40 languages from all five
broadcasters of the BBG will be made available through the platform.
Each of the broadcasters has multiple accounts based on the language
services it provides, and there is flexibility to add more accounts
based on user demand.
Users will be able to find BBG content by searching SoundCloud for
either their favorite program or a broadcaster's name. Listeners will
also be able to connect directly on SoundCloud's waveform with other
users who share similar interests.
SoundCloud provides an easy way to share audio programming on the web,
as it lets users distribute content seamlessly across numerous social
channels. BBG content uploaded to SoundCloud may be posted to
Facebook, Twitter, Tumbler and Pinterest, appearing on the user's
profiles via SoundCloud's HTML5 widget, thereby increasing audience
reach for the BBG.
"SoundCloud is thrilled to be working with BBG to share their
expansive, multi-lingual content across the web," said SoundCloud Head
of Audio Manolo Espinosa. "Collaborating with the BBG enriches our
community with their global audio programming and offers an
opportunity for the BBG to expand their online growth and secure new
listeners."
The partnership between the BBG and SoundCloud provides more
comprehensive access than an individual membership would in order for
BBG to centrally manage multiple language profiles, through automated
feeds or manual uploads.
SoundCloud is available as an app for both iOS and Android, and is
available online at http://www.soundcloud.com (Letitia King, BBG PR
via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, DXLD)
** U S A. 5745-AM, VoA Radiogram with lots of THOR mode tests
contrasted with MFSK. This transmission was a bit different in that it
had little human voice audio, and was mostly digital mode. The
'continuity' announcements were all done in MFSK 16 rather than voice
audio, so if you weren't set up to decode, you would not be able to
follow what was happening well. They did have ONE 'spectrum' picture:
[attached in original]
and a couple of VoA Radiogram graphics which were no different than
the ones we've printed in TipSheets in the past, so I won't send those
again. THOR worked OK at slower modes, but at THOR 50 and THOR 100 it
broke down due to noise. They tried a FLMSG formatted web page at THOR
100 but it was too noisy even with the great reception at this time to
work so there were a lot of error messages rather than a 'clean'
decode. Heard *0230-0300* at 554+4+4+ but as usual the audio was a bit
more muffled than the digital tones. Still perfectly readable. 21/Apr
(Kenneth Vito Zichi, MI, MARE Tipsheet 26 April via DXLD)
VOA Radiogram 02h40 28Apr2013 MFSK32 text and image 5745 kHz.JPG
VOA Radiogram 02h40 28Apr2013 MFSK32 text and image 5745 kHz.JPG
Monitored tonight at 0230 to 0300 UTC with perfect copy of the MFSK 32
and 64 texts, and images. Less so using PSK 63F with quite a few
errors. No luck at all decoding the THORs digital, nor the Flamp
digital. I did download FLamp, but nothing happened, so perhaps I
didn't configure it properly. Any ideas how it's supposed to work?
Does it work with the Fldigi? Also, FLdigi doesn't support the THOR
transmissions that Kim added. Anyway, here's what part of the
transmission looked like tonight. All on 5745 kHz from Greenville:
Inline image 1 --- 73, from (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Walter, on _5745_kHz_ I also had many errors in PSK63F. MSFK128 was
catastrophic, also not helped more: FLAMP........ The rest worked
o.k., with my equipment
Better was the radio broadcast on _17860_kHz_.
Everything seemed to be perfect.
Even the MFSK128 transfer worked in the 1st Pass. The second
transmission-correction for FLAMP was not necessary for me.
QTH is in D-06193 Petersberg/Germany Ant. Dipol for the 40mBand
My signal transmission chain/way: ICOM IC-R75 ====> IF mixer (DRM)
455kHz ===> 12kHz ===> PC sound card AC97 MIC in ===> Decoding IF with
STUDIO1 ===> Audio via SPDIF to the 2nd Soundcard (Soundbaster Live!)
for FLDIGI.
During the IF-demodulation of AM-signals I always use only one side of
the AM signal (LSB or USB separately, not the entire sum of the audio
signal) (roger, ibid.) [See also NETHERLANDS [non]]
Receiving/Decoding of the radiograms on 15670 kHz at 1930z without
problems. Here, for example MFSK128 Flamp X2 - again already on the
first pass 100% of the data, no restoration / correction required.
http://www.rhci-online.de/15670kHz_VoA_Radiogram_MFSK128_FlampX2.gif
(roger, from Saxony-Anhalt, "Land of the Early Risers"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxony-Anhalt
April 28, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 17530, April 27 at 1332, fair signal with HOA
music is VOA Somali via VATICAN this hour only. Aoki shows 17530 keeps
switching sites and languages later: 14-15 English via Botswana; 1600-
1630 Sat Kinyarwanda via São Tomé; 1830-1930 French via ST; 1930-2030
French via Bonaire [what??? As A13!]; 2030-2100 Sat Hausa via
Greenville.
Better check HFCC instead which shows 17530, daily u.o.s.:
1300-1400 Somali via Vatican; and no English at 14-15
1600-1630 Sat Kinyarwanda via ST
1630-1700 Fri Portuguese via Greenville since April 12
1700-1800 Portuguese via Greenville, ditto
1830-1930 French via ST
1930-2030 French via Greenville since April 18; and no Hausa Sat
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
More and more frequency changes of IBB, all NFs: Voice of America
1400-1500 12120 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg SoAs English Mon-Fri, ex 7540
1430-1500 12075 TIN 250 kW / 287 deg SEAs Burmese, ex 12120
1500-1600 6140 UDO 250 kW / 284 deg SoAs English-Special, ex 9760
1500-1600 12120 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg SoAs English, ex 6140
1630-1700 15115 GB 250 kW / 094 deg CSAf Portuguese Fri, ex 17530
1700-1730 15115 GB 250 kW / 094 deg CSAf Portuguese, ex 17530
1730-1800 12005 SAO 100 kW / 076 deg EaAf Oromo Mon-Fri, ex 15620
1730-1800 15115 GB 250 kW / 094 deg CSAf Portuguese, ex 17530
1800-1830 13630 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg CSAf Portuguese Mon-Fri, ex 9825
1800-1830 15115 IRA 250 kW / 255 deg CSAf Portuguese Mon-Fri, x 13630
1800-1900 12005 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg EaAf Amharic, ex 15620 WER
1900-1930 12005 BOT 100 kW / 010 deg EaAf Tigrigna Mon-Fri, ex 15620
2200-2230 5905 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg SEAs Khmer, ex 6060 (DX RE MIX
NEWS #778 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, April 30, 2013 via DXLD)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1666: confirmed on webcast, first airing on
WRMI 9955, UT Thursday April 25 at 0331. Next:
Thursday 2100 on WTWW-1 9479; UT Friday 0330v on WWRB 3195 (and we
hope they bring back up // 5050 for the summer); UT Saturday O130v on
Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB. Saturday 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger
Lokalradio 7265-CUSB; Saturday 1500 on WRMI 9955; Saturday 2330v on
WTWW-2 9930; UT Sunday 0400 on WTWW-1 5830; Sunday 2330v on WTWW-2
9930.
WORLD OF RADIO 1666 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW-1, 9479, Thursday
April 25 after 2100. Next airing 0330v on WWRB: confirmed first on
webcast, predecessor ending with ``let`s bow our heads`` at 0327,
background noise level surges, Dave IDs, false restart of that (?),
and then WOR from 0328, later confirmed also on 3195, no 5050.
Next: UT Saturday 0130v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB; Saturday 0630
& 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB; Saturday 1500 on WRMI 9955;
Saturday 2330v on WTWW-2 9930; UT Sunday 0400 on WTWW-1 5830; Sunday
2330v on WTWW-2 9930.
Larry Will of Area 51 informs us about WORLD OF RADIO via 5110v-CUSB:
``Glenn, Allan went very long tonight, until 0156, so we're going to
re-schedule World of Radio to 0200 UT Sunday on WBCQ. Happy DXing.``
Also: Saturday & Sunday 2330v on WTWW-2 9930; UT Sunday 0400 on WTWW-1
5830.
WORLD OF RADIO 1666 monitoring: started a bit late on WTWW-2, 9930,
Saturday April 27 at 2331:07, but completed at 2400:03, followed by
QSY announcement to 5085, and off, so all is well-coördinated now.
5085 may have been on for an hour, not at 0102 check.
Confirmed on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB UT Sunday April 28 at 0200,
but this was a one-time substitute for usual UT Saturday 0130v since
AWWW ran almost until 0200 then. WOR 1666 also confirmed on WTWW-1,
5830, UT Sunday April 28 at 0400.5. Next: Sunday 2330v on WTWW-2,
9930.
5830, April 28 at 0446, open carrier/dead air from WTWW-1 instead of
SFAW/PPP (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9930, WTWW, Apr 28, 2230. Huge collision or audio feed mixup. Went
thru the hour with good ID and more of religious program mixing with a
weekend Amateur Radio show (Rick Barton, Arizona, Drake R8, Hammarlund
HQ-120X; R.W. and Slinky, ABDX April 30 via DXLD)
WORLD OF RADIO 1666 monitoring: WTWW-2, 9930, Sunday April 28 at 2329,
oh, oh, double audio, a Ted Randall `QSO` show playback mixed equally
with ``Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport``, some fill music which frequently
shows up on the WTWW playlist. No WOR at 2330, but mixture continues
with other music; finally after canned ID, WOR 1666 starts at 2337,
but is useless with the double audio feed thruout; also cuts off by
0001 April 29, and then 5085 exhibits the same mixture; this is also
happening on the webcast. Once WOR finishes at 0006, only single
audio.
I wasn`t able to reach anyone at WTWW in time to fix it, but later
learned that Ted is in the hospital, and the computer decided to play
two programs at once. Get well, Ted! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** USA [and non]. 30 April 2013, 2232: WTWW with sermon in English on
9479, 33322, same strength as CNR 11 from China in Tibetan on 9480.
Not usable without good filters (Eike Bierwirth, Leipzig / Germany,
Perseus SDR + DX-10 Pro active antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
5085, UT Wednesday May 1 at 0055, WTWW-2 is on with another `QSO` show
playback, ham ISS interview about EVA; probably only until 0100 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9330, WBCQ, Monticello ME. Old rock songs with no
announcements at 1030+. If there was anyone was actually in the
studio, they had probably passed out on the floor in a purple haze!!
16/4 (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, Vic (Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu
FRG100, Double Bazooka antennas for 80 and 40 metres, Par EF-SWL End
Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital Noise Eliminating Module, MFJ-1026
Noise Cancelling Module, ATU), May Australian DX News via DXLD)
9330, April 24 at 1918, no signal from WBCQ which is nominally 24
hours on this frequency only; there is some propagation disturbance
attenuating hi latitude paths, Monticello ME is the northernmost
conterminoUS SW station, and is almost three times as far as the
Tennesseans, which are inbooming as usual on 9370, 9479 and 9980, but
I would still expect some trace of a signal from WBCQ if it were on
the air at all.
WBCQ, 15420-CUSB is audible at 1917 April 24, with usual BBC
collision, which is now westward from Seychelles at 1300-2000 UT,
covering the entire span when WBCQ may also be using it. Who`s doing
their frequency mismanagement?
9330, April 25 at 1352 check, over full daytime path, still no sign of
WBCQ, tho there is a JBA carrier a couple kHz below; 9370 WWRB is very
good.
9330-CUSB, April 27 at 1349, no signal traceable from WBCQ, tho 9370
WWRB is strong enough. Still no 9330 at 1402, but 15420-CUSB is poorly
audible with Saturday-only Brother Scare primitive organ music
opening. 1626, now 9330-CUSB is audible with Brother Hembree, who is
no less certain of his wacky beliefs than BS {tho Rod is incomparably
glibber} but quite weak compared to 9370 and 15420 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Domenica 28 aprile 2013, 0713 - 9330, WBCQ? EiBi+HFCC s/off 0600. SF-
BN (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) -
Italia, playdx yg via DXLD)
Hmmm, I had not noticed that registration shows only 18 hours a day
instead of 24, and so does FCC, even for last A-12 season. That could
explain why sometimes I do not hear it, but here`s why I thought it
was 24 hours: WBCQ`s own schedule shows GFRN at 23-22 UT, with some
exceptions: http://schedule.wbcq.com/main.php?fn=sked&freq=9330
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5050, April 28 at 0102, WWRB is on with big band music,
Dave`s favorite filler; presumably just having completed the Saturday-
UT Sunday-only paid sesquihour simulcast from 2330, also on 3215. Most
nights it remains absent from 5050, but it ought to be the primary
frequency in summer instead of 90m (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 9955, UT Sunday April 28 at 0106, WRMI with kid singing
``God Bless America``, and no jamming audible. I see WRMI has just
updated its program schedule grid (in UT -4), as of April 26 via
http://www.wrmi.net/pb/wp_d12a1732/wp_d12a1732.html
showing this is `Tell the World Ministries`, a quarter-hour of English
amid Spanish. Not sure what changes have been made; there are still
gobs of Overcomer hours for another month. Radio Libertad is scheduled
M-F 23-24 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. April 28, checked the latest WHR online program schedule by
searching on ``Marie Lamb`` as program host, to bring up all the
alleged times for `DXing with Cumbre` (which are constantly changing),
and noticed that it supposedly airs every half hour on one frequency
or another between 2100 and 2330 Sundays! So I decided to check them
all out:
2100 on 17540 – NOT ON AIR
2130 on 17510 – confirmed, but it`s last week`s show #750 from April
18. Marie is too busy at WAER/WCNY to do anything herself, just turns
it over to some downunderite and Chris Lobdell; apparently none
produced this week, as she has not announced a 751 on the DWC yg
2200 on 15180 AND 11775 – NOT ON AIR
2230 on 15500 T8WH – inaudible; but KSDA 15320 is not either for AWRWS
2300 on 17510 NOT ON AIR
That is typically what happens. Are all those imaginary frequencies on
the WHR program schedule designed to fool paying clients? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7506.4, WRNO New Orleans LA (presumed); *0059-0105+, 24-Apr;
On suddenly in mid-huxter. S30 with slight transmitter buzz; OC had
been up for quite a long time; noticeable splash before s/on from WBCQ
(presumed) on 7489.9 also with English huxter, but splash totally
covered by WRNO audio (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125
ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears,
on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7506.4, April 29 at 0057, WRNO open carrier is on with VG signal, but
still dead air at 0106 check. Congratulations, anyway on what sounds
like a nice clean signal as long as it is unmodulated (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7520, WWCR, TN, Nashville, with an Australian chickie from
an outfit called ‘stemcellworx’ (I’m NOT going to the website!)
talking about quack nutrition info and taking supplements sub-
lingually because of ‘leaky gut’ issues on the ‘GPN Radio Network’
(GCN?) with a chickie with a thick southern (US) drawl. Odd stuff. At
:33 into ads for ‘blockitpocket’ device to stop cell phones from
working, “utopia silver” colloidal silver snake oil, (hard to tell
where the program starts and the ads end but for the ‘we’re back’
announcement!). Then at :35 back to the two chickies talking about all
the serious illnesses like Parkinson’s and broken bones that this
snake oil will cure. Then into “Pastor Butch” taking calls about how
Sandy Hook and the Boston bombing were both created by ‘big brother’
and ‘ads’ for things like the conspiracy to increase utility costs by
banning coal (is it my imagination or have electricity rates actually
been going down lately?) and other ‘conspiracy’ things with Pastor
Butch. This is like a car wreck -- hard not to keep listening! 0159 ID
over steel drums and urging to retune to 5890 & abruptly off at :59.
55555 (impressive!) 0130-0159* 25/Apr (Kenneth Vito Zichi, MI, MARE
Tipsheet 26 April via DXLD)
9980, WWCR Nashville TN (presumed); 1303, 25-Apr; Fire & brimstone,
burn-in-hell huxter; tuned in to hear "whorish Christian activities"
(wish I'd heard the leadup to that!) and panned TV evangelists. S30
over ute clatter -- LSB took it out (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA,
Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All
logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 11715, KJES Vado NM (presumed); 1331-1340+, 25-Apr; W in
English with non-Biblical reading over piano tinkle; "Who endowed the
cock with foreknowledge?" (Who indeed? Is there a ceremony for having
your foreknowledge removed?) S20 peaks (Harold Frodge, Midland MI,
USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW,
All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
KJES, Vado New Mexico 7555, finally got a response for a postcard and
2 USD's, air in 5 months. Card shows antennae in Vado. FD on reverse,
also a letter thanking me for the report from Australia (John Wright,
Peakhurst NSW (ICOM R75 and EWE antennae with a Tony Magon preamp),
May Australian DX News via DXLD) And not even for their Oz service
missing from 15385 (gh, DXLD)
** U S A [non]. U.K.(non) Frequency change of Adventist World Radio
Europe/Africa: 2000-2030 NF 11830 ISS 250 kW / 180 deg to NoAf French,
ex 17610 WER (DX RE MIX NEWS #778 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov,
April 30, 2013 via DXLD)
** U S A [non]. A-13 Schedule of TWR
AUSTRIA/GERMANY/GUAM/RUSSIA/RWANDA/SWAZILAND/UAE/UZBEKISTAN
Freq StartStop CIRAF FMO LanguageTransmitter Beam kW op Days Notes
3200 0255-0325 53,57 TWR NEL/ENG Manzini 3 50 1234567
3200 0330-0600 57 TWR GER/ENG Manzini 233 50 1234567
3200 0430-0500 57 TWR GER Manzini 233 25 1.....7
3200 1545-1659 53W TWR TSC/TSO Manzini 3 50 1234567 NDC
3200 1745-2000 57 TWR ENG Manzini 233 50 1234567
3240 0255-0340 53 TWR SHD/NDC Manzini 3 50 1234567
4775 0342-0358 53SW TWR NGL Manzini 3 50 1234567
4775 0400-0800 57 TWR GER/ENG Manzini 233 50 1234567
5910 0544-0559 28 TWR POL Moosbrunn 30 100 .23456.
5995 0400-0445 53W TWR NYJ Manzini 5 100 1.....7
6025 1425-1625 53SW TWR ENG/SHD Manzini 3 100 1234567 NEL
6105 0700-0750 27 TWR ENG Nauen 285 100 1234567
6120 0601-0800 57 TWR ENG Manzini 233 50 1234567
6120 1800-1845 48W BAB Non-SpecDhabayya 225 250 1234567
6130 1750-2005 52 TWR Umb/CJK Manzini 312 100 1234567
MNF/KON [additional languages in above block??]
7215 0830-0900 28 TWR HUN Nauen 135 100 1234567
7215 1400-1428 28,29,30TWR BEL/RUS Nauen 65 100 1234567
7225 0544-0559 28 TWR POL Moosbrunn 300 100 .23456.
7300 1500-1530 41NW GFC Novosibirsk 195 250 1234567
7300 1600-1630 40E,41NWGFC Novosibirsk 195 250 1234567
7300 1705-1735 53W TWR Yaw Manzini 3 100 1234567
7315 1355-1555 53W TWR Mak/POR Manzini 5 50 1234567 NGL
7400 0700-0750 27 TWR ENG Moosbrunn 300 100 1234567
9475 1700-1815 48SW,53NTWR SWA Manzini 5 100 1234567
9500 1800-1900 48,53NW TWR ENG Manzini 13 100 1234567
9530 0330-0345 48 TWR Sid/AMH Manzini 12 100 123456. GAZ
9585 1455-1525 53SE TWR MAL/FRA Manzini 64 100 1234567
9725 1400-1428 28,29,30TWR BEL/RUS Moosbrunn 55 100 1234567
9910 1100-1230 42-44 FCC Cmn Agana, Guam 305 200 1234567
9940 1330-1400 42-44 FCC Yue Agana, Guam 315 100 123456
9940 1905-2020 47S,52 TWR LIN/FRA Manzini 343 100 1234567
9975 1215-1245 42-44 FCC Cmn Agana, Guam 320 100 .23456.
9975 1330-1345 42-44 FCC Cmn Agana, Guam 320 100 123456.
9975 1345-1445 42-44 FCC Cmn Agana, Guam 320 100 1234567
9975 1445-1500 42-44 FCC Cmn Agana, Guam 320 100 .23456.
11580 1130-1200 42-44 FCC Cmn Agana, Guam 315 100 .23456.
11580 1200-1215 43,44 FCC Cmn Agana, Guam 308 100 1234567
11580 1245-1330 49 FCC Vie Agana, Guam 278 100 123456.
11580 1245-1345 49 FCC Vie Agana, Guam 278 100 ......7
11580 1345-1415 44-45 FCC Kor Agana, Guam 335 100 ......7
11580 1345-1445 44-45 FCC Kor Agana, Guam 335 100 1......
11580 1345-1500 44-45 FCC Kor Agana, Guam 335 100 .23456.
11635 1630-1700 48E,48SWBAB Somali Dhabayya 215 250 1234567
11725 1630-1800 48,53NW TWR AMH/Oro Manzini 13 100 1234567
GAZ/Had [sic, additional languages in above block?]
11840 1000-1019 51,55,56FCC Eng Agana, Guam 165 100 .23456.
11840 1000-1030 51,55,56FCC Eng Agana, Guam 165 100 ......7
11930 1315-1615 41 RAM Tashkent 131 100 1234567
11965 0030-0130 41 RAM Tashkent 131 100 1234567
12055 1245-1530 41 GFC Irkutsk 224 250 1234567
12120 1100-1145 42-44 FCC Cmn Agana, Guam 320 100 1234567
12120 1145-1200 42-44 FCC Cmn Agana, Guam 320 100 .234567
13660 1300-1315 48W BAB Afar Kigali 30 250 1...567
15105 1557-1627 53W TWR Kir Manzini 13 100 .23456.
15190 1400-1423 41,49,50FCC Eng Agana, Guam 285 100 .23..6.
15190 1400-1430 41,49,50FCC Eng Agana, Guam 285 100 ....5
15190 1400-1435 41,49,50FCC Eng Agana, Guam 285 100 1..4...
15200 0850-0930 49,50,54FCC Eng Agana, Guam 263 100 123456.
15200 0930-1000 54 FCC Mad Agana, Guam 248 100 1234567
15200 1000-1030 54 FCC Ind Agana, Guam 248 100 1234567
15200 1030-1100 54 FCC Sun Agana, Guam 248 100 1234567
15225 1315-1345 41 FCC Asm Agana, Guam 290 100 123456.
15235 1000-1015 42-44 FCC Cmn Agana, Guam 305 200 1234567
15235 1015-1100 42-44 FCC Cmn Agana, Guam 305 200 .234567
15240 1230-1245 41 FCC Trp Agana, Guam 290 100 .23456.
15240 1245-1300 41 FCC Trp Agana, Guam 290 100 123456.
15240 1300-1315 41 FCC Sat Agana, Guam 290 100 1234567
15360 1400-1415 40SE,41NTWR URD Manzini 43 100 1234567
15390 1200-1245 41,49 FCC Mya Agana, Guam 285 100 .23456.
15390 1200-1300 41,49 FCC Mya Agana, Guam 285 100 1.....7
15390 1300-1330 49 FCC KsW Agana, Guam 285 100 1234567
(HFCC April 22 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 26 via DXLD)
** U S A. 690, April 25 at 0452 UT I tune in even earlier to hear what
KGGF Coffeyville KS is doing: last part of Jim Bohannon Show; kudos to
KGGF for still carrying him, the closest station around here, but
unfortunately not with a solidly listenable signal at night. JimBo is
that rare breed of a middle-of-the-road talkshow with a wide variety
of guests and topix, rather than a far-right hate agenda.
As in previous log, KGGF was already dead air by 0456 last night, but
this time continues with JimBo wrapup, 0458 quick sign-off
announcement giving day/night powers of 10/5 kW, ``join us again
tomorrow for another day of broadcasting; good night``, and plays taps
rather than SSB. If anyone hankers to hear KGGF further away, the taps
at local midnight would be a good tipoff. Then dead air, carrier stays
on as usual.
I am unavoidably awake too early by 1043 UT, so check 690 again: still
open carrier, so figure they will sign on just before 1100 = 6 am
local CDT. But recheck at 1057, already on with talkshow discussing
Facebook; was it JIP? It seems both their sign-off and -on timings are
flexible.
690, April 26 at 0450 UT, KGGF Coffeyville KS is already in open
carrier/dead air, instead of Jim Bohannon. My kudos to them for
carrying his tri-hour talkshow are tempered by KGGF`s totally
unprofessional behavior in stopping and starting modulation at
unpredictable times. I suspect anyhuman on duty is paying primary
attention to their FM outlet, turning KGGF audio on and off whenever
convenient. Who listens to AM, anyway? Meanwhile KTSM El Paso was
making it thru the OC with local ID and ads.
690, UT Saturday April 27, KGGF Coffeyville KS allows Jim Bohannon to
finish, then sign-off announcement after 0458 mentioning serving 4-
state area (but not corners), goodnight until tomorrow, but when? They
don`t say when will come back, because it varies. Taps start just
before 0459 and end at 0500:10, then open carrier dead air presumably
all-night.
Live performances typically include at least one sour note --- it must
be tremendously difficult to play, or maybe it`s just the pressure at
a funeral or commemoration, but this is a perfect tear-jerking
performance. Wonder how many takes it took; not just one trumpet but
joined by a second toward the end for the echo-effect. Hope this does
not imply that KGGF itself is dying.
690, UT Sunday April 28 at 0449 UT, Fox Sports Radio, dominant signal
typical of KGGF Coffeyville KS, quite contrary to Jim Bohannon
talkshow on weeknights; NRC AM Log does list FSR as the last of
several KGGF affiliations. Usual slow SAH of 144/minute = 2.4 Hz
against KTSM El Paso TX, 0459 ID as AM 690, KGGF, Coffeyville-
Independence, and standard sign-off until tomorrow, ``good night`` and
taps start at 0500.5. Listening more closely, it is *not* a perfect
performance, a wrong note heard, and second-trumpet backup before the
finale; then open carrier presumed all-night.
690, UT Monday April 29 at 0500, KGGF Coffeyville KS sign-off, 0500.5
taps start(s) (is that singular or plural? One never hears of a single
tap), to be followed by dead air all night tho unchecked. Don`t know
what programming preceded it on a Sunday night, but on weeknights
it`ll be back to JimBo unless they turn him off early.
690, May 1 at 0459 UT, Health Care 411 PSA, pause lacking any ID
before 0500 Fox `news`. Usual SAH from open carrier, so KGGF KS
evidently closed early again, no taps, ceding the channel to KTSM El
Paso TX (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 730, April 27 at 0510-0513 UT, YL talking in Korean,
dominating XEX et al. for a while, i.e. has to be KKDA The Metroplex
TX in recently flipped format; after some music, more Korean but
mixing at 0518 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 790, April 30 at 0519 UT, double-take as station in the QRM
mentions ``Newsradio 740, KTRH``. Yes, I am on 790 for sure. But it`s
KBME Houston, which is jointly owned with KTRH by Texas Licenses LLC
according to FCC AM Query. KBME is in fact with FSR sports talk.
Remember when the 790 in Houston was KULF? That ended in 1982 when it
became KKBQ for a sesquidecade (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. From Tom Taylor's Radio newsletter: A Modesto AM falls
silent again, as Pappas Telecasting`s deal to LMA KMPH (840) to Texas-
based Christian broadcaster Paulino Bernal Evangelism went finito last
Friday. That`s the dialogue on the Central California Board
of RadioDiscussions.com. At first, one poster thought KMPH was co-
identifying with another station and that it was on the air, but using
different programming. Then Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame`s David
Jackson checked in to report that 840`s been off since Friday
afternoon. KMPH was a replacement station that Pappas Telecasting put
on the air in 2006, after moving KTRB (860) into San Francisco.
50,000-watt KTRB is currently in the hands of receiver Susan Uecker.
While Modesto`s KMPH fell silent in August 2010, before the LMA to
Paulino Bernal (via Paul B Walker, Jr., April 25, NRC-AM via DXLD)
** U S A. 930, April 30 at 1155 UT with WKY nulled, occupant says
``like us on Facebook, 930 KWOC``, i.e. Poplar Bluff MO due east from
here but still propagating after sunrise (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 960, UT Saturday April 27 in KGWA Fox-hole 0500-0505:
something different than usual, no ABC news heard from KMA and/or
KGKL, but IRN-USA news mentioned at least thrice at 0501, 0503 and
0505 just before KGWA blasted back on. Meanwhile, at 0504 ID for ``AM
960 --- Mississippi Delta``, so at last a definite ID for WABG
Greenwood MS, which I have presumably logged many times based on its
blues music format, often with harmonica. There was CCI, so am not yet
positive whether WABG was the same one with IRN-USA news which would
be a change for them, and cause them to insert an ID during the
window.
960, April 29 at 0500-0505 UT, KGWA Fox-hole, now occupied mostly by
weak echoing ABC News, i.e. presumed KMA IA and KGKL TX on proper
night parameters. No sign of USA-IRN news or WABG MS; was that a
fluke?
960, May 1 at 0501-0505 UT, KGWA Fox-hole audiblizes weak ABC news
echoing, and then blues music, i.e. KMA, KGKL and WABG (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1080, April 29 at 0524 UT, some music making slow SAH with
KRLD nulled as much as possible, and ``AM 10-80`` ID. Meanwhile I have
to listen to `Texas Overnight with Charlie Jones` lamenting that some
major TX newspapers are losing circulation not because of the web, but
because they are ``too much like NPR``, i.e. too liberal for him. What
bilge. KRLD is trying to out-right the `Redeye` competition on WBAP.
Let CBS never be accused of liberalism!
Back to the unID: close to a right angle from Dallas, I suspect KGVY
Green Valley AZ, (Tucson market with a webcam on Mt Lemmon) nostalgia,
except it`s a 1 kW daytimer. I also had a tentative log of it before
sunrise at 1223 UT September 23, 2011 as in DXLD 11-39. Website
http://www.kgvy1080.com/ says streaming is under construxion, so
cannot check whether ``AM 1080`` is a typical non-ID for them, as it
could be for any 1080. Note: we already know it is in AM and on 1080!
What we need are call letters or something else unique, duh (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1190, April 27 at 1151 UT, ``11-90 KQQZ`` singing ID,
country gospel music, from NE/SW, i.e. DeSoto MO = St Louis market
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1220, FLORIDA, WJAX, Jacksonville. 1048 April 28, 2013.
Bubbling up over several, including someone Spanish, with presumably
male canned, “WJAX, 12-20 AM…” into “Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You” by
Frankie Valli and signal lost. Listed 1000/36 watts, or more likely
111.8 watts PSA on this log if anyone here is following the rules
(Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, JRC NRD-535; ICOM IC-R75;
Hammarlund HQ-180A; Sony ICF-7600GR; Sangean PR-D5; Aqua Guide 705 RDF
Marine Radio; GE Superadio III; JPS NF-60 Notch Filter; JPS ANC-4
Noise Phase; 1 X roof dipole; 1 X room random wire; Terk Advantage
non-active portable loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. DX TEST NEXT WEEKEND - 1450 WKAL NY Rome --- is 1 kW full-
time, non-directional. It's currently on the air doing engineering
tests. Airing the 1920s Radio Network until the main format is put
into place.
Big band type music from the 1900s through 1950. Music that will cut
through the graveyard channel noise. A jingle and ID at the top and
bottom of every hour. On Saturday night, which will actually be Sunday
morning here in the eastern time zone, May 5 at 0000 until 0030 and
again at 0100 until 0130, WKAL will insert CW [sic = Morse code] IDs,
alternating between 1000 khz [sic = Hz] and 400 Hz tones. [UT: 0400—
0430, 0500-0530 === gh]
This is from Bob Carter, the engineer there. He welcomes reception
reports but asks that these be via email only. Reports may be emailed
to WKAL @ midatlanticengineeringservice.com
Our thanks to Bob for including the CW component into the test and for
alerting us. Please pass word along to DXers you know who aren't on
these lists (Saul Chernos, Burnt River ON, April 28, ABDX via WORLD OF
RADIO 1667, DXLD)
** U S A. 1460, April 30 at 1203 UT, TSN Texas news, ad, then more
news not about Texas, 1205 anti-fire PSA, ``Big Country``. Neither own
website http://www.tsnradio.com nor Wikipedia provide an affiliate
list, but of the four Texans on 1460, NRC AM Log shows one which fits:
KCLE Burleson, 11 kW day power, obviously named for its studio address
in Cleburne, both south of Fort Worth on I35W; and station`s own
website which is more about sports than music, confirms the slogan:
http://www.bigcountrykcle.com/ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1480, April 30 at 1206 UT, `KBXD weather center``, ``North
Texas` spiritual power station with 50,000 watts`` slogan, still
skywaving in over KQAM Wichita groundwave, after Enid sunrise at 1139.
BTW, nothing yet about rescheduling the KBXD DX test; maybe waiting
now till fall? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1590, April 28 at 1229 UT, ``AM 15-90, WAIK`` and ABC News
update until 1231; 1232 another ID. I was surprised to hear any W-call
half a sesquihour after Enid sunrise, but definitely Galesburg in NW
IL, still skywaving with a favorable pattern to the south (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. QSL: WPLA, Dry Branch GA, 1670 1 kW, frequency-only email in
138 days for English report via first-class mail with audio CD and US
$1 return postage + follow-up via email. eQSL came 15 days after
follow-up. V/s James Gay, Director of Engineering. JamesGay at
Clearchannel dot com. Mr. Gay stated: "Please accept my apologies for
the tardiness of this confirmation. We get lots of these and the stack
has been growing for quite a while with no one to mind it." eQSL has a
form part written by Richard W. Hamilton, Transmitter Engineer, which
lists all the particulars of the station, but gives its programming as
"Regional Mexican Music." I think this is a little outdated as WPLA is
a Fox Sports Station! 73, (Al Muick, Whitehall PA USA, Microtelecom
Perseus / Wellbrook ALA1530P active loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. TWO TRIBES MOVE CLOSER TO SECURING FM RADIO STATIONS
[(Farmington, New Mexico) Daily Times]
Flagstaff, Arizona — Two Southwest tribes are moving closer to
securing radio stations that others in Indian Country have turned to
for emergency alerts, health tips, the latest rodeo news, traditional
stories and language lessons. American Indian tribes hold less than
one percent of the roughly 15,200 radio station licenses issued by the
Federal Communications Commission, a figure the commission has been
trying to boost through a rule it approved in 2010 to give federally
recognized tribes priority in the application process, and help
preserve language and culture.
Earlier this month, the FCC set aside the first two FM allotments
under its Tribal Radio Priority for the Hualapai Tribe in northwestern
Arizona and Navajo Technical College in northwestern New Mexico. The
tribe and the college owned by the Navajo Nation are now waiting for
the FCC to open a filing window so they can secure construction
permits and build their stations.
Applicants who want to be considered under the tribal priority must be
a federally recognized tribe or an entity, like the college, that is
majority-owned by a tribe and propose to cover at least 50 percent
tribal land. Successful applications are processed without going
through an auction.
The Hualapai Tribe already has been using the Internet to broadcast
morning blessings, results of tribal elections, a radio drama aimed at
improving health, traditional Hualapai music and community service
announcements. The FM radio station would allow anyone within a 30-
mile radius of the station to tune in, particularly those who can't
access the Internet. "Once we get our FM frequency on, it's really
going to build a lot of interest," said tribal member Candida Hunter.
The spread of information on the reservation otherwise comes through
fliers posted at government offices, a tribal newsletter or word of
mouth. Terri Hutchens, project coordinator, said tribal members could
have benefited last year from an announcement over the radio about
water contamination, which led to a temporary school closure. She said
some people received fliers but others didn't find out until days
later when the problem was fixed. For now, community members are
encouraging each other to listen to the Internet broadcast and
volunteers are pitching in to provide content in the Hualapai language
(via May WTFDA VHF-UHF Digest via DXLD)
** U S A. TV show about Marfa, Texas FM station --- Glenn, This report
makes a trip to Marfa`s only radio station. You have expressed
interest in that station in the past you should find this of interest
in case you have not seen it: (Artie Bigley, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
KRTS, the public radio station set up a few years ago and went on the
air before authorized by FCC; yes, I saw it on 60 Minutes -- (gh) Viz:
Marfa, Texas: The capital of quirkiness
CBS News-Apr 15, 2013
by cjosse April 21, 2013 6:11 PM EDT:
Marfa, TX has been known for its unusual "lights" display for years
and has had scientific studies ...
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50144819n
60 Minutes: Marfa, Texas - the capital of quirkiness
KHOU-Apr 15, 2013
http://www.khou.com/news/texas-news/60-Minutes--203029461.html
(via Artie Bigley, DXLD)
** U S A. Re: [Tvfmdx] FM translator weirdness --- Some of them seem a
bit technically questionable. For example, Refuge Media Group, a
religious broadcaster in Minnesota, had a translator application on
file specifying 98.9 from a site in St. Paul. This application has
been amended to change the site *slightly* and to change frequency to
98.5. 98.5? (Doug Smith, April 24, WTFDA via DXLD)
Here's what I *think* is happening with some of these goofy apps (and
that's far from the only one!)
The current filing window for what I'm dubbing the "translator thaw"
runs until next Monday, and the only thing it's asking right now from
applicants is to make a showing that at their proposed transmitter
site, their proposed operation will not preclude the licensing of
additional LPFM service when *that* window opens, maybe as soon as
later this year. There's nothing else that applicants need to show at
this step --- which means that at least in theory, an applicant can
propose something completely technically infeasible right now (like
the 98.5 St. Paul app) and then file a minor modification app down the
line when the FCC allows it.
In some cases, this allows for an "IF channel" move to a channel 10.6
or 10.8 MHz away, which is what I think some of these applicants
ultimately have in mind; but 98.5 isn't a good channel to go to in
that case, since its IF channels are both outside the FM band.
I wonder if the goal in this case is to slide down to 97.9 or 98.1.
You can't do that in one minor-change hop from 98.9 --- but you can do
it from 98.5. s (Scott Fybush, NY. April 24, WTFDA via DXLD)
** URUGUAY. Libro digitalizado, "Historias del SODRE", Eduardo
Casanova --- En la web, acabo de encontrar la edición digitalizada de*
“Historias del SODRE, narradas por Eduardo Casanova Delfino y escritas
por Miguel Ángel Campodónico. *(ISBN: 978-9974-98- 443-1), 1ª. Ed.
Setiembre de 2011, coordinada editorialmente por *pozodeagua
televisión*, iniciativa y producción de *Macarena Montañez* y diseño
de portada de *Pincho Casanova*.
Este libro fue un proyecto premiado por los *Fondos Concursables del
Ministerio de Educación y Cultura, edición 2010, en el área Memoria y
Tradiciones.*
Anteriormente, hice dos entradas a este libro aquí en “La Galena del
Sur”: “Historias del SODRE”, un libro que aún no se puede comprar.
(Publicado en
octubre 2, 2011
Publicado en octubre 2, 2011
“Historias del SODRE”, un libro que YA se puede comprar.
Publicado en octubre 17, 2011).
Ciertamente, esta publicación ahora digitalizada ha sido publicada por
la misma editorial…
http://issuu.com/pozodeagua/docs/sodre_2__1_
73 (Horacio Nigro Geolkiewsky, Montevideo, Uruguay, condiglista yg via
DXLD)
Aunque la publicación digital no incluye imágenes, es muy bueno el
hallazgo, Horacio! Gracias. RGM (Rubén Guillermo Margenet, ibid.)
Las incluye sí, en las páginas finales. Falta la tapa, no más
(Horacio, ibid.)
** URUGUAY. QSL: CWA Cerrito Radio, 12750, full data English letter in
21 days for Spanish airmail report and US $2 return postage. V/s Ing.
José Luís Rodríguez. Address: Villaderbo 1500, Piso 1, Montevideo. My
first QSL from Uruguay! 73, (Al Muick, Whitehall PA USA, Microtelecom
Perseus / Wellbrook ALA1530P active loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VATICAN. 15595, April 30 at 0527 looking for other Eurosigs after
hearing Greece on 15630, here is soft jazz music, from what? Soon
answered at 0529 by Vatican bells, 0530 multilingual opening of mass
// much stronger 9645, but which is a sesquisecond ahead of 15595,
why?? 0532 during Gregorian chant, we listened to both, the echo
adding to the mystique.
15570, meanwhile, has come on at 0529 with much stronger VG signal
than 15595, not // but playing VR IS and opening Portuguese. Why is
there such a disparity between the two? HFCC shows 15570 is 250 kW,
175 degrees from SMG, while 15595 is 100 kW at 121 degrees from SMG
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VIETNAM. 7210, VOV 1, Buon Ma Thuot heard from 0930 UT with man and
woman in Vietnamese language and various types of background music in
domestic service. Faded in circa 0915 UT and at 0930, SINPO 24542.
Trending up in signal strength after 0930 UT (SINPO 35443 by 0955 UT)
and dominating the channel over what was presumed AIR Kolkata. By 1025
tune out, SINPO was 45544. Slight transmitter hum but not bothersome.
Buon Ma Thuot is in the Central Highlands of the former South Vietnam.
New transmitter site for me in Vietnam (Bruce W. Churchill-CA-USA,
DXplorer Apr 20 via BC-DX 26 April via DXLD)
Most of his DX is by remote receivers, so was this, perhaps originally
specified as such? Those who do so need to make clear which logs are
*not* remote (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
** VIETNAM. 7280, V of Vietnam. 1800 on 13/4 with program in Spanish
and not in English as is in their schedule. It is a mistake for
decades in printed schedule of VOV English Service. // 9730 (Rumen
Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF 2001D ant Folded Marconi own made),
May Australian DX News via DXLD)
** VIETNAM. 9840, Voice of Vietnam at 1300 with sign on music and into
Turkish - Fair Apr 24 (Steven Handler, Buffalo Grove, IL, Icom R-75
Tecsun PL-660 and 10 meter indoor dipole, Sangean ANT-60, ODXA Your
Reports via DXLD) ?? VOV doesn`t broadcast in Turkish; scheduled
Indonesian now (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
** VIETNAM [and non]. Voice of Vietnam/CNR-Urgent Radio/unknown
interference, 12000 kHz, 1155 UT. VoV with another Chinese program
underneath, presumed to be the emergency National Urgent Radio station
in China. Louder than both of these was what sounded like Spanish
"amateurs" operating out of band in AM mode. I don't remember hearing
OOB operators on 12 MHz before, but then again I've never listened for
them either. Interesting that they'd use AM instead of SSB (Tim in
Luther IA, Rahto, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Could they have been
SSB but masquerading as AM tnx to other stations` carriers? (gh, DXLD)
** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. CLANDESTINAS, 1550, Frente POLISARIO,
Rabouni, Argélia, 1704-1812, 28/4, árabe, oração corânica, programa em
castelhano, às 1735 (!)... e emissão novamente em árabe, cerca das
1750, para mais orações; de resto, neste dia, a emissão foi muito
estranha: por vezes, o programa em árabe, normal, seguido de longos
minutos de oração. Ontem, 29/4, a emissão vespertina, observada já à
noite, seguiu o mesmo padrão. 45444.
Further to my earlier report today, I believe I can say the Polisario
Front has gone one big step forward into Islamism. If not, why then
the need for frequent prayer?! Or is this simply related to some local
event that "requires" it? Any ideas?
I don't recall hearing them with frequent prayer segments that are now
often prolonged beyond the usual, what, 10~13 minutes' time only used
at the start of each broadcast period, typically in the morning & in
the late afternoon/early evening.
Only this evening for instance, prayer was injected from time to time.
As I write, it's on right after a short march and some talks at 2300.
73, (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** YEMEN. 6135, Yemen Republic R, Sana’a, 0500-0800*, Apr 14-24,
Arabic is regularly observed (mainly under BBC) and at 1200-1500*. The
parallel 9780 at *1401 usually till 1500*. It seems before 1401 they
are using another frequency, maybe 6005? (Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria,
DSWCI DX Window via DXLD)
** ZAMBIA. Pleased to note the re-appearance of Zambia in the latest
HFCC listings, on 5915 and 6165. But just because it is listed doesn't
mean it is there; ZNBC1 on 5915 is present, but ZNBC2 on 6165 is still
AWOL as of May 1 at 1745 (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA, dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi all, Apologies are due. I was not looking at the HFCC list, I was
looking at Aoki. In fact Zambia is still missing from HFCC, and to
make matters worse, ZNBC2 now also appears to be missing from EiBi.
Regards, (Bill Bingham, ibid.)
Re ZNB frequency management organization. ZMB/ZNB requests via
"CVC_CVI FMO" on HFCC has been ended in B-12 season when CVI stepped
down. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.)
Bill, It is missing from my list because you have consistently
reported it to be AWOL ;) It is still in the csv but marked inactive
('8'), so it doesn't get copied into the freq and bc files by the
script that creates the freq-a13.txt and bc-a13.txt from the csv.
As soon as you, or anybody else, hears them again, I just have to
change the 8 to a 1 and it will return to the lists.
Especially with domestic stations, the entries in my listings largely
depend on what is reported by fellow listeners on this and other
mailing lists. So please keep reporting, it is highly appreciated!
73, (Eike Bierwirth, Leipzig / Germany, ibid.)
** ZIMBABWE. Hi everyone, It's another quiet night from Zimbabwe.
However, last night (April 26) Voice of Zim on 4828 was present at
around 1800 - I did not log it, but it was definitely present. Tonight
it is represented by a buzzy carrier only.
Radio Zimbabwe, 6045, Gweru. Apr 27, 2013 Saturday. 1700-1750. AWOL.
Voice of Zimbabwe, 999, Gweru. Apr 27, 2013 Saturday. 1700-1750. AWOL.
Voice of Zimbabwe, 4828, Gweru. Apr 27, 2013 Saturday. 1700-1750. AWOL
But there is a strong and buzzy carrier. Jo'burg sunset 1541 (Bill
Bingham, Johannesburg RSA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST).
Voice of Zimbabwe 4828: Hi all, Seems that although Voice of Zimbabwe
on 4828 may often be absent in their (and our) local evenings, its
early morning programme may still be present: Voice of Zimbabwe, 4828,
Gweru. Apr 28, 2013, Sunday. 1830-1835. AWOL. Jo'burg sunset 1540
(Bingham, ibid.) And at the same time and date:
ZIMBABUÉ, 4828, Voz do Zimbabué (?), Guineafowl, 1834-..., 28/4,
portadora vazia; 35333. Poderá não tratar-se desta emissora, mas o
sinal provinha de sudeste, e a freq. coincide. 73 (Carlos Gonçalves,
PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Voice of Zimbabwe, 4828, Gweru. Apr 29, 2013, Monday. 0413-0704*.
Programme is “Zimbabwe This Week”. ID at 0413 and several times
thereafter “This is the Voice of Zimbabwe”, with local news and “We
are broadcasting live from Gweru”. YL talking through BOH, so it does
not go off at 0430* as listed by EiBi. At 0450, time check and ID “Ten
minutes to seven on this station, The Voice of Zimbabwe”, into afro
music through TOH. More news from 0506 but getting progressively
unreadable although with occasional very clear patches. Unable to
monitor continuously after this time, but noted afro music at 0535.
At 0540 sounded like “You have been in touch with the Voice of
Zimbabwe” soon followed by “The time is exactly 19 minutes to 8
o'clock” and into “Sportsline”, so it also does not go off at 0530* as
listed by Aoki. Then at about 0550 back to music through TOH. Barely
readable announcements from 0604, then sounded like more local news.
Barely readable frequency announcements at 0616 giving already known
4828, 5975 and 999, but a quick check at 0620 showed that the daytime
5975 was inaudible here in Jo'burg, as usual (and 999 had faded out by
0440 with the arrival of our local dawn). 4828 still on air at 0630,
but now mostly at or below noise level. Went off air in mid-tune at
0704*. Fair to begin, but deteriorated to poor and finally unreadable.
Jo'burg sunrise 0431.
Voice of Zimbabwe, 999, Gweru. Apr 29, 2013, Monday. 0425-0440. Just
audible and // to 4828 (thanks to YL's voice) but unreadable. Very
poor, faded out completely by 0440. Jo'burg sunrise 0431 (Bill
Bingham, Johannesburg RSA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi all, Voice of Zim chasers can be assured that it is on-air tonight;
just listen for the buzz on 4828.
Voice of Zimbabwe, 999 Gweru. Apr 29, 2013 Monday. 1725-1740. Present
but barely readable. Clearly // 4828, but modulation level is
inconsistent with carrier strength. Very poor. Jo'burg sunset 1539.
Zimbabwe. Voice of Zimbabwe, 4828 Gweru. Apr 29, 2013 Monday. 1725-
1740. OM with sports news. At 1732 afro music, then id at 1736 “The
Voice of Zimbabwe broadcasting live from Gweru”. Then a report on the
Zimbabwe International Trade Fair and its opening by the President of
Malawi. Poor, more transmitter or studio buzz than human voice. Which
convinces me that the buzz I so often hear on this frequency (in the
absence of any other modulation) really is from the Voice of Zim.
Jo'burg sunset 1539 (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Zimbabwe. Voice of Zimbabwe, 4828 Gweru. Apr 30, 2013 Tuesday. 0430-
0440. Present but poor, still with buzz. Still present at later check,
0540, but unlike yesterday (April 29) at this time, it is already at
noise level.
Voice of Zimbabwe, 5975 Gweru. Apr 30, 2013 Tuesday. 0540-0545.
Nothing heard, not even a carrier on this daytime frequency, as usual.
Voice of Zimbabwe, 999 Gweru. Apr 30, 2013 Tuesday. 0430-0440. Present
and // to 4828 but, like last night (April 29), the reasonable-
strength carrier was barely modulated. Jo'burg sunrise 0431.
Radio Zimbabwe, 6045 Gweru. Apr 30, 2013 Tuesday. 0430-0440. AWOL, not
even a carrier. Still missing at later check, 0547. Should be a 24h
station. Jo'burg sunrise 0431 (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA, dxldyg
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ZIMBABWE [non]. 12105, R Dialogue, 1616 ID by YL and mentioning
election time. Hilife songs in English, S10 QRMed by 12110 of S20
signal (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, May 1, R75 with
2x16inv V and HF150 with 16 m horizontal antenna, all my pages:
http://delicious.com/gr_greek1/zak DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 940, April 28 at 1222 UT, ``Sportsradio`` ID (would that
be the new NBC subnetwork?), good signal, what I would expect after
sunrise from KIXZ Amarillo, also looping east/west, but supposedly
news/talk and schedule at
http://voiceofamarillo.com/shows/sunday/
shows `Legends of Success with John Resnick`, not about sports, at 12-
14 UT Sundays. Surely not Des Moines either which is religious. Only
other likely around here is KSWM Aurora in SW Missouri; finally found
its program schedule under a different primary station:
http://www.krmo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59&Itemid=104
showing instead `National Geographic Weekend` Sundays at 11-13 UT! So
who`s wrong? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1420+, May 1 at 1219 UT, somestation is off-frequency to
hi side, causing a LAH; to be checked further (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1490, April 28 at 0058 UT, checking this frequency since
KMFS Guthrie OK was off the air earlier at midday April 27: dominant
signal is nostalgia music, into ``It Was Fascination``, and at 0100
someone with a CBS bong; a lot of CCI as skywave is kicking in, but
probably not any further than same or neighboring state. Two NOS
likelies per NRC AM Log are KDMO Carthage MO, and KKAN Phillipsburg
KS. Closest CBS are KDRO Sedalia MO and KQTY Borger TX. Of course,
shortly before sundown here, the eastward ones are more likely (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1520, April 25 at 0508 UT, KOKC has QRM from vocal
ballad Mexican music. Unfortunately, unlike other OKC signals I can`t
completely null KOKC so have to put up with the nonsense from Redeye
Radio while trying to ID the QRM, from which I have yet to copy any
announcement. At least I get a pretty good DF on it, SSW or maybe NNE,
which if correct rules out the Californians as Greg Hardison helpfully
suggested. There it is again at 1053, music making fast SAH with KOKC.
I think we can also rule out KSIB in Creston IA, our closest 1520 to
the NNE since it`s a daytimer and still active in English per website.
Based on proximity and direxion, the most likely one in Cantú is:
1520 XEVUC La Norteñita Allende, Coah. 1,000 D
with one little problem: listed as a daytimer, but as we know, that
doesn`t necessarily stop USA or USM stations from running all night.
The IRCA Log 2012 has this one on 1050 instead, as ``La Gigante``, so
recently moved? I can see how they would want to get off XEG`s
frequency, and maybe really operate at night on the new channel. WRTH
2013 also has this La Norteñita on 1520, as 1 kW fulltime, i.e. no
``d`` indicating a daytimer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 4830 kHz --- Son las 0701 UT en el momento que escribo
este mensaje, y desde hace unos 20 minutos vengo escuchando en 4830
kHz en USB una retransmisión de una emisora española con los "40
principales" o algo por el estilo. Los anuncios de la hora en ese
programa coincidirían con el horario UT, por lo que deduzco que no es
un programa pre grabado.
Si bien la señal fluctua, nunca es menos a S7. No puedo identificar de
qué se trata, pero si tuviera que arriesgar algo, por las señales de
las emisoras brasileras que se pueden escuchar en la banda, muy
ruidosa por cierto (4825, 4905, 4985, 5035), apostaría al transmisor
de Radio Sarandí que estuviera al aire un tiempo (en junio de 2012)
por 6045 kHz LSB. La escucho con el Kenwood TS-50 con el dipolo para
40 metros, pero también con el Sony ICF7600D con su antena
telescópica, aunque mucho peor.
Quizás esten probando para ponerlo nuevamente en funcionamiento? O
será alguien que no tiene nada más que hacer en la madrugada uruguaya
que algo así? Tengo mucho ruido electrico en la frecuencia, pero
intentaré hacer alguna grabación más o menos decente y subirla a
Youtube. 73! -- (Rodolfo Tizzi, Montevideo, Uruguay, April 26,
http://cx2abp.blogspot.com/ condiglista yg via DXLD)
How about 3 x 1610 harmonic? I don`t see how you connect this
frequency with R. Sarandí (gh, DXLD)
Aqui está una grabación de lo que escuché a eso de las 0645-0715 UT
por 4830 kHz. La calidad del audio no es muy buena porque tuve que
usar un filtrado agresivo para eliminar la polución eléctrica que era
considerable a esas horas.
http://youtu.be/cVZsLZrteHE
Aclaro que en estos momentos son las 1505 UT y no escucho nada en 4830
ni en 6045 kHz. 73 desde Montevideo (Rodolfo Tizzi, condgilista ibid.)
Hola Rodolfo, Cordial saludo, me parece que puede tratarse de un
armonico 1610 x 3 = 4830 Khz (Rafael Rodríguez, Colombia, ibid.)
UNIDENTIFIED. 4925v, April 25 at 1020, nothing much extracontinental
on 60m except a big het here, presumably MND Radio from Korea South as
scheduled, vs. R. Educação Rural, Tefé, Brasil as logged by Dave Valko
PA, April 8 on 4924.98 and 4925.24 respectively (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 7270, 2355 April 25, 2013. While sitting on the channel,
this suddenly popped up at 2355. No discernible time sounders at 0000
(China) or 0030 (India), and by 0030, the signal had faded badly. Lots
of unidentified language non-Chinese/non-Hindi talk, also lots of
vocals and local filler music. Nothing Hindi music-sounding, more
central Asian. Unable to pull listed parallels for either in the local
QRM, which would have sealed it. Checking April 26 and 27, something
there but the signal was much weaker.
Aoki shows Nei Menggu and Voice of China (check) before 0000, no
others on 7270. VoC goes off at that hour, theoretically leaving Nei
Menggu and AIR. April 29: still hearing something that sounds domestic
on 7270 2355-ish past 0030, vaguely subcontinental. No time sounders
top-of-hour noted. No sounders 0030 but female(?) talk after the vocal
right at 0030 followed by man, back to Asian music. Thinking AIR
still, but inconclusive (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA,
JRC NRD-535; ICOM IC-R75; Hammarlund HQ-180A; Sony ICF-7600GR; Sangean
PR-D5; Aqua Guide 705 RDF Marine Radio; GE Superadio III; JPS NF-60
Notch Filter; JPS ANC-4 Noise Phase; 1 X roof dipole; 1 X room random
wire; Terk Advantage non-active portable loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 7280, 1106-1135 April 28, 2013. Presume either Sound of
Hope, Tanshui, Taiwan or a mainland Chinese blocker with Chinese male
and female constant talk. Then one short, one long time sounders at
1130, orchestral fanfare, back to talk. Clear and fair (Terry L.
Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, JRC NRD-535; ICOM IC-R75;
Hammarlund HQ-180A; Sony ICF-7600GR; Sangean PR-D5; Aqua Guide 705 RDF
Marine Radio; GE Superadio III; JPS NF-60 Notch Filter; JPS ANC-4
Noise Phase; 1 X roof dipole; 1 X room random wire; Terk Advantage
non-active portable loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED [non]. 7365, Apr 25, 1030. From the things that go bump
in the night department, strange buzzing noises in rapid sequence
similar to the "raspers" or "bonker" transmissions, with dot dot dash
patern. Went on most of the hour on rechecks (Rick Barton, Arizona,
Drake R8, Hammarlund HQ-120X; R.W. and Slinky, ABDX April 30 via DXLD)
It`s just a Cuban jammer against nothing since R. Martí is on this
frequency at other dayparts only. Maybe only one transmitter so you
can hear the individual pulses, instead of the wall of noise when many
of them pile on (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9405.60, (ute) Apr 30, 1700. Another from the "things-
that-go-bump`` dept. Strange loud buzzing dashes modulated over an AM
carrier, very very strong here at mid/late local morning. Was gone at
1730 (Rick Barton, Arizona, Drake R8, Hammarlund HQ-120X; R.W. and
Slinky, ABDX April 30 via DXLD)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9544.5-USB, April 29 at 0108, some weak 2-way intruder
in Spanish. Picked a good spot with no broadcaster on 9545 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 12097-12098, Monday April 29 at 1228, extremely
distorted FMy Asian language, not // CNR1 jammer on 11825; not KSDA
which is OK far enough away on 12105 (and WTWW not on yet); also atop
a very weak carrier on 12095, but prime suspect is FEBC Bocaue,
PHILIPPINES, nominal 12095, scheduled in Iu Mien daily until 1230, and
Achang at 1230-1245 except Thursdays. EiBi [not Aoki] shows:
MIE Mien / Iu Mien: S China (0.5m), Vietnam (0.3m)
ACH Achang / Ngac'ang: Myanmar, South China (30,000)
Unfortunately I did not note whether this went off at 1245; next check
at 1303 it was gone. If not, it would have to be a spur/mistune from
further afield (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See
PHILIPPINES; SRI LANKA
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UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS
++++++++++++++++++++++++
ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 1667:
Many thanks to Greg Hardison, Tarzana CA for a generous check in the
mail to P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (gh)
One may also contribute, not necessarily in US funds, via PayPal to
woradio at yahoo.com
When I was last active in SWL in the 70s-early 80s, I followed your
info and reports very closely. Although SW has radically changed from
those days, it is nice to see that you are still going strong and
providing valuable assistance to SWLers. All the best (Paul Kinder,
shortwavelistening yg via DXLD)
Grato Glenn, por mais uma edição de seu boletim que nos trás uma
infinidade de úteis informações atualizadas e precisas no mundo SW.
73 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil)
PUBLICATIONS
++++++++++++
THE NUMBERS STATION DRAWS SOULFUL PERFORMANCES FROM JOHN CUSACK AND
MALIN AKERMAN
By Chuck Wilson published: April 24, 2013
The Numbers Station Directed by Kasper Barfoed Image Entertainment
A thriller that focuses on only two key characters shouldn't be hard
to explain, yet the plot specifics of the unexciting but sweetly old-
fashioned The Numbers Station are hard to nail down. John Cusack stars
as Emerson, a CIA hit man suffering a midlife crisis. To give him a
rest, the bosses send him to England to guard a WWII bunker from which
coded radio messages are sent to U.S. spies. Yes, shortwave radio!
It's still around! Emerson spends three days guarding Katherine (Malin
Akerman), a gorgeous young cryptologist who sends number-coded
assignments to secret agents the world over. All is well until the
bunker's other two agents are attacked and forced to send out 15 rogue
assassination assignments. Don't ask how, but Emerson and Katherine
end up trapped in the bunker, desperately trying to find the code that
will reverse those orders. Onscreen, all this makes sense (mostly),
thanks to first-timer F. Scott Frazier's well-written script. There
are some decent shootouts, but the movie's strongest assets are the
soulful performances Danish director Kasper Barfoed, making his
American debut, draws from Cusack and Akerman, a Swedish-born newcomer
with half a dozen films in the pipeline and stardom waiting just
around the corner (source? via Brock Whaley, Afghanistan, dxldyg via
DXLD)
I watched yesterday and found the weak plot. Totally out of the safety
standards for an operation so secret. 73 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de
Santana Bahia, April 25, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
The Numbers Station (2013) Movie Review | Film School Rejects
Yes, its peripheral to DXing but off topic. I am sure however we have
all heard a numbers station at some point.
http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/reviews/review-the-numbers-station.php
Review: ‘The Numbers Station’ Suffers From a By-the-Numbers Plot, Is a
Zero Sum Game and Just Doesn’t Add Up
Two men sit in a car having a seemingly casual chat, but while Grey
(Liam Cunningham) rambles on about the dollar value associated with
all of the various minerals in a human body, Emerson (John Cusack) is
recording numbers being spoken on the radio. He writes them down,
enters a bar and kills the three people inside.
They’re wet work agents tasked with cleanup duty, but when their
latest hit goes awry Emerson is reassigned to an underground Numbers
Station in England to babysit a civilian named Katherine (Malin
Akerman), whose sole job is to transmit numerically coded messages
over the shortwave radio to agents in the field. She doesn’t know
exactly what’s in them, but she trusts they’re helping in the war on
terror. Emerson knows otherwise, and his growing angst and existential
concerns are what landed him this temporary demotion to a boring post
in the middle of nowhere. The tedium doesn’t last long though, as a
group of assassins have found the bunker, and they won’t stop until
they accomplish their own mission.
Why doesn’t John Cusack play characters who get to smile anymore?
The Numbers Station opens with text stating that governments have used
these untraceable shortwave codes since WWII and that while they deny
they’re still in existence, the numbers can still be heard
occasionally on shortwave radios today. It’s unclear if that’s
actually true, but the simplicity of the system on the surface belies
a complexity in its execution that the script by F. Scott Frazier only
hints at. Veracity aside, it allows for a setup that echoes (in minor
ways) the classic and far more thrilling Three Days of the Condor. It
lacks that film’s personality, and while director Kasper Barfoed
proves capable of shooting some solid (if small) action sequences, the
energy suffers elsewhere.
The film’s biggest single issue is scale and location as most of the
run-time takes place in the underground bunker. Ideally it would serve
to build a claustrophobic tension, but instead it just bores with a
repetitive series of poorly-lit rooms. The film tries to break things
up with audio recordings of other characters brought to life through
flashbacks, but they still take place in the same damn bunker. It’s a
budgetary issue to be sure, but the locale doesn’t necessitate a lack
of excitement as evidenced by the slightly better Crawlspace (which
looks to have been shot in the same bunker).
The script isn’t quite as generic as the setting, thankfully, but it
still doesn’t bring much originality to the table. The revelations and
plot turns are expected if not obvious to some degree, and while a
small surprise factors into the ending, the whole thing concludes
quite light on thrills overall.
Cusack seems to be enjoying (?) a new career as a direct-to-DVD star,
and that’s unfortunate. The matter is worsened by the fact that his
film choices have been so dull and drab. Did he simply have his fill
of rom-coms and decide to go dark? That would be understandable, but
ideally he’d find better material to satisfy his desire for low budget
intrigue and action. All that said, he does well with the little he’s
given here and maintains a flat, emotionless tone until his character
is called upon to feel something. Akerman shows some spunk, but it’s a
thankless role all around.
The Numbers Station tries to compensate for its budget and scale with
recognizable faces and some minor excitement, but it never succeeds in
passing the flat-line of mediocrity. The acting and script are
competent enough, but the film lacks anything resembling energy.
Ultimately, much like most of the math I learned in school, the movie
is doomed to be quickly forgotten.
The Upside: Cusack and Akerman give it their best; some small but
well-staged action sequences; short run time
The Downside: Single location works against the possibility of
suspense or thrills, and the script doesn’t compensate; by-the-numbers
plot
On the Side: Per IMDB, John Cusack currently has at least ten films
(including this one) in various stages of production for release in
2013 (via Kevin Redding, ABDX via DXLD)
DX-PEDITIONS [and non]
++++++++++++++++++++++
DX weekend, 20-21 de abril 2013
Una cronica de mi ultimo DX weekend que incluye varios videos de
Youtube con las escuchas de una noche interesante.
http://cx2abp.blogspot.com/2013/04/dx-weekend-20-21-de-abril-2013.html
73 desde Montevideo – (Rodolfo Tizzi, condiglista yg via DXLD)
June DXpedition on NV/UT border
On this year's vacation I'll be staying at the Border Inn (Hwy 6/50
right on the NV/UT border) for one night (all the wife can stand) one
Saturday night in June.
This location has tremendous potential as a beverage site. You can run
wires in a straight line for MILES along the highway (E) or through
very easy-to-navigate sparse brush (ESE or SE). The closest stations
are KELY-1230 (about 50 miles away IIRC) and KNAK-540 (about 80 miles
away). I have DXed here before (about a decade ago) with maybe 1200-
1700 feet of wire to the E and SE (roughly) and set several GYDX
records DXing from the comfort of my car. They have a restaurant, gas
station and small convenience store. Great Basin NP is only about a
dozen miles SW (good cave tour and day hikes).
If anyone wants to join in, please e-mail me off list for the date. I
don't want to publish the date here, since these email threads make
their way onto the Internet...
If it's still as good a site as it used to be, I'll plan to come back
here frequently after I retire, so Lord willing there will be many
future opportunities for longer DXpeditions. 73 (Tim Hall, CA, Sent
from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry, April 27, ABDX via DXLD)
MUSEA
+++++
BOSTON AM RADIO MOMENT OF SILENCE
Thanks to server support from Craig Healy (NG1U), I have uploaded a
Perseus file of the 22 APR 2013 Boston AM Radio Moment of Silence for
victims of the Marathon bombings a week earlier.
Capture was made 2:49-2:52 p.m. EDT (1849-1852 UT) at my former QTH in
Billerica, MA (15 miles / 24 km NW of Boston) so most metro-area
stations are local-grade strength. Antenna: temporary mini-SuperLoop
2.5 m vertical by 5 m horizontal.
You will have to be patient for a long download time of the
approximately 1.8 GB file. Perseus receiver software must be installed
on your computer to play the file.
File path =
http://chowdanet.com/markc/20130422_1850z_moment_of_silence.wav
(Mark Connelly, WA1ION, South Yarmouth, MA, April 25, NRC-AM via DXLD)
"A Modern Aladdin' s Lamp"
is a neat old film covering the miracle of the vacuum tube. From AT&T
Archives:
http://tinyurl.com/ModernAladdinsLamp
128 YEAR OLD VOICE RECORDING OF ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
We had no idea what Alexander Graham Bell sounded like. Until now.
Here is a miraculous wax-and-cardboard disc recording from 1885 (first
URL) brought back to life in 2012. Listen as he says, "Hear my voice,
Alexander Graham Bell." Background info is at the second URL. This is
really neat:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/multimedia/audio/204505151.html
http://tinyurl.com/GrahamBellsVoice
(both: CGC Communicator April 30 via Kevin Redding, ABDX via DXLD)
DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
ODD SUB-CHANNELS?
An email from Cal Glover asked me a question I can’t answer. Maybe you
can. Cal wrote, “Did a rescan with my Magnavox DTV converter this
(Saturday), and it added some very odd DTV sub-channels: 3.11; 10. 11;
13.11; and 15.11. On these channels are programs that are also
showing on the regular HamptonRoads/Norfolk channels, but the signals
on the .11 suffix are a bit stronger. On some of the .11 channels, the
color is not 100% stable, and the sound is a little “boomy.”
I am wondering if these odd channels are from a repeater somewhere
that is mapping some of the Norfolk area channels. And possibly a
satellite is feeding the repeater? Or this might be some sort of test,
because the signal comes and goes? I’m getting a 16-20 percent signal
strength right now.
There are quite a few dormant TV transmitters down here on the Outer
Banks. I’m wondering if one of the enterprising channel owners has set
up some sort of repeating deal with some of the channels up Norfolk—
which are just a bit beyond the reach of reliable reception, thanks to
the “cliff effect.”
I’m also wondering if you have heard of such a repeater service
operating elsewhere in the country. The .11 suffix leads me to think
that Manteo’s channel 11 might be back on the air. But then again, the
.11 suffix might be reserved for repeaters and translators? If this is
the case, this would be most welcome. At the moment, there are no
alternatives to cable or satellite down here. Have you heard of
any similar situations?” (May WTFDA VHF-UHF Digest via DXLD)
DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See FRANCE; INDIA; NEW ZEALAND; ROMANIA;
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ SAUDI ARABIA; TAIWAN; USA-Radiogram; REF
RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM
+++++++++++++++++++++
SDR FAQ
Taking a chance you guys might like to see what’s happening regarding
the changes coming in cheap consumer rigs. A dongle and an
upconverter, and you can have a very nice new radio for under $100.00
http://www.qsl.net/4/4x1zq/4all/ham/Welcome%20to%20the%20$20%20SDR%20Receiver_UPDATED%203_2013.pdf
Friendly Regards, (Mike Gilchrist, Disruptive Technologist, Advanced
Wireless Express, P.O. Box 255, Toledo, IA 52342, April 24, dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
SILICON LABS UNVEILS COMPLETE ‘RADIO-ON-A-CHIP’
TV Technology By Doug Lung New York April 26, 2013
The announcement by Silicon Labs of a complex radio receiver in a
single chip that could—depending on model—provide an audio output from
AM, FM or digital signals in the various broadcast and shortwave bands
had me looking back on how far radio receivers have come since I once
worked on AM car radios that used low-voltage tubes, tuned RF stages
and a mechanical pushbutton system for storing station frequencies.
The Silicon Labs announcement revealed the new monolithic Si468x
receiver I.C.s use software-defined-radio technology to provide an
antenna input-to-audio output digital radio system capable of
receiving FM, HD Radio, and DAB/DAB+ broadcasts for a wide range of
audio applications ranging from inexpensive tabletop/clock radios to
radios in mobile phones, tablets and personal navigation devices. The
Si468x data page has details.
While it notes that: “The family offers all-in-one, ultra-low power,
multi-band digital broadcast receivers to support global analog and
digital radio standards including AM, SW, LW, FM, FM RDS, HD, DAB,
DAB+, DMB, and DRM(30),” I only saw VHF inputs on the block diagram,
and AM was not mentioned in the Si468x specifications. (AM/SW
reception is available in the Si477x line of ICs.)
Samples and production quantities of the Si468x digital radio
receivers are available, beginning at $5.62 in 10,000 unit quantities.
An evaluation kit is available for $550.
Based on the evaluation kit’s manual, it appears it could be useful as
a way to monitor radio reception parameters that are not available on
conventional receivers. Distributors include DigiKey and Arrow
Electronics.
http://www.tvtechnology.com/distribution/0099/silicon-labs-unveils-complete-‘radio-on-a-chip/219120
(via Mike Terry, April 27, dxldyg via DXLD)
Yes, these are interesting devices. Their purpose is NOT a stand-alone
radio receiver, like previous incantations of the 47xx series, Instead
these chips are intended to be imbedded into other devices, like
celphones, tablets, MP3 players, chromebooks, etc. Note the "Flash
Interface", this requires the device to have such capatability (or
memory-card slot). No amplitude modulation reception, just FM stereo
with DAB-band (Paul S. in CT, ibid.)
New Chip for FM receivers [same as above, including SW; diagram]
http://www.silabs.com/products/audiovideo/amfmreceivers/Pages/si468x.aspx
(via Mike Bugaj, Enfield, CT, Tvfmdx mailing list via DXLD)
That's great, but what does this do for us hobbyists when there are no
applications to build a FM tuner or SW receiver? We need something
that we can use to improve our knowledge. How are we supposed to use
this chip into building a tuner? Someone needs to come up with a
public domain application for us to experiment with. Also is this chip
only for China to use or can we get this from a electronic
distributor? (Adam Ebel, Virginia Beach, VA, ibid.)
Keep an eye on http://www.sparkfun.com
They've put together breakout boards for some of the Si chips. You
will need some embedded programming experience to get them to work;
I've been playing with a now-obsolete breakout board. – (Doug Smith,
W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, ibid.)
Doug, what kind of programming experience and also what kit do I need
to get started on to getting this chip to work? I found this tutorial
here on what embedded programming is.
http://www.scriptoriumdesigns.com/embedded/
(Adam Ebel, Virginia Beach, Virginia, ibid.)
WILL RADIO SURVIVE COMPETITION OF DIGITAL TECH?
About.com Guide Opinion By Corey Deitz April 26, 2013
A friend asked me today if radio would survive the digital competition
and choices people now have. What he was really asking me was if old
school, over-the-air, AM and FM would survive. I said, "Yes."
Why so cocky? Well, it's neither arrogance or wishful thinking.
Rather, I think AM and FM will survive for a number of reasons. First
of all, it has re-birthed itself into a new generation of audio
streams. Every time an AM and FM's content is cloned onto the
Internet, it reinforces the station's name and brand. Plus,
traditional radio stations have learned the value of bonus online
content and social media. You can teach an old dog new tricks.
Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full:
I know some will argue that all these options and choices are diluting
radio. But, I don't see it that way. If a station or group of stations
has lost money over the past 10 years due to sagging on-air
listenership and diminishing advertising sales then you're seeing only
half the glass. The other half of the glass means the stations have
new advertising inventory opportunities in their online stream and
podcasts.
Now, are the demographics changing? Sure. Are people listening to more
online radio than they used to? You bet. Have wireless data plans
which deliver streaming audio given commercial radio executives big
headaches? Yep. It's tougher out there than ever. The competition is
fierce for listenership and while some titans of commercial
broadcasting have leveraged the online world in a big way (like Clear
Channel's iHeartRadio) there is still this matter of hundreds - no
thousands - of radio stations that somebody paid good money for.
Transmitters vs. Servers:
The radio execs have known for some time now that the difference in
cost between running a traditional radio operation and an Internet
radio streams is - ridiculous. Making it worse is the fact that a
traditional radio station is confined to a defined and usually local
area. Internet streams are global. It's almost some sort of sick joke
that a 22-year-old Internet maven could technically reach more people
with a powerful computer server in his bedroom than some local radio
stations can with their clunky old transmitters and pricey equipment-
bloated studios. The cost ratio vs. potential listenership between a
small FM and a large computer server is unnerving.
The Big Sell Off and Buy In:
That's why radio suits know that eventually the best hand at the card
game will be a combination of powerful commercial properties (that
have excellent reach either because of power of population density)
balanced out by an online presence. For a portfolio that delivers
saleable content, the big companies with hundreds of stations, are
going to have to lighten their load big time. That means there are
going to be many stations sold in the future. I believe some large
radio companies will sell off most of their properties above the Top
50 markets.
The big sell off will once again give smaller players an opportunity
to grab valuable licenses. That means new competitors will have an
incentive to shatter the status quo. They may have to. To be
profitable, the little guy might have to take more chances and risks
to be a game changer. This will mean hiring good people, more people,
and doing a better job of promoting their brand - their radio station.
Radio will get a lot better with more people operating radio stations.
It will infuse a new excitement into an industry which has been
burdened over the past 15 years with a slow progression toward
mediocrity.
That's why I think radio will survive - at least in the near future -
and how some of this will unfold. Of course, nothing lasts forever and
technology is constantly moving the bar. I'm sure someday people will
be lamenting and wondering if Internet Radio will survive because of a
completely different threat which hasn't even been invented yet.
We'll see.
http://radio.about.com/od/opinionpieces/a/Will-Radio-Survive-Competition-Of-Digital-Tech.htm
(via Mike Terry, April 27, dxldyg via DXLD)
SAVING AM: TIME FOR RADICAL CHANGE?
Michael LeClair,04/23/ 2013
The author is technical editor of Radio World Engineering Extra.
I’m encouraged by the recent groundswell of concern for the AM radio
band. Every year seems to make the operating conditions for AM
stations a little worse. Each year the land required for an AM
directional antenna field gets more expensive to acquire or maintain.
Each year electromagnetic noise grows a bit more, especially in
desirable urban areas. Each year it seems the receivers get worse.
Every year the cost of electricity gets a bit higher while the
reliable coverage area shrinks. Every year it seems fewer people take
AM seriously, as owners, listeners and radio suppliers. New portable
electronic devices that sometimes feature FM radios rarely, if ever,
offer AM tuners.
NOT WISELY BUT TOO WELL
The problems of AM can only be described as structural and fundamental
to the band itself. Key to today’s challenges are the overly
optimistic allocation policies of the post-World War II FCC in its
mission to bring radio to everyone.
In the process, stations were created that were crippled from the
beginning: daytime-only or so completely interference- limited that
service could only be expected to carry about 8 miles at best. As if
this wasn’t enough, the widespread use of very expensive and complex
directional arrays created a tier of stations that could scarcely
afford to operate, let alone legally maintain their limited patterns.
Everyone knows a painful example of one of those.
This “allocate at all costs” approach worked until real competition
came along with the growth of FM. Today it is hard not to see the
underlying flaws of creating a system that mixed a few very powerful
stations with thousands of severely limited signals in a hierarchy
that worked only for the largest players.
THE INTERFERENCE SPIRAL
Then there were the attempts to increase audio bandwidth to compete
with FM. This virtually guaranteed that stations would interfere with
their first- and second-adjacent neighbors, again due to a defective
allocation scheme that placed stations within 5 and 10 kHz of their
neighbors.
The adoption of the first bandwidth limiting NRSC standard in 1988
further demonstrated that AM is often its own worst enemy, with
stations now encouraged to use vicious amounts of pre-emphasis as long
as they complied with an overall bandwidth limit of 10 kHz. Radio
manufacturers countered with ever-reduced quality in AM radios, noting
that listeners dislike interference more than they wanted high-
frequency response. Subsequent revisions to the NRSC, including the
recent NRSC-2-B in September of 2012, have tried to refine and improve
the bandwidth mask in the hope that it will encourage receiver
manufacturers to make better receivers.
Interestingly, a simultaneous standard, NRSC-G100-A, began finally to
address the problem of encouraging structural interference by
exploring the quality improvements that could be met by limiting
bandwidths below 10 kHz. Unfortunately I haven’t yet seen the
discussion move to what is an obvious solution: Get rid of the pre-
emphasis curves and remove all that extra energy from exactly where it
does the most interference damage, right on top of adjacent stations.
At least the conversation is proceeding in a rational direction with
the realization that all you are going to get is 2–3 kHz of audio
bandwidth unless AM stations themselves stop creating all this
unnecessary interference. A frequency response of 5–7 kHz can actually
sound quite good. It’s sad to observe that it has taken nearly 25
years to see the first inkling of this understanding. Meanwhile AM
radios remain uniformly dismal.
STILL IN DEMAND
If AM is so fundamentally flawed, why try to save it at all?
It’s a reasonable question and sometimes it feels as if we have
reached a de facto consensus to just let AM crumble away and die from
neglect.
Personally, having grown up listening to AM radio in the 1960s, and
having worked for many years at AM stations, I feel there is still
something there worth keeping. One advantage of good AM is that all it
requires is a simple and inexpensive tuner and transmitter design.
This makes it a perfect free consumer technology. AM offers advantages
in coverage compared to FM when it isn’t so severely interference
limited. There’s no multipath or terrain shielding.
And there are still so many voices that strive for broadcast coverage,
as witnessed by the number of applicants for new licenses that occur
at every FCC window. Why not keep AM alive to serve the many that want
to become broadcasters but don’t have the money to compete for FM
licenses with huge corporations like Clear Channel or Cumulus?
RADICAL CHANGES
Given the number of structural problems faced by the AM band, perhaps
it’s time to consider more radical solutions than we’ve seen in the
last 25 years.
I recall 20 years ago it was sometimes joked that the way to fix AM
was to eliminate all daytimers, DAs with more than two towers and
stations with less than 5,000 watts. Perhaps there is truth in that
old chestnut, and the only way forward is to come up with a method to
reduce the structural defects of too many allocations. The trick is to
come up with the method of doing so that shares the pain and the cost
amongst the winners. I’m guessing the FCC would be open to just about
any approach and might be able to offer some incentives.
While we’re at it, is there really a justification for the remains of
clear-channel allocations clogging up the band? Regional service is
pretty neat, especially in the wide open parts of the country. But in
densely populated areas allocating just a few stations with signals
that reach many millions delivers a solid benefit to just a small
group of owners. Those owners are especially motivated to keep AM
profitable, but if AM disappears they will suffer with the rest. Some
might say these stations are the only ones with the resources to save
AM.
Further work remains to be done to improve receiver bandwidth. If
there are fewer allocations this will be easier. Digital AM has some
promise in the long run, though it has been criticized by many as a
cause of even more interference to the existing allocation scheme.
I also like the ideas proposed by Ron Rackley and Ben Dawson recently
in the pages of RW (see www.radioworld. com/freshlook) . For example,
if we eliminate the minimum efficiency and ground system requirements
for AM antennas, it would make it far simpler to “repack” the AM band
in such a way that separations can be increased in a meaningful way.
Currently this is impossible; the technical standards meant to
maintain AM “quality” are a lead weight clamped on a lifeline. It
would also greatly reduce the cost of operating AMs in terms of land
and local regulatory burdens.
We should take a page from the DTV band repacking and see what would
happen if we actually started to eliminate some channels and move the
others around with the antenna burdens removed.
We have already tried the small stuff. For AM it’s time to consider
just about any idea (via Kevin Redding, ABDX via DXLD)
Here we go again. Someone at Radio World thinks it's a good idea to
limit AM bandwidth. From the article:
"A frequency response of 5–7 kHz can actually sound quite good. It’s
sad to observe that it has taken nearly 25 years to see the first
inkling of this understanding. Meanwhile AM radios remain uniformly
dismal."
A bandwidth of 5 kHz sounds flat. That is why I invested in AM tuners
that have a response out to 10 kHz and higher. Limiting bandwidth
plays into the hands of the AMHD promoters.
If someone at Radio World was really interested in AM's problems they
would try to outlaw the outrage known as IBOC. Thankfully most
stations running AMHD are finally seeing the folly of their operations
and slowly turning IBOC off. First mandate turning off ALL AMHD
stations, then we can talk about what else we can do to improve AM.
Limiting bandwidth to 5 kHz or less should be off the table, period.
73 - (Todd WD4NGG Roberts, ABDX via DXLD)
After IBOC is cleaned up, let`s clean up the whole band and make it
look like it did in the v50s and 60s. Let`s support analog AM stereo.
In fact, mandate its use. Bandwidth at least 10 kHz and support AMAZ
standard. This is backward compatible with all existing AM radios
(Starship20012001 ibid.)
Since 2011, I've noticed two big clear channel stations drop IBOC,
KFAB 1110, and KOA 850. Also of note, this is more recent, KKZN 760
Thornton [CO, Denver] seems to have dropped IBOC as well. Locally
(well semi-semi-locally) KJCR 1240 from Billings dropped IBOC. I
suspect it was due to interfering with KHDN 1230, only 40 some odd
miles to the east. WCCO and KSL still have IBOC on at night, as do
KFAQ and KMOX I believe. They are dropping like flies though. I say,
let them go. The Sony XDR-F1HD performs better without them anyway. I
do wish this radio could decode AM stereo (Justin - Dn64, ibid.)
I proposed that to the FCC 10 years ago: all FM stereo radios have to
offer AM stereo and AMAX - minimum AM receiver standards. They did it
for UHF with VHF, they can do it for AM with FM (Sam Quantum Leap"
toledohamradio, ibid.)
Of course, the most fundamental problem with AM - the CONTENT - wasn't
touched on once. AM will die if content isn't improved RADICALLY
(Darwin Long, Buras, LA, ibid.)
That is exactly correct. Despite all the technical problems and the
many policy errors over the years, the greatest problem has always
been content. Radio`s greatest asset over other types of communication
(such as satellite, etc.) has been the fact that it is local. It has
an advantage that no other type of audio media has, because it can
actually connect with local people, but it has chosen instead to
relegate itself to being a re-translator of non-local franchised
programming.
Back when AM Stereo and AMAX standards were proposed, although the
industry temporarily went along with AM Stereo, it failed to mandate
AMS receivers. It also failed to incorporate AMAX standards, as being
cost prohibitive. These features alone would have made it more
possible for AM to compete with FM as far as music goes, but the
investment was deemed not worth it.
So radio did what it seems to do best --- incorporate cost-cutting
measures, eliminating local talent, and rely on franchised programming
that may target a small but loyal group of listeners (Dick W., ibid.)
Michael LeClair - I reference your 04/23/2013 Radio World Engineering
Extra article "Saving AM: Time for Radical Change?"
You said in your article that "For AM it’s time to consider just about
any idea". How about an idea you never touched on once in your
article, the idea of fixing the most broken, dilapidated aspect of AM
Radio - the CONTENT? It's just so interesting how today's broadcasters
can sit around and philosophize about what can be done to "save AM
Radio", but few ever notice the obvious elephant sitting in the room
right before their eyes.
The "talk-radiozation" era that began in the late 1980's through the
1990's is precisely what sparked the biggest decline of AM Radio
listenership, not a lack of technical bells and whistles. Broadcasters
themselves killed AM Radio with a manufactured "AM = Talk Signal"
mentality imposed on listeners (not asked for by listeners), shoving
music programming over to the FM dial, and packing the AM band with
syndicated talk programming such that you could tune from one end of
the AM dial to the other (at midday, mind you) and hear 12 "Rush"
programs, 8 "Hannity" programs, 4 Dr. Laura programs, and several
simultaneously-syndicated sports-politics networks all redundantly
clogging the band with little diversity or local content to be found.
Smart listeners, of course, tuned away from AM and went to FM. And
today's younger listeners hardly even know the existence of the AM
Band because AM broadcasters have not reached out to that new up-and-
coming demographic raised on iPods and music downloads to entice their
listenership. This is what actually has precipitated the collective
death-knell of AM Radio, not just a lack of technical upgrades to AM
broadcasting.
AM sounded FAR BETTER in the 1950s through the 1980s because of a
wider NRSC curve, fewer stations on the air banging their sidebands
into each other, and far better receivers. Plus, before the "talk
radio disease" began ruining the diversity of content on AM Radio,
many AM stations offered stereo in one of three systems, and were
programmed to sound just like their major-market FM competitors.
During those years, AM Radio was something most anyone WANTED to
listen to and to stay engaged with. A 5 to 7 kHz bandwidth sounds
great --- if you're tone-deaf, while a 10-12 kHz bandwidth is far more
natural-sounding and easier to listen to, and more suitable for
variety programming.
DSP can solve many technical problems for AM Radio on the receiver
side (cheaply, effectively, and all in a single chip) - pulse noise
reduction, decoding of any stereo modulation system, heterodyne
reduction, and sliding-bandwidth control - and can be easily
integrated into low-cost, mass-produced receivers. Yes, we should also
employ better technical AM broadcast standards, and work with the FCC
to ensure reduction of co-channel interference, along with healthy
enforcement of Part-15 rules and holding the power industry
responsible for reducing man-made electrical interference to the AM
band.
But throwing a bunch of technical wizardry and interference-
mitigation measures at today's ailing AM band will do ABSOLUTELY
NOTHING to revitalize it. The bottom line is that the same "gobbelty-
gook" talk programming of washed-up conspiracy theorists, sports
politics, and infomercials is not going to magically become more
palatable to the listening public. It will just make the problem
sound... much clearer (Darwin Long, RW reader, Buras LA, via ibid.)
The trend toward low-profile receiving antennas in cars,
combined with increased computer hash from the car's electronics,
is creating the perfect storm for diminished radio reception,
especially AM:
http://tinyurl.com/DimpleDuckAndBlade
Frightened by changes in the car dashboard? Lots of radio people are.
No one has figured it out but here is what seems to be happening:
http://tinyurl.com/TheEvolvingCarRadio
(both: CGC Communicator April 30 via Kevin Redding, ABDX via DXLD)
PROPAGATION
+++++++++++
NASA has a new video of the Sun showing three years of continuous
images. In that time, if the Sun rotates relative to Earth about
every 27.5 days, then this video should show 398 rotations of the
Sun, in less than 4 minutes. Watch it at,
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sdo/news/first-light-3rd.html
(QST de W1AW, Propagation Forecast Bulletin 17 ARLP017, From Tad Cook,
K7RA, Seattle, WA April 26, 2013, To all radio amateurs via Dave
Raycroft, ODXA yg via DXLD)
Propagation de K7RA
Solar activity quieted this week. The average daily sunspot number
declined nearly 23 points to 90.6. Average daily solar flux values
were down nearly 13 points to 109.1. The most active day was April 24,
with a planetary A index of 19 and mid-latitude A index of 15.
Full report here http://www.arrl.org/
(Mike Terry, April 27, dxldyg via DXLD)
SUNSPOT COUNT FOR APRIL 2013
The average sunspot count for April was 72.4, not sufficient to be
called a second peak but also indicating that we may not yet be in the
final decline for this cycle. The minimum between this cycle and the
next should occur around 2017 or 2018, which will then be followed by
two more similarly low sunspot cycles and then a third with almost no
activity during a phase reversal.
A chart displaying the measured sunspot activity since the early 17th
century and my calculated prediction is available at:
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~christrask/Solar%20Activity%201600-2100.pdf
(Chris Trask, N7ZWY / WDX3HLB
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~christrask/
swl at qth.net via DXLD)
SOUNDING ROCKET MISSION TO STUDY WHAT DISRUPTS RADIO WAVES
April 25th, 2013 in Space & Earth / Space Exploration
In the Marshall Islands at a range in Kwajalein, the EVEX (Equatorial
Vortex Experiment) team readies the launcher. The mission consists of
two sounding rockets to study the ionosphere that will launch minutes
apart during a launch window of April 27 to May 10, 2013. Credit:
NASA/ John Hickman [caption]
(Phys.org) — A NASA-funded sounding rocket mission will launch from an
atoll in the Pacific in the next few weeks to help scientists better
understand and predict the electrical storms in Earth's upper
atmosphere These storms can interfere with satellite communication and
global positioning signals.
The mission, called EVEX, for the Equatorial Vortex Experiment, will
launch two rockets for a twelve-minute journey through the equatorial
ionosphere above the South Pacific. The launch window for the mission
from the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands is from April 27 to
May 10, 2013.
The ionosphere is a crucial layer of charged particles surrounding our
planet. This layer serves as the medium through which high frequen
cy radio waves – such as those sent down to the ground by global
positioning system (GPS) satellites or, indeed, any satellite
communicating with Earth – travel.
The ionosphere begins about 60 miles above the ground and is filled
with electrons and ions, alongside the more familiar extension of our
electrically neutral atmosphere. Governed by Earth's magnetic field,
high-altitude winds, and incoming material and energy from the sun,
the ionosphere can be calm in certain places or times of day, and
quite turbulent at others. This area of the ionosphere is known for
calm days and tempestuous nights, times when the ionosphere becomes
rippled like a funhouse mirror, disturbing radio signals, and
introducing GPS errors of a half mile or more.
The two rockets will measure events in two separate regions of the
ionosphere to see how they work together to drive the ionosphere from
placid and smooth to violently disturbed. Such information could
ultimately lead to the ability to accurately forecast this
important aspect of space weather.
"We're looking at the two highest regions of the equatorial
ionosphere, called the E- and F-regions," says Erhan Kudeki, the
principal investigator for the mission at the University of Illinois
in Urbana-Champaign. "Violent ionospheric storms can occur in the
equatorial F-region a few hours after sunset and if we can better
understand what causes these storms, we'll be able to better mitigate
their effects on communication and navigation systems."
The mission team will wait for the first signs of turbulence
developing before launching both rockets. The research goal is to
study whether turbulence at sunset in the E-region of the ionosphere
could serve as a warning of storms in the higher F-region an hour or
two later, so the team plans to launch on an evening when ground based
radar shows the necessary turbulence in the E-region.
When high frequency radio waves, such as those used [SIC] for the
Global Positioning System travel through a disturbed layer of Earth's
electrically charged atmosphere, the ionosphere, they can be
disrupted. A sounding rocket mission called EVEX (Equatorial Vortex
Experiment) launching in Spring 2013 will search for answers to what
disturbs the ionosphere. Credit: AFRL [caption]
When the conditions are just right, the team will launch a rocket to
travel up to a height of 220 miles. They will launch the second rocket
two minutes later that will travel up to 120 miles. By staggering the
timing of the launches, the two rockets will be able to gather data
simultaneously at two altitudes through the ionosphere as they travel
their independent trajectories. Before they splash down into the
ocean, the two rockets will record data about the electric fields and
the density of the charged particles in the region.
Each rocket will also release a stream of lithium or trimethylaluminum
(TMA) that can be seen from the ground. When TMA is exposed to the air
it turns into aluminum oxide, carbon dioxide and water vapor, all
three of which occur naturally in the atmosphere. Groups of scientists
at various locations on the atoll will observe the lithium and TMA as
it blows in the wind. Together, the observations can be triangulated
to show how the neutral wind moved during the flight.
"Neutral winds are one of the hardest things to study," says Doug
Rowland, an EVEX team member at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in
Greenbelt, Md. "One can't physically see the wind, and it is difficult
to measure from the ground, so we use the TMA as a tracer."
The neutral winds are believed to be an important part of what causes
the ionosphere storms. A mission called EQUIS-2 (Equatorial
Ionospheric Study) held in Kwajalein in 2004, gathered data that
hinted at a correlation be ween these neutral winds and the upper
ionosphere. The theory is that near sunset, strong eastward neutral
winds through the F-region, which begins at 120 miles up, may cause
fine scale turbulence in the E-reg on as well as a strong current and
vortex-like circulation in the F-region, leading one to two hours
later to a kind of ionospheric storm called "spread F."
The movement of spread F throughout the charged ionosphere involves
bubbles of material rising up through the atmosphere, not unlike the
way colored blobs move upward through a lava lamp due to differences
in heat and density. It is just these moving blobs that can disrupt
communications from satellites, so scientists would like to find a
simple advance warning in the atmosphere that can be detected from the
ground.
Vortexes in the E-region can be spotted with the radar and could serve
as an efficient telltale for radio-disturbing turbulence above – if
observations from a mission like EVEX show that they are, in fact,
correlated. "Using radar and sounding rockets simultaneously as in
this mission is the only way to gather complete information needed to
understand the conjectured couplings of perturbations in these two
regions of the equator ial ionosphere," says Kudecki. "There are
plenty of radar data about these types of ionospheric storms, but the
additional in-situ data to be provided by the EVEX rockets will be
crucial in sorting out which theoretical models work best to explain
what is really going on during these ionospheric storms."
With two sounding rockets, a multitude of ground radar sites, and
instruments to measure a suite of information about both charged
and neutral particles, scientists using EVEX data will be able to
study the equatorial ionosphere as a system — understanding how on
e characteristic effects another – in a way that has never been done
before.
Provided by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center: "Sounding rocket
mission to study what disrupts radio waves." April 25th, 2013.
http://phys.org/news/2013-04-rocket-mission-disrupts-radio.html
(via May WTFDA VHF-UHF Digest via DXLD)
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Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 22 - 28 April 2013
Solar activity was at low to moderate levels during the period. The
period began at very low levels, but quickly rose to moderate levels
as an impulsive M1 flare and associated Type IV radio sweep occurred
at 22/1029 UTC from Region 1726 (N13, L=331, class/area Fkc/1000 on
25 Apr). An associated coronal mass ejection (CME) was observed in
LASCO C2 imagery off the west limb at 21/1036 UTC, but was only
partially Earth-directed and did not result in noticeable impacts.
Activity returned to low levels following the M1 flare, but remained
fairly active throughout the period, producing over 60 C-class
flares. The most active region was Region 1726, which produced over
33 C-class flares on its own. As soon as Region 1726 rotated off the
visible disk on 25 Apr, Region 1731 (N09, L=187, class/area Dkc/420
on 28 Apr) emerged and quickly became the area of interest,
producing a total of 12 C-class flares. Region 1733 (S17, L=254,
class/area Cso/30 on 28 Apr) produced a C4/1n flare associated with
Type II (576 km/s) and Type IV radio emissions at the end of the
forecast period, and had an associated potentially Earth-directed
CME. Further analysis is pending.
No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was
normal to moderate levels from 22 Apr to 26 Apr. Flux values
increased to high levels on 27 Apr, reaching a max of 2920 pfu at
27/1625 UTC, and remained at moderate to high levels until late on
28 Apr as a result of effects from coronal hole high speed stream
(CH HSS) activity.
Geomagnetic field activity was at quiet to unsettled levels on 22-23
Apr. Activity increased to unsettled to active levels on 24 Apr due
to effects from a favorably positioned CH HSS. Solar wind speeds
increased to near 430 km/s, the total interplanetary magnetic field
(IMF) reached a maximum 23.4 nT, and the Bz component dropped to
-18.9 nT. Solar wind speed continued to increase on 25 Apr to the
500 km/s range, total fields decreased to approximately 5 nT, and
the Bz component of the IMF was variable between +/- 3 nT. The
ionosphere responded with a short-lived G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm
early on 26 Apr, but conditions quickly returned to unsettled levels
for the remainder of the day. Quiet levels returned by 27 Apr and
remained there through the end of the period as CH HSS effects
diminished.
FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 29 APRIL - 25 MAY 2013
Solar activity is expected to be low with a chance for M-class flares
through 07 May as Region 1731 remains on the visible disk. Activity is
expected to decrease to very low to low levels through 08 May.
Activity will likely increase to low with M-class flares likely when
we see Region 1726 return on 09 May. Region 1731 returns on 20 May,
keeping levels low with M-class flares likely through the end of the
forecast period.
No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is
expected to be at moderate to high levels through 02 May due to CH
HSS effects. Values should decrease to normal to moderate levels from
03 May through 21 May. Another increase to moderate to high levels in
response to recurrent CH HSS effects is expected from 22 to 25 May.
Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be mostly quiet through 20
May. Conditions should increase to unsettled to active with isolated
periods of minor storming possible from 21-23 in response to recurrent
CH HSS effects. Mostly quiet levels should return on 24 and 25 May.
:Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2013 Apr 29 0434 UTC
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# 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
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# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2013 Apr 29 130 5 2
2013 Apr 30 130 5 2
2013 May 01 130 5 2
2013 May 02 135 5 2
2013 May 03 135 5 2
2013 May 04 140 5 2
2013 May 05 135 5 2
2013 May 06 130 5 2
2013 May 07 130 5 2
2013 May 08 125 5 2
2013 May 09 125 5 2
2013 May 10 125 5 2
2013 May 11 125 5 2
2013 May 12 120 5 2
2013 May 13 125 5 2
2013 May 14 125 5 2
2013 May 15 125 5 2
2013 May 16 120 5 2
2013 May 17 120 5 2
2013 May 18 125 5 2
2013 May 19 130 5 2
2013 May 20 130 5 2
2013 May 21 135 15 4
2013 May 22 135 10 3
2013 May 23 130 15 4
2013 May 24 130 5 2
2013 May 25 135 5 2
(SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1667, DXLD)
Ondrejov: Weekly forecasts from Ondrejov for the period May 3 - 9,
2013 === Solar activity forecast for the period May 3 - 9, 2013
Activity level: mostly low
X-ray background flux (1.0-8.0 A): in the range B2.0-B9.5
Radio flux (10.7 cm): a fluctuation in the range 115-175 f.u.
Events: class C (0-15/day), class M (0-5/period), class X (0-
1/period), proton (0-1/period)
Relative sunspot number (Ri): in the range 50-130
Astronomical Institute, Solar Dept., Ondrejov, Czech Republic
e-mail: sunwatch(at)asu.cas.cz (RWC Prague)
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Geomagnetic activity forecast for the period May 3 - 19, 2013
Geomagnetic field will be:
quiet to unsettled on May 3 - 10, 13 - 19,
quiet to active on May 11 - 12.
High probability of changes in solar wind which may cause
changes in magnetosphere and ionosphere is expected
on May 4, 9 - 14, (17 - 18).
Remarks:
- Parenthesis means lower probability of activity enhancement.
- If during present year solar activity will not reach a similar or
higher level as in November 2011, then 2012 will remain to be the
maximum of 24 cycle (R = 70) - and vice versa.
F. K. Janda, OK1HH, Czech Propagation Interest Group
(OK1HH & OK1MGW, weekly forecasts since 1978)
e-mail: ok1hh(at)rsys.cz (via Dario Monferini, DXLD) ###