DX LISTENING DIGEST 17-02, January 11, 2017
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WORLD OF RADIO 1860 CONTENTS: *DX and station news about:
Anguilla, Armenia +non, Bougainville, Brasil, Bulgaria, Canada,
Czechia non, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Japan non, Korea South,
Lesotho, México, North America, Russia, Spain, Tahiti, Taiwan non,
Turks & Caicos, Ukraine non, USA, Western Sahara non, Zambia
SHORTWAVE AIRINGS of WORLD OF RADIO 1860, January 12-19, 2017
Thu 1230 WRMI 9955 6855 [confirmed]
Thu 2130 WRMI 11580 [confirmed]
Fri 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB
Sat 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [not confirmed]
Sat 0630 HLR 6190-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Sat 1531 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio [confirmed]
Sat 2030v WA0RCR 1860-AM
Sat 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [not confirmed, but carrier]
Sun 0410v WA0RCR 1860-AM [confirmed from 0414]
Sun 1130 HLR 9485-CUSB [confirmed in Europe]
Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB
Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v-AM Area 51
Mon 0430 WRMI 9955
Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730
Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 6855
Tue 2130 WRMI 15770
Tue 2300 WRMI 9955
Wed 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB
Wed 1000 WRMI 5850
Wed 1415 WRMI 9955 6855
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v
Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB
Note: Allan Weiner says that WOR will also be airing at variable
unpredictable times during his Radio Jennifer service on expanded
hours of WBCQ 5130v. Also, propagation has been so poor that one
cannot always confirm the 9330 airings.
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** ALBANIA. 5960, China Radio International; 2122-2130+, 3-Jan; Chit-
chatty M&W in English on how different countries celebrate New Year;
said that more Brits would rather watch fireworks than listen to the
Queen’s speech. Need USB to cut out overpowering hiss; // 7285 also
via Albania; hiss there also, but LSB takes it out (Harold Frodge,
Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' & 60' RW + 125' bow-tie ----- All
logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! ----- DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
5960, Jan 6 at 2117, W&M conversation in English, therefore must be
CRI --- yes, // 7285 as scheduled this hour via Cërrik to western
Europe but America beyond. 5960 is in fact the SSOB! at S8-S9. One
could not imagine R. Tirana itself like that; in fact its 7475 North
American frequency at 0230 has been reported missing lately, even
among Europeans and also among me Jan 7; and the webcast has been
going and coming.
[and non?]. 6020, Jan 7 at 0334, CRI talking in Chinese via Cërrik,
with QRM from singing underneath. R. Gaúcha reactivated? Doubt it,
rather self-imposed QRM as modulated talkover, not a good idea for SW
programs (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
6020, ALBANIA, CRI at 0020 with a man and woman with gentle banter
about the term “beating around the bush” then a Chinese male ballad at
0024 – Very Good Jan 8 – I’m with Glenn Hauser on this one as it would
be a nice gesture if CRI would allow Radio Tirana access to this
transmitter (Mark Coady, Ont., ODXA yg via DXLD)
** ALBANIA. RADIO TIRANA FOREIGN SERVICE: WEB STREAM TAKEN AWAY
http://radioforum.foren.mysnip.de/read.php?8773,1402976
Summary: The day before yesterday the live stream of Radio Tirana 3,
as they call the foreign service, did not connect. Yesterday its URL
had been taken over by another station which meanwhile embedded this
very stream in its website at
http://www.rotanastyle.com
Today this live stream has been removed from the page of Radio Tirana
3 while the two FM programs are still available.
Did they intend to kill the whole foreign service at yearend 2016,
refrained from doing so at short notice (it appears to be still
transmit, as far as one can tell from the residual Shijak signal) but
had already terminated the contract for the live stream? Or what's
going on here?? (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Jan 5, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Checking the webstreams this morning, I did not find a signal on Radio
Tirana 3. At 1130+ UT I find an audio signal both on
http://rtsh.al/radio-tirana-3/
and
http://rtsh.al/radio-tirana-3-live/
At 1141 there was a clear ID as Radio Tirana. On the other hand, there
is no audio on
http://rtsh.al/radio-tirana-1/
and
http://rtsh.al/radio-tirana-1-live/
There is an Albanian text meassage, that google translates to "Sorry,
but the page you requested could not be found. Maybe research will
help you."
Given the past problems of the external service, one might suspect an
intentional termination of the external service relay, but one might
also think of a play out problem or an hacker attack.
[later:] I once more checked the webstreams of Radio Tirana (1600-1620).
All three webstreams are on.
http://rtsh.al/radio-tirana-3-live/
is in parallel to 1458 kHz, scheduled to carry Albanian (1500-1630 h).
[later later:] 2030 UT: While 7465 kHz provides only a distorted
signal,
http://rtsh.al/radio-tirana-3-live/
provides a clear audio of the German programme of Radio Tirana.
Producer Astrit Ibro even announces two internet slots for the German
programme (which is news to me): 1800 and 2030 UT. Unfortunately, he
forgets to mention the web address (Dr Hansjoerg Biener, Germany, 6
January 2017, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Tirana Albanian 0000-0057 UT Jan 9, seven day per week operation. NOT
ON AIR tonight (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hallo Kai {Ludwig}, ich hatte mich am 4. Januar an Astrit Ibro bei
Radio Tirana gewandt, nachdem am 3.1.2016 der Stream ausgefallen und
seit 4.1. ein Stream des syrischen Senders ROTANA STYLE FM aus
Damaskus zu hoeren war.
Daraufhin wurde gestern erst einmal der falsche Stream bei
abgeschaltet und seit kurzem ist dort wieder Radio Tirana 3 Programm
zu hoeren. Dies unter der neuen Stream-IP
So werde ich heute auch wieder die deutsche Sendung aufzeichnen und
auf
bereitstellen koennen (Michael Bethge,
Germany, WWDXC Bad Homburg, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 5 via DXLD)
** ALGERIA [non]. See ETHIOPIA; LESOTHO (WORLD OF RADIO 1860 via DXLD)
** ANGOLA [non-log]. 4949.73, R. Nacional de Angola, Jan 6 found them
off the air from 0236, through subsequent checking till 0357 (Ron
Howard, Calif., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
4949.7, Rádio Nacional, Mulenvos. Jan 7, 2017 Saturday. 0308-0309,
Either off-air or lousy propagation. Nothing heard. Jo'burg sunrise
0323.
4949.7, Rádio Nacional. Mulenvos. Jan 7, 2017 Saturday. 1309-1310.
Still AWOL, nothing heard. Jo'burg sunset 1705 (Bill Bingham,
Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
4949.73, R. Nacional de Angola, 0308, Jan 9. Noted in passing with
above threshold level audio. 0400 time pips and clear ID (Ron Howard,
Calif., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
4949.7, Rádio Nacional, Mulenvos. Jan 11, 2017 Wednesday. 0328-0332
Music and songs, OM and YL talking. Better reception today, can hear
they are talking Portuguese. Jo'burg sunrise 0326 (Bill Bingham,
Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Hi Bill, Was listening on Jan 11, from 0240 to 0303, on 4949.73. Heard
audio nicely above threshold level, with pop African music; 0300 time
pips (4); ID; news headlines(?); 0303 more African pop music. While in
southern Calif., Jim Young emailed that he was hearing them at about
the same time with the strongest signal he has ever heard from them
(Ron Howard, ibid.)
** ANGUILLA [and non]. 6090, Jan 8 at 2322, JBA carrier slightly on
low side, likely R. Bandeirantes, Brasil, in the absence of the so-
called Caribbean Beacon, which nominally starts here at 2200.
Transmitter has been distorting the modulation constantly for many
weeks now. Maybe it finally broke down completely and/or they are
trying to fix it.
11775, Jan 9 at 1556, C.B. day frequency is also off instead of
distorting; good riddance.
11775, Jan 10 at 2113, the PMS/DGS station is still AWOL. Has been off
since at least January 8. 6090 also off at night; see UNIDENTIFIED.
Still off at 0040 Jan 12 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1860, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** ARGENTINA. Mike told us RAE “Argentina to the World” now has a new
studio and new English DX programme “Actualidad DX”, which is
scheduled on Saturdays. The first two episodes are online here:
https://www.spreaker.com/show/actualidad-dx-english
Episode 1 includes some African DX recordings. [Only the first two
English episodes are online there though, as I type this report 29
December]. (Report on Reading meeting, Jan BDXC-UK Communication via
DXLD)
37 and 17 minutes respectively, both uploaded 21 November. So length
must vary widely. Why spreaker? Is that supposed to be an English
word? Apparently an external archive provider, or ``the best
podcasting platform`` originated in Italy, now with physical address
in San Francisco, USA.
On a Saturday when RAE is not really on SW, I finally listen to
podcast #2 with annoying continuous music bed; translation is not
completely idiomatic into English. The announcer is obviously not a
native speaker of English, and no one has polished it. Claims that
Guinea reactivated 9650 and 7125, the latter totally unconfirmed.
Includes lots of off-the-air clips illustrating African SW news.
Refers to Afrikaans as ``the original language from South Africa``.
Tell that to the Xhosa, Zulu, etc., etc.! Says 4976 has been
reactivated from Uganda --- really? There is a clip of something, but
in June 2016, as in DXLD 16-25, Anker Peterson reported that 4976 was
last heard in April 2015 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15345. RAE. Enero 2. 1823-1852. Servicio en inglés. Especial de tangos
y reseña de la vida de Discepolo. SINPO: 55555. (Claudio Galaz, Rx:
Philco IC-18R; Ant: Telescópica; QTH: Barraza Bajo, IV Región, Chile,
condiglista yg via DXLD) Monday
15345. Jan 6 at 2006, RAE Argentina al Mundo, Gral Pacheco, French
program: Sign-off (yesterday too). (DXer: Jose Ronaldo Xavier (JRX),
Cabedelo-PB, Brazil, Tecsun S-2000, Antenna: Own home-made, Hard-Core-
DX mailing list via DXLD) Friday
He means not on the air at all, rather than the action of signing off
after having been on (gh, DXLD)
** ARMENIA. What is NORATUS? WRTH 2017 says `Gavar, Noratus` as if it
were a location, not an agency, and certainly not an acronym or
initialism requiring all-caps. And address, with postal code? as
``3333 Noratus``. The transmitter operator is CJSC = Closed Joint
Stock Company, which seems like a description akin to Inc., Ltd. Or
LLC, rather than a corporate name itself. Noratus name looks rather
Latinate, so could it be something Christian/Orthodox? No particular
meaning known to Google translate.
Answer: ``Noratus is a village near the town of Gavar, most famous for
its cemetery, the oldest part of which includes over 800 khachkars
(stone crosses), carved between the 9th-17th centuries.`` From Yerevan
it is 95 km or one sesquihour away [by road?], so designating the SW
site ERV is hardly accurate. And now the Armenians are publicizing
their cemetery attraxion thus, without moving the SW antennas one cm,
I bet. So are they really closer to Noratus than Gavar? Surely not
within the cemetery, tho there is a certain kinship between crosses
and antenna towers (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST 17-01 via
WORLD OF RADIO 1860, DXLD 17-02)
Upcoming broadcasts of Shortwaveservice via NORATUS [sic]:
Radio Menschen & Geschichten:
1900-2000 6145 ERV 100 kW / 305 deg to WeEu English Jan 01
Radio Golden 80s Rewind:
2000-2100 6145 ERV 100 kW / 305 deg to WeEu English Jan 01
ADDX:
1900-2000 6145 ERV 100 kW / 305 deg to WeEu English Jan 14
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/12/upcoming-broadcasts-of-shortwaveservoce.html
73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Dec 27-29, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1860, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) see also GERMANY [non?]
** ARUBA. 18160-USB, Jan 6 at 2131, P49MR, QSO with unheard K8WIL by
Martin who has to spell his name at least thrice in a barely contact.
Spends winters on island, otherwise is Ontarian VE3MR. Almost the OSOB
in phone, except a JBA on 18140. Fontetix used, just to confuse the
uninformed: Portugal-4-9-Mexico-Radio. The P4- should be enough to get
us to Aruba, so does the small island have at least 9 call areas
within? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA. 4910, Jan 7 at 0816, VP carrier vs CODAR on both sides,
VL8T, Tennant Creek still on day frequency before 0830 switch to 2325.
At about the same level this early is 4835, VL8A Alice Springs, too
close to 4840 WWCR, but will not QSY. The third station day frequency,
5025, VL8K Katherine, is of course blocked by Rebelde unless rarely
AWOL, but normally audible later on 2485. All three stations on five
frequencies are destined for extinxion at Janend, unless internal
opposition to ABC plans succeed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
4910.0, ABC Tennant Creek (PRESUMED), carrier came on at their
scheduled 2130Z SIGN/ON at 2130:08 but band noise and CODAR worked
against hearing anything but the smallest snippets of audio, enough to
identify a female announcer. Put the R390A/Sherwood SE-3 combo on the
frequency and was able to hear the slightest bit of additional audio
but attempting to credibly identify a language was not possible.
Teamed up with Dave Valko on this one via e-mail; we both caught the
carrier as it came up at 2130:07. A quiet band and somewhat favorable
propagation put this Long Path reception in the bag before the Aussies
go dark (Chuck Rippel, VA, NASWA Flashsheet Jan 8 via DXLD) Hmmm, no
date within this report (gh)
** AUSTRIA. Re: Relays this Weekend --- According to "Sender und
Frequenzen 2017" (Germany's WRTH) JOY is a relay, too:
Sunday, 1100 UT, 7330 kHz via Moosbrunn with 100 kW: Charlie-Prince-
Show (Charlie Prince himself, Radio Joystick, Jan 12, HCDX via DXLD)
** BOLIVIA. 5580.2, Radio San José, San José de Chiquitos, 2245 to
2320 improving in Spanish - 2 January, also a bit weaker on 2230 to
2350 on 4 January (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, Florida, Icom 746
Pro, NRD 525, Drake R8, wire antennas, NASWA yg via DXLD)
** BOLIVIA. 5952. R. PIO XII. Enero 1. 0439-0450 UT. Música de tinkus,
morenadas y cuecas bolivianas, i.e.: el tinku del pollito, la morenada
del carnaval de Oruro, et al como transmisión de Año Nuevo. SINPO:
53553 con marcado QRM de otras emisoras sin identificar (Claudio
Galaz, RX: TECSUN PL-660, ANT: Hilo de 40 metros, QTH: Ovalle, IV
Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD)
5952.42, Radio Pio Doce, 0130-0230*, Jan 8. Mostly fair; many on air
phone conversations, all with young girls; 0228 usual whistling
“Colonel Bogey March,” full IDs and chimes; best in USB. Jan 9
(Monday) was off the air before 0205 (Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BOLIVIA. 6025. RED PATRIA NUEVA. Diciembre 31. 0201-0218 UT. Música
folklórica en español, a las 0204 ID: ``Red Patria Nueva`` más jingle
de la emisora, luego música romántica en español. A las 0211, se
identifica nuevamente. SINPO: 44454 con leve QRM de una emisora china
en la misma frecuencia, sin heterodino (Claudio Galaz, RX: TECSUN PL-
660, ANT: Hilo de 40 metros, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile,
condiglista yg via DXLD)
94.1 MHZ. Red Patria Nueva. 2027-2032 UT. Música y luego noticias de
una inauguración de obras públicas y entrega de maquinaria agrícola,
en una localidad cercana a La Paz. Archivo de audio:
https://soundcloud.com/claudio-radioham-dx/941-red-patria-nueva-fm-bolivia
Distancia entre La Paz, Bolivia con el QTH: 1599 km (Claudio Galoaz,
Rx: Philco IC-18R; Ant: Telescópica; QTH: Barraza Bajo, IV Región,
Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD)
** BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1130-1201*, Jan 6. DJ in
Pidgin/Tok Pisin played EZL pop songs in English (Dr Hook with
"Sharing The Night Together," etc.); 1200 with the now regular format
of children singing the National Anthem and announcer in English with
station ID, but today they pulled the plug before he completed the ID;
another day that propagation did not favor RRI Palangkaraya.
3325, NBC Bougainville, 1109-1201*, Jan 9. Provincial news in
Pidgin/Tok Pisin (item about "Department of Education," etc.); DJ in
Pidgin/Tok Pisin playing pop Pacific Islands music; suddenly off
without the recently heard formal sign off format; unfortunately
today's propagation favored both RRI Palangkaraya and NBC, so they
were mixing together for most of the time, with NBC only slightly
better at times (Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1860,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 5964.967, Jan 7 at 0238, JBA carrier, presumed usual R.
Transmundial around this offset (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 11895, R. LEGIAO DA BOA VONTADE. Diciembre 31. 2008-2020
UT. Música de Navidad y reflexiones sobre ser una buena persona,
además de un espacio de música coral hasta las 2015, cuando una mujer
habla de unas reuniones a celebrarse en São Paulo, avisos de la
emisora e identificación como: ``Super Rede Boa Vontade de Radio`` con
lectura de las frecuencias en onda media y onda corta. Después saludos
desde Brasilia. SINPO: 35433. // 9550. SINPO: 45444 (Claudio Galaz,
RX: TECSUN PL-660, ANT: Hilo de 40 metros, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región,
Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) never 0000+ here, early s/off (gh)
** BRAZIL. 14445. R. INCONFIDENCIA. Diciembre 31. 2050-2106 UT. Música
y a las 2104 se escucha identificar la emisora por parte de un locutor
y lectura de la frecuencia de 49 metros. El audio está sobremodulado,
al parecer un espurio o fuera de frecuencia, tal como fue avisado en
el grupo de Facebook: ``Nas ondas curtas do rádio`` por los diexistas
Denis Figueiredo y Uender Silva. SINPO: 35232 (Claudio Galaz, RX:
TECSUN PL-660, ANT: Hilo de 40 metros, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile,
condiglista yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1860, DXLD)
** BULGARIA. IRRS via Secretbrod, Jan 8 [Sunday] --- 1030-1300 on new
or wrong frequency 9880, instead of 9510 -- 73! Ivo Ivanov, QTH:
Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BULGARIA. COPYRIGHT SPAT FORCES BULGARIA RADIO TO PLAY OLD TUNES
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-38530805
By News from Elsewhere... ...as found by BBC Monitoring 6 January 2017
Image caption: Blast from the past: Few modern hits are being played
at Bulgarian National Radio in Sofia
Bulgaria's public radio broadcaster has been banned from playing
millions of contemporary songs because of a row over copyright
payments.
Since 1 January, state-funded Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) has been
filling its airwaves with classical pieces, jazz and traditional folk
music instead, the Novinite news agency reports. It's locked in a
dispute with the non-profit Musicautor organisation, which manages the
rights to work by both local and international artists - 14 million
pieces of music in total.
Even the traditional version of the national anthem is off-limits.
Listeners tuning in on New Year's Eve instead heard the BNR symphony
orchestra and choir's take on the tune, Balkan Insight reports, adding
that the copyright row means only music made before 1945 can be
played. BNR itself says it cannot play "95% of today's modern music
repertoire".
Musicautor wants BNR to pay more in royalties - triple the amount it
pays at the moment - to bring it more into line with national radio in
other EU countries. But radio director Aleksander Velev says that's
impossible unless it gets more funding or drops a regional broadcast,
which would "tarnish the radio's public mission".
Some artists have voiced support for BNR, among them the frontman of
Bulgarian rock band Signal, Dancho Karadjov, who is allowing his new
album to be played free as a show of support. Mr Karadjov is not a
member of Musicautor.
New talks between the two sides are due to begin on Monday to try to
resolve the row. Until then, listeners will be enjoying the sounds of
years gone by (via jon Collins, Birmingham, WORLD OF RADIO 1860, DXLD)
PUBLIC RADIO STOPS PLAYING CONTEMPORARY MUSIC OVER ROW
http://www.novinite.com/articles/178131/Bulgaria%27s+Public+Radio+Stops+Playing+Contemporary+Music+over+Row
The Bulgarian National Radio will only play classical music, jazz and
folklore as of January 01, its Director General says. In a statement,
Aleksandar Velev has cited a dispute of the public broadcaster with
Musicautor, the union managing copyright of composers and record
labels. Musicautor "unilaterally suspended its contract with the BNR"
and barred the radio braodcaster from playing any music whose rights
it holds, he has explained.
This comprises much of the contemporary music in Bulgaria and abroad.
No royalties are needed to play much of the classical, jazz and
folklore music on the BNR's archive as its prescription has expired.
But the union insists the amount of music royalties paid by the BNR
should be three times the current one.
The demand, however, is a burden on the BNR's budget and "does not
rest with economic realities", with state funding allocated to the BNR
remaining unchanged. To pay to Musicautor, the broadcaster would have
to suspend one of its regional programs or take anoher harsh measure
that would "tarnish the radio's public mission". The measure will be
in force on a temporary basis, until the row is settled.
Bulgaria's both public broadcasters, the BNT and the BNR, hold the
status under the 1997 Radio and Television Act, but are de facto
state-run, with funding set aside by the central budget every year
(via Steve Whitt, Medium Wave News 62/08, 5 January 2017 via DXLD)
** CANADA. CANADIAN RADIO NEWS – Dan Sys; Guest editor Jon Pearkins
NEW STATION GRANTED:
580, AB, Edmonton, CHBA, Commercial. 10,000 watts fulltime.
Multilingual with 70% South Asian (Punjabi/Hindi/Urdu/Gujurati)
programming. Extensive transmitter site upgrades are required even
though the now silent CKUA-580 directional patterns will be used.
Owner 1811258 Alberta Limited will move their evening and weekend paid
programming from CKJR-1440 Wetaskiwin to CHBA.
DX IMPLICATIONS
580 – Limited time to catch any stations that CKUA Edmonton AB used to
interfere with.
1440 – CKJR, Wetaskiwin, AB may no longer be viable, making it an
important DX target in case it goes silent.
AM TO FM CONVERSION GRANTED
880, MB, Brandon, CKLQ, Move to 91.5 with 100,000 watts non-
directional. 880 will remain on the air as a repeater covering a
larger area with its 10,000 watts than the FM. After the normal three
month simulcast period for AM to FM conversions, the AM license will
be canceled and become part of the new license for CKLQ-FM.
DX IMPLICATIONS
880 – “91.5” will become a major part of CKLQ-880 Brandon MB. As an AM
repeater of the new CKLQ-FM, call letters may change to CKLQ-1 or
CKLQ-2.
NEW STATIONS DENIED
580, AB, Edmonton, n/a, Commercial. 10,000 watts fulltime.
Multilingual. South Fraser Broadcasting.
580, AB, Edmonton, CFKN, Commercial. 10,000 watts fulltime.
Multilingual. VMS Media Group.
1650, AB, Edmonton, CINH, Commercial. 10,000 watts fulltime.
Multilingual. Neeti P Ray.
1690, AB, Edmonton, CKZW, Commercial. 5,000 watts fulltime.
Multilingual. Radio India, which operates KVRI-1600 Blaine WA by LMA
(IRCA DX Monitor Jan 14 via DXLD)
** CANADA. In Montreal, and elsewhere, everyone is anxiously awaiting
the detailed programming information from CFNV 940 AM, the new French
language news/talk station that is promising to announce it program
details “soon” in the New Year. The station, rather presumptuously, is
calling itself “La Super Station” in on-air announcements. This slogan
was used decades ago in Montreal by CKAC AM 730 when it was one of the
most popular news/talk stations in all of Canada! Also the CRTC has
granted another extension to TTP Media to get their English news/talk
station on the air on 600 kHz. More to come in the New Year, at least
we hope so! (via Jan CIDX Messenger via DXLD)
** CANADA. DXer Patrik Willfor listens for broadcasts in the north of
Finland. (thehamradio.com) [caption] --- DX item on CBC news
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/cbc-radio-fans-finland-1.3923594
story starts out:
When people in other parts of the world tune in to CBC Radio in
Vancouver, they usually do it through our app, or online or through
Sirius XM.
But some people in Finland recently picked up Vancouver's CBC
broadcast — the broadcast heard locally at 690 AM and 88.1 FM — using
an elaborate antenna system roughly 300 kilometres north of the Arctic
Circle in Lapland, Finland.
"It's a few [radio hobbyists] from around Finland who have a very nice
place up in the north where there's not much neighbours which means
not much interference," Patrik Willfor, one of the listeners, told On
The Coast host Stephen Quinn. "It's like a silent band there, so even
the weakest signals come through." Posted by: (Eric Floden, dxldyg via
DXLD)
** CANADA. “When us DXers send a reception report to a domestic medium
wave station” says DAVID ANSELL, writing from Horsham, “sometimes we
get no response. I sent a report to CBG (Gander, Newfoundland) 1400
kHz along with five Canadian dollars. I was surprised on 19th
December, at 1725, to get a telephone call from the station.
The lady said ‘We get these reports, especially from Scandinavia, and
wondered what sort of people you are who send the reports. Could we
interview you live on 21st December at 1140 UK time?’ I gladly
accepted and explained what a DXer does on medium wave. The show was
called ‘Central Morning Show’ and was heard across central
Newfoundland. I was able to mention the BDXC and explain what is a
SWLer and a DXer. I was able to mention how sad it was that Radio
Canada International and the Sackville transmission site had gone!”
You can find the 7 minute interview conducted by Leigh Anne Power,
online under "Ham Radio enthusiast in UK listens to the CBC" at
http://www.cbc.ca/listen/shows/central-morning/segment/11205613
Wow! Well done, David. I am sure that other BDXC members have been
interviewed, not necessarily on live radio, but if you have, or you
have appeared in the print media, please tell OTD all about the
experience! (Jan BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD)
** CANADA. 1610, Jan 7 at 0349 UT, South Asian songs dominating at
S9+20, no doubt CHHA Toronto during its Punjabi hour UT Tue-Sat, but
hardly Latina! Skedgrid in ET, unchanged in 16 months?:
http://chha1610am.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/PostCard-CHHA-1610AM-2016.jpg
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. CHU Missing --- Has anyone else noticed CHU off the air on
both 3330 and 7850 kHz? I`m not even getting a carrier from them. Has
Industry, Science, and Economic Development Canada shut them down?
Inquiring minds need to know! (Mark Coady, Ont., 0135 UT Jan 8, ODXA
yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1860, DXLD)
Loud and clear on 7850 in Ontario (Paul Robertson, 0142 UT Jan 8,
ibid.)
Weak sig here near Chicago on 7850 (Joe-WA9LAE, 0309 UT Jan 8, ibid.)
David Moes, VE3SD, found out from the NRC that they are having
problems with the 3.330 MHz transmitter and are working on it (Mark
Coady, 1246 UT Jan 9, ibid.)
** CANADA. 15034-USB, Jan 6 at 2126.5, Trenton Military ID and ``time,
2025z``, so looks as if they forgot to reset their local clock two
months ago when DST ended! The automaton cannot perceive the
discrepancy when continuing to quote weather conditions in Comox and
Vancouver timestamped 2100z. At least the modulation remains
unscathed. CHR.
15034-USB, Jan 8 at 1416, Trenton Military still with 61-minute-slow
local timechex, ``Time 1315 zulu``, after a bunch of terminal
forecasts all ``missing``, then some successful current conditions at
various airports timestamped 1400z. BTW, exactly the same robovoice
comes out of New York Radio, and I suppose Gander, on 10051, 13270;
haven`t yet determined whether it can tell time correctly. Let`s hope
their weather info is more accurate; when it`s not missing or no
report (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1860, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. "DIGITAL HAS NOT KILLED THE RADIO FREQUENCY IN CANADA --
YET" --- As Norway moves to eliminate FM, 14 radio stations
experimenting with HD Radio here [IBOC]
By Haydn Watters, CBC News
Posted: Jan 08, 2017 11:33 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 08, 2017 12:37 PM
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/digital-radio-canada-1.3924864
(Charly, Brossard, QC, Gauthier, WTFDA gg via DXLD) +435+ comments
** CANADA. CBC ANNOUNCES ‘CANADA 150’ PROGRAMMING LINE-UP
Via Broadcaster Magazine
With only 25 days until 2017, CBC/Radio-Canada announced today a line-
up of special Canada 150 programs. The public broadcaster will be at
the heart of Canada’s anniversary year, sharing Canadian stories to
celebrate the past, the present and the future, including the
perspectives of the Indigenous Peoples of Canada, whose history
extends far beyond these past 150 years. This multiplatform-
programming offer will take all Canadians on a journey, while helping
them discover a vision of Canada’s future together.
With today’s announcement, the public broadcaster released an online
CBC/Radio-Canada 2017 Programming Guide that outlines the extensive
Canada 150 programming offer: documentaries, radio programs, kids
programs, entertainment and arts specials, innovative digital and
virtual reality initiatives, and ongoing news and current affairs
coverage of the people, places and events in every region of the
country that will shape Canada’s milestone anniversary year.
“The 150th anniversary celebrations are for us a unique opportunity to
create and showcase highly emotional moments, to bring Canadians
together around special signature events, and to enable conversations
about our collective national identity, our diversity, and what binds
us together,” said Hubert T. Lacroix, President and CEO of CBC/Radio-
Canada.
2017 programming kicks off on December 31st with Canada’s New Year’s
Eve — Countdown to 2017, a nation-wide musical celebration hosted by
Rick Mercer from Parliament Hill on CBC Television and online at
http://CBC.CA/2017
The star-studded line-up of musical guests across the country
includes: JUNO Award-winning and Grammy-nominated multi-Platinum
recording artist Carly Rae Jepsen, and chart-topping country star
Brett Kissel on the main stage in Ottawa; singer-songwriter Scott
Helman in Montreal; The Strumbellas from the celebrations in Halifax;
The Bros. Landreth featuring Begonia from The Forks in Winnipeg; and
alt-rock giants Wintersleep from the Vancouver celebrations. The
special will also capture the excitement from a number of cities
across the nation as Canadians ring in the country’s historic
anniversary year.
CBC News Network will kick-off New Year’s Eve with live coverage of
the official ceremonies from Parliament Hill, including a ceremonial
re-lighting of the Centennial Flame, as well as fireworks and
celebrations across the country.
The public broadcaster’s English and French services have come
together to present a number of joint projects, including: We Are
Canada, a prime-time documentary series that celebrates the next
generation of change-makers; Train 150, a multiplatform series that
offers a close-up, cross-country view of Canada; a special edition of
the landmark series Canada: A People’s History; a special presentation
of The Best of the Governor General’s Performing Arts Gala; What’s
Your Story?/La Route des 20, which recruits a diverse group of
millennials to tell the contemporary story of Canada throughout 2017;
We Are the Best, a series that shows off the extraordinary culinary
richness of our country; and extensive national Canada Day 2017
coverage on CBC and Radio-Canada platforms.
CBC highlights include: Canada: The Story of Us, an epic ten-part
television history series that tells the extraordinary story of the
people, places and events that have shaped our country. With a
combination of fact-based drama and stunning CGI animations, it is the
stories of Indigenous peoples and immigrants; pioneers and rule
breakers; and scientists and entrepreneurs who forged a nation in a
vast and harsh land; Becoming Canadian, a digital-first series that
will focus on stories from the 250,000 new Canadians who take the Oath
of Citizenship; and Short Docs: Indigenous, a collection of short
digital documentaries by emerging Indigenous storytellers that will
focus on Indigenous Canadians who are challenging the past to define
their futures.
All Radio-Canada’s programming details, including the count-down to
New Year’s Eve coverage, is available online. CBC/Radio-Canada’s
Canada 150 programs will be broadcast on all platforms throughout the
year, with a number of major television specials airing in the spring,
leading up to Canada Day on July 1st, 2017. Broadcast dates and times
will be announced soon. CBC/Radio-Canada is proud to have CIBC as a
partner in celebrating Canada’s 150th anniversary, in the same year
that CIBC is also turning 150 (via Jan CIDX Messenger via WORLD OF
RADIO 1860, DXLD)
i.e. Sesquicentennial! It`s unclear which/how much of above special
programming concerns television, rather than radio. Default medium is
probably TV. Even ``Radio-Canada`` in French doesn`t necessarily mean
it`s about radio (gh, DXLD)
** CANADA. CBC RADIO’S STUART MCLEAN CLOSES THE VINYL CAFÉ --- FOR
NOW, OR FOR GOOD? Via CBC --- A NOTE FROM STUART MCLEAN
As many of you know, I was diagnosed with melanoma a year ago. At the
time we figured the treatment would be swift. What can I say ---
things don’t always go exactly as planned.
I began my first round of immunotherapy treatment last winter. It was
partially, but not completely, successful. So the plan is for me to
begin another round of immunotherapy treatment in January.
I have been writing Dave and Morley stories over the past few months,
but not with any regularity. I’ve been concentrating on my treatment
and my health.
I don’t think airing repeats is fair to those of you who listen every
week and have been so loyal over these past two decades. Nor is it
fair to the writers and producers who are busy creating new work.
There are lots of people creating great work, and it deserves to be
heard and enjoyed.
So, for the time being, I’m going to step aside and make room for
others to share their work on the radio. Starting in January 2017, we
won’t be airing The Vinyl Cafe on CBC Radio, Sirius XM 169 or podcast.
Public Radio stations in the USA will be airing episodes of Vinyl Cafe
Stories until the end of February 2017.
I wanted to tell you that, but I don’t want you to worry about me. A
year ago I told you that I expected this to be just a bump in the
road, not the end of the road. I still believe that to be true. I hope
we will meet up again—on the radio or in theatres. We’ll make sure to
tell you before that happens. The best way to keep in touch is through
our newsletter. If you aren’t already signed up for the newsletter,
you can do that here.
http://eepurl.com/XTL7f
http://vinylcafe.us2.list-manage2.com/subscribe?u=100ce4f48d607d2a98acf6bb6&id=5fb58ce981
In the meantime, look after yourselves and each other. And know that
this isn’t goodbye. It’s just --- so long for now (via Jan CIDX
Messenger via WORLD OF RADIO 1860, DXLD)
** CHILE. 5825, R. TRIUNFAL EVANGELICA. Diciembre 30. 2330-2341 UT.
Música evangélica. SINPO: 55444.
5825, R. TRIUNFAL EVANGÉLICA. Enero 3. 2245-2301 UT. Música de coros
de origen Metodista-Pentecostal. A las 2258 hay una especie de
predicación o avisos que no son entendibles debido al ruido ambiental.
SINPO: 35323 con bastante fading (Claudio Galaz, RX: TECSUN PL-660,
ANT: Hilo de 40 metros, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg
via DXLD)
** CHILE. 6925. RCW. Enero 1. 0030-0040 UT. Música bailable, saludos
de año nuevo y lectura de noticias de celebración de año nuevo en
otras partes del mundo. SINPO: 55444 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Philco IC-
18R; Ant: Telescópica; QTH: Barraza Bajo, comuna de Ovalle, IV Región,
Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD)
RCW, Radio Compañía Worldwide, 6925, 0400 UT Enero 1. Música bailable,
(cumbias de Américo, Los Charros de Lumaco ente otros), SINPO 24342.
Señal muy baja pero estable (Jorge Zuñiga [sic], RX: COBY CX-CB12 Con
antena telescópica, QTH: Padre hurtado Santiago de Chile via Claudio
Galaz, condiglista yg via DXLD) Isn`t it Zúñiga? SS may put tildes on
the Ns but dispense with accents on the vowels (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
** CHINA. 6035, PBS Yunnan (Voice Shangri-la), Jan 8 running past
their normal sign off time of 1200*; at 1256 non-stop classical
western orchestra music; still on at 1303 (Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 9455. Jan 10 at 1842, China National Radio 1. A Firedragon:
continuous instrumental Chinese songs; 1900 Continues. Fair
transmission, 35433 (DXer: José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo-PB,
Brazil, Tecsun S-2000, Antenna: Own home-made, Hard-Core-DX mailing
list via DXLD)
Was it mixing with CNR1, which is regular programming including talk,
other music? If not, Firedragon is NOT = CNR1. Whatever, this of
course is jamming RFA (gh, DXLD)
** CHINA. 9860. CRI. Enero 5, 2240-2245 UT. Mujer presenta unas
canciones en Esperanto del cantante Jomo, que pertenecen a un nuevo
álbum. A las 2245 se inicia una clase de chino. SINPO: 55555 (Claudio
Galaz, RX: TECSUN PL-660, ANT: Hilo de 40 metros, QTH: Ovalle, IV
Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) Many of his logs of CRI
concern Esperanto; see also CUBA 15370 (gh)
** CHINA. 11980, China mainland origin FIREDRAKE music against co-
channel RFA Mandarin from Orzu Tajikistan, noted at 0551 UT Jan 6.
S=9+10dB strength in Thailand remote SDR (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx,
wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 6, 2017, BCDX 09 Jan via DXLD)
** CHINA [non]. SHF Satellites: Television: 95 W, Galaxy 3C,
11.780H/20760 Msps, CGTN News (China Global TV Network - formerly
CCTV) with English Newscast. This is one of 5 streams on this
transponder: CCTV4 in Chinese; this stream; CGTN français in French;
CGTN E in Spanish and CGTN documentary in English. All in well with
61% quality QPSK/MPEG2 in SD (480i), 0655-0715 2/Jan (Ken Zichi, Pt
Hope MI2, for Satellites: Manhattan DJ-1997 FTA receiver +96 inch
movable dish, MARE Tipsheet Jan 6 via DXLD)
** CHINA [non]. See ICELAND
** CUBA. [Re 17-01:] Scott Fybush is generally well informed, but his
statement below [*CAPS*] is totally, dead, absolutely wrong.
``The FCC website isn't a reliable source for Cubans. The Cuban
listings there represent *WHAT US LICENSEES ARE REQUIRED TO PROTECT*
under treaty, which in practice means "what existed before 1961." It's
not meant to be a list of what's actually on the air there (Scott
Fybush, ibid.)``
What US stations are required to protect is what is in the ITU Master
Frequency file ("MIFR"). The FCC CDBS sometimes is consistent with the
MIFR but often is at very substantial variance with it. And the
determination of impermissible interference from Cuba for allocation
purposes is also the MIFR.
There are at least 4 or 5 sources of data about Cuban operations which
are sometimes used to analyze real interference from Cuba but that is
a different problem (Ben Dawson, Hatfield-Dawson, WA, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA. Re: Tim Hall's logs and comments in DXLD 17-01:
1370 - I've not heard anything from Cuba here, at least since May of
2010 when my searchable logs became archived on the Logs sub-pages of
FLPRS. But many Cuban local and provincial stations and networks air
the anthem at midnight local, which would have corresponded to his
0400 GMT log on October 3, before DST ended. I would conclude he
definitely had an unidentified Cuban. I'll try to listen here, though
the present 0500 GMT anthem hour is unlikely for me. Less common is
the anthem at 0600 local (1100 GMT presently).
1210 - Rebelde has been here, from an unknown location, since at least
March 2016 when I first logged it. It may be a dedicated transmitter
and not an overnight cut-over and appears to be from central or
eastern Cuba based on reception time here.
670 - I've not heard a Progreso here but he obviously had multiple
parallels.
Reloj - I seriously doubt anyone is manually keying the "RR" SFX. They
are often way off, on time sounders as well as the "RR" SFX, as well
as audio between various transmitters not feeding in sync. I've also
occasionally heard the network with the "RR"s completely absent for
periods of time. Radio Reloj de Sol would be a better name for the
net. Remember that often on local Sundays, they replace (or sometimes
switch back and forth) the "RR"s with chimes.
Florida Low Power Radio Stations [also with Cuba listings]:
https://sites.google.com/site/floridadxn/florida-low-power-radio-stations
(Terry Krueger, Jan 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 15370. RHC. Enero 1. 2133-2145 UT. Una mujer habla sobre el
legado del poeta cubano Nicolás Guillen, perfil de su vida y lectura
de un poema en idioma esperanto hasta las 2140, informaciones de
medicina y de un congreso de esperanto a realizarse el año 2017.
SINPO: 55555. Sonido sobremodulado. Al parecer, adelantaron 1 hora el
servicio en esperanto (Claudio Galaz, RX: TECSUN PL-660, ANT: Hilo de
40 metros, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD)
Yes, had been Sunday at 2230. Need to reconfirm Jan 15 (gh, DXLD)
12000, Jan 5 at 2236, RHC in Spanish, S5 // 13740 & 9710. Altho has
used this frequency in past, not lately, and seems too strong to be
harmonic of 6000, where anyway there is only a JBA carrier. Possibly
that transmitter tuned up by error onto its second harmonic instead of
fundamental. Or another off-schedule experiment?
11880, Jan 5 at 2240, RHC Spanish here instead of English! So //
12000, 11840 & 11760, i.a. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
6000, Radio Habaña Cuba with English Editorial and into a commentary
on the last year in US/Cuba relations that I gather was supposed to be
in English but they used the Spanish tape (whoops!), then into dead
air at 0125 like they realized they oopsed, but then continuing on in
Spanish like the transmitter feeds got switched. Good to know they are
on top of things in the new year! Back to English at 0131 with Ed
Newman acting like he didn't notice what preceded him was in Spanish.
Then into English silly sports news. At 0135 into Cuban vocal music
but more dead air at 0138 until 0144 when they came back with OM/YL
talx in English at a much reduced modulation level, taking
it down to 5554+3, and which caused me to tune out. 5554+4 hum in the
modulation was a little distracting. 0115-0145 6/Jan SB-310
+randomwire (Ken Zichi, Williamston MI, MARE Tipsheet Jan 6 via DXLD)
15700, CRI at 1418 with a man and woman with banter about workers in
the manufacturing sector and their relationships with management ---
Strong signal but low level audio Jan 7. This low level audio crops up
at various times and on various frequencies of RHC. I wonder if it`s a
particular transmitter or studio-transmitter link that is to blame
(Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Drake SPR4 Receiver, Drake TR7, Kenwood
TS440S, and YouKits TJ5A Transceivers, AEA AT-300 and MFJ-941E Manual
Tuners, LDG Z-100 Plus Auto Tuner, 40 meter and 80 meter off centre-
fed dipoles, ODXA yg via DXLD)
15140, Jan 7 at 1904, undermodulated choking Arabic from RHC to
Chicago, only S9; collides with irregular Oman also in Arabic as noted
elsewhere, but no trace of that here.
5025 & 5040, Jan 8 at 0615, both 60m frequencies are off, but at this
hour nothing else to be heard on or around them (e.g. Australia, Perú
on 5025). Asleep before I could check out any other RHCs, but next
check awake at 1353, 5025 is back on with music in Spanish (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9580, CRI at 0105 // 5990 (also via Cuba) with a man with “CRI News”
with several transmitter breaks on both frequencies – Very Good when
on the air Jan 8 (Mark Coady, Ontario, ODXA yg via DXLD)
15370. Jan 10 at 2005, Radio Habana Cuba, Bauta, in English (Aoki and
EiBi skeds says Portuguese). Announcers (man and woman) presents a
Newsletter; ID. Station with very good signal and modulation, 45544.
Note: RHC sked says 2000-2030 on 15370 BAU 100 kW / 010 deg to WeEu
Portuguese (DXer: José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo-PB, Brazil,
Tecsun S-2000, Antenna: Own home-made, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via
DXLD)
15140, Wed Jan 11 around 2030, RHC English is here with mailbag, and
on 15370 Arabic, as both are scheduled. Checking because on Jan 10 at
2005, JRX in Brasil found English on 15370 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?11151-Cuba-FM-bandscan
Cuba FM bandscan --- Scanning the FM band from the Strait of Florida,
40 miles north of the Cuba coastline. I have attempted to identify
some stations but I am probably off here and there. Interesting narrow
band FM signal on 95.5.
Cubavision TV Audio 87.75
Progreso 90.3
Radio Coco 91.7
Radio Taíno 93.3
Radio Enciclopedia 94.1
CMCA, Radio Ciudad de La Habana 94.7
Radio Rebelde 95.5 narrow
Radio Rebelde 96.7
Unknown 97.5 (R Taíno or R Progreso per member cd637299)
R Camoa 97.9 (per member cd637299)
Radio Metropolitana 98.3
Unknown 98.7
Radio Musical Nacional 99.1
Radio Cadena Habana 99.9
R Rebelde 100.3 (per member cd637299)
Radio Cadena Habana 100.7
Radio Reloj 101.5
R Progreso 101.9 (per member cd637299)
Radio Havana 103.1
Radio SG or Radio 26? 104.3
Radio Mayabeque? 104.7
CMBT R Jaruco 105.1 (per member cd637299)
Radio Progreso 106.3
Habana Radio 106.9
Radio Taíno 107.9
---------------------------------
Last edited by NO2CW; 01-12-2017 at 05:53 PM (Ivan Cholakov,
Miami/Hollywood FL, NO2CW, Jan 11, WTFDA Forum via DXLD)
Wow, nice often-full-quieting reception there! Had no idea RHC had an
English service on 103.1; time to do me some research
[they have been announcing this, 91.7 and 102.5 for a long time now.
From three different locations, AFAIK, it`s never clear whether all
are // the same, or how the broadcast day is split up amongst
languages, but English and Spanish are certainly included --- gh]
The 102.5 dead air is RHC as well, likely a Spanish service, and I am
trying to find out what time nightly it begins. Not sure if your 102.3
is // 102.5, or just bleeding from 102.5.
The unknowns could be, based on my monitoring in the Keys and
Everglades National Park:
97.5 R Taíno or R Progreso
97.9 R Camoa
98.7 if not WCNK Key West, would love to know myself!
100.3 R Rebelde
101.9 R Progreso
105.1 CMBT R Jaruco
Now I wanna go back (Chris Dunne, member cd637299, Pembroke Pines FL,
Jan 12, ibid.)
Thank you, I made some updates to the original post and will annotate
the youtube video when I have the time. I have another scan from off
the westernmost tip of Cuba and it`s a wild mix with Yucatán FM
stations. I will post it soon (Iván, NO2CW, ibid.)
** CUBA [non]. From the Isle of Music, Week of January 16-22, 2017:
Electronic Cuba – Leonardo Pérez shares more of Una Mecánica
Diferente, Jazz saxophonist Emir Santa Cruz shares some of his music,
and we are going to explore some of what is happening in Cuban
electronic music today. Three options for listening on shortwave:
WBCQ, 7490 kHz, Tuesdays 0100-0200 UT (8-9 pm EDT [sic, he keeps
saying, really EST] Mondays in the Americas)
Channel 292, 6070 kHz, Fridays 1100-1200 UT (1200-1300 CET) and
Saturdays 1200-1300 UT (1300-1400 CET)
See the From the Isle of Music Facebook Page for more information.
https://www.facebook.com/fromtheisleofmusic/
(Bill Tilford, FTIOM, Jan 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CZECHIA [and non]. THE SPY WITH NO NAME
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-38261956
(via Terry Krueger, DXLD) Yes, with a numbers-station radio angle (gh)
** CZECHIA [non]. 6855, Jan 7 at 0230, R. Prague opening daily English
relay on new frequency via WRMI, added to or replacing inaudible 11580
which is still the only one shown on schedule; ex-Brother Scare all
the time on 6855, following drastic reduxion in his WRMI hours. More
under USA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1860, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** DENMARK [non]. DSWCI special from early Dec still playing on WRMI
in Jan: See U S A
** ECUADOR. 1330, HC.. R Visión Cristiana, Quito inactive since a
couple of months (Jan Edh/Henrik Klemetz, ARC via SOUTH AMERICAN NEWS
with Tore B. Vik, Norway, Medium Wave News 62/08, 5 January 2017 via
DXLD)
Leaving RVC still on 1330 from NYC and DR at least, plus 1020 KCKN
Roswell; yes, one of lots of Ecuadorians with no callsign known to
WRTH 2017; 3 kW, leaving two other indicativoed HCs on 1330. So what`s
with the no-callsign deal? Stations not exactly legal? Or agency
stopped assigning calls at some point? RVC was relatively recent
(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. 15230.091, Radio Cairo's Swahili to East Africa. S=9+10dB
carrier, but ONLY 1% tiny modulation underneath. 6 x 50 Hertz peaks
visible distance apart either sideband. [selected SDR options, span
12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews
Jan 4, 2017, BCDX 09 Jan via DXLD)
** ERITREA. 7146.55 [non-log] VOBME 1, not heard Jan 6, nor any other
days recently; also no jamming here starting at 1500-1501.
7175, VOBME 2 (presumed), 1444-1501, Jan 6. HOA music/singing. After
several months of monitoring, have noted the white noise (DRM?)
jamming starts consistently about 1500-1501, but there is a slight
time difference, so seems not on a timer. Why do they not jam before
this, when VOBME 2 is in the clear (except for hams!)? (Ron Howard,
Calif., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7174.990 S=9+20dB noted at 0020 UT Jan 7 in Doha Qatar, ONLY CARRIER
parked. nothing on approx. 7146v kHz. No white noise jamming (Wolfgang
Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Remember a
carrier could be a spoiler ham in this range. I often hear AM carriers
around 40m, with no mod, on and off unpredictably (gh, DXLD)
** ESTONIA. Members, My appeal for Finns or Russians to help at last
has brought a result. During 1990 to 1991 as the Soviet Union
disintegrated, stations promoting the Russian point of view were
placed in Republics which were trying to break away. In Estonia Radio
Nadezhda operated with 20kW on 747kHz. After many enquiries Jari
Lehtinen worked with me to narrow down that the army base where the
transmitter and antenna were housed - called Tankipolk (in Keila) was
at 59 18 26.9N 24 23 34.9E.
This has been a fully resolved query where one initial Facebook post
(on WRTH) alerting members of that Group to the existence Andres
Aule's audio clip of Radio Nadezhda led via more posts from many
DXers, to the full piecing together of information about the short
lived station.
When it was working, the 747 kHz station was on air 0330-0500, 0930-
1100, and 1530-1700. The transmissions seemed to have stopped a little
before 31 August 1991. 73 and 88 (Dan Goldfarb, mwmasts yg via DXLD)
** ETHIOPIA. 891 kHz. While Algiers still silent, this evening EBC,
National Radio, Dese came through on the empty channel. At 2000 UT
with short musical bridge, brief anthem and ID by man in Amharic. Into
news. At 2017 UT again with HoA music. At 2100 UT closing with
National Anthem. SIO: 322 (On Jan 05). (Zeljko Crncic, Germany, wwdxc
BC-DX TopNews Jan 5, BCDX 09 Jan via WORLD OF RADIO 1860, DXLD) See
also LESOTHO
** ETHIOPIA. 6030. R. OROMIYA. Enero 4. 0355-0416 UT. Cantos africanos
y desde las 04 en adelante, al parecer noticias, alternándose una voz
femenina y una masculina en un idioma sin identificar, al parecer
Oromo. SINPO: 43443 con QRM marcado de R. MARTI en la misma
frecuencia. No obstante, R. Martí se escucha por debajo. Luego de las
0415, se vuelve un poco más dominante Radio Martí (Claudio Galaz, RX:
TECSUN PL-660, ANT: Hilo de 40 metros, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile,
condiglista yg via DXLD) And no Cuban jamming too?? (gh, DXLD)
** ETHIOPIA [and non]. 6090, Jan 7 at 0332, PMS ANGUILLA S9+40, still
distorted as always, but they don`t care in The Valley. With CCI talk
underneath, at this hour, probably R. Amhara, and no het. It must be
stronger than 6110 R. Fana to start with, since that is quite weak,
very poor; but WRMI-less 5950 with HOA music is fair to poor hitting
S9.
Wolfgang Büschel was monitoring via Qatar remote a few minutes
earlier, putting Tigray Revolution on 5949.999, Amhara on 6089.997,
while Fana was on exactly 6110.000; nothing on 7236v, as I also noted,
nor any Eritreans, while Somaliland carrier was there on 7120 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.:
** ETHIOPIA. Ethiopians heard in Doha Qatar remote unit at 0317 Jan 7:
5949.999, Tigray Revolution, S=9+10dB in Doha Qatar unit. excellent
sound, enjoyed HoA music 0315-0330 UT
6030.000, Oromya, S=9+5dB at 0315 UT Jan 7. Fluttery unstable signal
wanders 4-5 Hertz up and down.
6089.997, R. Amhara, only S=7-8, music at 0318 UT on Jan 7.
6110.000, R Fana, S=9+5dB in remote Doha Qatar unit. Amharic, local
music at 0329 UT. Nothing on air on 7236v kHz this morning (Wolfgang
Büschel, DF5SX, this Jan 7th morning in Doha Qatar site, wwdxc BC-DX
TopNews via DXLD)
** ETHIOPIA. On Jan 2nd at 1801 starting with drum “dum-dum” sounding
IS and ID something like “Edi laskomedati Ertrain”, at 1804 march, and
program in vernacular till 1836 when only carrier till 1841 and s/off
on 7237.0. On Jan, 6th two stations whistling in English, CRI(?) on
7235 and Ethiopia on 7236.8. BTW on same day at 0356 started V of
Eritrea on 7235.0. On Jan 5th at 1300 started on 7235.9 and whistling
with (?) VOA in Korean (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Jan 12, 2017,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7236.571, Jan 7 at 1358, poor carrier here, presumed the constantly
varying R. Ethiopia by long path (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
7237.111v, Jan 9 at 1405, JBA carrier from R. Ethiopia, constantly
drifting downward as I try to measure it, but not getting back to the
7236+ range while I`m on it, just as well to avoid non-variants on
7235, 7240.
7236.79v, Jan 10 at 1512, JBA carrier by long path from R. Ethiopia.
Keeps varying as I try to measure it, so will dispense with the third
decimal place (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EUROPE. Laser Hot Hits, on Facebook 30 minutes ago: "We are on 1494
kHz Medium Wave + 4029, 5800 & 6205 kHz Shortwave this weekend."
Good reception here in Caversham on 1494 kHz, Sat 7/1 at 2210 UT.
Announced email for reports studio@laserhothits.co.uk 73, (Alan
Pennington, AOR 7030plus, longwire, 2218 UT Sat Jan 7, BDXC-UK yg via
DXLD)
** FRANCE. Re: 162 Allouis France Inter at 2300 UT Dec 31:
"Have this recorded via Twente and will archive later."
Last one hour of France Inter on 162 kHz archived with discussion:
https://archive.org/details/FranceInter0.162MHz31December20162200UTC
and here:
https://shortwavearchive.com/archive/france-inter-longwave-162-khz-final-sign-off-december-31-2016
(-- Richard Langley, Jan 6, dxldyg via DXLD)
Hi everyone, I'd like to make some remarks after reading the article
entitled FRANCE INTER CLOSES LW in the recent issue of MWN.
1/ The footnote says: ``Programming has stopped but blank carrier
still on air, seemingly at full power --- won`t save that much
money!``
It will save Radio France 13 million euros a year, as the money was
taken from the RF budget. Of course it won't save the taxpayer any
money, as now the money comes directly from the state.
Therefore I would like to rephrase the footnote and say ``If the
taxpayer still has to pay, wouldn't it have been simpler to leave the
programme on and let the government pay the bill directly?"
Anyway, CSA and ANFR, the authorities in charge, and TDF, who runs the
transmitter, are hastily looking for a new programme provider.
2/ The station does not send a blank carrier; it still carries the
time signals that drive thousands of clocks in the country, especially
those of the railway network.
3/ The article also says ``RTL, Europe 1 and RMC continue to broadcast
on long wave to reach areas where they are not present in FM.`` The
trouble is, RTL, E1 and RMC can be well heard on LW where their FM
network is very good as well, but much less so in areas where they are
not present on FM.
At my place, for instance, RMC cannot be heard on FM and the longwave
transmitter is only heard in the early morning and late evening. No
trace of it during the daylight hours, even in the winter.
That's why RMC seems to be interested in using the Allouis
transmitter, which is well heard in the east of the country, precisely
in the area where there are no FM outlets. Whether they can afford it
is of course another kettle of fish. 73, (Rémy Friess, Jan 5, MWCircle
yg via DXLD)
So, it has been over a week now and this transmitter is still on air
with no modulation (apart from the inaudible time signals). So what is
the point of that? An AM transmitter with a 100% mod sine wave will
take 50% more ‘juice’ than an unmodulated one, but when speech/music
is carried the extra power required is somewhat less than 50%. So this
France Inter closedown is clearly not an energy saving effort but some
form of political move. Regards, (Gareth Foster, Jan 9, BDXC-UK yg via
DXLD)
Explained above, and now he explains it again: (gh)
It saves Radio France 13 million euros a year. Before Jan 1st the bill
was paid by RF. The time signals were sent at no cost. Now the costs
are carried directly by the state, as the service cannot be scrapped
or the whole railway service in France for instance will collapse, as
they rely heavily on the Allouis time signals to regulate traffic.
Radio France doesn't care about the fact that the taxpayer still has
to put in some money. They have cut THEIR bill by 13 million euros.
That's why ANFR and TDF are looking for a new user. But who can afford
it? So far none have come up, although RMC seem to have expressed
interest. Regards, (Rémy Friess, Jan 9, ibid.)
162 KHZ OPPORTUNITY
Amateur Radio Newsline Report No. 2045
By Jeremy Boot G4NJH January 6, 2017
If you're a licensed amateur in France and eager to get on the air at
162 kHz, you have until January 16th to let the CSA, the French
Superior Council of Audio-visual, know you support its use as an
amateur frequency.
Radio France, the public radio broadcaster, ceased operations on the
frequency at the end of 2016 and the CSA is seeking expressions of
interest for another radio service there. The frequency had been in
use by France Inter, one of the public broadcaster's channels. The
discontinued service had been announced as a cost-saving measure.
Their departure from the frequency created an opportunity for hams and
the CSA will be seeking input during the first half of January about
amateur use. Again, you have until January 16th to let them know.
Visit the authority's website at http://www.csa.fr where there is a
link to download details about expressing interest. Posted by: (Mike
Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) Oooh, they overlook something (gh, DXLD)
The expression of interest at the link he gives, unless I'm missing
something in the translation, is for a broadcast radio service and
nothing to do with amateur radio use. The CSA has also stated there
that 162 will be continued to be used as a time signal service for the
forseeable future (Mike Barraclough, ibid.)
It should suffice to simply consider what the CSA in fact is:
http://www.csa.fr/en/The-CSA/An-Independent-Authority-to-Protect-Audiovisual-Communication-Freedom
What will be next? Appeals to discontinue the outdated 198 kHz
broadcasting service and free the frequency for ham use? (Kai Ludwig,
Germany, ibid.)
Hi everyone, From Monday Jan 2, to Friday Jan 6, France Bleu Berry,
the local FB station in the Allouis/Issoudun area, carried a daily 3-
Minute Programme about the history of the Allouis transmitter.
If you understand French you can hear or download these programmes at:
http://radiofrance-podcast.net/podcast09/rss_14721.xml
73, (Rémy Friess, Jan 8, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)
I often read of an EU ruling, though I've never fully checked this,
that if a public service broadcaster leaves a radio frequency it
should be made available for commercial or other non public
broadcasters.
As to the time signal service, this is a slightly edited version of
the google translated press release about this:
"The National Frequency Agency (ANFR) was commissioned by the
Government to maintain the broadcast of the hourly signal after France
Inter longwave closes down at the end of December. This service is
widely used in key sectors of the French industry to synchronize more
than 200,000 clocks.
Since 1977, the frequency of France Inter also transmits a reference
time signal elaborated from atomic clocks. This signal is inaudible
but, when it is picked up by an appropriate apparatus, it provides
French legal time. Some public service undertakings, such as SNCF,
Enedis or Aéroports de Paris, but also local authorities, use this
signal to synchronize clocks in public places, information panels,
Public lighting or the synchronization of pay and display machines.
This radio-synchronization service on the 162 kHz frequency provides a
time reference of very high accuracy and reliability. It has the
advantage of being better received in indoor spaces than other time
bases, such as GPS or mobile phone networks.
The Government wished to maintain the broadcasting of these hourly
signals after the termination of France Inter's programs. In this
context, it has tasked the National Frequency Agency (ANFR) to
organize the maintenance of this broadcast as from 1 January 2017.
ANFR, in close collaboration with TDF, the CFHM (French Chamber of
Watchmaking and Microtechnology), and the main users of the signal,
will carry out tests from the beginning of 2017 to adjust the
parameters for broadcasting the time signal."
You don't need 2 MW to broadcast a limited bandwidth time signal to
France. The UK and German time signal services are on lower
frequencies which propagate for longer distances but Anthorn [UK] 60
kHz uses 17 kW and DCF77 Mainflingen [Germany] uses 50 kW. My radio
controlled clock in North Hertfordshire works off DCF77 but not
Anthorn. If there is no interest in the frequency, they can begin
these tests.
I wouldn't be surprised in the long term if the French time signal
service moved to a lower frequency though that would need modification
or replacement of all the current clocks that rely on the signal (Mike
Barraclough, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)
Le 10/01/2017 16:09, barraclough.mike [bdxc-news] a écrit:
``I often read of an EU ruling, though I've never fully checked this,
that if a public service broadcaster leaves a radio frequency it
should be made available for commercial or other non public
broadcasters``
I don't know about that EU ruling; Who cares about EU rulings anyway?
You guys voted for Brexit. FREXIT is coming soon, hopefully. Anyway
ANFR have advertised the frequency. But there is only one possible
candidate: RMC.
``I wouldn't be surprised in the long term if the French time signal
service moved to a lower frequency though that would need modification
or replacement of all the current clocks that rely on the signal.``
Well, I would be; You can't just throw away 200000 clocks.
I don't expect a significant power reduction either, as the Allouis
signal does not always reach certain areas of the country very well,
even with 2 MW. The north-east, where I live, is one instance. Corsica
is another.
I would rather expect an adjustment in the filters they use. A 9 kHz
bandwidth is useless. With narrower filters they might make much
better use of the power available. 73, (Rémy Friess, France, BDXC_UK
yg via DXLD)
The much decreased bandwidth is why you need less power.
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showpost.php?p=84938521&postcount=1201
(Mike Barraclough, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Viz.:
The detection bandwidth for the digital time information is probably
only a few tens of Hertz, so transmitter power could be massively
scaled back from whatever it's set at now (claimed to be 2 MW). As an
example, the actual radiated power from the time signal at Anthorn in
Cumbria is just over 15 kW and probably reaches a couple of thousand
km on 60 kHz. The antenna array at Allouis, if that's the site that
will eventually be used, will be much more efficient than the 'T' at
Anthorn but the frequency is higher and therefore more lossy, so
probably 30-50 kW EMRP would do it for the time signal (Vectorsum, 21-
12-2016, via DXLD)
When there is no modulation (most of the time now) there is no
bandwidth, but that doesn't mean there is no power. As I said earlier,
a 100% mod sine wave will increase the transmitter power by 50%
(regardless of the mod frequency and thus bandwidth). Average
music/speech will increase the tx power somewhat less than that. So
the power will now be a little under 2 MW.
The reason MSF and DCF can use much less power is the lower frequency
which has a much larger ground wave range, nothing to do with phase
mod. Your digital spy member is misinformed. Regards, (Gareth, Sent
from my iPad, Westfield, not Foster?, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)
How is he misinformed? This was originally brought up by a retired BBC
engineer one of whose tasks was coverage maps using criteria based on
AM, FM and DAB reception on domestic receivers, many of which are
insensitive.
You are now looking at reception of a time signal on a frequency no
longer transmitting a broadcast radio service, not on domestic
receivers but on complex sensitive receivers designed solely for one
purpose located in France; the coverage area of France Inter extends
beyond that. It's greater than DCF77 which is used by clocks sold for
domestic use outside Germany including mine as it can't pick up
Anthorn.
The fourth link shows that the weakest reception is in eastern
Corsica. So as someone on that or another thread says, go down there,
drop the power and see if the time signal service can still be
received.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TDF_time_signal
Increasing transmitter power is the law of diminishing returns. I've a
report somewhere about Droitwich going to half power for some time and
the engineers finding out that the difference in coverage area within
the UK was marginal if that (Mike Barraclough, ibid.)
I am also a retired BBC engineer, but I don't want to get involved in
an argument here. Suffice to say the power of an AM transmitter does
not change with the modulation bandwidth, though it does change a
little with the modulation depth.
It is possibly true that narrow band dedicated phase mod receivers
could work at a lower signal level. It is also possible that the
actual receivers used were not designed to be particularly sensitive
due to the high signal levels available. Only by dropping the power
will we know.
Remember, though, it is a broadcast transmitter in a broadcast band
that they are hoping to find a new broadcaster for. Rgds, (Gareth,
Sent from my iPad, ibid.)
"There are a few other eastern European stations on the frequency."
Well, no. In DXLD 1701, Glenn corrected me with the comment "?? 162
kHz? Nothing but France anywhere"
I had consulted a clearly out-of-date list of LW stations when I came
up with my remark. At one time, there were also stations from Turkey,
Mongolia, and the U.S.S.R. on 162 kHz. Long since disappeared. Should
have consulted a recent copy of WRTH. Caveat lector! (Richard Langley,
Jan 11, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
As reported by Stephen Cooper in his latest DigiDX program:
"Last week, from Monday to Friday at 1210 local time, the French radio
network France Bleu broadcast a mini series on the history of the
longwave transmitting station in Allouis: 'L'histoire de l'émetteur
d'Allouis avec Jacques Lane'. The five short broadcasts available on https://www.francebleu.fr/emissions/histoire-en-berry/berry/l-histoire-de-l-emetteur-d-allouis-avec-jacques-lane."
(-- Richard Langley, ibid.)
ISSOUDUN FEATURED ON TV
http://dl.francetelevisions.com.ipercast.net/pic/orleans/HD_1900_orleans_jtregional_060117.mp4
1 GB file, with the piece in question starting at 20:00. (No link to a
streaming player page, not requiring to download the whole file, has
been provided.) This is supposed to be a 53 MB extract, but on a very
slow server:
http://dl.free.fr/msdXbxY5G
At 21:57, the ex-Pori transmitters, further featured in the following
close-ups, can be seen besides the remaining old Thomson-CSF rigs. (By
the way, does someone know if the 963 kHz equipment [FINLAND] still
remains or has meanwhile been dismantled as well? On Google Maps it
looks as if a big clearing of the building was under way...)
The dead transmitter hall with the museal collection had been closed
in 1996 and the related curtains shortly afterwards removed to clear
the space for further ALLISS units.
Program host again confuses Radio France Internationale with France
Inter; and the referenced Saint-Aoustrille is the village closest to
the transmitter complex (Kai Ludwig, Germany, shortwavesites yg via
DXLD)
** FRANCE. A Facebook page has been set up to keep LW on the air:
https://www.facebook.com/Maintiende-la-diffusion-grandes-ondes-de-France-Inter-102914426773097/?fref=ts
This is linked to a petition at
http://162khz.wesign.it/fr
(Jan BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD)
** FRANCE. M6 GROUP TAKES OVER RTL --- M6 Group is to acquire the
French radio assets of RTL Group as part of a move by the pan-European
broadcast giant to group its French broadcasting activities in one
company.
RTL is M6 Group’s principal shareholder, with a 48.26% stake. Under
the terms of the deal M6 plans to acquire 100% ownership of RTL
Group’s French radio assets – RTL, RTL 2, Fun Radio, and advertising
sales house IP France – for €216 million on a debt and cash-free
basis. Following the transaction, M6 will combine a portfolio of TV
channels, radio stations, digital services, content production/rights
trading and diversification.
RTL said that creating an integrated sales house for TV, radio and
digital advertising would create new growth opportunities, notably by
meeting advertisers’ growing demand for cross-media advertising
solutions. It also said that the deal would create efficiencies by
sharing investments in technology and digital distribution platforms
and by pooling certain central support functions.
M6 will have the right to use the RTL trademark for its radio services
under licence. RTL’s French radio services posted revenues of €168
million last year, with EBITA of €24 million. M6 said it expected
EBITA of €40 million from the radio unit by 2020.
The French broadcaster said that the acquisition would see it bring
together TV, radio and digital commercial teams to propose integrated
offers to advertisers. It said that the deal would also enable it to
take advantage of new opportunities to innovate in digital media and
content, notably in news and music broadcasting (Medium Wave News
62/08, 5 January 2017 via DXLD)
** GERMANY. FM FREQUENCY CHANGES COMING TO AFN KAISERSLAUTERN,
WIESBADEN
By JENNIFER H. SVAN | STARS AND STRIPES Published: January 4, 2017
http://www.stripes.com/news/fm-frequency-changes-coming-to-afn-kaiserslautern-wiesbaden-1.447274
KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany -- After years of negotiation, American Forces
Network has secured an FM radio frequency compatible with cars made to
U.S. specifications for listeners in the Kaiserslautern area, the
agency announced this week.
At 11 a.m. on Jan. 18, AFN Kaiserslautern will switch to 105.1 FM,
from 100.2.
The change will allow the station's signal to be heard on most modern
American car radios, whose digital dials tune to only odd-numbered
frequencies.
"This change is a long time coming," said Master Sgt. Christina
Nelson, the AFN Kaiserslautern station manager. "We felt our
audience's frustration at not being able to access their local radio
station in their cars, and we wanted to fix it."
Nelson said AFN worked with the German government and Media Broadcast
-- Germany's largest service provider for the broadcast and media
industry -- to coordinate the frequency change.
Deutschland Radio, Germany's national radio station, which currently
broadcasts over 105.1 FM, will take over AFN Wiesbaden's 98.7 FM
frequency, Deutschland Radio announced in a news release.
AFN Wiesbaden will switch its FM frequency to 103.7 at the same time
AFN Kaiserslautern changes, Nelson said.
While the AFN Kaiserslautern signal strength is expected to remain the
same, AFN Wiesbaden will have a smaller reach after the frequency
switch, extending mostly to Wiesbaden and the Maniz areas. Until now,
it could be heard in Kaiserslautern.
An AFN Wiesbaden post on its Facebook site said that the station
currently broadcasts from the Feldburg tower to nearly all of the
German state of Hessen and that "our range will be smaller from the
new location."
Deutschland Radio said in its statement that taking over 98.7 from
AFN, after more than 10 years of negotiations, will significantly
improve its reception, allowing it to reach about 5 million people
between Marburg, Aschaffenburg, Bad Kreuznach and Mannheim.
The reduction of American forces in Germany to significantly fewer
sites allowed the frequency change, Deutschland Radio said. A network
of stations, "tailored to the needs of the American armed forces," has
been created from parts of "the former frequency islands of"
Deutschland Radio.
svan.jennifer@stripes.com
related articles: A cameraman shoots video at the new headquarters for
American Forces Network Pacific Korea at Camp Humphreys, South Korea,
Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016. AFN will provide high-definition television
for all channels by the end of next year, a senior official told Stars
and Stripes (via Mike Cooper, DXLD)
** GERMANY [non]. SHORTWAVESERVICE TESTTRANSMISSIONS COMING UP
Hi folks, we are performing the 3 following weekends some 100 kW test
broadcasts as following:
Sat, 14.01.2017 1200-1300 UTC 9900 kHz SEAsia / Australia
Sun, 15.01.2017 1200-1300 UTC 9900 kHz SEAsia / Australia
Sat, 21.01.2017 1200-1300 UTC 9900 kHz Western Russia / CIS
Sun, 22.01.2017 1200-1300 UTC 9900 kHz Western Russia / CIS
Sat, 28.01.2017 1500-1600 UTC 6015 kHz Europe
Sun, 29.01.2017 1500-1600 UTC 6015 kHz Europe
Thanks for tuning in. Best regards, (Christian Milling, Jan 11, dxldyg
via WORLD OF RADIO 1860, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Christian: Any idea what the programming will be during these test
transmissions? Thanks. – (Richard Langley, dxldyg via dXLD)
And I was about to ask, from where? Probably Armenia, but no HFCC
registrations for these in latest update (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)
Christian Milling posted some times and frequencies for test
transmissions, but no indication came to me of who is doing the tests,
nor from where. Can someone fill in that information, please? (Philip
Hiscock (in Newfoundland, at the most eastern part of what is usually
thought of as North America), ibid.)
Noratus, Armenia? That's what they've used in the past for the higher
power transmissions (-- Richard Langley, ibid.)
The content will be a test with music and announcements every 2.5
minutes by shortwaveservice itself. Power is 100 kW. Due to a non-
disclosure agreement I can’t tell you the transmitter sites, but it is
not Armenia. Of course you are free to guess from where it will come.
73, (Christian Milling, Jan 12, ibid.)
Secretbrod is then guessed, then ruled out. Different secret sites
on same frequencies different days (gh)
** GERMANY. DX Diary: TUESDAY 21 FEBRUARY: Annual SW broadcast of
Radio Öömrang from Amrum Island, German North Frisian Islands.
Tentatively 1600-1659 UT on 15215 kHz via Issoudun or Nauen in
Frisian dialect, German and English. QSLs via transmitter operator
Media Broadcast: qsl-shortwave@media-broadcast.com
(Jan BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD)
It`s always on 21 Feb, and details are as observed last year(s). IIRC,
it was a bust in 2016, had to be repeated a few days later. Some
careful listener also thought it was exactly the same recording from
previous year(s). No entry, yet? in HFCC B-16 for it as of Jan 11
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. Greek radio still recovering from the 2013 lockout:
MEDIUMWAVE RADIO FROM MEGARA TO OPERATE AGAIN
radiofono.gr 5 January 2013
The medium wave broadcasting center of the Greek Radio in Pachi Megara
is likely to go live again after three and a half years, since the
procedures for the necessary maintenance and repairs have recently
been initiated, with a high possibility that one of the two
transmitters will operate again soon. It is worth noting that the
broadcasting center, which used to host two powerful mediumwave
transmitters (the ones of multilingual "Filia" and of EPA Sport) had
been subject to looting by burglars, few days after the ERT closure by
the Samaras government, which left the premises unattended. Since
then, it has not operated --- Full article here:
Greek radio still recovering from the 2013 lockout:
Mediumwave radio from Megara to operate again
http://www.thegreekradio.com/node/28583
(via Mike Terry, Jan 6, dxldyg via DXLD) WTFK, WTFK? (gh)
** GUAM. DRM test broadcast from KTWR Guam
Date 9–13 January 2017
Time UTC 1445–1515 UT (2015 - 2045 IST)
Freq 9910 kHz
Power 90 kW
Mode B 64 QAM
Azimuth 290
Target South Asia (Ciraf 41)
Mail reports to KTWRDRM@twr.org
--- (Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, Jan 9, dx_sasia yg via DXLD)
** GUINEA. 9650, R. Guinea, Jan 03 0716-0731, 35332-35333, French,
Afro pop and talk, ID at 0716 and 0719 and 0725.
9650, R. Guinea, Jan 05 0709-0729, 33333-35333, French, Afro pop, ID
at 0716 (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525 + RD-9830, ANT,
130m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9650, Jan 5 at 0823, R. Guinée, W&M in French conversation, S9+10,
better than I hear it at more waking hours, as I am finally about to
QRT. No sign of CCI from North Korea in Japanese from 0730, which
bothers listeners in South America, Europe (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** ICELAND. CHINA'S ARCTIC AMBITIONS TAKE SHAPE IN REMOTE ICELAND
VALLEY
LAUGAR, Iceland (AP) — In a remote valley near the Arctic Circle where
the wind whips the coarse yellow grass, China and Iceland are
preparing to look to the sky — and a shared future. Construction
workers are building a research facility to study the Northern Lights,
whose spectacular streaks of color light up Iceland's winter skies.
Funded by China's Polar Research Institute, the facility will house
Chinese, Icelandic and international scientists when it opens next
year.
This cement shell is a concrete achievement in the burgeoning
relationship between the rising Asian superpower, population 1.37
billion, and this tiny North Atlantic island nation of 330,000 people.
[So there are 4151 Chinese for every Icelander --- gh]
It may seem a lopsided friendship, but both countries perceive
benefits. Beijing wants an Arctic ally as climate change opens up new
sea routes and resource-extraction opportunities, while Iceland seeks
heavyweight friends to anchor it against stormy economic waves.
[caption] Workers at the site of the Aurora Observatory in Karholl,
northern Iceland. Construction workers are building a research
facility to study the Northern Lights, whose spectacular streaks of
color light up Iceland’s winter skies. Funded by China's Polar
Research Institute, the facility will house Chinese, Icelandic and
international scientists…. (AP Photo/Dorothee Thiesing)
"It is better to be a friend to everyone when you are small than be an
enemy to anybody," said Reinhard Reynisson, director of the nonprofit
company building the Aurora Observatory. Reynisson speaks with the
confidence of a country that has weathered earthquakes, volcanoes,
famine and financial meltdown since it was settled by Vikings in the
9th century. But China's growing interest has also aroused suspicions
among some Icelanders, who are wary of big powers trying to grab their
resources, whether fish, energy or land. "We are a very small country,
we are only 300,000 people, so we don't look at our independence as an
automatic thing," said Asgeir Jonsson, an economist at the University
of Iceland. "It's something that you have to protect and look after.
"In our history, we have a long story of fighting with the bigger
powers around us over fish and the resources that we have. That has
left its mark on the population."
Iceland was nudged in China's direction by financial calamity. When
the global credit crunch hit in 2008, Iceland's banks — whose debts
had ballooned to more than 10 times the country's GDP — collapsed.
Iceland's currency nosedived, unemployment soared, and Iceland was
forced to go the International Monetary Fund and the European Union
for bailouts. It also began looking for new economic partners to help
it rebuild — and China was willing. In 2010, the two countries agreed
currency swaps between Iceland's krona and China's yuan, and in 2013
they signed a free trade agreement — the first between China and a
European country. With Iceland's support, China was granted observer
status in 2013 at the Arctic Council, whose core members are Canada,
Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Russia, the United States and
Iceland.
It also attends annual Arctic Circle Assemblies hosted by Iceland —
gatherings of politicians, officials, scientists and businesspeople to
discuss the future of the region. "China's got a broad range of Arctic
interests — economic, scientific, political, strategic," said Anne-
Marie Brady, editor in chief of the Polar Journal and a global fellow
at the Wilson Center in Washington. "But the main thing it wants at
the moment would be to make sure it has a seat at any... (cr-AP,
November 16, 2016 via Jan CIDX Messenger via DXLD) cut off incomplete
** INDIA. 4896.0, AIR Kurseong, occasionally this off frequency
anomaly happens, as it did today (Jan 9), as noted at 1242; Dave Valko
also noted same about this time; normally, on most days, heard on
4895.0 (Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1860, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) Jan 11 bandscan had carrier back on 4895 (Glenn
Hauser, ibid.)
** INDIA. All India Radio broadcast special Uttarakhand programmes on
short wave from Delhi (until about 2014). To my knowledge there are
(were?) special programmes broadcast on medium wave from neighbouring
Najibabad in Uttar Pradesh (954 kW, 200 kW) for state wide coverage.
(Dr Hansjoerg Biener 8 January 2017, dx_india yg via DXLD)
From B-16, AIR Delhi has resumed Uttarakand programs like in the past
6030 0200-0230, 1215-1430 Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS,
National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India Mobile: +91
94416 96043 http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos Jan 8, ibid.)
Thanks for the info. I also heard AIR Delhi unscheduled after 1430 on
7555 kHz, unfortunately with some strong spurious signals heard even
here in Finland on 7527.3v, 7582.7v, 7610.4v and 7666.5v kHz. I wonder
if this 1430-1515 segment is on the air regularly? All the best for
2017, (Mauno Ritola, Finland, Jan 9, WORLD OF RADIO 1860, ibid.)
** INDIA. 9445. Jan 10 at 2108, All India Radio, Bangalore, in
English. Woman announcer talks; ID; 2112 Indian Mantras; 2122 ID, Man
talks. Transmission with good signal, fair modulation, 45433.
13695. Jan 10 at 1913, All India Radio, Bangalore, in English. A
musical program: Indian songs; 1920 Woman annnouncer talks, ID, and
now, folk songs; 1930 ID and folk songs. AIR has a good signal and
modulation this afternoon, here in Cabedelo, 45544 (DXer: José Ronaldo
Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo-PB, Brazil, Tecsun S-2000, Antenna: Own home-
made, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) No more QRMI (gh)
13695. AIR. Enero 2. 1911-1945 UT. Servicio en Inglés. Lectura, por
parte de dos mujeres, de informes de recepción llegados por carta y
email hasta las 1920. Luego un espacio de música instrumental y
cantada de modo tradicional. A las 1943 se leen las frecuencias del
servicio y los horarios. 1945 salida del aire. SINPO: 55444 (Claudio
Galaz, Rx: Philco IC-18R; Ant: Telescópica; QTH: Barraza Bajo, IV
Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD)
** INDIA. Fq Änderung im Doppelpack: [see PHILIPPINES [and non]]
11840, R Veritas Asia via Philippinen und Santa Maria di Galeria:
re 11825 kHz schweres scratchy Spurious Signal von Bangalore 11670
kHz, auch symmetrisch auf 11517 kHz. Will man dem Störsignal
ausweichen ? wb (Wolfgang Büschel, Jan 8, WORLD OF RADIO 1860, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) 14-15 ut
That would be minus 153, plus 155 kHz, or ~154? (gh, DXLD)
** INDONESIA. Some observations for late Jan 6 to early Jan 7 (UT)
from Masset: [3325] RRI Palangkaraya very strong this morning from
1355 initial tune in. Taped and listened for several hours. Will have
to see when they finally pulled the plug. Armchair level. 73, (Walt
Salmaniw, BC, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1860, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
3325, Pro 1 RRI Palangkaraya, 1109, Jan 9. Ending the local news with
usual patriotic song “Bagimu Negeri” (For You Our Country); NBC
Bougainville QRM, which was slightly stronger at times (Ron Howard,
Calif., dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1860, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INTERNATIONAL INTERNET. ENTER THE RADIO GARDEN
Ever since the first commercial station — Pittsburgh's KDKA — began
broadcasting on November 2, 1920, radio has functioned as a powerful
cross-pollinating medium, capable of bringing new culture and ideas
across even the most impenetrable borders. And in the internet age, a
radio signal can reach clear to the opposite side of the Earth, if
only you know where to look.
Created by Amsterdam's Studio Puckey and Moniker, Radio Garden is a
gorgeous, Google Earth-style browser for the world's radio stations.
No matter where a station is — from Reyjkavik's Kiss FM to Radio Fri¨a
FM in Ushuaia, Argentina, which might be the only station you can
listen to with a transistor radio in Antarctica — Radio Garden makes
it easy for you to tune in. All you do is rotate the 3D globe and then
click on the station you want to listen to.
The whole experience of tuning into stations on Radio Garden was
exactly like the analog radio I used to tune several decades ago. Even
the crackle and interference of other stations sounded the same. The
only difference was that I was using the track pad of my laptop —
not the radio dial.
First and foremost, the site is a fascinating way to be a fly on the
wall in cities around the world, whether you tune into some obscure
station in the middle of nowhere or some major station in an urban
hub. For example, in Nome, Alaska, KICY is located so close to Russia
that its non-stop broadcast of proselytizing Christian pop music
almost seems like it is aimed straight across the Bering Strait. [it
is]
Similarly, as I write this, WBRT in Bardstown, Kentucky, has some guy
shredding on the fiddle; Radio ZP 30 seems to be playing Paraguayan
Pop 20; and two Bangladeshi gentleman are shouting at each on Radio
Shongi.
Outside of just a great way to listen to the world's radio stations,
though, Radio Garden has a broader purpose: it was commissioned by the
Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision as a way to show the way
radio crosses borders. Consequently, there are no geopolitical
demarcations on the Radio Garden's globe — just tens of thousands of
glowing lights scattered around the world, showing everywhere the
planet's "ON AIR" signs are lighting up.
Check out Radio Garden here.
http://radio.garden/
(source? via Medium Wave News 62/08, 5 January 2017 via DXLD)
One could already do this via e.g. publicradiofan.com, without the
globe gimmick (gh, DXLD)
RADIO.GARDEN; READING EUROPE by Kate Chisholmi --- The Spectátor
(Great Britain) January 7, 2017
A new website, radio.garden, lets us browse radio stations across the
globe. Nothing new about that. That's been a key feature of wireless
since the days of valves and crystals. Turning a knob and stopping off
at Hilversum, Motala, Ankara or Reykjavik, if and when short-wave
reception was possible, is part of radio's magic, listening in to life
elsewhere without having to leave the house. Now, though, with
radio.garden (developed in Amsterdam by Jonathan Puckey for the
Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, and part-funded by the
EU), it's possible to turn the globe that appears on your computer
screen as soon as you log on to the site and to sweep across India,
Africa or Australia, stopping off wherever you find a green dot. Click
on the dot and you could find yourself listening to Gene Pitney in
Namibia, to Norwegian country-and-western from Stavanger, or to a
discussion on women's rights from Abeokuta in Nigeria.
The website went viral as soon as it was launched just before
Christmas, with ten million hits in ten days. Part of its fascination
is the ease with which you can traverse the globe, stopping off
wherever you see a dot. Not every radio station is yet identified on
the site (more are being added each week). There are only two green
dots in Egypt; the vastness of Russia has a mere handful. But it's as
if the sounds of the world are suddenly free and available to listen
to at the swipe of a fingernail.
It's a bit disorientating at first to discover that many of the
stations sound very alike, playing the same kind of universal pop,
with jingles straight out of the Radio 2 songbook (you can change
settings on the site so that the green dots become yellow dots for
'stories', short clips of people talking about their listening
experiences, red dots for 'history', tapping in to key moments in
broadcast history around the world, or blue dots for 'jingles', those
irritating earwigs by which stations identify themselves).
Puckey says that he likes the way tuning in to a station in China can
give you the 'same kind of feeling', the 'same radio voice', as if you
were listening to Radio 2 or a station in deepest Africa. I was a bit
disappointed to realise just how many stations are playing the same
kind of music. But then I found a station in Japan where I couldn't
understand a word yet was somehow taken into the conversation as if
the two men on air were talking to me. I didn't stay for long, but was
glad of the chance to get out of my own skin and imagine myself
elsewhere (via Mike Cooper, DXLD)
** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. SHF Satellites: Television: 103 W, SES-3,
11.940V / 20000 Msps, MS10/MS20 streams in the same transponder as RT
and NHK that I've reported before. This pair of channels is odd to say
the least. The are both just shots off the pier at Huntington Beach CA
(I wonder if Stew M[acKenzie] has anything to do with this?) but they
are NOT 'real time' shots (since it is NEVER dark there!) so I'm not
sure exactly what this is supposed to be useful for. No audio, and
although the waves break and people move around, this must be some
sort of looped video stream. VERY odd. In well, 55% quality, 1729-1732
1/Jan, QPSK/MPEG2 in SD (480i). WHY is this on the air? (Ken Zichi, Pt
Hope MI2, for Satellites: Manhattan DJ-1997 FTA receiver +96 inch
movable dish, MARE Tipsheet Jan 6 via DXLD) See also CHINA [non], UAE
[non], USA [non]
** IRAN [non]. 9990, Jan 9 at 1423, YL song at S4 from R. Farda, via
KUWAIT scheduled at 0830-1430 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ITALY. 1350.00, 2300-2325 10.1, I Am Radio, near Milano, English
programme, 2300-2305 relaying NPR News: "You are listening to NPR News
in Washington", pop songs with frequent ID's and jingles: "I am
Radio" 35444 AP-DNK (Anker Petersen, Denmark, loggings made in
Skovlunde on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, wbradio yg
via DXLD)
** JAPAN [non]. 6855, Jan 7 at 0402, Radio Japón as clear from second
news item, following top news about Ft Lauderdale airport shootings,
extremely indirectly via Toquio. WRMI relay at 0400-0430 on new
frequency, still // 5985; replacing Hermano Asusto who has withdrawn
to only four WRMI transmitters at a time. More at USA (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1860, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KENYA. Dear Glenn, Hope you are well. I am just back from a two-
week trip in Kenya, where I listened to local FM stations (on my
Samsung phone). Below is a list of the stations I received - hope this
will be of interest to someone.
Town of Voi, 27 December 2016
89.3 Kameme FM
89.7 Milele FM
90.9 Anguo FM
91.8 Radio Citizen
92.3 Radio Jambo
92.5 Pilipili FM
93.0 modulation only, plus ticking sound
94.9 Radio Kaya
96.1 Mwanedu FM
96.9 Radio Taifa
97.1 Malindi FM
99.3 Baraka FM
104.5 Capital FM (in English)
104.9 modulation only
106.0 Bahari FM
106.3 Radio Maisha //107.4
106.9 Classic 105 (in English)
107.4 Radio Maisha //106.3
Amboseli National Park, 28 December 2016
93.1 Matu FM (?)
Nairobi, 29 December 2016 and 6 January 2017
87.7 2FM
88.0 Sound Asia FM
88.3 Waumini FM (Christian)
89.1 Kass FM
89.5 Ghetto Radio
89.9 Radio France Int. (RFI) in French and English
90.4 Chamgay FM
90.7 Truth FM (Christian, in English)
91.0 ATG Radio
91.3 UNID - non-stop music with occasional jingles mentioning „Popo
on the Beat“
91.6 Kubamba Radio (Christian)
91.9 China Radio Int. in Chinese and English
92.2 Gukena FM
92.5 Mbaitu FM
92.9 Radio Taifa
93.3 Hope FM (Christian, English)
93.6 Milele FM
93.9 BBC WS
94.2 Muuga FM
94.4 QFM
94.7 East Africa Radio
95.0 UNID Islamic station - probably Iqra FM, although the
announcements sounded like „Muzeek Radio“ or smth similar
95.3 Qwetu Radio
95.6 KBC English service
96.0 Hot 96
96.3 Nation FM
96.7 Biblia Husema Broadcasting (Christian)
97.1 One FM
97.5 Radio Jambo
97.9 Mulembe FM
98.4 Capital FM
98.9 Inooro FM
99.5 Shoro FM (spelled Coro in other sources - but pronounced as
„Shoro“)
99.9 Pamoja FM (Kibera slum radio), in parallel with ECN Radio
100.3 Kiss FM
100.8 Radio Citizen //106.7
101.1 Kameme FM
101.5 Radio Nam Lolwe (also mentions „Oduadu“ or smth similar)
101.9 Iftiin FM (in Somali)
102.2 Musyi FM
102.7 Radio Maisha
103.2 Egesa FM
103.5 Homeboyz Radio
103.9 Family Radio 316 (Christian)
104.8 104.8 FM (also mentions „Shasherinya“ or smth similar)
105.2 Classic 105 (in English)
105.5 XFM
105.9 Star FM (relay of Somali station, mentioned frequencies in
different Somali towns)
106.3 East FM (probably in an Indian language)
106.7 Radio Citizen //100.8
107.1 Radio Ramogi
107.5 VOA in English
107.8 Meru FM
Narok, 30 December
90.5 UNID
95.5 Radio Citizen
97.3 Radio Jambo
100.1 Mayian FM, possibly in parallel with another station
100.7 UNID (Christian)
101.3 Kameme FM
102.3 UNID
103.1 UNID (Christian)
103.5 Sidai FM
104.7 UNID (NCM?)
105.5 UNID
Eldoret, 2 January
88.1 BBC (in English)
88.6 Radio Taifa
88.8 Imani Radio
89.4 UNID (probably Upendo FM)
90.0 Kass FM
90.4 Hot 96 (in English)
91.1 Radio Maisha
91.5 KBC English Service
92.6 Njata FM
93.0 Capital FM (in English)
93.9 Hope FM (Christian, in English)
95.1 Touch FM
95.8 Mulembe FM
96.0 modulation only
96.3 Biblia Husema Broadcasting (Christian) //101.5
96.7 QFM
97.5 Chamgay FM
98.0 Kitwek FM
98.7 Radio Sayare (Christian)
99.5 Radio Jambo
101.5 Biblia Husema Broadcasting //96.3
101.9 Kameme FM
102.3 Classic 105 (in English)
102.7 Nation FM
103.1 Milele FM
105.9 Jesus is Lord Radio (Christian)
107.0 Inooro FM
Kabarnet, 3 January 2017, and Baringo, 4 January 2017
87.9 modulation and beeping sounds
88.9 Inooro FM //89.8
89.5 MBCI Radio (Christian)
89.8 Inooro FM //88.9
90.2 Milele FM
90.5 Radio Maisha //104.6
92.5 Kass FM
93.3 Njata FM
95.0 Chamgay FM
95.4 Radio Ramogi
96.0 modulation only
97.3 Radio Jambo
98.1 Kiss FM
98.3 modulation only
98.5 Capital FM (in English)
99.4 Kameme FM
99.7 Shoro FM
100.5 Radio Citizen //103.6
100.9 Sauti ya mwanaichi
102.1 Radio Watchman (in English)
102.5 Hot 96
102.9 Biblia Husema Broadcasting (Christian)
103.6 Radio Citizen //100.5
104.1 modulation only
104.6 Radio Maisha //90.5
105.2 Jesus is Lord Radio
105.3 Jesus is Lord Radio
105.5 Kass FM
106.0 Muuga FM
Mombasa Moi airport, 7 January 2017
87.9 QFM
88.7 Kiss FM
89.9 UNID (Sound Asia FM?)
90.7 Radio Salaam
91.5 Radio Rahma (Islamic)
92.3 Radio Jambo
93.1 Radio Kaya
94.2 Free FM
95.5 Baraka FM
97.3 Radio Citizen
97.9 Family Radio 316 (Christian)
98.4 Capital FM (in English)
100.0 Musyi FM
100.3 Meru FM
100.8 Radio Taifa
101.9 Hope FM
102.3 Anguo FM (?)
103.1 China Radio Int. (in English)
104.7 Pwani FM
105.5 RFI in English and French
105.9 Classic 105 (in English)
106.6 Sheki FM
(Robertas Pogorelis, Jan 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Thanks for some great on-site original research. I wonder if there are
any equivalent listings, official or otherwise (gh, DXLD)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. Hi Glenn, On Jan 11, on 6145, again heard the
same special Shiokaze programming as heard on Dec 29 and originally
recorded Dec 10. Preempted regular Shiokaze programming. 1331+ with
nice segment of EZL orchestra music ("Moon River," etc.). I suppose we
should be thankful to N. Korea for not jamming this entertaining show
(Ron Howard, California, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 9355. R. FREE NORTH KOREA. Enero 2. 1245-1259
UT. Mujer habla en coreano sin parar hasta las 1257, luego un poco de
música. SINPO: 35322. Fading permanente (Claudio Galaz, RX: TECSUN PL-
660, ANT: Hilo de 40 metros, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile,
condiglista yg via DXLD) Site UZBEKISTAN, from 1230, per Aoki (gh,
DXLD)
** KOREA SOUTH. Some observations for late Jan 6 to early Jan 7 (UT)
from Masset: Seoul Met radio heard well on 5857.5 this morning. Don't
recall it being reported often or at all. 73, (Walt Salmaniw, BC,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Full Masset report forthcoming, assume
** KOREA SOUTH. 9100, Echo of Hope - VOH, briefly heard at 1403, Jan
11, Very surprised to find them on the air at this time, as their
schedule is supposedly 1800-2400 on this frequency. Once it was heard
(not jammed), went to check for //; yes, definitely // 4885, which was
well heard as usual and not jammed, while // 3985 // 6003 and // 6348
were all jammed; news in Korean; when I tuned back to 9100 at 1405,
found they had already gone off the air. A brief test of some type?
Thinking of expanding their schedule? (Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg via
WORLD OF RADIO 1860, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Close, but no cigar to 2 x 4557 Voice of the People. Aoki shows EOH
started 9100 on Jan 1, 10 kW ND from Seoul. Watch out for Sound of
Hope, Taiwan which may also appear on 9100 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF
RADIO 1860, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Sorry, an oversight on my part. Of course I should have thanked Chris
Kadlec, for the original info about this new VOH frequency. He has
recently been providing great info about Korean broadcasting! (Ron
Howard, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1860, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KURDISTAN [non]. 11600, Jan 4 at 1501, dead air to 1501.5, Denge
Kurdistane resuming at S9.
11600, Jan 5 at 1459 I`m paying closer attention. Kurdish music is S9
to S9+10 but stops at 1500:24, no carrier break but now it`s reading
only S7 to S9, so slickly switched site? Resumes chanting at 1501:19.
11600, Jan 6 at 1500, Denge Kurdistane talk and music briefly with
asynchronous double-audio, apparent overlap during site switch, at
first S8-S9, then S7-S9 with more fading, but no break in the
carrier(s). No dead air this time.
I`m awaiting Ivo Ivanov`s latest take on this. His Dec 30 issue of DX
Re Mix News, showed Issoudun at 15-16 as of Dec 22, but also
Pridnestsrovye at 13-16 on 11600. Bulgaria site was out of the
picture, but he could tell if it came back due to local-range second
harmonic on 23200.
11600, Jan 9 at 1457, Denge Kurdistane talk with music, S7-S9 and
fluttery; 1500:01 stops modulating but carrier remains, weaker at S6-
S8. No break in it, so must have been overlapping sites zero-beating.
1501:13 resumes modulation. Probably switching from PRIDNESTROVYE to
FRANCE (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENNG DIGEST)
** KYRGYZSTAN. KYRGYZ REPUBLIC, 4010.222, Birinchi Radio-1 from
Bishkek in Kyrgyz at 0307 UT on Jan 7, low S=6-7 or -87dBm signal, but
a little stronger S=8+ noted on UT tonight, on \\ 3rd tx unit on exact
measured 4819.903 kHz kHz this afternoon.
4010.222, Birinchi Radio Bishkek in Kyrgyz at 1520 UT, low S=6-7 or -
87dBm signal, nothing observed on 3rd transmitter unit vary on 4819-
4820v kHz this afternoon.
5129.963, Afghan Christian Radio via Bishkek KGZ in 59 mb, noted at
1518 UT on Jan 4 (Wolfgang Büschel, DF5SX, in Doha Qatar site, wwdxc
BC-DX TopNews Jan 4 / 7, via DXLD)
** LESOTHO [and non]. 891, Ultimate Radio heard While Algers still is
absent. Here and there western soul music came out of the noise on the
channel during the last weeks. Pretty good this evening. At 2128 UT
female announcer giving frequency of 99.8 FM in English then into more
pop music. At best SIO: 333 (Zeljko Crncic, Germany, wwdxc BC-DX
TopNews Dec 29 via DXLD) 891, RTA Algiers only very irregularly on air
these days (Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD 17-01 via WORLD OF RADIO 1860, DXLD
1702) See also ETHIOPIA
** MADAGASCAR [and non]. 5008v-5000, Jan 7 at 0316, haven`t heard RNM
varying around here lately, but thought I had it now. Instead of back
& forth, weak carrier kept running downward, hitting WWV by 0318.
Maybe instead, one of those birdies the NRD-545 likes to produce,
especially on lower bands.
WWV 5000 weak, so quick switch to 2500 for :18 prop info: SF=72,
Ap=16, Kp at 03=4, no storms past or future. The other southern
Africans on 90m, 3240, 3320 were in very well, but no Angola 4949.7
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MADAGASCAR [and non]. [Re 17-01:] Gentlemen, For your
consideration. Please give a listen to the brief attached audio
recorded today (Jan 11), at 1400 UT, on 6055 kHz, with Japan (R.
Nikkei 1) already in progress, with a good signal (normal status for
them), and underneath the start of CRI.
Here in California, no possibility of hearing Adventist World
Radio. Japan and China mixing together make it impossible (Ron Howard,
to Rodney Johnson and gh, via DXLD)
** MADAGASCAR. 17640, Jan 7 at 1838 check, no signal from MWV English,
but it is on at 2048 during the repeat, discussion of Bible
correspondence courses for Africans, now S4-S7 and the OSOB, its major
competitor, 17790 WRMI having evacuated, and its other, 17775 KVOH
being silent on Saturdays, or supposedly everyday after 1900 but
sometimes runs later.
[and non]. 17640, Jan 9 at 1821, MWV APR is good at S9+20. Equally
good signals from 17655 VOA GB Portuguese, 17775 KVOH LA Spanish
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
11790, World Christian Broadcasting (KNLS) at 2220 in Egyptian Arabic
with lively Middle Eastern vocals and a woman with brief talk and
brief Middle Eastern instrumentals and a man with excited talk – Good
Jan 10 – the best signal noted today with little noise (Mark Coady,
Ont., odxa yg via DXLD)
17640, Jan 11 at 2013, the MWV repeat English hour still with fair
signal, and modulation is always good, making easy listening, if one
cares to put up with proselytizing from this faraway station, on the
SWBC island closest to our antipodes. By this time there is hardly
anything else listenable on 16m (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** MEXICO. [Re Turx & Caicos:] 530, no movement in the past several
months. I've been pounding the drum to go back to 1570, only the gang
across from Del Rio to worry about and they are limited to 30 kW. No
concern for the PSSA operators. If they do fire up on 530 again it's
going to be non stop QRM (Jerry Kiefer, FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Jerry, I could believe XERF is only 30 kW, judging from reception
here, but is that official? Source for info? I think they still claim
100, FWIW. Or did you mean ERP in some direction? No, it`s supposed to
be ND unless that is not correct either (Glenn to Jerry, ibid.)
HI Glenn, Mike Van Hooser in Dallas showed me a Mexican government web
page where they were listed as 30 kW/Radio Poderosa. Evidently been
that way for a few years. When I was in Dallas they cooked from
twilight till a few hours after sunset and slowly diminished. I've
picked them up early evening, here in Orlando, on a Superradio GE a
couple times a month or so ago but they were too far down in the mud
to understand anything. Take care (Jerry Kiefer, FL, Jan 10, WORLD OF
RADIO 1860, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Cozumel, Mexico Digital TV Band scan --- So here it is -
ATSC digital TV received in Cozumel, Mexico. I noticed a couple of
oddities:
1. Channel 2.1 came in with two different IDs (same network) in
two scans
2. Channel 8.1 was identifying themselves as TVCTEST. I assumed
this was XHCCU. Picture seems like SD stretched into HD.
3. channel 5.1 identified as XHGC. This is hardly possible as XHGC
is out of Mexico City. There is a local Canal 5 affiliate XHCQR.
No sign of analog signals, seems like all have been turned off by now
(Ivan Cholakov, Miami/Hollywood FL, NO2CW, Jan 10, WTFDA Forum via
DXLD)
If 5.1 XHGC is 480i, then it's a subchannel of XHCOQ mux. Is the same
thing with my local Las Estrellas XHCDC (Gargadon, Ciudad del Carmen,
Campeche, ibid.)
You have:
XHCCQ (Playa del Carmen xmtr)
XHCOQ (Cozumel) + "XHGC" sub (Gargadon is correct, this is only
the case on muxes and I've also seen it on XHTAM. Eventually stations
will be required to make their subs have their actual calls in them.)
XHCCN (Playa del Carmen xmtr)
XHAQR (Playa del Carmen xmtr)
XHCCU (Playa del Carmen xmtr) — Cancún Vive is one of their shows
https://es-la.facebook.com/Canc%C3%BAn-Vive-240593682742983/
XHCOZ (Cozumel)
I'm not seeing shadow XHQRO which is odd. They would have 5.1 as well.
I'm also glad to see XHCOZ on 11 — and those folks still can't figure
out what logo to use! All their promos changed logos last year but
their profile picture and bug are the old logo. And that is most
definitely not Canal Once.
As to the locations of the Playa del Carmen shadows:
Televisa and XHCCU broadcast from 20 39'36", -87 03'07"
https://www.google.com/maps/@20.659629,-87.0516319,3a,74.5y,309.99h,107.27t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1siSI7gglu0ik3211C78pN5g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
While it was built in around 2008 as an analog shadow, the signage has
not been updated. There is a large SIPSE logo and the slogan "TVCUN Es
Lo Tuyo" (TVCUN Is Yours) with their former (pre-Gala TV Cancún name).
The XHCCN, XHQRO and XHCCU shadows are all identical 20 kW stations —
a rare case in which the broadcast infrastructure of a Televisa local
partner and that of Televisa itself are identical.
Azteca's shadows in PDC are more powerful than the Cancún transmitters
they relay - 53 kW ERP versus 38.8 in Cancún. You'll find them nearby
at 20 39'31.6", -87 03'16.9". (Note the purple trim on the transmitter
shack - Azteca's stations are almost all painted in the same trim
scheme these days, with a purple top, white body with yellow, white
and gray trim. It's so distinctive I stumbled upon a closed Cozumel
xmtr site for them by complete accident and knew it was Azteca just by
the trim!)
https://www.google.com/maps/@20.4908387,-86.9595786,3a,75y,177.06h,98.34t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s9621Jf1F-KA5DHKnjqLvWw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Note how close these sticks are — so close both fit in one shot.
That's all five TV transmitters in PDC as SQCS either will have merely
a shadow or more likely nothing at all here after losing all but one
permit.
I believe in analog, one of the Azteca shadows was on UHF (I want to
say 48)*— making it the only Mexican UHF for some 450 miles until you
reached Comitán and XHITC. Last edited by Raymie; 01-10-2017 at 11:06
PM (Raymie Humbert, Phœnix AZ, ibid.)
** MEXICO. RAYMIE`S MEXICO BEAT this week --- [including DTV]
Radio Franchises
Imagine that you went to your local Burger King one day to find
that it had relaunched as a McDonald's. Curious, you go to your local
McDonald's to see it's become a Wendy's. And the local Wendy's is now
no longer a chain at all.
Televisa Radio and MVS Radio are best described as franchisors.
They each own a pair of franchise brands, one in the grupera format
and the other with pop/CHR. Televisa Radio's franchises are Los 40
(itself a franchise in its own right) and Ke Buena. MVS Radio, on the
other hand, franchises out Exa FM and La Mejor, which are similar
concepts.
The recent radio shakeups in San Luis Potosí offer a convincing
test case for the idea of these stations not just carrying network
formats, but for station groups being large franchisees.
To start, we'll take a look at the SLP radio market as we started
2016. MG Radio was not really franchised. Its three stations were Más
FM 90.9, an adult contemporary/hits format; Factor 96.1, pop; and La Z
102.1, one of the comparatively fewer stations in Grupo Radio Centro's
franchise stable. (It did have a franchise, of sorts, in being close
to Radio María and essentially operating XHCSM-FM, but that's beside
the point.) MG struck a deal with MVS Radio and flipped the first
station to La Mejor and the third station to Exa FM. Now, each
franchise is geographically exclusive, so there can't be two Exa FMs
in a given radio market.
That's where GlobalMedia, which had held those franchises, comes
in. GlobalMedia traces its roots in part to MVS Radio itself, which in
the 70s and 80s owned XHPM and XHOD. MVS Radio was, and still is in
most areas, a franchisor with a lot of corporate-owned units. (They
still have franchisees, but they own and operate their own stations in
most major cities. It helped that Joaquín Vargas Gómez was an early
promoter of FM and obtained many concessions on the FM band.) In the
90s, MVS Radio San Luis Potosí morphed into a local joint venture
called Centro de Frecuencia Modulada. CFM, in turn, merged with a
company called Controladora de Medios and became the modern
GlobalMedia. When it comes to franchises, GlobalMedia had seemingly
everything. It operates the Radio Fórmula station in San Luis (whose
concession is held by Fórmula itself), the Imagen station, and until
this year, Exa FM. It also had XHPM "Hundred FM" and XHBM "Poder".
With the loss of the Exa franchise (and La Mejor which had been in
SLP before but was not being programmed), GlobalMedia cozied up to
Televisa Radio. It transitioned XHBM to the Ke Buena franchise (like
your local Mexican fast food restaurant becoming Taco Bell), and
Televisa Radio also — and this is the news part of this story — gave
it the operating rights to XHEWA-FM, which had been part of the
Radiorama/Grupo AS stable in town. GlobalMedia takes over XHEWA on
Monday and will flip XHOD to something other than pop music.
The name on the concession won't change, nor will the transmitter
site. XHEWA-FM was, is and will still be owned by Cadena Radiodifusora
Mexicana, S.A. de C.V. — which owns the pieces of the old XEW booster
network, along with XEW AM and FM, XEQ AM and FM and XEX AM and FM.
But the operation of the station will. The DJs and on-air
personalities will. Televisa Radio, as a franchisor, operates precious
few stations in its franchise chains: Mexico City Los 40 and Ke Buena,
Guadalajara Los 40 and Ke Buena, and Los 40 in Mexicali (XHMOE) and
Veracruz (XHWB). It relies on Radiorama and local station owners to
make up for the fact that it owns few radio stations.
The recent convulsions in radio in SLP are more of a realignment
of franchisors and franchisees. MVS moved its stable of stations from
GlobalMedia to MG. Televisa Radio reintroduced Ke Buena to SLP and
then gave GlobalMedia its Los 40 station to operate, because Televisa
Radio does not want to actually establish itself alone in San Luis. As
a consequence, there are format shuffles within those clusters,
especially GlobalMedia.
Now, not every radio format is a franchising situation. Only
Radiorama stations carry formats like Arroba FM, Romántica or Éxtasis
Digital (and leaving Radiorama means leaving those formats, as has
been the case in Sinaloa lately). Grupo ACIR has precious few
franchised stations, and most of those it does have (XHPP Orizaba to
Grupo Radio Digital, XHMT and XHYU in Mérida to SIPSE, XHDC in
Aguascalientes to ZER) were formerly owned by ACIR itself (Raymie
Humbert, Jan 5, WTFDA Forum via DXLD)
Remember how I mentioned GlobalMedia operated Imagen Radio San Luis
Potosí? Well, turns out that's important.
Because XHOD goes RMX on Monday morning alongside XHDL-FM Mexico City
(whose imminent format flip was already being reported).
http://www.imagenradio.com.mx/patricia-rodriguez-calva/no-te-pierdas-el-inicio-de-transmisiones-de-rmx-traves-del-985
(Raymie, Jan 6, ibid.)
The name and operation might have changed, but XEX remains sports. It
relaunched today as W Deportes, reportedly being entirely run by the
Prisa side of Televisa Radio.
http://mediatelecom.com.mx/index.php/radiodifusion/television/item/127786-asume-prisa-lo-deportivo-en-radi%C3%B3polis-arce-en-tv-con-imagen
With a rumored 2,000 layoffs looming over the media conglomerate, this
was probably a cost-cutting move (Raymie Humbert, Jan 9, ibid.)
So I just ran across a piece that mentions the IMER used to operate a
station in Quintana Roo, and by that time they had also shed a station
in Tlaxcala.
We know the latter is XHTLAX-FM, which signed on in early 1986 with
some of its equipment salvaged from the 1985 Mexico City earthquake
(!). But what could be the QR station? (Raymie, Jan 11, ibid.)
Turns out the U de O getting shut out from television — which occurred
in the December 21 meeting — was more due to one station being
available than anything else. Of course, that station in Culiacán went
to the SPR.
As to the others:
XHFX's multiprogramming authorization is for Foro TV, the first
time the service has been carried as a mux.
The UDG station at San Andrés Cohamiata is not getting the
callsign they requested, for whatever reason. (My guess: they
requested XHSAC-FM, which exists already.)
Commissioner Teja had the same worry I had about XHAGP being a
religious wolf, which as you know is prohibited. Teja worried that the
use of assigning concessions to members of a religious association to
circumvent not being able to have an association own them was
concerning.
XHOXO's multiprogramming authorization is also interesting. It's
not Surestv. It's XHP, which will now be on the air in Oaxaca.
XHTTG's is for Telesecundaria programming as managed by the state
government known as Ingenio TV — which, mind you, isn't the same one
on the SPR transmitters. That was the subject of a good amount of
debate over the need for multiprogrammed channels to have their own
identity.
The meeting notes say that there was "a certain urgency to get
this programming on the air because of the current educational
situation in Chiapas". I'm guessing it has to do with striking
teachers (Raymie, Jan 12, ibid.)
We've got Mexico City radio ratings, and it's a grupera war at the
top. According to INRA, Ke Buena XEQ-FM pulls a 14.8 share while its
competitor XEQR-FM La Z has a 14.1.
http://radionotas.com/2017/01/13/ke-buena-y-la-zeta-se-pelean-la-audiencia-de-la-cdmx-inra/
Meanwhile, the pop battle is even closer — Exa FM at 8.61, Los 40 at
8.58 (Raymie, Jan 13, ibid.)
** MOLDOVA. Re: Estonia: Former clandestine station Radio Nadezhda
Ironically, in Moldova, albeit it lost quite a noticeable part of its
territory because of those interethnic conflicts with the 'titular'
nation striving for 'independence' from the Soviet/Russian
'oppression', Tiraspol-deployed ex-Soviet (read - Russian) army got an
approval from the legal Moldovan government to operate a radio and a
TV station in Tiraspol. This is the text I posted over a year ago (in
Russian):
http://forums.frocus.biz/index.php?showtopic=2688&view=findpost&p=169538
It happened much later though (namely, in 1994) under different
circumstances but some parallels are still there (Leo Barmaleo,
Moldova, Jan 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
> I believe this station must have been mentioned in WRTH, too...
It's interesting how the entries about the Grigoriopol-Maiac
transmitters, in particular 999 kHz, evolved there over just a few
years.
1994: "Due to a take-over of the Grigoriopol facility by separatists
temporary changes as shown within brackets were in force at the time
of editing."
1998: "Relays of V. of Russia, BBC, Deutsche Welle, TWR."
http://forums.frocus.biz/index.php?showtopic=2688&view=findpost&p=169538
Requires a log-in.
A German publication ("Sender & Frequenzen 1991"), edited in autumn
1990, includes this remark for the USSR, indicating a lot of vague
reports, or just rumours, floating around at this time:
"In 1990 some internal external services appeared that, in the sense
of the central government in Moscow, broadcast into some Soviet
republics, like the Baltics. However, none of these transmissions
could be heard here." (Kai Ludwig, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** MOROCCO. 9575, R. Mediterranee Int., Jan 05 0729-0742, 45443,
French, News, ID at 0737 and 0740 and 0741 (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN,
RX, IC-R75, NRD-525 + RD-9830, ANT, 130m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** NICARAGUA. 8989-USB, "El Pescador Preacher" 2235 to 2350 preachers
in Spanish, good signal 4 January. 73s de Bob (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano
Beach, Florida, Icom 746 Pro, NRD 525, Drake R8, wire antennas, NASWA
yg via DXLD)
** NIGERIA. 7254.92, V. of Nigeria, Jan 05 0558-0613, 35332-35333,
Hausa, Drum's IS, ID at 0600, Opening announce, Sound of a whistle at
0600 and 0603 and 0609 (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525 +
RD-9830, ANT, 130m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7255-, Jan 9 at 0707, no signal from VON which is supposed to be, and
usually is, in French at this hour. Is it just slipshod management, or
some technical issue beyond their control?
7254.920, Jan 10 at 0739, VON with usual good signal, not in French,
but now in African language, Fulfulde listed for 0730-0800; talking
about Boko Haram and Maiduguri (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7255. Jan 10 at 2047, Voice of Nigeria, Abuja, in Hausa. Men
announcers talks. Station with good signal and very slight
interference by China Radio International, presumably, 44533 (DXer:
José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo-PB, Brazil, Tecsun S-2000,
Antenna: Own home-made, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
** NIGERIA [non]. CLANDESTINE, 7415, Dandal Kura, Jan 03 0651-0659*,
35443 Kanuri, Talk, ID at 0651 and 0657 and 0658, 0659 s/off.
7415, Dandal Kura, Jan 05 0644-0659*, 35443-45444, Kanuri, Talk, ID at
0656, 0659 s/off (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525 + RD-
9830, ANT, 130m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6925 USB, PIRATE (No. Am.), WRRI – Radio Random
International, 2217, 1/1/17. “Marion’s Attic” program; New Year’s
program (not necessarily this New Year) with Marion, Christina, and
another man (whose name I didn’t catch) talking, laughing, reading
listener’s letters, and playing very old recordings. 2230 WRRI ID over
a song, program played until it ended at 2258, off. Fair to good
(Mark Taylor, Madison, Wisconsin, Perseus, SDRPlay, RTL2832 V3 dongle
for SDR’s; Eton e1, Grundig Satellit 800, Tecsun PL 660, and various
other portables for physical radios; 40 meter dipole, 100’ long wire,
Mini whip, NASWA Flashsheet Jan 8 via DXLD)
** NORTH AMERICA. UNIDENTIFIED. 6925.0-AM, Jan 10 at 2124, very poor
pirate signal with music, S8 vs noise level of S7, but better than
6855 WRMI, and apparently off by 2126. No logs of it on Free Radio
Café, nor on HF Underground, but Chris Smolinski heard an unID signing
on 6925, Jan 8 at 2043 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 5791.99, Jan 7 at 0314, Martin K. Elliott (as FCC
identified him), with [Station YHWH] monolog at S9+5, soon fading to
S8-S7, and by 0339 to JBA at S6. Resurged at 0403 to readable S9,
enough to tell that the modulation is scratchy, about how Yahweh does
not countenance sacrificing animals, not in the Ten-Coms, after all,
therefore: ``Christianity, the greatest hoax ever``.
Getting to be a reliable time and frequency for him, facilitating his
next bust. Ron Howard was also listening to 5792, Jan 6 from the
earliest yet, 0232, past 0402. See also USA WMLK 9275 log (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1860, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5792-AM, religious pirate (formerly "Radio Station YHWH"). On Jan 6,
first heard at 0232, which happens to be the earliest I have heard him
since his resurrection; still on the air at my last check at 0402;
poor reception the whole time. Certainly is his current favorite
frequency. Thanks again to Glenn for first finding this frequency back
on Dec 21 (Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1860, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
[Station YHWH] on 15300 now --- He`s active now Jan 7 before and after
2100 on 15300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, 2119 UT Jan 7, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Tough copy here at 2123z but recognizable (Rich Ray, Chicago, ibid.)
15300, Jan 7 at 2054, a signal where normally there is none --- and
it`s [Station YHWH], Martin Elliott with same old stuff on a new
frequency, poor at S3-S5 but then surges up to S9, 2057 mentions
``California time, Universal time`` as if schedule info but can`t copy
details in a fade; reads a short letter, then 2059 refers to his ``53-
page document`` and apparently starts over reading it, about ``false
God, Jesus``, ``Christianity, greatest hoax ever foisted upon
Mankind``. Somewhat undermodulated and distorted but quite readable at
fade-ups. I had just checked 9275 in case he showed up on competing
Yahweh frequency of WMLK. Anyhow we know this Yahweh guy does not take
Sabbathdays off (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1860, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
5792-AM, religious pirate (formerly YHWH), Jan 9, heard here again
(not here on Jan 8) at 0208, the earliest yet that I have heard him;
have yet to catch his sign on; subsequent checking till 0417; semi-
readable, which is above the norm.
Jan 8, had an UNID on 7362.0, at 0247, that I very tentatively thought
might be him, but audio never reached a level for me to be positive.
Checked again at 0305 and found station moved to 7361.0, but only
heard an open carrier, with nothing on 7362.0. So this might be a
place to check for him in the future, but definitely tentative at best
(Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1860, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
15300, after hearing [Station YHWH] here once around 2100, further
chex have not found it, such as Jan 10 at 2100; nor Jan 11 at 2043. He
could well be trying other higher-band frequencies in daytime, like
two+ years ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1860, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** NORWAY. NORWAY TO SWITCH OFF FM RADIO IN RISKY, UNPOPULAR SHIFT TO
DIGITAL --- Reuters Oslo Jan. 05, 2017
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/norway-to-switch-off-fm-radio-in-risky-unpopular-shift-to-digital/article33510755/
Norway is set to become the first nation to start switching off its FM
radio network next week, in a risky and unpopular leap to digital
technology that will be closely watched by other countries considering
whether to follow suit.
Critics say the government is rushing the move and many people may
miss warnings on emergencies that have until now been broadcast via
the radio. Of particular concern are the 2 million cars on Norway’s
roads that are not equipped with Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB)
receivers, they say.
Sixty-six per cent of Norwegians oppose switching off FM, with just 17
per cent in favour and the rest undecided, according to an opinion
poll published by the daily Dagbladet last month.
Nevertheless, parliament gave the final go-ahead for the move last
month, swayed by the fact that digital networks can carry more radio
channels.
Switzerland plans a similar shift from 2020, and Britain and Denmark
are among those also considering such a switch. A smooth transition to
DAB, which is already beamed across Norway, could encourage these
countries to move ahead.
The shutdown of the FM (Frequency Modulation) network, introduced in
the 1950s, will begin in the northern city of Bodoe on Jan. 11.
By the end of the year, all national FM broadcasts will be closed in
favour of DAB, which backers say carries less hiss and clearer sound
throughout the large nation of 5 million people cut by fjords and
mountains.
“We’re the first country to switch off FM but there are several
countries going in the same direction,” said Ole Joergen Torvmark,
head of Digital Radio Norway, which is owned by national broadcasters
NRK and P4 to help the transition.
Torvmark said cars were the “biggest challenge” – a good digital
adapter for an FM car radio costs 1,500 Norwegian crowns ($174.70), he
said.
One member of the ruling coalition was scathing, however, voicing
concerns similar to those expressed by thousands of elderly and
drivers in surveys and elsewhere.
“We are simply not ready for this yet,” Ib Thomsen, an MP from the
Progress Party, a partner in the Conservative-led government, told
Reuters.
“There are 2 million cars on Norwegian roads that don’t have DAB
receivers, and millions of radios in Norwegian homes will stop working
when the FM net is switched off. So there is definitely a safety
concern,” he said.
For the same cost, digital radio in Norway allows eight times more
radio stations than FM. The current system of parallel FM and digital
networks, each of which cost about 250 million crowns ($29-million),
saps investments in programmes.
Among other nations, Britain plans to review the need for a switchover
once digital listening reaches 50 per cent. That could be reached by
the end of 2017 on current trends, Digital Radio UK spokeswoman Yvette
Dore said (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)
Norway FM switch off starts
Just covered at length in tonight's 6 pm news on BBC Radio 4. The
Norwegian public's concern was emphasised, and that 2 million cars
didn't have digital radios. Then reference was made to future digital
plans in the UK and other countries, in none too positive terms.
A few minutes later a BBC digital radio public service announcement
(some might say "advert" although these are not permitted under the
BBC's charter) was aired! They are airing these on all BBC stations.
Posted by: (Mike Terry, Jan 6, dxldyg via DXLD)
And here's a link to the aforementioned piece, and the the DAB promo
following the end of the news (with apologies to Mike, who has, owing
to my inability to master Yahoo, received this message twice before!)
Norway drops FM - BBC R4 - TX date 6/1/16 - Clyp
Listen to Norway drops FM - BBC R4 - TX date 6/1/16 | Clyp is the
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Posted by: (martin.peters, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)
NORWAY PREPARES FOR CONTROVERSIAL FM RADIO SHUTDOWN --- 10 Jan 2017
https://www.afp.com/en/news/206/norway-prepares-controversial-fm-radio-shutdown
AFP/File / Odd Andersen The skyline of Aker Brygge, the Norwegian
capital Oslo's waterfront and entertainment area [caption]
Norway on Wednesday will become the first country in the world to
start shutting down its FM radio network in favour of digital radio, a
bold move watched closely by other countries around Europe.
Supporters of Digital Audio Broadcasting say DAB offers better sound
quality and more channels at an eighth of the cost of FM (frequency
modulation) transmission, which was first launched in the US in 1945.
The authorities also say DAB offers better coverage, allows listeners
to catch up on programmes they have missed and makes it easier to
broadcast emergency messages in times of crisis.
"The big difference and the main reason behind this big technological
shift is that we want to offer a better radio service to the whole
population," Ole Jorgen Torvmark, the head of Digitalradio Norge, a
company owned by public broadcaster NRK and commercial radio station
P4.
Norway, generally a technology-friendly country, has been preparing
for the switchover for years -- DAB and FM have existed side-by-side
since 1995.
There are currently 22 national digital stations, along with around 20
smaller ones. The FM spectrum has room for a maximum of only five
national stations.
The big switch-off begins in Nordland, in the country's north, at
11:11 am (1011 GMT) on Wednesday before expanding to the rest of the
country by the end of the year, making millions of old radios
obsolete.
- 'It's too expensive' -
But many think the shift is premature.
A poll in Dagbladet newspaper in December found 66 percent of
Norwegians are against shutting down FM, with only 17 percent in
favour.
While around three quarters of the population have at least one DAB
radio set, many motorists are unhappy, as only about a third of cars
currently on the road are equipped.
Converting a car radio involves buying an adaptor for between 1,000
and 2,000 kroner (110 to 220 euros), or getting a whole new radio.
"It's completely stupid, I don't need any more channels than I've
already got," Eivind Sethov, 76, told AFP in Oslo.
"It's far too expensive. I'm going to wait till the price of adaptors
comes down before getting one for my car."
So while the switch to digital will reduce the cost of transmission
for broacasters, it is listeners who will pick up much of the cost of
the transition.
But Torvmark insists the time is right.
"It's clear that when there's a big technological change, some people
ask difficult questions and are critical," but "most listeners are
ready," he said.
"Every week more than 2.1 million listeners -- half of the listeners -
- listen to stations that wouldn't have existed without this
technological transition."
Part of the reason Norway is the first country to switch away from
traditional analogue transmission is to do with topography -- it is
expensive to get FM signals to a small population scattered around a
landscape riven with fjords and high mountains.
- Closely watched -
The process will be watched closely in Europe by Switzerland, Denmark
and Britain, where listeners have taken strongly to digital radio and
which all plan plan to shut down FM radio broadcasts at some point in
the future.
The UK has not set a date but has said it will switch off the FM
signal when 50 percent of all radio listening is digital -- the figure
is currently over 35 percent -- and when the DAB signal reaches 90
percent of the population.
But other countries, including France, where neither commercial nor
public broadcasters have been convinced by the new technology, are
lagging behind.
"It's taken an awfully long time," said Simon Spanswick of the
Association for International Broadcasting. "Trying to persuade the
public to invest in a new radio... it's a tough ask."
And some governments are naturally reluctant to upset voters by
forcing them to buy new radios. Germany for example had set 2015 as
the FM switch-off date, only to see it dumped by lawmakers in 2011.
10 Jan 2017 (via Mike Cooper, DXLD)
NORWAY STARTS TUNING OUT ANALOG RADIO IN FAVOR OF DIGITAL
AP Photo/Mark Lewis Jan 11, 5:59 AM EST
OSLO, Norway (AP) -- Norway began shutting down analog radio
technology Wednesday as the Scandinavian country becomes the first in
the world to phase out the FM signal for national and some regional
broadcasting.
The FM signal was switched off in the Arctic Nordland district in
favor of Digital Audio Broadcasting, or DAB.
The switchover was performed by radio listener Bertih Pauline
Olderskog who moved a lever to drum rolls and a countdown from the
audience at a public library in Bodoe, northern Norway. Olderskog said
she had been listening to FM radio for more than 70 years.
Graham Dixon, head of the European Broadcasting Union`s radio unit who
took part in the event that was webcasted, said the switchover shows
that "media can be renewed for the contemporary world."
The head of the public Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation NRK, Thor
Gjermund Eriksen, called it a "historic moment."
Norway gradually switches to digital and the shutdown process is due
to be completed by Dec. 13.
The Norwegian government has cited its landscape with deep fjords,
high mountains and scattered communities for making it expensive to
operate FM networks. Norway`s Parliament made the decision in May
2011.
An estimated 200 million kroner ($23.4 million) will be saved,
according to official figures (via Mike Cooper, DXLD)
Please tell me how DAB is any better than FM in covering difficult
terrain, ``deep fjords and high mountains``. DAB operates on even
higher frequencies than the 87-108 MHz FM band, roughly twice that in
what used to be the high-VHF analog TV band, does it not? That means
even more limited to line-of-sight. Guess what, for broad coverage of
terrain, ``bending`` over and past obstacles, nothing beats MF or even
LF! And with digital, it`s all-or-nothing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 820, Jan 8 at 2344 UT, as I am trying to hear what else
is on here besides WBAP at sunset, burst of wideband RF noise, as my
nearest streetlight starts to ignite; almost clear sky in pink cirrus
sunset, which was at 2333 UT, already 16 minutes later than earliest a
month ago (while our latest sunrise has just passed at 1344) (Glenn
Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OMAN [and non]. 15140. Jan 6 at 1812, Radio Sultanate of Oman,
Thumrait, in Arabic. Man announcer talks, says Arabia, Islam; Woman
talks (short participation); 1825 Man talks. RSO with fair signal and
modulation this time, 35432 (sometimes 35433). At 1900, in collision
with Radio Habana Cuba in Arabic and Creole (1900-2000): Confirmed!
After 2000, continues collision (DXer: Jose Ronaldo Xavier (JRX),
Cabedelo-PB, Brazil, Tecsun S-2000, Antenna: Own home-made, Hard-Core-
DX mailing list via DXLD) Oman was there first (gh)
15140, Radio Oman - Thumrait, at 1608-1632 UT on Jan 7, noted with
English segment running late with talk features with short musical
breaks between items. At 1616 UT switched to Arabic language as
someone finally figured out that English shouldn't be on at this hour.
Fair (Rich D'Angelo-PA-USA, DXplorer via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 8,
BCDX 09 Jan via DXLD)
15140. Jan 10 at 1903, Radio Sultanate of Oman, Thumrait, in Arabic.
Man announcer talks. In collision with Radio Habana Cuba, in Arabic,
too (today, RHC it´s a little better than RSO). (DXer: José Ronaldo
Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo-PB, Brazil, Tecsun S-2000, Antenna: Own home-
made, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
** PAKISTAN. 7265, For the first time again heard Islamabad Azad Jammu
& Kashmir, in Kashmiri, at 0530 UT on Jan 9, S=9+10dB in Doha Qatar.
Aoki Nagoya list/ Excel file has wrong timing for Kashmiri Pakistan.
73 (Wolfgang Büschel, Jan 9, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, NBC Madang, 1202-1237*, Jan 9.
Running later than usual (normally off about 1206 or so); 1202-1206
NBC news in English; promo; DJ in English playing pop songs in
English; several on air phone conversations; mostly unreadable;
suddenly off in mid-song (Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5025, R. QUILLABAMBA. Enero 2. 0025-0036 UT. Misa en idioma
español. SINPO: 54554 con leve QRM de otra emisora sin ID en la misma
frecuencia (Claudio Galaz, RX: TECSUN PL-660, ANT: Hilo de 40 metros,
QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) Rebelde, CUBA
** PERU. 5980, R. CHASKI. Diciembre 30. 2351-2359 UT. Programa de
lecturas bíblicas, himnos, hora local y devocional. SINPO: 54454 con
leve QRM como un heterodino muy débil e inestable. Por lo visto la
emisora volvió al aire, tal como fue reportada por Glenn Hauser.
5980, R. CHASKI. Diciembre 31. 2350-2359 UT. Música, avisos de la
emisora. SINPO: 54554 con leve QRM de otra emisora sin ID, quizás una
emisora china.
5980, R. CHASKI. Enero 2. 0055-0103 UT. Finalización del programa:
`Los Grandes Temas`, producido por Radio Transmundial, a las 01 hay
ID: ``Red Radio Integridad``, hora local y saludos de Año Nuevo, por
parte de la emisora. A las 0102, ID larga con lectura de la frecuencia
de 700 AM y luego inicio del programa: `Pensemos` del Dr Zacarias
hasta las 0103, cuando la emisora sale del aire. SINPO: 53453 con
marcado QRM de PBS en tibetano al parecer, aunque aquella se escucha
muy baja, aunque no está listada en EIBI más allá de las 0100
5980. R. CHASKI. Enero 5. 2339-2357 UT. Programa: `Momento Decisivo`
con predicación. SINPO: 42432 con QRM marcado en la misma frecuencia,
al parecer PBS desde China (Claudio Galaz, RX: TECSUN PL-660, ANT:
Hilo de 40 metros, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via
DXLD) = Hour of Decision, BGEA? (gh)
5980, Jan 8 at 0103, JBA carrier from R. Chaski, until autocutoff at
0104:20* which slippage is 26.5 seconds later than last capture 4
nights before, Jan 4 until 0103:53.5*, or averaging 6 and 5/8 seconds
later per (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PHILIPPINES [and non]. PHILIPPINES/VATICAN: Effective 8th January,
Radio Veritas Asia is changing their evening frequencies. Bengali at
1400-1427 on 11840 kHz via PUG 280deg (ex-11825*) and Urdu at 1430-
1457 on 11840 kHz via SMG 89deg (ex-15330 kHz). (Alok Dasgupta,
Kolkata, INDIA via Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PUERTO RICO. 1520, WVOZ, San Juan, PR – changed call twice in
November, to WBYM then ten days later to WRSJ. Still airing TIVA TV
simulcast. WVOZ is now on 1580 which used to be WMTI (SOUTH AMERICAN
NEWS with Tore B. Vik, Norway, Medium Wave News 62/08, 5 January 2017
via DXLD)
** ROMANIA. Radio Romania used some pathetic words to remind its
audience of the 25 year anniversary of Antena Satelor (* Christmas
1991). The programme is currently broadcast on medium wave (531, 603,
630, 1314 kHz) and long wave (153 kHz) as well as only three FM
stations (Comanesti 89 MHz, Sulina 103,2 MHz and Zalau 106,9 MHz).
According to the news item Antena Satelor
http://www.antenasatelor.ro
has an audience of more than 700,000 listeners.
http://www.radiomures.ro/stiri/radio-romania-antena-satelor-povestea-unei-relatii-de-25-de-ani.html
(via Dr. Hansjoerg Biener 6 January 2017)
If Hj was thinking ``armselig`` perhaps a better translation would be
paltry, not as negative as pathetic (gh, DXLD)
** RUSSIA. 7345 // 7295, Radio Sakha, via Yakutsk. The New Year's
Holiday extended schedule is over; back to the usual *0300-0500*;
Jan 6 at 0258 with Sakha's open carrier, but also RRI (Romania) IS;
at 0300, no IS nor time pips; started out with "Radio Sakha" ID;
0340 Jew's harp (khomus) music; 0358 "Jingle Bells"; 0400 IS
(Jew's harp) and time pips; 7345 fair, while 7295 is as usual very
poor. Typically they are still giving the ID at xx:50 and followed by
ads. Recently with fair/good reception.
For those interested in this truly unique Jew's harp (khomus) music,
here is a nice performance on Youtube - http://goo.gl/DMFC70 (Ron
Howard, Calif., WORLD OF RADIO 1860, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Some observations for late Jan 6 to early Jan 7 (UT) from Masset:
Radio Sakha very strong, and near armchair level from around 2200 UT.
First on 7295 in Yakutian, but realized who they were since // to much
stronger 7345. 7295 was initially fair to good. By 0000, both
frequencies were much stronger and when last checked at 0130, still
going strong. 73, (Walt Salmaniw, BC, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1860,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
NVK Sakha 7345 --- Superb reception with This day in Russian history,
in Russian. It's so strong that I've used the 12 kHz filter! Back to
Yakutian at 0030. // 7295 is weaker but still decent. 73 from a cold
and snowy Masset! (Walt Salmaniw, Jan 8, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO
1860, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
As I type this, I'm enjoying armchair copy from Russia's NVK Sakha,
albeit on SW 7345 at 0056 UT. Can't complain! 73, (Walt, UT Jan 8,
IRCA via DXLD)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 21505. Diciembre 31. 1441-1454 UT. Dos hombres hablan
en árabe y nombran a Al Jazeera y a Qatar hasta las 1450 cuando
comienzan rezos islámicos. SINPO: 55454 (Claudio Galaz, RX: TECSUN PL-
660, ANT: Hilo de 40 metros, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile,
condiglista yg via DXLD)
Haven`t heard this in ages, and thought it off; about all I ever hear
on 13m now is 21675 WRMI R. Africa, and that quite weak. Aoki shows
BSKSA General Program 1, 1155-1457, 500 kW at 295 degrees from Riyadh
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, Jan 7 at 0814, JBA carrier in splash from
5025 Cuba, no doubt SIBC on night frequency and propagable (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
When tuned in in Brisbane Queensland remote unit at 2003 UT tonight
Jan 11, mid morning in Australia, grayline in Adelaide, nighttime at
Perth western Australia, noted music theme in progress from Honiaria
Solomon Islands, at S=7 or -88dBm at fade-out time.
5019.999 kHz exact fq on lower side to state. Compared to ABC 4835 and
WWVH 5000 kHz. 73 de wolfie df5sx (Wolfgang Buschel, all the best in
2017 to the channel islands, dxldyg via DX LISENING DIGEST) See also
UNID 5020
** SOMALIA. (or non): Warsan Radio FM in vernacular on Jan 5th started
in the middle of sentence at 0435 on 7750.1 AM (Rumen Pankov, Sofia,
Bulgaria, Jan 12, 2017, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOMALILAND [and non]. 7120, Jan 9 at 1400, R. Hargeisa carrier
until 1403*. Always fun to check what else is coming by long path from
the Horn of Africa on 40m: Much weaker Eritrea carrier stays on 7175,
but no 7146+, and even weaker Sudan 7205. See also ETHIOPIA (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH AFRICA. 7158-LSB, Jan 7 at 0407, ZS6CCY working lots of US
stations, RI, LA, IN, contest? Bit of a co-channel pileup but not
severe. QTH.com shows: ZS6CCY WILLIAM (BILL) HUNTER, HOSIE SIBAYA
RANCH, VAALWATER 0530, South Africa, while his QRZ.com lookup has lots
of photos of his setup (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non non]. 9505, WHRI Cypress Creek SC (presumed);
2253-2308+, 5-Jan; Bro. HyStairical rudely interrupted a run-on
supportive caller. B.S. implied that he has enough cash to broadcast
thru 2017 (another year of last days!) No ToH break or ID (I wouldn’t
either) SIO=454-
[non] 11580, WRMI Radio Miami International (presumed); 1954, 3-Jan;
Tuned by to hear Bro. HyStairical shout, “Gird up the loins of your
mind!” (Well now, there you go. I’ve learned something by listening
to B.S. I never knew that my mind had loins.) SIO=453+ fady.
11825, WRMI Radio Miami International (presumed); 1643-1653+, 1-Jan;
Brother HyStairical read excerpts from a “Bible prophecy researcher”
who says that there will be an Atlantic Ocean tsunami before September
2017 that will wipe out a U.S. east coast nuclear power plant. He also
said that World War 3 might break out before that, possibly in January
(which would make the tsunami pretty much irrelevant). 1650 B.S. wants
reception reports & mentioned WRMI, WHRI & WWCR. S10 peaks (Harold
Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' & 60' RW + 125' bow-tie ----
- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! ----- DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
11825, Jan 6 at 1503, no signal, altho TOM per latest WRMI sked is
supposed to start at 1300. See also USA: WRMI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
11825, Jan 7 at 1907, WRMIBS is back on after AWOL yesterday, also //
11580 and 15770. Altho sufficient, it`s a relief that the much
stronger daytime blasters across North America, 13695 and 15440 (and
17790, not so much) are the ones BS gave up --- except that going with
them from 13695 to much weaker 11580 are the 2100-2200 panoply of
programs (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN. 15390. Jan 6 at 1908, Radio Exterior de España, Noblejas, in
Spanish. Men announcers present "24 Horas" by Radio Nacional de
España: All national and international News; ID: RNE. Station with
very good signal and modulation, 55544. 1919 UT: Parallel on 15500
kHz, 35433 (DXer: Jose Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo-PB, Brazil,
Tecsun S-2000, Antenna: Own home-made, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via
DXLD)
Manuel y amigos: Siendo las 1900 UT, REE abre sus emisiones hacia
Sudamérica en los 15390 con una señal casi imperceptible, muy al
contrario de ayer. Cabe destacar también, que a media hora de estar
con una señal estable y fuerte, decayó fuertemente a eso de las 1940
UT en la emisión de ayer miércoles. Si hay algún cambio que destacar
lo informo por este medio. 73's (ce3BBC, Hugo López C., Santiago de
Chile, Jan 5, noticiasdx yg via DXLD)
Radio Exterior de España, 1855-1905, 06-01, señal muy débil en 15390 y
15500, y nada en 9690, parece que esta última frecuencia está desde
primeros de año fuera del aire. Saludos (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, España,
Noticiasdx yg via DXLD)
Manuel y amigos: Hoy viernes 6, desde las 1900 hasta las 2230 UT, pude
seguir los 15390 con señal estable y con promedio 45444, es decir, en
nada comparado con el día de ayer. También pude sintonizar los 15500
kHz con 35443.
Estarán bajando y subiendo potencia desde Noblejas? Por qué tanta
diferencia entre un día y otro? Frecuencias cercanas en la banda de 19
metros, que todos los días son recibidas en las tardes sudamericanas,
se han mantenido estable, es decir, las condiciones de propagación no
han cambiado los 15 MHz. Atte. (ce3BBC, Hugo López C., Santiago de
Chile, noticiasdx via DXLD)
9690, Sat Jan 7 at 1839, REE is still missing from North American
frequency, which on Sat is scheduled to start at 1500, and fading up
enough by now. 15390 & 15500 to elsewhere are fairly audible. Recheck
2102, however, 9690 is finally reactivated after at least a week, now
good at S9+10 for REE`s most important show, `Tablero Deportivo`.
15390 & 15500 remain fairly audible at S9, and I can even detect the
fourth transmitter on 11685, S5-S6 vs constant RTTY on its hi side
from NAA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1860, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
España. REE. Hoy sábado siendo las 2210 UT, señales muy buenas en los
15390, 15500 y excelente en los 9690 kHz (S9 + 30 dB) acá en Miami.
Todo luce normal en estas transmisiones. Saludos a todos (Dino Bloise,
Frecuencia Al Día, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9690, Sunday January 8 at 1516, REE is still reactivated here, at very
poor S3 to North America --- and for the early weekend broadcasts
sorely needs to be on a higher band, as // 15500 is best at S8, but
with some short/longpath echo: it`s at 110 degrees for Mideast,
exactly the opposite bearing from 9690 at 290 degrees. Second best at
S5 is 15390, which HFCC shows also at 110, but that can`t be correct,
as it is really for South America, per EiBi. Also on 17755, 161
degrees across Africa, the one I detected first with a VP carrier
aside much stronger 17750 Cuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
At 2230 I can hear 11685 kHz instead of 17755 kHz, as scheduled. 73,
(Mauno Ritola, Finlandia, Jan 8, playdx yg via DXLD)
Saludos estimado Dino y amigos: Efectivamente hoy las emisiones de
15390 y 15500, estables y fuertes en todo momento hasta el cierre a
las 2305 UT. Incluso por Santiago de Chile, sur de Sudamérica, la
emisión de 9690 y 11685 eran audible al cierre de transmisiones, con
dificultad pero llegaban. 73's (Hugo López, Chile, Jan 8, noticias dx
yg via DXLD)
Radio Exterior de España, 1500-1530 y 1800-1806, 08-01, se vueleve
escuchar por aquí en 9690, aunque con señal muy débil. Mejor en 15390
y 15500, pero, señal débil y en 17755 señal muy débil. Parece como si
hubiese reducido potencia. Saludos (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, España,
noticiasdx yg via DXLD)
15390. Jan 10 at 1935, Radio Exterior de España, Noblejas, in Spanish.
Man announcer makes a interview and comments about politics: Reforms
of the Liberal, Socialist and other parties of Spain and Europe, too.
Very good signal and modulation, 45544. Parallel logs on 9690, 35333;
11685, 35332 and 15500 kHz, 15441 (DXer: José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX),
Cabedelo-PB, Brazil, Tecsun S-2000, Antenna: Own home-made, Hard-Core-
DX mailing list via DXLD)
** SRI LANKA. SRI LANKA BROADCASTING CORPORATION TURNS 50 TODAY
SLBC 5 January 2017 Written by slbc news
http://www.slbc.lk/index.php/slbc-news/slbc-local-news/3028-slbc-turns-50-today
Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation marks the 50th anniversary today.
The corporation has organized a number of programmes to mark this
event during the New Year. The inaugural ceremony in this connection
will be held today at the Kumarathunga studio under the patronage of
President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil
Wickremasinghe. The newly constructed administrative building and
modified studio complex will be declared open by the president.
A commemorative stamp and a first day cover will be issued to mark the
golden jubilee anniversary of the SLBC. An investigative magazine
regarding the history of Sri Lanka’s broadcasting will also be
launched. An awarding ceremony will also be held to felicitate the
staff members of SLBC. An all night pirith chanting ceremony will be
held tonight and an alms giving will be offered to the maha sangha
tomorrow. All religious observances will also be held at the new
building complex on Monday. The government has spent over 207 million
rupees to upgrade the SLBC’s studio complex. Haputale transmitting
station will also be developed at a cost of 100 million rupees. The
Sri Lanka Broadcasting department was renamed as Ceylon Broadcasting
Corporation in 1966. It was again changed as Sri Lanka Broadcasting
Corporation in 1972. Posted by: (Mike Terry, Jan 5, dxldyg via DXLD)
** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. 7315, Jan 7 at 0340, WHRI colliding with R.
Tamazuj via VATICAN as has been going on all season. Roughly equal
levels here. WHRI registered for 250 kW at 152 degrees, likely
bleeding into Sudan too (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SYRIA. SAWT AL-SHAAB RADIO REPORTEDLY TO CLOSE
It's being reported in Syria that the Information Ministry plans to
close Sawt al-Shaab (Voice of the People) radio and Channel One TV.
Sawt al-Shaab used to be on AM, but as various transmitters have been
knocked off the air during the course of the war it has become an FM
and satellite-only service. There's also a rather erratic live stream
at
http://live.rtv.gov.sy/RShaab.aspx?live=1
It should be noted, however, that the Syrian government has launched
various other TV and FM stations during the war.
Although Channel One TV is a terrestrial service, it can also be seen
via a live stream on the official YouTube account of the Syrian Arab
Radio and TV Organisation:
http://bit.ly/2iHaAee
Live Streaming Of Syrian Aloula Channel
http://www.rtv.gov.sy
Posted by: (chrisgreenway, Jan 5, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Sawt al-Shaab has indeed closed down for good. It went off the air
with a farewell message just after 2200 GMT (midnight local time) last
night (7 January). One of the presenters spoke about the station
closing down with sadness and said it "will remain in our hearts and
in our ears". The two presenters then hailed Syria and signed off with
the national anthem (Chris Greenway, Jan 8, ibid.)
see in web too - of 2013 year
https://latestnewssyria.wordpress.com/2013/06/15/latest-news-syria-anniversary-sawt-al-shaab-radio/
what's the background of this decision? (wolfie bueschel, ibid.)
And now the web stream is already shut down and the link removed from
the portal. While checking this out I came by chance across Syrian
Satellite Channel while they were broadcasting news in Russian,
wrapping up at 1527. These news are also posted to Youtube and
embedded at
http://en.rtv.sy/index.php?m=2
(Kai Ludwig, ibid.)
** TAHITI [non]. Early 6th Jan TP Kona -- 0720 UT Lower noise levels
tonight - 1098 Marshalls booming in with Island music. Nothing on 738.
Hints of other stuff but it's early yet. Eton E100 with Debock
treatment. Tecsun PL380 (Colin Newell, HI, IRCA via DXLD)
Thanks Colin. There's no point in chasing 738 any longer I'm afraid.
Via Mike Terry, via Andy Robins, via Bill Whitacre:
http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/321809/loss-of-am-radio-irks-french-polynesia
(Nick Hall-Patch, BC, ibid.)
Wow! What struck me as ironic is that the loudest SW station in the
condo is ABC On 9580 kHz - also soon to vanish. End of an era, Boys
and Girls (Colin Newell, ibid.) Viz.:
LOSS OF AM RADIO IRKS FRENCH POLYNESIA --- RNZ 5 January 2017
French Polynesia's public radio broadcaster says people in remote
locations have complained about the end of transmissions on its AM
frequency.
Radio Polynesie Premiere switched to an all FM service at the
beginning of December, leaving pockets of inhabitants in valleys and
on remote atolls without any local radio service.
The broadcaster added five FM transmitters to its network of 48 to
improve its reach but in an area the size of Europe, the signal fails
to reach all communities.
Concern has been expressed that vital weather warnings are no longer
heard.
The mayor of Makatea in the Tuamotus Julien Mai said there is a risk
to public safety because people have always been advised to have an
emergency kit that includes a radio when severe weather strikes.
Mariners can still receive weather updates via radio. Posted by: (Mike
Terry, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1860, DXLD)
WTFK? 738 kHz, widely DXed including here (gh, OK, WORLD OF RADIO
1860, DXLD)
** TAIWAN [non]. 6855, Jan 7 at 0311, RTI in Spanish via WRMI with ID
and address info, S9+25 here added to // 5985 at S9+20; 0313 starting
`Plaza Pública` programa in one-hour transmission. 6855 has been
repurposed to // various other WRMI services rather than nada más que
Hermano Histérico. More at USA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1860,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** THAILAND. 7600, Jan 5 at 1413, S Asian language, S9-S9+10 with
flutter. Aoki shows it`s BBC Hindi via Nakhon Sawan at 1400-1430.
Surprised to hear two more signals above 7600; see UNIDENTIFIED (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. V of Turkey - I noted yesterday (Wednesday 4 January)
during the 2300 UT broadcast that the Letterbox Programme was aired.
This is normally scheduled on Saturdays. No announcements were given
in the programme to indicate whether this was a on-off change or
whether the programme has been permanently rescheduled. Programme
ended by saying that it would be back in two weeks. We may have to
wait until Saturday 14 January (the next Saturday that we would have
expected to hear Letterbox). (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, Jan 5, dxldyg
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
6080, UT Sat Jan 7 at 0405, VOT ID amid English news, S9 over VOA São
Tomé collision, making a fast SAH with it. Need to check whether
Letterbox appear UT Sunday, as Alan Roe heard it back on a Wednesday
broadcast Jan 4 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
The edition of the Letterbox programme aired on Wednesday 4 January
was repeated Saturday 7 January which would have been an "off-week"
based on the 2-week cycle leading up to end of 2016. Will need to
monitor further to confirm schedule and 2-weekly cycle (Alan Roe,
Teddington, UK, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Has anyone any form of current English program schedule from them, on
line or on paper?? (gh, DXLD)
Turkey. "Voice of Turkey". Russian edition.
----------------------------------------------------------
The station is on the air daily 1400-1500 UT at a frequency of 9410
kHz. Since January 2017 the program broadcasting schedule.
Each transfer news, review Presses Turkish and Turkish music.
Monday and Saturday:
- Agenda.
- Anatolian palette.
Tuesday:
- The View from Turkey.
- The city and the people.
- Guide for Foreigners (1 per month).
Wednesday:
- The economy of the world.
- Istanbul.
Thursday and Sunday:
- Middle East: The View from Turkey.
- Best Turkish cuisine.
Friday:
- Sports.
- Great love.
- Our service (1 time per month)
(The "Voice of Turkey" 31 December 2016 via RusDX Jan 8 via DXLD)
** TURKEY. MY UNSUCCESSFUL MONITORING OF THE VOICE OF TURKEY INTERNET
STREAM
Having found the Voice of Turkey in German on short wave after
midnight and VoT in Urdu on an internet stream, I decided to monitor
the internet streams of the Voice of Turkey. The reason: I did not
find a schedule on the VoT-website. Unfortunately, a more
collaborative effort is necessary. Yesterday and today, I found the
parallel internet broadcasts of the German programmes on different
streams. My Portuguese is not as good as it should be, but I think
that I have caught an announcement of a schedule change. So maybe, my
recent observations may have been in vain.
The result of today’s my monitoring of VOT West
http://www.trt.net.tr/Anasayfa/canli.aspx?y=radyo&k=trtvotwest
0800 Radio Glas Turske (either Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian)
0830 Radio Glas Turske (Croatian!)
----
1000 Arabic
1100 Unidentified
1200 Bulgarian
1230 Romanian
----
1500 Italian
1530 Serbian
1600 Croatian
1630 Azeri
1700 unidentified
----
1800 Hausa
the day before: 1830-1930 German
1900 Arabic
2000 Portuguese
2100 Spanish
Listening to many hours of programming in languages I understand at
least partly, I realize how much of the content is centrally prepared.
I note a dominant word in all languages: „terrorist” (PKK, PYD, Gulen
movement, Daesh). And I not as inconsistent compositions of quotations
from international press reports into a commentary programme as in
the German programme. Some of the language services (e. g. Haussa)
provide very little content (Dr Hansjoerg Biener 9 January 2017, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Frequency and programme schedules missing on most language sites of
http://www.trtvotworld.com/
During my ongoing research of their web stream
http://www.trt.net.tr/Anasayfa/canli.aspx?y=radyo&k=trtvotwest
I note that the designer of the web site of Voice of Turkey did not
envisage pages for frequency and programme schedules in the different
languages.
I see that a number of the services available via
http://www.trtvotworld.com/
are not broadcast on short wave; nonetheless interested listeners of
those on short wave should ask for current frequency information to be
included. It would also be in the general interest of the specific
language services to have all platforms (incl. FM affiliates)
mentioned that they are on.
The German Service does give frequency and programme schedules for
their short wave transmissions. So, I did not note this deficiency of
the design of the web site before. I just came across this problem
when finding German on internet streams and not finding any references
on the German site.
Listeners of the English service should also note that the link at
http://www.trtvotworld.com/
directly leads to the TV service
http://www.trtworld.com/
This leads me to ask whether there is still any English audio content
to be found on the web site of the Voice of Turkey (Dr Hansjoerg
Biener 11 January 2017, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
All reference to radio disappeared some time ago on the
trtvotworld.com when VOT World TV Service was launched. I have written
to the English section on a couple of occasions about this and it was
acknowledged in their English service Letterbox Programme, but the
answer was pretty much that VOT World had hijacked the website and
there was nothing that they could do. I continue to periodically
mention the lack of web presence when I write to VOT (Alan Roe,
Teddington, UK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKS & CAICOS [and non]. 530, no movement in the past several
months. I've been pounding the drum to go back to 1570, only the gang
across from Del Rio to worry about and they are limited to 30 kW. No
concern for the PSSA operators. If they do fire up on 530 again, it's
going to be non stop QRM (Jerry Kiefer, FL, UT Jan 6, WORLD OF RADIO
1860, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Jerry, I could believe XERF is only 30 kW, judging from reception
here, but is that official? Source for info? I think they still claim
100, FWIW. Or did you mean ERP in some direction? No, it`s supposed to
be ND unless that is not correct either (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO
1860, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** UGANDA [non]. 15240, Sat Jan 7 at 1903, poor signal S5 in presumed
Luganda, from Radio Munansi via WWRB; no signal at 2054 recheck, as
the exact schedule seems to remain flexible.
15240, Sunday January 8 at 1702, S9+10 open carrier from WWRB; 1704,
gradually fade-up lo-fi urgent presumed Luganda talk from Radio
Munansi; 1720 audio feed loses out to whine. 1728 feed restored, now
two guys conversing, less urgent. Usually JBA, but now Dxmaps.com
confirms there is a sporadic E MUF up to 27 MHz between TN and OK. The
Es opening spreads geographically but not much upward MUF into VHF, by
1800 as WWRB signal remains good, now finally some music, until 1805
talk finally higher-fi than the previous hour. Still in well by 1845
with some deep fades, and never notice any English so far. After 1850
some interruptions, phone ringing and reconnecting, 1853 music, 1855
mentions Los Angeles, studio. Still going at final check 1909 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** UKRAINE [non]. 6855, Jan 7 at 0214 mid-ID in RUI relay via WRMI on
new frequency, S9+10, in addition to or replacing inaudible 11580
which is still the only one shown on WRMI schedule; ex nothing but
Brother HyStairical on 6855 following his cutbacks. More under USA
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1860, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U A E [non]. SHF Satellites: Television: 97 W, Galaxy 19,
12.145V/22000 Msps, Abu Dhabi TV in Arabic with new year's countdown
and celebration, including a short English section with a foreign
tourist waiting for the fireworks. Interesting how they 'defaulted' to
English when they realized the announcer spoke Arabic and the tourist
didn't. It was NOT the first language of either, but it worked..
There was a man and a woman announcer, and the woman was absolutely
stunning, and had the prettiest dress [illustrated] I've seen in a
dog's age. The fireworks were pretty impressive too. In well, 51%
quality QPSK MPEG2 480i SD, 1950-2010 31/Dec.
Did I mention the female announcer was pretty? (Ken Zichi, Pt Hope
MI2, for Satellites: Manhattan DJ-1997 FTA receiver +96 inch movable
dish, MARE Tipsheet Jan 6 via DXLD)
** U K [and non]. BBCWS changes as of Jan 4 per HFCC:
3255 1600 2000 52,53,57 MEY 100 0 804 1234567 311216 Eng AFS ENAFES
5855 1330 1400 41NE TAC 100 131 218 1234567 010117 Ben UZB BENGA
5875 1700 1730 40E,41NW ERV 300 100 218 1234567 010117 Prs ARM DARIA
5875 1730 1800 40E,41NW ERV 300 100 218 1234567 010117 Pus ARM PASHA
5875 1800 1830 40E,41NW ERV 300 100 218 1234567 010117 Prs ARM DARIA
5875 1830 1900 40E,41NW ERV 300 100 218 1234567 010117 Prs ARM DARIA
5875 0030 0100 41NE TAC 100 131 218 1234567 010117 Ben UZB BENGA
5875 1630 1700 41NE TAC 100 131 218 1234567 010117 Ben UZB BENGA
5875 0000 0030 49NW TAC 100 131 218 1234567 311216 Mya UZB BURMA
6045 0700 0800 28 WOF 300 102 611 1234567 291216 Kor G KBS
6135 0600 0629 37 WOF 300 180 216 1234567 291216 Fra G FRENAN
6190 1600 2000 52,53,57 MEY 100 15 803 1234567 311216 Eng AFS ENAFES
7235 1800 1900 29N,29SE WOF 250 74 611 1234567 030117 Rus G KBS
7235 1900 2000 46 WOF 250 170 611 1234567 241216 Haus G IBRWAF
7285 0400 0500 47E,48NW WOF 250 140 611 1234567 241216 Ara G ARABAN
7445 1600 2000 48SW,53W MDC 250 315 218 1234567 311216 Eng MDG ENAFEE
7445 0030 0100 40E,41NW WOF 250 82 611 1234567 241216 Prs G DARIA
7445 0100 0130 40E,41NW WOF 250 82 611 1234567 241216 Pus G PASHA
7445 0130 0200 40E,41NW WOF 250 82 611 1234567 241216 Prs G DARIA
7465 1400 1500 41,42SW SNG 250 315 147 1234567 211216 Eng SNG ENASS
7485 0200 0230 49NW SNG 100 340 146 1234567 010117 Mya SNG BURMA
7485 1330 1415 49NW SNG 100 340 147 1234567 010117 Mya SNG BURMA
7485 1415 1500 49NW SNG 100 340 147 23456 010117 Mya SNG BURMA
7560 1800 1830 40E,41NW ERV 300 100 218 1234567 010117 Prs ARM DARIA
7560 1830 1900 40E,41NW ERV 300 100 218 1234567 010117 Prs ARM DARIA
7565 1330 1400 41NE TAC 100 131 218 1234567 010117 Ben UZB BENGA
7600 1545 1600 41SE ERV 100 125 218 1234567 010117 Tam ARM TAMLA
7600 1630 1700 41SE ERV 100 125 218 1234567 010117 Sin ARM SINHA
7600 1400 1430 41N,42SW TAC 100 141 158 1234567 010117 Hin UZB HINDA
9410 0100 0200 41,42SW SNG 100 315 147 1234567 010117 Eng SNG ENASS
9510 1400 1430 41N,42SW SNG 100 320 145 1234567 010117 Hin SNG HINDA
9560 0100 0130 41N,42SW SNG 250 315 207 1234567 010117 Hin SNG HINDA
9560 0130 0200 41NE SNG 250 340 207 1234567 010117 Ben SNG BENGA
9560 0200 0230 49NW SNG 250 340 207 1234567 010117 Mya SNG BURMA
9760 1100 1130 28W WOF 100 102 618 6 291216 Eng G NHK
9760 1100 1130 28NW WOF 100 102 618 7 291216 Eng G KBS
9760 1130 1200 28W WOF 100 102 618 6 291216 Rus G NHK
9810 1700 1730 40E,41NW SNG 250 315 207 1234567 010117 Prs SNG DARIA
9810 1730 1800 40E,41NW SNG 100 315 207 1234567 010117 Pus SNG PASHA
9920 1500 1600 41NW ERV 300 100 218 1234567 010117 Urd ARM URDUA
11700 0000 0030 49NW SNG 250 340 145 1234567 301016 Mya SNG BURMA
11750 1330 1400 41NE SNG 250 330 207 1234567 211216 Ben SNG BENGA
11895 1200 1300 43E,44 SNG 100 13 207 1234567 010117 Eng SNG ENASEF
11910 1500 1600 41NW DHA 250 70 146 1234567 211216 Urd UAE URDUA
11995 1400 1430 41N,42SW SNG 250 315 147 1234567 211216 Hin SNG HINDA
12095 1400 1500 48 MDC 250 0 217 1234567 241216 Som MDG SOMLA
12095 0100 0200 41,42SW SNG 100 315 607 1234567 010117 Eng SNG ENASS
15215 1200 1230 41NE DHA 250 70 146 1234567 241216 Bod UAE FECTib
15310 0830 0900 40E,41NW SLA 250 35 146 124567 030117 Prs OMA DARIA
15310 0830 0900 40E,41NW SLA 250 35 151 3 030117 Prs OMA DARIA
15310 0900 0930 40E,41NW SLA 250 35 151 3 030117 Pus OMA PASHA
15310 0900 0930 40E,41NW SLA 250 35 146 124567 030117 Pus OMA PASHA
15310 0930 1000 40E,41NW SLA 250 35 151 3 030117 Prs OMA DARIA
15310 0930 1000 40E,41NW SLA 250 35 146 124567 030117 Prs OMA DARIA
15310 1000 1030 40E,41NW SLA 250 35 151 3 030117 Pus OMA PASHA
15310 1000 1030 40E,41NW SLA 250 35 146 124567 030117 Pus OMA PASHA
15510 1300 1330 30S,40NE DHA 250 20 206 1234567 010117 Uzb UAE UZBKA
15530 1100 1130 48 DHA 250 220 206 1234567 301016 Som UAE SOMLA
15755 0200 0230 40E,41NW SNG 100 315 547 1234567 010117 Pus SNG PASHA
15755 0230 0300 40E,41NW SNG 100 315 547 1234567 010117 Prs SNG DARIA
17640 1600 1700 52,53,57 ASC 250 114 558 1234567 311216 Eng G ENAFES
17720 0830 0900 40E,41NW DHA 250 45 146 1234567 010117 Prs UAE DARIA
17720 0900 0930 40E,41NW DHA 250 45 146 1234567 010117 Pus UAE PASHA
17720 0930 1000 40E,41NW DHA 250 45 146 1234567 010117 Prs UAE DARIA
17720 1000 1030 40E,41NW DHA 250 45 146 1234567 010117 Pus UAE PASHA
17720 1030 1100 40E,41NW DHA 250 45 146 1234567 010117 Prs UAE DARIA
17720 1100 1130 40E,41NW DHA 250 45 146 1234567 010117 Pus UAE PASHA
17745 1500 1700 48 MEY 250 32 411 7 311216 Som AFS SOMLA
17745 1400 1500 48 SLA 250 215 206 1234567 241216 Som OMA SOMLA
17780 1430 1700 46SE ASC 250 65 547 7 311216 Hau G HAUSA
17830 1600 1800 47SW,52 ASC 125 65 547 1234567 311216 Eng G ENAFWC
17830 1200 1230 37 WOF 200 170 618 1234567 291216 Fra G FRENAN
21470 1500 1700 48 ASC 125 85 216 7 311216 Som G SOMLA
21470 1400 1500 48 DHA 250 225 146 1234567 241216 Som UAE SOMLA
5985 0230 0330 40 WOF 250 90 607 1234567 010217 Fas G FARSA
6095 0230 0330 40 TAC 100 236 158 1234567 010217 Fas UZB FARSA
7230 0230 0330 40 WOF 250 86 611 1234567 010217 Fas G FARSA
7300 0230 0330 40 KCH 300 116 218 1234567 010217 Fas MDA FARSA
9540 1500 1600 40 SNG 250 315 207 1234567 010217 Fas THA FARSA
13660 1500 1600 40 WOF 250 92 216 1234567 010217 Fas G FARSA
(via Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD)
** U K. Ofcom News --- BBC ROYAL CHARTER 8 DECEMBER, 2016
This sets out how we will take on our new duties over the course of
the next Charter from the effective date, 3 April 2017. This is in
advance of the imminent publication of the final BBC Royal Charter,
which details how the BBC will operate in the new Charter period from
2017 to 2027. This will see the biggest reform of the governance and
regulation of the BBC since it was founded. The Government has decided
that a new BBC unitary board will govern and run the BBC, and
ultimately be responsible for editorial and management decisions.
Ofcom will become the new external regulator of the BBC. Our job will
be to hold the BBC to account (Jan MW News via DXLD)
** U K. LORD HALL BACKS IN-DEPTH 'SLOW NEWS' AS PART OF BID TO MAKE
BBC 'IRRESISTIBLE'
The BBC is to take a "slow news" approach to storytelling in an
attempt to offer audiences more in-depth analysis, the broadcaster's
director-general Lord Hall has said.
http://home.bt.com/news/uk-news/lord-hall-backs-in-depth-slow-news-as-part-of-bid-to-make-bbc-irresistible-11364135524987
Press Association Last updated: 11 January 2017, 00:20 GMT
The BBC is to take a "slow news" approach to storytelling in an
attempt to offer audiences more in-depth analysis, the broadcaster's
director-general Lord Hall has said.
In a speech to be made to staff on Wednesday, Lord Hall will challenge
the organisation's news teams that it is more important than ever to
help audiences "understand what's happening in the world today".
Lord Hall will say: "We're up there with the best in the world at
telling people what's happening right now, and being where they come
to find out what's really going on.
"But I want us to do much more to help our audiences understand what's
happening in the world today."
He is expected to announce that, alongside "fast" breaking news, the
BBC will put a stronger emphasis on "slow news" - meaning a deeper
focus on topics and issues impacting people.
Lord Hall will also challenge the iPlayer to become the number one
online television service in the UK by 2020 and will call on the BBC
to "reinvent public broadcasting for a new generation".
He is expected to say: "I want a BBC that is irresistible to all our
audiences. "In a world of near-limitless choice, I want people to
carry on choosing us. "I want us to have shown that public service
broadcasting has even more to offer Britain and the world in the next
century - even more than it has done in its first hundred years. That
excites me.
"Reinventing the BBC for a new generation is where I will be pouring
all my energies. I want to ask each of you to do the same." (via Mike
Cooper, DXLD)
** U S A [and non]. 5520-USB, Jan 8 at 0621, Cubana 444 flight in
contact with New York Radio on Caribbean area ATC frequency. They have
trouble talking over each other, as no-one likes to say ``over`` or
``cambio`` (rather, strictly English even for non-native pilots) but
NY tries to inform 444 that his secondary frequency is 6586. Various
selcall tones also interrupting. EiBi shows site for this is bg =
Barnegat, NJ, 39N45, 74W23'30" --- that`s down the coast off the
Garden State Parkway between Toms River and Tuckerton.
According to flightaware.com, Cubana 444 did not take off from Habana
until 0626, way late after scheduled 0240 UT departure, for a 5-
kilomile, 8-hour flight to Paris, which arrived at the Orly gate at
1426 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 13565, Jan 6 at 1520, K6FRC Part 15 beacon ID repeating, vs
CODAR. Notably this bitsignal from California is better than the JBA
carrier from 17775 KVOH (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 25910/FM, WQGY434, Eldorado TX (Dallas xmtr? [confirmed as
such: see previous coverage in DXLD]), KLDE 104.9 FM studio relay
(presumed); 1558-1604, 30-Dec; Just two brief peaks before diving
under the QRN. Last heard in August, if them (Harold Frodge, Midland
MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' & 60' RW + 125' bow-tie ----- All logged by
my ears, on my receiver, in real time! ----- WORLD OF RADIO 1860, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. This is VOA Radiogram in Olivia 64-2000 ... From ARRL.org
FEMA REGION 10 TO CONDUCT MONTHLY INTEROPERABILITY COMMUNICATIONS
EXERCISES DURING 2017 --- 01/03/2017
FEMA Region 10 (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington) will conduct
interoperability communications exercises (COMMEX) during 2017 on the
third Wednesday of each month, 1500-2100 UT. The initial exercise will
take place on January 18.
“The intent of this COMMEX is to test and exercise interoperable
communications (federal/state/local/tribal/amateur) during a major
disaster, where communications infrastructure would be significantly
damaged or destroyed,” FEMA Region 10 said in announcing the
exercises. FEMA Region 10 will use the call sign WGY910. Others that
may participate in this exercise include, but are not limited to,
other FEMA stations, SHARES stations, and Air Force and Army MARS
stations. All stations are encouraged to participate.
The COMMEX will use the five 60-meter channels: 5330.5 kHz, 5346.5
kHz, 5357.0 kHz, 5371.5 kHz, and 5403.5 kHz. The area of operation is
the Continental US.
bit.ly/2iUU8qk
(VOA Radiogram Jan 7 via roger, via WORLD OF RADIO 1860, DXLD)
** U S A. VOA CELEBRATES 75 YEARS ON 1 FEBRUARY 2017
Dear Friends, The Voice of America celebrates its 75th anniversary on
February 1, 2017. In honor of this momentous occasion, we are taking
you on a journey around the U.S. to showcase vibrant and exciting
celebrations that take place in various diaspora communities every
year. From Persian New Year celebrations in Los Angeles to the West
Indian American Day Parade in New York City, to Carnival in Puerto
Rico, these celebrations highlight the multicultural diversity that
makes the United States what it is today. For example, did you know
that the Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C. all started with
a gift of cherry trees from the mayor of Tokyo more than 100 years
ago?
Voice of America’s audience growth has been exponential [sic]. In
fact, our 2016 numbers were the highest to date. We now reach a record
number of 236.6 million people weekly around the globe through various
platforms – television, radio, and the web. Every year more people get
their news and information from digital platforms, so we placed a
greater emphasis on social media this year, and our numbers
skyrocketed. VOA sites now enjoy nearly seven million hits weekly
from people around the world.
See full article here:
https://docs.voanews.eu/en-US-INSIDE/2017/01/03/561d9621-e45c-4ef5-93c2-b49f658c826c.pdf
Posted by: (Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)
This article is actually a page from a colourful 2017 VOA calendar.
Download the article PDF file and you have the calendar. Will there be
a special VOA QSL card to celebrate the 75 years? Kim? (-- Richard
Langley, NB, ibid.)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1859 monitoring: confirmed UT Fri
Jan 6 at 0030 on WBCQ 9329.894v-CUSB, just barely audible but at least
we know it`s on tonight. The frequency is varying slightly as I try to
measure it. Maybe reception is better elsewhere: I had a report from a
listener in California. Next:
Sat 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB
Sat 0730 HLR 6190-CUSB to SW [off for maintenance this week only]
Sat 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW [off for maintenance this week only]
Sat 2030v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sat 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sun 0410v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sun 1130 HLR 9485-CUSB to SW [off for maintenance this week only]
Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW
Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 1030 WRMI 5850 to NW [NEW]
Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE
Tue 2300 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 1415.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Also check WRMI airings, especially 9955, for possible // on 6855.
Also allegedly at random times on WBCQ 5130v-AM during Radio Jennifer
service expanded hours, altho not noted lately. Updated full WOR sked:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
WORLD OF RADIO 1859 monitoring: confirmed Sat Jan 7 at 2332 on WBCQ
9330v-CUSB, when signal surged up after JBA carrier from 2330. Next:
Sun 0410v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sun 1130 HLR 9485-CUSB to SW [off for maintenance this week only]
Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW
Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 1030 WRMI 5850 to NW [NEW]
Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE
Tue 2300 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 1415.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
WORLD OF RADIO 1859 monitoring: confirmed UT Monday January 9 from
0402 on Area 51 webcast and presumably WBCQ 5129.82; also confirmed UT
Mon Jan 9 at 0430 on RMI webcast, and presumably WRMI 9955. Next:
Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW
Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 1030 WRMI 5850 to NW [NEW]
Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE
Tue 2300 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 1415.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Glenn. I can verify WOR on 9330 this evening. Poor signal with some
noise. For most of the show signal bounced from S3 to S5 and back.
Several deep fades down to S1. I was able to copy ninety-five percent
of the program.
I normally listen to WOR on 5130 UT Mondays. Have lost 5130 at
approximately 0140 to 0145 on the weekends for the last four weeks.
Have not heard AWWW for four weeks either. Lose 7490 between 0000 and
0030 the last four weeks. Switching to 5130, lose AWWW between 0010
and 0020. Very frustrating (John Carver, Mid-North Indiana, 0115 UT
Tue Jan 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
WORLD OF RADIO 1859 monitoring: confirmed UT Tue Jan 10 at 0030 on
WBCQ 9330v+CUSB, very poor. Also same time on WRMI 7730, very good.
Confirmed Tue Jan 10 at 2130 on WRMI 15770, fair S9+10. Confirmed Tue
Jan 10 at 2300 on WRMI 9955, fair with lite jamming (but not // now on
6855, other programming). Not confirmed UT Wed Jan 11 at 0030 on WBCQ
9330, no signal (but propagation is really poor with 9265 WINB JBA
carrier, even 9395 WRMI JBA carrier, and no 9955, and 6855 VP
carrier). Also confirmed Wed Jan 11 at 1415.5 on WRMI 9955 with poor
signal, and now // 6855 very poor. Also confirmed Wed Jan 11 at 2200
on WBCQ 7490, fair.
WORLD OF RADIO 1860 ready for first airings January 12:
Thu 1230 WRMI 9955 to SSE, 6855 to WNW
Thu 2130 WRMI 11580 to NE
Fri 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB
Sat 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB
Sat 0730 HLR 6190-CUSB to SW
Sat 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW
Sat 2030v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sat 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sun 0410v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sun 1130 HLR 9485-CUSB to SW
Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW
Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 to SSE, 6855 to WNW
Wed 1030 WRMI 5850 to NW
Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE
Tue 2300 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 1415.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE, 6855 to WNW
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
WORLD OF RADIO 1859 monitoring: confirmed UT Thursday January 12 at
0030 on WBCQ 9330v-CUSB, poor.
WORLD OF RADIO 1860 monitoring: confirmed first SW airing, Thursday
January 12 at 1230 on WRMI 9955, very poor S2, and yes, now on //
6855, which is S9! But by 1255 recheck the reception is reversed, 6855
faded down to S4-S6, and 9955 up to S9 to +10 (and no jamming).
Seeking Okeechobee sunrise at gaisma.com, not among the scores of
Florida towns included, nor any close ones around the Lake, but the
nearest I can find is Yeehaw Junxion, just north of Okeechobee, when
the sunrise today was 1216 UT, so within half an hour, 6 MHz was
dropping out and 9 MHz building up.
However, busy with other things, I miss checking the Thu 2130 on
11580, and the UT Fri 0030 on 9330. If anyone can confirm hearing
either, or hearing the frequency but not the program, please let me
know. Next:
Sat 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB
Sat 0730 HLR 6190-CUSB to SW
Sat 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW
Sat 2030v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sat 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sun 0410v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sun 1130 HLR 9485-CUSB to SW
Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW
Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 to SSE, 6855 to WNW
Wed 1030 WRMI 5850 to NW
Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE
Tue 2300 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 1415.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE, 6855 to WNW
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9955. WRMI. Enero 2 [Mon]. 0230- UT. Repetición del programa
especial del DSWCI, con audios de entrevistas, además de nombrar a
`Radio Enlaces` de ``Radio Nederland``, además de varias emisoras
latinoamericanas y luego avisos de la asociación y luego habla una
persona con un acento sin identificar, luego nombran a Francia,
prosiguiendo con entrevistas y nombres de otros clubes diexistas, a
las 0256 se dan los datos de donde mandar el informe de recepción.
SINPO: 55555 (Claudio Galaz, RX: TECSUN PL-660, ANT: Hilo de 40
metros, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD)
11580, WRMI at 2332 with a special program on the closing down of the
DSWCI (Danish Shortwave Club International) about the club closing
down after 60 years in operation with recorded comments from many club
members and shortwave media personalities. Very Good Jan 7 [Sat].
Anker Peterson has archived the club info here at their website (Mark
Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Drake SPR4 Receiver, Drake TR7, Kenwood
TS440S, and YouKits TJ5A Transceivers, AEA AT-300 and MFJ-941E Manual
Tuners, LDG Z-100 Plus Auto Tuner, 40 meter and 80 meter off centre-
fed dipoles, ODXA yg via DXLD)
Extra airings of special which was supposed to be only in early
December. Had it been repeating every week at those times? (gh, DXLD)
6855, Jan 5 at 2255, WRMI in Spanish about Cuba, turns out to be //
9955 during R. Libertad prepeat hour; no jamming yet on 6855, but
there sure will be once the DentroCuban Jamming Command catches on (or
Arnie reads this). At 2302, now it`s `La Rosa de Tokio`, as also
scheduled now on 9955 Thursdays, historical media program playing clip
of Radio Atlántico del Sur, 9710, British clandestine during the
Falklands war, as that is this week`s topic, an episode they keep
repeating over and over, altho the anniversary isn`t until our
spring/their fall. LRT still refuses to concede the Malvinas to
Britain.
Until now, I think, WRMI has not put any Cuban exile programming on
any frequency but 9955, thus protecting all the others from jamming.
(I had suggested to Jeff at the outset that all jammable programming,
only, be put on some new frequency instead of 9955, thus freeing it
from overrun jamming.)
Anyhow, 6855, which had been all-BS-all-the-time for 24/7, for 2017y
has been converted to a variety of other programming, some of it //
9955, some of it not, but it has the same color coding on the grid as
9955. 9955, however, is shown with TOM during daytime and overnight
hours, unlike 6855.
Supposedly on a 285-degree antenna now, 6855 remains quite weak here,
especially in daytime, so hard to tell what`s on it, and no program
schedule for it has yet been published! So, much more monitoring of it
is required. 285 is the same bearing to the WNW as on 7730, which has
a *much* stronger signal.
Note that WORLD OF RADIO and other DX programs on 9955, could well be
showing up on // 6855, but can`t be sure unless confirmed by
monitoring, or a true-new 6855 program schedule be provided.
6855, at 0229 UT Friday January 6 is playing `Sandunga` as brief fill
during a break, not // 9955, and then the latter is running `Blues
Radio International` as scheduled UT Fridays 0230, and has quite a
good signal until fadedown/out around 0250. 6855 is too weak to tell
what else is on it now, but could be R. Prague as on 11580 which is
hardly propagating this late.
6855, at 0300 January 6 is starting Radio Taiwán Internacional,
Spanish relay, which had been scheduled only on 5985 during this hour,
and indeed can be detected //, both JBA.
6855, Fri Jan 6 at 1452, `Viva Miami` // 9955. It`s the same old
episode which has been running for more than a month, the second part
interviewing somewoman about promoting El Salvador tourism, the first
part having been about the Everglades. At 1505, when 9955 has gone to
BS, 6855 is playing some music, unseems familiar `World Music`.
5850 // 7730, Fri Jan 6 at 0658, WRMI with `World Music`, both former
TOM frequencies, but I had long noted them // with WM or other
programming after 0700. Now the skedgrid finally shows them // at 06-
08, but the 06-07 part all blank except for Fri 0600-0630 `Sounding
the Alarm`. Following at 07 UT Fri it claims `Media Network Plus`
which I should have stayed tuned to confirm, as it had been a no-show
the past weeks (but PCJ programming was appearing 24 hours earlier on
UT Thursdays 07-08).
6855, further WRMI monitoring obs, lacking any published schedule:
6855, Fri Jan 6 at 2114, World Music // 9955, presumably for the full
hour. (I previously found Radio Libertad on both after 2200.)
6855, UT Sat Jan 7 at 0214, ID amid R. Ukraine International in
English, S9+10 here, and maybe still // inaudible 11580 where
originally scheduled. 0229 fragment of Bob Zanotti ID cut off for 0230
R. Prague English relay, ditto. (7730 BS, allegedly on same 285-degree
azimuth as 6855, is much stronger at S9+30)
6855, UT Sat Jan 7 at 0311, R. Taiwán Internacional ID in Spanish,
address info, S9+25 now here, while // 5985 is only S9+20 (meanwhile,
9955 is S6 of jamming atop what`s left of WRMI).
6855, UT Sat Jan 7 at 0402, Spanish news all about the Ft Lauderdale
airport shootings, finally some current Florida news from WRMI --- but
via NHK Radio Japón, // 5985 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1860,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
11825, Jan 7 at 2124, this WRMIBS frequency is still/again off the air
as already noted 6+ hours earlier. It`s not one of the daytime
frequencies deleted from the skedgrid, still shown as XMTR 8, from
1315 until 2400 at 355 degrees; while nighttime counterpart 5765 is
delisted and unheard.
6855, Sat Jan 7 at 1401, WRMI is starting a gospel huxter, and //
9955. Seems reliably at this hour to be duplicating 9955; therefore I
am expecting the Wed 1415.5 broadcast of WORLD OF RADIO also be added
on 6855. May also apply to the Tue 1200 and Thu 1230; but not the Mon
0430 WOR airings, when 6855 has been // 5985.
Altho November 6 remains the effective date displayed on the WRMI 9955
skedgrid, changes keep appearing here and there. Now I notice there is
a show called ``Bajo el sol de Miami`, Sat 2330-2400 [and probably
also on 6855 now], which seems like it could be interesting, but of
course there is nothing about it on the programming page where many
others are explained, yet many more are still absent:
http://wrmi.net/index.php/programming/
Unfortunately, on Jan 7, I had just tuned out at 2328.
6855, Jan 8 at 2325, Spanish music // 9955 from WRMI. Scheduled for
Sunday 2230-2330 is `Foro Revolucionario` a weekly clandestine
deserving of jamming which is applied only to 9955 so far.
Alternatively spelt ``Forum Revolucionario Democrático Cubano`` on the
WRMI Schedule page, with no further info except contact only via
WRMI`s own P O Box in Miami. During the hour do the speakers ever give
their real names, or any names?
By 2337 it`s AWR Wavescan as scheduled on 9955, still jammed, while //
6855 is clear, as Jeff reads a script about Carib MW history, such as
PWX Habana and WKAQ San Juan.
15770, Jan 8 at 2330, WRMIBS is still on and JB audible at S5-S6 with
TOM // 7570; instead of switching to night frequency 7780 at 2200 as
the skedgrid still claims. They could run 15770 all night and no one
would hear it.
7780, Jan 10 at 0030, after many weeks, WRMI is finally reactivated on
this frequency, poor with BS, and nothing but BS all-night,
presumably, still at 0737 check when it`s much weaker than // 7570 and
non-// 7730 with `World Music`. 7780 still active Jan 11 at 0555 with
BS // 7570.
6855 // 5850 // 7730, Tue Jan 10 at 0744, all three WRMIs playing
``Zorba the Greek``, part of the `World Music`` rotation. Likewise all
three // with `World Music` at 0714 Wed Jan 11. Skedgrid shows 0600-
0800 on 5850 & 7730 with blanks for most of 06-07, variety 07-08 (and
5850 with another two hours of unknown System D content at 08-10,
while 6855 is System D at 06-07; but 6855 as System B at 05-07 & 08-
10, i.e. like 9955, but is it BS or not, any more, at those hours??)
9955, Jan 10 at 2100, WRMI with TOM // 11825. For some weeks the 21-22
hour on 9955 had instead been filled with `World Music`. What`s on
6855 now? Too weak JBA carrier to tell.
11580, Tue Jan 10 at 2130, WRMI with `Frecuencia al Día`, one of its
multiple airings, this one ex-13695 (while WOR is still on 15770).
6855, Tue Jan 10 at 2300, WRMI now with the AWR Spanish program from
and to Cuba, originally on // 5950 only. Meanwhile, WOR is on 9955.
6855, Wed Jan 11 at 1207, DX program in Spanish about RNE, // weaker
9955, where Antena DX is scheduled. So I am confident 6855 will also
be // 9955 during the World of Radio broadcasts Thu at 1230 & Tue at
1200.
11580, Wed Jan 11 at 2014 tune-in, `WNYW` style WRMI ID plays, 2015
music presumably `World Music`. The sked grid shows for 20-21 UT, only
on Wed a blank hour, but something else must have run from 2000 to
2014, like `Viva Miami`, for a quarter-hour ID to fire.
Skedgrid now shows 11580 with System D additionally at 2200-2400, but
no details yet. That means non-BS variety of programming. Wed Jan 11
at 2200 it sounded like one of those European relays in English, this
hour also // 6855.
As of Jan 12, the WRMI transmission grid (but not the program grid)
confirms much of our 6855 monitoring observations (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WORLD OF RADIO 1860, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. (7490), UT Fri Jan 6 at 0030, `Broad Spectrum Radio` on
WBCQ, reception so poor that I switch to the webcast. This week`s
topic per advance publicity: ``Redtown Radio with Brenda Golden --- In
this episode, recorded on Nov. 22, 2016, Brenda looks at
institutionalized racism, through stereotypes in popular culture,
sports, mass communications and other efforts to dehumanize and
discriminate against Native Americans.`` Unfortunately, she is cut off
just before 0100 for WBCQ ID, and into `Voice of the Report of the
Week` as scheduled. On webcast, and no doubt the same happened on
7490. Got to keep your programs to under 29 minutes (or 29:54 if you
dare). The automation is merciless.
(7490), UT Sat Jan 7 after 0100, WBCQ webcast since 7490 is hardly
audible, for `Allan [spelt] Weiner Worldwide`. Mentions the full name
of the former WBCQ guy that died before yearend, Michael Shiteman,
which I can only guess to spell fonetikaly. Soon a call from some guy
in NC who says summers are cooler than before and it`s very cold now,
so climate change is nonsense --- hey, you`re missing the big picture
about rising ocean temps overall, seriously disrupting the food chain,
killing coral reefs, etc., etc., etc.
9329.964v-CUSB, UT Sunday January 8 at 0055, WBCQ with DJ ``rockin`
`n` rollin```, 0058 outro exactly the same playback I heard exactly
one week ago, with Mike Shiteman (sp?) filling in for `Allan Weiner
Worldwide` when he was on the road at least a sesquidecade ago. A 1-
hour AWWW repeat is scheduled UT Sundays 00-01 on 9330. This was in
tribute to Mike who recently died. I still can`t find anything about
Mike on the WBCQ website, guessing at alternative spellings of his
surname. Two WBCQ ID jingles before 0100 and into Blalock the Blaster,
who always seems to be JIP rather than even introducing his program,
officially called `Full Gospel Hour`.
7490.03-AM, Jan 8 at 0100, other WBCQ measured here, presumably
starting Mitch & Kathy show.
5129.81-AM, Jan 8 at 0100, other other WBCQ measured here, `Radio
Timtron Worldwide`, at midpoint of his bihour. Next check at 0616 Jan
8, open carrier at S6 on 5129.82, when Radio Jennifer expansion might
have been airing, perhaps earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
WBCQ: Ramsey told me about Michael dying. I'd have to dig out my copy
of Access to the Airwaves to find the correct spelling of his last
name. He helped Allan with the high school pirate stations and is
famous for sleeping through the FCC raid that was going on around him.
I heard the episode of AWWW that he hosted when it was originally
broadcast.
Sorry I didn't write sooner but I've been fighting my shitty internet,
snow and ice and a cranky kerosene heater. Weather is breaking
tomorrow for a few days after snow this evening and freezing rain
overnight (John Carver, Mid-North Indiana, 0115 UT Tue Jan 10, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9275, Jan 6 at 2121, no signal from WMLK, unknown if on
earlier today Friday, but nominally stops at 2100? [or 2200]
Meanwhile, neighbor in more ways than one, 9265 WINB is well audible.
Keep checking in case the other YHWH show up on 9275 after hours. Bob
Lazar reported Dec 28: ``I heard the Yahweh pirate on 9275 at 2050-
2200 UT. Decent S9 signal with severe fading and down to BA at the
end``. I replied that it must have been WMLK, but not so sure now.
9275+, Jan 9 at 1924, WMLK is on with DEJOM. Also Jan 10 at 2120,
DEJOM at S9+10, obviously off-frequency+plus, making het with BFO on 1
kHz step tuning, so I downpin it to 9275.048. Seems nominal sked is
until 2200 but sometimes off earlier. Also heard on 9275+ Jan 11 at
2013, fair signal but undermodulated DEJOM = deceased Elder Jacob O
Meyer, WMLK founder, and hardly any non-deceased voice is ever
broadcast (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5085, Jan 7 at 0327, at S9+50, ``Devil/Georgia`` by Charlie
Daniels Band, 0328 on to Alabama, as announced by Ted, disrespecting
the music by talking over it (I know, all the ``pro`` DJs do it to
show off, except never vs classical). I knew WTWW-2 would be on, as
tuning up from 5025, 5040 Cuba, I first encountered the telltale spur
parasites around 5059, 5072.
9930, Sat Jan 7 at 1901 check, no signal from WTWW-2, so no `Theater
Organ of the Ozarx` this week. Other WTWWs 9475 and 12105 are loud.
9930 is still off at 2103 recheck.
5085, Jan 8 at 0105, WTWW-2 is still off, as it was from 9930 all
afternoon Jan 7. By 0615, however, it is on now with a song mentioning
Mad Magazine, wild laughter, modulation distorted (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5085, weak signal here in NB at 0235 UT or so. not too surprising as I
am way off the beam. Tuned in to check on Bob Heil's program but too
weak to make much out but songs were being played. So the organ music
is just for the first half hour as previously noted (Richard Langley,
0314 UT Jan 8, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
``The beam`` is 180 degrees, due south per HFCC registrations. Yet due
west of it here, off the side, it is blasting in whenever on, plus the
four parasitic spurs. The nominal beam clearly doesn`t mean much, with
its #902 rhombic antenna (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Well, you are only two states over from Tennessee, Glenn. NB is much
farther away and more to the NW nor NNW -- almost the backside. Would
be interesting to see the actually antenna pattern. Anyway, there is a
HUGE difference in typical signal strength from a supposedly 100 kW
transmitter compared to WRMI when they use their 44 beam antennas,
which point right at us. But, I'll admit that on this evening perhaps
it was just ionospheric conditions. I'll keep monitoring (-- Richard
Langley, NB, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Richard, You mean NE or NNE from TN to you. Yes, being at closer
``ideal`` one-hop distance is also important. Typical patterns of
rhombics I have seen show very big side/off lobes rather than one big
lobe in the official azimuth. You could still happen to be near a null
of those, while I am not. There is also vertical takeoff angle to be
considered whether close-in is favored or not (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)
[Rhombics: which is why stations inland like WTWW, WWCR and WWRB favor
those for broader coverage rather than tight beams --- gh]
Thanks for the correction, Glenn. Being a professor in a geomatics
engineering department, you'd think I'd get that right. ;-) Guess I
had "west" on the brain after thinking of your location. I went back
and checked my logs for WTWW and right here I had reported good
reception on 5085 kHz for a broadcast back in November. So, perhaps
just a propagation thing. Perhaps the effective ionospheric height was
lower when I was listening last week and the one-hop distance was
therefore shorter. Anyway, I won't give up on listening to Bob Heil's
program and perhaps I'll tune in again this Saturday evening (--
Richard Langley, ibid.)
** U S A [and non]. 7385, Jan 7 at 0341, WHRI gospel huxter with
squealing modulator cards, in dire need of replacement. S9+25 here,
also QRMing MWV La Voz Alegre on 7390 which otherwise would have a
clear S9 signal in Spanish. See also SUDAN SOUTH [non] (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5810, Jan 7 at 0811, Spanish WEWN is off! Had been on as
usual earlier in evening. I wonder if they always rest now in the
nightmiddle when audience is minimal? I am normally fast asleep by
this hour. Not propagational, as other US stations on 5830, 5850, 5890
are inbooming (which is not always the case as MUF plummets).
12010 & 12090 approx., Jan 7 at 1908, buzzy spurs with no specific
carriers from the 12050 WEWN Spanish transmitter which itself has
horrible buzz on it. Modulation peaks on the spurs match (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 4840, Mon Jan 9 at 0654 and still at 0706, dead air from
WWCR. Exactly the same thing happened exactly two weeks ago, Dec 19 at
0645 check, the listed program being `Inspirations Across America`.
Others due a refund are at 0700 `Joni & Friends`, 0705 `Real Radio`.
Apparently the automation is misprogrammed and there is no one in
Nashville to notice. See if the DA re-repeat UT Mon Jan 16 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. I've enjoyed the discussion of 50 kW KKOB-770, Albuquerque
and its 230 watt synchronous "booster" companion station in Santa Fe.
I decided to do a study of this operation to see what gives.
Santa Fe is northeast of Albuquerque at a distance of 80 kilometers
(50 miles), at a vector of 48 degrees.
Of a curious side note, the KKOB Albuquerque site sits in nice ground
conductivity of 15 mS/m. Santa Fe and north/northeast sit in a rather
poor ground conductivity area of 4.0 and 2.0 mS/m.
Ignoring the 230 watt nighttime skywave signal component of the
synchronous station at Santa Fe, three signals exist in the Santa Fe
local area at night:
1. The 50 KW KKOB groundwave signal of the Albuquerque transmitter.
2. The 50 KW KKOB skywave signal of the Albuquerque transmitter.
3. The 230 watt groundwave signal of the KKOB Santa Fe synchronous
transmitter.
Note the Signal/Distance graph of the 50 kW Albuquerque transmitter.
The Santa Fe distance (80 km) and azimuth (48 degrees) is shown at the
left arrow. The skywave reception level at 50% and the groundwave
reception level coincide at 0.9 millivolts per meter, receivable at
moderate (but not local) strength at Santa Fe on a small portable. The
potential problem, as I see it, is severe phase distortion since the
signal levels are about the same level at night.
The inset on the same graph shows the small lobe directed at high
angle at Santa Fe by the Albuquerque transmitter.
The 230 watt groundwave signal of the synchronous outlet at Santa Fe
blankets the Santa Fe area with at least 2.5 millivolts per meter
(greater right in Santa Fe), resulting in good local reception, and
having the potential to overcome Albuquerque's phase distortion
problems at night at this distance.
Anyway, that would be my take on it.
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Bill RADIO-TIMETRAVELLER
http://radio-timetraveller.blogspot.com
RADIO-TIMETRAVELLER is a blog about radio and radio DXing, antennas,
opinions, reviews - basically all things concerning radio. My
particular emphasis is medi... (ABDX via DXLD)
Interesting, except Bill appears to have ignored the fact that the
KKOB night pattern has a deep null from 40 to 110 degrees, minimum at
67.5 degrees, to protect WABC!
https://transition.fcc.gov/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/84381-2608.pdf
https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&hpat=2&facid=11251
Also, it`s not strange that main KKOB has good ground conductivity
since it was by no accident located in the north valley of the Rio
Grande not far from the river itself (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. Re: ``To answer Todd`s question about anyone hearing KKOB
770 Santa Fe, recently in my reports and DXLD:
Also, I have repeatedly called for a DX test to be arranged on Santa
Fe only, turning off the main Albuquerque transmitter, however briefly
(without of course, trying to set it up, myself; maybe I would if I
still lived in ABQ) And now there is no CPC chairman. Glenn``
RIP DX Tests --- Sorry, DXers of the world, but it's high time that DX
tests be done away with ---
Back in the day, some unscrupulous participants in the hobby made it a
practice of waiting about 2-3 weeks after tests were conducted,
looking through the pages of DX News, DX Monitor, and other print
publications, jotting down the details of what OTHERS were hearing,
then sending their own faux reports based from those details off to
the testing stations. Very often, engineers would happily mail back
QSLs to the offenders, totally unaware of what was going on.
Fortunately, a select few DID get wise to the shenanigans being
perpetrated and then began conducting tests with the caveat that
reports had to be mailed within a scant few days (say, within a week
or so) after the test, or they would simply not reply to the report.
This was, in effect, to curtail the cheating.
But with the progress of technology comes a downside. Through
reflectors such as these, along with message boards, DX chatrooms
(WHEN they work), and other means of instant communication, the
cheaters are once again seeing the information that others are posting
without making their OWN efforts to hear the stations. DX tests were
fun while they lasted, but, IMHO, they need to be put down. 73, (Rick
Dau, South Omaha, Nebraska, NRC-AM via DXLD)
Rick, I get your point, but that only matters if you gotta get QSLs. A
test without even offering QSLs would allow one to KNOW whether
oneself heard the station, sufficient. 73, (Glenn Hauser, ABDX via
DXLD)
Rick, I’ve got a tremendous amount of respect for you, and your
considerable accomplishments within this hobby. But I could not
disagree more.
During my brief tenure as the CPC Chairman, I’d say about 80% of all
loggings submitted to me contained electronic recordings of the actual
loggings, along with detailed descriptions. And more than a few
reported “no copy” as the result. If you look back at reports of DX
test on this reflector and others, you’ll see a large number of
reports where DX’ers fail to hear the targeted station.
The only notable exception was one DX’er in California who literally
claimed to hear every test, regardless of power and location—on a Sony
portable radio. After speaking with him a few times by phone, I
realized that he had some challenges with mental health—and accepted
that.
Most DX’ers are completely honest, and realize that “cheating” on a
hobby like this cheats only yourself.
Besides, I love DX tests! Wish we had a ton more of them. YMMV. And I
still admire and respect you, sir. 73, (Les Rayburn, N1LF, Maylene, AL
EM63nf, Member WTFDA, IRCA, NRC. Former CPC Chairman for NRC & IRCA,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
The larger issues contributing to fewer / no DX Tests have to do with
the industry itself. The industry isn't as it once was. There's less
staff, more work, no interest on the part of stations today. Stations
on the edge financially simply can't be interested as it does nothing
for them, and many fit into that category. The FCC and some industry
bigwigs have spent decades de-emphasizing anything but local
reception, in terms of regulations but also increasing the numbers of
stations on at any given time. The items Rick mentioned are part. So
are the DX'ers who start badgering the station within a week after the
test about verifications. The world has changed, and the DX hobby
isn't immune (Russ Edmunds, 15 mi NW Phila, IRCA via DXLD)
Rick, Anytime people could always cheat. There were reports from back
in the 50s with faux reports. I like sending a cassette, reel to reel
tape, or now CD of what I heard so the CE could tell the reception
quality as well as it being accurate. But to give up totally on DX
tests because of of a faux report or two, it ruins it for the rest of
us. I love catching the rare stations that could never be heard
without a test. One issue we are having is the reluctance of station
personnel to reply to any reports now. Even e mail replies are hard to
obtain. Even though I get fewer QSLs these days, I still go after
them. But DX Tests should still be viable in our hobby. We do not get
many these days as stations do not sign off like they did. I still
look forward to them when we get them (Patrick Martin, NRC-AM via
DXLD)
I no longer have an full time operating AM station at my direct
disposal 24/7 or y'all know I'd do a DX test. Being in the DX Hobby
long enough, I can tell when a report is real, even if no audio clip
is included. I did have a DX'er send me a reception report for KIYU-
910 from Belgium or Sweden or something. Reporting 4's across the
board, when it wasn`t even on!! (Paul Walker, Galena AK, ibid.)
One approach that has been successful in the past is to have the CPC
offer to handle all verification and QSL duties on behalf of the
station. This proved to be very successful in obtaining DX tests
simply because it removed the burden from the station.
We further would take the lead on producing test materials (CW Morse
Code ID’s, sweep tones, phonetic voice identifications, etc.) and
providing that as an MP3 file, or on a CD.
At the end of the test, the CPC would verify reception reports and
send out QSL’s. The station personnel received a detailed report
showing all receptions (often plotted on a map using Google Earth).
The CPC Chairman is often more familiar with DXing, and better able to
judge any questionable reception.
This approach allowed us to obtain DX Tests for a number of smaller
stations, with limited resources. Another tactic we employed as to
produce :60 long “Test Material” that could be run by a station during
the overnight hours at the TOH as their ID. No change in transmitter
power, pattern, etc., just distinctive test material that could cut
through clutter.
All that was required was for the station to insert the material into
their inventory. These often ran for weeks at a time during the
overnight hours. These too resulted in a lot of “new ones” going into
the logs.
I’m sure there are other innovative approaches that could be
successful as well. The key is to acknowledge that times change. We
have to change our tactics as hobbyists if we want to remain
successful. 73, (Les Rayburn, N1LF, Maylene, AL, ibid.)
Les, I do like that idea. We have done that in the past with great
results. My only question, if we did that on all DX Tests, are the
QSL's the CPC puts out considered legit? I have always wondered about
that. I do know that the hams have had QSL Bureaus for years. There
doesn't seem to be any issue with them. Too bad there isn't a DXer in
most markets that could take over the duties of all QSLing AM or FM.
That would sure change things a lot. But we do not have the resources
for that (Patrick Martin, Seaside OR, NRC-AM via DXLD)
Patrick, Always good to hear your sage input with these types of
discussions, my friend. These concerns were raised almost a decade ago
when we first started the process. Our response then was simple — if
the station owner, chief engineer, or other person of authority
authorizes the CPC Chairman to act as their “QSL Manager” then those
QSL’s carry the full weight and authority of the station.
As you point out, this process is common in amateur radio circles. And
several DX’ers have acted as QSL Managers for individual stations for
years.
Given that the CPC Chairman often is a more reliable judge of valid
reception than even a Chief Engineer might be (given their knowledge
of distant reception) then I personally find these types of QSL’s to
be very valid.
As others have expressed. Ultimately, someone who cheats at a hobby
activity, with no reward other than recognition of peers, then they
cheat only themselves. 73, (Les Rayburn, N1LF, Maylene, AL, ibid.)
I think you may be referring to QSL Managers. QSL Bureaus are simply
an alternate means of delivering QSLs. Those QSLs are prepared by the
hams themselves, in exactly the same manner as cards mailed directly
to the receiving amateur.
QSL Managers, on the other hand, are indeed appointed by an amateur to
issue QSLs on his behalf. The procedure is fully accepted. Some
managers handle QSLs for many different DX amateurs and their
integrity is well recognized. (I think the CPC is an analogous
situation.) The level of scrutiny depends on the rarity of the DX
claimed. (Nobody would bother to forge a German QSL, it's way too easy
to get a legitimate one. In much the same way nobody would bother to
forge a verification from WBBM. Verifications from Iran, or KIYU,
would see a much closer look!)
It's not like there are $100,000 prizes awaiting the most successful
ham, or the most successful BCB DXer. The consequences of cheating
fall almost entirely on the cheater. He may claim bragging rights but
he knows in his heart they're not legit. Cheaters frequently get
sloppy, overreach. Once that happens, they get caught -- and their
reputation is toast. In a pursuit without tangible prizes, one's
reputation is the *only* thing one has. I'm not worried about it. ==
(Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, NRC-AM via DXLD)
Yes, Doug, that is what I was referring to. As I have been the QSL
Manager for 1680 Fresno for several years now. So far, all but one
report was legit. That one I never replied to and it came from
overseas.
There was one very well known DXer that his reports were not good.
Basically they said "I heard your station. There was news, followed by
an ID. Please verify." KSWB Seaside got one and my partner Bob who
replied to QSL requests, as News Director of the station, brought the
report home. He asked for my opinion. I told him not to reply. He
didn't. The DXer in question complained later that KSWB never replied.
Hearing KIYU 910 when they were on, would be quite a feat, from other
than Northern Europe or AK. I have a lot of Alaskans, and some rare
ones, but never heard that one. Even with a beverage pretty much aimed
that way for years. IRAN probably would be easier. At least the
stations are on splits. Hi. Never heard Iran, but some others in that
part of the World. I have never heard of someone forging a QSL, but it
would not surprise me. Sending false reports have probably been going
on since DXing started. Like you said, there is no real money in
QSLing, so your comment on bragging rights, would all there would be.
But getting back to a QSL Manager. That may be more difficult to do as
there are so many AM and FM stations and who would be willing to
answer all the reports from let`s say NY or LA. The work involved to
checking with the stations would be something else.
I do feel that QSLing is on its way out as avid QSLer that I have been
over 50 years, they are getting so much harder to get, even an e mail
QSL. But I keep trying anyway. I may go more towards e mail reports
rather than snail mail, as it is much less expensive and easier to do.
But the attachment can be tricky for me to add.
It would be nice to have a QSL manager in most cities, but I doubt
that would ever happen. I have been the QSL Manager for 1680 Fresno,
as the CE asked me if I would be willing to do it. I wish there were
more (Patrick Martin, Seaside OR, KGED QSL Manager, IRCA via DXLD)
Les, You are so right there. But with us DXers dying out and few young
people to take over, I doubt another 20 years there will not be any
left. Maybe in ham or SWBC circles. But even SWBC is dying out as so
many stations only stream now or on FM. I am so happy I got started in
the 60s. With over 3600 MW, SW, FM, TV, etc. QSLs, it has been a lot
of fun. I will still continue to QSL, but unfortunately getting that
reply is hard now. Take care my friend (Patrick Martin, ibid.)
DX tests were once the best think a BCB Dxer could look forward to
(along with regular monthly frequency checks by stations). I, and many
others in our club were aware of a certain individual who was cheating
on DX tests and doing so in a very brash manner. We made it known that
these activities were not acceptable and even communicated the problem
with station personnel.
I believe that the vast majority of folks in our hobby are decent and
honest folks and it would be a shame to completely do away with such a
tradition due to one or two bad apples (Mike Sanburn, IRCA via DXLD)
On the subject of DX tests, has anyone received a verification via any
means from the WBOB 600 Jacksonville, FL test that ran about a year
ago now? I reported within 24 hours of the test with obvious
identification material in the mp3 file and still have not received
anything in mail or email (Mark Connelly, WA1ION, South Yarmouth, MA,
IRCA via DXLD)
I also reported WBOB within 24 hours and never received a QSL. Anymore
I only send for QSLs on DX Tests as the returns had gotten so poor.
(Russ Edmunds, WB2BJH, Blue Bell, PA, Grid FN20id, ibid.)
I don't think I got one from them either (Ira Elbert New III, GA?,
Sent from my iPhone, ibid.)
Nope, I have never got a QSL out of WBOB either. I have not sent a
f/up, but I did sent an e mail report as well as a snail mail with a
CD, just in case the attachment did not work. But nothing. I will be
surprised if we get a QSL at this rate. Who knows if the same CE is
even there now (Patrick Martin, ibid.)
Marc, Russ, and others: I, too, have yet to receive a QSL from WBOB
for their DX Test last year. Brandon Jordan, who was our CPC Chairman
at the time, contacted the engineer once or twice after I inquired
about whether he knew what the status of the verifications was, but to
no avail. I haven't heard very many stations from Florida in northern
Vermont, so I was really hoping to receive their verie. I have to
agree with Les that having the CPC Committee or a QSL Manager handle
the veries usually produces the best results (Steve Howe, Saint
Albans, VT and Albany, NY, IRCA via DXLD)
I have to receive one either, even though the person that put it on
replied within a few days to my e-mailed report saying it was accurate
and I receive one with in a few weeks (Larry K8YYY Shinnston, WV,
ibid.)
I'm commenting on this late. Many DXers will try to hear a DX test but
most DXers today don't collect QSLs. So hearing a DX test is still a
thrill for many without the QSL. It's just the change in the
broadcasting industry, no more requirement for a Proof of Performance
test. Most station are on 24 hours now so they have to interrupt
programming for a test. Frequency checks went away too. I wasn't
active in the hobby when that happened but suspect another requirement
was dismissed during the deregulation of radio.
I've received email veries from a couple CEs that mentioned they moved
the antenna or were working on their ground systems. I mentioned the
hobby would be interested if any testing was done. The CEs seem too
busy with their workload. Wish it was easier to schedule DX tests.
Don't kill DX Tests but I can't see them being a big part of the hobby
anymore (Martin Foltz, CA, ibid.)
Unfortunately I doubt BCB QSL Management is going anywhere except with
a very limited number of stations. Proper verification IMHO requires
access to the program logs or recordings, which requires station
personnel search those logs. Most don't have the time. Having a DXer
volunteer to write out & mail the cards helps but that DXer still
needs station cooperation to know whether a given report is accurate.
(It would be interesting to do a whole-band SDR recording in the local
area of a common DX target - one could then roll back the recording &
see if it matches a DX claim. Not really practical, if for no other
reason than it's unlikely there's a sufficiently-dedicated DXer living
close enough to most targets. But hams have begun doing this during
major competitions.)
DX reports have of course ceased to have any real value for stations.
I wouldn't doubt in some cases, the person who sees your report
doesn't even know there is an AM station in their cluster (especially
if it's relayed on an FM translator).
Email reporting is easier for the stations too (unfortunately, if my
work email is any example it's probably buried in even more spam than
one's personal mailbox).
What kind of issues are you having with the attachments? MP3s should
email without much trouble *provided* they aren't too long. GMail's
attachment size limit is 25 MB. In *very* rough terms, that's enough
for a 15-minute audio file (results will vary wildly depending on your
encoding settings and the content of the audio. DX probably doesn't
compress very well due to the noise & interference). == (Doug Smith
W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, NRC-AM via DXLD)
Patrick, True enough. I just turned 55, and I`m just hoping that
enough analog signals will remain to last my lifetime. Can`t imagine a
world without radio to DX. The Chinese have a saying, ``Make friends
with change.`` I`ve lived long enough to see the wisdom in that.
I can say that radio has been a lifelong hobby of mine, licensed as a
ham at age 9? and active in DXing even before that. I`ve tried a bit
of everything. Ham, SWL, AM, FM, TV, Public Service Bands and enjoyed
it all. There is magic in the ether and I hope that the younger
generation find something similar to excite them. 73, (Les Rayburn,
N1LF, IRCA via DXLD)
Les, I often catch myself wondering about what the MW band would sound
like here IF -- and this is just a hypothetical situation, mind you --
all of the AM stations in Canada and the U.S. were to permanently go
silent. Will Mexican stations stay on? If THOSE go off, will AM
stations in Central and South America stay on? Will AM stations across
the Atlantic and Pacific stay on? The DX opportunities for us, should
those scenarios occur, could be fascinating (it's been over 25 years
since I've heard anything from Central America on MW, and I'd love to
again). Personally, I honestly, FIRMLY believe there will always be
SOMETHING on the 530-1710 band to DX, whether domestic or foreign. I
just can't picture it drying up completely.
Longwave, on the other hand, presents a different scenario. About 5
years ago, I began DXing non-directional beacons with much interest,
and now those are slowly going away. Pity, since those are obviously
much easier to ID than AM stations! For DXers on the North American
coasts, a future without NDBs on longwave won't be as difficult to
stomach, as they'll always have European broadcast stations to go
after. But for people like myself in the landlocked middle of the USA,
a longwave band without the beacons will be much more of a challenge
to DX. 73, (Rick Dau, South Omaha, Nebraska EN21af, ibid.)
Meanwhile, here's what the MW band sounds like now:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=aiaacvYES8s
(Steve Francis, Alcoa, Tennessee, Jan 9, IRCA via DXLD)
We could always DX the CODAR stations. I'm sure they'll be encroaching
on the AM band any time now. Sorry - I consider CODAR my nemesis. I've
asked some of the SDR folks to come up with a way to filter them out.
It's "theoretically possible". :^)
BTW, great link, Steve, on what the AM band sounds like now! I think
I'm going to do one for Gilligan's Island. That way I can watch them
all at once. Gilligan's Island - such a DXer's show, wasn't it? Exotic
South Pacific island setting, and an AM radio was a central prop!
(Mark Pettifor, Goshen, IN, KC9DOC, ibid.)
Rick, if you don't mind me chiming in. I have always wondered the same
thing. What if at least most of the AM's disappear, what would we
hear? Probably little in the daytime, but night would be interesting.
Mexicans of course would populate the dial even in areas that they
don't now. Like here. I get few XE's these days. I never got many in
the past anyway. I am sure a few more TPs and DU's would be heard on
the Pacific Coast and more would get rather inland like back in the
1920s & 30s. But who knows how many AMs would be left Worldwide by
that time.
At nearly 68 now, I had hoped I would be enough the demise of AMs by
now, as few even listen to AM now. But the FMs support the AM's, so
they stay. Of course if the FCC could start selling off the AM
spectrum, but what would they use it for? Not nearly as valuable as
the UHF frequencies. We are loaded with thousands of AM stations in
the US & Canada that probably few people listen to. Here, I rarely
hear any AM's on, other than KAST Astoria (Talk) in a couple
locations, and KSWB Seaside (Oldies), again in a few locations. Most
people around here stream a lot, or listen to CD's. This is a rural
area. The cities I am sure more people stream. All young people stream
their music to their Ipods, phones, etc. Pandora is very popular. They
never listen to radio. At least the ones I know. Between their video
games, and cel phones, they are happy. Their attitude, why would I
bother listening to radio. Just full of ads and they do not play the
music I like (Patrick Martin, Seaside OR, NRC-AM via DXLD)
I totally agree. DX Clubs have a hard enough time to get editors.
Becoming a QSL Manager, let`s say for LA or SF, Boston, etc., would be
quite the undertaking. As you said, getting the stations to take the
effort. I doubt few even care with no budgets for anything extra.
Here, I can monitor a lot of AM & FM stations with a wifi radio, but
SDRing them would be something I would not want to do on a regular
basis. Again, except for the DXer that wants the QSL, there is no
money in it for the station. Face it, QSLing is on its way out. Along
with DXing. There will always be some form of the hobby for decades to
come, but the number of DXers will die out in time. Right now I can
only think of a couple DXers under 30. Back in the 60s & 70s, we were
everywhere. Not so today (Patrick Martin, NRC-AM via DXLD)
** U S A. 780, WBBM IBOC off, et al.: See DIGITAL BROADCASTING -- IBOC
** U S A. [Re DXLD 17-01, on 1020, gh hearing KCKN Roswell NM again:]
Glenn, Looks like they found a couple used final tubes to get the
Continental going again. Rumor has it the transmitter was just out of
tune. I'm too far removed to know the exact cause. That being said,
there is no way you should be hearing it in Enid unless the pattern is
out. Towards your direct we had a super tight null offering 40 watts
towards you. The day pattern protected Amarillo 1010 and ERP was about
500 watts (Jerry Kiefer, FL, UT Jan 6, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Glenn, Shortly before 9 PM CT this evening I caught KFAB,
1110 AM, Omaha, playing ABC's Perspectives program. The station has
gone back to being an ABC affiliate after several years with Fox news.
Perspectives airs from 8-9 PM CT Sundays [0205-0300 UT Monday]. A live
announcer just prior to the top of the hour said it was their first
airing of the show this year. 73, (John Wesley Smith, January 9, WORLD
OF RADIO 1860, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1220, Jan 7 at 0400 UT, local weather by YL but too much QRM
to copy detail, ID almost certainly WSLM, i.e. Salem IN, the cheater
dominating 1220 west of Cleveland despite licensed 5000/82 watts
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1360, Jan 7 at 0358 UT, immediately at tune in, ``You are
listening to WMOB Mobile, and WTOF Bay Minette``, into another gospel
huxter before hourtop. Yes, the two are //, WTOF supposedly a 10 kW
daytimer on 1110, and WMOB running only 200 watts at night, 9000 watts
day. Contraindications explicable only as the Word of God thumping the
Rules of Man (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1860, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 2960 (2 x 1480) WERM Mobile, AL. 2960, with a decent signal
and modulation during peaks with black gospel music. WERM calls
clearly heard between songs making for an easy ID on 2960 but no luck
logging them on their intended frequency of 1480 here. 73, (Tim Tromp,
West Michigan, 0345 UT Jan 6, harmonics yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1860,
DXLD)
UNIDENTIFIED. 2960, Jan 7 at 0320, stable JBA carrier with trace of
modulation, but with QRN adding up to S9+10. Checking here since Tim
Tromp had reported the night before to the harmonics yg,
``WERM Mobile AL, 2 x 1480 on 2960 with a decent signal and modulation
during peaks with black gospel music. WERM calls clearly heard between
songs making for an easy ID on 2960 but no luck logging them on their
intended frequency of 1480 here. 73, Tim Tromp, West Michigan``.
It`s licensed for 4400 watts at night on 1480, so how much on 2960? A
bit later I definitely did hear a Mobilian fundamental on 1360 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1860, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Larry Russell also passes along news about Cumulus -- I will
resist the urge to say anything editorial beyond 'it couldn't happen
to a nicer bunch of corporate folk:
http://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/cumulus-announces-reverse-stock-split-20161012-00655
This isn't exactly 'news' since it dates back to October but the
market reaction to all this is telling (Ken Zichi, ed., MARE Tipsheet
Jan 6 via DXLD)
** U S A. WBGO IS GIVING JAZZ A HIGHER PROFILE ONLINE
By BEN SISARIO JAN. 10, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/10/arts/music/wbgo-radio-station-jazz-npr-partnership.html
Amy Niles, WBGO's president and chief executive, in the radio
station's master control room in Newark. Credit Stephen Speranza for
The New York Times [caption]
WBGO, the Newark public radio station, has long been one of the
nation's premier outlets for jazz on the air. Now it wants to be a
destination for the music online as well.
Next week, the station will introduce a revamped website, featuring
extensive commentary on jazz -- its online presence to date has been
minimal -- and will also expand its partnership with NPR as that
public radio network's primary source of jazz content.
Along with these changes, the station has hired the jazz critic Nate
Chinen as its director of editorial content. Mr. Chinen, who has been
a regular contributor to The New York Times since 2005, will manage
the editorial side of WBGO's website, wbgo.org; work on its signature
program, "Jazz Night in America"; and join NPR's stable of music
commentators, online and on the air.
Photo [caption] A revamped website and an expanded partnership with
NPR is expected to transform WBGO's online presence at a time when
jazz is enjoying a creative renaissance. Credit Stephen Speranza for
The New York Times
"This is a new age," said Amy Niles, WBGO's president and chief
executive. "What we want to do is create a digital environment that is
as potent and powerful as what people rely on us for on the radio."
The changes at WBGO-FM (88.3) should have little influence on its
on-air programming, which leans toward the giants of jazz history --
think Miles, Coltrane, Billie -- and is the second-highest-rated jazz
station in the country, with a regular weekly reach of 375,000 people,
according to Nielsen. (No. 1 is KKJZ in the Los Angeles area, with an
audience of about 520,000.)
Photo [caption] Rhonda Hamilton, a radio host at WBGO, in the master
control room. Credit Stephen Speranza for The New York Times
The changes should transform WBGO's presence online at a time when
jazz is enjoying a creative renaissance. The NYC Winter Jazzfest over
the last week was one example of this energy; another is the
popularity of younger artists like Kamasi Washington and Robert
Glasper, who have pushed the boundaries of the genre and collaborated
with stars like Kanye West and Kendrick Lamar.
"Jazz is now in an intensively creative and vital phase," Mr. Chinen
said. "I'm excited to bring some expertise and editorial focus into
the digital realm, where there's a dire need for jazz content that
upholds high journalistic standards."
Jazz posters decorate the walls of the public radio station. Credit
Stephen Speranza for The New York Times [caption]
WBGO, whose annual budget is about $5 million, already works with NPR
and Jazz at Lincoln Center to produce "Jazz Night in America," the
expansive weekly show heard on nearly 200 radio stations around the
country. WBGO will become NPR's "voice of jazz," Ms. Niles said. It
will feed online content to the network, and Mr. Chinen will
contribute to NPR on a national level.
Jazz has been a steady presence on NPR for decades, including shows
like Marian McPartland's "Piano Jazz." But its presentation has
changed recently, including the end of NPR's weekly show "JazzSet" and
of its jazz blog, A Blog Supreme. The planning began about three years
ago, when NPR took stock of its jazz coverage and decided to take
advantage of its various broadcast and online platforms, said Anya
Grundmann, NPR's vice president for programming and audience
development.
Photo [caption]. WBGO in Newark is the second-highest-rated jazz
station in the country, with a regular weekly reach of 375,000 people.
Credit Stephen Speranza for The New York Times
"This is the result of a huge commitment by both organizations to
continue the legacy of jazz presentation and storytelling that we both
have," Ms. Grundmann said. Through various platforms, NPR reaches 56.5
million people each month, she added.
Among the other changes at WBGO is the addition of two weeks' worth of
on-demand streams for its broadcast shows. This kind of feature, along
with online commentary and reviews, is now common for most major radio
stations. But Ms. Niles said that the station had not been slow in
adapting to the digital age.
"I don't think we've been slow; we've been strategic," she said.
"Doing it in the way that we're doing it now is something that we
really wanted to be able to do right."
A version of this article appears in print on January 11, 2017, on
Page C4 of the New York edition with the headline: WBGO Is Giving Jazz
a Higher Profile Online (via Mike Cooper, DXLD)
** U S A. RESOLVE TO PROTECT YOUR STATIONS
Glenn - New year, new you. And we have a resolution that you can
actually keep: Resolving to #ProtectPublicMedia in 2017.
A new Congress and President take office this month. We're asking
viewers and listeners like you to help us build our case to protect
funding for stations this year. It will only take a few moments but it
might be the most important New Year's resolution you make this year.
Here's how:
Make Your Resolution: Go to
protectmypublicmedia.org/tell-resolve
and share why you resolve to #ProtectPublicMedia in 2017.
Find an Accountability Buddy: After you've made your New Year's
resolution, you will be directed to a page with a few easy options for
spreading the word. Take a moment to share the campaign with 2 - 3 (or
more!) of your fellow public media junkies and encourage them to make
a resolution too.
Please help us keep the public media stations that inform, educate,
and inspire us strong in 2017 and resolve to #ProtectPublicMedia by
January 31, 2017.
Thank you, (The Protect My Public Media Team, Jan 10 to gh, via DXLD)
** U S A [non]. SHF Satellites: Television: 105 W, AMC-18, 3.780H /
30000 Msps, NBC West (Ch 12) feed getting ready for the evening news
feed. Apparently they do a new feed for the West Coast which is not
identical to the east coast feed earlier. In well, 60% quality, 0134-
0200, 8PSK/H.264 1080i HD 1/Jan (Ken Zichi, Pt Hope MI2, for
Satellites: Manhattan DJ-1997 FTA receiver +96 inch movable dish, MARE
Tipsheet Jan 6 via DXLD)
** UZBEKISTAN. 7600, Jan 7 at 1353, open carrier at S7-S9, maybe JBM,
1400 talk and now also a weaker signal on 7635, as both were heard
after 1400 Jan 5. Aoki listed 7600 as BBC Hindi via Thailand, but
checking these out Jan 6, Wolfgang Büschel says per latest HFCC info,
both are via Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and both BBC Hindi, apparently
testing 7635 (and he says also 7530; but nothing about my other unID
carrier on 7670).
7600, Jan 9 at 1420, weak presumed BBC Hindi via Tashkent this
semihour only. My previous unID logs of 7635 and 7670, with the lower
one identified by Wolfgang Büschel as same program and site, leads me
to suspect that 7670 was a leapfrog mixing product of 7600 over 7635
another 35 kHz higher; neither heard any more (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** UZBEKISTAN. [tentatively], 9600, BaBcoCk BBC control room pause
music, over and over again, poor S=6 signal noted in 0530-0545 UT slot
in Doha Qatar / Delhi India much weaker, than proper 9+10dB in Moscow
Russia. Probably Tashkent relay site? 73 (Wolfgang Büschel, Jan 9,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VATICAN. 6070, Friday January 6 at 0701, Vatican Radio is on with
Gregorian chant, nice, but overrides poor CFRX. VR even better on //
7250, abutting 7255- Nigeria. I guess this is a holy day special from
0630 for Epiphany, if not a tip of the miter to the Orthodoxies, as
transmission is normally on Sundays only any more.
7250, Tue Jan 10 at 0742, sounds like VOA news, American accent about
Sen. Sessions --- NO, it`s Vatican Radio since next item is about Pope
Francis. NO English scheduled here now, instead only on 15595 at 0730-
0745 except Sundays. Further checking sked, 7250 has Arabic to NW
Europe(!) at 0745-0805 daily except Sunday, so another example of
slipshod operation at SMG, turning on transmitter early with wrong
program (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VIETNAM. Voice of Vietnam, B-16 schedule, 301016-260317 requests
1242 1330 1430 49 OMO 500 nondir 4-mast Lao VTN VOV VOV
1242 1430 1500 49 OMO 500 nondir 4-mast Thai VTN VOV VOV
1242 1500 1600 49 OMO 500 nondir 4-mast Viet VTN VOV VOV
1242 1600 1630 49 OMO 500 nondir 4-mast Khmer VTN VOV VOV
[how can it be non-direxional yet with four masts instead of one? gh]
5925 2145 1700 49 CK2 50 nondir 975 Viet VTN VOV VOV
5975 2145 1700 49 MET 50 nondir 975 Viet VTN VOV VOV
6020 2200 1530 49 DAL 20 nondir 975 Viet VTN VOV VOV
6165 1130 1400 49 CK2 50 nondir 975 Viet VTN VOV VOV
6165 2200 2300 49 CK2 50 nondir 975 Viet VTN VOV VOV
6165 2330 2400 49 CK2 50 nondir 975 Viet VTN VOV VOV
7210 2145 1700 49 DAL 20 nondir 975 Viet VTN VOV VOV
7220 1100 1330 31-33 VN1 100 27 0 218 MaRuMaRuMaVTN VOV VOV
7220 1500 1700 37-39 VN1 100 290 0 218 VieEngFra VTN VOV VOV
7220 2030 2130 37-39 VN1 100 290 0 218 EngFra VTN VOV VOV
7220 2200 2230 31-33 VN1 100 27 0 218 Mandarin VTN VOV VOV
7280 1600 1800 27-30,37-39 VN1 100 320 0 218 EnRuViFr VTN VOV VOV
7280 1800 2000 27-30,37-39 VN1 100 320 0 218 SpGeEnFrSpVTN VOV VOV
7280 2000 2200 27-30,37-39 VN1 100 320 0 218 GeSpFrEn VTN VOV VOV
7285 1100 1330 49 VN1 100 216 0 141 LaFrThaFr VTN VOV VOV
7315 0000 0200 HRI 250 173 -15 146 SpEnSpEn USA HRI FCC
[no, it`s EnSpEnSp --- gh]
alternate 7435 2145 1700 49 VN1 100 97 0 141 Viet VTN VOV VOV
alternate 9530 2145 1700 49 CK2 50 non-dir 975 Viet VTN VOV VOV
9550 1500 1700 37-39 VN1 100 290 0 218 VieEngFra VTN VOV VOV
9550 2030 2130 37-39 VN1 100 290 0 218 EngFra VTN VOV VOV
9635 0000 2400 49 VN1 100 145 0 141 Viet VTN VOV VOV
9730 1600 1800 27-30,37-39 VN1 100 320 0 218 EnRuViFr VTN VOV VOV
9730 1800 2000 27-30,37-39 VN1 100 320 0 218 SpGeEnFrSpVTN VOV VOV
9730 2000 2200 27-30,37-39 VN1 100 320 0 218 GeSpFrEn VTN VOV VOV
9840 1000 1100 54 VN1 100 177 0 156 EngInd VTN VOV VOV
9840 1100 1230 44,45 VN1 100 57 0 156 JpnEngJpn VTN VOV VOV
9840 1230 1330 54 VN1 100 177 0 156 EngInd VTN VOV VOV
9840 1330 1430 44,45 VN1 100 57 0 156 EngJpn VTN VOV VOV
9840 1430 1530 54 VN1 100 177 0 156 IndEng VTN VOV VOV
9840 2200 2300 44,45 VN1 100 57 0 156 JpnMan VTN VOV VOV
9840 2300 2400 54 VN1 100 177 0 156 IndEng VTN VOV VOV
9850 0400 0600 49 CK2 50 non-dir 975 Viet VTN VOV VOV
11720 1030 1330 49 CK2 50 187 0 156 VoViet 4 VTN VOV VOV
11720 1330 1700 49 VN1 100 187 0 156 Viet VTN VOV VOV
11720 2145 1030 49 VN1 100 187 0 156 Viet VTN VOV VOV
12000 1100 1330 31-33 VN1 100 27 0 218 ManRus VTN VOV VOV
12000 2200 2230 31-33 VN1 100 27 0 218 Mandarin VTN VOV VOV
12020 1000 1100 54 VN1 100 177 0 156 EngInd VTN VOV VOV
12020 1100 1230 44,45 VN1 100 57 0 156 JpnEngJpn VTN VOV VOV
12020 1230 1330 54 VN1 100 177 0 156 EngInd VTN VOV VOV
12020 1330 1430 44,45 VN1 100 57 0 156 EngJpn VTN VOV VOV
12020 1430 1530 54 VN1 100 177 0 156 IndEng VTN VOV VOV
12020 2200 2300 44,45 VN1 100 57 0 156 JpnMan VTN VOV VOV
12020 2300 2400 54 VN1 100 177 0 156 IndEng VTN VOV VOV
CK2 = Xuan Mai
DAL = Buon Ma Thuot
HRI = Cypress Creek SC-USA
MET = Hanoi, Me Tri.
VN1 = Son Tay
OMO = Can Tho, Thoi Long. location 10 07 11 N 105 33 57 E
all Babcock FMO brokered outlets of VoV at Woofferton UK, and ORS
Moosbrunn Austria relay sites now ceased (WRTH 2017, page #508;
transformed by Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 4,
BCDX 09 Jan via DXLD)
** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. ARGÉLIA / Clandestina --- 1550, Frente
POLISARIO, Rabouni, foi captada anteontem, dia 4JAN, após um período
de inactividade de vários dias: 2255-2305*, emissão em árabe, que
terminou abruptamente com o hino, cortando parcialmente o último
trecho musical; 55444. Antes do dia 4, tentei duas outras freqs. que
já usaram no passado, quando a de 1550 kHz estava em baixo, ou seja,
700 e 702 kHz, mas a única emissora norte-africana que se escuta é
mesmo a estação local da R. Algérienne/ R. Al-Aghwat, em Al-Aghwat,
702 kHz. Agora, resta-me tentar descobrir se o que parece ter sido
suspenso ou suprimido, as emissões matutina e vespertina, em
castelhano, foram reactivadas. Bons DX e 73 (Carlos Gonçalves,
PORTUGAL, radioescutas yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1860, DXLD)
** YEMEN [non]. Radio Yemen / Sana'a --- I haven't checked Radio
Sana'a for ages, mainly because at the most interesting point it
coincides with one of my favourite programmes on local radio. But it
was there last night (Jan 5) with a good strong signal. Severe echo
from 1748 to 1751, definitely not part of the program since it made
the talk almost unreadable. Still a nice strong signal after the echo
ended, but it was much more fadey (not an SAH) suggesting to me at
least a (probably) different transmission path into South Africa.
11860, Country??? Rep. Of Yemen Radio / Sana'a, Location??? Jan 5,
2017 Thursday. 1737-1802. Tuned in to OM's talking in Arabic.
Mentioned Baghdad at 1741. Serious echo from 1748 to 1751, after that
still a strong signal but much more fadey. At 1749 an OM sang a brief
song. Brief martial music at 1757, then OM with announcement. Music
and clapping at 1759, into usual jingle at 1800 then sounded like OM
reading the news. Tuned out at 1802. Jo'burg sunset 1659 (Bill
Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** ZAMBIA. 5915, Zambia Nat. B.C. Jan 03 1559-1604, 23332, vernacular,
Fish Eagle's IS, Announce by man at 1600, Local music (Kouji
Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525 + RD-9830, ANT, 130m Sloper
Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5915, R. One/ZNBC, am daily hearing this via long path; mixing with
Myanmar Radio also here; Jan 5, at 1627, clear GOtv promos; first spot
in English, then vernacular promo and finally another English GOtv
spot for sports coverage; these commercial announcements are often
heard here, as Dave Valko noted the same series of ads on Dec 21, at
2104 UT.
Jan 6, with open carrier/test tone at 0237; finally at 0248 started
the unique African Fish Eagle IS; another day of an abbreviated
transmission; 0319* suddenly off; assume still due to limited power
supply (Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1860, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Some observations for late Jan 6 to early Jan 7 (UT) from Masset:
Zambia 5915 only weakly heard here in Masset. 73, (Walt Salmaniw, BC,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5915, ZNBC1, Lusaka. Jan 7, 2017 Saturday. 0312-0340, Nothing heard at
first check, 0312-0315. Either propagation or technical fault,
propagation seemed unlikely because Zanzibar ZBC Radio on 6015 was
coming in well at 0315. Whatever, ZNBC1 was on air at second check
0337 with fair signal, but only briefly, off in mid-sentence at 0340*
presumably due to the daily power cut. Jo'burg sunrise 0323 (Bill
Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
5915, ZNBC1, Lusaka. Jan 7, 2017 Saturday. 1304-1307. Afro music, but
poor signal. Probably poor propagation this afternoon, very overcast
and at least 15 hours of non-stop rain so far today, with some distant
thunder and lightning. Jo'burg sunset 1705 (Bill Bingham, RSA, ibid.)
5915, R. One/ZNBC, 0315-0343, Jan 9. In vernacular; African music;
long segment with drums and African vernacular singing; almost fair.
Very enjoyable! (Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ZANZIBAR. 6015, ZBC Radio, Dole. Jan 7, 2017 Saturday. 0315-0317
Good signal, YL in Swahili with several mentions of Zanzibar, followed
by OM talking. Tuned out at 0317. Jo'burg sunrise 0323 (Bill Bingham,
Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
6015, ZBC Radio, 0250, Jan 9. Tuned in to open carrier; 0258 started
with what seemed to be the normal Spice FM (pop African songs) intro
(I miss their IS of years ago!); pips and 0301-0306 reciting from the
Qur'an; well above normal reception (Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
11735, Jan 10 at 2055, Ungujan music from ZBC until cutoff at 2100.4*
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1380, 1218 UT January 10, 2017. WWMI either off or
barely on, not audible until near the Howard Frankland Bridge,
Pinellas County side, and then just a whisper of audio. Before that,
this one with Spanish contemporary Christian vocals, man at 1229
mentioning "13-80 la palabra de dios" though may not have been a true
slogan. No FL stations fit the format. Heard on the car radio while
driving locally (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
How about KRCM TX? (gh)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1499.08, 1133 UT January 7, 2017. Big het which has been
here for months, looping WNW to NW. Suspect domestic but could be
Mexico. Still strong at 1220, almost gone by 1300. Reading very
approximate. Heard by Glenn Hauser, myself and others in FL back in
the fall, around 1499.18 then (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
This was discussed in DXLDs 16-35, 16-36, 16-37 and 16-38. Since there
was a matching carrier circa 1481, I concluded that they were spurs
out of some 1490 station, rather than an off-frequency 1500 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1560.93, Jan 7 at 0351 UT, stepping down the MW band, I
hear a weak het of almost 1 kHz above 1560, KKAA SD, Family Radio hymn
// 920 KYFR IA. The het seems to peak roughly N/S too (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1580, 1111 UT January 7, 2017. Someone with presumably
sat-fed Oldies, with Bill Withers, Ronstadt, The Eagles, Yvonne
Elliman, The Outlaws. Too much local buzz to hear any ID's. Not WVOK,
as their web song list shows they are more Hot AC (Rhianna etc.), and
not parallel CKDO's stream. Pointed NNW (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater
FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 3245.0-USB, Jan 6 at 0235, MARS-like net discussing
frequencies not by kHz but by secret number designators. One definite
callsign fonetikaly is OH7, contact is 5R#, third character did not
sound like any familiar letter fonetik, altho I was tempted to think
it was Juliet to go with Romeo. Nothing further and `out` at 0238.
Is this really MARS or something else? Strange calls do not correlate
with ham-like formats MARS used to employ, i.e. never ending in a
number! My only other log of this was a sesquimonth ago:
``UNIDENTIFIED. 3245.0-USB, Nov 19 [2016] at 0107, another AF MARS net
in primetime as I heard a weak ``AAF`` call go by. They won`t have to
worry about QRM de WBCQ 3250v; I wonder if 3250 was cleared as not
anybody`s MARS frequency?`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Hi Everyone, I`m getting a carrier on 5020 kHz early
eves here from 17z; have not monitored when goes off, but will. I`m
probably fooling myself but at times seems to be a bit of audio. Only
Solomon Isles listed. Are they on at this time? Cannot see listed, but
only just back at the dials after a long break. All the best (Mark,
Isle of Anglesey, With snow on the way, Jan 11, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Mark, Welcome back. We missed you! 5020 has made for some
interesting monitoring. In Oct., Nov. and through mid-Dec, SIBC had
many days of an extended schedule, running past the usual 1200* (Dec
2, with 1253-1550+), with either their own SIBC programming or more
often than not with relay of "Wantok FM 96.3. Good times, great music"
programming.
Often after SIBC signed off (either at 1200* or after their extended
broadcast), both Hiroyuki Komatsubara (Japan) and I noted there was a
weak open carrier on 5020. We both believed it was not associated with
SIBC, but we never heard any audio, so it still remains a mystery.
Sorry, no definitive help for you (Ron Howard, California, ibid.)
Thanks, Ron, great to hear from you!! I will keep monitoring. Got an
SDR now so can record any band when I like. Any suggestions perhaps
would help us all. All the very best (- Mark, ibid.)
UNIDENTIFIED. On 5605 kHz and on 5970 at 0100-0200 on Jan 09, 2017, a
Beijing type “ship siren” jamming, presumed vs Sound of Hope (Rumen
Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Jan 12, 2017, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6090-v, Jan 11 at 0717, in the absence of Anguilla, two
JBA carriers beating slightly on the low side. One of them is
constantly varying about 6 Hz from the other, so I don`t get a steady
tone with BFO. Ethiopia is supposedly in a break from 06 to 09 (and
too far into the dayside), leaving R. Bandeirantes, Brasil, and R.
Kaduna, Nigeria if active? Aoki shows no Chinese or other Asians now,
and never mind the imaginary Chilean (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 7635, Jan 5 at 1414, very poor talk, S8-S5 with flutter.
Nothing listed here in Aoki, HFCC or EiBi (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 7670, Jan 5 at 1415, JBA carrier, another unID
broadcaster, or something else? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Okay, scheduled Hindi from Tashkent site [7600]. 7635 kHz channel is
far behind the 41 mb range border, and such channels range 7500 to
7650 kHz are often used for various Korean Target stn programs {like
7590 and 7615} towards Korea D.P.R. via Tashkent site.
So, the technician people at Tashkent made ON-AIR tests on 7530 and
7635 kHz channels at 1400 UT, using the Indian Ocean satellite feed
channel of Hindi. Or even INTERMODULATION occurence on Tashkent site
of various 41 mb outlets?
Not Nakhon Sawan Thailand outlet. BBC Tashkent and Yerevan Armenia
relays:
1234567 010117 260317
7600 1400 1430 41N,42SW TAC 100 141 158 Hin UZB BBC BAB HINDA
7600 1545 1600 41SE ERV 100 125 218 Tam ARM BBC BAB TAMLA
7600 1630 1700 41SE ERV 100 125 218 Sin ARM BBC BAB SINHA
73 wolfie (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Dec 6, Yes, BBC Hindi heard at 1400 UT on all three frequencies. 7600
kHz is the far best and strongest BBC Hindi transmission in Doha Qatar
and Delhi India. But signal SUFFER BY HEAVY continuously CW UTE signal
on exact 7602.000 kHz. Latter S=7 signal
- - -
1353 UT nothing visible on all 3 frequency channels.
1357:10 TX Tashkent 7600 kHz appeared, first with poor exciter signal
and immed. at S=9+5dB level in Delhi, increased up to S=9+20dB during
bcast from 1400 UT.
1359:40 a poor string could be also observed on 7530 kHz.
1410:20 BBC Hindi feed started as crash signal on air.
7635.002 kHz at 1402 UT S=6-7 in Doha Qatar, S=7-8 in Delhi.
7600.000 kHz both S=9+20dB in Qatar and India. 1430:50 TX switched OFF
7529.997 kHz S=6 in Doha Qatar, S=8 in Delhi India.
Comparision:
BBC Kranji Singapore English sce 7465 at S=9+40 powerhouse level.
7485 BBC Kranji Singapore relay site in Burmese S=9+30dB strength.
see enclosed TEXT file of
BBC changes Jan 1 / 4, taken from hfcc.org public file access.
listen to the BBC Hindi 7600 kHz start, correct time
> 14.01:20 UT BBC Hindi feed started as crash signal on air.
on recording from 01 min 39 sec - onwards. and CW signal hit from
7602.000 kHz today Jan 6. 73 wolfie (Wolfgang Büschel, Jan 6, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. First noted on September 18th, 2016, the unidentified
radio with Muslim sermon in Arabic (or similar language) at 1846 UT on
7700 kHz AM and heard often, for example on September 25th rumbling
with IBC Radio (or Marconi RI) on 7700.1 USB. Was again confirmed on
Jan 5th, 2017 on 7700.2 at 0355 with talk in presumed Arabic and
sermon at 0415 and tiny signal at 0448. The programme is similar like
that on Puntland Radio, which was not observed at the same time on
13800 kHz (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Jan 12, 2017, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
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UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS
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ACKNOWLEDGED WORLD OF RADIO 1860:
Keep up the good work! (Henning Vahlbruch, Germany, with a
contribution via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at
yahoo.com)
TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED FUTURELY, one a week:
Thanks to William T Hassig, Mt Prospect IL, for a check in the mail to
P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702
Happy Holidays, Glenn! Your dedication to this hobby is remarkable and
appreciated (Robert Lazar, with a generous contribution via PayPal to
woradio at yahoo.com)
Enjoy listening on WBCQ [9330] at 0030 UT 12/30/16 from Winterhaven,
CA on Grundig Sat750 (John Anderson, with a contribution via PayPal to
woradio at yahoo.com
Tnx to Robert Waybright for a PayPal contribution to woradio at
yahoo.com
PUBLICATIONS
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SEOUL AM RADIO LISTENING GUIDE
Chris Kadlec, Michigan while in USA, mainly an FM DXer, has asked me
to make sure MW DXers know about this. He has done amazing work
researching the radio situation in Koreas! I am sure he would
appreciate further publicity (Glenn Hauser)
After a long 14 months of work, I'm happy to present the completed
Seoul AM Radio Listening Guide, a three-hour documentary broadcast
exploring the Seoul AM band one frequency at a time, plus a look at
the radio war on the Korean peninsula accompanied by a 115-page guide.
http://www.beaglebass.com/dx/seoul/
In addition to radio broadcasts from across East Asia, the broadcast
includes Korean noise jammers and AM, FM, shortwave, and television
propaganda broadcasts from both the north and the south, additionally
outlined in a 25-page broadcast transcript and 115-page informational
guide. It also includes:
* A comprehensive list of 260 East Asian AM stations, including
station names, tower locations, distance and direction from Seoul,
parallel FM frequencies, broadcast hours, and station website links.
* A full bandscan of 235 regular nightly skywave signals as heard
after the sun sets over Seoul.
* Daytime groundwave bandscans taken from eleven different locations
in the Seoul metro area, along the North Korean border, beside the
sea, and in Korea's mountainous interior with background information
about each location.
* A guide showing stations organized by their network affiliations in
addition to privately-owned stations and networks. Alternatively,
stations are also shown organized by country, region, and city.
* A chart showing signal strength for each bandscan - day and night -
in bar graph format.
* A full colour-coded regional station map covering both skywave and
groundwave signals.
* A view of some of Korea's signal jammers as seen on an SDR
(software-defined radio).
* Plus, a complete transcript of the three-hour audio broadcast with
additional information on the featured audio clips as well as the
songs featured in those clips (Chris Kadlec, WORLD OF RADIO 1860, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Chris has helped me when I'm trying to ID stations or we discuss the
geekery of Asian AMs. Smart guy! (Paul Walker, AK, NRC-AM via DXLD)
Thanks for passing this information onto us, Glenn. A very interesting
and comprehensive piece of work by Chris. 73, (Martin A Hall, MWCircle
yg via DXLD)
That is simply an incredible work! Thank you (Karel Honzíl, Czechia,
mwdx yg via DXLD
IRCA Slogans List (January 2017)
This completely revised Slogans List includes radio slogans from the
US and Canada (over 4500).
[compiled by Kraig KG4LAC Krist; 42 page pdf in frequency order].
Posted on the IRCA website for all to download. The link is:
http://www.ircaonline.org/slogans.htm
http://www.ircaonline.org/2017%20IRCA%20Slogans.pdf
A hard copy can be ordered from the IRCA. Prices: IRCA/NRC members –
$7.25 (US), $8.50 (Canada) $10.00 (México), $10.75 (rest of the
world). Non-IRCA members – add $1.00. To order from the IRCA, send the
correct amount (in US funds payable to Phil Bytheway) to: IRCA, 9705
MARY NW, SEATTLE WA 98117-2334. Or, order through PayPal [add $1.00]
to email: phil_tekno@yahoo.com Please state club affiliation when
ordering (IRCA DX Monitor Jan 14 via DXLD)
WORLD OF HOROLOGY See also FRANCE
+++++++++++++++++
MASSACHUSETTS WEIGHS DOING AWAY WITH WINTER TIME SHIFT
By BOB SALSBERG Associated Press Jan 11, 4:13 PM EST
BOSTON (AP) -- Lacking authority to change the laws of physics to
allow more sunlight on the darkest days of winter, a special
commission is instead considering whether Massachusetts should change
the laws of man and observe daylight saving time year-round.
If adopted, Massachusetts residents wouldn`t have to set their clocks
back in November and forward in March, as most of the U.S. does. . .
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_EASTERN_DAYLIGHT_TIME?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-01-11-16-13-27
(via Mike Cooper, DXLD)
INGLESIDE WOMAN PUSHES TO END DAYLIGHT SAVING [sic] TIME
[Corpus Christi] Beth Wilson, Special to the Caller-Times 6:02 p.m. CT
Jan. 8, 2017
Organizer hopeful for action during the 2017 Legislative session
http://www.caller.com/story/news/local/south-texas-snapshot/2017/01/08/ingleside-woman-pushes-end-daylight-saving-time/95517870/
Martha Habluetzel who is campaigning for Texas to end daylight saving
[sic] time holds one of her signs outside her Ingleside home. (Photo:
Courtney Sacco/Caller-Times) [caption]
Rhonda Dent sees the troubles of daylight-saving [sic] time each fall.
She's been a school bus driver for 17 years in Ingleside, and knows
the other drivers are less likely to be watching closely when she's
stopped to pick up students in the morning darkness.
"And the kids are really groggy too," she said. "They're sleeping on
the bus. It's really hard on everybody."
Her friend Martha Habluetzel noticed it, too. "We spring forward," she
said, recalling the spring 2014 time shift. "I was dead on my feet,
even four days after. I made a post on Facebook and many people said
we need to stop time changes like Arizona. From there, it just grew to
a campaign."
And now Habluetzel, a 63-year-old grandmother from Ingleside, is the
leader of a movement to opt out of daylight saving time. Her Facebook
page, Campaign to Opt Texas Out of Daylight Saving Time, has 23,400
likes. The movement is gaining legislative traction, too. Bills are
pre-filed in both the Texas House and Senate by State Rep. Dan Flynn,
R-Canton, and State Sen. Jose Menendez, D-San Antonio, that call to
the end the practice in November. Martha Habluetzel who is campaigning
for Texas to end
Martha Habluetzel who is campaigning for Texas to end daylight saving
time holds one of her signs outside her Ingleside home. (Photo:
Courtney Sacco/Caller-Times)[caption]
Daylight saving time springs forward or falls back the hours on the
clock to adjust to hours of daylight. It begins on the second Sunday
in March and ends on the first Sunday in November.
Habluetzel and others who support ending daylight saving time
attribute an increase in accidents, heart attacks, suicide attempts
and on-the-job injuries to the time change. It also leaves school
children in the dark walking to school or waiting on school buses.
"We should have ended it years ago," she said. "Some people think it
was initiated for farmers, but it was initiated for energy. But we
don't save energy anymore."
Habluetzel knows several people who have suffered because of the time
change. Some like herself experience jet lag-like symptoms of
adjusting. She also has a list of accidents connected to darkness and
bus stops. She has a friend whose wife suffered a seizure and a heart
attack shortly after the change. Another who had a bad car accident.
Any positives previously connected to daylight saving time, she said,
are far outweighed by negatives like this. "We have so many accidents
and people being hurt, being killed, it's almost like a serial
killer," she said.
Martha Habluetzel who is campaigning for Texas to end daylight saving
time sites in a chair in her Ingleside home where she manages her
Facebook page with over 14,000 followers. (Photo: Courtney
Sacco/Caller-Times)[caption]
The Centers for Disease Control notes that several studies have
connected the time transition to sleep deprivation, which in turn has
been linked to increased risk of vehicle accidents. It also points out
a 2013 study that indicates a somewhat higher risk to workers' health
and safety after time changes. Another 2015 study reports men and
persons with heart disease may be at higher risk for heart attacks
during the week after time changes.
A study from Finland also finds daylight saving time problematic: The
study found an 8 percent increase in ischemic strokes the two days
after a daylight saving time transition. The study, presented in April
at the American Academy of Neurology's annual meeting, studied a
decade of stroke data from Finland to compare the rates of stroke
after such a transition.
According to a news release from the neurology academy, Dr Jori
Ruuskanen of the University of Turku in Turku, Finland, said further
study is needed to determine the relationship between the transitions
and the increased stroke risk to see what can be done to reduce the
risks.
The Corpus Christi Police Department accident reports might indicate
whether lighting or lack of lighting contributes to a crash, but
whether a crash occurs shortly after a daylight saving time transition
is not something that is tracked specifically, said Officer Kirk
Stowers.
"CCPD tracks the drivers' behaviors," he said. "Other agencies
investigate environmental and design problems."
Rhonda Dent, a school bus driver who lives in Ingleside, agrees that
daylight saving time is dangerous. She said she worries during and
after the transition that motorists will hit children in the dimmer
light. (Photo: Contributed photo)[caption]
And that is what drives her to spend about two hours a day on her
laptop from her home in Ingleside, pushing the movement forward using
Facebook and email. "I get real pushy telling (people) to go and
write, go and call, go and email," she said. "We want to be squeaky
noisy."
Habluetzel and others anxiously awaited the start of the Texas
Legislature, which would have to pass a bill for Texas to opt out of
Daylight Saving Time.
She expects a hearing in the Government Transparency and Oversight
Committee. Last session, in 2015, the issue had some legislative
support, also from Flynn. Habluetzel sees this year's chances as much
better.
State Rep. Dan Flynn, R-Canton (back row second from right), posed for
a photo with Campaign to Opt Texas Out of Daylight Saving Time members
Ralph Hackemack (top row from left), Alton O. Moore, Martha S.
Habluetzel, David C. Habluetzel (bottom row from left), Madison Deyo
and Katlyn Deyo after the group attended a committee hearing in March
2015 at the Capitol. (Photo: Contributed photo)[caption]
She's reached out to Coastal Bend legislators state Rep. J.M. Lozano,
D-Kingsville, and state Rep. Todd Hunter, R-Corpus Christi.
When Habluetzel is not working the digital platform, she is baking,
fishing or spending time with her 11 grandchildren. She also is very
involved with Ingleside United Methodist Church. She and her husband
David are veterans who have been married for 22 years.
"I would like to see an end to daylight saving time in my lifetime,"
she said. "That's where I'm at with it. Because it saves nothing."
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(via Mike Cooper, DXLD)
MUSEA
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GOOGLE EARTH HISTORICAL IMAGES
Members, In a strange twist the topic which I started discussion on in
swsites has now moved to the stage where it is at a critical stage.
Thank you to Ian and swsites for digging out the link to the Google
Blog.
Basically the Google people messed up on New Years day by introducing
a new form of Historical image production. It was not properly planned
and to my annoyance Europe and Asia were ruined by the fault.
Please see the slightly grovelling apology from Google
http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2017/01/low-resolution-imagery-google-earth-historical-imagery.html
What Google plan to do about it has still to be declared. I will do my
best to keep you informed. 73 and 88 (Dan Goldfarb, mwmasts yg via
DXLD)
DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV See MEXICO
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DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See ERITREA; GUAM
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DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DAB See FRANCE; NORWAY!
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DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- IBOC See also CANADA
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WBBM had their IBOC off last night and was able to hear a very strong
solid signal from WABC 77 last night. Perhaps it will be off forever
more and there will be one good thing about 2017 (Kevin, Crump, TN,
Redding, Jan 1, ABDX via DXLD)
After reading Kevin’s email, I’ve been meaning to check out the IBOC
status on AM here in Tampa. Of course, the nighttime IBOC here has
been off for a long time. But I’m very happy to report that none of
the area AM stations are broadcasting this afternoon in IBOC. There is
no IBOC hash on either side of any of any stations! From my point of
view, this is great news. A lot of money spent for nothing (Dick,
Tampa, Jan 6, ABDX via DXLD)
Here in San Diego, KOGO-600 and XEKAM-950 continue to beat the dead
horse 24/7, as do KFI-640 and KNX-1070 up in LA (KNX's coverage has
suffered noticeably from it). At the Border Inn beverage site I
noticed several others still using it, including KLTT-670, KRLD-1080
and KSL-1160 off the top of my head. KXNT-840 seems to use it only
when on day rig. Funny thing about IBOC slop: On the ICF-2010, IBOC
ruins the "near" sidebands of the adjacent channels (e.g., KSL-1160
ruins 1150-USB and 1170-LSB). On the Perseus, IBOC ruins the "far"
sidebands (1150-LSB and 1170-USB). 73 (Tim, Sent from my BlackBerry 10
smartphone, Hall, Jan 6, ibid.)
RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM
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MI-6 HEADQUARTERS, LONDON
The MI-6 Headquarters building in London has at least 6 (six) large
fixtures on 3 (three) different levels of the roof. Search Wikipedia
"SIS Building" to see photographs. To me they look somewhat like
slingshots but I wonder if these fixtures might be loop antennas (or
cubical quad antennas)? Or are they simply decorative? Any ideas?
(Jlenamon, Waco, TX, Jan 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
BIG REEL OF COAX ON THE LOOSE
https://www.facebook.com/CBSPittsburgh/videos/10154434079918822/
CRAZY VIDEO: Watch as vehicles dodge a giant spool of wire that fell
off a truck on Route 40 near Uniontown, Pennsylvania.
Details: http://cbsloc.al/2iEBDc9
(via Jerry Kiefer, FL, DXLD) Viz.:
WATCH: SPOOL OF WIRE FALLS OFF TRUCK, ROLLS DOWN ROUTE 40
January 5, 2017 12:40 AM By Ross Guidotti
UNIONTOWN (KDKA) — It’s an incredible if not frightening sight. A
giant spool of wire rolling down a highway in Fayette County, headed
right for traffic.
The huge wooden spool fell off a truck on Route 40 around 9 a.m.
Wednesday and started rolling, heading east into Uniontown.
KDKA viewer Dave Cole, originally from Alabama, captured the whole
incident on cell phone video.
“Not in all my traveling, I’ve never seen nothing like that. Seen
quite a few accidents, but nothing quite like that,” Cole said.
It passes four cars, hits the guard rail, goes across two lanes, hits
the median, and then looks like it’s going to stop, but it keeps on
going and hits the guard rail again.
“[The spool] was probably eight to 10 feet across, and I’d say, just
guessing, a couple thousand pounds. Pretty good size roll of wire,”
Cole said.
Cole’s video shows motorist slowing down and moving out of the way.
“They were starting, some of them starting to get off the side of the
road as the roll of wire started getting sideways,” said Cole.
Cole said he was traveling from Nemaocolin to Uniontown when the large
spool and a spare tire came loose from a trailer in front of him.
“That’s the trailer I believe the spool actually came off of,” Cole
said. “I didn’t actually see it come off of the trailer, but it had
straps laying loose and you could tell that it had come off of it.”
The truck with a trailer kept pace as the big wheel continued turning
faster and faster down the road.
“I was probably going 20 miles per hour, and it was leaving me way
behind,” Cole said.
Once it hit the guard rail a second time, it finally came to a stop.
Amazingly, the spool only hit the guard rail and median.
“We do a lot of traveling and hauling. That’s key, make sure your load
is secured. Obviously, they didn’t have the right equipment there,”
Cole said. “Luckily, everybody was okay, but it was pretty crazy.”
(via Kiefer, DXLD)
Never follow a flatbed, and avoid 18-wheelers. Where do you suppose
all those exploded tire remnants along the hiway come from? (gh, DXLD)
MARE Paul Dobosz passes along an interesting article from the
Huntington [sic] Post about
WHAT IS KILLING (HAS KILLED?) AM RADIO:
http://tinyurl.com/AM-noise
MY comments? In other news, the Sun is anticipated to rise in the east
tomorrow morning, and nighttime darkness is then expected to be
replaced with a widespread lightening in the sky. And smart-asses will
continue to make jokes about serious problems. If the FCC were REALLY
serious about AM revitalization, they would ban type-acceptance of all
switching power supplies, and makes computer makers ACTUALLY shield
the machines to prevent RF leakage. They'd also insist that local
stations provide LOCAL PICaN but we can't ask for too much can we? --
(Kenneth Vito Zichi, MI, ed., MARE Tipsheet Jan 6 via DXLD) = Public
Interest, Convenience, and Necessity
AMATEUR RADIO HEADED TO PICKAWAY-ROSS
Chris Balusik, Reporter 12:17 p.m. ET Jan. 6, 2017
CHILLICOTHE -- Pickaway-Ross Career and Technology Center science
instructor David Pentecost has a philosophy that he always tries to
live by. "If you don't take a chance, you don't have a chance," he
says. With that in mind, a recent chance he took in partnership with
engineering program instructor Mark Johnston appears poised to pay off
for the school and some of its students as they prepare to enter the
world of amateur radio -- what many people prefer to call ham radio,
although Pentecost is not fond of that phrase.
Read or Share this story:
http://ohne.ws/2i0U8qr
(via Mike Cooper, DXLD)
COMBATTING [sic] AM (AND SW) INTERFERENCE
Lots of useful advice here in this article for relative beginners.
https://radiojayallen.com/combatting-am-and-sw-interference/
Posted by: (Richard Gedye, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)
TUNGSRAM RADIOS FROM HUNGARY
Tungsram were a Hungarian company based in Újpest and established in
1896 to make telephones, wires and switchboards. They went on to
manufacturing radios. Since 1990 Tungsram has been a subsidiary of
General Electrics. There is a fascinating 282 page, lavishly
illustrated book of the company's history, written in English,
available as a PDF at
https://goo.gl/FUjq9d
(Chrissy Brand, Collector`s Corner, Jan BDXC-UK Communication via
DXLD)
PROPAGATION
+++++++++++
NEW AURORAL OBSERVATORY IN ICELAND: See CHINA [non]
:Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2017 Jan 09 0609 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction
Center
# Product description and SWPC contact on the Web
# http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/weekly.html
#
# Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
#
Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 02 - 08 January 2017
Solar activity was at very low levels with only a few low level
B-class flares observed. The solar disk was mostly spotless
throughout the period. No Earth-directed coronal mass ejections were
observed.
No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was
normal to moderate levels with high levels observed on 05-08
January. The largest flux value of the period was 25,537 pfu
observed at 08/1935 UTC.
Geomagnetic field activity was at quiet to unsettled levels on 02
January under a nominal solar wind environment. By 03 January, a
solar sector boundary crossing was observed at approximately 03/0956
UTC transitioning into a negative sector followed by increase in
solar wind speed and total field indicating the onset of a negative
polarity coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS). Total field
increased to a maximum of 15 nT on 04/0444 UTC. Solar wind increased
from approximately 372 km/s to 695 km/s by 05/1423 UTC. Solar wind
speeds continued near 670 km/s through the rest of the period. The
geomagnetic field responded with quiet to active levels from 03-08
January.
FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 09 JANUARY-04 FEBRUARY 2017
Solar activity is expected to be at very low levels with low levels
possible from 12-26 January due to the return of old Region 2621
(N10, L=237).
No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is
expected to be at normal to moderate levels with high levels likely
on 9-10, 12-16, 18-27 January and on 01-04 February due to CH HSS
influence.
Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at unsettled to active
levels on 09, 11-14, 17-23, and 27 January through 04 February with
G1 (Minor) storm levels likely on 17-19, 21-22 January, and again on
03 February due to recurrent CH HSS effects.
:Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2017 Jan 09 0610 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction
Center
# Product description and SWPC contact on the Web
# http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wwire.html
#
# 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
# Issued 2017-01-09
#
# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2017 Jan 09 72 12 4
2017 Jan 10 72 5 2
2017 Jan 11 72 12 4
2017 Jan 12 72 15 4
2017 Jan 13 72 10 3
2017 Jan 14 72 8 3
2017 Jan 15 73 5 2
2017 Jan 16 73 5 2
2017 Jan 17 73 25 5
2017 Jan 18 73 20 5
2017 Jan 19 74 25 5
2017 Jan 20 75 18 4
2017 Jan 21 75 20 5
2017 Jan 22 75 20 5
2017 Jan 23 75 10 3
2017 Jan 24 75 5 2
2017 Jan 25 75 5 2
2017 Jan 26 74 5 2
2017 Jan 27 74 12 4
2017 Jan 28 74 15 4
2017 Jan 29 73 7 3
2017 Jan 30 73 10 3
2017 Jan 31 73 12 4
2017 Feb 01 73 16 4
2017 Feb 02 72 18 4
2017 Feb 03 72 20 5
2017 Feb 04 72 16 4
(SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1860, DXLD)
GLENN`S PROPAGATION OUTLOOK FOR MEDIA NETWORK PLUS AS OF JAN 12, 2017
Keith, From IPS in Australia, the Global HF Propagation Forecast, thru
January 14: poor to normal at all latitude bands, with continuing
moderate MUF depressions likely.
From Spaceweather Souoth Africa, thru January 14: magnetic conditions
unsettled to quiet, shortwave fadeouts unlikely, MUF unstable.
From Met Office UK: geomagnetic activity mainly quiet, January 14 and
15.
From F K Janda in Prague, the Geomagnetic field will be:
quiet to active on January 13 - 14, 17 - 18, 28, 31
mostly quiet on January 15, 26, 30,
quiet on January 16, 24 - 25,
active to disturbed on January 19 - 20, (21 - 22,) February 1
quiet to unsettled on January 23, 27, 29
From Spaceweather Canada, the long term magnetic activity forecast
shows highest DRX nanoteslas in the auroral zone of 170, on January
19, lowest of 20 on January 26.
From SWPC in Boulder, Geomagnetic field is expected to be at unsettled
to active levels on January 14, 17-23, and January 27 through
February 4 with G1 (Minor) storm levels likely on January 17-19, with
A and K indices of 25 and 5; also January 21-22 and February 3, at 20
and 5. Solar flux peaking at 75 from January 20 to 25.
William Hepburn`s VHF-UHF DX forecast maps call for extreme
tropospheric ducting off the west coast of México but not Baja
California, until January 14. And off the west coast of Australia
January 15 (via DXLD) ###