4949.741, tentative, R Nacional Mulenvos, tiny string at 0500 UT (Wolfgang Bueschel, short morning log Nov 9th, in Germany, Belgium and Doha Qatar remotes, [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz], wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

``11775, Caribbean Beacon at 1726 with OC to 1729 when a sermon by the late Dr. Gene Scott came on // 13845 (WWCR) to 1731 and OC to 1732 and back to the late Dr. Gene Scott – Very Good Oct 13 – I guess Pastor Melissa Scott's satellite feed was acting up as the carrier never dropped dead but the still very dead Dr. Gene Scott kept dropping dead. Also this one was noted later acting up by showing up plus and minus 100 kHz (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA iog via DXLD) So spurs on 11675 & 11875? Seek those (gh)`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1956, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

11775, Caribbean Beacon at 1116 with a taped sermon by the late Dr. Gene Scott – Barely audible to Poor Nov 7 – Wouldn't it be better to use 6090 until at least dawn? Their signal improved considerably as daylight moved across the continent. After all, they are broadcasting to North America and mainly to an audience in the USA. Pastor Melissa Scott may know a lot about Sacred Scriptures but she and her people obviously don't know diddly about signal propagation (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA iog via DXLD)

In this case their QSY times of 2200 and 1000 UT correspond roughly to local sunset and sunrise in their UT-4 zone (gh, DXLD)

ANGUILA, 6090. Nov 7, 2018. 0417-0430, The Caribbean Beacon, The Valley-AIA, em Inglês. Pastora Melissa Scott faz sua pregação religiosa com tranquilidade; 0425-0426 Sem modulação; 0426 Pastora continua a pregação; 0429-0430 Sem modulação até às 0430 e retorna a pregação. Recepção avaliada como satisfatória, mesmo com dois intervalos sem modulação, mas com a portadora aberta, 35433. (José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX) - PR7036SWL, Cabedelo-PB, Brasil, Receptor (es): Degen DE1103, WOR iog via DXLD)

11775, Nov 8 at 1535, PMS is on and managing to modulate without the spurspikes plus/minus 100 kHz range I was getting before 2200 Nov 6.

11775, Sat Nov 10 at 1903, DGS is S9+10 with some hum and rather distorted, but no spurs found plus/minus ~100 kHz as before (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

7780 // much stronger 9395, Nov 6 at 2203, RAE via WRMI in Italian.

Above M-F only. Note that RAE English on 9395 UT Tue-Sat, is now scheduled one hour later at 0200-0230, as yet unconfirmed by monitoring. Nov 7 at 0200, 9395 is JBA!

And the one on 9955 has also shifted one UT hour later, RAE Portuguese at 12-13 instead of 11-12 during the DST season, no doubt confusing to Brazilians who have their own different DST changes to consider (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1956, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also GERMANY [non]; USA: WRMI

7530 is replacement for ill-chosen 7190 INTRUDER in the ham band for this transmission, as previously discussed (gh, ibid.)

A landmark merger between Australian broadcaster Nine Entertainment
and venerable newspaper group Fairfax won regulatory approval
Thursday, clearing the way for the creation of a media giant across
television,  print, video streaming and digital...
https://www.afp.com/en/news/15/watchdog-approves-landmark-australian-media-merger-doc-1an99q1
(via Mike Cooper, DXLD)

Besuchsbericht der ORS-Anlage Moosbrunn. Im Netz wurde ein Link auf einen aktuellen Besuchsbericht von der Sendeanlage Wien ORS Moosbrunn geteilt.

<https:\\www.radiomuseum.org/forum/auslandsdienst_des_oesterreichischen_rundfunks_auf_kurzwelle.html>
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 6)

Aufgefunden im Beitrag von

<https:\\www.radioeins.de/programm/sendungen/medienmagazin/radio_news/beitraege/2018/ors_moosbrunn.html>
(Herbert Meixner-AUT, A-DX ng Nov 6) via (BC-DX Nov 10 via DXLD)  

https://www.stlucianewsonline.com/workers-at-barbados-state-broadcaster-to-be-laid-off/

(CMC) - The Barbados Workers Union (BWU) says the state-owned Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) has announced plans to send home more than half of its 230-strong workforce while also agreeing to a proposal by the employees' bargaining agent for voluntary separation.

BWU special advisor and former general secretary, Sir Roy Trotman, speaking to reporters following more than two hours of discussions with CBC management on Monday night, said the union was unsuccessful in its attempt to get the Corporation to give an enhanced separation package to those volunteering to leave.

He said the meeting was a follow up to the one held last Friday where it was decided then that "it was necessary and it was according to the protocol and to the law, that what CBC should do, was to allow first of all for a discussion that would give people the chance to volunteer for separation if they so desired.

"So CBC has done that and we expect that sometime over the next two or three days, those persons who wish to leave CBC would do so," he said.

"We were hoping to get an enhanced package for those separations, but CBC has been insisting that the circumstances of its finances are so dire that they are unable to go beyond what are the limits set out in the Employment Rights Act and the Severance Payments Act," Sir Roy told reporters.

In a statement, CBC confirmed that it had agreed with the BWU on the option of voluntary separation.

"The union accepted that voluntary separation will be under the same terms and conditions as those who will be retrenched from the corporation. Those opting for voluntary separation must indicate their willingness to accept the terms and conditions no later than 4 p.m. on Friday 9 November, 2018," the CBC release said.

The corporation said that severance payments and payment in lieu of notice for those opting for voluntary separation packages, along with the retrenched employees would be as outlined in the Severance Payments Act and the Employment Rights Act.

It said that the two sides will meet on Monday where it will be able to inform the union how many staff have volunteered to leave and have accepted the terms and conditions as well as the remaining positions to be made redundant.

Sir Roy told reporters that the BWU sought unsuccessfully to find out how much the retrenchments would cost the station, describing as "a little sad" its inability to get that costing from the corporation.

"We would think that given the enormity of the separation that would take place we ought to have had a better understanding of cost implications. We ought better to be able to understand what it is that CBC has done, what it is doing and what it will do. Our understanding is that it will be shedding 116 persons or 52 per cent of its current staff. That digs deep. It cuts very, very deep, and it's painful," Sir Roy added.

Just last week, the union had announced that workers at the state-owned entity would be receiving a five per cent wage increase and Sir Roy confirmed that talks will be held on Monday with CBC.

"This is 116 of possibly 230. So you can see just how grave that is. We will be meeting again next Monday and we have to start looking at the way by which we are going to approach these separations. There is a commitment to last-in first-out and that is consistent with what we have at the level of the Social Partnership," he added.

The six month old Mia Mottley government has embarked upon a retrenchment programme in a bid to revitalise the ailing economy. The government has entered into a US$290 million Extended Fund Facility (EFF) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). (via Mike Cooper, DXLD)

Axually 1045 is not a published close-down schedule; Ron has been hearing widely variable cutoffs as late as 1200 (Glenn to Art, via DXLD)

Glenn, Looks like I mis-interpreted the HFCC listings; 1045 is the end of the listing for the BC in English, not s/off. It did seem like a strangely early hour to end their BC day. However, I did notice a lack of carrier after 1045 on that day. Even 1200 seems a little early, but I guess Bhutanans go to bed early. I will continue to monitor the freq for this exotic DX.

One of my problems in using the HFCC list is not being able to see a whole page at once; I can only get the screen reader to recite the list one line at a time. It was nice to have China step aside from the channel. Once in a while we win one. 73, (Art Peterson, ibid.)

4904.987, UNID, maybe Brazilian R Relógio (?), fluttery S=4-5 under threshold level.

4985.010, Brasil Central Goiânia, totally covered by RTTY ute here in Germany SDR. 850 Hertz apart distance of high speed RTTY on center 4984.575 and 4985.425 kHz measured (Wolfgang Bueschel, short morning log Nov 9th, in Germany, Belgium and Doha Qatar remotes, [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz], wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Busted, after denounced by a neighbor for QRMing phones, transmitter not confiscated, however, since it was non-profit (gh summary translation, WORLD OF RADIO 1956, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

VAI ENGOLIR NA MARRA SÓ ESTÁ COMESANDO O NEGÓCIO VEM MUITO MAIS VOU

FAZER MAIS E MAIS VIDEOS SEM PARAR ... DW (Daniel Wyllyans, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)

[tradução:] Rain of veri deslike attack of some enemies in Brazil For my some enemies it is giving deslike in the videos (I have found that they are subscribed here) prepare now that more DX has taken my time these days to do 24 hours of dexis without stopping now that I will do more !!!

GO ENGOLIR IN MARRA IS ALREADY COMESING THE BUSINESS COME SO MUCH MORE

I WILL DO MORE AND MORE VIDEOS WITHOUT STOPPING ... DW (via DXLD)

Google translates Comesando as comes-ing, not realising that the word is really misspelt for Começando = beginning, and that there is no such word in English as ``comesing``! (gh, DXLD)

Hello friends, For anyone who was awake for last Monday's 0800 UT broadcast, sorry that it was missing. There was an automation issue at WRMI, which I hope is resolved by this coming Monday. The 0800 UT transmission is interesting, because, as we approach winter, it is beginning to be audible in Europe. Reception is usually good in Australia and New Zealand and most of North America.

On 9400 kHz from Bulgaria, our new Saturday broadcast time of 1400-1430 UT is working well, and was even received in parts of North America.

However, The Mighty KBC's new time of 1300-1400 on 9400 kHz experienced interference from FEBC Philippines. Accordingly, KBC will move to 11600 kHz, via Bulgaria, beginning this Saturday at 1300-1400. It will be interesting to see if this new frequency is heard in Asia-Pacific and the Americas. At 1400, please don't forget to retune to 9400 kHz for Shortwave Radiogram.

Reception in Europe is also improving Friday at 2030-2100 on 7780 kHz from WRMI. It continues to be good in Europe Sunday at 2330-2400, also on 7780, although the hour is late.

Videos of last weekend's Shortwave Radiogram (program 72) are provided by Ralf in Germany (Saturday 1400-1430) and Scott in Ontario (Sunday 2330-2400). The audio archive is maintained by Mark in the UK. Analysis is prepared by Roger in Germany, including the colorization of last week's trail cam image sent by Mike in Washington state.

This weekend's Shortwave Radiogram will be relatively simple, with text and images in MFSK32 and MFSK64 only, including eight MFSK images. Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 73, 9-12 November 2018, in MFSK modes as noted:

 1:40  MFSK32: Program preview
 2:50  Listening station near Berlin to become museum*      <===
       "Teufelsberg"
 9:16  MFSK64: New Caledonia votes to stay with France*
14:02  North Korean officer purged for listening to RFA*
18:19  Images of the week
26:57  MFSK32: Closing announcements

~~ Mountain of the devil ~~ Montagna del diavolo ~~ Montaña del diablo

Gleich beim ersten Beitrag dürfte es sich um einen Artikel der Deutschen Welle über die ehemalige Abhörstation auf dem "Teufelsberg" handeln siehe hier:
https://www.dw.com/en/berlins-teufelsberg-listening-station-to-be-historical-monument/a-46147018

Hier der Link zu einem aktuellen Video vom RBB (Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg): https://tinyurl.com/ya6ns8qm

Ähnlich: https://tinyurl.com/y84m65th (via roger, WOR iog via DXLD)

1610/AM$(?), CHHA, “Voces Latinas”, ON, Toronto, actual English ID with call letters and everything, then someone in Italian (not Spanish!) with a programme promo, and then dead air. During that time the co-channel mumblage from Radio Humsafar in Quebec was clearly audible. CHHA Back at 0358 with Spanish accented OM giving call letters and address and into Italian announcements, another English ID at ToH and into Newscast in Albanian (listed – sounded sort of Like a cross of Portuguese and Russian to my ear!) 444+4+4 I’m pretty sure this is the one that is in stereo as the pilot was USUALLY on when it was ‘in the clear’ but not always! SO -- further ear time is needed! 0350-0413 6/Nov, SoDiRa +ANC4 +randomwire antenna --Zichi MI

1650, CINA, ON, Mississauga, Sub-continental music and an English ID with phone number to listen to the station on “in the GTA” at 0432, by OM who PRONOUNCED the call letters “cheena” as opposed to calling them out one letter at a time. Banging in 4+4+4+44 for the most part but with no stereo pilot evident. 0425-0440 7/Nov, SoDiRa +ANC4 +randomwire --Zichi MI

1670, CJEU, QC, Gatineau, French announcements and (mostly English) Thumpity-Thump music. No ID heard, but this matches their TuneIn stream, so --- There was also a talker (Madison WI?) well under them but I never got an IDable element from that station. 444+3+3, no stereo pilot evident. 0355-0425 7/Nov, SoDiRa +ANC4 +randomwire (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Williamston MI, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST) More of Ken`s x-band logs at U S A

Angus Andersen's radio program NunaKakKaasimaju: First People, First Occupants has been removed from the schedule of Memorial University's campus radio station CHMR as the school's student union conducts an investigation into his online behaviour. . .
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/inuk-activist-show-pulled-off-the-air-sexual-harassment-1.4900818 (via Mike Cooper, DXLD)

16160, 2325, CNR 1, Likely jamming Sound of Hope // 15940, Chinese, 434, 06/10 (Vince Henley, Anacortes, WA, USA Tecsun PL380, Drake R8B, ICOM IC-R8600, Ten-Tec RX-340, Nov BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD)

21800, 0900, CNR 1, Jamming for Sound of Hope // 14920, 14900, 252 21/10 (Franck Baste, St Bonnet de Rochefort, France, IC-756proIII, SDR Perseus /ALA1530, 2x10m Dipole, Nov BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD)

13920, CHINA, CNR1, November 6, 2018, 0046–0049 in Chinese. SIO 333.
Talk, audio clips, advertisements. Listed language is Mandarin. This
is possibly covering up “Sound of Hope” from Taiwan on the same
frequency (Vince Henley, Anacortes, WA, WiNRADiO G39DDCe SDR, ICOM
IC-R8600, Ten-Tec RX-340, Drake R8B, SDRPLAY RSP Duo, TECSUN  PL-880.
Antennas:  whip on PL-880 and Alpha-Delta DX-Ultra installed broadside
east west at 30 feet for all others, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD)

11555, CHINA, CNR1 at 1238 in Mandarin jamming RFA in Tibetan via Biblis, Germany with a man and woman with excited news reporting – Barely audible to Fair in peaks Nov 9 (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA iog via DXLD) Again not clear if victims also audible (gh)

9605, CNR1 at 1408 in Mandarin jamming the VOA in Mandarin via the Philippines with a man and a woman with excited news reporting with many promos – Fair Nov 10.

9860, FIREDRAKE at 1937 jamming RFA in Mandarin via the Northern Marianas with the usual cacaphony of string, woodwind, and percussion instrumentals – Fair to Good Nov 10 (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, odxa iog via DXLD)

6000 & 6165 are still off at 0105 UT Nov 6, so presumably the English block has also moved startup an hour later to 0200.

6000 // 6165, UT Tue Nov 6 at 0200, RHC beginning 6-hour English span of 1-hour shows repeated over & over & over & over & over, previewing content including ``DXers Unlimited with Arnie Coro`` --- what? That`s supposed to be a Sunday+UT Monday show; has it moved, an announcer slip, or playback of yesterday instead of today`s produxion? Did not listen to any full hours following to deconfirm. Something`s always wrong at RHC. The mitweek edition should now be imminent on UT Wednesday Nov 7.

Not checked again until 0711 Nov 6, when 6165 & 6100 & 6060 & 6000 are all on, plus 6020 VP leapfrog of 6100 over 6060 another 40 kHz below. But tonight at 0716, 5040 is off, unlike last night when it accompanied the others into the sixth hour. Something`s always wrong at RHC.

13740 // 13700, Nov 6 at 1452, RHC Spanish still on both, starting `Estampas de Cuba` which is not about stamps but scenery; now that the 1400 CRI English relay has moved to 15700, other transmitter on 13740 can stay on without risking collision. But at 1504 recheck, both of them are off. The exact nominal spans for each may not be known until a sesquiweek or so when Arnie issue a new delayed B-18 schedule.

11880, Nov 6 at 2200, no signal yet; RHC seems confused, or undecided, about what to do with its second English hour of the day to ``Africa``. Had been at 2300 here during A-season, but in previous B- season shifted *earlier* to 2200. Nov 5 it was sporadic after 0000 along with 5040. Recheck at 2350 Nov 6 finds 11880 on again with poor -fair signal and barely modulated, distorted cutting in and out, like before seemingly Kriyol, while 5040 is still in Spanish.

After 0000 UT November 7, 5040 is definitely in English, somewhat suptorted still at 0030 check. By now 11880 is a JBA carrier, maybe something else. RHC never used to run it after 2400.

5040, Nov 7 at 0701, this RHC is still on opening final hour of English replays, but 0703 cut to dead air just before news can start; supposed to run at 0600-0700 only. After 0700, 6000, 6060 and 6165 remain, while 6100 is a JBA carrier, presumably still RHC too. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

11930, RHC at 2139 // 11860 in Spanish jamming Radio Marti with a telephone interview between two men about Donald Trump and the midterm elections in the U.S. - Fair to Good with fading Nov 7 – The Cubans must have taken a page from the Chinese authorities' book about jamming using the feed of a legitimate broadcaster rather than other forms of jamming (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA iog via DXLD)

More likely a mixup, not heard otherwise; something`s always wrong at RHC, and likely jamming also carried out from same sites --- assuming Mark is referring to 11930; in fact RHC was on 11860 before R Marti glommed onto it (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

13700, Nov 8 at 1542, RHC Spanish still on here, unlike Nov 6, but weak S9-S6, // others also going: 15230, 11760, 9535, 7340, two of them soon to be dropped.

Wolfgang Bueschel has received the new B-18 sked to go into effect
November 11; here are the morning and midday blox:
1200-1500  6000 QVC 250  305 NCAm Spanish
1200-1600  9535 BEJ 100  230 CeAm Spanish
1200-1600  9640 BEJ 050  110 Antill Spanish
1200-1600 11760 BAU 100  n-d NCAm Spanish
1200-1400 11950 BAU 100  340 WNAm Spanish
1200-1500 13780 BEJ 050  160 SoAm Spanish
1200-1600 15140 QVC 250  130 SoAm Spanish
1400-1600 13700 BAU 100  315 WNAm Spanish

1600-1630 11760 BAU 100  n-d NCAm Spanish    Mon-Sat
1600-1630 11760 BAU 100  n-d NCAm Esperanto  Sun only
1600-1900 15140 BAU 100  010 ENAm Spanish
1630-1900 11760 BAU 100  n-d NCAm Spanish

Note that last Sunday I heard Esperanto on both 11760 and 15140. Also of note, the new English frequency for ``Africa`` at 00-01 will be 9720, // 5040 Antilles (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

15140, RHC at 2007 with Langston Hughes with news – Weak Nov 8 – I wonder if this is an anomaly or if this suggests that RHC's contined use of this frequency as we move deeper into the B18 international broadcasting season is a waste of energy and bandwidth (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA iog via DXLD)

15140 is usually not weak here, closer to the boresight (gh, OK, DXLD)

15140, Nov 8 at 2030, RHC English is VP S7 and undermodulated, much worse than usual. Something`s always wrong at RHC. Partly due to degraded propagation altho K-index at 21 is only 2 and G1 storm not started yet. Arnie`s B-18 sked effective Nov 11, via Wolfgang Bueschel shows 15140 to remain now and expand to continuously 1200-2130, but in three different segments of site, power, antenna; take that, Oman:

1200-1600 15140 QVC 250  130 SoAm Spanish
1600-1900 15140 BAU 100  010 ENAm Spanish
1900-1930 15140 BAU 100  340 WNAm Arabic
1930-2000 15140 BAU 100  340 WNAm Creole
2000-2100 15140 BAU 100  340 WNAm English
2100-2130 15140 BAU 100  340 WNAm French
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

========================= Otherness =======================
11860, Raspy pulse jammer; 1533, 11/8; same on 11930 and similar
with higher pitch on 13605. No other sigs audible; Aoki lists
Radio Marti 14-23 on 11860, 14-24 on 11930 & 13-20 on 13605 (Harold
Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ----- All logged by my
ears, on my receiver, in real time & without the aid of a computer!
-----, DX LISTENING DIGEST)  

5040, Nov 9 at 0045, RHC English, but no // found, neither
old 11880 nor new 9720 as from Nov 11 (local or UT?) (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)  

Winter B-18 changes of Radio Habana Cuba from Nov 11:

https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/11/winter-b-18-frequency-changes-of-radio.html
(Ivo Ivanóv, SWLDXBulgaria News, Nov 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.:  

1200-1300 NF  6000 QVC 250 kW / 305 deg to WNAm Spanish, ex 11840
1200-1300 on  9640 BEJ 050 kW / 110 deg to SoAm Spanish, addit.
1200-1300 NF 11950 BAU 100 kW / 340 deg to WNAm Spanish, ex 11670
1200-1300 NF 13780 BAU 100 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish, ex 17580
1200-1300 NF 15140 QVC 250 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish, ex 17730
1300-1400 NF  6000 QVC 250 kW / 305 deg to WNAm Spanish, ex 11840
1300-1400 NF  9640 BEJ 050 kW / 110 deg to SoAm Spanish, ex 11650
1300-1400 NF 11950 BAU 100 kW / 340 deg to WNAm Spanish, ex 11670
1300-1400 NF 13780 BAU 100 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish, ex 17580
1300-1400 NF 15140 QVC 250 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish, ex 17730
1400-1500 NF  6000 QVC 250 kW / 305 deg to WNAm Spanish, ex 11840
1400-1500 NF  9640 BEJ 050 kW / 110 deg to SoAm Spanish, ex 11650
1400-1500 NF 13700 BAU 100 kW / 315 deg to WNAm Spanish, ex 15370
1400-1500 NF 13780 BAU 100 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish, ex 17580
1400-1500 NF 15140 QVC 250 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish, ex 17730
1500-1600 on  9640 BEJ 050 kW / 110 deg to SoAm Spanish, addit.
1500-1600 NF 13700 BAU 100 kW / 315 deg to WNAm Spanish, ex 15370
1500-1600 NF 15140 QVC 250 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish, ex 17730
1600-1630 on 15140 BAU 100 kW / 010 deg to ENAm Spanish Mo-Sa, addit.
1600-1630 on 15140 BAU 100 kW / 010 deg to ENAm Esperanto Sun, addit.
1630-1900 on 15140 BAU 100 kW / 010 deg to ENAm Spanish, addit.
2200-2300 on 11840 QVC 250 kW / 170 deg to SoAm Spanish, addit.
2300-2400 NF 11700 QVC 250 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Portug., ex 15230
0000-0600 NF 11700 QVC 250 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish, ex 15230
0100-0130 on 15730 BEJ 050 kW / 135 deg to SoAm French, x Quechua

??????????? ?? Observer ? 10:38 AM (via DXLD)

13700, Nov 9 at 1407, this RHC is already off today while 13740 remains on. Something`s always wrong at RHC.

9570, Nov 10 at 1431, S9+10 of dead air, obviously still transmitter for CRI relay which ended at 1400. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba.

11760, 11840, 11860, Nov 10 at 2239, RHC Spanish on all these big, plus 12000 small.

13780, Nov 11 at 1408, RHC Spanish on new frequency ex-13740, weaker than // 13700. Also on new 15140 much earlier than before, from 1200 totally blocking any hope of Oman 1400 in English, // 15230. 15140 may be ex-17730, RHC no longer on 16mb in the morning or anywhen (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Re CUBA, first day of RHC B-18 schedule, start of Nov 11, at 1200 UT.

5999.999, RHC Quivican San Felipe TITAN site, Nov 11 at 1204 UT. S=9+10dB in Detroit MI state remote SDR unit.

9535.001, RHC Bejucal bcast center, S=8 at 1215 UT fluttery signal.

9640, non, NOTHING heard on this channel at 12.19 UT. non, NOTHING heard either at 1326 UT Nov 11.

11760even, RHC Bauta Spanish sce, S=8-9 in Detroit MI state, 1222 UT

11950even, RHC Bauta, female presenter with GRANMA items, 1223 UT S=9+10dB much stronger on straight northerly curtain antenna.

13780.010, RHC Bejucal, fluttery S=7-8 signal at 1229 UT. In remote NY-US state remote SDR unit S=8-9 at 1325 UT Nov 11.

15140even, RHC Quivican San Felipe TITAN site, backlobe S=6-7 signal at 1231 UT on Nov 11. S=9+5dB backlobe signal noted in NY-US state unit at 1323 UT. as usual wideband 20 kHz range audio block.

1200-1500  6000 QVC 250  305 NCAm Spanish
1200-1600  9535 BEJ 100  230 CeAm Spanish
1200-1600  9640 BEJ 050  110 Antilles Spanish
1200-1600 11760 BAU 100  n-d NCAm Spanish
1200-1400 11950 BAU 100  340 WNAm Spanish
1200-1500 13780 BEJ 050  160 SoAm Spanish
1200-1600 15140 QVC 250  130 SoAm Spanish
1400-1600 13700 BAU 100  315 WNAm Spanish
(Wolfgang Bueschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

15140, RHC at 2013 with the weekend edition of Arne Coro's “DXers Unlimited” and into Langston Hughes with “The Mailbag Program” at 2024 - Fair with fading Nov 11.

According to Dan Ferguson's SW Skeds files the beam is 340º which is for the U.S. Midwest, the Prairie provinces of Canada, Siberia, eastern China, and Sumatra. If that is true then this frequency is underperforming, for sure, and should be replaced. My QTH in Ontario is close enough to the beam that this frequency should perform better but it is, after all, a summer frequency (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA iog via DXLD)

Full B-18 schedule of R. Habana Cuba start on 11 Nov 2018.
Update arrived November 12, two freq/time changes, see below, wb.  

0000-0100  6000 QVC 250  010 ENAm Spanish  Mon-Thur "Mesa Redonda"
0000-0500  9640 BEJ 050  110 Antill Spanish
{0000-0100 9720 BAU 100  130 SoAf English, now new time 22-23 wb.}
0000-0500 11670 BAU 100  130 SoAm Spanish
0000-0600 11700 QVC 250  160 SoAm Spanish
0000-0100 11950 BAU 100  340 WNAm Spanish  Mon-Thur "Mesa Redonda"
0000-0030 15730 BEJ 050  135 SoAm Creole
0030-0100 15730 BEJ 050  135 SoAm Portuguese
0100-0130 15730 BEJ 050  135 SoAm French    exQuechua
0100-0600  6060 BAU 100  010 ENAm Spanish
0200-0600  6000 QVC 250  010 ENAm English
0200-0800  6165 BAU 100  340 WNAm English
0600-0800  6000 QVC 250  010 ENAm English
0600-0800  6060 BAU 100  010 ENAm English
0600-0800  6100 BAU 100  310 WNAm English
0800-0830  6100 BAU 100  310 WNAm Esperanto  Sun only

{ex 1200-1500  6000 QVC 250  305 NCAm Spanish, wb.}
1200-1600  9535 BEJ 100  230 CeAm Spanish
1200-1400  9600 QVC 250  305 NCAm Spanish {ex 12-15 UT, wb.}
probably Quivican antenna HRS4/4/0.9 305degr mainlobe San Francisco CA
1200-1600  9640 BEJ 050  110 Antill Spanish
1200-1600 11760 BAU 100  n-d NCAm Spanish
1200-1400 11950 BAU 100  340 WNAm Spanish
1200-1500 13780 BEJ 050  160 SoAm Spanish
1200-1600 15140 QVC 250  130 SoAm Spanish
1400-1600 13700 BAU 100  315 WNAm Spanish

1600-1630 11760 BAU 100  n-d NCAm Spanish    Mon-Sat
1600-1630 11760 BAU 100  n-d NCAm Esperanto  Sun only
1600-1900 15140 BAU 100  010 ENAm Spanish
1630-1900 11760 BAU 100  n-d NCAm Spanish

1900-1930 15140 BAU 100  340 WNAm Arabic
1930-2000 15140 BAU 100  340 WNAm Creole
2000-2100 15140 BAU 100  340 WNAm English
2030-2100 15370 BAU 100  010 WeEu French
2100-2130  9720 BAU 100  130 SoAf French, new time slot, wb.
2100-2130 15140 BAU 100  340 WNAm French
2100-2130 15370 BAU 100  010 WeEu Portuguese
2130-2200  9720 BAU 100  130 SoAf Portuguese, new time slot, wb.
2130-2200 15370 BAU 100  010 WeEu Arabic
2200-0600  9535 BEJ 100  230 CeAm Spanish
2200-2400  9640 BEJ 050  110 Antl Spanish

2200-2300  9720 BAU 100  130 SoAf English, new time slot,
antenna Bauta #3, HRS4/4/0.8, 160degr minus 30degr slewed, wb.

2200-0300 11760 BAU 100  n-d NCAm  Spanish
2200-0600 11840 QVC 250  170 Chile Spanish
2200-0500 13740 BAU 100  160 SoAm Spanish
2200-2400 15370 BAU 100  010 WeEu Spanish
{2300-2330 9720 BAU 100  130 SoAf French, now new time 21-2130, wb.}
2300-2400 11700 QVC 250  160 SoAm Portuguese
{2330-2400 9720 BAU 100  130 SoAf Portuguese, now new time 2130-22 wb}
2330-2400 15730 BEJ 050  135 SoAm French    Mon-Sat
2330-2400 15730 BEJ 050  135 SoAM Esperanto  Sun only

83 and 263 degrees CT2/1/0.8
0000-0100  5040 BAU 100  n-d Cuba English
0100-0130  5040 BAU 100  n-d Cuba Creole
0130-0200  5040 BAU 100  n-d Cuba French
0200-0600  5040 BAU 100  n-d Cuba Spanish
0600-0700  5040 BAU 100  n-d Cuba English
2200-2400  5040 BAU 100  n-d Cuba Spanish

Transmitter sites:
BAU = Bauta
BEJ = Bejucal
QVC = Titan-Quivican San Felipe.  

Shortwave schedule of Radio Rebelde
0000-2400  5025 BAU 100  non-dir to Ce&SoAm Spanish

Shortwave schedule of Radio Progreso
0130-0500  4765 BEJ 050  non-dir to Cuba  Caribbean Spanish

(RHC of Nov 6, thanks to Arnaldo Coro-CUB - CO2KK - RHC B-18 sheet
file - transformed to pure text file via wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX
TopNews Nov 7, updated Nov 12, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

9720, Nov 12 at 0022 check, RHC English on new frequency, first time heard, during `DXers Unlimited`. // 5040. Later on Nov 12, Wolfgang Bueschel got a revised B-18 sked, showing this transmission moved *two hours earlier*, which certainly makes sense for an audience in Africa: English at 22-23, after French & Portuguese at 21-22. And so confirmed English at 2257 check --- but also English again at 0029 check Nov 13, so maybe at both times temporarily for transition (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1956, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

6180, Nov 12 at 0656, RHC English is here at S9+20 but JBM! This is the new CRI relay frequency I previously discovered, but supposed to be running only at 01-03. Now, RHC is missing from 6000, so maybe that`s the transmitter on 6180 by mistake? The rest of RHC English at 0656: 6060 loud and splattering, 6100 very weak, 6165 good at S9+10, 5040 off. Something`s always wrong at RHC.

9640, Nov 12 at 1510, another reactivated RHC Spanish frequency, S9+10/20, quite stronger than // 9535. Yet per Arnie`s sked, this is one of the weakest transmitters, only 50 kW, 110 degrees from Bejucal for Antillas, at 12-16 and 22-05. While 9535 is 100 kW, 230 degrees from Bejucal for Central America.

[and non]. 13728.304, Nov 12 at 1517, weak music and talk spur // 13700 modulation, so is there a matching one 28.304 kHz on the opposite side? Yes! on 13671.696. Something`s always wrong at RHC, but this is different, not like the panoply of strong FM spurs all over the band which used to come out of 13700-AM. The lower one hets something weak on 13670 in French, i.e. CRI via ALBANIA to W Africa (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1956, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

7355, 7375, 7435, etc., Nov 9 at 0708, NO Radio Martí frequencies on this band --- and none are scheduled after 0700, just 5980 and 6030, both heavily jammed. Nor 11860, which was originally registered overnight in the latter A-season, in addition to daytime (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This is run by the Cuban Democratic Directorate (Directorio Democrático Cubano in Spanish) - a nongovernmental organization, founded in 1990 in Miami Beach, Florida, at the International Congress of Cuban Youth for a free Cuba, that seeks to support freedom, democracy, and human rights in Cuba by way of nonviolent civic struggle (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA iog via DXLD)

It can be argued that jamming this is a ``violent`` response. But Mark did not hear any? Jamming usually atop here (gh, OK, DXLD)

Reception of World Music Radio Denmark, Nov.6
from 2343 on  5840 001 kW Randers/Denmark to Eu English
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/11/reception-of-world-music-radio-denmark.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, Nov. 3-6, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Even if JBA carriers, when I detect this trio, even a fourth, 4500 Mongolian, I am quite sure they are XJPBS at grayline times (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Thanks to Hiroshi for the following details:

Xinjiang PBS Winter frequencies: effective from 1100 UT on November 6, 2018

Uighur 2300-1800 (Tue. 0800-1100 off the air)
 3990 2310-0300, 1135-1800
 4980 2310-0300, 1135-1800
 6120 2310-0300, 1200-1800
 7205 2310-0300, 1225-1800
 7275 0300-1200
 9560 0245-1200
11885 0250-1200
13670 0300-1225  

Chinese 2300-1800 (Tue. 0800-1100 off the air)
 3950 2310-0230, 1145-1800
 5060 2310-0300, 1135-1800
 5960 2310-1800
 7260 0230-1200
 7310 2310-0300, 1200-1800
 9600 0300-1200
11770 0250-1200  

Mongolian 2330-0330, 0530-1030, 1230-1800 (Tue 0800-1100 off the air)
 4500 2340-0330, 1210-1800
 6190 2340-0330, 1210-1800
 7230 0510-1050
 9510 0510-1050  

Kazakh 2330-1800 (Tue 0800-1100 off the air)
 4850 2340-0300, 1155-1800
 6015 2340-0345, 1150-1800
 7340 0300-1155
 9470 0345-1150  

Kyrgyz 0330-0530, 1030-1230
 7295 0310-0530, 1030-1230
 9705 0310-0530, 1030-1230
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long
wire, WOR iog via DXLD)  

Winter B-18 frequency changes of Radio Cairo. All transmissions are
with reduced power from 250 kW to 100/125 kW & from 200 kW to 125 kW

https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/11/reception-of-mystery-egyptian-music_12.html
(Ivo Ivanóv, SWLDXBulgaria News, Nov 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.:  

0400-0600  9480 ABS 100 kW / 166 deg CEAf Swahili, ex 250 kW
1300-1400 15630 ABS 100 kW / 061 deg WeAs Dari, ex 250 kW
1400-1600 12065 ABS 100 kW / 061 deg WeAs Pashto, ex 12045 250 kW
1500-1600  9610 ABS 125 kW / 325 deg WeEu Albanian, ex 9575 200 kW
1600-1800 15310 ABS 100 kW / 181 deg CEAf Swahili, ex 15660 250 kW
1700-1900  9940 ABS 125 kW / 005 deg N/ME Turkish, ex 9975 250 kW
1800-1900  9540 ABS 125 kW / 325 deg WeEu Italian, ex 200 kW
1800-2100 15310 ABS 100 kW / 241 deg WeAf Hausa, ex 9325 250 kW
1900-2000  9590 ABS 125 kW / 005 deg EaEu Russian, ex 9420 250 kW
1900-2000  9570 ABS 125 kW / 325 deg WeEu German, ex 200 kW
2000-2115  9900 ABS 125 kW / 325 deg WeEu French, ex 200 kW
2115-2245  9900 ABS 125 kW / 325 deg WeEu English, ex 200 kW
2215-2330 12010 ABS 100 kW / 252 deg SoAm Portuguese, ex 12005 250 kW
2330-0045 12010 ABS 100 kW / 252 deg SoAm Arabic, ex 12005 250 kW
0045-0200 12010 ABS 100 kW / 252 deg SoAm Spanish, ex 9420 250 kW

??????????? ?? Observer ? 11:04 AM (via DXLD)

How does Ivo know this? HFCC B-18 registrations for ABS show none with 200 or 250 kW. Cutting their losses? Since most transmissions have distorted or little modulation, and most frequencies are offset. Are Radio Cairo imagining they are somehow saving face by continuing these severely incompetent broadcasts on the books? They are the laughingstock of international broadcasting, and have been for years. Also, is the 2215-0200 S American transmission on 12010 really on the air? I think it has been AWOL previously (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)

7140, VOBME 1 (presumed), 1435-1510, Nov 7. In vernacular with mostly HOA music/singing; in the past was always jammed with white noise (or DRM?) a minute or two after 1500, but today that was not the case; still in the clear at 1528; at times fairly heavy ham QRM, so best in USB. My local sunrise at 1437 UT (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1956, DX LISTENING DIGEST) via Long path (Glenn Hauser, ibic.)

[and non]. Both Asmara Eritrea TX again on air, but lowered their power to 5-10 kW? tiny strings of a Horn of Africa program on 7140.020 kHz and 7180.020 kHz. Tiny S=4-5 signals compared to neighbour 7205even SDN R Omdurman, Sudanese Arabic female presenter, S=9+5dB in Doha Qatar remote SDR unit, out of Sudanese 100 kW TX power at 0553 UT (Wolfgang Bueschel, short morning log Nov 9th, in Germany, Belgium and Doha Qatar remotes, [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz], wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, WORLD OF RADIO 1956, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Very good signal of Voice of Oromo Liberation via MBR Nauen on Nov 7
1700-1730 9610 NAU 100 kW / 144 deg EaAf Afan Oromo Wed/Fri/Sun
1730-1800 9610 NAU 100 kW / 144 deg EaAf Afan Oromo, not Amharic Wed

https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/11/very-good-signal-of-voice-of-oromo_8.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, Nov. 7, DX LISTENING DIGEST)  

GERMANY, Reception of Voice of Oromo Liberation via MBR Nauen on Nov 9
1700-1730 9610 NAU 100 kW / 144 deg EaAf Afan Oromo Wed/Fri/Sun, good

https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/11/reception-of-voice-of-oromo-liberation.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, Nov. 9-10, DX LISTENING DIGEST)  

5925, Nov 10 at 0657, ID in French for RFI, which is 500 kW, 195 degrees from Issoudun.

5950, Nov 10 at 0657, a different RFI in English via WRN via WRMI, about WWI armistice commemoration (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also USA: WRMI

5950, Nov 11 at 0657, France-oriented news items in English, so RFI via WRN English at 06-07 still exists via WRMI, for now. At 0753 recheck, Spanish on 5950. So I scribbled, half-asleep, but now supposed to be RFI Portuguese (not via WRN English, of course, but a separate deal with RFI for relays in various languages) (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1956, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Hi Glenn, I hope this day finds you well. Have you heard anything about RFI dropping their 0400 GMT English broadcasts from 28 November? Regards, (Chris Campbell, Clintonville OH, Nov 7, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

What 0400 broadcasts? I have heard this: (gh)

RFI ENGLISH CUTBACK =-= At the end of today's 1400 RFI English broadcast, there was an announcement that RFI English morning broadcasts will be discontinued later this month. The 1400 "Paris Live" program will continue (Mike Cooper, GA, Nov 7, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

I heard the announcement again today at the end of the 1400 UT English hour. It said that effective Sunday, November 18, RFI English morning broadcasts will come to an end. The announcement encourages us to join RFI for "new Paris Live programs" at 1400 from Monday through Friday every week. This implies there will be no more weekend broadcasts. No mention was made of the daily 1600 broadcast (which is a repeat of the 1400 hour, with a fresh newscast). I have yet to find any mention of these changes on RFI's web site (Mike Cooper, GA, Nov 8, WORLD OF RADIO 1956, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

The 0600 only has been on SW, 7245 direct, new frequency for B-18 I`ve yet to check, and also on WRN via WRMI 5950. Maybe also at 1600, tho WRN sked is self-contradictory also showing New Zealand that hour M-F. Of course, 5950 at 1600 is audible only circumchobee (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1956, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Radio France International in English is inactive in B-18
0600-0700 on  7245 ISS 500 kW / 170 deg to WCAf English till Feb.2
0600-0700 on  9735 ISS 500 kW / 170 deg to WCAf English from Feb.3
(Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, Nov 8, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1956, DXLD)

In B-18 no signal of Radio France International on same 7245 kHz
0600-0700 on  7245 ISS 500 kW / 170 deg to WCAf English till Feb.2
0600-0700 on  9735 ISS 500 kW / 170 deg to WCAf English from Feb.3
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/11/weak-morning-signal-of-voice-of-tajik.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, Nov. 8-9, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

0500-0600 NF  6040 ISS 500 kW / 157 deg to CeAf French, ex 11700
0600-0700 NF  7245 ISS 500 kW / 170 deg to WCAf English cancelled
0700-0730 NF 11760 ISS 500 kW / 170 deg to WCAf Hausa,  ex 15315
0700-0730 NF 13740 ISS 500 kW / 170 deg to WCAf Hausa,  ex 13685
1600-1700 NF 15300 ISS 500 kW / 170 deg to WCAf Hausa,  ex 17615
1700-1730 NF 15485 ISS 500 kW / 155 deg to SoAf Portug, ex 15300
1700-1800 NF 13740 ISS 500 kW / 165 deg to NWAf French, ex 13685
1700-1800 NF 15300 ISS 500 kW / 150 deg to CeAf French, ex 17850
1900-1930 NF  9775 ISS 500 kW / 155 deg to SoAf Portug, ex 13660
1900-2000 NF  7245 ISS 500 kW / 195 deg to NWAf French, ex  9790
1900-2000 NF  9580 ISS 500 kW / 150 deg to CeAf French, ex 13740
2000-2030 NF  7380 ISS 500 kW / 170 deg to WCAf Hausa,  ex  9825

??????????? ?? Observer ? 10:39 AM (via DXLD)

I guess WRN will be repeating the remaining RFI English program at
1400 in all of its existing time slots. In the B18 schedule, WRN to
North America and Africa have RFI hours at 0600, 1000 and 1600. WRN to
Europe has RFI at 0700, 1200 and 2000. However, there will only be RFI
English programs Monday through Friday. I wonder what WRN will do with
these time slots on the weekends (Mike Cooper, GA, Nov 14, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) [Glenn: Note that I just sent you page from RFI web
site that discusses the changes. -mc]  viz.:

http://en.rfi.fr/culture/20181110-quiz-back

The Sound Kitchen Podcast Podcast

The quiz is back!
By Susan Owensby  Released on 10-11-2018 Modified 10-11-2018 to 12:26

This week, Sound Kitchen producer Alain Bleu joins me in the kitchen. You'll hear the answer to the question about the Berlin marathon, hear some great music and of course, there's the new quiz question. Just click on the arrow in the photo above and enjoy!

Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen.

Big news for RFI English: On 18 November, RFI English morning broadcasts will come to an end.

There's an all-new Paris Live programme starting on 19 November. You can hear it on-the-air, and of course, on our website, rfienglish.com, Monday through Friday at 14h00 universal time, 3 pm Paris time.

And you can always join us on rfienglish.com, where we are boosting our content to meet your demands for news, special features, analysis, interviews, podcasts and more.

What does this mean for The Sound Kitchen? The Sound Kitchen will no longer be heard on our FMs. It will be available here on our website, rfienglish.com, as it always has been, as well as on The Sound Kitchen Facebook page. It will be posted on Saturdays, as it always has been. The format will not change: you'll hear the winner's names announced and the week's quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you have grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, "On This Day", quirky facts and news, interviews and great music, so be sure and go to the RFI English website every Saturday for The Sound Kitchen.

For our DX enthusiast friends: Our shortwave frequency is 11830 kHz on the 25m band, from 06.00 to 07.00 UT every day - until 17 November.

[11830, is that correct?? Not sked for B-18 --- gh]

We've had reception reports from Algeria, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Columbia, Cuba, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, the United Arab Emirates, Ukraine, the UK and the US, and although the frequency is "aimed" (or however that works) towards the African continent, give it a try. You never know ... and be sure and send us your reception reports. Maybe we can get more time, which would be wonderful.

You can also hear our programs on WRMI and WRN. In Paris, you can hear us on World Radio Paris on DAB+. These broadcasters diffuse our programs out of the goodness of their hearts, but unless you tell us how you heard us we have no way of knowing ... so do write and tell us how you listen to us.

Did you know there is an RFI English newsletter? On the very top of our homepage, there's a little tab that says "Newsletters". Click on it and fill out the form, and every day you'll receive the latest from the RFI English website.

We want to hear from you. We have a phone number you can call to leave us a message, so we can hear your voice. Just call, give your name, your country, and a short message - something like "I love RFI", because of course you do - and we can put you on-the-air. The number to call is: + 33 1 84 22 95 82.

RFI Clubs: Be sure to always include Audrey Iattoni (audrey.iattoni@rfi.fr) from our Listener Relations department on all your RFI Club correspondence. Remember to copy me (thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr) when you write her so that I know what is going on, too. N.B. You do not need to send her your quiz answers!

We've made a Facebook page just for you, the RFI English Clubs. It is a closed group, so when you apply to join, be sure you include the name of your RFI Club and your membership number. Everyone can look at it, but only members of the group can post on it. If you haven't yet asked to join the group, go here and fill out the questionnaire !!!!! (if you do not answer the questions, I click "decline").

Are you interested in forming an official RFI Club, or transforming your existing club into an official RFI Club? Here's how:

This week's quiz: On 22 September, I asked you about the Berlin marathon, held on 16 September. You were to send in the name, nationality and the running time of the man who won, the name and the running time of the man who came in second, and the running time of the previous world record setter which was set four years ago by Dennis Kimetto.

The answers are: The winner of the Berlin marathon was Eliud Kipchoge from Kenya, and his running time was 2 hours 1 minute and 39 seconds. Amos Kipruto, also from Kenya, placed second. He was nearly five minutes behind Kipchoge - usually in these marathons we're talking a matter of seconds, maybe a minute or two ... but five minutes shows you just how fast Kipchoge is. Kipruto's time was 2 hours, 6 minutes, and 23 seconds.

What was the world record time, broken by Eliud Kipchoge? 2 hours, 2 minutes, and 57 seconds, set by Kenyan Dennis Kimetto in 2014.

The winners are: Mrs Lutfunnesha Begum, a member of the RFI International DX Radio Listeners Club in Murshidabad, India; Jobayada Aktar Jai from the Nilshagor RFI Fan Club in Nilphamari, Bangladesh; Muhammad Rashid, a member of the RFI Pak France International Listeners Club in Sahiwal, Pakistan; Mrs Permi Devi from Rajasthan, India and Mr Li Ming from Maanchan City in China.

Congratulations, winners!

Here's the music you heard on this week's program: "Jam Session", written by Norman Shrdlu; Rimsky-Korsakov: "The Flight of the Bumblebee" and "Les baricades misterieuses" by François Couperin, arranged by Thomas Ades.

Do you have a musical request? Send it to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr

This week's question ... You'll have to listen to the show to participate. You have until 10 December to enter this week's quiz; the winners will be announced on the 15 December program. When you enter, be sure you send your postal address in with your answer, and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.

Send your answers to:
english.service@rfi.fr  

or  

Susan Owensby
RFI - The Sound Kitchen
80, rue Camille Desmoulins
92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux
France  

or  

By text ... You can also send your quiz answers to The Sound Kitchen
mobile phone. Dial your country's international access code, or " + ",
then 33 6 31 12 96 82. Don't forget to include your mailing address in
your text - and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership
number.  

To find out how you can win a special Sound Kitchen prize, click here:

To find out how you can become a member of the RFI Listeners Club, or to form your own official RFI Club, click here (via Mike Cooper, DXLD)

[non]. 5950, Nov 12 at 0655, RFI English is still here on WRMI from WRN, but RFI will stop producing English in the mornings from Nov 18, as Mike Cooper heard them announce, apparently leaving only the 1400 broadcast; what then to be heard at 0600? And, after an Ian ID at 0659, Nov 12 at 0700, 5950 goes into RFI Spanish, definitely not Portuguese as on the WRMI skedgrid when last checked; as I write it doesn`t want to load, maybe down for editing. Before 0700 WRMI is presumably getting RFI from WRN, but not after 0700 replacing WRN feed which is DW in English as previously heard (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also USA: WRMI

These transmissions are from Mondays to Sundays, 7 days a week. 6160 kHz is on air again, finally. [or: Wednesdays to Tuesdays! gh]

For detailed programe line-up click here: <http://shortwaveradio.de/schedule/> (via Herbert Meixner-AUT, A-DX ng Nov 3 via BC-DX Nov 10 via DXLD)

Ab Sonntag, den 11. November ab 11 Uhr MEZ/CET sendet RADIO DARC \\ zur bisher bekannten Frequenz 6070 kHz erstmalig auch auf 7440 kHz im 41 Meterband.

Zum Einsatz kommt der neue Zweitsender von Channel 292 mit 10 kW Leistung an einer Dipol-Antenne. Auch die Montags-Sendung um 17 Uhr MEZ/CET wird nun \\ auf 6070 kHz und auf 7440 kHz abgestrahlt.

Die zusaetzliche Frequenz verspricht vor allem in Nord-Deutschland und Europa-Randgebieten besseren Empfang als die 6070 kHz, die vor allem fuer den Nahbereich konzipiert ist. Fuer die Abendsendung duerfte nun fast weltweiter Empfang moeglich sein, fuer Testsendungen liegen bereits erste Empfangsberichte aus Neuseeland vor.

Wir bitten alle Hoererinnen und Hoerer, die neue zusaetzliche Frequenz von RADIO DARC zu beachten und Empfangsberichte zu senden.

Auch gibt es ab sofort zwei weitere Sendeplaetze auf Buerger-Radios auf UKW. Fuer Hoererinnen und Hoerer im Grossraum Berlin wird RADIO DARC ab Freitag {Friday}, den 9. November um 15 Uhr MEZ/CET im Wechsel mit 'Welle370' vom Verein Funkerberg Koenigs Wusterhausen via 'ALEX RADIO Berlin' auf 91.0 MHz FM zu hoeren sein.

Im Norden Thueringens steht ab dem 7. November ebenfalls ein neuer Sendepartner zur Verfuegung. 'RADIO ENNO' aus Nordhausen wird kuenftig das DX-Magazin des DARC immer mittwochs {Wednesdays} um 21 Uhr MEZ/CET auf UKW FM 100.4 MHz verbreiten.

Mit diesen neuen zusaetzlichen UKW-Sendeplaetzen ist RADIO DARC nun fuer rund 6 Millionen Menschen in Deutschland terrestrisch auf UKW zu empfangen.

Fuer den Grossraum Hamburg erfolgt seit Oktober ebenfalls eine Aussendung auf UKW und DAB+ via 'TIDE RADIO' auf 96.0 MHz FM. Darueber berichtet Rainer Englert, DF2NU (DARC, Redaktion CQ DL Deutschland-Rundspruch 45/2018, 45. KW, Nov 8, via df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews via BC-DX Nov 10 via DXLD)

[and non]. AUSTRIA, Radio DARC via ORF Moosbrunn & Channel 292
Rohrbach on Nov.11
1000-1100 6070 MOS 100 kW / non-dir CeEu German Sun, very good signal
1000-1100 7440 ROB 010 kW / non-dir CeEu German Sun, fair/good signal

https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/11/radio-darc-via-orf-moosbrunn-channel.html
(Ivo Ivanóv, SWLDXBulgaria News, Nov 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST)  

The broadcast will also go out on both 6070 and 7440 kHz at the same time, so if you've never managed to catch it on the 6 MHz frequency you may now have a better chance on 7 MHz (QRM permitting).

The Channel 292 schedule is also showing a number of additional programmes going out on 7440 kHz as well now, including DARC Radio, which will be on air on Sundays at 1000 UT and Mondays at 1500 UT on both frequencies, and various other stations on Sunday mornings on 7440, such as IBC, SM Radio Dessau and Radio Oberlausitz. Also on air again this Friday evening at 1900-2200 UT will be Sonnet Radio Europe. 73 for now, (Alan Gale, Nov 7, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Did it go out on 6070 kHz? Nothing heard using the U. Twente SDR receiver (Richard Langley, NB, ibid.)

Hi Richard, I was out at the time but left the recorder and decoder running, and it looks like the signal dropped right down just after it started on 6070 kHz, probably due to the skip going very long (I have no idea how well or badly 7440 performed at that time though). I noticed that the C292 schedule has been updated today, and the programme is now listed as being on both 6070 and 7440 at 1300 UT on Saturdays from now on which is probably not good news for you, and may be an indication that the propagation was poor on both channels last night.

No mention of this on the Slow Scan Radio website as yet though: http://www.slowscanradio.com/ (Alan Gale, 1852 UT Nov 8, WOR iog via DXLD)

Irgend solch ein Netherlands Konserve programm laeuft gerade. S=6 oder -92dBm - distanzmaessig weiter weg in Steiermark Austria / NorthWestern Hungary SDR's.

Beim DARC Amberg Bayern remote SDR unit dagegen S=4 oder -100dB
duenne Signalstaerke. Ja gut; im 41 meterband im winter darf man im
Nahbereich nichts erwarten (wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 4)

To celebrate six years of on-line radio we will do a live combination of on-line and shortwave radio. In a seven hour special we will bring back the sounds of the 70's, 80's, and 90's to the airwaves with of course a touch of modern music. We will be transmitting through 7440 kHz, the new Channel292 Frequency.

Thank you Rainer for setting it up again!

Times are in CET [UT +1hr]: [Sunday]
1100-1200  Hello Europe with Michiel Bouwmeester
1200-1400  Record Attic with Maurice van Ginderen
1400-1600  Full Throttle with Olaf Kerkhof
1600-1800  Panic Show Back in Time with M Bouwmeester & Bennito Mol
source:
<http://www.universeradio.nl/index.php/shortwave/>
(via Harald Kuhl-D DL1ABJ, Germany, BrDXC ng Oct 16) (BC-DX 1360, 1
Nov 2018)(BC-DX Nov 10 via DXLD)

Tomorrow, the 4th of November, it is once again Shortwave time. Starting at 1000 UT we will be broadcasting on 7440 kHz, the new channel 292 frequency. We will hope that you all will join us in a great day of oldies, hits and indie music!

1000-1100 Hello Europe
1100-1300 The Record Attic
1300-1500 Full Throttle
1500-1700 The Panic Show  

7440 kHz

Best regards, met vriendelijke groet,

Michiel Bouwmeester
Wilhelminalaan 51
4872 BW Etten-Leur
The Netherlands
phone +31683949249
<www.universeradio.nl>
(via Vasily Lazarev, Samarskaya oblast-RUS, "deneb-radio-dx" via BC-DX
Nov 10 via DXLD)  

Reception of Channel 292 on 6070 & 7440 kHz, Nov 9:
0600&1000 on  7440 ROB 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu English
0600&1000 on  6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu English
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/11/reception-of-channel-292-on-6070-7440.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, Nov. 8-9, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Mark, that would be big news if RUI were back on SW (other than via WRMI 0230 Tue-Sat on 7780). HFCC does maintain imaginary registration from LViv at 2200-0500 on 7440, gone for many years. Not Slavic, but another 7440 station during that hour is CRI in Japanese, maybe that? Aoki has only CRI on 7440 at any time.

Also, Channel 292 Germany 6070 has started using new 7440, which would be a VG catch in North America. 73, (Glenn Hauser, Nov 10, ODXA yg via DXLD)

Interesting, Glenn, that Dan Ferguson's SW Skeds latest edition has Channel 292 testing on 7440 from 0400 to 2400. I suspect it was them as CRI is in Japanese and the talk was definitely not Japanese. This requires more monitoring. I should have time tomorrow afternoon to listen again (Mark Coady, Nov 10, odxayg via DXLD)

El sábado 8 de diciembre de 2018, nuestro programa se emitirá en la frecuencia habitual de 6070 kHz de 0900 a 1000 UT, con una potencia de 10 kW.

El programa se retransmitirá el domingo 9 de diciembre de 0900 a 1000 UT, pero esta vez en 7440 kHz con una potencia de 7.5 kW. La oportunidad para que Atlantic 2000 regrese en la banda de 41 metros (Gaétan Teyssonneau, 10 nov, noticiasdx yg via DXLD)

9395, USA, DW (WRN via WRMI) at 2206 with a man and a woman with “Africa Link” news magazine mainly dealing with problems journalists experience trying to report the news with reports on a journalist detained in Tanzania, CNN reporter Jim Acosta being banned from the White House press corps by Donald Trump, and journalists being persecuted in Kaduna, Nigeria – Good Nov 8 –

This is a new development where WRMI is carrying an expanded schedule of World Radio Network (WRN) programming. DW's English service is only available on-line or via the WRN so it is nice to see their English service back on shortwave where it should never have been discontinued (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA iog via DXLD)

1300-1400 NF 11980 SAO 100 kW / 020 deg to WeAf Hausa, ex 17840 ASC
1425-1630 NF 15320 ISS 500 kW / 175 deg WeAf Hausa Sat Bundesliga, ex
17840
1600-1700 NF 13780 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg EaAf Amharic, ex 15275
1600-1700 NF 15275 ISS 500 kW / 130 deg EaAf Amharic, ex 11995
??????????? ?? Observer ? 10:42 AM  (via DXLD) That`s all?? Or really
just the changes? (gh, DXLD)

Reception of KTWR Trans World Radio Asia in English Nov 10:
1128-1158 on  9910 TWR 200 kW / 350 deg to EaAs Jap/Eng Sat, fair/good
1230-1300 on  9910 TWR 100 kW / 290 deg to SoAs English Sat, very good
1318-1346 on  7510 TWR 100 kW / 320 deg to EaAs English Sat, very good
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/11/reception-of-ktwr-trans-world-radio.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, Nov. 9-10, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Checked this channel on Nov 9 at 1545 UT, noted in Germany, UAE and Delhi-IND remote SDRs.

9650.002 kHz R Guinea Conakry program underneath, but more powerful
9650.041 kHz odd frequency from Riyadh Saudi Arabia on this new B-18
channel. S=9+5dB strength here in southern Germany. Rather weak signal
at S=5 level on short skip zone in Qatar [selected SDR options, span
12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 9)(BC-DX
Nov 10 via DXLD)

9650, Radio Guinée at 1940 in a local language with a radio drama with male and female characters then into French at 1942 with a man with talk and promos then a woman in a local language followed by a man in French then brief Afropops at 1945 and a man with talk in French over the Afropops then the man without the Afropops with talk with mentions of “Guinée” and “Conakry” – Fair Nov 10 – It was really confusing at first with the flip-flop in languages (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, odxa iog via DXLD)

9 November --- Today Chaos Radio from Hungary is raided by the Hungarian telecommunication authorities. Here the original message from the operator:

``Thanks everyone, who wrote me reports here! It was a fun one month, but it is over. Unfortunately, today, while I was testing some, the Hungarian telecommunication authorities showed up, so looks like no more transmissions from Hungary.

We had problems for like a year now with more and more frequent pirate radio raids on 3 meter band, so I tried to move to shortwave, and hoped the best. Sadly, they told me, they are monitoring these frequencies too, and no mercy to unlicensed activities even on sw, so they killed my sw station too, pretty quickly.`` (Martin Sievers, Germany / https://www.facebook.com/groups/1474899382735615/ Rus DX 11 Nov via DXLD)

Indian Clandestine broadcast to Pakistan in Dogri via AIR Delhi 1500-1530. Weak signal, 20/10 (Rob Shepherd, Toowoomba QLD (JRC NRD 535-D, 35 metre balanced longwire), ibid.) See also UNIDENTIFIED

7550-DRM, Bengaluru, 250 or 500 kW, 120deg, All India Radio, Nov 3 1923 - Excellent 100% copy with 2 channels noted: 2nd channel reads as GOS IV, while 1st channel reads as GOS IV, as well, but with AIR English programming. About a Canadian female poet. SNR 19.7 dB. Very nice! Finally heard on my FDM S-2. // 9445 in AM blasting in at S9+30 (Walt Salmaniw, Listening Waters DXpedition, Murray Harbour North, PEI, 3–10 Nov 2018, WOR iog via DXLD)

11560, AIR (Bengaluru) at 1327 in Dari with a man with talk and ID at 1331 of “All India Radio” and into male subcontinental vocals – Very Good with very slight fading Nov 10 – About as good a signal as I have ever heard on this particular frequency at this time. AIR is another station with a heading of 20° from my QTH so the signal must hop in the donut of the auroral zone (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, odxa iog via DXLD)

Nov 10: All India Radio - 11560 (1339), weak, excellent music, YL announcer in Dari (?), 1341 back to music, nice tabla and strings with male vocal, copied again 11/11, signal s-6, in Dari (presumed) (Chris KC5IIE Krug, Tulsa OK, Rec: FT-1000mpMk5, FT-2000, Ant: 40m loop, WOR iog via DXLD)

0000-0045 NF 11590 PAN 250 kW / 120 deg to SoAs Tamil,  ex 11740
0045-0115 NF 11590 PAN 250 kW / 120 deg to SoAs Sinhala, x 11740
0130-0230 NF  7555 DEL 100 kW / 154 deg to CeAs Nepali, ex  7505
0130-0230 NF  9950 BGL 500 kW / 035 deg to CeAs Nepali, ex  9800
0700-0800 NF  9950 DEL 100 kW / 102 deg to CeAs Nepali, ex  9940
0700-0800 NF 11620 DEL 100 kW / 102 deg to CeAs Nepali, ex 11730
1145-1315 NF 15030 BGL 500 kW / 060 deg to EaAs Chinese, x 15040
1300-1500 NF 11590 DEL 250 kW / 124 deg to SoAs Sinhala, x 11780
2300-2400 NF 11590 PAN 250 kW / 120 deg to SEAs Hindi,  ex 11740
Published by Observer at 10:43 AM (via DXLD)

0323-0420 NF  6085 SIR / 288 deg EaAf Arabic VOPalestine, ex 7425
0323-0420 NF  9550 SIR / 030 deg EaEu Russian, addit.
0553-0650 NF 13710 SIR / 255 deg NWAf Hausa, addit.
0553-0820 NF 12035 SIR / 065 deg WeAs Dari, ex 13740
0600-0730 NF 13790 SIR / 216 deg N/ME Arabic, ex 13780
0653-0720 NF 15440 SIR / 293 deg EaAf Hebrew, addit.
0723-0820 NF 15200 SIR / 300 deg SoEu Spanish, ex 17820
0730-0830 NF 13790 SIR / 216 deg N/ME Arabic, ex 13780
0923-1220 NF  9495 SIR / 053 deg WeAs Dari, ex 13740 AHW
1123-1150 NF 17665 SIR / 248 deg NWAf Hausa, addit.
1223-1320 NF  7360 ZAH / non-dir WeAs Pashto, ex 13750 AHW
1253-1420 NF  6000 SIR / 083 deg SoAs Urdu, ex 9500
1323-1420 NF  9835 SIR / 336 deg EaEu Russian, ex 11675
1423-1520 NF  5920 SIR / 090 deg SoAs Hindi, ex 5935
1423-1520 NF  6155 SIR / 090 deg SoAs Bengali, ex 9470
1430-1730 NF  9800 SIR / 216 deg N/ME Arabic, ex 9655
1523-1620 NF  5965 SIR / 095 deg SEAs English, ex 9420
1623-1650 NF  6155 SIR / 090 deg SoAs Bengali, addit.
1923-1950 NF  6190 SIR / 295 deg SEEu Italian, ex 7305
2223-2320 NF  7225 SIR / 255 deg NWAf Hausa, addit.
2223-2320 NF  7280 SIR / 255 deg NWAf Hausa, addit.
2323-0020 NF  6090 SIR / 298 deg SoAm Spanish, addit.
2323-0020 NF  7230 SIR / 240 deg SoAm Spanish, addit.
2323-0020 NF  7260 SIR / 255 deg NWAf French, adiit.
2323-0020 NF  9660 SIR / 255 deg NWAf French, adiit.

Published by Observer at 10:44 AM (via DXLD)

Radio Ranginkaman/Rainbow via BaBcoCk Grigoriopol on Nov.9
1730-1800 on  7560 KCH 300 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Farsi Daily, fair/good
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/11/radio-ranginkamanrainbow-via-babcock_10.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, Nov. 9-10, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

[ITALY [non]] ROMANIA, Reception of IRRS EGR/UN Radio via RADIOCOM
Saftica, Nov.11
1030-1300 9510 SAF 100 kW / 300 deg to WeEu English Sun, fair signal:

https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/11/reception-of-irrs-egrun-radio-via.html
(Ivo Ivanóv, SWLDXBulgaria News, Nov 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST)  

There was an interesting feature on tonight's BBC North West Tonight TV programme regarding a report to be presented to Tynwald.

Basically, at present IOM pay a TV Licence to receive BBC television but they also part fund (through taxes) Manx Radio (the remaining funding is via advertising).

The report, due to be debated next month, includes a proposal to ask the BBC to provide a local radio station or more radically, according to the report to consider IOM citizens to stop paying the licence fee and therefore stop accessing BBC TV services and to use the money to fund public broadcasting on the island.

More details are on the BBC website- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-46141625 (Paul Banning, Nov 8, bdxc-news iog via DXLD)

Presumably if IOM citizens were to stop paying the licence the BBC TV transmissions on the island would have to be discontinued. So what would the transmitters be used for and what about the non BBC channels broadcast there? (Gareth Foster, ibid.)

It was 1990 and I had come back to my parents' home in a town called Raniganj in eastern India for my winter break from university. It was a welcome change from the monotony of my studies and the never-ending hustle and bustle of Calcutta. And of course, I could now do some DXing in a bit of peace and quiet.

We had a couple of radios in the house, some from my early days in England and the US. But in my inquisitive and destructive youth, I had dismantled and destroyed almost all of them, including a Philips Henriette. So I had to settle for a Raja DL171, an IC-based set made by Philips India. In spite of the analog tuning, it was mostly an excellent receiver.

Like many other places in semi-urban India at the time, there was very little in the way of electrical interference marring radio reception. This made for some very interesting listening on medium wave, particularly on winter nights. One night I was very surprised to hear a Japanese-language station fading in and out on my radio. I did not have any external aerial connected either. Quickly I used known markers of Indian medium wave stations to make a mental note of the likely frequency of the station. When I later checked it against the World Radio TV Handbook listings, I was delighted to learn that I had actually heard Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS) a 50 KW station on 1179 kHz from Osaka. A reception report was quickly prepared and sent out.

A couple of weeks later I was most thrilled to receive a QSL card and verification letter ! I showed them to my friends and they were delighted. Some of my friends had received Japanese and other faraway MW stations too, but only with the help of beverage antennae. Many years passed since my Japanese MW DX catch in India in 1990. This summer (2018) my wife and I decided to take a trip to Japan and our itinerary included Osaka. MBS was still on my mind after all those years.

From our hotel I tuned in to 1179 kHz on my Tivdio V115 radio, received MBS and made a recording. I then called the station and was told only the shop area was open to the public, should we wish to visit. We took the train there anyway and found the MBS building in Chayamachi, thanks to the helpful locals even though we spoke no Japanese. While we were looking around the shop, a gentleman came over and introduced himself in English. It turned out he was Mr Okamoto, ex-head of audience relations, now working in a different department of MBS. When I told him the reason why I was visiting MBS, he became very excited. His co-workers were equally surprised to hear my story. I then played my recording and he confirmed it was their station. To our utter delight, he soon came back with not one, but two QSL cards for us ! We were informed that they change the design of their QSL card every couple of years. The new one has a picture of one of their transmitters on it and of course the MBS mascot Lion-chan.

It was most delightful to be able to visit an exotic radio station I had heard all those years ago and receive a warm reception from the staff too. I guess not many of us would have had a similar experience, so it is a pleasure to share my story with fellow MW DXer (Story by Joydip Hazra, Medium Wave News 64/06, November 2018 via DXLD)

0300-0500 NF  6105 ISS 500 kW / 290 deg to CeAm Japanese, x  5960
0500-0530 NF  7410 ISS 500 kW / 155 deg to SoAf English, ex  9770
0530-0600 NF  7450 ISS 500 kW / 190 deg to WCAf French,  ex 11730
1400-1430 NF  6165 TAC 100 kW / 163 deg to SoAs English, ex  9560

??????????? ?? Observer ? 10:46 AM (via DXLD)

1440, 0653, Radio Kiribati with local public announcements in English over Moana AM 15/10. “This is Radio Kiribati (pronounced Kiri-Bus), 5 minutes to 7 local time”. Freq measured at 1440.005 but has been ‘seen’ as high as 1440.009 some days (Bryan Clark, Mangawhai, New Zealand, with WinRadio G33DDC & AOR7030+ fed by EWEs directed to NE, East and SE, Nov NZ DX Times via DXLD)

1440, R Kiribati, Bairiki, Tarawa; local music, anns/talk in vernacular, though no ID copied; I sent a clip by e-mail to Babera Marewenimakin, Engineering Network Manager at the station, who replied “The station confirmed to be ours on the said frequency”; personal first; (1440.007) F, 1004 24/10 (Martin A Hall, Clashmore, Scotland, (Medium Wave News 64/06, November 2018 via DXLD)

[and non]. 7245, JAPAN, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze at 1300. Carrier strong
enough to cover the mess of multiple-source CCI and ACI (including
DPRK jamming). W in Korean and familiar music themes   -  Good Nov 9
(Rick Barton, AZ, WOR iog via DXLD)

Voice of Wilderness via Tashkent, Nov.7
1330-1530 on  7625 TAC 100 kW / 070 deg to NEAs Korean
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/11/good-signal-of-voice-of-wilderness-via.html

North Korea Reform Radio via Tashkent, Nov.7:
1430-1530 NF  7580 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean, ex 7590
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/11/good-signal-of-north-korea-reform-radio.html

Trans World Radio India & Voice of Martyrs via Tashkent, Nov.7
1445-1545 7505 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg SoAs Punjabi Mon-Fri TWR India
1530-1600 7505 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg NEAs Korean Daily Voice of Martyrs

https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/11/trans-world-radio-india-vs-voice-of.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, Nov. 7, DX LISTENING DIGEST)  

Are you saying the same 7505 transmitter is running both of them overlapping at 1530-1545? (gh, DXLD)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGqpfd0qGT4&feature=youtu.be
??????????? ?? Observer ? 11:48 AM (via DXLD)  

I had a few hours to listen to the radio this weekend (hooray!), here's a few highlights: 11/10, VO Welat (R Denga) - Moldova - 11530 (1325), very weak but in the clear, Eastern Euro music (sounds similar to Middle Eastern mx), improving by 1337, nice (Chris KC5IIE Krug, Tulsa OK, Rec: FT-1000mpMk5, FT-2000, Ant: 40m loop, WOR iog via DXLD)

[and non]. On 5960 kHz channel terrible 124 Hertz interference BUZZ
noted: ASCENSION ISL  5960 even, R Ndarason Int. S=7-8 at 0626 UT,
and co-channel signal on odd fq of
5959.876 kHz Radio Kuwait in Arabic HQ.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang
Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 6, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

15110 DRM, Sulabiyah, 250 kW/310 deg, Radio Kuwait, Nov 8, 1325 - In my never ending search for DRM signals, I found Kuwait today. Too weak to decode, besides the caption: 'Radio Kuwait'. Off a few minutes later (Walt Salmaniw, Listening Waters DXpedition, Murray Harbour North, PEI, 3–10 Nov 2018, WOR iog via DXLD)

Reception of MOI Radio Kuwait General Service, Nov.9:
0200-0635 on  5959.8 KBD 250 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic, fair
0500-0900 on 15515.1 KBD 250 kW / 059 deg to EaAs Arabic, good
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/11/reception-of-moi-radio-kuwait-general.html

MOI Radio Kuwait in Farsi on unscheduled 15530v kHz on Nov.9
0800-0810 on 15529.8 KBD 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Persian, very good
0800-1000 on  7249.8 KBD 250 kW / non-dir to WeAs Persian, fair/good
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/11/moi-radio-kuwait-in-farsi-on.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, Nov. 8-9, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

4010.177, KGZ, Birinchi Radio Krasnaya Rechka Bishkek 1758-1800 UT, S=9+5dB, und auch Sendeschluss des TWR Afghan Evangelen Ablegers Afghan Pashto religious program "Radio Sedaye Zindagi" via Bishkek site. 5129.95 kHz auch S=9+5dB, alles in Athen gehoert, vor 1800 UT Nov 6.

report to:  <public -at- ktrk.kg>      or
            <ktrksite -at- gmail.com>  or
            <office-rrtc -at- ktrk.kg>

Answer received from:

Ms. Cholpon Temirbekova
International Relations and Protocol Department Officer
Public Broadcasting Corporation of the Kyrgyz Republic
59, Jash Gvardiya boulevard
720010 Bishkek
Kyrgyz Republic  

Mobile: +996706030794  Office: +996312655662
<montecristoyanni -at- gmail.com>  <www.ktrk.kg>

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb  df5sx, wwdxc
BC-DX TopNews Nov 6)(BC-DX Nov 10 via DXLD)

Viešintos 1386 kHz 75 kW  B18, UTC
1630-1700 Radio Poland, Polish
1700-1730 Radio Poland, Russian
1730-1800 NHK World Japan, Russian
1800-1900 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Russian
1900-1930 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Belarusian
1930-0300 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Russian
0300-0330 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Belarusian
0330-0400 NHK World Japan, Russian
0400-0500 Radio Poland, Belarusian
(Rimantas Pleikys, Lithuania. ???????? ??????? ???????, ?????? / [via
Dmitriy Kutuzov, Ryazan`], “deneb-radio-dx")(Rus DX 11 Nov via DXLD)

1800-1900 11885 / 355 deg EaEu Russian tx#2 KNLS, New Life Stn ex 9570
1800-1900 13670 / 310 deg WeAf English tx#3 African Pathways R ex17640
1900-2000  9690 / 355 deg EaEu Russian tx#3 KNLS, New Life Stn ex 9810
1900-2000 11965 / 355 deg N/ME Arabic  tx#2 Radio Feda, ex 11945
2000-2100 11965 / 295 deg CeAf English tx#3 African Pathways R ex17640
2000-2100 13710 / 355 deg N/ME Arabic  tx#2 Radio Feda, ex 11945
2100-2200 11965 / 265 deg SoAm Portug. tx#3 La Voz Alegre new language
2200-2300 11965 / 055 deg EaAs Chinese tx#3 The Light of Life, ex 9490
0200-0300 15510 / 040 deg SoAs English tx#3 African Pathways R ex 9600
0300-0400  6180 / 265 deg SoAm Spanish tx#2 La Voz Alegre, ex 7330
0300-0400 15510 / 040 deg SoAs English tx#3 African Pathways R ex15560
??????????? ?? Observer ? 10:35 AM (via DXLD)

11965, Nov 7 at 2050, APR on MWV already signing off with English schedule, and today`s outro song, ``A Place For Us``. Usual good signal all the way from Mahajanga.

11610, Nov 10 at 2237, S9+10/20/30 in Arabic, mentioning ``Greenwich`` several times, evidently reciting its schedule or quoting reports? And contact via radiofeda.com. MWV bigsig good for music when they get to it.

11965, Nov 10 at 2240, Chinese here which must also be MWV, S9+10/20. Now running 11965 four hours straight, 19-23 in Arabic, English, Portuguese, Chinese, each on different beam, the lastter toward Asia, not Europe (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

11885, World Christian Broadcasting (KNLS) at 1759 in Russian with IS to 1800 and a man with opening announcements and western pop vocals and a woman with brief talk at 1804 and a music bridge based on their IS and back to the woman with talk – Poor to Fair with fading Nov 10 – Once again, the way to heaven is through western pop vocals, or so it seems (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, odxa iog via DXLD)

XELBC = 2.5 kW Loreto BCS. Loreto is about halfway down the BCS portion of the peninsula (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Or XESOS, I am advised. Is he on this list? Best regards, (Mauno Ritola, WRTH, WOR iog via DXLD)

Yes, he is. XESOS = Agua Prieta, Sonora, next to Douglas AZ, not in WRTH 2018 either (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Deadline nigh for WRTH 2019!

Thank you. XESOS was supposed to stop, maybe it will happen soon. But no one else that I have asked is hearing XHEBC [sic] (Mauno, ibid.)

``6185, Radio Educación, Ciudad de México, 0447-0619*, 06-11, Spanish and Portuguese songs, at 0600 anthem, ID “1060 AM, medio siglo de acompañar la transformación social, política y cultural de México, 100.000 watts de potencia, desde la Ciudad de México, Radio Educación, una emisora del Servicio Nacional de Comunicación Cultural, crea, colabora, comparte”, classic music, at 0607 Radio France International news in Spanish, “Las noticias de Radio Francia Internacional”, at 0619 close. At first 35433 and later 25422`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1956, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

1060, XEEP Radio Educación, México DF, 1103 November 5, 2018. Muddy Waters set with "Too Young To Know," "Mean Old Frisco Blues," and "Champagne & Reefer" then female XEEP and slogan ID, 100,000 watts power, into sets by Nat King Cole then Frank Sinatra with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. Parallel weak 6185 kHz (Terry Krueger, Clearwater FL, WORLD OF RADIO 1956, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

6185, Nov 9 at 0056, absolutely no signal from XEPPM, as it is getting quite sporadic. Yet Terry Krueger in Florida was hearing a weak 6185 Nov 5 at 1103 // MW 1060. ~1100 is a very strange time for it to be on; beware of North Korea on 6185, but which is in French at 11-12 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1956, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

La directora del organismo ciudadano, Emma Torres, manifestó que las transmisiones de la estación radial tendrán cobertura en el condado de Yuma, Arizona; valle de Imperial, California; San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora y en el valle rural de Mexicali, Baja California. En entrevista con medios, dijo que están muy emocionados por lo que serán las primeras emisiones de Radio Sin Fronteras, dedicadas a educar a la comunidad de ambos lados del límite internacional.

Expresó que además de la música, la principal meta de esta organización sin fines de lucro, es fomentar la educación e información de los residentes en temas como salud, servicios médicos, educación y cultura, entre otros. Adelantó que la estación trasmitirá de manera bilingüe durante las 24 horas, con una potencia de 25 kilowatts de frecuencia modulada (FM) en el cuadrante 99.9, al indicar que las transmisiones iniciarán el 29 de octubre para las pruebas técnicas, pero la inauguración oficial será en noviembre. Ver más en:
https://www.20minutos.com.mx/noticia/433215/0/anuncian-apertura-de-radiobinacional-en-frontera-sonora-arizona/#xtor=AD-1&xts=513356 (via Conexion Digital 11 nov via DXLD)

Evidently this is a single station on the Mexican side, typical XH 25 kW power (ERP?), but a bit more info would be helpful! WTFDA FM Database has no BCN on 99.9, and only some other Sonoran, an Exa-FM way over in Agua Prieta. Wait: I keep looking in California: no 99.9 near the Frontera; but AZ has this in a Yuma suburb, must be the one: KYMZ 99.9 SOMERTON AZ USA 25.0 25.0 56.0 32-38-31 114-33-34 VARIETY (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTEING DIGEST)

Acompañado del artista visual y plástico Sebastián Zapata, el también locutor ofreció una conferencia en la Facultad de Arquitectura y Diseño de la UAEM, en el marco del programa de actividades académicas y culturales conmemorativas al 11 aniversario de Uni Radio 99.7.

Ante estudiantes de diversas facultades, ambos, compartieron el proceso de creación del radio cómic y cómo generaron un producto que acerca la ciencia a un público infantil y adolescente, a partir de la fusión de la radio con las artes visuales y el diseño gráfico. “Las radiodifusoras universitarias son muy importantes, debido a que hacen posible que trabajos como el nuestro lleguen a más personas. Necesitamos más espacios similares, que permitan acercar temas científicos a la población”.

Ante la directora de la Facultad de Arquitectura y Diseño, Martha Patricia Zarza Delgado, y el director de Uni Radio, Marinho Aguilar Albarrán, Sebastián Zapata compartió con los asistentes el proceso creativo que conlleva generar un radio cómic a partir de un contenido científico.

Crónicas del Dr. Manuel Buhardilla es un proyecto de comunicación de la ciencia a través de cápsulas radiofónicas ilustradas, también conocidas como radio cómic en el género de radio drama o radio serie. Actualmente, está financiado por el Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACyT). (Al Momento.mx)

Más:
El pàsado 23 de octubre se inauguró el Museo de la Radio, en la
estación del Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC) Parque de los
Venados de la Línea 12.  

Jorge Jiménez Alcaraz, director general del Sistema de Transporte Colectivo, Metro dijo que es un espacio público incluyente con tecnología y arte para los miles de personas que utilizan esta estación diariamente.

La radio en nuestro país ha ido a la par de los avances tecnológicos que se han dado a nivel mundial, siempre ha contribuido a la integración nacional, a fortalecer nuestra identidad y ha sido parte sustancial de la integración de nuestra sociedad, es el medio de comunicación que siempre nos acompaña en cualquier momento en cualquier hora, por eso la sentimos tan nuestra”, indicó Jiménez Alcaraz.

Juan Carlos Celayeta, presidente de la Asociación de Radiodifusores del Valle de México, señaló que el Museo de la Radio, es un espacio para la difusión, promoción de las estaciones en la Ciudad.

Es un sitio público intervenido con tecnología y mobiliario, que te hará recordar, reconocer, emocionarte, un lugar donde podrás ver y escuchar la historia de un medio tan fascinante como es la radio”, aseguró el presidente de la Asociación de Radiodifusores del Valle de México.

Hay paneles que muestran la historia de la radio en México, en que cada estación radiofónica nos traslada a un recuerdo, el lazo estrecho, inquebrantable entre la Radio y quienes la escuchamos.

El Museo de la Radio se presenta en dos pabellones, que ofrecen información interesante, sobre la radio en tres formatos: formato gráfico, audio y audiovisual, además cuenta con una cabina de transmisión que funciona en vivo.

El Museo de la Radio en el STC, es el esfuerzo de los grupos radiofónicos de la Ciudad de México para llevar a los usuarios del Metro el mayor agradecimiento a su preferencia por casi un siglo del medio de comunicación más cercano con la población. Así, la Radio ha sido testigo fiel de la historia y espejo fiel para que cada escucha pudiera estar ahí y enterarse sin tener la vista fija.

Actualmente, en el Valle de México hay 36 estaciones de radio de Frecuencia Modulada, FM, y 35 en Amplitud Modulada, AM, asociadas en 12 grupos radiofónicos --- https://www.excelsior.com.mx (via Conexion Digital 11 nov via DXLD)

Responding to pressure and interest, the IFT put up the documents and material related to the October 31 Pleno meeting with all those concession renewals. In fact, it also revealed there was another meeting between the 17th and the 31st by numbering (this is the 32nd Ordinary Meeting, the last available was the 30th Ordinary), but we don't have it yet.

There were many, many concessions renewed, too. The total is 411 stations (of 450), which break down like this.

7 Multimedios stations in Multimedios Televisión and Televisión
Digital (evidently excluding XHAW)  

    Televisa:
    126 Televimex stations (125 Las Estrellas + XHTV in another auth)
    63 Radio Televisión
    17 Teleimagen del Noroeste
    17 Televisora de Occidente
    XHBF (Televisora de Navojoa), XHTP (Televisora Peninsular)  

    TV Azteca:
    178 Televisión Azteca stations (excluding XHCH in Chihuahua)
    XHTVM (Televisora del Valle de México)  

The prices break down as follows (in pesos):  

    Multimedios: $105,789,716 + $102,101,582 = $207,891,298 (US$10.52
million)  

    Televisa: $1,711,875,369 + $1,628,519,340 + $969,237,308 +
$880,336,273 = $5,189,968,390 (national concessionaires, in order
2/5/9/regional) + $440,368,533 (XHTV) + $3,537,697 (XHBF) +
$32,774,988 (XHTP) = $5,666,649,608 (US$286.7 million)  

    TV Azteca: $1,728,965,416 (Azteca Uno) + $1,713,312,497 (Azteca 7)
+ $438,533,953 = $3,880,811,866 (US$196.4 million)  

These are all 20-year renewals but these payments must be made in a lump sum. Per year of renewal, Multimedios will pay about US$526,000, Televisa US$14.335 million, and TV Azteca about $9.82 million.

39 renewals remain to be made, mostly of Televisa local partners (current and former), a few independents like XHIJ and XHILA, and XEIMT.

Aside from a reorganization of the shares in XHZM-FM and an expected delay in the Canal 16 multiprogramming plan in Chihuahua, the IFT did not take on any other noteworthy broadcasting matters in this meeting, but this is plenty.

Update: The IFT has put out a press release, and they also mention that more renewals of radio and TV stations will be approved soon. (Raymie Humbert, Phœnix AZ, Nov 6, WTFDA Forum via DXLD)

It's happening November 11 at noon. Radio Educación goes FM — and not just on test — this Sunday.
https://twitter.com/RadioEducacion/status/1060219488094900224 The first program on FM will be a live concert from the National Symphonic Orchestra.

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Meanwhile, a pirate radio station in Paraíso, Tabasco, is coming under some scrutiny after it not only received a municipal advertising contract but dismissed two journalists who were critical of the municipal government.
https://www.sinreservas.mx/paga-alcaldia-de-paraiso-radio-patito-y-corren-a-conductores-por-hablar-mal-de-la-administracion/?fbclid=IwAR1f9XXxukUHv_ANebHvJWcwBy_8zeAkFf-ZV-dPNbjWpKI_GYORJQSPPls

"La Radio del Sureste Mexicano" transmits on 103.9 MHz and is owned by two municipal employees, Enrique Gutiérrez and Edi Olivé López. They canceled the program "Cangrejeando la Noticia", saying that in order to secure the advertising, the municipality, headed by Antonio Alejandro Almeida, asked them to remove the show from their air.

As municipal employees, according to the state Law of Responsibilities of Public Servants, Gutiérrez and Olivé López should be barred from making any sort of contract with the municipal government.

That's not the only recent curiosity involving advertising in Tabasco, either.

XHLI-FM/Tab. is so upset with not being paid by the state government that yesterday it began airing a notice asking outgoing Governor Arturo Núñez Jiménez to pay them, saying "Governor, the work you asked for should be paid for".
https://twitter.com/Joseraul_reyes/status/1059974328803094528 Last edited by Raymie; 11-07-2018 at 05:09 PM (Raymie, Nov 7, ibid.)

Who's Left? 39 Station Renewals Remain from the Class of 2021

With the IFT's action last week, 411 commercial television stations had their concessions renewed for 20 years. This leaves 39 commercial stations that will need renewals in the near future.

Independent Stations

Of those 39, eight stations are essentially independents. I've counted XHTRES as an independent in the pre-IFT-1 context.

These stations are XHILA, XHAS, XHDTV, XHIJ, XHPNW, XHTRES, XHNSS, and XHRIO.

Canal 22

XEIMT-TDT has a commercial concession, a legacy of the fact it almost was privatized as part of the sale of Imevisión. (It was rescued from that fate by a cultural lobbying campaign.) It, too, has a 2021 concession expiration date.

Televisa Local Partners (Current and Former)

28 of the 39 are local TV stations historically associated with Televisa but not owned by the company. Some still are. Others, including the four Telsusa stations, not so much. Some of the "local" stations actually provide network service, like XHTX and XHLL.

XHCH and XHAW

Televisión Azteca asked the IFT to exclude XHCH from the network renewals. In Chihuahua, TV Azteca has always owned three stations because Imevisión did. Leaving the concession alone may just be a formality, or it could keep the door open to a sale or other spinoff (though Azteca has not done that despite being in existence 25 years).

XHSAW was renewed, but not XHAW (yet). (Raymie, Nov 7, ibid.)

I want to circle back to something I mentioned in recapping the October 31 meeting: the approval by the IFT of an extension to get Canal 16 Chihuahua on the state's two operating Imagen TV transmitters.

This is not big news, and I want to point out why. There are two factors at the state level that are causing headwinds for Canal 16 — and that prompted reporting back in August that an extension would be requested.
https://www.eldiariodechihuahua.mx/Estado/2018/08/11/hasta-nuevo-aviso-canal-16-estatal-/

The state government said "the conditions do not exist for now to launch this service", and Antonio Pinedo, who heads up the state's PR apparatus, said there was no money for it to launch this year. In fact, the initial launch budget has already been slashed from 80 million pesos to 50 million.

The reason the money hasn't come yet is because other matters, like health and education budgeting, became more important. Additionally, as with all social communication activities nationwide, the austerity from the federal government, new legislation and a desire to significantly slash this discretionary purse could serve as problems going forward (though Chihuahua badly needs public media).

The second article actually prompted me to dig up a transparency request that included the proposed schedule for Canal 16. It's heavily reliant on programs supplied by Canal Once and Canal 22. A few local programs, including news, a tourism show, a program on indigenous people, a cooking show and some others, would also be on the schedule.

Canal 16 won't be on the air for a while — certainly not in 2018 (Raymie, Nov 9, ibid.)

Social Wolf, Social Frequencies — Part II

In late May, I published a piece on the new social station owner Frecuencias Sociales, A.C. (XHPVT, XHTOJ, XHTUJ in Jalisco).
http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?9113-OPMA-is-changing&p=45981#post45981

I reported that Frecuencias Sociales was associated with José Antonio Aguilar Arellano, who owns commercial radio stations in Texas including joint ownership of a few with Elías Navarro of GlobalMedia. GlobalMedia, too, had a curiosity, an announced Texas station project and a San Antonio rimshot translator (K229BJ) owned by a "GlobalMedia Network" whose director, Christian Wertz, appeared to also be from the world of Mexican broadcasting.

Well, I found the missing link. Or a couple. I went looking for more information on Christian Wertz in particular and came across some references to a company called "Wertz Bush Radiodifusores, S.A. de C.V.", which apparently conducted activities in Tepic (where Wertz once ran XETNC Radio Aztlán in Tepic). Bush had to be another name. I went back to the Frecuencias Sociales application and found him: Ing. Jaime Bush Medina.

Not only did I find him, I found the company that ties Wertz, Arellano and Bush (and K229BJ) all together: Partes y Servicios para Radiodifusión. http://www.psradio.mx/

This Zapopan, Jalisco-based company provides engineering services and equipment to radio stations in Mexico (and it's mentioned in the Frecuencias Sociales filing) and the US. And they're all part of it, together with A. Jaime Bush Ponce (apparently Jaime Bush Medina's father), Héctor García and Ing. Guillermo Corvera Caraza.

Corvera Caraza used to work for the SCT when it handled broadcasting. Today, he's involved in some other things; notably, he's the listed ombudsman for the Media Group stations.

García appears to also do engineering work. He appears as the engineer on some documents related to engineering applications filed by Texas stations owned by Protelse, which is in turn owned by Abraham Farid Karam. Protelse lists the same San Antonio address as GlobalMedia Network.

GlobalMedia is also a client of Frecuencias Sociales, according to their website, along with MVS, Capital Media, Promomedios, Multimedios, ACIR, Radiorama, Imagen, MegaRadio, Grupo Radio Korita, and XHZAM-FM Mazamitla, Jalisco.

The question now might well be...is this wolf hiding another, larger broadcaster?

———

In smaller news, thanks to more IFT commissioners writing their votes in advance, we have a new callsign to break.

It's for the new FM for the Universidad Tecnológica de la Región Norte de Guerrero at Iguala. Unfortunately, they don't get their old callsign or frequency back. They'll instead be on 103.3 FM in what appears to be a new templated callsign series as XHCPAF-FM. (I believe CP means Concesión Pública.) This callsign series appears to be, like the PE, SC and SI series, sequentially assigning the last two letters based on application or some other criterion (Raymie, Nov 9, ibid.)

Speaking of SC series, one of the nation's newest community radio awards trumpeted its existence today at a press conference.

Grupo Radioasta, A.C., which will go on the air on 107.9 MHz in Ensenada, Baja California, explained that it intends to begin test transmissions sometime in the second half of 2019. They are also seeking to co-locate their equipment with a university.
https://www.elvigia.net/general/2018/11/10/otorgan-concesion-grupo-radioasta-316026.html?fbclid=IwAR2bcA5n-vKIfUQCRTnUEzIj62zwjnl8jXwtJIpL8dmtcKNsIMBgwAhlbco#&gid=1&pid=1 (Raymie, Nov 10, ibid.)

At least three of the four commercial radio stations in Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche, will go off the air for an hour on Tuesday in a coordinated protest against rising electricity rates going far beyond local radio.

Citing "disproportionate and out of control increases"
https://www.facebook.com/LaMejorCarmen1005/photos/a.314238178755898/1014962818683427/?type=3&theater in electrical rates set by the CFE and the Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE), XHIT, XHBCC and XHMAB will all spend the 7pm hour off the air in an action helmed by the local STIRTT chapter. They are being joined by businesses across the Yucatán Peninsula and supported by Governor Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas.
https://www.facebook.com/AlejandroMC/videos/2387631794643387/?__tn__=-R XHCMN is a STIRTT member, so they are likely to join but I have not seen references to them yet.

CFE rate hikes have been news in the southeast in recent months. In Quintana Roo, rates have doubled in the last year,
https://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/en-quintana-roo-se-unen-contra-cfe-por-aumento-del-100-a-tarifas/1277555 and there are more than 400 complaints by businesses in that state alone. Business organizations have banded together; in a letter sent in October,
https://www.lajornadamaya.mx/2018-10-16/Exige-Iniciativa-Privada-a-CFE-revertir-aumento-de-tarifas-en-Yucatan 31 business groups from Campeche, Yucatán and Quintana Roo have demanded the rollback of rate hikes and more equitable rates nationwide.

Speaking of Ciudad del Carmen, there will soon finally be an IFT-4 station on the air in Campeche. XHPCAR-FM 95.5
http://www.sensorinformativo.com/noticia/muy-pronto-kiss-fm-955-en-ciudad-del-carmen/ is Grupo SIPSE's westernmost radio station and will be, as might have been predictable, Kiss FM. In an item dated October 23, Kiss FM announced its forthcoming debut and said it was 90 percent complete with construction. The station will take the Campeche version of Kiss FM in regard to format, and it will also broadcast the Panorama Informativo national news from Grupo ACIR. It's worth noting XHPCAR is not in the CPCREL system. Campeche has been an IFT-4 laggard; it has eight FMs from the auction but none of them are on yet (Raymie, Nov 12, ibid.)

The 2019 PABF landed in this morning's Diario Oficial de la Federación. It was approved by the IFT in that missing Pleno meeting on October 22.
http://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5543543&fecha=12/11/2018

TDT

Commercial - No stations

Social - 4 stations (2 U and 2 V), in Tecario Mich., Agua Prieta and Puerto Peñasco Son., and Choapas I Ver.

Public - 7 stations, including one UHF in each major population center in Sinaloa and a VHF for Guadalajara. There are two low-Vs, which are Jocotitlán/Toluca Mex. and Moroleón Gto.

FM

Commercial - 39 stations though only two B1s, at Santa Rosalía BCS and Puerto Escondido Oax.

Social - 21 stations

Public - 7 stations. Notably, five of the seven are likely CDI bait. The others are an AA at San Francisco de Campeche, Camp. and an A in Acapulco. Four of the five CDI bait allocations were in localities where public applications from the Federal Executive displaced other applicants.

AM

Commercial - a B in Apatzingan and a C in Izúcar de Matamoros, Pue.

Social - three stations, in Zinapécuaro Mich., Los Reyes de Juárez Pue., and Las Choapas Ver.

More Stations Coming

Notably, 7 FM and 11 TDT applications will not appear in the first round of the PABF but may appear in the second round of the PABF, likely to be published in February or March of next year. These are FCC international coordination cases.

On FM, these are Granjas el Venado Chih., San José (el Cibolo) Coah., and Bacerac (2), Hermosillo, and San Javier (2) in Sonora. The two (2) towns have social and public applications.

The 11 TDTs break down as follows: Nogales Son. (public); Castaños, Cuatro Ciénegas, Frontera, Monclova and San Buenaventura Coah. (all commercial); Monterrey (public), Cd. Apodaca and El Carmen (both social) in Nuevo León; and public and commercial applications for Reynosa, Tamaulipas.

The IFT has announced that the auction for the 39 commercial FMs would be held in the second half of 2019 (Raymie, Nov 12, ibid.)

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[same] 1021 7/10 in. English. Just there. Recognisable at times. Patriotic songs (Bob Emanuel, Blackheath, NSW (Icom R8500, Sony AN1 Active antenna), Nov Australian DX News via DXLD)

5985, Myanmar Radio, 1550-1554, Nov 7. The Wednesday only "VOA Special English" program; today with "Refugee Artists Seek to Give Back to Community"; program transcript at http://goo.gl/QsFrfJ along with video and audio streaming; fair and very readable (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD)

*Date: November 4, 2018 (Sunday)*
*Received at: Chennai (Madras), India*
*Receiver: Tecsun PL660*
*Antenna: Inbuilt Telescopic*  

*Station: Thazin Radio Paoh Service*
*Frequency: 9590 Khz*
*Time: 0740 UT*  

When I tuned into Thazin Radio by 0740 I heard a song being played but there was lot of noise in the transmission and the noise did not get reduced as the broadcast continued. I have attached the recording of the log. --- Regards (N. Arun Kumar, DX Listener, Chennai, India, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)

So KBC relay quickly moved to 11600, instead of Brother Scare (gh)

5960, GERMANY, Nauen, 125 kW, 300 deg, The Mighty KBC, Nov 4, 0000 - Nice to hear them like the old days. Very powerful signal with start right at 00:00 after transmitter came on just after 23:59. Still the same format as always. Amazing signal into PEI (Walt Salmaniw, Listening Waters DXpedition, Murray Harbour North, PEI, 3–10 Nov 2018, WOR iog via DXLD)

Bulgaria/Netherlands: Reply to a reception report (Sa 1300-1400, 9400 kHz followed by radiogram)

"Hi Hansjörg, Thank you sir, it's much appreciated. It's always great to read how real reception was going. This Saturday we are on 11600 kHz from Bulgaria between 1300-1400 UT. Have a great week. Met vriendelijke groet, Eric van Willegen, KBC Radio, Argonstraat 6, 6718 WT Ede, Tel. (+31) 0318 552491" (Dr Hansjoerg Biener, 7 November 2018, WORLD OF RADIO 1956, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

SECRETLAND, Frequency change of The Mighty KBC Radio via SPL
Secretbrod, Nov.10
1300-1400 NF 11600 SCB 100 kW / 306 deg to WeEu English Sat, ex 9400
to avoid FEBC Ch

https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/11/frequency-change-of-mighty-kbc-radio.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, Nov. 9-10, DX LISTENING DIGEST)  

[and non] 9690. Nov 10, 2018. 2001-2010, Voice of Nigeria, Abuja, em Hauçá. IS e locução masculina; Locutora fala, ID e Noticias, presumivelmente. VON com recepção satisfatória e, ao fundo, ouve-se uma leve modulação da REE na mesma frequência, 44433 (José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX) - PR7036SWL, Cabedelo-PB, Brasil, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

9689.9, Nov 11 at 2052, VON is back on here causing LAH to SPAIN 9690.0, unlike hetlessness yesterday, until VON goes off at 2101:45* clearing REE for its silly ballgame coverage (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

11580, Nov 6 at 1408, Radio Nigeria, Kaduna, via WRMI back to northern Nigeria, yet hefty S9+10 in reverse to OK; is playing some really wild rustic music, great fun to listen to; but at 1450-1457+ recheck it`s crapped out to dead air, WRMI doing nothing about it. This has happened before, or defaulting to fill music, Oldies, or other programming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

7235, FRANCE, Radio Nigeria Kaduna at 2146 // 11580 (via WRMI) in Hausa with a telephone interview between two men – Poor to Fair with deep fading Nov 7 (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA iog via DXLD)

11580, Nov 8 at 2042, no signal from R. Nigeria, Kaduna, via WRMI, scheduled 2000-2300. Ivo Ivanov, back after more than a month of silence, points out that besides WRMI relays, RN,K is also scheduled via ISSoudun, France: 05-07 7335, 07-09 13840, 11-15 17690, 20-23 7235 (-21 CCI with Romania). These cover same timespans as RMI 11580, also 05-09 & 11-15 [WORLD OF RADIO 1956]

7335, Nov 9 at 0552 check, guess what: JBA carrier under heavy pulse jamming by CUBA against an ex-Radio Martí frequency. Something`s always wrong.

Kai Ludwig replies to the WOR iog: ``So who is the financier of these Issoudun transmissions? FRCN Kaduna itself is so short of money that they can hardly operate their own Jaji transmitters anymore (so it was probably not even an equipment failure that silenced 6090 kHz again earlier this year):
https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/fgs-information-agencies-groan-under-poor-funding.html Kai``. Viz.:

``FRCN Kaduna, which was hitherto a leading source of information to many Hausa speakers in Nigeria and neighbouring countries, is now a shadow of itself. The Radio Kaduna, as popularly called, does not operate full hours because it cannot afford diesel to run its transmitter in Jaji. “Whenever our transmitter in Jaji is off because of power supply, the radio station goes off air. The transmitter guzzles diesel that the station’s meagre resources can’t afford,” a senior staff of the station said`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1956, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

11580, Nov 9 at 1340, WRMI missing again, no Radio Nigeria, Kaduna relay, instead FEBA Radio India via GUAM, q.v. Guess what, the latest WRMI skedgrid checked Nov 9 at 1657 shows that Jeff White and sidekix Anonymous Axolotl (? vanished before I could copy spelling) and Anonymous Quagga have removed RN,K completely from the sked leaving 11580 blank 24 hours to Africa.

Reactivated Ivo had uncovered more relays of this via ISSoudun, France, including 17690 at 11-15 UT, but nothing audible there at 1415; Europe surely propagating poorly anyway, tho the Saudi trio 17895/17705/17615- are detectable. However, Wolfgang Bueschel was hearing RN,K via ISS Nov 9 at 0555 on 7335, while overrun Cuban jamming blox it here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

17690 just came on air, crash-starting at 1100 into music, followed by a clear TOH announcement for Hausa radio from Radio Nigeria Kaduna. (Kai Ludwig, Nov 10, Wor iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Re Radio Kaduna Nigeria relays managed by Jeff White
via WRMI Frequency Management Organization,
as HFCC table requested #s 16009, 16011, 16012, and 16096.
Requests show these details: via TDF Issoudun broadcast center  

7335 05-07 13840 07-09 17690 11-15 7235 20-23

Both 7 MHz outlets via ALLISS antenna type #216, like 4 'number of rows spaced half a wavelength apart one above the other'

13 and 17 MHz outlets on daytime coverage path via ALLISS antenna type #227 instead on 6 'number of rows spaced half a wavelength apart one above the other'

Power is always lowered from original 500, - to 150 kW only.

Also this service via WRMI Okeechobee, Florida site
on 11580 kHz at 05-09, 11-15, 20-23 UT.
- - -
Signal on 17690 ISS at 1244 UT Nov 10:
S=9+10dB in U.K. and Sweden, but back-sidelobe rest of the long range
signal poor S=4-5 in Germany, Austria, Hungary, Finland and Moscow
Russia remote SDR's. 73 wb (Wolfgang Bueschel, DX LISTENING DIGST)  

7335even, F__, Radio Nigeria Kaduna Hausa language sce via TDF Issoudun. S=9 at 0555 UT. Male voice program, but hefty suffered by powerful splatter of near-by BBCWS Woofferton UK signal on 7345even, latter S=9+20dB strength.

Re R Kaduna Nigeria relay via TDF Issoudun, my strong feeling is, paid for by EU Brussels budget or even by France/Germany's secret services to strengthen the Muslim government there.

Similar help by French government goes to TDA Algiers Arabic language program on shortwave 49, 41, and 31 mb. Covers Sahel Sahara zone with the Algiers program to the locals to stabilize the authority governments there - since a decade or much longer. 73 wb (Wolfgang Bueschel, short morning log Nov 9th, in Germany, Belgium and Doha Qatar remotes, [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz], wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

17690, FRANCE, Radio Nigeria Kaduna at 1318 in Hausa with a man with spirited talk – Fair in peaks with fading Nov 10 (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, odxa iog via DXLD)

Kaduna Nigeria program relay on TDF Issoudun, 17690even S=7 strength
on sidelobe of the 170degr antenna. 11-15 UT RMI FMO requested, only
lowered 150 kW outlet, but 6 row curtain #227 in use [selected SDR
options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb  df5sx, heard in US and
Alberta, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST) time heard?

7315even, D__, Dandal Kura International, 'Salam' mentioned in 'Kan' language. MBR Nauen Germany relay site. S=9+20dB powerhouse at 0554 UT.73 wb (Wolfgang Bueschel, short morning log Nov 9th, in Germany, Belgium and Doha Qatar remotes, [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz], wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Norfolk Island --- Following the sacking of some of the volunteer announcers at VL2NI, the people involved have set up a community radio station themselves: Pines FM 99.9 http://www.facebook.com/NIcommunityradio/ or by email Pinefm999@outlook.com or phone 22899
http://www.norfolkonlinenews.com/norfolk-island-free-news/pines-fm-99-9-community-radiostation (Paul Rawdon via dxdialog, Nov NZ DX Times via DXLD)

This:
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/nkmilitaryrfa-11072018152331.html

just prompted me to check in particular the frequencies for RFA Korean: Here in Europe no trace of any carriers on 5885, 9590 and 9985. Which still not means that they are completely off air, still having mediumwave (now the FEBC HLKX transmitter in Seoul/Incheon area), in 2017 described as their most important frequency (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Nov 11, WOR iog via DXLD)

There is always a VOA/RFA difference between IBB data to the public,

2030 UT, VOA Korean purged the HFCC requested Tinian site 9800 kHz, but brought instead 9800 even fq under Tinang The Philippines relay site use. S=7 signal not much strong in Seoul though.

7465even kHz S=9+35dB in Seoul SDR at 2045 UT on Nov 12. 9975.006 kHz
VOA Udorn Thani Thailand site S=9+40dB powerful in Seoul Korea.
- - -
But RFA Korean entries show still all 3 as Tinian relay site the
Mariana Island usage, - REALLY all OFF air now Nov 12.  

7485, NOT NOTHING, NIL at 2116 UT {but UZB Korean NKRR from Tashkent on 7495, S=9+25dB in Seoul remote SDR site.}

9860, NOT  NOTHING, NIL at 2114 UT
and 9985 kHz NOT NOTHING, NIL, empty at 2110 UT on Nov 12. Next door
9990.114 kHz at 2112 UT S=8-9 SOH Mandarin from Taiwan island. 73 wb

requested in B-18 season though, Korean
1000-1100 1566JEU
{1100 VoA Korean 1188SEO}
{1130 VoA Korean 1188SEO}
{1200 VoA Korean 1188SEO 5840TIN 9490PHT 11570PHT}
{1230 VoA Korean 1188SEO 5840TIN 9490PHT 11570PHT}
{1300 VoA Korean 1188SEO 5840TIN 9800PHT 11570PHT}
{1330 VoA Korean 1188SEO 5840TIN 9800PHT 11570PHT}
{1400 VoA Korean 1188SEO 5840TIN 9800PHT 11570SAI}
{1430 VoA Korean 1188SEO 5840TIN 9800PHT 11570SAI}
1500-1700 1188SEO 5885TIN 9590SAI 9985TIN
{1700 VoA Korean 1566JEU}
{1730 VoA Korean 1566JEU}
1700-1900 1188SEO 5885TIN 9985TIN
{1900 VoA Korean  7465PHT 9800TIN 9975UDO}
{1930 VoA Korean  7465PHT 9800TIN 9975UDO}
{2000 VoA Korean  7465PHT 9800TIN 9975UDO}
{2030 VoA Korean  7465PHT 9800TIN 9975UDO}
2100-2200 7485TIN 9860TIN 9985TIN
(Wolfgang Bueschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Oslo rumours: Radio 1 closure, staff cuts.

In recent months, the low listening figures for most of the national
commercial radio channels stay on. One of the two players hardest hit
Bauer Media with its eight DAB channels has a 9.7% national radio
market share versus the P4 seven channels total of 22.3%. Now rumours
reveal extensive staff cuts in Bauer's Norwegian operations and that
the Radio 1 channel with only a 0,3% market share will be shut down
after just one year of operation.  - Since 2017 Bauer and P4 no longer
broadcast on FM.

However, speculations about the cuts and closure of Radio 1 are rejected by Bauer Media's director Lasse Kokvik in Oslo. I can reject any speculation about this, he told Media24.no, whose sources however say that employees has been informed that they will face a difficult time.

Since been closing the national FM networks in 2017, Bauer and P4 only operates DAB-only terrestrial channels together with public broadcaster NRK. Besides the main channel Radio Norway (3.2%) and P4 (14.1%), there is not any national commercial DAB channel that has more than 2.3% market share. Radio 1 has a market share of 0.3%. (Listener figures by Kantar).

For the NRK it looks better. Public service channels have a total market share of 67.8% (almost on level with its Swedish equivalent SR on FM). NRK P1 is still the major channel with 39.1% and P1+ 12.5%. However, none of the NRK's other eight channels have a share of more than 4.7%.

In Sweden, where the main platform is FM, Bauer and P4 operates a total of ten channels on FM, while in Norway there are about 15 channels on DAB.

The expansion of FM frequency spectrum for commercial channels in Sweden has proved successful with increased listening. On the other hand, the Norwegian DAB initiative has suffered from problems in the form of irregular reception conditions and angry citizens who prefer to listen to the local radio on FM. In addition, only half the car park is equipped with DAB receivers.

Prior to the transition to DAB radio, Bauer (and SBS before) did not share the enthusiasm of competitor P4 over leaving the FM band. In other countries, Bauer's main platform is still FM, although it also broadcasts DAB, as in Denmark and Great Britain. In Finland and Sweden Bauer is on only FM.

Bauer Media in Norway belongs to the Bauer Media Group in Hamburg, Germany. The Group operates in 17 countries, and the majority shareholder is Mrs Yvonne Bauer. P4 belongs to Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT) - formerly MTG - and is part of the Swedish Kinnevik Group.

https://digitalradioinsider.blogspot.com/2018/11/dab-radio-setback-for-bauer-in-norway.html#more (via Mike Terry, Nov 11, wor iog via DXLD)

Hi Brad, I was surprised to find this info in FCC:

https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=k297bb&arn=&state=&city=&freq=0.0&fre2=107.9&serv=&vac=&facid=&asrn=&class=&list=0&NextTab=Results+to+Next+Page%2FTab&dist=&dlat2=&mlat2=&slat2=&NS=N&dlon2=&mlon2=&slon2=&EW=W&size=9

[translator claims to FCC that it is retransmitting KUCO 90.1]

which raises the questions:

1) Why does KUCO need a translator right there in Edmond?

2) Is it really relaying KUCO? Main channel, or??

3) What is Russell Ministries and how is it connected to KUCO, a secular institution?

4) If you are making translator arrangements, we still need one in Enid, where 90.1 is too weak for stereo on caradio, very subject to picket-fencing, and also on home receivers very subject to co-channel from Radio Kansas with a bit of tropo-weather. (But not on 107.3 with local 107.1)

5) And/or is there any chance of increasing power on 90.1 itself? Other OKC antenna farm stations are solid; and so is KOSU from its other slightly closer site. Could you go up to 100 kW ERP if affordable?

Anyhow, a constant listener despite the obstacles. Regards, (Glenn Hauser, Enid, to Brad Ferguson, GM of KUCO, via DXLD)

Hi Glenn, I have no idea who these people are. We have no translator in Edmond. We are planning to replace our old xmtr with a new one this spring (Brad to gh, via DXLD)

Brad, I hope the new transmitter will lead to stronger signal, maybe higher antenna too? I was wondering if there is any regulatory impediment to KUCO increasing or going to `full` power, such as protecting other co- or adjacent-channel stations.

Perhaps the K297BB people have some other plan but had to fill in the blank with some station to be relayed. I wonder if it`s on the air yet. Maybe you should tell them to put up or shut up -- remove KUCO if they have no intention of translating it. On the other hand, stations with extra HD channels may put one of those on a translator as main channel (Glenn to Brad, ibid.)

Thinking this through, Glenn, I believe this is the translator on our tower owned by Clear Channel but leased out to KLove radio (also one of our renters).

We've been sinking a lot of money into our infrastructure over the last three years with a new antenna and new aux antenna. The transmitter (water cooled) will be highly efficient and cost $300K. I'm pretty sure I have all the money (largely from grants) that I will need and the project will commence next spring. We have also purchased a new antenna for KBCW/McAlester [91.9 relay] so we can increase our power there. We were always hampered by Channel 6 in Tulsa, but that's no longer a problem as you know when the change in the TV spectrum (Brad to Glenn, ibid.)

https://www.stwnewspress.com/news/dirato-s-weekly-stillwater-jukebox-a-hidden-gem-for-past/article_a25b2c7d-7863-5629-837f-1d9391accd38.html

Chuck Berry’s guitar riffs hit the airwaves, the phone lines open, three overhead lights shine down on the microphone and Tom Dirato’s voice once again kicks off another edition of northern Oklahoma’s best retro radio program.

No, this isn’t the Dirato who talks about the Oklahoma State Cowboys or his beloved Coweta Tigers during the week. This Dirato is a different man on Sundays, one who hearkens back to the DJs of his youth such as Bruce “Cousin Brucie” Morrow and the “Morning Mayor” Herb Oscar Anderson. When he arrived in Oklahoma in the late 1970s, he saw his new home had the same icons in guys like Ronnie Kaye on KOMA.

Dirato has been hosting the “Stillwater Jukebox” on Triple Play Sports Radio every Sunday from 6-8 p.m. since August 2003 and only missed maybe three weeks out of almost 900 shows. Whereas sports was his bread and butter for many years and still is during the week – Sundays are reserved for his labor of love that is music.

“You don’t have to talk baskets and field goals and tackles here,” Dirato said. “I find that a lot of fun. Just talk music and have a good time, like old radio used to be.”

Dirato approached station owner Bill Coleman and the late longtime KRMG Tulsa radio icon Jerry Vaughn nearly 20 years ago and said he would like to get into the music side just for kicks. He never thought that after the first show – back in the old studio in a former Perry beauty salon – that he would be back the next week or let alone the next 16 years.

Now at the current Stillwater location on Seventh Street in downtown, Dirato can be seen – yes, seen as he likes to open up the blinds and entertain passersby as much as his listeners – still every Sunday at the same time.

Dirato prepares for the show throughout the week to fine-tune it as much as he possibly can. As a kid growing up in Northvale, New Jersey, he and his family had an old phonograph in the house and radio was a big part of his life. Stations like WABC and WINS in New York City were mainstays with a live host on no matter what time you called.

“There was always a radio in the background and it was our connection to the world,” Dirato said. “I do remember those days and wish we had those days really. It is one of those reasons I like this show because we have a little of that connection back. It is like it was. I try to make it like that without copying anybody.”

For two hours a week, Dirato likes to bring that era back and plays tunes from the 1950s on to even the 1980s, though the latter is a little more rare unless it is a theme night or by request as Dirato likes to stick to his roots.

It’s how it was when he started the show as he stuck mainly to the ‘50s and ‘60s with the former being something he said one doesn’t hear much of anymore and what makes his show unique. While he doesn’t have much big band music from the ’40s or rap of the ’90s – in between Dirato can pretty much find anything.

In a show the News Press was present for, the Jukebox was holding a “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame” night and there was a wide range of HOF members played from the Village People to Meatloaf and the Bee Gees down the line to Fleetwood Mac along with all those in between.

Dirato has a playsheet consisting of several pages of notebook paper stapled together chock full of blue ink with no spare real estate of white space left. In it are a variety of songs – once one is played, it is shelved for a couple of weeks unless it is requested, along with lengths and plenty of tidbits about the artist to help fill the airtime.

Filling the blank space has never been a problem for the septuagenarian, as the two hours fly by. One minute, he is coming on the air and welcoming listeners to another edition and the next, the highly popular hand-holder half hour is winding down to close out the show.

“It is such a fun two hours, it really is,” Dirato said. “I have never, in any of the years I have been doing it; I have never not looked forward to coming down here. That is a lot of shows.”

The show isn’t like any other around as Dirato isn’t just playing music for the two hours straight or taking up most of the time talking. He knows his audience and with the now five signals the station boasts, he understands his audience goes from border to border so there are a lot of drivers listening along.

He keeps it lively and personal, answering every phone call that comes in and getting every request that comes in on the radio whether it is that week or the next as long as he has the song. Usually it isn’t a problem as in the hand-holder half hour, he fulfilled requests for The Teddy Bears – the only band Phil Spector ever sang in – and Lobo – real name Roland LaVoie.

Out of the nearly 400 albums placed in a system along wall racks and his personal collection that only Dirato can navigate, rarely has there been a song he couldn’t find.

With the albums all from the original Perry studio, Dirato is familiar with what tracks each contains and he has a routine of loading and unloading the dual player while keeping the program on time that one is mesmerized watching him until the time has already wound down and a dozen empty disk cases lie beside the soundboard.

“People will call and say, ‘That’s not the Tom Dirato I know,’” he said. “That is what I aim to do. I am one doing sports, I was one working at the university and one on the Cowboy Radio Network. People who hear it for the first time say I don’t even sound the same. For two hours, I am not because I am a whole other persona. I don’t want this to be another sports show because it is not. If I create a little bit of a different energy and sound, I do it by design.”

A music aficionado, Dirato has a wide array of listeners from college students to senior citizens – experts to people who have to hum the tune because they don’t know the song or artist’s name. Since it is on a sports station, word of mouth has helped it grow and most of it comes from the host’s persona.

Although never a musician himself – he played the trumpet for about a year before deciding sports better suited him – Dirato gets what his listeners want. His favorite artist of all time? Little Richard, much to his parent’s chagrin as his mother was a Frank Sinatra and Jerry Vale fan. Favorite albums? Can’t go wrong with Neal Diamond or Johnny Rivers as well as a storyteller like Harry Chapin. Even those artists he is not a fan of, he will play with a smile on his face.

One such singer is Elvis Presley, who Dirato felt got it a little bit easier than the rest of his military counterparts and he just never liked the songs, but when someone wants to hear “Heartbreak Hotel,” you won’t hear a no from the DJ.

“Live radio is what it is all about and that is what drives me on this thing knowing that I am here and people know that I am here listening to them,” Dirato said. “I try to make it sound that way.”

Although he doesn’t have a vault full of 45s and 78s, he likes the theater of imagining he is like the radio idols of the 50’s. When he gets a pat on the back from Coleman, calls from as far as Fort Smith, Arkansas, or people dancing on the sidewalk next to the studio, Dirato has all the validation he needs.

As last Sunday’s show wound down with a hand-holder request from soft rock band Bread, Dirato started cleaning the discs before putting them back in the case and on the shelf. Despite another show being over, he was already looking forward to the next week and its theme of trivia night. While the past might be just that, for two hours every Sunday, he gets to live them for just a little bit longer and that’s all he can ask for.

“I am so happy people remember these songs because it is so easy to forget them,” Dirato said.

The “Stillwater Jukebox” can be heard every Sunday from 6-8 p.m. on Triple Play Sports Radio on signals 93.1 FM, 105.1 FM and 1020 AM in the Stillwater area along with 93.3 FM and 1580 AM in Ponca City (via DXLD) I ran across this deviation from sportstalk some months ago (gh)

0000-0200 on  9500 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu Arabic
0200-0300 on  9540 THU 100 kW / 220 deg to EaAf Arabic
0300-0400 on  9540 THU 100 kW / 220 deg to EaAf English
0400-1000 on 13600 THU 100 kW / 220 deg to EaAf Arabic
1400-1500 on 15140*THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu English
1500-1600 on 15140*THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu Arabic
1600-2200 on 15140*THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu Arabic
2200-2400 on 11650 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu Arabic
* till 2130UTC Radio Habana Cuba is on this frequency!
??????????? ?? Observer ? 10:54 AM (via WORLD OF RADIO 1956, DXLD)

Pakistan's top court has reinstated a ban on the broadcast of Indian TV content following a petition from local producers. Pakistan's Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar announced the verdict, overturning a lower court ruling last year that had lifted the 2016 ban on airing Indian content on TV or FM radio. The regulatory body for electronic media says the court's order was implemented immediately.

Earlier this year, India banned performances by Pakistani artists, and some Indian stations have stopped airing Pakistani content. Indian producers have called for a comprehensive ban on Pakistani content, and Hindu extremists have threatened to attack cinemas showing films featuring Pakistani artists (AP 28 October via Medium Wave News 64/06, November 2018 via DXLD)

4810, Radio Logos (Presumed), 1030, 11/8/18 sneaking through on the lowside of swishing ute QRM on 4810, both with familiar morning musica del OA campo selections. OM deejay on Tarma, a YL today on Logos (Ralphus Perry, Wheaton, Ill., Drake R8B, Dentron Super – Tuner, Ameco & Palomar Preamps, Wellbrook Loop, 350’ LA BOG, Delta Skyloop, NASWA Flashsheet Nov 11 via WORLD OF RADIO, DXLD)

I have heard 4810 carrier several times in early evening; this the first confirmatory report (gh, OK, DXLD)

Some stations that have been silent all this time are just filing their official notifications now.

580 WKAQ San Juan – applies to extend STA, U1 10000/4500.
940 WIPR San Juan – applies to extend STA, U1 2500/2500 from WKAQ-580
tower.
1230 WNIK Arecibo – applies to make its (shorter) STA tower permanent
after losing licensed tower to Hurricane Maria; will remain U1
1000/1000.
1330 WENA Yauco – applies to extend STA, U1 500/350, 185’ LW at
18'01'17/66'51'54.
1350 WEGA Vega Baja – applies to extend STA, U1 625/625.
1370 WIVV Vieques Island – silent September 20, 2017; on the air
August 14.
1370 WIVV Vieques Island – applies for license to cover CP, new tower
at 18'06'06/65'28'15.
1370 WIVV Vieques Island – CP for new tower at 18'06'06/65'28'15 is on
the air.
1430 WNEL Caguas – silent September 20, 2017; has been on the air
since February 13.
1430 WNEL Caguas – applies for STA, U1 2300/2300 into what’s left of
its post-Hurricane Maria tower.
1490 WDEP Ponce – granted STA extension, U1 1000/1000 from CP site.
1540 WIBS Guayama – silent September 20, 2017; has been on the air
since November 1, 2017 (NRC DX News 85/20) Slogan “Radio Caribe”
(IRCA’s DX Monitor 56/04)
1580 WVOZ Aguadilla – silent from Morovis site September 25, 2017; on
the air from CP site with STA September 6, 2018
1660 WGIT Canóvanas – granted STA, reduced power post-Maria (using U1
1000/1000). (NRC DX News 85/20 and 86/01 u.o.s. via Tore Larsson,
Central America News, Medium Wave News 64/06, November 2018 via DXLD)
See also VIRGIN ISLANDS US  

7350 DRM, Tsiganeshti, 90 or 300 kW/307 deg, Radio Romania International, Nov 5, 1819 - Almost perfect copy of English RRI programming, regarding radical and anti-Semitic parties from the early 1940s in Romania. Occasional dropouts. Nice as it's only 2:20 in the afternoon, and still 2 1/2 hours until LSS (Walt Salmaniw, Listening Waters DXpedition, Murray Harbour North, PEI, 3–10 Nov 2018, WOR iog via DXLD)

[and non]. 5980, Nov 9 at 0055, pulse jamming already over weak station, i.e. RRI Spanish now here at 00-01. No, no, DentroCuban Jamming Command, this is not Radio Martí, not until its *0600! Commies vs ex-Commies. RRI Galbeni also 5980 in English at 23-24: so much for monitoring Radio Chaski, Perú sign-off circa 0000, which ought to be detectable now without all the QRM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

6155, RRI at 0257 with IS to opening music at 0300 and a man in Romanian with opening announcements – Poor Nov 9 – With Romania here at this hour it kills all hope of hearing Channel Africa from South Africa in English as the // 3345 frequency is full of noise at my QTH (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA iog via DXLD)

Winter B-18 frequency changes of Radio Romania International:

https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/11/winter-b-18-frequency-changes-of-radio_27.html
(Ivo Ivanóv, SWLDXBulgaria News, Nov 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.:  

0000-0056 NF  9600 TIG 300 kW / 247 deg to SoAm Spanish, ex 13730
0300-0356 NF  6155 GAL 300 kW / 310 deg to CeAm Spanish, ex 9480
0400-0456 NF  9820 TIG 090 kW / 097 deg to SoAs English DRM ex 9800 AM
0500-0526 NF 11820 TIG 300 kW / 067 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 15220
0600-0626 NF  9610 GAL 090 kW / 285 deg to WeEu French DRM, ex 6040
0730-0756 NF  9610 GAL 300 kW / 245 deg to NoAf Arabic, ex 15360
0730-0756 NF 11960 TIG 300 kW / 142 deg to N/ME Arabic, ex 15330
0730-0756 NF 13630 TIG 300 kW / 142 deg to N/ME Arabic, ex 17810
0800-0856 NF 11960 TIG 300 kW / 142 deg to N/ME Romanian Sun, ex 15370
0800-0856 NF 13630 TIG 300 kW / 142 deg to N/ME Romanian Sun, ex 17860
0900-0956 NF 11780 GAL 300 kW / 175 deg to EaAf Romanian Sun, ex 17745
0900-0956 NF 11960 TIG 300 kW / 142 deg to N/ME Romanian Sun, ex 15430
0900-0956 NF 13630 TIG 300 kW / 142 deg to N/ME Romanian Sun, ex 17775
1000-1056 NF 11780 GAL 300 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Romanian Sun, ex 17870
1100-1156 NF 11780 GAL 300 kW / 285 deg to WeEu French, ex 17870
1200-1256 NF 11825 TIG 300 kW / 307 deg to WeEu English, ex 17650
1200-1256 NF 17800 GAL 300 kW / 165 deg to EaAf English, ex 17765
1300-1326 NF 13630 TIG 300 kW / 142 deg to N/ME Arabic, ex 13610
1400-1456 NF  7410 TIG 300 kW / 052 deg to CeAs Russian, ex 11985
1630-1656 NF  6100 TIG 300 kW / 142 deg to N/ME Arabic, ex 11760
1700-1756 NF  7325 TIG 300 kW / 292 deg to WeEu French, ex 7230
1700-1756 NF  9870 TIG 090 kW / 292 deg to WeEu French DRM, ex 9810
2000-2056 NF  5920 TIG 300 kW / 277 deg to SoEu Spanish, ex 9610
2200-2256 NF  9490 TIG 090 kW / 247 deg to SoAm Spanish DRM ex 13730AM
??????????? ?? Observer ? 10:47 AM (via DXLD)

CIS navy Morse communications
Seventy-second edition of the N&O column / Spooks newsletter
(Date: Mon, 03 May 2004)
Military stations
CIS navy Morse communications
Compiled by Fritz.
http://www.cvni.net/radio/nsnl/nsnl072/nsnl72mil.html
(Pavel Ivanov, Belgorod, Russia / “open_dx”, ibid.)  

Winter B-18 changes of Republic of Yemen Radio & Radio Riyadh
0000-2400 on 11860 JED or RIY / unknown to N/ME Arabic, ex 0900-0700  

Radio Riyadh Holy Quran
0300-1000 on  9715 RIY 100 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic, cancelled
0900-1800 on  9650 RIY 100 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic, additional
1800-2400 on  7425 RIY 100 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic, additional
??????????? ?? Observer ? 10:49 AM (via DXLD)  

Tentative logging. At 1500 with sub-continent dance music and no announcements. A tough one to hear from this location but pleasing to copy it when the co-channel Ozy R. is not on air. Weak signal in the noise, 4/10 (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, VIC (Yaesu FTDX 3000, Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Kenwood R5000, Tecsun PL-680, Horizontal Sky Loop, Double Bazooka antennas for 80, 40 and 20 metres, Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital Noise Eliminating Module, MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling Module, ATU), Nov Australian DX News via DXLD)

0600-0655 NF 11925 MEY 250 kW / 315 deg WeAf English Mon-Fri, ex 15255
0900-1200 NF  7230 MEY 100 kW / 005 deg SoAf English Mon-Fri, ex 9625
1200-1300 NF  7230 MEY 100 kW / 005 deg SoAf Nyanja Mon-Fri, ex 9625
1300-1400 NF  7230 MEY 100 kW / 005 deg SoAf Lozi Mon-Fri, ex 9625
1400-1500 NF  7230 MEY 100 kW / 005 deg SoAf Portuguese M-F, ex 9625
1500-1600 NF  7260 MEY 100 kW / 005 deg SoAf English Mon-Fri, ex 9625

Radio Sonder Grense
0800-1555 NF  7330 MEY 100 kW / 275 deg SoAf Afrikaans, ex 9650
1600-1755 NF  7285 MEY 100 kW / 275 deg SoAf Afrikaans, ex 9650
??????????? ?? Observer ? 10:50 AM (via DXLD)

The Board of the South African Broadcasting Corporation has informed the SABC staff of coming cuts in the work force. The station will lay off about a third of its permanent employees and about half of the freelancers. This cost cutting measure is meant to stabilise the debt ridden and de facto bankrupt organisation. The process is to be completed by January 2019, but is opposed by the unions. They are not only furious the layoff but also point to the excessively high salaries earned by the senior management. At the end of the day, it is the average journalist who pays for the long history of corruption and mismanagement of the broadcaster (Dr Hansjoerg Biener, 7 November 2018, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Radio Veritas SA strengthening bonds with English Africa - Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/africa/news/2018-10/radio-veritas-sa-strengthening-bonds-with-the-english-africa.html (both via Mike Cooper, Nov 6, DXLD)

13845, USA, Nashville TN, 100 kW / 90 deg, WWCR, Nov 8, 1547 - WTF! Until 1547, we were hearing 2 Brother Stairs, simultaneously, from 2 old programs. Someone must have noticed, as it was corrected back to one feed only. Call in from someone in great pain listening on 4840. Won't go to a doctor for 3 or 4 years. Then BS's answer. Excellent reception, of course (Walt Salmaniw, Listening Waters DXpedition, Murray Harbour North, PEI, 3–10 Nov 2018, WOR iog via DXLD)

11600, BULGARIA, The Overcomer Ministry at 1415 // 9395 (via WRMI) with Brother Stair preaching and pontificating and railing against Catholics and the Church and the Pope – Good with some fading Nov 10 – The signal from here was delayed about seven seconds so it makes you wonder if he is, indeed, using a satellite feed or a possibly cheaper terrestrial (landline) feed? My experiences with international telephone calls show that calls made by terrestrial (landline via undersea cables) have a considerably longer pause in their transmissions than with calls via satellites (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, odxa iog via DXLD)

SECRETLAND, Brother HySTAIRical via SPL Secretbrod on Nov 10
1400-1409 on 11600 SCB 100 kW / 126 deg to N/ME dead air & BaBcoCk Mx
1409-1455 on 11600 SCB 100 kW / 126 deg to N/ME English, ex 1300-1555

https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/11/reception-of-brother-hystairical-via_10.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, Nov. 9-10, DX LISTENING DIGEST)  

12160, 9395, 9330v, 7780, Sat Nov 10 at 1905, Brother HyStairical has
three stations tied up on four frequencies, also heard  in order of
decreasing signal strength: WWCR, WRMI, WBCQ, WRMI. More, more!!!
Bulgaria too (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also
BULGARIA; USA

Having claimed that the 1800-h-slot is used for Portuguese (at least
on the Mondays I checked), I tuned in to REE on this Wednesday, 7
November, just to find out, that REE exempts its normal schedule for
sports coverage. In contrast to the normal schedule, all four
frequencies were active with a  transmission of the Championship
League game Valencia-Bern.

181107  9690 1810 0711 E REE, Sp, CL Valencia-Bern 13521
(i: 9685+9695 kHz, 9685 1827 off, did not help reception of REE)
181107 11685 1810 0711 E REE, Sp, CL Valencia-Bern 45444
181107 11940 1820 0711 E REE, Sp, CL Valencia-Bern 45444
181107 12030 1815 0711 E REE, Sp, CL Valencia-Bern 25442
(Dr Hansjoerg Biener, 7 November 2018, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Can't hear anything on 9690 kHz this evening (7 November) at 2145 UT here in NB. Propagation problems or the transmitter is just not on? (-- Richard Langley, WOR iog via DXLD)

Not making it to central Ohio, either. -- (Mike Bott, 2158 UT, ibid.)

Greetings, Transmitter not up, it's usually audible through the whole slot in Twente, just receiving noise today. 73, (Quim, Spain, 0010 UT Nov 8, ibid.)

12030, Noblejas, 200 kW/ 110 deg, RNE, Nov 8, 1600 - IS heard splattering when listening to 12035 Sri Lanka. Excellent reception signing on in Spanish. None of the other 3 frequencies were on/or heard (9690, 11685 or 11940). Oops, spoke too soon. 11685 is now there at 1607 check, but marred by digital/RTTY just above the frequency. LSB solves the problem (Walt Salmaniw, Listening Waters DXpedition, Murray Harbour North, PEI, 3–10 Nov 2018, WOR iog via DXLD)

Earlier the Nov 8th evening heard all 4 fqs on air Spanish program of REE Noblejas in \\ here in southern Germany, around 20 UT. 73 (wolfie df5sx wwdxc, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Heard this evening (8 November) in NB. Reception started out as poor just before 2300 UT. As expected for a Thursday, there was Spanish programming rather than English (scheduled for M,W,F only). Reception improved so that the French program starting at 2330 was mostly listenable as was Portuguese starting at 0000. Spanish followed at 0030 and after half-an-hour or so reception became poor again, eventually fading into the noise. The time pips on the hour and half-hour are synchronized to UTC to better than a second (-- Richard Langley, NB, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

9690, Nov 10 at 1907, REE Castilian silly ballgame coverage, music bits mixed in, but NO LAH from Nigeria minus, off for a change? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

[and non]. Excellent signal indoors here in NB today (11 November) starting at 1950 UT tune-in on 9690 kHz. Spanish with live coverage of the Real Madrid - Celta de Vigo football game. Occasional weak growl of a het from Voice of Nigeria. Breathless commentary. Play-by-play announcer hardly takes a breath and when Real Madrid scored a goal, the word "gol" went on forever. Exciting overtime (or whatever they call it in football) with both sides scoring a goal after 90 minutes. Ended up 4–2 for Real Madrid (-- Richard Langley, NB, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

12035, Trincomalee, 125 kW / 345 deg, AWR, Nov 8, 1554 - Excellent reception in listed Marathi. Amen, followed by enjoyable south Asian music. AWR with address in India given. Off shortly afterwards (Walt Salmaniw, Listening Waters DXpedition, Murray Harbour North, PEI, 3–10 Nov 2018, WOR iog via DXLD) Simultaneously in Enid:

12034.898, Nov 8 at 1536, JBA talk, from AWR Marathi at 1530-1600, 125 kW, 345 degrees from Trincomalee, always? off-frequency now (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1956, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

re: Are any of their [Trincomalee] frequencies accurate?

Yes, out of three 250 kW TX units of former DWL Bonn/Berlin Germany relay site: [WORLD OF RADIO 1956]

9720even kHz at 1117 UT on Nov 10, S=9+30dB SLBC Tamil service to
Indian subcontinent audience there.
1115-1215 UT, noted on remote SDR unit in New Delhi-IND.  

15609.874 kHz at 1140 UT on Nov 10, S=9+10 AWR Shan sce, 1130-1200 UT,
noted on remote SDR unit in New Delhi-IND.  

15400even kHz at 1223 UT on Nov 10, scheduled AWR Mon language sce,
BUT NOT ON AIR when checked  Saturday Nov 10, 1200-1230 UT,
on remote SDR unit in New Delhi-IND.  

11824.903 kHz at 1227 UT on Nov 10, S=9+10 AWR Karen language sce,
1200-1300 UT, noted on remote SDR unit in New Delhi-IND.
Underneath RRI Tsiganeshti in English on even fq 11825 kHz.  

15430even kHz frequency at 1232 UT on Sat Nov 10, AWR Bengali sce
scheduled at 1230-1300 UT. Only S=7-8 noisy short distance signal
at Sri Lanka - remote Delhi SDR unit path, noted on remote SDR unit
in New Delhi-IND. But checked also in U.K. Blackpool area remote
SDR unit, as S=8.  

15430even kHz frequency at 1322 UT on Nov 9, S=9+5dB AWR Nepali sce
scheduled at 1300-1330 UT, noted on remote SDR unit in New Delhi-IND.  

11934.902 kHz at 1315 UT on Nov 9, S=9 AWR Chinese sce, 13-14 UT,
noted on remote SDR unit in New Delhi-IND.  

11945even kHz at 1338 UT on Nov 9, S=8 AWR Hmong sce[on Fris],
1330-1400 UT, noted on remote SDR unit in New Delhi-IND.  

15179.874 kHz at 1448 UT on Nov 9, S=8 AWR Karen,
1430-1500 UT, noted on remote SDR unit in Seoul-KOR.  

15215even kHz at 1453 UT on Nov 9, S=8 AWR Burmese,
1430-1500 UT, noted on remote SDR unit in Seoul-KOR.  

9739.921 kHz at 1505 UT on Nov 9, S=8 AWR Nepalese sce,
1500-1530 UT, noted on remote SDR unit in New Delhi-IND.  

15250 kHz at 1508 UT on Nov 9, scheduled AWR Mizo sce,
BUT NOT ON AIR  when checked  Friday Nov 9, 1500-1530 UT.  

11985even kHz at 1550 UT on Nov 9, S=9+25dB AWR Tibetan sce, on
Thur/Fri only. Annmt "Serengi Radio", flute mx. 1530-1600 UT, noted on
remote SDR unit in New Delhi-IND and Doha Qatar.  

12034.901 kHz at 1554 UT on Nov 9, S=9+35dB powerhouse signal
AWR Marathi to India sce, 1530-1600 UT,
noted on remote SDR unit in New Delhi-IND.  

11750even kHz at 1635 UT on Nov 9, S=9 SLBC Sinhala sce
to Indian subcontinent and UAE/ARS states to the foreign worker there.
1630-1830 UT, noted on remote SDR unit in New Delhi-IND
and Doha Qatar. Sweet female singer voice.  

15359.877 kHz at 1640 UT on Nov 9, S=8-9  AWR Pashto sce
to AFG/IRN target, 1630-1700 UT,
noted on remote SDR unit in New Delhi-IND.  

15155.004 kHz at 1845 UT on Nov 9, S=3 -106dBm poor sidelobe signal of
West Africa sce at 255degr. AWR English, 1830-1900 UT, noted on remote
SDR unit in U.K. far away distance. Some S=3-4 or -106dB poor signal
sidelobe towards Europe  

9540even kHz at 2100-2200 UT on Nov 9, AWR in Chinese, S=9+15dB.
Checked in Seoul-KOR remote SDR at 2130 UT Nov 9  

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 9 / 10)  

B-18 taken from Aoki Nagoya-JPN  Perseus userlist:  

 9510  0000-0030  CLN ADVENTIST WORLD R.  Tha Trincomalee 1-7
11905  0030-0100  CLN SRI LANKA BC        Hin Trincomalee 1-7
15625  0100-0130  CLN ADVENTIST WORLD R.  Chi Trincomalee 67
15625  0100-0130  CLN ADVENTIST WORLD R.  Amo Trincomalee 12345
11905  0115-0230  CLN SRI LANKA BC        Hin Trincomalee 1-7
15625  0130-0200  CLN ADVENTIST WORLD R.  Chi Trincomalee 7
15625  0130-0200  CLN ADVENTIST WORLD R.  Can Trincomalee 1-6
15500  0300-0330  CLN ADVENTIST WORLD R.  Oro Trincomalee 1-7
15500  0400-0430  CLN ADVENTIST WORLD R.  Amh Trincomalee 1-7
17780  0500-0600  CLN ADVENTIST WORLD R.  Ara Trincomalee 1-7  

 9720  1115-1215  CLN SRI LANKA BC        Tam Trincomalee 1-7
15610  1130-1200  CLN ADVENTIST WORLD R.  Sha Trincomalee 1-7
15400  1200-1230  CLN ADVENTIST WORLD R.  Mon Trincomalee 1-7
11825  1200-1300  CLN ADVENTIST WORLD R.  Kor Trincomalee 1-7
15430  1230-1300  CLN ADVENTIST WORLD R.  Mei Trincomalee 146
15430  1230-1300  CLN ADVENTIST WORLD R.  Ben Trincomalee 2357
15430  1300-1330  CLN ADVENTIST WORLD R.  Nep Trincomalee 1-7
11935  1300-1400  CLN ADVENTIST WORLD R.  Chi Trincomalee 1-7
11945  1330-1400  CLN ADVENTIST WORLD R.  Mal Trincomalee 237
11945  1330-1400  CLN ADVENTIST WORLD R.  Hmo Trincomalee 56
11945  1330-1400  CLN ADVENTIST WORLD R.  Ass Trincomalee 14
15180  1430-1500  CLN ADVENTIST WORLD R.  Kar Trincomalee 1-7
15215  1430-1500  CLN ADVENTIST WORLD R.  Bur Trincomalee 1-7
 9740  1500-1530  CLN ADVENTIST WORLD R.  Nep Trincomalee 1-7
15250  1500-1530  CLN ADVENTIST WORLD R.  Miz Trincomalee 1-7
11985  1530-1558  CLN ADVENTIST WORLD R.  Eng Trincomalee 12347
11985  1530-1558  CLN ADVENTIST WORLD R.  Tib Trincomalee 56
12035  1530-1600  CLN ADVENTIST WORLD R.  Mar Trincomalee 1-7
11985  1600-1630  CLN ADVENTIST WORLD R.  Urd Trincomalee 1-7
15360  1630-1700  CLN ADVENTIST WORLD R.  Sin Trincomalee 1357
15360  1630-1700  CLN ADVENTIST WORLD R.  Pas Trincomalee 246
11750  1630-1830  CLN SRI LANKA BC        Sin Trincomalee 1-7
15155  1830-1900  CLN ADVENTIST WORLD R.  Eng Trincomalee 1-7  

 9540  2100-2200  CLN ADVENTIST WORLD R.  Chi Trincomalee 1-7  

der Zustand der bisher gepflegten drei 250kW Trincomalee Sender
exDeutsche Welle, habe ich auf eine Idee von Glenn Hauser reagiert.  

Zumindest einen Techniker aus dem Sauerland in Trinco kenne ich vom e-mail Verkehr. Der ist mit seiner Familie voerst mal dort geblieben und hilft mit seinem technischen Wissen den ceylonesischen Technikern von SLBC Colombo bei ihrer niveauvollen Arbeit am Sender. gruss wolfgang

[übersetzung] The state of previously maintained three 250 kW Trincomalee transmitters ex DW, I responded to an idea by Glenn Hauser.

At least one technician from the Sauerland in Trinco I know about e-mail traffic. He is there for the first time with his family and helps with his technical knowledge the Ceylonese Technicians of SLBC Colombo in their high-quality work on the transmitter. greeting wolfgang (Wolfgang Bueschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

15430, AWR at 1320 in Nepali with two men with talk with subcontinental music bridges and a man with ID, url, and contact info at 1322 and into subcontinental male vocals at 1323 – Good with slight fading Nov 10 – It never ceases to amaze me how good AWR sounds from Sri Lanka. With a heading of 20° from my QTH the signal must hop in the donut of the auroral zone (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, odxa iog via DXLD)

Voice of Africa Sudan Radio reactivated 9505 kHz, Nov.10:
1600-1900 on  9505 ALF 100 kW / 210 deg to CeAf Swahili or Hausa,
1900-2200 on  7205 ALF 100 kW / 210 deg to CeAf Arabic R.Omdurman
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/11/voice-of-africa-sudan-radio-reactivated.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, Nov. 9-10, WORLD OF RADIO 1956, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

Voice of Africa, Sudan, Reactivated --- Following a tip from Mauno Ritola on FB, it appears that foreign language broadcasts from Voice of Africa, Sudan, may have been reactivated on 9505 kHz (AMsync frequency 9505.002 Hz). Monitored using the U. of Twente SDR receiver today (12 November) starting at about 1610 UT. Signal is S9+ but the modulation is quite weak so not readily understood. But the language is French. No positive ID heard but a partial "Voix de ..." was heard at a modulation peak. Perhaps English will follow at some time (-- Richard Langley, 1640 UT Nov 12, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1956, DXLD)

Actually I credited it to Ivo, who tipped it first. Yes, I heard English yesterday between 1700-1800 (Mauno Ritola, Finland, ibid.)

Not in English at the moment. Seems to be an African language (-- Richard Langley, 1738 UT Nov 12, ibid.)

Yes, Swahili. Yesterday it was English after 1700, so the schedule seems very 'flexible'. Still in Swahili after 1800 and off at recheck at 1820. Best regards, (Mauno Ritola, Finland, Nov 12, WOR iog via DXLD)

9505, Voice of Africa, Al Aitahab, English, 12/11 1801. OM: talk,
political subjects. 25432 (RG). **Tx w/210º Az to Africa (Rudolf
Grimm, São Bernardo SP, BRAZIL, http://dxways-br.blogspot.com
YouTube Channel: GrimmSBC Rx: KiwiSDR (São Bernardo) + Mini Whip
Antenna (PA0RDT Standard), Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)  

Reception of Radio Tamazuj via Talata Volonondry, Nov 5
1500-1530 11705 MDC 250 kW / 340 deg to EaAf Juba Arabic ex 13800 B-17
1500-1530 15550 SMG 250 kW / 150 deg to EaAf Juba Arabic, NO SIGNAL

https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/11/reception-of-radio-tamazuj-via-talata.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, Nov. 3-6, DX LISTENING DIGEST)  

9940, TWR Africa at 1948 in French with a man and woman with talk then a man with ID and mailing address at 1949 followed by brief IS and off at 1950 as per sked – Good signal but a hum on the audio Nov 11 (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA iog via DXLD) See also EGYPT

9940 kHz, TWR Africa, Manzini, Lingala, 12/11 1920. OM: Christian message in Lingala language. 35553 (RG). **Tx w/343º Az to Africa (Rudolf Grimm, São Bernardo SP, BRAZIL, http://dxways-br.blogspot.com YouTube Channel: GrimmSBC Rx: KiwiSDR (São Bernardo) + Mini Whip Antenna (PA0RDT Standard), Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)

ESWATINI, Reception of Trans World Radio Africa in 31mb, Nov 7
1745-1815 on  9475 MAN 100 kW / 005 deg to EaAf Swahili
1802-1832 on  9500 MAN 100 kW / 013 deg to EaAf English
1832-1847 on  9500 MAN 100 kW / 013 deg to EaAf Arabic
1905-1935 on  9940 MAN 100 kW / 343 deg to CeAf Lingala
1935-1950 on  9940 MAN 100 kW / 343 deg to CeAf French
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/11/reception-of-trans-world-radio-africa_8.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, Nov. 7, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

[and non]. ESWATINI, Good signal of Trans World Radio Africa Nov 11
from 1630 11660 MAN 100 kW / 013 deg to EaAf Afan Oromo  

Winter B-18 schedule of Trans World Radio Africa [partial, changes?]:
1420-1450 NF  9585 MAN 050 kW / 005 deg SoAf Lomwe/Portuguese/Makua,
ex 7315
1500-1530 NF 11780 MAN 100 kW / 031 deg to EaAf Somali, ex 1630-1700
on 9940 KCH
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/11/good-signal-of-trans-world-radio-africa.html
(Ivo Ivanóv, SWLDXBulgaria News, Nov 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

0900-1000 NF  6105 KOU 100 kW / 267 deg to EaAs Chinese, addit.
0900-1000 NF  9700 TSH 100 kW / 352 deg to EaAs Chinese, addit.
1200-1300 NF  9470 TSH 100 kW / 352 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 7385
1200-1400 NF 11640 KOU 100 kW / 310 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 5900
1200-1300 NF 11985 TSH 100 kW / 352 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex  9545
1500-1530 NF  9545 PAO 250 kW / 205 deg to SEAs Cantonese, ex 11605
1530-1600 NF  9545 PAO 250 kW / 205 deg to SEAs Hakka, ex 11605
1600-1700 NF  6180 PAO 300 kW / 225 deg to SoAs English, ex 6185
1700-1800 NF  7220 ISS 500 kW / 055 deg to EaEu Russian, ex 5935
1900-1930 NF  5900 SCB 100 kW / 306 deg to WeEu German, ex 1900-2000
on 3955 WOF
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5zl223i8IM&feature=youtu.be
??????????? ?? Observer ? 11:38 AM (via DXLD)

[+ same] November 10, 2018, 0000–0014 in English. SIO 555.
Advertisement for Bangkok Airways, National and world news with OM and
YL announcers, all in EE. Excellent signal (Vince Henley, Anacortes,
WA, WiNRADiO G39DDCe SDR, ICOM IC-R8600, Ten-Tec RX-340, Drake R8B,
SDRPLAY RSP Duo, TECSUN  PL-880. Antennas:  whip on PL-880 and
Alpha-Delta DX-Ultra installed broadside east west at 30 feet for all
others, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD)

Good signal of HSK9 Radio Thailand World Sce, Nov 9
1230-1300 on  9940 UDO 250 kW / 132 deg to SEAs English, ex 9390 B-17
1400-1430 on  9940 UDO 250 kW / 132 deg to SEAs English, ex 9390 B-17
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/11/good-signal-of-hsk9-radio-thailand.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, Nov. 9-10, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Note all are now 1 kHz off 0/5 channels rather than 2 or 3 (gh, DXLD)

! the Hausa & Swahili on 15235 did not get turned off at 0800; but where did they get Macedonian? Nowhen in WRTH 2018 (gh, DXLD)

TRT Voice of Turkey on wrong and very odd frequency on Nov.5:
1630-1725  9785.7 EMR 500 kW / 090 deg WeAs Azeri, instead of 5965
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/11/voice-of-turkey-on-wrong-and-very-odd.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, Nov. 3-6, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Last sked ``9785`` usage was 1430-1500 in Kazakh, per HFCC B-18 (gh)

TRT Voice of Turkey on very odd frequencies, Nov.6
0700-0955 on 11925.7 EMR 500 kW / 105 deg to WeAs Turkish
1000-1055 on 11955.7 EMR 500 kW / 180 deg to NEAf Arabic
1330-1425 on 13685.7 EMR 500 kW / 072 deg to CeAs Uyghur
1430-1455 on  9785.7 EMR 500 kW / 072 deg to CeAs Kazakh
1500-1525 on  6185.7 EMR 500 kW / 290 deg to SEEu Italian
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/11/trt-voice-of-turkey-on-very-odd.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, Nov. 3-6, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

11815.00, November 6 at 1406, TRT collision with NHK finds Japan the winner, today only a few Hz apart rather than ~700. But by 1458 recheck, VOT music is atop as Japan is about to sign off. The other TRT, English is also not askew, on 12035.0 with poor signal at 1406 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

6125.66, Voice of Turkey, 0401, Nov 7. Definitely off frequency, for this broadcast in English (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD)

Voice of Turkey on odd frequencies 15235.7/11795.7/13655.7 kHz on Nov
9, EMR 500 kW:
0600-0755 15235.7 / 210 deg CEAf Hau/Swa, instead of 15235 Nov.8
0930-1055 11795.7 / 105 deg WeAs Persian, instead of 11795 Nov.8
1130-1155 13655.7 / 062 deg CeAs Uzbek, instead of 13655.0 Nov.8

https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/11/voice-of-turkey-on-odd-frequencies.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, Nov. 8-9, DX LISTENING DIGEST)  

[and non]. 12035.730, Nov 9 at 1403, VOT is VP in talk, presumably `Letterbox` now on Friday. Half an hour earlier I had only a weak signal on 12035.0 which must have been KSDA in Thai, but no sign of TRT off-frequency then.

11815.00, Nov 9 at 1405, NHK music is atop the collision with on- frequency TRT Turkish, a medium-SAH apart today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

TRT Voice of Turkey on 9495 kHz with wrong languages Tatar/Arabic,
Nov.10
1730-1825 9495 EMR 250 kW / 290 deg SoEu Tatar & Arabic, instead of
Spanish

https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/11/voice-of-turkey-on-9495-khz-with-wrong.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, Nov. 9-10, DX LISTENING DIGEST)  

11815.701, Nov 11 at 1413, TRT in Turkish up here today, with considerable het from 11815.0 JAPAN direct. TRT English close to 12035.0 much weaker with music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

TRT Voice of Turkey on very odd frequency 11815.7 Nov.11
1400-1655 11815.7 EMR 250 kW / 310 deg WeEu Turkish, instead of 11815  

Winter B-18 frequency change of TRT Voice of Turkey in Chinese:
1200-1255 NF 13630 EMR 500 kW / 072 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 15420

https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/11/trt-voice-of-turkey-on-very-odd_12.html
(Ivo Ivanóv, SWLDXBulgaria News, Nov 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST)  

[and non]. 11815.0, Nov 12 at 1409, TRT Turkish on-frequency today, only a SAH apart from Japan which is slightly weaker. OTOH,

12035.7, Nov 12 at 1414, TRT English is the one way off-frequency, poor (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Reception was actually decent, and a full 55 minutes of the hour broadcast decoded well, so I could follow things but there were a lot of really brief cut-outs making it ‘annoying’ to listen to. The s/n was typically 15-17 dB but it varied quite a bit, particularly if there was a ham transmitting nearby as happened a couple of minutes before I took this screen shot: [visible on the WOR iog] [Blue is s/n--scale on left, and black is decoding--scale on right, and ‘0’ is ‘now’, with time looking backward on the x-axis.]

The Journaline was interesting, and only took 3-4 minutes to fully download while the audio played. There were two ‘headline news feeds’ in English, one for Europe, the other for Asia, and a third in Arabic: [illustrated]

The English feeds had items about a man-eating tigress in India, storms in Italy & Asia Bibi’s death penalty for blasphemy in Pakistan being set aside by the Court there. (THAT court has stones -- I want to know more about that ruling!) This would be a lot more useful if there were a way to go BEYOND a headline, but the data rate just won’t support that I‘m sure. 15-17 dB s/n and mostly decoding well, *0559-0700* 3/Nov SDRplay, +SDRuno +DReaM, +randomwire (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Port Hope MI2, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

I would assume that the BBC has its dedicated IP/MPLS network and connected also its new Nairobi site to it. A use of satellites for internal video and audio contribution from Nairobi to London would nowadays be pretty surprising (Kai Ludwig, WOR iog via DXLD)

How the BBC is remodeling its listening services in search of a youth audience A casual remark made recently by small child to a BBC presenter during a school visit has jangled the nerves of those in the highest echelons of Broadcasting House. “What’s radio?” the child asked, after the Radio DJ tried to explain what his job entailed.

BBC Sounds

It was a reminder to the BBC that, even though the recent departures to commercial radio of star presenters Chris Evans and Eddie Mair have brought negative headlines and holes to fill in the schedules, the broadcaster faces a much more fundamental challenge.

Namely that it can’t expect young people who feel undressed without a smartphone to have the same affection for radio as previous generations who felt a physical connection to the treasured transistor in their bedrooms.

Former Labour MP James Purnell, and now head of radio for the BBC, calls BBC Sounds “probably our biggest product launch since the iPlayer”.

This is the age of Spotify and Deezer and Apple Music, when music listeners expect instant access to any tune ever recorded and see no reason for loyalty to any particular radio station.

The BBC has looked at the stats and gulped. While live broadcasting accounts for 75 per cent of radio listening among older audiences, that falls to 40 per cent among 15 to 24-year-olds, who increasingly prefer streaming music mixes and podcasts. Today’s primary school children might come to regard the linear radio schedule as something as antiquated as the Light Programme.

This explains why the Beeb will this month unveil what James Purnell, BBC Director of Radio, describes as “probably our biggest product launch since the iPlayer” (that was in 2007), with the advent of an all-encompassing audio platform aimed at mobile phone users: BBC Sounds.

Personalised yet unexpected

The service (already being tested in beta format) is a rich mix of music shows, documentaries and mixes, alongside podcasts, audio drama and comedy. Live listening is available from a carousel of BBC stations – but that’s unlikely to be the app’s principal appeal. “The proposition is going to be radio/music/podcasts – no-one else in the market will have that width. It will be encouraging people to listen without limits,” Purnell tells i.

The idea is that the app takes you on a journey of personalised yet unexpected recommendations. A search for “jazz” points to a Radio 4 documentary on how the US State Department used jazz players during the Cold War for propaganda purposes. Search “hip hop” and you surface a BBC Inside Science programme looking at the neuroscience of beatboxers and rappers.

The app is a gateway to the BBC’s 600 hours-a-year cache of audio drama and its roster of podcast hits, from comedy (‘Evil Genius with Russell Kane’) and sport (‘That Peter Crouch Podcast’) to true crime (law professor Philippe Sands on the trail of a Nazi fugitive in Radio 4’s ‘The Ratline’).

Purnell says the app’s recommendation algorithm is finely pitched. “It’s personalised enough that it’s suggesting the right stuff without being spooky [or] keeping people in their filter bubble.”

Failure of iPlayer Radio

BBC Sounds is an acknowledgement that iPlayer Radio, which was introduced six years ago to allow listeners to “take BBC Radio with you wherever you go”, has failed to fire the imaginations of young audiences. Purcell says it has been popular with “an audience that knows about radio” but less attractive to users who wish to search for content on-demand.

Expect iPlayer Radio to be slowly phased out next year.

The success of BBC Sounds in finding new young listeners will be critical to the broadcaster’s future attempts to make the case for the continuation of its licence fee model. Young people have become accustomed to paying £9.99 for a Spotify premium and the BBC needs to demonstrate that it provides similar value. Radio 1’s YouTube video channel, which has grown to more than 5m subscribers, is another prong in the same strategy.

Seekings under-35s

“The BBC has a particular focus at the moment on under-35s,” Purnell says. “Older audiences use us (the BBC as a whole) for 20-30 hours a week. Younger users… use us for eight hours a week. That’s been going down and we want to increase the value that they get from their licence fee.”

Purnell says that for this generation “the market norm has been set as streaming” and that the BBC is a “challenger” brand facing rivals with “deep pockets”. Yet he is convinced that BBC Sounds offers something “unique” in the breadth of its offering.

It is this big picture that he is focused on, rather than the loss of Chris Evans or the next set of Rajar quarterly audience figures. “My job is…to make sure that radio is healthy in 10, 20, 50 and 100 years,” he says. “The challenge for the BBC is can we modernise quickly enough so that we can serve young people just as well as we have previous generations.” (via Medium Wave News 64/06, November 2018 via DXLD) See also RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM: B&W TV

9775, ENGLAND, IBRA Radio (Radio Sama) at 1743 NOT // 9635 in Arabic with male Middle Eastern vocals and into an apparent radio drama with male and female characters – Fair Nov 11 (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA iog via DXLD)

Broadcast engineer, news director and former navy man Ron Gitschier Of Palm Coast/Bunnel, Florida, passed early this morning at the age of 56. He had some serious health complications late last week with his liver that he was unable to recover from (Powell E Way III, SC, W4OPW, Nov 7, ABDX yg via DXLD)

Very sad to hear this. Ron just visited me in May of last year. He was in town for a Navy reunion. We spent a nice afternoon together, looking at the Perseus and talking about radio. He really enjoyed trying out the Perseus, and was hoping to get one when he retired. Seemed like he might be a good candidate for a future Border Inn DXpedition! He sent my wife and me some very nice T-shirts from his radio stations to thank us for our hospitality. A very nice guy.

Condolences to his family. I know he had a daughter in northern CA, and I think he mentioned a son as well (Tim Hall, CA, ibid.) obit

Ron Gitschier and I have known each other from before the ABDX days, That`s quite a while. We both often talked about DX around the world from ships at sea and traded ID tapes. He was a good person as long as I knew him and spoke with him many times over the phone. I will miss him. I miss all the people who have passed that were on ABDX starting with Morris Sorensen. This list is like a family of DXers and we are close. It`s hard to lose a member like Ron (Kevin Redding, Crump, TN, ABDX yg via DXLD)

Just reading this and it's sad to lose another DXer and good guy. Too young. We're losing too many in this hobby. I hope we can do something to remember them. A couple of other websites I visit have threads to memorialize those who pass away. I think this hobby needs to do a better job of this.

On that note, I've been reading some posts from 2004/2005 from another club and see several names that I no longer see. Never heard what happened to them. One was Charlie Taylor who posted here. Prayers to Ron's family (Martin Foltz, ibid.)

We used to have a section on our web site that at least mentioned “in memory of”. Thanks for the reminder, Martin. Always enjoyed reading Charlie’s posts as well. Another great guy (I actually got to meet him) was Don Kaskey. Always sad to lose somebody and as Kevin said --- we’re still a “family” and it still sucks to lose a family member L (Michael J Richard, ibid.)

Rick, I almost was gone like Ron when I was 56. I was fighting stage 4 cancer here in Tennessee. It`s a miracle I am still here. You handle some of the worst chemicals and radioactive items known to man if you are in the military or naval service. The only good thing you can say about serving is that you get to DX all over the world (Kevin Redding, Crump, TN, ibid.)

True. My dad was a transport pilot on aircraft carriers, and got assigned additional duties like "aircraft officer," which meant he had to stay on board and manage all the deliveries of aircraft fuel and other scary chemicals whenever the ship was in port. He died of an extremely rare cancer affecting only 4 out of a million people. One of the few suspected causes of this virtually-unknown cancer was exposure to harsh chemicals.

I think the only 2 DXers I've seen in person in recent years were Ron Schiller and Ron Gitschier, now both gone only about 6 weeks apart. 73 (Tim Hall, Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone, ibid.)

R.I.P. Ron Gitschier - obituary column --- I added Ronald-Charles
"Ron" Gitschier to the long list of deceased radio - friends at
http://www.schoechi.de/obituary.html  

(Martin Schöch, Eisenach
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Martin Schoech - PF 101145 - D-99801 Eisenach
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E-mail: radio@schoechi.de Web: www.schoechi. de
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ABDX yg via DXLD)  

Thank you for sharing this. Maybe you could add DXer Ron Schiller, died 23 SEP 2018 in Cœeur d'Alène Idaho at age 79. 73 (Tim Hall, ibid.)

I was less than 30 miles from the site, and did not hear anything on 193.5. Also checked adjacent frequencies with the same result. EN's identifier spaces the 'E' and 'N' fairly close together, but not so close as to confuse it with an 'R.' It does not have any other notable keying characteristics. There are offset harmonics audible, e.g., 386.89, 387.945 (normal LSB offset), 390.02 (normal USB offset), and 391.04. At this close range, this is probably normal. I listened around 2000z 11/11/18. Hope this helps. 73, (Steve Zimmerman, Nov 12, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Tnx, I`ve not heard it since either (gh)

Says that further decisions in regard to Radio/TV Martí were supposed to be made after ten days of investigation, so next week; a staff member says that the consequence of a really thorough investigation would be to close the station altogether; "interview" with a former FBI agent was merely existing stuff ripped from Youtube; also questions to the blogger who broke the story why he came up with this only now, a half year later.

Hint to Ms. Cuervo and Mr. Cancio: We just had the 80th anniversary of Reichskristallnacht. If this says nothing to you, google for Auschwitz (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Nov 11, WOR iog via DXLD)

7355 & 7365, Nov 9 at 0100, no signals from R. Martí on the two frequencies scheduled this hour, just some jamming, but still audible mixed jamming on 6030. Suspect the upper GBs are off rather than a sharp MUF cutoff this early in evening. And later at 0341, 7355 & 7435 are VG over jamming, as usual much better than 6030 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

[non] 9485, Nov 6 at 2158, similar music but not // 15580, maybe way out of sync? Much weaker. Unlike 15580 Greenville, this one at 2200 plays the standard ``VOA, Washington DC`` sign-off and Yankee Doodle Dandy, as it is getting whished by DRM noise which has started centred on 9490. 9485 is really the M-F 2130 VOA Bambara service via BOTSWANA, while 9490 is Romania starting its daily DRM Spanish.

11850, Nov 8 at 2044, S9-S7 of tonal African language, music. It`s VOA Hausa via BOTSWANA, daily except Sunday 2030-2100 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

9955, USA, WRMI at 2201 with Glenn Hauser's “World of Radio” - Good Nov 7 [Wed] (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA iog via DXLD)

WORLD OF RADIO 1955 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday November 7 at 2200 on WRMI 9955, and about one second later on WBCQ 7490+, both fair; and a fine example of coördination, both having latened exactly one hour post-DST. Next:

0729 UT Saturday  HLR    6190-CUSB Germany to WSW
1200 UT Saturday  Unique 9265 via WINB to WSW
1531 UT Saturday  HLR    9485-CUSB Germany to WSW
1700 UT Saturday  WRN    5950 via WRMI to WNW
2030vUT Saturday  WA0RCR 1860-AM non-direxional
0400vUT Sunday    WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415], ND
1130 UT Sunday    HLR    7265-CUSB Germany to WSW
2130 UT Sunday    WRMI   7780 to NE
2230 UT Sunday    WRMI   9955 to SSE
0230 UT Monday    WRN    5950 WRMI to WNW [sometimes? maybe no more]
0400vUT Monday    WBCQ   5130v Area 51 to WSW
0430 UT Monday    WRMI   9955 to SSE

WORLD OF RADIO 1955 monitoring: Ivo Ivanov, Observer, Bulgaria,
reports: ``World of Radio via HLR on 6190 CUSB & 9485 CUSB, Nov 10:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcKr-L0srSM&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0Uv-pPt8cc&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4wAJTt7eAk&feature=youtu.be
0731-0800 6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu English Sat, weak signal
1531-1600 9485 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu English Sat, fair signal``  

Confirmed Saturday November 10 at 1210, the airing retimed to start at 1200 via Unique Radio, Gunnedah via WINB Red Lion, S9+10 with some wobble.

Also confirmed UT Sunday November 11 at 0449 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO,
about 21 minutes into, so started circa 0428. Next:
1130 UT Sunday    HLR    7265-CUSB Germany to WSW
2130 UT Sunday    WRMI   7780 to NE
2230 UT Sunday    WRMI   9955 to SSE
0230 UT Monday    WRMI   5950 to WNW, NEW 9395 to NNW per Jeff White
0400vUT Monday    WBCQ   5130v Area 51 to WSW
0430 UT Monday    WRMI   9955 to SSE, NEW 5010 to SSE
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

GERMANY, Reception of World of Radio via HLR on 7265CUSB, Nov.11
1131-1200 on  7265 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu English Sat, fair/good
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/11/reception-of-world-of-radio-via-hlr-on.html
(Ivo Ivanóv, SWLDXBulgaria News, Nov 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

WORLD OF RADIO 1955 monitoring: confirmed by Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria:
``GERMANY Reception of World of Radio via HLR on 7265CUSB, Nov 11

https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/11/reception-of-world-of-radio-via-hlr-on.html
1131-1200 7265 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu English Sat, fair/good``  

Also confirmed here: Sunday November 11 at 2142 the 2130 on WRMI 7780, poor S7-S9.

Also confirmed Sun Nov 11 at 2230 on WRMI 9955, good S9+10 and no jamming.

Also confirmed UT Monday November 12 at 0230 on WRMI 5950, S9+10 and undermodulated, lite pulse jamming since WRMI had Radio Martí on there for a while; then it was WRN with WOR, now it`s not via WRN, but WRMI itself and also on NEW // 9395, both of which are now carrying Radio Tirana, Albania in English the other six nights of the week, if they can get their program to WRMI.

WOR 1955 also confirmed on Area 51 webcast just as it finishes at 0429 UT Monday Nov 12, while WBCQ 5130v had been inaudible; 9955 WRMI before 0430 is poor with music, but after 0430 WOR confirmed on its webcast (which BTW now continues at 0500 with Israel Radio via WRN, which should also still be on SW WRMI 5950: 0527 plugging the Kan/Reqa app.)

WORLD OF RADIO 1956 contents: Anguilla, Argentina non, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Colombia, Cuba, East Turkistan, Eritrea and non, France and non, India or Indonesia, Iran, Korea South, Kurdistan non, México, Netherlands non, Nigeria non, Northern Mariana Islands, Oman, Perú, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sudan, USA; and the propagation outlook.

WOR 1956 ready for first airings UT Tuesday November 13: confirmed at 0030 on WRMI 7730, good;

Also confirmed the 0200 UT Tuesday November 13 on WRMI audible on portable at 0220 on NEW 5010; not audible on 9955; nor is 9955 audible on R75 at 0233, just pulse jamming; and by now 5950 is carrying `Frecuencia al Día` from 0230. Both 5010 and 9955 are aimed SSEward - -- 151 & 160 degrees resp., but MUF favors the new lower one now duplicating 9955 at 0100-0500. Next:

2030 UT Tuesday   WRMI   7780 to NE
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI   5950 to WNW
2200 UT Wednesday WRMI   9955 to SSE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ   7490v to WSW
0729 UT Saturday  HLR    6190-CUSB Germany to WSW
1200 UT Saturday  Unique 9265 via WINB to WSW
1531 UT Saturday  HLR    9485-CUSB Germany to WSW
1700 UT Saturday  WRN    5950 via WRMI to WNW
2030vUT Saturday  WA0RCR 1860-AM non-direxional
0400vUT Sunday    WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415], ND
1130 UT Sunday    HLR    7265-CUSB Germany to WSW
2130 UT Sunday    WRMI   7780 to NE
2230 UT Sunday    WRMI   9955 to SSE
0230 UT Monday    WRMI   5950 to WNW, NEW 9395 to NNW
0400vUT Monday    WBCQ   5130v Area 51 to WSW
0430 UT Monday    WRMI   9955 to SSE, NEW 5010 to SSE

Complete updated WOR sked, all affiliates, satellite, webcast, AM&FM: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Despite near perfect audio, as you can see, there were ‘artifacts’ that ‘smeared’ the photos. Something JB does in recording the signal? It made the text hard to read!

At 0800 they aired ‘music and ID’ filler and did NOT have the usual Shortwave Radiogram. Most disappointing.

At 0830 into ANOTHER replay of the Business Growth Radio from 24/Sept (and others) I didn’t bother to actually record that segment so I have no idea when it ended. The signal was starting to fade *a bit* by 0830 and I’d guesstimate it was down to S4 by then. It was S4+ (10 dB over S9 on the meter) when I went to bed as the station signed on. 4+4+4+4+4+, *0655-0831 5/Nov, SDRplay +SDRuno +randomwire +FLDigi for digital bits +ANC4 (Kenneth Vito Zichi, MI, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

9955, Nov 6 at 0003, WRMI with a `Viva Miami` in Spanish, presumably the same episode running for several weeks about Bratislava, but now vs heavy wall-of-noise jamming. Radio Libertad clandestine now retimed to 0015-0100 Tue-Sat makes this hour primetime for jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

WRMI skedgrids via http://www.tinyurl.com/WRMIfqs have now been redated effective Nov 4 --- the individual System program skeds, not really updated, still showing 5950 with various outdated programming, while the frequency blox at the top now label 5950 as World Radio Network at 15-03 & 05-08 daily, 285 degrees from XMTR 5, but no details. See also GERMANY [non]; and ARGENTINA [non].

Furthermore, Radio Martí is no longer mentioned anytime on 5950, so maybe that different programming is over & done with, and we can also only hope, the jamming it attracted even beyond its own hours (Glenn Hauser, OK, Nov 7, WORLD OF RADIO 1956, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

5950, Nov 7 at 1421 check, this WRMI with JBA music and not // 9955. Usage of 5950 is constantly changing, and at one time would duplicate the 9955 morning block.

5950, UT Thu Nov 8 at 0147, trying to check whether this WRMI is now // 9395 as on the skedgrid --- 5950 with Oldies music, 9395 only a JBA carrier, so can`t be sure. 0151 ``Moon River``, 0152 Oldies-style ID (the word Oldies is never heard), 0153 VOA news, 0158 ad for cheap airline tickets with 800 number, 0200 opening RAE with multi-lingual ID reel, prior to English-only.

5950, one more WRMI check at 0558 Nov 8; very poor music, and not // 9395 fair with other music. Presumably one or both about to pick up RFI via WRN relay. Speaking of which, Mike Cooper in GA says Nov 7:

``RFI ENGLISH CUTBACK =-= At the end of today's 1400 RFI English broadcast, there was an announcement that RFI English morning broadcasts will be discontinued later this month. The 1400 "Paris Live" program will continue.`` And on Nov 8:

``I heard the announcement again today at the end of the 1400 UT English hour. It said that effective Sunday, November 18, RFI English morning broadcasts will come to an end. The announcement encourages us to join RFI for "new Paris Live programs" at 1400 from Monday through Friday every week. This implies there will be no more weekend broadcasts. No mention was made of the daily 1600 broadcast (which is a repeat of the 1400 hour, with a fresh newscast). I have yet to find any mention of these changes on RFI's web site`` [MORE: See FRANCE]

The 0600 only has been on SW, 7245 direct, new frequency for B-18 I`ve yet to check, and also on WRN via WRMI 5950. Maybe also at 1600, tho WRN sked is self-contradictory also showing New Zealand that hour M-F. Of course, 5950 at 1600 is audible only circumchobee.

Meanwhile checked at 1750 UT Nov 8, Jeff White, logged into his WRMI skedgrid spreadsheet flanked by anonymous moose, wombat, ferret and hedgehog, has entered yet another change, now showing 5950 at 00-01 with Radio France International. Before that, in same bright green, it`s generic WRN.

7780 // 5950 // 5850 // 9395, UT Fri Nov 9 at 0107, `Voice of the Report of the Week` on all these WRMIs; maybe one reason he`s not on WBCQ any more; the self-absorbed John musing about not making many changes but maybe some reduxions in December. 5850 & 9395 are *much* stronger than the others, and 9395 has surged up to S9+30/40. Skedgrid shows he`s also on 7730 the previous hour UT Fri 00-01 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WRMI: See also nons: ALBANIA, FRANCE, NIGERIA

9395, Nov 10 at 0229, tuning in to check whether R. Tirana relay via WRMI is back in whack --- surprised to hear a YL ID for ``SonPower World Radio, from the studios of WRMI --- on 5850, 7455 and 9395`` --- but I am not sure of the first two unexpected frequencies, as could have said 5950, 9455.

SonPower, you may recall, was the Rick Wiles thing subtitled TruNews that used to be on WRMI --- is he making a comeback, or was this just an old ID that surfaced somehow? Anyhow, neither SPR nor Tirana follows at 0230, rather World Music fill including some of the same tunes heard 24 hours ago, breaking for a canned Spanish ID at 0243, and now confirmed // 5950.

9955, Nov 10 at 1435, WRMI has some annoying QRM, not conventional
jamming noise; rather, multi-tone whine co-channel, which fine-tuning
with BFO seems to come from carriers about 292 Hz apart up to 1460 Hz,
beating against each other and WRMI as I tune upwards, during
Japanese-accented `Living the Bible`, still past 1502 with Blalock the
Blaster. STILL same whine QRM to 9955 at quick 2242 recheck.
[WORLD OF RADIO 1956]  

5950, Nov 11 at 0140, what`s going on WRMI UT Sunday? VOA News ending, Rudy ID in Spanish during Oldies stream, ``City of New Orleans``, but 9395 a JBA carrier cannot confirm //. At 0153 it`s in again and yes, // 5950. 0205 still Oldies on 5950, 9395 gone again.

Further changes on the WRMI skedgrid as checked at 0530 UT Nov 11:

5950 with more RFI France relays: 07-08 Portuguese (ex-DW English via WRN), 18-19 Spanish, 19-20 French, 20-21 Portuguese; and already 00-01 English.

Unspecified WRN relays on 5950 contract to: 05-07, 15-18, 21-24; and // 9395 at 22-23. Is the 06-07 hour from WRN still RFI English? What will happen when RFI drops its morning English?

Also: 5010 now shown as System B // 9955 at 01-05. [not any more]

9955, Nov 11 at 1352, WRMI World Music fill, jazzed-up `Ode to Joy`. 9955 at 1437 and still 1449, AWR Wavescan instead of scheduled `Word to the World` at 1430. Pulse jamming running at 1449, not earlier, and not later at 1506 with Blalock the Blaster (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Monitored WRMI Sunday Evening / Monday Morning (UT) 7780 kHz Schedule From my recording last Sunday evening, 11-12 November UT:

2015 Viva Miami (in Spanish talking about the trip to Bratislava for
     the HFCC meeting; repeat yet again)
2030 Reserve Military Retirement (repeat of last week's)
2100 Wavescan (#507)
2130 World of Radio (#1955)
2200 Oldies (Included a Tecsun Australia ad. Your Weekend Show NOT
     aired again this week. Has Bob Biermann temporarily or
     permanently stopped his program or is it being aired at some
     other time on WRMI?)
2250 VOA News with Christopher Cruise, followed by more Oldies
2300 Full Gospel Hour Broadcast (program name used this week)
2330 Shortwave Radiogram (#73)
0000 Radio Slovakia International in Slovak
0030 Radio Slovakia International in English
0100 Wavescan (#507)
0130 Through the Cross Ministry with Pastor Chuck
0200 Radio Prague in English
0230 Viva Miami (in Spanish talking about the trip to Bratislava for
     the HFCC meeting; repeat yet again)
0245 Living Water
(-- Richard Langley, WOR iog via DXLD)

Your Weekend Show on Hiatus? Hi Glenn: See my recent posting to WoR io group about monitoring WRMI on 7780 kHz yesterday. Two weeks in a row that Bob Biermann has been absent with his Your Weekend Show. Haven't looked for it at some other time on the WRMI sked. Already cutting back involvement with WRMI as previously announced? Best regards (-- Richard Langley, Nov 12, DXLD) I don`t know, either (gh)

7490, UT Sat Nov 10 from 0000, WBCQ with Tom instead of Allan Weiner, Worldwide. Over to John Carver`s summary:

``Show started on time this evening on 7490. Tom Barna is hosting the show again with Robert sitting in as sidekick. Show opens with music after Tom states that a lot of things have been going on this past week. Opening talk about Maine's new governor. A Democrat and the first female to ever hold the office. Apparently all that happened in Maine this past week as that's all they talked about to begin with. Several songs were played.

Robert announced that a donor was paying to have the old episodes of The Hour of the Time show by Bill Cooper broadcast. It was also announced that Hal Turner would begin simulcasting his show on 7490 and 5130. There will be a special program from Germany broadcast on 5130 from one to five-thirty local time tomorrow. One airing only.

Ramsey called at 0131. Brief talk about the old radio he was using to listen to the show tonight and then some comments on the election. Another phone call at 0141 from a caller asking if they could find a donor to pay to rerun the Amos and Andy show, Tom explained that they couldn't as Ed Bolton insisted that the tapes of the show be returned to him every three months or so and they had very few episodes in their archives. The caller stated that he has a lot of CDs that Ed Bolton had sent him years ago with a lot of episodes of the program. Said if he could make some money doing so, he would be willing to send the CDs to the station if a backer could be found. Tom said he would be in contact with him. Larry Will called at 0151 to say that he had a few episodes of Amos and Andy in his archives.

No superstation news this evening. Show was off the air at 0200 in the middle of a song and 7490 also went off the air at this time. John Mid-North Indiana``

5130, Sat Nov 10 at 1913, no signal from WBCQ, nor any expected way out here, 2721 km = 1690 statute miles from Monticello over a full-day path, during special booking from Universe Radio, Netherlands, as publicized for 18-22 UT today. Not checked again until 2229 when some JBA talk and music can be measured on 5130.159. Must be the other transmitter, rather than usual 5129.83 area. Still offset plus at 0147. WBCQ said that Universe would be extended to 2230 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

In stunningly better than usual, way better than any other 31 metre signal, and way better than usual: 4+4+4+44. 0205-0220 8/Nov, SDRplay +SDRuno +randomwire +ANC4 (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Williamston MI, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

13690-DRM, Red Lion, PA, 50 kW/62 deg, WINB, Nov 8, 1346 - Another DRM signal seen in PEI. Too weak to decode audio, but IDs as WINB English Religion 8.28 kbps EEP Mono. I'm thinking that we might be too close and the signal is skipping over us. The signal is unusual in appearance, though, with the lower 5 kHz hashed (with a rapid buzzing sound), while the upper 5 kHz looks more the normal, 'white noise' DRM appearance.

Another hindrance to decoding is that 13685 has Turkey present, while AIR is on 13695. In my experience, this interferes with reception of DRM. Bits and pieces of audio started coming through about 1355 with piano music. On the SDR waterfall, it's easy to see that the upper half of the signal appears twice as strong as the lower half. Perhaps someone can explain that to me! The music is from the Phantom of the Opera. Nice ID at 1359:20, then into a religious program, Take a Look in the Book. Fully able to decode now. 9:00 AM local at our receiver site. Very powerful at 1518 recheck and in Italian. A really messy transmitter splattering well beyond the 10 kHz window. Same strange 1/2 and 1/2 on the waterfall. I recognize the program. This is IBC (heard on WRMI in past). They should be doing something in digital, which would be funny: Digital broadcasting digital! Nope, into music at 1529, then ID with postal address for WINB, and into South Carolina religious broadcast. Interesting that suddenly, the signal just dropped to a very low level and I stopped being able to demodulate at about 1535. Someone did something at the transmitter site! (Walt Salmaniw, Listening Waters DXpedition, Murray Harbour North, PEI, 3–10 Nov 2018, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1956, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

7310-7315-7320, Nov 9 at 0708, finally hearing WINB-style DRM noise on this frequency registered 0700-0900 M-F. By ``style`` I mean normal DRM noise on the plus side, very ``rough`` noise on the minus side just like had been on 15665-15670-15675, then replaced by 13685-13690-13695 in the daytime as again roaring S9 Nov 9 at 1406 (but never on weekends). BTW, 7315-AM is also available to WHRI at 0600-0900.

There continues to be a dearth of info on what *programming* is on these DRMs, and what kind of *data* is also being transmitted, even among DRM enthusiasts, who don`t seem to care about content. A recent WINB twit says the 09-11 test on 9265 to Europe is being received well oppositely in NZ (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1956, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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Reception of WEWN-1 Global Catholic Radio on 11520/9470 kHz, Nov 10
0000-0900 11520 EWN 250 kW / 085 deg to WeAf English as scheduled B-18
0900-0904 11520 EWN 250 kW / 085 deg to WeAf English, instead of  9470
0905-1300  9470*EWN 250 kW / 355 deg to SEAs English as scheduled B-18
*till 1200 9470 URU 100 kW / non-dir to EaAs Kazakh PBS Xinjiang co-ch
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/11/reception-of-wewn-1-global-catholic.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, Nov. 9-10, WORLD OF RADIO
1956, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

I`ve *never* heard WEWN on 9470, thought they were not really using it; now must check before 1300 (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)

7505.013 approx., Nov 11 at 1354, WRNO still on with gospelhuxter in English, not Chinese, S9+20 but noticeably off- frequency, presumably until nominal 1400* for winter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

17775, KVOH (The Voice of Hope, Rancho Simi, CA) at 1814 with Christian pop vocals and an American preacher at 1816 – Poor Nov 10 – Only signal on the band at this time (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, odxa iog via DXLD)

[and non]. Hi, Glenn and all. There was a power outage at the KVOH transmitter site on Saturday, related to the nearby SoCal fires. English on Saturdays is now scheduled 1600-2000, with Wavescan 1600-1630. I've just returned from Israel and am fighting off a bout of flu. The website schedules for both KVOH and the Voice of Hope - Middle East will be updated soon. English on that station is now 2000-2200 UT on Fridays (1287 kHz). Voice of Hope - Africa remains unchanged - no seasonal adjustments (Ray Robinson, Voice of Hope World Radio Network, Americas/Africa/Middle East. http://www.voiceofhope.com Nov 11, wor iog via DXLD)

5085, Nov 11 at 0100 tune-in, WTWW-2 with `Theatre Organ in the Ozarx` running late as usual from timeshifted nominal 0030 UT Sunday; speech sounds OK but some distortion on the music; finally over at 0111 for Tedad (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

5085, Nov 11 at 1351, once again WTWW-2 is on in the morning, hokey drama/narration with organ music, just like `Unshackled`; along with usual spur parasite carriers 5072.1 & 5097.9 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1956, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

21610 on at 14-19 per Aoki, 250 kW, 85 degrees toward Africa. Have not heard it here yet this season (gh, DXLD)

[ALL of the below are labeled NF for new frequency! Why so many
changes? A good way to lose audience unnecessarily --- gh]  

0000-0030  5010 YFR 100 kW / 151 deg CARI Spanish, ex 5950
0000-0030 17650 SDA 100 kW / 285 deg SEAs Burmese, ex 9810 TRM
0030-0100 17530 SDA 100 kW / 285 deg SEAs Manumanaw Karen, ex 9810 TRM
0230-0300  5975 MOS 300 kW / 094 deg SoAs Punjabi, ex 5970
0300-0330  7350 NAU 250 kW / 140 deg EaAf Tigrigna, ex 7315
0330-0400  6170 MOS 300 kW / 100 deg WeAs Farsi, ex 6120
0300-0330 15500 TRM 250 kW / 270 deg EaAf Oromo, ex 12010 MDC
0400-0430  5975 ISS 125 kW / 095 deg SEEu Bulgarian, ex NAU
0400-0430 15500 TRM 125 kW / 270 deg EaAf Amharic ex 0330-04 11875 TAC
0500-0600 17780 TRM 125 kW / 300 deg CEAf Arabic, ex TAC
0600-0630  7375 ISS 250 kW / 162 deg WeAf French, ex 12015
1100-1130  5010 YFR 100 kW / 151 deg CARI Spanish, ex 5950
1100-1200  9610 SDA 100 kW / 330 deg EaAs Chinese, ex 11730
1200-1300  9460 SDA 100 kW / 330 deg EaAs Korean, ex 9880
1200-1230 15400 TRM 125 kW / 060 deg SoAs Mon, ex 1230-1300 15195 SDA
1300-1330 11590 SDA 100 kW / 285 deg SEAs Khmer, ex 11900
1300-1330 11730 SCB 100 kW / 075 deg EaAs Chinese M-F, ex 15480 NAU
1300-1330 11730 SCB 100 kW / 075 deg EaAs Uighur Sat/Sun, ex 15480 NAU
1300-1330 15450 SDA 100 kW / 285 deg SEAs Kachin, ex 15670
1300-1400 11935 TRM 125 kW / 045 deg EaAs Chinese, ex SDA
1300-1400 11855 SDA 100 kW / 330 deg EaAs Korean, ex 12025
1330-1400 11730 SCB 100 kW / 075 deg EaAs Chinese, ex 15480 NAU
1330-1400 11945 TRM 125 kW / 025 deg SoAs Hmong Thu/Fri, ex 11900 SDA
1330-1400 11945 TRM 125 kW / 025 deg SoAs Assamese Sun/Wed ex11900 SDA
1330-1400 11945 TRM 125 kW / 090 deg SEAs Indonesian Mo/Tu/Sa ex 11900
1330-1400 12035 SDA 100 kW / 270 deg SEAs Thai, ex 15450
1330-1400 12085 SDA 100 kW / 270 deg SEAs Lao Thu/Sat, ex 17770 TRM
1330-1400 12085 SDA 100 kW / 270 deg SEAs Thai Mon-Wed/F ex 17770 TRM
1400-1430 11870 SDA 100 kW / 285 deg SEAs Asho Chin, ex 15150
1400-1430 15255 MDC 250 kW / 055 deg SoAs Sinhalese, ex SDA
1400-1430 12025 MOS 300 kW / 095 deg SoAs Urdu, ex 15440
1400-1500 11730 NAU 250 kW / 070 deg EaAs Chinese, ex 15480
1400-1500  9580 SDA 100 kW / 315 deg EaAs Chinese, ex 11935
1430-1500 11985 SDA 100 kW / 285 deg SEAs Pwo Western Karen, ex 15150
1430-1500 15180 TRM 125 kW / 045 deg SEAs Manumanaw Karen, ex SDA
1430-1500 15215 TRM 125 kW / 045 deg SEAs Burmese, ex 15255 SDA
1500-1530  9740 TRM 125 kW / 015 deg SoAs Nepali, ex 11900 SDA
1500-1530 11945 SCB 100 kW / 126 deg SoAs Tamil, ex 15715 SDA
1500-1530 11985 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg SoAs Telugu, ex 15490 SDA
1500-1530 15250 TRM 125 kW / 025 deg SoAs Lushai, ex SDA
1530-1600  9830 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg SoAs Hindi, ex 15250 NAU
1530-1600  9855 DB  100 kW / 137 deg SoAs Oriya, ex 15715 SDA
1530-1600  9905 ERV 100 kW / 255 deg SoAs Kannada, ex 15730 SDA
1530-1600 11945 SCB 100 kW / 126 deg SoAs Gujarati, ex 9505 TAC
1530-1600 11955 MOS 300 kW / 095 deg SoAs Punjabi, ex 11995
1530-1600 12035 TRM 125 kW / 345 deg SoAs Marathi, ex 11955 SDA
1530-1630  9765 SDA 100 kW / 330 deg EaAs Korean, additional
1600-1630  9770 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg SoAs English, ex 15715 SDA
1600-1630 11985 TRM 125 kW / 345 deg SoAs Urdu, ex SDA
1630-1700 11955 NAU 250 kW / 139 deg EaAf Tigrinya, ex 15490
1630-1700 12035 NAU 250 kW / 141 deg EaAf Amharic, ex 1700-1730 11985
1630-1700 15360 TRM 125 kW / 345 deg SoAs Pashto M/W/F, ex 11985 SDA
1630-1700 15360 TRM 125 kW / 345 deg SoAs Sindhi Su/Tu/Th/Sa ex 11985
1700-1730 11800 MEY 250 kW / 019 deg CEAf Swahili, ex 15490
1730-1800  9800 ISS 125 kW / 180 deg NoAf Kabyle, ex 11985 NAU
1730-1800 11870 ISS 250 kW / 126 deg EaAf Oromo, ex 15155
1800-1900  7225 MOS 300 kW / 175 deg EaAf Arabic, ex 11985
1900-1930  7275 MOS 300 kW / 190 deg WeAf Hausa, ex 9840
1900-1930  9895 NAU 250 kW / 218 deg WeAf Wolof, ex 11750
1900-2000  6120 NAU 250 kW / 210 deg NoAf Arabic, ex 9535
1930-2000  9780 MOS 300 kW / 170 deg CeAf French, ex 15155
1930-2000  9850 MEY 250 kW / 328 deg WeAf Ibo, ex ISS
1930-2000 11790 MEY 250 kW / 328 deg WeAf Fulfulde, ex 17800
2000-2030  9515 MDC 125 kW / 320 deg NoAf French, ex NAU
2000-2030  6070 MOS 300 kW / 210 deg WeAf Dyula, ex 9770
2000-2030  9780 MEY 250 kW / 328 deg WeAf French, ex 11800
2030-2100  7270 MOS 300 kW / 205 deg WeAf French, ex 11980
2100-2130  7270 MOS 300 kW / 210 deg WeAf English, ex 11980
2030-2100  9780 MEY 250 kW / 328 deg WeAf Yoruba, ex 11750
2200-2230 12040 SDA 100 kW / 255 deg SEAs Sundanese M/W/F/S x 9720 TRM
2200-2230 12040 SDA 100 kW / 255 deg SEAs English T/T/Sun, ex 9720 TRM
2230-2300 12040 SDA 100 kW / 255 deg SEAs Javanese, ex 9720 TRM
2200-2300 11870 SDA 100 kW / 345 deg EaAs Chinese, ex 15685
2200-2300 11955 SDA 100 kW / 255 deg SEAs Indonesian, ex 11800
2300-2400 15685 SDA 100 kW / 330 deg EaAs Chinese, ex 17520

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1410, KQV, Pittsburgh, PA – silent 31st December 2017, has an STA to remain silent for 180 days from 18th July 2018; now has a Construction Permit granted on 6th June 2018 for new owners to relocate to the WEDO site and reduce nighttime power from 5 kW to 75 W. The CP has a 36-month expiry. The owners have also applied on 2nd October to change the licence type from “Commercial” to “non-commercial educational”.

1500, WGHT, Pompton Lakes, NY – silent 15th December 2017, STA to remain silent for 180 days from 16th February 2018 was extended on 12th September 2018 citing continuing financial difficulties; licence will expire automatically if no broadcast is made by 16th December 2018.

1510, WMEX, Boston, MA - WMEX’s application made on 15th June 2018, for a permanent licence, remaining 100 W at night and just 10 kW daytime, 2 kW critical hours has been granted on 10th October 2018 by the FCC and a construction permit issued. All three operations would continue to be from a non-directional antenna, at the Quincy site diplexing with WBIX.

1540, WDCD, Albany, NY – silent 16th October 2017. Silent under various Special Temporary Authorities, the licensee (DJRA Broadcasting LLC) surrendered the licence to the FCC on 28th September.

1700, WRCR, Ramapo, NY – silent 7th August 2017 having lost its transmitter site. On 27th July WRCR applied to go silent again, and was granted an STA to remain silent for 180 days from 10th August 2018. WRCR’s licence will expire automatically if no broadcast is made by 28th July 2019. All information in the above articles was sourced from the FCC (Medium Wave News 64/06, November 2018 via DXLD)

1640/AM$, WSJP, WI, Sussex (Milwaukee), many mentions of “Relevant Radio” and ads for Wisconsin car dealer and many many ‘Catholic’ Products and into Catholic talk. No actual ID, but this fits. 44+4+44 well on top of anything else, with a solid stereo pilot lighting, 0230-0245 6/Nov, SoDiRa +ANC4 +randomwire --Zichi MI

1660, WBCN, NC, Charlotte, “94.7 Smoke” non-ID at 0655 and rock music -- this must be the music station I’ve been hearing, but they FINALLY popped up during something identifiable! I’m also now sure that KQWB in ND is Fox Sports Radio but I’ve not heard anything like “Bison 1660” which is what they supposedly use as an ID but instead just lots of ‘Fox Sports Radio’ non-IDs from them. They DO advertize that they use AM$ as do Kalamazoo but apparently this station does not. Go figure. In and out for an hour, with KQWB mostly dominant. WBCN was Mostly 33542 but occasionally faded up to 44544 like it did briefly at 0655. 0615-0700 8/Nov SDRplay +SDRuno +randomwire (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Williamston MI, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST) See CANADA, X-band

The IRCA TIS list from 2018, does have others. K...760 is listed for the PA station. I was unable to find out anything else about this second station. Listening carefully, though, I'm still hearing mentions of New Jersey and highway advisory, cochannel by the female voice, which I'm sure is the WQFG689 station. Perhaps one or more of the 5 stations listed under that ID is carrying another program? There is mention of www.???.org (I think).

Listening again, it's www.511NJ.org. This frequency bothered me, so I listened again at 2250 the next afternoon, and there they were again. With help of Bruce Conti who had laid a south directed wire, I could now work out who the 2 stations were: The New Jersey station, again (mostly dominant), with the slightly muffly male speaker, and the female speaker, occasionally fading up, being the National Parks Service TIS station at the Springfield Armory National Historic Site in Springfield, Mass. Glad to have that mystery solved! (Walt Salmaniw, P.E.I. DX-pedition, IRCA via DXLD)

+++ 1:35-2:07 PM EST, 11/6; Pop, novelty & traditional Xmas tunes, including a hard version of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; Pet Smart ad; “106.7 (sounded like) KMTI”. QRM north of Freeland with cool jazz & EZL that went off abruptly at 2:07PM (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, GMC Car Radio for FMBC logs, ----- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time & without the aid of a computer! -----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) He hears lots of piracy there on 87.9 (gh)

96.3 MHz, FLORIDA, WBPU-LP, St. Petersburg. This one begins to fade in just north of Park Blvd./Gandy Blvd. when southbound on US-19, as WPCQ-LP drops out with their rather puny signal. Slogan is "Black Power 93.3" with gangsta rap and hip-hop (FCC no-no words bleeped). Promo for the Marcus Garvey Cruise to the Cayman Islands and Honduras, departing Miami (that should be a blast), sponsored by the African Socialists International. Website blackpower96.org has a feature on how their antenna is (has?) gone from 45 to 70 feet. Appears to be a legitimate upgrade per the second entry on the FCC's LPFM dB showing a height (in meters) change. Operated by the African People's Education & Defense Fund.

96.7 MHz, FLORIDA, WMTB-LP, St. Petersburg. Singing jingle "M-T-B Music Tampa Bay" and playing apparently all local artists, mostly folk and Blues-style vocals. Legal ID top of hour and mention of studios on 1st Avenue North at The Zoo Studios (apparently a recording studio venue) as detailed on their musictampabay.com site.

99.1 MHz, FLORIDA WUJM-LP, St. Petersburg. Black gospel soul, later with nice-sounding Caribe accented female hosting Old School reggae (Bob Marley) alternating with Christmas soca vocals, "99 Jamz The Burg" (as in St. Petersburg) slogan. Noted airing a blatant commercial for Florida Brakes & Tires, an LPFM violation. Best of the noted LPFM signals from St. Petersburg, making it with fringe reception back to East Bay Drive, Largo.

100.1, WUBP-LP, St. Petersburg. No trace of this one, listed as active and licensed to the All African People's Development & Empowerment Project at a mere 10 watts. Notice the similarity in ownership name as well as inverted call letters with 96.3 WPBU-LP, highly suspicious at that. Only a strong WZJZ, Port Charlotte with Hot AC heard on the channel.

102.1 MHz, FLORIDA, WPBW-LP, St. Petersburg. The mere 15 watter still spewing away with pointless Catholic EWTN talk and no listeners (just one DXer).

Florida Low Power Radio Stations:
https://sites.google.com/site/floridadxn/florida-low-power-radio-stations (Terry Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

By The Editors, CJR Fall 2018 --- Illustrator: Álvaro Domínguez

What does it mean that most newsrooms in America don’t reflect the diversity of the communities they cover? The answer can’t be good. CJR visited 10 newsrooms across the country where the mismatch between the makeup of the staff and the demographics of the coverage area seems particularly notable.

What we found is both depressingly predictable—lots of talk about job pipelines and a lack of qualified candidates—and unusually candid. Editors admitted that they had, frankly, failed.

The fact that the conversations about diversity are the same ones that the industry has been having for decades (really since the report of the Kerner Commission a half-century ago), shows how little progress has been made in the United States, even as the demographics of the country have changed profoundly. It is true that journalism’s failure is not unlike that of other institutions, from corporate America to college campuses to Congress, but that is as much an excuse as an observation.

For the profiles that follow, we talked to newsroom managers, reporters, and residents about what a lack of diversity means to readers and to journalism itself. And, critically, we look at what now has to happen to fix the problem.

Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Seattle, Washington
Los Ángeles, California
Baltimore, Maryland
Queens, New York
Denver, Colorado
South Bend, Indiana
Houston, Texas
Orlando, Florida
Jackson, Mississippi
[each linked separately from:]

https://www.cjr.org/special_report/10-newsrooms-racial-disparity.php/
(Columbia Journalism Review via Indiana Radio Watch via John H Carver,
Jr, mid-north IN, DXLD)  

** VATICAN [and non] B18 schedule for Vatican Radio in English
1130-1200 Fri   ME 15595-smg 17590-smg (Mass)
1630-1700 Daily Af 11625-mdc 13830-smg
1715-1730 Daily ME  7230-smg
2000-2030 Daily Af  6010-smg 7365-smg
(HFCC via Nov BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) Is that all? (gh, DXLD)

Very good signal of Vatican Radio liturgy in Russian, Nov.11:
0930-1020 15595 SMG 250 kW / 040 deg to EaEu Russian 2nd and 4th Sun
0930-1020 17590 SMG 250 kW / 072 deg to CeAs Russian 2nd/4th Sun  

Winter B-18 frequency changes of Vatican Radio:

https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/11/very-good-signal-of-vatican-radio.html
(Ivo Ivanóv, SWLDXBulgaria News, Nov 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: