DX LISTENING DIGEST 11-39, September 28, 2011
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** AFGHANISTAN. 6102, 1518-, Radio Afghanistan, Sep 22, Tentative
reception. I was tuning the radio, getting ready for their listed
sign-on at 1530 (or 1527), but there's already someone there weakly
with talk in ? language. I know that they were planning an expansion
in languages, so has this happened already? Almost certainly them, as
the music is typical for the region, and who else would be on 6102? A
female is heard just after 1530, but just too weak to make anything
else out of the transmission. I'm not aware of any other North
American loggings, so far, but as the days get shorter, it may become
possible. Now at 1531:30, a male is speaking.
[There have been reports of their turning on the transmitter early,
with domestic service audio --- gh]
6102, 1510-, Radio Afghanistan Sep 23 After a superb Asiatic TP
morning on MW, I've switched over to SW and checked 6102. From at
least 1506 there's a carrier present, and rather strong at 1510. Talk
suddenly came on at 1511:30 or so. At 1512 I'm hearing Qur`an or
similar recitation. Quite good reception compared to yesterday's
threshold or just above levels. The 7030+ just shines here with
readable signals above my Perseus SDR. Splatter from KCBS on 6100.
Music continued to 1527, with the signal gradually deteriorating as
dawn progressed (still chanting by a woman at 1529:50, and an
improvement again in strength). Time pips 1530, and a short
announcement, followed by fanfare and then a mention of Afghanistan.
So no longer tentative! Too much splatter from Korea followed. I'm
very pleased with this one! Checking the morning of the 24th, the
carrier did not come on until after 1515, but was present at 1525
tune-in. Not as strong this morning. They might have a transmitter
problem, as they seem to be gone at 1533. Checked again at 1520 on the
25th, and they're there already with weak talk. I didn't hear any time
pips at 1530, but again, there's someone with low modulation, but too
weak to tell much else (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, BC, dxldyg via WORLD OF
RADIO 1584, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ALASKA. [Re 11-38:] It appears that KICY is the first US 50 kW
station to implement one or another of the forms of MDCL operation
(Ben Dawson, WA, Sept 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.:
Subject: KICY - DCC in Nome Alaska --- Terry Reynolds informs me that
DCC is now on in Nome Alaska. The transmitter is a DX50 (Van Craft,
Engineer/ IT Support, Clear Channel-Anchorage, AK, 23 Sept, via
Stephen Lockwood, Hatfield-Dawson, via Ben, DXLD) 850
** ALASKA. After a long dry spell, I finally got a new one, even
though only a call change: 1330, AK, Juneau KXXJ (ex KXLJ) was talk,
now oldies, slogan "Greatest Hits 13-30 KXJ". Received very nice vl on
letterhead in 12d for CD report, sent back in enclosed SASE. V/S: Jeff
McCoy-Program Director. New address: 3161 Channel Drive #2, Juneau AK
99801-7815. AK QSL #62, MW QSL: 3017. 73, (Patrick Martin, Seaside OR,
HCDX via DXLD)
?? What`s the point of a legal call change if they are going to keep
going by an imaginary 3-letter call which doesn`t even fit into the 4-
letter, old or new? (gh, DXLD)
** ALASKA. 9920, 1529-, KNLS Anchor Point, Sep 25. Excellent reception
in English, although VOIRI in Arabic is easily heard cochannel.
Haven't noticed this before. Not enough to cause any problems with
readability, though. Radio propagation for beginners at 1530 (Walt
Salmaniw, Masset, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ALBANIA. 13625, Sept 26 at 1430 check, still no R. Tirana on SW. As
for what happened to Drita Çiço`s son Parid, he was extremely
distraught about something and jumped out a window. This is very
personal, not related to radio, and I will not deal with it further.
Drita is talking about it and the investigation to her mailing list
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ALBANIA. Harmonics: 0621 UT 26.09, 19030 kHz CRI (tentative), 2 x
9515 kHz, Chinese music and talk in Arabic, SINPO=25232
0922 UT 26.09, 18880 kHz CRI, 2 x 9440 kHz, talk in Romanian about
China, O=1-2 73's (Juergen Lohuis, Luenen, Germany, harmonics yg via
DXLD)
** ALGERIA. [Re 11-38]: 891v, Yes, R. Algerienne is, unfortunately,
active again on 891 kHz. The original power was very high; perhaps not
so now, which I doubt, but I'm receiving R. Sim, Vilamoura 891 kHz
right now here on the SW coast, and the Algerian signal is strangely
very weak.
Until they halted broadcasting on 891, Ouled Fayet used to cover the
Portuguese transmitter located not far from my current location. 73,
(Carlos Goncalves, Portugal, Sept 18, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews 23 Sept, via
WORLD OF RADIO 1584, DXLD)
** ALGERIA [and non]. 153 // to 171! --- I've certainly missed
something because I'm hearing right now longwave Morocco 171 and
Algeria 153 perfectly parallel. There must be some kind of event
related to Maghrebian region or something? (more interestingly
with "The Carpenters" playing at 2358 UT followed by the same news
bulletin!!) (Sylvain Naud, Portneuf, QC, Canada, 0003 UT Sept 26, MWDX
yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1584, DXLD)
** ALGERIA. Panoramio Image: Kenadsa/Bechar. Kenadsa longwave
transmitter,
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/22142415?source=wapi&referrer=kh.google.com
Regards (Ian Baxter, NSW, Sept 27, mwmasts [sic] yg via DXLD) 153 kHz,
three towers in a row (gh)
** ANGUILLA [and non]. 11775, Sept 22 at 1253, DGS is back on after
missing yesterday, but weaker than usual and with CCI, presumably
AIR`s Tibetan service which of course draws ChiCom jamming too (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ANTARCTICA. 15476, Sept 22 no traces of LRA36 at 1231, 1246, 1303,
1357 chex. So their Tuesday/Thursday-only schedule lasted only a week
or two. I shall soon revert to non-reporting its non-reception.
15476, Sept 27 at 1311, LRA36 is back on again as evidenced by a JBA
carrier here, 1316 traces of music. Could still detect carrier at chex
1347, 1403, 1429. So an active Tuesday; maybe this Thursday too,
unless a holiday.
Ron Howard, CA, was also getting it today: ``open carrier at 1347;
hovering just above and below threshold level (mostly below); best
segment from 1420 to 1426 with singing and YL announcer; too weak to
ID language; transmitter off at 1503`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF
RADIO 1584, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ARGENTINA. 11710.639, 0254-, RAE, Sep 22, English program at strong
level. My first logging from this session in Masset. Argentinian music
program. Quite enjoyable. Have to use either USB or notch out 11710
(VOIRI in Hindi is listed, at fair level) (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, BC,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15344.04v, R. Nacional, 0105, Sept 26 (Monday UT). In Spanish; IDs;
normal presentation at this time of a radio play/drama; mostly fair
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA. 585-2WEB Verification Letter (and goodies)
Hello All, Received from Production Director (and Breakfast Announcer)
David Sharp was a very welcome verification letter (and two bumper
stickers) from 585-2WEB, a 10 kw station in Bourke, Australia. This DU
station was received on August 15th at the "Rockwork" ocean viewpoint
cliff at Cape Falcon on the NW Oregon coast, with a PL-380 Ultralight
radio and new 8" diameter FSL antenna.
David mentioned that mine was the first report that he has received
from the USA during the 12 years that he's worked there, and that the
only other report that 2WEB has received from North America during
that time was one from Alberta (maybe Nigel?). Unlike many other
stations 2WEB and David (an avid DXer who once lived in Florida) seem
very motivated to promptly answer reception reports, so those who have
heard their music programs (classic rock, soft rock, country, etc.)
shouldn't hesitate to report reception. David also keeps close records
of each song played, so it was easy for him to confirm my reception
both last month, and in July of last year (at Seaside, OR).
Thanks again to Chuck and Bruce, who listened to MP3's of both of
these receptions, and suggested the identity of the station (which was
right on, even back in July of last year). 73 and Good DX, (Gary
DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA),
Gary, Congrats with your 2WEB verie. A nice one. Glad to hear they
still like reports. My QSL from them goes back to the 90s. 10KW now? I
had not noticed that. I think they were 2 KW back then. Good going.
73, (Patrick Martin, Seaside OR, KGED QSL Manager, ibid.)
Thanks Patrick, According to David's letter, 585-2WEB boosted power to
10 kW a few years back, and runs a varied music format (soft rock,
classic rock and country) with automated programming during the time
that we are most likely to hear them (1200-1500 UT, or late evenings
in Australia). This results in fewer ID's and local programming during
this time period, but David said that accurate records are kept of
each song played, which helped him also confirm my reception last year
at the Seaside beach on July 18th.
585-2WEB is one of a number of stations which seem pretty regular on
the NW Oregon coast during the summer, but which never produced a
trace for John B. or me at Grayland during four summer Ultralight
DXpeditions. The other ones are 603-Radio Waatea, 666-Noumea and
765-Radio Kahungunu. David's message concerning 2WEB's verification
policy is pasted below, for those interested. 73, (Gary DeBock (in
Puyallup, WA), ibid.)
Hi Gary, As a DX'er myself (former member of SPEEDX and current member
of ARDXC), I can appreciate the value of a reception report. Though I
no longer QSL myself, I certainly did appreciate the "prompt response"
years ago, when sending reception reports was a big part of my SWL/MW
experience. I also do the Breakfast Show, which in the USA is the
equivalent of "Morning Drive."
You can listen to us any time via our website:
http://outbackradio.com.au
Click the "listen live" links. My show is on from 1-3pm Pacific Time.
(It's also because of our web stream, I require a very detailed
reception report or MP3s, to "prove" reception.) Everyone here enjoyed
your letter and picture. Take care and 73s (David Sharp, via Gary,
ibid.)
Great going, Gary, glad to see you got a reply back from David Sharp.
Yes, mine was the report from Alberta, for my reception in September
2004. I was also a member of SPEEDX back in the 70's and 80's, when he
was, so he recognized my name. Think I've only heard 2WEB twice in the
7 years since that first reception. 73, (Nigel Pimblett, Dunmore,
Alberta, ibid.)
Gary, I had to go and check when I got the QSL letter and sticker from
2WEB. It was in Jan. 1996. My reception was in Nov 1995. According to
Sue Smith, the secretary they were running 2.5 kW. The government of
Australia used to only allow 5 kW stations other than the ABC, but
that must have changed. Again great going. 73, (Patrick Martin,
Seaside OR, ibid.)
Although the presence of a confirmed DXer like David Sharp at 2WEB
would seem like a perfect fit for such a situation [someone suggested
a DX test], the tricky propagation between eastern Australia and North
America would probably doom the special test effort.
585-2WEB is not a common DU catch, even in most west coast areas. In
checking the Grayland DXpedition logs for the past 12 years, it seems
that it was heard only once (by Chuck, in 2005), even with top-of-the-
line equipment. Nigel in Alberta hears it rarely, but certainly not
every summer. The Oregon coast seems to have a special edge for
reception of 585-2WEB, but only during sunrise enhancement when
propagation is good (in the summer, or early fall). That's probably
why Patrick and I were able to confirm it. Despite the new 10 kw
transmitter, 2WEB remains a very challenging catch, even for many west
coast DXers with top-of-the-line equipment. It would seem that unless
a propagation miracle occurs, very few DXers in inland locations would
have much of chance of hearing a 2WEB DX test. 73, (Gary DeBock (in
Puyallup, WA), ibid.)
Gary/Patrick, I also went back and checked. My 2WEB QSL was for August
1992 reception, and was answered in March 1993, also by Sue Smith. She
said 2WEB had originally started from studios in the local high
school, and gradually grew into a full station with paid staff etc.
Congratulations, Gary (Bruce Portzer, WA, ibid.)
Thanks Bruce, I had no idea what the 585 kHz rock station was that I
heard in Seaside last year, but you and Chuck had it figured out right
away. Chuck even dug out the "2WEB" ID on the 585 kHz MP3 recorded at
"Rockwork" last month, when it all sounded pretty jumbled to me. I
probably qualify as the luckiest DXer to ever get a 2WEB verification,
based on the extensive help that I needed :-) 73, (Gary DeBock, ibid.)
Gary - The Grayland logs can be tricky. Since 2005, we've only been
directing our Grayland Beverage towards Asia due to the solar minimum
allowing far northern paths. Hence, no chance for Australia since our
NW Beverage receives nothing from DU lands. Earlier in the last
decade, DU's got the priority (Chuck Hutton, ibid.)
** AUSTRALIA. QSL: 2368.5, Radio Symban verified via ARDXC / John
Wright. Full data with reference to Greek programming from
Merrichville now from Leppington transmitter these days, Australian
Native Birds Card. This for a e-mail report to John Wright, reply in 8
days. Report to dxer1234 @ gmail.com (Edward Kusalik, Alberta, Sept
21, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
2368.5, R. Symban, 1146-1202:27*, Sept 21. Very good propagation;
announcer and songs in Greek till suddenly off; still abbreviated
schedule (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via
WORLD OF RADIO 1584, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
2368.5, Radio Symban, 0940-0945, 25-September-2011, in Greek. Greek
talk and music coming through this morning, male announcer with music
program, fair signal level but Tstorm QRN making copy difficult (Ed
Wlodarski, N2ED, New Jersey, Ten Tec RX340 & 100 Ft Long Wire, NASWA
Flashsheet via DXLD)
** AUSTRALIA. 2310, ABC NT Service, 1055-1105, 25-September-2011, in
English. Male announcer with music program, 1059, C&W song, fair this
morning, (2325 and 2485 were poor) followed by news with female
announcer (Ed Wlodarski, N2ED, New Jersey, Ten Tec RX340 & 100 Ft Long
Wire, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD)
2485, AUSTRALIA (non), VL8-K (Katherine), Australian ABC-NT Service.
Channel wiped out by strong digital signal from unID ute station,
making it impossible to determine if Australia is coming thru this
morning or not. Ute signal not heard for a cupola days, back now.
Yesterday station here wasn't audible anyway. Only traces of carrier
on 2310 and 2325 then and today. 73 and Good Listening! (Rick Barton,
El Mirage AZ, Hammarlund HQ-200, Drake R-8, Slinky and Inverted "L",
cat's whiskers provided by Ziggy, Loco, Lucy, Cumbre DX via DXLD)
Date?
2485, 1225-, ABC Northern Territory Service, Katherine, Sep 22. 2485
is obliterated by a utility digital signal between 2482 and 2486,
whereas the other two are heard at fair to good strength on 2310 and
2325 (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA. I was checking in with Craig about Ozy Radio. Received
this Sept 22: "Both 3210 and 5050 are off air and they will going on
air soon I hope. Stay Tuned, Craig Allen".
I responded by wishing him good luck restarting his station. For me I
think 5050 is my best bet for hearing them. 3210 has what seems to be
a spurious weak signal (produced locally?), so it might be hard to
tell when they actually return there. 5050 has strong BBR (China), but
in the past was fairly easy to tell when Ozy Radio was actually
broadcasting there (Ron Howard, Monterey, CA, USA, ibid., WORLD OF
RADIO 1584) See UNIDENTIFIED 5050
** AUSTRALIA. QSL: 6080, Radio Australia, ABC Radio Queensland special
tropical Yasi broadcast via Shepparton. Full data (with
site/power/specific name of the Broadcast) Medium wave & short-wave
broadcasting in Australia QSL card. Also received with the QSL’s,
programme and short-wave guide and ARDXC Information. Verified in 29
days, after sending second follow-up inquiry for a total of 4 months
(Edward Kusalik, Alberta, Sept 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA. 15400, Sept 26 at 1249, HCJB English with Revelation
nonsense about the antichrist, 666, great tribulation. Other
transmitter on 15340 putting a big het on Morocco 15341v (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRIA. Re 11-38: Another remarkable detail of the Moosbrunn usage
in B11: It appears that the transatlantic transmissions at night will
be terminated altogether. So that long path transmissions could have
the purpose to cover the Americas and Australia at once (Kai Ludwig,
Germany, Sept 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Radio Austria International, 9820, f/d City of Salzburg QSL letter in
21 days for report in German and US $2.00. I also had Cousin Ilse drop
by the station to inquire if they had received the report (she had
nothing better to do anyway!).
Always nice to see some mail from Austria, and the wintry scene in
that picture on their letter took me back to some funny misadventures
in Salzburg in recent years. One of the better beers in the world,
Stiegl, comes from Salzburg. I remember the old days, when Radio
Austria used to actually have a QSL card. What one gets now is a
letter with a "card" printed on the back, showing dashed lines and a
scissors where one is supposed to cut it off. Budget cutbacks have
forced this and much worse cuts worldwide. 73 (Al Muick, Whitehall PA
USA, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9830, 0007-, Radio Oesterreich, Sep 23. Fair to good reception with
German to South America. Mentions of 'Tillicum', presumably the orca
whale at Sealand. Good reception when rechecked at 0048 (to North
America) (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BANGLADESH. Please check some photos here for Bangladesh Betar,
Shavar transmitting site:
http://bit.ly/qToV9G
(Swopan Chakroborty, Kolkata, India, Sept 28, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BANGLADESH [and non]. QSL Report, week ending Sept 24: I have sent
follow-ups to over 50 (!) stations via registered airmail in the past
two months, for reports as old as 15 months from my times in
Afghanistan. This morning, I received an email from Abu Tabib Md. Zia
Hasan, the Senior Engineer for Bangladesh Betar rrc @ dhaka.net saying
that they would be sending the QSL very soon, but that they never
received the original report. Of course, this does not explain two
previous reports to this email address which went unanswered. He says
to please note their correct mailing address (slight variation of WRTH
2011): Senior Engineer, Research and Receiving Centre, Bangladesh
Betar, Shahbag, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
In tracing back all my missing QSLs, each and every one of them that
never got a reply, was sent via the US Army Post Office on Kandahar
Airfield. This is not very encouraging. I'm not (yet) pointing
fingers, but after some more empirical data, I may lay a smoldering
letter in the inbox of the APO Inspector General.
The amazing thing for me is that the registered airmail letter to
Bangladesh was sent on the 20th of September, and the email was on the
28th of September. Given handling and transport times, the letter took
about 7 days to reach its destination, which for me, at the price of
around $14.48, is a better deal than any courier service. Hats off to
the USPS for this one! 73 (Al Muick, Whitehall PA USA, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** BELARUS. 6010, 17/9 2331, Belarus Radio, pop songs, very good
signal tonight in // with 6040 & 6080 both better than usual too
(Giampiero Bernardini, Milan, Italy, in Bocca di Magra (La Spezia,
Italy) with Dario Monferini for our usual BOC DX nights (this one was
number 25), RFSpace SDR-IQ e Perseus; loop Wellbrook LFL 1010 e
MaxiWhip (vertical 7 meters), dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
11930, 0350-, Belarussian Radio First program, Sep 22. Open carrier
until TOH when went directly into local news program. Up to 0400,
splatter from NHK on 11935, but this went off at 0400. Fair to good
reception (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BOLIVIA. 5952.37, Radio Pio Doce, Siglo Veinte, 0048-0057* Sept 26.
At 0054 start of the usual closing theme music; distinctive whistling
“Colonel Bogey March” with full ID given over the music;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-RMEWsnHLg
has the march; 0056 series of chimes and off. Somewhat surprised by
two things: first that it had a decent signal this early and second
that it signed off so early (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA,
Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BONAIRE. 6250, Sept 23 at 0508, leapfrog mixing product of NHK
Spanish 6080 over RNW Dutch 6165, another 85 kHz higher --- best heard
yet, S9+18 and 100% readable, slight bit of Dutch audible underneath.
The fundamentals were extremely strong. I hope I don`t see any more
logs of Equatorial Guinea on 6250 unless it really reappears, formerly
usually starting later than 0530 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** BOTSWANA. 9855, 0408-, VOA, Sep 22, Superb reception with VOA
English news to Africa. Exceptionally strong (Walt Salmaniw, Masset,
BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. Lista ondas medias brasileiras atualizada! Amigos, a ultima
versão da lista está pronta. Como sempre no site do DXCB,
http://www.ondascurtas.com
Qualquer erro ou atualização por favor avisem! 73's (Rocco Cotroneo,
RJ, 25 Sept, radioescutas yg via DXLD) Specifically:
http://www.ondascurtas.com/listaom/index.htm
(Rocco Cotroneo, MWCircle yg via DXLD) MW is a subset of SW
** BRAZIL. 5035, 0322-, unID, Sep 23. Despite what my resources show,
I'm hearing Portuguese at this time. Two stations are listed, but
signing off at 0100 and 0300. They are, Rádio Educação Rural, and
Rádio Aparecida. One of these two are still on, likely the latter with
EZL music, at poor to fair level (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, BC, dxldyg
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Re 11-38, Ondas curtas da Rádio Aparecida
Prezados amigos, Sobre as ondas de 49 e 31 metros da Rádio Aparecida.
Sou Padre Edvaldo, Diretor Geral da Rádio América de Uberlândia,
ligada à Rede Aparecida de Comunicação. Sou radio escuta desde os anos
80, ouvinte atento das Ondas Curtas e Tropicais. Entrei em contato,
hoje, dia 26 de setembro de 2011, por volta das 16h25, com a Rádio
Aparecida, via telefone 0 12 3104 44 00, e falei com o meu amigo
Antonio Celso Pinelli, sobre as Ondas Curtas.
Eis a explicação: Os Dois transmissores são valvulados. Estão com
problemas de transformadores, um na alta tensão - 49 m e o outro, na
modulação de 31 metros. Procuram resolver o problema... Agradecem as
informações, pois é complicado monitorar essas duas ondas lá mesmo.
Portanto, a equipe da Rádio Aparecida está empenhada em solucionar
tais problemas das ondas de 49 metros, 6135 khz e 31 metros, 9630 kHz.
A todos, boas escutas! (Padre Edvaldo, 26 Sept, radioescutas yg via
DXLD)
Nós radioescutas, agradecemos ao pe. Edvaldo pelas informações úteis a
nós prestadas. Valeu pelo esforço e interesse. Quando a Rádio
Aparecida entrou no ar em 1951, um ano depois colocou no ar as ondas
curtas de 31 metros, 9630 kHz, com excelente qualidade de áudio. Tive
a oportunidade de acompanhar essa inauguração das ondas curtas numa
emissora do interior, como a rádio Aparecida. 73 (Luiz Chaine Neto,
Limeira sp, 26-9-2011, ibid.)
Padre Edvaldo, muitíssimo obrigado por suas informações!
Ao contrário de muitos - incluindo eu - o senhor foi empático,
pro-ativo, altruísta. Entendeu que os ouvintes de OC tinham um
problema e se apropriou deste. Dedicou tempo e contactou a
emissora, não por email - tão fácil hoje - mas por telefone para
obter todos os detalhes. Depois dividiu todas as informações
conosco (quem/quando/ o quê/como). Que belo exemplo para nosso
grupo!
E, mesmo enfrentando uma situação adversa, R Aparecida agradeceu
o "feedback". Quem bom que tivemos o Padre Edvaldo para fazer a
ponte entre um ouvinte queixoso, divagando no que estaria
acontecendo e o fato. Obrigado de novo, (Huelbe Garcia, ibid.)
Olá amigos! No último sábado sintonizei a Radio Aparecida para escutar
o programa Encontro DX e chegava com bom sinal nos 5035 KHz, já nos
6135 Khz o sinal estava fraco, enquanto que nos 9630 Khz havia uma
portadora muito forte interferindo no sinal, só se escutava o audio da
emissora bem la no fundo. Obrigado ao Pe Edvaldo pelas informações!
(Davi Lucas Pinto de Sousa, BH MG, ibid.)
Mesmo divagando nos comentários, alertei alguém ligado à rede da Rádio
Aparecida (no caso o pe. Edvaldo), que teve a expediência de entrar em
contato com a rádio e informar o que vem ocorrendo há um "bocado" de
tempo. Com isso, tivemos as explicações plausíveis e isso é muito bom.
Louva-se o padre. Quando, ao escutar rádio, e percebemos algo errado
com as transmissões em ondas curtas, temos que alertar, mesmo com
rápidas pinceladas. O importante é levantar o problema. A função do
radioescuta é essa. Valeu, e é o que há. 73 (Luiz Chaine Neto, Limeira
sp, 27-9-2011, ibid.) Truer words were never spoken; but equally true
words have been spoken frequently by LCN (gh, DXLD)
** BRAZIL. 9564.87, Super Rádio Deus é Amor, 0055-0110, usual
Portuguese preacher. IDs at 0102. Some religious music. Weak with
adjacent channel splatter. Very weak on // 9586.67. Fair on //
11765.02. Sept 28 (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest)
9564.912, Super R Deus é Amor, Curitiba, strongest signals of
Brazilians this morning \\ 11765v,
9645.385, R Bandeirantes, São Paulo-SP 0610 UT Sept 27 (Wolfgang
Büschel, All these mentioned above checked on remote SDR rx units in
Greece, Italy, Austria, Germany, Netherlands, U.K. and
MA/PA/NJ/NC/SC/GE-USA, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9645.38, Radio Bandeirantes, 0045-0100, Portuguese talk. Sound
effects. Fair. Weak on // 11925.20. Sept 28 (Brian Alexander, PA, DX
Listening Digest)
** BRAZIL. 9665.11, R. Marumby, 0950 M and W phone caller in
discussion in apparent Portuguese then lively ZY music. M back at 0953
with another phone caller mentioning Brazil. Another softer song at
0955 but cut it short at 0957 with another caller and time tone
denoting ToH. Had to notch out 9665.44 [presumably P`yongyang]. This
was slightly stronger. Very fady signal, and fairly good when peaking.
(24 Sept.) (Dave Valko, Dunlo Pa, NRD-535D, Perseus, T2FD antenna,
HCDX via DXLD)
** BRAZIL. 9695.65, R. Rio Mar, 1034 apparent news read by W with
sound bites in Portuguese. 1036-1041 long ad block. First was a promo
mentioning Amazonia and ending with men shouting ID "Radio Rio Mar"
(1037:05). 1040:10 another nice ID jingle. Promo at 1041 "...Journal
?? Amazonia". Then back to W with more news. Another ad block with
clear men shouting ID again at 1049:25 then couple more IDs. Really
fady. As usual, blasted out by Japan at 1055. Checked at other times
during the day and not noted. 31mb doing well today. (24 Sept.) (Dave
Valko, Dunlo Pa, NRD-535D, Perseus, T2FD antenna, HCDX via DXLD)
** BRAZIL. 9819.770, 0616 UT Sept 27, undoubtedly Portuguese, R Nove
de Julho, Sao Paulo-SP (Wolfgang Büschel, All these mentioned above
checked on remote SDR rx units in Greece, Italy, Austria, Germany,
Netherlands, U.K. and MA/PA/NJ/NC/SC/GE-USA, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9819.77, R. Nove de Julho, awesome signal at 0102 with religious
program in the clear. Wish I would have been there over ToH. (24
Sept.) (Dave Valko, Dunlo Pa, NRD-535D, Perseus, T2FD antenna, HCDX
via DXLD)
** BRAZIL. 15189.90, Radio Inconfidência, 0050-0120, Portuguese talk.
Jingles. Local ballads. Weak but readable. // 6010.00 - poor with QRM
from unidentified station on 6010.07. Possibly Colombia’s LV de tu
Conciencia. Sept 24 (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest)
** BULGARIA. 5900, R Bulgaria, Plovdiv, 2120-2200*, Sat Sep 17,
English comments and Bulgarian songs, in "Answering your letters"
Rositsa Petkova mentioned reports received after the EDXC Conference
from Kari Kivekas, Jarmo Patala and Jan-Mikael Nurmela from Finland
and Tibor Szilagyi from Sweden. First amongst many other listeners was
DSWCI-member Dick King, UK, 55555 // 7400 (55544).
She also said: ”Let me quickly remind everyone, who wants to receive
the QSL-card, that you need to send us three reception reports,
confirming that you listened to Radio Bulgaria on three separate
occasions for a length of at least 20-40 minutes. It is also necessary
to include some content details and we would like to see your
commentaries.” (Anker Petersen, Denmark, DSWCI DX Window Sept 21 via
WORLD OF RADIO 1584, DXLD)
11600 and 9600, again checking R. Bulgaria prior to the 0530 German
Sept 26: 11600 carrier already on at 0523, not 9600, but it came on at
*0524. I wonder why they don`t play their IS for a while, just dead
air. 0529:50 or so, IS finally starts on 11600 but only gets a couple
iterations, while 9600 cuts it on just before 0530 and only part of it
is heard before theme on both and sign-on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CAMBODIA [non]. 9960, Sept 22 at 1255, reactivated TDP clandestine
Khmer Post Radio, via T8WH PALAU, in Khmer, no RTTY CCI this time, but
plenty of ACI from DentroCuban jamming; Wed/Thu/Fri only. Also
remember to check Sat 12-13 on same for the other CambCland, KPPM
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CAMBODIA [non]. Thanks to the tip from Glenn in DXLD 11-38, heard
the Saturday only broadcast, via T8WH PALAU, on September 24 of
clandestine KPPM Radio (Khmer People Power Movement) on 9960; before
1200, ID in English for World Harvest Radio; into what assume was
Khmer; frequency given along with “w-w-w dot k-p-p-m radio dot org”;
played nice song; mostly monologues; light RTTY CCI; audio seemed
slightly clipped; signal slowly improving. Thanks to Glenn for talking
directly to Ludo Maes of TDP at HFCC Dallas and finding out about
this. MP3 audio at http://www.box.net/shared/u04jndm2ns5abpnmueq3
“Khmer People Power Movement (KPPM) is a political movement of
Khmer oversea which founded in 2009 in the United States of America
and leaded by Mr. Sourn Serey Ratha who well known as Cambodian
Social Activist since 1997. KPPM performs it activities under the
political principal, mission, goal and objective that have been set
by the board of decision makers.
KPPM 3-M Principal is:
1) One Mission: Together have to accept the common mission that
every body have obligation to free and liberate the country of
Cambodia from shadow occupied of Vietnamese aka youn.
2) One message: Together we must dare to speak out and spread the
common language about the danger of invasion of Vietnamese that
wanted Cambodia as apart of indochina federation, and have to tell
Khmer people to wake up against communist and against its puppet
in Phnom Penh.
3) One Multitude: Together we win, Cambodians people have to up-rise
the power of the people in every where of country wide in one time for
change”
http://www.youtube.com/user/KhmerPeoplePowerMove
and
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Khmer-Power-Movement-KPM/276670769252?v=info
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF
RADIO 1584, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Glenn, Quick response from the President of KPPM, Sourn Serey Ratha
(sournsereyratha @ gmail.com):
"Dear Ron, Thank you very much for your encourage. I also hope that my
people in country of Cambodia could listen well and benefit from our
program. Regards, SOURN SEREY RATHA
President of Khmer People Power Movement (KPPM)
Analyzer of Cambodia Politics: Website: http://www.kppmradio.org
FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/KhmerPeoplePower
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/KhmerPeoplePowerMove
---------
Contact Addresses:
3 Fountain Ave. Cranston, RI 02920 (For East Coast), or
2579 S. Vagedes Ave. Fresno, CA 93706 (For West Coast), or
P.O. Box: 8074 Cranston, RI 02920 U.S.A" (via Ron Howard, Monterey,
CA, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1584, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
BELGIUM (non), The Khmer Post Radio in Khmer is back on air from Sep.
21: 1200-1300 9960 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs Wed/Thu/Fri, ex Daily
New transmission from Sep. 17, Khmer People Power Movement in Khmer:
1200-1300 on 9960 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs Sat only (DX Mix News,
Bulgaria, 26 Sept via DXLD) [both as first reported by gh in DXLD]
** CANADA. Curtains for 1550 --- The 1550 AM signal for Windsor's CBC
Radio One is now in its final days. The station's website posts the
following: "CBC Radio One in Windsor is moving to FM! Now, more people
in Windsor will be able to hear CBC with more quality in both
transmission and reception. Listeners in Windsor can tune in to
97.5FM, those in Leamington can tune in to 91.9 FM. Get the same great
quality programming on The Early Shift with Tony Doucette and The
Bridge with Bob Steele on a clear, strong frequency. This change will
be effective October 1, 2011." (Harry Van Vugt, Ont., Sept 26, dxldyg
via WORLD OF RADIO 1584, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 6030, Calgary - CFVP relaying CKMX (AM 1060). Monday (UT),
Sept 26, was not a “clear” Monday at all; the strong Cuban jamming was
not turned off as it was last week after Martí went off the air; at
0304 still able to make out the radio western “The Lone Ranger” under
the jamming; without jamming would have been fair (Ron Howard,
Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 6754-USB, Sept 26 at 0532, Trenton Military with aviation
weather including Keflavik, but several sites were ``nothing received
from`` including Prestwick. Lots of background noise on the
modulation, apparently, rather than QRM; just far enough away from the
blob on 6768, see UNIDENTIFIED (Glenn Hauser, OK, D XLISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 6924.634, 0435-, Radio True North, Sep 24. Very strong
reception, although somewhat distorted (like overpowering an
amplifier) with nice ID and contact information. Mentioned a band from
Kelowna, BC. Always very well heard on Haida Gwaii.
6924.637, 0439-, Radio True North, Sep 25. This pirate is back again
tonight, heard with a monster signal at tune-in with 'Magic Carpet
Ride'. The audio has been cleaned up tonight, so it's very enjoyable
tonight. 'This is Radio True North, 6925. Please send reception
reports to Radiotruenorth @ gmail.com ', heard at 0442 UT. Then
proceeded to the same music played at the beginning of the
International Radio Report from Montreal, PQ. Back Sunday night local
(my final night) at 0256 tune-in at excellent levels again and perfect
modulation. A real regular. Thanks, Radio True North! Tonight they're
relaying 'Cool (or Kool) Radio' from the UK, it sounds (Walt Salmaniw,
Masset, BC, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1584, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 9625.036, 0423-, CBC Northern Quebec Service, Sep 23. Very
good reception in English, and noted that they continue to be slightly
off frequency. May be the 'As it Happens' program? (Walt Salmaniw,
Masset, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Which has a late-night
condensed repeat on CBC R1 (gh)
** CANADA. 17735, 2003-, Radio Canada International Sep 24, ID at 1959
(by Ian Jones), and into RCI news, without any IS. I hope this isn't a
change from the past! After the news, into the program, Masala (an
arts/dance show). Actually heard on three frequencies, all from
Sackville. I'm sure this doesn't happen too often. All beamed to
Africa: 15330, 15235 (both very good), and 17735 which has some
fading, otherwise very good as well (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, BC, dxldyg
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. AWARD WINNING FILM "EXPLORES A MYSTERIOUS WEB OF SHORTWAVE
RADIO TOWERS" THAT TRANSMIT RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL.
The Chronicle Herald (Halifax), 23 Sept 2011: "The Joy Awards were
presented at the 2011 Linda Joy Brunch on Thursday, during the
Atlantic Film Festival in Halifax. ...
The Joy Post Award, worth $17,500, went to Amanda Dawn Christie for
Spectres of Shortwave. The documentary explores a mysterious web of
shortwave radio towers over the Tantramar Marshes in New Brunswick.
The site, the largest civilian shortwave facility in Canada,
broadcasts signals around the world. 'Christie’s film examines themes
related to cultural identity, international communication systems,
changing technologies, rural myths, environment and politics among
others,' says the release. 'And cinematically there is the visually
arresting landscape of the towers themselves through the seasons.'
Christie is a lecturer at Mount Allison University, a writer and an
arts administrator." (Posted: 26 Sep 2011, kimandrewelliott.com via
DXLD)
-- The shortwave facility is the Radio Canada International
transmitting site at Sackville, NB (Kim Andrew Elliott, ibid.)
** CANADA. Pump the volume DOWN --- CRTC TELLS BROADCASTING INDUSTRY
TO TURN DOWN THE VOLUME ON LOUD TELEVISION COMMERCIALS
OTTAWA-GATINEAU, September 13, 2011
Today, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
(CRTC) announced that broadcasters must control the loudness of TV
commercials by September 1, 2012. Over the years, we have seen a
steady increase in consumer complaints about loud ads, said Konrad
von Finckenstein, Q.C., Chairman of the CRTC.
Broadcasters have allowed ear-splitting ads to disturb viewers and
have left us little choice but to set out clear rules that will put
an end to excessively loud ads. The technology exists, let`s use it.
During its public proceeding, the CRTC received over 7,000 comments.
Canadians were overwhelmingly of the view that commercial
advertisements were too loud and urged the CRTC to take action. In
2009, the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC), the
internationally recognized technical standards body for digital
television, set a standard for measuring and controlling television
signals in order to minimize fluctuations in loudness between
programming and commercials. This is the standard that will apply as
a result of the CRTC`s action.
Equipment to measure and control the loudness of commercials is
widely available in the marketplace. This decision means that viewers
will no longer have to reach for their remotes to manually control
the volume when regular programming cuts to commercial advertisement.
Broadcasters will have to ensure that both programs and ads are
transmitted at the same volume. Draft regulations requiring Canadian
broadcasters to adhere to the ATSC`s international standard will be
published for comment before end of 2011. Broadcasting Regulatory
Policy CRTC 2011-584 (via Shawn Axelrod VE4DX1SMA Winnipeg MB,
amfmtvdx at qth.net via DXLD)
** CHAD. 6165, Radio Chad, *0427-0434. Open carrier after Radio
Netherlands sign off until Balafon IS heard at poor to fair level.
NHK World opened with Spanish announcements by a woman announcer at
0429 with Chad now weakly in background. Chad’s orchestra[l] National
Anthem could be heard under NHK opening music. A man with French talk
could be heard but not much else after that point as NHK began the
news. Sep 23 (Rich D'Angelo, 2216 Burkey Drive, Wyomissing, PA 19610,
Ten-Tec RX-340, Drake R-8B, Eton E1, Eton E5, Alpha Delta DX Sloper,
RF Systems Mini-Windom, Datong FL3, JPS ANC-4, NASWA Flashsheet via
DXLD)
As I previously mentioned, brief window at 0427; but in clear after
0529 or so. And a few minutes later: (gh, DXLD)
6165, 0434-, Radio Diffusion Nationale Tchadienne, N'Djamena, Sep 23.
Fair reception, at best, with French talk and African high life music,
but ruined by CKZU splatter from 6160 (which is beamed north towards
northern BC, and therefore doing very well!). If not for the CBC,
would be a decent signal (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, BC, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHILE. Unlike 24 hours earlier [as in last report under USA [non]],
no signals from CVC La Voz in Spanish on 11665 or 9780 as I tuned
around 0530 UT Sept 26. That was certainly an anomaly, no reply yet to
my inquiry to Calera de Tango.
Shortly after posting yesterday`s report, got a reply from Mathias
Svensson of CVC La Voz, whom I had met at HFCC Dallas, about why I had
heard 9780 and 11665 Sept 25 at 0550 UT, far beyond their usual sign-
offs:
``Hi Glenn, It was nice to meet you too. Transmissions were extended
to cover a two-night special event at the request of listeners.
Everything returned to normal on Sunday`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, Sept 27,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. CHINA MULLS REFORMS TO TIGHTEN GRIP ON MEDIA, WEB
China’s top leaders are considering “cultural reforms”, state media
reported, which analysts said would be aimed at boosting official
control over the media and Internet to shape public opinion. A meeting
chaired by President Hu Jintao on Monday called for the “mastering of
new trends in cultural development” and for an emphasis on “Chinese
characteristics” as part of the proposed overhaul, Xinhua news agency
said.
Details on the draft changes to be considered by Communist Party
leaders next month were not given, but analysts said they would likely
tighten Beijing’s grip on newspapers, television and popular social
networking sites. “All cultural controls have the essential political
mission to shape the people’s mind to not directly challenge the party
rule, to accept the status quo,” a media expert at the University of
California at Berkeley said. “It highlights their nervousness and
their awareness of the increasing challenges to their ability to
control the cultural sphere”, Xiao Qiang added.
For the past decade Beijing has been encouraging state-run media to be
more competitive and less reliant on state subsidies, which has led to
more critical reporting and racier programming as outlets compete for
readers and viewers. But the trend towards more free-wheeling
reporting has undermined official efforts to control public opinion,
and unnerved authorities who have seen previously obedient media
outlets criticise their decisions and defy orders to tow the Communist
Party line.
The huge and rising popularity of weibos - microblogs similar to
Twitter that have taken China by storm since they first launched two
years ago - has also posed major challenges to censors and fuelled
official concerns. There is “this anxiety over the influence of these
truly commercially operating media which have gained a lot of strength
in the past decade and have huge audiences,” said David Bandurski of
the China Media Project at the University of Hong Kong. “You really
have seen the progressive loss of control by the official media and in
recent years they have been trying to re-grab that agenda.”
To combat the popularity of the Internet and fluffier provincial
programming, China Central Television (CCTV) - the government’s
broadcast mouthpiece - plans to revamp its flagship news programmes
from next year, previous reports said. CCTV also recently replaced its
main news anchors with two younger presenters. Propaganda authorities
also have placed two of Beijing’s most popular and colourful
newspapers, “Beijing News” and “Beijing Times”, under new management
in a move decried by critics as an effort to censor the news.
(Source: AFP)( September 27th, 2011 - 10:41 UTC by Andy Sennitt.
** CHINA [and non]. Steve Handler's Firedrake Log for Sept 21, 2011
7970, Weak 1132
10300, Fair 1133
11500, Good 1133
12600, JBA 1134
13920, Good 1135
13980, Fair 1135
15670, Weak 1136
15900, Fair 1137 (Nothing above through 18300)
(Steve Handler, IL, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7970, Firedrake, Sept. 22, 1030. FD jammer music (fair). Other //s
noted 8400 (fair); 10300, 11500, 12500, (all VG). 73 and Good
Listening! (Rick Barton, El Mirage AZ, Hammarlund HQ-200, Drake R-8,
Slinky and Inverted "L", cat's whiskers provided by Ziggy, Loco, Lucy,
Cumbre DX via DXLD)
Firedrake Sept 22: Noted Firedrake type music on the following
frequencies this morning:
7970.00, Good 1045
8400.00, Fair 1057
10300.00, Poor 1048
11500.00, Fair 1049
12500.00, Good 1050
13920.00, Nil Heard 1051
14800.00, Nil Heard 1051
16100.00, threshold 1052
Those that were heard were all in Parallel
(Chuck Bolland, Clewiston FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Steven Handler's Firedrake Log 9-22-11; Searched 7900-18200
10300, Fair 1342, 1429 JBA
12980, Good 1344
15435, Good 1345 with another jammer on freq sounded like airplane
propeller noise
15565, Good 1429 with another jammer on freq sounded like airplane
propeller noise (Steve Handler, IL, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Firedrake Sept 22, before 1300:
16100, very poor at 1245
12980, very good at 1251; none in the 14s, 13s at 1248
11500, fair at 1253 with lo het, mix with VOR Tajikistan
10300, very good at 1254
After 1300:
16980, JBA at 1325
15435, very poor at 1323 with het from presumed VOT 15433
15280, fair with noise jamming too at 1324; off at 1340 recheck
12980, very good at 1320; none in the 13s or 14s
Before 1400:
15435, fair at 1353 with noise jamming too vs 15433 VOT het
12980, very good with flutter at 1356; none in the 13s, 14s
10300, very good at 1356, none in the 11s unless under 11500
Firedrake Sept 23, before 1300:
15900, poor at 1231, none higher
14970, very good at 1235
13920, very good at 1244
13130, very good at 1244; none in the 12s
11500, fair at 1246, het and mixing presumed VOR Tajikistan
10300, very poor at 1247
7970, poor at 1247
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
21 MHz jamming against RFA Tibetan in 6-7 UT slot today. Noted spoken
word program by CNR jammer on 21520, 21530, 21690 kHz. True Firedrake
music on 21785 kHz, and different Chinese slow flute music on 21565
kHz (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, 0703 UT Sept 24, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
The Chinese use satellite feed to distribute the Firedrake music to be
used by the jammers! SG (Sudipta Ghose, Kolkata, India, ibid.)
Firedrake 24 Sep 2011, 1515-1535 UT, Eton E5 receiver with Degen DE31
active loop antenna (indoors), Manual band scan, 10000-20000 kHz.
10300 kHz: moderate strength
12175 kHz: strong
When I re-checked these frequencies at 1535, the broadcast was still
going on 10300 kHz but was gone from 12175 (Eric Weatherall, San
Francisco, CA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Firedrake Sept 25:
10300, very poor at 1345
12600, good at 1320, fair at 1344
13130, good at 1320
15275, fair with noise jamming too at 1319
15435, poor at 1355 with het from 15432 V. of Tibet
16100, very poor at 1354
Firedrake Sept 26, before 1300:
10300, fair at 1243; none in the 7s, 11s, 12s
13920, poor at 1247; none in the 14s, 15s
16100, fair at 1253
16980, fair at 1253
18180, very poor at 1257; no 17170
Before 1330:
16100, very poor at 1323
16700, good at 1324 with flutter; unusual spot. Last heard May 14,
2010 as in DXLD 10-19; it all depends on whims of Sound of Hope
16980, good at 1324 with flutter, just like 16700
17170, JBA at 1326; no 18180
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Martedì 27 settembre 2011 - 0953 - 13850 kHz (S-500 - E5)
FIREDRAKE vs. SO HOPE TAIWAN, Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente, SOH
not heard (Luca Botto Fiora, G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) -
Italia, playdx yg via DXLD)
Firedrake Sept 27; geomag storms and blackouts really disrupted
reception, as reported by WWV:
``Solar-terrestrial indices for 26 September follow.
Solar flux 148 and mid-latitude A-index 27.
The mid-latitude K-index at 1200 UTC on 27 September was 3 (39 nT).
The mid-latitude K-index at 1500 UTC on 27 September was 4 (40 nT).
Space weather for the past 24 hours has been moderate.
Geomagnetic storms reaching the G2 level occurred.
Solar radiation storms reaching the S1 level occurred.
Radio blackouts reaching the R1 level occurred.
Space weather for the next 24 hours is predicted to be moderate.
Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level are expected.
Solar radiation storms reaching the S1 level are expected.
Radio blackouts reaching the R2 level are expected.``
10300, JBA at 1135, none higher nor 7970
Not checked again until around 1330:
10300, fair at 1331
11500, poor at 1330 with lo het, CCI
14970, JBA at 1326; none in the 13s, 12s
15970, very poor at 1322 with flutter
16100, very poor at 1323 with flutter = 15970
17170, JBA at 1326
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7970, Firedrake Jammer Sept. 28, 1045. VG with noted //s on 11500
(fair ), 10300 (good), 12500 (poor) - and nothing audible on 8400,
which was active a cupola days ago. There seems to be little or no
F.D. activity most days from 1100 to 1200, and other DXers cover the
action post 1200 very well, so I hope to fill in some of the blanks
for the others. 73 and Good Listening! (Rick Barton, El Mirage, AZ,
Hammarlund HQ-200, Drake R-8, Slinky and Inverted "L", cat's whiskers
provided by Ziggy, Loco, Lucy, Cumbre DX via DXLD)
Firedrake Sept 28:
7970, very poor at 1241
10300, fair at 1255, none in the 11s; poor with flutter at 1349
12600, poor at 1256
13920, poor-fair at 1256, none higher; at 1352 maybe still there under
heavy ute QRM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 4950, V. of Pujiang, 1238-1246 Sep 22. Man & woman in
Chinese talk to 1244, then vocal music. Good signal, // to 3280 and
9705, both poor. Noted later at 1323 with more chat and music on 9705,
which was now good; 3280 was gone and 4950 almost gone (John Wilkins,
Wheat Ridge, Colorado, Drake R-8, 100-foot RW; Been doing some "left-
handed DXing" lately, due to right hand/forearm being in a cast (fell
off my bicycle and broke my wrist). Signals do seem to be a bit better
- maybe I'll stick with the left hand! Cumbre DX via DXLD)
** CHINA [and non]. 5965, 1425-, CRI, Sep 25. Korean found by accident
while checking the MW band, and noted 1017 kHz at very strong level,
cochannel JOLB, Fukuoka with English lessons. Confirmed when I noted
the SW // (also very strong) (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, BC, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 9705, Sept 22 at 1256 song unseems Chinese, but hard to
tell, 1259 Chinese announcement, 1300 5+1 timesignal with echo, more
Chinese. Researching this, first at HFCC and even Aoki, one finds only
PBS Xinjiang, Kyrgyz minority service from Wulumuchi ending at 1230.
Then in EiBi and WRTH, also V. of Pujiang overlapping from 1130. This
was already reported by Jim Ronda, Tulsa, at the same time on July 13
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. 9870, Sept 26 before 1307, AIR VBS was in well
with Indian pop music, but at 1307 and still after 1400, CCI from CRI
English, scheduled 13-16, 500 kW, 200 degrees from Xi`an, take that,
Bengaluru! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. Some CRI signals were coming in well but with
heavy flutter before 1300 Sept 26: 17575, at 1255 Sept 26, Chinese
song, Russian announcement. HFCC shows SZG site at 12-13 aimed due
northwest. Also similar signals on 17545 (unlisted), 17490 and 17650
both Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 17550, 0139-, CNR 1, Sep 26. I don't understand what the
Chinese are up to. CNR 1 is heard here, in a narrow part of the
spectrum, all at good to very good levels on: 17550, 17565, 17580,
17595, 17605 and 17640. As well, they jam RFA with the same
programming on 17505. CNR 2 is found on 17625. Please explain the
purpose of this! (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CHINA. Fred Honnold, KH7Y of Ocean View, Hawaii (the SSW corner of
the Big Island) wrote on September 18: "During last night's opening TV
from china on 49.749 MHz was 40 dB over S9 at times. The 6 meter band
was full of sync buzz for about three hours. A very exciting evening!
Seems the openings start about 0600 UT and can last till 1000 just
about every night here in Hawaii." (ARRL QST de W1AW, Propagation
Forecast Bulletin 38 ARLP038, From Tad Cook, K7RA, 23 Sept, via Mike
Terry, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1584, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COSTA RICA. 5954, 17/9 2330, no signal of Radio República, via
Elcor tx, and no signal of Cuban jammer (Giampiero Bernardini, Milan,
Italy, in Bocca di Magra (La Spezia, Italy) with Dario Monferini for
our usual BOC DX nights (this one was number 25), RFSpace SDR-IQ e
Perseus; loop Wellbrook LFL 1010 e MaxiWhip (vertical 7 meters),
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5954.2v, Sept 22 at 0524 I am still hearing a het under the Cuban
jamming, so it appears ELCOR have still not corrected their Radio
República frequency to avoid hetting R. Nederland 5955.0, despite
having been given a new crystal by RNW. I heard it was sitting on
someone`s desk, hadn`t got around to installing it. And they are a
transmitter manufacturer! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
It wasn't the het that was bothering RNW 5955 but the strength of
Cuban jamming this Friday morning (23rd). This is getting louder as
sunrise comes later. 5955 is not aimed at my area, but to SW Europe
when I listen, so I wonder how well it is doing down there. I've heard
the het, but I have yet to hear the ELCOR RR transmission (Noel R.
Green (NW England), dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5954.274, 0438-, Radio República, Sep 23, Despite WOR #1538 stating
that RNW would provide a new crystal to sync the frequency to 5955,
I'm still measuring the carrier on this off-channel frequency, and
mostly obliterated by Cuban jamming (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, BC, dxldyg
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COSTA RICA [and non]. 5970, Sept 27 at 1144, strong open carrier,
making SAH with much weaker station. Surely REE Cariari warming up for
the 1200 broadcast which with 0/360 degree listings is either non-
direxional or due north. However, not audible at next check 1304,
maybe outfaded. The other station could be PBS Gannan, China, per Aoki
5970, Sept 28 at 1240, poor and fading signal in strange language,
which might mislead some to suspect an exotic Asian, but it`s just REE
relay with M-F 1230-1300 Basque segment, // much stronger 11880 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CROATIA [non]. GERMANY, 7375, 0441-, Croatian Radio, Sep 23.
Excellent reception with Croatian language program, with lots of
mentions of 'Hrvatska', etc. Via Wertachtal. ?TV simulcast? (Walt
Salmaniw, Masset, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Why do you
suspect that?
** CUBA. 530, Sept 27 at 1114 I am hearing typical Enciclopedia EZL
music, confirmed by 7:15 timecheck in Spanish at 1115, so this 10 kW
CMBQ transmitter in Habana holds up this late --- well, of course, by
gaisma.com I see that LSR there today is 1120 UT, while here in Enid
it is 1223. BTW, have not heard the 1 kHz het from TN beacon LYQ 529
for many months; thanks, Dave (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. Goodmorning! This morning I hear an UNID station (Spanish?)
under Radio Rebelde 1620. I heard a type of IS with trumpets, a male
ann "Radio Vata " ?, and bells. Anybody heard this? (Max Van Arnhem,
The Netherlands, Sept 25, MW Circle yg via DXLD)
I have heard ID´s from Radio Bayamo here during the last two weeks.
73 (Bernt-Ivan Holmberg, Sala, Sweden, ibid.)
** CUBA. 11845, Sept 22 at 0512, DentroCuban Jamming Command with
residual pulsing far off the time `needed` as this is a daytime-only
frequency of R. Martí. Woe betide any other broadcaster foolish enough
to use 11845 elsewhen on the assumption it be clear.
12020, Sept 26 at 0521, big open carrier, likely RHC not turned off at
0500.
9565, Sept 26 at 1306, DCJC pulse jamming far from the time they are
``needed`` vs R. Martí, but QRMing adjacent 9570, CRI relay via CUBA
too, and 9560 Australia.
[and non]. 11730, Sept 28 at 1306, open carrier from RHC, SAH from
something else underneath, only IRAN listed, in Pashto. 1322 next
check RHC audio but undermodulated, much less than 11690, 11760 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 21295-USB, Sept 22 at 1238, contester in English quickly
awarding 5/9s in rapid contacts with unheards, and fortunately IDs
frequently with a variety of fonetix as CO6LC, who is per QRZ.com:
``Orelvis Cuba`` Is that his handle? Then: ``QSL: TO: FELICIA HERRERA,
P. BOX 17, SANTA CLARA 50100 CUBA``, but this was certainly an OM.
Only other ham audible on ``15`` m was 21345-USB, someone ragchewing
at 1235 about hi solar flux, 1242 about Ipods, etc., in American(?)-
accented German. 13m SWBC band was not yet open at all (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CYPRUS. 9760, C[y]BC OC up at 2214 then *2215 with Greek music and
ID voice-over announcement by M. Program intro. Feature with M and W
hosts past 2230. // 7220 and 5925, all fairly good, but this frequency
best and clear. (24 Sept.) (Dave Valko, Dunlo PA, HCDX via DXLD)
** CYPRUS NORTHERN. Northern Cyprus station R Bayrak from Yeni Iskele
on 6150.037 kHz noted at 0613 UT this Sept 26 morning. This stn will
become a regular one in our coming winter season, especially when
adjacent powerhouse Moosbrunn 6155 leaves the air around 0714 UT in B-
11 season. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, WORLD OF RADIO 1584, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) We have CUBA squealing on 6150v until 0700v (gh, DXLD)
** DIEGO GARCIA. AFRTS Diego Garcia is active on 4319, but the audio
is horrible! Strong signal on Sri Lanka remote Perseus receiver
(thanks Victor!) but hard to even tell that it's English, but it is.
Audio: http://tinyurl.com/43navpr (mp3, 1 MB, 1'06")
Heard and recorded on 23 Sep 2011, at 2122 UT. Still the same at 2144.
Even worse in AM, LSB, and FM modes, so it's probably still intended
to be USB. Reported to AFN website. Quick response from AFRTS
regarding the poor audio on 4319 from Diego Garcia (I used their
feedback website):
"Thank you for the report. Yours is the second report we've received
today of audio distortion from the Diego Garcia short wave operation .
By copy of this I am forwarding your email to the Defense Media
Activity Field Operations Office. I will send you an update as soon as
I hear from them. Thanks for bringing this to our attention. Regards,
- Gene Frederickson Affiliate Relations AFN Broadcast Center
Riverside, CA" 73, (Eike Bierwirth, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
4319, 1228-, AFN, Sep 22. Nothing heard here, again, due to a digital
signal obliterating 4318 to 4319 kHz. I've noticed the same in
Victoria every time I check this frequency. Checked numerous times
here (and 12759) and heard nothing (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, BC, dxldyg
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** DJIBOUTI. 4780.00, *0300-0310 25.09, Rdif. TV de Djibouti, Arta,
Somali ann (with strong audio), 0301 Qur'an recitation (weak audio),
45444 (Anker Petersen, on the AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of
longwire in Skovlunde, Denmark, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via
DXLD)
** EAST TURKISTAN. 11769.966, XJBS, PBS Xinjiang in Chinese at 0628 UT
Sept 27, and Uighur service from same site at 0630 UT Sept 27 on
11884.982 (Wolfgang Büschel, All these mentioned above checked on
remote SDR rx units in Greece, Italy, Austria, Germany, Netherlands,
U.K. and MA/PA/NJ/NC/SC/GE-USA, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ECUADOR. 4781.575, Radio Oriental from Tena, start tx aprox 2325
and closed at 0022 UT. At 2335 UT Sept 24 - I see on remote SDR
browser: 4781.575 ... wandered to x.573, and back to x.575 kHz at 2351
UT, peak signal. 73 wolfy (Sept 24) (Wolfgang Büschel, WORLD OF RADIO
1584, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
4781.58 *2320-0008* EQA 23+24.09 R Oriental, Tena, Napo. Spanish talk
and short music - REACTIVATED. On 24.09 it was on 4781.69. Thanks to
Rafael Rodríguez, Colombia, for identifying this! Also suggested by
Dario Monferini, Italy. 15321. Best 73, (Anker Petersen, on the AOR
AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire in Skovlunde, Denmark, via Dario
Monferini, playdx yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1584, DXLD) see UNIDENTIFIED
** EGYPT. 9315, 0201-, Radio Cairo, Sep 26. Strong carrier, and
reasonably good modulation with English to North America. Review of
the upcoming program. First into some nice Egyptian instrumental
music. Followed by the Holy Quran interpreted at 0205 (Walt Salmaniw,
Masset, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ERITREA. 9820.03, Voice of the Broad Masses of Eritrea, 0310-0330,
vernacular talk. Horn of Africa music. Weak but readable. Much
stronger on // 7174.99. Sept 24 (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening
Digest)
** ERITREA [non]. via ETHIOPIA. 9559.87v, Voice of Eritrea, *0356-
0430+, sign on with Horn of Africa style music. Talk in listed
Tigrinya. I think I heard a little Phil Collins music. Good but
drifting as usual between 9559.75-9559.89. QRM from Iran 9560 at
their 0426 sign on. Heard // 7235 - weak, poor with adjacent channel
splatter. Tue, Thu, Sat only. Sept 24 (Brian Alexander, PA, DX
Listening Digest)
** ETHIOPIA. 6030, 18/9 1844-1902*, Radio Oromiya, Horn of Africa
style songs, talks, end of broadcast at 1902 after Hymn. Fair
(Giampiero Bernardini, Milan, Italy, in Bocca di Magra (La Spezia,
Italy) with Dario Monferini for our usual BOC DX nights (this one was
number 25), RFSpace SDR-IQ e Perseus; loop Wellbrook LFL 1010 e
MaxiWhip (vertical 7 meters), dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ETHIOPIA. Vs 9704/9705: see NIGER [and non]
** ETHIOPIA [non] MOLDOVA, Transmissions of E-SAT Radio now closed:
1500-1600 15730 KCH 300 kW / 170 deg EaAF // test freqs 15710 & 15790
1700-1800 15750 KCH 300 kW / 170 deg EaAF // test freqs 15760 & 15770
(DX Mix News, Bulgaria, 27 Sept via DXLD)
** EUROPE. Hi Gents: A couple pirate loggings: Europirate-Dutch: Radio
Powerliner Internatdional, 6300 AM, 2217-0106*, 09-23/24/-11 Marathon
broadcast by this high powered Dutch pirate. Music varied from oldies,
Dutch polkas. Very good signal for a Euro. SIO: 333. email: radiorpi @
live.nl [Lobdell-MA]
UNID-NA?, 6300 AM, *0107-0109* 09-24-11, Right after Radio Powerliner
from Holland signed off a stronger station came on and played one song
"Undun" by The Guess Who and then signed off. No announcements (Chris
Lobdell, Box 80146, Stoneham, MA 02180, USA, Cumbre DX via DXLD)
** FRANCE. 9805, 0405-, Radio France International, Issoudun, Sep 22.
Very good reception in English with international news. Sounds very
'BBC-like' with similar accent (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, BC, dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
RFI workers have voted to go on strike beginning at midnight Paris
time on Wednesday, September 28 through Thursday at 7 am Paris time
(Mike Cooper, Sep 23, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Mike, ``Midnight Paris time`` is ambiguous. Do you mean 2200 UT
Tuesday or 2200 UT Wednesday? A 7-hour or 31-hour strike? (Glenn to
Mike via DXLD)
Glenn: You're right -- sorry for the ambiguity. I take it to mean a
31-hour strike beginning at 2200 UT on Tuesday. The hazards of trying
to translate word for word. mc (Mike Cooper, ibid.)
** FRANCE [non]. FRANCE 24 NOW AVAILABLE ON A DIGITAL TERRESTRIAL
BOUQUET IN ATLANTA. Posted: 23 Sep 2011
Digital TV Europe, 22 Sept 2011: "France 24 has expanded its reach in
the US after signing a new distribution agreement with WANN TV. The
deal means the English version of the news channel will be available
throughout Atlanta. France 24 said its penetration in the US increased
by 50% in the first half of 2011. Its French and English channels are
available on DISH World throughout the US. Its English channel is also
available on Time Warner Cable in the New York metropolitan area, on
RCN, Comcast, Cox and FiOS TV in Washington D.C. and on RCN in
Chicago, New York City, Philadelphia and Boston. WANN TV is a DTT
network reaching 2.4 million households in the Atlanta metropolitan
area." See also http://www.wanntv.com (kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD)
Glenn: Two Atlanta TV channels, with largely overlapping programming,
have been carrying France 24 for several months as one of the 10
(each) channels in their digital bouquets. Both of the stations airing
France 24 are low-power stations, with much weaker signals than
stations affiliated with the major TV networks. I try periodically to
watch it, but find it pretty dreadful -- neither timely nor
interesting (Mike Cooper, GA, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GABON. Nueva entrada en mi blog: En 1979 se inauguraba el centro
trasmisor de ondas cortas de Africa Nº 1 en Moyabi, Gabón. Escuchamos
las trasmisiones de prueba, cuyo reporte podía significar ser dueño de
un lustroso Peugeot 504 GR, "nuevecito de paquete". Por supuesto,
seguimos hoy día aún... "a pata".
http://lagalenadelsur.wordpress.com/2011/09/27/1979-inauguracion-de-africa-n%c2%ba-1/
(Horacio A. Nigro, Montevideo, Uruguay, noticiasdx yg via DXLD)
Better quality Spanish IDs start two minutes into the 15+ (gh, DXLD)
** GERMANY. Hamburger Lokalradio --- SW special on October 1st - 3rd
Hi Glenn, Please find enclosed an item regarding the three-day
Hamburger Lokalradio special on shortwave. It contains another World
of Radio relay (which will advertise the regular shows commencing a
few days afterwards) plus a one-off relay of Keith Perron's Happy
Station Show. Thank you for spreading the word! Allbest, Thomas
5980, Hamburger Lokalradio - There is a special multi-hour SW
operation from Hamburger Lokalradio (HLR) on Saturday, October 1st,
Sunday, October 2nd, and Monday, October 3rd 2011. The station is on
the air on all three days between 0600 and 1600 UT on 5980 kHz from
the Kall transmitter site in Germany with a power of 1 kW.
Hamburger Lokalradio is looking forward to receiving letters and
reception reports. Correct reports will be confirmed with a special
QSL card. Address: Hamburger Lokalradio, Kulturzentrum LOLA,
Lohbruegger Landstr. 8, 21031 Hamburg, Germany. (Return postage is
highly appreciated.)
The programme line-up contains various current HLR shows as well as
highlights from the programme archives. For English-speaking
listeners, there are a number of shows produced by external
broadcasters:
Saturday, October 1st, 0900-0930 UT: New Letters on the Air
Saturday, October 1st, 0930-1000 UT: Glenn Hauser's World of Radio
Saturday, October 1st, 1000-1100 UT: Happy Station Show with Keith
Perron
Monday, October 3rd, 1000-1100 UT: Happy Station Show with Keith
Perron
The HLR special offers a rare opportunity for European listeners to
receive the Happy Station Show on shortwave. Producer Keith Perron
will offer a special Happy Station Show QSL card, and there will also
be a prize draw for listeners of his show (Thomas Voelkner, Sept 25,
WORLD OF RADIO 1584, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
And thenceforth, as previously announced, WORLD OF RADIO will air
Tuesdays at 0930 on 5980. I shall of course be interested in how
reception is in Europe, altho WOR itself as a program does not issue
QSLs (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1584, DXLD)
** GERMANY. From PJC Media: Happy Station Show and Jazz For The Asking
coming to Lokalradio in Hamburg, Germany.
http://www.pcjmedia.com/component/content/article/1-latest-news/152-happy-station-show-on-shortwave-and-fm-in-germany
On October 1st and 3rd a special edition of Happy Station will be
broadcast in Hamburg on 96.0 FM and on shortwave to Europe on 5980 kHz
(31 Meters) from 1000 to 1100 UT. This will be a special program
especially for these transmissions.
Jazz For The Asking will air on the second Tuesday of every month from
Midnight to 2 am on 96.0 fm. The dates are October 11th, November 8th,
& December 13th. Station Information:
Lokalradio
Frequency: 96.0 FM – Hamburg, Germany
Cable: 95.4 FM – Hamburg, Germany
Webite: http://www.hamburger-lokalradio.de
(via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)
Mike: I just learned that it won't be heard in North America, so hopes
of THS returning to shortwave to North America are bleak to say the
least. 73's, (Noble West, BMSS, TN, dxldyg via DXLD)
While it may not be the same, North American listeners can still
listen to the Happy Station Show on shortwave using Global Tuners.
http://www.globaltuners.com/ has a number of receivers worldwide that
allow multiple listeners to enjoy the same device. In other words, if
the list wanted to use the Rome receiver to listen to the Happy
Station, the listening time and receiver URL could be sent to the
list. Hope that helps (Lloyd, KC5FM, ibid.)
** GERMANY. Possible Tour to the Wertachtal Transmittersite in
Germany. Friends, In June I visited the Wertachtal Transmittersite.
I have posted all pictures etc. on the site. I am planning to organize
a new trip to Wertachtal and I want to ask our members in Europe if
anyone is interested to go with me on a small group tour. I am
planning to go there somewhere in November. I think a small group of
10 people would be just fine. I think it is useful to know that from
Holland where I live it is a 7 hour drive. So it is necessary to book
a hotel for 1 night. Beside the travelling costs there are no costs.
The hotel I always use is willing to give a group discount. If anyone
is interested just let me know by e-mail. I already have 2 people who
are interested. If there is enough response I will try to organize the
grouptrip. Regards, (Jan Oosterveen, Netherlands, Sept 25,
shortwavesites yg via DXLD)
** GERMANY. Price list of Analog radio transmitting equipment:
Sendepreise bei Media Broadcast
Werte Empfänger, das war mir neu:
http://www.media-broadcast.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Downloads/PL_Analoge_Hoerfunk-Sendeanlagen_MB_110901.pdf
Mit überraschten Grüßen, Hj. (Dr. Hansjörg Biener - Neulichtenhofstr.
7 - DE-90461 Nürnberg, Germany, Sept 27, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
So --- why are they selling all this stuff? (gh, DXLD)
** GERMANY. QSL: 13660, Family Radio, Oromo broadcast to East Africa
via Nauen. Full data (with site) 50th Anniversary card in response to
two follow-up reports, in which they replied via e-mail that they will
respond to this request. Reply in 7 months, three weeks after sending
another follow-up request. Reports to inti @ familyradio.com (Edward
Kusalik, Alberta, Sept 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY. EU COURT: GERMANY CANNOT BAN ROJ TV BROADCASTS
Germany cannot prevent people from watching a Kurdish language TV
channel that Turkey says is a mouthpiece for the terrorist Kurdistan
Workers’ Party (PKK), European Union judges ruled on Thursday,
according to the NTV news portal. Roj-TV has a Danish broadcasting
licence, although its studios are in Belgium.
The German Interior Ministry canceled Roj TV’s license to broadcast in
Germany in 2008 on charges of inciting terrorism and airing PKK
propaganda following complaints by Turkish authorities. The General
Court of the EU said German authorities stated that such measures are
legal “in principle” as long as they do not affect Roj TV’s overall
capacity to broadcast programmes from Denmark. The court also
reiterated that Denmark is the only country that has the power to shut
down the broadcaster.
The German Federal Administrative Court, which is considering an
appeal against the ban on Roj TV’s activities in Germany, asked the EU
judges to deliver an opinion on the matter. Since mid-August, a Danish
court has been trying executives of Roj TV on charges of promoting and
glorifying the activities of the PKK. Roj TV has harmed relations
between Turkey and Denmark and was a factor in Ankara’s initial
opposition to former Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen’s bid
to become NATO secretary-General.
(Source: Today’s Zaman)(September 23rd, 2011 - 13:29 UTC by Andy
Sennitt, Media Network blog via DXLD)
1 Comment on “EU court: Germany cannot ban Roj TV broadcasts”
#1 Kai Ludwig on Sep 24th, 2011 at 14:21
Actually CURIA raises more questions than it answers by stating that
“Germany cannot prevent the retransmission” of Roj TV.
It goes without saying and is also stated in the CURIA press release
that “the reception and private use of Roj TV’s programmes are not
prohibited and, indeed, remain possible in Germany”. In fact this
banal statement worries me, since the court does apparently not
consider such bans as not unthinkable from the beginning. I can not
help but take this as an indication that Germany and the EU in general
are not immune against slipping into a state of dictatorship.
But more interesting is the question what constitutes
“retransmission”. Some cable net operators had included Roj TV into
their digital offerings, and they had a few years ago been “asked” to
remove it, which they of course (it’s Germany here) immediately did.
The CURIA press release could be read in such a way that this action
violates the “Television without Frontiers” EU directive. So it
appears that we have an interesting precedent here.
For reference the press release (PDF file, links to full text which I
can not open right now and would not have the time to go through it
anyway): http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/P_79603/
Another aspect: Roj TV also runs a radio channel, called Denge
Mezopotamya, that is almost all day long carried via a shortwave
transmitter in the Ukraine. I have not seen any report, besides the
stuff I have written myself, that ever mentioned this circumstance.
Another indication that shortwave radio has apparently lost any
significance (Media Network blog comment via DXLD)
** GREECE. 3360.26 Harmonic, 0020-0030 24.09 Greek pirate on second
harmonic Greek songs 24232 heard // 1680.13 (35443) (Anker Petersen,
on the AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire in Skovlunde,
Denmark, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD)
** GREECE. Hi all, at 0835 UT I heard ERT with Greek music and talk on
23290 kHz // 11645 kHz with SINPO=25333. 73's (Juergen Lohuis, Luenen,
Germany, 0848 UT Sept 25, harmonics yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1584, DXLD)
** GUIANA FRENCH. 15515, Sept 22 at 1243 reggae, so another
unscheduled postlude from Montsinéry, RFI Musique after Spanish is
supposed to end at 1230. Only fair signal; also with het from 15517
presumed V. of Tibet, so in effect substituting for Firedrake! Off at
next check 1302 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ICELAND. 189, 0329-, Rikisutvarpid Ras, Gufuskalar, Sep 22, Fair to
good reception with EZL instrumental music (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, BC,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) And nothing at all from Europe on MW
this time, he says under DX-PEDITIONS
** INDIA. AIR MAHALAYA TRANSMISSION OBSERVATION IN JORHAT, ASSAM
Today on this auspicious Mahalaya morning I did overnight prepare
myself to do an air check of AIR special Mahalaya transmission of its
different channels on SW and MW. But due to hectic work schedule of
yesterday, bus journey and tiredness I did only manage to wake up at
around 2330 UT 26th September 2011 (05:00 AM IST, 27th September 2011)
and did a band scan to get as many stations as I can.
For all these observations I used ANJAN DTS-10 receiver along with a
20 mt. long dipole antenna. I hope this report may give you some idea
about the AIR channel reception conditions here in Jorhat (Latitude:
26 45' 0 N, Longitude: 94 13' 0 E.), Assam.
Here is what I have observed on the Medium Wave band:
2334, 621, AIR Patna A - Mahisasura Mardini in Bengali - SINPO 25222
2335, 648, AIR Indore - Mahisasura Mardini in Hindi - SINPO 23222
(Interference from Nepal)
2336, 657, AIR Kolkata A - Mahisasura Mardini in Bengali - SINPO 35333
2337, 666, AIR New Delhi B - Mahisasura Mardini in Bengali (?) SINPO
35333
2338, 675, AIR Chatterpur - Some Arabic(?) chants heard, not AIR !!
2339, 711, AIR Siliguri - Mahisasura Mardini heard in Bengali with co-
channel interference. SINPO 33333
2340, 729, AIR Guwahati A - Mahisasura Mardini in Bengali. SINPO 35344
2341, 747, AIR Lucknow A - MM in Bengali (?) SINPO 25322
2342, 774, AIR Shimla - MM in Hindi (?) SINPO 25232
2343, 828, AIR Silchar - Mahisasura Mardini in Bengali. SINPO 25232
2244, 954, AIR Nazibabad - Mahisarura Mardini in Hindi. SINPO 45444
2245, 981, AIR Raipur - Mahisasura Mardini in Hindi with co-channel,
SINPO 23232
2246, 1476, AIR Jaipur A - Mahisasura Mardini in Hindi. SINPO 25332
2247, 1566, AIR Nagpur - Mahisasura Mardini in Bengali (?) SINPO 24222
ON the SHORTWAVE bands I found:
2349, 4760, AIR Port Blair - NO RECEPTION!
2350, 4820, AIR Kolkata - Signal was weak and a Chinese channel found
more strong. SINPO 11411
2351, 4810, AIR Bhopal - MM in Hindi (?) SINPO 25322
2352, 4835, AIR Gangtok - MM in Hindi with noise and propagation.
SINPO 34333
2353, 4880, AIR Lucknow - MM in Hindi (?) SINPO 35433
2355, 4895, AIR Kurseong - MM in Bangla. SINPO 33333
2356, 4940, AIR Guwahati - MM in Bangla. SINPO 45434
2357, 4965, AIR Shimla - VERY POOR and INAUDIBLE.
73's & Regards, (Prithwiraj Purkayastha, Jorhat, Assam, India, dxldyg
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Observations for AIR Special txn "Mahalaya" on 27th Sept --- All India
Radio special transmission for "Mahalaya" was observed on foll[owing]
frequencies :
Date : 27th Sept, 2011 (Tuesday)
Time : 2300 UTC 26th Sept (0430 IST, 27th Sept) to 0035 UTC 27th Sept
(0605 IST, 27th Sept)
SW
4760 - Port Blair
4820 - Kolkata - till 0035 UTC, slight co-ch qrm from PBS Xizang
4835 - Gangtok
4880 - Lucknow
4895 - Kurseong
4940 - Guwahati
4965 - Shimla - severe co-ch qrm by CVC, Lusaka, Zambia
MW
531 - Jodhpur
549 - Ranchi
603 - Ajmer
621 - Patna A
648 - Indore A
657 - Kolkata A
666 - New Delhi B
675 - Chattarpur
711 - Siliguri
729 - Guwahati A
747 - Lucknow A
756 - Jagdalpur - Not heard
774 - Shimla
801 - Jabalpur
810 - Rajkot A
819 - New Delhi A
846 - Ahmedabad A
891 - Rampur
909 - Gorakhpur
918 - Suratgarh
954 - Nazibabad
981 - Raipur
1008 - Kolkata B
1026 - Allahabad A
1044 - Mumbai A - Not heard
1125 - Tezpur - Not heard
1179 - Rewa
1215 - New Delhi
1242 - Varanasi
1260 - Ambikapur
1296 - Dharbhanga
1314 - Bhuj
1350 - Kupwara
1386 - Gwalior
1395 - Bikaner
1404 - Gangtok
1476 - Jaipur A
1566 - Nagpur
1584 - Mathura
1593 - Bhopal A
None of the FM channels in Delhi was carrying this special
transmission. At 0000 UT most of the MW stns were back with their
regular programming. Indore, Jabalpur, Rajkot, Ahmedabad, Naziababad,
Raipur, Allahabad, Rewa, Varanasi, Bhuj, Bhopal switched to regular
programming at 0030 UT. --- (Alokesh Gupta, VU3BSE, New Delhi,
http://alokeshgupta.blogspot.com/ dx_india yg via DXLD)
Facebook --- 100.2 All India Radio FM Gold Kolkata carrying special
Mahalaya programmes, instead of regular programmes! (Sanjay Sutradhar,
Kolkata, 7:00am Sep 27, posted in Indian DX Club
International.facebook group)
http://www.facebook.com/groups/idxco.forum/ via Alokesh Gupta, ibid.)
This morning I tuned in to the AIR special Mahalaya transmission
(Birendra Krishna Bhadra) over the DTH platform (DISHTV) in my TV. It
was for matter of convenience since my TV is closer to my bed. This
proves the strength of the AIR Birendra Krishna Bhadra Mahalaya
recitation because I preferred it over modern TV productions which
were available on my TV.
Supratik Sanatani (Via bangladx list via Gupta, ibid.)
Mahalaya logs from Avijit Mondal
FacebookLogs from Avijit Mondal, Tehatta
(Times in IST)
4:09am Sep 27 - AIR KOLKATA 657 kHz listening "mahalaya" on 657 khz
4:18am Sep 27 - getting simultaneously on 102.2 MHz murshidabad fm and
100.2 MHz.
4:21am Sep 27 - listening mahalaya on 98.3 radio mirchi n 93.5 red fm
too.
4:22am Sep 27 - Big 92.7 is running too ahead..
4:27am Sep 27 - AIR PORT BLAIR 4760 kHz getting mahalaya with faint
signal.
4:29am Sep 27 - AIR GANGTOK 4835 kHz just got Gangtok, much better.
4:32am Sep 27 - AIR LUCKNOW 4880 kHz now tuned into Lucknow, SIO 444.
4:34am Sep 27 - AIR KURSEONG 4895 kHz is now SIO 433, slight
interference.
4:37am Sep 27 - AIR GUWAHATI 4940 kHz now tuned into Guwahati, they
are quite strong here SIO 444.
4:42am Sep 27 - AIR AJMER 603 kHz Now getting Ajmer, very weak.
4:44am Sep 27 - AIR PATNA 621 kHz just listened Patna, quite strong.
4:48am Sep 27 - AIR INDORE 648 kHz getting Indore very weak, supressed
by Radio Nepal
4:51am Sep 27 - AIR DELHI 666 kHz now getting Delhi, very weak and
noisy.
4:54am Sep 27 - AIR CHATTARPUR 675 kHz, weak and shaky.
5:01am Sep 27 - AIR SILIGURI 711 kHz SIO 433.
5:04am Sep 27 - AIR GUWAHATI A 729 kHz very weak.
5:06am Sep 27 - AIR LUCKNOW 747 kHz just tuned into Lucknow, sounds
like local stn.
5:08am Sep 27 - AIR SHIMLA 774 kHz, Fair reception
5:13am Sep 27 - AIR REWA 1179 kHz just listened, fair reception.
5:15am Sep 27 - AIR VARANASI 1242 kHz strong
5:18am Sep 27 - AIR ALLAHABAD A 1026 kHz, fair signal with noise.
5:19am Sep 27 - AIR JABALPUR 801 kHz fair to weak here
5:22am Sep 27 - AIR AHMEDABAD 846 kHz weak
5:24am Sep 27 - AIR GORAKHPUR 909 kHz Weak with noise
5:26am Sep 27 - AIR NAZIBABAD 954 kHz, SIO 433.
5:28am Sep 27 - AIR RAIPUR 981 kHz is SIO 333 now.
5:30am Sep 27 - AIR BHOPAL 1593 kHz now tuned into Bhopal, very weak
signal.
5:33am Sep 27 - AIR MATHURA 1584 kHz just tuned into Mathura, very
weak
5:37am Sep 27 - AIR RAJKOT A 810 kHz, fair signal with some noise.
5:28am Sep 27 - AIR RAIPUR on 981 kHz is SIO 333 now.
(Avijit Mondal, Tehatta, Dist Nadia, West Bengal, (posted in Indian DX
Club International.facebook group
http://www.facebook.com/groups/idxco.forum/ via Gupta, ibid.)
Here are my observations of special Mahalaya programs on AIR early
this morning (26 Sept 2011 UT, 27 Sept 2011 IST).
Sign on was noted at 5 different timings as follows:
2225 UT (3.55 am IST); Sign on 4760, 4820, 4835, 4880, 4940, 4965,
603, 657, 666, 747, 1386, 1395, 1404, 1476, 1530, 1584
2230 UT (4.00 am): Sign on 4895
2250 UT (4.20 am): Sign on 846, 1179, 1242, 1296
2255 UT (4.25 am): Sign on 4810 549?, 621, 648, 810, 1260, 1314, 1458,
1593
2300 UT (4.30 am): Sign on 801
Note: AIR National Channel on 1215, 1566, 9425 & 9470 cancelled their
News broadcasts during 2230 to 2240 and carried Mahalaya programs.
-- (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Raj
Bhavan Road, Hyderabad 500082, India, ibid.)
Dear DX-friends, This is what I could hear around midnight local time
of the Mahalaya special broadcast in Denmark. Thank you for announcing
it to Alokesh Gupta and Jose Jacob! Unfortunately Port Blair 4760 and
Shimla 4965 were inaudible, the latter because of QRM from CVC,
Zambia.
4835, AIR Gangtok (operational after recent earthquake!), *2228-2340,
Sep 26, Sanskrit ann and long recitations by vocalists and background
choirs on shift celebrating "Mahalaya". AIR has been broadcasting this
annual, religious tradition in the very early morning (0400-0600 AM
Indian standard time) since 1932 as a count down of the Indian
festival of Durga Puja, 45333.
Heard // AIR Kolkata 4820 under Lhasa (32442), 4880 AIR Lucknow
(45444), 4895 AIR Kurseong (53/5444 CWQRM in LSB only) and 4940 AIR
Guwahati (45444). Only the parallels of Lucknow and Guwahati were
synchronized, while Gangtok was 10 seconds delayed and Kurseong 60
seconds delayed! No other AIR stations were audible in the 60 mb in
Denmark. Best 73, (Anker Petersen, Denmark, Sept 27, dx_india yg via
DXLD)
** INDIA. 4970, AIR Shillong, 1355, September 25. In English with the
Sunday program “Legal Advice”; details about bail; local ID; into
Hindi and nice subcontinent music. One of their best ever receptions!
MP3 audio
http://www.box.net/shared/726rhegi8rp86nbm71xd
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. Dear DX-friends, 5040.00, AIR Jeypore, *0023-0100, Sep 24,
AIR IS, "Vande Mataram" hymn, Indian song, Odia (presumed) ann, 0031
sounded like a Buddhist morning mass with men intoning, 0035 local
songs by woman and choir, 32332, QRM R Habana Cuba in French.
But on Sep 24 at 0100-0105 UT, none of these were heard in Denmark:
AIR Kolkata 4820, AIR Gangtok 4835 or AIR Kurseong 4895 kHz. Are they
off the air? Best 73, (Anker Petersen, Denmark, dx_india yg via DXLD)
** INDIA. 7270, AIR Chennai, *1258-1335 Sep 20. IS to ToH, then
opening announcement in language, followed by sub-continental music.
Fair at best, mixing with presumed Nei Menggu (John Wilkins, Wheat
Ridge, Colorado, Drake R-8, 100-foot RW; Been doing some "left-handed
DXing" lately, due to right hand/forearm being in a cast (fell off my
bicycle and broke my wrist). Signals do seem to be a bit better -
maybe I'll stick with the left hand! Cumbre DX via DXLD)
** INDIA. 15050-, Sept 22 at 1314, AIR Sinhala service with nice vocal
music, flutter, 1325 transmitter off and back on. No sesquikilohertz
parasitix audible this time. I compared with BFO to WEWN 12050 and
found that 15050 was slightly lo compared to 12050. However, 12050
might have been hi enough such that 15050 was not really on the lo
side, or vice versa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15050, AIR Delhi (Khampur), 1139 sub-continental music, // 13695
(Bangalore). 13695 nice. This frequency clear and fair. (25 Sept.)
17705, AIR Bangalore, Tone then IS start at 1143. IS // 15795 (also
Bangalore), but not 11840. 11840 Delhi started in mid-sentence and //
at 1145. 11840 and 17705 equal strength. 17705 and 15795 both had co-
channel QRM from same station running Chinese music. 11840 was clear.
(25 Sept.) (Dave Valko, Dunlo PA, HCDX via DXLD)
** INDIA. WEBSITE OF ALL INDIA RADIO KHAMPUR
http://www.wix.com/hptkhampur/airkhampur
(via Alokesh Gupta, VU3BSE, New Delhi, dx_india yg via DXLD)
So is this new? Linx to pdfs listing 42 different antennas with
parameters; also C-band frequencies for feeding the D-11 and D-12
transmitters, but the frequencies shown are unbelievable. Also history
of some of the transmitters and ``My Name copyright 2023 no animals
were harmed in the making``, so I have my doubts how seriously to take
this (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I also sent this to the
dx_india yg but it never appeared. Hmmm (gh)
** INDIA. SPECIAL SERVICE IN URDU FOR HAJ PILGRIMS --- The special
broadcasts by AIR beamed to Indian Haj Pilgrims in Saudi Arabia in
Urdu for 2011 is scheduled from 9 Nov 2011 to 7 Dec 2011 at 0530-0600
UT on 15210 15770 & 17845
http://allindiaradio.org/schedule/haj2011.htm
73 (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Raj
Bhavan Road, Hyderabad 500082, India, dx_india yg via DXLD)
Please remind us around November 8 (gh)
** INDIA. L. MANDLOI IS NEW DIRECTOR GENERAL OF ALL INDIA RADIO
Indiantelevision.com Team (26 September 2011 6:35 pm)
NEW DELHI: Leeladhar Mandloi, a senior officer of the Indian
Broadcasting (Programme) Service, has been made the Director General
of All India Radio. Mandloi had been asked earlier this year to hold
additional charge of both All India Radio and Doordarshan after then.
DD DG Aruna Sharma was transferred to her home state cadre in Madhya
Pradesh and Noreen Naqvi had retired from AIR. More at :
http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k11/sep/sep209.php
(Alokesh Gupta, VU3BSE, New Delhi, Sept 26, dx_india yg via DXLD)
** INDONESIA. 3325, RRI Palangkaraya (Presumed), 1335-1402 f/out Sept.
25.11. Initially heard a very strong [sic] signal (about S4+) with
modern love songs (lagu popular), one by Kenny Rogers, another
called ‘Falling for you in all the wrong places’. Noted some kind of
traffic or advertisement with mention of the National News Press ---
oh yes (laughter by some girls), English phrases noted (1348) such as
‘you should try this ‘B’ Hair spray’ and another promotion for ‘Oxy
Cream for your skin’ by a young girl announcer.
1350 male speaker but so low keyed in audio could barely hear him. By
1354 losing the signal but managed to catch the time notes at 1400 (3
+1) after a short anthem or I.S. played prior to the time pips. Lost
the signal by 1402.
Since I did not hear sort of an ID, I presume that this could be RRI
Palangkaraya by the programming and format; the language appeared to
be Bahasa Indonesian (Edward Kusalik - Alberta, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
3325, RRI Palangkaraya, 1159, Sept 23. SCI and into the relay of the
Jakarta News in Bahasa Indonesia; // 4749.95 RRI Makassar.
Sept 24 at 1214 relay of the Jakarta News in progress; // 4749.95
RRI Makassar; recorded item of an Australian in English with
translation into Bahasa Indonesia over it; 1219 the song (patriotic?)
that they play at the end of the news; at 1220 no longer //.
Sept 26 from 1331 to 1347; series of recorded reports in Bahasa
Indonesia; many mentions of “Palangkaraya”; 1338 nice “R-R-I
Palangkaraya” ID. No other station heard here. This is strongest
just before my local sunrise (1359). Still no sign yet of the return
of RRI Ternate on 3344.97 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach,
CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
3325, RRI Palangkaraya (presumed), 1246-1302 Sep 22. M&W chatting in
presumed Bahasa Indonesia; program seemed to end at 1301 but signal
weak now after being "fair minus" at tune-in. Signal strength seems to
be lower than what it was prior to their late August/early September
silent period. Have not knowingly heard the PNG on this frequency in
many moons.
4749.95, RRI Makassar, 1258-1320 Sep 24. Vocal music, YL announcer,
occasional "RRI" jingle. Amazing S9+20 dB signal at 1300 peak, going
slowly downhill after that (John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge, Colorado, Drake
R-8, 100-foot RW; Been doing some "left-handed DXing" lately, due to
right hand/forearm being in a cast (fell off my bicycle and broke my
wrist). Signals do seem to be a bit better - maybe I'll stick with the
left hand! Cumbre DX via DXLD)
** INDONESIA [and non]. 9524.97, V. of Indonesia, 2002 end of song
then canned ID and web info by W in English. Tough with co-channel
QRM. Both stations about equal strength. (18 Sept.) (Dave Valko, Dunlo
Pa, NRD-535D, Perseus, T2FD antenna, HCDX via DXLD) Probably TWR
Swaziland; CRI Russian also scheduled (gh, DXLD)
9525-, Sept 27 at 1334, VOI conveniently mentioned Banjarmasin just as
I tuned in, then music, too poor to follow but reconfirming another
`Exotic-Indonesia` on Tuesday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9680.05, RRI Jakarta, 1012 end of lively Indonesian pop,
then M announcing song and RRI ID (could hear the phone ringing in the
background). RRI jingle before going back into music at 1015. Really
nice signal. (24 Sept.) (Dave Valko, Dunlo Pa, NRD-535D, Perseus, T2FD
antenna, HCDX via DXLD)
** INTERNATIONAL INTERNET. THE FUTURE OF SHORTWAVE
Hi Glenn, I thought your listeners might be interested in a program we
intend to carry on the Global Voice htpp://theglobalvoice.info
Each week we have a phone-in/skype show called "The Attitude Test"
every Sunday at 1800 UT. On Sunday 2 October, "The Attitude Test" will
discuss the future of shortwave.
We invite listeners to participate by skype, at the.global.voice, by
email and Microsoft Messenger at yourvoice @ theglobalvoice.info or by
one of our three phone numbers, one in the US, one in the UK and one
in New Zealand, listed on our website http://theglobalvoice.info
The program is repeated at 1100 UT the following day and will be
available from our program gallery on our website. Additional Notes:
The Attitude Test is an hour-long program hosted by five of the Global
Voice staff, Chrissie Cochrane and Wally Harding (from the UK), Kelly
Sapergia (from Canada), and Steve Matzura and Michael Capelle (from
the US) and encourages lively debate. Please publicise this show
(Chrissie Cochrane, Managing Director; the Global Voice
http://www.theglobalvoice.info Sept 22, WORLD OF RADIO 1584, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
TGV is one of the webcasting WORLD OF RADIO affiliates: Thu 2030, Sat
0600, Mon 1700 (gh, WORLD OF RADIO 1584, DXLD)
** IRAN [and non]. It`s almost a week after in person at HFCC Dallas I
brought to the attention of both the VIRI and RRI frequency managers
that they are colliding on 11920 at 0400-0430, so is this fixed yet?
No, Sept 22 at 0345, VIRI has good signal in its only English
broadcast to North America, a.k.a Voice of Justice --- but at 0400
recheck, huge collision from even stronger RRI in Romanian, opening
with timesignal.
All you have to do is look at current A-11 HFCC to see there is a
collision, let alone turn on a radio. There is even an overlap in the
official CIRAF targets, i.e. France, where it must be just as bad as
in North America.
11920 0330 0430 7-10,27 SIR 500 330 0 218 1234567 270311 301011 D
11920 0400 0500 27SE GAL 300 285 0 206 1234567 270311 301011 D
I could pick out a replacement frequency for one of them, but that`s
not my job; and would it do any good? I expect neither station is
accustomed to someone coming up and telling them, ``you need to fix
this``, altho they courteously took notes on my observation.
11790, Sept 22 at 0513, something in Russian I don`t usually
encounter, interrupted by bits of music, fair with flutter, whence?
Uplooked later, this too is IRIB, 0500-0530, 500 kW, 358 degrees from
Kamalabad (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9580, 1451-, VOIRI, Sep 22. Happened to be looking for Radio
Australia, but instead hearing Tehran at excellent level in Russian,
with an ID.
11945, 1546-, VOIRI, Sep 22. Good to very good reception in English to
South Asia with news. Some deep fades with fluttering, and slightly
muffly audio. Otherwise strong (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, BC, dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9605, Voice of Justice, 0420 Sept 25. English, interview discussing
Yemen, 0424 ID and schedule. Fair, // 11920 barely audible through QRM
(Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, Listening from my car with
Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAQ. US FORCES RADIO IN IRAQ SHUTS AS TROOPS PULL OUT
By Amelie Herenstein September 23, 2011 Baghdad
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iJlf7DPjlJz4T0MNbuo9e9zLRLxg?docId=CNG.d992cfcc9e648d8c70f329e5edb171b2.101
With a final song at midnight Friday, the American military will shut
AFN-Iraq, the radio station that has broadcast to soldiers nationwide
since 2003, marking 100 days until the US withdrawal is complete.
Some 5,000 CDs have already been packed away, the newsroom is crammed
with trunks, and posters that lined the foam-covered walls of the
studio in Baghdad's heavily-fortified Green Zone have been pulled down
in readiness for the closure.
AFN-Iraq was launched in March 2003, when a US-led coalition invaded
the country to oust dictator Saddam Hussein. Its first song was
"Freedom," by Paul McCartney.
At midnight, though, it will hand over broadcast duties to AFN-Europe,
based in Germany. "They're going to get good radio, but it's not going
to be us, and we're right here in the country with them," said
Sergeant Jay Townsend, one of AFN-Iraq's DJs. "We get mortars, and we
get rockets, and we go out on missions and patrols as well, so at
least we have something in common."
"It's definitely sad, but it's also exciting because it's time: the
American people and the American troops have come here and sacrificed
so much. We wondered when this day would come up and now it's close,
so we couldn't be more excited."
The shutting of the radio station, part of the Armed Forces Network
that also includes television stations aired on US army bases around
the world, comes with 100 days to go before a year-end pullout
deadline.
At present, more than 40,000 American soldiers remain stationed in
Iraq, but they must all leave by December 31 under a 2008 security
pact between Baghdad and Washington. A contingent may stay past year-
end if the two countries agree to a much-discussed military training
mission, but no such deal has yet been reached.
Over the past eight-plus years, AFN-Iraq, which can be heard in most
major cities in Iraq and neighbouring Kuwait, has aimed to boost
soldier morale through the immediate aftermath of the invasion, the
sectarian war that followed and the more recent drop in levels of
violence.
Staff say the radio tries to be "a morale force multiplier."
Between playing music and airing programmes like any other radio
station, AFN-Iraq also aired regular "Iraqi essentials": bite-sized
lessons in basic Arabic broadcast several times throughout the day to
help American soldiers interact with their domestic counterparts.
"It's important to entertain and boost the morale, but we exist to
inform, to educate and help, ensure that all of our troops have the
context to know what it is we're working so hard for," said Sergeant
First Class Don Dees, who heads AFN broadcasts in Iraq.
For its last day of broadcasts, AFN-Iraq DJs lined up a series of
interviews, ranging from Lieutenant General Frank Helmick, the deputy
commander of US troops in Iraq, to Shawn Marion, a starting forward
for the 2011 National Basketball Association Dallas Mavericks.
Also among the interviews was one with Adrian Cronauer, an AFN radio
broadcaster who was famously the inspiration for the 1987 Hollywood
film, "Good Morning, Vietnam."
DJs have also asked listeners to vote via e-mail and Facebook to
choose the last song that will be broadcast before the station hands
over to AFN-Europe, offering choices ranging from Green Day's "When
September Ends" to Saving Abel's "Miss America."
"It's kind of bittersweet for me... I don't want it to end," said
Staff Sergeant Brad Ruffin, a 42-year-old from Dallas, Texas. "We may
never know what kind of impact we have, but hopefully we have had a
positive impact." (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)
Radio de soldados estadounidenses se retira de Irak
Miren el video y escuchen la info en
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3_L2DZYiDE
(Arnaldo Slaen, dxldyg via DXLD) less than 2 minutes Spanish voiceover
** ISRAEL. 9235, 19/9 1945, Galei Zahal, talks, good // 15850 fair
15850, 18/9 1833, Galei Zahal, songs, good but deep fading
My SW blog: http://radiodxsw.blogspot.com/ (Giampiero Bernardini,
Milan, Italy, in Bocca di Magra (La Spezia, Italy) with Dario
Monferini for our usual BOC DX nights (this one was number 25),
RFSpace SDR-IQ e Perseus; loop Wellbrook LFL 1010 e MaxiWhip (vertical
7 meters), dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9235, Galei Zahal, 2320-2340, Hebrew talk. Local pop music. Weak but
readable. I see this is now listed for 9236, but I am still hearing
them on 9235. Listed // 15850 not heard. Sept 23 (Brian Alexander, PA,
DX Listening Digest)
15850, 0453-, Galei Zahal, Sep 24. Good reception with Israeli modern
music. Another night of excellent MUF, and no TA MW propagation (Walt
Salmaniw, Masset, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ITALY. Springtime on Italian MW --- Hi folks, summer is over today,
but on Italian medium wave it's springtime! Read about it here:
http://fromdctodaylight.splinder.com/post/25572751/springtime-on-italian-mw
Comments (and signal reports from the European readers) obviously
welcome. Ciao, (Chris Diemoz, Italy, Sept 21, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Seems that all those new private MW stations are not exactly licensed,
but exist thru a loophole in the law, not exactly pirates (gh, DXLD)
** JAPAN. Hi Glenn, The higher frequencies (19m band) continue to have
a blackout, but some excellent receptions on the lower frequencies,
per the following. Ron [besides INDIA 4970]
774, JOUB Akita (NHK-2), 1328, September 25. My first Trans-Pacific
reception this DX season; best ever heard even with adjacent
splatter/QRM; in Japanese and English; question “How does a woman
react when a man rejects her?” followed by multiple-choice answers;
“Lesson For Today” into reading in English by “Gloria Hurley” about
vegetarian cooking followed by multiple questions. Edited MP3 audio
http://www.box.net/shared/vz8e6jedvf0gf0ltzg35
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** JORDAN [non]. QSL: Arab Woman Today Ministries (Tue 1700-1715, Fri
1400-1415 11910 kHz via IRRS [ROMANIA]) verified my reception report
with US$2 by PFC QSL and letter, after 26 days. QSL signer was Mr.
Colleen MacWilliams, International Development Officer. Address: Arab
Woman Today, P.O.Box 85088, Amman 11185, Jordan, E-mail info @
arabwomantoday.com FAX +962 556 2330 (Takahito Akabayashi, Tokyo,
Japan, Sept 29, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Colleen is probably a woman`s name, so use Ms. -- unless Colleen
itself said Mr. 73, (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)
Hi Glenn, You are correct. As of 2007 she was single. She posted the
following:
http://www.btbf.org/uncomfortableslowbumpy
Note correct spelling of the name: McWilliams (Ron Howard, San
Francisco, CA, ibid.)
** KASHMIR. AIR Leh
https://picasaweb.google.com/100942441495765774840/LehLadakhPics#5494148950160901746
https://picasaweb.google.com/100942441495765774840/LehLadakhPics#5494148967714453698
Few more from the year 2008
https://picasaweb.google.com/115973408632826706467/SriBadariLadhakYatraJuneJuly2008#5227590728102594690
https://picasaweb.google.com/115973408632826706467/SriBadariLadhakYatraJuneJuly2008#5227590747784291474
(via Alokesh Gupta, Sept 26, dx_india yg via DXLD)
** KAZAKHSTAN [non]. CASPIONET STARTS BROADCASTING IN NORTH AMERICA
Kazakhstan’s national satellite channel, Caspionet, has started
broadcasting in North America through the Galaxy-19 satellite, which
is part of the largest platform for foreign channels on the market.
The station broadcasts in Kazakh, Russian and English. Its website
gives the following times, which appear to be local time (UT +6):
Kazakh: 00.00-03.00, 06.00-09.00, 12.00-15.00, 18.00-21.00
Russian: 15.00-18.00, 21.00-24.00
English: 03.00-06.00, 09.00-12.00
The station is also available via online streaming. It doesn’t seem to
have many viewers though. When I checked just before posting this
item, it said:
The number of viewers at the moment: 5 people
Maximum of views today : 8 people
The number of views today: 124 people
(Source: Caspionet)( September 23rd, 2011 - 13:16 UTC by Andy Sennitt,
Media Network blog via DXLD)
2 Comments on “Caspionet starts broadcasting in North America”
#1 lou josephs on Sep 23rd, 2011 at 15:07
Saw the same audience data you did, Andy; sounds like it’s static and
not realtime; the data, the stream is nice and clean. Would love to
see the English portion…
#2 SRG on Sep 25th, 2011 at 05:10
I dare all international broadcasters to make their online audience
figures public! (Media Network blog comments via DXLD)
-- When I checked at at 2115 UT, 6 viewers at the moment, 12 maximum
of views today. For many international broadcasters, audiences were
probably as small during the shortwave era, but there were not the
instant, and brutally honest, web metrics. The content is very much
similar to that of the old set-piece international shortwave
broadcasts, but with video added (Kim Andrew Elliott, Sept 24,
kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD)
** KOREA NORTH. D.P.R., 10140 kHz. The coastal radar from North Korea
is still active on 10140-10170 kHz with 2.6 sweeps/sec. Audible in
Europe every evening! The system should be audible in USA (west coast)
and in Japan or Australia, too. I did not get any report from Region 2
and 3. Perhaps many hams believe to hear a pasture fence ... ???
Please look for my soundfile, if you are uncertain!
<http://www.iarums-r1.org/iarums/sound/kre.wav>
73 from Wolf, DK2OM
<http://iaru-r1.org/mailman/listinfo/intruderalert_iaru-r1.org>
(INTRUDERALERT mailing list, Sept 19 via BC-DX 23 Sept via DXLD)
So this one stix to 10140-10170 only? That helps (gh, DXLD)
** KOREA NORTH. ?? 9665.44, 0950 only bits of audio. 1000 time ticks
with last being very long and into what sounded like a March song. M
and W in [unknown] language. 1005 MOR music. Very difficult though due
to choppy distorted disturbed signal. Sounds like N.K. Drifted down 20
Hz between 1003-1005. This taking over as presumed Marumby [see
BRAZIL] fading by 1005. (24 Sept.) (Dave Valko, Dunlo Pa, NRD-535D,
Perseus, T2FD antenna, HCDX via DXLD)
11535, 1950-, Voice of Korea, Sep 24. Very good reception, without
distortion and on-channel with English programming for the Middle
East. Parallel 9975 is only weakly audible (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, BC,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 5985, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze/JSR via Yamata. First
day back on this alternate frequency; ex-6135; 1336, Sept 21; in
Japanese; former frequency still jammed by N. Korean today.
Sept 23 (Friday) at 1337 in English with heavy jamming and strong
Myanmar het; no longer carrying the message in Thai; still has “This
is a message from the Japanese government” segment mentioning a
radio program “with a frequency band of 9000 kHz”, a veiled reference
to Nippon no Kaze and Furusato no Kaze; 1400 repeated the very same
program again till 1430*; ending with “JSR. This is Shiokaze Sea
Breeze, the shortwave radio program from Tokyo, Japan”. Finally the
folks in North Korea learned the obvious alternate frequency
scheduling; only took them a few days to start up with the heavy
jamming here.
Sept 24 at 1339 in Korean with heavy jamming.
Sept 25 at 1351 and 1408 in Korean with heavy jamming.
Sept 26 found heavy jamming already here at 1307, waiting for
Shiokaze’s 1330 sign on. At 1347 heard them in Japanese (Ron Howard,
Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1584, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
CLANDESTINE - 5985 Shiokaze *1330-1402 Sep 22. Usual piano theme and
"JSR Kochirawa Shiokaze Des" ID and non-stop YL talks in JP; the
sequence was repeated at 1400, but don't know if if this was a repeat
of the 1330 program or just a continuation. Good signal at 1330 but
gradually going downhill. Noted next day (Fri) in EG and on Sat in KR.
(John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge, Colorado, Drake R-8, 100-foot RW, Cumbre
DX via DXLD)
JAPAN. 5985, JIC, Yamata in Japanese language to Northern D.P.R.
Korea. At 1400 UT. Probably SHIOKAZE (Sea-breeze) program. Plus north
Korean ditter jamming on 5979-5991 kHz underneath (Wolfgang Büschel,
Sept 22, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews 23 Sept via DXLD)
Presumably another periodic jump from an alternate frequency, 6135.
JIC is an abbreviation for the agency; callsign is JSR (gh, DXLD)
JAPAN. 5985, 1341-, Shiokaze, Sep 23, Friday's English broadcast at
very strong level, but with jamming audible in background. About spies
from the North in South Korea. Jamming sounds like grinding (Walt
Salmaniw, Masset, BC, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1584, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
5985, Sept 26 at 1329 I hear a tone or het, very poor signal, but 1330
the het remains as piano music and Shiokaze sign-on is audible,
intonation sounds Japanese today. The het is of course from off-
frequency MYANMAR on the hi side; Sea Breeze back here after a while
on 6135, via JSR JAPAN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. U.K.(non), TWN & JPN to North Korea, Clandestine
stations changes via BAB
Radio Free North Korea
1200-1300 on 15645 DB 100 kW / 070 deg to KRE Korean, ex 1200-1400
1300-1400 NF 11640 DB 100 kW / 070 deg to KRE Korean, ex 15645
CMI Voice of Wilderness
1400-1430 NF 15630 TAC 100 kW / 065 deg to KRE Korean, ex 15500, Sun
only
Voice of Martyrs(Freedom)
1600-1700 NF 7530 TAC 100 kW / 065 deg to KRE Korean, ex 6240
(DX Mix News, Bulgaria, 26 Sept via DXLD)
** KURDISTAN. 3930.15, 0305-0310, CLANDESTINE, 25.09, R Voice of
Kurdistan, Sulaimaniya, Iraq Farsi songs and ann, jammed, 23332
(Anker Petersen, on the AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire in
Skovlunde, Denmark, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD)
** KURDISTAN. 3964.06, 0310-0320, CLANDESTINE, 25.09, Voice of Iranian
Kurdistan, via Salah Al-Din, Iraq, Kurdish talk with some pauses,
jammed; both jumped to 3975.06 at 0315, 32433.
4869.97, 0315-0325, CLANDESTINE, 25.09, Voice of Iranian Kurdistan,
via Salah Al-Din, Iraq, Kurdish talk with same voice as 3964; jammer
first moved to this frequency at 0320, 33433, CODAR QRM (Anker
Petersen, on the AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire in
Skovlunde, Denmark, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD)
** KURDISTAN [non]. See GERMANY: Roj TV & V. of Mesopotamia
** KUWAIT. 15540, 1800-, Radio Kuwait, Sep 23. English s/on, still
announcing 11990 kHz. Into program, 'Under the Umbrella of Islam'.
Good reception (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST) Title could be interpreted as a put-down; reconsider? (gh)
** KUWAIT. QSL: 5820, Radio Free Europe, Turkmen broadcast via IBB/VOA
Kuwait transmitter. Received a nice BIG Brown envelope from
Washington, inside a full data QSL card (with NO site) of VOA curtain
arrays, plus collection/2011 calendar of VOA journalists, postcards.
reception report [?]. This for a report direct to Kuwait but reply
came from Washington. Reply in 7 months (Edward Kusalik, Alberta, Sept
21, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MADAGASCAR. Apart from Mozambique, this is a week of negatives:
Radio Madagasikara. 4910 Antananarivo. Sept 19, 2011, Monday. 1830-
1920 No sign tonight. Reported by Ron and others to be back on 5010.
Jo'burg sunset 1603.
Radio Madagasikara. 5010 Antananarivo. Sept 19, 2011, Monday. 1830-
1920 No sign of it, although reported to be back on this frequency.
Jo'burg sunset 1603.
Radio Madagasikara. 5010 Antananarivo. Sept 21, 2011, Wednesday. 1747-
1753 Once again, no sign of Madagasikara. It looks like we have gone
back to where we were before its experiment with 4910; i.e., seldom
received in Johannesburg. Jo'burg sunset 1604 (Bill Bingham, RSA, Sept
23, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Via Victor's remote perseus in western Sri Lanka, I could hear Radio
Madagasikara (or as they seem to announce themselves, "RNM", which
acc. to WRTH means "Radio Nationale Malagasy") on 4910 kHz tonight.
They are in this weird mode again, a carrier along with USB-only
modulation. Best listening in USB setting of the receiver.
Here is what the signal looks like: http://tinyurl.com/3sn2ooj -
definitely no lower side band.
Heard on Friday 23 Sep 2011, at 1956 UTC, still on at 2020.
Audio: http://tinyurl.com/44m3vtu (mp3, 21 MB, 23'18"), starting at
1957 UTC. Mostly music, but with the DX vibe! The RNM IDs come at
21'32". Recorded with the Perseus in USB mode, except 00:38-00:47 when
in AM mode for comparison.
Thanks Victor! My inner-city gear just isn't good enough - not even a
trace of a signal here on my own Perseus with a DX-10 pro antenna on
the balcony. 73, (Eike Bierwirth, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** MADAGASCAR [and non]. 5010, 19/9 1728 Radio Madagascar, songs,
talks, modulated only in USB, fair (no AIR India)
5010, 20/9 1718 AIR Thiru., India, slow Indian long song, fair
(Giampiero Bernardini, Milan, Italy, in Bocca di Magra (La Spezia,
Italy) with Dario Monferini for our usual BOC DX nights (this one was
number 25), RFSpace SDR-IQ e Perseus; loop Wellbrook LFL 1010 e
MaxiWhip (vertical 7 meters), dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
4910-USB, R. Madagascara, music brought up at 0236:18. Pleasant Afro
guitar and vocal. M announcer at 0240. Possible mention of
Madagascara. 0241 beautiful choral music. Another choral song followed
by instrumental. 0254 M again with rapid talk and possible ID but not
100% certain. Recorded talk to 0257. Hi-life mx. 0301 M briefly again.
Long talk by W starting at 0310 with clear ment of Madagascar.
Gradually fading. CODAR ruined nice reception. (24 Sept.) 73 (Dave
Valko, NRD-535D, Perseus, T2FD antenna, Dunlo, PA, USA, HCDX via WORLD
OF RADIO 1584, DXLD)
4910, Radio Madagasikara, 0239-0310, noted back on this frequency
with African choral music. Malagasy talk. Poor in noisy conditions
and CODAR QRM. Carrier + USB. Sept 24 (Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg,
PA, Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot long wires, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO
1584, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
4910, Radio Madagasikara, 0216-0255, carrier + USB. Tune-in to Afro-
pop music. Malagasy talk. IS at 0226:40. Choral National Anthem at
0227. Malagasy talk at 0229. Lite instrumental music. Afro-pop music.
Weak at tune-in. Improved to a fair level by 0238. Sept 28 (Brian
Alexander, PA, WORLD OF RADIO 1584, DX Listening Digest)
** MADAGASCAR. The last major shortwave project?
WORLD CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING HOPES TO BE ON THE AIR FROM MADAGASCAR BY
JANUARY 2012 --- Reporter-News, Abilene, TX, By Charles G. Anderson
Sr., 22 September 2011
http://www.reporternews.com/news/2011/sep/22/world-christian-broadcasting-trying-to-reach-in/
Former World War II combat veteran of Guam and Iwo Jima Lowell Perry
died in a plane crash in the Caribbean on March 25, 1977, at age 53,
but his dream of setting up shortwave radio stations to teach the
Bible around the world did not die with him.
The dream began in Perry's living room in Abilene and grew into World
Christian Broadcasting Inc.
Soon after WWII, Perry and his friend Maurice Hall, also a veteran,
decided they wanted to spread the gospel to remote areas of the world.
Hall had seen what the shortwave radio could do when he assisted in
setting up communications for President Franklin Roosevelt at the
Yalta Conference in February 1945, and Perry had seen the islands in
the Pacific and knew the people relied on radio for their news.
They kept their idea alive, and in 1976, a small group met at Perry's
house and World Christian Broadcasting began. Perry's widow, Earline
Perry, said her husband had always been interested in radio and taught
radio and television broadcasting at Abilene Christian University. She
said Hall had told Lowell if they could use shortwave radio in the
war, they could use it for teaching the Bible.
While at ACU, Lowell published an article, saying, "This sleeping
giant (shortwave broadcasting) has only begun to stir. If he were
sufficiently motivated, he has the power to take the gospel to the
entire world within a few years' time. ... (We) need to realize the
potential of this electronic giant and avail ourselves of this
excellent opportunity."
Perry was traveling in the Caribbean seeking information and locations
for radio stations when the plane carrying him and two others broke up
in midair. Perry had already set up some stations in a few countries.
Now, Perry's dream is about to become a reality. One station is
already set up in Alaska and is reaching into China and Russia and
numerous other nations, while another will open in Madagascar that
will broadcast into Egypt, Jordan, India, and other countries.
It has not been an easy task, said Charles Caudill, president/CEO of
World Christian Broadcasting, based in Franklin, Tenn.
"Our station in Alaska was set on fire by arsonists," he said. "The
damage was about $200,000." [when was that??? - gh]
He said three transmitters will soon be on their way to Madagascar.
"We hope to have the station in operation by January 2012," Caudill
said.
He said World Christian Broadcasting employs about 50 people around
the world. He said some people hear about Christ on the radio and
contact the station. Caudill said information is sent to people who
want to know more, and a missionary or someone in that country might
visit with them. "We have people who speak Russian, Chinese, Arabic,
and many languages," Caudill said.
Caudill said the radio uses a magazine format to reach the 3 billion
"We have music, information about the Olympics that might involve
their country, and even something about cowboys and Indians," he said.
Caudill said they talk about the Bible and their main mission was to
teach and influence people to learn about Christ.
Several from World Christian Broadcasting met in Abilene this week and
had a booth set up at the ACU Summit.
Bob Scott of Abilene was the first president of World Christian
Broadcasting. He served from 1980 to 1993. "Our primary purpose was
trying to reach the unreachable people of the world like China and
Russia with the gospel of Christ," Scott said. "We went on the air in
1983 in Anchor Point, Alaska."
"Lowell and Maurice Hall had always said they wanted to see the gospel
preached to every person in the world," Earline Perry said. "They knew
it could be done through shortwave radio." Lowell Perry wanted to do
it in his lifetime, his Earline Perry said. "Lowell did not live to
see it done, but Maurice Hall did," she said. "Within in a short time,
the Bible will be beamed to every nation in the world." (via Artie
Bigley, DXLD, and Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)
Er, it already is, many times over but the rest don`t count (gh, DXLD)
Kim Andrew Elliott Reporting 25 September 2011
Kim comments: The Alaska station is KNLS. Plans for the Madagascar
shortwave transmitting site dates back to 2005, with ambitions "to
reach five billion." Actual completion of the station has taken an
unusually long time. Coups, coup attempts, cyclones, etc., have not
been helpful. At this point, it might make more sense for WCB to
acquire the shortwave relay facility in Madagascar that Radio
Netherlands plans to abandon. On the other hand, WCB has done so much
work at its own site that it may prefer to continue from that
location.
http://kimelli.nfshost.com/index.php?id=12122&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Kimandrewelliottcom-Home+%28kimandrewelliott.com+-+Home%29&utm_content=Yahoo!+Mail
(via Mike Terry, ibid.) Kim also quotes me from DXLD about MWV (gh)
In response to Kim's comments after the article: I would imagine WCB
is rather miffed after going to all the effort to build its own
station on Madagascar just to have RNW leave the shortwave scene.
I was rather puzzled by some recent comments from one of the WCB key
people essentially saying that the RNW Madagascar facility doesn't
cover all the areas that WCB wants to target. Strange, since in its 40
year history RNW has used the station for transmissions to pretty much
everywhere, including North/Central/South America. What DOESN'T the
facility cover???
Still, too late in the game for WCB to not go ahead with the new
station. If the RNW Madagascar relay continues under new ownership,
WCB can always lease time to increase program output capacity (Steve
Luce, Houston, Texas, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
WCB certainly knew about RN`s station and could have been using it
long ago, buying up available time, but they`d rather do their own
thing (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
** MALAYSIA. 6050.02, Asyik FM via RTM, 1435-1500, Sept 23; pop songs;
in vernacular; fair. New schedule has this extended by one hour
(formerly ended at 1400).
6050.02, Salam FM via RTM, 1500-1421, Sept 23. They have now settled
into their new schedule. Radio Suara Islam (Voice of Islam) is no
longer heard (ex: 1400 to 1600). Asyik FM programming has been
extended by one hour and then start of Salam FM. Pips (1+1); choral
National Anthem (Negaraku – Lagu Kebangsaan Malaysia); singing Salam
FM jingles; reciting from the Qur’an; pop songs.
6050.02, Asyik FM via RTM, 1259, Sept 24. In vernacular; ID; pips
(1+1); local news (both 5964.6 Klasik Nacional and 9835 Sarawak FM
both in // at this time with the National RTM News audio feed); 1306
Asyik FM ID and local news continues; 1316 starts the usual Saturday
“Bollywood” program of pop Indian movie songs in Hindi with montage of
songs; very enjoyable with unusually good reception. MP3 audio posted
at
http://www.box.net/shared/ikp973r9kd0f3gx6auya
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF
RADIO 1584, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MALAYSIA. 7295, TraXX FM, 1300-1321 Sep 19. YL with English news to
1310, then pop music program "Top of the Pops" after a Traxx FM
jingle. Fair signal (John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge, Colorado, Drake R-8,
100-foot RW; Been doing some "left-handed DXing" lately, due to right
hand/forearm being in a cast (fell off my bicycle and broke my wrist).
Signals do seem to be a bit better - maybe I'll stick with the left
hand! Cumbre DX via DXLD)
** MALAYSIA. 9835 19/9 1954 Sarawak FM (non), Malaysia, slow songs, id
on hour as Wai FM, fair/good. It was in // with 11665 official
frequency of Wai FM. So in the night they broadcast the same program
whic is Wai FM. I went also on Internet to listen via web and I
discovered that the web channels of Sarawak FM and Way FM are in // in
the night time. According to the ID, the program is Wai FM. Web is in
// with SW with a 2 about minutes delay.
11665 19/9 2012 Wai FM, Malaysia, songs then songs // 9835 (see 9835)
(Giampiero Bernardini, Italy, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1584, DXLD)
** MAURITANIA. 7245, Sept 27 at 0545, IGIM is already on with YL in
Arabish, 0547 Islamic chanting. It`s always fun to hear this right
next to the super-Christian Vatican mass on 7250 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Martedì 27 settembre 2011 - 0548 - 7245 kHz (E5), RADIO MAURITANIE -
Nouakchott, Preghiere coraniche. Segnale buono-sufficiente. Per alcuni
giorni è stata non attiva (Luca Botto Fiora, G.C. 09E13 - 44N21,
Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, playdx yg via DXLD)
** MEXICO. Does anyone know the identity of "La Voz Consuelo" heard on
670 kHz? It was heard 9/21/11, from 1129 until fade out at 1203 UT, on
670 kHz playing música ranchera with several "La Voz Consuelo" ID's,
but no call or QTH. I assume it's either XETOR or XEIS. Thank you in
advance for your assistance.
I listened to 670 this morning (9/22/11) again hearing "La Voz
Consuelo" at 1135-1207 UT. At 1202, there was a station announcement
containing "en Coahuila" and "Grupo Radio México". So the station is
XETOR, Torreón, Coahuila (Richard Allen, 36?22'51"N / 97?26'35" W,
(northwest of Perry OK USA), IRCA via DXLD)
All references continue to show XETOR name as Radio Ranchito. ``La Voz
Consuelo`` strikes me as an odd name, so I tried googling. The only
hits on that phrase go back to RNA`s logs in HCDX, IRCA. To my
surprise, besides Torreón, XETOR got a number of erroneous hits as
being in Matamoros. I`ll keep trying to hear it myself (gh, DXLD)
** MEXICO. Sunrise MW DX Sept 22:
580, Sept 22 at 1206 UT, choral NA is still running mixing with WIBW,
1207 singing ID as Radio Lana? No, Radiorama, ergo XEFI Chihuahua
again, of the Radiorama group, altho its own slogan is per Cantú:
580 XEFI Radio Mexicana Chihuahua, Chih. 5,000 700
600, Sept 22 at 1207 UT, ID as XEDPN or fonetically similar, La
Ranchera, then promo or opening ``Espacio Infantil`` segment with a
countdown. This does not fit anything listed in Cantú or WRTH or
Googling. Sure seemed like a 5-letter call. Maybe a recent frequency
change? Or network relay, like you hear XERFR 970 IDs all over the R.
Fórmula network? Help!
620, Sept 22 at 1205 UT, orchestral NA ending, ID as XEBU, La
Norteñita, 620, 10,000 vatios, street address in Chihuahua2. VG signal
dominating for a few minutes. Oh oh, disparity in powers; Cantú:
620 XEBU La Norteñita Chihuahua, Chih. 5,000 1,000
WRTH also has 5/1 kW, so increased or mere hype? Again at 1209,
noticeable with TC for only 6:07 and later in the same minute 6:08,
still not caught up, also slogan ``la grande de Chihuahua``.
800, Sept 22 at 1210 UT, KQCV OKC evidently off, perhaps due to
current storm, uncovering two weak SS. XEROK Juárez does not have much
of a signal here, still listed 50 kW, and should be good even with
KQCV on but nulled. 1217 KQCV cuts back on.
1180, Sept 22 at 1214 UT, ID as XEDCH, La Romántica, with several
phone numbers, for requests? Briefly has channel to self, but with
KFAQ 1170 IBOQRM. Cantú:
1180 XEDCH La Romántica Cd. Delicias, Chih. 5,000 1,500
Sunrise MWDX Sept 23, UT:
600, Sept 23 at 1201, ID as ``XELN, Gómez Palacio, Durango … Radiorama
Laguna``. I was hoping to nail down the unID heard yesterday, but
instead we have another quandary. (GP is a sister city to Torreón
across the state line in Coahuila, and they are really a single market
known as `Laguna` for a dried-up lake.) The 600 station there is XEDN,
Radio Mexicana per Cantú. I am not positive of the third letter, but
it was a two-syllable one, not a D. I don`t find an XELN for any radio
station, but it is the longtime call of channel 4 TV in Torreón. Maybe
this is a recent shakeup on the local radio dial. Cantú:
600 XEDN La Mexicana Torreón, Coah. 1,000 1,000
BTW, the Radiorama group website, which may well be outdated,
http://www.radiorama.com.mx/secciones.php?sec_id=32
also shows Torreón 600 as XEDN La Mexicana, but in a column under
their sub-network Megacima.
610, Sept 23 at 1200, rhyming slogan ``G-S, la que más le ofrece`` (or
maybe it was ``te``, familiarly) (I am never going to render Spanish
letters `fonetically`, as how to pronounce them, and Spanish numbers,
is the very least any Anglo, especially a DXer, should learn!). I hear
this station often, but not the listed ``La Ley`` name, per Cantú:
610 XEGS La Ley Guasave, Sin. 1,000 500
At 1202, into `Panorama Agropecuario` show, finally referring to
Sinaloa, so I knew it was the same station. Same program title is on
650 XETNT at same time, but different show, I think. Mentioned
approach of Huracán Hil(l)ary, Cat-4 already, first I`d heard of her.
1100, Sept 23 at 1213, música romántica, ``La Única, Mil Cien AM`` no
mention of FM or calls, but must be this, per Cantú:
1100 XENAS Única + FM 96.1 Navojoa, Son. 1,000 500
Had one thousand, eleven hundred to itself briefly. (In Spanish one
would not say ``once cientos``), a rather vacant channel despite CO
Sunrise MWDX Sept 26, UT:
550, Sept 26 at 1209, ad with gong for a new Chinese buffet opening
Sept 22 in Cuauhtémoc:
550 XEPL La Super Estación Cd. Cuauhtémoc, Chih. 5,000 150
630, Sept 26 at 1156 UT, historical item mentioning Municipio General
Escobedo, Monterrey, outro as ``Al Momento``, to be continued an hour
later; ``Buenos días, en directo desde la Ciudad de México en la F-
B``, promo joint fútbol show with La Invasora 99.7 FM. Cantú:
630 XEFB FB La Estación Que Da Las Noticias Monterrey, N.L. 10,000
10,000
while 99.7 is confirmed as:
99.7 XHSP La Invasora Monterrey, N.L. 50,530
Altho IDing locally, XEFB was taking a program direct from the DF
630, Sept 26 at 1202 UT, another station has taken over 630, Fox
fanfare, XEUR-AM, 50 kW, full ID, Grupo Radio Centro. O no, another
bad lead. I was quite sure of the call, but the real XEUR is on 1530
in the DF, a Radiorama station. I don`t see any similar call listed on
630. Ahá, they must have said XEQR-AM, which is the original station
of Radio Centro on 1030, but relayed on 630 somewhere? According to
http://radiocentro.mx/estaciones they have quite a few stations on AM
and FM, but except for 93.9 in Los Ángeles, they are all in the DF,
not a national network in Mexico.
680, Sept 26 at 1206 UT, NA ending and sign-on mentions Chihuahua, so:
680 XEFO Éxtasis Digital Chihuahua, Chih. 5,000 250
760, Sept 26 at 1205 UT, another late NA, 1206 ID as ``Antena 760,
Chihuahua Capital``, i.e.:
760 XEES Antena 760 Chihuahua, Chih. 10,000 1,000
800, distorted signal: see UNIDENTIFIED
Pre-sunrise MW DX Sept 27: I woke up an hour too early.
620, Sept 27 at 1116 UT, Radio 6-20, music offer, 8-digit phone
starting with 5-, i.e. DF, loops N/S, adstring mixed with government
PSAs, addresses in DF. 1118 ``Está Vd. en Por el Campo`` program,
``desde la Ciudad de México``. Cantú:
620 XENK Radio 6.20 México, DF 50,000 5,000
Totally overriding Mickey Mouse and anything else on 620
Sunrise DX Sept 28, UT; as the terminator moves relentlessly eastward
as of 1200 UT, I am getting more Coahuilans than in previous weeks:
550, Sept 28 at 1214 UT, timecheck for 6:14 and mentions Sinaloa,
which is on MDT; trouble is, no stations in that state on 550. The
others in UT -6 are Nayarit and Chihuahua, so probably usual XEPL in
Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, altho there is also XETNC in Nayarit which is
further but maybe more likely to mention Sinaloa, up the coast
800, Sept 28 at 1207 UT, again hearing extremely distorted talk audio,
language unknown, in null of KQCV OKC; at the same time I am getting
weak non-distorted Spanish, presumably XEROK, so must be something
else, probably further east. In view of all the Coahuilans I am
getting at this time, prime suspect is, per Cantú:
800 XEZR La Traviesa Zaragoza, Coah. 2,000 2,000
Would those closer to it please check its modulation. (I shall be
astounded by any replies, as no one has replied to any of my other
queries about Mexicans, unIDs.)
830, Sept 28 at 1205 UT, mentions colonias (neighborhoods) de Torreón,
``el noticiero de Radio Zócalo``, ``estado de Coahuila``. The only
Coahuilan on 830 is per Cantú:
830 XEIK La Norteñita Piedras Negras, Coah. 5,000 D
quite a distance from Torreón, up on la frontera; would it be relaying
a Torreón station? Searching Cantú site on Zocalo gets zero hits! But
Google search on Radio Zócalo goes right to a group in Piedras Negras
y Ciudad Acuña, including this Norteñita. R. Zócalo is the newscast at
06-14 and 18 hours local on it and five other stations.
http://www.zocalo.com.mx/radio/radio.html
No doubt dealing with events in the whole state if not beyond.
880, Sept 28 at 1203 UT, amid QRM, mentions ``ayuntamiento de Gómez
Palacio``, therefore from adjacent city:
880 XETC 880 AM Torreón, Coah. 10,000 1,000
900, Sept 28 at 1221 UT, ``Radio Vida`` ID, gobierno del estado
[¿cuál?] PSA, adstring mentioning colonias, various addresses on
carreteras away from town, but which? Only Mexican likely to propagate
at this hour is the often heard:
900 XEDT La Reina Cd. Cuauhtemoc, Chih. 5,000 1,500
Once again I am not hearing the WRTH- and Cantú-listed name La Reina.
940, Sept 28 at 1200 UT, government PSA for CNDH = Comisión Nacional
de Derechos Humanos, then mentions Saltillo, Estado de Coahuila; 1202
ID as XEYJ, Estéreo, ``la nueva era``, full ID by OM, and a YL
interjects the English word ``Stereo``. (This Y is pronounced ``ye``,
one of three ambiguous letters in Spanish, V-W-Y). So:
940 XEYJ La YJ Mexicana Mélchor Múzquiz, Coah. 15,000 ? [night power
unknown to Cantú]
(I always have an audible het on 940 around sunrise and later. XEQ in
the DF is well-known to be off-frequency, but too late for it. A US
station, spur, another Mexican, a birdie, or from local appliance?)
1010, Sept 28 at 1159 UT, talking about Partido Verde en Chiapas, full
ID but only bits caught, such as ``La Poderosa``, ``5 mil watts``.
There is no Chiapan on 1010, and Cantú shows the only one with that
slogan is:
1010 XEVK La Poderosa Torreón, Coah. 5,000 1,000
1040, Sept 28 at 1230 UT, full ID including Radio Vista, Guaymas,
Once, FM station too. Yet another slogan for this one heard before?
1040 XEGYS La Primera + FM 90.1 Guaymas, Son. 5,000 250
I think it was ``Vista`` instead of Vida or Viva or Villa, but not
positive.
Regarding my Sept 23 log on 600 of an unlisted ``XELN``, I now notice
that Cantú has this call on 830, FWIW:
830 XELN La Caliente + FM 95.3 Linares, N.L. 3,000 250
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. If the following is to be believed, there is going to be
mass-migration of Mexican AMs to FM in the next few years, virtually
vacating the AM band there! So DX it while we can (Glenn Hauser, WORLD
OF RADIO 1584, DXLD)
Migración a la FM --- Mire lo que encontré en:
http://mx.finance.yahoo.com/noticias/Apaga-Radio-Mexicana-yahoofinancemx-4198281678.html?x=0
(Israel González Ahumada, Yucatán, Sept 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.:
APAGA RADIO MEXICANA SUS TRANSMISIONES EN AM
El Universal, El lunes 26 de septiembre de 2011, 11:55
MÉXICO, D.F., abril 18 (Angelina Mejía Guerrero / EL UNIVERSAL).- La
industria de la radio sufre una de las más importantes
transformaciones en su historia: las estaciones de AM están a punto de
desaparecer y por primera vez se integrarán nuevos concesionarios a
través de un proceso de licitación pública.
Estos son dos de los factores que impulsan su reconfiguración, pero el
cambio en su estructura plantea desafíos para los operadores que
compiten por un mercado publicitario que amenaza con no crecer ante la
competencia en otros medios, como internet.
El gobierno instrumentó un programa de migración para que las
estaciones de Amplitud Modulada (AM), se pasen a la de Frecuencia
Modulada (FM), proceso que inició en 2009, se espera concluir en 2011
y que es una añeja demanda de la industria ante la baja rentabilidad
de la transmisión en AM, por sus características.
Esto significa que en un periodo de tan sólo dos años la gran mayoría
de las estaciones de AM habrán de tener una frecuencia de FM, por lo
que se estima que hacia 2013 y 2014 la industria esté compuesta por
emisoras de FM.
En algunas localidades, donde sólo existe cobertura de AM, el uso de
esa frecuencia será determinado por la Cofetel, pues permanece la
posibilidad de que se logre implantar la tecnología digital en esta
banda, según Fernando Borjón, titular de la Unidad de Radio y
Televisión de la Comisión Federal de Telecomunicaciones (Cofetel).
La desaparición de AM en México se verá dentro de cino a ocho años,
sin embargo, permanece la posibilidad de que algunas operaciones en
esta banda permanezcan más tiempo si se logra implantar la tecnología
digital en estas frecuencias, dijo.
"El mercado se reconfigura con estaciones de FM que entran en la parte
comercial. Hay 473 estaciones que transmiten con FM hoy, y estamos
metiendo 506, es decir, más de 10% del número actual, por lo que se
prevé que el mercado cambie", dijo el funcionario.
Dijo que suman 288 concesionarios de AM autorizados para transmitir en
FM, los cuales están en proceso de empezar a transmitir en esta banda;
de hecho, en el sureste del país hay varios operadores que lo hacen
hace meses.
En el resto del país se avanza de forma progresiva. Dijo que quedan
pendientes 110 estaciones del total de las que son susceptibles de
migrar, por lo que en este año concluirá este proceso. Aunque los
concesionarios que reciban frecuencias de FM tienen la obligación de
que por un año transmitan de forma simultánea su programación en las
dos bandas, hay quienes anticipan la devolución de la frecuencia AM,
por los costos que representa, sin embargo, se garantiza que ninguna
población se quede sin servicio, dijo Borjón.
Cambios en el mercado
Gabriel Sosa Plata, investigador de la UAM Xochimilco y experto en
medios electrónicos, advirtió que de este proceso de migración a FM
emergerá un grupo importante de radiodifusores ante la cantidad de
operaciones que tienen en AM y que concentrarán en FM.
"Esto los podría colocar en una situación ventajosa respecto a otros
que solo operaban AM, como Grupo Acir y Radiorama, este último que es
el más importante, con más estaciones propias y afiliadas, y que tiene
en su mayoría estaciones de AM, por lo que será de los más
beneficiados pues se convierte en operador nacional de FM", sostuvo.
El otro sería Grupo Fórmula, que tiene una base importante de
radiodifusores de AM y que tendrán una situación ventajosa con esta
migración respecto a grupos como MVS y Multimedios, con operaciones en
FM, agregó.
"Esto explica que ambos operadores se hayan amparado cuando Cofetel
anunció la migración a FM, lo mismo que Grupo Imagen, que opera FM".
"La decisión de la Cofetel tendrá implicaciones importantes porque en
el ámbito publicitario se ha visto en los últimos años más inversión
publicitaria en FM, casi proporcional a la audiencia, de 70% y 80% en
principales ciudades, y 20% para AM, y en ese porcentaje se invierte
en la radio, pese a que había más emisoras de AM", dijo.
Uno de los incentivos para que los anunciantes inviertan en FM es la
calidad, por lo que veremos mayor segmentación en la publicidad,
porque si bien algunos grupos acaparaban grandes presupuestos, el que
emerjan otros grupos con emisoras de FM generaría que capten más
ingresos, explicó.
Sosa Plata estimó que también habrá cambios en la audiencia, porque
"estamos dándole la despedida a las AM".
Si bien esto es una tendencia mundial, la radio podría presentar un
gran problema si este proceso no se acompaña de estrategias
mercadológicas, de renovación de contenidos, nuevos formatos y
publicidad más creativa, dijo.
Se debe tomar en cuenta que el porcentaje de inversión publicitaria
que capta la industria radiofónica, y que es de 9%, permanecerá igual,
pero se repartirá entre más participantes, por lo que los grupos que
no alcancen emisoras de FM y no puedan ser atractivos para grandes
anunciantes, advirtió.
Para Irene Levy, presidenta de Observatel, los radiodifusores están
preocupados frente a estos cambios, pero es evidente que deben
transformar sus negocios ante un escenario de mayor competencia en los
que sólo algunos concesionarios sobrevivirán.
El tema de contenidos, dijo, está abandonado y el posible cambio a la
NOM para reducir el espacio entre las frecuencias de 800 a 400 KHz,
las migraciones a FM y la transición digital "se suman a un panorama
que ha estado más bien definido por acciones desarticuladas y no por
una visión integral que regule hacia dónde queremos ir como país en la
industria de la radio".
Licitaciones, otra polémica
Uno de los temas de mayor controversia en la industria es la
asignación de nuevas estaciones de radio, proceso que era discrecional
y que por primera vez se licitará.
La Cofetel anunció en junio la primera licitación en el sureste, en
poblaciones de Campeche, Yucatán y Quintana Roo, donde se detectaron
20 frecuencias disponibles en FM, que serán objeto de licitación.
El gobierno busca dar prioridad a poblaciones que no cuentan con FM o
tienen mala señal, y se espera que las adjudicaciones se den en 2012.
Para el analista Gabriel Sosa Plata, la Cofetel tuvo cuidado en elegir
mercados donde no hay operadores existentes, y aunque le apuestan al
mercado local, hay incentivo de operadores nacionales para llegar a
esas zonas, pero los los concesionarios actuales no quieren
competencia, y se espera que las licitaciones fracasen para que
prevalezca su status quo, por lo que esperan juicios que alarguen
estos concursos que ha puesto en marcha el gobierno.
(via Israel González Ahumada, DXLD)
Same: Apaga Radio Mexicana sus transmisiones en AM:
http://t.co/JecxJAxP
(via Elmer D. Escoto, WORLD OF RADIO 1584, DX LISTENING DIGEST) +96
comments so far
** MONGOLIA. QSL: 7470, Radio Free Asia Tibetan broadcast via Ulaan
Baatar, Mongolia, (listed per EIBC [EiBi?]). Full data (no specific
site indicated other then ‘Asia’) 15th Anniversary QSL card for an e-
mail report to qsl @ rfa.org Reply in 7 days (Edward Kusalik,
Alberta, Sept 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MONGOLIA [and non]. 12015, 1533-, Voice of Mongolia, Sep 22. Fair
reception with English news. Mentions of the finance minister, etc.
Well over a co-channel or two. RFI (via South Africa), VOR, and Voice
of Korea are all listed on at this time. Mentions of Mongolia, and
also the UN's International day of Peace. Improving to good level
within a few minutes. Sounds like Voice of Korea is the main
cochannel. Nice IDs at 1540, then into music.
12015, 1531-, Voice of Mongolia, Sep 23. Good reception this morning
of English from VOM, with cochannel today mostly from Russian,
presumably from Voice of Korea, but Mongolia way on top. A good Asian
morning for sure! Voice of Korea confirmed, as there were numerous IDs
for Golos Koreye. Unfortunately, later, Korea came up to occasionally
equal strength to Mongolia, making it a bit of a mess (Walt Salmaniw,
Masset, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MOROCCO [and non]. 153 // to 171! --- I've certainly missed
something because I'm hearing right now longwave Morocco 171 and
Algeria 153 perfectly parallel. There must be some kind of event
related to Maghrebian region or something? (more interestingly
with "The Carpenters" playing at 2358 UT followed by the same news
bulletin!!) (Sylvain Naud, Portneuf, QC, Canada, 0003 UT Sept 26, MWDX
yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1584, DXLD)
** MOROCCO. 0744 UT 26.09, 19150 kHz, Medi 1, Morocco, 2 x 9575 kHz,
talk in French O=1-2 (Juergen Lohuis, Luenen, Germany, harmonics yg
via DXLD)
** MOZAMBIQUE. Emissor Provincial de Nampula. 765 Nampula, // 738
Emissora Nacional, 810 E. P. Gaza, 873 Del. de Beira, 1008 E. I.
Maputo e Gaza, 1179 E. P. Zambézia, 1206 E. Nacional, 1224 E.P. de
Cabo Delgado. Sept 18, 2011, Sunday. 1807-1846 Same as Sept 16 (didn't
check last night, 17th). All Mozambique MW stations in // again for a
live sports event. Two OM and one YL commentators talking Portuguese,
with crowd noise and sounds of Afro drumming from the pitch -
presumably the entertainment before a match about to start. Drumming
stops, lots of shouting and applause at 1818, drumming starts again
much louder. Stops at 1821, into a choir singing, commentators talking
all the while. New song, drumming starts again to accompany the choir,
commentators shut up - maybe it's the anthem?
Commentators start again at 1830 as singing and drumming stops, YL
mentions "Mozambique" at 1832. Crowd chanting and applause at 1834,
afro music and song, it sounds like it is amplified via public address
loudspeakers. And the commentators are still going strong. From 1839
the music and song sounds like it is being patched directly into the
system, faded up and down as the commentator's stop talking to catch
their breath. ID "Radio Mozambique" at 1842, but several mentions of
South Africa as well. Sounds like its all patched back to the studio
at 1843, with mention of the "ceremony" followed by easy listenin'
music and songs in portugese. Whatever is going to happen, it isn't
going to happen for a while, so I stopped listening at 1846.
Did a quickcheck at 1900, just in time for ID (on 810 kHz) "Radio
Mozambique Emissora Provincial de Gaza" and back to the live event,
now it has moved on to speeches in Portuguese. One OM commentator
mentions "Mozambique squad", and the other mentions "football" several
times. So I guess a football match is in the offing and, being totally
disinterested in football, I abandon listening. But I was wrong.
According to the BBC WS sports news at 1927 (3255, via Meyerton) I was
listening to the closing ceremony for the 10th All Africa Games in
Maputo. Note to self: must learn some basic Portuguese. 738 kHz
Nampula is poor tonight, 810 E. P. Gaza is the best, very good.
Jo'burg sunset 1603 (Bill Bingham, RSA, Sept 23, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MYANMAR. 5985.83, R. Myanma, 1327-1332 Sep 21. Vocal music to 1329,
then usual IS, chimes, and presumed news. Poor and QRM'ed at 1330 by
Shiokaze on 5985 (John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge, Colorado, Drake R-8, 100-
foot RW; Been doing some "left-handed DXing" lately, due to right
hand/forearm being in a cast (fell off my bicycle and broke my wrist).
Signals do seem to be a bit better - maybe I'll stick with the left
hand! Cumbre DX via DXLD)
** MYANMAR [non?]. TAI FREEDOM RADIO OF SHAN STATE, BURMA, FOLLOWS IN
THE TRADITION OF CLANDESTINE RADIO FOR REVOLUTIONARIES. Posted: 28 Sep
2011
Mizzima, 19 Sept 2011, Thea Forbes: "Tai Freedom Radio provides a
beacon for the Shan people in this region of Shan State in Burma. It
is the radio broadcasting operation for the Restoration Council of
Shan State (RCSS), the political wing of the Shan State Army (or SSA).
...
Tai Freedom Radio was established in 2002, and it has a team of more
than 10 broadcasters, and transmits news on fighting and current
affairs to people living in the area surrounding Loi Taleng, the SSA
headquarters. ... Is Tai Freedom Radio ethno-nationalist propaganda?
Or is it Shan news for Shan people? It’s both, according to Sai Sang,
27, who has been a broadcaster at the station for three years. ...
Clandestine radio has long been an important apparatus for
revolutionaries. 'Radio Rebelde,' the broadcasting station set up by
Ernesto Che Guevara in 1958 (and which still operates today) to
transmit the aims of Fidel Castro’s revolutionary movement to the
Cuban people, was even used strategically to transmit some tactical
military instructions over the airwaves. Tactical broadcasts
reportedly became just as popular as ordinary programmes and made the
local Cuban population feel closer to the movement. Here in Loi
Taleng, however, megaphone politics are somewhat different. The
consequences for Shan civilians caught listening to Tai Freedom Radio
by the Burmese government authorities could be severe."
(kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD) WTFK?
** NEPAL. IMAGINARY SHORTWAVE SCHEDULE OF RADIO NEPAL
I was looking thru the latest version of HFCC for A-11, and noted
several entries for Radio Nepal, that I had overlooked(?) before or
maybe they were just inserted. Anyhow they must surely be imaginary,
but possibly indicative of something planned for future. Note that
most are daily, but some are Sun-Fri and others Sat (7) only, all 100
kW, 0 degrees (or non-direxional), antenna 925:
6100 2315 1715 41NE KAT 1234567 270311 301011 D NPL RNE RNE 3926
6140 0715 1115 41NE KAT 1234567 270311 301011 D NPL RNE RNE 3927
6180 1115 1715 41NE KAT 1234567 270311 301011 D NPL RNE RNE 3928
7105 1115 1715 41NE KAT 7 270311 301011 D NPL RNE RNE 3929
7120 1115 1715 41NE KAT 123456 270311 301011 D NPL RNE RNE 3930
7165 2315 0615 41NE KAT 1234567 270311 301011 D NPL RNE RNE 3931
7240 0515 1115 41NE KAT 1234567 270311 301011 D NPL RNE RNE 3932
9540 0715 1115 41NE KAT 1234567 270311 301011 D NPL RNE RNE 3933
11970 1115 1715 41NE KAT 1234567 270311 301011 D NPL RNE RNE 3934
15200 0715 1115 41NE KAT 7 270311 301011 D NPL RNE RNE 3936
17800 0515 1115 41NE KAT 123456 270311 301011 D NPL RNE RNE 3935
The odd timings reflect Nepal`s weird UT +5:45 timezone. And the only
frequency where they have really been on the air (barely) the last
many years, 5005, is NOT listed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. 15488-15513, Sept 21 at 1855-1900+ strong heavy
constant OTH radar pulses, maybe CYPRUS, severely interfering with one
broadcaster, RNW in English on 15495, which is 150 degrees from
Wertachtal, GERMANY. Isn`t it about time these things were banned from
the SWBC bands? Wake up, ITU. Off at next check 1940 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. MADAGASCAR, 11835, 1446-, RNW, Sep 22. Very good
reception with English to Asia. I sure miss their North American
service, and soon whatever is left of RNW will be gone as well!
Parallel 9800 from Trincomalee is even stronger.
RWANDA. 11615, 1949-, RNW, Sep 24. Fair to good reception with RNW's
English to Africa (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. KBC to use 6095 --- Keeping your radio alive on
6095 --- In just a few weeks' time, we'll begin testing Saturday and
Sunday 0900–1600 UT, 6095 kHz (from http://www.kbcradio.eu posted
September 26, via Mike Barraclough, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Cf DXLD 11-36, said would start Oct 30. Site? Maybe LITHUANIA they
used before in previous activity not on this frequency (gh, DXLD)
Sitkunai transmitter used winter season IRIB Italian 9770 til 0828 UT,
and IRIB Russian 7380 kHz from 1530 UT. So in time slot 0830-1530 UT
the tx would be available. But can KBC afford a 100 or 50 kW, 7 hour
broadcast on their limited budget? (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, ibid.)
Paul De Haan on Garry Stevens Pirate/Free Radio board reports seeing
speculation that KBC may be hiring transmitters at Junglinster,
Luxembourg which were used for DRM transmissions on 6095 until May 1
this year.
Some April 2010 photos of Junglinster, and nearby Beidweiler,
including the 6095 DRM antenna:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mega-ouate/with/4529029196/
(Mike Barraclough, England, ibid.)
3 Comments on “Dutch-based KBC Radio to test on 6095 kHz”
#1 Roy Sandgren on Sep 28th, 2011 at 07:57
Some cars still have SW radio, even brand new cars, like MB Sprinter,
VW transporter. MB cars. Millions of multibands radios in the world.
#2 Anthony on Sep 28th, 2011 at 13:16
What transmitter will it be coming from and will it be omnidirectional
Europewide coverage or directional Netherlands only coverage?
#3 Andy Sennitt on Sep 28th, 2011 at 14:15
I’m almost certain it’s the transmitter in Lithuania that they used in
the past. It does mention that the power is 100 kW. I don’t know what
beam they will use - currently the Lithuanian facility uses 79, 259 or
310 degrees (Media Network blog comments via DXLD)
Are there any real hints that suggest Junglinster, other than the
frequency that happens to be formerly used by this site? When the last
DRM on 6095 ceased (it was a slot leased out to KBS World, anything
else was already gone) a BCE contact told Ian Baxter that no further
use of the Junglinster shortwave equipment is to be expected. No
surprise, since it is meanwhile 40 years old.
A start date on Oct 30 suggests a typical international broadcasting
facility. I would point at Media Broadcast as a good possibility,
considering the choice of the 49 mB (too low to be used from Lithuania
under broad daylight, unless one is willing to accept a considerable
absorption loss only in the sake of being on "the Europe band", if
that term is of much fame outside Germany at all) and the business
they're already doing at Burg.
Anyway this is a quite clever approach: Send out small snippets of
information about your plans and stay in the talks this way.
(Kai Ludwig, Germany, Sept 29, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
KBC have posted that they will start testing on October 8.
http://www.kbcradio.eu/
(Mike Barraclough, ibid.)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. DUTCH RADIO 1 TRANSMISSIONS ON 648 KHZ END TODAY
Dutch Public Broadcasting has announced that it will end the use of
the mediumwave transmitter on 648 kHz as from today. This transmitter,
at Orfordness in the UK and previously used by the BBC World Service,
has been used since 4 August for the news and information network
Radio 1 following the fires at two main FM transmitting stations in
the Netherlands that severely affected FM reception. Now that signals
from Lopik, serving the most densely populated part of the country,
are back to normal or near-normal, it has been decided to end this
emergency service.
The power of the FM transmissions from Lopik is still at 50 percent.
There is still no definitive cause of the fire on 15 July, and
investigations continue. It is hoped that the transmissions can be
back on full power by the end of next week, once the installation of
fire-prevention equipment is completed.
There are still problems in parts of the north where - due to the
tight beam of the antenna - reception of 648 is weaker anyway, and
engineers are still looking at temporary solutions, as it could be up
to a year before the tower at Hoogersmilde is back in service.
(Source: NPO/NOS/MediaMagazine.nl)(September 22nd, 2011 - 9:19 UTC
by Andy Sennitt, Media Network blog via DXLD)
** NIGER [and non]. Re 11-38, 9704/9705 --- " 9704, La Voix du Sahel,
Goudel, 2145-2207, 15/9, French, tribal songs & modern music, then
prgr Musique sans Frontières at 2201; 55433.
9705 ditto, 1259-1440, 16/9, French, obituary,..., tks in Vernacular
at 1420; 25442. (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST) So was it really 1 kHz off again at the first log? (gh, DXLD)"
Glenn, Correct, 1 kHz higher on the following day. 73, (Carlos
Gonçalves, Portugal, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Wolfgang, It was somewhat better, when ETH was on 9704.2 all the time
wherehas NGR was on 9705, but I have already found both on 9705 more
than once. I suspect both stations are aware of the potential QRM, so
they adjust the txs, but the best solution would be with more kHz
apart. 73, (Carlos via Wolfgang, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Was 11 Hertz down on Sept 13. 73 wb: 9704.989, Surprisingly odd
frequency, ORTN Voix du Sahel, Niamey, in French 0550 UT Sept 13, S=8-
9 signal. Another weak signal S=4-5 of an Ethiopian station and HoA
music noted underneath on nearly exact 9705.0 kHz. In the past HoA
were odd frequency 9704v contrarily (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX
TopNews Sept 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Between 07 and 08 UT Sept 25, very weak signal from Voix du Sahel-
Niamey Niger on exact 9704.990 kHz. 73 wb
The only station heard here at 0550 UT Sept 26, was Voix du Sahel-
Niamey Niger. 9704.990 kHz, in French news at 0600 UT, much stronger
this morning compared to previous days.
Log Sept 27:
9704.992 at 0555 UT, Voix du Sahel-Niamey Niger
9705.005 at 0557 UT, ETH
9704.990 at 0645 UT, Voix du Sahel-Niamey Niger
9705.004 at 0650 UT, ETH
(Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA [and non]. 7275, R. Nigeria, Abuja. September 25, 0640-0657
male and female in English talks although listed is Hausa/Vernaculars,
“Nigeria”. Almost unreadable, long and deep fades, 25522 (Lúcio Otávio
Bobrowiec, Embu SP Brasil (23 39’S-46 53’W), SW40 - Dipoles and
Longwire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Radio Nigeria, Abuja, 7275.0 is noted on very weak signal level these
days, reported only on southern path to Brazil. Today Sept 27 very
weak signal, maybe on reduced TX power at present, compared to 7245
Mauritania and 7335 Tunisia at same 6-8 UT time slot (Wolfgang
Büschel, All these mentioned above checked on remote SDR rx units in
Greece, Italy, Austria, Germany, Netherlands, U.K. and
MA/PA/NJ/NC/SC/GE-USA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7275 blocked by Tunisia
until its 0627* (gh, DXLD)
** NIGERIA [and non]. 15120, Sept 21 at 1856, VON in English, usual
hum, undermodulation, and bothered by splash from much stronger 15110
REE Noblejas IS with its hi-audio-frequency spixe,
15120, Sept 22 at 0505, VON with hummy news, 0506 jingle and going
from World to Nigerian subnews, no QRM. SSOB honours now at S9+12
shared with 15580 VOA Botswana, as RA signals on 15160, 15240 have
really dropped out from our summer/their winter dominance on 19m.
VOA 15580 was also doing Nigerian news about Goodluck, with an even
heavier African accent, take that! (A T-storm in the next county was
producing lightning crashes audible even on 15 MHz band.) (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Came across something a bit strange around 0530 UT on the 26th. Voice
of Nigeria was booming in on both 15200 and strong signal in the clear
on 15120, but the broadcasts were not parallel. Signal was strong but
broadcast quality was poor, under or over modulated, not sure. In fact
15200 was in English and was easily id'd by numerous mentions of
Nigeria and ID of Voice of Nigeria. 15120 wasn't as clear of a signal,
but did note the switch from English to French around 0700 as
scheduled. However, 15200 isn't listed, even on their own website
http://www.voiceofnigeria.org/freq.htm
Wondering if anybody else heard this on 15200 or knows about an
addition of frequency? (Daniel Hostetler, Anchorage, AK listening in
on Grundig Satellit 750 with 40m random wire atop 5 ft. high fence,
dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1584, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
As in my log report for Sept 26, I was getting VON well on 15120 at
0510-0515+, and around that time I`m sure I tuned across 19m and heard
nothing on 15200. Possibly finally testing new transmitter/antenna,
came on later? Must be sure to check this again (Glenn Hauser, WORLD
OF RADIO 1584, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Glenn, I listened until maybe a bit past 0700, so anytime between then
was when I was hearing both broadcasts. Due to the storm, however, I'm
limited to maybe one or two weak stations this evening neither of
which is VON. Both were much stronger here than I am used to though,
especially with 15120 not having to compete with CNR as is usually the
case, but this is the only occasion in which I've heard them on 15200
at all. Interestingly enough, conditions weren't even that great on
19m last evening either. I'll keep an ear out when conditions improve
and share with the group if I hear them again on 15200. (Daniel
Hostetler, AK, 0557 UT Sept 27, ibid.) See also UNIDENTIFIED!
15120, Sept 26 at 0510, VON is the SSOB by far and virtually the OSOB
(something weak on 15630, presumably Greece); in world newscast, well
done with correspondents in New York, London, Moscow, and good, only
slightly distorted modulation above the ever-present hum. 0513 item
about legal limbo of trans-gender and intersex folk as far as
passports, etc., but now some are providing `indeterminate gender`
boxes to be checked. Deep fades, S6 to S9 but not bad.
15120, Sept 27 at 0540, JBA signal, could have been VON, or China
radio war, nothing audible on 15200, where 24 hours earlier, Daniel
Hostetler in Anchorage AK said he was getting another VON service non-
// --- finally activating new transmitter and antenna? Around when I
was getting VON very well on 15120, Sept 26 at 0510-0515+, nothing was
heard as I swept across 15200. 19 mb conditions tonight were totally
different, back to dominant/only signals from Australia on 15160 >
15240, likewise 13630 > 13690.
28 Sept, another check for VON on 19m: at 0518, JBA signal on 15120
may or may not be it; nothing on 15200. SSOBs were RA on 15160 and
15240, and 15580 VOA Botswana was fair, so if on, VON ought to have
been audible too (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Nigeria Abuja site will be used for ham radio transmission, nice
photos of the rotating antenna here:
http://www.dxcoffee.com/ita/2011/09/28/5n7q-nigeria/
http://dx-world.net/2011/5n7q-abuja-nigeria/
73 And HK -- (Andrea Borgnino IW0HK - HB9EMK, shortwavesites yg via
DXLD) Viz.:
5N7Q – Abuja, Nigeria, Tuesday Sep 27, 2011, By Bodo, DL3OCH (ex-
5N0OCH) --- I will be in Abuja from October 3 to 15 for maintenance
(work) of the broadcasting station based there. Operating using one of
the largest fully rotatable short wave antennas in the world, my
antenna gain is over 20dBi on all bands from 10m-40m. Call me if you
hear – I have not more than 100W. QRV on CW/SSB. QSL via DF8DX (dx-
world link above via DXLD)
So when, o when, will it be used for daily broadcasting??? (gh, DXLD)
** NIGERIA. NIGERIA BROADCASTING CORPORATION MAY BE SCRAPPED
The Nigerian Minister for Communications Technology, Mrs Omobola
Johnson, has said the Federal Government may scrap the Nigerian
Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) or simply streamline its activities
with those of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).
She said: “Stakeholders’ calls reverberate the need to merge the two
agencies for appropriate utilisation of the digital dividends that
will result from the migration of broadcasting from analogue to
digital by 2015.The freed-up frequencies could be licensed to telecom
operators to provide services, especially to drive broadband
penetration.”
She added that NCC may soon become the regulator of all other
agencies, including the Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited
(NIGCOMSAT), the National Information Technology Development Agency
(NITDA), and the National Office for Technology Acquisition and
Promotion (NOTAP), among others. (Source: The Nation)( September 23rd,
2011 - 13:26 UT by Andy Sennitt, Media Network blog via DXLD)
** NIGERIA [non]. 11945, 19/9 1933, Radio Hamada [sic; ID heard?
Supposedly Hamada Radio International --- gh], Clandestine, long talks
like comment, mentioning Darfur, Nigeria and other countries, Hausa,
good (Giampiero Bernardini, Milan, Italy, in Bocca di Magra (La
Spezia, Italy) with Dario Monferini for our usual BOC DX nights (this
one was number 25), RFSpace SDR-IQ e Perseus; loop Wellbrook LFL 1010
e MaxiWhip (vertical 7 meters), dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. [Pirate]. 6925 USB, Red Mecury Labs, 0125-0150,
rock music. IDs. Mentions of Captain Ron. DJ chatter. Email address
as redmecurylabs @ yahoo.com Poor in thunderstorm static. Sept 28
(Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA, Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot
longwires, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. Just outside Tulsa to the west on US 412, around 1730 UT
Sept 23 on the way to the first annual Tulsa International Film
Festival, I had a beacon audible on the caradio tuned to 1100 kHz,
``OWP``. Must be a harmonic from LW. Chex out as William Pogue airport
at Sand Springs, listed at
http://www.dxinfocentre.com/ndb.htm
as on 362 kHz, and this source also has it on 362:
http://www.airnav.com/cgi-bin/navaid-info
Trouble is, third harmonic of 362 would be 1086. To be heard when
tuned to 1100, fundamental should have been around 366 or 367, so has
it changed, or varied?
OMG, instead of a harmonic, this must have been a mixing product with
nearby KRMG site: 740 + 362 = 1102!
In the same area on 1480 I was hearing a distorted signal // 740 KRMG,
i.e. its second harmonic, quite near its 50 kW transmitter site.
Perhaps this harmonic is adequately suppressed by the rules, but
forget about hearing KQAM Wichita around here which otherwise should
have been audible.
600, another anomaly was a mixing product including Spanish on 600.
There are so many Spanish stations in Tulsa, and being in motion did
not have a chance to search for //, but one explanation I can come up
with is 1570 KZLI (Spanish) minus 970 KCFO (English) = 600. Are they
at the same site, perchance?
FCC AM Query shows KCFO:
36 11' 46.00" N Latitude Power: 2.5 kilowatts (kW) Daytime
96 02' 22.00" W Longitude (NAD 27)
And for KZLI:
36 15' 55.00" N Latitude Power: 1.0 kilowatts (kW) Daytime
95 42' 37.00" W Longitude (NAD 27)
So no, they are quite a distance apart. Still could be these two in
some kind of external mixing.
But here`s another combo, more likely as in the closer neighborhood:
1340 KJMU Sand Springs minus 740 KRMG = 600. Yes, KJMU was in Spanish
altho not shown as such in the 2011 NRC AM Log. It`s the one which was
briefly duplicated on 1120 KEOR before it went dark again many months
ago. It`s beginning to look like KRMG is involved in all these
anomalies.
Tulsa also suffers from horrible IBOC noise surrounding 1430, 1300 and
1170, both day and night. At least KRMG is clean on that score!
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 105.7, now that KROU has moved to the KFOR-TV tower,
altho not increasing power, if has a better signal toward Enid. We can
hear it well by Waukomis, on US81 south, as soon as the ACI from the
105.5 Enid translator has faded, solid all the way to OKC.
Also had a chance to check KROU eastward from Enid on US 412, on the
way to Tulsa, first time since new site. Close to mid-day Sept 23 when
there should not have been any tropo enhancement, I was getting KROU
solidly just a few miles out of Enid, but before crossing I-35, had
ACI from another 105.5, KGFY in Stillwater, 4.2 kW.
Coming back late at night UT Sept 25 circa 0400 UT, KROU was even
better, even east of I-35. It looks like KROU would be audible in Enid
proper, if only it weren`t for 105.5, K288FX, 250 watts in ``North
Enid``, gospel huxter satellator of so-called Educational Media
Foundation. It was bumped up here from some other frequency a few
years ago. There may be a case now for bumping it off 105.5 too; I
will bring this to attention of KGOU/KROU, public radio from OU. If
only KROU could boost power too (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 890, Sept 26 at 1300, KTLR OKC IDing with its FM
translator, on 94.1 which is K231BH, 250 watts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. I don`t always see it, and it could vanish at
any moment to be replaced by DTV for which there is a CP and a
deadline, so I am always pleased when a bit of tropo enhances KWDW-LP,
Nichols Hills on channel 48 analog, with Univisión from KUOK, such as
Sept 27 at 1431 UT; 1437 in `hoy` program per bug in lower-left, (from
DF or LA? Later a horoscope segment originated in Los Ángeles). KWDW
is my last, best analog TV signal.
So I checked for other low-powers in OKC: at 1437, // KCHM-HD, 36.1
also on RF 36 was also in with `hoy` during 2011y month-by-month
beefcake calendar segment; along with 36.2 which still runs audio of
`La Zeta` 106.7 plus slide show from concerts. This signal was in &
out, marginal, while analog 48 remained rather steady.
Checking all the other UHF analog channels, found only 19 with gospel
huxter English audio, but unsynched screen seemed to be black as often
noted before, i.e. KUOT-CA with GCN religious TV network. Also the
audio cut in & out, not sure if transmitted that way or caused by 2-
way QRM. When I came to ch 19 on the DTV set, I was also getting a
`bad` DTV signal. Must have been Wichita, as RF 45 KSNW `3` was
decoding even with the antenna in opposite direxion.
OTOH, the marginal DTV signal from OKC on 46, KOCM, Daystar, Norman,
was not strong enough to decode, as it often is not, even tho
apparently required on Enid cable, a late addition on ch 95.
Later while aimed north at Wichita I was getting bad signals from
most, but RF 35 produced KMTW My-TV Hutchinson on 36.1, while 36.2
carried ``CNTVSD`` i.e. Country, same as on 25.2 of KOKH-24 OKC which
however PSIPs it as ``CMN`` --- there is no standardization in such
IDs (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OMAN. 15355, R. Sultanate of Oman (as per ID), 0302 on 09/17. World
news in English by W in progress. ID at 0305. News end at 0308;
musical bridge; headlines with music to 0310; extract of military
march, then modern music followed by African song by female performer.
At 0319, weaker signal, M noted in English, then instrumental music
0320. At 0334 recheck signal had completely faded out (Victor C. Jaar,
Longueuil QC, ICOM-R75, long-wire antenna, NASWA Flashsheet Sept 18
via DXLD 11-38, WORLD OF RADIO 1584)
15355, R. Oman with English news read by YL including the final item
re the crisis in the Eurozone, and then into YL pop vocal in LL
[unknown language] and a British accented OM with local news that
appears to have been mostly just read from the Muscat Daily (he
pronounced it like the gun - Musket!) Newspaper, including mention of
the Oman Chamber of Commerce and local social events. Each item was
followed by a snippet of Dave Brubeck`s ‘Take 5’ and concluded with
mention of ‘hot and sunny’ weather in Muscat (I think he said the temp
was in the 40s! Can that be right?) and into a programme of US pop
music. No actual ‘ID’ but this all fits. Started out 2+4+43+3+ but
fading to nil by :37 -- HF Het which LSB knocked out but just plain
WEAK. 0308-0338 17/Sep (Kenneth Vito Zichi, MI, MARE Tipsheet via
WORLD OF RADIO 1584, DXLD)
15355, Radio Sultanate of Oman, 0342 Sept 25. English, program of
oldies pop music with British-accented DJ. Listed 0300-0400, when
checked at 0357 either off or blocked by noise that was present at
that time. Poor (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, Listening
from my car with Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active antenna, dxldyg via WORLD
OF RADIO 1584, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PAKISTAN. I see a new Panoramio image (first) for the Islamabad -
Rawat ISL site:
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/55946365.jpg
South West view of ISL SW site with SW curtains. Cheers (Ian Baxter,
NSW, Sept 25, shortswavesites yg via DXLD)
** PAKISTAN. 15265, 1758-, Radio Pakistan, Sep 23. Fair to good
reception with some deep fades with Pakistani music at tune-in. No
English at the TOH. Urdu only (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, BC, dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PALAU. QSLs: 9965, Radio Australia Chinese broadcast via T8WH.
9965, Radio Australia Mandarin Broadcast to China via T8WH Palau.
Full data ‘Radio Australia in touch with the World QSL Card’ Verified
in 29 days, after sending second follow-up inquiry for a total of 4
months (Edward Kusalik, Alberta, Sept 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See
also CAMBODIA [non]
** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. These PNGs on the air this morning noted post
1100: 3204.971, 3275, 3264.986, 3385, 5959.991, 7324.959 (24 Sept.)
(Dave Valko, Dunlo Pa, NRD-535D, Perseus, T2FD antenna, HCDX via DXLD)
** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 5960, R. Fly, 1219-1240 Sep 21. Music by Chicago,
Steve Miller Band, etc., no announcements heard. Pretty good signal
today. Still nothing on 3915 (John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge, Colorado,
Drake R-8, 100-foot RW; Been doing some "left-handed DXing" lately,
due to right hand/forearm being in a cast (fell off my bicycle and
broke my wrist). Signals do seem to be a bit better - maybe I'll stick
with the left hand! Cumbre DX via DXLD)
5960, R. Fly, 1150 usual pop music with W announcer with ID, mentions
of broadcast, "sing-sing long program", tonight, FM, etc. and ending
with "goodnight". M at 1159 took over, ID at 1201, then just played
nonstop pops afterwards. Fading slowly. Lost audio around 1245, but
tone of carrier (in SSB) stayed in to around 1325 which is about 2
hours 20 minutes after our local sunrise. (25 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko,
Dunlo PA, HCDX via DXLD)
5960, 1310-, Radio Fly, Sep 26. Very nice reception this morning
(raining cats and dogs!) with continuous EZL western music. Except for
splatter from both sides, I would rate this as good reception. No sign
of their 90 m channel (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, BC, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** PAPUA NEW GUINEA [and non]. Re 11-38: NBC Buka vs. RRI Palangkaraya
Hi Ron, Thanks for bringing this to our attention. One should never
'presume'. A huge language/programming difference between the two
stations! I can't recall hearing NBC Buka on 3325 kHz this year. Was
weak when I last heard & yes more recently the RRI station has been
noted on this frequency (Ian Baxter, NSW, Sept 25, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Thanks, Ian. I place a high value on your comments due to the close
proximity of your Australian location to the PNG and Indonesian
stations. Always nice to get firsthand observations from your area
(Ron Howard, Monterey, CA, USA, ibid.)
** PERU. Estimados Amigos DX: Alrededor de las 0200 UT capté - usando
el Grundig - en los 1290 kHz ... Radio Juliaca desde el departamento
de Puno (limítrofe con Bolivia). SINPO de 22212, lo "interesante" es
que NO transmiten en la frecuencia que anuncian en el portal, la de
1300 Khz, http://www.radiojuliaca.com.pe
y 5015 Khz de ninguna manera lo usan. 73! (ALFREDO BENJAMIN CAÑOTE
BUENO, Lima, Perú, Sept 27, condiglist yg via DXLD)
** PHILIPPINES [and non]. 11650, 1507-, FEBC, Manila, Sep 22. Very
good reception in Russian. Catching the back side, with 100 kW to
Siberia. A bit muddy audio, otherwise perfect (Walt Salmaniw, Masset,
BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9890, Sept 27 at 1355, choral music in a round, 1357 Chinesish YL
announcement with website or e-mail, 1359 orchestral music, 1400
another announcement mixed with music, `Jesus Saves` IS and off at
1400:50*. HFCC shows FEBC, 100 kW, 305 degrees from Bocaue is
scheduled here in Mandarin Chinese (cmn) at 1330-1400 only; why only a
semihour apart from multi-hours in the 9.4s? Aoki refines this to
Yunnan dialect. And from 1400, CNR13 via Lingshi 725 site in Uighur is
supposed to take over 9890 until 1805; but not heard (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9920, Sept 25 at 1253, SE Asian language sort of like Vietnamese?
Continuous talk but also continuous jamming by whoop-whoop oscillating
tones. According to Aoki, this is the daily Koho language service of
FEBC, 100 kW, 280 degrees from Bocaue site. Annoying here, but one
could have still copied the broadcast if understanding the language.
So how much jamming is Vietnam carrying out of FEBC, anyway, which
languages? Altho Koho is daily, FEBC has numerous other minority
languages at 1100-1230 depending on day of week; and collides with
KNLS in Chinese at 11-12. At 1303 the jamming had ceased as 9920 was
reoccupied from 1300 by KNLS in Chinese, presumably, praise music at
the moment, this time in the clear (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO
1584, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Glenn, It was a pleasure to meet you at HFCC in Dallas - it's
always good to be able to put a face to a name - particularly an
interesting character like you!
We are aware of the problem with the 9920 broadcasts to Vietnam and
monitor the frequency regularly - attached are a couple of recent
sound bites from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city. We have chosen to
continue broadcasting our current selection of programs on the
frequency. Kind Regards, (Graham Baker, FEBC, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Clips have same oscillating jamming I was hearing; much stronger on
the one from Hanoi than the one from HCM City. I still wonder how many
more FEBC frequencies get jammed (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
** PHILIPPINES. 17700, 0313-, Radio Pilipinas, Sep 22, Fair to good
reception with English program reviewing occurrences on this date in
history. I checked the other listed frequencies: 15285: fair, 15190:
Only Radio Inconfidencia, Brazil on 15189.939 kHz. 11880: nil.
11720: someone there very weakly. Checked the next night (23 Sept
2011), and conditions might be a bit better. At 03:18, 17700 is
coming in very well, about Philippine volcanoes. I take that back.
15285 is just barely there, and nothing on 11720 except a weak het.
Solar conditions continue to be disturbed! (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, BC,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
17700, R. Pilipinas/VOP, 0218, Sept 23. In English with “Dateline
Malacañang”; segment “Mindanao Update” (IDs given along with ships
bell) given by a trainee student announcer from Mindanao; 0235 “P-B-S
News” and weather; bird calls and “ASEAN News”; “Philippines Trivia”;
0252 “The Philippines Today”; poor to fair. Sept 26 at 0221 “Now we
present Mindanao Update”; 0230 “From the Presidential Palace
Malacañang”; “From the news center of Radio Pilipinas, this is P-B-S
News” (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
11720, 1805-, Radio Pilipinas, Sep 23. Extremely strong with their
Tagalog program, // to equally strong 15190. Usual hum seems less
noticeable today. 250 kW from Tinang to Middle East listed. Lots of
English making it easy to follow (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, BC, dxldyg
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PHILIPPINES. QSL: 9490, RCI Mandarin broadcast to China via IBB/VOA
Tinang. Full data (with site) Maple Leaf Mailbag QSL card with
schedule for a postal report, reply in 15 days (Edward Kusalik,
Alberta, Sept 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** POLAND [non]. Re 11-38: It appears that the unchanged UT times for
the remaining shortwave slots for Russian will be 1400 and 1530,
respectively, unless they are still sorting out things.
This because that machine-translated announcement appears to reveal a
bigger change of priorities Polskie Radio foreign service has just
decided and will implement with the start of the B11 season. Their new
schedule could look as follows:
1400-1430 Russian - 15245, 15770
1430-1500 Belarusian - 15275
1500-1530 German - 9580
1530-1600 Russian - 9580
1600-1630 Ukrainian - 11905
1630-1730 Polish - 6050
1730-1800 Hebrew - 9545
1800-1900 English to Asia - 5920/SNG, 7260/DHA
1900-2100 Polish - 5920
2200-2300 Polish to North America - 7330, 15260/SAC
2300-2400 English to Asia - 9785/SNG
All from Woofferton unless specified otherwise. Yes, not only Al-
Dhabbaya but also Singapore for English to Asia and Sackville for
Polish to North America. English at 1800 could also go out via Kvitsøy
on 5895, but that could have been withdrawn like the other broadcasts
to mentioned above. A point of little interest, since this 5895 would
be only DRM anyway.
All this is just speculation at this point. But judging from the
announcement by the Russian service it could indeed turn out in such a
way (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Sept 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PORTUGAL. It`s been a while since I`ve checked the RDPI webpage,
but Monday Sept 26 at 2135 UT I do so on the way to a webcast of `O
Fado em Silêncio`, which due to peculiarities of scheduling was not on
SW even when they had SW:
http://tv.rtp.pt/EPG/radio/epg-dia.php?canal=5&ac=d&sem=e
and I am astonished to see that the daily program schedule is still
displayed as if Portugal time and UTC are the same!! Did Portugal
never go on DST this summer, or did they never get around to shifting
the columns one hour apart since March? They were always late in doing
so, but finally would catch up. Anyhow, I couldn`t get the webcast to
play on the Flash, and not on the Windows mp either until I allowed an
Active-X shim. Then I heard fado music which according to their own
schedule is at 2213-2300 both UTC and Lisboa time; but in UT it`s
obviously really at 2113-2200. Timeanddate.com confirms Portugal is on
UT+1 DST as usual (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PORTUGAL. MANTER A ONDA CURTA RTP INTERNACIONAL RDP INTERNACIONAL
Caros Amigos, Acabei de ler e assinar esta petição online:
«Manter a onda curta RTP Internacional RDP Internacional»
http://www.peticaopublica.com/?pi=P2011N9010
Pessoalmente concordo com esta petição e acho que também vais
concordar. Subscreve a petição aqui
http://www.peticaopublica.com/?pi=P2011N9010
e divulga-a pelos teus contactos. Obrigado (João Costa (CT1FBF), Sept
26, radioescutas yg via DXLD)
Amigo João Costa, Acabei de assinar a petição com os meus comentários
sobre a falta que a RDP faz aqui para mim e por ventura a todos nós.
Espero que o pessoal da lista participe e também assine a petição e
espero com toda minha convicção de que a RDP volte em breve a nos
prestigiar com sua grandiosa emissão diária. Pessoal, assinar a
petição é simples e rápida e com certeza seu gesto poderá fazer a
diferença. 73´s (Renato Uliana, http://www.amantesdoradio.com.br
ibid.)
Prezado João Costa e amigos da lista; Acabei de assinar a petição, a
exemplo do que foi feito pelo amigo Renato Uliana. Todos os domingos
eu costumava ouvir a RDP em 13 metros na freqüência de 21655 kHz e
lamentei muito pela decisão tomada pelo governo português. Tenho
confiança que ainda teremos a RDP de volta. 73 (Paschoal Francisco
Fideli, DX Clube do Brasil, ibid.)
** PORTUGAL. Photo requested. Does anyone have a true photo of the São
Gabriel transmitter site in Portugal to share with us? If someone
does, please harry up, otherwise quite soon we would watch a blurry
video of the demolishing of the famous site taken with a cellphone
camera with the view jumping up and down. That would be only in our
memory. Such a sad perspective is expected of us (Lev Lytovchenko,
Canada, Sept 27, shortwavesites yg via DXLD)
Hi Lev, Sorry I have no pics or videos in my archive of this site -
sadly. Could I suggest you put out a call for requests on the DXLD
Yahoo Group. There's a greater number of DXers there & perhaps someone
in the group might be able to assist. Alternatives are to contact RDP
themselves or maybe you might be able to find a ham in the region who
can help out? Would indeed be nice to see some pics or video/s of this
site. I wonder if any Portuguese DXers have participated in a tour of
this site? Regards (Ian Baxter, NSW, ibid.)
** PRIDNESTROVYE. MOLDOVA. QSL: 7290, Voice of Russia English
broadcast to NA via Kishinev-Grigoriopol. Full data (with site /
language listed) State Tretyakov Gallery/80th anniversary card in 73
days. For an e-mail report to world@ruvr.ru (Edward Kusalik, Alberta,
Sept 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA [and non]. 11880, 0319-, Radio Romania International, Sep
22, Superb reception, as always, from Bucharest with English program,
'Society Today', followed by the song for the day (a Romanian
contemporary song). Modulation exceptionally clean and clear. Wish all
broadcasters would follow suit!
11920, 0401-, RRI, Sep 23. I was listening to Glen[n] Hauser's World
of Radio #1583 between 0330 and 0400 on 5051 (very good reception; no
internet access here, so it's a valuable service!). He mentioned the
frequency clash between VOIRI's Voice of Justice and Radio Romania
International at 0400. The clash is still there tonight, with RRI way
over VOIRI (before 0400, the Voice of Justice was there at fair/good
although a bit watery/muddy audio). Hope they resolve the clash soon
(Walt Salmaniw, Masset, BC, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1584, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
11920, 0400+ UT Sept 26, still huge collision between RRI in Romanian
and V. of Justice, IRAN in English to NAm, a sesquiweek after I
brought it in person to the attention of both frequency managers at
HFCC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1584, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA [and non]. See IRAN [and non]
** RUSSIA. INSIDE THE RUSSIAN SHORT WAVE RADIO ENIGMA
Wired Magazine September 28, 2011
http://news.hitb.org/content/inside-russian-short-wave-radio-enigma
From a lonely rusted tower in a forest north of Moscow, a mysterious
shortwave radio station transmitted day and night. For at least the
decade leading up to 1992, it broadcast almost nothing but beeps;
after that, it switched to buzzes, generally between 21 and 34 per
minute, each lasting roughly a second—a nasally foghorn blaring
through a crackly ether. The signal was said to emanate from the
grounds of a voyenni gorodok (mini military city) near the village of
Povarovo, and very rarely, perhaps once every few weeks, the monotony
was broken by a male voice reciting brief sequences of numbers and
words, often strings of Russian names: “Anna, Nikolai, Ivan, Tatyana,
Roman.” But the balance of the airtime was filled by a steady, almost
maddening, series of inexplicable tones.
The amplitude and pitch of the buzzing sometimes shifted, and the
intervals between tones would fluctuate. Every hour, on the hour, the
station would buzz twice, quickly. None of the upheavals that had
enveloped Russia in the last decade of the cold war and the first two
decades of the post-cold-war era—Mikhail Gorbachev, perestroika, the
end of the Afghan war, the Soviet implosion, the end of price
controls, Boris Yeltsin, the bombing of parliament, the first Chechen
war, the oligarchs, the financial crisis, the second Chechen war, the
rise of Putinism—had ever kept UVB-76, as the station’s call sign ran,
from its inscrutable purpose. During that time, its broadcast came to
transfix a small cadre of shortwave radio enthusiasts, who tuned in
and documented nearly every signal it transmitted. Although the Buzzer
(as they nicknamed it) had always been an unknown quantity, it was
also a reassuring constant, droning on with a dark, metronome-like
regularity.
But on June 5, 2010, the buzzing ceased. No announcements, no
explanations. Only silence (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)
Actually The Buzzer returned on the air later. Getting a decent signal
on 4625 right now when writing this (Sep 28 at 0845). Signal is only
a bit weaker than RWM on 4996. 4625 transmitter puts out at times many
spurs around 4600-4700 frequency range. 73, (Jari Savolainen,
Kuusankoski, Finland, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Did anyone ever manage to untangle this mystery? For what's it's
worth, here's a suggestion: could it have been a Carrier Warning
System, i.e. an early warning system designed to inform civil-defence
units and police stations, etc. that enemy missiles had been detected
heading for the country and that they should put a a pre-prepared plan
into operation? In other words, could it have been the Russian
equivalent of the British early-warning system by which the radar
station at Fylingdales, which could detect a nuclear attack four
minutes before it happened, would send a warning message over a
permanently open circuit to the police, local authorities and civil
defence organisations once an attack was suspected.
If I'm right, it is probably the case that civil defence units across
Russia had SW radios permanently tuned to the 'buzzer's" frequency and
that the buzzes, etc were a means of verifying that the system was
operational. Probably, voice messages would have been used if an
incoming missile attack had been detected; and the use of occasional
voice messages that listeners detected were probably connected to
periodic defence exercises.
Just a guess, but does anyone have a better idea? (Roger Tidy, UK,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
I haven't followed this, but my SIGINT and Crypto history makes me
wonder if anyone in the DX hobby has ever done any signal analysis on
the transmissions. The Russians were known for rather esoteric
transmission systems, often using high-speed minimum shift keying or
also PSK which could easily imitate a buzz. What I am proposing is, if
in this case, those buzzes or pulses were actually carrying traffic?
Anyone have any spectral plots? Anything? 73 (Al Muick, Whitehall PA
USA, ibid.)
Hi Al, What kind of spectral plot are you looking for? Attached is
one. 73, (Mauno Ritola, Finland, ibid.)
Hi Mauno, Wow, looking at the display, at first blush, makes me think
there is a little more to it than meets the ear. Besides the spectral
plot, the spectrum analyzer portion of your Perseus shows the signal
to be heavily asymmetrical with two tips to it which may indicate some
sort of shift.
Have you tried any demod in wide CW/RTTY mode or USB? If someone can
get me a 5 min or so recording of it demod'ed in, say, 4 kHz wide CW
or USB, I can run it through the Hoka FSK/PSK audio demodulator and
see if I get any kind of pattern out of it. Also, how does it sound on
NBFM? Have we tried that yet?
Sure wish I could hear it here. This may be the impetus I need to
finally buy a Perseus or an Excalibur, so I could work with direct IF
recording (Al Muick, PA, ibid.)
Hi Al, I don't know more, but I have understood that the buzz is
interrupted irregularly and some other stuff is transmitted instead.
My online remote rxs are used a lot from Russia, tuning on 4625 kHz.
Maybe Russians on the list have more info? There's also UDXF on Yahoo.
I will send you some more details off the list. 73, (Mauno Ritola,
ibid.)
Live streaming at http://uvb-76.net 73, (Jari Savolainen, ibid.)
** RUSSIA. QSLs: 15595, Deutsche Welle Dari & Pashtu Broadcast via
Krasnodar. Full data (with site) ’20 years of German Unity’ QSL card
for a postal report to customer service Bonn address. Reply in 26
days.
7250, Voice of Russia English Broadcast to NA via Krasnodar. Full data
(with site/language listed) State Tretyakov Gallery/80th anniversary
card in 73 days. For e-mail report to world @ ruvr.ru
15595, Deutsche Welle Urdu broadcast via Krasnodar. Full data (with
site) ’20 years of German Unity’ QSL card for a postal report to
customer service Bonn address. Reply in 16 days (Edward Kusalik,
Alberta, Sept 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA [non?]. CAUCASUS, Radio Voice of Justice from Steppanakert,
Nagorno-Karabakh on 9677.7 is not on the air since around mid-August
(Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, RusDX Sept 25 via WORLD OF RADIO 1584,
DXLD)
** SARAWAK. MALAYSIA: KUCHING - STAPOK TRANSMITTER SITE. CLOSING
CEREMONY IMAGES --- As kindly confirmed with me recently by Alan
Davies, the RTM Stapok transmitter site did close early this year.
Today, during some investigative research I discovered some closing
ceremony images of this event on the RTM Sarawak website.
http://www.rtmsarawak.gov.my/gambar.php?album_id=16
Not often we see such closing ceremony images showing technical
infrastructure, particularly of a domestic SW transmission site, so
these are real gems. We even get to see two images of the 5030kHz SW
transmitter. A little more detail in the images can be seen with the
assistance of some photo editing software.
For those with an interest in SW studio sites, check out these photos
of the RTM Kuching HQ/studios.
http://www.rtmsarawak.gov.my/gambar.php?album_id=3
Enjoy the memories! (Ian Baxter, Sept 25, shortwavesites yg via WORLD
OF RADIO 1584, DXLD)
** SARAWAK [non]. UNIDENTIFIED, From Sep. 26 another UNIDentified,
maybe Radio Free Sarawak: 1000-1200 on 17560 DB 100 kW / 132 deg to
SEAs (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, via WORLD OF RADIO 1584, DXLD) Maybe,
because previously at this time via this site (gh, DXLD)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 1521, Sept 25 at 0250, 1 kHz het on 1520 stations,
surely BSKSA, the prime pilot for TA propagation, on caradio west of
Tulsa; had faded by 0300. Or rather, WRTH shows it signs off at 0300;
is that correct? Two megawatts from Duba in the northwest corner on
the Red Sea (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1584, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
[and non]. 17895, 0352-, BSKSA, Holy Qur`an service, Sep 22, Very high
MUF tonight allowing for very nice reception of higher frequencies
including very strong Saudi Arabia with a probable Qur`an recital.
Very slight splatter from 17890 (CNR1 very strong) (Walt Salmaniw,
Masset, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Very weak at this hour nearby BSKSA HQ morning prayer, on non-dir
antenna at Riyadh, 9714.930 kHz at 0630 UT Sept 27 (Wolfgang Büschel,
All these mentioned above checked on remote SDR rx units in Greece,
Italy, Austria, Germany, Netherlands, U.K. and MA/PA/NJ/NC/SC/GA-USA,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SCOTLAND. NEW BOOK DETAILS HISTORY OF RADIO FREE SCOTLAND --
actually Sound On Your TV Scotland. Posted: 26 Sep 2011
The Scotsman, 25 Sept 2011, Tom Peterkin: "'Attention! Attention! this
is Radio Free Scotland calling! Do not switch off! Listen when the BBC
is off the air!' Those dramatic words will strike a chord with Scots
of a certain age, who remember tuning in to an illicit broadcasting
phenomenon that pre-dated the famous pirate radio station by almost a
decade and kept the fires of Scottish Nationalism burning when they
were perilously low. From 1956 until 1977, a small group of
enthusiasts illegally produced Radio Free Scotland, transmitting from
safe houses across the central belt as they dodged the police and GPO
detector vans attempting to hunt them down. Against the odds, these
pioneering Tartan Pimpernels somehow managed to evade capture and,
with their clapped-out transmitting equipment, tuned into television
frequencies to get their Nationalist message into living rooms. In the
black and white era – long before 24-hour television, BBC television
ended a day's programming with a rendition of God Save the Queen. Once
the last notes had been sounded, the television airwaves, in certain
parts of the country, were hi-jacked by Radio Free Scotland and its
strange mixture of Nationalist polemic, satire, discussions,
interviews and rock'n'roll music. As a little girl growing up in
Edinburgh, Christine Grahame, the SNP MSP, was one of those allowed to
stay up late to listen for the weekly broadcasts that Nationalist
radio hams somehow managed to send through ordinary TV sets. ... In
the early days, much of the technical aspect of looking after the
transmitters – a Halicaster then later a Viking Challenger – was down
to a great, great nephew of the writer RL Stevenson – a lawyer named
Louis Stevenson, who emigrated to the US around 50 years ago."
(kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD)
-- The story refers to the forthcoming book Pirates of the Air: The
Story of Radio Free Scotland, by Gordon Wilson. The old UK 405-line
television system used AM-mode audio, the same as transmitted by much
of the amateur radio equipment of the time. The Wikipedia article
about Radio Free Scotland states that it also transmitted on 262
meters (1144 kHz) medium wave (Kim Andrew Elliott, ibid.)
** SIKKIM. See INDIA
** SINGAPORE. QSL: 6140, Radio Australia English broadcast via
Singapore. Full data ‘Radio Australia in touch with the World QSL
Card’ Verified in 29 days, after sending second follow-up inquiry for
a total of 4 months (Edward Kusalik, Alberta, Sept 21, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, SIBC, 1153 Sept 21. Song, woman in Tok
Pisin, 1156 man in English with devotional, 1159 woman with IDs for
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corp. and Radio Happi Isles, frequencies,
then national anthem to closing. Fair (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British
Columbia, Listening from my car with Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active
antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5019.9, Solomon Islands B.C. 1000-1010, 25-September-2011, in English.
Always a tough copy here with Rebelde always very strong, but better
today, news in English, then news commentary by male announcer, fair
reception when music is not being played on Rebelde (Ed Wlodarski,
N2ED, New Jersey, Ten Tec RX340 & 100 Ft Long Wire, NASWA Flashsheet
via DXLD)
** SOMALIA [non]. 11740, 19/9 1920-1929*, Radio Damal, Clandestine to
Somalia, talks, songs, ids, news, final ID and sign-off at 1929 UT.
Very good (Giampiero Bernardini, Milan, Italy, in Bocca di Magra (La
Spezia, Italy) with Dario Monferini for our usual BOC DX nights (this
one was number 25), RFSpace SDR-IQ e Perseus; loop Wellbrook LFL 1010
e MaxiWhip (vertical 7 meters), dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH AFRICA. How to get fired –-- Hi everyone, This is one guy's
way of livening up radio. WARNING: Some (censored) bad language!
http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/meet-the-man-who-blew-the-news-1.1146085
(Bill Bingham, Jo`burg, Sept 28, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Plus 163 comments so far. What station was this? I don`t find any 702
kHz listed now for South Africa. I guess it`s FM 92.7, which for some
strange reason brands itself 702 (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)
http://www.702.co.za
"Until 2006, Talk Radio 702 was broadcast only on 702 kHz AM. In March
2006, it won an application to move to the FM radio frequency, and the
first FM broadcast took place on 24 July 2006. The station continued
broadcasting on the AM band until 28 June 2007 when it was shutdown."
(from https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Radio_702
via tokyoscoop, ibid.)
Wasn`t 702 originally in a ``homeland``, like Boputhatswana? (gh)
Hi Glenn -- I have listened to radio 702 from Jo'berg for years on
internet, and recall a few years ago they advised they were shutting
down on MW but retaining their slogan . . . odd, but a great listen,
for me, enjoying how enthused everyone is talking about the SA
democracy . . . ef (Eric Flodén, Vancouver, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
One might also wonder whether 92.7 FM lines up with 702 AM on some
AM/FM analog dial receivers, by no coincidence? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
** SOUTH AFRICA. 9625, 1500-, Channel Africa, Sep 22. Fair reception
with English to Africa, signing on (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, BC, dxldyg
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 3215, Thursday Sept 22 at 0525, WWCR with
soul music, no Brother Scare, but still on usual 3185 WWRB. He must
have wised up, if that is possible, that it was pointless to be on two
Tennesseans 40 kHz apart at the same time.
At updated WWCR program grid dated Sept 12 (on the homepage as Sept
16), despite assertions that they would not update it more than once a
month, has indeed removed BS from 3215 --- except on Saturdays at
0500-0900 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN. Re 11-38, Radio Liberty Playa de Pals: First of all : Frank
Gollo thank you very much for making the Film Adeu Liberty available
for all of us for downloading.
For those of you who have problems viewing Flash Video files I have
taken the liberty to convert the film to WMA so that everyone can view
it in Windows Media Player.
If you use this link : http://www.mediafire.com/?75963ccx3fk2y
You see 3 files to download. This has to do with the 100 mB limit of
Mediafire. Download all 3 files and glue them together with Winrar or
Winzip. Then you get the video "Adeu Liberty". Have Fun (Jan
Oosterveen, shortwavesites yg via DXLD)
Excellent idea, Jan. Let's say that for me the interesting part was to
unveil the hidden link in the system of streaming at TV de Catalunya.
As for the documentary, I found it very interesting, but would have
been even more interesting with subtitles in another language. Thank
you, Jan, for taking my idea and improve it (Frank Gollo, ibid.)
** SPAIN. 15585 spurs. REE Noblejas 15585 kHz at 0905 UT Sept 29:
still spurious signals noted so far in 15554 to 15617 kHz frequency
range. This appears even in past 32 days ... (wb, September 29)
[...] btw. still spurs observed on Sept 15, scratching audio peaks
approx. 15465 to 15660 kHz range: Yes, REE Noblejas 15585 kHz at 1418
UT Aug 28th has two symmetric sideband splatter on
15558 to 15579 and
15593 to 15614 kHz
Noted on various remote SDR rxs in Holland, Germany and Austria
(Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews August 28 / September 14/15,
DXLD)
** SRI LANKA. QSLs: 15210, Family Radio English broadcast to Asia via
Colombo-Ekala. Full data (with specific site) 50th Anniversary card in
response to a follow-up report. Reply in 4 months, three weeks after
posting an e-mail follow-up inquiry on whether Family Radio will still
verifying short wave reports. Reports to inti @ familyradio.com
6165, Deutsche Welle German broadcast to Asia via Trincomalee. Full
data (with site) ’20 years of German Unity’ QSL card for a postal
report. Reply in 20 days (Edward Kusalik, Alberta, Sept 21, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN [and non]. 13730, Sept 22 at 0508, R. Dabanga weakly audible,
and once again with the oscillating/whine jamming I have not heard for
weeks; RD much better on 13620 at 0509 but with SAH from 1000 Hz tone
jammer, ID in passing. During this semihour, 13730 is Wertachtal,
GERMANY, and 13620 is MADAGASCAR (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** TAIWAN. 7970, Sound of Hope, 1223, Sept 22. Yet another day at this
exact time that I heard the ID as “w-w-w-s-o-u-n-d-o-f-h-o-p-e-o-r-g”
followed by then saying “Sound of Hope” in English; all with
background religious music and song in the background. So this
certainly seems to be their favorite time to ID on this frequency. Do
different frequencies have different ID times? (Ron Howard, Asilomar
State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1584, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** TAIWAN. I have just discovered that I was one of the prize winners
for the R. Taiwan Int website Treasure Hunt back in August, when today
I have received a large envelope containing my prize. It is a packaged
CD and book of the "Tales of the Dutch Formosa". What a fabulous
prize! It has been beautifully produced and packaged, and I look
forward to sitting back and enjoying the tales. Many thanks to RTI!
(Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, Sept 24, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Alan, I think you'll enjoy it. Mine arrived last week. Have
listened to the CD's & hope to read the book more thoroughly soon. It
is attractively packaged (Ian Baxter, Australia, ibid.)
** TAIWAN. *China (Taiwan)* QSLs: 9280, Family Radio Chinese broadcast
to Asia via Bao-Zhong transmitter (Yunlin). Full data (with specific
site) 50th anniversary card in response to a follow-up report. Reply
in 7 months. Reports to inti @ familyradio.com
11605.10, Radio Free Asia Vietnamese broadcast via Tanshui. Full data
(with site indicated as ‘Asia’) ’15 years of Bringing Free press to
Closed Societies’ card and a nice RFA blue date book for an e-mail
report. Reply in 11 days.
11549.10, Radio Australia Indonesian broadcast via Tainan. Full data
‘Radio Australia in touch with the World QSL Card’. Verified in 29
days, after sending second follow-up inquiry for a total of 4 months
(Edward Kusalik, Alberta, Sept 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAJIKISTAN. 14295.168, 1811-, Radio Tajikistan, Sep 23. Read (sorry
forgot from whom), of a [third] harmonic from Dushanbe audible all day
in Europe. I have a threshold signal here, in AM, so possibly them as
well (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TATARSTAN [non]. RUSSIA, 15110, 0421-, Tatarstan Wave, Sep 22.
Forgot to listen to their sign-on [0410]. Very strong, clean signal
with presumed Tatar music. Sounds a little like what one would hear on
CNR. Similar style of singing. ID in Russian at 0425. Listened the
next night for the s/on, and once again superb reception with
bilingual Tatar/Russian IDs at s/on. Russian ID at 0415 as 'Radio
Tatarstana', then into news in Russian (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, BC,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9690, R. Tatarstan, Kazan via Samara tx site, RUSSIA, S=9+10dB level
here in Germany. 0622 UT Sept 27 (Wolfgang Büschel, All these
mentioned above checked on remote SDR rx units in Greece, Italy,
Austria, Germany, Netherlands, U.K. and MA/PA/NJ/NC/SC/GA-USA, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
QSL Tatarstan Wave --- Hoy con alegría debo acusar recibo de la
verificación a la emisión Tatarstan Wave a través de los 15110 kHz, y
es que tras la QSL recibida hay una historia de paciencia y ayuda de
colegas diexistas; en septiembre del 2010 tuve la ocasión de
sintonizar esta emisora, a lo cual a los pocos días envié un reporte
de recepción, incluyendo un CD con la grabación realizada, postal de
Colombia, y dólares para ayudar en el franqueo de respuesta, al QSL-
Manager que figura en varias publicaciones diexistas; conociendo de la
distancia y de los correos no me creo expectativas de una pronta
respuesta. Pasa el tiempo y en mayo de este año recibí mi envío
devuelto por el correo ruso, señalando dirección errada (ver Imagen).
En ese momento solicité ayuda a través de varios medios DX para
aclarar si existía otra dirección para hacer llegar mi reporte; luego
de unos días, el colega Anker Petersen del DSWCI me puso en contacto
con el Diexista Ruso Dmitry Mezin quien colabora con noticias del
acontecer radial ruso y que por cierto tiene una interesante página
web en http://dxsignal.ru/indexen.htm
Él se puso en contacto con el Sr. Ildus Ibatullin, quien es el QSL
manager de esta emisora para averiguar sobre un posible cambio de
dirección, pero queda sorprendido al saber de la devolución, ya que la
dirección está correcta (ayyy los servicios postales!), propone que le
envíe nuevamente el reporte y el audio esta vez por correo
electrónico.
Así hoy debo agradecer a ellos el obtener esta QSL; su ayuda ha sido
invaluable y me ratifica una de las características básicas de todos
los que practicamos el diexismo y es la Colaboración. el resumen de
esta verificación:
RUSIA
15110 TATARSTAN WAVE
Tarjeta QSL
v/s Ildus Ibatullin
QSL Mánager
Informe enviado a: P.O. Box 134 Kazán, Tatarstán 420136 Rusia
más follow up a qsl-manager @ rambler.ru
Tardó 352 dias
Imágenes y más a través de http://dxdesdecolom bia.blogspot.com/
(Rafael Rodríguez R., Bogotá, Sept 23, condiglist yg via DXLD)
** THAILAND. 26 September 2011, UT 2101 a 2155, 8743 kHz USB, Radio
Bangkok Met., 3 3 3 3 3, ICOM R 72, Dipolos 9.86 Mts por lado (Ernesto
Paulero, Argentina, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Ahí lo tenés el jefe actual, en
http://www.tmd.go.th/en/aboutus/executive.php
Mr. Kampol Luangpetchngam, Director of Meteorological Telecomunication
and Information Division. Parece un tipo simpático, pero no largan el
email (hihihihi). Su actual direccion ver en
http://www.tmd.go.th/en/aboutus/location.php
Quizas el webmaster te pueda ayudar (email al pie de la pagina) again
73 (Jorge Enrique Knull - LU4YAO, CC 231, 8370 - San Martin de los
Andes, Neuquen - Argentina, condiglist yg via DXLD)
** TIBET. 4820/4905/4920, 2315-2330, CHINA, Tibet was still off for
maintenance on 22.09, but all back on the air 24.09 (Anker Petersen,
on the AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire in Skovlunde,
Denmark, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD)
** TIBET. **CHINA**. 6130, Xizang PBS, Lhasa, 1443-1521, Sept 25,
Tibetan fading in // weaker 6025 on first day back after a few weeks'
absence. Their Chinese service on 6050 also noted back on air 1505
struggling with co-channel RTM Kajang (Martien Groot, Schoorl,
Netherlands /TenTec RX-340, 30 m. longwire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Hi Martien, Was nice while it lasted! Sept 25 noted their return to
4820 (so again mixing with AIR Kolkata) and 4920 (again mixing with
AIR Chennai). Also heard 6200, // 4920. Was an unusual day to hear AIR
Guwahati on 4940 strongly mixing with Voice of Strait. Normally VOS
has sole possession (Ron Howard, Monterey, CA, USA, ibid.)
** TURKEY. 15450, Sept 25 at 1328, VOT is still on the air following
1230 English broadcast with IS, and now starting to insert IDs in a
Turkic language. They should have changed the frequency by 1325 for
the 1330 broadcast in Kazakh on 11880! At 1330 sharp, 15450 finally
cut off the air after the first pip of the timesignal, but 11880 must
have been late coming up; blocked here by REE/Costa Rica (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** UGANDA. UBC Radio Kampala, and Dunamis Broadcasting --- Hi
Everyone, From last night: 4976, UBC Radio, Kampala. YL laughing about
why she is happy to be a woman in response to the lyrics of a song
(being played), ID "Uganda Radio" at 31secs, then into discussion all
in English
http://www.box.net/shared/m8xzyd2t81hzsjrkuccr
Also Dunamis Broadcasting was fair until 1900 sign off on 4750 but
with only music.
http://www.box.net/shared/xhq84107jf3niyg2lhd8
(Mark Davies, Anglesey, Wales, Sept 27, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** UKRAINE. UKRAINE REFUSED FROM THE TRANSITION TO WINTER TIME
Ukraine after the neighboring Russia and Belarus refused to switch to
winter time. The resolution on changing the order time of calculation
on the territory of Ukraine today, 20 September, voted 266 people's
deputies.
"The Verkhovna Rada decides to install on march 27, 2011 on the
territory of Ukraine the time of the second time zone with the
addition of one hour", - is said in the resolution, the author of
which was made by the people's deputy Oleg Nadosha (Party of regions).
In the document it is marked, that his action had lost the previous
regulations, in particular, on the introduction of summer months the
time of 1992 and the resolution on the change of the order of time of
calculation on the territory of the Ukrainian SOVIET union from 1990.
Traditionally the transition to daylight saving time was carried out
in the last Sunday of march, in the winter - on the last Sunday of
October.
Let's remind, the practice of annual transition to daylight saving
time is observed in more than 100 countries of the world. In a number
of countries of the date of transition is determined by taking into
account regional traditions. For the first time the hour hand was
transferred to great Britain in 1908. IN the USSR the transition to
daylight saving time for the first time took place in 1917, and since
1981, daylight savings time start again regularly act.
Georgia and the countries of Central Asia in recent years, refused to
transition from winter to summer time. In addition, on June 7, the
president of Russia Dmitry Medvedev signed the law, in accordance with
which cancels the seasonal translation of arrows hours in the RUSSIAN
federation.
Belarus has abolished the transition to "winter time". Source:
Interfax-Ukraine (Sergei Popov/"open_dx" via RusDX Sept 25 via DXLD)
Geez, how convoluted, and I`m not sure a decent translation would have
helped. I THINK this is saying that Ukraine like Belarus and Russia is
staying on DST (advanced time) in the winter. According to WRTH, the
entire country had been on UT+2 winter, UT+3 summer (Glenn Hauser,
DXLD)
** U A E. QSLs: 9715, Deutsche Welle Russian broadcast to CIS via
Dhabayya. Full data (with site) ’20 years of German Unity’ QSL Card.
Also sent press release of the up-coming changes on short wave future.
Reply in 33 days.
13840, Deutsche Welle English broadcast to Africa via Dhabayya. Full
data (with site) ’20 years of German Unity’ QSL card, for a report
sent during a postal disruption. Reply in 33 days (Edward Kusalik,
Alberta, Sept 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K. UNID service via Babcock brokery --- I didn't check this 13-14
UT service yet. But came across NEW registration in HFCC A-11 summer
season file. New service to NoAF countries, like EGY, LBY, TUN, ALG,
MRC, in Arabic? HCJB Global or IBRA Radio?
New UNID service via Babcock brokery, registered from Sept 12:
1300-1345 NF 9605 WOF 300 kW 182 deg to NoAF in ??????
1300-1345 NF 9800 WOF 100 kW 180 deg to NoAF in ??????
1300-1345 NF 11640 WOF 125 kW 102 deg to NoAF in ??????
1315-1400 NF 9795 WOF 125 kW 090 deg to NoAF in ??????
1315-1400 NF 15230 WOF 300 kW 150 deg to NoAF in ??????
1315-1400 NF 17505 WOF 125 kW 152 deg to NoAF in ??????
Or is that a test series for TDA Algeria program, in rivalry to
regular (TDA) services via TDF brokery at Issoudun France? 73 wolfy
(Wolfgang Büschel, Sept 22, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Not found until later, this explains my unID on 17505 (gh, DXLD)
17505, Sept 26 at 1325, fair signal again with the VTC/BaBCock music
loop. Wolfgang Büschel found out from Dave Porter at Woofferton what
this is all about:
Dear David, do you know details about relay transmission registration
of Babcock brokery, on Woofferton TX site, of an Unknown ?broadcaster?
I checked all frequencies between 13 and 23 September. No signals
noted here in Stuttgart, southern Germany. I came across NEW
registration in HFCC A-11 summer season file. New service to NoAF
countries, like EGY, LBY, TUN, ALG, MRC, in Arabic? (Wolfgang Büschel,
to Dave Porter, via wb, DXLD)
``Hi Wolfie, Regrettably it's not as exotic as you suspected! I can
confirm those frequencies are registered and they are on our schedule.
We are using the time slots and the changes in frequency and
modulation mode to train our staff at the Babcock Media Management
Centre in London for the remote operation of the Woofferton site when
we are not staffed out of office hours.
At present our colleagues in the Babcock Control Room in Bush House
look after us but soon that is closing when the BBC transfer to their
London W1 studio centre. Hence the need to train our staff in the
other control facility.
We needed to be able to run a real schedule and then we put faults on
our transmitters so that the MMC staff can work out how to re-
establish the service, etc. Vy 73, Dave``
``Also observed by Ivo at R Bulgaria, and Y.T. [wb] today: Heard
popular CELLO music endless. At 1340 UT on 9795, 15230, 17505 kHz.
New UNID service via Babcock brokery on Sept 25:
1300-1345 9605 WOF 300kW 182deg to NoAF, non-stop VTC music till 1330
1300-1345 9800 WOF 125kW 180deg to NoAF, non-stop VTC music in DRM
1300-1345 11640 WOF 125kW 102deg to NoAF, non-stop VTC music till 1330
1315-1400 9795 WOF 125kW 090deg to NoAF, non-stop VTC music till 1400
1315-1400 15230 WOF 300kW 150deg to NoAF, non-stop VTC music till 1400
1315-1400 17505 WOF 125kW 152deg to NoAF, non-stop VTC music till 1400
Transmissions of 'popular' cello music ended exact 1400:00 UT
(Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 25`` (via WORLD OF RADIO
1584, DXLD)
17505, Sept 27 at 1325, VTC music loop, poor with flutter, and also at
1349, in another 1315-1400 BaBCock training transmission from
Woofferton; unheard on listed // 15230 occupied by RHC (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX WORLD OF RADIO 1584, LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non]. 6195, Sept 27 at 1306, BBCWS `Newshour` introduced by a
French woman, as again this week they are trialling [trialing? a
Britishism] different guest-hosts each day, why? Did not catch her
accented name. Just some time-off for the regulars, or a sign of
things to come? This is a 250 kW SINGAPORE transmitter split into 125
each at 0 and 90 degrees per HFCC at 09-16 but also reaches W&C NAm
for a while despite BBC`s intentions (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U K [non]. NORTH AMERICAN EDITION OF THE BBC NEWS WEBSITE NOW HAS
THE MAGAZINE, WHICH IS TOO DIFFICULT TO DESCRIBE IN THIS HEADLINE.
BBC The Editors blog, 19 Sept 2011, Giles Wilson: "A year ago we
launched a North American edition of the BBC News site, run from our
bureau in Washington DC. As well as strengthening our coverage of US
issues, it meant we could offer a front page of the website targeted
directly at our millions of readers in the US and Canada. Two weeks
ago, we introduced an extra element to the website, following a
further expansion in Washington - an international edition of the
Magazine index. This is great news for readers of the website outside
the UK, and also for the Magazine's regular followers at home, who
will be able to access all the new content too.
As was the case with the launch of the North American edition, the
international Magazine is done with the backing of BBC Worldwide, the
BBC's commercial arm, which funds our services internationally. Since
we started the Magazine in the UK in 2003 it has grown to become a
focus for original features, such as our piece looking at 50 years of
Private Eye covers, as well as regular items like 7 days 7questions,
Who What Why, and Paper Monitor. Until now, however, it has never had
a high prominence on our international site. It has also been largely
text and still images." (Posted: 21 Sep 2011, kimandrewelliott.com via
DXLD)
With BBC websites, it's not always easy to find things. Here is how to
find the BBC Magazine, home to longer-form articles. First, type
bbc.com. If you live in the USA, it will be the commercial version of
BBC.com, with advertisements. (This morning's ads are for Bridgestone
and Viagra; the latter warns of Viagra counterfitters: "See how they
try to pull it all off and how we help take them down." Perhaps more
information than we really need.) Anyway, BBC.com is sort of a portal
page. But there is no sign of Magazine here. So, just guessing, I
clicked on News. Now on the BBC News page, there is Magazine in the
upper right corner. A short URL to the BBC News page is bbcnews.com
(Kim Andrew Elliott, ibid.)
** U K. DESMOND CARRINGTON CELEBRATES 30 YEARS OF WEEKLY BROADCASTS ON
RADIO 2 --- BBC Press Release 22 September 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2011/09_september/22/desmond.shtml
In October this year, legendary broadcaster Desmond Carrington
celebrates 30 years of his weekly show, The Music Goes Round, on BBC
Radio 2. In a special edition on Friday 7 October from 7 to 8pm, 85
year old Desmond will be revisiting the playlist from his 1981 debut.
Bob Shennan, Controller of Radio 2 and Radio 6 Music, said: "Desmond
is a fine broadcaster and I am so proud of his incredible heritage on
Radio 2. Listening to his show is a highlight for his legions of fans.
And at a sprightly 85 years of age, Desmond is one of very few elder
statesmen in the radio world today whose experience cannot be
surpassed."
When the Radio 2 series, All Time Greats, began on Sunday 4 October
1981, Desmond (already a successful actor and broadcaster) was chosen
as its first presenter. He fully expected to be replaced after three
months but the series took off and, three decades on, he remains an
integral part of the station's weekly schedule.
Desmond's closing words at the end of the very first All Time Greats
in 1981 were: "Funnily enough I have felt a little bit today like Roy
Plomley must have felt all those years ago when he sat down to do the
first programme of Desert Island Discs – you don't know what it's
going to lead to!"
Reflecting back today, Desmond says: "Well I certainly didn't think it
would lead to 30 years of weekly broadcasts and some 1500 programmes.
I'm so very grateful to BBC Radio 2 and to my many listeners who have
always been supportive and involved in the vast range of music – which
is still going round!"
In 2004, All Time Greats was exchanged for a new series on Tuesday
evenings – The Music Goes Round. This programme continues to the
present day at 7 pm on Friday evenings where Desmond gently guides
listeners through an eclectic and often surprising mix of records new
and old.
In each Friday night show, the playlist reflects a theme and features
relevant tracks which could range from ballads to Big Band, rock to
reggae, psychedelia to swing and everything in between. In what must
be one of the most extensive and wide ranging personal record
libraries, Desmond has over 250,000 tracks, built up since the 1940s
and spanning rap and trance to pre-electric jazz and Enrico Caruso.
Desmond's 30th anniversary show will feature all the records from that
very first programme, including Duke Ellington's Satin Doll, the Beach
Boys' Good Vibrations, Peter Sarstedt's Frozen Orange Juice and the
Clooney/Sinatra classic, Some Enchanted Evening.
Back in October 1981, Desmond was contracted to present All Time
Greats, an hour long record show at Sunday lunchtimes which were
scheduled for just three months. An instant success, the run was
extended and the shows lengthened, first to 1-and-a-half hours, then 2
hours and eventually 3 hours every week. They were originally recorded
in advance but soon became live transmissions; although never for a
moment did Desmond expect that 30 years on, at his fine age, he would
still be broadcasting weekly to listeners.
In The Music Goes Round, Desmond gently pilots listeners away from
Radio 2's regular playlist tracks with his eclectic and often
surprising mix of records, from pre-electric 1910 to current day
sounds. His warm tones and informative chat are now welcomed by all
age-groups both in the UK and around the world, as hundreds of letters
and emails bear witness. And since 1996 the series has been an
independent production which Desmond – and his producer Dave Aylott –
broadcast from Desmond's home in Scotland, which is most fortunate
given that last year's inclement weather meant he was snowed in!
A professional actor from the age of 16, Desmond began his
broadcasting career in 1947 at Radio SEAC, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), as
Lieutenant Carrington, Royal West Kent Regiment. The first person he
met when he arrived at the station was a Petty Officer David Jacobs
with whom, he was soon to discover, he shared almost exactly the same
age and birthdays just four days apart in May. They became good
friends – as they remain today – and their careers have continued on
parallel paths through the decades.
In the late Fifties Desmond become a "heart-throb doctor" in ITV's
first soap opera entitled Emergency Ward Ten, a role he played for
nearly six years. That role made him a national celebrity and soon he
was presenting Housewives' Choice on the BBC Light Programme.
Throughout his professional career he has always appeared in stage
plays. His proudest achievement being a long tour in a two-hour one-
man play about HRH the Duke of Windsor – written for him by the late
Royce Ryton who was also the author of Crown Matrimonial – a role that
Desmond also played to great acclaim in theatres across the UK. He now
concentrates on radio broadcasting, the medium that has given him the
greatest satisfaction and the longest single engagement (via Ray T.
Mahorney, DXLD)
This is one of my top-three shows on BBCR2, not to be missed any week;
I usually get the ondemand a few hours before it expire on Friday
mornings (gh, DXLD)
** U S A. VOA MUSIC MIX APPARENTLY ACQUIRES "JUKE IN THE BACK," A
40S/50S R&B RETROSPECTIVE. Posted: 22 Sep 2011
Houston (MO) Herald, 19 Sept 2011: "Beginning last weekend, 'Juke In
the Back' became a part of programming on Voice of America. The show
will air in Central Europe and Africa on Saturdays at midnight
(Central European Time) and on Sundays at 10 p.m. ....
'I'm so excited that "Juke In The Back" will be heard all over the
world, exposing many people in Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America
to American roots music,' program host and producer Matt the Catt
said. 'I think the musicianship, the beat and the overall sound of
American rhythm and blues music will really resonate with many around
the globe.'" (kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD)
-- This is presumably on VOA Music Mix, though I can't be sure,
because there is no(!) VOA Music Mix program schedule at the VOA
website. http://www.voanews.com/english/programs/radio/64964082.html
Music Mix can be heard on the handful of VOA 24-hour FM relays, when
priority VOA English and language programming is not on the air. The
name "Juke in the Back" is explained by the program's opening: "You
know what was on the jukebox in the front. Now Matt the Cat is going
to show you what was on the juke in the back." That would be the
rhythm and blues tunes from 1946 to 1954, which "laid the tracks for
what was to become Rock n’ Roll." See also the Juke in the Back
website http://www.jukeintheback.org/on-the-web/
(Kim Andrew Elliott, ibid.)
** U S A [and non]. 17820, Sept 25 at 1307 I tune across weak DW Hausa
via Portugal, and wonder if Greenville will turn on their carrier
again. Yes, they do, right away at *1308, for the usual tuneup(?),
four hours before the 1700 VOA Portuguese broadcast. While they may
avoid modulating, I should think this would still disrupt DW in Hausa-
land for a few minutes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. Frequency changes for Voice of America in Uzbek:
1500-1530 NF 15105 KWT 250 kW / 046 deg to CeAS, ex
15100/17600/15780/13755 (DX Mix News, Bulgaria, 27 Sept via DXLD)
** U S A. VOA CHINESE CUTS DEFERRED --- Subject: [Save Voice of
America Radio to China]
This just in. Email from David Ensor, Director of VOA
Colleagues in the China Branch, I want to take this opportunity to
share information with you about the FY 2012 budget and its possible
impact on the Mandarin and Cantonese Services. I have been working
closely with other senior agency managers on developments relating to
VOA China programs and can confirm for you today that the proposed
reductions to the VOA Mandarin and Cantonese Services will not take
place on October 1.
These reductions were not included in either the Senate Full Committee
or House Subcommittee Draft Funding Bills and no FY 2012 funding bill
has been acted on by Congress. I can assure you that I will continue
to be actively engaged in this process and will keep you apprised.
Regards, David Ensor (Raymond K.Y.Yam via Facebook)
(via Alokesh Gupta,VU3BSE, New Delhi, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS SAYS VOA RADIO AND TV TO CHINA MUST
CONTINUE
http://www.bloggernews.net/127192 Posted on September 28th, 2011
by ted in All News, Blogosphere News, Breaking News, California News,
China News, Congressional News, Country News, Government News, State
News, US Government News, US News, Vermont News. Read 292 times.
The media freedom website BBG Watch reported that the Senate Committee
on Appropriations has rejected the Broadcasting Board of Governors´
(BBG) proposal to end Voice of America (VOA) radio and TV broadcasts
to China and criticized the BBG for the lack of transparency. The
committee recommended $740,039,000 for U.S. international broadcasting
operations, for the operating and engineering costs of VOA, Office of
Cuba Broadcasting (OCB), which includes Radio and TV Martí, Radio Free
Europe Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), Radio Free Asia (RFA), Middle East
Broadcasting Networks (MBN), which includes Alhurra TV and Radio Sawa,
and the BBG in FY2012. The Obama Administration has asked for
$754,261,000. The BBG´s FY2011 budget was $740,017,000. The BBG
manages these U.S. government-funded entities and broadcasting
operations.
In a highly critical language included in a report recommending the
passage of the bill (S. 1601) making FY2012 appropriations for the
Department of State, the BBG and other foreign operations, the Senate
Committee on Appropriations expressed concern with "the lack of
transparency" regarding the BBG proposal.
The committee noted that in addition to ending VOA radio and TV to
China, the BBG also wanted to reduce shortwave and medium wave
transmissions to Russia, Iran, North Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq. The
committee directed the BBG to notify the committee when BBG
broadcast hours are reduced or increased and when transmission
platforms are changed. The committee approved funding for the
continuation of these broadcasts and transmissions, including VOA
radio and TV programs to China. The report was submitted by Senator
Patrick Leahy (D-VT), chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on
State and Foreign Operations.
In an earlier action, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs also
voted by unanimous consent to approve an amendment proposed by Rep.
Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) that would prevent the BBG from ending VOA
broadcasts to China. The vote represented an unprecendented full
bipartisan rebuke to the BBG.
In describing his strategy of confronting Congress, the BBG chairman
Walter Isaacson said in a recent interview with Congressional
Quarterly that "these are battles I´m not afraid to have." That
strategy, advocated by the BBG permanent executive staffers who advise
the part-time Board, backfired. Having managed to terminate VOA radio
and TV broadcasts to Russia despite strong opposition from Senator
Leahy and other members of Congress, these executive staffers were
confident they could do it again in the case of VOA broadcasts to
China.
This time they encountered a far stronger and better organized
opposition from numerous media freedom and human rights groups. In the
interview, Isaacson also mischaracterized the position of his
Congressional and other critics by implying that they are so focused
on preserving shortwave radio broadcasts that they fail to understand
the importance of social media. Most of the critics are supporters of
new media technologies but advocate a multi-media approach to program
delivery, including satellite TV transmissions to China, which the
BBG also wanted to eliminate. In a move that may signal an attempt at
damage control, the BBG has abolished the positions of some of its
executives who were behind the decision to end VOA programs to China
and reduce radio and TV transmissions to other countries without free
media.
Before these Congressional actions, the BBG plan had been criticized
by Chinese human rights activists, Human Rights Watch, American civil
rights activists, journalists, and Chinese American organizations.
Laogai Research Foundation, Chinese Coalition for Citizens´ Rights,
Women´s Rights Without Frontiers, Women´s Rights in China, Free Church
for China, China Aid, Tibet House, Free Burma Alliance, The Chinese
Chamber of Commerce in New York, Visual Artists Guild, Pasadena NAACP,
National Committee Democratic Party of China, Alliance for Hong Kong
Chinese in the US, Human Rights for Workers, and Ethan Gutmann,
Recipient Tiananmen Spirit Award, signed a petition to Congress to
save VOA Chinese broadcasts.
Free Media Online, a media freedom nonprofit, worked with current and
former BBG employees and human rights activists to help launch BBG
Watch website, which advocates for restoring media freedom focus and
good management in U.S. international broadcasting.
Claims by BBG members and executives that almost no one in China
listens to VOA radio on shortwave were denied by Chinese pro-democracy
activists and derided by both Democrats and Republicans in Congress.
The Committee does not include the funds requested for program
enhancements. However, the BBG may propose reallocations to fund these
increases in the fiscal year 2012 spend plan. While the Committee
recognizes that VOA English language and cultural programs are
reaching audiences, particularly youth, via the Internet in the PRC,
the Committee is concerned with the lack of clarity about the impact
of the China broadcast restructuring proposal on all VOA radio and
television programs broadcast to the PRC and Taiwan, and the lack of
transparency of the ``optimize BBG transmission´´ proposal. The
Committee does not support either proposal and includes funding for
the continuation of these broadcasts and transmissions (via Zacharias
Liangas, DXLD)
** U S A. BBG AND IBB COMBINE TO FORM THE INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF
BROADCASTING GOVERNORS. Well, not really. Posted: 22 Sep 2011
The Broadcasting Board of Governors has released a chart showing the
reorganization of the administration of US international broadcasting.
See this pdf, two pages showing the present and future structures.
(See also documents from the 15 September 2011 meeting of the BBG.)
http://kimelli.nfshost.com/index.php?id=12091
The main feature of the reorganization is the merger of the staffs of
the BBG and the International Broadcasting Bureau. USIB now enters a
situation in which the IBB director, a political appointee selected by
the president with Senate consent, becomes the senior executive of a
board that is supposed to provide the insulation ("firewall") between
the government and the entities of US international broadcasting.
This will not be a problem under the present IBB director, Richard
Lobo. But what if a future IBB director is especially partisan and
wants USIB to provide strong support for the policies of his/her
administration? Somewhere it is stipulated that the IBB director will
be concerned only with administrative matters, and not with content.
(Hence the dotted lines between the IBB director and the entities.)
Will that stipulation hold? Or will a future IBB director withhold
administrative or engineering support from an entity or language
service with whose content he/she is displeased?
Ideally, US international broadcasting should consist of one
corporation, with one board, one layer of senior management, and one
"entity." The only political appointees should be the members of the
bipartisan board.
As confessed in my disclaimer, my day job is in the International
Broadcasting Bureau. Where am I after the reorganization? I'm hiding
under my desk (Kim Andrew Elliott, kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD)
** U S A. 25990, 0055-, KSCS Arlington, TX, Sep 23. Presumed them,
best in FM mode, and slightly offset to 25990.6 kHz. Fair level,
occasionally good with mostly C&W music.
25910, 0100-, WBAP Fort Worth, TX, Sep 23. Mostly good reception with
full IDs at 0100 and into news. Best heard in AM mode, although
equally good in NFM mode (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, BC, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1583 monitoring: first airing starting late
at 0332 UT Thursday Sept 22 on WRMI, confirmed on webcast, but 9955
checked at 0345 was nothing but wall-of-noise jamming; tnx a lot,
Arnie! Further WRMI times, some jammed, some not, some partially: Thu
1500, 2100, Fri 0500, 1430, Sat 0800, 1500, 1730, Sun 0800, 1530,
1730. . .
On WTWW: Thu 2100 9479, UT Sun 0400 5755
On WBCQ: Thu 2130 7415, UT Mon 0300v 5110v-CUSB
On WWRB: UT Fri 0330v 5051
On WRN via SiriusXM: Sat & Sun 1730, Sun 0830
Full schedule at http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
WORLD OF RADIO 1583 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW 9479 Thursday Sept
22 after 2100; also audible before 2130 on WRMI 9955, and starting
already at 2129 on WBCQ 7415. Also confirmed on WWRB 5051 (still no
3195), UT Friday Sept 22 after 0330. And on WRMI 9955 at 0514 with
pulse jamming about equal level, occasional peaks by WRMI. Further
WRMI times: Friday 1430, Saturday 0800, 1500, 1730, Sunday 0800, 1530,
1730. On WTWW, UT Sunday 0400 on 5755; on WBCQ, UT Monday 0300v on
5110v-CUSB. On WRN via SiriusXM 120, Saturday & Sunday 1730, Sunday
0830.
WORLD OF RADIO 1583 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW-1, UT Sunday Sept 25
at 0400, very good reception as usual, and now the transition between
programs is smoother, also Thursdays at 2100 on 9479.
Further airings on WRMI 9955: Sunday 1730, Monday 1130, 1530, 2130,
Tuesday & Wednesday 1530. On WBCQ Area 51: UT Monday 0300v on 5110v-
CUSB.
WORLD OF RADIO 1583 monitoring: confirmed on WBCQ Area 51 webcast, UT
Monday Sept 26 at 0300. Did not get 5110v-CUSB checked in time,
however. No word about whether `Pirates Week` will ever be resuming in
that timeslot (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Pirates Week Aint Dead yet --- Still alive and kick’n. Hands are a
little better and no longer in daily pain but still trying to keep
off the keyboard as much as possible. So don’t look for any new
Piratesweek shows any time soon. HOWEVER, I do have plans on rolling
something out this January. Not sure if it will be a Piratesweek. I
have an idea for a limited run of a new show, something similar and
still firmly in the genre of pirate radio on shortwave. Look for more
updates about that towards the end of the year. Till then - keep your
radios on. -RD, (Ragnar Danskjold [sic], Free Radio Weekly Sept 25 via
DXLD)
** U S A [non]. NEW WORLD OF RADIO SW broadcast: see GERMANY
** U S A. Is WWRB ever changing to 3195? Homepage http://www.wwrb.org
has station news (automatically?) dated Sept 22 but with nothing new
on Sept 22, still claiming in the first item dated Aug 17 that on Sept
1 it would go on ``winter`` schedule using 3195, but never heard
there. Global II program schedule does show 3195 at 2300-0400 (and
long-abandoned 12180 [really 12182, was it?] before that), while
Global I stays on 5050 [sic], but the ``program`` schedules have been
outdated for a long time, still also showing Global IV on 15795, which
was really used only for a few days, months ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) See also ROMANIA; SOUTH CAROLINA [non]
** U S A. 9330-CUSB, Sept 27 at 1308, dead air again from WBCQ instead
of Rod Hembree`s Good Friends Radio Network/Radio 2:11. Still DA at
1333 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15810 & 15840, Sept 22 at 1232, WWCR 15825 spurs with //
modulation during gospel huxter complaining about the cussing and
treatment he got from DIs at Parris Island, tsk2. Es-enhanced, and
SSOB along with VOA Greenville Spanish 15590; later 15825 weakened
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also SOUTH CAROLINA [non]
** U S A. 12100, WTWW-3, back to non-24-hour operation. Inaudible
around 0530 Sept 22 but could have been propped out; however, also
certainly off at 1252; on with Biblical Arabic at next check 1318
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7555, Sept 27 at 0546 as I tune across WEWN Spanish, once
going up and once going down, *both times* by pure chance I hear the
unxuous `By the light of the moon` announcer intone ``dolorosa
pasión``, the words he is really stuck on mindlessly repeating
countless times during the program, such that the odds are high that
you will hear them in random tuning, just reconfirmed.
9372, Sept 27 at 1139, squishy -18 kHz spur from WEWN 9390 was
interfering with 9370 WTJC, Christians vs Christians! Matching spur
around 9408 was likewise interfering with something in Chinese on
9410, i.e. Fu Hsing, Taiwan or CNR5. The +/- 9 kHz spurs not so
obvious as nothing to beat against at the moment on 9380, tho FEBC
Manila/Iba should have been hit on 9400 by a 9399 one (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 21670, Sept 25 at 1419, gospel huxtress in English, VG
signal at least S9+25; axually first noted higher as I tuned down the
13m band as modulation spike spurs around 21720 (also suffering from
OTH radar pulses), and then confirmed // 21670, plus spikes in many
other spots, 21770-21870, 21600, 21570, 21535, etc.
Per Aoki and HFCC, this 21670 usage of WHRI started Sept 4, on Sat &
Sun only, 250 kW, 87 degrees at 1400-1500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. QSL: KJES, Vado New Mexico, 11714.8, f/d "Sunset at KJES"
letter in 24 days for US $1.00 and English report via 1st Class Mail.
The KJES letter would have made a beautiful card! The picture on the
letter is really almost a prize-winner. I hope they someday manage to
get this on an actual card, as the paper printing does not do justice
to the beauty of it 73. (Al Muick, Whitehall PA USA, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 11665, Sept 25 at 0550, surprised to find a VG signal
with gospel rock, sounds like English, on a CVC La Voz frequency not
normally on air at this time; 0550 also good on // 9780, 0600 Spanish
ID on both, then promo a contest (raffle?) with a $500 prize. E-mail
sounded like info @ onechannel2011.net. 9780 had been scheduled at 22-
01 only; 11665 at 23-01 only, so has CVC just re-expanded its Spanish
hours, or a test? Via CHILE, q.v.
CVC has a 24-hour program schedule in Spanish
http://cvclavoz.com//wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Programacion-de-CVC-la-voz.pdf
at least on satellite/internet/affiliates, but just try to find any SW
schedule on their website! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. Revised A-11 schedule of WYFR Family Radio. 1 of 2
Amharic to EaAF
1600-1700 on 15750 WER
1700-1800 on 9790 DHA
Arabic to NE & ME
1600-1700 on 13645 WER
1700-1800 on 11885 ISS
1700-1800 on 13700 SKN
Arabic to NoAF
1700-1800 on 13840 WER
1800-1900 on 11955 WER
1800-1900 on 13720 SKN
1900-2000 on 9590 WER
2000-2200 on 6115 WER
2200-2300 on 7420 WER
Assamese to SoEaAS
1400-1500 on 15450 TAC
Bengali to SoEaAS
1300-1500 on 17580 WER
Burmese to SoEaAS
1100-1200 on 6220 HUW
1200-1300 on 11570 TAI
1300-1400 on 9365 A-A
Cebuano to SoEaAS
1200-1300 on 15750 A-A, test from Sep.6
Chinese to EaAS
0900-1000 on 11565 TAI
0900-1100 on 9545 TAI
0900-1100 on 9945 TAI
1000-1100 on 9920 TAI
1100-1600 on 6240 TAI
1100-1600 on 9280 TAI
1200-1300 on 11535 TAI
2100-2400 on 9280 TAI
2200-2400 on 6230 TAI
2300-2400 on 9540 TAI
English to SoAM
2300-2400 on 11580 YFR
2300-2400 on 15255 YFR
0000-0100 on 5930 GUF
0000-0100 on 7360 GUF
0000-0100 on 7520 YFR
English to CeAM
0200-0245 on 5985 YFR
0300-0400 on 11740 YFR
English to SoEaAS
0900-1100 on 9465 TAI
1100-1300 on 15750 A-A, test August 23-30 only
1200-1300 on 17520 TAC, test from Sep. 12
1300-1400 on 11520 TAI
1300-1400 on 12160 A-A
1300-1400 on 13820 A-A
1400-1500 on 9365 A-A
English to EaAS
1000-1100 on 12115 A-A, test from Sep. 15 (future plan in Japanese)
1100-1200 on 15560 A-A
1200-1300 on 15560 A-A, test from Sep. 12
1200-1300 on 17880 DHA, test from Sep. 8 (future plan in Thai)
English to SoAS
1300-1500 on 11560 TAI
1500-1600 on 6280 TAI
1500-1600 on 11605 DHA
1500-1600 on 15520 DHA
1500-1600 on 17650 WER, test from Sep. 8
1600-1700 on 11850 DHA
English to SoAF
1500-1600 on 17580 ASC
1700-2000 on 7395 MDC
1800-1900 on 5905 MEY
1800-1900 on 9770 DHA
1800-1900 on 9925 WER
1900-2000 on 3230 MEY
1900-2000 on 9775 DHA
1900-2100 on 6020 MDC
English to EaAF
1600-1800 on 17545 ASC
English to WeCeAF
1800-1900 on 13750 WER
1900-2000 on 7270 MEY
1900-2200 on 9610 WER
2000-2100 on 15195 ASC
2000-2200 on 12060 ASC
Farsi to WeAS
1600-1700 on 13615 WER
1700-1800 on 13740 NAU
French to SoAM
0000-0100 on 15255 YFR
French to SoAF
1700-1800 on 6100 MEY
French to EaAF
1830-1930 on 17585 ASC
French to WeCeAF
1900-2000 on 11840 WER
2000-2100 on 9595 NAU
2100-2200 on 9715 NAU
Gujarati to SoAS
1500-1600 on 15495 ISS
Hausa to WeAF
1900-2000 on 9685 DHA
(DX Mix News, Bulgaria, 26 Sept via DXLD)
Revised A-11 schedule of WYFR Family Radio. Part 2 of 2:
Hindi to SoAs
1400-1500 on 15520 DHA
1400-1600 on 15670 NAU
1600-1700 on 6280 TAI
Igbo to WeCeAF
1800-1900 on 11875 ASC
Ilocano to SoEeAS
1100-1200 on 15750 A-A test from Sep. 6
Indonesian to SoEeAS
0000-0100 on 11865 TAI
1100-1200 on 11550 TAI
1200-1300 on 11520 TAI
Kannada to SoAS
1300-1400 on 17735 DHA
1500-1600 on 17800 WER
Korean to EaAS
0800-0900 on 11895 TAI
Malagasy to SoAF
1600-1700 on 6100 MEY
Malayalam to SoAS
1400-1500 on 15690 ISS
Marathi to SoAS
1400-1500 on 9595 DHA
1500-1600 NF 13690 DHA, ex 11655 ARM
Oriya to SoAS
1400-1500 NF 15570 NAU, ex 15565 NAU
Oromo to EaAF
1600-1700 on 15160 NAU
Pashto to WeAS
1500-1600 on 12130 SMF
Portuguese to SoAM
0000-0100 on 11580 YFR
0000-0100 on 17725 YFR
0100-0145 on 11550 YFR
0100-0200 on 11530 YFR
2200-2300 on 17725 YFR
2200-2400 on 7360 GUF
2200-0045 on 15190 YFR
2300-2400 on 7520 YFR
Portuguese to SoAF
1900-2000 on 3955 MEY
1900-2000 on 6100 MEY
Punjabi to SoAS
1400-1500 on 7530 ERV, new from Sep. 7, ex in English
1500-1600 on 11505 ERV
Russian to CeAS
1500-1700 on 9955 TAI
Sindhi to SoAS
1400-1500 on 17800 WER
Somali to EaAF
1700-1800 on 15255 RMP
Spanish to SoAM
2200-2300 on 7520 YFR
2200-2300 on 15255 YFR
2200-2400 on 9935 GUF
2200-0200 on 5985 YFR
2200-0200 on 15440 YFR
2300-0045 on 6915 YFR
2300-0100 on 11530 YFR
0100-0145 on 11855 YFR
0100-0145 on 17725 YFR
0100-0200 on 7570 YFR
0100-0300 on 11580 YFR
0100-0300 on 15255 YFR
Spanish to CeAM
0200-0300 on 11740 YFR
0200-0400 on 9385 YFR
0300-0345 on 6875 YFR
0400-0500 on 11740 YFR
Swahili to EaAF
1600-1700 on 9590 MDC
1900-2000 on 5930 MEY
Tagalog to SoEaAS
1100-1200 on 11520 TAI
1200-1300 on 13820 A-A
Tamil to SoAS
1400-1500 on 17715 DHA
1500-1600 on 13790 ISS
Telugu to SoAS
1300-1400 on 17715 DHA
Turkish to ME
1700-1900 on 17690 WOF
Urdu to SoAS
1600-1700 on 11505 ERV
Uzbek to CeAS
1400-1500 on 13730 WER
Yoruba to WeCeAF
1900-2000 on 11855 ASC
Vietnamese to SoEaAS
0000-0100 on 11630 TAI
1000-1100 on 9455 TAI
1200-1300 on 7460 TAI
1300-1400 on 7260 TAI
1300-1400 on 9960 TAI
(DX Mix News, Bulgaria, 27 Sept via DXLD [axually issued at same time
as part 1 dated 26 Sept])
** U S A. 880, Sept 23 at 1210 UT, mix of Navajo and English by single
OM announcer, including ``TGIF``, ``33 degrees, almost freezing``,
``6:10`` timecheck, i.e. KHAC NM/AZ.
880, Sept 28 at 1219, English with URL http://jamesmacdonald.com for
religious info, then amateur YL singing hymn in Navajo about Jesus
Christ, banjo accompaniment. So KHAC AZ/NM. Website leads to ``Walk in
the Word``, and in the extensive affiliate list is KHAC 880,
supposedly at 8 am M-F.
I am so sad to hear native Americans being plied with the white man`s
religion, and even buying into it. Unfortunately, secular KTNN 660
must have a very effective null toward New York before sunrise,
unheard. Its official sunrise in Sept is 1300 UT, which even now is
about 40 minutes after SR here, but end of month offers best chance at
propagation; in Oct it won`t be until 1315 UT. Sunrise niceties don`t
prevent KHAC from being heard (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1584,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1080, Sept 23 at 1223, nostalgia music, ``All of Me`` in
fade of KRLD, and perpendicular to it; prime suspect westward is KGVY
Green Valley AZ, NRC-AM Log listed as NOS format, 500-watt PSRA
starting at 0800 ELT, but this was 5:23 am MST. Applying ``Eastern
Local Time`` to Arizona is nothing but nonsensical. Do PSRAs for them
start at 5 am MST since it`s equivalent to 6 am MDT?? I would not
think so. As KRLD came back up, fast SAH ensued (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1460, Sept 28 at 0536, YL with long list of contest rules on
``1460 KXNO`` mentioned several times, Clear Channel. Sounds like a
parody, really. Is 5 kW from Des Moines IA, listed as a Fox Sports
affiliate (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1510+, Sept 22 at 1202 UT, sportstalk with het, so KCTE
Independence MO is still off-frequency, but is still turning off its
transmitter at night, no het when tuned by before 1200 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Perhaps due to a storm a couple hours earlier, local 1640
KFXY found to be off the air, Sept 22 at 1149 UT, so on the FRG-7 with
E-W longwire I concentrate on hearing whatever is uncovered --- a
couple very weak signals; must be too late for WTNI; 1151 there is
Spanish music with a Cuban tinge, but surely no Cuban propagation or
transmission either, but count a SAH amounting to 3.3 Hz; 1156 SAH
continues but music stops; 1158 vocal music fades in, seems Spanish,
romantic or gospel? 1200 YL announcement, probably ID, but just too
weak to copy, drat! However, this was surely KBJA, Sandy UT, the only
US station on 1640 in Spanish, per NRC-AM Log 2011-2012, and would
have been still on night power of 1 kW. Next check at 1216, KFXY was
back on, ``Faith 1640`` blasting away but with modulation dropouts
during OKC weather and traffic.
Before that, I also checked adjacent frequencies which didn`t have to
worry about KFXY ACI:
1630, Sept 22 at 1150 UT, Mexican music, 1201 full ID by that super-
hype locutor as KRND, Fox Farm, Wyoming, http://www.lajotamexicana.com
This was generally much stronger than 1650 from Denver. Since they are
both typical X-banders, 10/1 kW non-direxional, does this mean that
KRND was really on day power?
1650, Sept 22 at 1152 UT, Spanish music here too, 1157 mentions
Cristo, and Radio Luz, 1200 ID as KBJD Denver (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Re: Commercial Radio Fading Into Oblivion?: not nearly as
badly as you think [picking up toward end of a very long thread]
> If you owned a radio station, and you needed it to make money...
> what would you do?
I'd certainly NOT keep sounding like all the other radio stations in
the market. I'd give the market SOME REASON to listen rather than "the
format works well in most markets".
I'd make my station engaging, interactive, and sound different than
the rest so listeners would rather turn to MY station when they're
fatigued and bored with the others. IT'S A FACT - people CHANNEL-SURF
(that's why all the long ad-spots are 20-40-50, especially during
drivetime). If you think everyone listens to your station 8 hours a
day, or during the whole morning or evening drive, you're dead wrong.
I'd REINVENT my format and business, rather than just whipping some
one-size-fits-all format in place.
I'd play a few of those catchy one-hit-wonders that played well in the
past on the radio, that people barely remember, but don't hear on the
radio anymore - Zing one of those puppies into rotation every hour -
makes the station phone board, inbox, and Facebook page go berserk.
I'd ASK face-to-face on the street and via internet polls WHAT people
want to hear in MY market. SPECIFICALLY - down to artist-song.
THOUSANDS polled from MY market (not from New York or Dallas or
Chicago or L.A.), not just ten or fifty or a hundred. I'd solicit on
my station, and even toss up a billboard or two inviting LISTENERS to
call in, log on, or the like, and PROVIDE THEIR INPUT.
> you're angry because most radio stations don't do what you guys...
> way, way, way less than even 1% of any city's population, want
> to them to do.
I'm angry because of the assumptive [sic] and baseless claims made by
radio execs without DIRECT research by asking listeners - they think
they have the listener all figured out. But they're WRONG.
How do YOU know that 'our' tastes comprise "way, way less than 1% of
ANY CITY'S population"? Are there solid numbers to back this claim up?
Do ANY broadcasters have street-level poll numbers to back such a
claim up? Or is it a generally-accepted hunch based on opinion? I'm
tired of broadcasters referring to disgruntled listeners as oddballs,
with 'everyone else' being so called 'majority normal'. It is,
frankly, quite insulting - and is certainly not a scientifically,
statistically-accurate, nor a professional attitude with which a
broadcaster should conduct business. If broadcasters in fact retain
this arrogant stance, then millions more will keep turning to net-
based and other mediums each year. Arrogance wins no friends in a
business, and will catch up to them eventually. If a business (radio
or not) is arrogant enough to tell me that I am a 1% minority
complaining about something I dislike about their service, then I'll
leave that business for good. For radio, I can simply flip the dial or
log onto another medium, and never look back. Advertisers don't want
to see too many people doing that.
Face it. Radio has lagged behind while other mediums, such as net-
based media, have surged ahead while becoming INNOVATIVE AND FRESH,
always reinventing themselves to BECOME MORE ATTRACTIVE to the
consumer. To radio, listeners and advertisers are those consumers -
neither can exist without the other.
If you visit a variety of restaurants in your town, you'll likely
notice which ones are just trying to feed you for a narrow margin, and
those that try to establish a long-term, sustainable go-to spot for a
particular genre of food: some restaurants have more of an 'ambiance'
and a large, detailed menu, while others have a one-pager and a budget
blue-plate special, have shorter hours, and collect your money and
tips in return for a quick meal slung to your table with the goal to
turn the patrons over fast. The latter is what radio is increasingly
sounding like.
> Radio is earning more money than ever, despite the worst recession
in 75 years.
Where's this news article? I guess they really CAN afford to start
improving the end-product a bit if this really HAD been true. But I
seriously doubt it is true that the radio industry is making hand-
over-fist best-ever profits, what with all the job cuts and
programming cuts. It's catching up to them, and they know it. If they
don't start reinventing themselves like most profitable consumer-
oriented or service-oriented ventures nowadays, Radio will continue to
lag. Radio is a SERVICE. A radio station is licensed as a SERVICE to
serve the community. Not just a cash-cow component of a corporate
conglomerate. There are ears on the other end of that signal.
Truth is, radio HAS FAILED MISERABLY when compared to the 1970's
through 80's. And most of why is because radio has failed to keep up
with other industries in how to stay competitive - become innovative
and creative, and keep that all-important end-product fresh.
That's all I'm going to rant on this - I'm SICK and TIRED of hearing
the same lame liners and phrases thrown back to me by radio
corporations ('you're the only one', 'only a tiny percentage of our
listeners say that', 'nobody cares about...', etc. backed with no
studies or data) while having to defend myself or anyone else offering
educated, constructive commentary on programming or lacking audio-
based technical offerings of radio stations. We're not that stupid
(Darwin Long, Empire, LA, Sept 24, ABDX via DXLD)
** U S A. Paula and I took a short jaunt to Chicago and this time, did
it in a somewhat 'different' way: We decided to take a civilized mode
of transport, and hopped on an Amtrak to get there. We need to have
more trains in this country. Talk about a more pleasant way to get
from point a to point b.... I did keep thinking about High School
algebra class though: “If a train traveling from Chicago to Lansing is
traveling at 55 MPH and one from Lansing to Chicago is traveling at 45
MPH where do the two trains meet? Answer: along the track, and if the
engineer is paying attention, they meet at a section of track where
there are two sets of rails!
Seriously, the highlight of the trip (aside from some actual logs of
railroad scanner action!) is that I found analog TV is far from ‘dead’
in the US. It is certainly less than it once was, but if people aren’t
looking, they are likely missing stuff! What have YOU seen on analog
lately? You need to hook up an antenna and look. (and report it to the
MARE TipSheet of course!) Analog TV:
Ch 6 (ish), WLFM-LP was the surprise of the trip. This station
broadcasts primarily as a Low Power FM & announced as “Chicago’s
Smooth 87.7” and plays smooth jazz and EZL pop stuff, but if you tune
to analog channel 6 you not only hear the audio (as would be expected
since channel 6’s audio channel is 87.75) but also get analog VIDEO --
- in the case of this log, it was a crawl with Midway AP weather
conditions, and a traffic map, and the super of “xfinity” (they are
carried on xfinity/Comcast digital channel 887) (sorry the photo is
blurry because all I had was my cell phone camera!). The video
actually came in better when I set the radio to tune TV and tuned to a
video center channel of 83.20 MHz which is not QUITE channel 6 video’s
channel, but certainly close enough for a commercial TV receiver to
get it just fine! Interesting that this is 50 kHz lower than
‘standard’ just as the audio channel advertised is 50 kHz less than
standard -- they are aiming at the FM market not the TV! Nice audio
received here, but video was flakey although the transmitter is atop
the Hancock tower across the street (too close?) Licensed for all of 3
kW and pretty directional – they have an app to go non-directional and
another app to go digital (WHY????) -- this is one of the most
creative uses of analog broadcasting I’ve seen in a dog’s age! 0300-
0315, ID (audio) at :06 with call and -LP appendix! --Cool! 19/Sep--
Zichi IL
Ch 14, WXSP Battle Creek with real ID as well as the ‘fake’ one for
“myabc.com” and the ID slide for WOTV showing ’41’ logo. Then into
‘animal emergency’ show. This appears to be a translator for WOTV the
full power (and now digital) channel 41 (RF20) but I guess they
maintained the low power transmitter? Visible while at the station
waiting, and for a short time while moving, -- the range would appear
to be pretty good with a real antenna and but for the fact I’m inside
a moving steel box! 1358-1404 18/Sep --Zichi MI-IL
Ch 23, WWME-CA Chicago with ”America’s Funniest Videos” and ads. This
station couldn’t make it INSIDE the hotel but was clearly seen outside
-- too much steel to make reception possible I guess, but it was seen
on the south side of Chicago on the train back later too, so.... 363
kW listed, VFA 3+55 1950-1953 20/Sep--Zichi IL
Ch 34, WEDE-CA Chicago (city of license is actually Arlington Heights)
with Bible Bumping [sic]. 50 kW from the Willis Tower on Whacker [sic]
(by the Riverfront). In MUCH weaker than WOCH across the street, VFA
354+ but in well enough to see and I’m sure with a real antenna it
would be watchable. FOUR analog TV signals in Chi-town! (woo hoo!)
2232-2233 18/Sep --Zichi IL
Ch 41, WOCH-CA Chicago with KBC-TV showing Korean talk show (in
English) and then promos for coming shows starting at :40. Then into a
‘scenery porn’ program about an ancient tree located near the Bukhan
River (In Korea). Brief snippets of an oriental language during the
show, but mostly in English. KBC TV bug in upper right of screen, and
ID slide with call at :58. In from FAR away from town right until
Union Station, and showing up well in the hotel room later in the day
too. This must be on top of the Hancock Building because for a low
power station to make it out that well it HAS to be high up! First
seen on the train 1638-1700 18/Sep--Zichi MI-IL
Ch 41, WOCH Chicago with Greek programming (in Greek) 2228-2232. In
the Westin Hotel on Michigan Ave (across from the Hancock tower which
my speculation was right -- is where the transmitter is atop!) and in
REALLY well here. Still flashing the KBC logo (this time at the BOTTOM
of the screen-VFA. Wikipaedia rumour has it that this station is upset
that a lot of the coupon DTV converters don’t have analog pass through
and thus they are also planning to convert to digital even though they
don’t HAVE to do so! ... Bummer! 555 18/Sep --Zichi IL
Ch 50, WOKZ-LP Kalamazoo with infomercial for skin care. “Reverse the
visible signs of aging” with “collagen replacement” home-use “diamond
tip” (really, that is how it was described!) “derma-brasion" device.
So, we should be sandpapering our faces? ... We didn’t spend enough
time in K'zoo for me to get a real ID, but this is from the FCC site.
1432-1445 -- again both at the station and while moving -- in fact, it
was better on the far west side of town than it was downtown, which
makes sense as the FCC shows the transmitter is west of town. These
(analog) stations are still way more plentiful than I thought (but
there are only one or two to a town.... 18/Sep--Zichi MI-IL (Kenneth
Vito Zichi, MARE Tipsheet Sept 24 via DXLD)
** U S A. Bronx New York FM Pirates ---- These were heard from I-87 at
the W. 233rd St off-ramp across the Bronx to Southern Blvd and the
Bronx Zoo. Also heard inside the zoo itself on my Grundig G8.
91.3 rap 40db [sic, out of order, or typo?]
89.7 Spanish 40db
93.3 Spanish
94.1 35db
94.5 Spanish 46db*
94.9 Spanish 40db
95.1 gospel
95.3 Spanish 48db
95.9 Mexican ?
98.1 English gospel 42db, slightly distorted ?
101.5 Carribean?
102.3 Spanish*
102.5 Caribbean?
103.3 gospel, seems distorted
103.7 Caribbean?
104.1 English
104.7 Spanish
105.5 gospel
106.1 Spanish*
106.9 Caribbean
Amazingly, there are still one or two open frequencies that could
still be used. 98.5, 107.3, 99.7 to name a few.
Those with an (*) were on in the afternoon (5 pm) not noticed on at
11 am. The rest were heard in the morning and afternoon. I've listed
the signal strengths from the G8 on the strongest. They rival those of
the commercial stations on the dial.
This is approximately twice as many on the air now than the last time
we were at the zoo two years ago. I can imagine what's on the air in
Queens and Brooklyn. I also noticed a few new TV antenna installations
on top of apartment buildings (Mike Bugaj, Enfield, CT, Sept 17, WTFDA
via WORLD OF RADIO 1584, DXLD)
** VANUATU. 3945, R. Vanuatu, Port Vila. September 25, 0851-0904
Island music selections, female English announcements on top of the
hour. In a battle against R. Nikkei 2, Vanuatu won at 0851-0854. From
0854, both stations were same signal level; at 0858 Nikkei 2 was
slightly over until 0900, when, according its schedule, sign off. So,
Vanuatu was rated until 0900 as 32532, and after 0900 as 35533. 73’s
(Lúcio Otávio Bobrowiec, Embu SP Brasil (23 39’S-46 53’W), SW40 -
Dipoles and Longwire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VIETNAM [non]. Hi all, Listening to Voice of Vietnam via Sackville
at 0330 UT on 6175 kHz; very annoying high pitch noise. Reminds me of
Rai, Italy before they went silent. Had the same annoying tone (Gilles
Letourneau, Montreal, Canada, UT Sept 25, dxldyg via DXLD)
** ZANZIBAR. Apart from Mozambique, this is a week of negatives:
Radio Tanzania Zanzibar. 6015 Dole. Sept 20, 2011, Tuesday. 0320-0402
AWOL again this morning. It could be one of the two P's, Propagation
or Power cut. (Note added at 0530: Ron Howard in California confirms
they were off-air yesterday morning Sept 19, as well). No sign of
them. Jo'burg sunrise 0401.
Radio Tanzania Zanzibar. 6015 Dole. Sept 21, 2011, Wednesday. 0250-
0340 Day three of no-show for Zanzibar. If it is a power cut causing
the problem, it must be a big one. Jo'burg sunrise 0400.
Radio Tanzania Zanzibar. 6015 Dole. Sept 22, 2011, Thursday. 0310-0340
Seems like day four of no show, but difficult to be certain because of
buzzy QRN all the way from 3000kHz up to almost 10000kHz. Jo'burg
sunrise 0359.
Radio Tanzania Zanzibar. 6015 Dole. Sept 23, 2011, Friday. 0330-0350
Day five of no show, but possibly drowned out by the persistent buzz
now being radiated from our mains power supply. A similar problem here
virtually wiped out MW and SW reception for two months earlier this
year. (NOTE ADDED AT 0600: Ron Howard in California has just confirmed
by email there was no Zanzibar today. Jo'burg sunrise 0357 (Bill
Bingham, RSA, Sept 23, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1584, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
6015, Radio Tanzania Zanzibar. Along with the kind assistance of Bill
Bingham (S. Africa), have been monitoring this. As of Sept 26 seems
they have been off the air now for about seven or eight days in a row,
in the post 0300 time period. Must be a technical problem now and
surely not a power outage for this long a time? (Ron Howard, Asilomar
State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1584, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** ZIMBABWE. Hi Everyone, 4828 kHz, V. of Zimbabwe, Gweru --- This is
always weak with me but better on Friday with a clear ID, "This is
Zimbabwe Broadcasting *******(I think he said Company), Voice of
Zimbabwe, the time is 20.00gmt and this is the news" then YL news in
English in her usual strange way of talking
http://www.box.net/shared/4ofzvfl3o67r4ecfvf6n
(Mark Davies, Anglesey, Wales, Sept 26, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST) Time in GMT? Must really be an external service! (gh, DXLD)
ZIMBABWE (tent) - V. Zimbabwe, 4828, 0355z, 29 September 2011 - very
poor (SINPO = 12231, Codar QRM), but audio is detectable and signal is
surprisingly steady. Will monitor until 0430 sign off. Eastern NAm
might get better reception on this under very noisy conditions. First
time heard here at this QTH in California (Bruce JENSEN, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Sept 22 at 1218 UT sunrise after chasing Mexicans, reset
handheld DX-398 to 9 kHz MW intervals and with usual technique of
stepping thru lower channels with slightly mistuned BFO, heard very
weak carriers on 702 and 774. 774 looped NW/SE, i.e. our most common
Trans-Pacific, JOUB, 500 kW NHK2 Akita, Japan. 702 looped more E/W, so
suspect 2BL, 50 kW ABC Sydney, Australia, which other NAm MW DXers
have been getting (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 800, Sept 26 at 1211, very distorted talk audible in
KQCV OKC null, can`t even tell if it`s Spanish or English, but seems
to peak SW/NE, pointing to XEROK. Might have been a spur except it`s
right on 800 too. Has anyone noticed such a problem with XEROK Ciudad
Juárez? There are some little US stations in the opposite direxion,
but a bit late for them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See
also MEXICO for another possibility
UNIDENTIFIED. Dear friends, right now I can hear some time signal
station on 3757.50 kHz with S8 here in Austria! Anybody please has an
idea where this is coming from? 73´s (Thomas, 2129 UT Sept 24, dxldyg
via DXLD)
Best mode to hear this signal in HDSDR is for me: "CW" (also in
Central Germany with S5-S8). I found this:
http://www.cvni.net/radio/e2k/e2k008/e2k08odd.html
"....Unknown call-sign ("The Pip"; "XP"), located in South Russia,
3757 kHz (night time), 5448 kHz (daytime)"
============================== No time signal =======================
73+55 (Roger Thauer, in the area of the City Halle/S, Saxonia-Anhalt,
Germany, ibid.)
So there were no markers on the minute? Were there 60 pips per minute
anyway? (gh, DXLD)
It'll be S30 "The Pip" , coming in clear but quiet here in NW England
at the moment
http://www.priyom.org/number-stations/slavic/s30.aspx
73s (Tony Molloy, Bolton, UK, ibid.)
UNIDENTIFIED. 4781.53, 2330 till 2352 om talk, no music, signal is
fading out with increased QRN heard in South Florida (Bob Wilkner,
Sept 22, Cumbre DX via DXLD) see ECUADOR
4781.58, UNID LA, Per Bob Wilkner tip, heard signal here at 2310.
Could just barely make out M announcer and music. Not strong enough at
this time to tell language or music style. 2327-2340 definite live
discussion by M and W sounding like Spanish. Possible ad at 2351. Two
men in Spanish from 2352 to 2357 mentioning "provincial" when audio up
a little more. Audio again a little better during song at 0006. Went
off during the song at 0008:57 unfortunately. Modulation varies and is
always too low. Really not enough clues to hazard a guess. (23-24
Sept.) (Dave Valko, Dunlo Pa, NRD-535D, Perseus, T2FD antenna, HCDX
via DXLD)
UNIDENTIFIED. 5050, Australia?? Ozy R.?? Just strains of music at
1127. Too late and fading. Ozy R. was heard earlier in the year off
frequency, so maybe it`s something else. (24 Sept.) (Dave Valko, Dunlo
Pa, NRD-535D, Perseus, T2FD antenna, HCDX via DXLD) Like Beibu Bay R
UNIDENTIFIED. 6768, Sept 26 at 0528, big wide whine centered here,
presumably a ``mutant``, perhaps from Cuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. New transmission, first noted on Sep. 18: 1700-1740 on
12130 KCH 100 kW / 180 deg to EaAF Sun, but no transmission on Sep. 25
(DX Mix News, Bulgaria, 27 Sept via DXLD)
UNIDENTIFIED [non]. 14550 kHz – buona notte, a 14550 in questo momento
ho una emittnte in lingua spagnola ma ho cercato e trovo solo SOH Xi
Wang Zhi Sheng che dovrebbe essere in cinese. Qualcuno sa cosa sia
questa emittente in spagnolo? sinfo 34433 (Ivan Guerini, SWL I2 -
5759, http://ascoltiorobici.blogspot.com 2256 UT Sept 23, bclnews.it
yg DXLD) REE Noblejas, 2 x 7275 = 14550 (gh, DXLD)
UNIDENTIFIED. Lunedì 26 settembre 2011 - 0807 - 15200 kHz, NON
IDENTIFICATA (E5 [what`s that? receiver, I guess - gh]), Canzoni pop
afrolatine non stop. Segnale buono-sufficiente, s/off alle 0809, poi
di nuovo dalle 0905. KTWR al lunedì non è attiva, poi arriva più
bassa, ma non mi riesce proprio di immaginare che faccia tests dei
nuovi trasmettitori con musica afro-LA. Tempo fa, di pomeriggio sui
16m, c'era un jammer - forse libico o contro la Libia, non ricordo
bene - che per interferire usava questo genere di programmazione, con
musica pop africana non stop. In ogni caso, sotto o vicino da
interferire non c'era niente (Luca Botto Fiora, G.C. 09E13 - 44N21,
Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, playdx yg via DXLD)
Monday, September 26, 2011 - 0807 - 15200 kHz, NOT IDENTIFIED (E5
[what`s that? Receiver, I guess - gh]), Afro-Latin pop songs non-stop.
Good to sufficient signal, s/off at 0809, then again from 0905. KTWR
on Monday is not active, and is weaker, but I just can`t imagine it
testing new transmitters with Afro-LA. Some time ago, on 16m in the
afternoon, there was a jammer - perhaps against Libya or Libyan, I
forget which - who used this kind of programming, with African pop
music non-stop. In any case, there was nothing underneath or nearby to
interfere with (Luca Botto Fiora, GC 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genoa) -
Italy, playdx yg, translated for WORLD OF RADIO 1584, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
See NIGERIA! HFCC shows KTWR on 15200 at 0900-1100 daily (gh, DXLD)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15300-SSB, Sept 22 at 1309, INTRUDERS, colloquial
Spanish 2-way, including unprofessional whistling, but never heard a
``puta-madre`` for three minutes! The stronger one with ``engine
noise``. Right on RFI`s frequency, but no sign of it, maybe not really
transmitting at this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15345, re 11-38: Wasn't Kinshasa, Zaire on 15345? They
were in French, but the music was usually local highlife, not rock.
(Terry Krueger, FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
No, I think it was 15245, now that you mention it (Glenn to Terry,
ibid.) My 1984 WRTH shows 15245 and 15350 for La Voix du Zaire. I now
recall often both were in parallel (Terry Krueger, ibid.)
UNIDENTIFIED. 16119.937, 0130-, Sep 26, possibly Chinese speaker at
poor level with talk by a male. Nothing listed in my resources. I note
multiple Firedrake transmitters around, including 16100, so could this
be a Sound of Hope transmission? Fair strength. I was hoping for an ID
at 0200, but when rechecked, there's a loud ute on about 16119.23
obliterating the signal for the most part. Darn! (Walt Salmaniw,
Masset, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED [non]. 17505, Sept 25 at 1352-1359:30* VTC/BaBCock music
loop, why and whence? Still nothing scheduled here, as previously
logged same Sept 19 at 1329-1330* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) Explained under UK
UNIDENTIFIED. From Sep. 26 another UNIDentified, maybe Radio Free
Sarawak: 1000-1200 on 17560 DB 100 kW / 132 deg to SEAs
(DX Mix News, Bulgaria, 27 Sept via DXLD)
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UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS
++++++++++++++++++++++++
Hang in there, old sport (Gerald T Pollard, Raleigh NC, with an
equinoxial check to P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, acknowledged on WORLD
OF RADIO 1584)
I appreciate looking at the list and I'm sure this is a very time
consuming job for you but provides a service that many people enjoy!
Hat Off to you for the fine job you do.
Again, You do a Beautiful Service for ALL SWL's and I THANK YOU AGAIN
FOR YOUR SERVICE! Do you have a page that shows what Equipment &
Antennas & other devices you may use to help with your own personal
monitoring?
I have been listening with my Ham Rig (Icom 756 Pro III) But I also
have a NC-183D & HQ-180A & (2) R-390A's (One not in service at this
time) I have a variety of Antennas here a 533 Ft Loop fed with 600 Ohm
L.L. and several Dipoles for different bands. It is alot less noisy
here that in Memphis, TN. BUT we really have had our share of Thunder
Storms come through here in the last year or so. Best Regards 73's
(Roger Nash, W5RDN)
No, I don`t have a page about my own equipment but I mention it from
time to time in log reports. Main receiver is an FRG-7, main antenna
E-W longwire (gh, DXLD)
PUBLICATIONS
++++++++++++
NON-RELIGIOUS SW LIST??
Glenn: I used to be a SWL for years in Memphis, TN, WPE4DZ, WDX4DZ but
haven't done much until I retired in 2004. I have moved to Heber
Springs, AR & upgraded my Ham ticket to Extra Class. (W5RDN) I sold
some "High-End" stereo gear (McIntosh MC-240 & MC-60 and some other
gear to finance my new Ham Station.)
My question is: Is there a list somewhere that will eliminate all of
the "Religious" Stations, where you could just get the listing for
Non-Religious Stations or Country's? I'm not trying to be mean but
would just appreciate a list omitting the Religious Stations. I hope
this does not offend anyone but to me it would be useful. I have not
had the time to spend at the Radio near enough here lately but hope to
be able to this Fall & Winter. Best Regards, 73's (Roger Nash, W5RDN,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Roger, That would be a nice idea, but I am not aware of any such
list. `Know thine enemy`; is it not helpful to know where they are so
you can avoid them? You might be listening to a station in an unknown
language only to find out later it is religious (Glenn to Roger,
ibid.)
I totally understand. Does anyone have a list of "Known Religious
Broadcasters" & I could "Edit My Own List" of just different Countries
or "Non-Religious" stations?
found this on the Internet : http://www.shortwave.be/rel.html
It shows the "Countries" and some Call letters but No Frequencies. I
will try to fill them in as I identify them. I believe this is from
Belgium. 73's (Roger, W5RDN, ibid.)
O yes, that`s one of Ludo Maes` listings. A place to start, but it
includes quite a few stations which no longer exist, and need no
longer be blacklisted (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
LANGUAGE LESSONS
++++++++++++++++
FUNNY GOOGLE TRANSLATOR
Hi, let us say that you would like to read a Serbian text in Cyrillic
about their transmitters, you cannot read Cyrillic so you ask Google
Translator to translate it into Croatian which is 90% identical and it
is written in Latin alphabet. Did you know that if the original
Serbian text contains a word "Beograd", you will get "Zagreb" in
Croatian? Well, both are capital cities but of different countries!
It is a funny thing, you can hardly find any logic and I would never
believe it was possible if I have not seen it on my own eyes. Maybe a
nationalism is the reason?
Well, when you do not understand Serbian nor Croatian and let the
Serbian text translate into English, you will get Beograd correctly.
Otherwise the Google Translator can set a real surprise for you!
(Karel Honzik, CZECHIA, Sept 25, HCDX via DXLD)
No, it’s just a Google peculiarity. It does the same thing with Dutch
to English - for example, the Dutch news agency ANP is changed to
Reuters :-) Our DG is called Jan Hoek. If you remember to capitalize
both names, it is rendered unchanged in the English version. But if
you write 'Jan hoek' it comes out as 'January angle' :-) And BTW it
only recognizes American spellings.
Despite that, it's very useful for correctly rendering colloquial
phrases which sometimes crop up in interviews, better than the online
dictionary which used to be the only help for translators.
Google Translate is far from perfect, but it's considerably better
than most of the pre-existing translation tools. And it's constantly
being improved by user feedback. But you need to compare it line by
line with the original text, otherwise you may get 'howlers' such as
the one Karel mentions (Andy Sennitt, Netherlands, ibid.)
We have had many entertaining moments at work receiving and reading
eMail (mostly junk) translated from one language to Finnish with
Google Translator or similar... 73 de (Matti Ponkamo, Naantali,
Finland, ibid.)
WORLD OF HOROLOGY See PORTUGAL; UKRAINE
+++++++++++++++++
CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
HFCC B-11 DALLAS REPORT BY GLENN HAUSER, final final with html hotlinx
to photos
On Sept 14-15, I attended the High Frequency Coordinating Conference
in Dallas TX. Here`s the final final version of my report, including
linx to 33 photos. There have been a few updates and additions since
the version in DXLD 11-38:
http://www.w4uvh.net/HFCCB11.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Thanks Glenn. I've just published a link to it on the NASB Facebook
page, which since yesterday has a lot of other articles and pictures
from the conference. It will have more still in the coming days.
That's http://www.facebook.com/nasbshortwave
(Jeff White, NASB, Sept 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
DX-PEDITIONS
++++++++++++
SW LOGGINGS FROM MASSET, BC FOR 21 TO 26 SEPTEMBER, 2011
I had the opportunity to spend a few days in Masset, BC at our cottage
on the ocean. Although the prime target remains Trans-Pacific MW DX,
I still spent some time on the shortwaves, using a large diameter
Wellbrook ALA 100 magnetic loop antenna oriented NE/SW, and measuring
approximately 30’ x 20’ with a double loop. This antenna is
exceptional for its wideband capabilities from LW to SW, and comes
highly recommended. It’s always the first antenna that I attach
(running the coax out to the antenna, which is in the spruce trees
next to the sand dunes in the corner of my property.
Besides this antenna, I also had a 1000’ BOG (Beverage on ground)
aimed 250 degrees initially terminated, but later removed. This
antenna averaged about 1 meter on top of the dune grass, so not
exactly a BOG. Of course, it wasn’t useful at all on the shortwaves.
The third antenna was a 750’ Beverage aimed NW, approximately 300’
which I set up for the last two nights/mornings. It was terminated. I
found this occasionally useful for SW, but for the most part the ALA
was the work horse for the loggings below [above, in this issue].
Solar conditions were very disturbed at times, with fairly high Solar
Fluxes, with many reports of radio blackouts. This didn’t seem to
affect us very much, though, I heard exactly 0 Europeans on MW, apart
from 198 Iceland one evening. This compared to some wall to wall TA MW
activity several years ago during the same time frame.
This DXpedition marks the first anniversary of the DXpedition to
Masset when I hosted a number of international DXers including Victor
Goonitelike, Mauno Ritola, Vlad Titarev as well as well known US and
Canadian DXers, Guy Atkins and Nick Hall-Patch. It also marks four
years since the first DXpedition when I hosted the late John Bryant,
Bruce Portzer, Chuck Hutton, and Guy Atkins. That one was the first
that we used SDRs extensively (mostly SDR-IQs), forever changing the
concept of DXpeditions!
Shortwave highlight has to be hearing Radio Afghanistan on 6102 kHz.
I’m not aware of any other North American loggings thus far. I was
lucky to be located in the extreme North-West BC thus allowing 49
meters to propagate after 1530 UT. I’m sure as the winter progresses,
more and more DXers throughout North America will hear this station
back on the air! Enjoy the loggings, and please, as always report any
typos or errors. 73s (Walt Salmaniw, Masset, BC, flying back to
Vancouver as I type this, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
SOUTH AFRICAN DXPEDITION: SEEFONTEIN 10 - NOW ONLINE
http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/seefontein_2011_09.dx
Once again credit goes to John Plimmer for compiling the report, and
thanks to Mika for uploading it to Dxing.info (Vince Stevens, Sept 25,
MWCircle yg via DXLD)
Another great DXpedition at the Southern tip of Africa. See:
http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/seefontein_2011_09.dx
Great catches plus superlative performance from my Kiwa MW Loop.
Again a poor performance from the vaunted Perseus SDR (John Plimmer,
Montagu, Cape Province, South Africa, Sept 24, mwdx yg via DXLD
RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM
+++++++++++++++++++++
MAGNO WOODEN RADIO from INDONESIA
This radio is anachronistic in two ways: 1) It's made of wood. 2) It
tunes shortwave.
http://kimelli.nfshost.com/index.php?id=12120 [illustrated]
Portland Monthly, 22 Sept 2011, Kristin Belz: "The Magno Wooden Radio
from Areaware ... is made of wood from Indonesia. Sustainably-
harvested wood, I might add... . The Magno Radio plays on the look of
old-fashioned radios, vaguely echoing the 1940s or ‘50s without
copying. The designs are witty and simple, and come from Singgih
Kartono, an Indonesian designer who not only has given these objects
their unique look but has created a progressive economic system by
which to produce them. ... The radios pick up AM and FM radio stations
(short wave, too, in the case of the large and medium sizes)."
(Posted: 25 Sep 2011, kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD)
-- Frequency coverage is 2.2 to 22 MHz, which is good, but with all
that spectrum squeezed onto a few inches of dial space, there will be
nothing resembling fine tuning (Kim Andrew Elliott, ibid.)
HOW TO GIVE IT: TREVOR BAYLIS OBE
Financial Times. Interview by Angus Watson, September 24, 2011
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/519489d8-e068-11e0-ba12-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1YuwtgJJ2
The inventor of the wind-up radio on encouraging investors who want to
develop and protect ideas. Before inventing the wind-up radio, Trevor
Baylis OBE, 74, had been a swimmer, stuntman and entertainer. He runs
Trevor Baylis Brands, which helps inventors develop and protect ideas.
He is patron of AidEx, an exhibition and conference taking place next
month in Brussels, which aims to find better ways to deliver aid
worldwide, http://www.aid-expo.com
What is the first charity you supported?
The Disabled Living Foundation (dlf.org.uk). I used to be a stuntman,
so disability was forever only a banana skin away. Many friends broke
their necks. That’s how I got involved with Orange Aids, making
products for the disabled. I made a one-handed bottle opener, foot
operated scissors and so on. It was so easy – I just modified everyday
things a little – but it brought tears to my eyes to see someone in a
wheelchair using one of my gizmos to perhaps paint for the first time.
Everyone should try tying their arm to their side for an hour to see
how difficult everyday tasks become when you have a disability.
Which cause do you feel most strongly about?
HIV/Aids in poverty stricken nations is most important, but my focus
is in encouraging inventors. It’s difficult to get your idea to market
without being ripped off or pushed aside. We’re not taught how to at
school, which is a shame. Trevor Baylis Brands is a safe haven for
investors.
I cover my costs, but it’s not about money, it’s about decency.
What do you get out of your giving?
I’ve got everything I want, and find myself worrying about petty
things like the upstairs television being broken. That’s terrible when
you realise how bad the poorest of the poor in developing countries
have it. So I want to help them. With my radio and other inventions,
it’s nice to think I’ll be leaving behind more than a brass plaque on
a bench.
Why did you make a wind-up radio?
I was watching a programme on HIV in Africa. It was horrific. It said
that the best solution would be to get information to people using
radio, but electricity and batteries were rare and expensive.
I thought about an old fashioned wind-up gramophone and thought:
surely you can have a clockwork radio?
I went out to the garage and within half an hour had a working
prototype.
Was the radio an immediate success?
I went to everybody to no avail. The Design Council’s rejection letter
is framed on my toilet wall. It was the BBC World Service that
promoted it. Then it was amazing, the rich and famous people who got
on board. I found myself sitting in Nelson Mandela’s house, chatting
away as if we were old mates.
What’s the next great life-saving invention?
One big thing is to bring women into the inventors’ community. There
are female inventors whose names are not known. Stephanie Kwolek
invented Kevlar and Mary Anderson invented the windscreen wiper, but
nobody has heard of them.
Per Wikipedia:
Windup radio or clockwork radio is a radio that is powered by human
muscle power rather than batteries or the electrical grid. In the most
common arrangement, an internal electrical generator is run by a
mainspring, which is wound by a hand crank on the case. Turning the
crank winds the spring, and a full winding will allow several hours of
operation. Alternatively, the generator can charge an internal
battery.[1]
Like other self-powered equipment, windup radios were intended for
camping, emergencies and for use in areas of the world where there is
no electrical grid and replacement batteries are hard to obtain, such
as in developing countries or remote settlements. They are also useful
where a radio is not used on a regular basis and batteries would
deteriorate, such as at a vacation house or cabin.
Windup radios designed for emergency use often included flashlights,
blinking emergency lights, and emergency sirens. They also may include
multiple alternate power sources such as conventional or rechargeable
batteries, auto cigarette lighter plugs, and solar cells.
Radios powered by handcranked generators are not new, but their market
was previously seen as limited to emergency or military organizations.
The modern clockwork radio was designed and patented in 1991 by
British inventor Trevor Baylis as a response to the AIDS crisis. He
envisioned it as a radio for use by poor people in developing
countries without access to batteries. In 1994, British Accountant
Chris Staines and his South African Partner, Rory Stear, secured the
worldwide license to the invention and cofounded Baygen Power
Industries (now Freeplay Energy PLC), which produced the first
commercial model. The key to its design was the use of a constant
velocity spring to store the potential energy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windup_radio
(all via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)
The result of his efforts is Freeplay Energy.
http://www.freeplayenergy.com/page-view.php?pagename=About-Us&language=
For a time, his wind-up radios were manufactured in South Africa. By
1999, all production had moved to China. Freeplay Energy is now owned
by Hong Kong based Euro Suisse group (Kim Andrew Elliott,
kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD)
Re: POWER-SAVING AM TRANSMISSION METHOD(S)
Sounds like a heap of nonsense. Why don't they just use SSB with
reduced (but constant) carrier, like AWR Italy used to do? Not only
would they save a lot of power, but they would also free a lot of
frequency spectrum (André Coville, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Maybe what's in the following helps understanding a bit more on the
whole thing:
http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?action=printpage;topic=197928.0
73, (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, ibid.)
Re: Radio Jornal September 21, 2011
The FCC has now signed off on "Modulation Dependent Carrier Level"
technology that promises to make AM transmitters anywhere from 20-40%
more efficient. The technology isn't new but new to the US. Advocates,
such as Harris and Nautel, say they`re ready to put MDCL-compliant
transmitters on the market right away â€" others say the interference
especially with HD signals may inhibit its use in some markets.
Broadcasters seeking to use MDCL technology can now ask the FCC for a
waiver of Rule 73.1560(a).
Read the full story in this week's Radio Journal...
http://www.insideradio.com
Because that doesn't offer the fidelity and audio-frequency response
expected by hard-core mediumwave listeners, and would not support AM
stereo. Additionally, many of the cheap mediumwave radios flooding
the market would have difficulty dealing with it. There would also be
a lot of antenna tuning and possible re-design involved for something
like full-carrier USB when used on mediumwave. I am presuming, of
course, that one could still offer CQAM or Kahn stereo subcarriers on
MDCL. That could not be done on FC-USB/LSB.
I don't believe the MDCL would offer significant power savings with AM
stereo, however, for the simple fact that the subcarriers are of a
consistent percentage of injection. Having said that, such a scenario
might eliminate the static/adjacent channel splatter which might occur
to a listener in a fringe area if he or she was listening to an MDCL
station without AM stereo. Submerging again (Al Muick, Whitehall PA,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
IRRS used to do (Roberto Scaglione, Sicily, ibid.) SSB, that is (gh)
Yes AWR used IRRS (Coville, ibid.)
I didn't know they still had AM stereo over there. I've never really
understood what use stereo was on a 9/10 kHz-wide AM channel. Stereo
sounds nice only when there is a lot of treble, like on FM or on a
CD, but not on AM. Here in France there has been an experiment with AM
stereo. But it remained an experiment. Anyway nobody would have been
prepared to buy an AM-stereo receiver here.
I used to listen to AWR Italy on the old family valve radio that had
LW, MW & SW (on a single band from the 49 to the 19m band) and it
sounded very good. It was a Relco (a.k.a. Philips).
The only problem is front end overload, the AGC using the carrier to
adjust amplification. With reduced carrier it tends to over-amplify
the sideband and overload the circuits. I would expect this new system
to cause similar problems. But if the receiver has a good dynamic
range (like the good old valve sets had) there is no problem.
Anyway in Europe AM is on the way out. It is way too expensive
considering the high power required. Here in France nobody listens to
AM on MW. The only AM band that still has regular users is the LW
band. And even that one people tune to only in areas where the station
they want is not available on FM.
There will come a time when only DXers are interested in the AM bands,
but radio isn't meant for DXers, it is meant for listeners. So why
bother investing in new systems and these bands? CU guys, (André
Coville, ibid.)
Hi André, Yes, there are still quite a few hangers-on, and the new
gee-whiz technology is IBOC, whose sidebands and splatter are the bane
of DX'ers and listeners everywhere.
I think you would agree that what makes something sound good is very
subjective, so that out of 10 persons, one might expect a different
answer or variant from each as to what makes stereo sound good. For
example, my parents were fond of bass when I was growing up, whereas I
used to crank up the treble.
Your old Relco radio would probably have dealt with FC SSB on
mediumwave rather well, but that modulation would be incompatible with
AM Stereo as well as IBOC (and I'm willing to bet that is the top
reason why is hasn't been introduced to mediumwave yet in any real
seriousness).
We all have seen the slow death of mediumwave in Europe, and other
parts of the world, with stations migrating to the FM band and some
just going to direct Internet broadcast. There are also a lot of
state transmitter operators where the stations lease their air time
from which somewhat alleviates the cost of operating transmitters to
the stations, but results in the unemployment of many quality
broadcast engineers.
Mediumwave most probably will always be there, serving some purpose.
Talk radio migrated to mediumwave (the audio bandwidth was suited for
talk radio), but now AM Stereo and IBOC have opened it up for quality
audio that can rival an FM station. The issue now is bandwidth. IBOC
can even handle secondary services (data distribution, etc., etc.)
which the stability of a groundwave signal makes very valuable. IBOC
on FM can and does provide the same service.
I've really digressed here, and I apologize to anyone who has fallen
asleep reading this. It's a passionate subject for me. 73 (Al Muick,
Whitehall, PA USA, ibid.)
GLOBAL TUNERS
HI All, Really enjoying the group, and especially the monthly
newsletter. Just to let you know I run 3x Global tuners RX's on the
network. They are not really geared up for HF at the moment, but
popular for scanning / Marine / PMR / Amateur listening.
I have just added Ashford, which is used mainly to listen to AHBS
Community radio in Ashford, which currently doesnt stream at all.
Feel free to have a play and make use the of the system! 73 (Matt
Curtis, M1CMN, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)
Moderator note: the address is http://www.globaltuners.com/
(ibid.)
There are some HF receivers available on Global Tuners that I've used
for SWBC monitoring, both in the UK and overseas.
There's an AOR 7030 and Welbeck ALA1530 in Cumbria recently gone
online that I've been using to hear signals I can pick up here, or
detect, which gives me better reception, in particular without any
local noise which has increased a lot at my location in recent months.
The other online receiver site I am registered with is Remote Hams:
http://beta.remotehams.com/
I'm only 15 miles from Bedford, where there are two general coverage
receivers online at Remote Hams, but there's a real difference between
what I can pick up here and what can be picked up there with a better
aerial system and again no local noise level.
If you are using either of these sites please take note of the rules
about using the receivers, in particular when there are others wishing
to use the same remote receiver (Mike Barraclough, BDXC-UK yg via
DXLD)
DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- IBOC
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
SIRIUS XM VS. HD RADIO: THE BATTLE FOR THE DASHBOARD
King of All Trades By Relmor Demitrius September 21, 2011
Sirius XM Radio has many competitors. Some are valid, some are
fiction. In this first installment of this article series discussing
all Sirius XM competitors, I’d like to take a moment out of your day
to try to find out which one of these HD radio falls into. Even on
Sirius XM SEC filings they list HD radio as a competitor. So they are
worth a look. HD Radio after all was helpful in getting the merger
approved, ironically. Sirius XM simply used their own bullishness on
the product against them to show how the struggling duopoly needed to
be one company. But is there any fact in the argument? Let’s examine
HD Radio closely to determine whether HD radio as a competitor for
Sirius XM is a fact or a myth. [long body omitted here]
http://www.kingofalltrades.com/2011/09/21/sirius-xm-vs-hd-radio-the-battle-for-the-dashboard/
Conclusion: HD Radio is a fading product that will soon be nonexistent
or so unnoticeable from regular radio that it will have no long term
effect on Sirius XM Radio. In 6 years of HD Radio I’d say there has
been no significant damage done. Do I have any facts to support this?
Yes. Subscriber totals from 2006 compared to subscriber totals from
2011. Since HD Radio was introduced, has there been a linkable decline
in subscriber growth? You be the judge. In 2005 Sirius and XM had a
combined 9 million subscribers approximately. Today they have over 21
million subscribers. In the company’s first 5 years of operations they
reached 9 million subs. In 2011 they had 21 million. So the last 5
years with HD Radio as a service, Sirius XM has seen their subscriber
growth increase. No effect. Myth is shattered (via Mike Terry, dxldyg
via DXLD)
DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See NETHERLANDS; POLAND; UK; PROPAGAITON
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV See OKLAHOMA [and non]
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
PROPAGATION
+++++++++++
Movie: X1.4-class X-ray Flare 22-Sept-2011
Here it is: the Movie showing the X1.4-class X-ray flare from earlier,
today, in various different wavelengths (at different temperatures).
This was a long-duration flare, and is quite beautiful to watch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFTQTI12Cpk
(Tomas David Hood, Hamilton, Montana http://nw7us.us/ Sept 22, swl at
qth.net via DXLD)
New 10.7-cm Radio Flux Record, Sunspot Cycle 24
New record for Sunspot Cycle 24: Today's 10.7-cm Radio Flux is 190
SFU. Last time the Radio Flux was at this level was: 2003-Nov-02 when
it was 190. That's over 8 years ago. Eight years since we've had this
level of solar energy to strengthen the ionosphere. Nice. Enjoy the DX
that's rolling in. Catch the wave! 73 de NW7US (Tomas David Hood
Hamilton, Montana, ibid.)
Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
25 September, 2011 --- Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP reports that solar
activity has been high with one X-Class flare and multiple M-Class
flares taking place about when the new sunspot rotates into view on
the eastern limb.
This region is not yet in prime position for earth directed Coronal
Mass Ejections. For the people doing their own frequency predictions
the expected effective sunspot number for the week will be around 93.
All the bands from 20 to 10 m will provide lots of fun with DX
opportunities at different times of the day.
Please visit http://www.spaceweather.co.za for further information
(via Southgate via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)
LONG-HAUL TRANS-EQUATORIAL FM DX, CARIBBEAN TO SOUTHERN BRASIL
Hoje a propagação estava excelente, podendo ouvir três novas FMs
caribenhas. A propagação estava tão boa que ouvi até Haiti e Puerto
Rico, hehehehe! Seguem as escutas de agora a pouco. 73!
ANTIGUA & BARBUDA
91.1 23/09 0046 The Observer, Saint John`s, id YL/OM: "----- the Voice
of Antigua", mxs americanas antigas, EE // Net (stream) 55344 RFP
91.9 23/09 0053 Hitz FM, Saint John`s, OM, mx caribenha, EE 45344 RFP
92.3 23/09 0054 Caribbean Radio Lighthouse, Saint John`s, OM, relg, EE
34333 RFP
90.5 23/09 0121 ABS Radio, Saint John`s, OM, nxs, EE 43333 RFP
MARTNICA
94.3 23/09 0055 RFO, Morne-Rouge, OM/OM, talks, FF 45344 RFP
97.9 23/09 0116 NRJ Antilles, Martnique, mx caribenha, FF 45344 RFP
106.8 23/09 0127 R. Baliser, Fort-de-France, OM/OM, talks, FF 43343
RFP
SAINT LUCIA
94.5 23/09 0100 The Wave, South Castries, mx reggae, YL/OM, EE // Net
(stream) 45344 RFP
SAINT VINCENT & GRENADINES
96.7 23/09 0109 Nice FM, Kingstown, OM/OM, talks, EE 43443 RFP
107.5 23/09 0124 NBCSVG, Kingstown, OM, mx variada, EE 45333 RFP
HAITI
96.9 23/09 0111 R. Antilles Internationales, Port-au-Prince, OM/OM,
talks, FF 45344 RFP
UNID
97.1 23/09 0116 Unid (ZDK - Liberty Radio International - ATG??),
OM/OM, talks, EE 43333 RFP
98.1 23/09 0119 Unid, OM/OM, talks, EE 43333 RFP
PUERTO RICO
106.9 23/09 0127 WMEG - La Mega, San Juan, mx rítmo latino em SS
(lembrou-me música cubana), SS // Net (stream) 34333 RFP
Receptores: Sony ICF SW 7600GR e Tecsun PL310. Antena: RC3-FM (Rubens
Ferraz Pedroso, Bandeirantes - PR, Sept 23, radioescutas yg via DXLD)
So the trans-equatorial FM DX season is underway, a reminder here, but
will probably not be republishing all the logs from Brasil (gh, DXLD)
VERY DISTURBED CONDITIONS
1730 UT and conditions are highly disturbed. Hardly anything is
audible on the bands. Normally good 15345.15 Morocco is barely a
whisper. Even "local" CFRB is only S-3 here. 73 (Dave Valko, 1734 UT
Sept 24, Cumbre DX via DXLD)
HI ALL, FINALLY HARMONICS ARE BACK ON HIGH FREQUENCIES:
25.09.2011
1545, 19130 kHz CRI (tent.) Chinese music and talk in Turkish, s/off
at 1557, 2 x 9565 kHz, SINPO=25343 [ALBANIA]
1550, 24020 kHz Voice of Russia, German program, 2 x 12010 kHz,
SINPO=25343
1621, 24080 kHz Voice of Russia, English program, feature "London
Calling", 2 x 12040 kHz, SINPO=25343
1633, 23400 kHz R. Bulgaria, Spanish news, 2 x 11700 kHz, SINPO=25333
vy 73 (Juergen Lohuis, Luenen, Germany, harmonics yg via WORLD OF
RADIO 1584, DXLD)
STRONG SOLAR ACTIVITY CONTINUES
Space Weather News for Sept. 24, 2011
http://spaceweather.com
STRONG SOLAR ACTIVITY: New sunspot 1302 is crackling with strong solar
flares. This morning it unleashed an X2-class flare--its second X-
flare in two days--quickly followed by an M7-class eruption. So far
the blasts have not been Earth-directed, but this could change in the
days ahead as the sunspot turns toward our planet. The sunspot is
growing and there is no sign that it will quiet down soon. Visit
http://spaceweather.com for movies and updates.
DON'T MISS THE NEXT FLARE: Would you like a call when X-flares are in
progress? Realtime solar activity alerts are available from
http://spaceweathertext.com (text) and http://spaceweatherphone.com
(voice).
You are subscribed to the Space Weather mailing list, a free service
of Spaceweather.com. New subscribers may sign up for free space
weather alerts at http://spaceweather.com/services/
(via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)
1-9 CLASS SOLAR FLARE AND SUNSPOT 1302 HAS TURNED THE SUN INTO A
SHORTWAVE RADIO TRANSMITTER
Posted on September 25, 2011 by the truth behind the scenes
Behemoth sunspot unleashed another strong flare on September 24, 2011
an X1.9-category blast at 0940 UT. The explosion produced a coronal
mass ejection (CME) that might deliver a glancing blow to Earth’s
magnetic field in the days ahead.
Active sunspot 1302 has turned the sun into a shortwave radio
transmitter. Shock waves rippling from the sunspot’s exploding
magnetic canopy excite plasma oscillations in the sun’s atmosphere.
The result is bursts of static that may be heard in the loudspeakers
of shortwave radios on Earth. Read more at spaceweather
Listen to the Sound File:
http://thetruthbehindthescenes.wordpress.com/2011/09/25/x1-9-class-solar-flare-and-sunspot-1302-has-turned-the-sun-into-a-shortwave-radio-transmitter-sep-24-2011/
(via Mike Terry, Sept 25, dxldyg via DXLD)
STRONG GEOMAGNETIC STORM TODAY
Space Weather News September 26, 2011
GEOMAGNETIC STORM: A strong geomagnetic storm is in progress following
the impact of a coronal mass ejection (CME) today, Sept. 26th, at
approximately 1215 UT. Analysts at the Goddard Space Weather Lab
report a "strong compression of Earth's magnetosphere" and the
possibility that satellites in geosynchronous orbit have been exposed
to solar wind plasma and magnetic fields. Mid- to high-latitude sky
watchers should be alert for auroras after nightfall. Observing tip:
The hours around local midnight are usually best for spotting Northern
and Southern Lights. Check http://spaceweather.com for images and
updates (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)
SUNSPOT 1302 UNLEASHED TOWARDS EARTH, DETECTED ON SHORTWAVE RADIO
[as if that were headline-making news???]
Digital Journal. By Andrew Moran, September 27, 2011
Greenbelt - Scientists are monitoring a sunspot that produced an X1.9-
category solar storm that was unleashed over the weekend and could be
headed towards Earth. Sunspot 1302 is so strong that it has been
detected shortwave radio on this planet.
Digital Journal has reported in the past on intense solar storms, and
so far nothing catastrophic has occurred. The worst thing that has
transpired thus far has been loss of radio signals in some parts of
the United States.
On Monday, NASA issued a news release that updated us on a strong
X1.9-category solar storm that erupted from active region (sunspot)
1302 Saturday morning that was recorded by the space administration’s
Solar Dynamics Observatory.
The published video presented viewers with a shadowy shock rave that
moved away from the impact site. This has led scientists to believe
that the blast produced a coronal mass ejection (CME) that could hurt
our magnetic field this week.
Although none of the blasts were directed towards the Earth, the
sunspot will turn toward us within the next few days. NASA officials
say that AR1302 is continuing to grow and that there is no evidence
that it will quiet down anytime soon. It is in a position to produce
more CMEs.
The Goddard Space Weather Lab detected solar wind plasma sneaking into
the geosynchronous orbit that could affect satellites because they
will experience solar wind plasma and magnetic fields.
As the sunspot continues to produce intense solar storms, audio has
been recorded of the solar event. Thomas Ashcraft in New Mexico was
able to record the sounds of the activity on his shortwave radio.
Sky gazers in high-latitude areas should look out for auroras come
nightfall.
Continuity Central also issued a news release for businesses. It noted
NASA’s list of possible impact by space weather. It reiterated NASA’s
warning that intense solar activity could cause blackouts across the
globe and could last for months as engineers attempt to repair the
situation.
This would lead to the disruption of commerce since numerous
institutions would be offline, airplanes would not be able to utilize
GPS navigation and there would be no power for hundreds of millions of
people. Read more:
http://digitaljournal.com/article/312033#ixzz1ZGJRTy8l
(via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)
INCREDIBLE PROPAGATION BRINGS RADIO MARTI TO ITALY
Martedì 27 settembre 2011: Ieri alle 0530-0600 sui 25 metri c'era il
Brasile, anche se solo su 11765 e 11815, oggi niente e sono quasi
interamente vuoti anche i 31 metri. Quasi nullo ad esempio il DRM di
REE su 9780 che abitualmente giunge a fondo scala e in tarda mattinata
idem per Medi 1 su 9575. L'unica stazione ricevibile, dopo le 0900,
era la 'solita' Radio Martí da Greenville su 9805, ovvero una sola
stazione dal Nord America. Incredibile (Luca Botto Fiora, G.C. 09E13 -
44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, playdx yg via DXLD)
:Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2011 Sep 27 2159 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction
Center
# Product description and SWPC contact on the Web
# http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/weekly.html
#
# Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
#
HIGHLIGHTS OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 19 - 25 SEPTEMBER 2011
Solar activity ranged from low to high levels during the period.
Activity was low during 19 - 20 September with C-class flares from
Regions 1295 (N22, L = 057, class/area Ekc/550 on 23 September), 1296
(N26, L = 040, class/area Dai/130 on 15 September), and 1301 (N19, L =
330, class/area Eso/210 on 21 September). Activity increased to
moderate levels on 21 September due to an M1 x-ray flare at 21/1223Z.
A further increase to high levels occurred on 22 September with an
X1/2n flare at 22/1101Z from Region 1302 (N12, L = 282, class/area
Fkc/1300 on 24 September) as it rotated into view.
The X1 was associated with Types II/IV radio sweeps, a Tenflare, and
a non-Earth-directed CME. Activity decreased to moderate levels on
23 September with low-level M-class flares from Regions 1295 and
1302. Activity returned to high levels on 24 September with three
major flares from Region 1302: an X1/2b at 24/0940Z associated with
Types II/IV radio sweeps, a Tenflare, and a halo-CME; an M7/1f at
24/1320Z, with a much faster partial halo CME that appears to
overtake the previous CME; and an M5 at 24/2036Z. Finally, an M3
flare from Region 1302 at 24/1921Z had an associated Type II sweep,
Tenflare, and partial-halo CME (estimated P.O.S. speed 632 km/s).
Activity decreased to high levels on 25 September with Region 1302
and 1303 (S28, L = 034, class/area Cso/070 on 25 September) both
producing multiple M-class events.
A greater than 10 MeV proton event at geosynchronous orbit began at
23/2255Z in response to the X1 flare on 22 September and was in
progress at the close of the summary period.
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at
normal to moderate levels during 19 - 21 September. Fluxes decreased
to normal levels during 22 - 25 September. Geomagnetic activity was at
quiet levels during most of the period.
FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 28 SEPT - 24 OCT 2011
Solar activity is expected to be at moderate to high levels with more
major flare activity from Region 1302 until it crosses the west limb
on 03 October. Activity is expected to decrease to low levels during
04 - 19 October.On 20 October, activity is expected to increase to low
- moderate levels with the return of Region 1302 for the remainder of
the forecast period.
There will be a chance for another proton flare from Region 1302 until
it departs the visible disk on 04 October. No proton events are
expected at geosynchronous orbit for the remainder of the period.
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is
expected to be at normal to moderate levels during 28 September - 03
October. An increase to normal to high flux levels is expected during
04 - 05 October due to CH HSS effects. Normal to moderate fluxes are
expected during 06 - 10 October as CH HSS effects subside. Fluxes are
expected to rise to normal to high levels from 11 - 15 October due to
CH HSS effects. 1A return to normal to moderate background levels is
expected from 16 - 24 October.
Geomagnetic activity is expected to be at unsettled to active levels
on 28 September as CME effects subside. A decrease to quiet levels is
expected on 29 - 30 September. Activity is expected to increase to
quiet to unsettled levels during 01-02 October due to a coronal hole
high-speed stream (CH HSS). A return to quiet levels is expected
during 02 - 07 October. Activity is expected to increase to quiet to
active levels during 08 - 11 October as another CH HSS disturbs the
field. A return to predominantly quiet levels is expected for the
remainder of the period.
:Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2011 Sep 27 2159 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction
Center
# Product description and SWPC contact on the Web
# http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wwire.html
#
# 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
# Issued 2011-09-27
#
# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2011 Sep 28 140 15 4
2011 Sep 29 135 5 2
2011 Sep 30 130 5 2
2011 Oct 01 130 8 3
2011 Oct 02 130 5 2
2011 Oct 03 130 5 2
2011 Oct 04 125 5 2
2011 Oct 05 120 5 2
2011 Oct 06 115 5 2
2011 Oct 07 115 5 2
2011 Oct 08 120 8 3
2011 Oct 09 125 15 4
2011 Oct 10 125 12 3
2011 Oct 11 125 8 3
2011 Oct 12 125 5 2
2011 Oct 13 125 5 2
2011 Oct 14 125 5 2
2011 Oct 15 125 5 2
2011 Oct 16 130 5 2
2011 Oct 17 130 5 2
2011 Oct 18 130 5 2
2011 Oct 19 125 5 2
2011 Oct 20 125 5 2
2011 Oct 21 125 5 2
2011 Oct 22 120 8 3
2011 Oct 23 120 5 2
2011 Oct 24 120 8 3
(SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1584, DXLD) ###