DX LISTENING DIGEST 12-24, June 14, 2012
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WORLD OF RADIO 1621 HEADLINES:
*Drastic cuts at another SW broadcaster and yet another threatened
*Specials for Antarctica and from Lithuania
*The last days of Radio Canada International and Radio Netherlands
*More news about Anguilla, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Chad, Croatia non,
Fiji non, Germany, Indonesia (frequency 9526 omitted), Japan non,
Korea North, Mexico, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Romania, Sarawak
non, Sri Lanka, Sudan South non, USA, Vatican
SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1621, June 14-20, 2012
Thu 2100 WTWW 9479 [confirmed]
Fri 0329v WWRB 5050 [confirmed]
Sat 0130v WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Area 51 [confirmed]
Sat 0800 WRMI 9955
Sat 1500 WRMI 9955
Sat 1730 WRMI 9955
Sun 0400 WTWW 5755
Sun 0800 WRMI 9955
Sun 1530 WRMI 9955
Sun 1730 WRMI 9955
Mon 0500 WRMI 9955
Mon 1130 WRMI 9955
Tue 0930 HLR 5980 Hamburger Lokal Radio
Thu 0330 WRMI 9955 [or maybe 1622 if ready in time]
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** ALASKA. Summer A-12 of KNLS The New Life Station
English
1000-1100 on 9655 NLS 100 kW / 270 deg
1200-1300 on 7355 NLS 100 kW / 270 deg
1500-1600 on 9655 NLS 100 kW / 270 deg
Mandarin
0900-1000 on 9655 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg
1100-1200 on 9610 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg
1300-1500 on 9655 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg
Russian
0800-0900 on 9655 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg
1600-1800 on 9655 NLS 100 kW / 315 deg
(DX Re Mix News, Bulgaria, 11 June via DXLD)
** ANGUILLA. 12180, University Network (presumed); 0353, 2-June;
Harmonic Barbi 2 x 6090, waxing about Deuteronomy. Poor with pulse &
blaaaaat burst QRM. // 6090 has S30 peaks. (Frodge-MI)
23550, University Network (presumed); 2145, 5-June; Harmonic Dead Dr.
Gene 2 x 11775, waxing about using the Bible to date events (Harold
Camping tried this!) Said that Jesus was born late September to early
October. Harmonic poor, but copyable // 11775 with S20 peaks (Harold
Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180
ft. center-fed RW, logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time!
WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
As I recently reported the lower one and suggested searching for the
higher one; tried for it again around the same time here June 8 but no
luck yet (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ANTARCTICA [non]. Re DATE FOR THE DIARY: Antarctic broadcast
A thought occurs to me: what day will the annual British Antarctic
Survey mid-winter SW broadcast be on? Because this year has been a
leap year (and because of the once-in-400-years leap year in 2000) the
exact moment of the solstice has been pulled back into 20 June (at
2309 GMT). This will be only the third year since 1896 that the GMT
date of the June solstice has been the 20th (because 1900 was not a
leap year, so allowing the time of the solstice to drift later in our
calendar).
So, will the broadcast be on the 21st (as in previous years) or the
20th? (Chris Greenway, June 10l, dxldyg via DXLD)
Here are the frequencies for the 2011 and 2010 transmissions, if we
don't hear any more about it it might be worth a try on both the 20th
or 21st:
2011y:
2130-2145 UT Tues June 21 only.
5950 SKN 300 kw 180 degrees
7295 RMP 500 kw 180 degrees
7360 ASC 250 kw 207 degrees
9850 SKN 300 kw 180 degrees
2010y:
2130-2200 UT Monday 21 June.
5950 kHz (49 metre band)
7295 kHz (41 metre band)
7360 kHz (41 metre band) (Steve Lare, Holland, MI, USA, dxldyg via
WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DX LISTENIG DIGEST)
BBC winter (so. hemisphere) broadcast to Antarctica
The BBC winter (southern hemisphere) solstice broadcast to Antarctica
will be aired at 2130-2145 GMT Thursday, June 21 only, on 5950
(Skelton), 7360 (Ascension), and 9850 (Skelton).
(Dan Ferguson, SC, June 14, NASWA yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DXLD)
BAS employs over 400 staff and operates three stations in the
Antarctic, at Rothera, Halley and Signy, and two stations on South
Georgia, at King Edward Point and Bird Island.
14.295 km distance from BBC-BAB Woofferton-England
to BAS Halley VI station at 187 degrees azimuth from Woofferton.
exact BAS location mentioned in PDF file
75 36 56 S 26 07 52 W
but in G.E. visible at some difference at
75 36 19.01 S 26 12 32.18 W
(Wolfgang Büschel, BC-DX 13 June via WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DXLD)
** ARGENTINA. 11710.776, Very odd frequency RAE Buenos Aires, French
service at 03-04 UT June 8, S=6-7 fair and fluttery, female locutora,
journal parlé de Chine (Wolfgang Büschel, June 8, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews
June 13 via DXLD)
Good reception in Bulgaria of R. Argentina Exterior European service
on June 8, 1800-2400 on 15344.2 BUE 100 kW/035 deg (45444), instead of
15345 as follows: Mon-Fri 1800 English; 1900 Italian; 2000 French;
2100 German; 2200 Spanish. Scheduled also 1700-1800 in German, but
frequency 15344.2 is totally blocked by strong signal of Radio Cairo
English to Central & South Africa on 15345 (DX Re Mix News, Bulgaria,
11 June via DXLD)
** AUSTRALIA. 4835, ABC VL8A Alice Springs, 1218-1230, June 9. Post
game commentary on the Sydney Swans vs Essendon Bombers; // 6020, 6080
and 9580. After 1230 no longer //; most days reception here is fair to
good (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA. 11880, Radio Australia at 1608 with "Late Night Live"
with Phillip Adams - Fair to Good Jun 11, It's nice to see this
excellent program available to us in eastern North America again.
(Mark Coady, Peterborough, ON K9J 6X3 DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA. International Broadcast Station Radio Australia
Shepparton
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZuThNVJ1vo&feature=youtu.be>
From BDXC-UK member Don Rhodes via Rob Wagner VK3BVW in Australia, a
nine minute video tour of Radio Australia's Shepparton facility done a
while ago by VK3ASE. "It's a good rundown of the equipment and
antennas at that ageing facility. Also note the DRM monitoring
receiver in action! The video is simply called International Broadcast
Station" (Webwatch, by Chrissy Brand-UK; in BDXC-UK 'Communication'
Magazine June 5 via BC-DX 13 June via DXLD)
BECAUSE EVERY ENTITY MUST HAVE A PARENT ENTITY, PARENT ENTITY OF RADIO
AUSTRALIA AND AUSTRALIA NETWORK HAS A NEW HEAD. Posted: 13 Jun 2012
mUmBRELLA, 13 June 2012: "ABC managing director Mark Scott has
announced a senior staff move. Lynley Marshall has been appointed head
of ABC International, overseeing Radio Australia, Australia Network
and International Development. According to an internal memo from
Scott, the move is after an 'extensive international search to fill
the position left vacant by the retirement of Murray Green.' The memo
continues 'This convergence strategy will see Radio Australia,
Australia Network and News 24 working more closely. Lynley, who will
bring a clear strategic focus and a track-record of bringing about
significant organisational change to her new position, will also seek
to identify other opportunities to take existing ABC content into
international markets.'" (kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD)
-- And if the convergence strategy succeeds, the components under ABC
international would become one component, which means there would no
longer be a need for ABC International to keep peace among the
components (Kim Andrew Elliott, ibid.)
** AZERBAIJAN. Cf. RUS DX PLUS # 440: Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh
remain on standard winter time UT +4 and Azerbaijan on DST UT +5
(maybe), so radio Fedaletin Sesi on 9677.7 kHz is remaining on Winter
time: Tue and Fri 1400 and repeats Wed and Sat 0600 UT (Rumen Pankov,
Sofia, Bulgaria, Rus DX June 10 via DXLD)
** BANGLADESH. Bangladesh Betar, 4750, confirmed on remote receiver in
Australia including news in English 1530-1545 daily (Dave Kenny, June
BDXC-UK Communication via WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DXLD)
** BELARUS. 11730, Radio Belarus. 2200 June 9, 2012. Tune in with
bassy male, “This is Radio Belarus” and news-ish items, all very hard
to understand with crappy modulation and bassy audio. Music fill from
2207. Recheck 2258, closing announcements, 2300:12* (Terry L Krueger,
from the Clearwater, FL static site with (highly abridged equipment
list): JRC NRD-535, ICOM IC-R75, Sony ICF-7600GR, and Sangean PR-D5; 1
X roof dipole, 1 X room random wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BENIN. A very weak audible carrier is being heard 0455 UT on
1565.9994 or so, here in Victoria, BC. Likely Parakou, but the
likelihood of getting identifiable audio is pretty slim; and it faded
out about Parakou sunrise which is 0525 UT (Nick Hall-Patch, BC, UT
June 10, IRCA via DXLD)
** BHUTAN. 5900, April 3 at 0432-0440, BBS, Thimpu, in English, YL
with news, item about China followed by OM and audio clip with OM.
Sigs to only 15 dB with much QRN, hard to copy (Richard W Parker,
Pennsburg PA, Collins 51S-1, 55G-1 LF tuner, R-390A with Sherwood SE3,
Yaesu FT-840, 120 ft center fed doublet in 40 feet fed with 2 inch
spaced open wire line, 901B matchbox, 160 ft flat top random wire at
35 feet, running against ground with FC-800 autotuner at feed point;
Alpha-Delta DX Sloper at 40 feet, 20m dipole at 35 feet, June World DX
Club Contact via DXLD)
Considering that it`s less than a sesquihour before noon in Bhutan, I
daresay it would be impossible to copy, even with all that equipment,
especially since no one else even from Asia has reported BBS active on
this frequency. Did he get an ID? It`s not in Aoki or EiBi, but 5900
is a frequency registered in HFCC A-12, at 0000-1600, 100 kW, non-
direxional, along with never-reported 6225, 5070, as well as axually
used 6035 and occasionally tested 5030. These were also mentioned as
wooden in DXLD 12-03. However, nothing else is listed on 5900 around
that time (with Bulgaria long gone), so what could it really be?
(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BIAFRA [non]. 11870, R. Biafra London (via Wertachtal). Signal on
at 1959:30, and into Afro Hi-life music, M announcer in Hausa with
opening mentioning "…11.87 megahertz shortwave 25 meterband…", "Radio
Biafra London", and phone 044-7831308376 (although some of the numbers
were hard to copy due to the rapid pace). Couldn't listen further as
thunderstorms were on the doorstep. Weak signal and noisy of course.
(7 June) Thanks to Steven Handler's fine website
www.shortwavereport.com 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, NRD-535D with T2FD
antenna, Cumbre DX via DXLD)
Via GERMANY. 11870, Radio Biafra, London, *2000-2100*, June 9, sign on
with local African music and opening announcements. Vernacular talk.
Some occasional English. Poor to fair in noisy conditions. Thur, Sat
only (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest)
11870, 14/Jun 1959, Germany (Relay), R Biafra London in Igbo. At 1959
open carrier, then instrumental African music. At 2000 full ID by OM.
At 2002 OM talk with several reference to “Biafra”. 35433 (Jorge
Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BOLIVIA. 5952.44, R. Pio Doce, talk by M and W at 0032 with mention
of Selva. Long ad block then starting with cat whistle. One with
dialog with child. 0038 "Pio Doce" choral song, same as heard many
times in the past, ID promo, then live M and W announcers returned.
Improving. (11 June) (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, NRD-535D with T2FD,
CumbreDX via DXLD)
** BOLIVIA. 4451.2, Radio Santa Ana, Santa Ana de Yacuma 0000 to 0025
on 8 June (Wilkner)
4716.57, Radio Yura, Yura, fading in at 2320 on 2 June; 1020 sign on 9
June (Wilkner)
5580.2, Radio San José, San José de Chiquitos 2340 to 2350 on 5 June
6134.77, Radio Santa Cruz 1000 to 1010 very strong signal 9 June
(Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -746Pro - R8 -
Sony 2010XA, Cumbre DX via WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DXLD)
6134.8, June 8 at 0148 weak music audible here with heavy QRM from the
TADIL-A bonker on the lo side, constant intruder into the exclusive
49m SWBC band, and lots of storm noise on the band. Is well-known off-
frequency of R. Santa Cruz, and I have no doubt this is it. BFO did
not help much; music ran past 0201. At 0207 when I had switched to AM,
could then barely copy ID, ``Transmite Radio Santa Cruz, Bolivia``,
and more music. 0208 said ``Emisora del Instituto ---`` algo, some
Andean music and off at 0211*. Others report some nights it closes an
hour earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
6134.83, Radio Santa Cruz, 0107-0109*, June 10, just caught the end of
their transmission, signing off with their “Santa Cruz” song. Fair.
Sign off time seems to vary quite a bit (Brian Alexander, PA, DX
Listening Digest)
Clear reception of Radio Santa Cruz, Bolivia, 6134.8 kHz, this morning
at 0105 UT. Close down announcement gave 960 kHz MW and an FM channel,
92.3 MHz along with 6135 kHz. Carrier off 0109. 73's (Nick Rank,
Buxton, UK, June 10, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)
Thanks to the tip on the bdxc-news list yesterday from Nick Rank, was
able to enjoy some nice South American music from Radio Santa Cruz,
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia on 6134.82 kHz last night (10 June).
Two extracts below including IDs / Jingles:
At 2322 UT:
http://www.box.com/shared/d6d405258af7af3c370a
At 2335 UT:
http://www.box.com/shared/35569595a9cdee8acbe9
(Alan Pennington, Caversham, UK, AOR 7030plus, longwire, bdxcuk yg via
WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DXLD)
Thanks to both Alan Pennington and Nick Rank for the tip, Radio Santa
Cruz Bolivia coming in really well right now 13 June at 0005 in
Spanish. Cracking signal for 10 kW and S America seems to be coming in
well at the moment (Chris Sentence, Huddersfield, UK, Kenwood R-5000 +
Long wire, ibid.)
** BOLIVIA. 6134.85, 2345-2357 06.06, R Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz de la
Sierra, Spanish conversation with musical interludes, heterodyne
24232. AP-DNK
6154.94, 2357-2400 06.06, R Fides, La Paz (tent.), talk in
unidentified language, 15121 (Anker Petersen, All heard on my AOR
AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire in Skovlunde, Denmark, via Dario
Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD)
** BOLIVIA. TUNING THE DIAL: COMMUNITY RADIO IN BOLIVIA BY CLAIRE
June 4th, 2012
Packing away the clothes, books, papers and trinkets I wouldn’t be
needing in South America, I found a mixtape of my own design, from the
early 90s. I had made the mixtape from the radio, vigilantly sitting
in front of my boombox to press stop and record in order to get the
least amount of radio talk in between the songs I wanted. It was a
common practice among my friends. How else were we going to obtain all
the latest hits with our elementary school budgets? --- [more]
http://whatsupstreetkids.org/2012/06/tuning-the-dial-community-radio-in-bolivia/
(via SW Bulletin June 10 via DXLD)
** BRAZIL. 4805, Brasil, Rádio Difusora do Amazonas, Manaus, 0940 to
0950 with om, strong signal, 9 June (Wilkner - XM - Cedar Key)
4877.25, Rdif Roraima, Boa Vista RR, 0930 to 1000, very strong signal,
distorted best in AM difficult to zero beat in ssb 8 June (Robert
Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -746Pro - R8 - Sony
2010XA, and XM - Cedar Key - South Florida, NRD 525D - R8A -E-5,
Cumbre DX via DXLD)
** BRAZIL. A Rádio Difusora, de Macapá (AP), está adquirindo dois
transmissores: um para as ondas médias, e outro, para a frequência de
4915 kHz. Para o canal de ondas curtas, a potência será de 10 kW, o
que deve melhorar o sinal da estação em até 90%.
- Há algo de sui generis na frequência de 4885 kHz. Atualmente, duas
emissoras brasileiras ocupam o canal: a Rádio Clube Paraense, de Belém
(PA), e a Difusora Acreana, de Rio Branco (AC). Em diversas partes do
país e do mundo as duas estações se revezam, sendo ouvidas
praticamente ao mesmo tempo. Só que tem mais um detalhe. Tem outra
emissora que também transmite no mesmo canal: trata-se da Rádio Maria
(antiga Rádio Voz do Coração Imaculado), de Anápolis (GO). Ocorre que
a estação emite com um transmissor de apenas 1 kW. Com isso, só pode
ser captada quando uma das outras estações estão fora do ar. Em 8 de
maio, por exemplo, quando a Clube Paraense estava fora do ar, foi
possível ouvir a Rádio Maria em São José (PB), conforme constatou o
Lenildo da Silva (Célio Romais blog 30 May via DXLD)
** BRAZIL. 5940.10, Voz Missionária, 0610-0625, June 8, Portuguese
religious talk. Some inspirational music. // 9665.03. Both frequencies
weak (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest)
** BRAZIL [and non]. Rádio Deus é Amor on 9584.92 kHz (reactivated?)
and IS of KTWR Agana at 1258 UT, June 7, here in Montevideo, Uruguay.
(// 9565 kHz)
http://youtu.be/2GotyoZdE3o
73 de CX2ABP (Rodolfo Tizzi, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Yes, I heard the Rádio Deus é Amor (IPDA) on 9585. I'll try to confirm
tomorrow. 73 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana BA - Brasil, ibid.)
9585v, Super R Deus é Amor from São Paulo SP ? according to TBS. We
hear 9565.051 Super R Deus é Amor, from Curitiba PR here in Europe
usually. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.)
Yes Wolfgang, seems to be the transmitter of São Paulo from Rádio
Globo. Very weak signal than 9565 kHz here in Montevideo. 73 de CX2ABP
(Rodolfo Tizzi, ibid.)
Rádio Deus é Amor en 9585 kHz --- Al parecer reactivada en esta
frecuencia y en paralelo con 9565 kHz. En este momento (1717 UT)
escuchada en Montevideo con señal mediocre y mucho fading. 73 de
CX2ABP (Tizzi, June 7, condiglist yg via DXLD)
** BRAZIL. 9819.504, Rádio 9 de Julho, 0250 UT.
11764.946, R Deus é Amor, 0330 UT.
11925.227, R Bandeirantes, São Paulo, SP, 0355 UT (Wolfgang Büschel,
Log on SW at 0250-0430 UT June 8, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Log on SW at 0250-0430 UT June 8: 9819.504, Rádio 9 de Julho, Port at
0250 UT, S=6 in Germany. Very odd frequency.
9675.011, R Canção Nova, Cachoeira Paulista SP, Port, fluttery signal
at 0305 UT.
11764.946, Super R Deus é Amor, Curitiba PR, male Port voice, sermon
at 0330 UT, stronger Brazilian voice, S=7-8 better audio.
11925.227 R Bandeirantes, São Paulo, SP, male Port announcer 0355 UT,
poor signal, only just around threshold level (Wolfgang Büschel, June
8, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 13 via DXLD)
11915.08, R. Gaúcha (presumed), 0048 discussion program with men
announcers. Mentions of São Paulo. 0056 program outro then ads.
Suddenly went off in mid-ad at 0057:32 unfortunately. Fairly good and
was hoping for full ID at ToH. (11 June) (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA,
NRD-535D with T2FD, CumbreDX via DXLD)
** BRAZIL. Olá, Conforme notado por PY4ZBZ Roland anos atrás, a
emissora do ON no Rio não emite a banda lateral inferior. Você poderá
obter melhor recepção da WWV se usar o modo LSB no receptor. –hg
(Huelbe Garcia, Brasil, radioescutas yg via DXLD)
Says there is no LSB from Observatório Nacional, 10000 (gh, DXLD)
re: 10000 kHz ON e Colorado? Huelbe, Uma pequena correção: O ON
transmite em AM-USB ou seja, portadora mais banda superior, e não em
banda inferior. Pode ser recebido em AM ou em USB. Veja o espectro do
ON na penúltima figura no final do meu artigo aqui:
http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/sdr/sdriq.htm
73 de Roland. (PY4ZBZ, 9 June, ibid.)
?? That`s what he said already (gh, DXLD)
** BRAZIL. BRASIL: 15191.65, ZYE622, Rádio Inconfidência (tentative);
1945-1959+, 4-June; Tuned in to see who might be on 15190; no audio
there but strong het. Poor with almost no copy till heard W say
"Brasil" at 1956 after Rolling Stones' Start Me Up bumper. Mainly 2M
talking with occasional bumper. Improving but killed by abrupt Family
Radio sign/on at 1959 on 15195 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake
R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, logged by my
ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15191.8, Radio Inconfidência, 0559, June 9, Portuguese, with English
pop music, 0601 announcements and ID. Fair (Harold Sellers, Vernon,
British Columbia, Listening from my car with Eton E1 and Sony AN1
active antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. CBC PRESIDENT SAYS BROADCASTER CAN'T 'BE ALL THINGS TO ALL
PEOPLE'
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/cbc-president-says-broadcaster-cant-be-all-things-to-all-people-157858795.html
Documents Hubert Lacroix's first pronouncements since the cuts were
announced. There's a "Your Reaction" interactive feature at the bottom
of the item; we should all register at the Free Press website and
click the "Sad" box (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA, ODXA yg via
DXLD)
** CANADA [and non]. 900 CKMO's transmitter's finally off! I don't
know when it happened, but finally, the huge open carrier on 900 kHz
has finally been switched off as I check at 0240 UT 7 June, 2012. Last
I looked a few days ago, it was still on. Now, how long was that? A
few months anyway! 73, (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, WORLD OF RADIO
1621, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Since CKMO cut their modulation, CHML Hamilton Ontario has been very
common here. In fact I have been trying for MN, but so far no luck.
But I do hear CHML a lot. 73, (Patrick Martin, Seaside OR, IRCA via
DXLD)
It happened today I guess, Walt. At 1200 UT (5 AM PDT) this morning
the carrier was still there. Your personal antennae are working well.
After years of DXing, certain centers of the brain must detect subtle
changes in the electromagnetic environment, hi. Best wishes, (Nick
Hall-Patch, BC, June 6, ibid.)
Not sure if I will be that lucky -- but I did check last night. There
were a couple of stations present on 900 kHz. I did not hang out long
enough to squeeze out any ID's. Many thanks to Walt for pointing out
the carrier collapse of CKMO - it seems like we have been sitting on
our hands waiting for this for some time.
This is a historic event for AM radio in Victoria - I imagine the last
time we only had one active frequency in the city of Victoria on the
AM band was.... uhm...
http://www.cucvictoria.com/history-radio.html
1923! Enjoy the new frequency, folks! 73, (Colin Newell,
http://www.dxer.ca ibid.)
Colin, CHML may have more of a lobe towards me, being 160 miles South
of Victoria, but they are sure common. The three fairly common Ontario
stations there days are Hamilton-900, Toronto-740, and Oshawa-1580.
But Quebec is really tough to hear. Very rare (Patrick Martin, Seaside
OR, ibid.)
At the moment, I'm hearing KBIF, Fresno over another weaker cochannel
with a SE Asian sounding language. Lots of mentions of Fresno.
Possibly Vietnamese? Good level. All this at 0440 UT or 9:42 PM PDT.
900 kHz, of course. A "new" frequency for me!
At 0501 I heard Prince Albert, SK weather, so that's CKBI, while there
was no ID over the TOH for presumed KBIF, Fresno with same Vietnamese
(or? Hmong) programming. Their website is not very useful.
It's now 10:17 PM/0517 UT. On the Perseus waterfall, the low side of
900 shows a clear, but very weak IBOC band, presumably from 910 kHz.
Just audible on LSB, so USB best to monitor 900. 900 is otherwise
totally in the clear here in Victoria, without any other adjacent
splatter issues. The presumed Fresno station continues, over a weaker
SS station. Maybe Mexico, here? 73, (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria BC, UT
June 8, IRCA via DXLD)
Walt, I believe 910 Oakland CA is IBOC. I get the hash here on 900/920
off the SW EWE. 73, (Patrick Martin, Seaside OR, ibid.)
Yahoo!?? It's time to turn the old radio on again. I was starting to
lose interest in DXing but this gives me another excuse to do some
late night listening. Did anyone here witness the sudden disappearance
of the carrier and at what time it was shut down? I just now checked
the IRCA emails at 23:45 PDT on 06/07/12 and saw the notes. I wasn't
tuning in until now and so what I'm hearing is 2 or 3 signals and the
dominating one is the non English talk show on what I read is KBIF in
Fresno CA with a secondary playing music and it sounds like C&W from
Prince Albert SK which is now getting lost in the jumble of signals
and so no IDs at TOH at 0 hour going into Friday. A very unstable mix
and nothing is really peaking but some SS talk? and singing. I guess
some earlier tuning in will make things a little more interesting.
It's time to call it a night. I don't know why they waited so long to
pull the plug but all that BS about waiting for nice weather to take a
boat out to a rock near Victoria to go and slowly turn this tranny off
was exactly that: BS. Today`s weather wasn't exactly favourable for
that. At 00:12 PDT on 06/08/12 I heard a good ID from CKBI and the C&W
is trying to outdo everybody else. I've heard enough and will continue
tomorrow night to see if I can pull in something a little further out
like Hamilton. 890 is now a good deal better wherever it is coming
from and 910 will also be looked at in the near future (Bill in BC
Kral, ibid.)
** CANADA. JUST A REMINDER TO EVERYONE THAT JUNE 24TH IS SCHEDULED TO
BE THE LAST DAY OF RADIO TRANSMISSIONS ON SHORTWAVE FOR RADIO CANADA
INTERNATIONAL.
Everyone is still holding on to a hope that something might change
but, at this late date, hope is slipping away. You might want to be
around your radio on that day to catch the farewell on-air broadcasts.
After that, RCI will only be found on the Internet. Still hard to
believe it is happening. Is it too late for anything to be done? Many
listeners around the world who feel that RCI broadcasts via shortwave
are important have taken the time to write or e-mail to express their
concerns. However, unless something is done by the government of
Canada to reverse the CBC’s decision, June 24th will be the last day
that RCI appears on the shortwave bands around the world. We will know
in about two weeks. Best wishes, (Sheldon Harvey, June CIDX Messenger
via DXLD)
Re: Shortwave broadcaster will sign off as of June 25
``This news leaves me very, very sad`` (VY2PR, ABDX via DXLD)
I just heard this news. It is so unbelievable that I thought it was a
hoax! An April Fool joke in June? I am quite a news junkie. I watch
news channels sometimes all night long. How is it that I never came
across this story until I checked this group and the Grundig 750
group? I, too, have criticized CBC in past. But --- have you been to
some other countries and seen their state broadcasters? Suddenly, CBC
don't seem so bad! I guess we must believe that what is killed can
sometimes rise up again. Maybe when the current government is gone
(likely next election), we can fix this little problem (VE7HA, June 7,
ABDX via DXLD)
Not if they scrap and sell off the Sackville Station. Then, it will be
gone for good, I am afraid. Maybe they will sell it to a Bible Banger
International Broadcaster? 73, (Kevin Raper, KJ4HYD, CE WCKI WQIZ
WLTQ, ibid.)
Could this be one of the reasons that NHK World Radio Japan has
experienced recent problems? I mean, they share the RCI transmission
site for their North American English-language rely station, right?
I've been following that story pretty closely. As I've said before on
several occasions, I'm a pretty big fan of NHK's broadcasts. It's
really sad to see yet another major short wave broadcaster fail,
especially considering the recent scale backs at Radio Netherlands
Worldwide and Radio Bulgaria (narvorr/wolfwere, ibid.)
** CANADA [and non]. Since the NHK relay at 0500 on 6110 has been
missing since May 31, still absent June 6, I check whether any of the
RCI frequencies are missing too from Sackville, June 5:
At 1957, 17735 is on in French making SAH with Tunisia in Arabic; but
nothing on the only listed // 15235; however it might have just closed
early.
*1959, 15235 does come on with RCI in English, joined a few sex later
by 15330 with `The Link` intro already in progress, into news; both
these are stronger than // 17735 which continues.
15235, June 6 at 1900, RCI in Arabic, very poor, while 17735 is much
better in French. 17735 is the only scheduled Sackville frequency for
French; I was misled by the HFCC schedule at
http://www.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=A12&broadc=RCI
which shows language ``FrA`` at 1900-2000 on 15235, while RCI`s own
schedule reminds us it`s really on the air only for the first half
hour and only in Arabic.
7305, June 8 at 0446, VG signal with CRI English story about Hainan
Island, // 6020, here instead of correct 6080. So Sackville failed to
change transmitter to 6080 after the 7305 Vatican relay in Spanish
until 0400. But they woke up again in time to cut 7305 off at 0459:20*
and retune it to 6190 from *0459:50 with CRI English continuing,
having interrupted the dispensable Chinese lesson filling last 5
minutes of every hour.
9650, June 8 at 1255, KBS World Radio relay via Sackville is in
Spanish instead of English! Interview with a Castilian about Corea`s
relations with España. This compensates for at least once having run
the 06-07 broadcast on 6045 in English instead of correct Spanish, as
caught June 3 by Juan Franco Crespo, Spain. I assume Seoul is
responsible in these cases for playing out the wrong languages, rather
than Sackville --- unless each is pre-fed and stored for later
transmission.
6080 // 6020, June 9 at 0450 check, Sackville has CRI English relay on
two correct frequencies, instead of 7305 as employed 24 hours earlier
while nothing was on 6080 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) See also KOREA SOUTH [non]
Hallo dear Glenn, Do you know the exact ending H O U R at June 26th
in Sackville for RCI and CBC North Quebec sce ?
Sackville would be June 27th at 0300 UT, Montreal at 0400 UT.
Last RCI/CBC transmissions, despite of KBS relay at 0200
0100-0129 SAC 11990 250 212/189 HR 2/1/0.5 11 SPANISH
and
1100-0605 SAC 9625 100 348 4, 9N ENGLISH
73 wolfy (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENNING DIGEST)
Dear Mr. Gerald Theoret and Mr. Jacques Bouliane,
WHEN does the last RCI Montreal program shortwave transmission
H O U R happen at Sackville transmitter site on June 26th, 2012 ?
Does the small shortwave transmitter unit of CBC North Quebec on 9625
kHz for the Eskimo people target appear hardware SHIFT to another CBC
mediumwave transmitter site in Montreal? Kind regards de (Wolfgang
Bueschel, df5sx, Stuttgart Germany, June 13 to RCI, via DXLD)
Hallo Wolf, hallo Mikes, hier anbei der Sendeplan Stand März für A-12
Saison. Die Meldungen lauten auf letzter SW + Satellite Sendetag am
26. Juni. Nur der Web Online Dienst wird fortgesetzt.
- - - [as previously published:]
``Drastic Cuts-Severe Impact-the end of broadcasting (2012)
On April 4, 2012 an approximate 80% budget cut to the International
service from $12.3 million a year to $2.3 million a year was announced
by RCI Director Hélène Parent. In the 2012 federal budget, a 10%
funding reduction was announced for the domestic broadcaster,
CBC/Radio-Canada. Radio-Canada subsequently translated this to an 80%
reduction to the International service under its financial and
managerial control.[3]
These changes will effectively end broadcasting by RCI via shortwave
and satellite. RCI News service (as a separate news service from the
CBC-SCR derived news) will end, and the Brazilian and Russian sections
will be cut.
All shortwave transmissions (including those from the Sackville Relay
Station), satellite, and all broadcast programming will end on June
26.
a.. All contractual and temporary staff, along with fully two-thirds
of permanent staff will lose their jobs.
b.. China Radio International, an important user of RCI Sackville will
have to find a new shortwave relay site.
c.. A skeleton remainder will provide some limited online services in
5 languages (Spanish, Arabic, French, English, and Mandarin)``
- - -
Aber alle meine Gedankenspiele mit dem Datum 26./27.6. sind obsolete.
Siehe Mail aus Montreal,
"Jacques Bouliane" <Jacques.Bouliane@RADIO-CANADA.CA>
letzte Sendung am Sonntag 24.6. end 2329 UTC, Por 13760, Sp 11990
15455 kHz. {MESZ June 25 at 0129 hrs} siehe unten.
``The last RCI program to be transmitted out of Sackville will be a
Spanish/Portuguese program on June 24th, both at 2300-2329 UT.
Small low-power FM transmitters are planned for selected communities
affected by the cessation of SW transmisisons. Regards, Jacques``
2300-2329 SAC 13760 250 163 HR 4/4/1.0 12,13 NW,13S,14,15W
PORTUGESE
2300-2329 SAC 11990 250 176 HR 4/4/1.0 12SE,13NW,13S,14,15W,16NE
SPANISH
2300-2329 SAC 15455 250 176 HR 4/4/1.0 12NE,12S,13NW,13S,14,15 W
SPANISH
mhg Wolfgang df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1621,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This is still rather vague about the final shutdown of Sackville. A
definite date for the end of RCI, but doesn't specifically say that
the non-RCI broadcasts end at the same time. Odd that only CRI is
mentioned, and not KBS, NHK, and Voice of Vietnam, also users of the
facility. [see also VATICAN]
If RNW keeps Bonaire going until the end of A-12, could some of the
Sackville transmissions be moved there for July-October? (Steve Luce,
Houston, Texas, June 14, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CANADA [non?]. 15455, June 14 at 0534 very surprised to find a
station in Spanish here, soon obviously RCI with Canadian news stories
about the Chinese guy whose body parts were mailed around the country,
then RCI ID, `Canadá en las Américas`, totally wrong time for Latin
America, most of which is after local midnite. Fairly good signal,
could be Sackville, but can`t tell. Nothing is scheduled here. It so
happens that 15455 is used for earlier Spanish from Sackville at 2200-
2230 & 2300-2330 daily (for a little while longer), so maybe a
monumental failure of automation scheduling.
At 0559 concluded with ID and said would be heard only on the web from
June 29; 0559:30 into Russian also plugging internet, and 0600 Russian
program! also not scheduled now on SW. And no frequencies announced in
either language, but why should there be? It so happens, just as I
suspected, that this lineup is on the Hotbird satellite RCI schedule:
http://www.rcinet.ca/english/illustration/schedule/iTLSPm_E12_RCI-3.pdf
0500 Spanish, 0600 Russian, 0700 English, 0800 French, 0900 Arabic.
Furthermore, Ivo Ivanov in Bulgaria also heard the 15455 transmission
in those languages of 06, 08 and 09 until cut off at 0901*. So someone
was relaying the Hotbird feed for some reason, from where? Check again
at +0500-0900+ on 15455. Could they have left it on this time ever
since 2330?
15455 will also be one of the frequencies for RCI`s last-ever
broadcast from Sackville, Sunday June 24 at 2300-2329 in Spanish //
11990, and Portuguese at same time on 13760, per Jacques Bouliane of
RCI via Wolfgang Büschel. So the last English broadcasts would be at
1800 and 2000 earlier that same day on usual frequencies (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.:
Dear all, Surprisingly broadcast of Radio Canada International on June
14 on 15455 with good reception in Bulgaria 45444
0600-0700 in Russian
0700-0800 no checking, I traveled to work
0800-0900 in French
0900-0901 in Arabic and stopped suddenly
What is this? 73! (Ivo Ivanov, WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) Wolfy guesses that the site was BaBcoCk in the UK (gh)
I have meanwhile an impression that they avoid being specific about
this aspect for legal reasons. And the moment RCI really ends is still
unknown. The question is here when the program playout (or even live
continuation, if still some remains at RCI) will stop, as heard on
webstreams and satellites.
The latter concerns for North America the US-uplinked 12.120 GHz v mux
on SES 1, which contains besides one RCI channel also RNW radio and TV
(is the former "RNW 1" channel with Dutch still there with the looped
closure announcement or has it meanwhile been removed?), Radio Maryja
radio and TV (which once was on shortwave, too) and VRT Radio 1 (in
place of the defunct RVI).
For Europe and much beyond it concerns no less than three separate
language channels RCI uses on Hotbird 13A, on the London-uplinked
12.597 GHz v mux that also contains the WRN satellite channels, NHK
World (apparent feed to SW transmitters in Europe), Radio Armenia
(instead of shortwave), Family Radio (for Europe instead of shortwave
now, too, otherwise being the feed), IBC Tamil (used to be on
Wertachtal transmitters, too), Voice of Russia (in English if I'm
correct) and CVC radio Hindi (for whatever purpose, perhaps just part
of a roundabout feed route from the old days when there used to be an
English CVC radio channel as well, the one taken off shortwave when
the Cox/Darwin facility closed).
Juging from what RCI announces for shortwave it appears that they
observe UT for their closure, which would mean that the satellite
channels could go silent or to looped announcements on June 24 at 2400
UT. But that's entirely speculation about the most likely moment (Kai
Ludwig, Germany, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
RCI Action Committee blog, 13 June 2012: "We’ve just learned that last
week the 2003 Order in Council that obliged Radio Canada International
to broadcast on shortwave radio has been amended, and that obligation
removed. As well, the obligation to consult with the Foreign Affairs
ministry regarding geographic target areas and languages has been
removed. Both changes were made on the recommendation of Canadian
Heritage Minister James Moore, and came into effect on June 7, 2012."
(kimandrewelliott.com via WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DXLD)
** CANADA. VOICE OF THE NORTH MAINTAINED A BALANCE BETWEEN JOURNALISM
AND CRUSADING --- PRINCIPAL MESSENGER FOR INUIT COULD THINK AND FEEL
IN BOTH INUKTITUT AND ENGLISH
WHIT FRASER, The Globe and Mail (Alberta Edition), 14 June, 2012
Even as a child he was special. All the kids in the camp used to say
he was spoiled because all the adults just loved him so much. His
father raised him to be a leader. --- Ann Hanson, Former Nunavut
commissioner
When I visited Lake Harbour south of Frobisher Bay in deep winter of
the late ’60s, I noticed the town went black at 2:00 p.m. The diesel
generators were turned off for an hour because they were creating
static and the townsfolk couldn’t hear Jonah Kelly. When Jonah went
off the air, the power came back on. --- Ted Morris, Jonah Kelly’s
first boss
Among Canada’s 50,000 Inuit, the voice of Jonah Kelly was the most
familiar, enduring and influential. From relaying messages back and
forth between Inuit confined to distant southern hospitals and their
families in the most remote Arctic settlements to reporting,
interpreting and educating Inuit on national and international events,
he was both a cultural bridge and a lifeline connecting two very
different worlds.
Kelly was part of the generation of Canadian Inuit who in the 1950s
made the transition from traditional Inuit camp life to government-
structured settlements and professions. At barely 20 years old, he
became the “authoritative voice” that guided Inuit as they made the
difficult and rapid transition from the igloo to the space age.
As he was growing up on Baffin Island, communications across the
Arctic could only be described as primitive. Most communities were
without telephones. Mail and airline service was sporadic, perhaps
once a week or even once a month for the smallest settlements.
The link with the outside world was shortwave radio, and beginning in
l966 the principal messenger was Jonah Kelly. . .
http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/showlink.aspx?bookmarkid=Y6YNH5773IX6&preview=article&linkid=677ae24f-f55b-495f-8dcf-a0229d0f3ec2&pdaffid=mlkcpz5QbCphv%2fc22HZPlQ%3d%3d
(via Ricky Leong, AB, DXLD) Yes, with the CBC Northern Service (gh)
** CANADA. Any ideas for "Global Toronto" on channel 2? (Dave Pomeroy,
Topeka KS, UT June 8, WTFDA via DXLD)
CIII-2 Bancroft or CFGC-2 North Bay ... both 2+ ... only way to figure
out which is the carrier frequency - North Bay is 55.259.97; Bancroft
is 55.260.01. wrh – (William R Hepburn (VEM3ONT22), Grimsby ON, ibid.)
** CANADA. Sporadic E analog TV DX is starting to show at 1500 UT June
10; G7IZU 6-meter Es map shows lots of contacts centering over
northern Indiana and vicinity.
By 1510 I can tell it`s from the NE to the N in English on ch 2 and
best on 4 with ads; also video on 3 and 5.
Ch 4 had ad string until 1514 including Futura Ford: could that be the
name of a dealer now for the ex-model or instead of it? Also mentioned
``global`` but maybe in the context of warming. Are rival networks
allowed to say the word?
1518 on 2, Canadian political discussion. Video too weak so far to
make out the network bugs. More to come in next report. As usual, no
DTV signals showing up for me on 2 or 3 (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Yesterday evening and today (through UT Monday at 0300) is the ARRL
June VHF QSO Party (contest), which brings out most of the 6m (50MHz)
ham radio ops, including myself. – (Fritze H. Prentice, Jr., KC5KBV,
Star City AR, EM43aw, twitter.com/fritzehp HCDX via DXLD)
** CHAD [non]. Hi Glenn, I have been listening to ZNBC 2 since 1350.
Will spare you the lengthy details, but no sign of Chad at all. Some
co channel QRM from CRI between *1600 and 1757* (in Turkish and
English), the last hour confirmed by id "China Drive --- English
Service, China Radio International Beijing". Now at 1813 the news on
ZNBC 2 is just ending, fair-good reception, no Chad het or speech. If
they are on air, it is not reaching South Africa. Joburg sunset today
was at 1523, almost three hours ago, so I would have expected to hear
them if they were there. Regards, (Bill Bingham, RSA, June 11, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Glenn, Monitored 6165 on and off all night, but missed ZNBC 2 sign
off (listed at 2205*, Aoki), asleep. Reception had improved to good
after my last report (June 11 at 1820). No sign at all of Chad, and
I've been listening continuously since 0145. Voice of Turkey in
English came on at 0255 with repetitions of their interval signal and
id "This is The Voice of Turkey", time pips at 0300 followed by
announcements and into the news at 0302; all very poor and barely
readable. Still audible as of 0322, but unreadable.
No sign of ZNBC 2 on 6165, should be there now, but I can only barely
and intermittently make out ZNBC 1 (I'm guessing that's what it is) on
5915, so presumably thats down to propagation. Both inaudible at 0400.
Regards, (Bill Bingham, RSA, June 12, WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
BTW - Radio 2 (Zambia) noted June 14 on 6165 from 0420 (with signal
slowly improving towards their local sunrise ) to 0450 (just about
faded out), still with no hint of Chad. Lusaka sunrise was at 0430 UT
and my local sunset was 0329 UT. Thanks again (Ron Howard, Asilomar
State Beach, CA, June 14, WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Chad has disappeared before but eventually come back, not necessarily
on the same frequency. Alternates are 4905 and 7120, the latter of
which ought not to be available now in the exclusive hamband (Glenn
Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHILE. A-12 for Voz Cristã / [CVC] La Voz via SGO=Santiago:
Spanish to Northern South America
1200-2300 on 17680 SGO 100 kW / 000 deg till Sep. 1
2300-0200 on 11665 SGO 100 kW / 000 deg till Sep. 1
1100-2300 on 17680 SGO 100 kW / 000 deg from Sep. 2
2300-0100 on 11665 SGO 100 kW / 000 deg from Sep. 2
Spanish to Southern South America
1200-2200 on 9635 SGO 100 kW / 030 deg till Sep. 1
2200-0200 on 9780 SGO 100 kW / 030 deg till Sep. 1
1100-2200 on 9635 SGO 100 kW / 030 deg from Sep. 2
2200-0100 on 9780 SGO 100 kW / 030 deg from Sep. 2
Portuguese to Brasil in DRM mode
1600-1800 on 17640 SGO 015 kW / 045 deg June 19-21 special
1800-2000 on 17640 SGO 015 kW / 045 deg
(DX Re Mix News, Bulgaria, 11 June via DXLD) See also ECUADOR [non]
** CHINA. Re 12-23: ``17398-USB, June 1 at 1302, YL in Chinesish,
sounds like a broadcast, one-way rather than two-way, but stops at
1304; after that around 1306, on & off in contacts, other side not
heard, no doubt duplex. Among several other coastal stations around
the world, Klingenfuss` 2002 SW Frequency Guide shows XSQ, Guangzhou
Radio on 17398, and this is/was Channel 1653, QSX on 16516.0 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)``
According to the HP http://www.gzrdo.com/intro.asp of Guangzhou
Coastal Radio Station, their SSB broadcast schedule is as follows;
Time UT, all in Chinese only: 6510/17398-USB:
0100 0200 0300 0400 0500 0600 0700 0900 1100 1300 1500 meteorological
and marine forecast
1910 2010 2110 2210 safety and typhoon information, maritime and
navigation alert
8782/13107/13149/13182/19770/22735-USB: 1910 2010 2110 2210 safety and
typhoon information, maritime and navigation alert. This is really a
"broadcast". (Takahito Akabayashi, Tokyo, Japan, June 11, dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 6145, Qinghai PBS, Xining, 2156, June 13, open carrier
surfaced as soon as co-channel CRI Hungarian off, 2200 Chinese &
English opening announcements with full ID & frequencies after 5+1
time pips. Frequency is clear until CRI English appears at 2259
(Martien Groot, Schoorl, Netherlands (TenTec RX340, 25m. longwire),
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Flaming Goose Report --- Crash & Bang Chinese Opera Music
Jammer, a.k.a. Firedrake, a.k.a. Chinese Opera Music Jammer
From 2012 posted logs (various sources); during the UTC hours noted.
All broadcasts originate from East Jammerstan. Transmissions will
typically change frequency and time often, as the jammer's target
moves. * Not reported on this frequency during 2011.
7525* 15
7595* 13
7605* 15
7610 15
7970 10
9200 02, 09, 12, 13
9315 14
9355 17, 19
9450 14
9455 17, 19
9725 16
9905 16, 17, 19
9930* 14
9935* 14
9970* 10, 11
9980* 14
11500 00, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 22, 23
11545 12
11790 18
11870 15
11945 18, 19
11970* 08, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
11980 11, 14
12005* 15
12130* 14
12230 00, 02, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
12300 00, 02, 10, 12, 13, 14
12500 12, 13, 14
12600 00, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
12650* 12
12670 12, 13, 14
12980 00, 12, 13, 14, 23
13100 12
13130 02, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
13155* 10
13430* 10, 11, 12, 13
13665* 08
13670* 12, 18
13675* 15
13680 12, 13, 14, 23
13780* 17
13795 12, 13
13830 12, 13
13850 00, 02, 05, 08, 12, 13, 14, 23
13880* 08, 13
13920 02, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 22, 23
13935* 12
13960 13
13970 02, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 22
14003* 10
14400 02, 08, 12, 22, 23
14600* 10, 12, 13
14700 00, 08, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 22, 23
14800 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
14870* 12, 13
14950 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 23
14970 00, 12, 13, 14, 23
15290* 13
15295* 13
15375* 13
15390* 13
15395* 13
15425* 13
15435 12
15440 12
15445 12, 14
15450* 12, 13
15455 13
15485* 12, 13
15490* 13
15495 13
15500* 12, 13
15505* 13
15535 13
15540 13
15545 12, 13
15550 12, 13
15555 12, 13
15560 13
15565 13
15570 12, 13
15590* 13
15595* 13
15600* 13, 14
15605* 13, 14
15610* 12, 13, 14
15615* 13, 14
15670 13
15710* 13
15750 13
15760 12, 13
15765* 12
15775 13
15785 13
15795 13
15800 00, 09, 11, 14
15870* 01, 11, 12, 13, 14
15900 02, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 23
15940* 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
15970 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
15980* 13
16100 00, 04, 10, 11, 12, 13, 22, 23
16120 02
16200* 12
16700 00, 02, 12, 13
16920* 00, 07, 11, 12, 13, 14
16980 00, 02, 04, 11, 12, 13
17100 12, 13, 14
17170 04, 11, 12, 13, 14
17250* 04, 11, 12, 13, 14
17370* 12
17450 04, 11, 12, 13, 14
17560 14
17565* 14
17570 14
17730 02
18200 13
--Updated 7-June-12 (Harold Frodge, MI, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Harold also provided same info in a grid format, too wide to display
here, but availablized in the dxldyg (gh)
China, Firedrake, June 7 after 1100
16100, Good at 1155, Off the air at 1200
15970, Good at 1156, Off the air at 1200 (Chuck Bolland, Clewiston
FL, 26N 081W, Excalibur, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Firedrake June 7, before 1300, incomplete survey:
15970, very good at 1257
15900, fair at 1257
15555, fair at 1259-1301+
After 1300:
15485, poor at 1309, het on hi side; just started here
15500, poor at 1319, ex 15485
15570, fair at 1319, ex-15555 before 1300
Before 1400:
17450, fair at 1346
17170, poor at 1346
16100, very good at 1346
15970, very good at 1347
15605, poor at 1348, het on lo side
15490, poor at 1348, het on lo side, ex-15500
14700, fair at 1348; none in the 13s, 12s, 11s
Firedrake June 8, before 1300:
11500, fair at 1256 with CCI, from VOR if not SOH
13920, poor at 1256; none in the 12s
14800, good at 1256
15555, fair at 1258
15900, very good at 1257
15970, fair at 1257
16100, fair at 1259
16980, poor at 1259
17100, poor at 1259
17250, good at 1259, music cut off at 1300 but stayed on air another
15 seconds with announcements in Chinese starting with ``Beijing``
Before 1400:
16100, poor at 1346
15900, very good at 1346
15605, very poor at 1346
15490, very poor at 1346
14800, very poor at 1349
13920, poor at 1349; none in the 12s
Firedrake June 9, the only one I had time to find:
15435, fair at 1203, het on the hi side
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Steve Handler's Firedrake Logs 6-10-12 --- Hi Glenn, An interesting
day today (6-10-12 ) with the 1130-1159 time slot having 11 //
frequencies running. Steve Handler
12230, 1140, 1218 and 1249; Fair-Good at 1140 and 1218 and fair at
1249.
12320, 1146, 1218 and 1248 Poor at 1146 and Fair-good at 1218, Poor
at 1248.
13920, 1148 JBA
14700, 1149 and 1217. Good
14800, 1150 and 1247. Good
15445, 1219
15555, 1241
15900, 1151, 1225 and 1240. Fair at 1151 and Fair-Good at 1225, Good
at 1240.
15970, 1152. Fair-good
16100, 1153, 1225 and 1239. JBA 1153 & 1225 and poor at 1239.
16980, 1155, 1226 and 1338. Good
17100, 1156. Fair-poor
17450, 1157. Fair-poor
(Steve Handler, IL, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Firedrake June 10, before 1300:
12230, poor at 1249
14800, very good at 1252; none in the 13s
15555, good at 1253
15760, fair at 1253
15900, very good at 1252 with flutter
16100, good at 1254
16980, very good at 1254; none in the 17s
After 1300:
15485, fair at 1306, with het on hi side
Circa 1330:
12230, very poor at 1330; none in the 13s
14600, fair-good at 1331
15570, fair-good at 1331; none in the 16s
17450, fair at 1335; none in the 18s, nor for a long time now
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Glenn, Similar results at 1223 on June 10.
12230 fair
12320 fair
13430 poor
14800 good
15445 fair
15760 good
15900 good
16100 good
16980 good
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, Calif., dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Firedrake June 14, before 1300:
13130, poor at 1239; haven`t heard this one in quite a while; no 12s
13970, good at 1239
14700, very good at 1239
15545, fair at 1234
15940, good at 1235
15970, very good at 1235
16100, fair at 1237
16980, good at 1236
17250, very poor at 1237
17450, poor at 1237
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [non]. CRI English on wrong frequency: see CANADA
** CHINA [and non]. June 9th Es FM opening, Philippines to China
6-9 Es - times LOCAL Philippine time GMT+8
All stations are from CHINA unless otherwise specified, mileage about
800-1200 miles for most of these stations.
88.2, 1142 ads, M in CH w/anmts, light pop-vocal music
88.3, 1142 W in CH w/anmts, light rock-vocal mx
88.6, 1139 CH radio play, comedy with lots of animated talk, laughter
and applause
88.9, 1137 M in CH w/anmts, light pop vocal mx
90.0, 1134 M in CH w/nx headlines, apparent ID, light rock-vocal mx
90.6, 1129 light pop-vocal mx
90.9, 1130 w in CH w/anmts, ads
91.0, 1128 light CH pop-vocal mx
91.2, 1126 W in CH anmts light vocal mx
92.4, 1125 light vocal mx
92.8, 1124 M in CH talking to a W on the phone
93.0, 1114 EG movie preview, then M in CH w/review
93.2, 1115 W in CH w/anmts
93.4, 1115 W in CH speaking to a M on the phone
93.6, 1116 W in CH w/anmts
93.7, 1059 light vocal mx
93.8, 1053 M in CH w/anmts
93.8, 1059 M on the phone in CH giving a report, mixing with the
above station
94.0, 1051 W in CH w/anmts
94.1, 1120 M in CH w/nx headlines
94.3, 1119 W in CH speaking to a M on the phone
94.5, 1121 M in CH w/anmts
94.6, 1120 M in CH speaking to W on the phone, echo at times, so
there is a co-channel relay station, maybe lower power.
94.7, 1050 M in CH reporting over the phone
95.0, 1050 M in CH reporting over the phone
95.4, 1047 M in CH reporting over the phone
95.5, 1048 M & W in CH, ads, promos
95.7, 1045 M in CH w/anmts
95.8, 1046 M in CH reporting on the phone
95.9, 1046 M in CH, ads, light vocal mx
96.0, 1044 M in CH speech or lecture
97.0, 1042 M in CH anmts
97.2, 1047 W in CH, light instrumental background mx
97.5, 1040 M in CH w/anmts, light vocal mx
97.7, 1041 M in CH w/business report
97.7, 1041 light vocal mx, MIX w/above
97.8, 1039 W in CH, light rock mx
98.0, 1037 W in Ch, ads
98.4, 1031 M&W in CH, ads
98.5, 1031 light vocal instrumental mx
98.6, 1036 W in Ch, anmts, light vocal mx
99.0, 1026 W in CH speaking on the phone to a W, light vocal mx
99.1, 1020 M in CH w/lecture or speech
99.2, 1033 M in CH w/anmts
99.4, 1029 M&W in CH. Ads,
99.5, 1023 M&W in CH w/news headlines, background electronic music.
99.7, 1021 light romantic vocal mx,
104.6, 1207 M&W in CH, ads
105.2, 1206 M in CH anmts
105.9, 1207 M in CH w/anmts, ads
106.2, 1200 M&W in CH, time pips at the top of the hour, light vocal
music, ads. Very Strong! ID sounds like “V-FM”
106.9, 1159 M in CH w/anmts
107.2, 1158 CH rock-vocal music
107.3, 1150 M in CH w/anmts
(Steven C. Wiseblood, Tuguegarao, CAGAYAN, Philippines, Radio
ULTRALIGHT: Kchibo KK-D6110, 50-foot random wire, June 11, dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
On June 11, 2012 many Chinese stations noted in Siliguri, WB, India -
most of them were Uighyur from XJ, China, one even announced
http://www.uycnr.com web site url -- videos have been uploaded in
youtube at
http://www.youtube.com/user/dxinginfo
interested DXers can find the clips and there is few unidentified
stations - ID help would be much appreciated. Thanks & Regards,
(Partha Sarathi Goswami, Siliguri, Dist. Darjeeling, West Bengal,
INDIA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
More Philippines to CHINA FM Es --- all are from CHINA unless
otherwise specified, mileage about 800-1200 miles for most of these.
6-13 Es - Times LOCAL Philippine time GMT+8
87.5, 1116 M in CH speaking to a W over the phone
87.8, 1113 M&W in CH w/nx, field reports from correspondents
88.0, 1110 W in CH w/anmts, promos
88.9, 1118 M & W in CH w/nx and business reports
90.0, 1109 light romantic vocal mx
90.6, 1119 light romantic vocal mx
90.9, 1120 W in CH w/anmts, travel agency promo, ads
91.2, 1120 W in CH reading a story from a book, maybe Literary
Channel. Very STRONG at times!
93.2, 1103 M in CH w/nx
93.6, 1059 “CHINA National Radio”, brief ID in EG, W in CH w/anmts,
ads, time-pips 1100, promos, ID’s, nx in CH by M&W
94.6, 1057 Literary Channel. W in CH reading a book over the phone
95.7, 1056 phone conversation with M&W in CH
96.9, 1049 ads, M&W in CH w/anmts
97.1, 1052 ads, M speaking to a W in CH on the phone
97.2, 1050 M&W in CH w/anmts, light vocal mx
97.4, 1050 phone conversation with two M in CH
6-14 Es
87.8, 1407 M&W in CH w/anmts
88.8, 1416 M in CH w/anmts
88.9, 1416 W in CH w/ads
91.3, 1412 animated CH talk between cartoonish sounding characters
amid sound effects.
93.5, 1419 apparent literary channel, W in CH reading from a book
(Steven C. Wiseblood, Tuguegarao, CAGAYAN, Philippines, Radio,
ULTRALIGHT: Kchibo KK-D6110, 50-foot random wire, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** COLOMBIA. THE SHIFTING SOUTH AMERICANS see MUSEA
** COLOMBIA. Re: ``Hi All, back in 1961 I logged, and verified, a SW
station broadcasting from Bogotá, Colombia. They sent me a colorful
pennant which I proudly displayed in my radio room, AKA bedroom!
Unfortunately the pennant was lost over the ensuing decades. Odd in
itself, as nothing else was lost!
I am now wondering what SW station was broadcasting from Bogotá back
in 1961? Per chance is it still on the air, is there no longer a SW
station in Bogotá or has it been replaced by another? Does anyone have
a good guess? Thanks! (Duane Fischer, W8DBF - WPE8CXO, swl at qth.net
via DXLD)
``Duane, I am sure there were several in 1961. The big one was
Radiodifusora Nacional, IIRC on 4965. None are left, and only two or
three elsewhere in Colombia. 73, (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)``
I don't know if Radio Santa Fe was on in 1961 but I logged them on
4965 in the mid 60s. They were a fun station, lots of music and
jingles. JL (Jerry Lenamon, Waco TX, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Jerry, I believe you are right, and R Nacional is recalled here as on
4955, as do I now:
http://www.pateplumaradio.com/south/colombia/colombiadx.html
(Glenn to Jerry, ibid.)
** CROATIA [non]. One of the most regularly enjoyable shortwave
broadcasts is that of Radio Croatia (the Voice of Croatia) on 9925,
via the 100 kW transmitter they use located in Wertachtal (Bavaria),
Germany. I listen about twice or so weekly, usually the hour of 0100-
0200 GMT, because that is an uninterrupted hour of hauntingly
beautiful traditional Croatian pop music, with many instruments, but
so often featuring the acoustic guitar as lead instrument. It is a
pleasurable hour featuring one tune after the other -- usually without
any talk! There was brief, slight fading at 0125 and 0147 tonight, but
the signal restored itself quickly both times. Had station ID at 0200,
with 15 minutes of news/comment in English following. Their SW
transmission is almost always clear and stable during these hours,
with my S-Meter (10 scale) registering a steady 6-8 (Grayson Watson in
Dallas, TX using a Sangean 909x portable and a 25' random wire antenna
(sitting on my balcony, as usual), Cumbre DX via WORLD OF RADIO 1621,
DXLD)
** CUBA. 910, Radio Metropolitana, Villa María, Ciudad de la Habana.
1631 June 10, 2012. Very good with female announcer, into “Till the
World Ends” by Britney Spears, “Club Rocker [Play & Win Radio
Version]” by Inna, “Late Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)” by Katy Perry and
other pop-tart songs in top dance hits of the week countdown,
reverbing female DJ hosting between every couple of tracks. Finally
something in at least Spanglish -- albeit another lousy one – “Tengo
Tu Love” by Sie7e. Reverbing male mentioned “Studio 91” (or maybe
“Estudio 91” – those “e's” are often almost silent) at 1652, maybe the
show name, into a real all-Spanish lyrics song, “Bienvenido” by –
hark! My new love Laura Pausini (see 1120 MEXICO log about her). Into
Noticiero Nacional de Radio news pick-up at 1700 (1 pm). So much for
their incredibly slow-loading website schedule, obviously wrong for at
least Sunday:
http://www.radiometropolitana.cu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17&Itemid=17
NNdR ended late at 1730:30, quick Metropolitana ID, into way better
Spanish salsa/pop now.
1121, CUBA unidentified. 1620 June 4, 2012. I've been hearing this one
for a few weeks, never any audio, seemingly carrier only or nearly no
modulation in use. Prompted to get a better DF on it after Gerry
Bishop, David Crawford and Paul Zecchino from the other corners of the
state also confirmed hearing it. For me, it seems to be around
210-degrees at local high noon, putting it maybe in Pinar del Río
province. Paul – probably more accurate – gets a LOB much farther east
of this, slightly west of Santa Clara and east of Cienfuegos. Smack on
1121.00 and no sign of anything Cuba otherwise on 1120 proper, daytime
or nights here.
1210, CUBA, Radio Caribe, Isla de la Juventud. 0027 June 12, 2012.
Fading up atop all the others with the usual canned male/female ID
over steel pan music bed, parallel weaker and listed 1220. Again, this
one -- indeed for a long time on 1210 -- isn't entered on other lists,
including the WRTH 2012, etc. despite my repeated reports. To sum,
Caribe remains on not only 1220 but also 1210. Refer to my online
archive for said (Terry L Krueger, from the Clearwater, FL static site
with (highly abridged equipment list): JRC NRD-535, ICOM IC-R75, Sony
ICF-7600GR, and Sangean PR-D5; 1 X roof dipole, 1 X room random wire,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 11840, June 10 at 0501, RHC Spanish is still running late,
with ACI from the DentroCuban Jamming Command pulsing on 11845, which
is running *very* late; but 11840 cuts off in mid-word at 0501.5*; how
rude!
6010, June 10 at 0513, RHC English is instead dead air, as failed to
apply modulation on this frequency from 0500, unlike the other three,
6050, 6060, 6125. No loss.
11760, Sunday June 10 at 1500, RHC Esperanto starts after quick
crossfade from Spanish overrun a few sex past 1500. Had not
reconfirmed this for a few weeks (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CYPRUS. 9760, Cyprus Broadcasting Corp, *2215-2244*, June 8, sign
on and sign off with their usual Greek theme music. Greek talk. Good
signal. Very weak on // 5925. Nothing heard on listed // 7220.
9760, Cyprus Broadcasting Corp, *2217-2244*, June 9, sign on with
their usual Greek theme music. Greek talk over lite piano music.
Abrupt sign off. Good. // 5925 - very weak. // 7220 not heard earlier
in broadcast but was on the air at 2243 check. Fri, Sat, Sun only
(Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest)
** ECUADOR. 4781.5, Radio Oriental, Napo 2310 to 0000 on 31 May,
irregular at this time; heard on three occasions (Robert Wilkner,
Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -746Pro - R8 - Sony 2010XA,
Cumbre DX via DXLD)
4781.5, Radio Oriental, Napo, *1100 with om, no music to 1128 fadeout
7 June (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -746Pro
- R8 - Sony 2010XA, and XM - Cedar Key - South Florida, NRD 525D -
R8A -E-5, Cumbre DX via DXLD)
** ECUADOR [non]. CHILE, A-12 for HCJB Global Voice via SGO=Santiago:
German to Brasil
2300-2400 on 9835 SGO 050 kW / 045 deg
Kulina to Brasil
2245-2300 on 11920 SGO 050 kW / 025 deg
Portuguese to Brasil
2300-0045 on 11920 SGO 050 kW / 025 deg
(DX Re Mix News, Bulgaria, 11 June via DXLD) See also CHILE
** ECUADOR [non]. Fw: [A-DX] 3995 kHz HCJB Weenermoor Germany
broadcast address?
----- Original Message ----- From: "HCJB - Die Stimme der Anden" <hcjb
@ andenstimme.org>
To: <liste a-dx.at>
Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2012 6:54 AM
Subject: AW: [A-DX] 3995 kHz HCJB Weenermoor Adresse ?
Guten Morgen nach Deutschland! Wir sind noch in Quito im "Gestern" :-)
RRs bitte an deutsch @ andenstimme.org Ich leite eine Kopie an
Stephan weiter. QSLs werden weiterhin in Quito ausgestellt. Ohne
Rückporto elektronisch, mit Rückporto per Brief, der jetzt
grundsätzlich mit schönen Briefmarken aus Ecuador versehen ist. Die
ecuadorianische Post hat uns eigens einen Briefkasten installiert, der
zweimal die Woche geleert wird. Via Homepage http://andenstimme.org
kann auch online ein RR an uns geschickt werden.
Herzliche Grüße aus Quito, Horst (via Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD)
Hello Glenn, quick answer from HCJB Quito Horst Rosiak in A-DX ng this
morning: Google translation [improved by gh]:
``Good morning to Germany! We are still in Quito in "yesterday" :-).
Reception Reports please to <deutsch @ andenstimme.org>. I forward a
copy to Stephan. QSLs will continue to be issued in Quito.
Electronically without return postage, with return postage per letter,
which is now generally provided with nice stamps from Ecuador. The
Ecuadorian post has specially installed for us a drop box that is
emptied twice a week. Via an online website http://andenstimme.org can
also be sent to us RR. Best regards from Quito, Horst`` (via Büschel,
June 9, DXLD) see also GERMANY!
** EGYPT. 9305, spurious splatter from Radio Cairo, Abis-EGY on 9255
to 9355 kHz frequency range, 0311 UT June 8.
15610, Radio Cairo at Abu Zaabal site, opening procedure early around
0346 UT June 8, scheduled Swahili from 0400-0600 UT, but heard with
frequent 990 Hertz tone opening. S=8-9 sidelobe signal here in Germany
(Wolfgang Büschel, June 8, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 13 via DXLD)
15610, June 9 at 0504, Arabic, maybe Qur`an, then ME music,
undermodulated. HFCC shows R. Cairo in Swahili at 0400-0600, 250 kW,
170 degrees from Abu Zabaal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ERITREA. VOBME heard on 28 April signing on with interval signal
and IDs at 0256 on 5945, 7120, 7175, 7205 and 9705. On 2 May at 0256
IS on 5950 (over Ethiopia!), 7120, 7175, 7205, 9705. At 0300-0325 in
Arabic and again at 0330-0335. Then music until 0345 when talks were
in vernaculars except 7205 which had another programme. At 0428 only
7175 and 9705 (co-channel Ethiopia, Niger and ?China) were heard; and
DRM jammers on 7175 and 9705 (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, June
BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD)
7179.990, Probably V of Broad Masses 2 (Dimtsi Hafash) Asmara-Selea,
Daro noted around 1724 UT June 7 with children`s choir performance,
S=5-6 signal on remote unit in Japan.
From 1729 UT noted short piece of Horn-of-Africa music. Pip at 1730
UT, then news in vernacular, seemingly Somali language according to
Japanese Aoki list. No Ethiopian jamming in digital mode noted so far
tonight (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 6 [sic], dxldyg
via DXLD)
9705.03, Voice of the Broad Masses of Eritrea, *0257-0310, June 9,
sign on with IS. Vernacular talk at 0300. Horn of Africa music. Fair
until 0258 when covered by Ethiopia 9705 sign on. But still able to
hear a weak Eritrea under Ethiopia past 0258. // 7175 - poor with ham
QRM (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest)
** ETHIOPIA. 9564.66, 27.5 1755, R. Ethiopia, French program, music
and announcement, new frequency shift? 2-3, recording of the S/OFF at
1800 here:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/7b2b77
(Giampaolo Galassi, Savignano, Italy, SW Bulletin June 10 via DXLD)
** EUROPE. PIRATE. 6323 USB, Flying Dutchman, 2350-0008+, June 9-10,
pop music. ID. Poor in noisy conditions. Fair on peaks (Brian
Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires,
[initial tip], dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
PIRATE. 6323 USB, Radio Flying Dutchman, 2350-0033*, June 9-10, pop
music. Paul McCartney and Wings’ “Band on the Run.” IDs. Poor in noisy
conditions. Fair on peaks. Improved to a fair to good level by 0015
(Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest)
** EUROPE. 6910 kHz LSB Baltic Sea Radio is active now at 2250 UT.
Good signal in LSB with IDs and oldies. 73 (Harald Kuhl, QTH
Goettingen/Germany, June 10, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)
** FIJI. URBAN PACIFIC RADIO - SUVA, FIJI --- RNZI Airs new Radio
Heritage Feature --- Media Release, Radio Heritage Foundation
http://www.radioheritage.com June 7 2012
____________________________________
Join us from Monday, June 11 2012 to explore the world of breakfast
radio on several of the 15 local FM radio stations in Suva on the
Mailbox program from Radio New Zealand International.
With a population of some 330,000, the Suva-Nausori corridor is one
of the largest urban areas in the Pacific islands.
This is not the Pacific of golden beaches, swaying palm trees and the
gentle roar of the distant surf. This is high population density,
traffic jams, shopping malls, and 15 radio stations competing for
listeners.
You can listen directly via shortwave radio from RNZI in New Zealand,
or audio on demand [for the following month] with full details of
current broadcast frequencies [both DRM and analog] and times
possible for your area as well as audio downloads at www.rnzi.com.
We'll take you to the home of breakfast radio personalities Allan &
Sophie [2day FM], Peceli & Serafina [Gold FM], Koliaci & Apenisa
[Bula FM], Apakuki & Luisa [Radio Fiji 1], Ravin [Radio Fiji 2],
Ashmita & Jitendra [Mirchi FM] and wonderfully named Epi Work [Mix94]
and tell you how you can join them all for breakfast!
English, Fijian and Hindi radio stations, personalities and music,
from just a few of the stations in Suva, Fiji.
So join us from Monday, June 11 2012 as we enjoy breakfast with the
radio DJ's from Suva, Fiji on the Mailbox program from Radio New
Zealand International http://www.rnzi.com
You can also use our Pacific Asian Listener and Pacific Traveller
Radio Guides at our global website http://www.radioheritage.com
Use our Google Search to find more features about broadcasting in Fiji
(David Ricquish, RHF, June 7, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FIJI [non]. Re 12-23: Fiji Democracy & Freedom Movement FDFM Radio
Mondays at 0830 on 11565 kHz --- There seems to be a question as to
whether they were using a transmitter located on Palau or one in South
Carolina. Different sources are providing conflicting information. I
am working to resolve the issue and will post when I have an answer
(Steve Handler, June 6, NASWA yg via DXLD)
Despite postings of incorrect --- or more likely, outdated ---
information about Palau, the first transmission early Monday was from
the U.S., that is, WHRI`s South Carolina xmtr. No issue, no question.
To anyone Stateside who heard the broadcast, that would be beyond
doubt (Don Jensen, WI, ibid.)
Agreed, and as I have told Steve, the broker WRN Broadcast has
confirmed directly to me it was WHRI, just as I figured. And explained
why in my original report. The client is down the line and doesn`t
necessarily know the facts. 73, (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)
I had not bothered until now to look up the azimuths in use from HBN,
but they only range from 270 to 345 degrees, clearly no good for Fiji
(unless something could be reversed). WRN had previously used Palau
for Sarawak and Japan relays to Asia, and someone there apparently
assumed the Fiji service would also be via Palau. It so happens that
WHRI in SC already has an antenna aimed right at Suva and set up the
relay to be from there instead (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
FDFM RADIO TARGETS FIJI WITH NEW SHORTWAVE BROADCAST -- Media Release,
Radio Heritage Foundation http://www.radioheritage.com June 7 2012
The Australian based Fiji Freedom & Democracy Movement has launched a
weekly one hour shortwave radio program in Fijian targeted at Fiji
says the Radio Heritage Foundation
Broadcast at 8.30 pm on Mondays [Fiji time] the program features news,
information, interviews and music designed to reach local Fijian
listeners and promote the FDFM vision of the restoration of a
democratic Free Fiji under the 1997 constitution.
The shortwave radio broadcast is heard on 11565 kHz and the first
broadcast this week was widely heard in Fiji, Australia, New Zealand,
Japan, USA, Sweden, Finland and Germany. It apparently originates
from a leased time privately owned transmitter located in the USA.
Local radio media in Fiji must operate under regulations including
news censorship by the military government which came to power in a
series of coups and which has, at times, closed down the local FM
relay stations of both the BBC and Radio Australia.
Since the 1970's radio stations and programs opposing Pacific
governments have broadcast from a number of Melanesian states such as
Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, the autonomous region of Bougainville, and
now Fiji.
Whether indigenous Fijian listeners have modern shortwave receivers
capable of hearing FDFM Radio is questionable, as they already have
access to a large variety of state and private local FM radio
stations broadcasting popular programs in Fijian.
The Fiji Freedom & Democracy Movement is the same organization that
said it planned to broadcast from a pirate radio ship off the Fijian
coast in 2010. It's clearly found that paying a few dollars to rent a
shortwave transmitter thousands of kilometers away from Fiji for an
hour each week is far less expensive.
Listeners can hear podcasts of the broadcasts and find out more
information about FDFM Radio at
https://sites.google.com/site/fijidemocracyfreedommovement
as well as an email address to which reception reports and comments
can be sent.
For more details about radio in Fiji, we recommend the Pacific Asian
Listener Radio Guide and Pacific Travellers Guides at
http://www.radioheritage.com
Features about the history of broadcasting in Fiji can also be found
here.
Radio Heritage Foundation is a registered non-profit organization
connecting radio, popular culture, history and heritage and features
and radio guides are available for free community use (David Ricquish,
RHF, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Fiji Democracy & Freedom Movement ("FDFM Radio: Na Domo i Viti-
Kacivaka na Dina" ) broadcast on June 4th was using the WHR Cyprus
Creek, South Carolina transmitter facility and will be broadcast on
Mondays on 11565 at 0830 GMT. Beside being confirmed by WHR as I
previously mentioned WRN confirmed the transmitter site this evening.
Both Glenn and Don had it correct. The sources on which I originally
relied were apparently using old information.
The next opportunity to hear the broadcast of FDFM Radio: Na Domo i
Viti-Kacivaka na Dina" will be at 0830 GMT on Monday on 11565 kHz
(Steve Handler, June 7, NASWA yg via DXLD)
Hi, I have had several nice and positive contacts (one of them a
written confirmation of my listening) with Tui Savu on the Fiji
Freedom and Democracy Movement [sic] Radio during the week. In his
latest mail he tells me the following:
"BTW, we will not be broadcasting next Monday as it’s a public holiday
here and difficult to arrange it, but will the following week."
[Later:] Hi Glenn, Latest news from my Fiji friend, Tui: "Bula Bjorn,
We will be replaying last week’s broadcast this week and have a new
one the following week. Have a great weekend. Tui." 73 from (Björn
Fransson, Sweden, June 7, WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
USA, 11565, FDFM R. via WHRI, 0851-0855 talk program segment with M
host and phone interview. Soft Island music at 0855. Vocal Island song
with voice-over ID by M at 0858:30 with mention of "Na domo i
viti...program...Fiji Democracy....Radio Fiji Democracy Freedom
Movement...Australia...Fiji Democracy Freedom Movement..." and off.
Didn't hear any mention of e-mail or mailing contact addresses. Good
and clear of course. Was hoping to get the entire broadcast recorded
but set the timer on the NRD one hour later by mistake. (11 June)
(Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, NRD-535D with T2FD, CumbreDX via WORLD OF
RADIO 1621, DXLD)
SHORTWAVE RADIO CARRIES ANTI-GOVERNMENT MESSAGE TO FIJI
http://www.radioaustralianews.net.au/stories/201206/3522684.htm?desktop
The Fiji Freedom and Democracy Movement in Australia is broadcasting a
program to Fiji which aims to provide an alternative to government
sponsored media. [ABC] Last Updated: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 17:17:00 +1000
The Australia-based Fiji Freedom and Democracy Movement is now
broadcasting its own radio program into Fiji. The Fiji Freedom and
Democracy Movement in Australia has leased half an hour a week on the
World Radio Network, a shortwave broadcaster, to get its anti-
government message across.
Tui Savu, from the Australia-based Fiji Freedom and Democracy Movement
told Pacific Beat that they have received positive feedback about the
new program's impact. "We have had two test broadcasts and we have had
our contacts report from all over Fiji. The contacts are coming back
that it is being received loud and clear," he said.
"Fijians, the way they have been raised, is that whatever comes
through the media, they take it as gospel. So we are wanting to show
an alternative, the other side."
"The reason why we went for the radio is because the internet is only
limited. This is a heart and mind campaign, directed at Fijians
staying in the villages and rural areas. These are the people whose
only source of information is through the radio."
At present the program is for just 30 minutes broadcast only in
Fijian. But Mr Savo says there are plans to eventually increase the
program to one hour and address different groups within Fiji.
"Information is power, and that is why the Government has monopolised
the media in Fiji, both the print and the spoken media," he said.
" They know very well that if people start listening to the truth and
to the other versions of what is truly happening in Fiji, then the
people will be able to make up their own decisions." (via Mike Cooper,
WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DXLD)
** FRANCE [non]. 21690, June 6 at 1231, RFI with world news in French,
now reduced to only one hour, and currently via GUIANA FRENCH at 75
degrees to W Africa, good signal tho we are way off-beam. Yet it`s
virtually the OSOB, with but a trace of 21780 DW/Rwanda also in French
even tho beamed USward at 295 degrees. From Sept 2, this broadcast is
scheduled to switch to Issoudun site within France. Mike Cooper
reports the controversial merger of RFI with TV services is being
reconsidered by the new government (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** GERMANY. Thanks to a tip from Simon-Peter Liehr in Germany, who
advises that HCJB started testing today on 3995 kHz from their own
site at Weenermoor in northern Germany.
Simon reports that the Classic Broadcast transmitter at Kall Krekel
which has previously relayed HCJB on 3995 kHz is currently off air
(today only?).
Noted with very strong signal here on 3995 at 2020 UTC tune-in
carrying HCJB in German, switching to HCJB in Russian at 2030 UTC. The
audio modulation sounds much more punchy and compressed that it did
from Kall. 73s (Dave Kenny, England, June 8, BDXC-UK yg via WORLD OF
RADIO 1621, DXLD)
Hi Glenn, here are some mails by google translations, on first test
series of HCJB via new 3995 kHz SW unit at Weenermoor in NW Germany
next to Holland border. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, WORLD OF RADIO 1621,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Schaa"
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 3:38 PM
Subject: [A-DX] Weenermoor tests
Hi all! We are here just in Weenermoor on our new transmitter site and
will be -- if all goes well --, start at 1400 UT {June 8} with the
first test run.
Before our 4-hour broadcast block starts, first the stream running
from our HCJB Partners SW Radio http://www.sw-radio.com to be heard on
test broadcast from Weenermoor. Reception reports are of course
welcome as always. :-) 73, Stephan
- - - - -
Hello Christian, Thanks for the hint. I record the same HCJB
announcements anew. Special thanks for letting us send the last few
months from Kall! Best regards from Quito, Horst {Rosiak, at HCJB
Quito, Ecuador, wb.}
----- Original Message -----
From: owner-liste a t a-dx.at
On Behalf Of Christian Milling (Kall technician)
Sent: Friday, 8 June 2012 14:46
Subject: Re: [A-DX] Weenermoor tests
Kall is Off {on 3995 kHz, wb.} (via Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD)
Station announcements are annoying at present, still the Kall tx site
{Radio 700} is mentioned, but Horst Rosiak at HCJB Quito will start
recording some new station / program announcements soon, regarding new
Weenermoor tx site.
SW-Radio e.V.
Postfach 8025
32736 Detmold
Germany
Tel: (+49) 05232-803009
Email:
<vs @ sw-radio.com>
73 wolfy (Wolfgang Büschel, via DXLD)
German service at 2115 UT on 3995 kHz, booming signal of 9+10 dB here
in Goettingen/Germany. Around 2130 UTC announcement for test
transmission coming from Classic Broadcast in Kall. Then into another
religious program in German. So, now signal coming from Kall again? Or
just using an old recording for testing from Weenermoor? 73 (Harald
Kuhl, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)
Classic Broadcast schedule no longer lists 3995 so presumably its all
from Weenermoor now
see http://www.shortwaveservice.com/?page_id=27
73 (Dave Kenny, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)
I still have a good readable S6-signal from HCJB Weenermoor on 3995
kHz now at 0810 UT. German program. Distance between tx site and rx in
Goettingen is around 250 km. 73 (Harald Kuhl, June 9, BDXC-UK yg via
DXLD)
3995 kHz, Permanente Austrahlung von HCJB aus Weenermoor, n i c h t
mehr ueber Radio 700 aus Kall Eifel, von dort nur nach Bedarf mit mit
finanzieller Uebernahme der Strom- und Senderroehrenkosten dort.
Hallo Wolfgang! Seit Freitag {June 8th, 1400 UT} laeuft der Sender in
Weenermoor nonstop, nur hin und wieder kurz unterbrochen von ein paar
Tests und Aenderungen an der Konfiguration. :-)
Die (Audio-) Aussteuerung ist zzt noch Baustelle das wird sicherlich
noch ein Weilchen dauern, bis ich da ein halbwegs brauchbares
Audiosignal rausbekommen.
Die Sendeleistung ist leider aktuell noch etwas mickrig, 1500 Watt PEP
Gesamtleistung, 320 Watt Traeger plus Seitenbaender. Wenn alles gut
laeuft, moechte ich die Sendeleistung in moeglichst abesehbarer Zeit
auf mindestens 6 kW PEP aufstocken, wird aber sicherlich noch etwas
dauern. Dazu waere noch eine Tagesfrequenz im 49 od 41m Band schoen,
mal sehn, ob wir das noch hinbekommen.
Mit Kall sind wir aber auch weiterhin gut verbunden: wenn es noetig
ist, koennen wir dahin ausweichen (Stephan Schaa, HCJB Germany, June
10, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 13 via DXLD)
IN A CONTRARIAN MOVE, HCJB IS TRANSMITTING VIA SHORTWAVE FROM GERMANY
TO EUROPE. Posted: 13 Jun 2012
@hcjbgermany, 8 June 2012: "In this very moment, the first
transmission of our German transmitter in WNM, Ostfriesland, Germany
is on air at 3995kHz on 1KW! RR are welcome!" -- "RR" are reception
reports. HCJB has been testing from this site since August 2011. See
discussion in DX Listening Digest, 24 Aug 2011.
@hcjbgermany, 11 Oct 2011: "This historical transmitter from
1973,built in GDR, will be the first transmitter for the site in
Weenermoor, Germany." With photo.
@hcjbgermany, 11 Oct 2011: "It will replace the damaged one until the
Collins 3 KW-transmitter is repaired."
Transmission schedule is here (pdf).
http://www.andenstimme.org/uploads/media/Schedule_Program.pdf
(kimandrewelliott.com via WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DXLD)
-- Establishing a shortwave transmitter in Europe would seem a
contrarian move, and could be contrasted with Vatican Radio's decision
to stop shortwave and medium wave broadcasts to the Americas and
Europe on 1 July. On the other hand, this frequency should, in theory,
provide a useable intra-European signal. It might be more convenient,
and it would use less bandwidth, for HCJB listeners to tune via
shortwave than via the (also available from HCJB) internet. I wonder
if the site will be used for DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale) shortwave,
as HCJB has been an active DRM experimenter (Kim Andrew Elliott,
ibid.) see also ECUADOR [non]!
** GERMANY. New EMR Schedule on 49, 41 & 31 Metres --- Dear Listeners,
From this Sunday the 17th of June 2012, EMR will Transmit the
following Schedule:
0700 to 0800 UT on 7265 via MV Baltic Radio, and with a repeat
programme between 0800 to 0900 on 9480 via MV Baltic Radio and 6005
KHz via Radio 700. This extra relay channel on 7265 will give EMR a
much better coverage over Europe. Good Listening! 73s (Tom Taylor,
June 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
= European Music Radio, or do they just say ``EMR`` all the time like
Tom does? Like IBM and countless brands (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
** GERMANY [and non]. [SW BCB TX Site Archive] Re: Kvitsøy SW RIP
> What about the Pori-Preiviiki shortwave equipment?
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89metteur_d%27Issoudun
claims, without quoting a source, that the three 500 kW transmitters
have in 2009/10 been moved to Issoudun. If so, they must have replaced
some of the 1973/74 vintage gear at the Centre E complex, a
replacement of the newer transmitters of the ALLISS units can
certainly be ruled out.
This Wikipedia page further claims that TDF decided to concentrate its
shortwave business at the Nauen, Montsinéry and Issoudun sites, which
would imply that Wertachtal is slated for closure (Kai Ludwig, June
12, shortwavesites yg via DXLD)
Hello Kai, It is not true that the Wertachtal site is slated for
closure. As a matter of fact, when I was there a month ago, I was told
that Wertachtal will become the heart of the TDF-Media Broadcast
network.
At the moment they are installing a complete new network and
applications that will enable them to control the Nauen, Issoudun,
Montsinéry and Wertachtal sites from the control room in Wertachtal.
They are even hiring new personnel, but because knowledge of shortwave
sites and engineers with that knowledge are hard to find, that is a
problem. A few months ago they hired a new engineer from Hungary.
At the moment only 3 transmitters are still controlled by the old
computersystem and software. Among these 3 is the old AEG transmitter
SV2500 which were the first transmitters in 1972 to be used. These
transmitters will be ruled out in the near future, I expect. The rest
are already controlled by a complete new system that they built
themselves using software modules that are obtainable from the
Software market. If you like, I can supply you with photos of the new
system. Regards (Jan Oosterveen, Netherlands, ibid.)
** GERMANY [non]. 9800, June 7 at 0523, BaBcoCk lullaby music loop
over and over until 0529:30 switch to closing of DW English broadcast
we could have been hearing via RWANDA on new 11800, and then 0530
opening Portuguese. The 0500-0600 English via Rwanda on 9800
terminated on 31 May, and was replaced by Portuguese at 0530-0600 via
SOUTH AFRICA, says HFCC, but they turned the transmitter on way early.
Also heard the music loop on 9555, Vietnam via Sackville until 0529*
with RCI IDs. Hard to tell if it was // 9800, since it`s so lo-key and
repetitive, but unlikely to have been synchronized (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Julio says about these DW verifications that “All these QSL cards
correctly verified a series of 10 Mp3 audio reception reports sent to
the station in a CD, along with a letter by certificated postal mail
in attention to Mrs. Andrea Schulz of the Customer Service. All the
QSL cards arrived in 56 days and some of them are signed by Mr. Horst
Scholz, who retired more than a year ago as reported by Mrs. Schulz.
This was a hit, getting some vintage and contemporary QSL cards
including some commemorative to very special events in Germany, just
before the definitive close down of some of these transmitter sites or
stop broadcasting of D-W from some of them; furthermore this was also
a hit getting F/D QSLs from sites and countries like Sines, Portugal;
Meyerton, South Africa; Trincomalee, Sri Lanka and Cypress Creek, USA”
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES: Deutsche Welle 5905 kHz via Bonaire, F/D QSL
card displaying the “Stuttgart Staatstheater”. (Cordón, GUATAMALA)
PORTUGAL: Deutsche Welle 12070 kHz via Sines, F/D QSL card
commemorative to the “Start des Belarus-Programms: 1.August 2006”.
(Cordón, GUATAMALA)
RUSSIA: Deutsche Welle 15595 kHz via Krasnodar, Tbilisskaya, F/D QSL
card displaying the “Schweriner Dom”. (Cordón, GUATAMALA)
RWANDA: Deutsche Welle 12050 kHz via Kigali, F/D QSL card featuring
the “Brandenburger Tor”. (Cordón, GUATAMALA)
SOUTH AFRICA: Deutsche Welle 11875 kHz via Meyerton, F/D QSL card
showing the “Potsdamer Platz” in Berlin at night. (Cordón, GUATAMALA)
SRI LANKA: Deutsche Welle 13780 kHz via Trincomalee, F/ D QSL card
commemorative to the “20 Years Fall of the Wall” and the computer-
animated documentary by DW-TV “Walled in”. (Cordón, GUATAMALA)
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Deutsche Welle 12070 kHz via Dhabayya, F/D QSL
card commemorative to the “Ukrainisches Programm auf Sendung 27 März
2000”. (Cordón, GUATAMALA)
UNITED KINGDOM: Deutsche Welle 9845 kHz via Rampisham, F/D QSL card
displaying the Sines, Portugal relay station. (Cordón, GUATAMALA)
Deutsche Welle 9480 kHz via Woofferton, F/D QSL card dedicated to the
Digital Radio Mondiale. (Cordón, GUATAMALA)
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: Deutsche Welle 7400 kHz via Cypress Creek,
F/D QSL card displaying the “20 Years of German Unity Tree”. (Cordón,
GUATAMALA, June CIDX Messenger via DXLD)
I suspect these were really from Julio Pineda in Guatemala (gh, DXLD)
** GREECE. RADIO HARGEISA SOMALILAND RADIO HARDWARE SUPPORTER HAS
COURT DATE TODAY JUNE 7.
DJ6SI Baldur Drobnica - a dazzling personality - court date today on
Kos, Greece. {Google automatic translation.}
Great anger was the arrest of radio amateur Baldur Drobnica (DJ6SI) in
Greece and the charges against him in the world of amateur radio
triggered. Today (June 7) is now to a date before a Greek Judge to
take place. The judge will listen to Baldur and, if necessary decide
on further action.
Baldur was in Greece for the prosecution (Mis) interpretation of a
Greek law from 1929 arrested ("Illegal operation of a telegraph"). The
Hearing before the court was scheduled for today. It is this assumed
that there is a renewed habeas corpus concerns. Whether Baldur is
currently in custody is not known.
The whole story is a total tragic than represented. Summarized from
various publications was that because making A 75-year-old German
radio amateur (DJ6SI) together with its also older woman stay in a
hotel on the island of Kos island. Of his hotel room he operates an
amateur radio station to applicable law (a "CEPT" ITU European radio
operator standard amongst European states). But because the 30-meter
Antenna wire and the unusual noises (RTTY and CW) and Other notice,
there is a police investigation and a nighttime arrest (01.00 local
time clock!) in hotel and Confiscation of equipment. During the arrest
of the device German amateur radio in a panic.
The matter came before the prosecutor used an old section from the
year 1929, the telegraph service only in state agencies Greece
allowed. It comes at a time before a Greek Court. The attorney accused
of amateur radio reaches a Shift of the court hearing on the 7th June,
after the court an official translation of the German certificate of
license Defendants demanded.
Meanwhile, the attorney for the German radio amateur by the Chairman
the Association of Radio Amateurs of Greece and contacted advise on
the current legislation for radio amateurs.
Meanwhile, make wild reports of an arrest and a "Espionage" against
the world by prestigious German DXers amateur radio specific blogs
around. It is noted that Baldur connected with the big guns
{constitutional protection, German domestic intelligence service
officer} was one of the Survivors of the tragedy Spratly Island
amateur radio pedition from the 80s, when 2 German radio pedition
operators came to death.
Nears, the Greek amateur radio association a Declaration, the
ignorance of the Greek officers of the Amateur radio and accused its
legal foundations. "It is their Duty to all competent authorities of
the Amateur Service to inform "it says." Finally, the action may as a
be seen against tourism, which is likely the wave of Tourists who come
to our country to degrade."
A few years ago there was already a similar case, again in Kos island
Greece. At that time, an English amateur radio has been arrested, he
later published a comment in the RADCOM, the journal the RSGB, where
he more or less the British Amateur Radio asked for their amateur
radio activities not to travel again to Greece,
(from German A-DX ng by Tom, via wb df5sx wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 7)
<http://dl2ymr.de/amateurfunk/baldur-dj6si-in-griechenland-festgenommen/>
<http://www.ae5x.com/blog/2012/05/31/the-latest-misadventure-for-dj6si/>
in English
<http://www.radiofono.gr/node/3251>
in Greek
<http://www.radiofono.gr/node/3249>
Baldur has also connection with Radio Hargeisa in Somaliland and
helped to bring radio tx gear into this separated area.
<http://www.mydarc.de/dj6si/hargeisa/hargeisa.htm>
<http://www.mydarc.de/dj6si/auszeichnungen.htm>
<http://www.pileup.de.com/>
<http://www.mydarc.de/dj6si/spratlyhtm.htm>
<http://www.mydarc.de/dj6si/Presse.htm>
<http://www.mydarc.de/dj6si/reisen.htm>
Recent cluster spottings prior to Baldur's arrest.
<http://dx-world.net/2012/sv5-dj6si-arrested-on-espionage/>
(June 7) (all via Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD)
** GREECE. Good morning: No signal 1900-0100 on June 8-9 and June 9-10
from ERA5 Avlis 3 transmitter on 9420 kHz. Either down or Greece is
saving electricity. We'll see what happens later today. Regards, (John
Babbis, Maryland, 1410 UT June 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi John, heard normally here in Finland at 1420, under the co-channel
Chinese station (Mauno Ritola, ibid.)
Now at 1445 UT June 10, all three Avlis broadcasts on air, in Italy
and western Europe on S=9+20dB, on 9420 + 15650 kHz, and also
Thessaloniki festival pop mx 9935 kHz too. 73 wolfy df5sx ps. congrats
to the Greek football team on - EURO_2012 - great (Wolfgang Büschel,
ibid.)
Hello again: None of the 3 transmitters heard here at this time; will
probably open up here later in the day (John Babbis, 1459 UT, ibid.)
The schedule of Athens studios on SW is not so simple: there are
programs of Voice of Greece but much of time are relays from their
1st, 2nd, kozo and ERA Sport programs. For example: on May 23 Wed at
1900-2000 UT 6210, 9420 & 15630 were \\ MW 666 but on June 2 Sat 1900-
2000 UT was own program of V of Greece and from 2000 UT \\ 2nd program
which is only on FM(?). (Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria, June 5, wwdxc BC-DX
TopNews Jun 13 via DXLD)
** GUAM. 15240, June 6 at 1312, fair signal with S Asian ballad much
preferable to the blather from Cuba 15230; 1315 ``Namaskar``, mentions
Agana (not Agaña), Guam and KTWR IS twice; opens another program with
``Salaam Aleikum``. Thus the first is Hindi-influenced, and the second
is Arabic-influenced, which fits for the listed transition from
Santhali to Bengali (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUAM. 13362-USB, AFN, 1312 and 1334, June 8. A rare day that
they did not switch frequency over to 5765-USB; fair with the usual
TV audio feed (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUYANA. 3290, Guyana, GBC, 0030 to 0200 eclectic program of news,
religion and music. 8 June (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South
Florida, NRD 535D -746Pro - R8 - Sony 2010XA, and XM - Cedar Key -
South Florida, NRD 525D - R8A -E-5, Cumbre DX via DXLD)
0800 chorale music, 8 June (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South
Florida, NRD 535D -746Pro - R8 - Sony 2010XA, Cumbre DX via DXLD)
** INDIA. 4970, AIR Shillong, 1245-1305, June 10. For over three years
now this Sunday time slot has always been a show of C&W songs with DJ
in English. Today continues with the C&W music show with several
segments with program schedules and promos; weak, but still with nice
clear audio and no hint of their former hum (Ron Howard, Asilomar
State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. AIR Web site refurbished --- Dear friends, The refurbished
web site of AIR can be seen at
http://allindiaradio.gov.in/
Of special interest are the following in it:
List of 277 AIR stations as on 18 Apr 12
http://akashvanisamvaad.blogspot.in
http://www.facebook.com/Aakashvani2012
Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur
Radio, Hyderabad, India, June 12, Mobile: +91 94416 96043,
http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos dx_india yg via DXLD)
DX India database has been updated & information is now available for
553 AIR stations! Please see the updated lists of AIR stations here :
http://qsl.net/vu2jos/air/loc.htm
http://qsl.net/vu2jos/air/state.htm
Thanks to Jose Jacob, VU2JOS for painstakingly maintaining the
database (Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, ibid.)
** INDIA. DRM LAUNCHES DEDICATED INFORMATION FOR INDIA
The Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) Consortium is pleased to announce the
launch later this week of their new online information web page
targeted at India. This is the first initiative of the new DRM
chapter/group for India which was established a year ago in New Delhi.
The new “Noticeboard” is for the benefit of all stakeholders and
members of the public who are interested in making DRM a reality in
India. Led by former AIR senior executive, Mr Yogendra Pal, the India
chapter brings together AIR, some commercial broadcasters, chipset and
receiver manufacturers, OEMs and other expertise from India and
abroad. Mr Pal described the new initiative as “coming at an opportune
time as India is preparing for the introduction of DRM”.
Ruxandra Obreja, DRM Chairperson, welcomed the launch of the new
“Noticeboard” which can also be found on the DRM website: “We want
all those interested to have an open space to share information, ask
questions and get real news about DRM developments and receivers
primarily in India”. (Press Release via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, June
12, dx_india yg via DXLD) Viz.:
India Update from Mr Yogendra Pal
Prasar Bharati, the only public service broadcaster in India,
broadcasts radio services through All India Radio (AIR) and television
services through Doordarshan India (DDI). The Indian Government has
already taken the vital decision to complete the digitisation of the
terrestrial Radio and Television broadcasting network of AIR and DDI
by 2017.
AIR's one hundred and forty-nine medium wave (MW) transmitters, of
different powers, provide Radio signals to over 98% of the population
of India and to most of the neighbouring countries, whereas forty-
eight short wave (SW) transmitters of AIR enable the radio listeners,
in most parts of the world, to enjoy AIR's programmes in a number of
Indian and foreign languages.
AIR has adopted DRM and launched the DRM service, from one of the 250
kW SW transmitters, on the 16th January 2009. The service is in pure
digital mode. Initially about four hours of programmes for the UK and
Western Europe and three hours for the areas around Delhi were being
broadcast daily. However, from 30th Oct 2011, AIR extended the DRM
transmissions to about 15 hours per day. This service is now available
in Nepal, Sri Lanka, Russia, NE Asia, Mauritius and East Africa.
In the first phase, another nine SW and seventy-two MW transmitters
are in the process of either being replaced or converted to DRM by
AIR. Out of these, eight medium wave DRM transmitters, including two
of 1000 kW power each, have already been received by AIR and are in
the process of being installed. An order for one short wave
transmitter has also been placed. It is understood that the orders for
the procurement and/or conversion of rest of the transmitters are at
the advanced final stage. AIR proposes to digitise the remaining MW
and SW transmitters in the second phase, achieving total digitisation
by 2017, the cut off date fixed by the Indian Government.
AIR have decided that before the switch over in 2017, MW transmitters
are to be operated in simulcast mode and the SW transmitters only in
pure digital. On MW transmitters the existing programmes would
continue to be available in analogue mode but special entertainment
programmes, which are now available in a very limited area, will be
provided in digital mode. Value added services are also being planned.
Source : DRM India Chapter Noticeboard, 13th June 2012, Issue 01
(via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, June 13, dx_india yg via DXLD)
** INDIA [non]. UZBEKISTAN, A-12 for CVC The Voice Asia via
TAC=Tashkent:
Hindi to India
0000-0400 on 6260 TAC 100 kW / 153 deg
0400-1100 on 13630 TAC 100 kW / 153 deg
1100-1400 on 9660 TAC 100 kW / 153 deg
1400-2000 on 6260 TAC 100 kW / 153 deg
Hindi to South Asia
0100-0400 on 9975 TAC 100 kW / 186 deg
(DX Re Mix News, Bulgaria, 11 June via DXLD)
UZBEKISTAN, TWR India via Tashkent change 11725 ex 11930 kHz to zone
41 TAC 100kW 131degr UZB TWR RAM
11725 1315-1615 TRANS WORLD RADIO India Broadcast Schedule for A-12
START STOP CIRAF AZI SLEW ANT DAYS LANGUAGE
1315-1330 25 131 10 2/4/0.5 .23456. DOGRI
1315-1430 25 131 10 2/4/0.5 1.....7 HINDI
1330-1400 25 131 10 2/4/0.5 .23456. HINDI
1400-1415 25 131 10 2/4/0.5 .2.456. HINDI
1400-1415 25 131 10 2/4/0.5 ..3.... AWADHI
1415-1430 25 131 10 2/4/0.5 .23456. GARHWALI
1430-1445 25 131 10 2/4/0.5 1234567 HINDI
1445-1515 25 131 10 2/4/0.5 1...... PUNJABI
1445-1515 25 131 10 2/4/0.5 .234567 HINDI
1515-1545 25 131 10 2/4/0.5 1.....7 PUNJABI
1515-1615 25 131 10 2/4/0.5 .23456. PUNJABI
(Edwin Southwell-UK, in BDXC-UK 'Communication' Magazine June 5 via
BC-DX June 13 via DXLD))
** INDONESIA. 7289.96v, RRI Nabire (presumed), 0747-0817, June 12. In
Bahasa Indonesia with program EZL songs; tentative ID; started out
poor, but improved till almost fair at 0817 tune out; rechecked at
0825, but was already gone (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach,
CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Sunset there is about
0857 UT and this is a ``daytime`` frequency only (gh, DXLD)
** INDONESIA. 9526.0, Voice of Indonesia, 1302, June 9. English
segment; “Voice of Indonesia with the news”. June 10 at 1315 “Today in
History”; back on the air again after being off briefly; poor both
days (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
9525.97, Voice of Indonesia, June 12 (Tuesday) with special edition of
the Tuesday only “Exotic Indonesia”; not the usual co-production
between Jakarta and RRI Banjarmasin.
0949: In English with welcoming introduction to VOI; EZL songs till
1000 ID.
1002-1100: “Exotic Indonesia, a weekly network program jointly
broadcast by Voice of Indonesia and 100.9 Paradise FM and RRI
Denpasar”; mostly chatting via phone between Jakarta and Bali about
the Bali Arts Festival that is being held now. Very enjoyable!
Website: http://www.baliartsfestival.com/
Edited MP3 audio file posted at
https://www.box.com/s/7aef9843b19f6563a042
(Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via
WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9525.98, V. of Indonesia. Barely audible 1044 phone interview of M by
studio W all the way to 1100. Heard bits of English. News after 1100.
Only 2nd time heard in the last 2 weeks and not before 1000 (12 June)
(Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, NRD-535D with T2FD, CumbreDX via DXLD)
** IRAN. Re: More accurate mediumwave transmitter sites
On the linked Iranian website that was posted by Alan Davies, several
transmitter sites are listed which are otherwise unmentioned, such as:
Jahad Exhibition 1548 kHz, 1 kW
NMG (unknown site) 1188 kHz, 10 kW
Eshtehard 1170 kHz, 400 kW and 1548, 50 kW
Sepiddasht 765 kHz, 50/200 kW
Kordestan (unknown site) 1206 kHz, 50 kW
(unknown, possibly jamming ARMENIA) 1350 kHz, 100 kW
http://nmg-co.ir/en/news-details/32/Transmitting-stations-in-the-country/
I have located the Eshtehard transmitter site, consisting of 2
mediumwave masts.
50 35'36 E 35 43'46 N (larger mast, perhaps used for 1170 kHz)
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=35.729672,50.593417&spn=0.03805,0.06727&t=k&hl=en
50 35'36 E 35 43'54 (smaller mast, perhaps used for 1548 kHz)
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=35.731864,50.593406&spn=0.03805,0.06727&t=k&hl=en
The large rmast is presumably used for 1170 kHz with and the smaller
mast is for 1548 kHz; possibly this site is used for jamming (both
frequencies are used by Radio Sawa). Several high power transmitters
are nearby in Tehran, it's unclear for which purpose this site is
used. 73, (Björn Tryba (editor, www.fmlist.org - www.mwlist.org),
mwmasts yg via DXLD) Iran jamming Arabic Sawa?? (gh, DXLD)
Re Björn's latest post.
1) It appears that Radio Iran etc may be expanding MW coverage to
include previously unserved ones. No MW is noted in WRTH for Alborz
province.
2) Are these masts actually being used for broadcasts. Alan Davies has
followed WRTH or the other way round! The discrepancies revealed by
"nmg" will need to be clarified. Possibly the Alan Davies/WRTH list is
not up to date? Any thoughts? (Dan Goldfarb, mwmasts yg via DXLD)
Yes, it is an interesting list clearly with some new information, but
also including some entries that are definitely not on the air at the
moment or have changed frequency.
> Jahad Exhibition 1548 kHz, 1 kW
Maybe a temporary station.
> NMG (unknown site) 1188 kHz, 10 kW
A pity that the list doesn't include networks :-) At least this can't
be the extremely strong Payam transmitter.
> Eshtehard 1170 kHz, 400 kW and 1548 kHz, 50 kW
> Sepiddasht 765 kHz, 50/200 kW
> Kordestan (unknown site) 1206 kHz, 50 kW
Maybe there during the times of the Iraqi Kurdistan station and gone
now?
> (unknown site, possibly jamming ARM) 1350 kHz, 100 kW
Nothing to jam on 1350 kHz at least now.
> nmg-co.ir/en/news-details/32/Transmitting-stations-in-the-country/
> The large rmast is presumably used for 1170 kHz with and the smaller
mast is for 1548 kHz, possibly this site is used for jamming (both
frequencies are used by Radio Sawa).
1170 kHz one(s) may be there when it used to carry Farda. R. Sawa as
being in Arabic isn't a target for jamming from Iran as such, but of
course too much of a coincidence that each fq seems to have strong co-
channel Iranian transmitters these days. 73, (Mauno Ritola, ibid.)
QUESTION on this site: both locations 58 km away ..
IRN (Sepidasht?) Khorramabad 810 / 1053 kHz 100 kW
33 27'00.45"N 48 19'15.03"E
or
IRN ? Sepi Dasht 765kHz 200 / 50 kW
33 13'06.44"N 48 52'58.35"E
MW mast - or Telecomm - mast in background ?
but it would be nonsense to put a MW tx in the river valley ?!
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/55519089
http://www.panoramio.com/photo_explorer#view=photo&position=15&with_photo_id=55519089&order=date_desc&user=5459798
IRN Iranshar 531 / 783 kHz 200 / 100 kW {600 / 150}
27 14 06.26 N 60 28 58.30 E
AEG Telefunken Berlin made Sirjan site, addit SW site images
<http://www.panoramio.com/photo/65779851>
<http://www.panoramio.com/photo/65779910>
and MW 549 kHz 400 / 100 kW too
<http://www.panoramio.com/photo/65779565>
please discuss
IRN Qeshm / Gheshm island 1017 / 693 kHz 300 / 100 kW, probably
26 40 47.86 N 55 53 33.31 E
please look out for
IRN Bojnourd 873 100 1134 10 location
37 28'39.72"N 57 19'23.85"E
> IRN Qeshm / Gheshm island 1017 / 693 kHz 300 / 100 kW, probably
> 26 40 47.86 N 55 53 33.31 E
see two masts on island capital
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/68805032
http://www.panoramio.com/photo_explorer#view=photo&position=35&with_photo_id=68805032&order=date_desc&user=740056
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/50129077
http://www.panoramio.com/photo_explorer#view=photo&position=602&with_photo_id=50129077&order=date_desc&user=4525765
73 wb (Wolfgang df5sx wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, mwmasts yg via DXLD)
Wolfgang and others, With these towers positioned so close to the
Straits of Hormuz, is it possible that they may be used instead for
shipping control? Only a thought after looking at the surrounding
area. On the other hand I am confident that the Bojnurd 873 and 1134
are at the site referred to. On such a large project, mistakes can
occur and I am now entering the missing 2 Iranian stations on 873 onto
the Active database! (Dan Goldfarb, ibid.) etc., etc.
** IRELAND. 27600, // 27650, 27790, 27880, 27910, 27950, Church
broadcasts, Dublin area (Tim Bucknall, bandscan from Llaniestyn, NW
Wales, 14-19 May, four miles inland from Abersoch and seven from
Pwlhelli. The Liangwta guest house sits on high ground with an
excellent take off in all direxions, June BDXC-UK Communication via
DXLD)
This was a mostly FM-bandscan. Frequencies were expressed in MHz
without the final zeroes, so may not be this precise. // is supposed
to mean with exactly the same programming; really in this case? No
times given. Was this Sunday morning only, or when? No, those dates
were everything but Sunday. Irelands have a quasi-legal allowance, or
tolerance, for CB equipment to be used for church services to shut-
ins. See also ITALY (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ITALY. 40700 kHz, Radio Maria, sporadic E May 15 (Tim Bucknall,
bandscan from Llaniestyn, NW Wales, 14-19 May, four miles inland from
Abersoch and seven from Pwlhelli. The Liangwta guest house sits on
high ground with an excellent take off in all direxions, June BDXC-UK
Communication via DXLD)
No time given. This was mostly FM-bandscan of groundwave. Frequencies
were expressed in MHz without the final naughts, so may not be this
precise. The questions are, what was R. Maria doing on such a
frequency, and which R. Maria was it? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** JAPAN [non]. 6110, NHK English via CANADA is still absent June 6 at
0514 check, but still going for the only remaining broadcast to North
America, 1210 on 6120 with fair and fading signal during news.
11970, June 7 at 0500, NHK World Radio Japan opening in English via
FRANCE is fortunately sufficient, as still missing from 6110 via
Canada as it has been for the past week. Can`t hear it on scheduled
5975 via UK either; is that still on?
6110, June 8 at 0504, still missing for the 0500 NHK World R. Japan
relay in English via Canada; and still audible only on 11970 via
FRANCE (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
As Glenn noted a couple of days ago, NHK Radio Japan has been missing
on 6110 at 0500 via Sackville. Nothing on that frequency for me
checking the past couple of nights, and not hearing anything more than
an unidentified faint flutter on 5975 (should be Woofferton relay) at
the same hour. However 11970 via Issoudun quite good into Houston.
The NHK website still lists both 6110 and 5975 on the schedule. What's
going on? Haven't checked 6120 via Sackville at 1200 as 3000 km of
daylight path this time of year on 49 meters is not favorable to
decent reception. Is that still on?
Bonaire relays of NHK still there at various checks. Anyone noticing
any other missing NHK transmissions? (Steve Luce, Houston, Texas, 0533
UT June 9, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Here it should be checked if the other way round the Yamata
transmissions of RCI are still on air, since a possible explanation
would be an early end of the airtime exchange as of June 1 (which of
course would not affect leased airtime at RNW, Babcock and Media
Broadcast at all). (Kai Ludwig, ibid.)
I, too, heard NHK in Japanese on 5960 during several checks between
0255 and 0500 on June 10. Still appears to be Sackville, judging from
the audio processing. But NHK English on 6110 at 0500 is still
missing, and I'm not hearing anything on 5975 at the same hour. But
decent reception on 11970.
I think this has gone on long enough that it is not a technical error,
and the frequency has been cancelled, although it is odd that the 1200
broadcast is still there. There is plenty of spare capacity at
Sackville at 0500 in the event of transmitter failure, and even if
there wasn't, I imagine NHK could easily book an alternate site
(Bonaire, Montsinery.) Would appreciate any European listeners
checking 5975 at 0500 to see if NHK is indeed still there (Steve Luce,
Houston, Texas, UT June 10, ibid.)
Hi Steve, I was listening to NHK on 5975 from about 0510 UT this
morning, not too strong a signal, but easily readable; their segment
on Ramen noodles made me hungry so I've just had some for breakfast
:-) 73s (Tony Molloy, nr Winter Hill, UK June 10, SD639114, 53.6 N
2.55 W, IO83ro, ibid.)
SDR-Radio & Pebble
CCW SDR-4+ http://www.crosscountrywireless.net/sdr-4.htm
Slinky dipole running N/S
Twitter @swlistener swlistener.wordpress.com
NHK just signed on 5975 kHz at 0500 UT and is loud and clear here in
NW UK, S9+45-50dB on a clear channel. 73 (Tony Malloy, June 11, ibid.)
Thanks for your reports. NHK on 6110 still missing as of a check at
0510 June 12 (Steve Luce, Houston, Texas, ibid.)
Ah, I've overseen a change here: This is no longer a reciprocal
exchange, at such a ratio of six vs. just two transmitter hours. Same
circumstance as noted already earlier for CRI.
In practice the question is now what will happen in two weeks, or have
there already been follow-ups to the hints from third parties that
Sackville could remain in operation until Oct 28, beyond the imminent
closure of RCI as a radio station? (Kai Ludwig, ibid.)
6110, NHK World Radio Japan, English relay via CANADA at 0500-0530 is
still absent for a sesquiweek as of June 10. All the others scheduled
are still heard, reconfirmed:
0200-0500 5960 Japanese (still on at 0323 June 10)
1200-1230 6120 English (still on, poorly audible June 10)
1300-1500 11655 Japanese (confirmed June 10 at 1357)
The only RCI relay via Yamata still left on the schedule is:
1500-1559 6110, 11730 Chinese
I could not expect to hear 6110 at this late hour, but Chinese
language confirmed at 1500 June 10, presumably this still running
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also CANADA
NHK English is back via Sackville! The NHK Radio Japan English
broadcast via Sackville at 0500 on 6110 is back on as of June 14. Had
been missing for two weeks. Wasn't on yesterday when checked. Usual
solid signal into Houston. Have to wonder if the outage was an
automation error that was finally discovered? (Steve Luce, Houston,
Texas, June 14, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH. Voice of Korea operates 3250 and 3560 kHz again from
Jun. 6. I was able to receive DRM on 3560 at 1400 in Korean, 1500 in
Arabic. de Hiroshi
Probably this transmitter will be a new transmitter of China. DRM
continues now at 2000 UT on 3560 kHz. Screenshot:
http://userimg.teacup.com/userimg/6127.teacup.com/tanukioh/img/bbs/0042554.jpg
(S. Hasegawa, Japan, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
3560 is/was considered a feeder frequency, studio to transmitter site
inside NK, so DRM has replaced AM or SSB for this, and no doubt is a
huge improvement if they really can`t depend on other routings (Glenn
Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DXLD) Or not:
Hello. I also heard VOK DRM.
http://youtu.be/4jI9Z0AZyR8
Terrible band width!! It's a nightmare (dfs_shimane, Japan, dxldyg via
WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DXLD)
A meaning of "CUC ECDAV" of the label became clear.
CUC-Communication University of China
http://www.cuc.edu.cn/ in Chinese
ECDAV-Engineering Center of Digital Audio & Video
http://ecdav.cuc.edu.cn/wiki/index.php/%E9%A6%96%E9%A1%B5 in Chinese
de Hiroshi (S. Hasegawa, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DXLD)
What about 4405, has it been restored on June 6 as well or was it
perhaps the other way round on all the time (or is it, again the other
way round, already gone for some time)?
This would be of interest because both 3560 and 4405 have earlier been
determined to be feeders, meant as back-up for Kujang which indeed had
been caught putting 3560/4405 reception on air. Now they have of
course for one program channel the Thaicom signal as possible
substitute for disrupted lines.
Other Pyongyang area signals have already been observed as obviously
being run with new transmitters now, so these DRM experiments fit in
perfectly. But remarkable is the circumstance that they are done by a
Chinese university, with which the equipment manufacturer BBEF
presumably cooperates in this field. Has DRM gear only been handed out
to Korean engineers or have indeed Chinese engineers entered the
transmitter site now? (Kai Ludwig, Germany, ibid.)
It is only 3250 kHz-AM and 3560 kHz-DRM to have been activated again
on Jun. 6, 4405 kHz as off the air continuous (S. Hasegawa, ibid.)
http://drmnainfo.blogspot.com/2012/06/we-welcome-dprks-vok-to-drm-community.html
"As you will hear, the high production values, overly aggressive
compression and sibilant laden distortion present in VOK analogue
broadcasts translate well to the digital medium of DRM."
ROFL! (Benn Kobb, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
And also linx to:
NORTH KOREA APPEARS TO BE TESTING DIGITAL RADIO BROADCASTING.
Hiroshi Inoue, a radio monitor in Japan, received on Wednesday the
country’s international radio service, Voice of Korea, broadcasting on
shortwave using DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale). DRM is a digital
broadcasting technology developed for use on AM and shortwave
services.
He posted a couple of clips of the on YouTube. While reception isn’t
perfect, the audio identification of Voice of Korea can clearly be
heard. . . .
http://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/06/08/north-korea-apparently-testing-digital-radio/
(via DXLD)
The audio samples show the tendency of DRM signals to drop out, even
under not-especially-difficult reception conditions (Kim Andrew
Elliott, kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD)
2850, DPR KOREA, Pyongyang, 1154 good signal with music.
3220, DPR KOREA, 1204-1205, poor signal with man in Korean.
3250, DPR KOREA, 1206 fair with song of General Kim Jong-Il followed
by Japanese program. Best regards, (Dennis Vroom, Kalama, WA, NRD JRC
545, SW ewe & High Performance Active whip, IRCA via DXLD)
Mostly-MW club IRCA does officially cover tropical SW bands too (gh)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 6135, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze via Yamata, *1330,
June 8 (Friday). Scheduled: *1330-1430*; continuing with English on
Friday; fair with jamming. Both Shiokaze and the strong pulsating
jamming which some days starts as early as 1300, are causing
significant QRM for Laos on 6130 during their foreign language
segments (English from 1400 to 1430). Of course is also covering Radio
Madagasikara, which I tentatively believe is now on 6135.0 (ex:
6135.2v), but needs to be confirmed after Shiokaze moves away (Ron
Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
5910, 28.5 2010, JSR Shiokaze (Sea Breeze Radio) Ibaragi-Koga-Yamata,
japanese YL talk 2-3. Quite interesting infos here:
http://www.chosa-kai.jp/SWR.html
(Giampaolo Galassi, Savignano, Italy, SW Bulletin June 10 via DXLD)
** KOREA SOUTH [non]. KBS World Radio in wrong language: see CANADA
9650, June 9 at 1201 I tune across the KBS World Radio relay in
English via Sackville --- except it`s in Spanish again! However,
within the minute it switched to English as if nothing had happened;
so presumably not in Spanish for the entire hour this time, altho did
not check again later. But accompanied by those clicky annoying audio
artifacts.
9650, Sunday June 10 at 1215, KBS World Radio via CANADA will be in
what language today? Playing songs, presumably in Korean, two segués,
finally English announcement at 1223 talking about Japan --- but it`s
not // NHK 9695, as KBS music show is about the popularity of Korean
performers in Japan. With audio artifacts going right along with the
music beats which provoke them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. 12015, Deewa R. via Kuwait, *0100 ID by W in Pashtu, then
news headlines with many mentions of Pakistan. ID 0105 and another
clear ID at 0115 by M and W with mention of VOA and Deewa R., and e-
mail address // 11540 and 9380, but this frequency by far the best.
(11 June) (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, NRD-535D with T2FD, CumbreDX
via DXLD)
** KUWAIT. USA (non). Updated summer A-12 of IBB via Kuwait:
1730-2130 on 5830 KWT 250 kW / 058 deg to WeAs FAR Farsi
2130-2400 on 5830 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs FAR Farsi
0200-0430 on 5860 KWT 250 kW / 058 deg to WeAs FAR Farsi
0430-0830 on 7220 KWT 250 kW / 058 deg to WeAs FAR Farsi
0000-0100 on 7250 KWT 250 kW / 080 deg to CeAs VOA Tibetan
0400-0500 on 7280 KWT 250 kW / 080 deg to WeAs FAR Farsi
0030-0100 on 7430 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to SEAs VOA English
0100-0200 on 7430 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to SoAs VOA English
1000-1400 on 7435 KWT 250 kW / 058 deg to WeAs FAR Farsi
1900-2100 on 7475 KWT 250 kW / 350 deg to EaEu RFE Belorussian
2200-2300 on 7480 KWT 250 kW / 058 deg to SoAs VOA English Sun-Thu
2300-2400 on 7505 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to CeAs RFA Tibetan
0000-0030 on 7555 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs VOA English
0030-0100 on 7555 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs ASH Pashto
1600-1700 on 7555 KWT 250 kW / 054 deg to CeAs RFE Uzbek
1830-2030 on 7555 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs ASH Pashto/Dari
2030-2130 on 7555 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs VOA English
1430-1630 on 9335 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs ASH Pashto/Dari
1630-1830 on 9335 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs ASH Pashto/Dari
0100-0400 on 9380 KWT 250 kW / 080 deg to WeAs DEE Pashto
0100-0300 on 9680 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs RFA Tibetan
2200-2315 on 9815 KWT 250 kW / 080 deg to CeAs RFA Tibetan
2315-2400 on 9900 KWT 250 kW / 080 deg to CeAs RFA Tibetan
0300-0400 on 11540 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to WeAs DEE Pashto
1230-1330 on 11550 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs AFG Dari
1330-1430 on 11550 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs AFG Pashto/Dari
0130-0230 on 11565 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs ASH Dari
1630-1830 on 11565 KWT 250 kW / 082 deg to WeAs ASH Pashto/Dari
1630-1830 on 11580 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs ASH Pashto/Dari
1400-1500 on 11615 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs VOA Chinese
0200-0300 on 11745 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs RFA Tibetan
1500-1600 on 11835 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs RFA Tibetan
1730-1800 on 11905 KWT 250 kW / 185 deg to EaAf VOA Afan Oromo Mon-Fri
1800-1900 on 11905 KWT 250 kW / 185 deg to EaAf VOA Amharic
1400-1500 on 11975 KWT 250 kW / 035 deg to CeAs RFE Tajik
0100-0400 on 12015 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to WeAs DEE Pashto
0400-1200 on 12130 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to WeAs MAS Pashto
1800-1900 on 13570 KWT 250 kW / 185 deg to EaAf VOA Amharic
1000-1100 on 13680 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs RFA Tibetan
1700-1730 on 13680 KWT 250 kW / 185 deg to EaAf VOA Somali
1300-1400 on 13690 KWT 250 kW / 035 deg to CeAs RFE Kazakh
1200-1400 on 13795 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs RFA Tibetan
0830-0930 on 15090 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs AFG Dari
0930-1130 on 15090 KWT 250 kW / 082 deg to WeAs AFG Pashto/Dari
1130-1330 on 15090 KWT 250 kW / 082 deg to WeAs AFG Pashto/Dari
1330-1430 on 15090 KWT 250 kW / 082 deg to WeAs AFG Pashto/Dari
1430-1630 on 15090 KWT 250 kW / 082 deg to WeAs ASH Pashto/Dari
1500-1530 on 15100 KWT 250 kW / 046 deg to CeAs VOA Uzbek
1200-1230 on 15265 KWT 250 kW / 045 deg to CeAs RFE Kyrghiz
0900-1000 on 15360 KWT 250 kW / 080 deg to WeAs MAS Pashto
1500-1600 on 15445 KWT 250 kW / 035 deg to CeAs RFE Tatar
1630-1700 on 15620 KWT 250 kW / 185 deg to EaAf VOA Somali
1400-1500 on 15725 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to SoAs AAP Urdu
1630-1700 on 15730 KWT 250 kW / 185 deg to EaAf VOA Somali
0900-1000 on 15740 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs MAS Pashto
1100-1200 on 17495 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs RFA Tibetan
0600-0700 on 17560 KWT 250 kW / 035 deg to CeAs RFE Russian
0230-0330 on 17670 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs AFG Pashto/Dari
0330-0530 on 17670 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs AFG Pashto/Dari
0530-0600 on 17670 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs AFG Pashto
0700-0730 on 17670 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs AFG Dari
0730-0830 on 17670 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs AFG Pashto
0730-0830 on 17690 KWT 250 kW / 080 deg to WeAs AFG Pashto
0600-0700 on 17765 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to CeAs RFA Tibetan
AAP=Aap Ki Dunyaa
AFG=Radio Free Afghanistan
ASH=Radio Ashna
DEE=Deewa Radio
FAR=Radio Farda
MAS=Radio Mashaal
RFA=Radio Free Asia
RFE=Radio Liberty
SAW=Radio Sawa
VOA=Voice of America
(DX Re Mix News, Bulgaria, 11 June via DXLD)
** LEBANON [non]. 11715, June 9 at 0456 ``hunting call`` tune and
``Huna Idha`at`` something ID; 0457 one note of Vatican IS before cut
off the air. Presumably the scheduled relay of ``Radio Charity`` or
``Voice of Charity``, as WRTH 2012 names it in English, daily at 0430
in summer instead of 0530 in winter, via Vatican Radio, SMG. Fair
signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also VATICAN
** LITHUANIA. [re 12-23:] Correct time for RMRC Rhein-Main-Radioclub
on June 9 is 0200-0300, see below [all SIT 100 kW]
0100-0200 9400 / 079 deg CeAs Radio Free Asia in Uyghur
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
0200-0300 11900 / 310 deg NoAm Rhein-Main-Radioclub in English June 9
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
0300-0400 9635 / 079 deg CeAs Radio Liberty in Tatar
0430-0500 6165 / 079 deg EaEu Radio Japan NHK World in Russian
0500-0600 9635 / 079 deg CeAs Radio Liberty in Tatar
1400-1500 6180 / 259 deg WeEu Rhein-Main-Radioclub in German June 10
1530-1600 6180 / 079 deg EaEu HCJB Global Russian Sun
1600-1630 6180 / 079 deg EaEu HCJB Global Chechen Sun
1730-1830 11900 / 079 deg Asia Rhein-Main-Radioclub in English June 10
73! (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, June 8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) previously he
had it one hour earlier at 0100-0200 June 9. But further questions
have arisen about whether the dates are correct by UT (gh, DXLD)
Harald, aber Sigitas Zilionis hat die Stunde zwischen RFA Uyghurisch
und Radio Liberty Tatar für die RMRC Nordamerika Sendung 11900 kHz am
9. Juni gebucht ! 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, A-DX, DXLD)
11900 09/Jun 0215 Lithuania (?), RMRC Radio in English 0215 Speeches
in English by OM intermixed with beep signal. At 0217 OM talk, then
instrumental music. At 0218 OM seems to disclose some scheme of
frequencies. At 0220 short music pop, then OM talk. Very weak signal.
11900 09/Jun 0257 LTU, RMRC. End of transmission (Jorge Freitas, Feira
de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
They had a lot of problems getting this on. The beeps were along with
RFE/RL Praha ID loops, since feeding the program thru there to
Lithuania. More dead air, even heard a R Japan IS and ID. After 0216
or so rejoined programming. Fair signal with lots of fading. Hope they
will availablize this on the web. Anyhow we now know they really meant
UT Saturday at 0200. But they should make-good repeat it intact, like
24 hours later. 73, (Glenn Hauser, 0228 UT June 9, ibid.)
Help Identify Broadcast June 9 SW Broadcast --- Tonight -- June 8 in
Dallas -- from 0230 to 0257 GMT (June 9 in Europe), I listened to a
solid, clear signal on 11900 MHz [sic] beamed to N. America. I
stumbled onto the station simply "cruising" the SW bands. The male
host spoke in a heavily accented English. He gave an extended report
on the recent European DX Council (EDXC) that met May 31-June 3 in
Germany. I listened until the end of the transmission (sign-off) at
0257 GMT but never got an ID. I am almost certain that it was
Lithuania's Radio Vilnius. Did anyone else hear this, and did you get
an ID? I immediately checked a couple of shortwave frequency services,
but neither gave record of anything in English at that time on 11900!
Very peculiar but fascinating nevertheless (Grayson Watson, Dallas, TX
using a Sangean 909x. My antenna tonight was a 43' Par End-Fed for SW
(my best antenna), Cumbre DX via DXLD)
The site was Sitkunai, Lithuania, but nothing to do with defunct Radio
Vilnius. The first quarter of the hour was a loss, with dead air and
feed mixups. They really ought to try again and make it good, like 24
hours later. Signal was sufficient but very choppy here in OK. This
was a one-time special, altho to be repeated Sunday at 1730 also on
11900 aimed eastward, unlikely to be audible in N America then. Let`s
hope they availablize the hour on the web so we can really hear it.
73, (Glenn Hauser, Cumbre DX via WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DXLD)
11900, UT Saturday June 9 at 0202, EDXC Conference special via
Sitkunai has just started; there was some confusion with conflicting
reports about the correct date and the correct time. Unfortunately,
the first quarter-hour was a loss. After a few minutes, the program
stopped and instead we heard at 0204 the ``RFE/RL Praha, beep`` filler
announcement several times, and then a few minutes of dead air. 0209
or so even the NHK IS and ID were played a few times, and more dead
air. 0215.5, RFE/RL ID again briefly, and 0216.5 finally brings up
program audio initially in German, but soon into English; 0218
discussing receivers. Kai Ludwig thinks the messup resulted from the
control board operator bringing up the wrong audio feed, as Sitkunai
does relay RFE/RL from Prague afterwards and at other times.
Signal strength was sufficient, but quite choppy and unpleasant to
listen to. I had been rolling tape and continued to do so; recheck at
0258, it was already off. This English hour is scheduled to be
repeated Sunday (not Saturday) at 1730 to Asia also on 11900, but
doubtful to be audible in North American then. I may not listen to the
tape unless the program produced by the Rhein-Main Radio Club is not
availablized on the web.
Bryan Clark in NZ says they have a special QSL ready for reports to
mail @ rmrc.de (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Certainly not routed through RFE/RL but played out locally in
Lithuania, presumably at the Sitkunai site itself. The audio they
brought up by mistake apparently originated from sources used for the
remaining daily shortwave transmissions, all satellite receivers on a
dish aiming at Hotbird 13E, at least one for a channel in the IBB mux
and one for a channel in a Globecast mux (listed as a shabby 64 kbps,
so presumably indeed merely meant as feed for AM transmissions).
Scenario: The shortwave transmitter is fed by the output of a mixer to
which all needed sources are connected. By mistake not only the fader
with the playout computer was open but also another one with the
output of a satellite receiver, perhaps just the one needed at 0300.
They did not note what was going on for almost ten minutes or so, and
the descriptions read as if someone in panic first put down all
faders, then momentary opened another wrong one, the one with the NHK
Hotbird feed, and finally restarted the RMRC playout.
I have no satellite equipment at hand here, but if the RFE/RL audio
went "This is Radio Free Europe. Radio Liberty. Praha. BUUUP." it is
well known and also heard on certain shortwave transmissions prior to
the start of the actual broadcast. It's kind of an IBB equivalent to
the music loop Babcock London puts on unused circuits (Kai Ludwig,
Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Good reception here on the west coast of North America, tape-delayed
as I was out for the evening. Nice clear signal. Anyone know about an
email address to send reports to? 73, (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC,
ibid.)
11900, Heard the report on few remoted Perseus net rxs in western
Europe. S=9+40dB huge signal heard on 11900 kHz from 0200 UT June 9th
onwards. 0200-0204 UT a short piece of EDXC-conference 2012 RMRC
report heard, but always with other different feeder line annmt "This
is Radio Liberty Praha" in the underneath background, very annoying
for listener.
At 0204-0206:10 UT heard only feeder line annmt "This is Radio Liberty
Praha" over and over again. Then only TX carrier heard, seen on
Perseus screen.
At 0215:40 short piece of feeder line annmt "This is Radio Liberty
Praha" heard for few seconds.
0216:45 UT s t a r t e d again EDXC-conference 2012 RMRC report
program. Few seconds in English lang, then after that in German lang.
piece from 0219 UT featured a Reuter RDR50B / RDR54D rx report, and an
interview followed with an Italian DXer til 0223 UT.
Pause mx at 0225 UT. Interview about German stations til 0229 UT.
At 0231 UT George Brown DXer since 1948 from Scotland interviewed,
NASWA, DSWCI, BDXC member.
At 0234-0236 UT Dutch DXer since 1969 Max van Arnhem interviewed.
From 0237-0239 UT Interview of Japanese DXer Toshi Ohtake followed.
0240-0244 UT interview with former GDR journalist Manfred Böhm of
Radio Berlin International and RadioRopa followed.
From 0248 UT general secretary of EDXC Tibor Szilagyi from Sweden
interviewed.
Followed at 0252-0254 UT by interview of coming EDXC secretary from
Finland.
Final announcement of Nick Barker RMRC at 0254 UT.
http://www.rmrc.de/index.php?lang=en
with wrong broadcast time:
http://www.rmrc.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=152&Itemid=149&lang=de
From 0256-0257 UT the feeder line annmt "This is Radio Liberty Praha"
heard over and over again.
0257:30 UT TX Sitkunai Lithuania on 11900 kHz OFF air.
0258:45 UT TX Sitkunai Lithuania on 9635 kHz ON air for Radio Liberty
Tatar program, heard as feeder line annmt "This is Radio Liberty
Praha".
0300:11 UT Radio Liberty Tatar program started on 9635 kHz, heard at
backlobe S=9+15dB signal here in southwestern Germany. vy73 wb df5sx
(Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Apparently anyone looking for a ``do over`` of last evening`s 11900
kHz Rhein Main Radio Club transmission to North America is doomed to
disappointment. Because of the confusion with the announced day and
time, some DXers in NAm missed the Friday night broadcast and hoped it
would be repeated. No such luck. No sign here of anything on 11900 at
0200+ tonight (Don Jensen, WI, 0212 UT June 10, NASWA yg via DXLD)
RMRC just started its EDXC broadcast on 6180 kHz (at 1400 UT) in
German. Very strong signal (S 9+10 db) and good modulation. 73
(Harald Kuhl, QTH Goettingen/Germany, June 10, bdxcuk yg via DXLD)
Surprisingly weak signal here in the south of England on 6180, no
better than S2 initially, though improving slightly by 1445. As this
is the German broadcast presumably the frequency was picked for
optimum reception in Germany. Hopefully the English transmission to
Asia at 1730-1830 on 11900 (also via Lithuania) will be audible.
73s (Dave Kenny, ibid.)
49 mb propagation was not very well today, and on mid-summer June
propagation a little early for 49 mb usage, 9 MHz would be better at
this mid afternoon time slot. Heard on Perseus network near London on
S=9+5dB, and same level like in Belgium, Holland, Germany and
Switzerland, only poor signal southwards near Vienna and Venice at S=8
level. At best in Berlin Eastern Germany and on technical university
Brunswick rx unit at S=9+25 - +30 level. 73 wolfy (Wolfgang Büschel,
1507 UT June 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
11900 kHz AM from 1730 UTC with English version of EDXC 2012 program
by RMRC. S9+20 dB Signale here, but interferences from co-channel CRI
in English (program "China Drive") in the background. 73 (Harald Kuhl,
QTH Goettingen/Germany, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)
Excellent reception here in UK of the 1730-1830 broadcast on 11900.
CRI English underneath, but Sitkauni is much stronger here. 73s (Dave
Kenny, England, ibid.)
11900 kHz at 1730 UT for Asia was a poor choice since CRI is on 11900
kHz till 1757 - till then we only heard it under CRI poorly; after
1757 the signal was nice but splatter from Mr China at 11895 started
at 1800. Anyway, Sony SW7600GR handled it with Sync. + USB mode. There
was also VOA Amharic I think at 11905 kHz which was not a big problem.
Reception from 1757 to 1830 UT was like SIO 434 in portables. Anyway I
think there can be clear channels availed but someone just overlooked
the CRI when scheduling. Now it`s time to get another Lithuania QSL
which is precious these days -- Thanks & Regards, (Partha Sarathi
Goswami, Siliguri, Dist. Darjeeling, West Bengal, INDIA, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
RMRC EDXC report via Sitkunai, 100 kW, 259 / 79 degrees. 6180 at 14-15
UT June 10. At best network SDR rx at DL7PV in Berlin and Brunswick
S=9+25db signal, all others EUR England, Belgium, Netherlands, North
GER, Darmstadt, Amberg and Switzerland S=9+5dB signal, next to Pöllau
Vienna Austria and Italy only S=8 in southern Europe.
11900 at 1745 UT June 10, signal 8-9 in Island,
S=9+30dB in Brunswick and Berlin,
S=9+20dB in Frankfurt/M and Italy,
S=9+5dB at AOR Tokyo Japan. 73 wb (Wolfgang Buschel, DXLD)
Wouldn't it have been easier to simply put the audio feed directly on
a web stream, without the unnecessary shortwave detour...?
At Dresden, where I happened to be at this time, the signal level was
at the fringe of the requirements for good portable-outdoor reception.
I think 31 metres would have been a better choice. At least this
transmission went well, starting with audio crash-start on already
running carrier at 1400, being wrapped up at 1454, fill music
continuing til 1500 and carrier off after another 20 seconds or so.
I assume the contents were identical to the English version hardly
anyone could hear properly, just with German voice-over (in some cases
only partially) on English interviews and no voice-over on German
interviews. Into the latter category falls one with Manfred Böhm, ex-
RBI, ex-Radioropa and now DW (but ex-radio). He said frankly that he
had been invited and rather spontaneously decided to attend although
all the technical stuff is not of primary interest for him, instead he
was hoping to meet Wolf Harranth, but in vain. Well, earlier GH had
been promised as well, something I considered as too unlikely for even
bothering to ask.
And what else during this broadcast on the 49 mB? King was Wertachtal
on 6095. Third tier, actually almost on a par with 6180, was
Woofferton on 6195, with the BBC service in the major European
language of Dari. 5970 had weakish RL Russian from Lampertheim, on
6005 at times a faint carrier faded up which presumably was Krekel
with 20 dB less transmission level than the others. And that's all of
it between 1400 and 1430.
After 1430 another weakish signal had appeared, Radio Vatican on 6075.
And at 1450 DRM racket had to be noted on 6155, what's this? Looking
up after coming home revealed that it was Bolshakovo, scheduled to
start its broadcast into nowhere here at 1500. Wonder if the DRM
signal contained the usual interrupted test tone?
Situation still not much different at 1500, except Wertachtal now also
being on 6105 with RL for Belarus (Kai Ludwig, ibid.)
Copied the Sunday RMRC broadcast on 11900.0 at *1730-1830* here in VA
but wanted to here it well enough to kick back and enjoy the actual
programming. PA0RDT's Perseus located in the Netherlands and Total
Recorder turned out to be the solution. Here is the 2nd half of the
broadcast containing some interesting interviews:
https://www.box.com/s/52ef057a112e7f976def
(Chuck Rippel, Chesapeake, VA, NASWA yg via DXLD)
Confirm top Indian DXer Partha Sarathi Goswami's report and comments.
Ditto here. Disappointed that the frequency was poorly selected. BUT I
want to thank RMRC for having made the broadcast in this day and age
when stations are going off the air. A bouquet to EDXC and RMRC for
giving us the opportunity. I can imagine it is a lot of work and
expense. This is how I heard it after 1757 when CRI s.off.
http://soundcloud.com/user6004348/edxc-11900-6-10-2012-1759-59
73 and good wishes from Sri Lanka (Victor Goonetilleke, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Meanwhile I read that reception of this 11900 transmission in parts of
Germany and Austria was pretty good, in some cases almost local-like,
overriding co-channel China completely. In fact it often was, rather
ironically, better than 6180.
Concerning precious Lithuania catches: There appears to be still HCJB
Russian, starting at 1530 on 6180, if that's what I heard in passing
yesterday. There should also still be NHK World in Russian, too, 0430-
0500 on 6165, RFA Uyghur 0100-0200 on 9400, RFE/RL Tatar 0300-0400 and
0500-0600 on 9635 each. Anything else in HFCC is wishful thinking,
including 5940 since IRIB has apparently cancelled after six years.
(Kai Ludwig, June 11, ibid.)
I have recently heard (about 2 months ago) RFA Uyghur via Lithuania,
this is my first Lithuania QSL, I have blank QSL from Radio Vilnius
from past, in those days I haven't sent reception reports much
although listened a lot. -- Thanks & Regards, (Partha Sarathi Goswami,
Siliguri, Dist. Darjeeling, West Bengal, INDIA, ibid.)
RFA QSLs come fast but not with the location for non IBB transmitting
sites which is their policy and it will be ticked off as 'other'
(Victor Goonetilleke, ibid.)
RMRC REPEAT THE SPECIAL BROADCAST FROM SITKUNAI TO USA
Hello Rich and all DXers everywhere, The Rhein-Main Radio Club special
broadcast to USA from Sitkunai in English concerning the EDXC / DSWCI
Conferences 2012 will be REPEATED on 16. June 2012 (UT Saturday) in
11900 kHz at 0200-0300 UT. Good listening and 73, Robert Kipp, RMRC,
DSWCI (via Jaisakthivel, ADXC, Tirunelveli, India, dxldyg via WORLD OF
RADIO 1621, DXLD)
** MALI. 5995, RTVM, *0555-0605, June 8, sign on with guitar IS.
National Anthem at 0558. Heard flute IS and opening French ID
announcements at 0559. Vernacular talk at 0600. Indigenous vocals at
0602. Signal strength at good level but weak modulation (Brian
Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest)
** MAURITANIA. 7245, June 8 at 0445, there is a weakish Arabish signal
between 7240 DW/Rwanda, and 7250 Vatican, presumably IGIM as usual
rather than V. of Tajik; and on the air earlier than usual for the
Fribbath. Lately it has not been showing up before 0600 on Islamic
weekdays (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Mauritania was already on air at 0350 UT, seemingly at the whole
night, June 8. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 1120, MEXICO unidentified. 1025 June 9, 2012. Tentatively
Mexico, anyway. Soft Spanish Smooth Jazz-type vocal, male announcer
1029, then signal faded. But at 1037, “Venus” by Frankie Avalon faded
up, segued into “Sunny” by Bobby Hebb at 1039, then at 1041, "Non C'è"
sung in Italian by previously unknown to me Italian-born Laura
Pausini, which my iPhone's SoundHound app (a great music ID tool when
DXing) identified, and being on her debut album released in Italy.
She's now 38, big in Italy since beginning her career in the early-
90's, and even bigger in Latin America after issuing several albums in
Spanish. Seemed an odd song choice to follow the previous two.
Pretty much lost the signal after this, with KMOX sports talk
dominating till they too faded out a little after 1100. No US stations
that should be audible at this time are listed with an Oldies format,
but that's what I presumed this set of songs must be sourcing from.
Until re-checking the next morning, June 10. Tune-in to soft vocal in
English by female, Spanish male announcer 1014, signal fade. But back
up at 1023 with John Lennon's “Beautiful Boy” (which wasn't even a
single) from the 1980 “Double Fantasy” album, then male announcer
mentioning, “... música... ---dente...” into Spanish female vocal (“no
SoundHound matches” message this time, Italian is prettier I would
agree).
At 1030, male again mentioned, twice, a slogan seemingly ending in “--
-dente” and signal lost by 1033, local sunrise enhancement not
allowing the signal to hold through any potential Mexican anthem
around 1100. Again on June 11: “Diary” by Bread at 1020, segued into
unidentified English female singer, segued into Spanish female vocal,
signal lost 1030. The signal LOB is roughly W/WNW. Very unusual
format, if a Mexican, and no slogan or format seems to fit in Fred
Cantú's online list (Terry L Krueger, from the Clearwater, FL static
site with (highly abridged equipment list): JRC NRD-535, ICOM IC-R75,
Sony ICF-7600GR, and Sangean PR-D5; 1 X roof dipole, 1 X room random
wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Estimado Sr. Hauser. Según parece, XEQM 6105 KHz no ha
reparado sus problemas técnicos; según parece le destaban dando
prioridad al cambio de AM a FM. Por otro lado Candela XEMH 970 KHz,
Candela FM 95.3 MHz, W Radio XEMQ 810 KHz funcionan con normalidad.
Átomo 810 en XEMQ se trasladó a XEUL 930 y XHUL 96.9 MHz como Átomo
FM. Atte. (Ing. Civ. Israel González Ahumada, M.I., June 8, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 6185, June 7 at 0455, XEPPM is back to just-barely-
modulated, I think, unless they have already finished and just not
turned off the transmitter yet, maintaining an S9+20 signal.
6185, June 8 at 0205, XEPPM is back to just-barely modulating. A pity
as much of the evening now, there is no CCI and little ACI. 0444
recheck, still JBM but I can tell there is music; as usual blasted
away at *0459:50 by 6190 CRI via Sackville, unfortunately still on the
correct frequency, unlike an earlier broadcast: see CANADA
6185, June 9 at 0450, XEPPM is again just barely modulated, shortly
before sign-off, and presumably so, all day/evening. Can`t they tell
that a certain something is missing? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO
1621, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Sporadic E analog TV DX UT June 6:
0226 on 2, turn on TV to find heavy CCI in progress, peaking SSW in
Spanish
0227 on 3, NEXTEL presenta ---
0230 on 3, drama on video with net-5 bug; audio from something else
0237, MUF reaches 4, and then 5 with some ads from south
0238 on 2 and 3, net 5 drama, audio slightly out of synch
0243 on 5, promo or political ad? By kid, ``Nuestro México del
Futuro`` on screen; looked like another word below that was COLIMA. I
wish I could be certain of that as this small state should be a TVDX
rarity with only a handful of less than full-power stations including
this ch 5 per W9WI.com in the city of Colima with appropriate calls:
Colima, CY[5] XHCC-TV 14.000 0.00 +H 19-5-14.00N 104-18-0.00W XV-XLIC
XHGC (5)
http://www.w9wi.com/states/CY.html
0258 on 6, signs of video here, the MUF peak
0300, opening is mostly gone
1419, turn on the TV again, and ch 2 is bearing two zero-beat videos
from the SSE, audio in Spanish, no doubt the Yucatán peninsula again.
The dominant one has the f = FOROtv program, so that`s XHY-TV in
Mérida. Fading by 1430, brief resurgence at 1440, nothing more.
The other: probably the next ch 2 east, 100 kW XHQRO-TV in Cancún,
Quintana Roo, about 175 miles away. I would hate to be midway between
the cities trying to get either channel 2 without interference. XHY-TV
is listed as less, only 76.5 kW, yet is seen far more regularly (Glenn
Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Es analog TV DX June 10, continued [from CANADA], UT:
1726 on 2, I was aiming NW toward CANADA as last seen, but now there`s
video in Spanish, so back to south. Political ad for PRI presidential
candidate Peña Nieto. Getting dirty with laughter at names of many
competing candidates, Alianza logo xed out; further adstring
1726 on 4, algo is starting to show.
1731 on 2, net-7 promo; 1732 into drama with net 7 bug UR: most likely
XHTAU Tampico
1740 on 2 animated movie, no audio, with gringo girls playing guitars;
then credit roll starts but cut off; probably same as above
1745 on 2, soccer
1814 on 2, animated with apes in space; net 5 bug UR almost off-screen
1816 on 3 // 2 as above, briefly peaks to VG level, dubbed
1831 on 2, docu? on kids playing fútbol in Ukraine, Spanish subtitles
2042 on 2, movie or something fades in briefly, antenna still south
2103 on 2, CCI peaking SW, Spanish
2104 on 3, lucha libre, brief fade in
2105 on 3, bug in upper right of a starry? Symbol, and TELE -
something underneath it. Don`t see a match for local or network at
Oglethorpe`s site. Local dance show. Then there is typical Baja
California Norte almost-zero beat bars between XHBC and XETJB
2107 on 2, Xtremo tabloid news show over CCI, peaks SSW, with Azteca-
13 bug in UR; soon gone and nothing more tho plenty of Es on the maps
further north in the continent (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MICRONESIA. 4755.42, Pohnpei, The Cross Radio, 0915 to 1040 on 5
June, heard with decent signal this time all week. Same 9 June (Robert
Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -746Pro - R8 - Sony
2010XA, and XM - Cedar Key - South Florida, NRD 525D - R8A -E-5,
Cumbre DX via DXLD)
** MYANMAR/BURMA. 7185.87, Myanmar Radio. An unusual development here!
For several years I have reported this frequency as a spur of 7200.1,
due to the fact it always had a very weak signal compared to 7200.1
and was always definitely //.
Not so on June 8. Today seemed a much better signal than the spur
heard in the past. From 1209 to 1235 definitely // 5985.84. Therefore
speaking just for today’s reception, I believe it must follow that
7185.87 was actually a separate Myanmar Radio transmitter and not a
spur.
What was even stranger was that by 1235 I started to hear a very weak
secondary audio which was clearly // 7200.1, underneath the primary/
predominant audio. So there were two audios: a primary/predominant
audio // 5985.84 and a secondary much weaker audio // 7200.1. Fair
reception on 7200.1 and certainly was broadcasting their normal single
audio, so was not a spur from there.
Appreciate hearing any feedback anyone has regarding this unique
development (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This can happen when two open-wire feedlines run parallel one another;
in which case, this would be a mixing product of two frequencies,
rather than a spur. Anything around 7215?? (Dave Walcutt, NASWA yg via
DXLD)
Hi Dave, Thanks for your input. Have never heard Myanmar on 7215
before, nor have I seen any reports of it being heard there. Thanks
again (Ron Howard, ibid.)
Received an interesting response from Mauno Ritola (Finland):
"Hi Ron, Victor's Sri Lanka remote rx happened to be free today [June
10] at 1300 and I can confirm the situation there just as you say.
There is only one carrier on 7185.87-88 kHz, so it is a duplicate
feed. But it is a symmetrical spur of 7200.1 kHz, because respective
carrier is found on 7214.33 kHz. Unfortunately it is too disturbed for
any audio. But I think there is also a secondary, extremely weak audio
on 7200.1 kHz, sounding like // 5985.87 kHz. Funny also, that both
5985 and 7185 kHz are on about the same offset. For fun I checked the
half way: 6585.87 kHz but nothing there. 73, Mauno"
(Ron Howard, Monterey, CA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Great Mauno, spurs also symmetrically at 14.23 kHz away, what about
minus 1200 kHz at 4785.87 kHz? vy73 wolfy df5sx (Büschel, ibid.)
Thanks. Nothing around 4785.87 kHz. Those similar offsets must be just
a coincidence; they are actually slightly different, checked at 1220
via Victor's rx and they were on 5985.858 and 7185.875 kHz. 73, (Mauno
Ritola, Finland, ibid.)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. All transmissions of Radio Netherlands World
Service in English on short waves will be terminated from July 1. Here
the current schedule:
1000-1057 on 15110 PHT 250 kW / 283 deg to SEAs
1400-1457 on 9800 TRM 250 kW / 345 deg to SoAs
1800-1957 on 17605 SMG 250 kW / 144 deg to ECAf
1900-2057 on 7425 MDC 250 kW / 270 deg to SoAf
1900-2057 on 11615 ISS 500 kW / 192 deg to WeAf
1900-2057 on 15495 SMG 250 kW / 193 deg to WCAf
73! (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, June 7, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Ivo, Where do you get the July 1 date? They have been announcing that
the last broadcast will be on June 29 (Glenn to Ivo, via DXLD)
According HFCC registrations
1000-1057 on 15110 PHT 250 kW / 283 deg to SEAs till June 29
1400-1457 on 9800 TRM 250 kW / 345 deg to SoAs till June 30
1800-1957 on 17605 SMG 250 kW / 144 deg to ECAf till June 30
1900-2057 on 7425 MDC 250 kW / 270 deg to SoAf till June 30
1900-2057 on 11615 ISS 500 kW / 192 deg to WeAf till June 30
1900-2057 on 15495 SMG 250 kW / 193 deg to WCAf till June 30
(Ivo Ivanov, June 7, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
RADIO NETHERLANDS ANNOUNCEMENT OF END OF ENGLISH SERVICE
Posted on the RNW website today; last day will be June 30:
http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/were-changing
Indonesian apparently ending the same day, but also Spanish? HFCC
still shows those broadcasts continuing through the end of A-12. Not
seeing any similar announcement after a quick look at the RNW Spanish
website (Steve Luce, Houston, Texas, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
No, last day is June 29, as they have been announcing on air for a
while, and as given on this page. Don`t wait until June 30 to hear The
End (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)
Dear reader, we're sorry to inform you that the English service of
Radio Netherlands Worldwide will be closing at the end of this month.
As a result, this website will see some changes.
From 1 July 2012 there will no longer be a daily review of the Dutch
papers. Our coverage of Dutch news stories will also cease. And since
RNW's English webstream will end on 29 June, there will be no more
Listening Guide.
We will continue to serve you, however, on this website, with
background articles relating to our new brief: promoting free speech
in areas where people are not free to gather information, or to form
and express independent opinions.
The measures are a result of steep budget cuts imposed by the Dutch
government and a concomitant change in focus. Providing the world with
a realistic image of the Netherlands, as we have proudly done since
1947, will no longer be one of our statutory duties.
The last radio show
On 29 June we will broadcast a radio show looking back at the past
decades of Radio Netherlands Worldwide. Have you got a memory to
share? Please let us know, at the usual address, letters@rnw.nl We'd
love to hear from you.
Updates
Please keep checking this site for updates on our final day. There may
be a surprise or two... The RNW English team (via DXLD)
They are even ending their webstream. Just a couple of years ago, this
was one of the premier international broadcasters in English. How the
mighty have fallen (Pat Blakely, SC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
What remains is the question if still radio content will be produced
for rebroadcasters and/or offering as podcasts. But apparently this
will not be the case. And already now they are just a shadow of their
former self, having cancelled all English radio news and offering only
canned, untimely stuff anymore.
The Indonesian service meanwhile has an extended farewell section
online:
http://www.rnw.nl/bahasa-indonesia/dossier/Perpisahan%20Ranesi
(Kai Ludwig, ibid.)
9715, June 10 at 1226, RNW via BONAIRE closing `Cartas @ RN` show, so
I listen to hear whether they will then announce the termination of
all Spanish at Junend like they do for English? No, just usual sign-
off for now with frequencies of this and the 0000, 0100 Spanish
broadcasts.
Then I tune at 1231 to 11880 via Costa Rica, for REE`s `Amigos de la
Onda Corta` and hear Antonio Buitrago quoting `Cartas` with news about
RNW as his very first item:
From 1 July RNW will continue with only one 30-minute Spanish
broadcast M-F only, for freedom-challenged areas Cuba, Venezuela, also
Mexico and Central America. No time or frequency given but it will be
on SW plus partner stations. I can`t find anything about this yet on
the RNW Spanish website (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Ultimo programa de Cartas@RN --- Cartas @ RN emitirá su último
programa el 24 de junio. Les pedimos a los internautas que lo deseen
que nos envíen un mensaje muy corto, de no más de 30 segundos, de ser
posible grabado, al correo electrónico cartas @ rnw.nl
(RNW FB via Horacio Nigro, Uruguay, June 10, condiglist yg via DXLD
Andy Sennitt has said on Facebook and Digital Spy that additional
shortwave frequencies are planned for the final English service
broadcast and will be announced shortly (Mike Barraclough, June 11,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Spanish to Cuba 1100-1130 UT BON 9895 kHz
And maybe: Local languages to Surinam 0930-1000 UT BON 6020 kHz
The measures are a result of steep budget cuts imposed by the Dutch
government and a concomitant change in focus. Providing the world with
broadcasts in various languages through shortwave, as we have proudly
done since 1947, will no longer be one of our statutory duties.
We thank you very much for your many reports you have send to us and
wish you and your family, all the best for the future. With kind
regards from Holland, Karen van Lierop" (via Dmitry Puzanov,
Kazakhstan, open_dx yg via Aleksandr Diadischev, Ukraine, dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Retaining Spanish to Cuba would make sense under the new RNW mandate.
However with Bonaire closing at the end of the A-12 season, the
transmission would probably be moved to Montsinéry, should it continue
into B-12. Or book a 30 minute slot on WRMI?
Montsinery would of course be perfect for the Suriname broadcast.
Didn't this facility conduct some groundwave tests for the area on 49
meters not too long ago? (Steve Luce, Houston, Texas, ibid.)
All transmissions of Radio Netherlands World Service in English on
short waves will be terminated from July 1. Here the current schedule:
0200-0257 6165 BON 250 kW / 345 deg NoAm till June 29, new additional
0200-0257 11640 BON 250 kW / 350 deg NoAm till June 29, new additional
0300-0357 6165 BON 250 kW / 315 deg CeAm till June 29, new additional
0300-0357 11640 BON 250 kW / 320 deg CeAm till June 29, new additional
1000-1057 on 15110 PHT 250 kW / 283 deg to SEAs till June 29
1400-1457 on 9800 TRM 250 kW / 345 deg to SoAs till June 30
1800-1957 on 17605 SMG 250 kW / 144 deg to ECAf till June 30
1900-2057 on 7425 MDC 250 kW / 270 deg to SoAf till June 30
1900-2057 on 11615 ISS 500 kW / 192 deg to WeAf till June 30
1900-2057 on 15495 SMG 250 kW / 193 deg to WCAf till June 30
(Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, June 12, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
RNW resumes English to NAm for a bit? [as above] Unless there is some
misunderstanding, it appears that until The End, RNW will be reviving
some English to NAm in the evenings. Please check at 0200-0357! (gh,
DXLD)
There is indeed a misunderstanding: These additional frequencies to
North America will be on air on June 29 only, for a final farewell.
Will they bid one to Europe, too?
See also http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/were-changing
which right now still says that the farewell will go out on the usual
frequencies "at least", so perhaps the HFCC data is indeed not
complete yet: "Our last day on radio is 29 June. We're starting at
0000 UT, and our final hour will begin at 2000 and last until 2057."
So no transmissions on June 30 anymore. Don't get confused by the HFCC
registration format. And see also the comment by Kim Andrew Elliott on
this announcement: "The fact that RNW's new brief uses the verb
'promote' is a clear sign that RNW is leaving the news business."
http://kimelli.nfshost.com/index.php?id=13361
(Kai Ludwig, Germany, ibid.)
RADIO NETHERLANDS ENGLISH SECTION WILL QUIT RADIO ON 29 JUNE WITH
SPECIAL PROGRAM. Posted: 12 Jun 2012
Radio Netherlands Worldwide, 11 June 2012: "We're very sorry to inform
you that the English service of Radio Netherlands Worldwide will be
closing at the end of this month. ... However, we will continue to
provide articles online relating to our new brief: promoting free
speech in areas where people are not free to gather information or to
form and express independent opinions. The measures are a result of
steep budget cuts imposed by the Dutch government and a concomitant
change in focus. Providing the world with a realistic image of the
Netherlands, as we have proudly done since 1947, will no longer be one
of our statutory duties. On 29 June we will broadcast a radio show
looking back at the past decades of Radio Netherlands Worldwide. ...
And, perhaps most importantly, thank you - for listening, reading, and
riding this bumpy road with us over the years and through the recent,
difficult times." (kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD)
This is the end of an era, as Dutch international shortwave
broadcasting dates back to 1927. The fact that RNW's new brief uses
the verb "promote" is a clear sign that RNW is leaving the news
business.
For news in English about the Netherlands, there are alternatives,
including http://www.dutchnews.nl http://www.dutchdailynews.com
http://www.nisnews.nl and others listed at
http://www.world-newspapers.com
(Kim Andrew Elliott, ibid via WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DXLD)
Persian Dutch Network, 9 June 2012, via Payvand: "The activities of
RNW's Persian Service actually ended in December 2011. May 2012 was
the deadline for those interested in re-launching the service to come
up with independent funding. RNW is still negotiating with applicants
but it is unclear when there will be clarity on continuing the
service. The Persian service of Radio Netherlands Worldwide, Asr-e
Holland, was launched in February 2011 and was active for around 10
months. It seems RNW was not serious about this service from the
beginning: Persian Service's website was created as a sub-category of
the Arabic section and the design was not compatible with other
sections of RNW. Since 2006 Dutch government funding has been directed
at the Persian-language radio station Radio Zamaneh".
(kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD)
So can we assume those final English transmissions from Bonaire will
happen Thursday evening, June 28 North American time?
Was curious: Is Vatican Radio actually using the entire block listed
on HFCC from 0100 to 0230 on 15470 via Bonaire? I'll admit I've never
checked. NHK regularly heard from Bonaire on 11935 at 0200, so
including the farewell English broadcasts on June 29 would seem to
indicate four transmitters in use at Bonaire, which is not the case.
Will be nice to hear Bonaire in English one last time. My very first
reception of RNW was in 1966 when the station leased time on Trans
World Radio (Steve Luce, Houston, Texas, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Thursday evening NA time now confirmed on their webpage.
http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/were-changing
(Mike Barraclough, ibid.)
That's sad news. I remember the special program that RNW broadcast
when they took over the frequency that had just been abandoned by the
BBC when they stopped broadcasting to North America. The program
stated RNW's commitment to shortwave. I also liked the "contest" run
during that program.
BBC and RN (now RNW) are/were among the stations I used to listen to
most of any shortwave stations. I started shortwave listening in 1976.
I remember hearing the Jody and Dody Carroll (excuse spelling of last
name [! They were Dody and Jerry Cowan -- gh]) shows and a bit later I
discovered the Happy Station program hosted by Tom Meijer and
assisted by Rosemary de Jong and Ann Mulder.
When I went on vacations I always took along a small portable
shortwave radio. I remember on a trip with my sister to LA that I took
time off one afternoon to catch the Happy Station program. I also used
to listen fairly regularly to Media Network.
This type of announcement reminds me I should be spending more time
listening to the International broadcasters we still have left on the
air and letting them know regularly that they still have an audience.
So many of the stations I used to listen to are gone now.
Many of the broadcasters say they aren't gone because their
programming can still be heard over the Internet. While that may be
true, I spend enough time on the computer as it is. I don't want to
spend more time listening to radio stations. Shortwave radio was a way
to get away from the computer and something I could do in the
backyard, at a beach, or while on vacation. For me, if a station
leaves shortwave they might as well pack it in completely.
I could count the number of times in the last year (or last several
years) that I've listened to international broadcasters using the
Internet on one hand and have a few fingers left over.
I keep thinking that in a few years there won't be any stations left
to listen to on shortwave. R.I.P. RNW. You will be missed. --
Cheers! (Kevin Cozens, VE3SYB, ODXA yg via DXLD)
Keep checking
http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/were-changing
(Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This is truly a sad moment. I'm a new listener to Radio Netherlands
Worldwide, and I've recently been enjoying their Dutch language
broadcasts. I'm learning Dutch, so they were really quite helpful.
Apparently, though, even the Dutch language system is going to be shut
down [already was, May 11 --- gh]. I'm really curious what's going to
happen to their transmitter relay sites in the former Netherlands
Antilles states. After all, aren't those shared with other stations?
The loss of RNW is going to be a big one felt throughout the shortwave
listening community.
I've sent in my thoughts for their special broadcast. I sincerely hope
there's some sort of policy change. I remember when Radio Bulgaria was
going under there was a letter writing campaign. They're still doing
some things. Maybe we can save RNW.
At one point, there were Save Radio Netherlands t-shirts on their
website. Were these ever actually for sale? I'd like to help them if
they were trying to raise funds that way, but I wasn't aware that they
could (narvorr/wolfwere, June 14, ptsw yg via DXLD)
It`s a little late for that (gh, DXLD)
RADIO NETHERLANDS WORLDWIDE SAYS GOODBYE TO ITS AUDIENCES --- Irawaty
Wardany, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Thu, 06/14/2012 5:55 PM
The Radio Netherlands Worldwide (RNW) will end its Indonesian and
English broadcast services on June 29 with a-three-hour live broadcast
from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. [UT + 7 = 1000-1300 UT; WTFK??]
The RNW official website announced on Thursday that the measures were
a result of steep budget cuts imposed by the Dutch government and a
concomitant change in focus
Once RNW’s English web stream ends on June 29 there will be no more
daily reviews of the Dutch papers, coverage of Dutch news stories and
listening guides, the website announced.
On 29 June RNW will broadcast a radio show looking back at the past
decades of the station. Have you got a memory to share? Please let
them know, at letters @ rnw.nl They would love to hear from you,
according to the announcement at the website (via Artie Bigley, DXLD)
** NIGERIA [and non]. 15120, June 6 at 0506, no sign of V of Nigeria,
just Chinese. The two-night streak is broken. VOA Botswana is in well
on 15580, so propagation is not to blame.
15120, June 7 at 0516, VON with relatively good modulation (for them)
but still with whine, US accented reporter about Syria, Russia
offering Assad asylum and he can take 6 gigadollars with him?! She was
``Priscilla Hough? in Washington for Voice of Nigeria``, apparently
the same stringer I heard on Vatican Radio`s 1200 broadcast! This was
not on the air when last tuned by a few minutes after 0500; normally
would be on by 0445.
Googling soon finds her as Priscilla Huff, with portrait:
http://www.featurestorynews.com/about/about/people.html
``Priscilla Huff is a correspondent in FSN's Washington Bureau, and
joined the company from CNN in 2001. With extensive experience
covering the US political scene, Priscilla invariably spends her days
on Capitol Hill, at the US State Department or at the White House,
chasing the major issues that matter to FSN’s clients. Her work for
FSN also includes extensive travel across the United States - she's
sauntered down the Red Carpet at the Oscars and waded through the muck
in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Priscilla's reporting has literally
spanned the breadth of the United States - from the Tsunami Center in
Honolulu, Hawaii, to the halls of the United Nations in New York. A
native Washingtonian, Priscilla previously worked for WBIS TV in New
York, and the political website Voter.com.``
Newjerseynewsroom.com also has a batik story from her in August 2009
as a VOA News correspondent. And here she tweeteth:
https://twitter.com/#1/phuffdaddy
Some other Priscilla Huff is linkedin
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15120, Voice of Nigeria, 0543-0602, June 8, late sign on at
approximately 0543 with English talk. Local pop music program.
News at 0600. Strong but with whine in audio and some programming
was slightly muffled (Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, Icom IC-
7600, two 100 foot longwires, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15120, Voice of Nigeria, 0552, June 9, English, “Weekend Magazine”
with items on reading rate in Nigeria and the eradication of polio,
0555 music to closing of program at 0557. Very good but growl noise
from transmitter. Also at 0658 English, closing arts program
“Celebration”, 0659 email address and traditional Nigerian music, 0700
into French (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, Listening from
my car with Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active antenna. Editor of World
English Survey and Target Listening, available at
http://www.odxa.on.ca dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
From June 1 Voice of Nigeria is back on SW with a full schedule:
0500-0700 on 15120*IKO 250 kW / 007 deg to NoAf English
[this transmission and probably the next one are still
heard only irregularly, as I have reported --- gh]
0700-0800 on 15120 IKO 250 kW / 007 deg to NoAf French
0800-0900 on 9690 IKO 250 kW / 248 deg to WCAf Hausa
0900-1500 on 9690#IKO 250 kW / 248 deg to WCAf English
1500-1600 on 15120 IKO 250 kW / 007 deg to NoAf English
1600-1630 on 9690!IKO 250 kW / 248 deg to ECAf Swahili
1630-1700 on 9690!IKO 250 kW / 248 deg to WCAf Yoruba
1700-1730 on 9690 IKO 250 kW / 248 deg to WCAf Igbo
1730-1830 on 15120 IKO 250 kW / 007 deg to NoAf Arabic
1830-2000 on 15120 AJA 100 kW / 007 deg to NoAf English DRM mode M-F
2000-2100 on 7255$IKO 250 kW / 248 deg to WeAf French
2100-2200 on 7255$IKO 250 kW / 248 deg to WeAf Fulfulde
2200-2300 on 7255$IKO 250 kW / 248 deg to WeAf Hausa
* co-ch AIR in Hindi till 0530 and CRI in Chinese till 0700
# co-ch AIR in English from 1330
! co-ch RRI in Romanian
$ co-ch CRI in Russian till 2100 and Radio Belarus in English and
Russian (DX Re Mix News, Bulgaria, 11 June via DXLD)
15120, Thanks to a tip of Ivo in Bulgaria, Voice of Nigeria English
program again on AM mode, at 06-07 UT seemingly from old Ikorodu site.
Formerly used new Abuja unit in DRM mode to all Africa. Today terrible
BUZZY signal, heard with news read by Gloria around 0605-0607 UT,
speech to crowd on Nigerian domestic news. Followed by news of all
Africa, UN help services report to southern Sudan and Somalia, read by
male. Powerful S=9+20dB transmission heard here in Germany (Wolfgang
Büschel, June 6, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 13 via DXLD)
This morning transmission is always in AM mode when active (gh, DXLD)
15120, June 11 at 0437, tone test is already on preceding VON`s 0500
English broadcast, with some hum (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
15120, VON, 0452, June 11. IS and ID “Voice of Nigeria, Lagos”; 0455
marching band; in English; gave all of today’s programming schedule in
G.M.T.; 0500 drums; news; poor with hum/whine and QRM underneath.
Edited MP3 audio file at
https://www.box.com/s/cd8f474668df85fb9783
15120, VON, 0457, June 14. In English; gave all of today’s programming
schedule; will be focusing on World Blood Donor Day; announced they
switch frequency to sounded like 9590(?), whereas website shows 9690,
for the program “Health Corner” at “09-15 G.M.T.” to West Africa; good
signal strength, but with the usual prominent whine/hum. MP3 audio
posted at
https://www.box.com/s/a1350bf02c71a43b5908
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
15120, June 14 at 0530, VON is on again in analog English, still with
whine and modulation breaking up; with BFO the carrier is also
wavering slightly (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. PIRATE-NA. My Name Is Yawneb, 6925 USB, 0214-0437*,
06-03-12 SIO: 343/444, Long show. Opened with ID as "My name is
Yawneb; I come to you from a planet in your solar system". Played lots
of electronic music, gave shout outs to various DXers and played music
requests. Near the end of the show there was a segment about the last
surviving civilization on Mars. Gave email as [sic]
yawenb6925@gmail.com Yawneb is Benway spelled backwards, so might be
connected to Dr. Benway of Undercover Radio? (Chris, Lobdell,
Stoneham, MA 02180, USA, Receiver; Eton E1, Aerial: 40 Meter Dipole,
Cumbre DX via DXLD)
** NORTH AMERICA. [Pirate]. 6925 USB, North Sea Radio, 0118-0154*,
June 9, sounds of seagulls. IDs. Pirate-themed music. Fair (Brian
Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. CHINA/MARIANA ISLANDS. 21580, Two 24 kHz
wide spurious signals noted on remote Perseus network in Japan, around
0400-0430 UT June 8. Fundamental 21580 RFA Mandarin program from
Tinian-MRA and accompanied China mainland jammer.
Spurs appeared symmetrical on center 21505 and a little stronger on
21655 (21645-21668) kHz. Another RFA Mandarin channel used today:
21480 kHz (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 8, dxldyg via
DXLD)
** NORWAY [and non]. [Re 12-23:] What about the Pori-Preiviiki
shortwave equipment? Years ago transmissions for both IBB and Media
Broadcast did not materialize, in the latter case at such short notice
that only Nauen could be thrown in and hardly substitute due to
skipping (41 metres on winter evenings). But finally there were some
test transmissions for Ralph Gordon Stair, so at least shortwave
transmissions from Preiviiki did not finally cease with the closure of
Radio Finland. And the mediumwave transmitter is, as well known, still
active for China.
NRK posted a video from Kvitsøy, too, perhaps not referred to so far:
http://www.nrk.no/video/forste_radiomast_pa_kvitsoy_sprengt/3D432D45916ADE25/
And here is a picture of Sveio before the second transmitter has been
added:
http://home.wolfsburg.de/elbe/norwegen.html
So indeed initally just two curtains there, one 250 and one 330 deg.,
mounted on three towers. Must have been one of the least versatile
shortwave facilities in the world until further curtains (if I see it
right on the satellite images) and, first of all, the LP had been
added.
The only similar case I'm aware was the Greenbush site in the forests
north of Bangor/Maine, also with just one transmitter and two
curtains, in this case a high/low pair. It's hardly a surprise that
WHR finally decided to do without it, not having at Furman to deal
with restrictions like the ones at Kvitsøy. Must have been almost a
nightmare to find a suitable location for the transmission facilities
in Norway (Kai Ludwig, Germany, shortwavesites yg via DXLD) See also
GERMANY
Re: Fredrikstad --- These two Thomson transmitters came from Hörby
(Sweden) when they were replaced with new ABB/Thalès. Also the
Thomson-transmitters became prohibited to use in Sweden due to PCB in
the isolation (Chris Stödberg, SM6VPU, Swden, June 11, ibid.)
** OKLAHOMA. 1580, KOKB Blackwell was in dead air or open carrier
again for an extended period around 0030 UT June 14, while sister
station 1020, KOKP Perry was nominal with sports talk (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. Enid translator on 93.1 noticed to be on at last as of
June 9 or so, ex-93.3, of KIMY 93.9. Now it also messes up a
relatively free DX frequency 92.9 (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. McCARROLL TO RETIRE FROM OKLAHOMA PUBCASTING NETWORK BY
YEAR'S END
John McCarroll, executive director of the Oklahoma Educational
Television Authority (OETA), will retire by the end of the year, he
told the authority's board this week. McCarroll arrived at OETA in
2003 from KLRU-TV, the PBS station in Austin, Texas. His
accomplishments include completion of the $12 million digital
conversion of the Oklahoma Network, which included replacement of 18
transmitters; a new OETA studio; and two regional Emmy Awards for his
work on OETA projects. Dr. James W. Utterback, chairman of the OETA
board, said it will form a search committee for McCarroll's
replacement (Current.org blog June 6 via DXLD)
As OETA`s budget grant from the state became more and more threatened,
he also transparently started hosting a half-hour show interviewing
legislators, three per week, sort of a serious version of what Colbert
does periodically on a national basis. This may well have acquired a
few very needed votes not to kill off OETA, quite yet (Glenn Hauser,
Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3275, NBC Southern Highlands (presumed), briefly
noted in passing at 1309 on June 7 with patriotic slogan in English
for “One Nation”.
3325, NBC Bougainville (presumed), 1245-1304, June 7. Indeed seems to
be a new schedule; ex: 1200*. Reception stronger and more prominently
heard than on the 5th; C&W songs underneath RRI Palangkaraya which
fortunately was just OM & YL chatting the whole time; BTW – RRI again
played “Garuda Pancasila” after the Jakarta News rely today. Lost
about 1303 or 1304, so possibly signed off then?
3915, Radio Fly, 1310-1348, June 7. Instrumental music and EZL pop
songs (Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young with “Teach Your Children Well”,
etc.); QRN; QRM from 3912, so best in USB; poor, but better than
normal and decent for 1 KW; “Radio Fly” ID heard. Have been hearing
this almost daily during this time period, but often I cannot make out
an ID, so today was nice (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón
E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
I was listening earlier, around 1100 UT, and signals were very weak,
but I did note PNGs or Indos on 3205, 3260, 3275, 3315, 3325, 3345,
3365 (Harold Sellers, BC, ibid.)
** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, R. Madang, 0918 W with what sounded like
regional music. Mentions of PNG and Highlands. Best signal as of late.
Other PNGs on this morning include 3204.97, 3275, 3315, and 3915. (13
June) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, NRD-535D with T2FD, CumbreDX via
DXLD)
** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3315, NBC Manus, 1240-1313, June 14. In Tok Pisin
with many IDs for “N-B-C Manus”; gave frequencies (“shortwave
frequency 3,315 kilohertz”); on air phone calls; pop songs (“Can't
Stop Loving You” by Phil Collins, etc.); 1301 NBC National “News
Roundup” in English; PSA about upcoming national elections on June 23.
Nice to hear this with so many IDs! Edited MP3 audio at
https://www.box.com/s/859e086432ab9829fafb
3915, Radio Fly, 1320-1335, June 14. Continues with decent reception;
pop songs (Tina Turner with “What’s Love Got To Do With It”, etc.);
clear ID: “You are listening to Radio Fly”; poor. Edited MP3 audio at
https://www.box.com/s/adbde642fc79a9581b7e
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Shortwave Radio Broadcasts from Papua New Guinea
Radio Heritage Foundation http://www.radioheritage.com June 12 2012
We ask all active shortwave listeners to help us update the World
Radio TV Handbook 2013 listings for the government NBC radio stations
in Papua New Guinea so that our listings are as accurate as possible.
The current listing is based on official government licencing
records, information direct from stations and monitoring during 2011,
but the situation in PNG is very fluid.
The government crisis there, states of emergency in some provinces,
the creation of two new provinces in the past weeks, and general
elections during June offer unusual opportunities for SW stations to
broadcast longer hours, or even restart previously silent SW
transmitters.
Please tell us:
1. name of station you heard as announced
2. frequency
3. location as announced
4. any other frequencies mentioned such as an FM or MW outlet
5. any other name by which the station seems to be known
and email your reply DIRECT to us at radioheritage@gmail.com
Thanks for your help with this special request, and for helping us
keep the Papua New Guinea content at the World Radio TV Handbook as
accurate as possible. Special thanks to several DXers who have already
monitored some stations and sent their observations to us!
Kind regards (Dave Ricquish, PNG Country Editor, Radio Heritage
Foundation, http://www.radioheritage.com DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 7324.95, Wantok Radio Light, 0808-0921, June 12.
One of their better receptions, even with QRN! Highlights:
0808-0833: Christian songs in English; “Bringing the gospel to you
24 hours a day, this is Wantok Radio Light, your inspiration station”.
0833-0858: preaching by Dr. Tayo Adeyemi (New Wine Church); conforms
to
http://www.newwine.co.uk/media_radio-listings.asp
“Wantok Radio Light at 6.30 daily - Available on 93.9FM, 105.9FM
and 7325kHz (SW)”.
0901-0911: usual bird call; NBC National News in English with items
about the upcoming national election.
0911: “Wantok Radio Light would like to thank the National
Broadcasting Corporation . . . join us again at 7 o’clock tomorrow
morning for the next N-B-C National News”.
0913: PSA about the upcoming PNG elections.
0914: ID and frequencies; schedule.
0919: Bible program; gives phone numbers.
https://www.box.com/s/b71804694f2b65b01564
contains edited MP3 audio file (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean
Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
7324.95, Wantok R. Light, Religious program with emotional M preaching
from 0849-0857 ending with soft instrumental religious music. 0901
usual NBC signature and national news by M. 0914 simple ID, then
another at 0915. Signal a little better than it has been lately. (13
June) (Dave Valko, Dunlo, USA, NRD-535D with T2FD, CumbreDX via DXLD)
** PERU. 4824.53, Perú, La Voz de la Selva, Iquitos, 0000 noted on
June 2nd. Signs on well after 1100 in local mornings (Robert Wilkner,
Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -746Pro - R8 - Sony 2010XA,
Cumbre DX via DXLD)
4824.411, Perú, La Voz de la Selva, Iquitos, 1120 noted with om
español, signs on very late for Florida. 7 June. 60 meters has been
open till 1200 last few days.
4826.5, Radio Sicuani, Sicuani, Cusco from 1020 to 1100, long om
español, no music noted. Had been silent for close to three weeks. 7
June (XM - Cedar Key - South Florida, NRD 525D - R8A and Robert
Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, NRD 535D -746Pro - R8 - Sony
2010XA, Cumbre DX via DXLD)
4826.63, Perú, Radio Sicuani, Sicuani, Cusco, 0930 first Peru in the
morning, with om chat and music 8 June (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach,
South Florida, NRD 535D -746Pro - R8 - Sony 2010XA, and XM - Cedar
Key - South Florida, NRD 525D - R8A -E-5, Cumbre DX via DXLD)
** PERU. 5921.26, R. Bethel, "Amazing Grace" choral song 0041-0044. M
talk with roomy effect like a church service. Into another song.
Hopeless, as it was just too noisy and too much 5935 slop QRM. Better
by 0103, canned announcements by audio too muffled to copy. Church
service hymns. 0119 canned promo announcement by M and W with mention
of "1,?80 AM". Didn't hear any mention of Bethel. 0120 alternating 2
live men preaching, 1 in English and 1 repeating in Spanish!! Because
of the muffled audio and noise, it took a while to realize it was in
both English and Spanish. Mentions of Esperanza, La Palabra, Gloria,
and many animated "Hallelujah's". Dropping down by 0130 and went off
at 0140. Blasted out by 5920 WHRI next night, but it was in the clear
this night. (11 June) (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, NRD-535D with T2FD,
CumbreDX via WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DXLD)
** PHILIPPINES. 9920, FEBC, 1053 different version of IS; continuous
and no IDs as like the other versions. W with ID and sked at 1059.
Fair. (12 June) (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, NRD-535D with T2FD,
CumbreDX via DXLD)
** PHILIPPINES. 11720, June 6 at 1914, spirited dialog in non-English,
fair signal. 25m is pretty much useless at summer middays, so this
caught my ear; at first thought it was an African language, but must
be V. of Philippines as scheduled 1730-1930 in Filipino. This
frequency has made unexpected appearances before, and when it does is
much better than // 15190 if at all (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. RADIO ROMANIA INTERNATIONAL AND THE FUTURE OF ITS SW
BROADCASTS
Today during a press conference the Romanian President Traian Basescu
said this:
"I can tell you that the Presidency made an intervention related to
Radio Romania last week, when they raised the issue of ceasing the
short-wave broadcasts, which would affect the reception for those who
live abroad."
I didn't find any other information regarding this subject, but what
the President said makes me think the end of SW broadcasts from RRI
may be near. 73, (Tudor (Gura Humorului, Romania) Vedeanu, June 13,
dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Two newspaper reports both translate to the same wording on shortwave,
better translated to English as Tudor has above.
http://www.revista22.ro/traian-basescu-tvr-trebuie-desfiintata-si-reinfiintata-pe-baze-noi--15647.html
http://www.evz.ro/detalii/stiri/traian-basescu-tvr-trebuie-desfiintata-si-reinfiintata-pe-baze-noi-986664.html
(Mike Barraclough, ibid.)
What a pity it would be if this station closes too, a few years after
installing all those new transmitters and antennas which provide such
great signals direct from Europe with RRI`s excellent programming
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
If so, I suppose this trashes the heavy investment the country just
recently made in those new, powerful shortwave transmitters, let alone
its investment in DRM (John Figliozzi, Halfmoon, NY, swprograms via
WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DXLD)
To me it sounds like the President intervened to save the broadcasts;
hard to know for sure with no further information (David Goren, ibid.)
David, I read the item the same way; but I'm a "half full" kind of
guy. Just don't know what I'm half full of (Richard Cuff, ibid.)
Sounds like that the countries that can budget SW have decided that
this a place they can cut budgets. The countries that can't afford
their own SW just happen to be the ones that need SW the most. A loss-
loss on both sides. The assumption that the Second world can balance
their budgets by ignoring the Third world leaves out a whole group of
people that the First world decided to ignore years ago. It won't be
long before the US, Canada and Europe will be blindsided by those they
ignore under the guise of "fiscal Restraint." (Steve C, ibid.)
The Romanian government is facing the same budget problems as many
other countries, and will be looking for cuts, likely putting RRI
shortwave on the chopping block. Hard to keep going when everyone else
all around them is turning off the transmitters. RRI has extensively
covered all the budget issues, to their credit. The wording of the
statement is a little vague, so it possibly might not really mean
anything --- yet (Steve Luce, Houston, Texas, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
The statement is also from the President rather than the Prime
Minister. Maybe we'll get a reaction from RRI itself at some point
(Mike Barraclough, ibid.)
The enclosed message says that the quoted statement from president
Basescu was a mention in passing, made yesterday on a press
conference. The situation is described as such that terminating the
shortwave broadcasts is considered. A draft for such a decision was
already on the governmental agenda; it has been adjourned to discuss
an objection which raised the question how Romanians abroad will then
be kept informed. Foreigners are of no interest in this regard.
RRI staff told in May that the shortwave transmissions are safe until
yearend (Kai Ludwig, Germany, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DXLD)
** RUSSIA. If you believe the Handbook WRTH at a frequency of 12010
kHz through the Voice of Russia broadcast three religious station
Missionswerk Werner Heukelbach, Lutherische Stunde and Radio Freundes-
Dienst. On the German site of the Voice of Russia have not found
information about them. On the sites of religious organizations are
specified "winter" frequency. Only on the Radio Freundes-Dienst
specified 12010 kHz. Can anybody clarify the situation? (Vladimir
Rozhkov, Kansk-RUS, "open_dx" RUSdx June 10 via BC-DX June 13 via
DXLD)
RADIO FREUNDES-DIENST
1825-1840 .t....s Eu 12010sam
LUTHERISCHE STUNDE
1755-1800 m.w..s. Eu 12010sam
MISSIONSWERK HEUKELBACH
1840-1900 mt.tfss Eu 12010sam
<http://wrth.com/files/WRTH2012IntRadioSuppl2_A12Schedules.pdf>
<http://german.ruvr.ru/frequenzen/>
PDF file:
<http://german.ruvr.ru/data/2012/03/21/1300792950/Sendeplan%2520%2520Fr>
There they are listed as "Geistl. Program" (religious program)
(Aleksandr Diadischev-UKR, "open_dx" RUSdx June 10, ibid.)
** RUSSIA [non]. RT (RUSSIA TODAY) "MOST-WATCHED FOREIGN NEWS CHANNEL
IN FIVE KEY US MARKETS." Posted: 08 Jun 2012
The Moscow Times, 6 June 2012: "RT, the Kremlin-backed English-
language TV channel formerly known as Russia Today, cranked up its
U.S. viewership to become the most-watched foreign news channel in
five key U.S. markets in 2011, a media analysis report said.
Viewership in New York alone nearly tripled, while the channel also
made significant advances in Washington D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles and
San Francisco, the report by media analysis company Nielsen said, RIA-
Novosti reported Tuesday. 'The growth of our audiences in major U.S.
cities, including New York and Washington, proves that we have become
firmly established as an international channel that gives an
alternative to the American mainstream,' RT editor Margarita Simonyan
said, Itar-Tass reported. ...
Currently, 85 million people in the U.S. have access to the channel,
according to Itar-Tass. The channel got a boost in 2011 as it began to
be carried by cable networks in San Francisco, Chicago, and
Philadelphia, also joining the lineup for satellite provider Dish
Network. RT says it reaches over 430 million people globally in at
least 100 countries. The report said RT beat out EU's Euronews, France
24, Germany's Deutsche Welle, the Middle East's Al Jazeera English,
Japan's NHK World and China's CCTV News in the five cities in the
report, though the BBC was not included in the analysis.
In New York, RT's weekly audience was nine times that of NHK World,
and in Chicago, daily viewership was three times higher than Al
Jazeera's. The report also said RT's typical viewers were men between
the ages of 35 and 49 who have college degrees. Twenty percent of
viewers have master's or doctorate degrees, and most viewers are
business owners, entrepreneurs, managers, or government officials, the
report said." (kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD)
Why this apparent success for RT? (Comparative success: the actual
audience size is probably very small.) There might be parallels here
to CNN versus Fox and MSNBC. RT's competitors are merely news
channels, whereas RT itself is edgier, appealing to a coalition of
groups with motivations to view like-minded content. The RT coalition
consists of the far left, the libertarian right, conspiracy theorists,
UFO believers, adherents of the gold standard, and perhaps a few who
want to meet Russian ladies (Kim Andrew Elliott, ibid.)
RT (RUSSIA TODAY) IS "DANGEROUS NONSENSE," WRITES CANADIAN
COMMENTATOR. Posted: 14 Jun 2012
National Post (Toronto), 9 June 2012, Robert Fulford: "A Wikipedia
article about RT says 'Its neutrality is disputed,' a mammoth
understatement. Anyone bored by news channels that try to be
objective, or say they do, can look for relief to RT. If we don’t know
RT’s opinions when we switch on, we soon learn them. Everyone speaks
the party line, not just commentators but also the anchors and
reporters. When Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin survived the recall
challenge on Tuesday, RT saw the results as tragic. 'Recall Blues,'
read the online heading. The RT reporter in Madison was all but
weeping: 'People are shocked and devastated,' she said. The anchor
woman was incredulous as well as upset: How had the workers failed to
unseat their rabidly right-wing Republican governor? An RT newscaster,
asking questions of a source, usually signals the answer she wants.
Having noticed that the American government is using cyber warfare
while trying to prevent cyber attacks on American institutions, she
asked a source in San Francisco, 'What do you think of the
hypocritical rhetoric' of the United States? ... RT often seems
nonsensical, but it’s dangerous nonsense, no doubt widely believed,
significant for that reason, and valuable to anyone who cares to know
what a large part of humanity is thinking." See previous post about RT
(kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD)
** RWANDA. 6055, 09/Jun 0358 Rwanda, R Rwanda in Vernacular. OM talk.
AT 0400 local pop music. At 0401 ID by OM QRM from REE at the same
frequency. At 0402 what appears to be jingle ID, I hear Rwanda. At
0403 several mentions Rwanda by OM and YL. 33433. 73 (Jorge Freitas,
Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SARAWAK [non]. 15420, R. Free Sarawak (via Palau), 1105 pleasant
instrumental music with canned announcement by M voice-over. Talk
segment by M to 1120 ending with "Mission Impossible" theme music.
Discussion by M and W. Speeches and interviews. Nice clear R. Free
Sarawak ID at 1159, then cut off and off the air 5 seconds later.
Didn't sound like Malay, so I presume it was listed Iban. Signal
strength improved and fairly good by end. No QRM. (7 June) 73 (Dave
Valko, Dunlo, PA, NRD-535D with T2FD antenna, Cumbre DX via DXLD)
15420, R. Free Sarawak via Palau, 1149-1159*, June 7. In vernacular
with monologue about “Section 9”, native customary rights (NCR) land,
etc.; ID before suddenly going off the air; better than normal. Edited
MP3 audio posted at
https://www.box.com/s/472de71034f78e22129b
with ID at 1:25 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1,
dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
RADIO FREE SARAWAK HOST IN HIDING, "FEARS FOR HIS SAFETY."
Posted: 07 Jun 2012
Radio Australia, 4 June 2012: "A radio presenter missing in Sarawak,
Malaysia, has said in an online post that he is safe but in hiding
over fears for his safety. Radio Free Sarawak criticises authorities.
Radio Free Sarawak presenter Peter John Jaban - who is based in London
- was taken away by three men soon after arriving in Sarawak state, on
the island of Borneo. ... Jaban has filed reports critical of the
state government. ... Radio Free Sarawak's reports often focus on
alleged graft by the state government in the harvesting of the state's
rich rainforest timber resources." See also Radio Australia, 6 June
2012, with audio.
The Star (Kuala Lumpur), 4 June 2012, Yu Ji: "Peter John Jaban, who
has admitted that he staged his own disappearance, is willing to meet
with the police. 'I can come to a police station with my lawyer,
provided the police are not rough with me,' Jaban said, according to
Sarawak Report founder Clare Rewcastle-Brown."
The Star, 3 June 2012, Yu Ji: "The mysterious disappearance of Radio
Free Sarawak (RFS) presenter has brought much mainstream media
coverage to the pirate radio station."
See also radiofreesarawak.org (kimandrewelliott.com via WORLD OF RADIO
1621, DXLD)
15420, R. Free Sarawak via Palau, 1109, June 12. Probably is just
improved reception conditions, but this has recently been heard with
almost good reception till 1200*; usually with on air phone
conversations in vernacular with occasional IDs (Ron Howard, San
Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. Cf. BC DX 1067: The traditional mistaken schedule of
Saudi Arabian Radio on SW of the cribbers from HFCC % (maybe?) plan.
For many seasons there is not Second program on SW.
The broadcasts on SW are: as relay from Home Services and as Foreign
Service. For example the programs in Arabic, English & French are \\
of their MWs and in French are of Radio Riyadh and in English of Radio
Jeddah. The broadcast in French is 17660 kHz at 1400-1555 UT only* for
many years etc.
All broadcasts of External/Foreign Service are beginning with specific
IS - it is for the programs in Swahili, Turkish etc. (Rumen Pankov,
Bulgaria, June 5, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jun 13 via DXLD)
% HFCC entries are a reflection of the work of Saudi Arabian Radio &
Television engineer at <freqeng @ moci.gov.sa> * 17785 kHz French
service is always also at 0800-0955 kHz (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.)
9714.986, BSKSA Riyadh, non-dir antenna to NE/ME, HQ sermon / prayer /
singer 0300 UT, cock cry at 0301 UT June 8 (Wolfgang Büschel, June 8,
wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 13 via DXLD)
** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5019.87, SIBC/R. Happy Isles, 1008 nice quick
"Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation" ID by M between news items.
Fair signal but heavy slop QRM from 5025 Rebelde. (12 June) (Dave
Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, NRD-535D with T2FD, CumbreDX via DXLD)
** SOUTH AFRICA. Springbok Radio: Viendo los mails anteriores sobre R.
Sonder Grense, no pude menos que recordar la desaparecida Springbok
Radio, una emisora comercial sudafricana que se recibía bien por acá
en los '70 (por lo que recuerdo era común escucharla en la banda de 60
m).
Buscando información en internet para mi sorpresa descubrí que hay una
página en Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springbok_Radio
y además sus archivos estarían siendo relanzados mediante streaming en
un emprendimiento de preservación
http://www.springbokradio.com
A la hora que lo visité el streaming no parecía estar activo. Entre
las cosas que preveían subir, están miles de comerciales irradiados a
lo largo de la historia de la emisora. Sin embargo no me queda claro
si en este momento ese proyecto sigue vigente. Siguiendo este link
http://www.goear.com/listen/c2cc643/springbok-radio-springbok-radio
pueden encontrar una grabación que conservo, seguramente hecha en la
banda de 60 m en alguna madrugada de la década de 1970. 73, (Moisés
Knochen, Montevideo, Uruguay, June 12, condiglist yg via DXLD)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 13570, June 6 at 1908, Brother Scare is
still/again on WINB, apparently filling more available airtime than
just weekday mornings. There had been a gap between 1845 or 1900 and
2030, depending on the true length of the 1830 show. WINB program
schedule still hasn`t been updated to show BS at all. And the
afternoon slot is not shown either at
http://www.overcomerministry.org/
[later: he did not start before 1900]
9385, June 7 at 1317 I notice that WWRB is still not on the air.
Yesterday it came on at *1239. Today finally *1354 on 9385 with open
carrier, cutting off and on the air several times; 1357 adding BS
modulation but very low; by 1402 more or less normal (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN [non]. 11815, June 6 at 1259, NHK ID in Japanese accompanied
by, what else? steel drums. Accurate time signal to 1300 ends just as
co-channel REE via COSTA RICA is starting its always-delayed and thus
totally erroneous timesignal. Don`t rely on that for navigation or you
may crash into a reef or a mountain! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** SRI LANKA. AWR Trincomalee --- Dear Radio Colleague, Just a timely
reminder that the original schedule for the AWR relay from Trincomalee
in Sri Lanka showed that these broadcasts would end on June 30. A
special QSL card is available, and also a rare (these days) QSL stamp.
Available only from the AWR address in Indianapolis.
Adventist World Radio Returns to Sri Lanka
Scheduling from the Trincomalee Relay Station
----------------------------------------------------------
UTC kHz All AWR Usages at 125 kW
----------------------------------------------------------
0000 - 0100 11955
1100 - 1200 15540
1200 - 1300 15490
1300 - 1400 17635
1400 - 1500 12105
1500 - 1530 15715
1530 - 1600 7410
1600 - 1630 11835
1630 - 1700 11740
2100 - 2200 11750
2200 - 2230 9455 9545
2230 - 2400 9730
======================================================================
(Dr. Adrian M. Peterson
Co-ordinator - International Relations & DX Editor
Adventist World Radio
N9GWY - Ex KA9YPQ
Board of Directors
NASB National Association of Shortwave Broadcasters USA
Radio Heritage New Zealand
Board of Directors Emeritus - Adventist World Radio
wavescan@awr.org
adrian.m.peterson@gmail.com
Adventist World Radio
Box 29235
Indianapolis
Indiana 46229
USA
317 891 8540
WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SRI LANKA [non]. From June 4 no signal in BUL from new Tamil
Naatham Radio, 1455-1600 on 12225 or 12250. Checking day by day, maybe
move on a new frequency (DX Re Mix News, Bulgaria, 11 June via DXLD)
He is still not acknowledging our conclusion that what was heard here
was really jamming by SLBC (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN [non]. UAE, 15549.956, Radio Dabanga, 44 Hertz on lower side,
in Arabic at 0535 UT Friday June 8, S=6-7 fair signal also on sidelobe
reception here in Germany (Wolfgang Büschel, June 8, wwdxc BC-DX
TopNews June 13 via DXLD)
** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. Some changes for Voice of South Sudan
Revolutionary Radio, Arabic and English effective from today June 11:
0600-0815 15725, co-ch till 0700 R. Pakistan WS in Urdu, ex till 0800
1200-1500 NF 15725, co-channel 1400-1500 Radio Aap Ki Dunya in Urdu,
ex 11650. 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, June 11, WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SWEDEN. 5895 3.6 1344 R Dellen Tack till Ronny, Rolf och Dan (med
flera) för avslutningsintervjuerna efter DX-parlamentet, intressant!
Hörbarheten i Ängelholm ganska bra, men en och annan riktig fadingdal.
Kul också med att Bernt-Ivan hållit föredrag om fjärrlyssning. Ämnet
har varit aktuellt ett bra tag och ännu mer finns att läsa för den
intresserade på min hemsida
http://www.thomasn.sverige.net/remote.htm TN
5895 1.6-3.6 alla möjliga tider Radio Dellen hördes lite då och då på
den här frekvensen, men nästan bara med nonstop musik. Jag orkade inte
sitta och vänta ut eventuella talade inslag och intervjuer från DXP,
så lite besviket var det nog ändå. BEFF
6065 2.6 1608 R Dellen också här med nonstop mx, men med sämre
hörbarhet än på 5895. 1609 flyttade man över till 5895 enl Mauno
Ritola på NORDX som hade koll. TN (SW Bulletin June 10 via DXLD) Viz.:
5895, 1.6-3.6, At all sorts of hours, Radio Dellen was heard now and
then, almost only with non-stop music. I could not sit and wait out
the promised interviews from DXP, so I was a little disappointed. BEFF
(Björn Fransson, Sweden, SW Bulletin June 10, translated by Thomas
Nilsson for DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5895, 3.6 1344, R Dellen. Thanks to Ronny Forslund, Rolf Larsson and
Dan Andersson (and others) for the final interviews after the DX-
Parliament, interesting! The reception in Angelholm pretty good, but a
few real fade aways. Also Bernt-Ivan Holmberg’s presentations of
remote listening was very interesting. The subject has been up for
some time and even more is available for interested DX-ers on my
website http://www.thomasn.sverige.net/remote.htm
6065, 2.6 1608, R Dellen also here with nonstop music, but not as good
as on 5895. At 1609 moved up to 5895 according to Mauno Ritola in
NORDX who checked the transmission (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, translated
by himself, SW Bulletin June 10 for DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Sabato 2 giugno 2012, 2125 - 5895 kHz, tent. R. DELLEN INT. (Svezia).
Musica melodica, country e annunci OM anche in English. Segnale
sufficiente-insufficiente, PL-660 in LSB per sfuggire da un QRM CW e
l'ha quasi eliminato tutto! Emissione di max. 400 W dall'1 al 3 giugno
in occasione del DX Parliament del Delsbo Radioklubb svedese.
Un confronto fra la mia registrazione fino alle 21.55 ed alcuni video
di YT [yours truly? YouTube?], sia della ricezione che dello studio
dell'emittente durante la trasmissione, dimostra che c'è una certa
analogia, sia per la voce dello speaker che per il genere musicale.
(Luca Botto Fiora, G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia,
bclnews.it yg via DXLD)
** SWEDEN. Transmitter moves: see NORWAY [and non]
** TAIWAN. PCJ Radio --- Keith Perron on Facebook:
Well, we did manage to have 3 days of nice weather and some work was
done building our 20 kW relay. I knew this was all too good to last.
Last night we had a thunder/lighting with monsoon rains that have now
lasted for nearly 10 hours. Very early I was contacted by the Taipei
Power Company [that] they will need to stop work for 2 weeks due to a
landslide. So I went to look for myself and sure enough, the ground
has turned to mud, and none of the heavy equipment can be used until
everything dries up. Here is the forecast for the next few days:
http://www.cwb.gov.tw/V7e/forecast/taiwan/Taipei_City.htm
See http://www.pcjmedia.com/medianetworkplus
(via Mike Terry, June 11, dxldyg via DXLD)
** THAILAND. 9890, June 6 at 1213, R. Thailand in English outroing
some other language, listed as Malay, 1214 bells IS until 1215*.
Scheduled for a 15-minute break before resuming in English at 1230,
not checked. VOA GB Spanish 9885 was sufficient but not strong enough
to be a problem (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TUNISIA. 17735, June 9 at 0506, pop music in Arabic, IWT sharing
SSOB honors with 17770 RRI in French, but I knew it was about over,
and cut off air at 0508* as usual (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** UKRAINE. [Re 12-23]: "Radio Ukraine International --- Has anybody
been able to get the streaming audio at
<http://nrcu.gov.ua/index.php?id=308>
to run? I've tried a number of browsers, but no luck."
Works fine in Windows Media Player:
128 kbps http://89.187.1.165/NRCU4?MSWMExt=.asf
16 kbps http://89.187.1.165/NRCU4?WMContentBitrate=20000&MSWMExt=.asf
(Aleksandr Diadischev, Ukraine, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
<http://nrcu.gov.ua/index.php?id=308>
starts MS Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin 1.0.0.8 of 10 April 2007
as
http://nrcu.gov.ua/tvhall.php?q=http://89.187.1.165/NRCU4
(Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.)
** U K. Orfordness transmitters on 648 and 1296 kHz are both now
silent. The 1296 transmitter was last used for Radio Netherlands'
farewell broadcast in Dutch on 10-11 May. No new clients have been
announced for Orfordness, so Babcock will have to decide whether to
keep the station in mothballs in the hope of a customer appearing, to
sell it as a working transmitting station (I can't see that as likely)
or to dismantle it and hand the site over to the National Trust (U.K.
News, by Chris Greenway-UK; in BDXC-UK 'Communication' Magazine
June 5, via BC-DX June 13 via DXLD)
** U S A. A MONUMENTAL CHANGE AT WWVB
Probably the most popular radio station in the United States is WWVB
on 60 kHz. Almost all atomic clocks and self-setting wristwatches are
tuned to that station to obtain the correct time of day.
On paper at least, WWVB could improve its signal penetration by 14 dB
if it added phase modulation (PM) to its existing amplitude modulated
(AM) carrier. Because AM would be maintained when PM is added, almost
all existing clocks and wristwatches should continue to work well.
However, new receivers designed to decode the PM signal should work
much better - as if WWVB had increased its power by 14 dB.
WWVB has already conducted about five experiments where PM has been
added for brief periods of time. The first PM injection was in about
March of this year. The latest PM injection began at 11AM PDST on
Thursday, June 7, 2012 and concluded 24 hours later. The next
experiment is planned to start on June 14 and will run for 15
consecutive days, ending June 29 prior to the June 30 Leap Second
addition. Field data will be gathered on the east coast to better
determine how much of the calculated 14 dB improvement is realized in
practice.
Again, almost all existing WWVB receivers should operate properly
regardless of whether PM is turned on or off. However, certain old
fashioned time and frequency receivers using phase-locked-loops (PLLs)
will be confused by the PM signal and will not operate properly,
notably old PLL-equipped Spectracom and Tracor receivers.
Fortunately, WWVB plans to shut off PM for one hour on each of the
work week days during the 14 day test window in order to allow those
old receivers to resync.
Assuming the 14 day test is successful, WWVB plans to permanently add
PM in August or September. So, if you happen to have one of the old
fashioned affected receivers, you should have plenty of time to
replace or upgrade it, or switch to a GPS reference standard.
Questions or comments should be directed to WWVB broadcast manager
John Lowe at 303-497-5453, or by writing to john.lowe (at) nist.gov.
Watch the following Website for updated information:
http://www.nist.gov/pml/div688/grp40/wwvb.cfm
(THE CGC COMMUNICATOR June 12, 2012, Robert F. Gonsett, W6VR, Editor,
via Mike Terry, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7811-USB, June 14 at 0544, AFN Florida with 2-minute Jim
Hightower commentary about Bank of America`s dishonesty, as audible
and visible here:
http://jimhightower.com/node/7767
Then I checked // 12133.5-USB, but if on, it was inaudible; noise
level was considerable on 7 MHz and would have been worse on //
5446.5-USB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. MEETING AT RFE/RL, BBG MOVES TO LEVERAGE NEW OPENNESS IN
BURMA, CONTROL TRAVEL COSTS, HONOR FORMER GOV. WIMBUSH Thursday, June
7, 2012
Prague — The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) is moving to take
full advantage of the recent liberalization of press restrictions in
Burma.
At its regular monthly meeting, the board approved a resolution
offered by Gov. Michael Meehan that seeks new coordination among the
BBG, the Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Asia (RFA) to build on
recent breakthroughs to raise the profile of U.S. international
broadcasting in the South Asian nation.
VOA Director David Ensor recently signed an agreement that would bring
VOA English teaching programs to Burmese state radio. In addition,
journalists from both VOA and RFA have been given enhanced access to
Burma in recent months.
Under the resolution, the BBG, VOA and RFA would communicate with the
Department of State and the Congress on its plans, including the
possibility of establishing offices in Burma.
The board, holding its annual meeting at the headquarters of Radio
Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), also met with Czech Republic
officials, RFE/RL staff and held an open town hall meeting. Several
board members attended the meeting via remote access.
The board passed a resolution calling for the development of a broader
and more transparent policy to control spending on government-
sponsored conferences and travel. The board’s governance committee was
asked to develop the new policy for consideration in July.
Also during the session, the board approved a resolution honoring S.
Enders Wimbush for his service on the board. Wimbush, who served as
Director of Radio Liberty from 1987-93, was named to the board by
President Obama in 2010.
The board unanimously approved a resolution establishing ground rules
pursuant to which members of the BBG board agree to keep information
regarding deliberations on budgetary and legislative matters
confidential, with the level of confidentiality of legislative
proposals to be determined by the current head of the board. (The BBG
Governance Committee will consider other categories of information
that may become subject to the nondisclosure ground rules.)
The board unanimously approved a resolution establishing that members
of the BBG board must keep information regarding deliberations on
budgetary and legislative matters confidential, with the level of
confidentiality to be determined by the current head of the board.
Noting numerous reminders of the risks BBG journalists face when
reporting on regions in conflict or transition, Alternate Presiding
Governor Dennis Mulhaupt denounced the arrests, threats, legal
harassment and interference that have been endured by reporters at an
accelerated pace in recent months.
“I want to join the many voices that have spoken out against these
arrests, threats, legal harassment and interference. We urge officials
and local authorities to ensure the safety of all journalists and
punish those that misuse authority, threaten or harm reporters or
their families,” Mulhaupt said.
The board heard reports from the International Broadcasting Bureau
Director and other BBG broadcast executives regarding agency
activities and programming coverage.
Highlights included the work of VOA’s Cairo bureau chief, Elizabeth
Arrott, who managed to get into Syria in early May to produce a series
of radio, TV and Internet reports on anti-government demonstrations
that have spread into neighboring Lebanon.
Special Event On Demand Links
Windows Media Broadband On Demand Link:
http://www.voanews.com/wm/live/special-events/BBG_Open_Meeting_060712-8-vb.asx
Windows Media Dialup On Demand Link:
http://www.voanews.com/wm/live/special-events/BBG_Open_Meeting_060712-8-v.asx
Windows Media Audio On Demand Link:
http://www.voanews.com/wm/live/special-events/BBG_Open_Meeting_060712-8-a.asx
MP3 Audio On Demand Link:
http://www.voanews.com/mp3/voa/special-events/BBG_Open_Meeting_060712-8.mp3
The Broadcasting Board of Governors is an independent federal agency
supervising all U.S. government-supported, civilian international
broadcasting, whose mission is inform, engage and connect people
around the world in support of freedom and democracy. BBG broadcasts
reach an audience of 187 million in 100 countries. BBG networks
include the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, the
Middle East Broadcasting Networks (Alhurra TV and Radio Sawa), Radio
Free Asia, and the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (Radio and TV Martí).
(BBG PR June 7, via Clara Listensprechen, dxldyg via DXLD)
** U S A. BBG "UPSET" BY VOA DEAL IN BURMA, ORDERS COOPERATION BETWEEN
VOA AND RFA. [several stories at:]
http://kimelli.nfshost.com/index.php?id=13351
So why the sudden desire on the part of the BBG for more cooperation
between nemeses VOA and RFA? During the VOA portion of the meeting,
BBG member Dennis Mulhaupt, presiding in Prague, recognized Michael
Meehan by saying "Governor Meehan has a motion he wants to offer, I
believe, on the subject you raised." It's unclear who "you" is,
perhaps Meehan, and the subject must have been raised before the
public BBG meeting. In Meehan's motion, "the Board directs the Voice
of America director and the Radio Free Asia president ... to work with
the IBB director to coordinate the activities in and for Burma,
including in-country bureaus, sharing of stringer networks, and where
appropriate, sharing of content."
Later in the meeting, during discussion of a motion requiring non-
disclosure of "deliberative" board matters, BBG member Vistor Ashe
said to Meehan, "just as you became upset, and rightly so, about Mr.
Ensor announcing an office in Burma without Board's approval... ."
(Apparently Ashe sneaked in one more disclosure of a deliberative
matter before the motion was passed.)
It is not certain that the government of Burma will be as willing to
host the content and offices of RFA as it would be for VOA. Will the
BBG require that RFA be included in such agreements with VOA? Would
such a stipulation cause Burma to terminate these agreements?
And that's the news from The Broadcasting Board of Governors, where
all the entities are above average (Kim Andrew Elliott, ibid.)
** U S A [non]. GERMANY/KUWAIT/SRI LANKA, 13690, Radio Liberty's
program in Russian called 'Crossing'* was heard on new frequency 13690
kHz, replacing 12005 kHz (where is already Radio Farda) from 1330 UT
on June 3rd and from 1430 UT on June 2nd. (Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria,
wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jun 5 via Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD)
* maybe RL's Russian language embedded segments in otherwise Kazakh
and Uzbek language segments?
13690 13-14 UT Kazakh via Kuwait tx.
13690 14-15 UT Uzbek via Lampertheim tx.
RL Persian of Radio FARDA
12005 11-13, 15-16 UT via Iranawila tx
12005 13-14 UT via Lampertheim tx.
12005 14-15 UT via Biblis tx. (comments by wb. June 6, ibid.)
Yes, must be those (Mauno Ritola, Finland, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. Frequency change of Radio Liberty in Avari / Chechen
/ Chercassian: 1500-1600 NF 15480 LAM 100 kW / 075 deg to CeAs, ex
11810 effective from June 13
Frequency changes of Radio Free Afghanistan and Radio Farda:
Radio Free Afghanistan in Pashto/Dari from June 9:
0230-1430 delete 15680 from various txs KWT/IRA/WER
Radio Farda in Persian from June 9:
0230-1430 add 15680 from various txs IRA/UDO/WER
(DX Re Mix News, Bulgaria, 11 June via DXLD)
** U S A. 9805, Sunday June 10 at 1228, R. Martí atop jamming closing
`Música y Palabras de Inspiración desde Salt Lake City, Utah``. A
gross violation of separation of church and state, as this is
obviously the Spanish version of the LDS` ``Music and the spoken
word``, meaning Bible stuff, but do they dare to quote the Book of
Mormon as well?
The show, in English at least, masquerades as mainstream Christian,
just like performances by the MT Choir. IIRC, RM used to carry Roman
Catholic mass during this hour, so they are diversifying! Now every
other sect should demand airtime --- or none at all with the US
government keeping completely out of the religion business, especially
propagating any certain faiths to other countries (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 13750, June 10 at 1250, VOA Spanish in `Música Country`,
Sunday fill program instead of `Buenos Días, América` newscast on
weekdays, since nothing ever happens on weekends. Was announcing a few
FM/AM affiliate stations carrying the show in Argentina, Bolivia,
Colombia, // 15590, 9885, not much jamming if any (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Estimados amigos: Luego de mi visita a La Voz de América el
pasado 19 de marzo de 2012 y coincidiendo con sus 70 años de
existencia, Luis Alberto Facal, uno de los integrantes del servicio en
español de VOA me ha enviado una serie de recuerdos cuyo contenido
detallo a continuación:
* Calendario ilustrado 2012 "70 Años"* Bolsa plástica con insignia
estampada "VOA Voice of America"* Bolígrafo con repuesto * Pin
rectangular* Pin redondo 70 Años* Autoadhesivo* CD de Mercedes
Antenaza (periodista, locutora, cantante y actriz)* Anotador de
escritorio* Calculadora* Llavero de colgar.
Probablemente el paquete que recibí hoy sea el último regalo de una
emisora internacional. Saludos! (Rubén Guillermo Margenet, Argentina,
June 13, condiglist yg via DXLD)
** U S A [non]. 17530, 10/Jun 1923, Pinheira (relay), VOA in French.
Music with very good signal and strong noise, but the modulation very
low, almost inaudible. At 1925 disappeared the noise. At 1926 OM with
ID. At 1929 interval signal, ID VOA in French and beginning
transmission from Bonaire with good signal and modulation. 45442
(Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 25990/FM, WBAP Fort Worth TX (Dallas transmitter) studio
relay; 2239-2253+, 6-June; Talk show; WBAP Traffic Watch, at 2249 into
ad string. KLIF relay usually here. // 25910/FM! first time heard //.
Both with good peaks, but fair overall with deep QSB, One rat-a-tat
burst on 25990. Neither detected at 1400, 6/7, but both there and //
at 1704, 6/7. 25950 KOA relay absent both days (Harold Frodge, Midland
MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed
RW, logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 26110 FM, KOVR TV, Stockton CA. Audible virtually daily now,
adverts including Walmart & program preview, mention of “CBS-13” 0559,
news 0600 on 10/6. On 11/6, “60 Minutes” 0115, Tony Awards coverage at
re-tune 0450, ID “In high definition, CBS-13 News” 0508, weather 0513.
Quite good on peaks (Craig Seager, Bathurst NSW, Icom R75, Discone,
ARDXC via WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DXLD)
KMK282 is its own symmetrical call. KOVR is really on RF channel 25
now with a megawatt ERP, but pretends still to be ``channel 13`` for
continuity and to avoid confusing viewers (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)
** U S A. 5050, 0235 25 May, WWRB with Pastor Larry Cain, then, after
some dead air, Glenn Hauser`s `World of Radio` at 0329. Off abruptly
at 0357; SIO 353 (Alan Pennington, England, June BDXC-UK Communication
via DXLD)
5050, 0330 11 May, WWRB, WOR with gh, English, SIO 252 (Rumen Pankov,
Bulgaria, ibid.) I like to see those I=5s. UT Fridays (gh, DXLD)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1620: ready early UT Wednesday June 6, so
first SW airing should be UT Thursday 0330 on WRMI 9955; then Sat
0800, 1500, 1730, Sun 0800, 1530, 1730, Mon 0500, 1130.
On WTWW: Thu 2100 on 9479, UT Sun 0400 on 5755
On WWRB: UT Fri 0330v on 5050
On WBCQ Area 51: UT Sat 0130v on 5110v-CUSB/LSB
WORLD OF RADIO 1620 monitoring: first broadcast confirmed on WRMI
webcast, after 0330 UT Thursday June 7, but as usual totally blocked
on 9955 by wall-of-noise jamming which only abates after 0500. Tnx a
lot, Arnie! Further WRMI airings, some of which may escape jamming:
Sat 0800, 1500, 1730, Sun 0800, 1530, 1730, Mon 0500, 1130. There are
many more WRMI times on webcast only.
Also: Thu 2100 on WTWW 9479; UT Fri 0330v on WWRB 5050; UT Sat 0130v
on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB (measured recently by Bernardini in
Italy on 5109.78; by Büschel in Germany on 5109.766); UT Sun 0400 on
WTWW 5755; Tue 0930 on HLR Germany 5980. Also on WRN via SiriusXM 120
Sat & Sun 1730, Sun 0830.
WORLD OF RADIO 1620 monitoring: confirmed Thursday June 7 after 2100
on WTWW 9479. I missed monitoring the 0330v UT Friday on WWRB 5050; if
anyone heard it or noticed anything amiss, please let me know. Next:
UT Saturday 0130v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB/LSB. On WRMI 9955:
Sat 0800, 1500, 1730, Sun 0800, 1530, 1730, Mon 0500, 1130. On HLR
Germany 5980: Tue 0930. On WRN via SiriusXM 120: Sat & Sun 1730, Sun
0830.
This edition includes a clip of the Fiji clandestine via WHRI 11565;
Björn Fransson hears from them that due to a holiday, they will be
replaying exactly the same program June 11 at 0830 as on June 4.
WORLD OF RADIO 1620 monitoring: did not show up at 0130 UT Saturday
June 9 on WBCQ 5110v-CUSB, so I belatedly check the Area 51 schedule
at
http://www.worldmicroscope.com
and discover that this week`s time is 0200, with something else
inserted at 0130. Only music heard on webcast, and 5110, but WOR does
start promptly at 0200. Will this be the regular time from now on?
Then UT Sunday June 10 at 0400 on WTWW 5755, confirmed. And on WRMI
9955: Sunday 0800, 1530, 1730, Monday 0500, 1130. On HLR Germany 5980:
Tuesday 0930. On WRN via SiriusXM 120: Sunday 0830, 1730.
WORLD OF RADIO 1621: First airing is Thursday June 14 at 2100 UT on
WTWW 9479; it was completed just a sesquihour earlier. Then UT Friday
0330v on WWRB 5050; UT Saturday 0130v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB
(last week it was at 0200, but the June 15 schedule shows 0130 again);
UT Sunday 0400 on WTWW 5755.
And on WRMI 9955: Sat 0800, 1500, 1730, Sun 0800, 1530, 1730, Mon
0500, 1130, maybe Thu 0330.
Also on WRN via SiriusXM 120: Sat & Sun 1730, Sun 0830 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5085, WTWW, Nashville [sic], 0118 OM English mention R
Netherlands. Continuous Music ID "This is WTWW on 5085 kHz" "I am
Ted Randall, tedrandall.com" This was repeated several times over a
period of about one hour. Thank you to Glenn Hauser for his lead on
what he described as a test transmission. I tried to email this to
Ted, but was rejected, as "This is not a known member - an AOL
error". I don't often get a chance with a test and I thought I would
try. In checking back, the station was off at about 0219. Good. 5/27
(Jerry Ervine, Mission TX, ICOM R-75, June 9, HCDX via DXLD)
12104.973 odd, WTWW sermon in Portuguese, S=9+15dB here in Europe.
Armchair listening at 0400 UT even (Wolfgang Büschel, Log on SW at
0250-0430 UT June 8, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 3 GUILTY IN $194 MILLION PONZI SCHEME
Article by: DAN BROWNING , Star Tribune [Minneapolis; with video]
Updated: June 13, 2012 - 4:08 PM
http://www.startribune.com/business/158578925.html?page=all&prepage=1&c=y#continue
Jurors convicted three men of helping convicted fraudster Trevor Cook
to bilk 700 investors of $194 million in an international scheme.
Jurors in Minneapolis on Tuesday found three men guilty of helping
convicted fraudster Trevor Cook pilfer the savings of more than 700
investors in an international Ponzi scheme that targeted conservatives
and Christians and spoiled the retirement dreams of mostly elderly
victims who have little chance of recovery.
All three were found guilty of all the charges resulting from the $194
million fraud scheme -- the second-largest Ponzi scheme in Minnesota
history.
Jason "Bo" Beckman, a 42-year-old Plymouth man who claimed to be among
the top portfolio managers in the nation, was convicted of a variety
of fraud and money-laundering charges.
Beckman, a former Anoka High School hockey standout, also was
convicted of attempting to defraud the National Hockey League on his
failed effort to buy a $5 million piece of the Minnesota Wild; of
defrauding an elderly Spring Lake Park couple out of nearly $4 million
in life insurance proceeds that he used to bolster his NHL bid; and of
several tax charges.
Faribault entrepreneur and former coin dealer Gerald Durand, 62, was
convicted of fraud and money-laundering charges; of attempting to
mislead the government about two foreign currency transactions; and of
several tax charges.
Minneapolis huckster Patrick Kiley, 73 -- whose "Follow the Money"
radio talk-show program lured the most investors -- was found guilty
of fraud and money laundering counts.
Cook's Ponzi scheme is second only to the $3.65 billion, decade-long
fraud of Twin Cities businessman Tom Petters, who's serving 50 years
in federal prison for his crimes.
Unlike Petters, who sacked hedge funds, Cook and his cronies pinched
the nest eggs of ordinary people. Their victims ranged from
Margueritte Witte, 73, of Meadview, Ariz., who lives on Social
Security and lost her entire $20,000 life savings, to Richard and Rita
Myers, who lost their dream home in Gambrills, Md., to foreclosure
after entrusting Cook with $3 million in cash plus $2 million in gold
and silver coins -- the hard-won savings from running a moving and
storage company.
Cook pleaded guilty in 2010 to fraud and tax evasion charges and is
serving 25 years in federal prison.
Christopher Pettengill, an heir in the family that launched the Kroger
grocery chain, pleaded guilty last July to conspiracy, fraud and money
laundering in the case and awaits sentencing. He testified against his
former business associates in hopes of a reduced sentence.
Islamic law, Christian sales
Cook's scheme evolved from currency swaps he was running through
several commodities and futures brokers, where he lost millions on
risky trades. He claimed in 2006 to have finally found the Holy Grail
with two Swiss firms: Crown Forex SA and JDFX Technologies.
Cook said that Crown Forex, owned and operated by Jordanians, complied
with Islamic sharia law and could not charge interest on the loans he
took out to buy currencies. JDFX, he said, had high-speed computer
technology that allowed investors to take advantage of momentary
"inefficiencies" in the currency market.
By partnering with these firms and others, Cook and his associates
claimed they could produce steady, double-digit returns with no risk
to principal. The investment strategy was fully liquid, they claimed,
because the transactions closed daily. And investor funds were safe,
they said, because they were held in segregated accounts.
Kiley and Durand pitched the investment strategy on a Christian
shortwave network and broadcast radio. Kiley, by far the most
successful, bought time on more than 200 stations nationwide and
brought in about two-thirds of the investors. Though he never
graduated from college and eked out a living selling appliances, kit
cars, hair replacements and other consumer products, Kiley told his
listeners -- whom he called "truth seekers" -- that he had 40 years of
experience in the financial services industry.
He said the currency strategy had previously been available only to
banks and international corporations, but that he and his partners
were making it available to individuals to save them from an impending
economic collapse. The appeal worked especially well with retirees
living on fixed-incomes. Kiley closed his programs with a prayer.
Durand also appealed to Christians. One investor said Durand sent him
a book called the Prayer of Jabez, which links prosperity to religious
faith, and told him to pray every day for wealth.
Scheme sold at seminars
Beckman solicited investors among the wealthy clientele of his
investment advisory company, Oxford Private Client Group. He also made
presentations at investment seminars, suggesting the currency program
as a good alternative during a bear market. He and some associates in
Minneapolis and Arizona raised about $47 million from 143 investors
that way, according to court records.
In fact, the currency program was a fraud from top to bottom and
Beckman, Durand and Kiley knew it but never informed their investors,
prosecuors argued.
All withdrawals from Crown Forex had stopped in December 2008 when
Swiss regulators began investigating the firm, which according to
trial testimony had been "illiquid" for nearly a year by that point.
Several attorneys had advised Beckman in the spring of 2008 that the
currency program likely violated a number of laws and urged him to
shut it down immediately, return investors' funds and report the
matter to U.S. regulators. Beckman, bent on his NHL bid, kept
soliciting clients. He claimed that he believed in the program and
followed his attorneys' advice, though his attorneys testified to the
contrary.
Attorneys called against him
Chief U.S. District Judge Michael Davis let prosecutors break the
attorney-client privilege and call the attorneys to testify after
providing evidence that Beckman hired them in an effort to defraud the
NHL. The NHL's investigators saw through Beckman's misrepresentations
and he ultimately withdrew his application in the spring of 2009 as
the currency scheme unraveled.
Crown Forex was locked down for good in May 2009 when Swiss regulators
began liquidation proceedings. The U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission was already investigating by that point, and the FBI had an
informant gathering evidence at the Van Dusen mansion in Minneapolis,
where Cook and Beckman had their offices.
The scam became public in July 2009 when some Ohioans filed suit in a
Minneapolis federal court to recover $10 million that they had
invested. Cook and his cohorts had claimed to have $4.4 billion under
management, but they couldn't scrape together enough cash to hold off
the lawsuit and inevitable run on the accounts that followed.
Davis appointed a receiver in November 2009 to round up assets for
investors, who've received just pennies on the dollar (via Artie
Bigley, DXLD)
See previous stories on the `Follow the Money` scheme, wherein the
``Christian shortwave network`` was identified as WWCR; apparently
they are still held guiltless.
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld9079.txt
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld9085.txt
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1130.txt
(Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. I see that the WRNO website is back,
http://wrnoradio.com/
and it autolaunches streaming with IDs claiming it is on ``seventy-
five-oh-five``, and also shows a program schedule covering from noon
to last show starting at 10 pm Central time (1700-0300+ UT). I check
7505 again Jan 11 at 0104, after the time it used to sign on: nothing,
natch. Seems they are adopting the WHRI model of pretending to SW
broadcast, except WHRI really does, a fraxion of the scheduled time
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
There seem to be some web sites that have some of WRNO's programming.
They are listed on the WRNO Radio page on Facebook (Rich Lewis, MS,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
[later:] A little more information on WRNO worldwide. WRNO worldwide
is streaming the programs they have listed on the site
http://www.wrnoradio.com I found this out by accident. Our monitoring
is by SW but their signal on SW is nonexistent. This seems to be the
only way that you can hear their programs, by streaming signals in the
interim. I would keep an eye on their frequencies in the meantime.
They tell people that 7505 is working but the signal is still
nonexistent (Richard Lewis, Forest, MS, ibid.)
** U S A. 9370-, June 7 at 0458, WTJC modulation is back in whack for
the moment. Still audible before 1300, but at 1318 no signal at all.
Carmen D`Rocco linked from HCDX this visual display of the WTJC mess:
http://blog.whats-your.name/public/9370.png
9370, June 9 at 0455, no signal at all from WTJC; altho 9330 WBCQ is
in quite well.
9370-, June 10 at 0512, WTJC is back on with hymn, after having been
absent 24+ hours earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7555, June 6 at 0512 check, the sporadic WEWN transmitter in
Spanish is back on tonight, also heard around 1230.
15615, 12050, 11550, WEWN is missing from all frequencies, June 7 at
1312 and later. Propagation is poor, but not that poor, with e.g. WWCR
still audible on 15825, later building up with sporadic E. Still no
WEWNs at 1548 on 15610, 12050 or 11550 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
30 minutes of classic radio theatre from the golden days of Hollywood.
Saturdays, 0530 UT on 11520 (WEWN/EWTN). (Ian David Evans, UK, BDXC-UK
yg via DXLD)
** U S A. 7570, June 6 at 0512, RTI in Spanish via WYFR is not
overtime tonight, unlike 24 hours earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
[and non]. 11535, June 6 at 1253, Bible story only in slow English,
then some harp music, and Chinese announcement 1256-1257*. It`s YFR,
100 kW, 342 degrees from Paochung, TAIWAN site per Aoki at 1200-1257
only; and bothered by slush circa 11538 from the 2 x 9 kHz spur above
11520 WEWN English but which also closed at 1257*. As the latter was
retuning its spurs from 11502, 11511, 11529, 11538, to 15597, 15606,
15624, 15633. Was Caths vs Prots! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. ASCENSION: 12070, Family Radio: 2140, 5-June; Beyond
Intelligent Design program on naturalism (nudism?), creationism,
evolution, atheism, agnosticism, etc. "The Bible is accurate -- our
only source of truth."
(The story of man's creation is much more colorful in the Popol Vuh,
and just as plausible.) ID at 2142+, The Inspirational Ministry of
Family Radio. All in English. SIO=3+53 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI,
USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW,
logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. Where to find AWR Wavescan's podcasts? Until
recently, I was able to download Wavescan programs via the following
website:
http://audio.awr.org/asia/Wavescan/AWRWavescan/
I'm now getting the 404 error code. Any idea where it went? 73, (Walt
Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, June 10, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hello Walter, Try this link
http://audio.awr.org/asia/ENGMI/WAV/unchecked/
Regards (JM Aubier, France, ibid.) `Unchecked`? Maybe not final edit?
Hello Walter! Could this be the new folder?
http://audio.awr.org/asia/ENGMI/WAV/unchecked/
73, (Stephan Schaa, HCJB, ibid.) Yes
** U S A. CAMBIOS EN EMISORAS AM EN MIAMI
Oscar de Cespedes me envía este anuncio publicado en Elnuevoherald.com
acerca de Radio Mambí de Miami.
http://www.elnuevoherald.com/2012/06/13/1227848/oscar-haza-pasa-a-radio-mambi.html
(via Rubén Gulilermo Margenet, Argentina, condiglist yg via dXLD)
** U S A. KWKH 1130: FOX Sports Radio/The Tiger --- Decided to spin
the AM dial on the Yaesu FT-897 tonight. Ran across some live
"sporting" event on 1130, which turns out to be a simulcast of
FX cable's UFC Fight Night (Mixed Martial Arts) via Fox Sports Net.
The long time country music (and recently classic Country) on KWKH
1130 Shreveport is history, per this bandscan and also a quick check
on wiki. Also found the current KWKH website.
http://1130thetiger.com/
Another 50 kW music station on AM Radio is history.
(Fritze H. Prentice, Jr., KC5KBV, Star City AR EM43aw June 8,
twitter.com/fritzehp WTFDA-AM via WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DXLD)
** U S A. This morning I'm getting a constant "bad" subdecode on DT-4.
Maybe WAPC Atlantic City?? (Chris Lucas - Poughkeepsie, NY - FN31bs,
June 7, Insignia NS-DXA1-APT DTV Converter, Winegard YA-6260 VHF-Lo
antenna @ 14', w/Chromstar 2000 pre-amp, WTFDA via DXLD)
I have received confirmation from one of my sources that this is,
indeed, WACP. It's been testing on and off today. Here's TSReader
data:
http://www.rabbitears.info/screencaps/pa-phl/189358-0_0.htm
(Trip Ericson, www.rabbitears.info ibid.)
So that's the little bugger who is howling away on 66.309 USB. It's
not moving the Icom S-meter at all. It will be a long haul for that
signal to struggle to S6 or s7 so it can decode (Mike Bugaj, Enfield,
CT, ibid.)
The DTV pilot carrier frequency for this channel. So New Jersey
finally gets a channel 4 station with the demise of WNBC-TV (gh, DXLD)
WACP-DT-4 Atlantic City --- Got this to decode its PSIP over WHBF
which is pretty amazing. Video is still trying (Jeff Kadet, Macomb,
IL, 0057 UT June 8, ibid.)
Good going on WACP!! Obvious skip is working both days, WHBF-4 has
been the best of the DTV's in here in SE New York state this evening.
(Chris Lucas - Poughkeepsie, NY - FN31bs, Insignia NS-DXA1-APT DTV
Converter, Winegard YA-6260 VHF-Lo antenna at 14', with Chromstar 2000
pre-amp., 0110 UT June 8, ibid.)
I was doing FM but kept the Icom on watching carriers on 4 and 5. Ch 4
could only have been WHBF (and it was), so left the DTV box on ch 5.
While logging FM DX I saw video flash for a couple of seconds through
the reflection on the tuner, so I went to the box and found WGVK-DT1
showing from Kalamazoo, MI. This is DTV Es logging #12.
All in all, video was seen from WOI-5, WHBF-4 and WGVZ-5. Total time
of actual video was less than 30 seconds. Don'tcha love DTV DXing.
FM was just through the roof for 3 hours. It's going to take a while
to sort this out. Skip was from Chicago to Tulsa. I'm especially
noting RDS info for updating FM List. The Ray Dees Decoder with RDS
Spy and my NAD 4155 tuner is doing its job (Mike Bugaj, Enfield, CT,
0302 UT June 8, ibid.)
Geez Jeff, it actually took you *three hours* after we knew about WACP
to log it? (grin!) – (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, ibid.)
Here is their PSIP scan hot off the press.
http://oldtvguides.com/New%20DTVs/4-WACP-DT%20%20%20Atlantic%20City,%20NJ%20%20%20864%20mi%20Es.html
(Jeff Kadet, ibid.)
Russ, are you receiving them? (Or Trip, does your contact know?)
I'm curious whether there's any programming yet (Doug Smith W9WI,
Pleasant View, TN EM66, ibid.)
I hadn't tried, as I was busy chasing FM Es. I haven't really followed
this - are they on actual channel 4?
I doubt that I'd see them as all I have are <gulp> rabbit ears on an
old analog TV with Zenith box, and I'm well beyond normal DTV distance
- in fact AC was beyond analog TV range here for me (Russ Edmunds,
WB2BJH, 15 mi NW of Philadelphia, Grid FN20id, ibid.)
Just testing yesterday with image from traffic camera. Not on yet this
am. Marginal reception here at 48 miles. Also this week, WZPA-LP 33
analog has returned to air with HSN (John Zeis, Exton, PA, 1227 UT
June 8, ibid.)
I had them in pinned full signal using my VU-190xr; can't null them
either full bar all 360 rotation. Ugh, lost 4 for Eskip. Hobby is
shortening overtime (Lee Molineux, 14.9 air miles from the Philly
antenna farm in grid FM29HU, ibid.)
Doug, I had a partial decode on WACP-DT 4 tonight around 1:00 AM EDT.
There were trop enhanced signals. Using a Winegard PR-5040 VHF antenna
and a 27 dB VHF Winegard pre-amp there was information using the
Display button on the Zenith box. The ID shows WACP-D1 and the only
program information that was shown was Scheduled Program. The video
was only broken rectangular blocks. I will have to check the distance
from the WACP transmitter to my location. Atlantic City is about 150
miles.
I went back to check for signal on CH 4 and found a 4-2. Going into
the Manual tuning shows WACP-D2. It appears that the Zenith digital
box detected a subchannel on WACP.
[later:] I am now getting a decode on WACP-D1. There is a camera fixed
on what appears to be a section of Atlantic City with buildings and
street lights. The light intensity seems to fluctuate. I suspect it is
due to the camera that they are using. There isn't any audio. There is
a white rectangle in the upper right corner of the screen with WACP in
dark blue or black and "4"in red which is slightly longer than WACP.
There appears to be smaller writing under the WACP, but on my older
standard definition 26" TV, I can't make it out. I suspect it would be
Atlantic City, New Jersey, but that is only a guess. The Display
button shows "Regularly Scheduled Program". WACP-D2 switches between
"Regularly Scheduled Program" and "No Program Information". The signal
is about 60% on the meter of the Zenith box (Bob Seaman, Hazleton, PA,
0817 UT June 11, ibid.)
** U S A. Translator caught on E-Skip --- I was camping on 88.5 this
evening (6-10) at 5:20 PM CT, had a station for about 5 minutes with a
pledge drive, mentions of NPR. They gave a phone number of 800-???-
2727 and talked about pledge levels of $75 and $91 before fading away
to KZTH in OK.
Coming in to the internet to check my clues and Colorado College's
KRCC was having a fund drive, with an 800 number ending with 2727, and
levels at $75 and $91. They have one translator on 88.5, K203AT in
Westcliffe, CO at 250 watts. Thank you internet! Take care, (Eric Loy,
Catlin, IL, June 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. A quick treatise on K-LOVE, based on lots and lots of
airchecking during my travels for tophour.com:
K-LOVE started out as one of the biggest "satellator" users, taking
advantage of a loophole in FCC rules that allows translators in the
noncomm band (87.9-91.9) to be fed by satellite or internet or
microwave instead of directly relaying a full-power station picked up
over the air.
As its budget has ballooned, parent company EMF Broadcasting has moved
away from translators and into buying full-power signals in larger
markets, often commercial stations that have struggled commercially
(cf: 107.3 Utica NY, 101.7 Pulaski NY). EMF also aggressively applied
for new noncommercial full-power signals in the 2008 application
window.
Full-power EMF signals run a local ID right around TOH, played from a
solid-state device at the transmitter site. In addition to the call
and frequency of the station itself, it usually includes frequency
(but not call) for one or two nearby signals. (i.e. - "WKVU 107.3
Utica, also at 101.7 in Syracuse and 94.5 in Albany.") It is very rare
(but not unknown) for a K-LOVE legal to include more than one full-
power station; this usually happens when one station is fed over the
air by another one. I'd have to dig into my tophour.com archives to
pull out an example.
Of EMF's remaining stash of translators, IDs vary. Those operating in
the commercial band (92.1-107.9) have to be fed over the air, and most
of those are fed from (and thus carry the IDs of) the nearby local K-
LOVE that feeds them. So on 101.3 in Syracuse, for example, you'll
hear the ID for 101.7 Pulaski.
But EMF's translators in the noncommercial part of the band can be fed
by satellite, and for those, the nominal "parent" station is indeed
KLOV Winchester. (I have also heard the "KLOV Winchester" ID
occasionally on other full-power stations where the local ID doesn't
cover it up; this happened for the first day or two that K-LOVE was on
what's now my local WKDL 104.9 Brockport.)
The "KLOV" translators exist all over the country, since they're all
fed by the same satellite feed. I think Yankton is a good guess for
what Saul heard.
(It should be noted that EMF has also struck deals with Clear Channel
and other commercial broadcasters to partner up - the commercial
broadcaster usually gets some leftover EMF translators and EMF gets to
put K-LOVE programming on the commercial station's HD2 or HD3,
allowing it to feed more translators. I know this is happening around
Detroit, where K-LOVE translators are fed by - and ID with - Clear
Channel's WMXD 92.3-HD2.)
Hope that helps! s (Scott Fybush, NY, June 12, WTFDA via DXLD)
A particular source of frustration here - and probably in other
locations as well - is that once K-Love buys a full-power signal, they
don't turn loose any of the translators that are now served by the
full-power signal. The result is K-Love all across the dial. I don't
mind K-Love, though I prefer Air1 for its basic premise. What I do
mind is their saturation on the FM band (Mike Hawkins, ibid.)
** U S A. LYNKS RADIO MIAMI - MIAMI NUMBER ONE FOR ALL ISLAND SOCA,
REGGAE AND MORE http://www.lynksradio.com/
This Pirate Radio Station is back on the air. When it was on in 2007,
it was actually getting Ratings in Arbitron and getting Community
Service Awards by doing Live & Local Radio and lots of Remotes &
Public Service. Did they Win any Legal Battles or did they just light
it back up a couple of Years since the last Raid on the Station? 73,
(Kevin Raper, KJ4HYD, CE WCKI WQIZ WLTQ, June 8, ABDX via DXLD) WTFK?
92.1
** U S A. SAN FRANCISCO CLASSICAL and NASHVILLE
By Marty Ronish on | June 8, 2012 in | Comments { 4 }
San Francisco: The somewhat convoluted steps that have gone into
making commercial classical KDFC into a public station in the crammed
Bay area market is starting to resolve with a new ruling by the FCC.
Commercial KDFC’s powerful signal was sold 17 months ago, and to keep
classical music on the air, the Classical Public Radio Network in LA
acquired a group of smaller stations that would cover the Bay area.
KUSF at the University of San Francisco was one of them. But the
students and community listeners of eclectic KUSF were not pleased and
they mounted a p.r. offensive against the University, filed a number
of requests to deny the deal, and issued a challenge to the FCC
questioning the legality of the dealmaking.
The ruling this week from the FCC consented to the sale, refused to
deny the deal, but said the Operating Agreement that allowed the
station to begin airing classical music immediately had some
irregularities, including selling air time on a public station for a
profit.
KUSF is paying a $50,000 fine, which they are calling a “voluntary
contribution,” and the case is closed as far as the FCC is concerned.
You can read about it at radio-info.com.
Nashville: Radio-info.com also reports that Nashville’s old WRVU
listeners are still making noise a year later about Vanderbilt
University selling their eclectic station to Nashville Public Radio
which took it classical. Nashville Public Radio has until the end of
the year to raise the funds and close the sale.
…that affords protesters plenty of time to make noise… Yesterday’s
consent decree in the case of KUSF, San Francisco may quiet them down,
because the Commission firmly repeated its “well-settled policy” about
not considering formats or programming when processing station sales.
Meanwhile, the Nashville Scene says some fans miss the “engaging,
erratic mishmash of everything from punk rock to country classics,
jump blues and hip-hop” that WRVU used to feature. Over at LMA
operator Nashville Public Radio, classical is going well and gaining
listeners. President Rob Gordon says they’ve secured bridge financing
from SunTrust that guarantees they’ll be able to close. Until then –
they’re fundraising like crazy. Gordon says “we’ve learned a lot about
capital campaigns” in the year since announcing the deal to add 91.1
to non-commercial news/talk WPLN-AM (1430) and WPLN-FM (90.3).
About Marty Ronish
Marty Ronish is an independent producer of classical music radio
programs. She currently produces the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
broadcasts that air 52 weeks a year on more than 400 stations and
online at http://www.cso.org
She also produces a radio series called "America's Music Festivals,"
which presents live music from some of the country's most dynamic
festivals [recommended! gh]. She is a former Fulbright scholar and co-
author of a catalogue of Handel's autograph manuscripts.
Reply: Michi Eyre June 8, 2012 at 10:05 pm #
When a local voice, operated by local people, mainly student
volunteers is displaced by an out of town interest like in the case of
KUSF, we have a serious problem. This deal was 150% about greed (on
both the part of USF and USC). You can not dispute that those who
underwrite classical music radio are more likely to be in the category
of much more affluent than the many different minority and
underprivileged audiences that college stations try to reach out to. I
am sure that a classical music format would work just as well on a HD2
signal in a market. Many classical music listeners, who are also avid
audiophiles are more likely to own a receiver capable of picking up HD
Radio where minorities and the poor are more likely to not have that
capability. They Bay Area lost a great radio station out of the greed
of a local private university and an out of town private university.
We might as well as give all of our non-commercial radio stations to
Clear Channel and mega-ministries.
Reply: Marty Ronish June 8, 2012 at 11:50 pm #
Michi, I hear your pain. I worked for a station that got sold twice
because of greed and consolidation. They jerked us around, stole our
tower, moved us to a worse frequency, moved our studio into a closet,
either fired or chased out all the old-timers, made hash out of the
programming, and just generally ruined the station. [this was KHFM ex-
96.3 Albuquerque NM, fortunately long, long, after I announced there –
gh]
Huge money is buying up bandwidth like mad these days, but the folks
at KUSC are really good people who are trying to preserve the
classical format and in no way should they be compared to Clear
Channel. They are improving the classical music environment in SF.
I’ve been tracking the steady decline of classical music on the radio
all over the country for many years now, and I think classical
listeners are just as much victims of a lousy media environment as
college station listeners are.
I’m sorry you lost your format. I can think of a dozen top 40 stations
all playing the same music that are more expendable.
Reply: Kathy Cunningham June 9, 2012 at 9:18 am #
There are two errors in this post that I am aware of. There was no
sale in January, 2011 of the 33 kW ERP signal on 102.1 MHz in San
Francisco, despite what Wikipedia says. The FCC says the sale from
Bonneville to Entercom was consumated March 14th, 2008. Entercom still
owns it. The call sign was changed from KDFC to KUZX on January 28th,
2011, however. As the consent decree posted on the FCC website and the
radio-info site both indicate, the fine will jointly be paid by USF
and 90% USC-owned CPRN. It is clear CPRN does not want their
contributors to know some of their pledges are going to pay off a
fine. (from
http://www.insidethearts.com/scanningthedial/2012/06/08/marty-ronish/4542/#comments via DXLD)
** VATICAN [and non]. 13730, June 6 at 1204, Vatican Radio relay via
CANADA in English hasn`t been canceled yet in seemingly objective
newscast about killing Al-Libi, from stringer Priscilla somebody ``in
Washington for Vatican Radio`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
See also NIGERIA
11740, June 10 at 0459, WYFR signing off in Spanish, as Vatican Radio
IS is playing, prior to Swedish at 0500, by when YFR has gone off, but
for a minute it was Catholix vs Protestants, making a SAH of about 4
Hz which I did not have time to count precisely. I had just looked for
the Lebanon relay on 11715, but nothing heard; probably tuned in too
late.
13765, June 10 at 0503, VR with African English supplications
alternating with drumbeats, good signal, but with variable-pitch
whining. Now its more like a deep-voiced (or winged) mosquito than a
cat`s miau as I heard during same broadcast May 29. The noise got a
little louder as VR faded a bit, so likely from an external source. At
this hour, 13765 is via MADAGASCAR, as the RNW relay has no problem
with propagating various religions, as long as they are Christianish.
13730, Sunday June 10 at 1205, RV with pascua story in Spanish instead
of news in English, which we continue to hear other days of the week
via Sackville, CANADA at 1200-1215 after Spanish at 1130-1200 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
VATICAN RADIO REDUCES BROADCASTS AND STRENGTHENS WEB AGI 12 June 2012
Vatican City - Vatican Radio will end its short and mediumwave
broadcasts on 1 July, strengthening its web service.
Spokesman of the Holy See and Director of Vatican Radio, Jesuit Father
Federico Lombardi, announced: "From 1 July Vatican Radio will end all
its medium wave broadcasts and its shortwave ones to most of Europe
and the Americas, which are regions of the world where the
rebroadcasting of programmes by the local Catholic radio and internet
access are more developed." ...
http://www.agi.it/english-version/italy/elenco-notizie/201206121327-cro-ren1038-vatican_radio_reduces_broadcasts_and_strengthens_web
(via Mike Terry, June 12, dxldyg via DXLD)
I had to read the article twice to know what the "all" referred
to. The "all" refers to the MW broadcasts, so it appears Africa and
Asia will still be SW targets (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA,
swprograms via DXLD)
It´s true: Vatican Radio will cease its MW and SW transmissions or
most of Europe and for all the Americas on July 1st.
Just received this link via their German Service:
http://www.oecumene.radiovaticana.org/ted/Articolo.asp?c=595720
73 (Harald Kuhl, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)
Report now on the Vatican Radio website
http://www.radiovaticana.org/en1/Articolo.asp?c=595927
(Mike Barraclough, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
VATICAN RADIO: NEW COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGIES 12/06/2012 15.23.22
Announcing Vatican Radio’s intention to reduce its Short and Medium
Wave transmissions to most of Europe and the Americas, starting July
1st, the Director General, Fr Federico Lombardi, today spoke of what
he called, “A new chapter in the history of Vatican Radio” as it
evolves “from Short Waves to new communications strategies”.
Here is the full text of his comments.
“After celebrating its 80th birthday last year, Vatican Radio is ready
to open a new chapter in its history by committing its message of
service to the Gospel and the Church to new communication
technologies.
Vatican Radio’s 40 different language programmes can currently be
received via satellite and the internet, and are rebroadcast by around
a thousand local radio stations on FM or Medium Wave in over 80
countries around the world.
They are also available live on five web channels, on demand and in
podcast, from Vatican Radio’s website at www.vaticanradio.va
Written reports and texts on the website represent 40 languages in 13
different alphabets and provide a wealth of information. Daily RSS
feeds and newsletters are sent to subscribers in a variety of
languages, including Chinese, Hindi and Tamil, aside from European
languages.
Close collaboration between Vatican Radio and the Vatican Television
Centre has led to the development of on-line video services and an
innovative instrument called the “Vatican Player”, which offers sound
and images of Papal events, live and on demand, texts and written
reports related to those events, and a permanent link to the Pope’s
Agenda of public activities. The Vatican Player allows websites all
over the world to receive and redistribute images, sound and text
concerning the Pope and the Holy See, on a regular basis.
The 24-hour “Vatican Radio Live” channel has a strong audience on FM
in the Rome area and on DAB and DAB+ in most of Italy, and encourages
ongoing dialogue between life and culture in Italy and the Catholic
Church in the country.
Webcasting and satellite transmissions, along with rebroadcasting by
local, regional and national radio stations, guarantee the widest
possible outreach to Vatican Radio’s programming and services. Which
is why Vatican Radio believes the time has come to reduce its reliance
on traditional technologies, like Short and Medium Wave broadcasts,
and to develop its resources in new directions.
On July 1st, Short and Medium Wave broadcasts from Vatican Radio’s
Santa Maria di Galeria Transmission Centre, to most of Europe and the
Americas, will be suspended. These areas of the world are already well
served by Vatican Radio’s local rebroadcasting partners and by
widespread internet access to its services and language programming.
The reduction of Short and Medium Wave broadcasts to these areas
accounts for about 50% of the Centre’s transmission time and will
allow Vatican Radio to restructure the Centre according to more
innovative technological criteria. Short Wave broadcasts will be
further reduced over the next few years – but not at the expense of
those poor, needy and suffering parts of the world (like Africa, the
Middle East and Asia) which have no alternative means of receiving
news of the Church and the voice of the Pope.
Over the next few days, Vatican Radio’s language programmes will be
informing their listeners of these changes, indicating alternative
ways by which traditional Short and Medium Wave users can listen and
benefit from Vatican Radio’s services.
Vatican Radio’s international Short and Medium Wave broadcasts have
made a priceless contribution to the history of the Church, especially
in 20th century Europe where they were a source of strength and
encouragement for nations oppressed by war and totalitarian regimes.
As this unique service is gradually phased out, making way for new
communications technologies, it is important to thank those who
dedicated their hearts and minds to it for so long – and for the good
of so many (also via Mike Terry, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DXLD)
The only English broadcasts to Americas from VR are now via Sackville:
less than half an hour daily from 0250 on 9610, 7305; and a quarter
hour from 1200 except Sundays when Spanish is extended, on 13730
(Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Does this mean the end of DRM broadcasts to NA from Santa Maria de
Galeria, as well? We already know the one from Sackville is "toast".
(John Figliozzi, Halfmoon, NY swprograms via DXLD)
Didn't expect to see this coming today, but given the current climate
in international shortwave broadcasting, not a surprise. And this
closedown comes at the same time as the end of Radio Netherlands,
which had a time swap agreement with Vatican Radio. Also means the end
of several hours of transmitter time via the Bonaire facility, which
will now be down to only a few daily transmitter hours, mostly for
NHK. Perhaps The Vatican was also tired of dealing with all the
lawsuits over RF exposure from the transmitter site near Rome? (Steve
Luce, Houston, Texas, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
RADIO VATICANO SE ESCUCHARÁ SÓLO POR INTERNET EN EUROPA Y AMÉRICA
Ciudad del Vaticano, 12 jun (EFE).- Radio Vaticano dejará de emitir
desde el próximo 1 de julio en onda media y onda corta para la mayor
parte de Europa y América, donde se escuchará a través de internet,
informó hoy su director general y también portavoz vaticano, el
jesuita Federico Lombardi.
Lombardi señaló que tras haber celebrado el pasado año su 80
aniversario, Radio Vaticano "está preparada" para afrontar una nueva
etapa, echando mano de las nuevas tecnologías de comunicación para
difundir el Evangelio y la voz de la Iglesia Católica.
Subrayó que los programas que emite a diario en 40 idiomas y 13
alfabetos diferentes, que envía por vía satélite o internet, son
retransmitidos por un millar de emisoras de radio locales o regionales
en Frecuencia Modulada (FM) y en Onda Media (OM), en unos 80 países de
los cinco continentes. A ellos se puede acceder a través de cinco
canales web y otros a a la carta.
Lombardi explicó toda la tecnología de última generación usada y la
colaboración con el Centro Televisivo Vaticano (CTV, que también
dirige él), que permite al oyente escuchar y ver la voz e imagen del
papa y de la Santa Sede.
"Por ello, a partir del próximo 1 de julio, el Centro Transmisor de
Santa María de Galería (a una veintena de kilómetros al noroeste de
Roma) terminará todas las transmisiones en Ondas Medias y en Ondas
Cortas hacia la mayor parte de Europa y de las Américas, que son las
regiones del mundo en las que los servicio de Radio Vaticano se
reciben ya a través de Internet", precisó Lombardi.
El portavoz vaticano agregó que en los próximos años continuará la
supresión de emisiones en ondas cortas, pero que continuarán
utilizándose para cubrir aquellas regiones y poblaciones más pobres o
en situaciones de dificultad, "en particular en África, en Oriente
Medio y en Asia, que no tienen otros medios alternativos para recibir
de forma capilar la voz del papa y de la Iglesia". EFE
FUENTE:
http://feeds.univision.com/feeds/article/2012-06-12/radio-vaticano-se-escuchara-solo?refPath=/noticias/mundo/noticias/
(Via @yimbergaviria, DXLD)
RADIO VATICANA TAGLIA LE ONDE CORTE PER L'EUROPA E L'AMERICA
VATICANO: LA RADIO DEL PAPA SCEGLIE IL WEB, ONDE CORTE E MEDIE ADDIO =
STOP A TRASMISSIONI DA CENTRO SANTA MARIA DI GALERIA VERSO L'EUROPA E
L'AMERICA
Citta' del Vaticano, 12 giu. - (Adnkronos) - Dal prossimo 1 luglio la
Radio Vaticana dira' addio alle trasmissioni in onde medie e in onde
corte. E' l'ora di Internet anche per l'emittente della Santa Sede. E'
questa la svolta alla quale si prepara la Radio Vaticana diretta da
padre Federico Lombardi. I programmi radiofonici in circa 40 lingue
della Radio Vaticana - ricevuti via satellite o via internet - sono
oggi ritrasmessi da un migliaio di radio locali o regionali in FM e OM
in circa 80 Paesi dei cinque continenti. Sono inoltre accessibili live
su cinque canali web e on demand e in podcast in ogni punto del mondo
da cui ci si possa connettere al Sito della Radio Vaticana.
Dunque, recita un comunicato ufficiale diffuso oggi, ''tenuto conto
della vasta accessibilita' dei suoi servizi tramite le ritrasmissioni
radio locali, regionali o nazionali, e tramite il Web e alcuni canali
satellitari, la Radio Vaticana ritiene che sia giunto il tempo in cui
sia possibile ridurre l'impegno delle trasmissioni con le tecnologie
tradizionali delle Onde Corte e delle Onde Medie, trasferendo cosi'
risorse in nuove direzioni''. Per questo motivo dal primo luglio
''verranno terminate dal Centro Trasmittente di Santa Maria di Galeria
tutte le trasmissioni in Onde Medie e quelle in Onde Corte verso la
maggior parte dell'Europa e delle Americhe, che sono appunto le
regioni del mondo in cui la copertura da parte delle ritrasmissioni
radio e l'accesso tramite Internet sono ormai le vie di gran lunga
preponderanti per fruire dei servizi della Radio Vaticana''.
E' un cambiamento che si annuncia complesso anche sotto il profilo
organizzativo: ''La riduzione attuale interessa circa la meta' dei
tempi di trasmissione dal Centro Trasmittente, dove si avvia lo studio
per la ristrutturazione del Centro stesso in funzione delle nuove
tecnologie di comunicazione' '. ''Nel corso dei prossimi anni - si
spiega - si prevedono ulteriori riduzioni delle trasmissioni in Onde
Corte, tenendo pero' sempre presente il dovere di servire con
particolare attenzione quelle aree e popolazioni piu' povere o in
situazioni di difficolta' (in particolare in Africa, nel Medio Oriente
o in Asia), che non hanno altre vie alternative per ricevere
capillarmente la voce del Papa e della Chiesa''. (segue)
(Fpe/Zn/Adnkronos) 12-GIU-12 13:22
NNNN (via Andrea Borgnino IW0HK, bclnews.it yg via DXLD)
Vaticana: il comunicato stampa ufficiale
RADIO VATICANA: DA ONDE CORTE A NUOVE STRATEGIE DI COMUNICAZIONE
"Dopo aver celebrato lo scorso anno il suo 80 anniversario, la Radio
Vaticana è pronta per affrontare una nuova tappa della sua storia
affidando in modo sempre crescente il suo messaggio di servizio al
Vangelo e alla Chiesa alle nuove tecnologie di comunicazione" . Sono
le parole con le quali il direttore generale della Radio Vaticana,
padre Federico Lombardi, introduce il comunicato dal titolo "Una nuova
tappa nella stroia della Radio Vaticana. Dalle Onde Corte alle nuove
strategie di comunicazione", spiegando che "i programmi radiofonici in
circa 40 lingue della Radio Vaticana – ricevuti via satellite o via
internet - sono oggi ritrasmessi da un migliaio di radio locali o
regionali in FM e OM in circa 80 Paesi dei cinque continenti. Essi
sono inoltre accessibili live su cinque canali web e on demand e in
podcast in ogni punto del mondo da cui ci si possa connettere al Sito
della Radio Vaticana. Anche le notizie e i testi pubblicati per
scritto in 40 lingue in 13 alfabeti diversi sul Sito - rileva - sono
una fonte di informazione ricchissima, e il servizio RSS e le
newsletter vengono inviate quotidianamente a numerosi abbonati in
molte lingue diverse (non solo europee, ma anche, ad es. cinese,
hindi, tamil…)".
Inoltre, ricorda ancora padre Lombardi, la "stretta collaborazione con
il Centro Televisivo Vaticano" ha permesso di "sviluppare anche un
servizio video molto ricco sulla Rete e lo strumento innovativo del
'Vatican player', che offre non solo le immagini e i suoni delle
attività del Papa live e on demand, ma le collega sistematicamente
all’Agenda degli appuntamenti del Papa e così anche ai testi e ai
servizi giornalistici attinenti. Tramite il 'Vatican player' i Siti
web di tutto il mondo possono ricevere e rilanciare sistematicamente
nella Rete immagini, voci e testi del Papa e della Santa Sede. Il
canale radiofonico “Radio Vaticana in diretta” sulle 24 ore è ormai
ben seguito in FM su Roma e in DAB e DAB+ su buona parte del
territorio italiano, permettendo un dialogo sempre più intenso con la
vita e la cultura italiana e con la Chiesa in Italia.
Dunque, si legge nella nota, "tenuto conto della vasta accessibilità
dei suoi servizi tramite le ritrasmissioni radio locali, regionali o
nazionali, e tramite il Web e alcuni canali satellitari, la Radio
Vaticana ritiene che sia giunto il tempo in cui sia possibile ridurre
l’impegno delle trasmissioni con le tecnologie tradizionali delle Onde
Corte e delle Onde Medie, trasferendo così risorse in nuove direzioni.
Perciò - si afferma - dal prossimo 1 luglio verranno terminate dal
Centro Trasmittente di Santa Maria di Galeria tutte le trasmissioni in
Onde Medie e quelle in Onde Corte verso la maggior parte dell’Europa e
delle Americhe, che sono appunto le regioni del mondo in cui la
copertura da parte delle ritrasmissioni radio e l’accesso tramite
Internet sono ormai le vie di gran lunga preponderanti per fruire dei
servizi della Radio Vaticana. La riduzione attuale - illustra padre
Lombardi - interessa circa la metà dei tempi di trasmissione dal
Centro Trasmittente, dove si avvia lo studio per la ristrutturazione
del Centro stesso in funzione delle nuove tecnologie di comunicazione.
Nel corso dei prossimi anni si prevedono ulteriori riduzioni delle
trasmissioni in Onde Corte, tenendo però sempre presente il dovere di
servire con particolare attenzione quelle aree e popolazioni più
povere o in situazioni di difficoltà (in particolare in Africa, nel
Medio Oriente o in Asia), che non hanno altre vie alternative per
ricevere capillarmente la voce del Papa e della Chiesa".
Dai prossimi giorni, annuncia anche il comunicato, "i programmi
radiofonici nelle diverse lingue informeranno i loro ascoltatori della
nuova situazione, dando anche suggerimenti e indicazioni appropriate
perché I tradizionali radioascoltatori in Onde Corte o Medie possano
ricorrere alle vie alternative disponibili per fruire dei servizi
della Radio Vaticana".
Quindi padre Lombardi conclude: "Le trasmissioni internazionali in
Onde Corte e Medie della Radio Vaticana hanno svolto un servizio di
valore incalcolabile nella storia della Chiesa - soprattutto in Europa
- nel corso del Secolo XX, a sostegno delle popolazioni oppresse dalla
guerra e dai totalitarismi. Mentre questo tipo di servizio si avvia al
tramonto per lasciare il passo alle nuove tecnologie di comunicazione,
sentiamo di dover esprimere viva gratitudine a chi vi ha dedicato con
intelligenza e grande generosità le sue forze e il suo cuore per il
bene di innumerevoli persone" (via Andrea Borgnino, IW0HK, bclnews.it
yg via DXLD)
VATICAN TO ERADICATE BULK OF ITS SW BROADCASTS
http://www.radiovaticana.org/en1/Articolo.asp?c=595927
(via Bill Patalon, DXLD)
Re: Vatican Radio reduces broadcasts and strengthens web
Catholic News Agency (CNA) By David Kerr Vatican City June 13, 2012
The Vatican has announced that it wants to create a “.catholic” domain
name as a way of validating official Catholic institutions online –
just one day after rolling out a major shift in its communications
strategy.
“Our idea is that those communities that make up the Church will be
able to apply to have this ‘dot catholic’ web address as a way of
authenticating their presence in the web space,” said Monsignor Paul
Tighe, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications,
in an interview with Vatican Radio.
The online suffix would be granted by the Vatican to Catholic bodies
across the world so that internet users “can be certain that it’s
coming from a genuinely Catholic source,” he said.
The Vatican is just one of nearly 2,000 new applications to the
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the California-
based organization that decides on new domain names.
The news comes only a day after the Vatican announced that the Holy
See Press Office will start to publish media releases in English,
Spanish and French from September 2012 onwards. At present, Vatican
media releases are published principally in Italian, unless the
original texts are in other languages.
The Vatican Press Office will also increase its staff, following the
parallel decision to transfer workers across from the Vatican
Information Service, which will close down at the end of July.
Commonly referred to as the “VIS,” the service has issued news updates
at 3:00 p.m. every Vatican workday since 1991. It currently has about
60,000 subscribers. They will now receive the translated Press Office
bulletin instead.
The Vatican’s Press Office also announced June 12 that “the extensive
archive of more than 85,000 articles” in various languages that were
created by the VIS … “will be conserved and integrated, with a simple
and rapid search engine,” which will be accessible on the press
office’s website.
Meanwhile, those VIS employees who are not transferred to the press
office will be deployed “to reinforce the multilingual 'news.va'
portal which was established a year ago by the Pontifical Council for
Social Communications,” the statement said.
Launched by Pope Benedict XVI in June 2011, the news.va site brought
together all the Vatican’s communication outlets into one online
location for the first time.
That list includes Fides News Agency, the newspaper L'Osservatore
Romano, the Holy See Press Office, the Vatican Information Service,
Vatican Radio and the Vatican television service, CTV. However, each
news source still maintains its own independent website.
Finally, Vatican Radio has also announced plans to reduce its short
and medium wave transmissions to most of Europe and the Americas,
starting July 1.
Founded in 1931, the station is increasingly using the newer
technologies of satellite and the internet, as well as local
rebroadcasting, to transmit its programs in 40 different languages
around the world.
“After celebrating its 80th birthday last year, Vatican Radio is ready
to open a new chapter in its history by committing its message of
service to the Gospel and the Church to new communication
technologies,” said the station’s Director General, Father Federico
Lombardi.
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/vatican-looks-online-as-it-retools-its-communications-strategy/
(via Mike Terry, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DXLD)
This could be subtitled, "The Office of the Inquisition Comes to
Cyberspace." Reminds me a bit of the use of the Imprimatur that
signified that a publication had the approval of the Church hierarchy.
(John Figliozzi, Halfmoon, NY, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VIETNAM. The Voice of Vietnam, 12019.27 kHz. Nominal fq is 12020,
of course. In English at 1344 UT.
http://youtu.be/3WfuwmdjBbg
73 de CX2ABP (Rodolfo Tizzi, Montevideo, Uruguay, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** ZAMBIA. 6165, Radio 2 – ZBC. In DXLD 12-23 Glenn asked: “0441?
Isn`t that pretty late? Maybe not in winter. So Chad is definitely
missing from 6165, at least not all-night any more?”
0341-0445 on June 11. No trace of Chad; in English; 0341-0400 pop
songs (Kool & The Gang “Celebration”; Whispers “Rock Steady”; etc.);
0400 drums; into the news; 0408-0445 Hi-Life African songs/music; poor
with QRN, but clear ID for “Radio 2, the natural choice”. MP3 audio at
https://www.box.com/s/6e4a17784c37d3a671fc
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
BTW - Radio 2 (Zambia) noted June 14 on 6165 from 0420 (with signal
slowly improving towards their local sunrise ) to 0450 (just about
faded out), still with no hint of Chad. Lusaka sunrise was at 0430 UT
and my local sunset was 0329 UT. Thanks again (Ron Howard, Asilomar
State Beach, Calif., USA, June 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ZAMBIA. A-12 of CVC International, 1 Africa via LUS=Lusaka:
English to West Africa and Nigeria
0600-2000 on 13590 LUS 100 kW / 315 deg
2000-2200 on 9505 LUS 100 kW / 315 deg
A-12 for Christian Voice via LUS=Lusaka:
English to South and Central Africa
0500-1700 on 6065 LUS 100 kW / non-dir
1700-0500 on 4965 LUS 100 kW / non-dir
(DX Re Mix News, Bulgaria, 11 June via DXLD)
** ZANZIBAR. 11735, ZBC, Dole 2031-2055* June 5; Hilife & Hindi music;
whisper quiet announcer in listed Swahili at 2048; music at 2050 until
pulled the plug at 2055; fair-good (Scott R. Barbour Jr. Intervale,
N.H. USA, NRD-545, MLB-1, 200' Beverages, 60m dipole, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Dear DXers, 07.06.2012, Last Night, I listened to this radio station,
Radio Tanzania Zanzibar, 11735, 1800-1810 UT. Reception condition was
good. Ten minute programme only news broadcast (Abid Hussain Sajid,
Mailsi, Pakistan, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
6015, 09/Jun 0340-0350, Tanzania, Zanzibar BC in Swahili. OM talk. At
0342 short music, then YL talk. At 0343 OM back talk. At 0344 YL says
“Tanzania”. After 0345 various external comments and YL and OM talk.
25332. 73 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W -
Brasil, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
6015, ZBC. June 11 late starting (usually hear IS about 0257); not
heard through 0308 tuned away, but was heard at 0316 with better than
normal reception; usual OM with monologue; 0329 African song; another
monologue till 0339 Islamic chanting.
DXLD 12-20: Bill Bingham had a “QUESTION: Has anyone (are you there
Ron?) managed to catch all the IDs for this early morning broadcast on
6015? I have been dipping in and out since it came back on air, but
reception is still very poor and difficult to hear more than two or
three consecutive words. But I am in no doubt that the most common ID
is now a simple "ZBC Radio". I have heard it several times, also an
occasional (but rare) "Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation". I fancy I
have also heard a few "Radio Tanzania (something)" and "Radio
(something) Tanzania Zanzibar"; maybe old habits die hard, either at
the studio or in my head. Surprisingly, I do not think I have heard
"Sauti ya" in any of its likely pronunciations, but maybe that's just
my ears (or lousy reception). Would love to resolve this (Bill
Bingham, RSA)”.
Sorry I was in Shanghai (China) for much of May and didn’t see Bill’s
question. My IDing this as Zanzibar is based upon my frequently
hearing their distinctive IS and also it matching their scheduled sign
on time. Frankly I have never been able to get good enough reception
to make out a spoken ID, so afraid I am of no help with the “ZBC
Radio” issue (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Zanzibar on 6015 is fair-good this morning. As of 0329, Indian-style
song. Swahili, with ID at 0330 "ZBC Radio" then YL talking, probably
local current affairs. At 0338 a few seconds of presumed Koran and
another ID "ZBC Radio". At 0339 "ZBC Radio" and into another Indian
song, at 0340 "Tanzania Zanzibar" and almost immediately another "ZBC
Radio" followed by YL's and OM's talking, sounds like local news with
telephone interviews. Getting noisy as of 0346 (according to
http://www.timeanddate.com sunrise in Zanzibar today is 0330, so
already daylight there. Joburg sunrise is 0452). At 0357 into an
Arabic song, followed by what sounds like a "Western Union" advert in
Swahili and at 0359 "ZBC Radio". 5+1 time pips at 0400 and ID "ZBC
Radio", into news. Regards, (Bill Bingham, RSA, June 12, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Hi all, amazing signal from Zanzibar BC, 11735 kHz. Have been
listening since before 1700 UT; ID, English news at 1800, lead story
on Kenya. Into Swahili at approx. 1810, music talk with OM and phone
ins. SINPO 55544. Regards & 73's (John, BDXC 1741, Hoadd, June 12, JRC
NRD-515 / ALA1530 bdxc-uk yg via DXLD)
Zanzibar - 1811 UT, 11735 kHz - 34333 - fair with fading, OM Talking
with some speaker / news recording clips, 1843 UTC mx - Afro-Arabic
tune instrumental, 1816 UTC OM announcer back in local language, Hindi
Song (old bollywood) clip and another OM talking in African - presume
Swahili - into phone talks with callers (Partha Sarathi Goswami,
Siliguri, W.B., India, Rx: JRC NRD-72, Ant: 20 meter copper wire,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
HI Glenn, Reception from Zanzibar on 6015 not so good today June 13,
but an interesting start.
No transmitter warm up time. At 0257 it suddenly cut on with afro-pop
music, Swahili talk mentioning Tanzania, and a jingle comprising three
IDs for "Spice FM". This was faded out at 0259 in time for 5+1 time
pips at 0300 and ID "ZBC Radio". Definitely no Zanzibar anthem was
played this morning, and no interval signal before start up. Following
the ID, and brief talk by OM, into Koran at 0302. This sounded very
fluttery, like a faulty tape player or mis-fed tape; Koran stopped
briefly (a few secs) at 0303, and came back with normal sound. At
0308, back to OM"s talking, with several mentions of Tanzania and Dar
es Salaam. At 0316 into a brief Indian song mentioning Zanzibar, then
to another OM talking. At 0318 it sounded like he mentioned "ZBC TV",
and at 0330 sounded like "Tanzania Zanzibar Sauti", into the same
brief Indian song which again mentioned Zanzibar, presumably a jingle.
ID at 0330 "ZBC Radio" followed by YL talking Swahili, several
mentions of Tanzania, Zanzibar, and Dar es Salaam. Local news ?? 0335
a few secs of Koran or similar chant, then ID "ZBC Radio" twice, to
Indian (Bollywood ??) song. ID "ZBC Radio" at 0340 followed by more
Swahili talk by YL's and (sounded like) recorded telephone interviews.
This continued until 0356 when an OM and another YL took over (but
still with telephone interviews). At 0359 jingle music, adverts for
DSTV (a South African satellite TV company with tentacles throughout
Africa) and Western Union, ID "ZBC Radio". 5+1 pips at 0400, into more
"ZBC Radio"s and news. Regards, (Bill Bingham, RSA, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Hi Bill, This is very interesting! It was May 9 that I last heard
their IS (*0257-0259). On June 11 they did not start broadcasting till
after 0308 (was heard at 0316). So will be interesting to see if they
continue with the new starting format you observed today. Well done!
Thanks for the heads up! I am driving down to Monterey tomorrow, so
will try to check from the beach there tomorrow night. Best regards,
(Ron Howard, San Francisco, Calif., DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Glenn, I listened in on 6015 from 0245 June 14. Nothing at all
until 0337, when it suddenly cut in with OM talking Swahili, and
mentions of Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam, presumably the news (which, if
like yesterday, began at 0330). Brief islamic chanting (just seconds)
at 0341 followed by Indian style jingle and YL talking, she mentions
"Tanzania Zanzibar", and then various correspondents via telephone.
Looks like we don't get our daily Koran today; will someone be in
trouble?
Their late appearance on June 11 (per Ron), rushed entrance and
apparently improperly threaded tape yesterday (June 13), and late
entrance today (June 14), all conspire to make it look as though
someone in Zanzibar has difficulty getting out of bed on these dark
"winter" mornings (if Zanzibar at 6 degrees south can be said to have
a "winter"). The way it cut in mid-programme gave the appearance that
the live production studios were working normally all the time, but
unaware they were not being broadcast. Fair-good reception today.
Regards, (Bill Bingham, RSA, ibid.)
Hi Bill, Just back from the beach. Yes, June 14 I also found 6015
suddenly started at 0337. As you indicate, they have become most
irregular recently regarding their sign on time and format. Time will
tell if they settle down again to their usual IS at 0257 or so. Thanks
for continuing to monitor Zanzibar! (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach,
Calif., USA, ibid.)
** ZIMBABWE [non]. 9870, MADAGASCAR, V. of the People, Talata
Volondry, 0442-0456 June 5; Interview at tune/in in unID language;
brief hilife music at 0447 into M announcer with passing mention of
Voice of the People; W announcer at 0450; music bit & M announcer at
0454 with URL I could not fully copy; another bit of music & pulled
the plug at 0456; fair (Scott R. Barbour Jr. Intervale, N.H. USA, NRD-
545, MLB-1, 200' Beverages, 60m dipole, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Even lower down in frequency, whilst listening on my
atmospheric noise detector, heard 4 "whistlers" during the day (1430
UT), last week, along with lots of distant lightning "crashes" and
"fizzes". 73's (Nick Rank, Buxton, UK, June 10, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1210.1 kHz, 1038 June 11, 2012. Threshold, Spanish
vocals. Carrier is always slightly warbly, USB to avoid as much of
WNMA, Miami Springs (Spanish format) as possible. It's been here
forever, as there are entries are in my logbook from September and
October, 2010 and October, 2011. Rebelde also present and weak, but
spot on 1210, so not them. Suspect something Central American or maybe
Mexican (Terry L Krueger, from the Clearwater, FL static site with
(highly abridged equipment list): JRC NRD-535, ICOM IC-R75, Sony ICF-
7600GR, and Sangean PR-D5; 1 X roof dipole, 1 X room random wire, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6104.962, 1.6 2306*, Very weak station here sounds like
a Brazilian. Just above noise level every time I have observed them so
not possible to get any program info or ID. Noted almost every night.
Maybe Cultura Filadélfia?? (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, SW Bulletin June
10 for DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Ditter jamming on 7270 kHz 1745 UT June 7 {7267...7273}
Ditter jamming against WHOM? Noted annoying ditter jammer signal (from
Vietnam ?) at 1745 UT June 7. Some peak signals seen on Perseus screen
like 180, 460, 640, 870, 1500 Hertz, "though wobbling tones around"
(Wolfgang büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 7, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 10520-USB: Hi all, Been hearing lots of these Asian
language transmissions in USB lately; anyone have an idea what they
could be? I had one tonight with good signal on 10520 USB around 0430
UT. here's a video of it :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BPx1Ss-oGM&feature=plcp
Can someone tell me if it's Chinese language? thanks! 73's (Gilles
Letourneau, Montreal, Canada. http://www.youtube.com/tecmtl June 11,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 11807 approx., extremely distorted FMy signal, June 9 at
0457, a horrible blob of unreadable modulation. I quickly tried to
match it to nearby stations such as Brasil 11780, Habana 11760, but it
did not. 0458 the intentional modulation stopped, and just the noise
continued. 0459 mod resumed and I could tell it was the BaBcoCk music
loop! and cut off at 0500*. During a brief overlap it was far enough
away not to interfere with DW Rwanda starting English on 11800.
Looking thru HFCC, the likely closest culprit in terms of time and
frequency is: ``11800 0400 0500 47E,48NW DHA 250 225 0 216 1234567
190412 281012 D 9000 Non-Specif UAE BAB BAB 19434``
But what is it really, specifically? Aoki answers: ``11800 Sudan Radio
Service Darfur 0400-0500 12345.7 Arabic 500 225 Dhabbaya UAE 05415E
2410N EDC a12 BAB`` i.e. daily except Fridays (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) No such problem 24 hours later, and 11800 unheard
UNIDENTIFIED. 13620, June 8 at 0141 big open carrier not quite as
strong as 15590 found three minutes earlier, q.v.. Never any
modulation here either until cut off at 0156*. In this case there is
something scheduled, R. Cairo in Spanish, 0045-0200, 250 kW, 241
degrees from Abis, which of course is a strong suspect for
broadcasting without modulation.
India in Pashto via Bengaluru is also scheduled to start at 0200, but
only in HFCC, not EiBi or Aoki, so may not really exist either. FCC,
HFCC, Aoki and EiBi, also show WHRI-5 on 13620 at 22-23, so possibly
they were testing the transmitter or frequency later (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15590, June 8 at 0138, big S9+25 open carrier. Kept
monitoring and never any modulation past 0200 until cut off at
0204.5*. (Meanwhile found another one just like it on 13620, q.v.). So
what could it be? Nothing scheduled, of course at this time, but HFCC
reminds us 15590 is a longstanding imaginary registration for inactive
WRNO at 14-01. I don`t think so. Maybe it`s the ghost of KUSW/KTBN.
It`s also the morning frequency for VOA Greenville in Spanish. They
have to fiddle a lot with their old transmitters to keep them going,
and I suspect this was most likely (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. unID analog LPTV 3 / summary --- A mystery analogue 3
received while AR / TN / LA / TX in; but with this opening who knows
as NE & FL Panhandle also in. It was WAY off frequency - video at
61.196 MHz & audio at 65.70 MHz. That's one BIG minus offset. With one
that far off, I'm guessing it doesn't necessarily mean it's a 3- ...
could easily be a poorly-maintained 3z or 3+.
Programming... infomercials...
7:30 PM CDT - My Pillow
8:00 PM CDT - Brazil Butt Lift
8:30 PM CDT - Nopalea
The signal was in from 7:46 until 8:40 PM CDT. The possibilities:
1) WDVZ 3n Greensboro, AL - 1st one I thought off, but I saw it
recently with a WVUA ID (This TV Network). Programming doesn't match
WVUA. Plus I think I would have remembered it being this far off
frequency.
2) WBCF 3z Florence, AL - Only 18 watts. Doug has it with America One
programming - which doesn't match.
3) WPNG 3- Pearson, GA - 600 watts. Doug has it with White Springs TV
- but this network is defunct. Leading candidate ? even though east of
other DX ?
4) W03AO 3n Madison, FL - Only 31 watts. Listed as a translator of
religious WACX Orlando - programming doesn't match.
Any ideas? Anyone know what WPNG has as programming? Thanks, Bill H.
ES summary can be found here...
http://dxinfocentre.com/hepburn/logs/dxlog.htm#Z
--
(William R Hepburn (VEM3ONT22), Grimsby ON CAN 43 10 59.5 -79 33
34.3, June 7, WTFDA via DXLD)
I also had this station, with My Pillow. UnIDed as well. Was weak to
moderate signal, but fairly stable (Saul Chernos, Burnt River ON,
ibid.)
I also had this one too, constant infomercials with no IDs at either
top or bottom of the hour. Was in for a long time to near snow free
levels at times. Infomercial with something called the "Booty Strap"
was interesting (Brazilian Butt Lift). The channel maps only show
WDVZ-CA in ?AL? and WWWB-LP in TN. WMC-5 was in strong. Area of Es for
me was Western TN, AR, DFW area, se corner of OK. K04AR was in with
America One for a long time too (Jim Pizzi, 15 miles ESE of Rochester,
NY, ibid.)
UNIDENTIFIED. Unid 87.9 from yesterday morning
http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?7214-Unid-87-9-June-8th-11-30am-ET-Who-what-is-it&p=23129#post23129
http://tinyurl.com/7dybuxg
All the info is on the post at the Forums. I'm positive it's Es but
there's still a nagging doubt. Check it out and tell me what you think
(Mike Bugaj, Enfield, CT, June 9, WTFDA via DXLD)
It does sound like an XM or Sirius converter using the RF output into
a car radio. Hertz still has some of the old Audiovox ones in their
cars. The vehicle was probably moving nearer (Mike Hunter, ibid.)
UNIDENTIFIED. 912/WFM, 5:57-6:32 PM [? EDT = 2157-2232 UT], 7-June; No
idea what's going on here. Mainly Fox News with host Bret -- all
national items, nothing local and no IDs. One item about Clinton
apologizing to Obama about a tax cut comment repeated 3 times in
succession; twice cut abruptly to a few minutes of a JAG episode; ads
seem to be randomly thrown in and some DAs. Obviously not off-air
stuff. Excellent except for occasional complete dropouts. Bret Baier
is a Fox News anchor (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125
ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, logged by my ears, on
my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Broadcast studio-transmitter linx operate in this area. Presumably
some station put their produxion-studio audio on this unit. At that
MHz frequency it was probably something near you rather than DX, and
could be heard again. WFM = wideband FM (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
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UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS
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ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 1621:
Thanks for bringing the most timely and informative DX news to the
international radio listening community week after week. Sincerely
(Robert W. Gruska, Glendale NY, with a MO to P O Box 1684, Enid OK
73702)
At this point we have no pending contributions to acknowledge (gh)
PUBLICATIONS
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FREE MAGAZINE ARCHIVE ON GOOGLE BOOKS
I don't know if it's been shared yet, but Google Books is hosting a
huge magazine archive at the moment. Countless issues can be read
online for free. I thought two titles in particular would be useful to
us radio fanatics. They have Popular Mechanics going back to January
1905:
http://books.google.com/books?id=J98DAAAAMBAJ&lr=&source=gbs_all_issues_r&cad=1&atm_aiy=1900#all_issues_anchor
and they have Popular Science going back to May 1871:
http://books.google.com/books?id=wzsEAAAAMBAJ&rview=1&source=gbs_all_issues_r&cad=1&atm_aiy=1870#all_issues_anchor
Both of these archives extend well into the 2000s. That's quite a lot
of issues to read! They have a ton of magazines I'm finding, on a
bunch of different topics, so there really are things for everyone. I
hope we got more radio stuff in the near future. Anyone find any great
old radio books on Google Books or any of the other legal web
archives? Please share!
Plenty of people talk about all of the strange stuff going on
sponsored radio shows. Apparently those weird things DXers hear are
nothing new. In May 1931, Popular Science Monthly, as it was then
called, covered fortunetellers on the air:
http://books.google.com/books?id=ZigDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA80&dq=radio+popular+science&hl=en&sa=X&ei=R57RT7aYBon02wWEoamADw&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=radio%20popular%20science&f=false
The early principles of modern short wave broadcasting were all the
rage in April 1923:
http://books.google.com/books?id=VCoDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA43&dq=radio+popular+science&hl=en&sa=X&ei=R57RT7aYBon02wWEoamADw&ved=0CEAQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=radio%20popular%20science&f=false
This article on receiver sensitivity was actually really interesting:
http://books.google.com/books?id=3icDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA70&dq=radio+popular+science&hl=en&sa=X&ei=R57RT7aYBon02wWEoamADw&ved=0CEgQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=radio%20popular%20science&f=false
I kind of want to build this DXer's antenna:
http://books.google.com/books?id=UOIDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA946&dq=shortwave+popular+mechanics&hl=en&sa=X&ei=V6XRT_DyEsfU2QXR0pmGDw&ved=0CFUQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=shortwave%20popular%20mechanics&f=false
Those were the sorts of articles I was trying to link to in the first
place: things that have to do with DXing and the like (John, ABDX via
DXLD)
CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
SHORTWAVE BROADCASTERS MULL THEIR OPPORTUNITIES
Radio World by Alexis Hauk June 7, 2012
http://www.radioworld.com/article/shortwave-broadcasters-mull-their-opportunities/213810
A large portion of presentations at the National Association of
Shortwave Broadcasters meeting, held in Washington in May, centered on
the issue of how shortwave radio — dismissed by some as in its last
throes, a relic of the Cold War era disappearing under the shadow of
digital — can eke out a place in the 21st century.
As many of the conference’s speakers argued, that solution for now may
reside in areas with little electricity, where shortwave is seen as an
effective and necessary means of relaying information under the nose
of repressive regimes.
Presenting the results of a recent study on shortwave audiences across
the globe, Dr. Kim Andrew Elliott, an audience research specialist at
International Broadcasting Bureau, pointed out that in countries like
Nigeria and Zimbabwe, radio ownership far surpassed television.
In the impoverished landscape of Mugabe’s Zimbabwe, 32 percent of
those surveyed own shortwave radios, according to Elliott. The surveys
were conducted randomly, face-to-face and door-to-door.
Burma, another stronghold for shortwave, with a 60 percent
listenership, is ranked by the Reporters without Borders website as
169 out of 179 for freedom of the press, slightly up from its 2010
spot (174).
“People are listening to radio at work. They may not have a radio at
home but they’re listening where they can,” said Elliott. People are
“very comfortable about owning shortwave radios and tuning them.”
The attendees of the conference, all representing various interests in
the shortwave world, hailing from across the country, got a tour of
Radio Free Asia, the conference’s host location, which has managed to
broadcast even to the highly censored North Korea via shortwave, which
is more difficult to interrupt than the Internet and is one of the
only means of bringing in news from the international community.
Presenter Thomas Witherspoon, who founded Ears to Our World, a
nonprofit based near Asheville, N.C., which supplies shortwave radios
to South Sudan, said, “I get asked all the time, ‘Why do you still use
shortwave radio? That’s like something my grandpa had.’ People know by
and large that it’s on the decline ... We’re working in the places
where it’s not on the decline as much.”
He said he was skeptical when people dismiss shortwave radio’s future
on premises like “the Internet is everywhere.”
“I always like to think there’s an opportunity in this,” Witherspoon
said. “We can look at all these reasons why (radio) is on the decline,
or instead ways we can invest in shortwave radio and why we should do
that. First of all, it’s affordable, and you broadcasters are doing it
pretty efficiently.”
One of the conference’s few women attendees, Shahnaz Ghavami, of the
FCC, said, “After sitting here today, it’s fascinating. It makes you
think about shortwave as something new.”
The group also heard presentations by the USA DRM (Digital Radio
Mondiale) group and from one of NASB’s newest members, Antenna
Products of Mineral Wells, Texas.
In the business portion of the meeting, NASB Vice President Brady
Murray, President Glen Tapley and Secretary-Treasurer Jeff White were
all re-elected.
"Of course those of us who are involved in shortwave radio know that
it’s very much alive and kicking. It’s our job to make sure that the
big bosses who fund shortwave stations know this too, so they don’t
keep eliminating funding for these operations,” White wrote in an
email after the conference.
“And along with this, we need to find new, innovative ways to make
shortwave relevant in today’s media-saturated world. So it’s
important for us to get together – if only once a year – and share
ideas with each other.”
Next year’s NASB annual meeting will be held in Birmingham, Ala., May
16 and 17, 2013 (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)
LANGUAGE LESSONS
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THE
Ukraine or The Ukraine: Why do some country names have 'the'?
By Tom Geoghegan BBC News Magazine
7 June 2012 Last updated at 06:06 ET
As Ukraine prepares to co-host one of football's biggest tournaments,
Euro 2012, why do some people call it "the Ukraine"? And why do some
other country names also have a definite article?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18233844
(via Terry L Krueger, FL, DXLD)
LANGUAGE SAMPLES ADDED
Many more languages have been now uploaded in my mediafire account as
follows: [sic; how about putting them in some order, and proofread?]
Dori MIsing Marwari Sarchopa Lepcha Karbi Kukna KOtwla KOnyak Newari
Bhojpuri Magah Maithili Mundari Somali Azeri Amharic Oriya Koya
Nepali Kannada Thadou Tangtul Sumi Yerukala Banjara Garo Khasi Chin
Assamese Marathi Kyrgyz Tagalog GUjarati. Sindhi Santhali Nokte
Kokbrok Halam Sherpa VAdari Meittei Soura Garo Kui Sambalpuri Dzonkha
Tamang Chtisgarhi Bundelkhandi Avadhi Monchi Kaubru Deshiya Bondo
Gamit Mishi Varli Maithili Sadri
http://www.mediafire.com/myfiles.php#7fwpl575bnw5u
If you are quite perceptive, most of these above languages come from
GFA Atme Yatraa which is now back on 15390 15350 15215 and 9810 (not
heard here). Several of this list also come from VoA/RFE, R Veritas
and YFR. Some very important notices of GFA is that the Aoki listing
of 2 weeks ago has many inaccuracies, but still the sample from the
GFA listing has some differences from the program transmitted. As for
example the 11/6 language transmission for 15350 was entirely
different from the program schedule. That requires very careful
listening for the identification of languages before and after each
language transmission (i.e. every 15 minutes) especially if the main
language (Hindi) is one you don`t know. Some noticed there in brackets
mean with the listed by GFA (but not confirmed) language. And 15215 is
the replacement of 13750 as noticed on the GFA's listing.
Meanwhile the strong noise has been stopped last Saturday leaving a
different spark type noise which is dependent on the time. For 13-6
evening the band is clear from any of these mentioned noises except
the standard DSL noise (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
MUSEA
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THE SHIFTING SOUTH AMERICANS
Hola Colegas, He publicado una entrada al blog con un artículo
publicado hacia mediados de los años 30, donde reseñan los cambios que
se estaban presentando en las frecuencias de operación en onda corta
de las emisoras colombianas; señalan que primeramente estaban
concentradas alrededor de los 49 metros, luego algo importante para la
historia de la onda corta en Colombia: la decisión del Ministerio de
Transporte y Comunicaciones de la época en trasladarlas a los 31
metros que en los siguientes años provocó las quejas por las
interferencias producidas a estaciones en USA y Europa, que al final
desembocaría en la "creación" de las bandas tropicales hacia 1939.
Pueden leerlo en
http://dxdesdecolombia.blogspot.com/
Buenos DX (Rafael Rodríguez R., Bogotá D.C. - COLOMBIA, June 6,
condiglist yg via DXLD)
The article is blurry but legible, in bmp, and cut off incomplete
after the first 3 pages as moving on to other countries, Panamá and
Dominican Republic. No author or source shown. And yes, it`s en inglés
(Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
WORLD OF HOROLOGY See AZERBAIJAN
+++++++++++++++++
DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See also AUSTRALIA; CHILE; ERITREA; FIJI
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ [non]; GERMANY; INDIA; KOREA NORTH;
LITHUANIA; NIGERIA; ROMANIA; CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES
Re: How is DRM Green?
While I'm very familiar with the energy draw from full duty modes,
having operated a lot of RTTY on VHF when I was still an amateur radio
operator, I can't imagine that a system like that would ultimately
save power. Even if we imagine that the pulsed sideband system works
wonders, wouldn't the extra electricity consumed by every receiver to
run the decoder circuitry more than make up for any saved from the
transmitter side? My portable short wave receiver works just fine, and
only uses 12 watts of power. I doubt a full DRM rig would only sip
that much out of the wall AC.
I also completely agree with what Glenn Hauser was saying, considering
that DRM does have some serious faults. If one really wished to save
power, couldn't transmitters use some form of full-carrier sideband,
where a sideband is compressed but the carrier is maintained? These
formats allow compatibility with both SSB and AM receivers, while
allowing more transmitter power to be packed in a smaller bandwidth.
Granted, I'm convinced that these aren't exactly the best places to be
experimenting to save power. I think if everyone unplugged his or her
radio when not using it, the amount of vampire power saved would
probably be measurable to a degree far exceeding that of anything we
could save with DRM. Just one of my thought experiments though - I
have no wish to sound hostile.
[and re silence-non-sensing] I had a question from a technical
standpoint in regards to this, and Internet radio got me thinking.
When an Internet stream dies, it just goes off. A few broadcasters,
mostly shortwave, use single sideband as a transmission format. If
nothing were to be loaded up so to speak, wouldn't the transmitter
effectively shut itself off since SSB doesn't have a carrier? I
suppose the same would be true of other carrier-compressed systems.
While this is merely a thought experiment, I'm curious if this would
actually fix the issue. Naturally, it's not a real solution since SSB
doesn't provide the fidelity of AM. Moreover, I doubt people would
like to have to replace their existing equipment! (narvorr/wolfwere,
June 7, ABDX via DXLD)
DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
FCC PLANS WORKSHOP ON SPECTRUM CHANNEL REASSIGNMENT REIMBURSEMENTS
The FCC is sponsoring a workshop on June 25 on its plans to reimburse
broadcasters for channel reassignment costs following the upcoming
spectrum auctions.
http://www.current.org/fcc/fcc1204spectrum-buyback.html
The 2012 Spectrum Act established a $1.75 billion TV Broadcaster
Relocation Fund for those costs. Panelists will discuss issues they
feel the FCC should consider when designing the payback, as well as
possible models and lessons learned from similar previous programs.
Appearing will be Jay Adrick, v.p., broadcast technology, Harris
Corp.; Brett Haan, principal, Deloitte Consulting; Jane Mago, e.v.p.
and general counsel, National Association of Broadcasters; and
Patricia Tikkala, v.p., spectrum, Sprint Nextel Corp. The workshop
will run from 2 until 3:30 p.m. at FCC headquarters in Washington D.C.
Watch live here,
http://www.fcc.gov/live
submit questions here,
incentiveauctions@fcc.gov
and participate via Twitter using hashtag #fcclive (Current.org blog
June 1 via DXLD)
SMALL AND INDIE TV STATIONS PROTESTING FCC BID TO END ANALOG
VIEWABILITY RULE
A group of more than 200 TV stations is protesting the FCC's proposal
to end the viewability rule in December 2013, reports Multichannel
News.
In September 2007, in anticipation of the digital transition, the FCC
decided that cable operators would be required to convert digital
signals to analog so must-carry channels could still be viewed by
households with analog television sets. The FCC now wants to sunset
that requirement, citing the availability of free or low-cost
converter boxes.
But Independent Voices for Local Television, representing smaller and
independent TV stations, say that 12.6 million households of more than
34 million viewers don’t have any digital TV sets. "Many millions more
have analog sets in their bedrooms, even if they have one digital set
in the living room," the group says on its website. "If the FCC shifts
the burden to consumers, these cable viewers will lose access unless
they lease new equipment."
"Voices for Local TV will have to talk fast," Multichannel News notes:
The FCC's proposed order needs to be voted on by June 12 or the rule
sunsets immediately (Current.org blog June 8 via DXLD)
American Carrier Frequencies List online
Since there is obviously a demonstrated demand from some DXers for an
American TV carrier frequency list, I have resurrected my list. It can
now be found online. There isn't much on it now, but it will be
fattened up as I log more skip this summer. Local measurements have
been updated.
http://www.dxinfocentre.com/TVOffsets-A.htm
Cheers, Bill H.
(William R Hepburn (VEM3ONT22), WTFDA via DXLD)
CARRIER FREQUENCY LIST DISCONTINUED [a few days later]
I've discontinued my carrier frequency list. I still don't see the
point in it. It really is a waste of time.
If I can already ID a station by its general offset ( - o + ), I
don't need to know its carrier frequency. If I can't ID a station by
its general offset because there are more than one with same network &
same offset, I can't match a station to carrier frequency anyway - how
do I know which is which?
So what's the point? Unless we spread TV DXers across sparsely
populated parts of Canada, Mexico, etc. to measure frequencies. The
carrier frequency list alone won't help us ID a station.
For the Euro folks: if you have a NTV on 4z - you have Grand Falls.
If you have a NTV on 4- you have Stephenville. If you have TVES
in Spanish on ch 2 - you have Venezuela. What more do you need? If you
can't decide between two CTVs on 3+ --- neither can we. Like I said,
unless we send someone out to NB and NL to measure them in person.
If you need help IDing stations, we will do our best to help you.
Cheers, (Bill Hepburn, Ont., June 10, WTFDA via DXLD)
RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM
+++++++++++++++++++++
THE FUTURE OF TV DXING
Hey, I'm Canadian. We watch snow fall from the sky seven or eight
months of the year, and then it's Es season and we watch snow on our
TV sets for the remaining four months. Gotta problem with that? ;-)
Now, all kidding aside, I'd like to see this discussion - which I've
been following with interest - move forward in a practical way, so a
few questions to get this party started:
1) Is there enough analog TV left, within actual skip range, for
enough time moving forward, to make an investment in equipment and
training on how to set up and use it worthwhile? If not, I think I
consider this case closed. So, what will I potentially see / hear, and
for how long moving forward?
If the prospects are good, let's move on to more questions:
2) What equipment does a DXer need? What is the cost range? Where does
one obtain it? How easy is it to install and set up?
3) Does one need a tower? Pre-amps, Other technology? What are the
costs? Where are the sources?
4) Location, location, location. I presume Burnt River, Ontario is
ideal. Tons of land here around me. Very rural. But what if the DXer
has a very small lot in an urban centre, or is in an apartment where
outdoor antenna are difficult or verboten?
5) Now, I want to emphasize that from what I'm reading, European DXers
are using equipment to analyze signals to (1) know if stations are
potentially about to fade up (i.e., to avoid 'watching snow'); (2) to
help determine what geographic region they're coming from; and (3) as
a tool to *HELP* ID the station (but with the DXer also relying on
observation of content such as program, ID slide, corner bug, etc).
Now, just so you know where I'm at - I am not a technical person. I
work as a journalist, I'm university-educated in the arts, not in
science or technology. I'm coming at this hobby from the content side,
not the technical side. I am in a rural area, I don't want to install
a tower (at last for now), and I don't want to spend huge gobs or
money. I'm using old, cheap B&W TV sets. I'm not sure if I'll actually
move in this direction - it will depend on a number of factors - but I
am curious, and others on this list may want to try new tricks (Saul
Chernos, Burnt River ON, WTFDA via DXLD)
As with most hobbies, some people enjoy the technical side of it as
much as (or more than) the actual activity. We all have our own goals
to achieve with TV DX. Some are interested in distance, some in total
logs of new stations, others in developing the most effective way to
receive DX, and a few are interested in signal propagation. Very few
people are even aware that such a hobby exists. It would be
interesting to conduct a study of TV-FM DXers to see what kind of
person does this! (Mike Glass, N9BNN, Indianapolis, Indiana USA,
ibid.)
V-POLES
PARIS, MAY 14th --- Vancouver writer and artist Douglas Coupland, today
at the New Cities Summit in Paris, unveiled the V-Pole, a simple
proposal for the future of complex urban utilities, including wi-fi
and wireless data traffic. The V-Pole (‘V’ for Vancouver) is a slim,
modular utility pole connected to underground optical wiring...
http://v-pole.com/pdf/V-Pole_Press_Release.pdf
(June CIDX Messenger via DXLD)
PROPAGATION
+++++++++++
SPORADIC E: THE SWIRL OR VORTEX THEORY --- By Simon Hockenhull
[from May and June 2012 issues of British DX Club Communication]
Introduction
I first became aware of this phenomenon in the late 1960's and early
1970’s when as a boy I lived in the small fishing village of Coverack
in West Cornwall.
During certain times of the summer our normally clear TV pictures of
BBC1 would be affected by varying levels of interference, affecting
both picture and sound. Sometimes it would last for a few hours and
other times it would last all day. Sometimes it would occur almost on
a daily basis, and then disappear for weeks. Sometimes it was just
annoying and other times BBC1 reception would be totally swamped out.
At the time there were a lot of explanations for these effects
including weather conditions, freak atmospheric conditions, nearby
Russians’ factory ships and of course satellites! I learned through
magazines such as Hi Fi News and Practical Television that it was all
down to an ionospheric effect called Sporadic E which mostly only
affected the lower VHF frequencies as used by the BBC1 405 line
service.
Sporadic E Effects & personal observations
Our local BBC1 405 line TV signal originated from the North Hessary
Tor transmitter which was located some 60 miles away on Dartmoor.
This used the VHF band 1 channel 2 with a vision frequency of 51.75
MHz with sound on 48.25 MHz.
These frequencies being shared or very close to those used for
television transmissions in many countries around the world. Normally
this is not a problem, with careful frequency planning in normal
conditions the same channels can be used many times in one country to
provide extensive TV coverage. But during outbreaks of SpE these
signals can be reflected off these ionospheric clouds often with very
low losses causing widespread co and adjacent channel interference
effects.
Due to the different line standards which were used across Europe (625
& 819) pictures could not be resolved on a UK 405 line set all you got
was a spectacular display of lines. Occasionally we would see BBC1
405-line pictures from the north of England and Scotland, but only
very occasionally.
More recently I have been studying SpE openings during the summer
using a special tuner (D100) feeding a normal television set. This set
up allows me to watch and identify most of the received signals as
today all analogue television broadcasts across Europe use the 625
line standard, the only differences being vision modulation and sound
spacing.
After all these years I am still fascinated by the sheer
unpredictability of these openings, some lasting for less than an
hour, some for all day. Sometimes only certain directions would be
favoured whilst another opening will bring signals in from all
directions. Sometimes these signals were just above noise levels but
in a very short period of time sometimes less than a minute these same
signals can be crashing in at almost overload levels.
It is also very intriguing to see stations fading in and out, for
example you could be watching Italian signals they would fade out as
southern French signals fade in then they would be replaced by strong
Iberian signals.
I have also been studying the effects of SpE frequencies below VHF on
the higher frequency Short Wave or HF bands. During daylight hours on
the higher frequency broadcast HF bands such as the 15, 17, 21 and 26
MHz you can normally hear the BBC World Service broadcasts from nearer
European countries such Spain, France, Germany and Scandinavia via
backscatter from the F2 layer (due to the UK being well inside the
typical skip distance for F2 layer reception), the signals normally
being weak and fluttery affairs.
But during SpE openings these signals can increase in strength to
local station like levels often with minimal fading effects. Over the
years I have noticed this effect not only in the summer but
occasionally throughout the year when the muf very rarely rises to the
VHF bands.
Questions arising
Over many years I have had many thoughts about how and why SpE occurs.
Here are some of the questions;
Why does it mainly occur during the summer months only?
One of the main questions is why does SpE take place at all? After
all during the summer season the muf of the normal E layer lies
between 10-12 MHz during the middle of the day then falling rapidly
after dusk to between 3-5 MHz.
Why are some years better than others and why certain directions are
favoured during some years and other directions other years?
Why is it so unpredictable?
I shall now try and provide some answers to the above questions.
Sporadic E and the E layer
From earlier studies we do know that these clouds are forming within
the E layer as the distance achieved by SpE propagated signals
compares well with the distances achieved by medium wave am radio
stations heard via the E layer after dark. Both have an upper limit of
typically 1200-1500 miles the only differences being the minimum skip
distances, zero for medium wave transmissions and between 400-500
miles for the VHF signals.
Swirl or Vortex Theory
So on to my ideas for what they are worth, which are based on my
observations over the last umpteen years monitoring television and FM
radio signals via SpE on the VHF bands 1 and 2. Most of my theory is
based on the way the direction and strength of the signals change with
further inspiration from watching the nearby River Avon in flood.
First I believe that something very substantial is going on to raise
the muf (maximum usable frequency) from a summer day high of 12 MHz to
70-80 MHz and often even higher. The quality of these reflected
signals can be very good, surprisingly stable and sometimes from
different directions at the same time. I have been told that the cause
of SpE is due to clouds of ionisation forming within the E layer, but
have also been told that within the E layer very strong winds blow
with speeds up to several hundred mph, mostly from an easterly point
during our summer.
I also know that the SpE does occur throughout the year in the
equatorial regions of the world, whilst the southern hemisphere
experiences the same SpE peak during our winter or their summer. The
reason for these seasonal variations is possibly linked to the higher
background muf of the E Layer due to the higher radiation levels from
the sun that exist during the summer period and of course all year
round in the tropics.
Many of us DXers have noticed that during periods of quiet summer
anticyclonic weather (especially if the anticyclone covers much of
Europe) we see a decrease and weakening of SpE openings. When the high
pressure starts to decline with the inevitable breakdown of the
weather then the SpE openings start to become more frequent and
intense. I have noticed that by observing the Spherics chart on the
web that SpE openings are often at their best when large thunderstorms
are affecting parts of Southern and Eastern Europe. This possibly
suggests a link between thunderstorms and the level of ionization in
the ionosphere and notably the E layer!
Anybody that listens to European medium wave radio transmissions after
dusk will be aware of the variable fading effects, sometimes making
reception very poor whilst at other times reception is almost up to
local standards with the signals both very strong and relatively fade
free. (This is what we had to put up with when we listened to Radio
Luxembourg on 208m back in our younger days).
Also reception favours certain directions for e.g. Spain and North
Africa and at other times reception is better from the east and
northeast favouring stations from central and north Europe. This tells
us that at these lower frequencies the E layer is often very turbulent
with very fast varying conditions which is possibly due to strong
winds blowing within the E layer causing turbulence and instability
within the ionised gas layer. These are normal conditions found every
night and throughout the year.
I believe that SpE clouds capable of reflecting vhf signals are caused
by even stronger wind patterns very similar to the jetstreams that
occur at the top of our troposphere. These E layer jetstreams could
vary from a few hundred miles to several thousand miles long perhaps
at times completely circling the globe, tens to perhaps a hundred
miles wide but only several miles deep. The length of duration seems
to last for up to an hour to perhaps several days often with little
change in direction but sometimes like its nearer to earth cousin
after it has blown out it will be replace by another one on a
different route and from a slightly different direction. Its direction
I believe to be blowing from an easterly quarter.
Further studies will be required to find the reason for these E layer
jetstreams, but I believe they are due to the effects of stronger
radiation, possibly infra red from the sun on the circulation patterns
that exist at these altitudes during the summer months. On the
boundaries of these jet streams, especially if there is a slight bend
or wave in its direction, large swirls or vortices form, just as can
be seen both near the banks of a river in full flow, again especially
where the river bends in direction or on the boundary of the fast
flowing current and slack water. A similar effect can be seen near the
edge of a fast flowing current at sea.
Within these vortices will be areas of intense ionisation as
surrounding ionised gas is sucked into these intense swirling
circulations. It is here, within these intense vortices, I believe
SpE clouds are formed. These clouds or areas of intense ionisation can
measure from a few miles to perhaps 20-30 miles across but are only a
few miles deep or less. This of course is the size of the vortex which
will move in a general east-west direction along the flow of the
jetstream but much slower than that of the winds in the jetstream.
Sometimes these vortices will be almost stationary, especially if the
jetstream is of a stable nature and shape. At other times these
vortices will be fairly fast moving and as one dies to be replaced by
another, see diagram. Another effect that has been seen is for fairly
stable reception to alternate between two countries such as Norway and
Sweden or Spain and Portugal and lasting for hours.
This effect can be explained by a dumbelling effect, i.e. two of these
vortices almost stationary but circulating around themselves again as
can be seen near the banks of a fast moving river, or on the weather
charts during an unsettled spell of weather where a large complex area
of low pressure is involved with two or three centres slowly revolving
around each other.
These vortices or system of vortices position is entirely dependent on
the state of the jet stream. Any change in the direction or speed of
its flow will obviously effect the positions and formation of these
vortices. From sustaining or increasing their intensity, to creating
many new ones along the jet streams borders, to their weakening and
final decay depends entirely upon the state of the jetstream.
I believe that further studies of conditions within the E layer will
reveal that this area of the ionosphere has complex wind flow and
circulation patterns that are perhaps every bit as complex and varied
as those found in the troposphere. For e.g. some years the weather
patterns completely change the course of the jetstreams so the same
happens within the E layer.
This is why no two SpE seasons are ever alike with some years having a
much lower count of SpE outbreaks than others and some years like last
year having a high count plus some record breaking intense events such
as occurred on the 7th of June 2003 when trans Atlantic SpE reception
took place on both VHF Bands 1 & 2!
My vortex or swirl theory also explains another phenomenon that is
instantly recognisable by any seasoned television dx’er. When signals
from television stations are observed via SpE the signal, especially
on the lower end of Band 1 (channels E2, R1 & IA), although received
at great strength with sound and colour present will often suffer
rapid flutter effects very similar to that seen from aircraft flutter
plus be accompanied by continually changing multi path effects.
This is caused by the SpE clouds revolving around the vortex. These
clouds will be continually forming and fragmenting and often breaking
up into perhaps several different clouds before reforming into one
cloud again. So although the same signal is being reflected, it is
subject to the continually varying levels of ionisation found around
these vortices. Television signals on the higher frequency end of band
1 i.e. channels R2, E4 & R3 are often more stable and suffer less with
the multi path effect.
The reason for this can be explained by the lower frequencies are
being reflected by the lower more ragged edge of the cloud whereas the
higher frequencies penetrate deeper into the cloud where conditions
are more stable. If the muf of the clouds go high enough to effect vhf
band 2, the FM radio band or the Russian R4 & R5 channels then the
quality of reception can be surprisingly good with minimal fading or
multipath effects. I have often heard FM radio signals from across
Europe in stereo accompanied with the RDS carrier sounding as good as
local reception. All this just using the telescopic rod aerial of a
portable radio!
Further Studies
Obviously more studies need to be carried out involving television
DXers, (whilst we can before Europe switches off its analogue
television networks), radio amateurs using the 6m and 4m bands and all
other interested parties. If an intense study is to be done then a
network of beacon stations will need to be built across Europe and not
just confined to the narrow bandwidth limitations of the existing
amateur bands. Alternatively perhaps we should look into ways of
keeping the existing vhf band 1 television transmitter networks
switched on for a few more years so that further studies can be done
over a fairly broad band of frequencies.
Conclusions
I hope, with these few words, I have gone a little way down the road
to shed some light on why the muf of the E layer can suddenly go from
10-12 MHz maximum to as high as 100 MHz or more and explain the nature
of these reflected signals. Further studies will help us to understand
further conditions that exist within the E layer area of the
ionosphere of which we know very little about.
Also there may be opportunities to study any possible connections that
may exist between the weather systems found within the troposphere
(particularly thunderstorms and the high altitude lightning) and the
continuing varying conditions that we know to exist within the
ionosphere. This hopefully could lead us to a better understanding of
any links that may exist between solar events such as CME’s, flares,
sunspots and our weather or climate.
One final thought: if SpE is found to be caused by these intense
vortices, what effect do these have if they are encountered by some of
the lower orbiting satellites or even other types of space vehicle
that travel through the E layer. Especially those on their return
journey back to earth?
Abbreviations used
AM -- Amplitude modulation. The original analogue broadcasting system
where the carrier amplitude is made to vary in sympathy with audio or
vision signal
Band 1 -- Vhf band of frequencies between 47-68 MHz used for
television broadcasting. (But not in the UK since 1985)
Band 2 -- Vhf band of frequencies between 88-108 MHz used for FM radio
broadcasting.
CME -- Coronal mass ejection.
Dxer -- Enthusiasts dedicated to receiving long distance
radio/television signals.
E layer -- Layer of the ionosphere that lies between 50-70 miles high.
Normally reflects radio signals up to 12 MHz during the daytime which
drops to 2-3 MHz during the hours of darkness.
FM -- Frequency modulation. The carrier frequency is made to vary in
sympathy with audio or vision signal. The amplitude is kept at a
constant level dependent on the power of the transmitter.
F2 Layer -- Upper layers of the ionosphere that reflects HF radio
signals and occasionally low VHF radio signals.
HF -- High frequencies Description of radio frequencies that lie
between 3-30 MHz. Also known as Short waves.
Medium wave -- The original AM radio broadcast band that lies between
525 and 1605 kHz.
MHz -- Mega Hertz or frequency in millions of hertz
Muf -- Maximum usable frequency
RDS -- Radio data system used with FM radio broadcasts often used to
carry station identity for tuning or display features on FM radio
receivers.
SpE -- Sporadic E Clouds of more intense ionization that occur within
the E layer.
Troposphere -- Lowest layer of atmosphere that extends from the
earth’s surface to an altitude of 10-12 miles high. All the weather
systems that we are so familiar with are contained within this layer.
VHF -- Very high frequency. Description of radio frequencies that lies
between 30-300 MHz.
Various geometries of Sporadic E Signal Propagation
Es signal paths are usually bi-directional. In other words, if the
DXer in Kentucky is hearing FM stations in Colorado, a DXer in
Colorado will be able to hear stations in Kentucky. Since Es clouds
often move with respect to the receiving station, the DXer will often
hear a changing selection of distant signals. Diagram and accompanying
text from: http://www.dxfm.com/Content/propagation.htm
(via DX Listening Digest)
Very interesting. I especially like reading my theory from a few years
ago that was laughed at and discarded - " This possibly suggests a
link between thunderstorms and the level of ionization in the
ionosphere and notably the E layer" (Bill Nollman, Farmington, CT, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
I was hoping for a few more comments or discussion about the article I
posted a few days ago. I guess everybody is too busy doing something
else, like DXing Es. If you get a break, feel free to comment. 73,
(Glenn Hauser, ibid.)
89.7 in MN just did an EBS test (what perfect timing!) with all kinds
of cities mentioned. Heavy T-storms and Tornados in the forecast. I
again rest my case (and agree with the theory proposed in the article)
- big storms cause eskip, sometimes (Bill Nollman, Farmington, CT,
June 10, ibid.) [later:] Just got RDS from 89.7 in Milwaukee, WI!
(Bill Nollman Farmington, CT, WTFDA via DXLD)
BIG SPORADIC E OPENINGS IN JAPAN
Greetings from Japan! Yesterday, Sporadic E had opened for a long time
here. I think it's the best opening in this year.
http://listening-overseas.air-nifty.com/radio/
(Koji Hoshi, Japan, June 11, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)
See also CHINA: Es FM DX to Philippines
CYCLE 19 AND SINCE
You've heard of the glory days of Cycle 19 (maybe you were on the
air in the late 1950s?) and that the twentieth century was an
unusual period of heightened solar activity? Well check out this
interesting piece, presented by a researcher who thinks the modern
sunspot numbers may have been inflated:
http://www.leif.org/research/The%20long-term%20variation%20of%20solar%20activity.pdf
(QST de W1AW, Propagation Forecast Bulletin 23 ARLP023, From Tad Cook,
K7RA, Seattle, WA June 8, 2012, To all radio amateurs, via Dave
Raycroft, ODXA yg via DXLD)
This is an excellent presentation, very readable even to the layman
and with well-done grafix (gh, DXLD) Viz.:
Abstract
In his famous paper on the Maunder Minimum, Eddy (1976) conclusively
demonstrated that the Sun is a variable star on long time scales. The
Lockwood et al. (1999) study reinvigorated the field of long-term
solar variability and brought space data into play on the topic. After
a decade of vigorous research based on cosmic ray and sunspot data as
well as on geomagnetic activity, an emerging consensus reconstruction
of solar wind magnetic field strength has been forged for the last
century.
This is a significant development because, individually, each method
has uncertainties introduced by instrument calibration drifts, limited
numbers of observatories, and the strength of the correlations
employed. The consensus reconstruction shows reasonable agreement
among the various reconstructions of solar wind magnetic field the
past ~170 years. New magnetic indices open further possibilities for
the exploitation of historic data.
Reassessment of the sunspot series (no Modern Grand Maximum) and new
reconstructions of solar Total Irradiance also contribute to our
improved knowledge (or at least best guess) of the environment of the
Earth System, with obvious implications for climate debate and
management of space-based technological assets (via gh, DXLD)
RUSSIA`S SUNSPOT REVOLUTION
And last, baby boomers (those of us born in the United States between
1946 and 1964) of a certain age may recall the scary early-1960s, when
we lived with fear of The Bomb, and the Cold War raged in the news.
There was great fear of Russia and the Eastern Block, and we would see
occasional references in the news to the Soviet newspaper Pravda and
what seemed to us like wild propaganda.
At the same time, we saw public service announcements on television
about Radio Free Europe, transmitting a USA version of truth (Pravda,
by the way, literally translates from Russian as "true" or "truth") to
people "behind the Iron Curtain," who we were told were hungry for an
alternative to state-controlled media. Well Pravda is still
publishing, and it turns out Radio Free Europe is still broadcasting.
Check out this wild story from RFE quoting a Russian scientist who
posits that increased solar activity correlates with periods of
heightened social unrest:
http://www.rferl.org/content/russias-sunspot-revolution/24604395.html
(QST de W1AW, Propagation Forecast Bulletin 23 ARLP023 From Tad Cook,
K7RA, Seattle, WA June 8, 2012, To all radio amateurs, via Dave
Raycroft, ODXA yg via DXLD) Viz.:
June 05, 2012
If you thought it was the result of anger over falsified elections and
an increasingly confident middle class becoming discontented with
President Vladimir Putin's authoritarian rule, think again.
According to Georgy Golitsin, a member of the Russian Academy of
Sciences, the rise in street protests in the winter of 2011-12 was the
result of increased solar activity.
Call it the "Sunspot Revolution."
Golitsin cited a 2008 study by scholar Yury Zaitsev. It predicted an
increase in solar activity in late 2011 and early 2012 which could
lead to social unrest.
And in case you're tempted to giggle, some Russian media have noted
that the increased emission of radiation and flares during the latest
peak of the solar cycle coincided with mass protests in December,
January, March, and May: [po-russkii]
http://www.ntv.ru/novosti/301957
(RFE/RL via DXLD)
BERMUDA TROPO MONITOR?
One of the things I've been DXing for a few years now is Marine AIS -
it's a bi-channel (161.975 / 162.025 MHz) data broadcast from ships,
coastal stations and navigation aids using ultra-short data bursts.
Tune to either channel to hear it (there are 2 channels for redundancy
- all broadcasts are on both channels). It's like a radar for ships.
You can plot ship tracks on a map. We use it at home sometimes to
correlate the freighters we see out our window with their names,
purposes & destinations.
Anyhow, I've been using the program Ship Plotter to plot ships - and
have received DX as far away as Montreal. (using the pre-emphasis
audio output of the Icom R-8500).
A few days ago, I stumbled across a neat website that has AIS
receivers and their current reception pattern. There are tons in
coastal areas. One is in Bermuda!
http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/default.aspx?zoom=7?erx=-64.78?ery=32.29&oldmmsi=810
Since it picks up ocean targets such as ships and buoys - it might
give a better indication of possible Bermuda tropo than the APRS maps
do. I can envision the coverage area spreading towards the coast
during tropo. Here is the main site...
http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/
Click "more" on the left panel and only leave "Stations" checkmarked
to see where all the receiver sites are. The rx sites are green
triangles. Click on sites to see a link for a live coverage map. The
other link is for graphs & stats. Cool stuff. For coastal DXers, maybe
there's a site near you that you can use. Bill H. – ((William R
Hepburn (VEM3ONT22), Grimsby ON CAN 43 10 59.5 -79 33 34.3
DX PIX : http://dxinfocentre.com/hepburn/ WTFDA via DXLD)
Subject: [SkywavesDX] G7IZU MUF maps advisory
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:12:53 -0000
Hi all. I know that many members of this group like to use the MUF
propagation maps on my site
http://www.tvcomm.co.uk/radio/muf.html
and I'm pleased that they get benefit from using them. I just thought
that I should update you on the current situation with my maps as I've
had a few interruptions recently.
It's already been noted that the DX Sherlock site (of which I have no
connection) was down for a few days recently. Whilst I have no actual
knowledge of the reason why it was down, I suspect that the site might
have gone over its monthly bandwidth limit. If anyone can confirm or
deny this if they know? The reason I suspect this is that my own site
has, in the first few days of this month, received a massive amount of
extra attention. This was mainly caused by it's wide discussion on a
US DX forum, and the breaks in service by DX Sherlock diverting
traffic to myself. In the first 10 days of June, my site went through
50% of it's bandwidth limit for the month. Do the math - it would
crash in the third week of June!
I've had to take some urgent remedial action to slow the download
rate, including reducing the image quality and decreasing the page
refresh rates (from 1 minute down to 3 or 5 minutes depending on the
page). It's now possible that DX data shown on the maps could be up to
8 minutes old bye time you see it. Please check the time in the
information block at the bottom left of the map so you know how old
the data is.
Whilst I'm very aware that having up-to-date information is very
important, I can't allow my site to crash due to over-use. To this end
I will protect it, even to the point of closing the map pages for a
few days towards the end of the month if necessary.
This may sound worrying, but the problem will not last beyond July. I
am committed to offering this free service for the benefit of all, so
I will change to an unlimited bandwidth account in a few weeks. When
this happens, I'll reset the refresh rates to 1 minute and increase
the map qualities to as high as possible to make them more readable.
In the meantime, my apologies for the reduced quality of service!
Best regards and good DX! Andy Smith, G7IZU.
http://www.tvcomm.co.uk/radio/
(via Mike Bugaj, WTFDA via DXLD)
Geomagnetic field activity was at quiet to active levels with isolated
major storm periods observed at high latitudes. For a majority of the
summary period, Earth was under the influence of a favorable
positioned coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS). Early on 04 June,
solar wind speeds, as measured by the ACE spacecraft, hovered around
350 km/s. Around midday on 04 June, solar wind speeds increased to
almost 650 km/s as a CH HSS arrived. This increase in solar wind
speeds helped drive the geomagnetic field from quiet to active levels
with isolated major storm periods observed at high latitudes through
05 June. Predominantly quiet to unsettled levels prevailed from 06-09
June as effects from the CH HSS waned. A return to quiet levels was
observed on 10 June as solar wind speeds returned to normal background
levels. On 08 and 10 June, small changes were observed in data from
the ACE spacecraft indicating the possible arrival of a weak,
partially Earth-directed CMEs, however very little if any correlating
activity was attributed to these arrivals.
FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 11 JUNE - 07 JULY 2012
Solar activity is expected to be at low to moderate levels from 11
June - 21 June as Region 1504 rotates across the solar disk. A return
to predominantly low levels is expected for the remainder of the
period. No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit. The
greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected
to be at high levels from 11-12 June, 20-25 June and then from 03 July
through the end the period. Normal to background levels are expected
for all other time periods.
Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at predominantly quiet
levels from 11-17 June, 21-30 June and 04 July through the end of the
period. From 18-19 June and 01-03 July, quiet to active levels are
expected due to the CH HSS effects.
:Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2012 Jun 11 0626 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
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# 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
# Issued 2012-06-11
#
# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2012 Jun 11 130 8 3
2012 Jun 12 130 8 3
2012 Jun 13 130 8 3
2012 Jun 14 125 5 2
2012 Jun 15 125 5 2
2012 Jun 16 125 5 2
2012 Jun 17 125 5 2
2012 Jun 18 120 15 4
2012 Jun 19 115 12 4
2012 Jun 20 115 8 3
2012 Jun 21 115 5 2
2012 Jun 22 110 5 2
2012 Jun 23 110 5 2
2012 Jun 24 110 5 2
2012 Jun 25 115 5 2
2012 Jun 26 120 5 2
2012 Jun 27 120 8 3
2012 Jun 28 125 8 3
2012 Jun 29 125 5 2
2012 Jun 30 125 8 3
2012 Jul 01 125 15 4
2012 Jul 02 125 15 4
2012 Jul 03 125 15 4
2012 Jul 04 125 8 3
2012 Jul 05 125 8 3
2012 Jul 06 125 5 2
2012 Jul 07 125 5 2
(SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1621, DXLD) ###