DX LISTENING DIGEST 18-24, June 12, 2018
Incorporating REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING
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WORLD OF RADIO 1934 contents: Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Armenia,
Australia, Azerbaijan, Bougainville, Cuba non, East Turkistan,
Eritrea/Ethiopia, France, Indonesia, Iran, Korea North non, Korea
South, Myanmar and non, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Russia, Sudan non,
Taiwan, Turkmenistan, Uganda non, USA; and the propagation outlook
SHORTWAVE AIRINGS of WORLD OF RADIO 1934, June 12-18, 2018
Tue 2030 WRMI 5950 7780 [1933 replayed? inaudible]
Tue 2130 WRMI 5950 7780 [barely confirmed]
Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v [confirmed]
Wed 1030 WRMI 5950
Wed 2100 WRMI 9955 [confirmed]
Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v [confirmed]
Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v [confirmed]
Thu 2330 WBCQ 9330v
Fri 2330 WBCQ 9330v [maybe]
Sat 0630 HLR 6190-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Sat 1431 HLR 6190-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM
Sat 2130 WBCQ 9330v [maybe, or 2330?]
Sat 2300 WRMI 7780
Sun 0200 WRMI 7780
Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM
Sun 1030 HLR 9485-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Sun 1900 WRMI 9395
Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v [maybe]
Mon 0130 WRMI 5850, 7780
Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v-AM Area 51
Mon 0330 WRMI 9955
Mon 0400 WRMI webcast only
Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v [maybe]
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730
Tue 2030 WRMI 5950, 7780 [or #1935?]
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** AFGHANISTAN. Last night, 08.06.2018, I listened to Radio
Afghanistan Urdu Service on shortwave 6100 at 1610-1620. Reception
condition is normal 333. 1620 UT disappear programme (Abid Hussain
Sajid, Pakistani DXer, WOR iog via DXLD)
** ALASKA. KNLS New Life Station is on air only via tx#2 and #1 is off
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/knls-new-life-station-is-on-air-only.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, June 6, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS. 4760, AIR Port Blair (presumed not to be
AIR Leh [Kashmir]). On June 12, with better than normal reception
1215-1305; seemed in Hindi and with subcontinent music/singing; my
local sunrise was at 1248 UT, with Port Blair sunset at 1213 UT; poor
reception, but decent signal strength cutting through the summertime
QRN (static). My music audio at
http://goo.gl/ZtJH2g
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long
wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1934, DXLD)
** ANTARCTICA [non]. Thursday 21 June 2018: BBC World Service annual
mid-winter broadcast to British Antarctic Survey (BAS) staff working
in Antarctica on midwinter's day in Antarctica. The schedule in 2016
and 2017 was 2130-2200 UT on 5985 from Woofferton (UK), 6035 from
Dhabbaya (UAE) and 7360 kHz from Ascension Island (June BDXC-UK
Communication via WORLD OF RADIO 1934, DXLD)
** ARMENIA. 4810, V. of Armenia, Jun 10, 1545-1555, 33443, Greek, IS
from 1545, National anthem, 1546 ID and Opening music, Opening
announce, News.
4810, V. of Armenia, Jun 10, 1600-1605, 33443, Kurdish, IS from 1600,
National anthem, 1601 ID and opening music, Opening announce, Ethnic
music. RX, IC-R75, NRD-525, NRD-345, SATELLIT 750; ANT, 130m Sloper
Wire (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, WORLD OF RADIO 1934, DX LISTENING
DIGEST]
** AUSTRALIA. 5055, 4KZ, on both June 4 & 6, noted 1353*, after mostly
pop songs (Pablo Cruise - "Love Will Find A Way," etc.); IDs ("More
music. More variety"); almost readable ads. Much better reception than
Ozy Radio (4835) (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1,
antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD)
Ron and the group; 4835, Ozy Radio, June 6 at 1130 UT with News,
Market Reports and Sports from Australian Independent News followed by
"Emma" by Little River Band and "The Horses" by Daryl Braithwaite.
Good signal.
4KZ 5055 kHz was there but noisy. At this time of year our sunrise is
at 5 AM [MDT = 12 UT] so quite light at 1130 UT (local 5:30 AM).
Welcome to summer up North (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Rx:
Perseus SDR; Ant: Wellbrook ALA 100 loop and beverage, WOR iog via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Similar June 7th at 1248, 4835 was good and slightly better than 5055.
Both losing to the sun as we are almost 2 hours past our sunrise.
Perseus and west beverage. 73 (Don Moman, Lamont, Alberta, ibid.)
4835, Ozy Radio, 1300-09 5, 6, 7, & 8 June. JBA with chat & music, but
"Waltzing Matilda" always breaks through at 1307a (Dan Sheedy,
Moonlight Beach, CA, PL380/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
4835, Ozy Radio, 1307, June 12. Very clear laughing kookaburra, then
nice "Waltzing Matilda." This was about equal strength to 4KZ, up on
5055. No hint of AIR Gangtok or their hum on 4835 (Ron Howard,
Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA. Reach Beyond Australia, on new 7190 (in the ham band,
where they shouldn't be), on June 11, at 1458. IS and ID in English;
1500 intro in English; then into program in Korean (Ron Howard,
Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog
via WORLD OF RADIO 1934, DXLD)
Maybe the same on 7190 kHz at 1545 in English? Program about Iceland.
(Pekka / OH2BLU / Kemppinen, Finland, June 10, Intruder Alert via
Wolfgang Büschel, WORLD OF RADIO 1934, DXLD)
Pekka - Believe today was station "Reach Beyond Australia," on 7190
kHz, with a new schedule (Ron Howard, ibid.)
? technical antenna matching test of a new 41 meterband antenna
erected at HCA Kununurra, northern Australia? 73 (wolfy df5sx, ibid.)
Western (gh, DXLD)
Their daily schedule ends normally at 1445 UT/z on 9720 kHz channel
in 31 mb, according to HFCC and Aoki Nagoya database. vy73 wolfy df5sx
wwdxc germany, June 12, ibid.)
Dear Colleagues, I wish no one would reach beyond Australia! Maybe the
station programmers can be contacted and told that their host is
broadcasting illegally and causing interference to legal stations?
By the way we still have sometimes the Australian Navy on 7000, 14000,
21000, 28000 and 29700 and the licenses shown from the government, our
authority (currently an outfit called the Australian Communications
Media Authority, and with an official responsible for amateur radio
who is himself a radio ham and does favours for his friends sending
illegal letters threatening the perceived enemies of his friends) is
just the latest in a series of incompetent authorities who have all
these high standards and specifications and requirements but cannot do
legal callsign issuing in line with ITU regulations, nor legal
frequency assignments.
I dare not complain to them, otherwise I fear they could randomly take
away my amateur radio license on some false pretext. Australia is in
my experience full of corruption, incompetence, nepotism and lack of
professionalism that would make some dictatorships blush. 73 es 77 de
(Lou VK5EEE, Intruder Alert IARU via Büschel, DXLD)
** AZERBAIJAN [and non]. AZERBAIJAN COURT UPHOLDS BAN ON RFE/RL
WEBSITE (June 05, 2018)
https://pressroom.rferl.org/a/azerbaijan-court-upholds-ban-on-rferl-azadliq-website/29273967.html
WASHINGTON -- Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) deplored the
June 4 decision by the Azerbaijani Supreme Court to uphold a
government ban on the company’s Azerbaijani website, calling it an
attack on the free press and pledging to continue to pursue all
available paths of legal recourse.
“We learned in 2014, when Azerbaijani authorities closed our bureau
without regard to law or due process, that we, and all independent
media, are a target,” said RFE/RL President Thomas Kent. “This ruling
confirms that. It is a blunt use of state power to suppress
independent media.”
The June 4 ruling by the Supreme Court is the country’s final word on
the ban, which originated with a March 2017 order by the country’s
Prosecutor-General to block azadliq.org on grounds that it posed a
"threat" to the country's national security, and propagated “violence,
hatred, or extremism,” and slander. RFE/RL has now lost two appeals in
its efforts to lift the ban, despite the fact that Azerbaijani
authorities have failed in every instance to produce evidence
supporting their allegations.
The ban, which continued in force during Azerbaijan’s recent
presidential election, has prompted criticism among international
rights monitors. The Committee to Protect Journalists referenced it in
a scathing April 6 statement that accused authorities of cleansing the
political landscape of "virtually all formal avenues of expressing
dissent" ahead of the poll.
This week’s ruling also affected the websites of other nongovernmental
media, including opposition newspaper Azadliq, Meydan TV, and two
Internet TV programs.
Despite government restrictions, RFE/RL’s Azerbaijani Service, known
locally as Radio Azadliq, continues to serve as an essential source of
news for online and satellite audiences that number in the millions.
The service earned nearly 90 million video views on its YouTube and
Facebook channels in 2017, and maintains an active presence on
Instagram, Twitter, and Odnoklassniki (via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, 7 June
2018, WORLD OF RADIO 1934, DXLD) See also TURKMENISTAN
** BAHAMAS [and non]. Nine new logs this time, plus a ten watter in
the Bahamas on 93.5. ZMA was in for less than a minute with an auto
parts store ad. If it weren't for the SDR and replaying the audio over
and over again, I would have missed it, although the guy and the girl
did sound Bahamian. And as soon as it faded out, WPHH faded up and
covered it. [times presumably EDT = 1312-1333 UT]
0912, ZNH-FM 91.7 Nassau, BAH PI-68a3, no PS, Hot 91.7
0928, ZNG 93.9 Tentative Nassau, gospel music, faded up with MORE 94.9
0929, ZNM 94.9 Nassau, BAH, MORE 94
0931, ZMA 93.5 Marsh Harbour, BAH ad for AID Auto Parts, a chain in
the Bahamas --- 10 watts!**
0933, WPHH 93.5 Hope Hull, AL, callsign**
(Mike Bugaj, Enfield CT, June 9, WTFDA gg via DXLD)
Good job on the 10 Watt Bahamian, Mike!! I need that one, but I have a
LOCAL on 93.5; so unless it doesn't pay the power bill, I most likely
will never hear that one! 73 ROB VA3SW (Robert S. Ross, London,
Ontario CANADA, ibid.)
2009 edition of Emisoras has ZNA-FM Marsh Harbor at 5000 watts (page
75) (Jim Pizzi, ibid.)
That was back in 2009, so the information is probably dated. What we
have in the database has to be newer. Maybe Jim knows just how recent
it is. If I remember correctly, he gave me the info from the Bahama
authorities and I entered it. It could have been 2 years ago? (Mike
Bugaj, ibid.)
Jim, I think that was incorrect information in the 2009 Emisoras
edition. The Bahamas FM listings are in the WTFDA FM database
(db.wtfda.org) and the calls are actually ZMA-FM, 93.5 Marsh Harbour.
The WTFDA FM database is using official documents acquired by each
countries license authority. I have the current list (revised 28 Jan
2018) of all licensed broadcasters in The Bahamas, issued by the
Utilities Regulation & Competition Authority (URCA), headquartered in
Nassau, which is the government agency for The Bahamas. They note ZMA-
FM is authorized to broadcast with .01 kW ERP.
I believe the 5 kW listed in 2009 was from an unofficial source that
was only *guessing* what they thought the power was for that station.
It was also listed as ZNA-FM, which is incorrect. URCA has a
fundamental way for assigning call letters. In this case ZMA-FM would
be....Z = Bahamas; M = Marsh Harbour; A = Abaco (Radio Abaco).
ALL Bahamas stations in the WTFDA FM database reflect the CURRENT
authorized power from URCA, as well as all other information about the
station (- Jim Thomas, ibid.)
** BAHAMAS. 99.5, ZNGB-FM, Nassau, June/06/18, 1208 EDT, VG, English.
Female with Bahamas weather report and ID as GLOBAL RADIO 99.5 FM. Ads
for Nassau and Freeport. Mentions of "Queens Highway in Nassau" and
242 area codes for Bahamas. NEW STATION [to his log], 1 kW. RECEIVERS:
ELAD FDM-S2 SDR and SANGEAN HDT-1X TUNER; ANTENNAS: INNOV 8 Element
Beam at 19 Feet. FM LOG TOTALS are now 3,323 Stations heard. 73 ROB
VA3SW (Robert S. Ross, London, Ontario CANADA, odxa iog via DXLD)
** BANGLADESH [& non]. 4750, Bangladesh Betar, 1237 7 June; 1250+ 8
June. BB's Qur'an recitations mixing about 60/40 with CNR1 (Dan
Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA, PL380/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Bangladesh Betar, 13580 kHz QSL card arrived in post 70 days after
email report (with MP3 recording) sent to rrc@dhaka.net --- with copy
to betar.external@yahoo.com --- for English International Service
broadcast. QSL card pictures “Tea Garden in Sylhet” with v/s Abu Tabib
Md. Zia Hasan (Senior Engineer, Research & Receiving Centre) who also
enclosed a letter and SW Schedule. Full postal address on letter:
Research & Receiving Centre, Bangladesh Betar, 31, Mahbub Morshed
Sarani, Sher-E-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka-1207. Envelope had 30 stamps on it
totalling 42 taka (= just £0.35!) (Alan Pennington, June BDXC-UK
Communication via DXLD)
** BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, noted off the air June 10,
from 1131+. Also not heard June 11, from 1111+. Finally back again
June 12, from 1059 till off shortly after 1134 (an early sign off); in
Pidgin, with speeches; mixing badly with RRI on frequency (Ron Howard,
Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog
via WORLD OF RADIO 1934, DXLD)
** CANADA. (570 kHz) - On 1 June 2018, the Canadian Radio-television
and Telecommunications Commission renewed the broadcasting licence of
Vista Radio Ltd. for CKWL Williams Lake (British Columbia). The new
licence runs from 1 September 2018 to 31 August 2025. CKWL 570 kHz (1
kW) rebroadcasts the programmes of CKCQ-FM 100.3 FM in Quesnel,
British Columbia. Stream:
http://www.mycariboonow.com/stream/ckcq/
Information on the station’s history can be found at
http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listing_and_histories/radio/ckwl-am
(1420 kHz) - On 1 June 2018, the Canadian Radio-television and
Telecommunications Commission renewed the broadcasting licence of
Maritime Broadcasting System Limited for CKDY Digby (Nova Scotia) and
its relay transmitter CKDY-FM (103.3 MHz) Weymouth. The new licence
runs from 1 September 2018 to 31 August 2025. According to
http://avrnetwork.com/on-air/ckdy-on-air-in-digby/
1420 CKDY is delivering „Today’s Best Country to Digby & the
surrounding area“ Stream:
http://mbsradio.leanplayer.com/CKENFM
Information on the station’s history can be found at
http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listing_and_histories/radio/ckdy-am
(Both from:
https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2018/2018-198.htm
with additional information researched by Dr Hansjoerg Biener, 6 June
2018, DXLD)
** CHINA. 6035, PBS Yunnan, on June 9, very surprised to hear an
interesting anomaly; instead of the usual FM99 relay that has been
carried here since March, was instead hearing the former "Voice of
Shangri-la" format of non-stop music (no announcers at all), which in
the past was always played when PBS went past their former sign off
time of 1200*.
Today heard the same filler musical loop (instrumental), from 1141 to
past 1241+.
So perhaps today's anomaly was just the result of the FM99 audio feed
not being available? What will happen tomorrow? Recently the FM99
relay here had been running well past 1400+ (Ron Howard, Asilomar
State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD)
Re: [WOR] PBS Yunnan, with no FM99 relay (anomaly) --- Hi Glenn,
Thanks very much to Mauno Ritola (Finland), for his following up to my
alert. At his QTH, had the same format as I noted, but he also had a
clear trilingual ID at 1500 ("S W liu[6] ling[0] san[3] wu[5]. Yunnan
Radio and Television International, the Voice Shangri-la"). (Ron, June
9, WOR iog via DXLD)
June 10 - PBS Yunnan (6035) back to normal with FM99 relay (1304+),
after yesterday`s one-day-only anomaly of "Voice of Shangri-la" format
non-stop music (Ron Howard, California, ibid.)
** CHINA. 6080, CNR1 [Geermu] & Hulun Buir PBS [Hailar], 1222 6 June;
1213-1230 7 June; 1245-1300+ 8 June. CNR1 is hit & miss here--mixing
with (presumed) HB PBS on 6 June, & unheard on the 7th/8th & Hulun
Buir very weak/clear with flute lead-in to 1300 on the 8th [no pips].
(Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA, PL380/6m X wire, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. 6090, CNR2 [Geermu], 1233-1250+ 7 June. Running
what sounds like their "Haiyang Live Show" // 6065, 6155 with lots of
comedy bits, laughter & chat. NHK WR in Korean covers them like a
blanket before closing at 1230 (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA,
PL380/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 6145, CNR 1, Firedrake jamming in Chinese [sic --- that is
instrumental music only, no language --- gh]. SIO 444, June 7, 2018,
1533–1538. Raucous music heavy QRN, and modest QSB.
15570, CNR 1 in Mandarin. SIO 444, June 7, 2018, 2341–2345. Strident
talk with music background. Probably a jamming attack on RFA on the
same frequency (Vince Henley, Anacortes, WA, U. S. A. Equipment in
use: WiNRADiO G39DDCe SDR, ICOM IC-R8600, Ten-Tec RX-340, Drake R8B,
TECSUN PL-380, TECSUN PL-660, TECSUN PL-880. Antennas: whips on PL-
380, PL-660, PL-880 and Alpha-Delta DX-Ultra installed broadside east
west at 30 feet, NASWA Flashsheet June 10 via DXLD)
** CHINA. 13675, CNR 1 (broadcast station utilized as jammer) at 1600,
Chinese vocal music, M in Chinese. At this time only Radio Free Asia
via Tajikistan should be here. Powerhouse signal, June 10 (Rick
Barton, Logs for June 10, heard in Central Arizona. Unless otherwise
stated, heard with Satellit 5000, RS SW-2000629, ATS-909X with various
outdoor wires and extended Slinky. 73 and Good Listening! -rb, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 17705, June 10 at 1308, Chinese opera on CNR1 (not
Firedragon since there is vocalizing), // much stronger 15040. Both
are jamming All India Radio`s only Chinese broadcast, 1145-1315. Saudi
Arabia is also on 17705 at 1155-1457, and normally the signal heard
here, but no sign of India or BSKSA now; maybe after 1315. These are
only two frequencies listed for AIR in Chinese; if there were a third,
it too would be jammed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Members, When looking at the latest editions I invite you to
take a look at the Chinese, East Turkestan and Tibet sections. My
friend and East Asia expert Chris Kadlec advised me several months ago
that there is a concerted campaign by SAPPRFT (I believe even that
title has now changed) to basically ditch the old universal titles of
People's Broadcasting Station.
I notice with pleasure that WRTH has followed this. On my Active
spreadsheet under each province you either see Radio and TV Station or
a variation upon that theme.
I have therefore removed all mention of PBS. This is ahead of events
but I am certain that it won't be long before this will become a fact
on the ground. I am adopting the standard as Radio and TV Station if I
haven't found any new name after online investigation. 73 and 88 (Dan
Goldfarb, UK, June 10, mwmasts iog via DXLD)
Members, I came across a number of stations which now are adopting the
"Broadcasting Network" title under their new name. 73 and 88 (Dan,
later, ibid.)
How is that in Chinese? Is it used in station ID's? Best regards,
(Mauno Ritola, Finland, ibid.)
Members, Wúxiàndiàn guangbò wangluò --- This is according to Google
Translate. I have seen the new labels on websites but I have not heard
them. An example which shows removal of PBS is the website
http://www.lntv.cn
It is very interesting that (like my own website) rebuilding of that
website - presumably to cater for the new identity is underway. 73 and
88 (Dan, ibid.)
** CUBA. 530, Radio Enciclopedia, Isla de la Juventud. 1245 May 26,
2018. Excellent on the ICF-7600GR at A.L. Anderson Park, Tarpon
Springs.
1220, Radio Caribe, Isla de la Juventud. 1101 June 5, 2018. Female
"Radio Caribe... Isla de la Juventud, Cuba." Then into kiddie program
with kids and children's music, co-channel WKTZ. So the replaced or
fixed transmitter is still working (Terry L. Krueger, All times/dates
GMT, Clearwater, FL, NRD-535, IC-R75, ICF-7600GR, longwires, active
loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
June 6 at 1314, all over the 13 MHz band I am getting extreme noise
distortion, without specific peaks or readable audio, apparently out
of the 13700 RHC transmitter worse than ever. Cleared up at 1409
recheck. Something`s always wrong at RHC.
6000, June 7 at 0602, this RHC English frequency is AWOL tonight,
still on 6060 VG, 6100 JBM, 6165 good but with squeal. Something`s
always wrong at RHC.
13740, June 7 at 1446, CRI English relay is undermodulated, with
crackle; wiggle that patchcord? Carrier is also wobbly and squealing.
Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, oK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
[and non]. 6100, RHC (presumed the one) 1240. Big time collision. Man
in Spanish clearly under loud music that sounds nearly identical to
Firedragon crash and bang. China is a co-channel station here, so that
is likely it. June 8 (Rick Barton, heard in Central Arizona. Grundig
Satellit 5000, RS SW-2000629, ATS-909X with various outdoor wires. 73
and Good Listening! -rb, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
13502, 13568, 13634, 13766, 13832, 13898, June 8 at 1335, RHC resumes
extremely distorted spurblobbing out of 13700 transmitter, more or
less FM mode, clearest on 13766, at approx. 66 kHz intervals.
13634 approx., June 9 at 1312, RHC audible here in FM, spur from
13700-AM; also weaker at 65-68 kHz intervals around 13568, 13768,
13834, 13900. Recheck at 1419, blob only audible around VP 13764.
Something`s always wrong at RHC.
11860, June 9 at 1929, RHC in French quite undermodulated, compared
e.g. to 15140 English. Something`s always wrong at RHC.
13660, June 10 at 1312, RHC at S8-S9, leapfrog of 13740 over 13700,
but no spurblobs out of 13700 today. Without embargo, something is
always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [non]. Radio Martí new director --- From the Miami Herald:
FORMER MIAMI MAYOR TOMÁS REGALADO SELECTED AS NEW DIRECTOR FOR RADIO
AND TV MARTÍ By Nora Gamez Torres, ngameztorres@elnuevoherald.com
June 06, 2018 11:18 AM
Washington, D.C. --- Former Miami mayor and veteran journalist Tomas
Regalado has been named the new director of the Office of Cuba
Broadcasting, which oversees the Radio and TV Martí stations that
broadcast news and other programs to Cuba.
"My first day of work was yesterday, and today [Wednesday] a public
swearing-in will be held," Regalado told el Nuevo Herald.
The former mayor said he has clear ideas about how he wants to shape
the OCB stations, which were created to provide uncensored information
to Cubans.
"I do not want Radio and TV Marti to be an alternative, I want it to
be the main means of communication for the people of Cuba," he said.
As the new director of the OCB, Regalado said that among his
objectives are to increase the penetration of stations' signals on the
island, improve the coverage of breaking news and modernize radio
programming. Regalado is a veteran journalist who served as mayor of
the city of Miami from 2009 to 2017.
Before accepting the post at the OCB, he hosted a Spanish-language
program, Al mediodia con Tomas Regalado, on Radio Caracol 1260AM.
"I applaud the Trump administration for selecting Tomas Regalado to
lead the Office of Cuba Broadcasting," Florida Cuban-American Sen.
Marco Rubio said in a statement. "I have known Tomas for many years
and have no doubt that TV/Radio Marti's role in ensuring the Cuban
people have access to uncensored information will grow under his
leadership. I look forward to working with him to directly empower the
Cuban people."
Rubio recommended Regalado for the position. His appointment, it is
hoped among his supporters for the post, will help bring stability to
the OCB, which has undergone management issues in recent years.
Regalado takes over the reins of the Miami-based Marti stations
following the controversial departure of interim director Andre
Mendes. Despite having received the support of Cuban employees and
some exiles, Mendes resigned amid conflicts within the Broadcasting
Board of Governors (BBG) -- the federal agency that supervises the OCB
and other stations such as the Voice of America -- and allegations of
pressure on the stations to provide favorable reports on the Trump
administration.
Before Mendes, the stations' previous director, Malule Gonzalez, also
resigned in June 2017. She cited health problems as the reason for
stepping down, but it came amid a campaign launched by a group of
Cuban exiles and dissidents on the island who accused her of
continuing to represent a policy of rapprochement with Cuba
implemented under former President Barack Obama.
With Regalado as the new director, some employees at the stations, who
requested anonymity, said they were concerned about possible conflicts
of interest that could arise because the former mayor's son, Tomas N.
"Tommy" Regalado, also works at the stations.
"I have been in government and I understand what the laws of nepotism
are, the ethical conflicts," said the former mayor. "The first thing I
did when I started the conversations with Washington was to request a
legal opinion from the BBG. There is no conflict of interest because
my son has been working there for 15 years."
Regalado also said that at the Marti stations, "there are marriages,
there are parents and children," and the comments about a possible
conflict of interest are "an excuse for people who may not want me to
be there."
The BBG did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Follow Nora Gamez Torres on Twitter: @ngameztorres
(via Mike Cooper, WORLD OF RADIO 1934, DXLD)
** EAST TURKISTAN [and non]. The midnight sun is allowing JBA
carriers, some with a little audio, to propagate in the nightmiddle on
16 meters: June 12 at 0600+, all these correlating with CRI in various
Eurolangs via Kashgar: 17865 French, 17680 Spanish, 17650 Chinese,
17720 German. Another one on 17520 could be Italian, but is off-
frequency so likely RFA via SAIPAN, q.v.; and also TINIAN for 17810.
Then I even try 13m, but nothing; how about 19m? A bunch more JBA
carriers after 0609 June 12: 15615, RFA Chinese via Tinian and/or
jamming; 15465 & 15350, CRI Kashgar in English; 15180, Voice of Korea
French listed; 15160, CRI Chinese via Jinhua; all per Aoki/NDXC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1934, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. Reception of Radio Cairo Western European Service on June 8
1900-2000 9570.0 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu German, strong signal
2000-2115 9894.8 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu French, dead air and
2115-2245 9894.8 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu English, not 9799.8:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/reception-of-radio-cairo-western.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, June 8-9, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ETHIOPIA. Good signal of R. Deegaanka Soomaalida Itoobiya on June 6
from 1856 5940 JJG 100 kW / non-dir to EaAf Somali & off at 1930 UT!
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/good-signal-of-radio-deegaanka.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, June 6-7, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ETHIOPIA. [INTRUDER ALERT] OT: Ethiopia accepts peace deal with
Eritrea.
It looks like there will be some kind of agreement between the two
countries, both sources of interference and intrusion on our 40m band.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/05/world/africa/ethiopia-eritrea-peace-deal.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur
Let's keep an ear on 40m and see if there are any news regarding the
illegal broadcasts. 73 (Paulo, CT2IWW, Intruder Alert June 6, via
Harald Kuhl, bdxc-news iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1934, DXLD)
Indeed this is off-topic, as any broadcaster in 7200-7300 outside
Region 2 is not an intruder. The Eritreans on 7140 and 7180 and
Ethiopian DRM jamming are intruders everywhere (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF
RADIO 1934, DXLD)
Hi DXers, interesting development. May be the "end" of the clandestine
programs via an Ethiopian transmitter on v7236, listed in WRTH 2018 on
page 513? vy73 (Harald Kuhl, bdxc-news iog via DXLD)
Hi Harald, I am listening to 7235.5v kHz since 1500. I couldn't catch
the ID, but at least the language sounded Arabic. Very difficult with
notching out the Chinese station on 7235.0 kHz and Saudi splatter from
7240 kHz. At 1530 another language started, mentioning Eritrea in the
ID, so I think it is still VDA going on.
But nothing there at 1800, when the other programme should be on.
Needs to be checked on other days, too (Mauno Ritola, June 8, ibid.)
Today they were on from 1800 until 1836. Actually the signal was good
until 1820, when Iran switched on on 7235 kHz. If you are listening on
Wednesday at 1800, it would be good to catch the ID. 73, (Mauno
Ritola, June 11, bdxc-news iog via DXLD)
** ETHIOPIA [non]. 15360, Amara R, 1734, 3 June, talk by OM,
continuous mentions on Amara with many English words in between as
business sponsors surely and commercial topic were noted in my log,
S20-30 (Zacharias Liangas, Greece, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ISSoudun
** ETHIOPIA [non]. FRANCE, Oromo Voice Radio via Radio Xoriyo Ogaden
via TDF Issoudun, June 11
BRB Oromo Voice Radio via damaged transmitter
1600-1630 17850 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg EaAf Afan Oromo Mon/Wed/Sat,
distorted
Radio Xoriyo Ogaden
1600-1630 17770 ISS 500 kW / 130 deg EaAf Somali Mon/Fri, very good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/oromo-voice-radio-via-radio-xoriyo.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, June 11-12, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EUROPE. PIRATE RADIO, Good signal of Russian Music Pirate - Radio
Europe on June 10:
1025&1030 5832.7 unknown tx EaEu Music, distorted audio, off at 1045
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/good-signal-of-russian-music-pirate.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, June 9-10, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FIJI. internet sites and streams of the Fiji Broadcasting
Corporation Limited
- 2dayFM (English, „young adult audience“, commercial):
http://2dayfm.fbc.com.fj/
http://player.fbc.com.fj/fbc/sgplayer/player.php?s=0
- BulaFM (i-Taukei, „targeting the age group of 18 to 40 years“,
commercial):
http://bulafm.fbc.com.fj/
http://player.fbc.com.fj/fbc/sgplayer/player.php?s=1
- Gold FM (English, commercial):
http://goldfm.fbc.com.fj/
http://player.fbc.com.fj/fbc/sgplayer/player.php?s=2
- Mirchi FM (Hindustani, for „18 to 40 years olds“, commercial):
http://mirchifm.fbc.com.fj/
http://player.fbc.com.fj/fbc/sgplayer/player.php?s=3
- Radio Fiji One (i-Taukei, for „40 to 65 year olds“, public service
broadcast funded under contract by the government):
http://rf1.fbc.com.fj/
http://player.fbc.com.fj/fbc/sgplayer/player.php?s=4
- Radio Fiji Two-Desh Ki Dhadkan (Hindustani, public service broadcast
funded under contract by the government):
http://rf2.fbc.com.fj/
http://player.fbc.com.fj/fbc/sgplayer/player.php?s=5
All streams were active when checked on 12 June 2018 (Dr Hansjoerg
Biener, 12 June 2018, WORLD OF RADIO 1934, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FINLAND. SWR on air from 2100 UT tonight --- Scandinavian Weekend
Radio (SWR) Virrat, Finland are on air for 24 hours from 2100 UT
tonight Friday 8th June on 5980/6170 and 11690/11720 kHz. Hour by hour
Fq and prog schedule at
http://www.swradio.net/schedule.htm
(Alan Pennington, UK, 2014 UT Friday June 8, bdxc-news iog via DXLD)
Always check all four frequencies as they do not necessarily adhere to
the schedule. Lotsa luck pulling it to North America. Yes, dates on
sked June 8-9, despite nominal *first* Saturday of months (gh, DXLD)
I don't remember noticing differences to the schedule. At least now at
0845 they are on listed 6170 and 5980 kHz. 73, (Mauno Ritola, WOR iog
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
?? Sked never shows two 49mb or two 25mb at once, but one each. This
is what it shows for the 08-09 UT hour:
11-12 6170/11720 1602 94,90 Viihdettä parhaimmillaan, Dj Häkä 08-09
BTW, normally it`s on the first Saturday, not the second, another
anomaly (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)
Morning reception of Scandinavian Weekend Radio, June 9:
0510&0650 on 11690 VIR 0.1 kW / non-dir to WeEu Fin/Eng, weak/fair
0655&0710 on 11720 VIR 0.1 kW / non-dir to WeEu Fin/Eng, weak/fair
from 0700 on 11720 VIR 0.1 kW / non-dir to WeEu Live "Radioverkko"
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/morning-reception-of-scandinavian.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, June 8-9, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
So was it on both 11690 and 11720 for a few minutes? (gh, DXLD)
Daytime reception of Scandinavian Weekend Radio SWR June 9
from 1100 on 11720 VIR 0.1 kW / non-dir to WeEu English, weak to fair
from 1300 on 11720*VIR 0.1 kW / non-dir to WeEu English, fair to good
* instead of 11690 VIR 0.1 kW / non-dir to WeEu English from 1300 UT:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/daytime-reception-of-scandinavian.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, June 9, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE. 11830, Sunday June 10 at 0615, S7-S4 conversation in
English about France, i.e. RFI`s only remaining English hour, via
Issoudun to Africa, now propagating in summer conditions. One should
especially try to listen on Fridays [sic] circa 0615 for listener
contact show `Sound Kitchen` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1934,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Glenn: I thought “Sound Kitchen” was on Saturday. At least, it used
to be (— Richard Langley, NB, Sent from my iPhone, WOR iog via DXLD)
11830, Tuesday June 12 at 0617, RFI English audible again with news
about North Korea, S7 fading to S4. My previous log had the wrong day
for listener contact program `Sound Kitchen`, circa 0615 --- as in
DX/SWL/MEDIA programs, it`s on Saturdays, not Fridays --- as pointed
out by Richard Langley and Alan Roe, tho none of us have reconfirmed
it lately: ``Hi Glenn, Although I confess to not having tuned into the
Sound Kitchen for some time, I think it is UT Saturday rather than
Friday. But thanks for the reminder - now that the English hour is
audible here again, I must listen out for the Sound Kitchen. Best
wishes - Alan`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1934, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** GREECE. Reception of Voice of Greece on 9420 kHz June 9/10
from 1900 on 9420 AVL 150 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek tx#03
from 0603 on 9420 AVL 150 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek*tx#03
At same time 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg, no signal via tx#1
* Voice of Greece relay Sunday Orthodox Liturgy from 0500 UT
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/reception-of-voice-of-greece-on-9420_10.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, June 9-10, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. Reception of All India Radio in English in 31&25mb, June 10
1135-1140 on 9620 ALG 250 kW / 282 deg to SoAs English, fair/good
1135-1140 on 11560 DEL 250 kW / 304 deg to SoAs English, distorted
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/reception-of-all-india-radio-in-english.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, June 9-10, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. QSL All India Radio --- Still would confirm the reports more
often, and not once in the proud (Vladimir Pivovarov, Boyarka, Ukraine
/ "deneb-radio-dx", via RusDX 10 June via DXLD)
All India Radio always promptly confirm reports on the reception, I
write in English on spectrum-manager [at] air.org.in They have
specially allocated funds for sending QSL for receiving all
frequencies of the company from all regions, while the Russian money
printing service does not have QSL, and in general there is no time
for it. I read somewhere that they send you for their money once a
year, and sometimes it happens. Reports in Russian are sometimes
translated into English by the employees of the Russian editor for
spectrum manager, when particularly demanding fans write in each
letter "Where is the card ?? When I send", but there is no money to
send QSL. So, the result: On the card the address is printed, why
nonsense to do? (Ivan Zeleny, Nizhnevartovsk, Russia / "deneb-radio-
dx" via RusDX 10 June via DXLD)
** INDIA [non]. AIR Russian Service relayed in Moscow! According to
information given in A18 WRTH supplement the Russian Service of AIR is
relayed in Moscow area on 738 kHz Medium Wave as follows:
0030-0130 daily 738msk~
0900-1000 daily 738msk~
1830-1930 daily 738msk~
Relayed via Vsemirnaya radioset (Moscow, Russia) [World Radio Network]
It is learnt that these relays started on February 3, 2018. (Thanks
to WRTH) Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of
Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India, June 7, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. Since yesterday (7th) morning 6140 kHz via Aligarh has
restarted Urdu service at 0025-0430 UT. Due to transmitter problem it
was off the air for some time (-Alok Dasgupta, Kolkata, dx_india yg
via DLD)
** INDIA. DRM Digital Radio broadcasting in India - Updates
http://www.drm.org/drm-digital-radio-broadcasting-in-india/
---- (Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, dx_india yg via DXLD)
Includes lots of info on receivers, cars with DRM (gh, DXLD)
** INDIA [non]. ARMENIA, Trans World Radio India without English
broadcast on June 8
1300-1315 9330 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs English IS DELETED, TWR IS
1245-1315 9910 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Various IS DELETED, TWR IS
from 1315 9330 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Hindi Mo-Fr, strong signal
from 1315 9910 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Maithili Mo-Fr, fair/good:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/trans-world-radio-india-without-english.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, June 7-8, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 3325, RRI-Palangkaraya, Jun 10, 1431-1441, 33443,
Indonesian, ethnic music and popular song, ID at 1436 (Kouji
Hashimoto, JAPAN, IC-R75, NRD-525, NRD-345, SATELLIT 750, 130m Sloper
Wire, WORLD OF RADIO 1934, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
3325, RRI Palangkaraya at 1106, man with news, Indonesian. - Poor, no
sign of PNG, June 11 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia.
Listening in my car on a quiet country road with CommRadio CR-1a and
Sony AN-1 active whip on car roof, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1934, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** INTERNATIONAL INTERNET. On The Radio, It's Always Midnight
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/06/06/on-the-radio-its-always-midnight/
Thanks to Mike Wolfson who spotted this and posted it in another
group. An interesting read; and demonstrates ways you can keep a sense
of discovery in your radio listening even if it's through an Internet
connection (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA, Swprograms mailing list via
DXLD)
** IRAN. Reception of PARS TODAY VIRI IRIB on June 8
1923-2020 on 9800 SIR 500 kW / 216 deg to SoAf English
1923-2020 on 9810 SIR 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu English
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/reception-of-pars-today-viri-irib-in.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, June 8-9, WORLD OF RADIO 1934, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN. 7355, June 6 at 1110 fair S9 signal in Russian. Thought it
might be KNLS which has English before and after this hour on 7355,
but EiBi shows 1100-1130 is NHK from Yamata (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN [and non]. SINGAPORE, NHK World Radio Japan via BaBcoCk
Kranji on June 11
1100-1130 on 11695 SNG 250 kW / 000 deg to SEAs English, good signal
1100-1130 on 7355 YAM 300 kW / 330 deg to FERu Russian, JBA & co-ch
same time on 7355 Turkish Defence Forces Radio in Turkish USB mode:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/reception-of-nhk-world-radio-japan-via_11.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, June 11-12, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH. Voice of Korea -- 12 June --- Fair signal initially on
13760 kHz for the 1300 UT English broadcast to Europe using the U.
Twente SDR receiver this morning. Signal improved a bit in the course
of the transmission, Also heard on 15245 kHz but adjacent channel QRM
resulted in a poorer signal. Not much about Singapore in the
broadcast. Only brief mention of Kim's arrival with delegation and
touring Singapore. Nothing on the summit. Perhaps there will be more
in tomorrow's broadcast
I also recorded the 1600 UT English broadcast on 11645 kHz and the
1800 on 15245 kHz using my new Python script for automatically
recording signals using the U. Twente SDR receiver. Fair reception for
both broadcasts. "News Now" was the same as for the 1300 broadcast. I
will record tomorrow's broadcasts, too (-- Richard Langley, June 12,
WOR iog via DXLD)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 9705, TAIWAN, Furusato no kaze at 1345, W
speaking over soft music in Japanese. F/G June 11
9465, TAIWAN, Nippon no kaze/il bon ue baram (presumed the one) at
1320, woman speaking in Korean over soft music, at one point giving
internet address. Closed just before the bottom of the hour. Good June
11 (Rick Barton, heard in Central Arizona, Satellit 5000, RS SW-
2000629, ATS-909X with various outdoor wires and extended outdoor
Slinky. Use of portables noted where relevant for perspective on
signal strength comments. 73 and Good Listening! -rb, WORLD OF RADIO
1934, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. NORTH KOREA DEFECTOR NOW RUNS COUNTER-PROPAGANDA
BROADCAST FROM SEOUL --- Chance Seales 8:15 AM, Jun 11, 2018
Photo Credit: Newsy [10news? = KGTV San Diego]
https://www.10news.com/newsy/north-korea-defector-now-runs-counterpropaganda-broadcast-from-seoul
Kim Seung-chul escaped North Korea in the 1990s. Today, he is fighting
back against propaganda back home — one radio broadcast at a time.
Kim lives in Seoul, South Korea, and runs North Korea Reform Radio. He
spoke to Newsy about his life and his mission.
Here is a partial transcript of the interview.
Chance Seales, host of Newsy's "The Why": You do a radio program in
here?
Kim Seung-chul, director of North Korea Reform Radio: Yeah. The
broadcast of the show is done in shortwave radio. There are two
recording rooms. In here, the show that we're doing today is called
"Young People's Mission for Reunification," which is the young people
of North and South coming together to discuss what we are going to do
to achieve reunification ... discussing the realities of North and
South and finding ways toward reunification ... toward freedom and
human rights. We discuss this through the talk show format. This is
what the program today would be.
SEALES: This is professional, but also personal for you. You actually
began your life in North Korea?
KIM: That's North Korea. That's Seoul. My hometown is here. It's
called Hamhung.
SEALES: So you were born here?
KIM: Yeah. I was born here. I graduated high school and college. I was
a civil engineer. I went to Russia for logging in 1991. In 1993, I
escaped from the logging company. I came to South Korea in 1994. I
worked for North Korea Research Institute for 11 years in South Korea.
After that, I wanted to give information to people in my hometown ...
information about freedom, human rights and change.
SEALES: So you capture it here, put it in the system, blast it out to
Uzbekistan, and then it winds up in North Korea?
KIM: Right, and other than radio, we also make documentaries. We put
it on micro SD or USB and send it to North Korea.
SEALES: What goes in it? Is it propaganda? Is it personal stories?
KIM: Recently, we ran out of budget. We haven't been able to make
documentaries. But in the past, documentaries that we made were about
Kim Jong-il saying he does politics for the people, but he actually
does it for himself. Last year in February, Kim Jong-nam was
assassinated at an airport in Malaysia and Kim Jong-nam was vouching
for reform back in the 1990s ... and he was ostracized, because he was
vouching for reform. And the dictators like Romania's Ceausescu,
Gaddafi, Saddam Hussein and how they end up. We make documentaries
about these.
SEALES: I think of your story, and so many people care a lot about
North Korea opening up, becoming more free — you, so personally, have
felt that and seen it. I wonder if you feel like at your radio station
you're making a difference. Do you feel like you're making a
difference?
KIM: We, by doing this show ... people inside North Korea listen to
the show. There are seven or eight people who have defected into China
and Russia. They called our show, saying, "We have escaped. Please
help us." We rescued them and brought them to Seoul. That happened,
and people from North Korea who defected have said to us that [they]
listened to the show. There are not hundreds of them. There are
probably dozens of them. That level. But in that respect, I do believe
that we are contributing to a change in North Korea (via Artie Bigley,
WORLD OF RADIO 1934, DXLD) WTFK?
North Korea Reform Radio
2030-2130 7500 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean Daily, good signal
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/radio-rainbow-north-korea-reform-radio.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, June 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA SOUTH. 5857.5, HLL2 Seoul, June 6, with audio somewhat
muffled.
1302-1305 - Korean - My audio at
http://goo.gl/mN2Rbf
1305-1312 - English - My audio at
http://goo.gl/NKMrZx
Weather conditions at different observatories around Asia (Beijing,
etc.); providing wind direction, wind speed in meters per second, air
pressure in hectopascals and temperature in Celsius.
1312-1320 - Japanese - My audio at
http://goo.gl/5YgTg8
1320-1328* - Chinese - My audio at
http://goo.gl/ZN34nJ
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long
wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1934, DXLD)
** KOREA SOUTH. 6045.0, Voice of Freedom, ex: 5920.0, June 10, from
1044+, with no jamming yet. June 11 & 12 heard with N. Korea jamming,
but still fairly good reception; in Korean (Ron Howard, Asilomar State
Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF
RADIO 1934, DXLD)
** KOREA SOUTH [and non]. Reception of KBS World Radio in English,
June 7
1400-1700 on 9785*KIM 250 kW / 264 deg to SoAs English, weak
* co-ch same 9785 BEI 100 kW / 063 deg to EaAs Korean CNR-8:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/reception-of-kbs-world-radio-in-english.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, June 7, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15575, June 9 at 1417, KBSWR is S9+10 in Korean to North America,
axually propagating now as we get into the solstitial peak of maximum
insolation along the high-latitude path, tnx to midnight sun. And
would be readable for an understander. Preceding hour in English might
even be audible for a while, unlike the rest of the year when they
doggedly keep sending this signal into the non-propagating dark
northern night.
15575, June 11 at 1356, KBS World Radio so-called North American
service in English attains fair S9 signal fading to S5, something
about electric firms. Mentions world.kbs.co.kr --- this 1300 broadcast
is now at peak solstitial time of year for near-transpolar propagation
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1934, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MADAGASCAR. 13580, June 10 at 0613, conversation in English, S7-S4
with deep fades, the OSOB. NDXC/Aoki shows BBCWS in English via Talata
at 06-08 (following 05-06 via UAE and 04-05 via Oman) (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Mexicali-area info: XED-1050 spur on 650; XEDY-1080 and
XEAA-1340 st[ill missing]
The spur of XED-1050 that I noticed on 650 last year is even stronger
this year. As we drove east from El Centro (midday) the 650 spur was
audible a full 30 miles into Arizona (i.e., it even was audible ?on
the other side of the mountains east of Yuma). There was no
corresponding signal on 1450 (spur) or 1250 (mix with 850). No trace
of XEDY-1080 or XEAA-1340. XEMW-1260 is now Rio Digital XHMW 93.9
(simulcast changed from XEDY 107.1). New US Customs TIS on 530 at
Algodones border crossing. 73 (Tim Hall, Sent from my BlackBerry 10
smartphone, June 3, ABDX yg via DXLD)
Driving home from Phoenix today along I-8,the XED spur on 650 became
audible about 20 miles east of Yuma (about 80 miles east of Mexicali),
and remained? audible until I reached the San Diego County line
roughly 50 miles west of Mexicali. It disappeared for a while as the
highway snaked up the mountain, then was briefly audible again at the
CA-94 junction near Campo. I wonder if it's audible at night?
XEDY-1080 was still off. They had been simulcasting XHDY-107.1 "Rio
Digital 107.1" for several years so I would bet the AM is gone for
good.
XEMW-1260, which had also been simulcasting XHDY-107.1 in recent
years, is now simulcasting new XHMW-93.9 "Rio Digital 93.9". I would
bet this AM will disappear soon too. When I was in Scottsdale this
week, KSUR was crushing KBSZ at night. I would bet they clobber XEMW
at night too.
Still no sign of XEAA-1340. I think they're just gone. They're owned
by Grupo Radio Centro which has really been struggling (several of
their Mexico City stations have been silent for years, with their
formats and shows collapsed into the surviving stations). XEAA has no
web presence at all (not even a Facebook page), and they had been
getting slopped by XELBL-1350's more powerful signal for years.
XESU- 790 still Dinámica 105.9, la número uno.
XEABCA-820 still Canal 820 ABC Radio
XEZF- 850 still Buenísima
XEAO- 910 still Mexicana
XEMMM- 940 still 9-40 Oldies
XECL- 990 still Rocola
XED- 1050 still La Gran D
XEMX- 1120 is endless talk shows, no slogan noted
XERM- 1150 is Radio Fórmula
XEMBC-1190 is Cadena 11-90 Mexicali
I forgot to check if 1370 is still Vida but I believe they still
are. 73 (Tim Hall, Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone, June 8,
ibid.)
Hi Tim, You brought back an old memory. Around 1970, after about every
song, XEAO used music from Shocking Blue’s hit “Venus”, and the slogan
“A O Radio Rama.” I think the 1150 also did this. I may not remember
what I had for dinner last week, but I remember this stuff! -- (Rick
Lewis, ibid.)
Mexicali's logged here in IL over the years are. 820, 990, 1050, and
1120. My antennas can really favor northern Mexico. XEMMM 940 used to
(is it still?) be a bit off frequency, and the carrier was noted here
many times, but no audio. 73 KAZ Barrington IL using Phased BOGs or
DKAZ or DKAZ array for these (Neil Kazaross, ibid.)
When I moved away from Santa Bárbara three years ago, it was off
enough to put a het on KFIG, which gets out well. mwlist.org has it on
940.174 in 2010 (Dennis Gibson, Sent from my iPad, ibid.)
I can't tell nowadays, due to the intense IBOC slop from XEKAM-950;
but XEKAM does occasionally turn off the IBOC during the Mexican
National Hour, so I'll try to remember to check (Tim Hall, ibid.)
** MEXICO. RAYMIE`S MEXICO BEAT this week --- with some DTV = TDT
Speaking of HD Radio [IBOC], there was an interesting talk at the
annual Convergencia Show today about it.
The talk also provided insights into factors impeding adoption.
https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/empresas/Radio-digital-en-Mexico-tardara-diez-anos-digitalizar-cuesta-80000-dolares-industria-20180607-0079.html
One is that Mexico assigns STL frequencies of 150 kHz bandwidth, but
HD Radio requires 400 kHz to work well. That means that if there is
not a reliable internet connection to the tower — something that can't
always be said, especially with mountain sites — HD won't work.
Another, according to Guillermo Franco, is simply lack of interest
from listeners that fails to justify the $80,000 cost of equipping the
facility.
The talk also prompted something pretty cool for me:
https://i.imgur.com/231sIdH.png
That's right, Ing. Franco used (with my blessing) my HD station map!
(I updated it prior to the show with the newest IFT-4 stations and
second-wave migrants. Note that the listed description of the blue
pins is incorrect — blue pins are all AMs, mostly non-migrants.)
Fabián Zamarrón brought along a chart of stations by state, listing 81
stations. That sounds impressive, but 26 are in Oaxaca — and removing
XHSCO, 25 of them (more than 30%!) are CORTV. (Also, Tamaulipas was
listed twice.)
Now, it's true that HD is doing better at reach. XHMSL and XHORO both
turned on HD in the last year, becoming the first stations in Sinaloa
and Puebla (followed by an IFT-4 station in Sinaloa and a second-wave
migrant in Puebla) to activate HD. With XEKB Canal 1410 now on FM
(99.9), there are now five operating IBOC stations in Guadalajara
where there was only one unused authorization just a few short months
ago. Several small Tamaulipas cities, San Luis Río Colorado, Salamanca
Gto., and Mexicali are also poised to get their first operating HD
stations in the process. Entering the most recent wave which gave
Mexico 91 new stations with HD commitments*, there were 67 FM and 9 AM
stations using the technology.
In addition, there are just four multiprogramming authorizations.
Commissioner Mario Germán Fromow Rangel hinted two of those came at
the most recent IFT Pleno meeting yesterday. The others are XHUIA and
XHFMTU. (Grupo Radio Centro has 5 multiprogrammed FMs just in Mexico
City and Radio Fórmula five more between Mexico City and operating
second-wave migrants, but none of them carry the necessary
authorizations.)
*This figure assumes all the stations are actually using HD. At least
two second-wave migrants, XHWAG and XHGDL, don't have it on yet.
(Raymie Humbert, Phœnix AZ, June 8, WTFDA Forum via DXLD)
Raymie, do you have a handle on how many HD *receivers* exist in
Mexico?
I would think you could run HD with a 150KHz STL link if you located
the HD encoding gear at the tower. I do not know how reliable that
gear is -- whether you'd be frequently sending someone to the tower to
restart the encoders (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, ibid.)
Most of the install base seems to be cars, especially Ford. At the
talk, it came up that Nissan, the number one automaker by sales in
Mexico, does not offer HD. You know it's bad when the industry wants
to give away receivers like they did digital TVs.
———
Yesterday, Multimedios also had a station sign on. XHPCTN-FM 88.3
Compostela-Tepic Nay. is the only IFT-4 station in Nayarit (Tepic
still awaits two stations to be built from a recently "cleared" permit
forest) and will bring Hits FM to the region. The station is a Class
AA, broadcasting with just 500 watts from a (pretty high, I guess)
site in the northern part of the municipality of Compostela (between
Compostela and Tepic). In the US, a 500-watt ERP would be assigned to
a "6 kW" Class A for a HAAT of about 340 meters.
———
Just in time for maybe a few IFT-4 and IFT-6 stragglers, the SCT this
week announced a streamlined application process for new
telecommunications towers.
https://www.gob.mx/sct/articulos/servicio-digital-para-autorizar-infraestructura-de-telecomunicaciones?idiom=es
The primary reason is to allow for more than 43,000 new cell sites
over the next five years, but broadcasters should also be able to take
advantage of the new process to obtain DGAC (aviation) clearance. The
new application is all-digital and should bring down wait times to two
months from three to five (Raymie, June 8, ibid.)
It's the one expense every musical station has: royalties!
And even though Grupo Radio Centro and the Mexican Society of Writers
and Composers (SACM), the national performing rights organization,
agreed a debt deal in January, there still hasn't been a single
payment for nearly a decade of unpaid royalties. Now the SACM is
reportedly preparing legal action against the broadcaster, which could
even result in GRC not being able to play music on its stations.
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/columna/desbalance/cartera/grupo-radio-centro-sin-musica
(Raymie, June 11, ibid.)
The building of new IFT-4 stations has been especially sluggish on the
AM band. The IFT awarded 27 new stations in the auction.
One of them, XELRDA 580, doesn't really count, because it's XEMU under
a new callsign. La Rancherita del Aire bought back its old AM
frequency for a song: 139,000 pesos (about $7,500 at the time of the
auction).
XEGMSR 620 came to air in early March.
Number three came on yesterday: XEMEFM 1240, the Acustik Michoacán AM
transmitter for Morelia. (The Uruapan transmitter on 750, XEUORN,
still has not received IFT clearance.)
That leaves 24 stations to be built. 14 of these belong to Acustik
(Escápate al Paraíso), which has not built any of its stations yet.
Media Group also has its three AMs in Coahuila, about which nothing
has been said.
Another three are part of GlobalMedia —*one each from three separate
concessionaires! GlobalMedia has yet to build them, or 90.1 FM San
José de Iturbide, Gto.
Two other independents, XELFFS 980 in Izúcar de Matamoros, Puebla, and
XEJAGC 720 in Juan Aldama, Zacatecas, have not been seen yet. These
are new owners to radio. Not new is XESORN-AM 610 (Grupo M dba
Organización Radiofónica del Norte).
TV stations in IFT-6 have understandably taken a bit longer, but now
that June 13 has come and gone, we can say with certainty that Zócalo
TV Saltillo XHTSCO-TDT (RF 36, VC 10) has missed its rather ambitious
launch target. The date of June 13 was chosen to commemorate 10 years
of the Zócalo newspaper in Saltillo. Francisco Juaristi Santos was
interviewed for the anniversary and stated that XHTSCO is likely to
hit the air in the second half of this year, though the plans for
studio and transmitter locations have not changed.
http://www.zocalo.com.mx/new_site/articulo/zocalo-un-proyecto-de-gran-calado-para-saltillo
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(Raymie, June 14, ibid.)
** MONGOLIA. 7260, Mongolian Radio 3 (presumed), 1110-1136, June 5 &
6; music program that was mixing with China (announcers in Chinese);
no 4830 nor 4895; still no sign of the return of Vanuatu (Ron Howard,
Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog
via DXLD)
** MYANMAR. 7200.0, Myanmar Radio, 1240-1317*, on June 10. They were
last heard here earlier this year; back then carried the Distance
Learning Service lectures, which started at 1230, but not so today; //
5985, which also went off 1317*; good reception. My audio at
http://goo.gl/UDzPyx
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long
wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1934, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7200, Myanmar Radio at 1225 in Burmese, man and woman, pop song, 1230
stringed instrument and into presumed news. No English broadcast this
Monday, as Ron Howard frequently reports. // 5985 very poor. - Fair,
June 11 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia. Listening in my car
on a quiet country road with CommRadio CR-1a and Sony AN-1 active whip
on car roof, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1934, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Harold, Regarding the Myanmar Radio English program on Monday &
Wednesday ("Say It In English"), I have checked for several months
now, between 1145-1300, but am no longer hearing it. Back on March 26
(Monday), they started to repeat the language lessons all over again,
so they perhaps decided to stop them altogether. Either that or they
have re-scheduled them for a different time? I miss hearing the weekly
misadventures of "Tom"! (Ron, California, ibid.)
Thanks, Ron! I didn’t hear either Aussie this morning, nor Solomons.
(Harold Sellers, ibid.)
** MYANMAR [non]. US BROADCASTER LOSES MYANMAR OUTLET OVER ROHINGYA
NAME --- Published: June 11, 2018
http://www.tampabay.com/us-broadcaster-loses-myanmar-outlet-over-rohingya-name-ap_world804e7c04ad55428eb4f710f3a8cc2639
BANGKOK (AP) — A U.S. government-affiliated broadcaster that provides
news to countries in Asia where freedom of information is restricted
is losing its local partner in Myanmar after refusing demands that it
stop using the term "Rohingya" to describe an oppressed Muslim
minority.
Monday was the last day that the DVB Media Group's network would carry
its television broadcasts, said Radio Free Asia spokesman Rohit
Mahajan. He said RFA told Myanmar authorities that it was unwilling to
bow to their pressure to use a term other than Rohingya.
About 700,000 Rohingya have fled to neighboring Bangladesh since the
government launched a violent counterinsurgency campaign last August
in western Myanmar, where most live. Many people in Myanmar call the
Rohingya "Bengali" to reflect their contention that they are illegal
migrants from Bangladesh rather than natives.
The government refuses to recognize the Rohingya as an official ethnic
minority and denies most the right to citizenship and its privileges.
Myanmar is the second Southeast Asian nation in 10 months where RFA
has lost access to local broadcasters. Cambodia last August prohibited
local FM stations from carrying RFA programming, one of several
actions restricting the media in what was seen as a move to silence
critical voices ahead of a general election this July.
Mahajan said RFA had been broadcasting on DVB's channel since early
October last year. A May 7 memo about DVB's case from the government
broadcasting agency Myanma Radio and Television to private
broadcasters said the direct use of the "controversial word
'Rohingya'" was a violation of contractual codes to which broadcasters
are bound.
A statement by RFA President Libby Liu provided Monday to The
Associated Press declared that the U.S. broadcaster "will not
compromise its code of journalistic ethics, which prohibits the use of
slurs against ethnic minority groups. RFA will continue to refer to
the Rohingya as the 'Rohingya' in our reports. Use of other terms,
even those that fall short of being derogatory, would be inaccurate
and disingenuous to both our product and our audience."
"By forbidding the use of the word 'Rohingya,' Myanmar's government is
taking an Orwellian step in seeking to erase the identity of a people
whose existence it would like to deny," she said. "RFA will continue
to provide audiences in Myanmar with access to trustworthy, reliable
journalism, particularly when reporting on issues that local and
state-controlled media ignores and suppresses."
Spokesman Mahajan said RFA's programming for Myanmar would remain
available on its website, on Facebook and YouTube and on shortwave
radio, and its reporters will continue to work in the country.
In Cambodia, the cessation of RFA broadcasts on local media last year
was followed by the closing under pressure of its office and in
November by the arrest of two of its former reporters on "espionage"
charges that are generally considered to be trumped up as a way to
intimidate the media.
RFA, which is loosely modeled on longtime broadcaster Radio Free
Europe, carries broadcasts to China, Cambodia, North Korea, Laos and
Vietnam as well as Myanmar. It is funded by the U.S. government but
run by an independent board.
DVB — the Democratic Voice of Burma — was originally established in
1992 as a shortwave radio station in Norway to beam uncensored news to
Myanmar when it was still under military rule. It did not immediately
respond to a request for comment on its relationship with RFA.
___
This story has been corrected to show that broadcasts on DVB began in
early October, not end of September (via Artie Bigley, WORLD OF RADIO
1934, DXLD)
RFA Burmese schedule:
Burmese Days Area kHz
0030-0130 daily BRM 15700tin, 17830tin, 17845sai
1230-1330 daily BRM 13630dha
1230-1430 daily BRM 7530tin, 11805tin
1330-1400 daily BRM 12140sai
(WRTH Update A-18 via WORLD OF RADIO 1934, DXLD) Maybe to expand SW?
** NETHERLANDS. [Re 18-22:] On behalf of the Central Government Real
Estate Agency, RGS has dismantled the antenna park at the former
Zeewold shortwave transmission station [Radio Netherlands former
SW site]. It consisted of 23 masts which varied in height between 12
and 125 metres. The broadcasting station (of former Wereldomroep)
purchased by the Ministry of Defence in 2012 will be set up as a
sending station. The sending station will take care of communication
over long distances with, among other things, ships and mission areas
all over the world. The Ministry of Defence intends to put this
broadcasting station into operation by mid-2020. (Google translated
from report in Dutch 12 May at
http://www.radio-tv-nederland.nl
See video at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=cSpeZuzuetk
(June BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. 9925, UT Sunday June 10 at 0141, The Mighty KBC,
via GERMANY is VG tonight, S9+20, with Pink Floyd: the Wall --- for a
bit, but apparently in a mélange with other tunes. 0147 over to Kraig
Krist`s Forgotten Song, by Gary US Bonds, born 6/6/36, released in
July 1961. 0154 the DX `news` segment about the USCGC Courier et al.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEW ZEALAND. 13840, RNZI at 0345. Music mix (Bad Moon Rising, I
Walk the Line, Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Nightshift). Pips, ID and
news by woman. Excellent - June 6
11675 [sic], RNZI at 0500. W and newscast, having just moved here from
13840. Excellent - June 6 (Rick Barton, heard in Central Arizona.
Grundig Satellit 5000, RS SW-2000629, ATS-909X with various outdoor
wires. 73 and Good Listening! -rb, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5980, June 8 at 1301, no signal from RNZP/RNZI, nor on 7425 which
should have just closed, nor on alternate 6170, nor found anywhere in
the 6, 7 or 9 MHz bands. Another abrupt frequency change? Apparently
just late, as by 1333 there is a VP signal on 5980, presumably this,
and still on their schedule (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
[and non]. 11725, June 9 at 0556, RNZI as usual here, altho on June 6,
Rick Barton in AZ had it on 11675 at 0500 after QSY from 13840. Now I
have a JBA carrier on 11675, presumably VOT ready for a 6-hour Turkish
broadcast to the SE from 0600. RNZI has used 11675 in the past. Sked
still shows 11725 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5980, RNZI at 1315 with news magazine. Good; quickly fading here. +
! NOTE: In my last logs post, I had noted RNZI on 11675 at 0500. Glenn
Hauser asked me about and I looked it up. I think the report was a
late-night snafu on my part. I will recheck, but figure they should be
on 11725 then. June 9 (Rick Barton, heard in Central Arizona. Grundig
Satellit 5000, RS SW-2000629, ATS-909X with various outdoor wires. 73
and Good Listening! -rb, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
According to the online schedule
http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/listen
on 11 June, RNZ Pacific has no DRM broadcasts any more:
0459-0658 11725 Pacific Daily
0659-1058 7425 Pacific Daily
1059-1258 7425 Solomon Islands, PNG Daily
1259-1650 5980 Pacific Sun-Fri
1259-1858 5980 Pacific Sat
1651-1850 6115 AM Cooks, Samoa, Tonga Sun-Fri
1851-1950 7285 AM Cooks, Samoa, Tonga Sun-Fri
1859-2058 9700 Pacific Sat
1951-2050 9760 AM Cooks, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu Sun-Fri
2051-2358 13840 Pacific Sun-Fri
2059-2358 13840 Pacific Sat
2359-0458 13840 Pacific Daily
When checked in late May, the DRM broadcasts were still listed (Dr
Hansjoerg Biener, 11 June 2018, WORLD OF RADIO 1934, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Hi Adrian, What`s the story on DRM deleted? Will it resume? 73, Glenn
(to Adrian Sainsbury, RNZI)
Hello, Glenn, A capacitor in the RNZI DRM transmitter has failed.
Until a spare part arrives from Europe we will be transmitting in AM
using our old "retired" transmitter. Regards (Adrian Sainsbury, June
12, WORLD OF RADIO 1934, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
13840 Putting in fair signal here at 0148 UT 12 June in lovely AM
(Stephen C Wood, Harwich MA, Perseus SDR, 20 x 40 terminated superloop
antenna, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1934, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9700, June 12 at 1350, S9+10 signal playing song ``Pretty Woman`` --
sounds like RNZI on one of its erstwhile frequencies. Yes! ``RNZ
Pacific`` ID at 1351, and another classic rock tune. But what`s it
doing here? Nothing on scheduled 5980, which is supposed to start at
1259 but almost fades out by an hour later here.
9700 is *much* better for North America beyond the Pacific target. But
currently scheduled only two hours a week, 1859-2058 on Saturdays –
the DRM day off (but DRM is completely off till a cap in that
transmitter can be replaced --- see below; meanwhile the old backup
AM-only transmitter is in use, which possibly has something to do with
the wrong(?) frequency now?). However, if 9700 start at 1259, it`s
colliding with RFA in Khmer via Tinian until 1330! As of 0300 UT June
13, websked still shows 5980 at 1259-1650(Sat -1858 when 9700 really
starts). What will happen June 13? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO
1934, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Back to 5980 (gh)
** NICARAGUA. PRO-GOVERNMENT RADIO STATION ATTACKED, INCITING NEW
VIOLENCE IN NICARAGUA
By Ray Downs – United Press International - May 28, 2018
MANAGUA, May 28 (UPI) -- Anti-government protesters are blamed for
dousing a state-sponsored radio station with gas bombs and Molotov
cocktails Monday afternoon in Managua and police responded with
gunshots.
Masked men on motorcycles surrounded the area near Radio Ya in the
capital city, preventing other vehicles from entering as the attack
was carried out. Other participants in the attack stood atop buildings
and fired homemade mortar guns in the direction of the radio station.
After the attack, the assailants celebrated in front of the burning
building, raising their arms and firing mortars into the air.
Initial reports indicated no one was killed in the attack. Several
people were injured, including one who was shot. Paramedics said none
of the injuries were likely to be life-threatening.
In the hours after the attack, riot police arrived in the area and
video from 100% Noticias shows them firing shots.
Radio Ya, a state-sponsored television station, blamed the "fascist
right" for being "incited by hatred and their desire to silence the
truth."
La Prensa reported the attack on Radio Ya was conducted after pro-
government civilian groups, known locally as "turbas," or mobs, were
accused of attacking student protesters at the National University of
Engineering, located about two miles from the radio station.
Erika Guevara-Rosas, the Americas director at Amnesty International,
said she recorded that confrontation and said the turbas attacked
students with firearms. However, the video -- taken from behind a
fence and trees -- doesn't give conclusive visual proof. Booms heard
in the audio resemble mortar blasts, which are a common sound in
Nicaragua these days.
The violence Monday was just the latest since deadly protests broke
out across the country in April.
Beginning on April 17, people began protesting changes to the
country's social security law, which raised taxes and cut pensions. As
the protests grew, the national police cracked down and have been
blamed by human rights groups for killing more than 70 people, many of
them university students.
Protests have since continued throughout the country and the list of
grievances now includes a push for justice over the protester deaths.
Before Monday, the national police force has mostly stood down from
controlling protests since the violence in April. But there has still
been periodic clashes reminiscent of Monday's attack -- with each side
of the conflict blaming the other. Anti-government protesters blame
pro-government gangs for instigating violence during demonstrations.
In turn, pro-government media blame "right-wing vandals" for any
destruction.
After six weeks of protests, the death toll has grown to more than 80.
The latest victim was 30-year-old Jorge Gastón Palacios, a government
employee at the National Institute of Technology.
Gastón died of bullet wounds after he was shot at a roadblock set up
by anti-government protesters during a confrontation between them and
pro-government civilians in Boaco, about 56 miles east of Managua.
Police spokeswoman Vilma Rosa González blamed protesters for the
killing while protesters there told Confidencial that the only people
with guns in that incident were the pro-government civilians (via June
CIDX Messenger via WORLD OF RADIO 1934, DXLD) PreLa version of this
was in DXLD 18-22; WTFK? 96.9
** NICARAGUA. CRIMINAL GROUPS BURN RADIO NICARAGUA FACILITIES
http://plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=29276&SEO=criminal-groups-burn-radio-nicaragua-facilities
Managua, Jun 8 (Prensa Latina [CUBA]) Groups qualified here as
delinquents burned the facilities of Radio Nicaragua today in this
capital, with no reports of fatalities or injuries.
According to the TN8 television channel, the incident occurred this
morning, as part of plans to destabilize the country, in the midst of
a severe sociopolitical crisis that erupted on April 18.
Even though the police authorities have been silent on this fact, the
media indicated that the attack was carried out by criminal groups
operating at the Autonomous University of Nicaragua-Managua.
Witnesses reported that at least 40 individuals arrived at the
station's facilities firing firearms, artisanal [home-made] mortars
and throwing Molotov (artisanal) bombs, while workers and journalists
escaped the attack from the rear of the building.
In this way, the facilities of Radio Nicaragua were set on fire and
looted, leaving destroyed furniture, desks, offices and transmission
booths, as can be seen in the images released.
In as much, the units of firemen who went to the place managed to
control the flames, which devastated about 500 square meters,
according to the report.
TN8 denounced that those who carried out this criminal act against the
lives of workers and journalists in the media were the same ones who
burned the facilities of Tu Nueva Radio Ya twice last month.
sg/lrp/oda/acl/gdc (via Mike Cooper, WORLD OF RADIO 1934, DXLD)
Typical crude translation. WTFK? YNN, 620 (WRTH 2018 via DXLD)
** NIGERIA. 7255-, June 8 at 0551, VON is on early again with music,
prélude? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA [non]. Dandal Kura Radio Int, instead of Radio
International, June 7
0600-0700 7415 ASC 250 kW / 055 deg to WeAf Kanuri, weak/fair signal
0700-0800 13810*WOF 250 kW / 165 deg to WeAf Kanuri, very good signal
*0747 announcement in English "Dandal Kura Radio Int in 19, 25 and
21mb"
Summer A-18 schedule of Dandal Kura Radio International via MBR
Issoudun, And
summer A-18 schedule of Radio(Ndarason)International via BaBcoCk is:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/dandal-kura-radio-international-instead.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, June 6-7, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. IN MEMORIAM - JOHN CRUZAN 1964 – 2018
John Cruzan passed away on May 15, 2018 as the result of a motorcycle
accident at age 54. Those of you, who have been in the hobby since the
early 1990’s, will remember his pirate station The Radio Airplane
hosted by Captain Eddy. The station was active during the 1992-1995
period being well heard throughout North America. In 2013, The Radio
Airplane was inducted into the North American Pirate Hall Of Fame.
John was a good friend of the late Kirk Trummel, as they both lived in
the Joplin/Springfield, MO region. Kirk was a night board operator of
Ozarks Public TV at the time, so they often collaborated on pirate
activities. I had the pleasure of meeting John Cruzan and Kirk at the
SWL Winterfest in 1998 at its old Kulpsville location.
Kirk told a funny story about a run in they had with the FCC. My
memory from 20 years ago is a bit hazy, so I’m not sure if this
happened to both of them, or just Kirk. It was April Fools’ Day in
1994, I think. They had planned to do a show later that evening. On
the way back to Kirk’s place, there was a traffic detour so they took
a different way home.
As they approached home base who did they spot but a couple of FCC
field office guys waiting in their vehicle for the broadcast to begin!
They walked up to them and introduced themselves. The FCC guys were
not pleased! That was not the last FCC run in John would have. In
early 1995 the FCC busted him and seized his equipment. Kirk also had
a visit but it was just a warning. Kirk Trummel passed away several
years later from pancreatic cancer.
RIP John Cruzan, we miss you and Captain Eddie, may he always fly the
free skies of North America. (Thanks to Janice Laws for obit.) For
more info on The Radio Airplane, visit the North American Pirate Radio
Hall Of Fame (Chris, Lobdell, Free Radio Scene, June CIDX Messenger
via DXLD) obit
** NORTH AMERICA. 7470, USA, YHWH (religious pirate station) 0344. No
joy on numerous frequency checks and bandscans this evening, until
0344. "Josiah" loud and clear, with the usual fare. After 0400 the "10
Commandments of Yahweh". Then, urging people to burn their satanic
patriotic flags and trashes most religious holidays as demonic, pagan,
rituals. Good - June 7. NOTE: Nothing heard from YHWH at my QTH last
night, so off, or unfavorable propagation. There is at least one time
I was unable to hear them at all, but Ron Howard could in CA. In
another instance, just the reverse (Rick Barton, heard in Central
Arizona. Grundig Satellit 5000, RS SW-2000629, ATS-909X with various
outdoor wires. 73 and Good Listening! -rb, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Rick, June 8, at 0330, YHWH clearly off the air, as 7470 had no
signal; *0331 started up for about one minute, then went off the air
for about a minute and came back on with same intro as just heard
at 0331; onward was fine till 0336, when he briefly went off the air
again; then on uninterrupted till past 0401+. Fairly readable. So he
did experience a few minor problems tonight (Ron Howard, California,
WOR iog via DXLD)
7470, USA, YHWH (religious pirate station), 0331. Just suddenly popped
out of nowhere, mid-sentence. Stayed on for the most part, but with a
few breaks in transmission as if he is still having some transmitter
glitches. Still running with monologue after 0500. Good - June 8 (Rick
Barton, heard in Central Arizona. Grundig Satellit 5000, RS SW-
2000629, ATS-909X with various outdoor wires. 73 and Good Listening!
-rb, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7470, June 8 at 0536 tune-in, JBA signal, a trace I think of YHWH
voice, but then cuts off. Others report that it had been intermittent
tonight (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7470, USA, YHWH (religious pirate station), 0345. I wasn't able to
remain at the dials this evening, but can confirm it was on this
evening. On thru 0400 hour and into the 0500 hour. Good - June 9
7470, USA, YHWH (religious pirate station) at 0320. In progress at
tune-in. Usual speaker and monologue. Went off at roughly 0350. (Exact
time not noted due to XYL static). Good - June 10
7470, USA, YHWH (religious pirate station), 0330. In progress at tune-
in. Not heard at all last night (June 11), or on frequent frequency
checks and/or bandscans tonight. Rechecking at 0330 had "Josiah"
underway with a Yahweh monologue. "Ten Commandments of Yahweh" at
0400. Good - June 12 (Rick Barton, heard in Central Arizona. rx in
the shack: Satellit 5000 & 750, RS SW-2000629, ATS-909X with various
outdoor wires and extended outdoor Slinky. 73 and Good Listening! -rb,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. Radio Free Whatever. Sunday, June 3, 2018, 2330,
6950 usb. Mellow pop/rock music. Fair signal, s5. (Will-MD)
Yeti Radio. Monday, June 4, 2018, 0143, 6950 usb. Pop/rock music.
Bryan Adams "Summer of 69" at 0145. s7. (Will-MD)
The Relay Station. Tuesday, June 5, 2018, 0029, 6880 am. Mellow pop
and rock music. s7, fair to good signal. (Will-MD)
The Crystal Ship. Wednesday, June 6, 2018, 0030, 6880 am. Music just
above the noise threshold. (Will-MD)
UnID. Wednesday, June 6, 2018, 0032, 6920 am. Very punchy audio, good
signal, s9 peaks, with dance music. The transmitter has no signal on
6920 LSB but the lower sideband comes up steadily and distorted
between 6920 and 6927. Dance cover of "Disco Inferno" at 0046. Classic
"Backstabbers" by The O'Jay's at 0050. "I Can't Go For That" by Hall
and Oates at 0052. (Will-MD)
Seven Trees Radio. Wednesday, June 6, 2018, 0227, 6905 am. Power
failure here at home at 0215, so listening on the PL-880. Tuned in to
hear part of Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" and Joe Walsh "Rocky
Mountain Way." IDs between songs. Fair to good signal. (Will-MD)
The Relay Station. Wednesday, June 6, 2018, 2306, 6880 am. Music, just
barely creeping out of the noise floor, occasionally popping up just a
bit. Crosby/Nash, "Immigration Man," at 2331. Op said in a post on the
hfu that he was running around a watt. (Will-MD)
Mix Radio International. Friday, June 8, 2018, 2300, 6955 am. Rock
music, 2305 ID "Mix" and "Thank you for listening to Mix Radio" and
off. Fair to good signal. (Will-MD)
(Larry Will, Mount Airy, MD 21771, radio@zappahead.net PL-880, IC-R75,
random wires, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6925-AM, June 9 at 2302, pirate music, 2304 synthyl
ID thrice as ``Clever Name Radio, testing 1, 2, 3``, fair on the PL-
880 with shortwire around the porcheaves.
More logs, starting as unID:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,43281.0.html
Next session, nothing heard just before 0100 June 10, but 6925-AM on
again at 0116 with pirate music, S7-S8, big band, and synthyl
``Welcome to Clever Name Radio`` and off. However, back later per many
more logs:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,43291.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. VOICE of the REPORT of the WEEK: 6880/AM, 0210-
0224+, 6/3; Pop tunes; ID at 0220+, “VORW Int’l, Voice of the Report
of the Week”; VORWinfo@gmail.com; song recap at 0221+ to 0224 more
tunes. SIO=3+53 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, 5525 Whitehall St.,
Midland MI 48642-3156, Drake R8B + 185' & 60' RW + 125' bow-tie, -----
All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time & without the aid
of a computer! -----, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
6880-AM, June 10 at 0056, S7 music vs noise, presumed the now regular
for 3-4 weeks Relay Station with VORW; yes, at 0114 I recognize John;
at 0146 almost the only pirate left, with mailbag. Many more logs
starting at 2100 June 9 with other stuff:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,43272.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6920-USB, June 10 at 0056, pirate music at S9+5 vs
storm noise; stops at 0100 with no announcement. These say it was Yeti
Radio, on and off:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,43290.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6950-USB, June 10 at 0057, pirate music at S8-S9,
but by 0102 has surged up to S9+15/25, 0103 segué; 0106 Wolverine
Radio ID; 0117 `Sixteen Tonnes`` by TennErn. Many more logs:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,43286.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6930-USB, June 10 at 0148, weak pirate music S6 vs
noise level. Found this on final bandscan after no others but 6880
remained. Many more logs as unID, but one based on later monitoring,
concluded it was Captain ZEEkey:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,43292.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 90.5, June 6 at 0247 UT, despite strong local signal, RDS
is stuck displaying /ISEFM.CO/, i.e. part of My Praise FM website from
KGVV Goltry. Later moves on to ANYTHING / GRANT --- song title by Amy,
I guess (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. One of the longest obits we have seen in the Enid Eagle
appeared June 8, for Andy Deterding, the crop duster pilot who was
killed after he crashed having clipped a guy wire at KTUZ 106.7,
bringing down its tower. As customary, cause of death is never
mentioned. Word count on the online version is 1,818, probably same as
in print. Apparently a believer, his obit is replete with over-the-top
religious references, so beware; it starts:
Andy Deterding. Servant of God, husband, father, grandfather, son,
brother, uncle, friend, pilot of the skies, angel on Earth and now in
Heaven.
Andy was the light of our lives and the center of our universe. He
lived a life full to the brim with love, laughter, and smiles. Andy
lived his values. The things he valued most were God, his family, his
community, and always doing what was right. Andy's life was a
reflection of his values, of his faith, of what he believed in and
that is extremely rare in this world. Andy was very special in that
way. Andy was a giver; whether it was time, a kind word, a helping
hand, a friendly smile, or money. He gave freely and selflessly to
others without expecting anything in return. . .
http://obituaries.enidnews.com/obituary/andy-deterding-1960-2018-1064374086
(via gh, DXLD)
** OKLAHOMA. 106.7, June 9 circa 1800 UT, on caradio hearing traces of
a signal, presumably the temporary transmitter for KTUZ-FM, whose
tower was destroyed by Deterding`s crop duster, as previously
reported. (Not to be confused with the SS from Kansas on 106.5.) To
which speg, Central Oklahoma, replied June 4, on the WTDFA Forum:
``Thanks for the note, Glenn. It's sad to hear about the crop duster.
I didn't catch this in time to see what I could get on 106.7 while
KTUZ was off the air. As of Sunday evening, it is back on the air from
somewhere, although apparently not at full power as I am getting some
interference from KZZA/Muenster TX here in Norman, OK``
Now I search FCC FM Query for info and find an STA was promptly
applied for and granted; but was already on air three days earlier?:
http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=85737
``From: Dale Bickel
Sent: Wednesday, June 6, 2018 11:40 AM
To: John Trent
Subject: KTUZ-FM BSTA-20180605AAB granted 6/6
Special Temporary Authority For a Radio Broadcast Station
Audio Division, Media Bureau
Date: June 6, 2018
File Number: BSTA-20180605AAB
Call Sign: KTUZ-FM
Facility ID Number: 14762
For the reasons provided in the application request, Special Temporary
Authority IS GRANTED for operation of the station above with the
parameters specified in the STA request only. The licensee is
responsible for addressing any complaints of interference that may
arise. This STA authority expires December 3, 2018. In light of this
STA for temporary facilities, silent station STA request BLSTA-
20180531AAD IS DISMISSED. Authorized by: Dale Bickel
dale.bickel@fcc.gov Senior Electronics Engineer``
Here`s the STA info showing only 170 watts from a much different site
further SE:
35 32' 51.00" N Latitude 97 29' 30.00" W Longitude (NAD 27)
35.547500 -97.491667
Polarization: Horizontal Vertical
Effective Radiated Power (ERP): 0.17 0.17 kW ERP
Antenna Height Above Average Terrain: 208. 208. meters HAAT -
Antenna Height Above Mean Sea Level: 563. 563. meters AMSL
Antenna Height Above Ground Level: 219. 219. meters AGL
Compared to LICensed, before the fall:
35 36' 49.00" N Latitude 97 52' 19.00" W Longitude (NAD 27)
35.613611 -97.871944
Polarization: Horizontal Vertical
Effective Radiated Power (ERP): 13. 13. kW ERP
Antenna Height Above Average Terrain: 292. 292. meters HAAT -
Antenna Height Above Mean Sea Level: 683. 683. meters AMSL
Antenna Height Above Ground Level: 304. 304. Meters AGL
https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/map-display#appid=1786201&call=KTUZ-FM&freq=106.7&contour=60&city=OKARCHE&state=OK&fileno=BSTA-20180605AAB&.map
The 60 dbu service contour barely covers greater OKC. Site pin is
slightly southeast of the intersexion of East Wilshire Blvd., and N
Kelley Ave., i.e. in the general area of the NE OKC antenna farm, no
doubt on an existing tower for otherstations, but which? (Glenn
Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. Earthquake at WOR HQ in Enid: sharp at top of hour June 9
at 1400 UT, not felt, but heard with stuff rattling in the kitchen.
USGS says it was mag 4.4, 25 km E of Cherokee (NW of Enid), at
1359:41, 5.0 km deep. That`s fairly heavy and merits a red entry at
USGS, and not revised downward as of 7.5 hours later (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. RF 17, K17JN-D, Enid is off the air June 9 at 1430, 1800
UT and later chex. Had been reliable with six subchannels of 3ABN
programming, or rather lately 5, with 17-6 nothing but green-screen
and registering as no signal despite plenty bar. Enid`s only local TV
signal and extremely disposable. AFAIK it has never been acknowledged
in newspaper or online program listings.
K17JN-D, Enid, the 3ABN satellator is still off the air June 12-UT
June 13 (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) DTV
** OMAN. Reception of Radio Sultanate of Oman in English/Arabic, Jun 8
from 1400 on 15140 XIA or BEI transmitters test Chinese CNR-1 / CRI
from 1400 on 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu NO SIGNAL FROM OMAN
1606&1703 on 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu English, not Arabic
from 1804 on 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu Arabic as scheduled
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/reception-of-radio-sultanate-of-oman-in.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, June 7-8, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Reception of Radio Sultanate of Oman in English/Arabic June 8
1400-1402 on 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu dead iar + CNR test &
from 1402 on 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu English, very strong
from 1500 on 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu English, not Arabic
from 1600 on 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu Arabic as scheduled
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/reception-of-radio-sultanate-of-oman-in_9.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, June 9, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15140, R. Sultanate of Oman, Jun 10, 1441-1500, 35322-35333, English,
Koran and talk and music, ID at 1453. RX, IC-R75, NRD-525, NRD-345,
SATELLIT 750; ANT, 130m Sloper Wire (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, DX
LISTENING DIGEST]
** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, NBC Madang (Maus Blong Garamut), 1054-1129,
June 10. Sunday religious programs in Pidgin, along with religious
music. June 12, noted 1212* (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA,
Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PHILIPPINES. The final edition of DX Program of Radio Veritas Asia,
Philippines in Bengali will be broadcast today 11 June 2018 at around
1401-1411 UT on 11880 kHz. This DX program was presented regularly on
the 2nd Monday of every month by Mr. Alok Das Gupta in Kolkata since
2011. (Radio Veritas Asia will be ending SW broadcasts at the end of
this month). Many thanks to Alok Das Gupta & RVA for these broadcasts
https://www.facebook.com/alokkr.dasgupta
Thanking you, Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute
of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India, http://www.niar.org cell: 91
94416 96043, June 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Those not with disgraced FB may at least see a portrait of Alok (gh)
** PHILIPPINES. Very good signal of Radio Veritas Asia on June 12:
1200-1227 11760 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Karen, co-ch weak CRI En
1200-1227 11935 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Hmong, co-ch weak CRI Ru
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/very-good-signal-of-radio-veritas-asia_12.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, June 11-12, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. 15670, June 7 at 2153, VP song at S1-S3, RRI Spanish hour
concluding as in Aoki/NDXC, but strangely, HFCC does not show it, just
the previous Spanish at 19-20 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9730, R. Romania Int. 6/3, 0020-0030, in English; the musicians that
were highlighted tonight were a trio; one a violinist, one a cellist,
and one a pianist; spectacular, BUT with AudN, 31131
(+) 6/5, 0015-0028; Business Club discusses thoughtful and careful
methods of dealing with investment in protected areas such as the
national parks and nature preserves, with AudN SIO 211
(+) 6/6, 0005-0012; conditions continue to be lackluster, however, the
scheduled segment "Society Today" addresses the problem of children's
education in rural Romania; 44% of the country’s population is home to
some of the poorest households, and hunger is a serious problem there.
With Audio Now, which incidentally, may cut off suddenly at random
times, the analog SINFO= 31121 (Ronald Sives, Easton, PA, Eton Field
Radio; Princeton Sky Wire, NASWA Flashsheet June 10 via DXLD)
** RUSSIA. From the https://vk.com/radioreceiver mailing list: [sic]
Hello, dear members of the group. We all know that in 2014, for a
powerful radio broadcast in Russia, there has come a black band, which
has lasted for more than 4 years. But recently there has been a return
to the HF range of the Republic of Sakha. How much I would not go on
the Internet with a request for the return of HF SV DV DV broadcasting
in Russia, all the same.
Recently, on the website of the Russian Information Agency, I found a
petition for the restoration of the broadcasting of Mayak radio and
the radio of Russia to SV and DV. But when I looked at the number of
votes, I (without jokes) ofigail. Only 850 votes. And for
consideration at the federal level, you need 100,000 votes. Someone
even voted against the petition, well, bastards. So, MAXIMUM REPORTS
!!!!!!!! of this petition. I ask you to vote all the members of the
group and to repost repost. Let's try to restore Russia's status as a
great information resource! Link:
https://www.roi.ru/39564/
Good luck! (Nikita Kovalenok, Yalutorovsk, Tyumenskaya oblast, Russia,
via RusDX 10 June via WORLD OF RADIO 1934, DXLD)
Retro News ----------------------- December 18th 2013
Now they are only heard by heaven
Farewell to the radio station "Voice of Russia".
Source:
https://lenta.ru/articles/2013/12/18/voiceofrussia/
https://vk.com/club59176345
(via RusDX 10 June via DXLD)
** RUSSIA. Republic of Adygea --- GTRK "Adygea" in the summer season
broadcasts programs of foreign broadcasting on short waves according
to the following schedule:
- on Mondays from 1800 to 1830 - in Adyghe, Arabic and Turkish, from
1830 to 1900 - in the Adyghe language;
- on Fridays from 1800 to 1900 - in the Adyghe language;
- on Sundays from 1900 to 2000 - in the Adyghe language.
All broadcasting is conducted at a frequency of 6000 kHz, the
transmitter power is 100 kW. The site of GTRK "Adygea":
http://www.adygtv.com/programs/radio-inoveshchanie/broadcasted/
ftp://ftp.radio.ru/pub/2018/06/25.pdf
(via RusDX 10 June via WORLD OF RADIO 1934, DXLD)
Good signal of GTRK Adygeya/Adygeyan Radio on June 8
1800-1900 on 6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Adygeyan Fri:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/good-signal-of-gtrk-adygeyaadygeyan_9.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, June 8-9, WORLD OF RADIO 1934, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Good signal of GTRK Adygeya/Adygeyan Radio, June 11
1800-1900 on 6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Ad/Ar/Tu Mon
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/good-signal-of-gtrk-adygeyaadygeyan_11.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, June 11-12, WORLD OF RADIO 1934, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAIPAN. 17520.037, June 12 at 0605, S9 but VP signal off-frequency,
spelling a website in English, but broadcast language uncertain. CRI
Italian via Kashgar could be propagating here, but 37 Hz plus implies
it`s RFA as scheduled in Chinese (which should also be jammed by CNR1)
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See EAST TURKISTAN
** SEYCHELLES [non]. Reception of FEBA Radio via BaBcoCk Al-Dhabayya,
June 8:
1200-1230 on 15215.2 DHA 250 kW / 085 deg to CeAs Tibetan, very good
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/reception-of-feba-radio-via-babcock-al.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, June 7-8, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, SIBC, 1145 UT June 6 with the tunes "Forever
Country" and "Art of Love" by Guy Sebastian with female DJ chat in
between. Full sign off announcement and National Anthem at 1159, then
off air at 1201. Fair (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Rx:
Perseus SDR; Ant: Wellbrook ALA 100 loop and beverage, WOR iog via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH AFRICA. Channel Africa - English at 1700 UT --- Finally got
around to playing back some of my recordings from the Canary Islands,
including the ones of Channel Africa. I have archived the recording of
the 1 June "Africa Digest" broadcast here:
https://shortwavearchive.com/archive/channel-africa-1-june-2018
and here:
https://archive.org/details/ChannelAfrica11.885MHz1June20181700UTC
Interestingly, the opening announcement gives their old frequency of
15235 kHz but which is still used for the previous hour in French.
And, strangely, the broadcast content was not the same as that of the
podcast of "Africa Digest" for 1 June available from the Channel
Africa website. Funnily, the podcast has the correct frequency
announcement (-- Richard Langley, June 8, WOR iog via DXLD)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. SECRETLAND, Inactive frequencies of Brother
HySTAIRical via SPL:
1500-1600 on 15100 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg to SoAs The Overcomer Ministry
1800-1900 on 9400*SCB 100 kW / 306 deg to WeEu The Overcomer Ministry
*1800-1830 on 9400 SCB 100 kW / 306 deg to WeEu Eng ETC Radio is here!
1500-1655 on 11600 SCB 100 kW / 126 deg to N/ME is active freq via SPL
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/inactive-frequencies-of-brother.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, June 6-7, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN [non]. Keep Radio Dabanga alive --- Hello, Got the following
e mail from Radio Dabanga a few days ago.
Dear Tarek, Perhaps you have been tuning into Radio Dabanga recently
on frequency 15550 or 13800 kHz – enjoying the jingle, trying to
decipher some of the Arabic, or even trying to figure out who is
singing a song we have played.
We greatly appreciate your enthusiasm for Radio Dabanga, a shortwave
Sudanese radio station exiled in Amsterdam. Your emails, filled with
details of how, where and why you are listening, give us endless
bounds of motivation and enthusiasm.
Today, we would like to ask you for something more. For your help to
keep Radio Dabanga in the air.
The current situation
Radio Dabanga is the sole provider of independent information for over
2 million daily Sudanese listeners. As you know, broadcasting via
shortwave is expensive and increasingly rare.
In 2017, the international political situation caused a winding down
of the usual funding that Radio Dabanga bases its operations on. The
international community started to see the Sudanese government
increasingly as a friend in their fight against terrorism and the
refugee crisis, and fail to recognize violations against its own
people. We believe it is now more important than ever that people in
and from Sudan have access to free and independent news that the world
has ceased to be aware of.
Dabanga must safeguard its continuity as a shortwave radio station, so
people in Sudan can continue to hope for a better future when they
tune in to our news broadcasts.
How you can help
Therefore, we would like to compel you to donate or to share our video
with your friends, family and local DXing clubs! Our crowdfunding
platform contains a specially made short clip featuring one of our
newsroom staff. We are very proud of it! You can find it here.
In case you need some inspiration, please refer to the social media
tips below - and do not hesitate to let us know of any questions or
comments you may have via this email address.
We look forward to hearing from you.
73+55! Nouska du Saar, Sarah Burroughs, and everyone on the Radio
Dabanga team, Weesperstraat 3 | 1018 DN Amsterdam | the Netherlands
T: +31 (0)20 8000 400 (general) | info@radiodabanga.org
[ https://www.dabangasudan.org/en | https://www.dabangasudan.org/ar ]
Please sign-up for campaign updates here by clicking "follow this
campaign". We are reaching out to you personally as we believe you may
be interested in the case of Radio Dabanga. We therefore thank you for
your time. If you do not reply to this e-mail, Radio Dabanga will not
send another personal e-mail to you. Upon your e-mailed request we
shall delete your e-mail address from the archive of Radio Dabanga.
Suggestions for posts on social media
For Facebook users, you can repost this video at
https://www.facebook.com/dabangasudan/videos/10155891281321749/
For Twitter users, this is the YouTube link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SniPUG1T7n0
and here is a draft of the post you could make...
Help us keep Radio Dabanga in the air by donating one day of free,
independent, life-saving radio in Sudan. For more information on how
to donate go to:
https://gogetfunding.com/radio-dabanga/
#crowdfunding #supportDabanga #keepitintheair
73 from (Cairo, Egypt, Tarek Zeidan, June 12, WOR iog via WORLD OF
RADIO 1934, DXLD)
** TAIWAN. 9410, Fu Hsing BS, 1211-1300*, June 6, in Chinese. At 1259,
sounded like a singing station jingle? Of course this was only
possible after BBC (Singapore) off at 1200*. No longer any CNR5 here.
My audio at
http://goo.gl/45T1RA
9774 not on the air and 9410 is certainly not on daily, but is
erratic.
9410-USB+carrier, Fu Hsing BS, brief check at 1218, on June 9. In
Chinese and with singing jingle; the signal format today matches my
May 7 UNID heard here, so that would confirm my UNID as Fu Hsing BS;
almost fair; 9774 still silent.
9774, Fu Hsing BS (presumed), 1204 (after BBC off the air), on June
11. Very weak; in Chinese and with music; 9410 not on the air today.
Very erratic with their use of frequencies and certainly not on every
day (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long
wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1934, DXLD)
** TIBET. CHINA, Fair signal of PBS Xizang Holy Tibet Radio, June 6
0700-0800 on 9580 LHA 100 kW / 290 deg to EaAs English
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/fair-signal-of-pbs-xizang-holy-tibet.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, June 6, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TINIAN. 17810, June 12 after 0600, besides several CRI Kashgar 16m
frequencies propagating [see EAST TURKISTAN], this JBA carrier is for
RFA in Chinese via TINIAN, or could be CNR1 jammer. See also SAIPAN
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. Again very odd frequency 9655.7 kHz of TRT Voice of Turkey
on June 6, all EMR 500 kW:
1000-1055 on 9655.7 / 072 deg to CeAs Georgian, instead of nom. 9655
1000-1025 on 9855.0 / 032 deg to CeAs Tatar. Today no other odd QRG
0500-0655 on 13765.0 / 210 deg to CEAf Hausa/Swahili, 13765.7 June 2
0830-0955 on 11795.0 / 105 deg to WeAs Persian, 11795.7 June 2, and
very rarely 13635.7 / 310 deg to WeEu Turkish in A-18 0600-1255
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/again-very-odd-frequency-96557-khz-of_6.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, June 6, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Again another very odd frequency 13765.7 kHz of TRT Voice of Turkey,
June 7:
0500-0655 on 13765.7 EMR 500 kW / 210 deg to CEAf Hau/Swa, instead of
13765.0, June 6
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/nother-very-odd-frequency-137657-khz-of.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, June 7, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Again another very odd frequency 9855.7 kHz of TRT Voice of Turkey,
June 9
1000-1025 9855.7 EMR 500 kW / 032 deg to CeAs Tatar, instead of 9855.0
on June 6
1000-1055 9655.0 EMR 500 kW / 072 deg to CeAs Georgian, instead of
9655.7 June 6
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/again-another-very-odd-frequency-98557.html
[and non] TURKEY vs. GERMANY, Voice of Turkey & Missionswerk
Friedensstimme on 13710 kHz June 9
1200-1255 on 13710 EMR 500 kW / 095 deg to SoAs Urdu Voice of Turkey,
ch-ch fair/good
1200-1230 on 13710 NAU 250 kW / 060 deg to FERu Russ Sat, Missionswerk
Friedensstimme
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/voice-of-turkey-missionswerk.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, June 9, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Voice of Turkey on odd freqs 13765.7/11795.7/9855.7 June 10
0500-0655 13765.7 EMR 500 kW / 210 deg CEAf Hau/Swa, instead of 13765
0830-0955 11795.7 EMR 500 kW / 105 deg WeAs Persian, instead of 11795
1000-1025 9855.7 EMR 500 kW / 032 deg CeAs Tatar, instead of 9855.0:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/voice-of-turkey-on-odd-freqs.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, June 9-10, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9830, V of Turkey with YL talx in English and into Question of the
month, then Turkish music; at least the RTTY was gone by then so I
could enjoy the tunes! REALLY horrible co-channel ute QRM from an RTTY
station, up until about 2222 which was notchable enough to make out &
ID & occasional words to the point you could tell it was English but
that is about it. After that, up to 44543+ with modulation a bit
subdued, but clear enough. 2215-2235 7/Jun (Ken Zichi, Williamston MI,
SDRplay + ANC-4 + SDRuno + FLDigi for the digital bits + random wire;
MARE Tipsheet June 8 via DXLD)
** TURKMENISTAN [and non]. PRESS RELEASES --- RFE/RL Turkmen
Contributor Released From Prison After Serving Term (May 30, 2018)
https://pressroom.rferl.org/a/rferl-turkmen-contributor-released-nepeskuliev/29259816.html
WASHINGTON -- Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) contributor
Saparmamed Nepeskuliev has been released from a Turkmen prison after
serving a sentence on narcotics charges that numerous international
observers have condemned as a brutal attempt to silence a journalist.
“Saparmamed should never have been put behind bars in the first
place,” said RFE/RL President Thomas Kent. “The rights of journalists
are protected by international conventions to which Turkmenistan is a
signatory. The crime here is Saparmamed’s imprisonment, not his
reporting.”
Nepeskuliev’s imprisonment drew protests from seven U.S. lawmakers,
who sent a letter to Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov in
2016 calling the reporter’s detention "unlawful" and urging his
immediate release.
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention declared Nepeskuliev’s
custody "arbitrary" in December 2015, finding that he had been
"deprived of liberty for having peacefully exercised his right to
freedom of expression." The European Union, OSCE, and numerous media
advocacy and human rights groups denounced his detention as
politically motivated.
Nepeskuliev was released on May 19 after serving a three-year sentence
that Turkmen authorities handed down in a closed session, after
holding him incommunicado in an undisclosed location for seven weeks
beginning in July 2015. Throughout his imprisonment, authorities
failed to confirm either his whereabouts or his well-being.
His arrest followed an intimidation campaign directed against RFE/RL’s
Turkmen Service in 2014-2015 that forced the resignations of six of
nine of its local correspondents. “Nepeskuliev’s imprisonment,” RFE/RL
said at the time, “was only the most ruthless part of a campaign by
the authorities to systematically destroy the country’s only
independent reporting network.”
The targeted attacks have continued well into 2018, with veteran
correspondent Soltan Achilova suffering no fewer than eight physical
assaults over the last 12 months.
Contributor Khudayberdy Allashov was subject to severe beatings and
slapped with a three-month prison stint on bogus charges in December
2016.
Turkmenistan is tied with North Korea as the worst country in the
world for media freedom, according to Freedom House’s 199-country
Freedom of the Press 2017 survey; according to Reporters Without
Borders’ 180-country 2018 World Press Freedom Index, Turkmenistan
ranks 178, ahead of only Eritrea and North Korea.
Known locally as Azatlyk Radiosy, RFE/RL’s Turkmen Service has for 65
years provided Turkmen audiences with accurate and uncensored news and
information as an alternative to the state-run media monopoly. In the
past year (through April 2018), its website has been visited an
average of 1.2 million times every month, while more than 421,000
videos were viewed on the Service’s Facebook page (via Dr Hansjoerg
Biener, 7 June 2018, WORLD OF RADIO 1934, DXLD) See also AZERBAIJAN
** UGANDA [non]. 9370-, Saturday June 9 at 1307, 1415, 1544, 1928
chex, no signal from WWRB (nor on 15240-), so R. Munansi via WWRB is
gone again. (9370 did bear a JBA S1 signal with music at 0554, but
that would be R. Farda via Lampertheim, Germany, among several other
IBB transmissions on 9370).
9370, June 10 at 1341 and 1710, still no WWRB with Radio Munansi. This
could be another weekend off for maintenance, back next week? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1934, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K. BBC MONITORING - END OF AN ERA --- After 75 years at Caversham
Park north of Reading (above), BBC Monitoring moved at the end of May
to a new home in London at New Broadcasting House. Set up in August
1939 at the British government’s request to listen to foreign radio
broadcasts, BBCM moved from near Evesham to Caversham in April 1943 at
the height of WWII. To improve on radio reception at Caversham, a
receiving station was built a few miles north at Crowsley Park, which
will be refurbished and retained by BBCM, although nowadays only
satellite dishes are sited there, the radio aerials having been taken
down a few years ago. Many significant news events have first been
captured here from the radio airwaves by monitors during WWII, the
Cold War and since.
BBC Monitoring, which had listened to radio broadcasts from around the
world for 75 years from its HQ here in Caversham, Berkshire, relocated
to Broadcasting House in London in May. A number of TV, radio and
press features marked the move and history. A few are listed below:
BBC World Service “Witness”: The BBC at Caversham – 9 minutes:
https://www.listennotes.com/embedded/e/a107cce4fd7f445ca6b40e393ca51f3a/
The July 1951 ‘Meccano Magazine’ had a 3-page feature on Caversham
(and its associated receiving station at nearby Crowsley Park) on
pages 14-16 of this pdf:
http://www.meccanohornby.co.uk/freedownloads/meccano_magazine/1951/7%201951%20july.pdf
The World Tonight (BBC R4): BBC Monitoring leaves Caversham Park:
https://clyp.it/pn1w3bzv
The Caversham Story – from the Radio Times January 1950
(Transdiffusion Broadcasting):
https://www.transdiffusion.org/2016/09/26/the-caversham-story
(June BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD)
** U K. Radio Caroline on AM --- Hello, An interview with Peter Moore
about how Radio Caroline is doing since beginning full-time
broadcasting on 648 kHz is available in this month's Wireless
programme on Flirt FM in Galway. The interview is within the first 15
minutes of the show, which also includes other radio news and memories
from Ireland:
https://wirelessflirt.wordpress.com/2018/06/11/wireless-on-flirt-fm-programme-20/
Regards, (John Walsh, Galway, June 11, bdxc-news uiig via DXLD)
** U S A. [Re 18-23:] New York VOLMET --- It looks like we'll have to
wait another six months for New York VOLMET to return. This NOTAM
(Notice To Airmen) was issued on Monday. It says the VOLMET will
remain unserviceable (U/S) until December 4.
A3838/18 NOTAMN Q) KZNY/QSVAS////// A) KJFK B) 1806042124 C)
1812042000 E) VOLMET 10.051, 6.604, 3.485, 13.270 U/S
(Mike Cooper, Jun 8, WORLD OF RADIO 1934, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
It's discouraging to learn that we will have to wait six more months
to find out if New York Radio will come back. One wonders will it ever
come back? I'm not enough of a utility listener to notice if HF radio
air traffic has been reduced or eliminated. Maybe pilots now get
METARs and TARS off their phones or through ACARS-type messaging as
technology marches on. No need for even an HF backup.
I wrote a summary for this esteemed organ last year of the forecasts
and observations read on New York VOLMET. If you lived in the
northeast, you knew you could tune in at :10 and :40 for observations
from the region. In the southeast, it was :15 and :45. Hurricane
coordinates as needed. It's been a useful service.
For me, it would be a particularly sad loss because the station has
been on as long as I can remember -- a bastion of stability on
shortwave. Four frequencies to choose from, USB mode, nice signal and
audio, you could always find a good frequency. And a good indicator of
band conditions. What more could you ask?
The station used to have live (real human being) announcers. Now, I'm
not making this up. Once in the 1970s, I heard the male announcer
reading the observations in the same plodding delivery style they were
in the habit of using. Sort of like old-school VOA style, they
realized people were listening on HF with imperfect reception, so it
made sense for them to speak slowly and carefully. Well, there was one
night where I heard the guy say, in the same deadpan tone, "get me out
of here ... get me out of here." Now that I think about it, perhaps
this was to mock the style of repeating city names. (For example, they
would announce "New York -- New York Kennedy.") I couldn't believe
what I had just heard, but it's too goofy for me to have made this up.
I remember that in the 1960s and 1970s, the broadcasts did not include
altimeter (barometer) readings. As a kid, I listened to aviation
weather observations on a local VOR (back in the days when they read a
list of station reports at :15 and :45); on airline in-house
frequencies ("Attention All United Airliners: Stand By For The 1940
Zulu three-hour weather check for Denver east. All trend terminals
will continue above eight hundred and three.); and via TWEBs on LW
beacons. I could get altimeter readings from the other broadcasters,
why not New York Radio? As someone who likes to plot a weather chart,
this was an important bit of information.
While at university, I found a postal address and wrote them. I
actually got a letter back from them explaining that they didn't read
the altimeter setting because they felt the information would be
outdated by the time it aired. I supposed that a 45-minute old reading
could be off significantly. Imagine my surprise, when a decade or two
later, they started including the altimeter in each observation. I
always wondered what prompted them to change.
I can't even find any indication as to how you would contact New York
Radio these days to ask them if and when they are coming back. I hope
they do. Gander isn't as much fun to listen, Shannon's too weak. And
don't get me started about the synthesized voice on marine radio
broadcasts. Where's WGU-20 when you need them?
(Mike Cooper, GA, June 9, WORLD OF RADIO 1934, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. IBB: See AZERBAIJAN; MYANMAR; TURKMENISTAN
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1933 monitoring: not confirmed Thursday June
7 at 2330 on WBCQ 9330v, rather BS continues. So our winning streak of
June 5-6 is over already; all I can do is keep the 2330 airings on the
sked as maybes. Next:
Fri 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe]
Sat 0629 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW
Sat 1431 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW
Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sat 2130 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe, or 2330?]
Sat 2300 WRMI 7780 to NE
Sun 0200 WRMI 7780 to NE
Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sun 1030 HLR 9485-CUSB to WSW
Sun 1900 WRMI 9395 to NNW
Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe]
Mon 0130.5 WRMI 5850 to NW, 7780 to NE
Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Mon 0400 WRMI webcast only, non-direxional
Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe]
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW
Tue 2030 WRMI 7780 to NE, 5950 to WNW [or #1934?]
Tue 2130 WRMI 7780 to NE, 5950 to WNW [or #1934?]
WORLD OF RADIO 1933 monitoring: not confirmed Friday June 8 at 2330 on
WBCQ 9330v as Brother Scare stayed on. The Sat 1431 on Hamburger
Lokalradio 6130-CUSB, inaudible via UTwente SDR at 1431, 1450, but
faded in by 1458, poor but mostly readable. Alan Gale, UK, reports at
1459:
6190 kHz report 9th of June 2018 --- Hi Glenn, Very frustrating
conditions on 6 MHz again today. The HLR signal was very good on 6190
kHz up until 1400 UT, with a programme about Irish music and Radio
Tropical both very listenable, but almost as soon as Media Network
started the signal dropped (Keith must have been upsetting the
Propagation Gods), and it was around 1448 before it faded back up to
an audible level once again. Looks like another late night on 7780 kHz
for me again then.... :-) Alan``
As for WOR via WRN Saturday at 1600 to North America and elsewhere,
Mike Cooper, Atlanta reports:
``Glenn: Am listening to the 1600 UT airing of WOR on WRN today (June
9) and it appears to be an edition from January. I missed the
beginning so can't give you the program number, but the program
included reports of France Inter's long-wave signoff, reception of All
India Radio on 9381, and mentions of Christmas music and New Year's
Eve programming. Mc``
So I asked WRN, ``Could you be sure that correct #1933 airs on the
remaining repeat [UT Monday 0130]. This must have been #1859 again,
from January *2017*, i.e. the oldest one in the folder, rather than
the newest one. There is really no need to keep all those old ones in
the ftp. Glenn`` Same thing happened at least once before. WRN MC
replied with apology and correxion. Next:
Sat 2300 WRMI 7780 to NE
Sun 0200 WRMI 7780 to NE
Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sun 1030 HLR 9485-CUSB to WSW
Sun 1900 WRMI 9395 to NNW
Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe]
Mon 0130.5 WRMI 5850 to NW, 7780 to NE
Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Mon 0400 WRMI webcast only, non-direxional
Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe]
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW
Tue 2030 WRMI 7780 to NE, 5950 to WNW [or #1934?]
Tue 2130 WRMI 7780 to NE, 5950 to WNW [or #1934?]
WORLD OF RADIO 1933 monitoring: confirmed Saturday June 9 at 2300 on
WRMI, 7780; poor-fair; also confirmed UT Sunday June 10 at 0215, the
0200 on WRMI 7780, very poor in noise level. Also confirmed UT Sunday
June 10 at 0333 on WAORCR, 1860-AM, MO, 16 minutes into show so
started circa 0317. Next:
Sun 1030 HLR 9485-CUSB to WSW
Sun 1900 WRMI 9395 to NNW
Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe]
Mon 0130.5 WRMI 5850 to NW, 7780 to NE
Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Mon 0400 WRMI webcast only, non-direxional
Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe]
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW
Tue 2030 WRMI 7780 to NE, 5950 to WNW [or #1934?]
Tue 2130 WRMI 7780 to NE, 5950 to WNW [or #1934?]
WORLD OF RADIO 1933 monitoring. Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria reports on
Hamburger Lokalradio airings:
GERMANY, World of Radio via HLR on 6190 and 9485 CUSB, June 9-10
``0630-0700 on 6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg CeEu English Sat, very poor
1430-1500 on 6190*GOH 001 kW / 230 deg CeEu English Sat, poor/weak
1030-1100 on 9485 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg CeEu English Sun, NO SIGNAL
*co-ch same 6190 URU 050 kW / non-dir EaAs Mongolian PBS Xinjiang``
Confirmed Sunday June 10 at 1900 on WRMI 9395, poor-fair. Next:
Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe]
Mon 0130.5 WRMI 5850 to NW, 7780 to NE
Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Mon 0400 WRMI webcast only, non-direxional
Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe]
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW
Tue 2030 WRMI 7780 to NE, 5950 to WNW [or #1934?]
Tue 2130 WRMI 7780 to NE, 5950 to WNW [or #1934?]
WORLD OF RADIO 1933 monitoring: confirmed UT Monday June 11 at 0130.5
on WRMI 5850, good; 7780 fair. Also confirmed UT Monday June 11 from
0301 on Area 51 webcast; also via WBCQ 5129.82 at 0327 check, poor in
noise. Also confirmed UT Mon June 11 at 0330 on WRMI 9955, fair S9;
and immediate repeat at 0400 on webcast only. Also confirmed UT
Tuesday June 12 at 0030 on WRMI 7730, VG S9+30. Final repeat airing at
2030 Tuesday June 12 on WRMI could not be confirmed as neither
frequency was audible, not even JBA carriers on 7780 & 5950: could be
off but probably totally absorbed, below noise level.
WORLD OF RADIO 1934 contents: Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Armenia,
Australia, Azerbaijan, Bougainville, Cuba non, East Turkistan,
Eritrea/Ethiopia, France, Indonesia, Iran, Korea North non, Korea
South, Myanmar and non, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Russia, Sudan non,
Taiwan, Turkmenistan, Uganda non, USA; and the propagation outlook
WOR 1934 ready for first airing, Tuesday June 12 at 2130 on WRMIs: an
hour later than 2030, now 7780 & 5950 are JBA carriers; final check at
2155 gets 7780 very poor at S7-S3, and 5950 JBA vs high noise level.
Also confirmed Tue June 12 at 2330 on WBCQ 9330v, fair --- the second
week in a row appearing on Tuesdays when produxion is very recent; how
about Wednesdays? Next:
Wed 1030 WRMI 5950 to WNW
Wed 2100 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490 to WSW
Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe]
Thu 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe]
Fri 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe]
Sat 0629 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW
Sat 1431 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW
Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sat 2130 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe, or 2330?]
Sat 2300 WRMI 7780 to NE
Sun 0200 WRMI 7780 to NE
Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sun 1030 HLR 9485-CUSB to WSW
Sun 1900 WRMI 9395 to NNW
Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe]
Mon 0130.5 WRMI 5850 to NW, 7780 to NE
Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Mon 0400 WRMI webcast only, non-direxional
Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe]
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW
Tue 2030 WRMI 7780 to NE, 5950 to WNW [or #1934?]
Tue 2130 WRMI 7780 to NE, 5950 to WNW [or #1934?]
Full schedule for WOR on all outlets, not just SW; podcast linx:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI:
** U S A. 5850, WRMI with BSR which was an ‘all digital’ show this
week. I am NOT sure if this was intentional! It WAS ‘scrambled’ with
the ‘intro’ appearing about half way in! The digital text & photos
including a long bit about WSPR mode for ham radio and some photos of
stamps & Jim B’s family from when he was a pup:
Then into SW Radiogram with the usual mix of digital text with a few
more photos than usual, with stories about: MARS urges separation of
computers from the internet [“US Army Military Auxiliary Radio System
(MARS) HQ is recommending that MARS members "migrate to stand-alone
computer systems for [MARS] radio operations,"]” Huh, I always thought
the “A” stood for Amateur -– it’s a good day when you learn something
new!; MFSK64 encoded story about methane hydrate; good or bad fuel?;
(I thought A once meant Affiliate --- gh] [captions to embedded illos]
A dust devil interrupts a baseball game in Libertyville, IL (See
waterspout above!)
30 May was "Manhattanhenge" The East Race Waterway in
one of the 4 days per year South Bend. “The first man-
that sunset lines up with made white water rafting
the streets in Manhattan. course built in North America
US temperatures were lower than normal (purple, green, blue) in April,
but warmer than normal in May (red and redder) [captions]
Three of Saturn's oddly shaped moons, from left: Pan, Atlas &
Prometheus
A University of Bern study suggests how they acquired these shapes.
See
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/saturn-moons-shapes-collisions/
Then AWR Waveguide [sic] edition #NWS484 with items about the Indy 500
& the NASB 2018 convention in Elkhart IN, then Japan DX report. In
REALLY well this week but occasional fades let local noise ‘sneak in’
mostly only noticeable in the photos though. 4+4+54+4 *0658-0900*
4/Jun (Ken Zichi, Williamston MI, SDRplay + ANC-4 + SDRuno + FLDigi
for the digital bits + random wire; MARE Tipsheet June 8 via DXLD)
New additional non secret frequency and transmissions via WRMI
Okeechobee tx#8:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/new-additional-non-secret-frequency-and.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, June 6-7, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
WRMI's 9455 kHz is officially back. Now beamed 355 towards eastern
North America. The schedule is as follows:
Every day 0z-4z: Oldies with Bob Biermann
Wednesday 1z-2z [sic]: The Hal Turner Show
It's quite unfortunate to see that WRMI is now airing Hal Turner. What
a shame (Ethan KC9YDN, June 6, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1934, DXLD)
Hal Turner was on tonight so 1 day earlier than WBCQ he mentioned
being on 9455 WRMI and 7490 WBCQ. After 0300 was Oldies not same as
Oldies on 5950 (Peter W Hansen, UT Thursday June 7, ibid.)
Tnx for confirmation. But this was UT Thursday, exactly the same UT
day and time that Turner is still scheduled on WBCQ 7490, not one day
earlier. BTW, it appears 9455 is no longer secretly on air 24 hours
(Glenn Hauser, ibid.)
It`s XMTR 8, same 355 degrees as on 9395, so signals should match now.
Check if 9455 still really be on air 24 hours with weak signal? System L
program grid is designated as in EDT, 01-03 for Hal Turner on Weds,
within Oldies daily at 00-04 EDT, but suspect they do really mean UT as
in the transmission grid. Did not listen tonight, but Hal Turner has
been on WBCQ 7490 UT THURSDAYS at 01-03, so is the WRMI time really the
same, to match, or moved from WBCQ or what? (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)
9455, June 7 at 0553, no signal from secret low-power WRMI 24 hour
transmission any more; nor at further chex: June 7 at 1440 (when 9395
is only S5, VP), and at 2146; June 8 at 0524, 1405.
Instead, 9455 now appears on the skedgrid as XMTR 8 at 355 degrees
(ex-285, now same as 9395, so should have identical strength), at
0000-0400 UT only, with Oldies --- except for a breakaway UT Thursday
0100-0300 for Hal Turner, who has added WRMI as a simulcast to WBCQ
7490v. Peter W Hansen confirms this on 9455, UT Thursday June 7, altho
I have not heard it. The skedgrid is confusing, labeling ``System L``
programming as EDT while it is obviously UT as in the transmission
sked atop, resulting in showing the wrong day of week for Turner
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9455, June 9 at 0050, WRMI-8 is OFF the air, despite new entry on
skedgrid as daily 00-04 with Oldies; still off at 0105. I had not
tried to confirm it June 7 and 8 after it was first reported. So now
what? 9395 on as usual with good signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF
RADIO 1934, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9455, still not being heard from WRMI, but June 10 at 1340 a JBA
carrier when two other stations are competing: Bangladesh in Nepali
until 1345, and Furusato no Kaze, Taiwan from 1330 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9455, Monday June 11 at 0329 check, still no signal from this WRMI,
despite entry on skedgrid as 0000-0400 daily. Aha, by June 12 the sked
has been amended for that to THURSDAYS only, i.e. the UT day when
0100-0300 contains Hal Turner // WBCQ 7490. That 9455 broadcast was
confirmed June 7 by Ethan KC9YDN and by Peter W Hansen on the WOR iog;
and Peter says Oldies followed after 0300 but not // Oldies on 5950
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1934, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ:
** U S A. Additional frequency of Brother HySTAIRical via WBCQ The
Planet
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/additional-frequency-of-brother.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, June 6-7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.:
Mostly 24 hrs 3265 BCQ 050 kW / 245 deg ENAm The Overcomer Ministry TOM
http://overcomerministry.org/radio-schedule/
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, June 6-7, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
(7490), UT Sat June 9 at 0000 on WBCQ webcast, `Allan Weiner
Worldwide` starts. Says they are now quadri-casting, on 9330, 7490,
5130 and 3265 ``in the 81 meter band``, the latter having been already
testing with Brother Stair. I listen to the first third, mainly
another monolog about his early pirate days, how great a kit-builder
he was, etc.
For the final third, from 0041, I`m listening on SW and comparing the
frequencies: 7490v best of course, and synchronized on fair 9330v and
poor 5130v. Circa 0041 and 0105 I try to hear any signal from 3265
without success, as to be expected this far away on a summer evening.
Some closer communicants were hearing it somewhat. He says he will be
65 on Tuesday June 12, and is well-insured.
Besides all the SW activity, they are also installing an FM translator
for the AM 780. Once the super-station is on, there will be seven
transmitters at the Monticello site, ex-6.
[that would be one MW, two FM, so only four SW. Previous report was
that some old SW transmitters were being removed to make room for the
big one; so no more backups? What about the WRUL one via WYFR via WRMI
gift hauled up from FLA? Last year he was also raising money to bring
in another MW transmitter from California to be converted].
With only a few minutes left, quick special programming info from
Robert: A new produxion of `Tom Cole Theater` called ``Artificial
Life`` will be running twice a week thru June: Tuesdays at 8-9 pm
[EDT] on 5130, just before `Amateur Radio Roundtable` [UT Wednesdays
00-01]. And on Thursdays at 8 pm [EDT] on 7490 [UT Fridays 00-01].
Also, a one hour musical program from Germany [no further info, name,
source], will air next Friday June 15 at 9 pm [EDT] right after AWWW
[UT Saturday June 16 at 01-02; not clear if on 7490 only?]. It would
be nice if all this info could be put on WBCQ schedule website.
Running overtime, at 0059 started going thru Free Radio Weekly [from
last week? I don`t have the new issue yet], listing several pirate
frequencies and names, but nothing more specific; lauds the ones on AM
rather than SSB. 0105 benedixion; 0110, 7490 switches jarringly to
Blalock the Blaster, JIP.
John H. Carver, Jr., mid-north Indiana, reports in more detail:
``Listening on 7490 this evening. Show began on time again. Allan and
Angela in studio one. Broadcasting on 7490, 5130, 9330 and 3265 this
evening. Said he had been testing 3265 with Brother Stair.
Opening talk about his life long interest in radio. Has been
broadcasting since 1968 and told us tonight about even earlier
experiences with broadcasting beginning at the at the age of seven or
eight with a handheld CB radio. He found he could put a piece of tape
on the push to talk button and set it next to a record player and
broadcast music through the neighborhood. Allan then graduated to a
Lafayette Broadcaster that he built from a kit and then he and his
friends experimented with different antennas to increase the range of
the radio. Then we moved into more familiar territory with his
discovery of the military surplus stores and their stockpile of radio
equipment including his first fifty watt transmitter.
Mr. Transistor Norm called at 0021 to comment on the discussion to
that point and then Allan mentioned FM converters and they talked
about the birth and slow growth of FM. Dr. Becker wandered into the
studio and made a comment about AM stereo which prompted a discussion
of which system was the best and then a discussion of why it died out.
General consensus was failure of the Government to declare one
standard and FM radio.
A phone call from Ramsey started a round-robin discussion about
several subjects including fireball whiskey. Allan announced that he
will be turning 65 on June 12.
Amusing tale of Angela and Allan laying out three hundred feet of
transmission line for the new FM translator and an admission from
Allan that Angela was stronger than he was.
Reading of emails at 0054. Email from Robert about the Tom Call
Theater which will be on 7490 on Thursdays at eight o'clock and play
for two consecutive Thursdays. Will also be on 5130 but I failed to
catch what day and time but it will also play two weeks in a row
there. Then reading of Free Radio Weekly. After a quick prayer show
was off the air at 0109. John, Mid-North Indiana`` (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WORLD OF RADIO 1934, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
From the Isle of Music, June 17-23:
This week, we present some wonderful new Son Cubano from Septeto
Santiaguero and Adalberto Álvarez y su Son, some recent TIMBA from JG
and some Charanga from Manolito Simonet y su Trabuco.
1. For Eastern Europe but audible well beyond the target area in most
of the Eastern Hemisphere (including parts of East Asia and Oceania)
with 100 kW, Sunday 1500-1600 UT on SpaceLine, 9400, from Kostinbrod,
Bulgaria (1800-1900 MSK)
2. For the Americas and parts of Europe, Tuesday 0000-0100 UT on WBCQ,
7490 from Monticello, ME, USA (Monday 8-9 PM EDT in the US). This has
been audible in parts of NW, Central and Southern Europe with an
excellent skip to Italy recently.
3 & 4. For Europe and sometimes beyond, Tuesday 1900-2000 UT and
Saturday 1200-1300 on Channel 292, 6070 from Rohrbach, Germany.
Uncle Bill's Melting Pot, Sun, June 17 & Tues, June 19, 2018
Episode 67 presents the music of Ghana, Guinea and Cameroon.
1. Sundays 2200-2230 UT (6:00-6:30 PM Eastern US) on WBCQ The Planet
7490 from the US to the Americas and parts of Europe
2. Tuesdays 2000-2030 UT on Channel 292, 6070 from Rohrbach, Germany
for Europe. If current propagation conditions hold, the broadcast
should reach from Iceland to Western Russia, Scandinavia down to North
Africa and the Middle East, AND a long bounce to parts of New Zealand
(William "Bill" Tilford, Owner/Producer, Tilford Productions, LLC,
June 12, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
OTHERS OTHERS OTHERS OTHERS OTHERS OTHERS OTHERS OTHERS OTHERS OTHERS:
** U S A. 9475, WTWW Lebanon TN (presumed); Permanently passed &
probably putrid Pastor Pete Peters ragging on people who “take
potshots” at him; “You cannot be a Christian without being dunked in
water!” SIO=453+ (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, 5525 Whitehall St.,
Midland MI 48642-3156, Drake R8B + 185' & 60' RW + 125' bow-tie, -----
All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time & without the aid
of a computer! -----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Oops, time and date
missing, but not the alliteration, so keep it
9475, June 9 at 1926, dead air at S9+10 from WTWW-1 during Sat cutaway
QSO time from SFAW; OK at 1945 check. 9930 remains unused for a long
time. As does 12105. And nothing further heard on 15815 after surprise
tests, but now registered in HFCC as 15810 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
New registered frequency of We Transmit World Wide WTWW-3 in HFCC
Database
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/new-registered-frequency-of-we-transmit.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, June 6-7, WORLD OF RADIO 1934, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) 15810, as below
5085, UT Sunday June 10 at 0104, WTWW-2 is S9+40/50 accompanied as
always by JBA spurcarriers plus/minus 12.9 kHz, as Bob Heil is opening
his `Theater Organ in the Ozarx` show claiming he is on live this week
since Dave is not around to record it --- really, a hi-fi link feed
from Ozarx to Lebanon?
First plays several tunes in a row, not often heard on theater organ,
he says. Starts closing at 0135, which is already over 29 minutes, but
another tune and not finished until 0139, over to Ted for a Heil Sound
commercial alleging his microphones are the best in the world. TOITO
proper has run 35 minutes, which would not fit into a strictly
formatted station.
But wait --- there`s more. As I listen to the hifi sound of this
bigsig on the PL-880 (almost good enough for the NRD-545 in AMS mode,
but always too wide, too much treble), I continue bandscanning on the
other receiver:
15809.92, June 10 at 0124, a VP S1 signal, and guess what, it`s //
5085. This must be the WTWW-3 transmitter which I caught testing a
couple mornings on 15815, but now HFCC-registered on ``15810``:
`15810 0000 2400 4,9,18 TWW 100 40 0 902 1234567 250318 281018 D Eng`
while inactive frequency is still in there too:
`12105 1400 0600 4,9,18 TWW 100 40 0 902 1234567 250318 281018 D Eng`
0151, it`s still on during `Amateur Radio Newsline` with report about
some European hamfest. So 15810 could be running all night. It is
already the OSOB unless you count 15000 WWVH, with her full ID at 0129
[and non]. 15809.941, June 10 at 0604, WTWW-3 is on and propagating at
S9+10! Tnx to sporadic E MUF of at least 16 MHz in the nightmiddle, if
not to VHF, and // 5085 WTWW-2 which is S9+40. Music filler during ToH
break in strange new talkshow, `Southern Talk at Midnight`, which
resumes at 0606 on topic of satanic messages in songs played
backwards, geez, with plenty of examples past 0623 doze.
It`s the 19m OSOB, except for a JBA signal on 15160 which per
NDXC/Aoki is CRI in Chinese from Jinhua site. Still unknown how long
the WTWW show last, but apparently 15810 not on all night, as nothing
by 1240 check --- I think, altho neighbor 15825 achieves only a JBA
carrier at this time.
15810-, by 1710 June 10, is back on, inbooming at S9+20, and now //
WTWW-1, 9475 SFAW (and 15825 neighbor WWCR is equally S9+20. Now there
is an extensive sporadic E opening, into VHF, but no FM DX heard here
after 1700). By 1902, 15810- is off again, unlike 15825 WWCR (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1934, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hearing WTWW occasionally on new 15815 and then 15810 reminds me of
this earlier UNIDENTIFIED: could it be related, a previous test from
WTWW? Note the first frequency entered was almost exactly the same
where I later measured WTWW, on 15809.941!
``15809.94, May 23 at 2002, big carrier with tone, or rather several
carrier peaks with BFO, also: 15808.34, 15807.62, 15806.84, 15806.07,
15805.30; also 15810.72, 15811.49 --- full range of audibility is
15802-15814. Most average 0.77 kHz apart. So what is it?`` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WMFN 640 Peotone/Chicago - switched from Spanish to Polish
Radio. Not sure what day the switch happened but WMFN 640 kHz is now
Polish Radio from 11 AM [CDT = 16 UT] tune in today. They had been
solid SS since shortly after they came on the air last fall. I had not
checked this frequency for the past two weeks. They still have periods
of dead air. This evening there was a 20 minute period when they were
completely off the air (Tom Jasinski, Joliet, IL, June 11, nrc-am gg
via DXLD)
** U S A. WGN RADIO PREPARES TO LEAVE TRIBUNE TOWER AND MOVE UNDER
SINCLAIR OW[nership]
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/backstory/ct-biz-back-story-todd-manley-wgn-radio-20180530-story.html
Expect a move towards more conservatism with the takeover by Sinclair.
I hope this doesn't mess up my non political show that is on after
midnight on WGN (Kevin Crump, TN, Redding, June 7, ABDX yg via DXLD)
** U S A. Glenn, Re the fascinating KDKA story of your 5 June issue:
THE KDKA STORY: HISTORIC BUILDINGS, SOUVENIRS AND MEMORABILIA
KDKA still mails out really nice, large-format QSL cards. The sort of
thing you can frame and put up on the wall and even non-dxers can
admire, ha-ha. On the front is a sepia-shaded series of pictures of
the old building, founder, transmitter and antenna tower, with THE
PIONEER BROADCASTING STATION OF THE WORLD, while on the back is a
full-detail QSL with a short history of Frank Conrad, who built the
transmitter. Best 73 (Graham Bell, Simon's Town, RSA, DX LISTENING
DIGEST, image attached to the WOR iog)
** U S A. 1130, June 7 at 2157 UT, KLEY Wellington KS carrier is not
cutting off, but the rapid clix are still being heard (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. [Re 18-23, The Radio Scene at the Indianapolis 500] ---
There is mention of WXNT Indianapolis 1430 AM, which was originally
WKBF, set up in the Ford Motor Co showrooms in 1926 to cover
commentary on the Indy 500 and which went through several name changes
over the years until becoming WXNT. Anyway, this was one of our
catches in the Cape Pt Dxpedition in January and which, in verifying
my report, says that 'This is our best distance record to date.' 5 kW
over a distance of about 8300 miles. Here's my blog-link to WXNT's
audio (warning: you need sharp ears!)
https://wavesandcycles.blogspot.com/2018/06/qsl-from-wxnt-indianapolis-1430.html
Best 73 (Graham Bell, Simon's Town, South Africa, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1500, June 10 at 0136 UT, modulation cutting off and on,
mentions rangers.com vs Rockies, back to silly baseball game at
seventh inning with OK modulation. Normally one would expect KSTP to
be the desportive station on 1500, but TX vs CO? How about KJIM
Sherman TX? Yes, it`s on the Rangers affiliate list which appeared in
IRCA DX Monitor April 21. It`s a 1 kW direxional daytimer, studio
address in twin city of Denison, so better hurry up and finish the
game, as official sunset is 0145 UT already in June and July! Had I
known before consulting FCC AM Query, I should have listened whether
KJIM stayed on past 0145 UT. BTW, the mlb website for tex seems to
think ``national broadcast schedule`` involves nothing but TV. BTW2,
the Rangers are playing the Astros tonight, Rockies next weekend
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1540, June 10 at 0132 UT as I am bandscanning downward, some
tones catch my attention. Two different steady pitches, on and off ---
o, it`s the NWS with a ``tornado warning`` till 9:30 pm. But heavy
QRM, hard to copy details; mentions Lincoln(?) Memorial Airport, and
Iowa, before back to OTR drama. Got to be KXEL, eastern Iowa confirmed
on national severe weather map of
http://www.wunderground.com
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Phoenix update --- Sky Harbor Airport TIS on 1610 has been
silent all week. They were heard at the Border Inn last October.
73 (Tim Hall, CA, June 7, Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone, ABDX
yg via DXLD)
** U S A. FLORIDA, 1610 (MIS), City of Tarpon Springs WPLY701 [Not].
This one is definitely silent, though the FCC dB indicates the license
is still active. Checked at A.L. Anderson Park, Tarpon Springs,
shortly after local noon May 26, 2018, and on a drive through near
downtown. This one rarely got out far, and was usually on the low
side, closer to 1609.95. Logged on the ICF-7600GR.
1650, FLORIDA, unidentified HARs. Logged after local noon May 26,
2018. Just a rumble plus sub-audible het with threshold male voice,
probably a mix of the I-275 Tampa transmitter(s) and the I-75 one(s)
near Wesley Chapel, if still active. Logged at A.L. Anderson Park,
Tarpon Springs on the ICF-7600GR.
Florida Low Power Radio Stations:
https://sites.google.com/site/floridadxn/florida-low-power-radio-stations
(Terry L. Krueger, All times/dates GMT, Clearwater, FL, NRD-535, IC-
R75, ICF-7600GR, longwires, active loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. --- TIS/HAR/EAR
1620, WQYV910 Quakertown PA 0104-0107 Public safety info in jumble.
Definite ID at 0105. Weak. (4 June Don Moore PA)
1630, WPAN997 Buffalo, NY. 0102-0107 Traffic info. Callsign ID with
frequency. Poor but on top. (4 June Don Moore PA)
1640ish, Pennsylvania Highway Info Radio. 2215-2222. At least four
different stations in, same info loop but slightly off in timing
as well as frequency. Clear carriers on 1639.97, 1640.01,
1640.03 & 1640.31. Makes me feel like I'm back in Peru, but I
don't think there were any frequencies there where no one was
on frequency. (3 June Don Moore PA)
1670, WQWC946 West Grove PA 0030-0035 Weather & other info for Chester
County (suburban Philly) with mentions of London Grove, Avondale
& other area locations. ID (no call sign) mentioning AGREM & the
frequency. Their website is at:
http://agrem.org/AGREM1670/AGREM_AM_1670.php
Generally on top. (4 June Don Moore PA)
1710, Somerset PA, United Flight 93 TIS 0052-0057 Tape loop from
station at Flight 93 Memorial. Mixing with Hudson County
station. Not listed in FCC database. Weak. (4 June Don Moore)
1710, WQFG689 Hudson County NJ 0052 Tape loop with travel info,
mentions of New Jersey & nearby locations. Mixing with Flight 93
station. Weak. (4 June)
(Don Moore, Zion PA, Afedri SDR-Net + 305 meter BOG at 60 degrees & 36
meter delta loop with Wellbrook amplifier, MARE Tipsheet June 8 via
DXLD)
** U S A. Another big sporadic E opening, so June 6 at 0230 UT I go
hunting with the DX-398, but only come up with some nearby usually
inaudible KS stations, a minor tropo lift, despite none predicted in
this area by Hepburn:
92.9, June 6 at 0233 UT, having found nothing unusual below 92 MHz,
here`s a bigsig in Spanish mentioning Atlanta --- strong enough to
tell there is no RDS and not even any stereo (strangely, the WTFDA
database does not show which stations are in mono, or left-channel
only). Suspiciously, it`s just too steady to be Es; at 0237 adstring
including andresguzman.com which leads to a rather sparse blog; and ID
as ``La Mexicana, 101.5 y 92.9``, ad for Abogado Tomás with an 877
number, and finally Dodge City Médical Cénter, back to a call-in show
for financial advice. So it`s only KMML, licensed to Cimarrón KS, 32
kW H&V, 186 m HAAT, and // KSMM 101.5. Cimarrón is west of DC on US
50/400 toward Garden City, distance 270 km = 168 miles. Understation
on 92.9, ``The Drive`` is merely KBEZ Tulsa, slogan a new one on me.
93.5, June 6 at 0235 UT, poor signal but Ness City mentioned in ad ---
which is north of Dodge. Closest station is KKDT Burdett KS, 95/95 kW,
304.8 m HAAT. 248 km = 154 mi.
97.3, June 6 at 0236 UT, ``Country, Q 97``, i.e. another Dodge Citian
as traced a few days ago, KKJQ. At 0244 it`s ``Continuous Country Q
97``, contradicted immediately by a Home Depot ad (Glenn Hauser, Enid
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Another big sporadic E opening, June 6 from 1700 UT with
better luck on the caradio.
87.7, June 6 at 1726 UT, Spanish music, ``Mega – Latino and proud`` by
YL; ad in English mentioning Shaker Heights, another in Spanish, area
code 440 which is Circumcleveland OH; ``Ochenta y siete punto siete,
Latino and proud`` in Spanglish. Deep fades, in and out for some time,
still bits of something at 1858 (by when the real FM station opening
has moved on to Virginia, so maybe another Spanish Franken, WDCN-LP
Fairfax).
Mega probably really on 87.75 as analog TV channel 6 audio (give or
take offset .01 MHz), but caradio won`t tune it exactly and sounds
like 87.7 is slightly offtuned --- for this is one of those Franken
FMs, a licensed low-power TV station funxioning as a radio station,
and who cares what if anything is on the video 4.5 MHz lower? The
WTFDA FM Database has a bunch of these if you search on 87.7,
including this, official call WLFM-LP, 3 kW horizontal only, HAAT
unknown, and agreeing with above slogan. City to City Cleveland to
Enid: 1509 km = 938 mi [WORLD OF RADIO 1934]
88.5, June 6 at 1729 UT, classical piano music vs CCI, briefly, none
around here, and presumed WYSU Youngstown OH --- A station I often
listen to online for its HD2 `Pipedreams` and `With Heart and Voice`,
Sundays 17-20 UT. 88.5 is 50/50 kW, 114.7 m HAAT. 1582 km = 983 mi
90.3, June 6 at 1731 UT, `WCPN Ideastream``, 1732 another WCPN promo.
It`s also Cleveland OH, 47/47 kW, 155m HAAT, but the `Ideastream`
group ID (along with WCLV) is not mentioned in the WTFDA DB. 1509 km =
938 mi
94.9, June 6 at 1750 UT, C&W novelty song, 1752 ``the jock-free
workday, log on to 949theoutlaw.com`` Slogan and website really
http://www.949theoutlaw.com/
lead to KOLI Electra TX, 50/50 kW, 150 m HAAT, just west of Wichita
Falls, so extended groundwave, not Es at all. 280 km = 174 mi
After lunch at a restaurant where KOSU can barely penetrate, let alone
any DX, I resume on the caradio somewheres shady in Enid:
89.5, June 6 at 1859 UT, WHRV Norfolk VA among multi-station ID, after
`Here & Now`. So the opening has moved from the North Coast to
Tidewater. WHRV is 34/34 kW, 181.7 m HAAT. 1926 km = 1197 mi
Now I`m at home with the DX-398 {my only receiver with RDS capability,
but the DX is so choppy that I am not getting any legible RDS
displays}:
91.9, June 6 at 1928 UT, break during `Fresh Air`, CCI. Traffic report
concerning the Hampton Roads Bridge, Highway 64, mentions ``HRV``
which apparently refers locally to more than another radio station. Or
was it HRB for that bridge? This would be a sibling station to 89.5
WHRV, i.e. WHRE, 4.4/4.4 kW, 118.00 m HAAT, both ``PUBLIC RADIO FOR
EASTERN VIRGINIA``, in Eastville, which is on the tip of the Delmarva
peninsula dangling down from Maryland, east of Chesapeake Bay. 1952 km
= 1213 mi
94.9, June 6 at 1930 UT, CCI including rock/dance music; 1932 & 1943
IDs as ``94.9 The Point``, i.e. WPTW Virginia Beach, 50/50 kW, 152 m
HAAT. 1939 OceanBreezeWaterPark.com ad, mentions ``Tidewater``, which
is the generic name for SE Virginia coastal area. 1953 km = 1213 mi
(I am especially attentive to 94.9, as it`s the best chance for
double-hop from Bermuda, altho the midpoint would be more like central
North Carolina. But Bermuda is only 1 kW there, while the strongest
station, 10 kW on 89.1, is blocked here by a local translator.
Hamilton is 3061 km = 1902 statute miles from Enid, an ideal double-
hop distance, 2 x the ideal single hop of 950.)
92.1, June 6 at 1942 UT, ``92.1 The Beat``, tickets to a jazz fest,
757 AC, which = the SE corner of VA; Norfolk traffic center. But there
is no 92.1 in this part of VA, so how about NC? Yes: WHBT-FM, Moyock
NC, 14.5/14.5 kW, 131.0 m HAAT, 36-37-38, 76-13-07, CLASSIC HIP-HOP,
92.1 THE BEAT. Moyock is just across the border from Norfolk VA, but
which state transmits it? The radio-locator map puts the pin
definitely on the VA side, near Chesapeake. Its website allies it with
Hampton Roads VA, on the further side of Norfolk!
https://thebeatva.iheart.com/
Who cares about little Moyock, population 3759? Distance to Moyock is
officially 1939 km = 1205 mi. BTW Enid local KAMG-LP continues to be
OFF 92.1
92.7, June 6 at 2000 UT, ID? for WBJC? No, it`s an ad for West
Virginia Junior College, WVJC, an online school with a jingle, but
then mentions Raleigh General Hospital. There is no Raleigh NC on
92.7. Goldsboro is not too far to the SE, but only a 250-watt
translator of WSSG 1300, W224DD. Raleigh`s twin city, Durham, does
have a 92.7 translator, but it`s only 5 watts, vertical only, of WQDR-
FM 94.7, W224DK, why? A bunch of other 92.7s in NC, mostly translators
don`t fit any better. (WVJC real call anyway is an 89.1 in Illinois.)
An online school would certainly not be limited to its state of
origin, but would probably do more business in adjacent states than
faraway ones. Despite mention of Raleigh, maybe this really is in WV?
There we have only two 92.7s: WGIT Clarksburg, 0.62/0.62 kW, Froggy
Country; and WKQR, Mullens, 6.0/6.0 kW, Kiss. Who knows?
[Glenn, it’s WKQR Mullens WV. Mullens is close to the more important
town of Beckley and caters to that market, which itself is the seat of
Raleigh County, and WVJC is in Charleston in the county adjacent to
Raleigh to the north. Raleigh General Hospital is in Beckley (Tim
McVey, Fredericksburg, VA, DX LISTENING DIGEST)]
Tnx, Tim. I did not think of looking for Raleigh as a county name.
1471 km = 914 miles, Mullens WV to Enid (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)]
92.9, June 6 at 2002 UT, ads from two stations alternately mixing, one
for Colonial Shooting Academy, 227-9130, which chex out to Virginia
Beach. So this one is WVBW Suffolk VA, 50/50 kW, 148 m HAAT. CCI from
Classic Hits Tulsa, and also sounded like ``KWGH`` but that call does
not check out for 92.9 or anyfrequency. (There is WGH-FM, my favorite
callsign, in Newport News, but on 97.3) Suffolk is 1900 km = 1181 mi
(Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Some very short tropo today with several LPTVs seen in
Topeka from Kansas City that cannot normally be seen. Included were
channels from the Kansas City area. KAJF-16 from Kansas City, MO is
actually licensed to Topeka.
I thought I had a new DTV via Es, but it turned out to be KHSV-2 from
Las Vegas, NV which I have seen several times. The call letters were
not with the PSIP. What I saw was virtual 21-1 Heroes, 21-2 Decades
and 21-4 Antenna TV. I found the website for Heroes affiliates located
KHSV on channel 2 with the right subchannels. There was also a weak
signal on digital channel 4 but no decode (Dave Pomeroy, Topeka,
KS/Rogue River, OR davepomeroy@sbcglobal.net June 7, WTFDA gg via
DXLD)
** U S A. What's next for public media funding?
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starting to heat up. The House and Senate Appropriations Committees,
that decides funding levels for federal programs, are working on the
Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 spending bills.
We expect the Appropriations Committees to consider FY 2019 public
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https://protectmypublicmedia.org/blog/2018/06/07/ready-to-learn-how-public-television-is-closing-the-achievement-gap/
Learn more about federal funding for public media ?
https://protectmypublicmedia.org/blog/2018/06/07/public-medias-federally-funded-programs/
Together, these federally funded programs amount to about $1.35 per
American. It’s a small but vital investment to ensure all Americans
have lifelong access to high-quality, noncommercial public media.
As we approach a busy but important time of year, we thank you for
being ready to take action and protect the local stations and programs
you love.
Thank you for being an invaluable member of the Protect My Public
Media Action Network. Sincerely, (The Protect My Public Media Team,
June 7, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
ACTION ALERT: CONGRESS TO CONSIDER PUBLIC MEDIA FUNDING
Glenn - Our time is limited. At least one of your Members of Congress
could make decisions about public media funding as early as Friday.
Over the next two weeks, the House and Senate Labor, Health and Human
Services and Education (Labor-HHS-Ed) Appropriations Subcommittees and
full Appropriations Committees are expected to finalize Fiscal Year
2019 public media funding in their annual appropriations bills.
Please email Congress now to ensure public media is fully funded in
the bills.
Email Congress ? [linx]
Your action is critical. If public media funding is not included in
both appropriations bills, securing the funding your local stations
rely on will be very difficult.
Federal funding amounts to about $1.35 per American. Without federal
funding, your local stations may have to cut programs and services
that you trust and value, or could be forced off air.
The cost of inaction is too great. Please contact Congress today.
Thank you for standing up for your stations. Sincerely, (The Protect
My Public Media Team, June 12, WORLD OF RADIO 1934, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. TO GROW ITS EVENTS BUSINESS, NPR IS TAKING A FRANCHISE
APPROACH TO ITS SHOWS --- June 8, 2018 by Lucia Moses
NPR is taking a product approach to its events as it looks to grow
audiences and sponsorship revenue.
The public broadcaster has been putting on live events for at least 20
years like tapings of its popular shows and podcasts like “Wait Wait…
Don’t Tell Me!” and more recently, “Code Switch” and “How I Built
This.” In the past couple of years, NPR has added more elements as
it’s started thinking of its editorial properties as franchises. All
in all, NPR produced about 30 events last year and anticipates growing
that number to 38 this year.
Case in point is NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts that started 10 years ago as
videos and this year includes a 14-stop tour and Tiny Desk Talks,
master class-type events for aspiring musicians. . .
https://digiday.com/media/grow-events-business-npr-taking-franchise-approach-shows/
(via Blaine Thompson, Indiana Radio Watch June 11 via John Carver,
DXLD)
** U S A. `YOU WILL LOSE A LOT OF LISTENERS': PETITION FIGHTS
CANCELLATION OF WAMU'S `HOT JAZZ SATURDAY NIGHT'
By Justin Wm. Moyer,
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/you-will-lose-a-lot-of-listeners-petition-fights-cancellation-of-wamus-hot-jazz-saturday-night/2018/06/12/b32954c8-6b38-11e8-a2c8-f30a4534ff34_print.html?noredirect=on
D.C.-area public radio station WAMU (88.5 FM) announced the
cancellation of the nearly 40-year-old program "Hot Jazz Saturday
Night" earlier this month, prompting an online petition to save the
show.
In a statement on June 2, WAMU announced that "Hot Jazz," a program
featuring music of the big-band era hosted by former congressional
researcher Rob Bamberger, would be canceled "to better reflect a
news-and-information format." Its final show will be June 23.
"After 38 years and nearly 2,000 episodes, this original WAMU program
has had an impressive run," the statement said. "While it is sad to
say goodbye to a legacy program, we know each generation of shows
paves the way for the next, and all of those that have come before
have made the station what it is today."
With the cancellation, the station announced the addition of two new
programs that will begin airing later this month: "The Daily," a radio
version of the New York Times daily news podcast, and "Live Wire," a
one-hour variety show based in Portland, Ore.
In an interview, Andi McDaniel, WAMU's senior director of content and
news, said the decision to cancel the show was "a good while in the
making" as 88.5 moves away from music programming.
"Our research tells us the best way to serve the audience and region
is a format that is predominantly news and smart talk," she said.
"Music just does not fit into the schedule. It's not the best way to
serve our audience."
[From the Kremlin to K Street: Russia-funded radio broadcasts blocks
from the White House] [sidebar link]
The online petition that was posted last week to save the show had
more than 3,700 signatures Tuesday.
"Rob Bamberger's programs, brilliantly researched and curated, are
like a beacon in the night: presenting half a century of great music,
along with illuminating and entertaining commentary in his inimitable
style and voice," the petition said. ". . . WAMU, PLEASE do not cancel
this invaluable show. If you do, you will lose a lot of listeners and
supporters and respect."
McDaniel said the petition would not change the strategy behind WAMU's
decision. Even as the station has moved away from music, its audience
has grown by 200,000 listeners, and its membership has grown to 80,000
people, she said. The station is also exploring other platforms, such
as its relaunch Monday of the blog DCist.
"It's always inspiring to see how engaged listeners can be," she said.
" `Hot Jazz,' even as listenership has declined, maintains an
incredibly engaged listener base. Those are passionate listeners. That
is what public service programming is all about."
John Edward Hasse, an emeritus curator of American music at the
Smithsonian Institution who posted the petition on his own, said "Hot
Jazz" was "one of a kind."
"If this is done primarily to drive up listenership, it makes me
wonder about whether that should be a fundamental purpose of a public
radio station," he said.
[From 1996: Cool night for hot jazz]
Bamberger did not return requests for comment. In 1996, he told The
Washington Post that the show's music "speaks to whatever sense of the
infinite that I have."
"Nostalgia gets a bad rap," he said. "I'm not keen on nostalgia in a
vacuum, because there are associations with the word `nostalgia' that
aren't historical. So many listeners I've heard from, the passion of
their associations in time and place are moving, are very moving."
"Hot Jazz" is not the only jazz program that will go dark on WAMU.
"Judy Carmichael's Jazz Inspired," a national hour-long show that airs
after "Hot Jazz," will end the same day.
As WAMU increasingly moves away from music, it has met resistance from
some listeners almost every step of the way.
Fans cried foul in 2016 when it announced plans to sell Bluegrass
Country, its signature bluegrass music offshoot that began
broadcasting in 1967. Last year, the station helped broker a deal with
a nonprofit group that airs bluegrass on HD radio 88.5 FM Channel 2.
McDaniel said WAMU had "no immediate or medium-term plans to affect
any other programming," pointing out that it hired a new host for "The
Big Broadcast," its Sunday-evening vintage radio show, after the death
of host Ed Walker in 2015.
She also said that Bamberger would remain a WAMU employee "at least
through December" and that there were no plans to revive "Hot Jazz" in
another format.
"Rob is an incredibly smart and talented host . . . a beloved part of
this station," she said. "We're leaving it to him to consider any
opportunities." (c) The Washington Post Company (via Mike Cooper,
DXLD)
** U S A. ANTENNA TV: NOW AT FULL POWER! RESCAN TO RECEIVE [E Lansing]
We have good news for our broadcast viewers and listeners! The work at
our broadcast tower is done! WKAR-TV is now on the air at the new
frequency and at full power for our normal coverage area.
As many of you know, WKAR-TV made the FCC-required frequency change on
Tuesday, May 29. In the days following the switch, broadcasting
continued at low power to a reduced coverage area while additional
work was required on the new main transmission line. Many viewers
beyond 30 miles, and those with indoor antennas, had no reception
during this period.
As of 12:50pm [EDT = 1650 UT] on Friday, June 1, WKAR began
broadcasting from the new main antenna at full tower height, at full
power, and now reaches the full coverage area for all antenna TV
viewers. See the map at the bottom of this note for the new estimated
coverage area. No further interruptions of service are scheduled or
expected at this time.
Rescan for Channels --- If you use an antenna to get TV, and you're
not currently receiving WKAR-TV over the air, please rescan for
channels now. For information about how to rescan, visit this National
Association of Broadcasters web page: Rescanning instructions at
http://tvanswers.org
FM at Full Power --- 90.5 FM and 105.1 FM are also at full strength
across their normal coverage areas.
First in Michigan, First in the Nation
With the transition to the new frequency on May 29, WKAR became the
first television station in Michigan, and the first public television
station in the nation, to make the FCC-required change. Over the next
two years, nearly 1,000 stations must move to new frequencies as part
of the FCC 'repack' of the broadcast spectrum.
More about the FCC-required project to update the WKAR-TV broadcast
frequency is here: Antenna TV Viewers - Plan to Rescan. THANK YOU!
We know how much our viewers and listeners value our unique
programming, and we heard from many of you in recent weeks wondering
when your favorite station would be back on the air. Thank you
for your patience through this challenging project. And, thanks
to everyone whose support helps keep this trusted, valued, and
essential television station on the air (WKAR June 1 via Ken Zichi,
MARE Tipsheet June 8 via DXLD) WTFK?
RF 33, WKAR, MI, East Lansing recently moved & now up to full power &
providing a good signal even with my indoor antenna in my man-cave. I
finally remembered to log this! ;)
PSIP 23.1 PBS "I'll have it my way". Fundraiser. 720p
23.2 PBS World w/America Reframed/Night School 480i
23.3 PBS Create w/Primal Grill w/Steven Raichlen 480i
23.4 PBS Kids w/Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood 480i
Good signal, steady decode. 0455-0515 6/Jun, Coby TV +indoor amplified
antenna (Kenneth Vito Zichi, MI, MARE Tipsheet June 8 via DXLD) DTV
** U S A. PBS PUSH TO PRESERVE TRANSLATOR SERVICES AWAITS FCC
DECISIONS --- By Scott Fybush | June 8, 2018
https://current.org/2018/06/pbs-push-to-preserve-translator-services-awaits-fcc-decisions/
After an extensive outreach effort to member stations, PBS officials
say they’re confident the low-power translator service that serves as
many as 38 million public TV viewers will be safe from the FCC’s
spectrum repack process.
By the time the FCC’s extended filing deadline passed June 1,
operators of 688 translators carrying programming of 55 member
stations had applied for new channels, according to Dana Golub, PBS VP
of programs management. That figure includes translators owned by
member stations and those licensed to entities such as local
associations that operate translators and government agencies that
carry PBS stations’ programming.
Golub [portrait caption]
https://current.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Dana-Golub-1805-336x434.jpg
In the weeks before the filing deadline, Golub and other PBS
representatives appeared at the PBS Annual Meeting in New Orleans, PBS
TechCon in Las Vegas and the National Translator Association’s annual
convention in Salt Lake City to try to ensure that every affected
station and translator operator knew about resources available to help
save their signals.
Operators of full-power stations can receive federal money from
auction revenue to pay for moving their stations to new frequencies,
but translators were not immediately made eligible for that
assistance. T-Mobile, the wireless carrier that bought most of the
former UHF broadcast TV spectrum the FCC auctioned last year, agreed
to fund the costs for public TV translators to change channels if
their existing channels are being displaced. Translators can be bumped
when a full-power TV station is repacked onto another channel, for
example. Many translators are on frequencies that are being removed
from TV service.
“We did a tremendous amount of outreach, ending in personal phone
calls to make sure nobody was taken by surprise,” Golub said.
A waiting game
Now that nearly all PBS member stations with affected translators have
filed for new channels, most of the next steps are in the hands of the
FCC.
The agency will likely take several weeks or even months to divide
applicants into two groups, said Melodie Virtue, principal at
Washington, D.C., law firm Garvey Schubert Barer. One will be
“singleton” applications that do not conflict with any other station’s
channel choice and can thus be granted quickly. The other will list
groups of “mutually exclusive,” or MX, applications that conflict with
each other. Those in the latter category must be resolved by technical
settlements or face the possibility of going to auction.
In its outreach process, PBS urged member stations to coordinate with
other broadcasters to try to avoid MX conflicts.
“There were none that we’ve heard about,” Golub said, “but that may
just mean we haven’t heard.”
While translator operators await the singleton and MX lists from the
FCC, they still have plenty of work to do. Even as they await FCC
action on displacement applications, many stations have received, or
may yet receive, “120-day letters” from T-Mobile notifying them that
the wireless carrier plans to begin using its new spectrum within four
months.
Those letters trigger an opportunity for stations to move under
“Special Temporary Authority,” or STA, to new channels that will allow
them to stay on the air while the FCC works through the permanent
relicensing process.
Golub says T-Mobile is likely to issue more 120-day letters even after
the FCC’s filing window has closed.
“Stations in that situation should disregard the window and proceed
with relocation, file for an STA based on the channel they filed in
the displacement window, and then proceed, hopefully, with relocation
to that channel, assuming the channel is granted by the FCC,” she
says.
PBS is urging all its translator owners to immediately start planning
their moves, whether under STA or awaiting a final grant. Each should
figure out what equipment and services they’ll need for their channel
change and apply for grants for reimbursement as soon as possible,
Golub said.
“We want to maximize efficiency and our time and stations’ time,”
Golub said. “But you don’t want to start buying equipment until you
receive a commencement of operations letter [from T-Mobile] or a
construction permit from the FCC.” Once those processes get underway,
Golub says the grant program will move quickly to reimburse stations
for expenses or provide advance payments when invoices are submitted.
More help from Congress?
Virtue says Congress may still appropriate some federal funding to
assist in translator relocation. In late May, Golub and other PBS
officials met with the FCC to review the guidelines for the PBS/T-
Mobile program, urging the commission to adopt similar guidelines for
federal repack funding. “We wanted to show the knowledge we’ve gained
from handling this program,” Golub said.
Meanwhile, translator operators await the full results of the filing
window that closed June 1. When the filings are sorted out, translator
applicants may still face one more hurdle: Their applications will
have second-class status to another set of low-power signals also
eligible to be displaced to new channels. “Digital replacement
translators,” or DRTs, are a special class of translators that filled
in service, mostly for commercial stations, when full-power digital
signals didn’t fully replicate analog TV coverage after the 2009
transition to digital TV.
“We don’t know how many DRTs are going to come in and have priority
over translators,” Virtue said. “If you’re in an MX with a digital
replacement translator, they automatically win without going to
auction. We’re just hoping [PBS translators] don’t get bounced by
any.”
In the meantime, she praised Golub’s and PBS’s hard work in preparing
member stations for the translator filing window.
“There are so many deadlines that are overlapping, depending on what
window you’re in and what you’re filing for,” she said. “It can make
you go batty.” (via Blaine Thompson, Indiana Radio Watch June 11 via
John Carver, DXLD)
** VATICAN. Reception of Vatican Radio Liturgy in English on June 8
1130-1200 on 15595 SMG 250 kW / 118 deg to N/ME English Fri, good
1130-1200 on 17590 SMG 250 kW / 112 deg to N/ME English Fri, fair
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/06/reception-of-vatican-radio-liturgy-in.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News, June 7-8, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VENEZUELA. Ha chiuso Radio Fe y Alegria 850 AM - elenco delle radio
chiuse in M[aracaibo]
Sad news about MW in Venezuela - Notizie tristi dal Venezuela per le
onde medie
https://playdxblog.blogspot.com/2018/06/ecco-le-radio-mw-off-air-in-venezuela.html
(via Giampiero Bernardini, June 6, playdx blog via DXLD)
Hardly a surprise, as Maduro has made sure there is no more faith or
happiness in Venezuela (gh) Viz.:
Brutte notizie dal Venezuela: anche Radio Fe y Alegria 850 AM ha
cessato le trasmissioni. Tornerà?
Dal gruppo pubblico Facebook CADENA DX (clicca qui)
Temistocle Contreras Leal e Giacomo San Gil Gonzalez scrivono: oggi 6
giugno 2018 si svolge in Venezuela il giorno della radiodiffusione
venezuelana e la verità è che dà tristezza lo stato per cui stiamo
versando in materia di radiodiffusione. Ho appena letto per messaggio
di testo che mi ha inviato Santiago e per questa info dell'amico
Temistocle che è andata off air un'altra emittente AM venezuelana, in
questo caso RADIO FE Y ALEGRIA en Maracaibo 850 AM.
Credo sinceramente che oggi non abbiamo nulla da festeggiare, ma
piuttosto deplorare lo stato della nostra radiodiffusione in AM e
sperare che i coraggiosi che seguono l'aria lo facciano per molti
anni.
Oltre a quanto sia difficile mantenere una radio per la situazione
caotica che attraversa il Venezuela, si aggiunge il danno che causa la
malavita che fa quello che vuole e quando va contro qualsiasi
emittente e qui non c'è autorità che faccia qualcosa al riguardo.
Oggi includiamo nella lista delle emittenti off air RADIO FE Y ALEGRIA
850 di Maracaibo, Edo. Zulia.
570 RADIO RUMBOS LA VILLA en Villa de Cura
580 LA VOZ DE LA FE en Maracaibo
580 RNV en Barinas
590 RADIO CONTINENTE en Caracas
660 RADIO ANACO en Anaco
660 ONDAS DE LOS MEDANOS en Coro
690 DEPORTIVA 690 en Barquisimeto
700 RADIO POPULAR en Maracaibo
730 RADIO UNIVERSO en Barquisimeto
740 UNION RADIO en Maracaibo
840 8-40AM en Barquisimeto
840 RADIO GUARAPICHE en Maturín
850 RADIO FE Y ALEGRIA en Maracaibo
880 RADIO VENEZUELA en Barinas
880 RNV en Caracas
880 RADIO PARAGUANA en Punto Fijo
890 RELOJ RADIO AMERICA en Valencia
940 RADIO PUNTO FIJO en Punto Fijo
960 RADIO MONAGAS en Maturín
980 UNION RADIO NOTICIAS en El Tigre
1020 RADIO CALENDARIO en Maracaibo
1030 RADIO VALLES DEL TUY en Ocumare del Tuy
1050 RNV en Cabudare
1070 MUNDIAL ZULIA en Maracaibo
1080 RADIO BARCELONA en Barcelona
1120 RADIO REPUBLICA en Maturín
1160 RADIO INDUSTRIAL en Guarenas
1180 RADIO MATURIN en Maturín
1220 RADIO AEROPUERTO en Maracaibo
1250 RADIO LATINA 12-50 en Puerto Ordaz
1300 RADIO RELOJ en Maracibo
1310 RNV en Barcelona
1330 RADIO LOS LLANOS en Calabozo
1340 RADIO MUNDIAL en Barinas
1350 RADIO ECLIPSE en el Tigrito
1350 RADIO FALCON en Puerto Cumarebo
1370 UNION RADIO NOTICIAS en Valle de La Pascua
1380 RADIO REVELACION en en Ciudad Bolívar
1400 RADIO SABANA en el Sombrero
1430 RADIO CAICARA en Caicara del Orinoco
1440 RADIO ORITUCO en Altagracia de Orituco
1470 RADIO VIBRACION en Carúpano
1550 RADIO IMPACTO Ciudad Ojeda
1580 RADIO VENEZOLANA en Calabozo
Collaboratori fino al momento: Jose Luis Malave P. - Santiago di
Compostela - Luigi José Guerra - Alessandro Brito leale - José Elías
Díaz Gómez - Temistocle Contreras Leale - Félix Antonio González Rossi
- Guglielmo Klapka - MUNIR HAYALI - Iván Enrico Oliveto - Glendys
Jesús Pirela Vargas - Francesco Ocaña - Maurizio Goyo - Raúl
Sutherland - Andrés Rodríguez.
Pubblicato da Giampiero Bernardini a giugno 06, 2018 (via DXLD)
** VIETNAM. 7155.0, VOV, at 1148, on June 6. Still am hearing this
spur that is clearly // 7285. Thanks again to Jim Young, Mauno
Ritola and Thorsten Hallmann for their original comments regarding
this (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna:
100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD)
** VIETNAM. VIETNAME, 9636 (e não 9635.8 como é habitual) R. Voz do
Vietname, Son Tay, 1002-desvan. total 1030, 06/6, vietnamita, texto;
15431 (Carlos Gonçalves, SW coast of Portugal, radioescutas yg via
DXLD)
UNIDENTIFIED [and non]. 1240, UNIDENTIFIED, 1043 June 4, 2018. Someone
pointing NNE/SSW with Mexi format, bits and pieces heard past 1100
through June 12 checks. Logical choice is WKIQ, Eustis, FL but they
are listed (and shoddy website) as Christian Spanish. This one spun
Julio Preciado "Mentira de Amor" and "Un Siglo de Amor" by the band
Tierra Cali, neither Christian artists. No commercials, but male
seemingly "La --- 12-40 AM" after every couple songs. Faded after
1100. WFSX Fox Sports Ft. Myers, presumably WZCC Cross City (Classic
Rock), and the ever-present WPAX, Thomasville, GA way-off frequency on
1240.103 co-channel. Heard again same time range with a definite "Que
Buena" though not sure if a slogan. Could I suppose also be "La Mega
1240" as the slogan. Anyone closer to Orlando able to confirm WKIQ is
no longer Spanish Christian, the Que Buena format flipped here, ex
1600 kc/s WLAA?
1240, UNIDENTIFIED, 1031 June 10, 2018. In with all the others on 1240
kc/s, someone with Classic Country. Bubbled up for a moment with
George Strait's "Baby Blue." Then on June 12, 1054 with Keith Whitley
"I'm No Stranger To the Rain" segued to "Islands In the Stream" duet
by Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers. Nothing I see that fits the format
from Florida, and points NNW. WCNC, Elizabeth City, NC or WLSC, Loris,
SC?
1240, NEW JERSEY, WSNJ, Bridgeton. 1002 June 5, 2018. Bubbled up in
the 1240 kc/s stew with very clear male "...12-40 AM, WSNJ." Then
lost. Nice, not just NJ to Florida, but at 1 kW U1 (Terry L. Krueger,
All times/dates GMT, Clearwater, FL, NRD-535, IC-R75, ICF-7600GR,
longwires, active loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. [Re 18-23]. 5005: Dutch pirate Dance Wave Shortwave was
on-air on 5005 kHz on May 26th. In a reply from the station I was told
keep an eye on 5005 kHz for further broadcasts. So might be again
active on May 30th. 73, (Patrick Robic, Austria, WOR iog via DXLD)
UNIDENTIFIED. 11730, June 9 at 0557, weak humbuzz. I suspect it`s that
defective transmitter at Issoudun, FRANCE, scheduled to be relaying R.
Japan until 0600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes
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UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS
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No new contributions received this week by MO or check in US funds on
a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702; nor
Via PayPal not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com
PUBLICATIONS
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TRANSMITTER HISTORY SITE MEDIA-RADIO.INFO
This seems like an interesting site. Transmitter site histories,
economics, politics and technology. Many countries covered but
probably better for French territories and francophone countries.
(e.g., Africa No 1 and RFI sites).
Home - https://www.media-radio.info
Country list - https://www.media-radio.info/radiodiffusion.php
Michel Fremy writes the more substantial articles and country surveys.
He has this Facebook profile
Gérant at Media-2001
Former Administrateur délégué at Mediapub
Former Gérant en droit français at ART 2000
Former Contrôle et maintenance at ITT Industries
Former Administrateur délégué at Office Europeen de Radiodiffusion
Former Producer at Radio Canada International
Former Technician at RTL
Former Technico-Réalisateur Pigiste at Radiodiffusion
Went to Institut Don Bosco Val d'Or
Went to Institut Saint Boniface
Went to Collège Saint Augustin Genval
Manages Radios du monde and Media-2001
(Derek Lynch, Ireland, June 7, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
PACIFIC ASIAN LOG Update
Hello everyone: I recently updated the Pacific Asian Log. The May 2018
version is now posted on the Radioheritage website:
http://www.radioheritage.net/
You'll need to go through a couple of the site's internal links to get
to the proper page, but you'll be able to either download the PDF
version or use the interactive version. If you have problems finding
it, let me know. I can also send a copy directly.
This time there were mainly housekeeping changes. I'll have more
changes in the next update, which should be on-line in August or early
September.
Corrections and updates from users are always welcome and can be sent
to bportzer@comcast.net or portzerbt@gmail.com.
First issued in 2001, The PAL lists medium wave and domestic shortwave
broadcasting stations in southern and eastern Asia and the Pacific. It
includes about 5000 stations in over 50 countries, with frequencies,
call signs, locations, power, networks, schedules, languages, formats,
networks and other information (Bruce Portzer, WA, June 8, WOR iog via
DXLD)
BROADCASTS IN ENGLISH
*NEW* covering the A18 summer schedules. Extra printed copies while
stocks last: UK £3, Europe £4, €5 or 5 IRCs. Rest of World £5, $US6 or
6 IRCs.
RADIO STATIONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (26th edition 2017/2018) –
BDXC’s indispensable guide to MW, FM and DAB radio across the British
Isles, by frequency and station name. PRICES (include postage): UK £4,
Europe £7, 10 Euros or 7 IRCs; Rest of World £8, $US 12 or 8 IRCs.
SPECIAL OFFER: TWO COPIES only £7 (UK); £10 or 15 Euros (Europe).
Please send all orders (UK cheques/ Postal Orders payable to “British
DX Club”) to: British DX Club, 19 Park Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6PF
($ or € - cash or Paypal only). All prices above include postage.
Paypal payments to bdxc@bdxc.org.uk Payments also welcome by bank
transfer at no extra cost - please email for details (June BDXC-UK
Communication via DXLD)
MUSEA
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STONE VINTAGE RADIO MUSEUM
http://www.stonevintageradio.com/index.php
Welcome to Stone Vintage Radio, a virtual museum and research site for
antique radios, wireless, crystal set radios, tube amplifiers, tubes,
and valves. Stone Vintage Radio museum depicts the history of early
radio from Marconi to the 1950s. It is a place to learn more about the
history of antique radios and research information on specific antique
radios, tubes, or valves (via Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec,
June Radio H.F. Internet Newsletter via DXLD)
WORLD OF HOROLOGY
+++++++++++++++++
NATIONAL RADIO HALL OF FAME
Got a favorite radio personality? Let the National Radio Hall of Fame
know who amongst their list you think deserves this! George Noorey is
one of the potential inductees!
http://nationalradiohalloffame.com/
(Ken Zichi, MARE Tipsheet June 8 via DXLD)
CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES
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RADIO FREE HONDURAS
LIVE MUSIC: In checking the schedule of my favorite Chicago-area band,
I see that Radio Free Honduras is coming to Michigan. They will be at
something called the Buttermilk Jamboree in Delton, which is between
Lansing and Kalamazoo on Friday June 15 at 9 p.m. More info on the
links below including some samples of their music. And they are much
better playing live. Some of the best live Latin music I've ever
heard.
http://radiofreehonduras.com/
http://www.buttermilkjamboree.org/music.html
(Don Moore, MARE Tipsheet June 8 via DXLD)
CIDX ANNUAL VERNON IKEDA MEMORIAL SUMMER BARBEQUE
Saturday, August 18th 2018 - 1 pm Eastern (1700 UT)
LOCATION: 79 Kipps Street, Greenfield Park, QC
Google Map: http://goo.gl/maps/1UvxP
As we head into summer it’s time to plan for this year’s edition of
the annual CIDX Vernon Ikeda Memorial Summer Barbecue. We’ve chosen
the date, August 18, 2018. Here are the details. We hope to see many
of you again this year, and for those who can’t make it, you can join
in to the event through YouTube, courtesy of CIDX member Gilles
Letourneau.
We are pleased to announce the 2018 CIDX Annual Vernon Ikeda Memorial
Summer Barbecue.
Sausages & hamburgers will be served. Please bring your own beverages.
Any food contributions (snacks, desserts, etc.) will also be
appreciated. Please confirm your attendance by telephone, 450-671-
3773, or by e-mail to Sheldon Harvey at ve2shw@yahoo.com
All CIDX members and radio friends are welcome to attend.
Once again this year, CIDXer and YouTuber Gilles Letourneau will have
a special live YouTube broadcast from the Barbecue. Check out the live
YouTube broadcast from the barbecue at 4 PM eastern; 2000 UT at
https://www.youtube.com/OfficialSWLchannel/
(June CIDX Messenger via DXLD)
DX-PEDITIONS
++++++++++++
COOK ISLANDS DXPEDITION -- AUSTRALIAN/ NZ LOGGINGS & MP3'S (PART TWO)
This is the second group of Australian and New Zealand MW station
loggings made during our April 8-13 trip to Aitutaki in the Cook
Islands-- a location with superb sunset skip propagation to New
Zealand. As a result over 100 Kiwi station recordings were made during
the trip, which have been taking some time to sort out.
The original Cook Island plan had been to investigate every MW
frequency during sunset skip over five days, but extra Polynesian
dinners scheduled by my wife ate up some serious time, causing several
frequencies to go unrecorded. Despite this the greater portion of the
MW band was indeed checked during sunset skip propagation, resulting
in the greatest number of DX recordings I've ever made during any
DXpedition. All of these sunset skip loggings were made with a hand-
held 7.5" loopstick C.Crane Skywave SSB model on the Aitutaki lagoon
beach.
Whereas the Kiwi stations dominated the sunset skip sessions, the
Australian MW stations dominated at sunrise, especially on frequencies
like 576, 594, 693, 918 and 1566-- all of which had exotic South and
Southeast Asian target stations. 693-3AW and 1566-3NE even had the
same "Ovenight Australia" program running each morning, managing to
foul up two priority frequencies with the same long-winded announcer
each session (although 693-Bangladesh had enough power to silence him
at times). 918 also had an Oz talk program fouling up the frequency
(presumably 4VL) along with RNZ and Shandong, but Cambodia did finally
break through with its National Anthem on 4-12. Overall the experience
of DXing down under was a big thrill at sunrise, though, with long
range South Asian propagation that North American DXers can only dream
about!
630 4QN Townsville, Australia, 50 kW Oz big gun was easy to hear in
the null of Radio Cook Islands' open carrier at 1500 on 4-12 with
trumpet fanfare and ABC news at the TOH; it was also easy copy in
RCI's null (with RNZ) every evening
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/ceiaw26agqd4h15jv0j0xipexd7oryy6
630 RNZ Hawkes Bay, NZ, 10 kW 5+1 time pips and female announcer
mixing with 4QN in the null of Radio Cook Islands' open carrier at
1500 on 4-12; this station was the dominant co-channel of RCI in the
evening
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/ceiaw26agqd4h15jv0j0xipexd7oryy6
639 2HC Coff's Harbour, Australia, 5 kW Local ads (mentioning the
suburb "Umarra" at 1:08) and "100.5 FM, 639 AM" ID at 1:18
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/cgv1vb0g8twz4vl6j8660hdjj53d1mmx
657 Star Wellington/ Tauranga, NZ, 50/ 10 kW A real powerhouse with
its Christian programming each evening, its signal tapered off
somewhat around sunrise, allowing Pyongyang and AIR (Kolkata) to sneak
through on 4-12. This signal (at 1651 on 4-12) starts off with the
Asians nulled for a few seconds (after AIR had hit its peak), with
Star's Irish-accented preacher hitting an S9 level briefly
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/3o4kd9pkall7oyrzzhy0n2hnx3o8ypfx
675 RNZ Christchurch, NZ, 10 kW Another evening powerhouse with a
traffic report during the rush hour at 0630 on 4-12
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/o7fldq2j27j3xdpfmwn7yienzn11kq9l
693 3AW Melbourne, Australia, 5 kW This was the major pest for
Bangladesh reception (and much more troublesome than Radio Sport).
This recording of the "Overnight Australia" program at 1703 on 4-10
was during a mix with news from Bangladesh, and features multiple
promotions (initially) for the 3AW smart phone and the 3AW app (I
don't think I'll apply for these!)
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/39r5556vdg04sasruqfqgqkyyr8wkm7v
693 Radio Sport Dunedin, NZ, 5 kW Usually dominant around 1600
daily, only to lose out to 3AW and Bangladesh as 1700 approached. This
Yankee-accented program (Fox Sports News relay) was at 1608 on 4-10
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/e921kcqxno63geffbqi3t6hq97l31vey
702 2BL Sydney, Australia, 50 kW The Oz big gun had a rough time
going up against Kiwi Magic in the Cooks. Here it was at almost equal
strength (with male-female conversation under Magic's "See You Later,
Alligator") at 0740 on 4-9
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/j4xkzd773528d4ekr3ibjw184j5hev0i
702 Magic Auckland, NZ, 10 kW Magic's flagship station ruled the
frequency each evening, with awesome signals around the Kiwi sunset,
such as at 0730 on 4-10 with this very creative oldies song medley ID
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/n0bnhm6yay3w0nwbfj7mez8foxuo7tvb
729 Radio Sport Whangarei, NZ, 3 kW Dominant over a real crowd at
1648 on 4-13 with Yankee-accented Fox Sports News relay
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/ykyl4b029h1xynq0vea1w8ttz0nk7peh
738 2NR Grafton, Australia, 50 kW Dominant over Magic (a pretty
rare occurrence in the evening) at 0745 on 4-9 with male speech
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/synliotkd983zc7ch57rcx84xwswuwas
738 Magic Christchurch, NZ, 5 kW The usual sunset skip leader on
the frequency, with strong music // 702 over 2NR at 0731 on 4-10
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/vp58j5scujemjzn59ua6tebzk7c56awl
756 RNZ Auckland, NZ, 10 kW This was one of the strongest RNZ
signals each evening, although for some reason it never was recorded.
Usually at equal strength with its 567 and 675 parallels.
765 Radio Kahungunu Hawkes Bay, NZ, 2.5 kW This Maori-language
overachiever was competitive with its 603 parallel on most evenings,
but like 756-RNZ accidentally went unrecorded (most likely due to an
unscheduled Polynesian dinner).
774 3LO Melbourne, Australia, 50 kW The Oz big gun was a potent
presence during most sunrise sessions, such as at 1611 on 4-9 (booming
in over NZ's Radio Sport)
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/krxsxdkps64zbmlnm0m0wuoeivqmp4yd
774 Radio Sport New Plymouth, NZ, 5 kW Yankee-accented Fox Sports
news relay almost at equal strength with 3LO at 1612 on 4-9, but
usually way under the Oz big gun around sunrise
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/5xqrmwv1n3866u2rotzxq9oa3wa4o8lz
792 4RN Brisbane, Australia, 25 kW Not very impressive for the
power level on most mornings, usually in a lackluster mix with NZ's
Yankee-accented Radio Sport (such as at 1614 on 4-9, playing music //
576)
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/eg72jxaf03tdxu4l70vbg52231ixckn5
792 Radio Sport Hamilton, NZ, 5 kW Dominant over a weak 4RN with
Fox Sports News relay at 1615 on 4-9
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/6pdsb8j64gdmb7882rwh1jhy8eixkco2
810 2BA Bega, Australia, 10 kW Female speech // 774 (along with RNZ
and a possible KGO) at 0850 on 4-10
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/1opl0zzodp01jhbfu2sv2o0fzqyttqhd
810 RNZ Dunedin, NZ, 10 kW Male speech // 819 in a three station
mix at 0850 on 4-10; co-channels were 2BA and a possible KGO
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/1opl0zzodp01jhbfu2sv2o0fzqyttqhd
819 RNZ Tauranga, NZ, 10 kW Strong signal all alone with male
conversation // 810 at 0848 on 4-10
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/qa751yhhwxlosyi1po1zgqdrbzd7e047
828 TAB Trackside Radio Palmerston North, NZ, 2 kW You can almost
smell the horses as the low power TAB Trackside leaves the Aussie 3GI
way down in the dust at 0835 on 4-10
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/t73cumjyelggta9dgk94nyu23lv3wzol
828 3GI Sale, Australia, 10 kW Female and male speech // 774 way
under NZ's TAB Trackside at 0835 on 4-10
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/t73cumjyelggta9dgk94nyu23lv3wzol
837 RNZ Whangarei/ Kaitaia, NZ, 2.5/ 2 kW Male speech // 819 in a
mix with 4RK at 0840 on 4-10
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/nx22gapusqquzotjoo873l7itbmf9hkv
837 4RK Rockhampton, Australia, 10 kW Female speech // 774 in a mix
with RNZ at 0840 on 4-10
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/nx22gapusqquzotjoo873l7itbmf9hkv
846 Newstalk ZB Masterton, NZ, 2 kW The usual co-channel in the
null of Radio Kiribati (on Christmas Island), it was at a fairly
strong level with female and male speech // 1035 at 0833 on 4-10
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/4lxwj5239ug4rsdwzju2k7136zv7h67f
855 Rhema Hamilton, NZ, 2 kW "Focus on the Family" promo and
commercial ads at 0830 on 4-10, followed by the "Focus" program in
Yankee-accented English
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/s0xxgxqg94043ycr861gijkaotgjltw3
864 Newstalk ZB Invercargill, NZ, 10 kW Modest signal with female
speech // 1035 over a weak co-channel at 0827 on 4-10
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/1385lejm7f82qu2wc61bfxn1dsbabzwj
(TO BE CONTINUED) (Gary DeBock, WA, June 7, IRCA at HCDX via DXLD)
Although sunset skip on Aitutaki island usually favored Kiwi signals,
for some reason 891-Radio TAB in Townsville, Australia was in a close
horse race with 828-Trackside for the best racing signal every evening
(while Wellington's Magic rarely seemed to get out of the gate).
At 0821 on 4-10 Radio TAB was pounding in at a winning level,
featuring a bizarre "When You're After Your Mate" ad at 28 seconds,
complete with a gambling addiction hotline number. Meanwhile 891-
Wellington was left in the dust, barely showing up at the end of the
race
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/2t7mn5m32326z3drhyta6dtwnx4y3t5z
(Gary DeBock (DXing with a 7.5" loopstick CC Skywave SSB portable in
Aitutaki, Cook Islands)
DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See ETHIOPIA; INDIA!; NEW ZEALAND
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DAB See PUBLICATIONS
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- IBOC See MEXICO
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV See MEXICO; OKLAHOMA; USA KHSV, WKAR
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM
+++++++++++++++++++++
HOT-RODDED SSB TRAVEL PORTABLE -- FIGHT TO THE FINISH (OF THE MW BAND)
Recently the new XHDATA D-808 AM-LW-FM-SW-AIR-SSB portable has finally
become available to North American purchasers, with a couple of eBay
sellers in China offering the innovative Si4735-chip based model for
around $112, plus $10 shipping. As reported in previous posts, the new
model delivers a lot of performance for the price, offering the best
AM-DXing sensitivity of any portable in its size range, along with
superb FM-DXing sensitivity. A high resolution photo of the new model
is posted at
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/82se0nphymzayz1vw4fk8vnkia11xedm
The C. Crane Skywave SSB model is also a great performer for the size,
although its relatively short loopstick (66mm vs 96mm) causes it to
fall short of the D-808 in AM sensitivity, as well as in FM
sensitivity. At a $169.99 list price (plus shipping), it also falls
quite a bit short of the new D-808 in affordability. It performed very
well in my recent DXpedition to the Cook Islands, but almost any
portable would probably perform like a champion in such an enhanced
environment. In any case, I was curious how the CC Skywave SSB model
and XHDATA D-808 would stack up against each other with exactly the
same Medium Wave antenna-- a 7.5 inch transplanted loopstick
(originally designed for the Tecsun PL-380 model).
After a new XHDATA D-808 model was "supercharged" with one of these
high-performance loopsticks (a very easy process to perform, in
comparison to the same, nerve-wracking operation on the ultra-compact
Skywave)
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/vk26lkhhu77q8buzuaido03fmy5s7xst
the two hot-rodded portables assembled for a high-noon Shootout in the
reception of two ultra-weak daytime DX stations-- the SeaTac airport
TIS on 530 kHz (15 watts at 17 miles) and the 1700-City of Auburn TIS
(15 watts at 11 miles). A photo of the two contestants in the high
noon sun is posted at
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/2vbsnhbbz5pyq45mki4cnbz45v4l96jq
Both models needed to absolutely max out their volume levels in order
to receive these ultra-weak stations. The SeaTac Airport TIS was
received by the 7.5" loopstick CC Skywave SSB model for the first 19
seconds in the following MP3, and the new 7.5" loopstick XHDATA D-808
model received the same very weak station for the next 30 seconds
(recorded within a few seconds of each other)
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/f3otu59k92e7rfletc093n9uehf0pawl
The next test was in the reception of the 1700-City of Auburn TIS
station (another super-weak station). Once again, both models needed
to absolutely max out their volume levels. The 7.5" loopstick CC
Skywave SSB received the station for the first 22 seconds, while the
7.5" loopstick XHDATA D-808 received it for the next 32 seconds
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/mucugek9f4rqpnb3us6nlpb6nbp5iqdc
The overall judgement (in my opinion) was that although both models
were fairly competitive in actual signal quality delivered, the CC
Skywave definitely suffers because of its relatively wimpy audio amp
in the 1700-Auburn competition. The D-808 seems to throw in some extra
noise in the 530-SeaTac reception, although the signal quality didn't
seem to be improved with the higher noise level. Someone could say
that that the CC Skywave had superior reception of 530-SeaTac, simply
because of the lower level of background noise. In any case, since the
weak-signal reception capability of the two models seems to be roughly
similar (except when the Skywave's wimpy audio amp throws in the
towel), the overall verdict must be that the new D-808 is the value
winner in the "supercharged" SSB travel DXing portable class.
For the 1% of the MW-DXing community that still has the interest and
capability to modify portables in this way, I would strongly suggest
that you devote your resources to the new XHDATA D-808. Besides the
much lower price, superior FM reception and powerful audio amp, it
also provides decent Longwave performance (after you transplant the
7.5" MW loopstick into the model, that is). The next wacky operation
scheduled here is a 7.5" Longwave loopstick transplant into the D-808-
- which quite possibly could nail down a reputation as the best SSB-
enhanced NDB-DXing travel portable on the planet. 73 and Good DX (Gary
DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA, nrc-am gg via DXLD)
STICKY RADIOS [re 18-23]
That happened to my G8. I tried a few things but nothing worked. Sent
from my iPhone (Dennis Gibson, IRCA at HCDX via DXLD)
Ira, I think I used alcohol and an old wash cloth. Had to scrub hard
but it never came back (Steve Hawkins, IRCA at HCDX via DXLD)
I used alcohol on all my Etons, worked OK (N7SOK, IRCA, ibid.)
I used 91% alcohol on my E1, G3, G5, E10 and G8 on a rag and rubbed.
It worked for me. After all that stuff I feel like I should be yelling
BINGO! (Kevin, Crump, TN, Redding, June 7, ABDX yg via DXLD)
Thanks Kevin! I’ll give alcohol a shot. Hopefully, it’ll do wonders
for the radio too (Bert New, Sent from my iPhone, ibid.)
Not sure how this would work, but I have used something called Goo
Gone Original to remove sticky stuff on all sorts of things. It is not
abrasive but try a bit first to see how it goes (Shawn Axelrod
VE4DX1SMA, Winnipeg MB Canada, nrc-am gg via DXLD)
I used goo gone on my vinyl siding and it took the color off; wound up
having to reside the house (Ed Muro, ibid.)
FM DXING 2.01
Finally completed my improvements for the 2018 DX season—several
months behind schedule, but hopefully early enough in the E-Skip
season.
The improvements are modeled after what many European DX’ers are
doing, and take into account the reality of translators, LPFM, etc.
overcrowding on the band in the United States.
In a nutshell, here’s what we set out to do:
REDUCE NOISE FLOOR
In the past, most US DX’ers wanted two things height above average
terrain and gain. If any consideration was given to the noise level
(EMI) of the surroundings, it was secondary to those factors. In the
modern world, that isn’t the best approach.
Using the SDR last season, I determined that the noise floor at my
antenna site was high. After eliminating as many switching power
supplies as possible in my house, putting shielded cables on my
Internet router, and ferrite beads everywhere, I still wasn’t happy.
A survey of my yard using a portable FM radio, I found that the far
side of my yard had noise levels approximately 10db better than
anywhere else. I relocated my Korner 9.2 FM antenna, and FM-6 Yagi to
this area.
In addition, I filtered the output of both antennas using a Tin Lee
CF7X FM Bandpass filter. These filters are expensive, but the
performance is top notch. They eliminate all out of band interference
before it can reach the input of your pre-amplifier or receiver and
degrade its noise floor.
http://www.tinlee.com/Graph_ALL_FM_filters.php?active=2
Next step was to add a low noise figure pre-amp directly at the
antenna. This allows me to overcome the loss in the long cable run
(about 200 feet) and the four way splitters used in the shack. The
antennas both feed multiple receivers.
After trying several models of both North American and European pre-
amplifiers, I opted for the Kitztech KT-501 pre-amp. This high-
performance, American made pre-amp has a noise figure of only 0.85 dB
and is overload resistant. The gain of the pre-amp is variable, and
this feature is critical. I set the gain to about 7 dB — just enough
to overcome losses without driving up the noise floor.
http://kitztech.com/KT501.html
I have coil loops at each feed point and multiple ferrite beads on
each end of the cable run, and in the middle to break up common mode
currents. The result is a much improved noise floor. Atlanta stations
that used to require early morning enhancement or tropo are now
receivable 24/7 — ditto for other stations from TN, MS, etc.
I’ve even managed to put new ones in the log!
TEAM SDR TECHNOLOGY WITH ANALOG
My primary analog receiver remains the Sony XDR-F1HD. I have two of
them in use at the shack. One is my primary “real time” monitoring
tool, while the other is dedicated to meteor scatter recordings
overnight. Both have been modified by the “XDR-Guy” and are stellar
performers.
Alongside these, I use three different SDRs to cover the entire FM
band during openings. The Elad FDM-S2, the Airspy SDR2, and the
SDRPlay RSP-2 Pro. These are are controlled by two Windows 10 PCs,
equipped with large external drives.
The Dennon-TU 1500RD is used to feed RDS Spy 24/7 looking for meteor
scatter logs.
AUTOMATE LOGGING
To the greatest extent possible, I try to automate logging. The Airspy
SDR2 uses SDRSharp software so that I can use the “RDS Logger” plug-
in. This versatile plug-in can scan the entire FM band, skipping
locals, and logging new RDS decodes. It’s great, but not nearly as
sensitive as the “RDS Spy” software, so I use an MPX plugin to feed
the signal to RDS Spy looking for weak signal decodes. This generate a
text file that I check once per day.
The Meteor Scatter logging also generates an RDS Spy file daily —
usually with one or two decodes, and almost always re-logs. But when
you get a new one, it’s cause for celebration!
I use “Total Recorder” software to record a 12 hour long MP3 file
daily of the audio output of the Sony XDR-F1HD dedicated to meteor
scatter. Looking at this file on an audio editing software like Sound
Forge, it’s easy to see “spikes” caused by meteor pings. You can speed
through the file and review these in about 20 minutes. Most reveal
loud bursts of music, or useless talk, but some yield station ID’s,
local ads, or other clues to the identify of the station.
REDUCE BANDWIDTH
The biggest boon to logging new stations has to be the narrow
bandwidth and high F/B ratio of the Korner 9.2 antenna. This beam
isn’t high gain, but it’s laser sharp. During a tropo opening, you can
“bump” the rotor just a touch and sometimes reveal another station
under the DX you’re listening to.
You can also greatly reduce the strength of locals during an e-skip
opening allowing DX to come through on adjacent channels, and
sometimes even on the primary.
FUTURE UPGRADES
Next up is the desire to experiment with phasing two Korner 9.2
antennas against each other to produce even deeper nulls on locals.
I’ve purchased the phaser (from a company in the UK) and have an
unassembled Korner 9.2 in the attic. Cable is run and buried
underground.
Just have to find time to get it all up and working.
The Skywaves e-mail list has been invaluable to me. The advice and
techniques being used by European DX’ers were all new to me. Bill,
Bryce, and other DX’ers within WTFDA also offered patient insight as I
learned about SDR’s.
73, (Les Rayburn, N1LF, 121 Mayfair Park, Maylene, AL 35114, EM63nf
Member WTFDA, IRCA, NRC. Former CPC Chairman for NRC & IRCA.
Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy SDR2, SDRPlay RSP-2 Pro, Sony XDR-F1HD, Dennon
TU-1500RD, Sangean HDT-1, Ray Dees RDS Decoders, Korner 9.2 Antenna,
FM-6 Antenna, Quantum Phaser, Wellbrook ALA1530 Loop, Wellbrook Flag,
Clifton Labs Active Whip.
“Nothing but blues and Elvis, and somebody else’s favorite song…”,
June 11, WTFDA gg via DXLD)
[later:] In my brief write up, I mentioned my hope to experiment with
an FM Phaser, but neglected to mention where I had purchased the unit.
These are (or were) available from HS Publications, owned by Garry
Smith in the UK. You can request a PDF catalog of his hard-to-find TV
and FM dxing tools at: GarrySmith4505625.hs@gmail.com [number error]
When I tried to e-mail Garry this afternoon for a new catalog, the e-
mail address got returned as undeliverable. Maybe someone on the
Skywaves list can update us on the status of HS Publications and
Garry?
[later2:] I think we have “operator error” with the e-mail address.
Garry Smith seems to be alive, well, and still in business. You can e-
mail him at:
GarrySmith405625.hs@gmail.com
A PDF file of his latest catalog which includes FM Phaser, notch
filter, aerials, and other goodies can be obtained by sending Garry an
e-mail to the address above. To my knowledge, this is the only
commercial FM phaser available on the market. 73, (Les Rayburn, N1LF,
ibid.)
REVERSE BEACON NETWORK
Here is more information about a really very original application
that runs on practically any computer that can be connected to the
Internet, makes possible to see the results of the REVERSE BEACON
NETWORK --- an amazing achievement accomplished by volunteer amateur
radio operators from many countries around the world. I won't attempt
to describe here how the receiving stations that are known as quote
skimmers unquote, automatically pick up amateur CW Morse
radiotelegraphy signals that are calling CQ, and then also by means of
an automated subroutine measure the CW transmission speed and the
signal to noise ratio.
If it sounds to you like science fiction, but it is certainly not, and
the Reverse Beacon Network is adding yet another tool to learn more
about the extremely complex phenomena that make possible ionospheric
short wave propagation. Making CW CQ calls at speeds between 5 and 15
words per minute made them possible to be picked up by several
automatic receiving stations knows as skimmers and posted at the
Reverse Beacon Network site so that they could be seen by just typing
the callsign of any amateur radio station.
You may want to visit the home page of the Reverse Beacon Network
after calling CQ on CW if you already are an amateur radio station
operator, and just learn, for example, what is happening when your
friend Arnie Coro CO2KK called CQ on the ham bands.
Just type the following URL on your Internet browser search line:
<http://www.reversebeacon.net/srch.php>
Then when the site opens and asks for whom you are looking for, type
CO2KK and you will see the latest spots on each of the ham bands where
I called CQ (Prof. Arnaldo Coro Antich, CO2KK, [script for DXers
Unlimited] June 5 via wb df5sx wwdxc, via BC-DX June 10 via DXLD)
1440 KHZ REPORT FROM CLASHMORE
I thought I’d share the results of my check of 1440 kHz for the period
from 1st April to date. All on the 236 degree beverage, though not
always on its full length of 460m, which due to regular deer damage
could have been shorter on occasion! Some US stations heard early on
in the period have been excluded from this report.
Over the last couple of months Saudi Arabia has dominated in the
evenings, mixing with ZYH466 on occasions, more frequently during
April and May.
Paradise FM in Belgium blocked the channel 0000 2/5, 2300 13/5, 2100
19/5, 2200 and 2300 2/6. ZYH466 was generally dominant in the mornings
around dawn, though it has been largely absent or weak so far in June,
and Sa`udi Arabia has been weaker recently as we approach mid-summer.
During April and May reception has been rather poor during the period
from 0000 until just before the dawn lift, although recently there has
been a reception peak around 0000 as well as around 0400 here in
Clashmore.
It can be rather daunting when the same stations are heard dominating
a channel night after night, so it’s nice to hear something different
occasionally. Hence, I’ve listed below the dates other stations were
audible on the channel.
Identified:
Radio Impacto, Argentina: 2301 17/4; 0300 30/5; 0400 6/6; 0300, 0400
8/6; 0400 9/6; actual 1440.074 kHz
AM 1440, Mar de Ajó, Argentina: 2304 17/4; also possibly 0603 on 27/4;
actual 1339.998 kHz (I think – difficult to tell with multiple
carriers present)
RCN HJGM: 0402 13/5; 0400 11/6
R Rivera CX144: 0403 6/5; 0501 8/5; 0401 22/5; 0400 3/6; 0005 11/6
UNIDs:
Another Brazilian on-channel mixing with ZYH466: 0600 14/4; 0701 27/4;
0601 8/5; 0504 9/5; 2300 21/5
0500 6/6 – sounded like “La Voz de …” (possibly Bolivia – still under
investigation).
0200, 0400 7/6; 0400 9/6; 0400 11/6 – Brazilian on 1440.133 kHz; good
peaks at 0400 on 7/6 but no ID noted.
Comments/suggestions on the UNIDs appreciated. Good DX! 73, (Martin A
Hall, Clashmore, Scotland. Perseus SDR with Jaguar software, RPA-1
preamp, beverages: 289m at 187 , 460m at 236 , 490m at 276 , all
terminated.
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/clashmoreradio/
June 11, MWCircle yg via DXLD)
Thank you, especially for the offsets. Monitoring of a certain
frequency by many DXers might be interesting. 73, (Mauno Ritola,
ibid.)
Hello Martin, Thank you also from me for the detailed info. Glad you
sorted my pop music mystery on 1440. I assume Paradise FM is a pop
pirate. Is it on every morning now? My 360 degree facing Flag looses
around 5-10 Db on the Brazil front. Around half a dozen Peru stations
made it. June has been very unsettled and nothing really getting
through save NL and the NYC blowtorch stations on the East coast.
Best wishes (Barry :-) Davies, Carlisle UK. Lat. 55.0119N Lon. -
2.9668W, ibid.)
As for your Brazilian on 1440.133, we noted a station with a fairly
strong signal on Andøya in October 2017 on that offset. Only Rádio
Gaúcha programming was heard all night, so one of the stations in Rio
Grande do Sul (Jan Alvestad, ibid.)
Hi Jan, Thanks for the feedback. I also heard Gaúcha programming.
73, (Martin Hall, ibid.)
[non] SUBMARINE CABLE MAP
https://www.submarinecablemap.com/
What data is included on this map? The map includes the following data
points about each submarine cable shown:
Official submarine cable system name
Ready for service date (RFS)
Cable system length in kilometers
Owners of the system
Official URL of the system
Landing points
Be sure to click on the “Look No Further” link on the right sidebar
for more information about this site. Also, clicking on each cable
name will open up an information page on each cable (via Sheldon
Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec, June Radio H.F. Internet Newsletter
via DXLD)
PROPAGATION
+++++++++++
INTENSE SPORADIC E MAKES FOR EXTREMELY SHORT SKIP DISTANCE
92.5, WINC, Winchester, VA. June/06/18, 1130 EDT [1530 UT], VG,
English. "Wink News" and "Wink Weather Authority". Local ads for
Winchester area. NEW SHORT Es RECORD - 307 Miles!! RELOG, Previously
logged by TROPO as well. 22 kW. RECEIVERS: ELAD FDM-S2 SDR and SANGEAN
HDT-1X TUNER; ANTENNAS: INNOV 8 Element Beam at 19 Feet. FM LOG TOTALS
are now 3,323 stations heard. 73 ROB VA3SW (Robert S. Ross, London,
Ontario CANADA, odxa iog via DXLD) He had several other short Es logs
in this opening, under 600 or under 500 miles (gh, DXLD)
PROPAGATION OUTLOOK FROM PIG
Geomagnetic activity forecast for the period June 08 - July 03, 2018
Geomagnetic field will be:
quiet on June 9 - 12, 16 - 17, 20 - 24, July 2 - 3
quiet to unsettled on June 8, 18 - 19, 25
quiet to active on June 13 - 15, July 1
unsettled to active on June 26, 29 - 30
active to disturbed on June 27 - 28
Solar wind will intensify on June (13 - 15,) 16 - 17, (18 - 19,
22 - 24, 26,) 27 - 29, (30,) July 1
Remark:
- Parenthesis means lower probability of activity enhancement.
F. K. Janda, OK1HH (from Czech Propagation Interested Group, compiling
this geomagnetic activity weekly forecasts since 1978). e-mail:
ok1hh(at)rsys.cz
MORE:
http://www.asu.cas.cz/~sunwatch/weekly-forecast
(via gh, June 11, dxldyg via DXLD)
:Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2018 Jun 11 0344 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction
Center
# Product description and SWPC contact on the Web
# http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/weekly.html
#
# Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
#
Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 04 - 10 June 2018
Solar activity was mostly at very low levels with an isolated
C-class flare observed at 06/1100 UTC from Region 2712 (N15, L=176,
class/area Csi/080 on 28 May) from just beyond the West limb. The
solar disk was spotless from 06-10 Jun. No Earth-directed coronal
mass ejections (CMEs) were observed during the reporting period.
No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit reached
high levels throughout the period with a maximum flux of 19,491 pfu
observed at 06/1705 UTC.
Geomagnetic field activity ranged from quiet to active levels over
the period. Solar wind speed was in decline from a negative polarity
coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS) on 04-05 Jun with solar wind
speeds declining from approximately 630 km/s to near 450 km/s while
total field ranged from 2 nT to 9 nT. The geomagnetic field was at
quiet levels on 04-05 Jun. By midday on 06 Jun, an enhancement in
total field was observed reaching a maximum of 11 nT at 07/0635 UTC.
The Bz component reached a maximum of -8 nT at 06/1820 UTC. The
geomagnetic field responded with quiet to active levels on 06 Jun
and quiet to unsettled levels on 07 Jun. By 08 Jun and through the
rest of the period, solar wind speeds were at nominal levels with
solar wind speeds at 400 km/s or less and total field at 5 nT or
less. Quiet conditions were observed on 08-10 Jun.
FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 11 JUNE - 07 JULY 2018
Solar activity is expected to be at very low levels with a slight
chance for isolated C-class flares from 11 Jun-01 Jul with the
return of old Regions 2711 (N06, L=288) and 2712 (N15, L=176) to the
visible disk.
No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is
expected to reach high levels on 11 Jun and again from 28 Jun-07 Jul
due to CH HSS influence.
Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at unsettled levels on
12-14 Jun and 19 Jun due to weak CH HSS effects. Unsettled to active
levels are expected on 27-30 Jun with G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm
levels likely on 28-29 Jun due to recurrent CH HSS effects.
:Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2018 Jun 11 0344 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction
Center
# Product description and SWPC contact on the Web
# http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wwire.html
#
# 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
# Issued 2018-06-11
#
# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2018 Jun 11 72 5 2
2018 Jun 12 72 8 3
2018 Jun 13 72 8 3
2018 Jun 14 72 8 3
2018 Jun 15 72 5 2
2018 Jun 16 72 5 2
2018 Jun 17 72 5 2
2018 Jun 18 73 5 2
2018 Jun 19 74 8 3
2018 Jun 20 74 5 2
2018 Jun 21 75 5 2
2018 Jun 22 75 5 2
2018 Jun 23 75 5 2
2018 Jun 24 74 5 2
2018 Jun 25 74 5 2
2018 Jun 26 73 5 2
2018 Jun 27 72 15 4
2018 Jun 28 72 28 5
2018 Jun 29 71 18 5
2018 Jun 30 71 10 3
2018 Jul 01 70 5 2
2018 Jul 02 70 5 2
2018 Jul 03 70 5 2
2018 Jul 04 69 5 2
2018 Jul 05 69 5 2
2018 Jul 06 69 5 2
2018 Jul 07 68 5 2
(SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1934, DXLD)
TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING
++++++++++++++++++++++++
RADIO PRESENTERS AND JOURNALISTS AMONG TOP JOBS FOR PSYCHOPATHS
Via Radio Today Australia
http://www.bandt.com.au/marketing/top-10-jobs-pyschopaths-media-journalism-top-list
If you work in radio you are more likely to be subject to psychopathic
behaviour from your co-workers, according to the findings presented in
a new book by Oxford research psychologist Dr Kevin Dutton.
As B&T reports, Dr Dutton, who works at the Department of Experimental
Psychology at Oxford University, has written a book called The Wisdom
of Psychopaths: What Saints, Spies and Serial Killers Can Teach Us
About Success.
The book details the jobs that are most likely to attract psychopaths,
with journalists and media presenters taking out the second and third
spots on the list respectively.
The #1 job likely to attract people with psychopathic behaviour is
that of CEO, and others include public servants, police, surgeons,
chefs and lawyers.
Dutton says that the key character traits to look out for are the
ability to control others, and to manipulative.
He goes on to say that psychopaths generally perform well in an office
environment, are often found in senior management and that the CEO is
the career most suited to the personality disorder.
Top 10 List:
1. CEO
2. Journalists
3. Media presenters
4. Public servants
5. Police
6. Clergy
7. Salespeople
8. Surgeons
9. Lawyers
10. Chefs
(June CIDX Messenger via WORLD OF RADIO 1934, DXLD) ###