DX LISTENING DIGEST 15-49, December 9, 2015
Incorporating REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING
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WORLD OF RADIO 1803 CONTENTS: *DX and station news about:
Anguilla, Armenia, Australia, Bhutan, Canada [CHRF: 980], China, Cuba
non, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Europe, Germany non, Goa and non,
India, Indonesia, International Vacuum, Korea, Kurdistan non,
Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Mιxico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oklahoma, Romania,
Solomon Islands, Taiwan, USA, Yemen
SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1803, December 10-16, 2015
Thu 1230 WRMI 9955 [confirmed]
Thu 2100 WRMI 7570 [confirmed]
Fri 0200 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed]
Fri 2130 WRMI 15770 [confirmed]
Fri 2130 WRMI 7570 [confirmed]
Sat 0730 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Sat 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Sat 2030v WA0RCR 1860-AM
Sun 0415v WA0RCR 1860-AM [not confirmed after 0442]
Sun 0900 WRMI 5850
Mon 0400v WBCQ 5110v Area 51 [confirmed]
Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 [confirmed on webcast]
Tue 1200 WRMI 9955
Wed 1415 WRMI 9955
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v
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** AFGHANISTAN [non]. U.K.(and non) BaBcoCk music instead of Radio
Ashna, Dec 7
1430-1500 on 12075 WOF 300 kW / 075 deg to WeAs Pashto
1500-1630 on 12075 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to WeAs Dari
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/babcock-music-instead-of-radio-ashna.html
73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Dec 6-7, dxldyg via DXLD)
** ALBANIA. 7470, R. Tirana with s/on, YL schedule and ID and into OM
English News. 0239 into music, and 0243 "Profile" with English talx re
violinist, and then more music. IS and ABRUPTLY off with no further
ID. 44443+, 0230-0258* 28/Nov, SPR-4 +randomwire (Ken Zichi, Port Hope
MI2 with various pieces of gear, MARE Tipsheet Dec 4 via DXLD)
7465, Dec 6 at 0051, R. Tirana is on at ~S9 but low modulation in
Albanian.
7470, Dec 6 at 0255, carrier detectable here in local noise level, so
presumably R. Tirana is not off the air this Saturday night in English
to North America (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ALGERIA [and non]. ALGERIA/ROMANIA, 153 kHz. This morning at 0440
UT, I heard the Algerian 153 kHz frequency transmitter from Bechar,
stronger than RadioCom Brasov Kronstadt Bod signal from Romania co-
channel. Used the SDR remote net unit at Madrid. S=9+25dB.
Thus is clarified that Algeria continues albeit with low transmission
power in the channel 153 kHz frequency. The derating so to repair 576
kHz mediumwave installation to a single-mast + new builtup earth net,
to build up the new Transradio medium-wave transmitter to the Bechar
MW station of 576 kHz in 400 to 600 kW power range, and not to
endanger the Ampegon & Transradio technicians during work.
Listen to the recording in ogg.format. SDR receiver audio output feed
via VAC Virtual Audio Cable as 'Line_4' signal into Audacity software,
transformed OGG audio format output as file. 73 wb (Wolfgang Bόschel,
Dec 8, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ALGERIA. Re: ``891, Chaξne 1, Ouled Fayet, NOV 28, 0205 - Het upon
890 WLS Chicago, instantly bringing to mind the 600/300 kW Algerian,
although I seem to recall it's ailing. Incomplete MW scan notices no
other TA carriers, of course checking secondly 1521 for Saudi (1520
KOKC has enough problems with the co-channel from Minnesota). (Glenn
Hauser, Enid OK; NRD-545 with ALA-330S east/west, or north/south not
very long wire, DX-398 or PL-880 with internal antenna only, sometimes
FRG-7 with ~100-ft east/west longwire, NRC IDXD 83-06, December 2015
via DXLD)``
This station is back on the air, noted here most nights but with too
much interference from 3-miles-east-of-me 900, WGHM to get readable
audio out of the under-modulated signal (Bruce Conti, WPC1CAT, Nashua
NH; WiNRADiO Excalibur, MWDX-5 phasing unit, 15 x 23-m variable
termination SuperLoop antennas at 60 northeast and 180 south, NRC
IDXD 83-06, December, 2015 via DXLD)
** ANGOLA. 4949.8, Rαdio Nacional, Mulenvos, 1931-1950, 05-12,
Portuguese comments, songs. 14321 (Manuel Mιndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in
Lugo and Friol, Tecsun PL-880 and Sangena ATS-909X, Cable antenna, 8
meters and Degen 31MS active loop antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** ANGUILLA [non]. Hi Glenn, Dec 5, at 0436, also noted Caribbean
Beacon off the air (6090). Heard faint open carrier, but impossible to
tell which station it was (Ron Howard, CA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
6090, Dec 5 at 0611, Caribbean Beacon is OFF; unfortunately, nothing
else audible, such as Nigeria, Ethiopia; Brasil [Bandeirantes extinct]
or Chile [Temuco, should you believe Aoki that it`s really on the air,
24 hours].
CB day frequency 11775 also off Dec 6 at 1710 check (RHC inbooming on
11760). That should open up 11775 for Algeria via FRANCE at 19-21, but
not much else. Hope 6090 is still off early UT Sunday when Ethiopia or
Nigeria might make it.
Or not: Wolfgang Bόschel recently reported: ``NIGERIA [non!] Once
again looked out for Radio Kaduna Nigeria on 6089.855v kHz. But
negative this morning, no signal on lower sideband of 6090 kHz. So,
seemingly - another shortwave broadcast station HAS GONE FOR EVER.
Nothing heard from Radio Kaduna anymore, at least since mid 13th! /
end of August 2015 (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 3)``
R. Amhara, Ethiopia, nominal morning sked is 03-06 UT, but would
likely fade out before 06.
6090, Dec 6 at 0100, Caribbean Beacon is still AWOL, so shall try
later for Ethiopia or anything else. R. Amhara is scheduled to start
at 0300 when I should have tried, but don`t get to it until 0436 when
there is no signal here, altho there is VP S7 music on 6110, could be
Fana (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1803, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
6090, Dec 8 at 0710, CB is *still* off, since Dec 5. I think the day
frequency 11775 was back later on Dec 8; 6090 back on by 0112 check
Dec 9 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ARGENTINA. 15345.13, RAE-General Pacheco, at 2030, on 5 Dec. Two
male announcers are talking back and forth to each other. The
frequency just drifted to 15344.87. There is some background hum from
the transmitter. Poor (John Cooper, Lebanon, PA, Winradio-G33DDC,
CommRadio CR-1a, RF Space-SDR-IQ, Sangean 909X with Clear Mods,
Tecsun PL-660, GAP-Hear It In Line Module, Timewave ANC-4, Wellbrook
1530LNP, Wellbrook ALA-1530S+, PARS-EF-SWL HF End Fed Receive Antenna,
NASWA Flashsheet Dec 6 via DXLD)
So how long did it take for the drift to occur? (gh, DXLD)
15345.17, R. Nacional, 0216, Dec 7 (Monday). Excited live sports
coverage of fϊtbol game; 0224 yelling "gooooooooooooal"; mostly poor
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etσn E1, antenna: 100' long
wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ARGENTINA. «debemos terminar con la continuidad del AFSCA»
Por julio bαrbaro --- Se retiran enojados
[this political screed also deals with the media situation]
En las palabras de Martνn Sabbatella estαn presentes todas las
deformaciones del kirchnerismo. Es maravilloso ver cσmo se ponen en
movimiento las dos teorνas del estalinismo: “la culpa la tuvo el otro”
y “no hacerle el juego a la derecha”. Parecen las palabras del pobre
Diego Brancatelli, sucesor y digno heredero de Carta Abierta:
“Nosotros queremos el bien del paνs”, como si a los restantes nos
impulsara la pasiσn del mal y “Cristina estα muy por encima del resto,
por eso no la entienden”. Ya lo habνa dicho Josι Pablo Feinmann al que
llaman filσsofo, “es demasiado inteligente para el resto de la
sociedad”. De paso Sabbatella mαs que duplicσ el nϊmero de empleados
en la AFSCA (Autoridad Federal de Servicios de Comunicaciσn
Audiovisual) de la que es titular; todo sea por el bien de las
instituciones.Cuando impusieron la absurda y deformada Ley de Medios
lo hicieron con el objetivo de quedarse con todo; lo habνan dicho,
“venνan por todo”. . .
http://opinion.infobae.com/julio-barbaro/
(via Rubιn Guillermo Margenet, Argentina, condiglista yg via DXLD)
** ARMENIA. Updated B-15 SW schedule of Voice of Armenia from Dec 1:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/new-b-15-shortwave-schedule-of-voice-of.html
(Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, Dec 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.:
1530-1545 on 4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Assyrian
1545-1600 on 4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Greek
1600-1630 on 4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Kurdish
1630-1700 on 4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Yezidi
1700-1715 on 4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Turkish
1715-1745 on 4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Azeri
1745-1815 on 4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Farsi
1815-1845 on 4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic
Previous shortwave schedule of Voice of Armenia in the past few years:
1430-1500 on 4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Farsi
1500-1530 on 4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Yezidi
1530-1545 on 4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Assyrian
1545-1615 on 4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Kurdish
1615-1630 on 4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Greek
1900-1930 on 4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/new-b-15-shortwave-schedule-of-voice-of.html
(Ivo Ivanov, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1803, DXLD)
** AUSTRALIA. 4910, Dec 5 at 1332, very poor signal on R75 with M&W
talk seemingly English, where nothing is usually heard. Must be VL8T,
Tennant Creek, NT, having failed to make switch from 2325 at usual
0830. Then using the FRG-7 for // check, match to 4835 Alice which is
always on 60m.
Later, 4910 reports also received from Ron Howard in CA, Art Delibert
in MD, Walt Salmaniw in BC, on air long before and after I heard it. I
also checked 120m, and heard a JBA carrier at 1337 on 2485, Katherine,
but nothing on 2325. Doubt this is a permanent change rather than
aberration, but time will tell (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1803,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
4910 kHz, ABC Northern Service, Tennant Creek, noted here 1220-1232
12/5, in parallel to 4835, with music, talk, then ABC news at BOH.
Good signal, but CODAR QRM. Australia is not supposed to be on this
frequency at this time. Their usual sked on this frequency is 2130 to
0830. At same time, there's no detectable het on 2325, which is
usually on at this hour; there is a het on 2485, so I'm assuming if
2325 were on, I would hear something. So perhaps 4910 is temporary
while 2325 is down? (Art Delibert, North Bethesda, MD, NRD-545,
Pennant antenna with DX Engineering pre-amp, Hard-Core-DX mailing list
via WORLD OF RADIO 1803, DXLD)
4910, ABC Tennant Creek NT // 4835, ABC Alice Springs NT // 2485, ABC
Katherine NT, 1243, Dec 5. Tennant Creek did not switch frequencies
(not *0830, on normal 2325); "Saturday Night Country on ABC local
radio"; interview with singer Tori Jackson; still on past 1354.
Believe this has not happened in a long time? (Ron Howard, Asilomar
State Beach, CA, Etσn E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF
RADIO 1803, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
And still on when I just checked at 1532 UT. 73 (Walt Salmaniw, BC,
Dec 5, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1803, DXLD)
** BELARUS [non]. GERMANY, Weak signal of Radio Belarus via R 700 on
Dec 4: 0700-0900 on 6005 KLL 001 kW / non-dir to CeEu German Mon-Sat
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/weak-signal-of-radio-belarus-via-r700.html
73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BHUTAN. BTW - Seems BBS/Bhutan (6034.95) is signing off rather
early these days. No longer hearing them after 1230 (Ron Howard,
California, Dec 8, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
6034.95, BBS. Tuned in at 0052 (Dec 9) and hear what clearly sounded
like Bhutan's usual indigenous music and singing till 0102, when
seemed to be a OM talking; faded out and lost about 0115. Never very
good, but happy to hear them again, as their sign off is too early in
my mornings to catch them. Jim Young (CA) also reported today - "*0037
sign-on on 6034.955. Woman announcer at 0041, and possible singing
followed."
Very nice greyline reception:
Thumphu, Bhutan sunrise: 0040 UT
Monterey, CA sunset: 0052 UT
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach (near Monterey), CA, Etσn E1,
antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1803, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** BIAFRA [non]. NIGERIA, R. Biafra, 15560 at 1900, talk mention
Nigeria and lots of local music. 1925 YL states ``This is Radio Biafra
closing down`` and then back to music until fade out 1950. By then
lots of splash over from the mouth piece on 15555 sideband [WJHR], Nov
3 (Mike Yohnicki, London, ON, DX394, Antron 99 antenna, Hallicrafters
SX110, 60 ft longwire or 102" whip, Dec CIDX Messenger via DXLD) And
very soon after that off, but reported back Dec 14 on another fq (gh)
** BOLIVIA. 5952.44, Pio XII, Siglo Veinte, 2320 to 2325 noted being
murdered by co channel slop, yl in Spanish 3 December (Robert Wilkner,
Pσmpano Beach, South Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA,
60/90/120 meter dipoles, playdx yg via DXLD)
Adjacent channel, I assume, WRMI 5950 to Cuba (gh, DXLD)
5952.43, Radio Pio Doce, 0230*, Dec 3. Off after full sign off format
of whistling “Colonel Bogey March,” ID and chimes; fair. Often the
sign off is cut short, before the chimes.
6134.80, R. Santa Cruz, 0205*, Dec 3; Off with usual "Santa Cruz"
song; almost fair (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etσn E1,
antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BONAIRE. 800, PJB, TransWorld Radio, Kralendijk, OCT 9, 0000 - In
English with postcard and calendar offers, mailing address "TWR, P.O.
Box 388, Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands." Glory Train program
followed. OCT 13, 0300 - Woman, "Radio Transmundial ocho cientos AM,
transmitiendo desde Bonaire, isla del caribe holandes"; loud (Mark
Connelly, MA, NRC IDXD 83-06, December, 2015 via DXLD)
NOV 26, 0255 - Pointing the loop southeast, I got Spanish talk by a
female and an ID that clearly sounded like "Indonesia Radio
Transmundial" (Probably "Antillas Holandesas" - Conti). At least the
"Radio Transmundial" part was a dead giveaway as to which station I
was getting at the time. After the ID, there was a contemporary
Christian song sung by a young lady in Spanish to the tune of Seals &
Crofts' "Summer Breeze". Signal dove under KQCV Oklahoma City at legal
ID time, but I'm pretty convinced that this was PJB. XEROK was nowhere
to be found at the time. First time I've heard PJB from anywhere in
over 3 decades! (Rick Dau, South Omaha NE; Kenwood R-5000 with Quantum
QX Pro loop antenna, NRC IDXD 83-06, December 2015 via DXLD)
800, PJB very solid in E. Central Florida --- Radio Transmundual is
burning the paint off my trusty 2008 Ford Focus with stock radio on
800 kHz right now. Blocking out WPLK Palatka, FL, about 33 miles away.
10 PM Eastern hour tonight (Ron Gitschier, Palm Coast, FL, 0334 UT Dec
9, ABDX via DXLD)
They were on my Border Inn beverage recordings too [September], with a
nice clear signal. Hadn't heard them in many years. 73 (Tim Hall, CA,
ibid.)
So are they up to 450 kW now, or still only 100? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
** BOTSWANA. 17895, 10/24 at 1500, V of America, Mopeng Hill. English.
Pop music from unscheduled "VOA1-The Hits" instead of scheduled "Music
Time in Africa". 55544 (Alan Roe, Teddington, Middlesex, UK, Winradio
G31DDC Excalibur and Elad FDM-SW2 with 17 meter longwire, Dec CIDX
Messenger via DXLD)
** BRAZIL. In a ceremony at the Planalto Palace, the president of
Brazil a few days ago signed a decree authorizing radio stations to
migrate from AM to FM, where signals provide better audio quality and
competitiveness and offer improved coverage through cell phones.
ASSOCIAΗΓO BRASILEIRA DE EMISSORAS DE RΑDIO E TELEVISΓO (ABERT)
estimates that 90% of the 1784 AM radio stations will switch to FM.
ABERT has for a long time been calling for this change as it has
become increasingly difficult to reach listeners with an AM signal due
to the high level of noise in the big cities (infobae via GRA and Levi
Peter Iversen [Paraguay], Dec MW News via DXLD) What about SW?
** BRAZIL. 4805, Brasil, Rαdio Difusora do Amazonas, Manaus, 2310 to
2330 with om long talk in Portuguese first noted back on the air 3
December, similar same time on 5 December (Robert Wilkner, Pσmpano
Beach, South Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA,
60/90/120 meter dipoles, playdx yg via DXLD)
** BRAZIL. /ASCENSION, 6009.933, ZYE521, Rαdio Inconfidencia, from
Belo Horizonte MG
compared to livestream at 0520 UT Dec 3
poor signal just on threshold level, S=6 signal here in southern
Germany. Hit heavily by adjacent 6005 kHz BBC ASC at powerful S=9+30dB
to compare (Wolfgang Bόschel, Germany, morning logs Dec 3 at 0505 to
0540 UT, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. /CUBA 6059.776, very odd frequency signal produced
annoying 320 Hertz audio HUM QRM interference against RHC Quivicαn San
Felipe TITΑN 6060 kHz signal of S=8-9 here in southern Germany. At
0505 UT on Dec 3. Seemingly very poor signal of Super Rαdio Deus ι
Amor, Curitiba, PR, religious program in BrasPortuguese (Wolfgang
Bόschel, Germany, morning logs Dec 3 at 0505 to 0540 UT, wwdxc BC-DX
TopNews Dec 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 9724.92, Dec 5 at 0124, JBA carrier, so Radio RB2 is
sticking here so far, rather than downdrifting (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Measured Dec 5 at 10 UT: 9724.921 kHz (Wolfgang Bόschel, BC-DX 5 Dec
via DXLD)
9724.85, Radio RB2, Curitiba, 2108-2117, 05-12, Radio Aparecida
program "Econtro DX de Radio Aparecida", "Radio Clube do Brasil". //
11855 and 11934.90. 24322. (Mιndez)
11934.90, Radio RB2, Curitiba, 2106-2118, 05-12, DX program "Encontro
DX". 23322 (Manuel Mιndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Lugo and Friol, Tecsun
PL-880 and Sangena ATS-909X, Cable antenna, 8 meters and Degen 31MS
active loop antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 860, Dec 5 at 0133 UT, French Canadian talk is mixing with
English ballgame, presumably KKOW Kansas, and CJBC, CBC Toronto, which
occasionally makes it here. CJBC is 50/50 kW U1, but there is another
CBC French on 860, 10/10 kW U4, CBKF-2, Saskatoon. Its night pattern
goes N/S, day pattern similar but NNE/SSE. I should have got a DF on
this to be sure. Close to same distance from here: Saskatoon 1884
km/1170 mi; Toronto 1766 km/1097 mi (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CANADA. 980, CHRF, QC, Montrιal – 12/3 – Per several sources, they
have abandoned French “Radio Fiertι” LGBT programming and are stunting
with all-Christmas music (“Radio Noλl”) while awaiting a new format
(Mike Brooker, Toronto – Grundig G5, Grundig YB-400PE, Sony SRF-39FP,
Panasonic RF-2200 (receiver emeritus), Domestic DX Digest-East, NRC DX
News Dec 14 via WORLD OF RADIO 1803, DXLD) WTFG? I omitted it on WOR
1803 (gh)
** CANADA. In Montreal, via Steve Faguy of Fagstein Blog, Radio
Humsafar is ready to launch on AM, but needs to move its antenna
first. A year and a half after it was approved by the CRTC, Radio
Humsafar, a South Asian station set to broadcast at 1610 AM, still
isn’t on the air. But there are signs of life. The group has applied
to the commission for an amendment after it determined that its
original plan to share an antenna with CJLO 1690 AM wasn’t feasible
(the frequencies are too close together).
Instead, Humsafar will install its own antenna on 46th Ave. near
Franηois Cusson St. in Lachine’s industrial park, four kilometres west
of CJLO’s antenna. Otherwise, the technical parameters are the same,
1000 W day and night, and the coverage pattern is almost identical.
Humsafar has gotten a permit from Lachine to install the antenna,
according to a report in the community paper. But the CRTC needs to
approve the location change, so it has opened the application to
public comment until Jan. 8. That means it’ll probably be the end of
February before it gets the okay from the commission. In the meantime,
you can listen to it online, http://www.radiohumsafar.com (via Nigel
Pimblett, ed., Dunmore, AB, Dec CIDX Messenger via DXLD)
** CANADA. 2598-USB, Dec 6 at 0442, robotic French YL voice with
marine weather. The CCG site
http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/Marine-Communications/RAMN-2015/Part-2-Atlantic-Facilities-Information
shows starting at 0437 UT is:
MCTS Les Escoumins / Les Escoumins, Quebec
MMSI: 003160026
Call Sign: VCF
HOURS: H24
Services in English and in French.
For Radio Services call Les Escoumins Coast Guard Radio. For Vessel
Traffic Services call Escoumins Traffic – refer to Part 3.
Coordinates [blank]
Mailing Address:
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Canadian Coast Guard
Officer-in-Charge – MCTS Operations
Les Escoumins MCTS Centre
35 Otis Street
Les Escoumins QC G0T 1K0
VCF - Broadcasts
Natashquan 2598J3E
La Verniθre 2749J3E [but nothing heard there at this time]
Radiotelephony
Technical marine synopsis and forecast for marine areas 215 to 221
and 301 to 302.
Wave height forecasts for marine areas 215, 217, 219, 220, 221,
301 and 302.
Notice to Fish Harvesters (when available).``
Les Escoumins is on the north shore of the St Lawrence River, between
Saguenay and Rimouski, about where it broadens widely into a Gulf
across from the western Gaspι. Natashquan site is much further east on
the north shore, at 50 11'N, 61 49'W, even with the eastern tip of
Anticosti island to the south (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. Further to last month’s mention of IBOC (or HD) radio in
Canada, Corus has also implemented this at Vancouver’s CFMI-FM on
101.1 MHz. The HD1 channel has CFMI in digital format, while selecting
HD2 you will hear CKNW AM 980 (Nigel Pimblett, ed., Dunmore, AB, Dec
CIDX Messenger via DXLD)
** CANADA. Memorial to Bill Westenhaver --- I have received a notice
from CBC/Radio Canada International that a memorial page in English,
French, Spanish, Mandarin and Arabic has been set up on the RCI
webpage for Bill Westenhaver. Here is the link
http://www.rcinet.ca/fr/william-bill-westenhaver/
(Sheldon Harvey, PQ, Dec 4, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1803, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Hello Sheldon, Sad to see him go; I met him several times while having
a beer with friends downtown. He always was a great Guy. Also remember
several letters from RCI with his signature on it! 73 (Gilles
Letourneau, PQ, ibid.)
** CHINA [and non]. 9860, Firedrake jamming, 1858, 11/30/15.
Traditional music jamming loop vs unheard Radio Free Asia in Mandarin
via Saipan, MRA. Jamming fair.
9410, Firedrake jamming, 2136, 11/30/15. Chinese traditional music
jamming loop vs unheard Radio Free Asia in Mandarin via Saipan, MRA.
Jammer Fair – good (Mark Taylor, Madison, Wisconsin, Perseus, SDRPlay,
Eton e1, Grundig Satellit 800, Sangean 909X w/ clear mod, and various
other portables; 40 meters dipole, 100’ long wire, Flextenna, NASWA
Flashsheet Dec 6 via DXLD)
9530, CNR1, Dec 1, 1130. Listed by EIBI as jammer. Probable news in MM
[Mandarin]. Powerhouse signal s9+10 with 15 kHz badwidth (George Herr,
CA, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD)
CNR-1 Jammer vs SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng till 0800 on 11530 unknown
transmitter site:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/cnr-1-jammer-vs-soh-xi-wang-zhi-sheng.html
(Ivo Ivanov, B`lgaria, circa Dec 4, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7200, CNR1 jamming, 1338 & 1410, Dec 3. This was an anomaly, as
normally they end at 1300, when RTI signs off; next day back to
normal 1300* (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etσn E1, antenna:
100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1803, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
USA(non), Strong CNR-1 Jammer vs. Radio Free Asia, December 4
from 1154 on 9940 DB 200 kW / 125 deg to CeAs Tibetan
from 1204 on 11540 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to CeAs Tibetan
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/strong-cnr-1-jammer-vs-radio-free-asia.html
Strong CNR-1 Jammer vs. Voice of America, December 4
from 1225 on 9530 PHT 250 kW / 349 deg to EaAs Chinese
from 1225 on 11655 UDO 250 kW / 030 deg to EaAs Chinese
from 1303 on 9825 SAI 100 kW / 310 deg to EaAs Chinese
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/strong-cnr-1-jammer-vs-voice-of-america.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 11960, Dec 6 at 0119, poor S3 in Chinese with hype,
presumably ads, on CNR1, as scheduled 100 kW, 37 degrees from Beijing
572 site toward North America at 00-09 (except Tuesday siesta 06-09) -
-- not a jammer; imagine that (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [non]. 9790, Dec 7 at 0313, CRI relay via CUBA in English
achieves S9+20, and there`s some squeal on this transmitter. MUF isn`t
always this cooperative (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. UNIDENTIFIED station, continuously playing Chinese music,
but not FireDrake jamming, heard in 02-03 UT slot on 9470 kHz.
Could be parked CNR8 program tx? like Kazakh CNR8 program from PBS
Xinjiang Urumqi outlet, scheduled later the day, Aoki mentioned
opening at 0345 UT?
Similar UNID Chinese program heard in past weeks on 9475 kHz at 1500-
1558 UT by Austrian DXer Herbert Meixner. Please help to Identify this
China mainland program. wb (Wolfgang Bόschel, Dec 7, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
9470 kHz 2-3 UT - parked Firedrake transmitter from western China?
Signal only occur strong from Western China location on Doha Qatar and
Moscow Russia remote SDR server units. Tiny weak signal ONLY - noted
on remote SDR units in Japan and Brisbane Queensland in 0250-0300 UT
slot. Listen to attached .ogg format recording in 0257 to 0300 UT
range. Strongest on SDR remote net at Doha Qatar unit, like S=9+5dB at
0258 UT. At 0258 both programs CO-CHANNEL overlapping each other,
UNID Chinese music station, and scheduled RRI Tsiganeshti Spanish
service interval signal to South America too. At 0300 UT Chinese music
station disappeared totally. BTW, the strong peak electrical IGNITION
like spikes interference occur locally at Doha Qatar suburb. wb
Glenn, strongly I feel, that these China mainland music stations
PARKED in 9470 or 9475 kHz channels, warmed up, and wait until sudden
crash start into 9.3 MHZ Taiwanese SOH or 9455 kHz IBB RFA channels to
additional jamming power? from Kashgar or Urumqi sites? 73 wolfy
(Wolfgang Bόschel, 1739 UT Dec 7, WORLD OF RADIO 1803, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CHINA. 5050, Guangxi Beibu Bay Radio, 1320, Dec 6. Usual brief
segment in English; today about the "ASEAN Community" established at
the ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur.
7400, CRI. Interesting to note that when Shiokaze started broadcasting
here (Nov 1), CRI dropped their 1300-1357 schedule which conflicted
with Shiokaze; now that Shiokaze has moved away (Nov 24), CRI is again
back here; noted Dec 4 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etσn E1,
antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1803, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CHINA. 6035.0, PBS Yunnan, 1356, Dec 8. ID in English - "This is
the Voice of Shangri-La, brought to you by Yunnan Radio”; poor. In
past years they always gave this ID at the top-of-the-hour, but no
longer. My audio of ID
https://app.box.com/s/i1ufldgzhxd75peqwjnl4lssj15q1xxp
Best heard with headphones or earphones, as it is very weak.
BTW - Seems BBS/Bhutan (6034.95) is signing off rather early these
days. No longer hearing then after 1230 (Ron Howard, California,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COLOMBIA. [at present 5910.059 kHz exact frequency] QSL Alcaravαn
Radio, bestaetigte mit einer detaillierten eQSL und Fotos vom Sender
sowie eSticker innerhalb von 24 Std.
"Greetings from Colombia, many thanks for reception report to our
signal in 5910 kHz, this help us to improvement our signal, I send you
our e-QSL. From January 2011 to all reports received by e-mail we send
e-QSL, but if you want Full QSL (Card, Sticker and other little gift)
please send you report by Airmail including 2 IRC to:
ALCARAVAN RADIO
c/o Rafael Rodrνguez R.
Apartado No. 67751
(oficina Red 4-72 Unicentro)
Bogota D.C. - COLOMBIA
e-mail (QSL-Manager)
Immerhin gibt es noch Sender, die mit Empfangsberichten was anfangen
koennen, wie der obige Text dokumentiert (Willi Westrupp-D, A-DX Nov
27 via BC-DX 5 Dec via DXLD)
[and non]. 5910.077 approx., Monday Dec 7 at 0640, weak Alcaravαn
Radio, off+plus as usual; 0642 joined by the TWR music-box IS via
AUSTRIA closer to 5910.00 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 950, Dec 6 at 0137:07, ``RR`` in Morse, which is
all we need to pin it on Radio Reloj. WRTH has two 10 kW of them on
950, in Camagόey and closer Arroyo Arenas.
I was more interested in IDing the soft piano music on 950.03 or so,
maybe a religious station but this time of year not necessarily (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 5021.987 kHz exact high speed ute signal, hit Radio
Rebelde, Bauta program on 5025 kHz heavily at 0540 UT on Dec 3. RTTY
peaks some 200 Hertz frequency distance apart each other at S=9+20dB
level, very annoying (Wolfgang Bόschel, Germany, morning logs Dec 3 at
0505 to 0540 UT, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6100, Sunday Dec 6 at 0731, tune-in to big open carrier, must
be RHC, off at 0731.4*. Should have been tail of weekly Esperanto
broadcast which had been messed up until now, but I didn`t axually
hear any of it; did anyone? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. UNIDENTIFIED. 6870 AM in Spanish/Portuguese? 0100-0430z+ ---
Hello Again Glenn, Curious if you have any possible ID for a station
on 6870 AM at 0100-0430z+ in Spanish/Portuguese???
Very good signal at ~0300z with male/female & of course music but I
can't seem to find it anywhere. I have heard it before & others are
hearing it tonight.
I just doubt it's a pirate, sounds very professional & not a pescadore
station because they don't have the staying power or produce anything
this good sounding. Still on at 0430z
Thank you [and I see 6250 was resolved LOL] (Rafman K4RAF, 0453 UT Dec
5, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Unfortunately, I couldn`t check this until 0605 Dec 5, when there was
nothing on 6870.
Here are his and other HFU latest logs of it:
http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,24894.0.html
And from latest Free Radio Weekly: ``unidentified--only a carrier
6870AM 3 Dec 2015 0012-0103. Saw a carrier in the waterfall and
watched it for an hour. Tried USB, ECSS, and Synchro, but there was
nothing other than the carrier. It was about 30 dB above the general
noise (Hunsicker, PA)``
I searched my archives on 6870 and found this:
``6870 27.09.15 1645 I R. Europe, IT: ID, MX radioeurope@iol.it G. RP
in DX Fanzine, and Conexiσn Digital: RP = Roberto Pavanello in
Vercelli (Italy). RX: EGZ DX 10, Icom R-71. ANT: EGZ LPF1R ferrite
loop for reception of MW, 30-metre long wire``
But that is likely a red herring, unless it were on in the middle of
the Euronight.
6870 was heard by many, before on Sept 9 as in DXLD 15-37, finally
IDed as Radio Habana Cuba, but never figured out how a mix could have
landed on 6870. Did anyone axually // it to known RHC frequencies??
May have been mixed up with a Spy Numbers transmission (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [non]. Marνa Gonzαlez to Head Office of Cuba Broadcasting
DECEMBER 8, 2015 Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)
To view this online visit
http://www.bbg.gov/?p=23029
MIAMI - The Broadcasting Board of Governors today announced that Marνa
"Malule" Gonzαlez will take over as Director of the Office of Cuba
Broadcasting, responsible for the strategic planning and direction of
TV Martν, Radio Martν and Martinoticias.com, which are collectively
known as the Martνs.
"We are thrilled to have Malule join us at such a critical time for
Cuba broadcasting," said BBG Chairman Jeff Shell. "She is a seasoned,
Emmy award-winning journalist, a proven leader and an innovator, and
she has the skills and experience to lead the Martνs through a new era
of U.S. broadcasting to Cuba."
"I am so grateful for this opportunity to serve my country," said
Gonzαlez. "I strongly believe that the people of Cuba must have access
to free and accurate information, and I am thrilled to work alongside
the entire Marti team to ensure that they do."
Gonzαlez began her journalism career as a writer, producer and manager
in Puerto Rico before she moved to Univision in 1989, followed by
Telemundo where she produced several shows and launched "CBS
TeleNoticias," the first Spanish 24-hour pan-regional news network.
Since then she has created popular programs for Venevisiσn
International, served as General Manager for an independent local
station in Puerto Rico, and most recently has served as Vice-President
and Station Manager for WLII and WSTE, two local stations owned and
operated by Univision.
Gonzαlez will be taking over for Carlos A. Garcνa-Pιrez, who has
served as OCB Director for five years.
"Since 2010, Carlos has passionately worked to provide Cubans with
unbiased, accurate and reliable information," said BBG CEO and
Director John Lansing. "He has led the charge to improve programming,
pursue new strategies to overcome Cuban jamming and enhance editorial
effectiveness. He is a tireless defender of Article 19, and I know
there are Cubans whose lives are better for it."
Despite changes in its relationship with the United States, Cuba
continues to have one of the world's most restrictive media
environments. The island nation consistently ranks in the bottom ten
of Freedom House's Freedom of the Press Index, and the Committee to
Protect Journalists calls it one of the worst countries to be a
blogger.
The Martνs are a multimedia hub of news, information and analysis that
provides a one-of-a-kind service that brings unbiased, objective
information to Cuba. Despite consistent jamming by the Cuban
government, OCB reaches audiences on the island through a variety of
high- and low-tech solutions. In addition to satellite television, and
shortwave, satellite, and AM radio, OCB launched a mobile app for
Android and iOS devices. The Martνs also use SMS text messaging as a
means to push unfiltered information out to audiences.
Gonzαlez's appointment is effective December 12, 2015 (BBG PR via
Hansjoerg Biener, Germany, Dec 8, WORLD OF RADIO 1803, DXLD)
?? So is Malule of Cuban heritage or not?? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
** DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 1670 HI.., “La Voz del Yuna, Bonao,
http://www.lavozdelyuna.org started on the 1st of August, 2015, but we
are still only testing. The power of the transmitter is 3 kW and we
are working to get the best reach of our signal. It is an initiative
of senator Felix Nova, leader of the Council for the Development of
Ecotourism of Monseρor Nouel, our province. La Voz del Yuna marked the
start of radio and TV in my country, in 1942. It moved to the capital
and the building was demolished. Then the legislator restores that
work and creates the cultural station and museum which it is today.”
(from a QSL to our member Jan Edh)
Background info by OA from the web: “The station started operations on
August 1, 1942, from Villa de las Hortensias (a nickname for Bonao)
and after not more than four years it was moved to the capital and
became La Voz Dominicana. The current station is intended to be a
replica of the original station” (Dec MW News via DXLD)
** EASTER ISLAND. 13199, 0954, Male Voice mentioned “Easter Island
Air” in English. My list shows it should be 13199.9 (Very seldom used)
except in emergency (Dallas McKenzie, Buller, New Zealand, HF:- Icom
IC-R70, with long wire N-S (100ft),and 20ft whip (30ft above ground),
FRG 7700 with long wire E-W (30ft), and, (Sony SW7600G for Stand by),
Dec NZ DX Times via DXLD)
** EGYPT. Strong signal of Radio Cairo, low modulation, distorted
audio: from 0658 9745 ABS 250 kW / 315 deg ENAm Arabic General Service
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/strong-signal-of-radio-cairo-low.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, Dec 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9900, Radio Cairo heard at 2015 on 12/3/15, talks in French by a male
announcer. Fair, but extremely poorly modulated (Bob Brossell,
Pewaukee, WI, JRC NRD-545 (Godar DXR-1000 antenna); Eton E1; Sony ICF
SW77, NASWA Flashsheet Dec 6 via DXLD)
9964.56, Dec 5 at 0120, R. Cairo is a JBA carrier.
15535, Dec 6 at 1446, LAH between two poor signals. Only one listed in
Aoki is Cairo, Abis in Arabic at 13-16; but EiBi also has a CNR1
jammer at 12-14, i.e. vs V. of Tibet same hours on 15537.
9745.04, Dec 7 at 0315, suptorted music, Qur`an? from R. Cairo to
North America (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5004.996, RNGE RadioDifusiσn [sic] de Guinea
Ecuatorial, from Bata, surprisingly strong at S=6 signal level this
morning Dec 3 at 0530 UT. Spanish language male announcer easily heard
and could identify, EquGuinea mentioned often, at 0532 UT Hungarian
Gypsy violine Czardas music played. Interference QRM on upper sideband
noted again, high speed ute with two RTTY signal peaks visible on SDR
screen - some exact 200 Hertz distance frequencies apart, on 5006.099
and 5005.899 kHz measured (Wolfgang Bόschel, Germany, morning logs Dec
3 at 0505 to 0540 UT, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 3, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Wolfy, Was interested to see we were both listening to RNGE at the
same time! Ron
5005, RNGE Bata. Tuned in at 0504 (Dec 3); had just missed sign on
(not on the air at 0459); African pop music; as Wolfy has already
reported - "at 0532 UT Hungarian Gypsy violin Czardas music played,"
which I also heard and at which time they gave a "Radio Nacional" ID;
started out weak, but slowly improved.
https://app.box.com/s/pyxii9cn3w449cjilejyijlpmd83akpd
contains my recording of "Hungarian Gypsy violin Czardas music" (Ron
Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etσn E1, antenna: 100' long wire,
dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1803, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Dec 5, noted RNGE signed on at *0452, on 5005, with signal improving
the whole time, till tune out at 0537; nothing but non-stop
African pop songs. Seems to be on regularly now (Ron Howard,
California, Dec 5, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5005, Dec 6 at 0437 I start checking for RNGE, and from 0447 keep an
offset BFO tuned to 5004.7 to hear a carrier come on, but it never
does by 0507 when I quit. Ron Howard has been hearing it regularly in
California; last night Dec 5 from *0452 past 0537, nothing but non-
stop African songs. Maybe it`s different on Sundays, or was he or
anyone hearing it again tonight? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO
1803, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Glenn, RNGE on 5005, noted starting about 0455 on Dec 7; their
weakest reception so far; very faint audio with repetitive African
singing (Ron, California, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1803, DXLD)
[Re 15-48, my comments questioning a log of RNGE at 0214 UT, reply
from Daniel Wyllyans. Other than closing up extra spaces, I am not
going to try to fix up this very rough google translation lest I
further alter what he is trying to say --- gh]
Re: [HCDX] 5005 kHz Radio Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial (Radio Bata)
Hello, I thank the friend your opinion on my listening as everyone
here, who has years and years in listening DX, I am ``small fish ``
and I respect him as a my father, friends Hard core dx mys fathers,
and whenever you want to give your opinion and welcome. attached your
opinion to the video, time radio RX really to do within no is correct,
correct is 02:14 UTC = log, anomaly listening time these radio
tropical wave band I have children at home I have to take the power
outlet, unconfigures time RX, before film I with earphone claim to
have heard Spanish, before shoot I with earphone claim to have heard
Spanish, about jumpcuts on you tube I presumed is progam on site
yotube from MB to KB, = photo facebook 1,5 MB depois = 45 KB. to go
fast on the Internet. I recognize that my camcorder is not good, in
truth and china bought 12 times ends in February, I'm actually very
poor do not have more money a good buy, I truth work at house com cows
my wife has mental problems. the radio and won worth more than the
house .
===
``- Very annoying thing about YT --- if you don`t get out of
it quickly, goes on to play unwanted another audiovideo.``
Ok Glenn, no mys videos YT here got it. Sorry any inconvenience manys
73s for you God bless him. === (Daniel Wyllyans, Dec 3, Hard-Core-DX
mailing list via DXLD)
Daniel, Thanks for explaining. I would not want you to stop these
reports with audiovideo clips, just please try to be more careful. We
appreciate your enthusiasm and efforts to DX under difficult
circumstances.
I would suggest you not use so much a 3 km of wire antenna, to make it
less likely that you will find overload signals which are not really
there.
My complaint about automatically playing more unwanted videos is not
because of you but just the way YouTube works. 73, (Glenn Hauser, Dec
9, ibid.)
And it`s still possible he really did hear RNGE, on the air that date
only at a very unexpected time. When there is such an anomaly, the
reporter should explain and point it out, rather than leaving us to
wonder about it, whether it was a mistake, typo or what (Glenn Hauser,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
I was in contact with Daniel about a half year ago concerning those
distorted recordings, then I found out that the distortion occurs not
because of very long antenna but because of his camcorder mic which is
very close to radio. Always when he comes too close to his radio the
distortion appears. Daniel likes to show us everything around his
listening post (I appreciate it) and also details of his display, but
moving too close to the speaker is not good. Otherwise - I am very
pleased to know such a very active DX observer in Brasil! (Karel
Honzνk, Czechia, HCDX via DXLD)
** ETHIOPIA. 6090, Dec 7 at 0250, Anguilla is still off, so this time
I`m standing by for Amhara Radio, scheduled to start at 0300. But
nothing heard, no carrier by 0300, altho I am getting S6 on 6110 at
0259 mentioning Fana, and also an S5 on 5950 at 0302 with some music,
other Ethiopian frequencies. There is however, a trace of a carrier
closer to 6089 amid hash, suspected from a local device. So is Amhara
really active, or is that another ex-6090 station? (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WORLD OF RADIO 1803, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Glenn, Also checking Dec 7 at 0258+ on 6090, but heard nothing.
Also again 0352-0402 with nothing. No hint of any station signing on.
(Ron Howard, California, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1803, DXLD)
** ETHIOPIA. I also heard Fana Broadcasting Corporate (previously
known as Radio Fana) on 6110 kHz on Sunday evening (starting around
0255 UT on 7 December) using the Univ. of Twente WebSDR. I was looking
for Xizang but heard Fana instead signing on with their interesting
IS. I recorded (using my Tecsun ICR-100) the IS and the ID and start
of the news bulletin in Amharic (excerpt attached). I had an Ethiopian
colleague listen to the recording and answer a few questions I had
including one on the meaning of the name. He told me that the word
"fana" in this context has the meaning of a pioneer or a founder and
was chosen by the station as it claimed to be the first non-
governmental broadcaster. In reality, Fana belongs to the governing
party (Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front).
The other two words in the station's name ("broadcasting" and
"corporate") are English loan words in Amharic. My colleague says such
words are used for convenience and almost everybody in the country
(radio listeners) knows these words. There are Amharic equivalent
words but the words are a little awkward for usage and especially for
broadcasters. In addition, "broadcasting" and "corporate" are western
(recent) concepts and the words have been adopted by most Ethiopian
languages. There are several other English and Italian words in the
Ethiopian languages. For example, aeroplane (airplane), mercato
(market), autobus (bus), parlama (parliament), and so on.
By the way, in case you are wondering what the initial news item is
about, my colleague says it is about the dam being built at the source
of the Nile (-- Richard Langley, Dec 7, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO
1803, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Richard, Very enjoyable listening to your high quality recording.
Thanks for posting it and giving us the additional info (Ron Howard,
California, ibid.)
Thanks, Ron. In this case, I was actually listening to the Twente
receiver using Safari on my iPhone and recorded the audio using the
microphone input of the Tecsun ICR-100 for a "quick and dirty"
recording rather than a line input. By the way, a high-quality
recording (via the Web stream?) of the FBC IS and sign-on announcement
can be found on the Interval Signals Online website:
http://intervalsignals.net/Files/eth-fana_national_240112.m3u
(Richard Langley, NB, ibid.)
** ETHIOPIA. Re my: UNIDENTIFIED. 7235.82 approx., Dec 3 at 1405, JBA
carrier, which points to always off-frequency EBC by longpath; or does
it? EiBi has it on 7236.5 at 14-15 as EBC in Arabic; 15-16 switches to
V. of Democratic Alliance clandestine; 16-17 back to EBC in English.
Recent report from Wolfgang Bόschel puts it a little lower, but
supposedly not varying down below 7236:
``7236.372 kHz footprint narrowed - the Ethiopian station always
wanders up and down 20-30 Hertz. Scheduled Radio Ethiopia in Arabic in
14-15 UT slot, from Addis Ababa-Gedja site. Noted at 1405 UT on Nov 25
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 25)``
It seems that Ethiopia does vary below 7236, even below 7235. Wolfgang
Bόschel now replies: ``re ETH surprisingly 7234.9v, a pity, just
before I could MEASURE accurate ODD frequency, ETH broadcast left the
air exact at scheduled 0430 UT on day=6 Fridays! The transmission was
on the low side close approx. 7234.8 ... x.9 kHz. This Dec 4th 0430 UT
morning. 73 wb`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7236.237 kHz footprint narrowed - the Ethiopian station always wanders
up to 30 Hertz. Scheduled Radio Ethiopia in 16-17 UT slot, from Addis
Ababa-Gedja site. Noted at 16.05 UT on Dec 6, S=7 -81dBm signal
strength here in southern Germany. [selected SDR options, span 12.5
kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bόschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 6,
dxldyg via DXLD)
Re how much R. Ethiopia varies around 7235, Thorsten Hallmann,
Germany, replies on the DXLD yg Dec 7: ``Good morning, throughout the
last few years, I observed this transmission between approx. 7233.x
and 7237.x --- so this is absolutely not surprising. This transmitter
is often on low modulation, and we have observed roughly the same
pattern with the 9560v transmission: always varying slightly on the
one hand, but sometimes also drifting +/-2 kHz within minutes or
hours, but likely back to the long term mean sooner or later. 73
thorsten``
And Wolfgang Bόschel replies to that: ``ETHIOPIA/CHINA. Nothing
observed from ETH in 41 mb this morning Dec 7 around 0330-0400 UT - re
7234 - 7237 kHz wandered station from Ethiopia.
But now at 1530 UT on Dec 7 noted odd frequency program on 7236.248
kHz, S=8 or -76dBm in Europe and Moscow Russia remote SDR units,
but weak tiny threshold in Osaka and Tokyo remote units in Japan.
Surprise surprise, noted a lot of downwards channel at 1553 UT on
rather 7236.066 kHz, still wandered downwards lowerside.
Some 1000 to 1300 Hertz interference whistle tone QRM, against even
CRI Kashgar 7235 kHz channel broadcast signal in Chinese. wb``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Wolfy, But in the meantime you had reported this [as above],
indicating Ethiopia varied a lot more than 30 Hz, like almost 2 kHz
down. Do you now think this was really Ethiopia; and my 7235.82
carrier halfway in between? (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)
I remembered the 7236 matter TODAY, to measure the afternoon/night ETH
frequency. But sorry, > The transmission was on the low side close
approx. 7234.8 ... x.9 kHz. This Dec 4th 0430 UT morning.
0400-0430 UT is SO MUCH UNPLEASANT NIGHT time locally here in Germany,
to check their ETH morning oddity accurate measurement. But in long
range time, I'll set the focus on these 7234 ... 7237 kHz frequency
range in future. I've no idea, which small domestic station broadcasts
also in this 7234 to 7236 kHz fq range. 73 wolfy (Bόschel, Dec 6,
ibid.)
ETHIOPIA 7236.063 kHz footprint narrowed at 1645 UT Dec 8, wanders
down and up 20 Hertz. wb (Bόschel, ibid.)
I heard a very weak signal around 7236 kHz this morning around 1430z,
but I didn't log it because although I could tell the announcer was
male, I couldn't make out the language as the modulation was too close
to the noise floor. VOA in Korean (announcer is usually female) from
Tinian is scheduled (B15) on 7235 kHz as well as CNR1 (usually more
commercials, etc.) around the same time. The signal fading didn't
sound like the other Pacific path signals I was receiving this morning
(and in fact did sound more like the fading I was hearing from
africa), but I didn't want to be too presumptuous.
Does anyone know if VOA in Korean from Tinian is actually using that
channel as scheduled around 1430z? Is CNR1 actually there as well?
I'll try to get a recording if conditions improve and I hear it again
(Rodney Johnson, NV, Dec 8, ibid.)
I briefly listened again here this morning ~1445z and found two JBA
carriers and no modulation. The stronger carrier zero beat right on
7235 kHz (VOA and/or CRI?) and the weaker one ~7236 kHz (Ethiopia?). I
didn't have time to listen more than a few minutes. So nobody knows
what's happening on this frequency around this time? If not could
somebody send me URLs for remote SDRs in the Pacific region so I can
check myself? 73s (Rodney Johnson, NV, Dec 9, dxldyg via DXLD)
** EUROPE. CLOSURE OF MW TRANSMITTERS --- By 31 December many stations
in Europe will close their MW transmitters on the following
frequencies - 162, 549, 603, 711, 756, 864, 1206, 1242, 1269, 1278,
1377, 1404, 1422, 1440, 1494, 1557, per Mike Simmonds at
http://members7.boardhost.com/PirateRadio/msg/1449359578.html
(Mike Terry, Dec 7, mwdx yg via DXLD)
This is not entirely accurate.
1/ The French station on 162 kHz will not close.
2/ The German station on 1179 kHz is not mentioned in this list but it
will also shut down. Regards, (Rιmy Friess, ibid.)
Has it been confirmed that 1422 will close down too? At one time
rumours had it that some of the programming on 1440 (was it CRI?)
would be switched to 1422 as of January 2016. Best 73’s (Stig Hartvig
Nielsen, Denmark, ibid.)
I think it was just a rumour. I don't think the Chinese are that
interested in the MW band anyway. They also abandoned their other
outlet on 702 kHz. 73s, (Rιmy Friess, ibid.)
Yes, and last year they also ceased broadcasting from Pori, Finland,
963 kHz (Jorma Mantyla, Kangasala, Finland, ibid.)
** EUROPE. Dear Mr Hauser, Please be informed that new Europe based
pirate station Tipperary Radio is making irregular test broadcasts of
our facilities and transmitter during the month of December between
6200-6400 kHz.
Special limited edition, numbered postal QSLs are available free of
charge for this inaugural broadcast for all correct reports sent via
email to radiotipperary@hotmail.com containing the sender's name and
street address. EQSLs are not available.
Our regularly scheduled broadcasts shall commence after the holiday
season, when sobriety will be less random and our mental faculties and
physical abilities less compromised. Thank you and be well (Timothy
Tipperary, Dec 8, WORLD OF RADIO 1803, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE. RFI English teaser --- Glenn: France 24 TV is running this
promo for RFI English. Check out this video on YouTube:
http://youtu.be/vd2i8LYA33s
(Charlie Harlich, Sent from my iPhone, Dec 4, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE [non]. 11580, UT Fri Dec 4 at 0218-0223 check, WRMI with
fill music instead of RFI English relay, one tune hymnic, ``Coming
Together`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY. Some special programs on DLF and DLR. Final shutdown
decommissioning of medium wave in Germany.
Abschaltung der Mittelwelle in DLF und DRadio Kultur. Hallo in die
Runde. Laut DLF Magazin beschaeftigen sich folgende Sendungen
mit dem Thema der Abschaltung der Mittelwelle. [presumably CET?]
Im Deutschlandfunk
5. Dezember 20:05 im Anschluss an das Hoerspiel des Monats.
17. Dezember 10:10 Marktplatz
17. Dezember 18:40 Hintergrund
18. Dezember 10:10 Lebenszeit
19. Dezember 17:05 Markt und Medien
Im Deutschlandradio Kultur
30. Dezember 19:07 Kultur und Geschichte.
(Hans-Juergen Karius-D, DL4YBP, A-DX Nov 30 via BC-DX 5 Dec via DXLD)
** GERMANY. Again this year on Dec 24 NDR transmits ”Gruί an Bord” to
seamen on the Indian Ocean and Atlantic as follows:
At 1900-2100 on 6185 to North Atlantic, 9810 to Eastern Indian Ocean,
9830 to Atlantic and Indian Ocean (South Africa), 9885 to Western
Indian Ocean and 11650 to South Atlantic.
At 2100-2300 on 6040 to North Atlantic, 9515 to Western Indian Ocean,
9655 to Southern Atlantic, 9765 to Eastern Indian Ocean and 9830 to
Atlantic and Indian Ocean (South Africa). (Ghibaudo and Kuhl, DSWCI DX
Window Dec 9 via DXLD)
** GERMANY. Weak signal of Europa 24 on December 3
0715 & 0800 on 6150 DET 015 kW / non-dir to CeEu German
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/weak-signal-of-europa-24-on-december-3.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, Dec 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY. Here is what I heard today in Skovlunde on my AOR
AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire: 6005.00, *1300-1358* 5.12, R
700, Kall-Krekel (1 kW) RMRC special broadcast from EDXC Conference in
St. Petersburg with interviews by Harald Gabler of Chrissy Brand
(BDXC), Jan-Mikael Nurmela and Kari Kivekδs (both EDXC) 35333 AP-DNK
(Anker Petersen, Denmark, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD)
** GERMANY [non]. 11580 via WRMI broadcast from Rhein Mein Radio Club
started at 2200. Excellent signals. Program in remembrance of this
year`s EDXC conference in St.Petersburg, Russia (Stephen C Wood,
Harwich, Mass., Dec 5, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Yes, very good signal in Wyomissing too! Heard and interview with
Chrissy Brand promoting next year's proposed venue in Manchester,
England. 73, (Rich D`Angelo, PA, NASWA yg via DXLD) Viz.:
11580, USA, Rhein-Main Radio Club via WRMI-Okeechobee, Florida, 2205-
2246 Dec 5, tuned in for the special EDXC Conference special enjoying
Harald Gabler doing interviews with attendees. Very good signal (Rich
D'Angelo, 2216 Burkey Drive, Wyomissing, PA 19610, U.S.A., Ten-Tec RX-
340, Drake R-8B, Eton E1, Eton E5, Alpha Delta DX Sloper, RF Systems
Mini-Windom, Datong FL3, JPS ANC-4, NASWA Flashsheet Dec 6 via DXLD)
Repeats:
6.12.2015 on 5850 kHz at 2300-0000 UT (Sunday evening in North
America) to North America (English)
6.12.2015 on 9955 kHz at 0500-0600 UT December 6 to the Caribbean and
Latin America
7.12.2015 on 7570 kHz at 2100-2200 UT December 7 (Monday afternoon /
evening in North America) to North America. This may also be audible
in Europe. (English)
7.12.2015 on 15770 kHz at 2100-2200 UT (Monday afternoon/evening in
North America) Harald Gabler, Rhein-Main-Radio-Club, via
https://edxcnews.wordpress.com/2015/12/04/edxc-broadcast-december-2015/
Posted by: ("Alan Pennington", BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)
5850, Dec 6 at 2330-2400, catch second half of the RMRC special about
EDXC 2015 conference in St. Petersburg: Dr Harald Gabler hosting VG
signal with mixture of interviews, classic rock tunes, plugs for
club`s new QSL calendar, etc. One more repeat scheduled on WRMI:
Monday Dec 7 at 21-22 on 7570 and 15770 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY [non]. Frequency changes of Deutsche Welle effective from
December 15, all 250 kW:
0400-0500 12025 MDC / 300 deg EAf English, ex 11810, re-ex 11800
0500-0600 15405 MDC / 300 deg SAf English, ex 15520, re-ex 15275
1600-1700 15190 DHA / 225 deg EAf Amharic, ex 15560
And upcoming frequency change of DW effective from January 15, 2016
0630-0700 11800 ISS 500 kW / 170 deg WAf Hausa (alt. freq. 13610), ex
9800
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/frequency-changes-of-deutsche-welle.html
(Ivo Ivanov, Blgariya, Dec 9, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1803, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** GIBRALTAR. 1458, R. Gibraltar, Maida Vale, 2155 09-Nov-15, Ellie
Goulding " Love Me Like You Do" and Radio Gibraltar ID (Allen Willie,
Carbonear, NL, ICOM R-75 with 150m wire to NE and 183m wire to SE, Dec
CIDX Messenger via DXLD) What a catch
** GOA [non]. 9870, Dec 7 at 1425, nothing but CRI English, very poor,
as AIR VBS from Bengaluru is temporarily off, per Jose Jacob,
transmitters there needed to substitute for ailing GOA units on other
frequencies. So if you hear a listed Panaji frequency and it sounds
OK, it may well be Bengaluru instead (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO
1803, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Re: AIR Panaji SW transmitter problem --- The following schedule is
noted via Bengaluru *ex Panaji
1315-1415 11560 Dari (Afghanistan, Pakistan)
1415-1530 11560 Pushtu (Afghanistan, Pakistan)
1615-1730 7505 Hindi (Middle East)
1730-1830 7505 Malayalam (Middle East)
Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur
Radio, Hyderabad, India Mobile: +91 94416 96043,
http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos Dec 3, dx_india yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1803,
DXLD)
** GREECE. Voice of Greece is again on shortwave, December 3-4
2022&2100 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek, Dec 3
0600-0710 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek, Dec 4
No signal from Voice of Greece on 9420 kHz at 0720UTC, Dec 4
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/voice-of-greece-is-again-on-shortwave_4.html
Voice of Greece is again on shortwave, December 4-5
2001&2100 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek, Dec 4
0515&0745 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek, Dec 5
No signal from Voice of Greece on 9420 kHz at 0805UTC, Dec 5
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/voice-of-greece-is-again-on-shortwave_5.html
(DX RE MIX NEWS #929 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov Dec. 7, 2015
via DXLD)
V. of Greece back on shortwave, Dec 7 after absence of several days:
from 1758 on 9420*AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek, co-ch CNR 13
Uyghur till 1805
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/voice-of-greece-was-back-on-sw-dec7.html
73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Dec 6-7, dxldyg via DXLD)
Voice of Greece transmissions on shortwave on December 8-9:
1951-2100 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek QRM RFA+CNR-1 on 9410
from 0608 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek and off air at 0630 UT
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/voice-of-greece-transmissions-on.html
73! (Ivo Ivanov, Dec 8, Blgaria, dxldyg via DXLD)
** GUATEMALA [and non]. Presentamos DISCULPAS por lo sucedido con
nuestro video de Radio Verdad TV 056.
El video habνa sido bloqueado por tres paνses europeos. YouTube de
Guatemala, impugnσ dichos bloqueos, en nuestra defensa. En represalia,
el servidor de Italia nos anulσ el video completo para todo el mundo,
y nos anulσ la administraciσn de nuestro canal. En consecuencia, ya no
podrνamos seguir subiendo videos a nuestro canal de Radio Verdad TV.
YouTube de Guatemala y License Source de Guatemala hicieron gestiones
ante ellos, y lograron que me rehabilitaran la administraciσn del
canal, pero, nos dejaron sanciones graves para 6 meses. License Source
de Guatemala continϊa haciendo gestiones para que el servidor de
Italia nos quite las sanciones, puesto que, nos aplicaron sanciones
graves, sin habernos amonestado antes.
Radio Verdad TV agradece mucho a YouTube y License Source de
Guatemala, por sus gestiones en favor de Radio Verdad TV.
Por esas razones, quedσ deshabilitado nuestro video 056 para todo el
mundo; pero, lo analizaremos y volveremos a subir despuιs, para que
nuestros mαs de 100,000 televidentes en todo el mundo no queden
defraudados.
Recuerde que Radio Verdad TV es un canal educativo y cristiano, y
esperamos que no continϊen las acciones en su contra. Dentro de un
momento, vamos a publicar otro video de "Volviendo a Jesϊs" TV.
Con todo aprecio de su Canal Educativo Evangιlico Radio Verdad TV (Dr.
Ιdgar Amνlcar Madrid, Radio Verdad TV, Dec 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
I don`t get it; why would they bother to block this in Italy? (gh)
** HAWAII. Official Updates from the FCC. STATIONS GOING DARK:
620, KHNU, Hilo – Station had been silent Nov. 21, 2014; new owners
applied for a last-minute STA with U3 5000/5000 with an unspecified
pattern from four towers at a temporary site outside the original KHNU
service area, so the FCC couldn’t grant it in time for the station to
get back on the air within one year; FCC deleted the license in a
December 4 letter to the new owners. No word about what happens with
the synchro relays at Kalaoa and Naalehu (David Yocis, DC, AM Switch,
NRC DX News Dec 14 via DXLD)
** INDIA. With effect from 10th Dec, 2015 transmissions from All India
Radio SPT, Rajkot using 1000 kW MW DRM transmitter has been re-
scheduled as following: [subtract 5:30 for UT]
0545-0630 IST - Simulcast Mode - AM 1071 kHz Urdu + DRM 1080 kHz (Prog
1: Vividh Bharati, Prog 2: Urdu)
0630-0730 IST - Simulcast Mode - AM 1071 kHz Sindhi + DRM 1080 kHz
(Prog 1: Vividh Bharati, Prog 2: Urdu)
0730-1000 IST - Simulcast Mode - AM 1071 kHz Urdu + DRM 1080 kHz (Prog
1: Vividh Bharati, Prog 2: Urdu)
1200-1345 IST - Pure DRM Mode - 1071 kHz (Prog 1: Vividh Bharati, Prog
2: Urdu)
1400-1800 IST - Simulcast Mode - AM 1071 kHz Urdu + DRM 1080 kHz (Prog
1: Vividh Bharati, Prog 2: Urdu)
1800-2030 IST - Simulcast Mode - AM 1071 kHz Sindhi + DRM 1080 kHz
(Prog 1: Vividh Bharati, Prog 2: Urdu)
2030-2130 IST - Simulcast Mode - AM 1071 kHz Baluchi + DRM 1080 kHz
(Prog 1: Vividh Bharati, Prog 2: Urdu)
2130-0100 IST - Simulcast Mode - AM 1071 kHz Urdu + DRM 1080 kHz (Prog
1 :
Vividh Bharati, Prog 2 : Urdu)
Transmitter will now carry 3 channels simultaneously, one in AM mode &
two in DRM mode. --- (Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, Dec 7, dx_india yg via
DXLD) SPT = super power transmitter
DRM 1080 or 1081 kHz as earlier? Is DRM also carried with 1000 kW?
Thanks, (Mauno Ritola, Finland, ibid.)
** INDIA. 4970, AIR Shillong, 1401, Dec 6. In English; “This is the
North Eastern Service of All India Radio broadcasting from Shillong on
shortwave 60.26 meters, corresponding to 4,970 kilohertz and an
additional FM 100.1 megahertz. It's time now for a feature in English
titled 'Hero of Social Justice.' This is a feature of the life and
works of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar”; one of the principal architects of the
Indian constitution; fairly readable and informative program. My audio
at
https://app.box.com/s/qjlfzpdl12xdxquqo34gc6rpaqlqvs2b
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etσn E1, antenna: 100' long
wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1803, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. LAUNCHING OF A WEBSITE BY ALL INDIA RADIO FOR ITS EXTERNAL
SERVICES --- AIR, 9 December 2015
http://www.indianfrontliners.com/article/22882-launching-of-a-website-by-all-india-radio-for-its-external-services/118-embassy-news
All India Radio has launched a multimedia website for its external
service. The website airworldservice.org is presently available in
English, Hindi and Urdu languages. The content consists of rich
bouquet of news, current affairs, programmes on culture, heritage,
music, art, tourism, health-care, issues relating to economy,
investment, development, education etc. The website which has a blend
of text, pictures, video and audio components, also features live
streaming of radio programmes. It also has a segment of “Radio On
Demand”.
The External Services of All India Radio have been broadcasting their
programmes in 27 languages (15 foreign and 12 Indian). They are
reaching out to more than 140 countries through medium and short wave.
Broadcasts are aimed at Indians living abroad as well as others
worldwide. The programmes of AIR have wide following as is evident
from large number of letters, e-mails received by the different
language services. It is mainly for Indian Diaspora and to give the
listeners a feel of Home away from home. AIR also broadcast in Bangla,
Baluchi, Burmese, Chinese, Dari, Pashtu, Punjabi, Nepali, Saraiki,
Sindhi, Sinhala, Tamil and Tibetan for the neighbouring countries.
Their objective is to project the progress and policies of India,
along with its arts and culture. All Indian nationals living in
Kuwait, who are interested to see the external service of All India
Radio may log to its website http://www.airworldservice.org/
Posted by: (Mike Terry, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1803, DXLD)
** INDIA. Message from N. Thiyagarajan ADGE(SZ) Chennai about safety
and operations of AIR & DD
Thank you for your concern. All our staff are OK. Yes, situation was
very grim and continues to. City is witnessing heavy and torrential
rains after 1918. At present rain has subsided. If it does not relapse
then there wont be much difficulty. City is thrown out of gear.
All our services on "AIR & DD" are functional, thanks to our officers
and staff. They have been doing a commendable job indeed. I gather
some pvt TV channels were forced to close due to rain.
I could not write on this group as internet was in accessible. I was
conserving my mobile battery and in touch with DG, EINC and all though
SMS. Every disaster teaches us many things. Power and internet are the
first casualty, followed by Landline. Mobile networks also don't
function. City was powerless for 48 hours and even now some areas are
reeling under darkness.
The DDGEs of AIR and DD stayed overnight at office. Hope things will
look up soon. Everything is being managed well!! Don't worry!!! So
thanks again! Good luck to all!! *N .Thiyagarajan* *Additional
Director General (Engineering) South Zone* *AIR & DD MAINTENANCE* ---
(via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, Dec 3, dx_india yg via DXLD)
** INDIA. RADIO CONNECTS FLOOD VICTIMS --- Southgate December 4, 2015
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2015/december/radio_connects_flood_victims.htm
The Indian Mail Today reports "Good old radio emerged as the only
thing connecting the people of Chennai with the outside world during
the worst hours of flooding"
The newspaper says:
When all other communication links were down, All India Radio’s
Chennai station managed to broadcast regular news bulletins about the
situation in Tamil Nadu.
The broadcast remained uninterrupted despite the fact that the news
room itself was flooded.
The AIR [All India Radio] even increased the frequency of news
bulletins to ensure that people get all the information about the
calamity as it unfolded.
The same news is repeated within this UK Daily Mail story
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-3344990/RAISINA-TATTLE-Lt-Gen-Bipin-Rawat-takes-new-chief-southern-command.html
All India Radio (AIR)
https://twitter.com/airnewsalerts/status/672724347325313024
Indian Mail Today
http://mailtoday.in/
Posted by: (Mike Terry, Dec 5, dxldyg via DXLD)
** INDIA. Unscheduled transmission of All India Radio in English Dec 8
1315-1415 on 11560 PAN 250 kW / 330 deg to WeAs Dari as scheduled B-15
1415-1530 on 11560 PAN 250 kW / 330 deg to WeAs Pashto, scheduled B-15
1530-1537 on 11560 PAN 250 kW / 330 deg to WeAs English unscheduled px
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/unscheduled-transmission-of-all-india.html
73! (Ivo Ivanov, Dec 8, Blgaria, dxldyg via DXLD)
In other words, they just ran 7 minutes over. And it soon came out
that 11560 has Bengaluru substituting, a drawback of always publishing
a transmitter site as if it were written in stone (gh, DXLD) See GOA
** INDIA. Here is some news on AIR. Effective 1st Dec, 2015 AIR GOS-
II (General Overseas Service in English) at 1000-1100 UT can also be
heard in addition to SW via Chinsurah 1000 kW transmitter near Kolkata
on 1134 kHz (MW) directed to SE Asia. Reception reports are welcome at
specially from the listeners in the subcontinent and So.Ea.Asia.
Also 9870 kHz from Bengaluru with Vividh Bharati at 1245-1735 UT is
off the air for the time being and which is used for other {substitute
Goa Panaji services, wb.} services during this period (Alok Dasgupta,
INDIA, Dec 2, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 4 via DXLD)
In der Region ist der Sender gut* zu empfangen. [* only S=7-8 signal
in Doha Qatar remote SDR unit, similar S=8 signal in southern Greece,
wb. at 0738 UT on Dec 5] (BC-DX 5 Dec via DXLD
** INDONESIA. New 3325.00 (ex: 3324.88), RRI Palangkaraya, 1330, Dec
7; audio off at 1333* (only open carrier) till tuned out at 1340
(still just open carrier). Continuing to adjust the transmitter? For
about two years had been on 3324.88 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach,
CA, Etσn E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1803,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 3344.85, RRI Ternate on Dec 9 had definite open carrier
onward from 1349, but never strong enough for any audio here, but in
Japan, Hiroyuki Komatsubara heard them on 3344.87 at 0925 till 1458
playing "Palau Ambon" at sign off. https://youtu.be/VLTmcgJdHs0 has
Dec 9 (not 10) reception.
BTW - Dec 9 again found RRI Makassar off the air (4749.94); at 1433
had decent signal from Bangladesh Betar and very light QRM from CNR1
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etσn E1, antenna: 100' long
wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1803, WORLD OF RADIO 1803, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9526-, Dec 3 at 1435, not even a JBA carrier from Voice
of Indonesia, which is about all I can ever expect any more. What does
Atsunori Ishida say about recent activity? No signal from 1115 Nov 29,
missing on Nov 30, Dec 1, Dec 2, but on Dec 3: ``1044c/on-1110- with
very poor. No signal at 1155. Chinese announcement at 1100`` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) And then so does Ivo:
No signal from Voice of Indonesia, Dec 1-3:
1000-1100 on 9526#JAK 250 kW / 135 deg to AUS English
1100-1200 on 9526#JAK 250 kW / 010 deg to EaAs Chinese
1200-1300 on 9526#JAK 250 kW / 010 deg to EaAs Japanese
1300-1400 on 9526#JAK 250 kW / 010 deg to EaAs English
1400-1500 on 9526#JAK 250 kW / 010 deg to EaAs Indonesian
1500-1600 on 9526*JAK 250 kW / 010 deg to EaAs Chinese
1600-1700 on 9526^JAK 250 kW / 290 deg to N/ME Arabic
1700-1800 on 9526 JAK 250 kW / 290 deg to WeEu Spanish
1800-1900 on 9526 JAK 250 kW / 290 deg to WeEu German
1900-2000 on 9526 JAK 250 kW / 290 deg to WeEu English
2000-2100 on 9526 JAK 250 kW / 290 deg to WeEu French
# QRM Voice of America in Mandarin on 9530
* co-ch China Radio Int in English on 9525
^ QRM TRT Voice of Turkey in Farsi on 9530
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/no-signal-from-voice-of-indonesia-dec1-3.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, Dec 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. Possible harmonic --- Hi all, The US Navy
Fleet Sat Comm is rebroadcasting exotic FM DX. Myself & Jurgen Bartels
think this is Congo:
http://dx.3sdesign.de/unid/254770-FF-IDx-151205.mp3
Satcom is likely receiving the side of a signal on 295.8, possibly 3x
98.6? RX: Icom 9500 IF out feeding SDR; ant: CLP 5130 Log Periodic --
(Tim Bucknall, Congleton, UK, UK Director #KresySiberia, Dec 9,
harmonics yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1803, DXLD)
Certainly sounds like French intonation; mentions ``congolais`` at
1:29. Even if it`s not a harmonic, this is a fascinating subset of
DXing engaged in by very few --- unintentional satellite relays of
domestic broadcaster studio-transmitter linx or harmonics, on VHF
(Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1803, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Here`s my complete Satcom log from the last week:
Log, Tim Bucknall, G-CW12 4 Congleton, 02w14/53n10, IC-R9500 IF output
feeding Burkhardt Reuter RDR54D1 SDR CLP 5130, Log Periodic
MHz UTC ITU Program + Location Details Remarks km
2015-11-29
245.20 1306 NCG Radio Maria STL, via Satcom mass (mono) STL for AM
1400 khz?
249.40 1837 ? UNID WFM Indian? Mx, via Satcom qrm from Satcom trfc
255.78 1827 PAK WFM BC STL, via Satcom qrg: 255.7757 weak stereo
carriers at +/- 19 khz
261.28 1744 ? UNID WFM BC, via Satcom cut up by data bursts
265.55 1334 ? UNID WFM BC, Latin America very poor (via Satcom)
268.45 1352 ? UNID WFM BC, Latin America v poor (via Satcom)
2015-11-30
254.74 2207 IRN IRIB STL, via Satcom (east) acapela yl song low mod
257.10 2001 WFM BC STL, Latin America (via Satcom) v poor, rlg
service?
257.60 2116 ? WFM BC STL, Latin America (via Satcom) coldplay song:
trouble
260.63 2219 ? video buzz?, via Satcom (east) xmod or cable tv
leakage? 260.633 MHz
267.10 1634 ? UNID WFM BC STL, via Satcom (east) v poor
269.65 2202 PHL UNID soft pops WFM STL, via Satcom (east) not// DWKC
stream
2015-12-01
250.10 1746 UNID WFM BC STL, Latin America (via Satcom) obliterated
by legit. traffic
265.45 1909 UNID WFM BC, via Satcom (west) qrm from Brazil freebanders
269.96 1913 NCG UNID SS RLG WFM BC, Nicaragua (via Satcom) qrg:
269.957 Stereo! corkscrew drift pattern
2015-12-02
249.40 1331 UNID WFM BC STL, via Satcom (east) v poor (SS?)
2015-12-04
249.45 1606 UNID WFM BC STL, Latin America (via Satcom) Satcom is
rxing it off-freq
253.75 1622 UNID WFM BC, Latin America (via Satcom) severe qrm from
freebanders
254.07 1623 UNID WFM BC, Latin America (via Satcom) v poor. qrg:
254.075
261.60 0612 WFM BC STL, Latin America (via Satcom) severe qrm from mil
comms
265.55 0619 2nd WFM BC on frq, Latin America (via Satcom) distorted
om tlk xf mx
268.35 1738 WFM BC STL, Latin America (via Satcom) ex poor
269.95 1749 2nd WFM BC on frq, Latin America (via Satcom) v poor
2015-12-05
243.63 1400 ? Vatican R WFM BC (Harmonic?), via Satcom S.E church
svc, qrg: 243.625 tnx to Jurgen B for tip
252.63 2047 UNID WFM BC STL, poor qrg: 252.625mhz
254.77 1829 UNID FF WFM BC STL, Congo? African mx, blocked by Brazil
open mic from 1906
254.78 1921 PRG Radio Uno, Asuncion (via Satcom) football
commentary qrg: 254.775 180km
257.15 2037 UNID WFM BC STL, very poor,severe qrm
269.85 1433 ? UNID WFM BC STL, Latin America (via Satcom) terrible
qrm from US Navy
2015-12-08
249.57 1949 SS mono WFM STL, Latin America (via Satcom) long SS
monologue
249.57 1954 UNID 2nd weaker WFM BC, Latin America (via Satcom)
268.44 2029 PRU Radio La Beta, Cajamarca (via Satcom) Mono WFM STL
(Tim Bucknall, Congleton, UK, harmonics yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1803,
DXLD)
Did I ever tell you guys about the weird mixing products that Jodrell
Bank Radio Telescope re-radiates on FM when it rains? (Tim Bucknall,
Congleton, UK, UK Director #KresySiberia, harmonix yg via DXLD)
** IRAN. 7 Dec 2015 at 1523 on 7360 VOIRI in Azeri. This program
seems to be produced in Tabriz as they ID "Inja Tabriz Radyosu".
I recall it's been that way for years, but just now happened to hear
them ID'ing that way. Listed 1420-1650. This tx listed as Zahedan.
(Jari Savolainen, Kuusankoski, Finland, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Very odd frequency of Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran IRIB on Dec 5:
from 2011 on 6061.6 ZAH 500 kW / 289 deg to NEAf Arabic, instead of
nominal 6060.0
Full B-15 schedule of VIRI IRIB via this transmitter in Zahedan is:
0223-0520 9895 500 kW / 289 deg NEAf Arabic Al-Quds TV, not checked
0523-1420 15750 500 kW / 289 deg NEAf Arabic, observed nominal freq.
1423-1650 7360 500 kW / 289 deg WeAs Azeri, observed nominal freq.
1653-0220 6060 500 kW / 289 deg NEAf Arabic, some days on 6061.6v:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/very-odd-frequency-of-voice-of-islamic.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Very odd frequency of Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran IRIB on Dec 8
1423-1650 7361.5 ZAH 500 kW / 289 deg WeAs Azeri, instead of nom. 7360
1652-0020 6061.5 ZAH 500 kW / 289 deg NEAf Arabic instead of nom. 6060
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/very-odd-frequency-of-voice-of-islamic_9.html
73! (Ivo Ivanov, Dec 8, Blgaria, dxldyg via DXLD)
** IRAN [and non]. IRAN Tonight at 0220 to present 0245 UT Dec 6, I
noted IRIB Tehran signal in Spanish on 7225 kHz to South America, and
also on 9445 kHz to zones 11 and 12 in Central America on overtime,
latter extended to 0320 UT slot TOO? Measured 9445.006 kHz from
Kamalabad site S=9+35dB powerhouse here in Germany, and CeAM signal
7225.0 kHz too, at same S=9+35dB level. Had a lot of talk on Muslim
terrorist bomb blowing on Madrid and London metro stations.
Despite this deep UT night, we hear unusually only poor tiny signals
from N America like in 41, 31 and 25 mb, REAL DEEP WINTER CONDITION.
On the opposite very strong signals from the eastern world:
powerhouses from IBB Kuwait, various AIR India outlets, and also
strong SLBC Trinco 11905 kHz at 0230 UT. BRAZIL 11780.101 RNB/RNA on
tiny poor S=3 threshold level at 0205 UT Dec 6. wb df5sx (Bόschel,
dxldyg via DXLD)
** IRAN. I got on the World Service of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Broadcasting "Certificate of Merit". This is in response to my reports
for admission to the "Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran." View it:
http://rusdx.blogspot.ru/2015/12/blog-post_89.html
(Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia, RusDX Dec 6 via DXLD)
** ITALY. Schedule of next test broadcasts of Marconi Radio
International --- Greetings from Italy! Here is the schedule for the
next test broadcasts of Marconi Radio International:
05th December 2015, from 1300 to 1430 UT
06th December 2015, from 0900 to 1300 UT
Our frequency is 11390 kHz and power in the region of 30 watts. Test
broadcasts consist of non stop music, station identification
announcements in Italian, English, Spanish as well as DX shows in
English and Italian. MRI encourages reception reports from listeners.
Audio clips (mp3-file) of our broadcasts are welcome!
Until now reception reports, found to be correct, have been received
from 13 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Romania, Spain, Switzerland and
Ukraine. We are anxious to receive feedbacks from more countries!
We QSL 100%. Our E-mail address is:
marconiradiointernational@gmail.com
We hope that you will share this information with your members. Thank
you very much for your cooperation – (Marconi Radio International
(MRI) Short wave test broadcasts from Italy on 11390 kHz, Dec 4, DX
LISTENING DIGEST; also via Manuel Mιndez, DXLD yg via DXLD)
** JAPAN. 5006, Dec 5 at 1338, JBA continuous AM carrier here (not
5005) on 60m bandscan, as often detectable. I assume it must be the
experimental station in Japan, which does not qualify as a broadcaster
for WRTH. Aoki shows:
5006 HFD Radio Station 0000-2400 1234567 H3A 0.2 ND Tokyo-Chofu J
3539N 13932E JG2XA // 8006
So what kind of ``programming`` is there? IIRC it`s for propagation
research. Only 200 watts! Here`s a report from late 2013 as in DXLD
14-02:
``JAPAN. 5006, 1801-, JG2XA, Dec 28. Pretty strong carrier, and very
weak [M]CW audible at the top of each minute. // 8006 as well. Tried
various modes to hear the CW better, but to no avail (Walt Salmaniw,
Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)``
(Glenn Hauser, Dec 5, 2015, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN. 6055, Thu Dec 3 at 1351, English lesson from RN-1, levels 3
and 4, American accent, yet with Big-Ben-like chiming tune in
background, discussion topic: Nobel Prizes; fair (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH. I DID IT! The QSL I kinda, sorta got --- I know, you
must be asking yourself, "The QSL he kinda got?" Well, look who I got
mail from the other day (click the link below for the picture.
http://www.onairdj.com/qsl.jpg
(Enlarge the picture and look at the return address). Ironically, the
QSL card was not in there, it's missing. The letter was from June, the
other dated material was from September and November (Paul Walker, AR,
Dec 4, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Handwritten envelope addresses
Bummer, not even a vintage stamp! Considering the hand written address
and return address, I wonder if they they are unaccustomed to sending
mail. Or, is the use of a plain envelope driven by their economy's
dire straits? Of course, we'll never know. I wonder how far up the
command chain one must go to get permission to communicate with a
person in the United States (Ron Hunsicker, Wyomissing, PA 19610-2102,
ODXA yg via DXLD)
The letter inside did indicate they were writing because they got the
letter, saying I listen, so it's a quasi QSL. Not good enough for my
needs. I`m not picky like some Dx'ers; a card, a letter, something
scrawled on a napkin would work, but I need time/date/frequency to
qualify as a QSL (Paul Walker, ibid.)
These days a verification via mail is becoming a rarity; just like a
vintage bottle of 100 year rye whiskey! And some stations do not have
the staff to man the requests for verifications, which in my opinion,
we fall at the bottom of the pile of correspondences. And your
pretense that a time/date/frequency qualities for a QSL, yes, but
unless you send a Prepared Verification Card, with the details filled
in, you will not get it; what ever station feels like responding to.
There are exceptions (as these are the Latins) so if you really want
that full data card, then send a Prepared Verification Card, asking
for them just to sign the card and return it back to you. I have
used this method with great success in the past. Myself, I have
received a vague 'thank you for listening to our station' e-mail and
if that's all you get, that's all you will get. It's not like days
gone by when QSL'ing was a thrill, getting that envelope with unique
and rare stamps, with the card or letter (or both enclosed). (Edward
Kusalik, AB, QSL'ing since 1965, ibid.)
When I write a station, and ask for a QSL and tell them what I'd like
on the QSL card, I usually get it (Paul Walker, ibid.)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 5985, Dec 3 at 1347, Sea Breeze from JAPAN, with
usual YL in urgent Thursday English, but very poor, hard to copy,
characteristic electronic stingers interspersed. Maybe jamming noise
and/or Myanmar underneath (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA. Is V28 operated by Army? 3276.876 kHz, 2015 Dec 5, 1330~1340
UT, Anyang, South Korea, G35DDC + 303WA-2 [9:24 clip:]
https://youtu.be/TMkrbCt9zhU
After closing, some Korean words heard. I translate the Korean words
in English. "you the sucker, stand up, bow". Is V28 operated by North
or South Korea army? (Sungchul Cho, Dec 5, WORLD OF RADIO 1803, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. TAJIKISTAN, Good signal of clandestine Radio
Free North Korea
1200-1300 on 9470 DB 100 kW / 071 deg to NEAs Korean, December 5:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/good-signal-of-clandestine-radio-free.html
Good signal of clandestine Voice of Wilderness
1330-1530 on 7615 DB 100 kW / 071 deg to NEAs Korean, Dec.5:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/good-signal-of-clandestine-voice-of.html
Good signal of clandestine National Unity Broadcasting Station
1300-1500 on 7515 DB 100 kW / 071 deg to NEAs Korean, former Radio
Free Chosun
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/good-signal-of-clandestine-national.html
Good signal of clandestine North Korea Reform Radio
1430-1530 on 7590 DB 100 kW / 071 deg to NEAs Korean on December 5:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/good-signal-of-clandestine-north-korea.html
(Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Sony ICF-2001D, dxldyg via DXLD)
** KURDISTAN [non]. 9400, Dec 3 at 1420, Denge Kurdistan concert of YL
vocalisations, poor-fair via PRIDNESTROVYE, but then dead air 1424-
1429 before resuming at weaker level (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Final B-15 schedule of Denge Kurdistan
0400-0800 on 9400 KCH 300 kW / 130 deg to WeAs Kurdish
0800-1200 on 9400#ERV 300 kW / 192 deg to WeAs Kurdish
1200-1500 on 9400#KCH 300 kW / 130 deg to WeAs Kurdish
1500-1700 on 9400*SOF 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish
1700-2000 on 9400 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish
2000-2200 on 9400 KCH 300 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Kurdish
# co-ch FEBC Radio in Chinese 0900-1400
* plus strong second harmonic on 18800.
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/final-b-15-schedule-of-denge-kurdistan.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, Dec 3, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1803,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KYRGYZSTAN. About a year ago, I became interested in receiving
station Ovozi Tojik (Voice of Tajik) at a frequency of 7245 kHz. Power
100 kW, the antenna is non-directional. On the Russian broadcast two
times a day, from 0800 to 1000 and 1600 to 1800 UT. But thanks to the
Chinese "tusuyuschim" on the same frequency, take Voice Tajiks I could
not. [Google can`t translate tusuyuschim, but detects it as Uzbek, not
Russian; is that so?? --- gh]
Recently I learned that Kyrgyzstan also broadcasts in Russian. The
radio station Radio Birinchi. Timetables on the official website
there. That will bring the schedule from the site Short-wave.info.
From 0000 to 0020 UT on at a frequency of 4820 kHz, on Monday and
Tuesday in Russian and Kyrgyz languages ?? (there are alternative
frequency 4819.8 kHz). In the remaining days in Russian, Kyrgyz and
English. [****]
From 0200 to 0220 UT on 4820 kHz at a frequency only on Monday and
Tuesday, in Russian and Kyrgyz languages.
From 1100 to 1110 UT on 4820 kHz frequency on all days except Tuesday,
in Russian.
From 1600 to 1630 UT on 4820 kHz frequency on all days of the week in
Russian.
The transmitter in Bishkek, the omni-directional antenna, the power of
15 kW.
On Tuesdays from 0430 to 0500 at the frequency of 4010 kHz, they
broadcast in the Ukrainian language. Here the transmitter power of 100
kW, the omni-directional antenna.
So please all users of the portal, if possible, promonitorit these
frequencies, there really broadcasting in Russian. Well worth adding
to our portal. All thanks in advance.
http://dxing.ru/forum.html?func=view&catid=21&id=33119#33124
(via RusDX Dec 6 via WORLD OF RADIO 1803, DXLD)
** LAOS. Hallo A-dxer, ich habe soeben in das englischsprachige
Programm von LNR Vientiane von 1400-1430 UT hereingehφrt. Ein Groίteil
der Sendung galt dem Besuch einer chinesischen Delegation in
Vientiane. Vereinbart wurde eine Fremdsprachenredaktion in Chinesisch,
die Sendungen werden ab 2. Dezember auf 576 und 6130 ausgestrahlt,
eine genaue Sendezeit blieb man vorerst schuldig. Im darauf folgenden
franzφsischsprachigen px nannte man "2100 GMT" als Sendezeit, das wδre
0500 Uhr Ortszeit im Reich der Mitte.
Das wόrde heiίen, daί LNR den Kampf mit PBS auf 6130 kHz schon zwei
Stunden frόher beginnt und die Empfangschancen in Europa steigen, wenn
auch mit Gleichkanalstφrungen. Ich bleibe am Ball. Viele Grόsse, (Uwe
Volk, QTH: Tha Mai, Provinz Chanthaburi, THAILAND via A-DX via SW
Bulletin Dec 6 via DXLD)
Herzlichen Dank an unseren Sόdostasien Korrespondenten fόr die
Exklusivmeldung! Seit die Domain
http://www.laonationalradio.com
vor einigen Monaten verfallen ist, war auch der Spaί der tδglichen
Sendung hier vorbei. 73 (Christoph Ratzer via A-DX via SW Bulletin Dec
6 via DXLD)
Hallo a-dxer, die άberprόfung der Frequenzen 567 und 6130 kHz am 2.
und 3. Dezember ergab folgenden geδnderten Sendeplan:
bis 1330 UT Inlandsdienst in Lao
1330-1400 UT Khmer
1400-1430 UT Chinesisch - neu-
1430-1500 UT Englisch [ex 1400-1430]
1500-1530 UT Franzφsisch
1530-1600 UT Thai
1600-1630 UT Vietnamesisch
1630 UT kommt eine Programmvorschau in Lao fόr den Folgetag.
1632 UT s/off
LNR begeht in diesen Tagen das 55-jδhrige Stationsjubilδum und das 45-
jδhrige Bestehen der Volksdemokratischen Republik Laos. Viele Grόsse,
(Uwe Volk, Thailand, via A-DX via SW Bulletin Dec 6 via WORLD OF RADIO
1803, DXLD)
** LIBERIA. 6050, ELWA Radio, Monrovia, *0526-0700, 06-12, classic
music, at 0535, religious program in English, comments and songs.
24322 (Manuel Mιndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Lugo and Friol, Tecsun PL-
880 and Sangena ATS-909X, Cable antenna, 8 meters and Degen 31MS
active loop antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MADEIRA. 1530, Posto Emissor de Funchal, Poiso, 1848-1905, 05-12,
Portuguese songs, interference VOA Sao Tome same frequency. 12321
(Manuel Mιndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Lugo and Friol, Tecsun PL-880 and
Sangena ATS-909X, Cable antenna, 8 meters and Degen 31MS active loop
antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MALI. 5995, Dec 8 at 0707, S6 open carrier, dead air, no modulation
audible, presumably ORTM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 700, Dec 3 at 1320-1327+, rustic off-key fiddle & guitar
tunes, occasional shouts interspersed, roughly from WSW so presumably
the usual, XEETCH, native 5 kW daytimer in Etchojoa, Sonora; the only
other possibility XEGD in Parral, Chihuahua. Alone on the frequency,
with not much else from Mexico on low-band; yet by 1339 UT it`s out
and WLW is back in.
Enid sunrise today: 1326 UT; our latest at 1343 UT will not be for
another month, but our earliest sunset of the year is almost upon us:
2316 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO [and non]. 700, Dec 4 at 1334 UT, some more of that rustic
local music, this time by drums and flute, presumed XEETCH Etchojoa,
Sonora; unlike yesterday there is CCI from something in Spanish
counterclockwise, no doubt KHSE in The Metroplex TX (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 1060+, Dec 9 at 0711, off-frequency one is ``La Estaciσn de
Todos``, presumably XERDO in Tamaulipas, last measured in November at
1060.04 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 1300, Dec 6 at 0130 UT, amid nicely sung slow rancheras,
``1,300-AM, Radio Mexicana`` dominating for now, so presumably usual
XEP Ciudad Juαrez, likely 38 kW day power. However, R. Mexicana is not
a listed slogan for XEP or any 1300 in WRTH 2015, Cantϊ as of Feb
2015, nor IRCA log as of 2014. We`ll see what the 2016 WRTH and the
2015 IRCA Log on the way have to say (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 1350, XELBL, San Luis Rio Colorado, Son. NOV 22, 1329 - ID
giving call letters, slogan ("Radio Centro"), power (8000 watts),
address ("en Avenida Kino y Calle Quinta"), and member of OIR. Signal
was fading but I think they went into a program of U.S. oldies music.
Semi-regular lately around sunrise with no noise from local 1340 KDCO
IBOC, which was switched off one month ago (permanently we hope).
(John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge CO; Drake R8, 4-foot box loop, NRC IDXD 83-
06, December, 2015 via DXLD)
** MEXICO. 1510, XEQI, Monterrey, NL - 0259 UT 11/7/2015 - Heard
during 10 seconds of dead-air silence from WLAC with legal call letter
ID, "Sistema Radio y Televisiσn Nuevo Leσn" and "Alternativa" slogan,
thanks to Neil Kazaross for confirming ID, weak on South D-KAZ, new.
73, (Tim Tromp, West Michigan, Perseus SDR + North/South 117' D-KAZ,
ABDX via DXLD)
** MEXICO. 1610, XEUACH, R. Chapingo, Chapingo, NOV 26, 0053 - Strong
local like signal with discussion between two men. Station is back on
the air after outage lasting several weeks (Mike Beu, KD5DSQ, Austin
TX; Drake R8B, terminated Delta antenna (17-ft apex and 28-ft base)
northeast, Mini-Flag antenna (7 by 15-ft) southeast, NRC IDXD 83-06,
December, 2015 via DXLD)
** MEXICO. FYI, in case you hadn't seen the official notice yet.
http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2015120740916/mexico-delays-analogue-switch-off-by-a-year.html
Best regards (Richard B. Langley, NB, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.:
MEXICO DELAYS ANALOGUE SWITCH-OFF BY A YEAR
Juan Fernαndez Gonzαlez | 07 December 2015
After listening to broadcasters and analysts across the country,
Mexico's Senate has faced reality and is postponing the country’s
analogue switch-off for another year.
Even though the government has lately been rushing
http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2015110540544/mexico-hastens-toward-dtt.html#axzz3tYWafKlR
to ensure every Mexican home has the necessary technology to receive
and watch digital TV, several broadcasters are not close to being
ready.
Therefore, the Senate has offered an extension for those networks and
channels that need extra time. Mostly targeting small and local
operators, the extension has moved the switch-off date to 31 December
2016.
The Senate's decision doesn’t change the deadline for getting the
population DTT-ready, however, and homes should still be DTT-ready by
the end of this month
According to the resolution, “both the analogue switch-off and the IFT
http://www.ift.org.mx/
regulations are not changed by this decision”. However, it does lead
to a scenario in which a mainly digital TV sector will have to coexist
with some smaller analogue channels.
Mexico is the Latin American country in which DTT deployment is most
advanced,
http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2015073139290/mexico-argentina-lead-latam-into-dtt-era.html
however, it has delayed the analogue switch-off - initially scheduled
for 2014 - several times. Follow us: @rapidtvnews on Twitter (via
Langley, WORLD OF RADIO 1803, DXLD)
** MEXICO. APRUEBAN DICTAMEN PARA QUE 29 EMISORAS APLACEN APAGΣN
ANALΣGICO --- by gruporadioescuchaargentino
Con 17 votos a favor y tres en contra, la Comisiσn de Radio y
Televisiσn de la Cαmara de Diputados, que preside la legisladora Lνa
Limσn Garcνa (PVEM), aprobσ en lo general el dictamen de la minuta del
Senado para prorrogar hasta por un aρo la entrada de alrededor de 29
emisoras pϊblicas estatales o complementarias, y las sociales, al
apagσn analσgico, a pesar de que no sean de baja potencia.
El propσsito, explicσ Limσn Garcνa, es evitar que se queden sin seρal
las localidades remotas o con baja poblaciσn, a las cuales no llega
otro tipo de frecuencia, y asν no se afecte su derecho a la
informaciσn ni el derecho de las audiencias.
“Esta excepciσn ya existe para las estaciones de baja potencia, lo que
se hace es ampliarla para algunas emisoras pϊblicas y complementarias,
que sν son de alta potencia, pero que tienen un carαcter social”,
subrayσ.
Enfatizσ que el apagσn analσgico no se estα aplazando, ya que tiene
una fecha fatal establecida para el 31 de diciembre de este aρo, como
lo marca la Constituciσn. Esta modificaciσn de la legislaciσn
secundaria, explicσ, va enfocada particularmente a los medios pϊblicos
y estaciones de carαcter social.
Abundσ que gracias a estos medios de informaciσn es que ciertas
poblaciones se enteran de eventos que ponen en riesgo su integridad,
como en el caso de huracanes, lo que ayuda a una temprana reacciσn.
“Son poblaciones en las que hoy en dνa no hay internet. Serνa injusto
y una falta de entendimiento de los legisladores”, sostuvo.
La legisladora asegurσ que en este dictamen “no hay gato encerrado”,
ya que es un asunto que con anterioridad estaba planteado en la agenda
de trabajo de esta comisiσn para los prσximos tres aρos.
“La televisiσn y la radio no son un derecho humano, pero el acceso a
la informaciσn sν lo es, y esas herramientas contribuyen al ejercicio
de ese derecho”, argumentσ Lνa Limσn.
Precisσ que la transiciσn a la digitalizaciσn harα que algunas
estaciones principales tengan un alcance que en el espectro analσgico
no tenνan, por lo que en algunos casos las estaciones complementarias
ya no serαn necesarias y no tendrαn que renovarse (Crσnica via GRA
blog via DXLD)
As in too many of the press items picked up by the GRA blog, there is
NO explicit indication of *what country* the story is from or about!
Nor are there ever linx to the original source. However, this appears
to be Mexico. Issued right after it was an item about a Radio
Ciudadana, Concordia on 89.7, god knows where. At least we have the
frequency (gh, DXLD)
** MEXICO. Another winter sporadic E opening, while analog TV still
exists! Dec 6 into UT Dec 7:
2352 on 2, CCI from same offset, one of which is American football so
could it be Canada? Grafix soon identify it as NFL; seems to be bug in
upper right with Televisa oval log, and a word below it, presumably
DEPORTES, so would this be net-2, Canal de las Estrellas?
2353 on 3, Televisa-5 net bug visible in lower right during a drama
2354 on 2, audio now Spanish, CCI from 10-kHz offset
2355 on 2, I make the football video // to KWTV CBS, but considerably
ahead of it on cable
0002 on 2, NFL game but with Spanish grafix; evidently the NFL and
other wipes on CBS are cleanly replaced by Televisa`s. At times the
bug in UR is replaced by something else in alternation; maybe clock?
0007, I try the R75 on 59.75 MHz, and can detect some distorted
Spanish sounding audio fading in and out, but its FM mode is not the
FM mode of NTSC TV audio; almost sounds better by slope detexion in AM
mode, but really unreadable. I do refine the frequency easily to
59.74, i.e. offset-minus. R75 is still using only the same E-W
longwire as for HF.
0009, back to the TV set, and now the Spanish audio is OK on it,
mentioning that there are 5 y medio minutos left in the game.
0014, I notice that CBS is already out of the game and into 60
Minutes; they must have dispensed with a post-game show. The DX seems
to have faded out anyway, and I have to do something else for the next
hour+.
0128 on 2, recheck, there is algo Es video DX again
0130 on 2, it`s a guy in a labcoat being interviewed by a woman,
apparently about some female medical issue. Crawlers in white at
bottom show phones in DF, Guadalajara, Monterrey. There`s a big lower-
case script g bug in the upper right, and sometimes in the lower left,
presumably logo of the infomercial advertiser.
0137, TeleVer full screen ID, so XHFM Veracruz
0139, back to lab coat guy
0145, woman wraps up the show, website or facebook looks like
ingestudio or something like that
0146, news segment including about Pres. Obama`s address last hour
0151, CCI, comedy in Spanish; all the above on ch 2
0153 on 4, algo very poor in Spanish
0154 on 4, Televisa-5 net bug in LR
0203 on 2, federal anti-child-labor PSA; ad for navidad at B-STORE
0204 on 2, Azteca-7 promo for Simpsons(?) at 7:40
0207 on 2, animation dubbed; crawler at top running right to left ---
I wonder if it`s a warning about the imminent DTV transition?
0210 on 2, I recognize the anim as Toy Story (or a sequel) with the
cowboy; shortly fadeout (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1803, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. RAYMIE`s MEXICO BEAT, this week ---
Turns out the social wolves were not so breaking news.
Apparently they were the subject of an article in Proceso last month,
but it's not online. It also was the subject of two stories from La
Jornada Zacatecas, which was put in their digital print edition but
not searchable online. One mentions that in the late 80s the
university there tried to get a radio station and was denied because
the government was worried about it.
I've translated the latter and made it available here (for
academic/critical use only).
http://jmp.sh/kVKLCc7
You can also read, from the NTR site, a reply to the Proceso piece.
http://ntrzacatecas.com/2015/11/05/la-ip-y-la-tv-de-caracter-social/
Last edited by Raymie; 12-04-2015 at 04:07 AM (Raymie Humbert, Phœnix
AZ, Dec 4, WTFDA Forum via DXLD)
Commercial radio newscasts on noncommercial stations? It's happening
in Jalisco,
http://www.radioformula.com.mx/notas.asp?Idn=553284&idFC=2015
where Radio Fσrmula news will now be heard on the C7 radio network.
Meanwhile, the Hidalgo state network
http://www.milenio.com/firmas/eduardo_gonzalez_intelectoopuesto/Radio-TV-Hidalgo_18_641515886.html
is pushing to get on air by December 17, the Campeche state network
produced this exciting explainer.
And Televisiσn Azteca has declared itself 100% ready for digital
television, including all of its shadows!
https://t.co/jq4t4Wp2nu
(Raymie, Dec 7, ibid.)
Well, SMRTV (Sistema Michoacano de Radio y Televisiσn) broadcasted
Carmen Aristegui news when she was in MVS (Gargadσn, Campeche, ibid.)
True, and I think they carry Ultra Noticias with Javier Solσrzano now.
(Another permit station combo springs to my mind: the Cozumel 107.7
FM/TV 5 group also carries Ultra.) EDIT: The TV station carries Ultra.
Radio still has MVS. Last edited by Raymie; 12-08-2015 at 01:30 AM
(Raymie, ibid.)
A line item on the late shift tonight: I reported on this months ago,
but get ready to update your logbooks in a couple years.
There won't be a Distrito Federal for much longer.
http://www.animalpolitico.com/2015/12/aprueban-diputados-reforma-politica-del-df-la-ciudad-tendria-su-propia-constitucion/
A committee in the Chamber of Deputies has finally approved the
political reform of Mexico City. The political reform effectively
makes Mexico City a full state, with mayorships instead of delegations
and a full constitution, as well as the same rights and privileges as
the 31 states. In addition, the capital would now be formally known as
Ciudad de Mιxico. The measure must still go to the full chamber for
consideration, and then it will likely be signed by the president.
While I'm not a fan of them for Mexico, might I suggest the two-letter
abbreviations CD (for Ciudad) or CM? (Raymie, Dec 8, ibid.)
Speaking of Mexico City... An Azteca Site I'd Never Heard Of
I was digging for government authorizations on the http://cft.gob.mx
domain (which is now down; you need to look at Google cache copies of
everything) and was pointed to an authorization for an XHTVM emergency
transmitter with 625 kW ERP.
Said transmitter was located at a site in southern Mexico City, on the
opposite end from Chiquihuite. Here it is, and you'll see the huge
Azteca sign on the building:
https://www.google.com/maps/@19.2691925,-99.2328812,3a,89.7y,332.04h,101.63t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sMajZKvoGtt9AITKUDli5hQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Now, I have no idea why this exists, but the first clue we can
ascertain is an ancient-looking sign on the fence. See the IMER? Yeah,
I do too. It also says "Secretarνa de Gobernaciσn - Instituto Mexicano
de la Radio". (IMER currently is under the aegis of the SEP.) I've
never seen this IMER logo before. It might date to the founding of the
thing. There are several IMER signs on the fence into this complex.
So we know that this was an IMER facility. (In fact, it still is on
their books.
http://www.imer.mx/wp-content/uploads/sites/36/bienes_inmueb_imer_2014.pdf
They might have it as a transmitter site, I'm not sure.) I also
suspect it was home to another IME: Imevisiσn.
Now, this was not Imevisiσn's headquarters, which Azteca took on and
added to. No, I think this was the transmitter site built for XHTRM-22
(now XEIMT, which moved to Chiquihuite upon its 1993 relaunch). That
transmitter was also in Ajusco (Raymie, ibid.)
Another state network with shadows? Yup. XHCGA Aguascalientes has four
of them, with the highest-powered at Calvillo (14.1 kW).
We also finally have the frequency for that Hermosillo social radio
station: 106.7 MHz, not 104.3 or 104.1 as had been hinted at. This was
likely done because Mexico is now reserving 106.x and 107.x MHz for
stations with social concessions like this new Hermosillo one.
Hermosillo also has allotted full-power frequencies on 105.9, 103.5,
and 104.3 that are available still (Raymie, Dec 9, ibid.)
Today is the final day for analog television in the Cinco Manantiales
and Saltillo regions of Coahuila, in Guanajuato and Querιtaro, as well
as in two Sonora towns and one location in Baja California. It is the
first of four slated apagones in two weeks.
State networks gear up for apagσn
Digital viewers in Hidalgo, or at least in Pachuca, can now get
the state network in digital. Authorizations were given earlier this
year alongside a renewal of permits and change to public concessions.
"Now on Canal 42 HD" is appearing in some of their advertising.
In Tlaxcala, the situation is a little different. According to
Revista Pantalla, TDT will be able to go to TDT on time. There are
some problems. While they have HD-ready studios, mobile units and soon
an HD master control, their satellite contract only provides 3.5 MHz
of bandwidth, not a full 6. This means they cannot send an HD signal
to their transmitters, which take the satellite feed as terrain makes
a microwave system too complex. They will begin in SD.
Engineer Hector Parker also mentioned that they'd ideally like to
expand to 8 transmitters from the 5 they have, in order to cover the
10 percent of Tlaxcala that cannot receive the state network.
A new radio station on the air testing in Yucatαn
Meanwhile, a potential tropo target in the Yucatαn Peninsula has
begun testing: XHYRE 107.9 Mιrida with Radio Educaciσn. It's a big
moment for Radio Educaciσn,
https://twitter.com/RadioEducacion/status/675088140810493952
as this is its first ever FM and its first ever station outside Mexico
City. In the competition among public broadcasters, this is actually a
pretty big deal. Last edited by Raymie; 12-10-2015 at 06:41 PM
Read my Mexico Beat blog | Calendario de Apagones
December 11: San Felipe BC; Allende/Saltillo/Parras Coah.;
Celaya/Leσn Gto.; Qro.; Agua Prieta/Caborca Son.
December 16: Isla de Cedros BC; Northern Coahuila; Jalisco except
Puerto Vallarta; most Mich.; San Luis Potosν SLP; Cananea Son.; San
Fernando Tamps.
December 17: Central Mexico; Telemax in Agua Prieta/Caborca, Son.
December 22: Some Chih., Cd. Acuρa Coah., Dgo., FCP/Chetumal Q.
Roo, Matehuala SLP, NW Son., Zac.
(Raymie, Dec 9, ibid.)
** MOROCCO. This is probably my best logging of the last few weeks, if
not few months and it's Radio Mediterranιe International on 9575 khz
from Morocco. They are never very strong here at all, they often
produce just enough signal to make out that there's speech or music on
air, just enough for a logging.
Well, the other day they produced such a strong signal that when I
made a 30 minute video aircheck, it got hit within 6 or more copyright
violations within seconds of it being posted [you mean, on YouTube?].
The signal was so good, you can clearly understand and listen to the
songs. I had to upload it to soundcloud!
This was recorded at 1:25 am Central/0725 UT on November 29, 2015
using my JRC NRD535D and 80 foot long wire in southern Arkansas.
https://soundcloud.com/paul-walker-11/radio-mediterranne-international
(Paul Walker, Camden AR, Dec 7, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEWFOUNDLAND. 930, CJYQ switches to country --- On 27th October,
930 CJYQ switched to country music. The old website
http://www.thisisnewfoundlandlabrador.ca
has disappeared and has been replaced by
http://www.930kixxcountry.ca
It had been playing Newfoundland music since 2000 (according to
Wikipedia). It will be recalled that the station was damaged by fire
and was temporarily off the air in early 2014. 590, VOCM dropped
country in April 2015 after playing it since 2002 (Dec MW News via
DXLD)
** NEWFOUNDLAND. 2598-USB, Dec 6 at 0122, marine weather from Canadian
Coast Guard, very poor S5 in noise level. Most recent start of a
scheduled broadcast is:
``MCTS Labrador VOK Broadcasts, 0107, St. Anthony, 2598J3E
Radiotelephony
Technical marine synopsis, forecasts and wave height forecasts for
marine areas 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230,
235, 237 and 238.
Ice conditions and forecast for the East Coast of Newfoundland,
and the Labrador Coast, south of 54N.
Iceberg Bulletin – Newfoundland Coast and Strait of Belle Isle``.
Nothing audible on 2749-USB at the moment, from slightly closer Nova
Scotia stations; maybe in a break. St. Anthony is back on the Island
of Newfoundland near the northern tip (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) See also CANADA
** NEWFOUNDLAND. Glenn, I`m listening to CKZN 6160 from St John`s.
Heard the news at 0800 and now a program from a German outfit on
Burkina Faso. Program was called Africa Link. Pretty good copy with
much QSB running s9 to 10 db over S9 on my CommRadio CR1A and a K9AY
Loop fixed north from Washington NC. This is the first time I`ve ever
heard them! The CBC should be kicked in the ass for shutting down
Sackville. 73 (Glenn Swiderski, Dec 4, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
That would be the local 4-4:30 am segment, half an hour later in
Nfld., of CBC Overnight, from DW (gh, DXLD)
** NEW ZEALAND. It was over in five seconds. The par four ninth hole
at the Titahi Golf Club (north of Wellington) became easier in a
moment when a radio mast that had been in the middle of the fairway
for more than half a century crumpled to the ground last Tuesday.
Hours of measuring and planning ended when a worker cut a single wire
attached to the 53-metre mast. That allowed the remaining three wire
ropes to tug the structure over. The tower took less than five seconds
to fall with a thud in the grass. The crumpled mess left lying on the
grass was proof of how rusty it was and why it needed to come down,
Radio New Zealand transmission manager Gary Fowles said.
It was, in fact, in such bad shape that when a worker climbed it in
October, “some of it was so rusty it gave way under his weight”. The
structure was immediately deemed unsafe and plans were made to bring
it down. Radio New Zealand also made the decision then to bring down
the much-higher 220m tower nearby. That mast was New Zealand’s highest
structure until the Auckland Sky Tower was built. Radio New Zealand
chief executive Paul Thompson said the shorter mast was an obstacle
golfers “have lived with and played with for years”.
The transmission building at the bottom of the mast would also be
demolished, meaning Titahi golfers would have a clear fairway for the
first time in decades. The tower would be cut up and taken away for
scrap metal. Thompson said the golf club had been fantastic to deal
with through the whole process.
The 53m mast only had one radio station running through it, and that
would be transferred to the nearby 137m mast. The 220m mast is
scheduled for removal within the next few weeks. Radio New Zealand
received advice in October that the two masts should come down by
March, but Thompson made the decision that it had to happen
immediately (Kapi-Mana News, 17 November 2015 via Brian Webb via Dec
NZ DX Times via DXLD)
** NICARAGUA. 539.83, R. Corporaciσn, Managua, NOV 26, 0146 - Likely
sports coverage by male announcers. Station is back in service after
lengthy outage, het easily detected on 540 kHz. Fair signal peaks
throughout the evening (Mike Beu, KD5DSQ, Austin TX; Drake R8B,
terminated Delta antenna (17-ft apex and 28-ft base) northeast, Mini-
Flag antenna (7 by 15-ft) southeast, NRC IDXD 83-06, December, 2015
via DXLD)
** NICARAGUA. Hi Glenn, Been wanting to hear this station for a while.
Interesting to hear stuff like this.
8989 usb, "El Pescador Preacher." 12/6/2015z 2258-2355z. Tune-in at
2258 with poor sigs. Fading up slowly around 2310. Mentions of
"Estados Unidos," "El Pescador," "Nicaragua." Best signal of 34322;
ACI from a U.S. military station (presumed), on 8992 usb, reading
phonetic cyphers. Best signals observed between 2310 and 2335. Musical
selection at 2328, with female vocalist and musical accompaniment.
Reverent, religious quality to it. Using DSP with filter down to 2.2
kHz, so music was very tinny-sounding. Music ended at 2335, and back
to presumed sermon. Fading to mostly poor after 2340. At 2355, some
Spanish-language two-way ssb comms., much stronger than EP, began.
After comms. ceased, the preaching was gone. No sigs. observed at
2358z. Thanks to Bob Wilkner, Carlos Gonηalves, Glenn Hauser, et.al.,
for tips on this station via DXLD. Rx: IC-746 Pro, with 40m dipole
balanced feed into antenna coupler. All of the Best, (Steve Zimmerman,
Milwaukee WI, WORLD OF RADIO 1803, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. [non!] Once again looked out for Radio Kaduna Nigeria on
6089.855v kHz. But negative this morning, no signal on lower sideband
of 6090 kHz. So, seemingly - another shortwave broadcast station HAS
GONE FOR EVER. Nothing heard from Radio Kaduna anymore, at least since
mid 13th! / end of August 2015 (Wolfgang Bόschel, Germany, morning
logs Dec 3 at 0505 to 0540 UT, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 3, dxldyg via
WORLD OF RADIO 1803, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA [non]. Dandal Kura --- I've been hearing them pretty
regularly late nights here [05-07 UT] in Nevada on 7415 since July:
http://swldx.tumblr.com/search/Dandal
(Rodney Johnson, Las Vegas NV, Dec 4, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
U.K.(non) and USA, Strong co-channel between Dandal Kura International
and WEWN-3
1800-2100 12050 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg WeAf Kanuri R Dandal Kura Int.
1800-2400 12050 EWN 250 kW / 220 deg MEX Spanish WEWN-3 R Catolica
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/strong-co-ch-between-dandal-kura.html
(Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Sony ICF-2001D, dxldyg via DXLD)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6950-AM, Dec 5 at 0110, VP signal from algo,
presumably pirate rather than 5 x 1390 local KCRC. High local noise
level and very degraded propagation.
6955.00-AM, Dec 5 at 0150, my next pirate bandscan finds one signal
here, a little better than 6950 had been, rock music, poor, S6 in
noise level, 0157 singing ID sounds like WABC, mentions the Seventies.
Lots of logs here
http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,24887.0.html
say it was the same station, Rush Night Oldies, but with IDs for WABC
and old jingles --- difference of opinion whether playing tapes of 770
in the 70s, or a `tribute` new produxion, or a mixture (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Glenn, Dec 5, on 6955-AM, from 0122 to 0219; programming of WABC
(yes, maybe a mixture with something else?); "from our studios on
beautiful Neely Henry Lake" (Alabama), with weather by "meteorologists
James Spann from the ABC 33/40 weather center". My audio -
https://app.box.com/s/wt5iewwkgad0jufazvorvswlr9majg8r
(Ron Howard, California, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
RE: "WABC" reception last night. This from Andy Robins:
"WABC 6955 kHz also well heard here in Michigan last night, mostly at
S9 level with some fading. This was clearly a contemporary production
by someone who has access to studio production tapes of WABC jingles,
etc., from the 60's and 70's." What is interesting is that the
meteorologists James Spann is still at ABC 33/40
http://abc3340.com/weather
(Ron Howard, Dec 5, ibid.)
Hi Glenn, Andy Robins has some updated info about the pirate WABC that
we recently heard. He noted a new WABC QSL posted on Facebook which
states:
"WABC AM 1610 & FM 100.1 were a pair of pirate stations run from the
shores of Henry Neely Lake [actually "Neely Henry Lake" - Ron] near
Ashville, AL by Joe Dentici, a retired DJ and broadcast engineer from
WSGN and EWTN among others. Joe lost his battle with leukemia in 2006,
and we lost one of the best there ever was. The show you heard
originally aired November 26, 2005."
Thanks to Andy for this clarification of just what we heard Dec 5 (Ron
Howard, California, Dec 8, ibid.)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6955.0-AM, Dec 6 at 0042, JBA carrier, even weaker
than the unID on 6940, q.v. Ditto at 0104 recheck. Several logs here
http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,24919.0.html
say it was Radio Ronin Shortwave (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. PIRATE-NA. Voice Of Pearl Harbor, 6950 AM, 1405-
1432*, 12-06-15. SIO: 343. Sign on with air raid sirens, station ID by
OM announcer, news reports from the radio on the bombing or Pearl
Harbor, Roosevelt's "Day Of Infamy" speech to congress. Well done
program. [Lobdell-MA]
PIRATE-NA. CCC/Cold Country Canada, 6925 LSB, 2241-2300+, 12-06-15,
SIO: 444. Pop and rock oldies, IDing as being on 6969 kHz USB, tunes
by George Harrison and Steve Miller band. Unusual for a pirate to be
in LSB. [Lobdell-MA]
PIRATE-NA. Girl Scout Radio, 6910 AM, 2317-0004*, 12-06/7-15, SIO:
232. Frequent IDs, rap tunes by Willow, Lil Kim, etc. PSA for Girl
Scouts Of America. New station. [Lobdell-MA]
PIRATE-NA. Radio Casablanca, 6940 AM, 2322-2345+, 12-07-15, SIO: 343.
Tunes by Betty Grable, Lew Stone, Ethel Merman, etc. Casablanca movie
audio clips which Shazam said came from Movie Themes Vol. 17 (Chris
Lobdell, Tewksbury, MA, Receivers: E1, NRD-545, Aerials: 40 Meter
dipole, G5RV dipole, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. Earthquake report: shaking for 15-20 seconds starting at
0102:09 UT during my current DX monitoring session. This is a fairly
big one, the largest so far today, anyway in the US, per USGS:
4.3 28km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma 2015-12-06 01:01:42 UTC 2.5 km deep
Oklahoma authorities are finally cracking down on injexion wells, too
little, too late. Fairview is about 56 km WSW of Enid. State Farm
assures that its earthquake coverage does not rule out man-made ones.
Earthquake report: tremor felt for a few seconds at 0458:25 UT Dec 8;
does not make the USGS minimum setting of 2.5, so must be relatively
close (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1120, Dec 4 at 1727 UT on caradio, incredible! Tulsa
station making announcements in Spanish, YL DJ, CST timechex. Frequent
non-IDs as ``11-20 La Diferente``, ``los ιxitos estαn aquν``; recheck
1854 UT ``transmitiendo desde Tulsa con 10 mil watts``, brief news
headlines, local, national and international, apparently hourly at
this time, sponsored by Mercado Las Amιricas with locations in Tulsa;
1856 UT bilingual Xmas song, 1858 UT more slogans but no legal call
letter ID, ``la mϊsica del pasado y del presente``. 1901 UT still no
calls in next ID, just ``La Diferente 11-20``. Ditto in 2058-2103 UT
recheck.
This is the station known to FCC as KETU, which for the past year or
more has been on the air with NOTHING but music, never any
announcements, let alone IDs of any sort, heard until today, but may
have started a few days ago. It is licensed now to La Zeta 95.7, which
is the same Arkansas company that runs KSEC in Bentonville AR. There
may also be some inter-relation with Mercado Las Amιricas in AR and
Tulsa, which as Radio Las Amιricas LLC is the licensee of KMUS 1380,
also in Sperry. And of KLTK 1140, Centerton AR, which I also hear.
Apparently they are a bit hazy about ID requirements. What would be a
fitting fine for broadcasting a year with no IDs? And still no legal
IDs. The last ID we ever heard from this 1120 was ``KEOR``, which had
supposedly already been replaced by KETU. It`s 10 kW day, 7 kW
critical hours in deference to KMOX, should they adhere to that. In
the past it`s also been on at night.
1120, Dec 5 at 1400 UT, ``La Diferente`` seems to do a call-letter ID
at hourtop amid music, pronounced in Spanish with a ``ka``, but I just
can`t copy it; does not, however, sound like KETU! Another try,
listening closely from 1757 UT, romantic Xmas song about ``noche-
buena``, 1758 UT ads for Super-Mercado Las Amιricas with specific
specials pricing, then singing ad for Mariscos La Primerνsima (seafood
restaurant); 1759 ``Llegσ a Tulsa La Diferente, 11-20 AM`` and NO
legal ID yet again! Into another navidad song, with ``felicidades``.
Eventually I hope to catch them at random time if not hourtop with
call-letter ID (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WORLD OF RADIO 1803, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1230, WBBZ, Ponca City – Format to NWS/TLK (ex-OLD);
slogan to “NewsTalk 1230,” networks to Ap/Ok/Oa/P/Ru/CM/DG/C2C. (GH)
(Wayne Heinen, NRC AM Log Update, AM Switch, NRC DX News Dec 14 via
DXLD)
** OKLAHOMA. Applications to extend existing STAs were received from
KOKC-1520 Oklahoma City OK (U1 50000/10000); and
(David Yocis, DC, AM Switch, NRC DX News Dec 14 via DXLD)
Used to be 12500 at nite: this means they remain non-direxional day
and night with a single tower which remains, and the 10 kW ND will go
out as well toward Buffalo as away from it, but also not be enough to
keep KOLM in Minnesota from causing heavy QRM to KOKC as close as Enid
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1640, 3.11. 0700-, KZLS Enid OK. Dx-pedition och
solflδcksmaximum δr svεrt att kombinera. Nu hφrde vi stationer tre
dagar. Den 4. November hoppade K-index till 5 och polarsken fyllde
himmelen. Efter solstormen hade vi tid att lyssna till AIH41
inspelningar. Mest av AIH52 inspelningarna finns dδrfφr pε hεrddisk
och vδntar pε bδttre tider. Hδr finns i alla fall preliminδrloggen
(AIH52 Dx-pedition preliminδr logg, JHT Jorma Huuhtanen & JM Jorma
Mδntylδ, Inari, Aihkiniemi 31.10.-7.11.2015, JRC NRD 535, JRC NRD545,
2xIcom IC-R8500, Perseus, via JM, MV Eko Dec 7 supplement via DXLD)
** OKLAHOMA. 1650, KFSW, AR [sic], Fort Smith – Format to REL:CHR (ex-
TLK); slogan to “Life 98.7,” adds // K254AM-98.7, deletes networks
(Wayne Heinen, NRC AM Log Update, AM Switch, NRC DX News Dec 14 via
DXLD)
1650, 26.11 0656, KFSW, Fort Smith AR [sic] med ID Red Eye Radio (Kai
Mauseth, Smψla, mv-eko 7 dec via DXLD /Nytt call! –tl (Tore Larsson?
Ibid.) Red Eye Radio was not an ID of the station! but the name of an
ex-program, also on many other US outlets (gh, DXLD)
[Re 15-48, 1650 KFSW ex-KYHN:] FWIW EMF"s stations use either the
slogan "K-Love" or "Air 1". Someone may be able to point out an
exception but I don't recall any == (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View,
TN EM66, Dec 3, NRC-AM via DXLD) But it`s not that (gh)
Being somewhat cynical after various false starts on 1650, I've just
listened to their web stream over the TOH. Gone is Arklahoma's talk
radio (even though the web site still shows this and the KYHN call
sign). The web site's "news" is not updated since September, and
Wikipedia states that the station was sold on 2nd October. The
station's stream was playing "Hold Me" by Jamie Grace before the top
of the hour (quite a catchy, not overtly-religious song and Grammy-
nominated apparently). The top of the hour ID was: "You're listening
to Life 98-7, AM 16-50 and K254 [sic] KFSW Fort Smith". This time, the
news seems to be correct. 73 (Andrew Brade, UK, Dec 5, MWCircle yg via
DXLD)
BCB DX LOGGINGS FROM SHAWN M. AXELROD VE4DX1SMA, VEPC4SWL
DX’ing from: Winnipeg MB Canada; RECEIVERS: ICOM ICR70 / DRAKE R8
ANTENNAE: 3 Foot un-amplified box loop / Quantum QX LOOP v2.0 / 155
Foot U shaped outdoor wire / 100 Foot indoor wire run around the
basement walls / MFJ 1026 Phasing unit. Times are: Eastern Local time
for Domestic DX, UT for non-Canadian and USA DX
1650, KFSW, AR [sic], Fort Smith, 12/07 1850, Faded up over usual pest
KBDJ with Christian music and ID as “Life 98.7”. New calls and format,
(SMA-MB) COMMENTS Been trying for this one for awhile and finally got
lucky after sun set here. -- Remember on a Clear Day You Can Hear
Forever (Shawn Axelrod, VE4DX1SMA, Winnipeg MB Canada, NRC-AM via
DXLD)
** OKLAHOMA. RF 17, K17JN-D, Enid, first found 6 days ago to be on air
with six also 17- subchannels, has continued ever since with local-
quality signal, but no modulation beyond black, fooling the Zenith STB
into thinking there is ``NO SIGNAL``. When will it come to life?
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, Dec 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
``When will it come to life?`` TODAY, Dec 6, K17JN-D, Enid finally
starts some video and audio modulation instead of black silence for
the past week --- and just as I expected based on same company`s
Ardmore LP station, it`s multiple channels from 3ABN, Three Angels
Broadcasting Network, a Seventh-Day Adventist offshoot. Just what Enid
needs, SIX new local gospel-huxtering channels! First noted at 1634
UT, but they are all breaking up, with slightly weaker signals than
the black tests had been. PSIP IDs display as follows; some are
*letterboxed, some not, and aspect ratio Cannot Be Changed on any of
them:
17-1, K17JN-D but 3ABN bug in the lower right
17-2, 3ABN-PR
17-3*, 3ABN-DD
17-4*, 3ABN-ES [Espaρol]
17-5, AF-TV [Amazing Facts]
17-6*, HopeTV1
At 1650, it`s back to black with good signals still on the meter; 1710
resume all six now without breakup; 1841, back to black; 1846 resume
and apparently OK, on to stay now, tho I am not watching all
afternoon. I`ll bet this goes unnoticed in the local media, but now
maybe 3ABN will petition Suddenlink cable for must-carriage?
I have the impression that the 3ABN Adventists are on the outs with
the Adventist World Radio faxion, doctrinal disputes? But haven`t
researched that (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. One more post-icestorm bandscan midday Dec 3,
from 1814 UT:
88.3, K202BA, Enid still off; weak gospel probably Wichita
89.1, K206CA, Enid still off, but discussion of Jesus statue, so not
KMUW? No, it is public radio in Wichita, KMUW, pledge drive at 1820
92.1, KAMG-LP, Enid, still dead air in Spanish
94.3, KLGB-LP, Enid, still off, but algo discussion, probably KVCW KS
95.7, KXLS, Lahoma-Enid, STILL DA, one of our main commercial stations
96.1, KXXY, OKC, weak. Until now had stayed strong
98.1, WWLS-FM, The Village/OKC, weak
98.9, KYIS, OKC, strong
99.7, KNAH, Mustang, still off? Only hearing Spanish KHLT KS
100.5, KATT, OKC strong
101.9, KTST, OKC still weak
102.7, KJYO, OKC still weak
104.1, KMGL, OKC, still strong, Xmas music, yuk
105.7, KRDR, Alva, presumed, finally back on with dead air
107.1, KNID, North Enid, finally on and modulating
AM check at 1822 UT Dec 3, one dekaminute before local mean noon:
1140, KRMP OKC, is finally back on, soul music
1460, KZUE El Reno, remains on, Spanish
1640, KZLS Enid-Hennessey-OKC, tho normal earlier, back to dead air
Dec 4 from 1705 UT another FM bandscan on caradio for anomalies still
existing from last weekend`s ice storm:
88.3, K202BY still off (it`s been off before for months at a time; not
exactly a high priority for Family Radio)
89.1, K206CA, finally back on
94.3, gospel huxter talk, probably Bott KS not local KLGB-LP which is
mostly gospel music
95.7, KXLS Lahoma-Enid, has finally resumed modulation after dead air
for almost a week following the ice storm. I heard that their
equipment was damaged, but they certainly had power to run the
transmitter for nothing
98.1, WWLS-FM is still off
98.9, KYIS is still on
99.7, still hearing Spanish only from KS, so KNAH still off?
A few more checked at 1820 UT:
90.3, KHEV Fairview, not only on but modulating now
101.9, KTST, weak
102.7, KJYO, weak
There are still some anomalies a week after the ice storm, December 5
checking at 2108 UT:
92.1, KAMG-LP Enid, is STILL on with dead mono air. This has happened
before without any excuse. No one minding the store since it hooked up
as a satellator instead of original local Spanish church gospel huxter
94.3, KLGB-LP Enid, still OFF as I am parked quite near it, yet
allowing thru a non-local signal, presumably the Bott in Kingman KS
with same-sounding gospel-huxter talk to 95.1 KQCV OKC/Shawnee
98.1, WWLS-FM, Village/OKC, had seemed off, but now I can barely hear
some silly sports-talk so apparently on at greatly reduced power. All
other OKC FMs seem back to normal, except maybe 99.7 KNAH.
Reception of KUCO Edmond/OKC, our full-time classical station, has
continued to be marginal, more subject than usual to QRM from KHCC
Hutchinson, Radio Kansas, also classical. Dec 5 at 1452 UT, this comes
from KUCO:
``Hi Glenn, I've been away this week from station studios and have
just discovered that we still aren't back at full power. Patrick is
headed to the transmitter this AM to address. Sincerely, Kimberly
Powell, Director of Programming, Classical KUCO``
I reply at 1517 UT: ``Kimberly, yes, as I suspected. Trying to hear
PerfOkla this morning and can`t get a noise-free signal at all. As
usual, Radio Kansas is vying to capture the frequency; often
conditions are more favorable for that in the mornings. Too bad I`m
not in McAlester [where KUCO has a local relay, unlike in Enid]. One
more chance with KWTU tonight but their stream is lo-fi and mono. Or
is it a repeat? I think you said the concert was from March. Glenn,
Enid``
And again at 1524 UT: ``Kimberly, Listening at 9:22 am, the signal
strength suddenly surges, now it`s good! Keep it up. I would be
interested in knowing what the reduced ERP was in the meantime.
Glenn``
Replying to my initial reply, Kimberly at 1530 UT: ``You should hear
us now, I heard Patrick turning up the power a few moments ago.
April CMOK [Chamber Music in Oklahoma] superb young Canadian Quartet``
Another anomaly check long after the late-November ice storm, Dec 7
after 1825 UT on the PL-880:
92.1, KAMG-LP Enid is finally remodulating with gospel music in
Spanish, mono. It seems the carrier never went off, just dead air
94.3, KLGB-LP Enid is *still* off while sibling station on same tower,
99.9, KVBN-LP, is still on, never interrupted
98.1, WWLS-FM, OKC is still off or very QRP
101.9, KTST, OKC, ditto
102.7, KJYO, OKC, ditto
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OMAN. 15140, 11/07 at 1425, R Sultanate Oman, Thumrait. English.
Non-stop Western pop/club music; at 1442 temporary break in music for
Call to Prayers for Muscat local time and ID "Radio Sultanate, Oman",
then straight back to music. 45433 (Alan Roe, Teddington, Middlesex,
UK, Winradio G31DDC Excalibur and Elad FDM-SW2 with 17 meter longwire,
Dec CIDX Messenger via DXLD)
** PERU. 4747.1, Perϊ, Radio Huanta 2000, Huanta, Ayacucho 2320 to
2333 yl and om en espaρol, fair to good signal 3 December (Wilkner)
4985.5, Perϊ, Radio Voz Cristiana, Huancayo 2322 to 2330 om preacher
competing with rtty on 4985 3 December (Wilkner)
5459.3, _Tentative_ Perϊ, Radio Bolνvar, Cd. Bolνvar, 2320 to 2340 per
Pedro Arrunαtegui tip 3 December, 0000 to 0012 on 5 December drifted
to 5460.23 (Robert Wilkner, Pσmpano Beach, South Florida, 746Pro,
Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, 60/90/120 meter dipoles, playdx yg via
DXLD)
** PHILIPPINES. 15640 // 17820, R. Pilipinas, 0226, Dec 5. Weekend
programming; in English and playing pop songs; segment about halo-
halo, a popular local desert; fair-poor (Ron Howard, Asilomar State
Beach, CA, Etσn E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** PUERTO RICO. 1030, WOSO San Juan – granted STA with U1 1000/1000
from folded unipole antenna.
1030 WOSO San Juan – has been silent per its STA application but
expects to be back soon (PR-info from NRC DX News, numbers 83/03-04
via Dec MW News via DXLD) Was, and will be? English station (gh)
** ROMANIA. 6035-6040-6045, Dec 5 at 0616, DRM noise; strange I had
not noticed this before, but it`s RRI scheduled 0600-0627 in French,
90 kW at 285 degrees from Galbeni (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. Here in southern Arkansas, they usually produce a
listenable signal from their Tiganesti & Galbeni transmitter sites,
but tonight they are super super super strong with little to no fading
on my JRC NRD535D and 80 foot long wire.
5910 is s9+10
5975 is s9+20
7340 is s8 to s9+5 [sic]
7340 is s9+1-0 to s9+20
A 1 kW AM on 1450 about 1 mile from me is s9+40, for comparison sakes,
of sorts. Here is a video recording of all 4 signals, Heard on
December 5, 2015 at 8:20 pm central/0220 UT on a JRC NRD535D and 80
foot long wire in Southern Arkansas:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GpRJ1ZU49Q
(Paul Walker, UT Dec 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Paul, RRI refurbished their station with new modern transmitters and
antenna systems. The results have paid off big time with superb
reception. Even on the west coast I often receive them at the same
levels, including in DRM. I really enjoy their programming, too. 73,
(Walt Salmaniw, BC, ibid.)
Romania can also be heard in Johannesburg, but on their 5920 Galbeni
frequency from 1700 to 1800. Programming in Romanian, positive ID
heard on Dec 1. QRM from much closer and stronger Zambia (5915) on
adjacent channel (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony
ICF2001D. dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
It seems it`s been on 7315 all B-15 season instead of scheduled 7335:
7315, 11/01 at 0020, R Romania Int, Galbeni (presumed). Spanish.
Operatic music with long talk by woman. Unscheduled on this frequency.
Also strong on scheduled 7325 whilst 7335 is not heard. 55555 (Alan
Roe, Teddington, Middlesex, UK, Winradio G31DDC Excalibur and Elad
FDM-SW2 with 17 meter longwire, Dec CIDX Messenger via WORLD OF RADIO
1803, DXLD)
[and non]. 7315, Dec 6 at 0045, surprised to hear some Spanish CCI
under WHRI, totaling S9+25; maybe a language lesson, mentions
Johannesburgo, Αfrica del Sur. Then find it`s // 7325 RRI in the clear
but not quite synchronized, i.e. the two different transmitter sites.
7325 is Tsiganeshti, and Galbeni is supposed to be on 7335, but
apparently on 7315 by mistake. At the time I didn`t know 7335 was
where it`s scheduled, but should have noticed that as I bandscanned if
it were there. The other two Spanish frequencies this hour are 9525-
Galbeni and 9730-Tsiganeshti (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1803,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
6015-6020-6025, Dec 8 at 0708, DRM noise at S6, i.e. RRI in German
this half hour at 307 degrees, carrying on to North America. The HFCC
sked for RRO (not to be confused with RRIndonesia)
http://www.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=B15&broadc=RRO
still has not figured out a way to show which transmissions are DRM;
the ``all`` frequency sked does, however, with an N for numιrique.
Both of them claim the power for this Tsiganeshti is 300 kW, altho one
of the rationales for DRM is getting the same results at reduced
power. Is it really at full power???
These also still show no entries for RRO on 7315, even tho instead of
7335, the RRI Spanish hour at 00-01 has been there in B-15, clashing
with WHRI, heard already in early November by Alan Roe, England (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1803, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. Radio Komintern 6990 kHz (located in the city of Rossosh in
the region or Voronezh, Russia) confirmed my report with an eQSL
showing a selection of oldtime radio equipment (Christer Brunstrφm,
Sweden, SW Bulletin Dec 6 via DXLD)
** RUSSIA. Voronezh region. A letter from the Comintern Radio:
"The radio station named Comintern works Moscow time in summer from
18-00 to 21-00, and in the winter from 15-00 to 18-00. Basically
broadcast first two hours of news from "the local radio of Voronezh",
as Lenin district committee of the Communist Party of Voronezh calls
his Internet radio station, you can listen to it at this address:
http://www.kprf.vrn.ru/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=110&Itemid=44
Then another hour sung patriotic songs that I already pick up
directly. Frankly, at the Lenin district committee of the Communist
Party of the city of Voronezh, I did not ask permission to rebroadcast
they are even Internet radio stations, I just never occurred that they
may be against it, quite the contrary. But if you think this is
necessary, I will refer to them with this issue.
In general, the radio it. Comintern it because the whole illegal, too,
Lenin at one time the newspaper "Iskra" issued illegally, this is our
fate communists, the authorities do not want to be criticized, thus
raising the masses.
Sincerely, Sergei, Rossosh Department of the Communist Party.
http://rossosh-kprf.narod.ru «
(via Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia, RusDX Dec 6 via DXLD)
** SARAWAK [non]. Radio Free Sarawak with usual Christmas break,
from Dec 7 till Jan 1. The next show will be on the air Jan 4:
1030-1200 on 15420 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Iban
Mon-Fri.http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/radio-free-sarawak-with-usual-christmas.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 1521, SBC, R. Riyadh, Duba, NOV 26, 0159 - Fair peak
with prayer at top of the hour. Audio frequently detected until 0300.
First TA audio detected this year! (Mike Beu, KD5DSQ, Austin TX; Drake
R8B, terminated Delta antenna (17-ft apex and 28-ft base) northeast,
Mini-Flag antenna (7 by 15-ft) southeast, NRC IDXD 83-06, December,
2015 via DXLD)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 9870, Dec 5 at 2130-2157, I land on BSKSA, as the
secular ME music is the best I can find on SW to lullaby my nap; fair
signal, and very repetitive (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SIKKIM. 4835, Dec 4, 1510, AIR Gangtok, Sikkim, So eine Freude:
Lδnger nicht aktiv, aber heute konnte ich All India Radio Gangtok aus
dem ehemaligen Kφnigreich Sikkim im Himalaya endlich wieder im
Tropenband auf 4835 kHz nach 15 Uhr UT hφren. "Stφrungen" durch ABC
aus Alice Springs, Australien, die auf gleicher Frequenz senden
(Christoph Ratzer, Salzburg, Austria, SW Bulletin Dec 6 via DXLD)
** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 9545, SIBC - Voice of the Nation, 0447-0500*,
Dec 3. In Pijin with pop Pacific Island songs; poor (Ron Howard,
Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etσn E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via
WORLD OF RADIO 1803, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Then QSY to 5020
** SOMALILAND. 7120-AM, Dec 3 at 1355, S5 signal but can`t hear any
modulation from R. Hargeisa, which I ought to if level were up to par;
stay with it until cutoff at 1401:39* or so, as Ron Howard reconfirms
they take a break between 14 and 15; he can hear them after 15 as his
sun is just rising.
7120, Dec 4 at 1340, AM carrier by 1400 achieving S7 on the R75 with
preamp-2 engaged, but only a trace of modulation. I`m presuming R.
Hargeisa, still on at 1401 but cutting out a bit as if they are having
trouble turning off the transmitter. 1404:27 morphs into CW not hand-
keyed from an ham, W8- something, exactly same frequency. Now I`m
wondering if he was running the carrier, key stuck down, but maybe
just tuned up on Hargeisa waiting for it to quit (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH AFRICA. The SARL weekly radio programme for radio amateurs,
shortwave listeners and electronic hobbyists
Updated 6 December 2015 Listen Amateur Radio Today
Sundays: 0800 UT
17760 kHz
7205 kHz
7082 kHz
Repeat broadcast:
Mondays 1630 UT
4685 kHz
http://www.sarl.org.za/
Posted by: (Mike Terry, Dec 6, dxldyg via DXLD)
The Monday broadcast used to be on 4895. Is 4685 a typo or off-band
new frequency? (Jari Savolainen, Finland, ibid.)
SARL weekly news in English 2015-12-5 states "A rebroadcast can be
heard on Monday evenings at 18:30 Central African Time on 3230 kHz
AM". So rather confusing! (Mike Terry, ibid.)
Nothing heard in Jo'burg on 4685, 4895, or 3230! Checked on Monday Dec
7, from 1825 through to 1850 CAT (1625-1650 UT). Zambia on 5915 is
coming in nicely (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony
ICF2001D. dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
The confusion continues! (Mike Terry, ibid.)
I came too late, forgot it to check; now at 1702 UT only a strong
STANAG digital signal on approx. 4685 - 4689.4 kHz. S=9+20dB in
Germany. wb df5sx (Wolfgang Bόschel, ibid.)
Could be a routine Sentech / Meyerton display of incompetence. At 1716
UT they put about 4 seconds of BBC on 4895, then straight back to
nothing (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D.
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
The B15 schedule, as per the HFCC registrations is:
Sundays 0800-0900 on 7205 and 17760
Mondays 1630-1730 on 4895
all via Meyerton. I confirmed the Monday transmission on 4895 on 16th
November though its very difficult reception in Europe. 73s (Dave
Kenny, England, dxldyg via DXLD)
** SPAIN. Test of Radio Exterior de Espaρa with dead air December 3:
from 0930 on 9690 NOB 200 kW / 290 deg to ENAm Spanish, open carrier
from 0930 on 11530 NOB 200 kW / 161 deg to WCAf Spanish, open carrier
from 0930 on 17755 NOB 200 kW / 161 deg to WCAf Spanish, open carrier
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/test-of-radio-exterior-de-espana-with.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, Dec 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Radio Exterior de Espaρa relay Radio Nacional with sport coverage, Dec
5 [Sat]; all NOBlejas 200 kW in Spanish:
1500-1900 9690 / 290 deg NoAm Sa/Su is off, CRI is here
1500-1900 15390 / 230 deg SoAm Sa/Su
1500-1900 15500 / 110 deg N/ME Sa/Su
1500-1900 17755 / 161 deg WCAf Sa/Su open carrier/dead air
1900-2300 9690 / 290 deg NoAm Daily on air at 1906 UT
1900-2300 11530 / 161 deg WCAf Daily no propagation
1900-2300 15390 / 230 deg SoAm Daily no propagation
1900-2300 15500 / 110 deg N/ME Daily no propagation
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/radio-exterior-de-espana-relay-radio.html
(Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Sony ICF-2001D, dxldyg via DXLD)
** SPAIN [non]. GERMANY. 9560, 11/15 at 0930, R Mi Amigo Int, Kall.
English. Paul Newman show "Radio Shack" and oldies music. Also
featurette "Shortwave Interval Signals of the week" - Kol Israel's IS
this week. 45433 (Alan Roe, Teddington, Middlesex, UK, Winradio G31DDC
Excalibur and Elad FDM-SW2 with 17 meter longwire, Dec CIDX Messenger
via DXLD)
** SPAIN [non]. GERMANY, 6005, Radio Mi Amigo, Kall Krekell, 0700*-
0720, 05-12, identification: "Radio Mi Amigo International,
radiomiamigointernational.com" English comments and pop music. 34433.
7310, Radio Mi Amigo, Kall Krekell, 1418-1428, 06-12, English
comments, pop music, identification: "Radio Mi Amigo International".
34433 (Manuel Mιndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Lugo and Friol, Tecsun PL-
880 and Sangena ATS-909X, Cable antenna, 8 meters and Degen 31MS
active loop antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
RADIO MI AMIGO INTERNATIONAL - XMAS SHOWS Extra X-Mas shows schedule:
Make a date with us over Christmas! We're going to broadcast special
Festive programmes
- in addition to our normal run of schedule in December -
on Thursday 24th and Friday 25th from 10.00 to 15.00 CET on 6005 and
7310 kHz.
We'll be happy to include your Christmas greetings and special
requests; please send them to: info@radiomiamigointernational.com
(before Dec. 15)
AM and FM: On the same evenings between 20.00-01.00 CET we will be
repeating these programmes from our 1485 kHz medium wave service based
in Riga, Latvia, yet another chance for a nice bit of Festive DX! In
Spain (Costa Blanca) our X-mas shows can be heard on FM 92.3 and 106.0
from 10 am to 3 pm CET. All programmes will be simultaneously
broadcast worldwide online in stereo.
Introduction: 'Bringing back the 'Golden Era of Offshore AM Radio...'
From Kall-Krekel in Germany we broadcast on Shortwave, on the
following frequencies:
in the 49, 41 and 31 meter band on 6005, 7310 and 9560 Kiloherz. And
from Riga in Latvia on the Medium Wave: 1485 AM, serving parts of
Scandinavia, North-East Germany and East Europe.
We bring you music and jingles from the Golden Era of offshore
broadcasting, right across Europe and around the World.
Our daily evening broadcast 'Hello Europe' can now be heard on two
frequencies: 6005 kHz and 3985 kHz, as part of our new winter
schedule.
Put that amazing AM sound back into your life with 22 hours of
fabulous programmes every weekend on shortwave and mediumwave too.
Just click on the SHORTWAVE button at the top of this page for the
full Programme Schedule, including links to our live stereo internet
streams (24/7) if you prefer digital sound. All Live programs at
weekdays and weekends on SW and MW will be available on our web stream
in stereo.
We welcome your reception reports, reactions in our guestbook and on
Facebook and by return you'll receive our new colourful QSL-card.
Don't forget to check the latest Prizes to be won on our Competitions
Page and of course, sign the guestbook before you leave.
This website contains all information about the presenters, program
schedules, webstreams, competitions and much more. You'll also find us
on Facebook with day to day news, pictures and listener comments:
http://www.radiomiamigointernational.com/english/index.html
Posted by: (Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)
** SRI LANKA. 11905, SLBC with YL talx in unknown language, then pips
and English ID at BoH and into YL in English announcing local music
which sounded like a cross between Indian sub-continental stuff and
old-west style yodeling. MOST unusual! Fading as I listened, started
out 34+443, down to 24+3+42 at 0150. 0125-0155 28/Nov, SPR-4
+randomwire (Ken Zichi, Port Hope MI2 with various pieces of gear,
MARE Tipsheet Dec 4 via DXLD)
Ahh, I must compare that sometime to the mistimesignal at 0115+. On
his clip, this one is also 2+1, and there is distortion on the voice
modulation. This ID is in English only to the extent of pronouncing
the full name of SLBC in that language (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
** TAIWAN. new 9522.0 USB (ex: 7502.0 USB), StarStar Broadcasting
Station (XingXing BS), tuned in at 1307 till 1328*, Dec 7. Chinese
numbers; almost fair. Should be *1200 & *1300.
https://app.box.com/s/79papm5kui3x010zos0hfhry4dp0hgiw
contains my audio (fair/poor quality) (Ron Howard, Asilomar State
Beach, CA, Etσn E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
7502.0 (strongest in USB) (ex: 9522-USB), StarStar Broadcasting
Station (XingXing BS), tuned in at 1305, Dec 8. Reading of Chinese
numbers, plus some brief breaks in between for something other than
numbers? Fair to almost good; 1328*. My audio at
https://app.box.com/s/wo9wjpsifu1wv5vojupr7ovy84s3qyui
What is said during 01:07-01:10? Seems not to be numbers and is a
different person than reading the numbers? Yesterday's broadcast on
9522.0-USB was a one day anomaly? Perhaps just testing reception on
that frequency? (Ron Howard, CA, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1803, DXLD)
I believe it's "Gangcai bobao di sishi zu dianwen" - "[We have] just
broadcast message number 40". Regards (Alan Davies, Asia, dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Thanks so much Alan. Appreciate your feedback. Dec 9 found XingXing BS
again on 7502-USB (*1300-1328*). (Ron WORLD OF RADIO 1803, ibid.)
** TURKEY [and non]. 12035, Sat Dec 5 at 1340, VOT English poor signal
going from news to press review; 1347:30 theme and opening ``Letterbox
Program``, reading and replying to reception reports; thus confirming
this as an on-week for fortnightly program, as in DX/SWL/Media
Programs just updated at
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html
where I had the nominal time as 1352-1404 and correspondingly for the
repeat broadcasts; I`ve moved that 5 minutes earlier, tho the exact
span certainly varies. We should hear it better Sat 2317 on 5960, UT
Sun 0417 on 9655. Too bad there is no longer a `DX Corner` to
alternate with it. Back to the present:
12035 still on at 1426 with IS and IDs in unknown Turkic language, oh
oh, Emirler operator running late again as should have brought up next
frequency by now. 1430 accurate timesignal and opening presumed Kazakh
supposed to be on 9785, until 12035 cuts off at 1430:25.5*. Then at
1431 I check 9785 and something is there but doubt it can be VOT yet,
presumably CNR8 Beijing in Korean as in Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K. GERALD MARCUSE, G2NM: PIONEER OF EMPIRE BROADCASTING ON
SHORTWAVE
The Reading and District Amateur Radio Group has released as a free
pdf the history of Gerald Marcuse G2NM the founder of Empire
Broadcasting who was granted a licence in June 1927 for a regular
shortwave service of speech and music to the British Empire. These
continued until August 1928.
A statement from the BBC shortly after the licence had been granted
"deplored them as an unfortunate publicity stunt."
http://radarc.org/history.htm
Posted by: (barraclough.mike, Dec 7, dxldyg via DXLD)
** U K. LA BBC RECIBE FONDOS DEL GOBIERNO BRITΑNICO
Es el mayor incremento presupuestario concedido hasta ahora . . .
http://www.radionoticias.com/noticias-2015/la-bbc-recibe-fondos-del-gobierno-britanico-24112015.html
Posted by: (JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO, Dec 4, dxldyg via DXLD)
** U K [and non]. Updated B-15 shortwave schedule of BBC in Farsi
0230-0330 on 5985 WOF 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs from Jan 1
0230-0330 on 6095 TAC 100 kW / 236 deg to WeAs from Jan 1
0230-0330 on 7230 WOF 250 kW / 086 deg to WeAs from Jan 1
0230-0330 on 7410 KCH 300 kW / 116 deg to WeAs from Jan 1
0330-0430 on 6095 DHA 250 kW / 035 deg to WeAs, whole B-15
0330-0430 on 7445 KCH 300 kW / 116 deg to WeAs, whole B-15
0330-0430 on 9695 SLA 250 kW / 350 deg to WeAs, whole B-15
0430-0530 on 9440 KCH 300 kW / 116 deg to WeAs till Dec 31
0430-0530 on 9670 DHA 250 kW / 045 deg to WeAs till Dec 31
0430-0530 on 13760 TAC 100 kW / 236 deg to WeAs till Dec 31
1500-1600 on 11995 NAK 250 kW / 300 deg to WeAs from Jan 1
1500-1600 on 13660 WOF 250 kW / 092 deg to WeAs from Jan 1
1600-1700 on 11995 NAK 250 kW / 300 deg to WeAs till Dec 31
1600-1700 on 13660 WOF 250 kW / 092 deg to WeAs till Dec 31
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/updated-b-15-shortwave-schedule-of-bbc.html
(Ivo Ivanov, Blgariya, Dec 9, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. A Flare for Success
ARRL Amateur Radio Newsline By Bobby Best, WX4ALA December 4, 2015
An emergency drill, in the form of a huge coronal mass ejection, sent
radio amateurs scrambling early last month. And though their response
was real enough, the chaos was simulated - with good results.
Imagine an outage of all conventional communications throughout the
U.S. Imagine too, massive solar flares known as coronal mass
ejections, as the source of the stirred-up ionosphere behind the
blackout. This was the reality for members of the Military Auxiliary
Radio System and the Amateur Radio Emergency Service for two days
beginning Nov. 8.
It was only an exercise but, for two days, it was still a challenge.
And ultimately, said the organizers, it was a success.
MARS operators were given the directive to make direct contact with as
many radio amateurs in the nation's 3,142 counties as possible, using
mainly HF NVIS bands, along with VHF and UHF repeaters. Other methods,
such as store-and-forward messaging systems and Internet-linked
systems, were necessarily off limits.
Paul English, WD8DBY, the U.S. Army's MARS program manager, praised
the work of the radio operators at the conclusion of the exercise. He
told the ARRL that MARS members got messages through to 816 counties
around the country - or 26 percent of the nation's total. He said
advance publicity helped boost performance during the two-day drill,
and inquiries about participation had poured in from 41 states and
more than 50 ARES groups who wanted to be part of the test.
Best of all, he said, the mission was accomplished. He said: "The
purpose of these exercises is to reach beyond interoperability and
focus on our ability to exchange usable and relevant information from
the local level to the national level following a crisis event. Only
through the cooperation among MARS and the larger Amateur Radio
community can we hope to achieve that synergy."
(via rec.radio.info) Posted by: (Mike Terry, Dec 5, dxldyg via DXLD)
** U S A. Re: 26110, UNID: 1538, 2-Dec; Fast code starting with VVV;
didn't sound long enough for KMK282; no KOVR-TV audio. Nothing same
time next day 1520-1545 (Harold Frodge, MI, MARE Tipsheet Dec 4 via
DXLD)
If it started with VVV, it was indeed a ute marker and most likely NOT
KOVR. This is Maritime Mobile channel 19 per Klingenfuss, but he lists
nothing active on that channel. Interesting! kvz](Ken Zichi, ed.,
ibid.)
** U S A [and non]. 15600, Dec 4 at 1411, good signal with talk in
Farsi? And self-echo on talk, but seemingly not music. No, it`s VOA
Kurdish via Woofferton UK during this hour. I`m still not certain it`s
not long/short path echo.
6080, Sat Dec 5 at 0612, Cuban pulse jamming spur and weak rock music,
presumably VOA, so scheduled Sγo Tomι site is now on air? But from
*0613 strong open carrier from Greenville overcomes it, warming up for
the 0630-0700 segment only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. VOA Radiogram, 5-6 December 2015 --- Mostly MFSK32, but some
MFSK64. Includes more QR code examples and Xenokeryx amidalae.
Details and schedule: UTF-8 QR codes and Xenokeryx amidalae
http://voaradiogram.net/post/134525163062/voa-radiogram-5-6-december-2015-utf-8-qr-codes
(Kim Elliott, Dec 5, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Radiogram / QR-codes [1 Attachment]
"...This weekend on VOA Radiogram, we will conduct one more (for now)
QR code experiments. The VOA Radiogram URL will be transmitted as
.........................3) as UTF-8 block elements – ........
Interesting experiment, but the character blocks can not represent
well the QR code with the correct proportions. All characters were
received correctly, the error protection worked well, only the
appearance of the QR code does not correspond to the norm.
http://www.rhci-online.net/radiogram/VoA_Radiogram_2015-12-05.htm#VOA
http://www.rhci-online.net/files/2015-12-06_qrcode.png
[682 byte] (roger Thayer, Dec 6, dxldyg via DXLD)
** U S A [and non]. Oddness from VOA on 15580 --- I've been listening
to 15580 via Botswana from here in Arkansas and something sounds kinda
odd. It sounds like nothing but instrumentals the last 45 or so
minutes with long gaps or silence between tracks. And it doesn't sound
like music instrumentals, you know, like jazz or something; it sounds
like music beds used in audio production or something.
Their website lists this hour (1900 to 2000) as being English to
Africa but I've heard no speech content whatsoever. No station idents,
promos, liners, announcers, nothing (Paul Walker, AR, 1956 UT Dec 7,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
I'm hearing this type of filler music programming also, even at the
top of the hour at 2000 UT on December 7, 2015, on the VOA frequency
of 4930 kHz. I'm listening via Global Tuners on the Grenoble, France
receiver. Very odd programming! BTW, Paul, I appreciate your many
postings and recordings (Bruce (New York, USA), ibid.)
Even stranger perhaps is that not one of three different "Listen Now"
options on the VOA website is working here on my computer...
http://www.voanews.com/
(Bruce (New York, USA), 2018 UT Dec 7, 2015, ibid.))
Apparently there was a power cut at VOA in Washington, so what you
heard was standby music at the transmitter site. Apparently the
satellite feeds were silent (Andy Sennitt, 2001 UT Dec 7, ODXA yg via
DXLD)
POWER OUTAGE DISRUPTS VOICE OF AMERICA BROADCASTS
BBG Watch December 7, 2015
http://bbgwatch.com/bbgwatch/power-outage-disrupts-voice-of-america-broadcasts/
A power outage today at the Washington, DC headquarters of the
Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) lasting many hours has seriously
disrupted numerous Voice of America (VOA) radio and television
broadcasts to many parts of the world. According to BBG officials, a
contractor working on a construction project in the building
inadvertently hit a power line.
But BBG’s administrative and technical arm, the International
Broadcasting Bureau (IBB), was unable to quickly restore power, which
is what most broadcasting outlets in the United States are almost
always able to do within seconds or minutes by switching to emergency
power generators. The long-lasting power outage must have been a
surprise to BBG’s new CEO John Lansing who recently took up his post.
He had previously worked for private U.S. cable and TV industry where
such incidents generally do not happen because managers are well-
prepared to deal with them.
The federal agency, which spends most of its $740 million budget on
administrative and support services (34%), was not prepared to deal
with the power emergency at the Voice of America, even though its
bureaucracy has expanded the number of IBB positions and its budget
grew by leaps and bounds in recent years. Because of staff shortages
and lack of resources, Voice of America journalists are also unable to
post timely news reports and update social media pages, especially on
weekend and after business hours on weekdays. VOA has increasingly
turned to employing poorly-paid and poorly-supervised contractors.
The power was disrupted early in the morning, but it was still not
fully restored as of early afternoon. Many Voice of America radio and
TV broadcasting facilities still could not be used to produce and
transmit programs several hours after the power was cut.
An email to staff from one of BBG’s top executives sent out at 1:28 PM
said that “many of our broadcast transmission systems are still being
hampered by this incident.”
### From: BBG ALERTS
Sent: Monday, December 7, 2015 9:13 AM
Subject: Cohen Power Outage
Pepco/GSA are working on the power outage. Stay safe and in well lit
areas. Do not use elevators.
### From: IBB Notices Admin
Sent: Monday, December 7, 2015 1:28 PM
To: IBB Notices Administration
Subject: Power Outage Update
Colleagues: Earlier this morning a GSA contractor working on a
construction project in the Switzer building inadvertently hit a power
line. Unfortunately, this incident brought down power in both the
Switzer and Cohen buildings completely disrupting almost all
infrastructure systems.
At this point, we are working diligently with all of our vendors to
ensure that we can restore full operations as soon as possible.
Portions of the building are up to full operations but many of our
broadcast transmission systems are still being hampered by this
incident.
We will notify you immediately once we have restored full
functionality. We deeply regret the inconvenience to all of our
colleagues and programs. Sincerely, Andrι V. Mendes
Posted by: (Mike Terry, Dec 8, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1803, DXLD)
** U S A. 9955, 0406, Radio Prague Sunday Music Show via WRMI fair-
good 23/11. At 0430 Glenn Hauser’s World of Radio edition 1800. Ident
for “WRMI Okeechobee Florida” then “Moments in Bible Prophecy” (Bryan
Clark, Mangawhai, Northland, North Island, New Zealand, AOR7030+, EWEs
to NAm, CAm & SAm, Drake SPR4 with Alpha Delta Sloper, Dec NZ DX Times
via DXLD)
[and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1802 monitoring: confirmed second SW
broadcast, Thursday Dec 3 at 2100 on WRMI 7570, good. Also confirmed
UT Friday Dec 4 at 0200 on WBCQ 9330-CUSB, sufficient; Friday 2130 on
WRMI 15770, fair; Friday 2130.6 on WRMI 7570, good. Next:
Sat 0730 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW
Sat 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW
Sat 2030v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND?
Sun 0415v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND?
Sun 0900 WRMI 5850 to NW [NEW!]
Mon 0400v WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 1415.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
7265, Hamburger Lokal Radio, Gφhren, 0730-0750, 05-12 [Sat], English,
Glenn Hauser's program "World of Radio". 24322 (Manuel Mιndez, Lugo,
Spain, Logs in Lugo and Friol, Tecsun PL-880 and Sangena ATS-909X,
Cable antenna, 8 meters and Degen 31MS active loop antenna, dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
WORLD OF RADIO 1802 monitoring. Confirmed on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO, UT
Sunday Dec 6 at 0445 mid-break, so started circa 0430 this week, and
ends at 0459:24. Thruout, there has been heavy CW QRM on both sides;
must be some 160m contest, as the band is full of CW up to 1875 where
LSB phoners take over. Next: I`d appreciate confirmation by anyone
awake, and some informal reception reports of the new airing:
Sun 0900 WRMI 5850 to NW [NEW!]
Mon 0400v WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 1415.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
WORLD OF RADIO 1802 monitoring: Awoke just before 0900 UT Sunday Dec
6, so checked 5850 VG signal for new WORLD OF RADIO airing on WRMI ---
and I hear: Wavescan! Well, the WRMI sked says WOR. I`ve asked Jeff if
he still intends to run WOR then from next week?
The 0400 UT Monday airing on Area 51 and WBCQ 5109.7-CUSB is pre-
empted by John Lightning running way over; evidently he forgot to turn
on his mike during a previous hour, and he starts a pre-recorded
segment around 0420. I don`t yet know whether WOR will appear after
0500 or not at all this week. Confirmed on 9955 WRMI webcast at 0430
UT Monday December 7, but it`s very weak on 9955. Next:
Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 1415.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1803, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
WORLD OF RADIO 1802 monitoring: confirmed Wed Dec 9 after 1415 on WRMI
9955; no jamming but some ACI from 9960 after 1428, i.e. T8WH PALAU
with a Japanese clandestine to Korea. Also confirmed Wed Dec 9 at 2200
on WBCQ 7489.9, propagating well now into winter.
WORLD OF RADIO 1803 monitoring: confirmed first SW broadcast of 1230
UT Thursday Dec 10 at 1252 check on WRMI 9955; atop pulse jamming: tnx
a lot, Arnie! Next:
Thu 2100 WRMI 7570 to NW
Fri 0200 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Fri 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE
Fri 2130.6 WRMI 7570 to NW
Sat 0730 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW
Sat 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW
Sat 2030v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND?
Sun 0415v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND?
Sun 0900 WRMI 5850 to NW [NEW! But not last week]
Mon 0400v WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Area 51 to WSW [pre-empted last week]
Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 1415.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. UT Friday Dec 4 checking WBCQ Thursday evening programming
on PL-880 portable, able to get sufficient signals on all three
frequencies inside the Garfield County Emergency Management building:
5109.7-CUSB: at 0145 hymns, 0152 mennoniteradio.org mentioned, where
you can listen to all their episodes. But still shows the latest one
only as #5 of Oct 21. So this show is airing for a second week at a
new time and frequency not yet publicized on the WBCQ online schedule;
nor on own website, still claiming to be on 9330 at 9-10 pm ET, day of
week omitted, but it had been Wed = UT Thu. Are the ones running on 5
MHz now just repeats?
At 0200, 5109.7-CUSB changes to `Just Right` as I logged one week
earlier, from Canada, starting with clip of OTR drama, not sure the
point of that, but then at 0201 the two co-hosts introduce. This one
is on the 5110 schedule.
9330-CUSB at 0143 check is carrying the usual blasting Blalock; after
buffer of WBCQ IS and ID, WOR 1802 starts promptly at 0200 UT Friday
Dec 4.
7490 at 0145 Dec 4 has an anti-Obama, pro-Ted Cruz rant, by a caller?
But it`s the Rabbi Spivak show. Switches to Overcomer at 0200 as usual
7490 & 5109.7-CUSB, UT Sat Dec 5 at 0105, I`m trying to hear WBCQ with
`Allan Weiner Worldwide`, but propagation is awful, weak signals,
combined with heightened neighborhood/line noise level. 9330 barely
audible with Blalock the blaster. 9265 WINB is also JBA, but southerly
9395 and 9955 WRMI are good strength, as well as 7730 and 7570. Too
bad Allan can`t transmit directly from De Land of Fla.
Immediately preceding the live airing of `AWWW`, UT Saturdays at 00-01
on 7490 is Fred Flintstone's Music Show, according to the WBCQ
Annotated Program Guide, and which needs to be in reruns now:
``Program Description --- Music from the late fifties through the
present, ranging from Rolling Stones to Zebra and late doo-wap to
eighties hair bands. Highly recommended! Be sure to crank up the
volume and attach a subwoofer to your receiver.
Program Notes --- Fred surprised his long time listeners on Easter
weekend this year with the revelation that he is a born again
Christian. This happened by chance (design?) when we were simulcasting
WBCQ's webcast on a low power community FM radio station.
Fred's show is consistently good and we reiterate, highly recommended.
A great test for the old tube type radio for hearing how good WBCQ's
7415 service sounds when conditions are right.``
I`m told that this letter from ``Fred Flintstone`` was read on the Dec
6 AWWW I couldn`t hear:
``To my dear faithful listeners of the Fred Flintstone Show.
I want to thank you for your emails and concerns.
I want to thank my dear friend Allan Weiner, whom I never had the
pleasure to meet to allow me the privilege to have a music show on a
great sounding shortwave station, WBCQ. If the station did not have
the best sound on shortwave I would not be broadcasting here. Allan
Weiner, Tom Barna, and the amazing Timmy Smith, WA1HLR, are the ones
who keep WBCQ and the old transmitters on the air and with the sound
of a modern digital 250KW station using ancient tubes.
Timmy Smith is a REAL Radio Frequency Engineer. There is no one like
him on earth. He uses his knowledge and brains to keep WBCQ sounding
good and on the air.
My medical situation was very scary 3 weeks ago. My Faith and trust is
solely in the Our Lord Jesus Christ. I believe ONLY in the God Israel,
Jehovah God, who sent HIS son The Lord Jesus to bring knowledge of
Salvation to the people of the Earth.
I was diagnosed with an ACUTE Lymphoblastic Leukemia cancer B-Cell. A
lot of chemicals a lot of meds and bags of IV's. I am in the best
hospital in the country for blood cancer, UPMS Shadyside, Pittsburgh
Pa. There were some days of despair and hopelessness from all of the
poison in my body. The last three days beginning 11/29 have been very
good and eating better. I am praying for a second chance at life and
to be a better husband and daddy to my son. Serve and love GOD first
and serve my family and then the hobbies and electronics and music
shows when time permits.
The Flintstone shows will ALWAYS be outrageous loud crazy music to
kick off the weekend. It's entertainment and toe tapping music always.
It has nothing to do with being a Christian and finger pointing that I
play the Devil's music. Toe-tapping a great audio sound on WBCQ will
always be my goal. Thanks for being my dear friends. Fred Flintstone``
(Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1803, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7489.9-AM, Dec 6 at 0056, WBCQ with `Shortwave Saturday Night` as J.
P. Ferraro is rambling about the sad state of AM radio in the US,
``corporate ownership continues to strangle radio``; old record music
break after 0100, and more: 0110, FCC thinking about abolishing clear
channels, but another idea is to clear out lots of little unprofitable
stations and make a few superpower 750 or 1000 kW clear channels,
which could also run hifi wideband AM stereo. AM doesn`t *have* to
sound worse than FM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9329.9-CUSB, UT Sun Dec 6 at 0108, `Have Goals` is back on WBCQ, same
thing as heard a week ago but it was one hour later in the 02-03 UT
hour on 9330. Recognize same content, including reference to gallery
show ``Culture Jam`` in Milwaukee, and before that ``Guns & Money``
about his piece for that being sculpture made of guns and knives found
in sewage tunnels underneath Milwaukee, etc. So that wasn`t a one-
shot, now a two-shot and ----? Still going at 0155, but off at 0203
check. See my log report of Nov 29 for more details (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WORLD OF RADIO 1803, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5109.7-CUSB, UT Sun Dec 6 at 0447, WBCQ is still on with guitar
strumming, while 7490 and 9330 are off. I guess it`s the `Lost Discs
Radio Show` which ``broadcasts about once a month`` at 03-05.
Otherwise it`s 03-04 `Zombo's Mondo Record Party`; 04-05 `The Eric
Dolphy Mystery Hour` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5109.7-CUSB, Dec 7 until 0533*, very extended Johnny Lightning show on
WBCQ Area 51. It seems that the final hour+ was an edited playback of
an earlier sesquihour during which JL`s mike was off in a conversation
with someone else, so JL`s voice was only picked up by the other guy`s
mike 10 feet away, so the playback boosted that pickup. Must say, I
have never heard a talkhost so self-absorbed as JL. And no, World of
Radio never appeared tonight, normally scheduled for 0400. Since JL is
fortnightly, we should be back on schedule next week (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1803, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Amateur Radio Roundtable is making some changes.
The show is a ham radio and shortwave show which can be seen on
W5KUB.COM every Tuesday night at 8:00 PM Central time (0200 UT Wed)
We have changed shortwave frequencies and now our program is simulcast
on shortwave radio station WBCQ on a freq of 9330 kHz from Monticello,
ME. Viewers watch the show on w5kub.com
This show has guests from around the world. Guests are brought in
remotely into the broadcast. We have a chat room and call in telephone
lines for our listeners to communicate with us during the show.
There are some regular segments on the show.
Riley Hollingsworth, retired FCC Special Counsel for the spectrum
enforcement will answer all your questions. Send in questions to
AskRiley@w5kub.com
Joe Eisenberg, gives us segments on all the new kits available. He
also does reports on the many hamfests that he attends each year.
Emmett Hohensee, Chief Engineer of Radiowavz gives us new discussions
on antennas.
We are always looking for new topics and guests. If you have a topic
please contact us at Tom@w5kub.com
Thanks, Tom Medlin W5KUB, Amateur Radio Roundtable (via Southgate
December 6, 2015, Posted by: Mike Terry, Dec 6 dxldyg via DXLD)
Tom, How long is the SW broadcast? I see in your video archive the
length varies widely. Is it open-ended on SW? (Glenn to Tom via DXLD)
They have set the length of the show on short wave for 1.5 hours but
can override it if necessary. Our show normally lasts about 1.5 hours
and then at the end, a bunch of viewers join the show using hangout
(this is where they can click on a link and have their video and audio
on the show. It’s a very informal part of the show.
I really like the new relationship I have with WBCQ shortwave now. I
am totally in charge and pressure is off. Great working relationship
and very friendly staff.
I have to now try to modify our show a little to include shortwave
listeners. Are you a member of our webcast facebook group? If not
please join for all the details of what we are doing. It is also a
great ham radio hangout. We have close to 4000 members now.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/w5kub/
Glenn, I`m always looking for new people and guests for the show. If
you have any ideas please let me know. 73, (Tom Medlin, w5kub, Dec 5,
to gh, via DXLD)
9329.95-CUSB, approx., Dec 9 at 0240, very poor signal detectable,
presumably WBCQ with `Amateur Radio Roundtable`, now scheduled from
0200 to 0330 or later on UT Wednesdays. Propagation very poor with low
MUF. I`ve suggested to W5KUB that he should try to get on 7490 or
5109.7-CUSB instead during the winter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) And now changed to 5109.7
** U S A. I noticed that WRMI has a 'frequency change' for the
programmer that took over after Global 24 'went south' Not sure how
long ago this happened, but I assume it was to avoid the Utility QRM
on the old 41 metre channel.
7730 NF, WRMI with "Son-Power Radio" programmer airing the "Jim Bakker
Show" with lots of Jewish focused religious talk and several
survivalist ads for things like generators and 8 year food supply
packages. /(Seriously? Food designed to last 8 years? One of my
'rules' is 'if it doesn't spoil, don't eat it!' And remember, I LIKE
to cook!)/ ID including mention of WRMI at ToH, and frequencies of
9395, 7455 amd 5850. I assume this change was made to avoid the ute
QRM on 7455, but nobody told them! In well, 4+4+4+44 with my local QRM
there but not bad. 0435-0500 5/Dec using HQ-150 +randomwire (Kenneth V
Zichi, D<== I'm not with stupid ==> R, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
The 7455 frequency for WRMI has been gone for a little over a week, at
least around 0500. BBC Ascension on 7445 at that hour is now
blissfully free of the splatter that the 7455 WRMI unit was putting
out (Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas, Dec 8, ibid.)
** U S A. 17775, KVOH - Rancho Simi, Dec. 3, 1646. Our local blowtorch
in Spanish with religious programming [to] CAm, SAm, S9+5, hum on
audio. They used to have stronger signal here (only 22 miles away). I
don’t know if this is do to a more directional antenna, reduced power
or my antenna. Web site looks like they are aimed towards Cuba which
would put me out of the preferred direction (George Herr, CA, NASWA
Flashsheet via DXLD)
17775.00, Fri Dec 4 at 1517, Xmas tune, but it`s just a break during
`Frecuencia al Dνa`, via KVOH. However, there is also a big hum and
suptorted modulation, altho frequency is accurate. Wiggle that
patchcord?
9975, Dec 5 at 0118, KVOH with sermon at S9+25, but very
undermodulated (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 12105, Dec 5 at 0155, WTWW-3 in Russian is S9! Strange
propagation, while e.g. 11580 WRMI is JBA. WTWW has usually faded down
or out by now on 12 MHz. Here`s why: a winter sporadic E opening
across central USA is in progress, per 6m DX map, with MUF up to 65
MHz. No sign of anything on TV ch 2 or 3; I also tune across 6m band
on the R75 but hear nothing but birdies, local devices; I don`t have a
proper VHF antenna for it.
5830, Dec 5 at 0621, open carrier, dead air from WTWW-1 instead of
dead PPP.
5830, Dec 5 at 2157 I notice that WTWW-1 is missing from 9475, so
check 5830 --- yes, the night frequency is already on, re-introducing
PPPP; for how long? You never know when they will switch between night
and day in morning or evening (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. PETE SUMRALL, SON OF LESTER SUMRALL, DIES OF HEART ATTACK
Charisma News December 7, 2015
http://www.charismanews.com/us/53649-pete-sumrall-son-of-lester-sumrall-dies-of-heart-attack
Pete Sumrall, son of the late Dr. Lester Sumrall, has passed away. He
died of a heart attack on Saturday. He was 62 years old.
Sumrall was president and CEO of LeSEA Broadcasting, a network that
exists to reach out to the lost across the world and offer families
with an alternative to secure television programming. Sumrall was also
the host of The Harvest Show.
"We all loved my father," said Drew Sumrall. "It goes without saying
that Pete Sumrall cannot be replaced, just as his father before him,
Dr. Lester Sumrall, could not be replaced. We will move forward with
the vision of the company."
Whether corresponding remotely from countries around the globe or
sharing his insightful perspective with viewers live on the set, Pete
Sumrall was committed to proclaiming the gospel.
After traveling as a missionary for several years, Sumrall became a
full-time employee with LeSEA Broadcasting in 1973, according to the
company's website. From here, he worked his way up the ranks in the
company in multiple roles, including production, engineering, sales,
traffic and tours.
In 1982, Sumrall was promoted to general manager of the network, which
at the time consisted of two television stations and one FM radio
station. In 1996, he was installed as president of LeSEA when his
father and the founder of the company passed away. He assumed full
leadership of LeSEA Ministries and LeSEA Global Feed the Hungry in
2005.
The Harvest Show is seen in more than 42 million homes in the United
States and 77 million homes in the Middle East. The company reaches an
estimated 1 billion shortwave radio receivers worldwide. Leveraging
its technology with a passion to spread the gospel, LeSEA reaches more
than 90 percent of the world's population with the existence of TV,
radio and satellite assets.
Posted by: (Mike Terry, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1803, DXLD)
National Association of Shortwave Broadcasters Facebook group:
Miami, FL, United States, December 7, 2015
Pete Sumrall of former NASB member WHRI Passes Away
We lost a pioneer in shortwave broadcasting this weekend. Pete Sumrall
was a giant in Christian TV and radio and took his mission even
further than his father, who passed in 1996.
Doug Garlinger talked Pete into building WHRI and the rest is history.
Heather and I worked for Pete as consultants from 1996-1998. I was
with him when he purchased the Christian Science Monitor SW radio
station in Bangor Maine.
You may also know that Pete purchased the Voice of Hope – Asia station
in Palau. High Adventure had sold it some years before to a Christian
Chinese group who sold it to World Harvest. He was really excited
about it and I understand he loved to go to Palau often. Here is the
most important thing I know about Pete Sumrall --- He loved God, was
dedicated to using shortwave radio and television to proclaim God’s
word! He was tightly focused on that and he was faithful!
He will be missed
Rev. John D. Tayloe, President
STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS GROUP
Voice of Hope – Americas (KVOH Los Angeles)
Voice of Hope – Africa (Lusaka, Africa)
99.1 FM The Ranch – KWSV Simi Valley
543 Country Club Drive
Simi Valley, CA 93065
Tel: 805-338-0075 Fax: 805-669-3213
Jdtayloe@voiceofhope.com http://www.voiceofhope.com
(via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)
Marie Lamb wrote on the CUMBRE DX Facebook group:
Our sympathies to the Sumrall family. WHRI, as you may recall, was the
home for "DXing with Cumbre" from 1996 until the program ended in 2014
(Via Mike Terry, ibid.)
National Association of Shortwave Broadcasters Facebook group:
Miami, FL, United States December 7, 2015
Thoughts About Pete Sumrall by Doug Garlinger, former President, NASB
I lost a good friend on Saturday. Pete Sumrall, the CEO of LeSEA
Broadcasting was my employer for 23-1/2 years and friend since 1980. I
worked for Pete during the most important years of my broadcast
career. So many blessings that have come to my family during the last
35 years came as a result of my association with Pete; his brothers
Steve and Frank and their father Dr. Lester Sumrall. When my father
died in 1996, Pete drove 3 hours to attend my Dad's funeral. At the
end of the service Pete whispered in my ear "You take your Mom to
Israel with LeSEA Tours when she's ready and I'll take care of it."
And he did. I took her with me the following February and I bought
tickets for my daughters Angela and Kelly to go along. There is a
whole long list of other fantastic and meaningful things that Pete
Sumrall did for me over the years.
I was privileged to help Pete and his Dad build the television
facilities of LeSEA in Indianapolis, Tulsa, Denver, Kenosha, New
Orleans, Honolulu, Maui the Big Island and the nation of Cyprus. In
1985, we put World Harvest Radio International shortwave on the air
from Noblesville, Indiana. Then we added shortwave stations in Hawaii
and Maine. We became one of the top 10 shortwave broadcasters in the
world by 1998.
Pete ran LeSEA Ministries and LeSEA Global Feed the Hungry. I had the
honor of traveling to many nations to help deliver food. We had our
own C-130 transport plane and two ships for humanitarian relief
efforts. Pete was two years younger than me. He operated a nutrition
company "Making Healthy Choices." He exercised and ate right, he was
fit and lean. He ran every day. It doesn’t seem possible that he could
have gone to be with the Lord so soon. Pete carried the mantle of his
father’s ministry after his death. Now, there remains much work yet
for the heirs to continue in their Legacy of Faith and to Run with the
Vision of Dr. Lester Sumrall (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)
** U S A. 700, KHSE, TX, Wylie – Format to ETH (ex-SS:REL) (Wayne
Heinen, NRC AM Log Update, AM Switch, NRC DX News Dec 14 via DXLD)
I.e., generic ETHnic, so what languages? Still any Spanish? I must
struggle to hear it here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Re: 750, KAMA, TX, El Paso – 11/19 0758 [EST] – “Univisiσn
Amιrica 750 AM, una estaciσn euforia[?],” i.e. KAMA. Also in middle-
of-night sometimes QRMs WSB when it should not, but situation not as
bad as it was earlier this year. (GH-OK)
See AM Switch this issue, has been running 250 watts ND at night on
STA since March 2013 – David Yocis, NRC DX News Dec 14 via DXLD)
No, it hasn`t. May well be 250 watts ND *now*, but when it was
fighting with and often overcoming WSB at night, that was no 250
watts. Later refined to UFORIA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DXLD)
** U S A. Applications to extend existing STAs were received from
KAMA-750 El Paso TX (U5 10000/250);
WHIM-1080 Coral Gables FL (U4 50000/20000 to overcome Cuban QRM);
KZNX-1530 Creedmoor TX (U3 220/220 from night site 24 hours).
(David Yocis, DC, AM Switch, NRC DX News Dec 14 via DXLD) excerpts
** U S A [and non]. 880-CUSB, Dec 4 at 1337 UT, sermon in Navajo, soon
introducing hymn in English, `Go Tell It on the Mountain`, so KHAC Tse
Bonito NM. No LSB as usual; listening in AM mode, there is quite a hum
which I think is coming from this station, but it`s not for being off-
frequency; still a tolerable SAH when KRVN is not nulled.
Then by 1341 UT, some Spanish QRM fades in further counterclockwise
from KHAC and thus getting more QRM from KRVN NE. W&M plugging some
event on 20 de diciembre; 1344 into Mexican music. Either XEV in
Chihuahua or XEPNK in Los Mochis.
880-USB, Dec 6 at 0142 UT, Wade Pearson (Wayne Peterson? Something
like that) of Reach Beyond with a promo in English for walking to
enhance fitness, but quoting something from Isaiah to go with it.
Doesn`t say a word about Australia or Ecuador or Colorado Springs, let
alone shortwave, but this is obviously on LSB-less KHAC Tse Bonito NM,
as always on 10 kW ND day power, Dineh ignoring the White Man`s rules
while taking advantage of his technology and subjecting themselves to
his religion (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 930, Dec 9 at 0709 UT with WKY OKC nulled, singing ID for
``Classic Hits, WTAD``, Quincy IL (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 950, Dec 6 at 0146 UT, ad for Galleria, 1960 Kirkendall
(sp?). I am suspecting KPRC Houston, and figure there`s a Galleria
there like in Dallas, OKC, etc. Everywhere? I find this business has
one location in a Houston Galleria, and another at intersexion of FM
1960 and Kuykendahl:
http://www.theconcertpub.com/contact--us.html
FM are ubiquitous fourth?-level roads all over Texas, originally Farm-
to-Market but surely urban as well. Their pavement is often superior
to Interstates and turnpikes in Oklahoma (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 980: Re KQUE: ``? -Richardson? That`s a Dallas suburb, not
Houston (gh, DXLD)``
Should have been -Richmond (Terry L Krueger, FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Celebrating KFWB`s 90th Anniversary [980, Los Αngeles CA]
Excellent history of KFWB by DXer, historian and friend Jim Hilliker.
http://jeff560.tripod.com/kfwb.html
Sent from my iPad (Dennis Gibson, ABDX via DXLD)
** U S A. 1000, Dec 4 at 1348 UT, ``ESPN One Thousand`` ID in passing,
with KTOK OKC easily minimized, no doubt WMVP Chicago IL. Almost zero-
beat; and so is KKIM NM when I hear it against KTOK. Perhaps the even-
MHz stations take a little more pride in frequency accuracy, than the
preponderance of US AM stations? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 1030, WNVR, IL, Vernon Hills – Slogan to “Polska Radio
Chicago,” adds // WRDZ-1300. (Tom Jasinski) (Wayne Heinen, NRC AM Log
Update, AM Switch, NRC DX News Dec 14 via DXLD)
** U S A. 1060, Dec 6 at 0132 UT, as I tune in, ID for ``Fiesta,
Fiesta, Fiesta, una emisora mαs de Radiorama, El Paso``. So KXPL has
finally started announcing! Even IDing, after weeks/months of playing
nonstop Mexican music whenever we heard it, and IDed as such only by
DF and elimination of everything else. We still need to hear them
uttering call letters, perhaps just as reluctant to do so as the 1120
Oklahoman (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1803, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Official Updates from the FCC. CALL CHANGES:
1060, KRUZ, AR, Van Buren – Call change to KJQS (Nov. 30, station is
silent).
1230 KJQS UT Murray – Call change to KRUZ (Nov. 30, station is silent)
(David Yocis, DC, AM Switch, NRC DX News Dec 14 via DXLD)
** U S A. 1100, Dec 4 at 1350 UT, no sign of KNZZ Grand Junxion CO
from the NW; what`s wrong? Are they really on night pattern for a
change? Instead some Xmas music which seems to be a little too far CCW
for Joplin, so I keep at it, maybe NM? 1354 UT funny anti-fruitcake
song, which I am sure is not appreciated by Corsicanans, but I love
pecans. Some more unfamiliar Xmas music so it`s more tolerable than
the ones playing war-horses. 1359 UT ID as ``KKLL, 1100-AM, Joplin,
Missouri``. Isn`t their legal ID supposed to mention the community of
license, Webb City? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1260, Dec 5 at 1356 UT, Mexican music loops NE/SW; 1357 UT
super-hype voice actor (SHVA) ID with slogan but can`t copy details
other than ``--- del cuadrante y nada mαs``. It`s surely the one for
Des Moines (De Los Monjes), Iowa, KDLF Boone, whose 5 kW day pattern
is circular tangent to the southwest, optimum for us. NRC AM Log calls
it ``La Reina`` with 33 watts ND at night, 112 watts PSRA. Official
sunrise today was 1330 UT (January: 1345 UT) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Glenn, Slogan much as you describe hard to decipher:
http://www.lareina1260.com/
is their website. 73 (Wayne Heinen, CO, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1280, Dec 5 at 1339 UT, ``103-3 The Mix`` non-IDs, from KSOK
Arkansas City KS on groundwave. Per original report in DXLD 15-37,
it`s got two exxes, ``The Mixx``, but hard to tell by hearing. 103.3
is a mere translator, allowing the tail to wag the dog (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1300, WRDZ, IL, La Grange – Format to Polish (ex-KID);
slogan to “Polska Radio Chicago,” adds // WNVR-1030, drops networks.
(Tom Jasinski) (Wayne Heinen, NRC AM Log Update, AM Switch, NRC DX
News Dec 14 via DXLD)
** U S A. 1310, Dec 6 at 0149 UT, ad for Oak Ridge Living, off 41-A on
Dotson (?) Lane, back to basketball, Xavier vs Western Kentucky, on
ESPN 1310 --- that makes it for sure WTTL in Madisonville, western
Kentucky, on US 41 and alt US 41, and the home of:
http://www.assistedliving.com/kentucky/madisonville/oak-ridge-retirement-center/
which is on Dodson Lane, and not to be confused with the radioactive
city of Oak Ridge, eastern Tennessee. WTTL is 1500/500 watts U2, but
with a CP for 1500/40 watts U1, per NRC AM Log 2015-2016. An ESPN
affiliate but not listed with an ``ESPN 1310`` slogan per se. Night
pattern supposedly has/had major lobe to SSW, minor lobes to E and W.
I can`t find anything on their website or FB about carrying this
particular game (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1330, Dec 5 at 0128 UT, Navajo mixture with English
including phone area code 505, into ``O Come, All Ye Faithful`` in
English, so don`t you believe it`s ``All Navajo, All the Time``; 0147
UT recheck more Navajo talk is atop, so it`s surely KGAK Gallup NM,
which I don`t recall hearing here before. It`s 5/1 kW U2, with night
pattern aiming SSE, null toward us, so believe it must be on 5 kW ND
day pattern. Night hours in December are 0000-1415 UT. Altho 983 km =
611 miles west of here, there are no 1330s in between; normally heard
are Wichita and Monahans. Despite the carol, apparently KGAK is full-
service rather than foisting Christianity upon the Dineh as KHAC 880
does incessantly on USB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1370, WVMR, Frost WV; 1200-1204 28-Nov, local weather, ID
for this and several FM affiliates. Into "Inside Appalachia" program.
This is the only radio station broadcasting from within the National
Radio Quiet Zone:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegheny_Mountain_Radio
It's a community-based non-profit station group with Appalachian
themed programming. (Will be adding this to my list for online
listening).
http://www.alleghenymountainradio.org/cpb/
(Don Moore, DXing in Zion PA, with Afedri SDR-Net & RF Space SDR-IQ,
MARE Tipsheet Dec 4 via DXLD)
** U S A. 1370, KGNO, Dodge City, KS, 1300 09-Nov-15, ``Bringing you
the legends of country music, we're Classic Country, KGNO, Dodge City,
the first radio station in town``, then back to music (Nigel Pimblett,
Dunmore, AB, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook phased array, Dec CIDX Messenger
via DXLD) And I still can`t hear it in OK! (gh, DXLD)
** U S A. 1450, WNBY Newberry MI: Mom and pop AM radio still alive in
Northern Michigan
http://www.freep.com/story/news/columnists/john-carlisle/2015/12/06/upper-peninsula-am-radio-station-still-vital/76614996/
Posted by: (Harry van Vugt, Canada, Dec 7, dxldyg via DXLD)
** U S A. 1510, Dec 6 at 0152 UT, ``Saturday Night`` folk song, 0153
UT, promo for ``Jimmy Rock Show, afternoons 4-7 on The Rock``. So it`s
KCKK Littleton CO, 10/25 kW U4, with night pattern supposedly aiming
at Albuquerque instead of Enid. Better on N-S antenna than on the E-W,
where WLAC diffuses an anti-Moslem rant (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Stations informing the FCC that they are silent: 1550, KBUD,
CO Golden – Silent Nov. 16 to coordinate addition of an FM translator.
Also, Bill Hale reports that KVCE-1160 [Metroplex TX] has been off for
more than two weeks, while Karl Forth and Ken Onyschuk say that WRDZ-
1300 is back on the air with Polish programs (David Yocis, DC, AM
Switch, NRC DX News Dec 14 via DXLD) See above
** U S A. 1690, Dec 5 at 0142 UT, hearing that Denver is off pending
sale, I try for something else besides 1690 WVON, the two close to
right angles. WVON has discussion about Chicago PD, politix. Nothing
much with it nulled completely, but mixing with it another station in
blues music, then ad for originalmattress.com and ``AM 1690, Voice of
the Arts``; 0144 UT back to program with DJ playing one last song,
mentions Chuck Berry; by 0148 UT I`m hearing WVON only, but surely the
otherstation would not have signed off at this oddtime. It seemed like
it was close to the same direxion (or opposite) as WVON, but this
unique slogan belongs to WMLB, Avondale Estates, Georgia (near
Atlanta), which is 1273 km = 791 miles east of here. Not heard before
due to Denver.
Per http://1690wmlb.com/programming/
The slogan is also the (default?) name of programming at various blox
including evenings, start time changing from one night to the next,
but there are others. The /about page says:
``AM 1690 strives to bring all the best of the art world to Atlanta
radio. With an ever-growing library of music, ranging from old-timey
music of the early twentieth century to the latest independent rock
releases to folk songs of the 1960s to afrobeat tunes, AM 1690 has
just about every musical genre, era, and taste covered. The station
stands behind a belief that music holds an invaluable significance in
our culture, and by blurring the boundaries set by traditional radio
station labels, AM 1690 is able to expose the listener to a little bit
of everything. Between the b-sides, essential classics, and under-the-
radar gems, any given listen to “The Voice of the Arts” may uncover
your new favorite song or provide engagement in a genre you never knew
you loved.
Additionally, AM 1690 harmoniously mixes its diverse musical playlists
with thought-provoking book, movie, and theater reviews and
reflections, interviews with individuals from every background and
with every passion, relevant news stories, and clever, creative skits.
No day of programming is the same, promising a fresh, dynamic
listening experience with every tune-in. Through its engaging array of
musical, literary, and cultural programs, AM 1690 provides for its
listeners a strong and much-needed “Voice of the Arts.”
AM 1690, The Voice of the Arts …a little history…
JW Broadcasting owner Joe Weber began his project of giving Atlanta
“The Voice of the Arts” in 1997 with 1190 AM, WGKA. Through being
purchased and converted into a gospel station, and then trying out a
different location at 1160 AM, “The Voice of the Arts” has found its
home at AM 1690. The move up the dial allows for greater coverage of
the Atlanta area, and embracing today’s technology provides even more
opportunities to keep up with the station’s programming by downloading
AM 1690’s iTunes app, following the station on Facebook and Twitter,
and listening live online. Now more than ever, AM 1690 is the “Voice
of the Arts” that folks in Atlanta and beyond tune in to for all that
is relevant in arts and culture`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 1690, Arvada/Denver --- 1690 is back on the air today with
religious music, at least when I heard it this afternoon. It sounded
like it was relaying programming from an FM station not in the area.
From what I read earlier, Salem plans to run a business news format on
1690, so this is probably just temporary fill until they get plugged
in with the other. Oh, and the signal was just analog. KDDZ was
digital right up to the end. 73, (Kit, W5KAT, CO, 0121 UT Dec 8, ABDX
via DXLD)
They were off air last night when I listened in the car on an errand
about 7 pm and this morning around 7 am [MST = UT -7] when I went to
work. Maybe they were testing the transmitter? 1690 being off has
allowed me to grab 1700 KBGG and 1680 KRJO, which I had never been
able to hear due to their strong IBOC - even while phasing out 1690
KDDZ (John ];') kugellagers, Lakewood/Golden CO, Dec 8, ibid.)
1690 Denver --- On the way to work this [sic] afternoon they were on
with religious programming. Coming home after 2 this morning it was
"Cash Country, All Johnny Cash, All The Time." I didn't hear a legal
ID, so I don't know if the call has been changed. 73, (Kit W5KAT, CO,
1017 UT Dec 10, ibid.)
** U S A. 88.9, UT Sat Dec 5 at 0300 I bring up the webcast of KUSP
Santa Cruz CA, for the local classical music show, `On Site`. Host
Robin Whitehouse announces that this will be the last classical music
show on a week night; there had been a strip of different classical
shows M-F at 7-9:30 pm PST. From Dec 13 this show will migrate to
Sunday mornings 7-10 am PST [15-18 UT]. It`s exciting, he says. So
that explains why another classical host, Joe Truskot, announced this
week that he is leaving the station. On tonight`s finale, a classical
group new to the area is featured after 0400 UT, Espressivo, ``a
small, intense orchestra``; see http://espressorch.org/index.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
For the folks in Santa Cruz itself, it looks like they can receive
KXSC (one of the "KDFC San Francisco" stations) over the air
reasonably well, so the community won't be bereft of classical music.
Alas, it likely won't have the community feel of KUSP, but considering
how many cities larger than Santa Cruz don't have access to full-time
over-the-air classical radio, they aren't in terrible shape.
Philadelphia is one of those cities that doesn't have a 24/7 classical
music station, unless you count HD2 offerings (Richard Cuff /
Allentown PA, internetradio via DXLD)
Latest KUSP program grid update shows only two classical shows left,
conveniently color-coded in light blue, the Sunday morning block and
another one Sunday evening. Now it`s talk shows, as on Tuesday evening
in the ex-20/21 timeslot (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
** U S A. NPR TALK-SHOW LEGEND DIANE REHM WILL RETIRE FROM
BROADCASTING NEXT YEAR By Paul Farhi
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/diane-rehm-an-npr-staple-eyes-retirement-from-broadcasting/2015/12/08/aeb9f50a-9dbd-11e5-a3c5-c77f2cc5a43c_print.html
Diane Rehm, the host of one of public radio's longest-running and most
popular news discussion programs, will retire next year, ending nearly
40 years on the air.
A retirement date has not been firmly established, but Rehm, who is
79, says she will end her eponymous program, produced by Washington
public station WAMU-FM (88.5), after the presidential election in
November.
"My thinking is that I'll stay on the air until the election because I
really want to see how this will go," Rehm said in an interview
Tuesday. "My feeling is, I have a number of ideas and I'm perfectly
happy doing something different . . . where I'm not forced to get up
at 5 a.m. every morning to prepare for a show. I've been doing that
for 37 years. Maybe I'll get to sleep until 7 or 7:30 a.m., like other
people do."
"The Diane Rehm Show" has been one of the staples of news-oriented
public-radio stations nationwide for the past two decades. The two-
hour program is carried on 197 stations and attracts an audience of
about 2.5 million weekly.
The show features discussions with newsmakers in the first hour and
interviews with authors and artists in the second. Rehm has often been
praised for maintaining a civil tone and a nonpartisan orientation in
a medium that has grown increasingly shrill and polarized over the
past two decades.
Rehm has been in discussions with WAMU management about her future for
the past several months. The station would like her to continue, but
it has begun preparing for her departure. During her periodic absences
-- Rehm receives treatment three times a year for a voice condition
called spasmodic dysphonia -- the station has used guest hosts who are
being considered to succeed her.
Among others, these have included Melissa Block, a former co-host of
NPR's "All Things Considered"; and Indira Lakshmanan, a guest host of
"Here and Now," another NPR newsmagazine program. Melissa Ross, the
host of a Jacksonville, Fla., public-radio program, will substitute
for Rehm later this week.
"I really love what I do, but I know it can't go on forever," Rehm
said. "Fortunately, I'm a young 79, if you can believe it. People say,
`How can you walk so strongly? How can you wear high heels?' Because
I'm one of the lucky ones."
Rehm will be away from the microphone for about a month and a half
early next year. In mid-January, she will travel to Portland, Ore.,
for a scheduled voice treatment that will keep her off the air for
about two weeks. Immediately afterward, she will begin a month-long
tour to promote a new memoir, "On My Own," about the year since the
death of her husband, John, a former State Department official, and
about the "right to die" or assisted-suicide movement, of which she is
an advocate.
[NPR host Diane Rehm emerges as a force in right-to-die debate]
A former secretary and stay-at-home mother who never attended college,
Rehm first joined WAMU as a volunteer in 1973, booking guests for a
program called "The Home Show." She became the host of the station's
morning talk show, "Kaleidoscope," in 1979. The show was renamed "The
Diane Rehm Show" in 1984. It went into national syndication via NPR in
1995 after Rehm helped raise the money for distribution.
"I never thought I'd have a career of any kind, much less a career in
radio," she once said.
Over the decades, Rehm has interviewed many of the nation's leading
political figures, including Presidents Carter, Clinton and Obama, and
such cultural luminaries as Toni Morrison and Fred Rogers of "Mister
Rogers' Neighborhood."
Rehm has discussed staying with the station in some capacity after
retiring from broadcasting. Among the options discussed are a role in
fundraising and a speaker series, in which she would interview a panel
or an important guest before an audience.
Rehm said the death of her husband of 54 years last year as a result
of complications from Parkinson's disease made her reconsider her
future. Among other things, she wants to advocate on behalf of aid in
dying for the terminally ill, a cause she has been obliged to avoid
espousing on the air. "John so wanted to die on his own terms," she
said. "It made me feel like I had to speak out for the right to die."
She called the decision to end her program "a very positive bit of
news that delights me. . . . I feel so fortunate. I feel as if I'm in
control of my own life not only now, but going forward."
(c) The Washington Post Company (via Mike Cooper, DXLD)
** U S A. Tell all your "buccos" Pirate FM bandscan videos uploaded.
Had to do it in 4 parts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-Ni5mk2b-4
Sincerely (Elizabeth & Christopher Dunne, Pembroke Pines FL, Dec 5, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** VANUATU [and non]. Hi Everyone, I`m back at the shortwave dials
after quite a long absence. I`ve changed the set up to an Elad fdm s2
sdr and two short beverages on the ground about 100m long; they were
too short for medium wave but should act as beverages on the sw bands;
well, I hope. I would be interested to know if Vanuatu is still on the
air. Have you heard them, Ron (can`t wait to see what you have been
getting)?? 73's (Mark, Isle of Anglesey, Dec 6, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Mark, Wow, is great to hear from you again! Will be very nice to
see your postings again in DXLD yg! Certainly missed your past
interesting logs during these last three years.
Regarding Radio Vanuatu - Have not had any audio recently while
checking after 1400 (during weekdays "RN2" [Japan] goes off the air
at 1400, leaving the frequency clear for any possible RV reception;
on weekends "RN2" goes off early at 0900, giving a better chance
for RV reception); only been catching a clear open carrier, but Dec 3,
at 1411 and subsequent monitoring did not hear the usual open carrier.
So definitely needs more work, on days with good propagation, to find
out for sure what is up with them. Back on Sept 20, had positive RV ID
up on 7260, during 0855-0935 reception, but Mongolia is often there
now (no longer heard on 4830). Welcome back! (Ron Howard, California,
ibid.)
** VATICAN [and non]. 6070, Dec 8 at 0709, Vatican Radio IS at S9+10,
*way* over CFRX, poor thing, presumably `Midnight [sic] in the
Desert`, Art Bell on a weeknight, as the Canadians and the Vaticans
refuse to protect CFRX. Meanwhile, 6075, which VR used to use, remains
vacant. VR might as well turn it off as soon as the mass is over
instead of filling with pointless IS, but HFCC shows the Latin Mass
transmission at 0630 may last until 0715, with *two* transmitters ---
is it both at once, or either-or?? 250 kW at 4 degrees, and 100 kW at
326 degrees toward Canada, beyond western Europe (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** VENEZUELA. RADIO BARINAS 880 KHZ IS OFF THE AIR --- This station
which belongs to the "Circuito Radio Venezuela" owned by Tobνas
Carrero Nacar and with studios in Avenida 23 de Enero in Barinas has
been off the air for several days. The reason for the station's
disappearance from the AM band is unknown. The transmitting station is
located on a property which was expropriated a few years ago by the
late President Hugo Chαvez.
The station's technicians and officials frequently experience
difficulties in getting to the transmitting facility in order to
repair technical problems. It is believed that Tobνas Carrero Nacar
was one of the supporters of the Chavez election campaign. It is
unknown why the government took over the property. Today the the
buildings of the property are used by a state owned tourist
organization.
The Radio Barinas 880 audio on the Circuito Radio Venezuela web page
is that of the network's key station RV-790 kHz in Caracas. Radio
Barinas 880 kHz, RNV-580 kHz (Radio Nacional de Venezuela) and YVKE
1340 kHz (also off the the air for unknown reasons) are the only AM
stations in Barinas (Santiago San Gil G., via Mauno Ritola, WRTH
Facebook group, translated by Christer Brunstrφm, Sweden, Dec MW News
via DXLD)
** VIETNAM. The radio station has sent a certificate for 5 years
reported receiving. View certificate here -
http://rusdx.blogspot.ru/2015/12/blog-post_27.html
Plus sent a gift - a set of office desktop.
(Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia, QSL World, RusDX Dec 6 via DXLD)
** YEMEN [non]. Weak signal from clandestine station Radio Sana'a on
December 3:
0705 & 0805 11860 JED 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic, QRM CRI Chinese
11855
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/weak-signal-from-clandestine-station.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, Dec 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hello DXers, Extended transmission of Radio Sanaa from Saudi Arabia?
Checking 11860 kHz around 0930 UT, I noticed that Radio Sanaa is still
on though they sign[ed] off around 0900 UT. The news started at 1000
about military action taking place in T'aaz and different parts of
Yemen. Best 73 (Tarek Zeidan, Cairo, Egypt, Sent from my iPad, Dec 6,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Yes, observed at 1210 UT, Dec 6 -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia,
Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, ibid.)
Tarek, thanks for that observation. I'm listening to them (at least
I'm assuming it is them) from about 1600 tune in and still going
strong at 1649, with improving signal as the sun rises higher over the
horizon. Mostly music, but with some fairly strident talk. S5 to S7
signal into Victoria, BC. 73 (Walt Salmaniw, Dec 6, ibid.)
11860, Dec 7 at 1356, good strong S9+10 signal with ME music, 1358
Arabic announcement mentions Sudan and Saudi Arabia, but can`t detect
any ID for Radio Sana`a or Yemen; 1401 back to music which is mostly
strident/militaristic past 1425; 1427 talk with bits of Qur`an,
tweeting SFX; 1438 strident talk with a bit of echo; more music etc.,
until 1500 YL voice heard for first time, but still can`t catch an ID,
mostly talk, interview past 1522.
Surely it is this new clandestine by the ousted leader of Yemen,
believed to broadcast from nearby Saudi Arabia. When it first came on
after 18 UT, I could only hear a JBA carrier here, but schedule has
been expanded, and now propagation is favorable. At 1434, some weak
music CCI underneath, i.e. IBB Kuwait in Pashto & Dari at 1430-1630;
that collision must be much worse in the target areas (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1803, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Interesting log, Glenn. Dec 7 (0308-0322) heard 11860 with non-stop
Middle Eastern music; poor-fair reception. Was wondering if it could
have been Yemen[non], but no way to confirm? (Ron Howard, California,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
I guess tentatively R Sanaa on 11859.9985 accurate footprint. On Dec 9
at 1335 UT heard two men talk - emotive discuss about Arabic world
and many times Syria mentioned, in Arabic language. Heard a strong
S=9+15dB signal on remote SDR unit in Brisbane Queensland downunder.
QRM hit heavily by adjacent 11855 kHz channel of RRI Bucharest Chinese
service program from Tsiganeshti till 1357 (Wolfgang Bόschel, wwdxc
BC-DX TopNews Dec 9, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Extended transmissions of Radio Sana'a on December 6
0400-0900 on 11860 JED 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic, as scheduled
0900-1800 on 11860*JED 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic, addit. txion
1800-2300 on 11860 JED 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic, as scheduled
* co-ch R. Ashna 1430-1500 Pashto, 1500-1630 Dari, AWR 1730-1800
Kabyle. Thanks quick information of Tarek Zeidan from Egypt. Videos
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/extended-transmissions-of-radio-sanaa.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Clandestine station Radio Sana'a is now 24 h on SW
0400-0900 on 11860 JED 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic
0900-1800 on 11860*JED 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic, additional
1800-2300 on 11860 JED 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic
2300-0400 on 11860#JED 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic, additional
* co-ch Radio Ashna 1430-1500 Pashto, 1500-1630 Dari, AWR 1730-1800
Kabyle # co-ch China Radio Inter. 0130-0230 Nepali, PBS Xizang
Chinese 0300-0900.
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/clandestine-station-radio-sanaa-is-now.html
(Ivo Ivanov, Dec 8, B`lgariya, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1803, DXLD)
** ZAMBIA. 5915, ZNBC/Radio One: Dec 3 with *0239 start of African
Fish Eagle IS. Not only is it their national bird, but is also on
their money:
http://www.banknotes.com/zm26.htm
Dec 5 with *0239 start of African Fish Eagle IS; still with technical
problems; 0410* suddenly off; *0413 back on; 0415* off again; *0419
back again; 0421* off again; *0422 back again.
Dec 7 with *0239 start of African Fish Eagle IS; after 0400 struggling
to stay on the air; technical problems continue (Ron Howard, Asilomar
State Beach, CA, Etσn E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** ZANZIBAR. Re: [dxld] Radio Transmundial, Santa Maria, Brazil (?)
Didn't get home until just before 2100 UT and nothing noted then on
11735 kHz. However, while I was standing in line at the supermarket at
about 2005 or so, I accessed the Twente receiver for a few seconds
using my iPhone and heard what I believe was ZBC with a fair signal
with talk in (presumably) Swahili with the odd English word/name such
as Jimmy Buffet. ;-) Nothing heard from the Twente receiver on 11735
just after 2100, likely because ZBC signs off on 11735 at 2100
according to WRTH 2015 (Richard Langley, NB, Dec 2, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST) closedown time varies quite a lot (gh)
11735, TANZANIA (ZANZIBAR), Z.B.C. at 2046 with national music, 2047
man with news update in Swahili, 2058 announcements and music,
including some rap in Swahili, 2104 sound effects and several “Spice
FM” IDs, more rap music. - Good, Dec 5 (Harold Sellers, Vernon,
British Columbia, listening in my car by the lake, with the Etσn E1
and Sony AN1 active antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1480, Dec 6 at 0126 UT, as I tune in, ID as ``1480
WGRA`` or maybe WGRE --- but there is no such station listed by NRC or
FCC on 1480, nor any fuzzily similar call. Lots of QRM, maybe a music
station vs all the talk stations. Also a low rumbling het from
somebody too far off-frequency. Frustrating.
The real WGRA is on 790 in Cairo, Georgia, licensed to LOVETT
BROADCASTING ENTERPRISES, INC. Let`s see if they have any 1480s: NO.
There is no WGRE on AM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Re: weird pirate on 1610 (San Diego) --- I just got a
chance to check (had other things going on), and I get no trace of
anything on 1610 near El Cajσn / Rancho San Diego, using my CC Pocket
+ Select-A-Tenna. (They could be off the air anyway.) 73, (Stephen,
1544 UT Dec 8, ABDX via DXLD)
They're on now, very mumbly but sounds like more whiny "activist"
nonsense. Seems to loop toward downtown San Diego or maybe SE San
Diego. They can be heard along the 5, 805, and the state portion of
the 15. By the time you get to the 125 they start to get weak (but I
can hear them at home, just east of the 125 here in Eastlake). Audio
is very mushy so it's hard to understand what they are saying. 73 (Tim
Hall, 1913 UT Dec 8, ibid.)
responsible party:
http://www.austindparker.com/pelecanus.html
http://www.pelecanus.org/episodes.html
https://www.facebook.com/austin.parker.56884
The station seems strongest downtown, perhaps near the airport. The
current program is about restoring the habitat of the Coastal Cactus
Wren, which had been badly threatened by "development" (but much more
by the massive wildfires in 2003 and 2007).
Besides the poor recording job, and the poor diction of the
announcers, they also play pre-recorded music all the time while
they're talking, which makes them even harder to understand.
It seems like a bit more than 10 watts. It gets out just slightly
better than a typical TIS, and seems to get out better along the
coast. 73 (Tim Hall, Dec 9, ibid.)
UNIDENTIFIED. 2860-LSB, At 0115, on 4 Dec. An African American male
preacher is talking with religious music playing in the background. He
began to sing along with a chorus of female singers accompanying him.
Poor (John Cooper, Lebanon, PA, Winradio-G33DDC, CommRadio CR-1a, RF
Space-SDR-IQ, Sangean 909X with Clear Mods, Tecsun PL-660, GAP-Hear
It In Line Module, Timewave ANC-4, Wellbrook 1530LNP, Wellbrook ALA-
1530S+, PARS-EF-SWL HF End Fed Receive Antenna, NASWA Flashsheet Dec 6
via DXLD) 2 X 1430-LSB harmonic? (gh)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6100, Dec 6 at 1403, open carrier with fast SAH, over
second station. Per Aoki, KCBS Pyongyang is on here before and after
1400, while CRI Mongolian via Urumqi ends at 1357: nothing else close
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6870 AM in Spanish/Portuguese? 0100-0430z+
Hello Again Glenn, Curious if you have any possible ID for a station
on 6870 AM at 0100-0430z+ in Spanish/Portuguese??? Very good signal at
~0300z with male/female and of course music but I can't seem to find
it anywhere. I have heard it before and others are hearing it tonight.
I just doubt it's a pirate, sounds very professional & not a pescadore
station because they don't have the staying power or produce anything
this good sounding. Still on at 0430z. Thank you [and I see 6250 was
resolved LOL] Rafman K4RAF
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DRM HOLDS LIVE DEMO IN TANZANIA
Radio World By Guest Contributor December 4, 2015
http://www.radioworld.com/article/drm-holds-live-demo-in-tanzania/277642
Digital Radio Mondiale was on hand for the 10th Southern African
Development Community Digital Broadcasting Migration Forum, which took
place Dec 2–3 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Radu Obreja, DRM marketing director, and Lucky Mbiko, representing
Radio Pulpit and the DRM Southern Africa Platform, provided
information and presented a live DRM broadcast to more than 60
participants.
The demonstration consisted of a live shortwave DRM BBC transmission
relayed by Babcock International via transmitters on Ascension Island
in the South Atlantic Ocean that beamed the digital signal to a DRM
AV-DR-1401 receiver in Dar es Salaam, some 6,000 kilometers away.
The theme of the SADC forum, which was hosted by the government of
Tanzania through the Ministry of Communications, Science and
Technology, was “Digital Broadcasting Dynamics: Building a Sustainable
Future.” Posted by: (Mike Terry, Dec 5, dxldyg via DXLD)
Could the ``guest contributor`` be straight out of a DRM press
release? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
AM [sic] BROADCAST TO THE RESCUE
Radio World By Jochen Huber Berlin December 7, 2015
http://www.radioworld.com/article/am-broadcast-to-the-rescue/277651
Almost every country in the world operates medium-wave transmitters.
In fact, many countries use several transmitters with an output power
above 500 kW.
Medium wave offers large-area propagation, including coverage of
neighboring countries, and today there is no alternative technology
available.
Satellite and cable are vulnerable due to government control in
certain regions, Internet radio needs large bandwidth and is not
designed as a “one-to-many” medium, while technologies such as DMB,
DVB and DAB, can only reach relatively small areas due to the limited
coverage of the frequencies they use. These “modern” options are also
more costly and are thus mainly utilized in highly populated areas and
by countries where advanced infrastructure and large propagation
networks are available.
EXTENDED COVERAGE
Many nations have decided to switch off (either partially or fully) AM
broadcasts. In doing so, they are giving up a field-proven opportunity
to inexpensively reach listeners with a relatively “small”
infrastructure — even if these installations are physically huge, they
also offer extended coverage.
There is no lack of AM receivers. The technology, established some 100
years ago, is identical worldwide, where any available AM receiver can
function.
This is a big advantage, particularly in disaster or emergency
situations, since a large population can be reached at minimum cost
and effort.
In situations where inhabitants flee their home countries such as the
Syrian refugee crisis, for example, it is important to reach these
people before they leave home and provide them with current
information. The refugees need to be informed about what awaits them
at their destination — the political situation, culture, etc.
Once they arrive, the task at hand then becomes to help them
successfully integrate in the country of adoption. In Germany, some
public broadcasters have begun producing programs targeted at refugees
in their native language, airing them locally over the Internet.
While this is certainly a step in the right direction, the
dissemination of these programs, which are created for those who have
already made their way to Europe, depends on Internet coverage and the
availability of Internet radio-capable cellphones or computers.
If broadcasters used AM technology, with its easy-to-use, available
and cheap receivers, they could increase their audience and reach a
large number of people in various countries, without the need for
expensive cellphones and cellphone contracts. Another option is
Digital Radio Mondiale technology. DRM would allow broadcasters to
transmit the broadcasts in additional languages and with more
information. However it would also require the appropriate receivers —
a small investment really for such a big savings.
USEFUL SERVICE
Using analog (or digital) AM would make it possible to touch the
listeners in their home countries and also on their way to us. This is
possible without new installations since everything is mainly in
place. All that is needed is the determination and some money to
switch it on — quite efficient!
Broadcast providers and network operators should maintain AM
broadcasts for such political challenges. The willingness to help the
refugees integrate into their new world is apparent in many
governments and it is a question of humanity to use such ways of
communication in order to educate effectively.
(Dipl. Ing. Jochen Huber is president of JHBC Broadcast Consulting and
honorary member of the DRM consortium).
Posted by: (Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)
Desperate and offensive attempt by a former board member of Transradio
to sell high power DRM capable transmitters by using tragic
circumstances. In the real world even where medium wave transmitters
are on the vast majority of the population will listen on FM and AM
transmitters are closing down. There are none in Lebanon for example.
And apparently according to this article FM does not exist.
I see Ruxendra Obreja who was at one point said to be on secondment
from the BBC is now apparently writing articles and travelling around
the world promoting this technology to little effect at licencepayers`
expense. An apparent relation of hers is now involved in the
consortium as "managing director"; managing what is not clear. Any
commercial organisation would have closed down all this years ago.
http://www.drm.org/?page_id=85 Posted by: (barraclough.mike, ibid.)
DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
RANT --- After several weeks of more than usual problems with digital
converters, I have to rant. I'm tired of digital converters crapping
out. Tried to purchase a new one and it took two days to get connected
long enough to do a search on Amazon for converters thanks to my
stellar internet connection. Found that they have morphed into
something else and aren't even capable of being attached to my analog
TV or VCR anymore.
Just want to state here how proud I am and how warm and runny it makes
me inside that my government cares so much for me that they dictate
how I shall receive my TV signal and force me kicking and screaming
into an inferior method of transmission while their other hand, the
FCC, is working to do away with OTA TV altogether. Luddites, unite
(John Carver, Mid-North Indiana, Dec 6, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
REVERSE DTV AUCTION WINDOW NOW OPEN
Netflix, Hulu, YouTube and other internet streaming services are more
likely to effect the future of US broadcast television than anything
the FCC might do to it.
But then - there is the DTV reverse auction and forward auction. Yes,
it has already began. The auction process is in its preliminary
stages. There are already a couple threads concerning what all of the
DTV auction/repacking is all about on the WTFDA forums, along with
member questions.
One is here...
http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?10429-Auction-Repacking-Channel-Sharing-Questions
One is here...
http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?10297-Channel-Sharing-rules-for-upcoming-Auction-Multiple-Stations-on-One-Channel
The Reverse Auction process has began! The Reverse Auction DTV Filing
Window officially opened at 12:00 pm Eastern on December 8th (Tuesday)
and will close at 6:00 pm on January 12, 2016. A Forward Auction DTV
Filing Window will then open at 12:00 pm Eastern on January 26, 2016
and will close at 6:00 pm on February 9, 2016.
To read more about this, you can open this document-
http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2015/db1112/DA-15-1296A1.pdf
The Opening Auction prices were also revised in mid-November and can
be reviewed in this document-
https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-15-1296A3.pdf
Some things to think about when considering how much the TV networks
and their affiliates will *jump* at the offer of big cash payouts by
the FCC...
Television networks - their 2015 value - number of affiliates in
network
CBS Television - $30.4 billion - 222 O&O and affiliates
Fox Television - $11.3 billion - 194 O&O and affiliates
ABC Network - $4.3 billion - 200 O&O and affiliates
NBC Network - $3.5 billion - 200 O&O and affiliates
Public Broadcasting System [sic] (PBS) - unknown - 354 broadcast
member stations.
The NAB's approach to the Reverse Auction process:
http://www.nab.org/advocacy/issue.asp?id=2025
Antennas Direct, a leading antenna manufacturer, is speculating the
*fall out* from this will be many more VHF stations. They state that
having an outdoor antenna will become a greater issue to maintain
reliable reception of local broadcast stations. Their 3rd Qtr 2015
report continued to show 3.5% cord cutting from pay TV services
(although that number is slowing some).
Last edited by Jim Thomas; 12-09-2015 at 03:11 PM.
(Jim Thomas, Springfield, MO, Dec 9, WTFDA Forum via DXLD)
Is that right that CBS value is 10 times that of NBC? (Mike N9BNN,
Lebanon, IN, EM69, ibid.)
Technically, because NBC's ratings have been so low the past several
years, on paper, industry analysts say they are worth -500 million
dollars. Yes, there is a minus symbol before the 500! BUT: the bigger
picture - their actual net value (assets) of what they could be sold
for puts them at $3.5 billion. I did a lot of research to find out the
REAL VALUE of each network. That is the value of the mother ship, not
the value of the affiliates, which carries their own value. Last
edited by Jim Thomas; 12-10-2015 at 09:04 AM. (Jim Thomas,
Springfield, MO, ibid.)
RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM
+++++++++++++++++++++
A USEFUL SMARTPHONE APP FOR DX'ERS
Whether you do AM, shortwave, longwave, FM or something else, I think
this will prove useful. I have a pretty high return rate when
submitting reception reports and asking for QSL cards/letters. I'd say
my return rate is probably better then 60 percent, sometimes even 70
or 80 percent. It just depends.
But what helps me so much? EVERY reception report I email or snail
mail includes an audio recording. Sometimes it's only 30 seconds if
the signal is real real rough, weak or hard to pick out anything
useable. Sometimes I include anywhere between 5 minutes and 30 minutes
with a detailed report.
Well, how do I record? I use my smartphone! I have an Iphone 6plus
with 128gb of storage. IPhones record some of the best audio I've ever
heard from a smartphone. Androids do a pretty decent job, not as good,
but not bad.
The best app I've found for this is Voice Recorder Pro 7. I think it
cost something, but if it did, it was only like 99 cents of $1.99.
You can select the format to record in (mp4, mp3 or wav), you can
select the sample rate, bit rate (32 kbps all the way up to 320 kbps);
you can select mono or stereo as well.
But where this really comes in handy, you can email the audio file to
yourself or someone with the click of a button, you can upload it to a
google drive, dropbox, one drive or box cloud account. You can even
have it upload to an FTP server or to your Facebook page if you want!!
The one feature I like is being able to turn your audio into a youtube
video and uploading it directly to youtube! I was recording videos by
holding it up to the radio's display and while the audio was good, it
wasn't great because it was a bit further away from the speaker so I
could show the S meter and frequency on the display.
So what I ended up doing is do is put the phone right near the radio's
speaker and start recording. This produces better audio then a
straight up video. Then you click a button after the recording is over
and it generates the video frames for you, putting a picture there and
you fill in the particulars of your video and it uploads it to your
youtube account.
See what I'm talking about here, by viewing my youtube account
https://www.youtube.com/user/OnAirDJPaulWalker
You can easily tell which videos were made by me holding up the phone
to the radio`s display and which are audio only with the video
generated by this smartphone app.
Here's an audio only track that I recorded to give you an idea how it
sounds:
https://soundcloud.com/paul-walker-11/radio-mediterranne-international
I don't recall if they have this app for android phones, but if they
don't, there's something similar. It's worth investigating. A detailed
written report is one thing when requesting a QSL, but audio is
indisputable and absolute confirmation of what was heard (Paul Walker,
AR, Dec 7, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
There is no substitute for patching audio output of receiver directly
into a recording device, eliminating any extraneous room noise or
ambience, and not losing any audio fidelity, inevitable thru speakers
and microphones. The proliferation of phones with no possibility of
employing a patch cord, makes this idea seem to be completely foreign
to a new generation of DXers (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
I have experimented with several apps on my iPhone5s to record SW,
including using the microphone input (with an adapter) to connect with
the line output of a receiver. Hope to find some time over the
holidays to report on that (Richard Langley, NB, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
I have a half [sic] held standalone digital recorder sitting in a box
but haven't ever gotten the wire to connect into my computer or a
reader to put the little storage drive in (Paul Walker, ibid.)
This opens up a good topic for discussion: production of DX audio
files. In the past 50 or so years, my techniques have progressed from:
(1: '60s/'70s) Reel-to-reel tape with a patch cord to the receiver
audio out. If tapped off the speaker or 8-ohm headphone jack instead
of 600 ohm "line" audio out, a resistive pad would be used. OK for
home (or house DXpedition) use but not for "field" (in car etc.)
DXpeditioning. Tapes that stayed in good shape were later dubbed to
mp3.
This KSL 1160 recording from January 1974 was done this way (reception
at Menotomy Rocks Park, Arlington, MA: R-390A receiver):
http://chowdanet.com/markc/WEB2005A/dx_ksl-1160_19740107_0525z.mp3
Going back to 1965, a friend of mine provided this reception of WBZ's
Dick Summer show from a US Navy ship anchored at Midway Island in the
Pacific. The recording survived transfer from reel-to-reel to cassette
and then to mp3. Receiver: R-390A.
http://chowdanet.com/markc/WEB2005A/dx_wbz-1030_heard_from_midway_island_oct1965.mp3
(2: Mid '70s through early 2000's) Cassette recorder with patch cord
to the receiver audio out. Initially portable cassette recorders did
not have adequate fidelity (or audio-input jacks) so stereo decks that
were part of home entertainment gear were used.
Here's a 1975 recording - 40 years ago this month - done this way.
Germany 1586 absolutely blasting in at Sudbury, MA, 20 miles west of
Boston: R-390A, swamp-terminated Beverage pointed at northern Europe:
http://chowdanet.com/markc/WEB2005A/dx_w-germany-1586_19751217_0625z.mp3
By 1977 portable cassette recorders progressed to sufficient quality
for DX, if not audiophile, recording purposes. This brought DX audio
capture out in the field, so to speak, for recording during travelling
(in car, in hotel room, etc.). Sometime bias harmonics could
interfere with DX (like old-school TV birdies) but moving the recorder
could typically overcome the problem.
Here's 850 WHDH Boston recorded from Ireland in '77 with an unaided
Realistic TRF connected to a Panasonic battery powered cassette
recorder.
http://chowdanet.com/markc/dx_audio/WHDH_850_heard_in_Ireland_1977.mp3
(3: Early 2000's to present) Portable digital-format recorder. One
drawback is that these had somewhat more interference potential than
portable analog cassette recorders. A bit more care needed to be
exercised in terms of shielding, patch cable length, placement, etc.
especially when DXing with a portable radio or with an indoor loop.
C. Crane's "Pogo Radio YourWay LX"
http://www.cnet.com/products/pogo-products-radio-yourway-lx/
was one of the first out of the gate. It even had its own built-in AM
/ FM receiver that was deaf as a post. Recording from a real receiver
(via line-in) was the objective anyway, so that didn't matter.
Here's a 2006 recording of Saudi Arabia 1521 made from Granite Pier
(Rockport, MA) with the Pogo recorder fed from a Drake R8A. The audio
is a bit "artifacty" sounding by modern standards but certainly
adequate as a DX audio document.
http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/audio1/dx_saudi_arabia-1521_20060503_2300z.mp3
I have since used other portable digital recorders including models by
Zoom, Archos, and Edirol. Tascam also makes several models that could
be useful.
The following articles (and other ones easily found by Googling) might
be helpful:
http://www.wirerealm.com/guides/top-10-best-portable-recorders
https://www.musicedmagic.com/music-technology/portable-digital-audio-recorder-buying-guide-with-reviews.html
DXers would generally be less interested in microphone based recording
since a patch cord is a better way to go. Ability to adjust audio
level in an uncompressed mode is advisable though it's also good to
have auto-levelling ability as well. Removable media cards are
definitely a good thing (as with still and video cameras). Online
reviews will not look into RFI, an issue of specific interest to us.
DXers will have to figure that out on their own (and publish their
findings).
C. Crane's more recent offering, the "C. C. Witness", does a
reasonable job for on-the-go recording. Like the Pogo, it has a built-
in AM / FM radio of limited value. This is what I used on this 2013
recording of WBZ made at my brother-in-law's place at Lake Wylie in
Fort Mill, SC. Receiver used: Kaito KA1003 portable.
http://chowdanet.com/markc/dx_audio/wbz-1030_heard_in_sc_20131226_2315z.mp3
(4: Early 2000's to present) Audio patched from receiver into desktop
or laptop computer. If your computer has a line-level input, this is a
simple matter. This is how I digitized all of the analog formats
listed above (items 1 and 2) as well as many airchecks and music LP's,
45's, and cassettes. Newer computers seem to have given up the line-in
audio jack so you'll have to use the microphone jack instead.
Typically an attenuating resistive pad needs to be inserted in the
patch cable.
Total Recorder http://www.totalrecorder.com/ is my preferred software
for this though Audacity also is widely used in the DX community.
(5: Mid 2000's to present) Audio patched to computer via an added USB-
connected interface board. Sometimes these give better results than a
computer's resident sound card. Also, some computers and tablets have
no audio input jack at all. Manhattan Products is one of the companies
making audio and video capturing interfaces. This is one:
http://www.manhattan-products.com/hi-speed-usb-audio-video-grabber
(6: Mid 2000's to present) Audio extracted directly within the
computer from an SDR receiver such as Perseus, Excalibur, SDR-IQ,
Afedri, Elad, etc.). This is what I have been doing since I used an
SDR-IQ in 2007 and my current Perseus receiver since 2009. Again, it
is Total Recorder that I team up with the receiver's audio output and
that works great.
Most DX audios I've recently posted have been done this way. These
include links from this year's pages:
http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/doc1/audio_march2015.htm
http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/doc1/audio_aug_to_dec2015.htm
For some interesting background information, read John Bryant's
classic "High Tech DXpeditioning" article from 2003:
http://www.dswci.org/specials/tech/hitechdx/hitechdx.html
Some info is still close to cutting edge and, of course, a good deal
is dated. Things have certainly come a long way in the past 12 years.
Smartphone audio capture I haven't tried yet. Guess my tendency would
be to look for an audio input jack versus doing speaker to mike. But
maybe the portability and ease of use advantages outweigh any audio
disadvantages. After all, we're recording AM DX, not the Boston
Symphony Orchestra. If the stations can sort out their programming
well enough for verification, the solution works. Obviously this is
the case (Mark Connelly, WA1ION, South Yarmouth, MA, BADX yg via
Walker, dxldyg via DXLD)
Yeah, sometimes the audio isn`t that great and if your radio is in the
kitchen like mine is, you could get background noise from people in
the house. I'm not looking for perfect audio. I'm looking for good
enough for a report. And the phone placed near the speaker works well
(Paul Walker, ibid.)
Hi, Mark. I also use SDR -> Total Recorder for all of my DX
recordings. Do you have any particular reason for using MP3 48kb/24
kHz mono for your recordings? I have been using MP3 32kb/22.050 kHz
mono and am curious if this isn't optimum. -- 73, (Brandon Jordan,
KM4PBQ, Fayette County, TN EM55gc, ibid.)
Yes, - used Total Recorder also from late 90ties a decade or so,
but was too much complicated to handle. The much easier way is:
but in past decade used AUDACITY software only,
http://sourceforge.net/projects/audacity/
Audacity export output into excellent .OGG audio format, developed at
Technical University Zurich Switzerland. With AOR7030+ and Eton E1
used line cable feed to PC soundcard, but using SDR output directly by
line via VAC as DIRECT input in AUDACITY.
Russian VAC virtual Audio cable option direct LINE4 example from
Perseus audio into Audacity software. wb df5sx (Wolfgang Bόschel,
ibid.)
Much easier is RecAllPro; costs a bit but I never regretted paying for
it (Jurgen Bartels, Suellwarden, N. Germany, mwdx yg via DXLD)
Hi Wolfy, When I'm at the beach, listening in my car, I record onto my
iPod ("Voice Memos"). When I get home, download recordings onto my
computer. Then use Audacity software to edit my audio. Yes, I also
find it's a very good software that I enjoy working with. Website:
http://audacityteam.org/ (Ron Howard, California, ibid.)
POWERLINE COMMUNICATIONS
++++++++++++++++++++++++
COMMUNICATION AND INTERFERENCE.
Just received my copy [of Dec Communication magazine from BDXC-UK] and
while browsing it over lunch read the Noise Interference problem on
page 4.
This is certainly the dreaded Homeplugs, those devices that transfer
ethernet data around the house using the completely unsuitable mains
wiring. Mains wiring is neither balanced, matched, screened, or
terminated so when used in this way will radiate interference.
The Homeplug manufacturers are allowed to self certify and claim their
products are compliant and don’t cause interference, but they fiddle
the results by testing them in idle mode. (Really, well yes, remember
the VW emissions scandal).
Cynically they even notch out the amateur bands as they know they
cause interference and also know amateurs understand the issues and
will complain.
So, what to do? Well first of all try to trace the source. You could
then try approaching the owner. Either he/she will be offensive, (“Who
uses SW in the 21st century when the internet is available? I’m doing
nothing wrong") Or he/she might be understanding and take them out of
service in which case you could possibly help him/her wire in CAT 5
cable.
In the first case, or even without making an approach, you have to
complain to Ofcom. Sadly Ofcom won’t generally be sympathetic to SW
listeners but we have one card up our sleeve. They do take notice of
interference to amateur radio so point out it is causing interference
to the 5 MHz amateur band the one band they have not notched out.
There is no charge if you have already traced it for them. Good luck.
Interference report form:
https://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/tell-us/abuse-amateur-radio-system
More info:
http://www.ban-plt.org.uk
http://www.frequencycast.co.uk/powerline.html
Interesting youtube video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgf4tFuklaU
Posted by: (Gareth Foster, bdxc_uk yg via DXLD)
PROPAGATION
+++++++++++
NJIT SCIENTISTS SHED LIGHT ON HOW SOLAR FLARES ACCELERATE PARTICLES TO
NEARLY THE SPEED OF LIGHT --- NJIT News, Newark, December 3 2015
Solar flares erupt when stored magnetic energy is suddenly released
and converted to other forms, such as high-energy particles, hot
plasma at millions of degrees, intense electromagnetic radiation and
plasma eruptions called coronal mass ejections (CMEs). Solar radiation
from the primary flare and that generated secondarily from CMEs can
affect Earth in many ways. The high-energy particles can destroy the
electronic systems in satellites used in telecommunications, weather
forecasting and navigation systems, among other services.
The electromagnetic radiation can interfere directly with
communication and navigation signals, ionize the atmosphere, and cause
short-wave radio black-outs. Associated magnetic disturbances can
also affect devices on the ground such as power transformers. Full
article here
http://www.njit.edu/news/2015/2015-312.php
Posted by: (Mike Terry, Dec 7, dxldyg via DXLD) Research at the Very
Large Array, New Mexico (gh)
:Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2015 Dec 07 0214 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 30 November - 06 December
2015
Solar activity was at low levels. Regions 2458 (N10, L=356,
class/area Dao/160 on 24 Nov), 2462 (N09, L=216, class/area Hax/40
on 04 Dec), 2463 (S11, L=205, class/area Dao/130 on 05 Dec) and 2464
(S12, L=189, class/area Axx/10 on 05 Dec) each produced C-class
flares. The largest event of the period was a C4/Sf at 1702 UTC on
04 December. No Earth-directed coronal mass ejections were observed
during the period.
No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was
normal levels on 30 November and reached moderate levels on 01
December. High levels were observed from 02-04 December before
returning to moderate levels for the remainder of the period.
Geomagnetic field activity was quiet to active with an isolated
minor storm period from 0600-0900 UTC on 30 November due to effects
from a positive polarity coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS).
Quiet to active levels were observed on 01 December as HSS influence
continued. Predominately quiet conditions were observed from 02-04
December with some unsettled periods on 02 and 04 December. Quiet to
active levels returned on 05 December due to effects from a
co-rotating interaction region (CIR) ahead of a second positive
polarity CH HSS. Unsettled to active conditions dominated 06
December with an isolated minor storm period observed from 0900-1200
UTC.
FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 7 DECEMBER - 2 JANUARY 2016
Solar activity is expected to be at very low to low levels
throughout the forecast period.
No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is
expected to be at normal to moderate levels for the majority of the
period with high levels likely on 08-09 December, 11-15 December and
29-31 December following anticipated recurrent CH HSS events.
Geomagnetic field activity is expected to reach minor storm levels
on 07 and 08 December due to continued effects from a positive
polarity CH HSS. Predominately unsettled to active conditions are
expected to from 09-13 December with minor storm periods possible as
HSS effects persist. Mostly quiet levels are expected from 14-26
December. Quiet to active conditions are likely on 27 and 28
December due effects from a second recurrent CH HSS followed by
quiet to unsettled conditions on 29 December as influence subsides.
Quiet conditions are expected on 30-31 December. Unsettled to active
conditions are expected on 01 January with minor storm levels likely
on 02 January as a third recurrent CH HSS moves into a geoeffective
position.
:Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2015 Dec 07 0214 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 2015-12-07
#
# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2015 Dec 07 100 25 5
2015 Dec 08 100 20 5
2015 Dec 09 105 15 3
2015 Dec 10 105 15 3
2015 Dec 11 105 15 3
2015 Dec 12 105 15 3
2015 Dec 13 105 15 3
2015 Dec 14 105 8 3
2015 Dec 15 105 5 2
2015 Dec 16 100 10 4
2015 Dec 17 95 8 3
2015 Dec 18 95 5 2
2015 Dec 19 100 5 2
2015 Dec 20 100 5 2
2015 Dec 21 100 5 2
2015 Dec 22 100 5 2
2015 Dec 23 100 5 2
2015 Dec 24 100 5 2
2015 Dec 25 100 5 2
2015 Dec 26 100 5 2
2015 Dec 27 98 18 4
2015 Dec 28 95 15 3
2015 Dec 29 95 10 3
2015 Dec 30 98 5 2
2015 Dec 31 100 5 2
2016 Jan 01 105 15 3
2016 Jan 02 105 20 5
(SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1803, DXLD)
GLENN`S PROPAGATION OUTLOOK FOR MEDIA NETWORK PLUS AS OF DEC 9, 2015
Keith, From IPS in Australia, the global HF propagation forecast thru
December 12: normal at low and middle latitudes, normal to fair at
high latitudes.
From Spaceweather South Africa, magnetic conditions active to minor
storm Dec 11, active on December 12; shortwave fadeouts unlikely; MUF
unstable.
From MetOffice UK, Solar activity expected to remain at very low or
low levels through December 13, with a 20% risk of moderate-class
flares. A new sunspot region has recently emerged onto the eastern
limb of the visible disc, which may result in an increase in flare
probabilities over the next few days.
F. K. Janda, OK1HH of the Czech Propagation Interested Group
says the Geomagnetic field will be:
mostly quiet on December 11, 16, 24 - 25, 28
quiet to unsettled on December 12 - 14
quiet to active on December 15, 26 - 27,
quiet on December 17 - 23, 30
active to disturbed on December 29
From SWPC in Boulder: Geomagnetic field activity: Predominately
unsettled to active conditions are expected until December 13 with
minor storm periods possible. Mostly quiet levels are expected from
December 14 to 26 with A and K indices mostly 5 and 2. Quiet to active
conditions are likely on December 27 and 28 with A and K indices
peaking at 18 and 4. Unsettled to active conditions are expected on
January 1 with minor storm levels likely January 2, A and K indices of
20 and 5. Solar flux dipping to 95 on December 17 and 18; up to only
100 December 19 to 26, and down again to 95 on the 28th and 29th.
William Hepburn`s VHF-UHF-microwave DX maps call for strong
tropospheric ducting along the US Gulf coast thru December 12; extreme
ducting between Mozambique and Madagascar thru December 13; all week
along the northwest coast of Australia.
The RSGB reminds us: The Geminid meteor shower peaks Sunday the 13th,
so be prepared for some good meteor scatter QSOs (and I must add, FM
DX bursts). (via DXLD) ###
16.12.15
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