DX LISTENING DIGEST 14-25, June 18, 2014
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Spain, Taiwan, Turkey, UK non, USA, Yemen
SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1726, June 19-25, 2014
Thu 0330 WRMI 9955 [confirmed]
Thu 1230 WRMI 9955 [confirmed; now with France via Taiwan QRM]
Thu 2100 WBCQ 7490v[confirmed on webcast]
Thu 2100 WTWW 9475 [confirmed]
Fri 0326v WWRB 5050 [confirmed at 0338, overmodulated]
Sat 0630 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Sat 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Sat 2330v WTWW 9930 [did not play]
Sun 0030 WRMI 9495 [confirmed]
Sun 0401 WTWW 5830 [confirmed]
Mon 0300v WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Area 51
Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 [now with France via Taiwan QRM]
Wed 0630 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Wed 1315 WRMI 9955
Wed 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v
Thu 0330 WRMI 9955 [or 1727 if ready in time]
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** ALASKA. HAARP GETS REPRIEVE
The U.S. Air Force said Wednesday it will give research institutions
and other agencies more time to try to save the $290 million HAARP
research facility in Gakona, Alaska.
An Air Force spokesman said the process of closing the High Frequency
Active Auroral Research Program, which had been slated to begin this
week, will be delayed for at least several weeks and perhaps longer.
The agency said it may put off dismantling the site for up to 10
months to allow a transfer to another agency, an option that has been
promoted by scientists from the University of Alaska and around the
world.
HAARP, backed by the late Sen. Ted Stevens when he wielded great power
over the defense budget, has been used both for basic research of the
ionosphere and for investigation of communications and satellite
technology.
"We will proceed with removal of government property not essential to
operations and will seek to reduce maintenance costs through
additional storage of equipment and winterization," Air Force
spokesperson Ed Gulick said. "Air Force leadership is currently
considering the option of deferring the dismantling for up to 10
months to allow time for a potential transfer to another entity."
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski has pressed the Pentagon to consider the
transfer option instead of taking the site apart.
In May, University of Alaska President Pat Gamble wrote that the
university could take ownership of the facility directly or through a
lease, or it could work with others in the research community to
develop options for covering operational costs.
He said that the main purpose of HAARP is to study techniques through
which the U.S. could use "high power radio transmissions to manipulate
Earth's ionosphere for its strategic advantage."
"The ionosphere is an integral part of the modern battlefield -- it
affects GPS navigation, satellite communication, missile tracking
radars, orbital surveillance and submarine communication, to name just
a few applications," he said.
"I am convinced that with a little more time and broader range of
discussions within the U.S. and internationally, we can develop a pay-
for-use business plan to ensure the long-term availability of this
laboratory," Gamble said.
HAARP directs electric power generated on the site to 180 antennas
spread across 30 acres. The transmissions heat electrons in the
ionosphere, creating changes that are monitored back on Earth.
Read more here:
http://www.adn.com/2014/06/11/3512277/haarp-granted-last-minute-reprieve.html?sp=/99/100/&ihp=1#storylink=cpy
(via David R. Alpert, 818-588-NEWS
Twitter: twitter.com/DaveAlpert
http://www.newsjunkiepro.com
WORLD OF RADIO 1726, DXLD)
** ALASKA. COMPUTERS REPLACE HUMANS READING WEATHER REPORTS
By RACHEL D'ORO Associated Press Jun 13, 3:59 AM EDT
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Two outpost offices of the National Weather
Service in Alaska are finally ending what has been a bygone practice
for most of the nation for almost two decades - using real human
voices in radio forecast broadcasts.
The Nome and Kodiak offices are switching to computerized voices that
nationally go by the names of Tom, Donna and, in some parts of the
country, Spanish-speaking Javier. It's an idea first hatched in the
mid-1990s as part of a move to modernize the weather service, an
agency of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Local weather forecasts are a big deal to many people in Alaska
because, more than in some other parts of the United States, the
forecasts can be a matter of life and death. The forecasts are
broadcast on NOAA's weather radio network.
In Nome and Kodiak, weather reports are crucial for many because of
the severe weather that can affect fishing vessels in far-flung
regions, including the Bering Sea (think of the violent storms on the
cable television show "The Deadliest Catch") and the Gulf of Alaska.
Knowing what the weather will do is also extremely important to pilots
and passengers needing to get to larger cities. Kodiak is on an
island, and Nome is on the western coast with no roads to link it to
another major Alaska hub city.
The weather forecasts are so important that they are also broadcast
over radio stations in Nome, including KNOM, which first reported the
changes.
The Nome office briefly activated the technology this week through the
Fairbanks office, one of three forecast offices in Alaska. Other
smaller outpost offices scattered throughout the state have already
gone the digital voice route.
A technological kink, however, prompted the Nome office to go back to
local weather service employees reading the forecasts until the
problem is rectified in the near future, officials said.
It's a job that meteorological technician Robert Murders dreaded when
he first moved to Nome, an old gold rush town about 550 miles
northwest of Anchorage. Then he got to enjoy reading the forecasts. He
was watching the Discovery Channel reality show, "Bering Sea Gold,"
last season when he heard one of his own broadcasts in the background.
"That was kind of cool," Murders said. But he also recognizes the
speed and efficiency of using the automated voices, which are updated
immediately, even if no one is in the office.
There is no target date for making the switch at the service office in
Kodiak, located on the island of the same name. Angel Corona, with the
weather service's data-acquisition branch in Anchorage, said work is
underway to patch that office with the Anchorage forecast office for
the broadcasts.
The Nome and Kodiak offices are being brought into the digital-voice
era as part of a national initiative involving improvements to the
system, Corona said. Alaska is the only state that still has such
smaller outposts, while similar offices were closed long ago in the
lower 48.
Other sites to be converted later to digital voices are in the U.S.
territories of Guam, American Samoa and Northern Mariana islands,
officials said.
Wherever the digital voices are deployed, they can be customized to
pronounce locations accurately.
Tom, Donna and Javier are a huge improvement over the first voice
introduced so long ago. There was some dissatisfaction with that
voice, dubbed Paul, who sounded like a Scandinavian robot. The voices
used today have been better received. "It sounds pretty good," Corona
said. "It sounds like a computer, but
you can understand it."
That's all that matters to Lucas Stotts, the Nome harbormaster. That
and getting weather updates as quickly and accurately as possible, he
said. Besides, he said, some humans read those reports in monotone
voices anyway (via Mike COoper, DXLD)
** ALBANIA [and non]. 9485, R. Tirana?? Don`t you believe my item in
the International Band Loggings section of the June NASWA Journal. I
rechecked my original report and the frequency was correct as 9845. It
seems the editor introduces errors in the frequencies, and even puts
them in the ``proper`` order under the wrong frequency.
In the May issue, there was another one misreported from me: Kuwait on
``11755`` instead of 17550. I asked the editor to correct it in the
next issue, but this was ignored. So I have to deal with them here.
Just beware of that column where mistakes will be made and not
corrected.
Just above ``9485`` in the June issue on page 40 was another boner,
Vietnam via WHRI on ``9175`` instead of 6175. There I have no way to
be positive whether:
1, the other reporter typoed the frequency
2, the editor did it; or most unlikely, but possible:
3, the station was really on that frequency due to a punch-up error.
Anyone hearing such an error is obliged to explicitly state that is
the case, so readers don`t have to guess if it was an editing error!
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ALGERIA [non]. 9535, FRANCE, R Algerienne, Holy Qur'an 6/15, 0510.
Prayer chanting, M in possible Arabic under stronger REE (via
Nobelejas Spain). Presumed, no clear ID heard (Rick Barton, El Mirage,
AZ, Slinky and random wire, Grundig Satellit 750, Drake R8, Hammarlund
HQ-200, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Yes, collision 05-06 UT since beginning of A-14 season has not been
corrected, just as I expected (gh, DXLD)
** ANTARCTICA [non]. BBCWS have confirmed the annual mid-winter
broadcast to British Antarctic Survey bases in Antarctica is taking
place on Saturday, but that shortwave frequencies are yet to be
confirmed according to this email received this morning (18 June):
"Dear Mr Pennington, Thank you for your email with regrets for a
slightly belated reply. The BBC Mid Winter Antarctica broadcast will
go ahead this year as previously. The date of the broadcast is
21/06/2014 at 2130 GMT. However, we have still not determined the
frequencies of the broadcast. We'll let you know what they are as they
are. I regret not being in a position to give you 'complete'
details...
All best,
Dejan Calovski
Audience Relations
BBC World Service"
However, Dan Ferguson on DXplorer reports:
"I'm told there will be a test today, June 18, at 2130-2145 as
follows:
7350, ASC, 207
5875, WOF, 184
9890, WOF, 182
5985, DHA, 203
The three best frequencies will be used for the broadcast June 21 at
2130-2200." (Dan Ferguson, DXplorer yg June 18)
(Alan Pennington, June 18, BDXC-UK yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1726, DXLD)
Mal sehen, wie die Signale in Europa herein kommen.
in der vergangenen halben Stunde hier in Stuttgart gehört:
"I'm told there will be a test today, June 18, at 2130-2145 UT as
follows:
[BEFORE the test]:
7350 Ascension 207 degr, noch CRI Kashgar Italienisch 7345 kHz,
aber Sendeschluß um 2127 UT
5875 Woofferton 184 degr, digital Stanag Militär? 5871.1 - 5874.3 kHz
9890 Woofferton 182 degr, VOA Sao Tomé Französ. 9885 kHz,
R Cairo 9895, d.h. Splattern 9890.8 bis 9899.5
RTTY UTE 9884.125 kHz
5985 Dhabayya 203 degr, total frei 5980/5985/5990 kHz Kanäle.
73 wb
June 18, at 2130-2145
7350, ASC, 207
5875, WOF, 184
9890, WOF, 182
5985, DHA, 203
5875, SINPO 44434 for me in North West England
7350, 33233
9890, No Signal; 5985, No Signal
Programme is Outlook which is currently scheduled on BBCWS. No
interval signal was played. Posted by: (Ste Cooper, DXLDYG via DXLD)
I could hear all four frequencies, as follows:
5875: excellent
5985: very poor
7350: good
9890: fair/poor
(Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, ibid.)
Recordings from the Twente SDR for each frequency are :
http://www.shortwave.am/audio/midwintertest/
9890 seems to have only been on the air for 5 minutes instead of the
full 15 and before 7350, Firedrake on 7355 can be heard (Stephen
Cooper, UK, ibid.)
Test BBCWS today, June 18, at 2130-2145 UT in southern Germany as
follows:
7350 Ascension 207 degr, S=9+20dB -50dBm
wideband signal 7344.7 - 7354.3 kHz from ASC.
QRM CNR Beijing 7345 kHz adjacent channel.
5875 Woofferton 184 degr, s-on 21.30:12 UT, broadband 5869.8-5880.3
kHz, UTE digital 5872.5 kHz, digital Stanag military? 5871.1 - 5874.3
kHz
9890 Woofferton 182 degr, suddenly s-off at 2137 UT came not on air
again. S=9+20dB -48dBm; VOA Sao Tomé French til 2130 UT 9885 kHz,
R Cairo 9895, spurious 9890.8 to 9899.5 kHz; RTTY UTE signal on
9884.125 kHz. Very bad frequency selection; better empty channels are
9735, 9765, 9840, 9855, 9860, 9865, 9925, 9930 kHz
5985 Dhabayya 203 degr, S=9+5dB in Germany, sidelobe totally empty
channels 5980/5985/5990 kHz. played pause annmt loop BBC.com 2145-2147
UT. s-off 21.47:26 UT. QRM, 2 kHz whistle tone interference of 5983
kHz spurious of VOV1 Hanoi Me Tri site 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.)
** ARGENTINA. 11711-, June 13 at 0122, pleased to hear RAE in presumed
Japanese, only poor signal, but no het from Egypt, q.v., missing from
11710v (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ASCENSION [and non]. Ascension problem
Press release from the BBC WS:
Date: 13.06.2014 Last updated: 13.06.2014 at 17.32
Category: Radio; World Service
The BBC today issued the following statement regarding disruption to
BBC SW services to West and Central Africa.
During the morning of Wednesday 11 June, the BBC shortwave broadcasts
in English, French and Hausa to West and Central Africa were affected
by problems with the electrical power supply at the transmitter
station on Ascension Island.
The power was lost at 00:40, and some services were moved to other
transmitter sites that regrettably cannot offer the same quality of
service. Broadcasts on a few frequencies could not be transmitted at
all between 05:30 and 06:30. Since then, the BBC has been able to
restore some services so that they are again being broadcast from
Ascension. These will continue to be broadcast through the weekend,
and the BBC plans to re-instate the full service on the afternoon of
Monday 16 June. We very much regret the loss of service to the
audience caused by this major fault.
CG adds: This caused some inaccurate speculation in the Nigerian
press. For example:
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/confusion-over-bbc-voa-hausa-services/180729/
There was confusion in some parts of the north yesterday when radio
listeners of the BBC and VOA Hausa Services were unable to tune to
either of the stations forcing the bellief that the military clampdown
on the Nigerian media had been extended to include the foreign radio
stations.
However, spokesmen for the Ministry of Information and the Nigerian
Broadcasting Corporation dismissed the notion of a clampdown on the
BBC and VOA Hausa Services, saying there was no directive to that
effect.
They added that both services are not even regulated by the NBC and
saw no reason why both stations with millions of listeners in the
north should be taken off the air.
But the explanation offered by the ministry and NBC failed to allay
concerns, as a resident in Yola, Adamawa State, Mr David Molomo, who
was unable to tune in to any of the radio stations said the
development had hampered the free flow of information as expected in a
democratic setting like ours.
Molomo said it was not healthy for Nigerians hence the need for the
federal government to direct the military authorities to retrace their
steps.
Another resident, Yakubu Musa, described the incident as unfortunate,
saying it was sad that government would go to this length of blocking
air waves in the name of fighting Boko Haram.
Musa added that they did that to the print media and are now extending
similar treatment to the broadcast media without any concrete reasons.
“Government needs to realise that the media are partners in the fight
and must be carried along not harassed.
“Honestly, with what is going on the era of military clampdown is back
and will be resisted by the media in the country and the entire
globe,” he maintained.
Another respondent, Bilkisu Bello Altine after expressing surprise
after she had tried several times to tune her radio searching for both
stations yesterday was told that NBC and the military had blocked the
air waves through a coding system.
Altine said even if the military was clamping down on the media as a
strategy to fight terrorism, at least some explanation to teeming
Nigerians was of utmost importance because a well informed society was
necessary for societal development (via Chris Greenway, UK, dxldyg via
WORLD OF RADIO 1726, DXLD)
So what was the cause of the power outage? IIRC, they use both wind
and diesel there (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1726, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Speaking of BBCWS via Ascension, reception on 7355 at 0500 has been
very poor for me since late May. This 41 meter beam had been the
strongest of any BBCWS SW transmission. Still listed as the Southern
Africa beam; perhaps Ascension is now using a different antenna which
doesn't provide the favorable backlobe towards NA? (Steve Luce,
Houston, Texas, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA. Vintage FM has been missing off air (3210 kHz) for past
couple of days (Ian Baxter, Australia, 0850 UT June 18, dxldyg via
WORLD OF RADIO 1726, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA. 15450, June 12 at 1408, talk in English about scripture
but not a declamatory sermon per se; poor-fair with flutter. It`s the
all-English sesquihour from HCJB until 1530 on 310 degrees toward S
Asia, yet doing better here than Turkey does for its English USward at
1230-1325 on same 15450. 1415 a program change but no intervening ID.
I`ve yet to hear them utter ``Reach Beyond``, the hyped new branding
of the organization; wonder just how much influence HQ in Colorado
Springs has on far-flug outliars such as Melbourne/Kununurra? Are they
going to abolish ``HCJB``, which has really never been applicable
beyond Ecuador, certainly not in Australia? I assume the slogan
``Heralding Christ Jesus` Blessings`` was a back-formation once they
got the callsign in the 1930s. Or did they decide to locate in Ecuador
just so they could utter that?
If they had gone to Colombia, it could have been a bit less
convoluted, as ``Heralding Jesus Christ`s Blessings``. In fact there
is/was an unrelated commercial station there, HJCB. BTW, most if not
all other Ecuadorian radio stations originally had numbers in their
callsigns, I assume denoting provinces or regions, but HCJB somehow
avoided that complication --- first among equals?? {later checking
WRTH 2014 Ecuador: most Ec MW stations still have a final number after
their four letters, but not all, and 690 is really HCJB1!}
Likewise they came up with a Spanish version, ``Hoy Cristo Jesús
Bendice``, which is a bit forced, having to insert ``today`` to make
it work, but what about tomorrow? Did they ever come up with more-or-
less workable slogans in any of the many other languages they once
used, and have added now via Australia?? How about German? Do they
ever say ``Herr Christus Jesus Begnadet``? If not, why not? ``Die
Stimme der Anden`` is a sexier slogan, but connexions with that Range
are getting immer dimmer und dimmer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
AUSTRALIA/ROMANIA, 15399.973 HCJB (via Australia) 1057 Heard with
English and Chinese religious program (M speaking in English repeated
in Chinese by another M) over R. Romania Int. which was on 15400. You
could plainly hear the 27 Hz het created by the two. Romania was
ending their French program, went off the air, and came back on weaker
with apparent English program. (17 June). Can you hear the 27 Hz het?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1ZlLoswyHA&feature=youtu.be
73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, hard-core-dx via DXLD)
** BANGLADESH. Study tour for ETE students at Short Wave Transmission
Center of Bangladesh Betar
http://www.ulab.edu.bd/Latest-News/Study-tour-for-ETE-students-at-Short-Wave-Transmission-Center-of-Bangladesh-Betar/
--- (Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, June 15, dx_sasia yg via DXLD) Viz.
with 5 photos including antennas:
The Department of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering, ULAB,
organized a study tour for the ETE students of ULAB at the Short Wave
Transmission Center of Bangladesh Betar, Kobirpur. This tour was
mainly organized for the students who currently are doing Analog
Communication course. 32 students and 3 faculty members of ETE
department were part of this educational tour.
The ETE students learned about the technicalities involved in the
transmission of Short Waves. They also have been shown antennas with
smart rotators, and the high power (250 KW) transmitter used for
international transmission purpose. The officials of Bangladesh Betar
were very helpful in guiding the students through all the sections of
the transmission center.
The tour ended with Prof Dr. Rezaul Karim Mazumder (Head, ETE, ULAB)
thanking the Bangladesh Betar officials for their support (via DXLD)
** BOLIVIA [and non]. 3310.0, June 14 at 0118, very poor signal with
music, but it`s neither of my talky locals 960 or 1390 which can put a
mixing product here, so tentatively R. Mosoj Chaski. However, at 1245
check when of course Bolivia could not make it, now the audio on 3310
matches KGWA 960 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
3310, Radio Mosoj Chaski, Good program, best in LSB. On USB there is
always a man spoken, maybe a baken [?], not sure, June 19 [no time].
RX Perseus SDR + Icom IC-7410 antenna vertical + Super Kaz. 73,
(Maurits Van Driessche, Belgium, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
** BOLIVIA. CHASQUI DX PFA – JUNIO 2014 --- CQ, CQ, CQ…Aquí Pedro F.
Arrunátegui para compartir algo con los que disfrutan y aman el DX
latinoamericano, todas las horas son UTC, desde la tierra de los
incas, les informo mediante este Quipus lo siguiente:
3310.00, R. Mosoj Chaski, Cochabamba; 10/06 1049-1110, 33333, px news
en quechua informan sobre la situación política en Venezuela, ID
"Mosoj Chaski en quechua"
6134.80, R. Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz; 16/06 2340-0005, 33333+, px El
Maestro Informa, tema del día Los recursos de la participación popular
ID "En esta radio informamos.. Radio Santa Cruz la primera"
6154.90, R. Fides, La Paz; 16/06 2305, 44444+, px El hombre invisible,
ID "Ha sido dos actividades en que el grupo Fides se ha venido
preparando", news
La recepción la he efectuado del 10/06 al 17/06 en compañía de mi
sabueso Icom IC R72 acompañado del Mizuho KX-3, una antena de hilo
largo de 12 metros y una antena loop. Recuerden que las grabaciones
que adjunto, serán mejor escuchadas con los audífonos. Muchos 128´s
PFA (Pedro F. Arrunátegui, Lima, Chasqui DX, DX LISTENING DIGEST via
dxldyg)
** BOLIVIA. 4716.64 approx., June 16 at 0103, R. Yura with better
signal than usual in music. The DX-398 on the porch pulls it better
than the PL-880, but I`m using a longer antenna too on the `398. USB
mode improves readability. 0129 with nice Andean music; 0133 some
yelling; 0134 DJ in Spanish with timecheck, more music; 0135 more DJ,
seems a bit overmodulated on mike, mixing with song by YL; 0136
mentions ``hasta las 10 de la noche``. Retune at 0200, sign-off ID
including frequency starting with ``47--`` but can`t tell if
announcing ``17`` after that. 0201 a bit of music and modulation
stops, but carrier stays on past 0205. Had been QRM free but now some
lite 2-way mixing in (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1726, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Radio Yura Identification (2014-06-19)
http://youtu.be/23GPWTCd9HQ
73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, hard-core-dx via DXLD)
** BOLIVIA. 5952.44, Emisora Pio XII, Very good sound and clear, 0055
UT June 19. 73, (Maurits Van Driessche, Belgium, Hard-Core-DX mailing
list via DXLD)
** BOLIVIA. 6024.97, R. Patria Nueva. Discovered that the station`s
webstream was 1:26 behind the live audio. Accounting for the delay, I
was able to hear one of the three "Patria Nueva" IDs during the promos
at 2359:37 despite V. of Vietnam [sic: it`s China 6020] (Albania)
playing music and splattering over. Also heard mention on "El Mundo".
But the other IDs just didn't make it through. (7 June).
6024.97, R. Patria Nueva, 1000:20 canned ID by W before the next hour
of news. The morning reception here has been QRMed by Martí and the
jammer on 6030, but the evening reception is clear in the half hour
before Martí comes on 2330-0000 (China fades out). (9 June) 73 (Dave
Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, hard-core-dx via DXLD)
** BOLIVIA. 6135-, June 13 at 0105, Radio Santa Cruz full ID with SW
and FM frequencies, 0106 banco ad; good, way over the het from
Aparecida, Brasil tonight. 6155+ Fides carrier detectable too (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
6134.8, June 16 at 0105, R. Santa Cruz about the best I`ve heard them,
rating a good signal, pop music with only lite het from Aparecida.
Recheck 0200, music playing right thru ToH, 0203 ``Radio Santa Cruz``
ID and more music. Probably to sign off a few minutes later.
This was a VG Bolivian night; see also R. Yura. However, no signal at
0129 from 5952.4 R. Pio Doce nor from 6155+, R. Fides, apparently
already off by 0100 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1726, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
June 16 on 6134.81v, with R. Santa Cruz at 0207 with the theme music
for the start of their IDs/sign off announcements; 0209 start of the
"Santa Cruz" song they play before going off the air (attached brief
audio) and today 0211* (Ron Howard, California, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST) 6135 continued under MADAGASCAR!
6134.84, Radio Santa Cruz, Strong and clear with many IDs, 0103 UT
June 19. 73, (Maurits Van Driessche, Belgium, Hard-Core-DX mailing
list via DXLD)
** BOLIVIA. 6155.143, Probably R Fides La Paz Bolivia heard already at
0835 UT June 18, noted on remote SDR posts in Australia, Tokyo-JPN; as
well as in FL and NY-USA receiving units. Adjacent KBS Japanese
service 6155.0 kHz stronger in Japan at same 08-09 UT slot (Wolfgang
Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 18, dxldyg via DXLD)
6155.13, Radio Fides, La Paz, Fair talks by female, 0115 UT June 19.
RX Perseus SDR + Icom IC-7410 antenna vertical + Super Kaz. 73,
(Maurits Van Driessche, Belgium, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
** BRAZIL. CHASQUI DX PFA – JUNIO 2014 --- CQ, CQ, CQ…Aquí Pedro F.
Arrunátegui para compartir algo con los que disfrutan y aman el DX
latinoamericano, todas las horas son UTC, desde la tierra de los
incas, les informo mediante este Quipus lo siguiente:
4865.00 BRASIL, R. Verde [sic] Florestas, Acre; 10/06 1115-1140,
44444, tocan mx varias en forma continua. No dan ID.
4885.00, BRASIL, R. Dif. Acreana, Rio Branco; 17/06 1105-1130, 33333,
news sobre el mundial del football, el agro y la madera. No escucho
ID.
La recepción la he efectuado del 10/06 al 17/06 en compañía de mi
sabueso Icom IC R72 acompañado del Mizuho KX-3, una antena de hilo
largo de 12 metros y una antena loop. Recuerden que las grabaciones
que adjunto, serán mejor escuchadas con los audífonos. Muchos 128´s
PFA (Pedro F. Arrunátegui, Lima, Chasqui DX, DX LISTENING DIGEST via
dxldyg)
** BRAZIL. 5990.04 approx., June 17 at 0118, surprise new poor signal,
25332, with music, // much stronger 6180, so EBC Brasília has
reactivated extra transmitter here instead of 5999.6, avoiding RHC. Is
slightly on hi side, in AM mode, altho original purpose was supposedly
to test DRM domestically with 4 kW, a power I can now believe. Recheck
0556, JBA but content seems // 11780, 6180 RNA (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WORLD OF RADIO 1726, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5990.07, R. Nacional da Amazônia, 0835 end of ZY Pop song, then deep-
voiced M announcer taking phone calls. "Bom dia"s. Talk with mention
of Paraná, São Paulo, Puerto Alegro [sic]. Back to more pops at 0847.
Fair signal // tremendous 6180.01 (17 June) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA,
USA, hard-core-dx via DXLD)
** BRAZIL. 9586.55, Super Rádio Deus é Amor at 0205 in Portuguese with
Christian song and preacher - Poor, // 6120 very poor & 9565 poor June
14 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, Listening in my car, by
the lake, with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active antenna, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 9645.24 approx., June 16 at 0145:03, happened to tune
across talk in Brazuguese from R. Bandeirantes when they emitted
another automatic timesignal on the quarter-hour, but about 3 seconds
late; why? To impress those without accurate chronometers or even
access to WWV, PPE. {Is there competition among the ZYs to provide
quarter-hour timesignals? On May 11 at 0145 I heard one on 11915, R.
Gaúcha} (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 9629.970, ZYE954 Rádio Aparecida, SP, logged with like
Portuguese Fado music singer, S=6-7 poor at -89dBm level at 0855 UT
June 14. \\ 11854.841 kHz.
9565.075, ZYE727 SRDA noted as usual with Brazilian Port. sermon, very
poor S=4-5 at 0900 UT June 14. \\ 11764.725 kHz at 0955 UT on June 14.
9818.727, Very odd frequency as usual by ZYR90 Rádio Nove de Julho,
Rádio Catolica, from São Paulo, SP, poor S=4-5 signal, church chimes
heard at 0905 UT June 14 (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June
14, WORLD OF RADIO 1727, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9818.75, Rádio Nove de Julho, São Paulo at 0108 in Portuguese with
Catholic songs and talk - Poor June 14. (Harold Sellers, Vernon,
British Columbia, Listening in my car, by the lake, with the Eton E1
and Sony AN1 active antenna, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1726, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. RADIO INCONFIDENCIA FAZ PARCERIA COM EBC RADIOS E TRANSMITE
WORLD CUP FIFA 2014 --- Radio Inconfidência in partnership with EBC
Radios in World Cup Fifa brazil 2014. Sintonizei em 15190 kHz, 2010
UT, SINPO 45444, OM narra jogo entre COSTA RICA X URUGUAY. No meio da
locução destaca a EBC RADIOS.
6010, 2027 UT, Rádio Inconfidência, OM narra jogo que estava Costa
rica 2 e Uruguay 1 e diz alo a emissoras no estado do Amazonas e
Paraiba ``emissoras da rede publica de radios`` Fala dos 33 celsius em
Fortaleza Ceara e diz novamente nome de emissoras. SINPO 45444.
Receptor Tecsun PL 660, Antena Telescópica 14/06 (Daniel Wyllyans,
Nova Xavantina MT, http://dxbrazilsw.blogspot.com.br/ June 14, dxldyg
via WORLD OF RADIO 1726, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Yes, EBC is the main public radio network, though not listed at all on
pages 114-115 of WRTH. There is just a brief mention on p. 117 that it
runs RN da Amazônia (Chris Greenway, UK, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CANADA. MARE Gary Vance checked in with the following comment: "BTW
I haven't heard CFRX on 6070 kHz either." So has ANYONE heard any
details about what is going on with their SW transmitter? The website
says
"A recent e-mail from the engineering staff indicated that efforts to
restore CFRX back to life haven't been on their radar since the recent
move from the 2 St. Clair Ave. W. location to the new downtown
studios. The silence on 6.070 MHz continues!" That update was dated
June 1.
I [kvz] have asked who to bug at CFRB and ask (politely!) that they
move the CFRX transmitter up on the priority list. ...
Steve (the CFRB/CFRX QSL manager) responded by noting "The director of
engineering Wally Lennox informed me about two weeks ago that with all
the efforts of moving their studios into a new location in downtown
Toronto over the last year, CFRX really hasn't been on the radar at
all. I'm hoping it will appear on somebody`s radar now the move has
happened!
"It seems to me that it's the engineering people who have the real
desire to keep it going Encouragement in their direction will probably
gain more results. The new solid state replacement transmitter, which
came in with great promise a few years ago, has turned out to be a
real problem unit. It`s been off more than on, as we all know. As
well, the change in ownership over the last two years, has also had an
impact. The previous owner sprung for the new transmitter, the 'new'
management don't seem interested. "Except for sending notes to the
engineering people, I'm not sure what else to suggest." (MARE Tipsheet
June 13 via WORLD OF RADIO 1726, DXLD)
** CANADA. Shortwave Stations CKZU and CKZN on 6160 kHz (2014-06-14)
http://youtu.be/qRiXR-vijx0
73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, hard-core-dx via DXLD)
** CANADA. 6754-USB, June 13 at 0110, Trenton VOLMET with same warble
on modulation as heard recently on 15034-USB. Strange that both
transmitters are doing this; problem must be upline (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA [non]. Radio City will be on the air Friday June 20th on
7290 kHz via IRRS from Romania with 150 kW, and via Challenger Radio,
Italy on 1368 kHz at 1800 to 1900 UT with 10 kW. Radio City will also
have a repeat on Saturday June 21st between 0800 to 0900 UT on 9510
kHz. There is also the weekly transmission via Radio Mercurs in Riga,
Latvia on 1485 kHz on Saturday evenings at 1900 to 2000 UT. The 4th
Saturday of the month there is a transmission via Hamburger Lokalradio
on 7265 kHz (carrier and upper side band) at 1200 to 1300 UT.
Please send all reports to: citymorecars@yahoo.ca Thank you!
73s, (Tom Taylor, June 15, WORLD OF RADIO 1726, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. Sporadic E analog TV DX June 15, UT:
1802 on ch 2, letterboxed drama fades in from the northeast, in
English; it`s a movie with Mel Gibson, Alan Alda and Helen Hunt, which
means ``What Women Want``, including a rather graphic sex scene seen.
Signal is fairly steady with ghosting, but not snow-free, and the bug
in lower right, if any, is hard to discern most of the time, so
suspected Global, but at 1806 I can see it is CTV, and that matches
the programming on CHBX, Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., as listed via
http://local.ca which I`ve found the most convenient way to look up
on-air Canadian TV programming for any locality. 1810 clinched with a
promo for local news covering Timmins, North Bay, etc., tho did not
hear SSM mentioned. Does this really originate in one of those other
cities? Just in case, I also monitored for DTV on 3 but nothing; nor
any Es on FM, starting with 88.1 from SSM. CHBX fading out around
1835, and nothing more today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. Canada's newest FM radio station is now testing CONFIRMED -
-- Just did a quick FM bandscan on my new to me Sony XDR-S3HD [what a
DX machine on FM!!!] stopping on 97.9 to check for the long delayed
CKEZ-FM when I was treated to a local grade signal playing, get this,
the totally unheard of [in these parts] format of new rock. I figured
it was probably CKEZ, started typing this post, to be greeted by a
very staid sounding, hyper-legal test ID, voiced by Doug Freeman owner
of CKEC-FM, IDing the new CKEZ-FM sister station and seeking reception
/ interference reports! Kind of cool hearing a senior citizen IDing a
new Rock station.
Past experience has suggested to me that nothing reaches better than a
new, testing FM station - tweaks are being made, coax is fresh,
connections clean etc.
Plus, CKEZ-FM is a class C1 with a decent amount of height - EHAAT of
240 metres or so and a max power of 100 kW [it`s a directional].
Unfortunately its directional pattern doesn't encourage trop or Es in
say Ontario, Quebec, New England etc. but sometimes signals do wrap
around a bit. It is very well placed for European trans-Atlantic
DXers, so someone in the UK or Ireland might catch them. For those of
you ABDXers that are big time FM DXers - feel free to spread the word
to your DX community (Phil Rafuse, VY2PR, Stratford PE Canada, June
14, ABDX via DXLD)
** CHILE [and non]. 12365 USB mode, Radio Cooperativa 2110 UT. Widely
heard here in Europe during football WORLD CUP Brazil 2014 live
transmissions.
Das Relay von Radio Cooperativa aus Chile war um 2110 UT auf 12365 kHz
USB mit Vorberichten zum WM-Spiel CHL-AUS zu hoeren. Allerdings wurde
um 2124 UTC abgeschaltet.
VMC 2130 UT. Um 2130 UTC war dann VMC Charleville aus Australien mit
einem Seewetterbericht auf 12365 kHz zu hoeren (Patrick Robic-AUT, A-
DX June 14 via BC-DX June 19 via DXLD)
** CHINA [and non]. 9745, CNR1, JUNE 8, 1645. CNR1 programming in CC
to pips at ToH, then straight into Firedrake music jamming. Lists show
RFA starting up at 1700, so that is likely the reason for the crash
and bang music. (Barton-AZ)
13970, CNR1. 6/11 1130. Long talk by M in Chinese. Good (Rick Barton,
El Mirage, AZ, Slinky and random wire, Grundig Satellit 750, Drake R8,
Hammarlund HQ-200, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
CNR1 jamming morning of June 12:
15870, June 12 at 1251, CNR1 jammer with ID, poor-fair; none in 14s
15970, June 12 at 1251, CNR1 jammer, fair; none in the 16s, 17s
18980, June 12 at 1253, JBA SAH with bit of modulation, the 12-13 UT
Thursday (and Monday) frequency for RFA Tibetan via Kuwait
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also CUBA
10960, CNR1, 6/13, 1040. M and W in Chinese. VG.
16100, CNR1, 6/13, 1120. M in Chinese. VG. Good // on 15970. VG //
10960. No other CNR jamming or Firedrakes heard this monitoring
session (Rick Barton, El Mirage, AZ, Slinky and random wire, Grundig
Satellit 750, Drake R8, Hammarlund HQ-200, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
CHINA/PHILIPPINES, 12150, Usual white noise scratching jamming of
Chinese government against VOA Tinang-PHL 12-13 UT outlet slot. Heard
in English language at 1225 UT on June 13, news item comment on
present Northern Iraq public muslim war of Sunnis terrorist fraction.
Comments of republican 'falcon' senator McCain and Pres Obama comments
on former Pres Bush's family war against Sunni Arabs Pres Hussein; in
past decades (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 13 via DXLD)
18980, June 13 at 1350, CNR1 jammer with fair-good signal, the OSOB,
which isn`t saying much on ``15 meters`` (yes, this is about 15.8 m,
while everything in the so-called 15-m hamband is 14.xx meters). 18980
per Aoki is the Fri & Tue 11-12 & 13-14 frequency for RFA Tibetan via
Kuwait, the target unheard.
17485, Friday June 13 at 1419, CNR1 jammer, very good, vs unheard RFA
Tibetan 14-15 M/W/F via Thailand; // only fair 17740, which Aoki lists
as CNR1 jamming at 14-15 but no known target (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
16360 CHINA CNR 1, 6/14, 1145, M and W in CC. Good. Swept bands from
9-18 MHz., no //s or Firedrake channels heard this session (Rick
Barton, El Mirage, AZ, Slinky and random wire, Grundig Satellit 750,
Drake R8, Hammarlund HQ-200, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15195, June 14 at 1300, Firedrake mixed with CNR1 jamming, fair.
15550 & 15585, June 14 at 1305-1306, CNR1 jamming against V. of Tibet
via TAJIKISTAN, both fair against hets on their low sides (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15195, TAJIKISTAN, Radio Free Asia at 1358 in Tibetan, two men in a
discussion, 1359:30 taped announcements and off at 1400; jammed by
Firedrake which also went off at 1400 - Poor June 14 (Harold Sellers,
Vernon, British Columbia, Listening in my car, by the lake, with the
Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
17300, CNR1 6/16, 1140. Two males in Chinese, fair signal. Noted //s
on 16750 (OK signal), 16300 ("WOW!" signal), 16100 (good) and 10960
(good). No Firedrake opera [sic] music heard during bandsweep (Rick
Barton, El Mirage, AZ, Slinky and random wire, Grundig Satellit 750,
Drake R8, Hammarlund HQ-200, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
CNR1 jamming June 15:
13850, June 15 at 1254, CNR1 jammer, poor-fair; presumably against an
inaudible 100-watt Sound of Hope nuisance unit on Taiwan; 13845 WWCR
not yet a problem today
16100, June 15 at 1256, CNR1 jammer, fair-good, ditto target; no
others in the 12s, 14s, 17s, 18s, and the usuals in the 15s.
Firedrake and/or CNR1 jamming morning of June 16:
18980, June 16 at 1237, Firedrake jamming mixed with CNR1 jamming on
good signals vs RFA Tibetan via Kuwait, unheard, its Monday & Thursday
frequency during this 12-13 hour
18930, June 16 at 1334, CNR1 jamming only, very good signal but with
flutter, Monday-only 13-14 channel of RFA Tibetan via Kuwait, unheard
15195 & 15250, June 16 at 1258, CNR1 jammers, poor and clear; and fair
with CCI respectively; open carrier already on 15265. After 1300,
15265 jamming with het replaces 15250; and 15115 is added to 15195
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
16450, CNR1, 6/17, 1040. Dialogue with M and W, VG. Noted //s on 13100
(poor), 12370 (VG), 12190 (VG). All were absent on post 1100 recheck
(Rick Barton, El Mirage, AZ, Slinky and random wire, Grundig Satellit
750, Drake R8, Hammarlund HQ-200, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
CNR1 jamming, morning of June 17:
18990, June 17 at 1257, CNR1 jammer, poor, maybe CCI from RFA Kuwait
16920, June 17 at 1257, CNR1 jammer, fair
18980, June 17 at 1352, CNR1 jammer, good with flutter, lite SAH CCI
16300, June 17 at 1353, CNR1 jammer, good with flutter
15870, June 17 at 1354, CNR1 jammer, good with flutter
15550, June 17 at 1355, CNR1 jammer, very poor
16360, June 18 at 1347, CNR1 jammer, fair; none higher. Only weak
signals on 17 MHz broadcast band in degraded propagation and nothing
audible on 18980, where RFA Tibetan via Kuwait is supposed to be
jammed on Wednesdays during this hour (thot it might be hiding under
FRG-7 19000 kHz birdie). No other CNR1 jammers audible on 14, 13, 12
MHz, and on 15 MHz only the usual inbanders, 15115, 15195, 15265
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Firedrake music jam against RFA Mandarin at 18-19 UT, (17-21) 5890
9355 9745 11555 (1853 UT Wednesday, June 18, 2014. 73 (Wolfgang
Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. SINGAPORE/CHINA, 11740, HEAVY BAD MIXTURE of two
co-channel signals, both NHK Radio Japan Kranji, Singapore relay and
also CNR2 Business Radio from Lingshi, China, observed at 1250 UT,
S=9+15 or -63dBm on remote unit at Nara-JPN (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc
BC-DX TopNews June 13 via DXLD)
** CHINA [and non]. Interesting reading. 1000+ mile tropo on an mp3
player. Chris Kadlec posted this on the Facebook group just a few
minutes ago (Mike Bugaj, June 17, WTFDA via DXLD)
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [WTFDA] China and Taiwan have just been POUNDING in for...
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 08:04:33 -0700
China and Taiwan have just been POUNDING in for the last few days here
in Korea up to 1,250 miles and not just the little stuff across the
sea. I've been staying in a hostel here before leaving the country and
happen to have the luck of staying with a Chinese guy who has helped
me ID some of the many signals.
On Sunday, I went to Chuncheon in the north central mountainous part
of Korea (140 miles inland) for a basic Korean bandscan but the entire
dial was Chinese, including most of the local frequencies. Most were
on seek. A lot of Taiwan!! That's more than 800 miles to the south.
Second, southern China! Loads of southern China stations, including
Quanzhou, Fujian, and my furthest catch so far, "Meizhou diantai zhong
he guangbo" 94.8 in Meizhou, just a tad short of Hong Kong. That's
about 1,250 miles on the MP3 player, marking my first 1,000+ mile
reception on the little mini tuning machine using an earphones wire
antenna!!!
The propagation mode though? Unclear. I was in Gangneung (northeast
coast) on the beach this morning and was hit with low-band stations in
the EXACT same region (up to 88.75). Strong and long-lasting but low
on the dial. In Gangneung, there are only 13 stations audible on the
dial to start.
On the bus trip back to Seoul, the dial was FULL of Chinese to the top
of the band. Unknown areas for that at the moment, but very persistent
and again, more tropo sounding. Hard to tell because they faded out
quicker as I was moving on a bus. Perhaps Es, but my MP3 player is
usually unable to receive skip, only tropo.
I find it hard to believe that tropo could hop 4,500 foot mountain
peaks and be heard on the beach on the opposite coast, but Sunday's
was certainly not skip and the tropo forecast has been hot in that
same region. Either way, I heard stations strong until the bus
stopped. When I got off the bus, they were ALL GONE. I couldn't get
them back, despite having them in strong for 3 hours while on the bus,
up mountains, into valleys, through the inner city, all strong, til I
got off the bus. (Does being in a fast moving metal box help things?!)
I'll take 1,250 mile tropo. I was resigned to the fact that this
season had been a bust and that I'm leaving Korea this week... but who
knew inland Korea could get hit so hard with Chinese stations or that
the entire dial (more than 100 stations at a time) could be filled 140
miles inland on a short 1,000 foot mountaintop! In one easy word,
SCORE!! I hope to throw in some recordings of these amazing catches
soon. (via Mike Bugaj, WTFDA via DXLD)
Sorry, but all the clues point to sporadic E, notably that this is the
peak of the season in the northern hemisphere. Unfortunately, it seems
Chris does not TV-DX, to get a feel for rising and falling MUFs. Does
he check Es maps as well as tropo maps? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CHINA [non]. 1520, June 17 at 1132 UT, CRI relay in English is
about equal level to CBS News Update from KOKC OKC, making slow SAH of
48/minute = 0.8 Hz, i.e. KYND Cypress TX serving Houston (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COLOMBIA. AMPLITUD MODULADA EN BOGOTÁ --- Con la reciente
reactivación del canal 1580 kHz por parte de la organización
Radiópolis (léase William Vinasco); nuevamente están en el aire y
activas las 32 frecuencias autorizadas para emitir en Bogotá en la
banda de AM, así el panorama de la onda media en Bogotá es el
siguiente:
540 HJKA RADIO AUTÉNTICA
570 HJND SEÑAL RADIO COLOMBIA
610 HJKL LA CARIÑOSA 610
650 HJKH ANTENA DOS
690 HJCZ W RADIO en // 99.9 MHz
730 HJCU MELODÍA ESTÉREO
770 HJJX RCN en // 93.9 MHz
810 HJCY CARACOL en // 100.9 MHz
850 HJKC CANDELA AM
890 HJCE RADIO CONTINENTAL
930 HJCS LA VOZ DE BOGOTÁ
970 HJCI RADIO RED
1010 HJCC ACUARIO ESTÉREO
1040 HJCJ COLMUNDO RADIO
1070 HJCG RADIO SANTA FE - Q'HUBO RADIO
1100 HJCN BBN RED RADIODIFUSIÓN BÍBLICA
1130 HJVA VIDA A.M.
1160 HJOC FUEGO AM
1190 HJCV RADIO CORDILLERA
1220 HJKR RADIO MARÍA
1250 HJCA RADIO CAPITAL
1280 HJKN RADIO ÚNICA
1310 HJJZ AVIVA RADIO
1340 HJFB AMOR ESTÉREO en // 96.3 MHz
1370 HJKX RADIO MUNDIAL
1400 HJKM EMISORA MARIANA
1430 HJKU UNIMINUTO RADIO
1460 HJJW NUEVO CONTINENTE
1490 HJBS PUNTO CINCO
1520 HJLI LIBERTAD 15-20
1550 HJZI G12. RADIO
1580 HJQT CANDELA ESTÉREO en // 101.9 MHz
Cabe recordar que el fuerte invierno que azotó a Colombia a finales
del año 2010 había dejado por fuera de aire muchas emisoras, que luego
poco a poco se fueron reactivando.
Bueno sí, he de creerle --- a la última actualización disponible del
Plan Técnico de Radiodifusión AM del Ministerio de Comunicaciones
(julio-2013) la señal de Radio Santa Fé se está operando con 30 kW;
curioso si es que desde hace algún tiempo las identificaciones de las
emisoras colombianas han dejado de anunciar la potencia con la cual
transmiten; además salvo algunas excepciones (Caracol Btá [sic:
original garble I can`t figure out --- gh], un par de Señal Radio
Colombia y tal vez alguna RCN) las potencias de transmision de
emisoras colombianas no superan los 50 kW (Rafael Rodríguez R., Bogotá
D.C. - COLOMBIA http://dxdesdecolombia.blogspot.com June 14,
condiglista yg via DXLD)
** COLOMBIA. CHASQUI DX PFA – JUNIO 2014 --- CQ, CQ, CQ…Aquí Pedro F.
Arrunátegui para compartir algo con los que disfrutan y aman el DX
latinoamericano, todas las horas son UTC, desde la tierra de los
incas, les informo mediante este Quipus lo siguiente:
5910.06, Alcaraván Radio, Puerto Lleras; 12/06 0010-0020, 44444+, mx,
ID "Para el Mundo desde Colombia, La Voz de tu Conciencia", mx, ID
"5910 Alcaraván Radio y 6010 Onda Corta La Voz de tu Conciencia señal
de Colombia para el Mundo" NOTA: Pensé que al escuchar ese ID estaban
trasmitiendo en //. He verificado la señal si estaba en // y no es
así. Aparentemente es un programa grabado que usan ambas estaciones.
Escuchar grabación adjunta.
6010.00, R. La Voz de tu Conciencia, Bogotá; 12/06 0021-0105 44444 mxf
LA varias, pasillo, joropo, etc. ID "Colombia haciendo una radio
diferente, La Voz de tu Conciencia.. 6010" NOTA: no están en // con
5910.06 Alcaraván Radio.
La recepción la he efectuado del 10/06 al 17/06 en compañía de mi
sabueso Icom IC R72 acompañado del Mizuho KX-3, una antena de hilo
largo de 12 metros y una antena loop. Recuerden que las grabaciones
que adjunto, serán mejor escuchadas con los audífonos. Muchos 128´s
PFA (Pedro F. Arrunátegui, Lima, Chasqui DX, DX LISTENING DIGEST via
dxldyg)
** CONGO DR. 5066.370, R. Télé Candip heard June 14 from Perseus site
in Sydney AUS well beyond nominal 1905* UT - Long talk by man from
before 1900 UT to about 1948 UT (language unknoen). Although not sure,
this could have been World Cup coverage/commentary, based on the
announcers` style of speech. Local highlife music at 1948 UT until
carrier off suddenly in mid-song at 2016:10 UT. This is not a short
path length - 8,030 mi! SINPO 2-3/3/3/3/2 (Bruce W. Churchill-CA-USA,
DXplorer June 5 via BC-DX June 19 via DXLD)
5066.371, R. Tele Candip heard June 18 from Perseus site in Australia
well on 1734 UT (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via
DXLD)
** CUBA. 640, Radio Progreso, Guanabacoa, Ciudad de la Habana. 0714
June 16, 2014. Great, this one is wobbling.
1140, Radio Mayabeque, La Salud, Mayabeque. 1043 June 8, 2014. Cuban
vocals, male at 1110 "Esta es Radio Mayabeque..." Weak Radio Musical
Nacional co-channel.
1160, UNIDENTIFIED. 1050 June 16, 2014. Orchestral score (not parallel
Enciclopedia, listed on 1160 though I've yet to log it), lost to WCFO,
East Point, GA power up at 1059. Suspect Radio Bayamo, Cuba, but no
parallels audible.
1310, Radio Enciclopedia, Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud. 1048 June
16, 2014. Good with piano solo, parallel glorious 530.
1350, Radio Ciudad del Mar, Aguada, Cienfuegos. 0738 June 16, 2014.
Spanish ballad, male and female announcers, ID. Very good (Terry L
Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 13740, June 12 at 1408, no signal from the CRI relay in
English; never got round to rechecking later in the bihour. But I did
check 15535, the A-14 change registered in HFCC, but still imaginary.
(Another one --- NOT --- is 13590 instead of 9570 for 1200 Cantonese,
1300 English).
6165, June 13 at 0101, RHC English is missing, and still off at 0118
and 0140 rechex; 6000 is on at 0101, but it too is gone at 0147,
leaving RHC English with zero frequencies, tsk2. Not checked again
until 0441, when 6000 is on; 6165 is on with bigsig but no modulation.
Just another SNAFU night at RadioCuba.
6000, circa 0600 UT June 13, RHC has achieved English modulation,
unlike earlier 0441 open carrier, and 0147 not even that.
15370, June 13 at 1317 is today`s missing RHC frequency, hardly
necessary with 15340 on, but also depriving us of the leapfrogs.
17730, June 13 at 1352, another missing RHC frequency, but hardly
necessary as 17580 is in well. IIRC, 17730 was on earlier in the hour
as I tuned across; yes: Wolfgang Büschel had a ``nice clear signals``
via Nara, Japan remote unit at 1314 June 13 on 17730, 17580, 15340,
15230, presuming short-path across the night.
13740, June 13 at 1354 open carrier, 1425 check CRI English relay as
scheduled except in imaginary HFCC, so the Cubans have managed to get
13740 on the air today unlike yesterday.
9570, June 14 at 1254, bits of music audio cutting on every few
seconds, i.e. CRI relay in Cantonese. No such problem with RHC itself
on 9550. Wiggle that patchcord!
15400, June 17 at 1301, RHC canned announcement that 9850 ``will
stop`` at 1300; strange they insert this about one frequency only, and
never mention that they have started on 15400 & 15310, leapfrog mixing
products (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 9240.0 Cuban spy number station, Spanish, opening by female,
and some tones heard at 0940 UT June 18, S=9 -75dBm strength in
Australia (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 18, dxldyg via
DXLD)
** CUBA. Over the weekend Cuba was added to the WTFDA database at
http://db.wtfda.org
All you need to do to find it is type CU into the field for state.
The material was taken from Emisoras de FM and updated from
http://www.radiocubana.cu/index.php/directorio-de-radio-emisoras-cubanas
and Jim Thomas (Mike Bugaj, Enfield, CT USA, June 11, WTFDA via DXLD)
** CYPRUS. 15802-15824, June 14 at 0124-0125* heavy OTH radar pulsing,
which would have been bad news for WWCR if it were on now; presumed
from here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** DOMINICA. Confirmações recebidas - FM. Caros amigos, Seguem os
dados das últimas confirmações recebidas:
106.1 - Voice of Life - Marigot - DMA - Recebido Carta confirmarória.
123 dias. V/S: Clementina Munro (General Manager). QTH: PO Box 205,
Roseau, Dominica
Depois de 20 anos de hobby posso dizer que é uma raridade receber a
confirmação de dois países novos em um único dia. Com Dominica e São
Vicente & Granadinas [q.v.], agora fazem parte da minha lista um total
de 117 países confirmados. Estou fazendo o possível para terminar o
ano com ao menos 120. :-)
As imagens das confirmações estarão disponíveis em breve em meu blog.
73 (Ivan Dias Jr. - Sorocaba/SP
https://www.youtube.com/regionaldx
http://ivandias.wordpress.com
http://twitter.com/ivandiasjr
June 15, radioescutas yg via DXLD)
** EASTER ISLAND [and non]. Members, I have been increasing the
entries on the Australasia section of the inactive and Closed
database. I couldn't resist the temptation to locate one of the
world's most remote masts. It has now disappeared no doubt dismantled
between 2009 and 2011.
The monopole for Radio Manukena 580 kHz used to be at 27 09 24S 109 25
27W. It is visible on the Historical images of Google Earth.
I have had less luck finding the masts on the Galápagos Islands.
Similarly if anyone knows where the mast in Mata-Utu on Wallis &
Futuna used to be I (and no doubt other members) would be very
grateful! 73's and 88's (Dan Goldfarb, June 14, mwmasts yg via DXLD)
** ECUADOR. 3280, Poor talks in Spanish, maybe La Voz del Napo? 0021
June 19. RX Perseus SDR + Icom IC-7410 antenna vertical + Super Kaz.
(Maurits Van Driessche, Belgium, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
** EGYPT. 11710v, June 13 at 0122, R. Cairo missing from this
frequency tonight, clearing it for Argentina, q.v. on 11711-. So I
check the other channels:
12070, June 13 at 0123, R. Cairo, huge distorted signal but modulation
level suppressed, plus humbuzz, not much pulsing spurring above/below
this, but see 9965!
9315, June 13 at 0124, R. Cairo, music and Spanish, fair signal,
undermodulated but not too distorted, best of the lot
9965, June 13 at 0123, R. Cairo, Arabic, distorted but readable, good
signal. Tuning thru the entire range at 0129, however, I find multiple
filthy extremely distorted spurs from 9965, matching modulation,
peaking very approximately, and constantly shifting:
9920, 9960, 9977, 9988, 10010, 10032, 10066. At 0135, I attempt to
locate the ranges around each of them, also approx and fluxuating:
9915-9926, 9940-9948, 9973-9995, 10005-10015, 10024-10037, 10060-
10070, 10082-10086. By sheer luck WRMI 9955 and WWV 10000 are avoiding
most of this mess.
9965, June 14 at 0110, R. Cairo is back in whack tonight, no spurs all
over the place, just whine marring Arabic modulation on own frequency.
11710v, June 14 at 0128, R. Cairo is back on here from absence last
night, again hetting Argentina 11711-.
9315 rather weak; 12070 strong and distorted (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Question to experts! Someone knows the email address of the Russian
section of the Cairo Radio? Last year they had a change of "soap",
kind of like all done uniformly. The idea is that it should be:
russian_service@yahoo.com cairorussian@yahoo.com
Mail to these addresses passes, but if comes to the right place - the
big question. Someone listens to Cairo by satellite? There's e-mail
address is announced at the beginning of the transmission, but
disassemble short through distortion does not work (Andrew Kuznetsov /
"open_dx") via RusDX June 15 via DXLD)
** EUROPE. Laser Hot Hits noted with a move from 4025 down to 4015 kHz
from tune in at 0415utc today. Sent from my iPad. Posted by: (John
Hoad, June 13, BDXC-UK yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1726, DXLD)
** EUROPE. PIRATE (EUROPE), 6220, Tip & Elvis 0014* closing
announcement by M, part of a song, then off. Confirmed in a chat this
was Tip & Elvis and 500 watts. (15 June) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA,
USA, hard-core-dx via DXLD)
** EUROPE. Last Sunday we were not very lucky with propagation
conditions. Although good reception was reported from different parts
of Europe, also much poorer reception was the case at other locations.
Variable; especially 7700 kHz was poorer than we hoped for although
the signal improved during the last 2 hours. Positive was 9302 kHz
which replaced 5800 kHz. Knowing we used only relatively low power on
9302, it performed quite well in wide areas of Central Europe. Thanks
for all of you sending in reports; much appreciated!! Enjoy next
Sunday's broadcast. 73s, the FRS team, a Balance between Music &
Information joined to one Format.
FRS-Holland
POBox 2702
6049 ZG Herten
The Netherlands
e-mail: < frs@frsholland.nl>
(via Roberto Scaglione, June 13, bclnews.it yg via DXLD)
Betreff: Aw: [BDXC-UK] FRS today on 9302 kHz. The frequency is 9301.06
kHz. 1830 UT ID and music, English announcement, SINPO 34433. 73
(Harald Kuhl, Germany, 1833 UT 15 June, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)
Now at 1900 UT it´s a strong S9+5dB-Signal here in Goettingen/Germany
73 (Harald Kuhl, ibid.)
Reception here was fair initially - SINPO 34433 - but since 1900 it
has been fading and has dropped from S7 to below S3 on the meter by
1915. 73 (Dave Kenny, Caversham Berks, AOR7030 +25m long wire, ibid.)
Initially FRS were a weak signal here, but later on in the evening
(2058 UT 15/6) they had improved considerably to SIO 455. Sign-off by
Dave Scott, followed by an interesting "FRS goes DX" at 2100. The
frequency seemed to be 9301.1 kHz. 73's (Nick, Buxton, Rank, UK, Sony
ICF2001D, long wire & ATU, 16/6, ibid.)
** EUROPE. On Sunday June 15th - Radio Channel 292 6070 kHz/AM
shortwave is airplaying several Programs - created for them by CoolAM
Radio!
Best Free Radio Greets
(André, CoolAM Radio - ShortWave 6735, HOT RADIO - ShortWave 6735, the
Netherlands, http://www.coolam.nl June 13, DXLD)
Click on the cheesecake for lots more linx (gh, DXLD)
** EUROPE. Recently, I've started posting some videos of the Perseus
SDR on Youtube. Things that may be of interest should you care to
view. Here are some links;
European Pirates as heard in Pennsylvania, USA (Part 1) (2009-12-06)
http://youtu.be/5KY7rgXgcZg
European Pirates as heard in Pennsylvania, USA (Part 2) (2009-12-06)
http://youtu.be/ui59ILrTnX0
73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, hard-core-dx via DXLD)
** FRANCE [non]. From Sunday June 8 Radio France Internationale make a
time and frequency changes for the Chinese broadcasts on shortwave as
follows:
1100-1300 on 9955 PAO 250 kW / 352 deg to EaAs, new transmission
2200-2300 on 7310 TSH 300 kW / 325 deg to EaAs, no change
2200-2300 on 9660 PAO 250 kW / 352 deg to EaAs, additional frequency
Cancelled broadcasts:
0930-1030 on 7325 PAO 250 kW / 352 deg to EaAs
0930-1030 on 11875 PAO 250 kW / 352 deg to EaAs
2300-2400 on 9955 PAO 250 kW / 352 deg to EaAs
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/06/new-shortwave-schedule-of-radio-france.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30
m. long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1726, DXKD)
Sites both TAIWAN. That explains the new CC QRM to WRMI until 1300 on
9955 (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1726, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY. EMR Today/ R Gloria, HLR next week 20th/21st/22nd June
EMR Today 15th June (Testing for the summer conditions):
9485 KHz between 1500-1600 UT
7265 KHz between 1600-1700 UT
Please send all E.M.R. reports to: studio@emr.org.uk Thank you!
RGI-Schedule for June 22nd [Sunday]
0600 to 0800 UT on 7265 kc
0800 to 1000 UT on 9485 kc
0900 to 1000 UT on 6005/7310
Internet: 0900 to 1000 UT shortwaveservice.com/6005
Internet: 1500 to 1700 UT ColoRadio.org & laut.fm/jukebox (repeated 13
July) radiogloria@aol.com good listening, reports welcome!
Every Saturday and Wednesday the programs of HLR:
0600 to 0800 UT, on 7265 KHz
0800 to 1100 UT, on 6190 KHz
1100 to 1500 UT, on 7265 KHz
Every Sunday the programme of HLR
1100 to 1500 UT program in German 0n 9485 kHz.
Please send all reports to: redaktion@hamburger-lokalradio.de
Thank you! 73s, (Tom Taylor, June 15, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. 15630, June 14 a 0124, Greek music, fair, among few signals
on band, H.R. still chugging along as if nothing has happened, //
stronger 7475 and strongest 9420 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Again morning transmissions of Elliniki Radiophonia Tileorasi:
from 0600 on 7475 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg NoAf Greek, instead of 11645
from 0600 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek. Video on June 16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJW5upN2sVs&feature=youtu.be
(DX RE MIX NEWS #857 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, June 17, 2014,
dxldyg via DXLD)
But June 18 at 06-07 UT on air 9420, 11645, and 15630 kHz (Wolfgang
Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 18, dxldyg via DXLD)
My reception report for Tuesday and Wednesday, June 17-18, 2014
TUESDAY 6/17 | WEDNESDAY 6/18
1900 2000 2100 2200 2300| 0000 0100 0200 kHz Az. kW Station
00000 15241 15241 15241 XXXXX|XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX 7450 323 100 1
15241 25242 25242 25242 XXXXX|XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX 15630 285 100 2
XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX 00000|00000 55455 55555 7475 285 100 1
XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX 00000|00000 00000 00000 15650 226 100 2
15241 25342 25342 35343 00000|00000 55455 55555 9420 323 170 3
(John Babbis, Silver Spring MD, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Logged June 18:
06-10 9420 11645 15630 kHz
13-17 9420 11645
17- 7450 9420 15650
73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.)
** GREECE. LA RADIO PÚBLICA GRIEGA CELEBRA UN AÑO DE EXISTENCIA
by gruporadioescuchaargentino
La cadena pública de radio y televisión griega celebra su primer año
de transmisiones.
Tan sólo unas 600 personas trabajan allí ahora. Son parte de Nerit, la
cadena sustituta, y consideradas traidoras por parte de sus ex
compañeros: "Es muy doloroso recordar aquellos días. Perdí a una amiga
muy cercana porque veía las cosas diferentes", lamenta Jrisa
Ramelioti, empleada en Nerit.
El cierre de los tres canales de televisión, las 19 radios locales y 5
nacionales, el coro y la orquesta de ERT, que costaban unos 300
millones de euros al año, casi supuso unas elecciones anticipadas
cuando un partido decidió abandonar la coalición gubernamental.
El Ejecutivo reaccionó creando un canal provisional, conocido como DT,
valiéndose de despedidos de ERT: "Todo hombre necesita trabajar para
mantener a sus hijos y pagar facturas. Nada es seguro ahora en
Grecia", apunta Jrisa como motivo para aceptar la oferta del Gobierno.
La policía desalojó en noviembre a quienes ocupaban la sede de la TV
pública y Nerit comenzó a emitir desde allí el pasado 4 de mayo.
Emplea a unos 300 de los ex trabajadores de ERT con un contrato
renovable de dos meses: "Dejé las protestas porque el Gobierno me hizo
una buena oferta y no creía que ERT fuera a reabrir", explica Odine
Linardatou, jefa de la sección internacional. "En la vida pasan cosas
malas pero debemos superarlas y hay que ir siempre por la vía legal",
elabora.
Los griegos pagan tres euros al mes como impuesto para financiar
Nerit. Antes pagaban 4,2 euros por ERT. El nuevo canal ha sido
inaugurado con escasa programación original, aparte de los
informativos y deportes. El resto de la parrilla suele consistir en
películas griegas de los 50 y 60. Los telediarios han sido criticados
por favorecer al Gobierno, algo negado por sus trabajadores: "Por
primera vez somos completamente objetivos", apunta Odine.
Otros compañeros sí admiten cierto control gubernamental, pero creen
que sucedería lo mismo si gobernase la Izquierda Radical (Syriza), el
principal partido de la oposición. Algunos acusan a quienes siguen
organizando protestas contra el cierre de ERT de seguir directrices de
esa agrupación.
La polémica ha acompañado a Nerit desde el inicio de sus emisiones. Su
ex presidente, Yorgos Prokopakis, fue apartado de la cadena dos días
después por desavenencias con el consejo supervisor. Se quejó de que
algunos de los periodistas contratados por Nerit mediante oposición no
habían cumplido los requisitos.
No hubo un proceso transparente de selección y dieron tiempo a la
gente para que hicieran diplomas falsos", critica Babis Kokosis, ex
empleado en ERT. Él es uno de los rebeldes: continúa presentando un
programa de radio en una cadena con las siglas de la compañía
clausurada. Lo hace desde el edificio contiguo a la sede de Nerit.
Sus compañeros continúan emitiendo informativos de TV a través de
internet desde los estudios de la tercera cadena, situados en Salónica
y protegidos por su alcalde, como muchas de las radioemisoras locales.
Son unos 400: "El Gobierno quiere ocupar la TV pública con personal
afín y no va a desarrollar funciones culturales", critica Babis.
Denuncia además que la repartición de espacio digital ha beneficiado a
las privadas.
"Es mentira que estemos con Syriza. Somos gente de izquierdas y
derechas. Nuestro movimiento tiene que ver con valores democráticos y
de dignidad personal y laboral", explica el ex reportero. Hace ya un
año del cierre de ERT y ahora se gana la vida colaborando en distintos
proyectos. Asegura que no le da para vivir: "Si todos hubiéramos
permanecido unidos, ERT no habría cerrado", expone. Sólo una calle
separa su actual oficina, la de quienes abogan por la restitución de
ERT, del edificio donde trabajó durante años (El Mundo, España via GRA
blog
http://gruporadioescuchaargentino.wordpress.com/2014/06/16/la-radio-publica-griega-celebra-un-ano-de-existencia/
June 15 via DXLD)
Lots of info there we don`t see in English. Includes ``vepit`` lower
case Greek logo:
http://www.typologies.gr/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/DT-nerit.jpg
(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE [and non]. Re: Toxic Time Bomb at former Kavalla site
Is anyone charged with demolishing the site at all? I proceed from the
assumption that this is not the business of IBB or the US government
in general anymore, once they left and took away what they still could
use, thanks to clever agreements once struck with this "host country".
It's presumably a problem of the Greek government now, and it is
hardly a surprise of course that they simply do nothing here.
What became of the transmission facility near Briech in Morocco, by
the way? My guess: Still there as left by IBB as well, i.e. with ruins
of transmitters from which parts like the solid-state modulators have
been ripped out (Kai Ludwig, June 18, shortwavesites yg via DXLD)
** INDIA. AIR Lucknow noted today morning from sign on at 0025 UT on
4900 instead of regular 4880 kHz. Schedule on 4880 is 0025-0430(Sun
0415v), 1215-1741. Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National
Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India, June 15, dx_india yg via
WORLD OF RADIO 1726, DXLD)
** INDIA. The special limited edition QSL for All India Radio's
International Radio for Disaster Response trial special broadcast on
5th & 6th June 2014 is getting ready for dispatch. Those who have not
yet sent the reports to AIR may please send it to the following email
at the earliest: spectrum-manager@air.org.in
Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur
Radio, Hyderabad, India, Mobile: +91 94416 96043,
http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos June 15, dx_india yg via DXLD)
** INDIA. AIR CURRENTLY RUNNING LARGEST SHORTWAVE DRM SERVICE IN THE
WORLD === RadioandMusic.com New Delhi 13 June 2014
Media specialist Sharad Sadhu has said India’s public broadcaster All
India Radio (AIR) continues to roll-out new transmitters, which are
also capable of running the DRM standard.
AIR is current running probably the largest shortwave DRM service in
the world, and medium wave services are planned, he told RadioAsia
2014 organised by the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union in Colombo, Sri
Lanka.
An estimated 78 new transmitters will ensure around 70 percent of the
Indian population will be able to receive DRM services, when
implemented.
Several production houses are now manufacturing DRM sets, he said.
Sadhu called for manufacturers to consider integrated digital radio
chipsets, allowing FM, DAB+, DRM and other digital radio standards on
the same radio set.
Meanwhile, an academician said radio listenership in India is going
down because of a dearth of innovation in on-air programming and a
lack of differentiation.
K Padmakumar from the School of Communication at Manipal University
sounded a warning to private radio broadcasters ahead of Phase III of
FM licensing and said there was also the problem of too many
commercial activities – advertising and promotions in programming.
Padmakumar added that there was too much pressure on on-air talent as
cost-cutting by stations had led to too much multi-tasking.
Phase III will see 839 FM frequencies auctioned in over 200 smaller
cities and towns.
Meanwhile, World DMB project director Bernie O’Neill said three Asian
countries have begun or will start digital radio trials over the next
few months. A trial is already under way in Malaysia, while Thailand
(military coup permitting) and Indonesia are due to test the
technology in 2014.
Hong Kong already has 15 DAB+ audio services live on air. Over 300,000
devices have been sold in the territory to date.
Historically, one issue that has hampered digital radio take up has
been the lack of support by car manufacturers. But that is changing,
said O’ Neill. New figures show 55 per cent of new vehicles in the UK
now come fitted with DAB digital radio.
Another panellist – Albert Tseng from Keystone Semiconducter, which
manufactures digital radio chips – warned that take up of the
technology was still slow and that killer applications and more
compelling content were necessary for digital radio to succeed.
Rafiqul Haque, MD of Radio Today, Bangladesh, gave an update on the
country’s nascent radio scene. His station was the first private FM
station in 2006.
When it first launched, advertising agencies and listeners were
sceptical. But in eight years, the station has built not only a
successful brand but transformed radio into a much loved media.
While the station runs a music intensive format, Radio Today also
features several radio drama series and community projects about
health and well-being.
As a partner of Voice of America (VOA), the station broadcasts news
bulletins from the international broadcaster.
http://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/news/air-currently-running-largest-shortwave-drm-service-world
(via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)
** INDONESIA. 9525.9, June 16 at 1250, very poor carrier on
characteristic off-frequency, no doubt VOI, but no modulation
detectable. Atsunori Ishida, http://rri.jpn.org/ reports it`s been
more than a carrier daily since June 7, going from Japanese to English
today at 1303, but ``*1000v-2100v* (Often poor modulation or no
modulation)`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA [and non]. 9525.891, Voice of Indonesia Jakarta Cimanggis
carrier appeared at my first check this morning around 0941 UT, so
seemingly real operation starts at 1000 UT on their English service.
9680.051, RRI Jakarta Cimanggis, S=9+10dB --64dBm signal strength
downunder in Australia. Hit a little bit by adjacent signal from CNR5
program from Beijing on 9685 kHz (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX
TopNews June 18, dxldyg via DXLD) No time for 9680; the same?
** IRAN [non]. 9760, June 16 at 0529, music on fair signal, Nikkei?
No, 0530 timesignal and Farsi talk, so it`s R. Farda, scheduled here
until 0600 via Biblis, GERMANY. No signal from Japan on 9595 either
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN [non]. Radio Ranginkaman, Radio Rainbow in Farsi to WeAs 1600
on 7575 Grigoriopol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y4zMz8ykeE&feature=youtu.be
(Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ITALY. Radio Padania Libera e l'occupazione selvaggia dello spettro
FM
Radio Padania avrebbe monopolizzato in questi anni il mercato delle
frequenze, rivendendole a privati. A denunciarlo è Salvatore Giordano,
editore dell’emittente palermitana Primaradio, secondo cui nell’ultimo
anno Radio Padania avrebbe ripreso ad “occupare” frequenze rimaste
libere in Sicilia, le ultime tre trasmettono da San Vito Lo Capo
(Trapani), da Erice FM 99.5 (Trapani) e da Romitello-Borgetto Fm 102.3
(Palermo). Frequenze che saranno vendute o cedute a emittenti
nazionali o locali che possono permettersi simili operazioni.
“Grazie a un emendamento alla legge finanziaria del 2001 (Governo
Berlusconi) presentato dal deputato leghista Davide Caparini – spiega
Giordano -, Radio Padania ha acquisito gratuitamente in questi anni
oltre 250 frequenze in tutta Italia, sud e isole comprese, e ne ha
rivendute tantissime ricavandoci dei soldi. Dopo troppi anni
finalmente il dipartimento comunicazioni del Ministero dello sviluppo
economico, grazie a un recentissimo parere dell’Avvocatura dello
Stato, dà a tutti gli ispettorati regionali la facoltà di spegnere
questi impianti e mi auguro che di fronte ai sacrifici quotidiani di
tante radio private lo facciano senza perdere altro tempo. Se una
radio commerciale vuole ampliare la copertura lo può fare solo
acquistando a caro prezzo un ramo d’azienda, ovvero una frequenza FM
di un’altra radio”.
Secondo Giordano, Caparini, attuale deputato leghista e segretario di
presidenza della Camera, nonché fondatore dell’emittente padana, con
il suo emendamento alla legge Finanziaria del 2001 avrebbe consentito
“solo ed esclusivamente alle radio comunitarie nazionali, cioè Radio
Padania e Radio Maria, di completare le rispettive coperture in deroga
alla legislazione vigente in materia radiotelevisiva che impedisce a
tutti gli altri l’occupazione di nuove frequenze o canali”.
“Radio Padania – continua il proprietario di Primaradio – ha potuto
così occupare in giro per l’Italia tutte quelle frequenze rimaste
libere che sono divenute poi di sua proprietà, incrementando il
patrimonio dell’emittente di una cifra variabile tra un minimo di 15 e
un massimo di 25 milioni di euro” (ANSA, 17 giugno 2014 via Roberto
Scaglione, June 18, shortwave yg via DXLD)
Same story in bclnews.it yg had garble all over the place, why? And
now for the Google translation attempt: (gh)
Radio Padania Libera and Employment wild spectrum FM
Radio Padania would dominate the market in recent years the frequency
and resold to private. A complaint is Salvatore Giordano, publisher of
the issuer Primaradio Palermo, according to which in the last year
Radio Padania would resume to "occupy" frequencies remained free in
Sicily, the last three transmit from San Vito Lo Capo (Trapani), Erice
FM 99.5 (Trapani) and Romitello Borgetto-Fm 102.3 (Palermo).
Frequencies that will be sold or given to local or national
broadcasters who can afford such operations.
"Thanks to an amendment to the Finance Act 2001 (the Berlusconi
government) presented by the League's deputy David Caparini - says
Jordan - Radio Padania has acquired free of charge in recent years
more than 250 frequencies throughout Italy, including the islands and
south, and has sold many ricavandoci money. After too many years,
finally the communications department of the Ministry of Economic
Development, thanks to a recent opinion of the State Attorney, gives
all regional inspectorates the right to turn off these plants and I
hope that in the face of daily sacrifices of so many private radio
stations in the do not waste any more time. If a business wants to
expand radio coverage can do so only by purchasing a high price for a
business or an FM frequency to another radio."
According to Jordan, Caparini, and current League's deputy secretary
of the Bureau of the Chamber, as well as founder of the issuer valley,
with its amendment to the Finance Bill 2001 would have allowed "only
and exclusively to the national community radio stations, namely Radio
Radio Padania and Mary, complete their shells at variance with the
existing legislation on broadcasting which prevents all other
employment for new frequencies or channels."
"Radio Padania - still the owner of Primaradio - was able to occupy
around Italy remained free all those frequencies which then became his
property, increasing the assets of the issuer of an amount ranging
from a minimum of 15 and a maximum of 25 million Euros." (Reuters,
June 17, 2014)
Note that credit to ANSA ``translates`` to Reuters! Any justification
for that, and if not, how can we trust Google translate not to go
totally haywire in other instances? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
** KOREA NORTH. KOREA D.P.R., 15141 to 15174 kHz overtime, terrible
SCRATCHY digital noise jamming of Kujang site, similar heard during
silent slot on 15180 kHz before 1000 UT. Aimed on 15160 kHz against
KBS Kimjae Korean at 09-10 UT. S=9+10dB (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX
TopNews June 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [and non]. UZBEKISTAN/N KOREA/UAE, 15630, Korean
language program, tentatively Radio Free Chosun from Tashkent UZB at
1329 UT on June 13. Signal strength observed at Nara-JPN remote SDR
unit at S=9+15dB or -60dBm. Jammed by North Korean govt white noise
scratchy jamming signal, broadband covered 15613 to 15648 kHz wide.
15640 And hit also heavily DWL Dari to Afghanistan target next channel
spacing, DWL coming from UAE relay site Al Dhabbaya at 1330 UT
(Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 13 via DXLD)
** KOREA SOUTH. 6135, June 14 at 1242, JBA carrier, no doubt new
clandestine V. of Freedom, now that frequency is clear, no more than
10 kW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Glenn, June 14 (Saturday) with another day of just pulsating noise
jamming (a la Shiokaze), against the clandestine - Voice of Freedom.
Interesting to find “Hao Hao English” today from 1350-1400, with a
repeat English and Chinese language lesson from earlier last week;
"Can I take a quick nap?".
Weekend schedule? On the weekend only filler (repeat) shows? Had an
UNID underneath VOF after 1335 onward, playing some music. Possibly
Yemen or Madagascar? Far too weak to tell which. Needs a lot more
monitoring to try to tell which it is underneath VOF. BTW – At 1225
noted VOF with QRM from Firedrake on 6140; FD mixing badly with Radio
Australia (Singapore); FD off at 1227 (Ron Howard, dxldyg via WORLD OF
RADIO 1726, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Voice of Freedom in Korean to NoKorea 1901 June 10 on 6135 Hwaseong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICyVYleeu0E&feature=youtu.be
(Ivo Ivanov, June 12, dxldyg via DXLD)
Observed schedule of VOF (6135) for “Hao Hao English” program:
Monday-Friday with English/Chinese language lesson from 1300 to 1310
UT. Saturday-Sunday from 1350 to 1400 UT. June 15 heard 1350-1400 with
repeat of last Friday's show ("How are you feeling?", etc.). Again
heard UNID after 1330; again too weak to tell anything about it.
(Ron Howard, CA, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1726, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
So if it`s really for North Korea, why are they doing anything in
Chinese? (gh, WORLD OF RADIO 1726, DXLD)
Voice of Freedom - North Korea Tech Article
(via Ian Baxter-AUS, SW txsite June 14 via BC-DX June 19 via DXLD)
Viz.:
SOUTH KOREA STEPS UP PROPAGANDA RADIO BROADCASTS
South Korea has stepped up propaganda radio broadcasts targeted at
North Korea and attracted a fast response from the country.
Voice of Freedom, one of three government-run radio stations that
broadcasts to the north, launched a tentative shortwave service at the
beginning of May, but the signal is already being aggressively blocked
by the North Korean authorities.
The station is operated by South Korea’s Ministry of Defense and has
been broadcasting towards North Korea for years. Programming was
halted in 2004 after an inter-Korean friendship accord but was resumed
in 2010, shortly after the South Korean Cheonan corvette was sunk with
the loss of 46 lives. South Korea accused the North of torpedoing the
ship.
The FM transmissions used by the radio station probably only reach a
few kilometers into North Korea but shortwave is capable of traveling
much further. With a clear channel, the signal can easily cover the
entire country. In fact, radio monitors in the U.S., Japan and other
countries have been hearing the signal.
But since May 22, the signal has often been covered in noise — jamming
by powerful transmitters in North Korea intended to make the station
impossible to hear.
North Korea routinely jams shortwave broadcasts aimed at the country
from overseas, particularly those of Voice of America, Radio Free Asia
and two stations operated by South Korea’s National Intelligence
Service.
In the last couple of days, the jamming has been absent — something
that occasionally happens, presumably due to electricity or technical
problems.
Here’s what Voice of Freedom sounded like on June 10, as recorded by
Ron Howard in California. The program is “How How English” (or
possibly Ha(o Ha(o English), an English-language instruction show.
Increase in Power
Voice of Freedom is about to get a little more powerful, according to
Jamie LaBadia, the engineer building the transmitters.
“I have one transmitter on at 5 Kilowatts,” he wrote in a message to
Glenn Hauser, who publishes the popular “DXLD” shortwave radio
newsletter. “I’m awaiting the arrival of some capacitors to upgrade
the De-Coupling in both transmitters, then I will finish up the
protection circuits so I can increase power to 10 Kilowatts.”
But such an increase probably won’t be enough to be heard over the
North Korean jamming.
“I know we are getting our “clock cleaned” by jammers from the north,”
he wrote. “It started out with just a “dash”, C.W. [morse code]
jammer. However, now it is a tactical Multi-Pulse jammer. Well, it
must mean we are being heard in the target area. I don’t imagine they
would waste a powerful resource like that on an ineffectual signal.”
Other Stations On Air
The increase in broadcasts comes six months after another station, MND
Radio, left the airwaves. It was programmed by South Korea’s Ministry
of National Defense and ran a few hours of programming a day via
shortwave since 2011.
Two other radio stations, Voice of the People and Echo of Hope, have
been broadcasting anti-DPRK programming via shortwave for years and
are believed to be run by South Korea’s National Intelligence Service.
An investigation by North Korea Tech in 2013 pinpointed the site of
the Voice of the People broadcasts to a fortified field north of
Seoul.
The location of the Voice of Freedom transmitter hasn’t been disclosed
or determined. La Badia, the engineer working on the project, said
he’d signed an agreement to keep its location a secret.
Some have linked the transmissions to a site near Hwasong, south of
Seoul, that is also said to be home to the Echo of Hope broadcasts,
but no evidence has been presented to back up those claims.
A transmitter site in Hawsong, south of Seoul, that is said to be home
to a South Korean intelligence service radio station
(Google/NorthKoreaTech)[caption]
A transmitter site in Hawsong, south of Seoul, that is said to be home
to a South Korean intelligence service radio station. The
transmission towers can be seen in fields to the left of the river.
(Google/NorthKoreaTech [caption]) (North Korea Tech via DXLD)
Ian had this station location traced some in 2009 year - at least; see
also Nagoya Aoki frequency list.
As KBS station reported also by Ludo Maes in Oct 1997.
and MW and SW reported by Jari Perkioemaeki-FIN OH6BG in Dec 2007 too.
KOR_Suwon Hwaseong Jeongnammyeon MW 4mast directional antenna at
37 09 04.27 N 126 59 39.15 E
and 2 x 2 easy dipoles at
37 09 39.55 N 126 59 39.99 E
and
37 09 27.39 N 126 59 37.89 E
and 2 x 3 masts like corner reflector steep fountain like antennas
37 09 35.48 N 126 59 38.25 E
37 09 31.84 N 126 59 35.98 E
zoom in
(Wolfgang Büschel, June 14, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews via DXLD)
** KUWAIT. 15540, Radio Kuwait; 1928-1939+, 11-June; "Kuwaiti
Heritage" on cooking with spices such as saffron & zatar to 1932 into
English pop tunes. SIO=454 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B
+ 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my
ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KYRGYZSTAN. Radio Maranatha, Shortwave Relay Sce in Pashto or Dari
to WeAs 1739 June 10 on 5130 Bishkek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjJqljlfwIc&feature=youtu.be
(Ivo Ivanov, June 12, dxldyg via DXLD)
** MADAGASCAR. Radio Madagasikara 6135 kHz --- Bit unexpected hearing
this yesterday morning at 2130. Did the weekend NSW DXpedition catch
it, too?? Blog post and audio clips at:
http://medxr.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/radio-madagasikara-6135-khz-surprise.html
Cheers all, (Rob VK3BVW, June 15, ARDXC mailing list via DXLD) viz.:
Some lovely reception of Radio Madagasikara on this not-often-heard
frequency of 6135 kHz here at Mount Evelyn. Here's the logbook entry
and some audio clips of the transmission:
6135, R. Madagasikara - Ambohidrano. Short "Radio Madagasikara" ID
between a delightful music program of East Afro pop songs at 2135. Co-
channel QRM from CRI's Croatian service between 2110 and 2130, then
Madagasikara became the dominant station on the frequency. A very
solid signal, with a late weekend schedule on June 14. Running
parallel with the usual 5010.29 kHz also heard, but the 60mb outlet
was weaker by that time of the morning. 6135 kHz appears to be a far
more stable frequency, too.
AUDIO CLIP #1
AUDIO CLIP #2
AUDIO CLIP #3 [none of these are hotlinx here --- gh] 73 and good DX
to you all. (Rob Wagner VK3BVW, blog via WORLD OF RADIO 1726, DXLD)
No, mate; chased Brazilians, etc., and Brother Scare chased us!!!! The
pest!!! even on 5015 !!!! (anon., but sounds like Johno Wright, ARDXC
via DXLD)
6135.00, R Madagasikara, 1859, June 15, football commentary in
presumed Malagasy. Stable on exact nominal freq which seemed clear at
first but possible SAH detected from Voice of Freedom which Thomas
Nilsson (tnx!) reports hearing slightly later on 6135.014. Quite a
decent signal compared to former 5010. Also tentative MDG logs of
carrier only on June 12, 13, 14, 15 around 0220 (Martien Groot,
Schoorl, Netherlands, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1726, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Former 5010? I noticed a carrier drifting around at 5010.6-5010.7,
still there now at 2040. Heard also yesterday around 5010.2 till about
2100. Thanks for the tip, usually we have very very limited
possibilities to hear MDG 6135 in Europe. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann,
Münster, Germany, http://www.muenster.org/uwz/ms-alt/africalist dxldyg
via WORLD OF RADIO 1726, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
6135.00, R Madagasikara, June 16, 0158, carrier on already, next to
R Sta. Cruz 6134.83, but in the clear 0215:03 when RSC carrier finally
off. Faded up nicely, 0226 sung NA?, 0229 Malagasy male & female
"kilohertz" announcement, 0231 Booker T. & MG's "The time is tight",
Carl Douglas "Kung fu fighting" but signal strength definitely
decreasing by now until covered by co/channel VOA carrier 0258. TADIL-
A bonker occasionally reported here by Glenn Hauser was only just
about audible so did not really spoil the fun. Very pleased to hear
MDG so clearly after several mornings of only being able to make out
their carrier, cf my previous report (Martien Groot, Schoorl,
Netherlands, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1726, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
INDIA/MADAGASCAR, 5010.005, AIR Thiruvananthapuram in Hindi, at 1715
UT June 18, and annoying 700 Hertz interference tone of adjacent
5010.712 to .728 kHz, MDG Radio Madagasikara from Antananarivo,
wandering frequency around (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June
18, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1726, DXLD)
** MADAGASCAR. QSL: MGLOB Volonondry, 13765, QSL-card in 45 days for
reception report to monitoring@mglob.mg (Kurt Enders, Bickenbach,
Germany, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
** MALAYSIA. (SARAWAK [non]), 9835, Sarawak FM, 1014 studio W DJ
announcer in BM and into romantic SE Asian song. W again at 1024 with
ID, talk, and another ID at 1025 before going back to romantic music.
Apparent canned promo/ID by M over music at 1031, then immediately
back to music. Has been off for a long time due to fault in a
transmitter transformer and in the antenna per e-mail Ron Howard got
from the station. (29 May) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, hard-core-
dx via DXLD)
11665, Wai FM (tentative); 1228-1310+, 7-June; W in unknown language
with unknown language pop tunes and took brief phone call. Pre-ToH
tentative ID sounded like "Wah" FM, not "Wye". 1300 pips (no tone)
into news by M in unknown language with two brief promos (ads?); 1310
back to W in unknown language and tunes. Typical programming as logged
in the past. SIO=2+52+ (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B +
125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my
ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5964.701, RTM Klassik Kajang MLA transmission, logged at 1936 UT June
7 in Colombo Sri Lanka remote post. S=9+5dB or -74dBm. Channel hit
heavily by TRT Emirler transmission on 5960 kHz even.
[and non] 7295, Bad mixture of 500 kW unit CRI Kashgar English to NE
and NoAF, Sahel, WeAF at 19-21 UT, and odd 7295.028 kHz RTM Traxx FM
program from Kajang-MLA noted at 1955 UT. Also 7295.028 kHz odd on
June 8 at 1105 UT, S=9+10dB or -64dBm dowunder on remote unit in
Australia (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 7 / 8, dxldyg via DXLD)
Didn't check that service daily in the past, but noted ODD FREQUENCY
7295.028 kHz on June 8th at 1955 UT. At present 1625 UT heard RTM ID
and nice smooth female singer also on 5964.700 kHz.
http://www.radiomalaysia.net/zender/96/Klasik-Nasional.html
RTM shortwave 6050 kHz acc Aoki only 02-15 UT on air.
73 wolfy (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.)
Both 9835 and 11665 heard at 1558 UT June 12 with S=9+15 or -59dBm on
remote unit in downunder Queensland, pop music, followed by like
National Hymn on exact 1600 UT. 11665 kHz on
http://www.rtmsarawak.gov.my/
listen to stream:
http://www.rtmsarawak.gov.my/sadafm.html
scheduled 21-16 UT, ended operation on shortwave after NatHymn at 1602
shortwave 9835 kHz \\ listen to stream at 1610 UT, on
http://www.rtmsarawak.gov.my/srwkfm.html
But 7295 kHz Traxx FM is OFF air today. Empty channel. 73 wb (Wolfgang
Büschel, June 12, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
http://traxxfm.rtm.gov.my/traxxfm/index.php
http://cdn.stream.my/player/playback.php?channel=rtm-ch013&quality=auto
Segmented transport stream (each fragment ~ 270 kb), TS-file with H264
in still image and audio to aac, no chance for Winamp or VLC. But on
the Internet is at least the audio.., with the (Adobe)-web-player
(roger, Germany, June 12, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
11665, Wai FM at 1323 in Bahasa Malay with Malay pop tunes, taped ID
and promo - Good June 14 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia,
Listening in my car, by the lake, with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active
antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
June 16 finally heard Traxx FM via RTM (7295) back on the air again
with good reception at 1332. Heard Kevin's show "Evening Buzz. Next
week he will be in Sarawak covering the Rainforest World Music
Festival for Traxx FM.
Rainforest World Music Festival – The Official Site
http://rwmf.net/
(Ron Howard, CA, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1726, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9835, Sarawak FM via Kajang, 1346-1430, June 17. Live coverage of the
annual Qur'an International Level recitation competition (Tilawah Al-
Qur’an) held in Kuala Lumpur; Qur’an recitations from 10 to 15 minutes
long; competition ends on June 21 (Saturday).
During the week check for possible // coverage on other RTM stations
(6050, Asyik FM; 5965.7, Radio Klasik; or perhaps Wai FM, 11665).
http://www.iqna.ir/en/News/1418467 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State
Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
On June 18 on air: 5965.701, 6049.987, 7295.026 (6050 kHz Asyik FM
(noted only two weak stations on 6049.987 RTM and .999 kHz probably as
HCJB Quito EQA at 1006 UT) 9834.9985, 11665.0 kHz at 0825 UT (Wolfgang
Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 18, dxldyg via DXLD)
On June 18 on air: 5965.701, 6049.987{10 UT}, 7295.026, 9834.9985,
11665.0 kHz at 0825 UT (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 19
via DXLD)
** MEXICO. 650, June 17 at 1123, Mexican music alone on very poor
signal, fadeout by 1129, presumed the usual XETNT Los Mochis, Sinaloa.
I miss most sunrise skip in the summer, not being awake early enough;
today`s SR in Enid was at it earliest, 1113 UT. No other Mexicans
making it on low band, except:
880, June 17 at 1124, romantic music, with KRVN nulled, maybe XEPNK
also Los Mochis, not usually heard.
1570, June 17 at 1131, XERF, ``La Poderosa`` is still propagating well
from Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila, atop the QRM, but plugging its
availability on FM, internet (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. (960), June 17 at 0500 I am listening to the XEK Nuevo
Laredo webcast instead of in a KGWA Fox-hole. Corto version of NA
plays, IDs mentioning inauguration on May 17, 1937, so station is now
serving the fourth generation of listeners, back to traditional
Mexican music, no XEW chimes this time, and no ``Let It Be``, which
remains a mystery from some other 960 outlet (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Not much Es around here June 12 after the big opening
yesterday; recuperating and giving me time to compile the report.
Finally, UT June 13 at 0017, some video appears on 2 while I`m aimed
northeast, where 6m maps show all the axion is, but I suspect it`s
Mexican and rotating south by 0025 that`s evident as the Simpsons are
in Spanish. Back to nothing, but rechecking after my SW DX session, at
0209 there is again something on 2 from the south, developing nowhere.
0445 again some weak CCI on 2.
Bits of sporadic E TVDX as MUF pokes above 55 MHz now and then, June
13; nothing earlier circa 1430 UT but:
1633 on 2, tune-in finds fútbol from Azteca 7 per bug in UR; Mundial?
6m Es map shows hardly any activity and none of it from the south
1645 on 2, now a studio talk show with 3 women and one man
1707 on 2, silly ballgame again, most likely XHTAU Tampico; lunch
1758 on 2, Azteca-7 SBG in again, but mostly nothing
Sporadic E TV DX, June 16: according to tropo map, I am looking for
some DTV from the NW, but not even Dodge City on 6; 6m Es map also
shows northwest as the direxion for opening, and then checking channel
2 I see signs of Es at 1600 UT, but it`s from the southwest! As often,
G7IZU fails to show any such activity, apparently due to lack of
interest by Mexican hams for 6 meter DXing.
1600 on 2, CCI peaking SSW, 1602 cooking show, with same-offset CCI
from animation; in the QRM I make out TU CANAL in upper right of one
of them, i.e. XEPM-TV, 100 kW, Juárez, Chihuahua, more to the SW. 1604
on 2 can make out TU CANAL bug again along with 10:04 AM clock = MDT.
1603 on 2, again in the CCI mess, I can see an ID super in small
letters upper right, mentioning XH--- HERMOSILLO, so that`s a definite
on XHHMA-TV, 30 kW with Televisa-9 net, which I have assumed on that
basis several times before.
These two stations are almost exactly the same bearing from here, with
Hermosillo much further. Exact calculations with W9WI.com site
coördinates using
http://www.convertalot.com/great_circle_distance_calculator.html
Hermosillo: 240 degrees at 1468 km
Ciudad Juárez: 239 degrees at 949 km
1603 on 4, now MUF up to here, string of ads including Colgate (three
syllables in Spanish!), OXO, Excedrin; 1606 adstring is still going;
1607 promo for Azteca 13, then program Kids TV(?). 1620 CORTE
INFORMATIVOS / AZTECA NOTICIAS = brief headlines, peaking VG, promo
Mundial on sibling net Azteca-7; huge adstring resumes: 1627 finally
back to program which is Venga Alegría as in LL program bug. Based on
Hermosillo on 2, assume this 4 is also there: XHHSS-TV, 100 kW on A-13
net. MUF drops down to 2 and/or Es patch is moving.
1607 on 6, MUF now up to here briefly with soccer; 1614 video CCI from
talk show; did not reach audio for either. There is also a 6 in
Hermosillo, XEWH-TV, 11.6 kW, with Telemax, i.e. not // any of the
national networks. And if the soccer is really Mundial, does it have
to be Azteca-7 network? The only one in that area is XHLSI-TV, 50 kW
in Mazatlán, Sinaloa.
1615 on 5, brief video from algo, maybe soccer.
1616 on 90.7, Mexican music in briefly, only long enough for partial
RDS display as ``90.70 SI TE``. Unusual to add the final zero. I was
tuning up from 87.75 and this is the first one I found. XHHLL, La
Kaliente, Hermosillo, looks likely. Dreamhost says the WTFDA FM
Database is down, and still down a few hours later, where there might
be RDS info to identify this; otherwise, any suggestions? No other FM
DX heard.
1630 on 2, Venga Alegría show and Azteca 13 bug in UR. PTA means
Chihuahua city or Nogales, Sonora most likely. Show title mentioned
verbally again at 1653.
1632 on 4, soccer just as a GOOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLL is scored in the
Germany/Portugal game at Salvador da Baía. Also Azteca-7 bug in UR.
W9WI.com shows only two 7s-on-4, neither from the previous area
viewed, but CY = Colima is closer to it:
Manzanillo, CY XHNCI-TV 19,860 + H 19-05-14N 104-18-00W XLIC
Matias De Romero, OX XHPSO-TV 40,000 Z H 16-52-48N 095-02-02W XLIC
1645 on 2, MUF down to here with CCI only; 1647 briefly dominating is
soccer, but not necessarily Azteca-7 net. At 1656 during game, looks
like Televisa-2 star bug in UR; 1658 promo for TELEVISA DEPORTES, so
maybe just clips, not play-by-play. Does only Azteca 7 have rights to
broadcast full Mundial games in México?
{Answer: ``MEXICO: All national team games and one or two live games a
day are carried over the air by Televisa and Televisión Azteca [which
channels not specified]. Televisa also offers its 30 live matches
online. Complete coverage is carried only on the Sky satellite
service`` (How the world watches the World Cup, AP via Enid Eagle June
17 via DXLD)}
1656 on 3 briefly algo, maybe novela. TV DX out by 1703, nothing more
past 2030 UT.
Fitful sporadic E opening occasionally poking into loband VHF TV
channels, June 17, UT:
1555 on 2, fade-in Televisa 4 net with f bug in LR, from south; 1600 a
bit of English, maybe clip within this rather than Canada oppositeward
1605 on 3 and 4, weak video from algo
1617 on 2, still weak CCI including f-4
1839 on 2, CCI more from the southwest with fútbol; not checked much
more after or before this hour, until UT June 18:
0312 on 2, fútbol, tentatively Azteca 7 in UR, weak in & out; 6m maps
show Es from the northwest only
0327 on 2, TELEACTIVA bug in UR, i.e. XEFB-TV Monterrey NL,
interviewing someone, maybe FB fan
0349 on 2, game fades in, glimpse of UR bug may be Pacífico oval
0429 on 2, still lite CCI; also in Spanish on 3 and 4
0435 on 4, CCI is heavier, but soon back down to only:
0443 on 2, fútbol, bug in LL may be generic Televisa
0447 on 2, fútbol, now the bug in LL is a triangle, what??
0449 on 2, two guys conversing, with Azteca-13 bug not in UR corner,
but to the left of there
0505 on 2, still some signal peaking southwest when I quit
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MONGOLIA. 12084.876, Proper S=9+20dB or -60dBm signal logged on
remote Nara, Japan, SDR unit. English program of Voice of Mongolia
from Ulan Bataar, talks on Labour matter examples in poor Mongolia
country. Logged at 0914 UT on June 14 (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX
TopNews June 14, WORLD OF RADIO 1726, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MYANMAR. 9730.0, Myanmar R, Rangoon Yegu, light pop music program,
S=6 -92dBm signal downunder in Australia, 0911 UT June 18.
7200.083, Myanmar Radio, Rangoon Yegu, S=5 -100dBm poor signal fade-in
at QL-AUS at 0956 UT.
7344.992, ? Pyin Oo Lwin, Pyin U Lwin, Thazin Radio, in Kachin
(according to Nagoya Aoki list) weak signal in downunder Australia, at
1018 UT on June 18 (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 18,
dxldyg via DXLD)
** NEWFOUNDLAND. 6159.97, CANADA, CKZN, St. John's, Newfoundland. 0804
June 16, 2014. Coming out of news with, "You're listening to CBC Radio
One." Clear, fair (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Here on June 20 near solstice, gaisma.com shows SR/SS times in
St. John`s : 0503-2102 local = UT -2:30, or 0733-2332 UT.
Vancouver BC: 0507-2122 local = UT -7:00, or 1207-0422 UT
or in reverse the SS-SR night hours are:
St. John`s : 2332-0733 UT
Vancouver : 0422-1207 UT
The two overlap only between 0422 and 0733; of course 6 MHz
propagation will exist somewhat into the daytime on each edge. CBC
News being live, and consequently programming between it, is NOT on
the UT half-hours from Newfoundland, but same as elsewhere, echoing
against Vancouver at real hourtops (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) See also CANADA
** NEW ZEALAND [and non]. RNZI scheduled 0651-0758 UT 11725 AM, 9890
DRM, to Tonga, but heard instead 11725 AM and 7330 DRM on remote SDR
unit in Australia, 07-08 UT June 18. Usually scheduled here in 41mb at
1551-1750 UT. S=9+5dB -70dBm strength. But 7330 hit terrible noise on
adjacent PNG 7324.954 kHz Wantok Radio Light from Port Moresby at 0826
UT (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 18, dxldyg via DXLD)
** NIGERIA. 9689.895, Probably Voice of Nigeria from Ikorodu in Hausa
towards W Africa noted on poor threshold level at 0845 UT June 14
(Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15120-AM, June 15 at 0607, Voice of Nigeria, good signal with news by
YL, but undermodulated, with light squeal. You never know whether this
will be on the air and/or propagating. Tonight there are many other
signals on 19m at this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15120 AM I heard yesterday (June 14) from 1732 again after approx. two
weeks of silence. Also this afternoon (June 15) with weak modulation
and this morning with considerably lower signal strength compared to
"normal". Some more VON Logs:
Yesterday 15120 DRM was leaving before 1957 and 9689.9 AM Hausa was
already there at 1958. Today, DRM was there till 1959 and 9690 (quite
close to nominal today it seems!) came up at 2001 and IDd as VON
Abuja. [and non?] A strong carrier appeared on 9690 at 1900 and
switched on and off a few times till 1905, with only very few seconds
of modulation, unknown non-european language. Interesting: This signal
was accompanied by obviously a spurious signal on approx 9688.3. 73
(Thorsten Hallmann, Münster, Germany,
http://www.muenster.org/uwz/ms-alt/africalist
June 15, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also ASCENSION [and non]
Voice of Nigeria back on air after several days silence:
0500-0700 15120 IKO 250 kW / 007 deg NoAf English
0800-1000 15120 IKO 250 kW / 007 deg NoAf English
1700-1730 9690 IKO 250 kW / 248 deg WCAf Igbo
1730-1800 15120 IKO 250 kW / 007 deg NoAf Arabic.
Videos from June 16:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no_jgq_8K4E&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jjo9Wh9pgcY&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoNsTUEsUy8&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEKqjSpAbuQ&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui5DKWERSF0&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMrR9RD0H_U&feature=youtu.be
(DX RE MIX NEWS #857 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, June 17, 2014,
dxldyg via DXLD)
15120-AM, June 17 at 0550, VON M&W mumbling, and rumbling from LF
pitch, but unseems a het from another station, rather self-imposed;
unreadable tho fair signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Heute morgen VoNIG Ikorodu auf 15119.998 kHz praezise. in AM Modus um
06-10 UT am 18. Juni, einige features gesprochen von Ansagerin in
English, auch ein Report über die Buchmesse in Lagos. Beijing stoert
heute morgen wenig.
On June 19 rather on even 15120 kHz around 0910 UT news in English
about Nigerian church, some string instrument jingle. S=9+20dB -54dBm
here in Europe, seemingly at 007deg azimuth outlet. There appears to
be a transmitter fault here with a loud high-pitched whistle tone
accompanying the audio in their 15120 kHz service (Wolfgang Büschel,
June 14/18/19, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 19 via DXLD)
** NIGERIA [non]. GERMANY, Transmissions of Hamada Radio International
in Hausa are cancelled
0530-0600 9610 NAU 100 kW / 180 deg WeAf Mo-Fr. No signal from June 9
Video from June 16:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN3urll0vi8&feature=youtu.be
Video from May 19:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOk_nIe85yY
(DX RE MIX NEWS #857 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, June 17, 2014,
dxldyg via DXLD)
This goes and comes irregularly; I guess on the verge of paying their
bills or not (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
** NORTH AMERICA. 1710, 22/05/14 21:30:00 8 Radio Insight, 22121
1710 22/05/14 22:00:00 8 Captura de Pirata Radio Boston em AM
interferindo na Radio Celestial de Nova York === US e uma estação de
TIS legal de NJ, 21122
Nome: (Marcelo Bahl
Cidade/Estado: Quatiguá --- Paraná
Receptor: FRG-8800 Antena / Complemento: Discone AH8000 de 100-3300
MHz da Icom - e quadripolo Estrela helicoidal com quatro pontas de
53mtrs cada sendo três aterradas em suas extremidades
radioescutas yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1726, DXLD)
! Amazing logs for pirates all the way to southern Brasil; but less
QRM than within the MW band. Part of many extensive reports for a MW
monitoring contest. Times are local = UT -3. Not explained what the
``8`` means; other logs have other one or two-digit numbers in this
position. Nothing about these being via remote receivers (Glenn
Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1726, DXLD)
** NORTH AMERICA. UNIDENTIFIED. 6770.52, "Old Time Radio". 0324 June
15, 2014. Fair with old radio drama. Also at 1056 June 16, 6770.58,
also with an old radio serial, clear and fair (Terry L Krueger,
Clearwater FL, WORLD OF RADIO 1726, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6935-USB, June 16 at 0142, pirate music which was
not on earlier in the hour: sirens and screaming; finally caught ID at
0159:45, XLR8 in a stage whisper, more music; fairly good signal
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. Hi Glenn, Thanks for the great YHWH log! [June 10 on
12035] I monitor for this religious pirate quite a bit and had never
found it before during the 1300 time period. June 12 checked at 1351
to hear him on 12040-AM. This program was new and one I had not heard
before (normally he repeats many of his programs); fair reception and
very readable. Thanks again for the tip! (Ron Howard, California, June
12, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1726, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
I am a bit frustrated that my work sked interferes with my radio
monitoring after 1200 UT most days; and that this station seems to be
so unpredictable as to which frequencies that it might pop up on. That
said, I will redouble my efforts to log it here at my Arizona QTH and
share with all of you what signal strength levels get on them here. If
nothing else, I am anxious to hear this interesting new station. 73
from the sticker-patch (- Rick in AZ Barton, ibid.)
Rick - here's a link to a running thread I started on HFU - good info
on YHWH and links to some recordings - it's a bizarre station - I've
been chasing since the fall and have only copied three times.
http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,15663.0.html
(Rich FPE Ray, Burr Ridge, IL, ibid.)
Hi Rick, Just to make it more challenging to find station YHWH, seems
he now not only daily changes frequencies, but also is broadcasting at
different times now. June 14 found on new 7555-AM kHz, at tune in of
0407 till 0431 sign off. A repeat of an earlier show. Mostly fair, but
moderate/heavy amount of summertime QRN/static. Today's four minute
audio of a typical segment that I have heard many times before.
Station YHWH, 7555 AM kHz, 0425 UT, June 14, 2014.mp3 - File Shared
from Box:
https://app.box.com/s/4x8a18cq5k0qty77yaux
(Ron Howard, CA, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1726, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 6090, June 16 at 1303 very weak mixture of my two locals,
960 KGWA and 1390 KCRC; 2 x 960 = 1920, 3 x 1390 = 4170; 1920 plus
4170 = 6090. External mixing or possibly receiver-produced; never hear
this at night with any fundamental signal on 6090 such as Anguilla
(Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 90.1, June 15 at 1310 UT, KUCO is broadcasting dead air
instead of `Pipedreams` and from 1330 also nothing from `Sing for Joy`
either until cutting on at 1341:04. Same thing happened June 14: at
1600 UT teaser for `The Score`, but at 1606 after the news, more dead
air and we gave up after 10 minutes, but back to music at 1638 check.
What`s going on here? No one minding the store, even by remote
control?
[Later:] 90.1, KUCO, dead air for long periods I have been hearing:
Staff explain that the broadcast PC mutes itself unpredictably, so
someone has to rush in to reset it. They are trying to resolve this
problem just as frustrating for them as for listeners (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 7324.954, Wantok Radio Light from Port Moresby at
0826 UT June 18 (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 18, dxldyg
via WORLD OF RADIO 1726, DXLD) With QRDRM from NZ, q.v.
** PERU. QSL: Radio Tarma, 4775, E-QSL + infos in 0 days for reception
report to gerenciageneral@grupomonteverde.com (Kurt Enders,
Bickenbach, Germany, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
** PERU. CHASQUI DX PFA – JUNIO 2014 --- CQ, CQ, CQ…Aquí Pedro F.
Arrunátegui para compartir algo con los que disfrutan y aman el DX
latinoamericano, todas las horas son UTC, desde la tierra de los
incas, les informo mediante este Quipus lo siguiente:
NOTA: He podido notar en esta quincena, que algunas radios de Perú no
están saliendo a las 1100 UT como era costumbre, en el caso de R.
Huanta y Tarma ellos están efectuando su s/on a partir de las 1130 UT.
4747.20 PERÚ; R. Huanta 2000, Ayacucho; 17/06 1135-1150, 44444, px
Noticiero Sin Fronteras, tratan sobre los programas de educación
técnica, ads en quechua y español, Cooperativa Bella Esmeralda, Agro
Banco te da crédito para lo que requieras en el agro, semillas,
equipos, etc. ID "Usted sintoniza Sin Frontera por Radio Huanta 2000".
4774.90, PERÚ, R. Tarma, Tarma, Junín; 17/06 1154-1210, 44444, ads
Municipalidad Provincial de Tarma, ID "Acercarse a las oficinas de
Radio Tarma", px Noticiero Confidencial, ID "Saludos a los amigos que
están en sintonía de Radio Tarma".
4789.87 PERÚ, R. Visión, Chiclayo; 12/06 1125-1145, px la Voz de la
Salvación de la Iglesia Pentecostal La Cosecha, ID "Junto a la
estación de Radio Visión en esta ciudad de Chiclayo", mx religiosa.
4824.48 PERÚ, R. La Voz de la Selva, Iquitos; 12/06 1104-1120, 33333,
px LVS noticias, news, ID "Buenos días amigos, estamos en contacto con
Radio La Voz de la Selva", ID "Amigos de LVS noticias"
4955.00 PERÚ; R. Cultural Amauta, Ayacucho; 12/06 2335-0002, 44444+,
px avisos y comunicados en quechua, ID "Radio Cultural Amauta", ads en
español.
4985.50, PERÚ, R. Voz Cristiana, Chilca, Huancayo; 11/06 0005-0025,
44444, mx religiosa, ID "Estás en sintonía de Radio Voz Cristiana", mx
religiosa, ID "Gracias a todos los que están escuchando a Radio Voz
Cristiana", mx, ID "Promesa de Dios en Radio Voz Cristina"
5459.95 PERÚ, R. Bolívar, Trujillo; 11/06, 0030-0050, 44444, mxf
tropical andina, ID "Más potente, más nítida, Bolívar señal ganadora",
mx, ID "Más potente Bolívar da la hora".
La recepción la he efectuado del 10/06 al 17/06 en compañía de mi
sabueso Icom IC R72 acompañado del Mizuho KX-3, una antena de hilo
largo de 12 metros y una antena loop. Recuerden que las grabaciones
que adjunto, serán mejor escuchadas con los audífonos. Muchos 128´s
PFA (Pedro F. Arrunátegui, Lima, Chasqui DX, DX LISTENING DIGEST via
dxldyg)
** PERU. 5980, June 13 at 0112, JBA carrier from R. Chaski until
cutoff at 0114:01.5* which is 11.5 seconds later than two nights ago.
[and non]. 5980+, June 14 at 0105, R. Chaski very poor but enough
signal to detect some talk modulation, until cutoff at 0114:07*, which
is 5.5 seconds later than yesterday. Compared offset frequency to
5970+ Itatiaia and found that the ZY is now very slightly higher off
its nominal than the OA is.
5980.0, June 16 at 0101, R. Chaski has enough signal to audiblize some
music, but it`s all talk soon until cutoff at 0114:19* which is 12
seconds later than last check 48 hours ago. Comparing frequency offset
to some neighbors with 5 kHz BFO steps on the DX-398: tonight, Chaski
closely matches 5950 WRMI, 5935 WWCR, 6000 RHC, while 5970+ Itatiaia
is pitched just a bit higher.
5980, June 17 until 0114:25*, R. Chaski carrier cutoff 6 seconds later
than yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5980, Radio Chaski, Red Intregridad, Fair talks 0052 UT June 19. RX
Perseus SDR + Icom IC-7410 antenna vertical + Super Kaz. 73, (Maurits
Van Driessche, Belgium, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
** PERU [and non]. 6173.9, June 13 at 0102, JBA carrier in heavy
splash from huge 6180 Brasil where they are excited about winning some
SBG; anyhow, there is nothing on 6170 or 6165 to bother it from the
other side. Off-frequency makes 6173.9 certainly R. Tawantinsuyo, as
measured by others, but it will take a lot more than this for me to
log any programming, let alone any modulation. Chaski 5980 also JBA
tonight, but Bolivia [q.v.] 6135- with a much better signal. Lost it
right after 0102, off? But rechecking at 0141 it`s JBA again and
remeasured on 6173.9, with 6165 Cuba still off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** POLAND. Polskie Radio German service to be ceased for ever on July
1, 2014, after 70 years in service.
Sehr traurige Meldung auf der Webseite von Polskie Radio:
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Unser Abschied --- 12.06.2014 00:01
Liebe Hoererinnen und Hoerer, am 1. Juli 2014 muss die Deutsche
Redaktion des Polnischen Rundfunks nach 70 Jahren ihren Sendebetrieb
einstellen. In unserem Namen und im Namen aller Mitarbeiter, die Ihnen
und Ihren Landsleuten sieben Jahrzehnte lang unser Land mit grossem
Engagement vermittelt haben, danken wir Ihnen fuer Ihr Interesse, die
Treue und Sympathie, die Sie uns entgegengebracht haben. Tschuess und
alles Gute sagt Ihnen
das Team der Deutschen Redaktion des Polnischen Rundfunks.
See more at:
(via Dietrich Hommel-D, A-DX June 15 via BC-DX June 19 via DXLD)
So it started in 1944y before WWII was quite over, or as soon as it
was over? Weren`t there any German broadcasts from Poland while under
Nazi control? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. Radio Romania International, heard on 6/15/14 on 15170 at
2050 UTC. I listened to their weekly Sunday DX Mailbag program where
they acknowledge reception reports from listeners. During the program
they announced a new quiz competition open to listeners. The winner of
the quiz will win a 7-day full board stay to Romania. Contest details
are mentioned on their broadcasts and also available at their website,
http://www.rri.ro (Larry Zamora, Garland, TX, June 17, WORLD OF RADIO
1726, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Customarily they do make clear that winners have to pay their own way
to and from Romania! But [later} this time they include airfare *to*
Bucharest (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1726, DXLD)
** RUSSIA. See WORLD OF HOROLOGY
** SAINT VINCENT & GRENADINES. Confirmações recebidas - FM
Caros amigos, Seguem os dados das últimas confirmações recebidas:
107.5 - NBC Radio - Belmont - SVT - Recebido PPC assinado. 123 dias.
V/S: Ilegível. QTH: PO Box 705, Kingstown, St. Vincent & Grenadines
Depois de 20 anos de hobby posso dizer que é uma raridade receber a
confirmação de dois países novos em um único dia. Com Dominica [q.v.]
e São Vicente & Granadinas, agora fazem parte da minha lista um total
de 117 países confirmados. Estou fazendo o possível para terminar o
ano com ao menos 120. :-) As imagens das confirmações estarão
disponíveis em breve em meu blog.
73 (Ivan Dias Jr. - Sorocaba/SP
https://www.youtube.com/regionaldx
http://ivandias.wordpress.com
http://twitter.com/ivandiasjr
June 15, radioescutas yg via DXLD) Trans-equatorial propagation (gh)
** SARAWAK [non]. 15410, June 12 at 1228 interview in presumed Iban,
poor but no jamming audible or any QRM; 1229 YL mentions Radio Free
Sarawak, 1230 bit of percussive music, off at 1230:20*. Presumably
still via RVA Palauig, PHILIPPINES site. Probably employs some of the
alternate frequencies earlier from 1100: 15420, 15430, 15460 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
CLANDESTINE, 15430, R. Free Sarawak. Came on with a false start
briefly at 1046, then on at 1050 and audio up at 1052 with music. 1100
heard the usual sign on with IDs and website easily copied. Only fair
signal though. (17 June) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, hard-core-dx
via DXLD)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 13774.966, BSKSA Riyadh in Urdu language logged with
endless muslim HQ prayer presenter at 1303 UT on June 13, S=9+10dB or
-63dBm (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 13 via DXLD)
15380, June 15 at 0608, Qur`an on very poor signal, but none at all
usually audible. Aoki shows R. Riyadh HQ service at 0545-0857 and
1200-1357 when it`s more likely, both on same 500 kW, 310 degree beam
USward. Also shows CNR1 after 0600 on 15380, not a jammer! But unheard
now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SCOTLAND. UK BBC Commonwealth Voices
A four-week online radio station, BBC Commonwealth Voices will launch
in July to celebrate Glasgow 2014. The station, which lacks the
national DAB coverage enjoyed by London 2012, will be produced by BBC
Scotland but only stream for six hours a day.
Launching on 16 July, BBC Commonwealth Voices will be based at the
Forge Shopping Centre in the east end of Glasgow and will offer local
people from the area a chance to gain skills in research, broadcast
and social media, as they make content which tells the cultural story
behind the Games in their home city.
Morning presenter Cat Cubie says: "Summer 2014 is going to be amazing
in Scotland. I'm so excited to be part of BBC Commonwealth Voices and
to be hearing from the people of Glasgow as their city comes to life."
The station, which is in collaboration with the Commonwealth
Broadcasting Association, will share content with public service
broadcasters from around the Commonwealth and will broadcast every day
from 10am-4pm.
It will also be re-broadcast overnight on BBC Radio Scotland Digital
and Medium Wave.
Cat Cubie will start the day from 10am - 12noon, with Colin Kelly
taking the early afternoon programme from 12noon - 2pm, and BBC Radio
Scotland's Ian Hamilton ending the day from 2pm - 4pm. Meanwhile,
presenter Hardeep Singh Kohli will be the voice of the station, to be
heard on jingles and stings throughout the four-week period.
Editor of BBC Commonwealth Voices, Colin Paterson, says; "This is a
real opportunity for local people to get their teeth into the
broadcasting industry, to develop skills, but more importantly to have
fun and really feel part of the cultural activity in Glasgow."
The presenters on the three live programmes, will be partnered with
someone from the local community looking to gain broadcasting skills.
The programmes will have a mix of music and speech, with music having
emphasis on Scottish artists, but also on music from around the
Commonwealth.
BBC Commonwealth Voices is part of the BBC's year-long contribution to
the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Posted on Monday, June 16th, 2014 at 12:52 pm by Radio Today UK
(via Steve Whitt, MWN editor, MWCircle yg via DXLD)
** SEYCHELLES [non]. U.K.(non), Additional frequency of FEBA Radio in
various languages:
1330-1345 on 9720 TRM 125 kW / 345 deg SoAs English Mon
1330-1345 on 9720 TRM 125 kW / 345 deg SoAs Telugu Tue/Thu/Fri
1330-1345 on 9720 TRM 125 kW / 345 deg SoAs Tamil Wed
1330-1345 on 9720 TRM 125 kW / 345 deg SoAs Kuvi Sat
1330-1345 on 9720 TRM 125 kW / 345 deg SoAs Kannada Sun
1345-1400 on 9720 TRM 125 kW / 345 deg SoAs Tamil Mon/Wed/Sat
1345-1400 on 9720 TRM 125 kW / 345 deg SoAs Malayalam Tue/Thu/Fri/Sat
Note: frequency is not registered in HFCC Database (DX RE MIX NEWS 857
from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, June 17, 2014, dxldyg via DXLD)
** SOLOMON ISLANDS. I had no idea till now, but I am mentioned by name
and location in a blog on the website for the Solomon Islands
Broadcasting Corporation. The blog is written by SIBC General Manager
Ashley Wickham. Scroll down for the March 21st, 2014 entry:
http://www.sibconline.com.sb/you-me-sibc/
As a side note, they are "licensed" for 10 kW on 9545/5020/1035 kHz
but only run 5 kW on all the SW and MW Services. With the new
transmitter, I think they are expected to go back up to 10 kW. Not
Sure about the MW signal (Paul Walker, PA, June 15, NRC-AM via WORLD
OF RADIO 1726, DXLD)
[There is a lot more info about SIBC here, notably this which starts:]
Article 7, By Ashley Wickham, April 03 2014, WAVES OF CHANGE
The national broadcaster has been undergoing changes some of which
listeners will have noticed from about August last year. There have
been at least a couple of reasons for the changes which I will try to
explain.
SIBC is now regarded as a State Owned Enterprise (SOE) and has to
comply with the SOE Act of 2007, in addition to the original
Broadcasting Act of 1976 which established the Corporation in 1977.
For thirty years SIBC operated as a public service broadcaster under
the ‘umbrella’ of government. The Broadcasting Act required SIG to
provide funds whenever SIBC’s revenue income was insufficient to fund
it annual operations.
Most SOEs e.g. SIEA, SI Ports Authority, SI Water Authority, the
Postal Corporation and CEMA operated under similar legislation and
most found themselves in the same financial difficulties as SIBC
especially when the economy and governance suffered badly from 1996 to
2003.
In 2007 Parliament enacted the SOE Act especially to ensure that
public utilities – then called statutory authorities – would be better
managed and operated.
For the SIBC it meant that SIG sees it as an ‘enterprise’ that i) must
operate as a commercial business and ii) is expected to provide
citizens and residents with various services that government would be
expected to provide as its obligations to the communities. In other
words SIG could now contract SIBC to provide services to the national
community that Government is obliged to provide. These are called
Community Service Obligations (CSOs) and last year SIBC entered into
and successfully completed its contract with government. This year
Government has offered another contract and SIBC has taken this up.
What does it mean for listeners? . . . (via WORLD OF RADIO 1726, DXLD)
Includes change in music policy
5019.876, SIBC Honiara checked at 0700 to 0800 UT on June 18, S=8 or -
78dBm fair signal into remote Brisbane SDR unit. Female voice reading
news from 0700 UT (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 18,
dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1726, DXLD)
** SOUTH AFRICA. SABC’S MOTSOENENG RECEIVES WIFE AS A GIFT
Added by Sapa Reporter on 13 June 2014.
http://www.techcentral.co.za/motsoeneng-receives-wife-as-a-gift/48881/
Traditional Venda chiefs have given SABC acting chief operating
officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng a wife, a cow and a calf, the Sowetan
reported on Friday.
Women were lined up in Thohoyandou, Limpopo, on Wednesday for
Motsoeneng to choose one. He and other SABC executives were in the
area for a meeting with Mudzi wa Vhurereli ha Vhavenda, a lobby group
of traditional leaders and healers.
“The girls were around 10 and they paraded for him to choose. He chose
the one he liked,” Mudzi executive secretary Humbelani Nemakonde was
quoted as saying.
“All the girls were there with their parents. Their parents knew what
was going to happen and they all agreed.”
The woman Motsoeneng chose was pictured in the newspaper bare-breasted
next to him. She is a 23-year-old human resources management student.
He received the gifts because he was “committed to his job and
understands the strategic objectives of the SABC”.
In February, public protector Thuli Madonsela released a report which
found Motsoeneng’s appointment irregular. His salary increased from
R1,5m to R2,4m in one year. She found he misrepresented his
qualifications, that he passed matric, to the SABC. — Sapa
(via Bill Bingham, RSA, DXLD yg via DXLD)
** SOUTH AFRICA. {tentative} 15420 via Meyerton Sentec broker. Strong
carrier only at 1318 UT on June 13, but noted CRASH start suddenly at
1318-1320 UT midst on BBCWS program with French translated interview,
just on soccer world cup games comment in Brazil, like forecast report
at Dutch Oranje team vv against Spanish soccer national team starts
later coming UT tonight (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 13
via DXLD)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. U S A. 5950, FLORIDA, WYFR [sic], Okeechobee.
1724 June 15, 2014. Good with Overcomer Ministry crap. Wonder how well
this gets out to the Caribbean at this time. Noted 5015 at 0757 June
16, excellent and with the exact script and program ID as when tuned
to 5950 the day before (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
15190, June 18 at 0555, TOM via RAN via WRMI playing some woman
ranting against Pres. Obama; maybe stolen from Fox, as Brother Scare
uses unattributed clips to bolster his own rants, and private US SW
stations have no qualms about pushing anti-American propaganda abroad.
VG signal, much better than usual in the nightmiddle (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN [and non]. 11910, June 12 at 1303 as I tune across, ears perk
up during Morse code --- of course, it`s only the standard opening of
REE`s `Españoles en la Mar`, IIRC spelling out that title, now
starting after only 3 minutes of news instead of 5 or 6. Who cares
what`s happening in the world? Surely nothing more than three minutes`
worth. 11910 is the Beijing relay; poor signal with REE direct on
17715 somewhat better, while 21610, 21640, 21540, 21515 remain JBA if
at all with 13m in the summer doldrums (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENIN
DIGEST)
** SPAIN. INDICATIVOS ESPECIALES PROCLAMACIÓN REY FELIPE VI
http://aer.org.es/archivos/1336 (Pedro Sedano, June 15, noticiasdx yg
via DXLD) Viz.:
RESUELVE
Autorizar desde el 18 de junio hasta el 18 de septiembre de 2014, a
los titulares de autorizaciones de radioaficionado la utilización de
distintivos de llamada especiales, manteniendo el sufijo de su
distintivo y modificando su prefijo y cifra de distrito, conforme a lo
siguiente:
Prefijo:
Distintivos con prefijo EA, utilizarán el prefijo AM
Distintivos con prefijo EB, utilizarán el prefijo AN
Distintivos con prefijo EC, utilizarán el prefijo AO
Distrito: antepondrán la cifra 0 a su cifra de distrito
Ejemplos:
Al distintivo EA4URE correspondería AM04URE
Al distintivo EB4URE correspondería AN04URE
Al distintivo EC4URE correspondería AO04URE
(Toni / EA3GYE / AM03GYE, AER blog via WORLD OF RADIO 1726, DXLD)
** SRI LANKA. 11905, June 4 at 0114, SLBC carrier is on, poor with
flutter, barely making out the start of music at 0114:48, and the 2+1
mistimesignal ending at 0115:18.5. Their offness varies little.
11905, June 16 at 0114:31 tune-in, SLBC carrier is on (Chaski hasn`t
quite precessed late enough to present a monitoring conflict); very
poor carrier with flutter, music added about 15 seconds later, and 2+1
timesignal ends at 0115:18 as expected.
11905, June 17 at 0114:46 music starts from SLBC, and 2+1 mis-
timesignal still ends at 0115:18; very poor with flutter (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SRI LANKA. 15319.875, Extreme odd frequency signal of AWR
Trincomalee relay station, in Khmer language religious Bible reading
at 1310 UT on June 13. S=9+10dB or -69dBm signal at remote Nara, Japan
SDR post (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 13 via DXLD)
** SWEDEN. Hi DXers, there soon will be another transmission coming
from SAQ on 17.2 kHz:
-----------------------------------------------------
Transmissions on Alexanderson Day Sunday 29 June 2014
SAQ will be on air on Sunday 29 June. We try to start the transmitter
soon after 0830 UT so there will be a test signal from about 0840 UT
and a message will be sent at 0900 UT. A similar procedure will start
at 1130 UT and the message will be repeated at 1200 UT. The frequency
is 17.2 kHz CW.
-----------------------------------------------------
source: http://alexander.n.se/in-english/saq-transmission/
73 (via Harald Kuhl, June 14, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)
** SWEDEN [non]. U.K.(non), BABCOCK music, before start of IBRA Radio
in Tigrinya:
1555-1600 11610 MEY 100 kW / 015 deg EaAf. Video on June 13:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1liqhnxi9yg&feature=youtu.be
New additional transmission of IBRA Radio effective from June 1
1700-1730 11610 MEY 100 kW / 015 deg EaAf Tigrinya. Video June 13:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9rzhbJzpQ8&feature=youtu.be
IBRA Radio Swahili 1715-1730 not active at present, planned for July 1
1715-1730 11785 DHA 250 kW / 220 deg CeAf Swahili, look video at 1729.
1730-1800 11785 DHA 250 kW / 220 deg CeAf Swahili. Video from June 13:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvIv1jwHXxk&feature=youtu.be
(DX RE MIX NEWS #857 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, June 17, 2014,
dxldyg via DXLD)
** TAIWAN. 11914.847, In order to check Brazilian Rádio Gaúcha Porto
Alegre RS on remote SDR unit in Nara-JPN and Brisbane-AUS, I heard
instead RTI Indonesian via Tainan center at S=9 level. Aoki lists
wrongly only 10-11 UT slot, but Indonesian female reader noted already
at 0925 UT June 14, so WRTH 2014 spring PDF supplement show real 09-11
UT slot.
Hit a little bit co-channel of even frequency 11915.0 of CNR2 Business
R from Baoji, China (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 14, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN. From Sunday June 8 Radio France Internationale make a time
and frequency changes for the Chinese broadcasts on shortwave as
follows:
1100-1300 on 9955 PAO 250 kW / 352 deg to EaAs, new transmission
2200-2300 on 7310 TSH 300 kW / 325 deg to EaAs, no change
2200-2300 on 9660 PAO 250 kW / 352 deg to EaAs, additional frequency
Cancelled broadcasts:
0930-1030 on 7325 PAO 250 kW / 352 deg to EaAs
0930-1030 on 11875 PAO 250 kW / 352 deg to EaAs
2300-2400 on 9955 PAO 250 kW / 352 deg to EaAs (DX RE MIX NEWS #857
from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, June 17, 2014, dxldyg via DXLD)
[and non]. As I advised Jeff White today June 16: ``Jeff, This morning
at 1238 check, CCI from France relay still on 9955, but now the
frequency has been adjusted to within a few Hz of WRMI, rather than an
audible het. NOT GOOD ENOUGH!
Looking thru Aoki list, there is NO need for them to be on 9955, with
all these unused frequencies nearby in the 11-13 UT period: 9940,
9945, 9950, 9965, 9970. Cross checking HFCC, lacking all the Taiwan
usage, agrees except has T8WH on 9950 (but probably not active).
Perhaps you can get with the RFI frequency manager if not Taiwan`s``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1726, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN. 9734.942, UNID carrier on S=8 -80dBm strength heard already
at 0930 UT, seemingly from Tainan RTI site. Scheduled CBSD program in
Cantonese from 10 UT.
** TAIWAN. UNIDENTIFIED. 9540.038, Chinese station, probably some SOH
TWN program? 09-10 UT (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 18,
dxldyg via DXLD)
** TIBET [non]. TAJIKISTAN/CHINA, 15542 and 15588 kHz, both Voice of
Tibet programming in Tibetan at 1326 UT on June 13, both hit heavily
by China mainland govt jamming by CNR spoken jammer - not Firedrakce
music - on adjacents like even frequencies 15540 and 15590 kHz
channels, S=9+10dB or -61dBm (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews
June 13 via DXLD)
** TURKEY. Received in the p-mail June 12 another letter from TRT,
sealed only with a cupric? mini-staple. It contains another gorgeous
pouch, the third one I have received from them and they are all
different. This one is mostly red with intricate golden filigree which
the scans do not do justice to:
http://www.w4uvh.net/TRTpouch5.jpg
http://www.w4uvh.net/TRTpouch6.jpg
Zippered, could be used as coin purse, but never to be marred here.
The four previous images can be found at
http://www.worldofradio.com/QSL.html
to which all these are being added.
Plus a square coaster with rounded corners showing Topkapi Palace from
the outside, different from previous ones, but with the same 3-D-ish
overlay diffraxion grid:
http://www.w4uvh.net/TRTTop.jpg
I have won another Question of the Month contest! Last entered a few
months ago. Do they keep track of each winner`s previous prizes? Also
a card with TRT SW schedule on one side, satellite sked on the other.
Nothing about programming.
The envelope itself is a keeper, really a cover with a real postage
stamp on it honoring TRT on its fiftieth anniversary (is that all??):
http://www.w4uvh.net/TRTcover.jpg
Stamp says Bir Asra Dogru (minus the diacritics) which Google
immediately translates as ``toward a century``, but only halfway.
Closeup of the stamp and postmark, 02.06.2014 which means it took only
a dekaday to arrive (background not really bluish as this came out):
http://www.w4uvh.net/TRTstamp.jpg
While I`m at it, also adding linx from the QSL page to older items:
Türkçe Vizion view of a collosseum event:
http://www.w4uvh.net/TRTcal1.jpg
2013 calendar on other side of above:
http://www.w4uvh.net/TRTcal2.jpg
Cappadocia coaster from 2012, with faces in the rocks?:
http://www.w4uvh.net/TRTCap.jpg
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1726, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
[and non]. 13635, June 15 at 0611, Turkish music from TRT; fair
signal, but too much ACI from 13630 Australia. Turkey making it now
tnx to solsticial conditions, 500 kW, 310 degrees USward.
9770 & 9870, June 16 at 0112, both Spanish frequencies from Voice of
Turkey are missing: nothing on 9770, weak signal on 9870, probably
India. Yet neighbors on 30m are propagating well: Romania, Egypt.
Still nothing at several more chex, until at 0151, now they are both
on as the Spanish hour is almost over! Both good with music, 0154
sign-off in non-stilted Spanish as La Voz de Turquía, 0155
``volveremos mañana a la misma hora en la misma frecuencia``, brief IS
to 0156*. Would that be at 0151 or 0100? Power failures at Emirler?
Operators fall asleep? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** UKRAINE. VIDEO: Radio Tower Damaged in Ukraine --- Seguimos
padeciendo los desmanes. Los que se las prometieron muy felices
desmontando la OC están viendo que, la alternativa con emisoras
locales, muchas veces son aventuras mucho más costosas... ¡Pero la
estulticia no tiene límites y los engreídos europeos piensan que todo
el mundo está hecho de la misma pasta y, por consiguiente, con la
misma idiocia!
CORDIALES SALUDOS / GOOD LUCK /
JUAN FRANCO CRESPO * STAMP JOURNALIST (AIPET), SÀLVIA 8 (MAS
CLARIANA), E-43800 VALLS-TARRAGONA (ESPAÑA-SPAIN-ESPAGNE-SPANIEN),
June 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.:
El Jueves 12 de junio de 2014 16:04, FEBC escribió:
A RADIO TOWER FEBC USES GOES OFFLINE AS FIGHTING IN UKRAINE
INTENSIFIES
http://www.febc.org/febc-radio-tower-goes-offline-fighting-ukraine-intensifies
Explosions have rocked the hillside by our Eastern Ukrainian radio
tower, suspending all radio transmissions due to damage sustained
during increased fighting between pro-Russian separatists and the
Ukrainian central government.
The tower is located in the twin cities of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk,
which have been especially hard-hit in recent weeks. Hundreds have
died and thousands have been evacuated from the area. Learn more about
the on-going situation in Ukraine by watching this video.
The tower is located in the twin cities of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk, a
region especially hard-hit in recent weeks.
Despite the election of a new president, fighting continues. Hundreds
of people have died and thousands evacuated. During this time of
crisis, our workers in Eastern Ukraine helped evacuate families who
adopted children from the area.
A church we partner with is now occupied by rebels, which has become a
battleground of death and destruction. After several tense talks with
the rebels, our director in Slavyansk is safe, but tensions remain
high.
FEBC has been actively broadcasting in Ukraine for the past two
decades through local stations. In 2012, our first FM station was
opened in Slavyansk and Kramatorsk, drawing many to the Lord.
While this station is currently offline due to sustained damage, FEBC
continues to broadcast in other parts of Ukraine, bringing the Good
News to millions in a country trying to recover from 70 years of
communism and 20 years of corruption and moral disarray.
Ukraine is at a critical crossroads: politically, economically, and
spiritually. It’s more important than ever that we are on the ground,
proclaiming Jesus as Lord and Savior.
Far East Broadcasting Company P.O. Box 1 La Mirada CA 90637
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Information from Far East Broadcasting Company (via Juan Franco
Crespo, Spain, June 12, DXLD) marketing? Jesus?
** U K. 5450, Military One Times Net Information Broadcast, the USB
mode, 0106 to 0141 with numerous IDs, but the best one was at 0141,
SINFO=2,5,2,4,2, I heard the weather report for Kandahar, no
information available (Afghanistan) at 0125 (John Davis, northeast of
Columbus OH, the 1000A and the 42’ Windom antenna connected to the
637’ long wire. 6/1/2014, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD)
** U K [non]. Suspended transmissions of BBC World Service to Thailand
0100-0300 on 11600 SNG 100 kW / 000 deg to SEAs English May 26-June 9
0300-0500 on 7370 NAK 250 kW / non-dir to SEAs English May 26-June 9
0500-1100 on 11700 SNG 250 kW / 000 deg to SEAs English May 26-June 9
(DX RE MIX NEWS #857 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, June 17, 2014,
dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1726, DXLD)
You won't want to watch this silly video on the new BBC global
audience estimate:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeC3tyWZMa4&feature=youtu.be
(Dr. Hansjoerg Biener, June 18, DXLD)
The following website has some good BBC transmitter hall photos:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/russell_w_b/2512456492/
(James Mills, June 16, shortwavesites yg via DXLD)
LIGHTS OUT AT BUSH HOUSE --- Glenn, This feature in the New Yorker's
"Photo Booth" feature is worth a look:
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2014/06/lights-out-at-the-bbc-bush-house.html#slide_ss_0=1
Also, you might like the short story posted today on the magazine's
Web site, "The Night Andropov Died." Regards, (Chuck Albertson,
Seattle, June 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) The slide show unseems behind a
paywall (gh)
** U K. Radio Caroline - House of Commons - Early Day Motion 97
http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2014-15/97
RADIO CAROLINE'S 50TH BIRTHDAY
* Session: 2014-15
* Date tabled: 12.06.2014
* Primary sponsor: Crouch, Tracey
* Sponsors:
Jackson, Glenda
Dobbin, Jim
That this House congratulates Radio Caroline on its 50th birthday this
year; calls on Ofcom to exhaust all avenues in making the provisions
available to celebrate its birthday by broadcasting on a medium wave
frequency which appears unwanted by both the BBC and commercial
operators as a broadcast platform; expresses its disappointment that,
having pioneered commercial radio in the UK and for the past decade
being a fully licensed broadcaster, Radio Caroline, a cornerstone of
British radio history, until now has been denied by Ofcom the
opportunity to secure a medium wave frequency from which to broadcast;
and regrets that as a result its devoted listeners are confined to
listening to Radio Caroline via the internet and unable to enjoy its
musical offerings in transit.
From Wikipedia:
An early day motion (EDM), in the Westminster system, is a motion,
expressed as a single sentence, tabled by Members of Parliament that
formally calls for debate "on an early day". In practice, they are
rarely debated in the House and their main purpose is to draw
attention to particular subjects of interest. EDMs may not be signed
by government ministers, Parliamentary Private Secretaries or the
Speaker of the House of Commons. EDMs remain open for signature for
the duration of the parliamentary session.
EDMs can be tabled on matters ranging from trivial or humorous topics
to those of great importance. The censure motion by which the Labour
Government of James Callaghan was ejected had its origin in an early
day motion (no. 351 of 1978–79), put down on 22 March 1979, by
Margaret Thatcher.
MPs may ensure the text of an EDM is printed in Hansard by mentioning
it by number in questions to the Leader of the House of Commons after
the Business Statement (normally on a Thursday when the house is in
session). More at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_day_motion
(via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)
** U S A. THE DANGER TO VOICE OF AMERICA IS MAINTAINING THE STATUS QUO
The June 8 editorial "An independent voice" discounted the problems
plaguing U.S. international broadcasting and understated the need for
fundamental reform.
While our foes are working 24/7 to demonize the United States, the
management of our international broadcasting meets once a month.
Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton rightfully called U.S.
international broadcasting "practically defunct." That is why the
House Foreign Affairs Committee recently passed bipartisan legislation
to overhaul it.
As the legislation recognizes, we should be aligning our broadcasting
efforts with our foreign policy objectives -- the taxpayer-funded
Voice of America is not just another news outlet. The editorial
overlooked that this is consistent with VOA's current mandate, which
requires the organization to "present the views of the United States
government" and "be consistent with the broad foreign policy
objectives of the United States."
Mandating quarterly meetings with the State Department is hardly a
slippery slope to propaganda. Indeed, the secretary of state is a
member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, the VOA's parent body.
And as far as an "exodus" of journalists from the VOA? Their own union
calls the "status quo . . . more dangerous to the existence of the VOA
than the enactment of this Bill."
Freedom of information around the world is essential for our national
security objectives. The real "dangerous step" would be to do nothing.
Edward R. Royce, Washington
The writer, a Republican, represents California's 39th District in the
House, where he chairs the Foreign Affairs Committee (Washington Post
via Mike Cooper, June 12, DXLD)
VOICE OF AMERICA REQUIRES OUR SUPPORT
Regarding the June 8 editorial "An independent voice":
The Voice of America (VOA) has a twofold mission: to present the
policies of the United States and responsible discussion of and
opinion on these policies; and to serve as a consistently reliable,
authoritative source of news.
These two missions are inextricably joined: VOA audiences must be
confident in the truthfulness of what they hear in news broadcasts
before they will accept as legitimate what they hear in other
programming.
The VOA has been a vital instrument of public diplomacy. In many areas
of the world, it has often been the only instrument available for the
United States to communicate with foreign audiences. That is no less
true today than in 1959.
Hans N. Tuch, Bethesda --- The writer was deputy director of the Voice
of America from 1976 to 1981
(Washington Post via Mike Cooper, June 16, DXLD)
** U S A. WASTE AND ABUSE OF POWER AT THE BROADCASTING BOARD OF
GOVERNORS, ACCORDING TO AUDIT — FOREIGN POLICY BLOG REPORTS
June 17, 2014 - BBGWatcher - Featured News, Hot Tub Blog, Media
Reports --- BBG Watch Commentary
Audit of the Broadcasting Board of Governors Administration and
Oversight of Acquisition Functions [caption?]
We feel sorry for new Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) chairman
Jeff Shell and all current BBG members. They have inherited a mess.
But they shouldn’t feel sorry for International Broadcasting Bureau
(IBB) and Voice of America (VOA) executives, many of them still around
in key positions, who have created this mess.
These officials should have been dismissed or reassigned to small,
windowless offices in the basement of the Cohen building. The BBG
Board could then tell Congress that at least all key IBB and VOA
people responsible for this fiasco are no longer in charge and new
managers are being appointed to deal with the problem.
As it is, there is a new three-person interim management team at IBB,
but some key executives are still firmly in charge of various parts of
the IBB bureaucracy where they had created these problems. There has
been no management change at the Voice of America at all, and no
accountability.
Waste and Abuse of Power at the Broadcasting Board of Governors,
According to Audit — Foreign Policy Blog reports
Not even a year after its last scandal, the U.S. Broadcasting Board of
Governors (BBG) is accused of wasting taxpayer money — again. The
State Department and BBG’s inspector general revealed mismanagement
and abuse of power in a new audit released Tuesday, Reid Standish
reports in Foreign Policy Blog.
READ MORE: Waste and Abuse of Power at the Broadcasting Board of
Governors, According to Audit, By Reid Standish, Foreign Policy Blog,
June 17, 2014.
http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2014/06/17/waste_and_abuse_of_power_at_the_broadcasting_board_of_governors_according_to_audit
(BBG Watch blog via DXLD) Viz.:
The BBG, an independent federal agency responsible for international
broadcasting, caught flack last July for its expensive aerial program
aimed at Cuba that less than 1 percent of Cubans listen to.
The new audit outlines how the BBG contracts department, which is
responsible for planning and managing supplies, services, and
construction for BBG's affiliates, awarded contracts based on personal
connections and used contractors without prior approval, thereby
violating the Antideficiency Act. The audit goes on to state that the
BBG's use of these contractors resulted in $431,502 that was not
certified and $51,140 that was not available when the contractors
began working.
The mismanagement did not stop there, though. The audit also details a
laundry list of other violations, such as how the BBG failed to make
the contract process open and competitive, resulting in $419,020 of
funds that were mismanaged through poor planning and a whopping $3.5
million in costs incurred because of unsupported contract pricing.
Similarly, the inspector general found that the BBG did not comply
with Federal Acquisition Regulation requirements, which led to $24,325
in additional costs from a lack of contract oversight and $475,347 in
unauthorized commitments.
The mismanaged amount dwarfs that at the center of the AeroMartí
controversy. AeroMartí is broadcast by plane -- to the tune of $24
million over six years -- but the Cuban government routinely jams the
plane's broadcasts. To its credit, the BBG wants to ground AeroMartí,
but anti-Castro lawmakers block legislative attempts to defund it.
The BBG, through its affiliates such as Voice of America, Radio Free
Europe/Radio Liberty, the Middle East Broadcasting Networks, and the
Office of Cuba Broadcasting, provides news and information to more
than 175 million people in 59 languages with a variety of radio,
television, and online programming. The news outlets under the BBG's
purview have evolved in purpose over the years, from countering Nazi
and Japanese propaganda during World War II to defusing communist
spin. After the Cold War, the outlets took on a more traditional news
role. However, a House bill aiming to force the affiliates, most
notably Voice of America, to explicitly support the U.S. government
and its policies is pending in Congress.
In the audit's wake, the inspector general made a series of
recommendations to prevent repeat incidents and is developing new
accountability mechanisms for the BBG (via WORLD OF RADIO 1726, DXLD)
** U S A [non]. 15440, June 17 at 1300, very poor, ``Voice of America,
Washington DC, signing off`` and Yankee-Doodle-Dandy IS. Thus
concludes the Vatican Radio relay in Russian via Tinang, PHILIPPINES,
as VOA obviously has no shame, no qualms about violating Separation of
Church and State (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
{In case anyone doesn`t get what I am talking about, a USG entity
giving preferential treatment to ANY one particular religion opens
itself to (justifiable) claims by ALL other religions [and non
religions] that they should also get access to IBB facilities! --- gh}
** U S A. Hello friends, I apologize for the delay in responding to
your emails from the past few weeks. After returning from travels in
May, my audience research duties have greatly expanded (in quantity,
not in importance). Furthermore, at home, I have installed a new PC
running Windows 7, and applications crash nearly every time I open
them. (Fldigi is an interesting exception: it's usually stable.) This
PC problem and finding a solution are cutting into my productivity.
I will resume sending emails as soon as I get home this afternoon,
probably starting with program 62 and working my way back in time.
VOA Radiogram for 14-15 June 2014 (program 63) is MFSK32, with a
couple of surprises at the end... (Kim Elliott, June 13, via roger,
dxldyg via DXLD)
"...couple of surprises" ? Sorry, but I could not find really
surprising things --- but better that nasty surprises. ;-)
http://www.rhci-online.de/VoA_Radiogram_2014-06-14.htm
("....and applications crash nearly every time I open them" This all
have probably cost money, that is the difference............) (roger,
Germany, June 16, dxldyg via DXLD)
ALWAYS well worth looking at Roger`s pages, especially for the hi-def
ham DRM images appended (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. [re 14-24, Jerry Lenamon visiting Greenville] Hi Glenn, my
comment on
> Using GE and Bing, I've examined the 2700 acre antenna field.
I've done the same, and found on GE image 31 Jan 2012
- I couldn't see the 2nd slewable TCI, which Jerry mentioned.
GR-A 17 rhombics
1 LPH at Bethany 305degr ?
17 curtains
GR-B 14 rhombics
1 LPH at Bethany 305degr ?
14 curtains
1 TCI 160deg slewable ± 12 / 24degr
azimuths are in degrees
32 45 55 67 91 94 146 {160±} 164 174 183 202 205 225 236 286 305
correction
10 32 45 55 67 91 94 146 {160±} 164 174 183 190 202 205 225 236 286
305
and also 10 / 190degr bi-directional
rhombics are also bi-directional 45/225, 55/235deg,
curtains are 91deg, rhombics 94deg.
I found also older remain installations on - probably - feed towards
northwesterly Bethany OH 305deg, and Dixon/Delano CA 286deg.
What purpose is the MW sidefire 4 mast antenna on Site-B?
and Greenville receiving site at
35 37'56.76"N 77 29'01.21"W too
73 wolfy (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
It just occurred to me why I couldn't find the rhombic aimed at Mexico
City (225 ). It's hiding in plain sight. 45 + 180 = 225. The azimuth
sheet Macon made even shows it. BR03 is listed with a target of Prague
plus it's also listed with a target of Mexico City.
There are a couple of problems with this scenario; the feeds and
terminations don't seem right. A terminated rhombic is fed at the back
end, the end away from the beam and the termination is connected at
the front end, the end toward the beam.
There are two rhombics (#16 and #17) aimed at 45 . A very close look
at #16 shows a termination line at the 45 end of the rhombic but the
feedline appears to go to the 225 end only. In other words, if it's
terminated then the directivity is only toward 45 .
The smaller rhombic (#17) is similar; the feed is at the 225 end.
However, on this one the termination line runs virtually the entire
length of the antenna. The termination support posts could (possibly)
carry an extra feed line. Again, I see no evidence of a separate feed
at the 45 end which would allow a uni-directional beam toward Mexico
City.
Antenna #8, the one listed as having an azimuth of 3 and 183 clearly
has a feed line at the 3 end. In fact the closer I look at #8 the
less it looks as though it is switchable. I don't see any mechanism or
enclosure to house a switch to route the feed to one end or the other.
So, unless there are feeds that are unclear on GE or there is a switch
to take out the termination I still don't see an azimuth of 225 . JL
(Jerry Lenamon, June 11, via Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD)
Thanks Jerry, re GA and GB sites. I looked into old frequency
operation tables and WRTH's, on VOA, RFE, AFRTS, UN Radio, and
Organization American States broadcasts to Latin America.
But still left some question remain. My guess is, that the log-
periodics 305deg and 286deg are FORMERLY for feed services from
Greenville to Bethany OH, Dixon and Delano CA in the past.
One of the 305deg LPH has been moved some 225-230 meters northerly to
free space for feeder lines and new antenna on Santiago 174deg
curtain.
Also was used as feeder for decades before satellite feed came in
favour: feeder services in ssb mode from Greenville by 40 kW only, to
Tatsfield UK receiving station - for Woofferton UK relay;
to Ueberacker receiving station site west of Munich to feed-relay via
Ismaning 35 kW Collins ssb txs to RIAS Berlin, VOA Rhodes, Tangiers
and Thessaloniki, or from Holzkirchen to RFE Gloria and RL Playa de
Pals.
Re MEX 225 / 235deg, check carefully all images
91 / 94 degr: Early days list show GR always as 94degr, but later also
UNO Radio etc. in 19 mb as 15410 kHz noted later as 91 degree
curtains, in \\ to still 94 degree azimuth of rhombics.
Next to the two red pins on Site-A I wonder older installation poles,
as well as 174degr antenna design - probably - slewable installation
???? please comments...
What purpose is the MW sidefire 4 mast antenna on Site-B? Is that a R
Marti progr reserve unit for replace R Marti FL in emergency
thunderstorm hurricane time? vy73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, via DXLD)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1725 monitoring: confirmed on WBCQ 7490
webcast, Thursday June 12 at 2100, but inaudible here on 7490v itself;
how is it further east, even in Europe off the back? Simultaneously
confirmed on WTWW-1 9475: good signal but noticeably weaker than WTWW-
2 9930 with BS; must not be running full power on #1.
Also confirmed on WWRB, 5050, UT Friday June 13 at 0329:28 after a
respectful pause of 78 seconds from the interruption of the previous
g.h. Unfortunately, once again this week, the SW transmission is
overmodulated, distorted. Have asked Dave to turn down the volume.
OTOH, the webcast this week altho running, is totally silent, rather
than very soft requiring turning up the volume. Next:
Sat 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio, 7265-CUSB. How is reception
this summer in Europe?
Sat 2330 on WTWW, 9930
UT Sun 0030 on WRMI, 9495
UT Sun 0400 on WTWW, 5830
UT Mon 0300 on Area 51 via WBCQ, 5109v-CUSB; etc.
Full schedule including many more webcasts, AM, FM and satellite:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
WORLD OF RADIO 1725 monitoring: confirmed resumed on WTWW-2, 9930,
Saturday June 14 at 2330; also on WTWW-1, 5830, UT Sunday June 15 at
0400, both very good signals. The UT Sunday 0030 airing on WRMI-9,
9495, played back the previous show, 1724, as usually but not always
happens. Next:
UT Monday 0300 on Area 51 via WBCQ, 5109v-CUSB
Tuesday 1100 on WRMI, 9955
Wednesday 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio, 7265-CUSB
Wednesday 1315 on WRMI, 9955
Wednesday 2100 on WBCQ, 7489v
[and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1725 monitoring: confirmed on Area 51
webcast UT Monday June 16 starting 2 minutes early at 0258. OMG! I
said ``recorded May 12`` in the intro instead of June 12. But soon
obviously with the latest info, not month-old. (I also caught myself
writing May -- on some of my recent logs instead of June --; hope I
got those corrected before publication.) Also audible poorly on 5109v-
CUSB.
Ivo Ivanov confirms that the source of the off-frequency Chinese het
QRM to 9955 WRMI at +1230-1300* I have been hearing for the past week,
is indeed TAIWAN, but it`s the 250 kW Paochung site relaying Radio
France Internationale, 352 degree beam. This replaces 23-24 UT, which
had been the less troublesome collision with WRMI. So it`s QRMing WOR
not only Thursdays at 1230 but Tuesdays at 1100 before I awaken (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1726, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
WORLD OF RADIO 1725 monitoring: confirmed the 1100 Tuesday broadcasts
in WRMI 9955 at 1120 check June 17: VG signal, no jamming audible, but
with CCI from France via TAIWAN in Chinese still unnecessarily a few
Hz away, surging during WRMI fades. Next:
Wednesday 0630 on Hamburger Lokalradio, 7265-CUSB
Wednesday 1315 on WRMI, 9955
Wednesday 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio, 7265-CUSB
Wednesday 2100 on WBCQ, 7490v
WORLD OF RADIO 1725 monitoring: confirmed after 1315 UT Wednesday June
18 on WRMI 9955, no CCCCI now but signal only fair aimed away from us.
Next: Wednesday 2100 on WBCQ 7490v. I hope to have 1726 ready for
first airing UT Thursday 0330 on 9955.
WORLD OF RADIO 1726 monitoring: confirmed first airing, UT Thursday
June 19 at 0330+ on WRMI 9955; fair signal generally above pulse
jamming level; tnx a lot, Arnie! Also confirmed June 19 at 1230 on
WRMI after gh/WRMI ID. Still atop but with CCCCI [Chinese language co-
channel interference] from RFI via TAIWAN several Hz away also causing
a low rumble. How long will it take to get them to move? Next:
Thu 2100 on WBCQ 7490v
Thu 2100 on WTWW 9475
UT Fri 0326v on WWRB 5050
Sat 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB
Sat 2330 on WTWW 9930
UT Sun 0030 on WRMI 9495 (usually previous episode)
UT Sun 0400 on WTWW 5830
UT Mon 0300v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB (last week from 0258)
Tue 1100 on WRMI 9955
Wed 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB
Wed 1315 on WRMI 9955
Wed 2100 on WBCQ 7490v
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1726, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9955, WRMI, Radio Miami Int'l (presumed); 1120, 7-June;
English Wavescan DX program; new huxter station in Madagascar coming--
joy! SIO=4+23- with buzz pulser jammer (Harold Frodge, Midland MI,
USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW,
All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
9955 at 1230-1300* June 12, now WRMI has CCI from Chinese making low
audible heterodyne, probably TAIWAN; see WOR report. At 1259 WRMI fill
music and Bob Zanotti ID from Switzerland: now he has redone it to
insert the first `dot` into www.wrmi.net! I remain mystified why so
many otherwise savvy people tend to omit that dot after www when
citing websites, but never the final dot.
9955, June 13 at 0602, nice familiar filler music medley, polka from
WRMI instead of BS, why? Over lite pulse jamming. BS remains blasting
in on 11825, 7570, but we`re grateful that some other BS/WRMI
frequencies remain rather weak here, 11730, 7730, 5015, 5950 even in
the nightmiddle; those must efficiently beam away from us.
17700, June 13 at 1418, surprised to hear a good signal here, ``Sweet
Bye & Bye`` instrumental hymn; 1420 some salsa with English lyrix,
1424 soul music. Guess what? 17790 is missing and this is the kind of
fill music Radio Africa Network typically plays: yes, got to be that,
mis-punched frequency, 1434 with preacher on I Corinthians. For now it
doesn`t really matter as nothing else is on 17700, but at 1523 I can
barely hear Vatican Radio SMG under it with SAH, Hausa scheduled 1500-
1530. Catholix vs Protestants, or something! Clear again after 1530
per HFCC. 17700 is still running RAN/WRMI at 1810.
21525, June 13 at 1811, very poor signal from Brother Scare; tnx to
tip from Bob LaRose in S California who IDed it as WRMI. He said it
was very good, better than BS on 21600 WHRI, but not here, both VP:
too close? 21525 still not on the WRMI frequency grid which has not
been updated since June 4; nor is 17700. WRMI initially planned to use
21525 when it took over Okeechobee last December, but had a problem
with matching the antenna or some such. So this may be a test, but it
seems to be working now (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1726, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
17700, June 13 at 2011, R. Africa via WRMI is still here instead of
17790, presumably until QSY to 15190 time at 2100. Tomorrow back on
17790? Yes! At 1401 check June 14. Ivo Ivanov points out that the SMG
transmission at 1500-1530 on 17700 is not Vatican Radio but VOA relay
in Hausa:
Voice of America in Hausa to WeAf 1527 on 17700 Santa Maria di Galeria
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9ywhDbfuK4&feature=youtu.be
9955, Sat June 14 at 1251, Jeff White talking about Flagler and his
overseas railroad down the Keys, so must be `Viva Miami` as scheduled
this quarter-hour; still with annoying low audible het from presumed
TAIWAN usurping frequency at least during this semi-hour. Jeff also
says the show I heard on Sunday at 1230 with the same problem was not
`Wavescan` but another `Viva Miami` (which still doesn`t appear on the
schedule grid dated May 31) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
WRMI with TOM on 21525 kHz (Replaces 17790? [no]) at 1700 UT. Noted
the last couple of days. Got positive ID today at 1700 UT. I did not
see this change on their new frequency schedule. Decent signal here in
WCNA (better than WHRI 21600). (Bob LaRose, San Diego, June 13, dxldyg
via WORLD OF RADIO 1726, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
[and non]. 17790, SINGAPORE (Kranji), BBC WS 6/14, 1515. M in (listed)
Urdu and mixing equally with RMI Africa (via Okeechobee). Good, sans
QRM (Rick Barton, El Mirage, AZ, Slinky and random wire, Grundig
Satellit 750, Drake R8, Hammarlund HQ-200, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
9955, June 18 at 1245, AWR Wavescan via WRMI with segment recorded
from the May NASB meeting at VOA Greenville, host explaining how group
will split into two for tours inside and outside; more in subsequent
episodes. [see CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES]
Before closing, Jeff says that WRMI has some special programming for
month-long duration of the World Cup from sportsguy Bruce Baskin:
daily 60-second WC Today wrapups at 0259 & 1059 on 9955; weekly 15-
minute show on the Radio Africa Network transmitter 15190, Sundays at
2200, Mondays at 1300. 9955 still with CCCCI from France via TAIWAN
until 1300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5830 & 9475, June 13 at 0059, both WTWW-1 frequencies are
off, but WTWW-2 on 9930 and WTWW-3 on 12105 are on with usual
programming.
5085, June 14 at 0109, WTWW-2 has again made its night switch from
9930 earlier than WTWW-1, still on 9475, so bodes well for 23 hours
later, clearing 9925 for KBC.
5830, June 17 at 0558, WTWW-1 is off while WTWW-2 is on 5085; at 1119,
5830 is still off; at 1453, WTWW-1 is also off 9475, while WTWW-2 is
on 9930.
5085 & 5830, June 18 at 0604, both WTWW-2 and WTWW-1 are off. Next
check 1241, 5085 is off, already on 9930; and 5830 is on but with weak
signal, and modulation too distorted to understand, still thus at
1345. I fear the same will apply to 9475 once 5830 moves to that at
1400, but from *1400 it`s loud & clear as normal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
[and non]. PALAU/USA, 9930 TERRIBLE mixture of TOM USA and another
English sermon prayer on T8WH ch3 from Palau Medorn site in Pacific.
0925 UT June 18 (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 18, dxldyg
via DXLD) On this occasion, WTWW-2 evidently stayed on 9930 all night
instead of 5085 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7490.34, WBCQ Monticello ME (presumed); 1940-2001+, 11-June;
Old C&W & jazz tunes; into apparent huxter program at 2000; all vox
uncopyable. SIO=252, apparently having a problem. 15420 OK with sing-
song Aggressive Christianity huxtress (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA,
Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All
logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5109v-CUSB, June 13 at 0107, as best I can tell, WBCQ is not on here
tonight for another AWWW oldie, but operational on better 7490 and
best 9330-CUSB at 0126.
7490v, June 14 at 0132, `Allan Weiner Worldwide`, the only WBCQ
program which gets to be trimulcast, also on 9330v-CUSB but a few
words off synchronization, and also on 5110v-CUSB, a good many seconds
behind in strange feed routing configuration to what must be three
transmitters next to each other in Monticello. He`s running way long
this week over a sesquihour from 0000 start; addressing Mark Levin, a
far-right talkhost, and anticipating needed political changes this
November; and mailbag replies.
7490.1, June 16 at 0119, WBCQ has varied to about here, during BS,
while much stronger WRNO is still steady on 7505.2; preacher sounds
like Billy Graham, but I don`t think he would have been talking about
global warming, casting doubt. Maybe it`s Franklin (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. More and more wooden registrations of World Harvest Radio
from June 12:
0800-0900 7365 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg WeEu English Sat
0800-0830 11565 HRI 250 kW / 245 deg AUS English Sun, (now 0830-1000)
1200-1300 7385 HRI 100 kW / 025 deg ENAm English Mon-Thu/Sat
1200-1300 9840 HRI 100 kW / 025 deg ENAm English Fri/Sun
1300-1500 9495 HRI 100 kW / 173 deg SoAm Eng/Spa
1500-1600 9495 HRI 100 kW / 173 deg SoAm Eng/Spa Tue-Sun
1500-1600 17610 HRI 100 kW / 315 deg WNAm English Sun
2000-2100 7315 HRI 100 kW / 025 deg ENAm English
2100-2200 7315 HRI 100 kW / 025 deg ENAm English Tue-Sun
2100-2300 9840 HRI 100 kW / 025 deg ENAm English Mon
2200-2300 7385 HRI 100 kW / 025 deg ENAm English Tue-Thu/Sat/Sun
2200-2300 17610 HRI 100 kW / 315 deg WNAm English Mon
Previous wooden registrations of World Harvest Radio, all not active:
0500-0530 7385 HRI 100 kW / 315 deg WNAm English
1000-1100 15660 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg SEAs English
1300-1400 17760 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg WeEu English
2100-2200 15530 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg WeEu English Mon-Sat
2200-2230 11775 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg WeEu English Sat/Sun
2200-2230 15670 HRI 250 kW / 260 deg MEXI English Mon-Fri
2230-2400 11775 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg WeEu English (DX RE MIX NEWS #857
from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, June 17, 2014, dxldyg via DXLD)
** U S A. 1000, June 18 at 0615 UT, gospel huxter in English almost
zero-beat with KTOK OKC, about same level and mutually nullable, close
to 90 degrees apart, no doubt the oft-cheating KKIM Albuquerque NM, on
10 kW day power instead of legal 38 watts night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Glenn, KKIM has been a regular best heard close to SRS. Also noted
on day facilities on a regular basis is 1010 Amarillo and 1060
Farwell. I've been chasing 1530 New Boston but with Colorado Springs,
Shakopee, Cincinnati and now Norton clogging up the frequency I wonder
if I will ever hear it. Although tonight the K index is to hit 5 so
maybe I will have a chance. 73 (Todd Skaine, Woodbury MN, June 18, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
1060 KIJN Farwell TX (Spanish gospel) is a perpeptual cheater, but I
haven`t noticed 1010 KTNZ Amarillo (ESPN) (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)
** U S A. 1490, FLORIDA, WAFZ, Immokalee. 0719 June 16, 2014. "La Ley"
slogan, Mexi-tunes. Very poor on fade-ups and under WWPR, Bradenton
which is mostly black gospel these days. No ID but paralleled to the
WAFZ stream, which doesn't have a mobile app (Terry L Krueger,
Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1530, June 17 at 0559 UT, the two cheaters ID neatly one
after another: first, KCMN, Colorado Springs on the I-25 Radio
Network; then KLBW 1530.com, New Boston TX. Todd Skaine in MN reports
another 1530 daytimer on at night, KQNK Norton KS, not yet heard here
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Heard on 1700 last night at 2303 EDT, KNAA585 New York with
continuous loop and callsign mentioned over and over (Mike Bugaj,
Enfield, CT, Elad SDR and 40' long flag, 15 feet off the ground
running NE to SW. June 15, mwdx yg via DXLD)
** U S A. RADIO LEGEND CASEY KASEM DIES AT 82
http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/15/showbiz/casey-kasem-obit/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
Video clip there as well
73 Best of DX (via Shawn Axelrod VE4DX1SMA, VEPC4SWL, Winnipeg MB,
June 15, NRC-AM via DXLD) Plus many other obits in the mainstream
media
And a huge piece of my formative years is gone. Wasn't a Sunday that
went by from about 1977-83 that I didn't tune in to American Top 40.
During a time in my life that was oftentimes downright bewildering and
depressing, it was one of the few things to which I could actually
look forward. Those were shoes that couldn't be filled (although
Shadoe Stevens did try in 1988) and still can't be (IMHO, Ryan
Seacrest is just dreadful as a countdown host). Really, there's not
much more that I could add, except --- Casey, thank you for
everything. Sincerely, (Rick Dau (still keeping his feet in the ground
and still reaching for the stars) S Omaha, Nebraska, IRCA via DXLD)
** U S A. LPFM and AM Revitalization FCC Remarks
Read some of the FCC's remarks about both LPFM and AM Revitalization
efforts in this Radio World article:
http://www.radioworld.com/article/lpfm-the-little-engine-that-could/270879
While we focus on the impact of any regulatory changes from the
perspective of DX'ers, I'm also interested in how these efforts might
affect us as listeners and citizens. Providing increased localization
of media outlets is important, and should be mandated by regulation.
The airwaves are a vital natural resource, and their use should demand
that they be used in the service of the public, not just as a
commodity to make profit.
While LPFM aims to provide diversity and serve smaller populations,
around here those lofty aims don't usually last long. In order to
survive, they generally spiral towards more religious programming. A
market that is already well served by dozens of stations. It remains
to be seen if these small stations can reach enough of a market to
remain economically viable. -- 73, (Les Rayburn, N1LF, Maylene, AL,
EM63, June 16, NRC-AM via DXLD)
I think some groups figure the hard part is getting the license &
keeping the transmitter on the air. It isn't. The hard part is coming
up with programming that appeals to enough people to donate enough
money to pay the bills.
I don't think religious programming in itself is inherently wrong for
LPFMs. I had hoped the service would see *local* churches operating
stations to broadcast their services, and their choirs, and maybe a
loop of community & church news, something like that.
Unfortunately indeed all too many LPFMs are broadcasting *national*
religious programming. One nearby in Kentucky runs the EWTN satellite
feed. That simply wasn't the intent of the LPFM service.
I think the FCC messed up that element of the LPFM regulations. They
should have required some minimum proportion of the day's programming
be produced at studios within the station's coverage area. Doesn't
matter what the nature of that programming is, just that it be local.
== (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, WTFDA via DXLD)
Doug, I actually think a requirement that full powered stations, both
AM and FM produce a percentage of their programs locally would help to
revitalize radio as a medium. It also would serve the public interest.
And despite what the media barons might think, I believe it might even
be good for business. Mass-produced satellite delivered programming
has had the unintended consequence of creating a "vanilla" landscape
on the dial that doesn't provide compelling reasons for people to tune
in, or support advertisers.
LPFM was mostly a political solution designed to appease critics of
media ownership relaxation (like myself). No doubt engineered by the
NAB and others who knew that most of these stations would fail under
the burden of trying to be economically viable in an increasingly
competitive landscape -- without the benefit of a large coverage area
afforded to full power stations.
At 52, I'm starting to sound like a crusty old man, but I remember
when radio was so much more. A vital part of local life, it defined
our communities, and made them better places for all of us to live. I
fail to see how another hour of Shawn Hannity is contributing much to
public life. 73, (Les Rayburn, N1LF, June 17, ibid.)
** U S A. We have a new one on 87.7. If I do hear anything on this
frequency, it`s the 87.7 in Memphis, but today I hear a station from
Harbert Hills Academy in Olive Hill, Tennessee, relaying WDNX 89.1. It
has a good signal into Savannah, TN. Haven't checked at home yet
(Kevin Redding, Crump, TN, June 17, ABDX via DXLD)
Are they really 87.75, analog TV channel 6 audio? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
** UZBEKISTAN [and non]. US-BACKED UZBEK RADIO TEAMS UP WITH WIKIPEDIA
| Text of report by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) website
on 17 June
For decades, Uzbekistan has been counted among the world's most
restrictive societies, ranking at the bottom of surveys on fundamental
freedoms and human rights.
Far from being silenced by the country's rigid censorship regime,
RFE/RL's Uzbek Service, known locally as Radio Ozodlik, is pioneering
ways to collect and generate information for audiences eager for
knowledge and news.
Radio Ozodlik recently launched the OzodWiki project, a partnership
marrying the service's reporting capabilities with the resources of
the Uzbek edition of Wikipedia, the online, crowd-sourced
encyclopedia.
Like virtually every other independent information initiative,
Wikipedia is currently blocked inside Uzbekistan. The explanation is
simple, according to Alisher Sidikov, Uzbek Service director, who says
that in content and concept it is simply at odds with the country's
authoritarian order.
The OzodWiki project involves hyperlinking selected words and phrases
that are used in Radio Ozodlik reports to entries in Wikipedia where
they are defined and explored. The relationship is mutually
beneficial, enabling Ozodlik users to click through to expanded
information resources, while popularizing Wikipedia by driving new
topics and audience their way. In addition, Radio Ozodlik recommends
current topics for Wikipedia to define, while Wikipedia sources
content to Radio Ozodlik.
Sidikov explained that whenever possible, he seeks to publish reports
in step with Wikipedia's content to provide users with the fullest
possible understanding of current events and maximize readership for
both partners. This strategy was on display during the Euromaidan
demonstrations in Ukraine and Russia's annexation of Crimea in March:
Radio Ozodlik published a series of reports using the words
"Euromaidan" and "annexation," and Wikipedia posted entries explaining
the terms for its readers.
"It's a nice cooperation where we don't have to do background,"
Sidikov said. "There is a team of Wikipedia contributors who add the
background to those stories which are vital."
The partnership has generated related projects, including a regular
radio programme on Radio Ozodlik that highlights Wikipedia's main
contributors and topics for the week.
Since the launch of the partnership in February 2014, visits to
Wikipedia's Uzbek edition have risen 300 per cent, totalling
approximately 136,000 visits in April. Sidikov attributes much of the
growth to the discovery of Wikipedia by Radio Ozodlik visitors, and
the site's increased attention to current affairs.
In another measure of Wikipedia's new popularity, Sidikov says that
individuals have contacted it asking to write for the site.
The project has also raised Radio Ozodlik's visibility, since
Wikipedia frequently cites it as a source.
"When one day Wikipedia becomes accessible in Uzbekistan." said
Sidikov, "there is no doubt that people will be looking up information
based on Radio Ozodlik's reports."
The Uzbek version of Wikipedia, which currently logs upwards of
100,000 articles, is run by Nodir Atayev, who founded the site and
himself has contributed over 1000 entries. Atayev, 27, is a graduate
of the Soros-funded Central European University.
Sidikov said that Radio Ozodlik had been following the rise of
Wikipedia and the work of Atayev and his partners before embarking on
the project.
"You'll rarely see these types of people in our part of the world who
would do it for free and just for one vital cause, which is to add
information," he said. Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
website, Washington D.C., in English 17 Jun 14 (via BBCM via DXLD)
** VANUATU. 7259.962, Tentatively R. Vanuatu, Port Vila, weak S=6 or -
88dBm signal noted downunder in Australia at 0730 UT June 18 (Wolfgang
Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 18, dxldyg via DXLD)
** VIETNAM. 12019.113, Extreme odd frequency signal of Vietnam's Son
Tay site, VOV Hanoi in English, S=7 in Tokyo-JPN remote unit. 1230-
1300 UT operation slot heard at 1240 UT on June 13.
12000.0, Another Son Tay site service at same time, VOV in Russian,
some comment on Ukraine political separation trouble, and immense
Ukraine debts in Earth Gas order purchases from Russia in the past.
Several times some feed break happened between Hanoi broadcasting
house and tx center at Son Tay site (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX
TopNews June 13 via DXLD)
9635.754, V of Vietnam Son Tay outlet in Vietnamese, interview program
heard on SDR unit downunder in Australia at 0903 UT June 18, S=8 -
78dBm strength. News on Iraq civil war Suni against Shiit religion
nationals (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 18, dxldyg via
DXLD)
** WALES. BBC Radio Wales, Wrexham transmitter on 657 kHz seems to
sound rather distorted this morning (0645 UT 14/6). Noticeable on
speech, but music sounds terrible. 73's (Nick Rank, Buxton, UK, BDXC-
UK yg via DXLD)
** YEMEN. Radio Sana'a in English back on shortwave again on June 13:
1800-1900 on 6135 ALH 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME. Two videos on June 13
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8LEe4FyALo&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFmmCLD5EvM&feature=youtu.be
More videos of Radio Sana'a in English with very good reception,
1759-1859 6135 ALH 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME. Five videos from June 14:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/06/more-videos-of-radio-sanaa-in-english.html
73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m.
long wire, Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/ dxldyg via WORLD OF
RADIO 1726, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
June 14: Radio Sana'a in English to ME 1800 on 6135 Al Hiswah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy8Pfzn0V18&feature=youtu.be
Radio Sana'a in English to ME 1813 on 6135 Al Hiswah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98QAAMgJVV0&feature=youtu.be
Radio Sana'a in English to ME 1826 on 6135 Al Hiswah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx0f3n-AROc&feature=youtu.be
Radio Sana'a in English to ME 1845 on 6135 Al Hiswah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouN7upZPMZ0&feature=youtu.be
Radio Sana'a in English to ME 1856 on 6135 Al Hiswah MP4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4zbutJg-yg&feature=youtu.be
(Ivo Ivanov, ibid.)
UNIDENTIFIED. 960, June 16 at 0501 UT, Mexican NA is audible, and at
0502 `Let It Be`, orchestral Beatles tune, as so often heard during
the KGWA Fox-Hole of dead but hummy air. This sequence would almost
lead me to believe both musix are coming from XEK, but there is QRM
from others. One of these nights I`ll try to hear XEK webstream
instead, per Cantú:
http://216.251.77.56:9000/listen.pls
confirmed funxional at 1519 UT June 16 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) See MEXICO
UNIDENTIFIED. 9778.5-USB, June 14 at 0112, Spanish 2-way INTRUDERS,
het from algo on 9780 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Emissora em 9815 kHz - às 2240 horas UT. Amigos, qual
emissora transmite em mandarim ou talvez tibetano, das 2200 às 2300
horas UT, na frequência de 9815 kHz? Estava certo de que se tratava da
Radio Free Asia. Foi o que achei nesse site:
http://www.shortwaveschedule.com/index.php?freq=9815
Postei o vídeo no Youtube e depois enviei um informe de recepção com o
link do vídeo. A RFA disse me em e-mail que não se trata da mesma.
Grato por qualquer ajuda nesse sentido. Não achei nada no HFCC A14,
EIBI A14, lista Aoki A14 e Shortwave Info. Só achei no Shortwave
Schedule. 73! (Rubens Ferraz Pedroso (PY5-007SWL). Bandeirantes - PR,
12 June, radioescutas yg via DXLD)
A RFA estava aqui até o 22 de Abril: 22-24 UT via Kuwait em tibetano.
Então eles começaram a pular em muitas freqüências para evitar o
jamming chinês. Talvez eles voltaram a esta freqüência. 73, (Eike
Bierwirth, Alemanha, ibid.)
Valeu amigo pela ajuda. Para mim seria mesmo a RFA, mas uma
funcionária da emissora disse-me por e-mail que não é. Boas escutas.
73! (Rubens Ferraz Pedroso (PY5-007SWL), Bandeirantes - PR, ibid.)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9905, June 16 at 0111, very weak talk, LAH; mixing
product? Nothing listed on 9905 in Aoki except for half an hour per
week from T8WH and this isn`t it (Glenn Hauser, oK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 17762-USB, June 14 at 0127, 2-way in Luso Portuguese
accent, INTRUDERS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS
++++++++++++++++++++++++
ACKNOWLEDGED on WORLD OF RADIO 1726:
Gerald T Pollard, Raleigh NC, for a generous summer solstice check to
P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702.
TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED FUTURELY:
Glenn, still listening to the HF bands, all the while with Brother
Scare dominating the scene. "What Has God Wrought" with the shortwave
spectrum? Please announce my contribution, Chuck Ermatinger (accent on
first syllable, and I prefer a soft G). It'll be an ego-boost for me.
:-) (Chuck Ermatinger, MO, with a contribution via PayPal to woradio
at yahoo.com)
PUBLICATIONS
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LISTENING DIGEST)
CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
NASB MAY MEETING AT GREENVILLE
Re: We're still waiting for a full report on this year's NASB meeting
from their website and/or Jeff White (gh, dxld, June 11, via BC-DX)
Other than the news release and photos that we issued just after the
NASB meeting (on the NASB Facebook page
http://www.facebook.com/nasbshortwave
we don't plan to publish a detailed report on the meeting. There have
been a few good reports written by DXers who attended. And we are
presenting recordings from the meeting on Wavescan. We have already
broadcast a three-part interview with Ray Robinson and Jerry Plummer
in Greenville, the opening remarks, a video about IBB-Greenville, and
this weekend we have an excerpt from Kim Elliott's talk about
Radiogram. We will continue to broadcast excerpts from the meeting on
future editions of Wavescan (Jeff White, WRMI, June 19, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Latest photos from the meeting are here:
https://www.facebook.com/nasbshortwave/photos_stream
(gh, DXLD)
You`re invited! BORDERHUNTER SUMMER MEETING 2014 INFORMATION:
Hi Free Radio and pirate fans! It's already time for another one! From
the 4th to the 6th of July 2014, everyone of distinction in the scene
meets once again – both listeners and stations! On this particular
weekend, it’s provisionally planned that the next Borderhunter summer
meeting (well-known and well-loved across Europe) will take place in
the first week-end of July. Only those who already know about this
fantastic meeting, know what the home stayers miss.
As in every year, the question of where to stay overnight is no
problem! You can stay in a car, tent, caravan, hotel, B&B or at the
accommodation at the camp site (complete with beds, but bring a
sleeping bag) – everything can be brought along, as everything is best
provided for. The meeting begins officially on Saturday, as usual. In
addition, every year many hobbyists travel on Friday, which the boss
of the organisation also has no problem with. Everyone is always most
cordially welcome at any time!
You can safely leave your picnic basket at home with your mother – the
selection of meals and drinks is so vast, that you will be a little
bit heavier when you return home on Sunday! And all this and more at
affordable prices. However in order not to drive the meeting
organisation into financial ruin, there is a small contribution of 2
Euros per person which is obligatory.
Radio Borderhunter will organise a meeting for friends of the free
radio and pirate hobby, that is not only unique, but will also remain
unsurpassed – that we promise all hobbyists! In order that we can
better plan, we request that you let us know when you are coming, in
advance if possible. As we want to make sure that we have enough food
beforehand, for example.
Reservations, applications and questions should be directed to the
following e-mail address: summermeeting2014 @ hotmail.com
The exact route to the meeting will be given in advance. Most of you
will know it from previous years. Our motto for this meeting, as
always is: come, see, be amazed, be at home.
All free radio friends are cordially welcome at the BORDERHUNTER
SUMMER MEETING on the 4th until the 6th of July 2014!!! It’s a nice
present for yourself, don’t stay at home but meet a lot of other free
radio enthusiasts! 73s, (via Tom Taylor, June 15, WORLD OF RADIO 1726,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
W9DXCC DX CONVENTION AND BANQUET
(Press Release #2 6/8/14, Schaumburg, IL):
All DXers and guests are invited to attend the 62nd annual W9DXCC
DX Convention and Banquet September 19-20th, 2014, an ARRL approved
Operating Specialty Convention. The Northern Illinois DX Association,
sponsor of W9DXCC, has selected a new location with expanded capacity.
Activities begin on Friday with DX University for new and experienced
DXers. The Convention is Saturday with a full program, QSL checking,
exhibits, W9D on the air, CW pileup contest, and many prizes. The
Banquet Saturday evening is a time to relax with speaker ARRL First
Vice President Rick Roderick, K5UR, the DX Countdown, and grand
prizes. Hospitality suites and other related activities will continue.
For convenient nearby shopping, the famous regional Woodfield Mall
featuring nearly 300 stores and restaurants is directly south of the
hotel.
September, 19-20, 2014
Hyatt Regency Schaumburg
1800 East Golf Road
Schaumburg, IL 60173
DX-U – Friday, opens at 8:30 AM. -- A full day of exciting topics:
Software, Propagation, Station Engineering, DX Contesting,
Pileups, QSLing, and Conquering a Small Lot.
PROGRAMS – Saturday, opens at 8:00 AM.
"The Amsterdam Island FT5ZM DXpedition", Ralph Fedor, K0IR
"Topband DXpedition Operations, comparing the 160 meter operations
from Amsterdam and Wake Island", Craig Thompson, K9CT
"DXpeditions for the Rest of Us", Jim Fitzpatrick, WI9WI
"DXpeditions and the 21 st Century Dynamics", Bob Allphin, K4UEE
"Cycle 24 Update, FT5ZM Skewed Paths, Maunder Minimum and More",
Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA
"ARRL Roundtable Discussion", ARRL First Vice President Rick
Roderick, K5UR; ARRL Central Division Director Dick Isely,
W9GIG and DX Advisory Committee, Jim O’Connell, W9WU
REGISTRATION -- Go to and click Registration.
Registration is open now via PayPal or download the form and
send a check. Early registration ends August 1st. Banquet
orders must be received by September 13th. Click Location &
Lodging for hotel reservations.
UPDATES -- Check often for new developments.
(via Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1167, June 16, 2014, Editor Tedd
Mirgliotta, KB8NW, Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio), via Dave
Raycroft, ODXA yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1726, DXLD)
WORLD OF HOROLOGY
+++++++++++++++++
RUSSIA ======== WINTER TIME
-------------------------
adopted in the first reading
FEDERAL LAW
On Amending the Federal Law
"The calculus of time"
Article 1
The Federal Law of June 3, 2011 ? 107-FZ "On the Calculation of Time"
(Collected Legislation of the Russian Federation, 2011, ? 23, p. 3247)
as follows:
1) Paragraph 2 of Article 11 shall read as follows:
"time zone - part of the territory of the Russian Federation, on which
a single time established by this federal law";
2) Edit Article 4 part 5 as follows:
"5. Daylight Savings Time is not implemented.";
3) Article 5:
Part 1 shall read as follows:
"On the territory of the Russian Federation established time zones
whose boundaries are formed based on the borders of the Russian
Federation, the territories forming each time zone, and the manner of
time in time zones.";
Part 2 deemed null and void;
Part 3 shall read as follows:
"3. Moscow time is the starting time when calculating local time in
time zones. Moscow time corresponds to the time zone in the third
national time scale of the Russian Federation UTC (SU) +3. Numerical
values ??of the local time in different time zones differ by an
integer number of hours. Local while in the Russian Federation the
same time zone equally. Scores minutes and seconds in all time zones
of the same.
add Part 4 as follows:
"On the territory of the Russian Federation establishes the following
time zones and their corresponding time values??:
1 hour zone (Moscow time minus 1 hours ago): Kaliningrad region;
2 time zone (Moscow time): Republic of Adygea, Republic of Dagestan,
Republic of Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria Republic, Republic of
Kalmykia, Karachay-Cherkessia Republic, Republic of Karelia, Republic
of Mari El, Republic of Mordovia, Republic of Severnaya Ossetia –
Alania, Republic of Tatarstan, Udmurtia Republic, Chechen Republic,
Chuvash Republic, Krasnodarskiy kray, Stavropolskiy kray,
Arkhangelskaya oblast, Astrakhanskaya oblast, Belgorodskaya oblast,
Bryanskaya oblast, Vladimirskaya oblast, Volgogradskaya oblast,
Vologdskaya oblast, Voronezhskaya olast, Ivanovskaya oblast,
Kalugskaya oblast, Kirovskaya oblast, Kostromskaya oblast, Kurskaya
oblast, Leningradskaya oblast, Lipetskaya oblast, Moskovskaya oblast,
Murmanskaya oblast, Nizhenovgorodskaya oblat, Novgorodskaya oblast,
Orlovskaya oblast, Pskovskaya oblast, Rostovskaya oblast, Ryazanskaya
oblast, Samarskaya oblast, Saratovskaya oblast, Smolenskaya oblast,
Tambovskaya oblast, Tverskaya oblast, Tulskaya oblast,
Ulyanovskayaoblast, Yaroslavskaya oblast, city of federal importance
Moscow and St. Petersburg, Nenetskiy Autonomny Okrug;
3 time zone (Moscow time plus 1 hour): Republic of Bashkortostan, Komi
Republic, Permskiy kray, Orenburgskaya oblast;
4 time zone (Moscow time plus 2 hours): Kurganskaya oblast, Omskaya
oblast, Sverdlovskaya oblast, Tyumenskaya oblast, Chelyabinskaya
oblast, Khanty-Mansi Autonomny Okrug - Yugra and Yamal-Nenetskiy
Autonomny Okrug;
5 time zone (Moscow time plus 3 hours): Republic of Altai, Altaisky
kray, Kemerovskaya oblast, Novosibirskaya oblast, Tomskaya oblast;
6 time zone (Moscow time plus 4 hours): Republic of Tyva, Republic of
Khakassia, Krasnoyarskiy kray;
7 time zone (Moscow time plus 5 hours): Republic of Buryatia, Republic
of Sakha (Yakutia) (Aldanskiy, Amginskiy, Anabarskiy, Bulunskiy,
Verkhnevilyuiskiy, Viliuiskiy, Gorny, Zhigansky nationalny evenkiy,
Kobjajskiy Lenskiy, Megino-Kangalasskiy, Mirninskiy, Namskiy,
Neryungrinskiy, Nyurbinskiy, Olekminskiy, Oleneksky evenkiyskiy
nationalny, Suntarskiy, Tattinsiky, Tomponskiy, Ust-Aldanskiy, Ust-
Maiskiy, Khangalasskiy, Churapchinskiy and Eveno-Bytantaiskiy
nationalny ulus (rajon), the city of republican significance Yakutsk),
Zabaykalskiy kray, Irkutskaya oblast;
8 time zone (Moscow time plus 6 hours): Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
(Verkhoyanskiy, Oymyakonskiy and Ust-Janskiy ulus (rajon), Primorskiy
krai, Khabarovskiy kray, Amurskaya oblast, Evreyskaya Autonomnaya
oblast;
9 time zone (Moscow time plus 7 hours): Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
(Abyiskiy, Allaikhovskiy, Verkhnekolymskiy, Momskiy, Nizhnekolymskiy
and Srednekolymskiy ulus (rajon), Sakhalinskaya oblast;
10 time zone (Moscow time plus 7 hours): Kamchatkiy krai, Magadanskaya
oblast, Chukotkiy Autonomny okrug.
Article 2
The present Federal Law shall enter into force on October 26, 2014 at
2:00 00 minutes.
http://asozd2.duma.gov.ru/work/dz.nsf/ByID/6C0FB7261F1D541C43257CBA0030A223/$File/%D0%97%D0%90%D0%9A%D0%9E%D0%9D%D0%9E%D0%9F%D0%A0%D0%9E%D0%95%D0%9A%D0%A2.DOC?OpenElement
(Viktor Rutkovskiy, Ekaterinburg, Russia / “open_dx” via RusDX June 15
via DXLD)
So if Moscow time is UT +3 in winter, the other zones range from UT +2
in the extreme west to UT +13 in the farthest east. The question is,
whether there will still be DST in the summer advancing all these by
one hour? For a while previously, some zones were skipped, so there
were two hours between adjacent ones (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
LANGUAGE LESSONS
++++++++++++++++
THE RISE AND FALL OF AUSTRALIAN SLANG
11 June 2014 Last updated at 16:55 ET
Article written by Jon Donnison, Sydney correspondent
Australians have long been famed for their rich and varied vocabulary
of slang expressions, but experts say a new generation of Australians
is coining fewer of them and borrowing more from abroad.
Australians have always had a way with words. The underlying principle
of speaking the lingo down under seems to be: if in doubt, shorten it.
"Afternoon" to "arvo". "Journalist" to "journo". "Swimming trunks" to
"swimmers". "Sunglasses" to "sunnies". "Postman" to "postie".
"Mosquito" to "mozzie". The list is endless. . .
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27805070
(via Gerald T Pollard, NC, DXLD)
MUSEA
+++++
AM: No Static At All
A few days ago, The Los Angeles Daily News featured an article called
"When AM Radio Created Their own Versions of Songs". Within the
article, there was a reference to a version of the 1978 Steely Dan hit
song, "FM (No Static at all) that was created for KHJ. They had
refused to air the song because it seemed like a blatant endorsement
of their competition. So, a special version was created with the new
lyric, "A-M- No Static At All".
I knew instantly that I had to hear that! YouTube to the rescue.
Here's a link to a song that only Medium Wave DX'ers could truly
appreciate:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LHbyNTfd3Y
You can also listen to a Podcast that contains several of these
special versions of songs recorded for AM radio stations:
http://laradiowaves.com/audio/RadioWaves37.mp3
-- 73 (Les Rayburn, N1LF, Maylene, AL, EM63, June 17, NRC-AM via DXLD)
I remember seeing the movie "FM" that that song was written for, I
loved it even though it was widely panned. It was about a fictional
progressive radio station that went on strike because a conglomerate
bought it and ruined it (in their eyes), coincidentally the station I
had listened for years to at that time, WBCN Boston had the same thing
happen to it in real life no where near as exciting although much
closer to what was happening in real life to those types of stations
around that time. The station was run with scabs for DJ's for about a
month and they lost so many listeners that the company capitulated, it
was a great station, one of the first progressive rock stations in the
country, went on the air in 1968, story here if you're interested:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WBCN_%28FM%29
(Bob Young, Millbury, MA, ibid.)
Similarly, KMPX in San Francisco broadcast album-oriented rock back in
the days when it was called underground. The DJs were generally from
Top 40 AM stations who felt there was more to the music than what
could be said in three minutes or less. KMPX became very popular in
San Francisco, and the owner decided that the DJs were getting paid
too much money. Out of the kindness of his heart, he instituted a pay
cut and they instituted a strike. They pooled their money and bought a
floundering classical station owned by Metromedia named KSAN. They
moved their format from KMPX to KSAN, and KSAN immediately became the
#1 FM station in San Francisco for younger demographics, and also
became the station that was copied in every major market. KSAN lasted
from 1967 until it went country somewhere around 1980 (Mike Hawkins,
IRCA via DXLD)
I enjoyed listening to KMPX when we lived in Cupertino in the mid
1960s. Around that time, I heard via the grapevine that an ex-NRCer,
Ben Patch, was involved with the station when they first started the
underground. Does that ring a bell with anyone? I don't remember the
strike, etc., perhaps it happened after we left Cupertino for Winston-
Salem in 1968. Also, I believe that FMer KSJO in San José started
underground shortly before we moved. Used to listen to a great folk
music show with Kin (Baggy) Baggot (sp) on KSJO, at that time (John
Sampson, ibid.)
DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See BRAZIL; INDIA; NEW ZEALAND; NIGERIA;
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RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM
+++++++++++++++++++++
RADIOSHACK UPDATES LATEST STORE CLOSURE PLAN
Retailer Now Plans To Close 200 Stores per Year over Next 3 Years
By Mark Heschmeyer June 11, 2014
http://www.costar.com/News/Article/RadioShack-Updates-Latest-Store-Closure-Plan/161346
Stymied by an impasse with its lenders over its plan to close up to
1,100 stores this year as part of a restructuring plan, electronics
retailer RadioShack has scaled back the plan to now close 200 stores
per year over the next three years.
"The net result will be that we can achieve a good portion of our
objective just over a longer timeframe," said John Feray, executive
vice president and CFO of RadioShack.
The Fort Worth-based retailer could not find mutually agreeable terms
to obtain consent from its lenders necessary to proceed with a more
aggressive closure program. However, the company said it continues to
have "good dialogue on this topic."
RadioShack said it is also working with its landlords to find an
efficient and cost effective means to reduce rent expense. It has
enlisted A&G Realty to assist in that effort.
The company has yet to give much information about which stores may be
impacted when by the new plan. "Going back to April, we looked at that
1,100 hundred stores maybe a little differently than perhaps you might
have from your view," Joe Magnacca, CEO of the company told analysts.
"we looked at it from a location basis, from a store profitability
basis, from a duplication of store perspective, and we got that number
based on those criteria."
Were it to have closed 1,100 stores, it would have left RadioShack
with 3,000 domestic stores. Regarding its remaining stores, Magnacca
said the company was trying to take "a much more strategic view of our
real estate and getting to a place sooner than later."
RadioShack reported this week that its first quarter performance was
challenged by an industry-wide decline in consumer electronics and a
soft mobility market which impacted traffic trends throughout the
quarter.
Total net sales and operating revenues were $736.7 million, compared
to $848.4 million last year. Comparable store sales were down 14%
driven by traffic declines and soft performance in the mobility
business.
"We are also successfully reducing our costs, with a particular focus
on removing expenses that do not impact the customer experience, and
have taken steps to lower our corporate headcount, leverage
technology, and reduce discretionary expenses. Our entire team is
focused on executing our vision, adapting to the environment, managing
our balance sheet, and driving sustainable change," Magnacca said (via
Mike Cooper, WORLD OF RADIO 1726, DXLD)
A few weeks ago I inquired at the (only) RS in Enid. Said no chance of
this story closing: it makes too much money (gh, DXLD)
Pioneer FH-X700BT CAR STEREO for FM; vs Pioneer Supertuner IIID for AM
Just a brief note to say I now have a Pioneer FH-X700BT car stereo in
my car - installed it myself - installation easy - FM is as sensitive
as stock but with Ginsu knife selectivity - I can listen to CIOO on
100.1 100 miles away in spite of local Class C1 CHTN on 100.3. I also
have picked up CIOK on 100.5 some 150 miles away. In a nutshell,
selectivity is getting pretty close to the Sony XDR wondertuner.
AM sensitivity is not bad, but less than stock. I passed on an HD
variant with hotter AM section as I have lots of AM DX capability, my
travel time seldom involves night, and I wanted a double DIN in my
dash for looks and larger buttons for my 50 year old eyes and fingers.
RDS requires a very strong signal. Weak FM signals are reduced to
communications audio - no problem for a DXer.
It can be configured for a signal strength meter, so I have that set
up - a total of 5 bars - very useful for showing how even strong
locals can see a major signal dip around certain buildings etc while
driving.
FM audio quality on locals is fantastic - great stereo separation -
the stock Delco/Delphi was almost mono even on locals.
In a nutshell, highly recommended for FM DXers who want to replace
their factory radio. If you want AM DX capability in your car as well,
take Bruce Carter's advise and opt for a Supertuner IIID with HD.
I did purchase a service manual [PDF] for the FH-X700BT and with it I
know what tuner IC it uses. I hope to put up a link to the IC data
sheet sometime. In summary, it does use adaptive IF with, IIRC, a
bandwidth that gets as narrow as 40 KHz on super weak FM [there are
many "steps" of IF bandwidth along the way] - thus explaining both the
communications grade FM DX audio and the fantastic selectivity. AM has
no such benefits, stuck with a fixed bandwidth allowing, at best, AM
freq response up to 3700 Hz and with audio rolloff added on weak
signals (Phil Rafuse, VY2PR, Stratford PE Canada - still listening to
newly testing CKEZ-FM on 97.9 [see CANADA], June 14, ABDX via DXLD)
TV ANTENNAS CANNOT BE BANNED
Your HOA or local government cannot forbid you from having an outdoor
TV antenna except in very rare circumstances. Google "OTARD" for more
information (Trip Ericson, http://www.rabbitears.info WTFDA via DXLD)
Trip, Quite right -- and something I'm keenly aware of. I even
obtained permission to put up an outdoor antenna from our HOA. But
haven't worked out the installation yet. It required a near-legal
battle, and extensive time to obtain the permission. even with OTARD,
most HOA's simply put boilerplate language restrictions against
outdoor antennas in their covenants.
As someone who works professionally with the law enforcement and
emergency management communities on their messaging, I can tell you
that Digital TV has caused a lot of problems, especially in severe
weather situations.
As my father used to say, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it". I've yet
to see any proof that analog TV or radio is or was, "broke". Declining
revenues have as much to do with programming decisions as they do with
increased competition from "digital" competition. Yes, the public now
has access to mobile data services, and on-demand programming, but
instead of rushing to embrace HD video, the public spends it's time
watching low-rez YouTube videos of cats. And while Pandora is great,
it doesn't work well in mobile environments.
Analog FM works great in the mobile environment already. Why rush to
change that situation? The issue is content, not how the content is
delivered. More diversity of programming, local content, and
innovative programming would restore audience share faster than any
technology driven solution.
IBOC should face facts, their experiment is a complete failure on AM,
and only slightly better on FM. The fact that they have enough
lobbying clout to get bills passed, influence FCC regulations, and can
strong-arm automotive manufacturers into including HD radios doesn't
mean that the public has embraced their product. Far from it (Les
Rayburn, Director, High Noon Film, 130 1st Avenue West, Alabaster, AL
35007-8536, ibid.)
PROPAGATION
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GEOMAGNETIC INDICES
Compiled by: Phil Bytheway
E-mail: phil_tekno@yahoo.com
Geomagnetic Summary May 1 2014 through May 31 2014
Tabulated from email status daily (K @ 0000 UTC.)
Date Flux A K Space Wx
1 126 6 1 no storms
2 135 3 0 no storms
3 133 7 3 no storms
4 132 16 1 no storms
5 139 10 2 no storms
6 139 3 0 minor, R1
7 146 4 2 minor, R1
8 148 20 4 moderate, R2
9 152 8 1 no storms
10 150 9 3 no storms
11 164 12 3 no storms
12 163 8 2 no storms
13 159 5 2 no storms
14 163 6 2 no storms
15 152 5 1 no storms
16 139 5 1 no storms
17 134 4 1 no storms
18 128 5 1 no storms
19 117 4 2 no storms
20 117 4 0 no storms
21 114 3 1 no storms
22 111 9 3 no storms
23 116 19 5 minor, G1
24 118 6 2 minor, R1
25 113 4 1 no storms
26 108 4 0 no storms
27 106 4 2 no storms
28 99 4 2 no storms
29 103 7 1 no storms
30 102 9 2 no storms
31 104 4 1 no storms
Sx – Solar Radiation Storm Level
Gx – Geomagnetic Storm Level
Rx – Radio Blackouts Level
(IRCA DX Monitor June 14 via DXLD)
:Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2014 Jun 16 0322 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 09 - 15 June 2014
Solar activity began the period at low levels, increased to high
levels by midweek, and ended the period at moderate levels. In
total, 17 solar flares were measured at or above the M1 (Minor)
threshold this period, three of which were X-class (R3-Strong)
flares.
Region 2087 (S18, L=155, class/area=Eac/220 on 13 Jun) was the most
productive region of the period and kicked things off with a pair of
X-class flares on 10 Jun. The first event was an impulsive X2/Sf
(R3-Strong) flare at 10/1142 UTC with an associated Tenflare (1400
sfu), a Type-II (878 km/s) radio sweep, and with a subsequent
coronal mass ejection (CME) visible off the east limb in SOHO/LASCO
C2 coronagraph imagery beginning at 10/1200 UTC. The second event
was an X1/1f (R3-Strong) flare at 10/1252 with an associated
Tenflare (530 sfu), a Type-IV radio sweep, and a subsequent partial
halo CME visible off the east limb in C2 coronagraph imagery
beginning at 10/1325 UTC. Post-event forecaster analysis and
WSA-ENLIL model output suggested that these CMEs would narrowly pass
by Earth on or around 14 Jun at 1900 UTC, but were ultimately not
observed in ACE solar wind data or at ground-based magnetometer
stations.
Region 2087 struck again on 11 Jun, producing an X1/Sf (R3-Strong)
flare at 0906 UTC with an associated Tenflare (190 sfu) and a
subsequent CME off the east limb first visible in C2 coronagraph
imagery at 11/0924 UTC, which was later determined to be directed
away from the Sun-Earth line.
In addition to the three X-class flares detailed above, Region 2087
produced an additional seven M-class flares in the R1 (Minor)
category.
Regions 2080, 2085, and 2089 were certainly outclassed by Region
2087 but would not go quietly. Region 2080 (S12, L=261,
class/area=Dkc/340 on 08 Jun) contributed an M1/Sn flare at 11/0534
UTC, Region 2085 (S20, L=257, class/area=Ekc/490 on 12 Jun) produced
an M1/1B flare at 12/0937 UTC and an M3/1f flare at 12/2216 UTC with
an associated Tenflare (220 sfu), a Type-II (1679 km/s) radio sweep,
and a Type-IV radio sweep. Finally, Region 2089 (N18, L=197,
class/area=Dai/150 on 15 Jun) produced an M1/Sf flare at 12/2003
UTC.
No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit although the
greater than 10 MeV proton flux became slightly enhanced (flux
values remained below 1 pfu) early on 13 Jun, likely associated with
the M3 flare from Region 2085 at 12/2216 UTC.
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at
normal to moderate levels over the past week and reached a maximum
flux value of 227 pfu on 13 Jun at 1405 UTC.
Geomagnetic field activity was predominately quiet with isolated
periods of unsettled conditions on 11 and 14 Jun.
FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 16 JUNE - 12 JULY 2014
Solar activity is expected to be at predominately low levels with a
chance for moderate activity throughout the outlook period.
No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is
expected to be at predominately normal levels with a chance for
moderate levels throughout the outlook period.
Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be predominately quiet
with periods of unsettled conditions likely on 16-18 Jun, 25-26 Jun,
and 11 Jul due to coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS) effects.
:Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2014 Jun 16 0322 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 2014-06-16
#
# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2014 Jun 16 130 10 3
2014 Jun 17 130 8 3
2014 Jun 18 130 8 3
2014 Jun 19 130 5 2
2014 Jun 20 130 5 2
2014 Jun 21 130 5 2
2014 Jun 22 130 5 2
2014 Jun 23 130 5 2
2014 Jun 24 120 5 2
2014 Jun 25 120 8 3
2014 Jun 26 120 8 3
2014 Jun 27 120 5 2
2014 Jun 28 120 5 2
2014 Jun 29 120 5 2
2014 Jun 30 120 5 2
2014 Jul 01 120 5 2
2014 Jul 02 120 5 2
2014 Jul 03 120 5 2
2014 Jul 04 120 5 2
2014 Jul 05 120 5 2
2014 Jul 06 120 5 2
2014 Jul 07 115 5 2
2014 Jul 08 115 5 2
2014 Jul 09 115 5 2
2014 Jul 10 115 5 2
2014 Jul 11 115 8 3
2014 Jul 12 115 5 2
(SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1726, DXLD)
Solar activity forecast for the period June 20 - 26, 2014
Activity level: mostly low
X-ray background flux (1.0-8.0 A): in the range B1.5-B9.0
Radio flux (10.7 cm): a fluctuation in the range 95-150 f.u.
Events: class C (0-10/day), class M (0-3/day), class X (0-1/period),
proton (0-1/period)
Relative sunspot number (Ri): in the range 20-125
RWC Prague, Astronomical Institute, Solar Dept., Ondrejov, Czech
Republic, e-mail: sunwatch(at)asu.cas.cz
______________________________________________________________________
Geomagnetic activity forecast for the period Jun 20 to Jun 26, 2014
Because of higher solar activity, we expect moderately unsettled
geomagnetic condition in the first half of next week. The first half,
the local geomagnetic field at in the Czech Republic and Budkov
observatory (IAGA code BDV) should be quiet to unsettled. Second half
of next week, active conditions possible but unlikely. The local K-
index should not exceed K=4.
Tomas Bayer
Institute of Geopysics of the ASCR
Budkov observatory, Czech Republic
______________________________________________________________________
Geomagnetic activity forecast for the period June 20 - July 16, 2014
Geomagnetic field will be:
quiet on June 28 - 30, July 2 - 3, 9, 12
mostly quiet on June 21, 23, July 4 - 5, 10,
quiet to unsettled on June 20, 22, 24 - 25, July 11, 13
quiet to active on June 26, July 1, 7 - 8, 14 - 15
active to disturbed June 27, July 6, 16
Amplification of the solar wind is expected on:
June 21 - 23, July 6 - 7, 10
Preliminary summary:
- Cycle 24 maximum is apparently just behind us. Although it was
generally not low, were among the lowest in the last hundred years.
Sunspot activity increased already at the end of October 2013, but the
response in earth's ionosphere was particularly evident later: since
the end of February, until early April 2014. Now, we expect a roughly
four-year decline in solar activity to the next solar cycle minimum.
Remarks:
- Reliability of predictions is temporarily reduced with respect to
significant changes in the configuration of active regions, which
indeed is after the cycle peak nothing unusual.
- Parenthesis means lower probability of activity enhancement.
F. K. Janda, OK1HH, Czech Propagation Interest Group
(OK1HH & OK1MGW, weekly forecasts since 1978)
e-mail: ok1hh(at)rsys.cz (via Dario Monferini, DXLD)
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